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The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1897-01-22
A SPANISH BOAT DESTROYED
A Torpedo Successfully Ex-
= ploded by the Rebels.
,y Wen were Hiiled The Exact
taIitIes. However. nrc Unknown-
~ aish OmcisIa Exchange "warmr
words.

Havana, Jan. is.--.Ihough the iusu.
fnts have no navy, they do not hest.
tate, when the opportunity oHcta, 10
attack the Spanish warships The lat.
est Instance Of this Kind occurred vcs.
terday morning, when a Spanish gun.
boat was sunk BY means Of a torncdo.
aud many Of her crew Killed. \ de.
tachment Of rebels had made an At.
tack upon the forts at Guamo. some
distance up tho Cauto river. province
of Santiago de Cuba, and the Spanish
troops. fearing that they would not be
able to hold out, asked Tor assistance
from Manzanlllo on the coast. on Sat.
urday night the gunboats Centiuell and
Relapago left Manzanillo under or.
ders to ascend the river and protcc,
the forts. The commander OF the gun.
boats used all possible speed In running
up the coast TO the mouth Of the river,
but when they began to ascend the
stream they proceeded very cautiously,
suspeetlng that the rebels might have
planted torpedocs In the channel. All
went well until the gunboai. were op.
posltc a place called Mougo when. de.
spite all the precautions that had been
taken, the Relampago struck torpedo
Instantly there was terrific explosion
and masses Of water we're hurled to 4
great height. The hull Of the Relampa
30 was torn open and she at once began
TO sink. There was 40 time to lower
boat, and almost before the extent OF TN
disaster could be realized the vessel wen
down Those on board Of the ship VIII,
we're not injured jumped into the water
and made their way the best they coul,
In the direction of the Centlnell. A
soon ~ II was seen that the vessel wa
sinking the Centenell boats were sent I,
the rescue. The rebels appeared to b
In strong force along the banks Of tn
river, and when they saw the Spaniard
In the water they directed heavy rla
FIRE upon them The Cenicncll fred NJ
on the rebels, but as they could not b
seen, II Is not believed hat any sehou
losses were inflicted upon them.
When the Centenelrs boats attcmplc
to rescue the men struggling In IN
water the rebels fired upon them, b,
the Spanlards bravely persisted In the
, work OF rescue until all the men hu
, been taken from the water.
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1897-01-22
THE ORDER OF THE JUDGE
Hard Blow to the Sleuths OF
Scotland Yard.


London Isn. go Quite sensation
o,ufrgJ Goo Old Bailey this morning
when ne tti5l Of Edward Ivory, the
alleged jruami,cr came TO an abrupt
clo.c. thc olloitotgcucral announcing
that nu evidence had been shown Inn
nllratiug Ivory with buying explosives,
81, thc ca-c collapsed. The Judge or.
jcrci che jury Go find Ivory not guilty
and Dee was discharged. The sudden
collapse oftbc governments case cree
ated great sensation among the spec.
ui1rs.
Zoo iisehirging Ivory, Judge Hawkins
.aid to him keep no more doubtful
company. o. might bring you into grave
trouble Look 10 your future"
Inspector Melville, the chief Of Scot.
land Yard. police, instrumental In the
arrest of Ivory. was the first to eongrat.
ul1fe the defendant after his release.
Taking Ivory by the hand Inspector
Melville expressed the hope that the now
free men would lay 20 heart the warn.
ius given by the judge to keep out of
bad company m the future, to which
lvor, replied "You can bet your bot.
tom dollar WILL"
Ivory told reporter Of the United
Associated Presses that he was going to
Dublin aud ihcn TO America. lie said
Dee bad mot suffered during his eonfnc.
mcni though he had lost 50 pounds In
weight
Ncw York, Jan. 2o.--The news OF the
discharge Of Ivory came as a surprise
to ld .hmen here, for even The iris,
cner had looked upon the matter as a
utud.drled affair William Lyman
president of Che Irish National ALI
anes, who specially engaged John f
Mcintyre Goo the defense Ivory, when
seen ioday said
'rhr withdrawal Of the persecution
g. the biggest blow that Scotland Var,
ha. received The English public hai
now had Iu eyes opened and Il car
figure up Tor itself how many Of tn,
other unfortunate so.called dynamlter
who were convicted on pcdured testi
mout. aud were driven mad like DR.
| Gallagher and Whitehead were limo
nocent
~ Thought they would have rail
roadcd Ivory in order 10 make goo,
their preteuscs before M. English peo
ply They would have done 30, bu
they knew lyory's defense was ON
that could not be- gotten over
"Ihis 3, the fret time that any dc
Tense has ever been attempted by a
Irish. American arrested IN EnglanC
The policy has been To leave them I
their fate IN the belief that Il woul
be impossible to obtain justice fror
an English jury. am glad Of the r.
cult 40 o. will do a 10, OF good"
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1897-01-22

