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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-08-03
Local Briefs.

Miss Beatrice Ridges of Salt Lake
is back in Ogden for visit with her
sister. Mrs. John Pike.
Frank Colborn. a go-around-the-
world against time and-without mon
ey pedestrian, has arrived in Ogden.
W. H. Watts. superintendent, and c.
c. Stiffier, bookkeeper. of the Corey
Bros. company at Gold Creek, New.
arrived in Ogden yesterday Mr. Wat
tbs will return soon.
Poll Tax Collector Dave Munroe is
out after about 120 delinquents and
yesterday filed a batch of suits against
some of them before Justice Hulaniski.
The law makes poll tax collectable like
any other debt
Martin Securing, %, procured Ii
cense YESTERDAY to wed Miss Berma
Banbye, %. Both the parties are of
Ogden. F. F. Alvord, q, of New York
City. secured a license to wed Miss
Ethel May Walker %, Of Ogden.
John Kavanaugh, the big negro who
was arrested some months ago for Gre
ating a disturbance. but whose SEN
tence was suspended so long as he
remained out of Ogden, drifted back
to town and is now serving out his
sentence.
The Pettibone trophy to be contested
for by the uniformed organiza tons of
the three secret orders at Garfield on
Aug. r. has arrived. 1t is a beautiful
silk banner and organizations of the
A. o. u. W.. K Of P. and l. 0. 0. f.
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FOSTER POOLING THE pUBLI(.
ELLIOTTs SCATHING LETTER ON
THE SEAL QUESTION.
The So-Called Conference Will Merely
Be Convention Of Naturalists-
Foster Will Be Skinned Again.

Cleveland, o.. Aug. PROF. Henry w.
Elliott wrote q scaei1ing letter to the
Plain Dealer regarding Lord Salisbury s
seal conference, experimenting the one
of few days ago TO Assistant Secretary
Day. He wrote:
IN the foreign dispatches Sunday
morning there appears an entirely mis-
leading account OF our fur seal confer
ence, which Lord Salisbury has finally.
ar the urgent personal appeal of John
Hay, authorized. 1 protest against this
studied attempt to deceive the people as
TO the scope and extent of stlat confer
ence and the inference which may be
drawn, Gnat 1T is 10 De OF 'Jne sLgnlest
gam 10 the American case.
IN the nrsl pace, we nave had the Off
c.al ana CUT REFUSAL CT Lord SALISBURY 10
reopen tn-S SAL question IN any way.
his refusal was made on Aprli last, and
no. a InlnS rOOk pace since WA-cn mas
aHered salisbury stand roster > trip
To London onay strengthened tne brlLsn
preanIer : nan1.
N ON, WAT IS the warrant for this err
roneot.s Story OF what the Iur seal con-
ference is 10 compass az " aSllLnstoll next
OctoOer! Slmp4y -nlS, anu noNA4nS more:
john may, 10 break the force OF rs hu-
Initiating failure 40 reopen the question:,
IN That sl-rC sleeve letter OF May ~,
begged Salisbury 10 let Ene BRUSH naAug-
ai.s..s VINO nave been STUDYING Nle seas
on our lSlalCS since 1891 meet our udluI-
ahsIs al Washington next fall and COM
pare tne.r biological noses as 10 tnese an
imals, all reference TO the revision of ex-
iS-4ng regulations 80 De expressly barred
from she discussion
Salisbury has permitted this; that is
all of ii, and il is simply nothing for the
American case, and as 10 an agreement,
even in biological notes, THAI is very I'M
likely Judging from the work of Jordan
on our side and Thompson on the British
last season.
calling in Russian and Japanese
agents - this informal conference VIII
not have the slightest effect one way or
the other on the stand which the British
agents may take and have taken. Can
ada controls this matter absolutely; she
has an unusually easy task as things are
now directed on our side; she will again
skin Foster as clean as she did al Paris
- - HENRY w. ELLIOTT"
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County commissioners.

The board of county commissioners
met yesterday. transacted considerable
business and took a recess till We'd
nesday.
Commissioner Harmon reported hav-
ing arranged with various persons to
allow water to run to the poor farm
grounds to tide over the drouth.
Chairman Armstrong reported that
w H. Rowe of the waterworks COM
pany had declined to make a reduc-
ton on the county water rates.
Mr. Armstrong; statement of dis
bursement of poor fund was accepted.
County Treasurer Chambers filed his
report of the condition Of the school
fund from Jan. l TO July l, 1897. The
balance on hand at the end of the
school year was $215.35.
The county attorney was instructed
to draw up a contract with F. D.
Richardson, by which the county pays
$500 in liquidation of ali claims for
damage to his property by overflow
of Weber river.
t. Adams was admitted to the poor
farm.
The report of Ben Ternes. acting
coroner in the William Allison inquest,
was filed and approved.
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Board of Education.

