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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-03-30
COINAGE IN JAPAN.
IMPORTANT BILL WILL SOON BE
PRESENTED.
Instead of 16 to 1, as Here, it is
Proposed to Make the Ratio 80
to Some of the Reasons Urged
Objects of the Government.

j Washington, March 29.-The secre-
tary of the treasury is in receipt of
information from the United States
minister at Toxic, Japan, to the eff
feet that during the present session of
the Japanese diet a government COIN
age bill will be presented for the con-
sideration of that body, which will, if
passed. change the standard of value
in Japan from silver to gold. 1t is pro-
posed to fix the government parity of
or ratio between the two metals at 50
to l. The unit of value will be a gold
yen, which will be one-half the weight
and value of the old Japanese gold
ven, which is of the same weight and
fineness as the gold dollar of the Unit
ed States. The proposed unit of value
will therefore be the exact equivalent
of so cents in the United States and
approximately of the same value as
the present unit of value in Japan, the
silver yen being, at the current rate of
exchange, worth about 81 cents in
United States money 1t is proposed
that the smallest coin minted shall be
a fve-yen piece. Further coinage of
silver will be limited to subsidiary
coins. The silver yen now in circu-
lation will be maintained at a par with
the gold yen, the government being
prepared to redeem them in gold when
ever called upon to do so. 1t is i'm
portant to note that there are about
one hundred and forty millions of Jap
anese silver yen in circulation, of which
it is estimated that about seventy mil
lions are in circulation as money in
China and the English, French and
other colonies and settlements in the
east. Should the ratio between gold
and silver become greater than l TO 90,
the tendency would seem to be to drive
the outstanding silver coin back to ia
pan for redemption. The press reports
considerable dissatisfaction among the
manufacturing and commercial classes
upon the proposed change of standard,
and it is reported that the Cotton Spin
ners' association has prepared a pro-
test against it to present to the diet.
Those interested in manufactures in
Japan are at present very prosperous
and satisfied with the returns their in
vestments are bringing in. They are
naturally. as a class, not disposed to
view favorably a proposed change, the
effects of which upon their interests
they have no means of determining
beforehand. 1t is generally believed,
however, that the government bill will,
in a perhaps modified form, become
law. 1t is supposed that the principal
object the government has in view in
bringing about the change is to enable
il, should such a measure become nee
essary or expedient to negotiate loan
in Europe on better terms than would
be possible as they believe if Japan
remained on silver basis.
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SPANIARDS WIN.
VICTORY FOR THE LOYALIsTS
IS REPORTED.
General Reviera, Successor to Maceo,
Among the Cubans Captured
Lieutenant Terry is Killed.

