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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-11-14
YOUTHFUL MURDERESS.
Thirfeen-Year-OId Girl Charged
With Giving Rough on Rats to a


NEW YORK, Nov. ia Journal
special from Oswego, N. Y, says:
Fanny Scofield, a remarkably attract
i've girl, and only IS years of age, is
locked up in the Oswego county jail
on the charge of murder. She was
taken there yesterday by Coroner Vo-
winkel as a result of his inquest into
the death of Fern Field, the 2-year-old
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Albert Field,
who live on farm near the village of
Mexico.
About week ago the parents left
the little one in the house asleep, and
went into the field to work. On return
ing the father found the child in con-
vuls,ions. and called his wife. but the
little one died before medical aid ar
rived. The coroner learned that the
child awoke and asked for something
it some milk DR. w Manlius Smith
stomach contained arsenic, and it is
on rats" into the milk.
Last July the only other child of the
Fields died, and il is now believed that
the ScOfeld girl had hand in her
death also. The body will be exhumed
and an examination made. Fanny
stoutly denies that she had anything 10
do with the death of the children. Her
trip to the Jail was her first experience
on the cars, and she had many cues
tions 20 ask. She was permitted To
lodge with the sheriff's family, and
does not seem to realize her position.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-11-14

NEW YORK, Nov. "a Sun special
from Washington says: Secretary Car
Isles numerous frineds. who have been
very busy of late endeavoring to dis
pose of his future after the 4th of March,
hsve now discovered that there IS q
probability of his appointment by Pres
ident Cleveland to a place on the bench
of the supreme court of the United
States. In order to make room for MI
Carlisle, it has been Necessary 10 pro
vide for the retirement of justice Field.
and the statement is now renewed that
his advanced age and physical condition
are such that he cannot remain upon Inc
BENCH much longer.
Justice Field celebrated his S0th birth
day few days ago, but ne reSentS any
imputation that he IS preaklng down
physically and regards himself as good
for several years of hard labor yet. he
has been eligible for retirement at any
tirne during the past ten years, Dut IL IS
thought that his unfrendllneSS TO Presl-
dent Cleveland and his unW:llingness TO
have a Cleveland Democrat appointed IN
his place have caused him 10 aD2ncon
any intentions he might have had OF
Kentucky men in Washington who
thoroughly understand the political situa-
tio=- in the state say there isn't the
as senator, and they quote the secre-
tary as saying that he desires to retlre
altogether from public life. There are
several desirable vacancies at the dis
nosaI of President Cleveland at present.
the most important being that OF chief
Justice Of the court of claims, Hfe
tenure office made vacant by the recent
death Of Judge William *. A Rlchard-
SON. There is a host of applicants Tor all
the vacancies and the president IS UNI
doubtedly reserVtng them Tor the pur-
pose of rewarding faithful personal and
party friends before he retires to
private life for good.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-11-14
SUCKERS FROn TEXAS.
They Arrive at Seattle to Find They
Have Been SwindIcd by Polish
Jew.

