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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-06-16
B. Y. A. STUDENTS GRADUATED
NOTABLE COMMENCEMENT EX-
ERCISES AT LOGAN.
Prominent People Attend-Excellent
Programme Rendered By Students
and Graduates-Details of Affair.
(Special to The Herald.)

Logan, June 15.-The commencement
exercises of the Brigham Young col
Iege were held this afternoon in the
presence of Il thrOng that iammed the
spacious chapel to the door.
President Snow was unable to attend.
Visitors of note were Brigham Young,
DIR. Karl G. Maeser, Moses Thatcher
and Bishop W. B. Preston The stake
presidency members, the board of trus-
tees and many prominent citizens were
on the stand.
As the opening selection there was
rendered Kiplings 'RecessionaP' by the
college choir. Dr. Karl G.. Maeser of
Provo delivered the address to the
graduates. He emphasized the neces-
sity OF thoroughness in the work of
students and called attention to fea-
lures of the college work which dis
tinguish the educational system of the
Latter-day Saints from that or the
world in general.
A violin solo by Miss Phylli Thatcher
followed, Mrs. X. w. Sloan playing the
accompaniment on the organ. Miss
Drusilla l.. Ingram then read the val
edictory address, her theme being
Universal Education" She gave facts
and figures showing the growth of ed
ucation in all parts of America, Eu-
rope and the Orient. 1t was well
~
Forget Me Not" from Elijah" was
next rendered by students of the music
al class 1t was beautifully sung and
loudly aDplauded.
President Kerr then presented cer-
tificates to the graduating class, which
is composed of the following members:
Drusilla L. Ingram of Brigham. Mo-
roni Weiner of Morgan, Calvin w.
Richards. jr., of Fielding and Kate n.
Lufkin of Logan. All were in the
academic course.
Prof. Mosiah Hall of the college fac
ulty received a degree in general
science.
President Kerr announced the regu-
lar students of the college numbered
4S6, while others had taken special
courses. A lullaby, rendered by the
choir. was the next selection on the
programme. An address by Bishop W.
b. Preston followed. He extended con-
gratulations to the graduates and fac
ulty and urged the former never TO
cease to be students and to learn to
work and take pride in it, however
humble the occupation. n seXtette
from Lucia" was brilliantly rendered
by those who sang it in the musical
recital last night. A selection by the
benediction' by Brigham Young closed
the exercises.
The alumni banquet will be served at
Z o'clock and will be followed by a
big ball in the gymnasium
On Monday next an institute OF
church school teachers will be held in
the college. There will be lectures by
Karl c. Maeser, j. NJ. Tanner and
others
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TALK OF THE CANAL.
Commission Is Preparing to Go to the
Isthmus.

Washington June 15.-The canal
commission spent several hours today
in general discussion, and an inter
change of views between individual
members on various phases of the pro-
ject The probable inability of the
commission to accomplish its work and
draft its report in time to submit to
congress the coming winter was re-
ferred to and the opinion expressed
that the commission cannot dispose of
the preliminary portion of its work,
make the careful detailed examinations
in the field and return here and place
the results of the investigation, with
the accruing recommendations. in in
telligible shape before the session of
congress beginning d year from next
December.
Two reports will be carefully exam
ined. in all probability, before the COM
mission starts for the isthmus. These
are the reports of the last Nicaragua
canal commission, which unfortunately
is not yet in print, necessitating the
laborious task of individual eXamina-
tion of the manuscript notes and maps,
and the report of the French commits
sion that had to do with the investi-
CATION of the Panama route. Other
data will be secured from various
sources.
At tomorrow's meeting the question
of appointing secretary and disburs-
ing officer will probably be passed
upon. Later on, appointments will be
made of chief engineer and a large
corps of engineers to work in parties on
various routes. The last two or three
American commissions have devoted
their attention exclusively to the Mic
araguan canal, so that the scope of the
present commission will necessarily
involve a large amount of work hither-
to untouched by our Investigations.
Parties of engineers will be put at
work on different routes not already
pronounced impracticable, and even an
exception to this possibility may be
made.
The commissions session today de-
veloped no definite understanding as to
when it would start for the isthmus,
that being deferred for the present. 1t
is thought. however, that there will not
be a delay of more than few weeks
before the actual work of the investi-
cation is begun.
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ing the wishes expressed by his col
leagues at the last session
Captain Alfred T Mahan, United
States navy, declared his readiness to
support proposals submitted in a spirit
of cOnciliation though he considered
they presented a lacune in regard to
the position of shipwrecked men picked
up by vessels finding themselves acci-
dentally on the scene of "a. naval en-
gagement. The subcommittee, how
ever, considered that article 8 covered
all eventuaiities.
DR.. Moneto ItchirO of the Japanese
delegation announced that he proposed
to submit a motion modifying article 6
of the Geneva convention regarding the
disposition of sick and wounded pris-
oners on the lines of the Sub-commit-
tees report which leaves such DISPOSE
ton for the victors to decide.
The report being adopted the presi-
dent pointed the advantage which
would be gained if during the confer
ence a convention could be signed en-
bodying the important humanitarian
articles comprised in the sub-commit-
tees scheme. On the motion of Baron
de BiIt the delegate of Norway and
Sweden, it was decided the president
should present to the conference such
a convention with the final article pro-
viding for the signature of protocols of
adhesion thereto. The committee will
also recommend to the conference the
revision of the Geneva convention of
1864.
on the motion of Admiral Sir John
Fisher, representative of Great Britain,
vote of thanks was accorded the
chairman whose efficient work made
possible the application of the Geneva
articles to naval war the first practical
result of the conference"
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-06-16
SUCCESSION OF EARTHQUAKES
PECULIAR BOMBARDMENT OF
ISLAND oF MoNTSERRAT.
Open Ground Under Cultivation
Thrown Up In Wave Formation
Standing Objects Frustrated.

