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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-08-31
THOUSANDS OF MILLIONS.
Gigantic Trust Whose Capital Stock
Could Buy UP a Nation.

New York, Aug. 30.-Consolidation of
the Minnesota Iron company and the
Illinois Steel company and Elgin, Joliet
& Eastern railway was practically eff
fected at a meeting held here today by
a committee representing the corpora
tons named. At the meeting were Ros-
well p. Flower, chairman of the COM
mittee; II. H. Porter, Nathaniel Thay-
er, r. w. Bacon, 1. H. Bacon, A. j..
Forbes-Leith and =. II. Gary. After
the meeting Mr.. Gary made the fol-
lowing statement:
THE subcommittee reported that it
had been decided to organize a new
company, to be known as the Federal
Steel company, under the laws of New
Jersey. The capital stock viii be about
$500, 00G 900. One-half is in preferred
and cne-half in common stock. Ar
rangements for the purchase of the
steel plants at Lorain, o., and Johns
town, Pa, have been contaminated. A
majority of the stockholders of the
Minnesota Iron company, the Illinois
Steel company and the Eigin, Joliet e
Eastern Railroad company have al
ready signified their willingness to sell
to the new company. 1t is expected
the new company will be ready to be-
gin business on Oct. l.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-08-31
THESE AUNL|AR|ES CONE HIGH
TWO CRUISERS HAVE A CINCH
ON UNCLE SAM.
Their Lease During the War and Cost
of Repair Would Build New Yes
sels-Albany Is Ours.

New York, Aug. 30.-A dispatch to
the Tribune from Washington says:
The auxiliary cruisers Yale and Har-
ward, which, though still retaining their
naval complement of officers and men,
have been under army Jurisdiction for
the last two weeks as transports, have
made their last voyages for the present
as government vessels, and are to be
restored to their owners, the Ameri-
can line, as soon as they can be put in
condition for passenger traffic. The ma
val authorities have ordered the COM
manders Of these vessels TO discharge
their ammunition and guns at Temp
kinsville and make ready to go out of
commission, the ouartermaster's de-
partment of the army, which has been
paying the charter price of $1,000 day
for the vessels since the middle of Au-
gust, having announced that it had no
further use for them.
The navy departr ent is now under
obligation TO repair the two ships and
put them in their original condition.
This causes considerable embarraSS-
ment, as all the government shipyards
are oVercrowded with work, and It is
impossible for the Cramps to undertake
the job for some time to come, on ac-
count of the labor which will be re-
quired to cleanse the st. Paul and the
st. Louis. The Harvard and the Yale
will probably be sent to the Newport
News shipyard and renovated at gov
eminent expense. The contract with
the owners of the American liners calls
for the payment of $4,000 a day as long
as the four ships are kept out of their
regular ocean trips, besides making
good any injuries to the vessels. 1t is
estimated that the use of these vessels
for six months will cost nearly 80 000-
900 for charter and over $500, 900 for re-
M ire
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-08-31
JAPAN'S CLAIM SETTLED.
Last of the Expiring Hawaiian Gov
eminent.

Washington, Aug. 30.-The incoming
Hawaiian mail brought to the state de-
partment the last report from United
States Minister Sewau in his capacity
of United States minister 1t also in
cluded several documents that will be
interesting from an historical point of
view The minister transmits TO the
department the formal acceptance of
President Dole of the act of the United
States congress anneXing the islands
TO the United States. He also handed
10 Mr.. SeWall the treaty of annexation
that had been ratified by the Hawaiian
legislature, but which tailed TO receive
the approval of the United States SEN
ate There was no occasion to turn
over this document, but il is presumed
that Mr.. Dole did so to complete the
records. There are some claims out
standing against the late government
of Hawaii, mainly on account of Brit
ish subjects, and the adjustment of
these will be a matter for future con-
sideration.
Among the issues satisfactorily
closed, according to Mr.. SewalIs re-
port, was the claim of the Japanese
government against Hawaii for the il
legal detention and return to Japan of
certain Japanese cOolie labOrers, who
were evicted under n Hawaiian immi-
grafton law framed after that of the
United States Chinese exclusion act.
The amount of the claim was about
$I5,OOO. and almost the last act of the
expiring Hawaiian government was to
discharge this obligation. which came
perilously near involving the United
States and Japan in difficulty about a
year agO.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-08-31
M'KINLEY'S OUTING.
Saw Hanna, Visits Canton Next,
Then Off For Camp Wikoff.

