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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-05-15
OPPOSE JAPs IN CONGRESS.
Unions VIII Petition That Importa-
ton Be Stopped.
Especial to The HeraId.)


Cheyenne, WyO., May IA move
ment is on foot among a number of
labor organizations to prevent the fur
Their Importation of japanese labor for
railroad work. The unions claim that
the importation of the little yellow men
is in direct violation of the present con-
tract labor laws, and if a united pro-
test is made to congress the movement
can be stopped.
The labor men argue that while the
Japs are steady" and cause the au-
thoTitieS very little trouble, they work
so cheaply that white men cannot COM
pete. During the present prosperous
times white men can find work in the
fields and in higher branches Of labor
than track work on railroads, but with
the return Of the dull days of one, two
and three years ago, thousands of
white men with families will be forced
into idleness.
A number of individual protests have
been forwarded to Washington, and If
congress does not do something to put
a stop to the wholesale importation of
the coolies, there may be serious trou-
bic along the line of the Union Pacific
and Oregon Short Line, where the Japs
have been given employment.
Under the terms of their contract
the Japs are paid about One-half as
much as white men have been receiv-
ing. The labor contractors are paid a
fat commission by the railroad com
pany, which brings the cost of the jap
labor up to about twO-thirds of that
of their white predecessors.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-05-15
SUPREME COURT ORDERS.
Entries Made On the Docket of That
Tribunal.

The supreme court made the follow
ing orders yesterday:
State of Utah VS.. James Howells, ap-
pellant; appeal not having been per-
fected, case dismissed on request Of
attorneys on both sides.
Eliza Warren ct al, appellants, VS..
Theodore Robson ct al; motion to
modify opinion as to costs taken under
Amusement.
John r. Park VS.. Robert Morris Will
kinson ct al, appellants; motion to re-
tax costs taken under Amusement
@. T. Gunner ct al. VS.. Annie Hooper
Game, appellant; appeal of DUvaH and
Mills; cause ordered set for hearing
May q.
State of Utah VS.. Thomas Inlay, ap-
pellant; argued by Henry S. Tanner
in behalf Of appellant and by Assistant
Attorney General William A. Lee in
reply; submitted and taken under ad-
visement.
John r. Park, appellant, VS.. Robert
Morris Wilkinson ct al remittitul
having been recalled for a considera-
ton of a motion filed for granting
costs to appellant, same not having
been heretofore allowed, and the court
duly considering said motion, it is now
ordered that the TemittituT heretofore
sent down to the court below be and
the same is hereby corrected by add
ing to said remittitur the words with
costs"
The following attorneys were admit
Ted to the supreme bar: James Albert
Howell, Joshua Greenwood, Charles 2,
Boxley, Thomas L. Mitchell, Abial b
Sawyer, jr., Gilbert r. Beebe.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-05-15
METHODISTS HIT M'nNLET
GENERAL CONFERENCE COMMIT
TEE DENOUNCES CANTEENs.
Resolution Declares His Course Is
Abuse of Power and Notification
In It's Most Dangerous Extent.

Chicago, May 1.-THE Methodist
Episcopal general conference commit
tee on temperance, of which Samuel
Dixie Of Michigan is chairman, eRnd of
which Congressman NJ. n. Johnson of
North Dakota, author and champion
OF the anti-canteen law, is a member,
adopted resolutions today which are a
direct slap at President Mckinley be-
cause of his acquiescence in the de-
cision of Attorney General Griggs de-
ciaring the law ineffective.
The report reads as follows: I'VE
are, however, chagrined, Inundated
and eXasperated by the puer-e and alb
surd construction placed upon the anti
canteen law. s0-calIed. by the attorney
general of the United States. md with
all due respect to his exaI, station
we record the fact that we are panied
and disappointed at the course of the
president in accepting as final and sat
jsfactOry an opinion without binding
force. Such an. abuse. Of power is multi
ficauOn in its most dangerous form.
Upon the president as commander
in-chief of our army, rests the respon-
sibility for the eanteen saloon, an evil
which he has ample power to suppress,
and which, TO quote the Episcopal adj
dress. is a more deadly foe to the sol
der than bullets or trOpic heat
I'VE urge upon the president an early
exercise of the power vested in him TO
TIE end that the authorities of the gov
eminent instead of being used TO place
temptation before the soldier shall be
used to save him, as far as possible,
from the moral hazards incident to
military life"
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-05-15
STATEMENTS OF DOCTORS.
Opinions Vary as to Chances For Men
to Recover,

