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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-05-01
ST. LOUIS & SAW FRANc1sto.

ST. LOUIS. April 3O.-A decrfe of
foreclosure for the sale of the St Louis
& San Francisco railroad in the event
of fifteen days further default frl pay
ment of interest on mortgages, and
bonds, was issued today by Judge
Caldwell of the United States 9rcuit
court. The interest amounts to 81 IA
716 and is on consolidated mortgage
bonds held by the Mercantile Trust
company of New York.
The order directs the foreclosure Of
these mortgages and the sale Of the
property at public auction in St. louis
hfteen days after date Of the decree.
George D. Reynolds is appointed .spec-
ial master tC conduct the sale. No
bid of less than S1250. 900 is to be &C
copied The proceeds of the SALE are
to be applied under the decree to the
payment of the costs of litigation and
of the sale and all charges allowed to
the Mercantile Trust company, to the
expenses of the receivers now in, pos
session of the road and to other minor
charges, the balance. if any, to be APP
piled to liquidating the principal Of the
consolidated bonds, amounting td $14,-
349, 500.
The decree covers the roads :main
line to Seneca, No, it's Texas. line,
Kansas line and all its branches and
Ieaseholds and other holdings.
Receiver Aldace F. Walker and, Cen
era1 Solicitor Edward Kenna handed
in their designations to the court who
accepted both. j. ]. McCoOk. the re-
naming receiver. was instructed to
take control of the road and T.. F.
Parker was appointed to fill the va
cancy caused by Kenna's resigna ton.
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BROWN VICTORIOUS.
BY His Resignation He Destroyed
the Plans of His Enemies.

BY His Resignation He Destroyed
the Plans of His Enemies.
SAN FRANCISCO, April SO-The
Rev. DR.. Charles o. Brown is no longer
pastor of the First Congregational
church. AT one of the stormiest and
most sensational meetings of his
congregation he resigned last night
and by this unexpected action de-
stroyed the plans his opponents had
been making for several weeks.
To the very last his friends remained
with him, and until the final vote ac-
cepting his resignation was adopted it
was difficult to tell whether or not the
reverend gentleman and his followers
had sgain planned another sensational
surprise in the stubbornly fought
quarrel.
The pastor has as yet no definite
purposes for the future. He does not
know when he will leave San Fran
cisco or where he will go when he
does leave. The fellowship which the
Bay conference Of this state withdrew
from him is compensated by a fellow
ship which he received yesterday from
the Dubuque Qa-) conference This re-
establishes him a Congregational min
lister and leaves him free to perform
the functions Of q preacher of his de-
nomination.
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IS STARTLING.
Sensation Caused By the Publication
of TeIegrams and Documents.

| LONDON, May LIT would be diff
cult to overestimate the sensation
! which has been caused in England by
the publication of the substance of the
kilograms and documents which have
come into the possession of the au-
thorities of the South African republic
The weight of evidence which they fur
nish against persons to whom they
were addressed and by whom they were
| signed of being engaged in a conspir-
acy to overthrow the Transvaal, is adj
mitted to be crushing. The opinion OF
the press, very generally condemns
them. But strenuous efforts are made
to prevent sweeping condemnation
of the authorities of Cape Colony and
of the British Chartered company, 9th
er than the individuals whose names
are included in the documentary evil
dence.
The Times in an editorial on the sub
ject says:
1T is impossible to ignore the gravity
of the conclusion to which the publish
ed kilograms point. They establish be-
yond the possibility of doubt that Cecil
| Rhodes, the premier of Cape Colony,
Mr.. Alfred Belt, director in the Brit
ish Chartered company and Mr.. Ruth
Chartered company, were privy TO the
movement against Johannesburg and
that the leaders of the movement
counted upon their help and continu-
ance to insure its success. The teie-
grams must be taken to prove that Mr..
Rhodes approved the revolution which
was desired in Johannesburg, but moth
ing in the correspondence goes to show
that the actual crossing of the from
nv clay- oiY-a
stances under which it eventually oc
Cured was known to Mr.. Rhodes or
carried out with his approval.
THE reasons which actuated DR..
Jameson in crossing the frontier when
he did remains clouded in mystery.
His conduct awaits the explanations he
may have to give at his trial.
The Times editorial article then pro-
ceeds to justify Mr.. Rhodes for con-
senting to an armed force on the from
tier, on the ground that it was a fore
gone conclusion that in several years
an attempt to obey a redress of a
Uitlander grievance by force might be
necessary.
This was shown said the Times,
by THE report that Sir Henry Loeb had
knowledge OF such an intention.
Nobody will seriously blame Mr.
Rhodes for regarding this movement
Without QlSLdVOF, Out MS pOSltlOn as
premier should have restrained him
from mixing actively in it. Success
might possibly have excused, but it
could not have justified the part he
played"
Mr.. Rhodes, Mr.. Belt and Mr.. Har-
ris may be called to account as indi-
viduals; but this does not necessarily
involve a condemnation OF the com
pany
In the question what should be done
with Mr.. Rhodes and THE Chartedad
company it must not be forgotten that
there is a strong center of anti-British
influence in Pretoria ready to take any
advantage of any weakness on cur
part.
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Our CorsuI-GenernI.

