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Show , : x- -- ? f - I ... t FIFTY Sxgg-tg-h 'fft (1)' ' Special Features gg&Sg ; , est and fullest looaf,'X"tSegrChnl Ind ff! 1 I J 1 1 P f V fx I ll 1 11 I I ' ft 3 TIMES,' designed to interest Women, Miners, on Saturdays the most UU--f ILIL OvCiL L U1A ' " JL RJi t i Hoys : and i,rls Society m interesting newspaper ftRflFR IT ' ft'flW gUAA MY K XfVV Vfr . Peop e ami other elates. fo'jfr H miM'f printed in the vltUMl it iV " 'i , S Watch TUB T131ES and VOLUME 6 , SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH, MONDAY, AUGUST 15, 1832. NUMBER 352 First Edition' 4 O'CLOCK. COUNTY BOND ELECTION. Light Vote, With ( Imnces of lionds lielnff Duieated. The county bund election that is being held today attracted little interest. Unless the voters t :rn out stronger bet ween now and the time for the closing of the polls, the to-tal vote in the city will not reach 1000. At 3 o'clock this afternoon the vote stood as follows: First precinct Second re.-inc- t ''- - I biri precinct 1M Fourth precinct 1' Fifth precinct 1 Total TlW As to results they are in donht. In the Third and Second they are slightly in the lead, while in the remaining thite the nega-tive vote is doubtless ahead. . If the county does not vote strongly for the bonds the proposition will be defeated. campaign, thp.tls all. It was reported that I had resigned the chairmanship of the Lib-eral Territorial committee, and there has been a stream of people in to see if it were true. There is nothing to it. I must have more time to attend to my business. I am chairman of the Liberal Territorial commit-tee and also of the Liberal City committee, aud I must give one of them up." "Which one ?" the reporter ventured. But the judge only exuded another sad, sweet smile and buticd himself in the back room again with th city committee. The reporter learned on the best of author-ity that Judge Powers resigned the chair-manship of the Liberal city committee on Saturday and his resignation was ucceptcd. The Liberal city committee was composed as follows before Judge Powers resigned: Judge Powers,chairman; Joe Lippman,see-retar- y; J. J. Greenewald, first precinct; Albeu (i. Campbell, second precinct; Samuel Galieazzi, third precinct; II. V. Ntlov, fourth precinct, and V. C. llali, fifth precinct. The city is searching after a successor to the judge as The Times goes to press. The most forward name spoken of for the place is Allen (J. Campbell of the Second pre-cinct. He can have the place if he wants it. Latek O. W. Powers has resigned as chairman and Hon. Allen (i. Campbell was eleeled in his place. Judge Power ucceptcd a position on the executive committee. JUDCE POWERS RESICNS. He Abdicates the Chairmanship of the Liberal City Committee. O. W. Powers has resigned the chairman-hi- p of the Liberal city committee. All kinds of rumors regarding the action of Judge Powers have passed currency on the streets to-da- One well-inform- individual with the confidence born of actual knowl-edge, would declare that Judge Powers had retigned the places of chairman of the Lib-eral territorial and the city committees. Another equally knowing personage would deny the statement with profane force. But the rumor grew and grew. It swelled oui like a balloon in the center and puffed like a porpoise, while the thermometer climbed higbcr and higher. A Timks reporter called on Judge Powers at his office at 2 o'clock this afternoon. The judge was closeted with a sagamoro of the tribe of Tuscarora. A line of men filed up the stairs leading to the Liberal leader's office. They wore long facts aud some were adorned with tomahawk. Jake Grecn-wal- d sat on Bi chair near a win- - dow overlooking the street and puffed vigorously at a long cigar. The smoke cir-cled iu the uir and settled over the counten-ance of Joseph Lippman, who sneezed and coughed suggestively. Rut Jake smoked on. Finally, he told a fellow-Liber- of the organization of the Liberal party in the parlors of the Mefr politan hotel years and years ago. Sam Gallcnzzi reclined across a table and allowed one leg to dangle in the air. JAttorny Ogden Hlles was "studiously lookiug up authority on torts. Men came and went into the rear room of Judire Powers' office. A few wore smiling faces, others looked away out into the dis-tance at a spot in the horizon where the blue was shadowed by a spot as big as a man's hand and muttered something to themselves as they Vent down the stairs." The reporter gained access to the grand sachem of the Tuscaroras. The judge smiled wearily and pointed to a seat. The reporter told the judge of therumor. A sad, sweet smile passed over the face of the Lib-eral leader. "Don't believe all reports you hear about me," he said, "but don't miss au opportu-nity to say a good word for the Tuscarora excursion." "But how about the reported resignation ?" queried the reporter. "There has been a meeting of the city committee to arrange details for the fall NATURAL GAS DEAL. SU1TLYIXG CAPITAL FOR PlTIXa IT INTO THIS CITY. j 'f Rhode Brother of Denver Will Probably liny the Controlling In-terest in the American Natural ' ;a Company and Develop Its Property Predicted that ;a 'M'i!t be Keady for I'se in Salt take 1 tit hin Xinety .iiays Contract Soon to be Signed. An important deal is now bein? negotiated by which the firm of Rhodes Brothers of Denver wiil undoubtedly ac-quire the controlling interest in the prop, trty of the American Natural Gas company. According to au item iu a Denver evening paper, one of the linn of .Rhodes Bros., is eportcd assaying: "We have an option oa the American Natural Gas company's property at Salt Lake but the deal has not been closed. The transaction represents about ;r0,000 and we think it will be closed up within ten days. The property is very valuable. L'tah and Salt Lake will be greatly benefitted when the property is properly handled. We are of the opiniou that it is a sure paying investment. When work bearius it will he with a large force of men with a view to getting the property into shape as soon as possible." H. L. Driver, secretary of the American Natural Gas company, was interrogated by a Tim f.s reporter. Mr. Driver was by no means . in a loquacious mood. In the beginning ho was not inclined to talk abuit the mattf-r-. But when the Denver statement was quoted he unbent to the extent of saying that Rhodes Bros, were in Salt Lake City today and that the negotiations were pending. Personally, Mr. Driver is not in favor of turning over to the Denver people the exclu-sive control of the matters. On the con-trary he advocates the retention of an in-terest here. The scheme, bo says, is a splendid one and and wiil be a wealth-produce- r from the start. The timely action of the company iu se-curing a franchise from the city