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Show V s Q 1 t J( ?an on polygamy r THE WEEKLY SENTINEL VAT 4AKEHAN, Pabltofcev CTAI VTOCKTOR, BURTON PRESIDENT SMITH ISSUES MAN I PESTO PROHIBITING PLURAL MARRIAGES. Command latued That No 8uch Cere-NEWS SUMMARY. mony Shall Be Solemnized by Any Officer or Member of tho Vo persona are dead aa ibe result Church Under Pain of 'on In the squib factory Excommunication. Ta. Nk ' athe Japanese army. At Wednesdays session of the eon- t foresee of the Church of Jesua Christ ofyLatter-daSaints, the conference were shaken adherence to the renewed rmally Lrl Woodruff manifesto against polyg. declared that all plural mar- rlages are prohibited, and announced that any member of the church au-tborlzing, contracting or solemnizing Ars are on such marriages would be liable to exLit of refusal communication. was IntroTh s wages. pronunclamento President duced by Joseph F. Smith have and by a resoluunanimously adopted of the !ps m! tion Intro by Apostle Francis M. Lyman, prt dent of tbe quorum of ent is made that Senator the twelve Thp sta apostles. Gorman will not be a candidate for After this resolution was adopted, nominathe Democratic presidential another followed the same course, Intion. troduced by President John R. WinA quarry blast explosion near Richder, and providing for the erection of mond, Va., resulted in the death of a buildlngor monument as a memorthree men and the serious Injury of ial to Jqeph Smith. two other. as introThe pronounclamento, This is the fourth time Japan has duced by President Smith, follows: made war on a foreign nation, except Inasmuch as there are numerous tor early barbarlo expeditions against reports In circulation that plural marthe Koreans. riages have been entered into conto the official dedaratlon of trary Senator Clark of Wyoming has in- President Woodruff of September 26, troduced a bill providing for a right 1890, commonly called the manllesto, of way for Irrigation on the public which was Issued by President Woodruff and adopted by the rburch at ils lands and reservations. general conference, October 6, 1890, Martial law practically prevails in which forbade any niarrlages violative thsr department ol the Nord, France, of the law of the land, I, Joseph F, owing to the menacing attitude of the Smith, president of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-daSaints, striking textile workers. hereby affirm and declare that no such Th correspondent of the Matin at marriages have been solemnized with Toklo reports that the Korean gov- the sanction, consent cr knowledge of Latter-daernor of Cheng-Whas established his the Church of Jesus Christ of and Saints; office under Japanese protection. 1 hereby announce that all such Representative Williams of Missis- marriages are prohibited, and If any or member of the church shall sippi has introduced a bill providing officer assume to solemnize or enter Into any tariff on duties that, any article shall such marriage be will he deemed In sot amount to mors tkan 600 per cent transgression aeainst the church and will be liable to be dealt with accordadvalorem. ing to the rules and regulations thereHerr Dufay, tbe German of and excommunicated therefrom. at Balts, has been murdered by an JOSEPH F. SMITH, Italian beggar, who waa arretted. The President of the Church of Jesus Saints." Christ of Latter-damotive of the murder is said to have The following resdutlon was pro been revenge. Thomas Danforth of McKeesport, tented by Apostle Lyman: that we. the members ol Pa., after losing (200 In a poker gajjie, iJResolved, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter .went before a notary public and took ) Saints, In geneial conference as- an oath not to play oker. again Icy p 1 statement and declaration ol f ainety-ftio- e year. esldent Joseph F. Smith, Just made A dispatch from Kata Raja, island to this conference concerning plural ef Sumatra, announces that In an en- marriages, and will support the courts gagement between Dutch troops and of tho church in the enforcement thereof." Achlnese, the former lost three men, At the afternoon session the auwhile 641 Achlnese were killed. thorities sustained, as proposed by Both houses of tbe legislature have President Joseph F. Smith, were as th payment passed a bill authorising follows: by the state of New York of a pension Joseph F. Smith, as prophet, seer of (72 per month to Hiram Cronk, th and revelator and president of the war of 1812, last survivor of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-daThe commandant at Vladivostok Baints. has published an order in the Russian, John