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Show Cite Republic. XV. I ROWE Ai FUSION r OKHE, IoblUkerm. Silver Hepublicaiit) IN IDAHO. Kndome at tonal Adtlresse, tbe Recent Boise, Ida., March 1. The leaders of the silver Republicans of this state held a conference here at which about fifty were present. A resolution was UTAH NEWS. adopted endorsing the addresses recently issued by the national chairman The snow is disappearing very slow- of the silver Republican, Democratic ly in the desert, which will mean a L5d Populist parties and recommendgreat loss to sheepmen unlesss warm ing a union of all the silver forces of weather comes soon. the state to the state silver Republican Mrs. Catherine Cummings, aged 63, committee. one of the early pioneers, died in Salt Lyttleton Price, who was one of the She came to bolting Lake City last week. delegates at the Republican Utah when a child. convention in St. Louis in 15JG, and The telephone line from Thompson's who at that time made the declaration Springs to Moab has been completed that McKinley would not get 250 votes and the citi.ens of Moub are highly in Idaho, opposed the fusion recommendation. In a speech before the elated over the fact. Price said he did not beconference, are The temperance people of Logan lieve this a proper time for the dissaloons the pushing their fight against and have a monster petition asking cussion of issues. He said the country was on the eve of a great crisis which for legislation in the matter. might completely change the political Nephi Jensen of Ilyrnm, whopleaded issues, and if war were to be declared, guilty to stealing sheep from J. Ik he believed to the president loyalty Oakey, has been sentenced to one year was paramount to all other questions in tbe penitentiary. now before the public. Harriet Evans Richards, mother of State Auditor Morgan L. Richards is COLD FOR PAPER CURRENCY. dead. She was 78 years of age and Keeent Order of the Treasury Department came to Utah in 1851. K. I. Payments. ordinSince the Washington, March 1. On account ance has become a law in Salt Lake of increased revenues and the supply City the sidewalks look a great deal of paper currency being sufficient for better. The law will he rigidly en- all apparent needs, at least for the forced. present, the order stopping the reat The authorities of Springville are ceipt of gold at the New York for shipments of currency w'ho L. 0. one for hot it Ihrig, making is charged with keeping a gambling and telegraphic transfers from subtreasury ottiees has been so modified as house. The authorities are determinto allow the assistant treasurer at ed to enforce the law. New Yosk to receive gold in exchange The Christian Scientists of Salt Lake for paper currency to be shipped from have decided to build a church and the in Washington. The shiphave purchased grounds for that pur- menttreasury of currency will be made at the pose. The building will be a hand- cost of the consignee to be deducted some and substantial one. from the remittance. George Ruckner, w ho resides in Irovo For the present no further withand who has been in jail in Salt Lake drawals of the balances held by speCity on a charge of sending obscene cial depository banks on account of matter through the mails, has been re- Union Pacific deposits will be made. leased upon a $750 cash bond pending It is expected, however, that paytrial. ments for the Kansas Pacific road Articles of incorporation of tne Jen- will be made by installments, coversen brothers Milling company have ing seveial weeks. been filed with the secretary of state. DEATHS IN SKACUAY. The capital stock is fixed atS12,000 and MoroIs the principal place of business Seventeen Hive lTp the Uhut In One Day From Plague. j ni, Sanpete county. The steamGrand county at present boasts of Nanaimo, Ik C., March having 40,000 transient sheep, beside er Oregon arrived here this afternoon She 50,000 owned by home parties, which from ISkaguay and Dyea, Alaska. a had work are deal of number of who will make a great during passengers comwill home Alaska. which with the shearing season, disgusted returning Before the Oregon left Skaguay, sevmence about April 1. enteen deaths from csrebro spinal Christina Swensen has been awarded in twenty-fou- r a divorce from her husband, N. P. meningitis were reported hours. acSwensen, the Logan man who was Dr. O. Ik Kstes of Astoria, who was cused of doling out a weekly pittance a passenger on the Oregon, predicts to his wife for the support of herself that the number of deaths will soon Hud children and then beating her tf run into the hundreds. she exceeded the allowance, which was The steamer Mamie reports that a much to small for her nee Is. steamship caught on fire in Seymour Patriarch John Lyman Smith, cous- narrows. Her name was not obtaiua-able- , in to Joseph Smith is dead. lie was but it is thought that she was one of the early pioneers of St. from Vancouver, lk C. The fire was He George and was 70 years of age. extinguished and the steamer procrossed the plains in 1847 and entered ceeded north. Salt Lake valley on September 25, 47. TRICKS OF SMUGGLERS. lie was a man widely known In Utah and a host of friends will learn with One Hid His Booty In a Steamships Reregret of his death. frigerators. New York, March 1. Robert Little, Phillip Jones of South Jordan, and another man were rescued from almost 54 years of age. engineer in charge of certain death on the desert last week the two refrigerating plants on the by Robert Carless and David Harman, American liner Paris, was arrested by tw well known