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OFFICIAL REPORT ON SlLCoTT.
His Bond May Be NORTHEASTERN
mimic Thibault's Record.

mimic Record.
WASHINGTON. Dec. 1.-THE Special Com
mittee appointed 70 examine into the detail
cation of Cashier Silcott, of the Sergeant-at-
Arms' Office. will report to tho House to-
morrow. The report will only be in the
nature of n statement Of facts for the infor-
nation OF the House, and will not touch on
any question of law. TIL Committee iinds
that Paying Teller Bnllentyne and Book
keeper Seller have done their whole
duty in their respective places. Speak
ing to the correspondent Of The World
tonight, Mr.. Adams, Of Illinois. Chair
man of the Committee, said: Nv
have gone aE far in our investigation
and report as the authority conferred by the
House warranted. We shall report the
assets and the liabilities of the Office and
leave it for the House then to say what its
further pleasure IL. "
Will, additional instructions be re-
quested by the Committee ~
No, hut my information il that a %resolu:
ton will be offered. extending the scope of
the Committees inquiry and ask ug that
the question as to whether or rot the Ser
geant-at-Arms is a divbnrsing officer of the
Government be decided by the Com
mittee."
o@C!ScITNAJI: Dec; l1.;nDepnty United
SS erHesnt eSsRiyi 'f fee ldH5mer and mpm def al n ter
silcott. There is one piece Of news / have
AZ yet not seen mentioned in the newsps-
perR, " remarked Mr.. Hook, and that is
regarding the bond OF l.. A. Silcott. | do
not think the Government can collect one
dollar from HIS bondsmen. Not that they
are not wealthy men, but because they each
claim that they are not liable. The fact il
that his bond, which IL in the amount OF
$50, 600. WAS made ont six years ago, when
he was appointed rs cashier and third AZ
%Blstant. SerEeant-at-ArmF. The gureties
Claim that they are not liable because the
bond expired in two years"
MIR. Hook also rays that he saw Silcott
here early in November i'll company with q
woman who. he in satisfied, was Herminie
Thibault.
QUEBEC, Dec. IA sharp lookout has
been kept here for Silcott md Herminle
Thibault, but neither has yet arrived.
Herminie Ia believed to have q mother in
Montreal, and it is said that she has q
father here, but il 70 lie passes under an
other name. For two Summers past Miss
Thibault has boarded with an English am
lily on st. Eustnche street, near Artillery.
While here she INDUCED In very expensive
tastes, such as driving. using good wine
aud dressing handsomely. The son of q
John street iron merchant formed her nc
guaintance and spent 30 much money on
her that he was for a time driven from his
fathers house. Otherwise her conduct here
has been irreproachable.
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htigm 1t was the asthma, and u not the
Withal, they were cheerful.
The appearance OF tho reporter among
them Bilenced their chatter for several sec
onds. and they starcd i'll stolid solomnity
as the reporter paused and returned their
inguiring gaze.
made bold ut last to ask for, a "bit o.
denied, she suggested, with a knowing
laugh, that money would do just as well,
and when this was given her she Rlonted
over the dime in silent admiration, and her
companions glared at her enviously.
Suddenly there was a movement. among
the old women and two or three OF the moro
vigorous sprang up with unusual agility and
where a young woman with Madonnn-liko
features came slowly along, feeling her way
by the side of the building as she walked.
She held her head high in the air, and IL
needed but n glance to see that she was
totally blind.
The three old women surrounded her, and
with many manifestations OF affection
part OF tho uncomfortable seat and let her
sit down there to enjoy her s~ur-bath.,
WHO Is she ~ the reporter asked one OF
That's Blind Mary. sir. She was n lady
once, God bless her, and her gentle ways
have won us all to love her.
How she ever came to this place non on
us knows, cause she never will talk about her.
self; but my! she's jest the kindeSt, sweetest
one there IL in the almshouse,'
Blind Mary wonld not talk nbout herself,
so the young. mon from. The. ExENINa
WORLD wendell their way along to Warden
McNamara's office.
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Awards Against the a."