council has made everything plain sailing. All that now remains is to put in the plant, furnUU citizens and firms witli natural gas as they desire it and collect the revenue accruing. Mr. Driver w as not posted as to the details of the contract, but referred the news hust-ler to W. C. Hall, attorney for the corpora-tion. Mr. Hall admitted that Rhodes Bros, were negotiating for the purchase of a controlling interest. As to the terms of the agreement he cou'.d not say, as the preliminaries were now under consideration. He would bo only too glad, however, to inform the pubiie. through The Times of any action at thu proper time. As the case now stands. Mr. Hull does not think the public has any riiriit to expect, nor is it entitled to information regardmg the details of the contract or the terms as discussed in conference. He wasn't prepared to state the amount of money re-quired to make a purchase. In good thru everything would come out ail right, and the publie fully informed as to the details of the transaction. - One of of the company who is" thoroughly posted oa the euoject ' " gave the appended information under prom-ise that his name should bj withheld: "With others I have beeu in favor of sell-ing a controlling interest, and for these rea-sons: While we have a franchise to lay pipes into the city, we did not have the money at our disposal to carry out the plan. We were certain that it was a paying in-vestment, but what could we do without the simoleons to carry out the work? Now, it is proposed to sell a controlling interest to parties with money. We, too, are benefitted, and I will wager $100 that we have gas in Salt Lake inside of ninety days. The price Rhodes Bros, are to pay is between $300,000 aud That point is yet to be con-sidered. But you can safely announce that the deal will be made. In fact the con-tract is already drawn and, with slight changes, will be agreed to." ' , 60 SL0WJ1R. MAYOR! Labor's Voice in Protest Ag-ains-t the Eight Hour Law Veto. FLIMSY EXCUSES WILL NOT BE TAKEN. Workingrnen Demand Election Prom-ises Shall Be Kept. IMPROVE THE BILLDO NOT KILL IT. Intense Interest Taken by Prominent Iabor leaders in the Threatened Veto of the Ordinance That Will ltenelit Workingnien They Ask Xotltins; More Than lias Keen iiven Laboring 51 en in All Cities n the Coast Km phatie Kxpres-ion- s of Opinion That Mayor JJas-Itl- n Can't Afford to Ignore. The mayor's intention to veto the eight-hou- r ordinance, first announced in The Times, created a profound sensation among workingrnen throughout the city. The announcement was received with in- - dignation and regret and interpreted as a distinct setback for labor. Public sentiment is against the mayor and in favor of the laws which have given a shorter working day to laborers in public work in many states aud most of the large cities of the country. THE COUNCIL'S ACTION. The ordinance was passed by the council with but one dissenting vote. To pass it over the veto will require ten votes, and it is doubtful if they can be obtained. A great fight will be made to that end, however. THE ORIJINA XCE strongly in favor of the measure. "It cer-tainly ought to become a law," said he. "The councils of Denver, Chicago aud other large cities have made the eight-hou- r law a part of their city ordinances, and there is no reason why it should not be a good thing for the workingrnen of Salt Lake City." J. H. DOBI5S. "I think the eiirht-hou-r law would be of great benefit to the laboring classes," said J. II. Dobbs, a laborer on the city and county building. "A man who can't do a day's work in eight hours ought never to try to do a day's labor." MASS COFF1X. "Eight hours should constitute a day's labor," said "Mans" Coffin. "It is the rule in other cities. I dou't see why the bill should not be in vogue here." 1. W. FAKUELL, "I don't think the mayor is in favor of the eight-hou- r bill at all," said J. W. Farrell. "The citrht-hou- r b 11 is a srood thing and ought to become a law. The mayor has shown by his action that he is not a friend of the laboring man. When he was in the leg-islature he dodged the issue whenever he got the chance." MAX LIPPMAX. "The bill ought to be passed." said Max Lippman. "We need it in Salt Lake. Eight hours are enough for any man to work in one day." H1RSHMAS. "The government can well afford to work its men only eight honrs a day," said Mr. Hirshman. $EORGE ARROGANT. "1 have no particular opinion in regard to the matter," said George Arbogast. "It is the general rule all over the country that all city work be done ou ciirht hours a day, and I don't see why it should not prevail here." TO THE POINT. T. F. Kill-ma- I think the mayor is in error; the bill Miould become a law. What excuse has he for tryins: to make men work nine hours in Salt Lake when eight hours are a day's labor in most large cities. A. 31. Jos. "I am a stonecutter and a union man. I do not believe the mayor is friendly to the laboriug classes; if he was he would not veto the measure." Chat-le- 1'vhliij (president of the Stone-mason's union) "1 don't approve of the rnavor's veto bccmise the hill would he of great benefit to the workingrnen. The men are unanimously of the opinion that the mayor is against them." I). J. Vrovain, (foreman of street, work-gan- g ou State "I think the eight-hou- r law-shoul-be in force. AU of the cities on the coast that I have been in work their men only eight hours. I can see no exruse for the mayor's vetoing this bill." Kd. IF. IVtite "Why should the mayor veto the eight-hou- r bill if he is friendly to the workingrnen as he claims to be? It is a good measure." Clturh Johnson "Eight hours for work, eight hour3 for rest and eight hours for re-creation, these are the unwritten laws of nature. But the mayor don't apDear to see it that way. I had always thought he was a friend of the workingman, but I do not think so now." MOLIDLT IN FAVOR OF IT. A Times representative clamored over the walls of the city and county building this morning and asked the stonemasons, the hod-carrier- the carpenters and the laborers generally their opinion of the mayor's action in vetoing the eight-hou- r bill introduced into the city council by Alderman P. J. Moran. Ti ere was unanimity opinion regarding the mayor's expressed action. Many of the la-borers spoke bitterly of Mr. Baskin's avowed intention and said that he had demonstrated beyond a doubt that he was not a friend of the laboring1 man aud that his protestations of love for them would not harmonize with his official career. Forty-tw- o men were at work at the inter-section of Fourth South and State streets at noon today. A reporter got some emphatic exi ressions regarding the mayor's action which would not appear to advantage iu the columns of The Times. The men "felt that the mayor had struck a blow at