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Show THE SEHI-WEESL- X. SATI05. T . ITDE, riMtokMi (ifncml lVr UTAH STATE NEWS. hihI .Visile to Prevent lfmuiii!r s Na- DRASTIC MEASURES WERE NFCfc'SSARY ARE The Reported Kill and Hum" Order of (j mural Kuillli Alude ty RAILROAD VI RECK KILLED1 AND ing. The schools of Salt Lake hare inaugurated a crusade against the use of cigarettes. Fruit and crop prospects in Daria county were never better at thia time of the year. A case of smallpox has developed at American Fork, being the first case at that place for over a year. Gold ore of the value of 11,250 to tha ton has been discovered in the Susan mine, in Park Valley district. During the past week 705,755 shares of stock were sold on the Salt Lake stock exchange for 8314,074 00. will investiThe attorney-generin thia atate, and gate the meat trust finds will prosecute if he any trusts al Iulaa, after slight resist cnee. No casualties. Very soon after neighboring town of (lanasi opened its doors, hoisted white flag and delivered red flag, Datto La rape and others, with strong following asked permission to call and make peace. Datto Amanipack of Gana, who sent threatening message in reply to my letter, is one of those who have submitted. Camp is two miles from Gsns, whose Sultan lias asked Raid win to come there. directed Inin not to move. Have He is ten miles from Datto. It is my purpose to have interview with General Davis, Will go on Hancock, which leaves today for Mslsbang with battalion Tenth infantry. It ia our purpose to show a considerable force of troops to Lake Moros, converse with Dattos, then retire troops hy different trails to Malabang and Farang and thereafter to send expeditions ocWe supposed casionally to Lake. Gana was thirty-fiv- e miles from Mala-ban- g, existing In Utah. Provo has a juvenile band of which It ia very proud. The members are hut it is actually short twenty-on- e youngsters of from 8 to 19 years of age, (miles); fighting not necessary to overcome opposition to advance to the leader being 15. Several flocks of sheep owned by present location of troops; 775 men residents of Salt Lake county have with Raid win, two troops cavalry dismounted twelve miles in rear. changed ownership recently at prices effort will lie made to prevent aEvery gentanging from S3.75 to 84 per head. eral war. Davis says the situation Congressman Sutherland has recom- thia time very favorable. mended the appointment of Samuel BLOODY BATTLE FOUGHT. McAfee aa postmaster at White Rocka, and Mrs. CBrrie C. Jones at Marysvale. Chinese Imperial Troia snil Rebels Engage In Severe Eight. The Provo stores will close at 7 Advices received Saturday from Wu oclock in the evening except Saturday and days preceding holidays, all the Chou, under date of 22nd, announce merchants having signed the agree- that a bloody battle was then proceedment to do aa ing between a force of imperial troops on their way to Nan Ning and a large Lake Salt boy charged Clyde Felt, the with the murder of Samuel Collina, and party of rebels. The imperial army who confessed that he cut Collina attacked the rebels' encampment In throat at the lattcr'a request, has been the Wu Chang hills, brought up two a and Maxims and two released from jail on $4,000 bond. and caprebels scattered the finally The base hall fever has struck Pleastured their leader, IlnngYung Seng, ant Grove, clubs composed of single who waB wounded. Subsequently the and married men aa opponents pulling two rebels villages of Nan captured off an interesting contest last week in established their headquarand Ning which the married men came out losers. ters in those villages. M. M. Warner, of Provo, lias let a contract for completing the toll road Wads on the Hay the Murderer of the Family la Convicted, between Cisco and Moab. The road ia Maud Earl, the survivor of the Miss now being traveled and the ferry over for the murder of six of Grand river is being successfully Earl family, whom Ed Raison was given the death operated. penalty at Lake Charles, La., was marThe attorneys for Nick Haworth have ried directly after the jury brought not given up all hopes of saving their in its verdict. Her husband is Charles client from legal execution. They ere G. Ingram of Orange, a young man depending upon a mass of new evidence who became acquainted with her which is to be presented upon motion shortly before the crime was committed for a new trial. which made her an orphan. The Word comes from Marciai, N. M., courtship proceeded while Ratson n that Henry Thaming, a former was being sought far and wide, and resident of Mt. Pleasant, waa Miss Earl named