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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1890-04-25
OFFICIAL SOPHISTRY,
The Reasons for the Removal of
Postmaster Barratt.
A CIVIL SERVICE REFORM DEBATE
In the House of Representatives Fed
eral Election Bill-The Penalties for
Violating Its Provisions.

WAsHINToN, April 23.-[Special telegram to
THE HERALD. AT a late hour last evening and
after long conversation with the President
Postmaster-General Wanamaker decided to a)-
point Irving A. Benton as postmaster at Salt
Lake to succeed Mr.. Barratt, the present in
cumbent. The reason given by Mr.. Wanamaker
for the selection of Mr.. Bentonis that the office
has been under Democratic control for the past
four years and three months, and under the cir
cumstances there was no improperly in making
the change. 1t may be doubted however, if the
administration would have reached this con-
clusion but for the persistent efforts
of the several members of the Utah
commission now in the city. No later than yes
terday these gentlemen called upon Mr.. Wanna
maker and assured him that Mr.. Barratt ex-
pected to go; that he wanted TO go, and thai it
would be- in short, a personal favor to him to
be permitted TO step down and out. The post
masters general knew the commissioners to be
truthful men, and he believed them and so TO-
day Mr.. Benton's nomination was sent to the
Senate, and he will no doubt be promptly con-
tirmed. 1t may be said in passing that there is
no truth in the statement that the report of the
inspector who recently visited Salt Lake Sc
verely censures Mr.. Barratt'S management of
The office. The report am assured, contains
no reflection upon Mr.. Barratt that would in
the remotest degree furnish pretext for his
enforced withdrawal from the service.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1890-04-25
ISAAC sAWTELLE'S CONFESSION.
The Very Remarkable Statement that x-Con-
Wet Jacks Makes About Richardson.

Especial to THE HERALD-Examiner Dispatch
BOSTON, April 24.-In Isaac Sawtelle's re-
markable confession, he made an attempt to
implicate an ex-convict whom he called Jack,
who, according to the document, met Isaac and
Hiram near or in Springville got into the buggy
when Isaac got out and drove Hiram to the
place where the murder was committed. Jack
was a fellow convict with Isaac in the Massa-
chusetts state prison. This convict has been
located. He is in the Middlesex house of cor
rectlon, and he makes an absolute and unquaii-
fed denial, He insists that he knows nothing
of the case except what he has read in the news
papers, but he makes this interesting state
ment:
1.-The last time I saw Sawte1le was when
Market street in Lowen on Saturday evening in
the latter part of December or the first part of
January, when Mr.. Richardson came in and got
an Introduction to me. Richardson asked me if
knew Sawtelle and upon my replying l did
wanted me to go to his (Richardson's) house
next day and meet Sawtelle. 1 told him didn't
have any clothes to go in met Richardson q
short time afterwards. He told me Isaac had
left the city. The moment that saw Richard
murder had premonition that 1 should be
worked into 1T some way or other, partly on ac-
count OF my talk with Richardson and partly on
account of the fact that the Lowell police will
bring me into everything they can. L have not
seen Dr. Blood since leaving state prison, some
three or four years ago. | don't know why
Richardson asked me to meet Sawtelle at his
house, as never saw Isaac out of state prison.
1t was at Mr.. Richardson's house Isaac stopped
over Sunday when he was taking his mother and
niece to Rochester, in order to carry out his
murdefOuS plan suppose. ~
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1890-04-25
Hoar's Federal Election Bill.

