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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-05-28
HAVEnEYER ACQUITTED.
Certainly, I Am Satisfied With the
Verdict Saws the Sugar King.

Washington, May 27.-"Certainly
am satisfied with the verdict said H
o. Havemeyer a few minutes after the
jury had returned verdict of not
guilty this afternoon. The verdict.
he continued. ought to be satisfactory
TO every decent man in this and every
other community" That was the only
expression the president of the Ameri-
can Sugar Refining company would
make on the result of his trial
The conclusion of the trial was alb
rupt.
When the government rested its case
yesterday the defense moved that the
court instruct the jury TO order an ac-
quittal on six grounds. the principal
one of which was that the committee
did not have jurisdiction and that the
one asked was not pertinent. This
morning the district attorney made a
valiant attempt to induce the presid-
ing judge to overrule the motion, but
the court, after taking an hour and a
half to weigh the arguments, sustained
the motion. In rendering his decision.
which was very lengthy and consumed
over an hour in its delivery. Judge
Bradley declined to rule on the main
question as to the jurisdiction of the
senate committee. He said the ques-
tons involved in that proposition We're
of such grave Importance that ne
would not rule on that point without
further and more careful examination
But he held it was unnecessary to
rule on the main contention.
Practically he sustained the motion
upon the single ground that the CUES
ton calling for data as to state and
local contributions demanded infor-
nation not within the knowledge of
the witness. which he had testified he
had no personal knowledge Of, and
which. if given at all, must have been
procured from books. and of which the
books themselves were the best testi-
mony. Although the verdict of NOT
guilty was given by the jury, it was
a verdict returned under the courts
decision and amounted practically to
the judges throwing the case out of
court Mr.. Havemeyers attorneys
were naturally much elated over their
victory.
This ends the case forever" said
Mr.. johnson of Philadelphia, Mr.. Hav-
emeyer's chief counsel.
The case of John E. Searles. the sec
rotary of the Sugar trust. who was in
dicted with Mr. Havemeyer for re-
cusancy. will be called tomorrow.
District Attorney Davis, who will
likewise conduct this case for the gov
eminent, SAYS that the cases are not
analogous and that the Searles case
could not be dismissed on the same
ground. because Mr.. Searles declined to
answer questions of which he presum-
ably had knowledge. But in the Searles
case it is probable that the main con-
tention as to jurisdiction and imper-
tinency will be raised and Judge
Bradley will be compelled TO rule upon
it. as he today announced he would
when it was raised as the direct issue.
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| The paint Paragraph led 10 some de-
hate. Mr. Aldrich stated that the in
crease was justified as a measure of
protection to the American paint max
ers.
NJ. Vest answered that the export
of SSS0.e00 worth of paint refuted the
claim with producers needed more pro
( lection. The paragraph was agreed TO,
however. without vote
On lead litharge Mr. Vest moved an
amendment TO reduce the duty from 27s
TO IL, which was disagreed TO, with
out division.
Mr., Aldrich offered a committee
amendment to increase chlorate of pot
ash from to 21s This was resisted by
Mr.. Vest, who said the article was re-
quired in manufacturing cotton goods.
He made a general plea against tax
ing raw materials
Mr. Plat of Connecticut said the
change was designed TO free the United
States from dependence on the United
Alkali trust of England and to encour-
age an American company which pro-
poses to utilize the power of Niagara
Falls.
Mr.. Callinger said this had started a
New American industry, just as the tin
plate duty had started a new industry
You can build UP anything if you
only give subsidy enough" declared
Mr.. Gray: you can grow oranges I'M
der glass in New Hampshire"
When Mr. Caffery opposed an in
crease on potash Mr.. Gallinger re-
marked that it was justified on the
same grounds as bounty to Louisiana
sugar producers.
Mr. Caffery responded that a duty
on sugar was the keystone of the Dem
ocratic arch of tariff for revenue, and
he declared that the sugar bounty of
1890 had been 'demoralizing and de-
bauching gift"
THE senator and his people were the
benefciaries of the gift interposed
Mr.. Gear.
There was a proverb. Mr.. Caffery
said, not TO look a gift horse in the
mouth. But he insisted that duty
on sugar rather than a bounty was the
ideal measure of protection.
Eir. Aldricfs amendment increasing
the rate on cillorate of potassium to
2i5 cents was agreed to-yeas, So;
nays. %. Messrs. Jones, Stewart and
Cannon voted with the Republicans.
and Harris of Kansas. Heitfeld and
Kyle with the Democrats.
The committee amendments were
agreed to on ochre. orange. mineral.
red lead, varnishes. vermillion red.
white lead. oxide OF zinc paints. acetate
of lead caustic potash and prussate of
potash.
The following paragraph went over:
Fourteen-Coal tar dyes.
STANDARDIZATION
wenty-two-Gelatin glue.
Thirty-e ight-Olive oil.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES.
Fifty-Ultramarine blue.
F'ifty-eig ht-Phosphorous.
At $40 D. m. Mr.. Aldrich said that
in view of the good progress made he
would ask to have the bill laid aside
Up 10 that time paragraph IS, rellting
10 potash, had been disposed of. The
senate held a brief executive session
and then adjourned
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-05-28
II Impressed the Sultan.

