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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-01-24
rASHINGTON, Jan. 2S.-An effol
was made in the senate today

Jan. 23-An effort
w was made in the senate today
by Mr.. Mason TO obtain consider
alton for a joint resolution which he
introduced extending the thanks of
congress to Rear Admiral Schley for
his brave and able conduct while in
command of the American fleet at the
victorious battle of Santiago" The
effort, however, was not successful. Mr..
Mason's resolution, in addition to the
thanks of congress, provided that Ad-
miral Schley should be presented with
a sword, that bronze medals commem-
orative of the battle Of Santiago should
be distributed among the officers and
men under the command of Schley
during said battle and that $4,000
be appropriated to meet the expense
of the resolution. On motion of Mr..
Hale the resolution was referred to
the committee on naval affairs.
The resolution introduced yesterday
by Mr.. Teller. providing for interven-
ton on the part of this government on
behalf of the BOer cOmmandant.
Scheepers. sentenced to death by the
British South African authorities, was
postponed indefinitely as ScheepeTs al
ready had been executed. Mr.. Teller
made brief but caustic speech on
the actions of Great Britain in the
Boer war, and declared that if the facts
of this case were as he understood
them, Great Britain, in putting
Scheepers to death, is guilty Of a vile
assassination.
L l.. ] 4
the resolution because his attention had
been directed to what seemed to be
a violation Of articles 1 and Of the
Geneva convention.
Since introducing the resolution, how
ever. he said. he had been informed
by the Associated Press that the death
sentence passed on Scheepers had been
executed last Saturday. Several sena-
tors. he added. had criticised him for
introducing the resolution. although he
had always been very careful about
introducing bills and resolutions re-
ferring to other governments.
1T is said" continued Mr.. Teller
that the resolution might be offensive
to the government of Great Britain.
but if the Beneva convention. TO which
both the United States and Great
Britain were parties, means anything.
L means lndl We Shoutu -iit-i NSAS IA
such a case as this = this man was
captured as stated. while lying in a
| hospital. Great Britain. in putting him
to death, is guilty of vile assassina-
ton"
Mr.. Teller read the articles Of the
! Geneva convention applying TO the case
and said:
These are rules of warfare which
/ the ear of Russia would respect.
which the half-civilized Turkey and
! the semi barbarous Persians respect.
/ Under these rules this was a case in
which the United States or any other
nation party to the Geneva convention
had ample right TO intervene It was
! the business of this government 70
have ascertained the fGc-s regarding
this case, and 10 have protested against
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-01-24
WASHINGTON. Jan. 23.-The hea

WASHINGTON, Jan. 23.-The hear
w ing on Cuban reciprocity was re-
sumed before the ways and
means committee today. The beet
sugar interests of the United States
occupied most Of the time. being rep
resented by Henry T Oxnard, presi-
dent of the American Sugar Beet asSO-
citation, and by delegations from those
states interested in the production Of
sugar from beets. The cane sugar in
terests of Louisiana were also well rep
resented.
Mr.. Oxnard made an extended state
ment Of the position Of the Beet Sugar
association. He said:
Stripped of sentimentality and all
extraneous considerations and reduc-
ing the Cuban demands for free or
freer sugar to its simplest equation, II
is this:
Shall the United States. through its
agriculturists, produce its raw sugar
and its factories. scattered from the
Atlantic 10 the Pacific, refine its pro
duct, or shall it permit foreign lands
10 export TO il the raw material aad
content itself merely with the refining
That is what I fear would eventually
come to pass if you interfere in any
way at the present time with the eX-
listing production of home sugar. Cap
itaI is timid 10 a great degree and
should congress decide that Cuban
sugar must be helped at the expense
of American sugar, then it will at first
hesitate and eventually turn its back
upon the further development Of beet
sugar and throw its full force into the
| tropical islands which we have unduly
/ favored and stimulated. Sugar pro-
duction in Cuba today is firmly estab-
lished and is the chief industry OF the
island.
| Even our. enemies must admit that
! beet sugar is at the very inception OF
/ its development in the United States. u
Says It Is Vicious.
Mr.. Oxnard characterized the Cubar
/ proposition as most vicious. and asked
WHY il was that the American sugar
/ interest should be singled out for sac
rifice. He also severely criticises the
| American sugar trust and H O. Have
meyer.
Chairman Payne asked Mr.. OxnarC
as to the report that he had suggested
an agreement with the cuDans. Mr.
! Oxnard answered that no such agree
ment had been made There had DeeI
a discussion, during which L was Sus
/ gested that if congress decided .
grant concessions to Cuba IL snoul'
be in the form Of d rebate. He AIS
denied that there was any trust Il
the beet sugar industry.
Mr.. Hill said it was matter o
MANAGEMENT that at a time when Ger
many was using the utmost effort q
develop the sugar industry those Wn
represent the American people Shoui
lcOnsider a proposition which Woul
have the effect of destroying the Amer
lean industr- and of placing the pro
duction of sugar under foreign contro
In answer to question by Represent a
tive Long of Kansas, Mr.. Hlil saio
80 pei. cent reduction would reduce IN
nriea of raw sugar. but not on refined
the price on the latter being fixed
, Hamburg. This reduction OF dul
would not inure to the Cuban planter
but to the foreign purchaser.
Ex-Governor Yarmouth of Loulslan
made a vigorous speech opposing COL
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-01-24
HOLIDAY IN HAVANA.
Cuban Mass Meeting Favoring the
Proposed Reciprocity.