In the opinion of DR.. Witcher the
chances 81 recovery of both the col
Ored men sre not of the best. Dr..
King, however, believes that both will
recover. Pearsal, the one who was
shot while crossing the street on his
way home. has two very severe
wounds One of the ieaden missiles en-
tered his body under the lower rib on
the left side. and came out of his back.
The other bullet struck his left arm
making compound fracture and shat
tering the bone. Dr. Witcher, who
dressed PearsalPs wounds, fears that
the patients intestines are perforated,
and if this belief is we'll founded he
will likely die. DR. King believes the
bullet went around the abdominal cav
ity.
As to White, the mascot, DR.. Witch
er stated last evening that the shot
which penetrated the boys right breast
has likely perforated both lungs, and
in consequence internal hemorrhage is
to be feared. Such a result would
probably undoubtedly result in death.
However, in similar instances there
have been recOveries. Dr. King has
but little fear Of hemOrrhage.
Billy Maddox, the shooter. has a
scalp wound which Dr. Witcher saws
may have been caused by either a pis-
tol shot or by being struck with a rock
or a gun.
Wishing to be relieved of the respon-
sibility, DR.. Witcher urged that City
Physician King be called to take
charge Of the cases. AS soon as DR..
King arrived at the police station he
assumed charge of the cases, and had
the two cOlOred men sent to the Holy
Cross hOSDitaI
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-05-15
THE RIGHTS OF WORKINGMEN
ARE ENTITLED TO 60 DAYS Ex-
EMPTIoN OF WAGES.
Supreme Court Rules That Debts Con-
traeted Before Recent Law, Come
Under It.


The supreme court has affirmed
Judge Cherrys ruling in the case of
John NJ. Kirkman, appellant, VS. the
Rio Grande Western railway, gar
nishee. The opinion is written by
Judge Basl1in, the other supreme JUS
tees concurring.
The chief issue in this case was the
eonstitutionality or unconstitutionality
of the statute which deals with the
garnishment Of wages. The sole
ground up5n which the case was de-
cided in the trial court was that chap
ter 65, subdivision Of the laws of 1893
was constitutional as to contracts
made prior to its passage.
William Bird, 5n employee of the Rio
Grande Western, was in May, 1886, in
debted to KiTkman for merchandise
sold to him. Kirkman obtained a judg-
ment for the amount owed him by
Bird, $2S5.47, with SLIPS costs. An exc
cution was issued and the employer
the railway company, was garnished
last December. The company owed
Bird two months salary, Novembe
and December. amounting TO S77.50
This, Of course, was exempt under the
statute, which holds inviolate sixty
days wages of a married man.
The appellant, Kirkman contended
that the legislature did not intend that
the exemption provision of the statute
should have any retroactive effect, and
the judgment of the tIial court i'm
paired the obligation of the implied
contract between the litigants.
With regard to the cOnstitutiouality
Of the statute the supreme court says:
Creditors as well as debtors are pre-
Sumed to know that the legislature has
an inherent power to enlarge, limit
alter or repeal remedial statutes, pro-
vided that contracts are not directly
impaired and remedy be left, though
less convenient and less prompt and
speedy tina the one so changed or re-
pealed. Certainly any change or lin
itation of the remedy which does not
materially abr:dge the right does not
impair the obligation of the contra ct
In the case at bar it is concluded
that the defendant has a family de-
pendent on him for support, and that
his only means of supporting his fam
lily is his wages. 1t is a matter OF
Common record that at the time and
previous to the passage of the act
limiting the remedy by garni shment
many other citizens of the state were
in the same situation as the defendant
and that owing to the financial crisis
which prevailed it was a difficult tasI
for the laborer to earn sufficient tC
properly support his family. In view
of these facts the limitation Of the
remedy OF punishment was reasonable
and necessary, and is not such q
change as impairs the obligation If the
contract"
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-05-15
HISTORY OF THE MEN.
Who the Wounded and Man Who
Shot Them Are.


