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I ME HOUR MINER.
H JAS. T. JAKEMAN, Mnt'r.
H MERCUR. UTAH.
H V.-.n ii .i .
UTAH STATE NEWS.
H Morgan la to hnvo an electric light
H system.
H There are 300 acres of fruit trees In-
M nldc thu city limits or Salt Lako City.
M Ogdon'o exhibit at tlio St. Louis
B fair will ho shipped about February 1.
JBJ
BH The sonato lias passed a bill crcat
H Ing a port or delivery at Salt Lako
B Tlio house of Atnos Bradley at Mo
H ro nl was damaged by flro to tho
B nmount of 700.
M Tho Seventh Day Advontlsts of
M Salt Lake City havo finished their
new church building.
M W. II. Bnnrroft of Salt Lako City
H has been made general manager of
H tho Union Pacific railroad.
M Frank J. Hagcnbarth of Salt I.nlto
H City ha3 been elected president of tho
K National Livestock association.
H No married man has a right to bo
H ashamed to carry a baby or a coal-oil
H can on tho streets, says tho Richfield
H Reaper.
H Tho proposed rabbit hunt which was
B to havo been hold at Malad, Ida., bo-
M twoon Ogdcn and Idaho shooters has
B been called off.
M Alex Ortonof Parowan, vvhlio put-
B ting up a stoveplpo, foil upon tho
H Btovo, broaklng several ribs and badly
H Injuring his head.
H Salt Lnko City Is to liavo a real
R Spanish bull fight on the 23rd. Tho
H contest will tnko place at tho saucer
H track at tho Salt Palace.
B Tho sixteenth annunl show of tho
H Utah Poultry association will begin
Hj In Salt I.ako City on Janaury 2Gth,
B and continue until tho 30th.
H Andrew Wallace, employed by tho
H Southern Pacific nt Ogdcn, was struck
H by a switch engine, his left leg bolng
B lovcrcd Just nbovo tho ankle.
B On January 13, fifty-three years ago,
B tho ploucors pitched their tents at
B Parowan, nntl tho event was duly colo-
B bratcd by Parowan dtlzons last week.
B Tho "Sevier County Poultry assocla-
Br. tlon has been organized nt 'Richfield.
H' 'This Is tho first association of tho
B kind to bo organized In this section of
, Utah.
H Drlgham, tho Bovontoen-yonr-old son
B, of Mrs. Adol Kimball of Kanosh, whlio
Bb helping to corral a band of wild
BJ horses, got a fall and fractured his
L left leg.
k. Albort Bell, Janitor at tlio Plngro
pHH school at Ogdcn, was badly burned
H by an explosion of gas. Ills faco was
B badly burnod, but his eyesight Is not
B affected.
H Whllo playing ball at Santa Clara,
M John Stuck! had both his legs broken
Bfl between tho Unco and anklo by com
M Ing Into collision with tho second
fl baseman,
H Tho Commercial club of Salt Lalto
M City has appointed a commlttco to
M look Into tho mattor of tho freight
fl rates and distinctions mado against
fl Salt Lako and Ogdcn shippers.
M nio 3-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs.
H E. C. PenroBo of Salt I.ako City was
Bfl kicked in tho faco by a cow ono day
B last wcolc, tho llttlo fellow sustaining
M a brokon noso'and a badly bruised
M
H Tlio annual report of John P. Sor-
B enson, Inspector of pests In Salt I.ako
Hj county, shows that there aro 2,417
H acres of fruit trocs In tho county, out-
"' fildo or Salt Lako City, nnd 1,411 ncro3
M of berries.
H Tho annual report of tho I.ehl Irrl-
ft Ration company, which Is composod of
BBW 655 farmers, shows that tho schomo
Bfl to obtain water from surraco wells
BJ for lrrlpatlon purposes has provon to
H bo a success.
H Somo COO.000 ncres in Washington
M county havo been ordorod withdrawn
M temporarily rrom all rorms or entry
M oxcopt mineral, with a vlow of crcat-
H Ing a foro3t rosorvo In that section or
H Bouthwestom Utah.
B A fow nights ago dogs got Into a
B corral a mile southwest of Mount
BJ Plonsnnt, whore Mart RasnuuHon had
B a bunch of Blioop nnd klllod twenty
M nine of thorn. Tho dogs had to bo
BB drlvon away with a pitchfork.
