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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-12-23

ITO the Bank of England and Pay
master-General, Court of Chancery
L, the undersigned, claiming an inter
est in the estate of (iH in name Of de-
ceased), who died in (date), request in
formation to- be supplied to Mr.. j. a.
Hales, of lis Chancery lane, London,
on my behalf"
This blank was surmounted gorge
ously with the royal arms of England,
and was got UP with frilIs and furbe-
lows calculated to inspire awe.
Information Of the swindle had been
sent to Inspector Byrnes by Com
missioner Munroe, of the criminal in
yestigation department of the London
police. One of Byrnes' detective-ser-
geants asked to have an imaginary
claim Investigated; paid out SIS in fees
and received a letter from Hales to
the effect that the claim was promis-
ing. Then a demand upon him was
made for $24.75. Inspector Byrnes
conferred with the postoffice authori-
ties with the view of arresting Parker
and Witherell for the illegal use of
the United States mails. Letters ad-
dressed to the agency were examined,
and in this way the addresses of per-
sons who were being swindled were
obtained. Compartments made affl-
davits, and Parker and Witherell were
indicted for swindling. They were
locked up at police headquarters and
a truckload of books, letters, papers
and so on followed them.
This was one of the boldesrt and
most brilliant of the many schemes
of the kind to swindle credulous
Americans. Its daring was dazzling.
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BANKRUPTCY STORIES.
One Man Married to Outwit Creditors
and the Other Got Drunk.
EF'rom the Chicago Herald.l

An old method of outwitting credi-
tors was adopted recently by man
living in Hull, England. On the death
of his wife some years ago he was left
$4,000 a year for the period he remained
a WidOWer, and in the event Of renar-
riage the 1oequest went to his children
by the deceased wife. The man got
into financial difficulties and went into
the bankruptcy court, where it was
proposed to attach the bequeSt in be-
half of the creditors. Without warming
to anyone he went up to London and
married a woman of 81, an inmate of
one of the metropolitan warehouses,
whom he left at the registrar s office to
go back to her old quarters and re-
turned himself to Hull. By the terms
of the will the $4,000 a year goes to his
children, who are so delighted with the
turn of affairs that they have given
their pauper step-Inother an annuity
for the rest of her life and are also at
tending to the creature comforts of the
old man who took such heroic steps to
save their fortune.
A different kind of bankrupt story Is
reported from Lancashire. Not many
DAYS ago there was a church rattle at
Preston, in which the chief prize was
a house and lot valued at $1,250. The
winner was a Blackburn man, we'll
known to a worthy woman of Preston,
who is the owier of considerable
property and a keen hand at
a bargain. She went TO the Blackburn
man and offered him $500 cash for MS
prize He refused the offer, and the
Preston woman gradually increased it
to $500 This he accepted, and the
transfer was duly made on receipt Of
that amount of cash. The man was
a discharged bankrupt, and his credi-
tors. who got wind of his luck. came
down on him for the money. But the
money was not in sight. AS soon as
he got the $500 he started on spree,
and speedily dissipated every penny
The creditors are now claiming the
mouse or it's market value from the
cute Preston woman, contending that
the vender had no legal righa to dis
pose of the property.
Whales are never found in the Gull
c traq m
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across toad or q spider this was a

across a toad or a spider this was a
very good omen indeed.
Much has been written about the
wedding ring, the ring of gold" This
is always regarded as an absolute ne
cessity to the marriage service, but 1T
is not legally SO, although few care to
brave superstition and do without it,
Then so many women are prejudiced
against taking off the ring after 1T has
once been placed upon the finger.
A curious custom in olden times was
that of the eldest sisters dancing bare
foot at the marriage Of the younger
ones, lest they should lose all chance
of marriage and die old maids. In
some parts of England this custom is
still kept up.
AS an emblem of good luck, shoes
are invariably thrown after the bride
on leaving for the honeymoon. This
is accounted for in two ways. Some
say that the shoe in olden times being
accounted as a sign of authority, this
is the symbol of the transfer of paren-
tai right to the husband, while others
affirm that the shoe throwing is a pre-
tended assault on the husband for car
rying away the bride.
In some of the old parts of England
when the lately wed couple first enter
their house, a hen is brought in and
made to cacllle as a sign of good luck.
In bygone years, the bride was not
allowed to walk over the doorstep in
entering her new abode, but was lifted
over by her nearest relative. this be-
ing done to prevent witchcraft.
Many are the beliefs clustering
around the wedding cake. The girl
friends of the bride are most eager to
pass a tiny bit of the wedding cake
three times through a wedding ring
and place the same under their pillow
in the hope each may dream of her
future husband, while rubbing should
ers with the married pair is said to in
dictate a speedy marriage.
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PRIVATE GAMBLING IN ENGLAND
Young Fools Who Are FIeeced in
Country Houses.
TIIondon Letter1
LLondon Letter.J

