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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-08-17
CALLED HOME.
J. De Witt Congdon.

CHICAGO, Aug. 16.-J. Dewitt
Congdon, who for the past twenty
years has been late night manager of
the Western Union Telegraph COM
pany in this city, with Jurisdiction
over the vast service of that institu-
ton from here to the Pacific coast.
died at an early hour this morning.
Mr.. Congdon suffered an apoplectic
stroke Wednesday night and never
recovered consciousness.
He had been connected with the
telegraph service from his youth, hay
ing been an employee of the Michigan
Central in this branch of its service
before the war. At the outbreak of
the war he enlisted in one of the
Michigan cavalry regiments and short
~ after obtained a commission. In
1864 he served as aide de camp on
the staff of General Rosecrans, and
after peace, was connected prominent
ly with the construction of the first
telegraph lines connecting Chicago
with the Pacific coast. along the
Union and Central Pacific railroads
Since 1873 Mr.. Congdon has been
continuously in the service of the
Western Union company in this city.
He leaves a widow and four children
who reside on a property in the
vicinity of Pawpaw, Mich.
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WYATT WILL DIE.
No Hope Fort he Famous Oklahoma
Outlaw.


ENID, o. T., Aug. 16.-Zip Wyatt,
the famous Oklahoma outlaw, who
was shot through the body by United
States marshalsrdn the battle which
preceded his capture, now lies in Jail
here with little or no hope of his
recovery. For the last two days and
nights Wyatt's mind has seemed 20
leave him at intervals when, in half
dreamy way he imagines himself on
the road again. holding up the trains
and going tnro"-h the many iawless
scenes of his life. He seems to think
himself in command of train robbers,
and gives orders to the boys in a
stern manner, cursing them when they
do not obey orders. AT one time he
yelled out: That's the way to do it,
boys; make every last one of them
cough up. We will make more money
out of this train robbery than we rould
make swiping horses all summer;
cough up, old fellow-how much have
you got2" etc.
Zip is sinking fast; not eating any
thing worth speaking of and it will
not be long until the noted bandit
will be compelled to succumb to the
inevitable and go over the range to
meet the boys of his gang who have
gone before.
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Olivia %, second; Tom Clarke, 81,

Olivia SO, second; Tom Clarke, 81,
third. Time-1:13h.
Third race, six furlongs, selling
Belle Boyd IS Gones) to 1, won;
Rose Clark lit, second; Abb P, 125
third. Tfme-I5.
Fourth race, about six furlongs
cap-Victor los (Cheavalier) to
2, won; Road Runner 1OS. second;
Charmion los third Time-1:13A.
Fifth race, one mile selling-Charmer
96 Piggott 40 to 1 won; Peter the
Great So second; Fred Gardner 104
third. Time :42%.
BUFFALO, Aug. 16.-Even the
special attraction or Champion Jim
Corbett in a four round sparring ex-
hibition with Jim McVey of Philadel-
phia, failed to attract large attend
ance at the circuit races today. Sec
rotary Hawley stated that with the
close of yesterdays races the associa-
ton was more than $4,000 behind
2:S0 class, pacing. purse S2,000-Jo H
won; Wodwilkes, second; Harry
Victor, third. Best time-2:11.
221 class, pacing, purse $4,000
George St. Clair, won; cMorelia, Sec
ond; Violetta, third. Best time Pill
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NEW YORK, Aug. 1e.-Advices from
Barbados, under date of July %,
states that breaches of International
law, like tilipustering expeditions,
seem to be on the increase in the Car
ribean sea. The latest as well as the
only one likely to attract consider
able attention, is the firing upon a
British Schooner in British waters by
a Venezuelan gunboat. The schooner
Ellen, which is owned and sailed by
Captain Truxillo, Britisher, and
registered at Trinidad, passed under
the muZzle of a Venezuelan gunboat
and, though the captain sent the Eng
fish flag to his mizzenmast head, the
Venezuelans simply ignored it and
continued their firing, rending the
sails of the British vessel in several
places and refused to cease firing until
the British vessel had hove to and al
lowed the Venezuelan cruiser to come
alongside.
Captain Truxillo reported as above
to the harbor master at Port au Spain.
He was asked to make g. sworn dec
laration OF the facts as stated, which
he Immediately did.
The captain explains that he was
on a voyage out from Trinidad to
the Venezuelan port of Mautrin. and
when within two miles of Trinidad, a
Venezuelan coast guard cruiser fired
shot at his vessel. The British en-
sign WAS sent up on the mizzenmast
head. but no notice was 'aken of it.
He kept the vessel on its course, be-
lieving 1t would be all right, when the
Venezuelan sent a shot through the
schooners sails.
The passengers and crew threw
themselves down upon the deck to
escape the shot which was raking the
vessel. He was compelled to heave to.
and the Venezuelan came alongside.
Captain Truxillo, passengers and crew,
were forced to enter a small boat. and
were kept there for nearly four hours,
when they we've released. In the mean
time. the Venezuelans had searched
the ship, but finding nothing to take
in her, she was allowed to continue the
voyage.
The Trinidad government has re-
ported the matter to the colonial office.
London, and the outcome is anxiously
awaited.
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General Niaxey,

