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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-02-27

nels. four majors. ten captains, 50 first
heutenants. three second iieutenants.
and Viii absorb the IS additional second
ieutenants Of the infantry. No vacan-
Giles viii be created, however, and no
appointments win be made. The COM
manders OF, the new regiments will be
Lieutenant Colonies z. ). Wiliiston and
William Sinclair, who viii be promoted
70 the grade OF colonel as soon as the
bill becomes q law. Besides these pro-
motions, four majors viii become lieu
tenant colonies, viz, Randolph. Nc
crea, Smith and Ramsey. Ten captains
win become majors viz. Morris Mac
Murray Dalenbeck. Burbank, Mills,
Story, Vose,. GreenOugh, Russell, Nor
gan. Thirty-five first leutenants will
be advanced to captains, viz, Adams,
Lundsen. Crawford, Whistler, Clifford.
Smith, Reed. Cummings. Dyer, Walker,
DuVaH, Andrews, Parkhurst, Randolph,
Honeycutt. Macomb, Wilson. Wiser.
Lamley, Harrison, Sage, Williams, Hor-
ner. Anderson. Miles. Coffin, Todd,
Brown, Shaker, Brush, Ludlow, Simp-
son. Satterlee, Hamilton, Foster.
Three second lieutenants viii become
first lieutenants, viz, Hearn, Davis and
Mouldin.
These promotions viii result in Great
ing 70 vacancies among second lieuten-
ants. to be filled by officers now await ]
ing assignment TO vacancies. Three Of!
these. Miller, Overton and Buckley. will
be assigned as second ieutenants. There
are many others awaiting endorsement
The last graduating class from West
Point received few appointments, as
there were no vacancies then. The !
graduates were temporarily assigned |
as additional second heutenants to var
ious arms of the service infantry, cav
airy, etc. They will now receive per- !
manent places under the new arrange
ment
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BY JOHN P. HOLLAND.

The expiosion-whatever its cause
which destroyed the Maine in the har-
Dor of Havana, may be compared to
those by which the warships Lutfidjelit,
Aquifaban and Blanco Encalada were
bloN Up, respectively, in the Russo
Turkish. the Brazilian and the Gillian
wars The nature and force Of the ex-
plcsives used in these three cases-the
only ones to be cited from modern war
faieTare thoroughly understood. In
stituting parallel between the effects
produced by the explosives we know
10 have been used against those ships,
and the facts that have so far come'tO
hand regarding the Maine, we may
reach one or two interesting conclusions
that do not seem to me likely to be up
set by the report of the board of in
quiry now sitting.
The Lutfidjelit was sunk by a Russian
torredo, the Aquidaban and Blanco
Encalada by automobile torpedoes,
comparing in efficiency with the best
which could have been used against
the Maine. Only small fractions of the
structures of the Aquidaban and Blanco
Encalada were destroyed; they sank
slowly, their decks in place. their stacks
intact. The Maine went down within
three minutes. The photographs as
we'll as the descriptions by her officers,
show her to have been converted al
most instantaneously into a mass of
ruins forward.
What would have been the effect on
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-02-27
.CYCLONIc GALES IN ALASKA
JUNEAU HAS A COAL AND MEAT
FAMINE.
Unsuccessful Search For Clara Ne
vada Bodies-Prospects of Alaska
As Bullion Producer.

Seattle, Wash, Feb. 26.-The steamer
Topeka arrived here tonight from Juneau
Alaska. The officers of the Topeka report
that in a terrific wind storm at Juneau
last Sunday the steamer Oregon was
blown ashore on Juneau flats She was
laying III Juneau harbor at anchor when
the gale struck her, and after straining a
her anchors for some time she began to
drag, and then, at tremendous speed. she
was hurled on the flats. Several horses
were thrown heavily against the side OF
the vessel as she struck, and some were
killed.
All day she lay in that position. the
passengers suffering terribly as during
the gale a dense snow storm ragged The
thermometer registered 5 below zero and
the fierce wind was piercing cold. When
the wind abated at high tide the vessel
was foated. Fortunately, the fats are
soft and the Oregon suffered no injury.
The steamer hustler has returned to
Juneau from another unsuccessful search
for the bodies of those who persisted in
the Cara Nevada disaster.
Juneau has coal famine and there is
only sufficient fresh meat in town to last
from one boat to another. The weather
has been something terrible for a week
past, cyclonic gales have been blowing
continuously and the thermometer has
been from zero to below.
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TERROR OFF FOR NEW YORK.
In the Narrows No Hostile Ship Can
Pass Her.


