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Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-03-20

Zimmerman and Mr.. Chamberlain
thereupon withdrew the words amid
cheers
Mr. Chamberlain, proceeding, refer.
red TO the Beers who are nghting on
the British side, when John Dillon
Irish Nationalist interjected. "They
are traitors" on which MIR Chamber
lain retorted, "The honorable gentle
man is a good Judge Of trnitors"
A scene of great confusion ensued
When order was partially restored Mr.
Dillon demanded ruling on Mr. Cham
berlain's words
The speaker said:
AN honorable member spoke OF SOL
dlers serving under The British flag as
traitors. | deprecated the interruption,
and | deprecated the retort Of the 9TH.
or member"
Mr., Dillon then said: 81 viii Tell the
right honorable member that ne is a
damned liar"
A dead silence followed this remark.
Such unparliamentary language sewn
ed 70 stun the house.
The speaker invited Mr.. Dillon 10
withdraw the expression. but the lat
ter said 81 WIN not withdraw"
Then | must name you" said the
speaker.
The government leader, A. J. Bal
four then said
beg to move that Mr.. Dillon be
suspended from service In the house"
The motion was carried by 2iS 10 rs
votes. Mr.. Dillon, Immediately, by d.
roctlon of the speaker, left the house
amid wild Nationalist cheers, and Mr..
Chamberlain resumed his speech
Mr.. Dlllons suspension. under the
present rules, cannot exceed week.
His offense would have been much
more severely dealt with had the new
rules been In force.
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TO REPEAL THE
WAR REVENUE ACT.

but the commissioner OF Internal rev.
enue Is authorized TO adopt such reg
uIations as may be necessary to carry
the provision into effect.
The entire section Of the house -bili
relating to the collections Of taxes on
inheritance between now and July l.
when the provision will be repealed, Is
rewritten The changes relate only 10
minor details of the administration or
the law for the next three months.
The committee also recommends the
adoption of the following section:
THAT the repeal of existing laws on
notifications thereof embraced In this
act shall not affect any act done, or any
right accruing or accrued, or any suit
or proceeding had or commenced in any
civil cause before the said repeal or
notifications but all rights and LA
bilities under said laws shall continue,
aud may be enforced In the same man
ner as IL said repeal or notifications
had not been made Any offenses com
mitted and all penalties or forefeitures
or liabilities incurred prior 20 the pas
sage of this act under any statute en-
braced In or changed, modified or re-
pealed by this act may be prosecuted
or punished In the same manner and
with the same effect as II this act had
not been passed"
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HUSBAND DESTROYJ
MARRIAGE CERTIFICATE

Mrs. Emelne Christensen, a lady
about IS years Of age, applied at the
county clerks Office this morning for
a certified copy OF her marriage GER
tlhcate. which was issued to herself and
husband, James Christensen, on De-
cember %. 1901, and which she claims
he wilfully destroyed
Mrs Christensen lives in the rear OF
the Webster school building AMI mas
three children by a former husband.
She stated to q News" reporter that
she was married to Christensen on the
above date by Bishop Spiers OF the
Tenth ward, but that he had refused
to contribute anything 10 her support
and had only given her 50 cents last
month. She claims that he Is a drunk
ard. After destroying the license he
challenged her to prove that she was his
wife
A certified copy Of the marriage GER
tihcate was given her upon the recon-
mendatlon Of the clerk OF the board OF
county commissioners. 10 whom she
had applied for assistance in securing
the same. Christensen Is employed as
a aborer by the Consolidated Railway
and Power company and It Is the in
tenti0n OF Mrs. Christensen 10 use the
document IN inducing the company to
give her part OF her husbands wagH.
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JtN OTIJ RESUMED
HIS TESTIMONY.

