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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-12-31
ALASKA LEGISLATION.
Time Not Ripe for Regularly Or
ganized Territory.

Washington Dec. 30.-The senate and
house committees on public lands and
on territories are at work on legisla-
ton for Alaska, preparing the way for
action by the two houses. The matter
has been talked over in committees, and
there will be some decisive action
shortly after the holidays recess. The
chief problem is to provide for a bet
ter government. Secretary Bliss rec
commended in his annual report that
Alaska be made a regular organized
territory. The sentiment of the COM
mittee on territories is that the time is
not yet ripe; that the population prac-
ically depend on the rich mining
strikes, is a rowing one, and that even
towns having large population today
may be abandoned tomorrow. 1t is
probable that there will be some en-
largement of the present laws, as pref
cradle to a general system of local leg
islation and territorial organization.
The homestead laws will be extended.
Mineral and townsite laws already are
in force. A prime difficulty is the alb
sence of surveys, and it is said that in
all probability. there are some portions
of Alaska that never will be surveyed.
This interferes with the operation of
the public land law extension.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-12-31
Evans Scheme to Protect Pension
erS From Legal HOld-ups.
RESULT OF LABOR'S VOICE
PRESIDENT DROPS PAxsoN
FROM FEDERAL FAVOR.
Prospect for Alaskan Legislation
Homestead Laws Will Be Extend
ed-seminole Treaty Ratified
Iowa Tribe-President Will Speak
at New York Banquet.

Washington, Dec. Commissioner
of Pensions Evans has been giving
some attention to a proposition where
by the services of pension attorneys
engaged in the prosecution of claims
before the office may be dispensed with,
and their work done by officials under
government supervision. The present
system, he says, is wrongful, and should
have been done away with long ago.
Disseminating the services of the at
torneys would result in a great saving
to both pensioners and the government,
and liability to frauds in issuing pen
sions would be reduced to a minimum.
The commissioner notes the fact that
$13,500,O00 has been paid out during the
past Is years to pension attorneys by
applicants for the prosecution of their
claims.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-12-31
BIRTH OF GREATER NEW YORK
A HOT TIME IN OLD TOWN TO-
NIGHT.
New City Will Be Ushered Into Ex-
istence Amid Blaze of Glory
Elaborate Preparations.

New York, Dec. 3O.-TOmorrow will be
the last day of the old city of New York.
The last meeting of many of the old
boards of the city have been held. 9th
ers will meet for the last time tomorrow.
When the birth of another year has been
announced by the booming of cannon, the
Ginning of church bells blowing of horns
and footing of whistles. the town of
Srander, Greater New York will be a fact
A celebration of the occasion has been ar
ranged, which will begin tomorrow night
at 10 O'Clock, and will last until the new
city is an hour or more old.
The front of the city hall has been
draped with the American colors In City
Hall park. electric lights, red, white and
blue, have been hung From the tops of
the buildings searchliShts Will play upon
the park.
At the postoffice the Second battery will
be stationed to boom out a salute of 100
guns. From the borough of Brooklyn will
come another salute of 100 guns, to tell
that the marriage of the cities is COM
plete.
Fireworks thrown from mOrtars in City
Hall park will add to the spectacle.
A procession of floats sent by business
houses. theatres and societies, escorted by
military organizations. civic associations
and individual maskers, will start from
Union square at 10 O'Clock. By midnight
the pageant will have reached the city
hall. The crashing of the bands and the
singing by united societies of Brooklyn
anu New 1OTk III front OIL the CITY nall
will be accompanied by the cannon.
At midnight, when old TrinityS chimes
ring out, and the clock of the city hall
indicates the hour, Old Glory will be run
up TO the top of the city hall Flagstaff and
while it is being run up, 81 searchlights.
each of 10000 candle power, will be up
on it.
From Washington orders have come to
the commandant on Governors island to
honor the birth of the new city. At sun
rise on Saturday the battery of the island
will fire a salute of 100 guns to the new
city of New York.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-12-31
THE BEGAN ASSESSMENT.
Nearly All Paid in and the Company
in Good Shane.

