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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-02-14

prevailing defects in American municipal
organization and management. Since our
last triennial the National Municipal
League for the Improvement of Local
Government has been organized. The
same influence which brought the League
into being has caused intelligent women
living in American cities to feel the con-
dition of municipal life direct appeal
to their own conscienceS.
THE local council will be found to be
the most effective instrument that has
been shaped to woman's hand for the
correction of evils and the inauguration
of the reign of virtue in public places. 3"
She recommended that a committee be
formed whose business it shall be (a) to
secure a complete list of all the titles
under which women are gathered into
organizations in this country. and OBJ
to classify these titles and group them
under the heads of religion, education,
civics and politics. industry, professional
freedom and activity, literature and art;
that the council request the next Dresi-
dent OF the council to appoint eight wom-
en- to stand at the head of each of the
eight departments; that institutions as
well as organizations be admitted to
membership on the same pecuniary terms
and with the same representations as
local councils.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-02-14

preme court at Lewiston; senate bill
No. 3S, by Gooding, to suppress con-
tagious and infectious diseases Of
sheep, to create the office of state sheep
inspector, and of deputy state sheep in
spectors; senate bill No. Is, by Hays,
prohibiting justices of the peace and
probate judges from issuing warrants
unless in extreme cases without receiV-
ing authority of the county attorney:
senate bill No. is, by Ainslie, authoriz-
ing surety companies to give official
bonds; senate bill No. 40, by Atnslie,
providing for the consolidation of in
corporated cities, towns and villages:
house bill No. 221, by Hanlon, fixing at
torney's fees in suits for wages; house
bill No. 1S9, by Munson, authorizing
road overseers to seize and sell personal
property for delinquent road poll taxes:
house bill No. 2SS, by Johnesse. prohiD-
iting the adulteration of candies ana
confectionery; house joint resolution
No. 8, by Moody, for the immediate
construction of the Nicaragua canal.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-02-14
CURRENCY REFORM.
Comptroller Dawes Urges Adoption
of McKinleY's Plan.

Chicago, Feb. 1S.-The annual ban
quet Of the Marquette club was held
this evening in the Auditorium. Many
prominent men from all parts of the
United States were present. Members
of the club and other invited guests
sweiled the total number at the ban
quet TO nearly 1000 The chief speaker
OF the evening was Whitelaw Reid,
member OF the Spanish-American peace
commission, who responded to the
toast, American Diplomacy"
Hon. Charles G. Dawes, comptroller
OF the currency, SPOKE on Currency
Reform" concluding as follows:
We do not want confidence destroy
ed We do not want radical or revoiu-
tlonary experiments with the currency.
Nothing could more unfaVorably affect
the credits OF the country, now in such
healthy state, than radical currency
legislation. We must make reforms in
our currency. but those reforms need
not and must not involve the risk of
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-02-14
ATLANTIC LINERS OVERDUE
MANY VESSELS DELAYED BY
THE STORM.
Freight Steamer Almida Is Given Up
For Lost-Last Weeks Vessels
Have Not Been Sighted.

