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The herald., 1898-08-10
THE FARRAGUT'S TRIAL
Proves to Be a Fast Boat-Trial Not
Official

SAN FRANCISCO. Aug. 9.-The second
preliminary trial trip Of the torpedo boat
destroyer Farragut was made today In the
bay Owing to a triflng accident TO her
steering gear. no attempt was made to
reach the contract speed Of thirty knots an
hour. She is stated to have maintained a
speed of little over twenty-three knots
over good portion Of the course. with 200
pounds of steam ana 1000 horsepower de-
veloped. The trial was witnessed by SEN
ator Cullom, Representative Hit and
many other prominent people. Early in
the morning the Farragut was speeded
over measured mile, making the distance
in 2:22 After few more experimental
spins she will be given her official trial
probably on Saturday.
The herald., 1898-08-10
Grant Goes to Porto Rico

NEWPORT NEWS, Aug. e-General
Fred d. Grant, his staff and the remaining
six companies Of the First Kentucky regi-
ment. Colonel Castleman commanding, en-
parked tonight for Porto Rico on the trans
port Alamo and the steamer is expected to
sail after midnight. The transport OLDHAM
will leave some time tomorrow with the
Fifth Illinois regiment on board, in COM
mand of Colonel Culver. It is not known
when the other troops will embark, prob
ably not at all.
The herald., 1898-08-10
Mysterious Murders

MODESTO, Aug. 9.-When the murdered
and mutiated body of Manuel Alverez was
found partially buried in Mariposa county
last month. several miles from La Orange
IN rough wooded country, the officers be-
lieved that Antonio Rivers was the assas-
sin and offered reward.
Last Thursday the body Of Rivers was
discovered a mile from the place where
that OF Alvarez was found, his head was
severed and his body contained four bullet
holes. AS 1t was In q decomposed state Il
Is now believed that he was murdered al
the same time Alvarez was. Both murders
are enveloped in much mystery.
The herald., 1898-08-10
THE WAR STAMP LAW
No Prospect Of Definitions Of It's Terms
Ever Reaching an End

WASHINGTON. Aug Authorization
having reached the internal revenue bu-
reau that certain express companies were
shipping packages Of money without az
fixing revenue stamp thereto, the COM
missioner has made a ruling that money
shall be regarded as goods for the pur-
pose of the act, and therefore a Stamp must
be affixed to the bill of lading or other EVIL
dence of receipt given therefore.
The herald., 1898-08-10
VIM Bid for Rattlashins

SAN FRANCISCO. Aug. 1o-Henrv T.
Scott. president Of the Union Iron Works,
VIII at once leave for Washington pre-
pared to bid on all classes of vessels about
to be built by the government. These in
clude two harbor defense vessels, two bat
tleships, five torpedo boat destroyers and
four torpedo boats.
The herald., 1898-08-10
Board of Repenfa

SAN FRANCISCO, Aug 9-The board OF
regents Of the state university today de-
cided to manage the medical department
themselves hereafter. This is expected TO
result In the abolition Of fees and the sal
aries of Professors Hussey, Tucker and
Perine at the Lick observatory. Several
minor changes in the faculty were made.
The herald., 1898-08-10
What Ais WheatP1

The drop in wheat from $1.15 to 81 cents
has brought home TO our farmers that
young Letters corner In wheat is no more
and that artificial prices cannot be main
tained in the face OF scarcity of money.
Naturally the aforesaid farmers are
grumbling. -Bakersfleld Californian
The herald., 1898-08-10
Dropped OUT of Sight

SACRAMENTO, Aug. 9.-Samuel Duke,
an employe Of Holbrook, Merrill & Stetsch,
left his home this morning to go to his work
and has not since been seen. He had COM
planned lately Of pains in the head and his
family fear something has happened to
him. He Is six feet tall, of lark complexion,
gray beard and mustache. and was plainly
dressed in dark clothes. He does not drink
The herald., 1898-08-10
The Chess Tournament

COLOGNE, Aug. 9.-In the morning ses-
sion of the eighth round of the international
chess tournament today Schlechter drew
After recess Showalter. Fritz and Janow-
ski defeated Schallopp, Steintz and Tshi-
gorin. respectively, and Cohn and Char
ousek and Popiel and Burn drew.
The herald., 1898-08-10
Guilty Of Forgery

