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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-05-14

Generals Shafter, Coppinger, Wade and
others will have charge of divisions of
the army. Yes, General Lee is one of
them. The army is ready; it awaits
only the word
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-05-14
Faithful Trial Brings Reward
Hoods SasapaIIIa Triumphant in a Severe Test
"A Distressing Sore Completely Cured

The testimonials in behalf Of Hoods Sarsaparlla
worth reading because they tell things worth telling Just
spare few moments to read this statement below:
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-05-14
Approved this 9th Gay of April. A. d.
1888 JOHN CLARK. Mayor.
State of Utah, City and County OF SAT-

/. G. II. Backman, city recorder of
Salt Lake City, state Of Utah, Go hereby
certify that the above and foregoing is
a full. true and correct copy of an
ordinance entitled An Ordnance Levy
ing the Tax and for the Assessment of
the Property on the east side of Second
East street. commencing at the present
terminus 2c5 feet north of Fourth South
street, and running north 405 feet to
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-05-14

Omaha, May 13.-Major Jones, quarter
master. department of the Platte, has re-
ceived instructions TO provide immediate
transportation for one regiment of Kan
sas volunteers from Topeka to San Fran
cisco.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-05-14
Troops to MOVE at Once.

Denver. May 13.-CoIonel Irving Hale. of
the First Colorado infantry. received
orders today from the war department to
proceed with his troops to San Francisco.
They viii probably start tomorrow night
Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1898-03-23
STATEMENT BY DICK BLAND
say. the Democrats In Congr~n
VIII Force Action.

New York. March -Representativ,
Richard J.. Bland of Missouri last nigh
dictated the following statement concern
ing the Cuban-Spanish situation TO :.
Washington correspondent Of the World
I've are waiting for the report Of thi
committee Of inquiry. which is suppose
to be hard at work probing for the fact
in the Maine disaster. When / say ",
mean the democrats Of the house. W
are not pressing matters because we wan
to hear what this board has 10 say. W
want to know whether il Is going to I'm
the Spaniards guilty or blameless and "
want to know other things in this col
ncction.
'What the administration proposes I
do, Of course do not know; but unless
drives the Spaniards out Of Cuba the pc.
pie Of this country are going TO ask II
reason why and their demands will !
strong and emphatic. do not belle,
congress will adjourn until it knows VIII.
the president il going to do for Cuba.
believe thcse sentiments are those OF u
house Of representatives"
Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1898-03-23
MONTANA CAPITOL PLANS
IS GIVEN TO IOWA ARCHITECTS
Have Removed to Helena to Meet tn.
Requirements of the LaYS--Con-
template u S2T5,OOO Building to
lie Completed Before IsOO-Bids
win He Asked.

Helena. Mont, March 2l.--1he state
capitol commission has awarded the cod.
tract for plans for new state capitol
building to Bell & Kent, formerly of
Coucil Bluffs, Iowa, who have removed
here to comply with the law requiring
architects to be residents OF Montana
Their contract calls for plans and super
vision OF Il S275OOO building, the plans
to be completed in five months. The law
requires that the building shall be done
before 1900 Under the procedure adopted
by the commission, bids will be asked for
from contractors, who will take their pay
ments in bonds secured by n state land
grant segregated for the purpose of build.
ing the state capitol. Four years ago u
former commission expended $4,000 for
a $l,OOO,0OO building, of which George Il.
Mann of st. Louis was architect. Mann
received $4,000 for hi, plans and work.
The present architects agree to furnish
all drawings and supervise the work for
$3.50
Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1898-03-23
ROLAND w0RTHINGTON DEAD
Veteran New England Journalist
and Political Passes Away.

Boston, March 22.-RolaDd Worthing
ton, the veteran journalist, is dead at his
home in this city, aged 81 years.
Mr.. Worhington entered the newspaper
business as an employe OF the counting
room oi the Boston Daily Advertiser. In
1913 he took charge of the Boston Tiav.
eller. When Daniel Webster made his
famous speech at Mar,hfeld, in August,
lS+S, Mr.. Worthington published YER
batim report and had il sold by the news.
boys in the streets, an innovation which
called down the severe criticism OF the
other Boston papers lie sold large
number Of copies.
Mr.. Worthington was one Of the earliest
Of the free sOilers OF Massachusetts, and
was one OF those who foresaw and wit
messed the conflict. When the republican
party was organized he at once Joined it
and carried his paper with him. In 1890
his paper was the first to suggest the
nomination Of John ID. Long as successor
to Governor Banks. He was opposed by
the other republican papers Of Boston but
his candidate was nominated and elected.
In 1889 he insisted that George D. Rob.
inson was the wisest nomination that
could be made against General Butler and
here he won again. President Arthur
rendered him the office Of collector Of the
port in 1882 Worthington retired from
the active management of the Traveller
10 1890.
Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1898-03-23
TO EMANCIPATE THE CUBANs.
senator Chandler Declares the Pres
Ident Is About to Act.