Havana. Jan 23.-TOday was hOli-
dav in Havana. A large meeting in
the interest of reciprocity was held in
the Tacon theatre at which Seniors
Montro. Seayas and DOlz were the
speakers. After the meeting process
sion was formed, which marched 20 the
palace of the governor general
Here a committee waited upon Gov
ernor Wood and presented resolutions
to the effect that the people of Cuba
of all classes, Cuban economic So
cieties. political parties and municipal
tiles. believed that the ruin and desoia~
ton now threatening the island rem
dered useless the efforts Of the United
states and Cuba To establish stable
government and reconstruct the coun-
fry. These resolutions also suggested
that the Cuban committee now IN
Washington. be recognized as the rep
resentative O the entire island. ana ssia
II was a duty which the United states
owed TO Cuba to establish relations Or
reciprocity with that island.
The American club which pNrtic'-
mated in the manifestation. sent ca Die
grams to President Roosevelt. me
speaker of the house and the preslaeill
of the Merchants union Of Ne" YORK
urging reciprocity.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-01-24
FOREIGN TRADE CAPTURED.
Hale Says it is and Hanna Says
is Not.

IS &OI.
Washington. Jan. Reconsideration
Of the department Of commerce bill was
resumed. the pending amendment be
ing that offer by Mr. Pettus of Ala
bama, providing that the department
OF labor be not transferred TO the pro-
posed new department. Mr. PettUs
made q brief argument in support Of
his amendment. In reply Mr. Nelson,
in charge of the pending measure, SAID
that throughout the consideration OF
the bill he had heard no protest against
the transfer of the department OF Ia
Dor to the department Of commerce
until recently an official Of a labor or
ganizatiOn had objected to the trans
fer He was convinced. he said. that
whatever opposition had been aroused
among labor people to the transfer
of the department of labor had been
inspired from within the department
Of labor itself.
Mr. Bacon CGa), strongly supported
Mr.. Pettus' amendment, and urged that
in the absence of some good reason
the protest entered by Samuel Com
pers, president Of the American FEEDER
alton Of Labor, against the transfer
of the department of labor to the new
department ought to be needed.
Mr. Hanna of Ohio said the estab-
lishment of the new department was
in the interests Of both capital and
labor. The labor interests of the cOun-
try would not object 10 the transfer
of The department of labor. Personally
he believed all bureaus or independ-
ent departments ought 10 be attached
20 some executive department. 1t had
been his privilege to discuss this sub
ject with laboring men of the country,
and he was certain they favored the
pending bill.
At O'Clock no one wished to dis
cuss the Philippine bill. and Mr.. Han
ma, continuing his speech, said that
the time lad come when we must ex-
pand Our commerce or restrict our pro-
duction At this point he was inter
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-01-24