MEMPHIS, Tenn. Aug. &c. p Roberts,
a prominent Memphis lawyer, recently in
dcted for the forgery of the name of w. H.
Bates of St. Louis, on a Memphis hotel
register was today found guilty and his
punishment fixed at three years In the pen
itentiary.
The herald., 1898-08-10
More Soldiers Die

CINCINNATI, Aug. 9.-Several more
deaths are expected at Fort Thomas among
the sick and wounded soldiers brought there
from Cuba and Southern camps. Forty
trained field nurses from New York and
Washington are expected Friday
The herald., 1898-08-10
Teddy for Governor

NEW YORK, Aug 9--The name of Theo-
dore Roosevelt was prominently mentioned
tonight for the candidacy of governor for
the state of New York a a meeting of the
general committee of Republicans of the
county of New York.
The herald., 1898-08-10
A Wild Rumor

VICTORIA, B. c., Aug. 9.-According to
mail advices received tonight on the EN-
press Of India, there Is considerable dysen-
terry among the American troops at Ca
vite. One hundred and fifty cases are re-
ported
The herald., 1898-08-10
The Agrarians

BERLIN, Aug. 9.-The Agrarian league
has elected Baron Won Wangenheim presi-
dent to succeed the late Herr Won Ploetz.
The election indicates a continuance of the
leagues extreme policy.
The herald., 1898-08-10
Engineers to the Front

CHICAGO. Aug. 9.-The second regiment
of United States volunteer engineers now
stationed at Fort Sheridan received orders
today to move without delay to Montauk
Point, Long Island. The regiment will
start for the east Thursday.
The herald., 1898-08-10
MAY Come in Handy

Although not saying word, Spain prob
ably appreciates the Kindness Of the United
States in sending those soldiers home In
time TO have them ready to line up a9ainst
Don Carlos Chicago Record.
The herald., 1898-08-10
The Spanish Debt.

MADRID, Aug. 9.-The queen regent has
signed decree arranging for the payment
of the external debt and authorizing the
conversion of the debt and providing for
an Increase in the note issue of the bank of
SDain
The herald., 1898-08-10
Was It Steerage Against Cabinp

We greatly fear that at the bottom of
the conduct Of the savages who broke out
on the Bourgogne was something worse
than mere failure OF nerve, q furious sci.
The herald., 1898-08-10
SKAGUAY I'm FLAMES
The Farallon Arrives From Alaska
With a Million and Miners

SEATTLE, WASH. Aug. GA special
from Vancouver, B. c., says the steamer
Farallon is in port from Skaguay. TIE
purser and captain claim that $1,000, 900 Is
In her safe in gold drafts. The purser says
that when she left Skaguay the town was
in flames and that the fire was fast ap-
preaching the dynamite sheds, with no
prospect of checking It,
The herald., 1898-08-10
SPAIN'S REPLY
Looking for Trouble

will resist as obstinately as did the garri-
son at Santiago de Cuba.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-10-12
WESLEY POSES AS A PROPHET.

Wesley K Walton, chairman of the
state Republican committee. member
of the land board, whilom agricultural
list and all-round spell binder, has been
making a prophecy. In his capacity as
a political seer Wesley diScerns sue
cess for the Republican party in Titan
next month. He even ventures to say
that Eldredge will be elected and
majority of the legislature will be of
his own weird, pinto faith. All of which
is important, if true.
The prediction is, perhaps, a little
too vague in it's terms to suit the anxi-
GUS partisan. Wesley says he doesn't
care to give the figures on which ms
faith is based, nor does he say Just
how the campaign of calumny waged
by his party organization is affecting
the voters who prefer argument to
abuse in politics. He also fails to report
as to the emotions which must move
the silver men of his party when they
hear the Mckinley slogan Of Arthur
Brown. A L. Thomas, Dennis Eichnor
and the Rt Hon. William Gl;tsmann,
leading them Neither did the Repub-
lican chairman think to tell the pub
tic how his party throughout the state
enjoys the methods used by their or
gan to forward the cause of Mckinley,
Hanna, Thomas and Brown.
OF course, when his attention is called
to these omissions, Mr.. Walton will
hasten to supply the deficiency in his
report Mayhap, too, he will name
the particular brand of pie that is re-
sponsible for his ecstatic vision of Re
publican success. Then, along early IN
November, after he has read the re-
turns of Democratic victory, Mr.. Wal
ton will rsaiize that it is better to avoid
pie and depend more upon decent
methods of campaigning for his party's
welfare
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-10-12
A GROWING RAILROAD CENTER.

