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Mexico weekly ledger., 1898-12-08

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Mexico weekly ledger., 1898-12-08
THU MOST RELIABLE STORE.

Is the one which fulnls all is promises, and you arc eve dsos,vsa n
wnas you ouy' where you are always pleased to trade, where the best on goods
are onered at the very closest margin, and they are saving their customers
money every day. Such q store is
Mexico weekly ledger., 1898-12-08
HATS AND CARS,

Mems si.75 felt hats at 81, Mems
SAYS felt hats at u. IS, Mems % hats,
all shapes, 81, Mems q. IS hats at 75c,
Mems q plush caps at SOC, Ohildrsn's
SOC plush caps at zoe, Mems 81 chin-
chllIa caps at SOC.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-08-04
Alger, Democrat, Nominated For
Governor By Acclamation.
DIVISION OF OFFICES
SILVER REPUBLICANS GET TWO
STATE NOMINATIONS.
Democrats VIII Name the Congress
man-Fusion Ticket Completed In
Nebraska-Texas Democrats De-
feat Bailey's Anti-expansion Res
oIution-Indiana Republicans.

Casper, Wyo., Aug 3.-The Demo-
cratic and silver Republican conven-
tions met at 10 o'clock today. but no
business except temporary organiza-
ton and appointment of committees
was effected. a committee was ap-
pointed to confer with the silver Re
publicans and learn upon what condi-
tions they would unite with the Demo-
Gratis upon a fusion ticket. The silver
Republicans met in the town hall, ana
modestly agreed to demand no position,
but asked for the nominee for congress
or in lieu thereof two minor positions
on the state ticket. The Democratic
convention adjourned until o'clock
this evening.
Shortly after converting tonight the
platform committee reported and the
platform was adopted by the conven-
ton.
The platform endorsed the Chicago
platform, asked for the enactment Of
an income law and favored the reten-
ton of all land over which the Amer
lean flag floats.
In the executive caucus held by the
Democratic convention this afternoon
it was decided TO allow the silver Re
publicanS the places of state auditor
and superintendent of public instruc-
tioE.
Horace c. Alger was then nominated
for governor by reclamation, although
there were two other candidates.
The convention adjourned until 10
O'Clock tomorrow.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-08-04
LIBERATION OF CUBANS.
Many Confined In Spanish Prisons
For Political Offenses.

New York, Aug. 3.-The World this
morning prints the following: President
Mckinley will soon be asked to in
clude among the provisions upon which
peace will be established with Spain
the freeing of all CubanS imprisoned
by that country for OffenSes which may
be classed as political.
In all the Spanish penal colonies
Ceuta and the like-there are about 500
Cubans who have been captured during
the last three years. The horrors of
these prisoners have been fully de-
scribed lately, and it has been said that
the punishment melted out to these
men is altogether out of keeping with
their crimes. The effort will be made
by Tomas Estrada Palma. the presi-
dent of the Cuban junta. In fact, he
has already instituted an agitation to
that end, and he will not give up until
his object has been accomplished.
Friends of his are now at work in the
capital with this purpose in view, and
they will soon be in consultation with
the officials.
rs it not just and fair that this
should be done?" said President Palma.
Here is a war won with the help of
the Cubans Thousands of prisoners
have been taken by the American
army, and they are not to be kept, but
are to be sent back to Spain. This IS
magnanimous on the part of America,
but would it not be a good thing TO
make this a vehicle for the liberation
of the Cubans who have been impris-
oned since the war began?'
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-08-04
USELESS WARSHIPS.
Spain's Only Remaining Squadron
Is Unfit For Service.

New York, Aug. ga dispatch to the
Tribune from Gibraltar says: The fol-
lowing advices have been received from
tie Tribune correspondent at Cadiz: 1t
is now an open secret that not a single
fighting ship of Admiral Camara' S
squadron is in fit condition to go into
action.
The Pelayo's boilers have given out,
the firing gear and turrets of the Car
los V are unmanageable, the Audaz is
completely used up by the recent ex-
cUrsion to the SueZ, and the ornaments
of the auxiliary cruisers are lamentably
defective.
In case of any hitch n the peace ne
gotiations. the PelayO and Carlos V
would under no circumstances under
take an engag cement here or in the open
sea. but would take refuge behind the
formidable forts of Cartagena. The
auxiliary cruiser Alfonso XIII and the
Pelayo, Carlos V, the Rapido, the Pa
triot, the AudaZ, the Geraldo and the
Buenos Ayres still remain.
The garrison at CadiZ now consists
of almost 26, 900 men. On Friday and
Saturday additional torpedo defenses
and mines were laid in the entrance to
Cadiz harbor. The lighthouses re-
main extinguished.
Three guns of "a centimetre CALLER
have been placed in position at San
Felipe, but their supply of ammuni-
ton IS limited.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-08-04
CONTROLS THE WHISKY TRADE
ALL DIsTILLFRIEs IN THE NEW
TRUST.
All the Whisky Manufactured In the
United States to Be Handled By
the New Association.

