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A Missing American Row.

PARIS. March 9.-The Journal De Paris
asserts. but without basis of fact, that the
decomposed body of young man which
was found caught in the Weir at Suresnes,
on the Seine, was that OF Edward Web
ster, whose mother. Mrs. Theodore Conk-
ling, lived at No. "a West SEVENTEEN street,
New York, and who left the st. Lazzare
railroad station. this city, last New Years
evening for Colombes six miles from Paris,
and has not been seen since. Young Web
ster was the only son of the late John p
Webster who was known on the New York
Produce Exchange as Jack Webster, and
who, upon his death, five years ago, left
an estate OF about $4,000. which the miss
Ing lad would have inherited on attaining
his majority. Edward Webster was only
seventeen years of age, but as he was six
feet two inches tall and weighed $50 pounds,
he looked several years older
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A Farmer Hangs Himself.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal
FRANKFORT, Ind, March 9.-Calvin
Darling, young farmer residing near Null
berry, committed suicide yesterday by
hanging.
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CAIRO. Egypt March 9.-The treasure Of
the King Usurtesen. OF the twelfth dynasty.
has been discovered at Dashour by Mr. Nor
sxau. the director OF the executions going
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Too Many Wives Had shnunessey.

Special to the indianapolis Journal
EVANSVILLE, Ind, March AIT a late
hour tonight jury returned verdict OF
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Salvation oil is certain cure for head
ache. toothache, earache, etc. Only - cents
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Russia and China mt Peace.

SAN FRANCISCO. March 9.-The steam
ship Gaelic. from Yokohama and Hong
Kong, with advices to Feb. "A, arrived to-
day. 1t is reported that Russia and China
have come to a secret understanding re-
garding the Pamirs. According to Shang-
hal paper. Count Cassini, Russian minister
at the Chinese capital, has received the
highest decoration lying in the power of
the Emperor of China TO give, namely, the
Shuang Lung, or Double Dragon, first di-
vision. first class This honor is the high
est ever conferred on foreigner. The pa
per remarks that Count Cassini must have
rendered extraordinary services to China,
or China must be extremely anxious to
propitiate the Russian ruler.
Yokohama adviceS announce continued
election disturbances. Many Soshi have
been arrested. Several persons have been
killed and wounded at political meetings.
GendarmeS have been sent to Kakoshima
TO keep the peace. Tochigi and other pre-
lectures have applied for gendarmes.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-03-20
SPECIAL SCHOOL TAX Law.


We learn that some of the school
boards in distant counties failed to levy
the necessary school tax last fall TO
provide for the current expenses and
what would be Immediately needed,
and therefore they are much embar-
raised for the want of funds, and some
Of them will be unable to keep open
the schools in their districts unless
they can lawfully assess tax this
year. And we are asked whether there
is any way in which they can obtain
the relief they need.
We are pleased to say that the Legis-
lature did at least one good thing in
passing a bill which is brief and to the
point and which meets their special
case. Following is the text of the new
law:
An act for the relief of school dis
tricts that have failed to levy a special
school tax
Be it enacted by the Governor and
Legislative Assembly of the territory
of Utah:
sec. l. That all school districts that
failed 10 levy special school tax dur
ing the year ending December 81, 1898,
for the purpose OF building or for other
school purposes, may levy such tax for
the year 1894 in the manner provided
by law if levied before the 18th day of
April. 1894, and such tax shall be as
sessed and collected at the same time
and in the same manner as if it had
been levied in the year 1893.
Sec. ,. This act Shall take effect
rom and after approved. Approved
March S. 1894.
School boards which have neglected
to avail themselves of the provisions
in the old school law should see to it
that they proceed at once under the
new law, and then not be caught nap
ping again. And they should under
stand that under the new law the levy
to be valid must be made before the
18th day of the next month-April, 1894.
That is their last chance for current
expenses. We Will shortly publish the
changes that have been made in the
general school law.
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PROSPECTS OF B1MErALL1sM.

