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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-05-15

the middle of the day and had GOT
down to 13 cents for July about II
O'clock Previous to that the huctua-
tons had been kept within the range
Of I33 and I4A. Closing cables re-
ported Liverpool from 1 to 1Ad. lower
for futures and steady to I'D. lower
for spot After declining to 73% it
was discovered that considerable cash
business had been done here for ship
ment east and at New York for ex-
port The quantity sold here was 230.-
coo bushels. 10000 bushels going east
by lake and the remainder in differ
ent directions by rail to country mills.
On that information the price recoy-
cred to 1874 and closed at 1915.
Up TO the close of change the ex-
port business reported done at New
York was 20 boatloadS
The leading futures ranged as follows:
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ANTI-ylvIsECTlON.
Important Bill introduced by Sena-
tor Gallinger

Washington. May 14.-Senator Cal
linger reported in the senate today,
the bill for the regulation of vivisec-
ton in the District of Columbia, unani-
mously adopted by the senate commit
tee of the District of Columbia, pro-
viding first. for the use of anaesthet-
les in all painful experiments on living
invertebrate animals, the so-called in
oculation experiments, tests of drugs
and medicines and cases of recovery
from surgical procedure being express
" exempted from this requirement;
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-05-15
On Wall Street.

New York, May 1.-THE market was
under steady and unremitting pressure
all day from one source or another, and
the result is a wide gap in the total
valuation of securities, compared with
the close yesterday. which it would re-
quire many millions of dollars to
bridge. The only cheerful factor in the
market was some small early buving
for foreign account which, however,
failed TO sustain values, and the ex-
ceptional strength of the Gould shares
The market was weak, however I'M
der vague apprehensions that there
would come news of new further heavy
shipments, and the bears made this an
effective instrument for keeping up the
depression. Before any notable rally
could occur. news was received that
the presidents of the anthracite coal
roads and companies had received sum-
monses from the attorney generals Of
flee at Albany to answer to charges OF
conspiracy under the new antitrust
laws. Marked heaviness developed as a,
result in all of the anthracite coa1ers
and in sympathy in the entire list, es-
pecially in the industrials which might
be proceeded against on the same
charge as that brought against the
coal companies. Sugar continued
heavy and declined rs. The railway
list generally sold off, the grangers
leading. but recovered a portion of the
loss before the close. The Gould shares
were notable exceptions TO the weak
ness on the market. Throughout the
balance of the list losses were general.
The closing was steady, the slight re-
covery being we'll held.
Trading was in small volume in the
railway and miscellaneous bond mar
ket with the frmness generally ap-
parent in the speculative issue. North
ern Pacific terminal, which had been
under pressure throughout the week
lost 5. The aggregate sales were $40,
600.
The features of the government bond
speculation was the purchase of
block of 5000, 900 of the new coupon
fours at a slight advance. The general
market also displayed a hardening
tendency.
The sales were S225, 600
Money on call easy at IL @1A per
cent. Prime mercantile paper S1aQ4
per cent. Sterling exchange steady
with actual business in bankers <ills
at 4.S7A 04S715 for demand and at
1864 "a. S615 for 60-days. Posted rates.
4.S764.SSQ4.SS1a. Commercial bills, 4.S5A
@4.S5%.
Mexican dollars Az. Government
bonds firm: state bonds dull. Railroad
bonds firm.
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Chicago Live Stock.

Chicago, May .-Cattle-Common to
good dressed beef steers sold at 1000
4.50. and shipping and export cattle sold
at 4.60G5.25; with fancy at 5.30G5.40.
Hogs-Sales We're made for the poor
est TO best at 3.45G3.S71k, the bulk of
the. sales at 3.S0@3.S5.
Sheep-Lambs sold at 3.O0035O for
the poorest up to 5.2565.40 for good to
choice Colorados. Sheep sold a 2.006
$50 for the poorest, to 4.65G4.S5 for
choice to prime natives. Westerns
largely at 4.00G4.50.
Receipts-Cattle, 1900; hogs, 1900;
sheep, 5000.
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ONLY at intervals?

