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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-12-24

Kansas City, Dec. GA horseless cas-
rage went spinning along the smooth
asphalt Of Fourteenth street. in the vi
entity of Cherry street today. fulfilling
Mother Shiptonfs prophecy that Carr
riages without horses shall go" and ter
rifyiiig two Negroes who saw sparks ard
apparently srlphurotis flames issuing from
under it. TIE vehicle was an electric car
riage of Kansas City invention and man
ufacture. and is the only one in the
United States. although dissirnilar ones
are used in tie old world. The invention
is Dr. II. G. Bakers and was patented by
himself and }. II. Eiberg, in whose car
riage shop in this city the carriage YVES
made.
Il. S. Patton had charge of the eiectri-
city on the trial trip last night and the
machine worked perfectly. A speed OF
eleven miles an hour was Obtained
The carrisge is about the size of an
Scrdlnary one. One seat holding three per-
sons faces the front and another one
that win accommodate a similar number
Ices TO the rear. A storage battery COM
posed of i've series of i've cells each
furnishes current Of 1921 ohms and
tpe Cells are arranged in three tiers be-
,neath the seats The wheels are OF wood,
With india rubber cushions Oh the tires.
The rear wheels which are three seet, two
inches in diameter, have on their inner
sides cast-iron iange 26 inches in OIL
ameter and ave inches wide Motion from
the Dynamo, which is over the hind wheels
axle, is communicated to the aange by a
rawh1de friction pulley revolving from
69s TO lsuoe time e minute and is capable
OF being elevated or depressed at viii by
the driver by means of drivers on which
he places his feet The steering is done
by 8 toethed segment and psnion at
tached TO the axle of the fore wheels and
handled by q steering post, manipulated
by the driver with his hands. The, car
rage can make quick, short turns The
Storage batteries Will run the machine.
Abolt seven or eight hours.
The Kansas City invention weighs about
1000 pounds and is quicker and lighter
than the European coaches.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-12-24
PROMINENT DEFENDANTS.
Big Chancery Case Now Pending in
New Jersey.

dig Shsucefy 0stSe NOW IcnO1nS H
New Jersey.
New York, Dec. 2S.-The Press tomor-
row will say: Ex-Secretary of the Navy
William c. Whitney. Theodore Have
meyer, Prescott Lawrence, Thomas n.
Perry, Francis F. Vanderbilt. Rush H
Herdokoper, George Green, Reginald w.
River, Colonel William Jay, James T.
Hyde, r. Suffern Taller, and John G..
Beresford, together with a number of
other pTcm!re nt citizens of New York,
are defendants in a case pending in the
chancery court of New Jersey. The action
in question has been brought by Thomas
il Hamilton. In 1892 the defendants
organized the United States Horse and
Cattle Show society for the purpose of
giving horse shows in the fall and spring
of each year in this city. The society was
incorporated under the laws of New
Jersey with capital stock OF s75. 900. The
new organ ization leased Manhattan field
for five years. The directors, through the
executive committee, contracted with
Thomas L. Hamilton for; the construction
OF the necessary buildings at cost of
over S56,o00.- After the first show. which
was not q financial success, $40. 600 was
paid to Hamilton on his contract, leaving
$4,000 still unpaid. When the final ac
counting was had, the directors discover
ed the total amount of unpaid bills was
$4,000. On application. Chancellor McCili
made decree declaring the society in
solvent, and appointing the directors ps
receivers. Up to date, the receivers have
flled no report with the chancellor.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-12-24
NEW LINE OF ROAD.
San Francisco and Los Angeles fbe
Terminal Points.