Willis Pearsail is employed as porter
at Bruce Johnson's Commercial street
resort, and has been, with the excep-
ton of a short period. since his dis
charge from the army three years ago.
after nineteen years service with
honor. At the time of his discharge he
was stationed at Fort Douglas with the
Twenty infantry. but shortly
after he enlisted as a packer in the
Cuban war. Bruce Johnson and all
the cOlored people give Pearsal a
splendid character as a peaceable, in
dustTious and temp erate man.
Mascot" White is the 16-year-Old
lad who has been following the army
to Cuba and the Philippines and back.
He claims the proud distinction of
having served on the staff of General
Joe Wheeler as an orderly in both
campaigns. AT any rate, young White
arrived about a week ago at Fort
Douglas from Manila He has been
entertained by the cOlOred troopers at
the fort, and they have been trying to
arrange it so that he could permanent
ly stay with the troop.
Billy Maddox, the shooter, arrived
in town a few days ago from the Rab-
bits Foot mine at Silver City, where
he was employed. He came here TO re-
cuperate from the effects of the bad
air in the mine, and intended to re-
turn to the mine today. Maddox is a
native of Manchester, England, and
has been in this country fourteen
years. He is 81 years of age. The
Maddox family resides at 10 Goodhue
avenue, in the southwestern part of
the city.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-05-15

Secretary Urges House Committee to
Pass Senate Measure.

Washington, May H-Secretary Root
today explained to the house military
committee the advantage that would ac-
crue from the passage of the senate army
reorganization bill. He dweit especially
on the proposed increase of the artillery
arm and the increased rank given Gen
erals Miles and COrbin-
The secretary said that the effect OF the
bill was to increase the army $1,000 or
$1,000 entirely in the artillery, this in
crease extending over g period of years.
While differing from. the provision origin
ally recommended Ar Root approved the
senate amendment. as il would permit the
war department 10 put the artillery into
better condiuQn-
The situation now, in caring for seacoast
Notifications, was Just as foolish and
impracticable, the secretary said, as that
would be of a man who built a fine house,
equipped il in the most perfect manner
and then went away and left II 70 take
care of itself. There are millions and MILL
ions invested in Notifications, he said,
with no one to take care of them inVolV-
ing depreciation from lack OF attention,
As 10 giving General Miles rank as a
lieutenant General, he said that a major
general commanded division, and he
did not know of another country in the
world with a large army that gave the
commanding officer OF the whole army a
rank below lieutenanf general, or that did
not recognize that ne should Outrdnk a
division commander Regarding the adJu-
tant general, he said that all European
armies. recognized the Importance of the
position as the center OF military admin
istratfOn, and gave rank accordingly. he
thought the provision Tor TINS increased
rank should be general and not apply
only to General Corbin, although the LAT
ter's services the past two years mer1ted
especial recognition
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-05-15
GIRL VANQUISHES KITCHENER
DUTCH MAIDEN PREVENTS DE-
sTRUCTIoN OF FARM HOUSE.
General Approaches as She Stands
Her Ground In q Doorway and
Then Orders a Retreat.

Correspondence of the Associated Press
Pretoria, May 7.-Of all the stories told
by correspondents of General Kitchener
this by far is the best:
while Lord Kitchener was engaged in
supprsssing the Preiska rebellion he or
dered the destruction of a certain farm
house. Not seeing any signs of his orders
being carried out, he rode over with his
staff and found an interesting situa ton.
in the doorway of the doomed farm
house stood a pretty young Dutch girl,
her hands clasping the dOOrpoSts and her
eyes flashing fire from beneath her dainty
SUnbOnnet-
1.-THE Irish sergeant in charge of the
party of destruction was Vainly endeaVor-
ing to persuade her TO let them pass in.
but to all his establishments of .Arrah,
darlint; wishna now, acushla,' etc, the
maiden turned deaf ear, and deadlock
prevailed. Kitchener's sharp WHAT'S this?'
put a climax to the scene. The girl evil
IDENTIFY guessed that this was the dreaded
chief of staff, and her lips trembled in
spite Of herself
Kitchener gazed surlily at her stand
ing bravely, though tearfully, and turned
to his military secretary. Put down,
he groWled. that the commanders orders
with reference to the destruction of Right
mans farm could not be carried out Ow-
ing to unexpected opposition. Forward,
gentlemen
''This is vouched for by c. A Nc
Nuellen, an engineer recently returned
from Johannesburg.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-05-15
TWO NEGROES SHOT IN SALOON
Continued from Page u