New York, Feb. 13.-None of the At
lantic liners from Great Britain and the
continent that regularly arrive here
at the end of the week have yet been
sighted. The passenger liners due are
the American liner Paris, nine days out
from Southampton, which was due on
Friday; the Cunarder Etruria, eight
days out from Queenstown; the French
liner La BTetanSe, nine days out from
Havre; the Anchor liner Anchorla, SIX
teen days out from Glasgow: the Hol-
land-American liner Spaarndam, eight
cen days out from Rotterdam; the
Hamburg liner Pretoria, M
teen days cut from Hamburg; the
North German Lloyd liner Gera, thir-
teen days out from Bremen; the WHITE
Star liners Nomadic Ca freighteG), thir-
teen days out, and the Cymric, ten days
out from Liverpool.
Freight steamers whose voyages are
growing uncomfOTtably long are the
Eastern Prince, twenty-four days out
from Shields; Deike Reikmsrs, twenty
five days out from Havre; SalernO,
twenty days out from Newcastle, Eng
land, and the Catania, eighteen days
out from St. MichaeIs. The AlTnlda,
fifty-eigh6 days cut from Shields, has
been about given up as lost with all ON
board.
No doubt a large fleet of steamers
has arrived in the vicinity of Sandy
Hook bar and is waiting outside for
the blizzard to pass. The marine OBJ
server laconically reports Nothing but
blizzard
Swamp Scott, Mass, Feb. ia big
steamer, apparently an ocean liner, was
sighted off Dread Lodge, in Swamp
Scott bay, this afternoon in the midst
OF the storm. She was apparently at
anchor and was blowing her whistle
continually, but whether as distress
signal or a warning on account of the
thick weather could not be determined
from shore
She apparently had a black hull, was
about 800 feet long and had red band
around her smokestack. she stood IN
the water and was badly iced up.
The Hfe-saving crew was prevented
from going to her assistance on account
of the ice
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picion. Further debate was cut off by
the previous question, and the pending
motion was lost by tie vote-20 to 20.
On motion of Osburn, and on rising
vote-2O to 19-the bill was then laid
on the table.
Reynolds bill requiring railroad COM
panies to bu7>l depots was, under sus-
pension, passed beyond second reading.
After the prohibition amendment had
been read the second time, Kingsley
moved that it be indefinitely postponed.
Madden, the author of the amendment,
said he had no desire to precipitate a
fight on the floor at this time, and
withdrew the measure, which practi-
caliy means it's death.
IN THE SENATE.
In the senate, the vote on the river
bill was as follows:
Ayes-Ainslie, Bailey, Brigham,
Church, Fogg, Hooper, Mullins, Nc
Donald, McMurrin, Price, Stacey.
Wright, Watts, Goodnight.
Nays-Easton, Hays, Smiths.
Absent-Budge, Carr, Hegstead, Lip
pincottA.
Inc following bills were laid on the
table: By Wright and Hooper, to Sc
cure the payment of wages to en-
pIoyees of lessees of mining claims; oy
Bulge Cby requesO, eXempting the per
>sonal earnings. of debtors for sixty
d2-s-
Bills were passed as follows: Senate
bill No. 10. by Ainslie, granting to
railroads the right of way through
state and school lands; senate bill No.
%, by Wright, regulating the practice
Of medicine and surgery, and provid-
ing for the organization of a medical
board: senate bill No. ~, by Hooper,
making it unlawful for any Indian con-
nected with any United States Indian
agency TO have IN his possession, or TO
bear firearms during the closed game
season: senate bill No. 80, by Stacey,
providing for a deputy clerk of the su-
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-02-14
LIEUT.. SEAMAN WOUNDED.
Additional Casualty List Sent By
General Otis.


Washington, Feb. 1S.-The adjutant
general today received the following
casualty list from General Otis:
Twentieth Kansas.-Wounded: Cap
tain Charles II Christy, company e;
Privates James Kerscherer, a, and
Charles Bennett, NJ.
First Observation-Disclosures Sergeant
George W. Lowman, company D; Pri-
waite Adolph Charette, company A
Following casualties in the trenches
at Malabon on the night Of the 18th
and morning of the 18th:
First Northumberland: Privates
Steve Stevens, company @; Charles
Britain, company B; Joseph Callahan,
company N.
Utah Artillery.-Wounded Second
Lieutenant George a. Seaman, bat
terry y.
Twentieth Kansas.-Wounded: Pri-
vate Via Payne, company \.
First California.-Wou nded, Feb. 6:
Private Edward O'Neil company E.
Norsenberg, Twentieth Kansas, re-
ported Feb. II, should read Morse.
DEATHS FROM SICKNESS.
The war department today received
the following cablegram from General
Following deaths since last report,
not including those killed in action:
Feb. 4: Victor +. Schofeld. private,
a. First South Dakota, variola
Feb. 6: Michael 2. Crowley, private,
d Second Oregon, dysentery; John
Marion. private, X, Third artillery,
suppuratiye tonsilitis; James Garvey,
private. A, First Tennessee, variola
Feb. s: Daniel Kyger. private, l.
First washington, typhoid fever.
Feb. 10: Charles Lille, private, I.
First Colorado, acute diarrahoea, from
gunshot wounds in action.
Feb. s: Joy Sheldon, sergeant, I,
twentieth Kansas; w. Chopwood, pri-
vate. d. First Washington.
FEB. II: l. ]. Howard private, B,
Twentieth Kansas.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-02-14
IDAHO IS FOR ECONOMY
-$-
Big Fight In Legislature Over Ap-
preparation Bills.
A POLICY OF PARSIMONY
SERGEAN ON A HUNT
FOR ABSENTEES.
A POLICY OF PARSIM0N,
Attempt Will Be Made to Defeat All
Appropriations, Weaving Them
For An Extra Pass
Bill Defeated By the HouseAPro-
ceedings In the Senate.
fspecial 10 The IIerald.O

