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Show (Che llcpuhltc. W. L. BOWK ALF OKMR, Fobllshers. UTAH. NEPHI. UTAH NEWS. MAINES MAGAZINES INTACT. MASON Report of Preliminary Examination to the Court of Inquiry. New York, Feb. 21, It is learned from what may be considered a semiofficial source, that divers sent down Divers Demand AT IT AGAIN. Stop Cuban Agitation Investigation CongrionalIMsaster. the Maine Washington, D. C., Feb. 21. tor Mason of Illinois, during a de-- j bate relative to the explosion of tho on behalf of the United States to exMaine, made an ardent speech tjr conamine the wreck of the battleship gressional iDvestigaion of the affair, Maine have made a preliminary report in of the substitute offered by support of the result of their work. him for the resolution demanding imIncredible as it may seem, it is sai-mediate naval investigation. that .after a partial examination of I understand, said he, that the the magazines of the Maine, the divers navy department is making an investireport that the one in which the ex- gation of the disaster, but I also underplosion is supposed to have occurred, stand that congress has the authority is intact. to make an investigation. It is a conaccording to report the Maine s gressional investigation that people magazines are unharmed. Therefore, are demanding. They are fast coming if this report be true, an entirely difto the conclusion that matters concernferent aspect is given to the terrific this Cuban affair, including tha D ing explosion which brought death and iestruetion to the Maine. This report reaching Key West, it is laid, caused the members of the court The farmers of Springville and vicinity hare a eash buyers union with sixteen members. Albert Taylor, a citizen of Spanish Fork, dropped dead on the streets o i lie had Springville, last Thursday. trouble. heart The stock of Geo. M. Scott & Co., the 6alt Lake hardware firm which recently failed, is in the hands of the sheriff under attachment. The farmers in the vicinity of St. George are busy preparing the ground for the early crops. Teas, potatoes and jf iftquiry to decide to proceed to other hardy vegetables are being put Havana and begin their investigation out. it once instead of organizing the court Jens Jensen of Moroni, aged 75, fell Sere. At any rate, the lighthouse from a wagon last week and broke bis tender Mangrove with the court of inright leg. The case is aggravated by quiry aboard, left for Havana yester-3a- y the fact that he lost tiie other one sevevening. eral years ago. Upon reaching Ilavan a the court wil examination of the a James Larson, a cripple about 05 make personal rvreck and will then take testimony reyears of age, of Miuersville, Cache garding the loss of the vessel. When county, fell into an irrigation canal the Mangrove sailed it had not been last Wednesday and was drowned. The decided where the board would water was only a few inches deep. but Admiral Sicard say it For the purpose of finishing a new sill meet either on board the Manschool building the citizens of .St. grove or tlie Fern, the supply ship of George have caused a special school ihe North Atlantic fleet, which is now tax leTy of 17 mills to be made. The .n Havana. The admiral added that building will now be pushed to com the court would, in all probability, a old another session in Key West bepletion. T. I!. Cardon, an aged citizen of fore its final conclusions are reached. Logan, died last week, lie was an old Heavy Snows in Ihe East. soldier end participated in several imChicago, Feb. 21. The states of portant battles. In the seven days Iowa and Illinois are practi-;all- y fight before Richmond he was severely snowbound. An average snow-a- ll wounded. of two foet is reported from Iowa lud Illinois points, while throughout D. in Johnson, prominent Hadley Democratic circles for a number of Wisconsin and northern Michigan the years, was seized with a fainting spell fall was much heavier, in fact the on the streets of Salt Lake and taken freatest of the season. A forty-milto his home in a serious condition. He jale has piled the snow into enormous Is 80 years of age. Irifts, completely paralyzing street ail way traffic and seriously interfer-n- g The temperance committee of Logan the with the operation of trains-ois at work again circulating a petition iteam roads. Northern trains have asking that an ordinance be passed een delayed in some instances fifteen abolishing the license for pool and bilto drifts and liard tables and removing all screens lours, owing the heavy makes the fall of snow, which iteady and obstructions to a clear view of the ise of snow plows unavailing. Rain Interior of the saloons. ind snow alternated in Chicago and Rov Elder county is to contribute to ricinity. Not enough lias fallen, how the emigration to Klondike. James iver, to interfere with railway traffic. Crawford ofCorinne is having a sled THE DREYFUS MYSTERY. made on which to carry provisions and over outfit Chilkoot pass, lie has four Icrct Compact. Between Kumiii and Germany at the Bottom. well trained toliarness. The sled dogs h London, Feb. 