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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-11-28
Worst Ever known.

Argyll. Mimi, Nov. 27.-The worst
blizzard ever known here has been
ragin-- for the past Sc hours Drifts in
the streets are as high as the build
ings alongside. Mail and freight trains
are a" tied ID. The storm shows no
signs OF abatement There may be a.
number of deaths reported later.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-11-28
Wants More Cavalry.

Madrid, Nov. 27.--General Weyler has
made urgent request for reinforcements
of cavalry, and they will sail for Cuba
in December. General Weyler returns
to province Pinar del Rio for the pur-
pose of renewing the campaign against
the insurgent forces of Maceo in that
province, which was begun under his
personal command a fortnight ago.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-11-28

Meager reports from the east last
night indicate that the storm, or rather
blizzard, which is prevailing is the
worst known in years. Traffic is sus-
pended and railway and Geographic
communication are almost shut off en-
tirely.
The following dispatches convey but
a brief idea of the situation:
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-11-28
For the second RouDa.

Havana. Nov. 27.--Caotain General
Weyler left Havana at 1890 o'clock
this morning for Mariel on board the
Le=aspi- He is accompanied by his
chief of staff and adjutant. Other men,
bers of the generals staff left Havana
by train this morning for Artemisa.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-11-28
wEYLER WAS WHIPPED.
Left n Thousand Dead on the Field
Troops DemOraiized.

New York. Nov 27--A Times special
from Key West says: It is now posi-
lively known in Havana that General
Weyler and his army have been de-
feated by Maceo and his forces in the
province Of Pinar del Rio. Full details
of the battle are lacking. but it is
k=.own to have been the fiercest and
most decisive of the revolution.
The battle was desperate and Gen.
eral Weyler, seeing his men were fight.
ing at a disadvantage and were being
slaughtered, ordered a retreat, leaving
ever a thousand dead and taking his
wounded with him. More than a thou,
sand wounded men reached Havana
Wednesday night and several train
loads are en- route.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-11-28

lucky last night have reached here.
One house was destroyed at Fulton
and considerable other damage done
there. A man and child are missing
from Kuttawba, Kentucky. 1t is be-
lieved they were blown into the Cum
berland river, and drowned The depot
was wrecked at Eddyville, the factory
blown down and the court house I'M
rooted
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-11-28
Train of Cattle Frozen.

Devils Lake, N. D.. Nov. PA train
lead of cattle are reported stuck in the
drift near Church's ferry and frozen
to death. The wires are down, for
bidding communication.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-11-28
TRAINS ARE BLoCKADED.
Severest Storm Since that OF Eight
Years Ago.

ST. Paul. Nov. 27.-The storm which
has been raging throughout the north
west for the past As hours is the sever
est that has visited this section since
the blizzard of Jan. II, 1888, in which
107 lives were lost. No lives are re-
ported lost in this storm, but there is
complete blockade of traffic in northern
Minnesota, North Dakota and portions
of South Dakota. Trains into st. Paul
from the west are from five TO ten
hours late or abandoned altogether 1t
is four degrees below zero here tonight
with a terrific north wind blowing
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-11-28
WIRES ALL DOWN.
Nebraska Lines in Very Bad Con-
difion.

Omaha, Nov 27.-An the roads
running west and northwest have been
busy for the last So hours getting up
telegraph wires and poles that went
down from the storm. The Elkhorn
was put in the worst plight of all.
-Four hundred poles were down.
The ST. Paul and Omaha wires are
all in bad shape near Sioux City and
Mankato, MINI. In a stretch of IS
miles the wires were broken in so
places, Il poles down and So cross
arms broken.
Since early Thursday morning there
has been no telegraphing over the
Union Pacific west OF Columbus. Six
hundred poles are down.
The Burlington has a great deal Of
trouble on its western wires.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-11-28
IDAHo's OFFICIAL VOTE.
Bryan Carried the State by Sixteen
Thousand Plurality.
Especial. to The Herald0

