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Show UTAH NEWS. The Z. C. M. I. of Salt Lake will fpend something' over f loO.OOO in im- provement and additions to its building' build-ing' during' the present year. Governor Wells has issued a proela-ination proela-ination calling h special election for April?, at which will be selected a successor to Brigham II. l!olerts. The first ea.-e of small poT in Millard rounty is reported at Hurbank. in the 'itremf wf-t of the county, and the patient ha.-, hem propel ly quarantined. An anti-vaccination league has been established in Salt Lake, the object of the league being To secure the passage of laws making' compulsory vaccination un n ecessa ry . The state K-.ii and gam commissioner reports the fish hatchery in good condition, con-dition, ami says t hey are raising S50, 000 brook and lake trout, and they are growing nicely. In Salt Lake, during the jear 1 80'j permits for new duellings, stores and warehou-es were issued, while '.'11 permits for additions and alteration-were alteration-were also issued. It is estimated that Uth farmers will plant f.Ooo acres to sugar beets this season, which will he almost double the acreage raised last year, which is conservatively placed at 4. too. It is stated in railway circles that Senator V. A. ( lark of Montana is figuring with the I'tah fc Pacific people on the proposition of building the extension ex-tension through to Lifidilii county. Nev. The Man-rielil-M iirdiuk company of Beaver is a new incorporation, the capital cap-ital stock being placed at S.'O.ooo. the company intending t'i conduct a general gen-eral merchandise business at Leaver City. It is a id ti e great mining camp of Park City h;is never been in a more prosperous -diilitioii. Every miner is employed, even- !miim- is occupied and a look of prosperity pervades the entire district. Captain I'. .1. Mills, the slayer of J. C. O'Melvcney, has forgiven his wife, and the t.ain. with their two little children, lia.e departed for the west to begin life anew. They will probably etl!e in lloim'.iilu The bodies of six of the Utah bat-trrymen bat-trrymen killed in the Philippines are enroute to I'tah for burial. They arc: Harry A. Young. John G. Young. John, T. Kennedy. V. a. imo liu:iii. eorgu II. iludsou and Charles II. Parsons. I'.ishop M un ford of Leaver was last week fined 7 for violating a city ordinance ordi-nance by tearing down posters announcing an-nouncing a masquerade ball, he having taken this method of showing his displeasure dis-pleasure regarding the proposed ball. The report that two deaths had oc curred from smal Ipox in Paysou prove.1) to be a canard, as there have been u deaths, all tin patient- have almost entirely recovered, and there is no danger dan-ger of a further spread of the disease. When the pubiic schools of Salt Lake reopened last week, less than 4U per cent of the enrolled pupils were in attendance, at-tendance, largely owing to the fact that the school hoard had decided to refuse to admit all pupils who had not been vaccinated. James 1$. Lock wood, the proprietor of a ." cent barber shop in Salt Lake, bas been sentenced to five years imprisonment im-prisonment in the state penitentiary. Tie having pleaded guilty to the charge of enticing a l.'i-year-old girl to his shop and ruining her. At Fish Springs. Joseph Crismon came near losing his life while examining examin-ing a blast which he had previously fired, but which exploded a second time, filling his hands full of rock, one piece, the size of a marble, going clear through his hand. While Mrs. Crockett and two children, of Spanish Pork, were riding on a wagon loaded with wood, the wagon tipped over and one of the children was crushed to death beneath the load, while the other was seriously and the mother slightly injured. K. W. Penney and his son George, ol Kanosh. who set out twelve weeks age on a mining prosjeeting trip, expecting expect-ing to be gone about a week, have not yet returned, and though the country has been thoroughly scoured by searching search-ing parties, no trace of them has been found. The new citj council of Salt Lake hast decided to increase the wages of laborers labor-ers employed by the city, and henceforth hence-forth the men are to receive S- for a day of eight hours, instead of SI. 75 as heretofore, while men with teams will receive f 3 . 5o instead of S:t. In Heaver county the summer frosts cut the hay and wheat crops short, and the last lueern crop su ft'ered, and unless there is more snow in the hills before pring sets in. the ranje feed will be mighty scarce during the coming summer, sum-mer, say local stock meu. Agricultural entries at the land office were scarcely ever so numerous as they have leen during the past week. In Jarfield county alone there were igh-teen igh-teen entries, aggregating 2. WO acres, most of these being in a bunch, the land lying southwest of Panguitch. The temperature for January up to the 24th was 214 degrees in excess of the normal, and there has been a deficiency de-ficiency of . inch in precipitation. The highest temperature was 57 degrees de-grees on the l'.'th. and the lowest was L'O degrees ou the 1st and "ud inst. Strange to say. since the mem5ers of the Salt Lake fire department have been quarantined ou account of smallpox small-pox in the family of Chief Devine, very few tires have occurred in that city. Even the usual daily call to burning burn-ing soot in defective flues has ceased. Mrs. Fannie Knapp, of Salt Lake, was last week declared insane. She has a son who enlisted in the army and went to the Philippines, and ever since his departure she has been more or less unbalanced mentally, until she became dangerous and was sent to the asylum. Mahlon