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The Evening dispatch. [volume] (Provo, City, Utah) 1891-1895, 1895-05-14

J.C. WITHERS was loser last night
OF two saddles, one worth $1,000 the
other worth S35 90, at the hands of
burglars. The thieves left every evil
dence that they know well the prem
ises. They broke in through the cellar
window, opened the cellar door and
then the side door to the main building.
After doing this they proceeded 10 the
front end of the store and selected two
OF the best saddles in the house and
carried them out Of the side door and
to the rear of the building where their
horses probably were. They took
nothing else of value from the store,
except the saddles, and there were
many trinkets of great use to the horse
man lying about loose. MIR. Withers
has had printed a description of the
saddles. these have been wildly Cir
culated. On the card it is annouced
that a reward of $500 win be paid for
the capture OF the thieves.
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Hot Springs SanitariJm
SWIMMING POOL.

50 West Third South street, Salt Lake.
This water is a sure cure for Rbeu-
matism Miners Leading, Indigestion,
Catarrh, Constipation, Chronic Diar-
rb@a, Palpitation of the Heart and all
kidney and nervous troubles. Towels
and suits washed by Empire Laundry.
The Evening dispatch. [volume] (Provo, City, Utah) 1891-1895, 1895-05-14
hCE ICE. HOE

BY order, board of directors.
T. j. COVERT, Secretary.
The Evening dispatch. [volume] (Provo, City, Utah) 1891-1895, 1895-05-14

Mr.. REED SHOOT and a number Of
other gentlemen gave an excellen
horse show on Centre street at the in
tersection of J on Saturday evening.
Fair Chance" Mr.. Shoots tavorlte
stallion and score II more of his
colts were brought together on that
evening for the view of lovers of foe
horse flesh.
The case of diphtheria at Henry
Harrison e home is no better today.
DIR, Allen reports that the little one
las not yet reached the stage at which
change for the better usually taxes
place. He expects the child to b.
some worse yet before it enters upon
the road TO recovery.
The new large pipe organ for the
stake tabernacle has arrived at last,
and the work of putting it in place has
begun. Professor Daynes is down
from Salt Lake supervising the work.
The organ came in three separate
pieces enclosed in as many large boxes,
The Evening dispatch. [volume] (Provo, City, Utah) 1891-1895, 1895-05-14

ALL of the latest novelties in furni-
ture and unique house furnishings are
to be had at TaylCr Bros. company.
B. H. BOWMAN, Pub. Enquirer; of
Bremen, Ind, writes: Last week our
little girl baby the only one we have
was taken sick with Group. After two
doctors failed to give relief and life was
hanging on mere thread we tried One
Minute Cough Cure and its life was
saved. Smoot Drug company.
Farms improved.
Farming Lands,
Provo City Residence Property,
VIII sell cheap and on reasonable
terms. One good house in good Ioca-
ton one-fourth cash balance on partial
payments or terms to suit the pur-
chaser
Ask D. l.. Dean or NJ. J.B4rrett.
DEWITT's Witch Hazel Salye cures
scalds, Durns, indolent sores and never
fails to cure piles. smoot Drug COM |
pany.
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value of dutiable importations of
articles of food and live animals
amounted in round figures to s., 900, 600;
in March, 1895, it amounted to s9.OO0,-
900, being an increase of S7,000,000. or
more than 300 per cent. OF the S7,0O0,-
900 increase, no less than $4,000, 900
consisted of sugar, which is usually
considered a necessary of life by the
toiling masses, and Sl25, ZOO of live
animals brought in to swell the profits
of a beef combine" which has forced
that necessary of life to the highest
price known in a quarter of a century.
In March, 1894, the total value of the
imports of articles of voluntary use,
luxuries, etc, imported subject to duty
amounted in round figures to S., 00O,-
900; in March, 1895, it amounted to
IS, 900, OOO-an increase of s., 100000. OF
this increase 81, ZOO, 900 was contributed
by silk piece goods, velvets, laces, en-
broideries, etc, the duties on all of
which were sharply reduced by the
tariff reformers last year; sci 600 con-
sisted of jewelry, the duties on which
were reduced Is per cent; and so on.
The duties on all of the articles of lux
ury which contributed to these in
creased importations were reduced by
the tariff reform congress.
The total value of the importations
OF March, 1894, amounted to SCI, 600. 900;
for March. 1895, the total was SEQ, O0O,-
0O0-an increase of S3,OOO,OOO. It APP
pears from the facts already recited,
however, that the mere statement of
this total increase does not by any
means disclose the real workings of
the new tariff in their relation to the
first one of the two chief cardinal
principles" mentioned.
Now. as to the second one-that
which proposed and promised a vast
increase in the volume of exports In
March, 1894, the total value of the ex-
ports of domestic merchandise amount
ed to sos. 600, 900; in March, 1895, it
amounted to s63, 900, OOO-a decrease of
$1,000, 900 in a single month. The ex-
ports of the products of agriculture
fell off s., 900, 900, and of manufactures,
S3S, 900. In the seven months since the
new tariff became operative the total
imports have amounted in round fig
ures to s41s, OOO, 900 as compared with
1864, OOO,OO0 for the corresponding
period of the preceding year-an in
crease of S54, OO0, 900. and the exports of
domestic merchandise have amounted
to s5O2. 100000 as compared with 1884,
900, 900 for the corresponding period of
the preceding year-a decrease of $751;
OOO. 900.
Two things are clearly disclosed by
these figures: First, that the. dream of
the tariff reformers of heavy flood
of importations, as an analysis of
the March report has conclusively
shown, has added to the burden of the
toiling masses and subtracted from
that of the rich; and, second, that the
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OPINIONS OF THE PRESS.

