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Show OGDEN DAILY OGDEN, UTAH. Mil' US DAY MOHNINO, FEBRUARY 12. 1691. VOLUME IV. NUMBER 113. curred in. Th eecat bill X HOUSE AND SENATE. establish the record Port Orchard", Washington, the STILL Ot flory Mikes a Yahlle Dniil vf Alleged Complicity iu the Silver Washinotps, tVo. afd as peutioa ofi- t-- j 11. In the senate jut-.ti-- sub-treasu- 'liiiigtoii Jiut. Vshi.tos, FtljL 11. The silver office was TIR'ST, pool investigating committee resumed iU sejtfiots thin morning, and Congressman Ilursey of Nebraska, said that Ledo-ir-d He u ndt-- r oath, to make with celled attention to th Owenby, who waa uotuewbst notorious hnd not unknown t fuu:e, in which OAttiby Kil l a Nebraska congressman told him that there was waiting for him if he would forget what he knew when he went oa the witu-- t etaud. lkurseysaid he was fatifclltd that Lis colleague, Daws and Coaucll had seen Owenby, and if Owenby meant him he (Dvrsey I pronounced hiui an infamous Jl lUr in all that the term impiiel. iDorsey) had never bot-- iuUTWted directly or In lirectly in filver. t The president h is Approved tho granting to the Umatilla Irrigation com pany a right of ?.ay through the Uma tilla Indian rcservti.u, an act to prevent the counterfeiting or manufacture of dies, tools or other implements used iu counterfeiting, aud providing for tho issue of secret warrant in certain cnee; an act amending the act for regulation of commerce, and an act to provide an additional justice of the supreme court of Arizona. Representative Vandiver, of California, presented the house report in favor of ihe passage of the bill heretofore reported from the irrigation committee to provide for the segregation of public lands into irrigation district, and the transfer of lands to the several stales on the condition that they shall construct irrigation works. Senator Stanford today proposed au amendment to the sundry civil bill to increase tho limit of cost for the purchase of a site for a nublio buildiug in Sun Francisco to f 40,000. Hatch, from the committee en agriculture today reported to the house a bill as an amendment in nature of n substitute for the senate bill to provide for the inspection of hogs and carcasses aud products thereof, which are subject to interstate commerce, etc. It embraces the provisions of Vest's bill for the inspection of cattle intended for export; also authorizes the secretary of agriculture to make a careful post mortem examination of cattle, sheep and swine killed at slaughter houses, etc. o Strubblo, of Iowa, from the on territories todey reported fav orably the bill to open the Cherokee outlet in the Indian Territory. Representative Cutohoon, from tho committee on military affairs, today re- lorted to the house with favorable the senate bill appropriating IflOO.OOO to enable the secretary of war to provide for the exploration and sur-ve- v of the interior of Alai.ka. The chief postofliee inspector was today advised of th 3 arrest nt Ogden, of Receiving Clerk Nelson II. George, of the Ogden poHtoflice charged with the embezzlement of a f.j,0X) registered package Font on January 1, last, from Sacramento, Cal., to Omaha, Neb. The money having been received, Ihe acting secretary of the treasury today infilled a warrant for the payment of $1,000,000 on the recount of pensioners, aggregating 8:50,000,000 due during tho quarter ending March 4. The latter amount represents the available cash balance of the treasury so that only the treasury surplus that will exint after these payments shall have been met will be the excess of the receipts over the other expenditures during that period. It is now estimated at less than ?10,000,-000- . f-'nW t s'-- live-cattl- poiu-mitte- Secretary Blaine makes a positive denial of tho statement telegraphed from Toronto regarding the letter to Laurier. Mo says he uas not written a letter to any Canadian since ho became secretary of state. It is learned on tho highest authority that the statement that a reciprocity agreement had been concluded with Venxuela is incorrect. Must Come Jiis Way. Toronto, Feb. 11. -- The Telegram, on what it calk uuexcoptionaily high authority, says that the Hon. Mr. Laurier holds in his pocket n letter from Secretary Blaine, in which the secretary distinctly refuses to negotiate non-co- n with any party'in Canada but the reform party upon the question of commercial union. The Dakota. Deadlock. Pierre, S. D., Feb. ll.An independent caucus last night decided to drop Campbell and nominate Senator Kyle natead, while iu the Republican caucus Moody was decided oa again