The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-07-23

With its third session the hearing
commenced in this city by the com
$lission sent out by the South African
@igh court for the purpose Of taking
testimony in the cyanide cases which
IRE about to be called up for trial,
anne to an end yesterday morning and
Hn adjournment was taken to New
DIRK without day, subject TO two days
&otice. Protests against further con
nuances requested by the attorney
*Dr the cyanide people were made by
H.Ir. Tresl0w for the plaintiffs, and,
&fter arguments on both sides, the
Commissioner declined to Iengthen out
ne proceedings and ordered an adj
& purnment, with the understanding
hat probably two or three of the wit
&esSes whose names were upon the
Z st would be prepared to testify at a
: earring to be held in the city of New
ork. 1t was anticipated that several
itneSSeS would be examined by the
: 0mmiSSiOn yesterday and the entire
batter closed up, but upon the OPEN
&ig of the hearing Mr.. Edmunds sub
REitted a supplemental list of new wit
|#eSSes, whose presence and testimony,
said, would be very important to
those were J. 3. Hague, r. c. Cham
#ers, C. A. Russell. Thomas J. Amy,
& Ind Ellsworth Daggett. At the time
he submitted the list the gentleman
81 aade the statement that all of the pro-
0Sed witnesses We're out of the city
9ud as all were experienced mining
zen and had been engaged in the eX-
action and treatment of silver and
q bid ores, their testimony was of the
|trralD ton - IN H1F II,
Kew of the fact that none of them
7buld be secured in time for the hear
4 kg then on the attorney asked for
Continuance.
j Mr.. Treslow entered vigorous pro-
6Fst against any such action and stated
HAT the commission had been IN the
FEty since the 18th of the present
lonth and during the intervening time
5ld examined but four witnesses. and
be testimony taken had covered but
5venty-six pages o7 typewriting 1t
kas very evident, he said. that no eff
brit had been made by the other side
secure its witnesses. Edmonds then
1nounced the names of the five desir-
pie witnesses, all of whom, he said
ere men of great prominence in the
lining world of this territory and the
acific coast Eve have already
owen fully the nOn-knowledge of the
lining world relative TO the workings
the cyanide process" said the gen
oman, but probably it is desirable
y US to prove by extraordinary Gu
ulative force that the principles in
1lved in the process were not known
nong the mill and mining men of the
orld prior to the establishment of
n claims by the filing Of patents"
he attorney contended that good pro-
-ess had been made by the commits
on, in view Of the obstacles that had
pen placed in the way, and he cited
He refusal of President Dern. of the
i Fercur company to go upon the wit
ess stand.
Treslow said he Believed many Of the
n illnesses listed by p1e other side had
i ever been officially noticed before the
0mrniSsiOn as witnesses
4 Here the commissioner interpoSed the
.1estion whether or not the new wit
sesses suggested b. Mr.. Edmonds were
imply for the purpose of proving the
inowledge on the part Of the mining
ForFd of the uses of the cyanide and
hsir evidence was TO be taken as
lImuistive
sAir EdmOnds replied that his pur-
ose in calling upon the witnesses was
ith the idea of adding to The testi-
aony already taken. All of the gem
emen named were experienced min
IS ard had knowledge of the presence
great quantities of low grade gold
nd silver ores, which were we'll adapt
to treatment by the cyanide pro-
Commissioner Kent said that he
as of the opinion that the proof rel
live to the nonknowledge was suffi-
ent in this case and in consequence
refused to grant another continu-
nee. He stated. however. that it
4 light be possible for the interested
aI-ties to secure the presence Of several
Il. the witnesses at the hearing to be
&ald in the city Ct New York In reply
~. Edmonds stated that he was of
Zoe opinion that Two or possibly more
81 the gentlemen could be induced to
4opear before the commission in that
ty and with this understanding the
4 ijournment was taken as stated. The
n enn bers Of the party left for the east
st night All of the testimony taken
"A the hearing will be Transcribed into
itch, which is the official language
the republic, and then presented to
8 te court.
Filed the Demurrer.
4 The demurrer to the amended COM
sa6nt in the case of the Gold and Sill
: at Extraction Company of America
81 .frniteO VS.. the A1ercur Gold Mining
Id Milling company has been filed in
NE district court and the case has
1 ,ne onto the regular calendar. This
smurrer takes practically the same
round as that recently sustained by
: 1e court. Tt holds that the causes
NJ action are Improperly Joined and
haat the complaint is otherwise defec-
! We for the reason that no statement
made relative TO base ores treated
his is a most important point and
! ne that will be thoroughly contested.