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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-03-25
RULED BY THE TRUSTS.
English Paper Thinks Alliance With
America Unproftable.

London, March 24-The Saturday
Review, published this evening, acri-
moniously discusses the future rela-
tionship between the United States and
Great Britain in long article entitled
THE Rivals" After pointing out that
nothing material has yet been the
outcome of the passing wave of senti-
mental hypnotism." it proceeds to
blame the. American trusts for the fail
ure of the British-American Canadian
commission, saying:
These trusts may be expected to
menace British trade supremacy with
the same INSCRIPTIONS rivalry in the
far east as is now shown in Canada,
and ultimately everywhere in the
world. And as the trusts control Amer
lean politics, such immediate advan-
tages as England might gain from an
alliance would be largely overshadowed
by the dangers into which the trusts
are likely to force America by insisting
upon an indefinite policy of eXpan-
sion"
The article concluded by advising
England to pursue her own way,
treating America with the courtesy
which she extends to the continental
nations, no less and no more
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-03-25
POLICE ETCHINGS.

Joseph Crane was. fined So for drunk
enness.
Forfeitures from prostitutes amount
ed TO $50.
In police court yesterday James Ora
ham was granted a suspension of SEN
tence on charge of vagrancy.
James Cavanaugh, a young veteran
at petit larceny, lifted lap robe from
a buggy standing in front of the Des-
eret National Bank yesterday after
noon and was making a sneak for a
Commercial street saloon when Police
man Pack nabbed him on suspicion. He
was locked up at the station and the
owner of the blanket was found later.
Arthur Wilson, colored, was arrested
yesterday noon by deputy sheriff at
Murray on two charges of Vagrancy
and abusive language filed in police
court. The complainant was Goldie
Ludlow, who stated that Williams had
been hanging around her place on State
street and caus ng her much annoyance
Yesterday he smashed up the queens
ware and chewed a piece out of Col
dies ear. He was placed behind the
bars.
Some female garments recently stolen
from a Chinese laundry south of the
st. James hotel, We're located by De-
tectiVes Sheets and Gillespie yesterday
in room at 46 East Second South.
occupied by Holden O'Conner In the
room besides O'Conner was a sporting
woman named Ada Hemsley, both of
whom were placed under arrest While
the officers were gathering up the sto-
len clothing O'Conner made lightning
movement and escaped through the
door and down two flights Of stairs, eff
fecting a safe escape. The woman. was
taken to the police station, showing re-
sistance all the way. Al State and
Second South she drew a beer bottle
and threw it at officer Gillespie, but
it missed the mark and hit a citizen,
cutting cash in his head an inch long.
He is said to be the foreman of the
Sandy smelter. The woman was very
profuse in her apologies to him. She
was taken to the police station and
locked up.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-03-25
REID BLAMES PROVIDENCE.
Mckinley Not Responsible For the
Philippine War.

San Francisco, March 24.-At a BAN
quet given to President Harper of the
university of Chicago, Whitelaw Reid,
in a brief address, defended the policy
of the administration in the Philip
pines. He said in part: President
Mckinley or the administration did not
bring the war. 1t was the voice OF the
people, and if the voice of the people
is the voice of God. then it was divine
providence which confided to our care
this magnificent archipelago in the
East Indies; Now we must accept the
trust and administer it rightfully- The
man who would advocate the abandon
ment of that territory to the inevitable
anarchy that would overwhelm 1t II
we forsook it; advocates the course OF
a coward. We cannot shirk our duty.
He predicted for San Francisco, as a
result of the carrying out of this policy
a future which in the twentieth cen
fury would make it rival the great
metropolis of the Atlantic coast.
President Jordan of Stanford. and
President Harper also spoke, dealing
chiefly with the Importance of great
universities.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-03-25
By County Board of Equalization
Was Legal.
SUPREME COURT S0HOLDS
NEW TRIAL ORDERED IN JEN-
NINGS VS. o. P. PRATT EFT AL
Civil Side of the Kohl VS.. Brodie
Check Raising Affair Now On
Tlial-Two Cases. Argued and
Submitted In Judge Hiles' Court
Other Court Doings.

