Show LITTLE JAP GIRL IN NATIVE ATTIRE creates amusement in court and says she dont want her liberty the habeas corpus proceedings in of matsuura Katsu ura a young japanese atri who was brought to this country by sirs mary judge took place in judge lewis court yesterday morning and afforded those assembled in the court room considerable amusement when the case was called attorney frank pierce who represented mrs judge read her answer in which she denied that sho was restraining abo girl ot her liberty the answer also stated that alku was now birthe employ of mrs W M and had been for several weeks the attorney also read an affidavit signed by alku in which she daiil that bli is allot desirous of obtaining her liberty and haj never authorized H K amat to institute habeas corpus proceedings edinga in her behalf attorney arthur E christansen who drew up tho petitioner and N 3 hashimoto was for the respondent kahu in her native attire was then called to the witness stand after giving her name and stating that her age was 21 she was asked by attorney christensen where she lived at the present time after quite a conversation between interpreter no I 1 and the witness it was found that she was at present staging with mrs W M obrien and that she had been there ever since june 7 thia was 13 days before the petition tor tho writ was filed the attorney then showed her a letter which imal claimed be received from the girl and in which she asked him to help her obtain her liberty ho asked her if she recognized the let and if that was her signature to tho document there was another chat in japanese between tho interpreter and tho wil then the answer came that she did not recognize the letter she said that she had not written to imal at all but dually she confessed that she did join another garl in a letter to him she paid that she did not know what wag in he letter at this point a sensation was caused by attorney challenging the of the interpretation interpreter no 2 was then instructed ted by the court to give his version of the girls answer he proceeded to take up his position in front of the witness and another docial chat was indulged in the interpreter turned to the court to interpret the answer of the witness an objection was made by mr christensen Chrls to the interpreter giving the answer which he obtained through hla lengthy conversation it was suggested that the answer as given to the first interpreter bo repeated by no 2 so as to see whether or not the first interpretation had been correct no 2 then acknowledged that he did not bear all of tho answer to the original question what were you talking to tho wit ness about all that time asked attorney oh somo other matters was tho reply on cross examination by mr pierce the girl admitted that eho signed ono letter to imal and she finally admitted that bho wrote ft herself she said however that she wanted to stay at mra ourlena and alj not want her liberty after being instructed by the court as to her rights in this country the writ was quashed and the costs taxed against imal the japanese maiden then departed with mrs judge and her girl friend who camo to this country with her and who Is now employed by mrs judges daughter SMITH SITE SELECTED the first definite edep towards the erection of a monument to the memory of the prophet joseph smith and his patriarch brother hyrum was taken this afternoon when members of the first presidency council of the apostles and the committee appointed for this purpose assembled on tho temple block and decided upon the exact spot tor the building of the proposed statue tho place chosen Is the southeast corner of the block at a point directly of the first entrance on the east side and so situated that it will not obscure obscuro the view when tho monument Is completed tho wall surrounding that portion of the block at least will be taken down and tho structure will llian present a most striking appearance pe arance PLACED DYNAMITE IN THE KINDLING mrs II 11 G clark of 37 west sixth south street called at the police sta alon and asked that a warrant for the arrest of a man named jlou residing next door at 47 west sixth south be issued it is alleged that ross tried til blow up mrs clacku house with dynamite caps ho placed several KO 3 dyna allo caps in sticks of kindling wood and threw them into mrs charka woodpile according to the comans womans wo mans story tho trouble occupied over some chickens owned by rosa mrs dark bays that he chicken have been allowed to run at large and hat flie has been boiu polled frequently to drive them from her garden they had several wordy wars about alie chickens and mrs dark determined to have the man arrested on saturday afternoon said mrs dark my daughter grace was nearly burned to death by an explosion in the stove there were two explosions and we suspected that bamo bomo thang waa in the we are sure that ross placed the dynamite capa in the wood mrs dark had brought a atack with her and it was turned to officer brown with a chisel he cut the wood in two and discovered a no 2 cap A hole had been bored in one end of the stick and the cap was inserted into the hole the hole was then filled up with a wooden plug MAY CHANGE UTAH DAY the louisiana purchase exposition commission for utah held a brief ees elon yesterday morning and transacted some routine business it was decided to abandon the idea of building an arch of bullion over the mining exhibit owing to the difficulty in getting the bullion the matter of changing the dale of fiah day at the fair was considered briefly but nothing definite was done the day as now set la october 20 and seme of the commissioners thought t advisable to make the change to an earlier date it Is the intention to send in a fresh supply of utah fruit for that day and week and to have a big time in general so if the fruit will be ready before the date set there will probably be a change to an earlier date S P TO SETTLE ITS DAMAGE SUIT A report Is in circulation that the southern pacific company has agreed upon a basis of settlement in the many damage suits brought against it on account of the lives lost in the explosion at jacksons siding the company agrees to pay 1500 for a life and each to those who were injured but jarc still living two more cases were filed yesterday john kantos administrator of the estate of bouts louts asks tor 2000 for the dead greek and in the second case the same administrator wants corthe life of leonides Leon ldes maltezos the difference Is attributable to the fact that maltezos left a wife and four children the latter all under the age of ten years while nad not family |