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Show 2 THE SALT LAKE TIMES. MONDAY. AUGUST 10, 1891; , until June when ho received the papers in thu case, but the clearing houte loan cortilicatna wine liabilities of an extraordinary nature, now known to the comptroller's oilioo to have li''iu issued to the K".vstoiiH National bank In November. l'J't, anil to have been greatly increased in amount in the following by reason of a row in the In iik. His January report was marked "preliminary." intunalin? a flitter ami i.ioih truthful report was to follow, ami which (till follow with the omitted in full. It would have been fair, t tin rtateinent snys, to examine that conseeuiive report. Whether preliminary or not, partic-ularly concerning liiu bank, it is known to the comptroller to bo uiisali.-ifaetor-not to s;iy ucculiar. 1 tin cundit'on ah. mill be' promptly collate.! in thu comptroller's nllice and nil important diseieputieies clearly pointed mil at once. The Htntf'-iiiii- liutlcr emu-meiit- s upon the fact tbnt. thu omis-sion wis not discovered until nearly live looi.ths hail passed ami th;it tliu nr. atinfa torv condition of the Key-stone, a. 1,1 Spring Garden banks m c .'l.i.l to !,c attention of th comp-troller in Li conclusion, Drew i".ys he believes he h:is demonstrated that th omission in the report re-ferral to van largely supplied by the loltei transmiting it,' when it was un-derstood, or eould have been logically infrrri'il from other information in thu comptroller's ollico. ami was without practical effect in eo ernine the de-partment in ill action towarit the bank in quef tio1:. TEN BEAUTIFUL HOME SITES At A action Thursday, Aug. 13, at 4 F. sf, I will sell at public auction, on tho premise, the following very desirable residence property: Six lota on Fifth East (Park Boule-vard) at LTeeuth South, in Aroudalo addition. Theso lots lie beautifully, facing east, with nice shade trees in front: one block from street cars; on the finest drive in the city; llowinj wells on adjoining lots. Four lots on Ninth F.att at Tenth South, in South Lawn addition, on the liapid Transit line. These lots front east, hae magnificent shade trees and tine fruit trees in abundance; good water. The above property Is all very do girable residence property, possessing all the requirements for beautiful hoiutr sites or good investment. The present owner is about to leave the city aid wishes to close out ou that account. Everyone Interested in such prop-erty will do well to Investigate this and' atk.ud the sale. Terms, f -- 5 on each lot at sale, one-thir- d in live days; balance, easy time at 8 ner cent. Take Calder's park car on Lirst East for South Lawn. Take Lyowood car on Main street for Avondale. (let olf at Eleventh South and walk one block east. 'Hushes will leave No. 9 Second South street West, at 3;o0 p. in., on Thursday, for the sale. E. M. Onion, Auctioneer. (Cut this out for reference.) DEATH RECALLS A ROMANCE. A Komnutio Epleoda In tha Career o! tha Lata Ueurjre K. MeKtboen. A Philadelphia dispatch to the St. Louis (ili.hc-l- h uturrut tells the foilowiug story: Information has been received by Clerk Hint of the marriage license otlice of the death in Denver of George E. McKibben. who was married her under romantic circumstances two years ago. A scoru o( yars aB when McKibboti was u young man in San Francisco he fell in love with a pretty girl from Salt Lake City. They be-came engaged, but quarreled and sep-arated. McKibben married anotner woman, aud his lirst love also married. He became a widower and she a widow about the same time, bu they knew nothing of each other at that lime. McKibben married again in San Fran-cisco, and his first loe married Captain Lawreo-- c, the owner of a Mississippi steamboat, after a very short court-ship. Captain Lawrouca died, leaving her very wealthy. Mr. McKibben, who had also become the owner of rich silver mines, was divorced from his second wile, and then, after s.imo twenty years of separation, Mrs. Lawrence aud Mr. McKibben met again in New Vork. '1 hey were both free and aoou made up their old-tim- e quarrol, and in May.lt!, came to th.a city and were married. T hey spent a vear in Paris and then went to Salt Lake City, where Mrs. McKibben died. She had left her prop-erty hy will to a daughter by her first husband and to the children by her sec-ond. Mr. McKibben tried to break tho will, but failed, and now his death ends this "strange, eventful history." Mr. McKibben was 4$ years old. LATE NEWS FROM OCDEN. Sp'rtal Corrttfionilmce to The Timti. Ogden, Aug. 10. Yesterday after-noon the switch engine announced