Boise Ida, Feb. 13.-The fight of the
session will be over the general aDDro-
priation bill, which. it is expected,
Chairman Wallentine viii put TO the
house in a couple OF days. The aD-
preparation committee refuses to give
out any information as4to the various
items of the bill, but enough las leak
ed out to cause the clouds to gather.
The measure will be stamped all over
with parsimony, Notwithstanding the
efforts of the administration, whose
members agree with the committee po-
liticaIly, to have more liberal allow
ances made. The cuts VIII be so heavy
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-02-14
NEW YORK BURIED.
Stores Were Closed Up and the Streets
Deserted.

Ii
Deserted.
New York. Feb. 13.-The storm which
has been raging since Saturday night
increased in violence today, becoming
a. thorough blizzard. Snow fell all day
and is still coming down. y bitter
northwest wind drifts the snow in
clouds The STRENGTHENING depart
ment. after struggling thirty-six hours
TO clear the principal streets, gave up
entirely. even surrenderlng Broadway
TO the wind and snow. The surface
railroads run snOwplowS over the roads
at intervals and maintain a service,
but the cars are not heated and not
well patronized. The elevated roads
are running, but trains pay no regard
to schedule time. In the suburbs,
where the wind has free sweep, the
drifts are five to ten feet high, street
railroads have stopped altogether and
suburban steam roads are blocked.
MANY neighbOring towns are cut off
from New York altogether. Few trucks
and delivery wagons were seen on the
streets today. Floating ice cakes in
the river hinder the ferries greatly
Few persons ventured from their
homes today, unless obliged to do So
Courts had to be closed because of
the cold. and the special Lincoln day
celebrations and the theatres were
thinly attended.
Today was a legal holiday with the
hanks and exchanges, and an enforced
one in the business districts generally
AS there were no shoppers, the big
stores closed their doors and sent the
clerks home. The streets, even in the
theatre district. are almost deserted.
THOUSANDS FREEZING.
All the charitable institutions are
taxed beyond their resources, owing to
the sudden demands made upon them.
OF the 5000 destitute families in the
CITY. as estimated by Blair, superin-
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-02-14
Economic Suite Decided.

Pittsburg, Feb. 1.-THE long pending
suit against John Duss. trustee of the
famous Society Of Economics, brought
bv heirs of former members for the
purpose of securing the dissolution of
the society and an accounting and dis
tribution OF the funds, was decided in
favor of Trustee Duss today by Judge
AtchesQn of the United States circuit
court. The suit involved many millions
of dollars.
Less than a dozen of the Economists
are still living. and, with two or three
exceptions, they are EOngenarians.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-02-14
Brooklyn Bridge Contraction.

New York, Feb. 1S.-On Saturday,
when the thermometer was degrees
below zero, measurements of the Brook
Ign bridge We're taken for the trusses
and other parts, to find out how much
the contraction had been. In comparing
these figures with those taken last July,
when the thermometer was 80 degrees
above. it was found that the difference
was fourteen fest and half
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-02-14
BU1GARIA's CONDITION.
Rudder Injured, But There Is No
Cause For Alarm.