21. The Daily weighs but sixty pounds. an publishes alleged explanatGeorge A. Ilall of St. George attacked ion of the Dreyfus mystery. fiis foster father, J. II. Crawford, with According to this explanation, a & pitchfork last week, severely injurcompact between Russia and ing him. Crawford had raised Hall existed before the since he was a small lad. The trouble alliance was arranged. Under its arose over a request for Hall to vacate lernis Russia undertook to supply a residence owned by Crawford which with all the information obtain-tbl- e tlio latter desired to occupy himself. by spies or otherwise regarding French in a military affairs, Germany supdivorce case in Cache Testimony county last week, of several witnesses, plying Russia in return with informa-lioconcerning another power, developed the fact that the husband, . nnined Swenson, bad for years doled out the amount of food and fuel the Dreyfus discovered and traded upon wi fe could have daily for the support Ihis compact: Whether the bordereau of herself and children. If the allow- was written by him or not, it was ance was exceeded the woman wa uerely the ostensible basis of the Indictment against him. The real beaten. document referred to a compact, Melissa Colley of Vermillion has been Ihe revelation of which would have committed to the state insane asylum. the Russian alliance. Miss Colley is about 25 years of age, tnperllled The same motives of secrecy, say and lias been insane from youth, as a llie Daily Telegraphs informant, will result of brain fever, but has only bethe different governments to lompel come dangerous within the last fewi the truth of this explanation, months. She has frequently attacked leny alileh is, nevertheless, correct. children, but being watched lias succeeded in doing no harm. RAISING THE MAINE. Seua- i con-rene- e Tele-frap- se-Ir- et Franco-Rus-lia- MKINLEYS CUBAN POLICY. Ger-uau- y s to Furobas Bequest Spain to their Liberty. Philadelphia, Feb. 21. The Inquirer will print tomorrow, under a Washing- Feb. 22. It was statil today that it will be the policy of the house leaders to prevent, as near as possible, any agitation of matters relating to Cuba or the Maine disaster in the future. Pending the result of the official investigation, they believe it wise and the part of good policy to maintain silence. As Chairman Hitt of the foreign affairs committee is confined to his home it is probable that no meetings of that committee will be held until he returns to his seat in the house. It is understood that the report of the state department to be made to the resolution of inquiry regarding the situation in Cuba, will not be made for a week or ten days. It is explained that the work of preparing the consular reports, which will be transmitted, will require considerable time. These reports must be by Assistant Secretary Day in person and he has little time to give this work at present. allow-Cuban- appointed at the Lincoln, Neb., irrigation convention last autumn, had a hearing today before the house committee on irrigation of arid lands. The party included State Engineer F. J. M ills of Boise City, Ida.; E. S. Nettle-to- n of Denver and Colonel n. B. Maxon of Reno, Nev. They wanted the Carey act amended so as to provide for better contracts between the states and parties undertaking irrigation projects therefor, and the suspension for six months of the operations of the Carey act, so as to allow states to perfect their surveys and perform the conditions required by the act. Meanwhile no entry on these lands. is to be permitted, and in the event of a failure of th states to comply within that period, the lands are to revert to the United States. UNTRUTHFUL INTERVIEWS. Captain Stssbee rSay lie Has Given No Opinions to the Washington, Feb, 21. Captain Sigs-behas sent two telegrams to the navy department on the subject of interviews with him. The first merely said: I have consistently refrained from ex- e pressing any opinion of the Maine disaster. Later in the day he wired: No newspaper divers have been used on tlie wreck of the Maine. One man engaged by me was subsequently bought up by a newspaper. I declined his services. Subsequently on his being unconditionally released I might have used him in charge of an officer in recovering bodies, but decided not to do 60. Any interviews with me, if printed, are untrue. The flags over all the public buildings in Havana are half masted out of Miner Leaving Klondlk. Francisco, Feb. 22. Stewart Menzie, an agent of the Alaska Commercial company, who has just returned from the Klondike region, starting from Dawson City on January 20, and from Skaguay on February 10, reports that the tide of gold hunters who flocked into Canadian territory when the news of the rich strikes in the Klondike region was first announced, s now turning, and those who abandoned their claims on American and Chicken creeks are now returning there, accompanied by many others who have been unable to locate claims on Canadian soil. The. liritish bark Atacama fiom New C istle, N. S. W., to Si n Di go has been abandoned at sea. The captain and three