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Show k ? THE INDEPENDENT. M. V. Crockett. - - Edlter. D. C. Johnson. Business Manager. Batertrt at tbe Poat Offce at SpriorrlH Utah, far traaaiUMloa Uixufts to mans as aeoooa-elasa Issued Every Thursday Mornlnsr. TEBHS OF StBSCBIPTIOX. Om Year J J fttx Month! 1 Three Months ASK FUB ADVKKTISINO BTKH UTAH STATE NEWS. There is soma talk of building a sugar factory at Spanish Fork. There will be two new postoffice delivery de-livery districts added to the Salt Lake City routes February 1. Smallpox is gradually dying- out at fcpaoish Fork, there being only three families under quarantine. A deposit of alum has been discov- ered a few miles south of Jensen, which i is being tested to discover its commercial com-mercial ralue. Tbe transcript in the Nick Flaworth ease baa jut been finished. It comprises com-prises six large volumes and the total number of pages is 3,392. A certificate of incorporation has been issued to the Tropic Mercantile company, organized by residents of n Garfield county, with a capital stock of $5,000. '-The prospects for a spring of energetic ener-getic work io Ibapah are very good, a number of the mine-owners in that section contemplating extensive development devel-opment work. Sheepmen in the vicinity of Vernal are rejoicing at the recent fall of snow, which will make it possible for them to get out on the bad lands, where feed is more plentiful A reservoir dam will soon be built ear Panguitch at a cost of 510,000, whicrMs estimated to retain 460.000,000 cubic ieet of water, or enough to irrigate irri-gate 7,000 acres of land. Now that the franchise asked for has been given the Uio Grande Western railway, work will be commenced at once on the big electrical power house and shop plant at Salt Lake City. At a stormy session of the Salt Lake board of education a motion to rescind the recent order prohibiting unvaccin-ated unvaccin-ated children and teachers from being admitted to the schools was carried by a vote of 4 to 6. The St. George Copper company last week shipped what is said to be the " "highest grade of copper bullion ever sent out of the state, the ore showing 93.51 per cent copper and 15.70 ounces silver to the ton. President Evans read to the senate Friday a dispatch from A. W. McCune, who is at present in New York, thanking thank-ing the legislature for the vote given him by the Democratic members for United States senator. In Sanpete county there has been no now this winter, and unless a good snowstorm comes soon the chances for bountiful crops the coming season are rather poor. In the mountains the roads are as dry as they usually are in mid-aurnme r. Theatar witness for the prosecution Var-te Prouse murder case, for which Lynch and King were convicted and sentenced to death, has mysteriously disappeared from his home in Salt Lake and bis friends fear he has met with foul play. It is stated that R. E. Wells, the late general manager of the Ash Fork, Pres-eott Pres-eott A. Phoenix railroad, has been decided de-cided upon as general manager of the San Pedro, Los Angeles & Salt Lake railroad, the new line to be built to tbe Pacific coast. Will George, a collector for a Salt Lake firm, tells a hair-raising tale of being blindfolded by highwaymen one night last week, after which he was chloroformed and robbed of $100. The police are inclined to the opinion that George is romancing. Tim eighth grade pupils of the Lowell school. Salt Lake, took a lesson in law making last week, when they visited tbe house of representatives in a body and listened to the proceedings, two young ladies being seated beside the speaker during the session. On Monday evening Senator and Mrs. Thomas Kearns gave a reception at the EnuUford hotel. Salt Lake, in honor of the members of tbe legislature and their ladies, the executive and judicial oCicers of the state, newspaper men and prominent politicians. The Microscopical Association of Utah held an interesting regular session ses-sion in Salt Lake, Friday last, when a number of interesting tops were discussed, dis-cussed, including "Mosquitos and Dis-by Dis-by Dr. C. F. Wilcox, and "Cells, sad Cellular Structure" by Dr. Howard. Tbe Twentieth ward, Salt Lake, is to bare a new amusement hall to cost from $4,000 to $5,000. to be built by the young people. This is the ward in which is Senator Kearns' new residence -ttti b hat D1"tJTn4ssdf1ieyoTing people a check to help swell the building fund. W. C Clayton, who is charged with having worked a very smooth game by gHng through the counties of Sanpete, Sevier, Garfield. Piute and Kane, selling sell-ing sewing machines and pocketing tbe cash, has been arrested at the instance in-stance of the Singer company. The annuity rolls at White Rocks agency show that 850 Indians will draw money from the government. Twenty-eight Twenty-eight Indians died during the year and thirty-three were born. At Ouray there are 865, making 1736 in all, who will draw $25,226. Three officers of the Ninth cavalry, stationed at Fort Duchesne, have been ordered to Fort Riley, Kins., to be examined ex-amined for promotion, and it is said that ncarlj every cavalry officer in this department is ordered to Fort Riley for this purpose. JJB' Highland Boy, of Bingham, last 'week posted its first quarterly dividend of $1.25 per share, or $375,000. The mine has been several years getting ready for work on a gigantic scale, and regular dividends are confidently expected for the future. H. A. Wood msD see, who had his feet frozen la Tooele county about three weeks ago, had tbe nniqe distinction of seeing both legs amputated just above tbe ankle last week without feeling the slightest pain, the surgeons using a. new form of anaesthetic, called tbe medullar narcosis form. IMPORTS AND EXPORTS. Statement Issued bv the Treasury Bareaa for 1900. The detailed tables of the imports and exports for tbe calendar year 1900 have been completed by the treasury bureau of statistics. They show the imports and exports for the year by great classes, compared with the previous pre-vious ear, as follows: Imports 199. 1900. Articles of food and live animals 229,977,787 $ 219,329,208 Articles In a crude condition for dome-lie industry.... 2C7,J67,8S0 '2S0,259,401 Article manufactured manufactur-ed for uoe in mechanical me-chanical arts 75,37,687 48,75,195 Articles manufactured manufactur-ed ready for consumption con-sumption 118.364,400 132,413.618 Articles of voluntary U!e, luxuries, etc... 107.6C9.676 H2,10l.8o Total imports... I 7W.9C7.410 t 89,01.