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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-03-29
Talks to the League.

Minneapolis, Mimi, March 28.-Har-
monia hall, the meeting place of the
State League of Republican clubs, was
packed to suffocation when President
Goodnow called the assemblage to or
der It was evident from the moment
his gavel dropped that the accommo-
dations were not sufficient to allow all
the delegates breathing room
After a prayer had been offered by
Bishop Fowler, President Goodnow an
nounced the meeting would be ad-
journed to the Exposition building.
which has capacity of over 5000.
Headed by the band, 1900 odd dele
gates marched to the Exposition build
ing, made famous by the last nation
al Republican convention.
After a brief speech by the president,
Governor McKinley's well-known face
advanced up the aisle. The vast as
senlblage rose, cheering, and the band
played My Country, Tis of Thee"
President Goodnow, in presenting the
governor. asked the audience to rise
and give three cheers, which was re-
sponded to.
Governor Mckinley then made a stir
ring address, which in it's main points
did not differ from the speech made
ing.
After the retirement of Governor Me.
Kinley, the election of officers follow
ed John Goodnow,. of this city, was
reelected by reclamation as president
j. W. Stevens % ST. Paul, was elect
ed as secretary.
AT las business was declared con
cluded and the league adjourned un
| til the evening meeting.
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Washington, March 2S.-The sur
prise of the Pollard Breckenridge trial
today was the unexpected appearance
of Miss Pollard's old lover, Rankin
Roselle, a Kentucky schoolmaster. His
deposition had been read in the case,
but to make his testimony doubly sure
he appeared in person, and no sooner
had he taken the stand than Made
line Pollard glided in for the first time
this week, from the office of her at
torney across the street where she was
to be sent for when her presence was
desired.
Probably she will be in court tomor-
row to face her silver-haired accuser,
for the attorneys declare there will be
positively no longer postponement of
the testimony of the principal IN the
case, and that Col. Breckenridge will
take the stand without fail in the
course of the day.
Most of the testimony today was in
the form of dispositions, and 1nuch OF
it was of a character which can only
be published in eXpurgation. The de-
positions, regarding which Judge Brad
| ley had expressed his regret that they
| could not be excluded on general prln-
ciples, were recited and the justifica-
| ton of the scathing comments on
| them was self-evident. Some of the
language employed by Hiram Kauff-
man and John Brandt would hardly be
| tolerated in q well regulated bar room.
| These gentlemen admitted, in mat
ter-of-fact way, their tendencies to-
ward habituaI drunkenness and mari
| tai infidelity, and the court admitted
| their statements uneXpurged, as, he
remarked in the conversation the jury
might judge of the characters of wit
nesses.
Col Breckinridge's private secretary
was one of the witnesses of the day
and another was Col Hay, the best
known man in Washington, and Incl
dentally an expert on penmanship, who
was subjected to further cross-exam
nation upon the principles employed
in detecting forgeries. 1t looks as i
a hard fight had been precipitateC
lover the authenticity of that black
bordered letter, which was made pub
lie yesterday. exclusively by the Asso
ciated Press.
The case of the defense is drawing
to a close with the appearance Of Col
Breckenridge, whose testimony is eX
pected to occupy at least three Gays
as long a time as Miss Pollard was OIL
the stand
Then there will be rebuttal for al
indefinite period, as Miss Pollard vii
take the stand again and witnesse
have been summoned from Kentucky
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noon, five miles out of Alliance and
seventy-two miles from Pittsburg. The
march was broken at Niles Junction,
where Marshal Brown called halt
for half an hour. Horn blowing and
chatting from the villagers greeted the
Woe-begone army. Some of the boys
had several bushels Of snow balls pre-
pared for the army but the appear
ance of the men was so forlorn that
they We're allowed to pass through UNI
molested. Several have deserted, and
there is much grumblng. The army OF
sixty-seven strong passed through
Damascus at 1:30 p. IN. and was jeered
by the people of the village. Owing to
the rough roads the marchers have not
been able to make schedule time today.
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UNION PACIFIC MAKING MONEY.
The Overland Route is Anything but
Bankrupt.

