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Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-11-24

Waterman on the upper deck while
the crew were all asleep. The watch
man gave the alarm and the crew
scrambled out from their hunks as
best they could and made for the
gangway to the pier In a few seconds
the big ship was enveloped in n thick
cloud of smoke which poured out from
the hatchway.
The fire boats New York and Have-
meyer soon had dozen streams play
ing on the burning vessel, with little
effect. The firemen forced their way
on board through the smoke, ripped
up the matches and poured such
streams of water into the holes that 1t
seemed as If the vessel would sink
from sheer weight of water. The tug
boats which were lying beside the
Port Patrick We're towed out into the
river.
After about three hours work, when
the firemen were concentrating them
selves upon having the fire under con-
troll. a terrific explosion sent debris fly
ing in every direction and knocked the
firemen off their feet. Several of the
flremen had narrow escapes from
falling into the smoke filed holes, and
one was overcome. He was dragged
ashore by his companions as COON as
they regained their feet. The first
explosion was followed by second
and a third. and gradually the vessel
began to sink, until there was scarce
ly anything left of her above the
water
The Port Patrick was built in Glas-
She was 26S fect long, 3s feet beam, IS
feet draft. She was full rugged
steel clipper. She was valued at
about 100000.
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FRENCH MINISTER'S RECALL.
Nj. Patenotre Must Leave Saturday TOGO
to the Court of Spain.


Washington Nov. 24.-The French
ambassador, NJ. Pateuot
ceived a cablegram from his govren-
ment requesting him to start for Paris
Saturday next. Accordingly he Will
present his letters of recall to Presi-
dent Mckinley Friday, sailing the
next day on the French liner La Cham
payne.
NJ. Patenotra, will remain some time
in Paris before proceeding to his new
post at Madrid. This viii afford him
an opportunity with comforting the
Paris authorities and with the new
ambassador to the United States, NJ.
Cambon, on pending American ques-
tons.
1t had been hoped that the reciproc-
ity negotiations between the United
States and France would be closed
before NJ. Patenotra's departure. The
terms of the proposed convention have
been practically settled but the French
government thus far has not given
its consent to the chief feature of the
arrangement, namely, the abrogation
of the present exclusion of American
cattle from France. and the admission
of such under certain restrictions. The
United States has insisted on this as
an equivalent for the tariff conces-
sions on French champagne, statuary,
paints and brandy. on these articles a
reduction of 20 per cent duties will be
made.
As against these no special conces-
sions in particular are given by France
as the United States now receives the
benefit OF the minimum schedule of
the French tariff. Under these cir
cumstances the authorities here felt
the time was opportune for securing
the admission of American cattle to
France. The exclusion began about
ten years ago on the ground that they
were infected with contagious dis
eases. The state department officials
have long sought TO overcome these
restrictions and have succeeded In a
measure. Great Britain and Germany
have partially modified the exclusion,
allowing the cattle to be landed, then
slaughtered at once and the meat
rlgidly inspected.
Up to the present time. however,
the French government has main
tanned n strict exclusion. In doing
this, however, they have insisted that
they were doing the same as the Unit
ed States government. as the present
tariff law provides for n positive ex-
cIusion of all foreign cattle unless the
secretary of the treasury orders their
entry for particular rensons.
The pending proposition is IN sub
stance that American cattle shall he
admitted at French ports ard shall he
slaughtered within twenty-four hours
from the time of landing and the meat
he inspected before being offered on
the markets.
This is not all that the authorities
here would like to secure, as the "a
hours limit does not afford adequate
time for fattening the cattle after the
seventies Of an ocean trip. The main
consideration, however, is 10 remove
the barrier itself, and II Is hoped that
France will concede this as part OF
the agreement,
NJ. Patenotre was not ready to grant
such n concession and accordingly re-
ferred the question back to the Paris
authorities, The answer has not yet
hnen PiXpn.
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Murdered His Vito.

Chicago, Nov 23.--Chris Merry, a
peddler. living ut so Hope street. is be-
ing sought by the police on n charge of
numbering his wife. An anonymous
letter was received at the Maxwell
street police station today saying that
last Friday Merry had beaten his wife
to death with n poker and had then
carried the body away IN n wagon.
The police declare the story Is cor
rect. but what has become OF Merry
or what disposition he has made of his
wife's body they have been unable to
learn.
Saturday morning. the day after the
murder Is said to have been committed,
Merry returned home. and taking his
four-year-old boy away from the house
at 30 Hope street. left him with a
neighbor. Since that time he has not
been seen. The little hoy was the
sole witness of the murder. and 1t was
through his talk that tho crime be-
came known. Merry bears an evil
reputation and has been arrested sew
eral times for beating his wife.
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oermnn rleet IN ohInese Waters.

