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NEWS AND NOTES.

1t was years work to draw up the
tariff bill, but how long may it be before
we have it finally ''construed?'
Delaware is State which is pretty
sure to be sliced off from the solid South
this autumn. The Democracy held it by
only 500 majority in 1892, and the multi
plication of schools and factories in
Delaware has steadily tended to make it
Republican.
Maine's campaign will now begin IN
earnest. No State in the Union is worse
hit by the German Sugar Trust bill, and
If Maine doesn't hit back again pretty
vigorously, it will be because a sudden
change has come over the Yankee tenn
permanent.
1t took the British Labor Commission
three years, and required the publication
of Sixty-seven blue books, at a cost of
$250,OO to demonstrate that they did
not know what to do about the labor
question. At least President Cleveland's
commission will not last so long nor cost
so much.
People living in the vicinity of Sandus-
ky, Ohio, were surprised Yesterday at
the arrival of nine railroad cars contain
ing $50 lunatics. They thought Congress
had adjourned until they learned that
the State Hospital for the Insane at
Columbus was giving an excursion.
The business men of Denver and other
Colorado cities who are combining "to
unload Governor Waite" should not have
any, great difficulty accomplishing that
highly laudable purpose. To assume
that the task will be hard one is to
assume that the citizens of Colorado are
vastly more foolish than they have ever
gwen the public any reason to believe.
when the Democratic stump speaker
during the opening campaign reaches
that portion of his speech where he pro-
poses to tell"What Congress Has Done.n
his voice will sink to a whisper and his
remarks will partake of the nature of a
confession and and a confidential COM
munication. That part of the situation
is, as Mr. Cleveland said about sugar. "a
delicate subject"
What this country needs just now is
government sufficiently patriotic and
Courageous to protect the lives and in
terests of its citizens in Nicaragua. That
is something which it hasn't got to-day
and won't have so long as the foreign
policy of the Administration is dominat-
ed in equal degree by cowardice and in
competency.
There is one thing certain, no reduc-
ton in wages can be effected, in wool
manufacturing alone, that will offset the
difference of 20 cents in price per yard.
Ii the difference is to be realized in the
cost OF labor it must appear in the re-
duced labor cost of all kinds of materials
and supplies that enter into and contrib.
ute to the cost of manufacture. The
cost OF buildings and machinery must
come down, taxes must be less, and in
terest on loans obtained at less rates. In
addition to every saving of this kind
must be years OF experience in the blend
ing and manipulation of stock, some of
winch Will be new to our manufacturers,
Manufacturers Gazette.
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$1.25 EACH.

Silk Waists, in new styles and
very handsome COlOrings, will 90
for mere fraction Of their former
prices at Frear's.
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Lawn Tennis.

The third day of the st. Adams Ten
mis- Association Tournament was brought
to close Saturday with an interesting
and successful days sport. Adams
wins the first prize with record of 10
matches played and won. Deming was
a good second with won and lost.
The two experts gave a splendid ex-
hibition of tennis in the afternoon before
an enthusiastic audience and many bril-
liant shots were made. Following is the
score and standing of players: Adams,
Arlington, won 10; lost none; Deming,
Arlington, won s; lost 1; Gibson, Rut-
land, won /, lost |.
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B~ oliver Wendall Holmes says of
the Waterman Fountain Pen: st works
admirably. have given up every other
pen in it's favor, and have of late done
all my writing with it." These pens
are sold at the BANNER Office.
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1t may be that he had in mind
That draught which seems to make a truth
Out of the fable ages old,
For drinking it the old grow young;
1t is indeed. a drought of gold,
Surprising all by poets sung.
The draught meant is DR.. Pierce's
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worn out feel young and vigorous.
Ponce-de-Leon didn't discover it, but
DR.. Pierce did, and he rightly named it
when he called it Golden Discovery"
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It is not too cold for Shirt Waists
yet, and will not be for some time
to come, and then such extremely
popular garments are sure to be
worn next season, and you will not
then be able to get them at such
prices as the above. Be sure and
visit this great sale Of high style
shirt waists at low prices. First
choice will Of course, go to the
first corners.
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OPENING
At
QUACKENBUSH'S
Blanket Dept,

