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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-03-24
THE ORDER SERVED.
PRENDERGAsT CAN LIVE a FEW
DAYS LONGER.
One Man Who Sees No Reason Why
the Assassin Should Die, but He
Is the Attorney for the Slayer of
Carter Harrison.

Chicago, March 23.-An order staying
the execution of assassin Prendergast
till April 6 was made by Judge Chef
lain last night, and served on Sheriff
Gilbert this morning.
Attorney G. S. barrow said today:
1.-THE farther away from Chicago you
get. the more bitter you will find the
feeling against Prendergast. In the
southern part of the state, the preju-
dice is intense Without knowing the
first thing about the case or consider
ing the mental condition of Prender-
CAST, they say Hang him. Lieutenant
Governor Gill no doubt decided the
case before he ever heard from me. lie
stated he had been Influenced by pub
lie opinion and beyond doubt that
alone Influenced him.
MY interest in this case" continued
Mr.. barrow, who is remarkably in ear
nest in his effort to save PrendergaSt,
lis that of a humane man. Soon after
the assassination 1 became impressed
with the idea that the outcast who had
taken Harrison's life was insane, and
would not receive just treatment in
the criminal court. The case was one
that could not be passed upon by the
average citizen without prejudice. My
views were published in a Chicago pa
per, and at once | was appealed to by
the lawyers for the defendant and
members of his family.
At the Iroquois club, l met many
prominent men, members Of the bench
and bar, who entertained my views
When Prendergast was sentenced to be
hanged, they argued that some one
should take up the case.
Mr.. Gregory and agreed to do so
and from that time we have done al
in our power to save Prendergast from
the gallows All that we have done has
been in the interest of justice. We have
given our time without compensation
and have borne all our own expenses
"Who will meet the cost of the pro
posed insanity trial?' Mr.. barrow was
asked.
''I don't know All that has been done
/ in the case since we took hold of it ha:
been paid for by Mr.. Gregory and my
self. We shall probably meet the ex
pense of this proceeding, which will
mot be considered for the present, bu
many prominent men and few pub
! lie men have offered to contribute tt
fund to give Prendergast the benefi
! of the law. Therefore, it is likely tina
the court expenses will be met by pub
lie subscriptions Neither Mr.. Gregor!
nor myself expect any compensation TO
what we have done, or may be able t.
accomplish
Messrs. barrow and Gregory ar
among the foremost lawyers in Chi
cago. Their connection with the cas-
has been a surprise, as neither need
advertising and both eschew crimina
| Dractice
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-03-24
TELEPHONE OFFICE BURNED.
General Manager Murray, of the
Company, Has Gone North.

General Manager Murray, of the
Company, Has Gone North.
General Manager Murray, of the
Rocky Mountain Bell Telephone com
pany has gone north to Butte, having
been called there by dispatch an
nouncing the burning out of the CEN
trail telephone station at that point on
Wednesday. The damage sustained
by the company was about $4,000, and
the repairs cannot be made before the
first of the coming month. The Ana
cOnda Standards Butte department
gives the following account of the fire:
Butte March 21.-The Central tele-
phone office was badly damaged by
fire this forenoon and people who
have become accustomed to transmit
ting messages of all kinds over the
wires will be compelled to send them
by a small boy for the next few days.
While Manager Miller was doing some
soldering behind the big switch board
shortly before II o'clock, some Of the
wood work caught fire from the hot
iron and in less than a minute almost
the entire room was in a blaze. The
wires back of the switch board are
covered with a composition of parafine
and as soon as the fire reached them
the switch board became a solid sheet
of flame. An alarm was quickly turned
| In by telephone to the central station
and the department responded in short
order. The fire burned so rapidly, how
ever, that by the time the department
reached the scene the flames were
bursting through the front windows
away out into the street. The chem
| ical engine was on the scene first and
! the fire was eXtinguished in a very
few minutes without any water being
thrown, which greatly lessened the
damage.
The switchboard was so badly burned
as to render it completely useless, en-
/ failing loss of between 81, 500 and
81, 900. Very little other damage was
done on account Of the prompt work
of the chemical crew. A new switch
| board was Immediately ordered by
telegraph from Chicago and, as it will
be sent by express, it is expected here
on Sunday. In the meantime the wires
will all be arranged so that the new
and Manager Miller expects that tina
system will be in working order 5gaiE
by Monday night. With the putting i
of the new board some Improvement
that have been contemplated for som
time will be made and it is expectet
that the service will reap substantial
benefits from the fire. In the irter,
vening wait, people viii learn to ap
preciate the telephone to its fullest ex.
tent, and its occasional veXatious de
lays and long waits will be forgotten.
The toll lines were not damaged by the
fire and outside towns can be commu.
nicated with as usual
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BARTISsOL'S SCHEME.
Said by Some Engineers to- De i'm
practiCabie.

