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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-01-05
COST OF THE PROPOSED ARMY
OVER EIGHTY MILLIONS, UNDER
TIE HULL BILL.
This Is An Increase of Fifty-seven
Millions Over the Cost of Present
Regular Army.

Washington, Jan. 4.-The cost of the
proposed military establishment under
the Hull bill, reported to the house. as
military establishment, not counting
the volunteer forces incidental to the
war, is shown in letters sent by Ad-
jutant General Corbin to Chairman
Hull of the military committee. They
give the present cost of the regular
army at $24 445. $50; cost under the pro-
posed bill, $50, 05S, S65; increase of cost,
S57, 710,2
The cost, as applied to the three
main departments of the army, is as
follows:
Quartermaster's department. present
cost, S7,107.0O proposed, s4O,019, 246.
Subsistence department. present cost,
S2.739,775; proposed cost, SO, 14S, 476.
Pay department, present cost, $14, 1885,
$50; proposed cost. $31, 1891, 943.
General Corbin encloes letters from
QuartermaSter General LudingtOn,
Commissary Eagan and Paymaster
General Stanton, showing the details of
the comparison.
The main items of increase in the
quartermaSter'S department are:
Transportation. from 81, SOC, 900 to ST.
zoe. 000; clothing and equipment. from
1915, 900 to 3d. .246; regular supplies,
from $1,SOOOOO to s72OO,OO barracks,
quarters and military posts. from ST.
40. 900 to 81, 600, 900; hospitals, 900 to
1860, 900: incidental expenses, $500, 900 to
81, 400, 900.
General Eagan gives the increased
cost of each branch of the service, in
GLIDING active sick and convalescent.
General Stanton says the pay eSti-
mated does not cover the per cent to
~
proposed % per cent to those serving
in distant lands
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-01-05
QUESTION OF MORALS
Annexation BY Force Would Be a
Crime.
SO M'KINLEY DECLARED
WILLIAM j. BRYAN QUOTES THE
PRESIDENT.
And Says We Should Give Indepen-
dence to the Cubans, Because
They Fought For It and Are En-
titled to It-Filipinos Worth More
Than $3.50 Each.

Springfield. Ills, Jan. 4.-William Jen-
nings Bryan arrived in Springfield at
o'clock this afternoon. He Will leave
for Jacksonville, Ills, tomorrow. and
will go to Cincinnati on Friday At s
o'clock he addressed an immense aud
fence in Central Music hall, being in
troduced by Congressman-el Benja-
min F. Caldwell of this district.
Touching the question of annexation
Mr.. Bryan said:
THE party which was willing to OPP
pose the gold standard because it was
wrong, ought to be great enough to
oppose an English colonial system be-
cause it is wrong. 1t is astonishing
that any man living in this age of the
world, living in the United States.
should uphold the doctrines of securing
land by conquest. Jefferson was against
it long years ago. Blaine was against
it in 1890. And a year ago last Deem
Der the president of the United States
sent message to congress, and in that
message he said:
I speak not of forcible annexation.
because that is not to be thought Of:
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-01-05
Rockefeller, Field and Ryerson Do
nate Nearly Half Million.

Chicago, Jan. president Harper of
Chicago university announced tonight,
at the twenty-seventh convocation of
the university, that gifts aggregating
$i03, 600 had been made to the institu-
ton. Martin A. Ryerson, president of
the board of trustees, donated a tract
of land adjoining that. now occupied
by the university The value of this
land is S34, OO0 John D. Rockefeller
had promised to duplicate the gift in
cash. thus making S6S, 000 Marshall
Field of this city gave a tract of land
adjoining that given by Mr.. Ryerson,
and which has been used by the uni
versity as an athletic field. The value
of this land is estimated at $135, 600.
Mr.. Rockefeller agreed that when this
was given to the school he would give
$500, 600 for the building of a gymna-
SUM and the equipment of the, athletic
grounds. The university has, therefore,
received s169, 600 in land value, and.
will now receive from Mr.. Rockefeller
1924, 600 in cash.
Hon. Carl Schurz made the convoca-
ton address. his subject being ''Ameri-
can Imperialism" His remarks were
a discussion of the expansion idea, and
strongly against it.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-01-05
SURPRISE FOR FUS|ON|STS
REPUBLICANS AND POPS Or
CANNED IDAHO SENATE.
Democrats and Silver Republicans
Left Out In the Cold-Caucus
Slate Adopted By the House.
ESPECIAL TO The EeraldO