Berlin. May 27.-According to a dis
natch 10 the Frankfort Zeitung from
6,onstantinople Count MuTaviesf- the
Russian foreign minister, told the
Turkish ambassador at St Petersburg
that Turkey must renounce ner I'M
nossible claim to annex Thessaly- He
added that in his opinion the claim
had only been advanced to prolong the
negotiations or as a pretext for renew
ing the war. which Europe would on
no account permit Inis statement so
imnressed the sultan that he has been
making special efforts to restore friend
lv relations with England, and to this
end orderei the whole palace encourage
TO attend the garden party given at
the English embassy in honor of the
queens birthday
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-05-28
SILVER REPUBLICANS.
State Conference in Session at Colu1n-
bus, Ohio.

Columbus. o.. May 27.-The state
conference of silver Republicans called
by Provisional State Chairman Davies
of Findlay, under instructions from
National Provisional Chairman C. A.
Towne, of Minnesota. met in the board
of trade auditorium at II a. m. with
DR.. Spencer Garwood of Milford Cen
ter in the chair and about 100 persons
in the audience. Allen w Thurman
of this city, Democratic candidate for
governor, and General A J. Warner
of Marietta. were among those present
The morning was devoted to the ap-
pointment of committees and speeches
There was a lively discussion at the
afternoon session over a resolution in
troduced declaring in favor of re-
organizing the Republican party Some
of the delegates thought this was
presumption on the part of the con-
ference not warranted by the numer-
ical strength OF the free silver Repub-
hcans and it was voted down. A reso-
luton was adopted providing for the
organization of a state central commit
tee and giving it authority to decide
whether an independent ticket should
be nominated or the candidates on
some other ticket indorsed
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-05-28

FL Paso. Tex, May 27.-The headgate of
the large canal running through the
southern part of the city and the levee
separating the canal from the river gave
way at 2:S0 o'clock this afternoon and the
water came through in torrents. in
undating the Santa Fe freight yards and
half q mile further south flowed in be-
hind the main temporary levee erected in
the past week to hold back the water
which has settled itself to height of
from six to ten feet on the southern river
front. A general alarm was sent out by
the fire department and all the assistance
possible was given to those in the midst
of the flood. Some 70 residences situated
between the Santa Fe freight yards and
the canal on the river front were in
undated within half an hour after the
break, but nearly everything movable was
carried to high ground. A new levee is
now being constructed for a distance of
two miles along Fourth street to hold the
water back and turn ii again into the
river. A great many houses are filled with
refugees, but there are yet fully 200
families sheterless, these families are
encam0ed along the edge of the Mesa on
the north side of the city. The outlook
tonight is by no means reassuring and
there is much anxiety that the water may
not be gotten under control.
At 10 o'clock tonight the food had
broken through the second levee on
Fourth street and the waters had ad
vanced to Second street, causing several
hundred more poor families to flee from
their homes. There will be over 400 home
less families on the streets of FL Paso
tonight. and a large number OF them are
without food. as they are laboring people
who have been fighting the flood instead
of earning bread for the past Is days. The
water is running into the county Jail and
around the Texas & Pacific depot. The
river is reported falling
At 1879 o'clock tonight the water broke
through the reserve levee on Fourth
street and now covers one-half of the
city. Destruction 10 property will be i'm
mense- Every available man and
vehicle is occupied in moving families and
household goods to high ground. The
business portion of the city may be in
vaded before morning.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-05-28
THE HERALD BULLETIN
PACE ONE.

