The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1892-01-17
A CHICAGO REPORTER
His Experience in a Signal Serv-
ice Tower.
Detective Whalen on the Police Force Again
scandal Suit knded-Charlie Mitch
ellis vulgarity and Brutality.

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CHICAGO, Jan. l6.-''Had there been a light
breeze to-day it would have been as bright
and sunny as a May day" That's what
Sergeant Frank Enfield said this afternoon
up In the tower of the Auditorium. to
member OF the Chicago Press club who.
out OF courtesy to his city editor, had COM
Piled with request to fly around -
quick and dish up something from the
signal service reports Frank Enfield
never even winked as he glanced out into
the thick mugginess and added: ''If it
would do any good might suggest that the
signal service people be added to that mil
honaire advisory committee Of
THE ANTI-sMoKE SOCIETY.
The great pail of smoke surrounds US like
cloud, interfering with the operation Of
some of the delicate mechanism and caus-
Ing the thermometer to register falsely.
Why, whom 1 came there L could not see
the roof of the building beneath us.n The
sergeant thought 1t was going to get
was Is ABOVE.
The interesting fact cropped out to-day
that Detective WheIan is again a
MEMBER OF THE CHICAGO POLICE FORCE.
Whelan was Dan Coughlin's partner when
the celebrated Cronin case was occupying
puDllc attention. aud was a relative of
Iceman OSullivan. Chief McClaughrv
says Whelan's reinstatement WAS re-
quested by Mayor Washburne. The latter
says that Whelan was most efficient Off
Ger and net at all responsible for auv
improperly on the part of Coughlin or
OSulllVan. BY the way, Captain Setback,
RaTnaV Raor
again IN the service and have been for
some time. All have since won promotion
Setback IS inspector and Baer and Stiff
are heutenants. Officer Dan Brown. who
nrSt brought the charges against Cronin in
the Grammatical, is stationed over on the
west side Inspector Ross agrees with the
mayor as to Whelan's efficiency. In an in
terview he says: 81 consider Whelan a
good otficer-nOne better, for that matter.n
THE SENSATIONAL M'MAHoN CASE
had final innings before Judge Kohlsaat
to-day, recalling the tragic death OF Ed.
Mcmahon, the whipping of JawveT.
McHugh by his wife, the charges of moi
sonlng, and the feud involving the wealthy
contractor, Peter Smith, and other notables
with the religious issue on the side. Judge
Kohlsaat refused to allow the widow to
have little Milton or incidentally his in
heritance, and gave the custody of the
child to his oalllf, Scharenberg. Attorney
McHugh caused scene by sgain attacking
Mrs. Mcmahon. He was promptly repri-
manded.
The Daily NeIcs says there is reason to
believe that the Worlds fair directors have
arrived at the conclusion that they cannot
get the S5,OQO,000
APPROPRIATION FROM CONGRESS,
and that it is now question of taking
what Congress will give. A lively move
ment Is on foot among the fair directors to
corral proxies for the annual election
They are fearful that the entire personnel
may be changed. President Baker. it ia
said, is having a particularly hard row to
hoe Certain society people, too, are IN
derstood to be quietly making things hum.
opposing the grand inaugural Worlds fair
ball, claiming they have been sighted in
the committees.
CHARLIE MITCHELL, THE ENGLISH PUGI1rsr
to-day recited to an admiring crowd how
he worked" one or two of the Chicago
newspapers in connection with the death
of tie Duke of Clarence Said Mitchell
ME meinger, Mr.. Gallagher ERE, and me-
was a-talking hover the juke's death lahst
night, aid hi says to Gal, says hi:
Gal, whet's the matter with maxim
in catastrapheP Gal says: What
yer drivin' atP For e wasn't hon-seei
Then hi says. says hi: 'Wot's tn matter
with sendin' cable to Wales, an maxim
i'm think message hof grief from tn 'ole
bloomin' crowd of Hinglish sports in the
states. Hit'll
MAKE HUs SOLID WITH WALES
when we goes back to Hingland, hand hat
the same time we can work thu newspa-
per guys with story of 'avin' meetin'
hof the Hinglish sports and hof a passin'
resolutions hof sympathy with the PRINCE
Well, me meinager here said hit was
bloomin' good fake, and Slavin, when q
comes hin, 'e says low % thought it was a
bloody good thing 'imself. an between thu
lot we fixed up a letter for the reporter
guys, which hi can repeat from me bloom
in memory"
The crowd was becomingly impressed
and every body said Mitchell had great
brain with head to hold it several times
times bigger than his dukes"