The board of education met last night
in adjourned session from last Friday
night. Mr.. Hart reported that he had
purchased a S5-horse power boiler for
use in the new building on the bench at
price of S225, the boiler 10 be put in
place today. In connection with this
building Architect Woods reported that
the building was progressing satisfac-
torlly and recommended that another
floor and a larger basement be added.
The buildings and grounds committee
will visit the building today and deter
mine whether or not the architects
recommendations shall be accepted or
not
superintendent Allison was instruct
ed TO report new course of study at
the next meeting, and Mr.. Burton was
instructed to get bids for printing the
same and report at the same time.
All bids for supplies must be in to
the clerk by Thursday at noon, when
they will be opened by the committee
on supplies, tabulated by the clerk and
presented to the board on Friday
The matter Of fixing the salaries of
the teachers and arranging contracts
with them was made social order
for week from next Friday.
Teachers examinations will be held
on Aug. 9.
anu SIOuuUS
was instructed TO bring in a report
recommending names for the buildings
which are now called by the names of
the streets on which they are located.
designations from the following
named teachers were received and ac-
cepted: Miss Sadie Robbins, John A
Nelson and ]. NJ. Adams.
The bond of Contractor Ingerbretsen
was approved, Mayor Spencer and n.
c. Fiygare being the sureties.
The committee on public buildings
and grounds, with the president asso-
ciated, was empowered to contract for
such new furniture as shall be 1e-
quired for the schools. The agents for
the furniture houses are already on the
ground and the contract will probably
be let today.
Miss Helen Copeland was employed
as a teacher in the High school at
salary of $50 month. Miss Copeland
is from Omaha.
J. G. Tenney, acting as agent, CT
fered TO sell the board for school pur-
poses the partially completed building
known as the David Kay residence,
situated on the corner of Twenty-ffth
street and Van Buren, avenue. together
with the lot on which it stands, for
10.0o0 The building alone has already
cost $4,000 and is assessed this year
at $4,000 It would make about 2 20
room building. Referred to committee
on buildings and grounds.
a committee from the Kindergarten
association presented q memorial from
their association, urging the board to
institute a system of kindergarten
schools as permitted by act of the last
legislature. The matter was referred
to Mr. Burton.
Board adjourned to next Friday.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-08-03

If you want to keep your health and
strength without consulting the doctor
so often, the best thing you can do is
to write to the Worlds Dispensary
Medical association. Buffalo, n. Y, for
a copy of DR.. Pierce's great book, the
Peoples Common Sense Medical Ad
viser.v Send q one-cent stamps to
cover cost of mailing only. 1t is
large book of 1,00S pages, with over 300
illustrations. 1t is the same book of
which 900 copies were sold at $1.5O
each. The only difference is the bind
ing, which in the free edition is of
strong manila paper. There Is no
other such complete family doctor book
in the English language. 1t is a verit-
able medical library, complete in one
volume Send now before all are given
away. They are going off rapidly,
therefore do not delay sending imme-
diately if in want of one. The above
generous offer is limited to 100000
copies.
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FINANCIAL ESTIMATE.

The county auditor has filed an esti-
mate Of probate receipts and disburse-
ments for the ensuing 10 months. end
ing Oct. l, 1898. He estimated that
there would be collected from fees.
5000: from licenses, 81. 250; tax sales
redemptions, S625; from the state for
one-half Of salaries of attorney. treas
urer and assessor, S1593-75: from the
state for bounties, etc, 1925 His esti-
mate Of the necessary expenditures for
the term was SIC, 075.65, leaving a bal
ance that must be derived from taxes
Of SIC. PSI. so.
A rebate of SIS was ordered made to
S. j. Levy & Co., on a retail liquor Ii
cense. on the ground that the company
had paid license for the same business
to Pennington City.
Claims for salaries of officers. etc,
for July, were allowed.
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NOTICE TO CREDITORS.