RICHMOND. Va. April S0.-General
Fitzhugh Lee qualified here last night
before a United States commissioner
as consul-general to Cuba. On Mon
day night General Lee received a tele-
gram from Secretary of State Olney,
asking him when he could leave for
Cuba. He replied that he could ar
range to go in a few days-that is, if
the state department would forward
the papers necessary to be executed
at Richmond, he would lose no time in
getting ready. A large package, con-
tanning among other things the oath
of allegiance and form of bond, came
in the morning. General Lee had ar
ranged with a Baltimore company for
his bond and he filed up this paper
and mailed it. He will get his final
instructions from President Cleveland
either on Friday or Saturday, and it is
probable that he will go to Havana
next week. General Lee seems to be
in excellent health. He does not feel
any uneasiness on account of the eli
mate of the island.
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PROBABLY a Mistake.

DUBUQUE, Ia, April Slowing,
probably, TO misunderstanding on the
part of q San Francisco reporter, the
Rev. c. 0. Brown was made to say
what he probably did not-that he had
received q call from Dubuque. After
the association at Cedar Falls had
adopted the resolutions referring to DR..
Brown a message was sent to him
which read:
.sThe Dubuque association has adop-
ted strong resolutions against the ac-
tion of the Bay association and assur-
ing you Of confidence and welcome to
it's fellowship
To this DR.. Brown answered:
Express gratitude to the associa-
ton. II go east will accept the Hkad
prefer"
1t would appear from the dispatches
that Mr.. Brown had mentioned the
fact TO his congregation that he had
been invited to join the Dubuque asso-
citation and the reporter inferred this
meant q call TO a Dubuque church
~ vs. the only manner IN which the
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Took 1t Hard.

PRETORIA, South African Republic,
April 9O.-(Copyrighted by the Asso-
cialted Press. 1.-The sensation caused by
the sentencing to death of Hammond,
Rhodes, Phillips and Farrar, and the
subsequent communication of their SEN
fences, has not worn itself out Burgh-
ers of influence are fiocking into the
city begging the government totally
to abolish the sentence imposed on the
so-called reformers. 1t is reported the
executive court has decided to impose
sentences of five years penal servitude
and at the expiration of that time ban
fshment for life upon the four men
named.
In order to justify such severe treat
ment, the executive council refers to
the records of the trial. kilograms
were put in evidence which, from a
cipher key discovered in Jamison' S
baggage, proved beyond a doubt the
completely of the British South Africa
company with the johannesburg re-
form leaders and with Jannison's raid.
Hammond was evidently opposed to
any breach of law, for in telegram
dated December q, he condemned fur
rther prosecution of the contemplated
movement
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WOMEN.
THEY ARE PROVING VERY TR0UB-
LESOsFE IN CLEVELAND.
question as to Their Admission to
the Methodist Conference, May
Cause u Split in the Church.