WAsHINToN, April 24.-The federal election
bill reported by Senator Hoar today provides
that the chief supervisors of elections shall be
charged in their respective judicial districts
with the supervision of Congressional elections
with the enforcement of national election laws
and with the prevention of fraud and irreguIari'
ties IN naturalization. Whenever in any CITY
having 10000 inhabitants or upwards or in any
Congressional district one hundred qualified
voters shall petition the city SUPER
visor, alleging there iss danger that
not be fair and free it shall be the duty of the
judge of the United States district court to open
his court for the purpose of transacting all
business pertaining to registration or election
matters as may by any United States law, there
be transacted. The court shall be always open
for the transaction of such business until the
second day succeeding the election and the
Judge may exercise his powers in open court or
in chambers. The chief supervisors may verify
registration lists. and in any city of 1000 inhab-
canvass, but no inquiries shall be made as to
the political opinions of any person. Every
person charged with any duty with regard to anv
election of a member of Congress who shall
commit any fraud thereon, shall be liable to a
fine of not exceeding s. 600 or to imprisonment
not exceeding five years, or BOTH The same
penalty is provided for bribery or attempted
bribery of voters.
MIR. Karr, of Iowa, to-day reported to the
House a bill TO prohibit the transportation of
liquor into any state or territory contrary to
the law of such state or territory
The bill reported favorably by Senator
Cullom to-day from the committee on inter-
state commerce gives, the inter state commerce
commission authority to prosecute inquiries
into alleged violations by means of special
agents to be appointed by the commission and
who shall have power to administer oaths and
send for persons and papers.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1890-04-25
Pacific RaiIroad-siIyer, etc

WASHINGTON, April 24.-The House commit
on Pacific railroads to-day completed the de-
tailed consideration of the pending bill to Sc
Pacific railroad to the government The amend
ments made this morning are of small import
ance, being intended principally to make
clearer the principles of the measure with the
exception of one extending from seventy-dye to
one hundred years. the period during which the
Central Pacific may extend the life of its
first mortgage bouds in the event OF refunding
Chairman Dalzell will prepare q new bill, EN-
bodylng all of the amendments made by the
committee and will submit it to the full commit
tee at its next meeting for approval.
Senator Teller to-day introduced the fol-
lowing bill as q substitute for the Jones
silver bill, now on the Senate calendar:
That any person may deposit at any
mint or assay Office of the United States either
not less than five ounces of gold or eighty
ounces OF silver and demand and receive coin
or coin cestifcateS thersfor at the rate of 81 in
coin or certificates for 25.S grains, troy weight
of standard gold, and at the rate of 81 in certif-
Gates for 4121a grams of standard silver That
the coin certificates provided for shall be re-
ce1Vable for all taxes and dues to the United
States OF every description, and shall be lawful
tender for the payment of all debts public and
private.
Section 9-It shall be the duty of the secretary
OF the treasury to cause a sufficient number of
coinage certificates of the various denomina
tions hereby authorized to be prepared and dis
trlbuted among the United States repositories
and to enable them to comply with the provi-
sions OF this act $4,000 is hereby appropriated
to enable him to prepare and distribute said
certificates
Section 3-Ths act shall take effect thirty
days after its passage, $4,000 of the appropria-
ton. however, to be Immediately available.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1890-04-25
The Overlooked Country.

BAYOU SARA, La, April 24.-The real condi-
ton of things in the overfiowed district Is lust
coming to light. No pen Is equal to the task of
picturing the devastation of the country or the
deSolation of the people. The entire front of
Pointee Coupee is under water. Most of the
levees are gone and the water back of The
levees is so deep that hundreds of lives are in
jeopardy. The small stretches of the levee still
standing are crowded with men, women and
children, side by side with horses mules and
COWS. In an old raised gin house 500 negroes
were found huddled together. The con
dition OF the unfortunate blacks was
piIiable. They were piteousIy begging TO
be taken TO some place of safety.
The crevasse at Allendale will overflow thirty
OF the finest plantations on the river and will
reach to Relche county several days in advance
OF the Morgansea water, and Colonel Rivers
says that when this water joins with the Nor
gansea, 1t viii food the entire Atchafalaya La
Fourche and Teche counties The damage is
lnealculable. The distress in the overfiowed
district cannot be told. The Texas 6 Pacific
boat succeeded yesterday in saving 200 people
from the back country around Morgansea.
Later-Ruin and desolation meet the eve on
every side. In Pointee Coupee parish the de-
struction is complete. Not plantation is left
above the water not a levoe is unbrolxen, while
hundreds Of families are homeless, thousands of
stock have been drowned, and from the meagre
reports received from the interior ii is quite
probable that human life has been sacrificed to
the flood. Standing on the deck of the relief
steamer Dacotah last evening, the full
extent of the disaster could be seen. Group
ing together on the little knoll between
the broken levees, through which the water
rushed with unInanageable fury, were scores of
people, both white and black, some with babies
in their arms while others had dogs secured by
accord Many OF them had nothing else in the
world except the clothes they wore on their
backs Whenever the Dracotah discovered
scene like this the stage was swung out and the
stricken ones taken aboard Equally as sad
scene was the poor dumb cattle standing in the
water actually starving.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1890-04-25
The Eight-hour Movement.

