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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-06-19
A TRAGEDY OF THE WAR.
Private Returns to Murder His Faith
less Sweetheart.

Minneapolis, MiEn., June 1S-Emma
Oakland, a woman barber in this city,
was shot and seriously wounded by
John Knott, a private in company D,
Seventh Illinois infantry. Knott fired
three times at the woman and each
shot struck her in the hip. The muir
derous assault will not prove fatal, al
though Knott admits he shot at her
heart. The woman is now at the Min
neapolis city hospital, while Knott oc-
cupies cell at the Minneapolis central
police station. The shooting had been
planned and Knott travelled 1000 miles
to accomplish his purpose. Miss Oak
land is employed at a barber shop in
this city. Knott arrived in the city
direct from Camp Alger, Va, where his
regiment is located. Calling at the bar
Der shop he stepped up to Miss Oak
land, addressed her by her name and
asked her to shave him. She refused.
They talked for a few minutes when he
suddenly drew a revolver, and before
anyone could interfere he had fired
three times at the woman. Knott gave
himself up to the police. Knott says
that he became engaged to the girl in
Chicago, but after he went to Camp
Alger she wrote him a cruel letter,
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-06-19
A FISHERIES TRUST.
Still Another American Industry
Captured By England.

Chicago June 1S.-W Vernon Booth
of the A. Booth Packing company af-
firms reports to the effect that the
fishery interests of the Great Lakes
region and the allied canning trade
will be combined in a gigantic corpora
ton, sustained by English capitalists.
The association will embrace nearly all
of the fisheries of the United States.
The A. Booth Packing company of this
city, recognized as the largest indiviG
ual house of the kind in the country,
and a number of local fish companies
will be merged into the new corpora
ton. June 80 is the date set for the
formal transfer of individual property
to the hands of the principals.
The names of the men who are back
ing the monopoly in London are not
revealed, but upon the authority of Mr.
Booth it is stated that they are men
of high standing in the financial world
In ali there are a concerns in the
country which will be in the corpora
ton. Mr.. Booth declines to give out
the amount of the capital stock, but TO
judge from the size of the A. Booth
Packing company, which is one of the
"a concerns. the stock will be in the
millions. The Booth company alone
5000 men. The other companies
are engaged around the Great Lakes
and Canadian fishing regions.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-06-19
A DEMAND FOR PEACE.
Mercantile Glasses Call For a Cessa-
ton of HostiIities.

New York, June 1S.-A dispatch to
the Herald from Madrid says: An al
locution to the government by the
powerful council general of Catalonia,
which represents the mercantile intel
Hgence OF Spain, calling for peace has
created deep impression here-aIl the
more on account of the logical and
practical reaSOningS with which the
council advocates a cessation of hos
tilities. It states that although the
council considers Americas conduct
unqualifedly unjust, yet that does not
justify Spain in continuing an unequal
combat which is bound TO result in
overwhelming ruin.
1t is better" ii says, Ito submit to an
nnpUtation, poWeTfui though il be, than
to carry ON 4 terrible war with thou
Sands Of disasters. The matter will not
be any more glorious after we have
been ruined and the lives of thousands
Of our soldiers lost
The alOcution ends up with d call
for immediate peace.
The endless objections raised in the
cortes to the taxation necessary for
the continuation of the war are met
by the governmental organ, Ell Dia II
says:
THE country neither asked for nor
wants war. 1t understands neither its
origin nor its issue, and on that ac-
count shows neither enthusiasm of any
kind, nor on that account does it re
spond by its attitude to the RESPONSE
bilities which the situation imposes
upon the government. It refuses sacri-
fees which would willingly be accepted
under other circumstances. With such
a sentiment existing, il is imDossib bic
10 ask the government to DrOlong war
for which the country does not seem
inclined to provide the necessary re-
sources. Without money, we cannot
have war
The Epoca says: IN our opinion FL
Dia reflects with thoughtful exactitude
on the position Of the government"
The Epoca cannot understand how
the government can vaccilate as to
which course to take. 1t says:
There can be little doubt, according
to the concensus of matured opinions
which have been gathered. that peace
at the present moment, when the entire
world gives full recognition to Spanish
valoT and bravery, is highly ODDortune
under the circumstances, which may not
be so good again"
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Anxious to Lay Aside the Cares of
State.
PROPOSES TO ADVOCATE
IN FAVOR OF THE LATE KINGS
SISTER.
Has Postponed the Execution of Her
Plan at the Solicitation of the Min
isters-Mercantile Glasses In Spain
Demand a Cessation of Hostilities
War Means Ruin.

