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Show H THE WEEKLY SENTINEL - - EXPRESSES VIEWS TO tONGRESS. PRESIDENT MRS. W. K. OUNDRY. Editor. BTOKTON. TIIE CANAL QUESTION UTAH ' of Colombia and of Hr SMOOT MAKES this govern- ment. the Rev. Edward Everett Hale, HIS .DENIES ALLl CHARGES MADE newly elected chaplain of the senate, PROTESTANTS. clad in flowing black silk clerical robes, occupied the chair of the pre- - SEASON OF PEACE gotiating. Beorge B. McClellan became mayor of New York City on the 1st The ceremonies were not elaborate, and , In Barcelona a general strike of all persons employed by the shipping has been declared, and trade and1 commerce are paralyzed. At Manila the Supreme court has confirmed the sentence of death imposed upon four natives, who butchered three marines in September. 1902. One thousand employes of the American Car and Foundry company at Huntington, W. Va., have struck against a 10 per cent reduction In wages. The National rolling mill of tha United States Steol corporation, at McKeeeport, Pa., has resumed operations, furnishing employment to 8,000 men. A . cablegram received from, revolu- tionary sources si Puerto Plata states that General Caceras, the provisional rice president of San Domingo, has From the Chicago Dally Tribune. been killed. Chief Musham of the Chicago fire route tion. The opinion was delivered in department will compel union labor preference for the Nicaragua the case of a Porto Rican woman, the maintained that and present members of the department to withwas administration of course who, in 1902, was refused the Gonzales, draw from unions or retire from the city service. At a secret session of the Peruvian congress Saturday night, the treaty of arbitration for a settlement of the boundary dispute between Peru and Bolivia was approved. Near Bad Axe, Mich., three boys, aged about 10 years, the sons of fishermen, were frozen to death during Saturday nights terrific storm, being lost In the blinding storm. In view of the complications in the far east, the Italian ministers of marine and foreign affairs have ordered another warship to be kept in readiness to join the Italian squadron there. The shooting of Lewis Choisser and son by detectives at Los Angeles is to be thoroughly investigated by the relatives of the victims, who have em- ployed counsel and are backed by the Masons. Fears are entertained for the safety of the British barkentine Grenada, due In Boston nearly two weeks ago. The Grenada sailed from Turks Island December 2nd and has not been reported since. Horace G. Burt, president of the Unioh Pacific railroad, has handed his resignation to the directors. It is understood that it will be acted on at the next meeting of the board, which will be held In the near future. During the month of December 4,559 immigrants left Naples, of whom 3,883 went to New York. The Immigrants arriving at Naples from New York during the monthnumbered 19,749, while 2,593 came from Boston. breaking down the established policy admission to the port of New York States regarding neu- on the ground that she was likely to become a public charge. The decision trality. President Roosevelts message to was based entirely on the immigracongress was in regard to the part tion act of 1891, and took the ground alletaken by this country in recent events that the Porto Ricans swear to and United to the reStates, giance After of Panama. on the Isthmus no other government Justiand viewing the entire matter, fying the course this country has tak- Gravelle, the Blackmailer, Sentenced en in the premises, making a specific to Ten Year in Prison. denial that this government planned Isaac Gravelle, convicted of sendthe revolution on the Isthmus, the ing threatening letters to the Northpresident says: ern Pacific company, was sentenced In conclusion let me repeat that at Helena, Mont, on Monday last to the question actually before this gov- ten years in the penitentiary and to ernment is not that of the recogni- pay a fine of $5,000. This is the maxtion of Panama, as an Independent re- imum penalty of the crime. Granext public. That is already an accom- velle will be tried for burglary remaininformations four are There plished fact The question, and the ing against him and basis exists for only question, is whether we shall or twenty-fivIf convicted of actions ahall not build an Isthmian canal. burglary the djnamiter may be senPresident Roosevelt transmits with tenced for life. his message copies of the latest notes It Is officially announced In view of from the minister of the republic of reports current abroad of renewed atfanama to this government and of tacks on the Jews at Klsheneff that certain notes which have passed be- the city never w;as quieter than at tween the special envoy of the repub- - present of the United e NEAR THE DANGER LINE - A lie Senator Smoots reply to the charges made by his opponents in an endeavvC to oqst him from his seat in the United States senate has no been made punlic, it js generally understood that the document has