The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1892-03-27

these people be expected tn refrain from
oarparic force when they see that lawless
lorce is constantly used against theman
ME montgomery tells me that there is
very strong sentiment of disapprobation
growing up among the white people of the
eou.n loucnlng this ruffianism. AS yetitis
not strong enough to assert itself hut the
time is not far distant when intellipent
wnlte men Will take control To-day. 'he
says, many men who bitterly disapprove
OF this lawlessness' on the part of the whites
are compelled to keep quiet lest they invite
nosIiiity ana social and commercial ostra-
Slsui NIT montgomery is exceedingly
nopeIul, and is confident that his race will
eventually secure its fair representation
ana It's share of intelligence and respectful
consideration. He is doing everything in
his power to induce people of his race to
become small land owners. He saws that
as soon as negro acquires piece of prop
cry ne becomes interested at once in good
government, and is willing TO cooperate
with those who have equally vital interests
IN securing that great desideratum-peace
ana prosperity. If negro of Mr. Mont
gomery's character, intelligence. foresight
ana industry could be planted in every
country IN tue south, the race question
would soon be placed on the back shelf, and
sta.eshen would have something else to
Iret themselves about in that region.
N INA 4. TeEfOhIER'S END.
The death, last Monday, of poor Fred j.
Hamilton, one of the city staff of the
Morning Advertiser, has touched me pro-
loundly. he was one of the most conscien-
tlous, palnstaking, earnest and devoted
men have known in newspaper work. He
mad sense OF duty which was absolutely
beautiful to behold, and a conscientious
ness Wnlcn almost earned for him the title
OF crank" A few DAYS after the an
nOunCement h,d
made its appearance in this CITY he came TO
me with the request that he be permitted
70 go over to the pest hospitals on North
Brother island, study the character of the
disease and write such report as would be
OF value to the people of New York. | OBJ
lected upon the ground that he would be
exposing himself unnecessarily to the dis
ease, and that the situation did not call for
any such sacrifice. He insisted that we
were pretty certain to have a scourge of
typhus here and that inasmuch as little
was known to the public concerning the
pathology Of the disease and its treatment,
no greater service could be rendered than
10 study up and write lntelligently thereof
In the newspapers. The more | objected
the more he argued in favor of the enter
prise, and finally he went away with the
determinatlonio visit the island. saving as
he went that he would assume all personal
responsibility and acquit me in the event
that any bad result followed | talked to
him OF his wife and his duty to her, but it
seemed to make no impression upon his
| mind. No picture of the risk or needless
ness OF the trip could defect him from his
intention. He did not visit the island, but
be stayed about the health board headouar-
ters Tor some days and gathered from doc
tors, nurses and stewards
FROM NORTH BROTHER ISLAND
great deal of valuable information
upon typhus, which hei wrote and
published in the Commercial Advertiser
He was thoroughly absorbed in the work
and thoroughly convinced that it was the
duty OF somebody to write intsHigently
about typhus.
In furtherance of this idea, he accompan-
led some of the inspectors in their rounds
| among the tenement houses on the east
side, where the passengers of the typhus-
stricken Italian ship Masilia were lodged.
1t was here that he came in direct contact
with the disease. The first intimation L
mad OF his illness came in the form of a
note, written by him from Dr. Edson's
headquarters, informing me that he had
what was pronounced to be case of typhus
fever, and that he was just about taking up
his abode In the Lazaretto hospital He
had left home that morning feeling some
what feverlsh and depressed, and he never
saw his wife or his home again. When DR..
taxable rash of the pestilence he hurried
him over to the hospital, and there he had
the best of attention that could be given
under such surroundings. Cut off from all
communication from friends and home his
lie wasted away, and all that is left of him
is the memory OF g noble-hearted fellow
who was ever faithful in his duty, ever
noble in his associations and always proud
Oh Dis profession. Knowing him as l did
| cannot say that be was in any sense fool
hardy. He had an idea that it was the duty
OF some newspaper man to do just what he
did, and once that Impression lodged in his
mind, he was irresistible in the fixedness
OF his purpose. He has paid the sad pen
atty, but am satisfied that the memory
which he has left will not be lost so long as
there are honest workers in journalism to
cherish his memory.
TENOR DE REszKE's coMPATRIoTs.
Town talk has been full of De Reszke
stories. Here is good one that has not
been published, and it is well worth having
that honor-if honor it be. In some vav
or other 1t seems to spoil good story to
print IL. But here goes. IL was by the
clock an evening or two ago, when a group
OF men about town, who are really men and
do cut something of figure about the city.
sat down in the Breslin residence in
Twenty eighth street, for supper. They
had agreed before hand to call it supper.
because they expected it to last into the
supper hour, if not into the heel of an early
breakfast. James, universally called jim
BreSlin, he OF the famous Gilsey house
was the host. He lives in Tween eighth
street, not far from the famous old site on
which the same Gilseys have Just built and
are finishing the h8ndsomest theatre in
Town, the new Fifth Avenue The De
Reszke brothers-Edouard, the Cyclopean
MRnhlEtO 70, 1or,i,
robust and handsome as all teuors are loved
to be--had the seats of honor. Next came
Lassalle, the gigantic brown baritone, who
is said to be the very mRu the De Reszkes
ought to want for a brother, if they did
want one, and next to him Frank w
Sanger, one of the Iuckiest, most success
full and shrewdest young theatre managers
in New York. Maurice Grau. the worthy
partner OF Henry E. Abbey. and Rob,
Knox, as his intimates call him, the fur
nisher, filed out the festive circle There
was much to eat, the quantity of which ex-
ceeced the quality, and an abundance of
hlppocras, nectar, champagne and other
beverages popular with the thirsty. Claret
is good enough forme, but most New York
ers feel under a certain obligation to Keen
down the visible
SUPPLY OF CHAMPAGNE
In the course of the evening Jean he
Reszke said IN substance this:
when l landed in New York felt GER
tain that a committee Of Poles would meet
me at the foot of the gang-plank as ask a
subscription to fund for the erection of a
monument to John Sobieski, and the succor
OF his descendants in America. l fully ex-
pected delegation to greetme at the hotel
You know am Pole of the Poles, and
Moscow is my home. But didn't meet anv
of my poverty-stricken and oppressed coun-
trymen of whose woes l expected to hear