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The herald., 1897-02-02

law gave him a look of recognition and
said to Lane: You are the chap who
played detective and threw me down"
He was confronted by Sayers yesterday
and without Sayers having said word
Taylor said he knew him (Sayers) or else
his brother Later Sayers saw Rattle
snake Bill" again and said to him:
George, do you want to go back with
me?'
The prisoner replied: IT would as soon
go back with you as any one, but II you
treat me as bad as your brother did
you will have a scrap on your hands
right or"
This is considered damaging admis-
sion, for the brother of Sayres referred
to helped to run Taylor down for the
Meeks murders. Thomas Crookshanks
of Visalia. who knew Taylor twelve
years ago and has only seen him once
since, commented on the stature of the
prisoner, who, he says, is somewhat
shorter than the Missouri outlaw.
The herald., 1897-02-02
LABORERS' RIGHTS.
An Incompetent Foreman Renders the
Employer Liable for Damages.

SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 1.-The su-
preme court today affirmed the judg-
ment of the lower court in damage suit
where it was shown that a foreman
placed over the men working around a
pile-driver was incompetent, in that he
was not careful of the safety of the men
under him. This is the case where Will
lam Matchews sued John c. Bull, jr.,
the contractor who was putting in the
jetties to Humboldt bay. Mathews was
warned to look out for the hammer Of
the pile-driver while placing cap on
pile. but before he could remove his
hand the weight dropped on signal from
the foreman, and Mathews Iand had to
be amputated in consequence.
The court holds that as Bull had been
warned of the incompetency of the fore
man and did not remove him, that he
was guilty The plaintiff securkd
verdict Of $500.
The herald., 1897-02-02
DEPRESSED CHINESE.
New Year Without Firecrackers Is No
New Year at All.

SAN FRANCISCO. Feb. 1.-The Chi
nese new year in the local Mongoliafi
colony is a gloomy festival today. No
firecrackers are being discharged, the
edict of the chief of police positively
forbidding any noisy demonstration The
streets of Chinatown are filed with
policemen, who have made many ar
rests among groups of suspicious look
ing characters. The vigilance of the
police has had depressing effect upon
the Chinese, and although business in
the quarter is suspended. no festivities
are in progress. The police hope the
Chinese holidays will pass without out
breaks of lawlessness.
Wing Sing and Chin Poy, charged with
the murder of Little Pete,' the Chi
nese merchant were arraigned in the
police court today. Their trial will be-
gin on Saturday. Special counsel en-
ployed by the Chinese widow will act
with the prosecution.
The herald., 1897-02-02
JORDAN'S VIEWS
The Orthodox Ministers Are Expected
to Express Interest

BERKELEY, Feb. 1-Dr. David Starr
Jordan has declared that revivals are
species of insanity or moral drunken
ness rather than the result of change
of heart. This startling statement was
made by the president Of Stanford uni
versity in the course of lecture deliv-
cred at Berkeley yesterday under the
auspices of the Unitarian society. His
audience which filled Stiles hall, was
composed largely of members of the
university faculty and students, but
even these eXponents of advanced
thought were rather startled at the en-
phatic views expressed by the head OF
the Palo Alto institution and a decided
furore was predicted when the report of
his utterances reaches the orthodox
ministry.
The herald., 1897-02-02
SOME DOUBT FELT
AS to the Identity of the Alleged Mis-
souri, Murderer

HANFORD, Feb. 1.-While admitting
that there is possible doubt regarding
the identity Of the man arrested here on
Friday as George Taylor. the Missouri
murderer and outlaw, the authorities
are morally certain that they have made
no mistake. The prisoner calls himself
"Rattlesnaks Bill" and has been iden-
titled positively by Lane the Mssou-
rian, who knew him from his childhood
up to 1895, and was at his trial. At the
arrest altar haine hnnAaaaA>>a th~->.A-
The herald., 1897-02-02
A FATAL FORD.
Hugh Mcmillan Drowned While Cross
ing the Santa Paula River.

SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. IA special
from Ventura states that Hugh McMil-
Ian agent for the Western Transit COM
pany at Chicago, was drowned today
in Santa Paula creek.
Mr. McMilan had been or a visit to
his ranch in the Ojai valley, where Mrs.
Mcmillan is spending the winter. He
was driving to Santa Paula, where he
intended to take the train for Chicago.
Santa Paula creek has a quicksand
bed and recent rains had made fording
the stream dangerous. The carriage
was overturned in the middle of the
stream and though the driver escaped,
he was uIable to render any assistance
to Mr.. Mcmillan. The body was recoy-
cred
The herald., 1897-02-02
GOVERNMENT FINANCES.
A Five Million Dollar Deficit for the
Month of January.

WASHINGTON, Feb 1.-The compar-
ative statement of the government re-
ceipts and expenditures sho]s the total
receipts during January to haze been
$24 1886 994, and the expenditures $50, 2G9. =
3S9. This leaves a deficit for the month
of $5952, 395, and for the seven months of
the present fiscal year a deficit CT $4S.-
Sj4,7 1872. The deficit for the same seven
months of last year was $lS,6S6,377
The receipts from customs during the
last seven mS1ths amounted to $11 .276.-
Sl4, falling off Of over S. 100, 600 as com
pared with January, 1896 There was
also slight falling off in the receipts
from internal revenue.
The herald., 1897-02-02
IT MAY BE DUNHAM.

BUTTE, Mont. Feb. IA special to
the Miner from Deer Lodge says a man
giving his name as M NJ Jones, but sup
posed to be James M. Durham. the mur-
dAnAs IL Santa. Clara county. Cal. was
The herald., 1897-02-02

arrested there today. He first admit
ted knowing Durham, but later denied
1t. He answers the descriptions of the
murderer, even to droop OF one OF his
eyelids. The arrest was made by Dep
uty Sheriff Gleason and ex-Deputy Car
ter
The herald., 1897-02-02

There are undelivered messages at the
Western Union telegraph ofiice, corner
of Spring and First streets, for the fol-
lowing persons: DR.. r. g. Preshaw. Hon.
w. e. Hall, Mrt S.lR. Sprecher. c. w.
Hines, VIM. B. Mershon, John Mathewe
W. T. Smith
The herald., 1897-02-02
IN THE SENATE
Not Enough Members Present for the
Transaction of Business

SACRAMENTO, Feb. 1.-The senate
met at 80 o'clock and took a recess un-
til pm. On reconvening it was dis
covered that too small a quota of sena-
tors was present for the transaction OF
business of Importance, and adjourn
ment was taken until tomorrow.
The legislative committees which have
been junketing in the south returned at
$50 o'clock this afternoon.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-05-07
IDAHO.

c. A. Hastings. the retiring post
master at Harpster. RENTED s40.98 in
settlement Of his account with the
government He was at once notified
that he owed the government SAL, and
unless settlement was made immedi-
ateIy. demand would be made upon
his sureties. He rhereupon saved his
bondsmen from disaster by renting
. cents more.
In the Freel murder trial at Mount
ain Home, Mrs. Kensler, the widow of
the murdered man, who is charged
with completely in the crime, testified
that Free shot Kensler while the lat
ter was asleep in his bed.
Harold Lewis of Philadelphia, one Of
the stockholders Of the Twin Springs
company, died at the Anderson camp
of spotted fever Monday night
John Campbell, an inmate of the Sol
diers' home, had his right leg amputa-
ted above the knee last Tuesday. The
knee was injured during the war and
had got into such a condition that it
was necessary to take off the limb.
The Caldwell Record is authority for
the announcement that a Jersey heifer.
three days less than a year old. gave
birth to a healthy calf weighing 30
pounds. The mother is doing nicely
and her progeny is as spry as a
cricket"
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-05-07
MONTANA.

