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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-05-25
MAY SHUT OFF The GAS.
NOTICES ISSUED BY THE GAS
COMPANY
To Those Who Refuse to Pay the
Fifty-Cent Rate-The Users Con-
tend That the Franchise Author
ICES Not Over Thirty Cents Per
Thousand Cubic Feet.

Some of the patrons of the Salt Lake
and Ogden Gas and Electric Light
company were considerably perturbed
yesterday by the receipt of notices from
the company to the effect that if their
bills, at the rate of 80 cents per 1000
cubic feet, were not paid the gas will
be shut off today. Those receiving
these notices are the parties who have
been contending that 80 cents is the
to charge under its franchise, and quite
number of them declare they will
not pay anything over that figure,
whether the gas is shut off or not.
the committee appointed to investi-
gate the gas rate question is still alive
and az some of it's members have re-
ceived the threat to cut off the il
Illuminating supply unless they pony
up, the committee has been aroused,
and if the company actually shuts
them down it is possible the courts
may be applied to for relief.
The citizens commietee-or at least
some members of it-ctaim that under
their old franchise the gas company is
not allowed to charge more than 30
cents, and they also assert that that
is the franchise the company is work
ing under, and not under the natural
gas franchise.
The new franchise authorizing a rate
of so cents per 900 has not yet become
berS of the gas committee are probably
right in their contention that it will
not be retToactives
anyway it looks as il there would
be some more Turnover the gas muddle
before II is Strengthened out.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-05-25
ADJUSTMENTS.
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AT THE GRAND.-Last night for
the first time since the Wright Hunt
ington company opened at the Grand,
there was positive enthusiasm on the
part of the audience. 1t is very strange
that with a play like THE District
Attorney" in their repertoire, the COM
pany should have come all the way
from Denver to render The Idler' and
1.-The Amazons,' neither of which was
a novelty to Salt Lake audiences. But
we learn by experience, and the pros
poets are that the Huntington COM
pany will at last begin 10 make a
profit, late in their season as it will
come The new play, in which the
principal hand, is an enchaaniHgly in
ring politics, with strong love story
and some noble characterization woven
in To our mind. the part of the Dis
trict Attorney suits Mr.. Huntington ;
particular style better than either of
the other roles he has essayed, and the
audience last evening rewarded him
with some hearty and well deserved
applause. There were other excellent
instances of acting. Miss Chapman
giving strong delineation of the wife,
Mr.. King playing the role of the head
ringster with care and fidelity, Mr..
Perry giving an excellent interpreted
ton of a newspaper editor of the
Wattersonian style, Mr.. Conger doing
a neat bit of light comedy work. Mr..
Hallock making a strong part of the
convict, and Miss Radcliffe doing
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-05-25
HIS WISHES CARRIED OUT
Ashes of Rudolph Rosin Cast Into
the Mississippi.

st. Louis, May 24.-The ashes of Ru-
dolph Rosin were cast into the Missis-
sippi river last evening from near the
center of the EadS bridge.
RoSin had spent most Of his life in
the vicinity of Cincinnati. About a
year ago he visited his birthplace in
northern Germany and while there was
taken sick and died. During his i'll
ness he prepared a will in which he
provided that his body should be Gre
mated and his ashes returned to his
Cincinnati relatives and kept by them
until May g. 1897, the anniversary of
his birth, and then thrown from the
Eads bridge at st. Louis into the Mis-
sissippi river.
Last evening a we'll dressed man
walked on the bridge from st. Louis.
He carried a small black box by ham
die. When near the center he stopped,
opened the box and emDtied what ap-
peared to be a few handfuls of ashes
into the river below. Without priest or
prayer, all that remained of Rudolph
Rosin was cast into the great river.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-05-25
MILITARY nATTERS.
Changes About to be Made in the
Army.

