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Show " THE SALT LAKE TIMES. i t , ; VOL. 5. SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH. Wia)NKSim;Lln8Tl8i)l. V VHW NO, 145. SILVER AND LEAD QUOTATIONS, 111 Silvr. New York O.n. 3 Nilver, London eftd Lead, New York ,! llfl.UON AN D OKE 11KCEIPTS. Wells. Fargo & Co. Bullion MfiOO; lead ami silvcrores, $i!!t:S7; total f I0.5't7. MeCorniek & Co. Hauaucr bullion, lead aud silver ores, $1000; total, $0)00. 'J'. R. Jones & Co. Lead and nilvor ores, ;M0tl; selected lead, ISM-"- .); total, $j.-;i.'- i. .INOTIIEIMiM L'liEI Tha Faikre of the President' Tathor Porces a- Topeka Institution to Make an Assignment! A BOOT AND SHOE fAILUBE. One of the Oldest and Most Suspected Cincinnati Pinna Forced to the Wall this Morning. Topeka, Kan., March 13. The United States Savings bank of this city closed its doors this morning and made an assignment to the president of tho Kansas National Lank. The failure of tho bank was caused by the failure re-cently of the father of W. C. Knox, presi.lent of the bank. The liabilities and assets cannot bo learned, but the latter will pay in full all liabilities. Tho capital stock of the bank was S26l,000. A BOOT AND SHOE FAILURE. An Old and Reliable Firm of Claclnnait Forced to tha Wall. Cincinnati, March 18. J. and A. Sinipkinsnn, boot and shoo merchants, failed. Liabilities, $100,000; assets, $300,000. There is profound sympathy in all business circles in this city today at the announcement of the failure of the old boot and shoe linn of J. it A. Simpkin-son- . The men have grown old in an honorable ami hitherto successful busi-ness career in Cincinnati nnd both, have always been valuable and houored members of the community. The firm is composed of John Simpkinson, his brother Alfred Simpkinson and his nephew II. H. Simpkinson who U also tho adopted son of John Simpkinson. Yesterday deeds and mortgages by members" of the firm to the amount of 8 50, 000 were liled in favor of the Davis Shoe companv, John Kelly, guardian of Flizabeth Robson. Mary II. li. Wolcott, guardian, ami others. The liabilities are estimated at $40'000; the assets at $300,000. It is Baid the assignment leaves the men ab-solutely penniless, their elegant resi-dence being turned over to their cred-itors. DE YOUNG CIVES IT UP. He Withdrawn rrnm tho I'nlted SHutea iu Fight 1 al fornla. SaVkamk.nto, March 1. Do Young's friends withdrew his name in favor of Felton yesterday. The joint ballot re-sulted us follows: Kstee, 4."; Felton, 38; Iilanehard, 7; Johnston. 4; 1'erkius, 4; White, 20. Necessary to a choice. 58. DeYoiing. in announcing his with-drawal .ld he had information which he beliex cl to bo true thai improper otters have been made to some of his supporters. Ho also recognized the fact that it was apparently impossible, for lam to secure tho support of all of lllanehurd's and Fcltou's adherents, it would be possible for him to transfer the. larger pari of his following to Ful-ton. Tim San Francisco papers charge that Attorney-Genera- l 1 art has in his possession evidence tending to implicate a number of legislators. A ineiuoran-- ' ilmn has been found which it is asserted discloses t hat over $'.'1,000 was drawn from the Fresno bank and that certain assemblymen whose names were on the memorandum received the money. When the rumor became current yesterday that documentary evidence was found and turned over to the atto-rney- general, indicating bribery and supposedly in connection with the election of a United States fenator, Felton wrote a letter to tho attorney-genera- l demanding that he disclose the actual facts ami proceed against any one who might be in-volved. The attorney-genera- l at once replied that so far as ho had ex-amined the matter the papers turned over to him in no wise showed that Fcl-ton or any other candidate had person-ally done anything improper in connec-tion with the senatorial contest. He also said that tho evidence in his pos-session was not sufficient to warrant him in tiling information of any charac-ter against any person. Tho first ballot today in joint session resulted: F.steo 17. Felton 35, Johnson 3, Warn-har- 2. Perkins 1, White (demo-crat) 21, 'Irish (democrat) 1. i 400 WERE DROWSED. I An Italian Emigrant Ship Sank in the Mediterranean Sea with a Fear-- ' ful Loss of Life. I j IMPALED ON A WAESHIP'S BAM Tie Utopia Went to the Bot- - I torn Amid the Awful Shrieks of J Women and Children. 1j Gibraltar, March 18. The steam- - I ship Utopia, from Italian ports, bound I to New York, with 700 Italians aboard. I collided yesterday with the British ironclad, liodncv, anehored in Gibral- - tar bay, and sank soon after. A south- - I West gale was blowing at I he time. I One account of the disaster attributes j it to the fact that the Pritish warship V Anson was drifting before a gale and I rammed the Utopia abaft the funnel. I The Utopia was impaled ou a spur of the Anson's ram and al- - most immediately sank. Every- - J thing possible was done by I tho officers and seamen. Four seamen J were washed overboard and drowned from one of the warship's s'teaiu I launches while taking part in the 1 rescue. 