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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-11-08
INJUSTICE IN FREIGHT RATES.

TIE interstate commerce. law fer
bids discrimination by railroads in
| freight charges. That provision has
| been violated with comparative i'm
punity The commission has been IN
! able TO enforce the law, on account of
the difficulty in obtaining the neces-
sary evidence. The principal violators
of the law, when summoned before
that body, have refused to give testi-
mony on the vital questions involved,
and thus the commission has been
powerless in the matter
The Fifth amendment to the Consti-
tuition of the United States provides
that no person shall be compelled, in
a criminal case, to be witness against
himself. Under that clause railroad
officials have sheltered themselves
when refusing to testify in such cases.
The law which provides that evidence
given by witness shall not
be used against him in any
criminal proceeding. was suppos-
ed to cover the clause in the Constitu-
ton. But it has been held by courts
that it does not, and so the attempts
to punish such recaicitrant witnesses
for contempt have failed.
This having been called to the at
tention of Congress, a law was passed
on Feb. II, 1893, to meet this difficulty
and it provides that no person shall
be excused from giving evidence on
alleged violations of the Interstate
commerce law, on the plea that his
testimony would have the effect Of
discriminating him, but that no such
witness shall be prosecuted. or subject
to any forfeiture for or on account Of
any transaction, matter or thing on
which he may give testimony.
Recently an auditor of a railroad
company, having refused to give tes-
timony before a grand jury in Penn
sylvania as to violations Of the law
charged against the company with
which he was connected, was adjudg-
ed guilty of contempt and committed
to the custody of the United States
marshal He claimed exemption urder
the former rulings of the courts in
such cases. A writ of habeas corpus
was applied for and the District Judge
and the Judge of the United States
Circuit Court for the Western District
Of Pennsylvania, ruled that under the
new act of Congress the witness would
have ample constitutional protection
and that he was under legal compul-
sion to testify.
This case will be taken Up to the
Supreme Court of the United States,
and if the law of 1898 is sustained, as
constitutional. the way will be opened
out of the difficulty under which the
interstate commerce commission has
labored, and unless other means to
circumvent the law are discovered by
the railroad companies, their officials
will have to produce the documentary
and oral testimony demanded or be
subjected to fine and imprisonment
Anything that will have the effect of
breaking down unjust discrimination
in freight rates will be hailed with
great satisfaction by the majority Of
the business public.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-11-08
CHICAGO's GROWTH.
In the Chicago Dispatch we find IL


In the Chicago Dispatch we find the
following:
1t takes time to build a city. Chi
cago is growing more rapidly than any
other municipality in the world, but
size is not the best measure of a city's
greatness. To claim pre-eminence as
the foremost city Of the new world,
Chicago must grow Systematically. A
cosmopolitan hodge podge of popula-
ton does not justify this city in claim
ing greatness Numerical greatness is
of secondary Importance. Chicago
must be first in educational, industrial
and artistic matters.
Heretofore Chicagos name has been
synonymous with rapid material
growth and go" A great city III a
commercial and business sense. it has
never been looked upon as having any
solicitude for intellectual and moral
pre-eminence, the only true enduring
greatness. 1t has been regarded as the
city of the newly rich, who knew
more about apd cared more for stock
exchange reports than all the classics
in the English language. This was all
exaggeration, although no Chicogoan
would deny that the city's material adj
vancement has been far greater than
its growth on the intellectual side.
1t was the Worlds Fair that showed
Chicago in new light, a light that
shed over her glory. 1t was not only
great, it was artistic, it was beautiful,
it was inspiring, and it left it's impress
upon millions. 1t transformed Chicago's
ideal Of life and raised it to a higher,
nobler plane. She is becoming the CEN
ter of a truly literary set, and her
great university cannot but have a
most beneficial influence and give her
a standard of culture she has never
known.
AS the Dispatch says size is not the
best measure of a city's greatness"
and the recognition of this fact by
the people of Chicago themselves au-
gurs well for the true greatness of the
city in the future.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-11-08