Park City, Dec. 3o.-Nearly all the
stockholders of the Began came to time
and paid the ~ ten{sl assessment, re-
Gently levied by the directors, to pay
the debts of the company At Che sale
of delinquent stock, Dec. 81, the secre-
tary had only $3.50 shares to offer, the
bulk of it being bid in by James Nc
Laughlin of Salt Lake. BY this as
sessment the company is placed free of
debt, and with the control of the stock
in the hands of men who are able to
develop the property, it may be rea-
sOnably expected that at the annual
meeting of the stockholders in Febru-
airy, action will be taken to push de
Velopment work with Vigor
Nothing definite can yet be learned
as to the proposed new Creole concen-
traitor, further than that the officers
are working on the proposition. 1t will
probably be equipped with Witty
tables for the concentration of low
grade lead, silver and gold ore, of
which the Creole has a large body.
One of the problems to be solved is
that Of a water supply 1t is stated
that water from the city reservoirs can
be conducted to a point 80 feet below
the Creole shaft, which is located well
up on the side of the steep mountain
south of the Park. 1t may, however,
be decided to build the. oconcentrator
lower down on the fiat
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-12-31
LOST TRIBES OF ISRAEL.
Interesting Discussion at the Jewish
Historical Society.

A4IICA CoI44At9 4(40S00S1O4A CT LAAC - CIV 1SA
Historical Society.
New York. Dec 3O.-The chief paper
read at the second days session of the
American Jewish Historical society
meeting, was by Leon Hummer, on
New York Jews in the Struggle for
American Independence" Mr.. Hummer
said that a larger proportion of Jews
were loyal to the American cause than
any other residents of the state, that
the Jews of rs have for all time an
swered the question, Can Jews be pa
triOts?
At the conclusion of Mr. Huhner's adj
dress there was some discussion on the
PAPER of President Oscar Straus. in
reference to the ten lost tribes. As to
the authority for the belief that the
American Indians were the lost tribes.
Dr. Cyrus Adler said that MonteceinOs
was the first Jew to originate the idea
that the Indians descended from the
lost tribes. DR.. KohIer says that who
ever was the first. he must have de-
rived his view from Christian sources.
DR.. Leo Weiner of Harvard related
some interesting folk stories from the
German in relation to the lost tribes.
which he gathered during last year.
Max ]. KOhler read a paper on EARLY
American Zionist Projects" On Ghe ap-
plication of DR.. c. d. Spivak of Den
yer, for an index to Judaica Ameri-
cana, particularly the periodical and
pamphlet Jewish publications, a COM
mittee was appointed to confer with
the publishers of Jewish literature.
The next meeting place was left to
the council
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-12-31
HAVANA TOBACCO.
Large Quantity Ready to &C Out at
General B1anco's Word.

Atlanta, Ga, Dec. 3O-A special to
the Constitution from Havana, Eia Key
West, says:
From d responsible source comes the
information that the port of Havana
will be opened to expectation within "a
hours. The port, was closed by Captain
General Weyler's edict of May Ia, 1896.
for the purpose of cutting the tobacco
industry of the United States. particu-
larly those of Tampa and Key West,
off from their supply. General Weyler
did this, ne claimed, to insure perma-
nent employment to the disconnected
cigar makers in Havana during the
troublesome times of war, but it is
known that his special aim was to par
alyze the Cuban colonies of the United
States, from which was coming the
fostering strength that made the in
SurgentS formidable.
There are about 10000 bales Of to-
bacco now stored in the warehouses
of Havana, ready to be shipped to the
states the moment the port is opened.
1t is said that the crop is promising.
all of which indicates that brighter
days are dawning for the paralyzed
commerce Of Cuba, and the waning
cigar factories of the United States.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-12-31
THE Bo0TH-TUCKERS.
salvationists Inficting Family
squabbles on the Public.

squabbles on the Public.
New York. Dec. Comma Booth
Tucker, wife of Commander Booth
Tucker. today made the following
statement:
81 am amazed and grieved beyond ex-
preston to read in this mornings is
sue of certain papers the message from
Chicago which purports that Comman-
der BoothTucker spoke of Mrs Bal
lington Booths illness as of a non-ser-
ious and even feigned character.
L am hoping to catch the comman-
der on his journey west by telegram
today, that | may get his own denial
of this alleged statement.
In the meantime l would most I'M
hesitatingly assert that there has been
some grave misapprehensions on the
part OF the informant in this case, and
I point to our written statements, both
to the press, and as contained in our
periodicals, as proof positive that no
such attitude has for one moment been
taken by US
Emma BoothTucker tonight received
the following dispatch from Commander
Booth-Tucker in answer to an inquiry as
to the truth of the statement credited to
him in recent publications concerning the
illness of Mrs. Ballington Booth
North Platte, Neb.-Greatly regret re-
newed controversy. Did not impute such
a thing neither did [ deny serious Illness
Commander BoOth-Tucker."
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-12-31
THE SALT LAKE HERALD FRIDAY, DECEMBER 81 1897

