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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-11-13
The WHISKY TRUST.
decision Adverse to the Holders of
Rebate Vouchers

CHICAGO, Nov. 12-Judge Showalter
of the United States circuit court today
gave an extended opinion in the old
Whisky trust rebate case, which was
passed upon sometime ago by Special
Master Patton, adversely to the holders
or rebate vouchers which had been is
sued by the trust, and the Conditions of
which had been broken by the original
holders. Nose Solomon had bought a lot
or this Questionable paper, and sought 10
recover. the face value About 100000 of
similar claims have been presented in
the federal court.
Judge Showalter holds that Master
Patton was right in disaHowing the
CLAIMS: that the rebate vouchers consti-
tuted contracts: that the conditions as
TO the holders being entitled TO a rebate
OF cents gallon il they purchased their
six consecutive months were not legal.
ard that the holders who have broken
the conditions cannot recover.
Directly, this ruling affects the Ameri-
can Spirits Manufacturing company, but
indirectly it upholds the same trade regu-
lationS of such corpora tons as the Sugar
Trust, the spool cotton combination and
the Arbuckle Bros. company.
Substantially, all the claims against
the old Whisky Trust are now wiped out
excepting few unimportant ones which
are pending on some of the leases which
the trust contracted. Under direction of
J udge Showalter, Receiver AIcNulta re-
jected these leases. a test case on. the
alleged liens was decided AGAINST the
claimant, and it is now before the GEN
eral court of appeals and representa- tives
OF other corporations are said to be shar-
ing in the defense
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II Is satinfnctnrr.

NEW YORK, Nov. PA special
cable dispatch to the Herald from
Caracas, Venezuela, says:
Details of the proposed settlement Of
the boundary dispute between Venezu-
ella and Great Britain by the friendly
intervention of the United States have
reached this city, and appear to give
general satisfaction. After careful in
quiry among leading officials, am con-
WINGED that the Venezuelan govern
ment is disposed to settle the question
on the line indicated in the agreement
between the United States and Great
Britain, without haggling over minor
POINTS. The agreement thai the title
shall be determined upon the occupa-
ton of territory for 30 years is re-
garded by prominent Venezuelans as
a happy solution of the question. Some
demagagueS may oppose it, but the
people at large will offer no opposition
to this basis of settlement.
Minister Andrade. who represents
Venezuela at Washington, has COM
municated the details of the agree
ment 10 his government and asked
President Crespo's cabinet whether it
would agree to the settlement on the
basis of occupancy for 50 years. Min
lister of Foreign Affairs Rojas is I'M
usually reticent in regard to the affair."
but it is believed the government is
we'll pleased with the prospect Of an
early settlement of the boundary dis
Dute.
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1t Was a Favorite Resort in the
Years Gone By.
ONE STORY TOLD
BY A NATIVE
ANIMAL WAS LARGER THAN THE
TRADERS STORE.
Had Great, Shining, Yellowish Tusl<s
and a Mouth Large Enough to
Swallow a Dig Man at "a Gulp-
Many Massive Skeletons Have
Lately Been Found.

CHICAGO, Nov. PA special from
st. Paul, Mimi. says: Copies of the
Alaska News of Juneau just received.
says:
In conversation with a gentleman,
formerly of Denver, who came out this
fall with a party of miners. we learned
that the existence of living mastodonS
near the headwaters of White river
was not the mere fabrication of the
northern furriers, but that the Stick
Indians had positively told him that
not later than five years ago such
animals had been seen by them. One
OF the Indians said that while hunt
ing one day in the unknown section, he
came across an immense track, sunk
to depth of II inches in the moss, and
from the description, as the Indian
marked out to him in the sand, it
much resembled an elephants track,
and was larger around than abarra.
Upon striking it, the Indian followed
up this curious trail, which to all ap-
pearances was very fresh, and track
ing from one immense stride to the
other for distance of some miles he
came in full view of his game.
The hunter gave one look and then
turned and fed, as though pursued by
the evil one. He described it as being
ldi SCI lhdli hdi pei NeHS POSe - e.>iSA ~
store, with great shining, yellowish
tusks, and a mouth large enough to
swallow him at single gulp. He said
the animal was undoubtedly the same
as those of which the huge
bones are ecattered over tIut
section. If such an animal IS now
in existence, and there is no reason to
doubt the veracity of the Indian as
other Indians and also Mr.. Harper had
confirmed it, they inhabited a section
of very high altitude, and one but
rarely visited by human beings, and
those only Indians.
We have also no reason to doubt the
tale. for at no very dis-ant
period the Yukon country was inha BIZ
tated by these animals, and hundreds
of their massive skeletons found strewn
along the creeks are the silent but
truthful witnesses"
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FIFTEEN HUNDRED KILLED.