The"L" road lece ,vo n severe slap yester-
day when awards against them were rendered
in the Superior and Common Pleas courts for
damages to property on these lines to the
amount Of sol. o Judge Trunx handed
can Bank Note Company for SO, 900
damage to its pro Jerty at Nos. l15 to ln3
Greenwich street. Louis Kuh obtained two
damage awards, amounting to about So, 900.
sixth avenue and the corner OF One Hun
dred and Twenty: NTH street md Eighth
avenue. Judge DAILY. in Common Pleas,
70" damages to three houses on East Twenty
third street. between First anil Second
avenues.
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HH"VNNHI HAITN'
a baby, but he has grown in bed until no
now - OF mans size and sports a full red
beard.
He IL an imbecile, but harmless. and the
essence of good nature.
Another man III the incurable ward il old
fiou AllSpnke, once the cnVied foreman of
Black Jake Engine Company, No. 80, OF tho
OIL, Volunteer lire Department.
lie commanded her in IL, ind was then
ono OF tiig most popular men in town.
To-day he Is wearing the cheap garments
OF, charity, forgotten apparently by all those
VINO oncc courtcd his rociety.
Ne l. S,Nty-cight years old and has been in
me Aim house eighteen years. PARALYSIS il
ms uillction and he will never recover.
lie IL cheerful and conteuted, and in an
hWer To the reporters question he said: "Oi
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distance of $50 feet from each other.
They are precisely alike in form and di-
mansions, each edifice consisting OF o CEN
tire building with two wings, the centre
building being so feet square and 81 feet
high. The wings are 60 by % feet and rise
40 feet to the roof cornlce.
There are four staircase towers in front
and two in the rear, each IL feet square and
30 feet high.
The basement floor in each building il one
stem above the ground. and there are three
stories above the basement in the wings.
These buildings are all constructed Of
blue-stone;rubble masonry. the material be-
ing obtained from the rock on the island.
The almshouse proper is Nbont fifty years
old, but besides the main building it has
been found necessary to erect two new adj
ditional pavilions to accommodate the over
flow of paupers, and there in now in course
of completion n new two-story brick build
ing which will accommodate 126 females.
The %convicts on the Island are also exc
cavating The foundation for n similar build
ing to accommodate as many more male
paupers.
In addition to the buildings used for hous-
ing the city's poor there arc four hospitals,
two each for males and females.
Two OF these arc for the incurables of both
ecker, and the other two for the use Of those
only temporarily afflicted.
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PILLS, prepared only by Fleming Bros. Pittsburg,
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upon hnyinS tho genuine On. q. MCLASE'B LIvER
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Pa, the market being lull OF limitations OF thn
nRino hCLASE, spelled differently. nut OF the same
pronunciation. Always make sure OF the words
Fleming Bros, Ptttsburg. -. " on tho Wrapper,
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course, / would like to end my days amidst
pleaRanter surroundings than these, but. l
never was one to CTonk, and II have TO die
here / will never whine" Back OF the rude
Six"
In the female incurable h ospitAl the War
den introduced the rCpor ter TO Margaret
smitli, aged eighty-fiyo yea ~.
slightly dementcd. Her. face II shrivelled
and wrinkled. She has lost all her, teeth,
and her sd sfin and dh notG peH TE, meet put bs she
long. The old lady Il still vain Of it, and
spends much Of her time in smoothing and
How do you feel to-day" the Warden
ntkcd her.
pitched " 6 yoi sir' f!1fi am "e eis6 ySiif1 IN Re a rssi ai9
and 1 can wash my own handkerchiefs and
socks yet, Born in Cherry t~trect-burled
three h~uEbands-die in the poorhouse-Rrent
lifetime time-oh, | am tne, sir, 'tine!,anl
the old woman'S voice died away i'll faint
tome, half rob, half moan.
asylum before she came here, said the 70.
male nurse, but rerhaps the, old woman is
not nearly so crazy az she looks.
Another repulsive sight here was n woman
with the body OF a girl and the head OF q
.EShe is aN,icted with hydrocephalus,"
Passing ont Of these gruesome surround
ings. the Warden led his companion into
the lOunging-fOom for males.
Here were gathered the old-timers. Nearly
all wore spcctacics and were reading scraps
of newspapers, while they sucked black old
pipes or chewed fihe-cut with n great smack
ing Of the lips.
"Thcsc old fellows spend nearly all their
time here swapping stories OF their youthful
DAYS" the Warden said.
what do they do for amusement 2"
asked the reporter.
They have none. or at least none that tho
are Catholics, George Bliss, in 1898, built
II chapel here called the Church of the Good
Shepherd, and in the basement he put a good
quantity of reading material, checkers and
boards.
But some of the men won't 20 there, and
they suffer for amusement. Any one cliari-
tably inclined could perform 10 better action
than erecting n library and amusement hall
here for the benefit of these unfortunate
wrecks OF life. Ii would be a boon beyond
price. " lie concluded.
In the male half of the almshouse. the
Warden entered. saying. II will show you
one OF our oldest boarders.
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FROM