| Cleveland, O., Aug. 30.-While Presi-
| dent Mckinley very much desired to
| pay more than brief visit to his old
! home in Canton, he finds that the du-
| ties of his office are such that he will
| be obliged to cut his visit there to a
mere call
The president will spend a couple of
days in camp at Montauk Point and
Camp Wikoff, so as to correctly inform
himself as to the condition of affairs
and the truth of the reports that have
been circulated from personal observa-
ton and contact with the men. The
presidential party will be at Colonel
Myron T. Herrick's residence in this
city until Thursday morning, when
they will leave for Canton.
Big preparations have been made to
receive the president and Mrs McKin-
ley by their old friends and neighbors,
and the people of Canton in general.
1t was the intention to make the occa-
sion civic jubilee. All this, however,
viii now be reduced in a measure,
from the fact that President Mckinley
and party will only be in Canton for
two or three hours, and will then take
a train for New York. Undoubtedly
the president will be given a royal well
come during his short stop-over in Can
ton. On the eastern trip, which is part
Of the programme outlined, the presi-
at New York than. will be necessary to
catch train for Camp Wikoff and
Montau k Point.
The president will probably be in
camp at the two places mentioned on
Friday and Saturday. leaving Mrs. Nc
Kinley in New York City, whittier he
will return to spend Sunday, and then
go to Washington. The trip from Can
ton to New York will be made over the
Pennsylvania road, departing from
Canton during the afternoon of Thurs
day. President Mckinley and Mrs.
Mckinley, the latter's maid. and Mr..
George B. COrtelou, assistant secretary
to the president, will accompany the
chief executive to New York.
A conference of great Importance was
held at Colonel Herricks home tonight.
President Mckinley. Secretary Day and
Justice White were the conferees and they
were closeted together after dinner until
a late hour. 1t was admitted that the con-
versation had to do with the appointment
to the peace commission offered by the
president to Justice White. but at late
hour it was announced that no definite
conclusion had been reached, although
hope was expressed that Justice White
would see his way clear to accept the APP
pointment.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-08-31
RAVED ABOUT HIS SHIP.
Names Destruction Sent It's Engine
Builder to a Death Bed.

Chicago. Aug. 30.-Henry Mason, one
of the best known engineers in the
country, and nearly II years the en-
gineer in charge of the West Side
waterworkS of Chicago, is dead IN
Brooklyn. N. Y. Mr.. Mason built the
engines of the Inflated battleship
Maine, n work he regarded as his best
achievement. All the skill he had at
ais command, after nearly so years ex-
perience in engine building, he put into
what he regarded as the greatest work
of his life.
The news of the destruction of the
Maine Mortified Mr.. Mason. 1t preyed
upon his mind and finally sent him to
a sick bed from which he never rose.
The rumors prevalent for a few days
following the blowing up of the Maine
that the disaster had been caused by
defective boiblers, served to increase
the already dangerous condition of the
engine builder. His family believe this
to be the direct cause leading TO his
death. He was stricken with apopleXy
and paralysis. For a time he could
neither speak nor move. When he was
at one time thought to be at the point
of death he recovered the partial use
of his vocal organs, but only raved
about the Maine. He would speak of
the vessel and its engines as if they
We're living things He cried aloud over
the fate of what he called his ship"
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-08-31
Speculation On Outcome of Gar
Nicholas Peace Proposal.
COPENHAGEN SUGGESTED
AS THE MEETING PLACE OF THE
SoVEREIGNS.
France Is Provoked at the PROPOSE
tion-In Some British Quarters
the Queen Is Charged With In
spring the Note - Spain Takes
Nicholas Seriously-Foreign News

London, Aug. SO,-The newspapers
here continue to devote a large amount
of their space to comments upon and
criticism of the cars peace note. While
naturally differing in regard to the rea-
sons actuatipg the appeal, they gener-
ally agree that the outcome viii be a
conference of the premiers, IL not OF
the soVefeigns themselves, probably at
Copenhagen, which will be followed by
an expression of concurrence in the
humanitarian aims Of the car and
report of the resolutions TO their re-
spectiye governments. when the whole
thing win be shelYed indefinitely.
The latest comments from Paris snow
that there is intense irritation there on
the subject. The cars proposal is
regarded as being unfriendly and in
consistent with the Franco RUSSIAN al
lance. Curious enough in support OF
this view the Hamburger Correspon-
dence publishes kilograms from ST
Petersburg confirming the report that
Emperor William OF Germany and the
car exchanged views in regard TO the
establishment OF a lasting state OF
peace, (which was fully demonstrated
by the identity of the monarch's
wishes -
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-08-31
BLACK BLAMES THE PRESS.
Says the Stories of Camp Conditions
Are Grossly Exaggerated.