San Francisco, May 14.-Robert S.
Chiffon of Washington, D. c., chief of
the consular bureau of the department
of state, is here He has just made a
tour Of inspection OF the American con-
sulates in Europe and the orient. and is
now on his way back to Washington,
after an absence of eight months.
Last evening, Mr. Chiffon said that
the consulates. like every federal Of
fee, needed Investigation at various
inf er-valS
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Kansas City Live Stock.

Kansas City. May 14.-Cattle-Re-
ceipts. 1000. Best grades steady: others
little weaker. Native steers. 350650 0
native cows and heifers. 22504 10:
stockers and feeders, 2.75G4.S0; bulls,
2006425.
Hogs-Receipts. $4,000; market weak
to sc lower. Bulk of sales. 360G3. 60:
hesvies. 3.55@3.65: packers, S5O@3 rs:
mixed, 3.6O@3.70; lights. 3.5063.70; York
ers, 3.65@3.7O: pigs, 2.O0@3.60
Sheep-Receipts, 5000 Market steady
to strong. Lambs 4.0065.10; muttons
2 0O64 6O
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-05-15
SPALDING'S NERVE.
President of the Failed Bank Asked
Too Much.

Chicago, May 14.-President G.. w.
Spalding of the failed Globe Savings
bank, who is under arrest on several
indictments for embezzlement, filed a
petition in Judge Balls circuit today,
asking for a change on the ground that
10 Of the circuit and SUPERIOR courts
judges who are ex-officio criminal court
judges were prejudiced against him.
Judge Ball was named as one of the
10. This leaves only four judges be-
fore whom SDalding is willing TO be
tried. The petition was opposed by
the states attorney on the ground that
the statutes only permit the swearing
to prejudice of two judges.
Judge Bail overruled Spalding's petit
ton. saying the petitioner asked too
much
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-05-15
Parcels Post Discussed.

Washington, May 14--Committee No. ?
OF the postal congress today considered
the parcels post questions, a matter with
which the United States has nothing 10
do except by separate conventions. A
number of countries talked the matter
over. but no significant action was taken.
This country's delegates took little inter-
est in the proceedings. The scheme for
receiving subscriptions for magazines and
newspapers already in operation in sew
oral countries also came up in the COM
general discussion. but the discussion took
no definite shape.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-05-15
Worse Than Whisky

Burlington. Ia, May 14-william
Watt and Charles Feierdaire. brick
yard employees. are near deaths door
from drinking embalming fluid Last
night a farmer named Branch came to
town for a coffin. He got drunk and
on his way home he and the coffin and
jug containing embalming fluid were
thrown from the wagon The brick
yard men rescued Branch and his cof-
fin. but secreted the jug. which they
supposed contained whisky.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-05-15
Omaha Live Stock.

Omaha. May Receipts.
24OO: market steady; native beef steers,
3.S004.s0; western steers, 3S004 20:
Texas steers. 3.5064.40: cows and
heifers. 3.0004.00: Gamers. 1.75@2. so:
stockers and feeders. 3.7564. 20: calves,
100000; bulls, stays. etc, 3.25G3.60
Hogs-Receipts. 4,50. Market SC lower:
heavy. 3.55M3.65; mixed. 3.6OG3. 6215 ::
light, 3.621a@ 1856; bulk of sales, 5000
365.
fair to choice natives. 41004 so: fair to
choice westerns, 3.80G430; common and
stock sheep, 3.OO@4.OO; lambs, 4.OO@5.25.
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London Finances.

New York. May 14.-The Evening
Posts London financial cablegram:
The delay in the agreement for an
armistice in the east has unsettled the
stock markets here and they closed dull
today at 2. general reaction. Money
is becoming slightly hard because of
the new loans. India today announced
a So. 600 21a per cent loan, the
minimum price of issue being 81. The
japanese loan will come next week.
The Paris and Berlin markets were
steady
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-05-15

Half a span of angry steer will
produce no more fatal results than a
neglected cold or cough. For all throat
and lung diseases, Ayers Cherry Pee
toral is the best remedy. 1t is inval-
liable in cases of Group. whooping
cough. bronchitis and la grippe.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-05-15

mentors by the district commissioners
except those who are duly authorized
officers of the government; third, for
the prohibition of vivisection in the
public schools. and in exhibitions for
the general public; fourth, for the in
spection of all places of experiment by
inspectors to be appointed by the presi
dent of the limited States
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-05-15
Lucania Breaks the Record