H Lloyd Chlpmnn, nsod 10, was nccl-
H dentally klllod nt American Fork
BJ whllo handling a rovolvor which ho
H bad borrowod from a frlondr Ho was
H alone In tho barn at tho tlmo, and It
H Is not known just how tho accident
Bb occurred.
HAITIAN TROOPS MARCH
ON PORTO PLATA.
Little Republic Is Again the Theatre
of Warfare.
A cablo from Capo Haitian, under
dato of tho 17th, says: Tho govern
ment troops which disembarked ro
contly nt Sussua were yesterday or
dorod to march on Porto Plata. A
brisk nttack, supported by tho guns
of a Dominican war vessel, began In
tho evening. In tlio morning opera
tions wore resumed, and tlio govern
mont troops entered Porto Plata,
causing tlio flight of General Dcs
champs, who took refugo In tho United
Stntcs coiiHUlato.
Tho Hrltlsh crulsor Pallas has land
ed mnrlnos to protect tlio consulate.
Tho United States cruiser Hartford
has arrived.
Flvo persons connected with tho
conspiracy headed by (lenoral Mou
plalslr to start a rovolt agnlnBt Con
ornl Nord and condemned to dcatli by
n military tribunal, wero executed to
day in tho presence of a vnst crowd.
Sovoral foreigners who took part, in
tho conspiracy will probably bo de
ported. On January 2, In tho nbsenco of
Presldont Nord, who went to Connives
to tnko part In tlio celebration of tho
centennry ot tho Independence or
Haiti, General Monplalsir attempted
to start a rovolt against tho president,
but tho movement railed. Tho gen
eral's son and an accomplice, wero
klllod and many arrests wero mado.
CAN NOT AGREE.
Two Points Between Japan and Russia
Which Have Not Been Settled.
In what It claims Is an authorltativo
statement, tho London Dally Graphic
announces that tho negotiations havo
arrived at a stngo leaving two points
upon which neither Russia nor Japan
is inclined to yield, nnd as to which no
moans or a compromlso havo yet been
round. Tloth theso points concern
Manchuria, nnd their arcoptanco
would not In tho slightest modify tho
legal statu quo or chango tho admin
lstratlvo situation in Manchuria; but
Japan insists that "thoy bo ombodled
In n treaty between Japan and Russia,
whllo Russia, as a matter or nmour
propro, refuses to accept such dicta
tion nt tlio hand j or Japan. Much,
however, Is still hoped rrom tho czar's
Influence."
Porto Rlcan Schools.
, Tho annual report of.. tho comrals
sionor or education ror Porto Rico,
Samuol McCuno Lindsay, announces a
substantial nnd satisfactory progress
In school affairs of tho Island. Tho
year closed with 1,005 schools opon.
Tho total school enrollment was 70,
217, which Is 10 per cent of tho esti
mated total of tho school population
of tho iRland, and 7 per cont of tho
ostlmnted total population of tho
island ror 1003. For tho support or all
schools tho department ot education
had avallablo rrom Insular appropria
tions ?574,G7G, or which $515,106 nc
tually was spoilt. Other expenditures
bring tho grand totnl actually spont
ror education during tho fiscal year up
to $817,815.
America Is Their Mecca.
Tlio United Stntcs continues to bo
tho chief objectlvo point of Italian
Immigration, says a dispatch from
Romo, tho number of omlgrnnts going
thcro In 1003 reaching a total of nearly
250,000. Tho government has on
trusted AdoUo Rossi, Inspector or ornl
grntlon, with a mission to tho United
States ror tho purposo or studying
with tho United States immigration
commission tho bent means or direct
ing Italians to tho agricultural states
and or thus provontlng their concen
tration In tho largo towns. Rossi also
will Invostlento tho relations or tho
Italian emigrants to tho trades unions.
Would Bar Chinese.
At tho second sosslon ot tho consti
tutional convention hold nt Panama
on tho nftornron of tho 10th, recom
mendations wero presented provldlns
for tho prohibition of Chlneso Immi
gration except to thoso coming' to on
gngQ in agricultural pursuits, tho adop
tion by tho republic of tho constitution
or Colombia or 188C,oxcept tho parts
or It In opposition to tho present gov
ernment, until tho convention perre.cts
ono, and authorizing tho Junta to mako
a $500,000 loan.
