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Show FREE Great Progress That Has ready Been Made "Tn -- I , -- Relieve. He - Enasht w tnllaatly . f-- Tn i Are Weadrriac tain Pacific railway. Theaebond TRAIN WRECKERS WORK; are commonly known a currency sixes and become due January I next. Tha bond were Issued In aid of the followDerail and RobU. Central Pacific Attempt to ing named railroods: Al- railroad, $3,112,000: Union Pacific railP. Passenger Train. road, $3,840,000; Kansas Pacific Railroad company, late Union Pacific railway, eastern division, $2,800,000: cen- Ore erred Hear Hajrsvllle Fastened keen rely Asrata the tral branch Union Pacific Railway com' Tvs Ball pany, late Atchison k Pikes Peak road OHetele Warned k BH wey Tree theHannibal& asalgneeajof company, twlAssMsiskueUNieliaJiaau wmjr St. Joseph Ral I r oalc o m pail y $40 ,000', GUISE SILVERS Sit ' " . U'estern' PaelftC' riiiftosM,Are te Hare - Total, $9,721,000. the feetollleee '$3oG; ,.yeKj(,Airylbl Wreek. Kaysvllle, Utah, Nov. 33. An effort was made to wreck the Union Pacific Geo. Captain north bound passenger train tonight S. Anderion, Sixth cavalry, superinRetween this place ami tendent of the Yellowstone National about midway The plot was not succcm. Farmington. park, In his annual report recommends to the railroad people gett Ing ful owing an appropriation of $100,000 for the next wind of the designs' and notifying the fiscal year. If this is allowed and $50,-co- o to keep a sharp watch. The train crew for the following season, he thinks at 63o p. m. and ran slowly here left the scheme of Improvement planned until they reached the point where the can be entirely completed. rails were laid across the track and Tellswateae Park. Washington, Nov. 25. Colored SprlngtJjColo , Nov. 35 been the William J. Bryan, who h guest ol the citizens of Colorado for the past two days, tpoke for a few minute In thl city thl evening He came from Pueblo at 7 45, and wa escorted to the balcony of the Rock ItlanJ hotel The Rock laland train wa held for him half an hour. He at briefly In troduced by Mayor Plumb, a the hero of 1900." There wa an audience ol 3, 000 peoNople at the depot, who stood In the He him to poke vember cold to lUten againtt a driving wind. He began pleaiantly by taylng that he had no) auppoted that there were to many people who did not know that the election wat over. They act a If the tllver caute had met with a great victory Inatead of a defeat. They are right," he aid: U wat a victory, and we are in the mldat of a campaign. We are or ganialng for the battle of 1900, and to do In 1900 what we failed to do In 1896 I believe thoae who fought 0 valiantly for free coinage feel better tonight than thoae who are wondering who are to have the postoffices. In thl fight we have convinced the people that the question la bigger than the few -' J It Aa Jahaaaa Been Baltimore, Nov. 3$. General Bradley T. Johnson, who wa recentlyln Cuba as a newspaper correspondent. Is quoted today as stating that he believes the meeting of congress on the first Monday In December will be made notable by a message from the president recommending the recognition of Cuban belligerents, and that the following Wednesday will see a declaration of war by Spain against the United State Hell burg Dlarlt urged. Cheyenne, Wyo., Nov. 24. The hearing of John Mollburg, charged with the murder of Moses Reeder, was concluded In Judge Glafckes court this morning. The prosecution had relied upon the testimony of a witness who had left the state to avoid testifying. Thl witness, a colored woman, was found by a Wyoming officer yesterday in Denver atate. We have ahown the people," he con- and promised to return last evening. of the area of When the time for departure arrived tinued, that We have not she refused to come. Judge Glafcke It. the atate believe In movement the reapectabl decider' that the testimony introduced only made In a large part of the country, but we In the case was insufficient to hdlJ Mollburg for the crime of murder, and have club that are a zealous and he wa discharged. a you are here. They they are right, and are going to Plsasirsss Prairie fire. fight for their conviction. Thl city Guthrie. O. T., Nov. 24. A disashaa the reputation of having caat the Semiblggeat vote In the atate for McKinley. trous prairie fire swept over the Ronole near this but the now morning country You, then, argument, you have not heard a alngle advocate chelle. Sixteen persons, It Is reported, of the gold atandard who will admit were burned to death by the raging that h- - doe 0 for hlsown