the date for the wedaccidentally shot, death resulting a ding as the day on which the murderer few hours later. No particulars of the of her father, mother and brothers was convicted. Directly after the jury accident were received. had given in its verdict the young Mrs. Nellie N. Phiriot has been approceeded before a miuister and couple pointed postmaster of Park City. Mrs. were married. Phiriot was born and raised in Summit Lowe I.lfe In nn Attempt to Save Hie county, and since the death of her hus- Iloy Hllnil Iurent. band seven years ago lias supported William McCarty, aged 12, lost his herself and three daughters. life at Fort Chester, Conn., while trying There are a number of smallpox to save his blind father in the belief cases in the graders' camp about twelve that he was in danger. The father lost miles from Mercur. All the men who liia few a years ago by a premaare afilicted and those who have been turesight blast in a quarry. The boy was exposed are isolated, and are being playing with some companions, when closely guarded by armed patrols. he saw his father walking near the The Salt Luke Elks have inaugurated railroad and an express train approacha campaign for funds for the big con- ing. The blowing of the whistle caused vention to be held in the capital city the hoy to think that hia father was in in August, it ia estimated that $25,000 danger. He started across the tracks will be required to carry out the plans to save him and was struck by the train outlined by the executive committee. and instantly killed. twelvc-pounder- . well-know- William Colton, of San Francisco, was seriously injured in Salt Lake last week while attempting to stop a runaway horse. lie was knocked down and trampled on hy the frightened beast, the horse stepping ou his head. Mrs. Nora Larsen, the young wife of John Larsen of lilulT. Sun Juan county, was burned to death in a fire that consumed her home at an early hour Wednesday of last week. Mr. from home and the Liirsen was au-aalone. there wife was young Farmers of Sanpete county are going on with their crop planting and arc Dot at all alarmed about the threatened invasion. The general opinion is that the lute heavy and cold storms have given the iusecta a setback from which they cannot recover. Esther Williams of Richfield has filed suit against. Thomas ,1. Williams for divorce, alleging that lias, since their marriage, compelled her to occupy a sheep w aeon for a residence ami imt furnishing her w ill) other usual comhen she protested ho forts. her to leave and go home. grass-hopp- er cum-pall- ed TWENTY-THRE- WHICH FOUR Running nt the Kata of Slxty-UvHllaa an flour the Kail Spread ud tha Train Went In- Trtucliery nl PEACE IN SIGHT. e to tha !llrli. The California limited train on tha Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe road, easlbound, waa derailed on a curve at Cama, a awitch five milea west of Mo., while going at a high rate of speed. Four persons were killed and twenty-thr- ee injured. The dining ear turned completely over and rolled over a embankment, and two sleepera were thrown clear of the right of way. The train waa over an hour late and passed Wy aeon da, the last station west, milea an hour. at the rate of sixty-fiv- e When the heavy train struck the curve at Cama the raila spread. The train consisted of two mail cars, seven Fullmans and one dining ear. The mail cars, the dining car and the first two sleepers went into the ditch. The tender was ditched, but the engine remained on the track. The derailed coaches were smashed to kindling wood, even the axles being bent out of shape. Me-dil- la, ten-fo- ot racking Trust. billion dollar packing trust is among the possibilities if the United States government should succeed in maintaining its contemplated injunction proceedings. The prediction is made in Chicago financial circles that large packers who may be made defendants in the federal court will be furred formally to combine if the proa edition against them under the Sherman anti-tru- st law la successful. The combination would le followed along the linea followed by the United States Steel corporation and would he made to comprise practically all the beef packing companies in the country. In the formation of such a combination all tiie powers now denied the packers, with one exception, could be legally consolidated. The single exception, in the opinion of corporation lawyers, would be the adoption of an arbitrary and unreasonable schedule of prices. A IlillloB Dollar A Xailie. The trial by court martial of General Jacob 11. Smith, ou tiie charge of conduct prejudicial to good order and