that a tire was burning in the neighborhood. The fire department turned out and found that the lumber yard of the Utah, Idaho & Oregon Lumber com-pany was threatened with destruction. Foulger & C'o.'s planing mill and ma-chinery were alt lost. The company will lose probably $1000, as neither the building nor machinery were Insured. About 00,000 feet of lumber was burned but that was fill V insured by the lum-ber company. The lire originated in the sawdust, but the cause could not bo learned. Chief II. W. Rhodes of the tire department had gone to the canon, but thi boys got out in time to stop a conflagration. The mill was all in llaraes before any one could get there, - --f- J. P. I.edwidge, county clerk, issued a marriage license ou Saturday to Jiobert J. Caskey of Salt Lake city and Ellen Wishard of Ogden. The Wasatch Driving Park associa-tion announces a two days' racing season this week. Next Friday and Saturday, the 1 4th and loth, are the days. The prograuimo will be an-nounced later. The executive committee of the re-publican party of Weber county w ill meet at tho oflice of I'aiuur & Murphy on Saturday, the 15th iust. The object is to elect ollicers fur the ensuing year aud transact other business that may cotne before tho committee. C. W. Wcstovor is 'creating a little mining sensation in the Junction City. Ho has discovered an eighteen inch vein of galena ore which is almost all lead. Samples have been tested at Browning Brothers and show up about three-fourth- s lead. Several miners are in the hills and hunting other uiiues. L. Ii. Adams, treasurer of tho Meth-odist University reports his receipts and disbursements for the past week and gives a balance of 1720.48 on hand. The work has been delayed somewhat but is now going on smoothly. CROP FAILURE IN MEXICO- - Awlul Buffering In ilia Itio Grande Valley A Duel la tlie Arm. C'nv ok Mr.xu'o, Alii,'. 10. A duel was inurlil at . near hero. Thurs-day morning between Colonels Fnin-ci.io- o NcViKittud .Manuel Blanco. Tho duel was brought about by adisputu.tho two colonels Using language of tht) harshest nature. ,Vd;i had for sec-onds Gem-m- i Flovcs and Cjlotiel Kod-I'fig- o Yuliles, mid l;latico was supported by Deputies FraiicKro Kumerco n:id Antonio J. avar, author ofliio dueling emle. if Mcieo. The arm's chosen vcTu swords and, turonl'mcr to report it w as to hav e been a duel to t he, death The .mils after tho s'muiil for attack had I ii given, wen; ten. Dlanco was wounded in t he ri'jrht: arm, in the throat and was laid out. by a thrust in the liver. fivin'j up beMig so weak he could mil stand no. Nevoa had seernl scratches, none, however, worth men-tioned. In view of th" fact that Presi-dent Diaz forbade dueling in the army by special deer, e some months at'o, it is probabo that the e.iloneis will bo placed under arrest arid punished. Those who have lived twenty-liv- e years in tlieKio (iratidu valley hava iie.ier .seen m much ini-er- y among the Mexican population as tins year. Thu staplo crop is corn and Mexican fre-jo- h s, and the drought has been terrible for the last ei'hl months. Scarcely anything raised and stock have died by thousands. Many men who years iieo were considered well oil have nothing left but their lands. Hundreds of labuiing men havo left for the front-ier coiinties'nnd are finding work else-where. If thi drouth centiiiues until the cld northers come on but few cat-tle can live through the winter, and many families will suffer for the neces-saries oi life. Kiuiiors are current on the street that important changes will soou occur in thi' cabinet, lor soiuo time past the press have given much rpuce to whis-pers that M. 'ioui per.s Feirias had con-templated resigning as secretary of the treasury, but no eontiinnt ion has been obtained ollieially. esterday Thedore Dehsa, collector of ( iistoinsj at the port of Vd'aCrif', was closeted with Presi-dent Diaz, one hour, and political weather prophets predict tho confer-ence had some bearing on tho rumored change, coupling Dehsa's name with the secretaryship. It) this connection it is said L. Snbastina will become ollicial mayor, and Mr. liauiosa goes to Vera i:ru. as collector. Charles J. Stephens, an American, died at tho American hospital here this morning of dysentery. Dr. Stephens lias been in Mexico sineo November hist engaged in collecting material for aucxtciishe and important illustrated work on Mexico and Central America, which ho bad arranged to publish in connection w ith the (leorge liarr pub-lishing company of Philadelphia and of New York. A Kani City Inarch Split. Kansas Citt, Aug. 10. The fight ia the