PAGE ONE.
Disastrous Railway Collision.
Peary's Proposed Expedition.
Floods at Ell Paso.
Senate and the Tariff Bill.
PAGE TWO.
General Sporting News.
Railway Pooling Bill.
PAGE THREE.
In the Mining World.
The Donnellan Guardianship.
PAGE FOUR.
Editorial.
PAGE FIVE.
Text Book Convention.
The Women's Federation.
PAGE SIX.
News From Nearby Towns.
The Markets of the World.
PAGE SEVEN.
Butch Cassiday's Gang at Work.
PAGE EIGHT.
Some Living Pioneers.
Rejected Love Causes Suicide.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-05-28

Washington. May 27.-The senate
made good progress on the tariff bill
today. disposing of about ten pages.
Several votes were taken. the finance
committee being sustained in each case
by majorities varying from TO Is.
The drug schedule was under discus
sion, and the debate was largely tech
nical. Occasionally. however. it
branched off to general phases of tariff
although at no time during the day
was there a speech of more than Ave
minutes duration Before taking up
the tariff bill, the final conference re-
port on the sundry civil bill was agreed
to, including the provision suspending
until March l next, the executive or
der creating extensive forest reserva-
items
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-05-28
Will Fight the Bell Hello. :,

Chicago. May 27.ANearly 100 repre-
sentatives of independent telephone
companies throughout the central and
western states arrived in Chicago to-
day for the purpose of participating
in convention called for the purpose
of forming an organization to fight the
Bell Telephone company The purpose
Of the convention is to effect a national
organization of all the independent
telephone companies in the United
States 10 combat the Bell Telephone
company and to protect the smaller
exchanges against any action that
might be taken in the courts by the
Bell company in reference to the recent
Berliner decision by the United States
supreme court
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-05-28
A Fresh Downpour.

Denver. May. ga special to the News
from Santa Fe. n. II. says: A rise of
eight inches in the Rio Grande is re-
ported from the Colorado line today. and
it had been running continually over the
Rio Grande watershed north Of this city
all day. The prospects are that fresh
flood carrying from one 10 two feet more
water than is now flowing has started to-
ward Ell Paso tonight. The rainfall at
Santa Fee for the past month has been
nearl- four inches or about three times
the normal supply. Dispatches tonight
report fresh down pour all day along the
Colorado line This will serve to increase
TIE freshets already flowing in the Rio
Grande tributaries at Chamita the river
i-as reached the highest point known in
ten years and in Espanola valley the cur
rent is a quarter of a mile wide.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-05-28
WOUNDED BROUGHT HERE.
Placed in st. Marks Hospital For
Treatment.

The news Of the latest Oregon Short
Line wreck AT American Falls had
barely become the mouthpiece of gos-
sip about the streets yesterday after
noon when a special train came TO an
abrupt stop a. the siding on Fifth
North, and the ambulance of st. Mark S
reinforced by the police patrol began
hauling some Of the victims of the dis
aster 10 st. Marks hospital. The un-
loading Of the injured was made at
the siding to avoid a great crowd that
had gathered at the depot 10 see the
special arrive. As it was, persons who
happened 10 be in the vicinity of Fifth
North were treated to the unusual
spectacle of eight grooming men,
swathed in blankets. all lifted gingerly
from the coach and carried TO the wait
ing conveyances. These were driven
without delay to the hospital, where
Chief Surgeon Pinkerton and Assistant
Surgeons Worthfngton and Critchlow
Of the Short Line, Surgeons Behie and
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-05-28
AWFUL RAILWAY
COLLISION
Nine Men Killed Outright and
Eight Seriously In
jured.
AT AMERICAN FALLS DEPOT
A fiead-end Collision Between
Freight and Passenger
Trains.
AT AMERICAN FALLS DEPOT

Passenger From Portland
Standing at the Station Crashed
Into by a Freight Running at
Fifty Miles an Hour-The Engines
Converted Into Scrap Iron and the
Cars Piled Up in Debris-The Air
Brakes Would Not Work and the
Engineer Lost Control of the En-
gine-Station House Demolished
List of Dead and Injured-The
Latter Brought to Salt Lake and
Placed in st. Marks Hospital
Engineer Heckman's Graphic Ac-
count of the Accident.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-05-28
United Mine Workers.

