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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-04-26
ABOLISH PNEUMATIC TUBES.
Moody's Sensational Charges Trans.

Moody's Sensational Charges Trans
form Sentiment in t. House.
Washington. April 25.-efhe house to-
day put its heel upon the pneumatic
mail tube service now in operation in
New York. Boston and Philadelphia,
and if its action stands the whole SER
vice will be crushed out. The postoffice
committee had recommended an in
crease of the appropriation for this
service from $225,000 to s725, 900. TIE
proposed increase was attacked by the
appropriation committee under the
leadership of MIR. Moody (Mass) with
such vigor and success that I'm the end
the house voted, 81 to 80, TO strike the
entire appropriation from the bill.
Mr.. Moody created a sensation in the
manner in which he assailed the meth
OdS of the Pneumatic Tube com any.
and made the direct charge that a for
n1er member of congress, who was a
member of the approximation commit
tee, had been holder Of the stock and
bonds of the company. He declined
to discuss the ge1tleman's name
He added to the scandal by charg-
ing that block of stock had been sent
as New Years gift to a near relative
of another member Of congress, but to
the credit of the member, he said, the
dishonOring gift had been returned TO
the sender by the next mail.
Mr.. Moody aSSailed the whole history
OF the pneumatic tube service. ut IS 50
malodorous from beginning to end"
said he. that it should die the death
Of a dog"
Smoke the rascals out" cried Mr..
Little, 'and we on this side of the
house viii stay with you"
Mr.. Moody said it was not a pleasant
thing for him to exploit the scandal
which had been uncovered by the poa-
tai commission, of which he was
member, but he considered it his duty
to do so. He declared former Second
Assistant Postmaster General Nielson
under whom the first experiments II
the pneumatic tube service were made,
when he retired, accepted from the com
pany 81, 900 In cash and $4,000 in stock
for his services here during the sue
ceeding year.
What that service could be, Mr..
Moody said, he could not imagine.
These facts, he said, had been brought
out by the commission. John E. Mil
holland of New York, he said. was the
president of the tube company.
Although the tube service was highly
commended by other members. these
revelations transferred the sentiment
Of the house, which has several times
voted for the tube service, into a, de-
cisive majority against its Continuance
in any form.
Mr. Tawney of Minnesota offered as
an amendment a bill to reclassifv rail-
way mail clerks, but it went out on a
point of order.
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ments of the character described by
tie resolution to anyone in Cuba.
annex hereto a report received ecme
months ago from the headquarters di-
vision of Cuba, showing that no others
have been made. The payments have
been made monthly from the dates
stated in said orders until the present
time. Payments to the military gov
eTnOT Of Havana viii cease with The ter
mination of that office on May l. 1900.
The names and ranks Of the officers
receiving the payments were:
Who the Officers Are.
"As military governor of Cuba, Ma
jor General John r. Brooke, until the
18th day Of December 1899. and Major
General Leonard A. Wood, L. S. v,
since that time; as military governor of
Havana, Brigadier General William
Ludlow: AZ collector Of customs of
Cuba, Major B. NJ. Bliss; as treasurer
CT the island of Cuba, Major E. l..
Ladd L. S. V.
NO allowances have been made to
any officers in Porto Rico, other than
the statutory salary and allowances out
of the treasury Of the United States
The payments specified were made
out Of the revenues of the island OF
Cuba ON account of the government
thereof, and they were made on that
account fer the reason that II was I'M
possible for the said officers 10 properly
perform the necessary duties pertain
ing to their positions without the ex-
pepditure Of the full amount of such
allowances in addition to their statu-
tory salaries and allowances out of the
treasury Of the United States.
The aggregate of the payments thus
made prior to the first day Of the pres
ent month was ST., AL The total re
ceipt5 of the island Of Cuba collected
by those officers during the period COW
cred by the aforesaid expediture there
from amounted to s21, 026,572 and the to-
tai disbursements under their direction
amounted To SIG, 2S0, 592
Similar allowances TO officers of the
army performing civil functions in
Mexico and California were approved
by congress by the act of March 3, 1S49,
and the act Of February 8, 1853.
The said payments were authorized
by the president of the United States
upon NE oral advice of the attorney
general that the same We're in all re-
sDects lawful"
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-04-26
COMMENT IN VIENNA.
Turko-American Dispatch is Dis
cused in Austrian Press.