Cincinnati, Aug. S.-The United
States Spirit association. the combina-
ton which proposes to control abso-
lutely the whisky business of the coun-
try, was formed here today, when the
following executive committee was
elected: w. N. Hobart Cincinnati,
chairman; ]. Walter Freiberg. Cincin-
natl, secretary; F. T. Corning, Peoria,
Ills, treasurer; P. j. Hennessey, Chi
Frank Curtiss, New York; Charles A.
Webb New York.
This committee is vested with the en-
tire control of the affairs of the COM
bine. which includes not only the Amer
lean and Standard associations, but all
others in the business. The meetings
here yesterday and today were attend
ed by distillers from all parts of the
country. The far west was represented
by William Wolf & Co, San Francisco.
Kansas City and Omaha were also rep
resented.
The plan of this whisky combine COM
prenends control of the entire output of
all the distilleries in the country. The
distillers will cease dealing directly
with the trade, and will deal only with
such distributors as are in the combine.
The distributors, in turn, are to buy
from none other than those in the COM
bine. These regulations were made
strong in anticipation of new concerns.
The rebate system has again been es-
tablished, but rebates are to be small
in accordance with margins, and will
be paid every five months. In addition
to the rebates from distillers to dis
tributors, there will be small rebates
from the distributors to their trade for
continuous patronage, every five
months. The rules and regulations are
to be put in legal form by Levi Meyer
and other attorneys and incorporated
into the blank contracts which are to
be sent at once to all distributors. but
they will not go into effect until the
Standard company has concluded all its
options and other arrangements for
complete control of the output and con-
tracts have been signed by all. 1t will
be announced tonight, after the adj
journment. that all the concerns here
tofore independent were practically
now in the combine, and that the new
trust would soon be in operation, with
the Manhattan Trust company of New
York as IFS deDOSitOrV
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-08-04
sIxIY-EIGHT BALLOTS.
Missouri Democrats Trying to Nom
mate Dockery's Successor.

Richmond, Mo-, Aug. 3;-The Demo
cratic congressional convention for the
Third Missouri district met here TO-DAY
and took 6S ballots in a vain attempt
to nominate a candidate to succeed
Alexander Monroe Dockery. Nine
candidates were before the convention
and the highest number of votes cast
for any one of them was "A. Owing
to the opposition which developed in
the country conventions, Congressman
Dockery's name was not put before
the convention, but his friends hope
that he will yet be agreed upon to
avoid a deadlock. The balloting will
be resumed tomorrow morning.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-08-04
MUNICIPAL FRANCHISES.
Mayor of Denver Believes They
Should Be Paid For.

