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Show 4 The bom of the Texas legislature Tias passed finally its bill fixing 1 per cent tax on ail personal incomes in excess of $2,000. Tbe industrial commission x ill hear bo wore witnesses until tbe Oth of June, when the iorratitfaiion oI the sugar trtist will be begun. Fred Burt, a farmer uear I.angelon, N. T,hot amt fatally wounded hfi d son flintou. and blew out his o n brains Chairman Aldrich of the senate committee oil finance will call a meeting of the corntniltcc-- . to lie held Ht - Uulc iogton early in June. The cost of the proposed Nicaraguan waterway, which is pronounced entirely feasible bv the coin miss ion, is now fixed at Si T., ihXumki. Complj ing ith an earnest request of members. Senator Kyle has withdrawn his resignation as chairman of the industrial commission. Dr. Edmond, member of a posse, seeking Bill Watson, a notorious horse-tbiewas shot aud killed by the latter northwest of Shawnee. Okla. John 11. Englis, formerly president as of bank. Brooklyn, stabbed in the neck by Christopher Daly, a beggar. The wound is a severe one. The government of Nicaragua lias published a declaration to the effect that its Mosquito coast ia under tbe same lawa aud duties as the rest of the four-year-ol- f, t, state. Lieutenant-Colone- Edward J. Me l Clernaud (assistant adjutant-general- ) has been appointed to M stanzas, Cuba, of that departaa adjutant-genera- l ment The army transport service has recently of such importance that the secretary of war has decided that it is entitled to the dignity of a distinctive flag. John McLean, representing a New York and London Cuban association, lias been authorized to make surveys and estimates for a railroad from Havana to Guinea. Assistant Secretary Spalding has held that Japanese seamen may land in tbe United States without the examination required in the ease of manifested emigrants. At the request of the secretary of the interior, Secretary Alger has agreed to order troopa to the Moqui Indian reservation in Arizona, to force the Indians to .submit to vaccination. At Charlotte, N. C., Charles 'Jackson was hanged for criminal assault committed on a young white girl last SepHe made a five minutes' tember. apeech protesting his innocence. The Commercial Cable company has Ve are issued the following notice: advised that cable common (cation between Iloilo and Bacalod, Philippine Islands, has been reestablished. Enrique Garay, the wholesale hardware merchant of Havana, in whose possession 1,500 Mausers, bought of the Spanish, were found a few days ago, has been required to surrender them. Chariea Farris, company U, Third U. S. Volunteer engineers, who was found in Santiago de guilty by a court-martiCuba and sentenced to be shot, had his sentence commuted to life imprisonment. Gustav Bock of Hay ana, is in New "York City arranging the nnion of his tobacco syndicate with the newly formed Havana Commercial company, of which F. Garcia Is the leading al spirit. The Phoenix Bridge company, whose works are located at Poaeuixville, Pa., has been awarded the contract for six additional steel bridges by the Russian n government for nse on tbe great railroad. In Enid. Okla., a negro cakewalk at broke up in a riot bethe opera-hous- e tween whites and blacks. Three white men were hurt, four negroes fatally and several others seriously injured. .Fifty shots were fired. trans-Siberia- '"'"ATSULoulapol1ceman M enters, a found-Willi- e boy, crying and wandering around on . Market street sad took him to the statidk. The hoy claims to hare been kidnapped from Hamilton. Ontario. Cows which have usually been kept in stables situated at the lower story of residences in Havana, have been ordered by General, Ludlow, through Surgeon-Majo- r Davis, into the country where they can produce healthy milk. A meeting between Sir Alfred MU ner, the governor of Cape Colony and high commissioner of South Africa, and President Krueger had been ar30 st ranged to take place on- May - Bloemfontein, capital of the- - Orange ; Free State. I. I 1 oine-year-o- 7777 Nelson M. Jones has beenfound guilty aa accessory of the kidnapping of Lincoln McGeisey and Palmer Sampson, Seminole Indian boys, who were kidnapped in the Indian Territory by a mob and afterward burned to death al the stake. , While' 1 William T. Stead says: cannot repeat directly anything the Czar said to me daring onr interview few days ago at St. Petersburg, it Is permissible to tell Americans that ha ia fnU of hope for the results fromtbe peaee conference. TEMPLE m MARKET REPORTS ytvwwwwwvwvwwawvu .NEWS SUMMARY. AND TABERNACLE. I1LVKM. New York . So Loodoa Elder Philip Haycock, president of the Turkish mission, hss heed released to return home during the summer. On April 31st tbe first missionaries for the Cook Archipelago left Papeete, Society Islands, and four