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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1892-03-01
Whisky Trust Officials Indicted.

CHICAGO, Feb. 29.-It is definitely known
the federal grand jury at Boston, Febru.
airy II, indicted all the officers and diric-
tors of the Cattle Feeding and Distilline
company, (the Wisky trust) for violation
of the Sherman antitrust law To day
United States Marshal Hitchcock's depu-
ties were engaged in serving warrants for
the arrest of the indicted men. The follow
ing are indicted: Joseph b. GreeShut,
Peoria, president;t Herbert [. Terrell.
New York, vice president; William n.
Hobart, Clncinnatit treasurer: Warren
II. Corning and Julius Z. French, Cleve-
land; Lewis II. Green, Cincinnati; Nelson
Morris, George j. Gibson and
Peter ]. Hennessey directors Hen
nessey is also SECRETARY. He was ar
rested this morning. Word has been re-
ceived from Peoria saying Greenhut was
arrested and gave bail in $4,000 to appear
in court in Boston next Monday. Hen
Messy did likewise.
The Indictment is Of an ominous charac-
ter. making its charges against the officers
and directors in body. 1t is returned as
OF the date of the second Tuesday in De-
cember last Violations OF the law are
charged as having been continuous since
February II, 1880. 1t charges during 1890
the defendants purchased, rented or leased
properties OF competing distllllng comma
MES 10 the number of seventy. From
August l, 1890, up to the time of the find
ing of the Indictment, they controlled the
output OF these distillerles and sold &c. 0O0 =
600 gallons al prices fixed by them. This
they did unjustly, unlawrully and oppress-
lively to mOnopollZe the distllling and cat
tie feeding companies aforesaid; the manu-
facture and sale of high wines, aIcohohol.
spirits of wines and WHISTLES. The in,
dictment then sets out the agreements be-
tween the trust and Dexter l. Mills. Eras
tus &. Garfield and john Joyce whereby in
consideration OF their purchase of trust
goods they are TO receive rebates of
two cents per gallon on the prices
charged. The indictment says they were
largely IN excess of the usual prices at
which goods Of the kind were sold previous
10 the organization of the trust. The de-
PENDANTS in so doing did, ii is alleged. nm
lawfully and oppressively prevent and
counteract the effects of free com
petition on the price of said spirits. and
did rnlawfUlly exact and procure great
sums of money in said district from said
Mills and Gafleld as co-partners, from said
Joyce and from divers other parties.
II is said Gibson has gone to Peoria and
deputy has been sent there to arrest him
Morris is in California. The papers will
either be forwarded to the federal auuhor:-
ties in California for service on Norris or
he will be notified and allowed to make his
way 10 Boston and give bail there.
1t is understood the defense of the off,
cials of The trust will be that they are
regularly incorporated company on large
scale, and doing business under a charter
from the state of Illinois, and that one
company cannot combine to create trust
or monopoly
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1892-03-01
Blue Bird Mining Property Attached.

