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MORMONDOM.



SALT LAKE, February This morning
raids were made by Deputy Marshal's on
the residence Of George @. Cannon, one OF
the leading Mormons. and ex-Delegate to
Congress. His supposed latest polygamous
wife who dodged service heretofore, and
other witnesses were subpenied to appear
before the grand jury. United States Dis
trict Attorney Dickson offers O reward of
$500 for the capture OF Cannon.
The Territorial Supreme Court has sus.
tained on appeal the conviction of Apostle
Lorenzo Snow in the First District Court,
for unlawful co-habitation. The Court re-
cites that Snow in Nauvoo ILLEGALLY
first married two women at one
time, the ceremony being null and
void, he then married successfully
seven other women, all OF whom he sup
ports and holds out to the world as his
wives. This WAS shown by the testimony,
while at the same tim" he dwells regularly
with one Minnie. his latest polygamOus
wife, who has three months old baby.
The court says this is one of the most ia
grant cases OF polygamy in the Territory,
and no error WAS made in convicting the
Apostle.
The court also sustains the conviction of
Brigham Hampton OF a conspiracy to
esta blish houses of ill.fame, and lure
thither Gentiles and watch their opera
tiOns. 1t says "a wicked and disgraceful
conspiracy had been disclosed and must be
condemned by all.
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Destruction of ~ Sy nag que.

New YORK. February 6.-The new synn-
.. ,y,,e nf the cnngrrya ton ri Rai-.Jrrushun,
on Madison avenue. near SixtN-fiffh street, !,
caught fire from an 'verh-i,ted furnace IN
the cellar. at 9n'clock this morning th"
b..ur when the doors were opened - admit
the congregation for sabbath services
r .bhi DR.. Henry s. Jacobs. while p"'ti"s
on his robes. discovered the fire. and 80
quick WAS it's progress that the sacred
scrolls in the ark had to he abind"ned t"
their fate. A general alarm cailed out the
entire ayaila bl force of tiremen, and the
fire was quickly extingnished. 1t did
S5. 900 damage t" the building ard furni-
ture Some of the valua BILE records II the
congregation (which is the second Oldest in
New York, and only last spr'ng moved up
town from it's old temple on West Thirty
fourth street,) were lost. Had the fire
occurred half an hour later disastrous
L,st ,,f life must have resulted, IA the church
was filled with smoke in an instant.
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ATTEMPTED SUICIDE.
One of Mollie di Murska's Boarders
Plucked from the Verge.

About 1 O'Clock this morning it became
an open secret that in the bagnio OF Mol
lie di Murska, on Wyoming street, a woman
was hoveving on the verge Of the great be-
yond, and that her condition was attrib-
utable to laudanum administered by her
own hand with suicidal intent. Applica-
tion for admission to the house was
sternly refused however, and reporters,
policemen and other curious persons who
desired to obtain some details Of the affair
were compelled to depend upon indirect
hearsay for their information. The front
door of the maisOn was guarded by no
less formidable u parsonage than the Di
Murska herself, and the discourteous
hauteur with which she treated all appli-
cants for admission was extremely crush
ing. But the MINER is gratiied to inform
it's numerous readers that despite the Di
Murska's efforts it continues to print all
the news and is enabled to present full,
true and particular account OF the at
tempted suicide.
The woman who desired to depart via
the laudanum express sails under the.cogno.
men of Irene Denny. She is fat, fair and
forty, and when she arrived here, short
time since, announced to her sisters in
shame that she was the wife and bore
the name Of a base-ballist Of some noto-
AACCy LII tA0 CtCy Ny UHc WcsCeEA Scsd Ou0
was not long in Butte, however, until she
found herself violently snitten by the
charms Of the male person who handles the
ribbons of the Di Murska equipage. She
showered affection upon him, but as he
was married man he failed to
reciprocate in kind. Then she
became despondent and finally concluded
that life without the coachman was not
worth living. Last night she swallowed q
carload Of laudanum, retired to her apart
ment, lay down on her bed and awaited
the grim monster. One of the
frail inmates Of the house, girl
named Lillie--ventured in the room and
found Irene in q seemingly comatose con-
dition, and the atmosphere laden with the
fumes of laudanum. Lille screamed and
rushed from the room, and when she re-
turned with assistance, moment later,
found the bed vacant, the window nPen
SGnnd the laudanum-loaded Irene mea ndI}SUs,ns
With some difficulty the semi crazed wo.
MAJ. was returned to her couch, and the
work of counteracting the effect OF the
deadly drug commenced. The usual rerne-
dies-incIuding castigation with de-
tached door-paneI-were --resorted to.
and continued until the patient was pro-
nounced beyond all danger OF immediate
dissolution. AS the MINER goes to press
Irene is resting easily.
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Cold w. ather in M xicO.