-,337 Irastie experts. Products of Agriculture Agricul-ture 7 2,133,405 C0t.i5S.9o8 Pro.iuct of manufacture manufac-ture 30 .7S7.S91 441.406.942 Prod uct of mines 3:.Sli).lsJ 39.S-1. Products of f(. rests.. 47.!;i. 21 &4.48I.II6 Prouu -ts of fisheries. 5.5:i7.u77 K.u;4 fi.si Mi-sce lanuous 3.fJ2.t03 b,l6i).or: Tolal domestlr exports $1,257,932,344 Foreign guods re-exported t 22.S3S.j27 Toial exports Sl.-iij.-KJT.'jei $1,453,013,659 21.936.007 f 1,477,049,006 URGE SPOONER BILL. Its Passage by Coiigrr Said to Be a Necessity. Neces-sity. The executive committee of the Federal Fed-eral party in the Philippines has filed a petition requesting the Philippine commission to inform President Mc-Kinley Mc-Kinley that the passage of the Spooner LIU by congress is an urgent necessity, Aa the progress of the archipelago demands de-mands an authority which can legislate legis-late and control the incorporation of concerns, regulate mining claims, dispose dis-pose of public lands, and perforin functions func-tions not vested in either the military ir legislative authorities. The petitioners state that the time is ripe for a general civil.government, the establishment of which will win over those favoring the insurrection, while at the same time it will encourage the natives to subscribe in favorof a settled government in the Philippines under American sovereignty. Therefore, they urge that the ispooner bill, which empowers President McKinley, in his discretion, to declare the insurrection ended and to establish a civil government, govern-ment, be passed by the present congress. con-gress. ALLEGIANCE TO UNCLE SAM. Fifty Thousand Ptilliplnos In Hollo Province Take the Oath. The Philippine commission has passed the act declaring persons in arras against the United States authority au-thority or aiding or abetting the insurrectionists in-surrectionists after March next ineligible ineli-gible to hold office. A bill has also been enacted regulating regulat-ing the hours of labor and leaves of absence of civil service appointees. The measure requires six hours' work daily and provides free transportation for American employees from San Francisco, with half salary from tbe day of embitrktnent. Upwards of 50,000 Filippinos have sworn allegiance to the United States in lloilo province. Thirty surrendered at Santa Barbara Saturday. Fire Drill Saves Children's Lives. Thorough training in the fire department depart-ment exercises saved the lives of 150 pupils of the St. Louis parochial school in Kensington, 111., Friday. While all the children were at their lessons in the upper floor fire broke out and before it was discovered the whole underside of the first floor was blazing furiously and tbe inner stairway had been cut off. The person who discovered the fire quickly notified the teachers, who in turn gave the fire drill signal, and as the pupils fell into line they were quickly marched down an outside stairway stair-way to safety. The schoolkouse was completely destroyed. Vxttle With Moonshiners. In a battle with moonshiners near Jackson, Ky., Sunday, United States Marshal Tom llollifield and Posseman Simon Combs were killed, and Blaine Combs was captured by the moonshiners. moonshin-ers. Rufus Wwotan and Ambrose Am-burgy, Am-burgy, other members of the posse, were wounded. ArldjLand Bill In Congress. Representative King of Utah has introduced a bill appropriating SI, 000,-000 000,-000 for the immediate survey of the arid lands of the United States, under ihe direction of the geological survey department. This department is authorized to immediately im-mediately employ the necessury engineers engi-neers and experts to investigate thoroughly what lands can be reclaimed, re-claimed, and what will be the cost of cutting canals and building dams. The bill aims to have the government enter into a systematic plan on which a report can be made immediately. Canadians Knllst for Transvaal Service. One thousand Canadians are to be enlisted for the new l?ade-Powel Mounted Transv'i -police, and a re cruitigj officer has been named to accept ac-cept applicants at Vancouver. At a meeting of tbe Indianapolis Prohibition league 6teps were taken for the organization of Carrie Nation club. Rev. E. V. Harmon predicted for Carrie Nation a martyr's death, but added that "her name will be honored in a blaze of glory," By a vote of 33 to 35 the Chicago City Council defeated Moyor Harrison's plan of repealing the midnight saloon closing law. Premier Roblin states that the Manitoba Man-itoba Government is making attempts to purchase the Northern Pacific railway rail-way in Manitoba. In Providence, R. I., the Phoenix iron foundry went into a receivership Monday. Tbe debts of the concern aggregate about 880,000, while the plant has a tax valuation of 9170,000. Why dispute about words? The appearance ap-pearance of an army of the United States on Cuban soil will be a sufficient declaration of Cuba's independence. The fact will epeak louder than a doz-,en doz-,en formal declarations. And we guess the recognition so much discussed will be ratified by all the nations erf the world with the sole exception of Spain. The claim that Joe. Leiter is responsible respon-sible for the tread riots is not well lounded. Anybody now engaged in rioting can get all tte trrad be wanU by paying Joe (15 Cor tux wb&at. KANSAS SALOON SMASHER VISITS THE GOVERNOR. Aeased nim of Perjury Because Be Did Mot Close the Saloons. Mrs. Carrie Nation, the Kansas saloon smesher, invaded the office of Governor Stanley in the capitol building at To-peka To-peka Monday, and for a solid hour arraigned the chief executive of the State for his failure to close the saloons of Kansas. Then in turn she visited the offices of Attorney-GeneralGoddard, County Attorney Nichols and Sheriff Porter, and demanded of each that they close the saloons. When Mrs. Nation entered Gov. Stanley's office she was followed by a crowd of newspaper reporters and others By turns she administerod to Gov. Stanley a tongue-lashing for his failure to uphold the laws against liquor selling or begged him for aid to carry on her crusade. She put her questions with fierceness and answered them herself without giving the Governor Gov-ernor time to utter a complete sentence in his own defence. Mrs. Nation accused Gov. Stanley of branding her as a law breaker, and demanded de-manded to know if he had a better method than she of riding the state of saloons. She accused the governor of perjury because he did not close the 8a loons. Finally the governor said: "You get the prosecuting attorneys of the different counties to put the joint keepers in jiil, and I'll use my power as governor to keep them in. I'll