SEATTLE, Wash, Nov. BY a fraud
ulent land transaction NJ. NJ. McCoffski, a
Polish Jew, is $3.50 in pocket, and % adult
Texans. five with families, have been
transported from their homes at Bremond
in the southern part of the Lone Star
state, 10 the strange but hospitable shores
OF Puget Sound. They arrived al Seattle
via the Northern Pacific, paying in add
ton 10 SO apiece for which they Were
each TO be located on homestead claim
of $50 acres of land. SIS d head trans
portation
McCoffski, who is as destitute of home
steads as honesty, appears TO have
worked MS swindling game upon I'M
suSpecting Texans. wholly through the
medium of the mails, claiming to be the
head of a concern styled the Washington
Land company. He represented that he
resided at 227 Poplar street, this city, and
so he did until within about four days
previous to the arrival of his victims.
for parts unknown. The authorities are
searching for McCoffski who is said TO
have practiced similar frauds in the mid
die northern states, but with little pros
pect of locating him.
Fortunately most of those who came
on the false errand have money-some
enough to purchase return tickets, which
a few viii do, while others viii rema5 in
and make the best OF the situation
Four or i've of the number found employ
ment today. Those here report that an
other colony was expected TO leave Brem-
ond for Seattle a few days after THEN.
departure, having also been fieeced in a
similar manner by McConski.
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largely outnumbered by the negroes,
declared that the colOred men should
not be permitted to work in the mills
and warned them to leave. The ne
groes did not go and a number of white
men whipped a negro.
That night, a car and several tents
in which the negroes were sleeping
were surrounded by armed white men,
and more than 100 shots were fired into
the car and tents How many negroes
were hurt cannot be ascertained, but
it is known that a. woman was fatally
wounded. The shooting is thought to
have been for the purpose of frighten-
ing the negroes away as, when it
ceased, they were again warned to
leave, under pain of death. Yesterday
there was further riOting, the extent of
which has not been aScertained but
the sheriff has gone there with a posse
of deputies to restore order. The mills
were idle yesterday, neither whites nor
blacks being at work. A report reached
here late last evening to the effect that
the wounded woman had died and that
serious trouble was imminent, as the
negroes threatened 70 avenge her death.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-11-14
A BAD BOAT.
BELIEF THAT THE TEXAS Is UNFIT
FOR SERVICE.
Evidence Of u Startling Nature Said
to Have Been Developed In the
Last Few Days.

