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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-06-11
Short Orders.

The Oregon Lumber company VS.. the
State Building & Manufacturing COM
pany; judgment and decree for the
plaintiff for $496.66
Clarence Barratt vs. Mammoth Gold
Mining company: Judgment for the
plaintiff for $685.
Utah Plumbing & Supply company
VS.. James F. WOodman; Judgment for
plaintiff for 1926.
W. G. Hitchcock ct al. VS.. Fred 2.
Houghton ct al: Judgment for the
plaintiff for $7S411.
Studebaker Bros Manufacturing COM
pany VS.. ]. H. E. Webster; judgment
for the plaintiff
H. ]. Meers VS.. P. W. Madsen; dis
missed.
William Schultz VS.. II. w. Reub-
hansen ct al; judgment for plaintiff for
SAL and costs.
Freed Furniture company VS.. N. r.
and E. D. Waterman; partly heard and
continued for the term.
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Dividend Paying and Invest
ment Mining Stocks.
W. E. HUBBARD & CO.,
TEL. sos. is w. I'd So. St.
Northern Light Assessment.

The directors of the Northern Light
Mining company held a, meeting yes
terday afternoon and levied an assess
ment of 10 cents a shareyon the CAPT.
tai stock of the company, payable i'm
mediately.
For some time past it has been the
talk in mining circles that the COM
pany would only levy an assessment of
cents share, but before the meet
ing number of heavy stockholders
strongly advised that the limit should
be reached and that nothing less than
a 10-cent assessment be made, as by
this means the company could be freed
from debt, which, at the present time,
is $57 200 in round figures.
As a result of this assessment the
stock of the company slumped heavily
and it is believed that it will drop to
2 or cents, while there are those who
are of the opinion that there are many
who will not pay the assessment, al
though one of the officers of the COM
pany is of the belief that but little of
the stock will be advertised as delin-
quent.
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Government Long Ago Decided to
Annex the Islands.
NEW PLAN OF TAXATION
TARIFF WILL BE REDUCED so
PER CENT.
Some of the Island Products Will Be
Admitted to America Free of Duty
internal Revenue System to Be
Changed-Policy Adopted Before
Dewey's Victory.

Chicago, June 1O.-A special to the Tri-
bune from Washington says: From infor-
nation that has just come to light it APP
pears that the administration has deter
mined upon a state policy concerning the
Philippines. 1t is the evident intention of
this government to annex the islands.
This policy has not been hastily decided
upon and it was outlined before Admiral
Dewey began the operations which have
been brought TO so satisfactory a stage.
II will be operative as soon as Hawaii is
annexed. This accounts il q measure for
the vigor with which the president is
pushing the annexation of Hawaii. The
Philippine policy viii then be outlined 10
the powers.
Shortly before Admiral Dewey was or
dered 10 take the philippines, United
States Consul Williams at Manila was in
structed by the state department to col
Iect all information, statistics, etc, con-
corning the Spanish system of taxation
in the islands, their peculiar sources of
revenue, etc, and to forward the informa-
ton to Washington at once.
Assisted by Vice Consul Duland. he
hurriedly compiled the desired data. and
his report came into possession OF the
state department three weeks ago. AS a
result, a revised system Of taxation is be-
ing formed and ii is nearly completed
now. a force of z clerks has been work
ing upon the facts sent by Consul Will
iams. and, upon their work being COM
pleted, the new system viii be pronlul-
gated by the president to the proper au-
thorities.
IN brief the proposed plan of taxation
is to remove entirely the present tax i'm
posed upon house goods, beasts of burden
and native products, and to substitute
reasonable property and poll taxes, sim
liar to those eXacted in this country. No
poll tax viii be levied upon women. I'M
port duties 10 the Philippines viii be low
cred and almost cut in half. A number of
native products win be admitted free TO
the United States, with some regulations,
calculated to protect home industries
where affected.
1t is also proposed to regulate the wage
scale in the islands. Philippine labor is
now rated at from 5 to 20 cents per day.
A minimum scale of 80 cents win be in
force. By this means the revenues of the
islands viii be cut to about s.. 600, 600. 1t is
believed BIZ economical experts that this
new order of things will give new Zest to
commercial affairs in the islands and
eventually put the tax revenues far above
the $40. O00,0 now realized by Spain.
The government is now considering the
of an official collector of
customs. who shall be dispatched to the
islands TO inaugurate the new system,
with one OF the expeditions. 1t is believ-
ed that the selection of such an official
has already been made, but there is no
definite information concerning his iden-
tity.
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BROKERS TO MEET AT ELEVEN.
Broker Ben Sprenger Causes Some
CONNECTION In the Pit