Berlin. Nov 2l.-The appointments
of Admiral Won Diedricht to command
the combined German squadron in
Chinese waters. and of Prince Henry
of Prussia, to assume command of the
second German squadron, on the coast
Of China. consisting of Kaisarin Au-
gusta. the Deutschland and the Geflon,
which three vessels will probably start
for ISiao Chou Bay about December
10 next, are officially confirmed. The
German squadron at Kiao Chou Bay
is commanded by Admiral Diedricht.
and consists of the flagship Kaiser,
with GA men; the second class cruisers
Irene and Princess Wilhelm. with 25S
men EACH third class cruisers Arcona.
having n crew of 26T, the Kaiserin
Augusta is a first class cruiser. carry
ing n crew of 427 men, the Deuchland is
n second class battleship. having
complement of GSs men and the Genon
is n second class cruiser with a crew of
3l2 men.
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Toronto, Ont, Nov. 24.-Graham
Bros, owners of the stallion Royal
Standard, which the Chicago horse
show authorities declare is a ringer
telegraph the following reply from
Claremont:
Royal Standard. 1918, recorded in
volume ., English Hackney stud book;
sire Excelsior, 1888; dam. Royal Lady,
3l9 The above is correct. He is no
ringer.
'(Signed) GRAHAM BROS"
George Pepper of Toronto who had
charge of the ring arrangements of the
show, when asked If Royal Standard
was ringer, returned an emphatic
negative. The horse shown by Graham
Bros. was the genuine Royal Standard.
There was no ringing, no fraud of any
kind, he declared.
Pepper explained the circumstances
as follows:
Under the conditions governing the
class of haokneys in which Royal
Standard was exhibited, there was a
clause requiring that all entries
should be registered in the American
stud book. Royal Standard was not so
registered. but was registered In the
English stud book. When Graham
Bros. forwarded their entry for Royal
Standard to the secretary of the Chi
cago horse show, they enclosed copy
of the certificate from the English
stud book. Their entry was accepted
and Graham Bros. exhibited under
those conditions, to which no objection
was raised
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Murray Hill baths, corrohorated the
testimony given last evening by other
parts of Gudensuppe's body.
Coroner Theodore X. Tuthill. of New
York county described the appearance
of the portions OF the body which he
examined at the morgue and said the
several fragments fitted each other
perfectly. He said that he had found
two stab wounds, one under the right
collar bone and the other between the
fifth and sixth ribs. The tissues around
the wound at the collar bone were
filled with blood, showing that the
stab wound had been inflicted during
life. The wound between the ribs
penetrated the heart.
on ross-examination DR.. Tuthill
said to Mr.. Howe: 1.-THE immediate
cause Of death was a stab wound in
the heart
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DYING BY THE WAYSIDE
Spanish Soldiers in Cuba in Very Serious
Plight.
HAVE NOT BEEN PAID FOR MANY MONTHS