q Every advance in wages ought TO
remind the democrats that last fall the
control of congress passed out of their
hands.-Iowa State Register.
sB~Who is the good western man"
who will lead the democrats IN the
presidential campaign of 1896? He
should reveal his identity.-Toledo
Blade.
= The circumstance that fully half
of Cleveland's party is sorry it gave
him q second term shows the absIrdity
of the third term talk.-St. Louis
Globe-Democrat
IS No man who truly loves Grover
Cleveland for the enemies he has made
will take any part in the effort to
nominate him for third term. None
but an enemy could desire that Mr..
Cleveland should be chosen to face the
cyclonic storm of popular wrath which
awaits the democratic nominee in 1896.
N. Y. Tribune.
e A friend of President Cleveland
is given as authority for the statement
that in case Mr.. Cleveland is not nomi-
mated for a third term he will make an
extended foreign tour soon after leav-
ing the white house Can it be pos
sible that there is any serious idea of
nominating Grover Cleveland for a
third term? If so. the democratic party
must have lost its head entirely. Still,
the idea may prevail. But even then
Cleveland need not stay at home, for
he will have very little to do with the
election of the next president-Sa
Francisco Chronicle.
e The Carnegie company has adj
vanced the wages of its employees ten
per cent This is an indication of bet
ter times, but the increases in wages
now being granted to workingmen in
various occupations do not by any
means restore the prosperity of 1892,
even though they mark a step in that
direction 1t must be remembered
that several reductions of wages fol-
lowed the advent of the democratic
panic, and that it will take two or
three advances such as are now being
made to put the earnings of the people
back where they were prior to tho
triumph of the ''tariff-reform" cause
Cleveland Leader.
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"You see," he said, with significant
raising of the eyebrows.
In the light of the lantern I read,
the four"
''In Gods name, what does it all
mean?" asked.
at means murder" said he, STOPPING
over the dead man. "Ah, expected it.
Look herei" He pointed to what looked
like a long, dark thorn stuck in the
skin just above the ear.
sit looks like thorn" said l.
ut is thorn. You may pick it out.
But be careful, for it is poisoned.
took it up between my finger and
thumb. 1t came away from the skin
so readily that hardly any mark was
left behind. One tiny speclH of blood
showed were the puncture had been.
This is all an insoluble mystery to
me-" said l. ut grows darker instead
of clearer"
ION the contrary" he answered, 'it
clears every instant. l only require
few missing links to have an entirely
connected case"
We had almost forgotten our COM
panion's presence since we entered the
chamber. He was still standing in the
doorway, the very picture of terror,
wringing his hands and moaning to
himself. Suddenly, however, he broke
out into sharp, querulous cry.
The treasure is gone!" he said.
"They have robbed him of the treasure!
There is the hole through which we
lowered it. l helped him to do it. 1
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Immens. nrnnrht O, Fish.