PARIS, Tex, Aug. 15.-General S. B.
Maxey died at 1920 today at Eureka
Springs, Ark, of a complication OF dis
eases incident to old age His remains
will be brought to this city for inter
ment tomorrow.
He was born in Todd county. Ky,
March 81, 1926, graduated at West Point
with General Grant, served in the Mex
lean war under General Scott and was
at the siege of Vera Cruz and the
storming of Chaltepecc. He came to
Texas in 1853; was states attorney of
The eighth judicial district from 1858 to
1860, when he was elected to the state
senate. which position he resigned and
organized the Ninth Texas Infantry
Confederate volunteers. He was short
~ made brigadier general and shortly
aftelward major general and distin-
guished himself on many battlefields.
After the war he resumed the practice
of law and had many narrow escapes
From the bastileS because OF his bold
ness in defense of the rights of his peo-
gle In 1876 he was elected to the
I5niled States Senate over the Hon. ].
III. Reagan and Ex-Governor Throck-
nlorten and was reelected in 1881 over
the same opposition. He was defeated
for a third term in 1887 because he
would not yield to the popular clamor
against railroad and other corpora tons.
sInce which tine he has lived In retire.
ment. No man in Texas will be more
sincerely mourned.
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CHESS MASTERS,

HASTINGS. England, Aug. 1.-THE
ninth round of the international chess
masters took place today and resulted
as follows:
Teichmann beat Marco in a queens
gambit; declined after 90 moves.
Schiller beat Tinsley in a pq 4 open
ing after AZ moves
Bardelben beat Pollock in pq 4
opening after rs moves.
Tarrasch beat Burn in a queens
gambit; declined after 80 moves.
Mason beat Noises in a Ruy Lopez
after AZ moves.
Tschigorin beat Gunsberg in an
Evans gambit after 46 moves.
Lasker beat Steinitz in Ruy Lopez
after Sc moves.
Walbrody beat Blackburn in an IT.
regular opening after sc moves.
Pillsbury beat Janowski in a queens
gambit; declined after 81 moves.
Albin and Vergani drew Ruy Lopez
after 81 moves.
Schlechter and Bird drew a French
defense after 81 moves.
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III-Clad. Half-stnrreh.

BALTIMORE, Aug. 16.-Charles Wink
Ter, boatswain OF the steamer GILMORE,
IN the fruit trade with Cuba, has returned
here and tells of the half starved and ill
clad appearance of the Spanish soldiers
There was plenty of firing around
Baracoa when I'VE were there two weeks
ago." he said, but it was wild dis
ordered sort of fusilade, such as gave the
impression that neither the Spanish sol
lighting. We could plainly see the sol
dlers, and they We're ragged. half
starved lor. They seemed utterly lacking
or all patriotism and a. s. bill would have
brlbed a dozen of them. They wore blue
jeans and white duck uniforms and were
often seen in their bare feet
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ADDICKs TALKS BACK,
Characteristic Letter From j. Ed
ward to Washburn.

