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The silver lance., 1898-04-08
t1NconPAHoRE RESERVATION.
A Number of Men Said to Have Conc IN
and Took up Lsnds.--s- -

A Number of Men Said to Have Gone IN
and Took up Lsnds---ssr -
Salt Lake, Utah, April "a special
to the Tribune from Fort Duchesne,
Utah, says:
Yesterday morning the post was
crowded with men anxious to know II
the Uncompahgre reservation would
be thrown open. When the truth OF
the situation began to dawn upon the
crowd there was a rush to hitch up
teams. and in a short time they were
on the road hoping to gain possession
of the few acres of good agricultural
land along Green river and the gold
and copper bonanZas along the west
ern edge of the reservation. ..--.-.
No precautions had been taken TO
rircumvent "sooners." Neither the
Indians nor the post commander had
been apprised that the opening would
occur. To-day the cat was let out OF
the bag. While everyone was indulg-
ing in talk that the time for opening
would be extended six months the
moneyed interest was at work. Brief
ly stated, the play was to gain posses
sion of the gilsonite veins, which
seems to have resulted that the st.
Louis corporation practically controls
the whole available gilsonite product
of America. They worked through the
men, mostly citizens of Vernal, who
took claims in good faith over ten
years ago. l.-
1t is claimed by the best legal talent
that these claims now hold good un
der the general mining laws.
The silver lance., 1898-04-08
zola,s sentence Is Anulled.

Paris, April 4.=The Court of Cessa-
ton has quashed the sentence of one
years imprisonment and 1900 francs
fine imposed on NJ. Emile Zola. the
result of charges made by him in the
Aurore against the conduct of the Es-
terhazy court martial, but the court
has not ordered a trial before another
assize. The decision is based upon the
fact that the president of the court
martial should have lodged the COM
plant against NJ. Zola, instead of the
minister of war. as il was the court
martial that was assailed by the famous
author and editor. -r.--5
The silver lance., 1898-04-08
Danger of Another Freirn. War.

Denver, April 2.-The prospects are
very favorable for another freight war
between the all-rail and rail and wat
er lines running into Colorado. The
rail and water lines accuse the all-rail
lines of cutting rates, and they say
that if the Interstate Commerce Com
mission does not put a stop to the rate
cutting they will commence to cut
themselves
1t has been an open secret for some
time that the all-rail lines were grant
ing reduced rates. While the freight
men admit there is a quiet cutting of
rates going on they disclaim any
knowledge concerning details, except
to. say that the interstate commerce
laws governing that business are being
violated.
The cutting going on is in that ter
ritory involved in the freight fight of
last fall when the water lines insisted
on maintaining their differential over
the all-rail lines. The water lines
won the fight. While the differential
was lowered on some classes it was
raised on others, tile general average
remaining almost the same.
The silver lance., 1898-04-08
WAR TAXES NEXT.
Beer. Tea and Coffee VIII First Bear the
Burden.


Washington, April 3.-Secretary Gage
and Representative Dingley of Maine.
chairman of the House ways and
means committee, were summoned by
the President yesterday, and were
soon in conference with him on bust
ness. While they would not discuss it.
but left to conjecture. it can be safely
said to relate to finances and to meas
ures TO put the treasury on IA war foot
ing. involving. as hostile operations
will, If once began, largely increased
expenditures and appropriations. 1t is
thought this phase of the question of
the figures may to some extent figure
in the Presidents message.
No definite plan, or even an outline
of a plan, to raise war revenues from
the internal revenue sources has yet
been formulated, but il is the belief
of the persons who necessarily would
be consulted in the matter that legisla-
tion for an additional tax on beer is
almost certain in the event of liostil-
ties. to be recommended to Congress.
Whisky, it is said, also would come
in for share of the increase. but for
the fact that the present rate of S1.50
per gallon, in the opinion of expert
enced revenue officials, is really above
point. There is no reasonable doubt
that quite list or articles such as are
admittedly luxuries will be considered
by the ways and means committee as
objects of revenue legislation in case
any large amount of funds is needed
to carry on the war, which nearly all
visitors to the White House said now
seems inevitable, treasury experts
have estimated that the increase of
the tax on beer from 81 to 50 per bar
rel would result in gain of approx
mately forty million dollars year to
the revenues, but whether so heavy an
increase as that is contemplated is not
known.
The question of laying a small inter-
nal revenue tax on tea and coffee is
also under consideration. 1t is
thought that tax of something less
than ten cents pound on tea and
about three cents pound on coffee
would bring in large revenue, pos
sibly $35,000,000 or SAC, 1000, 200 a year.
This tax, it is thought. would not re-
suit in materially increasing the price
to the consumer of either tea or coffee
except possibly in the beginning. The
combined revenues from beer, tea and
coffee, it is thought would approxi-
mate $I5,0O0000 a year and possibly
$S0,000.000 =. aftf 2-sN
Representative McMillen. the rank
ing Democratic member of the ways
and means committee. called while
Chairman Dingley was in conference
withst the President, but remained only
a few minutes.
The silver lance., 1898-04-08
CHICAGO LAKE FRONT CASE.
Secretary Bliss Gives Final Decision
Against the Scrip Claimants.