M. Warner, a prominent attorney at-torney of Provo and a member of the senate of the First state legislature, is under arrest, charged with adultery. Mr. Yarne contends that his arrest is the result of a terrible mistake and that he will be able to prove his innocence. One death from smallpox has occurred In Emery county, the victim being II. Keel of Emery. Thos. Lindstrom. the Bingham miner who lost an arm. a leg and an eye in a dynamite exlposion, is doing well at a Salt Lake hospital and is expected to recover. BRITISH DEFEAT AT SPIONKOP. BRITISH RECROSS TEGULA AF-SEVERE AF-SEVERE REVERSES. General Warren Forced to Ketire. Leaving 1.3 OO Dead and Wounded on the Field Ladvsmltn In Desperate Des-perate Straits. Gen. Buller, in a dispatch to the Wai office January 2ft. states that Srdonkojt was abandoned on account o tack c wter,inability to bring artillery there and the heavy Boer fire. He gives no list of eausalties. His whole force withdrew south of the Tugela river with the evident intention of reaching Ladysmith by another route. Gen. Buller says Gen. Warreo's troops have retreated south of the Tugela river. The Boers hay the British lost 1500 killed Wednesday. It is believed this includes the wounded. The Boers also claim that 150 of the English troops surrendered at Spionkop. A dispatch from Boer Head Laager. Ladysmith. says: "The British dead left on the battlefield numbered 1500.' The week has opened with the utmost ut-most gloon for the British public and the reaction is all the stronger because of the high hopes that were reposed in Gen. Butler's turning movement and of his announcement that there would be no ''turning back.' In the very moment when Dr. Leyds is being received as an honored guest in the highest circles on the continent. Great Britain has to face the worst disaster in a campaign thus far disastrous. disas-trous. Open talk is heanl of the absolute abso-lute necessity of abandoning Lady, smith to its fate, while Lord Huberts should stick to the original plan of an advance over the Orange river upon Bloemfontein. To Ladysmith the disappointment must be very bitter. A dispatch from the Boer Laager near the town describes des-cribes the town as '"very evidently preparing a desperate coup in order to effect a junction with Gen. Puller's advancing army." It may be regarded as a certainty that, in the confident hope of early relief. Sir George White has lately been issuing extra rations and this fact has given rise to an exaggerated idea as to the length of time the provisions pro-visions would last. Even should it be decided to send Gen. Buller reinforcements and to attempt at-tempt to reach Ladysmith by a movement move-ment through the still more difficult country east of Coleuso, it is'extremely doubtful whether the garrison could hold out long enough as such a movement move-ment would occupy at least a month. GOD TOLD HER TO MURDER. Chicago Woman Attempt to Kill Iluitband and Children. In a fit of insanity, caused, it is be lieved, by too close attention to church duties, Mrs. Anna Kudzen of lo.V Ewing avenue, attempted to murder her husband and six children w ith a potato-masher and was only subdued after a terrible struggle. Kudzen had one eye destroyed and a policeman wai severely scalded with a kettle of boiling boil-ing waterwhich the frenzied woman threw at him. It took the combined strength of Kudzen and four police officers to subdue the woman, who screamed, "The Lord has told me tc kill them all." One of the children was slightly scalded by the water thrown at the officer. ivlrl Caused Murder. At Lacrosse. Wash., a few nights ajo. Samuel K. Clemens, a farmer, 6hot and killed George Boland. Clemens then mounted a horse ami escaped. Clemens" young daughter ran away from home a few day& ago. While on her way to a masquerade ball in company with George Boland and two others, Clemens waylaid them and shot Boland. If (onf rMi Should Adjourn. There has been some little discussion discus-sion as to what action Gov. Wells would take in the event that Congress j adjourned within the next few weeks. I The Governor said he had no idea that any such action would b taken by-Congress, by-Congress, but if it was. he would re- I call his proclamation, if possible, as the law would not require the election held under these circumstances. Want iiold Fields Seperated. West Australia has a seperationist movement on the part of the residents of the gold fields, who are virtually unanimous in their desire for severance from the rest of the colony. In spit of the effort of the West Austalian government to thtottie the movement, a petition signed by "55.000 adults has been dispatched to London, asking for the seperation of the gold fields with a view to federation. Carpenters Strike on exposition HuildluRS. A great strike of carpenters employed em-ployed on the Paris exposition buildings, build-ings, involving 5,000 men, has been inaugurated. The strikers demand an increase of wages from eighteen soua to one franc per hour. Filipino and Priests Dlugrea. Differences have arisen between the Filipino supreme court and Monsignor Chapelle, papal delegate in the Philippines, Phil-ippines, regarding ecclesiastical matters mat-ters in Luzon. Government Short of Coal. At Newport, R. I., all the mechanical departments at the United States torpedo tor-pedo station are shut down for an Indefinite period from lack of coal. Large orders for coal were placed some months ago, but lack of transportation facilities prevented its delivery. Oeneral Wood Traverses Cuba. Governor-General Wood, General Chaffee and Colonel Black have arrived in Santiago, Cuba, after an overland trip from Manzanilio. The party was given a warm welcome. Porto Rico. The Senate Committee on Porto