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exist between the Transvaal and Ger
many were merely soap bubbles. The
South African republic, he said, de-
sired to be friends with all, but the re-
cent plot was indefensible, and those
who engineered it must be punished.
There would be no rest for South At
RIGA, he concluded, until that was done.
The secretary of state of the Trans
vaal, DR.. Leyds, today sent tele-
gram to Sir Hercules Robinson, re-
ferring to newspaper statements that
the imperial government still dis
played a partially toward the direc-
tors Of the Chartered South Africa
company, and especially toward Cecil
Rhodes. DR.. Leyds says:
This government does not believe
the correctness OF these statements. In
their opinion the company as at pres
ent controlled is a source of danger to
the whole of South Africa. The in
cursion of the Transvaal was made by
officers and troops carrying the COM
pany's arms. Even the special pro-
hfbition of her nlajesty's government
failed to hold them back, although the
Chartered company assumed the inter-
national obligations of Great Britain
THE position of the persons who
knew beforehand the plan of the in
cursion, and who supported it, is de-
Tended by the statement that they
acted in the interests and for the eX-
tension of imperialism in South At
RIGA The Transvaal government does
not believe the end ought to justify the
means, and is convinced that the
queens government does not desire to
be served by such critical actions.
Those who defended and upheld the
incursion and who pressed for generous
treatment of the rebels, now in jail, do
1i0a hot int nd of
they are causing by adopting such an
attitude
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Especial to The Herald.

COALVILLE. Utah, May 10.-The
quarterly conference of the Summit
stake of Zion, convened at Coalville
yesterday and the forenoon session was
occupied by hearing the reports from
the bishops Of the various wards
throughout the stake.
In the afternoon President Joseph F.
Smith was the principal speaker and
in mis- discourse dwelt extensively on
the much-discussed manifesto. In SUBJ
stance he said, that the so-called
manifesto is not manifesto in the
sense in which it is used-simply an
address to the people, and did not add
a single new duty, but the doctrine
therein enunciated has been a long
established rule Of the church; that it
was not a revelation; that he believed
1T to be the will of God that it should
be presented to the people at this time.
In reference to the high council
meeting at Logan as given in q morn
ing paper, ne said it was erroneous,
misleading and exaggerated. He de-
MED that the address took away any
of the political rights of the members
of the church.
There was considerable excitement
exhibited among the people on the ar
rival of the morning papers containing
an account of the Logan meeting, and
much interest is being manifested over
the vote or thu manifesto, which viii
be taken tomorrow.
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ON THURSDAY NEXT.
Scott Jaci1son's Case Will Not Reach
4y,a Iurv TfutiI Then

