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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1893-06-29
TWO UTAH APPOINTMENTS.
Changes Made in the Surveyor
General and Land Office.
OTHERS WILL FOLLOW SOON.
Postmaster Nash's Official Head Will
Soon Drop in the Basket.
The Postmaster General Is Giving Some
Attention to the Question and the
Charges Filed Against Mr.. Nash
appointments Expected.

WASHINGTON, June 2s.- [Special.l -
Secretary Smith g promise to remove GER
tain Repu blicans in Utah before the ex-
piratlon OF their terms was fulfilled to-
day. The appointment of surveyor gen.
eral was announced and the Office goes to
George w. Snow. Major Wilkes, Mr..
Norton and Mr.. Mitchell OF Salt Lake
were among the other candidates.
Byron Groo was also appointed registrar
of the land office at Salt Lake.
A receiver will be appointed soon. Most
of the candidates made application either
for registrar or receiver and the list of can
didates includes Frank Harris, Mr.. Parks,
former appointee under the last Cleve-
land administration, DIR. Woodring OF
Mount Pleasant, Mr.. Carpenter and Alex
Mitchell, candidate OF the Tuscaroras.
All the appointments were straight out
Democrats and the administration is not
disposed to recognize any other sort in
distributing the offices. This is official.
In appointing Easily surveyor general
of New Mexico the administration recog-
nized home rule. Pressure was brought
to bear on behalf of a man named Cole
man of Virginia, but Secretary Smith
took candidate identified with the in
terests of the territory closely.
| Since his arrival here Governor West
has had interviews with the president and
most of the cabinet and without excep-
ton they are disposed to do everything
in their power to the advancement o.
Utah interests. Governor Weat will re-
nam here till about Saturday next.
DR.. Fowler OF Salt Lake is here, accom-.
panied by his nieces of Virginia, and they
will go to the Worlds fair.
The postmaster general is giving some
attention to the question Of change il
the postmastership OF Salt Lake, and i
the charges that have been made agains
Postmaster Nash can be backed up, it i.
strongly believed that he will be removed
within short period.
Strangham, appointed surveyor genera
of Idaho, gives satisfaction to Idaho
Democrats now in the city. He had tn,
support of National Committeeman
Beane and his friends.
Pressure is being brought TO bear OF
the department of justice TO finish up tn,
judicial appointments In Utah and it il
thought selection will be made inside o
a month.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1893-06-29
TRIED To Hold Up A TRAIN.
Bold Attempt to Rob an Express
Car in Texas.
THE FIREMAN is KILLED.
One of the Bandits Captured After a
Hard Fight.
The Engineer, Conductor and Express
Messenger Have Pitched Battle with
the Gang, Two of Whom Escape
"A Posse in Pursuit

SAN ANTONIO, Tex, June 2S.-The
boidest attempt at train robbery that
ever occurred in Texas took place this
resulted in the killing of T. H Martin,
firemen, and the capture of one of the
robbers, who gives his name as j. D.
May, cowboy. The train was
the San Antonio g. Arkansas
Pass, which left here at 1:2O.
At Breckenridge the train stopped
to take water and as she pulled out Rob-
Der May climbed up on the tender and
with pistol in each hand ordered the
engineer and fireman to throw up their
hands.
Engineer Tierney obeyed, but Martin
made movement as though he
was about to secure pistol and
the robber began pouring lead into
Martin keeping Tierney covered all the
time. Martin fell dead and his body
rolled on to the track where it was run
over. The other two robbers when they
saw the dead body fall out of the cab,
jumped from their position on the bag
gage car and made for the brush.
Robber May jumped into the cab and
ordered Engineer Tlerney to run the train
across the Indian river bridge. Instead
of complying he put on the air brakes
and the train came to standstill. With
parting shot at the engineer the rob-
Der jumped from the engine and started
up the track on hard run. Conductor
Steele rushed into the engine and cutting
it loose from the train started with the
messenger and Engineer Tierney in pur-
suit.
| Finding that he could not escape over
the bridge the robber took to the brush.
Conductor Steele started single handed
and chased him, firing as he went. Three
robbers at the bridge commenced firing
and the volleys were returned by the en-
gineer and messenger. Conductor
Steele overhauled May and disarmed him
of two pistols.
The robbers at the bridge disappeared
leaving Winchester behind. A United
States marshal and posse went down on a
special train and are now in pursuit. j.
d. May, the man who was captured, re-
fuses to make any statement further than
it was their intention to rob the express
ana passe myers.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1893-06-29
A NEW THEORY.
1t Is Advanced by Mexican Financier-
4 Gold Loan.

