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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-06-27

ever that he was nearly home when
captured, and was allowed to resume the
journey pending excessive avoidance of
boozeries.
John Doe. a familiar figure to the off,
GERS, allowed his drunken wad to go by
bee of the street walking hive. forgot 10
come for hers.
John Johnson. who led Colonel Kelly a
dogs life Sunday afternoon, admitted his
guilt and was closely guarded by a
SQUAD of mournerS.
It's true | wuz drinkin,; yer 'oner."
said he. but l hopes yell be lenient:
been here for three years and it'll be
three more, sir. If We sees me on the
street after tday, sir continued john
warming to his subject. why, ven see
me firsti'
''The court has seen you frequently,
Mr.. johnson. If it had been any day but
But. protested the prisoner. I'VE
started Saturday, yer 'oner-"
Five days. 1t might have been fiftv. -
''Of all sad words of tongue or pen,
unused Johnson. as he walked through
the prison door.
When did you get out. E9h?"
twentieth
Ten days"
Thank you By the way, judge. I
wish you'd speak to Sol and see if he
can't get a window shade for my room.
The sun beats in there. you know
Just minute, colonel
Very WE'LL
George Allenham. a suspicious character
arrested by Officer Randolph at 3;45 yes
town. AIlenham is believed 10 be an old
crook. His general makeup and snort
hair is evidence of a recent term in the
penitentiary. and the police, ascertained
hat 10 fSf1
his voice while in court, but for what
reason is not known.
John Kahn, the paralytic who paralyzed
the officers by smoking cigarettes while
in fit the other day, was on the bills
for abusive language. He went into
house on Franklin avenue and demanded
some clothes he had there. incidentally
venting some ugly feelings upon the lady
of color who reigns in the household. He
admitted having been jagged SATURDAY
ard Sunday, and the court imposed
fine of SO with the admonition that
should he return he would be remanded
to the Blue church for a term in each
degree. The prisoner pa!ed perceptibly
while the court was speaking.
Frank Monroe. Detective Sheets, Sat
urday star of vagrancy. pleaded not
guilty and sought to impeach the detec-
was within hailing distance of lap
Il gets out O. de county Jail last Fri
day. he said AN de fly cop dere SEE
'e's seen me tree r four days. Ban, IT'S
a puddini Dey had me in cause some
bloke touched a mailbag up in Morgan.
an when dey found out il wusn,t me.
Twomey releases me. Seei" and Monroe
resumed his seat with a look that spoke
wonders.
DE officers fabricatin, he began
few moments later when e seq L wuZ
irwin t. steal robe r anything. I'm
frum Boston, chudge. an 1 dunno how
youse fellahs does it out here, but deres
no beanery dere for guys like me-.
Monroe got out of town one hour later.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-06-27
Three Propositions

1t was agreed that at the next meet
ing three propositions would be sub
mitted
First-The assessment of 80 per cent
on the stock and the continuance of
the bank.
Second-The closing of the bank by
voluntary liquidation. 1t will require
d two-thirds vote of the stock to carry
this proposition and there must be
cash on hand to meet every claim.
Third-The appointment of receiver
by the comptroller of the currency.
A new point has been brought out in
this controversy that is of general in
tereSt.
For thirty years it has been the
custom for the comptroller of the cur
rency to order assessments against
national bank stock whenever he deem
ed it necessary; and until recently was
never questioned. But in a recent suit
the supreme court of Ohio decided
that every such assessment must be
ratified by the stockholders of the
bank before it becomes legally binding.
The stockholders in the Utah National
took advantage of this decision and the
so per cent assessment made upon them
recently was abandoned.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-06-27

When did you get out. E9h?"
Twentieth"
Ten days"
Thank you. By the way. judge. I
wish you'd speak to Sol and see if he
can't get a window shade for my room.
The sun beats in there. you know -
Just a minute, colonel"
VERY we'll"
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-06-27
Meeting Irregular.

