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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-11-25

Washington, Nov. 24-There are
various schemes to utilize the arid land
law that was passed at the last ses-
sion Of Congress. 1t gives the new
states and territories a million acres
each of government lands, if they will
redeem them.
Among the schemes proposed is one
for the states to build irrigation bitches
with labor brought from the over
crowded towns and cities Of the east
and to pay for that labor half in cash
and half in land to be occupied when
the irrigation works are completed. 1t
viii, however, be difficult to induce any
great number of city people to go west
under such conditions.
1t is proposed to establish a model
irrigation colony somewhere in the west
for the purpose of demonstrating what
can be done by a single man in the
way of agriculture if his labors are
properly directed. Five thousand acres
of land will be taken in some locality
convenient to water and transportation
facilities, and one hundred farmers
placed on it with farms of from twenty
to forty acres each. They will organ
ize on the village scheme, as adopted
by the Mornons, in order to avoid the
objections that people in thickly settled
portions of the country invariably raise
when they are recommended to go
west. The farmers will live in d village
with schools and churches Just as con-
venient as they have them in Ohio or
Massachusetts and have their barns
and store houses on their farm, which
will not be more than three miles away
at farthest. Their wives and children
will have plenty of society, and there
will be q store established by the as
ISOLATION at which they can procure at
reasonable prices everything they need.
This is the plan suggested by Brigham
Young and has proved to be very eff
fective in keeping the Mormons con-
tented and happy and in promoting ed
ucation and adherence to the doctrines
of the church.
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KILLED BY INDIANS.
But Little Doubt of the Fate of a
Newspaper Correspondent.

Tucson. Ariz., Nov. 24.-The fate of R.
E. L. Robinson, newspaper correspond
ent, who, with his companions. went
down the Colorado river from Yuma in
the sloop Examiner has been learned
and comes from reliable sources. They
were killed with their rifles.
on April Il, 1884, the sloop Examiner
sailed from Yuma for San Francisco via
the Colorado river and the Gulf OF Cali
lorna Tor On board were +. z. L. Robin
son, James Logan, Charles Cowell,
george tfavelie, knash Clark, the trap
per, and a man named O'Brien. On
left the party and the others sailed
Southward. On June 5 a letter reached
I una from Guaymas, Mex, dated May
81, which had been sent by Flaveile and
trip to Tiburon island, which IS close to
the Mexican coast, and of the probable
Killing by the Indians of Robinson and
Logan, while hunting on the island. Fla
y Brien only escaped because they " ere
on the beach at the time and succeeded
IN hauling out their boats before the IN
dams could shoot them.
On receipt OF this letter telegram was
sent by Robert Hornbeck, a Yuma editor.
to Representative Reed, asking him to
invoke the aid OF the state department in
ascertaining the fate of Robinson and
Logan and if they had been murdered
to punish their slayers. The state de-
partment asked for fuller informa ton.
HendlnS an answer, 1t was aScertained
that Robinson, who was a newspaper
man, had been the author of some lurid
tales, which had given him. the reputa-
ton of being a hoaxer, and it was
thought that he had concocted the story
and given it to the press through Clark
Nothing more was done in the matter
by the United States government, al
though the Mexican government sent a
troop of dragons to the island, whose
search proved futile.
The story of the killing of Robinson
and Logan is now confirmed by Profess
scrs Mecca and Dunwoodle, of the enth-
biological bureau of the Smithsonian in
stitute, who are just back from u trip
of forty days among the Indians. The
Indians first denied the killing, but final
ly admitted it, but would not point out
the murderers. They denied that the
mems remains were served at q cannibal
feast. The explorers, however, found no
trace of the bodies.
The Indians have been. a life study of
the professors. who say the tribe are the
most primitive Indians they ever saw
The savages eat their meat raw and live
entirely by the chase and the sea, About
400 of them survive.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-11-25
TWAS NEATLY DONE.
A Woman 0utwits One of the
ShreSdest of Bankers.