New York, June 1S.-A dispatch to
concerning the abdication of the queen
regent of Spain, which was given by
the Temps without details, has been
very half-heartedIy denied in the
Madrid press. The queen regent, much
depressed by the sad situation of the
country, and the Spanish peoples lack
of sympathy for her. made UP her
mind fortnight ago to renounce her
right and title as regent in favor of
the Infanta Isabella, sister of the late
King Alfonso XII.
This princess. who is Spanish in
heart and mind, is much beloved
throughout the kingdom. The queen
regent thought that by yielding the
regency to her would disarm the ad-
Versaries of the existing regime and
rally all the sympathies around the
little king. She even formed the reso-
luton of quitting Spain for time
after her abdication, with her two
daughters, leaving the young sovereign
to reign and the new regent. She sum-
moned Premier Sagasta and eloquently
laid the plan before him.
= ministerial council was held, after
which all the members visited the
queen regent to beg her TO give up the
scheme for the present. They told her
that under the present circumstances
dbdicatiOn would seem like flight, and
would be very badly construed by the
country. Premier Sagasta was so per-
suasive that he obtained the following
reply from the queen regent:
L admit you are right, sir, but I do
not altogether give up my plan; 1
only postpone it
General Sanchez, the young kings
military tutor, who occupies apart
ments in the palace, has also private
apartments in the Gale de Ia Cruz.
These apartments have been shut up
for two years and a half, but uphoI-
sterers are at work making the place
habitable. The neighbors conclude
from this that the kings tutor is about
to leave the palace and resume possess
sion Of his private apartments, and see
in this incident a prelude to radical
changes at the royal palace.
What is going on? What viii hap
pen? is what everyone is anxiously
asking, and especially as the Repub-
leans and Carlists are beginning to
bestir themselves in a way which is
very disquieting for the future of AL
fOnSo'S crown.
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D|SCOMFORTSO THE BLOCKADE
NAVAL VESSELS SICK OF THIS
DUTY.
Vigilance of the Spaniards Is Aston
ishing-How They Keep Track of
the American Vessels.

| Copyright, 1898, by the Associated Press.)
Key West, Fla, June 1S.-The captain
of a vessel just returned from the
blockade of the northern coast of Cuba
said today:
I'VE are sick of the patrol duty,
drifting and cruising along the coast.
The work has become more disagree
able since the rainy season set in. Some
times one squat will follow another
the whole day long, and the rough
seas will drench US even upon the
bridge. The smaller boats approach as
near to the coast as they can with
proper depth of water.
Between Port Cabanas and Bahia
Honda the blockaders run along about
half a mile from the beach, and just
outside of the white water. From five
to six fathoms the bottom pitches sud
denly to 200 or 800 fathoms, and the
boats can safely skirt the outer edge
of the surf.
1.-The system of watch kept by the
Spaniards from Cardenas almost to
Cape Antonio is admirable. Even on
the darkest, stormiest night they see
US, and as we move slowly along Ian
terms flash news of our approach down
the coast. so that it would be impos-
Sibie to make q landing with a small
boat. In the day time smoke signals
are used, and the beach is patrolled
also by Spanish cavalrymen. Our YES
sells move about five miles an hour, and
the Spanish horSemen can keep up
with us. Three troopers follow along
the beach for several miles until they
come to a station of three others. These
take up the run and run along with us.
They never lose track of US night or
day.
THE new fort at Cabanas looks to be
very strong. The old fort at Bahia
Honda does not seem to be occupied,
at least there is no flag on it.
From Port CabanaS to Bahia Honda
small hills rise back of the beach, and
between these hills and the summit of
the mountains, far inland, are beauti-
full fields of sugar cane and other crops.
The land seems to be cultivated to the
utmost. All of this territory is, If
course, tributary to Havana, and fur
nishes food to the city. There may be
vessels in Havana harbor anxious to
slip out, but they are not warships.
The SpaniardS have two or three small
gunboats at Havana, but no other war
ships, and Captain Blanco's dispatches
about warships entering and leaving
are all bombast. The gunboats, if they
ever go out, would never return.
Commodore Watson's flagship is
now the Nashville, but he has moved
about from one ship to another so much
that he says his tooth brush is on one
vessel, his hair brush on another and
so on, and he wonders when he will be
able to collect his personal effects
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train for the removal of wounded and
invalid soldiers left here today for
Tampa. The train consists of ten Pull
man sleeping cars, one dining room
car, one cook car and a. combination
coach. 1t is fully equipped for hos
pital service, with medicines, surgical
Instruments and apparatus.
The party. which is under the COM
nand of Major Richard, consists of two
commissioned officers, % privates and
three cooks. From time to time, as it
becomes necessary, one or more coaches
will return northward with sick or
wounded soldiers, sailors or marines,
who will be taken to Fort Meyer, Va;
Fort Mcpherson, Ca, and other points
where there are army hospitals Those
whose condition demands a high alti-
tude will be removed to Asheville,
n. c. The coaches which remain at
Tampa will be used as a receiving hos
Dital
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-06-19
MURDERED HER HUSBAND.
Betsy Smith Goes to the Penitentiar7
For Life.

