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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-04-11
TILE BEAyER AT Tile zoo.

The preparations made to meet the Sc
we're cold of the present winter by the
beavers at the Zoo in Regents park, are
an odd mixture of cleVerness and what
seems, too, like the stupidity CT in
stinct." Their lodge is partly their own
building, and partly subsidized by the
authorities. That is, it has roof of cor
rugated iron supported by strong posts
at the corners. The sides are carefully
built up with branches set on end by the.
beavers themselves, and well pIastered
with mud, which they push in with their
forepaws and pat down hard. This year
they have not only carried the plaster up
TO the caves of the house, but patted a
quantity of mud down on the iron roof,
quite unnecessary labor. except on the
assumption that there are joints in IL
which require filing. The whole is
crowned with a pile of branches. which
serves no useful purpose.
Last year these beavers dug a canal
from the stone-rimmed pond TO one OF the
burrows running under their house. We
were not able to see whether It actually
Joined the pond, or whether the rim OF
stone which divided il from the pool at
the surface was continued downward. In
any case, they had managed to fill the
canal with water, and had a clear water
way from the house to the edge Of the
pool. At the present moment they are
busy cutting through popular stem, the
largest chip of wood lying at its foot
measuring three and one-half inches. Ar
other stump is being carefully gnawesf
into fine sawdust, which is probably IN
tended for bedding.-The Spectator.
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DOM ESTIC DOTS.
Newsy Notes From All Portion. of
the Land Over Which ths sfara
and Stripes Wave.

-, washington; April 10.-The controller of
the currency has appointed S. B. Thomp-
son. OF Broken Bow, Neb.. as receiver Of
the First National Bank, Of Ravena.
Gainesville, Fla, April 1O.-Grant Crit
fin (colored), who murdered William
Ifbbs. a negro gambler, at La Crosse, on
November 6, was hanged privately in the
county jail here today.
Chicago, April 1O.-A receiver has been
appointed Tor the clothing firm OF Barbe,
put at 100000 and assets at Sl5O, 600. Dis
sensions in the firm brought on the
troubles.
Fort Smith, Ark. April 1o.-The state
grand jury in session is making a hot
that they have returned indictments
against several prominent society ladies
for playing progressive euchre for prizes.
st. Louis. April 1e-United States Com
missioner Gray today held W. A. Scud-
der and A. H. Gale, of the Scudder-Gale
Gro SSSn company to the, grand jury
in 5000 each on charge of fraudulently
importing goods on an differentiation.
New Orleans. April 1O.-The first break
in the white screwmen strike, which has
caused such trouble on the levee for
large number of men agreed to work for
any employer whether d member of the
union or not.
Kansas City. April 1O.-Julius C. Brown,
plCSiucht VI the DIpWu Nut LOCK COM
pany, of Chicago, arrived this morning
on visit to his sister, Mrs. G. W. Wall
lace. AS he was walking from the street
car to his sisters house, he fell to the
sidewalk, exclain.flg II am dying" and
pressing his hand to his left side. A
crowd gathered and an ambulance was
called, but before it arrived, Brown was
dead.
Wheeling. w. Va, April 10.-A large
force of men have been at work all day
clearing away the debris of the ruined
building of t. Hutchinson and Chapman
body was recovered today, that of Henry
Cowl, the messenger boy, who was buried
in the alley. Three bodies, those of Rob
ert Wincher, Eugene Birch and Michael
Koran, are still in the ruins of the
Hutchinson building.
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Omaha, April 10.-Frank Rosebery,
an Omaha real estate dealer who left
here suddenly two weeks ago, is al
legged to have been connected with
some extensive swindling through bo-
gus mortgages placed with eastern in
vestors. He has for years done a large
business as a loan broker, handling
mang mortgages. Since evidence of
his crookedness has developed it is be-
lieved he is very deeply involved, ag-
gregating many thousands. The in
stances which came to light yesterday
were through the commercial agency
of Snow, Church & Co. They were in
statUted to foreclose on mortgages held
by John B. Watts, Sarah Z. Stryker
and others, of eastern Pennsylvania.
Each had advanced $1,000 on the in
str-uments, which purported to cover
valuable Omaha realty and were ap-
parently recorded in proper form. In
vestigation developed that all the per-
sons whose names appeared as mort
gaging this property were myths and
the lots were not in existence. The
notary'S and recorder of deeds sigma
lures were forged.
Rosaberry. during 1890. was making
city loans for various parties in the
east and the couclnslou is that he
would make out a mortgage, sign
some fictitious name to it, put on its
face the statements always entered
by the register of deeds and then forge
the registers name to it, receiving
the money for gilt edged security
and putting it into his pocket.
He must have kept up the interest
on the mortgages, for they have not
before been sent to this city for fore
closure. The amount of the forgeries
cannot now oe estimated. but judg-
ing from circumstances viii reach far
into the thousands, and his eastern
victims will probably be many, as
Roseoerry was loanirg money right
and left, and using it to plunge with
Oh the board of trade.
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ELEMENTS MAKE WAR.

