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1n1 LOSS or raE VICTORIA.
Irish Revsl asloeists C1ai9 It VS. III
Work 81 Their Sscrpe Allies.

Irish Ressl osloststs C1ata It VS. the
work 81 Their secrss Aliiss.
MY Yosx, July "a new and start
ling tS-eory has been advanced as TO the
cause ii the sinking Of the British battle
ship f.:ctoria BY the Camperdown. Irish
revoip:ionists claim that the sinking was
the reault not Of accident but . deep laid
plot which has for Its object the destruction
II possible Of the British navy and the in
aictie:s Of dire injury on England in every
quarter OF the globe. A circular
signess 1.-THE Executive" . copy Of
whici. . morning paper succeeded In
obtai"inR. and which had been promui.
gated in Irish Nationalist circles. claims
for tbs rcvolusionists the honor Of striking
q heasy blow to England. Referring TO
Admissl Tryon's maneuvers the circular,
which. bears date July 10. says:
Admiral Tryon was not guilty. Of the loss
Of the Victoria. He 10 the victim of the
sins o. his country. The maneuvers which
he pusposed the feet should perform would
have seen successfully carried out had not
our besvc brothers In England's service
been equal TO the opportunity and given
theuscives as o willing sacrifice for the
now On almost every English warship.
We have thcm in the English regiments.
q homo and abroad, and wherever the
Engiah flag floats there also may our men
be fcand. We are now in position
which. We never before attained of
striking England In every corner of
the ssobe. Forward, brothers. the fight
must be lost Of striking England, nor
must we hesitate to use against her what
ever science and inventive genius may
play n our hands,"
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B*sroS. July CAN unnamed zach:
VAS struck by a sudden squall this after
noes while Oh Fawn bar buoy. cas-; OF
Dee: island, and three men were drowned:
J=AS ". JouSsoS.
AibBgT SoarT.
ssErm MyEElsy.
Iao ether fnea eiuns to the overturned
yaG.E. ane were rescued
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COMPETITION FOR BUILDINGS.


Local Architects Interested Elsewhere
-Pr09ress In Building.
The principal interest in building circles
for the past week has been manifested over
the award Of the plans for the Spokane
courthouse. for which Architects Parkin-
son and Saunders were competitors, and
the award for the Agricultural college
building at Pullman. tor which Architect
Alexander was the only Seattle competitor.
The local interest over the Spokane
building is Of course on account CT the
Seattle architects competing for 1t. and
news has been expected daily for the past
week announcing the result, but nothing
has yet been learned concerning it.
In the Pullman competition before tho
regents Of the Agricultural college the case
is little different. On Friday Architect
Alexander received . telegram summon
ing him to Pullman, where the plans were
under consideration by the regents. He
left Immediately. and it vas quite gen.
orally inferred by other local architecss
that ne would be warded the work. or he
would not have been called to Pnllman.
Another week will probably witness the
completion Of the brickwork on the Leary-
Walker building on Second street. The
walls above the first story are going rap
idly forward. and the building will soon
be ready for the roof, as it is to be but one
story in height. The iron pillars are be-
ing put in the front and the carpenter
work will soon be fairly started.
Across the street big hole has been
excavated for the new fair building OF
Herman Chaplin. Although the excava-
tons are not yet completed. 1900 cubic
yards Of earth having to be removed, the
foundation walls have been started along
the alley side and considerable stone
hauled for the other sides. This build
ing is TO be two stories below and two
above Second street. The details for the
arrangements OF the structure have not
yet been made public and have not yet
been submitted TO the contractors for hg-
ures.
Good progress is being made on the
Union Trust Company's building, which
is rapidly going heavenward story after
story A good start has also been made
on the Kinnear-Brawley building. after
considerable trouble with the sub-founda-
tons.
/, is expected that the Athletic Club
building will be opened this week. and the
masonry work on the adjoining structure
OF Dobson & Denton has been com pleted.
Architects report little iul just now in
the maturing Of plans for new structures.
but expect iivciier times this fall.
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fostusssssiy. he had nons Of the nscsssaTy
papers vita him and the policeman could
not fsaks the arrest, bat. sympashsxi0g
with ssss Frenchman's grief 1t the pros
pecs sss losing his man. Ofscer Mcconnell
suggested that IL AaInssi would p<rpe-
trate u vigorous assault upon Csvaiero
he. ssie policeman, could run them
both in over night. The Ersnehman
jumped With delight, and, rushing u Cav
alero. dealt him . fnrioas blow. cavalero
fookess around in surprise. and. Teccgnis-
Ing his victim, gave . yell and fed into
the bzssesnsns Of hotel near By. AaiBati
was soe 70 b beaten, however. and
drsges ID him back TO the strsst, pounding
bin vigorously. Mcconnell then arrested
both, snd when arTaigned before Justice
Hogas this morning. and the facts being
reiat<., Mainsti vas released and Cav
s'erc Seld for examination 10 give Mai
natl time to put the matter in proper form.
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WtsusSGros CIrr. July e3-rhe con.
gre aansen Who were most Interested in DE-
iea}ne the force bill. /; is reported. may
aid faelr Western colleagues in opposing
the unconditional repeal Of the sherman
silver bi.a This state of AFFAIRS Is rer-e-
'sa % have teea brouch; about by cor
ses@,ndsaec between Western SILVER men
iw,f. years ago IN hsip.ag - ce:ea. tie
ior.s. iii
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Steamers Can't Compete With Rallseolk
Minneapolis Journal.