Queenstown, May 14.-The Cunard
line steamship Lucania, Captain Nc
Kay, which left New York Nav s..
cleared Sandy Hook lightship at 11:l5
a. m. that day. arrived here at 1924 a.
m. today after passage of five days,
fourteen hours and ffty-four minutes.
during which over the distance steam
ed, 1888 knots. she made the best time
on record-21.S knots per hour.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-05-15
LATEST DODGE OF
THEO. DURRANT
Alleged Confession by Convict
at San Quentin.
IF TRUE 1T WILL
CLEAR THE STUDENT
LITTLE STOCK, HOWEVER, IS
TAKEN IN THE STORY.

Durrant's Attorneys Make Elaborate
Arguments Before Governor Budd,
But it is Believed They Will
Have Little Weight = Alleged
Murderer is Merely Petty Thief,
With an Aptitude for Lying, and
a Genuine Case of wheels"
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Some Probable Changes.

Washington May 14.-Excellent author
:ty states that Judge Morrow, now on
the district bench in California. has been
decided upon to succeed Attorney General
Aicl<enna and judge of the Ninth circuit
court of appeals 1T is understood that
Judge Waymire will succeed Judge Nor
row
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-05-15
Will Press the Button.

Montreal, May Heterogeneous are
being perfected by which Queen Vic
toria will start the electric works of
the Hydraulic and Land company at
Lachine rapids on or about Jubilee day
This will be done by means of the At
lantic cable. the queen touching the
button at Windsor castle.
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Cash quotations were as follows:

IOuI--F III
Wheat-Spring. No. O. 74ss; No. spring,
nominal: No. red. 942s.
Corn-No. 2. 251sG253s.
Oats-No. 2. 1879; No. white, f. o. b.,
%: No 3 white. t. o. b.. 2l@22lS.
Rye-No. 2. 341z.
Barley-No. 2. nominal; No. 3. f. o. b..
2SQ32. No. f. o. b., Is.
Flax Seed-No. l, 773zG7slS.
Timothy-Prime seed. 2.S562.9o.
Mess Pork-Per barrel. $50
Lard-Per 100 pounds, 39013 92lH
Short Ribes- Sides doose). 4.55d4.75.
Shoulders-Dry sailed Cboxed). 5.0065. 25
Shore Clear sides-( Boxed. 50Od5. 1211.
Whisky-Distillers finished goods per
gallon. liz.
Sugar-Cut loaf, $50; granulated, Al
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-05-15
WILL STAND BY
THE WILSON BILL
Probable Action of Democrats of
the Senate.
G0RMAN WANTS
A SUBSTITUTE
HIS IDEAS ARE COMBATTED BY
MANY SENATORS.

Wilson Bill, They Say, While Not
Perfect, is a Democratic Measure,
and Can Easily Be Brought Up to
the Desired Standard-Tariff Had
Nothing to Do With the Late
Campaign, Which Was Fought on
Living Issues.
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The Treasury.

Washington. May 14-Today's state
ment of the condition of the treasury
shows:
Available cash balance, 1929, la, 726;
gold reserve. S1A756S.5l2
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Articles.
.ect.I Shin.
New York Produce.

New York, Nav 14.-Hops-Quiet
Petroleum-Dull.
Coffee-Opened quiet, changed to five
points lower; closed quiet. unchanged,
OF five points higher. Sales. $3.50 bags,
including May. $50; September, $50
Spot coffee-Rio, dull: No. I invoice
&c. jobbing. 81; cordova, 1112013A.
Sugar-RaW, steady; refined. firm.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-05-15
BANK CLEARINGS
SHOW A DECREASE
1t is rluch Smaller Than it Has
Been.
NEITHER DUN NOR BRAD
STREET AT ALL CHEERFUL

Wall Street Closes Steady-The Urea
sury- London Finances = Raw
Sugar Steady; Refined Firm
Western Live Stock Markets
New York Produce = Chicago
Produce-General Glimpses of the
Worlds Markets.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-05-15
Chicago Produce market.