CITY OF MEXICO, June 2s.-The
tremendous drop in the price of silver
bringing exchange on New Y ork to Sc per
cent, has created much discussion
among Mexican bankers. They gener-
orally regard the present situation as Of
fering good opportunity to the United
States to force bi-metallism upon Europe.
1t is suggested by one man that the
United States might issue gold loan OF
$500, 200, 900 four and half per cent.
bonds, which it is said would be i'm
mediately taken up in Europe, where all
other government securities would i'm
mediately drop heavily, not being able to
compete with American bonds. Then,
according to his theory, gold would flow
into the United States, and in a short
time bi-metGllism would have to be
adopted by Europe, and the enormous
quantity of silver held by the American
treasury would rise in value, the whole
transaction being immensely profitable
to the United States.
1t is said here if nothing is done to
bring bi-metallism, all silver using coun-
tries will begin manufacturing for them
selves, and the United States and Europe
will Jose enormously in foreign trade.
The United States, it is urged, could
afford to undertake a gigantic financial
operation, being able to feed it, and has
cow wonderful opportunity to settle the
silver question permanently.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1893-06-29
THE ApPoINrEEs.
B 9th Are Thorough Utah Men and VIII
Make Splendid Officials.
a month,


The local Democrats were jubilant yes
terday over the appointment of two more
good men to federal positions, that of
Byron Groo, as registrar of the land Office,
succeeding Frank D. Hobbs, whose term
expires next month, and that of George
W. Snow, to be surveyor general of Utah,
succeeding Ellsworth Daggett.
Both of the appointees are thorough
Utah men, having resided here all OF
their lives. Mr.. Groo was for many
years editor of The HERALD and no man
in the community is better known or
more generally liked. He is the present
secretary of the Salt Lake County Demo-
cratic committee, and has done good SER
vice to the cause OF Democracy.
Mr.. Snow is the well-known civil en-
gineer, whose abilities and qualifications
are unquestioned and who will discharge
the duties of the surveyor-generalship
with credit. He has served one term as a
member OF the board of education and
has been prominent among the Demo-
cratic workers of the city.
Neither gentleman made any scramble
for the appointment, contenting them
selves with filing gilt edged endorse
ments. Among Mr.. Shows papers was
a certificate signed by the entire faculty
of Easton college, of Pennsylvania, from
which institution he holds diploma.
Mr.. Shows appointment was a cruel
blow to the Tuscaroras. They had
pinned their last hope of recognition on
the surveyor generalship, Shelton being
their candidate.
Governor West wired his congratula-
tions from Washington to the appointees
yesterday afternoon.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1893-06-29
COLORADO MINING MEN
A Meeting Of Smelling and Mine Own
ers to Be Held Today.
Mine and Furnace in the State
Will 30 Discussed.

DENVER, June %. = Especial "A
meeting of the smelling and mining men
will be held here tomorrow at the Brown
hotel to consider the closing down OF
every silver mine and furnace in the
the city or on the way. If the action is
taken it will be carried out Immediately,
and at least 30, 900 men will be thrown
out OF employment.
The sentiment of Ed. Holden, j. j.
Hagerman and other leaders is emphatic
cally in favor of closing. The railroads
will also be asked to furnish free tram
sportation to miners from every part of
the state to attend gigantic mass meet
ing in Denver. The situation is regarded
as desperate. Georgetown teachers today
let out 100 men.
Advices from Creole, Aspen and Lead
Vile today were that owners Will ask
the miners TO accept heavy cut in wages
in the mines or the mines would close. 1t
was at private meeting tonight that it
was decided to hold the general meeting
tomorrow and take the more stringent
step of closing absolutely.
Many of the Leadville mines make huge
quantities of water, and the pumps have
to be kept running or they will be
swamped. Most of the smelters have con-
siderable stocks of ore on hand, and will
likely run month or two in any event.
The loss to all the smelters of the state by
the depreciation OF the past three days is
estimated at fully $500, 900. The heavy
lead mines are double disad vantage, for
the market quotation g below the cost of
production.
| Heretofore the public expressions of
leading mining men have been in the d.
rection of putting the best possible face
on affairs, but tonight the sentiment Is
general that there is no use of deceiving
| themselves.
Ed Holden was asked by telegram from
New York today what the sentiment in
Colorado was and replied that Rocky
mountain empire would rise up in arms
to protest against the domination OF
English gold bugs.
The Colorado mining men appear to
have enlisted for the war. The only good
feature is that an impetus has been given
to Park, Boulder, Ell Paso, Summit and
other counties which produce gold.
Prospecto-s are all turning their attention
to gold and a considerable increase in the
output of that metal is looked for.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1893-06-29
CROWDS AYTEND THIN IAlR.
Special Features Not Necessary
to Bring Out the Populace.
DAIRY EXHIBIT IN JULY.
The Announcement That Made 1900
Exhibitors Happy.
Today VIII Be nIiIIers' Day and the
Largest Mill Owners of the World
Will Be Present-A Varied
Programme Promised.