1 The scene after the collision was I frightful. One side of the sinking jj steamship was crowded with 70'J immigrants shrieking with terror. I Right and left of the sink- - ing vessel were the monster j battleships Rodney and Anson pouring the light of their powerful electric re- - I Hectors upon the disabled steamship. Here and there were the warships' I small boats manned by blue jackets who strained every nerve as they bent 3 to oars in the heavy sea, striving gal- - flantly to reach thedrowuing passengers. passengers are estimated to I mini her a! out 20o, possibly more and j , are cared for ou the war ships or taken ashore and housed iu the government buildings. 1 At th a hour, 3:30 p, in., tho number 1 of persons saved is said to be 331 ami j the loss of life about 40;), possibly less, j Already 32 bodies have been recovered. A Divers from the war ships aro at work i above tho spot where the Utopia sank J seeking to recover the dead bodies. J The divers and the boats' crews who 1 have been at work all day in the efforts I being made by tho British naval au- - ' tliorities to rescue as many as possible ' of tho bodies of the passengers and crew of the sunken steamer. Utopia, have at this hour rescued ninety ! bodies. Among those saved from the sinking vessel by tho boats of tho men-of-w- wero twenty of the Utopia's crew. C. M. Davis of Boston, a saloon passenger is among those re ported missing. The ollicers nnd crew of H. M. S. Anson stated that the Uto-pia fouled with the ram of the Anson ami thus caused the damage, which re-sulted in thepassengersleamcrsinking. The Anson's ollicers assert no blame can be attached to the war vessel. MANTI'S NEW MAIL SERVICE. Next Month the K. O. W. Will Curry It In-stant or a Stag. Bperial to Th. Time. Mantl March 18. The mail will be changed from a stage to theltio Grande Western railroad the lirst week in April, llids are now being received for carry-ing tho mail from the depot to the postofliee. S. II. Uabeock, agent for the company, is located at the Pencil house, where all bids lire received and considered. The change will give more general satisfaction than tho present system. Under the new schedule tho mail will leave here at .V'iO a. m., arrive in Salt Lake City at 12:01 p. in., and returning will leave Salt Lake City at 4:55 p. m., arriving in Manti at 11:20 p.m. Had roads have delayed tho mail lately so that a letter leaving Salt Lake Cil'v at 7 a. in. was not dolivered here till about 8 a. in. the following day. When the K. G. W. Railway company proposed building the Sevier Valley branch they asked the citi.ens of Manti to donate a block of laud, use of streets and f 1000. The citi.ens held a mass meeting and decided to give the amount requested. A committee was appointed to solicit subscriptions. They failed to raise the amount promised. A petition is now in circulation praying that body to pay the balance. The soliciting com-mittee report that they have raised all the means possible from individual con-tributions. THE RECORD OF FIRE. A Two Million Dollar ltleae in New Vork Other Fir. NewYohk. March 18. A lire that started last evening in a nine-stor-block at Hleecker and Green streets de-stroyed it and the three buildings adja-cent. The losses aggregate $'.'.000,000. Renjainin & Co., clothing dealers, lose J400.000 on the building and $150,003 on stock; lUmcrslough & Co., clothing, lose M50.000; M. II. Kosonstein, $so,000 ou building and stock; K. V. Connell & Co., hatters, $75,000. The rear build-ing, owned by Dr. Macy, was valued at $150,000. Sylvester Levacher !c Co., hatters, lose $150,000. The other ten-ants in the rear building lose an aeere-gat- o of $155,000. The lire in the store-house of II. li. Clallin & Co. on Leonard street shows $100,000 damage. New Yohk, March 18. A brick on Allen street, five stories, was gutted by lire this morning. Bernard Jartcr, M years, liotsy Jarter 13, Sarah Jarter 18, occupying ihe lifth lloor, were burned to death. Several others were severely burned. The financial loss is slight. There were ten families in the build-ing when awakened by the tire. The lire escapes were so hot thHt they could not be used. Sc.vcihI children were thrown out and caught by firemen. Kiimmm't, N. Y., March thousand dollars' worth of property in the business center of Highland was burned last night, and an hoy perished in the llames. FuzAHKTii, N. J , March 18. The Kliabethpnrt Steam Cordage works were burned this afternoon. Loss prob-ably $1,000,000. Six hundred persons are thrown out of employment. IT WiUpM. The London Times Says that Nothing but a Besort to Violence was Left the People of New Orleans. PBES0EIBED BY THE MAFIA The Standing Bnle was Violer.ca and there was Mo Other Way to Suppress the Lawlt-8- Gang, London, March 18 The Times in au editorial on the New Oilcans tragedy says: "It is all very well M reprobate the resort