CHICAGO. April 24.-It was originally the in
tention of the American Federation of Labor
that the carpenters only should at present
make demand for the eight-hour day, but de-
yelopments to-day and yesterday show that
other trades are not likely TO conform to the in
structions Of President Gompers. Nearly every
prominent trade of the city has through it's
union declared its intention TO also demand an
elght-hour day on May /. Gompers desired
the other trades to hold off and contribute fnan-
clailX TO the carpenters assistance until the
latter had gained their point, then the other
Trades were TO come in turn by turn, but Presi-
dent Gompers' cir9u ar letter has been entirely
dlSregarded, and in addition TO the carpenters
the stoek..yards and packing house employees
gas filters. iron moulders, stair builders mill
carpenters and harness makers, have alreadl
declared their intention TO fight, and their eX-
ample Is likely to be followed by the tailors
shoemakers, plasterers fathers, cornice makers
and other trades
A conference of strikers and bosses not mem
Ders OF the Master Carpenters association to-
night agreed upon plan of action The bosses
showed they could provide for 1000 journevmeu
and agreed that committee from the bosses
and strikers should call on the old Masters as
soclation before Saturday and place that body
on record. II is understood in any event the
strike VIII be declared off Saturday as regards
the new association
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1890-04-25
In the Senate.

WASHINGTON, April 24.-Among the bills re-
ported from the committees and placed on the
calendar were the Senate bills to ratify certain
agreements with the Couer dAlene Indians in
Idaho territory and to provide for the compul.
sorry education OF Indian children.
Pugh said every Democratic member of the
committee opposed favorable report on this
bill which, he said, applies 10 Republican SUPER
VisorS 10 oversee state officers, thereby insult
ing and degrading these state officers IT is
subverSive of the fundamental principles of
local selfgovernment. II the bill becomes
law, its execution will insure the shedding of
blood and the destruction of the peace and
good order of the country.
Hoar replied that the bill is in substance n
modification and perfection of the system which
has been the law of the United States many
years, and which has secured in the main
honest elections and honest counts in the CITY
of New York, where. before it, 600O0 fraudulent
naturalization papers had gone out from two
Judges within three years before election The
bill is but an assertion of constitutional
power expressly asserted that the United
States may regulate the manner of electing the
members of its own Congress or alter the regu-
lations in state.
Consideration of the revenue cutter bill was
resumed and Sherman opposed it.
The land forfeiture bill was then taken up as
unfinished business and the amendments re-
ported from the committee on public lands
agreed to.
Berry moved to amend the first section OF the
Dill by striking out the word now and insert
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1890-04-25
Etiquette Among Lady shoppers.