see that they are not pardoned out." Mrs. Nation then went for the attorney-general because ho refused to remove re-move county oCicers who failed to do their duty. Scandal Alleged In Fort Hall Legislature. A passage occurred in the house Monday between Mr. Flynn, delegate from Oklahoma, ami Mr. Stephens of Texas. It arose out of the refusal of Mr.Stephens to give un-t :nous consent for consideration of an Oklahoma bill. Mr. Flynn declared that the proposed pro-posed legislation was imperative, and said if it failed Mr. Stephens would be held responsible. He then attacked Mr. Stephens personally, per-sonally, charging that he had placed in the Fort Mall reservation bill surreptitiously sur-reptitiously a section which no one knew was in the bill. "Then," he continued, "he telegraphed tele-graphed a man in Texas that he had gotten the section in the bill, advised him to throw uphis job, locate a claim, and said that he (Stephens) was 'in with it.' " "Anyone who makes that statement, no matter who he is," shouted Mr. Stephens, jumping to his feet, "tells a deliberate falsehood." "Do you deny that you telegraphed to a blacksmith to that effect?" asked Mr. Flynn. "I reiterate that it is a falsehood.'" "I received my information of the man to wtu.Yi the blacksmith sold out," replied M. Flynn. "But if the gentleman says it is untrue, I will take his word for it." Engineer Asleep and Five People Were Killed. Five people were killed and one severely se-verely injured, and the two engines and ten loaded cars were wrecked by the mistake of a train crew Monday afternoon between Petroleum and Volcano Vol-cano junction, on the Baltimore & Ohio railroad in West Virginia. The engineer was asleep at his post and mistook the first section of a passing pass-ing train for the- second section. Thinking both had passed, he pulled his train on the main track and sped forward to what would seem to have necessarily been his death. The dead and injured are members of the train crews. The engineer responsible re-sponsible for the wreck escaped with slight injuries. Prison Matron Charged with Cruelly. The report of the Indiana legislative committee which has visited the state institutions, has been handed to Governor Gover-nor Durbin. The report charges that Mrs. Sarah Keeley, superintendent of the Indiana Women's Piison and Girl's Industrial school, has been guilty of stripping girls naked and floerging them with lashes on their bared backs. The report also charges cruel treat ment in other wavs. Bold Kobhery at Kansas City. At the office of the Standard Oil company, iu the southeastern part of Kansas City Monday, a young man forced Cashier Irvine, at the point of a revolver, into a closet. After locking lock-ing him in he got off with between 8500 and S700 in cash. Irvin was preparing his cash for the bank when, at 2:45 o'clock, a young man, probably 24 years old, entered the office quievly and placing a revolver revol-ver at the cashier's head, ordered him to retreat to a small closet a few feet away. Irvin complied promptly and the robber turned the key on him. Chicago Takes Effective Steps to Step Smallpox. Public School Superintendent Wooley of Chicago has issued a bulletin declaring declar-ing that all children in the schools mustbe vaccinated immediately. It was said at the war department that no report had been made to the department by (Jen. MacArthur in regard re-gard to the case of the American editor, edi-tor, Rice, whose deportation to the United States he (Geu. MacArthur) is said to have ordered. A call has been issued by Oliver XT. Stewart, chairman of the national committee, com-mittee, for a national prohibition conference con-ference to be held at Buffalo in August, to discuss questions of interest to state and county chairmen and local work, era. The Oregon senate has passed a bill providing that the people shall be given giv-en the right to express by ballot at the regular state elections their choice for United States senator. Through his naked eye man sees less than six thousand Btars; through a powerful telescope he may see a hundred hun-dred million. Is there not a simi'ar exaltation of all his faculties as they expand under true culture? The realm of truth Is deep and vast, like the tarry heavens. . The Btase has Its real trage1i?s as well as life. Edotrard Remenyi died as be wished to die, in the practice o' tils wonderful art. His death recalls that of Mozart in pathetic devotion to aa art that bad become his Ufa, MESSAGE ON AFFAIRS IN PHILIPPINES. President Transmits Document from Tafl Commission With Recommendations. ' The President, Friday transmitted jto the senate a report to the secretary of war inclosing the report of the Taft Philippine commission. ' In his message of transmittal the president says; "I earnestly recommend recom-mend legislation under which the government of the islands may have authority to assist in their peaceful industrial development in the directions di-rections indicated by the secretary of war." Among the documents was the following letter from Judge Taft: "Since writing you about 30,000 insurgents in-surgents in Ilocos Norte have surrendered surren-dered and 10,000 persons who were not well-affected toward us in Panay have taken the oath of allegience. I have already received two papers from native na-tive priests, eighteen in number, and I am told that there will be a great manj other papers signed by a great many more native priests, tendering their allegiance to the United States and promising fidelity without mental reserve. The. native priests are those who have held out longest in favor of the insurgents and. against, the Americans, Ameri-cans, and I deem ithis action as of great importance. The army is hitting small but hard knocks against the insurgents in-surgents everywhere. Since the election elec-tion there has been a great falling off in the activity of the insureWTT gressiveness. Oerman Sagar Refiners' Plan to Invade American Market. Some apprehension is expressed in sugar circles as to the report that the German refiners are preparing for a sharp fight to market their product in this country. About a year ago the secretary of the treasury decided, on complaint of the Russian ambassador, that the Russian sugar was oot subject to a countervailing countervail-ing duty, for the reason that, technically, technic-ally, Russian sugar did not receive an export bounty. The contention of the German refiners is that Russian sugar does, in fact, receive a bounty, and a demand, it is asserted, is to be officially made upon the state department that German sugars be