Commotion In the Pit.
After the call of the listed stocks
yesterday, a motion was made by
Broker Hill to the effect that the gov
erning board be instructed to change
the time of the meeting for the daily
morning call from 1870 to II, as the
call was now taking up so much time
on account of the increased interest
being taken in transactions in the pit.
When the motion was submitted to
the members it was unanimously car
RED, the change TO take place on Mon
day morning next.
Broker Sprenger also had a motion
10 make, which was that any broker
referring to stock after it had been
passed by the caller be fined a dollar
Tor each offense. This motion was
voted down, which seemingly angered
Mr.. Sprenger, who subsequently inter-
fered with the call and caused con
slderable commotion on the floor bv
GAZING up stocks which had been
passed and he was so persistent in
maintaining this disturbance that fo,.
a while all was in an uproar in the
PIT, and at one time it looked as if a
coinslon would take place between Mr..
Sprenger and some of the members who
We're provoked at his conduct.
AS far as the principle involved is
concerned, Mr.. Sprenger was in the
right, although he was at fault in Civ
ing way to his temper, and the ex-
change should make a law and enforce
1t that after a stock is once passed if
should not be referred to again until
after the close of the call, as such ac-
tlon creates confusion and causes de-
lays which the shortness of the hour
will hardly admit of.
Another reform which should be pro-
muIgated is that so much time should
not be occupied in the call of stocks
IN which but little business is ever
done, and it should be the rule that a
STOCK should be passed If called three
times without an offering or. bidding
quotation being recorded.
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Rush valley, in Tooele county, has
another candidate for public favor in
the property of the Dubuque Mining
company. the Incorporation of which
was mentioned in yesterdays Herald.
The Dubuque group of three claims
is located in Oakbrush canyon. The
discovery of this property was limited
at in these columns last fall, but inter-
ested parties were adverse to giving
publicity to the details of the new find
until its value had been more fully de-
termined, but at the time it was stated
that gentleman of this city was in re-
ceipt of a small sample of mineral
from the prospective bonanza, the me-
tallic contents of which ran high in
gold, the party sending in the mineral
stating that he was an old Park City
miner, who had settled in Rush valley
on small farm, but who could not
restrain his mining instincts the re-
suit being that while out on one of his
rambles in the vicinity of his home
stead he had found a ledge of decom-
posed iron, strongly resembling Mer-
cur ore, which, he believed carried
good gold values, and this belief was
borne out by the fire test made on the
samples sent in, as it went amazingly
high in the precious metal.
cult to interest Z. w. Duncan of the
National Bank of the Republic in the
new discovery, and a strong combina-
ton was formed and active develop
ment work has since been pushed in
the effort to ascertain the extent and
value of the deposit, and as the ex-
istence of 16-foot ore body was dis
closed in the bottom of a 63-foot in
cline, the gold contents ranged from
SAB to $500 to the ton, a company was
formed, with Mr.. Duncan at its head,
and now work will be pushed more
vigorously than ever before in the de-
velopment and operation of the prop
erty, which is believed to be a bonanza
in embryo.
The company has also located a good
water right in the canyon and a mill
site, the latter being located only 400
yards below the mine, and it is under
stood that it is the intention to erect
a cyanide mill on the ground, as it has
been found by repeated tests that the
mineral is well adapted to this process
OF reduction, being an excellent leach
ing product
As it is, some of the mineral is so
nigh in grade that by sorting, it would
pay. to ship, while all of the ore is rich |
stuff for milling
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YELLOWSTONE PARK ANIMALS.
All In Good Condition-Bears Killed
By Natural Gas.