been handed to Chairman Burrows of the ejections committee. In his answer Senator Smoot denies absolutely the charge that he is or has been polygamist. He also denies absolutely that he has takenTn oath as a member of the Mormon church or an officer of such church in conflict in any manner with the oath he has taken as senator of the Unitfed States. He insists that all other charges ma.au by citizens of Utah represents by the committee of nineteen are not geimane to the question of his right to hold his seat as sena-tor- . He insist that they are all irrelevant and have no bearing whatever on his J1 tie to a seat In the senate. But while not admitting that the charges have any bearing on his case he proceeds to answer' them, reserving the point, however, that they are not material. Following this procedure, he denies tuat the Mormon priesthood or first presidency is vested with supreme authority over the Mormon people, either in things temporal or spiritual. He denies that polygamy is pracor ticed, recognized, encouraged countenanced by authority of the Mormon church or by the Mormon people, and denies generally and specifically all of the other charges set forth In the protest of (he committee of nineteen. He admits that parts of specific statements and quotations in the protests are correct, but states that they are in the main garbled, and when considered in relation to the contest proceedings, of which they form a part, would convey an entirely different meaning from that sought to be conFurther veyed by the protestants. would Involved on issue the questions of effect the neutralize entirely showing. In closing his answer, Senator Smoot states that he was elected, not as a representative of the Mormon church, but as the representative of the Republican party of Utah. , ! s THERES SOMETHING DOING. lone masked man attempted p p rived. CARELESSNESS THE CAUSE. Twenty People Killed and Many Injured in Kansas Wreck. inTwenty dead and thirty-sevejured is the result of a Rock Island passenger wreck at Willard, Kansas. Most of the injured are in hospitals in Topeka. The single word carelessness will sum up the reasons for the tragedy. Instructed to meet a special freight train at Willard, the engineer and conductor of the passenger, noting that a freight train stood on the side track at Willard, rushed through, thinking that the cars they had seen were the ones which they had been instructed to pass. n d RIOT. ANTI-SEMITI- Demonstration In Kishlneff Against , Jews Suppressed by Police. demonA threatening stration has occurred at Kishineff. The police suppressed the disturbance. The riot is reported to have occurred on Tuesday. It began with assaults on Jews In the principal streets. A mob quickly formed and surged toward the Ghetto, where Jews were knocked down and trampled upon in the street. Missiles were thrown through windows of houses and many persons were clubbed, but so far as the dispatches indicate no person was seriously hurt. anti-Semiti- c Five Big Troop Carrying Vessels Being Got Ready for Service. Orders have been received at San Francisco to prepare 'the transports Warren and Meade for sea. This will make five big troop carrying' vessels that are being got ready for service They are capable of carrying close to 8.000 soldiers with their equipments for service in the field. The Sherman and Buford are now ready to sail on t and the hours notice, Crook will be ready to put to sea within a week. In addition to these five vessels the Discuss Postoffice Troubles. transport Dix is coming to San FranAlleged Irregularities in the postofcisco from the Philippine, and she fice department constituted the only should be In the harbor within the in the senate Wednesday. The theme next ten days. Plans are now being came up on a motion first prepared to fit her for carrying horses. question made by Mr. Lodge and afterward by AWFUL WRECK IN KANSAS. Mr. Penrose to refer the Carmack resolution to a senatorial investigation Passenger Train Collides With Freight of the postofflee department to the With Disastrous Result. and postcommittee on postoffices Rock Island passenger train No. 3 roads. The Democratic senators recollided with a freight train two miles sisted the motion and contended that west of Topeka, Kans., about 1 oclock the country would not be satisfied Wednesday morning. Both engineers with an investigation of a department and both firemen were killed, while made by the department itself. The over a dozen passengers were fatally debate continued for almost two and hurt All the passenger coaches ex- a half hours and was extremely spiritcept the last two Pullmans were piled ed from start to finish. up in a heap. The two trains met collision. Many Nine Lives Lost in Storm on the Atsquarely In a head-oof the passengers are injured. lantic. The barges New Jersey and Liberty, Landing of Troops Means War. left Newport News, Va., In tow which The correspondent of the of the tug Navigator, were lost In the Paris edition of the New York Herstorm. Both barges are supposed to