them which they would remember in the future to his detriment. "If he is in favor of the workingman," ' said one of the men, "why does he take the lirst chance he gets to strike them iu the back." "We will have an eight-hou- r law in Salt Lake yet," said another. "It may take time, but the day is gone when we can be hoodwinked by political promises." Eight new men were at work on the corner of State and Third South streets. They were also unanimous in their disapproval "of the mayor's action. At tomorrow night's session of the coun-cil Mayor Baskin's reasons for vetoing the eight-hou- r ordinance will be read. Whether the veto will stand the test is a matter of speculation. An effort to pass it over the mayor's veto will be made. Those who are on the inside declare this will prove successful. Labor bay Celebration. An executive session of the Utah Feder-ated Trades and Labor Council committee was held yesterday and partial arrangements were made for the proper celebration of Labor day. Those having the affair in charge propose, if time and money will be of airy avail, to make it a red-lett- day in the his-tory of labor in this territory, and besides te usual speeches and exercises the pro-gramme will consist of unique and interest-ing games and amusements, the successful iarticipants in which will be rewarded with passed by the council, and which the mayor proposes to veto, is as follows: A bill for an ordinance making eight 1 o irs a j legal day's work en all public ntia t lahor. f Section 1. Ba it ordiiined by the city council of Jt Salt Lake City, Utah t Tritory, that in all con- - J tracts marie by the City of Salt Lake for the erec tion, building or repairs of public buildings, bridges t,r viaducts, : t.'eet paving or grading, and all work on waterworks and sewerage, t lere shall be incorporated the express agreement between the paid city aid contractor or contrac o.s, that ihe said contractor or contract rs shall not re-quire or prrmit any employee or laborer, between ite bourn of 6 o'clock a. in. and ti o'clock p. nr. fach ( a, t ) work more than eight hours upon ny such build, ng, bridge or viaduct, streets or other public work, and that the mid eight hours f labor fhiill he a full r.n 1 lognl day's work. The provision of this section ch ll not apply to work e.'.aired under Kiid contract to be done at t fie !ai t ry, foundry or shop of the contractor or tontractore, but shall only apply where or laborers are engaged directly at work rpon the premises v a ?r3 such public work is be-n- g o ist u te l. Sectio.i 3. Any such contract shall also pro-- " '.fie th it iu the event of any co tractor or con-Jac- to ' violating the provisions of sai l j hat he or (hey il; forfeit one hundred ilo'l ire 'SlOOlt ilh iiyof Salt Lake for each antr every lay that he or thy shall violate the provl slons of aid (ontr rrt. Sections. This oid'n nice th 11 bo in force end a'ie effect fioin ar.d nft3r its passage and COFNC ILMAN MORAN SPEAKS. Councilman Moran, the author of the 'ight-hou- r trdinance and the recognized :hanipion of labor iu the city council, wns literview by The Times in relation to the nayor's coming veto. "In your opinion, are the grounds of the nayor's veto well taken?" he was asked. "Well, so far, I do not exactly know, but Jrom what I have heard I do not think they ire. I understand his objection is to the nord 'permit.' Now, if that word is taken out I do not think the bill would be worth the paper it is written on, and would practi-cally leave the matter in the hands of the contractors. WorKingnieii would be just where they are today. 1 understand that another objection is that of the engineer, about the tine of $1(10 for the violation of the contra' t. This, however, is merely technical. The engineer thinks that the stipulation of 1U0 wou'd contiict with present contracts ou street paving, where the forfeit is $50 per day for delay in com-pletion of work. Both parties in the coun-cil were pledged to this measure when elected, aud it is a repudiation of their pitledges to the people to refuse to stand by now." "In your opinion is the labor sentiment of the city pretty unanimous in favor of this V . f measure?" "Yes, they are unanimous in favor of it. t y,;i!. j ; 'This measure is practically the same as the one introduced in the legislature last winter, which was killed by two Liberals in the lower house. This bill was recommended in the governor's message in the last legisla-ture. President Harrison signed a bill of the same character a few days ago, and this law exists in New York, Massachusetts, Illi-nois, Kansas City, and many other parts of the country. In taking up this fight for the workingrnen, The Times will do a service for labor which I ha ve no doubt will be rcc- - ognized and appreciated. II. C. GRIMES, president of the Federation of Trades Unions of Utah, and of the Amalgamated Society ot Carpenters and Joiners, sid there were too many loop-hole- s in the ordinance for the contractors, but it would be of benefit to the laboring classes. "The bill should be submitted to the Feder-ated Trades to consider, the workingrnen being better able to know what they want than the city council. I must say, though, that the passage of this bill ty the council is a move in the right direction. The mayor may veto this bill, but the laboring men' are going to have an eight-hou-r law iri effect in this city. We may not get it from the pres- ent mayor, but it will come. That is certain. I do not think the mayor should veto the present bill if he is in favor of the working classes." k. a. SI.EATOH, of the Federated Trades and one of the leading workingrnen of the city, said he was very sorry, under the circum-stances, that the mayor had decided to veto the bill. "We have urged the passage, years ago of such a bill earnestly and unceasingly," said Mr. Sleator. "The bill may be defective in one or two particulars, but it certainly is aimed at the advancement of the interests of the working classes. The mayor should state his reasons for refusing to sign the bill, but I should greatly dislike to 6ee him veto it. Mr. Baskin stood pat on the labor question in the last legislature, and there-lor- e I am surprised at his action now. My opiniou is that the bill as read should be in-dorsed by the mayor, as I understand the bill, in preference to a veto." JOHX WOODBURN'. "The eight-hou- r law," said John Wood-bur- n, president of the Plumbers' union, "should be in force in this city on all public works. There are one or two imperfections in the present bill, but they can easily be remedied. The proper thing for the mayor to do in this case, I should think, would be to return the hill to the council with his reasons why he cannot sign it. Then the ' council could perfect the measure and re-- '. turn it to the mayor for