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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-02-28
United FOR LIBERTY
Formal Declaration of Policy By
House Democrats.

Washington, Feb. 27.-At caucus of
the Democratic members of the house
of representatives, held in the hall of
the house tonight, the following declar-
alton of policy and resolutions as to
the Philippines were adopted:
I'VE hold that the constitution of
the United States was ordained and
established for an intelligent, liberty
loving and Self-governing people, and
cannot be successfully applied to a peo-
pie of different virtues and conditions.
We, therefore hold that a colonial pol
icy is contrary to the theory of our gov
eminent, and subversive of those prin-
ciples of civil liberty, which we have
been taught TO cherish. We believe
with the declaration of independence,
that all governments derive their just
powers from the consent of the gov
erned, and we are unaiterably opposed
to the establishment of any government
by the United States without the con-
sent of the people to be governed; and,
inc Uniformity with these principles, we
instruct the minority members of the
foreign affairs committee to introduce
and urge the following resolution:
Resolved, That the United States
hereby disclaim any disposition or in
tentiOE 10 exercise permanent sover-
eighty. Jurisdiction or control over the
Philippine islands, and assert their de-
termination, when an Independent gov
eminent shall have been erected there
in. to transfer TO said government,
upon terms which shall be reasonable
and just, all rights secured under the
cession by Spain, and thereupon leave
the government and control of the is
lands TO their people,
Another resolution by Mr.. Griggs of
Georgia was adopted, as follows:
We, the Democratic members of the
house of representatives in caucus as
sembled, commend the signal loyalty
and valor of our soldiers and sailors in
the performance of every military duty
to which they have been assigned by
proper authority, however much we
may deplore the policy of the admin
nov directing their move
ments: and we pledge to them our
hearty support and sympathy under all
wherever engaged"
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-02-28
THE UNION PACIFIC BLOCEADED
ALL FREIGHT AND PASSENGER
TRAINS TIED UP.
Drifts Four to Twelve Feet Deep
Along the Line in Wyoming
Worst Blizzard of the Season.
Especial to The Herald

Cheyenne, Wyo., Feb. 27.-The worst
blockade of the winter settled down on
the Union Pacific early this morning
between Sidney, Neb., and Rawlins,
Wyo., a distance of 275 miles. Freight
traffic between the two points was
abandoned Sunday night and at an
early hour yesterday every passenger
train was tied up. Thirty miles east of
Cheyenne the storm ragged from mid
night Sunday until this afternoon.
Snow was piled up in drifts go yards
long and from four to twelve feet deep
Between Laramie and Medicine Bow
the blizzard ragged for forty hours and
is still in progress. The wind blew an
average speed of fifty-four miles an
hour over this entire section. 1t has
been by far the worst blizzard in re-
cent years and the loss to live stock
in this section is bound TO be heavy.
The damage to the railroad cannot be
estimated. but it is very great.
The west bound passenger train due
to leave here Sunday night is tied up
at Laramie This mornings and to-
nights west-bound trains are tied up
at Hillsdale, east of Cheyenne, being
delayed by two snow plows which are
hopeIessly stuck in the snow near there.
Today's east bound trains are tied up
at stations between Medicine Bow and
Laramie, being held back by three ro-
tary plows which are stuck fast
At midnight the situation is no bet
ter and there are no immediate Pros
poets of a resumption of traffic.
The Cheyenne & Northern road has
not run a train for three weeks and
has abandoned traffic indefinitely.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-02-28
Ogden Briefs.

j. H. Macmillan will spend this week
in Salt Lake.
Judge Rolapp was in Pennington
yesterday, holding court.
The Southern Pacific paycar is ex-
pected in tomorrow evening.
w. L. Wilson and Hon. j. H Mac
MILAN were among the Ogdenites in
the capital yesterday.
The Ogden chorus people report ex-
cellert success in getting patronage for
the Max Bendix concert.
Quite number of Ogden people will
go to Hooper tomorrow 10 attend the
funeral of the late Gilbert Belnap.
G. L. Clark, operator of the Southern
Pacific at Stonehouse, New, came in
from the west yesterday to his home at
Five Points. he being ILL.,
The Rio Grande Western will run an
excursion to Salt Lake on Wednesday,
the round trip fare being 81, the occa-
sion being the Sousa concert.
William Garland will leave this morn
ing for Collinston and from there will
go over the line of the Bear River
canal, which is now his property, and
will start a number of important i'm
provements.
At meeting of the uniform rank. X.
of p. last night, officers were elected as
follows: Captain, A. NJ. Hodge; first
lieutenant, P w. Jackman; second lieu
tenant. j. NJ. Doran; recorder. r. T.
Burdette; treasurer, C. p. Jennings.
The preliminary hearing of r. S.
Brooks. who was arrested on complaint
of C. II. Costing, charged with embez-
Element, will come up at 10 o'clock to-
morrow morning before Justice Hulani-
ski. This is the second hearing of the
defendant for the same Offense, he
having been tried before Justice Per-
rim under a former information and
discharged.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-02-28
ANTI-P0LYGAMY AMENDMENT.
House Report Urges Congress tc
Take Some Action.