Chicago. May LIN wheat the more
than indifference of Liverpool to the
cent per bushel advance here yes
terday caused weak opening.
The market began to weaken about
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-05-15
New Railroad Commenced.

Springfield, ILL.,, May 14.-Contractors
commenced the work of construction
today of the Peoria & ST. Louis railroad
from Sherman to Pekin.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-05-15

New York. May 1.-THE following table,
complied by Bradstreets shows the total
clearances at the principal cities, and the
percentage of increase or decrease. as
compared with the corresponding week
last year:
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Boston Quotations.

Boston. May 14.-Atchison. Topeka &
Santa Fe. 1OK: Bell Telephone. 23S;
Burlington, 1873 Mexican Central, ~
Oregon Short Line. 151s: San Diego, 9
Boston & Montana, 121M; Butte & Bos-
ton L.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-05-15
EARTHQUAKES at Reno.

Reno, New. May IA severe shock
of earthquake was felt here this even
ing about O'Clock, lasting several mo-
ments. The vibration was from north
to south
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-05-15

closes tonight with Mr.. Goodwin IN ''Da-
vid Garrfck. which. with Bob Acres In
The Rivals, has been one OF his big
gest successes the present season. The
play viii be preceded by The Silent Sys-
TEN. in which Miss Elliott does all the
talking, and Mr. GoodwinS entire part is
fantomime- 1t should be admirable
MISS Bateman, Mr. Edwards. Mr. Ross
and other players were prominent lead
ers OF the applause last night.
The Wright Huntington company has
invited Mr.. Goodwin and his company
70 attend the matinee of THE Idler'' this
afternoon, and the invitation has been
accepted The regular schedule of mat
NEE prices has been slightly advanced for
the Huntington engagement.
g q -
Yesterday afternoon the Goodwin COM
pany TOOK the train for Saltair and spent
an Hour amid the joys of that beautiful
resort Headed by Mr.. Goodwin. Mana
ger Burton and i. A. Wadleigh. the gem
tlemen OF the company took the saline
plunge and emerged in ecstacies. declar-
ing that the water could not have been
better Miss Elliott and the other ladies'
watched the gentlemen from the pavilion,
Derature was favorable for their ventur-
ing into the water.
Madame Genevra Johnstone Bishop is
expected 10 arrive from California this
evening. Tho chance of hearing this noted
singer in the tabernacle for 30 cents is
apt to be eagerly taken advantage of by
our music lovers and the public in gen
eral.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-05-15
A PROMINENT GERMAN
DR.. Irmer Visitor in Salt Lake
Yesterday.
IMPERIAL GOVERNOR OF THE
GERMAN PACIFIC POSSESSIONS
Ruled Over a Kingdom of Cannibals
With Whom Civilization Makes
But Slow Progress A Captive
Savage King.

DR.. George Timer. imperial governor of
all the German possessions in the Pacific
ocean. was the most distinguished per-
sonage entertained by Salt Lake City
yesterday. DR.. Timer arrived in San Fran
cisco last Wednesday from the Marshall
islands by the steamship China and is
now on his way to Berlin in obedience
10 the mandate of Kaiser William, whom,
it is understood. intends his Pacific rep
resentat;ve for 4 more important diplo
matte post.
DE- lrmer's powers in the jurisdiction
over which he has ruled for the past
three years have been despotic so far as
any appeal from his final decision was
concerned. His dominion has extended
during that time over the Marshall.
Brown and Pleasant islands. New Guinea.
New Britain and the Solomon isles. en-
tres and only several hundred whites.
For the purpose of enforcing his com
mands the men-of-war. Moewe. Fake and
BuSSart. have been stationed in those
waters, and were directed by Governor
inner. The rule of these possessions has
been wholly of a military nature since
their occupation by Germany. Besides
looking after the commercial and interior
business interests OF the colonies. the
governor is vested with judicial authority,
holding in his hands the lives and liber-
ties of both the white and brown subjects
OF the emperor. The temper of the exec
utive was soreiy tried in preserving peace
not only between the contending tribes.
but in protecting the lives of the few
great part of and touch at his dOmin-
ions.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-05-15
VIII visit the Quean.

London, May 1.-THE Duke and
Duchess Of Marlborough will visit
Queen Victoria today and will stop at
Windsor Castle.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-05-15
WARLIKE CANNIBALs.