his signature. There is no doubt if the bill is passed that it will be of material benefit to the laboring classes." II. C. FENSTERMAKER, president of the Typographical union, is ; V CRIMINAL MATTERS. GUARDS FIND THE DESPERADO BEYOND THE SUMMIT. The Arrest of a Restaurant Keeper on the Charge of Forgery Discloses a lingular State of Affairs Bound for Deep Creek, in a Stolen Wagon Proceedings iu the Police Cour Tom Robart, who with Kerm and Cum-ming- s escaped from the penitentiary, is again behind the bars. He was captured Saturday evening by Guard Remington, who found him about ten miles beyond the Par-ley's canyon summit. His capture showed that Guard Coit, who was with Remington the night Kerm was captured, and w ho tired at Robart, was a bcttsr shot than he thought. Robart was then wounded in three places in the back and shoulder, but none are serious. Robart held up a teamster and made him swap clothing. He made no resistance when or-dered to surrender. Cummings is still at large, but his capture is regarded as certain. AKItEiiTED FOK FORGERY-- . James Conway, proprietor of the Crcmeri, adjoining the O'Meara building on West Second South street, and Miss Sage, a whilom resident of Denver, were arrested yesterday by Deputy Sheriff Lacon on a telegram from Sheriff W. K. Birehnell of Denver. It was represented that they were wanted in the Colorado metropolis for forg-ery. The dispatch said that a Mrs. Sage ac-companied Conway, but his companion proved to be a prepossessing damsel just budding into womanhood. The deputy is now of the opinion that it is a case of elope-ment. Conway declares that the arrest is a piece of spite work on the part of Mrs. Sage's cred-itors, and that he wiil prove that he has not been guilty of an infraction of the criminal laws. According to his story, it appears that Mrs. Sage, mother of the young lady who accompanied him to this city, is the en gineer of a restaurant which became in-volved in financial difficulties. In the good- - r.ess oi his heart, conway went, irom mis city to lend her a helping hand. A check, which staved off a threatened attachment, was passed, and it has now been declared a forgery. The sheriff at Denver has been telegraphed to for particulars, and on the receipt of his answer it is believed that Miss Sage will be released from custody. POLICE COURT. James Malin was before Justice Keslcr this morning to answer to the dual charge of assault and battery and vagrancy. The evidence was to the effect that Malin asked a man for a quarter, and when he refused it struck him. Malin's defense was that he asked an acquaintance to "set 'em up," and that when he refused he playful- - pushed him. Al. Smith, charged with disturbing the peace, argued that he was debating a bill with a creditor. Officer Johnson swore a ?5 tine on him without an effort. Pat Hollywood pleaded guilty to being drunk, but vowed that if "his worship" would turn him loose he would be a good man. He was fined 5. China'Charlie Wing forfeited ?5 for driv-ing on the sidewalk. COURT NOTES. S. Roquetta's clear store on First South street h been taken nossesainn of bv the Un ted States marshal on an attachment ob-- t ned b S. Wolf. The Third district court room is being fitted up with opera chairs. Frank B. Stephens and A. F. Schroedr have dissolved partnership. The former will conduct his business alone, while Mr. Schroeder has formed a partnership with Attorney Jones. Walter Seholcs, a native of England and a resident of this city, today forswore alle-giance to her majesty, Queen Vic, and be-came a full-fledge- d citizen of this glorious republic. In the case of S. W. Morrison et aL vs. P. W. Madsen et al.. Judge Anderson today directed the Carey-Lombar- d Lumber com-pany to pay the balance due under the for-mer order of the court. The Co-O- p Furniture company this after-noon brought suit in the Third district court against Lizztt and James Hutchinson to re-cover some f500 alleged to be due on a prom-issory note. James Hughes has sued E. J. Harley to recover ?34105, alleged to have been col-lected by the defendant as agent for the plaintiff and not turned over to the plaintiff. Wanted to Go to Deep Creek. Last night two youths named Clark and Brrrrows, who reside in the Twenty-firs- t ward, stole a delivery wagou belonging to Eii Price, the grocer, and hitching to it a horse belonging to them or their families, started for Deep Creek. They were seen out by the lake this morning, and Sheriff Gillespie of Tooele county was instructed to arrest the boys and bring them back to Salt Lake. County Court. The county court met this morning, j Judge Barteh presided, . with Selectmen J Harriv Calmnn Rotter and Clerk Allen in I attendance. It was ordered that Rosa Saderman and infant be admitted to the count- - infirmary. The petition of M. D. F. McMaster for re-lief on account of tax ale was referred to the city. Lucy aud Josie Thomas were ordered sent to the Orphans' Home. The county attorney gave an opinion on the petition of Lorenzo Pettit for relief on account of tax sale. The petition was de-nied. The petition of Emily Hull for relief on account of tar sale was referred to the county attorney. A communication from A. Hanak of Brigham, concerning peddlers' license was also referred to the county attorney. The county clerk reported that he had credited County Collector L. G. Hardy on account of uncollcctable taxes, 1801 (county revenue), $4,3.!S.18; uncollcctable' taxes, 1S01 (school fund), 3,240.14; total, $7,574 32. This action of the county clerk was ap-proved. Bonds for liquor licenses were approved and licenses issued to Zimmerman ifc Harri-ga- u of Bingham, Bourgood fc Co , Bingham, and D. C. Williams of Murray. The petition of W. A. Parthurst for re-lief on account of tax sale was referred to the county attorney. The committee to whom was referred the petition of Robert McKaig, reported recom-mending that the same be referred to the county attorney. This was done. The court adjourned to August 17 at 2 p. m. VISITING KNIGHTS TEMPLAR. Between Three and Four Thousand Have Been Hera Recently. Marysville Commandery No. 10 of Marys-vill- e, Ky., composed of thirty-thre- e persons, and Kanawha Commandery No. 4 of Charleston, W. Va., twenty-fou- r strong, were among the visitors to Salt Lake yester-day. The party visited the lake iu the morn-ing, attended service at the tabernacle in the afternoon and then drove around the city until 9:25, when they left, for the east on the Rio Grande Western. Albert Preceptory No. 21 of Winnipeg came in yesterday and will remain until this eveninir. It enjoys the distinction of being the only foreign comruaudtfry at the recent conclave. Several celebrities are with the party, including II. S. Westerbrook, provin-cial grand prior of Manitoba, and William G. Bell, constable