Intereat. It flame. A Catholic mission was saved I alwaya to help aomebody elae. by the heroic work of Sister Freda and We In the agricultural atatei have Kirk. These two sisters fought the atood with you who owna mine, not to Hamel for two hour with blankets and saved the lives of twenty Indian pupils. help you, but fo help ouraelve. . If we It I bcoauae we are In-- " The fire was started by outlaws who 1 advocate allver, tereated aa much aa you are, and for were fleeing from a posse of deputy that reaaon we are not going to forget marshals. Most of the people burned were you. Thoae people abroad who have Indians. know thla been watching campaign that the victory la not overwhelming. He Resigns. . There will not be over 50 majority In Marcus A. Nov. 33. and another overwhelming Washington, congress, victor like that will aettle the allver Smith, assistant United States attorney question our way. In four year from for the district of Arizona, who was candidate for delegate to congress on now, your majority In favor of free will not be proportionately a large the democratic ticket, has resigned. a It 1 now; becauae the -- atate with the When Attorney General Harmon anbig population will out do you. We nounced the rule against officers of the believe that right wilt pievail, and we department running for an office, Smith are going keep It up. We reply to thoae being In the Interior, could not be When notified he who aay that we ahould atop agitating reached promptly. . forwarded hts until resignation. that they generally agitate they get what they war.t. We are glad that OepubHcana are organizing, becauae saved frsm the Wreck. the more they organize the more conPoint Arena, Cal , Nov. 23. The revert we will have. mainder of the crew of the wrecked Mr. Bryan started to hi train, but the steamer San Benito were rescued this had crowd made a rush at him, and he a boat and transferred to to escape out through the hotel kitchen. morning by steamer the Welcott. The survivors a beautiful He wa presented with were taken to Mendocino. The San wild Colorado flowers, of book otouvenlr Benito be a total loss. will Thirty-fiv- e j HI train pulled out with a cheer from men are saved and eight lost. crowd. all-v- two-thir- d half-bree- d ail-v- the - f th ' Bryau Utfar. t the engine. with officials It Is said that a hand-ca- r on board preceded the train from Salt Lain to the spot where the obstruction wae encountered. Silt Lake City, Nov. 22. Superlnten dent Joe Young was in the train that west north last night, and returned to this city after he had seen the train safejr Into Ogden. I dont think It was any attempt at holdng up the train, said Mr. Young I am Inclined to to aierald reporter. thlnl It wa the work of some Irresponsible fellows who did not understand the seriousness of what they were dotn,. Hw did we learn ol It In advance? Well a gentleman happened to be passing he locality just at dark and heard then drop the rails on the track. Hr Timedistely rushed down to the statin, notified the agent, who quickly wtrd us and the precautions were takel N, we have no idea yet as to who the gllty parties are nor what their real In fact we know no more objec was. abou'lt at this time than you do, but of coure we shall carry the Investigation as fa. as possible." steamer Bank. Mmphis, Nov. 33. The steamer City of Gkaloosa sank at Cralgi Head polat sixty mile above here, at 7 oclok tonight. All of the passenger and cew were saved without difficulty. The cause of the catastrophe wts a hlddn wreck which the steamer struck whlli making a landing. Captain of the Harvard. Nov. 22. Before Phladelphla, to Cambridge, the members of the larvard football team who played In tie Princeton and Pennsylvania game met and unanimously elected Nornan Cabot of the present junior class, captain for the next season. A Keataky Tragedy. Ma field, Ky., Nov. 33. T. B. Baker todayshot his wife and then ahot himself, xtthlng dying Instantly. They Mettlera Ray Have ta Vacate. sepanted some time ago, and Mrs. Washington, Nov. 33. Secretary of Baket had sued for divorce. It Is the Interior Francis ha about decided provoked the tragedy. that the settlers upon the land of the Oteo and Missouri Indians in Kansas Over roar HaaAreA. , and Nebraska do not pay the amount Nov. 23 A special fromTo due the Indalns In a short time they will peka say.: The officer of a Topeka have to vacate the land. He is seriously fcharltible Institution yesterday made thinking of having Jan. 1 next as the the renarkable statement that there are date for the cancellation of the settlers' over 430 