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Show i - - - - - fttnmlliig Armlm nt tlio World. A Kroiu'Ii st:itistU-ian states Unit the total number of men permanently under un-der arms Is 4.250,000. If universal war broke out there would bo 4 1,250,000 men ready to take up arms at once, riaopd In one line, the soldiers of tho world could rover the equator right nround the earth. To pass along tho whole line one would need to ride in an express train at sixty miles an hour for seventy days. If the soldiers received re-ceived orders to exterminate the rest - of the population they would only J havo to kill thirty-three persons i ' apleeo. property was passed without opposition. opposi-tion. Two bills were introduced, one creating the office of district attorney and providing' for the election every four years of a district attorney for each ODe of the seven judicial districts; and one concerning warehouse receipts an'd the sale of goods, wares and merchandise mer-chandise stored in public or private warehouses in other states. Five bills were introduced in the house, and two bills the one prohibiting prohibit-ing the formation of trusts, and the one prohibiting marriage between mongolians mon-golians and negroes were killed. The charge was made by Representative Smith, of Weber, that an exorbitant charge was being made for the legislative legisla-tive printing, and a committee was appointed ap-pointed to investigate the matter. Three ballots were taken forsenator, each one resulting as follows: McCune, 25; King, 1:.'; Sutherland, 14; Cannon, 7; Powers, 2; absent, 3. Salt Lake City, Utah. Feb. 5. The barber bill was killed in the senate yesterday, while the anti-smoking bill was reported favorably. House bills No8. 2, 3, 4, 6, 7 and 31 were sent back to be printed. President IS'ebeker signed the memorial asking congress for relief for the citizens of San Juan county from the depredations of L'te and Navajo Indians, and the bill for the exemption of irrigation reservoirs from taxation was passed. A bill was introduced providing for the rates to be paid for publishing legal notices, and in what papers and how often they shall appear. The session of the house was brief and profitless, no business whatever being transacted. Fourteen ballots for seuator were taken. This makes a total of eighty-four ballots taken up to date. The last ballot resulted: re-sulted: McCune, 2; King. 11; Sutherland, Suther-land, 11; Cannon. ?; Powers, 2. Three members were absent. |