CHICAGO, June 2S.-From the size Of
the crowd attending the Worlds fair to-
day it was evident that special features
are not necessary to bring the popuIace
to Jackson park. There was no promi-
nent attraction on the programme and
yet no less than 125, GOO people passed
through the turnstiles. 1t was beautiful
day and every lady seemed to enjoy it.
Corrected figures on yesterdays attend
ance show 1929 admissions, of which
1S1 1872 were paid. The corresponding
day at the Centennial the total attendance
was 26, 1874.
Unless the unexpected should happen
there will be a dairy exhibit at the
Worlds fair in July. This announce
ment, which was issued by Chief Buch-
anan OF the department of agriculture
today, was received with than ksgiving by
some 500 exhibitors who for the past
two months have been compelled to sub
NIT to exasperating and financial losses
by the failure of the exposition company
to furnish facilities for displaying their
products. The chief cause of complaint
was the absence of any kind OF refriger-
ator service, and q promise is now made
that this matter will be rectifed at once,
Tomorrow will be millers' day. Al
| ready some OF the largest mill owners in
the country have arrived. The day will
be made especially attractive to -four
manufacturers as exercises OF an inter-
estlng character will be held in the
| Michigan state building. Among the
prominent miIlers on the ground are: j.
M. Turner, Mandon, N. D.; T. H. Bliss,
Seymour, Ind; G. A. Pillsbury OF Min
neapolis; j. F. Clark of Akron, o.; II.
F. Oseick of Amsterdam, Holland.
It is estimated that these alone
manufacture half of the bread
stuffs used in the United States.
Hon. j. Sterling Morton, secretary OF ag-
riculture, is down for 8 paper en- the
Extension of the Export Trade in
Flour" General John W. Noble is ex-
pected to be present, and if he arrives
will deliver an address. d. r. McGinnis
OF North Dakota, the first promoter of
the reciprocity movement in the north
west, will speak on reciprocity with
Canada, and what it will do for milling.
Figures compiled tonight show the
total attendance of the day at 12S, 2O4 of
which So, 0G0 was paid.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1893-06-29
CLOSING EXERCISES AT YALE.
The Celebration by the Alumni Assumed
A Destructive Nature.

The Celebration by the Alumni Assumed
A Destructive Nature.
NEW HAVEN, Conn, June 28.-Closing
exercises took place at Yale today. The
class, which is from all departments of
the university, received their diplomas
this year is the largest which ever left
Yale, being 41s. Among the honorary
degrees conferred were: L. L. D., Hon
Wilson S. Bissell, class of '69, postmaster
general; William H. Taft, class of '7S,
United States circuit Judge; NJ. A., Dan
iel H. Burnham, director of works at the
World IS fair.
The celebration last night by the Yale
alumni assumed destructive nature. A
big bon fire was lighted and shutters torn
off the old south college to feed the
flames. The building was set on fire by
firecrackers but the flames were put out
with little damage. Two seniors, ,sPop''
Bliss, foot ball player, and Ralph Bird
sell, had their features badly marred by
irecrackers.
A letter box was blown up by cannon
firecracker and valuable mail matter
was badly damaged. The penalty for
this crime is twenty years in prison. Every
effort is being made by the local postal
authorities to discover the perpetrators
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1893-06-29
CUSTOM HOUSE INVESTIGATION.
A Witness Writes a Letter to Chairman
Fairchild.

