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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-09-10
THE WHEEL.
demonstration of Its Utility 4
Courier Purposes.

Demonstration of Its Utility for
Courier Purposes.
Omaha, Sept. AT 6:10 this evening,
covered with mud and worn out with
fatigue incident to a 6O7 mile journey,
Lieutenant Donovan, of the Seventeenth
infantry, stationed at Fort Russell, ar
rived In this city on his bicycle, having
left Cheyenne at 6 o'clock Monday morn
ing. He made the trip for the purpose
OF demonstrating to the war department
tie efficiency of the wheel on a long
march. He had his wheel rugged up for
the purpose of carrying the usual equip
page of a soldier in the field, which in
GUIDES three days rations, a Springfield
rifle, Colts revolver, canteen, blanket
dog tent and so rounds of ammunition.
He consumed five days and a half of act
ual travelling time. He expected to arrive
yesterday, but bad roads prevented. He
reported at once to General Brooke. That
officer was much pleased with the dem
cpstration of the utility of the wheel fol
courier purposes and will so recommend
to the war department and advocate g
special corps of bicycle riders for each
department. Donovan will make detail
ed report to the department of his jour-
ney. In conversation Lieutenant Donovan
said he made no special effort to cover
the 600 odd miles in better time than
the cavalry is required to make. He
thought he could have reduced the time
one-third if he had desired, but the sue
cess of the experiment did not demand
such fatiguing exercise.
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Memphis, Tenn, Sept. 9.-The whole
plot of the lynching of six alleged ne
gro incendiaries near Millington. on the
night of August 81, has been laid bare,
and before many hours elapse every
man, implicated in the conspiracy will
Re in Jail.
w. io'bert McCarver, son of ]. A. Nc
Carver, sheriff of Shelby county, ds the
man who exposed the conspirators. He
was before the grand jury last night
and told the whole story.
In his testimony, he said he was in
vited TO participate in the lynching by
H. N. Smith, one of the fellows now in
the county Jail under indictment for
completely in the lynching.
Smith gave McCarver the names of
the men who compose the mob, and
told how the negroes would be arrested
by Detective W. S. Richardson, placed
in a wagon and driven to Big Greek
swamp, where they would be in wait
ing,
E&1en the invitation to assist in the
MI sination was given to young Nc
q ZS8Ner, it was represented that his
Father knew of it, and that Judge Coop
er, Of the criminal court, was not in the
dark. The representations were I'M
true, and were made by Smith with the
tntentQn, if possible, of mixing Sheriff
McCarver in the affair." through his
son, so his hands would be tied if an
investigation should be instituted by
the authorities. Young McCarver de.
clined to join the mob, and the day
after the lynching disclosed the details
of the plot to Joseph Theirs. and Hoff-
man. 1t was through these men that
the grand jury obtained its first infor-
NATION about the conspiracy, and the
Importance of McCarver's testimony.
Criminal Court Judge Cooper today.
erter nearing of McCarver's state
rnents. ordered him placed under $40 0Aa
bonds to insure his presence at the
trial of the lynchers.
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WORK OF RELIEF.
Everything Possible Being Done But
Money Is Needed.

st. Paul, Sept. 9.-The state relief
committee appointed by Governor
Nelson to investigate and set on foot
the best measures for the relief of the
sufferers by forest fires at and around
Hinckley, issued a formal statement
this evening. 1t cites the work of re-
lief done at various points, and states
that as far as immediate relief is con-
cerned, it has been splendidly taken
care of, and a most effective organiza-
ton established to carry on the work
This leaves but little for the state
commission to do in the way of tenn
porary relief but hundreds of people
have been left absolutely destitute
Their homes and every article of value
have been absolutely destroyed To re-
establish these people as far as possible
In their old homes and when practical
BILE to locate them elsewhere under such
conditions as will enable them to sup
port themselves, will be the endeavor
of this commission.
The statement continues:
The sufferers by this fire are an ex-
cellent class Of people, and they repre-
sent fairly the people of the state.
Their requests are moderate, but the
commission finds a very large amount
or money, building material and sup
plies will be needed.
While contributions of material are
acceptable, the commission would re-
mind the people of the state that
money is the most portable and useful
contribution possible"
Most OF the people want to be re-
established in their homes. and for this
money is needed.
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CROPS ABROAD.
Wheat Has Been Quiet and FIour
Lifeless.