Detroit, Aug. 3.-After listening to
some exhaustive essays on water sup
plies, the members of the League of
American municipalities spent the af-
ternoon aboard the ferry steamer
Pleasure. The question of remunera-
ton TO cities for franchise rights in
streets and alleys was discussed today
in a paper by Mayor McMurray of
Denver. The people. he said, were be-
ginning to realize that if a franchise
is thing of value as soon as received
by the corporation obtaining il, then
there is no reason why it should not be
considered thing of value. worthy of
adequate compensation, when being
asked for at the hands of the repre-
SentativeS of the people. Mayor Nc
Murray believed that ownership of all
the public utilities must come, but it
must be arrived at gradually. He in
sisted that a street railway franchise,
for instance, constitutes a partnership
with the city. Under the past expert
enceS, however, the city had been I'M
recognized as a partner and had been
allowed no consideration for its share
of the joint investment. The theory of
the Denver mayor is that the bills or
ordinances providing for street railway
franchises should be prepared by the
city authorities; that bids for the fran
chises should then be invited and the
privileges be granted to the highest
bidder, subject, however, to ratification
by vote of the citizens.
Mayor Mcclure of Syracuse spoke
upon public water supplies. Reservoir
and filtration systems were treated by
George Hillyer, president of the At
lanta water board. He related how
thoroughly, cheaply and conveniently
Atlanta purified the red waters taken
from the Chattahoochie river.
After submission of various resolu-
tons for future action, the convention
adjourned until tomorrow.
Much dissatisfaction has been ex-
pressed against Secretary Gilkinson on
account of his report concerning his
handling of the leagues funds. The
constitution requires that all fees and
dues collected be repaid by the Secre-
tary to the treasurer quarterly. Mr..
Gilkinson, on the contrary, reported
having collected some $500. of which
about 5000 was paid to himself as salary
and the balance for sundry expenses.
but he submitted no vouchers for the
sundries. His report contained an apol-
ogy for violation of the constitutions
provision. The report of the treasurer,
Mayor Black of Columbus, showed
that he had handled only $500 of the
leagues money. He submitted vouch-
ers for his expenditures. A special
committee was appointed to audit these
accounts.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-08-04
|. NEBRASKA FUSION TICKET.
All Populists But Two-A Message
to BRYAN.

Lincoln, Neb., Aug. 3.-The fusion
following ticket, after two hours de-
liberation:
Governor, William A. POynter of
Boone county; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS, E.
A. Gilbert of York; secretary of state,
William F. Porter of Merrick; auditor,
John F. Cornell of Richardson; treas
urer, John B. Meserve of Red Willow;
superintendent of public instruction,
William r. Jackson of Holt; land
commissioner, Jacob V. Wolfe of Ian
caster; attorney general, Constantine
]. Smyth of Douglas.
All are Populists but the lieutenant
governor. who is a free silver Repuo-
lican, and the attorney general, a DEM
ocrat. Mr.. Poynter may Ia regarded
as a dark horse, though his name had
been mentioned before the convention.
The chief antagouism to his nomina-
ton came from the Democrats, who
held out against him as a Populist of
the radical stripe, for a time, but find
ing that the Populists would not with
draw him and that he professed to be
a lifelong Democrat of Kentucky DEM
ocratic parentage, they finally acqui-
eSc6d.
The Democrats sent the following
telegram to Colonel William Jennings
Bryan, Jacksonville, Fla:
THE Democrats of Nebraska, in con-
vention assembled, instruct me to send
hearty greeting and pledge the united
efforts to make the gallant colonel OF
the Third the future commander-in-
chief"
The platform adopted by the Popu-
lists this morning does not differ great
ly from the leading planks Of the Dem
e55crats'.
The Democrats of the Fourth con-
gressional district renominated W. L.
Stark for congress. He is already the
Popuiist nominee.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-08-04
TROUBLES OF THE KLOND|EERS
MANY ARE TURNING BACK
FROM ST. MICHAELS.
Paid Their Passage to Dawson, But
Are Unable to Get Up the River
Steamer Arrives.

Victoria, B. c., Aug. S.-The steamer
Manauense arrived from st. Michaels,
Alaska, today, with 26O passengers and
between $4,000 and 5000, 600 in gold
dust. OF the list of passengers only "a
were miners who had spent as much as
one winter in the mines, the remainder
being those who had gone there this
spring and concluded not to remain.
The passengers all agree in the state
ment that hundreds of men are arriv
ing in st. Michaels daily from Dawson
and vicinity, seeking passage to the
states, and that there are upwards of
thousand men in that part who have
lately come from coast ports and are
trying to get up the river Many are
turning back after learning the con-
ditions at Dawson and up-river points.
A larger part of the Manauense's pas
sengers are returning to their homes in
California, Washington and Dakota.
st. Michaels harbor and the island
points present a lively appearance. a
forest of masts covers the bay, and
the sea shore is lined with people.
Boats come in every day or two from
up the river with scores and hundreds
of disappointed gold-seekers, whose
stories of ill-luck and hardships are
wildly told in glowing colors to the
passage for the mines. This results in
many selling their outfits and return
ing to the states. The hotels on the
shore are nightly packed to their ut
most capacity in accommodating the
guests, and almost every craft in the
harbor is utilized as a temporary hos
telry. News that no gold has been
found on KotZebue and Norton sound,
too, adds to the discoura cement of the
general multitude.
In the harbor of st. Michaels are 80
steamers and sailing vessels, all heav-
lily laden with passengers, general car
goes and knock-down river boats. Sew
eral steamers have large lists of pas
sengers who purchased tickets direct
to Dawson and other up-river points,
and on arriving learned that arrange
ments had not been made for their
river transportation. The steamers
insisted upon landing passengers on
the beach, thus throwing them on
their own resources. st. Michaels
island is under military jurisdiction,
and the commanding officer refuses to
allow such passengers to be put ashore,
and the result is that there are four
or five steamers in port with several
hundred passengers whom they are
unable to land. Scores of river boats
are being constructed, and for several
miles around every available point pre-
sents lively shipbuilding yard.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-08-04

