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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-05-10
Release of a Prisoner.

A British planter, who has been a
prisoner in the hands of the rebels for
six weeks. has arrived at Apia. His eX
periences during his captivity were
frightful. Many times the rebels
threatened to behead him.
Captain Sturdee, the ranking British
naval officer here, in company with
missionary. went through the rebel
lines unmolested. They found every
thing quiet pending the arrival of the
joint commissioners who are to ar
range terms of peace.
The British third-class cruiser Royal
list has sailed for England by way of
Sydney.
DR.. Solf, president of the municipal
council, has returned here from visit
to the United States. He will remain
inactive until the commissioners ar
rive with advices. Five officers for the
United States cruiser Philadelphia have
arrived here on board the steamer Mar
iposa- The United States armed col
lier Brutus will remain at Ppia all this
month.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-05-10
Official Reception to Dewey.

New York May AT the meeting of
the board of aldermen today. an en-
thusiastic resolution calling for an Off
cial reception to Admiral Dewey upon
his arrival in this city was adopted
unanimously.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-05-10
Labor Union Refuses Seat to For
mer Labor Leader.
HELD A WARM SESSION
OBJECTED TO SOVEREIGN'S
EIGHT-HOUR RECORD.
Claimed That He Opposed the Eight.
hour Measure In idaho Last Year
Miners Decide to Meet at Den
yer Next Year-President Boyce's
Report.

The Western Labor union convention
at Odd Fellows hall turned down ]. r.
Sovereign, ex-grand master workman OF
the knights OF Labor. yesterday after
noon, now editor of the Idaho State
Tribune at Wallace. He was thrown
out, his credentials from the Gem
Workingmen's union of Wallace, Idaho,
were handed back to him and the eX-
leader of the once all-powerful knights
must return home cast out of the labor
organization which is supreme in this
field.
There is mystery and silence about
the action None of the delegates to
the convention nor officials of the or
ganization will discuss their action.
President Dan Mcdonald of Butte re-
fused last night to say anything about
the matter. David C. Coates of Pue-
bio, editor of the Courier. the official
organ of the Miners Federation, would
not discuss it.
II have nothing to say about the
matter" said both Mcdonald and
Coates, when they were asked concern
ing the action of the union, nor would
Mr.. Sovereign discuss it.
But there is no doubt of the fact, and
Mr.. Sovereign will likely soon wend his
way homeward.
Grievance Against Sovereign.
These are the reasons for the action
of the union:
Last winter, when the Idaho regisla-
ture was in session, the Labor union
and the miners endeavored to have an
eight-hour law passed. Sovereign,
through his paper, fought the bill, and
is credited with its defeat. He wanted
a four-hour law. He did not believe in
working more than one-sixth of the
twenty-four hours of a day. However,
there seems to be a very general opin-
ion among miners that he was owned
by the mineowners. and merely used
the four-hOur demand as a club.
There was an awfully warm time at
the convention during the discussion of
his admission. The storm ragged for
four hours, and the motion was finally
defeated. There was a wildnesS and
fierceness about the argument that
came near causing a riot several times.
The convention met at o'clock yes
terday morning. There was little done
beyond the settlement of the Sovereign
matter A committee on appeals and
grievances was appointed as follows:
L. l.. Bateman. Edward Ordway. Louis
Ulseman, a. J. Thompson and H. J.
Seidman.
The Spokane Brewers No. 81, the Sill
yer Bow Trades and Labor assembly,
the Wallace assembly, the Carpenters
of Wallace and the Cripple Creek Fed
eral Labor union made applications for
charters.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-05-10
How Gallant Lieutenant Gregg Met
His Death.
SHOT BY A SHARPSHOOTER
REFUSED WHEN WARNED TO
TAKE TO COVER.
Many Deeds of Bravery By Soldiers
In the Philippines That Show
What Kind of Stuff the American
Troops Are Made of-Descendant
of Henry Clay.