DIR. Irmer gave a most interesting de-
scriDtiOn of the warlike KanakeeS that
make UP the native population. They are
more aboriginal in their customs than
any other South Sea savage. more than
1900 of these inhabiting the Solomon
and Pleasant groups of islands, being
cannibals with all the ferocious instincts
of the dusky skins so popularity described
by Defoe. only DR.. IrmerS flesh feasting
subjects were realities and not the dreams
of fiction Several times during his gov
eminent of the islands parties of white
traders have been captured on the Solo
The most notable instance of such hor-
r:ble atrocity happened during the pres
ent year. when four officers and seven
sailors of an Austrian man-ofwar land
ing for water supplies never returned to
the ship, while evidences of their fearful
fate were afterwards found some miles
inland from the shore. A curious feature
of cannibal tribes customs is the manner
In which victims are sacrificed to the ira
ditional triumph of these people. Prison
erS taken in war have their hearts cut
from their bodies and eaten by those
who captured them. 1t is believed that
the heart contains all of the virtues of
its Dossessor therefore the idea obtain
ing in devouring this portion of the body.
The finger joints are considered the chOic
est piecemeal and these are taken to sat
isfY connOIsseurs appetite for human
been punished by DIR. Timer, but he says
that It does no good. for the very APP
parent reason that morals are yet among
the ethical questions of civilization tile
comDrehended by the treacherouS Kan
akee.
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SENSIBLE AND DIGNIFIED.

He found Mataaffa a very sensible and
dignified man. appreciative of the kind
ness that has been shown him in his
captivity. but pines for the scenes of
home just as any cultured Napoleon
would have done on his St Helena An
odd circumstance was that of Mataaffa
and Governor Irmer sitting on board a
German man-o'-war. discussing European
politics over good cold stein of beer.
A class of Americans for whom Gov
ernor Timer has the utmost respect and
good will are the missionaries from the
Northern Methodist church. who have
their headquarters in the Marshall
islands at Kussai. They have done more
toward gaining the confidence of the ma
tives than all the breechloading rifles in
the world
Many of the most savage tribes have
become ChristianiZed through the efforts
of the missionaries and their work is not
only encouraged. but protected by the
governor who frequently acts in con-
junction with them political matters.
Six of Mataaffa's bodyguard are Catho-
lies. the Other six still Dreferring the
more picturesque forms of their fetisch
worship.
The only export from the island is the
finest quality of coDra in the world the
very heart of the cocoanut. 1t is used for
seasoning and chocolates. The two larg-
est firms engaged in the trade are a
company at Saint and Henderson &
Macfarlane. of Sydney Australia DR.
Irmer goes direct to Berlin to there pre-
sent himself to the emperor
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-05-15
NEW YORK MINING STOCKS.
sAN FRANCIsCO MINING sTocKs.

San Francisco. May 14.-The official
closing quotations for mining stocks to-
5aa- urere follows
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VERY PRIMITIVE COSTUMES.

An idea of their primitive state was
given by the governor who went on to
describe the ballet costumes worn by
the cannibals of the Solomon and
Pleasant islands. For the men it con-
sists of the simple fig leaf attire cele-
brated N Eden. Their sDouses wander
about just as they entered the world. In
the southern islands where the savages
are more accustomed to relationship with
Europeans. more clothing is worn, but
in all cases it is scant enough
Probably the most dramatic person with
whom the governor came in contact dur
ing an enforced study of strange con-
ditions was Mataaffa. the eXiled king of
Samoa. who. with a royal retinue of u
chieftains. is spending his imprisonment
in the Waisball islands under the guard
ianship of the governor.
The triangular alliance of America.
England and Germany. established a
protectorate over the Samoan group after
the war between Malateo and Mataaffa
was ended by the Punishment of the old
king and the recognition of MalateO.
Governor Irner was held responsible for
the safe keeping of the royal prisoner.
Constant intercourse with the dethroned
monarch gave the governor ample oD-
portunty TO become intimate with the
eX-king-
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DOMINION OF CANADA.

Totals United States. 81. o1S. 4O9. 400 1.
Exclusive of n. ". Az SOC. SOB $50 T.