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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-04-20
Nebraska Democrats.

OMAHA, April 19.-The Democrats OF
Nebraska held their county conven-
ton to elect delegates to the state con-
vention yesterday. The two wings OF
the party continue to remain quite as
tinct Those counties in which the
silver wing controlled the regular con-
vention sent delegates to the state con-
yention to meet in Lincoln April Y.
Where the so-called administration
forces were in the majority the dele
gates were accredited to the convention
of April 20. The silver interests proba-
blv scored the largest number of regu-
lar delegates. In each instance the
wing defeated in regular county con-
venfion will secure delegates favorable
to their cause in a mass convention.
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THR0rGH THE HEART.

INDIANAPOLIS, April ia brutal
crime was committed in this city
about 1:30 o'clock this morning, at 1920
Washington street. Leo Hirth, who
owned a grocery and saloon at that
number, was shot through the heart
by burglars, who had broken into the
house from the rear. He died almost
instantly and the burglars succeeded
in escaping. The men also tried to kill
Hirth's wife The murdered man
also leaves four children.
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ARBITRATION.
National Conference Will Hold /,
Two Days Session This Week.

WASHINGTON, April 19.-The ma
tional arbitration conference will hold
a two days session in this city during
the week, beginning Wednesday. Be-
tween three and four hundred written
acceptances of the invitations to at
tend the conference have been received
from governors of states, judges, pub
licists, lawyers, leading business men,
ministers of religion, philanthropists.
educators and other eminent citizens.
They represent IN all thirty-eight
states. 1t is expected that ex-senator
Edmunds of Vermont will be the per-
manent chairman of the conference.
Among the speakers of the first day
will be Hon. John w. Foster of Wash
ington, ex-secretary of state; ex-Sena-
tor Edmunds, President James B. An
CELL of the University of Michigan, Mr..
Edward Atkinson of Massachusetts
and Hon. Carl Schurz.
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Plainly Defined by Apostle
Joseph F. Smith at
Provo.
OBEDIENCE MUST
BE ABSOLUTE
r1anifesto Read at the Late Con-
ference Produced at Provo.

1t Is Submitted to the People for
Their Approval or Their Disap-
prevail, But with the Reminder
That All Who Voted Against 1t
BE Marked as Not Having the Spir-
it of the Gospel at Heart-The
Result is That While Many Re-
trained from Voting One Hand Was
eraI People Left the Building.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-04-20
THE RING.

DENVER, April ia special to the
News from La Junta, Colo. says:
The sporting fraternity today pulled
off two glove contests near the Hol-
brook reservoir, eight miles northwest
of here. The contests were witnessed
by two hundred spectators from the
several surrounding towns. Kid Cor
bett of Denver first faced Niger"
Smith of Kansas city and was put to
sleep in the seventh round.
Two unknowns were then produced,
one colored, and after three rounds
the bout was declared a draw.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-04-20
WILLIAM WILL CO1rE.

LONDON, April .19-The Berlin cor
respondent of the Times reports that
Vienna dispatch to the Neuste Mach
richten says After strenuous efforts
to secure his presence at the Cowes re-
gatta Queen Victoria has received a
letter from Emperor William announc-
ing that he will visit Cowes. This re-
suit is largely due to Emperor Francis
JoSephFS influence
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TT WAS GREAT.

LONDON, April ia Vienna dis
patch to the Times describes the ire
mendolls enthusiasm shown over the
election of DR.. Dueger, the anti-Semite,
as burgomaster of Vienna. Says the
Times dispatch: "Cries OF long live
our Messiah We're repeatedly heard"
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NOTHING OF HANSEN.

ST. PETERSBURG. April 19.-The
police have report from Ustyansk,
Northern Siberia. that nothing is
known there of DR.. Nansen. Ustyansk
is the point east of the Lena Delta,
from which was dated the first report
by Kushnareff, contractor fer Nansen,
that the explorer had reached the pole
and was returning. The report which
the police have now received also says
that the natives who stayed from May
to November ON the Liankhoff and
Kotelny islands, where Baron Tolls
provision stores for hansen are placed,
saw no wreckage or sign Of hansen.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-04-20
BLACK PLAGUE
AT HONG KONG
Great Deal Of Sickness Among
the European Colony
There.
SMALL POX PREVALENT
Storage Passengers Are Not AL
lowed to Land.