Manila, April 2 (via San Francisco,
May 9.-Instances of personal bravery
have been quite as numerous in the
American army in the Philippines as
during the Cuban campaign, but the
correspondents have not had the same
opportunity to chronicle these deeds of
daring in the Orient, because, owing to
the thickness of the country penetrat-
ed. many heroic acts were unseen and
unheard of for days after their occur
renee.
Among those officers who have fallen
no one will be longer or more loyalty
remembered by his comrades than Lieu
tenant Gregg of the Fourth infantry.
No man in the army had more than he
TO make life worth living; friends, sue
cess in his profession, a vitality and
physical strength that made him the
representation of the athlete and SOL
der. His fearlessness and confidence
in his powers contributed to his death.
In the beginning of the hot fight at
Mariquina, which General Hall con-
Quoted with such skill and success that
it was worthy of more attention than
the oVerShadowing Importance of Mac
Arthur's advance permitted, Gregg was
near his chief. The horse he rode had
just been shot under him. He was TAX
him that the shot had been fired by a
sharpshooter in a tree nearby. Refus-
ing TO take cover, as most of the men
were doing, the lieutenant stepped for
ward and, standing erect, uncaSed his
field glasses to look at the tree. Just
as he raised them to his eyes puff of
smoke was seen in the tree. Gregg put
his hand to his breast and fell forward,
killed instantly.
Descendant of Henry Clay.
One soldier who has we'll illustr& ed
the quality of the American army is
Captain Charles Clay of the Seven
teenth infantry. Captain Clay is a ma
tive of Lexington, KY, and grandson
of Henry Clay. He brought new honor
to the family name in Cuba, where,
during the hottest action of the San
tiago field, when his men were lying
behind cover for a shelter from show
er of bullets, he marched back and forth
in front of his company, as erect and
cool as though on dress parade, nor
would he yield to the appeals of the
men that he find shelter.
THE captain never forgot for a sec
ond that he was Clay" one of them
explained.
When General Hale was assigned to
a brigade in the Philippines he ap-
pointed Captain Clay to the position of
adjutant. on the first day of Mac Ar
thurs advance. Captain Clay. riding
erect as usual, received a bullet through
the neck. He lay six hours in the jun
gle before he was discovered. and as
the wound was a dangerous one at best,
his life was despaired of. His only
thought when he was brought into the
hospital was that his family should be
informed that he was but slightly in
jured. He is now, however, weldon the
roa dto complete recovery.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-05-10
New York. 10; Washipgton /

New York, May 9.-The Giants made it
four straight from the Washingtons to-
day in q game notable for the New Yorks'
heavy hitting. The Giants made twenty
hits, and the Senators made half as many
errors. Baker was relieved by Dunkle
after the second inning. but he WIS just
as easy Tor the locals. Coakley pitched "A
splendid game and the team supported
him wei Attendance 100. Score:
r. II. L.
Washington i . 10
Batteries-Coakley and Grady; Baker,
Dunklc. Mcclure and Heydon.
I-mnires-G afineN and Andrews
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-05-10
St. Louis, s; Cleveland. |.

Cleveland, May 9.-Stivetts held the St.
Louis team down until the eighth inning.
when he weakened. Quinns error gave
the visitors the start and they piled up
five runs The attendance increased. on
account Of the return of the former Cleve-
lands. Attendance, l,500. Score:
r. II. E.
Cleveland ...... ................... 4
ST. Louis Observation-Disclosures 10
Batteries-Stivetts and thinner: Young
Umpires~o Day and Brennan.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-05-10
Colonel Sewers Here.

Colonel Percy N. Sewers for several
years resident of this city. has returned
from Ohio to look after his mining and
other business interests.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-05-10
DELEGATES APPOINTED.
Ten Citizens to Represent Utah at the
Trans-mississiPpi Congress.

Trans-mississiPpi Congress.
Governor Wells yesterday appointed
Joseph Howell of Cache, David Essles
of Weber, W. H. King. E. F. Colborn,
Richard Macintosh, John Henry
Smith, John Dern, and George w. E.
Dorsey of Salt Lake. T. r. Cutler of
Utah county and Jesse NJ. Smith of
Davis county delegates to represent
the state of Utah at the Trans Missis-
sippi Commercial congress, which
meets at Wichita, Kan, the last of
this month.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-05-10
Greeting to Miners.

After a committee on cooperation
was chosen, the following resolution
was passed:
Whereas. The Western Labor union
and the Western Federation of Min
ers, embracing, as they do, the miners
and the mineworkers, and the trades
and general working classes in two
separate and distinct organizations, yet
friendly; therefore, be it
Resolved, That the Western Labor
union does hereby extend to the West
ern Federation of Miners kindly greet
ings and assurance of our earnest CO.
operation and ready assistance in any
movement looking toward the welfare
of the working people of the west, and
bid you godspeed in your noble mis-
Sion.'
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-05-10
New York Makes Twenty Hits and
Washington Half as Many En-
rors-St. Louis Still Leads.
Standing of the Clubs.
Baltimore, d; Philadelphia, 2.