deserted wife In this city, and that eery day add to the list of entries In case of non payment. divorced women, who appetl for work or solicit fund with which to khe Usrs m foot. biead for themselves and help their Miss Car- buy lllawatha, Kan, Nov. Chicago, Nov. aj. The Bryan league, the new organization of Cook county silver democrat, will have an elaborate , banquet here at a hotel to be named by a special committee appointed to make arrangement at a meeting of the exec-utlv- e commltteee today. The date will be January 8th, the annlveraary of Andrew Jackson birthday. AnlnD ' tatlon will be aent to Mr. Bryan to Lincoln and when he return from Colorado a letter of acceptance I expected. 23 It I Intended to have prominent demorie Liebengood ha been compelled to crat on the speaking Hat have a foot amputated at the ankle as a result of a recent X ray test of her foot. Professor Blake of the state uniBritish tvaraatlaa New York, Nov. 35. Old Glory" versity at Lawrence conducted the exA few days afterward an wa hauled to the peak of the liberty periment. abscesa followed by others and at Park sunrise on formed, located Battery pole, thl morning, in honor of the day, this the torture was finally unbearable. being the annlveraary of the British Hawjr H agree lirswaef. evacuation of Manhattan Island. ChrisKingston, Noy. 33.Advlce a great' grandson of received hereJamacai, topher R. Forbea, from Fort du France, cap. of Van Arsdale, revolutionary Ital of the Island of Sergeant Martlnque, say that fame, aaatated br a member of the Anralna throughout the island have heavy on the derson souaves, pulled halyard caused all the atream to overflow?, and which raised the flag. A the colors Immense damage has been done. A ot mounted the pole, a number spectanumber of persons In the fnferor, all ol cheered were tor who heartily. whom present, are believed to have been neCaptain John G. Norman raised the have been drowned. groes, Central American flag at the fort in of the honor same in time the at park Entlareafa risiklaa Hssss. day.-1 Detroit, Nov. 33. Mabl& Com- HI Bee Coal Benda. pany, one of the leading retail clothing Washington, Nov. Jj.The treasury firm in this city, this morning filed a . department today Issued a'calj for the chattle mortgage for $130,000, to the redemption of the United State 6 per Union Trust company aa trustee for 'cent bonds, amounting to $9,000,000 the creditors. A blanket mortgage, Issued under the act of July covering the entire stock, wa also made I face value, t, 1861, and July a, 1864, In aid of cer to the Union Truat company. I- two fastened there. Had not the plot been discovered a fearful wreck would have selected was resulted. The place nearly a mile from the' nearest hou-- e ard an ideal spot for a robbery. Later officers It il learned that Farmington came out on the 7 oclock tratn tpthe scene of the hold up and arrested three It is doubtful II suspicious characters. they are the right parties. No definite clues could be obtained tonight. Ogden, Nov. 23 The train reached just 43 minutes late. The Ogden at knew paswngers nothing of the affair until Ogden was reached, the conductor, Mr. Hogan, telling them there was a freight train ahead. Engineer Hall had Ohl-ago- children In a city of 35,000 inhabitants. The charitable society which has made the livestigatlon that revealed these facta, attribute It to hard times and the general worthlessness of the men. The divorce mill In Topeka la running on are steadily. Every week divorce granted to men and women, izicompatl-bllltof temper being the general charge. y Mswiaasw rigwrea. Butte. Mont., Row, ai. Official returns on the late election Nave been received from all the counties In Montana and give Bryan 433,, rotes; McKinley 10400; Charles S. Hartman, silver republican, for 3400$; O. P. coejre,,,. Goddard, Me Kinky republican, 9,846; Robert Smith, fusion caudidate for gov ernor; 34,603 ; A.C, Botkin, republican candidate for p ernor, 14,994. Mc Kinley had a mzjwjty In only two counties, Chester and Dawson. 1 A Aeal Crash. Erie, Pa, Sot 33. Gilmore hand baggage car, coaRtnlng all tha musical Instrument of tie company, wa run Into here today by a fast train on the MOSES THATCHER DEPOSED Lake Shore & Michigan Southern rail, road. The baggage car was crushed, and the instrument plied up In the wreck. Victor Herberts famous $5,000 Defendant Not Present at the viollncello was badly damagd. The Instruments belonging to the others were Meeting. 