THE WAR department is embarrassed
over the case of Captain John E. Gull
foyle Ninth cavalry, detailed as mill
tary Instructor to the University of
Nebraska. at Lincoln. At social
function he met the leader of Lincoln
society, Mr.. Mattson Baldwin, presi-
dent of the Pleasant Home club. The
very next day the captain had occa-
sion to step into a tailor shop to have
a suspender button sewed on. The tailor
who came forward and sewed the but
ton on was the social leader of the
night before. The captain conf1ded to
e young woman that he could not
possibly meet on a social footing of
equality with a tailor. The story got
abroad and III. Baldwin demanded an
apology, which was not given. If he
should send challenge, could the
captain accept 1T, 1t being from one
whom he considers his social inferior?
Such is life in the far west.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-11-08

How MANY speeches have been
made in the closing campaign that
were not meant? How many men
carried torches who intend to carry
knives to the polling booths? Nc
Kinley and Foraker both can find a
great deal Of material for reflection in
this catechism," says the Cincinnati
Enquirer. Whenever the Enquirer
finds out just how many speeches
were made, Just how many torches
were carried, it will have a full and ex-
act answer to its question.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-11-08
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ENGLAND AND VENEZUELA.

Senator Morgan. of Alabama, says that
England's claims in Venezuela are really
sroundless under the principles of inter
law, because the treaties under
which She lays down boundaries were
made with Indian chiefs, recognized as
subjects to the Venezuelan government
This raises a new and interesting point
in the discussion, but when John Bull
wants territory he doesn't stop at small
things.-Pittsburg Post.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-11-08

IF GENERAL CAMPos sends many
more messages to Spain telling of the
real condition Of affairs in Cuba and
the danger of the United States re-
cognizing the beliigerency of the
island. Spain will be calling him home
and trying rim for treason.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-11-08

LOOKING OVER the results of the
election in Utah calmly and dispassion-
ately, about the only consolation the
Democrats have is that the paths of
glory lead but to the grave" and that
the Republicans are in the paths Of
glory.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-11-08

EDITOR HEARST of the San Fran
cisco Examiner has assumed entire
control of the New York Morning
Journal and has given it a new
dress We wish him the same sue
cess in New York journalism that he
has achieved in California.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-11-08

THERE WAS Republican landslide
in New Jersey. But her swamps were
left undisturbed and she will con-
tinue to be the home of the biggest
and most vicious mosquitoes in all the
land.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-11-08

COLONEL W. o. BRADLEY having been
elected governor of Kentucky now
has a presidential bee in his bonnet
and thinks he can capture the Re-
publican nomination next year This
shows he is not very big man after
all.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-11-08

LIEUTENANT PEARY has given up all
thought of ever reaching the north
pole. If he had come to this conclu-
sion before trying to reach it. it
would have been great saving of
expense.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-11-08

If your child is puny. fretful, troubled
with glandular swellings, infamed
eyes, or sores on the head. face or
body, course of Ayers Sarsaparilla
is needed to expel the scrofulous hu-
mors from the blood. The sooner you
begin to give this medicine the better.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-11-08

CAN ANY bimetallist tell wherein the
outlook for silver has been made
brighter by the Republican victories
of Tuesday? Rather it has been
darker ed.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-11-08

THE CHICAGO police announce that
they will arrest the progress of crime
This indicates that there is more fear
than apprehension of crime in Chi
cago
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-11-08

BUsHNELL's BIG majority in Ohio
cannot be construed as an endorse
ment of McKinley's presidential boom
as the Major will find out next year.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-11-08

CoRBErT AND Fitzsimmons have
passed from public hearing. May
their voices be hushed forever and for
ever.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-11-08

SENATOR GERMAN held up the Will
sen bill in the Senate and now he has
heen turned down in Maryland. This
about evens matters up for him.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-11-08

Miss CoNsUELo VANDERBILT was
made a duchess by marrying Marl-
borough and he king of diamonds.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-11-08

ALTHOUGH Welded for life the Duke
and Duchess of Marlborough can never
stand shoulder to shoulder.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-11-08

WILL MARLBOROUGH make the Van
derbilt American eagles scream when
he turns them into British gold?
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-11-08

IT ONLY requires the addition of one
letter to a presidential bee to make of
the man who has it a has been.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-11-08
AN OLD DOLLAR BILL.