!
Although the change in the Premier
ship of the British government seems
to have made no change in the atti-
tude of that government towards sill
yer, the movement in Germany is
more encouraging, and it is not un
likely that if other leading nations
should join with Germany in an effort
for the rehabilitation of silver. England
would have to come into line. The
declaration recently made that England
has no intention of re-opening the
question may be regarded as official
but not as final. Events, which move
rapidly in this fast age, may reopen
it in spite Of the decisions of premiers
and parliaments.
The Chicago Inter-Ocean regards as
very encouraging the appointment of a
commission in Germany, to consider
and report upon the influence the fluc-
tuations in the value of silver have on
the monetary and economic conditions
of that county. Tt looks for a report
favorable to bimetallism and thinks
that this country would receive ad-
vantage therefrom. 1t says:
Ever since the German Empire was
formed, now nearly a quarter of a CEN
! tury, the imperial influence has been
powerfully felt on the side of the single
gold standard. At the present time
| there are some seven million pounds of
pure silver stacked away in the govern
ment vaults of the empire. That large
stock of metal, coupled with a settled
policy against using it as full legal
tender money, seems as great bowl
/ der obstructing the track on which the
bimetallic train must pass. The an
pointment of this commission is at least
a rift in the cloud, giving to it what is
indeed a silver lining
That paper refers also to the move
ment in Boston, particulars of which
have been given in The Herald. and
quotes the language of one of the advo-
Gates of eo-bimetallism in that city.
Gen F. A. Walker, who, though not in
favor of free coinage, holds to the propo-
sition that the French law of 1903, by
tgiving every debtor the option to pay
in either metal, indifferently, set in
motion an economic force of tremen-
dous reach and scope" 1t is practic-
able to control the market value of sill
yer. THAT such an effect" saws
Walker, "can be produced, and that to
an enormous degree, no one but a bigot
now denies" If Germany, which has
such a large supply of silver on hand,
and the United States. which is so
great producer of this metal, really
set about It they can break the back
of the bears of the London silver mar
ket
AS to the bimetallists of Boston. Mr..
Walker says:
They believe that, more than any
other cause. the systematic misrepre-
| sensations of bimetallism at the north
least has been influential -in arousing
the feelings Of wrong and anger in the
south and west so unpleasantly mani
fest of late years. Certain persons in
highly influential positions have de-
VOTED themselves very much to making
/ it appear to other sections of the
country that New England and New
York strongly adhere to gold mono-
metallism. The south and west have
4
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THE NEW EsTRAY LAW.

