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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1889-07-24

NEW YORK, July 23.-In the hearing be
Gore the referee of the Kemmler electrical
execution case to-day, Thomas A. Edison
vas put on the stand as a witness. He
said that if his testimony were to decide
. the fate of Kemmler, the murderer would
surely meet his fate in the electrical chair.
The witness had no doubt whatever OF the
power of an alternating current to kill
man instantaneOusly and painlessly. He
was sure il could be done without burning.
The case of Smith was spoken Of, who
vas said to have received Il shock Of 1000
yOlts without serious injury. Edison said
ne would pay Smith Sl00 if he would come
over to his laboratory and successfully
withstand a shock of one hundred volts.
On cross examination the witness said the
resistance of all men was very close be-
sween six hundred and eighteen hundred
0hms. The obtaining of the resistance of
ahe human body by the Wheatston bridge
vas not simply amatter of late experiment.
The witness had measured human resist
auCe by il before the question Of electrical
execution was brought up. He considered
5ae bridge an accurate means of measure
zgcnt. A man could be completely carbon
tzed by an electric current, but it would
take 800 horse power to do it. IF you
cook the Westinghouse current of 1,050
volts and kept it applied TO the human body
i've or six minutes, it would not be carbon
:zed, but mummiiied. This would be be-
aause OF the water in the body being grad
Eally absorbed
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1889-07-24

SIOUX FALLS, July 23.-The greater part
of to-day's session was devoted to the con-
sideration of committee reports. An at
tempt will be made to defer action on the
report of the committee on judiciary until
Thursday, possibly with the purpose of
firing out the delegations that have come
here from dissatisfied districts to lobby for
the defeat of the majority report and a
new deal in the assignment of the judicial
districts. The report was finally made the
special order for tomorrow.
A notable feature of to-day's proceedings
was the presentation of communication
from the American Sabbath union, signed
by Elliott f. Shepard, Maio General How
ard, j. H. Knowles and Walter Crafts,
asking the convention to insert in the con
stitution provision protecting and encOur-
aging Sabbath observance. The communi-
cation was referred to special committee
of five, including three clerical dele
gates.
The committee on legislative appointments
reached an agreement today on senatorial
appointments by which the number of dis
tricts is fixed at fortY-One, and the sena-
tors forty five, the latter being the limit
provided in the constitution.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1889-07-24
Heavy Storm in Denver.

DENVER, July 23.-An exceedingly heavy
rain fell in the city last night between 10
and - O'Clock doing considerable damage
and flooding cellars. To-day reports from
nearly every point indicate that the storm
was general. Several districts are flooded
and there is great damage to crops and
fences. The railroads are heavy losers, no
trains having left Denver or arrived until
late this afternoon. The Santa Fe and
Denver 81 Rio Grande are washed out be-
tween here and Pueblo so that trains on
the former line are forced to come in over
the Denver, Texas 81 Fort Worth track,
which did not suffer by the storm. The
Union Pacific and the Burlington were de-
layed about eight hours, as was also the
Midland and all mountain trains. The
damages will be repaired and all trains
running on time by tomorrow morning
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1889-07-24
THE PARNELL COMMISSION.
The Irish Leader Declines to GIVE Informa.
ton About the League Funds

LONDON, July 23.-ParneI to-day again
appeared before the special commission tC
examine the Times charges against the
Parnellites. He denied that any letters
which had passed between himself and
Harris had been withheld. The letters
had all been sent to Soames, solicitor for
the Times.
Attorney General Webster intimated
that it was his intention to call every wit
ness necessary to trace the missing books
of the Land League.
Continuing, Parnell said he instructed
Lewis, counsel for the Parnellites, to sub
pGna Mrs. Maloney, treasurer of the
Ladies' League, to produce the books of
the Land League in her possession. He
could not say what amount Of League
money Egan and the other trustees in
vested in his name in France, 1t might
have been 100000, 100000 or 1000.
Attorney General Webster But you,
as a man of business, surely know"
Parneu:- II am not a man of business; l
never was. In October, 1882, Egan sent
me accounts Of the relief fund showing ex-
penditures OF &5O,0CO and balance Of 1919,
600"
Parneu stated that he had not taken any
steps to discover documents relating to the
Ladies Land League, nor would he. Egan
sent from America, acknowledgements
valuable clues in connection with the Pig
gott forgeries.
Justice Hammer asked: ''Would you in
struct Munroe & Co, the Paris bankers,
to produce their account of the trust fundi'
Parneu:-"I declinetO give any informa-
ton concerning the fund to friend or foe -
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1889-07-24
. A Sailors Remains.