Concord, N. H., March Ex-senator
Chandler, in an editorial in the Concord
Monitor, says President Mckinley is about
to take action. in the name OF the Unitei
States, to relieve the famine and sick
ness in Cuba.
Food and medicine and clothing" he
says, given by the generous people Of
the United States, will be sent with the
approval Of Spain. IL she consents, or viii.
be carried by American sailors and sol
diers without approval, II she does not
consent. The end of starvation and toi.
mont is near at hand. Every humane per
son in this whole land should sustain and
bless the president in his coming procla-
nation. which is to cause the name OF
William Mckinley to be held in sacred
reverence by Cuoan generations, as long
as will be revered tbe name of Abraham
ineoln by the colored race of America .
Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1898-03-23

Kenia peninsula. The discovery was made
in January by A. r. McConnaughty. The
surface dirt panned 50 to $40 to the pan
The find is 1000 feet above sea level, and
for that reason the creek had never been
pre- spected before. Mr. Denham reports
that the mines of Cooks inlet are turning
out very well. The winter has been an ex-
ceptionally mild one.
Sheep Creek Claim Sold.
Otto johnson reports that he has sold
the Sadie claim, on Sheep creek, to Brit.
ish syndicate for $4,000, according to
report received at Rossland. Work on the
property, according TO the terms of sale.
is to commence within two weeks and a
force OF not less than six men must be en-.
ployed. The sum OF 5000 is to be paid
on May 2, and the remainder within
year. The Sadie is ono Of the first lccH.
tions made on Sheep creek, having been
recorded nearly three years since. Mr..
johnson has done considerable work on
the property. The lead, which runs clear
across the claim, is % feet wide.
In the Providence Camp.
News reached Grand Forks. B. C.. this
morning from Providence camp that the
well known Texas mine has been sold to
an American company for $4,000, of
which amount 10 per cent was paid in
cash and the balance is to be paid within
so days. The vendors were Charles Van
Ness and Joseph l.. Wiscman of Grand
Forks, but the name OF the purchasing
company has not been learned.
Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1898-03-23
KILLED BY THE MORMONs.
The Desperate Outlaw Hand OF the
Southern nOrder Wiped Ont.

Fl raso, Tex, March 22--News haa
reached here from Casas Giandc Mexico.
of the terrible fate which had befallcn
the members Of Black Jacks gang. who
escaped from this country several month.
ago, soon after the leader was reported
slain, and sought refuge from pursuit by
American officers in the Businesses of the
Sierra Madrc mountains Of Mexico.
The Black Jack gang of desperadoes and
cut throats for several years terrorized
the entire border between here and the
Gulf OF California. and it remained for
the aven3ing angels OF the Mormon colo,
Mexico, TO hunt down and annihilnte the
gang.
On February %, Mrs. S. F. Mcdonald, a
Mormon woman, wife of prominent resi-.
dent of one of the settlements. was mur
dcrcd by two unknown men. She was
store.keeper at Round Valley, 30 milr-
east of Casas Grande in an isolated In.
cality. The rufiians split her head open
with a hatchet, looted the store and es-
capped.
Tho brutal crime aroused the entire
Mormon community and the avenging an
gels Of the Mormon church were author.
ized TO hunt down the murdcrers. They
secured the mountains in all directions.
On Sunday, March o. the rendezvous Of
the outlaws was located in a lonely. uneN
plorcd region, 100 miles from Casts
Grande. During Sunday night the avcng
crs closed In upon the outlaws nine in
number.
At daybrcak voice from the rocks
commanded the bandits to surrender,
warning them that resistance meant
death. They had just begun to stir when
the summons came. They made dash
for their weapons, but were shot down be.
fore they were able TO defend themselves.
The work Of the avcnging angels was com
plctc.
a party Of American prospectors, re-
turning to civilization. stumbled by acci
dent upon the camp Of the outlaws, ev
cral days later and counted the dead
They subsequently learned from the Nor.
mon settlers the manner in which the
despe,adoes were killed.
The Black Jack gang was the most des
perate, well organized and successful
band OF outlaws that has operated inth,
southwest in recent years. Large rc
wards were offered by the government
and the express companies for the cap
turc Of the outlaws dead or alive.
Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1898-03-23
AS BRADSTREET REPORTS IT.
sttua tton Has All Favorable Feat
ures OF Some Time Past.