After all the endeavors of farmers and
stockmen during the recent session to
induce the legislature to make some i'm
provements in the estray law, the mat
ter is now in a worse shape than ever.
Not only is. the person whose premises
are invaded by stock imposed upon and
put to needless inconvenience, but the
owners of stray stock, in many in
stances, will be required to pay extrav-
agant expenses and perhaps will have
their animals sold without knowing
anything about the transaction. The
law now in force is about the worst
Utah has had on the subject
An animal taken up for trespass or
damage cannot be turned over at once
TO the pound keeper, but must be re-
tanned by the person taking it UP no
matter how inconvenient it may be for
him to do SO. Within twenty-four
hours after taking the animal the
marks and brands must be examined,
and if the owner is not known the ter
ritorial brand sheets must be examined
also. Within that time an appraise-
ment of the damages is required to be
made, and if the owner is known but
does not reside in the precinct, a reg
istered letter is to be sent to him con-
tanning a copy of the certificate of APP
praisenent, and if all costs are not paid
within twenty-four hours from the time
taking the animal up. suit must be
commenced and the animal turned over
to the constable of the precinct.
-shen it is remembered that a statu-
rory regulation such as this must be
strictly followed in order TO insure the
protection Of the law, the absurdity OF
such provision must be apparent.
Suppose the owner is discovered after
tie lapse of twelve or eighteen hours
and resides out of the precinct and at
a distance of anywhere from fifteen to
fifty miles. A registered letter is to be
sent But if the mail has just departed
or will not leave till the next day. as
may be the case in regions having only
a tri-weekly mail, although the owner
is known and it is certain he cannot
receive she letter within the time named
in the law for commencement OF suit,
yet the action must be started and I'M
necessary costs incurred.
One Of the chief objections to the old
law was that the time for commencing
suit was too short, although the time
allowed was two days, and as the day
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counties may count up higher than the
fees.
There is another point in section
four which marks discrepancy.
Herds which have been examined and
taken out of the territory for grazing,
may return within the year without
another certificate, but if they have
only been taken from one county to
another within the territory they must
be re-examined every time they re-
turn or pass over any county boundary
line. The last proviso in the section is
a queer one: Provided, they are free
from disease
OF course this does not mean what it
says. 1t does not mean declaration
of law that sheep brought back into the
territory after grazing on the outside
ARE free from disease" 1t means,
doubtless, they shall be readmitted
without examination eff" they are free
from disease. But who is to decide
that 'if'' without an examination? The
law throws no light on the query, and
those two sections read together form
most perpleXing muddle, a remark
able specimen of legislation from the
Republican friends of the sheep men.
In moving a herd of sheep afflicted
with scab or other infectious disease,
the owner or herdsman can move the
herd only by such route as the in
spector may determine. That function
airy is clothed with arbitrary powers,
| in section six, which places sheepmen
who have a diseased or partly diseased
flock very much at his mercy. And all
that the inspector may choose to 60
in relation to that herd must he paid
for by the owner at the rates mention
ed both as to fees and mileage.
Section ten makes it obligatory on
| a sheepoWner or lessee when his flock
is afflicted, and has not been treated,
to complain on himself in writing to
! the sheep Inspector! The inspector is
required to keep a record of all sheep
examined, with the description of their
earmarks and brands, with the name of
the owner and his postoffice address.
The county court must buy the book,
but who is to pay the inspector for his
work, or does that, too, come out of
the sheep-owner? The same question
may be asked in reference to the no
tees of estray sheep and the work of
the inspector in relation to them. There
is no other provision made for those
fees, so they also will have to come
from the sheep-owner.
Altogether it is very peculiar piece
of sheep legislation. Why did the Gov
ernor sign it? The Republican sheep
men of both houses, the Chairman of
the Territorial Republican Committee
and others, told him that it was what
was needed to prevent the spread of
contagious diseases. They 5eseiged
him during the last hours of the ses-
sion till he signed it. After some
Democratic gentlemen showed those
men that they had done more 10 ruin
the sheep interest than any one had
ever accomplished in the territory, they
appeared to feel cheap. At any rate
they looked very sheepish and one
prominent sheep owner said he'd hurry
home, sell his sheep and obtain the
office of inspector. Sheep men of Utah,
how do you like the Republican scab
law?
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|of taking up the animal was excluded
from the count by construction of the
law, the time really given under the
old law was three days. How much
greater then must be the objection to
the recent enactment?
The requirement for an appraise-
ment is neither useful nor ornamental
1t subserves no beneficial purpose and
the only object for it seems to be to
increase the costs against the animal
or its owner.
But these objections are of small ac-
count when compared with the more
pernicious features of the law under
consideration. 1t provides that if the
owner is known, but does not reside in
the precinct, the summons is to be
served on him by mailing a copy there
of addressed to him and registered.
Answer must be made within five days
from the posting Of such letter, allow
ing also one additional day fer each
25 miles or fraction thereof of the dis
lance where the owner resides from the
justice entertaining suit. This is a
most peculiar arrangement, to sue a
man, take his property, and the only
service of process required, a deposit
of a letter in the postoffice.
If the owner is unknown, service is
had, not by the customary method of
publication in newspaper, but by
posting three copies of the summons
in three places in the precinct. No
time Of posting is required. The SER
vice is complete the hour the notices
are posted. They may be torn down
the next day, and still judgment may
be had five days after the posting.
Under such a law, the owner of an
animal stands no chance He may live
in the same or an adjoining precinct
and have his horses and cattle conf1s-
Gated in this way without an oppor-
tunity for information
This unwise law places all animals
upon the same basis and the stock
raiser has no protection. The branded
animal may be disposed of more read
lily than an estray. because a, posting
of ten days is required before the lat
ter can be sold, while the notices of
the former may be only ten minutes.
How any body of intelligent men
would permit such bill to pass, is a
wonder If the farmer and stock
raiser do not groan under this law
during the next two years, then we
miss our guess
This measure was made a party mat
ter and put through the Council by a
party vote of the Republicans and they
would not even permit amendments to
be made, but shut off opposition The
Republican party of Utah is entitled
to the credit of framing and passing
this law, and they must answer to the
people for its many pernicious defects.
The Governor was assured by the
promoters of the bill that it was Just
what was wanted, and he gave it his
signature with the understanding that
it was the best compromise between
the farmers and the stockmen that
could be effected. Both classes will
now trace their grievances under this
measure to the party that ignorantly
or viciously imposed it upon them.
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unfortunately believed this, and have
even come to believe not only that the
northeast favors gold recommendation,
but that it does so for the selfish pur-
pose of aggrandizing itself by increas-
ing the burdens of the mortgage which
1t holds upon other parts of the coun-
try. This mistaken conviction has done
untold evil
Whether well founded or not, that is
the feeling that prevails in the west,
and appearances are very much against
the eastern and northeastern holders
of mortgages on western property. If
they are not gold monometallists for
personal gain, the evidences all point
in that direction and their hostility to
silver coinage is believed to be prompt
ed by golden greed
General Walker thus states the pur-
poses of the double standard as advo-
Gated by the bimetallists of Boston:
| /. The establishment of at least an
approximate par of exchange between
Igold-using and silver-using countries.
q A higher degree of stability in the
money mass, compounded Of the two
metals, imam would be attdlnaOle WITH
either metal alone g. To prevent the
disastrous results which might other
wise follow the rapid depreciation or
appreciation of one of the money met
ais, through increasing abundance or
scarcity.
1t is probable that if the United
States and Germany were to join in a
determined effort to establish bimetal-
ism on a fixed ratio, success would be
assured, even if England should for
awhile remain obdurate. But we fear
there are as many public men to con-
vert in this country as there are in
the German Empire, and a vigorous
campaign of silver education is one of
the needs of the times.
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a REPUBLICAN SHEEP BILL.

