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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-03-23
rELFGRAPRIC BRIEFS.

S. B. Armour of the Armour Packing
company of Kansas City is reported dan
gerously i'll with pneumonia. The family
is alarmed especially as Mr.. Armour is
10 years old.
Henry A. Casperfeldt of New York,
who was formerly II the jewelry business.
under the style of Casperfeldt &, Co.. filed
a petition in bankruptcy. Nominal liabil-
tiles, SOS, 3OS.
A special from Silver Greek. n. Y. re-
ports the suspension of August Heine's
bank The liabilities are about 100000.
and Mr.. Heine says he believes creditors
will be paid in full.
At a meeting of the Georgia Fruit
growers association it was decided there
would be no peaches for shipment from
that state this year. The reason given is
that the trees were injured by the recent
freeze.
Judge Brown, in the United States dis
trict court. New York. granted a dis
charge in bankruptcy to General A. B.
Nettleton formerly of Minneapolis. for
merly assistant treasurer of the United
States with liabilities of $70.600
Every employee of the Buffalo smelling
works. a branch of the Calumet & Hecla
Mining company received an envelope
containing bonus of 10 per cent of the
wages earned during the past year The
gift to the employees Is IN lieu OF an in
crease in wages.
Yesterday was the eightieth anniversary
of the birthday of Archbishop w. II. FL
der of Cincinnati. AT his own request no
special significance was given to the day.
but il. all the churches of the diocese
prayers were offered for the continuance
of the life of the beloved prelate.
Two deaths have resulted from the
boiler explosion at Seattle. Those who
died from their injuries are D. w. Jacobs
of Chicago and Alfred Saltiel of New
York. Jacobs was a commercial traveller
for Florsheim & Co. of Chicago. Saltiel
represented the International Art COM
many of New York.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-03-23
TIE LAKE HERALD THURSDAY, MARCH 49, 1859

longer bearable The petitioners de-
tail number of alleged contraven-
tons of the treaty by Mr. Chambers
and especially toward Herr Greves-
muhl, the chief of police.
The petition and the official reports
will be sent to the United States am
bassador, Andrew D. White, in sup
port of the German case.
The Local Anzeiger publishes let
ter from its Samoan correspondent,
Herr Won Wolforsdorff. dated Feb. 81.
After recounting the critical situation,
the writer declares that if the German
government will not help the Germans
of -Apia against the alleged injustice
and outrages of Mr.. Chambers; the
Germans will rise armed and obtain
the desired redress.
The correspondent then describes the
Indignation of the Germans when the
instructions of the foreign office ar
rived ordering the recognition of Mr..
Chambers.
The Tageblatt demands the removal
of F. B. S. Make, the British consul
at Apia, claiming he is the prime cause
of all the trouble.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-03-23
POWDER WORKS BLOWN UP.
Three Thousand Pounds of Smokeless
Powder Exploded.

Fenn's Grove, N. j., March Power
3,C0G pounds Of smokeless powder eX-
ploded today at the e. l. Dupont pow
der works, instantly killing three work.
men and injuring a number Of others
slightly.
The dead are: Isaac Taylor. aged 30
years, married; William Ford. aged 40,
married; John Magill, aged ~. single.
The bodies Of the dead were black
enedand disfigured.
The shock from the explosion shook
the country for miles around. and in
this town heavy panes OF glass were
broken in many houses. The drying
house and the storehouse were demol
ished and other small buildings about
the works damaged. Francis Dupont
and his nephew were at work in the
laboratory at the time Of the explosion
and We're slightly injured 10y pieces Of
glass, but personally directed the care
of the other injured and the. recovery
of the dead.
The works have been running on
large government orders for 'sl:inkele IS
powder. The cause of the explosion has
not been determined.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-03-23
WHY C0RBIN DECLINED.
Thought All the Major Generals
Were Needed In the Field