|'TINN' NJ To- JaHs -U1 ISNY
FLEMING BROS.
GENTLENEN' I have taken a great many Of On.
q, hcLANE's C-ELEDRArED LIVER PILLS and and
them to he a wonderful pIll-hll that you claim for
them, Theysct like a charm IN case OF biliousness,
rick headache. dysentery, a.,
boA 9o+ GEs. HENRY wINKLEAAN.
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IN The CITY ALMSHOUSE.
Peculiar Characters Who Are Depend
entS on Government Charity.
An Evening World" Reporters
Visit to the Island Home.
How the Inmates Are Cared For and
How They Spend Their Time.

The City Almshouse buildings are situated
at about the centre Of Blackwell's Island,
opposite tho foot Of seveEtieth street.
There are two main buildings, one for
males, the other for females. located at .
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CRIME.

We viii all insist and stOutly maintain
that the world is growing better, and that
men and women are rot so bad as they
zsed to be, and yet here is one issue Qast
Saturdays of a western newspaper which
contains accounts of more crime than can
be found IN whole histories of ancient
times. On one page the news is given of a
successful diamond robbery in Kansas
City, of the doings of the Cronin
suspects, of the killing of an editor
by rival, of the sentence of
San Francisco thief and debaucher of
women, of the capture of a deserter,
of the exposure of San Francisco forger,
of the shooting of business man in Texas
by unknown parties, of a fightin Kentucky
over two-dollar heg, of the lyching of a
wife-beater by White Caps in Ohio, of a
suicide in Connecticut, of thirty five thous-
and dollar defalcation in West Virginia, of
the drowning of one boy by another in New
York, of the murder of a newborn babe
by the child's father and grandmother in
Indian territory, of fight with burglars
in Chicago, of an arrangement for embez-
Element in Texas, of a seduction and
murder in North Carolina, of the brutal
beating of his aged mother by young
Hoosier, of four prisoners escaping from
Jail in Kansas, of the arrest of counterfeit
ers in Ohio, Of a wife murder in North
Carolina, of the killing of acolored preacher
in Kentucky for seducing the slayer's sis
ter, of the killing of policeman by
tough in Mississippi, and of murder in
Arkansas. Other pages of the paper con-
tain accounts of various crimes gathered
by the correspondents the previous day.
There were burglaries, suicides, thefts,
besides the proceedings Of various courts,
in which criminals were being tried. The
issue Of the paper was in no sense extra
ordinary, the column after column of
criminal news being merely the ordinary
collections Of day.
But the world Is growing better, and men
and women in this age are superior to the
men and women of any other age. We
shall insist on this, and defy anybody to
prove to the contrary.
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NO MUSHROOM BOON.