of the great priory. The party will return home via Yellowstone park and the Northern Pacific. Two sections of the Taucred commandary from Pittsburg came in yesterday. They will visit the coast e returning home. Helena, Butte, Billings, Dillon, Glendive aud Livingston (.Montana) commandcries are all represented in a party that came in yesterday by way of the Union Pacific. They will leave at 4 this afternoon. Jappa commandery of York, Neb., Holy Rood of Columbus, Ohio, Richmond No. 2 of Richmond, Va., and Little Rock, Ark., are represented here. Cyrcne commandery of Camden, N. J., left last niirht for home. It is estimated that between SW0 and 4000 Knitrhts have visited the city iu the past three days. A party of Sir Knights and ladies had the Raymond drag out this morning and took in the town iu stjie. One of the visiting Knights, A.Molls, yes-terday stepped out of a street car on the footboard in order to give his seat.to a lady. His head came in contact with one of the poles along the track, and he was knocked senseless. He is all right again today. WHY THE KNIGHTS CAME. W. C. B. Allen, one of the hustlers who represented Sait Lake at Denver during the conclave, has returned home, tired but en-thusiastic. He says that the committee visited all of the commanderies and hotels, and distributed over 40,000 pieces of Utah literature where they would do the most good, i iiey worked hard irom the time oi ilieir arrival last Monday until Thursday niht, and the result of their labors is already seen in the great number of Knights who have already come on to Salt Lake, and many more will follow. Mr. Allen says he found the Knights quite familiar with Salt Lake, a great many of them havintr been here before. There was a good deal of talk about the natural gas discoveries, and the universal opinion was that the ga3 would work wonders for the town as soon as it could be brought in. Those most interested in this were from Findlay, O., and the gas fields in Pennsyl-vania, many of whom came to Salt Lake for the sole purpose of examining our gas fields. If a low railway rate to Salt Lake had been made, Mr. Allen thinks that thousands would have come on. Crowds at Garfield. Many were the bathers who enjoyed a plunge in the salt waters of the great inland sea at Garfield on Sunday. Visitors from abroad, both ladies and gentlemen, were all delighted with the water, and were a unit in pronouncing it as far superior to any bath-ing they had ever before indulged in. It is no exaggeration to say that over 5000 people were in bathing, and the number of tickets sold will exceed those figures by a very re-spectable number. Cavalrymen Conttinfr. I Chicago, August 15. The preliminary I contests for the selection of cavalrymen to participate in the shooting contests to t;ikc place at Fort Sheridan, III., in September, are bcinir held today at Fort Keogh, Mont., Fort Wirgatc, N. Nl., Fort Leavenworth, Kan., and Fort Robinson, Neb. From one to three of the men averaging highest in each of the earbine contests held today will be selected to represent their respective de-partments in the final contests at Fort Sher-idan. Fifty-si- x medals have been prepared by the government for the winners in the department and final contests. Of these thirteen are gold, tweuty-iiv- e silver and eighteen bronze. Several of the badircs con-tain S100 worth of gold, the total cost of the emblems being something over 12Up. ;t Selectman Hardy Makes a Birr Sensa-- C tion in Political Circles. He .Reaves the liberals to Join the Republican Party Iu an Inter-..vie- w He Says I'tah Would Ite ' Bankrupted by Free TrarteO. W. .Powers Also Kesijns a Liberal Chairmanship. --What He Saj-s- . vt Th6 resignation of Selectman Harvey Hartty is the sensation of the day in politi-- cal circles. It is felt to have a deep significance as the act of one of the most prominent members of ttiu Liberal party at a time when great chafes are going on in territorial politics. The Republican leaders are jubilant and asser that Mr. Hardy's resignation means thatyhis active support will be given here after to the party of protection, and that hundreds of voters will quickly follow him out ft the Liberal ranks. T!ti board refused to accept the reslgna-tior- i Bartch and Butters voting "no" and Cahon "yes." Mf. Hardy submitted to an interview che'fully and gives the following reasons for lis action: 'My reason, first, for resigning is that at the lime I was nominated I was doing a good business in real estate, brokerage, etc. I was making several thousand dollars a year. When I took the office it became necessary for me to sacrifice my private interests for the "good of the county. This meant twelve ta .fourteen hours out of every twenty-fou- r to be devoted to public work. Not only during business hours, but at home during the evening, and even late at night, I have bet;n called upon in connection with the woik of my office. As a result I have lost nearly all my private business and seen it go to other places. I therefore felt that per-sonal and family interests demanded that 1 should resign and attend to my private affairs." "What political significance has your resignation, Mr. Hardy ?" the reporter asked. 'I Was born a Kentucky Democrat. I was a Democrat until I came to Utah, twenty. sevSa years"ago..- - When I came here I found that the great majority of the Mormon peo-ple were Democrats and in active sympathy with the Southern side of the rebellion. That was exactly what changed my politics. I was a union man, and as the Republican party stood for the union, and so stood I. As for the Liberal party, I was one of its earliest members. It had from me all that I had to give for what I considered to be a cause dear to Americans. I have fought for it faithfully in the past and have nothing unpleasant to say about it now. My life in Salt Lake City for the past twenty-seve- n years has been an open book. Everybody knows where I have stood. In tendering my resignation to the court today I re-marked that when I affiliated with any other 'party it would be with the Republicans." "Why should Utah be Republican?', "My personal reason would be this, I am largely interested in mining. Without pro-tection to the lead and silver interests the interests of Utah w ould greatly suffer. The two greatest industries of this intermoun-tai- n country are wool and lead. Admit Mex-ican silver and lead ores free of duty, and foreign wool free of duty, and you bankrupt this whole intermouutain country. Free trade means carrying us back twenty-seve- n years ago when all we had to trade in was mules, horses aud carrots. And the only market for that kind of merchandise was what the gold aud silver miners of Nevada made for us. I don't want to see this condi- - tton return." STAJt AM CHESCEXT IIE1GX. Sons of