Washington, March 20.-Gen. Otis to-
10y resumed his testimony before the
ps,,o 90 Fhlllppine committee, Senator
,o "sNlson continued his questioning
hoe le,etred to a letter dated Sept s,
,lSe auuiessed by Gen. Otis to Aguin-
gV,1as me commander general OF the
a"ippihe forces" In which he spoke OF
w sacrifices made by the revolution
irty." " Wv '"'e'es' vi CIVIL no
~ Ots declared that this related
'nslf dealings with the Spaniards.
~ admitted that before the United
Nv" 49, army arrived In Manila and be-
en,. uley took possession, the lnsur-
Nm uss uaa the Spaniards hemmed In in
la .d lie denied that he led Aglin-
49, ao 70 believe that the United states
.ou'u not assume sovereignty and gov
.annehtal control over the islands
! NJ what he meant by the statement
Alps s'ter that rather than see the
roF VI the United States navy con.
,r ~, 'he nayigable waters OF these ISL
srr,, ana tts army devastating their
,o,,,'.oly l greatly prefer 10 advise my
70. ineht not TO send any more
bs,Ps mere Gen Otis answered that
ran, vas his opinion because he ala moi
mn, 70 see any war. IL wanted. TO
br ,tugr oy peaceable means" said he
rs,e gave the impression that there
ere troops waiting"
" sa e. gus said, answering an Inquiry
nor SENATOR Hale that had the govern
now 'aken him az his word not 10 send
pole trOOps anarch,, ,.,c.,tS 49,,
honotu. throughout the island. He
.dsrsS mat his letter should. be con-
ns b bas was a period when was labor.
lara said he, TO keep the peace
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SENATE.

Washington, March 2O.--soon after
the senate convened today, Mr.. Aid
rich. chairman Of the committee on d.
nance. reported the bill to repeal war
revenue taxes. He gave notice that he
would call up the measure for consid-
Grafton tomorrow. Consideration then
was resumed of the bin for the protec-
ton Of the president OF the United
States
Mr.. RawlIns, utah, said he was not
In opposition TO the main results to be
accomplished by the pending bill, but
II fell short. IN his opinion, OF AFFORD
ing that complete protection 70 the
president which he ought to have.
Mr.. Mallory, (Fla.), said the proposed
legislation was most important. II was
novel and practically without precedent
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into the camp will be kent busy oarrv.
l,B III coal ana other materials Uniil
that Is done. however the ores. which
9re or a slllcious formation should he
handled by SAT- Lake smelters, which
need such ores"
When asked concerning the deyelop.
lnent work being done al present. Mir.
oddle stated that Ave shafts are now
pelnB driven, drifts from which WIN
cut the Mizpah ledge and several 9th.
er ledges running parallel to Il. About
~ tons daily OF ore containing from $50
up IN values Is being shipped. on the
Mispah dumps there is between 10000
and 10000 tons OF sllclous ores con.
tanning from $40 to $50 values awaiting
shipment.
Speaking Of other DEVELOPMENTS. Mr..
Oddie says that David Keith Is bnvlng
smart sunk ON property sltuaied liI
miles east of the main property and
expects to get the Mizpah ledge at
depth.
The salt Lake company a few days
ago struck a ledge and ia
looking fine Other companies
doing development work are the
Tonopah Tunnel the Gold Hill which
Is already q shipper the Ray.OBnen
company under 100000 bond TO O. A.
turner and others, Altogether between
500 ana 400 men are engaged In active
work ana the company Is being visit
ca by many experts aud mining men
Mr.. eddie win be In the city several
days before returning the camp.
Olher visitors here from TonOpah are
NJ. j OMeara and Col Brougher eac 4
OF whom cleared up nearly $3.50. GOV
from lenses on the Alizpah ledge.
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blockaded area which were sent back
to the coast 10 care for the business OF
the trains sent from ST. Paul and
caught By the drifts.
The Great Northern was unable TO
clear It's through line yesterday, but
through traffic was resumed today
when three flyers arrived close to-
gether. The blockade lasted IA
hours the longest interruption Of traf-
ilc the system has ever experienced.
Although put to great expense to
clear the tracks and suffering heavy
losses in traffic. the railroad officials
were much pleased with the heavy snow
fall because Il gives needed moisture
TO the Dakota wheat fields. This fact
also seemed 10 please the new settlers.
over 1900 of whom passed through the
ST. Paul gateway TO their new homes
within the past g hours most OF them
coming from Indiana, Michigan. Ohio,
Illinois, Pennsylvania. Kansas and
Missouri.
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G, petersburg, March 2O.-The Official
Messenger in publishing today the
Franco Russian declaration relative 10
tbe Anglo-Japanese convention ae-
companies It with an official statement
as follows;
oThe lmerplal government received
with the most perfect calm the an
MANAGEMENT Of the Anglo-Japanese
agreement. The principles which have
euded Russian policy since the be-
ginning Of the disturbances in China
romain and will remain invarlable,
Russia insists on the maintenance Of
the Independence and integrity of
China, a friendly neighboring country
"a well as that of Corea. Russia de-
sIres the preservation Of the status quo
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TROOP DRILL.
One Held Last Night Had Many Iuter'
ested Spectators.

