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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-02-22
MRS. w. c. WHITNEY INJURED.
Struck ON Head by Bridge Bean
While Out Riding.

White Ont Riding.
A special dispatch to the Baltimore Sun
from Columbia 8. c.. yesterday said: Mrs.
William c. Whitney was accidentally
struck on the forehead and knocked from
her horse this morning two miles from
Aiken. where the Whitneys are spending
the winter. She was picked up uncon-
scious, carriage was gotten, and she was
taken to her home.
The blood poured from a cash six inches
long and extended across the upper part
OF her forehead. She regained conscious
ness in half an hour
Mrs. Whitney, in a large company. among
whom were her husband, Mrs. Valentine
Mott, Mr.. and Mrs. Hitchcock. Sir and
Lady Colebrook. Mr.. and Mrs. Duncan Ell
lott and Mr.. and Mrs. c. T. Havemeyer,
left the Whitney mansion on a fox hunt
by Robinson's creek. The creek is crossed
by q covered bridge, and in cantering I'M
der 1t Mrs. Whitney's head struck a beam.
She had frequently passed under the bridge.
but heretofore had been riding a smaller
horse. The morning being cold she was
wearing a heavy veil, which interfer,A
with her vision.
It was supposed for some time that Mrs
Whitney's skull was fractured, but sub
sequent examinations showed the bones to
be intact. although the cash is deep. The
accident throws gloom over the little town,
where so many persons have gathered fer
q gay season.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-02-22
CLERKS OF THE CENSUS REkU.
Senate FavOrs Putting Them Under
the Secretary of the Interior.

The Senate devoted the latter part of the
session yesterday afternoon to bill pro-
vidinG for the twelfth and subsequent cen-
suses. Mr.. Allison thought the census
bureau ought not be made independent
bureau, but be placed under the Depart
nent Of the Interior, under The general
81 peryision Of the Secretary of the Interior,
ard he proposed an amendment to that
effect.
The suggested amendment developed
wide divergence OF opinion among senators
as to the direction Of the census bureau,
and there was considerable discussion, in
which Messrs. Teller, Hale, Hoar. Lodge,
Allen and Carter participated The latter,
in charge CT the bill. briefly replying to
Mr.. Allen, said that the statements Of the
senator from Nebraska (Alien) concerning
the merits of the bill were about wild
was mis- statement that there were 21,pD
''loafers on the pay rolls Of the govern
ment departments in Washington as
clerks" As a matter of fact. there were
he said only about 10000 clerks employed
i'll the departments in Washington, and
there could not, therefore, be 1000 loaf
ers'' among them.
MIR Teller CCol) offered amendment
to Mr.. Allison's amendment providing that
the census bureau be placed under the
department of labor and that the commits
sioner of labor have general supervision
OF the Woih " Niit
n ent was lost-21 20 - The question then
reverted to the amendment offered by MIR.
Allison. 1t was adopted-aD to g.
Mr. Stewart proposed an amendment
striking out all of the bill except sections
| and 6, leaving to the Secretary of the
Interior the work of preparing plan
and making recommendations Tor ms
twelfth census The proposition was dis
cussed until $40 pm, when, without ac
ton upon the bill, the Senate. on motion
of Mr. Carter tMont.), went into executive
session and shortly afterward adjourned.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-02-22
Return of Lieut.. Devore.

Lieut. Devore, military aid to Secretary
Alger, has just returned to Washington
from Norway, where he went to bring on
the reindeer purchased by DIR. Jackson for
use in the Alaskan relief expedition. He
reports that the animals were all safely
shipped on the steamer Manitoban, which
sailed directly from Norway, for New York
across the North sea- He is doubtful, ow-
ing to the severe winter weather on the
ocean and the predictions of the natives
that the moss food taken on shipboard will
spoil, how the animals will bear the voyage
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-02-22

The regular permanent family
circulation of The Evening Star
in Washington is more than
double that of any other paper,
whether published in the morn
ing or in the afternoon.
AS medium for unobicc-
tionable advertisements it there
fore stands unequaled and I'M
approachable.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-02-22
FRANCE WILL NOT FIGHT Us.
Denial of a Report Of Understan lin .
With Spain.

