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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-02-01
OREGON REPUBLICANS.
State Convention of Leagues, Largest
Ever Held.

Portland, Ore, Jan. 31.-The state
convention of the Republican League
of Oregon, which meets tomorrow in
this city, will be the largest political
convention ever held in the state. Four
teen hundred delegates have been
elected from the various clubs in the
state and more than LOCO will be pres
ent tomorrow. The object of the con-
vention is to elect officers and formu-
late plans for the. campaign in June
next.
The convention will probably pass
resolutions indorsing the St Louis plat
form and also the speech of President
Mckinley at the Manufacturers ban
quet in New York last week.
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over the appointment of postmaster
at Augusta, Ga, it is now said. will be
settled this week Judson Lyons, the
national committeeman from Georgia,
to whose appointment strong opposition
developed, because he is a negro has
Withdrawn, and given his support to
W. u. Stallings.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-02-01
LIVES LOST IN A SEWER.
Frightful Accident to a Party In Mel
bourne, Australia.

bourne, Australia.
Vancouver. 3. c., Jan. 31.-The War;
moo brings news OF a sewer accident at
Melbourne. in which many lives were
lost. Inspector MossOp of the city board
OF works and a gang of men went
down to investigate. \ tardy workman
followed them and staggered back, say
ing that AIossop and all the gang were
overcome by sewer gas.
Hundreds of citizens crowded around
the vent hole. but none dare attempt
the rescue. though they knew the men
were lying beneath their feet. The
sewer section where the men were was
flooded by the FIRE apartment. but the
pressure was so strong that it was i'm
possible 10 unfasten the vent holes. and
the gas was let off by means of a Sy-
phOn. Divers were then secured, who
finally brought al the bodies TO the
surface Many Of them had families
and all were young men.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-02-01
Senate Qelle) Concurrent Resolution Was Rejected
BY Strict Party Vote.
REPUBLICAN PARTY ON RECORD FOR GOLD.
Only One Solitary Exception nney, N c. to the Solid
PhalanX For ShylOck

Republicans Caro-
lima MAleer
the Time Limited
Republicans For the Democrats
Another
Step In of the Gold Standard
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-02-01
Plundered a Postoffice.

Canton, Mass, Jan. 31-The Canton
postoffice was broken into early this
morning Blowing open the safe, the
robbers carried off $1,000 worth of
stamps. There is no clue.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-02-01
Prominent odd Fellow Suicides.

Kansas City. Mo-, Jan. 31-Emmet
Rogers. ex-treasurer of Ridgley lodge
No. PA, l. o. o. F., committed suicide
today by shooting. He was short $43O
in his lodge accounts.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-02-01
GOV. GRIGGs RESIGNED.
Eulogistic Resolutions Adopted By
New Jersey Legislature.

Trenton, n. j., Jan. Ex-Governor
Griggs tonight sent to both houses of
the legislature a communication giving
notice that he had filed his resignation
with the seer etary of state to take eff
feet at midnight. The two houses then
passed a resolution providing that
President VOORHEES, of the senate
should take the oath of office as acting
governor in the presence of the senate
and house at u o'clock tomorrow. and
Chief Justice McKie be requested to
the oath.
A concurrent resolution, eulogistic of
Governor Griggs, was adopted by the
senate and assembly.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-02-01
Ohio BRIBERY INQUIRY
Campbell the Only Witness Under
Examination Yesterday.
WYOMING CONTROVERSY
SENATOR WARREN CONTRA
Diets HAYS STATEMENT.