Especial to The Herald)
Boise City, Ida, Nov. 27.-The vote
of Idaho was canvassed today by the
state board Bryan, %, 1872; Mckinley,
1924 Bryan's majority, 1865. Prohi-
bition vote. 1S1. Congress, Dunn,
Democratic-Po pulist, 13,4S7; Borah,
silver Republican, 1854; Morrison, Re
publican, 6,O54: Gums plurality, 4,5OS
Governor, Stevenburg, Democrat
Populist and Silver Republican, %, 904 !;
Budlong, Republican. 6,411; Steunen-
berg's majority, 1858
The remainder OF the vote shows
pluraIities for the Democratic ticket all
the way through about the same as for
congressman. The vote on equal
suffrage amendment was: For, Il, 1875;
against, 6,2S2; majority for amendment,
, S44
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-11-28
LEE WILL GO TO CUBA.
He Is Anxious That a Change
Take Place.
CLEVELAND REALIZES SPAIN CAN
NOT END THE WAR.

Cubans viii Buy the Island If Spain
VIII SeIi-WeyIer Was Badly
Whipped-He Has Returned For
the Second Round at Pinar del
RiO-LateSt News From the Land
of the Single Star and Stripes.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-11-28
Mr.. HAYKEN TESTIFIES.
In Trial of Morris For Agreeing
TO Receive Bride.
SAYS PAID MORRIS $4,000
SIGNED CONTRACT TO PAY HIM 20
PER CEET RAKE OFF.

Had Nothing to Do With
It-Did Not Know What or Whom
He Meant by the Initials II. B. in
His Letter to His Firm-Lawyer
Adams of Chicago is Paid $50 n
Day and All Expenses For Com
ing to Testify-Got $500 on Ac-
count Before He Started.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-11-28
British Troops Fer America.

Halifax, N. s.. Nov. 27.-The Allen line
steamer Carthagenfan arrived today from
Liverpool with about SEQ British troops
on board. Three hundred men are for
the Berkshire regiment here and about
800 go to Bermuda and the balance to
Victoria. B.. C.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-11-28
BILLIARDS. IN THE EAST
Worst Cold Spell Experienced in
rIany Years.
WIRES DOWN AND RAILWAY TRAF-
FIG IMPEDED.

Train of Cattle Frozen in North Da-
hota-Nebrasl<a Suffering as n Re-
suit of the StOrm-Railroads Tied
Up and Business at a Standstill-
MeaSre Reports of the Ripsnort-
ing Spell of Weather.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-11-28
wEYLER's ARMY SICK.
Over Seventeen Thousand Now in
the Hospital.

Havana, Nov. A.--Nothing special has
been received today concerning the
statistics show that there are now 1870
soldiers sick in the various military hos
pitfalls. Out of this number LAS are suf-
fering with yellow fever. The mortality
IS said to be 16S per thousand. Eight
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-11-28
DIXON'S COLORS DOWN.
He Is No Longer the Worlds
Featherweight Champion.
BESTED IN TWENTY ROUNDS BY
FRANK ERNE.

Rafting Twenty-ROund Go Which
Was All Fight From Start to Fin
ish-BiIIy Gallagher Knocks Out
Harry Siater-ChicagO University
VIII Play No More-Races ut Vari-
Gus Points-Other News of the
Sporting World.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-11-28
Zero in Minnesota.

Fergus Falls, Mimi. Nov. 27.-Trains
are badly delayed. The mercury is at
zero. Business is suspended.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-11-28
High wind in Kentucky.

Paducah, KY, Nov. 27.-Owing to the
wires being down only meagre details
of the storm which swept west Ken
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-11-28

GaRtinued G. >e~> =
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-11-28

When this trouble began the witness
said Morris went to Chicago and got
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1896-12-16
LATER