Chattanooga, Tenn, Aug. S0.-Gov-
ernor Black was seen tonight by an Asso-
| ciated Press representative and was asked
as to the conditions as he found them in
the camps of the New York regiments, as
well as those at division hospitals.
Governor Black said that there ap-
peared to be perfect hydrophobia
among the newspapers over the condition
of the soldiers" that the press bristled
with such phrases as ''Hollow-eyed" and
Starving in articles descriptive of the
matter was exaggerated. manufactured
in newspaper otnceS,' and the outcome
and result of JOURNALISTIC knaVery.,
My impression" said Governor Black
''of the camp of the New York troops at
Chickamauga park is not half as bad as
L had expected it would be. The unfavor-
able condition of the camp and hospitals
has, beyond a doubt, been very greatly
exaggerated by the press.
The division hospital in which the sick
soldiers of the Ninth New York infantry
are Quartered. is certainly in a very bad
candition. The present state of this hos
pital ought never to be permitted to exist,
and should be corrected at once.
L think that the troops at Chickamauga
park should have been moved long before
any sickness broke out in the ranks.
The Sternberg hospital is in excellent
condition. / do not see that ii could be
made any better. 1t is admirable, both in
plan and management
''The hospitals of the Eighth and Four
teenth New York regiments are much
better in every particular than the one
in which the sick of the Ninth New York
infantry is Guartered."
Tho case OF private Num- of the am
bulance company, who was transferred
from the Ninth New York, was reported To
the governor by Captain O'ConnOr of
Company A Ninth New \ ork and was re-
ported by the governor to Washington for
investigation. Captain OCOnnor's state
ment was that he had found the body of
Num- lying naked in a division hospital
two days after death, infested by mag
gots; that an autopsy had been held and
that no preparation had been made for
the care or interment of the body up to
the time it was found by O'COnnor. The
affair has created great stir and it will
result in the trial of Captain O'Connor by
cOurtmartial
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-08-31
WORKMEN ASSESSMENT VOID.
War Tax Levied By A. o. U. W.
Declared Illegal.

Boston, Aug. SO.-Attorney General
Knowlton. in an opinion, declares that
the 50-cent war assessment levied by
the grand lodge of the Ancient Order
of United Workmen in this state is
clearly Illegal The opinion says:
"A corporation has no right to levy
assessments on its members for the
purpose of paying the proceeds to a
foreign corporation for the purpose of
paying benefits to persons not members
of a Massachusetts corporation.
Further on in the opinion he says: Z
THE allegiance (Of the grand lOdEeJ
to the supreme lodge, must be subOrdi-
nate TO its obligations under the stat
uteS of Massachusetts
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-08-31
STORY SOUNDS IMPROBABLE.
Spanish Authorities Prevent the
Landing of a Supply Ship.

Washington, Aug. photographic
advices We're received at the state de-
partment today to the effect that Miss
Clara Barton of the National Red Cross
arrived at Havana yesterday on the
steamer Clinton No. g with supplies for
the starving inhabitants Of that coun--
try, and that the Spanish authorities
at Havana refused to allow the sup
plies to be landed and imposed a fine
of $500 upon the master of the relief
ship because he had no. manifest. The
matter is now under consideration by
the authorities here. and steps will be
taken to secure the landing of the sup
plies and the remission of the fine.
The absence of the manifest is not eX-
planned.
The vessel cleared from Santiago for
Havana.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-08-31
REBELLION IN CHINA.
Disturbances Provoked By the Triad
and the White Lily.

Hongkong, Aug. 3O.-The Kwang-Si
rebellion, which has been quiescent for
some time, shows signs of serious re-
crudescence. The rebels are in great
force so miles northwest of Canton and
are preparing to attack the city. Tan,
the yiceroy of Lang Kwang, protested
against the surrender OF Kwang Chow
to the French, and when the foreign Of
fee insisted upon the surrender, Tan
telegraphed his resignation to Pekin
and handed his seals of office over TO
the governor of Kwang Tung. The
Yiceroy of Canton, having failed to
dispatch troops to suppress the rebel
lion in Hainan and protect the Ameri-
can missionaries. the United States
consul al Canton has made strong rep
reservations to the acting Viceroy, de-
manding the prompt suppression of the
general disturbances. The uprising APP
pears to have been fOmented by the
Triad and White Lily societies, which
have combined for the purpose.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-08-31
THESE WILL GET. ICE.
Alger Raises the Wages of Patients
at Camp Meade.