An old greasy dollar bill that has
nasty, musty smell to it, inspires greater
confidence in people than a new bill just
started on its NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
Globe.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-11-08
MIR. HARRISON AS A LAWYER.

Observing Mr., Harrison's success as a
lawyer, Mr.: Mckinley feels tempted again
to remind him that he ought not to give
up his big and profitable law practice for
anything in the world.-Chicago Record.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-11-08

THE TRIUMPH CT Tammany is not a
matter of congratulation by Demo-
Gratis any more than by Republicans.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-11-08
ENGLlsHMAN's FOREIGNERS,

In the eyes of a German, "a spaniard
or an Italian the people of other nation
alities are simply foreigners" in the
eyes. of an Englishman they are I'D
foreigners. "-Labouchere in the London
Truth
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-11-08

KENTUCKY HAS been Democratic, is
Republican, but will never be Prohi-
bition.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-11-08
LUMBER AND PHYSICAL CULTURE.

sits it looks as If the ratio between Ium-
Der and physical culture is considerably
greater than 16 to .1.-Chicago Dispatch
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-11-08
CUsH DAVIS, BOOM.

The Davis boom and last summers
birds nests are holding sweet and sympa-
thetic communion one with another
Minneapolis Times. .
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-11-08

THE PASSING show-Republican pro-
cessions.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-11-08
A SENSIBLE COURSE.

One gratifying feature of the contest
that has been waged in Utah between
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-04-28
WILL SUE THE BOARD.
Mrs. Baker to Ask the Courts
for Salary and Posi-
ton.
She Says She Was a Regular Teacher
and Her Dismissal Was
Unjust.

The Board of Education will find itself
teacher in the public schools does not
change her mind before that time.
Mrs. S. c. Baker is a teacher with a
grievance against the board on account of
certain acts alleged to have been commit
ted by that body, which she has vainly en-
deavored to have it correct. The cues
ton involved is one of money, combined
with unjust dismissal from the teaching
staff of the City's public schools, and Mrs.
Baker proposes to have the merits of her
claim passed upon by the courts.
The facts in the case, as told by At
torney J. A. Hall, who is Mrs. Bakers
counsel in the proposed suit, are as fol-
lows:
"Mrs. Baker has been teacher for the
past twenty-five years, and is well known
and liked in nearly every city on the
coast. She was elected regular teacher
on October Ia, 1890, having for five month s
before that time been on the substitute
teacher in the Washington Grammar
School until the close of the term in Nav,
1892.
Then came vacation, during which time
she continued to draw her salary of $50 per
month. Now the position of the Board of
Education is that my client was simply a
probationary teacher and subject to dis
missal at any time, but we propose to show
that she was regular teacher and was so
regarded by them. At the close of vacation
she went back to her school and to her as
constituent found that she had no class, a
gentleman having been placed in charge.
She was directed to the board and was then
told that the first vacancy would be given
her, the opportunity coming shortly after
ward in the Point Lobos school, Miss Mag
ner principal.
"She stayed there two months and then
went to the Jefferson School, teaching
there during the months of September,
October and November, when her class was
consolidated with another. Later Mrs.
Baker was assigned to the Peabody Pri-
mary and then went from place to place,
as occasion demanded. On the 18th of
November, 1894, without the formality of a
charge or trial, she was dismissed from the
staff. Mrs. Baker claims to have been a
regular teacher and, consequently, not
subject to dismissal except on specified
charge and conviction. She seeks back
salary and reinstatement"
Everybody recalls the wholesale dis
charge of teachers in November last, Mrs.
Baker, Mrs. L. E. Rider and Professor A.
j. Itsell being among the number. The
two last-named teachers were not satisfied
with the summary action of the board and
they carried their cases to the courts,
finally winning a substantial victory, the
conrt ordering that they be restored to
their positions. 1t is on the strength of
this case that Mrs. Baker hopes to secure
decision favorable to her.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-04-28
POWELL'S EFFECTS.
Judge Coffey Makes an Inquiry About
Them the Occasion for an Ex-
preston on Women.