Rico has decided so far as it can decide, that the island whose affairs it has under its particular care shall be known as Porto Rico and not as Puerto Rico, as fixed by a recent executive order. To Search for Andre. Herr Vasee, the Polar explorer, an-nouces an-nouces that he will lead an expedition next summer into Arctic regions, in the hope of finding Andree, the missing miss-ing aeronaut, or his remains. SPECIAL CONGRESSIONAL ELECTION CALLED. roT. Well aniea April S aa the Data to Elect a Successor to Roberts. Governor Wells has issued a proclamation proclam-ation cahing a special election for April 2nd. at which will be selected a successor to Brigham H. Roberts. The fixing of the election for April 2nd will give the two parties until March 3rd to hold their primaries, county conventions and state conventions, conven-tions, as the law provides that the certificates cer-tificates of nomination must be filed with the secretary of state thirty days prior to the election. The proclamation proclama-tion is as follows: Whereas. A vacancy exists in the office of-fice of Representative in Congress from the State of Utah; and Whereas, Section 784 of the Revised Statutes of Utah provides that when a vacancy occurs in theofficeof Representative Represen-tative in Congress, the Governor must at once issue a proclamation calling an election to fill such vacancy; Now, therefore, I, Heber M. Wells, Governor of the State of Utah, in pursuance pur-suance of such requirements do hereby issue this proclamation calling an election elec-tion on Monday, the 2nd day of April, A. D. lftoo, in the several election dis. tricts of this State, for the purpose of electing a Representative in the Fifty-sixth Fifty-sixth Congress of the United States from the State of Utah, to fill the vacancy va-cancy now existing. At such election the polls will be opened at 7 o'clock in the morning and continue open until 7 o'clock in the evening of said day, as provided by law. In testimony whereof. I have hereunto here-unto set my hand and caused the great seal of the State of I'tah to be hereunto hereun-to affixed at Salt Lake City, this 27th day of January, A. I. I '.too. (Seal.) HE HER M. WELLS, By the ( louernor. J. T. HAMMOND, Secretary of State. UNVACCINATED CHILDREN MAY ATTEND SCHOOL. Judge Cherry at Salt Lake leclde That s. liool Hoard Cannot Fxclude Them, Judge Cherry at Salt Lake has decided de-cided that the board of health has no authority to require unvaccinated children to be excluded from the schools, and their exclusion by the board of education, on demand of the board of health, was held to be wrongful. wrong-ful. This decision was delivered in the matter of the petition of John E. Cox for a writ of mandamus to compel the board of education to admit his unvaccinated un-vaccinated child. Florence. to the Hamilton Ham-ilton school. The decision holds that the board of health may close churches, schools, places of amusement, stop all public gatherings and enforce quarantine. But the exclusion of unvaccinated children from the schools is in effect compulsory vaccination, and it is a rule the board of health cannot enforce. en-force. The case has been appealed to the supreme court and the schools elosed pending a decision of the case. LADYSMITH ABANDONED. Lord Ro'iertH, it is Said, Has So Advised the Move. A special to New York from London says: '"It is learned from a reliable source that Field Marsha Lord oberts has advised the abandonment 6"fLady-smith. 6"fLady-smith. At the war office the dispatch adds 'no confirmation could be obtained of the advices said to have been given by Lord Roberts.'" Labor's Demands. Samuel Gompers, president of the American Federation of Labor, accom-ponied accom-ponied by other representatives of labor la-bor interests, had a conference with the President to urge upon him their desire that he should advocate certain legislation in which they are interested. interest-ed. They want an eight-hour law for all government work, a law to prohibit prohib-it the products of convict labor to be transfered from one state to another, and a law to restrict the authority of the Federal courts in the issuance of injunctions in labor troubles. loer Sympathy In Chicago. A mass meeting of nearly 3,000 people peo-ple in Music Hall, Chicago, inveighed against war, and expressed sympathy for the Boers in their struggle against Great Britain. The meeting was under the auspices of the women of the Holland Hol-land society, who are raising funds for the Red Cross work in the Boer army. French-American Reciprocity Treaty In Danger. M. Cambon, the French embassador at Washington, who is due in America, delayed his departure from Paris from the date originally fixed, in an effort to overcome the opposition to the French-American French-American reciprocity treaty, and occupied occu-pied much time in explaining iU terms. Canadian Banks to be Examined. Representative men from all parts ol Canada have written to and waited upon the Minister of Finance to urg the necessity of formulating a scheme for compulsory government inspection of banks, on a similar plan to that id vogue in the United States. Crop Failure In Franc. Serious fears are entertained for the failure of the winter crops in France, owing to the continued bad weather rotting young sprouts. Arthur Sewall Quarantined. Advices received in Augusta, Me., jay that Hon. Arthur Sewall of Bath, svho is visiting his son, Harold M. Sew-ill, Sew-ill, in Honolulu, is in quarantine on iccount of the discovery of bubonic plague at that point. Lincoln's Partner Dead. Charles Maitby, who for three years was associuted in business with Abraham Abra-ham Lincoln at Wainesville, 111., is lead in San Francisco, aged 83 years. He was