Show CURRENT COMMENTS brazil is pawing passing through a period of affliction just as the revolutionary throes were subsiding yellow fever breaks out and spreads among the people it may now be taken as a demonstrated fact tb that at three if not four of the hack back drivers of this city belong to the army of holdups hold ups with which salt lake is at present afflicted it is difficult to imagine what may be the next phase of criminality that will develop lee ice one and one half inches thick will support a man four inches thick will support cavalry five inches thick an eighty four pound cannon ten inches thick will support a multitude and eighteen inches thick will support a railroad train there is no diacou nt on the immensity of the grain yield all over america this year according to the report of the secretary of agriculture the increased value of all cereals over that of last beir ye r on the basis of november values is not less than the wool growers of montana have formed a territorial association R J morton is president and B F shuart secretary abo about ut seventy five sheep men were present at the meeting when the organization was effected they represented 0 sheep while the mildest weather for the fl season eason oat has been known for years prevails in our own utah news comes from various parts of the country of withering blasts laden with biting frost in iowa the mercury is down to fifteen below zero the story told in the dispatches that a jesuit priest had been discovered as a servant in the house of lord salisbury prime minister of england deling acting as a secret agent or spy of the vatican makes vety very romantic reading but bu t before we w could credit it the tale talc would have to be well authenticated A late order oder of the russian minister of war pounds of soldiers soldie busolits buso bus cults to be ready by january let is ie evidently another of those steps which are usually announced as being taken in the interests of peace the order has had bad no precedent prece debt deLt since the last rubbe turkish war I 1 the tempe arizona adwa states that president charles I 1 robson and a large number of other settlers intend planting orange orchards next spring it is asserted that the climate of marli mari copa county which to is mostly settled by latter day sagote is admirably adapted to orange culture there have been eight national famines in russia during the present century een tury in 1801 1808 1811 1812 1833 1840 1860 and 1891 in addition to these there have been several provincial famines which are as severe if not as extensive as those wah which ich affect the whole population I 1 two more indre berlin busi business ness nen men and conn bohn have taken the short route to theother the other life A bank failure ruined them each of them took a cup of cold poison add to make their exodus both speedy and certain applied pistola to their heads the tools u faed sod by a blacksmith of the present day are almost identical with those used in the same trade over three hundred years ago in a book on mining published at basle switzerland ze in 1557 one of the illustrations represents a blacksmith shop in which the anvil hammer bummer and tongs tonga look like the tools still found in every shop the longest electric railway in the world is to be constructed in russia the very audacious project is being considered of constructing a line from st petersburg to Ark arkangel augel a port of the white sea a distance of more than kilometers miles the electric current is to be furnished by a series of generating stations distributed along the line As usual the people are beginning everywhere to speculate upon what they imagine will be the main points af president harrisons message to congress none of the newspapers are able to say more concerning it at present beyond the bare fact that the chief magistrate is busily at work on the document although bishop philips brooks Is overwhelmed with letters from all quarters he endeavors to answer with his own pen every communication I 1 in n the least deserving of attention mr gladstone follows the abe same game plan but very largely makes use of postal cards while dr brooks invariably makes answer in a neat and carefully written letter there is said to be a secret society in china with millions of members whose motto is china for the chinese and whose aim is to prevent foreigners from living in ila that country the organization is in advance in the heroic character of its methods of the society in the united states whose object is to preserve america for the Ameri americans caus PY the race war scare seems to be epidemic it blazes up in iii fitful flames in a number of localities in the south booth almost simultaneously gurdon ark is the latest part of the country where it shows itself whites and colored people are arming in anticipation of a conflict the cause of the sl situation tation was a late lunching lynching lyn ching bee in which a i colored man was wae the victim field and farm says saye it is in bad policy to let sheep run in the fields u until n snow covers the vegetation frozen grass to is detrimental to their welfare they should be placed in winter quarters immediately after the first heavy frost and remain there until grass grows again in the spring once running out to