Especial to THE MISUNDERSTANDING dispatch !
WASHINGTON, July 23.-The burial on the
Japanese Island of Ogesawara of an I'M
known sailor of the bark Bounding Billow,
of San Francisco, has just been reported to
the state department by Consul General
Greenhouse, of Kanagawa. The body was
found by the Japanese authorities on March
Is on the beach at Futami post, and it was
learned that the sailor had deserted from
the Bounding Billow. The expenses con-
nected with the burial were paid by Con.
sui General Greenhouse out of the fund for
the relief of destitute American seamen.
He states that the Bounding Billow called
at Kanagawa March 80, but made no report
regarding the desertion, and suggests that
inquiry be made on her arrival at San
Francisco as to the identity of the dead
sailor.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1889-07-24
THE PACIFIC COAST.
An Elaborate Scheme to Make
the West Great.
OF PIG IRON SINCE
January 1.-The Harrington Court Asrtial-A
Bellies Death-The Congo Railroad
Cadetship designations,

SAN FRASCIsCo, July 23.-At the regular
meeting of the chamber of commerce to-day
it was formally decided to call special
session at as early day as convenient of
all the Pacific coast Senators and Repre-
sentatives in Congress and commercial
organizations in California and Oregon TO
attend and consider the following subjects:
The permanent establishment of ocean
mail steamship lines on the Pacific ocean
route, the steamships to be available for
war and transportation purposes, and the
lines to be literally compensated by the
government for the TRANSPORTATION of the
mails; the application of the inter state COM
MERGE law to the American carrying trade
of the Canadian Pacific Railroad company;
the abolition OF the bonding system for
railway carriage through foreign territory:
the maritime defense of the Pacific coast
ports; the laying of cable to Australia
via the Pacific islands; the energetic con
struction of the Nicaragua canal as a
means of national defense, and the com
mercial development and the encourage
ment of maritime commerce, and increased
energy in the construction of a navy.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1889-07-24
THE STAKE MONEY PAID.
Sullivan Gets It-Ie viii Fight Jem Smith
The Championship Belt.

| New YORK, June 23.-John L. Sullivan
came into possession of $4,000 this after
noon. 1t was the stake money in the Sulli-
van kilrain fight and was paid over by
Stakeholder Cridge at his establishment in
West Twenty eighth street. Cridge tele-
graphed from Long Branch last night that
| he would like to meet John L. and his
| hackers to-day. 1t was l o'clock in the
afternoon when Sullivan and his party ar
rived at Cridges. He was accompanied by
Lumley, Johnston and Wakeley. After
| some conversation Cridge drew forth a roll
of bills. There were Just forty of them of
! the denomination of $500 each. Sullivan
| took the greenbacks, sat down at table,
counted them very carefully twice and
then, showing his wealth into his pocket,
| thanked Cridge for accepting the Office of
stakeholder and taking such good care of
the money. The fighter then invited all
hands out to drink his health in bumpers
| of champagne. Stakeholder Cridge then said
! the $4,000 in cash was not all he had to
dispose of. He then produced the Police
| Gazette championship belt According to
| the stipulations of Richard K Fox, donor
! of the belt, as Cridge understood
them, guarantee must be given for its
| safety before he would surrender it. Sui
! Ivan insisted that the belt went with the
money, and demanded it on the spot
Matters were smoothed over by Wakeley
giving the requisite guarantee, and then,
with money and belt III his possession,
Sullivan and party left Cridge's to celebrate
the event.
Sullivan, flushed with his recent victory,
is anxious for fresh laurels in the pugilistic
world. Lamley said this afternoon that
Sullivan would accept the challenge of Jem
Smith, England's champion, and would
present him with 81 800 if he would come
to America and fight him, Marquis of
Queensbury rules, before the California
Athletic club.
The 500 stake money is not all Sulli-
vans, $4,000 go to the big fellow. the bal
ance will be divided among his hackers as
follows: One half to the New York Illus
trated NetCs; one quarter to jim Wakeley,
one quarter to Charley Johnston. 1t is said
that in this the ratio the hackers will
present to Billy MuIdoon 81, 600. Sullivan
also intends to give him 81 600.
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Educating the Indians.

