Show sill LIRE diw from our regular I 1 the last corn par y of this mormon arrive yesterday afternoon elder mace 0 willinore Fil linore milard county returned on tuesday evening from a mission to the north m states elder R T whitaker oi ogden who returned s few days ago from a mission to england was in the capital i esterday the examination oi thomas M hushes on the charge of killing frank D ito mayne came up before justice today to day ohonnas of bountiful arrested on a charge of unlawful cohabitation has boon as there was no proof that he had a plural stife salt lake was covered with a man le of snow yesterday morning but by noon the sun had caused most of it to disappear in the afternoon bowsier bo weier another enow storm came up yesterday proctor humphreys commenced a one year term in the penitentiary tent iary to which he waa sentenced by judge blackburn for burglarizing a tore in utah county yesterday trains ceased running on he little branch of the U 1 W the enow in the canyon is getting too deep tor travel in any other way alian by snow shoes tomorrow to morrow evening a grand hall will bo given at the theater the managers are prominent young society people on saturday afternoon a childrens ball will be given at the same place the tract of land known as the litlie farm four miles southwest south west of salt lake city has been purchased by mr hubbard 0 kansas city for the farm contains acres and is to ha used fur block breading bret ding purposes yesterday morning the family of E 51 weiler E q were called to part with a bright three year old garl the cause of her death was and of the five remaining cases in the amaly two are in a dangerous condi ion the salt lake city council has as pressed an intention to ealend the system of street lighting by electricity electric ty and people outside of the center ol 01 town are hoping that in the near future ahry will experience a relief from llie darkness that en shrouds them nightly when the moon dont happen that way considerable interest is manifested in the investigation to be conducted before judge andersen today into the alleged bouse oath the liberals have subpoenaed a number of apostates to swear that their allegations are true while it is understood that a number of leading cormons mormons have also been summoned with a view to throw ina light on the situation yesterday atenio on gomer morris and aliza lliza woods were before commis incest mrs woods testified that llizo was her daughter and had been in ing out with fj in ball lake jor a number of years bhe also testified that morris aa her brother the officers testified that they bad aroused morris and the girl in the same room and the man came to the door and opened it lie had registered them at the windsor hotel as II 11 hansen and wife in the naturalization proceedings before judge anderson yesterday yes erday all cormons mormons were ordered to aldo and await the result of the investigation of the oath today to day one non mormon edward van kuay was questioned by the liberals when it waa ascertained that he bail attended a mormon meeting and sun day and the fact that komu one had prompted him liow to answer was sought to be made an excuse for refusing him but the judge held that it was all light tor a man to to prompted on proper subjects when thomas M mainford came lipman asked the court if he would rule upon the question as to whether it would be proper to inquire of an applicant if he had committed fornication the court said he think it hardly proper to go into that junices it was lol loped openly and bously there was a difference between a single act and violation of the law as a matter of right or as a principle of bahea in the case of arthur townshend Town hend also a mormon the judge remarked if a man kloas enough to obey the laws he knows more thin many better educated men and will make a good citizen his asse n ill be continued till tomorrow solely on the objection of bis membership in the mormon church 1 will say in regard to the practice of fornication as to that or any other of lense whether it makes him a man of bad moral character defends on the circumstances it it was a single act it will not exclude him eat it he habitually commits fornication whether openly or secretly be ia not a man of good moral character if be is an habitual drunkard or habitually violates any other law he is a man of bad moral character in regard to polygamy and unlawful cohabitation there 11 an or grani zed effort here to establish them as a social condition bat those are not alie only crimes that will exclude a man habitual gambling for instance but occasional acts will not he sufficient to exclude a man A single immoral act r even several will not bo grounds to reject an application for naturalization about eleven on tuesday night a couple of gentlemen who had been up into dm is county to see a sick friend were sauntering near the utah track pending the arrival of the late train from the north on which they intended coming on to salt lake As they approached simpkins brickyard they bifeld a singular spectacle A man w ith a pale ghastly face was kneeling upon the ground under a wood trestle roch aa is ordinarily used by masons for scaffolding purposes the rays of tho moon were shining directly upon the deathly face making the picture all the more striking the first glance conveyed the impression that the individual thus found io a singular position at a late hour of the night was some insane person in the act of praying immediately however alia truth flashed upon the minds of the two gentlemen al eluded to that the man bad committed suicide and was therefore dead the fact that they were confronting a cadaver gave them considerable sid erable of a shock A few minutes before the arrival of lie two gentlemen the fireman at simpkins brick ellna biad already made toe same discovery and bad gone to send gome body in da vis county the deceno of the tragedy beina a short distance beyond the county line for the coroner it appears that the wretched man on arriving at the scene of his fearful act stripped off his coat and chirt and then put on alio former buttoning it closely ho threw the shirt over the top bar of the trestle so aa to let the arms of the garment hang lobely down upon alie ground ho tied the arms in a knot near the cuffs instead of forming a bousa and strangling by tightening it round hia neck lie had simply put hia bead through the loop the lower part of which nader his chin cloe to the throat ard ran up behind the ears his hat wai laifed a distance above his bead and held there by the tightened ol 01 his shirt from the p in the body aa found it vaa evident that the determined victim of palf murder had seized hia ankles with his banda and pulled them upward in order to produce sufficient upon the throat to eliut off the breath when insensibility ensued the grip of alie bands related but aliey still hung with the finders in the form of a clutch benr the ankles these details show how ie the man anat have been in taking lna life the deceased decea aed is de a mn of fair complexion probably forty years old and weighing abent pounds his face appeared to ind cate at least ordinary and borne culture he was well dieffe dies fe his clothing being of good quality and clean the month as rigidly set the teeth being clenched bearing not only the but an expression 0 that resolute mental condition indicated by tho manner in which it was brought about anis inquest was held yesterday afternoon ter noon and a verdict ot dulcide rendered on the dead mans body was found a letter addressed to his wife gating that he had presented himself at fort douglas for re enlistment in the army but had been refused this was don biles one of the baues of despondency which drove him to alie rash act which ended his life from the letter it was learned that ids name was joseph walters and eliat he wag a soldier from vancouver barracks washington territory SALT LAKE nov 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