Washington. April 4.-Secretary Bliss
to-day decided the celebrated Chicago
lake front case. The decision is in
forty-seven pages and was prepared by
Judge Nandeventer, assistant attor-
ney general of the Interior Depart
ment. 1t reviews the history of the
land from 1921 TO the present time.
through the various contests
which have been had respecting it in
the Land Department and the courts
including the United States Supreme
Court.
In brief. the decision holds that the
water line of Lake Michigan constitut-
ed the eastern boundary line of the
section, that by the patent to Ninzie
the land to the water line was CON
veyed by the United States. and that
by the, conveying of the patent the
United States ceased to be riparian
proprietor and has no right to the sub
sequent accretions which formed the
greater portions of the lands now in
controversy. In conclusion, it is held
that the land in question is not public
land. and that it cannot be acquired
by the use of scrip or otherwise un-
der the public land laws.
The silver lance., 1898-04-08
AN ILLINOIS FLOOD.
sHAwNEErown SWEPT AWAY.
The Ohio I.iver Breaks Through the Levee
Two Hundred People Reported
Drowned. ~

Louisville. Ky, April "A special to
the Courier Journal from Evansville,
Indiana, says:
At o'clock this afternoon the levee
at Shawneetown, Illinois, broke a mile
above the town and from all the infor-
nation that can be obtained here, it
Is learned that great part of the
place has been destroyed and perhaps
q large number of citizens have been
drowned. i.-it ~
Shawneetown is twenty-five miles
above Evansville, on the Ohio river.
1t is situated in valley of extremely
low land, with hills skirting it in the
rear, and with a twenty-fve-foot levee
running from hill to hill.
The town is very much in the posi-
tion of a fortified city, and when the
levee gave way mile above town,
under the pressure of the very high
river, the water shot through u TWEEN
ty-foot opening and struck the place
like a hurricane, sweeping everything
before it.
Houses were turned and tossed about
like boxes. The people were not warned
Of the break, and for that reason many
were caught. Those at home sought
refuge in second stories and on house
tops. Those in the streets were car
ried before the avalanche of water and
probably a majority were drowned.
Citizens came from the place by
skiffs to a telephone several miles
away and asked for aid from Evans
vile.
They said that more than 200 people
were drowned and they had reason TO
believe it would reach 500 or even
1000. r--l
The water stands from twenty to
thirty feet all over the town.
There are, of course, no fires or
lights in the place and total darkness
envelopes the desOlate city. Conse-
quently it was impossible for them to
have anything like definite informa-
tion. The men Immediately left the
telephone and no further communica-
tion has been had. No telegraph or
telephone wires are working and out
side communication appears impossi-
bic. At 10 o'clock two steamboats, and
couple of tugs started for Shawnee
town under full head of steam and it
Is expected some of them will arrive
there by = n. IN. They carry large sup
plies of food and blankets quickly col
lected by the city officials.
The silver lance., 1898-04-08
LOOKING FOR TROUBLE.
Lee an6 the British Consul at Havana
Working In Harmony.

New York, April 4.-The Herald's
Washington special says:
Consul General Lee has been in
structed to turn the American consul
ate over to British Consul Gollan, and
already made the necessary arrange
ments with Gollan to do so This is
mere precaution in case General Lee
has to leave suddenly. He is simply
setting his house in order
General Lee had long conference
with Consul Gollan, who courteously
agreed to do everything in his power
in case Lee receives orders to leave, or
is forced to seek a refuge on the Fern
with the other Americans by n sudden
uprising of the Eavana populace.
Lee and British Consul Gollan are
prepared to act together in protecting
English and Americans, and in any
case but one of sudden uprising. will
see to it that the protection offered by
Blanco is taken advantage of fully.
The remaining Americans will stick
closely to Lee.
The silver lance., 1898-04-08
WAS DISPERSED BY A GALE.
spain's Much vaunted Torpedo FlotilIa In
Trouble.

