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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-11-24
THE o. Il. & \.
Reorganization Completed and De-
livery of New Securities.

livery Of New Securities.
New York. Nov. 23-The reorganiza-
ton of the Oregon Railway & Naviga-
ton company has been completed and
the company has announced the deliv-
cry of the new securities. Under the
plan of reorganization the company is
authorized to issue S24, 500, 900 4 per cent
mortgage bonds due in 1916; 81 900, 900
4 per cent. preferred stock and S24 000,-
900 common stock. OF the 4 per cent
consolidated bonds there will be issued
S15. ZOO for holders of consolidated
bonds as collateral trust bonds of the
old company. OF the remainder $780,
600 will be retained for the retirement
of the remaining 81, 100000 of 3 per cent.
mortgage bonds of the Oregon Rail-
way q Navigation company; 81 LOG, 900
for bettermentS and terminals at the
rate of not more than $3.50 600 per an
mum, and $780, 900 for new construc-
ton at the rate of 800. 900 per mile The
fixed charges of the new company
will be about $685.. ZOO. The ST. OOO. 900 of
preferred stock with the exception of a
small amount remaining in the hands
of the new company will be issued to
holders of the consolidated bonds and
of collateral trust bonds of the old
company and to stockholders of the
old company who have paid the assess
ment which stockholders will also re-
ceive new common stock, dollar for
dollar for their holdings. Both the pre-
ferred and common stock are put in
trust under voting trust agreement
and the central trust company's certifi-
Gates are issued therefor.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-11-24

A telephone message was received
last evening from Eureka stating that
a gang of bad men struck the town
yesterday afternoon, and that after
holding up a butcher and a ranchers
boy, one of their number was captured
by a deputy sheriff who had TO shoot
has man before he would be taken.
The details given of the affair were
very meagre. They were to the effect
that there were three men in the gang,
and that when they were going into
Eureka, they passed a slaughter house
in which the butcher was at the time
engaged in killing. They demanded
mutton and being refused took a shot
at the butcher and made him give up.
Later they encountered q rancher's
boy and held him UP. What was Sc
cured if anything, the message did not
state. The boy reported the hOldup
and Deputy Sheriff Henroid started in
pursuit. He overlook one OF the gang
and ordered him TO stop. In reply the
fellow drew his gun and fired at the
deputy. The shot went wild and the
deputy who was armed with a Win
chester, returned the fire, shooting the
man through both thighs. The fellow
dropped but continued firing at the
deputy till his gun was empty. None
of the bullets took effect and he was
then taken in.
The man refused to give any name
but from the description which was fur
nished the police here, the officers
are confident two of the men are the
highWaymen who have been operating
in Salt Lake as the dress, size and
other details of the description cor
respond with that furnished of the men
who held up Mr.. Kidder last Friday
night. No one was able to give a
description of the third party.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-11-24
A Schilling & Company
San Francisco

ton of the first mortgage bonds as it
brings to the support of the first mort
gage a new and sustaining element.
The interest on the first mortgage
bonds is not in default. the coupon
due June l last having been paid in
full, with interest. The company is
in default in payment of its sinking
fund.- which sinking fund is largely
the cause of its present embarrassment
and is also in default in the interest on
its consolidated bonds. The RolSton
committee even though they become
the holders of % per cent of the first
mortgage bonds said to be on deposit
with the Waterbury committee would
not consent to take advantage of that
fact in order to sacrifice the holders
of consolidated bonds and common
stock and have neither the willingness
nor the desire to have the company
sold solely in the interest of the first
mortgage bonds and thus wipe out
the consolidated bonds and common
stock. Neither would it be wisdom on
the part of the first mortgage bond
holders to consent to such plan, as
il would Throw upon them the neces-
sity of providing funds for the neces-
sa,; repairs and betterments.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-11-24
90 -
UTAH MANS INVENTION.
The Colt Automatic Gun Ordered Inv
the Navy.

