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Show ONLY A MILLION DOLLARS Charg-ed up to Utah Col. Merrit's Appointment Ap-pointment i Confirmed. Washington. D. C, Jan. 18. Mr. Rawlins went to the department of justice this morning to inquire into the charges that had been made aamst Utah by United States officials, and found that the appropriations made by congress to run the courts and the marshal's office had been charged up against the territory for a number of vears, amounting to about $1,000,-000, $1,000,-000, all of whicn is clearly wrong and he so informed the attornev-gen-v.-ra!. The matter is being carefully investigated, aud the secretary of the treasury will soon make a report, to congress Rawlins' bill for the admission of Utah provides against these old claims being held against Utah. The senate territories committee will hold a meeting on Saturday to consider con-sider the statehood bill. The situation is very encouraging. The bill of Mr. Rawlins in regard to extending the limit of Salt Lake's indebtedness, in-debtedness, which passed the house yestciday, will soon be disposed of in the senate. Washington, Jan. 18. The senate, in exrcutive session, today made public the i ej -ction of Hon. W. 13. Horn-blower, Horn-blower, to be associate justice of the supreme court of the United States, and J. Scott Harrison to be surveyor of customs atgKansas City, Missouri, and also the following confirmations: S. A. Meirit, chief justice of the supreme su-preme court of the territory of Utah. A. C. Curtin, associate justice of the supreme court of Oklahoma. Receivers of public moneys: Frank Mills EvaiiBton, Wvoming; Frank Harris, at Salt Lake city, Utah; Henry Blackman, collector of internal revenue reve-nue of the district of Oregon. Registers of land offices: E. S. Johnson, Cheyenne, Wyoming; Wil liam A. Ilocker, Evanston, Wyoming. Postmasters: California J. L. Ar-gabrite Ar-gabrite at Ventura. Popular Everywhere. Beginning with a email local sale in a retail drug store, the business of Hood's Sarsaparilla has steadily increased in-creased until there is scarcely a village or hamlet in the United States where it is unknown. Today Hood's Sarsaparilla stanaa at the head in the medicine world, admired ad-mired in propriety, and envied in merit by thousands of would be competitors. It has a larger sale than any other medicine before the American public, and probably greater than all other sarsaparillas and blood purifiers combined. com-bined. Such success proves merit. . If you are sick, is it not the medicine for you to try? Hood's Sarsaparilla Cures. Dispatch readers will remember that some time over a year ago there wa? much written, published and said con cerning the ncn oeposns oi vaiuauic slate near Provo, that several specimen carloads were shipped out and that all were expecting that the industry of developing what will be our bonanza resource re-source would be established right away. The financial depression of couree postponed post-poned this and the matter has been quietly sleeping. Judge J- D. Jones, however, has not forgotten our rich ref ource and it will be well handled in the pamphlet on Utah resources being published for distribution attnemia-winter attnemia-winter fair. The judge bas some beautiful samples of this slate and will ship them to the fair. One is a large slab five by two feet, aod one inch thick. The grain is pei feet and th8 slab is in its native state and just as it was when taken from the ledge only not so large. A number of smaller and thinner specimens speci-mens are also being prepared for ship- I ment. This exhibit is bound to result in vast benefit to Provo. |
