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Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-05-01
AIMS OF STATE POLICY.
Germany In Commercial ftivsiry with
America aad Gnrisnd-Iser
Naval Power.

London. May 1.-The berlin corrca-
pendent Of the Times says;
Emperor william has once more
shown how cntscly hi.r must svuurv,is
Impulses hrc mad. To rubscrvc the aims
Of state policy ana how far his Ideas
Of foreign policy are exalted above the
petty rancotn Of an influential section
Of the German press. II ought TO he
noted that tho telcEramr between Em-
p9ror William and President Mckinley
regarding the German cable We're both
published In the original English text
ON the very eve " the kaiucr'n telegram
certain papers published dispatch
from New York. declaring that Cap
tain corhlanH dismissal was under
consideration. but that 'Df uolloben did
not insist upon II.
The truth II that many OF those who
make toe most noise In GERMAN foreign
politics do not IN the least rcaiiEe the
nccc.Hity of the situation, Germany
has bccomc deeply committed 90 a
policy Of commercial rivalry with grcat
Britain and the United States aud In
authoritative quarters II Il considered
imperative that IN the meantime, at
least. Germany should maintain p0lit-
Teal friendship with these two powers
The liefliner Post, pointing this out,
says that what Germany needs ~ a
rcapitc In order 10 develop her naval
power, and 90 shape her policy With a
View 10 ultimate. u silll remote. adj
yautngen"
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aus corroS ~ SHELLS.


New York. May i.-coi Frank
Pheppn. Of the ordnance department
q. 4. A., said. regarding the death OF
Captain 4. =. Stuart. who was killed by
tho explosion at the Dupont mills. sat
urdny, that he thought u had occurred
while gun cotton was being compressed
into shells,
The present tests were designed 20
fendor the use Of gun cotton In shells
less dangerous a case occurred soma
time ai-o In which a shell exploded
about nifty feet from the muxxle of the
gun. II WIS evident that the explosion
was not due 20 the conclusion Of firing
as II would have occurred IN the gun
and II was equally evident that tho eN-
plorion was due 10 friction within the
shell
A shell driven from the rifed bore OF a
gun spins around like an uugcf at "A
terrific rate, while the charge In this
case evidently failed Ia rcvOlyo with
the shell or II turned at ycry much
less rpccp This set M a friction be-
tween thu charge and Ia the interior
sides OF the shell. Many mrfhoda have
been tried 20 avoid this The Interior
Of shells has BEEN made octngunal. The
shells 10 be loaded are placed IN metal
receptaCler. and Il was believed that N
the gun cotton was packed directly into
the shell Itself and sufficiently COM
pressed, II would turn with the shell
and thus avoid the friction. II was 10
put this theory to test that Captain
Stewart had been placed IN charge Of
the work al the Dupont mills. II u be-
licved that he was thus engaged when
the fatal explosion occurred.
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TY,

amounts to siOp. 900 2sS, but the proba-
bilities are that the deficit for the year
VIII not b. In excess Of the estimate OF
fif2, 900 900 made by Secretary Gage In
his report Expenditures on account
OF war have not decreased ms rapidly
as hoped for. on account OF the hostlli.
Ties In the Philippines. but the recent
favorable reports from General Otis
have led the treasury officials 10 believe
that by July LIST practically all Of the
volunteers will have been mustered out
or the service. the heavy expenses for
transportation and subsistence Of
troops viii have been materially re-
duccd and the army expenses generally
brought down more nearly to u normal
basis.
n these expectations arc realized. u
II thought that the treasury can run
about even from the beginning % the
new fiscal year and that the estimated
deficit Of tso,o0o,Ooo for that year will
not develop. These estimates for that
year are based on an expected revenue
Of tsiO.pss. ~ and an estimated expondi-
turc OF feii. 0oe. 40.
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Commission Has Not Yet Submitted . lie.
port aud WIN Not for some Time.