A special cable dispatch to the Phiiadel-
phia Press from Paris yesterday says: A
correspondent tonight Informed NJ. Hano-
taux, the French minister of foreign az
fairs, that 1t has been stated in America
that in case of war between the United
States and Spain, France would take the
field in support of Spain. NJ. Hanotaux
n ade the following impressive and author
itstire reply:
THE French government has not con-
tcmplated the probability of war between
the United States and Spain; therefore, the
statement that France will take the field
against America is absurd. i prefer to
think that the memories of Columbus.
Washington and Lafayette are sufficiently
the present and prospective differences
upon an intellectual basis"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-02-22
GRIEF LED TO DEATH.

Death of a Baby Caused Two Women
to Commit Suicide.
A dispatch from New York yesterday
said: In a cottage at Hampstead. L. l..
Annie Vollmar, a middle-aged woman,
hanged herself to a beam I'm the cellar last
night, but was cut down before life was
extinct She is in a critical condition.
In the same cottage lies the body of Mrs.
Charles Bedell, Mrs. Vollmar's s-ter, who
killed herself Friday.
The death of Mrs. BedelPs child, eight
weeks old, unsettled the reason of both
women. They brooded four weeks over
their sorrow and then both decided TO COM
NIT suicide.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-02-22

The Southern Relief Society. at its regu-
lar meeting last evening, parsed i,esolu-
tons. unanimously expressing profound
sorrow for the calamity Detailing the battle
snip Maine and extending sympathy to the
bereaved families and relatives Of the brave
men lost and the wounded survivors,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-02-22

An alarm was sounded from box ii3 this
morning, about 5:45 o'clock, for a slight
fire in the grocery store of T. S. Harries,
40 18th street southwest. There was no
da mage done.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-12-22

sisted in asking pointed questions and
insisted upon answers being given in
absolutely unmistakable language-the
language of the street. Cummings eff
forts to save the ears of his listeners
met with the appreciation of the more
respectable of those in the courtroom.
Carl EiSenSchimmel. a. writing expert,
was the first witness. His testimony
was necessarily of an expert nature.
and showed almost concIusively that
Mrs. Botkin was the writer of the
anonymous letters, the address on the
candy box and the note sent with the
candy
Cummings testimony referred mostly
to the letters he had received and writ
ten from and to Mrs. Botkin after he
left San Francisco for Cuba, where he
was a newspaper man in the field He
explained that his hostility toward Mrs
Botkin commenced On his receipt of the
news of the means used in causing his
Wife'S death. He said that Mrs. Botkin
was the first person he thought of who
would have committed the crime. His
lions with Mrs. Botkin. He exonerated
Mrs. Corbeiller and Mrs. Calimberg of
any wrongdoing in the case, and told
of their friendly acts to him and his
family.
Theodore Kytka, another writing ex-
pert, was called and gave practically
the same testimony as his fellows,
Anes and Eisenschimmel. The prose-
cution then closed it's case. The de-
Tense will open tomorrow.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-12-22
BUILDING REDUCTION WORKS
UINTAH ASPHALT COMPANY
GOING AHEAD.
Plant Near Cotton Will Be In Opera
ton Within Sixty Days, Says
Promoter Pine of Denver.
fspacial to The Herald.l

Price, Utah, Dec. 21.-J. NJ. Pine, who
has large interests in the Uintah As
phalt company, whose properties are
located on the reservation, says he ex-
poets the reduction works near Cotton
to be in operation during the next sixty
days.
The company has shipped a 40-horse
power boiler out from Colorado, and
this will be installed at the Cotton
plant. The claims are north of Soldier
Summit. and are considered as valu
able in a hydrocarbon sense as those
in Whitmore canyon, where Mr.. Pine
and his partner. William Beddig, are
also interested with B. R. Mcdonald,
who recently made a deal there, and
who is supposed to be working in har-
mony with the Pleasant Valley Coal
company. The capacity of the plant at
Cotton cannot be determined upon un-
til it is seen what the properties of the
ores are.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-12-22

