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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-12-03
TENDER SIDE OF DEWEY.
Letter of Sympathy to Widow of
the War.

Greensburg, Pa, Dec. 2.-The follow
ing is a letter received from Admiral
Dewey by Mrs. Moss of Mount Pleas
ant, whose husband, Jesse Moss, was
killed in the battle of Manila, July 81:
olympia, Flagship, Manila, Oct. %,
1898:
My Dear Mrs. Noss-I wish to ex-
press TO you my deepest sympathy. It
must lessen your sorrow somewhat to
know that your young husband fell
fighting bTayely for his country, the
noblest death a man can know. From
the Olympia 1 watched the fight that
fearful night. and wondered how many
American homes would be saddened by
the martyrdom suffered by our brave
men. and my sympathy went out to
each and every one of them.
Your loss has been sadder than the
others, and I am unable to express the
sorrow / feel for you. Tears came to
my eyes as read the sad story of the
father who never saw his child, and
then the loss of all that was left to the
brave mother. 1t is hard sometimes to
believe. but our Heavenly Father. in
his infinite goodness, always does
things for the best, and some day,
father, mother and daughter will be
Joined, never to be parted.
with my tenderest sympathy, be-
heve me, your sincere friend.
GEORGE DEWEY"
The daughter Of Mr. and Mrs Moss
who died, was named for Admiral
Dewey.
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PHILIPPINE INSURGENTS.
Continued From Page IL

tistics of currency or finance, and the
bankers can only give estimates Of the
most general character. The most care
full estimate of the currency of the
islands is, therefore. likely to be in
correct. There are 5000, 900 people in
the islands. according to the estimate
of the Spanish government, of whom
only small fraction live in the terri
tory contiguous to Manila. and IloilO.
When money once leaves these cen
ters it passes out of the knowledge of
business men, ard it is impossible
therefore, to form any correct idea of
the amount OF money now in the
islands. There is 100000 600 in Philippine
dollars, coined by the Spanish govern
ment and sent out year ago, of which
only a small percentage is now in
ATanila
1T is estimated there is in circulation
Si0,000,000 Of subsidiary coins. the 10
cent, 20-cent and 5O-cent pieces, which
have been recoined from Mexican dol
lars by the Spanish government. The
estimate of the Mexican dollars now in
circulation, as given by one of the
best-informed bankers in the islands,
is from $40. 600 00e to S25, 600 600. This,
with the s., 100000 of notes of the Banco
Espano Filipino now in circulation
constitutes the currency of the islands.
This would make a total of from S40,-
100000 TO $4,000, 900 speaking roughly
for the entire islands. or, approximate
ly, 81 per. capita for the total popula-
ton Of the islands. 1t must not be
overlooked that these figures are given
on silver basis, and that, therefore
in figuring on our own standard, all OF
these figures must be cut in two.
SILVER is NEEDED.
THE question of the future currency
of the islands is one which is of vital
Importance to all business men on the
islands The best-informed men in
Manila are unanimous in their opinion
that, under present conditions. the
silver currency is the only one suited
to the islands a great deal OF the
trade of the Philippines is with China
and japan, the Straits settlements,
India and Australia. In China, Janan
and India, the whole trade is on q sill
yer basis, though Japan has adopted
the gold standard, having. however. as
the basis of its currency a gold dollar
which is, approximately, worth only so
cents, and its currency, therefore, in
effect is on a silver basis, the same as
China and india The natives Of the
Philippine islands are conservative to
degree in the matter of their cur
rency. and II would be long and ted
ious task to educate them to dollar
which would be worth twice that now
in circulation. Notwithstanding the
Americans have a force of $4,000 SOL
diers in Manila, who are paid in gold,
the people of the islands viii have
nothing but silver. All Of the soldiers,
when they are paid IN gold, take their
money to one of the banks and ex-
change it for local currency. The ma
tive win take the Meyican ,l,,lfar. wort :,
less than so cents gold, in preference
to the United States dollar, worth 100
cents. II the United States retain the
Philippine Islands, a special coinage of
silver dollars might be minted for cir
culation in the archipelago. the same
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WASHINGTON NOTES.