Hammond Hardy. a self-confessed
safe cracker, was discharged at Butte,
as he pleaded not guilty at the trial and
his own admissions could not be used
against him.
The federal grand jury is, severely
criticised for ignoring the so-called
bank cases at Helena.
Anaconda has two police forces. The
new mayor suspended nearly all the
old policemen and appointed their sue
c,-ssors, but the council refused to con-
firm his action, and both sets of Off
GERS are on duty.
Contractors are bidding on the Gay
lord and Twin bridges extension of the
North Pacific, which is to be built this
summer.
A. p Gillian, prominent business
man of Boulder was thrown from a
horse last week and received fatal in
juries-
The coal mines at Sand Conlee will
lie abandoned and new mines opened
up at Stockett, 90 miles distant, where
better coal has been found.
Anaconda Standard: The prospects
for Montana'S famous racing carnival
have never been nearly so bright as
they are this spring. and everything
indicates that this years Butte and
Anaconda meetings Will be by far the
most successful that have ever been
held. These favorable indications are
based upon cold. hard facts, and that
they viii fail of realization is as I'M
likely as anything that could be I'M
a=ined
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-05-07
ARIZONA.

The Republicans carried the city cleo
ton at Phoenix last Tuesday. the may
orally candidate, J. c. Adams, being
elected by a majority of 1s5. Mr.. Adams
is the proprietor of the Adams MOTEL
and came to Phoenix two years ago
from Chicago. During a Democratic
meeting on the city plaza. the Demo-
cratic candidate for mayor, w. T.
Smith, was assaulted by j. l.. B. Alex
ander, generally considered the Demo-
cratic leader of the territory. This
came through an accusation by Alex
ander that Smith was a Cleveland gold
bug. The lie was passed and Smith
was somewhat punished in the fight
that followed.
By the neglect of the last legislature
ing murder cases in the new law defin-
ing the degrees of murder, eight MUIR
derers awaiting trial in this territory
Will probably escape the death penalty.
The fact has just become known in the
trial of Augustin ChacOn at Solomon
vile before District Judge Rouse. His
crime was committed under the old
statutory law, which defined and pun
ished murder. The new law passed by
the last Legislature repealed the old
law and failed to provide for pending
cases. The best lawyers in the terri
tory now disagree as to whether Au-
gustin Chacon and seven other MUIR
dererS whose crimes were committed
under the old law can be tried for
murder in the second degree or merely
manSlaughter.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-05-07

Paris, May 6.-With the exception of
socialist newspapers the whole press
associates itself with the profound sor-
row which has overtaken the upper
classes of French society The papers
point out that the responsibility for the
fearful fire at the charity bazaar must
be fixed. They reproach the prefecture
of police for not having taken proper
precautions. The government has or
dered all subsidized theaters to be
closed until Saturday, as a mark of re-
spect for the dead.
To the list of victims must be added
the names of Mile. de Chevilly and Vic
countess De Avenai, who Succumbed
to their injuries.
The report that Countess Castellaine,
formerly Miss Anna Gould, was among
the missing, is pure invention. The
CaStellaines were not even in the VI
cinity of the fire.
General Maunier, who was severely
burned, died a noon today Only flVe
bodies remain unidentified.
It is stated that Mile. De l.. (name
not given in full according TO custom
of French newspapers. the daughter
of a well known colonel. visited the
Due d'Vendome. the son of D'Alencon,
yesterday and repeated a conversation
she had with the Duchess D'Alencon
Just before the catastrophe
Mile De l.. spoke of the courageous
conduct of her royal highness after the
fire broke out and continued:
Il was talking TO the duchess IN
front of the stall where | was assisting
when ] heard a cry of fire and i'm
mediaIely said to the duchess. Let US
60. madame come at once.
THE duchess replied: oh, not yet;
let us give the visitors time TO get
outside
Il saw the crowd rush for the exits
and the flames spread around us. While
drops of burning tar fell upon us. |
took the duchess by the waist and was
dragging her away. | repeated on
must come. madame.
I dragged her a few PAGES. but with
a brusque movement she released her-
self. saying: No, no, l will remain.
LAS / was suffocating and the flames
had already reached up l was COM
PEELED to abandon her
She stood motionless, then took a
few steps toward her stalls, her eyes
uplifted to heaven as though seeing
visions. and that was the last l saw
of her"
The remains of the Duchess d'Alen-
con were placed in a coffin this after
noon in the presence of Prince Louis
and Prince Ferdinand of Bavaria,
Baron Lambert and Colonel De Per-
cival, who signed their names on the
sealed coffin. TIE Due d'Vendome, son
of the deceased duchess, was also pres
ent.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-05-07
THIS NO DREAM.
AIRSHIP ASCENSION AT NASH
VILE, TENN.
Inventor is Professor Barnard, Who
Believes He is on the Road to
Success, and the Story as Told In
dictates 1t.

