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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-06-26
UNDERWRITERS HARD HIT
Must Face Claims Running INT,
Millions.

Must Face Claims Running Into
Millions.
New York, June 25.-Postu0re-ar+ .s
the coronation means an enormous loss
TO the underwriters. says a London dis
patch to the Journal Of Commer,a An
underwater of prominence. estimates
that the claims which win have tn ha
faced will amount to from eS55d0 r,
100000. For many weeks rorf-.as
have been steadily applied for ana
readily granted, insuring the rfsl, 10
the coronation not taking place IN
the 10th and 9th inst. Durfn- tho
past day or two, since TumOrs of tbs
kings illness had been prevalent few
policies Of this kind were written and
then only at eXOrbitant rates. but 7-fo~
TO the disquieting reports heavy
business had been transacted with
those who had stands on which thew
intended TO let seats. tradesmen whose
interests would suffer, and inuuma~abTa
individuals and corporations whose
financial loss would be serious I'm event
Of pOstpOnement. The rates charged
in April were Il TO 10 guineas per cent
az clio TO Is 7-15 per cent? BY a week
ago it had gotten down to s gufneas
per cent (51z per cent?
During the recent smallpox excite
ment LlOyd's underwriters issued t10g-
sands Of policies against catching the
disease at a rate Of IS Cd per cent az Of
1 per cent?, and had only a few claims
TO meet.
The underwriters came out ey-
ceedlngly well on their speculation as
to the queens jubilee procession IN
1897 and all who had won on that 0--
casiOn went in for the coronation 0re-
miums as gTeedily as If there had been
no risk TO be feared, and the premium
was all profit. Others who held aIoos
from such commitments in connection
with the jubilee, plunged in hungriIv on
the coronation gamble. Many Of the IN
derwriters have policies on. the life OF
the king for skZ months. The rate for
this last week was 10 gUinaas per. cent
1Oi2 per cent?, but IS rose on Tuesday
TO so guineas per cent (52Is per cent?
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CAREER OF TOWN OF MERcUR.
At One Time One Of the Liveliest
Mining Camps in the West.

Mercur has had a checkered career
The rejuvenated town came into exist
ence soon after 1890. when the old
Mercur Gold Mining company demon
strated that the ore which looks like
mere clay contained gold in paying
quantities, the means OF extraction
being the cyanide teaching process.
The example of the Mercur company
was followed by the Marion and the
Geyser. and later by the Golden Gate
company and others. The latter prop
erty passed into the hands OF captain
DeLamar, and during his ownership
the largest reduction mill in the world
was built on one the side hills OF the
town.
Later the Golden Gate and the Mer-
cur properties were consolidated ana
now John Dern, who has always been
a great benefaCtor to the town. IS
at the head of the consolidated COM
pany. The other companies are not
doing as well now as they nave SHOWN
the ability 20 do in the past az pro-
ducers OF gold cyanides-
Early in the sos the town OF hler-
cur commenced to grow rapidly. IL
was at its best from 1S94 to 1880 or
later. when the population exceeded
5000 persons. As evidence or lhrlIt,
schools. churches and splendid uWeH-
ings sprang up. all Of a class mat
would do credit to any mining 'o"h
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YALE GRADUATES
AS MISSIONARIES
&-
HadIey Announces That Mission
Will Be Established in Far East.
TO CHRISTIANIZE CHINA
MANY CHURCHES STRONGLY IN
FAVOR OF MOVEMENT.
TO CHRISTIAHIzE CHINA