Wheat Has Been Quiet and FIour
Lifeless.
London, Sept. 9.-There has been I'M
favorable weather for the past week. A
fair proportion of the wheat has been
harvested in good condition. Wheat
during the past week has been o1iet
owing to increased American and Euro
lpean crop estimates, and there has been
further loss of Sd. to Cd. The hest
English wheat was quoted at 22s.. and
inferior English wheat at 2Os. Few
lcargoes of wheat were sold, but If is
suggested that the reduced Weld of
maize and potatoes will stimulate the
ultimate consumption.
Flour was lifeless and prices wore
lthe lowest on record. Bakers were ono
ted at las. to 15s.
Minneapolis patents were quoted at
21s. to 21s Cd. a.
In maize there was large specula-
tive business and higher prices. Bnvers
ARE now waiting for the bureau renort
STOCKS on the Danube are very small
Ihere was large business in barley a +
I'd. advance, the feature being Ameri.
can purchases of Russian barley Of
Us: Sd. to lis. Cd. cost, Insurance. and
freight aho
oats were stagnant owing to satisfac-
tory crops here,
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city was that the town was in i'm
mediate danger.
Outside Helm Is Needed.

West Superior, Wis, Sept. 9.-Mayor
Woodward and Mr.. r. Belknap re-
turned from New York today, and this
afternoon meeting of the general re-
lief committee for fire sufferers was
held. One of the chief features of the
meeting was the discussion of Gov
ernor Peck's manifesto to the effect
that no outside help is required for fire
sufferers so far as Wisconsin is con-
|cerned. The general relief committee
|of this city, which is acting without
state lines, criticized the action of the
governor today, and their opinions
were expressed that he had acted with
out proper investigation.
Mayor Woodward's action in calling
for help outside of the state was I'M
mistakeably approved and the various
newspapers and others whom he had
seen in the east were notified to that
effect by telegraph. Mayor Woodward
tonight telegraphed Governor Peck,
asking him if he had investigated the
needs of the fire sufferers in this vicin-
ity and if so what steps were being
taken.
Seventeen hungry and exhausted fire
sufferers reached this city today and
We're cared for. The cash contributions
to the relief fund by Superior citizens
is now more than $4,000.
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Victoria, B. c.. Sept. 9.-The North
ern Pacific liner Sikh, from Yokohama,
brings interesting advices of the war in
the orient. The reason given by the
commander of the Japanese war ship
Naniwa Kan, when asked why he fired
upon the Kowshing, seeing she was fly
ing the British flag, is now given for
! the first time, and is certainly perth
nent-"because she was sailing under
false colors; was carrying Chinese
troops, and had been sold to the
Chinese government and fully paid
for
| Notwithstanding this explanation,
the same paper which gives it pub
licity announces that the sum of
$750,000 has been agreed to by the
Japanese government as reparation for
the sinking of Captain Alworthy's YES
sci and compensation to those depend
ent upon the Europeans lost with her.
Both China and Japan are at present
keenly alert for articles contraband Of
war, and to this the delay in the ar
rival of the Sikh here Is attributable.
The government has declined to con-
slider rice as contraband of war, but
ootn pellSerdnlS clalIn IL 10 De Sucn,
and use every endeavor to intercept
!rice-carrying vessels. The Sikh was
| detained at Shanghai by a Chinese
gunboat, which made an effort to gain
possession of the rice portion os her
cargo. The British consul objected and
the merchantmen was allowed to pro-
coed.
| Reliable News Is Scarce.
| 1t is almost impossible to get any
lT-cal a TxoT oV1Ty -hnr in fo1.
east, even at Shanghai. This trip the
steamer passed very close to the Foo
Chow forts, and saw the Chinese gar
| riSon drawn up in line. They were all
ALTERED in flowing sack gowns of gaudy
color and had high, three-cornered silk
hats, and presented curious specta-
Gle.
These forts are in charge of an Eng
| lishman, the son of a naval officer, and
are held to be exceedingly strong
lone of their big eighty-ton guns burst
recently, killing several men. 1t is
lgenerally understood that this occurred
| through ignorance in handling it.
China is now hurrying an army Of
hundreds of thousands of men through
northern China to Corea, but as they
are subsisting on the products of the
country through which they are pass
ing, and most of it is mountainous,
lit is hard to say with what success it
| VIII L1eGI.
OF Low Order.
Most of the men enlisted and drafted
into the Chinese army are coolies Of
the low order. The Chinese have been
offering great inducements to Eu-
ropeans and Americans to enter their
service and have secured many. On
the other hand the Japanese will have
no outsiders in any branch of the SER
vice.
On the way over on the last trip to
the orient the Sikh passed through a
fleet of twenty Japanese ships. They
were divided into four divisions, with
five ships in each division. They were
we'll handled.
At the smaller Chinese ports all man
ner of outrages have been committed
on resident Japanese and in some
places Portuguese have been robbed.
At Tien Tsin the child of the japanese
lconsul was abducted and when he took
his leave to return to his country, his
legs and arms were tied and he was
carried to the wharf with a, bamboo
stick through his arms.
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NIGH UNTO DEATH.
An Old Man Beaten by Robbers in
California;