Correspondence of the Associated Press.)
Kingston, Jamaica, June 6.-Mont-
serrat, one of the lesser Leeward is
lands. which is blessed with telegraph
isolation and communicates with the
outside world by mail only twice a
month, has just sent forth a somewhat
reliable earthquake story.
For some time, a period apparently
coincident with the recent seismic dis
turbances on the mainland. extending
from Argentine through Brazil and the
GuianaS nOrthward as far as Salvador
Montserrat. had felt repeated shocks
But little attention was paid to these
They We're slight and inoffensive and
We're regarded by the natives with the
contempt born of familiarity.
But on May II. as has already been
cabled. a remarkable thing happened.
From / a. m. to 6 a. m. the little island
was fairly bOmbarded with shocks,
some of them lasting about two min
utes. with an occasional exceptionally
heavy one thrown in Altogether dur
ing the five hours there were forty-five
shocks. After that there was a lull of
several hours, and then came one or
two more. During the night there
were others. and 50 on. at intervals
by day and night for a week. when the
record stops.
What has happened in the island
since is not known here, but the re-
suit of the seismic bombardment was
singular. to say the least. What may
be regarded as peculiar was the effect
on the surface of the soil. 1t is said
in a descriptive letter to hand by mail
that in many places the open ground
under cultivation was thrown up in
wave formation, thus to some extent
destroying the cultivation. Trees
small houses. fences and similar OBJ
jects were prostrated in a uniform di-
rection, as though a cyelOnic blast had
passed over them. Elsewhere in the
hill interior several landslides were pre-
cipitated. which uId some damage to
the lines.
The total injury. however. is less
than might have been expected. and
the crop will not be appreciably af-
fected. MOntserrat is famous the
world over for the excellent lime juice
and essential oils, which make it far
better known commercially than ge-
ographically.
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WILL FIGHT THE SUGAR TRUST
ARBUCKLE COMPANY IN THE
BUSINESS TO STAY.
Testimony By Member of the Rival
Concern Before the Industrial
Commission Yesterday.