Scott Jacisson's Case Will Not Reach
the Jury Until Then.
NEWPORT, Ky, May u-Judge
Helms said this afternoon the Scott-Jack-
son case would not be submitted to the
jury until Thursday. He postponed the
trial of Alonzo Walling for the murder
of Pearl Bryan to May 26.
Colonel Nelson concluded his argument
at o'clock this afternoon, having spoken
four hours and twenty minutes.
Throughout Colonel Nelson made the
testimony of Scott Jackson in his own
defense the point of departure, pivot and
nucleus of his argument. He never
strayed far from this starting point. Item
by item he held up the testimony of
Scott Jackson before the jury and ar
rayed in contradiction the evidence of
multitude of unbiased reputable witness
ses More than once, with consummate
art he made reference to the John Sc
ward conspiracy to Suborn witnesses
which was consummated only in part
by the introduction of VIM. Trusty. Scott
jackson, the prisoner, never before came
so near losing his self composure. He
was unable to look the fiery attorney in
the face. For the most part his eyes were
averted. In that dramatic scene when
Colonel Nelson shook in his face that
bloody satchel, and when he read to him
the intercepted letter to Will Wood, he
very nearly broke down.
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LOUISVILLE, May ia special
from vicksburg, Miss, says:
One of the most terrible river disas-
ters of recent years occurred last night;
about twenty-five miles below this city.
The boat. Harvey Brown. of Pittsburgh
upward bound from New Orleans. eX-
ploded her boilers at II o'clock. Tho
boat was a complete wreck and sank
in less than five minutes. Eleven lives
are known to be lost including:
Norman brave.
William Bartlett steersman.
William Dougherty, chief engineer.
Miss Annie C. Hess, chambermaid. /,
Tom Judge, fireman.
William Wilson, fireman.
First Mate William Fitzsimmons.
Second Mate Pat Carniff
William Kelly, lamp trimmer.
Frank Adrian, of Cincinnati and John
Wagner, of Louisville, are reported
missing.
THE SURVIVORS
and also the wounded were brought to
this city on the Household Six of the
officers and crew of the Brown are in
the marine ward of the Vicksburg hos-
pital, as follows: :
Captain john Kline, hip seriously inl
jured.
William Grimme, carpenter, leg bro7''
ken.
= Hardy, fireman, badly scalded and
otherwise seriously injured.
Dennis j. Lomey. second engineer;
badly scalded and injured internally ;,
will probably die.
Two deck hands. names unknown.
Pilot bravo, VINO was lost, was of
PittSburg and a most excellent mani
whose death will be greatly regretted
The bodies of the three dead men, Whoi
were brought here, and have been en-
balmed will be sent to their homes.l
The tow boat Hanschell was so mean
the scene when the explosion occurred,
that her yawls were lowered at once,
and were promptly manned and
SAVED MANY LIVES
that would have been lost if it had
not been for their prompt service.
Captain Kline, the master of thd
Brown, although seriously injured, rel
manned on the after part of the cab in
been blown by the explosion. He was
seen this morning by a reporter and
said: ''The after part of the cabin
floated off from the hull. and as id
sank to the bottom of the river 1 dii
rected the efforts of the men who were
at work rescuing the boats crew !
Myself and Pilot Dan Kane were IN
the pilot-house when the explosion oc-
Cured. 1t would be impossible for
anyone to tell how many of the boilers
exploded, as the darkness prevented
anyone seeing anything.
Il noticed that the hull went down
in less than a minute. 1 have nc
blame to attach to- anyone, as the.
cause of the explosion will never ba
known, as the chief engineer. William
Daugherty, who was on watch, was
lost"
The officers and boats crew speala
in great praise of the officers and
crew of the steamer St. Joseph, who
contributed clothing and other subs
stantials. Captain Kline expects tC;
send the crew of the Brown to their,
homes by rail. The coroner here held
an inquest on the dead bodies and re,
turned a verdict of accidental death. /,
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GENIAL RUNNER DEAD.
Editor of Puck Dies at His HON,
From Consumption.


From Consumption.
NEW YORK, May 11.-Henry Cuyler
Bunner, editor of Puck. died this af-
ternoon at his residence in Nutley, n. J.,
from tubercular consumption. Mrs. Bun
ner and children were at his bedside
when death came.
Mr.. Bunner was born. in oswego. N.
Y, on August 3, 1850 He was educated
tn French school, New York City His
iF-st venture in life was as an employee
OF a Portuguese business firm in this
city, but the work was not congenial and
he soon became connected with the New
York papers and for some years worked
as reporter. In lSl7, SchwarZman &
K ppler issued the first edition of Puck
1t was then German publication. Be
fore long, the German edition was sup
plemented with an English edition and
Mr.. Bunner was made the assistant edi-
tor ard later was placed in charge as
editor.
Under his editorship, and with the il
Illustrations of heppler. the publication at
tanned wide circulation and the pro-
perty became very valuable. In addition
to his work on Puck, Mr.. Bunner was
a frequent contributor to the leading
magazines, and was the author of a num-
Der OF works. The most notable of these
were "A Woman of Honor published in
where poems) 1884; The Midget in
1886; ''-Fhe Story of A New York House,
in 1851 and I'm Parties Ship" a coilec-
ton Of stories in 1884 In the latter pro-
duction he eo-labored with Brander Mat
thews.
Mr.. Bunner had been sick for a long
time. Last winter he was sent to the
Pacific coast The trip did him little or
no good, and a few weeks ago he re-
turned to his Nutley home. Since then,
Mrs Bunner has been almost constantly
at his bedside The deceased leaves three
children. The oldest is nine years old,
the youngest an infant.
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special to Tho Herald.l