ward to Washburn.
NEW YORK, Aug. 1.-THE explanations
by ex-senator Washburn, of Minnesota, of
his interview regarding j. Edward Adj
dicks, has elected the following dispatch
from MIR. Addicks. sent today and given
in a Wilmington special to the Press:
'To Hon. w. d. Washburn, Minneapo-
lis.--For a public man your words were i'll
chosen and might have inspired some
crank to do murder. You evidently do rot
understand Delaware politics. My assist
ance and a three years fight carried Della
ware for the Republican party last year.
All pledges to me were broken. The Hig-
gins machine made fraudulent nomina
tons Repeating the events in June, Will
mington showed them under and that ma
chine was deservedly annihilated by the
people The small factions pledged to
Massey preached and practiced treach5ry
and are now homeless. Election of a Re-
publican senator ether than Addicks
would have left Delaware hopelessly
Democratic for Il generation. The Repub-
lfcanS will carry Delaware next year,
pledged to Addicks for senator. | made
Delaware Republican. l am no politician.
If the Republican is the party of treach-
ery [ will help to bury it ten thousand
fathoms deep. In cinclusion Delaware Re-
publicans notify all hot headed outsiders
that they propose to manage their own
"JOHN EDWARD ADDICkS."
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WANTED sPARKIEss

SPRINGFIELD, H., Aug. ia well
dressed stranger entered the Chatterton
JeWelry store this afternoon and asked to
before him. Mr.. Chatterton's attention
was momentarily attracted to another
customer, but looking in d looking glass
handful Of valuable rings Mr.. Chatter
ton stepped quietly to the front door in
tending to close it, but the thief dropped
his plumber and dashed out. Mr.. Chatter
cipal streets, the police and hundreds of
citizens joining in the chase. The thief,
who gave his name as George Simmons.
of Nashville, Tenn, was finally cap
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TWO DAYS, HOARD FREE.

The Rio Grande Western railway
agents will, beginning on July l, sci
excursion tickets to Glenwood Springs
and return via the Denver & Rie
Grande railroad at SO. These tickets
will be coed three days from date OF
sale. and will include two days board al
the Hotel Colorado and two baths in
the famous Glenwood Springs The
Hotel Colorado at Glenwood Springs
is the finest and best hotel in Colorado
The Rio qrande Western agents will
also sell excursion tickets to Glen
wood Springs via the famous Denver
& Rio Grande railroad, good thirty
days for s22, or sixty days for SOS.
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MILITIA DAY.
The Local Companies Will Meet ThI,
Evening.

The Local Companies Will Meet This
Evening.
Major Naylor has issued orders to
the First battalion and company C. as
follows:
The members of troop c, N. c.. L.,
will assemble tomorrow evening. Aug.
II, at 1870 o'clock, at the Brigham\
Young Trust building, on Commercial
street, for the purpose Of taking part
in the parade, which will move prompt
ly at O'Clock. Troopers will assemble
mounted, uniformed and with saber
BY order of G. II. NAYLOR.
Captain Troop c.
The members of companies-A, B and
D will assemble at their armory in the
Brigham Young Trust company build
ing tomorrow evening at 7:30 o'clock
sharp, prepared to take part in the
parade, which will move at o'clock.
Members will report to their respective
commanders in light marching order.
BY order of r. c. MAYOR,
Major First Battalion.
The members of the Signal Corps,
N. G. u, are hereby ordered to APP,
pear mounted and in full uniform, at
45-6-7-S, Commercial block, at pm,
Saturday evening, August II. 1895.
The proposition of a trip to Saltair
on the 10th inst. will be considered
and orders for that day published.
By order of
Lieut.. FRANK D. RICHARDS.
Comma nder.
CARROLL H. RIEBER,
First Sergeant
Salt Lake City,. Utah, Aug. 16, 1895.
dis pm.)
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the peace and produced paper which
she claimed she had found in H. H.
Per. which was signed H. H. Holmes,
gave detailed account of the murder of
George II. Thomas and his subsequent
sinking by Holmes and Pitzel in the
Tombigbe river near Columbus. The wo-
man stated that she was Holmes wife
and that he had ill-treated her for the
preceding two years and that she hoped
by his conviction to secure her share in
his property.
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CRUEL METHODS USED.
Work That Would Drive Even a
Sane Man Crazy.

