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The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1899-05-16
MAY SEEK BRITISH AID.
Russia's Demand for a Railway
Concession Excites Anxiety.

PICKING, May 15-The Russian de-
mand for new railroad concession,
connecting Picking with Russia's. pres
ent railroad system in Manchuria, is
still exciting the gravest anxiety here
The chief Chinese officials are having
constant consultations with the Dow
ager Empress.
1t appears to be the general opinion
that it is intended the line should start
from Kirin or Mukden, and run direct
to Picking by way of Shohol. The Ger
mans and japanese are particularly
uneasy ON the subject of this unexpect-
ed move on the part of the Russians,
and it is said there is a feeling among
the prominent Chinese that the moment
has come to make every effort in the
direction of securing British sympathy
and aid.
LONDON, May 1.-THE government
was questioned in the House of Com
mons to-day regarding the Russian de-
mand for a railroad concession to con-
meet Picking with Russia's present rail-
road system in Manchuria. The Parli-
amentary Secretary of the Foreign Of
flee replied that the British Charge
d 'Affaires at Picking had reported that
Russia had made such a demand, and
it was understood that up to the pres
ent the Chinese Foreign Office had de-
clined to grant the full concession.
Mr.. Broderick added that Her Maj
esty's government would be unable to
make a pronouncenent on the subject
of Great Britain's attitude in the mat
ter until all the facts were known.
The government was then asked
whether in view of the foregoing. Her
Majesty's government would take steps
to have the basin of the Yang Use
kiang clearly defined.
Mr.. Brodericl1 replied that the pro-
posed railroad did not affect the Yang
Use Kiang basin, regarding which the
government could enter into an agree
ment with Russia
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1899-05-16
An Elaborate Courtroom.

DETROIT, May 15.-The United
States Circuit Courtroom in the Gov
eminent building, which is claimed to
be the most elaborate courtroom in the
country, was used for the first time to-
day by the sitting of the Court of APP
peals for the Sixth Federal District.
which usually sits in Cincinnati Tween
ty-eight varieties of marble are used in
the finish of this courtroom, that ma
terial covering the walls for two-thirds
of the space from the floor to the cell
ing.
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1899-05-16
Spanish Indemnity Paid.

NEW YORK, May 15-The fourth
and last of the S5,OO0,OOO treasury pay
ments paid to Spain for the Philippine
Islands was presented at the National
City Bank to-day by a representative
of the French Embassy This draft will
pass through the Clearing house in to-
morrow's exchanges. Not one dollar of
the S15 100000 already paid to Spain has
really gone out Of the country, the en-.
tire transaction having been conducted
on the basis ofSforeign exchange, and
as there has been large trade balance
in favor of this country in about every
one of the continental money markets,
the indemnity money has been charged
against these balances
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1899-05-16
Southern Baptist Convention.

LOUISVILLE. May 15.-At the meet
ing of the. Southern Baptist Convention
this morning H. H. Cambria. D. D., of
Texas. B. H. Carroll, D. D., Of Texas,
and w. B. Campbell, D. D., of Georgia,
were appointed fraternal messengers to
attend the celebration of the national
Baptist's anniversary in San Francisco
this month. The closing session of the
Woman's Missionary Union was held
to-day. The work of the Mormons was
discussed by Mrs. J. B. Easterly of
Georgia and Mrs. Stephen Crockett of
Florida 1t was the sense of the con-
vention that the missionary work of
the Mormons should be checked
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1899-05-16
May Not Be an Extra Session.

WASHINGTON, May ia member
of the administration who is in a posi-
ton to know the views Of the Presi-
dent, said to-day that the probabilities
We're against an extra session of Con-
grei1s being called He thought that
the President has given the subject
some thought but he was reasonably
sure that no call would be issued ex-
cept in some unlooked-for contingency,
which would make it necessary
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1899-05-16
A Railway President Killed.