CITY OF Mexico, (via Galveston,) Feb
ruarv 6.-Unusually cold weather prevails
in the valley of Mexico. Owing to a
cyclone in the upper strata of the atmos-
phere, according to the Government
meteorological report the cold is not felt on
the coast nearly as severely in proportion
as here ON the table land. Several poor
per-ons have died from exposure. The
crop reports, however, are satisfactory,
and the prices OF food products are ruling
1nwoP
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The COniqlle.

There will be no performance this evening
by the Comique company, but from and
after Tomorrow (Monday) evening
there will be regular entertainments
given, but it is not definitely
known whether the Amphitheater or Rem
shaw Hall viii! be secured. Last night it was
definitely agreed to build an immense iron
structure on the old site, and it will be
pushed as rapidly as the material can he
procured from Chicago and San Francisco.
This course has been adopted owing to the
scarcity OF brick in this vicinity.
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Food Fish.

SAN FRANCISCO, February 6.--Mr. Charles
r. Buckland, acting resident agent of the
New .aland Government here, received b
telegram to-day from the United States
Fisheries Commissioner at Worthwhile, Mich
igan. stating that 100000 white fish
eggs were shipped from there yesterday to
Sir julius Vngrl, the Postmaster General at
New ZEALAND for propogatio in. the waters
If that colony. The eggs will be repacked
here and forwarded by the steamer Ala
,neda' ON the 9th inst.
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The BoycOtIcd Mallory Line.

GALVESTON, February S.-A special to
the News from Dallas says: The merchants
here have been visited by committee o;
knights Of Labor who explained to them
the cause of the boycott against the
Mallory Steamship company and requested
them to withdraw their patronage from
that line. The Committee received from Il
majority OF the merchants assurances of
support and sympathy and expressions OF
belief that their cause. for complaint was
lust and deserving of support.
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Socialism in Germany.

BERLIN, February 6.-The Zurich Social
Democrat declares that despite the anti
Socialist laws, the minor state OF siege in
augurated, and the incessant persecution
cf it's German comrades, the propaganda
is most prosperous, and that all the papers
which are suppressed by the Government
soon reappear elsewhere. 1t says that the
increasing depression in trade is chiefly felt
by the workinglnen, and that this fact as
sists the spread of Socialistic doctrines.
The smaller tradesmen, it adds, are also
suffering, while the large manufacturing
companies dTc pay In5 "a. -..s-- az ...-
cent
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THE SEALS OF OFFICE
Delivered to Premier Gladstone
and His Cabinet.
SALISBURY HOOETD.
Other News From the European
Centers-0erman Socialists Hope
.ifhl-Doings in France.

LONDON, February 6.-The members OF
the late Ministry left London for Osborne
at $50 this morning to deliver up the
seals ofofi.e to the Queen, and the MEM
bers of Mr.. Gladstone's cabinet proceeded
to Osborne at 1870 to receive them from
Her Majesty. The House OF Commons
to-day ordered writs to be issued for the
reelection of those members who have
been appointed to office since the House
was Last in session. The House has ad-
iourned until the 18th inst.
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A Point Of Law.

San FRANcl- Co, february Elm the
ha bcas corpus case of Eli Frank who was
arrested on a r-q,,isitinn from the CO. er-
nor nf illinois on the charge Of having
pml,-zz'Yd $4,000 in Chicago from his
brothers. Judge Tookey to-day decided
that the prisoner ha been illegally arrested
4 ID, ordered his release. The decision wa
ba S.d IN tn. Tact that the original indict-
mpnt against Frank was forwarded to
Coy ernnr Stoneman instead OF a copy an
required by the art of Congress.
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Wraneline Over Cable Rates.