placed upon this same basis, as Bussian. Should, however, how-ever, the countervailing duty on German Ger-man suffars still be collected, it is then proposed, according to reports just received re-ceived by sugar refiners, to pay the export ex-port bounty upon terms identical with those controlling Russian shipments. In that case, it is argued, the authorities authori-ties at Washington will have no couise left except to remove the countervailing countervail-ing duty. Talk of Extra Session. The brief recommendation in the message of the president to the senate urging immediate legislation in the interest in-terest of the Filipinos caused great surprise among the senators and occasioned occa-sioned speculation upon the probability probabil-ity of an extra session of congress immediately im-mediately after March 4. Senators generally say they have no intimation from the White House that a special session of the entire congress may be desirable, but they unite as one man in saying that no Philippine legislation is possible during the remaining weeks, of the present session. DERAILED BY DYNAMITE. Pilot Engine of Train Carrying Kitchener Is Wrecked. Friday a train with Lord Kitchener and a body of troops, proceeded toward Middleburg, an armored pilot engine preceding. It was derailed by dynamite dyna-mite near Balmoral. The Boers, who were in force, opened fire and the British Brit-ish replied. Ultimately the Boers were driven off. The British sustained no casualties. Neely Goes Hack to Cuba. Charles F. Neeley, the former postal official, who was ordered extradited to Cuba for trial on charges of embezzlement, embezzle-ment, left Ludlow street jail Sunday and was taken aboard a steamer for Cuba. Neely seemed to be in the best of spirits on leaving jail, where he had been confined since May 22, 1900. He said to one of the wardens: "I am glad I am going back to Cuba,' because I can readily explain away and will be aquitted." Boers Take More ISritish Prisoners. A train with troops and military stores on board was waylaid and captured cap-tured by the Boers at Slijpkiljp, near Fourteen Streams (north of Kimber-ley) Kimber-ley) Saturday morning. The republicans repub-licans captured a small post of Dublin fusiliers, then blew up a culvert and waited for the train. An armored train has gone in pursuit of the Boers. Twenty Cape police surrendered to the Boers at Devondale, north of Vrybury, Jan. 21, without firing a shot. It is reported that General Prinsloo was wounded in tbe fighting-Three fighting-Three Kansas City Children Cremated. The three children of 8.-R. McCarty a janitor at a Kansas City office building, build-ing, were cremated early - Saturday a fire that destroyed their home in an eastern suburb of the city. They were Edith, aged IS years; Melissa, 14, and Kenneth, 10. The parents occupied a room on the lower floor and were awakened to find the entire building in flames. All escape for the children, who slept above, was cut off. They were suffocated in their beds and their bodies burned almost beyond recognition. rec-ognition. Harrying the Chinese. A dispatch from Shanghai says the diplomats have decided unanimously to notify the Chinese plenipotentiaries that the military arrangements of the powers depend upon the promptitude with which China executes her engagements. engage-ments. They will also request that the death penalty be imposed upon four Chinese functionaries, including Chouang Ying Nien; a posthumous death penalty will also be demanded for Prince Kang Yi (Assistant Grand Secretary and President Presi-dent of the Civil Board), who committed commit-ted suicide. Scientists Will Visit Alaska. An expedition composed of California scientists will start from Victoria, B. C, next June to investigate the mirage known as "Silent City," seen every summer on tbe Mount Fairweather glacier, Alaska. ' Light Sugar Imports. The imports of refined sugars during the year 1900 at New York amounted to 17,515 tons, compared with 1935 tons in 1899, and a very large part of this increase was Russian crystal. UTAH LEGISLATURE. Eighth Day, January 33. House The committee on contingent expenses ex-penses reported favorably on the bills for the first month's salary for the employees of the house, and the compensation and mileage of the members. The report was unanimously adopted . The committee on public health reported favorably on McMillen's anti compulsory vac-c.nation vac-c.nation bill. The following bills were introduced: H. B. No. 32, by Wills A bill for an act to establish a State School of Mines. The act proposes to establish a school of mines la connection con-nection with the University, to be under the control of a board of resents, and be the beneficiary bene-ficiary of all land-grant appropriations, etc., made or to bo made by the United States to the r.tate for the maintenance of a school of mines. H. B. No. 33. by Mohr A bill relating to jurors in justice courts, per diem and mileage. The act provides that jurors summoned In justice jus-tice courts or at an inquest shall receive 1 .50 per day and mileage of 2J cents per mile each way. H. B. No. 34, by Holzheimer Relating to criminal jurisdiction in justice's court, amending amend-ing existing law so that justiies can not impose fine of 300 and Imprisonment tor same offense. H. B. No. 35, by Holzht imer A bill for an act to prevent the compelling f employees of persons or corporations to trade with any store or board at uny boaniing-house by means of coercion or intimidation. H. B. No. 36, by Holzheimer A bill relating to places of trial in justices- courts. The proposed pro-posed act conforms to the law relating to district dis-trict court trials, being held in the county in which the cause of action arises. H. B. No. 37, by Smith A bill relating to the annual exhibition of agricultural and mineral products, manufactured articles and domestic animals, 'ihe act prov des that the society may hold fairs at Salt Lake or any other place -iPn;iji.de3i proper, and that persons exhibiting exhibit-ing domestic animals shall tie bona fide residents resi-dents of the state. H. B. No. 38, by Smith A bill relating to appeals to the supreme court. The proposed act provides that equity cases and cases tried efora t!i oourt without a jury, may be appealed ap-pealed without a motion for a new trial. H. B. No. 39, by Evans Providing that ;he right of eminent domain may be exercised for the use of pipe-lines to convey liqu'.ds connected con-nected with the manufa ture of beet sugar. II. B. No. 40, by Evans -Providing that cots in appeal cases from justice courts muct be awarded