as the party nominee. Two ballots were taken today the last one resulting: Moody, U8; Kvle, 09; Tripp, 21: Dillon, 4: Mellette, 1; Seward, 1; Caihpbell, 1; with 12 paired. The report that a combination of Independents and Democrats was being formed to secure the election of a Democrat from Illinois and a farmer from 8outh Dakota, had tho effect of uniting the Republicans, and they hereafter will doubtless vote together for one man. The Indeiendeuts seem disposed' to follow the same order. The Illinois-SoutDakota combine is treated with among leading politicians here. little-credene- supreme court. tU Mi yor Ciirk. iMJt-ua- . ir.tigtr iu mch tru. that Ihe UiutoJ - Rmoviii a With r Cou:r-i:to- WW to ! ttrut L-- it eairefully. leged, A ( I'ASK LKAi: 2IAI; OUT- .f iLe VUirky Trust Thr Arte:-t k1 J . li'hl I uler l uAcX-i- ; of "If we Lare developed an noexpt.-ltar'y a itvedjcr lhi.1 NO HOPE OF IUX0VEKY. rpiuiy fur the uitt aaniuiilatiua of Urgf'y tfkiiuU viii T iIiiuk of currency, and vea a territ.: tHir if it if we hsv demotiktratod the ur ulae a h iuu locht of an j t to G.!-O- t oV.-tiv- yu i;id utd louuTU-r- . tcj-- t'1n, ur L' 1 a l.o Ltr4lH (irnml Sherman runot it u id dytaa..' jit) - dir(.- J'liVMri.r.-- s Save Him. th It tm4u i HIS EXI HOURLY a't (:beun. Djiri? Warrior. I:. 1L--- J ir'-.i-ne the-t.r- h-- 1 1 i t.un '. par-at- anti-trus- piL ng b.L h.wl , iLt tu'i.ii? tory. 11 If the .i ..;! told .W Yi'Kk, Feb. 11. -- Th ttVuisatiM, F.'i. ;it u ludUai i II V.i.'D and the Induuia of tieueial Sherman is still by t'jf kji nt of the tali ?iul treasury eotJurt.net uidered tidjy, ill etirl hjiu Friday. Th feit ar .f j pr carious, Lul t!.e UiT departu.ei4 now iu tbicivmith nhi.-of the u..t diabolical of ti of the t'ht at attle this ufrern .n ai the foun...j.uUi. UMiaj'n tilk its hoj s Utr Id I. It mate t involving great los of hf add pro' rty, Wojudwl Km Tll':i;g Hstik uiii ds' ion of Inppw th- h fitxjut n'ly hes been discovered an iU coDtumatkin that a given time wl.eu the men had lovery. tMillii ientH to u euilier ia!i:td lenvniw he d.ivered on theeveof being put up tjt?ir guns they fre prevented just of the fiiu.ity and me old friends ad from their families anI taken to a tniftd to the sick chamber. into tifect. The Western Distiller and General Ewing hivf, when roused, Cattl Feeders' Afcriuliou.U'ller knot n ceitaia Ux.t. A crazy man, a Geueral Sherman in intelligent and free man of as the whisky trutt, is a corrUoj youLg bail vrry wilh a capital stock of &i5,ax000, and controls the price of high wiue throughout the couutry, aa it coi.tr.ild all of t ie uifcliHeriH with two or throe eioeptio.is. The most important distillo v outside of the combinatioa is that of il. II. Shu-felo- t, of this city, and it was against this coi'Cern that the plot us arranged. The exposure of the conspiracy occurred tbia morning. George J. (iibaon of Peoria, III., arrived at 6 o'clock, and on the complaint of SliciVr General Hurt, of the treasury department, who came here from Washington for the purpo6o, was arrested aa he was alighting from a carriage at the door of the Grand Pucitic hotel, and hurried accroea the street into tho government buildiug where he was Jocked up. The arrest was made as qdtetly as possible and tho fact waa not made public ( until aomo hour afterward. The charge laid at Gibson's door is that he offered the government gauger, T. S. Dewar, who is on duty at Shufelot's diFtillery, a bribe to blow up the distillery with dynamite. Solicitor Hart tclla tho story of the plot Ho says that Gibson opened the commticicutiona with Dewar some time Ago, telling him at first that Shufelot's concern was in tho way and that they were trying to get it out of the wav. Finally he offered Dawar f lO.tKX) and then increased the offer to,62jW0 tojblow up the concern. Gibson told him he had a dvcamite machine that could be exploded between two large tanks, releasing and setting on lire a sea of alcohcL Thoro would be plenty of time for Dewar to get away and he was tho only man who could place the machine, because of the fact that as government gauger he had access to nil parts of the building. "Gibson lied, said Hart, "viien ho told Dewar that the machine would not go off until he had t;ne to get out, for it would have exploded at once, killing the man who placed it before he could poenibly get awr.y, thus destroying the ouly evidence agaiuFt Ihe trust people, and at the same time saving to them the 825,000 bribe. In addition to the destruction of Dewnr and the building, tho success of the plot meant unquestionably the death of 150 men working iu tho place. "As I