washington, May 24.-The nominal
ton of Brigadier- General John r.
Hooke, commanding the department of
Missouri, TO be MAJORS general today
was prevented only by the early ad-
journment of the senate. and it is ex-
pected it will not be delayed longer
than tomorrow.
The secretary of war has decided TO
promote Colonel John K. Miner, of the
Tenth cavalry, stationed at st. Paul,
to be brigadier- general, and then re-
tire him Immediately. 1t is the pres
ent understanding that the three other
colonies who will be promoted to
Embellishments have been selected
as follows, though the list is subject to
change up to the last moment:
Colonel Henry c. Merriam, stationed
at Fort Logan, Colorado, and first on
the list Of colonies of infantry, and
also first in relative rank.
Colonel James f. Wade, of the Third
cavalry, stationed at San Francisco
first in line at rank in cavalry and
fourth in relative rank Cat present
Colonel Wade is temporary command
ing the department of Texas.J
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-05-25
SAUSAGE MAKERS CRIME.
Evidence Seems to be Tightening
Around Him.

Chicago, May 24.-While lying under
a bed in the home of Frank Bialk, the
former nightwatchman at the Luetgert
factory, one of Captain SchuttleTs de-
tectives. is said 10 have listened to a
conversation between the accused wife
murdered and the Waterman. The ad-
missions made by Luetgert on this
occasion are said to have caused the
immediate arrest Of the man and the
story of what passed between the
sausage maker and his employee viii
be told tomorrow in Justice Kersten's
court.
Other portions of Bialk's testimony
viii be nearly as interesting. He will
swear that Luetgert ordered him to
remain away from the vat room on tho
night of May l, that twice during the
night he sent him out for a bottle of
medicine Upon his return with these
articles Luetgert each time opened the
barred doors, reached through the
opening, took the bottle and hastily
closed and barred the door.
Several witnesses were examined in
the case today, but nothing of i'm
portance was developed.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-05-25
IMPROVED BOOKKEEPING.

Mr.. E T. Mower. a practical expert ac-
countant and teacher of ten years ex-
perience. and author of Mowers System
OF Penmanship," has recently invented
very short system of bookkeeping 1t is
adapted to all lines of business, including
banking, and is Endorsed by all leadi,g
educators and business men. The leadiz;
features are: A great saving in time
expense of learning; bookkeeping done In
half the time required by the DID, long
method; as far in advance of all other
systems as the electric light is of the
candle No extra charge for Denman-
SNIP Evening and day classes are now
being organized. Private lessons if de-
sired Special low rates for public school
and college pupils during vacation. AS
the size Of classes will be limited. appli-
cation should be made at once. For in
formation call or write,
E. T. MOWER,
Room 5. Commercial Block.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-05-25
ROLAND AND ISADOR.
Their Relations Talked of by an At
torney in Court.

Macon, May 24.-In arg ding for the
defendant in the damage suit Of Roland
Reed against the Southern railway to-
day, William a. Henderson created a
sensation by making d bitter attack
on Reed, Miss Isador Rush and Mrs.
Meyers, the plaintiffs.
He commented sarcastically on the
relations existing between Reed and
Miss Rush, and characterized the suit
as a fruit that reeked u nigh heaven. "
He denounced DR.. Willis WestmOre-
land, the prominent Atlanta surgeon,
who testified for the plaintiffs. and in
timated that his inability to testify
truthfully was due TO his being hypaot-
lied. conjured or infatuated by one Of
the litigants and that sooner or later
Roland Reed would break Westmore-
lands head # he (WestmorelanO did
not quit.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-05-25
RAILROAD AND TELEGRAPH.
Separation of the Western Union
and Union Pacific.
Especial to The Heraldl

1
Especial to The Herald)
Omaha, May 24.-Judge Munger this
afternoon disrosed of the matter Of
the entering of the supplemental de-
cree, according to the mandate of the
| supreme court, in the Union Pacific
Western Union case. The decision was
what the judge intimated it would be
some days ago. The decree will be
forthwith entered without waiting for
an accounting between the Union Pa
cific and the Western Union, or the set
tlement of any disputes between them,
and the two companies will be given
until September 1 to make a division
and separation of the telegraph equip
ment and property that they have been
using jointly.
The supplemental answer of the I'm
ion Pacific and the supplemental cross
bill Of the Western Union, which Mr..
Taggart of the telegraph company was
given leave to file, will be allowed to
stand, not as opening up any phase of
the question which has been adjudi-
Gated, but as opening the way for a
distribution of the property. This whole
subject will be referred TO William D.
Cornish, as master in chancery, and all
parties will have the right to apply to
the court from time to time for such
orders as may be thought necessary.
The result is that the two companiea
viii proceed Immediately TO make di.
vision of the telegraph property and
Union Pacific to get ready to operate
telegraph system of its own and by it
self. The court stated, however, that
if good cause should appear it would
be the reserved right of the court to
extend the time given at any time be-
fore the close OF the present term. The
judge paid little heed to suggestions
from General Solicitor Kelly of the IN
ion Pacific as to what the Postal Tele-
graph company might seek to do or to
the fact that the Postal had pushed the
litigation resulting in the severance.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-05-25
DENVER DELUGED.
SUCH A FALL OF RAIN NEVER
SEEN FOR MANY YEARS.
Lightning Strikes the High School at
East Denver, and Number of
Students are Badly Schocked.