BOSTON, Nov 12.-An American in
Harpoot, eastern Turkey. writing to a
Bostonian. says:
Il had a long consultation with an in
fluential Armenian who had just re-
turned from where he went to get his
married sister. whose husband and son
were killed. On his way TO the city he
counted p corpSes which had stranded
ON the banks of the EuDhrateS. The
government afterward had them pushed
into the stream
Every male above u years of age who
could he found al Egan wac killed. The
slaughter began on the 18th and lasted
linsu he lStn. The gent .enIali sta fes Jnas
fully 15OO persons were massacred in and
ar1sit Egan.
These are the facts: The Christians
suspicious were aroused for two weeks
before the disaster. On the day before
Iore the local government and told:
There are ten seditious men among you;
it you deliver them over il will be we'll
for you, If not you will suffer for it No
names were given, and the Christians
replied that they knew of no such per-
sons.
THE market was surrounded by
a signal gun the work of massacre, pillage
and burning was begun. Not a Turk was
killed. This IS sufficient TO disprove Off
cial accounts.
My friend estimates that two-thirds
of the houses were burned. and not a
house escaped piundering. The condition
of the women and children is deplorable.
Christian population a year ago was 10. $50
of whom LIN have died. There are Lbs
-idGv-s and 1898 OrChanS: 1425 houses
were burned and 664 left.
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-c-zkP-~F -
NOBILITY WEEDS.

LONDON, Nov. 12.-The marriage of
the dowager duchess of Sutherland to
Sir Albert Kaye Rollit, NJ. P, took place
today in st. Georges church, Hanover
square. The service was full choral,
and the church was magnificently dec
GRATED for the occasion. The services
We're conducted by the Rev. Arthur
Mitchell. a brother of the bride, as
sisted by the Rev A B. Carpenter. a
brother of the bishop OF Ripon, and the
Rev DR.. Anderson, rector of St.
Georges church. The duchess was
driven to the church accompanied by
her daughter and was met at The en-
trance TO the edifice by her brother,
the Rev. Arthur Mitchell, who con
Quoted her to the altar and gave her
away. Mr.. Arthur Ro.lit, brother of
the bridegroom, acted as best man. The
bridal robe worn by the duchess was OF
petunia velvet trimmed with chinchilla
fur, studded with jewels. The brides
ornaments were a chain of diamonds
and emeralds and diamond remnants.
There were no bridesmaids.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-11-13
SIMPLY CRAZY.
Rensons Why Young stenger Found
Life = Burden.