Chairman Jones Explains That Har-
rity Cannot Be Removed From the
Democratic National Committee
Except By Vote of It's Members
Republicans Against a Negroes
Appointment.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-02-01

Republicans Opposed the Negro.
Washington. Jan. S1.-The contest
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-02-01
NATIONAL BANK CHANGES.
Comptroller Dawes Notified of Thos.
Kearnes' Selection.
,c.oa;,1 g.. mr. rr.-a,a

washington. Jan. s1.-comptroller of
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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-02-01
There Is No Business,

Trade or profession that cannot use
advertising in some form success
fully and profitably.-Printer's Ink.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-02-01
Newspaper Advertising

Costs less and has a more general
and wider effect than any other.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-02-25
WASHINGTON Is SAFE.
An Enemy's Ships Could Not Get
Within Gunshot Distance.

Washington, Feb. 25.3The navy de-
partment gave out the hgures showing
the strength of the naval militia up to
date This shows a total force of
4, 445 officers and enlisted men. The num-
Der of officers and men by states is as
follows:
California 396, Connecticut 165, Flori-
da 1856, Georgia 225, Illinois 523, Louis
lana 262, Maryland 24O, Massachusetts
AL, Michigan 1913, New Jersey 364, New
York 472, North Carolina 230, Ohio PIG,
Pennsylvania 216, Rhode Island 130,
South Carolina 152, Virginia A, total
4,445.
Aside from the forces shown in the
above list, new brigades are in process
of formation which promise to swell
the total to much larger figures at an
early day. The organization of this
auxiliary army of the navy service is
under the immediate direction of Lieu
tenant Gibbons, U. S. N, whose energy
has accomplished much in securing
state organization and in the harmonic
ing of the bodies into one compact force,
capable, in emergency, of cooperating
with the regular army In this last
report, Assistant Secretary Roosevelt
said that the state naval militia in the
event of a sudden emergency, could
be utilized at once for manning the
smaller national cruisers. 1t could be
depended upon mainly, he said, as a
second line of defense, and also could be
used in placing mines and the estab-
lishment Of signal stations for coast de-
fense.
congress to aid the work of the naval
militia will be apportioned among the
states in a few days.
The city of Washington is now re-
garded as being well nigh safe and Sc
cure from attack by water. The forti-
hcatiOns at FIT. Washington and Sher-
idan point, on the opposite side of the
Potomac, are sufficiently advanced to be
able to repel an ordinary fleet of invad-
ers, and in case of necessity they could
be vastly strengthened in a compare
lively short time These defenses are
considered sufficient to keep all hostile
vessels, beyond the range of gunshot
of the national capital. Moreover the
river has been blocked off and prepared
for mines and torpedoes at point be-
low the fOrtifcatiOnS already men
toned, so that it is probable some of
the ships of an enemy would be blown
out of the water before it would be
necessary to use the guns at the forts.
The officers of the British battleship
Hood today cabled from the island of
Crete expressing deep sympathy over
the disaster to the Maine
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-02-25
BODIES ARE TORN TO sHREDs.
That is the Chief Reason They Cannot
Be Sent to the United States.