some time an extensive plate glass manu-
factuTer. He is a great-grandSon OF
Ethan Allen or revolutionary fame. His
ancestors were from Vermont, but his
father moved south and Mr.. Hitchcock
was born at Mobile, Ala.
Senator Proctor, who was in st. Peters
burg during the last summer, says he IS
very popular in the diplomatic corps and
among the acuuaintances he has made
abroad. Mr.. Hitchcock is a close per
sOnal friend of the president.
The president. at the time of the reSig-
nation Of Secretary Bliss. which occurred
shortly after the meeting of congress and
which was final. invited Senator John c.
SpOOner TO take the seat in the cabinet
vacated by Mr.. Bliss. Senator SDooner,
ment for two or three days. but after
considering it, notified the president that
he felt obliged to decline it.
Secretary Bliss in an interview with the
Associated Press. today said:
1t has been understood for some time
that it would be my wish TO retire from
public life on the conclusion of the war.
Now that the peace treaty has been
signed. my request to be relieved will be
granted but | shall await the arrival of
my successor before -seVering my cOunec-
tion with the interior department. l have
president in mis- policy through the trying
days ID which he sought to avoid war
and while. as cOmmander-in-chief he was
conducting the war that came, notWith-
standing his effort to prevent it. l be-
leVe most thoroughly in the course he is
now pursuing for maintaining the honor
of the country by securing the just re-
suits Of - successful war. I shall leave
my associates of the cabinet and of the
department and my many friends in
rSsrashington with great regreat, but Dri-
fNate and personal reasons make my re-
rirement 4 necessity
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-12-22

met by a committee of the Sons of the
Revolution and was escorted to the
Brown Palace Hotel. He was cheered
by hundreds of people who had assem-
bled at the depot and the hotel to give
him a welcome. During the forenoon
the lieutenant visited the high school
and the manual training school and
was introduced to the students, Who
received him most enthusiastically.
At 8 o'clock a reception was given at
the rotunda of the Brown Palace Hotel
attended by not less than 1000 people.
There was no kissing. The committee
having the affair in charge had decided
that this feature of Lieutenant Hob
sons receptions in the east should be
omitted here and the gallant officer
heartily seconded the decision. Ar
rangements were made to prevent the
success of any attempts by enthusiasts
tic damsels, but they were unnecessary.
Though more thSn a thousand women
were preSent to greet Hobson. not one
offered to kiss him. At > O'Clock he
delivered his lecture at the Taber Opera
House and at Gas boarded the Union
Pacific train for San Francisco.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-12-22

for the holidays, the final decision of
the peace treaty is as clear as it will
be after vote has been taken in the
senate. Two weeks ago the matter was
in doubt-today it is as certain that
the treaty will be ratified as it will be
that it has been after the vote has been
taken.
Mr.. BRYAN has been in Washington
for several days and has conferred
frequently with the Democratic leaders
in both the senate and the house. He
has advised ratification of the treaty,
and he is outspoken in the opinion that,
aside from the question of national
obligation, it is q matter of party policy
for the Democrats to throw no obstacle
in the way of ratification. There are
elading Democrats of both the senate
and the house who, less than a week
ago, were in doubt as to whether or not
Democrats should assist in ratifying
the treaty; more than that, some of
them were outspoken in the opinion
that it was perhaps better to repect it.
Today many of these Democratic lead
ers take open position that the treaty
should be ratified, and that it Will be
no one who has studied the situation
from the inside can have any reason
able doubt. 1t must not be understood
that the ratification of the treaty will
carry with it the assumption that all
those who vote affirmativelv are in
favor of national expansion across the
Pacific. OF the senators who viii vote
in favor Of the treaty there will be
Republicans as well as Democrats who
are opposed in principle as well as in
theory to the trans-oceanic expansion
of our national domain. They take,
however, and very properly, the view
that the question of expansion per Sc
is not involved in the consideration of
the peace treaty, and that after the
treaty has been ratified with Spain and
has been eliminated as a factor in the
Philippine problem it will be time
enough to consider the policy to be
pursued in dealing with the Philippines.
and just here will come the real con-
test of the question of expansion"
Mr.. Howell then says that after the
treaty has been finally disposed of a
declaration of the proposed policy of
this government in dealing with the
Philippines. and that this resolution
will be framed very much on the basis
of the Cuban resolution adopted coin
cident with the declaration of war, in
which it was declared that the policy
of this government would be to give
the people of Cuba free and independ-
ent government of their own.
Mr.. Howell further says 1.-THE vote
on this proposed resolution will not be
confined by any means TO party linfh.
and the outcome is in doubt A large
majority of the Democrats will vote in
favor of 1t, and a large majority of the
Republicans will vote against it, but
the size of either majority is sufficiently
involved IN doubt as to render eX-
ceedingly questionable the final action
that will be taken on the resolution.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-12-22
LAWS BY WHOLESALE.
Governor Steunenbsrg's Plan For
Validating Idaho Legislation.