New York, March 90 Bradstrcet 3
says:
The aggregate volume Of the country's
business continues sufficiently large to al
low OF favorable comparisons with past
periods alike in this and preceding years.
Aside from a quieting demand at few
leading eastern markets where uncer.
tainty a. TO the outcome OF foreign C, m.
mlications is advanced a. reason for un.
willingness to embark in new business.
the situation is one possessing nearly dil
Of the favorable features noted for some
time past. The best reports as to distri-
button in leading lines come from the cen.
ter west and the northwest. Favorable
weather has improved the distribution Of
dry goods, clothing, millinery, building
materials, agricultural implements and
nearly all other products forming staple
articles for consumption among the pros.
porous farming community.
The movement OF iron and steel is spe.
cially large, but without effect On prices,
which are generally firmly held. Some
h'RHt ho'"h''' ih piS hhht IA INV. NAVY
been a feature OF the week at some mar-
kcts. Southern iron manufacturers are
active. and fruit and vegetable shipments
promise alike to be early and heavy. Dis
tributive trade is reported increasing at
the northwest, navigation is practically
open on the lakes, and the first of April
will witness general movement Of craft
Other favorable features OF the country's
general trade situation are summed up in
liberal shipments OF leading cereals, un.
prccedcnted totals OF export, at New
l ork, fewer business failures and slightly
larger bank cleannccs
Wheat exports are smaller than last
week, but considerably larger than in cor.
responding periods OF preceding years, ag-
gregatins 3,d25 ,5s4 bushels, aga inst 4 ,4ei,.
900 bushels last week, l,829, 900 bushels
last year, ,J92 900 bushels in 1896 and
2 DOS, 900 bushels in 1895.
Business failures in the United States
this week number 233, against 247 last
week, 23l in the corresponding week OF
1897, 800 in 1896. and 252 in 1895.
Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1898-03-23
AT THE HARBoR OF PENSACOLA
Great MOrtars and Immense Rines
About TO He Mounted.

Pensacola, Fla, March 2l.--Powder,
shot and shell continue to arrive here in
large quantities for the forts and batter
les defending the harbor. Three Of eight
big mortars for the new battery OH Santa
Rosa island have also arriyed, and they
will be mounted az quickly as possible.
There is great activity at Fort Pickens.
In addition to the six and eight-inch ife
guns a l5-inch gun is being mounted at
the fort. Captain j. w. McMurray, com.
manding thet wo batteries Of the Fourth
artillery at Fort Barrancas, has been pro-
NOTED to be major Of the Fifth artillery.
The work Of deeping and widening the
channel on the bar is progressing stead
lily and the largest merchant steamships
now pass through it without difficulty.
1t is expected that 2s feet of water will
soon be obtained.
Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1898-03-23

The department Of agriculture reports
last years crops still in the hands OF the
farmers as follows: Wheat, l2l 900, 900
bushels; corn, 7s3,OO0,OO0 bushels; oats,
212 900, 600 bushels.
Mrs. Helen A. Clark renounced the pro-
vision OF the will of her late husband,
which gave her life estate in property
worth $l,0O0,0OO, in marrying J. Charles
Linthicum, young lawyer, at Baltimore.
New South Wales paid last year $780,
600 for the destruction of noxious animal
pests. Among the varieties slaughtered
for bounties were bandicoots, panemelons.
wombats, wallabies, ..angaroos, emus, na
tive dogs, flying foxes, kangaroo rats and
harcs.
The ear, according to a dispatch from
st. Petersburg, has authorized an increase
in the ordinary naval expenditure of g.
100000 roubles yearly for six years, in ad-
dition to the special grant OF 10000 900
roubles for naval purposes recently an
nouneed.
Great care is being taken in selecting
men for the new artillery regiments. Ap.
plicants must be between 81 and 80 years
old, unmarried, sound physically and able
TO read and write the English language.
Boys between the ages of l6 and Is may
be enlisted for musicians, but must have
their parents or guardians consent
The board OF regents of the Oklahoma
Normal school, acting in conjunction with
Gov. Barnes and Attorney General Gun
ningham, have let the contract for new
normal school building at Alive to John
Volk & Co., OF Rock Island, Ill. The price
to be paid is SS4 900, and the building is
To be completed by January, 1899.
Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1898-03-23
BOUND FOR DRY T0RTUaAs.
Guns and Ammunition Being Ship.
ped From New York.