Especial to THE HERALD-Examiner Dispatch.1
NEW YORK, April 25.-How lady shoppers are
to be addressed has become serious question
with the managers of some of the big emporiums
and with the car conductors of this great
metropolis. In an uptown store yesterday, a
lady of mature age felt aggrieved at being adj
dressed as miss and in the same store a
young lady was offended by being addressed as
madame" 1t was intended to make the ladies
feel hattered but the shot in each case went
wide of the mark. The superintendent of 9.
wellknOwn Sixth avenue store said:
I'VE leave 1t TO our statesmen to do what is
right they are men of tact, and if they do not
know intuitively how to address lady of any
age we have no no need of them. To my mind
a capable salesman will know at once whether q
lady shopper should be addressed as madame or
miss"
Another superintendent said: 1--WE generally
address all ladies as ma'am. II does not sug-
gest mature years like madame and is there
fore, a safe non-commital word
tn NIX madame fills the b II - said Super
intendenG it, o. Ma Us. 'Ms dame. as T. is
now undeIstocd d, d e. not mem ma ronly
woman. New 70 dies Ieyer grow old In
speaking to We ma ure lauv 1T is very safe
to say she will not lie offer de1 if YOU call her
miss but madame * the word for IL e.
The ropriel or of a fashionable store on West
Four eenih S rect said: las the meanng of
worCs invariably changes so do peoples tastes.
1t is tcSlish thing with US low TO address a
lady of uncertain ge."
Several car conductors were seen VINO said
called lady" One OF them said: Formerly
every lacy felt pleased when said, Lady, here
is seaJ or Lady, your fare but it apr ears
tn Y have found something offensive in Il. "
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1890-04-25
ON FISH CULTURE.
Some Interesting Communications Received
by Mr. Musser.

some interesting communications Received
by Mr. Musser.
The following communications were recently
received by Mr.. A. M. Musser, acting fish COM
missioner:
NEoSHo, Mo-, April 90 1890.
A. M. Musser, ESQ.,, SaltnLake city, Utah:
MY DEAR MR.. MUssER-Your very kindly let
ter of the 18th inst. reached me this morning
About my work-Have something over twenty
thousand rainbow trout (salmo irideus) and
10000 brown trout (salmo fario). These are
healthy Try, and VIII be ready some time this
fall. We have in ponds carp (cyfrinus carpio),
channel catfish, Gctalurus punctatus), black
bass (micropterus dolomeD, tench (tinca vul-
garis), goldenide Gdus melanotus), red eye
perch (ambloplites vupestris). and some jap
anese gold fish. We hope for a crop from all
of them-but who can say: Maybe we will and
may be We won't. Two months from now ought
to tell the tale.
hope you will not forget the intimation that
you may come to see me this summer. Very
truly yours, WILLIAM F. PAGE.
An experienced pisciculturist in Iowa also
writes Mr.. MuSser as follows:
eff you will allow me, will make some sug-
gestions in regard to your getting suitable fish
for your mountain streams
Il have worked in the Colorado and Wyoming
hatcheries, and from experience 1 believe that
the lake, brook, rainbow and brown trout will
do we'll in your territory. Out of these several
kinds OF the best fishes that swim. the lake
trout is the only one that may not get along
quite as well in Utah as elsewhere. The spawn
of any or all of these can be obtained in almost
any quantities from eastern dealers. My idea
would be for you to obtain the impregnated
eggs by express and hatch them out yourselves
and when old enough plant them in the most
suitable public waters.
Now, Mr.. Musser. 1 may be meddling with
something that is none of my business but am
quite enthusiastic over the artificial propaga-
ton OF fish, and as trout is the most valuable of
food fishes hence make the suggestions.
ANY information you want to know in regard
to pisciculture, will gladly give it you.''
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1890-04-25
Gladstone ON Balfour,s Bill.

