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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-09-02

bled to append to Hirst's biography Of
him in the Philadelphia Saturday Muse
UNI long list of ercomiums in addition,
to such as had been publicly made. The
following letter from Washington IrVla&5
was written in Acknowledgement Of "Wl0-
lam Wilson,, which lad followed ting
House or Usher, as a means of intro
altered and somewhat garbled. appeared
in the list referred to, and affords a strik-
ing instance of how Poe dealt with such
correspondence.
Newberg. Nov s. 1899.
Dear Sir: The magazine you were so
kind as to send me. being directed to New
\ ork. instead of Tarrytown. did rot reach
unfortunate habit of procrastination, must
plead my apology for the hardness of my
reply. | have read your little tale OF
William Wilson with much pleasure. IL
IS managed in a highly picturesque style.
and the singular and mysterious interest
is we'll sustained throughout. I repeat
what have said in regard to a. previous
production. which you did me the favor to
send me, that | cannot but think 4 series
or articles of like style and merit w vi
De extremely we'll received by the public
! could add for your private ear that I
think the last tale much the best. in re-
gard to style. 1t is simpler. In your first
YOU have been too anxious to present your
picture wildly TO the eye, or too distrust-
ful of your effect, and have laid on too
much coloring. 1t is erring on the best
side-the side of luxuriance. That tale
might be improved by relieving the style
from some of the epithets. There is no
danger of destroying it's graphic effect
which is powerful. With best wishes for
your success, l am. my dear sir. yours
WASHINGTON IRVING.
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BroIse zimmerman,. RECORD.

Asbury Park, N. j., Sept. 1.-The Good
Roads tournament ended today after
three days successful racing. The at
tendance was large. The track was in
excellent shape.
First race. mile, novice-First heat won
by r. S. Bennett, Linnton Falls, n. J.
Time-2:41 As. Second heat won by A.
Baglin, New York, by default. Final
heat won by Bagley, 246 20.
Second race, mile, handicap-Won by
Third race, two-thirds of a mile, handi-
cap, class A-FiCst heat won by w. D.
Knecht, MetteWan, 10 yards. Time
lbs 3-5. Second heat won by H. B. Mar
tin, Asbury Park, As yards. Time-l:25 Is
Third heat, won by r. L. Homer, Ellen
town, ITO yards Time :2S 2-5 Final
heat won by Knecht. TimeI:251a.
Fourth race. mile, class B, champions
ship-First heat won by j. S. Johnson
Syracuse. Time-2:33. Second heat won
by j. F. Titus, Riverside. Time-2:50 3-5
Third heat won by H. e. Tyler, Spring
field. Tlme-2:24 2-5. Final heat won by
Tyler. Time-2:20 1-5.
Fifth race, one-third mile, open, class
B-First heat won by Titus. Time-:45 2-5
Second heat won by Mcdonald. Time
New York. Time-:46 As.
w. T. and c. NJ. Murphy broke the half
mile track record on a tandem, unpaced
in SO 2-5.
Titus and Miller made a tandem mile
to establish a track record. 1t was Gov
cred in 2:O7 40.
Harry H. Maddox broke Zimmerman's
track record for mile unpaced. The
new record is 2:09 2-5.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-09-02
STIPULATED In SUGAR.
Cause of the Failure of Two BUSH
ness Houses,

New York, Sept. Unsuccessful spec
ulation in sugar by a junior partner was
the cause Of the failure of the large knit
goods manufacturing house of Theo. S.
Baron IL Co., and of S. Baron, of this
city. The confession was made to a
meeting of the firms creditors today, by
the elder Baron, who places his loss al
Ssl00. The latter is a son of the senior
member of the firm.
This year Theo. S. Baron & Co. did a
prosperous business, and when an assign
ment was made last month, it was a sur
prise TO the trade Counsel for the firm
said today that the assets were S122 1872 az.
preferences, 81, 900; liabilities S1S5.O0O. T'hl
dollar, but instead submitted a PROPOSE
ton for % cents on the dollar. This basis
of settlement did not meet with the an
prevail of the creditors. Creditors exam
lining the statement sheet noticed an lln-
explained deficit of $7,100 and asked for
an explanation. Thee. S. Baron was Wis
IDLY agftated and his face flushed as he
said:
Gentlemen, took that S., 100 unknown
20 my father, who is the manager of the
company. ] drew it out in two checks,
one for $1,000 and the other for $500.
speculated in Wall street and lost every
cent"
"And what did you speculate in, pray?i
demanded creditor.
Sugar" answered Mr.. Baron.
And you drew out the money unknown
TO YOUR partner2 ] demand that this story
be investigated. Let us have his bank
books and brokers' accounts"
Coupse, insisted that the young man
was telling the truth. Subsequently,, the
per cent. the money to be paid in three
fnsta llrnonts
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REPUBLICAN RIOT AyERTED.
Seattle Came Very Near Being the
Scene of BIoodshed.

