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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1890-08-16
ACOWARDLY MURDER
A Tramp Kills a Father in His
Daughters Presence.
JUSTICE IS N!ETED OUT TO HIM
By Mob of Indignant Citizens-The Villain
Regretted Not Having Killed the
Whole Family.

OMAHA, Neb., Aug. 15.-[Special tele-
gram to The HERALD. "A special from
Arlington, Neb., to the Herald says: N.
r. Towne, wealthy farmer whose home
is six miles from this town. was drawing
water at the well this morning, assisted b
his daughter, Miss Hattie Towne, who is Il
school teacher. Mrs. Towne and the other
children were in the house. A young man,
looking like a tramp, came into the yard
and walked UP behind the farmer and
asked, as this Mr.. Towne?" The farmer
turned suddenly, and the tramp recognizing
him, shot him, the ball passing through the
farmers heart. Miss Towne screamed
and started to run toward the house when
the murderer turned his weapon upon her,
hitting herin the back, inhicting serious and
perhaps fatal wounds. Seeing that an alarm
would be given by the family and doubt
less fearing that the hired man would at
tack him, the tramp did not follow Hattie,
but ran. A farm laborer at Mr.. Towne's
kept him in sight until a team could be
hitched up to a light wagon when several
of the neighbnrs joined in the pursuit
They followed the flying murderer
allu OSCi LOOh duu CdptulOu I'LL WV
miles away from the scene of the
tragedy He was recognized as former
employee of Mr.. Towne, who had worked
ON the farm for time up to two years ago.
The prisoner was put into the wagon and
taken to the county Jail at Blair. Mr.. Towne
leaves wife and several children.
The prisoner is identified as Charles
Pratt. When he was discharged four years
ago by Farmer Towne it was because he
was making love to Miss Hattie, who was
then girl of fifteen. Whether or not
she cared for him does not ap-
pear. Pratt has not been seen since
until this morning, when he marched up on
the premises and deliberately killed the
father of his former sweetheart, and sought
to kill her, too. either to save himself from
capture or to complete his revenge.
Little is known about Pratt. He is moi
a bad looking fellow in the eyes of the av
erage girl No one knows who his family
are, or where their home is, and Pratt
is accounted a young man withou
means. The farmers of Washington
county are law abiding, yet there is al
under current of feeling that if Pratt es
capes the gaIlows it viii be regretted that
summary justice was not dealt to him
Towne was formerly resident of Oman;
and resided with his family in this city be
fore he went to the farm. He came to thi:
city from the east
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A Statement by Robert Conner.

Especial to TIE HERALD --Examiner Dispatch
New YORK, Aug. 15.-Robert Bonner
writes thus to the World: 'sWill you per-
nit me to contradict statement that is
going the rounds of the press that offered
to match Sunol against Belle Hamlin for
$4,000 side! have never made any offer
Of the kind. Mr.. Hickok, representing the
superintendent of the Palo Alto stock
farm, made such an offer, but | knew no
more about it until after he offered it than
the man in the moon. One paper states that
will make at least five Thousand dollars by
Sunol's exhibitions. 1t is enough for me to
say in reply to this statement that Twill
not make one cent by them. During the
past twenty-five years l have owned many
record breakers, including Dexter Rarus
and Maud S., and us is well known, have
never allowed any of them to rot for
money. l have no idea of charging my
life long position. (Signed) Robert Bon
uorn
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this friendly action and the removal OF the
duty on works of art had passed unnotlced
by France, Reid concludes as follows
"F'rom our point of view, then, the case
thands tqus: The French government has
persisted for nine years in an indefenslble
act of discriminating specially against
United States commerce. In the mean
while she complains of new laws made by
the United States government lar less
severe, and in no way discriminating
against French commerce. Her complaints
receive prompt and considerable atten-
ton, and the friendly disposition
thus shown evolSes no recognition.
1t cannot be believed that with a full
understanding of the case, that the French
government deliberately chooses that atti~
tude, Your excellency has been neces-
sarily much preoccupied of late with other
matters; but cannot believe that when
you come to give the case full attention,
you can be satisfied with it. Now. as
heretofore, / make my appeal to French
friendliness, French justice, and may |
add to the enlightened sense Of French
intereStS -
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In the Senate.