San Francisco, Nov. 2l-The First
National bank, through Samuel G. Muir
ply, its president, has sued Mrs. Cotton,
widow OF the late railroad magnate, David
Cotton, for IS, 250 The complaint merely
states that Mrs. Cotton is indebted to the
bank in the sum named, but behind the
suit is a story that revolves around the
sale of the Cotton mansion on Mob hill
to c. P. Huntington.
When the Southern Pacific president de-
cided to purchase a San Francisco resi-
dence, A. n. Towne recommended the Col
ton mansion on Mob hill. The relations
between the Huntingtons and Mrs. Col
ton We're not cordial, and all the negoua-
tons We're conducted through third
$4,000 for. the. property, and upon the
dent S. c. Murphy of the First National
bank, she accepted the offer.
Recently, Mrs. Cotton desiring to close
her account with the bank found that
S. $50 of the funds mad been withheld.
She was told that SIS, $50 was commission
due President Murphy on the house sale.
Mrs. Cotton refused to recognize the
claim. but the bank held the money.
Then the lady hit upon a plan to get it.
Her checks Were always honored, so she
drew one for SS034, leaving a small bal
ance of $516 as ruse. The amount was
paid, and later the cashier wrote her
that payment had been made through,
misunderstanding, demanding its return.
Mrs. Cotton laughed amiabiy and kept
the money. The suit in the superior court
is the outcome of the banks unsuccess-
full efforts to recover the sum.
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THE RING.
Money Talks. Says Jim.

Chicago, Nov. 24.-James ]. Corbett has
issued, on behalf of Steve O'Donnell, a
challenge to fight Jim Hall, Denver
Ed Smith and Peter Maher.
In the challenge Corbett reviews what
he calls the distasteful wrangIe over the
merits of O'DonnelI. and continues:
Therefore. 1 have this day deposited
in the hands Of William J. Davis, OF
Chicago, the sum of $1,000 and hereby
to finish with Steve O'Donnell, of Aus
tralia, for $1,000 a side, the contest to
take place the same week as my battle
with Robert FitZSimmonS next fail. This
challenge is directed particularly at, and
is meant especially for, Ia Smith, OF
Denver. Colo; Peter Maher, of Pittsburg,
Pa; Jim Hall, of Chicago, and the one
of that trio to first cover the money
now in Mr.. Davis hands will be given
the opportunity to prove the oft-repeated
not care to fight. 1t cannot longer be
case of wide range talk of the bluff or
der with Messrs. Maher, Smith and Hall.
Our money is up in responsible hands.
Let it be covered before there is any
more idle waste of words.
JAMES ]. CORBETT.
Some talk has been caused among the
sporting men by the omission of the
name of Choynski. When seen in re-
gard to this point, Corbett said that
Choynski mad been defeated by F1tzsiIn-
mons and that it would not rebound to
O'DonneHs credit to meet Choynski-
''Parson' Davies, Choynskis manager;
was not pleased with the slight EXTENDED
to Choynski. II cannot understand, nc
said. why Corbett did not include
post a substantial forfeit that Joe can
defeat O'Donnell- ODonnell must flgnt
Choynskf or else give up all aspirations
for the middle-weight championship.
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CREATED CONSIDERATION.
Dubois Has Evidently Made the Mis-
take of His Official Life.