| Especial TO ThE HERALD---Examiner Dispatch. !
WASHINGTON, July 23.-Indian Commits
sioner Morgan said Yesterday that in the
management of the Indian schools he pro-
posed to be governed by the principles laid
down by the Mahony conference, 80 far as
they can be put in practice. He is in favor
Of a system of non-partisan public schools
exclusively under government control. He
will as opportunities present themselves
substitute the system of government
schools controlled by the Indian bureau for
the contract school system. He has re-
newed for the coming year most of the con
tracts with religious organizations already
existing He was obliged TO do this be
cause he has not at once the means to sub
stitute government schools for the eXise-
ing ones. But he has refused to extend the
contract system to new schools. There are
now about fifty boarding schools conducted
under contract, and about one hundred and
sixty under the exclusive care of govern
ment teachers.
General Morgan says that he does not
anticipate any difficulty over the principle
that the teachers should be appointed from
the states within which the schools are
situated. AS already stated in those dis
patches, he does not feel bound by any
such rule. While giving the preference to
residents of the state he will not appoint
an incompetent teacher because he or she
is resident of the state. nor refuse to ap-
point competent one because he or she is
not a resident
General Morgan does not fear that there
viii be a lack of sympathy for the Indians
in teachers appointed from their own state
for he thinks the work itself will inspire
sympathy and that the teachers will be dis
posed to do their best.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1889-07-24
Twin CITY Races.

ST. PAUL, July pa clear day was
vouchsafed to the Twin City Jockey club
on this their opening day of the inaugural
meeting, and fully 10000 people took ad-
vantage of the five weather and good pro-
gramme to visit the track at Hanline, be-
tween the two cities, and they fulfilled
their expectations of fine sport The track
was about two seconds slow.
Inaugural, for three year olds and up
wards, six furlongs-Mable won, Mamie
Fonso second, Benson third. Time :15%
For three-year old and upwards, seven
furlongs = Cora Fisher first, Lotion
second, Angelus third. Time-1:3O.
Three-ye olds and upwards, one and
three-sixteenth miles-Bonair won, Cas-
lillian second, Thankful third. Time
1:2415.
Twin City Derby, three-year olds, mile
and quarter - LIE Premier first, Sallie
Hagan second, Logic third, and "X''
fourth. Time-2:10.
For maiden two-year olds, four furlongs
Morse won, MinueJ second, Bessemer
third. Time-5Oli.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1889-07-24
The Maritime confarenes.

WASHINGTON, July 23.-W. F. Wharton,
acting secretary of state, said to an Asso-
Ciated Press reporter to-day in speaking OF
Che statement made i'll the house Of com
mons yesterday by the parliamentary sec
It tary for the foreign Office, that N agree
meut had Yet been made with the Ameri
can government for a programme of a
maritime conference to beheld in Washing
JOn October Is. that it referred only to the
routine Of the conference. England has
accepted the invitation of the United States
to participate in the conference together
with the provisions of the programme of
subjects to bediscussedi is satisfactory. This
programme has been drawn Up by the com
missioners of the United States and sub
United TO the English government No an
swer has yet been received. The pro-
gramme covers great many subjects
under the general head Of navigation of
vessels. for the regulation OF which the
conference was called. 1t can be notified
and probably viii be, as it is largely of a
suggestive character. There is no reason
to suppose that England viii not agree.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1889-07-24
The Montana Convention.

HELENA, Mont, July 23.-In the conven,
ton to-day, the chairman of the committee
on miscellaneous subjects reported back the
proposition relating to gambling, stating
that it was for the legislative power to act
in the matter.
A resolution relating TO free passes was
also reported back, and substitute will be
introduced later.
The labor question came up again. The
section relatlr" 10 convict labor was dis
cussed at leng tn and fina ly rejected.
The afternoon session was devoted to
further discussion of the preamble. Several
members opposed the bringing of God OF
religion into the constitution, and the pre-
amble was finally adopted as previously re
OOrtG0.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1889-07-24
Tremendous Pig Iron Production.