WASHINGTON, Aug. 15.-Quay made q
personal explanation as to remark attri-
buted to him in the reports of the Repub-
lican caucus last night. He had been repre-
sented as saying he did not wish to have
the southern members of the House of
Representatives yelping at his heels urged
on by the speaker. He had made no such
remark and had made no reflection on the
distinguished presiding officer of the other
branch of Congress.
Hoar expressed the hope that it would
not be understood that because Quay felt
called upon to contradict such statement
that other people were also called upon to
contradict men because of statements as to
them on similar subjects. Senators knew
that the statements as to myself were
merdaciOuS.
Frye moved to proceed to the considera-
ton of the river and harbor bill.
Edmunds demanded the yeas and nays.
A vote was taken and the motion agreed to,
yeas SO; nays, 81. $50 the Senate proceeded
to the consideration OF the river and harbor
bill.
Hampton having asked Frye to allow him
to have the bill taken up for action, Frye
excused himself for declining to do so and
said that he had asked the finance commit
tee to let him have two days for the consid-
Grafton of the river and harbor bill-to-day
and -morrow-and both should ask the
Senate to remain in session tomorrow
until the bill was finished. He did not feel
at liberty, therefore, to yield any time for
any other. business.
| Amongithe amendments reported by the
committee on appropriations and agreed to
| by the Senate was one inserting $500, 900
for an entrance to Galveston harbor
| Among the amendments reported by the
committee on appropriations and agreed to
by the Senate, were the following: Insert
ing provision for a commission to deter
mine tbs best location for a deep water
harbor on the Pacific coast; inserting pro-
vision to re- examine the harbor at Port
Oxford, Oregon, for harbor of refuge;
increasing the appropriations for canal at
Cascades, Oregon, from $500, 900 to $780, 900;
for the mouth of the Columbia river,
Oregon, from s425,OO0 to 100000;
for the lower Willamette and Columbia
rivers in front of Portland, Oregon, from
$4,000 to S100,0O0 for Collity river, Wn.,
from 81, 900 to $4,000, and for the Columbia
river from the head of Rock Island rapids
to the foot of the present rapids, Wn., from
500, 600 to $4,000, $4,000 OF which may be
used for a survey from the international
boundry to Rock Island rapids; inserting a
provision for a board of three engineer Of
ticers of the army to select and survey the
location of snip canal to connect the
waters of Lakes Union, Wn., and Sauna
nush with Puget sound
Section four giving the secretary of
war authority to require the alteration of
railroad bridges over navigable waters
when they are an obstruction to naviga-
| tom was, after some notifications made.
agreed to. Adjourned.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1890-08-16
THE DOG In THE MANGER.
1t Was Something Of This Nature That Sepa-
rated Mr., and Mrs. J. G. Blaine jr.

Especial TO THE NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Dispatch.
NEwYo DIRK, August i5.-Among the chron-
icles of society's doings each week in New
York state is always the name of Mrs.
James G. Blaine, jr. At present the unfor-
tunate little woman is stopping at Sara
toga. She is still obliged to use her crutch
while walking, as recent attack of rdeu-
matism left her with one foot drawn its
entire length from the ground.
A weekly paper today purports to give
the true story of the cause of disaffection
between the lady and the family of the
secretary of state According to this his
tory Miss Margaret Blaine, now Mrs.
Walter Damroch, is young lady of violent
and uncomfortable temper, and at the same
time blindly jealous OF anything IN which
she can claim proprietary rights. She
owned a valuable hound which she had
trained to follow or be friendly with no one
but herself At this time the Blaines were
in Augusta, and young Mrs. Blaine was
with them. The dog appeared to be pas
sionately fond of her. which evidence OF
fond affection aroused Miss Margaret
angry protests. One day Mrs. Blaine, jr.,
went out ana the dog followed her, and
meeting another dog on her way, the dog
INDUCED IN ngnI ana GU WOrSIeU. OH
returning home Mrs. Blaine told Miss Mar
garet the circumstances, regretting that
the dog had been injured, whereupon Miss
Margaret jumped from her chair and left the
room. returning in few m )mentS with a
cowhide, with which she beat the dog I'M
til he dropped to the ground, she all the
time saying, ''I'll teach you to know who
is your mistress, and whom to
follow" This unjustifiable outburst
called forth a strong protest from
young Mrs. Blaine, and that aroused Mar
guaret's mother to the reioinder that the
| daughter in-law was nobody, and amount
ed to nothing, which, in its turn called
! forth q somewhat angry reply from the
daughter-in-lay, and so it went on from
one word to another until young Mrs
Blaine made ga remark to the senior Mrs
Blaine that was impulsive and perhaps In
sulting, which Immediately called sting
ing response from Mrs. Blaine as she or
dered the young woman from the room
Then Mrs. Blaine determined to bring
about separation between her son and hi:
VITA. She offered young James certain
annuity for life if he would leave her
which the young man, with the cowardlJ
instincts that have singled him out as the
one unworthy member of this remarkable
family promptly accepted. Thus Mrs
Blaine, jr., has been caused much uneasi
ness and suffering which she in no way
| deserved
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The uIracS lay Rill.

