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Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-03-16

rock Is found the Greek cross. not be-
fore seen in any part OF the building.
Another cross-shaped tomb is found on
the north side, this one being on the
east. The two are similar though not
identical.
The buildings are on the four sides OF
a square or court which measures III
feet inches This Is nicely paved on
the bottom and up the sides TO the ter
race just below the doors Of the build
ings. The pavement seems TO
be as good today as the day
II was put down.
Entering the court from the
northeast we see on our right hand
the principal building. 1t Ia
on the north side OF the square. A
series OF steps leads 20 the door, or.
rather to the doors for there are three
openings to all the buildings The lin
tells. or stones above these doors are
very large and the visitor wonders by
what mechanical means they were car
ried from the quarry and placed In
their present position. They measure
10 feet IL inches long. feet inches
wide. and feet 10 inches deep, and
this Is approximately the measure Of
all the stones above the doors. The
reader can form some idea OF the i'm
mense weight Of such stones The
quarry Is FIVE or six miles away. and
the lift from the ground TO their pres
ent position about twenty feet, though
the door itself Is only about feet high.
Passing through the doorway we enter
long hall the full length OF
the square. and about twenty-five
feet wide containing six circular coll
umns of solid stone, II feet high above
the floor, and five feet In circumfer-
ence. The floor IL paved The walls are
plastered, or have been plastered. and
then whiiewashed where the plastering
remains Il Is shown TO be very hard
and but on with skill A dark passage
made OF hewn stone. leads from
this hall into room behind,
the most beautiful and richly
decorated OF all the rooms II IL
doubtless the holy OF HOLES. On its
four sides are four alcoves, all richly
carved or covered with beautiful mo-
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pEwET SAID TO BE INSANE.
Prisoners Who Have Lately Been
Released Declare He IL Mad

London, March l6.-A dispatch from
Bloemfontein says; Prisoners who
have lately been released by Gen De-
wet say they think he Is mailman
They aver that the terrible fatigues
he has undergone, his anxiety and the
intensity OF his feelings have unbai-
ance1 his mind. Apart from this view
of Gen. Dewet's mental state. some Of
his pecullarities are that he rarely
sleeps within the bounds OF his camp
He seeks rest outside with few trust
cd followers Thus the orderlies OF MS
subordinate commanders are frequent
" unable to find him to receive orders.
His secrecy is extreme. He absolutely
lmparts his plans to no one.
Gen. Dewet repudiates the peace ne
gotiations which are going on. He de-
clares openly to the men that no terms
except independence will satisfy him
recent utterance attributed to him
is that. after the British, he hated the
Transvaalers. The whereabouts or
Gen. Dewet during the last two or
three days is unknown, nor Is 1t known
whether President Steyn Is with him"
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Killed His Girls Father.