Edward Hale, of London, won tho
six days bicycle race at Madison Square
Garden, New York, having ridden 1910
miles and laps.
Frank NJ Robinson, of the Cincin-
natl (O.,) Times-Star was sentenced to
Jail for 30 days for giving out the de-
cision of the Kentucky supreme court
in the Pearl Bryan murder case in adj
vance of the official announcement of
the decision by the court.
Information seemingly reliable re-
ceived the 18th, states that Maceo, the
Cuban general, was assassinated after
being betrayed. DR.. Zertucha, the
physician of Maceo. arranged a meet
ing between Weyler and Maceo to ne
gotiate for cessation of hostilities, and
while the Cubans were on their way to
the meeting they were surrounded and
shot.
The candle factory of the Standard
Oil Company, at Cleveland, was burned
the 18th. Loss $4,000.
Burglars attempted to rob the house
OF Perry Bristow, near Wooster, O.,
the night of the 18th, but were beaten
off by the housekeeper. Mrs. Alice Bax-
ter, who used lamp for a weapon.
During drunken quarrel at christ
ening at the home of William keenan,
at Chicago, the 18th, John Meehan.
godfather to the child, shot and killed
keenan,.
An explosion of acetyline gas in Lon
don, the 18th, killed George Isaac and
two assistants.
Two men attempted the 18th to hold
up the saloon of the Hotel LIE Grande
in Chicago. The bartender resisted
and was killed. No money was Sc
cured.
The negotiations between the United
States and Great Britain for treaty of
arbitration covering all questions be-
tween the two English-speeking ma
tons, present and future. has advanced
to stage of completeness far beyond
what the public has had reason to be-
lieve.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1896-12-16
REFORMS IN BANKING.
They Are Recommended in Comptroller
Eckels' Report.

They Are Recommended in Comptroller
Eckels' Report.
washington. Dec. 9.-Comptroller of the
Currency Eckels has considerable to say in
his annual report about financial strin-
gency and congestion, and he makes
remedial suggestions of interest Various
amendments to the national bank act look
ing TO giving relief are proposed by the
comptroller, among them the following:
That In places having q population of less
than 1900 Inhabitants national banks shall
be permitted. under regulations to be made
by the comptroller of the currency and an
proved by the secretary of the treasury.
to be organized with a capital stock of not
less than $4,000. and with a corresponding
reduction in the amount of bonds required
to be deposited with the treasurer OF the
United States
That national banks shall be permitted.
under such regulations and restrictions as
shall be made by the comptroller of the
the treasury. to establish branch banks In
towns and villages where no national ba nks
are established and where the population
does not exceed 1000 inha bitants: such
branch banks to have the right to receive
deposits, make loans and discounts and
buy and sell exchange but In no case to
be permitted to issue circulating notes
other than OF the parent bank.
In support of his recommendation for the
establishment of branch banks the comp
says. he construction placed upon
the national bank act as now in force by
the supreme court precludes the establish
ing and maintaining of branch banks under
it," and he continues: THE permitting
of branch banks would be the forming OF
agencies through which better trade dis
tributiOn of currency could and would be
made:" and further on in his report he
remarks that ''the time must come when
the banks shall be such agencies of distri-
button Of loanable capital as will make
credit everywhere equally available to the
extent to which those seeking 1t are just
ly entitled. So, too, must point be finally
reached when banks shall Issue all of the
credit currency of the country and stand
wholly responsible. instead of the govern
ment. for it's redemption in gold coin when-
ever and in whatever quantities pre-
sented."
Further on In his report the comptroller
remarks. "A policy in finance wrong in
principle never becomes right in practice.
The truth Of the statement is fully illus
trated by the course of the legal tender
treasury issues of the United States. They
have always been disturbing element in
business. and their current redemption a
continuing weakness and anxiety to The
treasury" He recommends that legisla-
ton by congress. based upon safe and pru-
dent lines. having in view the gradual
payment and cancellation of the credit
currency now maintained by the govern
ment and the issuance hereafter of all OF
such currency through the banks. with full
responsibility therefor placed upon them.
should be had at the very earliest prac-
ticable moment. The results which would
follow such enactments would be benef-
cial, and neither would monopoly be ere
ated nor favor shown thereby"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1896-12-16
Scott jackson to Hang.