Des Moines. Iowa, June 1S.-The Jury
in the Betsy Smith murder trial today
returned a verdict of guilty, imposing
a sentence of life imprisonment in the
penitentiary at Fort Madison. This was
the second trial of the case. On the
first trial the same sentence was i'm
posed. The defendant murdered her
husband, Michael Smith, by administer
ing morphine and rough on rats
A rehearing was given on the adrnis-
sion Of a daughter Of Mrs. Smith that
she and Mrs. Smiths sister admins
tered the the drugs. a quantity of
morphine pellets were purchased. These
were given Smith, whose eyes had peen
shot out by an unknown person. while
Smith was asleep. The drugs We're
placed in lemon pie and drank. Failing
in the attempt to get him out of the
way, a box of rough on rats was Sc
cured. A teaspoonful was given IN a
glass Of water, one in pie and one in
coffee. The crime was committed to
secure insurance.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-06-19
SPANISH BANKRUPTCY.
Specie Payments Suspended and
Printing Press at Work

AhON~S anu
Printing Press at Work.
Under the heading. rs the Bank CT
Spain Solvent" the Statist lengthily
discusses SPANS financial position, say
ing:
Upon the banks ability to finance
the government depends the continue
ton and duration of the war. Practi-
Cally the Spanish government is now
reduced to the eXpedient of using the
printing press to meet its war OUTLAWS,
and the longer that printing press Is in
operation, and the more notes are is
sued. the greater Will be the deDrecia-
ticn in the value of the paper Desata.
If the war lasts much longer, we may
see the peseta, which is now at dis
count of so per cent, depreciate as did
the assignment of France in the last
century. The formal suspension Ct
specie payments cannot long be delay
ed. Indeed. the suspension has practi-
cally occurred
The Statist then presents an array of
figures showing the exact position of
the bank with a, note circulation Cf L.
31S. OO0. 600 pesetas, without any coin re-
serve available for its redemption, and
further pointing out that such note cir
culation may be increased TO 1900, co.,,
co., Finally, the Statist says that in
three years, the Spanish and Cuban
governments have borrowed one blIllcn
pesetas from the Bank Of Spain
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-06-19
CHINESE SLAVE GIRLS.
Judge Scott Roasted Everybody and
Jailed the Girls.

Omaha, Neb.. June 1S.-Judge Scott
this morning sent three Chinese girls
to Jail because they would not obey his
orders Several days ago habeas cor
pus proceedings were brought to Sc
cure the release of three sisters from
alleged slavery. The parties plaintiff
are Lincoln Chinese and a missionary
named Wyckoff The parties defendant
are the proprietors of the Chinese vii
lage at the exposition. Judge Scott re-
fused to hear counsel in the matter
roasted the officials of the city, county
and nation and ordered the girls into
the custody of Mrs. WycKoif, the mis-
sionary. The girls refused to go. They
are young, the oldest being but 16. The
court ordered them confined in Jail
Able attorneys are at work trying to
secure their release.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-06-19
WHO OWNS THE LAND?
Tracts Left Dry By Evaporation of
a Lake.