Shamokin, Pa, March 1G.--Constable
John schleif, aged 90 years, last night,
upbraided William Wagner, aged 20
years, because the latter paid attention
to Schlelfs lS-year-old daughter with
out his consent, and as a result Of the
quarrel Schle,f IL dead with bullet
through his hea t and Wagner was shot
In the left hand.
Young Wagner vas standing in the
dry goods store Of his father last night
when Schleif entered and began TO up
braid him. Both men grew excited and
finally the constable drew revolver
and pointed II at the young mans face
and the latter in trying to knock the
weapon out OF Schleifs hand caused
the revolver 20 be discharged, the bull
let striking Wagner In the hand Wag-
ner picked up the revolver and opened
fire on Schleif and the second shot
penetrated Schleifs heart and he fell,
dead Wagner gave himself up to the
police
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sale. The walls are In a good state OF
preservation and show better than any
where else the skin Of the workmen
The floor Is paved or cemented. over
both OF these rooms originally were
roofs Of hewn stone, but the stone was
taken for the building OF the Catholic
Church a few rods above.
Again entering the court we pass
70 the left and go by the opening Of the
under ground tunnel. Passing up some
steps we enter another long hall in
which there are two columns. Doubt
others originally stood In the room. but
they have been removed.
The room on the south as the one on
the east, Is completely In ruins, and
marked only by a large, long pile OF
debris The stones were taken for the
building OF the church.
WHO BUILT RUINS OF Militia?
Who built the ruins Of Militia? This
qestion has not yet been definitely set
tied. The builders we're mechanics In
every sense OF the word, and the people
were civilized and educated There
must have been schools In the days that
Militia flourished. and perhaps the SET
ence and the arts were sought after by
the young as they are today.
Senior Don Leopoldo Batres, the gov
eminent agent at the ruins. and him
self student OF archaeology, gives II
as his opinion that the ruins were built
and occupied for a long time by the
Toltecs Afterwards these were driven
out by the Zapotecs, who In turn were
destroyed or driven away by the Aztecs.
Others claim that the ruins were built
bv the Zapotecs. The last worship
known 90 have been celebrated was
about twenty-five years before Cortez
reached Che Mexican shores. There were
no Idols In Militia,
One more point OF interest and We
are through. The teocsle that We saw
10 the left proved TO be hill. a pyra.
mid covering half acre OF ground. and
built OF adobes laid In strong clay NOR
tar. The top has been leveled to per-
init the building OF the cha"ol o.
wise but little damage has been done,
except TO the flight OF stone steps Oh Ine
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plentiful. II is a land OF desolatlon,
and yet viewed from the ruins or from
the hill above the ruins the whole Is
picturesque in spite Of its desolation-
IN THE MIDST OF RUINS.
The little town contains no more than
three hundred people. and Is a typical
Indian village, with matched huts a
large plaza, and several long. low
houses, containing stoves. These last.
however are derived from the Span
ish idea. We admired very much two
large trees covering nearly half acre
OF ground with their copious shade,
standing, one at one end. the other at
the other OF the plaza. A few women
Were under shed near one OF the trees
selling fruit, meat and sugar cane.
Passing the plaza we went up n
street north for few rods. crossed a
small stream of water, and suddenly
found ourselves before the first OF a
series OF three ruins. on our left stands
chapel on what looked 10 be hill.
out what proved TO be teocale, or ar
tlhclal mound on which sacrifice was
made In front a quarter OF mile
iurther on. stands church. not only
quit on one OF the ruins but the ma
'trial composing its wall was the cholc-
esq hewn stones from the other ruins.
:, me three buildings are sim
i'ar In structure. and doubtless
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'Exobanpe Members suspended.