discipline, has been resumed at Manila. Major Littleton W. T. Waller of the marine corps testified to receiving from General Smith the orders to kill and burn, and render Samar a howling wilderness, previous'y referred to in the press dispatches. The natives of Samar, said Major Waller, were more treacherous and implacable than the tribesmen of the Soudan. Without General Smith's drastic measures the war would not have been ended yet. General Smith never intended to kill women or children. Corporal Pritchard of the Ninth infantry, who took part in the fight at Gandars, testified that he saw boys of 13 years of age fighting and slashing with bolos. Sergeant Ilonicastle of the Ninth infantry, at Apache, testified regarding Captain Schouffela fight at Dap Dap province, Samar, againat Dios Dios fanatics. He saw a soldier attacked boya, under 15, one armed with a bolo and the other with a dagger. Private Nickol of the Ninth infantry explained the dangers and difficulties of service in the island of Samar. Private Nanjot of the Tenth cavalry told how Americanists (natives friendly to the Americans) were butchered there in cold blood. Sergeant Rrumby of the Ninth infantry, a survivor of the Ralingiga massacre, described that disaster, including the mutilation of the American dead hy the Samar natives. by-tw- agricultural appropriation bill. Senate. Hill were passed as follows: To provide for the purchase of a site and the erection of a public building thereon in the city of Washington, to be used for a hull of recordu, and Indicating un appropriation of I l.uoo.uou for the purpose; authorizing an Increase of pension In ruses involving total deafness; muklng the provisions of the act of congress approved February 28, I Mil, relating to public lunds, applicable to the state of Utah; authorizing the appointment of a committee to distribute 5U).-0of the funds of the t'hoetaw aud l.'bickasaw nations of Indians among imliguiit memtters of e those nsllous; aud privsle pension bills. 00 furty-lliru- o Guilty of Trmiinn, Former Soldier I, Given Yearn. Kliirty-uln- e Ernest Wilde, a Rfitisli subject, occupies a cell in the guardhouse at Jefferson barracks, SL Louis, awaiting transportation to the federal prison on ninety-nine-ye- MANY REVERSES FOR CASTRO. Loses Ills Rest Generals und His Army Is Defeated. From Trinidad, II. Y. I., comes the news of the defeat of the government troops near Sin An'onia last Tuesday. It now appears that this engagement proved a disaster for the government. The death of General Castillo is also confirmed. General Escalante, tb second in command of the Venezuelan army, who was reported missing after Tuesday's fight, has been made prisoner by the insurgents, lie was one of Fresident Castro's most faithful officers and was formerly governor of Caracas. He came from Castro'a native state, Los Andes. Senator Clark SENDS A ar REPRESENTATIVE. Roosevelt Vnabla to Attend Meeting of Spanish War Veterans. President Roosevelt will not attend die meeting which began in New York Tuesday night of the military and naval order of the war, of which lie is commander, but has commissioned Gen. George O. Harries, a member of the organization, Spanish-Americ- an to convey his best wishes for a successful meeting and his regrets at his inability to attend. SHOT IN Jaiurs A SALOON. AlcAluhnu Killed liy W. R. Jefferson, Colo. Ilesd April SB. One hundred and Ufty-Qprivate pension bills were passed, including bills to pension the widow of tho lute General William Ludlow at KiO a month und the widow of the late "Paraon" Browulow of Tennessee at litO a month. The remuinderof the day was devoted to general debate on the agricultural appropriation bill. Mr. Lessler of New York discussed the necessity fur a new postofflee at New York; Mr. Cuclirun of Missouri, Democrat, the trust question, and If . (.. Smith of Michigan, Republican, good roadi. Senate. Mr. McCuinber of North Dakota, spoke on the pure food measure. Mr. Carmack of Tennessee, addressed the senate in opposition to the Philippine government bill. Mr. Platt of Connecticut, chairman of the committee ou rclailuns with Vuba, reported from that committee a substitute fur tha resolution offered a few duys ago by Mr. Teller, the substitute providing fur an investigation by the committee of the holdings of Cuban sugar and of Cuban sugar iuuds by American citizens, the committee to liuve authority to send for pemons and papers and to sit during seasons of the aciiuLc. Hoes. court-martia- l, 1 Gnh-mi- , The house sent the oleomargarine bill to conference after agree in, to Hie senate an.eudiueiits nidi some im,dlllcuikmo suggested by die