Washington Avenue M. E. church, of Kansas City, Kan., growing out of the recent chaiees of ling mada against the pastor, A. 11. Tevis, has culminated in the organization of a new church. Dr. Tevis was convicted by the ecclesiastics! court, but his friends claimed that he did not have fair trial. Since that time they have been endeavoring to sucure new trial. Failing in this they have withdiawn from the church. Tue new church will be a Methodist church, with the "Jipis-pocal- " left out. At a meeting soon, t ) be held ollicers will be elect' ed for the ensuing year, ami such financial arrangements will br entered into as will promote the wel fare of the organization. It is stated, that the church wi!l plow its own way under the influence of no bishop, e, district or presiding elder, Dr, Tevis will bo the pastor. Rev. A. G. Kobb, elder of the Fm-pori- a district, will li 11 the pulpit at the Washington avenue church temporar-ily. Tho latter church is split in twain, more than half the members siding with Dr. Tevis. . w - RAILROAD NOTES. Tha N. P. and U. . to Moti 15,000,000 llushal or Whaal. W. II. Ifogan and Edwin Francis of tho Union Pacific aie in the city. J. W. Slater is the new agent of tho Uuion Pacific at Lu&dviM. vice S. M. I5ron n. A goodly number of officials of vari-ous lines are spending these days fish-ing at Wagon Wheel (iap. A party of capitalists are preparing to depart from Green Kiver to explore the Green, grand and Colorado rivers. Jay Gould and party are expected in Salt Lake City the latter of this month. They are having a good time camping in Idaho. The Northern and Union Pacific ex-pect to move about 15,000,000 bushels of wheat out of Idaho and Washington this season. The Northern ia building 1000 freight cars aud 40 locomotives to move its share of the crop. OUTCOME OF A SCANDAL. Tha I'raiHant Akl t Bamora tha 1'oat-u,a- tr ( kup-rl- Nali. CoNcontui, Kso.. Aug 10.-- For the last few days Superior, Neb., has been greatly excited over the rumors and fart concerning a (livorc and marriage of Postmaster Taylor of th-t- t city. The elimsx of the sllsir wits probably reached Saturday night when nine of th friends of the victim falied an indignation meeting that the whole matter might be made public. Over (100 of tha best cit-izens attended this gstherinc at liriggs' Opera house, and Mayor Cotton was called upon to preside. The tacts are bristly as follows: On July 16 Mr. 'Taylor and wife started for California. Mr. 'Taylor w to accom-pany his wife to Denver. The arrival of the Taylors had been preceded by D. A. Haxtar, who had engaged rooms at a reapeetable boarding house for Mrs. Taylor and her four children. Shortly niter Mr. Taylor arrived in Denver he, with ilaxter ami a stranger, visited a house of and ou tho next day a complaint was filed by Lawyer Mo-Cab- e for Mrs. Taylor, asking for a divorce from her husband on the grounds of adultery. Taylor waived all defense, and on tho 'd of July a divorce was granted, and the next morning Mrs. T aylor with her children, boarded the train for Cal-ifornia. Mr. Taylor lost no time, returned to Wymoro, Nob., and from there took the train for Mary-villo- , Kan., where he was mar-ried to Miss Lawrence on tho "7th after which Mr. Taylor with his new-mad- e wife returned to Superior to nn-duc- t thu postulliee for Uncle Sam. The citi.eus gave expression to their indig-nation at tho mass meeting by passing this resolution llnmhr.l, Tliat In view of tlie scandalous piaM't elliit.rM ol Superior's postmaster, lelor Taylor, " do most respectfully and enrusstiy ai'l; las excellency l'resulriit Harrison to at e lvmovft Victor T;r lor iroiu tue poa.tli.u or postmaster of superior. THE ORECON DELECATES. Gerarnor Ponooyar Appoint tha Follow, lag to tha Irrigating Oaagrau. Governor Thomas has received the names of the following citizens of Or-egon as delegates to the irrigating con-vention to be held in Salt Lake City next month, loth to 17th: Hugh Gonr-lay- . J. II Cradlebauirh, George P. Mor-gan, V. H. Brock, C. M. Cartwright, George Barnes, H. H. Hudricks, II. C. Condon, D. B. Kinehart, J. H. Hamil-ton, W. C. Hale, George Chandler, I. B. Bowen, O. M. Dodson, F. K. Mollis, Henry Blaekman, J. M. Bentley, C. S. Jackson, N. Pierce, Clark Walters, J. Wr. Shelton, W. F. Wright, B. W. Huffs, man, George W. Webb, II. P. Napton, 1. H. Holland, William Miller, C. A. Cogswell, J. F. Johnson, Fl. W. Barnes. LA .SOLID fONDHiON Commercial A eucies Keport Credits in Zion are Better Than in Any City iu tue West. IRRIGATION COMMITTEES. Lumbar and Lumbarman Busy Tall Sea- -. son Contractors on tb Joint Biiild-i- n