Havana, March 29-General Hernandez
Velasco, who is operating in the hills of
the province of Pinar del Rio. has sent
report to the government, which has
caused much eiation to all classes of
loyal Spaniards. He says that while his
column was in the vicinity of CabeZadas,
in the Rio Hondo district yesterday. they
encountered a party of rebels, 100 strong,
who were under the command of Ruiz
Rivera, who was appointed to the COM
mand of the insurgents in Pinar del Rio
after the death of Antonio Maceo. The
rebels occupied a strong position and
fought stubbornly, but after an engage
ment which lasted an hour they were
defeated and dispersed. Before the rebels
were captured, a grenade was thrown by
the SpaniardS, which fell among the in
surgents and, exploding, wounded many
of them This caused panic and many
plosion, the Spanish infantry penetrated
the rebel position. They found Colonel
Bacallao, chief of staff to General
Riviera, attempting to carry the latter,
to place of safety. Both were made
prisoners. Lieutenant Terry. of the in
surgent party. who had been badly
wounded by = fragment of shell. was
also captured. The rebels carried some
of their dead with them. but left on the
field ten bodies that they were unable to
remove. The Spanish loss was only one
man killed and one lieutenant and "a
privates wounded.
General Valasco sent General Riviera,
Colonel Ballascao and Lieutenant Terry,
in charge of two companies of troops. to
San CristobaI at which place the party
arrived at O'Clock last evening. Lieu
tenant Terry was so badly injured,
however. that he died on the road.
Speaking to a soldier at San Cristobal,
General Riviera said that he had been
kindly treated by his captors. He COM
plains greatly of the pains of his wounds.
but is cool and self-possessed. He has
one bullet still lodged in his thigh. He is
LODGED IT the quarters of the guardia
civil
General Velasco is still operating in the
vicinity OF Ccbezzadas.
Private advices have been received here
to the effect that c. c. Crosby. the corre-
spondent of 2 Chicago newspaper. was
killed while witnessing the recent combat
at Juan Criollo near Arroyo. 1t is stated
that he was with the rebels. No official
report of his death has been made.
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watches, as well as watch movements,
dutiable at 40 per cent ad valorem; fix
ing the duty on albumen at 5 cents a
pound, and adding to the agricultural
schedule the paragraph relating to
nursery stock, agreed to yesterday.
Mr. Lowering (Rep., Mass.) united
with his colleague, Mr.. Mccall, in pro-
testing against the rates in the wooden
schedules and added also, in his COM
plant, the cotton schedule. Speaking,
he said, from his familiarity with the
manufacturers of the state he decided
that they did not want the high duties
Representatives. the compensatory
not straight duties. Democratic APP
piause.) Massachusetts, he said, wants
a tariff that viii stand.
Mr.. Russell (Rep., Comm, from the
committee on ways and means, offered
two amendments to the cotton sched-
ules, changing the phraseology relating
to combed cotton yarn so as to restore
the phraseology of the present law (the
Wilson bill.)
Protection, to my mind he said,
does not mean high duties for the fin
ished product of the manufactures
the article which enters into their
production as raw material. Gre
publican applause) I think it is time
We of New England learned the full
lesson of protection (Applause)
MMILLIN COMES IN.
Mr. McMillin Dem., Tenn.)-Then
you concede that you have constructed
the cotton schedules at the demand of
the manufacturers?
Mr. Russell-We did not concede any
such thing. We have only restored the
terms and the duty Of the Wilson bill,
and if they are to be combed, you
were the prime sinners.
Mr.. Dingley (Rep., Me.) said no one
would say that the wooden and cotton
in this country would thrive
without the duties carried in the bill
Mr. Fitzgerald Dem, Mass.) ex-
pressed his regret at he exposure OF
among his Republican col
leagues He desired to call the atten-
ton of the house to the emphatic man
ner in which the people had repudiated
the Mckinley law, and expressed the
belief that this year, the people, es-
pecially those of Massachusetts, would
register their will in no uncerta in terms
against the Dingley law. (ApplauseO
The amendments offered by Mr.. Rus
sell were agreed to, also the tariff COM
mittee amendments: Making the duty
on substitutes for cheese the same as
that on the genuine article; increasing
the duties on cotton fabrics valued at
more than S150 a dozen, % cents a
dozen in addition to the ad valorem
rate of So per cent: making the rate of
cent a pound and Is per cent ad
valorem on burlaps, applying to fabrlcs
weighing not less than six ounces a /
square yard.
The committee then rose and soon al !
-erWard the house adjourned.
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THE HERALD BULLETIN
PAGE ONE.

PAGE ONE.
Tariff Talk in the House.
Coinage in Japan.
Situation is Grave in Greece.
Spaniards Win a Victory.
Lively Time in the Commons.
Famine Horrors in China.
PAGE TWO.
General Sporting News.
Banquet in Honor of DIR. McNiece.
In Railway Circles.
Salt Lake Man Keeps His Wives
Bodies.
PAGE THREE
Affairs of the County.
A Quiet Day on Change.
The Mercur Wonder.
The Pioneer Jubilee.
PAGE FOUR.
Editorial.
PAGE FIVE.
A Noted Wheelwoman Here.
School Children Must Be Vacci-
mated.
Edson's Trial Commenced.
Minority on the Pacific Bill.
PAGE SIX.
News From Nearby.
PAGE SEVEN.
The Worlds Markets.
Yesterdays Court News.
PAGE EIGHT.
Police and Fire Commission.
The Code Commission.
Uprising of japanese Laborers.
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AID. FOR AN ACTRESS.
Madge Deans Friend Conjures Up
a Story.