Owing to the presence of a French war
ship at Hawking a British warshiD has
been ordered there to protect the interests
of Great Britain.
The secretary of war has directed that
the 5000 Mauser rifles taken from the
Spanish troops at the surrender of San
tiago be disposed of.
The members of the Cuban commission.
headed by General Garcia called at the
White House. where they We're received
by the president Nothing could be
learned at the White House as to the sub
jects of the conversation.
The war department has decided to
adopt at once tbs suggestion of General
Wood. in command at Santiago. that the
removal of the remains of American SOL
ders from that section of Cuba be de-
ferred until February at the earliest.
Chicago's principal pork packers and
exporters of meats have united in sending
to the department of agricultural at
Washington vigorous protest against
the proposed passage of bill by the Ger
man reichstag shutting out from Germany
American sausage.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-12-03
MRS. CODY SUFFERS COLLAPSE
ALLEGED BLACKMAILER BROKE
DOWN IN COURT.
A Letter, Showing That She Had
Committed Perjury, Was Produced
and Witness Was Frustrated.

Albany, N. Y, Dec 2.-The cross
examination of Mrs. Margaret Cody, on
trial for the alleged Matchmaking of
the Gould heirs, was continued today.
She was questioned minutely as to her
experience in searching for lost heirs
and in collecting evidence concerning
people who were claimants to estates.
Counsel asked why she had asked the
detective, Sergeant, if the complainant
in the blackmail case for which she was
arrested was not John Mackay Of Cali
fornia. This was objected to and the
objection was sustained.
Counsel then read a letter, which
Mrs. Cody wrote to Mackay some time
before, stating that she knew who was
responsible for the disaster in the Sand
Hill mine, and telling him he had
better give her the money. She ad-
mitted she wrote it, and said that she
had lost 100000 through investments
suggested by Mackay, which rendered
her practically q pauper, and it was to
compel him to return some of that
money that she wrote the letter.
DO you swear positively that you
did not know you were coming to
Rouse's Point to, see a woman known
as Mrs. Angel, believed to be Mrs.
Pierce's mother, and the wife of Jay
I did not"
Then, how do you account for this?''
said the attorney. reading a letter
written to Fannie Walker Of Michigan,
and signed by Mrs. Cody, asking if she
knew the address of Mrs. Angel, her
sister, who was the mother of Mrs.
Pierce of Missouri This letter was
dated February, 1895, three months be-
fore the time when Mrs. Cody swore
she first heard of the existence of Mrs.
Angel.
Mrs. Cody, who had shown much
nervousness and distress at the closing
of the s-questioning of the attor-
ney for the prosecution, turned pale,
leaned back in the witness-chair and
asked for a glass of water. 1t was
evident to those about her that she was
! about to collapse. \ consultation with
Judge Gregory was held by the at
torneys for the prosecution and the
defense, as to whether it was proper
to continue the examination. Judge
Gregory suggested that postponement
be called and an examination be made
and that recess be taken. This was
! agreed to, and the family physician OF
Judge Gregory was called, and re-
cess was taken until afternoon
The physician found that Mrs. Cody
was suffering from nervous DrOStration
When the court reconvened, Mrs. Cody
insisted on returning to the witness
box, but. Mr.. Nichol said he did not
wish to cross-eXamine her further in
her present condition, and it was agreed
between the opposing counsel and the
judge that her examination should be
postponed until Monday.
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He loked as though he had seen a
ghost.
I'm the meantime Captain McWhor-
ter had drawn a check for $1,000, and
said:
Madam, regret that my balance in
the bank subject to check is not suffi-
cient to raise your bet as 1 desire to.
1 completed the purchase of the Rudd
place today. 1t cost me 1900. The
deed was delivered me just as 1 left
my office this afternoon, and 1 have it
here. 1 have heard you say you ad-
mired the place. May 1 put it into the
pot to raise your bet S35,0O0?'
THE WOMAN IS WINNER.
"The murmur of surprise that went
around the room was hushed by her
answer:
Certainly, SIR and McWhorter
tossed the deed onto the paper. Mrs.
Fitzgerald slowly lifted her hands and
unclasped her diamond necklace. 1t
was the most famous piece Of jewelry
in the city at the time.
This cost $780, 900 in Paris she said.
I will put it in against the deed and
call you. 1 would like to continue to
raise you as long as you feel disposed
to bet but l am at an end of my pres
Everybody in the room was in a
fever of excitement, excepting the two
players, who apparently We're as cool
as icebergs. When she called him the
captain WINGED just triie and threw
down-a pair of fives.
Mrs. Fitzgerald laid down three
mines, and remarked:
Captain, you were indiscreet. The
bluff was too evident, and you followed
it up too far
Then she clasped her necklace about
her white neck, and slipped her ear
rings and brooch into place. \ deuce
of a row followed because Fitzgerald
forbade his wife to touch anything on
the table excepting her jewels. But
Captain McWhorter, WHO was game If
any man ever was, declined absolutely
to receive back any part Of his losses,
and as a compromise they eventually
went to charity. house and lot and
all.
But there was something or other
about that game that sort of broke
things up. The Fitzgeralds moved to
New York, and within year McWhor-
ter went to Frisco. l never saw him
at a party afterward.
"Oh, by the way, 1 remember now, 1t
was at Baden that Archy married that
woman"
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-12-03
Supreme Judges Installed With
Pomp at Santiago.
GEN. WOOD OBLIGATED
CHIEF JUSTICE RECOGNIZES AU-
THoRITY OF UNITED STATES.
This Is the First Purely Cuban Court
Established and the Judges Are
Men of Ability-Cuban Assembly
Makes Duels Compulsory When
Officers Are Insulted.