1 lot OF large Blankets at 45C
per pair.
40 pairs OF heavy Blankets,
fancy borders, at 75C per pair.
SO pairs OF extra heavy ia
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1 lot Of fine wool 1914 Blankets
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30 pairs Of all wool ia Blank.
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A large lot Of California Lamb
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You can save money by buying
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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-08-04
FrauduIent Registration.

Denver, Aug. S.-Deputy Collector of In
ternaI Revenue Kabis has discovered that
numerous certificates of registra ton for
Cinnamon were fraGdulently obtained at
Rock Springs, Wy, being accompanied
with photographs taken by a photog-
rapher at that place from pictures sent
from China. General Kabis was told by
Cinnamon at Rock Springs that Gun
Wah merchant OF Portland, Or, would
pay $500 apiece for certificates. as he
was bringing in Cinnamon from British
Columbia. II is believed the discovery
will lead to the unearthing of an extern
sive swindle at headquarters, which are
in Portland.
TWENTY-FIVE of the Cinnamon for whom
certificates of residence We're issued at
Rock Springs could not be found. Collec-
tor New said:
This is a very serious matter, IN my
opinion, and / have referred it to the
department of justice and have forwarded
a report 20 the commissioner of the reye-
nue. department with the recommendation
that a strict and searching investigation
be instituted. 1 have no idea what will
be done in the matter; do not think the
law will be suspended, but it may lead
10 the appointment of special agents to
thoroughly sift the whole thing, for if
+ the fraud has been practiced elsewhere
eras ii certainly has in Wyoming, it may
be quite extensive and serious"
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-08-04
wIRE-TAPPERs TRAPPED.
Two Notorious Confidence Men in the
Laws Clutches.

Chicago. Aug. 3.-Two of the most ex-
pert wire tappers and confidence men in
the country, w. Ii. Allen and w. H. Nc
Mutt, were landed in the county Jail last
night on charges of conspiracy and OBJ
tanning money under false pretense rs.
The men defrauded tWo Clark street
ticket brokers out of SL700 by interesting
them in sn extensive scheme to tap the
Western Union wires and loot downtown
pool rooms by delaying Geographic com
muDication from the race tracks and
betting information. Detective Krick was
introduced to the sharpers as a wealthy
and unsophistieated youth from Colorado
with money to burn, and the schemers
!, readily interested the officer in their pro-
posed robbery.
A room was rented which was to 'De the
Headquarters of the wire manipulators.
The Western Union officials were on the
alert for McNutt, having been warned
Accordingly The men found it advisable
to remove their quarters to a hotel on
Van Buren, street, near Plymouth Place.
Here a complete set of the most
modern and improved telegraph para
phernalia was introduced and the ticket
brokers and the supposed sucker" from
Colorado lined up to be skinned" The
next move was to employ an electrician
Iamed Moffatt, who, together with Nc
Mutt was to tap the wires and make the
necese ary connections.
Yesterday afternoon while the wire tap
pers We're getting in their fine work or
the hotel roof six detectives swooped
down on them and caught them red
handed, in the act Of clipping wires. The
men We're taken to Justice Fosters court
where the victims made complaint against
them. The ticket brokers had put 81, 70(
81 the pool and lost Justice Foster held
The prisoners in $1,000 bonds in @efault OF
which they went to jail.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-08-04