Seattle, Wash, Sept. LIN the Re-
publican primaries today, two of the
Judges of election in the First ward,
Charles Weber and John Caldwell,
were arrested charged with false regis
tration at the instigation of the Consi-
dine Woolery faction and taken to the
Superior court where they were adj
mitted to bail in the sum of $500 each.
While the judges were absent from the
polls, Chief Of Police Rogers, with five
policemen, took charge and refused to
ALLOW two new judges, elected by the
crowd, to act The chief and his Off
GERS were Immediately placed under ar
rest by Sheriff Woolery upon war
rant issued by Deputy Prosecuting At
torney Mcbride, charging obstruction
of the polls. On being taken before a
justice, the chief and four men were
released on their own recognizances
and going back to the polls charged
on the crowd that threatened to be-
come mob, and restored to their
places the judges who had just returned
from the court house.
The Considine- Woolery faction there
upon moved into an inlprovised polling
place across the street. For time it
looked as if the First ward would be
the scene OF riot and bloodshed
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-09-02
. FENCE OF OLD SCOTCH SWORDS.

TFrom the Saturday Review
That the swords of his gallant adj
herents who fell on Drumossie Moor
should be found by a descendant of his
hereditary enemy of Argyll in a fence
at Twickenham is certainly very sin
guIar circumstance. In his pamphlet.
'sNotes on Swords from the Battlefield
of Culloden," &C.. j. Clarke Lord Arch
ibald Campbell gave an account OF his
discovery, with some notes on tne
blades. and on Andrea Ferrara- Some
years ago Lord Archibald. whose know
ledge of dirks and claymores is extern
sive, heard that there existed such
fence of steel. Years passed again, g
then he found the fence in a back
at Richmond. 1t is described by
Rev. r s. Corbett in his Memorial
Twickenham' Twickenham Housf
longed to DIR. JohnSon's very unc4
bable" Sir John Hawkins. The no. u,
information came from Mr.. Edward
Ross. the famous rifle shot, who had
seen the hedge of blades in stu. They
were said by Or. Diamond to have been
made into the fence of a flower garden
by a Lord Tweedale.
When Lord Archibald secured these
heroic relics, he found that six inches
had been broken from the point of each
blade, while the tang Of the hilt end
had also been shortened. They were
welded into two horizontal iron bars.
The paint which covered them has pre-
served the metal so well that they are
as good as on the day when they were
first forged. There are five kinds of
lswords-O a broad, double-edged piadf
with a heavy centre rib. ga heaY
small sword'') (2) a broad-backed sy}6rh
with a single cutting edge. These" are
often stamped with a fleur de lys. and.
we presume, came over with Fitz1ames'
horse, or from other French sources,
but some are of English make. 80
There are small swords, some without
groove, the rib rising in the center. An
drea Ferrar's name is on the short
groove Of other small-swords, a thing
livery unusual az There are Highland
broadswords proper. with one, two,
or three grooves or fittings. Andrea $
name is in the grooves (5) There are
a few Hanoverian swords; two bear a
crowned G.. r.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-09-02
scenes of DesoIation.

San Antonio, Tex, Sept. 1.-The
scenes of destruction and desolation in
the flooded district one hundred miles
east and west of here. and extending
south from the Southern Pacific rail-
way to the Rio Grande, two hundred
miles away, is simply terrible. Thou
sands upon thousands of acres of pas
ture and farm land are under water. 1t
is estimated that the damage to the
crops in the valley of the Leona river
alone will reach half million dollars.
In the valleys Saco and Sabinal the
losses will be fully as much. Many
thousand cattle, horses and sheep were
swept away. 1t is still a matter of I'M
certainty as to the number of lives lost
but additions to the list of drowned
are constantly being made. Half of the
houses in Uvalde, a town with $500 in
habitants were carried away, and there
is much suffering there among the
homeless families. Nothing has yet
been heard from settlement of seven
ty-five families several miles below
Uvalde, but there are still grave fears
that many if not all of them, were
swept down by the torrent. Batesville
was inundated and there was heavy
loss of property. There are several
other towns in the flooded districts
away from railroad and Geographic
reach
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-09-02
NAPOLEON's ENTRANCE.