say, Dewar under our instructions, went the length of the conspiracy to the point of doing the diabolic deed. and when Gibson was arrested he was waiting uneasily, expecting to hear of the explosion aud the destruction of all those li.ves and all that property. We have in our possession all the evidence to sut)stantiute Dewar's story; the dynamite machine, letters, contract between Dewar and Gibson, in fact, everything. Tho case is practically over so far as onr "department is concerned. The case is made.'' "Have you any evidence to show that others besides Gilwwn were implicated in the conspiracy?" Hart was asked. "Gibson is socrotary of the trust, and while we might reason that he was not alone in this and that Gomelxxly higher up iu the trust was the responsible party, wo have not a bit of evidence tending to implicate anyone else. Everything we have points to Gibson and to no other person." The machine, the materials to make it effective, and the inculpating documents were in the satchel, which Gibson carried Rt the time of his arrest, Some unknown person who had knowl edge of tho conspiracy, warned the owners or the distillery ou Monday of the danger which beset them, and fixing the date for tiie explosion for vesterdav or today, and they were carefully guarding the premises day una night. Two previous attempts which were attributed to the vvhiskv trust, but not, proved ,were made to destroy Shufelot's w.th dynamite.; One of them occurred two years ago lust fall. Detective Dan Coughlin, of the city police force, was detailed on tne case, and it was while at work on it that ho mado the acquaintance of the little German, John I. Kunze. Both of them were afterwards tried for complicity in the assassination of Dr. Cronin. Coughlin is serving a live sentence for the crime, but Kunze was ac quitted. This afternoon Tiibson was taken before United States Commissioner Hoyne and released on bail of f 20,000. He declined to make any statement iu regard to the matter. Pkoria, Feb. 11- .- The arrest of J. Gibson in Chicago has caused intense surprise here at the trust headquarters. Nobody could be found this afternoon. President Greenhut went to Washington ten days ago and is still there, although his relatives nnd friends do not know what hotel ho is stopping at. His son said tonight, if his father desired to say anything on the subject he would make his whereabouts known, otherwise not. Whisky men here assert that Gibson's arrest s the result of a conspiracy of the t distillers. He has been a resident of this city since 1872, when he came from Cleveland and entered the employ of the Monarch Distillery as bookkeeper. When the trust was formed, in 1881, ho was elected secretary and has since held that position. He mnde money rapidly and is now rated at 1150,000. tit fciiurt of luaurmg uidt-peude- KXTKuTED kc wa til utile? Wen :'f, l.'it ti,t. a:,,rv i uvt U? thj I S ti,iU r Sliemait Suiuin i,, .1 iu Vu-l- e 1c a iy i .a ijir. .tr,v. prouiiiiHit tLltk m. is wiii t;j to the b J lo th ;iA'.Iide of the .f lerMMUi increase, these cmodttkms fill us aguu-- t disaster, if in the priwi.t iiiuatioa we enU-- r up tbedjLgerou-- - aaJ tacklrad uprriuusnt of f rtf, unlimited ac J silvrr ooademtiiiig un og."silver ttM-- i were limited i'a i4 the Treasury Fairchili was chief fpvwker in opposition to the ladifc:n-- fc k l.n.n . U.sn. ltykud PRICE, FIVE CENTS. t Xi, K.,,1 Bot ' luMine Acceptii)? the Inevitable. Lincoln, Neb., Feb. 11. Tho contest instituted by the alliance against Boyd, the Democratic governor, aud the Republican state officers will be pushed no further. A resolution fixing the 17th of February as tho day for the' meetipg of the joint setisiou to begin the hearing of testimony waa defeated by the Rcnate th a House. afternoon by a vote of 15 to 13. Oh the In tho house today the senate amend ICth, proceedings brought by Thover to tept tho citizenship of ment to the house bill to tlx the rate of wages of certain employes of the gov- Governor Boyd will be taken up by the printing A '. it!