Dubois Has Evidently Made the Mis-
take of His Official Life.
Pocatello, Ida, Nov. A.-ISpecial. J.
There was CONSERVATION at the capital
and largely throughout the state, when
your correspondent wired the States
man, Senator Shoup and others last
Thursday, giving, in substance, the
studied and cold-blooded utterances of
Senator Dubois, as published in the
Tribune of that date. It wasssthe direct
means of the Shoup adherents COM
ing boldly forward and proclaiming
their choice, realizing that Dubois and
Sweet We're resorting to unfair meth
DDS to down Idaho's senior senator.
Senator Shoupy yesterday, sent to
your correspondent the following state
ment, belalted through the Western
Union service, at this point:
SIN reply to yours Of yesterday, Sena-
tor Dubois must be misquoted, as the
senatorial question was not referred to
in any interview with the senator dur
ing his visit to Idaho. If I am the
choice of the legislature, I will accept
(Signed) GEORGE L. SHOUP."
Senator Sh0up waS not an invited
guest ito the Dubois-Sweet-W Wilson
Bunting supper at Blackfoot a week
ago, where the plot was laid on lines
to thwGl-t Shoup's election, and in fav-
or of Sweet, in order that Dubois may
i1ltrench himself for another senatorial
term. The combination sought to be
worked has been dealt a mighty blow
through the paapable as we'll as ques-
tionable indiscretion of Idaho's Junior
senator, and at a time when such dis
closure but arms Shoup's supporters
all over the state This brings Shoup
HEPBURN and Sweet to the fore with
Governor Mcconnell sparring for a IA
vorable opening.
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cases. Twenty-four separate grounds
of objection are set up. These include
those heretofore made in behalf of
brokers who refused TO testify, and
others particularly applicable to CORE
spondents.
The demurrers urged that the Senate
resolution fails to show that the inves-
tigating committee was empowered to
try any senator for disorderly conduct.
or that said inquiry was for the pur-
pose of assisting the Senate in any leg
islatlve or judicial action. 1t is also
set up that to answer the questions
propounded to the correspondents
would tend to crin1inate them and rem
der them liable to a criminal prosecu-
ton, fine and penalty; would tend also
TO render them guilty of contempt of
the Senate and of it's members and lie
ble to prosecution, fine and penalty,
and would tend to degrade them in
compelling them to disclose private,
confidential and privileged communica-
tons.
The point is also made that the pow
er to punish for refusing to make an
sWer cannot be delegated by the SEN
ate to this court, or to any jury of the
District of Columbia.
The fourteenth objection is as fol-
lows:
That the laws under which the in
dlctments We're found are unconstitu-
tlonal, in that they violate the proyi-
sion of the constitution of the United
States securing the people in their
person, houses papers and effects
against unreasonable searches and
seizures, and declaring that NO person
snail be compelled to be a. witness
against himself"
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HOW 1T WAS DONE.
Japs, as Usual, Have Very Easy
Victory.

London, Nov PA dispatch from
Shanghai asserts that thirty-tWo jap
anese torpedoa boats made a concerted
push upon the entrance of the harbor
of Port Arthur and ait the same time
the japanese land forces attacked the
place from the rear while the heavy
artillery fire was poured into the Chi
nese forts. The japanese infantry then
stormed defense after defense. The
Chinese resisted feebly. There were q
few h2nd-to-hand fights, but finally the
Chinese became panic stricken and the
Japanese carried everything before
them.
The dispatch to the Times from
Shanghai confirm the Times dispatch
from Che Foo saying that the japanese
troops are re-enbarking at Port Ar
thur.
Another dispatch from Shanghai
says the third Japanese army, which
left Japan November 20, according to
this correspondent, is supposed to have
been sent to attack Wei Hal Wei, where
a portion Of the Chinese navy remain.
The dispatch adds that the place will
be easily captured as the Chinese who
were encaIlped for its defense at Chi
Ii are deserving in thousands. The
whole place is said to be in a state Of
utter collapse and confusion.
A dispatch to the Associated Press
from Yokohama yesterday said it was
rurnored that this force was intended
to operate in the Yang Use Kiang dis
+T;ot China
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Washington, Nov. 24.-The confrma-
ton of the report Of the capture of
Port Arthur, came almost simuitan-
eously to the state and navy department
Ito the former from United States
Minister Denly at Pekin and to- the
latter from Admiral Carpenter, on
board the United States steamship
Baltimore, at Chez Foo, the admiral
at the same notifying the navy depart
ment that the Baltimore was about to
sail Immediately for Port Arthur,
where she doubtless has arrived by this
time.
1t cannot be said that the fall of
Port Arthur was unexpected at the
state department, although the Of
ficials had supposed that it would have
withstood a protracied siege, particu-
larly in view of the fact that the
Japanese, as known, had no heavy siege
guns and were obliged to rely on light
artillery.
It is the opinion of military experts
that Japans attack on Port Arthur
was a most perilous venture on their
part. They could not afford to sus-
tain any considerable defeat, for the
result would have been, in the first
" QGleEIllIIlS lIlG OUIuSSS " pun =
sue the war and in the second place to
retard the Japanese government in its
effort TO float a new war loan. But
by the victory at Port Arthur the sue
cess of the latter is now assured.
AS TO the effect of this last campaign
of the war, there is but one opinion
here, and that is that the Japanese
restora ton of peace is almost certain.
1t is true that China still possesses the
e.,N11 n; To; -
said to be as strong, or even stronger,
than Port Arthur, and that the shore
defenseS there are strengthened by the
presence of the Chinese fleet But with
Port Arthur as a base, the Japanese
now have the practical control of the
Gulf of Pc Chill, and the intention is
to effeotually seal up the water ap-
proaches to Tien Tsin and Pekin with
out being under the necessity OF at
lacking the formidable Taku forts.
Moreover, with the Chinese fleet
practically bottled up at Wei-Hai-Wei,
the Japanese are in a position to de-
tach a portion of their own navy to at
tack other Chinese coast cities and
seem to be madness for the Chinese to
persist in the war, realizing that for
every day Of the delay they must add
to the great indemnity which they will
be obliged to pay to Japan, and it is
believed here that very soon the Chi
nese will sue for peace, through the
mediation, directly or indirectly, of
the United States.
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MARAUDING CREES.
Depredations Have Been Numerous
and Serious.