Reasons Why Young Stenger Found
Life Burden.
ERIE, Pa, Nov. 1.-THE body Of
William Stenger, who cut his throat
and disappeared from his room at the
Schneider hotel at Cory Pa, yester-
day morning at an early hour, was
found this afternoon in pond near the
radiator works, of which the suicide
was a proprietor. The young man had
bet heavily on Bryan and Sewall. and
his frenzy over his loss drove him to
drink. He carried a knife from the
supper table, and yesterday morning
plunged it into his throat, infiicting a
horrible cash and lay down on his bed
TO die. Death came too slowly for him.
Putting on his ulster, and turning the
collar up to conceal his deed from the
people in the office, he passed out and
walked ten blocks to the mill pond
where he finished his desperate deed
by drowning.
Stcnger was about 80 years of age,
single, and came TO Cory from Titus
vile. A few years ago, while under
great mental excitement, he wandered
away from home and was gone some
time before he was found.
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SPRINGFIELD, Ill, Nov 12.-The
removal of Postmaster Reddick NJ.
Ridgely for 'pernicious activity in
the late campaign calls forth the fol-
lowing from Governor Altgeld:
Mr.. Ridgely has made one of the
best postmasters that have ever filed
that Office In this campaign, he un-
fortunately followed the example set
him by Postmaster Hesing at Chicago
and by the whole crowd of federal ap-
pointees from Washington and made
one or two speeches, but he made them
on the opposite side from what the
other fellows did. He was respectful
toward the administration he repre-
scented, but advocated the election OF
MIR. Bryan
Now he is discharged for violating
the civil service rules, while the other
federal officials named are defended
for violating the same rules. rms
simply shows the fraudulent character
of the present administration 1t mas
not been honest in single thing that
it has to deal with.
From the days that the capital was
located in the valley OF the Potomac
down to this time, there has not been
such a collection OF contemplate little
fellows rafting around in high places
as there has been at Washington dur
ing the last four years.
"Some bugologist could render the
cause of science invaluable service by
lust buying the whole collection and
keeping them as specimens of little
things"
What do you think Of the claim of
Frank Jones that there were $4,000
gold Democrats in Illinois?"
ssThat is one of those claims that
make images smile. Look at the Stu
alton a moment Two years ago these
so-called gold Democrats were in our
party. or as they would say, We were
united them We had no such terrible
amount of Doodle and irresistible
forces to meet then as we had to meet
this wear, and yet we did not elect a
single congressman in our state at
that time. and the Republican ma
ioritv was nearly 10000. This year
we had to meet a combination of ad-
verse conditions and forces such as
never before confronted any political
marty. and probably never will again,
and these gold Democrats were against
us and working with the enemy and
vet we have elected at least five con-
gressmen and reduced the Republican
majority by nearly one-third.
This shows that these men are al
curse to the party they are with and
help TO the party they oppose. So long
as those were with the Democratic
party the party had both its hands
and feet tied, but the moment we got
rid of them, the party developed the
strength of a giant, and 1t VIII yet
sweep this country"
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METHODIST MISSIONS.
Alportionment of the Yearly ApprO-
priatfOns Considered and Passed
Upon at Detroit.

DETROIT, Nov. 12.-Apportionment
of the yearly appropriations occupied
the sessions of the general missionary
committee of the Methodist Episcopal
church today. A proposition was made
providing for the reduction of the
salaries of the officials of the COM
Inittee but after a long discussion an
appropriation OF $4,000 was made for
salaries of secretaries and missionary
bishops. This is an increase of $4,000
over last year, an additional bishop and
secretary being provided for.
The appropriation for office expenses
was cut from $4,000 to $4,000. This
left balance of 1881, 900 for missionary
work and As Der cent was appropriated
for home and 50 per cent for foreign
missions, the same percentage as last
year. A special committee will pre-
rare addresses to be. delivered before
conferences and to be widely dis
seminated for the. purpose of raising
missionary funds.
Owing to the reduction of the gen.
efal appropriation fund it was found
necessary to make a cut of per cent
on the apportionment of last year for
foreign missions.
In the eastern Asia division, China
was first taken up and S25, 900 was ap-
propriated for Foo Chow missions, a
a, cut of s., 900: $4,000 for North China,
a cut of $1,S50 and $500 for west
China, an increase of $1,70O.
Tonight there was a, platform meet
ing in the Central NJ e church at
which DR. II. G. Jackson and Bishop
H. W. Warren delivered addresses on
Our Domestic Missions"
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-11-13
CHEMICALS VS.. HOPS.
SECRETARY OF AGRICULTURE
WRITES OF FoAsTY BEER.
Statement Made Through His De-
partmeut That Hops Were Being
Relegafed to the Rear ia the Man.
ufacfure of Beer Not Borne Out
by the Facts.

NEW YORK, Nov. Fin the crop
report for October. 1896. the United
States department of agriculture at
tributed the languishing condition of
the hop market to the general use of
chemicals as substitutes for hops in
brewing.
The United States Brewers associa-
ton, in letter to Secretary Morton,
protested against this assertion, de-
nounced it as absolutely false and
offered to assist in the prosecution of
any person guilty of adulteration. IN
reply the association received the fol-
lowing from Secretary Morton:
~. S. Department of Agriculture, Of
flee of the Secretary, Washington, D.
c., Nov. 8, 1896.
'-ir: have the honor to acknowl-
edge the receipt OF your communication
of the 4th inst, made in the name
Of the board of trustees and advisory
committee of the United States Brew
ers' association.
The statement in the October crop
report to which you call attention was
submitted to the statistician and he
informs me that while the analysis Of
the department chemist shows that the
use of other bitters than hops has not
been unknown in the past history of
brewing in the United States, still, the
statement is undoubtedly erroneous, as
the use of the substitute appears to be
rare, rather than otherwise.
THE paragraph in question relating
70 a minor crop WAS prepared by a
subordinate in the statisticidn's Office.
1t is the custom to have all such mat
ters brought particularly to the statis-
ticlan's attention, but through inadveTt-
ence this was passed for publication
without his scrutiny. Very respect
fully. ]. STERLING MORTON.
ITO ]. c. G. Huepfel. chairman adj
visory committee United States Brew
ers association. New York"
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THE BACClR-ANTE.

