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Show Ti Cllliai TAXES. Th Territorial 8uprem Oottrt This Afternoon Af-ternoon Derides That th. Lstj Cannot Can-not bi Collected . BAOHE A3 A SPECIAL MASTER. To Examine the Accounts of tba Church Ee.eivar Judge B!ackbnrn and the Grand Jury, The territorial supreme eourt was reconvened re-convened at '2 o'clock this afternoon with C'hiuf Justice Zaue aud Associates Anderson and Hlackburn on the bench. The proceedings were opened by Chief Justice Zana who announced thut iu the case of the United States vs The Late Corporation of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, upon the application of Henry W. Lawrence, receiver, for instructions in-structions to pay or refuse to pay certain taxes assessed for territorial, terri-torial, county aud municipal purposes, the court was of the opinion that the taxes should not tie paid. Iu tiit same case Joseph P. Bache was appointed special master to examine the accouuts of tho receiver aud report thereon. Justice Blackburn announced the ap-pomlmout ap-pomlmout of Edward 1'ike United States commissioner at Lureka. lo the case of (ieorgo Harrison vs the Bio Grande Western Judge Hlackburn Hlack-burn handed down a voluminous opinion opin-ion reversing the judgmont in favor of plaintiff iu the sum of f-IOno and ordered or-dered a now trial. The judgment was obtained for injuries siistaiued by him while the employ of the ddondant corporation and was tried at Ogdeo. Iu the case of N'eedham et al. vs. Salt Lake City et al. the motion for reheating reheat-ing was denied. The case involved title to a large tract of ground in thu vicinity of Warm Springs which by the decision is now quieted. Craalilna; th Soo atl Evil. Justice Hlackburn came over from Trovo this morninar to attend the momentary mo-mentary session of the suprorne court, and was contemplating the sloppy, liquidesent landscape without from a window of tho territorial library when tho interviewer entered and inquired about justice over in Utah county. "We are giving, as you are here, considerable con-siderable attention to the social evil this year," said the justice, ' and tho graud jury is instructed to permit no euilty person to escape. es-cape. The grand juries have been rather lax in the matter in the past, not that they iutendad to be so, but thai rhey 'simply fell iuto th9 course that had been beaten by their predeceMors. The present body, however, has had its attention at-tention called to the nscessity forcrush-ing forcrush-ing out the evil, uprooting the gambling table and wiping out, as near as nossi- ble. every remnant of such offeusjs." "What of the culpability of the landlords land-lords and their amenability to the law?" "lam not." replied Justice Black-bum, Black-bum, "decided that there is a statute referring to tho landlord. Tho grand jury would only have jurisdiction iu tne event that it was covered by a statute where there is an ordinance it rests with the authority of the city to ! prosecute under its provisions." I The judge reports plenty of mud and I arid moisture at J'rovo. but says the weather at American Fork and other inter -mountain tjints is dry and au-tuniti au-tuniti l.ke Admttted to tba Flar. The name of Jatnts D. Pardee of Ohio was presented by Waldemar Van Cott, S. D. Parshley of Kansas by Judge Dickson, and W. T. Home of Kentucky by Mr. Yarian for admission to the territorial bar, and the applicants appli-cants were duly ordained. (.'nun Notes. The district court will grind again on Mond ay. The case of McCornick vs Saddler has reached the era of argument before Judge Anderson. The case of Lewis D. Kelsey vs. James Gillespie was before the supreme court late this afternoon. Judge Minor failed to get down from Ogden to attend the meeting of the supreme court today. The criminal calendar will be taken up again Monday when the call is John Cavanaugh, grand larceny; James Kern, robbery; and Don Clays, selling liquor without license. Joshua Bennett and J. M. Butler But-ler sent up from Provo for unlawful cohabitation wete this morning discharged flom the penitentiary. pen-itentiary. Having assured Judge Hlackburn that tha law iu future would lie obeyed to the letter, but ten days were imposed oa them. |