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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-03-26
SHE TELLS A
PRETTY STORY.
Claims Made on the Davis ES-
tate BY His Alleged
Widow.
HAS A GOOD RING TO IT.
Early Eccentricities of the Dead
Millionaire.

h Woman who Claims to be Widow
Davis Demands the Whole of the
Estate In Behalf of Herself and
Her Two Daughters, One of WhOm
is the Actress Eleanor Calhoun,
Now in Paris-Troubles Thicken-
ing.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-03-26
BROWN AS
A GOLD BUG.
He Does Not at All Relish the
Criticism of General
Warner.
JUST WHERE HE STANDS.
Always Ready TO Vote for Free
Silver and Protection.

Does Not Believe 1t Good Policy mt
the Present Time for the Free
Coinage Republicans to AntnEon-
ize the Policy of the Party in Re-
Enrd TO the Protective Tar
if, (which seems to BE Very Pop
ular Just NOw''-Petitions from
Utah Presented.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-03-26
nominations Made.

WASHINGTON. March 25.-The
president today sent to the senate the
following nominations of non-commis-
stoned officers TO be second lieutenants:
Corporal H. A. Sievert. Twelfth in
fantry; Corporal F. B. Shaw, Twenty
first infantry: Corporal r. S thurman,
Sixteenth infantry; Sergeant w. b.
Cochran. Fifth infantry; Sergeant H.
A. Rethers. First infantry.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-03-26
The Labor bill.

WASHINGTON. March 25.-The
house committee on labor today decided
TO report favorably the bill introduced
by Representative Ear6man in relation
TO arbitration between carriers engag-
ed in interstate commerce and their
employees. The measure has been adj
vooated by the representatives of
number of local organizations
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-03-26
France Nay Refuse.

PARIS. March ga semi-official
note was issued this morning stating
that France will refuse to sanction the
use of the Egyptian reserve fund for
the purpose of British-Egyptian ex-
petition up the Nile to Dongola, unless
she receives pledges concerning the
British evacuation of Egypt.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-03-26
CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION.
Mexsrs. Allen and Brown Present
the Petitions.
fSnecial 10 The Herald.

fSpecial to The Herald.
WASHINGTON. D. c., March 20
Representative Allen today presented
a. petition signed by the governor and
legislature of Utah. asking for an ad-
diticnal appropriation for defraying the
expenses of the constitutional conven-
tion of Utah. The amount asked is
H7.24l. Senator Brown presented the
same petition in the senate.
Special postoff1ce service between Soda
Springs and Grace, Bannock county
Ida. has been discontinued. Mail
should be sent to Grace.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-03-26
A Cabinet ConnciI.

LONrNN, March ga cabinet
council vas held this morning for the
discussion of the British Egyptian ex-
petition up the Nile. COMMANDMENTS
Chief Lord Wolsley, was present.
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fed. In the meantime, the alliance
with Great Britain was known to be
an accomplished fact, and Italy's Sc
curity as maratime power was as
sured. Moreover, he continued, 1t
was well known that Italy had now be-
come the effective bond between
GREAT BRITAIN AND THE DIRE
BUND.
On this double basis Italy's safety eX-
ternally was finally obtained. She was
able, with her perfect freedom and IN
dependence, to occupy herself with the
interests of the country at home ana
in Africa.
The Duke of Sermoneta continued
that the alliance of Italy with Great
Britain was founded on real sympathy,
but it was an alliance on sentiment.
The previous cabinet, he said. was
wholly responsible for the African dis
asters. (Cheers.)
Signor Saraco, who was minister OF
public works in the Crispi cabinet,
challenged the government to produce
documents. No orders were given, he
said, by the previous government to
prosecute a war to the knife.
This statement produced an
UPROAR IN THE SENATE.
but Signor Sarracco proceeded to say:
Let the senate judge between the
Duke of Sermoneta and the Crispi cab
met If victory had smiled upon Italy
the present administration would now
be in power"
This statement evoked a storm of
groans and Kisses from the government
supporters, mingled with cheers from
the opposition. The president eXhorted
the senate to be calm.
The Marquis di Rudini, the premier,
in his reply, accepted the responsible
ity for the Duke of Sermoneta's re-
marks which he said were provoked by
( Baron Blanc. He proceeded then to
condemn the previous government
whose policy of sending handful OF
men against a strong military power,
he had never approved. Regarding the
relation with England, the premier said
they were those of traditional and at
fectionate friendship. 1t was, there
fore. strange that Baron Blanc. the
former minister of the foreign affairs,
claimed the honor of having effected
the alliance.
THE POSITION OF ITALY
with regard to Cassala he continued,
brought her into intimate relations with
England. The government wished to
MAINTAIN Eryunrea IN d strong military
position, but if would renounce all de-
sire of conquest in Tigre and would
not include clause for protectoraaG
in the peace treaty. That he said,
was not a surrender, because the pro-
/ tectorate over Abyssinia was never es-
/ tablished and was a mere ambition of
| the previous ministry.
Such, said the premier, were the con-
/ ditions under which the government
would continue the war if it was I'M
able to conclude a worthy peace.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-03-26
Special to The Herald.J