the Desert Take Possession of Omaha. Omaha, Neb., Aug. 15. The star and crescent reign supreme in Omaha today ia compliment to the gathering of the members of the AnciCut Arabic Order of Nobles of the Mystic Shrine. It is the third, the last 'and most important of the national gatherings that have assembled here during the sum-mer. The Nobles of the Mystic Shrine represent the wealth and intellect of the land. They are the create tie la creme of the Masonic fra-ternity, none but Knights Templar or thirty-secon- d degree Masons being initiated into the mysterious rites of the order. It was only eleven years ago that the late William J. Florence, the famous comedian, brought the degrees of the order to this country, having himself received them at Alexandria and Cairo. Yet so rapidly has been its growth that, notwithstanding the restric-tions upon its membership, special trains have been arriving since Saturday night from every part of the country. Thousands of the Knights who were at the Denver conclave last week are members of the order, and these, and thousands who are not members are stopping over on their way home to participate in the festivities of the Mystic Shriners. The formal business of the gathering will be conducted by the members of the Im-perial council, who will be presided over in their deliberations b' Illustrious Noble Sam Briggs of Cleveland. There are sixty tem- - entitled to representation, and the mperial council will number from 175 to 200 delegates, hailing from every part of the world. The parade to be given this evening will be one of the most unique spectacles ever witnessed by' the peopie of Omaha. The uniform of the order consists of a scarlet fez and full dress suit. The procession will be. headed by a band of Arabs in native cos-tume. Following the street pageant there will be receptions by Governor Boyd and Mayor Bemis at the Paxton. TALK ABOUT MEXICO. George XV. Brown Gives Some Interesting Information on Mexico. Provo, Aug. 12. Special George W. Br.nvu, an old-tim- e citizen of Provo, and well known through the territory, is visiting friends here for a few days. He is now lo-cated at Diaz, Mexico, where many people from Utah have settled. Thinking their friends would be pleased to learn of their situation. The Times representative inter-viewed Mr. Brown. "It is reported that you have a severe drouht down in Mexico and that there is great suffering among the people," said the reporter. "The rainy season that usually begins early in July," repiled Mr. Brown , "did not come on last year only to a very limited extent, hence the corn and bean crops are considerably injured and were much less in quantity than usual, causing great suff-ering among the poor class of the native population, who rely mainly on these two crops for their food supply. The govern-raen- t, however, made au order admitting those products free of duty until September next, which greatly aided the sufferers." "How about the Mormon popu'ation?" "There has been some suffering among them, but not so much as amon;r the na-tives, owing principally to their having more means at their command with which to purchase breadstuffs and the principal part of the wheat crop, in that vicinity, was bought up by them quite early iu the seaon." "What about the prospects for the present season?" "The wheat crop is good and about of the usual quantity: the corn crop good in quality, but less in quantity; beans and po tatoes are likely to do well as the rainy sea; son commenced about the middle of July, and should it continue as it usually" does, it will cause all business interests toTook up-- " "What progress is John W. Young's rail-road making?" "None at all. Last summer he got nearly all the laboring portion of the Mermon peo-ple to work on the grade and failed to pay them, which has been the greatest source of suffering and trouble that they have had to meet. Of course the work stopped and there does not appear to be any nrospect of it starting again. The whole affair up to date is a flat and irtter failure, involving many good men to a ruinous extent. As it was given out by Mr. Young's agents that it was a Mormon affair, it has done irreparable in-jury to the Mormon cause in that country and on the Un ted States border." "Are there any mines ia the vicinity of the Mormon settlements?" "Yes, several good ones are running and turning out plenty of ore. There are many prospects that look and assay well, but they I are uot being worked at present." Mr. Brown will remain in Utah for some time visiting friends and relatives, but will return to Mexico where he has large finan-cial interests. REPUBLICANS ON CUARD. Enthoslastic Gathering at l'nivo Indorse Protection Issues. Provo, Aug. 15. Special. There was a large and enthusiastic gathering of Repub-licans on the courthouse square Saturday evening, on the occasion of the presentation of a band wagon to the Republican drum corps. Judge J. D. Jones, chairman of the. city central committee, presided. John A. Col-tri- n, who made the presentation speech, was largely instrumental in having the wagon built. E. J. Ward accepted the gift on behalf of the drum corps. The wagon will seat fifty people and is decorated with portraits of Vashingtou and Lincoln arrd pictures of national aud historic interest. The Provo Woolen mills and the Lehi Sugar works are also pictured. Reed Muoot made an address on the tariff. He demonstrated the fallacy of the Demo-cratic claim that the protective tariff fosters trusts by calling attention to trusts for un-protected articles in this country, and the numerous trusts existing in free trade England. Colonel Nim. G. Ferguson of Salt Lake City was introduced by Judge Jones as au anomaly, viz: a Missouri Republican. The colonel corrected the statement by stating that he was a Utah Republican. He made an eloquent and lengthy speech, comparing the different principles of the Republican and Democratic parties and pointing to the progress of the country under Republican rule. Coionel Fergusou spoke encourag-ingly of the condition of the party in Utah, and expressed pleasure at the changed con-ditions and the bright future for Utah. DESPICABLE WORK. Strikers Destroy Railroad Property at Buffalo. Li'ffalo, Aug. 15. The police commis-sioners today are busy swearing in special policemen on account of the railroad strike. The sheriff is also swearing in deputies out-side of the city limits and at the yards. The sheriff will call on the military only as a last resort. In the ruins of one of the cars burned last night the police have found the remains of an empty kerosene can, showing the man-ner in which the tire was started by the in-cendiary. The car department claims that it is the work of the men. The freight car department was much impeded by the cut-ting of hose by