POCATELLO, Ida, May 1.-THE ex-
animation of Charles Humber, charged
with the murder of Policeman Scanlon
in this city on April 5th, was continued
before Judge Amey today.
1t will be remembered that Mark Seal,
a miner from Utah. after identifying
Humber, testified to seeing him stab
Scanlon on the morning in question.
Today Col. Ferguson. for the defense,
was on hand with eight witnesses from
Anaconda, Mont. Five of these-John S.
Hickey, master mechanic for the Mon
tana Union railway; R. A. Finley, mer-
chant; o. c. Voss, boarding house fore
man; e. P. Ratcliff, a barber, and Ar
thur Cooper, his room mates, all took
oath that Humber was in Anaconda on
the day that Seal says he saw him stab
the policeman on the depot platform.
1t was remarkable case in many re-
spects and Humber is certainly the vic
tim of most peculiar circumstances. Out
side Of Seal, there was no one here able
to identify him, but all admitted that he
bore a striking resemblance to the man
wanted for the murder of the policeman.
An old scar on the back of head TALES
almost perfectly with that described by
Scanlon before his death; also the fresh
wounds above the ear made by the Off
GERS pistol during the melee on the fatal
night.
After weighing the evidence carefully,
Judge Amey declared there was but one
thing left for him to do and that was
to discharge the prisoner, which was ac-
cordingIy dofe. Humber made many
friends with those whom he came in con-
tact with while here, and was congratu
lated by large number of acquaintance
and others upon his release.
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TELLER'S POSITION.
HE DEFINES 1T IN A VERY FEW
WORDS.
Will Not Be Delegate to st. Louis
Unless the Silver Question is the
Paramount Issue-NO Goldbug For
Him.

WASHINGTON, May LIN view of the
conflicting reports concerning his attitude,
Senator Teller of Colorado tonight sent
the following telegram to be read to the
Republican state convention, to be held
at Pueblo on Thursday next:
Hon. Irving Howbert, Colorado
Springs: l wish to say to the state con-
vention, through you, that l do not de-
sire to go to the national convention and
cannot go unless the state convention is
in accordance with my ideas in declaring
that in the coming campaign the silver
question is the paramount issue The
state convention should act with the full
knowledge that 1 do not intend to sup
port a candidate on gold standard plat
form or on a platform of doubtful con-
struction. If this course puts me out of
sympathy with the Republican sentiment
of the state as portion of the Republi-
can press allege it will, I will accept the
result with all its logical consequences in
preference to an abandonment of princi-
pies and qualification OF a record made
as l conceive under the instructions OF
every Republican state convention held in
Colorado during the last twelve years.
(SigneO H. NJ. TELLER"
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CALLED HOME.
Reninmin urner.

NEW YORK, May 11.-Benjamin Ur-
ner, a well known publisher, is dead at
his home in Fanwood. N. j. Mr. Urner
was born in Cincinnati on September g.,
1882. After travelling extensively in the
south he came east in 1851 and settled
near Red Bank, N. j. Later he came
to this city and established The Pro-
ducers' Price Current, which published
chiefly the reports of the produce mar
kets. In 1882, after the organization
of the Urner Publishing company, Mr..
Urner retired from active work on the
paper and left the business in the man
agement of his son, f. G. Urner, and
William c. Taber. About one year ago
the Urner Publishing company and the
Frank Barry & Sons Publishing COM
pany consolidated, forming the Urner-
Barry company. Mr.. Urner was elected
president of the new company, and
held that place at the time of his death.
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In the House.

WASHINGTON May 1.-THE session of
the house today was almost entirely de-
voted to the consideration of District of
Columbia business. Bills were passed to
authorize the secretary OF the treasury
to detail revenue cutters to enforce regu-
lations at regatas; to grant the Denver,
Cripple Creek e Southwestern railroad a
right of way through South Platte and
Plum Creek forest reservations; to grant
pipe lines right of way over the public
domain in Colorado and Montana to
grant the Flagstaff G. Canyon railroad
right of way through the Grand canyon
and to extend the charter OF the DENT
son G. Northern railroad. A preliminary
conference report on the Indian appro-
priation bill was agreed to and the title
of Mr. Maddox of Georgia, to his seat
IVES confirmed
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INDEX OF TODAY'S IMPORTANT NEWS

PAGES.
L Manifesto Not Revelation.
Humber is Discharged.
Senate and House.
Explosion Kills Eleven Men.
Teller's Exact Position.
2 Montana Republicans.
The Methodist Conference.
Activity of the 4. Z. A.
May Term State Supreme Court
3 Business, Mining and Stocks.
4 Jos. F. Smiths Talk at Logan.
That Logan Meeting.
Affairs of State.
The County Commissioner.
Police and Fire Commission.
In Railway Circles.
z Provo Greatly Excited.
Racy Ogden Case.
s Jury Obtained in Morris Case.
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FOUR C0RPsES.
TWO MORE WILL DIE AND ONE Is
SEVERELY WOUNDED.
And There Was Only One Solitary
Woman at the Bottom of the
Whole Bloody Business-It Oc-
Cured in Florida.