BUTTE, Mont, Feb. 30 Special 10 THE
HERALD. AT an early hour this morning
Sheriff Lloyd levied an attachment on the
property belonging to the Blue Bird Min
Ing company to satisfy claim of SO, 45l. A
held by the banking firm of Hoge, Brown
lee " Co., OF this city, against the company
The banking firm consists OF W. L. Hoge
NJ. Is. BrGwnlee, F. E. Sergeant, Marcus
DAILY and r. G. Chambers, who In the com
plain allege that during 1891 and 1892, the
blue Bird company oVerdrew its account
soy, J99.44, which together with interest at
III per cent. per annum, brings the total
amount to SO, 451.44 This afternoon Will
lam M. Jack also placed an attachment on
the property Tor 81, 450.11, ana still later
the Anaconda Flumlng company came to
the front with another for SS,3l6. folio wed
by one from the Utah g. Montana Machin-
cry company for S102.
year ago tomorrow the Blue Bird
company settled law suit with James a.
Murray, who sued the company for extract
ing ore from the Lutte Daring cam,
owned by Murray ana others, and which
adjoined the Blue Bird property. The basis
OF the settlement was $4,000, of which
amount $4,000 was paid down, and notes
payable In one year given Tor the ga ance.
Shortly after the settlement p. a. Largey,
another owner In the Little Darling, also
brought suit against the Blue Bird tor eX-
tracing ore from the clam, the sum de-
manded by him being 81, 500, 900. The pros
pect of losing their suit together with other
Indebtedness, besides the amount of the al
tachments to-day, are supposed to nave
caused the company to allow the papers to
be seized. The company's mill contains
ninety stamps, and is equipped throug hout
with the latest improved machinery. The
mill is still in operation, but will be closed
as soon as the ore on hand is crushed Ferd-
idand Van Zandt, the general manager of
the company, is now in London working up
new organization to be known as the
Butte Copper company.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1892-03-01
THE SAYWARD CASE
1t is Finally Decided in the
Supreme Court.
The Alaska Court Had Jurisdiction-The POlF
teal Aspect of the Matter was
Not Passed On.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 29.-The opinion OF
the United States supreme court in the
case OF ex parte Thomas H. Cooper, owner
OF the Canadian schooner Sayward, by
which the government Of Great Britain
and the Dominion of Canada sought to OBJ
tain from the highest legal tribunal in the
United States a determination of the
question of the right of the United States
to exercise exclusive Jurisdiction
over the seal fisheries in Behring sea, has
been rendered. The court first took I'D
the question of the right of the supreme
court to issue q writ of prohibition against
the Alaska court. 1t says although
the Alaska court is not mentioned in the
act giving the United States supreme court
power to issue%Avrits of prohibition to re-
view decisions Of district courts, yet. never
tbeless, where the Alaska court is acting
as q district court of the United States
and in an admiralty proceeding it comes
within the pUrview of the act giving the
supreme court the power of review by yyay
of writ Of prohibition.
IL then takes up the next question and
says the libel on its face shows, and stateL
the court found, sealing had taken place
within the limits Of Alaska and the waterf
thereof, thus making its jurisdiction ap-
pear fully on the face of the proceedings.
The owner of the vessel, the court say1
could have questioned the right OF
the court to exercise Jurisdiction and
try the case, out he did not do so and the
court holds it cannot be questioned now OF
the ground that the private rights of the
owners were involved in the issue of a
writ of prohibition to determine whether
or not the Alaska court had jurisdiction.
This is clearly asserted on the face of the
proceedings.
Justice Field dissented in the case and
also in the decision in favor of the United
States in the case of the schooner Sylvia
Handy, an American vessel seized for IL
legal sealing, and in which the points
raised were the same as N the Sayward
case.
The political question the court did not
actually decide though it conveyed very
broad intimation that if it had not mar
rover ground on which to refuse the writ.
it would have declined to grant the writ on
the ground that the court should not pass
upon a question political in it's
nature. 1t said the matter had
long been in controversy and
negotiation between the two governments.
1t is recognized the honor paid the court in
the willingness expressed to have it review
the merits Of the facts as to whether or
not this country's Jurisdiction extends
over the whole of Behring sea, but did not
think legal tribunals should interfere with
the assertions of territorial sovereignity
made by other departments Of the govern
ment.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1892-03-01
SHARP PRACTICE.
Some Serious Charges Against
A. j. Pinkham.
He Was Very, Very Slow In Turning In a
Campaign Contribution Made Perry j.
AnsOn-A Story With Moral

BLAcKFooT, Ida, Feb 90 Special tele-
gram TO The HERALD. THE Maiad En-
teFprtSe OF last week contained an article
that indicated that there had been some
little chicanerJ practiced by the PiEkhams,
United States marshal and secretary of
Idaho, respectively. during the last cleo
ton. Your correspondent had already par
italy investigated the matter and found
something of this kind. On September 10,
1880, Perry j. Arson, register of the
United States land Office at Blackfoot, met
a. }. P!nkham, now secretary of state,
In Blackfoot, and asked him if his
brother, Joseph, chairman of the Re
publican central committee, would be
at Pocateilo the next day A. j.
responded that he would; whereupon
Nh. Arson handed A. J. a check for
sl5O. requesting him to turn it over to
Joseph, as portion of his fAnson's) cam
palgn assessment A. j. went to PocateIlo.
saw w. u. johnson. secre AIRY OF the Re
publican county central committee. and
after endorsing the check, Joseph
Pinkhdm," A. j. Pinkham drew the money
on II. The check got around to the bank
here, when Mr.. Arson refused to honor il,
on the ground that it was not
paid to the person to HON it
was orawn, and demanded the re-
turn OF the money, or the endorsement of
Joseph Plnkham. Considerable CORES
pondence passed between the banks and
finally, on October s, nearly month after
the check was given and a week
after the election, Mr.. Arson re
ceived a receipt through the bank
at Pocatello for the money, and
the matter dropped. The election occurred
on October l, and Arson, who by that
time was getting pretty warm, threatened
TO Skin somebody" but was persuaded by
his party friends to say nothing about the
matter, as 1t meant ruination to the party.
Some time betw cen September 10 and
October s, MIR. Arson wrote Joseph PINK
ham regarding the matter, and was in
formed thai the committee had not re-
ceived the money, but IN October S, it had
reached them, as per receipt issued by Mr..
Plnkham as chairman. In some way
the Ente' prise got hold of the matter
and this is the first llme the
truth of the case has been
told. The land Office was burned last No
vember, and the papers and books were
pretty badly scattered. The above men
toned correspondence was picked up by
certain party and put in the hands of your
correspondent, or the chances are this mat
ter would never have come out, as Mr..
Arson is conservative and careful man.
This is very fine showing for Idaho's first
secretary OF state and the attention of the
people is called to this spectacle, without
comment
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1892-03-01

