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The herald., 1894-01-01
THE CITY OF CEDAR.
The Most Prosperous Town In southerr
Utah.

The Most Prosperous Town In southern
Utah.
Iron County LUtahl Record
Cedar City, with her many resources
and advantages, isolated as she is from
our large commercial centers on account
of lack OF railroad facilities, may be
likened to lighted candle "hid under
bushel," and outside comparatively
few who are financially and otherwise
interested in this region, her merits are
but little known.
valley which continues unbroken for
many miles north and eouth, and which
is several miles in width. The soil is
very fertile, and many thousand acres
are under cultivation, the land being
watered from mountain streams which
flow into the valley. But smallrpo
tion Of this public domain, however.
has been taken up by the settler and
homesteader. In the near future all OF
the arabic land in the valley will be
transformed into productive farms, to
meet which event monied men will put
in large storage reservoirs in the noun
taius and construct large bitches to con-
vsyy the water foT irrigation puT poses to
the farms and fields OF the newcomer
and those " no hold the soil by right of
desert land entries.
Aside from engaging in agricultural
pursuits the inha btants OF Cedar are
very largely interested in the wool in
dnstry and the raising of horses and
cattle. This com bined industry. for
which this country is peculiarly ad-
apted, hae enabled many citizen OF
this county to be classed as wealthy,
ard the rank and file of Cedar's in
habitants never know what it means to
lack the necessaries of lfe, for their
cellars and store houses are always
stocked with the results of abundant
harvests and contingent Injuries.
But the fact that these people own
fertile farms and possess great flocks OF
sheep and herds of horses and cattle is
but drop in the bucket compared to
what nature has given them in the way
of mineral wealth. for in the immedi-
ate vicinity of Cedar City there are i'm
mense mines OF coal of superior
quality ard vast deposits of iron ore.
Theae have been but little devel-
oped. The happy combination OF the
two commodities, however, has not es-
capped the eagle eye OF the Capitalist or
the notice of railroad corporations; and
it will not be long before great furnaces
will be built in the valley for the home
tren ssnent of this iron ore nor will it bs
many months before steel rails will be
laid to our coal mines, over which the
black diamonds will be transported to
supply tine domestic and manufacturing
demands OF Southern California; rail-
road from the coast ID already heading
this way. and its objective point is
Cedar City. When it reaches this place
new life will be Infused into our city
and an era of progress and advance
ment will be the order of the day. The
future of Cedar is indeed bright one,
and according to the opinion OF a we'll
posted Salt Lake gentleman, Southern
Utah is destined to develop into great
and prosperous empire with Cedar City
as its commercial CENTER"
The herald., 1894-01-01

best quality OF any given crop with the
least expenditure of water.
This means high cass farming, and
points to the fact that the irrigator must
be of q different stamp from the non
irrigating farmer. The latter has to take
his moisture as it comes to him and
make the best use OF season over which
he has lo control; whereas the farmer
having voice In the matter soon learns
that ii too little water means no crop,
too much water may render his soil
sterile.
The lesson to be learned from the
above is that If we are to make the best
use of the scant supply of water in the
arid regions We must supply the farm
ers with certain information that, in
the nature of things, he is debarred
from obtaining for himself. We have
state boards of horticulture and horti-
cultural commissioners to disseminate
knowledge about pests and ths best way
to rid the farmer OF them. and gener-
ally speaking to check the spread OF
the diseases peculiar to vegetation, adj
wise and give gratuitously much useful
information about fertilizers and other
kindred subjects; very useful and et-
fective as q whole they have proven
themselves to be. Now, following on
the same lines. why should not the arid
states maintain q number of local
officers whose duty it will be to collect
and tabulate the various facts necessary
to enable them at glance to advise
each irrigator as to what amount OF
water he can use to the beat advantage
in his particular locality for the particu-
lar crop he may desire to raise? This
would in time lead to an economy in the
use OF water that would go far to place
the use in the future on par with the
strides made in the economy of coal
above cited. Perhaps later on this
might be followed up by legislation to
control the wanton, waste OF water. At
present we blindly follow the methods
used in India, Spain and other older
countries; but as the United States has
in many things. and to her advantage,
boldly cut adrift from old world customs.
why not inaugurate new system OF
irrigation practically our own?
That the later legislation In California
on irrigation matters leans too much
toward comforting authority on bodies,
the nature of whose election does
not tend to produce the most efficient
organizations seems evident from the
allow sale found for irrigation district
bonds. That something is lacking can
not be denied, for capital. the barometer
of security, fights shy and buys not.
Yet we know that the general fact re-
mains that the application of water en-
hsnces the value OF the district to which
IL is applied 10y nearly twice lis hTut
value. Reasoning from these premises
we are forced to the conclusion that as
a general proposition the capitalist does
not believe in the capacity of the con-
trolling boards to distribute the water
go as to get the best value for the money
invested.
1t is forced upon us the more we study
the subject the more we have to learn !;
let us study our failures, for they teach
the best OF all lessons, what to avoid.
The herald., 1894-01-01
RUNAWAY TROLLEYS.
Wet Leaves Convert a Hallway Track In
Newark Into a Toboggan Slide.