born in Vermont. Seven Days of Futile Flg-htlng- Seven days of fighting has left the main Boer positions intact and General Buller's army 706 weaker, according to the official casualty lists, which seem Ingly do not include the Spionkop losses, loss-es, as these last forwarded do not mention men-tion General Wood gates wounding. Texas Murder Mystery. Fred Lee, a prominent insurance agent of Texas, was fonnd dead in the river at San Antonio. lie was probably prob-ably murdered. The affair is shrouded In mystery. GENERAL STANTON BURIED. Remains Interred in Arlington, Among Those of Former Associates. The body of General Stanton, ex-paymaster ex-paymaster of the Un'ted States army-have army-have been laid to rest in Arlington cemetery, Washington, D. C, right alongside that of General Belknap, former secretary of war, who, like General Stanton, was born in Iowa, and within a few feet of the simple GEN STANTON. monument which marks the last resting rest-ing place of Lieutenant James Porter Martinew, who was for many, years associated with General Stanton when both were attached to the department of the Platte. Within sight are the monuments of General Phil Sheridan, General Crook and a hundred more of the comrades in arras of the fighting paymaster, as he was known ROBERTS' SALARY AND M1LEAGB House is Considering; the Matter of Allowing Allow-ing Them 92000 Involved. The question of salary and mileage allowance for Mr. Roherts is to be considered con-sidered by the House committee on accounts. ac-counts. There is about SI, ooo on mileage mile-age and a like amount for salary con-, Jitionally due Mr. Roberts, but there is some doubt as to whether these sums should be allowed. The attorney general, on application, has refused to pass on the subject, as itisnotin his jurisdiction, and the comptroller of the treasury has also referred the matter back to the committee commit-tee on accounts. The latter body will now seek to get at the law in the case, and reach a decision. NICARAGUAN CANAL BILL. Congress Makes a Portion of the Appropriation Appropria-tion Available. The House committee on iuterstat and foreign commerce has reconsidered the Nicaraguan canal bill, which had been reported with an appropriation Df 3140,000,000, and changed the appropriation appro-priation section so as to make $10,000,-300 $10,000,-300 available with authority to contract con-tract for the entire ex cavation and completion of the canal at a total cost not exceeding S140,000,00;K French Pleuned at Hrititdi Reverses. Most of the French papers hail with keen satisfaction the announcement that the British have abandoned Spionkop. Spion-kop. The ambiguous wording of the first dispatch had led them to declare that the British war office was keeping back something, and now they insist that this dispatch must have contained the fact that Sir Charles Warren had abandoned the position, apd tlvg,khis was suppresscdoy tlJe war office. ' I Wants Sliver Agitation Postponed Until 19W4. W. Rourke Cockran has announced his advocacy, with one condition, of the renomination of William J. Bryan for the presidency. Mr. Cockran proposes pro-poses a truce with the Xebraskan on the silver question until 1904, and if Mr. Bryan will agree to the armistice, anti-imperialism will be the Democracy's Democ-racy's war cry in the l'.iOt) campaign. Kenent for War Victims. Miss Jessie Mill ward and William Faversham, leading woman and leading lead-ing man of the Empire theatre, are arranging ar-ranging a benefit at the Empire theatre, on the afternoon of Feb. 9 for the sick and wounded British soldiers in South Africa, and for the destitute widows and orphans of American soldiers, who died during the recent war with Spain, or in the Manila campaign. Carnegie Will Not Help Bryan. Upon the authority of a Democratic senator whose name is not giveD, it has been asserted that Andrew Carnegie will contribute a large sum to William J. Bryan's campaign fund. Mr. Carnegie, Carne-gie, when asked if there was any truth in the story, replied, -'There is absolutely abso-lutely nqthing in it." Japan Excited. The news of the abdication of the emperor em-peror of China has caused a tremendous sensation in Japan where a strong desire de-sire is expressed to adopt stringent measures as it is believed Russia is th leading hand in the coup d'etat. Watch llnritloif Shells. A dispatch from Ladysmith says: "Our principal occupation now is watching the bursting of shells fired by General Bullers men advancing from the west. This observation tends to raise the spirits. The heavy artillery artil-lery makes a most joyful sound. Webster Davis for Vice-President. Webster Davis, assistant secretary of the interior and former mayor of Kansas City, has ambition to become President McKinley's running mate this fall. Boers Cease Bombarding; Ladysmith. The Boer bombardment on Ladysmith Lady-smith has practically ceased, though the Bulwana gun sometimes fires. The Telegraph hill creusot fired a single shell which wobbled remarkably. It is probable that British howitizers have again damaged the gun. Mine Workers to Meet at Indianapolis. Indianapolis gets the convention ol United Mine Workers and the Interstate Inter-state Conference of operators and miners min-ers next year. Word has reached Chicago that Curl Ernst Wilhelm, Baron von Viedenfeld, is fighting the British with the soldieri of Oom Paul. The nobleman left Chi cago last April, following his acquitta-of acquitta-of the murder of Constable Charles A McDonald. A body of 200 Lancers made a sortie from Ladysmith under cover of a heavy cannon and rifle fire from the forts opposite op-posite the laager of the Pretoria commando com-mando on Wednesday. The British re tired with evident loss. One