Show BY telegraph rss kawam badam unos aam aan mm mach AMERICAN CHICAGO 8 the times will devote another large editorial to the mormon question which will say there has appeared in some newspapers a statement that congressman springer will favor the proposition of the utah commissioners to repeal the present charter of the mormon province and put in its place an administrative establishment like that of the capital dis triet the municipal government of that district is nothing more than a board of three commissioners who are appointed by the president with the approbation of the senate pall pah bordi nate f functionaries unction function aries bries are ap t hinted by bys and ant directly accountable lo 10 the board there is no muni municipal cipa I 1 legislature egi slature of any description fil ell bli bil I 1 legislative power over the district t being held and exercised bacon by congress this arrangement has ap proved itself by its ita efficient economic and satisfactory working from being the worst most corruptly and reck rock recklessly lesly administered city in america cc possibly excepting new york Y as it was under a territorial charter similar to that of utah washington has become noted as the best regulated best policed and in every way the best beat administered american city there is reason to beleve believe that the administrative pian plan plan pian of the capital district could be ba advantageously extended not merely to utah but to I revada levada A Arizon New mexico idaho montana and other districts having small populations the advantages would appear in a more simple effective and economic ap nile of but it Is ia not on account of such recommendations of it that either the TJ ulah utah tah commissioners ners or mr springer favor it they advocate the application of it in utah because they say 16 would atwould solve the mormon problem lein lern and would deprive the mormon church of its power powers meaning probably its ita political politic als ais for it clearly would not deprive that church of its ita ecclesiastical and spiritual power can any change of form torm of civil gov government emment alter the case esse perhaps if congress would enact that the mormons cormons shall be found guilty of celestial uni mai ariage WO triai by lay jury and algo aiso without evidence evidences it might but it happens that congress has not authority to do either As a solution of the mormon problem if that problem la Is polygamy the business project favored by springer is as worthless as tho the rest of the legislative panaceas the only way to cure the celestial marriage distemper in utah is to attack not the mormon church but the religious bious belief of the cormons mormons Mor mons there can be no moro more effective way of attacking that than one which the ti temes times has suggested viz to send mir mr B R G ingersoll to utah to preach religious unbelief washington 8 the toe chief signal omm Off officers leers meers annual report says bays the service hag hug been seriously crippled by the diminished appropriation and urges that congreve Cong reba reea be more liberal in futura ho he recommends a separate office on the pacific coast and a decided extension of the service in that important region the following letter from the attorney general explains itself under previous instructions from hims him col corkhill Cork hlll US district attorney attorneys has nearly completed a number of cabes of frauds upon pension claimants for tho action of the grand jury he has received a number of fraudulent circulars and letters explaining the use made of them he is desirous that soldiers sol soi diera or their friends having co coples copies p ol 01 of such circulars or es knowledge 0 of su buch sueh attempted frauds will at once oneo send him full fall information and ba particular to send the number by which the claim in each case ia known at the pension office department OF JUSTICE washington nov 7 1803 to secretary of the interior interiors referring Be ferring to youl letter of the ad respecting the appointment appoints ent by the commissioner of pensions of persons to aid the U B S district attorney of this district in the investigation of all claims for pensions and bounties connected with which charges are made against attorneys to examine buch such cases as the district attorney rhall shull desire to present to the grand jury I 1 agree with you yon that such appointment ment cannot be made as to ax examinations ami nations where the offenses charged are not offenses against the united states but the district attorney in his ietter iatter letter ietter to you includes cases caseb where these pension agents make formal applications to the pension office cewell well weli knowing the claims they present are fraudulent this le la an otence against the united states so bo far as ats the district attorney makes charges of crimes against 1 the united states he should be aided in the examination of such cases by an officer of the pension bureau specially detailed for that purpose the evil bitet forth by tha the district At attorney turney torney la Is a growing one and all means that can legally be employed to suppress it ought to be put in motion to that end permit me to send you advance proof sheets shoots of the second auditors report