Washington, d. c., Aug. S.-Chief
Hazen, of the secret service, gives notice
of the discovery of counterfeit notes of
the series of 1880. check letter b, face
plate number 2,250, back plate number
1892, w. S. Rosecrans, register; James w.
Pratt, treasurer; portrait of Webster;
large round seal. The general appear
ance of the note is wel3 calculated to de-
ceive, the numbering very good both as
to color and formation. The portrait Of
Webster is imperfect having a fiat, IN
natural appearance.
The agents of the secret service bureau
Stauoned at New York captured $1,000 of
iris counterfeit, and two of the men en-
gagged in passing it. Their names are
Samuel Massey, who kept a saloon on
Broadway, and Russell I1oyt, who lives in
Connecticut. This is probably the first
case on record where the secret service
officers captured both the showers and
the counterfeit money before any Of it
had been put into circulation. Some weeks
ago Chief liazen called at the secret ser
vice office in New York. and while there
gentleman came in and showed an
answer he had received 70 an advertise
ment in a New York paper. There was
no suggestion of counterfeit money in the
answer, but its wording aroused the sus-
picioLs of the chief and he asked his
caller to continue the correspondence.
I his he did, with the result that $1,000 of
the bogus money was secured and two of
the showers landed in jail and another
VIII probably De very soon.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-08-04

which was the only place of shelter in
all that open country. l Spurred for
that bit of timber as fast as my horse
could carry me, turning in my saddle
and firing as ran. / made the river in
safety. My dripping horse, after swim
ming the deep current of the middle
stream was plunging through the shall
lows close to the shore of the island,
when he was killed beneath me by
bullet from the Indians. l waded
ashore and sank out of sight in the
underbrush.
1.-THE rifle 1 carried was the first re-
peating Winchester the Indians had
ever seen, and had 800 rounds of am
munition with me. The redskins
were fair targets. There was nothing
for them to hide behind. And as my
distinctly happy privilege of wearing
hair in the future depended upon my
quickness with my rife, you may be
sure that l pumped that Winchester
hard and fast Out from its muzzle
leaped an almost unbroken stream of
fire I shot so rapidly and with such
aheml l may say-deadly precision, that
the bravest buck among the warriors
dared not venture to swim his pony to-
ward my hiding place. The Indians
were perpleXed at the rapidity OF my
fire. 1 could hear them jabbering Wild
ly to each other, as who should say
That pale-face is no man at all, out
very devil come to earth
Grasping the situation, | sprang from
the bushes and stood in plain view pc
fore them, on the islands strip OF sahoy
beach. / brought my rife 10 level
and without ever taking it from my
shoulder began pumping lead among
them at such furious rate, that there
was small wonder they thought me
sunerhuman being. They stopped FIR
ing for a moment and stood staring at
me in stupid amazement Then a
panic seized them and they turned and
f1ed for their lives with the fear of
death upon them. Ever after that figght,
/ was known among them as 1.-THE
Evil Spirit of the Plains.
How many did you kill?" inquired
an inquisitive man. The question had
occurred to me, but 1 thought it bad
taste to ask it. Probably the doctor
did.
Il was fairly good shot in those
days." was his only reply.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-08-04

San Francisco, Aug, S.-The Elk
aminer this morning prints the follow
ing:
/ Five sealing boats, fastened together,
have been found floating in the Bering
seas by British man-of-war, and they
probably add another chapter to the
long list of accidentb and deaths that
have followed the sealers since they
| left on hunting cruises a few months
ago. In some of the boats were the
hunters guns and quantity of am
munition, but none of the boats had
any provisions in them.
No trace of the crews could be found,
although the boats looked as though
| they had recently been deserted. There
was no mark on the boats TO show
to what schooner they belonged, al
though on the stock of one of the guns
was cut the name of W. P. Sayward.
1t is thought that the lost boats be-
longed to her.
! The Sayward halls from British
Columbia, and she was last seen off the
coast of Japan with 6SS skins on board.
1t was not known which way she was
going. but it is probable that she drifted
north, following the seals to the rock
cries, and lost her hunters in fog or
storm. The five boats, with their
crews, came together after missing the
schooner, and for protection and assist
ance to each other they were fastened
together.
They drifted about in the open sea,
hoping that some passing sealer or
cruiser would pick them up before
death came.
., The past season has been most dis
astrous one for the sealers, and owners
of vessels are prepared to hear of al
most any calamity. Five schooners
have been lost and become total wrecks.
Four of them sent the crews to watery
graves, and so far it is known that
nearly a hundred lives have been lost
in the hunt for seals since the season
opened
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-08-04
SIMPLY DEVILISH.
Plans Laid BY HOld-UpS Near Eu.
reIka, Mo.