| CLEVELAND, O., April 30.-The fight
over the admission of women in the
general conference of the NJ. E. church
Is; increasing with the arrival of every
delegate. The German delega ties, it is
said, are leading the opposition. Some
of them have said that if the four wo-
men who have been elected delegates
To the conference are admitted, all the
German lay members of the church will
Sacede. The Germans have issued a
strong protest against the admission of
the women and some of the prominent
ministers recognize the fact that the
opposition threatens the unity of the
church. NJ. A. Head, of Grand Forks,
N. D., member of the conference en-
t'ertainment committee, says:
1.-THE great difficulty in the settlement
of the women question lies in the OPP
position of the Germans. They will be
well represented in the conference, and
their opposition practically amounts to
secession. The split might be stayed
it, the question were again referred to
the annual conference.
Bishop Fitzgerald, of New Orleans,
when asked his views on the admission
of women as delegates, said:
II hold that under the laws of the
church women are already eligible to
know what the conference will do with
THE question"
Rev. j. w. E. Brown, of Atlanta, Ga,
said:
Personally, I favor the admission of
the women but I fear the opposition of
the Germans will make that impoSsi-
ble.''
Bishop Fowler, of Minneapolis, said:
The Germans are very determined
i'll what they undertake and their OPP
position in this matter is very strong.
For that reason think the women will
be denied admission
Rev. DR.. William Burt, of Rome,
Italy, said in talking on the subject:
i favor the admission of women to
the general conference but I think the
nratter should be decided by the an
nual conferences
Rev. G. w. Cue, of Portland, Ore,
said he did not think the women want
ed to be admitted, and he did not think
they would be, ON account of the OPP
position of the Germans. This Wo.
man question he said, is being aei-
tilted by a lot of women who want to
wear boomers and not by the sensible
and intellectual women of the church. .
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WASHINGTON. April 3O.-The general
debate on the bankruptcy bill was re-
sumed and concluded in the house to-
cay. Tomorrow the bill will be open to
amendment under the fve-1ninute rule,
and the final vote will be taken at 4
o'clock on Saturday.
The friends of the measure are san
guine that it Will pass by a safe MAORI
ty.
Mr.. Bailey. of Texas, gave notice today
that he would offer as a substitute his
voluntary bankruptcy bill. The surprise
of the day was the announcement of Mr..
Culberson. of Texas, ex-chairman Of the
judiciary committee, who has always
heretofore fought every bankruptcy bill
containing
AN INVOLUNTARY SYSTEM,
that he would vote for the pending
measure. The speakers today We're
Messrs Daniels (Rep. n. v, Ray Rep.
n. W and Culberson (Dem. Texas in
support OF the bill Messrs. Strobe (Rep.
Neb1, Terry CDem- Ark.) and Bailey
dem. Texas in favor of voluntary
system. and Messrs. Graft (Rep. Ill.),
Dearnond Dem. Mo-. Bell (Pop. Colo.)
and Tracey (Rep. Mo- against any
bankruptcy law.
the debate today, argued that the states
had ample legislation to enforce the
collection of debt. II a bankruptcy law
was passed he thought it should have
only
THE INVOLUNTARY FEATURE
for the protection of the inSolvent debt
or. He charged that the pending measure
had been prepared by the agents OF
the creditor class.
Mr.. Bell Pop. Colo) opposed the pass
age of any bankruptcy bill, and Mr.. Bur-
ton CRep. Md advocated the measure.
The later discussed particularly the tech
meal procedure under the terms of the
bill
Mr.. Culberson Dem. Texas, ex-chair-
man of the judiciary committee, who has
heretofore opposed all involuntary laws,
created some surprise by announcing
himself
IN FAVOR OF THE PASSAGE
of the pending bill. He said he had be
lleved in the past in the necessity Tor
a voluntary law. He mad, however, now
come to the conclusion that it was inn
possible to pass a bankruptcy law con-
tanning only an involuntary provision.
The reason was obvious. The creditor
class ould not allow the debtors to Sc
cure the advantage of a bankruptcy
without exacting something in their own
interests. He would vote for the Bailey
substitute providing only for voluntary
banIxruDtcv. if he believed it could be-
come a law, but, not so believing, he
would vote for this bill, which would re-
move a load of debt from the shoulders
of thousa nds OF fnsolvent debtors. He
extolied the bill as
THE BEST EVER PRESENTED
to congress. Mr.. Culberson's remarks
were loudly applauded by the friends Of
the measure.
Mr. Mccall (Rep. Mass) presented the
reports on the contested election cases
of Radcliff VS. Williams, from the Fifth
Mississippi district, in favor of the Dem
ocratic sitting member and they were
adopted without division.
letter was read from Governor Up
ham of Wisconsin. addressed to the
speaker, formally notifying the house
that the state of Wisconsin had placed
statue of Pere Marquette in statuary
At 5:45 p. m. the house adjourned.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-05-01
ARIZONA REPUBLICANS.
Free Silver and High Protection and
Against the Utah Annexation
Scheme.