BUTTE, Mont, March 25-Some.
the camp of the numerous heirs and
claimants of the Davis millions tonight
when Attorney NJ. J. Cavanaugh filed
a petition in the district court in be-
half of one Mrs. Huldah Queen Davis.
otherwise known as Huldah Shell of
Kern county, California, asking for
the revocation of the old will and lay
ing claim to
THE WHOLE ESTATE
of many millions. alleging that She is
the surviving wife of the dead Million
aire, Andrew j. Davis
Davis was never known to have
been married. and his relatives here
laughed at the claims of the California
woman when she was first heard of
about a year ago. The petition filed
today makes her claim serious, how
ever. She alleges that she was mar
RED to Davis On August Is, 1912, in
Carroll county. Arkansas, and was his
lawful wife until his death in Butte
on March IA. 1890 Two children were
born to them, she says, one May Isa-
belle. now Mrs. Isabelle Marrow of
Fresno, California, and the other Laura
Annie. now Mrs. Laura Annie Calhoun,
residing in San Francisco. The petit
TONER asks that all the property now
in the hands of the administrators be
divided among them according to law,
by which sine is entltled to one-haf,
and each of her daughters to one
fourth.
THE STORY
behind the petition is that Davis was
an eccentric youth, and went to Ar
kansas from his home in New York,
where he married Mary Queen and
when the gold fever broke out went to
California, leaving his wife behind She
heard from him several times, and then
received word that he had been shot
ard killed near Fresno. A few years
later, tine woman married a man named
Williams, and also moved to California,
and there in time accidentally met her
husband, whom she had thought dead.
They quarreled, and a few years later
he came to Montana. Williams died
and the woman married George Smell,
who is also dead now. Mrs. Calhoun,
One of the daughters is the mother OF
Eleanor Calhoun, the actress, now in
Paris.
Another contest was also started to-
day by Dinaih Davis of Somer, Mass,
sister of the dead millionaire.
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documents were published the policy
of the former ministry would be justi-
fed. In the meantime, the alliance
with Great Britain was known to be
an accomplished fact, and Italy's Sc
curity as a maratime power was as
sured. Moreover, he continued, it
was well known that Italy had now be-
come the effective bond between
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-09-27
Baltimore, Maryland,
To Houston, Texas.

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Recognizing distributing nerprng
uscshbuyi ng and low schoon fregh rates.
by awaiting
making purchases elsewhere
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1896-05-05
Erom Foreign shores.

Emperor William will not attend the
races at Cowes this year.
Heinrich Gotham Won Treitschke,
the German historian, is dead. He
was born in 1884.
It is said that Russia is preparing
to strike Afghanistan before a British
force could reach it from the other
side.
The Dutch forces are Smelling Lamp1-
sang, the chief village of Loe Koe Mar,
Java, the leader of the Achinese who
rejected the ultimatum of Holland.
The Carthage, Mo-, ministerial ALI
ance has published card urging
Christian people to stay away from
the lecture to be given by Col. Robert
G.. Ingersoll
The North German Gazette says that
the statement that the imperial chan
cellor, Prince Hohenlohe, will be alb
sent from the remainder Of the session
of the reichstag is unfounded.
The CHILEAN minister of finance, Sc
nor Perez Arce, declares that the ru
mors Of the return to a paper currency
on the part of Chill are malicious in
ventionS.
Prince Christian of Schleswig-H ol
stein, husband of Queen Victoria's
daughter, Princess Helen, was knock
ed down by a cab in Praed street, Lon
don, and slightly hurt in the ribs. He
was able to proceed to buckingham
palace.
The report is confirmed that the
Italian government has given Gen.
Baldisse1a, the commander of the Ital-
ians in Abyssinia, full liberty to evac-
uate Kassala. The semi-ofticial Cor
riere Napoli declares that the evacua-
ton is perhaps only a question Of days.
Godfrey Drage, member of parlia-
ment for Derby, was married to Miss
Ethel Ismay, eldest daughter Of Mr..
Ismay of the White Star line of steam
ships The ceremony took place at
Thurslaston, Cheshire. Mr. Drage has
written treatises on the foreign labor
question and is the author of Cyril,
a novel.
The Nicaraguan government is cello
brating a great victory over the in
surgents. Having captured La PaZ,
Pueblo Luevo, Pital Momotombo and
Canas from the rebels, the government
now controls the eastern part of the
Leon railroad. Three officers and some
men were killed on the government
side, while 20 officers and 500 men
among the rebels were slaughtered.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1896-05-05
NIfsceP1ameOuS.