The Fina EefiJcnces Built- A Timks reporter interviewed the commercial t!is morning on the condition of trade ami the financial standing of business houses iu this city. The inl'oi mr.iiou gleaned was to the e!T!ct that credits were better even than in any western city. While busi-ness houses in many of the centers had been sadly shaken by the stress of financial weather for nearly a year, there had been a very Btoall percentage of fail-ures in here. It was learned that many merchants pay cash for goods and nearly all discount their bills before they are duo. This state of things is so unusual that eastern ugents like in come herd, as they consider it the best point to mako in the west They are surprised at tho sound condition they find their custom-ers in. In the outside towns of the ter-ritory it is better still, and trade is re-ported to have never beuu better. The people are buying largely mJ the mer-chants are fully alert to the demands of their trade. Payments are generally prompt aud thete is lots of money iu circulation. This is accounted for by tho l.caiy clip of wool and thu certainty if big crops of lthui. fruit aud hay. This stock ranges ars iu pi ima couditiou, assuring a favorable year for that in-terest, no matter how bard the coming winter may be. All of these things in-dicate that Btxt year and the remainder of this will be the best that has evr been seen in Utah. Among tba lltn I ilora. The work cn the Baldwin block on Commercial street has been temporarily suspended because of a misunderstandi-ng with the firm which is supplying lUu stouo. It took some time to lay the founda-tions for the McCorniek block, and pass-ers who did not get inside the fence enclosure were of the opinion that work was not going ahead very fast; but in this they were mistaken. Tho building is now about half completed to the first story and is rising rapidly. Plasterers are at work ou the first story of the Morlan building. There is verv little work in any of the architects' others except resi-dences. Tho foundations of the Lorenzo Young block are nearly ready for the first story. Many people who imagino tho build-ing trade is dull and who have not taken a short ride on the street cars, would lie surprised if they should ta,ke such a trip. On tho north beuch some splendid residences have been built. Many of these are ex-pensive, costing us much as $15,000 and nearly all are pleasing designs. These new buildings are found even to the eastern extreme of the city limits. In the sirtith and southeastern portions of the city these have been many im-provements. And the East bench has kept pace with other sections. The most noticeable thing Is that the greater percentage of these buildings have been erected on new additions or subdivisions of the largo blocks. 'The country over the Jordan has by no means been neglected either, aud it is sale to say that nearly L'UO residences have been eroded this summer between the river aud Garden City and Brighton. Irrigation ( ouimlttaas. The details of preparation for the Ir- - rigation congress have nearly been ar-ranged, so that all which remains to be done is to keep interest alive until the convention convenes and to perfect all arrangements for the entertainment of the delugates. Everybody is united in believing it will be a success, and nearly every one is doiug his best to make it so. j Colonel Donnellan on Saturday an-- I uounced the following committees: On t'imiticci. K. Dooly, W. S. Mc- Corniek, Flias A. Smith, NickTreweek, N. A. Kmpev. (hi. i i ilinn nnil Entertainment C C. Goodwin, Wiiliatn Balderstou, U. W. Vounir, It V. Chambers M. K. Par-sons, O. J. II illister, J. W. Fox, jr., Fred Trimmer. H. C. Lett, Spencer Clnwson, C. IV Mason, 11. W. Law-rence. 11. M. Wells, G. W. Bartch.C. L. Stevenson. I.nmbnr nmt Lumi:?r Men. Lumber dealers report trado as show-ing considerable improvement with the brightest prospects for a good fall trade. More of the commodity was sold in the city la-- t week than for any two of the pr ceding two months. K i. Jones of tho Ainsiey Lumber company, (wholesale dealers) Portland, Ore., is in the city. David Ferris, representative of the Ore.gr n and California Lumber com- - pany, Portland, is paying a visit to h:s friend W. H. tsmith. Andrew Boston one of the largest dealers in boards and limension stuff iu i'rovo came iu from tlu Garden City today. Ho reports the building trade at Provo as being brisk and tho busi-ness of the town in a most prosperous condition. For tha Joint lluililtrig. Nearly all of the contractors in the city are busily engaged in figuring on the contracts for