New York, March pa dispatch to
the Tribune from Washington says:
In the forthcoming army register, the
first to be printed for more than a year,
which will be issued by the war depart
ment by the end of this week, official
confederation is given to the report
that Brigadier General Corbin refused
to accept a commission as major gen.
eral of volunteers, which was rendered
to him by the president in recognition
of his services in the war with Spain.
From the new official register, it APP
pears that such a commission was made
out for General Corbin on Aug. 81, 1898,
and declined. This entry is notably
conspicuous in the register, because
in the 800 pages of the volume, con-
tanning the complete military records
of all Of the officers in the army, there
are few similar instances of an appoint
ment by the president having been fol-
lowed by a declination.
General Corbin, when asked why he
did not accept, said: THE number of
major generals was limited and we
needed every one of them in the-sf1eld
1 could not stand in the way of any
man who was in the fighting line. L
wanted them to have their promotions
first My place was here. The law did
not specifically provide that the adju-
tant general of the army, large as it
had grown to be, should be increased
in rank. 1t did permit an increase of
major generals in the line and L thought
the officers of the line have all the va
cancies as long as we needed them
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-03-23
NO CUBAN CONCESSIONS.
Griggs Advises Secretary Alger to
Obey the Law.


New York, March pa special to
the Herald from Washington says: At
torney General Griggs will advise Sec
rotary Alger to grant no concessions or
any character in Cuba. He has under
consideration several questions in con-
nection with desired concessions in
Cuba, but he determines them adverse
ly to the applicants.
In his opinion, relative to the con-
tract relations between Dady and COM
pany and the city of Havana, the at
torney general declared that the adj
ministration of the United States in
Cuba, is of a military nature and mere
ly temporary. No action binding the
island or any of its municipalities to
large expenditures and continuing debt
ought to be made except upon the
grounds of Immediate necessity
The attorney general, in his interpre-
tation of the provision of the army APP
preparation law that mo property.
franchise or concessions Of any kind
whatever shall be granted by the Unit
ed States or by any military or other
authority whatever in the island of
Cuba during the occupation thereof by
the United States will reiterate his
view in the Dady opinion, though, per-
haps, in somewhat stronger language.
1t is expected that the attorney gen.
eral will shortly hand down an opinion
in the matter of the application of the
Commercial Gable company to run a
line to Cuba
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-03-23

just as he was passing, both backwards
and forwards, purposely to create the
impression that he made VOWS to the
Salvation Army at her deathbed, when,
as we all know, at the time of her
death, he was in Maryland, II. S. A
Further, in the presence of our leader,
General Booth, Brigadfer General Field
ing, Colonel James Keppel and others,
one Salvation Army staff officer said,
with a hiss through his teeth: 'Hur-
rah for Major Moore's arnny.' CA name
associated with a reputed scandal.)
Another member shouted, shaking
his fisc in our faces: You devils, you,
while a, third, who was also an officer.
pointing TO the screen, said, Look at
them; how can they do it when you
made vows at your mothers bed?'
I'VE take this as an insult to our
leader and our visiting officers to the
city of Chicago, and feel that, as citi-.
zens, we have right to demand pub
lie apology from Lieutenant Colonel
French, as it is.a distinct branch of the
compact between General Ballington
Booth and his father, General William
Booth"
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-03-23
MORTGAGES IN CUBA.
General Brooke Will Soon Issue An
Important Decree.


Havana, March 22.-General Weyler's
decree suspending executions upon
judgments will expire with the present
month, and the situation, especially re-
garding mortgages, is somewhat COM
plicated. Creditors and debtors alike,
in anticipation of the expiration of the
decree, have been petitioning Governol
General Brooke for weeks to take ac
ton, with a view to an equitable adj
justment. The form of a new decree
has been carefully considered by Cen
eral Brooke and his advisory cabinet,
and the decree will be issued on or be-
fore March 81.
Generals Chaffee, Humphrey and En-
nest today chose a site near Buenai
Vista for barracks for the garrison of.
regulars. 1t is on a ridge overlooking
the sea and is now occupied by the
One Hundred and Sixty-f1rst Indiana
volunteers. There will be TWENTY-FIVE
company buildings, with officers quar-
tiers, to be occupied by the Seventh
cavalry and Eighth infantry regiments.
The work of construction will be begun
next week. The plans call for running
water and a complete sewer system.
The military assembly, owing to the
absence of quorum, held no meeting
today. The feeling is now that, as it IS
clearly impossible for the assembly to
raise funds for the use of the army, the,
most logical course, all things consider.
ed, would be to disband the army and
dissolve. A motion to this effect will
undoubtedly be made soon and will
provoke a hot contest.
Rudolph Aronson, the New York the
atrical manager, is here negotiating for
a -years'lease of the Tacon Or thea
ire. He would give Spanish and Ital-
ian opera the first year and thereafter
light opera. He promises also to intro
duce a roof garden.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-03-23