from Shooting and Fishing, of October
=; The ordering of the Colt Auton,a tic
gum Browning patent, by the United
states navy, has recently been announced
rms arm Is a very ingenious piece of
mechanism. It seems to be between .
shoulder gun and a field piece, and we
sit alA II VIII claim the attention of the
IlleLlah Wherever he sees it 1t belongs
70 the class of ordnance known as ranid-
nrlnS gums the trigger is pressed and Tho
nIlnS begins. and continues until the pres
sure on the trigger is released or the
ammunition exhausted
me Cot automatic gun was among the
NUMBER submitted for trial ar the gov,
eIuLneht proving grounds at Indian Head
III response TO call from the bureau of
ordnance, United States navy for guns
Oh TINS type taking the new .236 navy
cartridge. navy
The trial was very severe one. There
was a rapidity test; firing with dummy
cartridges IN belt at intervals. showing
the shortest possible time these could he
removed from gun and firing continued;
accuracy test at 800 and LOCO yards: dis
mounting and assembling showing the
shortest possible time in which this could
ne done and, finally, the endurance test,
which consisted of continuous firing for.
eight consecutive minutes
The Colt gun was the only one that was
not disabled, and as soon as the trial Uac
concluded an order for so of these guns
was given for the navy. At the same
time other competitors were told that so
days would be given them TO produce
gun superior TO the Colt gun. The time
elapsed without such a result being at
tanned. On September o. nine months
after the conclusion of the first trial, in
stead of 90 days, two competitive com
panles, the Maxim and Hatchkiss, pre-
scented their guns for trial This LAPSE
of time was of great advantage to them.
as the naval .236 cartridge was much bet
ter understood and improved but with
these advantages one gun after repeated
trials, was only able to fire lO0 shots in
one minute and 81 seconds, and in the
endurance test of eight minutes was dis
abled after firing 241 shots. The second
gun only fired 100 shots in "a seconds. but
firing % shots
During the trial of these two guns the
Colt company presented a gun for ac-
ceptance. With this arm 400 shots were
fired in SIS seconds, being - seconds less
time than allowed. This gun was then
nred for endurance, and with the exceD-
ton of three stoppages caused by defec-
tive ammunition, fired Pill shots.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-11-24
OREGON IMPROVEMENT COMPANY
Details of the Plan For Reorgan-
izatiOn Made Public

New York, Nov. 23.-The plan for the
reorganization of the Oregon Improve
ment company. put out under the au-
spices of the Farmers Loan & Trust
company by a committee consisting of
r. S. Rolston, II. Amy and Henry K
McHarg, provided less money to be
derived from assessments on the con-
solidated bonds preferred and common
stock than the Waterbury committees
plan by about 100000. This is done
for the reason that such an additional
call is quite unnecessary at the pres
ent time, as the assessment provided
by the Rolston plan is sufficient for
the needs of the company for long
time to come and any additional pur-
chases and betterments should be left
to the new company to stand and pro-
vide for as the wisdom of heir officers
and directors may determine. The ex-
animation of a second mortgage is an
act of justice to the holders of con-
solidated bonds and common stock, in
that it provides them with security
for the good money which they adj
vanced in the improvement of the Sc
curity of the first mortgage lien. Such
second mortgage issued for value,
at the face of the bonds and such
value placed in betterments upon the
property, greatly benefits the condi-
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-11-24
WALKERS WITHDRAWAL.
VIII Probably Retire From the Joint
Traffic Association.

New York, Nov 2S.-The Times to-
morrow will say:
The rumor that w. P. Walker, Jr.,
representative of the Cleveland, Gin
cinnati st. Louis & Chicago and Chesa-
peake & Ohio Railway companies, is
about to be Withdrawn from joint traf-
fic association through President In
gals, seems to have some foundation.
Mr. Walkers place in the association
will be filed by some other officers of
the Ingalls, system. 1t has been known
for some time that the Chesapeake &
Ohio and the Big Four systems were
in close competition with the Southern
system, formerly the Richmond & Dan
vile system, the Louisville & Nash
vile, the Southern Pacific and few
other lines in the matter of freight for
export and import. Mr.. Walker was
formerly manager of the export and
import business of the Cleveland, Gin
cinnati, Chicago & St. Louis road and
the Chesapeake & Ohio. Walker gave
up the charge of the export and i'm
port business of the ingalls, system
and it is understood that this class of
business has fallen off to such an eX-
tent that Mr.. ingalls, considers it ne
cessary TO take immediate steps to re-
cover some of it.
At the offices of the joint traffic asso-
citation it was said today that nothing
had been heard there about the with
draWal of Mr.. Walker.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-11-24
FOOL KILLER NEEDED.
should Immediately Go to Corning
New York.