Last evenings saber drill by Troop A,
was one OF the most interesting events
In the history OF the local national
guard, and was watched by quite a
crowd OF spectators. Ii being the first
Of the kind, only few evolutons were
gone through with, but the boys took
hold with an encouraging yigor, and It
is believed they viii soon master the
entire number " movements, a gym
nasium horse" has been sent for. and
thorough drill will be had with this in
terestIng apparatus when Il comes.
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PETITION TO Be
SEVERED FROM CITY

Charles Glllmor and twelve other
property owners living west Of the Jor'
dan river flied a petition In the district
court this morning against Salt Lake
city, asking that about 1900 acres OF
land lying northwest Of the city be dis
connected and severed from said city.
The land lies west Of the Jordan river,
and petitioners state that It Is from
three 10 five miles from any regularly
laid out and improved street and that
they receive no municipal benefit from
their taxes. That they have no police
protection no street or sidewalk facil-
tiles, no lights, sewer or water accom-
mOdatlons,
Petitioners allego that the land Is
used for farming aud grazing purposes
and that Justice aud equity require that
the same be disconnected.
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General Miles,
Resignation.
Informs Senate Committee on Mftsrg affairs If the Haw-
ley BIN for Organizing General Staff Becomes Law
WouidDechine TO Longer hold MIS- Commission

to the home Of Secy. Long, where the
news was confirmed. Shofter was then
AT Tampa and ! sat down down there,
IN the seCertary's house, and wrote a
dispatch directing him To start lmme-
dlately for Santiago with the result
thal the army was soon on It's way to
the point whore It's presence was need.
cd suppose he added. exhibiting the
message. which he had sent 10 Gen.,
Shaftcr II had been compelled to get
around 20 a dozen or more majors as
many colonies and any number of gem
erals constituting a general starr
POINTS OUT OBJECTIONS.
Then he added that in all probability
the senior general Of the army would
not. under the provision he had quoted,
have been In a position TO do anything
and he called attention TO the clause re-
lleNlng him Uhe senior generaD, OF
command. and making 1t possible for
any other officer TO be appointed, lie
declared that under section II would
be competent one day ~ promote
D captain to the position Of brigadier
and the next day make him chief Of
STAFF. thus practically placing cap
tin al the head Of the army Warming
up somewhat. he asserted that the bill
was calculated to accomplish no pur-
pose except to allow the secretary Of
war and The adjutant- general to pro-
mote the Interests Of their personal ia
vortes.
REASON FOR SELECTING TAMPA.
Gen Miles was questioned as TO
the reasons for locating the America
army Of occupation az Tampa and hold
ing 80 long with the resulting c0nges-
ton Replying to the first question, he
said Il was because Of the order 10 oc-
oupy Havana. The delay WAS due to the
fact that the American army was sup
piled with only "a rounds % at1Inuni-
ton which would not have been auili.
cient for mare than half an hour Of
fighting Confldering that HgAlna was
one Of the best fortified cities In the
world. he said that 60 have attacked 1t
would have been foolhardy In the ex-
IRENE. He declined. however, TO crlti-
else the then secretary Of war Gen,
Alger for the condition OF affairs, say
Ing that probably anyone else in tie
position would have done about what
he did. He '-id the blame for this con
dillon Of unpreparedness al the door OF
Congress
COULD NOW NAME FAVORlTES
In the course OF his remarks Gen,
Miles told the committee that with the
hllla law he could now name the men
who would hold the places Of honor
provided under II but the committee did
not ask for the names,
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-03-20
INSURANCE SUIT
AGAINST WOOOMEN
Action Brought to Collect $4,000
From Death Benefit Fund.
POLICY WAS DESTROYED.
Upon Motion OF Defendant Brother
hoods Attorney the Caseis Ordered
Removed 60 Circuit Court.

