Show LOCAL NEWS FROM TUESDAYS DAILY MAR 16 ing Coni company pany A new incorporation po ration under title of the salmon river mining company has been organized gani zed the capital stock of 2500 is divided into shares ot 10 each of which shares have already been subscribed the rema remaining luing being abeln held as stock of the company first district in the first district court yesterday george liff was arraigned on an indictment charging him with rape and pleaded not guilty edward olsen pleaded not guilty to a charge of murder in the first degree william grant against whom two indictments for unlawful cohabitation have been found pleaded not guilty and the cases were set for trial tomorrow wm bromley similarly similar lv charged pleaded not guilty his trial Is set seii for tb eath in the case of Ri issell vs A vin valkenburg judgment was given for the plaintiffs fred W cox vs chas patten judgment for plaintiff three petit tit jurors were excused from larther service fred aked otterson andrew anderson anderso hans E F larsen J A bartleson and 3 C jensen were admitted to citizenship A child witness yesterday afternoon the grand lury jury filed into the court room bringing with them mary smith a child about fourteen years of age who had bad refused to answer some of the questions asked her the jury reported that they were engaged in inquiring into a charge of unlawful lawful cohabitation against president joseph F smith and that they had bad reason to believe that mrs juliana smith would be a material witness if she could be found they had inquired of her daughter mary as to where she one thought her mother was but bat the child persistently refused to answer for this purpose she was ushered into the presence of judge zane where the question where do you yon have an idea your our mother was when you yon last wrote to ker her was held to be proper and was repeated three times to the recalcitrant witness the child without the slightest hesitation and with an expression of quiet determination upon 9 her er young face replied 1 I will not answer mrs edna L smith who was present then informed the district at it were permitted a few words with the witness in the at she could probably induce lier her to answer chiw was granted and mrs smith stated to the child that as she had an idea her mother was in the sandwich islands it would be better for her to answer tile the grand jury then retired ard and as the wit ness was shortly afterwards release dit is probable that she gave the required information those those 1 1 deputies doings the charge having been made that there were some inaccuracies in the account of the seizure and detention of mrs edna L smith on saturday last the lady was seen and her statement agrees with that kiven iven by us in every particular some further facts were elicited which it might perhaps be well to bubli publish h to show the humane and genEle gentlemanly manly spirit that characterizes some of the officers of the court in their unhallowed persecution se of the people of utah mrs smith after being brou brought q ht to the marshals office in the manner related on Saturday at about 11 aiwas am was taken be dorethe grand jury from where after ra a time she was again placed in the office and informed that she could not go at liberty without giving ball bail in id the sum of 2500 she was not permitted 10 i 0 go out to look for sureties but the telephone ePhone was brought into requisition byone by one odthe of the office atta chees and it was afterwards leak learned ned in such a buu bungling gling manner that the parties partie sup applied to could obtain no idea of wha what was wanted I 1 finally mrs smith was waa allowed to come up to the tithing office in company with a deputy an and dupon upon her return was informed that bonds for fog her appearance would not be filed until 2 pm ni she objected to being thus unnecessarily delayed but was placed lace in n charge of the virtuous van vandercook ercolo of unsavory repute who walked around the room carrying a gun and guarding a defenseless woman this same vandercook then attempted to enter into a conversation with mrs airs smith who informed him that she did not w wish ish to have anything to say to him he still persisted and and was again requested to stop he then be began n ta taunting g her by jearl jeering n at and abusing a number of those most highly esteemed by her among them being her own husband the lady still further objected to being thus insulted but the offensive conduct conduct ani and jan language guage was continued until at last she declared that sh six would not longer remain in the room at this juncture puncture unc ture someone called vandercook outside and deputy smith took his out the at 2 pm mrs smith aaen went before the grand inquisitors inqui and after answering the interrogatories propounded there was released on ball bail shortly after 3 having been detained over tour four hours tho the copper act under the provisions ot the new copper act aurelius miner was entitled to be released from the penitentiary today to day but this the marshal it im i understood u under n der advice from mr dickson refused f ledta to do this afternoon le grande youngest Young Esq applied for mr miners release under the provisions of law both of the territory and