Autobiography of A. B. Granville.1
An understood man, with a lank. sal
low face. rather compressed than mea-
gre, or as he himself used to say,
J'etais un vrai parchemin;" with
sparkling eyes, overshadowed by
straight, black hair, which, descending
over a large forehead, came down the
sides of the head and touched the
shoulders A gray overcoat covered a
double-breasted uniform edged with
gold embroidery, and buttoned UP to
the chin. His sword was in it's scab-
bard. not carried in the right hand, as
was the case with all that followed
him.
! Riding a white horse that seemed
nearly exhausted with fatigue, he
came at an easy pace through the
copal palace. in which he was to take
UP his residence, and in the vicinity of
which we lived. He was followed by
his tattered infantry batallions, the he
roes of Montenotte, Milesima and
/! Lodi. looking very much like the tat
I terdemalions Falstaff refused to lead
through Coventry.
| Reviewing them shortly after-"Sol-
dats." said Bonaparte, "vous etes nus,
NAL nourris: on nous doit beaucoup."
And soon were these fanished and
weary soldiers fed, newly equipped and
officered by men, who, as they defiled
past us in the Piazza del Duomo, were
pointed out as Massena, Augereau,
! Berthier. Lannes, Victor and the young
aide-de-camp at the battle Of Mondovi
Murat. destined to become the COM
mander-in-chief's brother-in-law, Gov
ernor of Milan, and lastly, King of
Naples, the son of an innkeeper, who,
when led to execution as a deposed
King. exclaimed, "Malheureux Prince.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-09-02
BANK ROBBERY IN KANSAS.
The Cashier Killed and n Thousand
Dollars Taken-Omcers Are in Hot
Pursuit.

Salina, Kas., Sept 1.-The bank at
Tescott fifteen miles north of here,
was robbed this morning by two
masked men, who killed the cashier.
Sheriff Anderson is organizing a posse
to head them off. The robbers started
south.
About 9:15 O'clock four masked men
entered the bank and shot several times
at the cashier, and then drawing a
knife compelled him to hand over 81 900.
They then backed out of the front door.
Citizens fired at them with revolvers,
and il is thought one was hit.
John SwartZ. a young man, stepped
out in the street with a gun. The rob
bers shot him through the groin. The
robbers mounted horses and hurried
away. Posses from Tescott, Salina
and other points started in pursuit and
word has been received that the rob-
bers were seen near Brookville at 1
O'Clock.
citizen who has just returned from
the western part of the county, where
the Tescott bank robbers were sighted
this afternoon, reports the gang had
entered the hill country there and it
was Impossible to follow the trail.
Under the cover Of darkness the rob
bers will have time to make good their
escape.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-09-02
DELIGHTS OF oFF1cE-HoLDrSe.
Poe's Friend, Thomas. Draws an At
tractiye Picture for the Poet

tractive Picture for the Poet.
In the Poe correspondence published in
the September number of The Century,
dealing with the period of the poets res
idence in Philadelphia. is given the fol-
lowing letter from Poe's friend, Frederick
William Thomas:
Washington. May 20, 1884,
-. How would you like to be an Of
nee holder here at S1.500 per year paya-
bic monthly by Uncle SAM who however
slack he may be to his general creditors
pays his officials with due punctualftv?
How would you like it? You stroll to
your Office little after 9 in the morning
leisurely, and you stroll from it little
after in the afternoon homeward to
dinner and return no more that day. If,
during office hours, you have anything
to do, 1t is an agreeable relaxation from
the monotonous laziness of the day You
have on your desk everything in the writ
ing line in apple pie order, and If you
choose to lucubrate in a literary way
why, you can lucubra te..
Come on and apply for a clerkship: you
can follow literature here as well as
where you are-and think of the money
to be made bv it-"Think of that. Master
Brook" as Sir John saveth. Write to,
me- if you love me, on the reception o.
this
My kindest regards to your mother and
p w THOMAS
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-09-02
THE CAT AND THE WINDOW BLIND
IFrom the Idlerl