6,
Validating Idaho Legislation.
Especial to The HeraId.)
Boise, Ida, Dec. Ex-Governor Steun-
enberg has devised a plan to validate
Idaho's bad laws, the supreme court
having decided that nine-tenths of the
enactments since Idaho was granted
statehood are illegal. In brief the plan
is to re-enact all the laws of the past
four sessions, excepting such as may
have been declared unconstitutional 1t
is expected that the Legislature viii
pass a concurrent resolution at the
ipening of the session to re-enact the
laws without amendment or debate
suspension, no more time being re-
quired than that necessary TO room
plying with the requisite formalities
In order to have the work thoroughly
done, Governor Steunenberg has called
to his assistance an unofficial commits
sion, composed of Henry H. Johnson
and Charles S. Kingsley of Boise and
Phil Averitt of st. Anthony. These
gentlemen are now at work preparing
the bills. This scheme to railroad
through these bills will meet with much
opposition, but the governor is conf
dent he will have a majority at his
back. The opposition will make a
strong fight on re-enacting the anti
gambling law and other important acts
which come under the supreme court
han
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-12-22
FEDERATION OF LABOR
SOLID FOR FREE COINAGE

O of the delegates
OF
Resolved That it is the of this convention that the action this
body substituting resolution
of
at the
NOV men stoodo on that matter
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-12-22
CASE AGAINST MRS. BOTKIN
PROSECUTION HAS SUBMITTED
ALL OF ITS TESTIMONY.
Defense Compelled Cunning to Relate
All the Disgusting Details-More
Experts Identify Handwriting.

San Francisco, Dec. 21.-The prosecu-
ton in the case of Mrs. Cordelia Bot
kin, charged with theI murder Of Mrs.
John P. Dunning and her sister, Mrs.
Deane, closed its case today. John P.
Dunning, who has been in charge of
the sheriff for two days for refusing
to answer certain pointed questions put
to him by the defense, was released
from custody today, the attorney for
the defense Withdrawing the objection
able question.
Mr.. Dunning was the principal wit
ness today. He was hauled over the
Goals by the attorneys for the defense,
who persisted in trying to introduce
every disgusting detail of the case, in
spite of the protests of the witness,
who clothed his language as we'll as
circumstances would permit, but leav
ing no one in doubt as to its meaning.
Nevertheless, the Botkin attorneys per-
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-12-22
INTERSTATE RESERVE.
Colorado and Wyoming Forests Will
Be Protected.


Cheyenne, Wyo., Dec. 2O.-State Su-
perintendent Of Forest Reserves Gar
butt, has returned from the southern
part Of Carbon county, where he has
been examining the timber lands. He
has picked out piece of forest land
about twenty by thirty miles. which he
viii recommend be made into a timber
reserve. The strip lies partly in Colo
rado and the Colorado superintendent
viii make the same recommendation.
This investigation was made upon re-
quest of the settlers in that section of
country, who claim that the timber is
rapidly being destroyed by tie-cutters
and hunters, who leave camp fires,
which spread and cover a large area of
forest. The ranchmen and farmers say
their water supply is growing smaller
and smaller each year as result, and
they want the forests protected.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-12-22
Dark Day For st. Louis.

ST Louis, Dec. 2l.-while this is the
shortest day of the year, it is also the
darkest. A heavy fog prevails and
above It is j bank of clouds. through
which the sun cannot penetrate. AT
noon chickens sought their roosts in the
outlying districts OF the city Down
town many of the street cars were
lighted up, while in the stores, offices
and other places of business, the lights
were turned on in full force in order
that business might be transacted.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-12-22
DEED OF DRUNKEN SOLDIERS
Shot An Alabama Woman and Her
Bow.

Meridian, Miss, Dec. 21-Lucy Thorn
as and 4-year-old boy were shot at
Futaw, Ala, today, by soldiers of the
First Mississippi volunteers. who We're
mustered out at Columbia, Tenn, yes
1erday. The boy was shot above the
left eye, and is not expected TO recover.
The mother received a painful wound
in the arm. above the elbow. The boys
were drunk and discrderly. recklessly
shooting into every house as they
passed. The woman and child were
standing in the doorway of their home,
and proved an easy mark for the ruff
fans. The firing was done from the
train on which the soldiers were en-
route home. and was kept up at other
places along the line, but. fortunately.
without further fatal results.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-12-22
FIVE MILLION ACRES
FOR EACH ARID STATE


exclusively irrigation
purpose of the
lands which valuable timber
in be
prescribed
state to the reclamation the arid lands
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-12-22
FIFTY THOUSAND MORE.
Volunteers at Manila Will Be Mus
tered Out.