In the matter of the application Of the
Jennings Bros Investment company
VS.. the board of county commissioners
of Salt Lake county, composed of Fran
els Armstrong, L. e. Hall and Joseph
Rawlins for q writ of certiorari, the
supreme court handed down an opin-
ion yesterday denying the petition. The
application was original in the supreme
court and was made for the purpose OF
compelling the county board of equal
ization TO return to the supreme court
all the proceedings concerning a GER
tain resolution of the board whereby
the assessment of certain property in
Salt Lake City for taxes for the year
1898 was increased. A temporary writ
was issued and the plaintiff demurred
generally thereto. 1t was admitted in
the pleadings that at the time when
the resolution in question was adopted
the defendants We're sitting as the
county board of equalization, and that
the board, after carefully examining
the assessments of real estate in Salt
Lake City as made by the assessor and
hearing evidence with regard to the
valuations, decided that changes in the
valuations was necessary to correct
errors made. by him in valuing por-
tions of the real estate and to make the
assessments conform TO the value of
the property in money. The resolution
or order complained of relates to GER
tain portions Of districts of the city,
and under its terms the assessments on
all the real estate in such districts was
raised by adding a certain per cent to
the valuation placed upon it by the
assessor. The real estate Of the relator
was included within those districts and
the order was made without service Of
notice on each owner of property af-
fected by the change in valuation.
Counsel for the relator contended that
the order. having been made without
such notice, is unauthorized by law
ana beyond the jurisdiction of the
board and therefore void. The de-
PENDANTS maintained that the board of
equalization had power to raise or
lower the assessment in any district in
the county when necessary to make
the valuations of property conform to
its true value in money, and that the
general notice of their sitting as a
board. of equalization is sufficient.
The opinion, which was written by
Chief Justice Bartch and concurred in
by Justices Miner and BaSkin, holds
that the board of equalization had
jurisdiction to adopt the resolution in
question and thereby raise the assess
ment as therein specified, and the re-
lief prayed for is therefore denied.
The changes made raised the valua
ton of real estate 20 per cent in twelve
of the business blocks of the Guy, from
South Temple to Fourth South street
between State and Yves, Temple
streets; also the blocks between First
and Third South and State and Second
East on one side and those between
First and Third South and West Tenn
pie and First West on the other, max
ing dozen blocks in ALL
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-03-25
COMING STATE FAIR.
Address Issued By Deseret Agricul
tural & Manufacturing Society.

auuIess ASSueu by OeSeret ASr1cul-
tural & Manufacturing Society.
The officers of the Deseret Agricul-
turing & Manufacturing society issued
the following address yesterday:
Salt Lake City, Utah, March "a, 1889.
To the Citizens of Utah:
The directors of the Deseret Agricul-
tural & Manufacturing society have
named Oct. 8, 4, 5, and as the dates
for the Utah state fair of 1885, The fair
Will be held ON the exposition grounds
Salt Lake City, and will include de-
partments of agriculture, horticulture.
Horticulture. manufactures, mines, edu-
cation, art and women's work.
In order that all the varied interests
of the state may receive recognition
and all classes of it's citizens be bene-
fitted by the appropriation made by the
third state legislature of Utah, the pre-
MUM list Will be made very general in
its character, and so classified and ar
ranged that the greatest consideration
possible will be shown to all the arts
and industries of this great state.
The fair of 1899 will mark a new
epoch in the history of the Deseret Ag-
ricultural & Manufacturing society, it
being the first state fair held in Utah.
Twenty-one fairs were held under orr
territorial government all of them re-
flecting great credit upon their pro-
motors and the business men generally
who contributed so largely to their sue
cess. and although the last one was
held at a time when the whole country
was suffering from a financial panic,
it was a decided success in every way,
and furnished an object lesson of the
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-03-25
). W. SEARS, Secretary,
MONEY FROM THE STATE.
Auditor Commences Drawing War.
rants For Appropriated Items.

State Auditor Richards yesterday re-
ceived from the secretary of state a
certified copy of the general appropria-
ton bill passed at the recent session
of the legislature and approved by the
governor. Immediately the auditor
commenced to draw warrants for ap-
proved claims on file for authorized ex-
penditures, and after completing this
task will draw warrants for approved
accounts in order of enumeration in the
act. However, it will be about a week
yet before the committee which is re-
vising the legislatures journals will be
through checking up with these claims,
for which appropriations were made.
Auditor Richards directs attention to
section of the appropriation act,
which states:
"All bills, vouchers, statements of
claims or other evidences of indebted
ness against the state, for any money
appropriated herein, shall be filed with
the state auditor before warrants are
drawn for the payment thereof"
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-03-25
NEGRO MURDERER HUNG.
Committed the Crime the First Time
He Was Ever Drunk.