| company has been Incorporated, says
the San Francisco Examiner, to build a
railroad between this city and Los An
geles. It's nominal capital is 500, G00, 600,
of which 100000 is said to have been sub
scribed and $4,000 paid in at the rate of
$1,000 a mile
/ None of the subscribers ere reputed to
be men of wealth, but Frederick Homer,
sons, says the projectors Of the San
Francisco and Los Angeles Railway COM
pany, are New York men of railroad ex-
perience and that its hackers are London
capitalists
1t is claimed that not only have the
surveys been made and most of the
! rights of way obtained. but that the
company has 300 miles of steel rails on
hand and that contracts have been signed
line. Work, it rs intimated, may begin in
the spring. The route is from the bay to
Stockton, thence practically parallel to
the old Southern Pacific, touching it at
MERGED, ViSalta and Bakersfield with
branches to Modesto and Fresno.
The articles of Incorporation show that
the subscribers to the capital stock of
the company, who are also its directors.
are the following Frederick Homer
Gtrustee). S450G00; Frederick Homer, $10.
coo; william H. Marsh ". F. G.
Behan, $4,000 The purposes of the cor
poration are stated to be ito build, lease,
maintain and operate a standard gauge
railroad, single or double track, from San
Francisco to Los Angeles through Ala
media, Contra Costa. San Joaquin. Stan
islaus, MERGED, MADEIRA, Fresno, Tulare,
Kern and Los Angeles counties, ETC."
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cruisers Royal Arthur Champion, Sat
elite and Nylnph is a mater of much
speculation as to the plans Of Eng
land with the war spirit in this part Of
the Pacific. The most generally ac-
cepted belief is that these cruisers hay e
some designs upon the government in
connection with The presen. dispute
over the boundary r,=tween Mexico and
Guatemala. especially in view 4of the
uncommunicative policy being f2llowed
by the commanders of the boats.
The probable ATTITUDE of he United
States in the event Of Ineddling On the
part Of England, is also q. matter peing
industrioasly discusad in some lGar-
tiers. The cruisers have bean idle foi, a
month, and there Is 40 indication of al
early departure.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-12-24
TIE DRUsEs.
Curious Customs OF n Curious Tribe
in the Holy Land.


Of all the various races which at
present inhabit the Holy Land, there
are none more distinctive AID interest
ing than the Druses. The interest at
taching to them is due to several
causes. In the first place, they are
one of the most exclusive races upon
earth They .eep religiously and rig
orously to themselves, never intermar-
rying with outsiders, never interfering
with the rel->.ous opinions of others,
and never allowing others to interfere
with theirs.
1t would be equally impossible to
convert a Druse to any other religion
as it would be to become a Druse one 5
self. They have one great saying with
reference to their religion: The door
is shut. none can enter in and none
can pass out" They would ION no &C
count admit a proselyte into the mys-
teries of their faith, nor accept a con-
vert from any other religion. 1t is
equally out of the question to attempt
to pervert any of the Druses to an
other creed.
1t is true that in many parts of the
Lebanon, and especially in the neigh
borhood of Beyrout, many Druse chill
dren may be found in the missionary
schools of the Roman Catholics, Greeks
and Protestants. They are allowed to
be instructed in the catechisms of the
various schools where they may be
placed, and not unfreuuently the teach
ers and pastors of the mission have
fondly imagined that they have Sc
cured promising lambs for their folds
from among the children of Druses.
But as soon as ever they arrive at the
age for leaving school, when the girls
are marriageabie and the boys ready
to assist their fathers in the labor of
the field, they are taken back to their
Druse village and home and become as
strict and exclusive in their religion
as if they had never heard of any
other One could fearlessly challenge
any missionary to produce a genuine
case of a convert from Drusedom who
has arrived at years of maturity.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-12-24
The Delegntes, POWER.

Constantinople, Dec. 2S.-The porte
has agreed to instruct the foreign dele
gates who will accompany the Ar
menian commission that they are en-
powered not only to suggest questions
to the witnesses, but also to personally
examine them Abdullah Pasha has
Withdrawn from the presidency of the
commission at the last moment, and has
been replaced by two officials from the
ministry of justice, who will start today
from Erzroum, where the members of
the commission are already assembled.
Abdullah's recall is supposed to be due
20 the representations that he is in
terror IN rank to Zedki Pasha, who. it
Is alleged, committed the atrocities.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-12-24
TURKS KEEP TRACK.
Closely Watching Reports About the
Armenian TroubIes-A Denial.

Washington, Dec. 3.-That the Turk
ish government is Keeping posted on the
reports in circulation concerning the
Armenian troubles and that it desires a
friendly public opinion seems evident
from the ease with which 1t observer
the reports which are in circula ton
abroad 1t has made denials of several
printed stories of oppression in Armenia
and today the Turkish minister fur
nished to the press a dispatch from
his government contradicting several
recently printed stories. The dispatch is
as follows:
''It has been published that the arch
bishop Of Marash was imprisoned at
Aiep; that the bishop of Hadjin, the
archbishop of Zeiatoun and Father
Jarask. of Marash, were condemned to
death; that Sister Elizabeth and TWEEN
ty-five other prisoners were under ar
rest and that fifteen leading men Of
Alep were sent to prison. All these
assertions are without foundation in
fact, nor was the church in Beylan
closed, as has been falsely reported"
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-12-24
GOFF MAY RUN.
Has Been in Close Conference with
His Political Friends.