Camp Meade, Middletown, Pa. Aug
3O.-Colonel Girard, chief medical Off
Ger of the Second army corps, received
telegram today from Secretary of
War Alger, authorizing him to in
crease the subsistence pay of the pa
tients in the general hospitals from 20
to 60 cents day. This will insure the
sick ice. milk and other deIicacies,
which they could not heretofore buy out
of subsistence money.
The staff officers are being worked so
hard that many of them are in danger
of breaking down
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-08-31
DRBYFUs CASE REVIVED.
Cne Witness Under Arrest Charged
With Letter Writing.

Paris, Aug. 3O.-Lieutenant Colonel
Henry. who was one of the witnesses in
the recent trial Of Emile lola to contra
dict minor points of testimony given by
Colonel Piccuart, and who was subse-
quently wounded in a duel with the lat
ter officer, was arrested today and con-
Quoted to Fort Naierein by order of the
minister of war Godfrey Cavaignac. The
arrest was the result of a discovery that
Lieutenant Colonel Henry was the author
OF letter involved in the Dreyfus case.
The papers say that owing to a letter
from Colonel Picquart to NJ. Cayaignac,
secrecy had hitherto prevented him di-
Vuiging the minister of war examined all
the officers of the general staff on the
Dreyfus affair. Lieutenant Colonel Henry,
on being pressed with questions, con-
fessed that he was the author of a letter
which was one of three documents con-
necteG with the conviction of Dreyfus.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-08-31
Brush With the Dervighes.

Cairo. Egypt, Aug. SO.--A brigade of
friendly Arabs, commanded by Major
Stuart Wortley. which has been push
ing around Omdurman, the Dervish
camp near Khartoum, with the view of
cutting off the retreat of the forces of
the Khalifa, had its first brush with
the enemy on the east bank of the Nile,
and captured five men and a grain
laden boat
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-08-31
KENTUCKY JUDGES CRIME.
Murdered His Wife and Blew the
Top of His Head Or.

London Depot. Ky. Aug. SA-AdviceS
were received today from Annville. Jack
son county. y miles from this place. to
the effect that JUdge Levin Johnson of the
jackson county court. had murdered his
wife and then committed suicide. Judge
Johnson had driven his wife from hornes~
by brutal treatment. forcing her 10 seek
refuge in her mothers home. While IN
himself with a Winchester. went to his
wifa'S abode and shot her through the
neck, the bullet breaking il. He then blew
the top OF his head OF with the WeapOu
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-08-31
New York Metal Market.

New York. Aug. SO.-Metals.-The local
market showed considerable Regularity
today some departments. in fact. devel-
oping positive weakness under liberal Of
feringS and scarcity of sellers. All de-
partments lacked activity. At the close
the metal exchange called:
Pig Iron Warrants-Quiet and I'M
changed. with SIS bid and SOS asked.
Copper-12.15 bid and 225 asked.
Tin-Lower and weak, with 1880 bid and
Is. 80 asked.
Lead-Easier. with 41O15 bid and Ape
asked
Spelter-Firm. with 40 bid and Ass
asked
The firm naming the settling price for
leading western miners and smelterS
quotes lead at $50.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-08-31
B0TKIN COILS TIGHTENING.
Strong Efforts Made to Try Her In
California.

San Francisco, Aug. 30.-No effort is
being spared by the local authorities to
make the detention of Mrs. Cordelia
Botkin for the murder of Mrs. ]. z.
Dunning and Mrs. Joshua p. Deane,
of Dover, Del, effective. Tonight an
attempt will be made to have Mrs. Bot
kin indicted by the grand jury. This
will give this state jurisdiction in the
case /. eXtradition proceedings fail
their purpose. The principal witness
tonight will be Mrs. a. Rauof of
Healdsburg, formerly d nurse to Mrs.
Botkin Mrs. Rauof is believed by the
authorities 20 know a great deal re-
garding this mysterious case.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-08-31
STRAINED RELATIONS.
Insurgent General at Cavite Ordered
to Leave the Place.