WASHINGTON, Aug. 15.-Caswell, of Wis
consin, presented in the House resolution
providing that Tuesday, the 18th instant,
the House shall proceed to the considera-
ton of the Senate direct tax bill, and at 4
o'clock of that day the previous question
shall be considered as ordered on the bill.
aud pending amendments, if any, refer red
to the committee on rules.
The Senate committee on appropriations
to-day completed consideration of the gen
eral deficiency appropriation bill, and re.
ported it to the Senate with number of
amendments, which, with one exception,
do not largely increase the total of the bill
as it came from the House. This exception
is the provision for the payment of the
French spoilation claims, aggregating
81 ,239,6SS.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1890-08-16
JOHN RUSKIN RAPIDLY SINKING.
The Great English Art Critic is Demented and
Has Attempted Suicide.

Especial &c THE Observation-Disclosures Cable
LONDON, Aug. 15.-John Ruskin, the
famous aesthetic, is rapidly sinking; he is
almost continuously delirious and during
one of these irresponsible moments he at
tempted suicide with razor. The strict
est watch is kept over him despite which
he has twice made this effort upon himself.
Mr.. Ruskir's mental powers have been
gradually failing for several years, but the
public first heard of it in 1885, During that
year he was delivering lectures at Oxford
and on one occasion he became incoherent
on the platform and finally broke down.
Two years later while on visit to Venice
he had another attack and was taken back
to Brentwood, England, by friends, where
he has since renamed. III July, 1889, he
suddenly became violently insane and since
then has been a confirmed invalid. In No
vember last he had another violent par
oXysm and broke the windows in the room
in which he was confined and it was re
ported attempted to take his life. Indeed,
several attempts of this kind have been
vaguely reported but never confirmed for
the reason that his friends exert them
selves to keep such unwelcome news from
the public. Il is understood that for
months Mr.. Ruskin has been kept in bed
b. his mental and physical condition. No
body, save his own people, is permitted to
see or visit the once great critic.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1890-08-16
Executive Board, Locomotive Engineers.

fkccuLisc bOaru, boCOHlUIiNc EHl.ihccts'
SYRACUSE, Aug. 15.-The executive board
of Locomotive Fireman that has been in
session in Utica for the r'an two days, ad-
journed tonight and the csiegates returned
to their homes. The meeting of the
executive board consisted of four
teen lodges, comprising the New
York Central district. These fourteen
delegates represent over seven hundred
firemen in the employ of the New York
Central. The delegate from the Syracuse
lodge returned from Utica tonight and
talked quite freely of what was done at the
meeting II was one of harmony and all
agreed on matters of Importance. The
meeting, he said, had been called to
discuss the ACCESSIBILITY of striking.
Numerous speeches were made, both in
favor of striking and against it. When the
matter was finally put to vote it was de-
ciued to stand by the constitution Of the
order, and not strike unless strike was
ordered by higher authority. They con
cluded that they themselves had no griev-
auce but what could be amicably settled
with the company without the expense of a
strike.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1890-08-16
Fur Seals gast Disappeariug.