Boer was wounded. " eOBERTSJXCLUDED. Vote Was 268 to 50 in Favor of Majority Resolution. Mr. Roberts Issues a Statement Justifying Maintaining His FamiliesWill Fam-iliesWill Not Seek a Re-Electlon. Re-Electlon. Washington, Jan. 7. B. H. Roberts, the Mormon representative elect from Utah, was excluded from congress by a vote of to 50. The exact language of the resolution was as follows: fol-lows: "That under the facte and circumstances circum-stances of the case Brigham rl. Roberts, Rob-erts, representative-elect from the state of Utah, ought not to have or hold a eat in the house of representatives, and that the seat to which he was elected is hereby declared vacant." The amendment to expel Mr. Roberta without seating him, offered Ivy Mr. Lacey, was ruled out on a point of order or-der and the houhe ouly voted on the resolutions of the majority and minority minor-ity of the committee. The latter, to seat and then expel Mr. Roberts, was defeated, 81 to 24 4. An analysis of this vote shows that 70 Republicans, 72 Democrats and two Populists voted against it and 71 Dem-ecrats, Dem-ecrats, six Republicans, two Populists ani two Silver Republicans f6r it. BRIGHAM II. ROBERTS. The majority resolutions, to exclude Mr. Roberts and declare the seat vacant, va-cant, were adopted, 2C8 to 50. The affirmative vote was divided as follows: Republicans. 10$; Democrats, 96: Populists, Popu-lists, 4; and the negative vote: Democrats, Demo-crats, 47; Silver Repuplicans, 2: Populists, Popu-lists, 1. There were over a score of speakers today, and the closing speeches on each ide were particularly able. Mr. Lanham of Texas closed for the majority major-ity and Mr. De Armond of Missouri for the minority. Mr. Roberts was present throughout the day and left the hall after the result re-sult of the last vote had been announced. announc-ed. As he did so he gave out a statement state-ment justifying his retention of his plural wives on the ground that his moral obligation was more binding upon his conscience than technical obedience to statutory laws, and saying say-ing that there was little excuse for the extraordinary efforts to crush a system sys-tem already abandoned and practically dead. He said he was a martyr to a "spasm of prejudice." lie would not, he said, attempt to rui: for congress again, although he would go back home with a light heart confident of the future. BRITISH CAPTURE SPIONKOP. Boers Surprised and Runted, Kut at Considerable Con-siderable Cotf. London. Jan. 27. The war ofllce lias received the following dispatoh from Spearman's camp, dated January 25, 12:10 a. m.: "General Warren's troops last night occupied Spionkop, surprising the small garrison, who fled. It has been held by us all day, though we have been heavily attacked, especially by a very annoying shell fire. 1 fear our casualties casual-ties are considerable, and I have to inform in-form you, with regret, that General Woodgate was dangerously wounded. "General Warren is of the opinion that he has rendered the enemy's posi tion untenable. The muu are splendid." splen-did." General Buller's phrase "the men are sdlendid,"' thrills Fngiand with pride and confidence. His '.airing and holding Spionkop were considered permanent per-manent advantages. Later Ten hours ufter receiving the above another dispatch came, saying no advantage was to he gained by holding the position and it was abandoned. aban-doned. Armed Men Petition Kentucky Legislature Frankfort, Ky., Jan. A special train bearing over l.ooO men carrying Winchester rides has arrived in Frankfort. Frank-fort. The men haii from the counties of Bell, AlleD. Fox, WhiUer. Metealf and Edmondant. Frankfort is overflowing over-flowing with visitors, but none except those arriving today carry arms. Governor Gov-ernor Taylor states that, the men are not soldiers. He disclaims any knowledge knowl-edge of the identity or purpose of the armed visitors. The men adopted resolutions reso-lutions calling upon the legislature to do justice in the gubernat orial contest, and in the evening took the train for home. Kinperor of China Atitoato. Pekiu, Jan. 27. An imperial edict just issued says that owing to the emperor's em-peror's poor health he is unable to cou-duet cou-duet the business of state, and appoints Pu Chun, son of Prince Tuano, his heir. The emperor, apparently, has been compelled by the dowager empress to abdicate about the Chinese new year, though it is understood this will meet with considerable opposition in certain circle. The empress intends, however, how-ever, to carry out the program which she has been planning for years. Another Dynamite Outrage in Lead vi lie. Leadville, Colo,, Jan. 27. Another dynamite outrage, the fourth since Sunday, was committed at 4 o'clock this morniDg, when an explosioa occurred oc-curred in the rear of the Western opera house. The damacre was slight. When the police arrived they found two sticks of giant powder that had failed to explode. The city is greatly excited. The force of the night watchmen watch-men is to be increased. LANDIS SCORES ROBERTS. Most Hitler Attack Kver Delivered on the Floor of Congress. Washington, Jan. 20. The second day's debate in the house upon the Roperts case was less dramatic than that of yesterday. The galleries were almost as crowded, but the ladies were less demonstrative. The president's pastor, the Rev, Dr. Bristol, was in the executive gallery the greater portion of the afterooon, listening to the arguments. argu-ments. Mr. Roberts was not present duriug the day. Had he been he would have heard the most scsr.lhinir excoriation excoria-tion of the Mormons ever deli vered upon up-on the floor of the house Mr. Landis of Indiana, the young orator who distinguished himself during dur-ing