WASHINGTON, Nov. 13.-It is stated
at the navy department in extenuation
of the fact that the court of inquiry
on the battleship Texas is held behind
closed doors. that it is not thought ad-
visable to give publicity to the possible
weaknesses in the ship just at the pres
ent juncture, when the eyes of other
nations are directed to our naval and
military establishments. 1t is learned
that the investigation is developing
evidence of a somewhat startling ma
ture about the structural strength of
the ships hull, which has caused so
much concern since her keel was laid.
The most remarkable thing about the
recent flooding. of the ship was that
the water-tight doors leaked, and other
compartments were flooded in addition
to that in which the accident occurred.
1t has now developed that on account
of the lack of stiffness in all the bulk
heads of the ship and consequent warp
ing of the frames and plates, none of
the doors when closed fitted hermetic-
ally, as they should, and the cellular
system of the vessel is therefore prac-
tically northeast This gives rise to
doubts as to the utility of the vessel
in action, as the wrecking of a single
compartment might sink her.
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WASHINGTON, Nov. 13.-The su.
perintendent of the naval academy, in
his annual report, says:
THE department has been forced to
remove the Bancroft from the naval
academy through the eXigencies Of the
service, and in my opinion she will
make a much better cruiser for sta
ton duty than a cadet practice
steamer. A vessel with greater &C
comodation for cadets, of about the
same tonnage, will be more efficient,
especially if composite built, or wooden
sheathed. The vessel should have con-
siderable sail-power and with single
screw. Engineering practice can be
as well taught with one engine as with
two. The Bancroft could not well berth
more than 80 cadets, whereas one of
the gunboat class now building will ac-
comodate IS to 100 cadets in addition
to the crew.
The superintendent, Captain Cooper,
urges that shipping on sailing vessels
is preferable to that on steamers for
cadets. He declares:
1T is entirely useless to argue that
sufficiently good seamen can be made
on board steamers, or auxiliary steam
ers, for there is an education of the
nerves and brain and the habit of COM
the same school which has reared the
greatest naval commanders the world
has seen, and that school has been the
sailing ship. The handling of the
greatest modern battleship singly or in
fleets and the inevitable return to sail
power in cruising vessels demand the
highest order of sea training, and it is
at this school that the foundation must
be laid. Seamen are not born such;
thew are made and this the form =
tive period of the lives of future naval
officers
The superintendent strongly urges
his recommendation that congress be
urged to authorize the building of two
moderate-sized composite sailing yes
sells, which should be supplemented by
two small briggs for stationary work,
and says everything within reason
should be done to encourage a love of
water, whereas, the disposition has
been TO turn too much TO the athletics
of the field
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being oUi.-voted in TIE sarbitrai.Gon
board, We're willing to settle now in
stead OF at the spring meeting, the
queEfIon OF power to touch the national
agreement. SO they voted to strike out
Both sides professed to- be satisfied
with the action taken, and there was
more friendliness displayed than at any
tlerie SINCE the league met. The Rusfe
suliIs against the New York club
formed subject for much talk at the
meeting and in the lobby. Mr.. Freed
man said that resolution WIGS adopted
by a wee of s to 4, Baltimore, Louis
vile and Washington voting with the
big five" pledging the support OF the
le9eue to the New York club in the
matter, but he would not say the ex-
peHses were to be paid by the league.
Coioneq Rogers of Philadelphia, said
that Charles S. Sherman, the Chicago
clubs lawyer had been retained by the
New York club here to defend the
RuSee suits. and that the colonel would
appear at the trials TO attend to the
baseball end. This action was reported
30 the league, and Mr.. Freedman made
some warm renaIkS, alleging that
members had instigated Rusie to bring
the suits. @
Mr.. Wagner Of Washington moved 10
reconsider the vote taken yesterday in
refusing to- reineaate the last section of
the national agreement. Colonel Rog-
ers of Philadelphia moved that the ma
tional agreement be not changed ex-
cept by majority vote of the league.
and this proposition. taking from the
arbitration board dfchauOrial powtsa-
was carried by the Z to vote men
toned. TIE treasurer was instructed
to pay Henry Chadwick, the father of
Baretsall, $50 a month during the re-
mainder of his life in recognition of
his past services, and for what he may
do hereafter for the playing rules COM
miittee. The chairman was instructed
10 appoint a committee of three. Of
which Mr.. Young is to be chairman, to
devise, if possible. a better means for
controlling umpires and to make their
report ait the spring meeting. The
scheme is to have some one travel
around the circuit at Young's direction
and watch the playing.
The objectionable souvenir passes,
good for games in any city, will not be
allowed any more. Mr.. Robinson spoke
of their abuse, and they We're ordered
discontinued.
Mr.. Hart of Chicago renewed his mo-
tion of last year for the abolition of the
temple cup games. but it was laid on
the table. 10 to 2 The league adjourned
to meet in Baltimore, the last Thurs
day in February.
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nishes the nervous force to enable the
body to convert the food into solid
flesh and blood.
OF all the means that medical skill
has ever discovered for recruiting the
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cry compound always provides
throughout the body. even to the
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capillaries.
David Hirsch, the well-known Broad
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as follows to Wells, Richardson & Co.:
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pound among my many friends, be-
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was unable to stand exertions of any
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Paine's celery compound has done as
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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-11-14
Financial Support Guaranteed For
Next Year.


Next Year.
DETROIT, Nov. 13.-The general mis-
sionary committee of the Methodist
Episcopal church this morning selected
Philadelphia as the place for holding its
meeting next year. ApDortionment of
the appropriation for foreign missions
occupied the remainder of the session,
only two items being disposed Of The
committee apportioned S4S.576 to japan,
$1,000 over last year, and S14,2s5 to
Korea, which is about the same amount
as was devoted 70 the mission last year
The most important feature of the
afternoon session was the report of tine
special committee on Africa, which
recommended the adoption of executive
missions in that country and their in
stitutiOn as regular foreign missions of
the Methodist Episcopal church. This,
the report stated, would initiate q new
epoch in the missionary history of the
dark continent.
The report also recommends the ap-
preparation of 700 for Africa, an in
crease of $4,000 over last year, and Il
was adopted
The apportionment for the whole OF
India was made 1884, 400. and $3.50 for
Malaysia, both of which are cuts Of
per cent. The other amounts appor-
toned were Germany. 81, 1888; Switzer-
land, 81 800, and Norway, 2,760, all of
which were reductions from last years
representations There was a platform
meeting this evening at which DR.. A. 3.
Leonard and Bishop W. F. MaIlalcu
delivered addresses on China, Japan
and CCTea''
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The SIOnacacy Moved.