Omaha, Neb., March 2S.-The hearing
of the Union Pacific-Gulf case in the
United States circuit court was con-
tinued today, the argument of Attor-
ney Hobson not having been complet-
ed. Mr.. Hobson started this morning
to show that the Union Pacific was not
a bankrupt road, but that on the 1st
of January, the present year, it was in
a fiourishing condition.
When he began to quote figures to
sustain his contention, Judge Caldwell
interrupted, and inquired why, if the
facts were as stated, Mr.. Hobson did
not begin proceedings to have the re-
ceiverShip set aside.
The attorney replied that he was not
attacking the receivership, but he
wished to show that the road was per-
fectly solvent, and, therefore, able to
carry out the contracts entered into
with the Gulf company.
He asserted that there had been no
failure on the part of the Union Pacific
line to pay interest obligations on the
main line when due. He alleged that
when such fault was imminent, George
Gould and Russell Sage went down in
to fund set aside for such purposes,
and brought out enough to meet the
| requirements of the case. He asserted
that it was necessary for them to take
| S25O,OOO from this fund on January /
to meet the obligations due. He chal-
lenged the receivers to show that they
had made a single report since their
appointment as to the condition of the
| trust imposed on them. When the noon
recess was taken, Mr.. Hobson had not
concluded his argument. The expected
| statement of Receiver Clark on the
wage conference was not filed in court
this morning.
There were some sensational fea-
lures during the afternoon session. Mr.
Hobson completed his argument, and
then Attorney Pattison made the clos.
ling address on behalf of the Gulf.
Before Judge Thurston, general so
licitor for the Union Pacific, began his
closing argument, Judge Sanborn re.
marked that if the counsel would con
Ifine his address to the consideration Of
the measure of compensation to be PAID
between October 10 and December Is
1893, he thought the court could reach
an agreement on the other points il
dispute without listening to any NOR,
argument.
Mr.. Thurston then opened his fna
lappeal to the court. He declared tina
the statements of Attorney Hobson il
regard to the solvency of the Uniol
i Pacific were without any foundation il
fact. Mr.. Thurston had nearly com
lpleted his argument when the cour
adjourned, and will close tomorrow
morning.
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eTscs12-Is1r FIRST oe ALL,
GIGANTIC DEAL.
One of the Largest in the History of
Railroads.