IRENE age renders it extremely proba-
BILE that his end cannot be far off. A
recent letter from a vatican official
quotes the pope as saying since his last
attack:
when I die, I snail not give much
trouble to the doctors, nurses or SER
wants. ] am only skin and bones, and
my life will go out like a lamp which
has no oil to feed it,
Church officials here think that is just
the way the pontiff will go to his rest
and that already he is nearer the enc
than is believed in this country.
London, March 23.2Thc Rome corre-
spondent of the Daily Telegraph says:
The pope is beginning to suffer from
depression. During the service on Sun
day he asked one of his personal at
PENDANTS how many in the congrega-
ton he (the attendant) thought really
rejoiced in his recovery. Then he add
ed, despondingIy: "What mockery it is
this Thanksgiving for my recovery.
shall not live a week" The exclama-
ton was followed by a prolonged and
alarming fainting fit
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-03-23
AFTER INSURANCE COMBINE.
Forty-two Companies Indicted By
Kentucky Grand jury.

Cincinnati, March 22.-The grand jury
of Kenton county, at Covington, KY,
returned indictments today against the
Home Life Insurance company of New
York and forty-two other life and fire
insurance companies for conspiracy in
banding together and fixing and main
tanning a higher rate of premium than
would otherwise prevail
The indictment is found under the
antitrust laws of the commonwealth,
and this action of the grand jury may
be followed by the execution of the
threat made by the underwriters at the
time of a previous Indictment to with
draw and leave Covington without in,
surance. The first Indictment was re-
turned against the Covington agents of
the company. and broke up the under
writer's association there. The agents
notified the county authorities that
their organization was disbanded, and
SO no indictments were returned
against them this time. No trials have
been had under the first indictments.
Insurance companies have withdrawn
from some Kentucky towns because of
similar prosecutions.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-03-23
HORACE WALL SUICIDES.
Old Theatrical Manager Shoots Him
self at New York.

New York, March 22.-Horace P
Wall, a theatrical manager, shot and
killed himself in his room in the Put
nam house today. On the table in the
room lay a number of letters with post
age stamps affixed. In one corner of
the room was a bundle of canes and
umbrellas, neatly tied, and there were
a number of bundles tied and wrapped
up, all of which were directed to Mrs.
Addie Wall of Clifford Conn. One of
the letters, which was open, was adj
dressed to Edwin Knowles, proprietor
of the Fifth Avenue theatre. The let
ter asks that his body be cremated and
the ashes sent to his wife. He also asks
that his sister, Mrs. Charles Merrill, of
Allendale, N. j.. be aDprised of his
death. A bundle of manuscripts he re-
quests to be sent to Mrs. Mary Pacheco,
1928 Boulevard Terrace, Oakland, Cal.
Wall was 81 years old. Years ago he
managed Edwin Sothern. Before 1880
he conducted wellknown theatrical
agency on Union square. He married
a number of years ago Elsie. Holt, an
English burlesCue actress, who died
while filling an engagement in Pitts
burg. During the season before last
he managed THE Great Diamond Rob
berry company for Edward Knowles
and A M. Palmer
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-03-23
Porto Ricans Astonished.

Washington, March 22.-Acting Post
master General Heath today received a
personal letter from Captain w. H.
Elliot, director of posts of Porto Rico,
relating the experiences of an official
tour of the island which he has just
completed. Director Elliot states that
the people We're incredulous when he
told them that sealed letters would be
sacred in the mails, and that anyone
who meddled with mail in transit or
IN possession of government would be
severely punished. He says Porto Ri
cans entrust to the mails only unim-
portant letters, never mailing any mat
ter considered as private or valuable,
as the mails have been frequently rified.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-03-23
Eliot Eulogizes Miles.