oCOIy-
Washington, March "a story pub
lished in a New York paper today
stated that suit had been brought in
the New York supreme court by Madge
Dean an actress in Hoyt's "A Trip to
Chinatown" company, to recover S25, :
600 damages against Frank Wilson
Brown of Washington.
The story as published alleges that
Miss Dean alleges in her complaint
that she was married to Mr.. Brown on
Aug. is, 1894, in Wilmington. Del. She
says he had frauduiently represented
himself as single, but she has since
learned that he mad wife Mrs Susan
Dawson Brown, and that he is the
father of a girl of 90 who is living
with her mother in the national cap
ital.''
Commenting upon this story, the
Washington Star says: Frank Wilson
Brown is we'll known in this city. He
was born here about so years ago. The
statement that his daughter is about 20
years of age is therefore an error. as
is also the statement that he is pos
sessed of a large fortune.
He left Washington about year
ago under cloud, and it was then un-
derstood that he was in London repre-
senting a business syndicate of some
sort. It was commonly rumored then
that he WAS accompanied by a Young
woman who had made something OF a
success as an actress. He was married
some years ago to an eStimable young
woman OF this city and for a time
they lived most happily together They
have one child.
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Fears Have Been Removed.

London, March 29.-The Standards
Constantinople correspondent tele-
graphs that the fears that were felt
among officials as to the possible re-
suits of the recent massacre of 700 Ar
menians at Tokat have apparently been
removed. An trade that has been is
sued states that the sentences OF those
convicted of having been implicated in
the massacre will be fixed by the sui
tan, and not by the committee appoint
ed to inquire into the affair. The is
suing of this trade is ascribed to re-
assuring communications received
from Russia.
The dispatch further adds that riot
has occurred in Constantinople, in
which several persons were killed. No
details are given. 1t appears to have
only local import, but has increased the
disquiet existing in the city.
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Tacoma, Wash, March 29.-Ths
Northern Pacific steamer Braemer
brings news of an instruction at
kaochou, Kwang Tung province,
China During the famine there. many
sufferers We're compelled to sell their
children in order to save their lives.
Among the purchasers was the secre-
tary of the district magistrate at
Mouminghsien. He bought two girls,
aged 10 and u years. AS he was TAX
ing them to the passenger boat for
transportation to Canton, he was set
upon by soldiers and arrested for kid
mapping. He appealed to the magistrate.
with the result that his captors were in
turn made captive, bambooed and
finally driven out of the Yamen. The
soldiers complained to their commando
ing officer, who also took umbrage and
allowed his men to return to the va
men and inflict revenge on the unlucky
magistrate. After beating him, the
soldiers dragged him to the temple of
Mars, and while some made him kneeI
down, others plucked out his hair and
moustache by the roots The regiment
then went into revolt, and the troopers
have since been mutineers.
Great alarm prevails throughout the
region of Sam Sab Bay, near Foo
Chow, where the rural population is
large, on account of the ferocious tigers
which the hard winter has driven down
from the mountains. First dogs and
pigs began disappearing with marvel
Gus rapidity, causing the natives to
lock all their stock in buildings. Left
without means of subsistence, the hun
cry beasts gradually became holder,
and have since been attacking laborers
in the forest and even people in their
door yards. A half dozen natives are
known to have been devoured.
A Foo Chow paper states that two
tigers made a noise about a house
which sounded like a knocking at the
door. When the head of the family
went to the door he was seized and
eaten. When he did not return his son
went out to look for him and shared
the same fate.
1t is feared that. having tasted hui
man blood. the tigers will become a
source of permanent danger. The ter
people have harTicaded
their houses, and the men will not VEN
ture out to work except in small par
ties.
The Chinese government has decided
to order four more armored cruisers,
two fast cruisers and torpedo destroy
ers, all of English type. China will not
order any vessels of over 10000 tons, as
she has neither harbors nor docks suit
able for them. The programme for
several years to come will be to order
vessels of 5000 tons. Volunteer re-
trenchments made to the palaces of the
emperor. empress and dOwager empress
are to be devoted toward strengthen
ing the new navy.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-03-30
FRANCIS JOSEPH SPEAKS.
Porte Must Remedy Existing Abuses
The Concert.