London, Feb. 13.-The Hemburg-AIn-
erican Steamship company has issued
an assuring statement regarding the
eCmpanys steamer Bulgaria, ceporte'-
as drifting helplessiy 500 miles from The
Azores. The company's statement IS TO
the effect tnat they rad advices tEat th5
Bulgaria 5 rudder WAS injured, but that
her commander, Captain Schmidt, one
OF the Oldest and most ef1cient ship
masters, evidently considered the stu
alton so little dangerous that he de-
clined the Weenawken's offer to take
the Bulgaria in Tow
London, Feb. 1S.-Lloyd's agent at St.
Michaels, Az res, cables that the steam
er Weedawl1en reports that the Bul-
garia, when spoken on Feb ., IN iati-
tude 40. longitude 70. was ir a sinki1S
condition, with ,hree holds full OF wa or.
her rudder broken anu ner machinery
disabled.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-02-14
REBELS ARE DISCONTINUED,
UNPAID. UNIFIED AND WEARY

London Feb Iuers Telegram
following dispatch Manila
OF Caooean sDanlard who had been
holding
the
a
accepted in
The rebels
AguinaIdo
addressed the Filipino there he had
Amerca hadb been killed
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-02-14
DELLENBAUGH CONVICTED.
Acted AS Counsel While Sitting AS
Judge.

Cleveland, O., Feb. 13.-The circuit
court this afternoon found Judge Del
lenbaugh guilty as charged in the
third specification. The sentence of the
court was not announced, and, it is
understood, viii not be made public
until after the trial of State Senator
burke, which will begin within a few
days. A third specification in tba
charges against 'Deilenbaugh is in CON
nectIon with the 20. K" which he. as
judge, placed on the Manning divorce
decree and in which, it is alleged. he
was also interested as counsel. Judge
Han read the verdict. Judge DelIen-
paugh was not present when the de-
clslon was read, he sitting as judge in
the common pleas court.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-02-14
COUNCIL OF WOMEN.
President sewall's Report at the Ma
tionsl Catherine

Washington, Feb. ia binding snow
storm did not prevent the meeting of the
National Council OF Women at the church
of our Father today. About fifty ladies
We're present. The session was devoted
exclusively to business matters. the rs-
port of the president May Wright SewaYl,
pelng the principal feature. She said:
Although the membership Of this
council has been increased by three large
national organizations, one state council
and four local councils since the last tri-
ennial, ii is found that all of these or
CARNATIONS can find relatively adequate
days.
The last four years have been char
acterlzed by growing sensitiveness to the
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-02-14
UTAH ARTILLERY OFFICER
Shot At HIS POST OF DUTY

Maa Feb volunteers
hofA
men is
n
of Manila.
There the
Fourth the
has
snealing alon the beach
The enemy busy throwing
in the jungle tons.
Several americans Woe wounded in the trench
George A Seaman Of battery T. Utah
ing
Private
-Stevens, wounded
All the
a
The United States cruise Charleston
off Maos the Of the socad
els mil
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There was considerable regret, there
lore, over information from Colonel
Hecker at New York that the Sheridan
which was to start today with tbe
Twelfth infantry and the remaining
battalion of the Seventeenth, could not
be ready for a week
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that bitter contest will be precipi-
tated, and some of the members go so
far as to say they will fight the COM
mittee and its friends to the end of the
session, if necessary, on this issue. 1t
was suggested today that no appropria-
lions will be made at all this session,
the idea being that the governor would
call an extra session to consider the
question alone Between those who
will fight the committee and report,
and those who are willing to take any
step to force the appropriation into an
extra session, so as to give the re-
mainder of the present session to other
matters. the appropriation bill will
travel a thorny path.
The requests of the state officers will
be ignored in the appropriation bill, all
being cut in two.
HOUSE PLAYED HORSE.
A call held the house up for the
greater part of this afternoon, and
while the sergeant-at searched
for absentees, the members cooped up
in the hall played horse. During the
day the fish and game bill was adopted
without amendment, and the district
mine Inspector bill, which had been IN
definitely POSTPONED, was resurrected
and committed.
Jones bill. providing that all agree
ments with Drosoectors must be in
writing, and generally regulating part
nerships, and Kingsley's bill for the
creation of the office of state horticul-
tural inspector, were, under suspension,
advanced, taking them very near the
end of their house journey under the
rules.
RAILROAD PASSES.
When Redwine's bill prohibiting pub
lie officials from riding on passes, was
read the first time, Hulse NOV ed that
it be indefinitely postponed. Redwine,
in warmly opposing the motion, said
the people demanded that their public
servants be no longer placed under OBJ
legations to transportation companies.
He contended that a pass was no diff
ferent than the direct tender of money,
for corporations never gave anything
away that they did not expect some
thing in return. He warned members
not to ruthlessly set aside a measure
that the people demand.
Hulse said the people who sent the
members here cared nothing about
passes. What they wanted was honest
legislation after the members had
reached the capitol. How they got
this was of no interest to them.
Jones advocated the bill as a means
Of placing public officials above sus-
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twelfth Infantry DELAYED.