SAN Francisco, Aug. 15.-Captain
Erskine, of the steamer st. Paul, which
arrived from Ounaiaska says Victoria
poachers this year secured &c, 600 sealskins.
In consequence the North American Com
mercial company which leases the seal
rookeries from the government, finds it's
take reduced to 20,0t0 skins. 1t is merely
a matter of few years, said Captain
Erskine, when the seals will become ex-
linct. 1t was reported at OuDalaska there
were ffty-fve poaching vessels at that
point on their way to Behring sea. So far
not single attempt has been made to seize
any contraband vessels. The Bear is now in
the Arctic ocean and the Rush at Priboloff
island
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1890-08-16
A MILE IN THIRTY SECONDS.
A Party Of Newspaper Men Go at this Rate
on the Boynton Bicycle Railway

Especial to THE NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Dispatch
New YORK, Aug. ia mile in thirty
seconds was the rate at which a party of
newspaper men were whirled along the
Boynton Bicycle railway yesterday from
Gravesend to Brighton, Coney island A
single bicycle passenger car was used. The
car itself was double-decker car, in each
deck being sixsdouble, and one single, COM
partments. each compartment being by
itself and entered from the side of the car.
Each is less in width than half the standard
gauge TIA K, so that two cars can pass each
other when they are run on the opposite
rails. The wheels of the car are directly
under the centre. double flange grasping
the rail. The car is prevented from top
ping over by double wheels attached to the
top of the car and running one on each side
of a continuous wooden beam held up by
framework on either side of the track The
engine employed is a bicycle one also. The
car is run ON The principle of hoop in mo-
ton, which, the faster it goes the less likely
it is to topple or fall over. Some of the en-
cheering papers have already declared it is
destined TO revolutionize the present system
of passenger transportation. Mr.. Boynton
says he can carry 1000 passengers at the
rate of ninety miles an hour continuously,
OF 600 passengers at 100 miles an hour.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1890-08-16
THE MODERN SAPPHO.
Ida Lewis Watson, the Exponent of the
Passionate in Poetry, Married.

Especial to THE acknowledgements Dispatch.l
CHICAGO, Aug. Ida Lewis Watson,
well known throughout New England as
it's leading exponent of the passionate in
poetry, was married yesterday to Francis
w. Higgins, recently of st. Louis. The
wedding came off in the cathedral of the
Holy Cross, Father Boland officiating and
celebrating the nuptial mass. The we'd
ding was private. only members of the
brides family and few friends, among
them Rev. w. w. Downs, being present.
Miss Watson. is a Boston girl Many OF
her published poems were so intense as to
gain her the title of 1.-The Modern Sap
pho" The bride, who is tall, dark
haired, blue-eyed, stately. looking, was
most becomingIy attired in white frost
plush wedding robe, with full court train.
The dress was of original design, modlt-
cation of a Spanish idea of long, faraway
date. The long, flowing veil. caught at the
sides of the head with solid silver pins and
carried up over high, antique silver
comb, falling thence in fieecy cloud to
the end of the long train behind and sweep
ing gracefully over left shoulder in
front, charmingly heightened the Spanish
effect of the brides costume White
SueQe gloves reaching 10 .Uucs elbows, anu
white suede slippers, and corsage bouquet
of white Niphetos roses completed the
BRIDES toilet. With the exception of
silver cross inscribed with the place and
date of her marriage, the bride wore no
ornaments. In the brides hands was a
prayer book, gift from the bridegroom,
highly priced as family momento, for
this identical prayer book was held by the
bridegroom's mother on the occasion of her
own marriage more than forty years age.
| Mr.. Higgins, the groom, is a southerner
He served with distinction in the confed-
crate army, and after that went west,
| finally engaging in lucrative mining
schemes, principally in the Black Hills
country. MIR. Higgins, who has dash of
romance in his make up, conceived a very
pretty idea in regard to the wedding ring.
Instead of purchasing ring in the conven-
tional way from some well known jeweier,
he himself mined the quartz, "panned" il
out with his own hands, had it smelted
under his own eyes, and took it to a ieweler
and had it made into the heavy gold band
which his wife now wears on her marriage
finger. After a short wedding trip the
happy couple swill return to Boston, and
later on trip across the water is pro
posed. Mr.. Higgins is devout Catholic
and on Monday last his bride, who fol
some time past has been under instruction
was baptized at the cathedral and duly re-
ceived as convert to the Catholic faith.
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Bingham County, Idaho. Democrats.

BLAcKFooT, Ida, Aug 1l.--ISpecial tele-
gram to The HERALD. The Democratic
convention at Bingham county met to day,
and had an enthusiastic meeting. The
resolutions, (the very best introduced by
S. F. Tyler, of Eagle Rock, passed unani-
mously and are III strong contrast with
those of the Republican convention held
here Wednesday. Ex-Congressman Hill,
of Ohio, addressed large and enthusiastic
meeting at the court house tonight.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1890-08-16
Revolution In Santiago de Cuba.