Continued from Page II
the gum" said he. II can't be mis-
taken about him. The description is
the same"
Briggs could not be found again last
night 10 learn what he had to say
about the story. He is quite an intel
ligent fellow and he told his first story
without stun bling until he came to the
point where the wounded men were
picked up. He couldn't say anything
about that part of the tragedy at all.
He said that he didn't know where
they were found. Brooks, too, when
sitting in the patrol wagon at the back
Of the police station, denied that he
was in the saloon. He was about to
ride up to the hospital with the wound
ed boy. He said that he and the boy
were in the shooting gallery down Sec
ond South street, at No. 81, when he
heard the first shot. He and the boy
started up at once to the saloon, and
as they reached the corner or were
crossing the street beyond Sloan's drug
store the boy yelled out, I'm shot, -
and fell over.
when I got down there there was
a cloud of dust which the black men
had raised as they ran, said Detective
Sheets. ''They were moving like quar-
ter horses in all directions
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-05-15
STORY OF ELDER Maddox.
Tells How the Difficulty Was First
Started

''I took the gun to my son with
which he did the shooting. I took
both guns to him. said the elder Mad
dick.
at was this way: These five mig
ger soldiers came into the place and
I was behind the bar. I don't think
any one Of them was very drunk. They
asked for five beers, and 1 said:
Drinks are % cents each. Wen, let US
have them, said one of the men, and
1 served the five beers. Then one of
them threw down a quarter and 1
didn't say anything, for 1 knew what
that meant. [ went over to the call
box to ring for the police. The box is
up at the west end of the bar.
"One of the niggers followed me up
and leaned across the case. He said,
You ring that box and I will knock
you down you ID Mormon s.
He had pulled a lot of rocks out of
his pocket. He tried to reach across
to hit me on the head with one Of them
but I was too far away. When 1
looked around I saw that the little fell
low who is not a black mamie is
brown and he is a corporal or a ser
CANT, had pulled out a gun and he held
it in his hand. The little seargent. said
hit the s. hit r 4
My son, when saw the trouble
had come up arOm. he bar and was
between me and the fellow who was
trying to hit me with the rock in his
hand. 1 sent in the ring for the police
but did not get an answer. The FIVE
went out of the saloon without paying
$1.25 for the drinks. 1 took nv gun
and walked out, saying to my son, I
will make them come back and pay for
the drinks. He followed me right out
At the door, when I saw that no DO
hcemen were coming, gave the gun
to him. / said:
Don't shoot, just keep them here
until l get the police. And I went back
into the saloon to ring again for the
officers. While I was trying to ring
the box the shooting commenced and
didn't stop to see about the box, but
picked up the other gun and rushed
out to my son. One of the uiggers had
thrown rock at him, hitting him on
the head and that had started him to
shooting
I gave him the other gun, which
was loaded, and took the first one from
him. In a few minutes the policemen
came up and took the boy away"
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-05-15
District Court Notes.

Julia A. Siedenstricker has COM
menced divorce proceedings against
her husband, Conrad Siedenstricker,
charging him with desertiOn, nOn-sUp-
port and habitual drunkenness. They
were married July g. 1890, and have two
children. The plaintiff asks the Gus
tOdy of her children.
S. L. Ensign, jr.. has commenced suit
against the Star Gold & Silver Mining
company to recover. $726.S4 for services
as assistant secretary from March u,
1899, to March 10, this year.
The testimony is all in in the Her
riman irrigation case, and the court
has adjourned until Friday. In the
meantime Judge Rolapp, with Attor-
neys Ferguson for the plaintiff and
Sutherland for the defense, viii go over
the ground at and in the neighbOrhoOd
of HERMAN With them will go Dr.
Talmage and Professor DoTemus as ex-
perts in matters pertaining to the case.
The case of George W. Meyer ct al
VS.. D. Douglass Wallace, on demand
by the defendant for jury trial, has
been transferred by Judge Cherry to
the Jury calendar.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-05-15