PHILADELPHIA, Pa, July 23.-Statistics
furnished by the American Iron and Steel
association show that the production of pig
iron in the United States for the first six
months of 1889 was larger than for any
preceding six months in the history of the
American iron trade. The stock of unsold
pig iron on the Goth of June last was much
larger than at the close of any preceding
semi annual period for u number of years.
The total product of pig iron for the first
six months of 1889 amounted to d, 101 ,S99
net tons of ,, 1000 pounds or 1861, 767 gross
tons of 2,240 pounds. The increased pro
duction was wholly in those kinds which
are used for general foundry and mill pur-
poses. There was decrease in the pro
duction of Bessemer pig iron. Nearly all
the leading pig iron states increased their
production, including Oregon and Wash
ingtOn territory. Colorado shows slight
decrease. The number of furnaces in
blast, on the 3Oth of June was 2SS; out of
blast 293; total, 5S1.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1889-07-24
DISTINCTIVE SIC in China.

San Francisco, July 23-The steamer
Belgic arrived from Hong Kong and Yoke
hama this morning. The recent fire at Flu
Chow burned twenty-three squares and
destroyed 1000 dwellings. Over twelve
hundred persons persisted in the flames and
400 others were killed. Nearly seventeen
thousand people were obliged to camp out
without shelter and were dying at the rate
of one hundred = day from want and ex
posture. The authorities are providing for
their necessities.
Rev. j. Crosslet, prominent in missionary
and benevolent work in China, died June 81
on shipboard between Shanghai and Tient-
con
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1889-07-24
DIR. JOHN A. MILLER.

and experienced specialist in diseases of
women and abdominal surgery. Graduate
of the unworthy of California, and creden-
tails from the universities of Berlin and
Heidelberg, Germany. My proficiency in
the class of diseases that 1 claim to cure is
the result of a special training in the Royal
Institute for Diseases of Women, and at the
private clinic of DR.. A. Martin, Berlin,
Germany, in the years of 1884 and 1885.
Patients from distance requiring delicate
surgical operations can have the comforts
of home at the DOCTORS residence, 12S w.
Third South street. Office, No. 10 E. First
South street, opposite the Deseret bank
building.
Office hours, 10, u a. m, 2,5, Z, and s
D. m.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1889-07-24
Womau's Christian Temperance Union.

MOUNTAIN LAKE PARK, NJ. D., July 23.-
The Woman's Christian Temperance
Union Interstate conference closed its
i've days session last evening. The resO-
buttons declare for aostence and prohib!-
sion and denOunce all licenses as criminal.
They demand one standard of morals for
men and women, and declare it worse than
reason to withhold the power of the
ballot from the yirtuous and intelligent
women of home and lodge it with the vice
and ignorance Of the saloon for homes
destruction.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1889-07-24
PENSION RERATING.
Secretary Noble Appoints a Com
mission to Investigate.
EDISON ON ELECTRIC EXECUTIONS
0gnspiring Against the Treasury Department.
qhe Boulangists- W. 7. ia Mar
itime COnference-Gen. Grenfell.

WASHINGTON, July 23-Secretary Noble
aas issued an order directing DR.. George
Wing ana H. D. Bruce, Of the board of
pension appeals, and Judge Frank L. Camp
bell, of the assistant attorney generals Of
ice of the interior department, as C ON
.nittee to forthwith enter upon an investi-
CATION of all re ratings Of pensions made
by the pension bureau during the last
swelve months, and especially those Of pen
sioners in the government service, with a
view OF ascertaining whether any such re
ratings have been made in violation of the
lazy
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1889-07-24
The New Discovery.

You have heard your friends and neigh
bors talking about it. You may yourself be
one of the many who know from personal
experience Just how good thing it is IF
you have ever tried it you are one of its
staunch friends, because the wonderful
thing about it is that when once given a
trial, DR.. Kings New Discovery ever after
holds place in the house. If you have
never usedit and should be afflicted with a
cough, cold, or any Throat, Lung or Chest
trouble, secure bottle at once and give it
fair trial. 1t is guaranteed every time or
money refunded. Trial bottles free at A.
c Smith Il Co.'s drug store b
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1889-07-24
Seaboard Grain Rates.