Boise, Ida, Jan. 4.-The Idaho legis-
lature organized today. Tomorrow
morning Governor Steunenberg's mes
sage will be transmitted, and then the
legislature will take up the task OF in
jecting life into Idaho's dead laws.
There was a genuine surprise in the
senate when that body was organized
by the gold Republicans and the Popu-
lists, leaving the Democrats and silver
Republicans out in the cold The Of
fees were equally divided, and the or
ganiZation was as follows:
President pro TEN. Frank r. Gooding
of Lincoln (Rep0; secretary, o. V. Bad
ley of Ada (Pop.); assistant secretary,
Walter Hoge of Bear Lake (RepO;
journal clerk, F. A. INLAND of Ban
mock CRep); doorkeeper. j. A. McGinty
of Ada (Rep): engroSsing clerk, W. L.
Iceland of Nez Perez (Rep); assist
ant engrossing clerk, Miss Laura Will
son of Latah (Rep.); enrolling clerk,
Miss Bertha Bruner of Blaine (Pop0
Fisher of Lincoln (Pop.): chaplain,
Rev. c. H. Deul of Ada (Pop0: SER
geant-at-arms, Charles Sheehan of
Shoshone (Pop); committee clerk, j..
NJ. Retallic of Ada POp); janitor,
Charles Miller of Ada (Pop); pages,
Charles McCarty and Willie Vinson.
The house organized under the pat
ronage arrangement of the silver Re
publican-Democratic caucus. The eau
there was only one break. The Repub-
licans nominated James Jewell of
washington for ergeant-at-arms, and
the PopulistS endorsed him. He has
recently returned from Manila, where
he went with the Idaho regiment. His
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-01-05

Santiago de Cuba, Jan. 4.-Meetings
were held at all the political clubs last
night, and even the most conservative
people, those favoring the annexation
of Cuba to the United States, were
astounded at the orders from Havana
for the Capitalization of the customs
money there. The past forty-eighc
hours have completely altered the sit
uation of affairs here. The provinces
had settled down and was cOntented
with the order of things prevailing,
recognizing the benefits conferred. Now
there is a complete change, and there
is no exaggeratiOn in saying that the
situation is so critical that a spark
Will set up a blaze which would plunge
the province into instruction. 1t is
generally admitted that if 1000 men
were suddenly discharged from the
public works, such action would prob
ably cause a revolt which it would be
hard to quell.
Major General John r. Brooke, the
governor general of Cuba, is apparent
ly ignoring General Leonard Wood, in
command here, and is cabling direct to
his subordinates. He has ordered the
acting. collector of customs to bank no
money, and the commanding general
of the province has ordered his officers
to close several minor offices. including
Bayamo, practically shutting off the
mail of the regiments there.
DR.. Castillo viii accompany General
Wood to Washington, representing the
British interests in Santiago, to lay
these matters before the president
General Woods work here is now more
thoroughly appreciated by the CubanS.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-01-05
FOR BRYAN AND SILVER.
Unanimous Sentiment of Illinois
State Democratic Committee.

Springfield, Ills. Jan. 4.-The Demo-
cratic state central committee tonight
declared itself for the Chicago plat
form and for William J. Bryan. Mr.
Bryan was present. and made an adj
dress, thanking the committee for the
personal compliment, and congratulate
ing the organization on its declaration
in favor of free and unlimited coinage.
The adoption of the resolutions en-
dorsing silver and Mr.. Bryan by an
unanimous vote was something of a
surprise, for it was expected several Of
the members of the committee with
leanings to the gold standard would
oppose any declaration in favor of the
platform of 1896.
C. K Ladd, proxy for Ben T. Gable.
who is generally regarded as a strong
anti-silver man, voted with the major
ity. and stated that he did so at the
request of Mr. Cable.
Aside from the declaration of party
policy, the meeting of the committee
was of interest because of the contest
concerning it's organization between
Mayor Harrison and Ex-Governor Alt
geld faction. The Harrison men elected
their candidate. DR.. Walter Watson of
Mount Vernon being chosen state chair
man.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-01-05
ORDER M1sUNDERsTooD.
Customs Officers Merely Instructed to
Send Weekly Reports.