Washington, June 1O.-Secretary Bliss
has received from Lieutenant G. W.
Cross, acting superintendent of Yellow
stone National Park, a report on the
condition of animals there. The report
states that the winter was - cry mild
and as a consequence the wild ami
mails are in better condition than usual.
The buffalo number between 20 and
40, and while doing better than here
tofore, it cannot be said that they find
the conditions favorable. Therweather
is too cold in the park, and their young
are threatened by wild beasts.
The other protected animals have in
creased and but one case of poaching
was discovered. This was in Deem
Der last, when IS elk We're killed At
least one of the poachers, it is hoped
will be punished. Seven bears suffered
an extraordinary fate nth gulch,
where they were found dvad ~ a guide.
He went down to cut their claws. but
in three minutes he wass so overcome
by gas coming from the ground that
he became very faint. 1t was very
evident that the bears had been killed
by gas
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Queer. paid its regular monthly dividend
of s37 800 yesterday The Swansea also
paid its 5000 dividend yesterday, while the
Grand Central VIII respond on the 18th
sS1. use '' - -''-''''
shipment of high grade ore was in
from the Martha Washington yesterday.
me machinery for the new hoist is now in
pace, the building for the same is nearly
completed and ii is expected that witqliS
a week the new plant will be in opera
ton.
III. L. ]. Warren, the resident represen-
tative of the New York Engineering and
Mining Journal. who has just returned
from visit to Tintic points, made an
inspection of the Alaska near Silver City,
during his IaSsence and he expresses him
SELF as being well pleased with this prop
erty.
Joe -Dederichs expects to have a new
cyanide plant for the O.. ]. & G., at Bing-
ham. in running order by Wednesdc-- of
net week, when the plant will be started
up on low grade gold ores. Mr.. Dederichs
VIII soon make tests by concentrating on
ores from the International mine in
Iooele county, in which NJ. Kopp and
George Mueller are heavily interested.
Returns were received yesterday from
the two shipments of ore sent in from
the Hercules mine at Stockton. the first
lot of 20 tons selling on control assays
showing values of 543 per cent lead. ia
ounces in silver and go cents in gold. while
the second lot, containing the same tom
mage, showed $50 per cent lead, 1853
ounces silver and 40 cents in gold The
offlcerS of the company are well pleased
with the result of the two shipments and
intimate. that the mine is proving up
bigger than ever as work progresses in
its development.
j. H. Brfndbury, writing to F. A Wad-
leigh, of the r. G. w, from the La Sal
mountains. states that mining men and
prospectors are pouring into that region
by the scores, and he speaks in the high
est terms of the naturalization of the
different camps of the La Sales, and the
BRADBURY has plated the new town
of Golden Cliff at the head of Mill creek,
and already town lots are going like hot
cakes and the new metropolis is on the
eve of a building boom. the scarcity Of
lumber being the only drawback in this
line at the present time. attention being
called to the fact that here is an ex-
cellent opportunity for good millman to
himself in lucrative business.
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NEW THREAD MONOPOLY.
Capitalists Now Control This
American Industry.

New York. June -Semi-official de-
tails concerning the consolidation of
the various American thread manufac-
turing companies were made public to-
day. The scheme, which was promoted
by ]. & w. Seligman & Co., embraces
the amalgamation of all the leading
thread manufacturing companies in
this city and England. Sixty per cent
of the capital stock of the American
Thread company is said to be con-
trolled by the English companies,
which have a capitalization of SIS, 000,-
600, while the American Thread COM
pany, which was organized with Eng
lish capital, holds only about 81, 0000 900
worth of stock in the English company.
There are reports that the combined
companies may buy in several large
factories in Germany and Belgium.
Should this be done, the new combi-
nation viii have an absolute monopoly
of the thread output in Europe and
America.
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Dakota, 8 in South Dakota, 13 in Ore
gon and 20 in Washington.
The average condition of winter
wheat is 90.S, as compared with 7S.5 at
the corresponding date last year, and
S1.6 the corresponding average for the
last ten years. 49, ~
The average condition of spring
wheat is the almost if not entirely
unprecedented one of 1908. as COM
pared with $50 in June, 1897, and 925
the average for the past ten years.
Nearly all the states of principal pro-
duction reach a condition exceeding
that indicative of a full normal crop,
North Dakota reporting 104; South Da-
kota, 1903; Nebraska, los: Iowa, 1O2;
Minnesota 100s oregon, 101 and Wash
ington, 81.
The total acreage in oats is 16 per
cent less than last wear.
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there would be an unusual movement
in the securities in these two corpora
tons, and in this thosespresent were
not disappointed as Mercur sold down
to 81 fiat, while Mammoth was weak
in the bidding at $1671a,-with offerings
at $165
Merucr. however, gathered strength
as the call progressed and bids as high
as s7.021s were posted, to be afterwards
withdrawn. Centennial Eureka regis
tered a bid of S33 for board lots, which
bid was later on withdrawn and that
of $50 substituted. Geyser- Marion was
undoubtedly stronger, although this
security did not participate in the deal
ings of the CALL Northern Light lost
some ground and was weak at figures
given below. Sacramento was steady
and also cutie active, being wanted in
1000 share lots at Go cents.
Chloride Point was steady and able
to maintain previous quotations.
Omaha dropped a small block at 2S
cents while Buckeye responded with a
transfer at 1A cents. Homestake also
took part in the dealings of the day.
The transactions of the day were as
follows:
SALES OF STOCKS.
1000 Four Aces at tx cents.
500 Four Aces at 71s cents.
500 Mercur at 81.
1,5eO Northern Light at 611 cents.
1000 Northern Light at Ga cents.
200 Sacramento at sc cents.
500 Sacramento at s. cents.
500 Chloride Point at 95 cents, buyer
80 days.
200 Chloride Point at 91% cents.
100 Omaha at Is cents.
1000 Buckeye at ~ cents.
1000 Homestake at Ia cents.
The closing quotations were as fol-
lows:
CALL OF LISTED STOCKS.
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CHINESE ALLIES.
Dr.. CHAINS Novel Plan to Aid the
Americans.