LONDON, April 24.-Gladstone resumed the
debate on the land purchase bill in the COM
mons this evening. He was opposed to the bill
under the overwhelming conviction that it was
complicated without undertaking to solve the
difficulty. He had been encouraged to hope for
a solution by Lord Salisbury declaring the
measure would not impose burden upon Brit
ish taxpayers He was disappointed however,
when Balfour informed the house that the
measure pledged the country to the ex-
tent ten Of 100000 without mentioning
asked. Regarding Parnelrs plan, it
was new in principle. Its general purpose was
clear. but he was not certain that he compre-
hended the details. conservative laughter. !
He strongly sympathlzed with one object OF
Parnell's plan whereby landlords would not be
expatriated, but would be retained 1t would
be sorrowful conclusion of the life of the land
in Ireland they did not take part in adjusting
affairs. Balfour's bill ought to be confined
10 the landlords already in possession.
1t should not encourage the landlords to
become buyers of land in order to take advan-
tage of the enormous bonus offered. Hear
hearl. The provision respecting the two wears
arrears also required justification, which it
would be difficult 10 find TCheersl Coming to
what he called the constitutional objections, he
urged that it was obvious ireland opposed the
measure, in view of the fact that five-Sixths of
its members deliberately and determinedly OPP
posed 1t. Cheers as the government was
going to make Ireland its debtor 1t was i'm
portant to consider what was the attitude of
the persons about to be subjected to the debt
State landlords implied the use of soldiers
against tenants, the use of every weapon of
state to enforce unpopular law
G)schSn said Gladston S! Contention that
the tenants would be deprived of the benefits
intended for them destroyed. Morleys argu-
nent that the nonpurchasing tenants would
agitate to get their rent lowered to the same
scale as the purchasers ren6s. He agreed with
both Gladstone and Parnell in their desire to
retain landlords in Ireland, but the bill did not
necessarily have to appropriate them.
> w. Russell, Liberal Unlonist, approved the
bill on all points Dillon, Nationalist said if
the contested districts were disgrace to the
country during the past century it was re-
proach to the imperial parliament, arguing that
the guarantees were illusory. He said that
during a period famine or distress the tenants
might refuse to pay their installments and the
government would be utterly powerless to en-
force naVment
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1890-04-25
THE DIVORCE TRADE.
An Expose of the Business in New
York City.
LADY SHOPPERS ETIQUETTE
How Should Female Customers be Addressedf
Young and Old Alike are Very Touchy
-"Miss" or Madame"
Especial to THE HEnA1D-Examiner Dispatch.l

Especial to THE NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. DispatchJ
NEW YORK, April 24.-That San Francisco Is
not the only city where divorces can be pro-
cured by INSCRIPTIONS lawyers is shown by an
expose which is made in to-day's World. One
of that journals female reporters inserted two
advertisements in the morning papers for the
services of 10 female detective and the address
of lawyer who made q speciality of divorce
cases. The responses we're many and especi-
ally insinuating were those from women of an
temperaments, conditions and complications who
wished to act as female detectives Some OF
them openly declared that their charms were
such that any man, especially married one.
would surely succumb Others OF these female
sharks offered to give recommendations to show
that they had been previously successful in that
class of work One Of them, Mrs. Gordon,
taught in a Sunday school, and she intended to
introduce one of her young pupils, who was q
mother but not wife, TO the advertisers huS-
band and said Mrs. Gordon. she was sure of the
result The scheme of one lawyer called on
was to have woman enurap the unsuspecting
husband into hotel and register as man and
wife. This lawyer was to take the wrOnged
wife'S case and the lawyers silent partner
would appear for the husband. This lawyer
was for years assistant pastor of ST. Annes
Episcopal church in Brooklyn. The lawyer
finally engaged by the female reporter was one
who had male and female detectives who would
do anything. Another World reporter acted the
part OF his fellow journalists husband and he
was Swallowed and the utmost done by the fe-
male detective to entrap him.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1890-04-25
COLORADO CULLINGS.
The Trial of Secretary Riel-Married in Haste
Storms Realty Sales.

DENVER, Colo, April 24.-[Special telegram
to The HERALD. mo jury has been obtained
In the trial of Secretary Riel and the state
printers. Catechisms on both sides were verv
close, but it is probable the unlucky twelve will
be finally selected by tomorrow noon
Ten days ago man giving the name of
Howell arrived at Colorado Springs, claiming
to be member of a prominent firm at Topeka
and sought house-keeper whom he wanted at
the Kansas capital. Mrs. Reed, keeper of n
restaurant, met him in the employment agency
and an hour later married him. They billed
and cooed for a week and then he fed. 1t is
limited he was after Doodle and the widow had
none
Storms have been prevalent since yesterday
noon. A strip of country near Boulder was Wis
tied by a hard hailstorm and the fruit trees
damaged. Two horses were killed by the light
ming. Longmont reports a deluge there. over
three inches of rain falling in three hours. The
heavy rain has changed to snow this afternoon.
A large area is thoroughly irrigated. The
weather has checked the realty sales The total
for two days is trifie over two hundred thou
sand dollars