Corning, n. Y, Nov. 23.-Spicer Berry,
retired business man and a large real
estate owner, was the victim of an old
time swindle of the tinbox and three
cad trick today. For several days. a
well-dressed man has been trying to
arrange for the purchase of one of
Berry's farms at Canton, near here.
Today the supposed land purchaser
and Berry started out to drive to the
farm. They met a poorly dressed man.
who said he was from the south and
had lost sum of money at cards in
this place last night. The southerner
did not mourn much, as he displayed a,
large roll of bill. and had money in
every pocket He began to show the
three-card trick at which he lost his
moneylast evening. The welI-dressed
swindler and Berry became interested
and the former bet So with the second
stranger, which he won. Then he sug-
gested to Berry that they play for a.
stake of $4,000. of which the we'll
dressed stranger was TO furnish 81 200
and Berry $500. Berry consented. ami
came to the city and drew the money
from the bank. They returned and
found the poorly-dressed stranger wait
ing for them The money was placed in
a tin box and the stranger said he
would have to go to Elmira to get the
$500. Both of the swindlers consented
to allow Berry to take care Of the bOx
and they started. off. When Berry
opened the box he found it contained
nothing but a stone and some paper-
Berry made considerable of his money
digging gold in California.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-11-24

New York, Nov. 23-Frank P. Slavin
! of Australia wound up his career of
defeat in this country by quitting in
the fourth round of his battle with
Bob Armstrong of Chicago before the
Union Park Athletic club tonight.
Armstrong was by no means a star,
and If Slavin had been a good second
rater he could have disposed of the
colored man. The Australian has seen
his best days, and was by no means
entitled to make the demand he did
before he went on. Having signed for
a percentage, he was dissatisfied with
the house and endeavored to back out.
Hugh McWinters of this city and Andy
Watson of Boston, both colored, boxed
ten rounds at 1S5 pounds in the opening
bout. McWinters won.
Patsy Broderick of Providence and
Jack Madden of Brooklyn were the
next pair. They went ten rounds at 112
pounds, and were very evenly matched
during the first six, but in the seventh
and eighth rounds Broderick cut loose
and punched his man hard. They
mixed things up at short range in the
ninth, and the honors were even. In
the tenth both landed hard lefts, but
Broderick was a bit the stronger when
the bell rang. The referee decided the
bout a draw
Rumors of a disagreement about the
principal go then grew rife. 1t ap-
peared that Slavin and Armstrong had
signed articles to box for a percentage,
but that Slavin was not satisfied with
the size of the house, and at first fatty
refused to go on. Armstrong ex-
pressed himself as ready to box. After
arguments, some of the Australians
friends induced him TO stick to his
agreement, and he entered the ring at
1:15, where Armstrong had been wait
ing for him nearly Is minutes. They
shook hands at 11:20. Armstrong
weighed 1S5 and Slavin lis pounds. Sam
{. Austin was referee.
Round 1.-After a moments fiddling,
Slavin led with the left, but was
stopped and countered on the mouth.
Every time Slavin tried to land he was
stopped by Armstrong; left. The
colored man put a right on the body
and left on the neck and sent his man
TO the Soor with a right on the neck.
Armstrong punched the Australian
right and left, and had him against the
ropes when the bell rang
Round 2-Armstrong shot his long
LETT to the jaw, and easily avoided
FRANKS awkward rushes. Armstrong
rushed and forced Slavin against the
ropes. punching him. while the referee
seemed unable to break the men. At
-0'' DSiHS separated, they went at it
hammer and tongs, clinching all over
the ring. Slavin landed his right hard
on the jaw. and both were in distress
when the bell rang.
Round 3-Slavins rushed, but got one
IN the neck from Armstrong's right
Slavln was groggy, but fought back
gamely. Armstrong swung right and
IeIt on the jaw. and Frank clinched to
save himself Slavin then came in with
a couple of hard rights on neck and
Jaw, and Armstrong was groggy when !
the bell rang.
Round Armstrong opened with a
lelt on the nose, bringing blood. Slayin
got IN hard body blow. but a left on
.ne neck sent him to the floor He got
up and showed his left three tin1ee 80
the Negroes wind. Armstrong than
landed some terrific punches and |
SlaVln threw up his hands and quit sf- /
Ter TWO minutes and 56 seconds.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-11-24
Railroad Notes.