Santiago de Cuba, Dec. 2.-The open
ing of the recently organized supreme
court this morning was an impressive
ceremony. Chief Justice Echeverria
and the associate justices, prior to the
opening, called at the palace, where
they We're received by General Wood,
after which, with General Wood and his
aides, Mr. Robert Porter and others,
they were driven to the supreme court
chamber. Here the judges donned
their robes of Office, long silk gowns,
trimmed with white lace, and, accom-
panied by the attorneys practicing in
the court, who were similarly dressed,
formed in procession and passed into
the court room, the chief justice eS-
corting General Wood.
The procession having divided into
semi circles, General Wood, in a few
tactful and forceful words, opened the
proceedings, delivering the court, in the
name of the United States government,
to the chief justice and his associates,
and demanding from the public implicit
obedience to the courts decisions and
DEGREES. His pronouncement was trans
lated into Spanish by Captain Men
doza.
The chief justice, replying, accepted
the judicial offices in the name of JUS
tice formally recognizing the United
States as the supreme power and de-
claring that the bench would render
justice to rich and poor alike.
The proceedings terminated with
hanGshaking, after which General
Woods party was escorted to the en-
trance by the entire legal body.
The first session of the first purely
Cuban court was then opened. The To-
ca newspapers consider it the dawn of
new era and express the hope that
the judges, who are men of legal acu-
men and profound research, may be
able to show the world that the Cuban
population has within itself the ele-
ments of good government. The same
papers are exceedingly complimentary
in their illusions to General Wood, de-
claring it quite impossible that any
other American could have secured a
better grasp of the entire situation"
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-12-03
TELEGRAPRIc BRIEFS.

William H. Butler has been elected
president of the Union Tobacco company.
Ohio stoneware manufacturers are in
conference in an effort to increase the
price of their output.
Official returns from all counties in
Michigan but two show Governor Pin
gree's plurality to be 1881.
c. C. Dunn, Miner Dunn and Ed Whit
ney were killed by boiler explosion in a
sawrnill near Montrose, Colo.
Buffalo became a member of the West
ern league of baseball clubs, having sew
cred its connection with the Eastern
league amicably.
The sixth game of the chess match be-
tween Showalter and Janowski was play
ed yesterday and after forty-seven moves
Janowski resigned
The jury in the case of Mrs. Lumsden of
Milan Mo. charged with killing her hus-
band for his insurance money, returned a
verdict of not guilty.
Roscoe Huntington, aged 81 who
claimed to be a nephew of Coils p. Hunt
ington. committed suicide in a Los An
geles lodging house with morphine.
A double wreck occurred on the Bur
lington road near Ottumwa, Ia. Arthur
Hickey and Frank Connor brakemen,
were badly hurt. Hickey may die.
Philip Metz, dealer in paper, known as
1.-The heaviest man in Harlem" weighing
425 pounds. committed suicide at his home
in New York by shooting himself in the
mouth.
Edgar johnson was found guilty Of
murder today for killing Oscar Osborne
near Akron. o., Sept. A. Robbery was
the motive. The jury Aaonlmended life
Imprisonment.
Delegates to the Baptist conference
from all portions Of the Indian territory
and Oklahoma have voted to separate
and each territory will have its own con-
ference hereafter.
The torpedo boat Farragut had her off,
cial trial at San Francisco and succeeded
in exceeding the requirement of thirty
knots by Is of knot, her unofficial time
being S0.1S, with 4l92i revolutions.
The dry goods store of II. N. Bradley &,
Co, Denver, was closed under an attach
ment. secured by the Merchants National
bank of New York. The liabilities of the
firm are said to be about $4,000
The second division of the Seventh army
corps. the Second division hospital corps
and the signal corps. battery Is. Seventh
army corps. have been ordered to move
as soon as possible from Savannah to
Havana. Cuba.
Representatives of five of the plate
glass insurance companies recently agreed
TO restore rates and not to pay brokers'
more than 3SIs per cent commission. The
business has been demoralized for the last
few months. a disastrous rate war having
been carried on.
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COMPULSORY DUELS.
How the Dignity of the Cuban Army
Will Be Maintained.

