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lenses. and amounts to nothing in
legal sense when gwen; it is only q
thing to be considered by the court and
its officers, and to be regarded By
them fayorably or otherwise, accord
ing as they may look upon the indivi-
dual making it. 1t furnishes no protec
ton to the party against future prosecu-
ton whenever it may please the vim
dictiye natures OF the officers
TO proceed again. Besides, there
is no man who has made
the promise, who could not under
one or another of the rulings that has
been made in these cases, be prosecuted
to a conviction to-day If it should
please the District Attorney to institute
proceedings against him.
1t is no more than fair 10 ask that
this inde6niteness be eliminated from
the law, and the statute made so plain
that all who wish to obey it can do so
in spite of the enmity of a District
Judge or the United States Attorney.
1t IS not asking too much to request
that the law be made so plain that a
man cannot be prosecuted and convicted
of unlawful cohabitation because be
helps a friend out of the country. We
do not think il unreasonable TO request
that the statute be put in such clear
terms as to preclude the possibility OF
sending a man up for unlawful cohab-
itaiion when he is doing all in the
power OF an honorable, humane gentle
man to satisfy the law and still be just
and honest with himself and those de-
pendent on him. 1t certainly
is not unreasonable to ask that the law
be such that it is possible for a man to
comply with it. despite the rulings of
a vindictive, prejudIced judge. or the
malice OF q cruel and soulless prose.u-
Tor.
II Congress will do this, will make
! plain law which can be understood by
The people and cannot be variously in
.erpreted and misinterpreted by the
courts. it will do an act of justice 10 a
prosecuted and maltreated
the members OF which |
'ould not to-day live IN strict harmony |
With the rulings under the Edmunds |
.ct. try as honestly and sincerely as
hey might.
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THE COURTS RESPONSIBLE.

The eastern press on the whole appear
deligh ed thai the Supreme Court threw
out the Snow case for want of ju,isdic
ton; and denied the point in Shows
defense that he was not living in poly
gamy since he lived only with his last
wife, and on the passage of the Ed
munds bill had ceased TO cohablt with
his other wives. The eastern critics
are forgetful Of the fact, however, that
Shows course is one that the Chief
Justice of Utah has indicated as being
one that could be followed with safety
under the Edmunds law He has held
substantially, on several occasions,
that il mattered not which wife a poly
gamist lived with so he lived with but
one. When Snow reduces that theory
to practice, however, the courts close in
on him and send him to the Penitenti-
airy. If the course of Snow is open TO
criticism then the courts in Utah must
share the censure with him, for he was
but doing what they had said he could
do with safety. The ways of Utah
Federal court are peculiar.
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A HUMANE GOVERNOR.

Governor McEnery, of Louisiana, in
his message to the Legislature last
week, said: 1.-The present mode of
executing criminals is revolving, bar
bsrous and inhuman. Modern science
certainly can provide a means of taking
life in a less cruel manner, and will
suggest that all condemned persons be
executed within,the limits Of the Peni-
Tertiary by means Of other appliances
than strangulation." Society has as
gumed and exercised good deal in as
sorting and maintaining the right to kill
people in any manner whatever,
and it makes itself vilely barbarous
when it does the killing in the
most cruel and offensive way
that it is possible for devilish cum
ming and monstrous hate to devise.
There are a good many things which
the civilization, the intelligence and the
humanity Of this age should cure, and
the mode Of executing criminals is one
of them. 1t is too much to expect that
society will be brave enough and be
enough softensd in its spirit of hate and
revenge, to think that it can get along
without killing, but it is not too
much to hope that one of these days
ofhciel executions viii be performed in
away 10 least offend the living, and to
be least brutal to the victims Cover \ or
AcEnery's Recommendation has been
suggested by feeling Of humanity, and
is based on good common sense Society
claims two purposes in the infiiction Of
capital punishment-frst, the pun
ishment Of the one assumed
TO be guilty of crime deserving death /;
and second, the holding up Of terrible
example to deter others from the COM
mission of the crime. As the execution
is the maximum Of all punishment that
can be inflicted, being in itself the most
horrible and deterrent to the mind of
the criminal, it is pure barbaric cruelty
70 do more than impose death, which
should be done in the least offensive and
least brutal manner. We hope Cover
nor AcEnery's recommendation will be
needed by the Legislature, and that in
one State at least there will be no more
of these disgusting and sickening pub
lie executions, which torture the dying
and shock the decent sensibilities of
the living.
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MAKE IT PLAIN.

