| Show cutet EVENTS edmunds law prosecutions at provo march SO 30 united states vs thomas yates adultery to be arraigned anthe instant on march 27 deputy marshal whetstone arrested J M hansen of newton on the charge of unlawful cohabitation there was an indictment nearly two years old out against him and he was therefore placed under temporary bonds to appear when wanted on march 28 jens sorensen of richmond was arrested on the charge of unlawful cohabitation by de deputy uty whetstone an indictment ha had been out for him for some time and he was placed under temporary bonds on march 30 judge judd did the following business in the first district court at provo I 1 jose joseph h dark clark was brought down from t the ge penitentiary to answer for the third time to indictments under the edmunds tucker law having already served a term for unlawful cohabitation he is now in prison on a charge of adultery with his plural wife of which he was found guilty today he pleaded guilty to another charge of the same offense and was given three years to commence at the expiration of the term now running thomas H winder was tried on a charge of adultery with a second wife married since the confinement of the first in the insane asylum and was found guilty sentence was set for april 1 george H Brim brimhall ball was before the court under similar circumstances and made a statement of his case before the grand jury upon which he was also found guilty sen sentence tenee set for april 20 united states vs J H tidwell the defendant pleaded guilty to a charge of unlawful cohabitation and sentence was set for april 20 a charge of adultery against him was dismissed emma saunders fornication the case was dismissed thomas yates adultery plea of not guilty was entered J B warden was charged with adultery and pleaded not guilty proceedings on march 29 before judge judd united states vs geo H brim hall the defendant is under indictment for adultery a plea of not guilty cuilty was entered and the trial set for r the not jens jorgensen Jorgen aen was tried on a charge of adultery and a verdict of guilty was returned sentence 12 months and costs joseph turner entered a plea of guilty lity to a charge of adultery sen E fence nce two years and costs joseph dark clark pleaded not guilty to a charge of adultery trial set for the dinst on the second of april at ogden anthony heiner who had formerly pleaded guilty to unlawful cohabitation was called for sentence upon the presentation of his case the court sentenced him to three months imprisonment and to pay a fine of and costs on april 2 thomas dwinder HW inder was brought up ul from provo and placed in the penitentiary to serve one year on a conviction of polygamy it appears appeared d that some years ago his wife became insane and she was placed laced in the asylum after a time te he married again and for this he was prosecuted these circumstances were considered by judge judd in passing sentence released from prison on mar 80 brothers P B young of fairview john F F dorius of E ephraim haralm and soren 0 jensen of mount pleasant sanpete county were released from the penitentiary the first named had a six months term to serve in addition to a line fine the others had four months all ali served 30 days for the fines imposed they were imprisoned for living with ther wives on mar 31 L D argyll of utah county was released from the penitentiary tent iary where he has served a term of six months and 30 days additional for the fine on a sentence for living with more than one wife bishop W H lee of woodruff rich bich county was released from the penitentiary on april 4 having completed his sentence of four months for unlawful cohabitation the fine in this case was and costs the neilson case advanced A special telegram from washington dated april 2 states that the habeas corpus cue case had that day been advanced and would be argued on the dinst the case is an important one as it involves the power of courts to punish for both adultery and unlawful cohabitation committed with the same woman within the same period A human skeleton the following is the statement of samuel campbell of littleton morgan county april 2 1889 in regard to the discovery of a human skeleton on friday march about pm I 1 was coming through some thick brush on the border of canyon creek about half a mile east of this place when I 1 came upon a human skeleton which was lying in an old cottrail cow trail after making the discovery I 1 notified the settlers of it and on the morning of the following day myself and ohn john steed went to the place for the purpose r ae of examining the remains which were those of a very large man the bones of the legs and arms were large and long enough for a man six feet four inches in height the skeleton was partly d ay covered with sand and leaves ka the h e position was head to the west and feet to the east the skull was turned over by bv some meansie means mean sit it might have been done by some passing animal striking it or ste stepping ing upon it A portion of the right rig it t side of the was crushed in the particles of bone being bellej found on the spot where the head laid before being disturbed the backbone was covered with about an inch of sand the ribs were protruding out of the soil horizontally showing the position of