Wind, Rain, Hail, Thunder and
Lightning Play Havoc at Seattle.
Seattle. Wash, April 1O.-A storm of
wind. rain, hail, thunder and lightning
of unprecedented serenity burst over
this city about $50 p. m. yesterday,
and although il lasted only about half
an hour it dashed the Sound into a
fury and tore down telegraph and
telephone wires in all directions, COM
pletely isolating the city from the rest
of the world for the night. The wind
reached a velocity of sixty miles an
hour. ChimneyS were blown down,
plate glass windows burst in and tin
roofs torn off. A tree struck a train
on the Seattle Lake Shore e. Eastern
road at Lake station and knocked sew
eral cars into Lake Washington. About
eight hundred telephones in the city
were burned cut at the switchboard.
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TO A FINISH.
Palmer VIII Fight the Free Silver
Democrats OF Illinois.

Springfield, Ill, April 10.-F'rom the
present indications United States Sen
ator John NJ. Palmer proposes to
fight the so-called free silver Demo-
Gratis of Illinois to a finish. The ven
cradle senator this evening made
such a declaration.
i am in this fight to stay" he said,
land 1 will not be beaten either.
Some members of the state COM
nittee were in the secret, others were
not. Some of the committee attach
ing but little Importance to the meet
ing of the state committee, gave
their proxies thoughtlessly and others
who appeared in person are reported
TO have asked some delay in a meas
ure which was intended by the man
ayers TO separate the Democracy of
Illinois from the Democratic party of
other states.
II had no notice, formal or other
wise, of the meeting of the state COM
mittee, nor do 1 understand that the
Democracy of the state was better in
formed than l was. When the COM
mittee assembled. am told. a call for
a convention to meet in June was pro-
duced. of which MIR. Hinrichsen was
the author. On this call the Demcc-
racy of the state were told by the state
committee IndI the only question: De-
fore the country is that Of currency.
There are other statements in the call.
to which L only revert for a moment.
One of them is that the federal election
laws are repealed, never to be re-
enacted, when there are good reasons
for believing that upon a return OF the
Republican party TO power they will
enact laws still more vigorous in
character.
1T is further declared in the call
that no general tariff legislation viii
be attempted for many years. while it
is known that on a return of the Re-
publican party to power they will at
tempt to apply and extend the doctrine
of protection 10 the foreign commerce
of the United States. Protection with
all of it's socialstic features IS Repub-
licanism. 1 repeat that in my Oplhlon
.he call for a state convention was
issued as means of entrapping the
Democratic party into the silver move
ment.
THE call is without precedent, not
only in the history of the Democratic
party of Illinois. but Of any other party
in other states"
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THAMES. AWFULLY.
English Papers Admit Americans
Intelligence.