ald cables as follows: "Eight thou down with ftll on board. have gone sand Japanese troops are ready to the storm their hawsers partland at Masanlpho, and their landing During both were carried out to sea. and ed will probably mean war. A regiment All day Sunday and Monday the Naviof Cossacks is expected at Port Arhas patrolled the coast near Hog thur. - Reserves are being ' removed gator In & vain effort to locate the Island from Blagovestcherisk (the capital of vessels. On board the Libthe Amur province In eastern Slheria) missing were Captain Peter Schipp' and to Tsitschiar (In Manchuria). The po- erty and on the New Jersey four men, sition of the troops in Manchuria is Elmer Hamel ami a crew of being rearranged, but their location Is Captain three. a secret kept forty-eieh- n At a special meeting of the grand masters of the various Jewish frater- Che-Fo- o -- From the Philadelphia Inquirer. to in Conductor Thomas Brighton the outskirts of Salt Lake City at about midhight, Wednesday, as the taen were seated in their car waiting for time to start on their return trip to the city, and in a battle with the car men, the robber murdered Gleason land left Brighton for dead. Brighton is in the hospital and no hope Is entertained of his recovery. The robber made his escape and there is no clew to his identity. Conductor Brighton has made a statement regarding the desperate encounter, but cpuld give no description of his assailant, except that he was young and tall and wore a handkerchief for a mask. The men were sitting In the car when the hold-uentered with a leveled gun. He first gave his attention to Brighton, the conductor, but before he had succeeded in getting anything from him & deadly fight ensued. Three shots were fired by the highwayman, one of which took effect in another Gleasons struck body, Brighton, the third missing the victims. The hold-uthen ran from the car, his hat, and ran south, accordleaving to ing Brighton. A Smith & Wesson revolver found in the car undischarged would lead to the conclusion that the gun belonged to Gleason and that he had pulled It to defend himself and that it wouldnt work. The two men, one dead and the other wounded, lay In the car for fifteen minutes after the shooting until the next and last car for the night ar- 4 - nal orders In New .York a petition was drawn up urging tia. administration to protest against the reported proposed massacre of Russian Jews oh January 7th. General James Ixmgstreet, soldier, , statesman and diplomat, and. the last lieutenant general of the Confederate ith the exception of General army, Gordan, died In Gainsvllle, Ga., Saturday, from an attack of acute pnen- monia. Senator From Utah Declares He is Not a Polygamist and That Polygamy is Not Practiced by the Mormon Church. hold up Motorman Amasa Gleason and . , . Attempted Robbery of Street Car Crew Results in Terrible Tragedy. W1 o HOLD-UP- BY I Makes a Specific Denial That This siding officer Just preceding the sesGovernment Planned the Revolusion, and on' the body being called to NEWS SUMMARY. tion on the Isthmus. order offered a stirring Invocation. At the opening of the house the Captain Frederick P&bBt, president The senates first session following chaplain prayed for peace between of the Pabst Brewing company, Is the holiday recess, held on Monday, Japan and Russia, dead, at the age of 67. The resignation of Mr. McClellan of was devoted entirely to Panama. PresYork Was announced. on the New a sent are dead Roosevelt ident To date twenty-twmessage people No quorum could be obtained upon as the result of the Pere Marquette. subject which was received with great continued a vote on a resolution to Investigate Discussion interest. Mich., railw'ay wreck. A committee has been appointed to throughout the. day, speeches being certain charges made by the jTourth assistant postmaster general, and Investigate the management of the made both in defense of and against house adjourned. the the policy which had been pursued. National Red Cross- society. Mr. McComas defended the presiThree persons were killed and four Porto Ricans Are Not Allens." dent and asserted that his action Injured In a fire which destroyed the would stand if tested in court In an opinion by Chief Justice FulLouvre hotel in Chicago on the 1st. Mr. Stewart of Nevada severely ler, the supreme court of the United The reported sinking of the Colom- criticised the Bogota government for States has decided that citizens of bian gunboat General Pinzon by an Its selfishness of action in preventing Porto Rico are not aliens of the UnitAmerican warship has not been con construction of the canal. ed States, and that they are entitled firmed. Mr. Morgan of Alabama stated his to enter this country without obstruo- Chinese cruisers at Shanghai are preparing for active Bervloe. They ON-EARTH are taking on board ammunition and supplies. Japan has completed the purchase of two warships building at Genoa, Italy, for which Russia has been ne- the speeches were brief. TWO MEN MURDERED BY A LONE REPLY , . |