the last congress in an oratorical dual with Mr. Johnson of his state, won new laurels today. He charged that I'tah had been admitted to the Union as n result of a Morrsou conspiracy, con-spiracy, and reviewed the history of the apostles of the Mormon church whom he charged with living in open, and flagrant violation of the statute against polygamy, to show that they had basely broken their solemn pledge to the government. The speeches today greatly strengthened strength-ened the majority resolutions, which' seemed in danger of failing at'ier Mr. Littlefield's speech yesterday, and Chairman Taylor was confident today they would be adopted when the house votes tomorrow afternoon. BULLER STILL HALTED. Duller I.i Still I!hI1I In Front of tlis lloer ;IJosltln I'nable tu Proceed. London, .tan. 5. Topography maps show that Spoiukop is the highest, part of a rocky plateau. Eastward for eight miles are Boer positions along the Tugela. Korth wc .-t wsird from. Spoinkop the plateau rens gradually up to a great .-pur of the Drakenburg. Genera! !!u!ler's iiif.-ni: y, to reach the summit, of Spoiukop. must cross a. natural glaois three-quarter:; of a mile wide and climb ." ' feet, up a steep slope. Xobodv here seems to k-jtow, not. even the war oriiee, what Lord iberts has. done with his large rei c 1'oreemcuts. Six thousand troops awaited his arrival arriv-al at Cape Town, aud since then 6.000" others have reached there. Military critics are all hoping that a good share of these 12.000 have gone to help General Gen-eral Buller, and they argue that a few days wait may make him stroug enough to overcome the deadlock. There are 19,000 troops at sea, and this heavy weight on the British side is expected to destroy the equilibrium now existing on every field of operation. ON THE PENSION ROLL. Coumiigsioner Fvans tiives Number of Those Uriiwinj Money. Washington. Jan. Responding to an inquiry from Senator Gallinger, Commissioner of Pensions Evans has sent to him a statement giving the number of pensioners borne on the rolls of the ollice on account of each of the wars of the United States, and giving a brief review of the laws under which they were granted. The statement state-ment as to the number of pensioners is as follows. On account of the revolutionary war Four widows and seven daxighters. War of J812 One survivor, 1,993 widows. Indian wars, 18U2 to 1S42 One thousand thou-sand six hundred and fifty-six survivors surviv-ors and 3,889 widows. Mexican war Nine thousand, two hundred and four survivors and 8,175 widows Granted since I8i.il. under general law Three hundred and twenty-one thousand five hundred aud fifty-five invalid, and 92,9)1 widows and other dependants; under law of 1890, invalids, inva-lids, 420,913; widows and depeudants, 139,224. EXPLOSION OF DYNAMITE. Handsome Residences Destroyed at Leadville Lead-ville 1'olice Are lu..led. Leadville, Colo., Jan. 20. The third of a series of dynamite explosions within the city limits has occurred here, this time wrecking the handsome residence of A. V. Hunter and the home of J. C. Kiehey. adjoining. The first dynamite explosion occurred on Sunday Sun-day night at the Carbonate thratre, wrecking- the rear of the building. The second occurred in the rear of the court house, breaking windows, and tonight the dynamite fiend set off the explosion between the Hunter and Richey residences. Mr. Hunter's house was badly wrecked, wreck-ed, the wall on one side caving in. Mr. Hunter and some guests were in the parlor at the time, but were uninjured. The police are at a loss to ascribe a a motive for these outrages. Several suspicious characters have been ar-res ar-res ted . Decision Against Captaiu Carter New York, Jan. 20. The United States circuit court of appeals has affirmed, with costs, the decision of Judge Lacombe dismissing the habeas corpus proceedings in the case of former for-mer Captain Oberlin M. Carter of the United States Engineers, convicted by courtmartial of fraud in connection with the Savannah river and Cumberland Cumber-land sound improvements. Carter is a prisoner at Fort William, but has been sentenced to six years at Fort Leavenworth, Leaven-worth, Kansas. - AluKkitu Mine Salted. Vancouver, B. C, Jan. 20. "The reports re-ports of fabulously rich quartz strikes in the north should be liberally discounted," dis-counted," says J. A. Marion of Dawson, himself the owner of several placers and also of a coal mine half way between be-tween Bennett and Dawson. He states that the reported rich find of copper-gold copper-gold quartz at Great Slave lake, in which the Hudson bay people were interested, in-terested, has turned out to be ficticious. "There is no doubt whatever," he said, "that the mine was salted Kansas (governor in Favor of Hanging. Topeka, Kan., Jan. 20. Governor Stanley is quoted as declaring he will recommend to the legislature that the crimes act, fixing the punishment for murder, be amended so that the jury shall decide the question, and the jury-having jury-having fixed the punishment, the governor's gov-ernor's only duty shall be to execute its judgment. This would restore in Kansas capital punishment for murder, which the present law practically abolishes. abol-ishes. The recent double lynching at Sort Seott is believed to have influenced ihe governor. NEWS SUMMARY Archibald Macdonald has arrived at IModder river and assumed command of the Highlanders. A bill to repeal the war revenue stemp tax has been introduced in the senate by Senator Clf.y. Ivimberley is again being heavily Ijombarded. General Methuen and !' General French report unimportant t movements. 1 j August O. Hyde, ex-superintendent of poor of Calhoun county. Mich., has been arrested charged with embezzlement embezzle-ment of S". 