PHOENIX, Ariz., April S0.-The' split
that had been expected in the Republi-
can territorial convention came at II
o'clock last night when about fifty of
the 112 delegates left the hall, leaving
the remainder in their seats to pursue
the work of the convention. Those who
left were those known as the Mckinley
faction, as opposed to the Stoddard-
Christy wing.
A motion to adjourn had been incor-
rectly put by the chair and was carried
under mistake. The Stoddard faction
refused to abide by the result and We're
left alone by their opponents. They
thereupon continued their work and
elected the following named delegates
to st. Louis: E. T. Stoddard, Prescott;
]. F. Mahoney, Winslow; Ralph Came
ron, Flagstaff; William Christy,
Phoenix; J. A. Zabriskie, Tucson, and
Bert Dunlap, Arivaco.
All express themselves as for Nc
Kinley for first choice. The platform
is for free silver and high protection
and denounceS the Utah annexation
scheme.
The opposing faction now claim they
constitute the territorial convention
and will meet again. They will con-
tinue the session and select a contest
ing delegation.
Despite the adjournment sine die of
the opposing faction last night, the
Mckinley wing of the convention met
this morning and perfected an organ
ization with seventy-two members and
proceeded with the work The follow
ing named were elected delegates to
st. Louis:
NJ. H. McCord and j. NJ. Ford of
Phoenix. j. NJ. Darlington of Yuma,
c. H. Ackers of Prescott, c. w. Wright
of Tucson and H. J. Cleveland of Ari-
IONA. The alternates are r. c. Low
ell, H. C. Head, William Shilliam,
George Christ, jr., j. w. Bolton and F.
NJ. Myers.
dorsed and the delegates were instruc-
and upon all other ballots. Statehood
thanks were extended to Delegate n.
o. Murphy for his work in congress.
The money plank is as follows:
We declare that it is the unanimous
demand of THE people of the territory
of Arizona that silver should be re-
monetized and restored to the place in
the currency of the nation as money
metal accorded it by the founders of
the republic We assert that we are
for the free and unlimited coinage of
silver at the ratio of 16 to l. and we
hereby instruct the delegates to the
national convention to use every
means in their power to secure a
clause in the national platform favor
ing the free and unlimited coinage of
silver"
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The Report Confirmed.

WASHINGTON, April SO-Advices have
reached Washington confirming the re-
port from Havana of the capture by the
Spanish naval forces of the American
schooner Competitor, loaded with arms
and ammunition for the insurgents and
with a party of men aboard.
Contrary to the first report, however,
it was found that the vessel came from
Key West and there is reason to believe
that the Spanish officials were aware in
advance of her departure from Key West
and were on the outlook for her off the
Cuban coast.
The Competitor was seized at Punta
Berraco, on the north coast of Pinar del
Rio, and according to the Spanish re-
ports there can be no question of the
legality of the seizure for she was not
only inside of the marine league over
which the Spanish jurisdiction extends
but was actually engaged in landing
men and stores on the island. 1t is re-
ported that several Americans were of
the party and at least two of them were
killed in the capture of the schooner.
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CUBAN CHATTER.
FTLIBUsnDRING STEAMER BERIU-
DA SIGHTED AT SEA.
General Fitzhugh Lee Qualities as
Consul-General to Cuba, and VIII
Soon Leave For the Island.

JACKSONVILLE. Fla, April 30
The filibustering steamer Bermuda
was sighted about o'clock Monday
afternoon twenty-five miles southeast
of Mosquito Inlet, and fully forty miles
out at sea. Captain r. J. Brown of the
coasting schooner Mabel, which
reached here, sighted the Bermuda.
The steamer passed about a mile to
the eastward of the Mabel. Her fires
were banked and she was going very
the Bahamas. Captain Brown knows
the Bermuda well and looked at her
through a glass, butNhe saw only four
persons on deck. Captain Brown then
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-05-01
HArlMOND'S SENTENCE.