St. Louis, Aug. 3.-The most remarkable
feature Of last nights attempt at train
robbery near Eureka, Mo-, was the escape
OF the entire train and 1873 passengers
from absolute destruction. The despe-
radoes, undoubtedly accomplices of the
fellow with whom Express Messenger
Ferguson had a fight, forced open a car
of dynamite on the side track between
Eureka and stole two big dynamite cart
ridges, intended for heavy blasting. Each
cartridge was capable of tearing to pieces
tons Of solid rock. They were placed
by The dastardly bandits on the rails, the
Intention being to destroy the train and
plumber the richly laden express car and
probably the passengers. When the for
ward wheels of the engine rolled on the
cartridges there was a terrific explosion
which wrecked the machine The entire
train was severly shaken, the windows
broken and packages of letters thrown
from the boxes in the mail car. The ex-
plosion tore a great hole in the earth,
broke the rails from the fastenings and
flung the ties in every direction. 1t tore
open one side of the dynamite car and
exposed to view tons of the powerful eX-
plosive, yet for some unaccountable rea-
son the great mass, with energy enough
to blow the entire city off the face of the
earth, did not explode.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-08-04
BURNED TO DEATH.
Series Of Casualties Caused By a
Live Wire.

Series OF CASUALTIES CHuseu ID! IL
Live Wire.
Muncie, Ind, Aug. 3.-Leroy Wright,
an electric street railway employee,
caught hold of a live wire last night
and was burned to death.
A few days ago a tree was removed
from Washington street on the public
square. One end of a guy wire that
supported an electric street light pole
had been attached to the tree. Instead
of being removed, the wire was wrapped
about the tree.
Last night Robert Rice leaned against
the pole and was knocked senseless.
His companions, Will Snowden, anxious
to investigate. got the same kind of a
dose.
superintendent John Singleton, of the
city electric light plant, was summoned,
and while he was preparing to cut the
wire down young Wright came along
and recklessly took hold Of the wire.
He fell with the cry Take me loose!'
Granville Shepp, John Walling and Mr..
Singleton went to his assistance but
they fell in a heap and Mr.. Singleton's
hands had to be kicked loose from the
PROSTATE man. Wright's body was
burned to a crisp. 1t required ten min
u+es time to shut off the current of q
500 volts and release the man.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-08-04
cARyER,s INDIAN EXPERIENCES.
why He Was Called 1.-THE Evil Spirit
the Plains
IFrom the Kangas City Tlmes.l