When the mseting was called to
order A. B. Sawyer, claiming to voice
the views of the bank examiner, Nc
Donald, and through him the comp
troller, stated that this meeting was
irregular because it was not called in
the regular way, and no report of it
would appear in the records of the
corporation; and that any action taken
at the meeting would involve the bank
in legal snare. He advised adjourn
ment without action pending a regular
meeting called by the board of direc-
tors.
There was a discussion of the point,
but as Judge Sawyer was backed by
the banks lawyer, p. l.. Williams. his
idea prevailed. The directors were
ordered to call regular meeting of the
stockholders for o'clock p. m. Tues
day, Aug. /; and the meeting of yester-
day adjourned to that day and hour.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-03-01
ABOLITION or PRIZE MONEY.

Not only the navy but the whole coun-
try is to be congratulated over the re-
peal of the prize laws. These barbarous
enactmcnts that have dsgraced our
statutes since the inception of the gov
ernment should find no place in the laws
of civilized nations. They are not only
wrong in principle, but VIGOROUSLY fail
to stimulate the vigilance and valor of
our navy in time of war. That they are
the prolific source of evils both within
and without the service is also common
knowledge. But a long peace had
blinded Us to these facts and until the
Spanish war served to emphasize their
perniciousness the people did not realize
what an anachronism they were, as Il
part of the law of the land of the most
advanced country in the world.
During that war all kinds of seizures
were made under these laws most of
them useless and unnecessary. No little
fishing smacks with food for peasants,
nor cargoes of lumber seized off Havana
could have increased the difficulties of
the problem we were solving. The only
injury such action inflicted fell upon the
inoi1ensive owners and was therefore
uncalled for. But this was not the only
evil flowing from the practice. The un-
seemly controversy between General
Shafter and Admiral Sampson over the
surrendered vessels in Santiago bay
owed its inception to the prize laws. As
a matter of right neither one of them
should have been entitled to n cent
How far paying money for destroying
the cnemy's vessels may enter into the
unfortunate Sampson-Schley controversy
it is impossible to say, but TO a consider
able extent Is indicated by the refer
ence of the matter to the court of claims
for adjudica ton.
But above all of these considerations
is the fact that such laws are more in
consonance with piracy than with mod
ern warfare, and for this, if no other
reason, the people of the United States
will be glad to have this last remnant
of mediaevalism stricken from our
statute books.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-03-01

Spanish commander at his palace. He sim-
ply came to pay his respects to so gallant
an officer The conversation drifted toward
guns The agent talked about the gorgeous
relics OF Spain and her glory that were lying
around the province.
"Ah. to have a few Of these guns" he said,
what would | not give? But they are be-
yond price. | know"
at is with especial zeal that we guard
these relics Of our foreiathers," said the
Spanish general. They are indeed beyond
price. No Spaniard could debase himself so
as to exchange them for money"
The Spanish commander hesitated for
moment. Then he resumed:
"And we need money for the building OF
our new hospital, for which l am sacrificing
everything myself"
1t cost the agent an effort to follow out
his friends instructions but he did it like
a man.
"And it is the matter of this hospital
that wish to speak Of" he said. 81 have
here So 500 which hand to you with my
compliments for the hospital you are going
to endow."
The Spanard was the agents slave and
the latter's name should be carved on the
cornerstone Of the new edifce. But what
could the Spanish commander do to show his
gratitude for this noble contribution to the
sick and suffering OF the province.
well" said the agent, my heart Graves
a few Of these testimonials Of the valor OF
your forefathers A word from you and 1
might collect a few tomorrow without inter-
ference from your soldiers"
The Spanish commander was only too glad
to do this small thing, for so noble patron
of Spanish charity and the next day tho
agent took half dozen teams out and col
81 ,nrth pfh EhanA
of old Spanish cannon. Not only was he
not interfered with, but acting apparently
under instructions the soldiers about the
province helped him to load the big guns on
his carts. He never heard that the new
hospital was ever built.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-03-01
INCREASING THE NAVY.