The biggest haul of fish ever made 81
the Point Sauble grounds, near Green
Bay, was taken few days ago. Tho
single haul of the seine brought up
s,452 pounds of fish, for which tho
lucky fisherman received the sum Of
s19A17. There were $50 pounds Of
perch, ISIS pounds of yellow pike, $50
pounds of suckers and u pounds Of
catfish. Although the ground at Point
Sauble has been seined for over thirty
years, no catch equal to this has ever
been made, and fishermen claim that
it is q conclusive proof that the waters
are not being depopulated of their
fshy inhabitants, as is claimed by the
enemies of seine fishing.
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"How came he. then?- I reiterated.

"How came he, them" I reiterated.
"The door is locked, the window is in
accessible. Was it tlrty,e-,' the chim-
ney?"
1.-THE CRATE is much too small" be
answered. 'I had already considered
that possibility"
''How then?"'I persisted
You will not apply my precept," he
said. shaking his head. "How often have
said to you that when you have elimi-
mated the impossible, whatever re-
mains, however improbable, must be
the truth? We know that he did not
come through the door, the window, or
the chimney. We also know that he
could not have been concealed in the
room, as there is no concealment pos
sible. Whence, then, did he Gomez"
HE came through the hole in the
roof" cried.
''Of course he did. He must have
done so. If you will have the Kindness
to hold the lamp for me, we shall now
extend our researches 20 the room
above-the secret room in which the
treasure was found"
He mounted the steps, and, Selling n
rafter with either hand, he swung him
self up into the garnet. Then, lying on
his face, he reached down for the lamp
and held it while | followed him.
The chamber in which we found our
selves was about ten feet one way by
six the other. The floor was formed by
the rafters, with thin lath-and-plaster
l., -, l.
to step from beam to beam. The roof
ran up to an apex, and was evidently
the inner shell of the true roof of the
house. There was no furniture of any
sort, and the accumulated dust of
years lay thick upon the floor.
Here you are. You See" said Sher-
lock Holmes, putting his hand against
the sloping wall. This is trap-door
which leads out onto the roof. | can
press it back, and here is the roof it.
self, sloping at gentle angle. This,
then, is the way by which Number One
entered. Let us see if we can find
some other traces of his individuality"
He held down the lamp to the floor,
and as he did so | saw for the second
time that night a startled, surprised
look come over his face. For myself,
as l followed his gaze my skin was cold
under my clothes. The floor was
covered thiclily with the prints OF a
naked foot-clear, well defined, per-
fcctly formed. but scarce half the size
of those of an ordinary man.
Holmes" l said, in a whisper, "a
child has done this horrid thing"
He had recovered his self-possession
in an instant. Il was staggered for
the moment" he said, but the thing
is quite natural. Ny memory failed
me, or l should have been able to fore
tell it. There is nothing more to be
learned here. Let us go down"
What is your theory, then, as to
those footmarks?" l asked, eagerly,
when we had regained the lower room
once more.
My dear Watson, try little analy-
sis yourself" said he, with a touch of
impatience. You know my methods.
Apply them, and it will be instructive
to compare results"
II cannot conceive anything which
will cover the facts" answered.
1T will be clear enough to you soon,"
he said, in an Off-hand way. 81 think
that there is nothing else of impor-
lance here, but 1 will look" He
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the claim was rejected on the legal
pendent upon the services Of his lost
son.
From September 10, 1865, the day Of
the battle, until some time in February,
1870, the history of Hugh Thompson is
a blank. He recovered his identity but
partially, as he was tramping through
the snow on a country road near tho
village of Cleveland, Ill. He was
strong, able-bodied man, comfortably
dressed in a good working suit, with
pair of now boots on his feet and
coon-slin cap on his head. He carried
an old-fashioned oil-clOth valise, and
there on the lonely road, in the darlSen-
ing twilight of that freezing February
evening, Hugh Thompson, the wounded
soldier of Chiclxamauga, ''eame to him
self" as he expressed it. 1t was just as
if at that moment he had awakened
from a dreamless sleep Of seven years
and become conscious of existence.
Who he was, or what he had done, or
where he had been, he knew not. He
knew that his name was Thompson, but
called himself Henry instead of Hugh
What name he had formerly used he
knew not His mind was clouded, but
the clouds were lifting. Old scenes
came before him as dreams He knew
he had been in the army. He knew he
had been in 4 battle and was lying on
the ground while bullets were whizzing;
but everybody told him the war had
long been closed. How he came to be
on that country road he never has
known. 1t was 4 long jump in time,
from the field of Chickamauga in 1868, to
the village of Cleveland in 1870.
From Illinois he went to Kansas, and,
sometime in 1850 or 1851. he became i'm
pressed with the belief that he had been
a soldier in an Ohio regiment. He was
not sure that his name was Thompson,
nor certain that he was an Ohio soldier
boy. The newspapers of Kansas took
up the matter, gave accurate deserip-
ticl,s of him, and the strange history Of
the Nameless Soldier, as he came to be
known, travelled to Ohio and was read
in the columns of the Van Vert Ga
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SOME STARTLING FACTS.
rarin Reformers Prove False to Ever,
Pledge.


