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Show THE SIB-WEEKL- t. itu, a. NATION Y STATE CAN SUE MERGER. FIQIITINQ IN THE PHILIPPINES ON Buprcma Court Give rawiikw MINDANAO M0R0S AND AMERICAN ENGAGE IN BATTLE. ira IIcImImI Without Imi to llojs Withla lllua llflrrn drawal of Troupe From Will lrovo a Horns lira-lur- UTAH STATE NEWS. e Miu-daa- Ilia-aatro- The wool men of Lelii report a very good clip for thia year. The clerke of Provo hare organised and are making a determined effort to secure early closing. The board of health of Provo has begun an active campaign for more aanitary conditluna in that city. Moroni City ia having trouble with lovera of the game of poker, a number of arreata being made last week. A bill has pasaeil the senate appropriating $25,000 to establish a fish hatchery and fish station in Utah. The Ontario mine of Park City, lias pnid dividend amounting to $14..'S72,g 000. the recent dividend being f4.lU0). Fifteen hundred head of cattle were shipped out of Millard county last week, most of them being loaded at Oasis. liicycle thieves are operating in Salt Lake, more than a score of wheels being purloined within the past two weeks. There are abou t forty cases of measles in American Fork, and it looks aa if but fw families would eseape from the disease. Npringville farmers have contracted for over !i)0 acres of beets this season. Four planting machines are now plant- ing the seed. ia being inves- Illegal liquor dealing by the officials of Spring City, one ilia n being convicted lost week tigated and fined 850. There are about sixty men employed at the shearing corral near Peck's Springs, and they are shearing abont 8,000 sheep per day. The public schools of the state observed Arbor Day Tuesday of last week in an appropriate manner. Many trees were planted by the students. Work has been commenced on the new L. I). S. meeting house at Spring-vill- e. The building is of brick with stoue trimmings, and will cost about Move. Two engagements have been fought between the American troops and the Mores of the island of Mindanao recently. Moore of the Twenty-sevent- h infantry, while out with a small party hunting for water, waa fired upon at long range. Colonel Frank Baldwin, with a battalion of troops and a mountain gun, went to the assistance of Moore's party and drove off tlieMoroe, who lost seven men. The firing was at 1100 yards. The Moro villages were flying red flags, meaning that they intended to fight to the uttermost. Later Sultan 1uala and a force of natives attempted to re occupy llic ground gained by the Americans, but the Moros were forcibly dispersed, Datto (chief) (Sanaa! lias sent a delegation to the American commander, tendering the alolute submission of the men under his control. Brigadier-(SeuerDavis, in command at Zamboango, island of Mindanao, ha acknowledged the receipt from Washington of instructions to withdraw hia troops from Mindanao, but he urges that, owing to the present state of affairs, the withdrawal will result in absolute loss of American prestige among the Moros in Mindanao. Ilia orders, however, are exBaldwin plicit. Lieutenant-Colone- l and liis forces are beyond the reach of al telegraphic instructions from ington. t lie .H out ana rils TROOPS UTAH LOQAN. Wash- Alan A r rented mitted In for a Murder Com1874. James Noonan, who has lived in Helena fifteen or twenty years, has been arrested on the charge of having committed a murder in Preston township, Fillmore county, Minnesota, twenty-eigyears ago. lie was arrested on requisition papera brought to Helena by Sheriff Filing K. Blexrud of Fillmore county, Minnesota. It is charged that Noonan, whose name in Minnesota was Patrick Noonan, killed John Shinner in Preston township 15,000. October 18, 1874, and fled the country. The majority of the popular-price- d The authorities had given up ever findrestaurants of Salt Lake will raise their ing the murderer until recently there prices on meats since the recent in- arrived in Preston a man from Mon' crease in price inaugurated by the tana, a former resident of the township, butchers. who liad been working in llelena-HJohn B. Fnrster, who is said to have told of having met a nisn by the been the first convert to Mormonism name of Noonan who corresponded in in Scandinavia, died at his home in appearance with the Patrick Noonan who killed Shinner. Noonan denies Salt Lake last week at the ripe old age hia and says a mistake has been guilt of 88 years. made. Ir. Franklin A. Meacham, who died WILL NOT STOP BRITISH in Manila last week from heart failure, caused by overwork on the cholera Koosevolt Derides Remount rurehsies Are Not Neutrality Violations. cases, was formerly a well known phyThe report of Colonel Crowder, who sician of Salt Lake City. The death of Misa id ary It. Duncan, investigated the shipment of horses of Salt Lake, last week, ia probably and mulea to Sout!i Africa from the the first case on record where a person port of Chalinette lias been laid before born and reared in Utah ever contract- the cabinet by the president. While the report ia incomplete it developed ed and died of consumption. The grand Kebekah assembly, the that the conclusion was reached by the first in the state, and which