to violence, but under .such circumstances as these what way is there for emancipating a coinmunty from intolerable tyranny excepting tho resort to violence? The law requires a trial by jury, and trial by jury has been reduced to a farce by the knowledge possessed by every juryman that if ho convicts a member of the Matia his life is not worth a week's purchase. "It is really a misuse of language to speak of a resort to violence. The standing rule, in New Orleans is the rule of violence, and all Purkerson and his follower! have done Is to accept tho conditions proscribed by the matia. "All rests ultimatelv upon force and when the courts are domiuated by tho criminals whom they exist to punish, nothing remains but to go buck to the first principles to effect their deliver-ance. Let lawless violence be aban-doned by all means, but 'que messieurs les assassins coiuiiiencenl.' "Among the men who were lynched there may have been some who did not actually lire at Hennessey, but it is not pretended that there were any who were not members of the detestable society that directed his death. That being tho case it is impossible to feel any acute distress because in the midst of the violence they bad rendered in-dispensable, they have been somewhat more severely punished than if they had been leniently dealt with. Halt Lake city C tearing Ilmn. Todav's clearings, $183,027; rash bal-ances, ;i5,97;i. M t o z o bi i Q a POLICE COURT. Iliapotltlan of a Nnmber or I'nlmportant C . Eflie Russell and Josie Coburn, who were dragged from tho dark continent last evening have satisfied the authori-ties that the articles comprising plumb-er's outfit were pawned to them. Four drunks took their $5 prescrip-tions this morning. Annie and May Jap, an enterprising firm from Hecreation row. were taken in last night and each lined in the sum of $25. In the case of the city against S. II. B. Smith, tho setting has been niado for March 20. This involves the cow nui-sance, to which the attention of the council was last night called. McGee ami Hall, who were entrapped by tho ranchmen on Mill creek and brought into headquarters for harness stealing, were examined before Judge Laney this morning and pronounced guilty. The penalty has not yet been imposed. McGee is now ou trial for stealing a saddle. A PRINTINC OFFICE ROMANCE. A Pretty Widow Kmployee llrcomai th Wli of a Congreniiiian. Washington, I). C, March 18. The government printing ollieo has just furnished an interesting romance. James A. Grillin, who used to be a printer in Cleveland, got a place iu tho government printing ollice in this city, lie died here about two years ago. His widow, Mary A. Grilliu, was employed in Ihe ollice after her husband's death, but her place there is now permanently vacant, she has just become the w ife of a congressman. Hon. James P. Flick of Iowa. The acquaintance was formed about two months ago. Tho congressman was an ardent suitor and a successful one. The pair left Washington after the nuptials, and are now speeding toward their western home. Mr. Flick is a widower that is to say bo was yesterday 15 years old, with live chil-dren. He enlis'ted iu 1802 at the age of 17, and served through the war. Two years ago he was elected to congress, defeating the man who was his captain in the army. Last fall he was one of those republicans who wore fortunate enough to keep their chins above water. Ho will bring his wife to Washington next wiuter. Ho lives in Bedford, Iowa. Last evening he said: "I hope the people of my town will not hear of this before we get there, for they will give us a regular caiithumpian recep-tion, horse-fiddle- s and all. That's the way they do things out west." BADEN LOSING ITS PEASANTRY. Th Hark Forrst It Itrporttd a Almoit Ifpoulatid hr lluyeri. Bkklix, March 18. Tho Baden gov-ernment is losing its reputation as a model administration and is making it-self unpopular by its policy of buying up small farms and driving tho settled peasantry into the cities to sweil the mass of discontented workmen. Tho farmers of the lilack forest, who meas-ured their fortunes by the sizo of their measure hoops, as Mark Twain pictur-esquely puts it, have greatly diminished in number during the last two years, and their acres are now to a great extent covered with tho young trees planted by the state. It is admitted that fair prices are given for the biddings, but tho ready cash thus suddenly thrust into tho pockets of the peo-ple, who never or very seldom were in the habit of holding the commodity, is in itself a misfortune. So great has been the depopulation of the lilack Forest than no fewer than six peasant schools have been closed since the be-ginning of the present year. The state is now in treaty for the purchase of the village of Fauldenherst.near Borndortf, which means that 150 well-to-d- fami-lies will be scattered over the country to find new habitations as best they can. Business people iu the neighborhood consider those villagers the most pros-perous of their class iu tho