Vienna, April 26.-The Turko-Ameri-
can dispute excites much comment in
the Austrian press. The Nue. Freie
Pr6sSs remarks that since the Spanish
war the Americans seem to have lost
all respect for Europe, and it COM
menta at great length upon the new
aspects that threaten to intrude on
European politics when Ameri feels
strong enough to threaten a European
state with a naval demonstration"
This journal then goes on to say:
1T is difficult to conceive what prac-
teal advantage would accrue to the
United States from participation in the
eastern question but it viii be d dis
agreeable surprise TO Russia to find in
America new rival in a domain which
Russia has always regarded as her ira
ditional inheritance"
The Neue Winner Tageblaitt. in q
similar article says: America as a
great power has been too long left out
of account. American Imperialism may
involve many peTils fer the American
Union itself, but it is far more danger
Gus for other states"
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BoERs TAKEN By SURPRISE.
Heavily Bombarded BY British at
TTa-,o--4o-- n - -s.4

Heavily Bombarded By British at
Warrenton, But Reply SpiritedIy.
Warrenton. Wednesday Night, April
25.-The Beers, having become en-
boldened, shelled the village and the
British trenches, and it became neces-
Sary TO give them a lesson and to as
certain their strength.
Monday night Colonel Paget placed
several guns on the river bank, UNDER
cover Of the darkness, within 600
yards Of the BOer trenches across thu
river The horses and carriages were
withdrawn beyond range, and at day-
break the British opened a heavy bonn
Dardment with ShraDnel and Iyddite.
The Beers were taken completely bv
surprise, but they replied with five
guns, including a fOrty-pounder. and
heavy rife fire was opened at the
same time. The duel continued MANY
hours, the Beers finally evacuating the
position with, it is believed, consider
able loss.
There we're no casualties on the Brit
ism side During the evening the guns
were safely Withdrawn The sniDine-
tocay showed thai the Beer lager haf
been removed far back 10 the east
ward.
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BELIEVES SULTAN HONEST.
E.ainister TerTell's Opinion Of the
sick Man Of the East.

EI-ainister Terrell's Opinion of the
sick Man Of the East"
Austin, Tex. April 25.-When asked
today for an expression as to the mer-
rs Of The United States claim against
Turkey for Indemnity for the burning
of missionary property during the Ar
mentan trouble eX-United States Min
ritr A. W Terrell. now residing in this
city, gave out the following interview:
u entirely agree with General Lew
Wallace in his estimate Of the sultan
q Turkey. There is much ignorance
about the nature Of our claims against
Turkey We claim indemnity from the
burning Of missionary property at
Hapoot and Aarash. places then DOM
nailed by hurds and a fanatical pOpu-
aee and remote at the time from con-
'laF protection. Missionaries claim
,l3- The burning was done with the
al and comiyance Of Turkish soldiers.
f porte has insisted that il was done
F hurds and by an ungOvernable
A'a OUT claim is sustained by cir
'.HS,aEeeS resting on missionary evil
Hlt me denial Of the Turks is sus-
-4tl ny Official reports by the Turkish
,-,e.> ana pashaS. and the issue of
%. -.. mas not been settled by an impair
G1 tribunal The burning was done
e-l1s the Armenian massaores. and
7 Auls have been the enemies Of
81, -. A'meniaus from the time Of Xneo-
turkey by the treaty Of Berlin. is
---.- Quasi lrutecJorate of the six
1. .-. european powers. The claims Of
s i.-.s.t ana several other powers for in
ss,4a.'y on account 0F sDoIiatiOus are
~ STe3t7r than OUTS. and it would
L- mat While those powers refrain
t 49,. sil-,oTelns their claim we should
-vAE before disturbing the
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-04-26
THE HERALD BULLETIN.
PAGE ONE.

PAGE ONE.
New Power Scheme.
King Takes Oath of Office.
Was Hanna's Convention.
Extra Pay For Army Officers.
PAGE TWO.
Slaughter of Filipinos.
PAGE THREE.
Peters Defaulter.
PAGE FOUR.
Editorial.
PAGE FIVE.
Death of B. r. Watson.
Had to Borrow Cash.
Verdict on Konold.
PAGE SIX.
Examination of q. S. Mines.
Mining Stock Market.
PAGE SEVEN.
Financial and Commercial.
PAGE EIGHT.
Want Stock and Cash.
Prison For Mcbride.
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cowR1NB OF TIE POWERS.
,rr Follow United States and Also
"" demand Indemnity.