Cleveland, O., June 10-Dr. Joseph F.
Chan, a Chinese physician, highly edu-
Gated and naturalized citizen, residing
here. has conceived a novel plan for rem
deTing assistance to the United States in
driving the Spaniards from the Philippines
and has offered his services to the gov
eminent to aid in carrying out the plan.
DR.. Chan proposes to enlist IN the
United States regular army or to receive
an appointment as surgeon. He viii ask
for an authority to enlist party of about
200 of his fellow cOuntrymen in San Fran
cisco. and take them TO the Philippines
and do missionary work among the
Chinese residents of that country Dr..
Chan says thai OF the 5000 000 of inhab-
itants in the Philippines 5,O0oo0e are
Chinese. They were taking no part in the
Instruction against the SpaniarGs but
were strongly opposed to Spanish rule
He says that the Chinese in the Philip
pines are almost entirely ignorant of the
United States. but if he can go over
there he would influence them to become
in favor of the government of the islands
under control of the United States and
could organize a large army of Cinnamon
to fight under the Stars and Stripes and
to become allies in the army Of invasion
The doctor is in correspondence with Gov
ernor Bushnell and the war department
at Washington in reference to his plan.
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Beats the Klondike.

Mr.. A. c. Thomas of Marysville.
Tex, has found a more valuable dis
covery than has yet been made in the
Klondike. For years he suffered untold
agony from consumption, accompanied
by hemorrhages; and was absolutely
cured by DR.. Kings New Discovery for
Consumption, Coughs and Colds. He
declares that gold is of little value in
comparison with this marvellous cure:
would have it, even if it cost a hun
dred dollars a bottle. Asthma, Bron
chitis and all throat and lung affections
are positively cured by DR.. Kings New
Discovery for consumption. Trial
bottles free, at z. c. NJ 1. drug store.
Regular size. SOC and ST. Guaranteed
to cure or price refunded.
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opinion was written by Justice Miner
and concurred in by Chief Justice Zane
and Justice Bartch. N c. Christensen
made deed of assignment Of all his
property for the benefit of his creditors
without preference to respondent Bill
llngs- The appellant, as United States
marshal, levied certain executions upon
the assigned property and sold it,
whereupon this action for conversion
was brought by the respondent. The
court below found the issues in favor OF
the plaintiff, which the supreme court
now affirms.
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Bullion-Beck Dividend.

The Bullion-Beck company came up
to the scratch yesterday with the an
nouncement of a dividend for June of
10 cents a share, or $4,000, payable on
the 18th inst.
1t is understood that the company
was in condition, financially, to pay
even more than this amount, but it was
thought best to build up the surplus,
and for this reason BIB stockholders
must content themselves this month
with 10 cents a share, which, undoubt-
eddy, they are pleased to get.
1t is reported that the mine is in ex-
cellent condition, with losts of good ore
in sight.
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SUPREME e0UR! OPINIONS
TWO HANDED DOWN AFFIRMING
TRIAL COURT JUDGEMENTS.
State VS.. Mckee and Billings VS.. Par
sons, and Others-District Court
Orders and Miscellaneous Notes.