Cambridge, Mass, March 22.-General
Miles addressed the students of Har-
ward university this evening under the
auspices of the Harvard club. The the
atre was crowded and the students wei
coined General Miles and President Ell
lot with deafeGling cheers. General
Miles remarks We're entirely imper-
sonal and gave no reference to the re-
cnt war or controversy over the war
management. President Eliot, however,
made an impressive eulogy of the man.
who, as he said, had shown the same
courage and fortitude under calumny
and Misrepresentation as he had shown
in camp and battle. President Eliot s
words made a great impression on the
audience. whose sympathy was plainly
manifested
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-03-23
LIFE INSURANCE DECISION.
Company's Agent Extended Time For
Premium Payment.

San Francisco, March 22.-The SUI
preme court rendered an important de-
cision in an insurance case today. Mrs
Alice /. KnarSton, a widow, brought
an action against the Manhattan Life
Insurance company of New York to re-
cover upon a policy of life insurance
taken out by her husband. The de-
Tense was that the policy had become
forfeited prior TO the death of the in
sured by reason of the non-payment of
the fourth semi-annual payment.
In the lower court the insurance COM
pany was successful. The supreme
court took different view of the mat
ter, reversed the judgment of the lower
court and ordered new trial.
The widow commended that the COM
pany waived the payment of the pre-
MUM at the time it became due, by it's
agent agreeing to an extension of time,
and hence there was no forfeiture of the
policy. The supreme court sustained
this contention
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-03-23
WOMAN.
OPAL Man Magazine.O

For a woman to be much respected
often means to be but little loved
1T is woman's greatest curse that in
too many of her most tragic woes there
enters an element of the ridiculous which
compels her to be either silent or absurd"
women are often apparently hard be-
cause they are too spiritual-minded. They
do not always comprehend a standard
lower than their own. IF they were d
little more earthly they would be softer.
if less admirable.
II hate women who are emanciDdted.
1 IKE them born free
Men love women not for what they are,
hut for what they seem. The woman who
is better than she looks never gets credit
for her virtues.
Il am always sorry to hear of a woman
having written a great book; ii is so
often the outcome of unhappiness. Happy
women feel and do not think.
1.-The number of women in society who
are too delicate to do anything they dis
like is remarkable. They are always
strong enough for amusement.
Contrary to the received opinion wO-
men who have gone a little of the line
are the quickest to talk scandal about
other women. Like the fox who lost his
tall thev wish to persuade themselves
and others that every one resembles
them
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-03-23
YOUNGER BOYS BILL.
Attempt to Release Famous Bandits
By Legislative Enactment.

st. Paul, Mimi, March 22-The at
tempt to secure the pardon of the
Younger boys, who are serving life SEN
fences in the penitentiary for their con-
nection with the shooting of a North
field bank cashier and others, in which
the James boys were said to be also
concerned, failed today in the state
senate, when Senator Wilson'S bill TO
amend the parole law SO as to permit
the Youngers to be paroled out Of the
state, came up for final passage and
lacked four votes of enough to pass.
Senator Wilson was attorney general
and in charge of the prosecution of the
trial twenty-five years ago, and hopes
vet to revive and pass the bill.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-03-23
BRIBERY AT HARRISBURG.
Committee Authorized to Call All
Members of the House.

Harrisburg, Pa, March 22.-The house
today adopted resolution directing the
committee to investigate charges of
corrupt solicitation in connection with
the balloting for United States senator
and the consideration of the McCarfeil
jury bill, to summon before it every
member of the house. The resolution
asking this authority was presented to
the house by Chairman Fow Of the in
vestigating committee. 1t is stated that
the committee was in doubt as to the
scope Of its instructions and desired to
learn the sense of the house in regard
to calling each member for the purpose
of giving testimony.
The fifty fifth ballot for United States
senator, taken today, resulted Quay
SO; jerks, IS; DaIzell, IS; Stewart, Z;
Irwin, 4; Stone, 4; Huff, 6; Ritter. l:
Rice, 2; Widener, 8; Tubbs, 2. Smith, 2;
MarIlIe, /; Grow, /. Total vote, 3l9.
necessary to choice, 10; paired and not
voting a.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-03-23
Spanish Queen slandered.

Madrid, March 22.-The government
has ordered the prosecution of General
Weyler's organ, Ell Macdonald, and of
several Republican and Carlist news
papers for publishing, with offensive
comments, a report that the queen reg
ent was about to abdicate and to marry
an Austrian archduke. Tie offending
papers have been seized. The affair is
regarded as part of the campaign
against the Silvela government in view
of the coming parliamentary elections.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-03-23
BRIGANDS OF THE DESERT.
Battle Between Europeans and Ma
tives In Sahara Desert.