..-..rtinople. Tuesday, April "a
riew Of the steps taken by the
80 ststes government in regard to
~ cl7ims arising out Of the Armenian
~, the embassies Of Great Brit
il-''f rrsnca Austria, Italy and Ger
a-l, ,r nave asked their governments
. ". i;7s-r1rtions as to their similar
claims. e H. i,.oda ~,
Tho the rebuilding Of the Amer
-+ricruree burned at Kharput and
a' .--rsrg-nent Of the Roberts college
Z, rsqarlei as showing clearly the de-
a.. M the Yiidiz Kiosk to be agree
IN "a the United States in the hope
.s., The latter viii not press for the
..-- of the indemnity. The United
s-.frs government, however, has no
.-'s7tio1 Of abandoning its claim.
r5s American legation has also sue
Lei in obtaining permission for the
.,r-irred working by American mis-
ssrsrls Of the hospital at KaiSarteh,
rH.b the authorities have been trying
y, emit No on the preteXt that certain
hal regulations had not been OBJ
served
The porte has given orders to permit
ne amblrkatfOn of two natuTal Lied
ln-rcan-Arrnenians. who were on
t-sIr way to the United States, and
MO had been prevented from sailing
IN the ground that they originally left
heir native country SUrreP1tiOuSly.
The report of Vice-COnsul Walker at
Nerndretta is awaited at the lega-
ton in order to determine if there are
-5Inds for demanding PREPARATION.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-04-26

A big power plant enterprise is in
prospect to supply Salt Lake valley
with the electrical current for all Dur-
poses. Parties who came by team
through Weber canyon to Salt Lake
yesterday saw the engineers at work
near Devils Gate bridge and learned
that work of a substantial character is
to be commenced at once. The scene
of the operations is in the neighbor-
hood Of DEVILS Gate, close to the
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-04-26
FEAR OF RUSSIA.
Berlin Paper Believes United States
VIII Not Attemnt Force.

Berlin, April 25.-The Berlin papers
publish a dispatch from Washington
announcing that the sultan of Turkey
has yielded to the demand of the Unit
ed States in the indemnity claim. Tho
VOssische Zeitung, discussing the mat
ter, points out the i'll success of Euro
pean powers in getting money from
Turkey, and adds
Through the pawn emit to the Ameri-
can missionaries the sultan is reminded
that a new element, expressing itself in
maccustomed forms, has entered i-lso
international intercourse"
The Berliner Tageblatt thinks that
the United States, fearing Russia, will
be satisfied with the sultan's acknOwI-
edgement of the indebtedness and will
not force payment
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,.rsoo. April 1.-THE Constantine
IN -asrondsnt Of the Daily Tele-
sI-D- aorte considers that its offer
iI s.i5 the American structures
70 - - Kbarput will close the ques-
b1ID7II r. bases this belief on news that
l oh. ~ has minated an intention to
Rlse.@ a i,. attempt on the part of the
gpY..5 States 90 enforce payment.
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Union Pacific railroad bridge. Engin-
car Parker of Ogden had charge of the
party at work yesterday. having gone
up a day or two before with a party
from Ogden. 1t was learned that the
preliminary work had been done and
the work started Is part Of extensive
construction operations.
Further information concerning the
Dig project was secured yesterday from
OgCen parties who are IN possession
of the facts. The work is in the horse
shce bend Of Weber river, just above
the new steel bridge known as Devils
Gate bridge. The system begins at a
point not far from the corner stake OF
Morgan, Davis and Weber counties.
Near this place the Weber river. run
ming east and west, makes a big bend
TO the north, forming q sort of horse
shoe, between the sides of which is a
big point of almost. solid rock. The
railroad follows the line along down
tho Weber river, crossing the stream
over high bridge, under which runs
not only the river but the wagon road
The stream all the distance around the
circle is compressed within narrow
limits and rock banks. The fall is
considerable.
Big Pipe Line.
The scheme contemplates the running
Of a pipe line, probably by means OF
tunnel, across the rocky point en-
braced by the horseshoe curve of the
river and conducting the same to a
power house some distance below the
railroad bridge and located probably
or the west bank of the river in Davis
county.
The urea. drained by the Weber and
its tributaries is considerable, amount
ing to nearly 5000 square miles The
flow of the Weber is much more steady
than that Of the Ogden in dry seasons.
and a great advantage of the present
site is in the fact that all the water
used for power purposes would be
turned back into the river "a mile or 40
above the first irrigating bitches. An
the water of the Weber is apprOpri-
ated for irrigating purposes, but none
of it for power purposes. Hence all
the water Of the stream. estimated at
about $50 feet per second. would be
available for power purposes.
A dam comparatively easy of con-
struction will be built to force the wa
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-04-26
KILL POISONOUS WEEDS
Appropriation of $4,000 Included in
the Agricultural Bill.
Especial 10 The Herald

Washington. April 25.-The AGRICULTURAL
appropriation bill as passed BY the senate
To-Day contained an item of $1,000 for ~
Eestlgatlng poisonous weeds and erssSs,
9sInag1ng 10 the sheep industry Of TTfsf
Montana and other western Sfots- = . I'll,
a view 10 graduating. The bill inc-eas "a
periments 10 So, 9Q0 e.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-04-26
Boers Unahle tn rena..