New York, April 4.-The Worlds ca
Bile from st. Vincent, Cape Verde
islands, this morning says:
The Spanish flotilla, bound from Ca
diz to Porto Rico. under command of
Captain Villamil, has put in here.
The Worlds cable from Madrid,
Spain, dated Friday night. by way of
Bayonne, France, April 3, says: The
Spanish torpedo fiotilla was dispersed
by a heavy gale in mid-ocean. Each
vessel of the flying squadron. upon
which Spain had staked her all, was
forced to make for st. Vincent, one of
the Cape Verde Islands, as best she
could.
Captain Villamil. in command, re-
ports some of the torpedo boats suf-
fered, but can be repaired at st. Vim
cent. EllDl
After a conference with Premier Sa-
gasta. the minister of marine. Admiral
Bennijo, telegraphed to Captain vii
lamil to remain at st. Vincent for re-
pairs and victualing until further Or
ders from the government.
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FURTHER DELAY.
President Mckinley VIII Not Send His Mes
sage In Before Wednesday.


Washington, April 3.-The opinion.
almost universally held In Washington
Tonight by leading public men and
diplomats, is that the crisis will reach
Its climax this week and that the uues-
ton of war or peace will be determined
within the next seven days. Senators
and representatives met and conferred
all day about the gravity of the stu
alton, and at the White House the
President consulted with several mem
bers of his Cabinet and other conf
Dental advisers regarding the message
which he is preparing to send to Con
gress. At the state, war and navy
building active work was going on.
and altogether it has been a day of
suppressed feeling. No day has been
announced as the day when the mes
sage will be sent to Congress, and it
is believed it will not go in tomorrow.
1t is believed that more probably We'd
nesday or, Thursday will be selected.
Besides the physical work of pre-
pairing the comprehensive document
upon which the President expects to
rest his case with the world, there are
| other reasons why those in charge of
the war preparations will welcome ev-
| cry hours delay. War material which
we have ordered abroad is not yet
shipped and the factories in this coun-
try will work day and night making
powder and projectiles, and are anx-
ious for delay. Some of the factories
in Connecticut with the contracts have
telegraphed Representative Hill, urg-
ing all delay possible. They say every
day now is precious. There is still a
divergence of opinion as to what the
President will recommend in his mes
sage, indeed, there seems to be still a
question as to whether the President
will make specific recommendations
| Some of his most intimate friends
| however, assert emphatically that. the
| Presidents recommendations will be
specific and vigorous and such that his
party and the country could willingly
follow when he points the way.
Conservative Republican leaders. aft
err a careful canvass of the situation
believe the radical Republicans can be
held in line for "A few days longer, un.
til Wednesday, at least. The confer
ence of Republicans of the House. who
have been insisting on prompt action
hold another meeting tomorrow night
While many of them are now in favor
of giving the President more leeway
than they were last week. it Is realized
that twenty-five Republican votes in
the House would, with the Democratic
and Populst votes, be sufficient to act
1t can be pretty confidently asserted
that all the Republicans of the House
with possibly the exceptions which
could be counted on the fingers of one
hand, can be controlled until Wednes-
day.
A dispatch from Madrid says thai
the Pope has interfered in the inter
ests of peace, and that Spain is listen.
ing to his advice.
The silver lance., 1898-04-08
The Pope as Mediator.

Rome, April 1.-The Vatican circles
announce that Archbishop Keane,
bishop assistant at the pontifical
throne, in the name of the Pope. has
sent to Archbishop Ireland the express
sion of the earnest desire of his holi-
ness that Archbishop Ireland use his
influence with President Mckinley in
favor of pacitiatory attitude in the
Cuban question. so
1t is explained that Archbishop Ire
land was asked to do this because of
his friendship with President McKin-
lev
The silver lance., 1898-04-08
PIGEONS AS LIFE SAVERS.
Captain Renaud of the Steamer La Bre
tagne Makes Experiment.


tagne Makes an Experiment.
Smansea, April 1.-The British
steamer Challerton from Port Nolloth
for Swansea, which has just arrived
here, reports that when about 250
miles south of the Scilly islands a car
rier pigeon boarded her and the follow
ing message was found attached to the
bird:
March 27. s a. m.-An English sail
ing vessel has been succored by La
Bretange; delay probable.
captain RENAUD."
The following was also appended 10
the carrier pigeon:
Saved the crew of the Bothnia.
Three of that crew killed.
The BothDia referred to by Captain
Renaud is probably the British bark
Bothnia. reported from Plymouth to-
day as having passed the Lizard in tow
of the German steamer Castillo.
When La Bretagne left Havre on
Saturday last she had on board 100
carrier pigeons shipped with the view
of testing the possibility of establish
ing communication with the shore in
case of accident. 1t was added that
if the experiment proved successful all
steamers of the French line would car
ry homing pigeons.
The silver lance., 1898-04-08
HAWAII A BASE OF SUPPLIES.
1t viii BE Made Such in Case of a War En-
suing With Spain.