St. Paul MINI Jan. IA great storm
has been raging In Minnesota and the
Dakotas for the past as hours and>to.
uight the thermometer Is dropping one
degree an hour. The fall of the snow
has been very heavy, and the wind ha.
ragged furlously. No trains north and
west of ST. Paul are running on SEIZED
ule time.
No trains have been operated on the
Great Northern between Huron, $. ID.
and Benson, MINI, for two weeks. Al
northern Mlnnesota points report the
temperature form 10 to ~ below zero
The thermometer here registered 10 be
low at 1880 tonight, with prospects Of
growing much colder before morning.
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1897-01-22

New York, Jan. so.-A dIspa,el. to the
Sun from Havana says There are now
l,o63 cases OF smallpox in Havana. At
Guanajay, In Plnar del Rio, which has
only 10000 inhabitants, there are t67
cases Yellow fever and malaria are
also ravaging the country, and II may be
safely affirmed that the sanitary eondl-
tlon OF Cuba Is 4 far greater danger TO
the United States than the much feared
bubonie plague Of India. Cuba l. close
to our coasts, aud there ia daily eommu.
nleatlon between the Island and the
main land.
Al the end OF March the depressing
warm weather begins here, and then
diseases of contagious nature spread
very rapidly Cuba IA now focus Of
diseases, and may become source Of
danger to the whole world.
The smallpox was introduced here by
the 100000 soldiers from Spain.
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1897-01-22

quired from the Indians.
Mr. Cockrcll Dem. MOI opposed tr,
bill, arguing that Ct was pervctsiou 81
the principle Of the homestead lav. and
that Il was ln the interest of O. compare.
tive few as against q vast number oI
people who were unable io.ryl home.
stcads
Mr. Stewart Pop New argued Zoo
favor Of the bill After two huaI
speeches In support Of the bill by Mr
Carter REP, MONT and Mr. Petusrc&
the senate at 4 o'clock began 20 vote on
he bill. The amendments reported by
the committee were agreed 10, al.o an
amendment offered today 20 insert the
words. "Prior to the passage Of thls
act" after the words "public lands ac-
quircj."
The bill was passed Yeas, IS; nays.
u; a. follows
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1897-01-22
millions OF wears.

Have you any idea what wonderful
thing Kaleidoscope really ls' Did you
ever catch yourself wondering how
many different Kind of patterns could
be formed by the little bit, Of colorcd
glass which the instruments contains,
and which adjust themselves with such
remarkable facility when the insiru-
ment Is turned In the hand' a calcula.
ton has been made by a noted maihc.
matlclan which We are sure will aston
ish our readers. lie shows that kalcid.
oseopc containing twelve bits Of glass
may be easily turned rapidly enough
to make ten changes minute day aud
night for nlnety'one years and iorly
one days without exhausting the differ
cnt combinations or the possibilities OF
getting a new figure on the next turn
II the number of pieces Of glass be Co.,
creased to twenty, calculation show.
that s,Sso, s00,S76 years would be nee.
essary to go through all OF the changes
of which II would be capable, the hold
er of the instrument turning an do,
while so as 10 get ten changes a minul,
and working day and night those mil
lions of years.
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1897-01-22

Cheyenne, Jan 40. In the Wyoming
legislature today bills we're introduced
TO prevent the practice which has
grown into an abuse OF shipping cat.
tie az estrays without the consent Of
the owners, to increase the salary Of
the governor to $1,000 per annum. A
proposition TO print 1000 copies Of the
state constitution Tor general distrl-
button was voted down, Resolutions
declaring that the United States should
recognize the Independence Of Cuba
were vigorously debated and recon.
mit,ed to the committee on federal re-.
latlons.
The contest case Of Coleman vs.. Pick.
EFT was set Tor Monday next.
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1897-01-22

ST. Paul, Jan. 1o.--Representatlve TX.
nauus Donnelly introduced In the
house today a series OF resolutions.
which went over protesting against
the olney.Pauneeiote treaty. The res.
olutions declare that "the proposed
treaty Is simply proposition to refer
all our disputes to European mon.
arch, who necessarily can have no
sympathy with a country whose Tree
Institutions are a direct threat against
all forms Of royal government"
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1897-01-22