Washington, May 1.-THE house to-
lay passed the general deficiency ap-
preparation bill, and the military aca-
deny bill, the last of the supply bills,
viii follow tomorrow.
The deficiency bill carried 50, S99, O21
and was passed substantially without
amendment The general debate was
devoted practically to political topics,
the feature being a severe arrangement
of the administration by Mr.. Dear
mOnd Of Missouri, in which he accused
1t of cOWardiCe and trucking to wealth
IN its stand Oh the Boer war.
When the house met Mr.. Cannon
(lll.) reported the general deficiency
appropriation bilL and Mr.. Hull Qa.)
reported the military academy appro-
priation bill. Mr.. Cannon moved that
the house go into committee of the
whole to consider the former bill
Mr.. Brossius (Pen) mande a state
ment of the progressive operation o.
the new financial law, supplementary
of statement made by him a few
days ago. 1t showed that the total
amount of bonds refunded to May 10
was S26S. al 900. a little over 20 per cent
OF the bonds having been presented by
other than national banks. The ma
tionai bank circulation since the pas
sage of the financial bill, he said had
Increased SIG, 152, 0S1
Mr.. COrliss (Mich.) had read a let
ter from a native Porto Rican enthus-
iastically endorsing the action of con-
gress in passing the Porto Rican tariff
law
Mr.. Green Pa.) urged higher taxa
ton of Oleomargarine.
DeArmond Uses Ridicule.
Mr.. DeArmond (No) ridiculed the
letter read by Mr.. COrliss. He describ-
ed the ecStacy with which the native
population must have received the
views that they were to be governed
by carpet pagers, who" he said
would take everything portable and
nail down everything they could not
carry away. It would be the sad and
shameful story OF carpet-bagism in
the south again
Mr. DeArmOnd charged the admins
tratiOn with COWardiCe for allowing no
official utJerance in sympathy to go
out to the Beers struggling in South
Africa, to repeat the splendid story of
the American revolution. He concIud-
ed by charging that there was either
secret understanding with Great
Britain or an American administra-
ton trucking to wealth and power had
overlooked and forgotten the rights of
humanity.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-05-15
"SHoT UP" THE SALOON.
Men Thought to Be Troopers Take
Pistol Practice.

=
Three men on horses, supposed to be
colOred soldiers from the fort dashed
down Second South street about 1870
this morning, firing their revolvers at
windows and passers-by At the mouth
Of Commercial street three bullets
went whizzing by group of colored
women. Links saloon on State street
was attacked next and a bullet crashed
large plate glass window. An agent
of the road, named Chandler, who was
at the bar, was cut about the hands
and the leaden missile buried itself in
the floor without doing further dam
age.
Two blocks east of State street the
galloping rOwdies fired point blank at
Del Wilson, the we'll known saloon
keeper, who was on a bicycle bound
for home. Wilson says the bullets
sung close to his ear and were fired
at such close range that the stream of
fire from the guns almost reached
him. He described the imitators of
the James boys as negroes, wearing
shots aroused all the night hawks and
police within radius of several blocks,
and a crowd of several hundred peo-
pie were soon on the scene.
Chandler, the man cut by the glass
in Links saloon, protested that ne had
been badly wounded. His jag was do
ing the talking, though, for his in
juTies were only scratches. The bull
let tried hard to mix up with the ex-
tremities Of his anatomy, but he was
saved by the proverbial old safeguard,
a jag.
Investigation by the police failed to
identify the Wild West performers,
and an hour after the affair the sleuths
were still at sea
Sergeant Brown of the police force
called up Lieutenant White after the
shooting to have the three men inter
cepted. The lieutenant was not over
jOyed at being aroused, and he said so
in terms most emphatic. He added
that as all the horses were locked up
in the stables the men could not have
been from the post, and the matter
rested there.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-05-15
ACCUSES THE SUGAR TRUST
ROBERT J. TRIMBLE, A STOCK
HOLDER, FILES SUIT.
Declares Million Dollar Surplus Is
Being Used to Depress Prices and
Force Arbuckle to Terms.

Trenton, n. J.. May 14.-The papers
in the suit of Robert ]. Trimble against
the American Sugar Refining company
were filed in the court of chancerY to-
day. Trimble, who is a stockholdei .
charges that the company has more
than S1,OO0,0 900 of surplus and that this
surplus is now being used TO depress
the price of sugar and to force Ar
buckle Bros, independent Tefiners, into
a combination with the American SUI
gar Refining company illegally to re-
strain trade. The bill prays for an
injunction and asks that the American
Sugar Refining company be compelled
to exhibit its books and show what
surplus it has and what is being done
with it.
subpoena viii be issued and the
American Sugar Refining company has
thirty days in which to file its answer