PENSACOLA, Fla, May 11.-Four
men are corpses, two are dying and
one is severely wounded as the re-
suit of tragedies in the western sec
ton Of Florida. Three of the victims
were killed in a duel about a woman.
another was stabbed in the heart by
a boy whose father had been at
tackled and the two who are dying
were logged and shot by regulators.
The duel over the woman was fought
in Calhoun county, near Blounts-
town. In that county is the home of
Mrs. Johnson. young widow. Roy
House and Henry Smith have been
rivals for the favors of Mrs. john
son. Several weeks ago the men
fought about the woman and Smith
was badly beaten. Smith vowed to
get even and Friday went to Mrs.
Johnson's home, accompanied by his
brother Thomas and a friend, Dick
Thompson. The three men found
House and the widow together. House
was ordered to leave. He rose as if
to go, but quickly drew two pistols
and opened fire. The Smiths and
Thompson were not slow in getting
out their guns. Then a fearful duel
followed in the little room House
shot fast and straight, and in a few
moments the Smith brothers were
dead. House fired his last cartridge
at Thompson, the bullet breaking his
arm. Then House drew a knife and
tried to close with his foe, but his
foot slipped in the blood, and before
he could recover Thompson shot him
dead. There was a price on Houses
head, he having previously killed two
men, one in south Florida and one in
Alabama.
The second tragedy occurred in
Madison county Friday night A
band of w-hite-cappers took Harry
Wilson in the woods and bound him
to a tree. Wilson was then shot and
the body left bound to the tree. The
victim was found Saturday morning,
still alive, but MORALLY wounded.
After leaving, the white-cappers
went to the home of Lucy Murray.
took her 16-year-old son to the woods
and flogged him so that death will
result.
The boys skin was literally cut to
strips and he was unconscious when
found The last of this bloody series
occurred at Greenwood, in Jackson
county. Thomas James made a bru-
tai assault on Samuel Wilma, an aged
man. Wilma was knocked down.
James then prepared to shoot him.
Before James could pull the trigger,
however, he was stabbed to the
heart by Frank Wilma, the 16-year-
old son of the old man, who slipped
up from the rear.
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PERMANENT UNION.
A STEP OF GREAT IMPORTANCE
TAKEN.
American Federation of Labor and
knights of Labor May Yet Come
Together-Tvo Million TOilers In
terested.
NEW YORK, May 1.-THE Herald
this morning says:

NEW YORK, May 1.-THE Herald
this morning says:
A long step toward a permanent
ton of Labor and the Knights of
Labor. which together control about
two million organized workmen, was
taken at last nights meeting of the
Central Labor union, which is a purely
local body, unattached TO either, but
containing unions owing allegiance to
both A letter was received from Sam
uel G,ompers, president of the Fedora
ton. asking the Central Labor union to
sink all differences and join the FEEDER
alton. When the letter was read Chas.
r. Hoadley of the Electric Workers
union Knight of Labor, warmly en-
dorsed it, The only opponent to Mr..
Gompers' proposition was Jolly, dele
gate of the brewers organization, a
knight of Labor, who has grievance
because the Federation once opposed d
boycout by the Knights of Labor on a
brewery in Washington. A motion by
James c. Edwards, third Knight of
Labor, to refer President GomperS' re-
quest to affiliated unions for a vote,
was carried by a large majority.
A letter was received from district
assembly rs, Knights of Labor which
controls the street railway union of
Brooklyn, alleging that President c. L.
Rossiter of the Brooklyn Heights troll
ley road violated agreements entered
into with it by discriminating against
union men. The district assembly ex-
planned that it did not wish to incon-
venience the public by another strike,
and asked that the members Of the
Central Labor union patronize rival
roads.
Peter j. Mcclure, vice president of
the American Federation of Labor,
wrote to warn the Central Labor union
against John McLuckie, formerly bur-
CESS of Homestead, Pa, who is con-
Quoting fight against the Carnegie
Iron and Steel company, and collecting
money from labor unions, the members
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WARDNER. Ida. May ia deter3
mined attempt was made at 1:40 o'clock.
last night to burn down the MammOths
junction. The concentrator was fired with.
the aid of boxes, sacks and kerosene, and.
at the same moment a portion of the,
large hume was blown up by a charge,
of dynamite which shook up the build-i,
ings at kellogg nearly a mile distant. The;
dynamite was used few hundred yards.
above the mill. The machinery stopped
and the lectric lights were extingulshed.
two minutes later.
The time selected was when most of
the mill hands were at supper, one re-;
manning saw the fire as soon as it startede
and promptly extinguished it, The objects
was to get the concentration to burnings
and prevent it's extinguishment by cut.
ting off the water supply.
The Bunker Hill employs 400 men. Thee
militia was called out and remained QUIT
all night, but no arrests have been madei
as vet.
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HIS BOOM BURSTED.