Customs Officers Merely Instructed to
Send Weekly Reports.
Washington, jan -4.-Regarding the
sensational reports from Santiago that
the whole province has been inflamed
by the recent order of the war depart
ment, concentrating all customs
money in Havana" thus threatening
d stoppage of all public improvements
and threatening to throw thousands of
CubanS out of employment, it may be
authoritatively stated that any excite
ment existing in Santiago is due to a
misrepresentation of the war depart
ments order. 1t seems to have been
taken for granted that the order con-
templates sending all currency col
lected for custom dues to Havana, and
thus cutting off the governor of San
tiagO province from the employment OF
local labor. The fact is that the Off
GERS in charge of customs at the vari-
Gus ports of entry are merely ordered
to make weekly reports to the col
lector of customs of the island at the
chief port of all transactions at the
SUPPORT over which he may have ju-
riSdiction. with copies of entries of
merchandise duly certified"
The customs from all the ports of
the island are to be used for the con-
dition of the Cubans, not only in Ha-~
vana and Santiago, but elsewhere. Ex-
penditureS will be divided as equitably
as possible, so as to relieve distress
existing in various quarters. 1t would
be just as equitable, it is agreed, for
the port of New York to retain all the
custom funds collected there for ex-
penditure of the island Of Manhattan as
it would be for Havana or Santiago or
any other town in Cuba to gObble all of
the customs receipts for expenditure
within its own borders.
So far from the war department.
contemplating any curtailment of the
relief work in Cuba, an order already
has been issued to the governor gen.
eral, directing him to furnish work to
every able-bodied Cuban applying for
it at a fair rate of weekly wages,
measured by Cuban standards. The or
der suggests that the best lines of en-
ployment are in sanitary work, road
improvement and municipal work of
various sorts.
1t is intended to offer a chance for
remunerative work to all who are able
to take advantage of it, and to cut off
the gratuitOuS distribution of rationS
among the natives able to work for
what they eat. The employment con-
templated will not be offered, however,
to any resident of the island who re-
tains his allegiance to Spain
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-01-05
PRODUCTION Of GOLD
=%-
Yield For 1898 Was Over Sixty-five
Millions.
ESTIMATE BY STATES
ALL SHOW AN IN
CREASED PRODUCTION.
Colorado Maintains Her Big Lead,
With Twenty-four Millions to Her
Credit-California Second and
South Dakota Third-Utah Is
neutrality-suspicious. With 1897.

Washington. Jan. 4.-Hon. George E.
Roberts, the director of the mint, has re-
ceived from the officials and agents of the
bureau the preliminary estimates upon
the production of gold in the several pro-
ducing states and territories of the United
States for the calendar year 1898. These
estimates, although subject to revision,
are deemed to be approximately correct.
Nearly all of the states show an in
creased production. Colorado maintains
and increases its lead by a larger addition
The product in California was consider
ably reduced by prevailing drought,
which affected the output of the placers.
but the increase from lode mining has
slightly more than offset this reduction.
Returns are given below and compared
with the final estimates for the produc-
ton of the same states and territories in
1907.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-01-05
GRUEsoME TALE AT HAVANA.
Alleged ''Torture Chamber" That
Was Probably a Pantry.

Havana. Jan. 4.-The afternoon pa
pers today sent a thrill through the
city with a report that torture and
execution chamber had been found in
the residence of the Spanish military
governor, adjoining the palace. The
papers declared that there the Spanish
officials questioned and murdered polit-
ical prisoners. According to their &C
counts the floor of the chamber was
covered with dried blood, and its walls
were indented with machete strokes
An excited crowd soon gathered out
side the house. which was last occu-
pied by General Parade The reported
torture chamber is a room eight feet
square, just off the dining room AS
matter of fact, it was probably used as
a pantry In the wall there IS a dirty
iron bar, evidently used 10 hang meat
on and a piece of discolored rope IS
suspended from it. 1t is inconcelvaDle
that General Parade practiced torture
next to his dining room
Major General Ludlow, governor OF
the department of Havana, has issued
an order forbidding immoral dances
in the theatres, and the circulation OF
indecent literature. He has dismissed
all the clerks in the Office Of the sec
rotary general to the late autonomist
government, with the exception OF. Sc
nor Benjamin Simpson.
BLEW UP THE MAINE
Senior Recido Arnauto y Hernandez,
editor of FL Reconcentrade, issued to-
DAY a third attack upon his old enemy,
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-01-05
INTERNAL MACHINE EXPLODED
Indicted Murderer and Companions
Blown Up By DYNAMITE.