Algiers, March 22.-The Telegramme
Algeren announces that a number of
Arabs arrived at Ghardeia yesterday
and that they were raiding the country.
Ghardeia is situated about 300 miles
south of Algiers, in the Sahara.
1t is further announced that party
of Touarges recently attacked a Euro
pean expedition which was on its way
to Air. in the Sahara, and that after
a fierce fight the TouraSes We're beat
en- off. The expedition lost 100 men
killed and part Of its caravan was cap
tured.
The paper. quoted adds that the ex-
petition must be Fourcau-Lays mis-
sion, which is said to be the only Eu
ropean expedition at present in the
Sahara When last heard from it had
arrived at the town Of Aston. Moreover,
it is said in conclusion, there are Gel
tain other grave indications tending to
confirm the news.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-03-23
snain,s Graarest Need.

Mr.. r. P. Olivia of Barcelona, Spain,
spends his winters at Aiken, S. c.
Weak nerves had caused severe pains
in the back of his head. On using Elec-
trio Bitters, Americas greatest Blood
and Nerve Remedy, all pain soon LETT
him. He says this grand medicine is
what his country needs. All America
knows that it cures liver and kidney
trouble, purifies the blood, tones up the
stomach, strengthens the nerves, puts
vim, vigor and new life into every mus
Gle, nerve and organ of the body. If
weak, tired or ailing you need it. Every
bottle guaranteed; only so cents. Sold
bY q. C. NJ. L, drug department..
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-03-23
PURSE FOR HEAvYWEIGHTS.
Offer S25, 900 For the Jeffries-Fitz-
simmons Fight.

New York, March 22.-When William
Brady and Martin Julian meet to de-
eide where FitZsimmons and Jeffries
will fight they will consider new prop
osition from c. G.. Bennett. a Chicago
promoter WHO has offered $4,000 purse
for the men to battle for. Mr.. Bennett
$500 forfeit has been sent to the Po-
lice Gazette office, and Brady, who has
had some correspondence with him. is
anxious to discuss the details Of the bid
with Fitzsimmons' representative.
Bennett proposes to have the fight
take place in an amDhitheatre erected
for the occasion in Illinois, Indiana or
Missouri. He is now, in Kansas CITY
looking for suitable battle-ground in
that locality.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-03-23
DUNCAN ROSS QUIT.
Lost the Decision In a Mounted
Broadsword Contest.

Columbus, o.. March 22.-Captain
Duncan c. Ross, champion swordsman
of the world, lost the decision in a
mounted broadsword contest tonight tC
Captain w. S. Bice of this city. The
contest took place in the Columbu:
auditorium before a big crowd and was
for 5000 a side and gate receipts 1t
was to have been for the best eight
out of fifteen attacks, but it ended
rather abruptly in the tenth attack
Both men were on their mettle, and at
the end of the ninth attack the score
stood to 3 in favor of Ross. In this
attack Ross horse, was accidentally
struck on the ear, Ross claims ma
liciously, and Bice accidentally. The
point was given to Ross, but he re-
fused to go on with the fight, and Ref
cree Walter Moore, rapier champion of
Ohio, awarded the decision, after some
squabble, to Bice. Ross bears a world
wide reputation and Bice is the man
who defeated Randolph, champion
swordsman of Denmark, with both
broadswords and rapiers.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-03-23
ADMIRAL DEWEY WANTED.
His Presence Desired at the Wash
ington City Jubilee.

Washington, March pa committee
of citizens who are arranging for a
peace jubilee in Washington next May
called at the navy department today to
secure, if possible, the attendance of
Admiral Dewey on that occasion. Their
application was made directly to Secre
tary Long. They stated that the pro-
posed peace celebration would be ex-
ceptional, in the fact that it is to be,
practically national in character and
this would justify the request that the
hero of Manila bay be summoned to at
tend.
The secretary listened wit Interest
to what the committee had to say, and
replied that he would confer with the
president on the subject. 1t would be
a question, he said, as to whether or not
the occasion would justify the admiral
in leaving his duties at Manila.