London, April 10.--Regarding the
reporc from New York that the British
sloop-of-war Wild Swan has Joined
the Royal Arthur, the flag ship of the
British Pacific squadron, at Panama,
preparatory to an expected departure
for Corinto, Nicaragua TO enforce the
uftimatum OF Great Britain demanding
SIS, 900 indemnity for the expulsion
from Nicaragua Of Mr.. Hatch, British
consular agent at Bluehelds, 1t was
stated at the admiralty today that no
orders had been given the Wild Swan
or the Royal Arthur which would
warrant the statement made.
The Times today in an editorial on
the situation says: IF we are COM
PEELED TO collect customs, Nicaragua
will presumably have to pay the costs
OF collection in addition TO the in
Cler1nity. She Will find it less trouble
some and cheaper to settle with lis
forthwith. Her efforts TO excite the
jealousy Of America have failed The
Justice and good sense OF the Ameri-
cans have proved too strong for the
success Of those characteristic
ulaneuvers The Americans need only
TO hear our case and demands TO
acknowledge that our conduct was
reasonable and just, and to admit
that our claims were of such a char
Rcter as they would themselves have
made under similar circuI;stan noes.
We have assured America we are not
seeking fresh territory. Our object is
80 obtain adequate apology for a
wrong done and the payment of
compensation which we believe to be
our due"
The Globe this afternoon, comment
ing on the subject remarks: Like
other Central American republics
given to pulling the lions tail,
Nicaragua hoped Washington would
fare up IT. behalf Of the doctrine, but
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'Lights Ont"

Bordentown, N. j., April 10.-There
river. Piers and docks are submerged
and one and a half miles of railroad
bed on the Anlboy division of the
Pennsylvania railroad between this
place and Trenton is under water
The Delaware and Rarbtan canal
locks are covered with water to a
depth of three feet.
The Pennsylvania railroad has
placed a number of heavy cars on
their bridge over Crosswick creek, to
keep it in position. The Bordentown
Gas company's works are flooded and
no gas is to be had.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-04-11
nIGGING For GOLD.

Paris, Tex. April 1O.-J. M. Wilin-
der's farm near Goodland. in the In
dian Territory. is the scene of great
excitement caused by searching par
ties who are digging up his estate in a
hunt for $4,000 in gold said to have
been buried there by the Cherokees
when that tribe split up in 1860, one
half joining tese confederate forces in
the south. The party is led by two
Cherokees and an old California miner.
They have maps and profiies to show
where the treasure is buried, but as
yet have been unsuccessful in their
search.
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But Ten Days More.

washington, April 1O.-The Japanese
China armistice closes in ten days, so it
is anticipated by officials and diplomats
that the final terms of peace are near at
hand. The report that the indemnity will
be about 400, 100000 yen comedies with the
understanding here that 500. 600 would
rate of exchange on the silver yen is At
cents. so that 400, ZOO, 600 yen would be
$1SS, 600, 900. 1t is agreed by all hands, in
Gals, that the independence of Corea
will be one of the terms of peace. This
brings on the curious fact that the Uni
ted States is the only power which has
ence, and has received a diplomatic dele
cation from that country.
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contained in the suit started yesterday
by Receiver McNulta and announced that
they would be heard at the proper time
PRESIDENT Greenhut made the following
statement, however,:
TO the Public-In regard to the report
published by the papers this morning of
the suit brought in Chicago against ME
and fellow directors by Receiver McNulta
and the reorganization committee, / will
say that the charges made are malicious
and false and 1 will further say that L
Charities Of tba e citv If aS SiVC ~ thes e
parties can produce any evidence to prove
that l, or any of the directors have ap-
any of the moneys paid by
the companies during the purchase of
properties contained in the bill which
is said to be fled
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BAD IN THE EAST.
FLOODS DO A VAST AMOUNT OF
DAMAGE.
Cities of Pennsylvania New Jersey,
New York and Many other Places
Having the Regular Spring
Amusement.

Easton. Pa. April 10.LThe Delaware
river reached q feet above low water
mark this morning. the highest known
since 1879. The electric cars were COM
PEELED to stop running. All industries
in Odenweldertown are closed down.
People living on Front street have been
compelled to move to their second
stories for the first time in fifteen
years. Considerable damage has been
done to retaining walls of the larger
buildings on Front street. and there is
danger of some collapsing. Many frame
outbuildings have been carried away.
Reports from I'D the river show that
it is still rising.
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CAPT. MAHAN's NEW DUTIES.

Washington, April 1O-Captain Ma
han, of the Chicago, called at the navy
department today to confer with Sec
rotary Herbert relative to his future
duty as he is about 10 be relieved of
the command of his ship, which is go
ing out of commission. The secretary
offered him the post of chief Of the
naval intelligence Office, with the IN
derstanding that he would be relieved
of all purely routine matters or special
duty in connection with the naval wax
college. The captain chose the latter
and it is expected viii contribute to
the lecture course Of the institution
this summer.
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FOREIGN FLASHES,
brief and Newsy Cables From All
PORTIONS of This Terrestrial Sphere.