SiiI0 Oy some EnSineetS iO lie JILL
practicable.
New York, March 23.-The cores
pondent of the Associated Press writ
ing from Colon, under date of March Is.
says:
The announcement received from
Paris that NJ. Bartissol proposes to cut
a stone tunnel six miles long through
the high level of the Panama canal in
to which the river Chagres is to be
turned and through; sluices to dis
charge it into the excavated earth,
counting on the force of the stream
to carry it off to the Pacific ocean, has
caused no little CONSERVATION among
the Isthmus people and with appar-
ent good reason.
The Chagres discharges itself into
the Atlantic and although during the
dry season it is not to much extent,
being then quite narrow, yet during
the rainy season, from April to Octo-
Der, it becomes a torrential river.
known frequently to rise six to eight
metres within twelve hours, with a
| flow during a freshet of 10000 cubic
feet per second. The first plan adopted
| for the canal was tide level, and then
during the Eiffel boom, one with ten
locks, afterwards a central lake, and
lastly this present plan of his, which
according to the opinion of many engi-
neers, is impracticable.
! Further efforts are being made in
Bogota to secure another concession
from the Colombian government.
protest against this will be sent. De
lvelopments on canal matters are eX-
pected by the 31st inst.
1t has been decided to construct al
Laboca, the Pacific entrance to the ca
nal large pier, alongside of which al
Pacific steamers can go and discharge
Into Panama cars all Pacific cargoes
and passengers, thus saving the enor.
nous expense entailed upon the Pana
ma railway company by the keeping
a fleet of launches which have beer
engaged in transport service from
alongside ship to the Panama wharf
besides avoiding delay in waiting fol
the tide, which is twenty-one feet.
On the visit of General Newton
president of the Panama railroad, h,
inspected the site and the estimates
are now being prepared for carrying
out the work to do which the concur
rence of the Panama Canal compan!
lis necessary.
The United States representatives OF
the Isthmus have asked the authori
ties at Washington for the appoint
, ment for a consular agent for the Is
land of San Andres, an old province
to protect American interests.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-03-24
MILLIONAIRE KING.
his Case Once Again Comes Up in
Court.

court.
Boston, March 23.-The case of Mil
lionaire Henry King, who has been con-
fined in the Mclean asylum for the in
sane since 1870, and who is petitioning
the court for liberty, was resumed to-
day before Judge Aldrich, in the United
States circuit court The court ap-
pointed Hon. John H s. French. of
Portsmouth, n. H., guardian ad in
term, with instructions to investigate
the allegations of both sides and report
at subsequent session of the court
An order from the bench gives the
guardian the right to visit, together
with Lawyer Avery, the petitioner at
the asylum at any time and restraints
the officials of the institution or their
Representatives from being present at
the time Of such visits. In answer to
the return of the officials to the writ of
habeas corpus recently served on them,
commanding them to produce the body
of the millionaire in court, to Hhich
they replied that he was in a mental
and physical condition which precludes
his appearance, counsel for King de-
MED that the petitioner was violently
insane and they also denied that King
| is legally held under the laws of the
state.
The court adjourned till Tuesday, and
in the meantime the various attorneys
will busy themselves in Rhode Island
and New York accommodating evidence
to decide who shall have the custody
of the man and his great wealth.
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TOLD IN A TRICE.
Newsy Notes FLASHED from Far and