Fatal Cattle Disease Breaks Out, and
Almost Ruins the Dairy business
Plague Is Also Reported at Sin
gapOre-Neyvs from Corea Is to the
Effect That the Corean King Is
Being Persuaded to Return to His
Old PIace-Outbreaks Are Preva-
lent.
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KEEPING THE
BEST SIDE Up
South African Company Ap-
pears to Be Afraid of
the Facts.
STORY TOLD BY THEM
1t Does Not, However, Tally with
Others Told.
STORY TOLD BY THEM

Official and Non-omciaI Dispatches
from the Scene of the Troubles
Show, Beyond All Peradventure,
That Someone Is Lying-The Dread
Abroad Among the White Inhab-
Observation-Disclosures Supplies Are
One of the Chief Dangers to Be
Feared.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-04-20
lie COMPROMISED.

CHICAGO, April 19.-Flzekiel Smith,
the wealthy contractor who was recent
ly sued by Miss Ella Donaldson for
$50, 900 for breach of promise, has COM
promised the suit by marrying the
plaintiff and has started for California
on wedding trip.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-04-20
THE CoalBT COMING.

LOWE OBSERVATORY, CAL, April
19-Swift's comet is getting brighter
and passed at the right hand side of
the Pleiades tonight. 1t can be seen
with small telescopes and field glasses.
1t was visible with portion of the
Pleiades in the field Of the Finder to-
night. The motion is almost exactly
north.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-04-20
TIE TURF.

LONDON, April ia dispatch to
the Times from Newmarket says:
The defeat of Montauk puts an end
to all idea of his running for the der
by, though there was nothing in his
performance as a two year old to justi-
fly the idea that he would stand
chance.
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BRUTAL MURDER.
1t Came to Light at Holland, Mich,
Yesterday.

Yesterday.
HOLLAND. Mich, April 19.-What
was evidently a brutal murder came
to light here this afternoon. A fisher
man discovered the body of a man
floating in Black river. The feet were
securely bound and a sack had been
pulled over the head and arms and
tied around the waist A strap was
ouckled tightly around the head.
through the mouth. and heavy iron
weight had been placed fin The sack.
Inc skull was fractured and other
marks of violence were visible. The
pody was Identified as that of Enos
Lawrence, Al years old, who was last
seen two weeks ago and was reported
to have gone north. The motive for
the crime is unknown.
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South Africa in revenge for the defeat
of DR.. Jameson, it is time that
Englishmen were up and doing"
The Chronicle suggests the forma-
ton of a watching committee of lead
ing men.
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Must BE AnnIied.

MADRID, April 19.-The Epoca says:
Since the Cuban reforms have the force
of law. they must be applied; but the OPP
perfume moment must be awaited.
Other newspapers here discussing this
question protest that the introduction of
reforms into Cuba cannot be admitted to
be the result of foreign Intervention
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-04-20
THE WHEEL.

HARTFORD. Conn, April 19.-George
Pope. of the Pope Manufacturing COM
pany, said today that the company was
in no way interested in the bicycle
syndicate, which it is said, is being
formed with headquarters at Toledo,
Ohio. He could not say whether it was
true or not that two or three of the
largest bicycle factories in the New
England states will enter the trust
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-04-20
TIE DIAMOND.

ST. LOUIS, April 9.-Breitenstein
was in the box and won the game for
the Browns, who gave him excellent
support Barker held the home team
down to a few runs during the early
part of the game, but toward the end
they found him often and batted him
hard. Attendance, 1900. Score:
ST. Louis, 10; base hits 8, errors 2.
Chicago, 2; base hits Z, errors 5.
Observation-Disclosures and McFar-
land Barker and Donahue.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-04-20

CHICAGO, April 19.-The election
committee of the Century Road club Of
America met in Chicago today and
canvassed the vote for election of
officers of that organization. The re-
suit was the reelection of President
William Skinkle of Cleveland and Sec
rotary G. M. Fairc4iild of Chicago. For
the first ice-presidency, D. NJ. Adee
of New York was successful, succeed
ing Milton Klein of Philadelphia O.
w. Lawson of Louisville, KY, sue
ceeds w A. Brewster of Philadelphia
as treasurer. The prospects for great
activity in the road club this season
are particularly good, the association
being ON a better footing than ever
before
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-04-20