days later others left that same port for the Mar- . W New York Kxrbaitge, .. ... New York broker 80 UNI ft quisas group. Architect Kletting of Salt Lake ia preparing plans for a tabernacle at Kevertoo. It will be about fifty-eigfeet square, and eighty feet to the top of tbe dome, situated m the center of tbe edifice. The following annual stake Sunday school conferences will take place during June: Utah (at Fro vo) June 10 and II; Wasatch, 17th and 18th; Oneida,1 18th and 19th; Uear Lake and Millard, 24 th and 25 th. President Snow addressed the St. George Sunday school on the 18th and shook hands with 835 children and kissed the smaller lots who came forward to grasp the hand of their beloved president. It was a scene never to be forgotten, and his kind, fatherly advice to the little ones was filled with Askl Bid. j fir i i . - 00 i 60 t Vvs M on (A 61 .so " V 2B I S3 8 hi i'itb .llll, IMS .I1 t SO .07 .81 37 78 Mk ,!liS .48 M 7 88 ft 80 60 1 .DU uiH u I f 88 80 .8714 74H .38 1 t 38 87 .74 S3 7.58 wisdom. .88 .78 is 48 The greater portion of the general authorities of the church are now ab- filler Klnv sent from home. Presidents Snow, Smith and Richards, with Apostlea Lyman and Woodruff, President Seymour B. Young and Bishop Preston are visiting the saints in southern Utah; Apostles Smith and Cowley are in e southern states; President Geo. Q. Cannon is in Washington, D. C.; Apostle Grant is on his way east, and and others are absent ou missionary work. Late advices from Samoa state that during the late troubles the mission headquarters at Fagalii was looted March 25 aud property to the amount of $1,200 belonging to the church and to the missionaries was destroyed by tbe native warriors. No personal injury had been suffered by any of the brethren and sisters, missionary though some of them had passed through critical experiences. The missionaries on the island of Upolu were being concentrated at Apia. The special conference of the St. George stake, called in honor of the visit of the first presidency and part of the quorum of twelve, met on the 17th Inst., with the whole of the party feelPresident ing in excellent spirits. Suow was the first speaker. Hi remarks were .wainly eulogistia of.tbe people of Gwrge ,ud vicinity on their tithes and offerings, giving them the name of being the best tithe-payer- s snd most faithful stake in the Church of Christ. Ike spoke of the colonization of that country, and the difficulties successfully overcome in making the country what it is at present. He said Jackson county, Mo., the center stake of Zion, should be colonized sooner than we expected, and urged tbe people to prepare themselves for the glorious day to come. At the Salt Lake Tabernacle Sunday, May 21, there was an unusually large attendance. Dr. James E. Talmage waa the only speaker. He aaid that it was a great thiDg to know that this is tbe kingdom of God, bat he expressed the belief that a testimony would not save any man . 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Conjoint Mutual Improvement' Association conferences wiU be held as follows during Jane: Box Elder (Brigham City) and Emery, June 10 and 11; Sanpete (Manti) and San Lnla (Manses) 17th sad lUk; Tuoela (Tovcl City) and Morgan City, 24 th and 25th. -- 04 . M 04 75 Cowa Soo 04 Feeders freight paid to rtrer.l Stockers, freight paid In rtvar,, Bulta and stags Good fat muttons... Lemba. Chicago 85 Denver. 8M Cattle aBXIIT6. Sheep Kansas City-Ca- ttle Sheep. Omahaha Cattle Sheep. 7 ..77... Denver Cattle febeep,,,;, . 00 9 00 04 M 4 40 05 00 . 9 to 1 M 6 50 03 68 06 0 07 60 - . 9,000 t . .. I7.UH0 8 800 3 000 . J'-- , 'V. . 4.600 .'j . t.lni . 1 .388 Probably a Canard. ' Colon, Colombia, May 24. A passenger who arrived here 'from Bocas del Torro la alone responsible for the rumor that the Kicaragnan gun vessel San Jacinto has been aunk by the United States cruiser Detroit, after the former had fired upon the American warship. He says the report wu generally discredited at Bocas del Torro, and ' Once his tefigue loosened Mefrtil &76 10 quick; her no rhhnce to escape. - incoherent words he poured forth the n d? 07 01 I not saving. 86 88 as faith, may be "Knowledge, just dead, the speaker went on. Faith la LIVE STOCK. vivified belief, bat faith alone will not Chicago. save. Acceptance of the saving works v Fancy esUle...... M M 464 M of Jesus Christ is necessary to salva- Choice itaer 195 c6 60 trade. 86 04(6 Dr. Talmage referred to nu- Medium tion. Beef steer. 4 30 04 76 merous instances in the New Testa- Stockers and feeders 4 80 4.6 96. 60 gulls top 4,4 86 ment where people knew beyond a Cowssnd belters 68 04 I wITM, ... 4. t 60M 07 6040 donbt that Jesus Christ was tbe Son of tWesternr,(,4, fed steers. 06 steers . , , , 4 pp 4.6 00 God, and yet were not aaved. , He Texas Colorado wooled lsmbi. 