Near.
Athens, March 29.-The government
has received a telegram from Constan-
of which proved fatal have occurred
in that city within the past few days.
Lander, Wyo., March 23.-Bim Gala
CHER, cowboy. was shot and killed at
Meetoz by John Whitman, another cow
boy, whom he attempted to shoot for
interceding for woman whom Gal
Iagher was beating. The woman is in
a critical condition.
Albuquerque. n. Mt March 2S.-At
Golden. mining camp north of this
city, Jim Cheeves, insanely jealous of
his divorced wife, quarreled with AL.
drawn and fred simultaneously.
not live.
Toronto, Ont, March 23-The ex-
press train east from Winnipeg on the
Canadian Pacific railway ran off the
track this morning near Cartier, thirty
miles west of Sunbury. Two men were
killed and one was slightly injured.
Other passengers escaped. The names
of the dead are not known. They were
lumber men.
Enid, o. T., March 23.-Judge Buff
ford, of the federal court, today rem
dered a decision in the Moore-Gregg
w. r. Gregg, president of town council,
the legal mayor, and ousting ]. c..
Moore. The decision has intensified
the feeling and a renewal of the recent
trouble is feared when Gregg attempts
to take charge.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-03-24
CAUGHT IN THE ACT.
A Burglar Neatly Nabbed EARLY
This Morning.

This Morning.
NJ. L. Huston, hailing from Park
City, a roomer on the third floor of the
Cliff house went to his room at about
2:15 this morning and as soon as he en-
tered detected the presence of some one
who had no right there. With remark
abel presence of mind he jumped out
in the hall and shut and locked the
door, Then he rushed downstairs and
sent a hackdriver, Brig Martin, whom
he found at the bottom, for an officer
In few moments officer Davis and
Special Officer Schulze were on the
scene and forming line of battle they
entered the visited" room, wherein
they found a MANN that old resort
for burglars-under the bed. They
snaked him out and in a very short
time had him at the headquarters. A
search here brought to light the gold
watch of the Toomer, $40 gold piece
and Columbian souvenir coin. The
fellow made no secret of his guilt. He
gave the name of William Pussy and
/ said he was a tourist" from New
York, and had been in town only two
days Failing to obtain work and be-
ling in extreme circumstances he de-
! termined to force matters. As result
he will be supplied with bed and board
at the expense of the government for
some time to come.
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Cincinnatrs MAY Festival.

Cincinnati, Ohio, March 23.-Arrange-
ments were completed today for the
eleventh biennial May festival. Theo-
dore Thomas. who has been director
since the inception of these festivals,
viii conduct his own orchestra.
strengthened. The solOists are Mrs.
Emma Eames-Story, Miss Antoniette
Trebelli. sopranos; Mrs. Carl Alves,
Miss Ida Smith, contraltos; Ben Davies,
W. II. Rieger, tenors: and Watkin
Mills. and Plunket Greene, bass. There
will be five evening concerts, beginning
May % and two matinees.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-03-24
WORKED on Coon FRIDAY.
Very Little Good, However, Re-
suited.

Very Little Good, However, Re-
suited.
Washington, March 23.-The House
was in session today Notwithstanding
this was Good Friday. The industry
of the lower branch of Congress profit
ed little, however.
The Democrats were again without a
quorum, and the attempt to consider
the O'Niell-Joy contested case was
abandoned until next week.
The unanimous report of the Election
Committee in the Wheatley-Copb case
confirming the title of the sitting mem
Der to his seat, was adopted and the
military academy appropriation bill
was passed without debate. The mill
tary bill carries S400,436, a reduction
of $32, 600 compared with the amount
appropriated for the fiscal year. To-
morrow the House will take up the
postoffice appropriation bill
Savers presented a joint resolution
for the appropriation of $4,000 for sal
aries and expenses of additional dep
luty collectors of internal revenue tc
carry out the provisions of the Chinese
exclusion act as amended last Deem
Der. Agreed to-.
The House then went into committee
of the whole on the military academy
! appropriation Dill.
! Mr. Wheeler made a short eXplana-
ton of the appropriations carried by
| the bill which, he said, were less thar
were carried by any military academy
| bill for ten years.
] The bill was read by paragraphs.
Mr. Roberts IDemocrat), of Louisiana
moved to strike out the appropriation
of $3.50 for supplying the natatoriun
with the six slate lined compartment
with combination shower, spray ant
needle baths. He thought this useless
and extravagant. There was plenty o
water in the Hudson river for bathin;
| purposes and plenty of water in tn
natatorium for use in winter withou
putting UP these tubes.
Mr.. Miliiken Republican,, of Maine
thought the attempt to save this insig
nificant sum niggardly in the extreme
The first Roberts amendment was de
feated and the second withdrawn TIL
lprovision that no graduate of the acad
envy should be assigned to serve a
professor or instructor was struck out
The bill was then reported from tn
committee of the whole to the Hous
and withou. objection was passed.
Mr.. Henderson, of North Caroline
then moved that the House go int
committee of the whole for the consid
GRAFTON of the postoffice appropriate
bill.
Mr. Reed called attention to the fac
there was evidently no quorum presen
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-03-24
BOsTONIANs SUED.
1t is Alleged That They Are Musical
Pirates.