R. Winder, as first counselor Chinese and Korean languages to the in the first Anthon H. presidency; effect that he will sink any vessel I.uhd. as second counselor in the first to enter the port at night presidency. An explosion in the Citizens Frauds M. Ivman as president of bank building at Albia, Iowa, the twelve apostles. resulted in R. Ramsey, Edward DoughAa members of tho counsel of erty and Richard Grimes being killed. twelve apostles: Francis M. I yman, The explosion is supposed to have John Henry Smith, George Tcasdale, been in tbe beating plant. r Ileber J Grant, John W. Taylor, Postmaster General Paynes condiW. Morrill, Matthias F. Cowley, tion has improved sufficiently to per- Abraham O, Woodruff, Rudger Clawmit him to come downstairs. Prepara- son, Reed Smoot, Hyrum M. Smith tions are making for the postmaster and George A. Smith. John Smith as presiding patriarch generals southern trip, on which he Of the church. expects to start this week. The survivors of the Variag and CANAL CONSTRUCTION BONDS. Korietz, which vessels were destroyed in Chemulpo harbor, arrived at Sebas- To Be Used by National Banka aa Baals for Circulation. topol Sunday, and received ovations as enthusiastic as those with which The senate committee on finance they were greeted at Odessa. has authorized Senator Aldrich to reDetectives working on the case say port an amendment to the bill for the that the. bandits who held np the Ore- government of the Panama canal gon Express at Copley, C&l., and killed zone, giving to the canal construction Messenger ONeil were the same men bonds all the rights and privileges of who keld np fifteen men in Dave Endi the outstanding 2 per cent govern cotts saloon at Kennet, Cal., on March ment bonds. Tbe effect is to allow national banks to use tbe bonds as a 20th. basis for circulation. Th Dlinoia miners and operators MILES FOR PRESIDENT. have signed tbe state agreement, ef factive for two years. When the joint Boom Started by Prohibitionist Of convention met 8unday there was not Indiana. on dissenting vote against the agreeAt the state convention of Prohibiment reached by tbe JUnt scale com- tionists held in Indianapolis, Ind., on mittee. Tuesday, a boom was started for a naA from tional ticket composed of General Nelcabling correspondent, 8eonI, says it has been learned there son A. Miles for president and Felix that the Russian cavalry, in much din T. McWhorter of Indiana for vice tress, is retiring toward Miju. They president Aa a finale to his speech, Mr. are cutting down telegraph pole to Rhoades launched tho boom for Genuse ss fuel and their horses are dying eral Nelson A. Miles as the Prohibifor lack of proper food. tion candidate for president. The mint at San Francisco during Plague of Locust in Africa. the month of March broke all records Swarms of locusts bare devastated for gold coinage since tbe use of money began In civilization. The amount the valleys of Usumbara. In German coined during the montb reached the East Africa. They were first noticed enprmous sum of $33,113 600, an ager-ag- doming from Wombo. February 22nd. of more than (1,000,000 a day. stated that tbe It is ' would not It is announced by the local com- most terrible snow-storidea of the numbers of the any give mittee In charge of the arrangements locusts. Tbe trees on which they set for the 'national Democratic convcc tied have' broken down, and banana tlon, which will be held in St. Louis, and mulberry trees have been stripbeginning July 6th. lhai the (tO.O.O ped, even the bark of the mulberry trees eaten. Scarcely a green pledged to the national committee has blade being or leaf baa been left in th for been subscribed by business men. eau et m iki arm a JO men, costs but y r 1 y y u vice-cons- y y Na-lon- Mar-rlne- e semi-ofSriall- y . have beea reported to the state partnmnt by the United States charge at Panama. The matter waa deemeu of sufficient Importance to warrant considerable discussion at the cabinet meeting, and the unanimous opinion was that everything should be done to avoid an entanglement of the United States with any labor controversy. But It wa determined that the government would not withhold In any degree the protection to the Panama railroad which It has assumed by treaty, and it was ulrected that the railroad property, rolling stock, track and terminals should be protected by forces from the United States warships at the Isthmus if that There will, howbecame necessary. ever, be no compulsion exercised against the strikers to compel them to return to work. JIOTINO IN CHICAGO SENTENCED TO PRISON. Kansas Senator Muat Servo Six Months In Jail and Pay (2,500. Senator Burton of Kanssa wat sentenced by Judge Adams, at SL Louis on Wedensday to six months confinement in the Iron county jail and to pay a fine of (2,500. Attorney Judge Krum Immediately filed a bill of exceptions in the case and offered a bond of (10,000, which waa accepted The case will now be appealed to tbe United States district court of ap- peals, the highest tribunal In the matter. Senator Burton, who is renlor sen-amtor from Kansas, was convicted after h exhaustive trial, in which various letters from him to the Rialto Grain ft Securities company, the checks which he received in payment for his services In behalf of the concern before tbe postoffice department and the testimony of numerous agents of tbe government were introduced. Senator Burton's defense was that he was acting merely in the capacity of an attorney, and did not employ his senatorial influence In the work of the 31E mob laid low by A BULLET. Greeks attacked at Can Company's Plant and Potic Narrowly Prevent Battle. (pn-Unl- y, of the fine. $2,500, imposed upon Sen ator Burton, la Identical with the amount which, according to he received from the Rialto The Grain ft Securities company. Iron county Jail, to which Senator Burton was sentenced for six months, is located in the county seat at Iron-toMo a village of 1,400 populamiles southeast of tion. eighty-eigh- t 6L Louis, on the Iron Mountain brick Tbe Jail is a structure, and in a portibn of it Sheri iff Polk makes his home with his family. According to the rule of th which shortens each yari-'dcotenc- e of a prisoner by three 'months for behavior, fixator, Burtons good (her may be period of 'incarceration months. reduced to foqr nd one-hal- f rail--rca- two-Btor- y RUSSIANS RETREAT' ( FOLLOWERS OF CZAR RECROSS YAlh) RIVER- - I Japanese Scouts Said to Hava Entered1 Wiju, While Cossacks Occupy Forestalling Japanese. . A dispatch received in London from The atrlke rioting at the American enShanghai says; Japanese acouta On companys plant in Chicago, this oclock at II tered Korea, Wiju. Tiesday. was fiercer than it has been morning. The Russians apparently g any time, and one man, John Nich-eS- , retreated beyond the Yalu river. lost his life by a bullet, fired, it It Is reported in St Petersburg that k said, from a train on which a nu in500 Cossacks, commanded. by General fer of nonunion meif were being Artmaqoff, 'have occupied Unsan, Koyhen back to the city after the conrea, thus forestalling the Japanese, cision of the days work. who were marching on Unsan from The fighting began early in the Chang Ju. gorning, wnen 300 Greeks, who have A letter received In Shanghai from pen employed during the strike, Kobe, Japan, says the Japanese govto come to the factory. They ernment has 260,000 troops In motion PINCHES THE PUBLIC. sr met at the gates by a large sum-fe- r and fully 60,000 more under arm In of union pickets, who attacked Coal Miners Strike In Iowa Throw garrisons and at the depots. These fiem with stones and clubs. A large Many Men Out of Work. numbers are exclusive of the third fetachment of police had their hands A special from Des Moines, Iowa, reserves, numbering 120,000, which fill to protect the Greeks, when a under date of April 6, says: On ac have not yet been called to the colors. ! fired from aroused crowd the the count of pot the coal strike the railways Tho exact number of troops which to fury. Those of the number announced that at least 500 men will have left Japan for their various dee Seventeen tinatlona is not known but the entire be paid off at once puring out, armed with knives and crews and nineteen full first army corps has been landed and switching revolvers and attempted to attack the train crews running cut of Des Moines has established Itself in northwestern plon .men and their sympathizers and . Valley Junction quit work today. Korea, with its main base at Chinam-phoio were assaulting those Greeks staff still The carefully general Similar action by railways centering ro had not reached tbe gateway, the plan of campaign, but it at Boone. Belie Plain, Oskaloosa, Ot- guards lie police, after a desperate struggle, tumwa and Albia will mean the loss Is generally believed that they will three armies, each nominally janaged to- keep the two bodies of of work to about 1,000 men. Churches operate numbering 100 000 men, tbe second jen apart, drove the Greeks into the In Des Moines are closed on account army landing west of the Yalu river, , and the third army east of New tetory and dispersed those on the of the strike, and the schools have The landings of the latter two etslde. In this fight a number of been closed