Upon motion Of defendants attorney,
the case of Sarah l, Goodwin VS. the
Head Camp, Pacific jurisdiction,
Woodmen Of the World, was this morn
ing ordered removed to the United
states circuit court by Judge Morse.
The grounds for removal were that
the suit was between citizens Of differ
ent states and the amount involved was
over $1,000. The action was brought
TO collect $4,000 on the death benefit
policy Of plaintiffs husband, the policy
was destroyed and hence the clerk Of
the local camp refused to pay the
claim.
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Russia's Policy
In The ORIENT
pyincipks Which Haze Guided Her in China in The Past
win be c4dhered To- Desires HE Independence Of
The Celestial Kingdom and Cona-c4ppsoveS c4ng0-
JapaneSe Conueufon

and general peace In the far east by the
construction Of the great Siberian road,
together with It's branch line through
ManchurIa, towards a port always Ice
free. Russia aids In the extension In
these regions Of the commerce and In
dustry of the whole world Would II
be to her interest to put forward obsta
cles at the present timer The nten-
ton expressed by Great Britain and ia
pan to attain those same objects, which
have invariably been pursued by the
Russian government, can meet with
nothing but sympathy in Russia, In
spite Of the comments In ceNlin pollti-
cal spheres and in some Of the foreign
newspapers. which endeay0r to present
In quite different light the lmpassiye
attitude of the imperial government
towards a diplomatic act, which, In us
eye, does not change In any way the
general situation on the political hor'
lion"
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TRAFFIC RESUMED,
Lines In the Northwest are Clear of
The Snow Drifts.

st. Paul, March 20.--Business on the
three transcontnental lines which
cross the state Of North Dakota has
about resumed under normal conditions,
now that nearly a full week has passed
since the beginning Of the great March
blizzard although a few minor branch
lines remain to be- cleared OF snow,
The 500 line was less affected and got
noon. The Northern Pacihc's block
ade lasted for lSl hours and the first
train from the Pacific coast 20 arrive
In ST. Paul since Friday OF last week
came In at $3.50 this morning Six
eastbound limited trains were caught
In the drifts. Two Of them were an
nulled and the equipment was used in
making w the trains west OF the
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-03-20

Washington, d. c., March 2O,-Sena-
tor Warren introduced bill authoriz-
ing the resurvey Of certain lands In
Wyoming,
Congressman Sutherland had receiv-
ed a telegram from the mayor and Mr.
Driver, president of the city council Of
Ogden stating that the citizens OF Og,
den held a mass meeting and decided
to donate site for public building In
that city. MIR Sutherland appeared be-
fore the committee on public buildings
and grounds this morning and made
statement Of what had been done by the
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-03-20
CHOIR LEAVES SAN FRANCISCO
After Five DAYS Tight eeRg and Pleasure the Fingers Jtart
For JtaRford University, Where Concert is to
Be Given Tonight.

return trip will be commenced The
final concert Of the journey viii take
place at Sacramento on Saturday night.
All being well the party will arrive
home on Monday morning at s o'clock.
Prof. Stephens Is busy settling ac-
counts today and Prof j. j. Mcclellan
has lust returned from Mt Tamalpias,
where he piloted private party last
night over what is said to be the crook
edest railroad in the world.
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TROUBLE OVER LUMBER,

Remhart Jacobson was tried In Judge
Dlehrs court this morning ON the
charge OF stealing some lumber from
one Fred Roberts. Two witnesses were
examined, who testified that they saw
Jacobson load the lumber on wagon
and haul II away.
Jacobson testified that all that he took
away he purchased, and that Roberts
held a mortgage on the property, He
admitted. however, that be took some
things that he had not purchased. The
court held that properly the case was
civil action and not larceny, and he
gave the prosecution until tomorrow at
10 o'clock to submit authorities.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-03-20
CITY COURT CASES.
Hearing of John Menzles Set for Sat'
urday Morning.

Two criminal cases were set for pre-
limlnary hearing by Judge Dieh this
morning
The first was that OF August Miller,
charged with house breaking. His case
was set for tomorrow morning at 10
o'clock,
John Menzies, the G5-year-od man
charged with committing rape upon
two little girls, viii have hearing SAT-
urday morning at 10 o'clock. He will
be defended by Attorney ], NJ. Hamil-
ton
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KNIGHT OF PYTHIAr JUBILEE.