Pittsburg. May 27.-The national execu-
tive board of the United Mine Workers of
America have decided TO order general
strike throughout Pennsylvania Ohio and
West Virginia, to secure the 50 cent rate
for mining. The order is expected TO be
i, the hands of the workmen within a
very few days
More than $1,000 miners will be affected
bv the order. and a desperate struggle
between the men and operators will re-
suit.
The order. il is said. has been decided
on because of the fact that Is of the large
coal companies in the Pittsburg district
have secured control of all the lake front
dockage.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-05-28
1ns,,rance People kick.

Fort Scott. Kan. May 81 r. Lord.
assistant superintendent of the Metro
politan Insurance company, which state
Insurance Commissioner McNan has
to1a1- received a letter from Nice-DreSi-
dent Fisk. of the New York office. in
structing him to disregard McNalls order
and continue in business The letter as
serts that McNalrs action IS absolutely
,vithout authority of law Counsel for
the insurance company is said TO be en-
route from New York to act in opposition
to McNall and protect the company 5
representatives in Kansas
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-05-28
Met a Very Strange Death.

Cincinnati, o.. May 27.-George A.
Duey. who has been connected with the
Associated Press here and at Denver. San
Francisco and other places for many
years, was killed tonight in n most
peculiar manner by Policeman Amos
Booth An alarm of burglars had been
given. calling Booth to the place Duey
was en- route home at the time and re-
fused to halt when the officer shot him
dead, mistaking him for one of the
burglars who made their escape Duey
had recently been employed in Chicago
and was here visiting his parents His
brother IS the chief operator of the As
Snciaff.d Press
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-05-28
Unitarians in Session

Boston. May 27.-The anniversary
meetings of the Unitarian denomina-
ton were continued today, beginning
with a devotional service in Kings
chapel at a. m. The annual meeting
of the Young Peoples Religious union
was held in the Arlington street
church. The most important business
was the report of DR.. Horton, favOring
the bringing. together of the two young
peoples societies OF the Unitarian and
UniversaHst denominations 1t met
with warm approval
Rev. Thomas Van Ness was elected
president for the ensuing year.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-05-28
COMFY A TRAMP"
Run Over and Killed at China Point,
idaho.
Especial to The Herald.j

Dubois, Ida, May IA young I'M
known man was run over and killed by
freight train at China Point, u miles
north, at 5 o'clock this morning. He.
with five others. was stealing a ride
The grade at this point is very steep
and the train was barely moving. One
of the brakemen ordered the tramps to
get off. Five of them complied. but the
sixth man. who was riding on the truss
rods, did not make any movement. The
other tramps charge that the brake
man threw a rock at him, hitting him
in the head. causing him to fall upon
the rails, the whole train passing over
him. There was nothing upon the holy
by which it could be identified. but he
had told his fellow travellers that he
was from Pana Ills
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-05-28
UNITED BRETHREN.
Long Legal Controversy Is Settled
by Judge Taft.

Toledo. O.. May 27.-The long legal
controversy among the members of
the Church of United Brethren in
Christ was settled today by Judge
Taft, who filed a memorandum for a
decree in the United States district
court The trouble arose over a certain
election of church officers on which two
factions divided. The liberal element
won and the other faction went TO law
to Gust the liberals and gain possession
of the church property.
In his memorandum Judge Taft saws
the real question in the case is:
Which party is the church? He finds
that sufficient notice of election was
given, and as all similar cases have
been decided in favor of the parties
comparing to the respondents in this
case and who are generally known as
the liberals" he holds that they le-
gally are the church, and therefore are
lawfully in possession of the property,
and lawfully discharging the obIiga-
tons of their trust.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-05-28
EarthQuake at Rutland

Rutland, VT, May pa slight
earthquake shock was felt throughout
the state tonight. Buildings trembled
perceptibly. At Bellows Falls and Bur-
lington the jar was felt twice. The
earthquake was more violent north of
here. being felt distinctly al Plattsburg
and at Montreal. 1t extended as far
south as Fort Edward, n. Y. No dam
age was done
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-05-28
Leonidas scooTev's Record.

