B06 



UTAH. 



Prpdnfta. Notwithstanding increased n ' 



in mining' in certain | T 'he >tnte. there 



wm0 a material falling -iT '" th.- t.-ial \.ilue ,.f the 



- pn>ducv<l in lst7. Tin* - -oniined 



in silver and gold ; in lead and copp-r there was * 



det-ideil incrvax-. Tin- total value of tl input of 



th,- f,,r metals wa > .1. l"!Mi. and **.263.- 



tfilsonito deposits have attracted much att. n- 



ti..n ..f In- ' orer considerable territory in 



,'loM. extending lllt. Colo- 



rado. The report of tin- Tutted States Geological 



w hich vary 



fro tli t in thirkiie*. nd mated 



that their total contents will amount to :',. 7 44,528 

 



a MOM report quote* the pri- <>r this matarkU 

 in ( hirago at $40 to $50 a ton. It is a sort of as- 

 phalt uin. and is described as a black, tawy-lookina 

 .tin e "f most brilliant luster, normally of 

 homogeneous texture anl exceedingly 

 brittle. 



One of the nan of gil-onite i- tin- manufacture 



..f iinuiTnl |aint. It i- expect.-.! to afford complete 



"ins of ships again*! animals. 



a* it will make imjM.s-il.lr tin- boring into them by 



IBM - iiiurli expense f..r 



It is also an al*solutr nonconductor of 



elect p. 



The figures for tin- wheat cn.p of 1MKJ gave that 

 ..f Hah as valued at $ l .<.N Mi..V>2. representing ^808,- 

 75:1 bushels, raise.) .. lo:,.s<rj m 



1'idiaiis and Public Lands.- A table of rnil- 

 road feadi patented during th.- year in the moun- 

 tain State-. show* that tin- Central Pacific Company 

 received pat' nt- f<-r 285358 acn-s in I tali, ami th'- 

 riii.ui I'a-itic for 25 res. Three coal land 



patavta,6fnbradng :{-Vi a< -n- in t'tah. \vm- i u.-ii. 



..-.lull of vacant lands shows that I'lah has 

 9.8W.581 acres of Mirvcyc.l land, and 84^66,486 

 aore> un-urv.-y.-d. 



By the bill psjsed by Congress in .Tuno. all 

 on the rnc..nipahjfrp rewrvat ion will IM- thrown 

 open for ><-tt lenient except the mineral land>. tin- 

 title to which will remain in the Government. 

 DtO etT.-ci Aiiril 1. ls'.s. C,,inini>- 

 sioner -intrd to allot lands in severally to 



t In- Indian*. 



ml He Indians who were off their reserva- 

 tion with a lar^'e party, hunting game in northwest- 

 rn Colorado, urn- killed - wardens. 



The number killed was 2. or U. or s. accrdinu r ti 

 different n-|.rt<. ami s^isn.- iqoawt were woimaed 

 Much indignation \-. >-<l at what was re- 



ganie<l a* wanton killing, but an invent i-ation 

 mhit-h wn* .-nlennl reMilt-d in the vindication of 

 th.- wardens. 



Judicial Ita-itlon. In a ease of the settlement 

 of an estate, tin- Supreme Court decided in .lime 

 against the law of 1898 regarding the right of <-hil- 

 f i-'lyirnmouH marriages to itih.-rit. Ti 



fir.-n the ri^'ht t.. -hare in projM-rty 

 lared invalid. In-caiise iii 



vage the lxgislature assume.l , ju- 



|-wcrs,and al*ui becau e the? assumed the 



right U> require the <-otirt' r,| jud^ni. 



itnpeachablc that wen- unim|eachable under the 



laWlinfdrOS at the time the\ lered and 



''i-h vi-t. i-hed and evi- 



Ih. ^ inlrentennlal. Th. even- ,,f th. 



in the hi-tory of the State wa> the jubiler- in ..-!.- 

 brat ion of the UUath anniversary of the , n- 

 of the pioneers into the Salt Lako valley. J, 

 1847. An incident of the festiviti.- wa-' tli. 

 entation to the -un-ivor* of th- Mi who entered 

 at that time of gold badges, on which were por- 



nu Voiini:. Tin- week of jubilee 



i .July 20. The national color- \\civ raided on 



n the -p.-t \\hn-e the tir-t Ameriraii 



flag was raised 1-y the pi, -n. -.!> in 1 S I7. \:n,.n_: 



the in-ident> ,.f th'e celel.nii i--n wen rcliuiou- 



ad.lre.sx-s. and the reading of a m b\ 



\ \ . >!.. rmaii. the unveiling of a statue ..f 

 ham Vom.. If ..f childr.-n. 