New York. May IA special 10 the
Herald from Washington rayr.
ON account of the diiicuit ~ ruaoh.
INK n unanimous conclusion a. 10 IA.
cost OF the proposed waterway, the
Nicaragua canal commission has not
YET submitted report and IL not ox-
pccted to do NO for some time.
When the report u submitted the
President VIII appoint the iHthmlan
canal commission. authority for which
i given In the river and hnrbor appro.
pristion hill, Rear Admiral Maker
and ciyll Engineer llaupt are prncti-
caily agreed on the question of cost,
bot General llaines, the third member,
thinks the estimate % HIS COLLEAGUES
too low, when all the flgures AZ q the
amount of material Ia be removed and
canal, with the conditions prevailing,
had been reviewed. the three commits.
nlopera reported an agreement ON he
toHt o. each feature OF the work Rear
Admiral Walker was quite willing 10
let this sum. with an addition ~ ten
per cent Tor emergencies. stand ~ the
estimate of the construction. but Gem
erni llhincs thinks the canal will cost
more than the sum estimated by Rear
Admiral Walker and Mr. liaupi
when the preliminary report ~ the
commission was submitted. Rear Ad.
miral Walker and Mr Haupt estimated
fi35. 600 900 but General Haines added n
minority report, which. while u ap-
proved the route selected by his COLI
Leagues, added twenty par cent to tho
stimate OF cost.
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msouAn,,ir on TRUSTS.
Combined wealth shonid he compeiisd To
Meet Individual Compositions.

Special per Deseret Telegraph;
st. George Utah. May iat.-fn an
swer 10 the Inquiry "ln view OF the
entry into this state OF the great east
ern trusts, what II your opinion OF the
causes OF the organizations OF trusts.
their effects on trade. and what, N any,
legislation n needed 10 check their
operation?'. REPRESENTATIVE John q,
Mconarrie expressed himself briefly as
follows:
1--WE do not usually look deep into
conditions until We begin TO be affected
BY them, and as the eastern trusts are
lust beginning 10 make their power felt
In our state. l can hardly give an In
telllHcnt opinion ON the cause OF the
orgnnixa ton and the legislation needed
to check their operation, A good gov
eminent II one thnt protects Its clti-
gems In tho pursuit Of happiness and
property. ana In the land OF plenty, II
the government will reatruin not only
the highwayman, who takes by
force, but the powerful trusts
that take advantage % mems
necessities and deprive theri of means
without returning full value, there II
no reason why We should not obtain
both happiness and prosperity. While
we are all engaged In nerce
struggle for existence and have not
yet reached that condition that we
love our neiRhbors an ourselves, we
need come power 10 restrain US from
taking advantage II each other
'"I'he unwrltten law that Inns been re-
He'd upon 10 equailze all trade and adj
lust the difference between producer
and consumer and settle the disputes
between capital and labor II the law
of competition which We all recognise
as great ieveler OF clusses, prices, and
conditions. The great struggle between
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Cart. AprnooMn,E,s REPORT.
Ills Expedition to Copper River Olsen.
bsrked aud Hospital Gstsblishsd.

Washington, May i.-Aoting Secre-
tary MelkeiJohn has received report
handing the expedition Investigating
the Copper River route 90 the Yukon
country, The report comes through
Capt. Robbins, quartermaster at seat
tie, Wash, who says that the following
message was handed him by the purser
Of the steamer Excelsior. which arrived
yesterday from Valdez. Alaskai
MY expedition disembarked today
April 2srd. Hospital organized for the
care Of Destitute miners who are now
coming out Of the interior by the route
you contemplate opening as n military
road. While the conditions are dis
tresalng. 50 far as the destitute are
concerned the worst IL over. A full re-
port follows. ABERcRoMBIE,
Commanding"
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ANNIVERSARY OF VICTORY
Brillan, Achievements Marked an tpoehlin
History for All Tine.
BRAVE OFFICERS AND MEN
Presidential Party visit. the ssrsoks
I'm Nsvy Ysrd-A General Hand
shake, Followed BY Luncheon.