Several instructive lessons in the
science of democratic craftsmanship
may be learned from one of the official
publications of the treasury depart
ment-a document which, unfortunate
ly, is not now, as it formerly was,
easily accessible to every person who is
interested in the movements of the
foreign trade of the United States. 1t
Is the monthly summary, which con-
tains comparative statistics of imports
and exports. The statement for the
month of March has just been issued
not published, as formerly-and some
facts derived from 1t will be of general
interest.
At the outset, it may be well to re-
call what tariff reformers have been
fond of styling two of their cardinal
principles-principle which they
pledged themselves to embody in legis-
lation as soon as they should have the
power to do so. One of these was that
the 'toiling masses" were to be re-
lieved from the unjust burden of tar
if taxation" under which they had so
long groaned, which burden was to be
shifted to the backs of the rich, who
were to be compelled to pay higher
tariff taxes on the imported luxuries
consumed by them. The other was
that, by demolishing the "Chinese wall
of protection" they would give Ameri-
can producers a free outlet and oppOr-
tunity tosubjugate ''the markets of the
world" from which they had been so
long excluded.
Now, to apply the facts as given by
the free trade chief of the bureau of
statistics to the first of these principles.
In March, 1894, the value of articles of
food and live animals imported free Of
duty amounted in round figures to
S32 ZOO, 900; in Slarch, 1915, it amounted
to only 5000, 900, or S19,OOO,O 900 less.
In March, 1894, the free importations
of articles of voluntary use, Injuries,
etc, amounted to S21s,OOO; in March,
1895, it amounted to $685., 900, or an in
crease of $4,000. These figures do
not seem to indicate any great degree
of discrimination in favor of the toll
ing masses Now, to go one step
further. In March, 1894, the total
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was the last person who saw him! left
him here last night, and l heard him
lock the door as / came downstairs"
What time was that?"
1T was ten o'clock. And now he is
dead and the police will be called in
and shall be suspected of having a
hand in it. Oh, yes, am sure shall.
But you don't think so, gentlemen?
Surely you don't think that it was L?
Is it likely that would have brought
you here if it were 1? Oh, dear! oh,
deari l know that l shall go mad!"
He jerked his arms and stamped his
feet in kind of convulsive frenzy.
You have no reason for fear, Mr..
Sholto," said Holmes, kindly, putting
his hand upon his shoulder. Take my
advice and drive down to the station to
report the matter to the police. Offer
to assist them in every way. We shall
wait here until your return"
The little man obeyed in a half
stupefied fashion, and we heard him
stumbling down the stairs in the dark.
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HE HELD DOWN THE LAMP TO THE FLOOR