Washington, Feb. 25,-Secretary Long
has answered Captain Sigsbee, approV-
ing all his recommendations. He was
directed to have Lieutenant Vain
wright, the executive officer of the
Maine, make arrangements with the
WreckerS for the diSinfectiOn of every
thing sent to the United States.
The recommendation that all bedding
and clothing be abandoned and, if need
be, given to the acclimated poor, was
approved without comment. The same
approval was given to the suggestion
that useless fittings and equipment be
toWed to sea and thrown overheard,
it being left to Captain Sigsbee'S judg
ment to determine how far this destruc-
ton should be carried on. To the cap
tain's inquiry as to the saving of old
metal and parts of the superstructure
the answer was given that such mater
ial was of no use to the bureau of
equipment. 1t was left to Captain
Sigsbee to say what of this shattered
materials was worth preserving. His
statement that much blasting will be
required to clear away encumbering
material indicates that it is essential
further to destroy the upper portion of
the wreck, in order to get at what is
more valuable beneath.
Captain Sigsbee's statement that the
divers have been down aft seven days
and forward four days, gave the navy
department the first information of the
time that the divers had been in the
vicinity of the zone of the explosion
as he has termed it.
The statement in the Sigsbee dispatch
that friends of the dead should under
stand we are in the tropics" is under
stood at the navy department to refer
to the urgent pleas of relatives that the
dead be brought to the United
States. These appeals continue to be
received here and while they excite the
deepest sympathy of the officials no
hope can be held out that the dead
can be brought back. One of these ap-
peals makes a pitiful plea against the
burying of the dead ''by alien hands in
an alien country
There are circumstances which, if they
could be made known would end such
appeals and would show that the de-
partment has not been wanting in a
desire to bring the remains to this
country. These circumstances have
been withheld, mainly through desire
to save friends ard relatives from the
pain which would be caused by a full
disclosure of the effect of the explosion.
The press reports have given in part
the terrible mutilatiOn of the bodies.
but it is feared this has not been fully
revised by friends and relatives. The
men were sleeping on the berth deck,
with Weta1 roofs and ceilings, which,
by the force of the terrific explosion
were ground together into a confused
mass. Knowing this, there is little hope
that many of the bodies still missing
will be found, or. if found, that they
will be in a condition to be brought to
the Tinted States
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-02-25

I'VE have not gone out after the Demo-
Gratis who left US in 1896. 1t is far bet
ter that they be outside of the party than
in it, long as they used their position
to defeat it. When we propose sur
render to bring them back. then we mt
mate that we are wrong We are NOT
wrong. consequently L think 1t is better
to let them 60
1.-The silver Republicans have refused to
go back to their party. Men who DO TINS
in time of victory, are valuable allies IN
such a struggle. When the Populists
went out and nominated a Democrat for
president they showed the courage oftheir
convictions. These manifesto tfons are OF
more value to US than are the few men
who deserted US. The last battle was but
the beginning. The Democratic party
must get to the front and be shot at or
else by another method indicate to the
world that it has not the courage-the
moral courage of its convictions. There
is revival of JeffersCnian and Jackson
ian Democracy As this increases the
Republican party grows more like Alex
ander Hamilton in his contempt for gov
ernment The Democratic party stands
for all that is good and honest in Ane-t-
can politics. 1t believes in equal rights
to ali and no special privileges, defended
at all times. 1t requires no spirit or
prophecy that we are growing. We must
now devote ourselves to the uDbuIldlng or
a system which win deprive one man OF
the privilege of plundering another. Inen
we will have solved the problem.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-02-25
CAUSE FOR WAR
If Spain Had Torpedoes in the Harbor
and Didn't Tell Us.

Chicago, Feb 25.-'If the Spanish gov
ernment was directly Implicated in that
explosion, it would be good cause for
war with the United States,'' said ex-
Senator Manderson of Nebraska today
q have every confidence in the ability
of our authorities to learn the facts
and handle the affairs with strong
hands. If the Havana harbor was in
terlaced with torpedOes and dynamite
with the knowledge of the Spanish au-
thorities, and our government was not
informed of the condition, Spain would
be responsible for any harm that might
come to one of our vessels, and an eX-
plosion under such circumstances would
be eQTally good cause for war.
President Mckinley is pursuing the
proper course in this matter" contin-
ued Senator Manderson, land I do not
believe he will make a mistake which
ever way he acts. The investigation
will develop the facts and popular judg-
ment should await that court. If the
Spanish government proves that it had
no hand in the terrible explosion, but
that it was the work of outsiders, we
will be at the end of our string and will
have to pocket the loss. But if it de-
velOps that Spain was at the bottom of
it, full reparatiOn and a most abject
apology will be it's only way out. OF
course, if this were given, it would OBJ
viate war"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-02-25
TWO CENTS.