My cat, one day that lay i'll in my
bedroom with influenza, noticed that
the sun was in my eyes, and distressed
me. was afraid to get out of bed and
ring the bell because I had just got
Into a nice perspiration, and the doctor
had ordered me to be careful-not on
any account to get a chill. My house
keeper had fancied that I had fallen
asleep and had left me. My cat sat
and looked at me, and saw my discom-
fort. Presently an idea occurred to him.
He gave a little sympathetic purr, and
then jumped off the foot of the bed,
leaped up on to the dressing table, took
the cord of the blind between his front
paws, and deliberately pulled it down
to me- 1 love my cat very much, but
ever since that day have been rather
afraid of him; wonder what cat of
that intelligence must think in his
heart of what he hears me say, and
what he sees me do. Whenever I feel
inclined to break out into one of my
fits of nervous irritability, and 1 see
Master Tom with his green eyes fixed
upon me, I say to myself, mot before
| the cat" The refining influence of that
| cat upon my home and habits has been
| distinct and appreciable.
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At Helena.

Helena, Mont, Sept. 1.-The track was
in fine condition and the attendance was
very large. The meeting has been highly
successful.
Trotting 2:1O, purse s75o--Alarmist took
three straight heats, Maud Patchen sec
ond. Anita third. Best time-2:21A.
Running, half-mile, special purse S251-
Red Dick Q19), 8 to l, won; Gold Bug
Q19), (even money! second, Midget Qls),
to /, third Lark ran unplaced. Time
:47A. Mutuals paid $47.75. -
Running, mile handicap purse 500
Minnie Beach d0O against JEANNE Dean
won, JEANNE Dean Q19, second, st CrolX
QOS), third Lonnle B. was unplaced.
Time-1:43A Mutuals paid $50.
Running, five and half furlongs, con-
ISOLATION handicap-Jeannie Dean Q13) 60
/, won, Normandie Q0S), 2 to l, second,
c M c Q13), even money, third. Promise
Tobasco ran unplaced. Time-1:Os.
Running, five furlongs, consolatlon
purse $i5O-Gilroy Q03). even money
against the field won, Rain Drop Qu9),
second. Vulcan Q09 third, Larghetta,
Red Leo and Minnie were unplaced Time
i :09A ,-.
purse $50: $50 each-Nelsop Q16), to 2
won. Zamiock Q16), second, Jim r Q16),
Matched race, five furlongs $3.50 side
Bill Howard Q15) l to won from Goio
Rug Q15) in 1:0112.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-09-02

st. Paul, Sept. but meagre reports
have thus far been received from the
forest fires in northern Minnesota and
Wisconsin, but enough is known TO
state that the fires are raging more
furiously than at any previous time
this year.
The wires between here and Duluth
went down at p. m, and 1T is doubt
full whether any wire will be had all
night. There is one very roundabout
railroad wire still working, but no news
has yet come over it. The fires are
widespread.
At Duluth and Superior today, the
smoke was so dense that people found
work difficult, while the heat was
scarcely endurable.
Railroad men reported their Inability
to see as far as a hundred yards, and
business is at a standstill.
Wild reports of fires are current, ana
lit has been extremely difficult to OBJ
tain any news that is definite.
Along the Great Northern the dam
age is enormous. A special train car
rying fire fighters was sent out OF st.
Cloud, this afternoon, in response TO a
call for help from NIilaca.
At Foley, ten miles from st. Cloud,
the fires were met, the timber in that
vicinity burning furiously. All the
country to the south and east OF
Bridgman station was on fire and
high wind swept the fire before it, tall
pines crashing down in the burning
Iunderbrush as the flames ate into them.
The people are panic-stricken and
fear the destruction of everything. The
st. Cloud fire fighters saved the bridge
over the Run river near Bridgeman.
The large lumber mills and yards of
Foley Brothers & Guthrie are being
lsoaked down with pumps in the hope
that they may be saved. The young
deaf and dumb child of Mrs. Ellison,
west of Bridgeman, has been burned to
death.
fires on the Bloomburg farm and his
death seems certain.
1t is impossible for the trains to
reach Mf1aca and people there have
been driven from their homes and are
Ianxiously awaiting succor.
Kennel McLain, a farmer near
IBridgeman, lost all he possessed. North
of Pine City, the fires are raging furi-
Iously, sweeping everything before them.
Settlers have abandoned their homes
and taken refuge in the marshes. and
the heat and smoke is suffocating
The st. Paul & Duluth northbound
limited is laid up there waiting to get
through to Duluth. Several crews are
at work repairing burned culverts to
get trains through. There is no COM
mun;ca ton with Hinckley, and it is
feared that town is in imminent dan
ger.
At midnight the wind had died down
at Pine City, and hope has increased.
It was learned at a late hour tonight
from officials of the Omaha road that
the town of Baronette, Wis, had been
wiped out. News from railroad sources
is very fragmentary and nothing more
can be learned. All wires from Duluth,
West Superior and the west in general
are down at 80 a. m. Sunday with
little prospect of being patched up to-
might
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-09-02
TEMPER OF HORSES.
[From the Edinburgh Review