Washington, Feb. PA favorable re-
port on the proposed constitutional
amendment prohibiting polygamists from
being elected TO congress was made in
the house today by Representative Cap
ron of Rhode Island, on behalf of the
committee on the election of president and
vice president. He refers TO the case of
Representative Z. II. Roberts of
Utah as one Of the causes for renewing
attention TO the subject.
After reviewing this case, the report
states that its determination rests with
the next congress. On the general sub
ject, however. ii urges an amendment to
the constitution, and says:
Enough has been presented to show
that the people of the United States.
through congress. have placed on the
statute books their uneouivocal and I'M
compromising hostility to the crime of
polygamy. Therefore, shall the possibility
be allowed to continue to exist of a state
electing to congress a person who is a
polygamist, to participate in the framing
OF laws for people who have unmstak-
abl.'. in no uncertain way. but delibef-
ateiy and positively, declared that poIyga-
my is a crime and disease which should
not be tolerated in civilized community,
but extirDated. in the interest of the
homes Of America, which constitute one
of the nations strongest bulwarks against
moral decay? We believe that If given
the opportunity, the people will answer
emphatically in the negative"
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-02-28
NEWS FROM OVER THE STATE.

A compliant was sworn out today in the
justice court against Vern Bunnell of
Lake View, charging him with cruelty
to animals. 1t is alleged that he tied a
horse TO a post Saturday evening and
left 1t there during the terrible storm
that ragged here that night.
l.. NJ Paul, the cigar manufacturer of
Castillo Springs. is i'll at his home here
with typhoid fever.
Mrs. ID. p Kellogg OF Oakland, Cal. who
has been visiting her mother, Mrs. IJJalIna
Smith, has returned TO her home on the
coast, taking with her her younger sister,
Miss Edith Smith
1t is reported that John T Johnson is
very III with the grip at his home in the
First ward.
Judge ]. B. Miner was in Provo today.
The Rio Grande Western will run an
excursion train 10 Salt Lake Wednesday
to accommodate people who wish TO hear
Sousa.
The following Salt Lakers were regis
tered at the Hotel Roberts today: ]. NJ
Goodwin, G. d. Schmidiap and T. Croft
The city council met tonight and besides
the transaction of some minor business
decided at the request of Mayor Jones'
TO hold an informal meeting next Friday
evening for the purpose of further con-
sidering the electric light problem. The
mayor vetoed the franchise granting w.
D and D. H. Roberts the privilege of
utilizing the surplus waters of the factory
race for the purpose of running 4 pottery
near Second and b streets. His reason
for so doing was that il would be detri-
mental to the interests Of Provo City and
liable to cause litigation.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-02-28
HEAVY DAMAGES ASKED.
injured Railway Employees Hold
the Road Responsible.
Especial COrrespcndence.)


p Provo, Feb. 1.-TWO heavy damage suits
were planted today in the Fourth district
court against the Rio Grande Western
Railroad company. one being by Fletcher
Sopher for SIS. $50, and the other by Walter
wheeler for so, 429.
Sopher alleges that he was rear brake
man on one of the defendants freight
trai.as, known as an extra train running
between Ogden and Grand Junction, ana
that bridge was careleSsly maintained
across the Price river, a short distance
west of Kyune canyon, so narrow that
when, on July Z 1898. as the train APP
preached Kyune canyon, it being midnight
and very dark, the plaintiff attempted 10
step from the platform of the front end
or the cabOose and with his hands eaten
hold of the iron rounds of the ladder on
tho outside of the car Immediately ahead.
he was struck 10y the side of the bridge
and thrown down on the ties and timber.
Wounding his head limbs and body, and
rendering him unfit for manual laDor
Wheeler alleges that he was engaged by
defendant company on the 18th day OF
September, 1898. in making excavations
and trenches for depot building at
SpringVille station; that he was thus en-
gagged when suddenly, without warning,
the banks of the excavations caVed IN
upon him wounding and injuring MIN
about his limbs and body, thus causing
him great bodily pain and anguish, and
disabling him TO such an extent that he IS
unable to make his living by any manual
la Dor whatever
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-02-28
SHERIFF'S SALE.

IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE
Third judicial district OF the state OF
Utah. county of Salt Lake--JOseph r.
Walker and Matthew H Walker, under
the firm name Of Walker Brothers, bank
ers. plaintiffs, vs.. William Carroll, NOrah
Carroll and Louis II. FarnsWOrth, as truS-
tee. defendantS-TO be sold at sheriff s
sale at the west front door of the county
court house. in the city and county Of
Salt Lake. state of Utah. on Wednesday,
the 22nd day OF March. 1893, at u o'clock
noon of said day. the real estate describ-
ed as follows, tO-wit: Commencing at
the northwest corner of lot TWO ~. in
block thirty-siX 1861. in plat b Salt
Lake City survey. and running thence
south fOrty-eight (4S) feet: thence east
one hundred and seventy-three and one
fourth q73lD feet; thence north forty
eight (iS) feet: thence west one hundred
and seventy-three and One-fOurth q75i4)
feet. 70 the place of beginning. the same
being q portion Of said lot two %, sit
uate in Salt Lake City and county, state
of Utah. together with all and singular
the tenements, hereditaments, easements,
servitudes and appurtenances thereto be-
longing or in any wise appertaintng.
Purchase price payable in lawful money
OF the United States.
JOHN +. HOWELLS,
Sheriff Of Salt Lake County, State Of
Utah.
By A. G. DYER, Deputy.
Dated Feb. 81 1893.
S. McDowan. Attorney for the Plaintiff.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-02-28
IRRIGATION RESERVOIRS.
Important Provisions Of River and
Harbor Bill.
Especial to The Herald.

Especial TO The Herald.)
Washington, Feb. 27.-The river and
harbor appropriation bill, which is tied
up by the failure of the conferees to
agree, contains the following items:
For the construction along Piney
creek, Wyoming, of one reservoir, pro-
vided that the secretary OF war may
enter into a contract or contract for
such work and materials as may be
necessary for the completion of the
reservoir, to be paid for as appropria-
tons may from time to time be made
by law. The reservoir shall be emptied
as nearly as may be, each year, between
June 30 and Sept. 80. the discharge Of
the stored water to be under the direc-
ton of the state engineer or other state
officer especially designed for the pur-
pose by the state wherein such reSer-
voirs are located.
The secretary of war is also directed
TO cause preliminary surveys or exam
nations to be made of one, or more
reservoir sites in each arid and semi
arid state, and report upon the cost,
practicability and desirability of con-
structing reservoirs and other works
necessary for the storage and utiliza-
flows and the erosion of river banks
and levees, and for the Reinforcement
of the flow of streams and raising the
water-line therein during droughts and
low-water, and to utilize the water for
irrigation mining or domestic purposes
wheSl it is in transit, and to replenish
the streams in seasons of SoW-Water
The sum of $4,000 is appropriated for
this purpose.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-02-28
K|PL|NG HOLDING HIS OWN
HOPE FOR HIS RECOVERY NOW
ENTERTAINED.
Friends Believe That the Danger
Point Has Been Passed-Physi-
clans Explain the Case.

New York. Feb. 27.-The latest bulle-
tins of DR.. Janeway and DR.. Durham
last night indicated that the condition
of Rudyard Kipling is slightly improv-
ed Mrs Kipling went out for a drive
shortly before o'clock last night. AL
though very pale and tired, she looked
greatly relieved. and other relatives
and friends of the family gathered at
the GrenOble hotel seemed to believe
that the danger point had been passed.
1t was said that the patient had had no
commissions during the day; that there
was no fear of meningitis. The heart
was weak, but digitalis strengthened
it well.
At 1890 this morning Drs. Janeway
and Durham gave out the following
bulletin:
Mr.. Kipling is, as at the last report,
holding his own. The advent of q crisis
may be delayed, as the inflammation
has developed in the upper portion of
the lungs. while the parts originally af-
fecte5 had nearly resolved. The sever
ity of the disease during the past few
days has been due to the advance of
the Inflammation upward. while the
parts originally affected were not yet
available for respiration"
AT o'clock Mr.. Kipling's condition
was unchanged.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-02-28