to the prevailing party. The house adjourned after adopting a resolution resolu-tion of condolence upon the death of Queen Victoria. Senate Two bills were introduced as follows: fol-lows: S. B. No. 15, by Murdock An act providing that the amount of bonds, Including existing indebtedness, shall not exceed 4 per cent of the value of the taxable property in any school disb trict S. B. No. 16. by Tanner An act providing for the proper measurement and division of water; creating water divisions in the stats of Utah; creating a board of control of irrigation fur the state of Utah, and defining its duties; defining the duties of the state engineer; providing for the adjudication of water rights and for the recognition of existing rights; providing for the proper handling of stored water, and repealing re-pealing chapter 8. title 63, Revised Statutes of Utah, 1898. The new measure repeals. the old irrigation laws and proposes 67 sections, covering cover-ing the various subjects named in the title. Joint Session- At 11 o'clock the two houses met in joint session for the puri ose of balloting ballot-ing for a United States senator. Hon. Thomas Kearns received 37 votes and Hon. A. W. McCune Mc-Cune received 2". Mr. Kearns was declared elected, and. upon invitation, addressed the assembly briefly, thanking them for the honor. Governor Wells thanked the assembly for having hav-ing performed its duty so speedily. The vote in detail is as follows: For Kearns Alder, Allison, Howell, Johnson, John-son, Larsen, Lawrence. Love, Sherman, Anderson, Ander-son, Axton, Barrett, Bench. Christensen, Cutler, Davis, Evans. Gardner, Hal), Hamlin, Hewlett, Holmgren. Homer, D. O. Johnson, G. W. Johnson, John-son, Kelly, McFarland, McMillan, N. L. Morris, Mor-ris, Phillips, Sharp, Smith, South, Stevens, Stewart, Van Home, Williams, Glasmann 37. For McCune Barnes, Bennion, Kiesel, Murdock, Mur-dock, Smoot, Tanner, Thomas, Whitmore, Whitney, Evans, Billings, Fry, Harmon, Hatch, Holzheimer, Langton, Lambert, Maug-han, Maug-han, McGregor, Mohr. D. H. Morris, Pond, Redd, Van Wageneu, Wells 25. Absent Page. Ninth Day, January 24. House McMillan's bill to prevent compulsory compul-sory vaccination, H. B. No. 18, which had been recommended for passage, was sent back to committee for a further hearing at the request of the chairman of the committee on public health, where the advocates of vaccination and its opponents had an extended hearing. Axton"s bill relating to the prison library, after a lengthy discussion, was withdrawn. It contained a provision that no visitor known to have served a term in this or any other prison, nor persons known to be of bad character, shall be admitted to the library. McFarland o Weber led the opposition to the bill. He said: "I was once an inmate of that prison, together with many other residents of this state, and if we want to go back occasionally and look ;over our old stamping-ground, we ought to be allowed al-lowed to do it. I was a convict, but I don't consider that I was a criminal." Others thought an exception should be made in favor of those who had been convicted for unlawful cohabitation, and the bill was recommitted. Mr. Andei son presented a petition from the Woman's Relief corps of the G . A. R., asking favorable action on a bill providing for the burial, at public expense, of soldiers, sailors and marines of the United States who may die In Utah. Mr. Axton presented a claim on behalf of T. F. Thomas for jury fees. Mr. Axton also presented a claim from H. N. Standish for a return of $558.40 overpaid on school lands. House Bill No. 24, by Holmgren Relating to the delivery of persons to the, penitentiary was recommended for passage. The following bills were introduced: H. B. No. 41, by Langton providing that no certificate can be issued to a co-partnership or corporation as agent of an insurance company. H. B. No. 42, by D. H. Morris Relating to where certain cases may be tried. H. B. No. 43. by D. H. Morris Provides that road supervisors shall report to the commissioners com-missioners before the third Monday in December, Decem-ber, and that poll tax shall be collected between January and November. Alabama Bank Falls. In Montgomery, Ala., the Josiah Morris bank, one of the oldest private banking institutions in Alabama, did ot open its doors for business Saturday. Satur-day. The capital stock of the bank is 100,000. Imports of the Week. The imports of dry goods and merchandise mer-chandise at the port of New York for the past week were valued at $11,100,-233, $11,100,-233, Specie, gold $26,888; silver, $105,105. Edward Thanks the Navy. King Edward VII., in his message to the navy, which was ordered to be read pon all ships, thanks the navy for its services during his mother's reign. The message concludes with au expression of confident reliance upon the unfailing loyalty of the navy to him. Exports of Gold and Silver. Exports of gold and silver from New York to all countries for the last week aggregate $1,248,41)5 silver bars and coin, and 34,007,603 gold. Pauperism la Englaa. According to a report just Issued by the British local government board regaining re-gaining pauperism, a remarkable Improvement Im-provement has taken place since 1880. Considering the great increase (about six millions) in population in Britain, might reasonably be expected that there would be a proportionate Increase In-crease in pauperism, but on Jan. 1, 19o0, thore were seventy thousand fewer few-er paupers than there were twenty years ago. The agricultural counties in Britain are more afflicted with pauperism paup-erism than tie ma.nufar.Urnlg oaea ar ia Hons Prorldtnf protection of coal ta.ners. H. B. No. 45. by Smith Providing- fair the licensing of hunters and fishermen, and to Increase In-crease the salary of the state fish and fame commissioner. H. B. No. 46. by Stevens Relating to a state fair, provides that exhibitions may be held at any place in the state. Domestic and imported animals may be exhibited if owned and kept w'thin the Mate for six months preceding. H. B No. 41. by Hewlett A bill fixing the date of muricipal election. Providing that the present municipal officers shall serve until January, 1903, and that beginning in November, 1902, a mnnicipal election shall be held every two years. The act simply throws municipal elections in with county ai.d general elections. H. B. No. 49. by Glasmann -Providing that railroad corporations shall be liable for dam ages inflicted in cases even where, fellow. servants are negligent. Referred tocommittee on labor. H. B. No. 50, by Smith A bill for an act fixing fix-ing the compensation of attorneys fordefending pauper criminals. 