Show CURRENT COMMENTS we are pleased to note the fact that il ft company has been incorporated with headquarters in chicago and a capital tock stock of whose object la Is to explore investigate and collect with a view to the acquirement of information concerning the prehistoric races of america fl the first fields to be operated under the auspices of the organization are arizona and new mexico the purpose of the company is one in which all intelligent latter day saints must necessarily take a more than passing interest we an the result of the labors of those who engage in the pursuit in question will be the bringing to light of additional corroborative proofs of the authenticity of the book of mormon which gives a history of the ancient races of this continent the opening of the brigham young academy in the commodious new bUll building ding of the institution at provo will occur on monday january ath we have already published the pro of exercises and given other details many guests have been invited and it is expected the attendance will be large it will be a red letter day in the history of the academy both the U P and R 0 W companies give half faw rates to provo and return on the day of the opening the viceroy of gaafar evidently has an eye to business china has asked himas him as to which nation russia or england he be prefers should assess possess the region he emphatically prefers england because in the event of the region falling failing into the hands bands of the czar the trade of his people with indis india would be COMP completely lately extinguished that is a strong pa point int in the dispute to in favor of great Brit britain aln but will bus sla permit the acquisition of the by the british without a fight we think hardly but britain needs it in her business as a bar to a descent of the czar on her indian possessions which are immediately contiguous mr charles fills ellis lecture announced for next sunday evening at the theatre athe the relation of government to society will doubtless be one of much interest there is a strong desire on the part of the people incited of late events in the history of the commonwealth of utah to acquire information concerning the principles of civil government and the duties of the citizen toward the state we trust that there will be a large attendance at the lecture referred to as its purpose is by convey just such nuch information as is in demand and which should be possessed eased by everybody turn out and hear beer him and you will not regret having done so fill the house bouse A dispatch from the city of mexico throws a damp blanket over a former account of a fight between a body of karzas garzas bandits and united states troops it asserts that the garza crowd which took the initiative in the conflict numbered ten men A telegram from another source states that capt mcneil and his rangers had a rousing fight with barzas garzas soldiers in which one of the lat latter horses was captured it seems to have been rather a one horse affair all through the recent dynamite explosion at dublin castle loa is a serious incident it is claimed that it means the resumption of the physical force tactics of a ciao clason of irish nationalists this view is strengthened by the fact that irish secret societies have been active of late however if the opinion be correct it will not be a great while before it receives ample confirmation by a succession of other similar outrages in the matter of criminal eccentricities america bests beats the world those who are inclined to disbelieve this statement ought to consider some late transactions rans actions near the canadian border US soldiers were engaged in smuggling for a consideration from the canada side of to that united states atter after they got the poor pigtails pintails pig tails to the american side the smugglers waylaid them after dark held them up robbed them of all they had and left them to despair and misery this line of rascality has not many if any parallels in this issue mr david ij murdock murdoch presents a number of facts and appropriate prop suggestions suggestion in relation to liberal colonization as a part of the approaching municipal election campaign we commend the gent lemans communication to the thoughtful con of our readers on saturday night three highwaymen made a heavy haul in the vicinity of donner donners s ferrying Fer Mont montana anao near the idaho line they held up the stage in which there were seven passengers four men and three women they took from ed L hanley a chicago drummer worth of jewelry and secured in cash besides the robbers encountered no difficulty as a the male passengers 9 era were all docile and obedient the supreme court of texas has decided the alien land law unconstitutional this law was pawed passed by the last legislature and prevented any foreigner holding boding title to land in texas this prevented loans being made upon real ea estate as security by any man or by any company with so much as one foreigner as a stockholder and caused the ruin of many property holders the above decision is said to be satisfactory to the state at large that was a shabby fraud perpetrated by american rascals on a number of intending worlds fair exhibitors in france they themselves off upon their dupes as representatives of the great exposition and sold them imaginary space in favored nonexistent non existent positions in the various departments of the fair in this way they scooped in large sums of money i the celebrated graves barnaby case which has hae been on trial at denver for some time is now concluded the evidence against dr graves was clear and convincing and lett left no room for reasonable doubt that he murdered his bis benefactress in order to gain possession of her ber property the verdict was guilty of murder in the first degree A report was soon circulated that graves had made a confession in which he implicated col daniel ballou this was subsequently contradicted ballou at last accounts had disappeared and could not be found on motion ot of district attorney woods nearly indictments against cormons mormons Mor mons sP charged with registering and voting in 1888 without powes possessing slug the qualifications prescribed by the notorious test oath statute were dismissed in the U 8 district court at boise idaho on saturday last mr woods held that it would be impossible for the he government to prove that the mormon 9 church in idaho had not enjoined the teaching and practice of polygamy previous to the time of the alleged registration and voting charged in the indictments tim two of the three convicts kingan and miller her who recently escaped from jail in wyoming nave have been captured the phird ichird a colored man to la still at t large kingan the cattle thief was captured by death before the se searching archin party reached him the rhe intense coll cold killed him miller the boy double murderer was wag alive bu baj will lose joae both feet the sufferings Buffe rings of the two were fearful IT Is ie now asserted that a species of diabolical or supernatural influence to is exercised by some of the chinese revolutionists notably those who are led by a follow fellow described as a red faced monk so potent was the power felt by the imperial troops who were sent out to attack the bandits that they were unable to fire their guns so the story goes remarkable times thase |