country. Their only misfortune is that their homesteads happen to be situated in a government forest domain. The so-cialists say that the egotism of the monarchical system is digging its own grave. San Franciaeo lioi Maet and flesolv. Sa Fuancisco, March 18. At a meeting of Italians last night resolu-tions calling on the government at Washington for immediate reparation for the New Orleans hnching were adopted and cabled to the premier and minister of foreign affairs of Italy and to Blaine. A telegram of sympathy was sent to the Italians of NewOrleans. TO JOIN THE INSURCENTS. Tli lama of Halmaoda Ma Now b Said to b on tho Via. Ht'KNos Ayuks, March 18. A dis-patch received here from Valparaiso stales that Mayor Valdievieoso of that city has gone over to the insurgents, after winning over to their cause tho garrison, which deserted the fort after spiking the guns. The troops then seized President lialmaceda's transport Maidia, which was anchored in the harbor and. which was loaded with Catling guns, rillea and ammunition. After this the major and garrison em-barked on board the transport and steamed north to join the insurgents. This is a tremendous blow to Presideut lialmaceda's prestige, and his cause may now fairly be said to be on the wane. MORTON CUILTY. Th. .Turf t'lprr...:.,.. No Dlffloullr In Kcai-liln- a Verdict, The arguments having been con-cluded in the case of the people against Morton, it was submitted and the jury after being out a short time rendered a verdict of not guilty. Morton claims that he has been duped, and congratu-lates himself that he got out of tho af-fair without more serious losses. Th llarouln Went Anliorft. Woodhvi.l. Mass., March 18. The steamer Hercules of the Philadelphia Coal company went ashore on Naushon island this morning. DIED ON THE TRAIN. A Former Klo Oranda Wttro Conductor !ls at 4'bynti. Frank Ream was ono of the passen-gers who left Salt Lake City on the 3:30 U. P. train yesterday afternoon. This morning Judge Wampler received a tolegram from Cheyonne which stated that Mr. Ream had died on the cars and tho body was at that place. De-ceased was a conductor on the R. G. W. until January 13th, when he was forced to retire from the position on account of illness from pneumonia. He received kind attention and had become able to go about when he concluded to seek a lower altitude. Mr. Ream was enroute for Omaha, where he intended to remain until fully restored to former health and then go to bis homo iu Chicago. He was about H5 year of age and unmarried. The temaiug were buried at Cheyenne;"---- ? THE REMA.NS LYINC IN STATE. Prlnoa Napolton to be. Hnrladln th Kual pt at Tar'n. Rome, March 18. Tho body of Prince Napoleon is lying in state in amui tuary chapel improvised in the house in which be died. The body is clothed in a black frock coat, the cros.' the legion of honor and the Italian iJCnf of an mu-cin ma are upon tho dead prince's breast. King Humbert has ollicially ordered that the interment of tho re-mains of Prince Napoleon shall take place in the rojal crypt in the church of LaSuverga at Turin. Tha FirM Application. Washington, March 18. The first application of tho new public land act of March !!, 1801, was made yester-day in a decision by Secretary Noble V; in the case of Cyrus B. Rawsoa 'i and Jacob A. Shoemaker of Bishop, ' Cal.. charged with unlawfully cutting , 747,000 feet fcf U. pablio . lands iu that state. It appears fronitha "" " record that the timber was cut by Kaw-so- n, and 580,000 feet manufactured into lumber and used by him in improving ranches, by building houses, barns, etc., and that 107,000 feet were sold. Rawson made a proposition in a settle-ment of the case to pay for the lumber lold to his neighbors, but contended that he was entitled to the lumber used by himself. The secretary sustains this view. CETTINC EVEN WITH DUDES. Th Nw York Tailor Will 11 at I'nblto Auction, JndciD.cuta Dallnqneot. ' Special to The Times. jN'F.tv 1'okk, March 18. The tailors of the city have at last resolved to avenge themselves on their customers who fail to pay for their garments. The Merchant Tailors' society has resolved to sell at public auction the judgments which they have obtained in the courts against delinquent customers. The names of the debtors will be posted in the club rooms of the society next Wednesday and if after that they will not pay up then tho judgments will be ottered for sale. No Definite N.wiln London. Lovlon, Mfirr-- 18 The agents in th'.s city of the Anchor line to which the Utopia belonged have been informed that the Utopia was struck abaft the engine room and that she sank stern foremost, live minutes after the cnl- - Ti IMoti in seven fathoms of water. The ngenls announce that they find gj it dillieiilt to ascertain the ex- - 1 act number of lives lost, but 2 they say that 130 Italians C were saved; that eight bodies have been I washed ashore and that there are 173 I persons rescued from the Utopia alive I on board the British warships. The I agents add that the force