Baltimore. Dec. pa special to the
News from Clarksburg, W. Va, says:
Judge Nathan Golf; who has been hold
ing court in South Carolina. arrived at
his home yesterday and has been in close
ing Hon George c. S. Davis, who is him
self an active candidate for the United
States Senate against Elkins 1t was
given out this evening that Judge Golf
would, in all probability, announce his
candidacy for the Senate within the next
twenty-four hours. If he does, The will
probably prove a formidable opponent.
He has eight votes pledged to him and
Senator Whitaker and Hon. I. j..
Hutchinson each have as many more.
Judge Goffs candidacy would draw heav-
lily from Elkins and at the same time SOL
idify the followers of the candidates, all
of whom are identified with the Golf
wing of the party. The conference has
caused some excitement in political cir
Giles throughout this section.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-12-24
NEW CURRENCY SCHEME.
Cashier HobIitt Believes He Could
Solve the Problem.

bloomington, Ill, Dec. 2S.-Alvin B.
zohlit. cashier of the National State
Bank of this city, a member of the ex-
eeutive committee of the Illinois State
Rankers' association. has formulated a
currency scheme, which he believes IS
s,Iperior to the Baltimore plan, and
which has received the endorsement Of
a number of able ffnanciers in the
Illinois State Bankers association. His
plan is as follows:
First-Begin funding the greenback
and treasury notes by issuing s25O.00O,-
600 worth of 21a per cent. bonds for
banking purposes. Allow banks to is
sue currency to the par value Of these
bonds. Discontinue tax on their circu-
lation.
Second-Allow banks with unimpaired
capital to issue an additional 90 per
cent. on circulation secured by their
assets Upon this added currency levy
a tax of per cent. per annum for the
average time it is in circulation.
Third-This 20 per cent. of circulation
sn capital will give the necessary elias
ITCHY to our currency system needed
in times of stringency of the money
market.
Fourth-with the proceeds of the
sale of bonds, retire like amount of
greenbaeks and treasury notes, which
are a. constant menace to the govern
ynent
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-12-24
SEEKING SAFETY.
Farmers and Rnnchers Deserving
Their Homes on the GuatemaIan
Border.

Aaxaca, Mexico. Dec. 23.-A courier
from the Guatemalan border reports that
there is such a disturbed condition of af-
fairs. on the frontier that farms and
ranches are being abandoned and the
people are seeking places of safety from
the depredations and crimes that are be-
ing, constantly committed by the bandits
and outlaws following in the wake of the
ing strengthened all along the lines, and
the Indians and the other natives of the
country are being pressed into military
service.
The volunteer troops of this state, as
of the states of Chiapas, are equipped
and ready to march to the frontier as
soon as war is declared.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-12-24
MARKETS OF MANCHESTER.

Manchester. Dec 2S-The. market 1ast
week was very quiet. The proposed In.
dian duties on cotton and yarns temper.
arily averted business for India. The in
qutry, however, was large, but the limits
were made below the market Business
to a fair extent was done for China. but
ut was spotty. Moderate miscellaneous
sales were made for the minor market
Prices were easy, though not uuotably
changed. In yarns the business was con
fined to daily needs and prices were
mostly slightly lower Stocks are in
creasng. The number of idle looms is
still increasing.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-12-24
COME FOR IMPROVISATION.
officials of the Trans-siberian Rail-
way AZ ,Frisco

San francisco, Dec. 2S.-Among the ar
rivals on the steamer Peking from the
orient were two officials of the Tyans-
Siberian railway, who have come to Am
erica to study the railway and ferry sys-
TENS of the country. G. Adadvorafi, one
Of the party, is chief engineer of the big
siberian railway. and P. Kokolon, who
will accompany him. is the vice-president
of the board of directors They have a
letter OF introduction from Secretary
Gresham ito the presidents of all the
large railroads in the country, and they
will travel in search of information
which they expect will prove valuable in
the operation OF the Siberian road. They
are more interested in ferries than rail-
roads, however, for the establishment of
a line of ferry steamers on the Amoor
river is contemplated, and the visitors
say they want the advantage of the ex-
perience of Americans in such matters
The two officials expect to visit the To-
comotive works in the eastern states
with a view, possibly, of adopting the
American locomotive for use on the Sibe-
rian railway. They expect to adopt many
American ideas. They expect ito remain
in California some time before proceed
ing east.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-12-24
TCHERlxoFF At PARIS.