Philadelphia, May 9.-Three doubles and
a single in the first inning won today's
game for Baltimore. Fiieid was batted
freely throughout the game. but gilt
edged fielding by the Phillies prevented a
z $50 Score.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-05-10
DON'T READ
THIS

If you are not interested in saving
money. The low prices and grand
values is making business boom
in our Children's Clothing depart
ment. We intend to keep up this
state of affairs by offering two
SPECIALS in Boys Long Pants
Suits the ret of THIS WEEK.
Blue Cheviots, sacks, ages from 10
to 20; worth $3.50, for 90 IN
Plaid Mixtures, Sacks, strong and
durable, ages 10 to 20; worth@A
S6.75, for ...............- 3.Ui
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-05-10
A THIN DISGUISE.

The cutie fish has tricky habit of
covering his tracks by exuding an inky
fluid which discolors the water and keeps
him out of view. There's good deal of
the cutie fish about some advertise
ments. notably those purporting to offer
medical advice by woman to women.
An examination of the advertisement
will show that no offer of doctors adj
vice is really made And all the clanor
about writing to woman " is merely
raised to divert attention from the fact
that doctors advice is not really offered
and cannot be given. The real question
is not OF writing to aU0nsaN or man
but OF writing to doctor,
For tine advice OF an unqualified
woman is just as dangerous as the
advice of an unqualified man.
Every day adds to the number of woul-
en- who take advantage of DR.. Pierce's
genuine offer of consultation by letter
free of cost. AS chief consulting physi-
clan of the Invalids' Hotel and Surgical
Institute, of Buffalo, N Y, DR. r. V.
Pierce has, in practice of over thirty
years, treated more than half-a-million
women for female troubles with the re-
markable record of ninety eight per
cent. of cures. Sick women are invited
to consult DR.. Pierce by letter, without
fear and without fee. Every letter is
held as strictly private and sacredly con-
fidential, and all answers are mailed
sealed in plain envelopes without print
ing of any kind upon them.
The evening times., 1899-08-02
THE CONTRACTORS WARNED.
in Tearing Down the
Department of Justice Walls.

The manner in which the walls OF the old
Department of Justice building on Penn
syivania Avenue, between Fifteenth Street
and Madison Place, are being thrown down
and the consequent obstruction OF the ad-
joining streets has led the Commissioners
to bring the matter TO the attention OF Col
onel Cecil Clay, who is Chief Clerk OF the
Department of Justice In doing this they
transmitted excerpts from report maoo
by the Principal Assistant Inspector Of
Buildings. which reads in part as follows:
While was there the contractor threw a nine
inch wall about eleven feet high ard twenty-five
feet long on the iron beams and brick arches
supporting the floors. The building was very
perceptibly Jared and the brick arches broken
and the beams detected about 21z inches under
the impact of the falling walls The story be
low il about fifteen feet high, and the walls
are thirteen inches thick, and il the contractor
pursues the means Of removing the walls
in this story, feel convinced that II Will break
through the floors and cause i serious accident.
The walls should be taken down nearer level
IS | find the mortar IN the building Is very
poor and if the walls allowed 10 stand story
high in places without bracing a nigh wind Ni.i
throw them over
The Commissioners also invite the atten-
ton OF Colonel Clay TO the conditions OF
the permit which was issued, permitting
the contractors TO barricade the contiguous
sidewalks while the work is in progress
This permit was issued to A Davis, ir-,
president of the Capital Building and Re
pair Company. and the Commissioners state
TO Colonel Clay that lit must be observed.
It reads as follows:
Permission is hereby granted to place barri-
cade across the sidewalks extending as far as
ten feet exterior to the curbstone into the road
way for usa while removing the building form
erly used by the Department of Justice, located
on Pennsylvania Avenue, between Fifteenth
Street and Madison Place, these barricades 10
be removed each day upon cessation of work
As fast as the old material is taken from the
old building it must be hauled away. No right
to store old material upon the roadway X al
lowed Where dry rubbish, apt TO produce dust,
IS handled, it must be kept wet 10 prevent Its
being blown about by the wind.
The evening times., 1899-08-02
His Military Record Cleared.