NEW YORK. Nov. 12-The Sun
says: MacMonnies' famous statue
of Bacchante, which. according to the
present plan is to be set up in the Bos-
ton public library, may not be put on
exhibition there for many months, as
news has just arrived in this country
of the complete destruction, through
an accident, of the plaster cast made
by the sculptor. from which a smaller
statue was to be made for the Luxem-
burg galleries in Paris. The original
sta tue was too large for the Luxem-
burg, and MacMonnies went to work
on smaller one, using the original as
a model. The destruction of the cast
will make it necessary to send the
original back to France; otherwise the
Luxembourg will have to go without
the sculptor's masterpiece.
Mac9Ionnies was Frustrated by the
accident and did not go near his
studio again for nine days. The re-
quest for the return of the original will
probably be granted. it is said, if it is
made
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LONDON. Nov. 12.-The Daily News
will tomorrow say that rumors are
current of a resumption of diplomatic
relations between Great Britain and
Venezuela
The New York correspondent of the
Standard affirms that instead OF en-
tering upon a contract with Venezuela
or the United States, Great Britain
will sign an agreement with both. The
Anglo-American document will not be
technically treaty; it will merely be
protocol for preparing an Anglo-Ven-
ezuelan treaty.
This is owing to the delay that would
arise in the ratification of a treaty
through the peculiar Venezuelan laws.
The progress of arbitration will, there
fore, be greatly facilitated, since the
protocol will stipulate that the findings
of the arbitration court must be COM
pleted before Feb. 9. Each instrument
will refer to the other. compelling them
to be construed together. but the less
formal document is the more important
of the two
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PACIFIC CABLE.
Testimony of an Expert Taken Yes
ferdnE.

Testimony of an Expert Taken Yes
terday-
LONDON, Nov. 12.-The Pacific cable
commission resumed it's sessions at the
colonial office today, with full at
tendance. Lord Sellborne, parliament
airy secretary for colonies, presided.
The delegates present were Sir Donald
A. Smith and Mr.. Jones, representing
Canada; Sir Saul Samuel. Hon. Duncan
Gillies, Australia; George H. Murray.
Secretary Mercer England. The COM
mission began to take the testimony of
experts. The sitting will be private.
Sir Sanford Fleming, the technical
adviser of the company. gave evil
dence touching the various questions
connected with the construction of the
proposed cable. After his evidence was
completed, the commission adjourned
until Monday, after which day frequent
meetings will be held and the testi-
mony OF several experts Will be taken
at length.
1t is stated that Sir Sanford Fleming
declares himself in favor of an all
British cable from Great Britain to
Australia.
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VENEZUELA.

Many Ruinors Current-The Paris
Temps Takes "a Hand
PARIS, Nov. I2.-The Temps, in an
article on the proposed settlement by
arbitration of the Anglo-Venezuelan
question, remarks upon the immense
impulse Great Britain is giving to one
of the most extreme consequences of
the Monroe doctrine. 1t contends that
with the consent of Great Britain, the
United States are invested with the
right to interfere in all territorial quar-
rels of European powers with the new
world, even when not asked by the
latter and without their consent. These
great innovations in International law
the paper adds, consecrate the abso>
lutte supremacy of the United States
in the western hemisphere and must
cost British pride dear Europe, how
ever, win be unable to accept such a
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GERMAN BUDGET.

BERLIN, Nov. 1.-THE imperial
budget, as it will be submitted to the
reichstag, shows that the receipts and
expenditures balance at LIPS, SO2, 3S4
marks The ordinary expenditures
snow an increase of 24,209, 239 marks
the workingmen's insurance fund re-
quires an increase of 1881. 800 marks
The army expenditures show a per-
m2nent Increase of 6935,571 marks,
while the navy requires 1885,, 971
marks In addition to these amounts,
there are large homecoming military
and naval charges. The matricular
contributions show an increase of l.
$4,000 marks
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ARMY MOVEMENTS.