miners who were en a secret service officer, charged with route from Fish Springs to Salt Lake smuggling. It is reported the arrest City. Jones was mounted on a bony will lead to disclosures of an enormous horse, whose hoofs had worn down smuggling operation on which the seuntil they bled. The other man was cret service agents have been working ou foot and had given up and was urg- - for a long time. The case contains a ing his companion to push on for help, mysterious load of lace, said to be but this was out of the question. The valued at $150,000, which was delivered men were entirely without food or to a Broadway dealer. It is underfor themselves or the horse. stood that the lace was smuggled, but Jones was coming across from his Ne- whether all at once, or in small lots, vada mines and might have gotten could not be learned. through. The other man would surely Investigation may develop some have perished. startling results and more arrests will II. Palmer, alias T. C. Clemmens, follow. who is in the county jail in Salt Lake FEELING IN MEXICO. City, attempted suicide Sunday morning by taking sixteen grains of mor- American Invited lly Masonic Brothers to A Maine Memorial. phine. He would undoubtedly have succeeded in his intentions had not the Mexico City, March 1 The Mexican, dose been so large. The dose he took German and Spanish lodges of the city invited simply acted as an emetic and was ex- have spontaneously their pelled from his stomach, llg was found American brethren to a special lodge on the floor of his cell by the jailor and of sorrow, to be held on the 3d of medical attendance summoned and was March, in memory of the Masons who soon pronounced out of danger. Pal- perished in the Maine disaster, and as mer was in jail awaiting trial on a a mark of sympathy for the los suseharge of forgery and seemed to have tained by the order and the United suffered so keenly from the disgrace of States. It is a noteworthy fact that the etiarge that he procured the mor- the initiative was taken in this matter phine from a fellow prisoner with the by Grand Orator Carlos Roumagnie, a intention of ending his earthly career. native-borSpaniatd of Madrid, who On Sunday night Palmer again made supported the movement in a speech two unsuccessful attempts on his life, full of feeling. once by banging and later by unscrewThere is no ill feeling between Amering a gas jet, but he was detected in icans and the better class of Spaniards each instance in time to prevent hi here. NEPHI, UTAH. sub-treasu- 1 pro-vend- er n deth eight years ago, and fro that moment Anthony has never ceased to wear th uniform. His first active service carried him to the Carolinas. where the Ku Klux were busily engaged in their deviltries. There he laid the foundation for his soldierly reputation. His commanding officer in those early days was Major Steward, long since retired, but still living. Years later a young man drifted into the marine corps as a volunteer, a fellow, who was slender, until Bill of the company butt the the of the barracks, pride Anthony, The Spanish government is doing all figures should be sufficient to inspire in The recruit proved to halt. a called nethe within its power to augment the the pessimists and incredulous be the wayward son of Anthonys old strength of her navy, and .with that end cessary peace of mind, to close the major, and the big marine watched in view, orders have been ghen to push mouths of those who are constantly like a father. forward the three new armored crui- stating that the Spanish forces are de- over him saw fourteen years of solAnthony critisers, the Cardinal Cisneros, Princes fective and those who so fresh' most of it tn the western plains de Austurias and Cataluna, which tnis cise the naval profession in our coun- dier ng, he threw in his fortunes with befoie country is building, and which are de- try. He was always a marked marines. the scribed in the following articles, taken of such importRecent experiences in the service, man conspicuous for his from that excellent weekly naval il- ance as that of the battle of the Yalu, his cool courage, physique, magnificent lustrated paper, El Mundo Naval, writ- in the war, have demand discipline. perfect ten by Lieutenant of the Navy Mario onstrated the officer he supremacy of quick firAs a Rubio Munez: custom ordnance, and thn iormer ing The navy is anxiously awaiting the of trusting to guns of immense calihappy completion of the three armored bre has gone out of date, while cruisers which are being built in the the great aim of constructors is midarsenals of Ferrol, Carrara and Carta- dle sized YTith guns well protected. The general description given that idea in mind the new cruisers gena. In brief in a previous number, when have been equipped, for the rapid firing we described to our readers the cruisare perfectly protected by armor, guns ers Infanta Maria Teresa, Vizcaya and and with special provision for a separOquendo, are repeated in reference to ate supply of shell. their sister ships in all that relates to Better Tlian Old Type. the generic type; but there will be a These new of which details number points will mark the supremlarge augment their fighting value in the acy of the Cardinal Cisneros, Princesa Cardinal Cisneros, Prlncesa de Astur- de Asturias and Cataluna over the Infanta Maria Theresa type. The rapid ias and Cataluna. evolution which has taken place in naArmament to Bn Heavier. val construction of modern times, age "Apart from the small variations of most admired and external appearance, the differences to in a