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Show 7 5 "ARE POURING IN FASTER THAN I - nTtv O'l' 1 fin i! I iH I" 'Tly; Tm Mil Tlx 01 BRINGS BETTER AND QUICKER RE-- 5 - 1 V JHOSE OF ANY OTHER PAPER IN W-- V 1 I Lit' '' N ILC y- - ( X! tl ,;5J--- JilvlJvS SULTS THAN THAT OF ANY OTHER yOIXFME 6. SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH; iWljE 5 : , NUMBER 428. 5 O'CLOCK "E 1 R THE JAIL. :V- - - 'The Latest . Effort in Casg.mte's : i . "Behalf. ' KOHLER'S SLAYER DOES NOT LIKE THE PENITENTIARY f . ' And Judge Zane Is Asked for a Cer-- . . tificate. i THE MOTION FOR ADM ISSION TO i' BAIL OVERRULED. "Numerous Suits Drought This Horn-ing on Promissory Jk'otes Miss Alexander firings an Action Against Her Father ATypewriter Wants Her Pay Rmma Smith Gets a Verdict for SSOO Judgments: Attorney Montgomery of Denver, repre--t scntmg Cass Hite, the slayer of Kohler, ap-peared before Chief Justice Zane this morn-ing and made application for a certificate setting forth that in his honor's opinion there is probable cause for an appeal. The matter will be disposed of by Judge Zane tomorrow morning. Thp. ohit nf thla nnn la tn ban Hit out of the penitentiary pending a decision on the appeal, the law providing that where such a certificate ia granted the defendant may be confined in the county jail until the cas is finally disposed of. . Another Alexander Salt. Jennie Alexander "has brought suit against her father, Daniel Alexander, the Main street merchant who recently assigned for the benefit of his creditors, to recover $1027.50, alleged to be due on salary for clerking in defendant's stor. Hiatt t. Oroesbeek. Frank T. Hiatt has brought suit against V. H. Groesbeck, John A. Groesbeck, William Groesbeck, J. A. Morlan and A. N. Jane to recover $3510, alleged to be due on a prom-issory note. W. C. Hall Is the plaintiff attorney. On Promititrr Notes. - The National Bank of the Republic today , brought suit against A. L. Williams to re-cover $6000, Alleged to be due on promissory notes. Jude Sutherland is the plaintiff's attorney. - ' - ' ' fy' "Siiiiiiii)eyTMr Retting. - - - Frederick Whitehead Vs. Rocky Mountain Bell Telephone Co. ' ' . 8. W. Stevenson vs. E. H. Parsons. " James Fairelough vs. Salt Lake City. A Typewriter Brings Sutt. Emily C. Clowes has brought suit against E. A. Dyer fe Co., to recover $176.25, alleged to be due for services as typewriter. Court Note. ? The case of John Sharp, jr., vs. Charles Sparrow and Charles' Kampe has been dis-missed. The case of the American Oak Leather Co. vs. the Standard Gig- t Saddle Co. is on trial before Judge Zane today. In the case of F. Westhemier & Son vs. Joseph Dudler, judgment has been entered tor the plaintiff for $133.67. Tn tha csm nf Martha. Prrnfar va TTllo TT Hennessey, thirty days time has been allowed to file statement in new trial. William Robinson, a native of England tud a resident of this city, was this morn-ing admitted to citizenship by Judge Zane. In the case of F. J. McLaughlin and O. C. Lockbard vs. Frank Sargeant et al., judg- ment has ben entered for the plaintiff for 1170.75. The jury in the case of Emma Smith vs. Charles Smith, la which the plaintiff sued to recover alimony, this morninr returned a Verdict awarding Mrs. Smith $800. Th territorial supreme eourt has decided that Cass Hite, the slayer of Kohler, cannot be admitted to bail pending a decision upon is appeal. Hite, it will be remembered, was recently convicted in Judge Blackburn's . - of murder in the second degree. Probate Court. In the matter of distribution of the estate of Niel PeUrson, order was made for dis-tribution, exeept aa to personal property. Order w nada letting Thursday, Decem-ber 15, as time to hear petition for sal of real estate ia the estate of Andrew Homer. Ia the natter of Howard M. Tworn hi y, mentally incompetent, an additional guar-dian was appointed aad bond fixed at $35,000. Order made sotting Wednesday, Novem-ber 80, to hear petition for letters of admin. Itratu,n in the estate of Leometns C. Beatte. Wednesday, November SO, was set as the tint tor hearing petition for letters of in the estate of Thomas 8. Young. Bond of administrator for $17,000 in the estate Of Isaac Meddows was approved, and order far publication of nonee jp creditors waa made. , THE OVERCOAT THIEF Is Sentenced to Ninety Days' Im-prisonment. SAGEHEN BESSIE IS CONVICTED. Prominent Saloonkeepers Plead Clnilty to the Charge of Sellfns Iviqnor on Sunday and Are Fined An Array of Transgressor IVhlefc Was Disposed of In Short Order by Justice Oee in the Police Court This Moraine. Frank Daniels, the young bookkeeper who tu yesterday convicted in the police court of stealing an overcoat from a dummy in front of Walker Bros. & Fyler company's store, was this morning sentenced by Jus-tice Gee to be imprisoned in the city jail for ninety days. In passing sentence the court said there were no extenuating circumstances in the case. He was young and intelligent and ca-pable of making a living anywhere. The case would be different were he a poor man who, pinched by hunsrer, had gone out and stolen an overcoat. "But you," said the jus-tice sternly, "deliberately stole an overcoat, and a good one, too, when you did not need it. I'll fix your fine at $90, or ninety days in the city jail. The defendant, who is evidently of Cuban origin, received the sentence stoically and merely bowed his head at the conclusion of the court's remarks. In the afternoon Justice Gee disposed of transgressors as follows: Bessie Peats, the sagehen, was ordered im-prisoned for seventy-fiv- e days in the county jail. Charles Willen and George Kirby, brake, beam travelers from Sacramento, Cal., ar-rested last night by Ofilcer Sullivan "for being in town, were discharged. Margaret Williams, an ancient pilgrim from Ogden, another victim of Sullivan's official zeal, was discharged, although the evidence showed that she was dissolute and a lover of the cud that Inebriates. Thomas Waite and E. I. Myers, the duo who were arrested yesterday morning for vagrancy, shortly after their release from the oily jail, where they served terms for a similar offense, were acquitted. SHORT ORDERS. John Harcroft was fined $2 for driving his team on the sidewalk. The case-- of William Rushton, charged with keeping an unlicensed dog, was con-tinued. .... , John .Brown and Sam Hockridge, arrested for leaving their teams unhitched in the public streets, each forfeited $3. John Aird, at one time the jailer, of .the city bastUe, but who has of late gone to the dogs, was sent to jail for five days for drunk-enness. Charles Kirby and George Willen, who claim to be waiters, pleaded not guilty to being vagrant and their hearing was de-ferred. - . - Margaret Williams, a reeent arrival from Ogden. pleaded not guilty to th charge of vagrancy.