Wet Leaves Convert Hallway Track In
Newark Into Toboggan Slide.
West Kinney street hill is one of the
sreepest in Newark, N. j. The Rapid
Transit company has a double track troll
Icy road upon it, In the storm of a few
nights ago there was much trouble be-
cause the wet leaves in the street made
the wheels slip on the rails, and conf
dence begotte13 by continued dry weather
had induced the motormen to let their
sand boxes become empty.
The company has had several bad slips
Upon this part Of the road, and so put
derailing switchmen at the curves at the
foot of the hill where the cars turn into
Washington street. A switchman issta-
toned there to throw runaway cara
across Washington street over the cob
blestones. He was on duty on FRIDAY
night when car 81 got loose at the top OF
the hill near High street and come thun-
dering down the decline with the gongs
at both ends changing. The car was well
filled with men and women, who were
badly frightened, but were prevented
from jumping off by the conductor and
notorman. The switchman did his duty,
and the car rumbled off the rails ever
the rough pavement and came to stand
safely.
Among the passengers was a woman
who had started down town with her
baby to do some shopping. She was SO
badly scared that, giving up her trip.
she concluded to go back home on the
next car, which came along quickly
This was car II, ana it ran almost to
High street, where it stopped and began
to move slowly backward. The brakes
were applied, but would not hold, and
the car was soon under full headway
Everybody aboard except two men and
the conductor and motorman seemed to
be crazed with fright.
They feared that this car would collide
with the one already derailed. The wo
man covered the infants head with
shawl and crouched over it to protect it
when the crash came. 1t was lively
dash of short duration and ended in a
jolting over the cobblestones, when the
car brought up alongside Of the first one
derailed.
The tracks were sanded thoroughly
after that, but it was not until two other
cars had tobogganned down the g1.tae
after the first two were removed. The
motormen say that fallen leaves arc
worse than snow or ice on the tracks.
The herald., 1894-01-01
Nellie Grant sartorls.

81 had to learn of my daughters LIS
cry" says Mrs, U. S. Grant, in an inter-
view in Chicago, through the Amer
caa press" The stories about hrs. Gar
toris' unhappy domestic life are. acccr,l-
ing to her mother, in frank statement
of which tho sentence caoted IS tit pre-
lude, without foundatioE in fact. Elts.
Grant is certainly qualified TO speak
with authority. and her statement should
be accepted as final. Exchange
The herald., 1894-01-01
rha uunt nfemorinl Iahra,x.

Mrs. Mary A. Hunt and Miss A. Hunt,
her daughter, have given notice that
they viii bring suit against the city Of
Nashua, N. H., to recover $50, 900 which
they presented to the city for the founda-
ton Of the Hunt Memorial library, ON
the ground that the conditions of the
gift have not been complied with within
a reasonable time. The gift was made
over year ago, and apparently tho citi-
zens and tho city government have done
nothing but wrangle ineHect;yely over
the site for the building. Nashua Les-
far
The herald., 1894-01-01
A Ieu.ass s,hrsic.ap.