New York, Feb. 27.-Roland Burn
ham Molineux, son of General Leslie
Molineux of Brooklyn, was arrested to-
night, charged with numbering Mrs.
Katherine j. Adams in this city on Dec
2S, 1898. Her death was caused by poi
son sent to Harry Cornish, with whom
Molineux had quarreIed He was
locked up in the Tombs prison. The
arrest followed the verdict of the cor
oner's jury, accusing him of the crime.
While the inquest was into the death
of Mrs. Adams, it also went into the
circumstances of the death of Henry
c. Barnet of the Knickerbocker Ath-
letic club, who was poisoned by a pow
der received through the mail, as was
Mrs. Adams. The cases are so closely
connected that they can scarcely be
considered separately.
The proceedings of the final day of
the inquest were sensational in the
highest degree. The case had dragged
along monOtonously, witnesses being
examined for the sole purpose, as it
seemed, of contradicting Harry Corn
ish's testimony in minor details or of
eliciting suggestions as to a motive
that might have led Cornish to COM
NIT the crime. The newspapers, from
the beginning, had stuck TO Molinelx
as the person most to be suspected, but
the prosecuting officials apparently
never harbored such a though. The eX-
aminer was kind and gentle when deal
ing with Molineux, but gruff and Sc
we're with Cornish on the stand.
The curtain rose on the last act of the
melodrama this afternoon. AZ shop
keeper who rented private letter boxes
swore positively that Molineux was his
patron, using the name of II. c. Bar
net" 1t was proved long ago that the
bottles of medicine had been sent to
that letter box. Then the handwriting
experts were called, and one after an
other declared that the hand that wrote
the address on the poison package and
forged the names of Harry Cornish and
H. c. Barnet to letters sent to drug
firms ordering powder medicines was
the hand of Roland B. MolineuX. The
experts were absolutely certain in their
identification of the penmanship and
would make no qualifications of their
statements. District Attorney Gardiner
then summed up the case, directly ac-
cusing MolineuX.
The jury brought in a verdict charg-
ing MOlineuX with the murder and he
was at once arrested and committed to
the Tombs, without bail
MolineuX is a member of the Nee
York Athletic club, and was, until his
quarrel with Harry Cornish, a promi-
nent member of the Knickerbocker
Athletic club, from which he resigned
because of that quarrel. Molineux's
father is a paint manufacturer and is
to be a millionaire The pris-
oner has gone in good society, being of
excellent address and manners and
prospective heir to a great fortune. His
counsel is Barlow S. Weeks of the New
York Athletic club, and a personal en- !
envy of Harry Cornish.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-02-28
CITY Council.

The city council met last evening
with all members present but Brewer.
The mayor nominated Moroni Poulter
as poll tax collector for 1899 The NOM
nation was laid on the table for one
week
Miscellaneous claims amounting to
$685. AZ were allowed and likewise pay
rolls amounting to 1888. The claim of
DR.. Coulter for $162 for extra services
as city physician in 1896 and 1897, was
also ordered paid.
The matter of paving Twenty-fourth
street was laid over pending a report
from the city attorney.
Recorder Anderson reported having
received $500 from the Rocky Noun
tain Bell Telephone company, rendered
as compromise for the dismissal of all
suits of the city pending against the
telephone company. The matter was
referred to the city attorney
A petition was received asking that
Park avenue be opened a block and a
half from Twenty-fourth street, and
Nathan Tanner appeared and asked
that Moffett's lane be graveled. Both
matters We're referred to the commit
tee on streets.
An ordinance was introduced by
Woolley. modifying. the license ordi-
nance by defining boarding house
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-02-28
sEssMENT NO. l.