Germans Besieged by Rebels.
A dispatch from Wlndhook, Gorman
Southwost Africa, says tho Gorman
poet at Okahnndyn, a mission station
of Damarnland, Is being hard pressed
by tho rovoltod Hororos tribe. At
tempts mndo from Wlndhook to ro
Ilovo tho garrison, which has suffered
heavy !ossos, havo boon unsuccessful.
Wlndhook Itself Is threatened, nnd tho
militia has boon cnllod out. Tho Hor
oros aro well mounted nnd armed, hav
ing obtained horses nnd guns from cot
tiers thoy havo raided,
I THE LION'S WHELP I
A Story of Cromwell's Tlmo .
BY AMELIA E. BARR-
' Author of "Tho Dow of Oranfo Ribbon." "I. Tliovi and tho Other Ont," I
"Tho Maid of Maiden Lnc," Lie. I
(Copjtlcht !W1, hi Dodi!, Meait & Compaur. All rillits reserved.)
CHAPTER IX (Continued.)
"This Is nil very fine Indeed," said
Mrs. Swaffham, almost weeping In
her" anger, "but you need not praise
this man to mo. He hns slain tho
King of Kngland, and turned out tho
Kngllsh Parliament, and pray what
next? Ho will make himself King
nnd Elizabeth Cr'owfoll Queen. Shall
wo Indeed bow down to them? Not
I, for one." J -v
"Do nt pcco, MjVX11'" 8al,, fon
Swnfflinnv'''horo ti&lmvp to consid
er of fnr greater - jHHLthan tho
Cromwell women. 'BW P'f nation
Will take this .-'rcmans to bo
seen." J
"I look for mdafidjapvrath nnd
vain babble, and threats henrd fnr
and wide," said Doctor Verity. "Tho
pooplo havo beonglven what thoy
wanted, and twenty to ono they will
now nay-Bay nil thoy havo roared for.
That would bo like tho Test of their
ways."
For onco Doctor Verity was wrong.
This masterstroke of Cromwell's
wont straight to tho heart of London.
"Not a dog barked against It," said
Cromwoll to his friends, nnd ho was
to all intonts nnd purposes right.
Thoso who called It "usurpation" con
fessed that it was an usurpation of
capability, in placo of ono of Incapa
bility. CHAPTER X.
Rupert and Cluny.
When tho Jevorys arrived In Paris,
thoy went Immediately to tho beautiful
Hotel do Fransac, which Sir Thomns
had rented for their rcsldenco whllo
In tho city.
Ono afternoon Matilda stood at a
window watching tho crowds passlne;
Inces8antly. To tho right was tho
palaco of tho great King Louis, nnd
not rar away tho palace ot his Emi
nence, tho great Cardinal Mazarln.
Sho was dressed for her lover, and
waiting his arrival, her soul flashing
from hor watching eyes, her whole
"Take your life from my hand."
sweet body nt attention. When to or
dinary enrB thoro would havo been
nothing to givo notice, Matilda heard
a step. Sho lot Jano's lottor drop to
hor feet and stood facing tho door
with hands dropped and tightly
claspod.
A moment later tho footsteps wero
very distinct; they wero nscendlng tho
stairway quickly, peremptorily. A per
fectly ravishing light spread ltsolf
ovor Mntllda'6 raco. Then tho door
flow opon nnd Prince Ruport entered;
"entered," however, being too small
n word, for with tho opening of tho
door ho wns on his kneos nt Matilda's
feet, his arms wero round hor waist,
Bho had bent hor faco to his, thoy
wero both near to weeping and know
it not, for lovo must weep when It
snatches from somo hard Fnto's con
trol tho hours that years havo sighed
ror.
Ruport loved Matilda. All the glory
and tho sorrow of his youth woro in
that lovo, and as ho knelt at her foot
in bis princely, soldierly splondor thoro
was nothing lacking in tho picture of
romantic devotion. "Adorablo, ravish
ing Mata!" ho cried, "at your foot I
am paid for ray llfo's misery." And
Matilda leaned towards him till tholr
handBomo faces touched, and Rupert
could look lovo Into her oyes, soft
and languishing with an equal affec
tion. For a llttlo whllo thoir conversation
was purely porsonal, but tholr own
Interests wero so blont with public
affairs that It was not posslblo to
separate them for any length of time.
