The Lehi banner. [volume] (Lehi, Utah) 1891-1917, 1898-12-14
CURRENT TOPICS.
attention of Congress Ia Called to variou.
Incidents aud Contemplated LesisIa-
tions.

Alteration of Congress Ii Called to yar,op.
Incidents aud Contemplated Legi.la-
tions.
In this relation, / may be pernnItted
70 express my sense of the fitness of AN
International agreement whereby the
nteehange or messages over connect
ING cable may be regulated on n fair
basis or uniformity. The world has seen
the postal system developed from a
Congeries of Independent and exclusive
service into well ordered union. of
which all countries found the manifold
Dement'S. IL would be strange were the
nations not In time brought TO realize
that modern civilization which owes 40
much OF It's progress to the annihila-
tion OF space by the electric force, de-
mands that this all-dmportant means OF
communication, heritage of all peo-
pies. to be administered and regulated
In their common behalf. A step IN this
direction was taken the International
convention OF 1884. for the protection OF
submarine cables was signed, and the
day IL. / trust, not far distant when
this medium FOR the transmission OF
thought from land to land may be
brought within the domain of interna.
doQal concert as completely as in the
material carriage OF commerce. and cor
reSppndence upon the face of the wat
ers that divide them.
The claim OF Thomas Jefferson Page
against Argentina, which has been
pending many years, has been adjusted.
The sum awarded by the congress of
Argentina was S4,242.35.
The sympathy OF the American people
has Justly been offered TO the ruler ana
the people OF Austria HUE gary by rea-
son OF the affilcton that has lately be-
fallen them In the assassination OF the
empress queen OF that historic realm.
STRIKE RIOT.
on the 10th of September, 1897, a
conflict took place at Latimer. Penn.
between a body OF striking miners and
the sheriff OF Luzerne county and his
deputies. in which twenty-five miners
OF which ten OF the killed and twelve
OF the wounded were Austrian and
Hungarian subjects. This deplorab BILE
event naturally arounsed the solicltude
of the Austro- Hungarian government,
which. on the assumption that the kill
ing and wounding involved the untusti-
fable misuse OF authority claimed re-
paration for the sufferers. Apart from
the searching investigation, ana the
peremptory action OF the authorities OF
Pennsylvania the Federal executive
took appropriate steps to learn the
merits OF the case, In order 20 be IN
position 10 meet the urgent complaint
OF a friendly power The sheriff aud his
deputies, having been indicted for muir
der were tried and acquitted after pro-
eracted proceedings and the nearing ~
hu0dreds OF Witnesses on the a 9tue
that the killing was IN the line OF theif
ofilcfal duty 20 uphold laws 3ni preserve
public order IN the state. A represen-
taBlve OF the department. OF justice at
tended tho trials ana reported It's course
fully. with all the fac,s IN its possess
s-fss a 10 reach
q harmonious understanding on the
subject wsth that OF Austro- Hungary,
NOT wi thstanding the renewed calm OF
the latter after learning the resist OF
The trial for lndemmrty for It's in1ure"
subjects.