Washington, June ia rase present
ing some novel and interesting features
has been argued before Commissioner
Hermann of the general land Office. It
involves the ownership of lands sur
rounding Lake Malheur in Oregon, and
hinges upon the question of whether
the owners OF the land down to the
waters edge in 1877 can now hold lands
left dry by the receding waters of the
lake. The French Glenn Live Stock
company IS the appellant and claims,
under the surveys. OF 1877 and laws of
Oregon, possession of the land to the
waters edge of the lake Since that
year there has been a subsistence of
the water, and this company now
claims the vacant land as a riparian
right. A large number of settlers have
filed entries for this land in the local
Offices of the department, and now the
question is as to the title of the la=.d
exposed by evaporation between 1877
aid 1895.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-06-19
Your Face

Shows the state of your feelings and
the state of your health as well. I'm
pure blood makes itself apparent in a
pale and sallow complexion, Pimples
and Skin Eruptions. If you are feel
ing weak and worn out and do not have
a healthy appearance, you should try
Acker's Blood Elixir. 1t cures all blood
diseases where cheap Sarsaparillas and
so-called purifiers fail; knowing this,
we sell every bottle on a positive guar
antee. For sale by u. c. M. l. Drug
Dept
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-06-19

breaking the enga gement. He said if
she died he would soon follow her.
A dispatch received from Camp AIger.
Va, says that Private John Knott,
D, mas overstayed brief leave
three days. a description of the miss
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-06-19
Building Permits.

Permits to build and make improve.
ments were issued during the week as fol.
lows:
William Mccullough, Tenth East,
between First and Second South,
brick dwelling. 80. .......S l. SOt
r. S. Monro. corner Sixth and ]
streets, brick dwelling. ....... 500
Jordan Driving club Agricultural
park, improvements -. ............ 1,00C
henry Wallace, Second West, corner
Fourth South. brick addition. 1,0OC
]. NJ. Melien. First West. between
Fourth and Fifth North. brick cot
C. 9. Coray, 76 / street, brick add
Andrew Burns. 1916 East Fifth "
South, brick cottage. .... 500
Aaron Keysor. North Temple, be-
tween First and Second West,
Charles Hardy, r street between
Fifth and Sixth, brick cottage. $50
W. 3. Woods 53S South West Tenn
pie street, improvements. 49,. 500
P. J. Conway. agent, corner Aber-
deem and Second West streets, i'm
provements 49,. 49, .. 500
Four minor permits. ............... 545
Total. hmm $40. $40
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ing man, naming him as a deserter, has
been sent to the police in all nearby
cities.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-06-19

Two cakes Rex soap cents. New
York Cash Grocery, 165 Main street
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-06-19
HOSPITAL TRAIN FOR TAMPA.

Arrangements For the Care of Sick
and Wounded.
Washington, June 1S.-The hospital
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-06-19

This remarkable man, whose career
has been one of success, is gifted by
nature with a power that approaches
the miraculous so EXTRAORDIN-
AIRY are his remarkable powers that
they must be witnessed to be believed.
he reads human life from the cradle
to the grave by a science as unerrlng
as the laws of gravitation. He is
acknowledged by the public wherever
he has been to be the marvel OF the
nineteenth century. Robert Dale IS
a prophet of worldwide repute and Is
recommended by every one OF his pat
rons. His powers excite the wonder
and admiration of even the most skep-
teal His advice is infallible, con-
vincing and beyond dispute Ihrougn
his remarkable development of second
sight and thorough knowledge of the
many sciences peculiar to the men OIL
the Orient. he is enabled to penetrate
the wool and web of human life. he
gives reliable and never-failing advice
on business, law, speculation, mining,
changes. travels. sickness, love, mar
riage. divorce, E-V-E-R-Y-T-H-l- TING;
qives full names, dates. facts ana
feures. Reunites the separated ana
causes speedy and happy marriage
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-06-19
GARDEN TOOLS--LOWEST PRICES IN The CITY.