San Francisco, May 27.-Leonidas
Scooffey. who on Tuesday attempted
10 kill Howe Totten. young lawyer
of Washington. D. c., is well known
and well connected in this city. He
is a brother of Mrs. Henry E. Highton
and Mrs. Moratio Nelson Cook of this
city and Miss Ida ScOoffey of New
York. Leonidas is an old and only son
and is graduate Of st. Mary's col
lege. His father, Peter Scooffey, made
a fortune in Lower California and
Mexico. after his death his widow and
family Spending much time in Europe.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-05-28
Civil Service Promotion Plan.

Detroit, May 27.-The convention of
the Amalgamated association today
adopted a civil service plan of promo
ton, as prepared by special commit
tee. The place covers every grade of
work in the metal trades. 1t renders
the matter of promotion in the mills
very simple. Another advance of i2lh
per cent for the shearmen was allowed
in the tin plate schedule today in ad-
dition to yesterdays. viz: 10 per cent
for rolling 1215 for heating, 10 for
doubling The sheet iron scale was
advanced Is per cent today
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-05-28
Even Convicts Strike.

San Quentin Prison. Cal. May ~
Seven hundred convicts comprising the
lutte mill force rebelled at the prison to-
day and refused to resume work unless an
Improvement in the menu were promised
The warden and Prison Director Wilkins
invests ted the food question and pro-
nounced the complaint without cause. The
prisoners still refusing TO work all of the
rebellous 200 were ordered placed in
solitary confinement on bread and water.
u-tH they agreed to conform to prison
rules.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-05-28
Consolidation of Pension Agencies

washington. May ZI-President Nc
Kinley has under consideration and
shortly will act upon a report submit
ted by Commissioner of Pensions Ev-
ans on the consolidation of pension
agencies ordered by President Cleve-
land shortly before the change of ad-
ministration. The report recommends
a complete revocation of the order
Sept. was fixed as the date for Presi-
dent Cleveland's order TO take place.
There is no doubt but the order of
revocation viii be promulgated within
a few weeks.
Commissioner Evans says that prob
ably all the pension agencies will be
consolidated into one in this city some
time in the future. but there is no ne
cessity for such action at this time
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-05-28
Foster and the Seals

London. Nay 27.-The Daily Chron-
icle says that Mr.. John W. Foster. the
American commissioner on the seal
question, will remain in London for a
few days only, and then go direct to
ST. Petersburg
With Ambassador Hay and Mr..
Henry White. secretary of the legation.
Mr. Foster paid a number of official
visits yesterday, among them visits TO
the foreign offices and to the French
and Russian embassies
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-05-28
Nominations Confirmed.

Washington. May 27.-The senate in
executive session today confirmed the
following nominations:
Edwin H. Conger of Iowa to be min
lister to Brazil; Charles Burdette Hart
of West Virginia to be minister to Co.
lombia; Assistant Engineer D. E. Dis
mukes to be passed assistant engineer
in the navy
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-05-28
GREAT FLOOD AT
Ell PAS0, TEXAS
Seventy-Five Residences Are
Now Under Water.
SANTA FE FREIGHT
YARDS In THE SWIM
MANY HOUSES ARE ALREADY
FILLED WITH REFUGEES.

Fully Four Hundred Families, How
ever, Are Shelterless, and Sorely
in Need of Aid-Outlook Is Any
thing But Reassuring-Fresh
Downpour of Rain Will Increase
the Freshets-Already Flowing
Into the Tributaries of the Rio
Grande.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-05-28
LIEUTENANT PEARY
OUTLINES HIS PLANS
Extensive Arrangements For His
Proposed Expedition.
PRELIMINARY
WORK BEING DONE
HAS GREAT CONFIDENCE IN THE
ESQUIMAUx.

As to the Main Expedition, He Has
But Little to Say-Will Take But
Few White Men With Him-Ev-
erything Will Be in Readiness to
Make the Final Dash For the Pole
at the Precise Moment When the
Conditions Are Most Favorable.
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johnson, the Bank Wrecker.

Indianapolis, Ind. May 27-It was
the intention to arraign John F. john
son. the Logansport bank wrecker, in
Judge Bakers court today. but the
plan was changed and he will plead to-
morrow at o'clock.