Catharine Nj. King, deceased--Notice is
hereby given by the undersigned, admin
istrator of the estate of Catherine NJ.
King. deceased. to the creditors of, and
all persons having claims against the
said deceased. 10 exhibit them with the
necessary vouchers, within four (D months
after the first publicatio of this notice
TO the said administrator at his Office,
No. 80 West First South street, Salt Lake
City. in the county of Salt Lake. Utah.
Date of first publication July % 1897.
JOHN W. KING.
Administrator of the Estate of Catharine
NJ. King. deceased.
First Pub July 20 1897.
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MADE INSANE By ABUSE.
Woman Murders Her Husband and
Fires the House.

Redwood Falls. Mimi, Aug. 2.-John
O'Connell. a well known politician. has
been murdered at his farmhouse. Seven
gashes in his scalp were made by some
blunt instrument After the blows had
been inflicted OConneli's clothing was
saturated with kerosene and his home set
on. fire. Statements of three of the oldest
of nine children made 10 the authorities
are to the effect that Mrs. O'Connell. wife
of the murdered man, was the sole author
of the horrible tragedy.
His wife's antipathy to drink was
strong and his abuse of her and children
while under it's influence appears to have
driven her temporarily insane.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-08-03
BLACK HAWK REUNION.
Veterans Will Hold a Three Days
Campfire at Snanish Fork.

Springvine. Aug. 2.-Ir. Richard Mad
sen, wife and sister of Salt Lake are here
visiting with DR.. Petersen. They will
form fishing party and camp for
week in the mountains.
Invitations have been issued today for
the fifth annual campfire and reunion of
the Utah county comrades of the Black
Hawk war TO be held at Spanish Fork on
Aug. u and Is. A number of committees
are announced and every preparation
made for big time. The railroads have
made a rate of one fare for the round
trip, tickets limited to return on the 14th.
People in this section are much inter
ested.
Dr. Petersen left today for trip to
MarHSXala on mining ma tiers.
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G. Richards Stated that he would retain
the present Office of the firm and that
A +. Pratt would remain with him.
Both members OF the late firm will ap-
pear as counsel for the city IN the case
against the waterworks company. It
is understood that Judge Macmillan
will remain in Ogden, but just where
he will have his office is not known.
The firm of Brough & Graves has
transferred it's interest in the stock ex-
change to the Metropolitan Stock ex-
change OF Denver. DR.. Graves will
continue in the business as manager
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-08-03
RoARpMAN,s sENTENcE.
Provo Man Given a Year and a
Half

Half.
Provo. Aug. 2-Robert Boardman came
before Judge Dusenberry this morning,
having been convicted of felony by nav
ing carnal knowledge. of the person Oh
Grace CheSley, whom he refused 70 mar
~. His attorney, M NJ. Warner, statSd
that this was the first case under inns
law, and he thought sentence Tor FORM
cation ought TO suffice. The Judge SEN
fenced the defendant to serve term OF
one year and half in the state penlleh-
tiary. Sentence will begin from Somor-
row. Aug. .. In the meantime, the de-
fentiant's attorneys will be given an OPP
p0punity to take steps Tor an appeal
Should they so desire.
The Rio Grande Western ralIWay, uy
its attorneys Thurman < w e1geWooG,
has filed an answer in the case Instituted
by John S. Lewis. denying that 1t en-
tered upon plaintiffs lands and damaged
them in any manner whatsoever.
DR.. Rockford. the Evansson physician,
left for his home this morning, havlns
made an examination of the body or Mrs;
Greenwlaad. DR.. Alien of Provo assisted
from Ghe base of the brain, Justice
Booth was present and recorded the eVi-
dence, which was required VIZ, the lden-
tificaTion OF the body and the cause OF
o'clock last evening that the dlsinter7nent
and examination took place
GEORGE Q. CANYONS LECTURE.
The lower floor of the tabernacle was
IllleQ last evening, Il6 OCCdS-Ou DSti5 b44C
lecture delivered by Hon. George O. Can
non on the subject of Mormonism COM
pared with the Christian Religion IN the
course of his remarks the speaker Ia
mented the fact that modern text books
leaned towards the doctrines of EVOLUTION
He mas observed thai many young stu
dents are becoming skeptical and are in
clined 10 accept the theories of modern
evoiutionists.- He directed his closing tie
marks to those VINO have become tainted
with these theories.
COURT NOTES.
In the matter of the esIate of James
Hansen, deceased; Saturday, Aug. ii, set
Tor hearing petition for letters.
Estate Of 4. o. Smoot deceased; hear
ing continued until Aug. 3.
State VS.. Joseph r. Crook; hearing on
demurrer set for tomorrow.
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Notice.