HE HELD DOWN THE LAMP TO THE FLOOR
whipped out his lens and tape meas
ure, and hurried about the room on hia
knees, measuring, comparing, examin-
ing, with his long thin nose only a few
inches from the planks, and his beady
eyes cleaning and deep-set like those
of bird. So swift, silent and furtive
were his movements, like those of .
trained bloodhound picking out a
scent, that could not but think what
a terrible criminal he would have
made had he turned his energy and
sagacity against the law, instead of ex.
erting them in its defense. As he
hunted about, he kept muttcring to
himself, and finally he broke out into
loud crow of delight.
1--WE are certainly in luck" said he.
1--WE ought to have very little trouble
now. Number One has had the misfor-
tune to tread in the creosote. You can
see the outline of the edge of his small
foot here at the side of this evil-smell-
ing mess, The carboy has been cracked,
you see, and the stuff has leaked out. Z"
what then?" asked.
why, we have got him, that's all, :"
said he. II know dog that would
follow that scent to the worlds end.
If pack can track trailed herring
across a shire, how far can a spe cially-
trained hound follow so pungent a
smell as this? 1t sounds like sum in
the rule of three. The answer should
give US the But halloo! here are the
accredited representatives of the law"
Heavy steps and the clamor of loud
voices were audible from below, and
the hall door shut with loud crash.
Before they come" said Holmes,
lust put your hand here on this poor
fellows arm, and here on his leg. What
do you feel?"
THE muscles are as hard as a board,
I answered.
Quite so. They are in state of ex-
IRENE contraction, far exceeding the
usual ripor mortis. Coupled with this
distortion of the face, this Hippocratic
smile, or 'risus sardonicus,' as the old
writers called it, what conclusion would
it suggest to your mind?"
Oeatn 1rOm SouIe powerful VeBeJa-
BILE alkaloid," / answered-''some
strychnine-like substance which would
produce tetanus."
THAT was the idea which occurred
to me the instant l saw the drawn
muscles of the face. On getting into
the room l at once looked for the
means by which the poison had entered
the system. AS you saw, 1 discovered
a thorn which had been driven or shot
with no great force into the scalp.
You observe that the part struck was
that which would be turned towards
the hole in the ceiling if the man were
erect in his chair. Now examine this
thorn"
ITO 81 conTINuEp.I
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zette by his aged father. The personal
description tailed in a measure with
that of his long-lost son, and correspon-
dence followed. But the clouded mind
of the man contained no clear vision Of
Van Vert He remembered wildly
the home of his boyhood and wrote an
exact description of it as he had last
seen 1t, quarter of a century before
log house and stone chimney, the well
with the long sweep to raise the buck
ct, the high-banked stream that ran
through the farm-all still as he had
left them, for changes are slow in the
homes of plain people of our country.
Then, with many doubts, and as many
hopes, he made his way to Van Vert,
in 1887, and was easily identified by his
family and former comrades He ap-
piled for a pension, and the certificate
directing payment to him as the wound
ed and missing Hugh Thompson, OF
Chickamauga, was forwarded in due
course of time. This is the story as re-
vealed by the official records of the PEN
sion office. It is wonderful story, and
fiction pales before its facts
The story Of Rip Van Wrinkle Is thrill
ing to an audience when the old man
pulls from his leathern pouch the old
contract which Diedrich Van Beelman
wanted him to sign, twenty years be-
fore. 1t is paralleled by part of the
evidence of the Identification of Hugh
Thompson. From the day of his wound
and loss of memory, through all his
wanderings he carried a little Tesla
ment given him by a sister, with an In
scription in rhyme, when he enlisted.
The sister, still living, recognized it at
once when he exhibited it upon his re-
turn. He had kept the Testament his
sister had given him; but he had for
gotten the sister. When he saw her,
however, he recognized her and with a
glad cry rushed to her arms, and they
sobbed and cried like children 1t was
a reunion the like of which was never
depicted upon the mimic stage.
SMITH d. Fry.
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THE INCOME TAX KILLED.
a Democratic Blunder RIghted by the su
preme Court.


The decision of the supreme court
upon the unconstitutionaiity of the in
come tax will be a surprise to few.
The measure was a democratic blum
der. In its main clauses, which levied
taxes upon incomes derived from rent
ais and bonds, it was all but self-evi-
IDENTIFY unconstitutional. These clauses
being bad, the badness of the others
was necessarily inferential. 1t would
have been 4 scandalous perversion of
the taxing power to legalize collection
of revenue from incomes so uncertain
as those derived from trade, manufac-
lures or the exercise of professional
skill, while the more stable and I'M
fluctuating incomes from realty and
bonds were left free.
The decision of the bench is very im-
portant as marking a remuneration of
the ''stare decisis" doctrine. This is
the doctrine which establishes, if it
does not directly affirm, sort of in
fallibility to cdicts of the higher
courts But, as a matter of fact, time
and circumstances have, and of right
should have, bearings upon the con-
struction of law. Law is rule of ac-
ton, and the construction that health
fully-ruled action in given direction
fifty years ago may be very unwhole-
some if rendered to-day. The decision
is strong one, logical, grounded on
sound principles and in accord with
the spirit of modern policy.
Direct taxes are the sources of reve-
nue. of oligarchies or of small common
wealths. They are of necessity in
equitable in application, costly in mode
of collection, and productive of fraud