new YORK. NOV ga ulspatch iroi'
Havana to the Herald says:
Deplorable MS the condition of the
s,-,.., d.. ,,,..
I'm "uOa i''"s '' SPAN "a -
If clearly TO relieve the suiterlngs OF
her troops. The royal soldiers are in as
seriors n oIigbt no n r,nioritv of the
-
concentrates Ihe concentrates nave
one advantage-they may beg and re-
ceive charity.
No LII, ,,.,,,, ,,o c,,o,,,sh ,oidior.
'eeiH WIN WIG SP"i''9" SO'oie''
nave received no pay for several
months, and consequently they are not
,b,a Ca i,,,. arythi,o nm thair avn
account IN the small toWhs III "hlch
they are stationed. Then, too the
the credit uf the t,oons has been i'm
,.,.....
most cases eAhausteu' the shopNeepeis
refusing to deliver more goods until
they are maid what is due to them. All
49, ,,ta,a,,, ,,.,,o 30 1a,,,,a ,,,o, Il,
."e 'V'ea i''', " .r
the way OF clothing ana 1000 is what
is supplied by the commssarlat de-
partment, and that department is neg
lected and, 1t is asserted corrupt.
When General Banco in an inter-
view with me four days after his ar
rival stated that he would do his ut
most to better the condition of the
private slodler, he was sincere but it
was impossible for him to realize then
what was the condition of the soldiers.
To learn the truth he must personally
inspect the country districts. The re-
uorts of officers are calculated to de-
ceiye the captain-general. All that
General Rlanco has to Judge by are
the reports from hospitals. and even
these with ali attemnts at ronceaI-
ment. are appalling.
In Havana leaving aside the hospi-
tails. the conditions are not so bad.
ISut ~ the cnntnin general were to 20
to the country he would see III soldiers
diving by the wayside, he would find
many forts that in reality arc nothing
more than hosnitels and in most ~
the small towns he wnuId exneriepce
dlIiicuitv in getting together n force
of any size that would he able to
march five miles and tben he in n
condition TO tackle an ordinary hand
of rebels
| am NOT in any wav exarreratinp
The whole country along The road
from Artemisa To Havana is in ruins
escent a fayv small natcbas u,bara 10
hnccn 10 heinz ,lantid ,,,dor Tho Guns
of the forts
In further proof of the assertions
regarding the condition of the Snan-
ism troons tha Herald cnrrasnondan,
has received the folIoy,ipg cnn,, 81 az,
official TELEGRAM, from tbe military
comnande, In The Ciaga 40 t,,itl,
"Varv sarinus A connjct IN, ne MI, Niii tcr,r
(Garrison) No bread no nnur sbsn'
lutely. Three tbousand sick in bos,,i-
raj without nrovisions rbatevar r.
H. ~ - , a..
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London. Nov. 2i.-At the central
criminal court today, Florence Stan
field. who was charged at the West
minister police court November 12
with attempting to blackmail Earl
Darlington, the joint hereditary lord
great chamberlain, was sentenced to
eighteen months penal servitude.
The court proceedings developed the
fact that Florence Stanfield, who Is
described as Il fine looking woman Of
distinguished manners, had sent let
tiers to Earl Darlington, demanding
money, Her counsel explained that
his client had written the letters under
mistake as to the Identity of Earl
Darlington. adding that she had
known man for many years who
went under the name of Lloyd, but
whom she had all along believed to
be Earl Darlington.
The magistrate, however. declined
to allow the case to be withdrawn.
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New York. Nov. Blowing to the
expectation that Mrs. Mack would go
upon the witness stand. there We're
far more applicants today for admis-
sion TO the court room where the trial
Of Martin Thorn for the murder of
William Gudensuppe is in progress,
than could he granted. Thorn is said
TO have told one of his cell-mates that
his brother n-law, Minker, had dis
posed of the head of Guldensuppe by
throwing IT overheard from fishing
boat off the Jersey coast. 1t is possi-
BILE that Minker will be called as a
witness.
This morning, Fl, Speck, A. Steuben
and Alfred Daeder, employees in the
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-11-24

Chicago, Nov. 24-Judge Joseph r..
Gary who tried and sentenced the
seven Haymarket anarchists, has con-
scented to retry the Luetgert murder
case, and, in all probability the work
of getting a new jury will begin next
Monday, Judge Gary. who is the eld-
est judge on the Chicago bench. was
selected at the request OF the states
attorney, who insisted that the case
needed someone of wide experience
ana capability TO preside The appoint
ment which was made by Judge Hor.
ton was conditional on Judge Gnry's
opinion whether he could stand the
strain of n long trial. When Judge
Gary was seen he said he would be
willing to preside.
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San Francisco. Nov. 2i.-The football
elevens Of Stanford and the University
of California are eagerly awaiting the
big match of tomorrow. The teams
are in exceptionally fine condition, The
average weight of the Stanford team
Is 1877 pounds, while Berkeley weighs
10 pounds lighter
William Goodwin, the famous athlete
who has been idntifled with the game
FOR II years, will referee the game, and
Fred Harvey, ex-center rush of the
Massachusetts Institute of Technology,
viii umpire. Over $4,000 worth of
tickets have nlrendv heen dlsposed Of.
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In tho Hands of GypsIes.

st. Louis, Mo-. Nov. 23.-It was
learned today that a quartette of stroll
ling gypsies yesterday made an almost
successful attempt to kidnap Willie
and Henry Wilman, aged 10 and years
respectively, while ON their way home
from school. Henry escaped and
rushed home. He told John, an older
brother, who procured "A revolver and
went after the gypsies. who were car
rying off Willie In their wagon. John
at the point of his revolver forced the
nomads, who had secreted Willie in
large box in the wagon. to give the
boy up. When rescued the boy had
his hands and feet tied. The gypsies
escaped into the century.
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Joliet, ILL.,, Nov. 24.-The conference
between the northern Illinois striking
coal miners and the operators has re-
suited in mutual concessions. The most
important demand of the miners, that
the scale should be paid on basis of
gross weights alone, was not entirely
settled, though many of the operators
conceded the point. 1t was finally
agreed to refer the question back to the
miners of the different shafts for a
vote. All the shafts where the gross
weight plan is agreed upon viii prob
ably be started up this week and the
strike continued at the shafts refusing
such demand,
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'"h FORT PATRICK BURNED.