Nashville. Tenn, May 6.-Today at
the Tennessee Centennial Exposition
grounds, Professor Arthur Barnard,
physical instructor of the Young Men S
Christian association of Nashville, be-
gan a journey in an airship constructed
by himself. The officials of the expo
sition and the people attending the eX-
position witnessed the ascent of the
aerial voyager The ship moved off in
perfect order, and passed out of sight
in a few minutes. Professor Barnard
promised to sail against the wind after
arising into the air, and he did so. The
airship Will be continued in use at the
exposition. The airship is 46 feet lor g
and 20 feet in diameter
Mr.. Barnard, who returned with his
ship tonight, says that he has a ma
chine which will fly under ordinary
conditions. He said tonight that it was
not perfect nor could it be perfectly
controlled, but he believed he could
perfect it so that its course could be
controlled. After disappearing from
view this morning. the ship circled
around; the navigator hoping to meet
with a favorable current. At last the
ship began to sail to the west and went,
Mr.. Barnard says, as far as Watkins, "a
village 10 miles west of the city. where
it turned. and when four miles from
Nashville the gas in the balloon at
tachment began to give out He then
sought a safe place to descend and
came down easily. While alOft. a sud-
den gust broke one of the spans of the
ship. No other damage was done. The
time he was aloft was one and a half
hours. He was returning along the
line of the outward flight when he was
compelled to land.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-05-07
Attempt at Wrecking.

Denver May "a special to the Re-
publican from Cheyenne. Wyo.. says:
An attempt was made this morning
by unknown persons to wreck the in
coming CHEYENNE & Northern passen-
ger train by misplacing a switch in the
yards at the northern entrance to the
city. Owing to the fact that the train
was running slowly no damage was
done be55ond derailing the locomotive
The would-be wreckers are believed to
be tramDs.
The authorities discovered tonight
that the parties who attempted TO
wreck the Cheyenne & Northern train
are several Union Pacific brakemen.
one of whom has made a full confess
sion of the affair TO County Attorney
Breckens.
The switch was turned with the ex-
pectation that. Cheyenne & Northern
employees would be blamed for it and
discharged and extra Union Pacific
men would be given work in their
places.
Warrants were issued tonight for
two of the brakemen implicated and
they will be arrested tomorrow morn
i'm
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-05-07