ST. LOUIS. May ia special tele-
gram from Desoto, Mo-, to the Post
Dispatch" says that H n. Hallidy,
President of the Williamsville, Green
Vile and st. Louis Railroad, was shot
and killed at Williamsville to-day by
Monroe Johnson, a prominent lumber
man. No particulars.
A message from Greensville says that
Holiday was killed by his brother-in
law, NJ. A. Johnson, and that the trag-
edy was caused by the latter's Jealousy
of Holidays attentions to Mrs. John
son. Friends and relatives of those
concerned are endeavoring to suppress
the scandal. and the details of the trag-
edy are not obtainable.
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1899-05-16
PROPOSED PACIFIC CABLE.
The Subject Discussed in the Brit
ish House of Lords

LONDON, May 15.-Replying in the
House of Lords to-day to the Earl of
Aberdeen, Liberal, former Governor
General of Canada, who urged the inn
portance of the imperial and colonial
Governments reaching an understand
ing with reference to the Pacific cable,
the Earl of Selbourne, Under Secretary
of State for the Colonies, said her ma
jesty's Government was perfectly pre-
pared to review the whole matter in the
light OF any new representations the
colonies might make, with a sincere de-
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1899-05-16
Shot Himself in the Head.

NEW YORK, May 15.-George D.
Scott, for the past two years manager
of the Tarrytown estate of John D.
Rockefeller, committed suicide at Tar
rytown to-day by shooting himself in
the head. -Four years ago Scott was
injured about the head by trolly car
in Cleveland. For long time he had
been complaining. Yesterday he was
examined by physician, who informed
him that he was suffering from irrita-
ton of the brain.
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1899-05-16
Judre Grosscup seriouslv I'll.

CHICAGO, May 15.-Peter S. Gross
cup, Judge in the United States Circuit
Court of Northern Illinois, lies danger
ously i'll at the home of his parents in
Ashland, Ohio, being afflicted with gas
trio fever that has eaten into his
strength rapidly and put his vitality at
a very low ebb
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1899-05-16
Death of a Cleveland Citizen.

CLEVELAND, May ID. B. Sill
ver who was a candidate for Mayor of
this. city on the Union Reform ticket at
the spring election and widely known on
account of his extensive fancy stock
raising business. is dead, aged 73 years.
Mr.. Silver had much to do with the for
nation of the Prohibition party. Later
he became closely identified with the
Union Reform movement. He leaves a
large fortune.
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1899-05-16
Sculptor P1outz Dead.

CHICAGO, May 15.-Tilhaman Ploutz,
the well-known sculptor. died to-day in
the Dunning Asylum. He became in
sane and destroyed a lot of valuable
models in his studio. Hard study had
produced softening of the brain.
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1899-05-16
Secretary Gage Returns.

WASHINGTON, May 15.-Secretary
Gage has returned from a two weeks
vacation, spent at Hot Springs, Va He
has fully recovered his usual health
and vigor.
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1899-05-16
ss,Gw.oW

SO, 0t0OcO. La Independence" and
otner papers publish xcited articles
protesting against the acceptance Of
any such proposal.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-08-21
NATURES SECRET IRRIGATION.

Prof. Milton Whitney, who is in
| charge of the division of soils of the
agricultural department. has recently
been engaged in the Investigation of
the climatic conditions of moisture and
temperature in their relations to the
local distribution of crops. The work
will eventually embrace all the soils
and staple crops of the country. Its
practical results will be the determine
ton OF the normal water contents of
the different soils, their capacity for
the absorption and retention of mois-
ture, with the amount of moisture
required by different crops, together
with methods of ascertaining the point
at which lack of moisture would en-
danger growth, and the most feasible
methods of irrigation.
Prof Whitney's investigation of
western soil has reveale dthe curious
phenomenon that the soils of the San
Joaquin Valley and of the Great Pa
louise district comprising the fertile
wheat-growing regions) contain a con-
siderable quantity of moisture in ex-
cess of the amount received from rain
fall or surface irrigation. similar
phenomenon has been observed in the
Yellowstone Valley and in parts of the
Red River Valley; and this would seem
to explain the mystery why these
regions, which. are semi-arid, rarely
suffer from drought.
But this explanation solves one mys-
terry only to present another which is
even more ineXplicable. In the Mo-
jave desert, for instance, where the an
nual average rainfall is only five inches,
the soil beneath the alkaline crust is
always moist. In southern California,
where the summer rainfall is less than
an inch, tobacco and sugar beets. which
require much moisture, grow luxuri-
antly without irrigation This phe-
nomenon has been ascribed tentatively
to the peculiar quality of the soil,
which allows of the absorption and re-
tention of moisture, Notwithstanding
the low humidity of the atmosphere.
But whence does this excess of mois-
ture come? Artesian wells in all
the region under consideration show
water at depths varying between 40 and
200 feet, and it is conjectured by the
specialists of the division of soils that
there may be a slow and continuous
upward movement of moisture from
subterranean sources. Until the con-
trary is shown, it must be assumed,
since water never percolates upward,
that the soils of large part of the
arid and semi-arid regions of the coun-
try consist of a vast sheet of absorbent
material, which draws moisture from
below, like blotting lAper, by capillary
attraction. The investigation of the
division of soils in the arid regions will
make one of the most remarkable chap
tiers in the history of agriculture
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-08-21
PRESENTATION TO A VOLUNTEER