short time the the renowned sphere of action ships; which we allude are for the main part and extends logof critic the expands new Introduced In the armament of the and such under circumstances, cruisers, which Is to be heavier and at ically are of those who DIVER ON THE WRECKED MAINE, the arguments daring the same time more complete. filled every position known to the milThe characteristics of these cruisers seek to show that efficiency is are the following: Length, 106 metres; itary code, and filled them well. There was 6m. 18m. 8cm.; 6cm.; just one blemish in brave Bill's draught, breadth; character a blemish which many beHERO OF MAINE DISASTER. displacement, 7,000 tons; engines, lieve alone kept him out of a commishorse power, and speed 20 knots. Brave Bill Anthony, marine order- sion. Bill would drink, not often tw Armor: Belt, 31cm.; deck, 5cm.; gun pobattleship Maine, has excess, hut invariably just at the wrong sition, 27cm., and conning tower, 31cm. ly of the Armament: Hontoria system, 24cm., 2; a record to be proud of. Amidst the time, when hi3 commanding officers 14cm. quick firing, 10; small calibre, shrieks of wounded sailors and the rush favorite though he was could not of flames, with the great steel ship wink at the offense. 20; torpedo tubes, 8. If our readers will take the pains settling to its grave and the dead lying His last army service was at West to compare these official figures with thick upon its shattered decks, brave Point, where he figured to the admiration of cadets and everybody else as drum major. Bills splendid figure and profound knowledge of soldiery won him this appointment. Ten years ago he left the army and enlisted as a marine. It was the olds story over again rapid advancements, followed by the inevitable setbacks, ali due to unwise conviviality. Not that Bill ever transgressed while on duty for a firmer disciplinarian never wore a marine uniform. Over at the Brooklyn navy yard Anthony is well known and well liked. He was stationed there for two years, and during the greater part of that time served as clerk in the recruiting office. THB CAfTAI 9 X. CADWIC TH COMMaXCKR JAPTiJf w T WaRix OF Ttt Anthony was detailed to the Brooklyn on its cruise in the China seas. Upon his return he was sent to the Maine, MAINE BOARD OF INQUIRY. where his soldierly merit won him the post of marine orderly. those of the Infanta Maria Teresa, Viz- Anthony made his report to Captain TVheelmen In Training. caya and Oquendo they will find in the Sigsbee. That report the essence of courage An experienced trainer asked to connewly built cruisers an increase of 1,200 horse power in the engines.which and discipline should live in Ameridense the best information he could of course will give a large increase of can history. give a new racing man, answered as Sir, said the gallant orderly, stand- follows: speed. In addition to this there is the Eat almost everything exI have to inform you cept green stuff, finer model which will add still fur- ing at salute. potatoes and turnips. ther speed. The armored belt which de- that the ship has been blown up and is Make beef, dry toast and weak tea the fends the vital parts of the Cardinal sinking. Do not be principle articles of food. Bill Anthony has carried a rifle in afraid of ice cream and Cisneros is larger and the quality of fruit at ripe Uncle Sams service since he was 17 your meals. Be in bed at 9 oclock each, the plates has improved, and we maintain hopes that the sister ship in Bil- years old. His father was a boss night and up at 6 in the morning. Take1 bao will have even stronger resistive truckman in New York in the old days a cool spray bath on rising. Do not1 street was out in the use tobacco or drink The defensive power of the when Fifty-nint- h power. any kind of lt- -i whole has also increased not a little, suburbs, and Bill was born within quor. For rubbing mixtures so dear to; for they have the exceptional advan- a stones throw of the battery. He was all racing men use witch hazel mixed1 tage of the Installation of a battery of a natural born soldier, six feet two with a very little pepperment oil. Mix inches tall, narrow14cm. quick firing guns. in the proportion of one pint of witch) slender-limbehipped, stoutand hazel to five cents worth of oil. Do! Compared with Our Ships hearted. not depend so much on the mixture a wrell to our in opinion, It seems, The family moved to New Jersey just on the rubbing. Have the body well form comparative data with other na- about the time Bill completed a rath- rubbed over. Knead every muscle vies as the best means of appreciating er turbulen career in the public schools End by briskly the relative value of the national forces and one rubbing in order toi morning he vanished. Bill bring blood to the surface nicely. Ex-- 1 and with that object in view we present had enlisted. That happened twenty- - change. , to our readers for reference and analarmored ogy the three most powerful cruisers flying the United States flag, as the sword of Dawhich serve mocles to our Spanish pessimists. The four fundamental properties of this class of ship, power defensive and offensive speed and radius of action, can be easily appreciated by the data soft-hande- Chino-Japane- se to-da- 15,-0- d y 00 ill-fat- if l BAJ4MWP OF IOW O NTWW IB) aDOLPW MONT broad-shouldere- d, d, to-da- y Direct deduction from the preceding figures enables us without any straining of our conscience to call our three national cruisers auperiores In absolu-t- o over their foreign antagonists, but, UAvartheies3, the eloquence, of those i |