-rie- today Harris inquired of Sjooner, chairman on the committee on cluiais, as t a the bill passed by the house for the payment of the findings of the court of claims, in which bilk ha said, many were interested, and found it did not justify the action of the court in the matter of loyalty to eluimantA tie had reason to think "that during the last administration the interest of the government in the, court of claims had not been faithfully reprefentcd and pro tected. Ue had not, therefore, ie!t tied in reporting the bill, lie had, however, drawn up an amendment, which he had presented to the committee this morning and which had been adopted, and ho expected to report the bill and amendments to the senate today. Teller offered a resolution, which was agreed to, calling on the secretary of the treasury for a list of persons, iirius or associations by which silver bullion was offered (under the act of J uly 14, 1890) the amounts and prices aud a list of those from whom silver bullion hud beon purchased; amounts and prices on which an estimate is mado of the market price of 6ilvtr and the amounts and prices of silver bullion purchased 'outside of the United States. Morgan offered a resolution which was agreed to, calling on the 6ecrotary of the interior for copies of the regulations for carrying into effect the land forfeiture act'of September '29, 1889. including all instructions and decisions. The consideration of the naval appropriation bill was resumed, the pending uestion being an amendment in reference to ths site of the dry dock on the Pacific coast, whether on Puget Sound or on the Columbia river. An amendment recommended by the committee on appropriations leaving it to the secretary of the navy to decida upon the site of the dry dock was advocated by Dolph and Mitchell, while Allen argued in support of his amendment fixing Port Orchard on Puget Sound, us the site. The discussion lasted so long that Hale threatened to move to lay the committee nmondment on tho table, thus putting itn end to .the wholo thing. The diecuasion was, nevertheless, continued by Cockrell, lliscock, Washburn, Call, Square, Spooaer, and Hale. Finally, after nearly three hours talk, a vote was taken on Allen's amendment and it was agreed to, yeas, 34 ; nays, 12. It directs that the secretary of the navy ucquire "at a cost not exceeding $25,000" a tract of two hundred acres on Puget Sound at Port Orchard, and to cause to be erected a dry dock not less than 600 feet in longth and 70 foot wide, capable of admitting vessels drawing 39 feet of water, the cost of tlio dry dock not to exceed 5700,000. The reading of the bill having been concluded and all the committee amendments disposed of, Gorman offered an amendment providing that no money bo used for the purchnso of or payment for armor or gun steeljunless it shall have been submitted to publ c competition by advertisement. Hale offered as a substitute for Gorman's amendment that no (contract shall bo mado until the subject matter shall have boen submitted to public competition by advertising. Gorman accepted the substitute and it was agreed to. The bill then passed. Wolcott from the committee of civil servico, reported back without recommendation the senate bill to ensure preference in the appointment, employment and retention in t he public service to veterans in the late war. The calendar copyright bill was taken up, but laid aside informally. The following bills wore passed: The bill to provide for the disposal of the abandoned Fort Maginnis military reservation in Montana under homestead and mining laws, for educational and other purposes, (with nme dment;) the senate bill creating two additional land districts in Montana; the house ' ill to facilitate the collection of commercial statistics required by section of t lie river and harbor appropriation acts of lJt-G7- . The senate bill regulating the jurisdiction of courts in the territories on habeas c rpus proceedings. The house bill to relinquish the interest of the United States to certain hinds iu San Francisco, which had been adversely reported and placed on the calendar, was indefinitely postponed. Adjourned. McAdoo of New Jersey, spoke at some length against the shipping bill, lie told the members that they could not in this congress vote a direct subsidy to one interest and in the next refuse to subsidize the farmer by voting against scheme. Once the subthe sidy system was entered upon its progress could notj be stopped. Fitch gave notice that if the shipping bill passed a committee would be appointed in the next congress to inquire into the manner in which its passage had been secured. Farquhar, of Now York, risked Fitch to talk like a man and not deal innuendoes. Bland and some others shouted out denunciations of the subsidy policy and there was a hot exchange of words between Bland and Farquhar, the latter denouncing the silver lobbyists. Tho general debate having closed, the reading of the bill continued. Paragraphs relative to the- civil service commission were passed over for the present, and, without disposing of the bill, the committee rose. Adjourned. ernment MERIODS OF bill. SILVER. DISCUSSING fc'-- d UU in the war