WASHINGTON, Nov. Is. = The
United States cruiser Monacacy has
moved, after a year and three days
repose on the mud banks of the Pei Ho
river at Tien Tsin. A cablegram from
her commander, Lieutenant Rees, who
recently displaced Commander REFS
niger, in charge of this naval anamoly,
announced her successful navigation
as far as Tong Ku, 80 miles down the
river from her former habitation, and
she is now opposite the famed Taku
forts near the mouth of the river,
whence, if her recent expedition has
not developed strains, she NAV 70 +
easy stages as far as Shanghai for
the winter. Her cruise today was a
great surprise to the officials or the
department, who suppose her COM
mander undertook TO move the shin
as the result of a bet that the integrity
of her bottom was not wholly de-
pendent upon the fact that it rested on
the mud bed of the placid Pei Ho.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-11-14
TARIFF SPECULATION.
MUCH TALK, BUT LITTLE KNoWL-
EDGE Is SHOWN.
Party to Avoid an Extra Session
of the Fifty-ffth Congress.

NEW YORK, Nov. ia Sun special
from Washington says:
Speculation as TO the probability of
the enactment of tariff legislation at
the coming session of congress is COM
plcated somewhat by uncertainty as
TO the attitude of the Cleveland admin
istratlon toward the Dingley bill, if the
Republican senator's should succeed in
passing it.
1t is the general opinion among the
most shrewd and cOol-headed of the
administration officials, and the few
congressman who have been in Wash
ington since the election, that it would
be the part of wisdom for the Repub-
lican party 70 avoid an extra session
of the Fifty-fifth congress, if possible.
Senator Sherman hes struck the key
note of the Republican programme, IS
far as it can be controlled by The lead
ers, in advocating the passage of the
Dingley bill, and the abandonment Of
further attempts at tariff legislation
until the regular meeting OF the Fifty
fifth congress in 1897, or even later. Less
opposition TO the programme of the
Republican senators is expected from
the Democrats than from the Repub-
lican silver senators. Senator Morgan,
whose opinion as a leading Democratic
senator is certainly entitled to respect,
frankly says that so far as he is con-
cerned he is opposed to placing any
obstacles in the way of Republican tar
iff legislation. Senator Butler, the ablest
and mos. influential PoDulist in the
senate. says the same thing for his
party, and it is, therefore, from the
ranks of the most radical silver Re
publicdns that obstruction Will be
looked for. The tariff programme in
the senate may be still further COM
plicated by the fact that there is a
long list of important federal appoint
ments made by the president during
the recess that the administration viii
ask TO have confirmed. 1t will be very
easy, therefore. for the administration
to hold q threatened veto or approval
of the tariff bill over the heads of the
senators il order TO secure votes for
confirmation of is federal apoOintees
At present nothing definite is. known
as to the tariff programme of the COM
ing session, but there seems TO be no
doubt that the Republicans leaders
are of the opinion that i-rwill be the
policy of the Mckinley administration
to give the country time to recover
from .he recent financial disturbance
before plunging it into the uncertainty
of another tariff revision.
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With the return of cool weather hosts
of men and women who relied on their
summer vacation to make them strong
and we'll came home still tired, with
poor appetites and depressed by the
thought of the months of hard work
ahead.
Their overweight nerves and bodies
today demand something more than
a mere rest. Their blood needs to be
swept of it's impurities and the entire
nervous organization reinforced and
built up by a genuine invigorator be-
fore good appetite will wait on diges-
ton and health on both.
The bracing weather of November.
with facilitating summer past. and the
severity of winter not yet arrived, is
the very best time for recruiting the
strength and getting rid of disease.
Contrast the healthy, well-nourished
appearance Of. persons who have taken
Paine's celery compound with their
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feeds the nervous organism, so sleep
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kNDRADE HAPPY.
VenezueIans Feel Kindly Towards
the United States.