Little Falls, n. Y, Aug. 2.-Victor Ad-
ans. Little Falls manufacturer. has just
been honorably discharged from the serv-
ice of the United States in the civil war.
When the war began Mr.. Adams ran away
from home to enlist in the 121st New York
Regiment. His father brought him back.
But the boy was bound to be soldier and
ran off again. this time enlisting in the
215th Pennsylvania under the name of
Richard Andrews. At the close of the war
he was discharged as Richard Andrews,
but. although Mr.. Adams has been trying
continuously ever since to get his dis
charge papers from his first term of serv-
ice under his own name, he has only now
received them.
The evening times., 1899-08-02
RUNNING ON SCHEDULE TIME
Cars in Cleveland Moving. But Pas
sengers Are Missing

Cleveland. Ohio. Aug. 2.-The Big Con-
solidated Street Railway system is in full
and complete operation this morning as it
has been for the past few days and cars
are running on schedule time without the
slightest interruption. AS heretofore, the
cars are empty. The strikers are devoting
their attention 10 watching the cars and
the people who ride them. President
Everett today received another request to
be reinstated in the employ OF the company
from one of his former employees. Mr.. Ev-
erett also aYerred that he had been in
formed by number of others that they
were anxious to return to work. but were
fearful of their lives. The continued quiet
resulted in the withdrawal Of another COM
mand of militia this morning. The police
have in no way lessened their yigi arc. and
sections where outbreaks are at al proba-
BILE are still carefully watched.
The men OF the Little Conso idatel
Street Railway held q meeting with the
intention Of furtherIng the scheme o. or
ganization and still insist On having
union independent of the present organi-
cation Of street car employees. This de-
sire may precipitate some controversy be
tween the labor organizations.
The boycott is as tyrannical as ever.
and its effects are far-reaching. 1t is ef-
fecting business men and soldiers al he. Il
has been decided that boyeotting mer-
chants are in the eyes of the Law consp:ra-
tors and can be held accountable in the
courts for whatever damage they inflict
as such. Boycotting BARRIERS. restaurant
keepers. and inn keepers inducing Saloon
keepers, are lawbreakers, and can, with
those who incite them TO be boycotters, be
compelled to pay damage or suffer Erc
and imprisonment. Prosecutions will
probably soon begin unless there is ces-
satioa of the tyranny OF the boycott.
The evening times., 1899-08-02
THE WEEDS AT LANGDoN.
Citizens of That suburb Advised t.
Cut Them Down.

Cut Them Down.
]. W. Watson and other members Of the
Langdon Citizans' Association. who lately
complained to the District Commissioners
against tie abundance of weeds in that
section of the District and asked that the
law for the removal Of weeds in the Dis
trict be applied, were today informed that
there is no appropriation available for cul-
ting down the weeds in question and that
the only way will be for the property
owners TO take the matter in their OWL
hands" When the complaint was first re-
ceiyed. il was referred to one of the sani-
tary inspectors of the Health Department,
who reported that he found a rank growth
of weeds on the parking, sidewalks. and in
the gutter of ell the streets at Langdon.
The street which are unimproved in places
ware likewise found to be covered with
weeds.
Weeds" he said, "are more or less
abundantly growing on nearly every lot in
Langdon, and, owing to the fact that the
street and boundary lines Of the blocks
are rot clearly defined, it would be impos-
sible for one to ascertain on which particu-
lar lots these weeds are growing, without
the assistance of a surveyor. There are
number of houses at Langdon but they are
scattered and weeds grow on practically
all of this unimproyed land. l am sure
it would take month to locate the differ
ent lots on which weeds are growing, as
certain the names and addresses of own
ers and serve notices"
Dr. Woodward, the Health officer, in
formed the Commissioners that, owing to
the limited force at the disposal OF his de-
partment, he did not believe the services
of an inspector should be devoted to caus-
ing the removal Of weeds, especially in
suburban localities, when they are more
urgently needed for securing the abate-
ment of nuisances dangerous to the health
in both city and suburbs.
The evening times., 1899-08-02
Late Army Orders.