New YORK, February Sat the annual
meeting of the shareholders of the Anglo.
American Cable Company to-day, it was
reported that the receipts for 1885 had
been reduced f93, ,926 pounds by the cutting
of rates and the comp -tition OF the Mackay-
Bennett Company. The Chairman OF the
Anglo American Company predicted that
there would soon be an increase in the cable
tariff. he declared that if the Mackay-
Bennett people declined to be Influenced by
the reasons in favor OF higher tolls, q war
in rates would be inevitable.
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Hudson Bay Railroad.

WINNIPEG, February 6.-Curant & Nc
c1ellan. railway contractors now here,
ha 70 made an offer tn the directors OF the
Hudson Bay Railway Company to con-
strnct this road. The figures are much less
nar mile than the estima tes Of the engineers.
Pree;dent Sutherland telegraphed the offer
~ the British capitalists and to day re-
cs;ved a reply tc have the contract signed
Rn;ldine operations will be begun. it is be.
i;eved. in the spring at the north end OF
Lake Winnipeg.
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Who Is Boss?

CINCINNATI, February 6.-Mayor Smith
has sent y communication to E Twin Hud
son, the Superin endent OF Police, saving
that for INSTRUMENTATION in refusing to re-
port yesterday for orders. as directed, he
has been suspended from the office OF
Superintendent of Police. This brings to
crisis the conflict bet the Mayor and
the Police Commissioners, as the latter
refuse to recognize the validity of the Gov
ernor's action in removing them from
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Picked Up at Sea.

New York, February 6.-The steamer
William Burbett," which arrived here
yesterday from Rio Janeiro, reports that
on February l, in latitude 81. 3O-long,-
tude IS, SO. she picked up ships boat
containing the crew of the American brig
"Annie L. White" from Rio Janeiro for
New York, which had foundered the pre-.
.etling day. The rescued men consisted OF
Capt. White and Mr. Walsh, a passenger,
two officers and seven seamen, eleven in
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Given Up for Lost.

GLousrER, Mass, February 6.-The
schooner Maud NJ. Storey, carrying crew
of fourteen men. engaged on the grand
bank halibut fishery has not been spoken
since December IA and has been given up as
lost.
HALIFAX N, s.. February 1.-THE
Dominion Government steamer Gansdowne
which left here for Sable Island seven days
apo it is feared has been lost.
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House..

The Speaker laid before the House a mes.
sage from the President transmitting re-
sponse to the Secretary OF the Interior to
the House resolution calling for copies of
anv contract or lease between the Southern
Pacific Railroad Company or any other land
grant road. also copies of the charters of
the Southern Pacific and OF any contract
between the Pacific Steamship Company
any land grant company referred to.
The House at 1880 went into u COM
mittee Of the whole On the State Calendar.
Th Committee remained in session until
$40 p. M, when it rose and reported va
rious bills to the House, leaving the Fits
John Porter bill standing at the head of
the calendar.
On motion of Mr.. Laird, OF Nebraska,
resolution was adopted, making the Fits
John Porter bill continuing special order
from Thursday, the 18th inst, until Thurs
day, the 18th inst, including night ses-
sion on Tuesday.
The House thon adjourned until Monday.
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Publicly lnRult<d.

LONDON. February 6.-Lord Salisbury
and the other members of the retiring Min
istry were hooted at Portsmouth to-day
while returning from Osborne, whittier they
had gone to deliver the seals of office to
the Queen. Mr.. Gladstone is rusticating
at Tentmore, seat OF the Earl OF Rose
berry.
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Senator Miller Better.

WASHINGTON, February 6.-The opera
ton of paracentisis thoracis. an exceed
ingly delicate operation in surgery, was
successfully performed on Senator Miller,
OF California, last evening. A large guam
tity of fluid was drawn from the
cavity of the pleura giving the Senator
great relief and his condition is much i'm
proved to-day.
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Their duties shall be to investigate the
alcoholic liquor traffic it's relations to reve
nue. and taxatiop and it's general economic,
criminal, moral and scientific aspects in
connection with psuperism, crimes, public
health and the general welfare of the peo-
pie; to inquire and take testimony as to the
political results OF license and prohibitory
legislation for the prevention of intemper-
ance in the several States and to report
the results of their investigations to the
President, to be by him transmitted to Con-
gress. It appropriates $40, 900 for the ex-
penses of the investigation.
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Missing BallOnists.