0!). The South African company has placed large orders for rifles and saddles sad-dles for use in South Africa, to be delivered de-livered immediately. lames H. Montgomery, a well-known eapitalist. and road contractor, is dead f at his home in Portland. Ore., after au illness of one year and a half. i The Hongkong correspondent of the London Times says he has received a dispatch intimating the dethronement and death of Emperor Kwang Su. Diamonds valued at SO. 000 wero stolen from the safe in the office of Joseph K. Davidson A Son. manufacturing manufac-turing jewelers, Philadelphia, Pa. National li;ink Examiner Graham lias Veea examining the Cauajoharie, N. Y,. National bank this week, and as a result, the bank closed its doors. Word has been received of the tragic death in South Africa of Ervin Hopkins, Hop-kins, Jr., son of Ervin Hopkins, a veteran vet-eran member of the Chicago Board ot Trade. He was bitten by a poisonous reptile. In the metal markets this week there is a slightly more confident tone. The .iuc smelters have peen having conferences con-ferences in the West, and some scheme of co-opt ration is likclv to be put through. Senator Butler, chairman of the national executive committee of the People's party has issued a calt1 for a meeting of that committee to be held in Lincon Neb., Monday, theliith of February. On the sveuingof February 7th Mr. Bryan will speakat Carnegie hall. New York city , for the charity fund of a Grand Army post. I n the afternoon of the same da3' he will deliver an address at Plain-field, Plain-field, N. J. Most of the regiments at Modder river, according to letters received, are full of young boys for officers, and the men don't care about them. Some of them at Modder river fight like a lot of school boys. A statement has been made by authority to the effect that the government gov-ernment has engaged -in no exchanges with foreign governments respecting the Nicaragua canal since the beginning begin-ning of the present congress. A favorable report has been made by the senate committee on pensions on 1 Senator McBride's bill extending the 1 provisions of the act of 1892, giving 1 pensions to the survivors of the Black-i Black-i Hawk war, to the survivors of the ! early Indian wars of Oregon, Caii-i Caii-i fornia, Texas and Florida and other i states. At the cabinet meeting Friday, Postmaster-General Smith brought up the subject of light-weight Spanish coins that were being received in the insular service. The matter was turned over to the postmaster-general and the secretary of the interior for further investigation. Suit lias been filed in the United States court at. Columbus, O, . by the Michigan Salt company against W. A. Wason of Columbus for over 332, 000, the suit being a test of the Ohio trust laws. Wason was agent of the concern. con-cern. Secretary Hay has sent to Speaker Hender&on for submission to the house copies of complaints of the German g-overnment presented by its embassador embas-sador here. Dr. Von Holleben. against Ihe existing customs regulations of the United States applicable to merchandise merchan-dise imported from Germany. The Central Trust company of New York has Hied a bill io foreclose a mortgage mort-gage on the St. Lcuis. Peoria .V. Northern North-ern railroad and the Madison. 111., IL'oal company's property. The mortgage mort-gage and interest aggregate SI. 80s, ooo. A petition was forwarded by tele-pram tele-pram from Shanghai to Pekin a few Jays ago, signed by 1.2o9 representatives representa-tives of local Chinese merchants and sjentry. begging the princess and minsters min-sters of the Tsung Li Yauien to urge the emperor to reconsider his abdication abdica-tion and to revoke the edict. Dr. Leyds is blamed for the entanglements entan-glements of the Iiritish over the .eizure of German vessels, and he is aid to have caused false information is to the seized vessels' cargoes to be riven the British authorities. It is rumored in various quarters that ihe United States Flour Milling company com-pany is in imminent danger of disinteg--atiou. As at present organized the United States Flour Milling company las under its control twenty-four mills n seven cities. The question of establishing a department de-partment of the government to be tnown as the department of f com-jnerce, com-jnerce, with a cabinet officer at its head, has been discussed at considerable consider-able length by the senate committee n commerce. . The Iowa Shiloh Battlefield commission, commis-sion, after a hearing before the appropriation appro-priation committee of the houses of the legislature, has introduced a bill to appropriate $65,000 to erect monuments monu-ments to the Iowa troops who fought at Shiloh. Helen Gould has given 8125,000 to the naval branch of the Y. M. C. A., Brooklyn, and has secured title to adjoining ad-joining property for a site for a new five-story building. The new building will- be a memorial to Miss Gould's father and mother. It is announced on the very highest authority that the Dominion police, have no knowledge of the whereabouts of Miller, the Franklin syndicate manager man-ager of New York, and that no representations repre-sentations have been made to them by any of the United States authorities in the mattar. The Mexican government has been unable to turn out new postage stamps fast enougti to supply the extraordinary extraordi-nary demand, as correspondence is increasing in-creasing on a par with the business of the country. NORTH WEST NOTES. Domick Massa, a painter, mounted a ladder to paint a building in Walker-ville, Walker-ville, Montana. He grabbed a live wire and fell dead. Richard Clark fell twenty feet in the shaft of the .Toe Dandy mine at Cripple Creek and broke his