Memphis, Tenn, Jan. 4.-By the explo-
sion of an internal machine in the rail-
road depot at New Albany. Miss. five
men were terribly injured, some of them
fatally The machine was cleverly con-
structed and encased in wood in such
manner as to be set off by the opening
of the box lid. 1t had been sent from
Holly Springs, Miss, to a party at New
Albany who was under Indictment for
murder. and he and four others We're
opening it when the loSion occurred.
The railroad agent and the telegraph op-
orator were among the injured. No
names are obtainable.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-01-05
TELEGRAPH TOLLS REDUCED
Kansas Legislature Fixes Rates For
the Western Union.

Topeka, Kan, Jan. 4.-Both branches
OF the legislature today passed the bill
reducing telegraph rates. The bill will
go to the governor tomorrow for his sig
nature.
The bill reduces the charges for day
commercial messages of ten words from
. to 10 cents, and other tolls in proper
ton, Day press rates are reduced from
y to Il cent per word and night press
from Il to 1t cents per word. These
rates apply to all points within the state.
The measure also places telegraph COM
panies within the jurisdiction of the court
of visitation recently created to regulate
railroad traffic.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-01-05

AS near as I can judge, five minutes
before half past g."
Has there been some considerable
feellng between you and Jones since
about July l, 1882"
Yes, there has been friction. The
first rupture occurred early in July
last. 1 called him to my desk in the
bank and told him that, as Paying
Teller Hawley was going into the
army. would promote my son, Char
ley, to the general books, and I asked
Jones to look after his work a little
and help him out if he needed it, Jones
said the boy had refused to do some
thing for him six months ago and he
would not have anything to do with
him.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-01-05
RESOLUTION AGAINST ROBERTS
Josephites Determined to Convict
Him Without Evidence.

Lamont, Ia. Jan. 4.-The Lamont
branch of the "JoseDhite" church OF
Latter-day Saints in its regular an
nual session, adopted a resolution CEN
surfing Congressman-e Roberts of
Utah, las a violator of law and prac-
teal polygamist," and Directing to his.
being seated in congress.
The resolution carried by a vote of
II to IA. regardless of the advice of
Apostle Wight of the Utah mission.
on the ground that no evidence had
been submitted that Roberts is a vio-
lator of the law.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-01-05
Inventor Keeley's Fortune.

Philadelphia, Jan. Am inventory of
the personal effects of the late John w.
Kelley of motor fame has been filed in
the register of wills Office, in which
the valuation of the property is placed
at $1,536. One Of the items, which re-
lates to the motor reads:
Fifteen pieces of experimental ap-
paratus, a certain right of unknown
in certain uncompleted and
inventions"
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-01-05
Is Most Emphatic In His Testimony That Jones
Shot Him.
HIS QUEER EXPLANATIONS OF SOME THINGS.
MAKES A TRADE ON THE CASHIER
Didn't Like Mrs. Jones. Because She Was Extravagan
Tells Of QuarrelS With Jones and Alleged Threats

The preliminary hearing of a. B.
Jones. cashier of the Utah National
bank, on the charge of shooting Joseph
NJ. Stout, ex-president OF the bank
with intent to murder him. on Dec. 8
. last, was begun at o'clock yesterday
afternoon before Justice McMaster. at
his Office in the Commercial block. AS
sistant County Attorneys Ray Van Colt
and W. T. Gunter prosecuted. and ex-
Senator Brown defended Mr.. Jones.
The entire afternoon was occupied in
the examination, and part of the cross
examination of Mr.. Stout who az
peared in the role Of chief witness for
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-01-05

under our code of morality. that would
be criminal aggression
My friends, there is a great moral
question involved, declared so by your
president; code of morality is in
question, and, according to that code,
forcible annexation is criminal aggres
sion.
Il say give independence to the people
of Cuba, not because we promised it to
them, but because they fought for it
promised it or not Why cannot we ap-
ply the same principle to. the Philip
pines? Why should we purchase a title
TO those Philippines from Spain? We
declared that Spain did not have any
title to Cuba. When ] buy the Filipinos.
want to deal directly with them. and
1 want to pay more than $3.50 apiece
for them
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-01-05
Chess Match BY Gable.