Paris, Dec. 23.-General Tcherkoff.
VINO was sent as special envoy to an
nounce the accession of Gear Nicho-
las to the throne of Russia, arrived
mere this afternoon. He was received
with military honors. Thirty thousand
people were assembled along the
streets through which the general
passed, and he was heartily cheered.
tie VIII see President Casinir-Perier
tomorrow.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-12-24
REAL ESTATE DEAL.
Ii Causes a Dynamite Explosion in
Detroit.

Detroit, Mich, Dec. PA small
vacant cottage in Spring Wells town
ship, owned by Charles A. Frost, was
blown up With dynamite last night
;and almost completely destroyed.
Frost resides in a house adjoining. All
the windows in his house were shat
tered by the conclusion and the pic
lures and other movables were knock
ed to the floor. Frederick 10y and
Charles Browning were arrested early
this morning charged with the crime
Frost alleges that Frost had sworn re-
venge upon him, claiming Frost hac
taken advantage of him in a real es>
tate deal.
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OF whole Cloth.

Wheeling, W. Va, Dec. 2S.-The dis
patch from Baltimore tonight quoting
Clarksburg, W. Va. special to the
effect that Judge Nathan Golf will an
nounce his candidacy for the United
States Senate, against ex-Secretary Ell
kins as the result of a combine of the
anti-Ell1ins forces is believed here to
be made of whole cloth There is, in
fact, no probability that Golf will be a
candidate for the Senate. He has en-
phatically stated he would not be- More
than three-fourths of the Republican
members-elect of the legislature have
publicly declared themselves for Elkins.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-12-24
IN 4 DRUNKEN ROW.

Irving, KY, Dec. 2S.-Charles Witt
shot and killed Tom Pickett in a
drunken row a few miles west Of here
last night. The murder was the result
of an old feud. Puckett's body had
four bullets in it, one piercing his heart
and one going through his bowels. He
died almost instantly.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-12-24
cHURcHIIL 1s wnRsr

Marseilles, Dec 23.-Lord Randolph
churchill has become worse since his
arrival here. Symptoms of locomotor
ataxia have appeared Nevertheless
ne was determined to proceed to Lon
don and accompanied by his rhvsicians
he started for Paris tonight.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-12-24
DECLARED OFF.
University of California Team VIII
Not Meet the Chicago Chrysan-
themums. -

San Francisco, Dec. 2S.-The uniyer-
sity of California football team will
not meet the Chicago team during the
Christmas holidays. This was decided
at a meeting of the players. They de-
cided that it was hardly worth while
to give up the holiday pleasures to
train for game in which even VIC
tory would be of no great Importance.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-12-24
Il PI0US FRAUD.

Colored Minister Arrested on the
Charge of Seduction.
Memphis, Tenn. Dec. % Rev. J. j.
Totten, the pastor Of the most fashion
able coIored church in Memphis. was
arrested today and taken to Byhalia,
Miss, where he is charged with seduc-
ton Totten was formerly pastor of a
church at Bahalia, and while there ne
seduced Nina Bell, a member of his
congregation. under promise of mar
'riage.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-12-24

The NAL oh Election Is that the game
scheduled for Berkeley to play the Wis
itors would be fhe last Of the SERIES
and IT would be imppssi Die: TO secure
all the crack eleven for the .ganes
Furt heTrneTes they believe tina 5y the
tendance Will not be large enough to
warrant The suaraptss readireds
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-12-24

Dunsmuir, Cal, Dec. 2s-The blockade
caused by the heavy fall of snow was
raised at noon today. and the delayed
passenger trains are now moving The
great depth of snow on the track broke
the rotary pillow. While it was being re-
paired the belated passengers had a ner-
ry time in the snow.
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WILL GO WILLINGLY