A SPECIAL. MEETING of the stock
holders OF the Cave Consolidated Mining
company is hereby called to meet at tae
company's office, No. rs West Second
South street. Salt Lake City Utah, Au-
gust Is. 1897. at o'clock D. m, for the
purpose of considering and. if satisfac-
tory. accepting a proposition for the pur-
chase of the company's property. and for
may lawfully come before said meeting.
BY order of the board of directors
GEO y. LAWRENCE. Secretary.
July a. 1897
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State Of Illinols. county Of Cook. S.

State of Illinois. county of Cook. SIS.
p G. voss. manager United States
branch of the Thuringia Insurance COM
pany. being duly sworn. deposes and says
that he is the above described officer of
said company. and that the foregoing
Statement of the general condition of
said company on the said 31st day of De-
cernber. 1897 is correct. according to the
best of his information. knowledge and
F. q. VOSS, U. S. Manager.
Subscribed and sworn to before me this
TseaI1 18th day of January, A. D. 1897.
MARK A. FOOTE,
Commissioner for Utah.
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Occupation OF Palmvra.

London, Aug. Ain the house of com
mons today the paClia mentary secretary
for the foreign Office Mr.. Curzon, reply
ing to a question of Michael Davitt's, said
a British protectcrate was proclaimed
over Palmyra Island in May, 1889 and
thar the occupation VIII be maintained.
Mr.. Curzon also said il was not neces-
sary 20 notify any of the powers of these
facts, and he asserted that Hawaii and
Palmyra had no present connection.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-08-03

school taxes for the year 1897. The
county tax was fixed at 3 mills on the
dollar and the county school tax at IL
mills. which makes the levy the same
as last year. The commissioners were
IN favor of making a reduction if such
thing were possible. but when their
attention was cxlled to the fact that
some schools in the county were com
PEELED 10 close before the end of the
scneol year from lack of funds. they
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Verdict Agninst Alfred.

Judge Johnson this morning delivered
his decision in the case of Jens c. Jensen
vs.. Orson Alfred. both Of Springville
wherein plaintiff sued for $1,000 DANA ges
for assault. The court gave plainti dam
ages as follows: Fifteen dollars for me-
deal attention. s45 for loss of time and
Si0e for pain and injury inflicted by de-
PENDANT in the throwing Of rock: also for
costs of court, aggregating in all about
5000
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-08-03
LINDSAY FAILED.
To Make Out His Case Against hrs.
Lindsay and jackson.

Dan Lindsay met crushing defeat
yesterday when he appeared before
Justice Perrin and tried to su5stantiate
charges of adultery against Mrs.
Lindsay and H. II. Jackson The pile
of clothing belonging to Jackson and
over which the two men battled Sun
day morning were placed in evidence
but Jackson and the woman explained
the matter by saying that Jackson was
rooming in Lindsay's house. He had
come up there TO get some sNashing
which Mrs. Lindsay was doing for him
and as it was not ready and as ne had
to hire room to sleep in. he hired
one of Mrs. Lindsay. Both Jackson
and Mrs. Lindsay were discharged.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-08-03
CRUELTY TO ANIMALS.
Logan Boys Arrested For This Of
fense-Teachers Examination.