of the gale I which still prevails in Gibraltar , bay prevents the people on shore from communicating satisfactorily with the 'J commanders of the war ships, so they I are unable to ascertain the names of tho survivors. Several boats belong--j ing to the lleet were wrecked while cn-- I gaged in the rescue. I.oulnvllle., New Albany & Chicago, Nkw York, March 18. An evening paper says it is announced on wall street today that tho long rumored change of management of the Louis-ville, New Albany & Chicago Railroad company has taken place. The ollicers of the company were reticent but a gentleman familiar with the alfairs of the companv said "at the request of Brice, the Thomas party, Messrs. Poor and Greenough have formed a svndi-cat- ! to buy the $2,000,000 worth of bonds in the treasury." PRUSSIAN OFFICIALS IN ARMS. A Former New Yorker Intuited by the Gov-ernor of a l'ruln l'rovlnce Berlin, March 18. Herr von 1'utt-kame-governor of the province of Harienwerder, near Danzig, in West Prussia, has brought himself into prom-inence by grossly insulting Herr Kapp, an ollicial with the title of ministerial secretary, who went to Harienwerder to take up bis post as acting landrath. Herr Kapp is a son of tho late New Vork democratic politician of that rtauie, and he returned from tho coun-try of his adoption in 1880 and became a member of the reiehstagin the liberal interest. On his reporting himself for duty Her von Puttkamer remarked that men with such family connections were for a reponsiblo ollice under a monarchy, and that it would be better for him to return to New York and try his luck with the rowdy politicians of Amorica. The incident has aroused much unfavorable comment and is likely to develop into international re-crimination, as it is possible that tno matter may bo brought before the rcichstag. A CHANCE FOR CAINE. Utah Would I.Ike to Hare a Mint for Which It OfTer Superior ludui-ement- In financial circles today there was considerable agitation on the subject of the different commercial bodies making a united effort to secure a mint for this city, when congress convenes again. This territory last year produced more than $7,000,000 in silver and gold and that together with the productions of Montana and Idaho, which should naturally come here, offer irrefutable reasons why this is the most desirable location on the Pacific coast for such an institution. Here is a chance for Delegate Caine to smear himself all over with great gobs of glory if he could only get an appropriation through congress for this purpose much of his past inaction might be forgiven and he might be able to bold his job for the remainder of his term. COLD EXPORT FORBIDDEN'. The Flnt Time in Kieht Year That the Cover i in nt Ha Taken Such Action. New York, March 1(1. Yesterday afternoon Superintendent Mason of the assay ollice received notice from the di-rector of the mint that the $1,000,000 in gold bars ordered by two firms would not be allowed to be taken for export. This is the first time in eight years the government has refused to allow gold bars to be taken for export. Three years ago the assay ollice had $!)0,000,000 in gold and silver bars behind i' coun-ters, but the steady draiu for the last two years has reduced the stack to and the prospect of further de-pletion was plainly apparent. If the firms desire to ship gold they will have to draw gold from the Washington, March 18. Acting Sec-retary of the Treasury Nettletnn, re-ferring to the refusal to'allow gold bars to be exported, said the action was taken with the full approval of the pres-ident, under tho authority of a recent act of congress, giving the secretary of the treasury discretionary power to re-fuse such exchanges when deemed nec-essary for the best interests of the gov-ernment. On the last exchange a charge of 4 cents per $100 was imposed, but as this rate does not seem to have deterred a shipment of government gold, the treasury department decided to discontinue the exchange altogether for the present. I'nder Inspection, , ' Special to the Times. Klizauetit, N. J., March 18. Today a board consisting of Chief Engineer G. W. Stivers and Assistant Naval Con-structor Joseph J. Woodward, arrived here to make au examination of the Crescent Iron Work. This was made upon the application of the company to bid for tho construction of the steel gunboats. The examination showed that there is an excellent machine shop here, but as yet there is no shipbuilding plant. TENNYSON ASKED FOR A SONC. II Dor tint l'rouiixe Definitely, bat Will i'rouatilr Write It. CtiK AGo, March 18. In answer to a note from the World's Fair Auxiliary association, tendering him au honorary membership and suggesting that a song from ids pen, to be sung at the opening of the fair, would be appreciated. Lord Alfred Tennyson has sent the following reply: 'T accept your oiler of honorary membership, not without gratitude. But as for song. 1 am an old man verg-ing on 82, and I cannot promise." The belief is. however, that he will try to write