One of the Largest in the History of
Railroads.
Cincinnati, March 2S.-Trustworthy
news has. been received here from New
York of one of the most gigantic deals
in the history of American railroads.
1t is nothing less than that the Gin
cinnati, Hamilton & Dayton Railroad
company has bought out the Cincin-
natl, New Orleans & Texas Pacific.
This is the deal that was consummat-
ed in New York Saturday. This is the
greatest north and south combination
ever made in the United States and
links the Missouri river, lake Michi-
gan, lake Huron, lake Erie, the Kama
waha region of West Virginia on the
north with Meridian, Shreveport, New
Orleans, Jacksonville, Atlanta, Bir-
mingham, Knoxville and Chattanooga
on the south. This system has two
local points, the main one at Cincin-
natl and a very important, but minor,
one at Chattanooga. The distances
from Cincinnati, the focus to the main
southern poir.ts are: To Chattanooga,
1856 miles; to Meridian, 63; New Or
leans, S2S miles; to Shreveport, 949
miles; Brunswick, 1,154 miles.
a glance at the map will show the
commercial Importance of this deal.
The Monon being also in the deal, it
gives the new system three through
routes from Chicago to the gulf, one
from Cincinnati and one through
/ Louisville as well as the Bee line.
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San Francisco. March 2S.-The Elk
aminer prints the following with re-
gard to the reported designations of
Huntington and Croker from the Cen
trail Pacific directorate:
Il do not believe that any attempt is
being made to mislead English stock
holders said a gentleman yesterday
afternoon.
The speaker has long been in active
service and is a keen observer of all
affairs touching transportation mat
tiers.
THE truth is" he went on, "at least
in my estimation, that the real pur-
pose is to get from under. 1t is a case
of deserving ship about to sink The
Central Pacific occupies peculiar posi-
ton. 1t is in debt to the government
so deeply that there is no reasonable
hope of its ever getting out. OF course,
the government has been lenient. but
there is limit to indulgence. There
is a large element in the country now
| clamoring to have the mortgage fore
closed. l cannot see why a railroad
| should have so many privileges that
are denied to private debtors.
In these hard times, when the feel
ing towards railroads is far from
! friendly, congressman who would
vote to extend the mortgage on the
! Central Pacific for term of years
! would be voting himself back to private
! life. And really L cannot see why the
| Central Pacific people have any righI
! to expect further concessions. Proba-
bly, they do not expect them. This, in
my estimation, is the reason that they
| are getting out, and once out they will
| be out to stay.
''The Central Pacific as an independ-
| ent proposition does not pay, and YET
the government could by no means
| afford to take it and then permit it tC
run down. 1t would be operated in 6
first-class manner, and if at a loss
why the people who are stepping ou
would not have to bear it. At the same
time no disadvantage to their remain
ing interests would result
You will see the Central Pacific be
/ come, as according to terms it ough
| already to have become, the propert,
of Uncle Sam. People who can dispos
of a thing are not going to wait It,
have it wrested from them, for the,
would only lose by delay. This is VIII.
the change has taken place. 1t is sim
ply an acceptance of the inevitable
''As for the English stockholders
they are not being considered one wa.
or the other and all this fuss is no
being made on their account
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Los Angeles, Cal, March 2S.-Sherine
Moore did not depart for the east last
night, as he intended. with August
Cronkhite, the embezzling county treas
urer from Warren county, Indiana.
The delay resulted through failure
to secure the necessary requisition pa
pers from Sacramento.
a sad scene occurred in the police
station here this morning, when Cronl<-
hite was taken from his cell and con-
fronted by his wife and little boy. who
had journeyed hither from Indiana, con-
cealing their identity, and also hoping
to be met at the depot by the husband
and father. They knew nothing of the
arrest until they had waited several
hours in vain.
Then Mrs. Cronkhite made some eau
tious inquiries, and learned the distress
ing truth. She then made herself known
to the chief Of police and the reunion
that followed was one Of the saddest
ever seen in the city prison. The wife
and little boy will accompany Sheriff
Moore and his prisoner back to In
diana
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Dallas, Texas, March Ex-Governor
Hogg telegraphed the following from
Austin to the Times-Herald today:
You can truthfully say that neither
the Cornoran. nor the Commune can
disgrace Texas while am governor.
When a railroad company hauls tramps
or unemployed penniless men into this
state it cannot dump them into bar
rem desert and murder them by torture
and starvation without atoning for 1t,
if there is any virtue in the machinery
of Justice Nor Will l permit them to
be shot down on Texas soil by any
armed force whatever, no matter how
much the Southern Pacific and other
enemies of the state may howl about
the commune. ]. S. lIOGG.'
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GOVERNOR AND THE RAILWAY.
sharp and Pointed correspondence
Passes.

New Orleans, March 2S.-A special
TO the Picayune from Houston, Texas,
saws the following correspondence
passed between General Manager
kruttschmitt, of the Southern Pacific,
and Governor Hogg, yesterday and to-
DAY.
General Manager, Galveston, Har-
risburg q San Antonio railway, Hous-
ton: Reliable reports have reached me
that your company and your liEes, in
other words the Southern Pacific, now
dominating your line, has brought in
TO Texas from other states about 200
men and left them at or near Finlay,
in a desert where they are being as
much as murdered by starvation and
exposure. As your company and the
other that dominates it have brought
them into Texas you must carry them
out or transport them to some place
gf refuge. You are given reasonable
Mime TO do your duty in the premises.
'or failing, submit to the consequences
from the state of Texas. Take due
notice, this state viii not submit to
such wholesale murder of any human
beings on her soil without testing the
company's life and every right claimed
by it under the Texas Jaws.
y. S. HOGG, Governor.
The general manager replied, deny
ing the accuracy Of the governors in
formation. Continuing, he said the in
dustrialS forced the company 10 haul
them.
They seek TO seize our trains and APP
pToprate the property against persist
ent remOnstrance, and the destruction
of our legal rights and in spite of our
appeals TO you, supported by proof
which your reply shows that you held.
As we understand that law, officers
ere not used to interfere for our pro-
lection. We have simply refused TO
surrender our trains and yield our
property to them. We have so far
taken no affirmative action and have
not taken or contemplated a single step
in the premises except in obedience to
the plainest provisions of the law and
any reports TO you to the contrary are
wholly untrue. If we are failing in any
duty, we are well aware how to cheer
fully perform it if pointed out While
the men have reached their position by
force, overcoming us, and while we are
not under the slightest obligat alton, legal
or moral to do so, nevertheless we viii
order our trains to take them to Il
Paso, if you so desire, but no further
and with the expectation that the com
pany nor its employees will be sub
jected to any penalties prescribed by
any ordinance of such city for the vol
untary carrying of such men into theil
limits. This is purely gratuitous, with
out the slightest recognition Of legal Of
other obligation resting upon us in the
Z premises, or anv lawful right or any
power on youl part TO require and en-
force it
To this the governor replied: YOU
are advised that the state of TeXa!
stands by its notice to you of yester
day, and will not multiply words OF
aais subject"
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M'KINLEY'S BOVMLRT.
High Tariff William Is Having
Quite a Time.