Public opinion, while divided on the
question of permanently increasing the
regular army, Is practically unanimous
in favor of building up the navy, but
this should be done graduaIiy. The
naval committee of the senate takes this
view of the matter and therefore op-
poses the increase in the navy provided
for in the house bill. This measure
authorizes the construction of twelve
war ships. 1t provides for three sea-
going coastline battleships carrying the
heaviest armament and most powerful
ordnance for vessels of their class, to
cost, exclusive of armor and armament.
not exceeding S3,6O0,0OO each; three
armored cruisers, carrying the heaviest
guns and armor of vessels of their class
and to cost, exclusive of armor and
armament, not exceeding SIOO0,00O
each; six protected cruisers, 10 cost,
exclusive of armor and armament, not
to exceed $1,141 800 each. The cost of
these twelve vessels complete would
be about $43,OOO,OO0.
This is very large sum to appro-
pirate at one time for the construction
of war vessels and it is the judgment
of the senate committee on naval af-
| fairs that it should be reduced one
half. We think this view will meet
| With very general public approval.
There does not appear to be any i'm
mediate necessity for such an increase
| in the navy as the house bill authorizes.
but it is necessary that the demands
upon the national treasury shall not be
unduly increased and the government
be compelled to levy more taxes or sell
more bonds. Six additional war ships
are enough to provide for at present,
for it may be found before these are
completed that with this increase our
navy will be as large as we need. AT
all events the financial consideration is
at this time too important to be disre.
| garded
Omaha daily bee., 1899-03-01

by annexation. The terms OF consolida-
ton will have to bc agreed upon later
and inserted in the annexation PROPOSE
tion. In framing this the taxpayers of
both cities, big and little, should GER
tainly have voice through their rep
resentativcs. At all events nothing is
to he gained by hollering before there
is any danger of being hurt, and at the
worst the condition Of the small home
owner in South omaha could not be
made harder by consolidation.
The possible effect of annexation upon
local politics, as already stated, should
be waived by all good citizens in the
interest of the common welfare. The
great object to be gained in addition
to the economies effected is to give
Greater Omaha the place that properly
belongs to it in the comparative show
ing of the coming census. To accom-
plish this there is no immediate hurry
providing only actual consolidation
takes place before June, 1900.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-03-01

authority. Mr. Joseph Nimmo, says;
"The transcontincntal rail lines will,
for all time secure all the passengers
all the mails, all the express goods and
all the perishable freights and fast
freights between the Pacific coast and
the Atlantic and Gulf coasts leaving
to the competition of the canal route
only the reSiduum of low class freights
and in all probability will beat the
canal route for that" Mr. Nimmo is of
the opinion that the tonnage which the
Nicaragua canal could secure would be
totally inadequate to its cost and this
will certainly be the case if there
should be competing isthmian canal.
a full investigation of proposed canal
routes is manifestly desirable and it is
to be hoped the house will firmly insist
upon the bill providing for this.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-03-01
GERMANY MAKES 4 CONCESSION

GERMANY MAKES 4 CONCESSION.
The decree promulgated a year ago
by the German government, requiring
the inspection Of fruit imported from
the United States, has been modified,
or rather has been given an interpreta-
tiun which removes what was in effect
an embargo, under the operation of
which serious injury was done to an
important part of our export trade.
The American ambassador at Berlin
has been assiduous in his efforts to OBJ
tain q modification of the decree and his
success will be most heartily apprC.
ciated by American fruit exporters. 1t
Is officially announced that oranges
lemons and raislns are not regarded as
fruit in the sense of the imperial order
and therefore will not he subjected to
inspection, while fresh and dried fruit
from this country will be allowed tran
sit through Germany when shipped in
bond.
This is valuable concession and will
undoubtedly greatly stimulate the eX-
port of fruit, since the German decree
not only injured this trade with that
country, but also with other countries
of continental Europe. 1t will be espc-
cially helpful to the fruit growers of
California. The truth is that there was
no good reason for the decree, any more
than there is for the discrimination
against American meats, except to pro
tect German producers. In both cases
the claims set up in justification of the
governments action have not been
proven. None the less the change of
policy is gratifying, both from the COM
mercial point of view and because it
will promote friendly relations.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-03-01
FURTHER CANAL INpEsTIG AT1oN

