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Show SALT LAKE REPUBS They Put Up a Strong Ticket for the Legislature. Warden Vandercook Threshes An Amorous Amor-ous Convict in the Presence of all the Prisoners in the Penitentiary. I Special to the Morning DiBpatcn: I Salt Lake, Jnlv 22. Warden Vandercook Van-dercook punished a convict at the penitentiary pen-itentiary in a novel manner this morning. morn-ing. It stems that on Tuesday Joseph Hedges, who is a trustee, was at work on a farm near the penitentiary, where j the 14-year-old daughter of Will Smoot started across the place. Hedges seized her and triedto forco her into the building, for what purpose can be easily imagined. He would certainly have succeeded in his purpose had not the girl's cries attracted some boys to the scene, and the convict let her go. The girl told her father of the assault, and this morning he took her to t.e penitentiary ami laid the whole matter before Warden Vandercook. The latter had the convicts draw n up in line and told the girl to pick out her assailant. as-sailant. She atonce identified Hedges, and her father was with difficulty restrained re-strained from assaulting the fellow. The warden then took a short buggv whip and belabored the brute until the whip was worn out. lie then took another an-other whip and used it up in the same manner. The punishment was somewhat some-what brutal, but was fully merited. A man named Charles Miller appeared ap-peared before Commissioner Green-nian Green-nian to-day and swore out a complaint charging his wife Georgia Miller, and a Spaniard named Jim Sonora, with adultery. He stated that the woman was his wife through the common law of marriage, they having lived together since KSS2. In July last the soft-eyed Spaniard appeared ap-peared on the scene ami the tickle Georgia went off with him. When brought into court, boL'i defendants pleaded quilty and were sent to the penitentiary to await sentence. Had they not pleaded guilty, they could not have been convicted, as there was no marriage between Miller and the woman. The Republican County Convention wa3 held in the Federal courtroom today to-day and a splendid ticket was nominated. nom-inated. The candidates are as follows: For Council Geo. A. Lowe, Robert Harkness, James Sharp. For House E. H. Critchlow, Louis Colin, i James Devine, Xick Treweek, ; Dan Harrington and A. W. Carlson. These, with the candidates for the county offices nominated some time ago. make up a strong ticket. Resolutions Resolu-tions were adopted congratulating the people of Utah that the time has come when past conditions can be put behind be-hind them, and under the banners of the great national parties, they can go forward in the development oi the great territory in which they live. The resolutions reso-lutions then set forth that the conven-jority conven-jority oTthe peoiTle "of Trie' territory wilr yield allegiance lo the Republican party; that they are uncompromisingly uncomprom-isingly in favor- of the protective system and the remonetizing of silver and free coinage of silver; they are opposed to the disfranchisement of any citizen except for crime, whereof where-of they shall have been convictf d ; and favor the free exercise of amnesty to all citizens disfranchised on account of polygamous relations, who will obey and uphold the law; they endorse the sentiments of Chief Justice Z me, and pledge themselves to advance the free school system. On the subject of statehood state-hood the resolutions say: "We deny that the Republican party is organized in Utah to piocure or unduly hasten statehood, and such charges are not only wholly false, but tend to injure the business interests of the territory bv creatine false alarms and endeavor to present false issues. The question ; of statehood is not involved in the j present political issues, or in the pre- j sent movement for division on national party lines, and any discussion of that question is premature. A frightful shooting affair, which will result in the death oi two men, occurred m the Twenty-second ward of this city this afternoon. It seems that T. II . Hall had a small gang of men at work nearhis place diggine a ditch, and his next door neighbor, W. J. Seeley, either objected to tlie work being done or to the presence of the men. At all event? he appeared on the scene at 4 o'clock: this afternoon and commenced abusing Hall and the men. Hull stood this for a time, but finally he went up to Seeley and gave him a good thrashing, ibei latter then rushed into his house and got a pistol, and coming out a moment : later opened a fusilade on Hall. None of the shots took effect and Hall re- : treated into his house where he got a ritle i and going out again towk up a position about 100 yards from Seeley. The latter lat-ter was about to fire again, when Hail I l anticipated him and sent a ball through ' Seeley's left lurg. Seeley kept hi.sj position and fired two more shots, both of which missed Hall, but one of them struck a workman named L. S. Morris, who was simply looking on, in the groin. Seeley then fell to the ground. The physicians state that the wounns of both'men are fatal. Hall got on his horse and rode to the City Hall, where he gave himself up. All who witnessed the affair exonerate Hall from any blame. Seeley is a married man, and has several children. Morris is. a stranger here. |