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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-02-17
HlsToRICAL DIFFIcrJ,TIE,s,

What place, if any. does history hold
among the sciences? Is there any
thing in the phenomena which she in
Vestigates, or in the means of investi-
cation at his disposal, which should eX-
clude her from a place altogether?
Let US begin by making some cOnces-
sions. The historical student labOrs
under several serious difficulties and
is exposed to some peculiar dangers.
His first and most obvious difficulty
arises from a lack Of information.
The student of modern history feels
this comparatively little; the mediae-
Valist feels it more; the student of an
tiquity, except for a few short periods
in the history of Greece and Rome,
feels it most of all. How little do we
know of ancient Assyria and ancient
Egypt How little can we hope to
know! How dark are the dark age5i
How shallcwy the personalities OF
Pericles and JuStinian. Of Attilla and
Theocoric! How many empires have
persisted, like the Mexican, and left
scarce a wraek behind! HOW small a
portion of the world is Illuminated at
any one epoch by the light Of recorded
factl But such gaps are not found in
history alone. Even astronomy has
its dark spots. There are shady spaces,
to say the least. in evolutionary biol
ogy. There survive only tantilizing
fragments of the old Etruscan tongue.
Shall we ever know what is on the
other side of the moon, or bridge the
gulf between organic or inorganic
matter?-The National Review.
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Minneapolis, Feb. 16-The defense in
the Hayward murder trial came up sniI-
ing today after the staggering blow dealt
ut yesterday by Liyeryman Wilson's evil
dence.
The reason for the smiles lay in the
confidence that the first witness this
forenoon would completely shatter the
evidence of Claus A. BliXt by her tesH-
mony But there was a slight slip in the
calculations of Mr.. Erwin that prevented,
for the time, the full fruition of his
hopes.
The witness was Miss Maggie Wachter,
who is the stenographer of Blixts at
torney.
On the day before Christmas the at
torney took her into Blixts cell for the
purpose of taking down statement from
Inc prisoner. No one else was present at
the time and she took down such words
as the e., attorney desired. Erwin then
read from statement imputed to BIixt
saying that he and Adry Hayward had
planned the murder and had gone out to
Lake Calhoun to arrange the details the
Week before He asked Miss Wachter if
! BliXt had made the statement that he
had just read to his attorney.
Before she could answer, the state in
Terposed on the ground that whatever
statement had been made by Blixt to his
attorney was fnViolable under the state
statutes.
The court finally ruled that under the
circumstances the evidence was mad
nissable, but gave the defense until Mon
day to procure authorities Which may
change his opinion. So Miss Wachter
was dismissed and the skull on which the
wounds of Miss Cling are illustrated was
sent for.
Three physicians we're put on the stand
by the defense and asked hypothetical
questions bearing upon the question of
q fractured skull.
Dr. G. H. Norris thought It highly i'm
probable that the double fracture had
been caused by the fall from the buggy
as explained by BliXt.
DR.. S. 3. Hance thought it next to i'm
possible.
DR.. c. D. Myers said he had a long
army experience, but he had never known
of "a case where a fall of three feet, like
the one described, had produced such
fractures Of the skull.
Court then adjourned until Monday
mn inn
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FoR a1GHT HOURS.

New York. Feb. 1S.-The Press tomor-
row will say: Another fight for work
day Of eight hours will begin tomorrow
in this city, which will imediately involve
1900 electrical employees. In case the
threat of ordering sympathetic strikes on
all buildings where members of the cleo
trical contractors association have work
under way there viii be over 5000 me-
chanics on strike before the end of the
week. On Friday a conference was held
in the Building and Trades club between
the executive committee of the union and
the Contractors association. The demand
for Workday of eight hours was form
ally made and refused by the contractors.
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SUNDRY CIVIL BILL.
IT VIII Be Ready for the Full COM
mittee TomOrrow.

It VIII Be Ready for the Full Com
mittee Tomorrow.
Washington, D. c., Feb. 1S.-The sub
committee of the Senate committee which
has charge of the sundry civil appropri-
alton bin. concluded its labors late today
and sent the bill to the public printer in
order to have it ready for the full COM
mittee which viii meet Monday
The bill, as it Will go TO the full COM
nittee, will contain an amendment pro-
Vtdtng for the issuance of time certif-
Gates of indebtedness to the amount OF
500, 900, 600 10 draw per cent, and to run
for three years. It is distinctly under
stood that these are TO be used only for
the purpose Of meeting the treasury de-
felt, and are not to be of a character to
be used as bank reserves. There is some
difference of opinion in the full commit
tee as to whether the secretary of the
treasury has sufficiently indicated that
the certificates are needed, but there Is
very little doubt the full committee viii
accept the recommendation of the sub-
committee; II is believed the fun com
mittee Will dispose OF the bill at one sit
ting.
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TALES OF an EXPLORER.
Some of the Sights to Be Seen in
East Africa.