graze gives them a distaste for dry fodder the application of george albright to have baver the circum circumstances atances connected with the killing of captain parker investigated vesti gated by the grand jury is quite proper tie case should ne conducted to a point that will place it beyond the legal possibility of bing being revived at any future time besides it is due to mr albright that his vindication be made as broad as practicable Ca caprldi caprivi the german premier seems to be capable of making some gome mixed statements if the dispatches are to be credited he asserts that no nation is I 1 in a ad advance vance of germany I 1 in n her ca capacity lacity to carry on a successful war at toe the sa e time he says sayf that dussias Rus sias stas strength is so great that the czar is in a position to make his bis will predominate in the councils of europe there was a singular accident the other day at medicine lodge bingham bineham co idaho david collier and a boy started out for a horseback ride colliers horse bucked backed and ran furiously it collided with the horse on which the boy was mounted with such forbe force that both animals were trilled killed while collier was thrown and fatally injured by having his bis neck broken mr archibald forbes the great war correspondent holds himself at the command of his editor in chief at all hours he has two entire equipments one for cold countries the other for the torrid zone firearms clot hiDir saddles adles are all ready even to a purse full of gold and passports for every country on the globe an orderly order by telephone and instantly he departs for zanzibar or moscow Yester yesterday dRy at florence italy a number of american and english people unveiled a I 1 hew new headstone over the grave of the late theodore parker the eminent theologian the tribute was erected by a few admirers of the great thinker he was a man of advanced thought the book entitled ten lectures by theodore parker affords delightful reading and it a great deal of food for the advisability of establishing a starch factory in utah has lately been agitated A correspondent of a colorado paper asks what a a plant for that industry would cost hereto here is the answer the size of the plant would largely govern its met cost A small one might be put up for or A good sized one would cost I 1 while a bir bi one might require any local machinist may be able to give you this information 1 1 A movement has been begun in thiis this country that may have some effect in bringing the irish faction factionists lits to their senses A council of the national league at new york has taken steps to warn the disciples of blackthorn that they need not expect any more moral or financial aid from tb this country until they cease their strife and bicke rings and unite for the promotion of Ir elands welfare good for the national league A operative cooperative co home has been started in boston for young women students which will accommodate about one hundred and fifty at prices ranging from to per week it is intended to be self supporting and any student remaining over a year may become a birtner in the concern most of the rooms are la in suites and separate table board arrangements range ments are made to suit different par parti tiep ep the people in this locality will regret to learn of the mishap which bebel bill nye at jackson miss immediately after the curtain rose at the opening of one of his bis entertainments he fell out of the opera house back door a d estace ds leta tace ce of fifteen feet on to a pile of lumber he must have received a heavy shock but his injuries are not serious it is not dot stated whether the accident occurred while he was overcome by ex tasy over the discovery of a new joke the order issued by the russian government to the governors instructing the latter to forbid the jews to buy corn orn would be unique if taken as defined in the dispatches accepted literally it would imply that the jews must die of starvation because they are not permitted to buy bread it to is to be presumed however that the mandate refers to jewish je and its purpose is evidently to prevent them indulging in A eftie tie uell up and corner the brigham bugler says people are beginning to shake in their boot boo wilen when they think of being compelled to pass through bear river biver gorge this winter by rail even during the pleasant summer weather several awful dl disasters eastErs have been averted only by great luck or the timely interposition of a kind providence the tall lank wooden trestles treaties have bave been rendered rather shaky at times by the gradual settling and by washes 11 on monday night nov a fire at blackfoot idaho destroyed the old commercial jow mercial hotel the U 8 land office and the railroad depot and express offices the books maps and papers of the land office and the books etc of the railroad company were saved gaved the buildings were totally consumed E calvin and J im ben nett orthe idaho division soon had bad the agent and operator established in temporary quarters pending the erection of ef new offices A genuine border ruffian tragedy has occurred at red bed lake arizona thomas collins made a disturbance in the house bouse of a respectable man named ditten hoofer the latter remonstrated and was forthwith