Denver, May A.-Denver was deluged
this afternoon. About o'clock streaks
of lightning were seen in the north, while
great sheets flashed in the west. AS the
two storms approached each other the
heavens opened and let fall such a deluge
of rain as has not been seen in Denver
for years. II was accompanied by wind
and hail. At 8 o'clock the storm was so
severe that it was almost impossible to
see ten feet ahead, while traffic was alb
Solutely suspended, everyone seeking
shelter from the terrific fury of the ele-
ments. The downpour did not last long.
Lightning struck the East. Denver High
school and almost created a panic. The
electricity shocked a number of students
in the reception room. Several girls
tainted The damage to the building was
slight
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-05-25
is A FRAUD.
Claims of E. C. Brice Disproved by
Metallurgical Experts.

Washington. May 24-During the
last three weeks three expert metal
iurgists connected with the mint bu-
reau have been conducting a secret in
vestigation in the laboratory of the
treasury department into the claims of
man named E. c. Brice that he had
discovered a process for creating silver
and gold from the base metals. etc., in
Guiding chemically pure anthony.
Some months ago Mr.. Brice applied for
a patent on his process, which was de-
MED, pending an actual test. The re-
port of the expert follows the test in
every detail, and concludes as follows:
During the experiments which have
now extended over some three weeks,
and have involved an amount of pains
taking labor which we hope has not
been entirely wasted, we have seen
not the slightest evidence of any crea-
ton or transmutation. On the contrary,
the claimant failed in every instance
to recover the entire amount of silver
and gold known to be present in the
materials"
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-05-25
They Are Shocked.

A special from Washington to the
Omaha Bee says:
Hon. John T. Bressler of Wayne,
Neb., one of the Union Pacific govern
ment directors, is in the city, having
arrived from New York last night,
where he was in attendance on a meet
ing of the directors of the Union Pa
cine company. Mr.. Bressler stated that
the subject of foreclosure was but
vaguely discussed, the feeling being
that the whole matter would be set
tied by the courts before the close Of
the year. One of the principal topics
of discussion grew out of the diversion
of freight on the part of the Oregon
Short Line to the Rio Grande and Bur
lington when it was contended that the
Union Pacific should have the haul.
1t was decided that efforts should be
made to harmonic the differences be-
tween the roads.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-05-25
ARE DRIFTING APART
The Union Pacific and Oregon
Short Line.
BANCROFT ARRIVES IN DENVER
WITH RECEIVER RIEsTINE.
More Talk About the Ogden Gateway
Date Set for the Separation of
the Western Union and the Union
Pacifc-Latest by Wire.

Denver, May 24.-General Manager
Bancroft Of the Oregon Short Line ar
rived in the city today in company with
Receiver Ristine of the Colorado Mid
land road. The former official has been
In Boston and New York and met the
receiver in Chicago Mr.. Bancroft will
meet Colonel Dodge of the Rio Grande
western railroad and other officials be-
fore he leaves the city-the latter part
of the week
1t is asserted and while none of the
ofhclais in question will admit it, they
VIII not deny that the conference is for
the purpose of taking definite steps to
open the Ogden gateway to competition
OF all lines running to the east
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-05-25
case of searles ct al.

washington. May 24.-President Henry
o. Havemeyer, of the American Sugar
Refining company. will be placed on trial
in the criminal court tomorrow morning
on the Indictment charging MIN with hav-
ing refused TO answer questions put TO
him by the senate committee inveStigat ting
the sugar trust. District Attorney Davis
said today that he thought two days
would suffice in which to hnish the hear
ing. The defense, it is understood. will
contest every step. Mr.. Hayemeyer and
Mr. John E. Searles, the secretary of
the COMPANY. whose trial on similar
charge IS expected to follow promptly
that of Mr. havemeyer. reached the city
tonight
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-05-25
Case Of Crispi.