NJ EW HAVEN, CONN, June 25.-One
~ of the most important announce
ments Of the Yale commencement
season was the reference by President
Hadley, in his address this morning, to
the plan of a group Of Yale men to
establish a mission in the far east. This
mission, which is the first of its kind
to be established by graduates Of any
American college, is to be conducted
along the brOadest lines, carrying on
evangelical, medical and especially ed
ucational work in a large student CEN
ter in north China. 1t is to be IN
UNCONVENTIONAL and independent Of
any existing society, but will work in
harmony with them, and in specially
close sympathy with the American
board This last named society has
promised its moral support and its CO.
operation in certain practical matters,
such as the purchase and distribution
Of supplies.
The mission is to be under the lead
ership Of Rev. Harlan P. Beach Of the
class Of 1873, at present educational
secretary of the students volunteer
movement, and from 1883 70 1880 a mis-
sionary in China.
, The mission is an entirely voluntary
association of Yale men, and will hold
no official connection with the univer-
sity, but many of the officials of the
latter, izcluding the president. are
among its strongest supporters. 1t is
to be controlled by a council of forty
men, who have consented to serve in
this capacity, with the following Of
ficers:
President Rev. Timothy Dwight,
ID, IL. D.; vice president, Rev. Ed
win Lines, D. D., of New Haven; cor
responding secretary, William Sloane
Of New York; treasurer, Pierce Welsh
Of New Haven.
The Congregational, EpiscopaIian.
Presbyterian and Baptist churches are
thus represented among the officers Of
the council. All details Of administra-
ton will be left to an executive com
mittee, consisting at present of the fol-
lowing Yale men who have developed
the plans for the mission and raised an
installation fund of about $4,000:
Deans Sanders and Wright, F. Wells.
Williams, professor OF Orinetal MIS-
tory at Yale James w. Cooper. D. D..
Yale corporation; Rev. H. T. Beech,
secretary of the students volunteer
movement; Arthur G. Williams of the
class of 1898; Professor Edward B.
Reed, and Arson Phelps Stokes, ir.,
secretary of The university.
Professor Reed viii act as executive
secretary The medical examiner is
TO be DR.. Walter James of New York.
Rev. L. P. ThurstOn of the class of
9S, with another recent graduate. will
go to China this fall, spending a year
studying the language. It is expected
that in due season Yale Will send out
a score Of men to this mission. who
viii work for Christian education in
China.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-06-26
COLORADO FOREST
FIRES STILL RAGING

Denver Colo. June 25.-FOrest fires are
raging IN various parts of Colorado DO
ing a vast amount of damage and no re-
lief from them Is vet I'm sight. Ii is
claimed by the state officials who have
been investigating the matter that most
of them are of incendiary origin. The
mining camp of Garfield. i'm Chaffee
county. has been menaced Tor several
days, but the efforts Of the citizens in
back-firing have so far saved it from de-
structiOn. Timber TO the value Of &lO00,000
is said TO have been burned I'm the noun
taius west of Durango Many narrow
escapes are reported, but no loss of life
by the fires is known Fire has been COM
municated TO buildings I'm the town OF
Breckenridge Summit county, but was
eXtinguished without damage. The town
is practically surrounded by blazing for
ests A tract of territory four miles
square has been burned over in Ouray
county and the fire is still raging. Moth
ing but heavy rains viii give relief
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year at Yale, the youngest Yale man upon
Whom that institution ever conferred the
gaegree OF Ii. D.; man who, having won
high positions at the bar and then served
as solicitor general, with an his tastes
impeiling him TO a judicial career. and
VINO was appointed TO the United States
bench, and who was asked to give up the
position to go to the other side of the
world 70 take up an infinitely difficult
and Infinitely dangerous problem and to
DO his best to solve ii. He has done his
best. He came back here the other day.
Taft in Role Of Martyr.
'gThe man has always had the honor
able ambition to get upon the supreme
court bench. and he knew that had al
ways hoped he would be put on the SUI
preme court bench, and when there was
a question OF vacancy arising 1 said to
him;
Governor, I think I ought to tell yo,
that If a vacancy comes in the supreme
court, while it would give an OppOrtunitg
TO put you in the position you would like
to have, / think I ought to tell you that
II such vacancy should occur, / do not
possibly see how I could give it TO you.
for need you where you are He said
TO me;
" Mr.. President, 1t has always been my
dream to be in the supreme court but II
you should offer me a justiceship now,
and at the same time congress should take
off entirely my salary as governor, I
should go straight back 10 the Philip
pines, nevertheless, for those people need
me, and expect me back. and believe
won't desert them
He has gone back, gone as a strong
friend among weaker friends, to help
them upward along the stony and difficult
path of self-government. To do his part
and as a great part. in making the Amer
can name a symbol Of honor and g,-S}
faith in the Philippines, TO govern with
justice and with that firmness, that alb
sence of weakness. which is only another
side Of justice. He has gone back to do
all of that because it is his duty as he
sees it. We are to be congratulated, we
Americans, that we have a fellow Ameri-
can like Taft
The president paid a glowing cOmpli-
ment to Secretary Root. saying Of the
three men that they had done the best
that circumstances permitted. Said he in
conclusion:
1T was all Abraham Lincoln could do.
incidentally he has done all. Taft has
done II. Wood has done it. These three
men have rendered that service. I can do
nothing for them. : can show my a9-
probation of them in no way save the
wholly insufficient one Of standing up
for them and for their works, and that J
will do"
From the hall President Roosevelt went
10 the chapter house Of the Alpha Delta
Phi, where he presented, in behalf of the
chapter, a gold medal TO Rev. Dr. Edward
/ Everett Hale. AS the president entered
the chapter house the kyrie was sung.
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UTAH'S FAMOUS COLD CAMP
SUFFERS GREAT LOSS
CONTINUED from Page. -