OF Ming notices OF location made on
the first two days of the new year
The proofs of labor filed for record
yesterday were as follows:
WEST MOUNTAIN DISTRICT.
Thomas E. Jones and John West, for
I the Snow Bird lode.
Thomas Hosking and Alma G. Wat
son, for the Gold Basin lode.
D. ". Teachenor, for the Liberal and
Republican lodes
T. Mayne ct al, for the Ray lode.
Thomas Pritchard ct al, for the Ches-
ter and Varetic lodes.
S. Z. Miner, for the Atlantic lode
Theodore NJ Grow ct al, for the
Mayhower lode.
Angelo Gabardi ct al, for the Column
bia and Grecian Iodes.
Adolph Rosy ct al, for Western
Chief Extension, Montreal No. /,
Fourth Extension, Telegraph, West,
Telegraph Link lodes.
Peter Ariasi ct al, for the Columbia,
Grecian Bend and Mineral Zone Elk
tension lodes.
Antonio Musso ct al, for the Grecian
Bend, Grecian Bend No. 2, Columbia,
Mineral Zone Extension, Star of Utah
and Good Fortune lodes.
Nelson Anton ct al, for the Star of
Utah and Grecian Bend No. lodes.
George Tinsman ct al, for the Gre
clan Bend No. 2, Diana and Good For
tune lodes
Pic Girdo ct al, for the Telegraph
Link lode.
]. D. Braman ct AL, for the Queen
of Sheba and Diana lodes.
James Stockdale ct al, for the Star
of Utah, Grecian Bend No. l. Grecian
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-12-31
APPEAL TO MINE OWNERS.
Samples Wanted for Utah's Exhibi
at Omaha.

samples wanted for Utah's Exhibit
at Omaha.
Ogden, Utah, Dec. 3O.-Editor Salt
Lake Herald: Having accepted the
work of preparing mineral exhibit
from the mines of Utah for the Omaha
exposition in 1898. 1 would most re-
specially ask all owners of mines or
mineral deposits of whatsoever nature
within the state of Utah, to prepare
samples of the same for the above ex-
position.
Transportation and space will be al
lowed to all who wish to exhibit ores
or minerals. A small appropriation has
been made by the state for this purpose.
and it is therefore the duty of all min
ing men to aid, as much as lies in their
power, this work of Utah exposition
We have within our state wonderful
mineral wealth, the volume of low
grade refractory gold ores which. if
we can get before the world, money
and science viii reduce, to the benefit
and profit Of our state industries. At
Marysvale, at Mercur, in the Blue
mountains at Bingham, at Deep Creek
and along the base of the Wasatch
range, there are millions of tons of
low grade gold ores. They are refrac-
tory, and run but little in gold, yet
SClentlTlc treatment VIII make them
profitable. BY showing such to the
world we may draw money and e1per-
iment this way.
1t is likewise so with out silver, our
lead, our copper, our anthony and our
iron, and also our salt, our sulphur, our
soda and our hydro carbons. They are
superior and abundant, but we must
cry from the hilltops that we have
such, and show a small quantity OF
the same to the investigator from time
to time, otherwise states less rich in
such wealth will outdistance us in the
march of progress.
To be brief and to the point, Utah is
to make mineral exhibit at Omaha,
and l am appointed to prepare the
same, and therefore l want it to be a
most creditable one to the state l ask
every mine owner to allow a small
quantity of ore to leave his mine for
this purpose; | would like if each mine
owner would instruct his foreman with
in the next few weeks to place at one
side a few choice samples of whatever
class of ore he is engaged in mining.
will run over the state at large and
prepare such exhibits as will be avail
able for our work. Any special exhibit
that any company may desire to make
will be carefully considered and space
given to the same.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-12-31
MADE THE ROUND TRIP.
Prof. ribbals Wei Pleased With the