London, Aug. 3O.-The Hongkong
correspondent of the Daily Mail says:
The relations between the, Americans
and the Filipinos are much strained in
consequence of the collision at Cavite
last Wednesday. The inSurgent general
at Cavite has been ordered to evacuate
the place and remove his troops two
miles into the country in order to pre-
vent further disturbances.
General Aguinaido said his chief pur-
pose in maintaining his army near the
city was to be prepared to cope with
the Spanish in case America left Ma
Mia to Spanish control
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-08-31
VAST INTEREST TO SPAIN.
Cars Proposal of More Consequence
Than Paris Conference.

Madrid, Aug. SO.-The Impartial to-
day referring TO the cars peace note
expresses the belief that his majesty
announcement can hardly come from
a mere dreamer II adds:
I'VE urge Spain to pay close atten-
ton to the matter, as assuredly Spain
IS not the power least interested in
it,
The Liberal is of the opinion that the
cars object was to avert a threaten
ing rupture of views which prevails,
adding:
The work Of the Hispano-American
commission in Paris is hardly worthy
of mention in comparison with the pro-
posed conference which ought to be at
tended by the United States as we'll as
Europe; for should war break out and
extend from the Mediterranean to the
China sea, Spain must awake, in order
TO preserve the little she has managed
to save from the ruin"
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-08-31
six BIueiacketg Drowned.

Copenhagen, Aug. 30.-The British cruz
ser Cleopatra. belonging TO the training
squadron, has arrived here with the crew
OF the Norwegian schooner Lovelig,
which she reports having sunk in COLI
sion near Haven island. The Cleopatra
put IS bluejackets on board the schooner
In an effort to save that vessel, but she
fonndered so suddenly that six of the
bIuesackets were drowned.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-08-31
INTERMOUNTAIN METHODISTS.
DR.. Tiff Named as Missionary For
Utah at Conference.

Greeley, Colo, Aug. 3O.-The Colorado
conference of the Methodist Episcopal
church today names the following mis-
sionaries for the western states:
Colorado.-Benjamin j. Young, c. d.
Day and C. K. Thompson.
Arizona.-S. w. Downs.
Nevada.-S. w Albone
Utah.-T. C Tiff
Northern Montana.-M. A. Chamber
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-08-31
MERRITTS LAST ACT.
Permitted Insurgents to Send An
Emissary to Peace Conference.

London, Aug. 31.-The Manila CORE
spondent OF the Times says: General
Wesley Merritt's last official act before
leaving was to sign a permission for
the insurgents to send an emissary to
represent them at the Paris grand
commission. General Aguinaldo has
sent an agent to Hongkong to inform
F'ilipe A@oncillo. the insurgent leader,
of his appointment for this duty. Gen
eral Whittier succeeds General Greene
as ''intendiente
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-08-31
No Dead Men Promoted.

st. Paul, MIMI, Aug. 30.-The an
nouncement of the promotions for gal
liant service at the battle of Manila
includes Captains Bjornstad and Ze-
bach of the Thirteenth Minnesota vol
unteers, who We're given in some re-
ports as among the dead. Inquiry at
the war department developed the fact
that no report of such deaths had been
received.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-08-31
SPANISH COMMISSIONERS.
Names of Those Chosen Not Officially
Known.

Madrid. Aug. 800 p. m.-The cabinet
council did not eet today and the names
of the Spanish peace commissioners are
not yet officially known
Senior Sagasta consulted with several
politicians on the subject and they pre-
pared instructions for the commission.
The opinion regarding the. American
commissioners held here is that they will
have tendency to treat Spanish interests
harshly, but are nevertheless likely to
carry out President McKinleys ideas.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-08-31
THE ALBANY IS OURS.
Sister Ship to the New Orleans Pur-
chased In England.

Washington, Aug. 30.-Now that hos
tilities are over, the United States is at
liberty to receive from the British
builders the fine cruiser Albany. sister
snip to the New Orleans, which was
one Of the two acquired from Brazil
Just prior to the outbreak OF the war.
Acting Secretary Allen today ordered
Passed Assistant Engineer Norton.
who has been of the greatest service
in the engineering bureau during the
many months preceding the war. when
preparations were making, to proceed
at once to Reconsideration Eng
land, to supervise and inspect the COM
pietlon OF the machinery OF the Al
bany. 1t is expected that the ship can
be completed in about four months,
when she Will be brought across the
by an American crew.