1t is not too much to ask Congress to
define definitely the meaning OF the
term unlawful cohsbitation; TO say Just
what the man who wants to commit
the offense must do in order to establish
guilt. It is too much to leave it to the
Utah Judges and the District Attorney
-or perhaps it would be more appro-
pirate to say. to the District Attor-
ney-to say what the misdemeanor
shall consist. The history of the past
eighteen months has denominated the
cruelty, the downright wickedness of
giving it to the government prosecutor
to interpret the present crude and in
definite statute. OF all the cases that
have been tried. no two rulings have
been alike. OF all the prosecutions for
unlawful cohabitation the only cases
that have been similar in the &C
ton of the judges, are those
wherein the defendants have pleaded
guilty and maintained a dignihed sill
ence. However, the result Is the same
in all cases-six months imprisonment
and $500 fine. The unmistakable OBJ
feet of the courts is TO eItort from the
accused promise to obey the law,
whether or not the defendant has been
and is obeying it; and failure to get
the promise means the maximum
penalty allowed by the law. Now. the
law does not contemplate any promise !;
tits required in no other class of Of
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KATE MASHED"

A Washington dispatch to n New
York paper says: " Baron Zedwitz. the
new Secretary of the German Legation.
has come as near winning Kate Fields
heart as any man in Washington. He
is fine violinist, and from his chamber
across the street the soft, persuasive
strains of his instrument have fioated
in at the fair Kate's windows at Welck-
er's until she has been known to sigh
and exclaim, What a charming man he
must bel" 1t would occasion univer-
sal regret were the charming Kate TO
throw herself away on a fiddling sscre-
tary, when the world is full Of
lords, dukes, millionaires, states
men and newspaper editors who
are ready and willing to sacrifice
all for the privilege of basking IN the
smiles of the beauteous and talented
lady. Woman's nature. however, never
was and never will be understood. and
love has no control over itself. though
enjoys absolute sway over its victims. 1t
is not improbable that after being
courted and admired by the rich, the
handsome and the talented of two or
three generations, Kate Field has re-
served all her sweetness and excellence
for a common Dutch fiddler.
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SENATOR GIBSON, yesterday, intro
duced bill GREETINGS board of national
defense whose duty it will be TO put in
the best possible condition our coast
and inland defenses. "In time
of peace prepare for war" is
an old maxim, and the board of
national defense may be good thing.
but Gibson's plan for selecting the
board is as intricate as Gladstone's plan
of creating home rule for Ireland.
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STUDEBAKER BROS. MFG. co.
BUILDERS
Fine Carriages, BuggggieS dSpring Wagons.
FARM, FREIGHT, ORE TRAVELLING WAGONS

The MCCORMICK cos NEW STEEL BINDERS introduced here ~
conceded
of management "-- e~S
The COMBINED REAPERs DRoPPERs and
rebig
The WOODBURY. POWER land
LUX
BEND PLOW
ket until long after other ovdin hen OF
nd assuming the position of the leading Chilled
The WEIR SULKIES, HARROWs
breadth
needs and to be ihout - 49, 49,
full
machine
repairs without needless trouble
All ordering
We full
Coach Candles n Caring Har
STUDEBAKER BROS. MFG. Co.
Central Branch House,
CITY,
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"Ex-GovKRsoR ELI b. MURRAY, of
Utah, is well enough satisfied with that
Territory to make it his permanent
residence. Murray has long head;
with the destruction OF polygamy come
Statehood and Senatorships. Spring
field Republican.
w Cons
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TEE CONVICTION of Ez-Alderman
Jachne in New York, on Saturday, for
having solicited AID accepted a bride.
viii strike terror into the hearts of
ohicial corruptionists. Tweed has been
dead these many years, but tie spirit
which sent him to prison and FASTENED
his death still lives.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1886-05-18

The CANADIAN authorities keep on
capturing American fishing schooners.
This time the Sallie N. DOugherty Is
their prize. These repeated seizures
are calculated to complicate the fishery
question.
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Mr.. A. HIGGINS, of Wyoming, n
Y, says he had the Piles for nearly 40
years, and was cured by using Gilmore's
Pile Specific. For Sale at A. q. Smith
& Co.'s Drugstore. Z
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MISCELLANEOUS.
NOTICE.

