The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1889-04-21

euucaued were things or the past. Or
course there were members Of the army
and navy in both countries who depre-
Gated the new state of things. But there
were also men still living who deprecated
the abolition of the old wooden seventy
four gun ship.
| A British artillery officer, conversing
with member of the American syndi-
cate at London club, said to him:
''Do you know that you made great
mistake in the beginning Of your opera
tons with the motor guns? If you had
contrived an attachment to the motor
which should have made an internal
thunderclap and storm of smoke at the
moment OF discharge, it would have
saved you lot of money and time and
! trouble. The work of the motor on the
Canadian coast was terrible enough, but
| people could see no connection between
that and the guns on your vessel. If you
could have sooner shown that connection
you might have saved yourselves the
trouble of crossing the Atlantic. And,
to prove this, ono Of the most satisfac
| tory points connected with your work
on the Welsh coast was the jet of smoke
which came from the repeller every time
! she discharged motor. If it had not
been for those jets 1 believe there would
be people now in the opposition who
would swear that Caerdaff had been
mined, and that the ministry were a
party to it."
"Your point is well TAKEN" said the
American, land should it ever be neces-
sary to discharge any more bombs
which l hope it may not be-we shall
take care to show visible and audible
connection between cause and effect"
''The devil take it, sirp' cried an old
captain Of an English ship of the line,
who was sitting near by. ''What you
are talking about is not war! We might
as well send out Goldfish trust to settle
national disputes. In the next sea fight
we'll save ourselves the trouble of gnaw-
ing and crunching at the sterns of the
enemy. Well simply send q note aboard
requesting the foreigner to be so good as
to send US his rudder by bearer, which,
if properly marked and numbered, will
be returned to him on the conclusion Of
peace. This would do just as well as
twisting it off, and save expense. No,
sir, viii net join you in a julep. I
have made Iso alliance over new tangled
Inventions! Waiter, fetch me some rum
and hot water"
In the midst Of the profound satisfac-
ton with which the members of the
American wa- syndicate regarded the
success Of their labors- labors alike
profitable to themselves and to the re-
Gently cOntending nations-and in the
gratified pride with which they received
the popular and official congratulations
which were showered upon them, there
was but one little cloud, one regret.
In the course Of the great syndicate
war a lie had been lost. Thomas
Hutchins, while assisting in the loading
of coal on one of the repellers, was acct
dentally Killed by the falling of a derrick.
The syndicate gave a generous sum to
! the family of the unfortunate man, and,
throughout the United States the occur
renee occasioned a deep feeling of SYM
pathetic regret. A popular subscription
was started 10 build monument to the
memory Of Hutchins, and contributions
came uot only from all parts Of the
United States but from many persons il
Great Britain, who wished to assist IN
the erection OF this tribute to the man
who had fallen in the contest which had
been of as much benefit to their country
as to his own
Some weeks after the conclusion OF the
treaty 2 public question was raised,
which at first threatened to annoy the
American government, but it proved to
be of little moment. An anti-adrlinis-
tration paper IN Peakr;Ile, Ark, cssartcd
that in tie whole CT tic published treaty
there was rot one wC-d in regard to the
fisheries question. the complications aris-
ing from which had been the cause Of the
war. Other papers took up the matter,
and the government then discovered that
in drawing Up the treaty the fisheries
business had been entirely overlooked.
There was good deal Of surprise in
official circles when this discovery was
announced; but as it was considered that
the fisheries question was one which
would take care Of itself, or be readily
disposed of in connection with number
of other minor points which remained to
be settled between the two countries, it
was decided to take no notice Of the i'm
piled charge of neglect, and to let the
matter drop. And as the opposition party
took no real interest in the question but
little more was said about it.