- She claims to be here in search of work, but her appearance is against her. Her hearing was continued. Gus Carlson and Richard Lorn ax, the young teroneuta arrested on. suspicion of being vagrants Monday, night,, were dis-charged. Bessie Peats, the Fort Douglas sagehen whose arrest for, vagrancy yesterday was caused by Lieutenant Tyler, pleaded guilty, and at her request her sentence was deferred nntil the expiration of the statutory time. Eph Kelly, who has recovered from the effects of bis recent spree, was ordered im-prisoned for five days, and Paddy Boyle, the battle-scarre- d veteran of many a druuken campaign, was sent up for ten days. Fat Burdell, a cripple plasterer who has a job in view at Syracuse Junction, was not quite sure whether he got drunk or remained sober last night. "Maybe I was a little full, your honor," he said, when called upon to Elead, "but if I was I did not know it." As eripple sentence was suspended. d. J. lowing or trie uuuen hotel, James Johnson of the White house and . John Bechtol of the Walker house, each pleaded guilty to the charge of selling liquor on Sun-day and were fined $25. - L. W. Dittman, arrested for the same of-fense, appeared by counsel, Sam Lewis, and entered a plea of not guilty. The hearing was continued. submitted to the joint --"city" and county Priding committee was uiade, v. ; Moran and Kelly wanted the phrase "with power to act" tacked on to it. i'olland said, he believed that proviso had a:ready been made by the council. I Simondi wanted to be sure of that,, as he tad something to say when the tiual act was PropoBifi. .(.'' ' , ' ' ; " '. .P- - j, Morau;ati?fled the council by having- read BeiPs vrigiual resolution which passed and was ref l fred to the joint committee. It metut w!ih power to act ...' , ' lUsa Kimiouiii placed himself oa record as an obstructionist, i Taking a recent Tribune editorial for hta text, he made excellent use of the writer' gray matter, and made the same prediction as toJthe ultimate cost of Wse fireproohng , scheme. He . wanted the toildinj to' go on as it is, without, any change ori modification, for he , was very much afraid that it .would become such an elephant to. the city as is the famed city hall to San Francisco to that city. , - . . Wantland combatted the absurd ideas of chnocdi with sound business logic, and net with an able second from Evan. The. latter fcafcl that it wii aiready decided to fireproof the third and fourth floors and all that re-mained was for the work to be ordered. Kelly entertained similar views and hesi-tated not to express them. " - Finding himself in a losing attitude oiraondi lost his head and on getting the floor started in to harshly criticise his col-leagues. . . - . ''1 rise to a point of order." exclaimed jxo. ..... ,. . "State your point of order," responded the chair. , "He has already spoken once ou the ques- tion." replied Moran. . "The point is well taken," said the chair. .Again Simondi essayed to speak, but the chair was firm and ordered him to take his sefit Like a schoolboy, whose lesson is not half learned, Simondi petulantly moved to adjourn. Rich, who was In the rear of the chamber, gavfc a second, but owing to the noise made telSimondi, the chair did not hear it. So Simondi excitedly called his attention to the motion in a manner neither dignified nor polite. .Whack! went the chairman's gavel, and tone which admitted of no mistake, be HjJ p: VThe chair will take eognizance of Wise Points without remarks from the 1.1 i .r " ' . ' THE CITY COUNCILj Simondi Opposes Fireprooflng-- , the Joint Building1-- ' ' AND IS KNOCKED OUT BY MORAfJ ' y The Cost of Restoring tn-Eas- le Gate A. t. Kendall Is Appointed Inspector of Provisions Xeede4 Crosswalks Ordered Street Ped-dlers Prohibited Prom Working the Business Districts. : - ' -- A'-l-H-Messrs. Rich, Folland, Karrick,Hardy Horn, Moran, Lawson, Kelly,,' ..Evans, - Loof-bouro- w, Simondi, Beardsley and Wantland were present at last night's session of .the city council, and under the skillful guidance, of Beardsley, and later of Loofbourow, the solons transacted a great deal of business and, with one exception, in a manner that reflected credit on themselves as well as on the trusting constituents who placed them in power. The one exception was an exhibi-tion of spleen by Simondi, who, In opposing the fireproof scheme, lost his head, talked "sassy" to the chaL and misbehaved him-self ' T " ' ' generally. The following was the most im porta oT business transacted: THE RESTORATION OF EAGLE' GATE. Spencer ClawEon, W. S. McCornick and many others asked for an .appropriation of $1778.19 to pay the balance due on the work, of reconstructing Eagle Gate. . The. total cost was f4500.' ' - ' ' LOXG LIVB THK PEOPLB'8 HOTEl.t - ; ; Frank Monroe notified the couneil-tha- t he Intended to construct a hotel to be known as the People's hotel, and. seked that a liquor license for the same be granted him.' A pe-tition signed by every property owner on Commercial street and a bond, signed Jj Auerbach Bros, and B. K. Bloch. accompa-nied Monroe's communication. Referred to the license committee.- - - I ' f THE INSPECTOR OF PBOVTSIOjJa. j Vpn!'.