Walnut Creek, Cal, Sept. Sat s
o'clock, this evening, masked robbers
entered the home of Charles Hadley.
an old man who lives alone on the road
to Lafayette, about two miles from
here. The robbers bound Hadley hand
and foot, and then searched the prem
Uses for money and valuables. They
found only Sc and bank book, which
they took.
Hadley is about rs years old. and is
sekUmmonly reported to be wealthy be-
tng regarded as a sort of miser tby his
neighbors. The robbers evidently knew
of his reputation for wealth, for. IN or
Aoer to make him tell where his money
.was concealed, they tortured him by
beating him with a pistol They in
hlcted over twenty wounds on the body
OF the unfortunate old man, but he
either had no money in the house or
the fear of death would not make him
divulge the whereabouts of his wealth.
FINALLY, Hadley became unconscious
and the robbers thinking he was dead.
left with their small booty.
Hadley was found by neighbors and
brought back to Walnut Creek. where
he being cared for by a surgeon. His
woEnds are serious and he may not re-
9eFer. Hadley says that there were at
Feast two robbers, and perhaps three.
re is so weak and overcome by the
shock that he is unable to talk much.
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HYGIENE CONGRESS- ADJOURNs.
r. Harris Says Mecca Is the Hotbed
Of Cholera.

Buda testh, Sept. AT the session
OF the hygienic congress an interesting
paper on cholera was read by DR..
Ernest Harris. He argued the disease
came from the valley of the Ganees
where there is an utter disregard of
sanitary precautions and, where the
people habitually drink polluted water
DR.. Harris said 1T seemed persons could
even touch and rub cholera patients
with IMMUNITY. The danger consisted
of the swallowing of the bactillis which
the doctor contended. lived two lives.
one H. the human body. multiplying
within the patient and poured forth by
him abundantly and the other outside
siAss( body in damp ground, dirty water,
&c. TO be swallowed by some one else
Z in order 10 start again its destructive
course. Cholera, ne said, is spread
broadcast by pilgrims to Mecca and
elsewhere. The government of India
must watch The fairs and festivals in
that country, and Europe, by interna-
tionaI agreement, should guard the pill
grim track by isolating early cases
The sultan of Turkey ought to adopt
measures for the thorough sanitation
of Mecca, which is a nursery of cholera.
On the conclusion Of the reading of
the paper a resolution was adopted ex-
pressing the full approval of the con-
eress of the Dresden convention res
,pecting the disease
Some disagreement ensued regarding
ishe number of resolutions submitted,
ko~ing to the fact many of them Were
Bot translated and were apparently
not understood by majority of those
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CAMPAIGN LITERATURE.
G. A. r. Being Used to Boom the
Party of Fraud