Logan BOYS Arrested For his u
fense-Teachers' Examination
Logan, Aug. Bert Rhodes and
Waldenar Huttehalle were arrested
Saturday afternoon by Marshal Nc
Cuiloch, charged with cruelty TO
animals. According 10 the evidence in
the case, these two young men were
sitting in front of the Logan House,
when the pet kitten of a neighboring
family strayed along, and they set a
dog after it. 1t ran uD d tree. and
they prevailed on a small boy to go up
the tree and throw il down. AS soon
as the in-fated feline landed on terra
firma it was seized by the canine and
chewed into small pieces.
Huttehalle pleaded guilty before
Justice Smith Saturday evening, but
Rhodes, who claims he was not present
when the affair occurred, entered a
plea Of not guilty. Sentence in Hutte-
halle's case was suspended. pending the
trial Of Rhodes, which was set for to-
day at p. n.
BOX 3 LETTERS.
Another grist of. BOX b. letters have
made their appearance here, and
among those who viii shortly leave for
the missionary field are William Ed
wards, Fred Saucer. Aaron D.
Thatcher, jr.. VIII McAllister, Preston
Lewis. Orson Thatcher and Ray Irvine.
Large numbers Of sheep are passing
through Logan canyon, on their way
TO new pastures.
A COW CASE.
William johnson of Paradise was
tried before Justice Price of Gthat place
Saturday afternoon, on the charge of
taking his cows from Orson Burrell,
who was taking them TO the estray
4 1,., Of,
examined. and the case was concluded
by the defendant being fined s. and
costs. Attorney Rich, VINO appeared
for the defense, has filed an appeal.
A PECULIAR ACCIDENT.
his way TO Brigham City one day last
week, met with a painful accident in
q peculiar manner. He was sitting on
a wagon holding a dog chain which was
wrapped around his hand, when the
chain was caught in the wheel and
Hirst was thrown violently to the
ground. So great was the strain, the
bones across the back of his hand were
broken. He has, however, almost re-
covered its use.
EXAMINATION OF TEACHERS.
The city examining board, consisting
OF Superintendent Hubbard and Prof
SSSOIS APfcIlSg ana stewart, began us
session at the Woodruff building this
morning. A large number of applicants
for positions in the city schools were
present 1t is believed that the e1ami-
nation marked out is q very searching
one and that those who pass 1t
creditably win prove themselves well
qualified TO teach the young idea.
MUTUAL IMPROVEMENT CELE-
BRATION.
The young ladies of the II. L assc-
citation OF Paradise are preparing to
have q grand celebration on Aug. 49,
in commemoration Of the Inauguration
Of the association. Il meeting will be /
held in the morning, for which fine
programme is being prepared, and |
there viii be a festival in the after |
noon and a dance in the evening. 4 /
number OF state officers of the associa-
ton are being invited TO attend.
Work is being pushed on the new /
workshops at the agricultural college.
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state of Utah. office of the secretary of

State of Utah. Office of the secretary of
state, S.
/. James T. Hammond. secretary of
state of the state of Utah, do hereby GER
tffv that the above and foregoing Is n
full. true and correct copy OF the annual
statement of the general condition of the
above named insurance company. filed in
my office on the 18th day of April. 1887,
in pursuance of the laws of this state re-
lating to insurance companies
In witness whereof. have hereunto set
my hand and affixed the great seal
[seall of the state of Utah. at Salt Lake
City, this 18th day of April. 1897.
j. T. HAMMOND.
Secretary of State
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A New Factory.

Ogden is to have a new manufactur-
ing plant, as arrangements have been
completed for the formation of a COM
pany to manufacture thing. sewer pipe,
drain pipe and the coarser kinds of
crockery. The plant is to be located at
the old Garff box factory and the COM
pany is to be incorporated with a cap
ital of $4,000. The matter has been
under investigation for several weeks
and was settled last night at meet
ing OF the committee on manufactures
and resources at the Weber club. It
is understood that at the meeting prac-
tically all the stock was placed and
that the Incorporation papers Will be
filed in a day or two. A gentleman
named Smith, who has had many years
experience in the business in the east,
is one of the chief movers in the enter
prise, and associated with him in the
management viii be William Butcher
ST.. and Chris CART. Mr.. Smith has
tested the various kinds of clay in and
about Weber county and has demon
strated that the clay is suitable for
the use proposed. Nearly all of the
machinery is already in place.
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To Attack the Fanatics.

New York. Aug. "A dispatch to the
Herald from Rio Janiero. via Buenos
Ayers, says: The Brazilian government
has ordered another attack on the fana-
tics now at Canudos. The force of gov
eminent troops there Will be increased to
IS coo men and are prepared TO fight. In
the meantime reinforcements are being
sent forward as rapidly as possible.
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The Halves Engraving Co., ~ West
Temple Strest

We are now located At the above
number. with a complete plant for
making half tone engrayings. zinc etch-
ings and all kinds OF ctlor blocks. Write
US for samples and prices before plac-
ing your orders.
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Sunbeam CONSOLIDATED Minnie Co.

SUNBEAM CONSOLIDATED MINING
company.-Notice is hereby given that at
a meeting of the directors of the COM
pany. held on July II, 1897. an assessment
assessment No. 12) was levied on the
capital stock of the company, payable on
or before Friday, August -, 10 z. L. Car
penter, secretary, room 321 Dooiy block
Salt Lake City. Any stock upon which
said assessment may remain unpaid on
the above date will be delinquent and adj
vertised for sale at public auction, and
unless payment is made before. as many
shares as may be necessary will be sold
at u o'clock noon. Monday, August 80, to
pay delinquent assessment. together with
cost of advertising and expense of sale.
E L. CARPENTER. Secretary.
Salt Lake City. July II. 1857.