]. S. Taliaferro, ir,. Union Pacific
agent at Green River. is in the city.
Frank Higginbotham. cashier of the
Salt Lake 6, Mercur railI DAD at Mer-
cur. accompanied by his wife, is in the
city.
w H. Firth, general western agent
of the Rock Island and T. J. Clark,
travelling passenger agent for the same
line. were in the city yesterday. Both
make headquarters at Denver.
General Freight Agent w. E. Hahn
Of the Rio Grande Western. returned
home yesterday from Kansas City,
where he went last week to attend the
meeting of the trans4AIissouri freight
rate committee. vG rr
The Rio Grande Western has an
nounced its holiday rates. They will
be one fare for the round trip between
all stations. The selling dates will be
Dec. "a % and 81, Jan. 1, and tickets
will be limited to the 4th.
The Union Pacific viii run special
miners excursions to both Tintic and
Mercur on Thanksgiving day. The
Mercur excursion will go by The regular
train leaving the city at 7:40 a. m.
The fare viii Re s225 for the round
trip. The Tint c excursion will leave
at she same tine and. the rate will be
81 for the round trip Both are ex-
pected to be heavily Datronized.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-11-24

Chicago, Nov. 23.-Western railroads
cific an assurance that Dec. l, it will
join them in a reduction of commits
sions on California immigrant business
to a normal basis. For months there
has been no profit in this class of
transportation because of the excessive
commissions paid, amounting in some
cases to SIG a ticket. The Canadian
lines have also expressed their infen-
ton of doing the same. This will mean
a gain all around of about $40 ticket
on all immigrant traffic to California,
the normal commission being So. A new
agreement respecting excess baggage
carried by theatrical companies has
been adopted by the Western associa-
ton lines through the efforts of Chair
man Caldwell
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-11-24
AT BLENHEIM PALACE.
Fetes In Honor of the Prince and
Princess of Wales.

London, Nov. 23.-The Prince and
Princess of Wales came to Woodstock
this evening to pay a visit to the Duke
and Duchess of Marlborough at Blen-
helm palace. Their royal highnesses
were accompanied by their daughters,
Princess Victoria of Wales and Prin-
cess Maude of Denmark, and Prince
Charles of Denmark, husband of Prln-
cess Maude. The special train with
the royal visitors was met by the Duke
of Marlborough, who was awaiting at
the station. A large crowd of people
assembled outside The royal party
was greeted with cheers as they made
their way to the carriage, in which
they We're driven to Blenheim palace.
The carriages were escorted by the
mayor and the town council on foot
and the Woodstock fire brigade acted
as a guard of honor, marching behind
the carriages TO the gates of Blenheim
park. The Prince and Princess of
Wales were enthusiastically cheered by
the people who lined the roadway.
Among the guests other than those of
the royal party were Lady Randolph
Churchill and Mr.. and Mrs. George N.
Curzon.
The town of Woodstock was beauti-
fully decorated with flags, banners and
friumphal arches in their honor. The
Prince and Princess of Wales and the
other guests will remain a week, dur
ing which time there will be a success
sion of fetes, torchlight professions,
etc. In addition to this the prince will
making shooting excursions into the
Blenheim game preserves daily.
Owing to the recent death in New
York of Mrs. w. II. Vanderbilt, grand
mother of the Duchess of Marlborough,
the annual county ball will be aband-
oned, but public celebra tons will con-
tinue throughout the week, including
grand reception given by the Duchess
of Marlborough on Friday, at which
most of the leading aristocrats will
assemble
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-11-24
..Pirates OF Penzance-.