Washington, March pa bill in
equity has been filed against Messrs.
Barnabee, Karl and Mcdonald, pro-
prietors of the Bostonians, an opera
company now paying in this city, ask
ing that they be restrained from play
ing the opera, THE Ogallallas." The
bill is filed on behalf of Taylor Grimes,
of this city, who claims that the opera
is in music and libretto substantially
the same as that copyrighted Dec. 10,
1891, of which copyright the petitioner
is the author. He alleges the opera,
whose copyright he holds, was pro-
duced in Helena, Mont, in May, 1892,
and subsequently sent to San Francis
co and not returned until demanded
by its author Isl Lootah" was the
name of the opera alleged to have been
pirated by the Bostonians.
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Recived Rushels of Offers.

Hazleton, Pa, March 23.-w. A.
Evans, lieutenant of Coxey's army, is
having hard work to keep his forces
from disbanding. owing to disparaging
reports which have shaken their con-
fdence Evans, however is more pro-
nounced in his promises. He has re-
ceived bushels of letters of offers of as
sistance, many of which are from
cranks who give vacant expressions as
to the army. 1t is understood Evans
has already framed a new platform
which is to be conspicuous feature of
the demonstration at Washington.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-03-24
IOWA WANTS BUTTER.
The Meek-Eyed Cow Will BE Pro-
tected There.

Des Moines. Iowa. March 23.-The
house, this afternoon. passed the ST.
John bill making it misdemeanor to
use imitation dairy products in any
public institution controlled by the
state.
In the senate, the Perry bill. pro-
hibiting insurance combines in the
state, was passed. The vote was later
Ireconsidered, but it is thought the bill
will pass again tomorrow. The bill
makes it unlawful for any company OF
agent to enter a combine on rates in
Iowa, and provides fine of from a
hundred to thousand dollars with a
forfeiture of the right to do business
lin the state
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Results at New orleans.

New Orleans, March 23.-Weather
pleasant; attendance good.
First race, five furlongs-Midget
won, Cerro Gordo second, Rosebud
third. Time-1:12.
Second race, one mile-Carmen won,
The Ban second, Horace Leland third.
Time-2:03s4.
Third race. seven and half fur
longs-Belle of Springfield won, Hen
ry Owsley second, Tippecanoe third.
Time-1:55.
Fourth race one mile-Tenny, jr.,
won, -Wattersen second, Coronet third.
Time-2:02.
Fifth race, six furlongs-Bobby
Burns won, Spellbound second, Madras
third. Time-1:S0.
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Denver. March 2S.-when the atten-
!. ton of Governor Waite was called to-
'Fday to the report that Louis House
man, sporting editor of the Chicago
Inter-Ocean. had gone to Cripple
Creek. to ascertain whether assurances
can be given that there viii be no
Interference by the authorities if Cor
bett and Jackson decided to fight there,
he said: My advice is not to make
any arrangements for an international
in this state. We have enough fight
on our hands at the present.
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Washington, March 23.-Many sena-
tors did not know until they read the
Associated Press dispatches this morn
ing that new Chinese treaty had been
negotiated and would soon be reported
from the Senate committee on foreign
relations. When reported the treaty
will be for ten years instead of twenty
as originally proposed and the period
of renewal is also fixed at ten years in
case either government gives notice
that it should no longer continue in
force after that time.
Reference to the Geary law in the
lates the registered Chinese who go to
China shall not return unless they have
a lawful wife, children or parent in
the United States, or credits due to the
amount of $1,000
Senator Perkins, of California, was
asked today if such a treaty as has
been described would permit Chinese
to be returned. He said it would abso-
lutely render the Geary law nugatory.
AT present a registered Chinaman can
not return. Under the proposed treaty
the Chinaman who has thousand dol
lars in this country or credits to that
amount can return. 1t is no trouble,
said the senator, for Chinaman to
make showing of this kind. He can
easily get a certificate showing debts
due him, and when he goes back to
China he can send another Chinaman
in his place. The provisions of the
treaty as set forth show it to be a
shrewd piece of diplomacy on the part
of the Chinese government, and it is
an easy matter for the Chinaman tc
get around it. The Chinese are get
ting the best of it on the Pacific coast
by registering and being photograph
ed at different places under different
names, these certificates are furnished
to the Chinese surreptitiously struggled
in. 1t will be easy enough to furnish
a Chinaman a false certificate and also
a certificate of debt equally as false
upon which he can enter this country
under the terms of the new treaty.
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Canadians barred nnt.