PARIS, February 6.-The report that the
seronauts, Girod and Renaud had been
rescued turns out to be untrue. They are
still missing. The Hovas News Agency is
still endeavoring to obtain information as
to their whereabouts. The men ascended
in the balloon from Brest, January 27,
and were blown out to sea.
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Lorillard's Will.

New YORK, February 6.-The will OF
George l.. Lorillard the famous turfman,
who died at Nice, / rance. several DAYS ago,
was filed for probate to-day. By its pro-
visions James Kennedy, OF Islip, London,
former employe of the deceased, is left
S., 1000, and all the residue Of his estate is
given to his widow.
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Death OF q GOud CIiiza

Houston, Texas, February 7.-Abraham
Groesback, a pioneer and leading citizen
here. died yesterday, aged II years. The
deceased was one Of the projectors OF the
Houston & Texas Central railroad, and at
one time was Vice President of that Com.
pany. He amassed large fortune, but OF
late years he suffered losses aggregating
several hundred thousand dollars. The
city OF Groesback, in this State was named
in his honor. He was foremost in nearly
all large enterprises projected in this city.
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Saucy Servia.

VIENNA, February 6.-The cool and eva
sive reply of Servia to the joint note OF
the Powers requesting her to disarm, in
which she simply acknowledged the receipt
of the note and said she would think about
it, is to-day explained by statement that
just before sending the reply Servia had
received from Greece q confidential tele-
gram of an important character. u It is sur
missed that Greece offered to join Servia in
resisting the demand to disarm, as it is
known that previous to the receipt of the
dispatch Servia had drafted reply very
different from the curt note subsequently
sent.
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Murderer Arrested.

PARIS, February 6.-The supposed MUIR
derer of Mr.. B"rrome. the Prefect OF the De-
partment of Euro, who was killed in a
railway carriage compartment while return
ing to Evenx from Paris with 81 900 in his
packets. January IA, has been arrested.
When the train started from Paris, the
man asked the guard if Barrome was
aboard, and when answered in the afirma.
tive, purchased ticket, and went on the
same train. A man answering this per-
sons description left the train at Nantes
Sur Seine before the murder was discovered.
The person taken into custody has been
identified by the employees on the railway
as the man who alighted at Nantes.
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Pasaanxer RaAlraad War.

CHICAGO, February 6.-The rate cutting
contest has taken a wider sweep than was
at first supposed. By applying the $3.50
reduction ON second-class tickets between
Chicago and the Missouri River, the Cali
fnrnia emigrant rates are cut from $52.
SAT. and second-clAss fare to Denver is
lowered from $31 to $26. Arbitrator Will
son, Of the Chicago, st. Louis 4 Missouri
River Passenger Association, has author
ised all roads in the pool to meet the cut.
A number OF irat-class tickets have crept
into the brokers' hands to-day. but not
enough to amount to o demoEaliSation.
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Now YORK C8pIJnI.

New YORK, February 6.-The weekly
bank statement shows reserve decrease
of 81, ,143, 900. The banks now hold $780,
$1,000 in excess of all requirements.
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All Hands Lost.

Sr. JOHN, N. B., February 1.-THE British
schooner miller and Woodman," from
New York for st. John, before reported
over due, has been given up for lost. 1t is
supposed the vessel founderel with all
hands in the gale OF January 2. Three OF
the crew leave large families in st. ohm.
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New Yonk, Feb -uary 6:-The exports Of
.,.s.;s ~" from this port during the past week
Tsrs spss, ,eio. 1896. To Europe; s1s5 es5 s.d Sill
ver. C ard 81 IS. .aes gold: To Hayan:. s26l..
xao Ia cold. and 81, 500 silver. The imports
vers 087, ,736.
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Bad for Politicians .

ODEsso, February GA revolution is
fermenting in Turkish Armenia; the jails
in the city of Van are filled with political
prisoners. and an extraordinary number OF
arrests are being made every day.
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PARIS, February 6.-The Chamber OF
Deputies. by vote of 347 to 116, has re-
iected the proposition OF the Radicals to
extend amnesty to political offenders.
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40Atent ed 10 ID ath.