Thomas Q. Seabrooke, the comedian,
has been sued for a separation by his
wife. Elvia Croix Seabrooke. upon the
ground of cruelty and abandonment.
William Rue owner of the stallion
Gambonito, 2:19 IL, that won the
championship medal at the Worlds
fair, died at Danville, KY, of blood
poison.
The body of Alexander Knopfel,
prominent merchant of Bay City,
Mich, was found in the Ohio river
near Cincir natl, The body was tdenti-
fed by papers found on it.
John Donahue, veteran of the Mevi-
can war and who surveyed a large
part of the gulf and Pacific coast re-
gions, died at Newmelleray monastry,
Dube4ue, Ia, aged 80 years.
At meeting of bondholders of the
Omaha & ST. Louis railroad held in
New York it was voted to accept the
proposition of syndicate believed to
represent either the Wabash or Rock
Island companies.
The Arkansas compromise bill to
settle the claims between the general
government and the State Of Arkansas
was finished by the house committee
on public lands, which has been work
ing on it.
Miss Matte Reed, who was stricken
with paralysis while teaching in the
high school at Anderson, Ind, died
the following day. She had been in
the schools for eight years. When she
was stricken her pupils began crying.
This was mistaken by the pupils in
other rooms for a cry of fire and the
500 stampeded. Several were injured
in the rush to get out
Workmen have begun to remove the
stone in front of the Washington
statute on the steps of the subtreas-
ury at New York. The stone will be
taken up and placed in the wall of
the rotunda of the subtreaSury. where
it will be out of danger from the ele-
ments. 1t is the same stone Washing
ton stood on when he took the oath
Of office on becoming first President Of
the United States.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1896-05-05
Washington Talk.

Instructions were sent forward from
the navy department to San Francisco
for the trial of the battleship Oregon.
Representative Mccall of Tennessee
submitted favorable report on a bill to
aid and encourage the holding of the
Tennessee centennial exposition at
Nashville in 1897 and appropriating
$4,000 for a government exhibit
A bill to provide for the purchase of
the birthplace of Abraham Lincoln in
Kentucky was introduced by Populist
Lewis of that state. A national sol
diers' home to be known as the Lin
coin soldiers home is to be erected
upon the site and 100000 is approprl-
ated for this purpose.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1896-05-05
THE METHODISTS.
EiShOD Fowler DenOunceS the High
Ism GAf

EiShOD Fowler DenOUnceS the High
err Criticism of the Bible.
Cleveland, May 5.-There was but
one session of the Methodist general
conference to-day. That was held in
the armory Bishop Fowler of Min
nesota presided, read the Scriptures,
preached the sermon, prayer being Of
fered by Rev. DR.. +. S. Upham, of
Drew theological seminary Bishop
Fowler'S sermon was a powerful az
raignment of the higher critics of the
Bible, the speaker showing by Biblical
and scientific arguments that the mass
of the criticisms passed upon the
Scriptures were without foundation.
The address was listened to with
marked attention by large audience.
The delegates are eXpectantly await
ing the contest over the woman QueS-
ton. The majority report, which will
be signed by twenty members of the
committee. will probably be submitted
by Rev. DR.. A. G. I<ynet of Philadel-
phia. It will hold that the women del
egates are eligible to seats in the con-
ference. The minority report, it is
understood. will be submitted by DR..
J. NJ. Buckley, editor of the New York
Christian Advocate, and will consist of
arguments DaSeO on Biblical ana con-
stitutional grounds against the grant
ing of the privilege of delegates to the
women. The concensus of opinion
among the delegates is that the ma
jority report will be adopted If it is,
the conference will say, it is asserted.
that the constitution ought to be
changed. and precedent will be es-
tablished which will result in giving
seats to women in all future confer
enceS.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1896-05-05
SPRING A SURPRISE
SCOTT JACKsON'S ATTORNEYS MAY
DO THIS SOON.
IT Is RumOred, but the story Is NOT
Verified, That a Woman Will De
Placed on the Stand Who VIII
Testify That Pearl Bryan Dies at
uar House in Cincinnati-AttOr-
ney Fined for Contempt.