Washington. June 15.-The industrial
commission held only an afternoon ses-
sion and heard but one witness today.
J. n. Jarvie of the firm of Arbuekle Il
Bro, and manager of the firms sugar
refining business.
Mr.. Jarvie put the necessary margin
between raw and refined sugar at be-
tween 80 and so points to allow Il profit
on the business. He said that when his
firm started business in 1898 this mar
gin was about 30. 1t had dropped as
low as 80 and was now about 30. His
firm, he said, had never cut the price
of sugar except to meet the rates of
the American Sugar Refining company.
commonly known as the sugar trust.
When asked if the ArbuckleS would
continue to meet their rivals figures.
he replied decisively that his firm was
in the refining business TO stay. Be
yond that he did not wish to say
He explained the entrance of the Ar
buckles into the sugar field by saying
that in 1893 they secured a machine for
weighing and packing sugar and I'M
dertOok to sell package sugar to the
wholesale trade. They bought from the
American Refining company. but found
they could make no profit in that way.
and so started their own refinery. He
said the tariff differential of Is OF
cent a pound on refined sugar did not
figure in the business just now. Do
mestic comDetitiOn was so sharp as TO
keep out all foreign sugar. Asked if
the removal of the Il of a cent would
affect the business now. he said he did
not know enough about the foreign
trade to say.
Mr.. Jarvie said there had been many
overtures from the sugar trusts stO set
tie the difficulties with the Arbuckles.
but they had all been made for stock
jobbing purposes" and consequently
there had been nothing in them.
Asked If he could suggest any plan
that would lessen the present destruc-
tive competition in the sugar business,
witness said the fight could stop only
when the one big concern decided to be
content with less than 100 Der cent of
all the business in the country.
When asked how long the rival COM
pany could keep on selling sugar at a
loss. Mr.. Jarvie replied cheerfully that
he thought a concern supplying 80 per
cent of the sugar sold in this country
would lose more under those conditions
than the firm supplying the other 10
per cent and that he had the 10 per
cent end of the bargain Just now.
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HAD NEVER KNOWN JUSTICE
WHY THE FILIPINOs FOUGHT
FOR THEIR FREEDOM.
General Thomas M. Anderson Deliv-
ers Address Before Women at Chi
cago-Condition in Philippines.

Chicago, June Ito honor 'Old
Glory" under which their fathers, hus-
bands and brothers had fought and
suffered and achieved victory, was the
motive which drew together several
hundred women. members of the Chi
cago Chapter of the Daughters of the
Revolution and guests in assembly
hall Fine Arts building, on the oc-
casion of the annual celebration OF
Flag day. The patriotic impulses were
manifested in the applause which greet
ed the speakers and the singers during
the two hours in which the programme
was rendered.
Regent Mrs Robert Wiles, who pre-
sided, introduced General Thomas NJ.
Anderson as the man who led the first
military detachment to the Philip
pines and said that he would interest
the audience with "Reminiscences of
the Philippines"
That he did interest his audience was
evident from the close attention which
was given him throughout and the ap-
plause which often Interrupted his ad-
dress and greeted him at its close He
recalled the scene which faded from
view as the vessel bringing him and his
command steamed out through the
Golden Gate from San Francisco, in
feature; of seeing myriads of American
flags waving over Hawaii which was
not then annexed to the United States,
and of finally sighting the stars and
stripes floating over Dewey's fleet in
Manila bay. He told of the character
istics and habits of the people OF the
Philippines. He also described some
of the means of torture employed by
the Spanish and to those he attributed
the present trouble in the islands. In
this regard he said:
No wonder. then, that the Filipinos
often rebelled and fought desperately
for their freedom. They had never
been told the truth and had never
known justice. When they found that
we remained after the defeat of the
Spaniards they We're made to believe
we would treat them just as the Span
iards had done"
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MORE PAY FOR POSTMASTERS
INCREASE FOR TEN PRESIDEN-
TIAL OFFICES IN UTAH.
Readiustment of Salaries Based On
the Gross Receipts For Preceding
Four Quarters.
(special to The HeraldO

Washington. June 15.-The postmas-
ter general today gave out the annual
readjustments of presidential postmas
ters' salaries, based on the gross re-
ceipts for the preceding four quarters,
and to take effect July /.
1t is shown that increased salaries
will be paid six of the ten presiden-
tial offices in Utah, seven of the sew
enteen in Idaho and three of the ten
in wyoming Decreases will be made
in salaries at one office in Utah and
one in Idaho. No decreases are slated
for postmaSters in Wyoming. Follow
ing are the offices affected by present
and future salaries:
Utah-Logan advanced from third to
second class. Increases: Eureka. $1,000
to 81. 200; Logan. 81 500 to 5000: Manti-
81 100 to $1,000: Mercur 81. 400 to S1.500;
Nephi, LOO to $1,000; Salt Lake City.
s.. 300 to $3i00. Decrease, Park City,
81, 200 to 81 500.
third to fourth class. Increase: Gran
gervilIe, 81. 100 to $1,000; Idaho Falls,
81. 500 to 81, 600; Lewiston, $1,000 to 81 800;
Pocatello, s1.700 to s1,S0O: Wallace,
81 500 to 81, 700: Weiser, $1,000 to 81, 400;
Boise, 81, 400 to 50. 500; decrease, Black
foot. s1.4OO to $1,000.
Wyoming-Increase: Cheyenne, 81. 500
to 81. 400; Lander, 81. 900 to 81. 100; Roll
Inns, 81, 600 to S1.700.
A postoffice has been established at
Gray Rocks Wyo., with Esther L.
Archison as postmistress.
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FLIGHT OF THE REBELS.
Retire In Haste as American Troops
Approach linus.