Washington, Sept. 9.-Spirited contro-
versy between ex-officeholders marked
a special meeting of ex-Union veterans
who have been discharged from gov
Iernment employ, held here in G. A r.
hall. About fifty discharged veterans
were present, representing the various
departments but long series of heat
led Wrangles prevented important &C
ton, except the adoption of resolutions
offered by Thomas H. Mckee, assistant
secretary of the National Republican
COMMITTEE, which will be presented at
the Pittsburg encampment.
1t was also decided to forward reso-
lutions offered by William Pommer, a
discharged war department clerk, de-
Inounclng the actions of this and former
administrations, and demo icing Colonel
lAinsworth, chief of the records and
pension division, demanding the ap-
pointment by Congress of a committee
to investigate the charges against him
and remove him if they are substan-
Itiated.
| Mr.. McKee's resolution was-as fol-
lows:
Resolved, By the G. A. R. in ma
jtional encampment assembled, Septem-
Der, 1894, that the ex-Union soldiers of
the United States accept the challenge
offered by the present administration
lof the national government in disre-
garding the rights of ex-Union soldiers
under national statute by almost
wholesale discharges of those employed
IN IN the public service of the United
Estates.
That the ballot is our refuge by
force of an unfriendls administration.
THAT Colonel F. C. Ainsworth. chief
tof the record and pension division of
the war department, has shown him
self to be the common enemy of the
ieX-Union soldiers, both by official and
iprivate power
"And that all ex-Union soldiers are
asked to commit their representatives
in Congress to the removal of said
Ainsworth from the position he now
holds, in the cause of justice and hui
manity."
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MANY TAKE A LAST LOOK.
Public Admitted to View the Re
mains of the Comte de Paris.

Public Admitted to View the Re-
mains of the Comte de Paris.
London, Sept. "a large number of
persons visited Stowe house today, to
take a last look at the body of the
Comte de Paris, the head of the royalty
of France, who died yesterday 1t was
generally known that the public would
be admitted to the house and this had
the effect of drawing many persons
through curiosity. The body is lying
upon the bed upon which the comte
died. The hands are crossed upon the
breast, with a large crucifix. At the
foot of the bed was a tri-colored flag,
partly furled. while the priest and sew
eral members of the family watched
over the remains.
Tonight's Court Circular says: "The
queen received yesterday morning with
much concern the news of the death of
the Comte de Paris. His royal highness
was related to her majesty through his
late mother, who was a cousin of the
prince consort, and who was also close
ly connected to the queen, his uncles
and aunts being near relatives to her
majesty. The queen entertained sin
cere regard for the count, whom she
had known from early childhood.
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Department Commander Tiff, passed
through the city this a ftarnnnn

Department Commander Tiff, passed
through the city this afternoon
Another train bore several Illinois
companies, who accompanied Comrade
Thomas G. LAWYER the Illinois candi-
date for commander-in-chief. They will
act as his escort.
During the day, thousands of old SOL
diers, many from the western and
northwestern states, passed through
the city bound for Pittsburg. The can
didacy of Colonel Lawler was one of
the chief topics of discussion. 1t is
claimed Iowa and Wisconsin will be
for him.
Utah men are also friendly, but their
first duty is to secure the election of
DR.. Tiff as national chaplain. Mr.. Tat
lock said the Utah delegation was in
structed to vote for Louisville as the
place for the next convention, but that
the. delegates would probably not re-
gard the instructions as binding fur
Their than one ballot.
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Utah Delegation En- Route.

Chicago, Sept. 9.-The G. A. R. dele
cation from Minnesota reached this
|city at $40 a. M, and left for Pitts
burg in the afternoon. 1t was headed
by Commander Sautu, of the depart
ment of Minnesota. General James
Baker, of Minneapolis, Judge John P.
Rea, of Minneapolis past-grand com
mander-general; L. P. Hubbard, ex-
governor of Minnesota; e. B. McGill.
also an ex-governor of the state; J. K.
Mertz, assistant adjutant-general of
the department of Minnesota, and a
number of distinguished men from the
Twin Cities were among the delegation.
The Minnesota delegation is going to
|Pittsburg with the determination to Sc
cure it's next encampment for st
Paul. The members were averse to
depressing any opinion regarding the
flight for ommander-in-chief General
Rhea said the delegation will support
Lawler, the Illinois candidate, and that
he would have the support of the whole
west.
The delegation from Utah, headed by
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PENNsYLyANIA FLOODS.