the song. Crarta In Available Tlnilxr. Special to The Times. Chicago, March 18. The democrats of the state have resolved to make Speaker Crafts their next candidate for governor. Mr. ( rafts during the long struggle over the election of United States senator managed the affairs of tho 101 in such an alilo and skilful man-ner that a good deal of credit is given to him for Palmer's election. Crafts is a lawyer with a 1; r ,'o practice in this city. I A New Viirknr Saved. I Washington, March 18. A telegram I received at the department of stale this .1 morning from the United States Consul Sprague at Gibraltar announcing the J collision and sinking of the Italian em igrant steamer Utopia and expressing 7 the fear that two-third- s of the passen gers are drowned. William T. Coibrun of New York was among the passengers saved. Henry Want to be a Knight. Special to The Time?. London, March IS. Now that Henry Irving has been admitted to a club, the majority of whose members are boon companions of tho Prince of Wales, the report is again revived that the heir ap-- 1 parent has induced the queen to confer the honorof knighthood upon the great tragedian. YE EDITORS OF COLOR. They are Holding Their Seventh Annual Senlon at Cincinnati. Cincinnati, March 18. The seventh annual convention of tho Colored Press association of the United States began its session here yesterday. President John Mitchell, jr., in his address called attention to the increase of outrages in the south, to a plain violation of rights of citizens, etc. The attitude of the two political parties, he said, was cause for serious alarm. The defeat of the Blair educational bill and the failure to favor an elections bill were pointers to the drift of public sentiment in the south of these parties. The time was not far distant when as free Americans they would strike back at the republi-can party of the nation, which he said, owing to treachery in its ranks, has grievously disappointed us. In the fu-ture the colored man must help him-self and do all he can to alleviate his condition. In New York. iEvcltentent 18. The news of Utopia off Gibraltar commotion in the r Italian colony here. About 4000 Italians . ' gathered about the door of the informa tion bureau at. the barge office, and great difficulty was experienced by the police in keeping the crowd in check. The Iteo ird of Heath. CmcAGo.March 18. Frank I. Frayne, the well-know- actor, died at the Clarendon hotel Monday night of neu-ralgia of the heart. Paris, March 18. Princess Marianne Bonaparte, grandniece of Napoleon 1., died yesterday at Ajaccio, Corsica. A NEW CREMATORY. Flr.t Incineration in the Building Just Kreeted at Davenport. Davenport, la., March is. The new crematory of tho Northwestern Crematory society of this city, the only such building between Detroit and San Francisco, was opened by the incinera-tion of Otto Kocher, a German. The incineration was witnessed by a large uumber of people and was thoroughly successful iu every respect. The cre-mation occupied about an hour and a half, and only a small pile of white ashes remained al the end. .e. CONCERNING STONE LANDS. The Recent DeoUlon of the Secretary of the Interior, Yj. C. Holmes of this city has just re-ceived a letter from the Hon. C. C. Clements, a promiuent land attorney in Washington D. C. regarding the recent decision of the secretary of the interior in which it is held that stone lands are not subject to entry utider the placer mining laws. Mr. Clements is of the opinion that all lands of this character iu Utah sought to be entered as placer claims were er-roneously allowed in the local land of-fices, even though countenanced by the general land office at Washington, D. C, and adds that in his opinion all en-tries attempted to be made upon these lands as placer claims are without auth-ority and will be set aside. Should his views in the matter obtain, the decision effects all attempted entries made prior to tho decision. Odd Fellow Klectlon. The following officers were elected for the ensuing term in Oquirrh en-campment No. I, I. O. O. F. last even-ing: W. II. Roy, chief patriarch; S.J. Smythe, high priest; V. J. Moore, seuior warden; G. W. Jewett, junior warden; T. W. Whitoly, scribe; J. J. Thomas, treasurer; A. Hollander, trustee. A Newdpapnr I'nder the Hammer, SpecUl to The Timf 9. Diixtii, Minn., March 18. The sheriff sold today at auction the entire plant and franchise of the Herald to satisfy a mortgage held by Moron Burnwoll. The mortgage, with inter-est, amounts to 114,000. A Nevada Acquiiiitton. Fort Collins, Colo., March 18. Ransom H McDowell, B. S., has ac-cepted a call to the university of Ne-vada to take the position of professor of agriculture and agriculturist of the state experiment station. For the past three years Professor McDowell has occupied a position at the Colorado state agricultural college as assistant to the agricultural department of the ex-periment station. Professor McDowell ' is a graduate of the Michigan state agri cultural college, class