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Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-04-14
SEMl-CENTENNlAL.
Bars OF Lead Bullion Uuearih d Under
the sanpete uounly Courthouse
SiairWay-Nvtes.

Chairman Clawson OF The Utah
aemi-cenlennial commission has re.
ceiv.d the following communication
from Sven Nelson OF Fairview:
"Dear Sm: In reply to your inquiry
of the Sth Inst. concerning the bar Of
bullion, will Any that about i've years
ago Judge JACOB Johnson ami mJself
unearthed under the stairway OF the
Sanpete county courthouse two bars of
bullion, which weighed about ninety
pounds each. They bore the following
inscription, which was impressed into
them when originally molIeu: 'Gteal
salt Lake CITY, Stale Of Deseret,' We
learned from an old Pioneer that this
tuition was aug CUT at Lac Veaas.
along the old California trail, yla
Southern Utah, anu hauled TO Sail
Lake Ciy by OK teams. whs tol1
mat Brig ham Y.ung sent the men on
TO mine the lead PRIOR 10 the Jounaon
army trouble in Echo canyon. Nj
usins II there, pETt OF 1t was snipueu
out to Sanpele to use Ia the Back.
HAWK imam war. A. to tIs where.
auouts OF those bars / viii say that al
the time OF the discovery Of those bars
under the stairway, We expressed Que
bar 10 the DssefeL Muttum, in Salt
Lake CITY. L nave since seen II %
exh bigion at tue MUSEUM. | last saw
the Other bar 10 the MEDu Courthouse
in the cllleclOi's office when retire.
from I'll 10, January 2, 1897"
lie commission w.li mo,t in regular
Birmingham state herald., 1897-02-26
AT THE END OF A ROPEAa
Doubtless Swings Charley Brown, Ne gro Rapist and Murderer, Near Chattanooga-In the Hands of Howling Infuriated Mob.

Chattanooga, Tenn, Feb. 25.--At Rath- bon, twenty miles north from Chattanoo- ga, a double tragedy was enacted this af- ternoon, only meagre details of which have reached this city. as an infuria ted mob has possession of the place and jeaa- ously seeks to suppress the facts. Char ley Brown, d negro roustabout, accosted a white girl of a respectable family of miners named Martin in the wooded out skirts of the town and -crimlnally assault- ted her, but the girl resisted stoutly. Her cries finally attracted attention and the negro fled.
 Constable John Sadler and Deputy Sher- if William Hallett had the fiend at bay but Brown drew a pistol, shot the con- stable and fatally wounded him. He made his escape, but was retaken by posse of citizens. They brought him to Rathbon and lodged him in a one-room log house in the center of the town.
 A bowling mob composed of the tough- est characters in this mining community is guarding the house and the town has gone wild. The negro has made a clean hopes that the rioters will spare his life.
 It is reported here that he has been taken to the woods where the assault was committed and hung to a tree. The pas sions of the popuflace are doubiy ina med by the recent memory of similar oc- currence wherein a constable was shot down from ambush by escaped pris- oner and while in the shadow Of the gal lows was pardoned by the governor.
 No request for aid has come to Sheriff Bush in this city. As there is but one officer and no prison in the town no power short of the militia could save the brute who is now doubtless at the ropes end.
Birmingham state herald., 1897-02-26
WATER AT CINCINNATI
Now Nearly 61 Feet and Great Damage Reported--Little Freight Being
 Handled-Stand Still Expected.