New York. May i.--Prcrident and Mrs.
Mckinley brrakfastod early this morn
Ink at the Hotel Manhattan. AFTER
breakfast the President received .
number of callers. among them orcn-
willie NJ. Dodge. ~ s.s5 o'clock the
President. Abncr Mckinley and Assist
ant Secretary cortciyou drove TO tho
foot II East Twenty third street where
they boarded government tus and
went to the navy yard. Airs Mcitin-
Icy remained at the hotel.
The presidential party. which In
ciudod Gen. Dodge. W. W. Wheaton.
Sergeant RiScy. 4. =. ~. and Col. w.
G. brown. were received ON board tho
government ,uE Nina by Commander
J. u. J. Kelley. 4. 4. ~. who was dele
gated TO escort them 10 the navy yard
By Rear Admiral J. W. Philip. Tn.
TUG reached the yard At 1870 O'Clock
and the visitors landed nj the foot Of
Main street. A. the Nina turned IN
to the wailabout basin the guns on
board the Vermont belched forth sal
ute of twenty-one guns In honor OF tho
Prcaidtnt. Hear Admiral Philip. with
Captains Miller .ldc. farnhoide and
Arnoic. greeted the President ana hls
escort when they came ashore. Prcai-
dert Mckinley and the commandant
then led ~ the yard 10 the Lycoun
building In frDnt Of which nli the Of
nccr on duty at the yard were lined up
Ia full dress.
ono hundred marines In command o.
Cot. u. w. Huntington faced tho build
Ing As the party approached the
marine band played Han 10 the
Chief" and while the marines prescni-
ed arms the officers and spectators
doffcd thsir hats. Admiral rhiiip. IN
srO,iused sach II the cfhcrrr 20 the
President Who shook hanis with every
one OF them. After this the party was
escorted through the stores ana Tue
ami Glacier, which they Inspected. Az
ter the inspection they were invited to
luncheon at the Communicates rcai-
dence.
Aftcr luncheon the President and the
other visitors returned TO the city on
board the Nlnn.nnd NJ the vessel swuns
into the East river another salute OF
twenty zone guns was nred from tho
Vermont. ON which vessel tho Prcni.
dents mas was lying.
While az the navy yard President Nc
kinicy sent the following telegram to
Admiral Dewey!
May I. 1899. Dewey. Manila.
on this anniversary Of your srrat
victory. the people of the United States
unite In an expression u affection aud
gratitude TO yourself and the brave Of
nccrs and men OF your fleet. whose
brilliant achievements marked an
epoch IN history which viii live In
tho annals OF the worlds heroic deeds.
WILLIAM MkfNLEY.
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believed To Have Loot ~. Course aud to
Have Deen Captured.

Washington. May 1.-The war depart
ncnt has received no ndvicca from Gem
eral otis since Saturday concerning the
conditions In the Philippines. Two dis
patches received this morning mako no
mention u negotiations with the lnaur-
gents ono Of the dispatches was as
follows
Manila. May i.--Adjutant General.
Washington!-capt Rockefeller.
Ninth Infantry. missing since May
tMnrchD 2sth ultimo. on line COM
mnndlng battalion near Caioocan. WIS.,
Tied outposts " 30 y. m. no; seen since
DiliFcnt search made that night. two
miles "a front. nothing discovered. no
enemy In front. Search prosecuted ever
since without success. Private papers In
his possession found 2sth ultimo. two
and one half miles to FROM. belief Loot
course and captured"
Captain Charles a. Rockefeller cn-
tered the army m n private Ia the Sow.
enth New York In 1861 lie served
through the civil war reaching the rank
OF firnt lieutenant Of volunteers. lie
became second lieutenant In the
Ninth Infantry IN 1867 and has bacn
with thsi regiment ever since. Hc has
always been known ~ good soldier
and was a graduate ~ the infantry and
cavalry school. ute was woli M In the
list u captains aud would have re-
ccivcd a MAJORS commission In. a short
time.
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capital aud labor h % rise above tho
law OF competition. 10 far labor has
been unsuccessful and In the formation
Of trusts capital has been successful
and the law Of competition Is power
less 20 protect the fnasser against the
combined power OF corporations and
until the strong arm Of the government
is extended 10 protect and restrain his
tory viii repeat itself nnd It will be
the old. old. story u poverty lacking
liberty struggling against privilege.
Il maintain that the government
should redeem Its pledge and secure
equal rights. which fnicens equal adj
vantage 10 all. while ] recognize the
advantage OF capital and would do all
could TO encourage capital 10 come
Into our state rtlli ] think that the
people should be prptoctcd against
trusts and combinations whose object
II to shirk honest competition. I believe
our State has a right 70 legiHlatc 10 ac-
cofnpllsh this end and I would favor
leriaistlon that would forve combined
wealth 10 meet the anne competition
that the Individual murt meet when he
secures his portion ~ the wealth he
produces" H
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mrIo TO rmE DISTRICT COURT.


