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Show 'REPORT OF GRAND JURY. A Etltf but Important aid Coapu-tea-sift Decadent. tuiniAi." jiv.Mdi'Ai. mix HOIlllll I). PtulltntUr; llilif, I po,I. Siiinlrjr (Jooil ltfroniiiiriidatloni Aritancnl. At five mlnulra to tier en o'clock tl.l morultiR thocraniljury went Into ll.e Third Dlatrlct court room and JudpnXinoeiiqulrcil, "HTn you are-pnit are-pnit to maki, cc iilleminT" 1'oremaii UotIdo thereupon liandcil to Ida honor tho following ilocumenl. In lypewllttcn copji Itwaanot read In ou court but rlniily filed by tho clerk! 8A1.T lAHi Oitv, Utah. December, 191. To llni honorable Jul-eof the Third Dlililrt Court, UlajiTerrltoryi llusuHAliM' HiR Wo the rnj Jurorafortho Heiu.intir terni of (he riilnl Judicial llknilcl, retwHlfully auinilt Hie followllit; aa our final ri lrl. Vo ron-ened on Hepti mbor J Ith and have Iven In rnwlon fort)four daja, iluilint wliloli Urn hare hail under conalderatluii a line one hundred aud lwilvo(llll)t ww, aul haohird tho l,lhnouy of moru than four hundred U HI) wltne e. Twenty (JO) daya nf ild tlniolui-e been tpent in hearing Meniven(17) Uultwl Hlatea en, ea, lu II to (b) of which rax a In-dlctmeuta In-dlctmeuta liavo been n turned, mid twilto (I.) Iciiorttt. Territorial ounaharerraclvx! iilnrly.lWu (0)) In number, In whhJi.alxiy four (01) ln dlctmeuta have' been returnoil and llilrty-oui(.ll)Unored. The varlou mattcra apeclally called to our notko ly your honor, In char--liM thlajury, have received ourearncut Rltentlon, anl wo regret to aay wo liavo not eucccrilod In aconinnllahlnir tho good that tho majority of Ihlijury nihtht hare hojied or elfwi ted. Wo have teii Itandloat pod to a great extent by tho deplorable condl. Hon of ntlaln, slating anions guardlana of Iho peace nnd couacrvntura of Hie law lutlil.dl.lllrt. Vlcu anl crime have rictntly Increaavd at an alarming rails. (Jam bllng, proatltullon, Huixlay llcjuor idling, idl-ing, and other Inlractlona nf inu ordl-nancra ordl-nancra aud etalutea liavo been aluioat uriohccki'd, while turklJry, highway roblvry, and vloleticv on iheitreeU at ulsblhaverreiiteil a feeling of terror anllnncurlly that calla for vlgoroua ofllcitl action, which we liavo alnly hoid woul 1 1 u forthcoming. rheapathynf thodly autuorlllra In relatluu to Ihcao iiuturlomcva wa. auch tlmtthe UultedHtatea manual and hla deiuti.a proceedeil under Iho act of Congrraaof Minli Hnl, li?, to make arrrat of . ll-iwera agalnat tbo Icrrltoilal eta'uli-r. In our oln-Ion oln-Ion U would Into lieu much more comnicnJabln hal tlila reform been Instituted many inontha tarllur, liit when It did poui- It cjuaed a dla-ute dla-ute tmtwcvn thofi-Jiral aud municipal munici-pal cfllcera that waa almoat a dltiirace-Jul dltiirace-Jul aa the loo oiudltlou of i ubllo morala that uxlate-J, nn I the cltltena I hrld tho apectaclo of t ho city oflliera Lrlnsln- garni lera forwar I a wlliuefea ngalufl tho luformera (w ho were to t wltnttreaogalnit the gamblen). In order or-der to defeat the action of the fideral oil! "era. Immediately upou thelirela of thla publlo acanJal ciniothekllllngof llio ca tain nf jotlce by one of hla a uoordl-natea uoordl-natea In defeuno of an attack upon lilm. elf with a pistol, on a (.ubllo thorough, fare. Trine and other notortoua clroum-lancet clroum-lancet allow that thu adinlnlatratlon of city atlnlra, particularly In the police po-lice department, haa been lnadeiiiale to Iho ltuatlon, and hai had a very dinoiallzliK llert; aud whllo tho evidence iWorothl ur