the united states mr young cited a number of authorities in support of his position and the validity of the territorial statute i as referring to those imprisoned in the pen penitentiary tent lary lie he argued that retroactive laws which did not infringe on individual rights were common law and nd were not unconstitutional mr dickson in his argument said toe the question was one of great importance ta anrce to the united stater as it affected atta afta f a large number of prisoners pit p boners it had h ad evidently been thela of tl hse legislature L egi slature to do as claimed but b ut that body had noi no power to commute sentences sen pes already pronounced as ad by that means they could shorten imprisonment to five hours bours and defeat the object of punishment congress had placed upon the court the power to fix sentence and the legislature could not interfere with the judicial power in reducing alie penalty inflicted to commute sentences already inflicted would be to impair the judicial action he cited a decision made under a state constitution forbidding a retroactive law jaw in support of his bis po position mr rawlins argued that the decision referred to by mr dickson was based on a provision in a state constitution which did not exist in this case and therefore could not be made to apply r Mr Dickson Dikson contended that Congress could pass the act in question but the legislature could not it was beyond the power of that body to shorten the term of im imprisonment rison of either efter territorial or united united states prisoners after the sentence was passed mr richards argued that the law of congress commuting sentence of prisoners was in precisely the same spirit as the territorial law the matter was one of great importance especially to territorial prisoners confined for long terms the matter was taken under advisement ROM FROM wednesdays DAILY MAK 17 acquitted the foN following owing special was received at p th m to today day BEAVER utah march CY editor deseret news A week has been spent to tn getting a jury ury to try mo L shepherd charged with unlawful Aft after erthe the evidence was all in the jury cave a verdict of not guilty without leaving the box more anon deseret hospital since the founding of this worthy institution in this city great benefit has haa been derived from its existence and a very large number of been the recipients of that care and attention which they would otherwise have been deprived of though at first the building occupied would accommodate but few patients and the funds at command were limited yet from this small beginning has d developed ev eloped the present progressive and successful institution A large proportion oi 01 the roost most enterprising of our citizens have donated freely to the hospital in cash and various necessary articles and members have contributed largely to the fund which has been judiciously expended in the proper directions A marked marged improvement has been made within the past few months in the farni furnishing ni conduct and arrangement of things generally in the building at present resent occupied the affairs of the hospital go hospital spital are under the control of a board of directors bishop H B clawson leing being president and the conducting of the internal affairs and caring for the patients are under the immediate supervision of mrs W whipple hippie the matron a lady of considerable sid bid erable experience there are at the present time in the hospital hoa pital to be treated for various afflictions twenty patients the majority of whom are fe females malis the wards or rooms in which these patients are placed are kept in apple pie order t the he beds are clean and comfortable and everything appears neat as a pin the food used is prepared with scrupulous cleanliness and add is wholesome such as is best suited for those under treatment the best surgical and medical attendance is provided all medicines being compounded with the utmost care and everything is done to make the time pass pleasantly to the sufferers so long as they remain there of the care and add attention bestowed upon the patients day and night it can be said that it is in not surpassed in any institution and in conversation with a number of the present inmates and some who have recently become convalescent all of these expressed themselves in the highest terms 0 of f praise regarding the treatment they had received and the uniform ki kindness and patience exhibited and award well deserved credit to the officers of the hospital toward whom they have feelings of deep gratitude of course notwithstanding the progress made ay by this institution and its efficient management there still remains much to be done before it is placed on a de desirable jestrab e tooting footing the building now occupied while it serves the present purpose is unsuitable in many respects and there are a great g reat many articles still lacking for convenience in the working departments to supply some of these wants the generosity of the public is relied belled on and it is to be hoped that those who have exhibited such kind kindness nest in the past as well as others will not forget what to ie needa needful al we wish the deseret hospital PI the unqualified success it deserves LOCAL NEWS PROM THURSDAYS DAMY DAILY