Frankfort, Ivy, Dec. y.-The court OF
appeals has refused a new trial to Scott
Jackson, convicted of the murder OF
Pearl Bryan. The opinion of the court
covers also the appeal of the attorneys
for Alonzo Walling. The grounds for
the appeal were that the judge erred
in instructing, the sheriff erred in not
allowing admission except by ticket,
and that the evidence was insufficient.
The opinion was prepared by Judge
Hazelrigg. 1t now devolves on Gov.
Bradley to fix the day and hour for
the execution. There is said to be no
ground for carrying the case to the
United States court. and the governors
warrant for the execution of Scott
Jackson must issue. The law requires
a Judge, in sentencing a criminal, to
allow not more than 80 nor less than
20 days after sentence. The only re.
striction upon the governor is that he
shall not appoint day earlier than
was appointed by the court. The day
has already passed.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1896-12-16
Will Stay in the Field.

indianapolis, Ind, Dec. 1.-THE ma
tional executive committee of the ma
tional democratic party held its first
meeting since the election at the Bates
house in this city Thursday afternoon
and in the evening enjoyed little sup
per with Henry Watterson as the guest
of honor. The business of the after
noon was the auditing of the accounts
of the committee and discussing the
question of organization during the
next four years. The accounts were
found to be correct with balance left
in the treasury. 1t was decided to hold
the organization intact as it stands ana
to make an effort to extend it into states
where it had no footing in the last cam
raign as well as to make it more
thorough in those states where it was
active. Various subcommittee were
appointed.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1896-12-16
WILL FLOCK BY THEMSELVES.
Silver Senators Refuse to Join a Repub-
ucan Caucus.

Silver Senators Refuse to Join a Repub-
Hcan Caucus.
Washington, Dec. 9.-The republican
senatorial caucus did not accomplish
much Tuesday except to uncover the
unpleasant fact that the free silver con-
tingent is for the present determined
to flock by itself. Senator Dubois en-
phasized this point by resigning from
the secretaryship of the caucus and
from the steering committee, and his
colleagues, Senators Cannon, of Utah;
Mantle, of Montana, and Squire, OF
Washington, stayed away. Teller not
being in the city could not attend. Sen
ator Pettigrew was also absent.
Senator Dubois, through note adj
dressed TO Senator Sherman, chairman
of the caucus. resigned the secretary
ship of the caucus and his membership
On the steering committee. This may
be an indication of the proposed policy
of the free silver men to refrain from
hereafter atfiliating with their old-time
colleagues
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1896-12-16
PERSONAL AND POLITICAL.

Benjamin H. Williams, prominent
attorney of Buffalo, N. Y. and an ex-
congressman, died at the age of 66
years.
Col. W. B. McCreery, state treasurer of
Michigan in 1875 and United States con-
sui to Valparaiso, Chilli, for two years,
died at his home in Flint, aged 50
years.
The national republican committee
has selected the Glover building in
Washington as permanent headquar-
tiers.
John Wilbur died at his home near
Loyal. Wis.,, aged 1o5 years and IL
months.
The national executive committee of
the national democratic party at a
meeting in Indianapolis decided to re-
tain the organization.
The official vote for presidential can
didates in the late election in West Vir-
ginia was as follows: Mckinley, 1O4,-
414; Bryan, 92,927; lowering, 1903:
Palmer, CIT. McKinley's plurality, H.
4s7.
Gen. George W. Beal, member of the
board of control of the national SOL
diers' home and ex-state treasurer, died
at his home in Norway, Me-, aged II
years.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1896-12-16
AN ILL-FATED VESSEL.
Steamer Goes Down with Two Hun
dred and Seventy Five Lives.
Disaster Occurs on the Southwest Coast
OF Coruna = Boat Driven on the
CerrubedO Rocks A Sue
cesSiOn of Mishaps.

Vigo, Spain, Dec. 1.-THE North Ger
man Lloyd steamer Salier is total loss
Off Coruna. All hands are drowned.
She carried 210 passengers and crew
of IS men. The Salier's passengers
consisted of 113 Russians, 35 Galicians,
81 Spaniards and one German, mostly
in the steerage. The Salier was bound
from Bremen to Buenos Ayres, via
Coruna and Villagariea. The Corfu
bedo rocks, on which the ship was lost,
are situated off the southwest coast Of
Coruna and should have been given O
wide berth before the steamer headed
eastward, and then in northeasterly
direction for the bay leading up to Viii
lagariea How she ma8aged to be in
that perilous position is inexplicable to
navigators.
The loss of the Salier is another of
the series of disasters that have at
tended the fortunes of the North Ger
nan Lloyd Steamship company. 1t
calls to mind the frightful loss of life
that occurred early in the morning OF
January 30, 1895, when the steamer
Elbe, belonging to that company, was
run into in the North sea and sank by
the British steamship Craythie. OF the
BIZ passengers on board the Elbe all
were lost except %, most of whom were
members of the crew.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1896-12-16
Daughter of Ambassadors Uhl Married.