The meeting in this city yesterday of
the stockholders of the Union Pacific
railway was an event of more than
usual Importance. 1t was the first
meeting of stockholders since the road
was reorganized, all such meetings of
stockholders in the old road having
been held in the past in Boston
This meeting yesterday makes prom
inent the fact that Salt Lake City is
enc point in the intermountain region
that offers every facility and induce
ment TO railroads. 1t is true that the
most important roads in the state meet
in Ogden, but they all seek Salt Lake
City, while all the projected lines have
this city as their objective point. Here
is the population and by far the great
est wealth. Long, but little more than
a way station, so far as railroad facil-
tiles are concerned, this city continued
to grow and be without a rival, though
the junction of the two great Pacific
roads was in another city, a city of
much enterprise and push, but one that
social, educational and commercial
center of the state, and it is also polit-
ical and ecclesiastical center. The cap
ital of the state is here, and here is
located the central authority of the
Mormon church. All these things nat
urally tend to make the city the center
for the railroads of the state, and it
being the chief city of the inter
mountain region, with no rival within
five hundred miles, to it gravitate the
general offices of the railroad systems
OF the state and intermountain region,
as well as the general offices of various
big businesses and enterprises. At
present the outlook is that this city
will become more and more a railroad
center, while it cannot fail to be the
objective point of new railway enter
prises that may be seeking the Pacific
coast The completion of the Utah &
Pacific to California will give this city
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-10-12
M'KlNLEY DAY AT OMAHA.

Today President Mckinley will be in
Omaha, in response to an invitation to
visit the Trans Mississippi exposition.
He IS sure to be pleased with the eX-
position. for while it makes no preten-
sion to be a cuadri-centennlal expoSi-
ton. Il is a remarkable one, and IN
every way successful in carrying out
the objects for which it was under
taken. The buildings are beautiful, and
the way in which they are grouped
around the little lake is artistic and
effective in the extreme, while nothing
could surpass the brilliancy OF the
scene presented when the grounds and
buildings are illuminated at night me
president is sure to be highly gratihed
with the exposition.
That which will interest the presi-
dent most is the evidences he Will see
of the progress and resources OF the
country beyond the Mississippi; he Will
realize them rs he never has before
1t is good for the president or the
United States to cross the MISSISSIPPI
and the Missouri and walk upon the
soil ot the west: no man in America,
be he president or plodder, truly senses
how great are the United States unless
he has crossed the two mighty rivers OF
the west And. if to do this is good for
the president, it is equally good for
the people of the west. 1t makes them
feel the unity of the American people,
the oneness of their aspirations as
nothing else can.
At Omaha President Mckinley will
meet and greet the men and women
who have been doing pioneer work in
the west. men and women who have
been battling with nature and natures
cfildren-the Indians-and who have
conquered both. They are such men
and wcn1en as went from the colonies
into the northwest territory and found
ed and built w the great states of
Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan and
Wisconsin. They are brave and
hardy people, the bone and sinew of the
land, the common people. They lack
the culture and polish Of the men and
women. of the east, but they have hon.
est hearts and willing hands, and in
their hearts they carry the love or
country and the fear of God. 1t does
all men good to meet such people We
wish that on this day a million people
from the trans Mississippi region could
be at Omaha to see the president OIL
the.United States and bid him welcome
Nav his western journey be pleasant
as it is sure to be profitable, and may
his return be made in safety. The only
thing to be regretted is that he cannot
extend his journey to the Pacific coast.
At present it is impossible, but the
people of the intermountain region ay
have the pleasure of welcoming him
next wear.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-10-12