illd list aeem (lo a minority) to Juttlfy the return of In llclliieuta agaluitdcrellcl pnlllo unl-ilali, unl-ilali, wucomllcr tho condition of af-falraeodlreMilallaaato af-falraeodlreMilallaaato call for liu-modlatoand liu-modlatoand thorough reformation. KltANIJLIN A VI. -ill K TIIIATltl'. Thla ury waul I call the attention atten-tion of the city authorltlc to the hall known na Mrrankllii Avenue Theatre," a reeort wluro unfortunate fallen women are tolrrattil nv amenta of a aalooq-kt eper, working forldiier cint. ooinmlaaioti on drink retell ta. that the unwary victim whom theyUrug may become a more eay jrey. We wruld earnestly reenmmond that the City Council do not renew a liquor llconto lu hla houae white the aime la conductcl aa a theatri, or placo of aiiiu-ement. Seven houeva of proatltu lion am reported on thla atreet, and fouraaloona. 1 1'lu.io ntcoiuis. An aftldavlt waa filed with thla tiody, aetllui; forth facta moat derogatory deroga-tory lo Iho management of thu anwer departmetitnf thla city, which tiou liivvvtlgutlon of the record demon-atrated demon-atrated grota trregubrlllea that may bo ciMirlJeml lllllohott or criminal, ciTi viumj.w. Theillyjillwat vlallol and foil n I to be In u i,ood condition aa the bull 1-liigandaurrounllnga 1-liigandaurrounllnga will almltof. A vlilt In that luitltuilon mu.t luipnvi allclllieiia Mllli Iho urcent necaulty of a now city prlaou. cuuaiv jaii ' The county Jail waa found In excellent excel-lent coiidlthn, and Ita nniple acivira inodatlonajuttlflca a modol and cleanly piixiu. v e. I'KNirrNiiAnr. TheU.H. I'enltentliry waa vlilted on two oocahlona ilurlmc our aiw,lon aul wna follill In )ulfnit a'iav, with Jul ha a uuo txciptlou, tho bathroom bath-room and wuli r c1-.hU uilng In a very lu I ran llllou, and eeiiilu-ly entirely luii(leiuaiei to tbeiuerf tlila lame body of irlaoner-, two hundred .ndtweiiiy(J2ii)luiiuiiiUr.Durluglho irly pailr.r lliil..n a matter waa brought to uur nltenlloii that wo felt II our duty to luveilgaiii thoroughly, be-Ing be-Ing one of the groat publlo iiueallona of thu day, vis., the I'utwtlon of prliou lahur. It would a om frr Urn lull, mouy beforuthln boily thnt lu the c m-tmot m-tmot work htely iwrfiinnml on thla In-atllulloil In-atllulloil prlioiiera t(ero worked to II oouilderable extent, 1 lit not to tbo ro. fit of the government nor of tho lerrl uuy, but to llm prill of theumlrao toia, aud, lo aome ixlenl, the nrtlug warileln mid Uulled Htalea luaraliul, I'rlaniii r were h mi mit to llm In tr Olura hi tin rate of nuc lolluttfl p rilay, theieby clui Ileal lug free lul irlhai w .ul I -' frmu two lo threo dollart (. -f ) ir Uuy, ThU Two lUpreialif lea In mlial to hone.t Ulior, oli'llal ulaled In deprive free men, lew alii dug clllieiia, from the PI rtunltlea or earning nn ubllc work an liolif.l living for their faml-lle, faml-lle, A Mrgo amount of Ibe momy received re-ceived for thla labor li alleged ta have lieeii at i ro rial! toward n penltea-llary penltea-llary library fun 1, 1 ut on Inveetlgallon It waa aaeertalneil durlnt Iheeaily part of III I, m .ilon. tlnl It wne llttn otidi-poalltatho otidi-poalltatho -rirato credit ncoount of the acting warden of Iho nltenllary, while It waa claimed lo bu held In Iruet rot n lib. rary fund, Thla in llaelf wo feel our duly to crltlrlie and con-diran. con-diran. Shim that time It la claimed tho greater m of thla fund hn" lti oxpeudel for the above named pur4c. It haatHcu lurUierahi wii Ihai Ikai acting act-ing warden and Unite I ritalea niniehal have