Berlin, Dec. 1o.-The civil marriage
of Miss Lucy Toilet Uhl, daughter of
United States Ambassador Uhl, to Mr..
Guy v. Thompson, of Yale university,
took place before the civil registrar in
Gethiner strasse at 1880 o'clock
Wednesday. Only the couple, with Mr..
j. B. jackson. secretary of the Ameri-
can embassy, were present. The re-
ligious ceremony took place at the resi-
dence of Ambassador Uhl at seven
o'clock in the evening.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1896-12-16
DOMESTIC.

The fire losses of the United States
and Canada for the month of Ncyem-
Der amount to $5,21l,SOO, against S.
$4,000 during the same time last year.
In his annual report to congress
James FL. Eckels, comptroller of the
currency, takes firm stand for the re-
tirement of the greenbacks. At the
present time there are 3,679 national
banks in existence with a total capital
of S650,O14,S95. The total amount of
circulating notes outstanding October
81 was 1924, 553.SO7. Receivers were ap-
pointed during the year for q banks
and 81 went into voluntary liquidation.
Willis A. Meyers department store in
Milwaukee, known as the Boston store,
was seized by the sheriff, with Liabilities
of 100000.
At Frankfort, KY, the court of APP
peals refused a new trial to Scott jack
son and Alonzo Walling, convicted of
the murder OF Pearl Bryan and SEN
fenced to be hanged.
An earthquake shock at Dunbar, Pa,
and surrounding towns gave the peo-
pie great fright.
Jules Soule, editor of the Biloxi Re-
view, was shot and killed at Biloxi,
Miss, by j. II. Miller, editor of the Biloxi
Herald. A newspaper article was the
cause.
Abraham Eckert, in Jail at Wilkes.
barre, Pa, for the murder of Fred
erick t. Bittcnbender, took poison in
bis cell and died just a few moments
before he was to have been hanged.
The Andrews Packing company, the
largest packing house in Pueblo, Col,
failed for 100000.
Postmaster General Wilson in his an
nual report quotes figures which show
excess of expenditures over receipts of
$3,127,0SS for the last fiscal year, which,
however, is decrease in deficiency of
$1,679,956, as compared with the previ-
Gus fiscal year. He estimates a def
cheney in the revenues of the depart
ment for 1897 of $3.472,419, and for
1898 of $1.2ss.334.
The factory of the Michigan Pipe
company, manufacturers of wooden
pipe of all kinds, was destroyed by fire
at Bay City, the loss being 100000.
Nearly the entire business portion of
Chester, Ark. was destroyed by fire.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1896-12-16
FOREIGN.

1t was stated in positive terms by the
Spanish authorities that Antonio
Maceo, the great insurgent leader and
the heart and soul OF the Cuban cause,
had been killed in Havana province
after having effected the passage of the
western trocha, near Mariel.
During the last regular bull-fghting
season in Spain 1918 bulls and 5000
horses were killed.
In the eight government military
hospitals in Havana there are over 49,
900 sick and wounded Spanish soldiers.
The Chinese government has issued
instructions to the viceroys and gov
ernors througout the empire to estab-
lish schools for teaching the English
language.
The English ship British Peer was
wrecked in Saldanba bay. South Africa,
and IA persons persisted.
Alfred Noble, the inventor of nitro
glycerin, died at San Reno, Italy.
BY the sinking of the North German
Lloyd steamer Salier off Corunas Ger
rubedo 275 people were lost. OF this
number 210 were passengers and 65
members Of the crew.
A large building collapsed at Jerez
de la Frontera. Spain, burying over 100
persons.
Capt. Gen. Weyler returned to Havana
and was warmly welcomed.