of 1874. The Welah Optlou BUI. London, March 18. In the commons todsy tho Welsh local option bill passed to second reading. THE NECROES LEAVINC. A Koih to Oklahoma that Ha Keen Stop-ped and Turned Hack. Guthrie, Okla., March 18. The at-tempt of threo men named McCabe, Thomas and Robins to flood Oklahoma with negroes from Texas and Arkansas has been brought to a sudden termina-tion. The people of Oklahoma would not permit this, and when the negroes commenced to arrive, indignation meetings were held and the mana-gers of the scheme were plainly told to stop. McCabe, it will be remembered, was an applicant to the president for tho appointment as governor of Okla-homa. The negroes that arrived here are leaving as fast as they can procure tho necessary money to leave on. Large numbers of whites are arriving at this point from the northern states and are waiting for the opening of the Iowa, and Sac and Fox lands. The people as a rule are seem-ingly of the thrifty class butquitea num-ber of the gambling element are also noticeable at Toheo. and in tho vicinity of the town several large colonies aro camped.- Governor Steele declared Guthrio to be a city of the first class and has called an election on April 8. The democrats intend to hurry the pauper negro emi-gration element from the city, owing to fears being entertained of their beiug voted at the coining election. It Kill the Kill. Lincoln, Neb., March 18. In the senate this morning tho report of tho committee to indefinitely postpone action on the passenger rate was adopted. This in effect kills the bill. GLADSTONE'S NARROW ESCAPE. The Coachman Wan Drunk and the Horses Kan Away. London, March 18. It has transpired that Gladstone, after his speech at Hastings yesterday, had a narrow es-cape from a serious accident. The coachman who was driving the carriage which took Gladstone to the railroad station lost control of his horses. The horses wore stopped with difficulty, and the coachman lined for drunkeuness to-day, a charge against him having been preferred by the politicians. Wrecker t'intnan Get Six Year. New York, March 18. Judge Bene-dict of the United States court sentenced General Peter A. Classen to six years' imprisonment in the penitentiary for wrecking the Sixth National bank. j The I.eBKiie of Miileiani Wranellna;. I Milwai kee, March 18. The con- - vention of tho National League of Mu- - i sicians spent a large portion of the S morning in wrangling over tho report, I of the committee on credentials. The J convention adopted a resolution of I thaflks to Secretary Tracy for his re- - fnsal to permit the Marine band of 'I Washington to come in competition A ' v illi other musicians. WHAT HE WANTS. Governor Thoma Keceive a Letter from Wyoming. The following characteristic letter from KIk Mountain, Wyoming, was re-ceived by Governor Thomas: Mr. Govenor i)sq of Utah Dear Sir: Please let me know what A right of Aerigation machine would be worth to your teritory that will rais from a lake or river (10 to 120 gals per min and rais it 30 to 41 feet high and can be bought for $700 to $!00:l andean be built to rais 1000 gal per min and raise it 100 ft high if nessiary this machine governs itself hy wind and can be started by a boy 10 years old give fne the amount of water used per acre for erieation in your tertiory and oblige yours truly Matthew M. Edge, Kik Mountain, Carbon Co., Wyoming. JUST A LITTLE RIDICULOUS. Heraldry Visible on Carriage Door, Not Paper, eto,, at Washington. Washington, March 18. Consider-ing tho fact that this is a republic aud Washington the capital, there is an ex-traordinary and ridiculous amount of heraldry visible on carriage doors, note paper, seal rings and family plate in this town. If all the people who sport the insignia of patrician aristo-cracy wero eutitled t o indulge in the innocent and absurd affectation of su-periority, it would not be so laughable in the eyes of sensible home folks and resident foreigners, but when it is con-sidered that some of the biggest and loudest heraldric designs are sported by the newest people, creatures of yester-day, the friends of republican simplicity may well laugh in their sleeves. Talked from London to Pari. London, March 17. The Gist conver-sation by telephone between Loudon and Paris was exchanged today and highly successful. THE CREVASSE 200 FEET WIDE. A Large Part of .leiT'ersnn Parish will be Inunda'.ed. New Oi leans. March 18. The crevasse on White plantation is now 200 feet and the water is coming through with great force. A large portion of Jefferson parish will be inundated and the loss will be very great. Already the Southern Pacilic and Texas Pacific railroads are cut in two at this point by the crevasse. '"j The North Dekuta O. A. It. 1 SpB' 1;U to Tim Times. 