Miss e. Blanche Powell and James
Henry Powell, children of Abraham Pow
ell, who died at the Occidental Hotel on
the Goth inst, appeared before Judge Coffey
yesterday to procure an order emitting
them to access to the effects of deceased in
the vaults of the Safe Deposit Company.
The Judge questioned them rigidly as to
their rights to the order and the petition
ers were very insistent. Miss Powell stated
particularly that it was absolutely neces-
sary that she procure the order that after
noon in order to inform herself and her
brother as to the property of the deceased.
After some demurring on the part OF the
court the order was granted.
The petitioner, Miss Powell holding the
order, then remarked: 81 suppose, Judge,
since have got this order and no one can
be ahead of me, that it will suffice to file it
at the Safe Deposit vaults on MondayP"
The court intimated that as the order
indicated the exact hour and minute when
it was granted it would be we'll that the
petitioners should file it at once. This they
finally determined it would be well to do.
Just like a woman" calculated Judge
Coffey as the last fiutter of skirt van
ished. "They want thing the worst way,
and when they get it they don't know
what to do with it.
"This court has gained an unenviable
reputation in its treatment of women, but
according to my experience they obtain
more here than they can appreciate. They
but in matters of business they pass all
understanding.
Abraham Powell, who was a native of
Philadelphia, will be buried to-day from
the Masonic Temple, under the auspices of
California Commandery, Knights Templar.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-04-28
PHIL CRIMMINs' PISTOL.
1t Creates Sensation by Going OF
Accidentally.

1T Creates a Sensation by Going Off
Accidentally.
The report of pistol attracted large
crowd to the corner of O'Farrell and Mar
ket streets, shortly before midnight Friday
evening. The shot was for some time a
mystery. No one could be found who was
hurt, and no one volunteered any informa-
ton about the shot, as apparently no one
had seen it fired. 1t appears that Phil
Crimmins met with slight accident while
spending an enjoyable evening. He and
some friends had been in the New Louvre,
s O'Farrell street, where they had several
drinks. They stepped out on the street
and Crimmins attempted to change his re-
volver from his trousers pocket to that of
his overcoat. The revolver slipped from
his hand and fell to the sidewalk, where it
exploded. Crimmins picked up the
weapon Immediately and returned to the
saloon with his friends. They had round
of drinks and then joined the curious
crowd on the street. They acted as if en-
tirely ignorant of any knowledge of the
cause of the disturbance. Over 1000 people
gathered about the corner and a large
number hung around for an hour or more
in hopes of learning who had been shot.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-04-28
THE POTRERO IS BOOMING,
Sidewalks and Electric Cars
Cause Many Changes in
the Suburb.
The Improvement Company Takes
Up Questions Affecting That
Section.