-wa- s all that Simondi could say." ilC moti(,n adjourn was then put and UA, and Simondi gave vent to his chagrin tf snrhjy growling: "See that the rules are hereafter enforced by everyone." ' "Yes," was the chair's only response. A motion to eive the joint committee power to act then passed by the following VOte: ;s ... .;,: A yps Beardsley, Evans, Folland, Born. Kelly, Loiifbourow, Moran. Wantland 8. Noes Hardy, Karrick, Hich, Simondi 4. ) " , ADJOURXMEST. " '. The council then adjourned. . The mayor notified the council that he had appointed A. 8. Kendall inspector of pro-visions. . , Rich asked for information. Who Is he, Mr. President?" he asked. "I don't want to put a blacksmith in a plumber's place or a brickraason in a carpenter's place. I don't propose to vote for him unless I first know who he is." In reply, Kelly said that he was a school-teacher, a gentleman and a scholar, and had been raised in a butehershop at NephL Messrs. Simondi, Wantland and Lawson eulogized the appointee. Moran wanted it referred to the sanitary committee. "He knew butchers, better butchers than Kendall ever dare be, who were after the job," and for that reason he wanted it referred.. And referred it was. a 'needed improvement. "' 'J. The supervisor of' streets recommended"3 that crosswalks be placed on-Firs- t South' street at Fourth, Fifth and Seventh East streets. Referred. in the same The board of public works reported that they had entered into a contract with Frank TUmgan-fo- a 4owi West Temple street fMn Second to Sixth South, where needed, nbe work will cost $2.65 per square yard anli is to be finished by December 15. ELECTRIC riGHT CKDERED. Electric, lights were ordered placed at the intersection of Eighth West and North Tem-ple, Eighth South and Third West,' and Fifth' West and Second North streets.. WATERMAINS ORDERED. j The waterworks committee recommended the purchase of 800 feet of sixteen-lnc- h. and 400 feet of eitrht-inc- h pipe," whith is to be laid on First South street before the business portion of that thoroughfare is paved. So Ordered, and the committee instructed to! call for bids forthwith. J STREET RAILWAY RECOMMENDATIONS. The street committee reported on the pe-- : tition of the Salt Lake City Railway com-pany for an extension of franchise and th1 protests of property owners on the same, and made recommendations which will ben-efit West Temple and Currant streets and Capitol hill. Adopted. MUST DO A3 THEY AGREED. The street committee recommend the work of grading West Temp i - from Eighth South to Roper, as ask f petition from F. Heath and they- J ferred until the property own' 'v.-l- I the fences and widen the streams vf fore agreed. So ordered. , STREET PEDDLERS MUST ov The committee on municipal laws reeot -- mended the passage of an ordinance proht; . iting street peddling in the business distric Adopted. An ordinance, covering the recommendi . tion, presented by the committee, parsed, tts boundaries of the prohibited district bein' North Temple, Third South, West Temp$ and State street, and on State street t Fourth South. The prohibition will notafT feet farmers and others who raise the pro. ducts they offer for sale. f i. STREET SPRINKLING CURTAILED, i The sprinkling committee reported ahlan by which the bills for street sprinkling fuld be curtailed and the ueoessary work hre-aft- er be done under the direction of them-mitte- e. By it a saving of perhaps $3000 rill be made before the season closes. Adofed. LCCKT TAXPATIRS. J The assessor and collector reported a list of property-owner- s to whom was due a re-bate on taxes for sidewalk improvement In districts No. 1, 2, 4, 6, 15 and 17. The ,ttal to be paid back to them is $503.21. Adajed. THE PARK COMMISSION. The ordinance creating a park commisssn, to consist of five members, and definin, its duties, etc., was taken up and read fotthe first time. A motion to read second i'rne was defeated, thus passing further coi nntil the next meeting. - , APPROPRIATIONS ORDERED. Appropriations aggregating $7080.00". 'ere ordered. , f A HEiRTT KICK BY RICH. Among the claims, read were several for electric light, which caused Rich, what a member of the committe on lmprovcmtits, to inquire by what right the committon claims passed on them, when as a msttJ of fact they kne nothing whatever of thejat-ter- s they related to. ' l A debate followed, in which it was browht out that the service was not what it .shftld be." Some portions of the city were d, and in others only a paitial seJjce was given. The general opinion was hat the city was paying for more than itre-ceive-d. The bills were finally referred tose improvement committee, as demanded ly Rich. - j THE VlREPROOFING SCHEME. L Through thTWfitUnt effoytj.K and Moran the city engif"" hearty and for a report of his 1 riven; Trtbme neveri) proofing the third floor Ijt favor anions' and he replied that twl. Logmn BTc&ion. 1 for a floor Ih-""- "" - I I fireproof th" J j difference w would be yxTT O - i"T J mentup ' - t"' 335.19. I '. ; ; ti,rILIES las brol work. . if i ,its grovjhh. --mil ' : " - ' ' ' , " ' . .. ' ;. c , - : - She Leaves Her Drnnken Hashand ' ' in Kevada State AND JOUflNEYS TOWARD - HER - V , EASTERN HOME. : ; ; Arriving- - at St. Louis She Asked for -- Assi?taneet , AND THREATENED SUICIDE UN-LESS SHE GOT IT. The Story of an Elopement and the Trouble That Followd-T-he Girl a Member of a Highly Respected Family She Acknowledges Her l intake. Rut Refuses to liselose the Xame of (he Man She Married Very Sensational. St. Loris, Nov. 16. Miss Mary TJorton, a handsome young lady of barely IS summers, passed through the union depot yesterday evening wiser but sadder tban she was about a year ago. She carried in her arms an infant about 2 months of age. Her story is a sad but truthful one of a romantic marriage. ; Her 'home is in Flem-ingsbur- g, Ky., andl a few' short summers ago she became deeply ' inamored of a young man there. Iler parents ob-jected to the 'suit, but one night the young couple 'packed their goods, took th e first train for the nearest town, and were married as soon as possible. Then they continued to Nevada, where for a short time they lived a happy life. The young man took to drink, however. Matters became so desperate that she could stand the life no longer. She determined to get borne as best she could with her infant babe. She had not the heart to