Prof. Tibbals Well Pleased With the
Chloride Point and Northern Light.
Professor W. Il. Tibbals returned
home Wednesday night from visit 10
Tooele county. where he made the cir
cult of the mines Of Lion Hill and sun
shine, and he states that he is more
than pleased with what he saw during
his absence.
His first stop was at the Chloride
Point, on Lion Hill and he was amaz-
cd al the developments made in the
property since his former visit to the
mine in August last, and he further
states that one would hardly believe,
unless he saw for himself. the amount
OF ore that Is blocked out in this ia
nous cd producer.
AS a matter of TACT, however" Mr..
Tibbals went on to say. the workin IS
Which branch off from the main tunnel
in the mine show large bodies of ore
every where, and in one place in the
property cross-cuts from the tunnel dis
close a body OF good milling mineral.
ali OF l25 feet in width, and from 20
to 20 feet perpendicular depth AID
reither hanging nor footwau have been
disclosed as yet, and in this great mass
of mineral there are chutes of high
glade ore from which shipments are
being made regularly The mill is also
rapidly approaching completion, and it
viii not be long now before it will
make its initial run"
Mr.. Tibbals also made visit to the
Northern Light, and carefully inspect
&c the bodies Of high grade milling gold
ore exposed in the lower workings of
this property, and he states that it is
d sight well worth seeing. while he has
not the least doubt as to the ultimate
success Of the enterprise
At the present time this fine gold ore
is rapidly finding its way to the
teaching tanks, and as this is splendid
teaching mineral, a high recovery of
gold 5 being made.
As to the Overland, the professor
was highly impressed with this prop
erty, and is Of the opinion that in time.
and with development, it viii become
formidable rival to the Mercur and
the other leading mines of Camp Floyd
district.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-12-31

Bend. Columbia, Mineral Zone Exten-
sion and Diana lodes.
Barney Ariasi ct al, for the Diana
and Good Fortune Iodes.
Peter o. SellO ct AL for the Salvation,
Wesline Chief and Grecian Bend No. 2
lodes.
Virginia Bonvicini ct al, for the
Tiger, Triangle and Homestake lodes.
S. Briggs and George w. Kingsley,
for the Copper Center lode.
w. r. Smith, for the Harrison lode.
e. L. Talbot and T. B. Stephens, for
the Frances Y, Marianne b, Boston and
Dauntless lodes.
B. F. Butler and H. c. Butler for
the Eighty-seven, B. F. Butler No. l
and w. j. Bryan lodes.
w. F. Anderson, for the Free Coin
age.
Archie Mcsporran, for the Gondola,
Centennial, Paragon and Rhue lodes.
Joseph Thornton, for the Harrison
lode.
Archie McSporran, for the Governor,
Cyote and General Grant lodes.
Arthur E. Heacock and George Roe,
for the Chandler and Fraction lodes.
c. L. Lamb, for the Morning Star,
Morning Star No. 2, Snow Bird and
Upper Ten lodes.
b. F. Butler, for the North Star and
COLUMBUS IOQeS-
John Kelly and Atha Williams, for
the st. Elmo lode.
HOT SPRINGS DISTRICT.
James Ross. for the Hazel-Bess Nos.
1. and 8, Bessie Nos l, 2, 8 and 4,
Hazel Nos. l, ,, 8 and 4, Visel, Lulu,
Bell, Minnie Maud, Duchess and Vir-
ginia lodes.
Francis J. P. Pascoe, jr., for the Vel
low jacket lode.
BIG COTTONWOOD DISTRICT.
w. f James, for the South Side Nos
l, > and 3. Sea View, Margaret, Eliza
beth, North Side, Tyler West, Ninety
six, and Fractional lodes.
w. F. James, for Big Cottonwood
Water Right and the James Tunnel and
Millsite.
Jackson Jones, for the Wyoming and
Nicholson lodes.
Jacob G. Pate, for the Ruth and Cres-
cent lodes.
LITTLE COTTONWOOD DISTRICT.
Charles Holder and William Thorn
ton, for the Jubilee, Vesuvius, Fleur de
Lis, Copper King, John Bull, Damphool
and Warwick lodes.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-12-31

Cincinnati, o.. Dec 3O.-The whisky
pool organized yesterday at Louisville
for Kentucky distillers includes the
leading Cincinnati distillers on it's COM
nittee. Among the leading distillers on
the committee are John Atherton,
Louisville, chairman; r. Monarch,
greensboro, KY; John G. Beach and
Mr.. w. S. Smearingen, Louisville;
Nicholas Walsh and George w. Harris.
Cincinnati. 1t is proposed, after the
pooling arrangements are perfected, to
incorporate the larger distilleries into a
strong consolidation, but no plans are
made public.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-12-31