The boys of the z. c. NJ. I. freight de-
partment paid a tribute to Volunteer
William G. Ellis, of Battery a, this
morning in the presentation of a life
sized colored portrait of the returned
soldier in his military costume-the por-
trait being made from photograph
taken shortly before Mr.. Ellis depart
ure for the Philippines. Mr.. Ellis is an
old employee of the z. C. NJ L freight
department, and has been drawing half
salary from the firm during his alb
sence by the Institutions gen.
erous provision. He will re-
commence work at the institution as
soon as he is ready to report. The
presentation was made by A. W. Wool
ley in an appropriate speech and a feel
ing response was made by the recipient.
who was overcome at the kindly act
on the part of his comrades at the in
stitution.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-08-21
A DIRTY DAIRY.

When is a dairy clean? The safest
answer to this question lies in describ-
ing when a dairy is dirty, and dan
gerously dirty, too, says the New York
Farmer. When woodwork in the dairy
gives off a smutty. musty, fusty, acid,
rank, and spoiled buttery smell, IL is
dirty. When tin vessels-such as pals,
cans, dippers, cups and skimmers-
after being thoroughly washed give
off a sourish smell. or show dark lines
of matter in the folds and seams of the
tin. they are dirty, and the dirt of
lust such a sort and in just such places
as to encourage the bacteria in the air
to drop down upon it, to crawl into
it. to feed upon it and to multiply in
ii until they swarm into 1t and are ready
to launch themselves into the milk
nut into those vessels. When the win
dows. walls, floors and fixtures in the
dairy are unpleasant to the smell when
the room is warmed up. there is dirt
present-enough dirt to have an effect
upon the flavor and other qualities of
the milk and of the butter made from
ii. When a vessel, from which milk
is removed, shows layer of black
sediment in the bottom, smelling with
unpleasant suggestiveness of the barn
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-08-21
Fort Sheridan Pri son Plot.

eE.cago, Aug. 21-Hidden in the
clothing of one of the prisoners at the
Fort Sheridan guard house, Yesterday
was found the key to the post maya
zine. On other prisoners the officers
investigating a supposed Jail delivery
plot, discovered raZors, knives, powder
and cartridges. Further examination
by Capt. H. D. Boughton of the Fifth
artillery and Lieut.. MacOch disclosed
the fact that the three upright bars in
the window of the guard house had
been sawed through the two horizontal
bars being sawed until the eXerting
of little strength would break them.
The forty-two prisoners in the guard
house would have found it an easy
matter to obtain their liberty The of
ficers are satisfied that but for the es-
cape of Private Miller on Saturday the
plot to free the men would have been
put into execution that night
1t is supposed the prisoners secured
the magazine key in the hope that the
guards might be deprived of ammuni-
ton. When the cartridges found on
the prisoners were examined ii was
found that the powder had been re
moved from four of them and knife
blades had been inserted in the lead.
The cartridges resembled the ordinary
article on the outside. The lead evil
IDENTIFY had been melted and the knife
blades soldered in.
The sergeant who commanded the
guard over the nrison has been placed
in arrest. but he is not believed to
have been implicated in the plot. Sen
tinel Staice also has been placed in
arrest and it is probable that he will
be punished for permitting Miller to
escape.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-08-21
HE BOUGHT A BIKE.