NEW YORK, June 2S.-James Wilson,
of this city, was recently witness be-
fort the custom house investigating COM
mittee, but the feeling was that the evil
dence he was allowed to give was not
comprehensive enough. He has written
letter to Chairman Fairchild, of the in
vestigating ommittee, in which he says
in part;
the committee were seriously intended to
elicit all favors regarding the importa-
lions and return of California Central
bags. The fraud is not in the appraiser
but in the law of Congress in the Mckinley
act which calls upon the appraiser to
distinguish between bags of for
eign and domestic manufacture,
but it is impossible however pre-
ponderating the balance of evidence
may be to say absolutely where an indl-
vidual bag is made, and it seems that
under the circumstances the appraiser
cannot justly impose a penalty of duty,
but is bound to give the bag the benefit
Of the doubt.
''Talk that the government has been
defrauded of many thousands or millions
of dollars is sheer nonsense. This inves-
legation was instituted by Collins, a
bagmaker, whose brief you evidently
dCCcpteQ WuOle. NOW you 90 not appear
to have asked Collins how it is that he
was engaged so long in importing these
bags himself without paying duty on
them, or why he was required to pay
duty on importation of 20, 600 bags shipped
him as California bags, but which had
never been in California at all and most
of which were branded with the name OF
Arnold, Brauss & Co., firm of grain
shippers in Buenos Ayres, South Amer
lea.
81 have actual knowledge that for the
last year Collins has been busy collecting
evidence to prove the foreign origin Of
most of these returned bags, and yet
within that time l have sold him many
thousands of these bags, all of which he
entered free and in regard to which ht
has taken an oath at the customs house
in New York, that to the best of his
knowledge and belief, they were Of
American manufacture.
''You evidently adopt his COLLINS
theories with unquestiOning faith anC
treat with slight consideration and scam
courtesy those half dozen other witnesses
most of whom are traders of much greater
knowledge and wider experience than ht
md have apparently condemned as ignor
mt and inefficient the New York exam
;ner and, by implication, all other exam
;;ners of appraisers, for these central bag
are passed free through every custom
house from Boston to New Orleans.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1893-06-29
TALK IN WALL STREET.

An Easier Condition in the Money Mar.
ket-Demands for Rediscounts.
NEW YORK, June 2S.-Bankers re-
ported an easier condition in the money
market this morning. There were no ex-
traordinary shipments and the only thing
which was noticed out of the ordinary
was the large number of demands for re-
discounts from all over the country. The
clearing house loan committee issued
81 $3.50, 900 certificates, making the total
amount issued So, 1850, 600.
The sub-treasury transferred S115, 900 to
San Francisco by telegraph in return for
gold deposited. The free gold in the
treasury is just S96, 600, COO.
There is much talk in Wal street as to
the reasons which prevented the Presi-
dent calling Congress together i'm
mediateiy. Intimate friends of the secre-
tary of the treasury IN conversation with
a reporter said according to Carlisle, the
canvass of members of Congress two
months ago in behalf of Cleveland, re-
suited in learning that there was a
majority of the House insfavor of re-
peal of the Sherman law, but in the
Senate there was majority of twenty the
other way. 1t was believed, however,
that enough senators eleven at least)
would be converted before September to
enable the repeal measure to pass the
upper House.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1893-06-29
EXPORTS OF WHEAT.
An Enormous Amount Shipped During
the Past -Four Weeks.

An Enormous Amount Shipped During
the Past Four Weeks.
NEW YORK, June 2S.- morning
paper says the enormous export Of wheat
from this port during the past few weeks
has created a demand for canal boats
which far more than equals the supply.
There are 300 boats here unloading and
loading. Captains are so busy they will
not wait for return cargoes unless they
get them within twenty -four hours.
There is ], 200, 600 bushels of wheat stored
in New York, Brooklyn and Jersey City
and in course of transportation, /, 500 COO
bushels on the lakes and 1900, COO bush
els in the Erie canal and Hudson river on
its way TO Europe to be turned into gold.
In addition to this over Il, 600, 900 bush
els of wheat, including flour, cleared
from Atlantic and Pacific ports during
the four weeks ended June %. Engage
ments for freight room have already been
made at Atlantic ports alone for 10, 900, COO
bushels that will go abroad within the
next thirty or forty-fy days. This ag-
gregate of "a, 600, 600 bushels of wheat
shipped since May q to be exported
within q few weeks is equivalent to
draft upon banks in Europe for over S16,-
5OO, 900, even at the phenominaIly low
prices at which the cereal is now selling.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1893-06-29
WANT AN EXTRA SESSION.
Tremendous Pressure Brought to Bear
on the Administration.