this execution. Are we so pusillani-
nous. so afraid of offending the sus-
capabilities of Great Britain to have
refrained our doing our duty in a case
where humanity was about TO be vio-
lated ?"
Mr.. TeIler. referred to what he SAID
was Great Britain's efforts to destroy
two republics, and asserted that if the
truth had been told by British official
reports, more Beers had been 'slaugh-
tered during the past year than had
been admitted by the British officials
Washington, Jan. 23.-Representative
Clark of Missouri today introduced a
joint resolution expressing sympathy
for the two South African republics
and regret over the suffering caused
by the war The resolution expresses
the hope that this declaration by cos
gress will influence Great Britain to
consider favorably a settlement of the
troubles. Provision is made for for
warding the resolutions to the British
government and to President Kruger
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-01-24

cessions to Cuba. It was a proposition,
he said, from the ''syndicates and
grandees Of Cubans who had the cheek
to come before an American congress
and ask that the industries of our peo-
pie shall be destroyed so that they
could make money out Of our mer-
chants"
He referred to General woods ac-
tivity in the movement which indicated
that Governor Wood had become in
fatuated with Cuba and his Spanish
associates. This might be part Of
the governor generals duty, but it had
not improved the credit Of Americans
at the banks. The speaker maintained
that the Cubans who were urging this
concession were buying their goods in
Spain and England and yet, had the
cheek to come to an American con-
gress for help.
James w. Post of the New Orleans
board Of trade, J. S FAIR, Thomas s.
Wilkinson, George ". Mott and D. D.
COlett Of Louisiana. all opposed Cuban
( concessions. Robert Oxnard Of san
J Francisco and D. C -COrbin Of Wash
/ ington state, spoke for the beef. sugar
( Industries in these localities, their ar
/ guments being on substantially sim
I liar lines to those already made
/ During the examination Of Robert
( Oxnard, Representative LDDG present
ed a letter from John D. Spreckels,
1 the California sugar producer TO mem
: bers of the committee. Mr.. Spreckels,
] in his letter. said that in his opinion
| the beet sugar industry could stand
small cut on raw sugar, but not on re-
fined sugar. Mr.. OXnard declined to
/ discuss the statements in Mr.. Spreck-
els letter. Owing to the large num-
Der of persons desiring TO be heard.
/ Chairman Payne decided to continue
the hearing tomorrow. those opposing
/ Cuban concessions to have until noon,
after which time il is expected thar
some Of the officials of Cuba ail be
| heard in favor of reciprOcity.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-01-24
SAY HORN HAS CONFESSED ALL.

~ HEYENNE wYO 23Tom Horn the scout lnal1n Is @ an
who arrested days ago charged
~ murder E an Iron
nated
preliminary hearing held 1c trlal IN L-1
char of nurde
The eimo of prosecution was OF
Horn confess
.
eight years
in
said
h ana Ol7
the >
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-01-24
PLUCKS OUT HER EYE
Young Tennessee Woman Fol-
lows Literally the Bib
IicaI Injunction.

Nashville. Tenn. Jan. 23--Mrs- Bula
Abbey. wife Of young meIcldLt .l' -
Snarts Tenn. is dead as the result OF
ni,1Iire ont one of her eyes in fanaUlcal
and literal Interpretation Of the script4,res =
iniT1ncfion eft thine eye offend pluck u
out and cast it from thee. Tor II Is pei PEI
ter r. % into heaven having only one eve
-. = e5fffev the tOrnents Of he'll IRE
She became much excited over religion
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-01-24
FIND GOLD IN DENVER?

y Denver. Jan. 2S.-Men employed in =
y the basement of the new city hall =
4 discovered what may prove q placer
y gold bonanza. Frofuse ColorS in =
y sediment of black sand which ap- =
b peared after washing in the old fash ,
4 Toned way caused cOmmOtion among
\ the wOrkmen. =
! ; = y ~ ~ \ y =
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-01-24
PROVO LETTER CARRIERS.