unknown parties. Twelve lengths of hose were cut and rendered use-less during the night. It estimated that from 100 to 200 cars were destroyed by the iucend ery lire. Every-thing is quiet in the yfirds up to noon. It is reported that the strike will Ke likely to spread to the Erie yards at nornellsville. Grand Master Sweeney emphatically con-demns the acts of lawlessness and states that it was the work of irresponsible individuals who could not be controlled, and uot of the strikers. MAKING ITSELF FELT. New York, Aug. 15. The strike of the switchmen at Buffa'o is beginning to make itself felt at this end, the railroads in Jcrscv City from the West beinir partially sus-pended. Many of the trains are stalled at Buffalo, and many will remain there several days. NOTES OF THE STHIKE. Buffalo, Aug. 15. It was reported that during the morning gangs of men pulled pins from the Erie trains near Wiliiam street crossing and extra police were called to the scene. Two striking switchmen. John Gibson and John Schafer, were in the police court this morning, charged with assaulting Charles Hershej-- . Frank Bruii'lage of the Lehigh Valley road and E. C. Sprague of the Erie road appeared to prosecute. The case was put over till Thursday. The rumor prevailed at noon, today that Freight Conductor Martin Nevils of Erie, had died this morning from the result of his injuries. Nevils w:is hit on the head, it was supposed, with a slung shot, lie was dazed for a short time but at noon today he was on the steeet. Reliable repor'.s received from East ' Buffalo and Chccktowaga show-- that the L higli Valley road had lo-- t s venty-two freight cars by the fire a:;d the Erie fourteen. Railroad men profess to be utterly unable at present to tlx the estimate i of the los. They are acting very cautiously on this point, for reason that a claim will be made agaiu.-- t the city and county for damages and the amount of losses has not yet been fig-ured up. It is known, however, that many ot the cars were destroyed. TOLD IN BRIEF. Xews ot the Morning; Boiled Down for Evening: Headers. Charles Kupler, an actor of Louisville, Ky.. has entered a Dominican convent. Three thousand persons die of cholera every twenty-fou- r hours ia Tabriz, India. Cheap sparklers are being sold by the ; quart to guileless Chicagoans by diamond sharps. Traffic men are said to be weary and un. willing to support the trans-continent- al asso-ciation. . Red Mountain, a Colorado village, was destroved by lire Sunday morning. Loss, 250,000. The Arab rising in Congo 6tate is ascribed to the proclamation of "the "Holy War" from Mecca. Samuel Rogers, a drunken Homestead striker, was bayoneted in the leg by aseutr' Sunday night. Telephone communication between New-Yor-k and Paris is promised by M. Oillot, a French electrician. The building of the Brooklyn Cooperaga company, valued at $350,000, at New Or-leans, was burned yesterday. Senator Colquitt of Georgia is not dying, ps has beeu reported, but ou the contrary is on the high road to recovery. Chile has been invited to participate in the naval review in Hampton roads and New York harbor next April. Cars of freight were burned and passen-ger cars ditched yesterday by striking Erie and Lehigh sw itchm.-n-. Afghan news, combined with the silver depression, has caused a steady decline iu government securities in India. A plot to kidnap the ruler of Montenegro has been discovered, the object being to place his son upon the throne. David Murray, wife and daughter and a child named Forbes were all drowned ia Palmer's river, near Providence, R. I., Sui: day. At 7:40 o'clock Sunday evening the first regular through train of the Great Northern left St. Paul, Minn., for Spokane, Washing-ton. The backbone of the Honduras rebellion is broken. Amnesty has been offered the rank and iiie, but the leaders, if captured, will be shot. John G. Warwick, representative in con-gress from the Sixteenth district of Ohjo, died in Washington Sunday evening. Hj was McKinley's successor. The Bolivian congress has approved the selection of Baptista for president and Severo Alon.o for t, instead of Suazo, who died recently. The shortening of the trans-atlanti- c pas-sage is the inducement now held out to the Canadian government by the promoters of the new Labitidor rail way scheme. A brash factory at the Huntington, Pent)., reformatory, containing 4"0 inmates, was at the men v of tierce flames for a time Sr.nday uight. Incendiarism is ascribed as the cause. John and iliiam Graves, brothers, fought a duel at Woodstown, N. J.. Suuday, over a voun" woman with whom both are in love. "PiBtofs were used aud both are said to have been w ounded. Prohibitionists from all over the western states will hold a cold water meeting at Topeka, Kcs., this evening. St. John, prohibition candidate for president in 1SS4, will be the speaker of the oceasioa. LATE CITY NEWS. Silver today :s quoted at S3. Lead $4. J. M. Russel of Denver is at the Walker. Wm. Gaddis and wife of Helena are in town. George Harvey of Frisco is at the Walker house. Thomas Orchard came down from Ogden today. The telephone Hue to Provo was out of order today. Mr. and Mrs. Campbell of Lehi are stop-ping at the Cuilen. D. II. Spencer, Jr., came down from Co rinne this morning. Today's clearings were .?3.9,4MS, compared with ?'i.s2.ats for the same day last year. I. N. Kupell of Murray, Ida., and James Wetherell of Hope, Ida., is at the Culien. A. T. Lawrence, of the postoiiiee depart" merit, arrived here from Denver this morn- - ing. The board of health report there was not a single case of contagious disease in the city last week. Stationary temperature for the ensuing twenty-fou- r hours is predicted by the weather pilot for Utah. Patrick Finnan and Snnford Jenson. rf company A, S.xtecnth Infantry, and David Barry of company D, have deserted from Fort Douglas. The temperature for Utah as recorded at S a. in. today is as follows: S.iit Lake, (57c ; Brigham, 7d ; Ogden, 70 ; Lo.