Sensation Caused BY it is Yet Much
in Evidence.
LONDON, April 3O-The Daily Tele-
graphs Pretoria dispatch says:
There is breathless establishment here
over the severe sentences that Judge
Gregorowski has pronounced. After
his sentence Mr.. Hammond collapsed,
and was taken directly to jail in charge
of his doctor and the chief jailor. The
principal prisoners were driven to the
prison with strong police escort. The
remaining walked the distance of a
half mile surrounded by a strong de-
'tacf1ment of artillery.
The prisoners are very bitter and say
they were i'll advised in pleading gull
ty. Fully forty of them avow they
could have proven their innocence Of
connivance or participation except in
joining the movement late in the day
and signing the manifesto.
A strong feeling exists that behind
those standing in the dock were absent
men far more guilty who were plotting
against the independence of the re-
public.
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ran his schooner in shore and when
near New Smyrna saw the Spanish
cruisers steaming slowly south. One
was the Reina Mercedes. The Ber-
muda only eluded these vessels by
standing far out to sea after leaving
the bar at Mayport. When the war
ships were sighted, Captain Brown
says, the Bermuda must have been
sixty miles southeast. Captain Brown
Is friend of Captain Reilly of the
Bermuda. He thinks Reilly will take
the Bermuda east of the Bahamas
and around the eastern end of Cuba
and finally land the arms and men,
Off Cape Florida Captain Brown
sighted a Spanish cruiser, which fol-
lowed his schooner over twenty-five
miles. The Spaniard acted in a threat
enlng manner and Captain Brown mo-
mentarily expected to be required to
heave TO. The Spaniard finally con-
Guided, apparently, that the Mabel was
harmless
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WILL PARADE TODAY.
TRADE UNIONS GRIEVANCES AT
SAN FRANCISCO.
Nature, But Not So Much So as to
Justify u Strike.

SAN FRANCISCO, April SO-The labor
organizations of San Francisco will
parade tomorrow in honor of the day,
the trades have grievances, but as yet
they are not serious enough to warrant a
strike, and they will probably be settled
without resort to extreme measures. The
question of raising money to form strike
fund is being agitated and members of
the trades council will probably pay an
assessment to form such a fund.
The painters strike, which was in pro-
Sress few weeks ago, has been practi-
cally settled as most of the boss painters
have given in to the demands of their en-
ployees. Fifteen painters at work on the
battleship Oregon went on strike yester-
day, claiming that they were compelled
TO work nine hours, thus violating law
which provides that eight hours should
be considered days work on government
Jobs.
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THE RING.
DAN STUART TALKS OF JIM AND
BOB.
Thinks Fitz. is Simply GoadinG Cor
bett For Fun, and viii Soon BE
Ready to Meet Him.

CHICAGO, April 3O.-Dan A. Stuart
is in this city Mr. Stuart has slowed
away in his pocket articles of agree
ment calling for fight between Cor
beot and Fitzsimmons, which bears the
signature OF Corbett but not that Of
the man from Cornwall.
"Fitz," said Stuart last night, lis
bent on goading Corbett some. think
that Fitzsimmons wants TO fight the
Californian and will sign as soon as he
thinks he has punished him sufficient
~. Both men want to meet and when
such is the case there is little trouble in
bringing them together, no matter how
discouraging the thing appears at the
start. F'ftzsimmons thinks he has
grievance and In his own peculiar way
is seeking to get even. I think that
Fitzsimmons IN short while will come
TO the front and sign reasonable anti
Giles Of agreement"
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OLEOMARGARINE.
1t Was the Subject of an Animated
Discussion in Boston.

1t Was the Subject of an Animated
Discussion in Boston.
BOSTON, Mass. April 30.-In the
house an animated discussion over the
bill to prohibit the sale Of oleomargar-
inc to initiate butter took place. Mr..
Stevens. of Somerset, moved to substi-
tute a bill providing that it shall be
lawful to manufacture and sell cleo
margarine in packages plainly marked
with an inscription correctly indicating
the contents of the package.
Referring to the constitution Of the
state on this subject, Mr.. Stevens con-
tended that the commonwealth itself
is the greatest violator of the law, mas
much as it's agents annually buy large
quantities of the article for use in
state institutions. Since Aug. 81, eight
tons have been used at Tewksbury
and people are NV using 1T there ait
the rate Of ton a month.
Mr.. Stevens submitted letters show
ing it is largely used at the Lyman
school for boys, and that 1t has been
carefully analysed and found to be
pure as an article of food, in everything
except the highest grade of butter.
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His High Ability.

LONDON. April 3O.-The Paris cor
respondent of the Times says:
Nobody can question NJ. Meaine's
high ability and sense of dutyi He
has certainly made a great saGrifice
after declining office for eleven years,
in leaving an influential positioa re-
moved from party strife and thriving
himself into breach in a serious
crisis. What really angers the radicals
Is that so universally respected al man
should have accepted the post of iduty
and danger.
They vent their rage on the presi-
dent for summoning him
1t is impossible to predict the issue OF
tomorrow's radical attack upon the
ministry.