Herschel. Cape Colony, Tuesday.
April 24.-It is reported that the British
nave occupied Wepener. after beaV-1-
nghtlng. 1t is also said the Beers -,
unable TO escape TO the north. and tba+
great Developments are expected.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-04-26
KING TAKES THE
OATH OF OFFICE
%--
Utah Now Represented In
Lower House of Congress.
CORDIALLY GREETED
BY OLD ASSOCIATES
Efforts to Secure For Roberts
Sums OF Money Due Him.

Loses no Time in Getting Down to
Business-House Decides to Abol-
ish Pneumatic Tubes in the Postal
Service - Sensational Charges
Against the Tube Company Made
By Representative Moody of Mas
sachusetts Has An influence.
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Revolutionists Are Successful

Caracas, Venezuela, April . (via Hay
tien cable.-A German steamer which has
arrived at La Guayara reports that the
Colombian revolutionists are masters of
Carthagena, the most important Coiom-
bian harbor.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-04-26
Fiftv Britsh Cart,,red

Paris, April Pa disnatcb 49,,
Pretoria. says that General Dewet has
braDants horse isolated and has re-
pulsed Two attempts to relieve it, can.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-04-26
MAS HANNA'S
CONVENTION
Ohio Republicans Push His
Slate Through.
IL WAS ALL FIXED
UP IN WASHINGTON
Platform Written There and
Taken to Columbus.

Big Boss Declines to Be Delegate to
National Convention - Doesn't
Care What Democrats Say About
Him--Some Opposition Manifested
TO Grosvenor-Resolu Adopt-
ed Laudatory of the Administra-
ton of President Mckinley.
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Advance on Pretoria.

There is a general impression that
the main advance upon Pretoria Will
be taken I'd without any reconcentra-
ton at BlOemfOntein, as with more than
half the British army stretched IN eche-
Ion across the Orange Free State such
a change in directions would indefinite
ly delay the accomplishment of Lord
Roberts main objective.
Speaking in London this evening, The
president Of the board of trade, Charles
Thompson Richie. said it was a delu-
sion to suppose that he Spion Kop dis
patches were published without the
consent of Lord Roberts lie declared
also that their publication did not ne
cessitate a recall of Sir RedVers RULER
The Lourenzo Marquee correspondent
of the Daily Telegraph says: 1T is as
serted that the Beers are collecting
enormous quantities Of provisions at
depots in the Lydenburg district, with
a view 20 a final stand in the noun
tains
The districts around johannesburg
and Pretoria are being extensively en-
trenched. Begsbie's foundry at johann
nesburg is turning out zoo shells a day.
General Meyer Dead.
A dispatch from Durham dated Tues
day, April "A, reports that General Lu-
cas- Meyer Is dead, but that the general
is known to have been well on the re-
yioUs day. A BOer version of the recent
British attack at Fourteen Streams
Gays that two Beers were killed and
four wounded. Little damage, 1t is ad-
6ed, was done TO the camp, though it
was vigorously bombarded.
A BOer dispatch from Glencoe, Natal,
dated Tuesday. April "a, says that four
scouts surprised 800 British from Lady
smith April %. and put the whole body
TO fight, and captured Two OF them.
The arrival of Mafek;ng dispatches
mas renewed the interest, and an ex-
peSaancy as TO the fate of it's defenders
Lady Sarah Wilson's account of the
slaughter of the three natives who
went from Mafeking last Friday TO re-
cover some cattle which mad been loot
ed by. the Beers. and who, while they
were stopping, were surrounded by
burghers and shot without quarter. ap-
parently harshly n5srapresented the
action Of the Beers. a dispatch receiv-
ed by the Associated Press from Ma
feking says that the natives in question
were unauthorized raiders, ana that
instead Of being ru;hlessly slaughtered
by the Beers while asleep, they beat
back the burghers. who were obliged to
get reinforcements. The dispatch adds:
There was 10 question of surrender.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-04-26
ANOTHER GREAT
POWER SCHEME
Plant to Develop 3,2O0- Horse
Power.
LOCATION OF SITE
ON WEBER RIVER
Will Supply Ogden, Salt Lake
And Park City.