We are headquarters for Garden I'm
plements at Lowest Prices; investi-
gate; it will pay you.
Garden Hoe, made of solid steel, hard
wood handle, highly polished; IQr
worth SOC. Observation-Disclosures. ICS
Smaller size at ...'... l6C
14-tooth malleable iron Garden Rake
extra long handle; worth llc
35c. ..........-........... ~
Spading Fork, made of solid &c
steel, regular 75c kind. ...... Cos
4-tined Hay Forks. &c
4-tined Potato Hooks .....-..-... 29c
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-06-19

Nav York Herald says: Men like
Da1e and Cheiro command the respect
Of the public and have been cordially
received by Americans.
Robert A. Van Wyck. elected first
MAYOR of Greater New York. as pre-
dicted by Sir Robert Dale one week be-
fore election.
Major Louis Ginter. of Richmond.
Va, 1.-The tobacco king" says: Your
The Lamar register., 1898-08-24
pualnt LI,,Ie ereenaway. Revived.

Very little girls, from two to eight,
have been seen more often in the old
time low-neek frock this summer than
for many years past. The prettiest ones
are cut square and have shoulder frills
and open lace or embroidered yokes
A rumor Is afioat in babyland that
the wee tots are going to part company
with the long-used short dress reach
ing to the knees. and are to return
again to the quaint Greenaway dresses,
which make the little ones look like
little women. Some OF these Green
away frocks hang in fullness from the
neck. while others hang from square
sor round yokes or have very short ba-
by waists with an inch-wide waist
band that comes but little below the
arm-pits The sleeves are usually a
short full puff, and the necks are cut
low to be worn with a guimpe. A
s5reenaway skirt should never be ruf-
fed but should be quite full. and fn-
ished either with plain wide hem
or narrow hem headed with several
rows of lace or embroidery insertion
set in.-August Woman's Home Com
panion.
The Lamar register., 1898-08-24
Fore,t Fire. in Gresee.

The forest fires. which at this season
convert many picturesque district In
Greece into deaolaie wildernesses. are
more disastrous than usual this year,
owing To the prevailing high winds. On
the 23rd Instant the large forest of
Zoria. between Patras aud Aesium,
was the scene OF an immense con-
fiagration. Tie damage Is estimated
at nearly i.0O10Oo draehmae. These
Tires are IN uicsi instances the deliter-
ate work OF shepherds. whose ohject
II to increase the area ~ paS;uraEe-
The annual loss 70 tbr country Is enor-
nous. apart from the Disagreement Of
the landscape and tht. deterioration OF
the climate. The permission accorded
TO the Thessalan peasants 10 cut tim
her from the STATE forests for the pur-
pose OF rebuilding their villages will
complete the hayoc wrought hy the
Turks Athens Correspondence Lon
don Times. July eGih
The Lamar register., 1898-08-24

al that Justice Gummere would up
hold. He illustrates the point =ith
simple example. A horse that can trot
in 2:io would. If lost, require com
pensation equal to the price which the
horse would bring in the market. On
the other hand, horse 25 years old
loses very much of its value, and It's
owner would not secure damages
above. perhaps, $50 Sentiment has
nothing whatever TO do with the case.
Justice Gummere has four children,
boys and girls. and yet he docs not
value them. according TO law. as being
worth more than 81 for the lot. The
Justice is tall. slender, imposing man
with serious dark eyes and dark beard.
He is accounted one of the finest iur-
lists in New Jersey. and although dis
clai,ing sentiment in his capacity as
judge. his home life is that OF man
of the highest civilization and OF the
most tender sympathies.
The Lamar register., 1898-08-24

cause whatever the only just verdict
would be on1 for nominal damages ot
81 While this Judgment may be re-
voting to qcertain sympathetic anu
sentimental natures. yet, says Justice
Gummere, it is the law OF New Jersey,
50 framed by the peoples legislators
and law which the judge must In
terpret Justly. Justice Gulnmere ea-
plains the position he takes In a sim
pie and interesting manner. A child.
he says. IS OF no value. at least OF no
value that can be measured for money.
TO rs parents On the contrary. 1t Is
source OF expense commensurate
with the financial power OF the pa
rents So that in the loss OF child
the parents are not only not in
jured financially. but even benefited
The law cannot presume that the child
will in the future become finan-
ciaily valuable to its parents.
The law requires compensation
for damages that are actual rather
than potential Thus. In the cass OF
the loss Of nonprodueing child a
merely nominal verdict Of 81 would be