Special per Dcserct Telegraph;
brigham city. May 1.-The city has
been thrown into great excitement over
tho result Of a hold.up Just south OF
brigham on Saturday evening at about
10 O'Clock, and OF the tragic death "
oficcr william brown. OF Ogden and
one OF the bandits.
Fred Nelson was the party who was
robbed. They alro tied his hands ana
feet and gagged him. after which he
was thrown on the side OF the road.
lie succeeded In getting loose and Riv.
Ing the alarm. Sheriff Gordon and
ips the hold-ups at the Hot. Springs.
After taking shelter IN tie f6skr. they
hred back on tho oiilcctu. About TWEEN
N-livc shots vera flrcd, when the ofn-
GERS returned and 'phoned to Ogden for
help. They tried 10 guard the fusriiives
but they Escaped further up tho noun
tains.
When enforcement from ogden
came. the hill was searched. but the
tracks could not be followed. The
search was about to be abandoned
when Joseph Dclnap. Captain
William Drown Rnd. sheriff Gordon
who had separated .from the rcst. found
frvrh tracks and, Assembled the hill.
They pasred the bandits and when re-
aud pursued them nrcxn leading. lie
cAllSd on thru ~ atop. telling thun,
my did not w1rh TO harm them al II
was iirht offenac. hut they rvfuscd.
lirown wis about forty ynriH from
them. the rest about 100, Iirowu open.
81 firo when the rest of the officers and
bandits did the ra'nv ono bandit fell
and Immediately nftvr brown also feli.
The surviving officer hid behind the
rocks fring ut IN. officers. but CUR
rendered unscratchcd when h, raw the
Hpllntcru Tying from the rock, saying.
You have killed my ,brother"
The prisoner was brought 10 lirln-
ham, crowds OF people gathered about
and there was talk u ogden lynchcra
coming. The excitement was very
hiTh. t.s t..
The prisoner had a hearing before
Justice Elias Jcnaen today. and pleaded
not guilty. The evidences showed with.
out q doubt that the live bandit killed
ofiicer brown as the other BAN
ait was dead before nrown. lie
was bound over Ia the district
court. lie gave his name as James
Morran and said the other man was
hts brother, George Morgan.
James Morgan h but nineteen years
old and looks anything but desperate
and seemingly feels hlA misfortune very
kecnly. vet was calm and collected at
his hearing. lie IL smooth faced. very
rcd--lDokH a. " he might have been
crying. when led from the court room
he walked unhandoufIcd with his eyes
on the ground. lie IL now In close
confinement In the county jail.
sheriff Gordon and Mr. rlknnp left
at one o'clock for willard to bury the
dead bandit, an inquest having been
held there this morning. Sheriff Cor
don said II was impossible 10 tell
which ~ the ofilcern had killed the
bandit. all having fred within few
seconds.
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ron pIs,Isau,sunp oaLLAsTmy.