Surveys Are Completed and Work
viii Commence Soon-PIant Will
Cost at Least $500, 0oo-C. K.
Bannister at the Head of the En-
terprise, and Prominent Capital
lists Are Observation-Disclosures of
Water All the Year.
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Great Havoc Wrought.

Besides the casualties among the
men, the BOer bCmbardnent Of Colo
mel DalgetyS position wrought great
havoc among the cattle and horses. The
garrison could have held out for an
other fortnight, but it is in no cO-di-
ton to render much assistance in pur-
suing the Beers.
There is little news from other quar-
tiers. The inhabitants of Mafeking are
now on a daily ration Of two pounds
Of SOUP and TWO quarts of .'skilIy-'
The war Office has received the fol-
lowing dispatch from Lord Roberts:
"Bloemfontein, April 25.-POlc Carew' s
division reported ROOdekOp yesterday
evening without casualties. The ad-
vance was covered by cavalry and horse
artillery, which drove back the enemy
with heavy Losses, their dead being left
on the ground. The mounted troops
halted fer the night at GrOotf0ntain,
and at 1880 this morning We're crossing
the MOdder river at Valsb3nk, in ac-
cordance with M Instructions to
French to endeavor to place himself
atitriCe the enemy's lines of retreat.
''French's arrival near the MOdder
evidently, however, alarmed the Beers,
who evacuated their strong position
near DewetEdorp during the night, ard
it was occupied by Chermsides' division
GhiS morning. The mounted infantry,
under Ian Hamilton, drove the enemy
of the kopjes in the neighb0rhOod Of
the waterworks without casualties on
orr SIZE
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CUyER AND LEAD

.,..r 592ic per ounce.
Copper. lsc p CO.'S price, $4;571z; New
Lead, 4. - ?; g Sl.67I5GA. 721z; New York
5lryoEers, $50
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In the broader field of world duty
and influence, it has met an unavoid-
able war for humanity with unequaled
vigor and success; has crowned the
nsetohlesS triumph of cur arms on sea
and land with the courageous accom-
plishments Of its solemn and high obli-
cations; has faithfully studied and
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Forecast for Salt Lake Today Is;
Fair; Stationary Temperature.
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London, April 26.-It is officially an
nounced that Wepener has been re-
| lieved. The relief OF Colonel DaIgety
was accomplished by General Brabant.
The war Office has issued the follow
ing from Lord Roberts, dated Bloem-
fontein, April %, 1926 p. M: THE en-
envy retired from in front of WeDener
last night and this morning fed north
eastward along the Ladybrand road
5000"
A special dispatch from Pretoria,
dated Tuesday, says the Beers have re-
occupied BoshOf, the British retiring.
The war Office has issued Lord Rob-
erts list Of the casualties prior 10 the
! occupation Of Dewetsdorp, showing
that Captain Denny Of the Thirteenth
hussars was killed, and that a captain,
two lieutenants and TWENTY-FIVE men
were wounded. Captain Prcthero, who
was wounded at KarTeefOntein, has
since died.
It is now apparent that the chances
OF Lord Roberts catching the retreat
ing Beers in a net are very slender. The
Beers have everywhere retired at TIE
first pressure Of the British advance.
and the hope that General Rundle
would be able to induce them 10 remain
a. OcAtlSUDT.D ullll1 llty ndQ DS6n
forced to fight or surrender has been
Disappointing.
No Attempt to Pursue.
No attempt was made to pursue the
commanders retiring from WeDener
Everything now depends upon the prog
reSS Of General Frencl's cavalry bTi-
gadeS, but they are entering a verY
difficult. hilly and practically unknown
country.
The cavalry have already had a long
march over heavy and sandy roads,
and nothing is known regarding the
condition of the horses. In any case it
is now race between the federals and
the forces of General French and Gen
eral Hamilton
The slowneSs of the recent movements
of the British infantry and previous
experience Of the ability Of the Beers
to move rapidly, with guns and bag
gage, over their own country, lead TO
a belief that Lord Roberts enveloDing
operations will fail and will have 10 be
repeated further north At the most he
Will perhaps capture some BOer guns
and baggage and hurry the retreating
burgheTs.
Considerable results have been at
tanned in the relief of Wepener and il
the clearing Of the southeastern corner
OF the Free State Of Beers, but the
BOer army, whatever its strength, has
still to be dealt with.