write to her par-ents for assistance. She had sufficient money to take her to St. Louis. Arriv-ing here penniless, she became despond- ent and threatened to kill herself unless some assistance was rendered her. Rind-hearte- d Matron Frazer took np a collection at the depot and succeeded in getting suf-ficient moiey to pay her way to Cincinnati. The girl went on her way last night in a better frame of mind. She appear to be of a well-to-d- o family, and would not give the nam of the nun she left behind. ' ' ft. a j . . "GALLY'S" VICTIMS. William Ra9hton's Uncalled-fo- r Un- -l '., : r gallant Defense. DOG CASE UNFOLDS A ROMANCE lie Denies All Ownership...o"f the Offending Canine and Declares That It Relonjrs to a Yonnj Lady .Friend, Whom Ramor and (it. leazxi Declare! Idves With ISim . as Jlis Wife-H-e Ks Convicted. . A salacious bit of life, as it is lived in the far West, was developed in the police court this afternoon, when William Rushton, who lives on Third North street, between Fifth and Sixth West, was examined for violating the dog law, the charge being preferred by Deputy-Licens- e Collector GaleazzL The of-ficial related his story and then Rushton tes-tified that he never owned the dog, and was dog-gone- d if he could understand what the whole trouble was 'about. lie finally ad-mitted that he had given the dog to a young lady who lived on the same lot with him, and' also coyly admitted that he was a single man. "Mr. Galeazzi," asked Prosecutor Coad, "what relation are .the defendant and the young lady referred to reputed to bear to each other in the neighborhood V "They are spoken of as man and wife they live together," was "GailyV reply. . "What have you to say to that?" asked the court of Rushton. "Oh, I have nothing to say," was the reply. Thereupon the court imposed a fine of 13, and the ungallant Rushton pleaded with Gee to give the "young lady" until Saturday night in which to pay the fine. The sen-tence, as given, stood. BEPESTA5T VIOLATORS. William Palmer and Joseph Popperton, also violators of the ilug law, were convicted but as they both promised to take out a license forthwith sentence was suspended in each case. iii JI Tl WALL Spooks Hold Midnight Revels in a Boise House. A MESSAGE WRITTEN IN LETTERS OF FIRE. Doors Eattled, Chairs Moved and Loud Tappings Were Heard. DANIEL O'BRIEN IS NEARLY REN-DERED INSANE. An Uncanny Something That Is Sow the Talk of the Entire City Over Thirty People Sow Have Proof of the Strange Visitations I'nable to Solve the mystery, Rut Satis-fied That the House Is Haunted Strange Doings. Boise, Idaho, Nov. 16. Special. Boise City has the distinction of containing a haunted house. ' The house is located on Eighth avenue, between State and Washington streets, and is at present occupied by Jesse Black, the proprietor of the Free Coinage cigar store, and his family. Daniel O'Brien, a cigarmaker in the em-ploy of Mr. Black, has a room in the house. Last Saturday night about 10 o'clock .Mr. O'Brien was asleep in . bed. He suddenly awoke and seemed aware that some one else was in the room. He called out, but re-ceived no response, and finally went to sleep again. In a few moments he awoke with a start. This tim the door was rattling vio-lently and one of the chairs was being moved. A something whispered to the man that the room was occupied by spirits from the other world who desired to converse with him. He thought he was the victim of nightmare and tried to go to sleep. He could not do so, but lay awake, in the dark, covered with cold perspiration, listening to the rattling of the doors and other noises. So he spent the niffht. The next morning (Sunday) he related his experience to Mr. Black. Mr. O'Brien was so sincere about the matter, however, that Albert E." Werner, a young man well known in . this city, told him he would spend the night. with him and see Jot himself what was the matter. , ... WRITING OST THaWAit. '; J. " , Sunday night about 10 o'clock Mr. Werner was. suddenly awakened by- - O'Brien, the latter being paralyzed with fear, the cold sweat standing all over hla body. Mr. Wer-ner heard the door rattle several times, and then his attention was called by O'Brien to a bright zig-za- g light on the wall. He told O'Brien he could not see it, but after look-ing intently for some time at the spot indi-cated, he saw the light. It resembled some-one writing on th wall with a trail of tire. The lamp was burning brightly all the while. Werner, thoroughly - alarmed, called Mr. Black, who came into the room. O'Brien told them the spirits had told him his dead sister would write him a letter on the wait. He pointed the soot to Mr. Black and he, too, was horrified at beholding the fiery thing, The men moved into another room and spent the balance of the night, although sleep was out of the question. O'Brien would, so be said, see horrible faces, and it was thought for a time he was going crazy. He was perfectly rational, however. OTHERS ARB CONVINCED. Monday about thirty persons, including Mr. Black and his family, gathered at,-th-e latter's residence. All the parties are per-fectly reliable and include some of our lead-ing business men, who will vouch for what follows. At intervals loud tapping would be heard in different parts of the room. They were very audible. Twice Mr. O'Brien entered the bedroom with others. Strange noises were heard. Of a sudden O'Brien would point in some direction, a look of horror on his face. He said a face appeared several times. The last time he entered the bed-room was after being entreated for some time by those anxious to see something. He entered hesitatingly. Noise were heard by all. Soon he began trembling, and finally, with a yell of horror, bounded out of the room. Those present were unable to account for the state of affairs, but they are aware of the fact that O'Brien is suffering untold agonies from what he sees. The faetathat Messrs. Werner and Black witnessed 'the strange handwriting on the wall and those who were present last night saw and heard what they did, elves credence to the affair, otherwise it might be supposed O'Brien was the victim