11. B. No. 51, by Holmgren Providing for the proper measurement of water: creating water divisions in the state: crtating a board of control of irri;:at ion: defining the duties of the state engineer; adjudication of water rights; proper handling of stored water, and repealing all existing wutk'r laws. Senate The following bills wero introduced: S. B. No. 17, by Allison -Repealing the pres-j pres-j -int fish and game law and providing enlarged powers for the state game warden, increasing ' s.is salary to Jl.000 per year, and allowing him a number of deputies at a salary not to exceed C00 per year, and changing the open season, and providing more severe penalties for violations viola-tions of the act. S. B. No. 13. by Whitmore Providing for the election of boards of county county commissioners commis-sioners so there shall be at least one old member mem-ber on the board. A memorial from the State University was received asking the legislature to endorse the metric system. Senate petition No. 4, from Utah county protesting against compulsory vaccination, was presented by Smoot. Petition No. 5, of a like nature, from Alpine, signed by 164 citizens, was presented. Tfiith l)j, January 25th. HorsE-The governor s message was segre-ated segre-ated and referred to the various committees. Several anti-compulsory vaccination petitions peti-tions were received and filt'd. An invitation to attend a reception by Senator Kea.ns at the Knutsford was accepted. (Jlusmann s bill to compel abstractors to pay 10 per cent of their fees to the county was reported re-ported unfa voi ably, and the rep' rt adopted. A substitute for H. B. No. 8, relating to bnrial of soldiers, was reported by the committee on counties. The following bills were introduced: H. B. No 53. by Harmon Relating to filing of informations. H. B. No. 54. by Harmon Relating to examination exami-nation of witnesses. H. B. No. 55, by Harmon Relating to duties of county attorneys. H. B. No. 56, by Holzheimer Proposing to set aside judgments where defendant has not been served with summons. H. B. No. 57, by ..olzheimer Providing for oreclosure of trust deeds in same manner as mortgages . H. B. No. 58 by Smith An act to prevent wearing of insignia of military order by persons per-sons not entitled thereto. Adjournment was taken until Monday. Senate S. B. No. 11, extending the power of district attorneys was passed. The following bills were introduced: S. B. No. 19, by Barnes Limiting the amount of money banks may loan to one Individual Indi-vidual or corporation. Six bills. S. B. Nos. 20. 21, 22, 23, 24. 25, relating relat-ing to powers of district attorneys, were introduced intro-duced by Representative Johnson. S. B. No. 26 and 27, by Whitmore Relating to stock killed and fires started by locomotive engines. S. B. No. 28, by Murdoek Relating to annual and special taxes. S. B. No. 29, by Alder (by request) Creating the office of boiler inspector and defining his duties. Senate adjourned until Monday after accepting accept-ing an Invitation to attend Senator Kearns' reception. re-ception. Eleventh Day, January 28. House The antl-vaccination bill consumed the greater part of the House session, but failed to reach a vote. It was fiercely opposed by a minority who favor the existing law. The live stock committee recommended the rejection of H. B. No. 31, providing for a lien upon the offspring of blooded stock. Bills were introduced as follows: H. B. No. 59, by Smith Relating to saving franchises of railroads which have not complied with the law. II . B. No. 60, by Smith Providing that joint partners to a contract shall each be liable for the full performance thereof. The speaker asked permission to withdraw House bills Nos. 10 ai;d 2). introduced by himself him-self , and added that he would address the House with reference to them Thursday . The request was granted, and the matter was m;:de a special order. The bills relate to assessments and property that has escaped taxation. Senate The committee on military affairs recommended the passage of Senate bill No. 3, providing for the burial of indigent soldiers and sailors dying in this state. The report was adopted The limit of cost of such burial was raised from f 50 to $70, with a proviso that burial should not be made in the pottersflield. Thirty dollars, instead of twenty, was also allowed for a headstone. The following measures were introduced: S. B. No. 31, by Barnes An act to license dogs and providing for the payment of damages dam-ages sustained in the maiming or killing of sheep'by dogs; declaring unlicensed dogs nuisances nuis-ances and declaring under what circumstances they may be killed, and prescribing a punishment punish-ment for killing licensed dogs, and to provide penalties for the violation of this act. Senator Smoot introduced a resolution requesting re-questing Utah's senators and representatives to support a bill in congress for the purchase by the United States of Temple farm and Moore house, at Yorktown, Va., where the troops of Cornwallis surrendered to Washington. Senate joint memorial No. 2, by Kiesel Memorializing congress to adopt the weights and measures of the metric system as the standard weights and measures in" the United States. The memorial was adopted and sent to the House. Spokane School Boy Seriously Injured by Hazing. As a result of hazing inflicted by the upper class of the Spokane high school Monday, Edward Fish, a freshman, lies bandaged at his hotel with severe injuries, in-juries, and a number of other boys were handled roughly. Fish was pushed over a stone wall, chased through a barbed wire fence and otherwise maltreated. mal-treated. Other boys were strangled in buckets of water. School authorities will conduct an investigation. Cuban Bondholders Want Fay. Preliminary skirmishing in a battle for about $450,000,000 has begun in Washington. Holders of Cuban war bonds, issued by Spain to raise funds for the prosecution of the wars in Cuba, are moving to get their money back. Cuban Debt. The Cuban debt, according to one estimate, es-timate, amounts to $331,700,000, and according ac-cording to another estimate, to $455,-700,000. $455,-700,000. At the conclusion of the ten years' war it was $ 1 70, OC 0,000. Among the many electrical toyu aow made is an electrical automobile. It is 10 inches long and 7 inches high. The battery is placed under the seat, where It can be easily got at; it will furnish power to drive the vehicle from half an hour to an hour without re-aharging. re-aharging. The motor ig attached to the under