-an- , 72 ; Park City, 02-- ; Stockton, 00 ; Alta, 04 . ' A complaint was entered with the sanitary inspector chargiug Judge Bartch with main-taining a nuisance at his res donee, and his honor was notified to remove the same. The Seventh Day Adventls's church creed was mentioned by one of the pastors of the orthodox church in his sermon yesterday iu a manner w hich the former society docs not approve. As a result Rev. Mr. Lamb will rep y to the alleged disparaging remarks in thu tent north of the KnuUford hotel this evening. Land Otlice. The case of the additional townsite entry of Coalville came up iu the land office to-day. The status of the case is as follows: On Apil 8, 1S85, the mayor of Coalville made application for an additional townsite entry to the town and embracing the west half of the southwest quarter of section 10, town-ship 2, north of range 5 east. He gave notice, November 20, lJjsts, of intention to make proof thereon on January 17, 1SS7. On that day proof was made, accepted and a linal certificate issued. The commissioner of the general laud office held that the additional was illegal and on June 0, lS'.tO, can-celed it. The entryman appealed from this decision. By decision of May 23, 18'J2, the secretary of the interior set aside the decis-ion of the commissioner and directed that a hearing be ordered to determine the status of the land applied for The case is still on. m UTAH PARAGRAPHS. Emery county will probably have a fair this fall. Logan's new hotel, the Palace, is reported to be doing a good business already. On Saturday the Provo people presented Dr. Parker and his wife with a copy of Lam-burne'- .s "Views of Utah." Lieutenant Henry D. Styer has accepted the position of teacher ot military science at the Agricultural college. lsg.m Xation. The stranded members of the Eckert Opera company are organizing a concert company at Ogden, and will soon take the road. The organization will be known as the Eckert-Troubador- s. Georgia Cayvan.the charming actress, who has a host of admirers in this city, passed through Ogden on Saturday ou her way to New York. Miss Cayvan has been iu Japan for some time in the iuterest of the World's fair. George E. Gordon of Park City, 11 years old. was run over last week by a heavi.y-loade- d victorine. The hind wheel passed within about six inches of his head. One toe was badly lacerated and an arm and hand badly bruised. No Loues were broken, but it was a narrow escape. The county court of Cache has decided to build a new road into the Bear Luke country. The road will cost about $1500, and will necessitate the construction of seven bridges. It will bring Logan within twenty seven miles of a fine timber country, aud is a very desirable move. Coalville is going to have a bank. The movement lias been made very quietly, but in a way that means business. The busi-ness men of the city have decided that a bank will pay. Some Ogden capitalists have made a proposal to the local business men, and W. W. Cluif is now circulating a paper for stock subscriptions. The territorial law requires $25,000 as a capital stock; of this amount ?10,000 is already subscribed and outside parties stand ready to make up the deffeit ns soon as local people have done all they can. Ogtlen, Tout. UXIi ESlllAliEE IVMIGltAXTS. Ifecruits fur the Mormon Church Classi-fied as Such. New York, Aug. 14. A circular letter which reached this city to-da- y from Europe has caused much interest in shipping circles. It was addressed recently by the Hamburg-America- n Packet company to the proprie-tors of various immigrant lodgiughouses in Hamburg, and its object is to prevent any undesirable persons from coming as immi-grants to this country. A large number of such immigrants have come from Hamburg, aud the expense of returning them to Europe is more than the packet company cares to bear. In the future the packet company points out that undesirable immi-grants may be classified as follows: First Those persons who for some leason or other are liable to become a public charge, and especially those who are unable to support themselves. Second Those who are afflicted with con-tagious or other obnoxious diseases. Third Those who have been engaged by contractors to do work in America. Fourth --Those who are weak-minde- d, lu-natics, blind, deaf and dumb or crippled. Fifth Those who practice polygamy, as for example, Mormons. Sixth Those who have been adjudged guilty of crime. Seventh Unmarried women who arc about to become mothers. .4 .V AXX I O US A XA li Cll 1ST. A Pittsburg Disciple of t lie Red Flag; Gives Hi - Views. Pittsburg, Aug. 15. Anarchist Knold, who was released ou bail Saturday night does uot feel sanguine as to the outcome of the case against him. He said: "I am al-most positive I will be convicted ; not be-cause I am in any way guilty of planning the assassination of Frick, or because I was in any way implicated in the attempted assassination, but merely because I admit that I am an anarchist and say I am proud of it. Anarchists do not believe in the mur-der of capitalists. What possible good would it be to me if my employers were to he blown to atoms by the explosion of a bomb? That would not better my situation one bit ; neither would it help the cause of anarchism. It would do far more harm than good to our cause." Another Show for His Elfe. Sax Francisco. Cal.. Aug. 15. Sidney Bell's second trial for the murder of young Jacobson, whom he killed on February 10, 1800, in an attempt to rob him on the street, opens to-da- The new trial was grauted on the strength of the statements of Charles Schmidt, who subsequently committed sui-cide in prison. Srhmidt claimed that ti:e evidence of Campbell, one of the leading witnesses for the prosecution. was false, and that Schmidt himself had committed perjury in the case at the suggestion of the San Francisco police. THURSDAY AT THE BEACH. Real Indians Are to Do the Sun, Spirit and Ghost Dances. Arrangements were perfected this morn-ing by th? sachems and sagamores of the Tuscaroras for securing fifteen real Indians who will execute their ghost, sun and spirit dances at Garfield Beach on Thursday for the festival of Mondamin, The ghost dance will be the same as that danced by the hos-tile Sioux ia the Bad Lands of Dakota last fall. . m New York Stocks and Bonds, New York, Aug. 15. The following quota, tion s were bulletined at noon: Fours coupon 154 Oregon Nav 78 1'acitic 's 7 ;Oregon short Line. 23 Atchison S8i Pacific Mail itfi Central Pacific S Rock island 8 H Burlington liH. Paul Jfc Omaha. 53 Denver & RioGra'd 48 Texas Pacific Northern Pacific... anujiFnion Pacific US1! N. P. preferred 55':Fargo Express 'i Northwestern Union.... WX 1 K. Y. Central IS j Will Kis Ills sovereign's Hand. Londox, Aug. 15. Gladstone, accom-panied by Sir Algernon Edward West, left this morning for the Isle of Wight to lay before Her Majesty the names of those who comprise the new cabinet, and to carry out the old custom, of kissing the hand of the sovereign. Gladstone was loudly cheered on Lis de-parture. Mr. Masterson Sella Hia Saloon. Sanford Masterson has disposed of his sa-loon at No. 35 S. West Temple street, and wishes to close np all outstanding accounts at once. Persons baring bills against Mr. Masterson should present them "at the sa-loon, and all persons knowing themselves to be indebted to him are requested to call and settle at once, Scandinavians. The Scandinavian-America- n Political club will meet at 40 East Second South, third floor, Thursday, August IStb, at 8 p. m. All Scandinavians invited. Johx L. Lawsox, President. W. H. Petebsox, Secy. I Try Hygeia Wild Cherry Phosphate. |