CHICAGO, Aug. 16.-Following close
on the holding of George Cough and
John p. Anderson to the criminal court
for the murder of George Puck at the
Dunning asylum, comes a, series OF IN
vestigations into the deaths of other
patients, supposed to have been foully
dealt with at this infirmary and the
detention hospital.
AS a result of the exposure of the
cruel methods used in controlling in
sane patents at the detention hospi-
tai the body of Kittie Poets will be
exhumed and steps taken toward es-
tablishing the cause of her death. 1t
appears the child was so badly beat
en- by the attendants, that she died
thirty-six hours after being placed in
the hospital. An inquest will be held
next Tuesday
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WILD scENE IN COURT.

PLATTE CITY, Mo-, Aug. 16.-During a
petty trial in the circuit court here, Watt
Reed shot and fatally wounded Newton
Vim. Reed is under arrest. The court
room was crowded at the time. and a
wild scene ensued. Winn and Reed are
prominent farmers from near Plattsburg
One had charged the other with stealing
some hogs. Tonight VIM was operated
upon at the hospital but it was said
could live but a few hours. Reed is in
jail, while many of his enemies are max
ing threats against his life. No fear of
a lynching is felt, however.
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FoR TwELyE SLAVES.

BLOoMINGTON, ILL.,, Aug. 16-G. r..
Hill. colored lawyer of this city, has
commenced suit to recover the price of
twelve slaves. the sale of which was
made thirty-three years ago. Samuel
Lewis, wealthy slave owner in western
Tennessee, died in 1855 and among his
personal estate were twelve slaves. The
heirs brought the slaves to <-=nois, and
1t is alleged at Genevieye, ILL.,. the ne
groes were sold to William Ferre who *
made defendant in this law suit.
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HAVE HAD ENOUGH.

Mine Owners Will Not Monkey With
the Strikers Any Longer.
TSHPEMING, Mich, Aug 1.-THE
mine agents today announce that the
different companies have concluded to
pull the pumps and allow of the work.
ings to fill with water unless the men
decide to return to work within the
next few days. One of the agents this
morning said he thought they wonld
have the mines in shape for a general
shut down by Tuesday or Wednesday
nnXh
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block, collapsed today without warn
ing. The following people were in
jured: Mrs. Lector Miller, hit on the
head by bricks; Fred Miller, six
months old, severely bruised: Captain
b. V. Williams, manager of abe Rocky
Mountain Carriage works, arm cut
and suffering from the shock. Just
what caused the accident is not
known, but it is supposed heavy rains
loosened the roof supports. drawing
the side walls toward the center The
damage amounts to about $4,000.
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Will LOOK INTO III.

NEW YORK, Aug. 16.-The inquest in
the case of the twenty-six men who lost
their lives through the collapse of the
Ireland building at West Broadway and
West Third street was opened today be-
fore Coroner Fitzpatrick and jury of
experts. At present there are three men
under 5000 bail each, charged with the
responsibility. They are: John H. Par
ker, builder; j. e. Silleck. the foreman
and Joseph Guilder who had the contract
for the plastering
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CANNoN A cRoAkER.

SEATTLE, Wash, Aug. 16.-Congress-
man Cannon of Illinois, who is in this
city, said in an interview this morn
ing that the Republicans would sweep
the country next year with any good
western man as presidential candidate.
Prominent among the possibilities he
mentioned Senator Cullom, of Illinois.
Cannon says that free silver and Popu-
lism are dying out with the advent of
prosperous times.
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DEE E0R SYRIA.

WASHINGTON, Aug. 16.-Acting Secre-
tary of the Navy McAdoo received
cable this morning from Admiral Kirk
land, commanding the European squad
ron, announcing that the cruiser Marble
raltar on her way to Syria. 1t is proba-
BILE that the MarbIehead will make only
a short stay at Gibraltar, whence she
will proceed to Syria, where her COM
mander will be expected to cooperate
with Minister TerrilI in the investigation
of the outrages on the American missions
of TarsuS and Marsovan. The Marble
head will afford place of refuge also for
such of the Americans as desire place
of safety.
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RANsoms APPOINTMENT nLEGAL