Newport, KY, May 5.-There is
possibility. if not a prospect, that the
trial of Scott Jackson will consume
all of this week. During the past
week the defense has revealed It's pur-
nose to attack the testimony OF at least
two witnesses, if not three. Alien
Johnson, the cOlored porter at Dave
Wallingford saloon, has been at
tackled already as to his veracity, but
with no great success. The defense Is,
evidently not yet through with nm.
AS to George III. Jackson, the colored
cab driver, there is q reserve OF per-
sonal testimony and dispositions tend
ing to break down his character. Sew
eral days ago the defense, when VIII
Wood was on the stand, laid the foun-
dations for the introduction of at least
four dispositions from reputable cit1-
Zens in GreencaStle, Ind, tending TO
show that he, as we'll as Scott Jackson,
had intimate relations with Pearl
BRYAN. In Woods case, however, the
dispositions are of the nature Of boasts
he made in the presence of these de-
ponents. One manifest hope Of the
defense is to establish a case of nom
jurisdiction by showing, if possible,
that the murder was committed in Gin
cinnati by OVERRIDING some treatment
with chlOroform or other anaeSthet1c,
and that the body was afterWard
taken to kentucky to avoid recogni-
ton. There is a rumor which has
been afloat since yesterday that the
defense intends to spring surprise by
bringing in a woman from Cincinnati
who will swear that the girl died at
her house in Cincinnati. This, hoWeV-
or. is still in the shape of rumor, not
fully verified The introduction OF
such testimony would complicate the
case and subject the witness to ter
rife crOss-eXanlinatiOn. 1t would also
expose the witness to liability to De
severely dealt with by the law, per-
haps to the extent Of becoming an ac-
complete. A Sensational occurrence
took place this afternoon, resulting in
a fine of $50 being imposed on Attor-
ney Crawford for contempt of court.
While a discussion was in prOgreSSa-
bout the further continuance of the
cr0SS-eXamination Of witness, Judge
Nelson made the remark that this
witness, Miss McNevin, was unusually
positive in her statement and he went
on to say that he meant no reflection
on women in general when he said that
no witnesses are more positive as
rule than women. Crawford said:
'Thcy are usually right, are they notw
''You are not sufficiently acquainted
with respectable women to be a
judge" said Nelson.
Crawford then stated to the court
that he had been insulted by the coun-
sci for the state, and, pointing his ting
er at Col. Nelson, he said: Il shall
hold you personally responsible for
that remark" Nelson answered: Il
am responsible" The court interrupt
ed, directing the clerk to fine Mr..
Crawford $25 for contempt of court.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1896-05-05
Bad Smash in Monton,

Livingston, Mont. May 5. - Fast
Mail No. l on the Northern Pacific,
west-bound, met an east-bound stock
train at point near the Missouri. six
miles east of this city, last night.
Both trains were nearly wrecked. En-
glneer James Tanning was instantly
killed, and his fireman, p Mcclellan.
was badly injured. Those seriously
hurt were Engineer Degroat, Fireman
McClarville and a sleeping car porter.
The wreck is supposed to have been
caused by the failure Of the air brake
TO work on the stock train. MANY
tralnmen and passengers saved them
selves by jumping. Engineer Tanning
nad ample time to leave his engine be-
fore the collision, but remained at his
post trying to make the air work until
It was too late. Tanning was thirty
i've years old and was one of the old
engineers on the division.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1896-05-05
People in Print,