for a week until coal can armies will be easily accomplished, ten were severely hurt. be secured. Only one school room In for the ll"ht cruiser squadrons can - , the city is open. A call reconvening protect both movements. ABOR TROUBLES AT PANAMA. It is thought that the landing of a the joint conference at Des Moines heavy Japanese force west of the Inlted States Marines Must Act aa in a few days, at which a settlement mouth of the Yalu wil force the RusIs looked for, will be Issued. t Strike Breakers. sians to abandon the fortifications which they have been erecting north The labor troubles of the Isthmus of the Yalu river for the purpose of MIKADO RECEIVES HERO. t Panama Railroad company have opposing the crossing of the first army tken a serious turn and the facts of Japanese from Korea. The Japanese are confident that the Russians will he unable to transport CAPT. RONDNEFF PRAISED. supplies enough to maintain In Man churls a force larger than 300,000 men. The heavy detachments necessary to guard the railroad and supply bases will, it is said reduce the Russian fighting force to about 200,000 - Chu-ang- j BE SHIFTED. HEART Surgeons Will Cpfeuge Boy's Heart From Right toNeft Side. One of the rarest opctatlons known to medical science will Unperformed In a few days on 6 year-olFaunt of New York City, who is to have his heart' transplanted from the right side of his body to the usual working sphere of every well organized heart. All his life the little fellow has been laboring with a heart that has been swinging from the right aide of his breast to tbe left, like tne pendulum of a clock. He is of ordinary bblght, well developed, and healthy, but his mother declares that he Is the most excitable youngster In the world. The least sudden noise will cause the boya heart to beat with almost Incredible ISpr juima tim past Dr. P. Grausman has been studying tbe case. said Dr. "Van Nordena case, Grausman today, la one of the most peculiar I have ever had to deal with. I cannot make any statement until have performed the operation." d MURDER MYSTERY. Washington Rancher Shallow Grave. People In the nelghborbod of Ilmira, Wash , are wrought up over the finding of the body of a man burieJ in a shallow giave. The grewsom find was made by a couple of stock men. The bidy was Identified later ai that of E E English a young rancher, who disappeared iu 1901. This Is the fou th mysterious mue der that has taken place in that community in the past three years The other three were Judge I ewm and his wife, an ageJ couple who were brutally beaten to death at their heme in November, 1902, probably for the purpose of robbery, and Charles Tbenls, who was killed In his saloon at Geneva April, 1903, no motive for the crime having ever been found. Body of Missing Found RUSSIAN In men. PIPE BROUGHT DIVORCE. Jersey Woman Will Not Live With Man Who Smokes. Suit for divorce has been instituted by Mrs. Wilkinson, wife of a Paterson. N. J., silk mill owner, on the ground that her husband persists in smoking a pipe, despite the fact that a hereditary trait makes tobacco smoke obnoxious to her, and that her will power cannot shake off the illness thfi follows the inhalation of smoke indoors. She says her mother waa attested in the same way. New j' J&Zif '' jpcyvDzrr opt ar 77ir Capt. Rondneff, who commanded the Russian cruiser Variag in the fiist battle with Japan, has received much in St. Petersburg for the firalBe he made against great odds. Feb. 8 the Japareso fleet found the Variag and the gunboat Korietz in the harbor at Chemulpo and ordered them to leave. The Russian ships made for the open sea and were attacked. The Variag made a stubborn fight, but was destroyed by an ovei whelming number Of shells. i C4PT. XaZ4JOTO For an officer of the Japanese army or navy to be received in audience by the emperor Is so rare an honor that a special significance is attached to the summons received by Capt. Yamamoto to present himself at the royal palace In Tokio, Capt Yamamoto was one of the officers who covered himself with glory at the naval battle off Chemulpo when the Russian ships of war, the Variag and Koreitz, were sunk. He took with choida castle for presentation lm to the emperor the flags of the Russian vessels the Capt. Yamamoto represented Japanese navy in the naval procession at the funeral of the late Queen Victoria. SOCIALIST HEADQUARTERS. Secretary's Office Moved From Omaha to Chicago. The result of the referendum vote now about completed, will have the effect of removing the national social 1st headquarters from Omaha to Chi cago. The vote has been In progress for several 'months, and Is