which 1 es ea a frightful condition of organized fraud against the poor and helpless who have either served their country themE themselves elves and live maimed and broken down in health or have left destitute widows and children all of whom are now victims of thebe these designing def bad men who rob them of 0 f their little savings and earnings under color of gains they are ere never to have havey and overload the public departments part ments with work that hinders binders the necessary progress pro grees grebs of their proper business if thia this can be put an end to by the intervention in tion of officers of odthe the United states if this cm ein be punished it ought to be signed BREWSTER the president ha so ao amended civil service bervice bule rule no 8 that it distinctly prohibits the appointing power alike in every department and in every postoffice post office and customs office from making any tion in the selections for appoint ments by reason of any political calor or religious opinion or affiliation ATLANTA ga 8 B S M suggs S member of a tr traveling avelin g troupe killed I 1 J mana mans manager ger gen in adaire last night in a quarrel over the possession of bills bille pittsburg S B lancaster county penna has for six bix weeks been suffering from the depredations of a band of outlaws who escaped from jail six weeks ago and have since been hiding in the mountains villagers labera and farmers armed and pur sued the convicts and a running fight of beveral several miles resulted in the capture of one and the serious wounding of three of the tho gang the infuriated farmers ero ara still keeping up the pursuit kansas city 8 A fearful tragedy was enacted to today day at the taum tarm house houte of 0 ya a clay mcgee ten miles south of the city his bis children returning retaining home from torn school this afternoon found the li body of their father mother and elder sister lying upon the floor mcbee evidently had killed hla his wite wife shooting her in the breast with a shot gun ahot shot his daughter in the back and then than completed the horror by going to an upper room and swallowing a doze doza of morphine the house bouse being isolated tho neighbors were not aroused and the bodies consequently lay until discovered by the children late in the day the immediate cause camm for the deed Is not known mcgee is described us as a man 0 of violent temper tempers amounting almost to frenzy at times he was a prosperous farmer having come into the vicinity several years ago from kentucky 2 where it is said he onee onca killed a man there were six children some of them married mary the murdered daughter was 20 years of age another daughter daughters wife of mr hands sands hopkins member of an old family here waa wa accidentally shot and killed by her husband some months ago mcgee is 45 or 60 50 years of age mcgee has for some time born an unsavory reputation among his neighbors neigh borss borms on account of harsh treatment of his family and the tragedy is supposed to to be the result of domestic discord of long standing cincinnati 8 commercial ga fazette iderson anderson Ax ind mrs susannah nelson started to nebraska Ze braska brasha september ath and has not since been heard from by her friends she has a large sum of money with her marshal coburn today to day made known to her brothers that he had bad found a fire insurance policy issued to mrs mib nelson in the woods near terre haute whore where some time ago the badly mutilated body of a woman was found by a hunter he claims to have proof that thab mrs neiton neison was waa murdered pittsburg sit 8 it is evident that a gang of expert thieves are working la in this locality this week three extensive robberies have been committed the boldest was breaking the safe of samuel schultz storekeeper a few miles from this city early this morning the robbers hauled the safe cafe out of the building on a plank blew it open with powder and got 2200 in cash and jewelry the pow pom worth of cloth stolen tolen tuesday has been recovered and three men and a woman arrested eds ant it la Is thought there are a dozen others in the tang gang rang galveston 8 news hearnes special there has hag been bad feeling feel inie lust for some time between city marshal cannon and albert bishop bieh bibb op a promising young lawyer this morning cannon pistol in hand haud followed bishop into a yard where the lawyer unexpectedly produced a double barrelled barrel led shotgun shot ahot run gun and perforated cannon with 29 buckshot killing billing him bim instantly cannon had bad been marshal four during which time he be had killed hilled two men he had a state reputation chicago 8 the police this afternoon and tonight to night arrested 12 members of a thoroughly organized gang of shoplifters shop lifters they include the leader a woman known to the police as I mother wier widy two sons bons and two daughters over 2000 worth of stolen goods were recovered it Is estimated the peculations speculations of the band nearly all of whom are wo amounted from to within the past few months all are fine looking women elegantly dressed their mode of operation was for a couple coupie of he the women to enter a carriage with one of mother kleiv sons sous a aa coachman machman and go shopping among the larger stores till the