To the StoethOEderso Of Grant, odeR & Company.
THERE WILL BE A SPECIAL MEETING
IL of the stockholders Of said company
held at the company's once in salt Lake
City at the hour OF $50 p N. on the third day
of June, 1886. for the purpose OF amendfns
and changing the said company's articles OF
Incorporation or agreement BY CT angling
the Company name: by increasing its cspi-
tai stock: by reducing the par value of the
shsres of said Company; by increasing the
lumber of the company's directors, by
changing the time Of its annual meeting; by
making the election of officers at the snnusl
meeting 10 be by those that shall be in at
tendance; By making The Secretary elective
from stockholders, also TO increase the COM
panys power 20 include manufacturing
II. J. GRANT,
sALI LAKE CITY. May IL, 1856.
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PROGRAMME

u N
l-Piano and String Quartz tie-"Pin-
Messrs. weihe. Pedeisen. Mcnson. Wet Ss'
gel and krorse.
2-vocal Selection-"Rose Marie" .Molloy
Miss Daisy Woods.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES ............... -
Mrs. Edith ClRwson Knowlton, Ms
vilate Young. Mr.. H. e. Whitney and
Mr.. J. u. Spencer.
4-vocal-"'Tis not true. Mattel
Mr. Vincent ScappaIura-
5-Recitation-Selected.. -. -
Prot. J. II. Paul.
S-Vocal-"Becouin Love Song .Pinshti
Mr.. 7. Z. Harper
Stirring. Piano and Organ - "Lul.
Messfs. weihe, Psderstn. Monson' Wet,
eel. Mcintyre aud KrOuse-
S-Duett-"Merry, oh, merry are xe'' Come
Mrs; Jos: siegel and Mrs JAG Leyiberg.
s-violin Solo-"Fantasis AppssSion-
ata"- ..-.....-....-......... rleuxtemps
Mr. W. Z. wsihe.
lO-Voca,-.'A Cry Of Love" s....... Ritoli
Miss Jennie haw .ey
-Sextette-'Eucia" ...-......... Donizetti
Mrs Jos. siegel, Mrs. lac. Leviberg,
nessrs. Harper. Madeira. Scappatura,
Bennett and Chorus.
To conclude with with the high-ciass ORA
matte Farce. entitled
TWO CAN PLAY AT THAT CAMEL
In which the following favorites will
appear:
MRS. T. d. KIEBALL,
Mr.. J. ID. SPESCER,
Nh II VI. WILLS
Tickets for sale at all the Drug Stores.
Union Ticket once. Tithing Qffice, and at
Box once on day Of Concert.
Special Rater for Pupils will be given at
the Box ONCE.
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TEE DAILY HERALD is published every
morning. Mondays ex' ep ed, At TIL
HERALD Book, corner West Temple aud
First South Streets salt LAKE City BIZ THE
H~RALD PRINTING AND PUBLTLHISG CoA
PAEY. Subscription price. $40 30 per an.
mum postage included: parts of the year
q. the same rate To week y subscri Oers
eoias,tions made by carriers IS cents a
week. 90
TIE SENI-WEEKLY HERALD Is published
every Wednesday and Saturday morning,
$50 year; SIX months. $40; postage in
cluded.
TIE WEEKLY HERALD Is published every
Thursday morning AZ 500 q rear; six
menths. $l.75, postage included
SUBSCRIBERS will C nfer fauor by forward.
Ing info nation to this Office VIII their
papers are not duly deliver, d This Will
81 atty aid US in our effoits 70 determine
where tn fault lies.
ALL Mail Communications intended for this
once should be addressed TO
THE HERALD,
Salt Lake City, Utah,
and not 10 individuals.
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CITATION,
THE STATE OF TEXAS,