CHAxBERLAIN. s. D.. July l0-Soms a.
river men profess to believe that trale q
the Missouri wilt increase rear b yoar.
but it has been noticeable feet hat dur
ing the PAST ten or twelve years The 6sflIe
has steadily decreased, year b year, until
now it is almost entirely wipsl ont Ths
building of railroads has caused thia, ~
uncertain navigation working v tAeIs
jury Of the river traffic a. against III ~
roads. For instance, II = regular sle6D.
boat line was in operation betweea -
and Sioux City and the freight rates ~
but two-thirds as much as charged ty0
railroads from the same place. the o1rb
boat line would not control one-ten1A 4
the traffic simply because merchants -
ally want their goods as soon after -
order them rs possible. and would ~
care TO trust their goods to a steann1
which might make the trip in but 3 ~
days and again might have trouble r
sandbars. ETC.. and get through in Q -
Steamboats,, of course, are nccessary II
carry freight from railroad points 70 y
dian agencies and military posts 49,
are far removed from railroad points, IT.
the river traffic from one end OF the ~
to the other as formerly 10 thing 1t ~
past.
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Panama. July 5-Ncws has been re-
cessyd saovsnx that hard lighting is in
progress near Aasease. Nicaragua. be.
,seea the Leon rvvoiationisss and the
govsTnme5t sroopA fsve thousand men
ere :asssed in the battle. the resal. of
whssa IS not known here.
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n,ss. Of v~r.xs. wnl Aee.p, ru,a.

NSw IoEK. July 22-~rhe Wsr,3 saw.
shs@ On Thursday it caAlei the bake Of
Nerasua asking AiFa: Should America,
rrass'aie Tor the service OF Christophey
Columbus take the shape OF fsaaa. xoul,,
u ~ accepted :" This morning n. paper
rrssts this reply: Your telegram -.
cei,srd here today. aocep, as an homo,
the sympathy OF the American people"
Iss..-,
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PLANT OF MONTAl
The Silverites at Butte r.,
Manifesto to the Count,
II IS SIMILAR TO coloRa,,
southern congresshea Nay ~
Western siiverises in Fight 49,
Repeal OF shermaa La