NEW YORK, Nov. 13-Senor Jose
Andrade, minister from Venezuela to
the United States. is at the Hotel Sa-
voy.
When asked by representative of
the United associated Presses if the
treaty or proposed agreement with
reference to the disputed territory
claimed by England had been submit
ted TO him, he said:
NO; it is not strictly correct to say
that. In fact, 1 am not sure that such
a treaty is yet in existence. In the
ordinary course it will be submitted to
my government for approval. The
published statement that the treaty
had been drawn and was brought here
by me is not correct. Neither have l
any intention of returning to Caracas
with the treaty.
There is much concerning the nego-
tiations that L cannot speak of, but 1
may say that VeneZuelas claim is
practically conceded. for all we asked
from the start was that the dispute be
referred to fair tribunal. Lord Sails
bury's recent announcement at the
lord mayors banquet, l believe, was
brought by President Cleveland's firm
stand and by the knowledge that the
American COMMISSION WOulu anu luuSl
render an adverse report"
What will be the effect of the agree
ment of England to clause requiring
80 years occupancy to make title TO
territory good?"
Il think it will shut England out of
the Orinoco country and the water
shed of the Cuyuni river and leave
her little of the disputed territory, ex .
cept, perhaps, the settlements be-
tween the Essequibo and the Pomeroon
rivers. OF course we Venezuelans feel
very grateful for the kind offices of the
United States and recognize it as a
friendly act. tending to uphold the
Monroe doctrine and in the interest of
justice.
After the findings of the tribunal are
made known, then must come a perma-
nent treaty between England and Ven
ezuela, which l expect will be realized
before the winter passes. OF these mat
tiers. however 1 am not at liberty to
speak"
Senior Andrade will remain in the
CITY for several DAYS.
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KNIGHTS OF l. BOZ.
Important Amendments Presented
ami Passed-Adjourned Sine Die.

ana Passed-AdjOurned Sine Die.
ROCHESTER,, n. Y. Nov. 1S.-The
only business of general interest trans
acted by the general assembly Of the
Knights OF Labor at the morning SIS
SION, was the passage OF an amend
meEt 70 the constitution, permitting the
organization of junior assemblies, to
which apprentices will be allowed MEM
bership.
The general assembly sat again this
afternoon. and u was not until 1870
o'clock THAI an adjournment was taken.
The law committee had the floor, and
several important constitutional
amendments We're presen-ed and
q;arsed. Considerable authority
wEaoh has hitherto been ex-
erc.Ssd by the executive board
w5s taken from it end as
suned by TIE general assembly. The
general assembly has the power TO
enforce the laws passed by the yearly
sessions Hereafter in the case of a
minor official being disqualified for
holding Office, &. temporary official Will
be caEed to fill his place, instead of
Caliing a like official from some other
dss,r[cf-
seoGaa 1O2 Of the constitution was
entirely stricken out This section was
feJLt-Ne ID tnS power Gu N-lS eAScuillNS
beard. Tee law comm iutee also adopted
resolutions covering the question Of old
ds2utct assembly No "a, OF Chicago.
wnioh was interested in the stock yards
Strike of several years ago
Resolutions have been passed to take.
legal steps 10 prevent the new order
termed a- thar time from usig,g the
name by witch II is known, and also to
compel i to refund the money and re-
411,-o tho tsooi5S- rT1aTfaT and -cfa1r.- O7-0p-
erty OF the disbanded assembly
On melton CT ]. 2. Schonfarber Of
Maryland. Delegate Dewey, formerly of
Detrcf,-, who was in had grace with
tire k.:gt.-s, is again eligible for mem
berSfliD.
The assembly then adjourned sine
Dis.