Pass Her.
Washington, Feb. 26.-The double
turreted monitor Terror started for
New York this evening from Hampton
Roads, under orders received today.
She will be a most powerful reinforce
ment to the defenses of the commercial
metropolis in case of need, and, sta
toned in the narrows, it would be diff
ficult for any hostile ship to pass her.
With the exception of the training
ship Essex, which arrived at Hampton
Roads today, and the Brooklyn, which
arrived at st. Lucia, probably to coal,
on her way to LaGuara, distant 500
miles, this was the only naval move
nlent today.
There were a number of alarming
stories as to heavy shipments of ord
nance from the Washington navy yard
Tor the arming of the auxiliary of the
new navy. 1t is said at the depart
ment SO far none of these guns have
been shipped today. but that a few
for the Chicago, probably II five-inch
rapid-fire guns, viii be despatched
Monday or Tuesday. With these guns
in place, the Chicago would be pretty
well modernized in the matter of ar
mament. She will carry still her four
big eight-inch guns in sponsors, on the
spar deck, while on the gun deck these
II five-inch rapid-fre guns will replace
eight six-inch guns of old pattern.
The Dolphin is to go into commission
in New York on the 24th of March.
Although rated as the presidents
yacht, the vessel has been thoroughly
overhauled and furnished with new
boilers and decks, and carries even
now sufficient battery to make her,
when speed is taken into account. a
l@ry effective gunboat. Her personnel
VIII remain the same as before she went
q the yard for repairs last fall.
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They unanimously tend to support
that theory Nor is il necessary to
suppose that the Maine was anchored
over an old mine. A new mine. for that
special purpose, could have been put
down IN an hours time before the
Maine was assigned to her station. The
mine could have been taken out in a
boat on any dark night and dropped
overheard at will, its own weight hold
ing it in position.
One ordinary ground mine contain
ing 500 pounds of high explosive is per-
fectly competent TO do all the damage
that was inflicted on the Maine.
We may suppose ground mine, with
it's cOntact-maker and shore connec-
tions to be arranged something like
what is shown in the plan sketched to
accompany this article The official
commanding the contact-maller is in
a battery on shore, from which an cleo
trio wire runs Alb, to the contact
maker, D, floating. caps down, and
harmless. By pressing a button he re
leases the coctact-maker from its
anchor. C, and permits it to ioat out,
caps up. over the mine. +. and as
sUmes the position F, ready for action.
In the contact-maker we Will assume
a charge OF, say 20 pounds of high ex-
plosive, which is fired by the ships bot
tom coming in contact with the CAPS
pointing upward as in F. This explosion
causes Immediately the explosion of the
mine. Z.
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
POLICE ET(HIN(S.
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officer Randolph arrested three men on
suspicion of having attempted TO bur-
glarize house near the corner of Fourth
West and North Temple streets last night.
It appears that 4 woman. who lived in
the house, noticed three men going about
outside acting in a suspicious manner.
Presently they knocked at the door and
she asked what they wanted. They made
some trivial answer and she shut the door
in their faces. The men walked away
from the house but returned again and
raped on the door q second time. She
told them to get away. but they did not
obey. and continued knocking on the door.
She became alarmed and taking pistol
fired at them through the door. This
frightened them to such an extent that
they ran away, one of them falling over
a low wire fence in his hurry. The three
men arrested by Randolph were thought
TO be the ones but the woman could not
identify them and they were allowed TO
go.
The police are now determined to en-
force the ordinance against allowing wom-
en- in saloons after clock at night. Last
night two young women we're arrested for
being in the Grand saloon. Both were
well dressed and seemed to be above the
class of women who frequent saloons.
Both were given lecture and allowed to
go. The number of cases of women al
that the keepers of the resorts will be
prosecuted in the future for allowing it.
% g q
George King was arraigned in police
court yesterday on charge of grand
larceny. He is alleged TO have stolen
about COO pounds of wire from the Rand
Transit company. His bail was set al $500
and the case viii be heard tomorrow.
II. Palmer. alias T. A. CIemmens
charged with forgery. has had his bond
fixed at $500 pending his trial.
Bill Nixon. who has heen a trusty for
soma time past at the city Jail wandered
away yesterday morning and was not Sc IN
until after II o'clock last night. He was
then brought in by Officer Randolph. Bill
was considerably battered about the face
and looked much the worse Tor his brief
space of freedom. He resented the action
of the police in bringing him back to iail.
and swore that he would run away again
the first chance he got. and that in the
future he VIII not clean the patrol wagon
He was locked up to finish his sentence
T.. u. Murphy. charged with the theft /
Of pair of shoes from the Newman-Nott /
Shoe company. was found guilty or petit /
larceny and sentenced to so DAYS.
George Davis was found guilty of petit /
arcency and sentenced to 30 davs in the
county jail. The theft consisted in pur-
Joining buggy from Superintendent
Reed, of the Salt Lake Street Car COM
pany.
Victor Ellis was fined IS for DRUNKENNESS
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lard says: We are informed that a
DISTINGUISHED officer OF the commissariat
recently called at the residence of the
representative of nation that has been
greatly prominent since the war in Cuba
ne oincers manner aroused the sppre-
tensions Of the diplomat. who Reused 10
see MS visitor and informed the aaflor-
tues, VINO interviewed and sent the officer
10 military asylum. declaring him
'doubtlessly patriotically mad
the diDiomat referred to by the Mac
clonel IS evidently, United States Minister
"a oodford
The elections for m srnbers Of the cham
Der OF deputies have been fixed for March
~ ana those for senators for ADril TO-
me cortes VIII meet on April ..
II IS announced that the Spanish cruiser
AlrniranIe Oduendo will not 20 to the
Onited states the Vizcaya's visit being
considered Sufficient
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MANEUvERs POSTPONED.
Admiral Sicard Talks On the Plans
of White SQUADRON.