Cincinnati O., Feb. 25.--At o'clock to- night the Ohio river was sixty feet eight and quarter inches and rising only at the rate of thres-quarters of an inch per hour. A stand-still will undoubtedly be reached before midnight.
 A careful estimate made tonight puts the number of families driven from home at 900 in Newport alone. The damage in that city will not fall below $150, ,000.
 All railroads are still using temporary depots.
 Very little freight is being handled. The Big Four grain elevator has shut down. it
 As many Cincinnati voting places are engulfed there promises to be great con- fusion at the republican primaries to- morrow.
 A conservative estimate places th= number of families in the east end of the city that have been driven from home or to upper stories at 300
 The plant of the s. B. Clapp Ammonia company, northwest corner of St. An drews and Neck. streets, Pendleton, was destroyed by fire this morning. Loss $12,000. The building was completely surrounded by the flood and the fire en- zine horses had to go through nearly four feet of water to get to the scene. The firemen had to ride out in boats to get the hose near enough to play on the James,, The fire was caused by the high water coming in contact with a lot of unsla cked lime in the building.
Birmingham state herald., 1897-02-26
NEWS FROM HAVANA
Lame Excuse For Lees Reported Resig- nation-Mrs. Rodriguez Allowed
 to Remove.

Havana, Feb 25.-La Lucha, comment ing on the report from New York an- npuncing Consul General Lees alleged resignation, prete nds to explain the cause of his reported retirement from office. It says that General Lees position would be urrtenable with the advert of the Me Kinley administration. and he wished to anticipate a possible intimation he migi9t receive from Mr. Mckinley that his resignation would be accepted.
 The same paper contains an editorial discussing the action of the correspond to see the rebel commander -in-C Chiefr Co., meg. in his camp.
 Consul General Lee has obtained the consent of Marquis De Ahumada, who is now acting in the place of Captain Gen eral Neyler. to the return to his former home in the United States of Mrs. Rod riguez, who was recently arrested in Pu- erto Principe, because her husband was a rebel.
 The Venezuelan general, Fernando AL yarez, and three other men who were arrest ed in g. boat from a filibustering ex- pedItion a year ago, have been tried by court martial and sentenced to life im- prisonment.
 The lawyer who has been acting for Sanguilly, the American citizen who is now under sentence of life Imprisonment, has withdrawn from the appeal that was sent ter Madrid.
 Cfce-C -Consul General Springer arrived here today.
Birmingham state herald., 1897-02-26
THREE PEOPLE KILLED
And Two Others Fatally Injured and an Electric Car Smashed Into
 Kindling Wood

Chicago, Feb. 25.-A rtoTsthbound train on the Chicago and Eastern Illinois rail- road, and the Columbia Heights race train, southbound, on the same road, simultaneously struck Calumet electric car at the One Hundred -and-Third street crossing this afternoon. The motorman and two passengers were instantly killed, two other passengers probably ia tally in- jured and the car smashed into kindling wtclod. The three persons killed were so badly naangled as to be unrecogniza- ble. The injured are:
 Mrs. Mansfield, wife of the edftcr of the Roselamd, Qll.,) Enterprise, thrUlwn 200 feet; probably faItailly injured
 Robert HiIries, a mIotorman on the road, probably faItally injured.
 The railway people claim that the gates were down and that the motorman lost control of his car, which crashed through h tine gates. The rorthbound train and the race train meet the crossing at the same time every day. They were due at the time tfie electric car struck the ga ters. The car was squarely in the middle of the tracks when the two trains struck it, completely demolis1ling it.
 Chicago, H., Feb. 25.-Folowing is a corrected list of the casualties:
 DEAD
 George O'Malley, motorman.
 Peter Fucherprince, cattle buyer.
 R. w. Young, collector.
 THE INJURED:
 Robert Hines, employe of the Calumet company may die.
 Henry Madison, conductor on the elec- trio car; recovery doubtful.
 Mary Mochelle, internal injuries and se- rious bruises; may not recover. F. A. Young. fireman, Chicago and Eastern Illinois; will recover.
 Eight or ten passengers were on board the motor and all were more or less in- jured. The engines of the two railway trains were also damaged and the fire man on the outbound suburban was thrown to the ground and severely hurt. The motorman was lying under the front platform of his car and was crushed to death
Birmingham state herald., 1897-02-26
KING GEORGE STANDS FIRM Will Not ReCede from His Pres-
 ent Policy. PROPOSAL OF TIE POWERS Looked <. } as Mere Makeshlft and Not At
 E All Acceptable. HIS IoJLINESs HAS BEEN APPEALED TO B le Archbishop of Athens to Secure
 ust Solutlon-England Announces su Her Negotiations with the - Powers-The Remedy.
PROPOSAL OF THE POWERS
IS lojlINESs HAS BEEN APPEALED TO