90 07 00 4 80 4,6 00 quoted the apostle's words that even fc0. m 4,6 86 the devlla believed, snd compared their Yesrl'nts Spring lambs.. 7." 6 08 60 dead, nnvivified faith to the living Knaaaa City. faith of Peter, who said; Thou art Native steers n m 05 2588 ... iMMNtMrt.ra Christ Texss cow Jw 04 04 90 eowa and heifers This is a day of trials, of tempta- Native I 40 04 30 Stockers snd feeders.,.. 08 36 tions, and of many churches, contin- Bulls and nugs ... ..... I9 40 06 04 16 6 00 07 80 M......M..t. ued Dr. Talmage. It is the day the Lamb.. Mutton ...... 9 60 06 36 prophet referred to when, the people !. shoald' cryi Lot here and lol Nwrirebeof :S4 oo '466 Western steera 4 00 80 there is Christ. snd it is neoeasary Texas steer . ..... 3 75 04 66 Cows and belters. 4 00 04 01 that the people should put their faith Canners In God. Signs are lofo1tovy"Thir' be ' Stockers dub TO W 4 00 04 86 Levers, but signs are not alwaye a Bulls end stags 1 00 04 96 4 80 true indication that miracle are per- tearllnira 80 Western muttons 4 to t6 formed by the power of God. Other ,lw rt tf 4in m tut 00 04 75 powers sometimes perform miracles. Men have been healed by other powers than those of God. Testimonies founded on miracles are like a bouse, built on aund they will falL The time will come when the fall of man will not be considered a great curse. The fall carried with it a great power mana free agency. Man has absolute power to decide between goodor evil for himself. None can be forced into tin, nor can any be forced to accept works of a Merrill Fremont paused, hat In hand. Erma believed him dead and forgave him. How would it be when aha found him alive t He stood In dumb uncertainty. She waa his only love and to loss her again would bs more terrible than not to have found her. Dead, he surely loved him; her action proved it Would he not better go away In the certainty of that love than, by staying, perhaps revive the old bitterness Which his return to her unharmed while ail her beloved family lay dead, might recallT He waa stout to retreat It was too late, the lady turned and aaw him. lie stood awkwardly before her. She looked at him in puxsled inquiry. Suddenly he cried out Erma. She moved back a pace la surprise ad being ao addressed by an apparent flower-covere- 190 1 A M21110! fgunion. W .16 .081. .13 .w the dreadful war should deprive her of her lover, without calling him fight against Instead of Tor her? How dearly he could see her ee she stood then on the low, wide steps, a slim, gtrllgh figure clad In clinging white. Her cheeks were flushed and her moutb tremulous, but the chin was By G1LBERTE HOLT. firmly set All through the war he W(WvWVMbWtVVVMVMMMVSi U S I N E S S had bad carried in hie heart tbe memory brought him to his of her as she stood in the sunshine, native town in tbe framed by tbe stately pillars ot the Ht gallery; while he, with despair in his sunny south. was la haste that heart, but a dogged determination in his mission should hie eyes, turned, when bait way down be concluded so the broad avenue of Uve oaks, end liftthat be might get ing his union cap murmured, "God the keep my southern sweetheart!'' sway . from How often he recalled her words. vilquiet sleepy He could almost hear them now. "Go. The very lage. Ton are a traitor, I never want to ee beauty of Ha fragrant-spring dress saddened hIm.T.7 ,7.: your. face again. The nitl man shook kl head aoF In 3g tftttid hesitsting wsy hs had made a few Inquires tor old friends, Vowfufty. No,' she would never forgive but the answer waa ever the same. him, aot even now after all these War had eeattered moat ot the old fam- years. Well, he would go beck north the uorrevfwwksewMwrt ines Those alone remained who slept onHe and the Ralston boys had been In Aha peaceful cemetery In the dip students together. He would college which formed a vale at tha bend In pay n visit to their last resting place. the river. He opened the gate and slowly made "And tha Ralstons? d All wera gons Of tha impetuous hit way among the mounds. When he reached the RalMlaa Erma high spirited family, only ston lot, he looked about him sorrowwaa still alive. The Ralston boys four of them lay in soldiers graves fully. Re felt sadly desolate. He alone wet left of all those merry, beside their gallant father. Mrs. Ralston had teen her brave laughing fellows. Presently hie eye wandered to a boya brought horn dead one by one. But she gave them tor her country's grave somewhat apart from the rest sake, gladly, but her heart waa slowly The scarcity of its floweri drew hie attobreaking. She did not long survive tention to it He wandered Idly ward It, thinking, "Some poor friendher husband. "Did Miss Erma still live at Iron-woo- less chap." He started end then dropped upon No. The old plantation was desolate hie knee In hie eagerness to read ths and Mias Ralston lived la a little white simple Inscription on the headstone. It cottage down the road, the one al ran; "MERRILL FREMONT. most smothered In Jasmine red roses The gentleman took hie cane and "Born 1832. Killed at Gettysburg, . 