and Serious.
Butte, Mont, Nov. 24.-LSpecial !
Montana, and especially the vicinity Of
Butte, has for several years been har-
assed by bands of Canadian Cree IN
dNns remnants of the Louis Rel re-
beAf6n.
Their depredaSions have been SO nu-
anF'Jus and serious, that the national
government has several times been pc
titioned to drive the Indians back into
Canada, but the government claims to
have no authority and the state is also
powerless in the absence of special
legislation.
Ranchers and stock men in this part
of the state have suffered hundreds of
thousands of dollars loss through the
th3eving Indians, and the county has
been at enormous expense in quaran-
timing them during several smallpox
and scarlet fever epidemics in their
camps. and in trying some of their
number for murder.
A barge band of Crees are camped
sixteen miles southwest of Butte, and
information was brought in today that
yesterday they robbed and l0oted the
cabins OF q number of wood choppers,
and when the latter appeared upon the
iScene the Indians opened fire on them
And shot w. A GrndeI, but not IA
sTally. The wood choppers escaped and
left the Indians in possession of their
property
A few days ago they made a raid on
hTttile garden of a Tanehman named Dor
an, and when Laura Doran, a young
girl, protested they chased her into
fhe house and threatened to kill the
family. There are about 300 in the band
and the county officers are powerless
ITO deal with them.
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SEELEY'S BIG HAUL.
He is = Defaulter to the Amount of
$354 600.

New York, Nov. 24.-Bookkeeper
Seeley. in the National Shoe and
Leather bank, disappeared a few days
ago. The National bank examiner has
just finished an investigation which
discloses a defalcation of 1854, 900. The
bank has capital of $1,000,0G0 and a,
surplus of about 100000. leaving an
impairment of the capital of about
S15O,0OO, which will at once be made
good by stockholders.
John NJ. Crane, president of the Ma
tional Shoe and Leather bank, gave
out the following statement at the
bank this evening:
ITO the Public: A bookkeeper of
this bank has disappeared, and the
result of thorough investigation made
at our request by the national exam
fner developed q defalcation of $3.50, 900,
and upon investigation by the clearing
house committee, this loss is confirmed.
The committee are unanimous in the
opinion that Notwithstanding this loss
the bank is in a sound condition and
able to pay its depositors.'
The following bank officers were
present during the examination. and
have pledged the committee any as
sistance according to requirements:
George F. Baker, F. D. Happen, G. C.
Williams, H. w. Cannon, J. Edward
Simmons, E. H. Perkins, jr., and VIM
Nash.
President Crane. of the defrauded
bank, in speaking Of the affair said:
The defaulting b0okkeeper is Samuel
c. Seelev, of 422 Halsey street, Brook
lyn. He has been in the employ of the
bank for the last fourteen years, and
was one of our trusted employees. On
last Friday afternoon, SeeIey applied
for leave of absence over Sunday,
promising to return Monday morning.
a substitute was put to work on his
books on Saturday and as Seeley failed
to appear on Monday morning the same
substitute resumed work on the books.
These were discov to be In such a.
condition thai an examination of them
was Immediately made by the officers
of the bank.
This was finished and the amount
of the defalcation known by Tuesday
night. On Wednesday we sent for
the national bank examiner, who
finished his labor and verified our
statement today. Seeley was guaran-
teed by the United States Guarantee
company for $500 and the officers of
that company considered him one of
their best risks. Seeley was a man of
very quiet habits. He has a wife and
two children. The whereabouts of
Seeley are unknown. His wife is at
present Frustrated by the shock of the
crime and his consequent flight. She
is very i'll, we have been tod"
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BIG RAILWAY PROJECT.
Canadians Again About TO Cover
Themselves with Glory.