nameiit. and prK-es- ng the it; 



and pr..gre-.H ,,f the Stai, . Striking features of the 

 pro.-, .il\ille arum corps, the 



marching Indians, -Jim ,,r :!(Mi in numliei. a beautiful 

 float representing the gulls and cricket-, the hand- 

 : locomotive ever -mi ..\. r the 



I in. !! I'a.-ltic Kailr<>ad. the (in d. -pal 't iiient. the 

 lir-t |( Q Salt Lake, a -ilkworm Moat, atel.-- 



phone tloat. and that with 27 girN n-|.r.-ent ing the 

 eolllllies. In the pi' ii t he la-t da\ 



-h"\\n s,.ine of the wagon- in which tin- lir-t 

 settlers arrived, and a representation of the original 

 pioneer train a- H lir-t entered the valley. Th- 

 "old sow" cannon, which wa- brought am the 

 plains. wa> in line. The p<.n\ -ailed 



forth great applause by their wild gallop through 



'reels accompanied by the tin 



A hall of relic- wa- Mtablithed. modeled after tin- 

 Parthenon. The attendanee of \i-it..i 

 mated at (M).OOO. 



Tolitical. At the Tr.m-.Mi i ippi Congress in 

 Salt Lake City. .lul> i:.. a re-olution declaring for 

 free and unlimited coinage of gold and sil, 

 the ratio of 16 to 1. and without the ro-operation 

 of any foreign government, wa- adopted by a \ote 

 14 tO 40. liesolutioii- w.-re adopted al-o favor- 

 ing the Nicaraguan Canal and Hawaiian ai, 

 lion, and the following: " /,' ><////. That it is the 

 - -n-e of i .-s that the Pacific lines should 



l... foicdo-.-d as they become due. and that the 

 nmeiit should a<l.pt such measures as will 

 s.-cure to the patrons of the Pacific Kailway the u-< 

 of -aid road- upon the payment of rates which \ill 

 a reasonable return upon the pre-.-nt value of the 

 road- inea-uivd liy the cost if reproduction." 



Much commeni was caused in Oetob.-r by a di^- 

 course of President Woodruff at a semiannual 

 Church conference at Salt Lake Cit\ . in which h.- 

 advised his hearers to lay a-ide party ties and vote 

 together as Mormon-. Following i- the report, in 

 part, from the - I>e-eivi New- 



" I prophecy, in the name of Israel's (bid. the dav 



has conic when the mouths of Wilford \VoodrulT. 



.re Q. Cannon. Joseph F. Smith and t he-.- 



twelve apostles, should Tlo| be closed becail-e of t he 



opinions of the children of men. Then- have been 

 feelings that these men holding high positions the 

 twelve apost !- and presidency --should say nothing 

 about politics. I want to -a\ to you h.-re. t he da\ 

 has come when (iod Almiglitv requires at 

 hands to unite together in your temporal bn- 

 and in your politics, -o far ;i- it i- ui-dom. I do 

 not care whether a man is a Republican OT I Meino- 

 crat. in that he is free; but it is your duty to unite 

 in electing goil men to govern and control V..IM- 

 .-it i.'s. your l<M-al affairs. : ,n,l I \ v jll state t hat when you 

 do not' do this \oii are losers of the ble in^- of 'Al- 

 mighty (iod. My mouth shall not be c|o-.<l upon 

 the-.- principles. 1 know it i- the duty of the Lat- 

 ter-day Saints to unite together in your local af- 

 fair-, the election of your city councils, the elec- 

 tion of men to act for you in the affair- of State. 

 I take the Iii President of the Church 



of .b-us Christ of Latt.T-day Saint-, of mak- 

 ing these remarks. No matter what the feel- 

 ings of men may lie toward me. I shall not stay in 

 this country very long. Mut I realize very well 

 that this people are groaning under pov.-rtv. under 

 affliction, under taxation, and in po-it ion- that they 



