Show CORRECT for the oppressed jews washington feb 14 senator call today introduced a resolution requesting the president to repel to the emperor of russia to inquire into the alleged wrongs and to his jewish subjects and to place them to in a condition of freedom arid and equal rights released from prison february 20 brothers Br othere F yates and pelton powelton Po both of milleville millville Mill Mil ville iville were released from tile the penitentiary where they have been con confined fl tied since january oth for unlawful cohabitation john Halg halgreen of richmond was also liberated february after serving a like term workmen demand a universal suffrage law brussels feb 19 the reserve fors forces of the civic guard were called out in the charleroi charleroy Char leroi district in view of the threatening state of affairs caused by the work workmen mens demand for the passage of a universal suffrage law the work mens general committee regard this as a menace and have addressed a manifesto to the militia asking them to refuse to obey orders oriler sp to take sides alder with the workmen and resist what they terni term the governments attempt to bring about a civil iwar war for the samoan islands there will be a number of missionaries leave this elty city for the samoan islands on the dinst anyone desiring to fend packages to te their friends on those islands should forward them w without delay to J W 45 west third south street so that they maybe may be properly packed for ship ping funds to pay for transportation must accompany each package it is especially requested that the name and addresses of the persons to whom the articles are sent be plainly and legibly written in order to avold avoid mistakes releases and appointments ts the following is reproduced from the millennial star of february mol elder alma M matthews Is honorably released from his labors as president ot the welsh conference to return to his home elders elderk wm leigh and john T evans are honorably released from their labors as traveling elders in the welsh to return home hoine elder ezra C rich Is released from his bis labors as traveling elder in the birmingham conference and is appointed president of the welsh conference death of robert salmon one of the most sturdy and genuine men to be found in any community died at coalville Co alville summit county on the ath last we refer to bishop robert salmon who reached the ripe age of nearly seventy nine years having in been n born in Dum Dumbarton barto shire feg scotland ofir d april 1812 he came to utah in 1866 and from that time made coalville Co alville his home having been the first ordained bishop of that town holding the position until a few months ago when ho he was ordained a patriarch he has also held the offices of justice of the peace and county clerk deceased was an old member of the church having become lienol ned fled with it in march 1849 and presided over the paisley branch almost from that time until his departure for utah in 1866 this respected veteran was a man ot of unblemished reputation being scrupulously bously honest he was truthful and frank almost to the verge of blunt ns and was an uncompromising foe of everything in the shape of sham and hypocrisy at the funeral the people paid great respect to his memory the tabernacle improvements last october professor E stephens was called upon to take charge of the tabernacle choir one of his first efforts was to augment the choir adding about two hundred voices to the members previously previous ly enrolled this rendered necessary sary a new chair plat form and additional new music professor stephens at once went to work published some suitable pieces of his own composition and purchased others he next conferred with the presidency with respect to a change of platform and the importance of improvement was wag soon recognized architect D C young pro prepared pared plans and a force of men was set at work chairs chaing of the latest pattern were ordered and are all now in thelt places twelve tiers of seats rising one above the other extend from the presidents president stand f which haa been brought forward about ten feet up to the gallery in the rear six of these are arranged in front of the great organ while the other six extend up each side aide of it by this arrangement the singers all face the congregation gre gation the stands have been remodeled the total cost of the improvements prove ments is upwards of 2000 the illumination by more than three hundred gas jets will be very effective the old decorations have been re moved from the roof which has been calcimined calci mined and the entire building has been renovated and cleaned death eath of geoge geo ge dunford george dunford the pioneer bout and shoo shoe merchant of this city breathed his last at the family residence at feb his death was the immediate result of a fall from a step ladder in his store on saturday evening his head came in contact with a hammer which caused concussion of the brain two operations were performed by drs beatty and pinkerton Pinker tun as the only hope of saving his bis life all efforts at were futile and he succumbed wit without trout regaining sensibility Mr Dunford was born in trowbridge wilts england december loth 1822 he caime came to utah in 1852 in 1856 he went to sacramento