the city and county building. Theso bids will be for ail kius and character of work to be douo ou the structure aud arf all to bo iu the hands of the county clerk by the loth inst. A NEW MINING COMPANY. A Part or Rait Lkri Organlr.ad With Capital of 5O0,OO. Articles incorporating the Gold Belt Mining and Milliugcompany have been filed with County Clerk Allen. The corporators are Charles A. Ames, trus-tee; Chas. A. Ames, Win. F. Colton, James A. Chute, vTm. H. Donnell, Ed-win L. Carpenter, Frank L. Parker and Wm. G. Sharp. The company is capi-talized for $ .00,000 of the value of $t per share. The company owns the fol-lowing claims in the Ohio mining dis-trict, Piute county, Utah: Hidden Treasure, Gold Belt, Gold Belt Inten-sion and Giles Lode. William Y. Colton is president of the company. A Alllanoa Idea. ' ' Kansas City Star. An alliance crank in Shawnee county Kan., opposed the purchase of a Dag for the school house in the district on the ground that it was too common. "It is carried," he said, "bT every picnio crowd; it is seen every-where on the Fourth of July; it is raised over every political conventioa and lloats over every drunken brawl. It has become too common everywhere,, and I am utterly opposed to spending money for its purchase, liaising itj over our schools will in no way conuueu to the good morals or patriotism of our children." The Missouri colonel was near-ly right when he said that "a d d fool was born every minute and not one ever died in Kansas." No one will deny that the American flag is a trille numerous in Kansas. Air is also an abundant and common com-modity in that state, and yet no man who values his health would think ot getting along without it. A VERY NARROW ESCAPE. Tha Coal la tha HuuUer. or tba Caeumtara Va e a rira. Nfw Yokk, Aug. 10. Friday even-ing tho steamer '( 'aehmiere" arrived here from Marseilles. It was today learned for the lirst time that when but one dav out from that port the soft coal in the bunkers was discovered to bo ou lire. The captain gave orders that the strictest secrecy should be observed, as if the news spread among the passen-gers it would be impossible to avert a panic. Immediate sleps were taken to quench the lire. Day aud uight for ton. days heavy streams of- water were poured upon the coal and tho deck above. The captain and crew were on almost continuous duty during.that time, ami w hen they arrived at the port were completely worn out. None of the passenger's had any suspicion of the danger nor did the' learn of it until tho poli was reached. A CAPITAL OF $5,000,000. TfcaChildraa'i Hnlldlag and Baying! Ann-otation of Ogdan. Articles incorporating the Children's Building and Savings association were today filed with Secretary Sells. The capital stock of $5,000,000 is divided into 50,000 shares of $100 each. Ogden is to be the principal place of business of the company. The incorporators are: F. M. Nagel, L. Condon, M. F. Abbott, O. O. Newaora and J. L. Loar. Officers: President, F. M. Nagel; t, J. L. Loar; secretary, L. Condon; treasurer, M. F. Abbott. The object of the corporation is to loan money to members of the association and for building and improving home-steads and for the purpose of acquir-ing, holding and owning real estate. A LOGAN BOY HURT. Johnnla Pataraoa Grot too Prnrulicnoua About tha Can at l'ocatalla. The Pocatello Ikrahl says: Johnnie Peterson, a lad of some 13 summers, whose parents reside iu Logan, Utah, has boen visiting friends in this city for the past few weeks. Johnnie seemed to be in something of a hurry to cross the railroad track below the depot, and finding a train there at the time, he concluded that he would just skip over the drawheads before the cars could be got in motion, and, in so doing, his left arm was caught in the lleshy part above the elbow and quite a good-size-piece of llesh was cut or bruised off. ITALIANS AFTER REVENGE. A ltllroiil Accident Kill Tlaalr Coinpaa-liu- m and Aroutas Thnlr Wrath. Nkw Havkn, Conn., Aug. 10 Nine station laborers were seriously injure'', two fatally, in a railroad collision ne. r 1'ranford, on tho New Vork, Now Haven At Hartford railroad this moru-Im- r. Those injured were of a party of fifty Italians iu the caboose at tho end of ' a gravel travel. This car was run into by tho eiiL'ine of the freight train. The engine ran through tho ear before it stopped. The engineer and tiremau jumped aud saved their lives, only to almost loso them soon after at the hands of wrathy foreigners, who gathered about them. The fireman was knocked down by a piece of coal but escaped. The engineer fought his way through the crowd