NEW YORK, Aug. ia special to a
local paper from Washington says: Act
ing Attorney General Conrad decided to-
day that the appointment of Hon. Matt
Ransom, as minister to Mexico was IL
legal on the ground that the salary of
the Office had been increased by Congress
to $1,000 while Mr.. Ransom was senator
from North Carolina. The decision was
based on the question raised by Auditor
Holcomb in declining TO pass favorably on
Mr.. Ransom's vouchers for salary and
expenses
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MILLIONAIRE MISSING.
He Wore Diamonds valued at Four
teen Thousand Dollars.

ne wore diamonds Valued ut Four
teen Thousand Dollars.
NEW YORK, Aug. ia local paper
says:
THE friends of Melvin Smith, of No.
70 Halsey street. Brooklyn. are search
ing for him everywhere. He has been
missing for two weeks and foul play
is feared. Mr.. Smith is millionaire
and wears diamonds valued at $4,000
and other valuable jewelry Several
weeks ago Mr.. Smith and his wife were
legally separated. He agreed to pay a
certain sum towards her support and
the children. The payments suddenly
ceased and no trace of Mr.. Smith can
be found. He was known as Diamond
Smith and often remained out until
an early hour in the morning, going
nome alone, fearless of highwaymen
and thieves
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OMA HAS WOES.
Papers i'm the Case Have Been Filed
in Lincoln.

LINCOLN, Neb., Aug. 16.-The papers
in the case to test the legality of the
new fire and police board at Omaha were
lodged with the clerk of the state SUI
preme court today. Both sides were we'll
represented by counsel. The attorney
general represents the new board and
gives a history of the passage of the bill
creating the new commission. The de-
Tense of the old board is on two grounds;
Observation-Disclosures and that the
attorney general and the third member
of the new board had no authority to
appoint without the cooperation of the
governor.
1t is also held that the get is in conflict
with the state constitution and section !
of the fourteenth amendment to the con-
stitution of the United States.
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STILL IT GOES.
Georgia's New Woman blossoms Out

Georgia's New Woman blossoms Out
as n DistilIer.
ATLANTA. Ga, Aug. 1.-THE new
women" has broken out in another
way in Georgia. This time she comes
to the front as a distiller. A woman
in Jasper county and another in Cher
okee have been granted the necessary
government license to enable them to
establish registered distilleries in
which to make peach brandy.
These are the first cases of women
distillers who appear on the books of
the revenue department. There have
been isolated eases of women who
were alleged to own illicit distilleries,
but those have been Spartan women
who took the blame on themselves
in the hope that the courts would be
lenient with them.
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MAY BE LYNCHED.
Hofiander Known to Have Purch-
ased Strychniue.

dStU StTFCHHIIt.
CROWN POINT, Ind, Aug. 1G.-Joseph
Hofander. cousin to Mrs. Charles Will
liams, the subject of the Horsford Park
poisoning, has been arrested by Sheriff
Hayes and placed Under 5000 bonds for
being an accomplish in the case.
He is known to have purchased strych
nine at Chicago on the Saturday before
and to coming back from Chicago on Sun
bay a1d S gbar Pe R Raea onF b
will confess the whole affair. His pre-
liminary nearing will come up on next
Wednesday morning before Justice Dut-
ton at Ross. Hof1ander is % years of age.
Hayes says he will probably arrest frcm
three to five more concerned in the
poisoning case. The citizens of Ross and
the sheriff looks for an attempt at lynch
mo
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REAL ESTATE TRANsFERs.

Emma Cook to Frederick J. Cook
part of lot 2, block %. plat As
Morse Coal and Ice company TO j.
Z A. Riley. part of section 1, town
ship L south, range east...-...-
Ezra o. Taylor ct ux to Marvin T..
Pack, part of lot s. block 1. five
acre pat A-......-.. l.,
Mary Emery ct al, by trustee. to
Grace Hadley, part Of lot 4. block
10, plat ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
John Wood ct ux to Alice Wood,
part of section u, township
south, range l west.
John S. Birch to William J. Moore,
lot 81. block 3, Norwood Place..
Mary A. Lyons to W. b. Hubbard.
lots q and g. block Z, and other
property, FL Dorado ........-........
Joseph Z. Taylor to Oscar Il. Law
renee. part of lot 8, block u, plat
Lulu Nj. ByerS to James Clancy lot
IA. block 20, Kinney & Gouriay's
addition ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.