0 badly damaged that they could not be used at the concert this evening. Engineer John Brown of the fast train lu u Brief NeuAluu at hleh all Living jumped and wa Injured. Meusberu of Ibe Ceaaell ef Twelve HTrreek4 Were Present. she Offending ii.- Xeh-- , J. Brnthrr was Kedaeed Its the LewII Sickle, lor yevr a leader In politics es I llaak la the Cbarah. In central Nebraska, and president of the detunct Blue Valley hank of thl plat r, w i last night ronvlctrd ot wreckrt ton sttd sentenced to ing that t Sslt Lke City. Not. 19 Motes sears in tne penitentiary bv Judge Thstchei Is no longer an Apostle of the The specific charge of which Hasting Mormon church, nor the holder ot any he was convicted was the embezzlement He was office In the Priesthood other of $800 ol the bank's funds. Captain of all hit Sickle made an unsice-.(u- l race for yesterday summarily deprived official authority by the Council of congress as an Independent republican Twelve Apostles, and retired to the in the old Second district ranks of the small number of men in the chujch who art not elders. The Apostles inet at to oclock In the NHOOmu XT POCATELLO. Historians office. President Snow and Joseph Keefa Kreelvra Two Hwllets nine other were present, the full memand will Probably Hie. bership of the Council, excepting Mr Pocatello. Ida., Nov. 22 ThU morn-tri- Tlixtiher, there being one vacancy, that about 3 oclock Lew Johnson and of Abraham H. Cannon, The accused He had been Joseph Keefe became engaged in a quar-re- ', Apostle did not appear. and Keefe started toware Johnson notified that his trial would occur, but with an axe, when the latter drew his the notice did not Invite him to he revolver and fired twice, each shot present. So he did not attend. It Is striking Keefe squarely In the breast. probable that he would not hae apOne bullet entered just over the right peared, even If he had been invited, as his request for a public hearing was denipple and shattered the shoulder-blade- , the other taking effect just over the nied, heart and ranging downward. Dr. The Apostles sitting as an ecclesiasSteely was summoned, but has not yet tical court, preceeded to consider the probed the wounds, on account of the case before them But little time was man's serious coddition. It is haidty required to reach a conclusion No evidence was presented. The official probable that he can recover. of the proceedings There was a dance given at the sectio- iwinouncement n-house just north of the railway slates that eac.i Apostle expressed himshopa last night, and the nten were pres- self. What wa said does not appear, ent, and had been drinking some, and but It wa undoubtedly in line with Both are sec- the remarks made bv members of the this led to the trouble. tion men and Johnson bears a very good Council at the October conference reputation. Keefe is not so well known. when Mr. Thatcher was stated to be He has a brother in Boston who is quite out of fellowship with his quorum. The was wealthy. Johnson hunted up Officer opinion was unanimous that as he with fellow his of out AposMcDaniels Immediately and gave himharmony tles, and had refused to act In accord self up, and is now in jail. The with them, he must be deposed. A rasa. was made order that the Attenpted accordingly Cripple Creek, Colo, Nov. 22 An at- offending Apostle be stripped of all his tempt was made early yesterday to burn clerical functions. the Travelers Home, a hotel in President Snow and oher Apostles, That the fire was of incendiary alter the action was take . went across origin wa proven by the fact that oil the street to the church offices and had been scattered about the building. Informed the First Presidency that the The-hotewas not badly damaged, as expected had happened. The following the flame were quickly discovered. brief statement of the proceedings was There were between 13 and 20 people drawn up and signed by President Snow and as a notice to all Mormons asleep In the hotel at the time. was printed last evening in the Deseret May Prove a MerAer. News, the official organ of the church: To the Officers and Members of the Helena, Mont., Nov. 23 This eren-Inan unknown man entered the resi Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day This Is toll form you that at a dence of Andrew Holm while all the Saints: members of the family except Mrs. meeting of the Council of Apostles held Holm were away and robbed it. Mr. this day (Thursday, November 19, 1896) Holm was In the kitchen tnd the tramp there being present Lorenzo Snow, Franklin D. Richards, Brigham Young, sneaked up behind her and, throwing Francis M. Lyman, John Henry Smith, saturated chloroform with over her rag face, held her until she