MAR AFA IS 18 the governors appointees yesterday a commission was issued by the governor govenor to arthur pratt whom the executive its is attempting to foist upon the people as territorial auditor of public accounts mr pratt asked leave yesterday to file his hia bonds of with the probate court but judge smith refused as he already had the bonds of the territorial auditor on idle file A demand was also made upon auditor dayton clayton to surrender his bis office but it was not granted it is understood der stood the matter will soon find its way into the courts as will also the claim of P L williams as territorial superintendent ot of district schools deputies searches deputies smith and franks paid a visit about this morning to the residence of emily sarah rawlings in the ward in search of that lady who is alleged to be a plural wife of brother henry grow they ransacked the building from cellar to garret hunting in every place where it was conceivable that a person might be hidden but the object of their search was evi evidently deat not there as she was not found smith even ascended into a store room in the attic through a trap door in the ceiling and crawled on his bis hands and knees through IL a very low aperture over the beilin ceiling of an adjoining adio ining building and finally finalli descended by another trap door into a room rented to an old lady whom he frightened almost out of her wits by his sudden appearance unexpected a quarter court proceedings in the third district court yesterday after afternoon noona a bench warrant was issued for the arrest of President Presidente George Q cannon today to day in the case of henry W brown vs A hanauer et al the court gave judgment against defendant for ca costs ats D R G W co vs D R raco RG G CO 11 notion motion of plaintiff for distribution 0 of f funds taken under advisement the case of E P neff vs joseph nellen on appeal was dismissed wm win sargent was admitted to citizenship zen ship i the case of james te terhune rhune vs brooklyn lead minin mining company was on trial before a jury J C conklin T R jones bolivar roberts jerome bougard A H kelley A hanauer gideon turnbull and J 3 greenwald petit jurors were excused for the term robert Mc Kendricks sentence this morning robert mckendrick of 0 ewas called up in the third district court to receive sentence for living with his bis wives he having entered a plea of guilty to the charge the court remarked 1 mr mckendrick I 1 will ask you yon the usual question and give you a chance to say what you von will do Is it your intention to obey the law against polygamy and unlawful cohabitation to this mr M mckendrick eken replied 1 I have nothing to say and the court inflicted the rl full penalty of the law six months in the penitentiary tent iary and a tine of and costs brother mckendrick was taken out to the penitentiary today to day he being tile last one of those who have been convicted at the february term to receive sentence und and ok of all of those who were mormons cormons Mor mons not one has given tile the much desired promise exacted by the antii cormons mormons Mor mons no benefit for prisoners now in the pen the question regarding regarding the application of the new copper act to those now under sentence in the penitentiary was again brought up in court today to day and si several everil points were raised by bv richards and young for the courts con mr dickson defined hs his position in the case that the legislature had no power to mitigate the punishment of those now under sentence and the law could only be made applicable to those on in whom judgment was pronounced after its passage the old act was the only anly one which could be applied to those sentenced while it t was in force this position if sustained by the court as the district attorneys propositions generally are will exclude any of the prisoners under sentence before march from any benefits under the new law so that tor lor some time at least there will be two classes of prisoners in respect to the benefits received for good behavior utah inventions mr james A faust of this cit city recently invented and had patented paten patented tey a safety stove for railway carriages so constructed that in case of accident to the train the stove would firmly closed while in the case of being upset a reservoir of water connected with wita the stove would almost infallibly extinguish the flames thus preventing those horrible railroad tires fires by which much vilu valuable able property is destroyed and many people perish in frightful agony the present number of tha scientific american has the folio wing notice of another invention by mr lcharles icharles F decker ot of this cit city A washing mackine machine has been patented by mr charles F decker of salt lake city utah ter the tub has a series of vertical shafts with plungers on their lower ends surrounded b by y open ended cylinders springs connecting ting the cylinders to the shafts while other springs force the shafts downward tile the tub being revolved and the plungers forcing the water through and beating the clothes otnes cl change ol of tune the facility with which the downtown down town organ of vituperation pe ration and falsehood can shift from one position to another precisely the reverse has never been more |