the person to have been lying upon his back the hip bones anci and upper tipper bones of the legs were lying upon the surface of the ground the lower bones of the legs being covered with a thin layer of sand and leaves the bones of the arms were werely lying ngon on the right side of the remains the following articles were found around the skeleton six shirt buttons a powder flask supposed to be made of copper the same being rusted in two the charge guage beling being of brass a tin cap box partly rusted away the butt end of a ramrod with brass band around ouch much as is used for a shotgun two front suspender der straps of leather with rusted ring ang fastenings or buckles a broad back leather with button hole and some remnants of rotten clota cloth the hem of which is machine sewed SAMUEL CAMPBELL sworn and subscribed to before me this ad day of april A D 1889 GEO justice of the peace the remains were taken charge of and buried by the justice there is no one in that district who calls to mind the disappearance of anyone from the neighborhood and there is no idea as to the identity ty of the unfortunate person whose bones have just received a burial grand jury report the grand jury of the first district court at provo has made the following final report to the hon J W jua judd judge of said sad oburt court pre presiding siang the grand jury of said court beg leave to submit the following report first we have lid been in session twenty days in all second we have devoted eighteen days to united states business and two days to territorial third thard we have examined cases in all and have returned 81 indictments for unlawful cohabitation and other offenses forty indictments for adultery and three polygamy for I 1 and 29 20 territorial fourth we M have examined witnesses fifth we have visited and ex the territorial insane asylum and find its management good and everything in as good condition condit bond ioa as can be expected under the cr cip cum stances and the capacity as compared with the number of inmates altogether inadequate relief belie respecting this matter lies entirely with the utah legislature which body we understand unjustly re fused to make the needed appropriation ampro pria for this purpose we have al also also examined the city jail in this city and earnestly recommend better ventilation and a thorough renovation and cleaning up and the removal of the h alg lg board fence the tendency of which is to create foul air J 8 mcbeth foreman from mesa arizona on april 3 we had the pleasure ot a call from mr george posey superintendent of the zenos coop co op mercantile and manufacturing institution mesa M aricola maricopa Mari copa county arizona who is on a short visit to this city partly in the interests of the company which he represents and also with the intention of being present at the approaching conference with regard to the general state of affairs araiys at mesa mr fur auf nashes an encouraging account he ele informs us that the health of the people is good whereas at this time last year much sickness pre prevailed ivalieu iu w that locality and the outlook as to crops was never better it appears that mr who upon leaving salt yke lake div will start for chicago by way of kansas city and st louis is seeking to open uk up markets in the various places a at which he pro proposes sea to halt for the sale of the products products of the institution with which his name is associated amedi and in order to further this end it will be his endeavor to negotiate with prominent prominent romi nent local establishments lish ments in ma this city the zenos operative cooperative co In Ing stil tita tion we understand was incorporated IB ia the year 1884 wi with a paid UP capital of 45 only it should bei be explained however that the institution at that time was under a contract the agreement with the be that it would furn other party being g and nish the government hay bay a wood at a certain figure leav ing eighty per cent of the hay that they put in and 50 per cent of the wood to apply I 1 on the of capital stock thus at the end 01 the first year there existed a capita ital amounting to 1 1710 on th this there was paid a dividend of ag 88 per cent next year the dividend was waa 88 83 on paid up capital of 2880 and in the cea year succeeding it was so 80 per percent in this wa way on OB a capital of matters continued to go 0 on n W jiin equally satisfactory results an and d for bior 1888 a dividend of 80 30 per r cent on lecla to declared red i capital of was day the institution is WO worth UP wards of the stock being held at 25 per cent premium expulsion of jews A d dispatch from st peters ww bw of foell number says a large jews have recently been i from klef kief attempted suicide some days ago mrs sarah muir wife of david muir of beaver city took k a dose of chloroform with heldal dal intent she is of a hys acal acal nature and family troubles hlad M the death of a child drove her ta w the ate step H her r jowas life was narrowly ed mr her m mind 1 nd is said to have iven ven way y new telescope alvan S dark clark the telescope builder ilder is going ingoing to build a forty inch telescope for the university of athern Califor california ija re he makes ana interesting statements of the difficulties and care of lens making the IE disks