A heavy man with a square jaw
walked into a bicycle exchange on
Fourteenth street the other afternoon
The proprietor advanced to wait on
him.
jawed man.
ITO buy?"
YEP
What make?"
ANY old make -,
Here's our specialty-good machine
''All right, is it?
Good as any made"
"How much?"
Fifty"
Dab little graphite on the chain
and pump her up.
The proprietor dabbed little graph
ite on the chain and pumped her up
The suuare-jawed man pulled out a
wad of the size of his wrist, skinned off
a fifty and handed it to the proprietor
Then he ran the machine out TO the
curb. got on it and rode off.
When the proprietor got over pelhg
stunned he went to three or Tour
friends on the block to get their opinion
as to whether the fifty was counterfeit
or the real thing. The bill was genu-
inc, and the proprietor has peen more
or less daZed ever since.
81 can't understand such swift action
as that in the bike business, he says,
with a puzzled air.-Washington Post
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-08-21
COMPLETED BY DECEMBER 18TH.
Three Contracting Firms VIII Construct
Most of the IO2 Miles.

Prospects are favorable for the COM
pletfon of the Pacific & Idaho to the
Seven Devils country by December 18th.
The work which has been under way for
the last two months or more, will now
be pushed as never before
Contractor Wilkinson and Thompson.
who have had the construction work in
charge, have met with many misfor-
tunes, which have retarded the prog
resS of the work greatly. Since the sign
ing of the original contract last March.
there has been great advance in the
price of building material and steel,
which would have been a knock out
blow for the contractors if it had not
been for the generosity of the railroad
company in coming to the rescue. When
the cantract was let it was on the mile
age basis. and when the advance came,
as stated, the contractors We're in
middle because they could not afford to
give other parties contracts to build
sections at prices greater that they
were to get from the company.
The railroad people were cogniZant of
the condition of affairs, and agreeable
arrangements were made with the orig
inal contractors. A new contract. one
on the yardage plan has been made and
the old contract laid on the shelf, so
that the builders can get something out
of the proposition.
Hereafter the work will be contracted
for by sections, and Wilkinson e
Thompson will get a good slice. Omar
& Cook also came in for some, and a
contract has been signed, it is said.
with j. w. Smith, of Provo. Most of
the 102 miles will be constructed by the
three contractors, but it is not known
who will put in the finishing touches.
Each contracting firm will employ
large gangs of men, and will work like
TrOianS to complete the lob
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-08-21
DO PLANTS THINK g?

do plants think?" said a st. Mary
planter. Have they power of reason or
any way of determining what is going
on around them? The questions seem
rather fantastic. 1 admit, but they are
prompted by some very curious obser-
vations made at my home only few
weeks ago. My daughter, who is very
fond of flowers, has a morning glory
vine growing in a box on her window
ledge. While watering it recently she
noticed a delicate tendril reaching out
toward a nail in the side casing She
marked the position of the tendr1l In
pencil on the wood, and then shifted
the nail aout an inch lower. Next day
the little feeler had DETECTED itself very
noticeably, and was again heading for
the nail The marking and shifting
were repeated four or five times, al
ways with the same results, and finally
one night the te~@ril. which had grown
considerably, managed to reach the COW
eted support, and We found 1t coiled
tightly around it. Meanwhile another
bunch of tendrils had been making for
the hook that was formerly used for
thermometer. Just before 1t reached
its destination my daughter strung a
cord across the window sash directly
above. 1t was choice, then, between the
old love and the new, and as a morning
glory always seems to prefer cord
to anything else. it wasn't long in max
ing up its mind. In very few hours
the pale, crisp little tendrils-which, by
the way, convey a surprising suggestion
of human fingers-had commenced to
lift toward the Irvine. Next day they
reached it, and took such firm grip
that 1 don't believe they possibly. could
have been disengaged without breaking
the fibre Scientists are no doubt fam
liar with such phenomena, and, If so,
I would be very glad to learn whether
they have formulated a theory on the
subject. To me it seems simply mex
plicable." New Orleans Times-Demo-
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-08-21
Line to be Built from Murray to
Sandy Soon.
BIG SHELTER WILL BE BUILT
Road VIII be Operated for Freight
and Passenger Business-R Dad.
masters Office Abolished.