Two opinions were, yesterday handed
affirming the judgments of the trial
courts in the cases of the state vs.
James J. Mckee, appellant, and John
e. Billings VS.. Elias H. Parsons ct al,
appellants.
In the Mckee case it appeared from
the record that the defendant was
found guilty of grand larceny and sem
fenced to five years Imprisonment in
the state prison
Before entering his plea of not guilty
the defendant submitted a motion to
set aside the information upon the
ground that he had not been committed
for the crime described in it, after an
examination by a magistrate. Stated
more definitely, the ground was that his
examination and commitment was upon
the charge of having stolen 700 sheep,
the property of John II. Reader and
nine others, naming them, when the
information filed in the district court
charged him with stealing 81 sheep, the
property of John H. Reader, and a
lesser number, the property of each of
five other of the men named in the
commitment. The commitment stately
in effect that the sheep were the COM
mon property of ten individuals, when
the information charged they were
owned individually by six of the same
ten; one ownership was alleged to be
joint; the other several.
The opinion holds the name of the
owl er Of stolen property is no part of
the crime; that it is stated in indict-
ments and informations as a matter
of description, and the information viii
not be set aside because of slight in
accuracies and mistakes of the COM
hitting magistrate in describing the
offenSe.
Errors occurring at the trial were also !
urged by the appellant, but none of the |
objections were found valid, and the |
district courts judgment was affirmed. |
The opinion was written by Chief |
Justice Zane, and concurred in by JUS |
tice Bartch, Justice Miner dissenting
Billings VS.. Parsons.
In the case of John E. Billings VS..
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POLICY OF CONQUEST.
General Merritt Approves Plan to
Seize Additional Territory.

San Francisco, June 10-At the banquet
given by Mayor Phelan to Major General
Merritt Il the Pacific club a number of
prominent citizens We're present. In re-
spending 10 a toast IN his honor General
Merritt said that the success of the
American troops in the Philippines could
not be doubted. The territory acquired
by the United States by right of conquest
should not be relinquished. What the
navy has won the army viii hold He
closed by saying: y believe in the new
national policy Of the United-States which
looks to the acquisition of additional ter
ritory. represented in outlying islands that
are requisite for the development of ma
tiOnal growth.
His sentiments Were heartily applauded.
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DISCUSSED BY CABINET.
Present Tariff Duties Continued For
the Present

Washington. June 1O.-The question of a
customs tariff and a system of internal
revenue taxation for the Philippine
islands was under discussion at the cab
met meeting today The present scheme
of customs duty until recently enforced
by Spain probably viii be continued, for
the present at least. but the present bur
densome system of internal revenue tax
alton viii be done away with and some
thing more in line with our laws substi-
tuted therefor. 1t is Believed that the
president has the whole matter before
him and ii is expected he will take action
thereon within the next few days. As
the collection of these revenues will be
delegated to the army of occupation, full
instructions Will be sent very soon to
General Merritt.
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SLUMP IN MERcUR.
This Old Favorite and Dividend-payer
Sells at 81

The attendance at the call of the ex-
change yesterday was large, the pit
being well filed, while the lobby was
crowded, each face wearing a look of
expectancy owing to the fact that the
Mercur dividend had been decreased
and that the unexpected had happened
in the affairs of the Mammoth Mining
company, the belief being strong that
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THE DUBUQUE NINE
Promising Property Discovered In
ToOle County.
AN OAKBRUSH BONANZA
SIXTEEN FEET OR ORE THAT
RUNS HIGH IN GOLD.

Brokers to Meet at Eleven-Broker
, Ben Sprenger Causes Some Commo-
ton In the Pit-The Mercur Divi-
dend-A Safe Dividend Even With
Disbursements fredericksburg
In Mercur-This Old-time Favorite
and Dividend-payer Sells at 81
Northern Light Assessment-Bul
1ion-Beck Dividend-Ore and Bull
ion-Silver and Lead-Mining
Notes and Personals.