will be to president front what he has seen of it, the ladies of Odd Fellowship what the there was not sufficient evidence to show or present violation of neugrand lodge is to the nien'a lodges, waa tralitypast and consequently there is no organized in Salt Lake lust week. warrant for intervention. Ilenry Johnson, aged 8 years, of 8hots Ills Father In Defense of Ills Own Vsnti, fell from the ledge on Temple Life. hill while at play and broke hie neck. Kansas City, Kas., John Calhoun In 'Be fell a distance of fifty feet and his waa shot by his son Boland three times face was fearfully mangled on tha and fatally wounded. The father bad rocks below. attacked the son's married sister, Mrs. annnal convenTha twenty-eightLottie Langford, and when young Caltion of the grand lodge of the Indepenhoun interfered the elder Calhoun atdent Order of Odd Fellows was held in tacked him with a knife. Then young Salt Lake lust week, over a hundred Calhoun used a revolver in delegates from different lodges in the every one of three shots fired by him tate being present. taking effect. John Calhoun is 55 years Bills have been introduced in the of age and his son 21. house and senate by Utah's represenColorado SirUuirn rnnilrlnl of Cruelty. tative! providing that all of that porFrank Ciieutiy, John S. Barham. tion of Arizona Territory which lies Dii v id Moscoui and Charles McParlin. Dorth of the Colorado river he annexed of the rabbit eonrsing meet promoters to the state of I'tuli. held at Union Park, in on The preliminary examination of Mrs. March 22, have been found guilty of Southwell, who shut Don Smith at cruelty to animals by a jury in the Colton, resulted in the woman being criminal court. A motion for a new bound over to the district court, the trial wus entered and sentence wns deamount of the bond being placed at ferred. The complaint on which the 91,500. Smith is ou the roud to re- - prosecution was base! was made by the humane society. cul Bros. Mendenhall, of Spring-lie- , ruluia's Creeling In ( ulm. hare secured a contract for build-n- g President-elec- t laiina was greeted at miles of road for the twciily-siDenver ( Rio Granite on the branch Ilolgnin, Cuba, by fi.dno natives. Three line being built from lella, Colo., and hands led the march to the city hull. The president's rarrinpe was foil v.ed expect to seeiirc t lie Imlauee of fifty-s- ix for two mile by the popumiles of the read. lace. Three pretty girls, rarrv'.Lr a The assets of the Utah County Savhauner and wearing liberty caps. ings hank, which went into voluntary behind the ineriran troops have now liquidation March 21.', At the as an whirl) all been sold for a siiitieiciil umoiint to wtiere the government 'hiding i p!n.:i. . sit tinted. there were half a dn.rn pay u liubil I irs. mol pay the stock'I lie was hrautiinWy holders ifl.T a kIi.ii'c oii thr'r stock, the bands. and ii in in' and jiiet in es dreoratcil was which $I"0. of value par w eie every w here. '. of the presi ht e h self-defens- e, Ik-nv- t. 1 1 i un-r- mmi-ii- leiit-e!i-c- Ifwhluitos Mult. Ims tc The United States supreme court Monday grauted leave to the itateof Washington to file ao origioal bill for an injunction against the Great Northern Bail way company, the Northern Pacific Railway company and the Northern Securities company in connection with tiie petition of tliat state recently filed In the court. The opinion in the case was delivered by Chief Justice Falter, wlio stated that the court had always exercised the utmost care in its proceedings in original cases, and that the present decision to grant leave to file waa intended to be entirely without prejudice to either party at interest. Reference was made to the ease of the state of Louisiana vs. the state o Texas concerning the quarantine regulation of the latter state in which leave was given to file, and the state of Minnesota vs. the Northern Securities company, in which the petition to file was denied. Referring to the latter case, he said the petition had been refused because of the insuperable objection that indispensable parties to the case could not be brought into the court. This objection did not, however, confront the court in the present case, and the court felt that because of its desire to proceed with the utmost care and deliberation in all cases where original actions are brought in this court, the precedent of the Louisiana Texas case should be followed rather than that of the Minnesota case in the present instance. Hence leave to file would be and grauted subpoenas would be issued returnable on the first day of the next term of court in October. PRAYINO FOR RAIN. Need Moisture in Kansas Is so Grrnt That Special ara Offered la Churches. The need for rain in Kansas lias become so great that Bishop Fink, whose diocese consists of the eastern third of Kansas, has ordered prayera said daily by every Catholic under hia jurisdiction. Sunday last, prayera were offered in all the Leavenworth (Kan.) Catholic churches. Under tha orders from the bishop the prayera will be continued until rain falls. The hot south winds that swept over the better iygof Kansas Monday prevailed ag&iti Tuesday and no reports of rain had been received at the local weather bureau. Increased