Especial to The Herald
! Washington. Jan 23--Represei =
: tive sutherland was informed TO-DAY =
! OF these appointments as letter car
> riers AT Provo;
= RAYMOND Bachman, Wll-lam T.
/ Brickev. Walter d. Miller ana
= George J. Ramsay as a suo l1,lttlI.= !
\ He has also been assured lildt -
= thing would be ready for beslnnlIis !
s the service Feb. J. and JndL y VI
/ forms are not ready or suppieS ale !
= NOT received operations can oeslA :
> without them for few days
AAAAA&AAA% = ? = = ? = =
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-01-24
SHOT E0}s2g SEVEN MURDERS.
English War Office Enumerates Scheepers Crmes-Teer Dis
cusses His Senate Resolution and EndeaVOs to Justify
His Positon-SChIey Resolution.

= - - = $500 = y So ~
nationalist in the house OF commons
replied
trial murder or othe
- l. \ \ ~ ) \ = =
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-01-24
CUBAN SUGAR CONCESSIONS
MEET STRONG OPPOSITION
Representatives of Beet Producing States Give
Reasons Why Measure Is UnWiSe.
Cost of Production Utah Explained to Commee-Says No
Tariff Tinkering Is Wanted

- = ~
Waterloo,
Henderson puts himself record revision Of the
The letter petition
signed By seventy Republican business Waterloo and Cedar
admits that
would leave 1t is. lie
that it important this
country unparalleled prosperous condition,
begin reduction which inevitably viii
whole field of revision and thus serious check upon
the business of the country
The moment the country understands that there is to be
the jobb viii purchases
This will
will reduction payrOs
business calamity might ensue.'
Z 2
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-01-24
KILLED bv His Brother.

Chicago. Jan. 23-Rohert McEttidge.
a wealthy ice dealer. who was shot last
night by his brother William as the
result of a business feud, died tonight.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-01-24

early last autumn and since that time Z.
is said she has been noted Lof sl-a--7-
vagaries in religious work.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-01-24
Especial to The HeraldD

Washington, 2S.-Bishop appeared
and committee strongly urged the retention Of the
Utah reud
Utah
the industry needed protection
whatever
to the ittee.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-01-24
SILVER AND LEAD.

silver. 551.c per ounce
Tonper. local quotation, Zoe; New York,
" lad local quotation, $3.50; New York
a0o
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Crowd stons Proceedings.

At this juncture the crowd became
So excited and struggled so to get a
g. 'mnse Of the prisoner that the court
had 10 stop and call the room to order
before proceeding. After some other
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Forecast for Salt Lake.
Partly cloudy and probably snow.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1902-02-14
A STRONG STATEMENT.

Star, Wis, Feb. 10th.-Mr Samuel 5.
Hook, one of the most highly respect
ed residents of this neighborhood, has
given a very hearty recommendation
to Dodd's Kidney Pills, & remedy re-
Gently introduced here. He says:
81 have been sufferer from Kidney
Disease for some time and found
nothing to help me till began to use
Dodd's Kidney Pills. They gave me
almost immediate relief, and am
now we'll. 1 have recommended them
to many friends and in every case
with splendid results.
"They are the very best pills for all
kinds of ailments, but especially for
Kidney Complaints"
This is a very strong statement, and
coming from a gentleman of Mr..
Hooks standing and reputation, it
has had a tremendous influence in
Vernon county.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1902-02-14
USING CONVICT LABOR.
1t Might Be Employed Advantage
ousIy in the Construction of
Permanent Roads.

The coming of the Southern rail-
ways good roads train has, we: believe,
done more to arouse interest in the
subject of better highways than any
thing that has ever been attempted
along this line. It.has not only afford
ed valuable object lesson in the prac-
tical work of road. building, but it has
put the people to thinking on the
problem of how to secure better roads.
This thought has naturally turned to
that class of labor which the state al
ready owns and controls-its copvicts.
And the opinion seems to be forming
that some rational, practical plan for
utilizing this labor to this end is the.
one to be first considered.
The Journal frankly admits that it
has not as yet given the matter suffi-
cient thought to be able to advance a
definite idea as to what is best along
this line, but it has been impressed
with the suggestion that to use the
convicts to build modern system of
public highways is to be carefully con-
sidered, providing such system can
be made practically self-supporting
and at the same time be free from the
Objectionable features which are, OBJ
viously, involved in this public display
of criminals in stripes.
The first and foremost benefits to be
derived, it seems to us, is in removing
the convicts from competition with
honest, free labor-a condition which,
while clearly Objectionable, is no easy
one to solve.
Other states have tried to solve this
problem in various ways, but so far
with Indifferent success. If, as claimed,
to turn the whole system over to the
work of building modern roadways is
the solution of it, we take it that
every one will welcome such an ar
rangement.
The proposition to make the system
self-supporting by conducting cloth
ing, shoe and tool factory and farm
in connection with the system, where
all long term, decrepit men and women
convicts may be employed in produc-
ing supplies for the entire system, and
for this purpose alone, seems, on the
face of it, to be one way of removing
the convicts, as nearly as would ever
be possible, from competition with
free labor, and at the same time of
making the system practically self
supporting.
At any rate, the matter is,onethat is
going to occupy the attention of our
people from now on, and it may even
be made an issue in future legislative
elections, SO that we may reasonably
expect to see the solution reached be-
fore very long.-Atlanta (Ga.l Journal.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1902-02-14
Rural Free Mail Delivery.