WASHINGTON, July 23.-The Inter State
Commerce commission to-day decided that
the practice of the trunk lines in accepting
a smaller sum for hauling grain for export
between the interior and the seaboard than
the regular rate between the same points
is in violation of the law. This decision is
founded upon the complaint Of the New
York Produce exchange against the New
York Central road. The decision says:
THE only practicable mode yet devised for
making through export rates is to add to
the established inland rates from the in
terrier to the seaboard the current ocean
y
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1889-07-24

AsHvIILE, N. c., July 23-Colonel Roger j.
Page, prominent lawyer and editor of the
Tines Register, at Marion, n. c., was shot and
instantly killed at that place last night, Just
after alighting from the midnight tain which
brought him from Round Knob. He was lean
ing on the arm of his friend Judge Haywood, of
Texas, while on his left was another friend,
when some one came up behind him and shot
him through the neck His assailant mounted q
horse aud fed the town. 1t is said woman is
at the bottom of the tragedy.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1889-07-24
Huntington Sells Stock.

New YORK, July 23.-The announcement
made to-day that C. P. Huntington had re-
Gently sold 100, 900 shares of Chesapeake &
Ohio common stock created no surprise
and little comment on Wall street, for it
is generally understood that he has ar
ranged for the sale of all his railroad
property east of the Mississippi, and would
devote himself to the management of his
roads west of the Mississippi. The sale
of the stock makes no change in the con
troll, as under the reorganization plan the
voting power is vested in trustees until
1891. Huntington. in an interview, con-
firms the above statement
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1889-07-24
A Society Belle Killed.

PITTsBURG, July 23.-Nliss Oppenheimer,
a Hebrewess and u society belle of Allie
gheny, and daughter of one of the most
prominent merchants of that city, was
killed at Harmony this morning. Miss
Oppenheimer and four other ladies' were
riding in wagon. A train came along and
the horse became frightened aud backed
them over an embankment. Miss Open
heimer was thrown out of the wagon be-
tween two cars and instantly killed. Two
of her companions were seriously injured
the others escaped safely.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1889-07-24
A Conspiracy to Defraud the Public.

WASHINGTON, July % The Star will
publish an article declaring that the officers
OF the treasury have made a startling dis.
c0yery showing that conspiracy has been
in operation among those who print the
government securities by which large
amount Of fraudulent government money
das been printed and issued. Investiga
ton, it is alleged, disclosed the fact that
the employees of the bureau of engraving
and printing printer government notes
rom the plates and dies in the bureau and
nave put counterfeit money in circulation.
From the nature of the case the bad money
cannot be distinguished from the genuine
End authorized issues. 1t is impossible to
state how much has been put in circula-
zion; that it runs up to quite large
amount is certain. Inquiry made by an
Associated Press reporter OF several Off
GERS of the treasury department elected the
statement that they knew nothing what
eyer of the matter.
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After Tanners DOinpS.

WASHINGTON, July 23.-The members of
the commission investigating pension
bureau affairs have no idea when they
will finish the work They have instruc-
tons to make thorough investigation and
report the facts to the secretary without
regard to who is hurt. It is understood the
scope of their work viii be enlarged so as
to incluGe the matter Of making cases
special. Commissioner Tanner has given
instructions that a record of cases made
special, with the names of the attorneys in
the cases, be prepared. twill be submitted
to the commission and they can include that
III their report if desired
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1889-07-24
Detroit Driving Club Races.

DETRIT, July 23-To-day was the opening
day of the trotting and pacing meeting OF
the Detroit Driving club, and was called q
blue ribbon day, when the experiment OF
throwing open the gates to the public was
tried 1t proved great success, the atten-
dance being 1900. The weather was fine
and the track very fast.
In the 1928 class, purse s2,000-Veritas
won, Ketch second, Star Lilly third, Ar
cadian fourth. Best time: 20sl.
The second and third races went over
until morrow. The heats were distrib-
uted when darkness interfered, and cOnse-
Guently the programme was rot com
pleted.