side of the body, with a suitable gearing connecting with, the wheels. The front axle Is pivoted and there is a et erring lever, by means of which the course of the little auto can be directed, the hantfie being placed in to tudiil ra&uviT la front of ti seal. H. B. ifo. 44. by Vi measures of safety for WEEK IN CONGRESS. W ednesday. Hopsb The House passed the District ef Columbia bill and entered upon consideration of the naval appro jmiation bill. The Senate resolution for the celebration of John Marshall day, February 4, was adopted. Senate The legislative and judicial appropriation appro-priation bill was passed with an amendment empowering the secretary of the interior and the secretary of the treasury to each appoint a competent lawyer to represent the United States before committees of congress. Hie shipping subsidy bill was made unfinished business, and will have precedence over othei measures uutil it is disposed of. Thursday. Hocsb The naval appropriation bill wal completed, all except one paragraph. It au thorizes two new battleships and two cruisers The present appropriation makes a total expenditure ex-penditure of f3 10.000,000 on the navy. The House discussed the question of abrogating the treaty of 1817, which prevented either the Unttrd States or Great Britain from maintaining wax ships on the Great Lakes, but took no action. Senate The war revenue bill was reported. It provides for a reduction of nearly $40,000,000. Taxes are repealed on the following: Promis-soJy Promis-soJy notes, mortgages, bills of lading for export, ex-port, powers of attorney, protest, charter party, certificates of all kinds, leases, warehouse receipts, re-ceipts, telegraphic dispatches, telephone messages, mes-sages, passage tickets costing not less than $30, express receipts, freight receipts, bonds, except bonds of indemnity, legacies to religious, charitable, chari-table, literary or educational Institutions, and commercial brokers; fixes the tax on beer at 11.50 per barrel, and on tobacco, cigars and snuff at 9 cets a pound. Consideration of the Indian appropriation bill was resumed. Friday. House The house adopted the conference report on the army bill, and it was sent to the president. The naval appropriation bill wa? passed, as also seventy-seven private pension bills. Senate The shipping subsidy bill and the Indian appropriation bill were both considered at length. Mr. Towne offered a resolution to stop hostilities in the Philippines on a basis granting independence to the natives, but conserving con-serving the Interests of the United States. Saturday. Hocse The house disagreed to the senate amendments to the legislative, exoc'iit auxi judicial appropriation bill, and agreed to the conference asked for by the senate. Messrs. Bingham of Pennsylvania, Hemmenway of In diana, and Livingston of Georgia were appointed ap-pointed conferees on the part of the house. Senate National irrigation was discussed in the senate for three hours, the text being an amendment to the Indian appropriation bill, providing for surveys, looking to the construction construc-tion of an irrigation dam and ditches for the watering of the reservation of the Pima and Maricopa Indians at San Carlos on the Gila river, Arizona. The credentials of Fred T. Dubois of Idaho and Shelby M. Cullom of Illinois were presented. pre-sented. Mr. Hoar introduced, and the senate passed, a resolution asking for all lnformrtion at the command of the president or any executive officer of the government as to the extent of lands in the Philippine islands held for ecclesiastical ecclesi-astical purposes, the character and value of such lands, and whether any official had on behalf be-half of the government entered into any obligation obliga-tion as to the title of such lands. Monday. House The bill to codify the postal laws, which has occupied the House for several days, was passed. Objection wan made to consideration consider-ation of bill to extend the charters of national banks for twenty years. A bill authorizing deputy clerks of United States courts to administer ad-minister oaths was passed. Senate Senator Towne of Minnesota delivered de-livered a lengthy speech In advocacy of his resolution to stop the war in the Philippines, after which the credentials of his successor were presented, and Mr. Towne withdrew. The San Carlos irrigation amendment was agreed to, with changes providing that the surveys shall not commit the United Slates to the execution exe-cution of the plan of irrigation. The King Has Little Power. The new king, Edward VII, although called to one of the highest earthly places, has little real power. He will choose his own personal attendants but no public officers. At Queen Vic toria's accesion the .entire public ser vice was controlled by the spoils system. sys-tem. All the officers at home, in the diplomatic and consular service and in Great Britain's colonies were within the gift of .the ruling political power in London. In 1854the new civil service ser-vice reform act changed all this. Now only the responsible chiefs ofdepart-ments ofdepart-ments and their confidential assistants are removable at the pleasure of the king and his minister. Queen's Last Request. In her last lucid rally before death, according to a London dispatch, the Queen summoned the Prince of Wales and the Kaiser to her bedside, and besought them as they loved her, to avoid war and maintain peace. They so promised never to allow England and Germany to clash. Danish Finance Committee Favors Sale of Went Indian Possessions. During the debate on the budget in the folkething (lower house of parliament) parlia-ment) Thursday, the chairman of the finance committee announced that a majority of the committee - were disposed dis-posed to sell the. Danish West Indies to the United States if satisfactory conditions were obtainable. He added that from a purely economic standpoint it was advisable to sell the islands, asthey cost tbe treasury more than they were worth. Lieutenant Taylor of the United States revenue launch Penrose was drowned in Pensacola, Fla., Wednesday- . MONTANA RANCHMAN ' VICTIMIZED. Farmer Living Near Batte Taken In by Chicago Chi-cago Sharper. Michael Delaney, a ranch-owner, living liv-ing near Butte, Montana, reported to the Chicago police Friday that he had been fleeced of a certified check for ?4,-500 ?4,-500 by a sharper who represented himself him-self as a Chicago mining broker, and induced Delaney to give hin the check to be cashed at a bank. Delaney is penniless and telegraphed to friends in Batte to help him. MONNETT'S TRUST CASES. Last