",
The house of representatives should
reject the canal amendment to the river
and harbor bill and insist upon n
further and full investigation of the
isthmian canal project. The bill pro-
viding for this, introduced by the chair
man of the committee on rivers and
harbors Is in accord with the general
sentiment of the country, which is op-
posed to the government "going it
blind in this matter. 1t is true there
Is large amount of information in re-
gard to the Nicaragua canal, but it is
not so complete and conclusive as to
warrant rushing the government into
the construction OF the waterway.
The house bill provides for board
of seven engineers to make the surveys
and examinations necessary to asccr-
tain the most desirable and practicable
route for canal connecting the Allan
tic and Pacific oceans, so that the in
vestigation, if ordered, VIII not be CON
fined to the Nicaragua route, as We're
the investigations that have been made.
is no good reason why the Panama
route, upon which work is now progress
ing, should be ignored, since it is the
opinion of some expert engineers that
1t is the more feasible of the two routes
projected and would cost less. The
syndicate which is constructing the
Panama canal is said to have abundant
capital to complete the project and in
tends to do so in any event. In that
case it would compete with the Nicara-
qua canal, very likely with the result
of rendering the latter Improbable and
therefore constant burden on the ma
tional treasury. Two canals are not
needed and If it be fact that the
Panama company proposes to build that
canal regardless of the other, believing
that this route has very superior ad-
vantages, it would seem to be sound
deciding to plunge the government into
an enormous expenditure. 1t is not to
be doubted that satisfactory arrange
ment could be made by the government
with the Panama company, without any
expenditure by the government.
More and better information than is
now at hand respecting the commercial
and military value of the canal routes
is to be desired. 1t is the opinion of
some who have given the matter very
thorough study that in both respects
the advocates of the Nicaragua canal
greatly oyerestimate its value. AS to
the commercial phase it Is pointed out
that the distance from New York to
Manila by way of the Suez canal is less
by ISL miles than by the Nicaragua
canal route, while the distance from
London to Manila is $3.50 miles less
by the Suez canal route than by the
Nicaragua route. Then the former pos
sesses the advantages of being a sea
level canal and of having greatly SUI
pcrior coaling facilities. A very good
Omaha daily bee., 1899-03-01
Chicago Chronicle.


1t Is once more evident that Anglo Saxon
solidarity Is menaced by the crmps put in
1t by our friends across the Canadian border.
Mr.. Joseph Chamberlain sounds the loud
tmbrel and proclaims the affection of Bri-
tannia for Uncle Sam and Lord Charles
Beresford invites us to a family picnic in
China. But over in the dominion there is
manifest a most unfraternal spirit, which
finds expression in terms like yankee
greed" American insolence" and other
terms not at all calculated to promote the
affection which should subsist among rela-
tiyes. Our Canadian cousins maintain that
we tried to gouge them in the recent treaty
negotiations, and there may be some founda-
tion for the assertion. But why, after all,
should a strip of Alaska territory cause
trouble between us? Is II not all in the
family? What matters II whether one
branch or the other of the great Anglo Saxon
race possesses Vancouver-or the whole OF
Canada for that matter? Mr.. Chamberlain
should put the matter before the Canadians
in this light and thus terminate an Irritating
discussion which threatens the entente cor
dale.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-03-01

1HlCaBO tribune.
The alarming extent of the iniquitous pri-
vate letter box evil was brought to public
attention by the Cornish Adams poisoning
mystery in New York City. The Postoffice
department has taken up the matter, and
under instructions from Washington the
postmaster at Philadelphia has made test
crusade. Two private letter box establish
ments in the heart of the city were selected
and all mail except that directed to the
proprietors of the places withheld. The ad-
dressees of the letters withheld were noti-
fed they could obtain their mail on identi
fcation, but few responded, One hundred
and seventy-fve letters have been i'm
pounded. Several have been sent to Wash
ington as evidence of the immoral and fraud
ulent uses to which these boxes have been
put. ruling from the Postotfice depart
ment forbidding the delivery of mail to all
such places seems to be necessary.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-03-01