Minneapolis. Mimi, March 2S-Gov-
ernor William Mckinley and party
reached Minneapolis from Chicago this
morning. In st. Paul. they were
Joined by MISUNDERSTANDING Clough,
John Goodnow, president of the Repub-
iican state league, and others Upon
arrival here they were met by the stu
dents of the state university to the
number of 600, and the University Re-
publican club. The party was escorted
to the West hotel, where 1000 people
had assembled. Along the route to the
hotel the bands had been playing
Marching Through Georgia." the re-
frain of which was while We Are
Booming Mckinley" and the famous
"ski-uh-mah' yell of the university
students rent the air.
The governors reception at the hotel
was only such as 1000 strong north
western threats could give The North
Star quartette sung "All Hail." express
ing the sentiment Mckinley leads; we
Follow" after which the governor as
cended the staircase and was introduced
by President Goodnow. He directed his
remarks particularly to the students
and declared it was to the young mer
lof the country that all parties now
look. During his address he declared
the people of the country never wanted
to vote in all their history as they Git
now.
Later, the governor was. driven to the
exposition building, wher the statt
| league of Republican CLUBS was in SEES
sion. There he made another address
in which he said nobody could tell wha
would happen and nobody knew wha
: the Democratic Congress would do. H,
then went on to talk about the princi
Piles of protection.
Later in the day, he was driven, IN
der the guidance Of bishop t'ov Ter
Governor Nelson and Mayor Eustis t.
several state institutions ana made
splendid address to the pupils OF tt
Central High school,
In the evening he was escorted to tn
Exposition building, which was packe,
to overlooking with people from al
parts of the northwest to hear tn
leading address of The day.
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RosELLE ON THE STAND.
One of the viIest of the Earth Again
Appears.

IL
Washington, March 2S.-At the open
ing of the misunderstanding trial
today, q. B. Hay, expert in handwrit-
ing, was subjected to long and
searching cross-examination to deter
mine the value of his testimony as an
expert.
When this was ended, a young man
named Worthington, clerk in the office
of Breckenridge & Shelby, at Lexing-
ton, KY, was put on the stand. He
testified that in response to a request
from Breckenridge, he made a search
among the latter's business letters in
the office, and found a letter which
Miss Pollard has disputed the author
ship Of This was the only private let
ter he found. All others were business
letters.
Then a stir was created in the court
room by the calling of the name of
who was engaged to Miss Pollard at
one time. He told of his doings as
salesman, teacher, superintendent of
county schools and deputy county
clerk. Asked if he knew Madeline Pol
lard, he answered in the affirmative.
She Made Him Nervous.
: At that point the proceedings were
interrupted by the appearance of Miss
Pollard, which evidently embarrassed
the witness who dropped his eyes and
nervously fingered the Bible lying near
him.
In response to a question as to the
circumstances of his first meeting with
Miss Pollard, Roselle was even more
! col T1roc in Oo4o
! Der or November, 1888, when he was
employed in a store in Cincinnati. 81
was at the time on the fifth floor. A
messenger boy came and announced
| that a lady wanted to see me- | went
out to see who she was. II was Mad
feline Pollard. She introduced herself
| to me. She said she had heard of me
often, and wanted to see me- She said
she desired to go to Wesleyan college
and asked me if l would go with her
which l did"
did she tell you how she happened
to know your
"She had heard her cousin, Nellie
oliver, speak of me often. [ knew
Nellie oliver. We were received il
the office of the college by DR.. Brown
/ was not acquainted with him, but
introduced myself and Miss Pollard
EShe stated her intention of enterin;
school there and said she had a guar
dian, Mr.. Rhodes, who would be aloni
next day to complete the arrange
Lments. She stated to DIR. Brown tina
IL was a personal friend of hers, ant
asked him to grant me the privilege o
calling there whenever wanted
From that time on, l called very reg
IuIarly for the purpose of seeing hei
some times twice a week, some time
three times
Did you see her alone, or with othe
persons?"
Most frequently alone Sometime
other young ladies came in
Did your visits lead to friendship?
Worse Than Cur.
Roselle-(briskly)-M first I had a
: admiration for the young lady. My &C
5 miration led to love, and love to Ell
gagement We became engaged abol
: Christmas holidays
Roselle said: Miss Pollard stated {
: first that Rhodes was her guardian
: afterwards, she being DESTROYS of .ge
iting an education and having no or
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MATTER OF NO MOMENT.
No Significance Attached to South
ern Pacific designations.