department. Aso c f i for providing for to mil lary pot at Sjo Lhaga. The boue then wact itw eumaiilu of the whole, Pat sou of litoi iu e chair, on the legislative appropriation Dry-Pock- s. 1ERCIA d tired Lin gun, killing an othcir. The other Indiana bfgan drawing, knives, although they ere exhorted from ail sides to delist, and the bring began immediately on the part of the aoldiera. All the men who ere in a bunch were killed right there, and thone ho eboajd tua tirut tire got into a ravine, aud for a long dia atice thev were pursued on all idt bv taildinra an hot down. The women had do firearm to fight with. They were standing off at a dif forent plaw and when the tiriug began those of the men ho escaped the first volley went in one direction up a ravine and the women went a different direction through an open field, but met the same fat aa the men. American Horse said that when the firing began the people who were staud-iuimmediately around the young man who hred the first phot were killed and then the aoldiera turned their guns ou the women who wore in the lodges standing there under a Hag of truce. Of oourse, as soon aa they were tired upon they tied. There was a woman with an infant in arms killed aa she almost touched the flan of truce. Ui 'ht near the Hag auotherwas shot down; her ciuid, not Knowing its mother won dead, was still nurwng, and that was a very tad Fight Women as they were ileeiug with babes on their backs, were killed together and women heavy with child wer also killed. After most of the Indians bad been killed a cry was made that all those not killed or wounded rhould come forth and they would bo safe. Lit' lo boys who wore not wounded came out of places of refuge and as they came in right a niimUr of tha soldiers rurrouuded aud bu:chered them. Commissioner Morgan Raid to tho in terpreter, "1 wish you would say to him that these are very serious charges to make against the army. I do not want any statements that are not absolutely true nnd I want anyone here that feels the statements are too strong to correct them." American Horse replied, "Of course it would have been all right if only the men were killed, but the fact of the killing of the women and more especially young boys and girls who are to make the future strength of the Indian people, we foel very seriously." "Does The commisshner asked, American liorso know these things of his own personal knowledge, cr has ho been told them?" American Horse replied: "I was not there at the tinn or bufore tho burial of the bodies, but I did go there with some Indian police aud many p.xiplo from the agency, and we went through the battlefield and saw where tho bodio3 were from the track of blood.' Rev. Mr. Cook, a Sioux pastor of tho Episcopal church ut Pine Ridge, among other things said: "Much has been said about tho good spirit with which tho members of the Seventh cavalry went to that actirn. It has been desire to avenge Custer's said that doath was entirely absent from their minds. In coming towards Chicago, in company with General Miles I talked with one of his own scouts who was almost killed, because he was compelled to fly with the Indians, being lired upon by the men whom he tried to servo and help. "He told me that after he recovered from his fright and succeeded in cettini; amongst the soldiers after thoy all got in from killing the Indians, mi officer of high rank heilwi not know, came to him and said: '.Now we have avenged Custer's death,' aud this soout said to him: 'Yes, but, you had every cause to fight far your lives that day. These poor Indian people did not have that opportunity to protect ami tight, for themselves." If this is au indication of the spirit of a number of the men in that company, I urn sure the Seventh cavalry did not go there with tho kindest of motives and simply to bring these jKXjr pfKple back." After several others had spoken the commissioner declared tho conference at an end. j g from n'l hui'ueiiiHt ion, but yesterday and today he hus been, much of the time, in . a state of lis moves ith and pain." great dihV-ultThe doctor's bulletin ironed at 10 o'clock tonight says the general has lout but little strength during the day and his condition is about the same. Prei-den- t Harrinon telegraphed twice today for news of the general's condition. Nkw York. Ftb. 11. -- Al 1:15 this (Thursday) morning Miss Sherman sent a te.egram to the Generals brother, Senator John Sherman, saying: "Pupa is much worse. You had better cornepeiui-ootna- al one." Nkw York, Feb. 11. Senator Rhr-mt- i reached the houes at 2:20 p. m. New York, Feb. 11. At 4:45 tho