Key West, Fla, Feb. 26.-Regarding
the movement of the fleet. Admiral ST.
card said: The boats at Tortugas are
doing some target practice. but the
elaborate plan of maneuvers. which I
had laid out, has had to be POSTPONED.
pending developments. I brought fhe
New York in here because I wished 10
De IN close and constant communica-
ton with the navy department.
Referring to the land naval station
here, the admiral remarked. 'O.,lv
nominal forces are here now. Should
anything occur" added Admiral Sicard
guardedly. 1T would have to be-
strengthened considerably"
/ The officers composing the United
States court of inquiry into the loss of
the batueship Maine are expected here
tonight A prominent naval officer
said the court would almost certainly
return 10 Havana after its session here
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Information wanted From Junta

WASHINGTON, Feb. Ex-senator Calm
ger (N. NJ introduced and had. adopt
ed a resolution requesting the president.
il not INCOMPATIBLE with public inter-
ests, to send 70 the senate copies of all
reports and Communications received
by the state department since the oath
of February. 1895. from Thomas Es-
trado Palma, sor any agent of the Cuban
insurgents. which relates to the state
of war in the island Of Cuba, or such
parts of said documents as it is deem
ed advisable and proper to commune
cate
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ARCHBISHOP IRELAND TALKS.
The Fact That Spain Is Catholic,
Matters NOTHING


New York, Feb. 26-Archbishop ireland.
who is in this city, said in an Interview
today on the Spanish question:
4 have fully considered everything that
| have seen in the papers. and while at
Washington / talked to the officials of
inc government, and in my opinion Moth
ing mas yet come to light that would in
my Judgment call for a rupture between
the United States and Spain
=, tertainlY, If guilt is brought 10 the
door of Spain. full retributiVe Justice
should be the order of the day liberal in
demnity, apologies and full renaration
ought % be preferable to the LEGISLATORS
rather than a course which would entail
the country into the consequences of war
- Ghe attitude of the administration is
djSnified and worthy of this great nation
war scares and the camors of war do
not move 1t. Il awaits the necessity of
war, meanwhile making ready Mr. Nc
hlnley viii not rush the country into a
needless conflict Should the honor of
the country demand that Mr. Mckinley
sign the proclamation of war, he will do
1t with the same love of peace, the same
courage and the same trust in God of our
nation that characterized Abraham Lin
coin nearly 20 Years ago.
What is the attitude of the Catholic
churcn at this timer was asked.
The Catholic church assumes no atti-
tude of any kind She has not been
called upon the scene The fact that
Spain Is a Catholic nation matters moth
ing The question is not one of religion
II there is a question at all, il is one of
national and international right and
nothing else
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Narrow Escape OF the Sovereign of
the Heilenes.
ROYAL PARENTS LOVE
SHIELDED HIS DAUGHTER AT
RISK OF HIS LIFE.
AttemI I'd Assassination Made On the
King and Princess Maria By Two
Unknown Zen While the Former
Were Returning From a Drive
Tie Deums offered Up.