Especial to THE HERALD-Examiner Cable
HAVANA, Aug. ia revolution has
broken out in Santiago de Cuba. The
town is in the hands of insurgents to which
it was surrendered by the military author
tiles after brief struggle. Many of the
soldiers as well as members of the civil
guard OF the district have, it is said, joined
the rebels. Communication with this city
is very poor and few details of the uprising
can be obtained. There is great excite
ment among the people of the whole is
land, and news from Santiago de Cuba has
caused a general depression in commercial
circles here.
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THE kEMMLER CASE.

The London Lancet Thinks the Execution was
Very Clumsy Affair.
rSpeciai 10 THE HERALD-EXaminer Cable. I
LONDON, Aug. 15.--The La. Get, the lead
ing medical organ, in discussing the Kemm-
Ter execution, says: 1.-The operators on
Kemrnler used their mimic lightning with
al the clumsiness of mortal's inability.
They burned the skull and portion of the
back, and exploded the s:news of the brain.
No doubt they were fortunate enough to
render the man senseless at the drst blow,
Just as they would have done had they
struck him on the head or bat X with a red
hot hammer but there was found no mark of
the electric current in or through the Wis
cera of the body. The man was KILLED by
conclusion of the brain and the explosion
within the closed cavity OF the skull, just
as man may be killed by appoplexy or
sunstrole."
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Robert BuIIiss Habeas Corpused,

WASHINGTON, ID. c., Aug. 15.-[Special
telegram to The HERALD. THE Escning
Star says Messrs. Webb and Barker to-
day made an application to Chief Justice
Bingham for a writ of habeas corpus in the
case of Robert .. Bulls, who was recently
arrested on a charge of having defrauded
J. b. Francis a citizen of Utah. and turned
over 20 Hugh Turner, an agent of the
territory. Tie affidavit sets forth the
facts connected with the arrest, and states
that the affiant, S. ID. Webb, believes that
= Bulliss is held il the Sixth Precinct sta
ZION house; that the af1iant verify believes
that said Turner and j. b. Francis and
George Holiday have conspired to injure
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A Bad Michigan Central Accident.

DETROIT, Mich, Aug. 1.-the North
Shore limited on the Michigan Central, was
badly wrecked this afternoon at Augusta,
Mich. The limited struck protruding car
ola freight which had been side tracked.
The engine jumped the track and crashed
into the Dulidine and two boys who were
insice were killed After striking
the building the engine exploded blowing
Fireman Gregg to atoms and instantly kill
ing Engineer McRoberts. The particulars
thus far received do not mention any pas.
sengers, being killed, although the number
of injured is given at from twelve to fifteen.
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A Big Blast at Red Cliff. Colo.

RED CLIFF, Colo, Aug. 15.-The con-
tractors for the Denver g. Rio Grande rail
road finding they could not finish a piece Of
road according TO contract, put in heavy
blast containing over one ton of powder.
After notifying all the people to leave town
and seek safety further UP the mountain.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1890-08-16
Henry Dixey's Wife After a Divorce.

New YORK, Aug. 15.-Mrs. Ida j. Dixey
has instituted suit in the supreme court
for limited divorce from Henry E. Dixey,
the comedian, on the ground of abandon
ment and non-support. The couple were
married June =, 1878, and have two child
rem. Her complaint asks separation from
bed and board, and suitable allowance for
herself and children.
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The Butte Races.

BUTTE, Mont, Aug. 15.-TSpecial tele-
gram TO TIE HERALD. The attendance at
to-day's races was the best of the week
and the pools were well patronized on
every event. The sensation Of the day was
Eat the close of the sixth furlong dash when
! the judges declared the race and bets off and
barred PEDRO, the rider of Alice Benjamin,
from all association tracks for throwing
the race. The favorites won all but the
seven furlong handicap. Governor
Adams was q hot favorite but Roly Boly
came out of the field to win without being
headed The following;s the racing sum
mary:
Six furlongs run, declared off.
Seven furlongs, handicap $50, Roly
Boly, Governor Adams second, Olympia
third, Kisuet fourth. Time :2915.
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