London, MAY 25.-Referring to the
expected trial of Signor Crispi for
completely in the Bank of Naples scan
dals. the Rome correspondents of the
Mail says two months ago Signor
Crispi had an audience of King Hum
bert and complained bitterly of the
campaign against him. He declared
that ne would defend and justify his
contention with the transactions in
question, and added: Permit me to
tell you plainly what the upshot will
be. Two persons will go into exile-I.
as a poor man, and you, sir, with your
millions -
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-05-25
SUIT FOR A MILLION.
Commenced in Hartford; the Colt
Family Both Plaintiffs and De-
PENDANTS.

New York, May PA dispatch to
the World from Hartford says:
A suit for 1000, 900 has been begun
in the United States court against Mrs.
Elizabeth Colt of this city by James
B. Colt of Washington, D. c.. and
Norman B. Colt of Seattle. Wash,
nephews of Samuel Colt, who died in
1862
The suit is the result of the revoking
of legacies to the plaintiffs by Samuel
Colt, who made a fortune out of the
manufacture of firearms. In the COM
plaint. which is sworn to by James
3. Colt, eldest son of James Colt, the
brother of Samuel Colt, it is charged
that Mrs. Colt influenced her husband
to revoke certain codiciis to his will
which gave to the plaintiffs certain
share in his estate.
1t is alleged that Mrs. Colt was
moved by hatred. She also induced
Samuel Colt to believe, il is alleged,
that letters containing scandalous mat
ter were written and sent by James
B. Colt, or his wife, or someone acting
under his direction.
1t is further asserted that Samuel
Colt desired a reconciliation with
James s. Colt, but that Mrs. Colt pre-
vented it, and that Colonel Colts death
was soon thereafter caused. or unduly
FASTENED, by the improper use of medi-
cines viz: an overdose thereof.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-05-25
Grain for the Starving.

Washington. May 24.-The navy de-
partment is meeting with greater sue
cess on the Pacific coast in its quest
for American steamers to carry grain
TO famine stricken India than on the
Atlantic. The agent of the department
at San Francisco has telegraphed that
he expects the steamer City of Everett
within so days She is an American
steamer of $500 tons capacity, and the
owners ask $4,000 for her charter The
San Franciscoans already have $50 of
grain on hand and can make up the
balance of the cargo at short notice.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-05-25
Birnetallic Missionaries in France.

Paris, May 24.-General Horace Por-
ter. the United States ambassador TO
France, was received today by the
French minister for foreign affairs, NJ.
Hanotaux General Porter will have
an audience with President Faure ca
Wednesday. Mr.. Henry Vignaud, sec
rotary of the United States embassy,
today presented to NJ. HanCtaux the
members of the United States BIZ
metallic commission, Senator e. o.
Wolcott of Colorado, ex-Vice-PTesident
Adlai Stevenson of Illinois and Gen
eraI Charles jackson Paine of MaSsa-
c,huSetIs
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-05-25
Budd on Durrant.

Sacramento, Cal. May 24.-Governor
Budd stated this afternoon that he
would not make an announcement in
the cases of Theodore Durrant and S.
d. Worden, petitioners for executive
clemency, before Thursday or Friday
of this week, and that he would then
make his decision known in both cases.
Nofaeh's sentence is for. train wreck
ing during the railway strike three
years ago.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-05-25
Riot in the Reichsrath,

London, May 24-The Standards CORE
spondent at Vienna says: The obstruction
which has characterized the proceedings
in the reichsrath during the last few weeks
eliminated today in an unprecedented
scene. The president became so much
excited in anticipation of trouble that he
tainted before the session opened, and
the vice-president had to recourse to
every parliamentary device for obstruct-
ing business, and finally, when these were
exhausted, they overturned the desks
smashed ink stands. flung books in the
face of the speakers, INDUCED in coarse
invectives and finally came to blows
in q general riot.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-05-25
SENATOR EARLE'S DEATH.
Senate Adjourns as a Mark of Re
Spect

Washington, May 24.-The death of
Senator Earle of South Carolina was
referred to in eloquent terms in the
chaplains prayer in the senate today.
Following this Mr.. Tillman of South
Carolina made the formal announce
ment of Mr.. Earle's death and offered
a resolution expressing the profound
sorrow of the senate.
As a mark of respect the senate at
1910 adjourned.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-05-25
Huntington Makes an Offer.