Bethlehem, Pa, Sept. 9.-An area of
one square mile suffered from last
nights cloudburst. The flood reached
the second story of houses on Goeppe,
Spruce, Old Bethlehem and Second
streets. The damage to private prop
erty is estimated at $4,000, and to sew
ers and highways, $4,000. The people
in the flooded districts are very poor
and suffering for want of assistance.
A funeral cortege was caught re-
turning from the cemetery and the
horses ran away. Mrs. Jacob T. Shi-
mer, of West Bethlehem, had her arm
fractured, and Mrs. Curtis, who was
picked up unconscious, is in a precari-
GUS condition
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st. Paul, Sept. "A Hinckley, Mimi,
special to the Pioneer Press, says:
This has been a quiet and gloomy
Sabbath. The searchers after the
bodies Of the victims of the great
forest fires are resting, but will resume
their work in the morning.
Coroner Cowan and party went to
Sandstone today, where they buried
eighty bodies. There were no religious
services here today, no clergyman be-
ing present, and a number of the peo-
pie went to Pine City to attend the
memorial services in that city.
Five bodies were found last night in a
cellar on mill just east of the Kettle
river and were buried where found. 1t
is believed here the death list in Pine
county will exceed 500, as something
like 100 are still unaccounted for, ac-
cording to Coroner Cowan's official
statement
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CHINESE CORNERED.
Are without Supplies, and Are KILL
ing Horses for Food.

Shanghai, Sept. ct is reported that
the Chinese forces are cornered in
northern Corea without SUPPLIES and are
killing their ponies for food. All the
foreign employees in the Japanese dock
yards have been dismissed. This was
done in order that the extent of the in
juries to the warships of the Japanese
navy should not become known. The
steel cruiser Yaye Yama Kan has been
locked at Nagasaki to undergo repairs
of damage she has received. The dock
| is closely guarded, and no particulars
in regard to her injuries are obtainable
from the native papers.
The Japanese forces north of Seoul
are suffering from the effects of the
rain.
Much sickness is also reported in
the Chinese camp 1t is rumored that
900 Chinese troops are encamped on
| the north bank of the river Imchin
waiting for favorable weather to at
tack the Japanese position few miles
south Of the Imchin.
| 1t is reported on good local authority
| that the Mikado of Japan, accom-
panied by the ministers of war and
marine and general staff, is proceeding
to HIROSHIMA, a point where the troops
of Japan gather to embark.
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DASTARDLY Plot LAID BARE

present. At an early stage of the dis
cussion DR. Billings, who represents
the American government and several
scientific bodies, theoretically protest
ed against the wholesale adoption of
resolutions regarding which a general
concensus of opinion did not exist. He
would object to every resolution and
the batch.
The voting had increased the con-
fusion and resolutions were now re-
jected for no apparent reason.
DR.. Billings then read his protest and
said that while there were $500 mem
berS of the congress, resolutions will be
passed by a vote of 80. He demanded
the number of votes on each resolution
to be recorded. The president there
upon ordered count of the delegates
and found Sc were present.
DR.. Lowe, of Vienna, said that in its
present conduct the meeting was
simply destroying the. work of years.
Important resolutions were being re-
jected because only a few delegates
were acquainted with the subjects. A
resolution was shortly afterward
adopted relating to the compulsory in
surance of cattle. DR.. Billings protest
ed that this is not a hygenic but a
commercial question. The resolution
was rejected. A proposal to appoint
an international committee to make
studies for an international pharma-
copae was submitted. DIR. Billings said
that the question was for a medical or
pharma ceutical congress. This con-
gress, he declared, might as well pro-
pose to pass resolutions bearing on in
ternational law. The resolution was
rejected. Other irrelevant questions
met similar fate.
The attendance at the session gradu-
ally dwindled until today, when ad-
journment was had, it was less than
fifty.
At the final sitting Herr Won HER
onymi, minister of the interior, presid-
ed. All the foreign ministers were
present on the platform. 1t was decid-
ed to hold the next convention in
Madrid
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SEVERE ELECTRICAL STORM.
Much Damage Done in Iowa, Illinois
and Indiana.

Chicago, Sept. "a severe electrical
storm, accompanied by high winds.
passed over northeastern Iowa. north
lern Illinois and Indiana, this evening,
accompanied by heavy thunder and
lightning and torrents of rain and hail.
lMarshalltown, Clinton and Davenport,
Ia, report considerable damage to nu-
merous buildings, and trees being
struck by lightning and telegraph and
telephone poles Frustrated. Similar
reports come from Rochelle, Spring
Valley, Bloomington, Galesburg, Elgin
and other Illinois towns, and from Co
lumbia City, Fort Wayne and South
Bend, Ind.
In this city, numerous streets were
flooded through the choking of sewers
and numerous shade trees and small
Ioutbuildings were blown down.