About two years ago Mile. Felicie
Mendelssohn. Jewish lady, who hpias
the diploma Of tho medical fac1'ty Of
Paris, established herself ut Cairo. Re
Gently DR.. Menaelssohn WAS called 70 at-
tend on the mother of the khedsve, and
so excellent was her treatment Of the pa
tient that his iighness has appointed her
Scctor to she palace.
The herald., 1894-01-01

on this important question in all the
arid states and territories. and When
the work of these commissions ID com
plsted the chairmen OF the eame will
mtet and compare notes and finally
perfect system OF national and state
irrigation work that We trust will be
satisfactory to the law-making powers
orH I. x,a,~Ic5 $50. -. alvanaa fo< Aha
great arid vest.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-12-14
NEARY'S narrow escape
CarbOndale Constable Is Attacked BY
BlOOd-thirsty HighWaymen.
A MURDEROUS SUGGESTION
After Severely Beating the Officer One
Of the Thugs Proposes to Finish Him
and Place His Dead Body on
the Railroad Track.
Special to the Scranton Tribune.

Special to the Scranton Tribune.
Forest City, Dec. 13.-The large gen.
eral store of George Wedeman at Wand
ling was visited by burglars yesterday
morning about l o'clock An entrance
was effected by breaking open the front
door. The safe was the next object
that attracted their attention. Opera
tions were at once begun on it by drill
ing hole in the top. When this was
accomplished a charge of dynamite was
exploded, and the safe was open. The
money, which amounted to about $50,
was secured.
Mr.. Wedeman Is treasurer of the fire
company at Vandling, and $50 of the
money belonged to that organization.
The men were four in number, and
after securing the money they started
toward the Erie railroad tracks.
Constable Edward Neary, of Carbon
dale, alighted from a train about this
time and was proceeding to Vandling
to look for criminal for whose arrest
he had a warrant. He saw four men
coming toward him, but thinking they
were men who worked in the mine, he
did not pay any attention to them.
Suddenly the men divided into two
files to pass him, and when he was be-
tween the two sections, two of the men
grabbed him by the wrists and knocked
him down. One of the men quickly
went through his pockets, relieving him
of his revolver, money, pair of hand
cuffs and watch. Seeing that he was
an officer, one of the assailants made a
vicious swing at him with a Jimmy,
which came very close to his head.
One of the men suggested that they
might as well finish him and put his
body on the railroad track to appear
thathe had been killed by train. They
however, changed their minds, and wen
| down to the railroad track.
Mr.. Neary quickly recovered ant
went to some houses and raised al
alarm. Word was sent to Carbondalt
for officers, and Chief of Police Mean
drew and Detective Michael Moran re
sponded. Nothing could be discovered
of the highwaymen at that time, but /
Is probable that efforts will be put fortl
to place them in the custody of the law
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-12-14
BURLINGTON TRAGEDY.
Albert Clymer Stabs Mrs. Bridget Doyle,
and James o'Neill Shoots I. Snowden
Hninnc

Albert Clymer Stabs Mrs. Bridget Doyle,
and James O'Neill Shoots 1. Snowden
lIaines.
BY the United Press.
Burlington, ~ j., Dec. 13.-Albert
Clymer stabbed Mrs. Bridget Doyle at
late hour last night while attempt
ing to rob the old ladys store. Young
Clymen concealed himself in the cellar
and taking off his shoes, awaited the
retiring of the family. Mrs. Doyle came
to the celalr door to let pet cat up out
of the cellar for the night, when Clymer
jumped from the cellar way and
grabbed the old lady by the throat,
threw her to the floor and stabbed her,
the knife striking a rib and breaking
off in the wound.
The young fiend, becoming alarmed
at his dastardy act, ran upstairs, and,
jumping out of a second story window,
made his escape. He was subsequently
captured and committed to Jail.
During the excitement attending the
capture of the prisoner q shooting oc-
Cured which developed some start
ling facts. James O'Neil was standing
along the road with a loaded gun, and
when l. Snowden Haines, a bookkeeper
for the Mcneil Pipe and Iron Foundry
company, passed O'Neil fired the con-
tents into Haines back. This action on
the part of O'Neil was taken, it is al
legged, because Haines had voted against
O'NeilS license when he was Il council
man.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-12-14
IN REPLY TO BEN CABLE.
George Wharton Pepper Extends Whole
Wreath OF Olive Branches.
Rv the JTnitad prncs