Honolulu. March "a, via San Fran
cisco. April 2.-The United States ship
Mohican arrived on the 10Th, nine days
from San Francisco. She brought am
munition and supplies for the United
States ship Baltimore, which will leave
for Hong Kong early tomorrow.
A telegram received direct from
Washington on the 10th says that in
the event of war with Spain the neu-
trality of shese islands will not be
kept, but that they will at once he
made depot for naval supplies for
the United States.
lengthy dispatch was received
by the Hawaiian government on the
same date from Minister Hatch, at
Washington. 1t gives practically the
newspaper accounts of delay with the
treaty on account of the Maine disas-
ter. The minister mentions that one
of the assumptions of the situation is
that in case of war these islands would
be made base of supplies by the
United States fleets operating in the
Pacific.
The silver lance., 1898-04-08

For many years there has been no
time when a pure food bill was not be-
fore the legislature of some state. The
urgency of legislating on the subject is
humorously stated by Hartford man
who liked some raspberry jam so we'll
that he asked his grocer to get him the
recipe. The grocer wrote to Boston,
and the Boston wholesaler wrote to
Kalamazoo, and the manufacturers in
Kalamazoo, being assured that the in
formation was for domestic purposes
only. replied that the body of the jam
was tomatoes, the coloring was secured
by aniline dyes, and the seed was hay
seed!
The silver lance., 1898-04-08

Mrs. Hanaford says we never would
have had civil war if the women of
the country had had their rightful in
fiuence. The women of the south were
quite as bitter as the men, and it has
taken them longer to recover from it;
and within three months there have
been half dozen women's conventions
the members of which quarreled them
selves half to death and separated in
state of irreparable enmity. Let
Mrs. Hanaford put that in her pipe
when she is out of tobacco.
The silver lance., 1898-04-08
The most selfish act witnessed may

The most selfish act witnessed may
be trifing matter, expressive of pro-
found disregard of the convenience and
comfort of others. Thus in a London
fog two companions found much as
sistance in making their way because
a couple in front of them had Ian
tern. Suddenly a voice exclaimed,
Hide the lantern: there are some peo-
pie behind Ms actually making use of
our light!' In your way through the
world, with the cropping all about you,
do you show or hide your light?
The silver lance., 1898-04-08

From the day our flag was unfurled,
to the present hour" said President
Mckinley in his speech on Washing
tons birthday, mo stain of just obli-
cation violated has yet tarnished the
American name" Unfortunately this
is not true of our emblem itself. else
a new society would not have been
founded for the prevention of desecra-
tion of the stars and stripes by adver-
tiscrs, rrt
The silver lance., 1898-04-08
A Nfade-Over Cruiser.

London. April 4.-The cruiser which
Lieutenant Commander Colwell, Unit
ed States attache here, purchased Sat
urday from the Thames Iron Works.
and over which he hoisted the stars
and stripes, was built by the Thames
Iron Works for Peru. 1t was finished
during the war between Peru and
would not allow it to leave.
The cruiser has been entirely refitted
during the past year and modernized
at an expense of S12o,00O.
The silver lance., 1898-04-08

What a mighty drama is unfoldcd in
the development of the Russian en-
pire! The whole world watches it with
absorbing interest. But there is a
tragedy in progress in the empire. A
Russian journal says that the lower
classes in the tsar's domains have one
third less to eat than their grandpar-
ents had. The lack of proper nourish
ment in uncounted homes is a shadow
which dims the splendors Of imperial
ism. N
The silver lance., 1898-04-08
Captain Sampson. Power.

u Washington, April 4.-President Nc
Kinley has conferred upon Captain \.
Il. Sampson, commander-in-chief of
the naval force at Key West. authority
to convene ,courts-martial. BY this act
the President has placed in Captain
Simpsons hands all the authority that
Is usually vested in flag officer hav-
ing a sea command. 1t is not neces.
The silver lance., 1898-04-08
England NAV Bar Ams-,.., A.,