We publish today the full text of the
new law in relation to diseases in
sheep. A number of our wool men were
seduced by the sophistries of Republic
can stump speakers, and formed the
opinion that salvation TO sheep could
only come from a Republican Legisla-
ture. So they exerted themselves to
that end and we hope that when they
see what their Republican friends have
done for them, they will understand
what they have made by the transac-
ton.
On general principles the people of
Utah never made a worse mistake
when, through apathy, or misunder-
standing of the causes of dull times, or
disagreement with some act of the
President or the Congress, they failed
to elect Legislature in harmony with
the principles believed in by majority
of the citizens of this territory. And
as one of the results of that mistake.
we point them to the provisions of the
sheep law which we publish in another
column and ask them to take notice of
/ its benefits, if there are any. 1t will
make a good companion 10 the estray
law; we may fairly cali them Utah Re
publican twins.
Every county court will have to APP
point a sheep inspector. He must be
a practical sheep raiser. He may ap-
point as many deputies as he pleases,
but he must publish in some newspa-
per the name and address of each dep
uty; that is, if there is a newspaper
published in the county; if not-well,
he need not do it at all, because the
law is silent on the subject.
All the sheep in each county are to
be examined by the inspector once a
year, and he is to give a certificate of
health, if they are not diseased, and
the certificate must contain a descrip-
ton of all the earmarks and wool
brands as well as the number of sheep
in each herd. This, under section three,
is to be a sufficient certificate for a
year, and to entitle the owner to take
his herd through any and all counties
"as long as they remain free from dis
ease" On complaint, and the tender of
his fee, the inspector must inspect any
flock as often as required.
But under section four any one lin
tending to bring sheep into the terri
tory or from one county into another
must Immediately after crossing the
boundary line first obtain certificate"
like that required in Section Three.
And any person owning sheep in the
county or within ten miles of its boun-
dairy on the tender of the proper fee
may require the inspector to examine
the sheep. Whether so intended or not,
this is a notification of the provision
in Section Three, which makes the first
certificate good for year and for all
counties.
How will our sheepmen like that
trouble and expense? They must pay
the fees for examination, amounting to
50 for every day or part Of day con-
sumed in the inspection. with the mile
age of ten cents mile, which in some
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snpreme Judgc Brcmer
Saws of the .Higher Officials"