The post office department is going
to try new experiment in rural free
delivery. The local plan has proved
such great success that the system
will be made universal in counties
where conditions are favorable. The
government has tried it in one county
in Pennsylvania, and will make the ex-
pertinent in Peoria and Vermillion
counties, III. The reason why these
counties were selected was because the
population was more evenly distribute
ed and because the roads were general
ly good. Farmers who want the bene-
fits of free rural mail delivery'should
see to it that their roads are kept up
in shape, so that they would be pass
able at all seasons of the year.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1902-02-14
EARLY Cultivation Counts.

Many farmers fail to realize how
much easier, and cheaper it would be
to do more of the required cultivation
before the crop is planted. Begin
your preparations early enough SO
that when you have your land ready to
plant you can leave it alone for a
week or more. and then harrow and
cultivate the surface over again. One
crop of weeds will thus be DESTROYED
at light expense and the surface will
he brought into finer filth and bet
ter prepared to receive the seed. On
lands liable to suffer from drought
this process may be proftably ex-
tended for weeks or months before
planting the crop.-Midland Farmer.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1902-02-14
STORE-BOX FARMERS.
They Are the Fellows Who Object
Against the Introduction of
Rural Mail Delivery.

The chairman of the committee on
post offices in congress declares, in an
Interview, that free delivery of rural
mail is not favored everywhere and
cites as proof that some country peo-
pie somewhere are objecting because
they are denied the privilege of their
store visits to get the mail and also
that some are not on the route and are
objecting. He concludes by saying he
will go to the bottom of the affair and
intimates that further appropriation
is not desirable. If the above is not
"cheap store" talk / never heard of it.
If the chairman had read the several
letters of the assistant postmaster
general he would have found all of
these objections stated and at the
same time have seen them completely
removed. Free delivery does not
throw any barrier in the way of the
'store meeting,"' it only disarms the
boys and men Of the mail excuse"
From the above interview we would be
led to believe that the social and ed
vocational training of the rural peo-
pie depended upon these 'store meet
ings." Who attend? The leaders of
society and the most successful? Nay,
verify. Here we invariably find the
Jack-knife farmer and those of his
class. The knowledge to be gained by
such association is minus quantity
and the language used is not accord
ing to our best grammarians, while
the stories told are not worth the
time, and destroy the mind for better
things. If the "store meeting is SO
classical why not take our daughters
and wives along? But, alas, we cannot
From this we rebel, for it is free deliv-
cry of another kind that makes it OBJ
noXious to our ladies. You all know
what / mean by this latter delivery
it usually consists of box two feet
square, filled with ashes or sawdust.
These ''store meetings" instead of do
ing good actually result in a great
many wrongs. The wife is left at home
to carry the wood and water, the stock
oftentimes goes without feed, the girls
are obliged to go without the paper or
magazine till the store meeting is over
and so it continues.
There is nothing that makes me lose
patience with my fellow farmers so
much as to see them idling their time
away on the store boX-and complain
ing that farming does not pay. How
much better if this time were spent in
reading good books and good papers
and then instead of meeting in the
store to attend the grange where the
best thought and associates are found
and where refinement and culture
abound. Let us hear no more of turn
ing the wheels backward to accommo-
date few back umbers.-Nationa1
Stockman. ~