Buffalo. March 23.-Manager Chap
man, of the Buffalo Base Ball club,
says that ne will not import the Cana
dian players, Johnson and Mulhall,
since the question of contract labor has
been raised. He looked upon the al
legged objection as ridiculous, but
rather than take an appeal to the
courts, which would be irksome and
improbable, he will sign American
players instead.
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TANNER THE RINGER.
High Turtles Likely TO Be Impli-
Gated.

ST Louis, March 23.-Will Brannon.
the well-known horseman, today met
Director P. A. Brady, of the East st.
Louis track, and made some disclos-
ures in regard to Tanner, the ringer
recently ruled off that track. He
promised that either in the event of
Judge Perkins or Secretary Ed Hop
per, of Latonia, coming to this city to-
morrow, or if a conference could be
arranged with them, to make a state
ment which would implicate in ex-
ceedingly dark terms some men who
stand very high on the turf. Brannon
felt satisfied from the descriptions he
had resolved that the horse caught in
East st. Louis under the name of Col
den Gate was Tanner.
TT was in 1892 that l bleached Tan
ner to a chestnut and sold him to D.
@. Mcdonald for $780, said Brannon.
Mcdonald knew what the horse was.
and ran him three times at the Detroit
meeting as Bill Brown, winning each
time. At these races Brown was rid
den by George Richings, the man who
brought Tanner here as Golden Gate.
do not know at just what races and
at what times Mcdonald has raced
Tanner, but 1 understand the old geld
ing has won himself $4,000 since he
bought him"
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NUMBER REGISTERED.
Interesting Figures From the vari-
GUS Districts.


Washington, March 23.-Ahout March
Il the commissioner of in. 4:ndl revenue
sent a circular letter to each of the
sixty-three internal revenIe collecIt is
in the United States dire, :irg them 20
report at once the numbe" of Cinnamon
in their district who lad applied to reg
lister under the act Of May 5, 1852, as
amended by the act of , ovember 3,
1893. AID who,her there would be Il
general compliance With the llws.
About fifty OF the coll scIGrs rave al
ready replied and with the exec ption
| of one collector, who does not answer
the last question, al The reports state
the Chinese are disposed TO register
as the law direcrs. in the subjoining
table the first column Of figures give
the number of Chinese according to the
census of 1890 Che hest date ohtaina-
| ble), and the several states nd ter
ritories where reports have been made
and the last column The number al
ready registered:
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WORST HAS PASSED.
Trains Will Soon Be Chopped Out
of the Snow.

of the Snow.
Omaha, March 28.-The great storm
that has been prevailing over the
northwest has entirely abated and the
sun is shining brightly, with no wind.
The Union Pacific and Burlington are
now open between Omaha and Chey-
enne.
Twenty-efght car loads of people who
had been snow bound on the Union Pa
cific reached here today.
Four trains have been consolidated
and the passengers were from ten to
thirty-six hours late. The Elkhorn
line is not yet opened in the extreme
north of the western portion of the
state and Black Hills.
Two trains from Douglass, Wyo.,
eastbound, are still missing in the
drifts, but it is believed they will be
dug out before evening.
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meets death ON the Plains.

Laramie, Wyo., March 2S.-Robert
Parker, a sheep herder, was found fro
zen to death on the plains five miles
from this place today. Parker and a
man named Small were in charge of
1900 sheep. Last night the storm be-
came so severe they decided to abandon
the sheep and endeavor to reach town.
They got separated in the storm.
Small reached the railroad and fol-
lowed it to town. His feet and hands
were badly frozen.