are made in france the work of shaping the lens is woe by y hand no machinery being ou tate enough the final curves flave have to be so accurate that every ray ot of light from a star which strikes the telescope must pass through four faces and have its course so ranged ed by refraction that it will beet every other ray in a point no I 1 ker jtb than the cross section of a tte needle dle mtr ar ships and merchant vessels sunk PD on march 16 a typhoon suddenly ri sprang up which swept the harbor 01 apia abia the principal town on one of the samoan 14 t the harbor at the time were the american war ar ships liiv ren fon k and leipsic and the german geran war vessels adler mer eber olga besides these there were audber A uMber of merchant vessels but how many is not stated the hurri hurricane eane burst upon the har bar bai ean suddenly the german manof man of war eber was the first ves 1 1 I l to drag her anchor she dae unmanageable and was ven helplessly on the reef which s around the harbor she struck odside at 6 pm the shock hiss her ner to 0 lurch urca and an to 0 stagger da and she sank in a moment in aay water most of her men were er the le hatches hB and scarcely a toi of them escaped the german ail ship adler was the next to sue suc iss the awas was lifted boduy bodily by a tic wa wave ve and cast on her beam ft de s on the reef A terrible tru 81 for life ensued amon among the oft w deft and sailors abaoag aboard many banged ganged ad into the raging surf and CR out some reaching the theore shore S safety ty others clung to the gog rig ua until the masts fell of forein OF in the rigging only two gained W e shore the captain of the adler aad several of the officers were 85 gw meantime the united states s apok dragged her ar and drifted towards the vre ore the captain however man aa to keep her under control and zut g her on the sand bar the thi tha were ere immediately mediately edia tely lowered and a whole company were saved with V tt exception eption of 81 six men these BS NeAr owned by the capsizing of a tha U s steamer vandana vandalia aw carried before the gale right the reef she struck with great 0 o 11 hurling urling the captain against the gatling dunand he fell stunned before he be could recover a great wave swept the deck and washed him and others ethers away into the sea the vessel sank fifty yards from the nipsy and several officers and men went down with her others perished r ewo ai while makin making g desperate efforts to swim in ashore some of the W ships company tried to save themselves oy clinging to the rigging b but t the e heavy and swift rushing waves dashed over them and one by one they were swept away by this time night had set in many natives and europeans had gathered on shore all anxious to render assistance to the unfortunate crews but owing to the darkness they were wholly unable to be of service soon after the had sunk the american warship war ship trenton broke from her anchorage and was driven upon tipon the wreck of the vandalia dalia whence she drifted to shore the bottom of the trenton was completely stove and her hold became half full of water As morns morn ing broke the germ german n manof man of war olga which had hitherto withstood the gale although considerably battered by the heavy seas which broke over her became unmanageable and was driven upon the beach where she lay in a tolerably favorable position the following is a record of the officers and men lost from the eber fiber the captain and all other officers except one and 76 in men en the van dala C captain a tain and four officers a and d 40 men M the niam seven men men the adler altogether 15 persons mataafa sent a number of his men to the assistance of the wrecked ships they rendered splendid aid in trying to float the olga all of the merchant vessels in the harbor were lost the total number of lives lost is not stated nor is the amount of damage done estimated as yet t thi oe ee hundred shiaw shipwrecked reeked sal sailors fet ra have applied for passage to san francisco this is one of the greatest marine disasters of modern times the loss of three war ships there places our government government overn ment in something of a dilemma blemma as it feels the need of having at samoa protection for american interests there yet has not at hand a war ship that can be dispatched to take the place of the lost vessels gold cold in san juan numerous reports have been made by old prospectors regarding placer gold discoveries near the utah and colorado line in san juan county utah west of la plats plata county colo during the put past ten years but no report of gold in paying quantities has been authenticated portion of rudely constructed sluices have been found there but no water save that which might be saved from melt melting in snows and stored in reservoirs there here are shallow basins ha ba ving ing earthworks earthworms earth works indicating that reservoirs had been constructed at some time there can be no doubt that gold can be found in greater or less quantity that it is an old gold district and that there were at some time streams of water to mine or wash the gold is possible in the well advanced theory that a stream of water once had bad a natural natura I 1 course through the great 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