persons landed at Sydnew. The crew, numbering twelve, are missiug. San ton date, a lengthy dispatch from RobP. Porter, of census, giving what he believes to be the policy of the administration regarding Cuba. Mr. Porter thitks that Spain shall be asked to allow the Cubans to purchase their liberty by the issue of Cuban bonds, this government to assume the responsibility of collecting tlie customs duties and thus see that the revenues of the government are applied to the payment of interest on the bonds. Concerning the Maine disaster Mr. Porter says there is little doubt that she was blown up from without, but it will be difficult to fasten guilt upon the Spanish authorities. A Montana Woman's Trouble. lie concludes that the situation is Great Itvil Experts Concur In Opinion of It critical and that the Falls, Mont., Feb. 22. Major coming week may Expediency. of the lllackfeet Indians, agent Fuller, about a crisis. Washington, Feb. 21. There is no bring has issued an order prohibiting Mrs. ibatement of the talk of the expedi-ine- y SaWfttlon Army Leader on Cuba Garrett White from living on the resof raising the Maine. Chief WilO.. 21. Gen. ervation. Mrs. White is the white Feb. Cincinnati, Ilichborn is one of the most liam Booth of the Salvation Army says woman who, a month ago, while a sarnest advocates of the resurrection the Cuban butchery should be stopped, teacher in the Fort Shaw Indian school, f the ship. He points out that the if need lie, by the intervention of the d eloped with and married White, a a lies in is of She a harbor, easy United States. England is not jealous sister ihip Piegan Indian. lor the wreckers to operate in, and of America. The individual English- Rev. C. C. Baleman, army chaplain at that if she can be rebuilt at a cost of man would see young America prosper. Fort Belnap. As return to the school M, 000, 000, the government will save I do not think that the fur of the Brit- was forbidden. Mrs. White has been M, 000, 000. the first cost of such a batish lion would rise should Uncle Sam compelled to accept a position as waittleship, with all of her equipment. fight thq Dons. The Cuban war should ress in a hotel at Dnpuyer to support stop at any cost, and that is admitting herself and husband. ALASKA'S LAWLESSNESS. a great deal for as conservative an Wholenle Sheep Stealing:. Additional Military Forced Kecommended Englishman as I am. to be Sent. Albuquerque, N. M., Feb. 22. Cen-tr21. Feb. Kansas FarlHc Sold. Secretary Washington, and southern New Mexico are inbliss is in receipt of a letter from Gov. Topeka, Kau., Feb. 21. The final fested with cattle and sheep thieves, John G. Brady of Alaska, descriptive step In the sale of the Kansas Taciflc and trouble is anticipated on ranges of the lawless condition of affairs at railroad has been taken. The entire east and south of this city, for the Skaguay and Taiia. It was referred line from Kansas City to Denver wa stockmen are organizing and intend to to at a cabinet meeting when Alaskan sold, under the consolidated mortgage, rid themselves of these depredators. affairs were under discussion. The for 5.000,000, to the reorganization M. T. Moriarity, a sheep raiser in the letter was considered sufficient justificommittee of the Union Pacific. This Chilili vicinity, where there are over cation by the members for the discompletes the sale of the Kansas Pacific 200,000 sheep, says that the big flocks patch of additional military forces al- road, and all liens against the prop- are being greatly diminished, and that ready authorized to be sent to Alaska erty, government and otherwise, are the officers appear powerless to stop now wiped out. territory. the lawlessness. Austro-TIungary- se-ir- et II. C. ITadloek has commenced suit in the Second district court against the Oregon Short Line Railway company for 510,000 damages. The complaint alleges that plaintiff was maltreated by the conductor while riding on a, Short Line train, on November 12, lS97;j that he had paid his fare and gave the' conductor no cause or excuse for the assault; that he was beaten, bruised and knocked against the side of the car and injured in such a manner as to incapacitate him for the performance of his usual duties. . Ger-nan- y n two-yea- Lome letter incident and the loss of the Maine, of which they ought to know, are being concealed from them. The people want to know the facts, and they will know them." Mr. Mason said lie did not desire to reflect upon the motives or honor of anybody, but be suggested that th officials of the navy department, in making the investigation, would be trying their own case and would naturally endeavor to cover up any blame that might attach to them. Why delay? Why adopt the Spanish custom of putting off until tomorrow what should be done today? We had already waited too long. We were told three years ago to wait. We had waited till night had followed day, followed summer, and winter time haf while the terrible y11 led. ,In the meantime cruelty Spanish diplomats had set at our tables and partaken of our hospitality wdiile we were still waiting, and had continued to