KANSAS CITY, May 1.-THE boom,
of ex-Mayor Webster Davis is liable to-
be bursted on the ground of his ineli!
gibilDty to fill that Office. The faction
of the Republican party headed by
Major William Warner has, it is claim
ed. decided to make a strong fight
against Davis on the ground that he!
has not been continuous resident of
the state for seven years, as is required
by the constitution. Davis place.
of residence, the Warner men claim
was in Pueblo. Colo, from April, 1885,
to February, 1890.
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IS VERY Successful.

CONSTANTINoPLE, May 1.-THE
work of the agents of the American
REQ Cross society, under the direction
of Miss Clara Barton, its president, is
very successful. They have been re-
lieving a very great deal of distress by
distributing seeds and tools, especially
in the Harput district, where Dr. J. r.
Eubbelfs party has been urged to make
a lengthy stay.
Red Cross medical corps is being
formed here and will be placed at the
disposal of Ira Harris, for work in the
Marash and Zeitoun districts, where
the typhus fever and dysentery are rag
ing
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AMERICAN AFFAIRS.

CHICAGO, May n-Disfgured and
bloated beyond possibility of recognition,
except by clothing and jewelry, the body
Of Thomas W. Milvilhill who disappeared
last Thursday was found in one of the
reservoirs of the Union Stock Yards
company. 1t is thought to be case of
murder and five persons have been ar
rested ON SUSPICION.
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MANIFESTO
IS NOT A
REVELATION
President Joseph F. Smith
Flatly C0ntradictS Apostle
Lyman's Statements
LATELY MADE AT T00ELE
1t is, However, Pleasing to God
Almighty.
LATELY MADE AT T00ELE
1t is, However, Pleasing to God
Almighty.

The so-CaIled Manifesto is Not
Manifesto in the Sense in Which
the Word is Usually Used-It Does
Not Add n Single New Duty-The
Doctrine Enunciated Therein Has
Been a Long-EstabIished Rule of
The Church.
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THE SHIPS.

New York, May n.-Arrived- Saale,
Bremen.
ldoville May -sailed-Anchoria
New York.
Yokohama, May ARRIVED strath-
leyen, Tacoma
New York. May 11.-Arrived- State
of California from Glasgow.
Gibraltar, May 1.-Sailed-Werra,
New York.
Copenhagen, May n.-Arrived-
Georgia, New York.
New York, May 11.-Arrived- Fries
lard, Antwerp.
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CECIL RHODES.
KREGGER AsToNIsHED AT THE
OFFICIAL DEFENSE.
to Personally Respond TO Some of
the Speakers.

PRETORIA, May II. = President
Kruger has granted an interview
to a press representative, in which he
was astonished at the official defense
of Cecil Rhodes and of the Chartered
South Africa company in Fridays de-
bate in the house of commons. He said
that he wished he could have been
there so as TO be able to personally
floor the arguments of some of the
speakers.
President Kruger continued by as
serting that the intrigues alleged to
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of which are under the impression that
he is connected with the Amalgamated
Association of Iron and Steel Work
ers. Mcguire enclosed a letter from
M. M Garland of the Amalgamated as
seciation, declaring that McLuckie is
not member
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PTTTSBURG, May 1.-THE towboat
Harvey Brown, wrecked by an ext
plosion, was owned by w. H. Brown &.
Co., the extensive coal operators of this
city, and was one of the largest towi
boats in the country. 1t was valued at
$50, 900 and was not insured.
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BOILERS OF A
BOAT EXPLODE
Bottom Reached in Less Than
Five Minutes After !
wards.
WRECK MOST COMPLETE.
Eleven Lives Lost and Many
Persons Injured.
MOST COMPLETE.

Heroic Work BY the Crew OF Boat
in the Near Vicinity Alone Pre-
vents the Disaster From Being
Much More Serious Than is Now
Reported-Cnuse of the Explosion
VIII Never BE Known.