ny tlle JHlleu lIeSS.
Philadelphia, Dec. 13.-At a meeting
of the faculty conference committee of
the University of Pennsylvania this
evening, 1t was decided to send the fol-
lowing communication in reply to Ben
S, Cables letter Of Dec II, which re-
pudiated the charges alleged to have
been made by Yale against Pennsyl-
vania:
Benjamin s. Cable, Esq, President of the
Yale Foot Ball Association:
Dear Sir-I am instructed by the faculty
conference committee of the University Of
Pennsylvania to acknowledge the re-
ceipt of your letter of Dec. IL. 1t is graft
flying to the committee to be assured
that the charges which have been pre-
ferred against the University of Pennsyl-
vania foot ball team have been made by
persons who have no authority to speak
for Yale, At the same time, it is proper
to observe that the communication of the
committee was sent upon the suppostion
that there was at Yale a faculty commit
tee, committee of alumni, charged with
the supervision of athletic interests, sim
liar to this committee or to those which
exist at other universities. Had the fact
been known, the committee would not
have put your association to the trouble of
preparing formal response to our let
ter of inquiry. Yours very truly,
George Wharton Pepper,
Secretary of the Faculty. Conference Com
mittee.
During the meeting it was decided by
the committee that hereafter no candi-
date would be allowed to try for a posi-
ton on the base ball team If he had
played on a summer nine, such as Cape
May, Atlantic City and other like or
ganizations.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-12-14
DEFENDANTS GALORE.
Edwardsvillites Anxious TO BE Indicted
for Burning Mrs. Thomas Davis and
John Jones in Effigy.
BY the United Press.

By the Unlteu lreSS.
Wllkes-Barre, Pa, Dec. 13.-David
Bolton and David Thomas, of Ed
wardsville, were tried tonight on the
charge of libel for burning in efIigy
John Jones and Mrs. Thomas Davis.
The neighbors charged that Jones and
Mrs. Davis had been for some time
stepping beyond the bounds of propri-
ETY., and they had warned them that
they must not continue to besmirch the
character of the neighborhood. The
warnings went by unheeded, and a
company of twenty or more went to
Mrs. Davis house at midnight, and
burned the two figures in her front
yard.
Mrs. Davis watched the flames from
her window, and in the light detected
several faces she knew. This morning
she swore out warrants before Alder
man Perkins for the arrest of Bolton
and Thomas.
When they were arrested a crowd of
a couple of hundred Edwardsville resi-
dents came over to the county seat, de-
claring that they We're in the effigy
party and requesting that they also
be indicted. The case was postponed
for a few days after a number of wit
nesses had been heard.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-12-14
IN FIRE and EARTHQUAKE
Volcanic Disturbances Threaten ISL
andS of the New Hebrides Group.
VILLAGE SWEPT TO THE SEA
1t Is Estimated That Fully Scventy.fiyc
Lives Have Been Lost-The Fertile
Fields Covered with Layer
of Volcanic Ashes,
BY the United Press.

BY the United Press.
Victoria, b. c., Dec. 13-The Austria
liam steamer, Warrimoo, which has just
arrived, brings startling news about
majority of the islands of the New
Hebrides group, which are passing
through a baptism of fire. earthquake,
and volcanic disturbances, threaten
ing the very existence of several of the
largest and best of the islands, includ-
ing Ambrim, celebrated for the excel
lence OF Its coffee.
On this latter island an entire village
of natives was recently swept into the
sea. The loss of life has been variously
estimated at from sixty to seventy-five
men, women and children. In others
of the group, fatalities are also re-
ported. A layer of volcanic ashes from
two to six inches deep covers the once
fertile fields with an appropriate
shroud.
Traders and planters living on AM
brim island have fled to Port Sand
wich, but the lowest estimate of the
loss of life is fifty. Owing to recent
ness Of the disaster, details were not
available when the Warrimoo left the
southern seas, although natives from
all the volcanic islands were flocking to
| the centers of civilization for safety.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-12-14
FLASHED OVER THE. WIRES.

Overwork in speechmalslng may force
Salvation Army General Booth to give Ip
his western tour.
To get Edward Otis money, two tramp
employees killed him in his barn at Wheat
on, ILL.,, took $65 and fled.
On trial at Velpin, Ind, for a minor Of
fense, John Henry struck Justice Cape
hart fatal blow and escaped,
Conviction for conspiracy and fraudu-
lent use of the mails was found at Col
umbia, s. c.. against C. p. Barrett, j. II.
Tillr1an and ]. w. Owens.
A s., 1853 shortage was found in the ac-
counts of ex-City Treasurer John Har-
grove, of Huntington, Ind, who has been
high flyer, and is now fatally i'll.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-12-14
TRIED TO ROAST HIM.
Students at Thiel College Resent the
Presidents Peculiar Ideas by Dastardly
nutrauna
By the United Press.