DENVER, April 19.-About $50 people
witnessed the exhibition game between
the Denver and Pueblo teams of the
new Colorado state league today. The
weather was too cold for comfort but
the crowd forgot it in it's appreciation
of the game. The feature of the game
was Jones splendid pitching and the
Pueblos owed their defea. to poor base
running. Score:
Denver. . .........O 0 0 o.
Pueblo. ...s.......0 0 Il
Denver-Hits, 5, errors 2. Pueblo,
hits II, errors 8.
Batteries-Denver. McMullen and Cot
ton; Pueblo, Jones and Berkeley.
Billy Dutch umpire.
CINCINNATI, April 19.-Four hun
dred rooters from Louisville could not
help the colonies win. Ewing's men
batted Cunningham numerically. At
tendance 49, 500. Score:
Cincinnati-2 0 l l G 2-12
Base hite IS, errors 1.
Louisville-0 l 1 0 Is.
Base hits 10, errors 5.
Batteries-Rhines and Vaughn; Fra
ger, Cunningham and Warner
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The Latest.I

BULUWAYO, April 19.-Sunday-So
far as the situation is improved here
over that of yesterday, it is due to the
departure of the enemy which has been
massed at the north of the town for
several days and from which an attack
has been almost hourly expected.
This movement, however, brings lit
tie comfort to those in Buluwayo. The
excited manner in which the natives
quilted their positions indicated a con-
fidpnt
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-04-20
THE COMBINED CIRCULATION

II OF the
Daily and Semi Weekly Herald
is greater than the combined circulation
Of the daily and semi-weekly of any other
newspaper in Utah.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-08-20

his way home by travelling as far We st as
the Mississippi in our country, II not
going way across TO San Francisco or
Puget Sound. lie will find much more
that is worth looking ar and learning of
II, after he sees Niagara instead OF go
ing into Canada and West 10 Vancou-
yer, he visit Chicago and the western
cities and then crosses on one OF our
transcontinental roads, stopping of
either at the Yellowstone Park or 60 ng
south to Colorado Springs and tho
Yosemite Valley. We are sure en- itin-
erary could be arranged that would
afford him a trip through the United
States that would be finer than is posi-
BILE anywhere else on the face OF the
earth.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-08-20

The program, semi-ofiicial in its char
scter, commingling OF public and
private hospitality, for the reception of
Ii HUNG CHANG, who arrives in this
country next week, appears TO be thor
oughly satisfactory as representing rs
for as Is possible under the circum-
stances n welcome by the nation to the
distinguished visitor.
While the Asiatic statesman Is on a
pleasure tour, travelling informally and
acter, 1t IL eminently proper, nay, desir-
abls that he be received with plenty OF
honors. He is by reason of attainments,
record ana actual position, the leading
man in nation OF ioo, OOo, coo people,
distinguished next TO tho emperor OF
China himself lie is entitled by reason
OF his rank 10 the saIne recognition that
would be- accorded a prime min lister OF
great European power, although as he is
travelling IN private capacity such recog.
nii9n Is not demanded except as a
matter OF courtesy to a friendly nation
and Of honor 10 n distinguishes man.
II ~ TO 10 hoped that III HUNo cnANo
ury not conhne the sphere OF bis ohssr-
yations to New York, Washington and
the immediate vicinity OF the chief city
ana the capital OF the nation. II ne oar-
not come East lac should surely make
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-08-20
ELEyATINo A Police FORCE.