New York, March 16--The board Of
managers Of the New York Produce ex-
change has suspended about forty mem-
bers Of the exchange for on-payment
OF extra gratuity fund assessments.
The list OF members suspended includes
some Of the Oldest members on the floor
OF the exchange. Their suspension was
due To a refusal to pay the assessments
on the ground that the managers had
no right to Impose the assessments
pending the decision Of the courts as
TO the legality OF an amendment to the
exchange rule by which the former linn
4; Of fifty assessments a year can be
exceeded.
At the executive offices OF the ex,
change a list Of the members suspended
was refused on the ground that some OF
them may wish 10 pay and be re-
instated before the expiration OF the
two weeks allowed previous TO the post
ing of the names.
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dred thousand pesos In duty at Blue,
felds and Cubo Gracias Dlos-aIlu
four hundred thousand pesos in the
custom houses for imports into west
ern Nicaragua, or the importer must
pay 16 per cent more than the duties
on his Imports II he pays In the money
OF the country instead OF In bonds. Inc
bonds bear no interest, but viii be de-
livered by the government TO the pur-
chasers at par and sold by the latter
TO importers as required by the import
ors at premium OF 10 70 10 per cent
The money derived from the sale OF
these bonds Is TO be applied, so Presi-
dent zelaya declares, to the construc-
ton OF good wagon roads and railroads.
In Nicaragua.
President Igelesias OF Costa Rica has
sent TO President Zelaya Of Nicaragua,
a long telegram thanking him In most
expressive words for having notified
him Qgeslas) OF the escape OF Frederi-
co Morer and his armed associates from
the vigilance of Zelaya's frontier guards
and the invasion of Costa Rica IN an
effort 10 overthrow the present govern
ment Of that country, and also Tor the
capture of Zelaya's frontier guards Oh
Nicaragua. In his telegram lgeleslas
promises Internationally, TO reclpIo-
cate in kind hereafter and not TO per-
NIT any consDirators against the gov
ernment of Nicaragua to go from Costa
Rlca. He declares his earnest desire Tor
more cordial relations between his gov
eminent and that Of Zelaya than mas
existed heretofore. Zelaya responded by
A. T.. Mt ~
terms. promising TO continue IN MS en-,
forts TO increase friendly and trustfu
relations between his government ana
that of lgeleslas az well as between ms
government and Of each Of the central
American states
III Liberal the recognized organ OF
the government OF Nicaragua, III re-
cent editorial reviews the proceedings
and work Of the 'congreso )ufldlco III
its second meeting at san SaiVauol
City Salvador. which terminated re"
days ago as follows
(a) That its work will result IN tue
unihcation of the civilians OF the CEN
trail American states.
CD That II has greatly Increased the
harmony that has recently developer
between the governments by the ulc,a,
tor presidents OF each OF the Cehlrai
American states.
(c) That its work has succeeded III
a large mesaure toward having iree
OF duty or tax exchange between
those country Of the products OF eacn.,
(d) That II has opened an easy path
way and laid sure foundation for the
complete organization in Few years Oh
a Central American national union
The editorial declares that Preslueht
Zeleya Of Nicaragua Is heartily ana
enthusiastically In favor of the objects
that this "congreso juridico' has de-
veloped the end--a Central Amer<an
unIon--lt has had In view and that the
governments Of Guatemala. Hundoras'
Salvador and Costa Rica favor ma
tIonal union OF the Central American
countries.
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New York, March ia special to
the Times from Washington says; The
ARRANGEMENT by which the sultan of
Turkey was to pay his debts to the
United States under cover Of the pur-
chase OF a cruiser from the Cramps has
fallen through. The Cramps have not
begun work on the Turkish cruiser and
viii not do so. The prime cause OF
the failure of the device so ingeniously
contrived by the sultan was the shrewd
move OF Germany recorded in Euro
pean dispatches last December.
Germany was determined that If the
American claims We're paid, hers should
be paid as well. II was impossible to
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OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES u,nI u1nnnnnnI ulnnnnnrnrrrn

s,c, '.''','IOndence.
~ =. s. Mexico, Feb. l2.-An hours
] e a%'ainS' Feb, 5. brought US
s,,,.' I'VE town Of Militia. and a
b. r,,. '''tr We We're among the
\ '' Sa'. Here the valley runs IN.
p s,.. It Is the same valley
r. .v's' at San Francisco last
the same that we
j., 'ed past Eta. oaxa"a ' we we
|~a, w.. 0ends a little, for above
b. ne = southeast. while here :,
! ~ opp upper part is wen wa.
Nj, s soplons irrigation -. va
ga 'a'ny Is dry. Much Of
| ess,,p Produced, ana Sd'' ,sI but poor
F. town a sn snall stream pa sssn
b . poses, ana In tho W. ~, STOCK and
though i ,n irrigation, but st'r rn,
IN ~. y. crops, The mother mother earth
"a he S rss, are hieh and i' y sa On
4 " y They ars liver, and more
~ SI ,Is,ne No tre pss sao chiefly Of
/, sloas the "1 san few in the va val i@e
'''''' and ' cactus Of At, the .s stream.
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were identical In use. The
walls. or those now standing, are
from FIVE feet TO ten feet thick. built Of
loose, irregular stone laid In an abund-
ance OF clay mortar on the outside
and inside, except where they were
plastered with a hard finish superior
to any 7 have before seen, they were
covered with hewn stone laid up with
out mortar, so closely and exactly did
they fit together. Many large pannels
are still complete, separated OF by
large, well hewn stones, and filed In
with smaller stone In mosaic, forming
various figures. Millions OF little stones
hewn to exact ft are used in this mo-
sale work. The figures are simple, but
on the whole beautiful. Many OF these
walls are now In total ruins the outside
decorations. or finish being entirely
gone, while others are so perfect APP
parently as the day they were put up.
Time and the weather have done but
little towards their destruction. The
hands OF man. however, have laid many
OF them low. Just now the government
has stepped In, Is making repairs, and
by placing an officer empowered TO pro-
tect them. Is taking steps for their
preservation.
Mr.. Savlle. under the auspices of the
American Museum OF Antiquity. is
making the excavations. and a hundred
workmen are busy clearing out the de-
brls that has accumulated Recently
an underground tomb. In shape like
cross. has been discovered, or rather
rediscovered. for evidences were found
showing that the Spanish had been
there before. The entrance is in the
large court. a heavy stone blocked the
door which when removed, left the
passage clear. One descends. then as
cends few steps and finds himself in
the tomb. II Is shaped like a cross and
Is q feet each way. The ceiling Is about
seven feet above the floor and walls
about four feet apart. The whole Is
formed OF hewn stone beautifully
carved in different figures similar TO
those Of the Mosaic work outside. The
paint. or whitewash. II crumbling of
now, and In places the pencil marks Of
the carvers are plainly seen. on one
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SULTAN WILL NOT PAY INDEMNITY