New York. March ga boat load OF
powder and supplies, which was asserted
to have come from Fort Schuyler up the
sound, has landed on the pier at Cover
nors Island Barrels and boxes and cans
evidently containing various kinds of ex.
plosives, We're placed on the end of the
wharf carefully covered with tarpaulins.
No information was given as to what Is
to be done with them.
Four l0-inch rifles and two S-inch rifles,
which have been tested at the Sandy
Hook proving grounds, will sail for Key
West some time this week. Workmen are
busy at the pier on East river preparing
the deck OF the schooner. The large pieces
weigh 80 tons each and the smaller ones
l6 tons each. The utmost care will be
exercised in placing them so that they
will not prove too heavy for the ship
should storm strike it. While it is
stated that these guns are to be landed at
Key West for tho Notifications there it
is believed some of them will find their
way TO Dry Tortugas, which is being for
titled for an advanced naval station.
by the Inside Route.
Other guns are soon to be sent south
from the Watervlet arsenal and for the
first time the stragetical value of the in.
side water route will be tested The risk
Of trusting guns and ammunition on the
open sea, where they would be liable to
capture, should hostilities occur, has been
recognized by the authorities. The barge
Morgan has already been sent to Troy
and will be loaded with supplies. It could
carry n cargo OF 200 tons through the
canals and shallow straits which consti.
tute the inside channel from New York
to Beaufort. n. c.
Lieutenant Harry C. Hale, aide-de-csmp
on the staff OF General Merritt has started
south for the purpose of completing SER
les of maps of the Atlantic coast near
foitifloauons and the surrounding coun-
try. He will be gone several weeks. Lieu.
tenant Hale is regarded by General Miles
as one of the most competent map men
in the service. lie has already prepared
several series for the war department, all
Of which have received the highest praise
Tho maps he is now working on will be
used by commanding officers during times
of war. They will 60 into minute details
so far ass small streams, bridges and all
means of transportation are concerned
Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1898-03-23

Pittsburg, March 20.--C. II. Wheel,
president of the Misunderstanding Proje
tile Works OF McKecsport, has arriv,
from Washington with signed contmc
from the government for over a MILL,
dollars worth of projectilcs OF all kin
from four inches up to 10 inches, the Lar
est made for Use in the army and ma,
Wheeler believes war with Spain is inev
able.
Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1898-03-23
Free Of Duty.
Contrabsnd Coolies.

Santa Ana, Cal. March 90 Fifteen
Chinese who were smuggled into this
country from Ensenada, lower California,
through the port Of Anaheim, have been
captured. They were landed by an un,
known vessel. The Celestials had a to-
tai sum Of s5.2s in their possession. They
have been taken 10 Los Angeles, where
they will be examined
Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1898-03-23
PROCEEDINGS OF CONGRESS.
somcthing of the Talks aud the Acts
of nOth branches.