WASHINGTON, Nov. 12.-The an
nual report Of General c. C. SawlteEe.
quartermaster general of the army,
shows tina. S1O3,141 was expended for
the principal movements of troops, ex-
elusive Of deductions on account of land
grants.
marches, etc, s6,452 was expended, and
s7,626 for the transportation of enlisted
men engaged in rifle competition and
target practice. Four Thousand. eight
hundred and thirty-tight persons, 1,274
animals and 37.7S1 pounds of freight
were transported during the fiscal year
over the bond aided Pacific railroads.
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BOLD CHICAGO HoIp-UP.

CHICAGO. Nov. EN- A. Stark, Of
Colorado, was robbed on an Adams street
car near the Union depot yesterday by
Barney Birch and Paddy Ryan, who
are well-known to the police here. The
forcibly held Stark, although the car was
crowded with other passengers and de-
Dr-ved him Of a valuable diamond and
his pocketbook which contained s4,OO1 in
checks and notes An officer was at
tracted by the excitement on the car and
arrested the men as they were escaping.
The property was recovered in their
possession. Birch is said to be wanted
il Philadelphia where last August, It is
claimed. he robbed a jewelry house and
secured sI.500 worth Of diamonds.
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Y. NJ. c. A.
Thirtieth Anniversary Dinner of the
international Committee.

Thirtieth Anniversary Dinner of the
international Committee.
NEW YORK, Nov. 12.-Among the
200 gentlemen who attended the Thrift
eth anniversary dinner of the interna-
tional committee of the Y. NJ. C. A at
the Windsor hotel. were General
Samuel Thomas, A L. Hopkins, ex-
Governor Beaver of Pennsylvania, Cy-
rus Mccormick of Chicago, George S.
Peabody, Gilbert Colgate and Ira D.
Sankey.
After the dinner, the following
speeches were made: w. b Miller,
Field Supervision; DR.. Luther Gulick,
Physical Work. C. J. Hicks, Rail
road Work" C. A. Gilbert, college
Work." r. S. Miller of Toxic. Japan,
and L. D. Wishard, Foreign Work"
Cephas Brainerd, w. z. Dodge, Nor
ris K. Jessup and others also made ex-
temporaneous remarks about the vast
work being done by the association
When the committee was formed. in
1866, there were only 80 associations;
now there are 4s5 associations in the
United States.
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AGRICULTU8AL COLLEGES.

WASHINGTON. Nov. 12-At this
mornings session of the Association of
the Agricultural Colleges and Expert
ment stations. the report of the COM
nljctee on colleges was discussed and
adopted as were several others rela-
tive to the extension of the work of
colleges and requesting the secretary of
agriculture 20 have certain documents
relative to the associations printed.
A long list of Weep presidents and
members of an executive committee
were named
After noon recess the association Wis
tied the executive mansion and paid its
respects co the president.
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Western League.

CHICAGO, Nov 12-Today's session
of the Western league was called for Il
o'clock, but the magnates evinced no dis
position to hurry and it was noon before
President johnson raped his associates
to order, and the league got down to
business. The first thing done was to
decide that Columbus and Grand Rapids
should remain from the league for an
other season. There were applications
from Des Moines and Toledo. but as no
opposition was developed to a renewal of
the Columbus and Grand Rapids fran
chises, there was no chance for the ether
cities, which We're Accordingly ignored
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FOREIGN FACTS.

LONDON, Nov. 12-Mr G. F. Wheeler.
the eminent barrister and chief clerk of
the pr;vy council, in an interview on the
subject of the probable composition OF
the Venezuelan arbitration tribunal, as
far as Great Britain is concerned. in
formed a representative of the United
ASsocia ted Presses today that it was an
unusual thing for judges to sit upon
arbitra ton tribunals. 1t was more than
likely. he thought. that eminent inter
national jurists, such as Sir W. r
Arson, warden of All Souls college. Ok
ford. and Lord Davey lord of appeals in
ordinary, would be appointed, though
the latter would possibly refuse to serve.
LONDON, Nov. 12.-Mr. and Mrs. Castle
hope to sail from Southampton on Satur-
day, but if pusued by curiosity seekers.
they will sail from France under assumed
names.
LONDON, Nov. 12.-The Daily Chronicle
says it learns parliament will assemble
on January u