where lie was engaged in business for two hearp from there he went to san francisco J where he be remained for a short time he be subsequently crossed the isthmus of panama he was engaged in business in st louis during the war and at one time conducted three stores in that city in 1866 he be left st louis with a trainload of goods for this city where lie arrived during the same year and has been in business ever since mr dunford has held many positions of trust during his life and was at one time bishop of malad ward idaho if the funeral services ts was held at the family reside aae E south temple st thu rwal feb 19 at 11 A childs heroism A little boys heroism was tested not long ago through a mistake the edl ed I 1 tor lor of a congeni contemporary PO relates that a gentleman in a new england town proposed to drive with his big wife to the beautiful cemetery beside the river beyond d the town calling his son a bright bright little boy some four years goldbe old be toi told him to get ready to accompany them the childs countenance fell and the father said dont you want to go willie the little lip quivered but the child answered yes yep papa if you wish the child was strangely i ilent during the drive and when the carriage arriage drove under tinder the wide archway he be clung to his mothers side and looked up in her face with pathetic wistfulness the party alighted and walked among the graves and along the tree shadowed avenues looking at the I 1 inscriptions a script ions on the last resting place of the dwellers in the beautiful city of the dead after an hour so spent they returned to thee the carriage arriag and the father lifted his little son to liis his seat keat the child looked surprised and drew a breath of relief and asked why am I 1 going back with you of couise you are why not 11 1 1 I thought when they took little boys to tile the cemetery they left them there 22 said eaid the child many a man does not show the heroism in the face of death that hat the child evinced in what to him had evidently heen been a summons to leavo leave the world boston transcript Trans cripe returned elders elder frank M andersun anderson of the sixth ward wardin in tills this city called at our office february having recently returned from a mission to the indian territory whither he went on january 30 1889 ile labored chiefly among the cherokee chickasaw and choctaw Ind indiana laus though latterly lie he visited and made many warm friends among smaller tribes the indian he says bays has so often been made the victim of misplaced confidence by the white man that he looks upon him with an eye of suspicion and as a rule la Is considered a rogue until he be proves himself otherwise brother anderson says his labors were tended att with encouraging success and he was generally treated with the utmost courtesy and consideration the prospects for doing good among the I 1 indians are more encouraging raging now than at any time since the field was opened 1 brother anderson returns home in good health and excellent spirits thankful for the experience lie he has gained elder william D leigh of cedar city iron fron county arrived today front from great britain where he has been laboring as a missionary since november 1888 on his arrival in liverpool brother leigh was set apart for the mission in wales where he has been laboring until his release the missionaries sion aries narles are doing a good work there particularly in distributing tracts and books elder alma M mathews of providence who has presided over the welsh conference since november 1888 was among the returning missionaries on the atlantic the weather was unusually severe and the ship wyoming ivyon ing was nearly thirteen days in coming across the brethren say that they have enjoyed their labors in the mission very much phenomenal sleet storm CHICAGO feb 19 A phenomenal sleet storm plastered a great area of country with lee tonight from the Alleg banies hanles to the missouri river north of the mason and dixons line it began about 6 pm and in half an hour the telegraph lines line began to show signs of demoralization by 9 the we life had bad been temporarily choked off a large barge portion of the wires through a wide section of the middle states by the constantly thickening coat of ice fee thousands of words of belated newspaper dispatches were piled up unsent caper in offices on the edge of the affected district inquiry elicited the fact that in the various railroad telegraph offices in chicago the dispatchers were completely in the thedarl daak as to the running of trains at a late hour tonight a rain is succeeding the sleet and the telegraph people are beginning to recover some of the wires chicalo CHICAGO feb 20 this morning nearly uil all the train dispatchers in the railroad offices here were without communication muni cation from the outside and trains ran as best they could without orders fortunately no accidents occurred great forces of I 1 linemen I 1 nemen are out and communication with all points is being gradually restored the western union company suffered more than at any time since the great sleet of 1883 not only the wires but many poles are down the postal company was in the same condition the signal service predicts that the warm rain of today will be followed by colder weather tomorrow |