MADRID. February THE police to-day
suppressed meeting Of Confederate Re.
publicans because one OF the speakers re-
ierred to the monarchy as being insecure.
Two OF the leaders OF the recent revolu-
tio1 in Carthagena have been sentenced
to death and another to ten years i'm.
prisonment.
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TUCSON, A. T.. February 4.-With refer
ence to the recent killing of Captain Craw-
ford by Mexican troops. the Star says: 1t
can be shown to the satisfaction OF any
Congressional committee that trade has
been constantly kept up between the Mex
leans and hostile Apaches while every OBJ
stacle has been putin the path of the Amer
lean commands sent into Mexico in pursuit
nf renegades. Whenever possible the Of
ficers were arrested and thrown into prison.
Among these were Lieut.. Mcdonald of the
Fourth Cavalry, and Lieut.. Elliott OF the
Tenth Cavalry. They were kept under
qua ri until the approach of large forces of
American troops frightened the Mexlcans
int" liberating them. From the most re.
liable information there is not the least
doubt that the murder of Capt. Crawford
was premeditated.
A MEXICAN EXPLANATION.
Ell PAso, Texas, February 4.-The re-
port of the commanding officer of the Mex
leans who attacked CrawfOrd's command
has been published in Estado de Chihuahua,
a newspaper, which reached here to-day.
It states that on the l 1th inst. the Mexi-
cans coml,atted with good many tame
and wild Indians. propably 200, led by
foreign United States) officers, and over
20 soldiers. Four Mexicans are reported
killed and four wounded. The report also
states 'they displayed not sign OF le-
gality, as was evinced as much by their
strategy as by the animals which they
had and which I hold to prove were
stolen" The report was dated from
Dolores mining camp, January 20, and
signed Santa Anna Perez. 1t is believed
the animals referred to in the report are
those captured from the Indians, and
which the latter had probably stolen.
TIL WAR DEPARTMENT TALKS.
WASHINGTON. February At is believed
ut the War Department that the killing of
Capt. Crawford by Mexican troops was
the result of accident. and that the Mexi-
cans fired on his command der the
impression that they were hostiles. The
statement that the United States had
stock in their possession ut the time OF the
attack which had been stolen in the vicinity
is exp'aired by Lieut.. Mans report-tLat
they had just captured it from the hostile
Indians. 1t is explained that Capt. Craw-
ford was unable to show the identity of his
coruman nd at the outset of the firing by the
Mexicans because of his ignorance OF the
nature Of the attack and the general denor-
alization which it aused.
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WASHINGTON, February 5.-Senor Ro-
nero, the Mexican Minister at Washing
ton. has received from the Governor
Of the State Of Chihuahua, Mex
leo. an official report of the unfortunate
encounter which the Mexican forces had
With the United Sta es troops commanded
by Captain Crawford at the Mountains Of
Bavis, Chihuahua, on the l1th ult. It is
stated in the report that the Mexican force
commanded by Major Maurice Correlor,
arrived on that day at q place called
Tiopar in the sierra OF Bavis, where they
knew that the Apache Indians had
resorted under the leadership Oi Geronimo.
The Mexicans fired on the United states
troops in the belief that they were hostil-s.
In the fight which ensued Major Maurice
Corredor, First Lieutenant Juan de la
Cruz, and privates Marian Madid and Lu
Estrada were killed and four ntI er soldiers
wounded that as soon rs the Mexican
troops found out that they were firing on
United States soldiers they stopped firing
and expressed to the latter their regret at
the losses occs stoned to both commands.
The report gives rs an excuse
for the above mistake the difficulty of dis
renegade Indians from scouts,
and says that while the latter generally
behave themselves VIII N in camp and under
view "f their "ffi.e,s. when they get out,
under pretext oi hunting or looking for
hostile Indians or Others, they Sometimes
commit great drpredati,ns on peaceful in
habitants Of the frontier, and cannot
readily be distinguished from hostile In-
dians.
1t WAS reported from Mexico that the
scouts killed and wounded on December II
ii considerable number Of cattle and horses
belonging to MrxicAns, and that on D-ceIn-
ber %, while they were III camp at place
distant about a mile from Guasabas.
Sonora, seven scouts entered the village
and committed great Omtragrs and
the Mayor was forced t" ask
for an armed force to bring them to
order and one nf the scouts w"s wounded.
The same Indians killed two men who were
leading mules loaded with goods which were
stolen from the scouts. 1t il also reported
that these Mexicans were attacked by the
scouts on January 8, on the road that
leads from Nacosari to Cumpas. The
Mexicans succeeded in escaping, but their
lonkeys, their cargo and pack saddles
were captured.