shot through the heart and instantly kille i by collins the latte atte escaped but was heing being pursued by a number of indians with mith whom Ditten hoofer was wag very popular it is thought that if the red men catch up with collins they probably will short will be made of the murderer A valued exchange says the terrific grip has taken a fresh grip on a good many colorado people again and one or two iwo deaths are reported wo we have had the grip for three consecutive seasons and are afflicted with it now BOW as we write but it has ham no particular terror for us we use inhalations of benz olne in hot water and swallow half a dozen fresh laid homm homoeopathic aconite pills every hour stay in doors keep the feet warm avoid drafts of air take a little quinine at night go to bed early and the grip is easily conquered L i A couple of mexicans catis resorted to an I 1 easy method of stocking a 8 store with general merchandise they simply helped themselves from the freight trains of the atlantic pacific railway company the prospective pros merchants were father and ancl son Pran francisco cisco and juan baca goods to the value of several thou thousand dollars were found and the two pilferers pilfer ers we were arrested rearrested and are arenow now in jail at albuquerque N M other persons are said to be inter ested in the scheme and further arrests are expected it is learned from the bingham Bing hanu bulletin that the old telegraph leaching works near bingham junction have recently been started up again and are now in full operation running on old telegraph ore the low grade ore that has been lying on the dump for years is being hauled to the B R G qi W station from where if itris is shipped to the plant for treatment the plant has been idle for a number of years but has been repaired and fixed up at considerable expense and is now doing first fi rat class work agal again a in the region dimmed immediately lately north of us there seems to be a good gaoa deal of pre r mature cremation in progress several miners have been recently burned to asherin their cabins there was one case of the kind near diamond city montana on thanksgiving morning the victim was a man named pat gillan on the night of the same day near wallace idaho another miner named amos met a similar fate in both instances the inhuman murders appeared to be the work of incendiaries cen diaries it is now officially admitted that the recent visit of de giera the russian minister foreign of affairs to parts paris was in the interest of an alliance alli anoe between russia and france it is however claimed to be for the carrying on of a diplomatic warfare it is to be in the interest of russian domination in bulgaria and to compel england to evacuate egypt the present intention is asserted not to be to engage in actual war at present but to get a good ready for a more opportune time to enter upon that sanguinary business the abduction case at kansas city is likely to be duplicated to th various parts of the united states and perhaps in other parts of the world as well criminals are great imitators A two year old boy of david T beal a prominent banker was abducted by the connivance of a woman engaged as a servant and a couple of toughs tough the distracted parents offered a reward of for the recovery of the child the little one was restored and the money paid hence we gay any that other pieces of villainy of this kind may be looked for brazil has completely changed front with respect to it ita attitude toward the catholic church after the deposition of dom pedro the pope stated in reply to a question bearing on the subject that the e vatican would only consent to recognize the new republic on the ground tj at be acknowledged and treated as the state religion reH eion now the pope is informed that the state will not tolerate any interference on the part of odthe the church with political affairs and that if any such meddling occurs the brazilian minister will be withdrawn from the vatican ARIZONA is in the midst of another apache indian war scare major wm downing whose is ig thirty miles from the town of wilcox reported that one of his men B H daniels had bad been shot and killed by rel red men on the noy NOT shortly afterwards the major was ambushed and shot while driving in his big buggy about ten miles from his home his wound is said not to te be fatal fatai the military are on the trail of the perpetrators of these outrages at the headquarters of general miles the trouble Is not thought to be general but merely persons personal according to the latest computation europe will need bushels bushel of wheat and bushels of rye or their equivalents the united states canada and india endla could man age to spare enough wheat to fill the bill very nearly but the rye is not to be had bad no matter what price the people are able to pay for it the aggregate Eu edrodean roDean deficit of bread stuffs after allowing for the surplus of this and other countries is nearly and the question is what shall hall take the place of this deficit at shoshone idaho on the night of nov johnson Joh naon in n em aloye at the U P machine shops was winning winding up a protracted drinking bout he entered his room the landlord heard beard a scuffle and a sound of some one falling failing on the floor when he |