THE FLORENCE MINING COM
pany, location of principal place Of bust,
ness, Salt Lake City, state OF Utah. LO-
cation of mine, Camp Floyd mining dis
trict, state of Utah. Notice is hereby
given that at a meeting of the board OF
directors of said company held on the
Sth day OF February, a. d. 1889. an assess
ment of One-quarter 20 of one Cd cent
per share was levied on the capital stock
to the secretary at the office of the com
pany, No. 81 to 43 West First South
street. Salt Lake City, state of Utah.
shall remain unpaid on Monday. March
49, 1899 will be delinquent, and advertised
for sale at public auction. and unless pay
ment is made before. viii be sold on Fri
day. March 81 1899. TO pay the delinquent
assessment, together with the costs of
advertising and expense of sale
BY order OF the board of directors.
WILLIAM r. WALLACE. Secretary.
Salt Lake City. Utah. Feb. s. 1899.
First publication Feb. Q, 1889.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-02-28
Salt Lake Opera Companv.

The Salt Lake Opera company played
to the largest house of the season last
night and was accorded a most enthu-
siastic reception in the presentation of
"A Trip to Africa" There were en-
cores at all possible occasions and cur
tain calls at the close of the first and
second acts. The finals at the close
of the second act was especially artis-
tic and enjoyable from every point of
view, the scene of the Nile overflow
being a detail especially we'll received.
From the box office standpoint the reve-
nue. was also very successful the re-
ceipt being greater by SIS than those
Of any night that the performance was
given in Salt Lake. A special train over
the Short Line brought the company
with a large number of other Salt
Lakers. TO this city in just forty-six
minutes.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-02-28
PROVO BRIEFS.
Items of General Interest to Garden
City People.
Especial Correspondcnce.1


Provo. Feb. 27.-Attorney NJ. NJ War
ner left for Statelinc this morning for the
purpose % inspecting some mining prop
erty there II which he is interested. He
VIII DO gone one week.
=. Clun Jr.- Was q visitor IN Salt Lake
trcay.
Senator a O. Smoot spent yesterday in
Provo vita his family
The Wcmans Christian Temperance,
Union viii mold its regular bi-weekly ses-
sion Wednesday afternoon at $50 o'clock
Il. the home OF Mrs. James BoyGen, cor
ner o. Tenth and / streets.
Attorney s. r. Thurman is IL the state
capital on legal business.
N.ow. at a time when there i unmeas-
urcd moisture at hand. those who have 10
buy hay feel the effects OF the drought
last gear. for lUcern is gradually getting
higher than ii has been for many years
Joseph Yates went 20 salt Lake today
sheriff storrs and County Attornev
Evans went 10 PaysOn today on official
City Attorney William Greer OF Spanish
Fork was here today on legal business
Sam J. Jones made n business trip to
Salt Lake this morning.
James Boyden has been suffering with
an attack or grip.
Willis X. spafford Of the firm of srnoot
& Spafforc visited the capital this morn
Samuel Adamson of St. George. who
married one Of Roger Farrer's daughters.
has been VISITING, IN company with his
wife IN Provo for few days. He leaves
for his southern home tomorrow
C z. Loose is in Salt Lake today.
J. D. Wadley of Pleasant Grove was a
visitor here today
March l has been fixed as the date for
holding a meeting Of farmers for the pur-
pose Of effecting an organization. as has
beer done in other parts of the state
The meeting viii be held in the old meet
ing house and S. II. Hobson Of Ogden viii
be present
Mr. A Bailey of the firm of Bailey &
Vincent. is in the capital On business.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-02-28
HARVEST MINING COMPANY.
Articles of Incorporation Were Filed
Yesterday.

Articles of Incorporation of the Har-
vest Mining company were yesterday
filed with County Clerk Hollingsworth.
The incorporators are E. T. Woolley,
y. H Goddard, B. P. Critchlow, r. A.
Garner and ]. G. Stratford of Ogden;
D. j. Davis. James p. Freeze, A. H.
Woolley and L. S. Simmons of Salt
Lake; II. S. Woolley of Paris, Ida, and
X. p. Plowman of Boise. Ida
The capital stock is 100000, divided
into 100000 shares of the par value
of 10 cents each. The officers of the
company are: H. S. Woolley, presi-
dent; James P. Freeze, vice president:
b. T. WoOlley, secretary; B. P. Critch-
low treasurer. These, with B. H.
Goddard, A. H. Woolley, L. S. Sim
mons, r. A. Garner, D. ]. Davis and
]. G. Stratford, constitute the board of
directors. The principal place of bust
ness is at Ogden.
The property of the company is To-
Gated in Idaho, and includes the Wash
ington group of claims, in the Gambri-
nus mining district, in Boise county.