WASHINGTON, Feb. 29.-On motion Of
Stump, OF Maryland, the concurrent reso-
luton was agreed to authorizing the House
and Senate committees on immigration to
jointly investigate the workings of the i'm
migration laws and the importation of con
tract labor.
Catchings, of Mississippi, from the com
mittee on rules, reported a resolution pro-
vidlng that Tuesday, March %, Immediately
after the morning session, the House pro-
coed TO the consideration of the silver bill
and should said bill not be sooner disposed
OF, the House shall continue to consider tue
resolution during Wednesday, the 23d, and
Thursday, the 9th. The resolution was
ordered printed, and Catchings gave notice
he would ask the House to consider it Mon
day next.
The House went into committee of the
whole On the Indian appropriations. HoI-
man, of Indiana, moved an amendment
making appropriations for the Carlisle
school applicable to pupils now in attend
ance. Rejected. Pending action, the COM
mittee rose and the House adjourned.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1892-03-01

Especial to THE NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Dispatch.
New York, Feb. 29.-The Rev. DR.. A. G.
Dickson, of Brooklyn, announced to his
congregation yesterday that Colonel Robert
G. Ingersoll had begun suit for SANDER
against him. 81 have the summons in nv
pocket" continued DR.. Dickson calmly.
land l think it due to you that the facts be
stated before they reach the outside world
As to myself [ have not shadow of donbt
as to the result. / have not sought for this
but If the Lord has gwen me the honor to
stand Tor the church, the Bible, the purity
and sanctity of the home, | Will defend
them with all my might. 1t can be shown
that intidelity through its champion leader
Colonel 1ngersoll, has said and done everv
thing 1t can against these sacred things.
the facts are already established and on
record. A preacher seeking to tell the
truth should do so in all love and without
favor. There wlll be no f1lnching on orr
part. The summons is in and the case
shall come to trial. All the world shall
learn the facts; they shall not be hid in
the formalities of the court room nor
smothered before any secret tribunal. The
champion of free thought and free speech
comes up and indicts man for speakino
into photograph what he firmly believes
to be true. The photograph grinds it ont
to private secretary and he in turn ST eaks
it to reporter. Yet, Colonel IngersoIi he
lieves in freedom of speech. Yes. with
reference to every thing else but himself
For his characters sake it is to be hoped
that he will be able to prove that he was
paid for his services even as an attorney
Colonel Ingersoll intimates that he does
not want to have the case tried before
newspaper tribunals. He evidently nre-
fers the secret rooms of the ancient Span-
ish inquisition. He sends over an lndict-
ment in the dark, delivering it late at
night, and then starts for the west. SO that
he cannot be interviewed by reporters
God helping me, the facts, which l believe
to be true, shall be made known and pro-
mulgated. not only before the courts. bnt
before the whole country"
AS DR.. Dickson uttered these words his
eyes flashed and his face wore an express
sion of intense Indignation. DIR. Dickson
has twenty days time in which to file his
answer in the supreme court Of New York
county. Then the case is to be placed on
the calendar and time fixed for trial
Colonel Ingersoll claims S., 600 damages
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1892-03-01
Great Distress .mong Vienna workmen.