LIE O1A1E Vt IEAAC,
To the Sheriff or any Constable Of Wasafags.
ton County-Greeting
You are hereby commanded to summon
Mrs. S. R. Gee, by making publication of
this citation for four consecutive weeks pre-
vious to the return day hereof, in some
newspaper published in your county, TO ap-
pear at the next regular term of the District
Court of Washington county, to be holden
at the court house thereof in the city OF
BRENNAN, on the
FIRST MONDAY IN SEPTEMBER, 1886.
the same being the sixth day of September
1886, then and there to answer a petition
fled in said court on the Goth day of July.
1886, in a suit numbered on the docket of
said court, $685.. wherein L, &. Gee is plain
tiff and 5. r. Gee is defendant. The nature
of plaintiffs demand is as follows: Plaintiff.
alleged, that he is now and has been, six:
months prior to the filing of suit, bona fidea
iDhdbitant of said county of Washington
and State of Texas, that on the 10Th April.
1893, he was legally married to defendant.
and that they lived and cohabited together
as husband and wife until June SOth 1888.
when defendant, without Just cause, and
againt the will and without the knowledge.
or consent of plaintiff, wrongfully abandoned
him. and has since lived separate rnd apart
from him for more than three years.
That defendants residence is unknown to-
him, and he prays for decree of DIVORCE
and for general and equitable relief.
Herein fail not, but have you then and.
there before said court, on the first day of
the next term thereof, on tO-wit: the 9Th
day of September, 1886, this writ, with your
return thereon, showing how you have ex-
ecutcd the same.
Witness, G. F. I;erbst, clerk of the district
court of Wa1nington county. Given under
my hard and the seal of said court, at office,
III the city of BRENNAN, this the 2Sth day OF
July, 1856. q. +. HEKBsT,
CLERK District Court, Washington County,
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N. o. Times-Democrat; Capt.
Mondragon, who is a Mexican Ran
ger, and enjoys the postical title OF
''judge of the cord" English, hang
MANI, who murdered Rasures, kill
ed another man Thursday. The
people on the border have lost
count of the names ofmen who have
been put away by this Mexican cap
tain, judge and executioner, who
seems to have been somewhat ap-
propriately named, but who could
very properly drop his first sylla-
bic. 1t seems to us that this peace
able and law-abidIng citizen is a
person to whom the Mexican gov
eminent should turn its attention.
The prompt and effective suppress
sion of Mondragon would change
the whole aspect of affairs on the
frontier, and may save great deal
of worry and perhaps bloodshed in
the future.
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H. RINCENER & BRO
DEALERS IN
DRY GOODS!
BOOTS, Shoes,
GENTS FURNISHING GOODS.
BRENNAN, TEXAS.
we also keeT on hand a full and complete
stock of Staple and Fancy
GROCERIES!
GROCERIES!
CITATION.
THE STATE OF TEXAS,

The STATE OF TEXAS,
To the Sheriff or any Constable of Washing
ton County-Greeting:
You are hereby commanded to summon
J. I. j. ORiOrdan, by making publication Of
this citation for four consecutive weeks pre-
vious to the return day hereof, in seine news
paper published in your county, to appear
at the next regular term of the District Court
OF Washington county, TO be holden at tho
corrt house thereof, in the city of BRENNAN,
on the
FIRST MONDAY IN SEPTEMBER, 1886,
the same being the sixth day of September,
1886, then and there to answer a petition
filed in said court on the 18th day Of July,
1886, in a suit numbered on the docket Of
said court $3.50, wherein Mildred 0'RiordaK
is plaintiff and j. T. J. O'Riordan is defend
ant. The nature of the plaintiffs demand is
as follows: Plaintiff alleges that plaintiff and
defendant have been bona fde residents Of
Washington county for the last ten years, and
were married in said county December z,
1876, and continued to live together as hus-
band and wife until the Sd or 4th day Of July,
1888, when defendant, without any cause,
abandoned and deserted her, and has con-
tinuOusly ever since remained away from her,
and contributed nothing to plaintiffs SUD
port, nor to her children, named Mary
Turner, aged 9 years; John Eldridge, aged 3
years. Plaintiff does not know the residence
nor whereabouts of defendant; plaintiff asks
for decree of divorce and custody of said
children, and for equitable general relief.
Herein fail not, but have you then and
there before SAID court, on the first day of the
next term thereof, on to.wit: the 9Th day Of
Sept. 1886, this writ, with your return
thereon, showing how You have executed
the same.
Witness, c. F. Herbst, clerk of the district
court of Washington county. Given under
my hand and the seal of said court, at office,
in the city of Brennan, this. the 18th day OF
July, 1886. CT. HERBST,
Clerk District Court, Washington County.
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The Boston Pilot has this TO say
about the friends and enemies of
home rule in Ireland: "The truth
is that the only Protestants in Ire
land who are opposed to home rule
on principle are the Episcopalians,
of which body the Orangemen are
the scrofulous limb. The Dissen-
ters of Ireland are, and always
have been, patriots. There are Al
$3.50 MethodIsts and 406,503 Pres
byterians in Ireland and amor
these are to be found TIE truest
Irishmen. 1t was from their body
came the Protestant patriots who
died Tor ireland, many of w1om
were hanged, drawn and quartered
Tone, the Sheares broth
ors, Bagenal Harvey, and the many
bravo Dissenting ministers who
went to the scafEold in 49,"
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Hebor Stone Il Bro, desire to
notify the public that they are fO&-
Iy prepared TO place Insurance of
life, fire, marine or accidents for
any amount wanted, and, also, dc
siro to say to farmers, that should
they desire TO insure their dwell
ingS, gins or barns, and arc I'M
able TO apply in person, they will
simply have TO notify us by mail,
and one of our solicitors to call on
them at once and take their ap-
pIication, thus saving them time
and expense.
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A regular term of this court was
held on Monday, August 0. Pres
ent, Judge Kirk, commissioners
Fielder and Blackburn, n. f.
Dcvcr, sheriff, and IL. NJ. Lewis,
county clerk.
Several reports were received
and approved.
Tax rolls compiled by Joe
Hoffman, tax assessor and showing
an increase of S12S, $50 wcro cX-
amined and approved.
Application of Sam Schlcnkcr,
tax collector, TO have statement in
tho errors in assessments, which
have been corrected by orders of
this court at various times, OK
amined and approved.
Report of Sam Schlcnkcr, tax
collector of the sale of property
for delinquent taxes; approved.
Claim of Joe Hoffman tor S727.-
Il commissions on property as
scsscd on the rolls of 1856, order
cd paid out of the first money col
lccted on said rolls.
1t was certified that Frank Kcif-
or is Of age and Of good moral
character, in order that he may
procure license to practice law.
The following bills were ordered
paid:
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Convention,

