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JUDGE ANDERSON
On III. Question Of Citizenship 10
Southern Utsh.
A muRprRous INDIAN ~ JAIL.


kCOtcltnAu VIM Nv - .s..t. -.
Washington, created quite llt'le sen,
,ution Ia the district court lues1sy ~
la. manner la which ne helu wv
fudge s'level" In the ihtrrrogAuons
made by the latter ~ 70 stewart, ;
eligibility 10 be admitted 10 cluAen,
ship. After his honor had receiver
satisfactory answers la regard " lhs
ueriod OF tho applicants fcsidencc anu
his general statutory qualihcatonr,
the fudge suddenly cnquifcd " the
.nnlicnnt waa n Mormon. IterelN-
ins nm Affirmative answer. his honor
father ,nauifed II he was ~
ynoJ ,tan1lus, aud whether he
,aiJ tltblng or notg sir. steward re-
nIIed that he VIA In pretty fsif stand
ineD and had paid n little tuning ihsi
year, but none the two YEAR, pfior 70
That wherrupon tn judge declared
that, TO be a Mormon Ia good Summing
wa. a bar 10 admission 10 citikenshil''
Then followed quite an interesting COS
loauy between the c.uft anu ar.
Stewart, tho latter In rspr.tiul IAN
plare demanding TO know wherein ne,
a. a Mormon, willing 10 obey NIL laws
OF the United states, hnti-Ipiyghhiou-
and otherwise, wa unht 70 hecuhe sn
American cltizcug tn. Judge fepilru
that such men could not become soou
citizens, because In an Investigation
held some tim. ago before his nobor,
certain parties had tcstiii led that In Tn.
ceremonies VI the endowment hOuss
they had Administered an osth 10
mrmbera Of the Mormon Church who
werc raising through the "houee' To
the effect that thuy the nioretail fneiii-
hers. wouIi avunge tho split hiood OF
Juteph aud Hyniin smith upon the
United sslater, that, therefore, Ia u"
opinion Of his honor INVADERS OF the
Mormon Church were unit 10 become
citizens Of the United States. To this
Stewart replied that he had le"n
through the Temple" hut that no
oath u the description named had sv"r
been Administered or offered to him,
nor would he havrtaicn ", had II been
administered or offered; hut that II he
was admitted 70 citizenship he expect
eli TO observe the strict terms OF ,h.
oath Of admission aud TO obey the laws
Of his adopted country without any
exception whatever.
Judge Andcnon replied that not
withdrawing the applicants statement
he was still of the opinion that no
Mormon In "good standiugv should be
admitted 10 citiLenahip. Mr.. Stewart
then asked II h. was 10 iufur TINT II a
Mormon applicant for citizenship was
not In "good standing" ne regards his
church, II would be considered favor.
ably In the matter OF his application
for citizenship; TO which the Judge ro-
piled that he most certainly would.
The colloquy then ended aud the APP
pllcation for admission being denied,
Mr.. Stewart retired, subsequently two
Mormons, who testified thai they did
not pay their tithing and therefore did
not think that they were In good
standing In tho Church" were after
the usual interrogatIons admitted by
the court 10 the privilege Of citizen.
ship. Mr.. Stewart, who Il a bright
Hcotchman, q graduate, II In said, OF
Glasgow university, talked back 10 the
court In good shape and yet with all
tho respect duc 10 the tribunal Of law.
lIc expresses his determination TO re-
new his application before Chief Jus.
tlcc Zane In Salt Lake City, Judge
Zane having taken judicial cognizance
Of the Church manifesto In regard IL
the practice OF polygnmy, does not now
consider "membership In the Mormon
Church a bar 10 admission TO citizen.
ship.--Iiearer utonida.
A DANGEROUS INDIAN.
Sam Papguloh, the now notorious
brave Of the Indian village Of Wash
IN al a. a,
lodged In the county jail. While In q
Jealous NJ, few months ago, THU
ZANE Sam shot young squaw; wa
given hraring and released on fur
nishing bonds. Last Monday he and
tluarets Wangan, another brave
drank too much ginger and bitters
got firiousiy drunk aud made target
OF their brethren. A horse WINS sho
dead from one rider. The vlllager,
then turned out and riding round III,
desperadoc-, who kept up m incessan
fire In front aud over their rhoulders
Indian fashion, Ina dizzy circle, soof
closed In on Sam a Co., dlssrme,
them, placed them In ropes, and nov
the two lay here, bound over. SAM
friends wef. mad aud there were fear
Of a bloody conflict when the ofilcen
went 10 remove him. but the q.
moval was successfully accomplishe,
without serious trouble. - brigham
B1gier.
COLONIAL DAYS CRUELTY.
A correspondent OF the Reno Joirna
writes that the FLUTES near Lovulook
killed a squaw knoSn IA Carson Char
ley's wiiv last Thursday. They flrs
knocked her on tho head with hatche
and cut her throat. Then they cut tn
body In plecr, which they put la barle,
sacks aud carried of TO the maintain,
The Indians suspected the woman wa
Awitch, ami they accused her OF cnus
Ing sickness In the tribe. The r,latiy.
OF the sick having decided that Char
loy'swlfr hal brw lichcd them, butch
erred her IA described, In aceordanc
with the custom OF the tribe.
several Instances OF this character ar
known TO have taken place Ia Neyad
siice Us settlement by tho whites, bu
tue authorities rarely interfere. PEI
haps " the method adopted by the goy
ernor u Massachusetts In colonial Inv
10 prevent the hanging anu burning I
witches was introduced among n,
Indians II might have a bsnunri,
effect, II was To punish the accuse
nhl hccuser eXRctly alike. Make nj
indiah nnderalaud that II he accus.
another Of being witch, nud II HI
witch Is killed, he will suffer the AN
penalty, and such butchrrh's NJ that I
Lovelocks will oease. --Ogdea Comm,