of some terrible hallucination. ' A prominent man in this eity who does not want his name . mentioned recently moved from the house. He said doors were continually opened without any visible aid, and there was at times an oppressive some-thing about the house that made it intolera-ble. He frequently heard strange noises. m (THE KNIGHTS ' p SESSION, C ; ; An --Able Address hy Their Great Leader, Powderly. DISCUSSION OF SOME VERY 'IM, PORTA NT MATTERS. He Thinks No One Should Vote-Wh- o Cannot Read. OUR IMMIGRATION LAWS SHOULD BE RECONSTRUCTED. He Gives the Railroads and Tele-graph a Slap and Touchet Briefly on Strikes and lockouts An Ap-peal for United Action Among' Alt' Iabr Societies He Says a Good . Word for the Farmers' Alliance Membership Increasing. St. Louis, Not. 16. At today's session or the Knights of Labor, General Master Work--. man Powderly delivered his annual address. Among the matter dealt with . wa the' recommendation that all local assemblies should be made up of mixed- - mem-bership, including men and women of. all trades aiid occupations. , Many, of tha ' failures from attempts at the betterment of conditions in the past have resulted from the fact that member in other trades were not acquainted with the conditions and par-ticulars .of the trade seeking betterment, hence they were not in a position to sympa- - thize and help in the struggle. Powderly declared ' there wero too many1 labor' organizations 6truggliag for 'the en-premaey. The tendency of the labor move-ment teems to be i to divide up, while that of the opposing force (capital) was to Consolidate and thereby gain strength in the fight against industry. The resuit was that labor was- - beaten in detachments Something must be done to remedy this. . He said there existed noreasQn. why very i s branch cf toil shou d not be enrolled under the shield of the Knights of Labor. SUCCESS OF BALLOT REFORM. , The speaker congratulated the organiza-tion on the gratifying result of the agitation for ballot reform inaugurated by the general assembly only a few year ago.- - Then no state had a reform ballot system; now the secret ballot law is in force in thirty states. " In this connection Powderly recom-mende- d that no person be allowed to vote who could - not read - his ballot, for the reason that such a person was at the , mercy of the man admitted to the booth with him to assist him in making up his vote. His suggestion was that a future date, . say five years, be fixed-- ' on for such a law to go into force, in order to give all the oppor- - ' ' tunity to learn to read. ' THE IMMIGRATION QUESTION. Powderiy devoted much space to the ques-tion 'of immigration, saying in part: Your general master'workman has no hesitation in saying he favors the total exclusion of all immigrants not self--sustained on landing in ' this country. He would fix a term of years ten would be long enough during which time no immigrant should be per.' mitted to land with a view of remaining un." less he could prove that he had sufficient means to sustain himself and thos depend- -' rng on him for one year. He declared that ho saw a great danger not alone to labor but . to the whole country if the immigration ' question was not carefully and heroically' handled in the near future. A SLAP AT CORPORATIONS. "The tariff question has been widely dis- - cussed in the late campaign," said he, "but more revenue is illegally drawn from tha pockets of merchants, manufacturers and workmen in one month of the year by . railroads and the telegraph than we . pay in tariffs for twelve months. The industrial organizations must consider these things and the strike of the future must be a strike for the rule of the people. They might decry politics; but they must be ; politicians or slaves to politicians. They . must go to the fountain head and make laws. The speaker advocated affiliation with the farmers' alliances and other similar organi. zations. FINANCE AND MEMBERSHIP. The financial statement shows, including- r balance from last year, receipts, $00,614, 1 expenditures, $0'J,7-19-. The membership shows a slight increase during the year. It is now over 26,000 in good standing. The order is practically free of debt and owns property worth $100,000. HAND TO I1ASD. A Desperate Strnrele Between' Soldiers and a Convict Gang. Madrid, Nov. 16. Convicts in the Tarra-gona prison mutinied this morning, over-powering the, guards and prepared, with outside assistance, 'to effect a general escape. The, troops were :hastily summoned, and when the convicts refused to return to their cells the soldiers fired on them. They ad-vanced on the troops, however, with all sorts of . improvised .weapons, and a desperate hand to hand fight ensued. Some of the soldiers fell back, reloaded and as opportu-nity offered fired into the convicts, whowere finally overcome, not, however, till nine of them were killed and sixteen wounded. SHOT IN THE BACK. Wyoming Add Two' More to Her List of Dead Outlaws. . .V - Chftenne, Wyo., NovJ 16.4-Wo-rd baa been t rought to Buffalo of the assassination of two more outlaws.' The dead cattle thieves are the notorious"Mlke Brown . and George ' Hanks,1 fugitives " from Montana. Bothjwar found shot in Lhe back, --near Hot Springs, Fremont county. Four outlaw havebeen killed in that vicinity in the same way iwitbin two weeksj Brown was one of the most notorious cattle thieves in Wy-oming. . ' . m .. mm ' , MOLTEN SOLDER. , Poured Into a Hungarian's Ear Cause Instant Death. --Boise. Nov. 16. Particular of the Junc-tion Crossing tragedy have just been ob-tained. Four Hungarian placer miners, who had by the reckless use of quicksilver be-come badly salivated, had employed a coun-tryman panted Zachorousky to nurse them. The lattir treated the four unfortunates in a brutal B anner, and took fspeclal pleasure in Jti 4 ULthart known a- - "Pcter The Hun.' lie kicked and strucknhepoor and nearly every day would inflict Iellownew (Variety of torture on him. openly boasted "hat when, bis coun-trymen died, which would not be at a very late day, he would come into possession of mining claims, whic") are quite ("their , Sunday night Zachorousky slept In the of hit countrymen. Next morning he was found cold in death. He waa lying: on his back, his eyes and mouth wide open, a peculiar expression of agony resting upon his swarthy face. Justice Monroe held an inquest and Dr. Paulsen, vwho had discovered that Zarho-rpusk- y' right ear had been badly burned, Aeld an autopsy. The surgeon cut open the head of the corpse and discovered that death had been caused by the injection of more than an ounce of molten solder into the right auditory canal, the scaldine metal having burned its way thence into the brain. The horror-stricke- n miners wanted to lynch tha Hungarians, but after "Peter the Hun" had told his story all thought of lynch-ing was abandoned. lie declared that Zach-orousky had made his life unbearable and J.hat he had sworn to kill him and his three Companions. On Sunday night, when Zach-orousky was uleepitie upon the cabin floor, the desperate Peter crawled to the fire, placed a quantity of solder in a crucible and held it in the coals until it bud reached avhite beat. Then creeping to the cruel Zachorousky's side he quickly poured the fiery metal into his ear. The victim gave one scresm and died, rolling over upon his back as he gave his last gasp. s Sal take Caplfirin Did Mextco.. J. 8. Hedges leaves tonight for Torres, Old Mexico, to arrange for the erection of a monster mill, in which the cyanide process is to be used. The Fan,American Mining & Milliflg company - has secured over liOO.OoO tons of' tailings that will run on an average $J to $12 a ton. The company is confident that it can save fully 90 per cent of the value of the gold in these old dumps, and 72 per cent of the silver. Gill S. Peyton, president of the company, expects to follow Mr. Hedges in a short time. m Anent the Federated Trades. Several members of the Federated Trades profess to be displeased with' the tenor of the article in last night's Times, and declare that the proposition to incorporate in the revised constitution a section making: poli-ticians, bosses and foremen ineligible to membership was voted down in committee and not adopted, as stated. The correction is cheerfully made, in justice to an organi-zation which has done much good in the past and bids fair, when once rid of malcon-tents, to excel its record in that line in the future. .. i The City and County Building--. Work on the city and county building is progressing finely, and Contractor Bowman states that the present spell of bad weather will not interfere with him. About 180 men are now at work on the building, and the granite columns are expected here from the East by the end of the month. The plan ia now in shape, and all that remains is to order the iron, which will doubtless be authorized wheu the joint com-mittee meets on Friday. a Shoplifter Harris Plead Guilty. George Harris, the expert shoplifter, agreed this afternoon" to plead guilty to two charges of petit larceny if the charge of grand larceny as withdrawn, and being agreed to by Prosecutor Eichnor," complaints on the lesser charge were filed and the con-tract carried out. Thomas Hull of the Z. C. M. I. swore to both complaints, and sen-tence, at the request of defendant's counsel, J. M. Hamilton, was deferred until tomorrow morning at 10 o'clock. Methodist Missions. Baltimore, Md., Nov. 16. The general missionary committee met the Methodist church in session here.. The appropriations for home and foreign missionary Vork will asgregate 1.310,0J0. bonidea $500,000 for the women' home and foreign missionary societies. Work of the missiuus is progress-ing most satisfactorily. - Marriage License. t The county clerk today issued the follow-ing licenses to marry: James Days and Katie E. Mill, and Howard Maiin aud Jes-sie Smith, all of Salt Lake City. ". . e TOLD IN BRIEF. New of th Horning Boiled Down for Evening Readers. General Rosecrans is dangerously ill. Wyoming vigilantes are hunting down outlaws. Harrison's plurality in California is now g4ven at 6798. The, California Miners' association is in session in San Francisco. Martial law will soon . be suspended in Shoshone county, Idaho. Minister Pat Eean waa given a reception at Lincoln, Neb., Tuesday. No program has yet been arranged for the international monetary conference. The directors of the Panama canal are to be prosecuted for a breach of trust. Hereafter all steerage passengers will be quarantined on account of cholera at New York. Governor Wllley of Idaho will restrain Indians from slaughtering deer in Elmore county. Idaho is dissatisfied with the Australian system of balloting and will probably adopt a system of its own. The National Grange of the Patrons of Husbandrr began its annual session today in Concord, N. H. It will last until the 25th inst William Potter of Pennsylvania has been sppolnted minister to Italy and D. P. Thompson of Oregon will represent the gov- ernment in Turkey. IVfU Stand by the Prohtbs. St. Paul, Nov! 16. It is slated that the fusiouists of North Dakota will aily them-selves with the Prohibitionists aud make a vigorous war on the saloons. . . V. H. KING SERIOUSLY ILL An Injury to His Hand Threaten Blood-folaoni- ng and Serious Results. The many friends and admirers of Hon. W. 11. King of Provo will be pained to learn that he is seriously ill from an . Injury to his hand which now threatens him .with blood-poisonin- g. In consequence of his condition, he has informed Charles Ellis that he will be unable to open the winter series of lect-ures wh'rh are to be given at the Salt Lake theater Sunday nights, and has requested a change in the published programme. This has b e;i done, Mr. Ellis exchanging dates with him. So on the evening of the 20th instant Mr. Ellis will deliver the initial lecture, his subject being "Samuel Adams," and two weeks later, provided he has recov-ered, Mr. King will lecture on "Patrick Henry." PERSONAL. Fritz Wolf of Sandy is registered at the Knutsford. R. G. Wilson of Eureka is in the city, stopping at the Cullen. Miss F. M. Reed of Reedville, Pa. , is a visitor in Zion, stopping at the Terapleton. A. Pinover and T. Cara, two