Manila, June 15.-Captain Cable of
General Wheaton's staff, with three
companies of the Twenty-first regi-
ment, reconnoitered in the direction of
linus. The rebels, who were apparent
ly expecting an attack, retired, leaving
behind them twenty Spanish prisoners,
who Joined the Americans. The rebels
have probably gone to the mountains
along the lake.
According to native stories, the rebels
carried 100 dead and 800 wounded
through Bacoor after the recent battle
The natives are now flooding into Ba-
coor. and it is probable there are many
soldiers in plain clothes among them
The whole section is practically with
out food and Major General Otis has
ordered the distribution of rice and
beef to the inhabitants.
Many people still refuse to credit the
stories of the assassination of General
Luna by the guard at Aguinaldo's s
headquarters. Though the reports to
that effect are most circumstantial and
from good sources and rumors of as
sassinations and disasters from the
rebel camp are SO frequently printed
in the local papers, they have come to
be regarded with Indifference. The
latest is that the governor of Cebu has
been killed by natives because of his
friendship to Americans. a prominent
commercial man. with exceptional
means of learning of the Filipinos
movements, claims to know General
Luna is still alive. adding that if he is
dead. and if his death occurred a
month ago, people would have expected
a collapse of the revolution to follow.
The failure of the Filipinos to follow
up the peace NEGOTIATIONS strengthens
the impression that their overtureS
were merely to gain time and then lure
the Americans to show their hands.
The Independence, a revolutionary
organ, of May 20. a copy of which has
just been obtained, prints an interview
with General Luna, showing the argu-
ments he used to keep up the spirits
of his followers. He represents the
Filipino cause as proSpering, because
the Americans have gained only hun
dredth part of LuZon by hard fighting" 4"
and says the women and children till
ing the fields within the American lines
give the proceeds of their work in sup
port of the Filipino army. He is said
to have further remarked:
More Americans will be killed by
ambuscades. surprises and disease than
in battles. / detest war. but we can
not accept peace at any price but in
dependence. The Americans suffered
for their own independence. and in
their own hearts they appreciate why
we resist them"
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San Francisco on the 22nd and 24th,
and those under orders for Manila, will
give General Otis $4,000 fighting men.
1t is stated positively at the war de-
partmenG that the report that 1t was
intended to reduce the cavalry troops
and artillery batteries in this country
to ninsty-five men each, in order to in
crease the companies in the Philippines
TO 1s0 men each is absolutely without
foundation. The approved plan for the
reinforcement of the army operating in
the Philippines is briefly stated by a
high officials of the war department
as follows:
The increase of the size of the COM
panies with General Otis with lbs men
to the company was made from 3,10O
men, heretofore the hospital corps,
which the controller has decided may
be enlisted over and above the $1,000
men provided By law. In addition the
Twenty-fourth and Twenty-fifth regi-
ments of infantry have been ordered
To Manila and General Otis has been
ordered to organize three skeleton vol
unteer regiments in Manila, differed
from volunteers in the Philippines from
the regular army.
General Otis has informed the de-
partment that he can organize these
regiments. 1t is proposed to send him
recruits from here to fill them to their
maximum limit. The arrangements re-
ferred to will give General Otis a fight
ing force of over $4,000 men of the line.
These plans have been approved by
the president and will be put into eX-
ecution with the least possible delay.
The field and staff officers and cap
tains of these three regiments will be
selected from the volunteer and 1'egu-
lar officers who have demonstrated
their special fitness to command ana
who have distinguished themselves In
action. 1t is expected also that the
first lieutenants will be chosen from
second lieutenants in the service in the
Philippines who may be especially
commended by General Otis. The vol
unteer second lieutenants probably will
go out from the United States with the
recruiting SQUADS
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DEGREE FOR M. CAMB0N.
VIII Be Conferred Upon Him By
Howard University.