Jolnllr .loo0 the role of tub-routraclora, tub-routraclora, eiolnr prl,on libor aud United HtalM maralial'e liama to the Individual profit of theiueelvea. Wu w uld recommend tuch nrringe. metitlu llm ctlli-tra of United Hlat.a niartlial mid eultntiaty warden aa would preiludo any a.lblllly of ml-vote ml-vote Intrreala lielnir ndvaucoi lu Hie tontrol anl inanegemenl of tho government gov-ernment farm, or government aupt Ilea. Many other thlnga havu ln al'.geit derogatory to the homely and Integilly of manoiie. merit and thla Inviallgatlou haa dlarlcafl aoveral Inelanrea nf Irregu larllleo that mutt reflect aerl 'Uely on tho almlnlttratlonof thla Imtltu-Hon. Imtltu-Hon. Home other awiout chntgea have leeti under corialderatlou laifore thla Jury, nlilcli did not aeem Jutirl"I by the return of Indictment, aul aa we unlerttand thu illetrlct attorney haa called Iheni lo the attention of the court we ahill make n further mention men-tion here Wovetal other anwlle r mallere lu connection Willi thla luelltutlun liavo lieeii called to our attention which we do not think JuiJIy any pedal conalderatloo. In coucluJIng thla porllon nf our re-l)rl, re-l)rl, wocnlllheatlentlon of the couit to tho alleged brutal whltplng, wild a hone whip, of one pilaonerfor an alleged aeuult, ami tbo hanging I y Iho thumb, of another for tho iurfao of extorting a conteiton. ANTI-l-Jt,nU LAWS. It Is a matter tf gnat Killafactloil to thla body to wltntwaalnioet the entire dlaai iHartuco from the criminal ilocke t of thla court, caca utiJer the anil-polj anil-polj gamy law-, and we feel II muit be gratlfylug lo all i:d cltlrena to ob-aeitvotllta ob-aeitvotllta whiileaolne reform J mi line' ll.fc'. Wo woul I recomuieud to the leglala-lure, leglala-lure, which will anon he convened, the pro rle y and Juitlco of making ample approptlatlona fur thla piri-uae, that Jur ira may lie paid promptl , aa It la n great harjahlp for many poor nit n,who havo no loeauauf auUlttence tail their day'a toll, to wait aoveral uionlue for Ibe .null pittance Ihty receive. i'ei.LFa rxixMinuiiEK. V. dcilia lo tall attention to the Urge and u.eleav ex.ndltureo of the Territory f monoy, lu bringing up petty cae beforo Iho gnuiJ jury, which alio uld i ever I atanjuetlce'a rourt,and wo Ihlnk It to the lutereat of the (voile, (vo-ile, the taxiuyera, that Ihli cufttom hi uld bo dUcoung-J ae faralKi.l. blc. column io.i Jt ituv. We depretato as disgraceful to thla city, thoayitemln vuuoof virtually llceneliig gambling houi.ee, aud liouara of proelllulloD, by colIiTtlng from lliem regular quarterly flLta, serving serv-ing as an InceLtlvo to the violators vio-lators of three laaa to l ly their avocatfona with greater avidity, 1'ar-tlcularly 1'ar-tlcularly la this true of lowd women, w ho are notified In m time li tlmu to mako their deioslt for Ihelr apaurauco lu court, which la almost luvarlably foifcilod. ooMi'i.AiNnuK qiTixrcss. It has been extremely annoying and discouraging to have illlxeris ilace rom taluia beforo memliera ul thlajury, expecting their primitalteiitton,when naamatteroflnct they could not furnish fur-nish romp lent evl I nice to IihIIli. All of which la rcapcttfullj. sub-mlttcl sub-mlttcl as tho unanimous report of this Jury. JamuiDiiyim, ruieman, Tho grand Jury having finished their labors, were then illicharfioj. OAMU I I1R1L.STATI0N. After Iho grand Jury was discharged today, thetnemberaoi that body presented pre-sented Mr. Devlue with agolJ-hradeil cams aaamark of appreciation of hla ablllly as fortui-.ii. |