doctors issued the followSherman "General ing bulletin: has boen growing worse during the night .He will probably survive but a few hours. Rival for Duhol. he Crrv, Idaho, Feb, legislature met in joint eewion today for the purioso of balloting on a United States senator to succeed McConaelL The ballot resulted: Claggett, 28; May hew, 2; French, 1; Barton, 1 members declined to vote, Highteen Claggett was declared elected. Ho will contest the seat of Senator Dubois elect. A Bomb 1L--T- Call. A Clone Spcial to The Commercial. -- The result of the city election today is a vidory for the People's party, which elect the entire city ticket. Shomnker, the Peoples candidate for mayor received 135 votes and Kenner (Citizen's) received 129 votes, A number of Mormons were allied with the Gentiles to form the Citizens party, the object being to disrupt the Peoples pat ty which has been in power in this city from the first settlement of the territory. Math, Utah, Eeb. 1 THK CASHIER IX CANADA. A Savings Dank is Obliged to Close lis Doors. First Na-tiAvkr, Mass., Feb. a' ba lk and tho North Middlwex savings bank clo?ed their doors today and ugly rumor are afloat concerning them. H. E. Spauldipg, cashier of hoth institutions, has b'H-- missing from town siuce Monday evening, and where he has gone no one knows. Tho financial condition of the banks is not known. The books will be examined at once. Last week Spauldiug ascertained that the directors of tho North Middlesex bank were about to have it examined when he loft home, not saying whoa he would return. Col. Soedham, formerly bank examiner, has advised the banks not to pay out any more money until there has been an official investigation. He sta'e.l that a letter was "found which indicates that Cashier Spauldiug had been speculating in stocks. Spaulding was a regular member of tho Methodist Episcopal church und the man had sterling habits and upright character. Commissioner of Savings Banks-Locsaid, from a superficial examination he should think the savings bank was all ritrht, Tho only chance for djsj.n p.:i:cy iu oil the p.'iss Ixioks of of depositors. Ban): Inspector Getcliell has arrived to examine the condition of the national onnk. Tho last balance sheet of North Middlesex bank showed assets and liabilities to the extent of The supremo court this ?198,00tK). evening issued an injunction restraining the North Middlesex Savings b'ink from paying out anv money until uu investigation of its finances had been made. New York, Feb. 11. The Pout save that President Rollntoneof the Farmer's Loan and Trust company, Olcott of the Central Trust company, and Stew art of United States Trust company rro reported to have been appointed a committee to appraise thenssots of tho North American company with a view of settleThe Seventy-Xint- li Ballot. ment with the stockholders of the old Sphjngfiem, 111., Feb. 11. The re- Oregon and Transcontinental comyany, publicans today presented tha F. M. B. This will probably furnish light on the present value of the north American A. men a list of candidates from which stock which will be received with a great to choose a United States senator, but deal of interest. they refused to consider any of the Cleveland on Silver. names, saying it was useless so negotiate further. Nkw Youk, Feb 11. Several hundred The republicans decided to go into people assembled at Cooper union tojoint assembly, ard after two or three ballots, change off to Liadley, and later night to oppose the frte coinage of to other candidates on the list presented silver bilk in response to the call ef the reform club. Anioug tho letters of to the F. M. B. A. When the joint assembly met every regret read was one from dent member responded to the roll call and Cleveland, in which he says, in part: the first ballot showed no change from "It surel cannot be necessary for me to the votes of yesterday. On the 77th bal- make a formal expression of" my agi celot the republicans voted for Cicero J. ment with those who believe that the Lindley. The farmers refused to chango greatest perils would be initiated by ihe from Stello. The ballot resulted Pal- adoption of the scheme embraced in the mer 101; Lindley 100; Stelle 3. Two adopting of the measure now pending in more balloU were taken in the afternoon congress for the unlimited coinage of without change. silver at our mints. ll.