1 p5a,g, 'Ei Nov 2i.-The full rugged
a,sE ~ salrick OF the Port Inc.
81 y,s scotland. Captain Frank
l. 4, almost wholly DESTROYED
y y ner dock in the East river
= Ia ' go valued at about 500. 200.
I srSegsllnyed. The cause Of the
,l,d iHgoMn Il broke out IN I'M.
fty Ivy y.er hold and spread so
Z Is. csr NE crew OF twelve men
. g s s1,p!aln aud mate had barely
\ Pr ssshorg alive.
n 0etoi ralrick arrived here from
ID 5I,d L y with cargo of sugar
q loade6 ' ,,. her cargo and WAS
- IN 'l with oils and other ma
4 81 f,c australian ports. She Vas
" IN tbl here December KIN
s'.se, , ssa, hold We're Is, 900 cases or Of
!. lh4re' y u,. containing 225 gallon
other " ogn thousands of bar
"as discovered by the
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why the Indians object.

Antlers. /. r., Nov. 2i.-The Indian
convention in session here passed res
olutlons to nominate a candidate for
chief. The favorite candidates are
w. w. Wilson and Judges A. Dukes.
Jacob Jackson is dark horse.
a resolution. accepting the invita-
tion of the Mexican land company to
take a delegation of Choctaws to Mex
leo at the expense of the committee
was adopted and the chairman au-
thorzed to select six delegates to CO.
a memorial which will be presented
to Congress was unanimously adopted,
detailing the objections of the Chico
taws and CEickasaws to the Dawes
treaty.
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Lavlgne and Critic to Fight.

San Francisco, Nov. 2i.--The Occi-
dental Athletic club has arranged a
2O-round glove contest between George
LaVigne and Young Griffa- the Austria
nan pugilist, The match will take
place In this city on the evening Of
Dec. 2lst. Critic. it is understood, will
arrive in this city within a few days,
and will at once go into training
Critic and Lavigne met twice before
and on each occasion the contest end
ed in n draw.
Lavlgne says that he viii not give
Walcott another chance. in spite of the
fact that his brother, who acts as his
manager. virtully agreed to ORourke's
proposition that the men meet at 1877
pounds. Lavigre says that he has
twice demonstrated his superiority
over the Boston fighter and win not
meet him again.
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MESSAGE.
"a, Topic, viii be the Cuban and
& Currency Questions
ID, QuAsEly WITH CUBAN MATTERS


vork NOV. IN aiSP"'
MT iV'" ,,r washington says:
i, tribune l''', ,,,rrarcv oues-
a, cuban ana Tue
Ill, he the Leading topics III 'he
30 ""' eeeore. II is understood
Irsdan' NJ" Of the Cuban will
!, the Discussion ,,.aoa,, ,,aar
.,rprehensive II mas a,'e"u' -
,bot the state department.
Giln'u renlv to the Spanish
Nd prepdIeu " ,,..,.,ar,,r Whether
4, regarding h'i''''' ,,a s,,,-
p,ssident will incorpora'e WV
.his in his message, or leave
a,se VI mart of the regular
70 60 III 40 nay ha
l.isnatic c0rIespoiiue''ee' ~,
,,rei later, but the message VIII
a., Cuban policy of the admin
Aiae N'' ,.,,,,,re Of Congress, with
siidon' Mel""s' ,,, ,nigbt freely
AM the fTes'ueh'
.,r have almost without eNcep,
uoiG That this should be done ana
McEinley apparently has agreeu
Nam, The reason given Tor inns
~ u N dealing with the crisis Is
ia,.,t
u-s;la a sincere H'pt 10 NNN'
y. no sacasta cabinet may END the
alan enrly date. the possibility OF
allure cannot be overlooked. In
Y, vent 1t Is desirable for the pol
~ ,bls country to be known. "A
" animation is given that in the
ie-ts az an end to the present con-
-. in cuba at an early date, no
..,.tlon will be had in the United
~. making known its position OF
800 Intervention. Humanity and
.--arce may both be made the
,.,,,d. for this action.
~ belief is that the Cuban problem
II Ne solved through the good oiiices
MS country. but the expectation IS
81 these good offices VIII De eNerteu
I'M reasonable time after Con-
r.: meets and after prospects oil the
,rrrents as to accepting or rejecting
r Known beyond question,
Il Cuba Is actually pacilc ana IN
isfy and trade are resumed that
.litl0n is expected 10 speak Tor u
II The refusal OF rev ihsurgeht
siirs to lay down their arms, anu
y continuance OF a sort OF pahalt
r'lle w ,, no, no, ne , nv sai,,,ra ny
..Somv ON the other hand. the
,.,rnsnce Of the present conditions
IA hardly be accepted as evidence
!, H. island Is pacific.
s'r@ misi,nderstondlng Is said TO
"a I, snanisb nGicInI CIRCLES regard
!. ~ nnsltJon NJ tho adpoinistratjon
uy 49, pCs,,'C 90 ontomor,v 10 ga,otted
4. ,Srlnis,ratIon would moi under
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N0' Want autonomy Granted to
Cuba.