Washington, Feb. 1S.-In spite of the
complacency Of the war department
over the Philippine situation, it is well
known that the department is anxious
to get all the reinforcements scheduled
for Manila started as soon as possible.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-02-14
AWFUL BLIZZARD
SWEEPS The EAST
Cities Helpless In the Storm
Kings Grasp.
TRAINS ABANDONED,
BUSINESS SUSPENDED
Complete Blockade of the thorough
fares at Washington.

Provisions and Coal Delivered On
Pack Horses-AIl Government De
partments and Public Schools
closed-New York Abandons At
tempt to Keep the Streets Clear
Coolest Weather Ever Known In
the South-Below Zero On Gulf.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-04-09
HL0BE'S MINNEAPOLIS OFFICE,
~ 20 WASHINGTON AY. SOUTH

The eight Minneapolis vestrymen, who
recently resigned from Gethsemane
church, decided at a meeting held yester-
day. that under no circumstances would
they reconsider their action, a step which
had been urged upon them by many men,
bers of the congregation.
The vestrymen. without exception, ex-
pressed regret that under the circum-
stances there was no other course left
open for them TO pursue. They declared
that their action was taken solely with
the welfare of the church in view. 1t
had been their conviction that the finan-
cial condition of the church demanded
the closest economy, and as they still ad.
hered to that view in spite of the OPP
posite stand which had been taken by
the congregation; their retirement was
necessary in order that harmony should
prevail in the church. The sentiment
was that other men whose views coincid-
ed with those of the majority would be
better fitted to carry out their wishes.
A communication outlining their position
was prepared for presentation at the
church this morning.
Rev. j. J. Faude, who attended the
meeting, thinks that the vestrymen are
to be commended for the straightforward
manner in which they have acted on the
trying situation in which they were plac-
ed.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-04-09
CAPTURE OF LEECHEs.
fifty Thousand of Them Are Colo
nfZed I'm New York

IL may not be generally known that
greater New York Possesses q COLONY of
$4,000 leeches. Leeches are not pretty
| 10 look upon, either, and while it is true
| tnat they have clinging disposition they
| could hardly be considered harmless
household pets
| Still, leeches have their virtues. They
| come In handy in the treatment of bad
| bruises where quantities of CASTOR blood
has collected beneath the skin. Many a
| PACK eye has been checked through their
| kind Offices
Awful thought! Suppose the whole So.
oo0 now held in bondage at the New York
| leech farm should break loose Mt night
and with their gluttonish, blood-hungry
| instinct crawl through cracks and crew
Ices into the sleeping apartments of
| nefghboring dwellingsi This is lust what
happened to the waking tenants who liy-
ed near San Francisco leech farm only a
| few years ago.
Hundreds Of them crawled up the walls
and tried every window and crevice, seek
| ing an entrance because of some instinc-
| tive knowledge that in the houses they
could find pasturage upon the occupants.
| A few found their way into sleeping
chambers-perhaps 1000 out of the 900
| which made UP tho population of the
| Frisco colony. But even that number
OF snaky, black and green, creepy worms
distributed about couple of large tene-
ments sufficed to terrify the inhabitants
almost into fits when they felt the eager
suction of the leeches and awoke to find
themselves festooned with the ugly pro-
| ducts Of swampy ooze.
! There are said to be only two leech
farms In this country-one III New York
| and one in San Francisco. Their loca-
| lions are kept secret to prevent COM
| plant from residents in the neighborhood.
A prominent physician. who fatty denied
| the least knowledge of the whereabouts
| Of the metropolitan esta blishment, in
| formed the writer that there at times as
many as $4,000 leeches squirm carelessiy
around, over or through swamp muck
necessarily searching for some hapless
unfortunate that chance may have mir
ed to furnish feast for them.
The leeches are mostly brought from
France. In the surroundings of Bordeaux
there are large areas of black, light ooze
in which leeches multiply without inter-
ference.