well-know- n knights of the grip, are stopping at the Culien. W. W. McCoy, one of the big cattle kings of Schofield, is spending a few days in the capital city. Charles D. Golding of the Chicago, Rork Island A Pacific railway, is registered at the Knutsford. ... E. R. Bently, hailing from Fort Scott, Kan-sas, is among the recent arrivals at the hotel Templeton. W. A. Galbraith and J. J. Warns came up from Springville last evening and registered at the Walker. Prof. W. N. Shilling of Ogden came down to the center stake yesterday and registered at the Walher. Dr. Charles Van Dyke, a prominent citizen of Sweet Springs, Mo., is stopping in the city at the Morgan. , Thomas Fowler, sheriff of Utah county, came "up from Provo last evening and regis-tered at the White. ' Judge J. D. Jones of Provo came up last evening with his wife and found comforta-ble quarters at the Cullen. G. J. Clark of Terrace came in to spend a few days in the city last evening, and regis-tered at the hotel Morgan. J. C Eames of Pioche came np to Zl'on last evening, accompanied by his wife, and registered at the Knutsford. E. M. Crandall, one of the hustling busi-ness men of Springville came in last even-ing and registered as the White. Chas. F. Saviirs came np from the mines of Tintic this morning", and placed his auto-graph on the big book at the Walker. T. H. Pike arrived in the city from Thomp-son' Springs last evening, and placed his autograph on the album at the White. Frank Mayer of 'Japan is touring the country and taking In the sights. While in this city he is a guest at the hotel Walker. M. T. Mansfield, a popular knight of the trip of St. Louis, Mo., is interviewing the men in his line while stopping at the Tem-pleton. Newton J. Pierson. of . Carson City, Colo., ia in the city a few day on a business trip, making hi stopping plac at the hotel Templeton. i W. If. Norton, a popular traveling sales, man of Boston, Mass., Is interviewing some of the business men of the city while stop, ping at th Morgan. Lvi T. Jackson of Louisville, Ky ia trav. eling through the West, taking in the sight. ' While viewing the beauties cf Zion be is making headquarters at the hotel Tern ! pleton. . y Secretary of New Mexico. Washington, Nov. 16. The president has appointed Silas Alexander secretary of the territory of New Mexico, vice Benj. M. Thomas, deceased. s . Belknap Elected. Grand Rapids, Mich., Nov. 16. Official returns show the election of Beiknap, Re-publican, to congress 'from the Fifth dis-trict. a n LATE CITY NcW3. Weather tomorrow will be fair and colder. Today's quotations: Silver, 84); lead, $3.S0. J. C. Ros has severed his connection with the Utah Undertaking parlors. Owing to the storm work on the paving contract was stopped today. Today's clearines were $403,019, as com-pared with $205,840 for the same day last year. . John H. Miller has brought suit against the Tintic Milling Co. to recover $2211.35 on a promissory note. McCornick today received Hanauer bullion valued at $3000 and silver and lead and silver ores worth $550, a total of 6ti50. The ordinance passed by the council last night prohibiting fakirs and peddlers from' hawkinK their wares in the business district is the best work that body has performed for many months. Ike Woolf, th liquor dealer, has an-nounced that he will enter the lists for the Liberal nomination for mayor when the proper time arrives. He is an active mem-ber of the Liquor Dealers' association. S. A. Work has taken out permits to build three handsome cottages on Dunbar avenue, off of Second South street, between Ninth and Tenth East. They will be two stories high, constructed of brick and stone and will cost $4500 each. The mining congress, which was to hare been held in this city on December 6, has beea indefinitely postponed by the execu-tive committee, upon the advice of W. F. James. The conclusion waa reached that it would be Impracticable to hold a conve-ntion of sueh importance at this season of the --Near, and following so soon upon the cam. JVlgn, which has naturally demoralized vngs more or lee. The committee will de Vuppn a date for the congress hereafter. ' " .. .. - 1" ,-- - AT ho Was the Drnmmer? - A dispatch from Butte to the Anaconda Standard says: Occasionally a traveling man, like any ordinary mortal, wakes up the wrong man and gets the worst of it, despite the proverbial smartness of the fraternity. An incident of this kind occurred here a few days ago. It was almost time for the Union Pacific train to depart for the south, and a street car well loaded with passengers was hurry-in- n toward the depot. A traveling man was in the crowd, and altr.ost directly opposite him sat a quiet, mild-mannere- d man, who had a small handbag resting . on his knee. The man of samples eyed him for some time, and then crossed over and took a seat beside him. As soon as he was seated the traveling man gave the man with the handbag a gentle nudge and then askod him if he were going out on the train. Re-ceiving an affirmative answer, the traveling man grew confidential, and, leaning over, said: "Say, I've three thundering big trunks, and the amount of extra baggage that I'll have to pay to Salt Lake '11 be some-thing terrible. Now, if it's all the same to you I'll have one of the ' trunks checked on your ticket and when we get on the train I'll make It all right with you." "I'd like first-rat- e to accommodate you," replied the mild-mannere- d roan, "but the trouble Is that I've got no ticket." "I thought you were going south," an-swered the traveling man. "So 1 am," answered the other. "I'm the conductor who's going to take out the train." The extra baggage was paid. To Defraud HI Creditor. . Cleveland, O., Nov. 16. Creditors of Jf O. Conrad, doing business in the wholesale jewelry line under the name of J. M. Chand-ler & Co., who made an assignment Monday, are surprised to discover that just before the assignment h6 shipped the best of his stock, to the value of $40,000, to Erie, and that on telegraphic instructions from him his uncle in Erie attached them for debt. "The jewelry is now in the hands of the sheriff at