One of the Peoples streamers carried on
Monday bore the legend: ''No Mushroom
Boom for U.s." Nothing more appropriate
could have been devised. 1t tersely told
the difference between the two parties as
at present managed and in their ambitions
and aims The People are in favor of
progress and development. They are de-
voted to brick and mortar, to manufactur-
ing and creative industries Anything
which has for its object the benefit
and improvement of Utah has their
moral and material support, even
though the enterprise does not give
promise of being Immediately remunerative
10 the investors. But they are not given
to mushromm booms. If they had not set
their faces firmly against booms, Salt Lake
would not now be the bright, busy and
prosperous city that it is. On more than
one occasion all the conditions have been
ripe for plunging off into boom. The
loosening of the grip of the people would
have set the wheels in motion, and there
would have occurred the reckless plunging
and scambling which have proven so disas-
trous to other towns where Judgment has
given way to the boom mania. The
People were firm in their conservatism,
and the consequence is that while
boom towns all over the west are
in dire distress Salt Lake is prosperous
and happy, moving steadily forward to
greatness, and leaving far in the rear those
fash cities which, in their temporary glory,
thought of Salt Lake only as a sleepy,
slow going village. Because we were OF
posed to mushroom booms, real estate in
this city is worth more to-day than ever
before A boom might have doubled the
selling price and made few suddenly rich;
but in a little while the collapse would
have come and the wrecks been many,
Just as we see them strewing the
way of all ''busted'' boom cities The
gradual appreciation in price marks
the actual increase in value, and
makes investments absolutely safe. The
man who bought real estate last year knew
shat his money would earn fair interest,
and the purchaser this year is confident
that in twelve months, his cash, with its
reasonable earnings, can be had.
The Peoples party will do well to stick
10 the motto Of 'No Mushroom BOOM
Standing faithfully by that will keep SAN
Lake in the path of steady, unvarying pros
perity, and avoid an experience which no
well-wisher of the community can desire
shall come upon this city.
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CONTINUE TO WORK.

AS remarked in Tuesdays issue of THE
HERALD, the People did noble work on
Monday If there were any recreants
hereabouts they were few in number.
Their loyalty was never better demon
strated, nor was deeper earnestness ever
shown by honest political partisans. A de-
feat with such true-blue companions,
would not be grievous to bear, for one
would know that the majority was against
him, his own party members being faithful
to their principles and pledges. The cam
paign was short, its activity being mat
ter of only a few days. Perhaps if work
in the field had begun earlier, more Peo-
pies votes would have been secured, and
the majority in this city would have been
on the side of that party.
This suggests the propriety of repeating
the statement made in these columns last
week, that Mondays election was only a
skirmish preliminary to the real battle
which is to occur next February. The
Liberals hoped to do precisely what they
have done-poll more votes in this city
than the People, and employ that fact as
moral stimulus to encourage them in the
struggle six months hence. 1t was piece
of clever political management on the part
of the Liberal leaders, and will be worked
for a good deal more than it is worth be-
tween now and the municipal election. The
influence of these thirty-nine votes ought
not to be difficult to be overcome, and it
will not be difficult to destroy it if the
People will maintain and keep alive the ex-
Gallant 11nnar IHrhinI thnNr
acted on Monday. There should be no
slackening of energy, no waiting until the
eve of the election to revive the interest
which made the recent fight so gallant.
Salt Lake is yet the Peoples city, and the
People will carry it next February if the
same kind of good work which has been
going on for the past two weeks shall be
continued through the coming six months
1t should not be necessary to
ask if the object is worth the
effort. The Liberal rule in Ogden
is forceful and convincing answer to the
question. Ogden's Liberal government has
signalized its installation by trebling the
taxes which were already so high that COM
plants were not infrequent. A similar act
of oppression would at once follow Liberal
control of this city, for public debt and ex-
travagance in the expenditure of money
are cardinal doctrines in the Liberal creed.
In those school districts where the Liberals
have the rule the protests of the property
owners against the oppressive taxation are
loud and earnest, the protests being soft
ened none by the fact that with rare excep-
tiOns the Liberal trustees who are levying
these high taxes are men of small means or
none at all. What Ogden is suffering Salt
Lake would suffer in higker degree. the
field to be worked being a larger and
richer one to plumber. Theprotection and
prosperity CT the community are assuredly
worth the effort which will be required by
the Peoples party to retain control of this
city.
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On the grounds Bishop F. w. Schoenfeld
made brief and appropriate speech. 1t
was, indeed, pleasure to him to recognize
among those present so many well-l1nown
faces, with which he had become familiar
while travelling in Europe. An excellent
programme, consisting of songs and recita-
tons was then gone through. The party
also betoo' ~ ems m -lsAs to dancing aud Other
amusenents until the arrival OF the train
to convey them home. On the whole every
one seemed highly satisfied with the days
outing. As it was impossible for all the
members of the committee to be present,
the days proceedings were carried out
under the supervision OF Messrs. John
Schiess and Arnold H. Schulthess.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1889-08-07