While there is a determined crusade
against gambling in England, and hun
dreds of workingmen and tradesmen are
arrested every week for betting, no check
has been put upon the heavy play going
on in the country houses of the nobility.
The law is virtually powerless to inter-
fere with this class of sport, and the
players do not belong to a type that can
be influenced by moral suasion, but If
current stories are true, measures OF
some sort should be adopted to sup
press or diminish the evil. Although the
victims are not disposed to ''squeal, for
various reasons, it is whispered that
some very shady tricks are resorted to
to relieve poor fools of superflous cash.
Many young members of hunting and
shooting parties are despoiled by aristo-
cratic sharpers, and instances OF suDSe-
quent hardships are told at the clubs,
with comments that do not spare the
country hostess.
The women, indeed are more eager
for baccarat and other heightened games
than the men, and they have less pity
for the young fools that are inveigled
into dropping their pocket money and
giving I o US When ready cash is eX-
hausted. Two young officers of smart
by play this week. They have sent in
their papers to the war office, and start
for the colonies soon, to try and retrieve
their fortunes. So long as men like the
Prince of Wales patronize the gaming
tables of country houses, it is difficult
to keep the gambling habit within
bounds. 1t lis said the Prince has re-
formed in other respects, and that ne IS
in a very moral mood. If the opponents
of camping, in high as well as low
places. could secure his cooperation, a
great many young men,, and not a rev
old fools. would be indefinitely better OH
financiaIiv at the end of the season, ana
there would be fewer hints of scandal al
fl1a chris.
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ming Of our adventures before daylight,
1t was not without interest that saw
its surface dotted with fragments OF
rock that had fallen during our an
sence. and some of which had ploughed
ard e,ouged the ice right in our track.
When we passed before sunrise. me
cliffs above were hard frozen Laler'
the morning sunheams, talhIlg upol,
them. had released the rocks pr1eq
loose by the frost over night, but helq
until then in the grip of the Ice, ana
sent them spinning downward. ON our
return in the afternoon, the sun iAu
left the cliffs again, and the failing OF
rocks had practically ceased.
We paused to make a cup OF lea at
The cabane, and while Tangwalder ana
Craven were building fire, L stood
outside. the spectator of a curious phe-
romenon. The sun was hidden behlnd
the Matterhorn. and an immense beam
of light. 40 degrees in length, like the
tail Of a gigantic comet, EXTENDED
straight out from the apex CT the peak
and seemed to be brandished over
Switzerland 1t required but little mn
aginaticn to picture a mighty angeI
standing there to guard the paradise OF
snow against the intrusion of mortal
footsteps from the lower world, and j
could easily understand how such me-
Neurological wonders as this must have
been potent in producing those early
traditions which proclaimed the Mat
terhorn a sacred mountain whose Sc
crets were forbidden to man.
When we reached the Schv'artzsee
the magnificent mountain had rolled a
cloudy turban about its head and an
Fnglishman, with his guides, whom We
met on their way to the cabane, return
ed the next forenoon reporting that up
on ascending to a point below the
shoulder they had been driven back by
hail. When / again saw the sun shining
on the peak, its terrific precipices had
their brows encircled with chaplets OF
new-fallen snow.
DeeS n Climb up the Matterhorn Pay
have been asked twenty times if
the view from the top of the Matter
morn rerays one for the effort expended
IN climbing it. No, it does not. But
then, it is not for the view that one
climbs the Matter'horn. Some of my
friends appear to think that / had am
idea of establishing an observatory on
the top of the mountain. An observa-
tory would be useless If it could be
placed there. The atmosphere of the
Alps is not the kind of air the astron-
orner is in search of. had no ulterioI
purpose whatever. Do you not know
that there are some things which are
worth d~jng for their own sake?
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No will-o'- the-wisp was ever pur-
sued with the same constancy and en-
thusiasm in the face of strong dis
enlargement that have been shown in
the hunt after mythical English for
tunes by otherwise sane Americans.
In spite of the fact that no big bundle
of English wealth, in litigation in the
Court of Chancery in England, has
ever been divided among American
heirs, the belief that they are heirs to
fabulous fortunes in the tight little
isle burns as strong as ever in certain
American breasts. No better illustra-
ton could be found of the old saying
that nope springs eternal" for this
hope is ever young, ever waiting to be
played upon by sharpers, who use the
commonest methods of extracting
dollars from their victims and play
them along for years, forcing an
annual income from them.
Eager to Fall.
! 1t doesn't require any particular
4cleverness on the part of these swim
dlers TO dupe the confiding persons
who imagine themselves heirs. The
! latter are eager to fall into the net.
/ They come to the sharpers with the
same meekness and readiness that
deer show when they approach the
f1aring torch of the pot-hunter. And
! they never learn anything by expert
ence. In spite of the fact that these
/ swindles have been exposed continu-
/ ally by the police and newspapers, vic
TINS are as numerous and as plant
as ever and release their hold on good
dollars with the same marvellous
/ eagerness that they have shown since
the first genius discovered how easy
it was to make money by advertising
for heirs to English fortunes.
Over and over again the Bank OF
England has announced that its vaults
contain no large fortunes tied up in
the court of chancery, and which were
awaiting American heirs; yet these
mythical fortunes are always reposing
| in the Bank of England, according tc
the stories used to beguile silly Ameri-
cans. The amounts of these ''for.
tunes" really are comical. They are
seldom less than S50,000,0O0 and Otter
run up to 300,0OO,0OO or 100000, 600
and yet in the face of these ludicrous
figures gudgeons swarm into the tolls
Of the swindlers who circulate these
absurd fairy tales and make money
out of them.
Methods of Sharps.
The methods of these mythical for.
| tune Sharps are so simple as to cause
one to wonder that they can be sc
successful. Their usual programme Is
first to get hold Of some green country
correspondent and hint mysteriously
at a great story" they could give
him for his papers, if they were SC
minded After they had whetted the
| green correspondents curiosity UP tC
| a pitch where his senses practically
leave him they tell him that they are
the agents for vast estate in Eng
land, which is the property of heirs
who are somewhere in America; tbs
fortune will make the lucky Ameri
cans rich beyond all dreams. Then
upon pressure by the correspondent
the agents, pretending to be very IN
/ willing to do so, give him list 0.
names of heirs and they invariably
pitch upon names borne by many fam
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SHE Welded THEM ALL.
The Queer Way in Which an Inher-
itnnce Was Disposed Of.