of Italians with a bar of iron and sought safety in the ticket ollico. m Maka Coatldant of Yaur Wlfa. Indianapolis Journal. "Hum!" said Mr. Wickwire, "here's a great story in this paper. It appear that a man advertised for a boy and the same day his wife presented him with twin sons. If that does not show the value of advertising what does "It shows that if he had confided his business affairs to his wife, as a man ought to, he might have saved the ex-pense of the advertisement," answered, Mrs. Wickwire. A VICTIM OF DRINK- - A Woman t'omnitu Siilclda llaoauaa Sha Couldn't llwvo Hliinulttiits. Cincinnati, Aug. 10. Mrs. Nellie Webb, an aged ami wealthy widow of Louisville, Kv., committed suicide at (ho College Hill sanitarium. Her fam-ily are prominent people of Louisville, .she was a victim ot drink and was placed in the sanitarium. Deprived of her stimulants, she developed a melan-choly tendency. Last night she went into' a bath room, locked the door, threw herself in the: tub and turned ou tho water. The overflow attracted tho attendant's attention. An entrance was forced into the room and she was found dead from drowning. Ha Wai Mo Fool. Argonaut. A managing editor tells this story of how he failed to get tho best of a corre-spondent.' "News was scarce and the prospects for getting out an interesting paper in the morning were poor indeed . when from a small, but prosperous and supposedly pious little Illinois town, came this dispatch: " 'Fifty of our citizens arrested to-night for plaving poker.' "In a jiffy 1 wired the correspondent: " 'Hush details and all the names.' "While awaiting the story my spirits rose as I pictured tho effect of ths buc-olic sensation on tho first page. 'Tho prospects of a dry paper were just about disappearing as 1 thought how intorest-th- o story would be (fifty prominent cit-izens in a small town like , you know, meant pretty much the w hole town), when there came on the w ire, not the correspondent's story, but his reply to my order: " T am no damn fool. I expect to live iu this town for several years.'" It la Hot. FiTTSBi-Rrt- Aug. 10. One death frota the heat today. New Yokk, Aug. 10. The heat here is excessive. It has already caused . four deaths. SCHOOL BONDS ON SALE. No Award la Yrt Olvan by tha Board Which Met at Noon. Nothing definite could be learned at tha city treasurer' office as to the bids received for sale of $"i0.000 bonds, which were advertised to be sold at 1!3 o'clock today, but all that could be learned was that no award had vet been made. Ilids for the $:j()0,()00 school bonds to be opened today are not received bv the treasurer of the board, but by the board itself. Prob-ably nothing will be learned of these bids until the board meets. CURE FOR BLAINE'S MELANCHOLY- - Tha Stataamaa Will be round In the Van In tha Next (treat Onnteat. LoNiiiiN, Aug. S. The Philadelphia correspondeut of the Times positively assorts that ISlaine is not seeking the presidential nomination. In an editorial tho Wines' says it thinks it is uot impos-sible that the familiar excitement of a campaign would prove a most effectual antidote to the melancholy said to be oppressing him, aud believes he yet will be found iu the van of battle either iu his own or Mr. Harrison's name. THINKS IT A DISASTER. Trlnoa Ulewark on tha Corn Doty gome lleooratlna Given Out. Beki.in', Aug. 10. Prince Hismarck, in a conversation with Heir Lutz, a member of tho lteichstag, said, "You may tell every one I consider reducing the corn duly a disaster for the coun-try." The Fmperor has bestowed the decor-ation of Onhie, J'our for art and science, upon General Duvernosis in succession to the lale Count Von Mol-ike- . This is significant, us General Duvernosis is an extremely liberal utid outspoken politician. A SQUALL BEGAN TO BLOW. A New Arrival at the Keildvnea of I.tater C. llarrlion. There was one arrival at the resi-dence of Lester C. Harrison about noon yesterday at which hour a "squall" be-gan to blow and nine pounds of flesh that has already made its presence felt was thrown upon tiis indulgence and generosity of a sire who is celebrating the occasion in fitting manner while mother and son are doing nicely. TTofviTsouclTo" & CO.. COM-I-mcrclal block, No. at. "1 r ANT E ri A MANTOTAKE CHARGE It of a bori-- and to make himself nener-all- y UHcfnl. Keforcuces require!. Apply an Chieano LlijUur bouse, 44 and 40 East FirsC feoutli. TANTKD TO KKNT SMALL COTTAUM VV uf four or five rooms, furnished, near Knutsrerd hotil. Acl.lres Timks ofllco. VXAlslTKfir" "iTkNTLKMK.M I.OliiiElTs T V Hooins from ifl a week and iii. cool auil clean. Private f ainily. hucund house east, of riociul hall uvhuijc. CITUATION WANTED HY A YOIJNlJ 0 man as retail salesman ; nino years expe-rience j Imnt reference. Address "L." Times. litoncjj to cmn. MO.'JEY TO LOAN- - C. L. IIANNA MAN. street. Upstairs. 