THE TOBACCO tax yields a revenue of
So, 100000 year. 1t is the tax which
bears lightest on the public, and its re-
moval would stimulate no industry, as no
more tobacco would be grown or used if the
revenue tax were taken of. The abolition
of the tax would simply Put that much
money into the pockets of the manufac-
turers of tobacco. The Republicans, how
ever, are eager to abolish this ncn-oppres
siVe tax, for no other purpose than to gam
the votes Of the tobacco growers and man
ufaefilrere
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1889-08-07

placed confidence in the Fidelity because
HARPER was pious man and gave freely to
the church. Mr.. HARRISON will be guilty
of grave abuse of power if he pardons the
fellow. 1t is seldom that the law gets hold
of such scoundrel as HARPER, and when
it does find one it should be left I'd squeeze
him as it deserves.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1889-08-07

TIE REPUBLICANS of Montana have about
abandoned hope of carrying the state at the
first election. Two Democratic Senators
from Montana will be pretty lonely, so far
as western associates are concerned, but
they will show that the far west is net
entirely owned by the party of trusts and
high taxes
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1889-08-07

THE PHILADELPHIA Record says: ITO
conspire to make salt dear is a crime. No
man would like to be found dead with e
salt trust certificate in his pocket" There
are not many men who would like to be
found dead without salt trust certificates in
their pockets
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1889-08-07

An EARNEST effort is being made to in
duce the President to pardon HARPER, the
man who wrecked the Fidelity National
bank of Cincinnati few years ago, plum
dering the rich and the poor. and bringing
distress to many widows and orphans who
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1889-08-07
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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1889-08-07

The bathing resort at Syracuse was the
scene of the German Folks annual excur-
sion yesterday The party numbered
about two hundred. Soon after their ar.
rival bathing and sailing were INDUCED in
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1889-08-07
A BARGAIN.

To be disposed of at sacrifice, the
Dairy Lunch and Confectionery business,
i'll health cause of disposal. Location
central. A fortune to small capitalist.
Terms easy. For particulars apply to
Mr.. /. Phillips, Valley house office.
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Rich and Poor,

Prince and Peasant, the Millionaire and
Day Laborer, by their common use Of
this remedy, attest the worldwide rep
utation of Ayers Pills. Leading ply
sicians recommend these pills for
Stomach and Liver Troubles, Costive-
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also, for rheumatism, Jaundice, and
Neuralgia. They are sugar-coated con-
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in operation and, therefore, the very
best medicine for Family Use, as well as
for Travellers and Tourists.
81 have derived great relief from
Ayers Pills. Five years ago was
taken so i'll with
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1889-08-07

EIGHT LIBERALS, and they by no means
the worst members of the party, cannot
work much mischief in legislative as
sembly comprising twenty eight solid, con
servative Peoples party men.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1889-08-07

CONE TO think the matter over is the
Liberal gain worth what it cost in big
American dollars! In other words, has
there been value received for the money
invested?
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INTERNATIONAL PANORAMA

Next door west of HERALD building, open
from am. TO 9 pm. This week
A tour or the Rhine. Change
of panorama weekly. Admission 25c. six
tickets for 81
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1889-08-07

CONGRESSMAN P. A. COLLINS, of Boston,
says the Democrats will elect the governor
of Massachusetts this fall. We hope that
COLLINS is not political WIGGINs. /
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1889-08-07

GREAT REDUCTION IN BOYS CLOTHING
Remember that our boys clothing sale
commences on the lst of August and con-
tinues till September 1st. All suits will
be reduced 20 per cent, and the purchaser
of a suit will receive fine pocket knife.
THE WALKER Bros Co.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1889-08-07

BoULANGBR TALKS Of coming TO this
country. That's right. All the cheap
frauds and humbugs of the old world find
protection and good many find prosperity
IN America.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1889-08-07

Gray hair is made to resume its youthful
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