'I l.tsiioN, N. D.. Mai'ch 18 The sec- - I ond day's encampment of the G. A. R. 1 department of North Dakota met at 10 I o'clock this morning in the opera 8? ' house. This evening the comrades will participate in a camptire, which will in- - s rlude addresses by several distinguished j citizens and members of the orgauiza- - I tioii. BRIEF BITS OF LATE CITY NEWS. Colonel II. V. A. Ferguson is suffer-ing a severe attack of la grippe. Mr. Georgo Pierce and Charles Ann-stron-well known mining operators of Ouray, Colorado, are in the city. Mr. lienry Doll, one of the patriarchs who amassed a fortune in Omaha, is in the city, the guest of his old confrere, Fritz Riepen. Mr. L. R. Lindsay a prominent min. ing man. arrived here this morning from Colorado on his return from Spokane F'alls. F'rank Kiuney was arrested this after-noon by Sergeant Donovan for stealing six chickens from Wiscomh & Co., and taken to the city jail. John Jones who recently surrendered himself to the authorities went before Judge Zano today and pleading guilty was fined $100 and costs of the prosecu-tion. ' Mr. John Ashonfelter. proprietor of one one of the largest forwarding and transportation concerns in Colorado, arrived in the city this morning on his way to California. Judge Sam MoDowall narrowly escaped a serious accident while out gunning for duck a few days ago, a shot glancing from the 'water and itself in his forehead. Doctor Anderson of F2ast Second : street, has a lusus nature in the way of a kitten prematurely brought forth, having but one head, two bodies, two tails and eight legs, nil of which are well defined. . 9 New YorU Money and Stock. New York, March la. Money easy at 2jf li per cent. No special feature showed iu stocks and at noon the mar-ket is extremely dull aud rather heavy at small fractions above the opening prices. - coupon, 2S: 1'actflc fs. 11 : Central Ia IV, 2s, : a ten , '': ImrluiKiuii. : Dcir.or , Ito i;r:iil-- IT1, : NVr-lii-r- n 7 a lhwenti'rn. l.t :NYw Voik Central. 1 '4 ; Ore1 n 'avn.'tti, "3; Norm Ainerl ail. I" ,; 1'aclttc Mail, :: Km-- Inhm 1. fi- -: St. Louis & Su ; St I'milA OiiKiha.'i-.'.Ti-ia- I'acillc. fnlon I' .r t 0 4..' .; W el.a- Fargo Kxprees, i West-ern L'ulnn, si 'v THE CONNORS ROBBERY- - The Trial Aeaiu Taken l"p Today Before Jude Zane. The trial of George Connors on a charge of highway robbery was re-sumed before Judge Zane at the con-clusion of the Morton case and is now in progress. A desperate etlort has been made by Lawyer Hamilton to his acquittal, but the evidence against him is very strong. ft Tex nnd l,oillc Ntatement. New Yoiik, March 18 The annual f! meeting of the Texas and Pneiiio Rail- - 1 ( road company was held in this city to-- ; J (av. The aiinuil report showed the U' expenses over .$". (172,000. and the net I earnings $1,(W.0('('. WELL PAID. A Texa Man Get 10.000 for Krlns; Ac-quitted of Murder In Kentucky. Loi isvii-I.E- , March 18. William T. CundifTof Texas obtained a judgment in the federal courts here for $10,000 damages. Three years ago Cundiff' lived near Columbia, Ky., and for some reason became unpopular. Ono night: twenty of his neighbors came to his j house to carry out a threat previously made to Hog him. He met them with a shotgun aud killed Tarlton liradshaw, one of their number. Soon after ho moved to Texas, aud iu 18SH he was brought back upon an iudictnient for the murder of Hradshaw, but was ac-quitted. His trial cost him heavily, and he at once began suit to recover. His judgment is against well-to-d- o citi-zens near Columbia. FLASHES FROM THE WIRES. The trouble between the telegraphers and the Union Pacific is settled. Representative Springer of Illinois is seriously ill with nervous pros'ration, supplemented by a severe attack of the grippe. President Palmer of the Rio Grande Western denies that that road is nego-tiating for the purchase of the Oregon tV Pacific. Assistant Secretary Spaulding has de-cided that the law which, while it ad-mits duty free until July, 1802, ma-chinery used in tho production of beet sugar, does not apply to machinery for refining beet sugar. TWO COLORADO SNOWSLIDES. Five Men Perlah in the Avalanche from the Itucred Mountniiia. Ckestek IW'TTE, Colo., March 18. Another snow-slid- occurred yesterday, this time at the Kureka mine on Treas-- ury mountain. Charles Divine, J. C. Mctjuarry and David Culiougu were killed and their bodies buried in tho snow. .Siiverton has been completely isolated from tho world for several weeks by snowbanks ranging from ten to forty feet deep. Communication was had with tho camp today, when it was learned that an avalanche last week buried five men. Three were res-cued, the others perished. Chlrego Market. C'H' Ai.o. March 18 - Clow: Wheat -- Firm; cal 9 May. i.ii"."'i:'.''i ; .lime, l Cora- - cash, tv.-- .. ; Mav. M (a . nisi. ; May, ;t v Fork-Fir- rat h, ll.tii; May." ! I.:4..2'; Lard Firm; ca.--h, j.'.Jm;, ; May, .;', Barley 7tS 78. f A l:an of iMwder Fploded. j I Ashland, Penn., March 18. While a guiR f men were drilling rork in a tunnel at the ( entralia colliery a can of powder exploded and probably falally iujured three men, I Oeorge atoue Krapited. Nashville, Tenn., March 18. George Stone, who was to have been hanged at Fayetteville today, was respited until June 10th. |