Havana, Jan. 77.--The eleventh ami.
versary OF the birth Of King Alfonso
will be celebrated on the 13rd Inst. Or.
ders have been received by Captain
General Weyler from the government
at Madrid TO review the cases Of the
political prisoners now In custody In
the Havana and Plnar del Rio prov
inees, and To grant a provisional release
to all those who are held upon charges
4 OF minor importance and are not con
rec,ed with the revolution In Cuba.
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1897-01-22

5000 miles BY these methods he re-.
ceivcd the means 10 make possible In.
diligence In his cherished hobby. In
the late COS he owned cold Abe" then
celebrated PAGER He purchased
Romero and Monroe Chief and the
great Director, 7i7'
For this horse he paid 100000. lie
secured John Goldsmith az driver and
made some OF the greatest campaigns
ever TO be told In track annals. After
giving dust to everything Co. California
Director was taken east to win new
laurels and for Salisbury greater riches.
when Salisbury built his track aud e..
tablishcd his training farm. he brought
out Direct, 3.osjf, Directum, Flylns lib,
l;o4, Alex, o5H the world. champion
troitlng mare Azotc, 1.ops, and many
Others OF less note. His string have won
In stakes and purse as high as $4,000
In a single season.
While he at time experienced losses
on the turf, u drains that have cmbar.
raised him were due largely to invest.
ments In Chicago realty lie became las
tcrcsted In a steamboat scheme on the
Potomac with pleasure ground attach.
ed. II Has a loser Now his chief re-
lance Is said to be the mines he ow n,
In Eldorado county aud In Utah. which
are rcputed to be Of much ptomi &c But
however they turn out, Salisbury's rae
ing days are believed to be over.
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1897-01-22

Omaha, Jan, I7.--Charles A. Kirk,
partner In the firm OF James $. Kirk &
Co, the big soap manufacturers Of Chi.
cago. died tonight at iols o'clock at the
Paxton hotel OF heart failure. lie had
been In the city since Friday, but had
made no complaint of lll.health I'LL yes.
terday afternoon, and although no ser
ious results were anticipated, yet his
personal friends kept close watch, al
they knew lhatMr. Kirk had heart weak.
ness, despite his rugged appearance, A,
8 o'clock, when they entered hi room
they found him unconscious. having
suffered an attack during the hour prev
ious. Every effort possible was made to
rcsuscitate the unconscious man by his
physicians aud with such hope of sue
cess that shortly after 1 o'clock one oil
them went to lunch, while the other be
gan preparing additional restoratives
Just a. the patient was about to revive
he suddenly collapsed and died at ious
without having regained consciousness
In Chicago Mr.. Kirk was known II
public life AZ an ex.park commissioner
lie was one Of the u members of Chic
OF Police Badenoch's stah at the time o
his death, and member of severa
prominent business aud social clubs
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1897-01-22

Washington, Jan. I0.-Represeniailve
Hull of Iowa, the chairman OF the
house committee on military affairs,
laid before the house today the report
of that committee on the bill to reor.
ganlze the line Of the army II shows
that successive generals OF the army
and secretaries Of war for IS years
have recommended that a new organ.
lzatlon be adoped for the infantry, 80
that a regiment shall be composed OF
u companies making three battalions
of four companies each, General Sher'
man. before his retirement from active
service, pointed out that the national
guard of the country would reorganize
on the same lines and that we should
then have throughout the country these
small, handy baitlllons of four COM
panies instead OF the larger and cum
bersome regiments of ten companies
bad tactical unit and In practice al
WAYS scattered The secretary OF wars
report Tor 1880 contains an earnest plea
for an increased force Of the enlisted
men as a result of this proposed reoi'
ganization, his argument being that
the strength Of the army should keep
pace with that Of population
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1897-01-22

The learned professor of the Paris
Museum of Natural History, Leon Vn.
liant, describes the diet OF serpent
more than twenty feet long, which has
been on exhibition at the Iardln dee
Plantes since the month Of August,
1855. Up to the end 1905 this rep
tile had eaten fifty times Tho larpesl
number Of times In one year that the
snake took food was In 1880, when he
ate seven times.
Nearly always the food consisted of
the flesh Of goats, old or young Thre,
times, however, the repast was compos
ed OF rabbits and once of goose The
feeding OF the serpent, which viii cal
nothing but what is alive offers an uu
common spectacle, and many person,
request to have notice Of the times
when the creature feeds, 80 as 10 wit.
ness the feeding. Yet the lightning
like rapldlty with which the reptil,
seiles lts prey produces a powerful i'm
preston.
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1897-01-22