tody VI lIIG III5IIGI OllICIdIS.
81 know personally large number of
the gentlemen whose pictures you have
gathered in this work, and l have
never seen a book in which the like
nesses We're more satisfactory and ac-
curate. 1t was very happy thought
Of yours, collecting. pictures of the cap
itol buildings of the nation and the
several states and territories, and plac-
ing them alongside Of the chief execu-
tive officers thereof
J. d. BREWER,
Justice of the Supreme Court of the
United States.
Part l now ready at Herald office for
10 cents and three coupons.
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Auction. Auction.

On Tuesday, March 10th, 1880 a. M,
at No. SS1 Third street, a large lot of
fine household goods. Brussels and in
grain carpets, Knabe piano, fine hall
tree, upholstered chairs, rockers and
couch, solid mahogany book case, four
bedroom sets, two cheffoniers, 12-foot
oak extension table and dining chairs,
very fine large Howe ventilator base
burner, two heating stoves, cook stove.
gasoline stove, and all in perfect order,
center tables, linoleum, lawn mower.
fifty feet hose, large parrot cage, beds
and bedding, china and glassware, etc.
e. M. ONION, Auctioneer
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OIIdII !
THOMAS L. JAMES,
ALL SORTS.

Artist-Do you think the expression in
this picture is good?
We'll; SIR. if you intend it to be bad, it
| is excellent"
Mrs. R.-Christopher, darling, L never
can remember whether "soda-water" is
written as one word or two Joined to-
gether by syphon.-Boston Budget.
do you think that gratuitous advice
ever results in good?" Il know it does
that is, to the one who gives it. 1t
makes me feel good. Boston Tran
script
Mrs Chatter-"Do you believe that
cures can be effected by the laying on
lof hands?" Mrs. Clatter-"Most GER
tainly. 1 cured my boy of smoking in
that way. Brooklyn Life.
Mrs. Elderleigh- you love your
ma am. Mrs, Elderleigh-.Why do
| you love her?" johnny he
Bible says were to love our enemies .
Puck.
Primus-Jobson is a philanthropist."
SecunduS-What does he do? Primus
He's so sorry for poor children who
have no Christmas that he spends the
year telling them that Santa Claus is
a myth.-Puck.
What, indeed-Mr. Grimme-It is Just
| an outrage the way the little innocent
birds are being butchered to adorn wo-
mems hats.
Mrs. Gimme-But, my dear. don't YOU
| remember that it was the bright bird wing
wore on my hat as l was going along
| the street that attracted your attention
anq led to your marrying me?'
! Mr. Grimme-What the thunder has that
got TO do with it? That only makes the
case nger.--IndianapoliS Journal
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TO Parents.

Commencing with this issue of The
Herald, an opportunity will be offered
every father and mother to put in the
hands of their children the most COM
plete condensed descriptive history of
persons and events ever published It
Read the big descriptive ad in this is
sue.
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Money.

1t will pay every borrower to see us
before making loans. Save money and
brokers' commissions. Miller-Hawley
Mortgage company, So West Second
South.