Outrages.
By the United Press.
Philadelphia, Dec. 13.-A special to
the Record from Sharon, Pa, says:
Students at Thiel college, in Green
vile, this county, becoming incensed at
the monarchial tendencies of President
Roth, attempted last night, so it Is be-
lieved, to roast him to death in his bed.
Several weeks ago President Roth
shocked the students by making a
speech in which he denounced in vigor-
Gus terms the present mode of govern
ment in the United States and said that
monarchial government was the only
government. This speech was the be-
ginning of the whole affair, and since
that time the president has been sub
jected to all kinds of abuses and insults,
which have grown worse of late.
On Monday night the president was
hung in efIigy in such a position as to
attract the attention of every person
who passed the college Tuesday night
shower of bricks was thrown through
the window in the presidents study,
but luckily he escaped without injury.
Last. night, about midnight, fire
was discovered under the dormitory
where the president was asleep. The
fire was extinguished without difficulty
but not before the building was badly
burned The diaffected students had
hauled load of shavings, saturated
them with oil and set them ON fire.
The faculty with the aid of the po-
lice, is making every attempt possible
to locate the perpetrators of the das-
tardly plot.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-12-14
STATE PARAGRAPHS.

Saturday evening Governor Pattison
will preside at a meeting of the Harris
burg branch of the Commercial Travellers
Home association.
Owing TO the split in the Evangelical as
soYlatlcn, Schuylkill seminary will, about
the first Of the year, remove from Fred
ericksburG to Myerstown.
Mrs, William Rhote, of Williamsport,
while temporarily insane, committed sui
eide yesterday morning by jumping into
the Susquehanna river.
Eleven year-old Ella Hill, of Natalie
near Shu.nokin, while securing the woods
for chicken, Monday, lost her way, and
when found the next day was almost
frozen stiff
Postmaster John Troxell of Portage,
CaInbrie county, has been arrested and
held in $1,000 bail on the charge Of emhez-
zllng 1856 belonging to the money order
department.
A new addition which Mahlon Heffncr,
Of New Jerusalem, was building to his
house wos wrecked and everything in 1t
destroyed by the explosion of a number Of
sticks Of dynamite which had been placed
near on open hearth fire TO dry.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-12-14
PENNER SCORES KNIGHTS.
He Claims That They Arc Led by Scurril.
Gus Knavcs-Browne's Resolution Is
Turned Down.
By the United Press.

Turned Down.
By the United Press.
Denver, Col, Dec. 13.-At today's ses-
sion of the Federation of Labor reso-
lution reported favorably by the COM
mittee on resolutions asking congress
to pass a law making it criminal for
employers to supplement their help in
time of strike and warfare by employ
ing large companies of men from for
eign countries.
Next came the silver resolutions with
long preamble as an argument favor
ing the free coinage advocates. 1t de-
mands the re-enactment of the coinage
law of 1887 upon a ratio of 16 to /. The
resolution was adopted
The committee on presidents address
reported endorsing the position of the
executive council in the American Rail
way union strike. 1t recommended the
fixing of May l, 1896, as the date for an
effort to establish the eight hour day.
An opposition to the committees re-
port was raised by Delegate Penner be-
cause it recommended the continuance
VI nt6OlltillOllS Will the hulBHlS VI La
Dor for a union. Delegate Penner want
ed to have nothing to do with what he
denominated a gang of shysters led by
scurrilous knaves. Such an organiza-
tion, he declared, could only be re-
formed by killing it,
The resolution committee reported
adversely on a document from Carl
Browne, the CoXeyite, requesting that
If congress shall adopt the Baltimore
plan the federation shall order its fol-
lowers to demand payment in gold coin
after May |, 1896.
A resolution by T. j. Morgan, of Chi
cago, to secure the enforcement of the
compulsory education law in all the
states, was endorsed The resolution
condemning the pluck me" stores of
large corporations and the issuance of
script payment for labor was adopted.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-12-14

been lying on the lounge and had after
ward knelt at prayer, first attacked
Miss Draden, who was down stairs
with him, and then, rushing up stairs,
repeatedly slashed his wife. Thence he
proceeded to the back yard, where he
severed his own jugular vein and died
almost instantly.
There are some hopes Of Mrs. Vivi-
ans recovery, but Miss Draden is IA
tally injured.