BUTTE. Mont. July "a H..
meeting In the interests Of silver - ~.
mere last night. leading cisir,s- h
diHerent parts of the state parre,.., b..
Ihe meeting was addressed BY He~
CLARK, ex-senator Sanders. 49, -
man Maginn!s. Hon. Lee MantlA - -.
appointed senator. and oths,r r.
enthusiasm was manifested Ana !. !, y.
address TO the people Of the $50 ri
muiated by the free coinass s11o,;.s ~,
was unanimously adopted. Ih,,ss..s..l
are In line with those Of tn saSs~-ss
Gently adopted by the Colorado .;s,.sS. 1.
yention. as follows:
1T rehearses the various .,.r.sA3.
favor OF silver and dwelIs On ~. c,.l
trous effects its complete ovsr4h-.-
nave on the Western states ana ssr-ss ..''
directly and indirectly. The cis;.s ~:
the operations OF the Sherman 49, -.
eign lear OF tree coinage il resnor.;si. ri
the recent tremendous outflow az 49,
vigorously comhattsd and shs
made that it is due solely and crI- - SEI
Iact that the balance Of trade hss ~
enormously against the United S.ssS
and owing to this the gold would ~
gone just the same il there hsa 49, ~
silver law in existence. With re~ss.s -
cost OF producing silver The 49,
asserts fatty that every ounce az s;;s@
produced i'll the United States co.ts So
than $l.9 per ounce. Tho Sherms- 's!:s
Is wrong in principle, because il dss,s1s
silver into u mere commodity. - ~
feted about by unprincipled susssieiss
AT the same time the treasury nc6s }rS
under its provisions have bern & iSSs3S
mable benefit by increasing the dr. I1SiSs
at critical time and thus nrouIS17Ss
disaster. TO repeal this Law uncon iS1Sss
ally would be to destroy silver l6r1p1r ~
play directly into tho haa6 e 7fS
advocates of the single gold sasnAsS5
and contracted currency. Il -
be the cruelest blow ever struck Y sS
debtor class. for IL would enosmoprinlR
crease the purchasing power Of 80 ~
correspondingly lower the vsaGo q
products and of every other form q 49,
erty. The Sherman law was never i11
by the advocates of free silver eol11iS
but bad as 1t is. it Is now oil that e
between the desire of the gold s1oS3
men and the contamination ofthoIRl
ends. and must be retained in the No.
OF the common people until sounot
better IL conceded in It's stead.
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Joseph Jen.v.o. Not seriously m.

NEW YogE. July 1.-The Tia.s saws
there is no foundation for the report abcu,
Joseph Jsiterson's condition, printed in \
local paper yesterday morning.
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Taking Away Idle ColorsAe 49,

OMAHA, July 22-The Union Pacifem
joined in assisting the pennilsss lahoG1
Of Colorado'to reach the East, whsss ~
and shelter may be obtained. Two TT
well loaded with men, are coming ths(
Nebraska tonight At Grand lsland II
citizens gave them supply Of provis
The Burlington road 10 also brl16n
through large number Of men.
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Commissioner Emery has received q let
ter from Henri Pressprich, Iawyer
in New York, making inquiries a.
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Sgrney Il Boiana, Of Dallas. Tex. the most
widely known aad extensive real ss,a,e sgeats
aad Investment eroSsss IN tie stats. suspsaaed
On Jaiy :.
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CHrsAeo. July "a panic was mar
rcwly svertsd in the Palmer house early
this Ieorning by fire In the hotel laundry
In the basement. A great volume Of
smoks rolled up through the halls and into
the rssams. ssriously alarming guests. who
were howcver quickly assured that there
Was n, danger.
Tonight. as the curtain was rung up at
the Schiller theater . volume Of smoke
pourssi out into the auditorium. It came
from = tire started In the cafe in the base
ment. and at the request of the manage
ment the theater audience left in an
orderly manner. The FIRE was subdued
with {. trihing loss.
HHaLDsBuRo, CAL, July "a destruc-
tive fare occurred here 1t 5 80 O'Clock this
morning. The livery stable of J. II.
Guerssc, together with about fourteen head
Of lisery horses and buggies, were de-
stroyssi. The loss il estimated to be at
least SIG. 900. with insurance Of $4.60O. The
ortgi,s Of the fire is mystery. Among the
horse>; burned were valuable animals. Sew.
erai e. the horses werc cut loose and driven
from she barn. but Immediately returned,
ana gushing into the burning building
were soasted alive or suffocated.
cH%I1-bsNos O.s July -o.-A iaISe section
OF tiss business portion of this town was
burns d today. There is no estimate of
losscs jet.
Pole. and Hangarfans Riot at Priceburs.
SCRANTON. Pa, July 23-At Priccburg
Yesterday number Of Hungarians and
Poles got drunk after being paid and q Sc
rious fight ensued. Four Hungarians
were srrestcd and locked up. Later In the
evening large body Of Hungarians pro-
ccedai to the jail, overpowered the keeper
and liberated the prisoners. The Poles
took exception to this, and serious race
fight :'egan which lasted three hours. tho
oftics4es being driven of. Over thirty men
were injured, three fatally. and some DAM
age tSanc to property. The sheriff went to
townSw with a welI-armed posse about mid
night and quelled the riot.
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alrs. Sutherland. caught cold e.
walk two blocks without fainting. No. IT,
free from il all and ! can truly feoe
ANNA SUTHERLAND, Kalamazoo, Ma
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Another serious fire in the Manusac-
lures building. chargeable again 10 the
careless handling OF fireworks outside. was
only avcrted last night by the PROMPT
work of the tremen. Two of these occur
rences In one week have been enough and
hereafter fireworks. il any are sen; up.
WI! have 10 80 of from the aoat 900 feet
cut in the lake.
The Worlds fair was closel .o5.v J.,
ali bur employees, concessionaires and
newspaper representatives. The whole
aspect oil the grounds was one OF peaceful
gaicf
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Harvard and Its Principal.