carriage was filled with pian ajun der when it would be taken to a place of de depolt depoli poli one of cM other mother wiers s daughters lately returned from new york having served a term on blackwells island madison wis 8 the entire roof inside ineide wall walls and ir iron fron on and stone columns of the new south wing of the capitol fell at pm the cause of the accident la Is somewhat uncertain but the most plausible theory is that the pillars supporting the roof of the second balcony sank into the plank on which they rested thus pulling the sound bound wall outward which in turn caused the roof of the entire wing to cave in these thebe columns were made of larre large pieces of boiler iron rolled into circular form stovepipe fashion the jointure not being bolted together five men had bad left the ba basement gement and were about returning when the crash came hundreds of 01 people e were at once on the scene anapa and with the aid of the book and ladler ladder company extricated exel evel every 7 evAe zee xoi medical attendance was summoned and the wounded removed to places of safety some bome ascribe the neel acol dent to a defective detective iron pillar others to poor masonry it Is the opinion of contractor bentley that the loss will fall on the commonwealth as the plans were approved by the state architect and the blame can be ascribed to noone no one itis Itin it la thought there must have been a defect in some cag ca castin stin atin tinz the loss cannot be estimated at present the additions were to be completed march 1884 two hundred thousand dollars lar lay 3 was appropriated by the legislature to meet the necessary expense the wing was designed for historical society uses san ban francisco 8 aggie aegle hill bueing senator aharon sharon for divorce and division of property refused I 1 in a court this morning to produce the alleged marriage contract until informed by the judge that if she it would be ruled out from the evidence as only so BO much waste paper sharon after peeling it denounced it as a forgery in such indignant terms that the judge ludge ordered him removed from court the document remains in the possession of the court until large photographs can be taken albana 8 cha chab ii L leland iceland formerly proprietor of the deloran debaran heuse hause and latterly of brighton beach hotel hotels coney islands island made a general assignment to chas chaa J bu chanan chausa liabilities and assets unknown baltimore 8 moses husband of the fat woman who died recently it appears called beveral several times timea on the day of her death on dr hill offering his cifes body for sale which wag was finally bought on the importunity of moses who gave as a reabon reason for the singular transaction that he was in great poverty and needed money the remains will not be taken up till december mexico via galveston 8 A duel was fought in outside the city this morning between de of the mexican national bank and olivver Oll Ol ivler vIers a french merchant the latter was killed and do de gberst badly wounded swords were used all the parties are well known the trouble troubie a was ca caused u a ed by a dispute over beals seals at the races on sunday the british minister ministers two american ladies and do gherst left theire eats to promenade olivver olivier and two iwo wo ladles ladies occupied them A rel nel el ensued between do de gherst and olivier the former called the police and the latter was ejected the incident caused several chalen gea to oe de he had bad another arranged for tomorrow to morrow intense excitement prevails among foreign aas miss 8 election returns are nearly all in on joint ballot the legislature stands democrats and 25 republicans and independents the th e democrats elected 11 out of 22 district attorneys the disturbances in coilah county were the only ones reported in the state on election day richmond va 8 latest reports increase the democratic gains reports from all but two districts give the democrats 23 senators coalition fists 15 returns from both the districts not fully reported show very heavy democratic gains which jf if continued at points not heard from rom will give one or both to the democrats in the house of delegates the democrats so eo far have secured 63 members the coalitionists 33 of the four remaining delegates the democrats have one certain which makes their majority in the house 27 and on joint ballot not less than 35 the democratic majority in the state la is likely lively to reach philadelphia B official returns from 57 of 67 counties in the khe state and estimates of the others gives niles majori majority fy poughkeepsie 8 proceedings are begun against city assessor charles calwell A A boush warden of sing sing prison robert morey ft a newyork new york custom house officer and several other prominent politicians charging them with buying votes on tuesday new now york 8 the sun will say corrected returns make no material change in the majorities on an the state ticket the plurality of carr republican republicans for state Secre secretary is chapin democrat for comptrollers comptroller tr plurality Max maxwell wells for treasurer runs behind chapin the pluralities for the other candidates will range ringe from to NEW ORix ANs 9 A six year old italian girl died of 0 yellow fever on |