T.
good water supply and a fire apparatus
that is far above the average. The
system included seven fire hydTants.
and the water is supplied from Ophir
canyon. William e. Goodman. chief
OF the volunteer fire department, makes
the following statement:
The fire originated. God knows how.
in the upper story Of the Oquirrh no
tel on the east side. In that side there
were but two dodgers. and both Of
them were at work I'm the Golden Gate
mill when the fire broke out There
was an explosion simultaneously with
the outbreak or shortly after, nobody
knows which. This explosion threw
fire brands all over that locality, and
On a minutes time the two largest
buildings in town we're wrapped in
fierce flames. To fight il under Ordi-
nary conditions was an uphill task.
The heat was unbearable
THE department turned out at once.
and the Con. Mercur people turned out
all their men. 50 that practically the
whole town was fighting the fire. But
we could not make any progress. There
IS no doubt that the main drawback
was the lack Of water. The supply
was good enough from Ophir canyon,
but every person who owned a house
was drawing from their hydrants. and
by the time IL reached the fire depart
nent hose the water wcs at low pres
sure. There was no improving the
condition with sixty or seventy dwell
ings drawing water for fire brigades.
To add to the hODelessness Of the sit
uatiOn. a couple of MIGRANTS turned on
at full force were covered by falling
walls and could not be reached.
by blowing up the ice cream par
Tor we saved the lower end of town"
In order to blow up a building It
was necessary to get powder from the
Golden Gate mill. and the keg was
carried over the mountain by Chief
Goodman himself NeTCur has had sew
eral disastrous fires. but never was
burned out before. The report spread
IN Salt Lake City today that the town
Is without water is not true. Mayor
Luft authorizes the statement that
there is plenty Of fuel and water for
all purposes.
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Continued from Page. j.

/ AAAALAAAAE4 AAQAM a8E- II
]
demand for papers in this city and the
nearer suburbs yesterday absorbed the
whole supply before reaching the outer
/ fringe OF London.
The general pOstofice is Overburdened
with kilograms. Many private mes
sages filed yesterday could not be
transmitted and were not delivered un-
III today.
kilograms from all quarters Of the
empire tell of the cancelling Of pro-
posed coronation celebrations Hong
Kong, Simla and Australia all an
nounce the substitution Of religious ser
vices for the contemplated festivities.
The British transport Bavarian.
which had been racing against time in
order TO land the war contingent of
South African veterans who were to
take part In the coronation procession.
and which reached Southampton YES
terday, debarked her troops this morn
ing. The ragged. sUnburned troopers
were much affected when they re-
ceived the news of the kings illness.
A final effort was made today to have
the naval review carried out in some
fashion, since it was considered de-
plOrable that so many Warships. for
eign and home, should dispense without
any official inspection, but the gov
eminent leader in the house Of COM
mons. A. ]. BalfOUr. decided that It
was impossible. The admiralty has an
nounced that all entertainments
planned for the officers and crews Of
the ships of Spithead have been can
ceIed.
Admiral Sir Charles Hotsam. IN C,m-
rnna 4 r,F h. 18Th
received all the foreign admirals On
his flagship today. The commanders Of
the foreign vessels are awaiting in
structions from their governments re-
garding their departure. The British
heet will begin to dispense June So
By the kings special desire the cOIo-
nation list of hOnOrs will after al be
published tomorrow, as originally ar
ranged.
Saving Some Decorations.
The only features Of the coronation
decorations, etc, escaping demolition
are the Illumination devices in Lonian
and the bonfire, which had already been
laid on 300 hilltOps throughout the
United Kingdom. These, for the pres
ent, viii not be touched, in the hore
Of using them to celebrate the king
recovery. According to the Evening
News, there is good foundation for the
rumOr that it was the kings earnest
desire that he should be crowned in
his bedroom, and that the procession
Of Friday should be carried out with
out him.
The story Of the king and the Ep-
som gypsy is being retold. According
to this, gypsy who was supposed not
to have known his majesty's identity,
told him that he would rise high. to
the throne itself, but would Just fall
short Of his ambition the last moment
and would not be crowned king"
The seer told King Edward that he
would be so unlUcky on the turf that
even if one of his horses was going
to win a race il would fall dead at The
winning post. This prediction was full
filled in the case Of Counterpart, in
1856.
Later, at Hamburg, a palmist is said
to have foretold that the king would
become i'll as he started FOR his curo-
nation. Whether the stories are true
or otherwise, the coincidence Of their
being current this year and the event
Of yesterday are regarded as remarka-
bic.
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KINGS STRUGGLE FOR life
BIDS FAIR TO SUCCEED