damage to vegetation of all kinds will doubtless result. The temperature in central Kansas and in the northeastern corner of the stati ranged from 90 to 90 degrees above in the shade Monday. The ground generally ia reported dry and hard and badly in need of rain. The midsummer weather experienced in Kansas City Sunday, when the thermometer rose 33 degrees in seven hours, from 59 to 91, prevailed Monday with perhaps a slightly cooler wind. Dispatches front Topeka say dry, hot wind, blowing thirty roilea an hour from the southwest and changing to the south, prevailed over that section of Kansas Monday, with a high temperature. Many telegraph and telephone wires are down. Sunday the wind blew steadily from the southwest st the rate of forty milea an hour. The maximum was 94, the highest in April for sixteen years, except in 1893, when it reached 97. RIVER AND HARBOR BILL PASSES THE 8ENATE Tha Measure Carries 970,000,000 Appropriations. Without a word of discussion of the merits of the measure, the senate Monday passed the river and harbor bill, carrying in appropriations about So thoroughly had the $70,000,000. bill been considered by the commerce committee that every senator was content that it should pass ns reported from the committee. In response to an inquiry by Mr. MeComns, Mr. Frye, iu charge of tin bill, said that no appropriation had been made for dredging the harbor at the Annapolis training school because the aggregate appropriation carried by tile measure was ui ready iurge and t lie committee wus of the opinion that Annapolis could wait. Ylrllins (if Htrauibnat dent . e x iu:)u-tiiui;- s SEVENTY-FIV- Acci- Although no complete list of either the victims or survivors is yet obtainable, investigation iudicutcs that almost of the Kill people on the City of littsburg were lost when Hint steamer was burned near Cairo, Ills. Msny of those who were brought to Cairo are suffering from injuries, and fright. The iiiimhcr a hoard was shout equally divided between and crew. Tin- latter sufii 'asiiullies. fered the greater one-liu- pasM-ugi-r- lf - s lo-,- -, Of E A LIVES LOST BURNING STEAMER. Om Hundred uud fifty Persons on Board, Not Moro Than Half Were Kneed, Many of tbo latter Being Injured. Seventy-fiv- e people lost their liven near Ogdens Landing, twenty-fo- ur miles from Cairo, III., Sunday morning, in one of the worst disasters in the history of navigation on the Ohio river. Seventy-fiv- e others were more or less injured by the burning of the steamer City of Pittsburg. There were 150 persona on board, and not more than half of them were aved, many of the latter being burned or injured. Aa the register of the steamer waa bnrned no list can be given either of the victims or of the aurvivors, and in the confusion it has been impossible to get complete lists. CapL Phillips admitted that the death list may reach sixty. At 4:05 o'clock Sunday morning flames were discovered in the forward hatch, larboard; the fire alarm waa sounded and the engineers at once started ail the pumping engines and the crew brought all the hose into play. Amid the streams of water on all aides, the flames from the lower deck and dense clouds of smoke, the passengers rushed from their staterooms and a frightful panic ensued. The appeals of the officers and crew could not appease the crowds that interfered with those who threw water on the flames, aa well as those working with the life boats. Few could adjust life preservers or do anything else for themselves. The burning steamer was quickly headed for the bank. A number of passengers who jumped off the stern and tried to swim ashore through the swift current were drowned. Many also perished in the flames. Help, except from people living nearby boats from the shore rescuing a number of passengers did not arrive until 2:30 o'clock in the afternoon and passengers with only night clothes and without food suffered terribly. At Caledonia, three miles below the scene of the disaster, the flames could be plainly seen and the shouts of tha passengers beard, and the people put out in skiffs to the wreck. They saving some of the passengers. Many passengers clung by finger tips to the burning boat, with bodies submerged, until overcome by fire or water, they asnk to death. terror-stricke- n NOT A General Smith la PLEASURE TRIP. Bays Campaigning In Bamsr n Mtern Reality. Orders have been received in Manila from Washington to hold court of inquiry into the general conduct of affairs in Samar. General Smith claims that, to the best of Ills belief, the officers and men of hia command had to face insurmountable difficulties; that the hardships they encountered were almost unbeu ruble, and that the treachery of the natives of the island ia unequalled in the history of war- fare. He says that the American soldiers acted in the circumstances with the greatest forbearance shown in the war in the Philippines. Campaigning in Samar is not a pleasure trip, but a stern reality, said General Smith. He also expressed his doubt if the troops of any other nation in tha world would or could have acted in the circumstances In Samar aa well aa did the Americana. One Hundred and Fifty Lives Lost In Explosion lit H Tracks. Soma members of the Conservative party