From the Edlnburgh Rev1eW.I
The supply of horses to India is es-
sentially by importation. and though
the Arab of Maid may know if he have
a promising colt that a market is to be
found for him among dealers who will
take him across the Indian Ocean there
never can be the same kind of careful
breeding for a special purpose as in
this country. That the endurance of
the Arabian horse is great cannot be
questioned; it has been shown in the
most practical ways, not only in carry
ing the light Bedouin for days over the
desert, but chargers from the Eu-
pirates have carried our soldiers to
Candahar and Cabul. to Pekin and
Magdala."
But the Arabian horse has habitualIy
to perform long Journeys, and mere
habit will enable him to do more than
a horse unaccustomed to this kind of
work. But there can be little doubt
that after proper exercise the feats of
endurance of the Arabian would not be
unaccomplished by the English horse.
Again, too, there can also be no doubt
as to the sagacity of the Arabian
horse, and it is a reproacfl to us and
our civilization. The Arabian horse,
after long ages of companionship with
his master, may have become by ma
ture more tractable; but if the English
horse from his birth upward was as
we'll treated as is the Ara bian horse.
the so-called vicious animals which are
met with in this country would be few
| in number.
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Omaha, Neb., Sept. 1-For two years
or more rates TO North Pacific coast
points have been gradually going down,
to the disgust of the Union Pacific and
an occasional expression Of regret from
the Northern Pacific and Great North
ern.
A new condition of affairs will, how
ever, obtain September II, when the
class rates to the North Pacific coast
points will be advanced.
All the transcontinental lines have
cone into the fold and rates will be-
come operative Monday, September IL.
The rate to San Francisco on class
freight remains the same-$2.40 per 10O
pounds-but the rate to Spokane, Walla
Walla, and other North Pacific coast
terminals viii be increased.
The increase generally is about so per
cent.
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THE IRISH NEEDING.

Tim Mallory Annie Pourke, and his cous-
in, Pat O'Rourke.
Wild the bottle peepin' slyly from his
tails sir,
Och, they FOLLOWED wild a smile each his
colleen up the aisle.
And they set down their shellalies at the
rail. sir.
And Father Tom Mccoy. faith! his Rev
erenee was a boy
That would hardly know the meaning
of 4 deadlock:
So he laid them out in twos. and you'd
barely wipe your shoes
Ere he had EN- nately jined in holy we'd
lock.
Oglin and sighin' N
Comes eisy as lynn,
But you'd want a shmart boy while -
knot was tyin.
Then each bridegroom steps aside to sa<
Lutte his bloomin' bride.
When his Reverence cuts among EN-
"Is it so 1 see yez stand" (and he lets
EN- feel the hand)
Each a-kissing of his neighbours pretty
Says Malony ''Wirrasthrue. och, whatev-
er will 1 do?
Troth. I'd like to see my wake this bles-
ssd minute!
For yc,Ir Reverence had US MKT at the
moment we was f1xt,
And black bigamy's the SMALLEST taste
~ ogiin' and sighin'
Comes aiSy as lyin,
But you'd want a shmart boy while the
knot was a-tyin'.
Says his Reverence in a heat, Had We
neither bark nor bleat-
And obsarvin' how ondacently I'd jine
Faith. / spliced We 50 complete that an
other hair 'ud beat
His Holiness, the Pope, to dissntwine
Then each bride she dropped her head.
and says Andy, blushin' red,
'"Tho' they wasn't just the special girls
we courtcd,
We're so taken wild the charms of the col
leenS on our arms,
Faixl we'll stay the way your Rever-
ence has us sorted!''
Oglin' and sighin'
Comes aisy as lynn,
But you want shmart boy while the
knot was a-tyin.
TERRENCE HOURIGAN.
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