London, Feb. 26.-1 a. m.--A dispatch from Athens to the Central News says that King George and his cabinet pro- claim their resolve to maintain their present policy They declare that it is impossible for them to recall thz Greek troops from Crete.
 The Athens correspondent of the Stand ard telegraphs that it is reported that Col. Smolentz, minister of war has re- newed his offer to resign. There are signs that the remainder of the cabinet are in- clined to take a similar step, but any indication of retreat from the kings pol icy would involve the greatest danger to the throme It is therefore unlikely that there will be any faltering in the highest quarters. There is doubtless a grim popular determination to follow the sacrifices already made to the bitter end. An expression of the exasperatfon felt at the attitude of the powers was given today when 300 volunteers who had been prevented by the warships from landing in Crete marched through ths streets accompanied by military bands. 1t is understood that the note of the pow CTS arrived today and that it will be pre- sented to the government tomorrow. The rsply will probably be dictated by the resolution of the Cretans to yield only to superior force.
 The proposals of th@ powers is regarded as precarious makeshift which will not end the crisis. The Roman Catholic archbishop of Athens has sent details of the sufferings of the Cretans to the pope praying that he use his best offices to procure an equitable solution of the trouble.
 The blockade of Cret4 is now being strictly maintained. The scarcity of provisions is beginning to be felt. The foreign admirals have stopped all com municat tions between the Greek warshfp and Col. Vassos, the commander of the Greek army of occupation.
 A British torpedo boat has undertaken to convey communications from Col. Vas- sos to Athens.
Birmingham state herald., 1897-02-26
A REMARKABLE RUN.

Norfolk Va, Feb. 25.-Torpedo boat No. arrived here tonight at o'clock after a remarkable run of eleven hours and fifty minutes between Sandy Hook and Cape Henry. She used only two-thirds power and a steam preSusre of one hundred and thirty pounds. Thick wealth. CT was encountered but despite this. and deranged cornpasEess, the vessel main tained am average speed of twenty -three knots an hour. Her passage through Hampton Roads was necessarily slow. She wild leave the Norfolk navy yard at 10 o'clock tomorrow moglning and proceed to Washington, after coaling at I4am- berts Point
Birmingham state herald., 1897-02-26
Will Be Required to Meet the Sundry Civil Appropriations as Reported
 by the Senate Committee

Washington, Feb. 25.-The senate com mittee on appropriations today finished the sundry civil appropriation bill.
 Among the additions made by the com mittes were the following: Completing approaches to and grounds, Charleston, S. C.. postoffice, $12,O00; Nicaragua canal mmission-continulng surveys and ex- aminations to having plans for the entire work of construction, $150,000 The pres ident is to appoint three engineers as commission. The employees of congress are given the months extra pay that is customary at the end of the session. Inn proving and completing roadways to na- tional cemetery, Pensacola, Fla, 10000.
 A new piece of legislation provid s that hereafter the secretary of war shall an- nually submit estimates in detail for river and harbor improvements required for the ensuing fiscal year to the secre- tary of the treasury to be included in and carried into the sum total of the book of estimates and all such river and harbor estimates shall be considered and reported on in separate bill by the com mittee of each houS- having charge of river and harbor improvements.
 The reduction fell heaviest upon the items for continuing river and harbor improvements under the contract system. The southern items follow:
 Harbor at Savannah from $400,000 to $300 600.
 Cumberland sound, Georgia and Flor ida, from $400, 900 to $500, 000
 Winawaye bay, South Carolina, from S400000 to $300,00
 Sabine Pass. Texas, from $400, ,O0O to $500 000
 Bayou Plaquemine, La., from $40O,O0O to $300,000.
 Cumberland river, above Nashville by construction of locks and dams, from $4o0000 to $300,o0
 Falls of Ohio a Louisville, from $i00O0o to $300,000.
 The senate made a net addition to the bill of $1, 162, 9S3, the total carrisd being $51, ,827,727. The act for the current year carries $33, ,09e, ,710.
 Total increase amounts to $3, 153 252, and the total reduction to $261916S
Birmingham state herald., 1897-02-26
ENGLAND's ATTITUDE
Made Known In the House of Lords By Gnl shl1r,,-I,nrca If Nenae