of all the vast number which left their
old party last year I have not found q
single one which came back
The events of the past year and the
present time have vindicated our position
The past eighteen months have been q
record breaker. I am glad to see that
here in Kansas thus early you are pre-
pairing for a campaign. If we can carry
the congressional elections this fail and
secure a house like the senate, then it
will be possible for our congress to outline
plan of battle. Those who opposed
US last year will oppose US now But the
Democratic party was never so confident
of success
There are those who think man is
crank if he declares that the financial
question is not the main issue of the next
campaign. In my opinion there IS no
other battle we can fight; no other vic
tory we can win. We can win this fight
on the confession of the Republicans that
the gold standard policy is wrong. We
are passing through great crisis and
we must take the government out OF the
hands of a few hnanciers in New York
then we will be able to proceed. If we
have no courage to meet this condition,
then we have courage for nothing This
is the issue, and must meet it. We
of the present national admins tratiOn is
more against the interests of the Amert-
can people than that which preceded 1t.
We were promised faVOrs for bimetalllsm
by international agreement. but that has
failed The delusiOn of this idea is be-
coming more and more apparent. Our
position appears to be correct and it
seems to be growing stronger among the
people.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-02-25
WHAT KIND OF ToRPEDoP
Admiral Erben Says He Never Heard
of One That Gould Have so Wreck
ed the Maine.

New York, Feb. 25.-Regarding the
ten inch loaded powder case and the
empty one smashed and burned, re-
covered from the wreck of the Maine,
Rear Admiral Erben said to World
reporter:
Il should certainly take the first as
an indication that the magazine con-
tanning the ten inch ammunition did not
explode. I agree that if the empty
powder case had exploded there would
have been nothing left of tab
solutely nothing. 1t is more than likely
that the empty case was one of those
returned to the magazine after the tar
get practice.
In the absence of other information
than that in the newspapers we cannot
tell anything definite about it, but if
the magazine did not explode, what
kind of torpedo could do it? Let them
tell US that. No torpedo that ever
heard of could do that amount of dam
age"
Continuing the admiral said: while
I do not think much of the theory of an
accident by spontaneous combustion,
the statement that spontaneous COM
bustiOn could not have taken place be-
cause the coal was only three months
old need not be considered. 1 have
seen the same kind of coal, lying right
out in the navy yard shed, catch fire of
it's own accord in two weeks after it
was put there.
I have said from the first and I re-
peat it now, that they will never find
out what sunk the ship until it is rails
eQ, ana the sooner the Wreck1nS cOInpa-
MES divers get to work the better. 1t
is dangerous work down there in Ha-
vana's dirty bay. Ships divers are
amateurs at the business, and no good
results can be expected of them. Those
professional men go at it in a systematic
way and they are as a rule, fearless
men,
Regarding the mOOrings of the Maine
in Havana harbOr, Admiral Erben said:
I understand that the Spanish flag
ship when she was last in Havana, was
moOred at the same buoy at which the
Maine was mOored. We do not know
whether the harbOr is laid with mines,
and we probably never shall know.
I'VE have no right to question it, any
more than the Spaniards have a right
to know whether this harbor is laid
with mines. If it were known that
there We're mines laid, it would be an
invitation for some crank, to lay some
on his own account. The pilot that
mOOred the Maine was under orders
from the Spanish admiral, and the ad-
miraI is responsible for her safety, just
as we are responsible for the safety of
the Vizcaya while she is in our har-
bOr"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-02-25
CRAZY PRIESTS WORDS.
Tells His Congregation it Would Be
Well if Mckinley Were Blown Up.