Athens, Feb. 26.-An unsuccessful at
tempt was made today TO assassinate
King George of Greece.
The king was returning from Pha-
leium a. O'CLOCK in the evening in a.
landau, accompanied by the Princess
Maria, when TWO men. who were hidden
in ditch alongside the road, opened
fire with suns upon the occupants OF
me carriage. The first shot missed, but
The second wounded "a foOtman in the
arm lie cOachman whipped up his
horses. ard the royal party dashed
away at q gallop. The miscreants fired
seven more shots after them. none OF
which took effect, and the king and the
princess returned TO the palace unhurt.
KINGS COURAGE.
The king states that one Of the as
sassIns was dressed in gray clothing,
ard his majesty declares he could cas-
lily Identity him. When the second shot
Whizzed past the carriage, the king rose
ard stood in front of his daughter, in
order To shield her. One OF the horses
was slightly wounded. One of the as
sailaHts knelt in the middle of the road
and aimed straight at the king, who
noticed that the mans hand was shak-
ing. The shot missed. and the king had
a clear view OF the man, who. his maj
esty says, was barely 20 years old. he
continued to fire after the carriage until
il was out of range. His companion did
not leave the ditch.
As soon as the news became known,
all the leading politicians FASTENED TO
the palace TO express their cOngratula-
tons over the escape OF King George
and The Princess Maria.
The action of his majesty in shielding
the princess, at the risk OF his life, has
aroused great enthusiasm.
A MAJ who was on horseback some
distance behind the royal carriage,
heard the shooting and gallOped TO the
scene IL time 10 see the kings assail-
ants fleeing in the direction of Hyme-
deus. Strong parties are searching for
the wOuld-be assassins-
NJ. Delyannis and NJ. Rail-, former
rive at the palace to offer their con-
gratulations.
TE DEUMS
At $50 O'Clock the Metropolitan held
thanksgiving service in the palace.
The queen knelt sObbing throughout
the service. a TIE Deum viii be held
tomorrow, at which all the members
of the royal family will attend. All
diplomatic representatives have called
at the palace. His majesty said to them
that the subversive uganda of GER
tain journals had brought about de-
piorable results King George and his
sors had been unpopular since the
war.
Shortly after midnight the police were
on the track of the club of which the
kings assailants are members The as
Sassins were chosen by lot. II is eX-
pected several arrests will shortly be
made.
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IN TWENTY YEARS HENCE
Will Be the Greatest Bullion
Producer In the World.


Washington. Feb. PA memorial sent
by a committee appointed at mass meet
ing of citizens OF Juneau. Alaska. to
Chairman c. W. Stona, of the house COM
mittee on coinage. weights and measures.
advocating the establishment OF a United
States assay office at Juneau. instead of
AZ Seattle or Portland. has reached here.
II makes important statements about the
Alaskan situation saying among other
things: A conservative estimate of the
annual bullion output of Juneau from its
quartz mines alone is about $S001,0JJ, pro-
duced from approximately $50 stamps.
Within - months the number OF stamps
in operation in lands tributary TO Juneau
will exceed LOO and the annual bullion
product exceed 5.ee900G. During the last
u months more than Sl.50o.Ga0 of gold dust
produced from Canadian Northwest Ter
ritory has been brought through here
and there is now on hand in Dawson CITY
approximately $500 600 to which will be
added from this springs clean Up an adj
ditional 81 500 009. Two companies have
constructed fleets of lake and river steam
ers to operate between the head of the
lakes aid Five Finger rapids on the
Yukon river. where tramDortage has
been established connecting with fleets of
river boats running through to Dawson
City. and assurance is gwen that during
six or eight months in the year a round
trip can be made from Juneau to Dawson
City in less than % days. In less than
% years we believe southeastern Alaska
will be the greatest permanent bullion
producer in the world.
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SHERMAN AWAKE.
Has Something to Say About Exact
ING an Tndemnitv