outbreak of the war in calling to the
ranks and places of leadership men of
all parties, from all sections of the
country. The senator added:
Those who had fought against him
for the defense of the Union were called
on to lead, that they might vindicate
their love for the republic, their cevo-
tion to the flag which they had once
their mistaken ZEAL sought to destroy"
Any territory which the United States
may acquire will have to come to us, he
said, not as the object, but as an Incl
dent oe the war.
Senator Fairbanks insisted that the
Republican party was committed to the
maintenance of the gold standard.
PLATFORM ADOPTED.
The platform heartily endorses every
act of the present national adminisfra
ton, and praises the soldiers and sail
ors of the present war. The subject of
territorial expansion is not directly
II eated. but referred to as follows:
Having achieved its manhood, the
republic under God, is entering upon
its greatest period of power, happiness
and responsibility. Realizing the
mighty future of wealth, prosperity and
duty which is even now upon US, we
favor the extension of American trade;
the reformation of our consular ser
vice accordingly; the encouragement by
all legitimate means of the American
merchant marine; the creation or
navy as powerful as our commerce shall
be extensive. and for public defense and
security and the establishment of coal
ing stations and naval rendeZvouseS
wherever necessary.
1--WE most heartily approve the wis
dom of the annexation of the Hawaiian
islands as a wise measure, and recon-
mend the early construction of the Mic
saraguan canal under the immediate di-
rection ard exclusive control of the
United States government, the import
ance and necessity of the canal having
been emphasized by recent events con-
nected with the present war with
SPAIN
Following is the financial plank:
THE Republicans of Indiana are un-
reservedly for sound money, and are,
therefore, opposed to the heresy to
which the Democratic party is welded
of the free and unlimited coinage of
both gold and silver at the ratio of 16
to (which we regard as absolutely
certain to debase our money and de-
stroy our private and public credit, and
cause general business disaster.
I'VE recognize the necessity of COM
prehenSive monetary legislation, and
we believe that the declaration in the
St. Louis national Republican platform
for the maintenance of the gold stand
ard and the parity of all our forms of
money should be given the vitality OF
public law, and the money OF ahe Amer
lean people should be made like all its
best in the world.
The tariff plank is as follows: I'VE |
reafirm our belief in the doctrine of !
and protection to American |
la Dor and home industries, and con- !
denim the Democratic doctrine of tariff |
for revenue only, as unsound and un |
suited to the best interests of the coun- |
try: a doctrine whose falsity has been |
by our experience under
the Wilson revenue bill, that plunged |
the country into commercial and finan-
cial distress, from which it is fast re- |
covering since the change from the |
Democratic policy
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-08-04
Races at Butte

Butte, Mont, Aug. 3.-Results:
First race, six and a half furlongs-
Mike Rice won, Gardner second, Mas
ter Mariner third. Time-1:22A
Second race, four and half fur
longs-Ocorona won, E. Come second,
Envy third. Time-0:56.
Third race. mile-Coda won, ENGINE
second, Rapido third. Time-1:43.
Fourth race, seven furlongs-Wa-
tomba won, Los Prietos second, I'm
bred third. Time-1:30A.
Fifth race, mile-Twinkle Twink won,
Duke of York II second, Daylight third.
Time-1:4415.
Sixth race, five furlongs-Peixotto
won. Trappean second, Baby Ruth
third. Time :021R.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-08-04
BALLOTS FOR SOLDIERS.
Kansas Volunteers Will Have E
Chance to Vote

Topeka, Kan, Aug. 3.-Secretary Of
State Bush has completed the plans
for securing the votes of the Kansas
soldiers now in the field for the No
vember elections. The names of the
candidates will be printed on long
strips labeled Republican" Popu-
list and Democratic" as the case
may be. To facilitate the voting, Sec
rotary Bush announces that fac-similes
of all the tickets in the state will be
printed in blank form, so they may be
posted in the various camps long
enough before the election to enable
soldiers to familiarize themselves with
the candidates and give them time to
make a campaign.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-08-04
AMERICAS CUP CHALLENGE.
Sir Thomas Lipton's Yacht Will Be
Built at Belfast.