--T- he half-bree- ex-Pr- SLEEPY SAXTA BARBARA. A City Well t ah uUted f ,r a Lonff Kakt Bakhaka, CaL, Jin. 25, Iril'l. Kkitou Coujit:iu:iAi.: Knowing the amount of energy pua&trd by the majority of Ogden's eitizems, it nil, no doubt, be useless to bovine any of tkeut to come to this tle- py paruiline and dream their lives a a ay under a cloudless ky, among the flowers that bloom the around, bi.t a thorl de-- ription of tho place my prove of interest to them. Although the piie&ta fwuuded their mis-sio- u here over one hundred years ago, it is but five or six years since the city Las hud railroad communication with the ouUido world. A brauch from Kangtis, seventy five miles distant, reachoB the ocean at Ventura. The ride from there on is pleasant, as the road bod was blasted from the hilhide, so that the train is apparently duectly above the waves, which beat against the foot of the bluff. The outlook from the car window, gives one a wide expanse of bay and ocean, w ith the Channel Islands in the distance. The landncujie improves as one nears the city. Liveoaka and green grass- - instead of barren brown earth grove of eucalyptus trees, and wain lit orchards apiiear. Truly it is an oasis in the desert of southern California. One soon nbsorves the number of comfortable, homelike places which go to make up the city of 10,i0 people. Flowers and shrublery surround nearly all the cottages, and the wealthier ones have tine grounds. The moHt historical point of iulorebt is the old Franch-camission, situated on an elevated slope two miles distant, in which a eoiuj any of monks still chaut their masses and scourge themselves in their gloomy cells, which the sunlight never penetrates. Some of the pictures in the church are works of art, ba i the furnishings are very plain- arid nevoid r.f any "comfort. It would give one the cold chills to stay there long. "Yonng America" has inscribed his name everywhere possible, on the whitewashed outside walls. The land belonging to the mission which is the best is surrounded by a high picket fence. There eins to be a large jiorrontflge of SpHMfcli population. One sees some remarkably handsome girls of that nationality, nnd this language is musical if not understood. to the ear, The first execution in tho history of this city took plane today. A tiery voung Mexican who shot his sweetheart Inst fall, in n tit of jealousy, suffered the penalty, and everyone is discussing Iho tragic HlTair. About fifteea joins ago some asticles were widely published, recommending Santa Barbara as having a climate that would cure consumptives. An a consequence, every boat brought them by the hundreds. Private houses were filled to the limit, nnd the Arlington nnd San Marcus hotels were built. Both aro very fine places for one to spend a few winter months, if one enjoys beautiful surroundings end perpetual sunshine, with a gentle breeze from the eoa to serve as a tonic the warmth the sun creates. The business men seem to take life easy Rnd take it lor granted that one hHS plenty of time to wait for everything. The greatest event looked forward to now, is the completion of the railroad to San Luis Obispo, thus securing a direct line to San Francisco. Land is high, especially improved orchards. For walnut and olivet rovep, etc., 81,000 per acre is asked iu the neighborhood of town. EUvood Cooper has 100 acres of olive trer-- in bearing condition and is said to put up the finest olives in tho world. An unfailing topic of conversation among the guests at the holcls is the lack of raiu this season, but it can not trouble thorn p.r much us it does tho who will see hard titne9 soon, unless rain comes. Tho monks nre praying hard, nine hours a day, for rain, but every morting Oid Sol conies up smiling and goes down in the Pacific without a cloud to oliscure hi brightness. Goodei.t., - yt-a- s The farmer nru occupying a large share of public attention now. A cooperative ayrisultural experiment of much interest has been begun in Cull, man county, Ala, Twenty-fiv- e farmers froju the north have bought 3,000 acres of land there and will farm it in common. A joint stock coujpany has been formed, with a capital of The shares are limited to 200, and no person may have more than one share, which will thus amount to $1,000. The shareholders themselves will do tho work and divide the profits. There are magnificent possibilities here, if the stockholders can only control their selfishness and temper and dwell peaceably together. There is no reason why they should not do this, either. The best aud most expensive farm improvements and machinery can thus be brought in reach of all; there are enough members of the j colony to maintain a school and church j of their own; aud so many together can make the best possible rates for freight and produce. The farming colony of Alabama ought to bo a shining success. ! |