caused an explosion in the military barracks at Managua, Nicaragua, DESTROYED BY EARTHQUAKE CUATEMALAN CITY HUNDRED WIPED OUT AND LIVES FIVE LOST. Tlis Inhabitants of tha Town are Camping In tha Opan Air for Sufrtf. So Daring to Keluru to Thetr limiiea. The three earthquakes on Friday night reduced to ruins (Jnesaltenango, the second city of importance in Guatemala and having 25.000 inhabitants, and completely destroyed the town of Amatitlan. Both of these towns were same capitals of the departments of the la name each bears. It reported that in Qnesaltenan-g- o, killed 600 persona were confirmation. lacks rumor but the The exact loss of life cannot now be ascertained. News of the destruction, which extended 100 miles along the western part of the republic, is coming In slowly, because all the telegraph wires are down. It is known that Amatitlan exists no more as a town, the seismic disturbance having been ao great. The inhabitants that is, those of the 10.000 residents who escaped death in the cataclysm-- are camping iu the open air for safety, not daring to.re turn to the ruined confines of the town. Some of the inhabitants are building temporary mud huts. More news has been obtained of the condition of affairs at Amatitlan than at Quesaltenaogo, as the former ia only fifteen milea south of Guatemala City, while the latter is more than 100 miles to the northwest. WILL VOTE ON PEACE TERMS. It the liners Will Vote to End the War. General Dewet has gone to Heilbron, Orange River colony; General Botha, the Transvaal commander-in-chiehas gone to Vryheld, Transvaal, and General Delarey, together with Mr. Steyn, of the Orange River Free State, has gone to Klerksdorp, Transvaal. They have arranged to meet the burghers at different rendezvous and submit the British terms. It is believed the Trsnsvaalers will everywhere accept the terms, as they are in no way anxious fora winter campaign. The only difficulty likely to occur will be, it ia thought, with the Orange River states, many of whom are expected to prove recalcitraiff. In the meantime there will be no cessation of hostilities. The delegates are expected back to Pretoria the middle of May, and in anticipation of their return they have given orders for new clothes, provisions, eta D Believed f, Cossacks Charge llrlplrsa Finns. A dispatch from Helsingfors, Fin- land, says that in a levy of recruits from the Helsingfors district, out of 857 summoned, only fifty-si- x complied. The remainder absented themselves as a demonstration against the new army edict. The same day, April 18, a disturbance broke out. It began in a trivial manner. A youngster was jeering tha police and the senators. One of tha latter, General Kaigeroff, thereupon ordered out the Cossacks, and a scene quite equaling the SL Petersburg riots ensued. The Cossacks charged the in Senate square and the the public streets. adjoining They used their knouts Indiscriminately, and the chief sufferers were cripples, aged persona and children.. Some men resisted the Cossacks, and many persons on both sides were wounded, The crowd refused to disperse until the military ordered them way. The burgomaster finally persuaded General Kaigeroff to withdraw the Cossacks, and peaoe was immediately restored. on Wednesday night Nearly 150 lives were lost in the explosion, and the barracks were destroyed. There has been considerable bitterness shown by JEALOUS MAN USES DYNAMITE. the Conservatives against the Liberal party, whicli is in power and of which Attempts to Wreck Home to Get Revenge on Serve nt. President Seluyu is the leader. Esrly Sundny morning an attempt (lavs Blrtli to Five Girls at a Tima. was made to wreck the house of Prof. Isaiah Rhodes of Bailoy'a Gap, F. Maglott of the Ohio Normal univerUlster county, N. Y., announces that sity at Ada, O., with dynamite. A stick liis daughter, Mrs. Jumes McGowan, of the explosive placed undrr the winaged 28, of Tuckers Corners, a hamlet dow sill destroyed llic front of the resiin Ulster county, Friday gave birth to dence and wrecked the furniture. A five children, ail girls, and that all are jealous lover of a domestic employed doing well. Mrs. McGowan's other by the professor is charged with the children are a son nnd a pair of twins crime. He cannot tie found. . Hot V ral her In TIME IN CHRISTIAN ERA. Sunday was the hottest April day in fifteen yeurs nt Omaha. The ther- (Ins Billion Mluntra llura Elapsed Hlneo It Began. mometer at 5 p. in. reached 95, the Camille Flammarion has announced highest previous record being 91. While no prostration occurred, tha at a meeting of the Sncite Astrouomi-qu- e de France, Paris, that one million high temperature was responsible for minutes of several attacks elapsed at ten minutes past 0 illness, two occur-inin one church during the day. At p. m. on April 18th since the beginFull City Hie mercury readied 10 ia ning of the Christian era. January the shade and tin: fall wheat is suffer- 1st of t lie year 1 is taken ns a starting ing from Hie waul of innisture. other point for tli ia calculation. The aver year during tin nineteen centurpoints in southern Nebraska report age ies is composed of 525,857 minutes and weather for April. eighteen aecuud Krlii-aska- g record-breakin- g |