Buenos Ayres, April 10-It Is officially
denied that there is any quarrel between
Argentine and Chile.
Montreal, April 1O-La Croix. the
French-Canadian organ of the Catholic
clergy, in an editorial, impresses upon
all the electors that if they are inter
ested in the settlement of the Manitoba
school question as desired by the Catholic
minority, they must vote for the gov
ernment in the coming elections.
Madrid, April 10-An official dispatch
from Havana confirms the report Of the
death of Brigadier Guillermo Moncada,
the famous negro leader of the rebels
Guillermo. as he was more generally
known, died yesterday. He possessed
very great influence among the people of
his race in the island Of Cuba.
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President Cleveland. upon inquiring
into the matter, discovered that the
quarrel did not concern America It
would be intolerable were the Monroe
doctrine SO wrenched as to cover such
international outrages as that of
which Nicaragua has been guilty.
Fortunately for the continuance of
friendly relations between the two
great nations, there is far less dis
position than formerly in America to
take advantage of every opportunity
to hurl defiance at England Sensible
Americans recognize that the Monroe
doctrine, though founded on excellent
requires to be enforced
with prudence and discretion"
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THE IoRD,s nay.

Boston, April 10.-The house spent al
most the entire day discussing the bill to
regulate the observance of the Lords day
and then engrossed it in concurrence with
the senate. This bill reads:
Whoever, on the Lords day, keeps
open his shop, warehouse or workhouse.
CT does any manual labor, business or
and charity. or takes part in any sport.
game or play, except a sacred concert,
shall be punished by a fine of $50 for
each offense, and the owner of any hall
In which said law is violated is liable ia
fine of $780,"
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ORDERS TO MAIL MEN.

Washington, April 10-Superinten-
dent Wright, of the railway mail SER
vice, has issued an order directing
postmasters and railway postal clerks
making up mails for China. japan and
other countries west of the Pacific to
mark them "trans-Pacific foreign
The practice of labelling these pack
ages san Francisco, California" and
Tacoma, WASH will be discontinued.
Under the new arrangements packages
of Pacific mail will be forwarded by
the steamer first sailing, whether from
San Francisco or Tacoma.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-04-11
TWO LIBEL SUITS.

Corning. n. Y, April 1O--The libel
suits brought by Joas del Friecas, Of
Rio de Janeiro. against the Hornells-
vile Tribune and the Corning Demo-.
crat were tried this afternoon at a.
term of the supreme court in this city
The suits were two of the now famous
Tyndale-Palmer cases, nearly $50 pa
pers throughout the country having
been sued.
The Tribune's case was finished first,
and the jury, after one hours DELHI
Grafton, brought in a verdict Of $5S.75
for the plaintiff.
The Democrats case was submitted
to the jury at 5 o'clock and after being
out only few minutes they returned
sealed verdict to be opened at tOmcr-
rows session.
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Took to Boats.

Belvidere. n. J., April 1O.-Much
damage has been done by the freshet
IN the Delaware river here. The plant
of the Belvidere Water company has
been considerably damaged. Dwellings
on Water street We're SO badly flooded
that the inmates had TO be taken away
IN boats9 The large ice house of Board
man Bros. was swept away with thou
sands of tons of ice. Farmers have
sustained great losses along the river
The waters are receding tonight.
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HE WANTED POLLY.
Another Sensation in the Stiles Di-
vOrce Suit.

Chicago. April 1O.-When Judge
Ewing refused to break the legal ties
binding William Stiles and Eyeren
Stiles as man and wife, there was no
mention as to the custody of the daugh-
ter, Polly. Mrs. Stiles at the conclu-
sion of the divorce case a few days
ago went to st. Charles to live, taking
her daughter with her. Mr.. Stiles
watched his opportunity and yester-
day afternoon when Mrs. Stiles went
to this city he took his daughter Polly
from the servants in charge and
brought her to this city. Later he
took her to Streater and there placed
the child in care of relatives. Mr..
Stiles said he would insist in court
that Polly shall not remain in her
mothers care.
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Fled to High Ground.