Nebraska is great corn state and
that will stimulate the foreign
demand for corn and corn products can
not fail to help Nebraska. On our pres
cnt acreage n normal corn crop in the
United States means at least 2,OOO,OOO,-
600 bushels. An advance of l cent Il
bushel means S2O,OOO,O00 n year added
to the income of the American corn
grower. More than one-half of it Will
come to the farmers of six states. on
the basis of the crop of 1897 l cent Il
bushel means an increase in the earning
capacity of the corn lands of Ohio S021,-
600; Indiana, S1,09S,000; Illinois, S2,329,-
600: Iowa, S2,22O,OOO; Missouri $1,T19,-
600; Kansas, $1,624,0OO; Nebraska, ST.
413000. This is what lends the impetus
to the movement for exhibiting the value
of corn as a food factor abroad at the
Paris exposition and elsewhere, and
makes it important to Nebraska that
the work be not neglected The Ne
braSka legislature may rest assured that
the people of the state, so many of whom
are corn growers, will approve any rea-
sonable action it may take to assist in
the corn propaganda.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-03-01

The explanation of the Manila fire
given by the ingenious Filipino junta is
truly refreshing. The Filipinos We're
not cutting the hose and stabbing Amer
leans in the back as poor excited Gen
eral Otis reported. They were "heroic
native salvagers" doing all in their
power TO eXtingulsh flames started at
Chinese festivities. That American in
reference in this noble work should
have aroused the industrious Filipinos to
make more of 1t by coal oiling and firing
every available house was natural and
Is alike tribute to their enterprise and
humanity. What right had the NEEDLE.
some Americans there anyway trying to
capture the "Filipino engineT' Did they
not understand that this was altogether
a native" affair and that the Filipinos
would resent any gratuitous interference
with their benevolent purpose of roast
ing few thousand foreign deyils?'
Clearly the Filipinos were altogether
right and the War department ought to
see after the overZealous general who
wantonly blocked the progress of those
industrious native salyagers.r
Omaha daily bee., 1899-03-01
rAcIFIcNTioN IN cUBA.

Chicago Tribune: After four years Gomez
has reached Havana, but he should not for
get who paid his fare.
Chicago Record General Gomez has
shown tact and good judgment which prom
iso well for the future. As the chief mill
tary hero OF the war 1t is but natural to
think that the Cuban people will want him
to play an important part in the orgauiza-
tion of the civil government which Is to fol-
low the period of American military occu-
patton. In his expressed desire to see
government established which shall be rep
resentative of all interests and in his lack
Of resentment toward the Spaniards left in
the island he Is displaying a disposition
which promises well for the future of Cuba
with the sorry spectacle in the Philippines
before their eyes, the American people will
rejoice that the situation in cuba is so auspi-
cious and free from complications.
Philadelphia Inquirer: Gomez Is the last
of the great organizers OF the Cuban revou-
tion Marti Is dead Garcia is dead, Maceo
is dead, Csneros is dead Carrillo is dead,
and so the long roll of heroes whose names
have become by-words in the mouths of
Americans grows into an extended mortuary
list. Gomez alone survives, and 1t cannot
be long before he, too, will be gathered to
his fathers; but in the meantime he can
complete his work for Cuba by aiding Amer
lea to clean it's cities, rebuild its roads, re-
open its ports and establish safe and rea
sonable government on the island. That
is what the Cubans want first of all, and
they will trust Gomez as they will trust no
one else. They do not banker after Cuba
Libre as they did at one time and are be-
ginning to see the advantages of association
with the United States This state OF affairs
must continue to grow, and 1t may be that
Gomez himself will see that the greater
patriotism will be to lead his country into
the American fold