neck.' Death was instantaneous. James E. Muse, charged with having embezzled S020 from the Title Guarantee Guaran-tee and Trust company of Portland, Or., nearly a year ago, was arrested in Kansas City. A Cheyenne man named Arnold Kroutwick was found dead near the Union Pacific tracks at Kimball. Itii the opinion that Kroutwick was beating beat-ing his way east on a passenger train and either fell or jumped from the train. Sidney G. llawson of Arlington, Or., a member of the last Oregon Legislature, Legisla-ture, committed suicide in a room at the Esmond hotel by shooting himself in the head. Drink and domestic trou-are trou-are said to have been the cause of the suicide. An explosion of giant powder at the Pikes Peak mine killed Jauicn Manuel, the engineer, completely wrecked the shafthouse. and the sheave-wheel and bucket dropped to the bottom of the shaft, injuring neither nei-ther of the men working there. United States officials, when they learned of the prevalence of smallpox at Spokane, directed that all mail leav. ing that place should be disinfected. As the. disease has not appeared be- tween Spokane and the Canadian border, bord-er, it is not deemed necessary to fumigate fumi-gate the mail after it leaves the infected infect-ed city. The case of Ernest Ames of Lincoln, Xel).. against Horace Adams. I h Silver Sil-ver Crown mining man, was heard at Cheyenne, and Adams hound over to the District court, being released on his own recognizance. The case will porbably be dropped as the facts were brought out that Adams was justified in a measure in thehoot ing. The following list of the dead of the First Montana infantry whose bodies were brought from the Philippines Philip-pines ou the '"City of Peking: Company Compa-ny G Private Edward S. Moore, killed in action; company K Private James Kennedy, drowned: company K Private Pri-vate Henry Archibald; band Private Fred Hall. The Oregon Bureau of M ines ha been incorporated. The new enter" prise is under the joint auspices of t he Chamber of Commerce and the Portland Board ot Trade. The object of the corporation cor-poration is t conduct a mining stock exchange in Portland and to maintain a general bureau of information concerning con-cerning miring interests of Oregon, Washington, Idaho. Alaska and British Columbia. The capitol stock is SJ ).000. The strike troubles of the Union Pacific Pa-cific shopmen at Cheyenne were settled by the company granting the boiler' makers and machinists au increase from 3'.".. cents to 31 cents per hour. The men went on a strike for 3" cents and were out a month, finally agreeing agree-ing to return to work if the company would promise to adjust the .scale of wages and treat with a committee from the strikers. The increase will b! from January 1, 19J0. The body of Meredith Wall's, a pioneer pio-neer resident of Cheyenne, was found at his home Jan. 28. lie had committed suicide by inhaling chloroform from two bottles suspended around his neck, Wallis bad been dead for a monih. Ha was deaf, and constant brooding over his affliction probably led to his self-destruction. self-destruction. Wallis left a letter con taining, among other things, the following: fol-lowing: "When we have lost every, thing, when we have no hope, then life is a disgrace, and suicide a duty,'' Thomas Reynolds, the convict, whe with three othrrs escaped from the penitentiary at Canon Cit-, Colo., Fri-lay. Fri-lay. after murdering Niyht Captain William C. Ifomney. was captured neat Florence, ten miles east of Canon C i ty, ind brought to the latter place in s wagon, where lie was taken from the jfiicer by a mob and hanged t a telegraph pole. Two others hav been caught. An tone Wood, the boy nurdercr. anil Kid Wallace, a train robber. Au unknown man, cheaply but Hash lly dressed, was shot ond killed in tin suburbs of Seatle. Wash., last week. It is believed that he was the man who had been complained of to the polic is acting in an indecent manner in tin neighborhood and that he was shot bj in angry fat her. "E. Koch" was vril ten in lead pencil on the inside of hi' hat band, and that is the only clue tc his identity. It is said that he hai been employed in local restaurants as a waiter. Ilea Osborne, one of the frail women of the town of Pocatello. died from a dose of carbolic acid which she had taken on account of a disappointment in love. The woman's real name was Rose Widener and her father is a resident resi-dent of Utah. Capt. Lawrence L. Beard, company A, Wyoming National Guard, of Evan-ton, Evan-ton, who was recently severely reprimanded repri-manded by Gov. Richards for loaning arms and ammunition to the civil authorities during the Diamondville strike has resigned. Applications for enlistment in the Vancouver rough riders continue to jome. to the British Columbia military authorities by wire and by mail. A pne-armed applicant from Kamloops relieves that his dismemberment is no bar to his acceptability. Richard Wilson, a breakman on the iisquimault & Nanimo railway, was tilled at Russel station, falling between be-tween the cars of the freight train from Wellington, and the entire train passing over him. Wilson leaves a widow and three children. The ill-feeling between representatives representa-tives of the Silver Lead Miners' union of Rossland, British Columbia, engendered en-gendered by the strike which has extended over the past eight months, has culminated in the arrest of Secretary Secre-tary llegler of the Miners' union on a charge of making threats against nonunion non-union miners and conspiracy against the business interests of the mine-owners. Finns who have been at work at tbe mine-owners' rate of S3 per day of eight hours have been threatened. -Hegler was released on S10C0 bail. |