"We havo sold all our cargoes," ho
Bald triumphantly, "In spite of old
Cromwell's remonstrances. What can
Cromwell do? Will he go to war with
Franco for n merchant's bill of lad
ing?" "I will toll you something, Rupert.
I had a letter to-doy rrom my friend,
Mlstross Jano Swaffham. Sho says
hor lover, Lord. Cluny Neville, must
bo In Paris about this tlmo, nnd that
ho will call on me. Ho Is on Crom
well's business; there Is no doubt of
It."
"What is tho appearance of Nevllio?
I think I saw him this morning."
Then Matilda described the young
lord, and the particularity of her
knowledge regnrdlng his eyes nnd hnlr
and voice nnd manner did not pleaso
Princo Rupert.
"A very haughty youth," said Ru
pert when the conversation was re
sumed. "Ho was with tho Cnrdlnal
this morning. And now I begin to
remember his business was such ns
In n manner concerns us. 'Twas about
a merchant ship which that old farmer
on King Charles' throno wants pay
ment for. My men took It In fair
fight, and 'tis ngnlnst all usago to give
back spoils."
They talked of thoso things until
Rupert's engagements called him
away, then they rose, and leaning to
wards eacli other, walked slowly down
tho long splendid room together.
Sho went then to find her undo and
aunt. Hut Bho quickly noticed In
them nn air of anxiety nnd gloom, nnd
It. annoyed hor.
"Is anything particularly wrong
aunt? Hnvo I been making some
troublo again?"
"Sir Thomas Is very unhappy, niece.
Ho has heard news that frightens
him, and wo aro longing to bo In the
penco and safety or our own homo."
"You aro going to loso a llttlo gold,
and so you nre wretched, and miiBt
go to tho Clty-or-tho-Mlscrable."
"I nm not going to loso a penny."
"Well, then?"
"Thero may bo troublo bocauso of
this very thing, nnd I do not want to
bo In Paris with tho two women I love
bettor than myself if Cromwell nnd
Mnzarln como to blows. I might be
tnkon from you. I should vory likely
bo sent to tho nastllo; you would not
wish that, Matilda?"
"Dear undo, shall wo not return by
Tho Hnguo?"
"No. Lord Novillo has promised to
do my business there. It is only n
matter of collecting a thousand pounds
from my morchant; but no Is going to
tako chargo of your aunt's Jowels, nnd
you had hotter trust yours also with
him."
"I will not trust nnythlng I possess
to Lord Ncvillo. Nothing!"
"It Is enough," answered Lady Jov
ery. "Matilda cannot wish to put in
dangor your llborty or life."
"My Happiness Is of loss conso
quonco, aunt."
"Certainly It Is;" and thoro was
. an nlr ot finality In Lady Jov
oiy'b voice thnt Matilda roso nnd wont
to hor own npartmonts to continue
her complaints. This sho did with
passlonnto Tooling In a lottor to Princo
Rupert, in which sho oxprossod w....
out stint hor hatred or Lord Neville
nnd hor doslro ror his punlsnmont
Rupert wns woll Inclined to horor hor
wish. Ho had soon tho young Com
monwealth messenger, and his hand
some person and patrician manner
had given him a momont's onvlous
look back to tho days when ho also
had been young and hopeful nnd full
of faith In hla own groat future
Ho hnd not long to wait for n
opportunity to meet Ncvillo. While
ho was playing lillllatds tho following
afternoon with tho Duko of York, his
equerry arrived nt tho Palais Royale
with his horse. Neville had taken the
northern rond out of the city, and It
was picsumubly tho homeward road.
Rupert followed quickly, but Ncvillo
was a swift, steady ilder, nnd ho was
not overtaken till twonty miles hnd
been covered, and the dnyllght was
nearly lost In tho radiance of tho full
moon. Rupert put spurs to his horso,
passed Neville ut n swift gallop, then
suddenly wheollng, came at a rUBh
towards him, catching his brldlo as
they met.
"You will alight. I havo a quarrel to
scttlo with you."