!, @seslona Nov. 24.-At a meeting
/, Ssnlng of the delegates repre-.
IN hgmhel OF political and COM
Z N, societies held at the Republic
b, ivy a dispatch was sent to pre-
|g.,,t '4s4sta strongly protesting
'',a and Porto Rico, and assertiny
=, Ieailon Of the societies renrne
ny. :, continuing their opposition
|v r''. ll autonomy. This protest
Ri , ti''led at any particular party,
|syS ,. we protestauts assert that the
|sr,g 'a ,tg peace in Cuba without
IA I'm u , interests of Spain and
\ ny N, lolltlcol and commercial sncle-
Il 5d. .,.,' in the present movement.
~ '" ,ai, was signed by the Marine
NJ public works society, the
| Z 5v5, s9eIety, by many repubii-
|lats5s' ana by other prominent as
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San Francisco. Nov. 2i.-The police
here have been notified that W. +.
Kassan. the escaped prisoner. has been
captured in Victoria, b. c. Kassan is
the Iowa man who, while In prison here
charged with embezzlement, escaped.
While in jail here Kassan was notified
that he had been left $3.50 900 by an
uncle James Kassan of Austin. Iowa.
He was then looked upon as a sort of
prize prisoner and given many pri.
vileges, 1t was by taking advantage
of this laXity that he was enabled TO
escape. Kassan when arrested in Vic
toria had $1,000 in his pocket. Presum-
ably he had managed to get hold of
part of his inheritance and was seek
Ing to get away in steamer to the
Orient,
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London, Nov. 24.-The heavy fog
which spread over England yesterday
continues to envelop the country to-
day. Accidents of more or less i'm
portance are reported to have occurred
In many places. At Portsmouth the
fog is so dense that the trials of the
new warships have been rendered i'm
possible for the present.
Several wrecks of minor Importance
are reported at different parts of the
COASTS.
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BRITISH ENGINEERs' STRIKE.
Conference for Its Settlement Being Held
with Closed Doors.

LONDON. Nov 2i-There is wide
spread interest in the conference be-
tween the representatives Of this EN-
ployers and the delegates of the strik
ing engineers which commenced this
morning behind closed doors, after
many weeks OF negotiation. The dis
cussions are expected to be prolonged
and 1t is hoped some satisfactory un-
derstanding will be arrived at, in view
of the great injury the strike has in
fiicted upon the engineering trades of
Great Britain.
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Baltimore, Nd, Nov, 24.-It Is an
nounced here that the banking firm OF
Alexander Brown & Sons of this city
has closed deal by which the capital
stock of S2O.OO0O00 of the Pittsburg
Traction company including III miles
of street railways has been trans
ferred to syndicate of capitalists In
London, New York. Baltimore and
PHILADELPHIA
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wellington. n. H., Nov. 24.-The
premier, Sir John Seldom. proposes TO
subsdize an alternate fort nightly mail
service between Wellington and San
Francisco and Vancouver, because
passage from Wellington to San Fran
cisco is not to exceed 10 days and pass
age between wellington and Vancouver
not to exceed Il days.
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THIS WOULD RE TROUBLE, SURE.


st. Petersburg. Nov. 24.-The Rus
sian newspapers urge that Russia,
France and Great Britain should oc-
cupy points in China to counterbai-
ance the German occupation of Kiao
Chou Bay, Shan Tun peninsula.