In cleaning out this Old tunnel. it
was noticed that, as the work pro-
gressed toward the end of the work
ings, that ore of high grade was mixed
all through the debris" 1t soon be-
came evident to the workmen that an
immense cave had taken place in the
mine, which, when cleared away, dis
closed a face of 80 feet wide, and 40
feet high, in which was found several
veins of high-gra ore, aggregating,
at Least.
FOURTEEN FEET OF SOLID ORE.
Between the veins, the gangue mat
ter has pockets of ore of more or less
value scattered all through il, SO that
the amount Of ore in sight is really
immense.
The ore is of the same character as
that which was formerly taken from
the big pocket which was very rich
IN copper, with a generous sprinkling
of gold and silver.
The time having expired for the re-
demDtion of the mine by the old man
2gement on the 18th of this Enonth the
property now passes into the hands Of
Mr.. Gates, who bid the property in.
l am reliably informed that the new
management viii erect a
FIRST CLASS SMELLING PLANT
next season, for the reduction of the
ore, which will be a great thing for
Carbonate district.
That this is one of the greatest cop
per propositions in the west, there can
be no doubt, and that it will soon take
its place among Utahs dividend-paying
mines, is reasonably certain.
In last weeks mining letter, an er-
ror inadvertently creDt in. 1t was
stated that the assays from the Uin-
tab, which lays near the Victoria. gave
8 ounces gold. It should have read
dollars.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-12-31
TRIUMPH OF LABOR.
President Reluctantly Drops Paxson
From Federal Favor.

Chicago, Dec SO-The News Wash
ington special says:
Senator Cullom's protest against the
nomination of Judge Edward NJ PaxsOn
of Pennsylvania as interstate commerce
commissioner, has borne fruit Today
the president told one of his callers
that he had reluctantly given up his
intention to nominate the Pennsylvania
jurist. He referred to the opposition
of labor to Parsons confirmation. and
added that unless the cloud lowering
over the Pennsylvania man is lifted, the
latter cannot hope for preferment.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-12-31
GREAT WHEAT DEAL.
Curtain Will Be Rung Down On
Closing Scene Today.

Chicago, Dec. 8O-The closing scenes
of the Letter deal in December wheat
win have been enacted by 2 o'clock to
morrow. and the curtain rung down on
everything of a speculative nature per-
tanning TO the huge affair.
Ely that time, too, there will have
been delivered about 100000 bushels
of wheat if anything like the recent
rate of increase in stocks of contract
wheat holds good tomorrow Todays
action of the market and the enormous
purchase of December by the Letter
brokers seem proof that there is no
December shortage now outstanding. 1t
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-12-31
THE IOWA TRIBE.
Petition for Pro Rata Distribution
of Trust Funds.

Chicago, Dec. 3O.-The Posts Wash
ington special says: The Iowa tribe
of Indians, living in Kansas and Ne
braska, have just sent to congress a
petition asking to have their tribal trust
funds distributed pro rata among the
members of the tribe and credited TO
the several shareholders individually
on the books OF the treasury depart
ment, to be disbursed for the benefit
of each individual, at the discretion of
the secretary of the interior, the bal
ance, if any, to be paid to the heirs of
each at death, under the law. The pc
tition is signed with full written sig
natures, with the exception OF one man,
the only adult in the tribe who cannot
write his own name.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-12-31
The Crosse Mine

Provo, Dec. 3O.--suit is being com
meneed today by belmont Roberts ct
al. VS.. the Utah County Savings bank
to quiet the title to the Crosse mine,
in Tintic.
Some time ago the bank secured a
judgment against w. D. Roberts and
sold this mine to satisfy the same, be-
Heving it to be the property of the
judgment debtor. The contention of the
plaintiffs on this action is that it is not
and never has been his property, but
belongs to the plaintiffs.
D. D. Houtz is attorney for the plain
tiffS
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-12-31
Office of the County Recorder Closes
This Afternoon.

Claim owners were geared up to
quick action yesterday and besieged
the office with wagonloads of affidavits
of labor for filing, and as today is the
last day Of grace for the almost de-
funct year of 1897, it is expected that
the rush will be greater than ever, as
Recorder Jensen, in pursuance to an
Interpretation of the mining law by
County Attorney Van Colt, will close
his office promptly at this evening
and Will keep it closed until am
Monday, Jan. 3, 1898. when it is expect
ed that a large number of prospectors
will be waiting in line for the purpose
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-12-31

was this fact as much as anything else
which made the trade bearish, despite
very bullish array of news for the
day.
1t is generally expected that the great
deal will be wound up without the SEN
sations looked for earlier in the month
The plucky manner in which all of the
cash wheat had been taken in by Letter
and the liberal way in which the May
had been bought, led to a revulsion of
feeling on the curb after the board had
closed
The report was current that the Brit
ish had called out their navy reserves,
and the news threw the bears into a
panic. The May price was rushed up
from 921sQ927s, while calls were fran
tically bid up from 9S1a@94B.