assume that the American claims would
be paid for the sultan had so cleverly
eontrived the payment that he would be
able TO reply to Germany that he was
merely buying a warshp, and was not
paying any debts. Germany therefore
fanked the sultan by making her de-
mand, not for the payment Of an in
demnity, but for the payment OF a bill
owed to the krupp concern for amor
before he bought any more war ma
terial
This move of Germany, II Is now
learned. has been completely successful.
The sultan was able 20 pretend that
he was not going TO pay the American
indemnity but he could not pretend that
that he was not negotiating with he
Cramps for a ship The negotiations
with the Cramps therefore had to fall.
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Of US. The Mormons are above

idea OF us. The Morinons are, above
all things, loyal Americans
"As to plural marriages l wish as
much as possible 10 follow the advice
given me by the President Oh ny
church, He said to me, Don't talk
about that. The time Is past when Il
could be talked about, and the people
have given It up But | would Ike
10 say that, even in the old days, only
about 4 percent of the Mormons were OF
that order. At Provo, where i've,
Mad occasion the other day 10 count up
the number Of families that had prac-
tsed that institution, and there were
lust two out OF fourteen hundred.
would not have any one understand
me as opposed TO the doctrine In theory,
but our fellow citizens may be sure mat
as Mormonism began without polyga-
my, so Il can go on without polygamy,
now that we are sure that polygamy
is against the laws OF our country
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Burn Negro School House.

Chicago, March ia epecinl 10 t'e
Record from Corslcana, Tex, asys: A
negro school house al Corbet. eight
miles west OF Corslcana. has been
burned by incendiaries. The negroes In
that neighborhood were warned 10
leave in As hours. Several shots We're
fred into negro house. but none of
the occupants was Injured. The ne
groes fear a race war as a sequence
10 the recent burning OF John Henders.
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AS TO PLURAL MARRIAGES.
Mrs. Susie Young Gates Says Nor
monism Can Go On without IL.

New York, March l6,--Mrs Susie
Young Gates, OF Provo, Utah. daugh-
ter of Brigham Young, and herself a
Mormon. is visiting friends in this city.
She Is anxious TO have placed before
the public of this part OF the country
the true position OF the Latter-day
Saints In regard TO plural marriages.
1T is always so much easier" she
said. TO make ones observations Of
a community at In with ones prejudices
and preconceptions. That is why peo-
pie who go TO Utah get such an unfair
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-03-16
RUSSIANS And BRITISH ARE ANGRY

London. March ia dispatch re-
ceived here from Tien Tsin by Reuters
Telegram company, dated from that
city today at 800 p. M, says:
"The Russians are now intrenching
In the disputed territory, A company
of the Hongkong regiment, with fixed
bayonets, is in front, while two COM
panles of the Madras pioneers, under
the command of Mai. Johnson, are held
in reserve. Both the Russians and the
British are awaiting instructions from
their governments.
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A dispatch from Pekin says: THE
Russians at Ten Tsin took possession
of the railway siding and armed sem
tries are now guarding II.
Gen. Barrow, second in command Of
the British forces, hestates to act, APP
parently in the absence Of Gen. Case
lee, feeling sure that bloodshed would
ensue.
"ie had a long consultation today
with Sir Ernest Satow British minis
teri
"The Russians are jubllant. The
American military line has been sold
to @ private company"
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J. p. Morgan Makes a Donation

New York, March l6.--It IL announced
that Mr.. j. Pierpont Morgan has de-
noted 100000 towards defraylng the
debt OF 100000 owed by the city branch
OF the Young Mems Christian assocla-
ton. Mr. Morgan was q director In the
association for a number Of years and Is
well acquainted with It's affairs
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BRIGHT OUTLOOK
FOR BUSINESS,
All Departments Are Decidedly
Promising,
LABOR TROUBLES REMOTE.
Textile Markets Fail TO Respond 20
the General Confidence steel Mills
Are Much behind.