London, Aug. S.-Sir Thomas Upton,
the challenger of the Americas cup,
has instructed William Fife, at Fair
lie, to design a yacht to be built by
Harland & Wolf, the shipbuilders of
Belfast. The Yacht Racing association
meets this week, when a deputation
from the Ulster Yacht club will at
tend and settle the matters connected
with the challenge, so far as this side
of the water is concerned. Secretary
Kelly of the Ulster Yacht club will ac-
company Mr.. Charles Russell, Sir
Thomas Lipton's representative to
New York, should the challenge be
accepted by the New York Yacht club
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-08-04
REVOLUTION IN CHINA.
American Missionaries Will Be the
First to Suffer.


San Francisco, Aug. 3.-News of an
impending revolution in China is fur
nished by G. f. Sevey, president of the
Steam Navigation company,
who arrived on the steamer Doric. He
fears a violent outbreak among the
hordes of Chinese in both the northern
and central provinces, and believes
that great loss of life and destruction
of property will result. The mission
aries scattered throughout this coun-
try, he thinks, will be the chief suffer-
ers. In an interview he says:
Owing to the effects of the drouth
restitution is certainly pending for
millions of natives. The poorer classes
have been squeezed by the mandarins
and Chinese governors to such an ex-
tent that nothing is left them now but
mere existence. This year there will
be nothing for the governors to draw
out Of the people.
There are several thousand Amer
lean missionaries working in northern
and central China, and when the up
rising comeS-as l think it will, for
these famine-stricken Chinese will
fight for food-they will be the first
to suffer"
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-08-04
TEXAS DEMOCRATS.
Bailey's Anti-expansion Resolutions
Defeated-Bryan In 1900.

Galveston, Tex, Aug. 3.-The Demo-
cratic state convention met today and
adopted the report of the credentials
committee and installed permanent Off
GERS. The resolutions committee was
not ready to report, and an adjourn
ment was taken until 1870 There will
be two reports, one fathered by Senator
Chiffon in favor of expansion, the other
by Congressman Bailey, against eXpan-
sion.
In its other features the report of
the committee on platform reaffrms
the platform adopted at Chicago in
1896, denounces the Dingley tariff, de-
clares that the war must not obscure
the money question, denounceS the war
revenue bill for alleged inequalities of
taxation, upholds the president in his
conduct of the war, favors generous
development of the American army, de-
mands the carrying out of the letter
and spirit of the resolutions under
which the government interviewed in
Cuba, opposes any increase in the
standing army, and, in conclusion, de-
clares for the nomination of Bryan in
1900
The majority resolutions favor the
construction and control of the Mica
raguan canal by the United States, IA
Svors the acquisition of Porto Rico and
all other Spanish possessions in the
Western hemisphere, and opposes the
annexation or continued retention of
the Philippine Islands or any territory
upon the eastern hemisphere.
The Bailey, or minority resolutions,
follow:
I'VE believe that a colonial policy is
contrary TO the theory of this govern
ment, and we are opposed to the ac-
QUESTION of any territory inhabited by
a people who are incapable of self-gov-
eminent, because we hold the right of
local self-goveSnment to be the basic
principle of our republic.
I'VE are opposed also to the acquisi-
ton of any territory by the govern
ment, the control of which will neces-
state an increase in the standing army
of the United States.
1--WE reaffirm the declaration of
Thomas Jefferson, that all governments
derive their just powers from the con-
sent of the governed, and we are OPP
posed to the establishment Of any gov
eminent anywhere by the United
States without the consent of the peo-
pie governed
Final action on Baileys resolution
has not yet been taken. The indic9-
lions are that il will be defeated. Gov
ernor Culberson and Ex-Governor Hogg
opposed Bailey's resolutions:
The minority report of the platform
committee was showed under and laid
on the table at midnight The vote,
stands 697 to table the min
ority report, against 1884, 1t was an all
night wrangle