Vienna. March 2s.-The new reichsrath
was opened today by Emperor Francis
Joseph in person. The emperor in his
address from the throne. said he believed
that the action of the powers in regard
to Greece had tendency toward peace.
and he hoped that the policy of the
powers would soon result in satisfactory
settlement of the Cretan difficulty
Though the powers condemned the atti-
tude of Greece the emperor said they
did not mean to encourage Turkev in
resisting the reforms which the powers
had demanded that the porte should in
stitute in the Turkish domains. The
porte, ne declared, must remedy the ex-
listing abuses in the Turkish empire and
accept the recommendations of the
powers.
Concerning the concert of the powers.
the emperor said: Thanks to the COM
mon action of the powers the dangers
arising from Greece's action in Crete
have been minimized and we are now
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-03-30
Crown Princes Headquarters.

Athens, March 29.-Crown Prince
Constantin and his party have arrived
at Larissa, where the prince will make
his headquarters. They travelled by
rail from Volo without mishap and
were everywhere along the route re-
ceived with much enthusiasm The
whole garrison at Larissa were under
arms to receive their commander.
Crowds had assembled in the 1ag-be-
decked streets to welcome the crown
prince and he was given an ovation as
he proceeded from the railway station
to the headquarters that had already
been prepared for his reception. The
Of the troops and the popu-
lace was UNPARALLELED
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How it Was Done.

New York, March pa dispatch to
the Sun from Havana, referring to the
capture of General Ruiz Rivera, says:
General Ruiz Rivera was surprised at
his camp at CabeZadas, some four miles
to the west of Consolation del Sur
General Velasco, who was at Consola-
cion with his column, learned of the
whereabouts of General Rivera through
some scouts of his guerilla forces. He
knew also that the Cuban general had
been wounded and had few men with
him. BY a quick movement he sur
rounded the camp and captured it. and
Rivera and his staff were made prison
ers Riveras wounds did not allow
him even to try to escape. The column
of General Hernandez de Velasco is
composed of some 500 men.
General Rivera will be brought to
Havana from San Cristobal,' and will
probably be shot here. Requests have
been autographed to General WeyleIs to
spare his life, as civilized act which
would win sympathy for the Spanish
government, but it is very doubtful
that .Weyler will agree with this view.
The news of the capture has been
published by La Lucia and the Diario
DE La Marina, and has created wild
Joy among the Spaniards here.
General Velasco is enthusiastically
complimented, and a great manifesto
ton in his honor is preparing.
Complimentary cablegrams from
Madrid, signed by the Duke of Tetuan
and General Azcarraga, have been
sent to General Weyler, extending
tulations. to the army.
The successor of General Ruiz Rivera
as commander of the Cuban forces in
the province of Pinar Del Rio will be
Colonel Vidal Ducasse, brave native
of the province of Santiago De Cuba,
who came with Maceo in the invasion
from the east. Ducasse is a mulatto
and he and his brother have always
been considered by General Weyler
himself as redoubtable foes.
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They Exchange Compliments.

Havana March 29.-It is reported that
Bermudez. the rebel leader. is an invalid.
the result of wounds received in battle.
Percico Del Gado is said to DE suffering
from consumption caused by wounds
1t is stated here that when Ruiz Rivera
was taken before General Valasco, the
latter told him that as man he re-
GREETED his wounding and CAPTURE.
General Rivera replied that he was
proud to shake the hand of so valorous
a Spanish general.
The Villa Visiosa regiment has routed
the rebels urder Castillo and Juan Del
Gado near Santiago de Las Vegas prov
ince of Havana. Twenty-seven rebels
were killed and two captured. Seven of
the troops were wounded.
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The Yantic Aground.

New York, March 30.-A special ca
BILE dispatch to the Herald from Bue-
nos Ayres says:
Montevideo advices state that the
United States cruiser Yantic ran
aground yesterday at Port Nueva Pal
mira. at the mouth of Uruguay river.
Tugs are at work attempting to pull
off the cruiser. She is in dangerous
position.
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That Jettisoned Cargo.

Athens, March 29.-The Greek gov
eminent has undertaken to indemnify
the owners of the steamer Heraklion,
which was boarded at the Piraeus on
Saturday by an armed crowd of Greeks
and Cretans, who jettisoned her entire
cargo of provisions destined for the
use of the Turkish, Russian and Brit
ish forces in Crete
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-03-30
ALLEGED EMBEZZLERS.
Two Prominent Ex-Employees of the
Union Pacific in Trouble.
Special to The Herald.)