Houston, Tex, May 24.-Some time
ago c. p. Huntington made an offer of
81 ,000. 900 in per cent gold bearing
bonds for the Galveston. La Porte &
Houston railroad, a terminal line from
Galveston 70 Houston, now in the
hands of a receiver. Saturday meet
ing of a committee of the creditors was
held and it was agreed that the bonds
be accepted. o. c. Drew was APP
pointed trustee to discharge the in
debtedness. This will give the South
ern Pacific an entrance to the deep
water sort of Galveston, and the con-
idatfon recently effected with the
Galveston Western gives it some
grounds for the erection of wharfs and
wards
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-05-25
He Saw the Sultan.

London. May 25.-The correspondent
of the Times at Constantinople says
the sultan. when telegrAphing En-
peror William his thanks for the lat
ters advice, begged him TO continue it,
and expressed the hope that that ad-
vice, which lwasi founded upon the
strong friendship uniting them, would
show Turkey the way to obtain the
full recognition of her rights as a
victorious power.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-05-25
--------c'-@-l go
independent Hellos.

Fort Wayne, May 24.-Representa-
tives of the independent telephone
companies from Ohio, Pennsylvania,
Tennessee, Virginia, Michigan, Missou-
ri Illinois, Arkansas, Indiana, Iowa
Minnesota, South Carolina, Wisconsin
and Texas are holding a meeting here
TO devise means TO formulate a tele-
phone system in opposition to the Bell
Telephone company.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-05-25
Beginning to RECOVER.

London, May Pa dispatch to the
Daily Mail from Rome says that the
king of Greece is beginning to re-
assert himself and will soon be able to
dismiss NJ. Rail- and appoint M. Kala-
patano as premier.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-05-25
Thousand Miners Strike.

Boone, Ia. May 24.-One thousand
miners at the Milford, Fraser and Lee
high coal camps, within a few miles of
this place, have struck because of an
attempt to pay them IS cents a ton
for mine run coal instead of so cents
for screened coal, as has been the
rule.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-05-25
Free Silver Republicans.

jamestown. n. Y. May 24.-In re-
Spouse to a state call for q conventi1u
of the free silver Republicans Of New
York state 10 meet in this city today
there was a small gathering Ben S
Dean was elected representative of the
state to the Chicago national confer
ence A state committee was ap-
r1Oir1ft al
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-05-25
Cretans and Greece.

Athens, May 24.-The Cretan chiefs
have sent a document to the Greek
government declaring that they are
almost unanimously in favor of po-
litical union with Greece, but asking
the advice of the government as to the
best course to pursue and with due
regard to national interests.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-05-25
Especial to The Herald.l

Constantinople, May 24-The decree
of the Turkish government calling for
the expulsion of all Greeks from the
Ottoman empire, which was to have
gone into effect today, has been sus-
pended in view of peace negotiations.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-05-25
Thought Better of 1t.

London. May 24-The Standard under
stands that Mr.. Labouchere will withdraw
the charge he has made in Truth and
before the South African parliamentary
committee against Rutherford Harris. the
confidante of Cecil Rhodes. and leading
spirit in the British South African Char
tered company.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-05-25

George A. Huntley and wife of Yer
mont, who return to west China
The board of managers reported on
the educational status of the several
colleges and made some recommends
tons, after which the meeting adj
jouIned sine die.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-05-25
Sultan is Distrusted.

London, May 724.-The Athens cor
respondent of the Times says:
The intentions of the sultan are
greatly distrusted here and it is said
that he is avoiding negotiations fer
peace through the powers because he
wants Edhem Pasha to march to Ath-
ems