practically all counted The office will be re mrtved to Chicago in about two weeks The national secretary has been k iftted in Chicago several months. Baby Burned in Cigarette Factory As near as can be ascertained, the fire which swept West Tampa, Fla Monday, caused a loss which will ex reed $300,000. The only death loss so far as known Is that of a Cuban baby burned in one of the cigar fac torics. Fifteen blocks of business houses and nearly 200 tenements wen. West Tampa has only a destroyed." small water plant, and as a conse- quence the water supply gave out Hundreds of families of cigar makers are homeless. CHIEF OF STAFF. A A Fighting Editor. shooting affray occurred O. T., Monday, between at Law-to- T. Rus sell of the State Democrat and Col onel J. W. Hawkins, former assist 8nt chief of police. Russell used a Colt. Hawkins waa shot the right thigh, left knee snd ah aomen. Each was active in the preliminary organization of the Demr cratlc county convention now In session. The streets were crowded wt people. As to how tbe parties came together stories conflict. Russell may in md1 "Wi-'k&- :gr thzatzk. or "mevcci YELLOW SFA recover. orZKAfioirs. tjv cojzza. jAPAirrse ru yXZoxtvt rx.jcsrr o&jerrvjc: ANO CAPITAL Qt ZV-G7-S &TUG Major General Pflug, who is chief of the Russian military staff in Manchuria, stands high among the military men of the empire and has the confidence of those who follow the affairs of the nation. He is a thorough soldier of the modern Russian military type, and has proved his ability In many, departments of the service. Firemen Perish. firemen lost their lives, sevThree eral others .were Injured and a loss of about $250,000 was caused by fire which- - destroyed the large plant of the York, Pa., Carriage company. The plant waa consumed with its inflammable contents and much adjoining property was damaged. Shortly before 10 o'clock a(wail fell, burying beneath. the hot bricks three firemen, Harris Saltzglxer, Henry Streine and Louis Strubiinger. Advice from various sources ar that the Japanese landing In Korea continue and that the troop are on the march Inland from Chemulpo and Gensan. Japan thu I repeating the tactic the used In the Chino-Japanshe cecured command of the road to tho war, when, by capturing Yalu, drovo tho Chines back, and crossed the stream into Manchuria. Tho which la regarded as the key to Northern Korea, capture of Ping-Yan'ended Chines operations In that country. The present plan of the Japan-jes- s is said to bo to march through Plnq-Yandefeating the Russians who be there, drive the czars troop back across the Yalu river, and Jmay on to Mukden, the capture of which will cut off Port Arthur and Dalsupplies and give th Japanese possession of the capital of ny Ping-Yan- g ' Malden Speech of Idaho Congressman Pfepresentative French of Idaho u? Vp tig debut as a speaker In the S on Tuesday. lie spke against Viosed repeal of the land laws, licated a repeal of the scrip Xilutely. He said the scrip law k be repealed because it has I diverted from its original pur-- l which was to aid settle; s, and f now tho raiHohds are the Owners of scrip and Vads are foremost in urging the ' cal of the land law Governor Prevented Lynching. The negro, Albert Baldwin, who killed Engineer Fogarty some time ago, was started for Tallahatchie county, Mississippi, for trial. When the train reached Tchula word wa sent to Governor Vardarra that a mob intended to take the negro from the tram and lynch him. The governor Immediately telegraphed tbe officers in charge to take the negro to Greenwood and keep him there. later sending a detachment of militia to take the negro to Sumoer by special train. Accused of Murdering His Wife. a result of tbe examination of the body of Mrs. Frank Charles, her husband was placed In Jail at Redding CaL, Monday, to answer to a charge of murder. He is alleged to have caused hla wifes death by beating her over the head. Charles is a ed Indian, and his wife was a quar Indian. He wooed and won her at a reservation In Oregon and brought hef to this country less than a year ago. The couple lived on tho McCloud river, eight miles above Baird. As full-bloo- d ter-bre- Hard to Get New From Russians. As the time approaches for of land operations oh a Urge scale the Russian authorities are exercising greater vigilance to prevent the news of their plans for the movement to and the disposition of troops In the theatre of war from going abroad, where it might- - be of service to the enemy. For ten days "not a scrap of real information except such as is contained in otficlal dispatches haa been given out or has com from th front |