Especial to The Herald-)
Rock Springs, Wy, March 90
Charles R. Kelsey, late general man
ager for the Sweetwater Coal Mining
company of this place, and up to Jan
nary last county commissioner for
Sweetwater county, and Ernest Pear
son, his assistant, who were both let
out by Mr.. Megeath of Omaha last
summer and are now engaged in bust
ness in Hershey, Neb., were brought
back on requisition, charged with en-
bezzling $1,000 belonging to school dis
trict No. 8 in this county, while officers
of that school district, and were today
placed under $1,000 bonds each to APP
pear at the next term of the district
court to answer said charges Kelsey
and Pearson have heretofore stood
high in this community, where they
both held responsible positions, and the
serious charge was considerable of
surprise.
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Cuba Libre in Massachusetts,.

Boston, March 29--In the house today
a quick vote on the resolutions in IA
vor of Cuba libre and memorializing
congress in favor of the struggling Gu
bans robbed the galleries of expected
speeches. The resolutions were rejected
without a word of discussion by a vote
of u TO Sc.
Mr. Keenan, served notice that to-
morrow he would move reconSidera-
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permitted to hope that the concert of the
powers. despite differences of opinion on
the part of some and hesitation on the
part of others. viii lead to a solution
say this above all in regard to the
Cretan question, upon which my govern
ment is in accord with the powers, who
have taken measures to preserve the
denotes and aspirations menacing to
peace
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SUFFERERS SOLD
THEIR CHILDREN
Horrors of a Famine in a Chinese
Province.
PURCHASERS PUT IN PERIL
ARE SET UPON BY SOLDIERS
AND ARRESTED.

Great Alarm in the Region of Sam
Sab Bay, Near Foo Chow, on Ac-
count of the Ferocious Tigers,
Which the Hard Winter Has
Driven Down From the Noun
tains-Several People Already
Killed.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-03-30
IMPURE TEAS.
Inspector at San Francisco Con-
demned as Not Being an Expert.

Washington. March 29.-The board of
ten experts appointed TO select standards
of teas under the bill to prevent the i'm
portation of impure teas. has recon-
mended to the secretary of the treasury
proper trade marks. and that only ex-
perts be appointed. The existing in
spectors at New York and Chicago are
approved of, but the inspector at San
Francisco is condemned as not being an
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-03-30
MUCH TALK, BUT
VERY LITTLE DONE
Another Day Wasted in the
House on Teri f.
SILVER ISSUE COMES UP
BLAND, OF MISSOURI, TAKES
ADVANTAGE OF IT.

Shafroth, of Colorado, Insists That
the Question of Tariff Cuts But
Little Figure, the One Great Is
sue Being Gold VS.. Silver-Lover-
ing, of Massachusetts,, Protests
Against the Rates in the Wooden
Schedule Mcmillan Takes a
Hand.
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The Special Representative.

Washington. March 29.-It is stated
here tonight that John r. Day of Can
ton, O., has been selected as the special
representative of President Mckinley
to Cuba.
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The Iowa Moves.

Reedy Island, Del. March 29.-The
battleship Iowa, which had been wait
ing for higher water, passed down the
bay this evening.
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NO PROSPECT FOR
IMPROVEMENT
Situation in Greece Grows Graver
Hourly.
OUTLOOK IS VERY DARK
MoSLEMS' AND CHRISTIANS
HATE OF EACH OTHER.

Crown Prince Constantine and His
Party Arrive at Larrissa, and Are
Given Most Hearty Welcome by
the Crowds Which Thronged the
Flag bedecked Streets to Receive
Their Commander = Enthusiasm
Unparalleled.
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DUTY ON LEAD.

The duty on lead, in sheets, pipe, etc,
was Increased from "a TO 21ac a pound.
Other committee amendments We're
agreed to as follows: Removing from.
the dutiable list at 1 cent a pound, cop
per in plates, bars, ingots, and pigs and
putting them On the free list. None are.
~lported. This was pursuant to
speech by Mr.. Simpson (Rep., Mass
against the duty. Specifying in detail
@hA conditions ssn6er which yachts and
ttr.. --eAast are dutiable; making