Havana, Dec. 2.-The executive COM
mittee of the Cuban assembly agreed
at its last session to make it compul-
sorry upon the part of any Cuban officer
insulted by Spanish, American or other
officers, to challenge the person so in
sulting to fight a duel. The measure
has two aims, according to the Cubans,
first ito maintain the dignity of the
Cuban army" and secondly, Ito check
the impudence and insolence of many
so-called Cuban officers, who, without
having ever put their courage to a test,
having enlisted after the armistice, are
staggering about with, Cuban uni
forms, endeavoring to offend Spanish
officers
It is learned on good authority that
the Cubans have recently secretly &C
CURED quite q formidable armament,
the Interior object Of which is not
known. 1t is added that they have pur-
chased over 5000 rifles within the last
ten days. The fact is causing consid-
cradle speculation here.
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TIN PLATE COMBINE.
Protected Monopoly to Be Capitalized
For Fifty Millions.

Pittsburg, Pa, Dec. 2.-Representa-
tives of all the tin plate manufacturing
concerns in America met at the Lincoln
hotel in this city today for the purpose
Of arranging preliminary details of the
combination that is to unite all the tin
plate interests On this side of the At
lantic. The combine will be formed on
lines entirely different from any yet
effected in the United States. The new
company viii have capital of $50, 000,-
GOO, divided into s20,000.000 preferred
stock and $50, 100000 common stock The
greater part of this will be represented
by the value of the plants which are
to be taken into the combine, but there
will be left enough stock over and
above the value of the plants to pro-
vide working capital of S5,00O,00O, and
this latter will be furnished in cash by
men not interested in tin plate bust
ness.
The work of appraisement viii com
mence next Monday, when twenty of
the plants will shut down fen of them
being located in the west and ten in the
east. On the following Monday TWEEN
ty other plants will be shut down, and
an invoice of their value taken in the
same manner.
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as the British dollar has been put in
circulation in the Straits settlements.
in Hongkong and in other ports where
British interests predominant. In time,
the gold standard might be put in force
in the islands, but, in the opinion OF
business men generally, it would nave
to be accomplished slowly, and con-
sideration would have to be given the
conservative attitude of the people and
to the fact that they would have to be
educated to the value of the new cur
rency.
1.-THE Mexican dollar, in general cir
culation in the Philippine Islands, in
creases or decreases in value in ac-
cordance with the quotations for bar
silver in London, which are received
every day by cabe in Manila
FAVORABLE TRADE BALANCE.
practically all of the export and inn
port trade of the islands is in the hands
of foreigners. There are a few Span
iards engaged on trading, but the bulk
of the business in a commercial way is
done by British, German, Belgian and
American citizens. These men do not
NEEDLE with the insurrection, and they
have been able to maintain friendly re-
lations, not only with the Spanish gov
eminent officials, but with the natives
as we'll.
1.-The most reliable figures that can be
obtained on experts from the islands
for the wear 1897, show a total of SAL
S42. 2S0. Hemp and sugar were the prin-
cipaI articles of export. Tobacco and
copra were also exported in large guam
titles.
"There are no official figures obtain
able giving the imports for the Philip
pine islands One of the larger i'm
porting houses, which keeps statistics
of imports, and which has practically
complete figures of all goods shipped
into Manila, has kept records which
show the importations of goods to the
value of ST., 400, 600 during the year 1897.
Taking these figures as being cor
rect. there is a trade balance in favor
of the islands of s23 1898, 290 that being
the excess of exports over imports"
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-12-03
NC HITCH AT PARIS.
Explanation Concerning New Phase
of the Me- -iations.