Senator Proctor Thursday read to the
senate a statement of his recent trip to
Cuba. lie dwclt particularly on the
wrctched condition OF rceonccntrados
Outside OF Havana il was neither war nor
peace; il was desolation and distress mis-.
cry and starvation. Food from the United
States has greatly relieved the suffering,
but such aid might cease unless the war
-oon ends. Of 100000 in Cuba, Proctor
thought not over 5000, exclusive of the
soldiers, gave allegiance 10 Spain. Every
town in the western provinces is sur
rounded by the trocba and guarded 80 re.
conccntradoes could not get out nor the
insurgents in. Between towns there is
hardly a human being living, and there
are no crops. lie said the scenes in hos.
pitals were too terrible for him to describe.
He found newspaper reports not cxaggcr'
atcd. Of SPANS military power there
were only 10000 soldiers left out Of the
100000 sent to the country. They were
poorly drilled and equipped. lie conclud.
ed by saying: II have endcavored to state
what | saw and heard. II was a spectacle
Il Il million and n half OF people, the en-.
tire native population OF Cuba, struggling
for freedom and deliverance with practical
unanimity from the worst mi-government
Of which 1 ever had knowledge. Where
our action ought to be influenced by any
Of these things and il 50, how far, il an.
other question. am not in favor Of an.
nexation. Tho remedial steps may safe.
ly be left to the American president and
the American people"
The Postomce BiH.
Consideration OF tho postOfIicc appro.
priation bill was continued ia the house
Friday. Mr.. Loud admitted the draft Of
an amendment drawn at the postoficc de.
partment. 1t made il misdemeanor for
any person to place or cause TO be placed
in the mails anything during the regular
weighing period with intent to increase
the weight OF mails and the compensa-
ton paid therefor. 1t made the ofiense
punishable by fine OF not les, than $500,
nor more than 5000, and imprisonment
not to exceed five years. The amendment
was adopted without division.
Free Of Duty.
At the opening Of the session Of the
house Saturday Mr.. Dingley offered the
bill, reported from the ways and means
committee, providing for free entry into
tnis country of guns, ammunition and
other naval supplies and war material pur.
chased abroad until January l, 1890. He
cxpla ined that the committee unanimous.
ly reported the bill. II was asked for by
the secretaries of war and the navy. The
house then went into committee of the
whole and resumed consideration OF the
postofiioe appropriation bill.
Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1898-03-23

Tho CymIic, the largest freight steam
ahoat, can carry about 10000 tons OF de
weight; that Is. about what 625 freig
cars can carry. The displaccments of
Cymric Is $4,000 tons; she carries III
about twenty twenty.thirds Of her weig
looked for before fall. Already the pr
paid shows a material advance over Il
Of last year
Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1898-03-23

| mock county, mostly apples, 40: Fremont
county, $40; Bear Lake county apples
and crabs. TO-"
| A few Wild ducks have begun 10 arrive
in Deer Lodge valley.
About 300 head of horses are being
brought from the counties south of I,oul
der for shipment to some point in the
British possessions. The horses are said
TO be fine stock and tho majority We're
bought for only SO head.
Great Fall, is TO have a small wool.
securing plant, not to seour wool for ship
mcnt east, but to protect shippers and
shcrpmen and guarantee honest allow.
anccS for shrinkagc in sales made on
secured basis.
The tailors OF Helena will be required
Ia pay license as merchants from July /.
ls95. They asked the county board of
commissioners to allow them to discharge
their Indebtedness to the county by pay.
ing merchants license from July /. 1897,
but the board denied the petition, hold.
ing that il had no authority to grant it.
The law in regard To the sale of state
lands provides that the purchaser shall
pay down not less than 20 per cent of the
purchase price. The balance, secured by
n bond, must be paid within seven years.
In answer TO a question propounded by
an assessor, the attorney decides that
since the state holds the land in trust ior
another, who is TO all purposes and intents
the owner, il il q fit subject for taxation.
and advises the assessment OF all such
land. He believes, further,th that the land
should be assessed for more than the stat
moiy price fixed by law regardless OF any
provisions to the contrary, since the con
-,tution requires that property must be
assessed at its market value.
IN opinion rendered by Attorney Gen.
elal Nolan at the request Of ii. c. Cock
rill, county attorney OF Galatin county,
Hill, ii observed by the civil authorities
nt the state. insure the liberty Of men
who can not give bonds for their appear.
nnce a. witnesses in criminal proceedings
II has been the custom in the past In
Montana tn put such persons in the county
iail until the time Of trial and in most in.
stances the witnesses 80 held have been
paid per diem fees for every day spent by
them in Jail. The attorney general holds
that the constitution OF the state express.
~ provides that no person shall be impris
oncd who can not give bond for his ap
pcaranco in criminal proceedings where
tis testimony might be required, but that
in such eases the deposition Of the wit.
nrs- must be taken and the witness allow.
ID his liberty.
Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1898-03-23

Most people feed tfe body too much and
the mind too little.
Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1898-03-23

especially in Bannock, Bingham and Ere
mont counties, and the Goblin moth mos;
troublesome in Oneida county. Vigorous
measures will be taken against these
pests this coming year. The following is,
think, close approximate OF the oi.
chard acreage in my district. Bingham
county, 525; Oneida county, $40: Ban,
mock county, mostly apples, 20; Fremont
county, $40; Bear Lake county, apples
and crabs. 40
Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1898-03-23

According to tie s,-,e,nept OF c. Den
ham of Chiess 'ytiway It Seattle
the other day p,ss to th{inle., Ak. ska
a riOh placer ~ discovered on