IFrom the kansas City Ilmes.l
DR.. w. f. Carver, who recently de-
feated ]. A. R. Elliott at the traps, is a
man of very varied experiences. He is
a famous good fellow among his friends,
and withal one of the very pleasantest
of raconteurs. In his old scouting days
out west ne so distinguished himself in
fghks with the Indians as to earn an
jndividual name, by which he was
known among all the wild tribes of the
prairie. 1t was a soft-sounding, pretty
name. which it is difficult to set down
in English. Besides, / have forgotten
it. It meant THE Evil Spirit of the
Plains" The other day, at the Mid
land. ne told, to a little coterie of listen
ers, how he came by such a singular
soubriquet.
Il was scouting once" he said, "up
in the country about the head waters
of the Platte, in advance Of a detach-
ment OF cavalry, which had been sent
against the hostile Blackfeet. A large
band of Indians, well-mounted and
armed, came in behind me and cut me
off from the soldiers. When / saw
those painted savages come sweeping
toward me yelling ike pack of devils.
1 felt that my scalp was in very i'm
minent danger of being lifted. It SO
happened that l was not a great way
from little wooded island in the river.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-08-04
HER TRICKS SAVED HER.
Seargennt-nt-Arms Cur RescGes n
Water Spaniel From Death.
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This is the story of a little water SPAN
el which by the exercise Of it's cute tricks
at The proper time saved itself from death
by inhalation Of sulphur TO become the
pet of the family of small but noisy child
ren.
In one of the periodic raids by Impounder
Clough and his ruthless deputies, Belle
as the little dog was 2hristened by its
present owners, fell a victim along with
other unfortunate dogs TO the "strang-
lers loop carried by each deputy on a
raid. She was carried to the pound and
kept there IL the n-aSSorted company to
be fouLd in DIR. Clough's department IN
til the day Of execution rolled around
Monday Is always, Blue Monday" at the
deg pound. On that day all dogs whose
former owners refuse 20 bail them out
are sent across the river StyX to canine
hunting grounds via the sulphur route.
When the hour Of execution arrived Belle
was in the lot sentenced TO be killed. 1t
is rule of the city that a clerk from the
office of the city clerk shall witness these
wholesale executions 10 count the dogs
killed, thereby preventing the impOunder
from working ringers" in on the NUM-
cipality-and every dog-from dying more
than once.
geant-at-Arms Curry, of the lower house
has it in his power to secure at least a
temporary respite for a good dog, or if
in his pocket, pay the. dues. and take the
dog away To his knowledge he had
never met Belle before the day fixed for her
execution. But the minute he entered the
pound where 80 dirty, homeless, sullen dogs
were fighting and snarling, she picked
him out as the one in authority with
power to save her. She leaped and frisked
about him. She "palyed dead acted the
soldier. shook hands with him and sat up
with her forelegs folded across her chest
with such an air Of perfect confidence
that she won the day. He took her home
with him, where three small children at
once installed her as first choice in their
affections That was three weeks ago.
But Belle has never lost sight OF her OBJ
lieations. She let's the children pull her
ears, twist her tail and set on her without
exhibiting all her tricks for their amuse-
ment Recently, to show her deep sense
of thankfulness, she presented her rescuer
with four wee puppunes.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-08-04

The only cure for imprudence is the suf-
fering which imprudence entails Nothing
but bringing him face to face with stern
necessity and letting him feel how unbend-
ing, how IMPLYING it is can improve the
nan of ill-governed desires.-Herbert
Spencer
TIE greatest obstacle to being heroic is
the doubt whether one may not be going
to prove ones self fool The truest he
roism is to resist the doubt; and the pro-
foUndest wisdom is to know when it ought
to be resisted and when obeyed.-Haw-
thorne.
Difficulty is severe instructor, set over
us by the supreme guardian and legis-
later, who knows US better than we know
ourselves, and loves us better. too. He
that Urestles with us strengthens our
nerves and sharpens our skill. Our antag-
oniSt is our helper.-BurlSe.
Art employs method for the SYMMETRY
cal formation of beauty, as science en-
ploys it for the logical exposition of
truth; but the mechanical process is, in
the last, ever kept visibly distinct while
the shows of color and the shapes of
grace.-Bulwer.
The expectations of life depend on dill
gence; and the mechanic that would per-
feet his work must sharpen his TOOLS
Confucius-
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-08-04
Four Trc n,ps Burned to Death.

Bucyrus, Ohio, Aug. S.-the west
bound freight on the Pennsylvania,
broke in two this morning. the two
parts colliding. A car of coal oil and
one of gasoline took fire and consumed
half the train; also destroying 500 feet
of track. -Four tramps, stealing ride
on the oil car We're burned to death
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-08-04
A steamer Reached.

Holland, Mich, Aug. 3.-The steamer
City of Holland with eighty passen-
gers aboard was beached here today in
a heavy gale. The boat was badly
damaged and the passengers rescued
with difficulty. Thes teamer left Chi
cago last night well loaded with pas
sengers and freight.