LEX S1duAL@CA CC4-NSA 4A4AAS5 NEW uli5S
of the Me- -iations.
Washington, Dec. At can be stated
that no hitch has occurred in the pro-
ceedings OF the peace commission at
Paris, and an impression to the con-
trary in certain quarters probably
arose through Q misunderstanding Of
the phase those proceedings have
reached.
With the acquiescence by the Spanish
commissioners in the American de-
nlands set out in the original protocol.
all danger of a failure to reach the
point of signature of a peace treaty
disappeared, and that such a treaty
viii be forthcoming, covering at least
all OF the protocol points, is considered
assured. What is now going on in
Paris is a negotiation respecting Ger
tain objects which the United States
government seeks TO accomplish in that
manner, instead Of resorting to the
more usual, but more tedious methods
Of correspondence between the two
governments. These objects have been
clearly stated II general terms in the
Associated Press cable dispatches from
Paris, namely, the acquisition Of one
Of the Caroline islands as a cable sta
ton and cOaling station; of certain
rights TO land cables on Spanish pos
sessions at other points; the procure
Elent Of freedom Of religious Worship
in the Carolines. and the revival of GER
tain treaties Of trade and commerce,
etc
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ANOTHER ANDREE "MESSAGE."
Questionable Tale Comes From the
Urul Mountains.

Stockholm, Dec. Am engine driver
named Detke has written to the Swed-
Norwegian minister at st. Peters
burg a letter in which he says that he
found in the vicinity Of the Ural noun
tains a bottle containing two papers.
one of which bore the following mes
sage, written in French: "Andree's
balloon has crossed the Ural noun
tains. (Signed) Andree"
The other paper, inscribed in Rus
sian, was as follows: Give this let
ter to the consul or to the police"
The balloon Eagle. with Professor
Andree and two companions, String
berg and Frankie. in the car. left
Danes island of the Spitzbergen grocp
on July II. 1897. in an attempt to cross
the pole. Since then no definite news
OF the aeronauts has been received. be-
yond a message found attached to a
carrier pigeon, found by the whaling
ship Falken, which arrived at Copen-
hagen on Sept 2 The message read:
July IS. 1890 p. m. Lat. So n. Long.
1875 z. Good voyage eastward. All
u-all -
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CHEAP LABOR AT MANILA.
Postal Clerks Receive $3.50 Per Year,
Mexican Money!.

San Francisco, Dec 2.-Referring to
the work of the postoffice at Manila,
now in control of the United States,
the Call says: 1.-The most interesting
thing in connection with the acquisi-
ton of Manila is the adoption by the
federal government of the cheap labor
facilities of the islands. Six men were
sent from the San Francisco postoffice
to Manila, and this number was rein
forced by fourteen men from Manila.
Two of these latter are United States
soldiers who had enlisted from the pos
tai service, and twelve are Spanish pos
tai employees, retained because of their
knowledge of the Spanish language and
the routine of the office. These Span
iards received before the American oc-
cupation, the salary of $3.50 each per
annum in Mexican silver, being equal
to about SIS in American silver or gold
coin. The office was closed alternate
days and on working days it was closed
for two or three hours siesta, beginning
about noon. The total number of en-
ployees was 200, but they took life easy
and old the work of about twenty
Americans. The twelve Spaniards who
are retained receive from the United
States salaries ranging from $3.50 to
5000 per annum in Mexican silver-such
! being the ruling rate of wages in the
Philippines for that kind of service,
but they have to work every day in
stead of every alternate day, as here
| tOfore."
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DEATHS AT MANILA.
Decided Improvement Reported In
Health of the Troops.

Washington, Dec. 2.-That there is a
decided improvement in the health of
the troops in the Philippines is shown
by the following cable message from
General Otis, commanding at Manila,
received by Adjutant General Corbin
today:
'Percentum of sick of command Nov
80 ten and one-sixth against twelve
and fifth, Oct 81. November
deaths, twenty-six, as against forty
five for October. Sick rate in command
about same as among troops of other
governments serving in tropical coun-
tries. One-third Of present sick suffer
ing from typhoid and malarial fevers,
one-sixth from intestinal troubles and
the remaining half of ailments slight
in character