New York, Jan. ACCORDING to pro-
gramme. the challenge to be issued on
behalf of Harvard, Columbia, Yale and
Princeton universities chess clubs for a
match. to be played by cable. with OK
ford and Cambridge, left this city by
mail on the steamer Paris today. The
Americans propose to play the match
en- six boards. at the rate of twenty
moves an hour.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-01-05
Value of Rrice Estate.

New York, Jan. although the
value of the late Calvin S. Brice's per-
sonal property in New York is fixed at
only 100000 in the petition for letters
of administration on file at the surro-
gates office, it is probable that his
whole estate, when formally taken into
account, will amount to about 81, 900, 600
1t was said at the surrogate's office to-
day that the great bulk of Mr.. Brice'S
property was not within the jurisdic-
ton of this county or state.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-01-05
THE HERALD BULLETIN.

PAGE ONE.
Stout Testifies Against Jones.
Gold Production For 1898.
Bryan On Annexation.
Rebellion at Santiago.
FACE TWO.
Perkins Opposes Expansion.
Miles Story Denied.
Opposition to Quay.
PAGE THREE.
In the Social Realm.
PAGE FOUR.
Editorial.
PAGE FIVE.
In Railway Circles.
County Salaries Fixed.
Hosea Barton Discharged.
P. 7. Farnsworth Testifies.
Jervis Joslin Dead.
PAGE SIX.
Ontario Operations.
State News.
PAGE SEVEN.
Financial and Commercial
PAGE EIGHT.
Snoot Declares For McCune.
Local Money Back of Utah & Pa
cific Road.
The New Fast Mail.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-01-05
INDIAN MINERAL LANDS.
Bill For Their Opening On the Roy
atty Plan.
Especial to The Herald.)

washington, D. c., Jan. 4.-ReDre
sentative Stephens of Texas this after
opening of ali mineral lands on Indian
reservations. They are TO be opened
under the mineral land laws, and mi
ners are to pay the Indians royalties
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-01-05
SANTIAGO RIPE
FOR REBELLION
InsurrectiOn May Sweep the
Whole Province.
CUSTOMS FUNDS ORDER
WILL CAUSE A REVOLT
General Brooke Ignores Governor
Wood of Santiago.

Sends His Orders Direct to Subordi-
nates-War Department Explains
That 1t Never Intended to Order
Customs Receipts Sent to Havana
Each Province Will Receive It's
Just Share of the Revenues-De-
velopments at Havana.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-01-05
JOSEPH n. CHoATE.

Washington 4The made today the highest
that
a delay indicate
any POSSIBLE o a n Z,
London JAN 6The Daily Chronicle this morning refers edtoray in
n
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Mr.. Stout here said he was much
disappointed at Jones' attitude toward
his son. VINO was "a mere kid and
not OF the sweetest disposition Stout
told Jones of his disappointment and
said he felt it especially in the light of
ali witness had done for Jones' He
said he took him when d lad of Is and
stood over him for days and weeks
with pen in hand. training him how
TO do the business. Jones made no re-
ply then, and Stout felt the situation
50 keenly that he thought it was time
for Jones and he to part, and he gave
Jones notice then that in January next,
six months hence, he had better leave;
that after that time he would have no
more use for him in the bank. Jones
made no reply.
Some of the directors told me-" said
Mr.. Stout, that I ought not to allow
the clerks to overdraw their salaries
Mr.. Brown-What directors? Name
them. We don't want their identity
covered up with that slush.
Mr.. Stoutt-Wel, Mr.. Baumgarten
WoS ono.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-01-05
CHICAGO UNIVERSITY GIFTS.

Totals ...........s $50. 7S2. 677 So, 1853, 900