1"5iAKtTe8 LeSIUINU TO lioitROW OK TO Loan money, see A. M. Janes. 1M Main nr. 71 AN11 H l'EK CENT LONU TIMB 1 money 10 ner cent short time J nha J Hnyrter, 33 and atlloopor block. Telephone N7 $ov Sate. ToK SCCLErjoTNU RANGE AND I1 utensils, patent nli'lile plated entree ma-chine, tables ana chairs, elo. Apply at tad Meute Crist-j- 51 West Second South. "OB SALE A NK.W M'iHfT I room frame house, close In, on the Kaphl Transit Hue. For particulars Inquire at ooj Kant Seventh South street. IOlt SALIC A GOOD HUS1NKSS FIHt F Bale or store for rent. Must goatouce. us West First bouth, ?enJL- - TOIt RENT" MCKLY Fti RN IS HE I) I roams, ensuite or smele, all couveuleuceij with b'aid. 13? North Main. IO K L V FIIRNISHE 1) ROOMS AT 75 North First Kast street. T70R RENT TWO UNFrRNIS'IETT X rooms fur housekeeping; also nicely fur-nished ruoms. Impure 5a Last Third South! Street. TX)R KENT WELL-Li- t iHTEi) BASE- - luent. cueap; electric Uht day and nlijLt, . w ith electric power. No. 90 Commeicial st. ipOH HOOMsTwiTlt T use of kilcheu; has Kant First South. JOK RENT EIGHT- - R OM KlTTioI SK,' Smith between Fourth aud riftu Fast. C. L. Hannaiuan, 142 Mala street, rpWO ROOMS FOR RKNT AND FUK-- 1 nlture for rale. M3 East Fourth South. KF.NT FURNISHED HfK)M3 WITU r board, at MV East First South. RENT FURNISHED ROOMS, ELBO-trl- c, uKht and bth, with or without board. 3U.1 South Fifth East. ?Trcirml. Opium.morphinKiuiral, cocainb and Un-chained, liook of 150 patree llls'tr'd Rent free I'ay when cured. Jiox low. Salt Lake City. Utah. Sufl'ueated In a Lodging Ifoui, Spokane, Wash., Aug. in. Early this morning tire broke out in Conway's lodging house. Soon the building was a mass of flames. The inmates barely escaped. One person has not yet been accounted for and is supposed to have perished. Charles Johnson, GO years of age, was taken out through a second story window, lie was suffo-cated to death. WILL ERECT A PARSONACE. Tha Congrea-attnaa- l Society Prapoiat Halldiuc a Home far II l"ntor. The Congregational society proposes to build a parsonage for its pastor. On Wednesday evening there will be a meeting to'examine plans and bids. Telegraph for Kat Africa. Perlix, Aug. 10. The government has decided to establish a complete telegraph system on the German Last African coast, and today officials left Berlin for Africa, where immediately upon their arrival they will begin the work. ROW AT A CAMP MEETING, Five Fulol Shot. Fired One Man Killed and Three VVouuded. ItovAS Station-- , Md Aug. 10. A shooting lUtrav occurred yesterday at Harnesville, nea:- - here, wliero a camp meeting was goin on. While wniting for a train a party of colored men eusraged in a dispute over some clears, when Louis I'rou u of Kichmoud, Virginia, became Licensed and struck one of his companions with a stole!. T he light became general, and five pis-tol shuts were tired. Ilrowu was kiiled and three others wounded. Qollled ijr the Wuieky Trail. Miihu.ktoyvn, X. Y., Aug. 10. It is learned that the whisky trust has scored an advantage by securing the control for a term of years of the wood alcohol produced iu the country. Wood alcohol is tho chief product of tti distillation of certain kinds of wood in sealed iron retorts which are subjected to intense heat It is an acrid and iuferior spirit, but enters into competition with grain or fruit alcohol as a chief substitute in certain mechanical and manufacturing uses, and to that extent menaces ths prosperity of the whisky trust. There are about sixty factories altogether in the manufacture of wood al-cohol, of which morn than forty are lo-cated in the wooded ration along the Delaware river, ii. Su:!ivan, Delaware and lircomo counties, N. Y., and in Wayne and Susquehanna eouutisss, l'a. Most of the proprietors of these factor-ies are members of a combination Myicd "The United States Acid Manu-'aeturer- Association" of which John Hajles of Rmghampton is president. Ttos association recently closed a con-:ra-by which it snlls tho entire pro-iiu-of the factories of the member for a term of live years to the Ameri-can Spirit company, at tha uniform price of 70 cents a gallon. The Anjeri-:a- n Spirit company is a corporation under the laws of West Vir-iini-and nas oilicei in the Equitable niildiu in New York City. It is un-derstood to be an adjunct of the whisky ;rust. THE LANDING OF THE SWEDES, Tha Srandlnariana of