Vistage- Disappears From Ohio Supreme Su-preme Court Docket. Attorney -General. Sheets of Ohio, Thursday asked the supreme court to dismiss the contempt case brought by former Attorney - General Monnett against F. B. Squire, secretary of tbe Standard Oil company, for refusing to produce the books of the compan y when ordered to do so by the court. The motion was granted, and tbe last vistage of Mr. Monnett's trust cases has disappeared from the supreme court's docket. Japanese Protest. The Japanese Consul at Vancouver has protested to Washington against the action of the United States immigration immi-gration officers in treating Japanese merchants belonging to that city and other places on the Canadian side of tbe Sound as immigrants. Smallpox Epidemic In Glasgow. . In Glasgow the smallpox epidemio is somewhat alarming. Twenty-nine fresh cases are reported and hundreds of cases are in the hospital- NEWS SUMMARY. Andrew Cariiegi has secured control con-trol of the Pressed Steele Car company which is paying ov;r $2,000,000 a year in dividends. The Senate Committee on the Philippines Philip-pines has decided U report favorab'y the bill providing for the maintenance of a soldiers libra at Manila. All Hallows coJ'k ge, Salt Lake, is to have a new building which, it is said, will be one of tln finest io the western part of the United States. . It is reliably asserted that Chile has made new peace propositions to Bolivia Bo-livia on favorable basis and that Bolivia Bo-livia is disposed to accept them. John II. Thomas, millionaire manufacturer man-ufacturer and prominent Democrat, dropped dead at bis home in .Springfield, .Spring-field, O., Wednesday aged 7T years. The navy depai Liuent has perfected arrangements for sending a party of scientists to the Island of Sumatra to observe the total eclipse of the sun on May 17th next. Tbe Republican members of the Tennessee Legislature in caucus adopted adopt-ed a resolution favoring Senator Beverldge of Indiana for the Presidential Presiden-tial nominee in 1904. Extraordinary results have been obtained ob-tained in New South Wales by the government engineers who have been boring oil wells, and a number of tanks have been completed. - The London stock exchange last week was under the shadow of the fatal news from Osborne. Dealings were on a small scale aud a dull tone prevailed in most departments. A Hamburg syndicate has purchased the estate of the late President Crespo, in the Orinoco, Venezuela, district. It has an area of 10,000,000 acres and upon it are 80,000 Vead of cattle. The nail, wire and rod mills of Newcastle, New-castle, Pa., controlled by the American Steel and Wire company, which have beed idle since last April, will resume work immediately, employing over 800 men. The resolution introduced by Mr. Teller providing for the printing of the Filipino petition presented to the Senate by hiui was considered in coin-jnitte, coin-jnitte, and an adverse report ordered upon it. There is a serious landslide on the Great Northern near Edmonds, Wash. The slide is one of the worst which ever occurred on the road, being 400 feet long and twenty-five feet deep at some places. In his annual report President Mitchell of the United M ine-Workers, discussing the machine output of coal says: In 18'J9 there were approximately 44,000,000 tons of coal taken out by mining machinery. Susan Mulkey of Tacoma fatally shot herself at the Royal house, San Francisco. The shooting is claimed to have been accidental, but there are some suggestions that it was done with suicidal intent. Dr. Morrison, in a dispatch to London Lon-don Times from Peking complains that Great Britain has withdrawn her protest in the Shan llai Kwan railroad affair, thus facilitating Russia's designs de-signs in Manchuria. Capetown dispatches say it is believed that the presence of invading Boers in proximity to the western coast is due to preconcerted plans with European filibusters to laud a large consignment of arms and ammunition. A mounted delegation of 200 Cubans from the provincesof ilavanaand Pinar del Rio, waited upon Gov. -Gen. Wood Saturday afternoon und extended thanks to the military Government for what it had done for Cuba. General MacArthur has ordered a dozen more natives to be taken on board the Solace preparatory to their deportation. They are charged with being insurgent abettors and agitators who swore allegiance to the United States for the purpose of facilitating revolutionary operations. The senate committe on territories has decided to report favorably an amendment to the Alaska laws under which excess of license moneys designated desig-nated for fcchool uses may be applied to municipal purposes in that Territory. Ter-ritory. A calamity is reported in Australia, . where, from the Albury district coms accounts of serious brush fires which have destroyed all vegetation within an area from Wallandool to Culcairn. Forty thousand acres of grain was burned. Arrangements have just been completed com-pleted whereby all tbe corrugating plants in Ohio have been put under one management. The product of all the mills in Ohio will be under the control of the American Sheet Steel Company. General MacArthur has ordered the deportation to the United States of George T. Rie, editor of the Daily bulletin, a marine journal. The order characterizes him as adaogerous incendiary incen-diary and a menace to the military situation. Chicago Women's club voted, 173 to 58, to express regrets over the action of the general federation of the clubs excluding Mrs. Josephine Ruffin, the colored representative of the New Era club of Boston, from the Milwaukee convention. Counsul-General Bray at Melbourne, Anstralia, has informed the state department de-partment that the Postmaster-General of Victoria has accepted the bid for laying the Pacific cable, at the cost of $3,735,967. It is to be completed by July 31, 1902. Estimates made by the best informed in-formed persons in the financial field, fix the value of Queen Victoria's private estate at something between 850,000,000 and $00,000,000. Parliament, Parlia-ment, upon her accension, granted her 82,925,000 a year. Charles Riter and Mimo Galvani, two Italian journalist who are making a tour of the world on a tandem bicycle, on a wager of $10,000, arrived in Salt Lake last week. They are scheduled to complete their trip before noon on Christmas day, 1902. Advices from Dawson aad the Yukon valley report that that section of Alaska has just passed through the coldest weather recorded since the white man inhabited that country Tbe thermometer at Dawson fell to 63 degree below zero. r |