Cleveland. Jan. i7..-At siJs this
evening the people Of Cleveland were
startled by an electrical storm, which
would have been unusual even In mid.
summer, but coming as II did. In mid.
winter. Il creating conformation, espec
ally among the supersusious, for the
Ightning was vivid and the thunder
loud aud unusually severe. This thun'
der storm In January was accompanied
by heavy rainfall, almost as heavy Al
the worst storm last summer. JUS
before the electrical storm, the atmos
phcre became so warm that Window
we're opened and ovcfcoats discarded
The cold wave signal Is now up anC
the promise Is made that 1t will be 81
degrees colder Monday morning.
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1897-01-22

Topeka Jan. ao.-Ex.congressman
w. a. 6. Harris was chosen United
States senator to succeed Senator w.
a, PETER by the PopulIst caucus to.
night on the eleventh ballot. PETER
was practically out Of the race long be.
fore the final ballot.
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1897-01-22

The bill reads.
"rhat all settlers under the homestead
laws Of the Unltcd States upon the pub.
lie lands acquired prior to the passage
of this act by the agreement of the var.
ious Indian tribes who have resided or
who shall hereafter reside upon the
tract entered In good faith for the period
required by existing law, shall be emit.
led to a patent for the land so entered,
upon the payment to the land ofliccrs OF
the usual and customary fees, and mo-
otheror further charge Of any Mind
whatsoever shall be required from such
settler TO cntltle him TO patent for the
land covered by his entry provided.
that the right to commute any such en-.
try and pay for such lands, In the option
Of any such settler and IN the time and
at the prices now fixed by existing law.
shall remain In full force and effect
"Provlled, however, that all sums Of
money 10 released, which n not rclcas.
ed would belong 10 any Indian tribe
shall be paid To such Indian tribe by the
United States"
A. soon ~ the homestead bill wir
ont OF the way Mr.. Morgan Dem, Ala.
moved to the consideration of senate
pill TO amend the act to incorporate the
Maratlme Canal company Of Nicaragua
Yeas, 81, nays, q; no quorum.
Mr. Morgan moved call of the sen
ate, but Mr.. I'M Dem. N. W remark
ed that II was too late to attempt to gel
quorum aud he moved an adjourn
menl until Monday next which wa
carried.
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1897-01-22

New York, Jan. E.--Aeoording to
Health Officer Doty there Is little cause
for fear that the bubonie plague may
reach New York.
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1897-01-22
FREE HOMESTEAD BILL.
Passes After a Very Warm
Debate.

tiers strong Plea Land should
g. Given Those who WIN occup,
it-The Dangers NJ seen By our
Torcfathers-The Vote In Detail.
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1897-01-22

A huge wine eask constructed
Paris in the year 1895 Is % feet high
and has capacity Of 1910 gallous'
Arkansas has a town named Credl''
Iowa one named What Cheer and FLOR
ida one called Hurrah
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1897-01-22

Hundreds OF people throughout the
region OF Pomona, Cali had their frat
experience Of snowballlng and romp-
ing In the snow on Sunday. The old
est inhabitants has no recollection OF
time when such abundant snow was 40
low on the mountains and foothills a.
at present In Pomona valley one has
to 90 but few miles up In the
canyons and foothills to reach snow.
banks that were never known there
before. They are fast melting, and
people 10 have taste Of winter after
some years In the semi-tropies have
been up In the mountains and canyons
for SNOWFALL battles and all manner OF
sports amid the fakes. old men and
women who have not telt Of snow In
thirty or forty years, since they came
to Southern California, had a glorious
time rolling and sporting In the snow
In San Antonio and San Diego
canyons, while hundreds OF people
rolled huge snowballs and built little
snowhouses, as they did in childhood
DAYS In more Northern ATTITUDES.
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1897-01-22

Edward s. Emerson OF Concord, son
OF Ralph Waldo Emerson, has been chic.
sen as poet for Phi Beta Kappa day a.
Harvard next Tune,
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1897-01-22

She-IIave you any poor relalion'f
He-None that know.
She-Many rich onest
He-None that know me-lit-b'ts'
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1897-01-22

The skull of Douglas, the famous Ute
chief, Is now used as paper weight by
an editor In a Colorado mining town.
The "Brashe SO gold piece" which
was struck at Newburg, N. Y, In 1885,
was the first upon which az Pluribus
Unum" appeared.
The moon rotates on It's axis In ex-
aetly the same period that It reyolYes
around the earth
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1897-01-22