Washington. May LIN accordance
with the request of the President TO
choose from each OF the volunteer regi-
mentH nov IN the Philippines, one man
distinguished for gallantry for appolnt-
mcnt an second lieutenant In the fcgu-
lar army, Gen, otis has forwarded the
following namcsi
Each will receive such commission;
J. ~ Morse. iirHt lieutenant Califor-
MIA heavy artillery. George 4. nalling-
ger. flrut lieutenant, First California
Infantry, Ralph ". Lister. second lleu-
tenant, Firrt Colorado. William II.
Gibson, captain. fifiy-iirst Iowa; Chris
A, Hcchl sergeant, Thirteenth hinneno-
la u. W Duryca, lieutenant. First
Montana Wallace G. Taylor captain.
First Nebraska Hecs Jackson, first
lieutenant, First oregon, Frank n.
Hawkins. Tenth Pennsylvania; Evan
A. Young. hrst lieutenant First South
Dakota william g, webb. second
lieutenant, Utah light artillery.
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SIMPSONS SQUADRON.
pregrum OF Nssesuvsr. - .nii.tisr
0eys - Apprentices noni,or non-
sdneeh 20 8ssnain az Manila.

New York. May LA Dispatch 10 the
Herald from Washington says;
ltsnr Admlni fa,nsc1ns ,yluadron
vii arrive at Tompkinmliicfi y. l.. ac-
cording to Its Official itinerary. on
Tuesday morning.
Boards Of survey will Immediately
examine the ships and rcport to the de-
partmcnt any repairs that may be
needed. Such vessels M need repair will
b. neni 10 the navy yard. Rear Admir-
al Hichborn. chief constructor. expects
some Of them Will have To be dookod
and cleaned. az steel bottoms rapidly
foul In West Indian waters.
Rear Admiral Sampson viii come TO
Washington and discuss with SECRETARY
Allen the program of manocuvrva which
the squadron will execute during the
summer. The rqunrdon II expected 60
remain at New York until the latter
part " May, when u VIII proceed 20
Narrasansctt Hay,
Action was taken by the navy depart.
ment which Will result. u IL believed.
Ia the submission OF several bids IN IN.
Forthcoming armor plate competition.
The department has reduced the
amount of check each bidder will be-
required 10 submit with his bid from
ti.ooo.0oo To $4,000. BIDS viii be opened
on May Jist
Roar Admiral crowininshield,
chief OF the bureau OF nnviga-
ton. has given instructions TO the COM
handing oificcr Of the Pensacola to en-
list boys aA naval apprentices. The pen-
nncola Will accommodate two hundrrd
apprentices and the Adams II now on
cruire with about the same number
on board. Barracks ar" being erected
on Yerbera Island for 400 apprentices,
II IL the intention 10 keep half the 800
boys enlisted on the Pacific coast afioat
and the remainder ashore,
Instructions have also been given 20
Captain John MCGOWAN. OF tho Port.
land naval training station. 10 enlist
boys. The now barracks 90 he erected
on Coasters Iinrbor Island, ~. l., will
accommodate 1000 boys, Under tho
terms Of the recent naval APPROPRIATION
law. the department IA authorised TO
enlist 2,OO0 boys and half that number
must h. constantly at sea
Commander BlockllnEer VIII be as
signed TO command the frla de Cuba,
when that vessel Rocn into commission
about July 3rd, Commander Illocklin-
ger Is now on duty ON the Asaitic sta
ton. The lsla de Cuba will be ready
for service about July iat. the isla DO
Luxon ON August LIST, and tho Don Juan
OF Aurtrin. about October iat.
Surgeon John u. stole. who was medl.
cal officer ~ the monitor Monadnock.
has reached Washington from Manila.
pr. Stole reported 10 Rear Admiral Van
Reypcn. surgeon general, that the
health Of the squadron II excellent
particularly that ~ the officers and men
on the Monadnock. During tho voyage
from Mare Island 10 Manila. Dr. Stole
states there was no suffering among the
men, but some discontinue on account
Admiral Dewey is expected TO keep the
monitor AT Manila.
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DrsoSsraArioS az FRIENDSHIP.