New York. May 6.-Fifty or more
men disabled and one dead was the
record of the New York fire depart
ment at a fierce fire at Nos. 161 to 165
Chambers street tonight
The fire was in the large cold storage
warehouse of the Merchants Refriger-
ator company. and it was the fumes Of
ammonia and the heaviest of smoke
that struck down firemen almost by
the dozens.
The call for ambulances was as rapid
as the call for engines.
A score of doctors and nurses were
summoned To do duty in saving the
lives of the men risked so bravely-
The dead fireman is John Rhinehart
of engine company No. I.
Those overcome. some of whom are
in a serious condition. include members
of a dozen companies that were called
out as reserves when Chief Bonner
found he was losing men on every
hand.
The fire was an unusual one and it is
estimated to have done damage to the
extent of at least half a million.
The interior of the warehouse, eccu-
plying the upper floors of the fve-story
brick and stone building at l59 TO 163
Chambers street. running to Reade
street. was almost completely de-
stroyed.
Three alarms called 16 engines to the
scene and 80 or more firemen. who en-
tered the basement of 161 Chambers
street. where the fire started, were
overcome.
Fireman John Rhinehart missed his
way in leaving the cellar and was
finally taken out unconscious. He died
- 70, hos.
pital. Rhinehart was taken from the
cellar by Firemen J. J. Murphy and
John O'COnnell. They were both over
come by smoke while resCuing Rhine
hart and had to be taken to the hos
pital.
The first + 1or of 161 Chambers street
in the base 1ent OF which the fire
started. was occupied by Robert Gier,
as a paper warehouse. As soon as
the firemen vent into the cellar they
were all overcome. ReScuing parties
were formed of policemen, citizens and
firemen. who carried the unconscious
men across the street to engine house
No. 2. which was formerly Old Cham
bers Street Hospital. The horses quar-
tered there were turned out and a hos
pital made of the place again General
ambulance calls were sent out for am
balances When the ambulanceS and
a corps of extra doctors arrived they
found men lying about on all sides.
unconscious. The flames spread up
through the building rapidly. The
windows of the upper floors used for
cold storage were boarded up and
greatly hampered the hremen in their
work.
At II o'clock two floors fell with a
crash. At midnight the flames broke
through the roof of 163 Chambers street
and at a late hour were still cOnsum-
ing the building, lines of hose having
been run up through the adjoining
buildings and water was pouring upon
the flames. 1t is said that there were
$50. 600 cases of eggs, containing 80
dozen each. valued at about s. case
in the cold storage warehouse. These
Will probably be d total loss.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-05-07
HUNTING AN ISLAND.
It is Said to be Rich in Guano, But
Rather Difficult to Find.

San Francisco. May 6.-rhe schooner
Louis d cleared at the custom house yes
terday for a cruise to New Baldayo
islands Her trip promises to be a long
and romantic one and before she comes
back her crew expects that the American
flag will be floating over little coral
island close to the equator that no man
or nation has yet claimed. New Baldaco
is the name given to the island, but so
far the most accurate location that can
be given for il is that ii is in the north
covered with an enormous and wonderful
deposit of guano. and for nearly 30 years
numerous vessels searched for it but
they have always returned without be-
ing able to give its location.
1t was first reported as being in exist
ence by Lord Clipperton, ain eccentric
English navigator. naturalist and dis
coverer and the man who gave his name
to Clipperton island He said in his report
of his cruises that the island lay approx
matclv in north latitude 15 and west
longitude 49, but is described as low
knoll. and navigators say vessel coulo
sail within a dozen miles of it and pass
by without seeing it, That part OF the
ocean is out of the track of vessels ply
ing between regular open ports ana,
should the island exist il could only be
found by making a diligent search for IL.
This is the object of the LOUISA IL: she
is being dispatched by the Oceanic Phos-
phate company. Captain Erratt will COM
nand her and he says he Will not come
back until he finds the island. He was
the mate of the schooner Moonlight that
rnade an unsuccessful search for the
island about a year ago. The schooner
has on board plentiful supply of pro-
visions and quantity of lumber with
which to build a house on the island when
found.
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> WESTERN NEWS AND PROGRESS. <
mated that by June 80 the deficit viii

mated that by June 80 the deficit will
reach s160,OOO
The Penniman Fruit company has in
stituted a new industry a its drier-
that of drying potatoes. This prom
ises TO prove profita BILE for Santa Clara
county, and a soon as the run on po-
tatoes is over carrots and turniDs will
be dried. Apple-parers are used in
peeling the potatoes, and slieing is next
in order. The potatoes are then press
ed, and about 10 per cent of the water
is removed in this way. AS the starch
is extracted from this water there is
no waste. Evaporating and bleaching
is done in practically the same man
ner as in the drying of fruits. After
leaving the press the potatoes are sub
Jected to temperature of 100 or 200
degrees in the evapoTator. 1t has been
found that a temporal in excess of
40 degrees discolors them, but at that
heat they retain their color, and when
taken out have the appearance of the
green product. The dried potatoes can
be either boiled or fried.
The valley road viii construct tun-
mel one mile in length in Contra Costa
county. With the exception of the
Tehachapi tunnel, which is 1000 feet
long, and one of the tunnels in the
Santa Cruz mountains, which is 5000
feet in length, the Valley roads tun-
mel Will be the longest tunnel in the
state, and viii involve an expenditure
OF several hundred thousand dollars.