Washington, June 15.-The French
ambassador, NJ. Cambon is about to
receive from the University of Harvard
the degree of LID. in recognition Of
the distinguished public services he
performed in the negotiations which
restored peace between the United
States and Spain.
Harvard has conferred this degree on
President Cleveland, Secretary Bayard
and other noted public men, but this
is probably the only instance in which
the ambassador of a foreign power
has received such a distinguished honor
from a leading American university.
The ambassador win go to Boston on
the 10Th and later will be escorted To
Harvard by Governor WOlcott and
other leading state officials. The con-
ferring of the degree occurs on the 2Sth.
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INCREASE THE FIGHTING FORCE
How General Otis Proposes to Add to
His Army

Washington, June H.-Pursuing a
policy determined upon some months
ago, General Otis is organizing three
regiments in the Philippines composed
of officers and men of the state volun-
teers who desire to remain in the serv-
ice The army bin authorized this kind
of enlistment in the Philippines. If the
full complement cannot be made up
from these discharged volunteers in the
Philippines. the regiments will be or
ganized and officered in skeleton form,
until recruits can be sent from the
United States to fill them. General
Otis and the volunteer officers in the
Philippines have been consulting to see
how many men will enlist.
The number has not been very large.
as there seems to be a desire on the
part OF the volunteers to return to the
United States with their organizations.
These three proposed regiments. with
three regiments of regulars to sail from
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Estimate of Revenues and EX-
penSeS Show 1t Is Needed.
SEVEN MILLS LAST YEAR
CITY COUNCIL FINANCE COM
MITTEE DIVIDED.
Rate of Seven and Half Mills Fa-
vored By Minority-Library Tax
Will Probably Be one-quarter
Mill-Total of Assessments Must
Be Raised, or Rate Will Be Higher

Assuming and hoping that the total
OF assessments in Salt Lake City will
be brought up to last years aggregate,
the city council committee on finance
is considering the propriety of recon-
mending tax levy of az or mills for
the city's needs the ensuing fiscal year.
The committee discussed the question
last evening, but deferred a vote until
next week
The majority of the committee. re-
membering the improbable experience
of last year, when only Z mills were
levied, inclined to the opinion that S
mills for this year would be none too
much to see the treasury through to
July, 1900, without a deficit The mi
nority hoped to pull through with 7la
mills, and one member thought S1a
would be a small enough levy.
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THE HERALD BULLETIN.

PAGE ONE.
Marcus Daily to Leave Montana.
Pleas Instead of Bloodshed.
Four Thousand Was Their Loss.
Discussing Higher City Tax Rate.
PAGE TWO.
Death Came at Last.
Through to Park City.
Mines Closing Down.
Capture of Crooks.
PAGE THREE.
Was Not a Prize Fight.
PAGE FOUR.
Editorial.
PAGE. FIVE.
Cavanaugh Trial Stopped.
Death of Francis Armstrong.
PAGE SIX.
Mining Stock Market.
Rover Sale Ratified.
Break Icy Fetters.
PAGE EIGHT.
Sword For Lieutenant Pearson.
To Celebrate the Fourth.
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AGREEMENT IS REACHED.
Colorado Midland and Busk Tunnel
Suit Settled

Chicago, June 15.-An agreement has
been reached in the long-standing suit
between the Colorado Midland and the
Busk Tunnel bondholders. The tunnel
bonds amounting to s1.250,000 are to be
exchanged for Colorado Midland 2.
and per cent bonds. The tunnel bond
holders are also to receive 4 per cent
interest, less legal expenses for the pc
riod of the receivership, equal to from
$40 TO $50 per bond.
The tunnel. which is located at Hager-
man Pass, has been idle for a number
of years, owing to differences in re-
gard to rental the Colorado Midland
in the meantime building and cperat-
ing its own track over the mountains.
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Worlds Wheat Cron

Washington, June 15.-The agricul-
tural department today issued circu-
lar giving the substance of reports re-
ceived by it up to June-10 on the con-
dition of foreign crops 1t says that
British commercial estimate tenta-
lively puts the worlds wheat crop of
1899 at 2.5O4, 100000 bushels, against p
74S, 900. 900 bushels in 1898. a reduction
of 244, 600, 600 bushels, or nearly SO per
cent. Another estimate makes a reduc-
ton of 1852, ,000, 600 bushels.