became uncon- George Tezsdale, Hrber J Grant, John scious. He then ransacked the house, W. Taylor, Marrlr.er W. Merrill and H. Lund, which meeting was called escaping with hi booty. It was three for the hours later before Holm returned ard pnrpoe considering and taking found his wife. She was almost dead, action on the case of Elder Moses and may yet die. There if no clue to Thatcherand of which meeting and Its object he ha been duly notified the robbers Identity. after a full consideration of alt the circumstances of the case and after each Stele Tvr Thousand, had expressed himself Niles, Mkh, Nov. 23 Albert E. Mit- Apostle present il was unanimously the upon subject, Exa the American for ten, messenger Moses Thatcher be servdecided that press company, was arrested here today ered from the council of the Twelve charged with the larceny of $2,000 last Wednesday, when a package con- Apostles, and that he be deprived of his and other offices in the taining that amount was sent by the Apostleship Citizens National bank of this city to Priesthood. LGRtNZO avow. the Bankers' National bank of Chicago. of Twelve Apostles. Council President About naif the money has been reThe offices of which Mr. Thatcher is covered. deprived are those of apostle, president of the Cache stake, nigh priest, seventy Baudot Bask Robbrrs. He was made an elder In St. Louis, Nov. special to the and elder. Republic from Bralnerd, Neb , says : In 1857, when he was but 15 'years of age. banks He became a seventy fn 1859, to which the last forty day twenty-siIn eastern and southeastern Nebraska office he was ordained by Brigham have been burglarized, with losses foot- Young. In 1877 he was made president ing up to $30,000. Officers, detectives, of the Cache stake, and was ordained secret service men of the state and rail- high priest. He became an apostle durroad detectives have all been trying to ing the session of the April conference and n 1879, and has therefore been a memlocate the band of four suspects are In jail at Hebron, Neb. ber of the council that deposed him Hanover, Ks, where they were cap- yesterday, for nearly eighteen years. tured, was used as headquarters for the While Mr. Thatceer I still a member of band to leave its booty and then start the church, he is disqualified from doing on another raid. Large amounts of any church work. He could not even In money gold and silver were found be a missionary without being again burled In the cellar of the house where ordained. The apostles who passed sentence on the men were captured. Mr. Thatcher decided not to give out any statement on the subject in addition THE lNAIwrKAIION to the notice given above, and those Will Be the Greatest Event of the seen last evening were uncommunicative. We have nothing to add to the Rind las Thin Ceuatry. notice that appeared In the News, said Cleveland, O, Nov. 23. Next week Matters simply Smith. Johh Henry Hanna to will Chairman NddonM go we and a decided came head to whether Washington to make arrangement for or was to the Mosea Thatcher majority the ceremonfies In connection with the control." President-elec- t Mcof Inauguration Mr. Thatcher bears up bravely under Kinley. It Is the intention to make the occasion, as far as numbers are con- the blow he has received. He deeply cerned, one of the greatest events of the egrets the severance of his official rekind that ever hr taken place. lation with the church he ha served in The attendance from Ohio alone will rarlous capacities for nearly forty year be nearly double that of any previous but he feel that he could not have honInauguration. orably conceded what wa demanded of Colonel Fred Grant went to Canton him... today for the purpose, he stated, of payAM HONORABLE CAREER. ing hi respect to the president-elec- t. In an Interview Colonel Grant said h HU aad Active ervles la the was aware that hi name had been men. Chareh. tioned aa a possible secretary of war. Mote Thatcher eras bora on tb and I don't deny I would like to he tender- day. of AprjB, 184I, In Sangamon county, . . ed the place,? he added. III.-- HI fiktber'and family Yvoved to . Stskf" ti g Old-tow- l g An-tho- n 23---- x lisf Utah In 1847, settling in the old fort." Here they remained until the time of the California gold excitement in the days of 49, when they departed for the new EIDorado, and stayed for some time on the present site of Sacramento, which was then but a straggling village of tents. Afterward the family went to Auburn, where Hezeklah Thatcher, the At the father, kept an rating-house- . age of 11 rasrs, youhg Moses Thatcher obtained his first schooling, but this was ol brief duration. Although a man of prla-.