Made Known In the House of Lords By
 Salsbury-Force If Necessary.
 London, Feb. 25.-There was a large attendance of peers and visitors al the opening of the sitting of the house of lords this afternoon. Several speereses were present and number of bishops other than those entitled to sit in the house of lords, together with members of the house of commons looked on from the galleries. Soon after the house came to order Lord Dunraven rose and made a formal request that the government in- form the house as to the exact situation in Crete and the governments neg9tia- tions with the powers looking to solu- tion of the difficulties. Lord Salisbury upon rising to reply was cheered and when the cheering stopped said that telegram had been sent to the British rep resentative at the capital of each of the combined European powers, the phrase ology of which was as follows:
 Inform the government to which you are accredited that Her Majesty's gov ernment propose to make the following declaration of the policy they intend to pursue which they believe to be in &C., cordance with that of their allies:
 First, that the establishment of admin istrative autonomy in Crete is necessary to the tern1ina tion of international occu- patton of that island.
 Second, that subject to such system of
 
 remain portion of the Turkish empire. Third, that the governments of Turkey and Greece ought to be informed of this resolution.
 Fourth That if either Turkey or Greece should persist in a refusal when required to withdraw her naval and military forces from the island the powers should impose their decision by force.
 Lord Salisbury said that it did not follow that the Turkish troops would be 1xyif hfIr frnn Ia Hot fa1x nevertheless the practical withdrawal of her troops from the island was a neees- sary condition to the establishment of autonomy, and they would therefore be withdrawn
 The premier then gave as instances of autonomy administration the form of government which now obtains in the island of Samoa, a Turkish possession, and which formerly prevailed in Servia, and proceeded to say he imagined that the powers would require the Greek troops in Crete to be withdrawn at an earlier date than the Turkish troops; but he was unable to give any further d. tails until he knew what decision had been reached by the powers. Still it was his belief that the powers recognized the principles he had announced as ani- mating their policy.
 Lord Kimberly, who was minister of foreign affairs in the cabinet of Lord Salisbury, said that the staten snt just made by Lord Salisbury was one of great gravity and would require careful con- sideration on his part before he felt pre- pared to make any observations thereon. The house then adjourned.
 The whole incident occupied twenty minutes Subsequently the Earl of Kim berly held conference with Sir William Harcourt in a. private room.
 The conservatives are unanimous in the approval of the method of settlement of the Cretan difficulties.
Birmingham state herald., 1897-02-26
ICE MEN AGAIN.

Memphis May Be the Next Meeting Place
 Old Officers Reelected.
 Charleston, s. C., Feb. 25.-The South ern Ice Exchange adjourned its annual convention, after having one short ses- sion here this morning. The leading question discussed was the advisabilty of making the organization national in name and character. It was agreed final ly to retain the present name for the time being and to appoint a committee to consider the question later. The exc cutive committee was authorized to se- lect the place for the next meeting. Memphis made a bid for the convention, and it will probably be held in that city. All the existing officers of the exchange were reelected, as follows: R. c. Graves, Memphis president; T. P. Hart, New Orleans, vice president, and B. B. Ragan, AtIan.a, secretary and treasurer
Birmingham state herald., 1897-02-26
POOR STEINITZ.