A Pennsylvania paper-the Scranton
Iribmse-makes some eplogistic refer
ences to Harvard College and Prof ELIOT,
lite learned principal. We are afraid the
full article would send our morning con-
temporary into fits, so we will not re-
produce it, but merely refer to small
portion of its contents. Harvard and
ELIOT are poison to the stomach OF our
neighbor, all because the Professor came
here, did not worship the Tribune, and
went away feeling pleased with his visit
after saying some kind things OF the peo
pie here.
The Pennsylvania namesake OF our anti
Harvard neighbor speaks OF the college
as 'ithe oldest and in some respects the
most ilIustrious institution of learning
in the United States,'' and says it
''yearly increases its reputation and use
fullness." 1t also remarks:
It is now in the best sense OF the word a
great university, with the financial and
literary resources to maintain the high
rank it has always enjoyed among Ameri-
can institutions of learning. In the num-
Der of students the increase in the past
five years has been nearly eleven hundred
and the number of instructors has been
increased in the same time by ninety six
In spite of all the venom of our morning
contemporary, poured out at every oppor-
tunity on Harvard's principal, it appears
that the generous supporters OF higher
education are not Influenced that way at
ALL The sum of five hundred thousand
dollars has been donated since the open
ing of the new year, and half million
was given last year. This shows that the
storm raised around Professor ELIOT s
ears for saying what he thought on an
important subject, brought no harm to
him or the university over which he so
ably presides.
We presume our neighbor will look
upon these generous givers as educated
idiots" supporting Learned ass" be-
cause these were the kind of compliments
it bestowed on the gentleman and his
friends on their visit to Salt Lake City.
Rational people, however, will rejoice at
the success of the renowned American
college and its no less celebrated Ameri-
can professor,
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a utah Silver Conference.

The news has come over the wires that
the President intends to use his official
and personal influence to reconvene the
Brussels Conference. Assuming this is
true, it is only fair Tor the mining states
and territories, especially, to do all they
can to express their gratitude. At the
same time, we think there should be, with
that expression, respectful intimation
given the President Of what would please
the mining region.
1t is probably too much to ask the pres
ident to recommend universal bimetal-
ism, but, Judging from what was done in
the last conference, there Is willingness
in England and among the nations OF
Europe, to enlarge the use of silver in
every possible way without giving it full
standing as money metal of final settle
ments. Now. if we can but largely in
crease the use of silver, by getting the
nation to do away with its small bills and
to use silver in lieu thereof, and at the
same time to increase the amount of sill
yer in the bank reserves, it will SO en-
nance the price Of the white metal that
full reconciliation at the next session of
Congress Will not be impossible. There
fore we think the men of Utah can with
out impertinence, urge the President tc
so instruct the delegates to the conference
that they will be permitted by authority
to accept the best they can obtain.
THE HERALD, after consultation with
many leaders OF opinion, suggests that tn,
friends of silver in this city, in Ogden, il
Park City and Bingham and all the ad
iacent towns, meet in the rooms of tn,
chamber of commerce in this city, Satur
day, April LIST, at II M, or as soon there
after as practicable, to formulate pape
to be forwarded to the President, as tn,
sentiment of the people Of Utah on tina
subject.
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The District OF Columbia.