sudden eXacerbatiou early r.,-5.
morning, an operation was E.<..ay
upon at 10 O'Clock, and the 1rz,...--ll
was performed at noon ON Tras5-'--.. '...,
Sir Frederick Hewitt. The absr-g-l ny
opened around the caarum. trs -11
evacuated and the cavity 5-..-r-..s
There was no resection of rhs L..-.-.
the newspaper reports thar rubfDr- -. .,
required 10 preserve the continue. ~ ~
the intestine being entirely misrls5f..o--
The recovery from anaesrresfg
satisfactory. the patient (sse9 ~ ~s, as
less night. succeeded by imnr7va--..-...-
his condition being Favorable ON w.
neSday at noon"
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INSURANCE ON KINGS LIFE.
Aggregate of All Kinds Tens Of Mil
lions Of Dollars.

New York. June 25.-In the event Of
the death OF King Edward VII. the
insurance companies Of England viii
suffer the most staggering blow known
in the history Of that branch of inan-
cial investment.
1t viii cause a loss of tens Of mill
lions of dollars to the regularly organ
ised life insurance companies Of variI
Gus kinds, which have taken
heavy risks on the kings life Of high
rates of interest.
American life insurance companies,
however, viii suffer no loss because, in
this country, TO obtain life insurance
policies, the applicant must establish
an insurable interest in the person in
sured. King Edward carries the eu0r-
nous sum of $500, 900, placed with
English companies. This is on per-
sOnaI policies, upon which he pays pre-
miums out of his private purse The
total risks on his life. on policies by
business men, is placed at 81, 100000.
The car of Russia is said TO carry
personal insurance Of S4.000,O00, as we'll
as $1,000 600 on the life Of the czariua,
and S2,500,000 on that of Grand Duchess
Olga. The emperor of Germany Car-
ries 5000 GOO personal insurance.
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Lebi's Prompt Contribution.

lSpecldl 10 Inc Herad.)
Lehi. June 25.-As soon as Mercur' s
great fire was made known in Lehi
and that many of the homeless people
needed food, Mayor Austin convened
the city council who voted 800 for re-
lief purposes. SsSenty-five dollars was
soon added by citizens, and the whole
amount was soon invested in food
stUffs, which were loaded on the spe-
cial that left for Mercur this afternoon.
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IDAHO DON'T WANT
TO BE OVERLOOKED.


Washington. D. c.. June 25,-Repre-
sentative Glenn Of Idaho has called the
attention Of the geological survey 10
the fact that Idaho contains g number
of desirable reservoir sites which could
be utilized under the new irrigation
law. No specific project in the state
win be urged. but il is desired that the
survey make complete examination an1
select one Of the most feasible ana prac-
ticable.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-06-26
DEMURRERS QVERRULED.
California Oil Companies Lose Ground
In Their Legal Battle.

Washington, June 25.-Justice Clabor-
ough of the district supreme court today
overruled the demUrrers filed by the
Riverside oil company and he Cosmos
Exploration company of California. to
the answer made by the secretary Of the
interior to the mandamus proceedings
they instituted to compel issuance Of a
patent to them for valuable oil lands near
Los Angeles. The demurrers alleged
that the governments answers were in
sufficient to support its action. The court
today held that the matter was discre-
uonary with the department. and that
the secretary could not be compelled by
mandamus to issue patents for lands.
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OPINIONS OF PHYSICIANS.
American Surgeons Are Hopeful Of
Kings Recovery.