VIENNA, Feb. 29.-The authorities of this
city at last have been compelled to recog-
nize the urgency of the situation among the
poor and now permit Socialists committees
to circulate appeals hitherto prohibited,
Tor donations. 1t is estimated ), 900 shoe
makers, 1900 carpenters, 1900 metal
workers, 1000 stoneworkers and 300 un-
skilled laborers are out of work and much
misery exists as result. As the alleged
result of the Mckinley law 1900 pearl
workers are thrown out of employment
and classed as unskilled workmen.
The charitably inclined have incessant
demands made upon them to assist the
families of who are on the verge of starva
ton. Sixteen thousand skilled mechanics
and $4,000 unskilled lalorers are out of
employment
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1892-03-01
Helen pauyray,s London Debut.

Especial to THE HERALD Examiner Dispatch
LONDON, Feb. 29.-Eelen Dauvray made
her debut in England Friday at a matinee
performance given at the Prince of Wales
theatre. She appeared as Suzanne in "a
Scrap of Paper" and her performance
gave every Indication that she will achieve
success in the part. The critics are fairly
laudatory in their comments on her ability
and they admire her pluck in appearing in
a part in which Mrs. Kendall achieved her
greatest success. The Daily telegraph saws:
"Miss Dauvray is to be congratulated on
the fact that there is nothing unduly am
bilious in the manner of her debut. Al
ready there have been too many cases of
American artists, inflated with a sense of
their own infallibility, VINO have de-
scended upon the metropolis and taken the
aires amid the Furnishing of trumpets
Showers of them have produced worthless
PLAYS of transatlantic origin. Such PLAYS
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1892-03-01
Nebraska Independents Want Van Wick.

OMAHA, Neb. Feb. 29.-[Special tele-
gram to The HERALD. THE Nebraska
Independents fred their first gun for
presidential candidate to-day. They
agreed upon ex-United States Senator
Charles Van Wyck. A number of the
leaders of the state had themselves inter
viewed in Omaha this morning. They
explained that Van Wyck is sure to be
their nominee and assert that even the
friends of Weaver, of Iowa. and Donnellv.
of Minnesota, admit that Van Wyck will
control the greatest strength on the first
ballot in the convention. They declare
that his record for fighting monopolies
alone will give him the nomination, and
assert that through Difference to Van Wyck
the convention was held in Nebraska.
General Van Wyck was here, too, but said
he was not after the nomination.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1892-03-01
OMAHA BOODLERS
Three Prominent Citizens and
City COunciImen Indicted.
They are Thomas f. Tuttle f. Madsen and
Ed. F. Moriarity Offenses are
Classed as High Misdemeanors.

OMAHA, Neb., Feb. 29.-TSpecial tele-
gram to THE HERALD. AS a result of the
charges of open and notorious boodling
which has been going on in the municipal
affairs of Omaha for the past two years,
three prominent citizens and city council
men were to-day indicted by the grand
jury. They are Councilmen Thomas F.
futile, b. f. Madsen and Edward f.
Moriarity. They were arrested, pleaded not
guilty, and released on heavy bonds. The
charges are having an interest in contracts
awarded by the body to which they be-
Ionged, except Madsen, who is accused of
receiving check from the Balou Electric
Light company for his vote on charter 10
be granted that company. 1t is a curious
story. .. II. Ballou had been trying 10 get
u franchise for an electric light system.
and Madsen, as chairman of he electric
light committee, had possession of the p6-
pers. About April Ballou WAS anxious 10
get the papers out of Mr.. Madsen's hands
for the council to act upon. Under the
new charter, which would soon 20 into
effect, an election would be necessary TO
get franchise, II 1t were not granted nv
the council under the old charter. Mr..
Ballou's story, as told to a reporter not
long after, was that he thought the quick
est way to set back the papers would be
to give Mr.. Madsen an alleged
check, and that he laid dows one,
signed by a fictitious person, on a table,
and took the papers and brought them TO
the council, while Madsen stepped cut OF
the room to ask Mrs. Madsen if the check
was good. He considered the papers
his own property. Madsen, on his own
behalf, said that his Wife had "a g.
laid the papers and that as soon
as he found them he gave
them to Ballou. The check, MaGsen
says, he took as joke and never thought
of 1T again until be read OF it in the papers.
County attorney Mahoney states that none
of the offenses charged in the council
manic indictments are felonies. They are
classed as high misdemeanors, and are
punishable oy fine not exceeding 81, 200 and
by jail sentence.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1892-03-01
The Deacons Face to Face in Court