&. and o. Bulletins.
GALVESTON, August 10, l p. NJ
Convention convened at noon.
1:30 p.m.-Hon. Thomas X. Bon.
ncr, of Tyler, elected temporary
chairman.
2p. differentiation engaged in
appointing committees on crcdcn-
tialS, permanent organization and
platform.
p. m.-Convcntion adjourned
rtrt $50 4. m. tomorrow. Com
mittcc on credentials not selected.
6:O5 p. m.-BuIlctin should have
read: Adjourned till 0 o'clock to-
morrow morning. Committees on
credentials, organization and plat
form selected.
GALVESTON Aug. II, II m.-Com-
mittce not likely to report until
late this evening. Terrell has just
concluded an address, Hcrndon is
now addressing the convention.
1:3O p. m.-ConvcntIon adjourn
cd till $50 when candidates for
governor will speak thirty minutes
each.
6p. m.-Adjourncd until 0 p. m.
Ross, GiddIngs, Swain, Martin and
candidates for lieutenant governor
have been addressing the convon
ton. Committees not yet report
cd.
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A Boston young women at Cats
kill said to her brother, in the alb,
scnce of somebody else's brother,
"Thcre is an impressivcness akin to
soIcmnity identified with the pros
poet, Algernon, prompting the soul
to soar to heights hitherto imagin-
cd unattalncd-but whero are you
gong, AlgernonY' "Pm going for
Il doctor" "What for?" "Both of
New York Times.
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CITIZENS CALL.

To Lafayette Kirk, County judge; Sam
Schlcnkcr, tax collector; II. VI. Lewis, coun-
~ clerk; c. Minkwitz, treasurer; y. E
Devcr, sheriff; c. F. Hcrbst, district clerk
Joe Holman, tax assessor; Ben 5. Rogers,
county attorney; II. Il. Won Bicberstien,
surveyor.
We the undersigned citizens and tax-pay-
rrs of Washington county, believing that
the citizens of the county are satisfied with
the present administration OF county affairs,
and with the manner in which You have dis
charged your duties as officers, would re-
-pectfully ask each Of you, irrespective OF
politics, 10 again become candidates for the
offices respectively held by you:
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For COUNTY JUDGE.-In this is
sue will be found the announce
menL of Judge J. E. Gray as a can
didate for county judge. Judge
Gray seems to be running on his
merits. lie is one of our oldest
and best known citizens having
lived here since along in the forties.
lIo has for many years been a sue
cessful farmer and needs no intro
duction to the people of this coun-
ty. If elected he will mako a good
and painstaking official and will
guard carefully the interests Of the
county.
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HAS REsIGNED.-On Sunday last
Judge J. E. Shepard, postmaster
at this city, sent his resignation to
Washington. The judge gives as rea-
son for resigning that the office does
not pay. There will be no scarcity
of patriots who arc ready and will.
ing to sacrifice themselves by tax
ing the postmastershlp, and fol
anything the BANNER knows to the
contrary there may be a dozen ap-
plications for the position at this
very time.
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Jack Dempsey, The pugilist, was
married to Miss Maggie Brady, at
Portland, Ore, last Tuesday. Jack
announces his intention Of retiring
from tho ring permanently, and OF
gong into the hotel business. If
he rctires now he will have the
distinction of thirty-two victories
and 10 detoat to his credit. This
is u record enjoyed by no other re-
tired pugilist,