Chicago, Dec. 23.-Adolph Jacobson.
who was arrested here on a telegram
from the Burt-Dexter company. from
New York, has expressed his willing
ness to return there without extradi
ton papers. jacobson admits he is the
man wanted, but denies that he took
$4,000 of the company's money, as
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-12-24

Your country cousin thinks 1t only
right that ne should make you a visit
and disgrace you before all your friends
week ON his farm and helped him llar-
vest his crops.-Truth.
If you have attempted to ffirt with the
minister's wife she will now make YOU a
little call and put your nalpe down for a
$50 subscription to the Christmas Tree
fund, without giving you chance to
protest.-Truth.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-12-24
LOADED WITH DUCKS.
President Cleveland Proves to BE n
Crack Shot

Washington Dec. 23-President- Cleve-
land and his party of deer hunters re-
turned to the city this morning on the
Atlantic coast express. The train was
due ait o'clock, but did not arrive ,,nt,l
nearly 3 O'Clock, all the trains on the line
well, being a little Drowned by his exn5.
sure to the. sun and wind. Altozether
the party killed about 800 ducks the
president being responsible for rather
more than half of them. He spoke very
appreciatively of his reception al
Georgetown yesterday
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-12-24

California Passengers Have a
Merry Time in the
Snow.
FALL WAS VERY HEAVY.
TRANs-sIBERIAN RAILWAY MEN In
SAN FRANcIsco.

They Come to study American Meth
DDS of Running Railways and
Ferries-NeW Line of Road to Be
Built from San Francisco to Los
A1geIes-other News of Track aid
Train.
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SIR JOHNS REMAINS.

London, Dec. 28.-The cruiser Blon-
helm, having on board the remains of
Sir John Thompson, prime minister of
Canada, sailed from Portsmouth at 8
O'Clock for Halifax. The gale had sub
sided -.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-12-24
MRS. GRUMPY SAYS.

! That newspapers have made family pho
tograph albums superfiuous.
That honesty is even a better policy
! than paid-up life insurance one.
That at least half the fashionable scam
/ dals start direct from the clubs.
That most masculine girls intimidate
the young men they do not disgust.
That some comic weeklies need a re-
fined editor to revise the coarse jokes.
That tradesmen who want their bills
are still annoying society people"
| That ito err is human, to forgive di-
V1ne,' except, of course, in May fair.
! That the portrait exhibition has revived
some almost forgotten scandals.
| That many men who didn't vote are
most enthusiastic over election results
That ii is rude to ask the woman of the
| day from what animal her furs came.
! That the fashionable children of this
| generation are wiser than their parents.
| That it is hazardous experiment to
| try to be somebody in town or nothing.
That the period of fashionable mourn
ing is regulated by size of the estate.
That it could be wished slang was con-
ter.
That the torrent of talk over other peo-
pies affairs makes Niagara insignificant.
That among socially rising women of
the period are bonifaces ambitious wives.
That Independent fashionable spirit is
SHOWH ny ldhlnS OICHeSlFt seats dI the
opera.
That it would save trouble if men had
their sanity certified when they make
wills.
That a good deal of society news
bears the earmark of "home compost
ton"
That living pictures are reaching a
point when they disgust even the de-
PRAYED.
That international wedding anniversa-
ries are rarely observed with enthusiasm.
That expectation is raised so high, ma
ny of a seasons debutante is disappoint-
ing.
That New York women are reputed in
discreet in their use of wines in public.
That the whaleboned bell-skirts are
dreadful thing to encounter in a crowd.
That Thanksgiving literature of the sew
eral governors makes an interesting
study.
That social philosophy teaches to bear
very calmly the fnisfortunes of our
friends.
That some only work among the poor
in connection with music and fireworks.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-12-24
nREYEus sIlIcupEs.

Paris, Dec. 2s.-An unverified report is
current that Captain Dreyfus, who was
sentenced to imprisonment for life for
revealing French military secrets to for
eign powers, has committed suicide in
prison.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-12-24

The sultan of Turkey is said to get
up at in the morning and work hard
all day. But business is SO piled up
that he hasn't yet had time to attend
to the butchers of Armenians.
Six amateur photographs of Boston
beauties, taken by Walter Chase. have
created sensation in London. There
are plenty Of beautiful women IN Bos-
ton, and no mistake.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-12-24
English Cruisers Mt Acapulco.

Acapulco, Mex, Dec. 23.-The extend
led stay in this harbor os The English