agricultural comm idee. Tin opponents of din measure offered a number of amendments, tLc principal one of which was designed to place reuovulcd butter on the same footing nith oleomargarine, but they were voted down. The latter part of the duy was devoted to the Alcatraz island in California bay, to serve a sentence for treason to the United Slates. If he had not falsely sworn that he was a citizen of the United States he conld not have found his way into his present predicament, for he would not have been accepted as a recruit for the United States army in St. Louis December 5, 1899, and shipped to the Buys Dreyfus Admitted lie Was Guilty. Philippines. Alleged secrets of the Dreyfus case Wilde had been in active service on were confided to University of Chicago Luzon island only about one month stndeuts by Huguea Leroux. The when he disappeared from the camp of French lecturer declared that Captain R of tiie Twelfth infantry at company Dreyfus admitted guilt at the time he Paneqnie, fifty milea from Manilla. was pardou For twenty days he remained absent. Captain Dreyfus not only waa guilty Then he turned up in Tarlae and surof conspiracy against the French govrendered. He said he had been capernment, hut he confessed to a number tured hy the insurgents, and with of charges and asked for mercy when With much difficulty had escaped. signing a petition for a pardon," was him was a soldier named from Kenney the statement with which the French the fourth who told the same cavalry, lawyer and lecturer astonished hia austory. dience. "That Dreyfus actually adInstead of taking 'Vilde's word and mitted hisguilt is not generally known, permitting him to rejoin liis command, even hy people who endeavored to folthe commanding officer at Tarlae orlow the case closely in all its phases. dered him before a general M. Leroux explained to the students charging him with desertion and that his knowledge of the case came that he had quit camp to specifying largely from the facts that he was join and fight with the Filipino insurasked by friends of Captain Dreyfus to (in this charge and specificagents. take up the defense of the prisoner. tion Wilde was convicted. laya Flue for East Driving 1eter J. Anderson, the chauffeur of Senator Clark of Montana, who was arrested fur exceeding the speed limit while taking the senator to the capitol said; We arc peril a ps in sight of peace, last week, was fined $10 in the police Imt in tiie interval we are sending out court. Senator Clark testified that the men and material to carry on the war automobile was going at a moderate rate, certainly not over ten miles an for another year or two, if necessary, that being tiie only spirit wherein tiie hour. The maximum allowed by law, government can interpret the will of however, is six miles an hour. The tiie nation and approach the arrange- fine was paid hy Senator Clark. of peace." ment! for theeouclii-iu- n Strike lteanlta In Suspension of Work at lie! en a Smeller, TORNADO SEASON AT HAND. Tiie works of the American SmeltAllsanurl and XrhrMNl.ii Visited hy Spring ing and Reduction company have been Cyclone. closed down because of a strike orA tornado struck Joplin, Mo., at 4:15 dered 1y Mill and Smelteriiien'K union p. ill, Friday, four fatalities being reNo. which affiliates with the it',, ported and many persons injured. Western Federation of Miners. The Meager reports from Kan., strike whs called because the company and Webli City and Carlerville, Mo., wil! imt recognize tiie union. There indicate great damage. Tin damage is no question of wages, hours of labor in Joplin is estimated nl$5n.(i(n). Houses ur other grievance, involved. About were blown away mnl the city strew n '.on min are thrown out of employ ' iu,'ii t. It is said tiie works will he with the wreckage of tiie storm. el used down indefinitely. llrltlHli Secretary or War Hell eves South A frlcuu Trouble Will Soon ha F.uiled. Speaking in London Friday night, Mr. Rroderick, the secretary of war, April XI. Horse. Jiupt-raliv- INJURED. E IVhila l The miller, of the state have combined to further raise the price of flour. The officials of Proto hate decided not to permit Sunday baseball play- IN tive to Surmaitor. AdjutHnt-tienera- l Corbin lias made public tiie following extract from a cablegram just received from Gi neral Chaffee, dated Manila. April Lit : ltefore Jlaid win could he communicated with he had taken the fort at WEEK IX COXdUESS. CARS SMASHED TO KINDLING. TION IN MINDANAO ISLE. Every Effort will l,r UTAH LOGAN. CHAFFEE DETAILS SITUA. In ve April SO. The house, after devoting an hour to passage of bills, hy unanimous consent