- . scholarly utainment, hehas-hee- s Ipally self educated, as, with the exception of two years at the Deseret universitt, ijjoi and 1862, when It could only be classed as a high school, the brief opportunities afforded for a short term at the primitive school at Auburn was all the schooling tie had. In iSs$ the family returned to Utah, and In if6o moved to Cache valley, then In Its Infancy, and It was at that time his lifes work commenced. lie was an active participant in the labors and trials of the pioneer, and was one of the minute men w ho guarded the then new set tlement of Logan against the depredations of Indians. In 1861 he married Lettle Farr of Ogden. From that time until 1867 he was busllv engaged hr canal digging and mill building, the family owning the first saw mill and firt grist mill In Cache county. In 1867 he and his lather started a mercan tile business In which was sue cessfully continued under his supervision until It was absorbed by the Co-oof which he ws superintendent urtil 1879. When the Utah Northern Railway company was organized he was chosen secretary, and shortly afterward president ol the company He was continued as superintendent after the absorption ol the new road bv the Union Pacific until he resigned. He has held many offic'al positions, and his busine-- s successes have been so ereat that the nucleus obtained in California lias swelled to a considerable fortune lie is president or director of numerous banking and other organizations. Mr Thatcher was a member of all the constitutional conventions held In Utah after he' attained his majority. His illness prevented him from attend Ing the last one, held in the spring of 1S95, except during a few days of the session. It Is an Interesting fact at this Ime that he submitted the clause of the constitution providing that there shall be no union of church and state, nor shall any church dominate the sta'e or Interfere with Its functions ll 1895 he was nominated by the detn ocratic party as one of its candidates for the United States senate Last spring he was chosen one of the delegate from Utah to the democratic national convention, but did not attend, hl health being extremely poor atthzt time. NO MARTIAL LAW Ksv. Meletyre Haye He will go Farther at Lrslvllle, u Denver, Colo, Nov. itg There will be no martial law at Leadville, and no action further than heretofore taken by the governor can be expected. Taking refuge behind the opinion of hi private legal advisers, ne declares his inability to do more than hai already been done to bring about a termination of the difficulty. Today he has instructed Gen. Brooks to preserve the peace by preventing disturbances between the two factions, to arrest violators of the law and protect the tnes. He Is confident no serious troublawlll occur while the troops remain In the camp , but seem to have no idea of how long this state of affairs will continue. It begins to look like a permament mllltajy occupation of the city. Lieut. Lewis was today at the armory collecting the men of five companies now on furlough In Denver, and In addition, soliciting the enlistment of fifty new men Into the service. All these men will be sent forward as rapldlv as possible. Dias. EstksslMw Mexico, Nov. 23. President Diaz has been royally welcomed at Puebla, where he laid the corner-stonof the new hospital, and the statute of Independence. People all along the railroad gathered In groups and cheered hint. At Pueblo the enthusiasm was wonderful, the whole city being Illuminated and superbly decorated. Mexican and resident foreigners vied with one another to do homage to the chief magistrate. rr e Hewer Heard ef It. Atlanta, Nov. 23 Thera Is a countv in the United States that did not know of the national election. It it Charlton county, Ga. The official In the office of the tecratary of ttate are authority for the statement that the people of the county could not have heard of the election,-, lor no election was held there. The official digest of the election In Georgia ha been made up with Chari-to- n left out The famoua Okefenokee swamp covers most el the territory of Charlton county, which is on the Florida line and. Indeed, run down Into Florida. According to the map, there are several towns . In the county with Traders Hill aa the county seat, but alt efforts to secure return from there have failed, and It Is put down a certainty that no election wa held In the county. . It ! now thought the Pollah church trouble to Bay City, Mich, are over. |