lSrecial to THE NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Dispatch. I
NICE, Feb. 29.-Mr. and Mrs. Deacon
spent Saturday and yesterday with the
juge Construction at Grasse. At the con-
clusion of the sitting the judge said he
could not tell how long it would take to
complete his report, adding: "Mon dieu i!
we do not do things here after the Ameri-
can fashion. We proceed slowly in this
part of the world, taking the case step by
STEP"
The inquiry was conducted with absolute
secrecy, but your correspondent learned
from the only other person present besides
MIR. and Mrs. Deacon and the Judge that
there was an exceedingly painful scene
when the husband and wife were con-
fronted with each other. OF the two MIR.
Deacon was most affected, and the ordeal
was so trying that on the close of the ex-
animation he Immediately went to bed. and
looked very pale as he was led from the
judges Office. Mrs. Deacon sat upon low
wall before the entrance to the court and
watched her husband until he disappeared
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1892-03-01
Meeting of the Idaho Democratic Commit

BOISE CRY, Idaho, Feb. 29.-TSpecial
telegram to THE HERALD. THE Demo-
cratic committee will hold meeting here
on the 9Th of next month. Preparations
are making for quite iubilation at that
time. 1t is thought that the committee
will determine to hold both state conven-
tions away from Boise, one going to
Pocatello or some point in southeastern
Idaho, and the other to Moscow or some
point in north Idaho.
An important case has been begun in the
district court, Coffin g. Co. against Brad
bury ~ Bray, to recover Tor ditchlng
implements sold to the company who had
charge of the ditch near Boise before
Bradbury 81 Bray bought them OUT.
Stewart is for the plaintiffs and Judge
Weir appears for the defendant.
Allen, the man who shot Ackerman, is
out of jail on bond. He says he is not
afraid of the result of the trial
An irrigation company, with headquar-
tiers at Twin Grove, Bingham county, filed
articles of incorporation with Secretary
Pinkham to-day. The company will take
out six miles OF ditch from the north fork
of Snake river, in Bingham county, and
will irrigate a large section of lands now
arid. The capital stock is $1,000. The
company is backed by good Bingham
county men.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1892-03-01
A Decision on interstate commerce.

SPRINGFIELD, H., Feb. 29.-Judge Allen,
in the United States district court, to-day
sustained the demurrer to the indictments
against Milton Wright, general freight
agent of the Wabash railway, and J. M. B.
kehler, st. Louis, doing business under
the name of Keller Bros, for violation of
the Interstate commerce act by cutting
rates on shipments of flour from East ST.
Louis to Montreal, Canada. The court held
Congress had no power to make any law
regulating railroad rates between points in
the United States and points in foreign
countries. This decision ends the matter
as far as Wright and Keller are concerned.
the indictment being quashed by this de-
murrar
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1892-03-01
The Dingley Worsted ono Quorum'D Act
Upheld.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 29.-The mo quorum"
case in which the legality of the Dingley
worsted act was attacked by importers, to-
day was decided by the United States
supreme court. The Dingley act was
passed through the action of Speaker Reed
in counting quorum when the quorum
was of members present but not voting.
The importers maintained Speaker Reeds
action was in violation of the constitution
and the act passed in this manner was
void. The court, in an opinion by Justice
Brewer, holds the ''no quorum" rule valid,
and that the House of Representatives had
q right to make such rule.
The constitution provides, says the
opinion, that majority of each house shall
constitute a quorum to do business. In
other words, when a majority is present
the house is in a position to do business ;
then established, created by the
mere presence of the majority and
does not depend upon its disposition
or assent or action of any single member
or fraction of the majority present. All
that the constitution requires is the pres
ence of majority, and when majority IS
pre- sent the power of the House arises
The constitution has prescribed no method
of ascer tanning the presence OF a majority
ana III Is therefore clearly Within the
competency of the House to prescribe any
method that may be reasonably certain to
ascertain facts. There was a quorum
present when this bill passed and
the question is whether quorum being
present, the bill received sufficient num-
Der OF votes. ana here the general rule of
all parliamentary bodies is that when a
quroum is present the act of the majority
of the quroum is the act of the body. In
the United States constitution there is no
such Limitation as is found in certain state
constitutions, that majority of all the
members elected shall be present, and
necessary to the passage of bill, and
therefore the general law of such bodies
obtains.