thlt City will Cele-brate the Ereat September 14th. The Scandinavians of Salt Lake will on September celebrate the arrival of their ancestors in America. The lirst Swedes landed on the soil of what is now Delaware in lliJH. The Slaughter Sale of Tan Shoes continues at Spencer & Lynch's. A Still greater reduction has been ni ade for SO days. All Tan Shoes below cost. THE LIMA BANK ROBBERY. The Wounded Farmer Is Pead Hat the Caehier Will Kerorer. Ci.RYKf.Ai, Ohio, Aug. 10. Cashier Maple of the ('oiunibiis lilobo liaiik is improving. Tho injured farmer (iPd Saturday niht. A Lima special states that the murderer has been traced to the thick fore-- t near Ada and tnav bo captured though there is an idea he has already been enabled to get near enough to the railroad to escape. It is believed he is ouo of AIer in Ku-h- gang. w. NEBRASKA'S EIGHT HOUR LAW- - A Tt lain (las Keen Fix,l I p in Itegard to Its Constitutionality. Omaha, Aug. 10. Guy C. Barton, president of the Omaha and lirant smelter, was arrested today, charged with violation of the eight hour law. lie will be tried tomorrow morning and will receive a jail sentence. Then he will apply to the supreme court for a writ of habeas corpus on the ground thas the law is unconstitutional. This will be made a test case. AROUND THE CiTf LATE TODAY. Several complaints hava been made lately of the inattention and discourtesy of the conductors on the Kapid Transit lines. One lady said she was compolled to wait nearly au hour on the State street line hy the refusal of the conduc-tors to stop tor her, who gave as a rea-son that athere were no seats. She wanted to go to Calder's and was will-ing to stand and there was plenty of standing room, j On account of the death of W. II. j Cleare, tho public debate at Hammond Hall, which was to be held tomorrow j night, has been indutinately postponed, j Elijah Sells, secretary of the Utah commission, has been appointed regi-strar of the ensuing municipal election of Salt Lake City. Marriage licenses were issued today to James Leslie and Ordina Moss and Michael McMillan and Amy Lillie May hishop. The Eureka townsite case was called today at the United States land oflice and continued till tomorrow at 2 p. m. Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Hunt have re-- ! turned from Henefer after a two weeks vation, much improved in health. Rhart la lite Aeouante. Atlanta, Ga., Aug. 10. The.7hr hi afternoon prints a story to the ef-e-that J. O. Wynne, business agent of ;he Georgia state alliance exchauge is ver 20,U0' short in his accounts. Vlr. Wynne is under $.")00l) bond. Tha exchange ollicials assert that the short-age is a defalcation. Wynne savs tho shortage is due to a clerical error and Jhe loss of vouchers. the rages today. Saratoga, Aug. 10. Tho track is fast. Five furlomis Great Guns won, Mag-gie T second. Queen llattie third; time, l:o:i. Mile IT. Ilasbruck won. I'.elwood second, and Costa Kico third; time, 1:4'.1. five and a half furlongs Kelp's (illy won, Gratitude second, Tolydora third. Time. LOU Five and a half furlongs Henry Royal won, I'ericies secoud, Gertie third. Time, 1 :U0. Five furlongs Wight'.an won, De-troit second, Cataliua third. Time, 1 :04. One mile and seventy yards Kern won, Joe Blackburue secoud, Builtinch third. Time l:4Cj. CARFIELD BEACH New Time Card. On and after June 88th trains will rim as ollowa: Leave Arrive Leave Arrive Salt Lake. Garlioid, Uaiheld, Salt Lake 7:10 a.m. N:3f. in. llitWa. ni. 13:45 p. in 10:00 a. m. 111:45 a. in. ii:(iu p. in. S:45 p. ra 11:00 a.m. 11:45 a. in. 8:45 p.m. 3:45 p.m. 1 :UH p. m. 1 :45 p. m. 8 :(0 p. m. 4 :ul p. m. t :00 p. m. S 46 p. ra. 4 :10 p. in. 4 :45 p. ni. 3:0Up. ia. 8:45 p. uu h:iup. in. 6:45 p. m. 4:0Op. m. 4:45 p.m. 8:00 p. m. 6:45 p.m. 6 :0U p. m, 6 :45 p. m. 7 :rtl p. m. 1 :45 p. in. :IX) p. m. :45 p. m. 8 :(J p. m. 8 .45 p. m. t7:00p. m. 7:45 p.m. ISJU p. m. 10:15 p. in. Dally except Sunday. Daily except Monday and Tueiday. Orchestra Band In attendance every day. Fare for the round trip, 6U cents. l. t,. Brm.iT. GenT Ag't I'ass'g'r Dep't. An KITVctlve Method. Plttsbura Commercial Gazette. Spanish speculators have a novel way of giving stocks a bearish tenden-cy. A number of them attempted to raid the barracks at Barcelona to cre-ate the impression that a revolution was imminent. The ruse was a failure, and the bears will probably be shot. This plan of checking speculators would probably prove eliicacious the world j over. Tha Hilver I urehae. Washington, Aug. 10. S x hundred and ninety n've thousand ounces of sil-ver were purchased today at prices fangiiig from .yy.'O to .SjDOO. |