Hengrave Hall, near Bury st. Edmunds.
which has been sold for 6ver S450,OOO, at
one time belonged to- Penelope, a daugh-
ter of Earl Rivers. OF this fair aristoerat
an amusing story is told She had three
sl1itors at the same time, Sir George
Trenchard. Sir John Gage and Sir William
Hervey and to keep peace between the
rivals She threatened the first aggressor
with her perpetual displeasure, telling
them that If they would wait she would
have them all in turn--a promise which
she actually performed. The gentleman
first favored was Sir George Trenchard.
He died shortly afterward, and It was not
long before she became Lady Gage; Sir
John, by whom she had nine chlldren,
his widow was led TO the altar by Sir
William Heryey. The lady survived all
her husbands.
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@ Nos. 4, 3 and = Main >
CASH CAPITAL, 100000.

COME PEOPLE always save a little; most
- people sometimes save something. and some people
never save anything The road to comfort lies more in
what we save than what make. lions Savings Bank
was opened for purposes AS an investment for those
who established it, and also place in which the people
of Utah could safely deposit their money and receive
reasonable interest thereon, is the Largest and Oldest
Savings Bank Utah, and the confidence eposed is
atesed by the fact that since the bank was instituted
1893 savings accounts have been opened. Deposits
received in any from $I.oo up
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Vdsitor-Is THE editor in? Office boy
Nav; can I do anything for yer?'' Wis
ttur-Oh. it's nothing important. ! just
called to pay my subscription. Office
angel-Nata1in' Important An you want
to pay your subscription? Great heav-
ems, mani Sit down and I'll put the de-
tectives on the editors trail. "-Florida
RSucs Usaaon.
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Whales are never found in the Gulf
stream.
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Health to thee, good apple tree,
Well to bear pocket-fulls, hat-fulls,
Peck-fuilS bushal-hag-flllls
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PL VT woRsHIPPERs.
Some OF Them stin LinEer in Certain
Portions OF Italy.