Capt Henry L. Jenkinson Thirty third L. s
Volunteers, recently appointed. with rank from
July 5, 1899, will proceed to Fort Sam Houston,
Texas, and report to his regimental commander
for duty.
First Lieut.. Joseph c. Hxson, Thirty-seeond
L. S. Volunteers, recently appointed with rank
from July s. 1899, will proceed to Fort Leaven-
worth, Kan, and report for duty
Leave OF absence for one month, to take effect
August /, 1889, is granted Capt. Henry l.. Har-
ris, First L. S. ARTILLERY.
By direction of the Acting Secretary of War.
leave of absence until August 81, 1899, is grant
ed Major George n Hopkins, assistant adjutant
general, L. S. Volunteers.
Acting Assistant Surgeon George W. Sims, L.
S. Army, will proceed from Corpus Christi,
Texas, to San Francisco, Cal, and report in per-
son to the commanding general, Department Of
California
Acting Assistant Surgeon Walter r. Washburn.
T. s. Army, will proceed from DenisoE, Texas,
TO San Francisco CAL, and report in person to
the commanding general, Department of Cali
fornia.
Acting Hospital Steward Harry II. Drysdale,
Hospital Corps Matanzas. Cuba, will be dis
charged the service CT the United States by the
commanding officer of his station.
The evening times., 1899-08-02
AsToR THE MODERN ESAU.
Club Talk I'm New York Regarding
His Sale of His Birthright.

New York. Aug. 2.-In an uptown club
last night, where the eXpatriation of Mr..
Astor was being discussed, the remark vas
made: This modern Esau seems TO have
sold his birthright for a mess of pottage
made of unpaid tax bills and expectancy of
a title"
Unquestionably. this matter of personal
taxation had much to do with Mr.. Astor's
remuneration of his American citizenship,
when he found that mere residence abroad
failed to exempt him from payment. Be-
sides paying in this country, he has TO pay
an income tax in England.
The income tax there exempts no man
who possesses an income above a certain
small amount. 1t makes no difference
whether he is a British subject or not. So
long as he has simply remained in Great
Britain for year or more he must pay
percentage on his income, no matter
whether derived from America or Siberia.
That is British law, which no man es-
capes.
But this financial side of the question is
only an annoying accessory to the great
reason for Mr.. Astor's making himself an
outcast from the country of his birth. AS
and the hope that he may receive humble
peerage are the prospects that led him on
to the deliberate step of renouncing his
fatherland. Social honors, high rank, and
title are what he seeks. Democracy and
the Republic are what he puts behind him.
The free man becomes the subject of the
Queen.
Mr.. Astor went to England to reside in
1890 He purchased for more than s6,000,-
,1,o
tate called Cliveden, on the banks OF the
Thames, thirty miles up the river from
London. 1t is place of great magnif-
cence, and Mr.. Astor has expended large
amount of money in beautifying il.
In this house and in his London mansion,
No. is Carlton House terrace-nabob row
Mr. Astor has carried on a campaign for
entrance into the highest society circles.
He has sought almost exclusively for
members of the nobility. and has undoubt-
edly been successful. He has had as his
guests dukes and lords innumerable. He
and his daughter have been presented at
court. His musicales have been noted for
the tAgh prices he has paid for the greatest
musicians TO entertain his guests. His
country house parties have been marked
by elaborate entertainments provided for
the comfort and pleasure of guests.
And to cap this climax of titled associa-
tion, Mr.. Astor recently sought to show
that he, too, was of noble descent from
the family of d'Astorga, peers of France,
one of whom fed to Germany in the seven
teenth century, after the edict of Nantes.
This genealogy of the Astor family has
been vigorously attacked as untrue. Will
liam Waldorf Astor, of England, does not
relish an ancestry that started with the
village of Waldorf, Germany.
During the past few years Mr.. Astor has
caused to be published denials of reports
The evening times., 1899-08-02
that he intended to become British sub

that he intended to become British sub
iect.
A brief biography of him shows the fol-
lowing facts:
Born in New York city. March 81, 1s4s.
Educated by private tutors.
Graduated from Columbia Law School,
1871.
Elected to State Assembly as Republi-
can, 1877.
Elected to State Senate. 1879.
United States Minister TO Italy, 1Ss2-So.
Removed to London, 1890.
Purchased Pail Mall Gazette" an al
ternoon London newspaper.
Became British subject July IL, 1899.
Continues to draw great income from
Astor property in New York.
The law under which w. ". Astor was
made a British subject declares that as
Mr.. Astor's children came to England dur
in. infancy in custody of their father they
are regarded as British subjects. Thus
Pauline Astor young woman, just enter
ing London society; Waldorf Astor. stu
dent at Eton, and John Jacob Astor, boy
of twelve years, are no longer Americans.