New York, Jan. iS.--A bag contain.
ing SIS 600 In bills belonging to the Met.
ropolitan Traction company was stolen
from their collector George A. Wick.
ham, in front OF the Pacific bank on
Broadway, near Houston street. this
afternoon. The collector was In an ex.
press wagon. lie passed several bags
OF coin to his assistant, who carried
them into the bank for deposit. While
engaged with the coin one bag, con.
taining the $4,000 In bills, mysterlously
disappeared. The street was thronged
with people at the time, but no clue to
the thief has been found. wlekham has
been In the employ Of the company
seven years and is a brother of ex.
Mayor wiekham lie Is not sus-
pected,
Funnicus 81 tell you / find II pretty
hard work turning out a column Of Joke,
a day.
McCabe-Yesi there's no fun in It,
Philadelphia North American.
Mama-J Oh my, when you feel an
CRY, you should always counter befor,
you say anything.
Johpuy-Bpt It takes too long-Puek
The San Francisco call., 1897-12-09
Will COST M0.}E THhH 4 MILLION.
Colonel Suffers Estimate on Remov-
ing the f0cks from SCn
francisco Say.

WASHINGTON, Dec 8.-The Secretary
of War to-day transmitted 10 Congress
the report OF Colonel Charles r. Sutter,
Corps OF Engineers, on the result of sur
veys made in San Francisco Bay. Colonel
Suffer recommends an appropriation of
81, LOG, 800 for removing the ROCKS now OBJ
structing navigation in the bav. He fur
ther says if this work should be under
taken by the Government it would be
necessary to make contracts for the de-
siructiOn of each rock separately. He
asks that Congress appropriate the entire
amount asked for in the estimate. The
cost OF each rock he estimates separately
as follows: Anita rock, to give depth OF
30 feet, $3.50, 0S0; Arch rock. depth 80 feet,
500. .040; Shag rocks ~. $76 000(2). $50 $50;
Blossom rock, depth 80 ieet $92, 600; Mis-
sioa rock, depth 2j feet. $4,000; Sonome
rock, depth 25 feet, $40, 600; total, 81, ,1O6 800.
The San Francisco call., 1897-12-09
VANDERBILT MSU9ES HEAVILY
He Takes Cut a Foley on His Life
for One Million
Dollars.

NEW YORK, Dec. 6.--The largest life
insurance policy ever issued by any COM
pany in the world has been issued to
George w. Vanderbilt, who >ailed for Eu-
rope to-day. The policy is in straight
life. twenty-year class, and amounts to
$1,000 0G0. Vanderbilt is to pay an annual
premium OF $50 00J.
Until few years ago policy for $780,
GOO was considered the maximum amount
any company would write upon the life
of an individual In the last year or two
this sum has been in few cases doube
on lives OF healthy men whose financial
ability enabled them TO pay the necessary
premiums, but never before has the
amount OF single policy reached any
thing lik, the sum carried on the lite of
Vanderbilt.
Vanderbilt in his travels will visit
China, Japan and India, and in the last
named country he intends TO hunt b g
game, including tigers. Despite the fact
that In this pastime he will be subjected
to imminent peril, the insurance policy
contains no resir Ctive clauses.
The San Francisco call., 1897-12-09
THERE Will BE NO
ORNATE CARVINGS
Changes in the Plans of San
FranCiSCo'S Post
office.
Delay of Several Months In the
Work Because of New
Ideas.
Special Dispatch to TIE cAL1.

WASHINGTON, Dec. S.-Congressman
Loud is active in his laudable ambition 70
expedite the work on the new Postoffice
building at San Francisco.
He called at the Treasury Department
again to-day to urge that the advertise
ments tor bids for the work on the super
structure be published as soon as possible.
He was informed that there would be a
delay of several months in this work, for
the reason that the superintendent Of the
building, Roberts, has recommended that
granite be used for the entire structure, iu-
stead Of a combination of granite and
marble, as was at first intended. His
recommendation will be adopted.
This will necessitate a change in the
plans for the ornamentation OF the build
ing as designed at first was very elaborate
There were to be some ornate carvings,
but since granite is 10 b. used the carving
Will have TO be dispensed with, as granite
is too cOarse-grained to carve according TO
the plans. The ensem bic of the building
will not be changed. There will be no
material difference IN either the exterior
or interior. with the exception of the alb
scence of ornate carvings.