Chicago, March 2O,-Nearly every in
coming train brought members of the
order Of Knights Of Pythias TO Chicago
today, whore grand jubilee will be
given tonight Uniformed detaohments
were to be seen on nearly every stree,
marching to their headquarters The
hosts are the lodges Of Illinois, Indiana,
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-03-20
Lady Rodney Gets a Divorce,

London, March 20.-Lady Rodney. "a
daughter Of Baron Wlnborn and a cou-
sin Of the Duke OF Marlborough. was
granted a divorce today from her hus-
band, the seventh Baron Rodney,
on the grounds OF cruelty and inhdelity.
The plaintiff testified 10 her husbands
violence. On one occasion he struck
her In the eye with his olenched fist,
and she thersupon left him.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-03-20
NEW KNITTING COMPANY

The J, f. Sherlock Knitting company
has sold out to the Salt Lake Knitting
Works for sll,OOO and the latter are
now In possession Of the business The
president Of the Salt Lake company Is
j, A, Hendrickson; president Jos.
eph F. Smith secretary, j. K. smith
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j. O. Nystrnm,s Anneni.

The transcript on appeal in the case
of Salt Lake city VS. j. o. Nysuom.
city recorder was filed with the clerk
Of the district court this morning. Mr..
Nystrom was fined $50 by Judge Diehl
for contempt Of court, In using the seal
Of the city court on documents after the
judge had ordered him not to do so. Mr..
Nystrom appealed the case TO the dis
trlct court whore It viii be fought out
before a Jury
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FITZJCIMMONS WILL ACCEPT

tain conditions, Billy Delaney, Jeffries'
manager, said
II do not believe Fitzslmmons in
tends TO fight. | will not believe that
he intends to fight until he Is in Cali
fornia and bound up so he cannot
crawl / have not heard from Jeffries
vet regarding that dispatch, but know
he will be delighted and grab AT any
terms towards a meeting ! don't know
whether the Los Angeles club will con-
sent to suggestions from Fitzslmmons
or not but | do know that they are
serious and good sporting men and Will
do anything fair and within reason on
their part"
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in the history OF the country. He said
there was no doubt Of the power OF
Congress to provide protection for
federal officers, but he held that the
punishment should not be inflicted ex-
cept when II was established that the
offense was committed against the
president or other officials only when
he was In the performance Of his duty
as such officer.
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Crew May Have Persisted.

New York, March 20-An unknown
barge stranded near Brldgehampton
on the south shore of Long Island last
night and went to pieces. The Cox sta
tion saving crew went TO the
wrecked vessel this morning, but could
find no signs OF life there. II is feared
ali those on board have been lost.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-03-20
THE OGDEN PUBLIC BUILDING
Representative Sutherland Has Received Telegram From the
Mayor and President Of CITY Council Of Ogden Stating
Citizens Had, in Mass reetng Decided TO DonateaSie

citizens OF Ogden. He has received as
suranoes that the bill viii be fayorably
reported by the committee, The senate
has already passed the bill of Senator
Rawllns providing for this building
PENSIONS.
a pension has been granted to Mary
Clark ogden. IS. An increase has b~e'p
granted Harry G, Sessions, otto, Wye,
So
POsTMAsTERs,
Idaho postmasters appointed Steele
Nezperces county, r. II. steele, Vice
Octavia McEwen, resigned Willola
Nezperces county, VIM. Evans, vice j
d, Stevens, resigned
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New York, March 20,--Noah Davis,
formerly q Justice OF the supreme court
OF this state, died at his home here to-
day Of old age He presided at the trials
OF William NJ Tweed for official mall
feasance ana OF r. s. Stokes FOR the
Fisk murder. lie also served one term
In Congress. being elected as a Repub-
llcan Justice Davis was born at Hay-
erhlll, n. H., I'm 1878.
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New York. March 2O--Replylng to
'elegrams from the Century Athletic
',uo OF Los Angeles, Cal, Robert Fitz-
summons today wired the club that he
would accept their bid provided they
guaranteed the contestants s25,OOO and
WIN certain other stipulations concern.
"s complimentary tickets and prices.
BILLY DELANEY's COMMENT.
oakland Cal, March 2O.-when
'"Own Fitzsimmons statement that he
"oalu night in Los Angeles under GER
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directors, Thomas Huh, Joseph Nelson.
Martin Chrstopherson; Manager, c.
H. Thorstensen The capital stock IL
$4,000 In 500 shares. The company
win expend several thousand dollars in
improvements, which win include an
addition To- the Main street establish
ment for the placing Of additional ma
chinery.