suspended public business and for the remainder Of tiie afternoon listened to tributes to tho memories of the lute Keprescntative Snockes of South Carulinu und the lute Representative House Crump or Michiguri. Senate-Mr- . Curmurk of Tennessee completed the speech un the Philippine government hill which he begun Friday. Ho continued hia exceedingly caustic criticisms of the administration's policy and Hie ultimate end to which It would lead, concluding by expressing tho hope that the administration would turn from the bloody gospel of the strenuous life" to tho paths of pcucc. April SM. House Keprcscntailve Sibley of Pennsylvania, created a sensation during the general debate on the agricultural bill, denouncing General Jacob II. Smith for the orders be issued in the Samar camistign. He dcelurcd that General Smith was a disgrace to the uniform he wore and expressed the hope that the president would strip him of his uniform within forty-eighours. Senate After a brief discussion, the senate agreed to the house amendments to the oleomargarine bill as passed by the senate. The measure now goes to the president for his signature. An effort was made by Mr. Teller of Colorado, to amend the measure so as to levy a tax of 10 per cent of the capital or assets on any butter trust that might be formed, hut it was defeated. The conference report nn the Chinese exclusion bill wax adopted. Consideration of i he sundry civil appropriation bill was begun, but nut concluded. ht April Stl. The omnibus public building bill passed tho house. The appropriation of 1125,-0for Ogdon and for Kvansion, Wyo., remains in the bill. According to the report of the committee over ho bills authorizing public building legislation have been introduced during tills session culling for an aggregate appropriation or over M5.mii.iiqo. The demand for public buildings comes not only from the states and territories but also frura Porto Itlm, Alaska and Hawaii. The bill will distribute f 17.(16,450 among l Si cities. As the bill cover Into the treasury tl.5K5.000, the total amount Carried by the bill is reduced to that extent. The bill provides for seventy-seve- n new buildings und sites, six buildings on sites already purchased, seventeen buildings oi: donated sites und increases in appropriations for buildings already authorized. It iso provides for the purchase of sixteen sitps. The majority for the bill was so overwhelming that only nine members backed a demand for the ayes and line on tin; passage of the Hofsx 00 fifty-eig- ht hill. Senai e Tho Philippine measure was under discussion in the senate. Coulliniutioiis by lie; senate were: William H. Moisly of Massucliusei is, to be secretary id the navy; pnstmasle'-sI. A. Hausen. IJei.o. Nrv.; S. F, Kelly, Sun llcrmirdiiio. Cul. The senate eoiiiiniiiee on military affairs authorized un iidvyrsc ivpu t m tiie bill en aimg a national park ui Appnmatiox. Va., win re General I,ce surrendered toCcncmlCram. Commerce of Culm. W. R. Head, a large property-owne- r and pioneer of Jefferson, Colo., shot and almost instantly killed James McMahon in Head's saloon. McMahon was partly under tiie influence of liquor and, Wing quarrelsome, attempted to strike Head with a chair, Tiie war has published when tiie latter shot him in the right an extract department siiowiiqr tha commerce of breast McMahon died in fifteen the island of (,'uhu for the seven months minutes. The dead mini waa a laborer cuiled January ill , l'.nr and p.iitl. The and leaves no family. total value of merchandise imported Disastrous Tornado In Trial. during tiie seven iiimitlm ended JanA tornado passed over Glenrose, uary 31, luo-.'- was HM:t,!isi;, against Texas, Monday afternoon, killing five S35.0.'l9,,.i3() for the corifspuiidiug persons, injuring forty more and de- period of I'.iul; and the exports of mcr cliandisc tvns S'M.l 13. Il'.t, against molishing much property. The courthouse was badly damaged, a printing for Ill'll These figures show office was Mown away, two saloons au iuerciiMiof 5 per cent. in the imports were partly destroyed, Milan's ware-ruoand it decreasd of 11 per cent, in the was demolished, Lily A Sun's exports. I'lie value of merchandise cumin;' groeery store was Idown awuy, a blackfrom the United States fur the seven smith shop was destroyed uml four months ended Jammy 31, I'.iir., was buildings of Hendricks ,V. Smi were 517, IS'!1.'. a slight increase over the rd of the totally demolished. period of r.nij. while business houses of the town were correspondm? tiie exports for I. ml aiininuled to w reeked. 174. ('t, a decrease of ir.i U',7 1'.. . . $..-I7i),2'.- iii 1 One-thi- 'i) |