San Francisco, March 2S.-Charles f.
Croker, first yice-president of the
Southern Pacific, was seen today re-
garding the resignation of c. P. Hun
tington, H. E. Huntington and himself
from the directorate of the Central
Pacific.
There is no great significance to be
attached to the matter" he said.
There is no sensation in it, and no
surprising developments may be ex-
pected. There is nothing in it to excite
the interest of the public SO far as |
know, none of the stockholders are dis
satisfied. If there are any dissatisfied
Jones, they may be heard from at the
|annual meeting. which takes place on
April 10. Until the meeting is held. ii
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VIII Cnnture n Train.

Denver, March 2S.-The Denver con-
tingent for Coxey's army met today
and decided to take up the march for
Washington Saturday morning. They
about fifty men and expect to
be reinforced at Colorado Springs and
Pueblo. They will not walk, but eX-
pect TO capture an eastbound freight
train. Many of the men have no idea
of going on to the national capitol, but
will desert the first time they have an
opportunity OF securing work.
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THE ULTIMATUM.
Hunstington Lays Down Cold
Proposition.


Proposition.
san Francisco, March 2S-Relative to
the retirement from the directorate of
the Central Pacific road of President
Huntington and Directors c. P. Hunt
ington, Charles r Croker and Steph-
en- T. Gage, the Cab will tomorrow re-
port c. P. Huntington as saying that
if the government does not accept the
present bill before Congress, postpon-
ing the time of payment Of the Central
Pacific debt, or extend the time of
payment of the bonds to a reasonable
period, the probability is that the first
mortgage bondholders will take the
road. If, on the other hand, he said,
reasonable time is given to meet these
obligations, and the proposed new is
sue of bonds is made, the government
will recover every dollar due inside of
sixty days after the bonds are issued.
Mr.. Huntington is said to expect lit
igation because of the recent change
in the management Of the Central Pa
cific.
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SMALLPOX EPIDEMIC.
Rnvages of the Disease Something
to BE Dreaded.

New York. March 2S-Dr. Emery,
health commissioner for Brooklyn, is
sued an address last evening declaring
smallpox to be an epidemic in Brook
lyn as well as in New York. Dr..
Emery calls upon all classes of people
TO submit to vaccination, and declares
that unless his advice be followed, the
ravages of the disease will be some
thing to be dreaded.
DR.. Emery then goes on to say that
he is convinced that scores of cases are
being concealed, especially in the tene-
ment districts.
Advices from New England show that
many cities in that section are prepar-
ing to enforce quarantine against New
York and Brooklyn. Hundreds of fam
lilies are quietly leaving town to escape
danger, and if this scare continues the
exodus will be similar to those seen
in the south when yellow fever is
q
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Tbe BoodIe Recovered

Fort Smith, Ark, March 2S.-Charles
Ketchum. alias Charles Hardin, the ex-
press messenger who robbed Wells
Fargo of $4,000 between Cincinnati
and Louisville nearly two years ago,
was captured this morning at Alma, a.
small town twelve miles from this
city and $4,000 recovered. Officers had
been following him all over the
country for the last six months. He
was taken to st. Louis today.