Rondout, N Y, Feb. 25.-The Rev. F.
Weber, assistant priest of ST. Peters
German Catholic church, after preach
ing the funeral sermon of Frank Mar
tinelIi, a member of St. Peters COM
mandery, knights of St. John, made an
address in which he reviled the United
States. He told the members of the
commandery it was their duty as loyal
Catholics to take up arms against the
United States and fight for Spain in the
event of war being declared by this
country. The address caused cOnster-
nation and several persons left the
church in 6nger. The priest said that
under no circumstances should Catho-
lies fight against Spain, a Catholic ma
ton.
Regarding President Mckinley and
the members of his cabinet, the priest
said it would be an excellent thing if
they were all blown up. Asked why he
preached the sermon, the priest said.
I preached a Catholic sermon to Cath
olics. 1t is no ones business what 1
said. I simply told Catholics what their
duty was in case the United. States
fought with Spain"
The members of St. Peters command
cry declare to a man that in the event
of war they will fight for the stars and
stripes.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-02-25
BoUrEL1E MAKES A VISIT
To Secretary Long in Relation to Re
lief for the Maine Sufferers.

Washington, Feb. 25.-Representative
BoutelIe, chairman of the house com
mittee on naval affairs, conferred with
Secretary Long again today. Mr.. Bou-
telle said that his visit was confined
wholly to the question of relief for the
sufferers of the Maine. The bill which
he has prepared viii carry about $751;
900, if passed in its present form. It
has been suggested, however, that a
general law was passed in 1895. under
which relief may be given for the act
ual loss suffered by those in the naval
service in case of disaster. How far
this general law will affect the special
relief extended to the Maine sufferers
has not vet been determined but in any
event it will cover only the actual loss
of clothing, etc, while the relief meas
ure is designed to give bulk allowance
equivalent to L months pay.
Mr. Boutelle stated that his call had
nothing to do with the question of new
ships and naval equipment to be pro-
Vided by the naval appropriation bill
now in course of preparation under his
craftsmanship. Referring to the rumors
of treachery in connection with the
Maine disaster, he said: Il feel that
any man who, by spoken or written ut
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-02-25
MORE BODIES FOUND.
Divers Make Their Way INTO the For
ward Quarters.

Washington, Feb. 25.-Late last night
the navy department received two
brief kilograms from Captain Sigsbee
at Havana. One related to some rou-
tine matter of expenditures in connec-
ton with the work on the Maine and
the other is as follows:
divers report more bodies in wreck.
Some in hammocks, involved in debris,
probably not recognizable
This dispatch indicates that the divers
have finally secured at least a partial
entrance to the quarters in the forward
part of the vessel, where the crew were
asleep when the explosion occurred
and under which were the magazines.
one fact that the divers were unable
to extricate the bodies shows the fear
full obstacles against which they are
operating and bears out the belief that
the work of submarine investigation
will necessarily proceed slowly.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-02-25
DENY THE TUNNEL.
Cubans in New York Say There is
None Under Havana Harbor.

New York, Feb. 25.-Cubans in this
city ridicule the reports of the tunnel
under Havana harbOr. Arturo Arguila,
who has spent most Of his life in Ha-
Vana said:
IN my opinion the whole story is
built on the subterranean passage that
connects Cabanas with Moro, land
passage which has been in existence
for we know not how long. It probably
extends back to the early part of the
eighteenth century and was constructed
for the purpose of affording a means Of
escape from the outer fortress, Moro
to the inner, Cabanas, in the event Of
an attack. have been through it
half a dozen times. 1t is now pretty
well choked up and there is not a man
living today who remembers when it
was put to any practical use,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-02-25
A PAIR OF THEM.
The Kentucky and Kearsarge VIII Be
Launched Together Next Month.

Richmond, Feb. 25.-The officers of
the Newport News shipyard announce
that the double launching of the battle
ships Kentucky and KearSarge will
take place March "A, and will be the
first double launching of frst-class bat
tleships in the world.
Gov. Bradley and staff will come
from Kentucky and Miss Christine
Bradley, his daughter, will christen the
Kentucky With a bottle of water taken
from the spring from which Abraham
Lincoln drank when a boy, while Mrs.
WinslOw, wife of Lieut.. Winslow, u. S.
N, will stand sponsor for the Kear-
sarge.
The Illinois, the third big battIeship
building at Newport News, is only a
month or two behind her sister ships.