Chestontown, Md, March 24.-Joseph
Wright, colored, was hanged in the
Jail yard here at S:45 o'clock this morn
ing.
Wright shot William Newcomb, an
aged colored man, on the night of Nov.
8, 1897, killing him almost instantly
He has since asserted that he was
drunk, for the first time in his life.
when he killed Newcomb, against
whom he had no feeling of any kind,
and that he had no conception of his
action. A strong effort to induce Gov
ernor Lowndes to commute his sentence
was unavailing,. The. condemned man
met death calmly and without finch
ing. ...-......
Bismarck. N. D., March 24.-James
w. Cole, who on Dec. IL, shot and killed
his sweetheart, Miss H. Ford, through
jealousy, this morning expatiated his
crime on the scaffold. The execution
was the second legal hanging in the
state and one of the most successful
ever witnessed. The convicted man, a
full boold negro, was cool and collected
after he was placed on the scaffold and
after he made his farewell talk he
called to the officers to pull the trap.
Cole did not want any religious conso-
lation and would not have the death
warrant read.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-03-25
For Boys and Girls.

A notable short story of railroad
life. An adventure and what came
of Il.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-03-25
WASHINGTON NOTES.

Yesterdays statement of the condition
of the treasury shows: Available cash
balance, $3.50 III, 056; gold reserve, S242, 434,-
O22
The new Mexican ambassador. Senior
Don Manuel Azpirez, who succeeds the
late Senior Romero, arrived in Washing
ton.
An all-American mail route in Alaska
from Prince Williams sound to Circle,
through the Copper river region. has been
determined on by the postal authorities,
and the postmaster general has issued
circular calling for proposals for the SER
vice.
The war department has notified the
Young men designated by the president
for appointment as second HeutenantS in
the regular army TO report for examina-
ton before the boards to be convened at
Fortress Monroe, Va, Fort Leavenworth,
Kan, and San Francisco.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-03-25
PLANTING QUAIL.
A Crop of California Birds For Sal
Pete-Dixie Species Thriving.

Through the generosity of Mr.. A. M.
Van der Vlies of Ogden, State Fish and
Game Commissioner Sharp has come
into possession of about forty Cali
fornia quail and this morning Commits
sioner Sharp will ~ leave for Sanpete
county to plant the birds. 1t is the
commissioners intention to turn the
birds loose at Fairview, but he may
conclude'to liberate all or portion of
them further down the valley.
Commissioner Sharo's belief is that
the quail will thrive in Sanpete and
with the forty as a starter they ought
to multiply and replenish by the thou
sands within three or aour years, but
the protecting arm of the law will need
to be thrown around the planted quail.
Speaking of quail, Commissioner
Sharp stated yesterday that there are
now thousands and thousands of the
Dixie species ON Antelope island, where
a small bevy were taken a few years
ago. 1t is his intention to gather sew
eral cooos Of these birds on the island
for restocking the valleys from Cache
to Sanoete, as soon as he can arrange
for the tranSDlantinS
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-03-25
PHOTOGRAPH OF SOUND.
Remarkable Scientific Feat Accom-
pkshed By a Professor.

Madison, Wis, March 24.-Professor
r. w. Wood of Madison has succeeded
in making photographs of waves of
sound in the air. The sound wave is
illuminated and Photographed by the
means of the light of a sound spark.
which flashes between two magnesium
wires at some distance behind the first,
and at an interval of about one-ten-
thousandth of a second after the first
spark. The sound was thus caught be
fore. it had got out of the field of the
instrument, although moving at a We
locity of 1000 feet a second. The wave
appears as thin circle of shadow
with light border, being simply a sec
tional view of the rapidly diverging
spherical shell of condensed air con-
stituting the sound wave. BY placing
a glass plate near the point where the
wave starts, the reflected wave or echo
has been photographed, which appears
as a circle with equal but opposite cur
vature. These waves were observed by
Topler, a German, a number of years
ago, but they have never been photo
graphed before.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-03-25
CALIFORNIA; DOWNPOUR.
Long Drouth Has Been Succeeded By
q Great Flood.