Canadians Again About 10 Cove.
Themselves With Glory.
New York, Nov. pa. special dis
patch from Buffalo to the Evening
Post says: t..
One of the largest Canadian railway
projects since the scheme of the Ca
madam Pacific railway across the con-
tinert was first mooted, has been
evolved by the Hamilton Railway COM
pany, of Hamilton, Ont, an associa-
ton of Canadian and United States
capitalists. Their scheme is 20 build
network of railways, steam and cleo
trio, radiating from Hamilton and
connecting with the more important
cities and towns of western Ontario.
the main object being to divert trade
to Hamilton, while the Interior object
is best explained in a letter from an Of
ficer of the company, who asks that his
name be not revealed at this time. He
says:
1--WE intend to build a first-class road
and connect at Woodstock, Toronto and
other points with the Canadian Pacific
railroad The electrical part of the
system will likely be lines to Berlin and
Guelph, and on these roadbeds and
gradiants will be fully up to the first
class steam railway in requirements.
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DOMESTIC DOTS
Newsy Notes From All Portions OF
the Lard Over Which the Stars
and Stripes Wave.

Topeka, Kan, Nov. 24.-An attempt
tonyille last night The door of the
not complete the job and secured no
money.
Minneapolis, Mimi, Nov. 2l-By an
early morning collision between the
Northern Pacific passenger train No .
train at St. Cloud crossing, near st. Cloud
Mimi, NJ. T. Starr. of st. Paul; William
Somers, Of jamestown, n. D., and Con-
rad rad Shhaeffer, news agent, were badly
nurt. the last named probably fatally.
Louisville, KY, Nov. 24-August Schink-
er, laborer IN the employ of the c.yy,
went into fire cistern at Fourth and
Main streets this morning, with a lighted
mutation of gas in the cistern and ter
rife explosion followed. Schicker was
crushed to death.
Chicago, Nov. 24.-The affairs of the
company are brought into the circuit
court on a bill filed by Thomas T. Law
renee, a partner in the firm, against
Richard G. Head and Alfred H. Warden,
charges of Misrepresentation OF the COM
pany's funds.
Austin, Tex, Nov 4-The story of an
attack on the town of Shriner by des-
there was a fire loss of $4,000. The fire
was started by burglars who tried to
break open a safe in one of the stores
by use of dynamite.
Fort Smith. Ark, Nov, A.-The depot
agent at Clairmont, I. T., was held up
tonight. Details of the raid are wanting
and as that point is isolated it will be
impossible to get further information to-
night.
Meriden. Miss, Nov. 2i-Reports from
the sections of the state visited by the
cyclone last evening are coming in slow
y owing to prostration of the wires, but
so far no loss of life has been reported
New York, Nov 24-Reserve. increase,
3,050.550; loans, decrease. Sc, 933, 300; specie.
Increase. 81 1885, 400; legal tenders, increase,
81, 100; deposits decrease, 81, lie, 200; circu-
ation. decrease, $15600. The banks now
lold $500 500 in excess of requirements.
Chicago Nov. 24.-General Thomas II.
Ruger who succeeds General Nelson A
Miles as commander of the department
IF the Missouri, arrived here today from
San Francisco. He was accompanied by
mis- wife and daughter and Major Charles
D. Lyman.
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SAYS HE Is A PROPHET.
That Didn't Bar His Arrest Tor
Treason.

Guthrie, L T, Nov. PA. j. Black
we'll. a half-breed Cherokee, who. imag-
ines himself a prophet, sent by God TO
proclaim the second coming of Christ,
is under arrest at Claremore, charged
with high treason. His case is peculi-
ar, and his offense perhaps the small
est on which anyone was ever tried for
high treason.
Blackwell, to carry out his belief of
. his special calling by God, some time
ago founded the town of Blackwell
near the Kansas line, and had built
church wherein was to be preached
alone his peculiar doctrine. A month
later he went over into the Cherokee
/ nation, and started the town of David.
sNSnce then he has been selling lots all
over the territory, and thereby hinges
his tale Of woe.
The Cherokee council recently passed
a law making it high treason for a
Cherokee to sell real estate to an out
slider Although Blackwell asserts
strongly that his doings have been all
at the instigation of the LORD, he has
been arrested and ipcarcerated on a
serious charge under the Cherokee law.
The day of the trial has not been set.