POEI1OnS VI
The plant-worshippers who hold SO
rroninent a place In the history of the
primitive races Of mankind would appear
10 have sprung from perception of the
beauty and utility of trees. Survivals OF
This still linger on in many parts of Eu-
rope. The peasants in Bohemia will sally
forth into their gardens before sunrise on
Good Friday, and, falling on their knees
before a tree, will exclaim. Il pray, Q
green tree, that God may make thee
good At nighttime they will run to and
fro about their gardens crying. BUD, .
trees, hui, or / will fog you.
IN England the Devonshire Farmers ana
their men will to this day go out into
tlTeir orchards after supper on the even
Ing of Txelfth-Day, carrying with them
a large milk-pail of cider, with roasted
apples pressed into it. All present holq IN
their hands an earthenware cup Iaied
with liquor, ard taking UP their stand be-
meath those apple trees which have borne
the most fruit. address them in these
words:
Health to Tree, good apple tree;
Well to bear pocket-fulls, hat-fulls,
Peck-fuils. interchangeable.
simultaneously dashing the contents of
their cnpS over the trees. In most coun-
tries certain plants are to be found asso-
ciated with witches and their craft.
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ARE ENGLISH,
YOU KNOW!
Great Estates in Chancery Are
Myths to Swindle Ameri-
can Heirs.
EVER READY TO BE GULLED

No Amount of Warming Can Keep
Our Greedy Fellow COuntrymen
From Swallowing the GiIded Bait
Held Out By the Robbers-An Easy
swindIe With Vast and Quick Re-
turns.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-06-13

ststing In a secondary manner. The
opening was from lasqi5sc. higher than
yesterdays close, July being yariously
quoted at from SIC. to 6lI7c. That de-
livery ranged between 6l1sc. ana 1tc''
closing -hgulssc. higher than yesterday
at GlHG0i4c. Cash wheat was In eA-
ctlent demand, with offerings light
Prices averaged full cent higher tnan
yesterday.
Corn opened strong and higher. and
trading thereafter was on higher plane
OF values. July sold between 42lsg iljsc.,
cioslng &c. higher than yesterday at II sc.
inss were very moderate and prices Ia
lhc. higher.
oats were not so Independent Of the
other markets to-day as In the imme-
dldte past. The weather attracted some
attention, the same conditions being APP
parent in this market from that cause
as those obtained in wheat. The Govern
ment report seemed to be entirely with
out reference to that document. The
opening was firm and there was an easier
period, succeeded by a loss. The close
was 9ic. higher for July. Cash oats
were IN good demand a &c. advance.
PrOvisions-rhere was some good buy
Ing OF product to-day by commission
houses, and prices promptly responded.
The volume Of trading was not extra
ordinary, although somewhat heavier
than during the past few weeks. The
opening was firm on an advance Of 50lOc
I'm the price Of live hogs at the yards
and from a spirit Of sympathy with grain.
Later "a further advance was made, and
the buying already mentioned and the
loi2c; higher for July lard. and 22kc.
for JuiV ribs.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-06-13
FINANCE AND COMMERCE
THE CLOSING 0UOrATIONs or
MONEY.
Offerings and Sales at the Richmord To.
baoeo Excbangc-InternaI Revenue
CoIlections-Foreign Advio.