The Rapid Transit Railway company
will in the near future, extend its line
from Murray to Sandy. This action has
been contemplated by the company for
many months. a number of surveying
parties has been out for the pur-
pose of locating route which, however,
has not been definitely decided upon.
An application for franchise is be-
ing prepared and will be filed with the
board of county commissioners at it's
next session.
This afternoon Superintendent ]. S.
Cameron invited the commissioners to
make a trip with him down the line
and look over the situation.
When asked how soon work would be
commenced ON the Sandy extension,
Superintendent Cameron said: well,
really. the work has been started al
ready. Surveying parties have been out
and nearly all the preliminary arrange
ments have been perfected The stu
alton has been looked over carefully.
Yes, the line will be in all probability
constructed along State street.
1.-The citizens of Sandy" said Mr..
Cameron, ARE very anxious that we
build into their town. 1 have received
large number of communications
from that place asking the company to
do so.''
Mr.. Cameron said that he had been
informed that a smelter would soon be
erected at Sandy, which would be the
largest in Utah, and that was the main
inducement to extend there. ''Of course
we are not going to build a road TO
Sandy on the strength of a mere state
ment that a big smelter would be built
there" said the superintendent. Then
he added, with a nod that implied more
than his words: I'VE are going to ex-
tend to Sandy, and be there when the
big smelter goes up
From this statement it is obvious that
the line will be operated for the freigil
as we'll as the passenger business.
With the prospects of a. street car line
to Salt Lake, and the construction of a
smelter that will outshine any
thing in that line in the
State, the outlook for Sandy's future is
bright and encouraging. The possibili-
ties of the Rapid Transit's extension
does not stop at Sandy. Although it
has not been said that the company
would build beyond Sandy, yet there
are other towns that might offer in
ducementS for an extension and it
would not be much of a surprise if the
Rapid Transit ultimately boosted of
Draper as being its southern terminus.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-08-21
FraternaI Congress Opens.

Chicago, Aug. 21.-The thirteenth an
nual session of the fraternal congress
opened today at the Auditorium hotel
with the meeting of of the medical sec
ton. The general division will meet
tomorrow morning, and during the
week the press body will assemble.
The general subdivision will be in ses-
sion for several days, and its delibera-
tons will be participated in by the
leading minds in fraternal society in
surance in the United States.
The delegation is composed of fifty
one from fifty-seven organizations of
the United States whose combined
membership is 2.315,254.
The object of the congress is to unity
fraternal methods. establish reliable
statistics, determine safe rates of in
surance and reduce the assessment
plan of insurance to an exact science.
The principal feature of the Chicago
session will be the discussion of the
table of rates psesnted for recon-
H1endation at the Baltimore meeting
and to continue the agitation begun
several months ago, for the provision
by all fraternal bodies of a reserve
fund.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-08-21
Threatening to Kill all Whites.

San Francisco. Aug. PA special
from Winslow. Ariz., says:
Two hundred Indians in Foreman
Minks' grading gang at Navajo
Springs, Ariz., IS miles east of here, are
threatening TO exterminate all the
whites in that section. They were paid
off on the 18th and proceeded to gamble
and drink heavily. A gambler named
c. H. Landroth, after a quarrel with
some of them. assaulted one. shooting
and stabbing him seriously. The tribe
armed themselves with all the weapons
in the camp, shot the gambler seven
times, scalped him and mutilated his
body beyond recognition.
Troops from Fort Wingate have been
ordered to the scene and serious trouble
IS feared.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-08-21
THEFTS Committed.

The residence of Mrs. Robinson at
1916 east Second South was broken into
on Saturday during the parade The
thieves were evidently looking for coin
for they dumped all the drawers out
on the floor, tore up the rugs and gen.
orally turned the house upside from
cellar to garnet. The housebreakers
secured an entrance by forcing the
front door. Mrs. Robinson as yet is
unable to definitely state what articles
We're taken.
Mrs. Rasperson, a visitor in town told
the police today that she was relieved
of a purse and railroad ticket while
watching the soldier boys come home.
j. ]. Num- is mourning the loss of
a Boston tailor-made overcoat. He en-
tered restaurant this morning, hung
his coat up and began TO discuss his
breakfast While thus engaged some
dispicable individual ''pinched' 1t.