san Francisco, March 24.-The rain
is still falling in all parts of northern
California, with no signs of a cessa-
ton. News from the valley sections
shows that the rivers are rising, but
there is little danger of flood just at
present, unless the rain should become
more heavy or the weather warmer. in
which case the snow in the mountains
would melt more rapidly than the wa
ter could be carried off. The lowlands
OF the Sacramento river are Inundated
but little damage has been done so far
and what little has been done will be
made up a hundred fold in the benefits
derived from the increased supply Of
water. The overflow waters of the Sac
ramento river are being diverted into
the tule basins and there is little dan
ger of great damage. '.-
On the San JOAQUIN river conditions
are not quite so bright. The snow in
the mountains is letting much water
down and the rivers tributary to the
San joaquin are rising very rapidly
The channels of the San Joaquin are
raging torrents. The lower parts of the
city of Stockton are submerged and
cellars and easements are filling with
water. Several of the smaller towns
are also under water.
In Alameda county the creeks are
full, but the only danger imminent is
the possible collapse of the Mountain
View reservoirs, of which there are
two. One of the dams showed signs of
weakness last night and people were
warned of the danger and to move
their more valuable effects to places of
safety in time, but the heroic efforts of
the superintendent and gang of work
men, who filled the gaps with clay and
rocks and saved the restraining wall.
at. least temporarily, and unless the
water increases with heavy down.
pour of rain there will be no danger of
flood. Every precaution is being taken
to insure against a possible collapse,
which would be exceedingly disastrous,
as hundreds of families live in a line
with the. overflow and much valuable
property would be ruined, to say moth
ing of possible great loss of life.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-03-25
ALLEGED CHECK RAISING.
Civil Side of the Kohl-Brodie Affair
Now On Trial.

The suit of Henry Kohl against Will
lam Brodie was on trial yesterday be
fore Judge Cherry and a jury, with
Messrs. McGurrin & McGurrin appear
ing for the plaintiff and Messrs. Pow
ers, Straup & Lippman for the defend
ant. Kohl sued to recover $780, alleg-
ing that he gave Brodie a check for $40
and that Brodie raised it to $1,000 and
cashed it at Wells, Fargo & Co.'S bank,
upon which it was drawn. Brodie was
tried in the criminal court a few days
ago on the charge of forgery for rails
ing the note. and was acquitted. When
Kohl filed the civil action he caused an
attachment to be issued upon which
the defendants goods at Eureka were
seized.
Brodie denied raising the check and
denied that he owed Kohl anything. It
appeared from the testimony that
Wells. Fargo & Co., after Kohl made
the first complaint about the check,
made out a statement of Kohls ac-
count, including the $1,000 check which
had been cashed, and Kohl accepted the
statement and signed it as correct.
He now SAYS he did not know what
he was doing when he signed the state
ment.
The trial was proceeding when court
adjourned until today.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-03-25
enterprise Of our citizens which will be

enterprise of our citizens which will be
long remembered.
1t will be the aim of the directors to
distribute the benefits of this fair as
widely as possible within the bound
aries of our own state. One conclusion
forces itself upon us.showeVer, that the
success desiredss cannot be brought
about by the directors alone. The peo-
pie will largely decide that, and to this
end We ask the support of the mer-
chant, farmer, StockraiSer, artist, hor-
ticulturist, fioriculturist manufacturer
miner the school and the needleworker
and, in fact, every citizen, regardless
of his or her avocation. We appeal to
them to keep the fair in mind and pre-
pare their exhibits now SO that in
October they may be ready to make. a
good showing.
We trust our merchants, bankers,
capitalists and all who are able will
offer such special -remiuns for articles
of home manufacture and home prod
ucts of various kinds as will encourage
our home producers. These offers of
special premiums should be sent in i'm
mediately, SO that they may be pub
lished in our premium lise,- if possible,
but they will be received at any time
and published in the daily papers as
soon as received.
Fully approaching the power of the
press, we earnestly solicit it's co-opera-
ton throughout the state, and it will
be our pleasure. to reciprocate to the
full extent of the means at our dis
posal. We shall at all times take plea
'sure in furnishing the representatives
of the press any items of interest to-
their patrons, and any documents of a
public nature will be open to their in
spection at our headquarters, at which
place reporters will always find a well
come. JOHN r. WINDER,
President
S. w SEARS. Secretarv
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-03-25
HELD A CONFERENCE.
Railroad Officials and Interstate Com
merce Commission.