Wilkesbarre, Pa, April 10.--The Sus-
quehanna river was eighteen feet above
low water mark at o'clock tonight
The lowlands on the west side of the
river between Pittston and ButtonWood
are flooded. Many of the truck farm
ers had to remove their live stock to
higher grounds in a hurry. The flood
was unlocked for. If the river con-
tinues to rise it is feared that much
damage will be done.
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Fresno, Cal, April 10.-It is reported
here that the citizens of Porterville
and Visalia organized a vigilance COM
mittee to MD that portion of Tulare
county of the lawless element. Today
they ordered a supposed outlaw to
leave the county. He opened fire on
the crowd from his cabin and wounded
three men, among them Supervisor FL
lis. The place where the fight occurred
is remote from telegraph office and
particulars are hard to get.
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Rad BLAZE AT MoNsoN.

Monson, Mass, April 10.-Monson,
which was visited by disastrous fire
two years ago, was again visited by
flames tonight, and at midnight the
fire was still beyond the control of the
firemen and aid has been summoned
from Palmer. The wind is tanning the
flames directly toward the thickly set
tied portion of the village and the
principal buildings are threatened.
The fire started probably in the fur
niture store of Gray & Lombard,
though the cause is not known.
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WHERE is HEf

Denver. Colo. April 1O.-Dion de Ro-
mandy. a distinguished Hungarian
musician. who has been the leader Of
the orchestra at the Tabor opera
house during the winter, has mys-
teriously disappeared He took
train for the west and it is presumed
he is enroute to Sam Francisco. He
gave the management of the theatre
no notace of his intended departure,
and so far as known did not confide
his plans to any one.
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Troy Threatened.

Troy. n. Y. April 10.-The biggest
freshet in the Hudson in years is
threatening this point. The water be-
gan to rise rapidly yesterday evening.
and the heavy rain which fell last night
added to the flood from the melting
snow and ice north of here. The water
is IA feet above the low tide mark,
and all the docks from the state dam
south are submerged. All ferries have
suspended and considerable damage
has been done to property in the-cellars
of warehouses
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REPEALING ORDINANCES.

Chicago, April 1O.-The new city
council, at its first session tonight
passed ordinances repeating the Cos
mopolitan Electric and ogden Gas
ordinances. 1t was the passing of
these two ordinances by the last
council that created so much public
Indignation, charges of ''boodling''
being freely made against many alder
man
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FIRE ON THE BRAIN.
Son of Senator is Charged With
Arson.

Lancaster. Pa. April 1O.-Harry L.
Stehman, of Rohrerstown. a son of
the late Senator John II. Stehman,
was lodged in Jail here today on the
charge of arson. Early this morning
he called on a neighbor. Myers, and
said that he had just set fire to his
cigar mandatory, a three and a.
half story frame building. The build
ing was totally destroyed. The fire
communicated to the Office of the
Rohrerstown mill, and that also
burned.
Stehman met with financial reverses
a few years ago and recently has been
hard pressed for money. It Is thought
his mind is unbalanced.
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A FLOATING CANNERY.
commercial Expedition That VIII
Yield Big Profits.


New York. April 10.-The two
masted schooner Grace T. finished fit
ting out at an East river pier last
night for unique voyage in southern
waters. She will practically be a float
ing cannery. She will sail today for
Port Royal. Jamaica. and thereafter
until the fall she may be seen in West
Indian. Floridan and Gulf ports Until
a few weeks ago she was owned by
James Tregarthen & Son. Benjamin
Wood. with several speculative friends,
bought her and had had her prepared
for the commercial expedition which,
its promoters hope. will yield a big
percentage of profits
The Oracle 7. carries six Gamers
and a chef. besides her skipper. Cap
tain Wilbur and a crew of several men.
She has aboard 1900 empty cans
which Will. IT is expected. be filed
with turtle. pompano. guava jelly and
fish and game and fruit of many kinds
before she returns to this port in the
fall. The turtles will be caught in the
West Indies and off the Florida coast.
Some may be acquired by exchanging
for them cheap manufactured articles.