wait, until the series of calamities had been crowned by the Maine catastrophe, with its loss of 257 American lives. In view of these facts, be could never consent to strikWe ing out the word immediate. want an investigation, he said, and we want it now. n ly r The little old daughter otj 1. Metjuurric of St. Georg met with a most, painful accident. She and ler little brother were at play in tbs yard. T he boy took up a sharp ax and began to chop with it when the little girl reached out her hand and placed it on the block. The little fellow tried to stay the force of the blow, but the ax came down upon her hand, core pletely severing the thumb and cutting a deep gash across the back of the hand, severing the tendon and causing the fingers to drop down, the hani having no control over them. - , To Amend Arid I.nnd Act. Washington, Feb. 22. A delegation e, Wis-ionsi- R. NVashing-ton- ert Con-itruct- full-bloo- land-looke- d al NORTHWEST NOTES. James bullivan of Williams, Colo., was found dead at Como last Sunday. A Missoula, Mont., company will plant 10,000 fruit trees and 2,000 grape vines this spring. Albert Hoffman of Reno. Nev., cut his throat from ear to ear one day last week, but will live. The Virginia ' (Nevada) Report says the only man who is safe in Douglas county is a lyncher. John D. Sargent, of Jackson Hole (Wyoming) fame, has sued the New York Herald for libel. Judge Hunt of Reno, Nev., lias decided that there is no such thing as contempt of notary. Charles Tudor was declared insane at Bozeman, Mont., due to religious excitement following a revival. There were forty candidates in the White Pine (Nevada) beauty contest. Miss Mollie Campton and Pearl Moorman were selected. John Gooeli of Butte mourns tlie departure of his bride of two weeks. She attended a ball one night, and he wants the police to find her. In foreclosure proceedings an order has been issued for tlie sale of the mile race track and grounds at Great Falls, Mont. The indebtedness is 530,000. The entire plant of the Helena Consolidated Water company was sold under foreclosure proceedings the latter part of last week for the sum of $300,-000. llay is selling at $.0 per ton in Ely, This is due to the fact that the visible supply is hardly sufficient to meet the demand before the next crop is harvested. Nev. Brooding over a dream of impending disaster, Georg'e Beckman, a farmer on Buffalo creek, near Helena, imbibed freely, fell off his wagon and was killed one day last week. Missoula, Mont., advices say the chinook which prevailed four days last week was followed by a warm rain, and all the streams in western Montana are rising rapidly. Conservative sheepmen estimate the average loss in Carbon county, Wyo., so far this winter at 20 per cent. A great many will average far below that, but others will exceed it. NlurpLy and Peyers of Silver City, Nev., are keeping the Pollard mill running on ore from their mine. They are catching the tailings and they will be worked in the Jackson cyanide plant The Carbon County (Wyoming) Wool Growers association will prosecute all who attempt to skin sheep found dca 1 upon the ranges as a result of the recent storms and appropriate the pelts to their own use. During the progress of a fire in Cheyenne recently, II. A. Clarke and Howard Chaffin came together awheel with a crash. Clarke was picked up with a broken nose, minus some teeth and unconscious. J. W. Brown, a prominent farmer and stock raiser, was convicted of stealing cattle and given a sentence of two years in the penitentiary. Being a prominent man in Kalispell, Mont., the case was hard fauglit. Antoine and William Trottler have been arrested at Fort Benton, Mont., on a complaint charging them with -- having illegally obtained the state bounty on wolf skins. They have presented 130 hides for punching, swearing the animals were killed within the limits of Choteau county . The disease known as scab has made its appearance in several bn r Is of sheep recently brought into Central Wyoming. The infected bands have been quarantined and the local inspectors and the owners of the sheep are taking every possible precaution to prevent the spread of the disease. The number of sheep quarantined is 18,000. The Wind Rive range of mountains in Wyoming, covering an area of miles by 125 miles, are twenty-fiv- e covered with the heaviest fall of snow known in the memory of the oldest inhabitants of the Lander valley. The snow is six feet deep, and in some of the gulches forty feet deep. This heavy snowfall is hailed with delight by the farmers and stockmen of Fremont county, as it assures an abundant supply of water for the sheep and cattle, as well as for the irrigation ditches ot the farmers. The large increase in makes an agriculture and increase of water a necessity, and this heavy snowfall meets the demand for this season. stock-raisin- g I. E. Hewett, a respectable looking passenger was found to be insane when the train reached Green River, Wyo., one day last week. lie refused to vacate the car, sidetracked for repairs, and tried to butt out his brains, lie was sent to the hospital at Ogden. |