London, Feb. 25.--It is now we'll estab- lished that the recent report of the death of Steinitz, the chess master, was errone- ous. dispatch to the Central News from Berlin says that friends of his in tlnat city have received information from Moscow that he is alive, but suffering from am imcuraible ulceration of the brain. The rumor of his death probably arose from the fact that he recently swooned and was unconscious for a long time. Since then his condition has become worse He has forgotten all about chess playing and occupies the intervals be- tween his attacks of delerium in writ ing what he imaginns to be essays on philosophy and discussing the day of his return to New York.
Birmingham state herald., 1897-02-26
COTTON ON FIRE.

Warehouse Badly Damaged, But Result
 to Contents Not Known.
 Norfolk, Va, Feb. 25.-Fire broke out this morning at 10 o'clock fin the cotton warehouse of l. B. Loe & Co.,, and Jones & Sons, and although the department was assisted by fire tugs, three hours work was necessary to subdue the flames. The damage to the building is $1,5oe, fully covered by insurance.
 'Ths stock is valued at $30,000 and the extent of damage thereto cannot be as certained until the smouldering cotton Is removed It is insured fully, however.
 Tonight the fire again broke out but was soon subdued.
Birmingham state herald., 1897-02-26
JOSE SANGU|LLY PARDONED. Queen Regent Has Signed the
 Document. OFFICIAL ANNOUNCEMENT Of this Action Will Be Made in Madrid News papers Today-Tetuan Cabled the Above
 to Minister DeLome.
ANNOUNCEMENT

Washington, Feb. 25.-senor DeI4ome the Spanish minister residing here, states tonight that he has received an official cablegram from Madrid that the queen regent has signed the pardon of Jose iSanguilly. The further statement is made that this action was taken by the Spanish cabinet last week, and will be published officially in the Madrid news papers tomorrow.
 The telegram conveying this informa- tion to Senor De Lome is signed by. Tet- uan, Spanish minister of foreign affairs.
Birmingham state herald., 1897-02-26
THE TURF.
NEW ORLEANS RESULTS.

New Orleans, Feb. 5--Fine weather, an attendance of 5000 and a heavy track marked today's sport. Four favorites won, and the public beat the bookies.
 First Race--Six furlongs Ettarre, 100 GA BarretD 3 to i, won; Laura Davis second, Baal Cad third Time, 1:23.
 Second Race--Four furlongs, Oninoor 1OS (C. Reiff), to 10. won; Eulalia sec ond, Scott Newman third. Time, 0:541a.
 Third Race-Mile and a sixteenth. Dave Pulsifer 115 e. Reiff), 1 to 4, won; Otho second, Sir John third. Time, 2:01%.
 Fourth Race-Six furlongs. Prince Proverb, 101 (Hirsch), 12 to 1, won Glen Albyn second, Senator Penrose third. Time :23.
 Fifth Race-Seven furlongs Bustup, 96 Oean) to 2, won: pr France sec ond, James V. Carter third. Time, LAO.
 Sixth Race-One mile. Favorine, 101 co. Reiff), even, won; c. c. Rumrill sec ond Newhouse third. Time, 1:55A.
Birmingham state herald., 1897-02-26

Sa1vab1e, 1O9 (Martin), g to 5. won; Ar gentina, second; Lincoln IT., third. Time, 1:4SA.
 Third Race-Six furlongs, selling. Cls- sic B., 100 (Barringer), 10 to l. won; Woodehopper, second; Meadowlark, third. Time, 1:131a.
 Fourth Raee-Six furlongs, selling: Ye- men, 105 (Sloan). 9 to 10. won; Major Cook, second; Jack O'Lanters, third. Time, 1:15A.
 Fifth Racs-Five furlongs, purse. Gel oso, 96 (Sloan), to ?, won; Miss Ross, second; Sallie Cliquot, third. Time, 1.03A.
 Sixth Race-Mile and a quarter, sell- ing. Foremost, 1O6 (Sloan), 6 to 1, won; Can't Dance, second; Morte Fonso, third. Time, 2:10.
 Seventh Race-Five furlongs, purse. Magnet 11S (Slaughter), even. won: Fly, second; Dunboy, third. Time, 102k.
Birmingham state herald., 1897-02-26