policy advocated by President Nc
Kinley," Mr.. Eldredge knows all about
it, of course. It would be libelous to
intimate that he doesn't understand
this policy, to which, as congression-
al candidate, he is pledged. 1t would
be well to know whether Alma Eldredge
purposes to stand upon his platform,
if elected, and. support currency re-
FORM" as well as all the other poll
cies ably put forth and advocated by
President Mckinley
But why doesn't Mr.. Eldredge dis
cuss this policy of currency reform? 1t
is. right now, the most important of all
to which he is bound by the obligations
under which he accepted nomination
on the Republican ticket. Currency
reform" legislation will occupy more
attention in the national congress dur
ing the next few years than any other
party question. 1t is proposed, by the
measures now pending, to which Nc
Kinleyites in congress are all promised,
according to Chairman Hanna of the
lobby commission. to make our coined
silver dollars redeemable in gold-today
they are standard and full legal ten
der. They intend to contract our vol
ume of standard money, increasing the
exchange value of gold, debasing silver
still further, and reducing it to lower
plane even than it occupies today.
Mr.. McKinley's policy of currency
reform means also the withdrawal
and the destruction of all greenbacks
and government paper money. 1t
means to give national banks full
sway; to abandon all competition with
bankers; to give banks permission to
issue their own paper, and to loan it at
the usual rates; to withdraw govern
ment paper from circulation, restrict
ing the volume of money, and to give
to national banks the power and the
temptation, if they need any, to en-
large and contract the amount of cir
culating medium as they see fit. And
if anyone believes that the money
lenders will not use this prerogative,
embraced in the currency reform"
measure now pending, to their own
profit and advantage, let him vote for
Mr.. Eldredge.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-10-12
WILL REMAIN AT MANILA.

The Utah boys who went with the
batteries to Manila are rather anxious
to return They have served their
country well and covered themselves
with glory, and it is not unnatural
that they should want to return, as
mothers and fathers, sweethearts and
wives are constantly writing them ask
ing when they will be back. 1t is to be
feared there is small prospect for their
return in the near future. The Colo
RADIO boys who are at Manila are as
anxious to return as the Utah boys
are. Governor Adams interested him
self in the matter and wrote to the
adjutant general, receiving in reply
this:
Sir-I have to acknowledge the re-
ceipt of your esteemed favor of recent
date, and beg to advise you that en-
listed men of the regular and volunteer
army who desire to procure their dis
charge from the United States service
should address a letter to the adjutant
general of the army setting forth the
reasons upon which they base their ap-
plications, and hand or mail it to the
captain of their company who in turn
is required to forward it through regi-
mental, brigade and division headquar-
tiers with his recommendation Appli-
cations that do not come up in this
manner will not be entertained.
You are further advised that the de-
partment will not, at this time, enter
tain applications for discharges of en-
listed men belonging to regiments serv-
ing in the Philippine islands, Honolulu
Cuba or Puerto Rico. Very respect
fully, Thomas Ward, assistant adult
ant general u. S. A.
This reply will be disappointing to
all who have friends and relatives at
Manila, still it is better to know def
nitely what the intention of the war
department is regarding the discharge
or retention in service of the soldiers
in the Philippines and other extra-ter-
ritorial places than to be in a state of
continual anxiety and suspense, of
eager longing and hope deferred.
This letter to Governor Adams would
seem to make it certain that the SOL
diers now in the Philippines will re-
main there until the expiration of their
term of service.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-10-12
SOME ENLIGHTENMENT.

The real point is how did the first
presidency and apostles expect that
the president of the United States
would construe the pledges made in
that petition? Will The Herald please
enlighten US on that point Tribune.
Probably they expected that the pres
ident of the United States would con-
strue that document as the reputed au-
thor of it, a distinguished Republican
who is not believed to be a member of
the dominant church, construed it and
the manifesto upon which it was based.
That authority, and it is not to be
questioned at this late day, has de-
clared that the manifesto, and, conse-
quently the petition for amnesty, went
only to the point of plural marriages,
which had been taught as a. holy sac
rament, must not hereafter be soiem
niZed."
That ought to be a good and suffi-
cient answer to our contemporary
question. But here is another: Per
haps that petition was intended TO pass
muster with the president as the same
distinguished Republican held that the
constitutional provision should pass re-
garding the same peculiar conditions.
He said, according to the records or the
constitutional convention: 1T Is NOT
WHAT. IS TO BE AFTER STATE
HOOD, BUT IT IS HOW TO OBTAIN
STATEHOOD"
And again he said: TT won't make
a bit of difference to Utah what is in
this constitution in regard to that par
ticular matter (polygamy), the idea IS
to HAVE SOMETHING TO PRESENT
To THE PRESIDENT WHICH HE
AND HIS FRIENDS CAN FIND NO
FLAW IN
And we merely suggest that the am
nesty petition may have Neen sent out
with the same object in view. In any
event, President Mckinley has not
shown a disposition to take this mat
ter as seriously as some others have
seemed to for political purposes. Presi-
dent Mckinley has appointed TO post
offices in Utah polygamists with all the
evidence about their hearthstones
that can be found anywhere, and he
has done so with all the facts before
him too. Republicans would better at
tend to that beam in their own eye.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-10-12
cuse to return to the regular Repub-
lican OrtariZa tinn