New York, March 15.-R. G. Dun &
Co.'s Weekly Review OF Trade tomor-
row will say: Improving wheat crop
reports, a pig iron production seldom
exceeded, strong cash prices for all iron
ana steel products that can be deliv-
cred heavy grain exports at good
prices, activity in minor industries.
and a money market that imposes no
hardship upon business, comprise the
bright side Of the picture OF the week.
Threatening labor troubles seem more
remote. The textile markets long
backward, have again failed to respond
70 the general confidence In commer-
cial circles. A slight recovery In cot
ton was not held and the goods mar
ket show decline in a month from
5Sl cents to 5h cents in standard
brown sheetings, 20 cents to 81 cents
in wide sheetlngs 5% cents to 55s cents
In brown drills and 5% cents to 5A
cents IL staple ginghams.
Steel mills are still much behind their
orders and contracts for Bessemer pig
for July delivery indicate that the ae-
tivlty is not considered temporary Yet
the wide difference in quotation be-
tween immediate and distant sales sug-
gests some fear that present high
prices cannot be maintained, While
the various pools and associations are
aN oil loo
ing nominal price lists, actual business
continues to be transacted at premiums
which are according to the urgency OF
purchasers.
Structural material IS still a feature,
and the rapid development Of newly
discovered oil fields Is creating an UNI
usual demand for plates, pipes and
drilling machinery. Steel rail contracts
have been increased and railways need
rolling stock. Pig iron production, ac-
cording to the Iron Age has Increased
TO 292 ,S99 tons weekly, which is about
5000 tons below the high record Of
Feb. /, 1900. Il is surprising to find. de-
spite an output at the rate OF over lb,-
900 900 tons annually that furnace
stocks decreased 2l,236 tons during
February, making the total 5S5,4i3 tons
on March l. against 76O,5Sl tons five
months ago.
Boot and shoe shops are well oecu-
pied. eastern factories having their fuli
capacity engaged. In some cases up to
Sept. /, and even the less fortunate
makers have contracts for some
months. Leather is active and well
sustained. Slight Improvements In
special lines of textiles are occasionally
noticed but prices are maintained with
difficulty.
Further declines are reported In
wool making a material fall since the
month opened At the last concessions
Boston holders exhibit an inclination to
refuse bids, and there Is more indca-
ton Of steadiness than previously this
season.
Prospects for q good winter wheat
yield are considered bright Official
reports Of supplies on the farms March
showed the expected loss compared
with last year. but a good gain over
recent years prior TO 1899.
Failures for the week were gOs In the
United States against 100 last year,
and thrty-three In Canada, against
twenty-three last year.
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says the government has authorized
the street railway companies In Cape
town TO prohibit colored persons from
riding in their cars in consequence Of
the plague.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-03-16
Question of Cremation in Quebec.

New York, March ia bill now be-
fore the quebec legislature authorize
ing the cremation OF bodies In the
Protestant cemetery OF Montreal Is now
under discussion. says MONTREAL
special 10 the Tribune The opposition
to the bill has been led by Dr. Guerln'
a member OF the government who sub
mitted that cremation being a pagan
burial custom, not approved by the &C.
clesiastical authorities Il can not De
permitted In a Christian land. He FUR
thermore contended that cremation
making exhumation and autopsy I'M
possible. would be used TO cover up
traces of crime. The Protestant mem
bers OF the legislature are supporting
the measure and a special dispatch
from Quebec So hat the olll Pss,n,
sage through the legislative assembly,
h now assured. In the last few years
A number Of bodies have been sent 20
the Boston crematory.
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Bank Clearings.

The following shows the total clear
ings for the United States and Canada
for the week ending March Is, 1901