lent; and that sanguilfy was no more an American citizen than MT. Daniel was the subject. of Turkey
 Senators Lodge and Daniel denied the right of th7 senate to go between the record of the superior court of New York from which the papers had been Issued.
 MT. Teller characterized the conduct of the state department as '.pusillani- mous' and said that he expected nothing better from the next administration. He declared he would make every power in the world respect American citizens If it should take all the money, all the ships and all the men that the country had"
 When MT. Teller finished his remarks Mir. Allen alluded to the fact that the discussion had bsen going on for the last hour on the Indian appropriation bill, and he moved that that bill be laid aside and that the Sanguilly resolution be taken up. The motion was agreed to- yeas, 40; nays 27, as follows:
 Yeas-Al1en, Bacon, Berry, Blackburn, Blanchard, Brown, Butler. Call, Cam eron, Cannon, Carter, Chandler Danisl, Davis, Dubois, Gallinger. Hansbrough, Hill, Jones, Nevada; Kenney, Lindsay, Lodge, Mantle, Martin, Mills, Morgan, Murphy, Pasco, Peffer. Pritchard Roach, Squire, Stewart, Teller, Thurston, Tur- pie, Vest, Voorhees, Walthall, Wilson 40.
 Nays-Aldrich, Allison, Baker, Bate, Burrows, caffery, Chiffon, Cullom, Gib- son. German. Gray, Hale, Hawley. Hoar, Jones, Arkansas; McMillin, Mitchell, Wisconsin; Palmer. Perkins, Pettigrew, Platt Proctor, Pugh, Quay. Sewall, Sher- man, Wetmore-27.
 So the Sanguilly joint resolution was again taken up formally.
 Illusions by Senators Hill and White to the inconsistency of MT. Shsrman in having the joint resolution yesterday re- ported and expressing the hope that the senate would pass it today and then vot- ing today against taking 1t up, brought Mir Sherman to his fset. He said: "Tha senator from California seems to desire
Birmingham state herald., 1897-02-26
DEADLY N1rRo-GLYcER1NE.

tity of nitro gl ycerine, stored between Gould Station and New Alexandria, O., on the Pam Handle railroad, in the Gould fields exploded this afternoon at o'clock, killing two men and iHjuning a number of others Both men were blown to att Houses were knocked down and trees were torn up. The report of the explos- ion was heard ten miles away The two men Killed were named Dreary and Rols- ton, oil weld dudl1ers.
Birmingham state herald., 1897-02-26
AN EDITRESS WEEDS.

Baltimore, Md, Feb. 25.-Mrs. Jennie F. Abel, widow of George w. Abel for years editor of the Sun, and one of the foremost journalists of the country, was married today to MT. William Bernard Duke, of the bicycle firm of Ehrman & Duke. The cers mony was performed at o'clock this morning by the Rev. Father OKeefe, pastor of the Catholic church at Towson, in the Sisters chapel, in the residence of the sisters. The c=re- mony was private, only a few relatives and intimate friends of the bride and groom being present.
Birmingham state herald., 1897-02-26
SOUR GRAPES RATHER.

tic,e discussing the Cuban situation as affecting the relations of Spain with the United States, alludes to the killing of Ricardo Ruiz an American citizen, in a Spanish prison in Cuba and says: The Ruiz affair cannot assume the propor- tions of international importance. SpainI is ready to punish any persons who shall be proved to have ill-treated Ruiz and the friendly relations between Spain and the government at Washington preclude amy diplomatic strain over the matter