We are in receipt of communication
from the southern part of the territory of
which this is an extract:
Would you kindly inform through the
columns of THE HERALD how the NUM-
cipal government of the District of
Columbia is conducted?
The District of Columbia, being under
the exclusive jurisdiction of the United
States, is controlled by the laws OF Con-
gress. These are administered by three
commissioners appointed by the Presi-
dent. Two of them are civilians and one
an officer of the corps of engineers OF the
United States army who is above the rank
of captain. This commission is not a
court. Congress provides for the courts
of the district and defines their jurisdic-
ton. Neither is the commission legls.
lative body.
1t has the direction of affairs in the dis
trict, applies the taxes, sees to the fnan-
cial support OF schools, directs the fire
department, the police department, etc.
1t can make no contracts except in rela-
ton to streets and highways, and these
must have the signatures of all the COM
missioners. Annually they must make
sn estimate of all the needed expendi-
lures for the coming fiscal year and sub
nit it to the Secretary of the Treasury,
who. when it is thoroughly checked and
Investigated, returns it with his approval
or suggestions for changes. When it is
duly signed by him and the commission
it is sent to Congress. On this report
one-half of the gross amount of the esti-
mate is appropriated out OF the public
funds. The other half is assessed upon
all the property in the district
Not more than $3.50 on each S1O0 ca h
value OF real estate and the same on per-
sonal property may be collected. Agri-
cultural lands in the district, outside
of Washington and Georgetown, may
only be taxed at 81 for each 500. The
taxes are paid into the national treasury,
and, with the sum appropriated by Con-
gress, the money is disbursedon vouchers
signed by the commission or majority
OF that body.
The commission have power to appoint
a number OF officers in the district pro-
yided for by act of Congress, and to re-
move them for cause. They take the gen.
eral oversight and management OF ell its
affairs, hold their offices for three years,
and receive 5000 each for compensation.
The act of Congress which governs in
this matter was passed June II, 1878, and
former laws concerning it were then re-
pealed.
The people of the district have no vote,
but seem to get along very well without
it. The district is well managed. Wash
ington is every year becoming more beau
tiful, and while there is grumbling there
as everywhere, folks seem to be quite
as contented as elsewhere. The District
of Columbia is not territory, SO has no
delegate in Congress, But being the
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the water according 70 such findings.
These powers are as much in reference to
corporations and companies as to indi-
viduals.
We understand that the courts have
decided this law invalid SO far as it con
fers judicial powers on the selectmen.
The courts of the territory being provided
for and defined in the Organic Act and
other statutes of the United States, no
other judicial bodies can be organized by
the laws OF the territory. Therefore
county courts, not being included in
those provisions, cannot exercise judicial
functions.
Otherwise the law in question, we sup
pose, is good enough. Ii disputants
choose to submit their cause to the Water
Commissioners and agree to abide by the
decision, it would have the same force and
effect as decision of court of arbitra-
ton. The duties imposed on the Water
Commissioners are very important, and
they can prevent a vast amount Of need
less litigation if people who have claims
to water for irrigation will submit their
cases on the basis we have named. The
law is all right except such portions of
it as give the selectinen judicial authority.
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Water Commissioners.

a correspondent in sanpete county
wishes THE Herald to state whether
section 2,775 OF the Compiled Laws of
Utah Of 1885 is valid law.
The statute Of which that section is a
part is in relation to water rights. 1t
was framed with a view to the settlement
OF adverse claims TO the use OF water for
irrigation. Power was given to the se-
lectmen OF the counties to act as EXC fficio
water commissioners, TO determine the
average flow of water OF the streams in
their respective counties, and to give ap-
pIicants a certificate as to their rights in
relation TO the water or proper proofs of
such ownership, such certificate when re-
corded to be proof of the claim.
The selectmen We're also authorized to
hear and decide disputes as to these wa
ter rights, file copies of their decisions
with the county recorder, and distribute