President ROOSEVELT of the police
board of New York city invites to join
the police force "strong, intelligent
young men of good character, skilled
mechanics, clerks, laborers, hired men
on farms, young fellows who have just
left high school or academy and are bet
ter athletes than scholars" There are
filed and there are not sufficient appli-
cants for the privilege OF taking the ex-
aminations to fill all these places.
The esprit de corps of the metropolitan
police force has been greatly elevated
since Commissioner ROOSEVELT took hold
OF the organization and it is evidently
the purpose 20 make the service even
more desirable than 1t is. Applicants who
pass the examinations are guaranteed
positions strictly on their merits with
promotion assured equally without any
kind of personal or political influence.
President ROOSEVELT is evidently OF
the opinion that the police force offers
appointments to class of citizens who
have rarely yet sought positions upon it
to whom the service ought, however, to
be attractive and who ought to make
valuable members of the forcy. We
should not wonder If a similar condition
may not be found to exist in many cities.
We have often wondered why the
police department OF municipality
has not attracted class OF
young mon sucn as President
ROOSEVELT indicates more generally
than it unusually does. The fault is
probably to be found with the manage
ment of this department of municipal
government and with the methods of ap-
pointment. But on general principles
it may be said that the police force of
large city ought to be recruited with a
fine type OF fellows, young men of in
telIigence, of high character and
of bodily vigor. rhe work
Is not severe, the chances for distinction
are frequent, the pay is liberal, the OPP
portunity for promotion and honors
many and the whole service ought to be
attractive to men fitted for 1t as it seems
too often TO te TO mea not fitted for it.
II ought to be esteemed an honor rather
more than ii usually is, to wear the blue
OF the police force OF an important
municipality.
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DANA TO DEMOCRATS.
The Veteran Editor OF The Sun Tells vot-
mrs What to Do.

mrs What to Do.
The Chicago platform invites rs TO
establish currency which will enable
q man TO pny his debts with half as
much property as he would have to use
in order 10 pay thcm now. This PROPOSE
tion is dishonest / do not say that all
the advocates OF the free coinage of sill
yer are dishonest Thousands of them,
millions, if there bo so many, are doubt
less honest in intention. But am un-
able 10 reconcile with asiy ideal OF in
tegrity change in the law which will
permit inGn who has borrowed 500
to pay his debt with 500 bach one of
which % worth only half az much AS
each dollar ho received from the lender.
The Chicago platform sanctions the
use of tho appointing power Of the presi-
dent in such way as Co control the
federal Judiciary in deciding questions
Of constitutional law. lt cortemplates
q change in tic personnel Of the SUI
preme court of the United States TO the
end that tho recent decision declaring
the income tax unconstitutional may be
reversed. Strange times indeed are
these when o man ia told that i'll order
to be Democrat 10 must favor the inn
position OF IN income tax and the
destruction Of tho Independence of the
judiciary.
Still moro alarming is the clearly i'm
piled apprcy al cf laWlces violence con-
tanned in tho corrnciation Of what is
denominated in the platform govern
ment by injunction. Yelled in the Ian
guage Of moderation, tho wild light Of
anarchy shines through.
In my opinion, without reviewing the
Chicago platform further, the declara
tions in regard TO tie currency, the su-
premo court and the income tax and
the repression Of foroi5lo lawlessness by
the aid Of injunctions are enough 10 de-
mand its rejection by oil good citizens
and TIE defeat OF the candidates who
stand upon it.
regret exceedingly to find dispoei-
tion quito rrovalent 10 array the west
against the cast in the discussion cf
these matters. sec 10 occasion for
making our differences sectional. Here
there is 10 political hostility toward the
west such Gs is expressed toward the
east by some western newspapers and
public speakers. Coed citizens can per-
haps best aid tho cause Cf honest money
and law and orGCr by devoting more
time to rational Argument and less to
inefficient abuse.
All questions relating TO the tariff
have become insignificant for the time
hSiug in view Of tho possibility, how
CIR slight, that the abhorTent prin-
ciplcs Of the Chicago platform may pre-
vail. The duty and the necessity to
compass the final overthrow Of that
platform by assisting III the defeat of
William J. bryan arc mostimperative
and solemn. This mGy most ccrtainly be
accomplishcl by voting for The electors
pledged to tho support Cf William Nc
Kinley, but have no quarrel with any
Democrat who adopts any other course
which seems 70 him equally we'll adapt
ed or better adapted to the samo end.
&. A. DANA.
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS,
WHEN SILVER FELL
The Decline Began Before 1373-It Ws
Unavoidable.