tremendous pressure brought TO Bear
on the Administration.
WASHINGTON, June 2S.-Secretary Car
isles mail this morning was loaded
down with letters from bankers, COM
mercial men and others calling on the
president to convene Congress at once in
extra session to consider financial legis-
lation. The pressure is great, but there
is semi-oficial authority for the state
ment that Congress viii not be convened
before September.
a cabinet officer, speaking of the fnan-
cial situation, said this morning that
there was no doubt in his mind that re-
peal of the Sherman law would bring
about much needed relief, whether tenn
porary or permanent, time alone could
demonstrate. Still there is no certainty
even now that Congress would repeal the
Sherman law, that body might be con-
vened in extra session before September,
but he concluded, 1.-THE leaven is work.
in2,D
According to treasury advices, silver
continues to decline, the price in London
today being 81 pence per ounce, or .739
of our money. This makes silver dollars
worth today as bullion 81 cents. Since
the tresury went out of the market as a
purchaser of silver June 81, the price de-
clined from .S22 to .739 per ounce. July
3 is the tine for the next
purchase TO begin, but it is
limited at the tresnry department the
purchases may be delayed to July or z.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1893-06-29
BLAND ON THE OUTLOOK.
The Great Silver Advocate Talks
Freely on the Situation.
1T is NOT A KNOCKOUT.
Heroic Measures Will Be Required on
the Part Of the Government.
BE Believes That Unless Congress Adopts
Some Measure Looking to a Bi-Metaiiic
Standard IL Will Make Battle of
Standards the Coming Issue.

ST. LOUIS, June 2S.-Congressman R.
II. Bland. the great silver advocate, who
IS here reviewing the silver situation as
affected by the action of the Indian gov
erument, said: Heroic measures will be
required on the part of this government
for The RECOMMENDATION OF silver. Most
emphatic do not think 1t is a knock
ont for silver in this country. On the
contrary, l think that IL Congress does
not adopt some measure looking to a bine-
tallic standard 1t Will make battle OF
standards the coming issue in this coun-
try. This battle will disrupt political
parties and cause contest between COM
mercial centerS and the agricultural dis
tricts of the country.
''The free coinage of silver is demanded
by the laboring classes, and this is what
the free silver men will now demand of
Congress. The demonetization of silver
is a conspiracy between the banking in
stit lions of England and the eastern
pcr.Ion OF the United States, and the sus-
pension of silver coinage in India is a
part of this conspiracy to bulldoZe the
Congress of the United States to the adop-
ton of single gold standard. do not
believe they will succeed. Ii the Demo-
cratic Congress stands true TO its pledges
this conspiracy will not succeed.
1.-THE low price of silver is due to the
fact that this and other governments are
discriminating against it and that money
interests of this and other countries have
fought it. No important commercial
country has recently had mint for the
free exchange of gold and silver. The
effort has been to dam up silver to pre-
vent its free exchange in the commerce of
nations. That the United States, by free
coinage, can restore silver to its original
value was practically admitted by the
British Royal commission of 1888, con-
sisting of twelve members, six of them
Incorporating gold -metallists.
They admit that France alone could main
tain the parity of the two metals at the
ratio OF 15k to 1. This country is stronger
in material wealth, developed and unde.
veloped, than France and England com.
bined.',
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1893-06-29
SENATOR PEPPERS VIEW.
he Thinks Congress VIII Repeal the Sh,
man Law. Killing the OId P,rt5es

he Thinks Congress VIII Repeal the Sher-
man Law, Killing the Old Parties.
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, June Ex-senator
PETER of Kansas, today in an interview
said: ''The Sherman law will be repealed
the first thing when Congress meets. The
effect of this will be to destroy both the
old parties and build up a new one. That
will be followed by a new alignment OF
parties to some of the new organizations
soon to come into existence. The Peoples
party is but the preliminary makeup of
one which is to assume control. The new
organization is to be composed of the
Peoples party mostly, and will receive
many recruits from both the other large
organizations which are now closing their
careers. The Indian silver movement
means a general panic. Out OF this will
grow with much strength a Peoples
party. The silver question has been
giving Us much aid ali along.