Washington, Dec. 21-The cabinet to-
day decided that existing conditions
justified further reduction of the
military forces of the United States and
the secretary Of war was instructed to
arrange for the immediate muster out
of $4,000 volunteers. The details for the
execution of this order have not yet
been arranged. Several of the volun-
teer orders in the Philippines undoubt-
edly will be included in the number
Nothing definite has been decided by
the war department as to the regi-
ments which Will be included in the
$4,000 volunteers to be mustered out
1t is said, however. that they will be
distributed as equitably as possible
among the several states and in a gen
eral way the first regiments mustered
in viii be the first to go out.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-12-22
BRIEF SENATE SESSION.
PrOctor's Resolution Saved By Alb
sence of a Quorum.

sence of Quorum.
Washington, Dec. 21.-The absence of
a quorum of the senate today saved
Senator Proctor's resolution providing
for the appointment of commission of
senators to investigate the conditions
in Cuba and Puerto Rico during the ap-
preaching recess of congress from de-
cisive defeat. An effort was made by
Mr.. Daniel of Virginia to obtain con-
sideration for the resolution, but his
motion mustered only eight of the
thirty-ei votes cast. No business of
Importance was disposed of at todav's
session. Only some routine business,
including the passage of a few private
pension bills, was transacted.
On behalf of Mr.. Carter (Mont.), who
was absent, Mr.. Chandler offered a
resolution, which was referred to the
committee on rules, providing for the
distribution of the appropriation bills
among the several standing committees
of The senate and so amending the ex-
listing rules of the senate as to make
such distribution possible.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-12-22
SUGAR INDUSTRY THREATENED
How Policy of Expansion May Affect
Beet Raisers.

Chicago, Dec 21-A conference be-
tween officials of the American Sugar
Growers society and manufacturers of
beet sugar machinery and representa-
tives of beet sugar factories new in OPP
Grafton, was held in this city today. The
question under consideration was the
effect of the proposed annexation of
sugar producing territory in the West
Indies and in the Philippines upon the
development of the American sugar.
producing interest. The sentiment was
unanimous that the acquiring of tropi-
cal sugar territory would seriously af-
feet the development of the beet sugar
industry unless there was some ar
rangement made which would protect
the domestic industry against the OPP
GRAFTON of free trade in sugar from new
colonies. 1t was decided to make a for
NAL protest to congress.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-12-22
GILLETT HEARD FROM.
Willing to Return, If His Creditors
Want Him.

Kansas City, No. Dec. 21.-The Times
tomorrow win state that a Kansas City
commission man, whose name is with
held. but who is mentioned as the
holder OF lot of the paper fioated by
Grant G. Gillett, the Kansas cattle
plunger, has received a mysterious let
ter from the much wanted Gillett, in
which the latter states that he received
the Kansas City newspapers daily, and
that he is ready to appear here il his
creditors shall insert a personal" in
the newspapers, stating that they de-
sire to see him.
and the postmark is inegible. The let
ter was unquestionably written by Gil
lett. A personal requesting the plum
gers return win be printed.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-12-22
THE HERALD BULLETIN.

PAGE ONE.
Miles and Merritt Testif
Utah Men Mustered Gut.
Miss Victory Bateman Insane.
Senate VIII Ratify Treaty.
Ethan Hitchcock Succeeds Bliss.
FACE TWO.
In the Social Realm.
Havana's Death Rate
Navy's Part In the War.
PAGE THREE
Financial and Commercial.
Standard Oil Trust Burns Its Books
PAGE FOUR.
Editorial.
PAGE FIVE.
Days Doings In District Court.
J. P. Meilstrup Files Petition Il
Bankruptcy.
Women's Democratic Club Meets.
In Railway Circles.
The Grand Army Fair Closes.
PAGE SIX.
Another Good Strike.
PAGE EIGHT.
Tie Salt Palace Project.
Shoplifters Arrested.
Mrs. F. B. Hamilton's Condition.