"On wunt ground?"
"Say It Ib on the ground of your
mistress. I nm Enrl do Wick's friend."
"I will not fight on such pretenso.
My mistress would deny mo if I did."
"Fight for your honor, then."
Ncvillo laughed. "I know bettor.
And boforo what you call Honor, I put
Duty."
"Then light for tho papers and;
money in your possession. I want
them."
"Hal I thought so. You aro a rob
ber, It seems. Hut I wnrn you that I
am a good swordsman."
"Heaven and hell! What do I caro?
If you do not alight at onco, I will
slay your horao. You shall fight mo,
hero nnd now, with or without pre
tenso." Then Neville flung hlmscir from his
horse and tied tho animal to n tree.
Ruport did likewise, and tho two men
rapidly removed such or their gar
ments as would Interfere with their
bloody play. Thoy wero in a lonoly
road, partially Bhaded with great trees.
Not a human habitation was visible
and there were no seconds to seo Jus
tice dono in tho fight, or securo help
after it, If help wns needed. But at
this tlmo tho lack of recognized for
malities was no Impediment to the
duel. Report quickly found that he had
met his match. Neville left him not a
moment's breathing spaco, but nover
followed up his nttneks, until at last
Rupert called out insolently, "When
aro you going to kill moi
Tho angry impatience of tho Inquiry
probably Induced a moment's carcloss
nesB, and Rupert did not notice that In
tho strugglo tneir ground had Insen
sibly been changed, nnd Novillo now
stood directly In front of n largo tree.
Not heeding tho impediment, Ruport
mndo a fierce thrust with tho point
or his sword, which Novillo ovndcd
by a vault to ono side, so that Rupert's
sword striking tho troo, sprang from
his hand nt tho Impact. As it fell to '
tho ground, Nevllio reachod It flrst,
and placed his foot upon it. Ruport
stood still and bowed gravely. Ho
wns at Novlno's mercy, and. ho Indi
cated his knowledge of .this lact by
tho proua stlllnncs of his attitude.
"It was an nccident," said Nevllio,
"and an nccident Is God's part In nny
affair. Tako your llfo from my hand.
I havo no will to wish your death."
Ho offered his nnnd as ho spoko, and
Rupert took it frankly, nnsworlng:
" TIs no disgrace to tako llfo from
ono so gallant and generous, nnd I
am glad that I can repay tno favor ot
your clemency;" then he nlmost whis
pered in CIuny'B ear threo words, and
tho young man started visibly, and
with great hasto untied his horso.
"Wo would bettor chango horses,"
said Rupert; "mlno Is a B-.rb, swift
as tho wind."
But Cluny could not mako tho
chango proposed without, some delay,
his papers and Jowels being bestowed
In his saddle linings. So with a good
wish tho two men parted, and thoro
wns no anger botwoen them ndralra
tlon nnd good-will had taken Its placo.
Novillo hastened forward, as ho had
been advised, and Rupert returned to
Pnris. Ho know Matilda was expect
ing him, nnd ho pictured to himself
her disappointment and anxiety at his
non-appearance. Yet ho was physically h
exhausted, and as soon ns ho thiow n
himsolf upon a couch ho forgot all hla I
weariness and all his anxictios in a B
deep sloop. K
Early next morning ho went to Ma- Uj
tllda. I
"How could you bo cruelly dlsap- ft
point mo?" she cried. "You bco now tg
thnt our tlmo Is nearly gono; In a I
few hours wo must part, perhaps for I
ever."
"My dearest, loveliest Matn, I was '
about your ploasure. I was following 8
1 ord Novillo, and ho tcok mo further B
than I oxpoctod." I
"Lord Novillo ngaln! Tho man Is g)
an Incubus I Why did you follow V.
him?" h
"You wished mo to glvo him a los- I
son. Ho was going homeward. I had ' i
to rldo last night, or let him escape. I
By my troth, I had ouly your ploasure
In mind."
"Oh, but the prlco paid wns too
greatl I hnd to give up your society
for hours, That Is a loss I shall
mourn to tho end of my llfo. I hope,
then, that you killed him. Nothing
loss will sufllco for It."
"I was out of fortuno, as I always
am. I had an accident, nnd was at
his morcy. Ho gave mo my life."
(To bo continued.)