New Haven, Conn, June 25.-Dr. RUS-
well Park, director Of the new state
pathological laboratory, professor OF
surgery in the medical department Of
the University of Buffalo. and one Of
the physicians who attended President
Mckinley at Buffalo, in discussing the
nature Of King Edwards illness, made
the following statement.
The only question in regard TO the
outcome is whether the disease was
taken in time. From the fact that
the king was out driving a few days
ago, after the first trace Of the dis
ease had been discovered, it would APP
pear that the disease had not got much
Roadway and that the operation was
performed in time to prevent serious
results. Because Of the age of the king,
it VIII be three or four days before the
crisis shall have been passed, and If
the crisis is passed successfully it viii
take three or four weeks for his COM
valescCnCe. Unless the most favorable
conditions exist, it viii not be possible
for the king 70 take part I'm the tedious
ceremonies within six weeks or two
months"
New York, June 25.-Dr. Matthew ID.
Mann, the surgeon who performed the
operation on President Mckinley, has,
says a World special from Buffalo,
made the following statement:
The operation on King Edward IS
one that is performed frequently ana
is more frequent in this country than
in England. The results are satista.-
tory in d very large percentage p-
cases.
1T is impossible, of course, to give
an opinion on the outcome of the klI1
illness without more data. The case o-
King Edward bears no Tesemblan.a
whatever TO President Mckinley S. --e
one is an Inflammation, the other WAS
a gunshOt wound. All things beH-
even, 1 would say the kings chances
of recovery are a great deal better
than were those Of the president-Jlay
is, an ordinary case Of appendicitis Is
more likely 10 get well than bullet
wound in the stomach.
Taking it all together, I suppose
more than IS per cent Of the a2peH-
dicitis cases get well, provided they are
taken in time, while in cases of Du.-
let wounds in the stomach, probably
not more than so per cent get well
"Treves, who performed the opera
ton on King Edward, is a well known
man. especially in abdominal surgery
and has written on il in books Of hl5-
standard. 1 have been tempted TO ca
bic to Treves one of the many te.e-
grams I received when President Nc
Kinley was i'll. Tt read: Every one IS
praying for Mckinley; some are pray
ing for the doctors.
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PATTlSON FOR A THIRD TIME.
Former Governor Is the Unanimous
Choice of Pennsylvania Democrats.

Erie, Pa, June 25.-For the third time
in twenty years, Ex-Governor Robert T..
PattisOn of Philadelphia was nominated
for governor of Pennsylvania today by
the Democratic state convention. George
W. Guthrie of Pittsburg was the unani-
tenant governor. James Nolen OF Reading
was nominated by reclamation for sec
rotary Of internal affairs. The platform
makes no reference to national questions.
which indicates that the campaign will
be made strictly on state issues.
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PRESIDENTIAL NOMINATIONS.

Washington, June 25.-The president to-
day sent the following nominations TO the
senate:
John 3. Richards, Kansas. consul at
Port LimOn, Costa Rica; Matthew +.
Wilson. register of the land office, BOze-
man, Mont. and George A. Freeman, re
ceiver of public moneys. Helena, Mont
POstmasters: New MeXicO-Paul F.
Walter. Santa Fe.
Nevada-Henry J. Jones. ElkO.
Utah-Nellie NJ. Thiriot, Park City;
Thomas NJ Davis. Ogden.
WyOming-Ida A. HeWes, Casper; L. o.
Schultz, Green River.
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Convicts Again Located.

the Oregonian from KelsO, Wash, says;
Tracy and Merrill, the Oregon cOnvicts.
are undoubtedly i'm COWlitZ county and
not I'm Clark county. as their pursuers be
lieve. William Teft who owns a ranch
two miles from here. claims that Merrill
and Tracy stopped at his house today
and ate their lunch in his wood shed.
left says he recognized them from their
DhOfOgrgDbs in the neWsna DerS
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Shot His cuisines Partner.

Salem. Ore. June 25-John D. Fain was
shot and killed today by his business
partner ]. 7. Markley. at ChampOeg. d
village fifteen miles from here. The men
uuarreled over a piece of land and this
morning as he was entering the store,
Markley shot him with shot gun. Fain
died in two hours. The dead mans father
is a resident Of Los Angeles, Cal.