The queen Of the Belgians plays the
harp eXquiSitely.
Mrs. Booth-Tucker, the consul of the
Salvation Army in America, is very i'll
in San Francisco.
Lord Rutherford Clarke, who is over
seventy years of age and a judge of
the Scotch court OF session, has won
the first prize in the golf competitions
at Cannes twice running.
Mrs. D. ]. Davis of San Francisco
claims the distinction of having the
longest hair in the world. She is five
feet nine inches in height, and her hair
is six feet eight inches. long.
Lincoln was the first occupant of
the White House to wear beard, and
Grant was the first to wear a mus
tache Cleveland has a mustache, and
is the only one of the presidents to
wear a mustache without a beard.
J. B. Vietch, general agent of the
Milwaukee, is lying sick at Chillicothe,
Mo-, of typhoid fever, with practically
no hope of recovery. Mr.. Vietch was
stricken while on the train bound from
Kansas City on a tour of inspection.
According to the Westminster Ga
zette, the young duchess of Marlbor-
ough formerly Miss Consuelo Wander
bilt, is developing a strong taste for
pets. She has started menagerle at
Blenheim with two OStricheS, several
eagles, a number of vultureS, two ibis
and a garter snake (all purchased on
the banks of the Nile), which she has
tanned in a wonderful manner. The
paper mentioned adds: "A gentle
eyed Nubian in native costume, also
brought by the duchess from Egypt,
will accompany her in her walks about
BIenheim.''
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1896-05-05

who murdered Mrs. Johanna norman
in New York Sept. 1, 1894, was execut-
ed by electricity in the state penltenU-
ary at Sing Sing, n. Y. Felngpalm
protested his innocence to the last.
Robert A. Robinson, cashier of the
Peoples and DrOvers Bank OF WASH
ington Court House, Ohio, prior 10 the
receivership last October, and Mlchael
Herbert, teller, have been indicted on
ten counts for embezzlement.
At Fort Smith, Ark, Lucky Davis,
Louis Davis, Rufus Buck, Maoi July,
Sam Sampson and Ed Wilkes, alias
Davis. were sentenced to be hanged on
" ednesday, July 1, for crimes against
women, committed in Indian Territory.
The many clients of Charles Kahn,
the missing ST. Louis real estate agent,
who. it is asserted, left the city after
having embezzled thousands, have
been unable to find any clue to his
whereabouts.
A story is made public at Carrollton,
Mo-, to the effect that George Taylor,
the escaped murderer, was seen III the
northern part of Carroll county, IN
company with one of the men that
composed the first jury that tried the
Taylor case.
During the races at Lexington, Ky,
Tom Meade, the well known bookmak-
err, was robbed of $4,000 by an IN
known thief. The successful working
Of this scheme to beat the bookles
without placing a dollar on the races,
is due, in part, to the new police force
on the track
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1896-05-05
FINANCIER IS GONE.
George S. Coe, the Noted New York
Banker Dies

George S. COe, the Noted New York
Banker, Dies.
New York, May George s. Coe,
who was for thirty-seven years presi-
dent Of the American Exchange bank,
died to-day at his home, 1.-The Cliffs"
Englewood, n. J. He was stricken for
the fifth time Oh Saturday With para
lysis and was not able to recover from
it.
George S. Coe was born in Newport,
r. L., in 1917, of a New England fami-
ly, Of which Priscilla Mullins, the
heroine of Miles Standish courtship,
was the most prominent ancestor. He
came to this city in 1888 and was in
the banking concern OF Prince, Ward
d King. A few years afterWard he
went to Cincinnati. Later he became
cashier of the Ohio Life Insurance and
Trust company. Mr.. Coe was first
cashier of the American Exchange
bank and latterly became it's presi-
dent. 1t was largely owing to Mr. Goes
mastery financial ability that the
scheme of issuing clearing house GER
tificateS was first reSorted to in 1873
to tide over the money stringency This
at that time arrested the threatened
general commercial ruin at the time
of the failure of Jay Cook & Co. Mr..
Coe was chosen president of the Ma
tional Bankers association in 1881 He
was treasurer of the Childrens Aid So
ciety, the senior director of the Mutual
Life Insurance company, director Of
the Fidelity and Casualty Insurance
company. the Postal Telegraph COM
pany and trustee of the board Of for
eign missions of the Presbyterian
church. President Lincoln consulted
with him in the days Of the war, and
it was Mr.. Coe who came to the res
cue of the government upon the first
bond issue during the Civil War.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1896-05-05
Sues the Northen Pacific

Seattle Wash. May 5.-The papers
in a sensational suit in tba TTnitod
States court have been served n 10
the suit of J.. G. Dillman. q nroYni.
nent real estate dealer Of Snolxane
against the Northern Pacific RailroaI
company, and in the COMPLAINT no tolls
IN full the story of the gigantic frauds
practlced by Schulze in connections
WITH the sale of lands adjacent to
spokane. Dillman asks for the re-
turn Of 1912 900. of !, hich no saws ha
says he was deliberately def,au,1ed.
for S112,40O damages. which no claims
to have suffered by reason of false
representations, and for the further
sum Of $4,000 which he claims to
have paid out on promissol.v notes
signed in behalf of the road.