The Potrero is booming. Not alone in
real-estate transactions and the erection of
buildings is that portion of San Francisco
picking up, but also in the matter of street
improvements. Pedestrians on Kentucky
street, the main thoroughfare through
which they were compelled to wade
in mud two and half inches
deep or else give up walking and nav a
nickel to ride in smoke-begrimed one
horse car at the rate of two miles an hour,
can now either walk on wel-laid sidewalks
or hop on an electric car and reach their
destination in an eighth of the time for
merly required.
The masses of rock which slide from the
hlllsldes during every rain and reach far
out into the roadway no longer block traffic
nor compel the pedestrian to take the mid
die of the track in order to pass. As fast
as the debris lands upon the highway it is
removed by employees of the city and
Kentucky street is kept clear. There is
also an understanding with the bridge
tenders that the draw shall be swung shut
as quickly as possible.
All this has been brought about by the
efforts of the Potrero improvement Club.
an organization composed of men who
own their own homes, and who propose to
make that section of San Francisco one of
IHC DcoI pOlblOllS VI Tue OlCy, ana remove
the stain of silurianism which has re-
tarded the growth of the fat district It is
the purpose of the club to have every resi-
dent own his or her own home and to
work for the advancement of happy COM
munity.
Such thing as prudishness does not en-
ter the minds of the members of the club.
They desire every one to have as much in
nocent enjoyment as their means will al
low. On Saturday evening, May 4, almost
the entire settlement will turn out to wit
ness the production of "Mikado," to be
given by local talent at the opera house.
The Standard Athletic CLUB gave one of
their fayorite hops last night at the opera
house. Although the weather was not cal
culated for "ball night" the young folks
of the district turned out in force and en-
ioyed the dancing until well after mid
night. There was time when such affairs
called for an extra squad of police, but that
day has gone by, and as Sergeant Bennett
says, 1.-The Potrero amt what it used to
be-
The entertainment to be given by the
Speciality Club for the benefit of st. The
resa's Church promises to be quiet an
event. The young ladies of the Potrero
are taking an active interest in the affair.
and the members of the club who are to
participate have rehearsed until their parts
are perfect All are determined to bring
the Potrero out of its legarthy and place it
where it rightly belongs-San Francisco's
popular southern section.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-04-28
Ell CAMPO EXCURSIONS.
The Popular Summer Picnic Grounds
Now Open for Visitors.

Ell Campo, the popular summer picnic
ground, has opened for the season. The
music furnished by the owners every Sun
day secured for the scamp" such popu-
lar patronage last year that the manage
ment has decided to renew that portion of
the attractions this year.
When for 25 cents person can
take a ride on the bay, land on the shores
far from the city's hustle and be admitted
to grounds where dancing, bowling, base
ball. running, fishing and boating can be
enjoyed, it is no wonder Ell Campo has
become so popular.
Another advantage is that the time for
visiting the resort is not limited to one
boat per day, but any one desiring to go
here has the choice of four trips between
10 80 o'clock in the morning and 4 o'clock
in the afternoon.
Coming back to the city person has the
choice of four trips and can either leave
there at Is or any other time up to 5 P. NJ
For the fisherman the trip is one of the
best to be made. Plenty of time and good
blanks" are at his disposal. For the
tourist who has but little time to see the
sights OF the bay it is the best trip to take,
for by the steamer Ukiah, run especially
to the grounds, he gets a view of the
islands and shores Of the west and north
bay. To-day El Campo will be crowded
with people who have visited the resort
for the first but not the last time.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-04-28
PRACTICALLY CRIPPLED.
The Fire Department Is Almost Des-
titute of Fuel and
Forage.

The Fire Department is practically Grip
pied for want of fuel and forage. The
Commissioners at their meeting last night
were confronted with statement from the
different engine, hook and ladder and hose
companies, which showed that on an aver
age there was not enough feed for the
horses to last over Monday night. In re-
gard to fuel, there was only enough to
serve for three or four hours at a fire; in
other words, that a big fire would lead to
the consumption of all the fuel at the dis
posal of the department.
The difficulty lay in the fact that the con-
tractors had refused to give any further
supplies of fuel or forage unless they were
guaranteed payment of their bills.
A resolution was introduced and adopted
that the Supervisors be requested at once
to see the contractors before Monday night
and endeavor to make arrangements for
further supplies, and failing that that the
Commissioners endeavor to make arrange
ments with other contractors for further
supplies.
Joseph Brandon of engine TO- who was
charged with neglect of duty, rendered his
resignation, which was accepted Frank
Donnelly of hook and ladder 3 was found
guilty OF similar charge and was fined
fifteen days salary