Vienna, May 1.-The seml-ofllciai
frcmdenblatt. In the course u an ar
uclc today. Originates the cahieKrnfna
which passed between Emperor Will
Ham and President Mckinley last week
over the German cable matter az i'm
portant demonstrations % friendship
because thoy mark tho close 81 period
~ disturbance of the relations between
Germany and America. The Frsmdsn-
blatt says the political aims or the two
countries are - far apart that n 10
Impossible for one 10 cross the others
path, Just a. Europe has grown &C.
cuatomcd 90 regard the grcat American
republic ~ q new great prscr. the
frcmdcnhlntt concludes. America
must admit that she meets here not
prejudice or dislike. but perfect rsadi-
ness to return Cancellation Tor conciiia-
ton and fricndlincsa for fricndlncaa."
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STORM BAD FOR SHEEP.
WIN Probably Kill Many on the
Wasatch Rang.

shccpmen are considerably worried
ovcr today's storm. as they aay Il will
play havoc with their docks and e.
pccially 30 with those thai have Eonc
through the shcarinK prDccas DcHidcs.
aay the II will interfsfe materially
with lafsrsps. as u hold. fscd back and
will cnufs ewes to aband3v their young
because Of being unable 70 properly
and n n feared that the viii suffer
10 perhaps q greater extent than they
would have done ON tho Western desert.
In western Wyoming ahearfnx viii not
start I'LL June. 50 that these locks will
not be much affected. ~ lcrnal there
urc four inches OF SNOW. and teams arr
busliy engaged hauling wool. Just
clipped from the sheep W that section.
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rmnEArs on LYNcHINo.

Late yesterday afternoon. when the
news Of the killing OF Captain william
brown became noired nbrotd knots
% people consresated on the streets
and discussed the matter. None OF
the particulars had been received. but
all sorts Of rumofs we're anoat. There
was some talk OF lynchlng INDUCED In.
whom II was reported that one OF the
dcspcrAdosr was being brought To Og-
den. Later. when II waa learned that
the surviving robbcr had been taken
20 brigham city. many expressions OF
disappointment were heard. because 10
had not been brought here. There Ia
no doust whatever that n he had been.
brought 10 Ogden he would have been
iynchcd. or Mt least an attempt would
have been made 10 wreak summary
vengeance upon him. when the party
arrived with the dead bodies OF Cap
tain brown and the hold-up. not less
than fffeen hundred people were In
front Of the Undertaking establishment
where they were taken. At this time
there was moro iynching talk and
suggestions Of chartcfing u special
train 10 no TO brigham and attempt to
ret the surviving robbcr out OF jall.
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wrnr AunrsrEp ~ sALr LAKE.
Police Ome~r. Nay ogden Dssp~rsdoe.
Were Hoandsd Up Here Recently.

The salt Lake police officers are Of
tho opinion that the two men who rc-
sisted the officers ~ Hot Sprlngn yes
tcrday have been through their hands.
Sergeant Janney this afternoon stated
that from the description given OF the
men that they were Included among a
crowd OF hobon that were rounded up
Ia the oregon Short Line yards on the
morning following the hold-up OF ex-
Councilman Elliott. The police have
reason TO remember these men from
the fact that the Older one. when
searched. had iSa-s0 on his person to-
gcthcr with a big i5-caliber Colts rc-
volver, similar 10 the one used by the
man who was killed yesterday after
noon. lettering TO the scrap Of paper.
that was found on the person OF the
late Captain Brown. That bore atrik-
ing description that lifted the younger
desperate who was captured alive, De-
tcctivc Sheets said that u was fur
niHhod TO the Ogden police by himself
and II had reference to another man
whom tho police are anxious 10 get be-
hind the bars. the description, he said,
tailed TO size, age and weight. but dif-
fered materially whom II came TO COM
plexion and color ~ the hair.