When the Pirates Of Penzance" is
presented at the theatre or Thanks
giving night, Friday night and the
Saturday matinee of this week. for the
benefit of the Young Ladies Aid So
ciety. the public will wake to the fact
that IL has been treated 10 one of the
most artistic performances ever given
by local talent and than Salt Lake CITY
las once more demonstrated its seem
lngiy ineXhaustfble capAcity for pro-
dIelng new ana surprisingly excellent
vocal ans fistrionic talent. Last night
s1here was a full orchestra rehearsal
and others follow tonight and eomor-
row night.
The subscription sale is unprece-
dented, even for the Young Ladies' Aid
society and when the box office opens
at 10 this morning, there viii be the
usual sight Of an old time string of
BOYS waiting for a chance at the hox
Office
All Of the opening night will be sold
out by Wednesday evening from pres
cit Indications
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-11-24

AMERICAN LIBERTY
Chauncey VI. Depew Gives His Idea
of 1t.

of 1t.
Montpelier, VT, Nov. 23-The ami
versary exercises of the Vermont So
ciety Sons of the Revolution We're held
in Armory hall this morning, the chief
feature being an grafton by Chauncey
NJ. Depew. At the amory, fully 1900
people assembled, including delegations
from Burlington, Rutland ST. Adams
and other places. The exercises
opened with prayer. Ex-Governor Dill
bingham then. after a felicitOus ad-
dress, introduced Mr.. Depew Mr.. De-
pew devoted the major portion of his
remarks to a sketch of the colonial his
tory of the Green Mountain state, its
part in the evolutionary war, with the
many gloious incidents like Benning-
ton, Ticondera and Crownpoint, until in
1871 Vermont added another star to the
flag of the union. Then, after an elo-
quent eXtolment of the principles of
our government, and the duties of
patriotic societies to educate the people.
he said: THE shifting standard of
value is not American. A paternal
government is not American. Any effort
to array the people into classes when
employers and employees are con-
stantly changing places is not Ameri-
can. An assault upon the independence
of the judiciary is not American. Amer
lean liberty is the liberty of law and
ORDER He concluded:
Gentlemen, let us learn and teach
the principles upon which our govern
ment has grown to its great and bene-
fetal proportions; let us enforce the
lesson that American liberty is the
preservation of American opportunity
for every man to rise above the con-
dition in which was born and to re-
cieve the full fuit in honors from his
ri nd
his country of the results which have
come'to him by his talents, his indus
try, his wisdom. his prudence. his
thrift and his good citizenship
A reception was given Mr.. Depew. af-
ter the exercises.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-11-24
HARRISON Is ROBBED.
Ex-President UndergOes New Ex-
perience.

Indianapolis, Nov. 2S.-General Har-
rison was made the victim of a burglar
tonight, and the gold watch that Mrs.
Harrison has carried for years is
among the missing valuables, The
work was done by a porch-climber dur
ing the early part of the evening,
while the servants were out. and Gen
eral and Mrs. Harrison were entertain
ing ex-Attorney- General Miller, who
had dropped in for a call When they
went to retire about 10 o'clock. Mrs
Harrison missed the watch, which had
been lying on her dresser and her
purse was found lying open with
small amount of change missing. Cen
eral Harrison began an investigation
AID found that an entrance had heen
forced from the roof of the veranda
above $he front door into his study up
stairs by Drying the lock from the
window. The thief had eventually
gone from this. room across the. hall to
Mrs. HarriSonS room
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-11-24

her maids are rich. She was describing
one who was a breaker Of china AT last
she broke three things in one day. So
L said TO her: You are i'll, Jane, you want
some castor oil. The maid started and
was astonished. Your hand shakes, you
want some castor oil, Jane The maid
took IL as joke and grinned. But, when
bedtime came, the upper maid was duly
summoned. Jane IS i'll and wants some
castor oil; came with me, and 1 will give
II out for her. Mrs - appeared
at the bedside with a quite inaexible de-
termination, explained that Jane was i'll
and did want castor oil and must take
it. She did take it, and no breakage oc-
Cured from that time to- don't know
when"
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-11-24
SANTA FEE RECE1vERsHIP.
Motion to Remand Taken Under Adj
visement by Judge Foster.

Topeka, Nov. 23.-United States
Judge Foster has taken under advise
ment the motion to remand the Santa
Fe railroad receivership case to the
Jefferson county district and will de-
eide the point tomorrow morning. If
he holds that the case belongs in the
federal court it will probably come up
Immediately on its merits. The at
torneys for the Santa Fe have filed
about 80 affidavits and dispositions
showing that the suit was brought for
the sole purpose of shammering down
stocks and specializing therein. The
principal affidavit is by Judge ]. B.
Johnson, of Topeka, who was special
master in the original Santa Fe fore
closure suit. He testified that Judge
Henry Keeler, who instigated the suit,
told him the details of the scheme and
wanted him to go in on the deal, which
he refused to do.