1861. " with 0 brisk Step which told of some youag blood still flowing In his veins, thats my name! and the started down the street in tbe warm old"Why, man looked about blm In a dazed sunshine. Tbe shoul square spring manner as though for a moment be ders, erect head and firm tread all' doubted hie identity. the soldier. "Yes, my name Is Merrill Fremont Aa he came in sight of Miss Ermas I was born In 38, but though I end house hie steady walk became jerky wounded I did not die at Gettysand finally settled into an uncertain was A union soldier in a confederate burg. amble. For tbe fraction ot a second Ah, that accounted for the graveyard. he paused at her gate, then beat a and he lack of memorial flowers, retreat. confused and Completehasty "B,ut lm not dead, smiled grimlybeside tbe ly out of breath be drew up and he thumped' his cane vigorously high arched gate which opened upon epon tbe gravel path. the soldiers last tenting ground. He leaned hie hands .on his stick "By Jovet Its no uss. I couldnt and stood gazing Intently at bis own name. Js5t.mw but It is soma union soldier hurled Jor .me, "and be shall have some flowers. Yes. Ill decorate my awn grave." and with a chuckUJlerrin Fremont started brlek-l- y down the path. As be neared the gate It opened, and a tall, slender figure clad in black en tered. followed by an old negro fairly staggering under the weight of magnolia blossoms. Something familiar la tbe two figures made Fremont pause. But they did aot notice him. The lady side path snd walked turned up quickly toward the end of the grounds Merrill had Just quitted, followed more slowly by the old serving man, Merrill faced about and watched them. He was certain now that the "WHY. THATS MY NAME. the old man mopped his woman was Erma. He expected her face her,-an- d brow. "Whew, bow her eye did blaze! to enter the Ralstoa lot, but sbe only waved her hand toward the Facing a cannon Is play to standing passed, flower-hidde- n graves, said something the fire of Erma's angry eyes. He leaned against the post. Tbs to her attendant and passed on her way stood beside tbe ondecorated light died out of his face and he until she thought of that long away time when grav0 Fremont rubbed his eyes and stared. he and Erma had been lovers, aad The lady motioned to negro to lay had How war. came tbe then quickly followed that awful day when he went hie fragrant burden down. Merrill hastened up the path. H to say farewell and she would not look at him, because he wore the hated was near enough to hear the voice say, "Yon may go, blue. He tried to argue, tried to perUncle Sorney; Ill arrange the flowers suade, but she would not listen. She wee a southern girl Col Ral-ato- myeelf. The servant shuffled away down the daughter. If he fought the path he bad come, while his uletreee south. be fought her and was her deadly foe, ' Was it aot trad enough that knelt to pines the blossoms. that it probably came from Blue-field- s, where the Detroit and San Jacinto are enppoeed to be. Official! here regard the atory aa a canard. be-po- ke . SUDDENLY HE CRIED OUT, . "ERMA." - - j mistaken report of hU death, hie love, hla sorrow for her grief, and at last aa earnest plea that ehe would prove more kind than In the past As she listened delicate flush crept Into the ladys pale, sweet face. The shadow that rested in tbe deep, blue eyes lifted. She looked eeanchlngly at the man before her. Could this really be her young lover, returned In the guise of this Impetuous elderly man? She bad neve rthought of him save as ths soldier hoy who had gone away at her bidding, At last the seemed to understand. For a moment the corners of the lovely month forgot to droop. - By tbe light of memory the man and woman grew young again.,- - , When hie torrent of words ceased he stood silent for tome momenta .and their held out her haad. aa ahe softly said: " We banish our anger forever When we laurel the graves of our dead. Bw Be Wn Bs "If I were a man." the said, "you would not find me here today. Id be away, fighting for my country." "If you were a man, he replied, "you wouldnt find me here today eith. er. I, too, would he away fighting for my country - , After that all be bad to do was te papae consent, Cleveland gain - ae Cw(m4 Papin On one occasion the Prince of Wales had a hearty laugh at a Hindu schoolhad boy In Madras. The youngsters been drilled into tbe propriety of sayshould ing "Your Royal Highness tbe prince speak to' them, and when he heir apparent adeosted a bright-eye- d lad and, pointing to a prism at 1o compass, asked: "What Is this? the youngster, all In s flutter, replied: Ite a royal compass, your prismatic high- -. i |