merce Commission.
Washington, March 24.-The commit
tee of railroad officials, of which Vice
President Merton of the Santa Fe Is
the chairman, appointed at the western
trunk line conference here yesterday,
was in session today with the inter
state commerce commission but de-
ferred definite action. The committee.
which consists Of Mr.. Morton, Presi-
dent Burt of the Union Pacific, General
Traffic Manager Bird of the Chicago.
Milwaukee &s st. Paul, Vice President
Yokum of the st. Louis & San Fran
cisco, President Washburne of the Kan
sas City, Fort Scott & Memphis and
Vice President Warner of the Missouri
Pacific, will meet IN Chicago April II,
in an eEdeavor to shape some line CT
action to Offset obstacles in the path of
concerted action on the part OF the
roads. Invitations meantime will be
sent out by the Interstate commerce
commission to the roads in the western
trunk line territory, including a num-
Der of lines not reported yesterday, for
a further conference to be held in this
city May TO- when a committee of rail
road officials will report the results of
their deliberations.
The committee was in session but a.
few hours today, and the meeting was
an informal one.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-03-25
HONDURAS MUST PAY.
Indemnity Demanded For the Murder
of An American

Washington, March 24-Dr. Hunter.
the United States minister to Hondu-
ras, and Secretary Hay HAD a talk to-
day preparatory to- the formers start
ing for his post. The most pressing
matter with which the new minister is
charged is a request from the United
States government for reparation and
indemnity in the case of the American.
Pears who was killed by a sentry dur
ing a revolutionary disturbance in Hon
duras. Pears was challenged at a con-
siderable distance by a sentry. Unfa-
miliar with the Spanish language, he
yet cCmprehended the nature OF the
call and stopped instantly, but was shot
down by the sentry by what appeared
mere wantCnnes,s. In his dying mo-
ments, Pears said that he might have
escaped around the corner to the near
est house when challenged, but he did
not care to flee in that fashion, and thus
justify q suspicion that he was doing
anything wrong.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-03-25
WYOMING SCHOOL, GIRLS PLUCK
Fight to Finish With a Wounded
Mountain Lion.
Especial OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES

Cheyenne, Wyo., March 23-As Miss
Tessie, daughter of Stockman Nc
Laughlin of Granite canyon, was re-
turning from school on horseback yes
terday, with a Winchester rifle strapped
to her saddle, she crossed the track of
mountain lion. Looking around, she
saw the animal crouched behind a rock
near by. She stopped her horse and,
taking her Winchester, wounded the
animal. Thinking she had killed the
lion, she dismounted to secure the
game, when the lion ran at her. The
end of her gun dealt the beast blow
after blow until it was dead. Then
Miss Mclaughlin strapped the huge
carcass to the back of her horse and
carried it to the ranch.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-03-25
Railroad Notes.

Mr.. Charles Sheidher is over from
Rife buying cattle.
Mr.. Edward Corkins, a sheep buyer
from Denver, is in the city.
Mr.. Jack Killian is here from Delta,
Colo, looking after his sheep interests.
General Manager Simon Bamberger
of the Salt Lake & Ogden railway is
contemplating a pleasure trip 10 Mex
leo early next month.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-03-25
MELBA COMING TO ZION.
Ellis Opera Company Will Reach
Salt Lake April /.

San Francisco, March 24.-The Ellis OPP
era company, which has played 4 remark
ably successful engagement in this city,
will leave on Sunday for tie south and
the organization express themselves as
more than satisfied with their reception
in San Francico. They have heard much
of the music-lovins people of st. Paul,
that city, which, among others, they will
visit before returning to New York. The
advance dates of the company are an
nounced as follows:
At Los Angeles, March 81 and %; Sacra-
mento, March 80; Salt Lake, April 1; Kan
sas City, April q; Omaha, April g. Lincoln,
Neb., April I; Sioux City. Ia, April s; st.
Z. % and IA; New York, April 16.