NEW YORK, June 12.-There was a
frmer tone 20 the Railway and Miscel-
laneOus share speculation on the an
uouucement OF the settlement "a the soft
coal strike Most Of the buying, how
ever, was for the account of the shorts.
who had sold the market yesterday on
the belief that the reduction In the New
Haven dividend from 10 TO per cent.
would result in more or less liquidation
I'm the general list. London became
higher but the foreigners bought few
stocks or bonds. The early advance was
equal TO i.aJs per cent. the Changers,
Chicago Gas. Louisville and Nashville,
General Electric, ana MISSOURI racine
weakness prevailed, and there was mod
crate selling Of Burlington and ST. Paul
The decline In the four named was as
cribed 10 New England liquidatiOns, but
shrewd observers thought the selling could
be traced nearer home. and That IS was
principally for the short account. The
announcement that the ST. Paul and Rock
Island had applied TO the stock EXCHANGE
10 list new bonds was used against the
Changers. The Railway stocks OUTSIDE
OF Burlington, was only a 10 = per cent
In the last hour the list improved an
around and left of him. American
Sugar was the most active stock OF the
day, 70 700 shares changing hands St
Paul came next. with 1900 shares Bur
lington figured for 1890 and Chicago
Gas for 200 shares. but no other stock
a
Sugar as usual was very cratic 1t
first declined "a 10 1921, rose 70 105k
and receded 10 and closed at 1859. Gov
ering Of short contracts and manipula-
ton account for the gyrations. as Wash
ington calls were less important than
Of late Chicago Gas and General Flee
trio were strong while the other Indus
trials were barely steady on a limited
business. Net changes show advances
OF y TO rs per cent. burlington lost r.
Lead H. and New York Central x per
cent American Cotton OH preferred
fell IL 10 90. The steamship Spree.
which sailed for Europe to-day took ont
81 10000 gold but no foreign engage
ments are reported for tomorrow The
bond market was strong. Sales OF stocks
included n. 900 listed and 10000 unlisted.
Treasury Balances-COin, SIS. 1S3. 900;
currency SIS SOS 900.
Money on call easy at per cent. last
loan at per cent, and closing offered
At ] per cent. prime mercantile paper.
3ItG4 per cent Bar silver G2N Sterling
exchange is firm. with actual business
In bankers bills at 4S7ldfS73l for sixty
DAYS and 4sI9dfSS4 for demand. posted
rates 4SST4S0L, commercial bills 4SGia0
4S7. Government bonds firm. State
bonds dun. Railroad bonds firm Sill
yer at the board was neglected.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-06-13
gHE C0NFEDERATE MUSEUM.
The Building 10 be Putin Order for the Re
cepNon OF HeIics by he InlI

called meeting OF the Confederate
Memorial Literary Society. was held yes
terday afternoon at the Jefferson Davis
Mansion, which is 10 be restored and
placed In suitable condition for the Con-
federate Museum. The house will be
renovated and restored under the care of
Duhding committee during the sum-
mer months, when II Is expected that
IL VIII be ready 10 turn over to the So
Getty Tor the placing OF the relies, which
the ladies have collected with much
pains, and which they propose to care
Tor carefully and sacredly.
Among the questions of business dis
cussed was the appointment Of janitor
for the Museum.
1t Is proposed to have a lawn party
in the grounds very shortly for the double
purpose Of raising funds for the museum
and also that the public may have an
opportunity OF seeing the ruinous condi-
ton Of the house, and realize what a
task these loyal women have undertaken
for the benefit Of the generations yet
10 come.
They feel sure that Just as soon as the
vital Importance OF this work is realized,
they will have the hearty cooperation
Of all Of our citizens. There Will be no
more meetings Of the society until the
fall. when they will assemble TO receive
the house from the hands OF the building
The list Of regents and vice-regents as
appointed are given below:
Where regents are not named the vice.
regent will appoint the regent, who shall,
as a rule be resident Of the State she
represents, and endeaVOr 10 forward the
interests of the society in that territory:
Mrs. {. OBJ. Cowardin, vice-regent for
Maryland.
Mrs Caznean Mcleod, vice-regent for
Texas.
Mrs ]. Taylor Ellyson, regent for Vir-
ginia: and Miss Mildred Lee, Vce-regent
for Virginia.
Mrs. ]. P. Harrison. vice-regent for
Georgia.
Mrs A. W. CARRIER, vice-regent for
Florida.
Mrs. George Wayne Anderson. vice-re-
gent for Louisiana.
Mrs. Thomas D. Neal, vice-regent for
Miss Mary Mason Anderson, regent for
Mississippi Miss Minnie Davis, vice-re-
gent for Mississippi.
Mrs. Stephen Putney. vice-regent for
Mrs. George P. Stacey. vice-regent for
Mrs. \. V. Randolph, vice-regent for
Tennessee.
Mrs. W. P. de sassaure. vice-regent for
South Carolina.
Miss Matte Harris. vice-regent for
Kentucky.
Mrs Drake vice-regent for Alabama.
Miss May Baughman, Vce-regent for the
Solid South.
Standing committees were also appoint
cd on membership. finance, building
house. publication. museum and ways and
means The names Of the members OF
these committees will be announced here
after.
The Hollywood Memorial Association
will hold a meeting this afternoon at .
o'clock in the lecture-room Of DR.. Hoge's
church.