Erie. m . BtMPSON IS SAFE. ST Will Wot Try for the United State Heaate New. TorBKA, Kan., Nov. 16. Official returns show the election of Jerry Simpson to con-gress by 1400 majority It is now believed that he will not try for the senate, as the faslonbts fear they' will not be able to elect Bis successor in the house. Mrs. Lease charge that he is a Democrat and I owrsly using the People' party. H ay be favor a Democrat for senator because "they played fair with us this time ni we will need them ia the future." On the face of the returns from the Second dis-trict Jnnston is to congress by slxty-elg- h Moore, his Democratic oppo-nent, hi gWea notice of contest. e WORKING FOR A TIE. Nekra&ka Republican Have Ipttltuted Important Legal Proceedings. Omaha, Neb'., Nov. 16. One of the most,' impor tantelectlon contests ever known i( thi state is begun in the supreme conrt It is an application for a writ of mandamut to compel the clerk of Clay county to issu , certificates of election to the Republi. . can candidates to' the legislature on the' ground : that tbe independent' candidates, who - received a majority, of the votes had been endorsed by the Demo-crats, and in printing the official ballots the names of the independent candidates were placed twice on the ticket. At the same time another contest from Knox county was started which, if success-ful, will unseat an independent fepresenta- - ' tive an! seat a Republican. If these changes , are made the legislature will be tied on a v btllot. - - ' ' joint i Now York 8 too It Exchange. New Yok, Nov. 16. Stocks were weak after 11, with fractional recovery. . j KOON. Fonrs coupon 14' ijNorth American. .. 124 Psciflc6 "'4 Sw York Central. 11 Atchisod 37, Oreron Navigation. 7 Central Pacific... 28 Pacific Mail si Borlingiia.... UBiRock Island 62'4 Dnvr A Rio St Paul 4 Omaha. 60 Gran- - - MTeia Pacific 9H Iiorth.v"w?cifle... . HvCnion Pacific S9 " iff " prete'd SlFareo Kxpresa 46 Krf ditrenl Ilia (Western Union.... 98 THOSE FIRE HOUSES. The Dilatory Taetis of the Committee . on Poblio Ground. "Procrastination" is evidently the motto of th? committee on public grounds of the cfty oounciL Last August over 300 repre-sentative citizens petitioned that honorable body to establish firo houses in various sec-tions t--f the city which could not be afforded protection by the department. The petition was finally granted and the selection of the sites referred to Messrs. Kelly, Simondi, Beardsley, Elch and Evans. They claim to have performed the work assigned them, but for some reason have failed to report their findings to the council. In the meattime thousands of citizens are wondering what th delay means. The fire houses are conceded to be a necessity by all, the money for their construction lies idle in the city treasury, there ia plenty of material In the city and many workmen who need employtaent. There is no good reason why the bouses should not be built this year, but the dilatory tactics of the committee create the iaxpresslon that they are not alive to the exigencies of the situation. A costly blaze or two in the district to be benefited ap-pears to be necessary to wake them upj A Returned Zleaite. The Plocba Uteord has the following to ay, in a recent issue, of a now permanent reektea of thi city: "Frank Godbe, late bookkeeper of the Pioche C. M. company, with his family de- - faxled for Salt Lake City last Saturday, rank ha brllMant business qualifications ' and t o of the solid man of Nevada. Hie 'departure from Pioche is to be regretted, as ' he has worked for many years ia behalf of ;tbl section. Mr. Godb' interest are bere, he like th place, the people and the climate, know the aiia are all right, and that Pioche in th near future will agaift come to the front and resume it place as one of the great mining camp of the coon- - . J pgj TJCBn'-.w- 4 rlLR ' ould default I Jrck Kad at the re-T- latest re-- ( Ire SJ A id oist, for gover- - X)m fd should proer fusion state I. thereof a marVe to th highest kddrT"" paying v note aad f a J01"-- . okliiistioQS of said truA n Tiern", tn cwner " at rjB.td said nnrternV to reli .vd proj er y .tii hs ttTuan of Kid c. ed. lred irefur, the nnrtrijTid r!4,-- As regnet of aa a John Ti"" rote will. In cn4iE-.- o s d 'ay ( f Lioii& ber, it!.', at Uis t: iity tour? hus of fcult LairJe cl City, Ut--h terri ory, at) li lai dr.J, U at pu.iiii; auc-io- i Iter Xorcauft aaitf property, or so nay be cecra-sr- y te pay ;d r.o' i eoets of ole, atd to sacs' J4 trust. W1LLIAK p. HAL II Trus Jal$ Lake City, Cta y 9.1S9 ' A FEDERAL COUNCIL. i It Creation Determined and th Objects . for Which It Exists. London, Nov. 16. The council of Imperial , federation today approved the report of the coiamittee which proposes the 'creation of : ' a federal council, in which shall sit repre-- - j ssntatlvea of Canada, Australia and South ' L Africa, together with the prime minister, . , chancellor of the exchequer, minister, oi I foreign sffairs, minister of colonies, mln- - ) ister of war,. first lord of. the admiralty and ' je-- j ; the secretary of state for India. This coun- - . day ; cil shall fix the contributions each part of ione J the empire shall pay towards the commonf dwefenan. ; "W' - I 1 ' ) a i To Canvas tbe Return. The board of canvassers appointed by the Utah commission will meet at the office of Secretary Sells at 10 o'clock tomorrow morn-ing for the. purpose of canvassing the re-turns of the last election. The board con-sists of a representative of each party, the personnel being as follows: Elijah Pell;. Ellas A. Smith and F. O. Home. Jlaa Wall at Home. Chicago, Not. IB. A morning paper de-nies the story of the disappearance of Jim Wall, tbe Australian bookmaker, and says lie is still her and was seen last e vening. It is reported he has been sick. He lost several thousand dollars bookmaking here ad ha retired fro m the ring. ! Defrauded Hi Mother, Too.) HlMBtjRG, N. T., Nor. 16. It is reported tfcatjM. A. Stewart, town elector, is sbort in hi account between $15,000 to $18,Ojbo. He ia massing. Hi mother claim sh- - will lose $P0JK) through her name being forged to |