cuse to return to the regular Repub-
lican organization.
When the Wolcott commission was
abroad the Tribune said: IF Messrs.
Wolcott, Stevenson and Payne succeed
in their present endeayors, so that
shortly after congress meets in De-
cenber, a thoroughly matured pro-
gramme for silver demonstration can
be laid before congress, that will end
the matter. If. however, the work of
the commissioners results in failure,
stinate in its determination not to do
anything for silver, there win be but
one thing for such Republicans who be-
lieve in the sovereign Importance of re-
storing silver to do
What did that mean? Did it signify
that they would have to return to the
goldbug party without any excuse,
none being furnished by the wild goose
chase of Wolcott? Republicans chung
tepaciously to the theory of interna-
tional bimetallism, until finally that
mask was thrown aside and the party
stood forth as the champion of the sin
gle gold standard. International bimet-
allism is IAN iridescent dream" ac-
cording to the best Republican authori-
ties. And, while convinced of that,
members of the party still professed
great faith in Mckinley and expressed
a confidence that he still had a linger-
ing regard for silver
On the 2Sth of last January, only a
few months ago, the Republican organ
acknowledged that every hope for free
coinage under Mckinley had vanished,
that the presidents policies" were in
distinct opposition to the work of BIZ
metallists. 1t said:
"HE IS THE DIRECT ENEMY OF
THE SILVER CAUSE; he is apparent
ly as much welded to the gold stand
ard, as deyout a worshiper of the gol-
den calf as Mr.. Cleveland, Mr.. Sher-
man, Mr.. Gage, or any other of the
breed that destroyed half the property
of this country and placed it in the
keeping of an aristocracy of plumber
ers The Tribune had hoped better
things of him, but IT DOES so NO
LONGER. PRESIDENT M'KINLEY
IS LESS BLAMELESS THAN WAS
PRESIDENT CLEVELAND"
Now, let the heather rage and tell
how it has been abused for twenty
years. It's Whole course has been SO
flagrantly inconsistent and its utter
ances SO manifestly insincere, that it
merits all the condemnation it gets.
But this is not abuse. 1t is the record.
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officers, viii receive names then. and
again on Tuesday. Nov. L. But it is
never safe to gut OFF until next week
what may be done today.
Notices have been posted in public
places in every district. informing vot-
ers where to apply for registration.
There is no excuse for the failure TO
in the coming election.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-10-12
No Right to Ueliness.

The woman who is lovely in face.
form and temper will always have
friends, but one who would be attract
i've must keep her health. If she is
weak, sickly and all run down, she will
be nervous and irritable. If she has
constipation or kidney trouble, her i'm
pure blood will cause pimples. blotches,
skin eruptions and a wretched COM
plexion. Electric Bitters is the best
medicine in the world to regulate
stomach, liver and kidneys and to pu-
rify the blood. 1t gives strong nerves,
bright eyes, smooth, velvety skin. rich
complexion. 1t will make a cookbook
ing, charming woman of a rundown
invalid. Only 90 cents, at z. c. NJ J.
drug department
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-10-12
REGISTER TODAY.

The registration of voters began yes
terday. 1t will continue through today
This is matter which should be at
tended to promptly. Those who know
their names are not on the books
should have them placed there at once
Those who ere uncertain about il
should investigate before it is too late.
And even those who fee, sure that they
are registered ought to make doubly
sure by looking over the list.
This will be the. last opportunity un-
til Tuesday, Oct is. The registration
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-10-12
Typographical Union Discussions

Syracuse, N. Y, Oct u-Todays ses-
sion. of the International Typographical
union was largely devoted to consider
ing a portion of the report of the com
mittee on laws. There was a prolonged
discussion on the proposed change in
finally disposed of by the appointment
of a committee of three to ascertain
the competitive centers of the country
with view to laying out new districts.
The union voted not to admit in future
allied trades into typographical unions