1t is alleged by the free silverite4
that "the day congress by law closed
the doors Of our mints on silver and said
thereafter gold shall measure the valud
of all things, even silver, tEen 1T was
gold grew dear and silver cheap"
The constant cry is that when the
United States, which had coined only
s, 100000 silver dollars since 1921
stopped coming them, the price of silvet|
began to fall and kept on doing sol
though between 1878 and this time|
420, 900, 600 silver dollars have beenI
coined.
The truth is the decline IN the value|
of silver began long prior to 1873. The
highest price paid for an ounce of silver
1859, when it was worth 1876 cents AM
ounce, while in 1916 it was worth 130
cents an ounce.
That advance was due to the sudden
and heavy increase in the production of
gold during the years $4,000, when
the yieldrose from $36, 600, coo year to
S132, 900, 0o0, while the production Of
silver advanced from 235,000,000 to
$50, 600, 900 annually.
During the years 196l70 the pro-
duction Of gold declined slightly. That
Of silver increased till the value of the
annual product rose to 500, 900, 600.
While this was going on the price Of sill
yer was gradually falling, until III 1870
the price had dropped back to about
what it was III 1859.
In 1859 the commercial ratio Of silver
to gold was ID. 10 to /. In 1870 the ra-
ito was 1875 10 /, and in 1872 it was
1858 TO /. Then it was that France
and other European nations which had
coined silver on the basis Of 15le to 1
began to get nervous. They saw that
unless the decline in the value Of silver
stopped all their gold would disappearI
and they would be inundated with
silver.
That decline did not stop, and by
1876 silver had fallen to 1l5H cents an
ounce, but the coinage value Of the an
nual silver product had advanced to
ssl, 600, 900, or three times what it was
in 1850. ~
The production continued to increase
and the price continued to fall. The
output, which was 5000, 600 in 1860,
rose to 03, 600, 900 ounces in 1886, l2o.-
600, 900 in 1889. 1877, 900, 900 in 1891
and i61, 750, 900 in 1923. The price in
1886 was 99IS cents an ounce, in 1880
931a and in 1898 rs cents.
From 1860 70 date increasing produo-
tion, due to tho opening of new mines
and the utilization Of improved methods,
has been accompanied by a fall ip price.
The action Of the United States in 1874
no more lowered the price than the inn
monse silver purchases between 1919
and 1893 kept 1t up. Chicago Tribune.
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CURRENCY is CHIEF.
Other Issues subordinated to That OF
Honest Money.

Other Issues subordinated to That Of
Honest Money.
A good many sound money DEM
ocrats are insinuating that tho Repub-
licans are giving too much attention to
the tariff, and that this is preventing
these Democrats from supporting the
Republican ticket. This charge is ex-
travagant and absurd. Every Republic
an, except Bourbon here and there.
like Robert T. Porter, is going very
light on the tariff In all of McKinley's
talks in the past two or three weeks the
money question holds the first place.
This will be the case throughout the
canvass. 1t is very safe to say that in
his letter of acceptance he will give six
times as much space to the finance is
sue as he will to the tariff question.
Democrats who want 10 come over to
the Republican side for this campaign
will not be compelled to listen to much
tariff talk.
The Republican leaders, writers and
stump speakers understand the situa-
tion thoroughly and are not going to
waste any time on minor issues They
are going to discuss the finance ques-
tion to the virtual exclusion Of every
thing else They will talk for the gold
standard and fight everything and ev.
erybody who is against it. 1t is very
clear that the masses of the voters are
not bothering themselves much about
the tariff mt present. They are thinking
and talking about the silver question,
and Republican writers and speakers
are going TO educate them thoroughly
OH this issue between the present time
and Nov. 3.
OF course the tariff is not dead. 1t is
only dormant and will come into activ-
ity again some time. Whether that time
is near or far depends upon the extent
of the drubbing which the repudiators
and anarchists get this year. If the
bogus money conspiracy is completely
extirpated, as it probably will be, by
the beating which the Bryan ticket will
get, then the tariff issue will come to
the front again in two or three years,
and the old partisan divisions on that
question will be renewed. For the pres
ent, however, the tariff is dwarfed by
the finance question as completely as it
was by the slavery issue from Texas
annexation TO the civil war. Ordinarily
parties can deal with several questions
at time, but when any of them comes
up i'll the portentous shape which the
money issue now has taken every other
question has to drop into the background
until this is settled. This is the law Of
politics, and it will not be violated in
this case. The people will hear very
much about the necessity Of preserving
IN honest currency, of maintaining law
and order and of defending the rcpub.
lican government against the att Of
Jewelers. and anarchists, but tho. ill
hear very little about change in internal
taxes or about raising or lowering the
duties upon imports. st. Louis Globe
Democrat.