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Show 1 iEDSjillANTLE Assistant U. S. Attorney Critchlow Retires Re-tires After a Long and Eventful Event-ful Keign, CIVIL BETTINGS BEFORE ZANE Mr, Varian Gives His Attention to Matters j in Cliureh Escheatment The I Court Reoord. E. B. Critchlow, who has worn the mantle uf joint assistant to Uuited Mates Attorney Varian for so long a t i 1 1 1 13 to tho evident approval of his chii-f, contirms tho report of his resignation resig-nation and dismantle today appear on the shoulders of Mr. T. B. Stephen. Air. Cntchlow's reign has been through an eventful period in the courts ol Utah nnd his friends and clientage look hack upon his record with much satisfaction. Studious, painstaking nnd courteous in llio preparation of his cases, vigorous and aggressive, although fnir in the prosecution of his cases, he has acquired ac-quired an enviable standing among the bar with whom ho will continue to he nssociated in the vicissitudes of "civil war." Mr. Stephens, who tills the vacancy va-cancy that was rendered necessary by the tax on Mr. Crilchlow'a time, in other departments of tho law is also wed and favorably known to the profession and his ef-torts ef-torts will bo watched with much interest. in-terest. United States Attorney Varian is yet in Washington where ho is in eousuita-Uou eousuita-Uou with tho I'mied States attorney-general attorney-general with reference to the future policy in tho handling of matters pertaining per-taining to church property and escheat-incuts escheat-incuts that are now pending in the courts. His report will he awaited with keen interest by the church as well as Mute, mil! will ilim lit Ipsa intrniiiiee ft new feature, iu the haudling of the great problem. I'nited States Marshal Klias H. Parsons Par-sons has returned from California and lias been manifestly improved by the )nigriniago that combined business aud pleasure. "L'lah has a host of champions cham-pions along the Pacific," said tho marshal, mar-shal, "all of whom look forward to the time when the railway situation will be such as to enable them to reach closer business and industrial alliances. It is already recognized that we will soon be the next link in the chain of great commercial centers cen-ters that extend from the Atlantic to the Pacilic and that prestige of itself will be sullicient to draw a large volume vol-ume of capital in their direction." The marshal is of courso glad to get back in Xion, although California, he says, is looking its tiuest exotics are in bloom, strawberries are ripe and the air is balmy. It is pretty well settled that the effort ef-fort to obtain a new trial for William Diamond, the slayer of Kdward Scott, will be extended to the supreme court, which convenes again in adjourned session ses-sion on Saturday next. A new feature in the case is unfolded in the followiug communication that comes from Officer Poole, whose affidavit was recently published: pub-lished: Eel-rim Timks Dear Sir: I wish to state th it. I never told Marshal Ydiiiik or any one eli-e what, I kie-w in tegard to the Diamond a e until aft r the trial and ron lctlou o! Mr. Diamond. Further th in this Marshal Young a. vised me to tell what lknew of the cai-e This statement Is made voluntarily. Yours truly. Wm. M. Pooi.k, William B. Pace, whose sentence was recently commuted to seven months in '? the penitentiary, still languishes within I 'its conlines.otlicial notification not hav ing yet arrived at the marshal's otlice. Warden Vandercook was among the visitors at tho marshal's otlice this morning, where he was seen by the ' court reporter. "A few days of sta tionary weather," said he, "and the new improvements that are going on out there will have progressed far enough to give a fair idea of what is being accomplished. It will not only add much to tho appearance of the institution, in-stitution, but to tho comfort of its unfortunate un-fortunate inmates." There are but three life prisoners in the penitentiary at this time, who are referred to as prisoners of almost perfect per-fect decorum. Judge Zano went through the calendar calen-dar and made his settings in civil matters mat-ters this morning. |