ing an Indemnity.
Washington, Feb. 26.-Secretary sher-
man spent some time at the capitol to-
day He talked freely with senator's
concerning the situation in Havana in
view OF the Maine disaster. He told
them that no important addition to the
Information previously received had
reached the state department for the
past few days, but stated that the Sit
nation was being considered with the
view of having a policy developed in
case the naval court now making an
inquiry into the disaster should find
that it was not the result of an acct
dent TO this he added the statement
that he thought an indemnity would
certainly be demanded. and that if II
should be, good round sum would he
asked. What that sum should be would
however, depend largely upon circum,
The secretary did not think tbe
Spanish authorities had been aware of
the intentions of anyone who NAV have
caused the explosion but he advanced
the opinion that, whether they were m.
pot, the Spanish government wouId he
liable for indemnity if it was shown
mat any Spaniard had caused it
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california Jockev Club.

San Francisco. Feb. 26.-Weather at
Ingleside cloudy; track muddy. Re-
suits.
First race, six furlongs. selling-Jack
Martin won. Fortunate second. O'FIeja
third. Time-1:17%.
Second race, six furlongs. selling
Charles A. won, RenameIa second, Day
light third. Time-1:I7.
Third race. four furlongs, 2-year-
old colts. the MalowanslSy stakes. value
81, O00-Milt Young won, Frank ireland
second. ObSi6ian third. Time-:50ls
Fourth race, mile and a quarter. over
I've hurdles-Captain Rees won. Major
s. second. Monita third. Time-2:2SS,.
Fifth race. seven furi0ngs-Dr. Marks
won. Odds-On second. MOringa third
Time-1:S1$i.
Sixth race. three furlongs, 2-year-
Odds. selling-ROyal Fan won, Master
Buck second, Canace third Time
:36%.
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COLORADO MILITIA PREPARING.
Every Man Will Enlist When Nc
Kinley's Call Comes.

Denver, Feb. 26.-''Every officer and
every enlisted man of the Colorado Ma
uonal Guard will Immediately enlist in
the United States service if President Nc
hinley asks for their services in case of
a war with Spain said Attorney Cen
eral- Carr at the Glen armory last night.
and mis- statement was greeted with en-
thuslastlc cheers by the officers of the
guard from different parts of thu state
who had assembled at the call of Brig
adler General Hale
The meeting was called to discuss the
Guard would be expected to do in case of
war. During the meeting Adjutant Gen
eral Moses issued an order which gave
the officers to understand that they must
time
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WILL NOT BE JINGoED.
Attitude of the President During
Present Crisis.

Washington, Feb. PA member of thu
cabinet in speaking today of the attitude
of the president on the question of war
with Spain said:
President Mckinley is giving thought
IuI and earnest consideration to every
phase of the Cuban situation as il an
pears. but he will not be jingoed into war
or act in anticipation of events which
may never occur. He fully realizes what
war means and will not go to the last
dirsful extremity without the approval of
his conscience and a firm conviction that
such a course would be right in the sight
OF Goa and OF man. But whenever the
honor and integrity of the nation or its
people become involved, the president may
be depended upon to do his whc.a duty
and do it PROMPTLY
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CAPITAL TOPICS.

Representative Bell OF Colorado intro
duced a bill today making it unlawful for
any government officer or agent to ex-
change gold bars for coined gold except
by weight. so that the government may
recon as many grains of fine gold in coin
as Is contained in the bars 1t delivers
Todays statement of the condition of
the treasury shows an available cash bal
ance of S225, SS4. go: gold reserve S167 476 21f
Assistant Secretary Miekeljohn has
gone to Fort Monroe. He has been work.
ing very hard in the capacity of acting
secretary of war during the long illness of
Secretary Alger, and is in search OF rest.
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NO CONCLUSIONS REACHED.
Despite Rumors, Nothing Is Given
Out By Court of Inuuirv

Key West, Feb. pa dispatch from
Havana says that despite the rumors
to the contrary, nothing is known as
TO the conclusions reached. thus far by
the court of inquiry. The dispatch says
the raising of the Maine will be almost
an impossibility, and that so bodies
still remain in the wreck.
A report is current in Havana that.
United States Consul General Lee has
been threatened with assassination.
but he is not at all alarmed. Havana
is quiet.
An officer of the Pache said: THE
SpaHiards in Havana seem more con-
cerned than we are over the possibility
of the Names destruction proving to
have been due to an external explosion.
Havana, however, is quiet and there
are no signs of an anti-American feel
ing''