London, April lit is said that the
Board OF Agriculture will take steps to
prevent the landing in England Of a
consignment of American apples which
has been refused admission into Ger
many because the fruit is alleged to
be Infected with the San Jose scale.
The silver lance., 1898-04-08

Up In Dakota they are finding fault
because the flour sold by country deal
ers is adulterated with so per 'cent of
ground clay. We suspect that some of
the '.first=ciass -four" intended for the
nations red wards has inadvertently
been sent into open markets
The silver lance., 1898-04-08

A justice of the peace in Lafayette,
Ind, fined a young man $14.75 for at
tempting to kiss a pretty hoosier girl.
The fine was not too large, either, for
the fellow failed.
The silver lance., 1898-04-08

ruin must be pulverized!" shouts
Kansas journal. You won't need to
do that. brother. If you'll ure filtered
water on the side.
The silver lance., 1898-04-08

A clever woman says she likes to
talk cleverly to q man, but never to a
woman because 1t excites her envy and
Jealousy. And she ought to know be-
cause she belongs to the sex. poor
thing! Ia.
The silver lance., 1898-04-08

What sense is there in holding indig-
nation meetings in Madrid? Weyler
is there and he seemssto to be a perpetual
indignation show. Hold him.
The silver lance., 1898-04-08

"Do you really think the young fellow NH.
wants to marry Jane is n bona tide Kos
1ikerE Il guess he is. He's short an s
and three toes and has frostbitten chin
The silver lance., 1898-04-08

Irene-She seems to have very llttl. ,..
ance with her husband MaryNTndnntuia., nua,
lrene-Yes; she never can get him to snsSi
more than he can afford.-Puck. 'peua
The silver lance., 1898-04-08

"See that tall young woman over ths,,
She is doctor of music" '.Graciousi \
you think she could do anything for VI,
ner operaT' wa
The silver lance., 1898-04-08

A Washington paper says that
Prince Albert when he returns home
will be a major" Is he a minor now?
The silver lance., 1898-04-08

The Western Cigar Company of Sal,
City are making some very advantacssoaaa.. soa.
pliers to agents. 1t will pay you to writs =
them at Box 4i3. "'4'e
The silver lance., 1898-04-08

For lung and chest diseases, Piso's Cure I.
.he best medicine we have used.-Mrs j. l.
Sorthcott. Windsor, Ont. Canada
The silver lance., 1898-04-08
si;:ai s:;';i, !,
Hoods Pills aic aTe the e, fssyorlte s, eatla,

you brag about your baby's great iD,s
better than she does her mother" HAes u.
The silver lance., 1898-04-08

"I'm worried about our landlord \,
seems to be going crazy" what las 4,
ionef" "Repapered our house from Ton h
)ottom," SP
The silver lance., 1898-04-08
Dom, Tobacco Spit and Smoke You,,p.

To quit tobacco easily and forever be ~.
netic, full OF life, nerve and vigor take NJ s ~
Bac. the wonder-worker, that makes weas l! ~
strong. All druggists, Soc or 81 Cure gna,as na
Sterling Remedy Co.. Chicago or New Yost
The silver lance., 1898-04-08

.'They say war is needed to thin out our
,opulation.' ''Well, but the fattest men
won't CO.
The silver lance., 1898-04-08

The person who made Milwaukee
famous is soon to leave the city. The
First Methodist church OF Asbury Park,
MI, has called Rev. Wesley A. Huns
berger and under the rules he regards
the call as summons to be needed
The loss to Milwaukee involved in the
permanent departure of this clergy
man will be felt by the hotel-keepers,
the lake and rail transportation COM
panies, by fugitive and other varieties
of foolish lovers in two states, and by
quite number Of hack drivers. The
newspapers, also. must confess sense
of loss in being deprived Of a source
OF much mystery and Of some sensa-
tional news. A preacher who has re-
ceived for a period of several years a
greater amount of money in the form
of fees for marriages. many Of the
clandestine sort. than he derived In sal
ary as pastor of the flock Of one OF the
prominent city churches cannot go
without being promiscuously missed.
The silver lance., 1898-04-08

Star Tobacco is the leading brand NJ
the world, because it is the best
The silver lance., 1898-04-08

What is the use of getting angry at
foreign lecturers in America-who give
unfavorable impressions of American
audiences, and even of American " om-
en-? They are doubtless honest In
their views: IL they were not the i'm
/ pressions would be without value and
unworthy of notice. II they gave only
praise that would still be valueless.
for it is not to be expected that they
will see things through their glasses as
! we See them through oers, And hasn't
this country acquired a suficiency of
self-respect to overcome its sensitive
ness to criticism ! &C 70