Some of the Sights to Be Seen in
East Africa.
New York, Feb. 16.-ECopyrighted
1895 by the Associated PressJ-The AS
ISOLATED Press has received the fol-
lowing letter from DR.. A. Donaldson
Smith, of Philadelphia, in which news
of the Lake Rudolph, eastern Africa,
expedition is given UP to December IA,
1894. The letter is dated from the
ShebeyH river. near Somoliland He
relates the details of his encounter
with Dodjas Wada Gubbra, an Abys-
slnian ruler who had exterminated or
enSlaYed the native Gallas and who
prevented DR.. Smith and his DartV|
from proceeding. The doctor writes:
"Da Gubbra proved himself to be
one OF the funniest and Uittiest old
men imaginable. His wife and daugh-
ter and principle female slaves had
their broWS removed and large cres
cents tattooed in blue ink over their
eyes. They do not cook their meat
but eat it Immediately the animal is
killed. They always conceal their
races when eating or drinking and the
sight of a lot of Abyssinians, souatted
about a dead bullock with their cloaks
thrown completely over their heads is
very amusing. They have MANY curt
Gus customs. Such a thing as morality
is unknown among them. They Yeem
TO delight in cruelty treating their
/ slaves. [ have frequently seen young
trlflng otfenses- We made a rich dis
eoyery on our way south [ had
heard of a river that ran under a.
mountain where the great God Of the
Calais, Waco, had carved place for
himself. As. we we're not far from it.
MI Giliet and made an excuse that
I'VE wished to shoot elephants,
which abounded there. We made
hard push and. to our sur
prise discovered the most beautiful
subterranean passage 1t would be DOS
Sible to imagine. A large tributary of
the river Juba had carved way for it
self under mountain mile in length
On the other side Of the stream were
great vaulted chambers from 1875 10
$50 feet high and supported on massive
columns. The columns were most or
ndmently carved by the waters and
many would form long arched pas
SageS. The mountain was followed
out a great distance ON the other side
or the stream, which have named the
Cave Of WindlaWn.' The greater part
OF our journey has been through the
richest country from an agricultural
point of view, I have ever seen.
and the climate would suit an En-
ropean farmer exactly There are
signs of much previous cultivation.
but little land is cultivated at present.
The owners have been killed off. as is
I evident by the human skeletons about.
I For every village that is inhabited
there are at least six that are with
out owners. All about these villages
there are large areas that were highly
cultivated five years ago, and even
more recently, before the Abyssinians
grabbed the land and slaughtered the
natives We have a long journey be
fore us and it will probably be several
months before we reach Lake Ru-
dolph. A. DONALD SMITH"
---------------
THE SKEATs, SMELLS, GLEGGS,
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WITH THE SPORTS.

New Castle. England, Feb. 16.-The
sculling match between Charles W.
Harding and Thomas Sullivan took
place on the River Tyne this afternoon.
1t was for purse of Il, 900 and the
sportsman's challenge cup. The race
Was regarded with special interest at
this juncture, as it was understood if
Harding should win he would row Jake
Guadaur Harding won the toss for
position and chose the north side of
the river.
The start was made at o'clock and
was a good one.
At Red Hugh bridge Sullivan was
two lengths ahead Of Harding He
slowly increased his lead until he was
four lengths in advance, when Harding
spurted and oYeThauled him. Harding
never lost his lead thereafter and was
four lengths ahead of Sullivan when he
crossed the winning line. Time-21
minutes and Is seconds. Harding is a
LOndOner and was brought up as a
Thames water man and in 1894 he
defeated George Bubear, the English
champion.
London. Feb. 16.-The case of the
Anti-Gambling league against the
u
favor of the club. The magistrate be-
fore whom the case was heard, decided
that the evidence submitted by the
league was not sufficient to warrant a
prosecution.
st. Louis, Mo, Feb. 16.-Learning
that the townships of Brooklyn and
Venice had quarantined against Madi-
son, the managers Of the race track
held a meeting today and decided to
( discontinue racing for the time being
The race track did not run this after
noon.
st. Louis. Feb. 1.-THE entries for
the ten stake event for the spring
meeting for the st. Louis Fair associa-
! ton We're made public today and show
| that all have filled remarkably well
promising a meeting the like of Which
| has not been held in st. Louis fol
many years. The total number OF
entries for the ten events is 761, ipclud
! ing some Of the best animals on the
turf.
San francisco, Feb. 16.-The Burns
handicap, mile and quarter was
run off today, and Barney Schrieber's
old horse, Hawthorne, landed the So.
600 prize The race was only interest
ing on account Of the big money hung
| up, for Hawthorne had no trouble
winning. He was a heavily backed
| favorite.
| First race. about six furlongs, selling
Bell Ringer, 109 (Bergen). to i, won
| Prince, 100 QRinrichs), to l, second
! Marietta, 80 (Cochran). 5 to L, third
I Time-1:21. Kangedene, Currency
| Little Tough and Steadfast also ran.
Second race, Ave furIongs, selling
| COnde, 103 Carr). to D, won; Grandee
! 100 (GriMn), 8 to /, second; john,
Payne, SO (Coclnan) to 1, third
! Time-1;o6. Robin Hood. Sligo alst
I ran.
Third race, about six furlongs
I handicap-Robin Hood II, 50 fc1rifi1)
Is to !. won; Gree. 90 (Cockran). I9 {,
s, second; Realization, 1O7 (Flynm.
10 I, thiTd. Time--1:1S. Ferrier
i Charles A, Gussie also ran.
/ Fourth race. Burns handicap, mil,
land a quarter-HaWthorne. lis (Carr)
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NO SIGN OF REGRET.

A drilI-sergeant of a volunteer resi-
ment in drilling a squad whom ne was
instructin5 in the funeral exercise,
said Nov, lads, 1 want to see how
well you can do it. I'm going TO walk
through the ranks, and [ wish you to
suppose I'm the corpse
He ordered the squad TO rest on their
arms reversed, and stand at ease. Then
he walked through the ranks. and adj
dressed them as follows; "Your arms
are all right and your feet are all right.
but there is one thing wanting, my
lads; you haven't that look of regret
on your faces that you ought to have
when corpse walks past. "-Tit-Bits.
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HARDLY EXPONENT.

Mexico City, Feb. 16.-The general opin-
ion in this capital is that the attempt of
the free silver men Of the United States
to reach free coinage by the channel of
Mexican coins is not worthy of serious
consideration. 1t is doubtful if it could
be successfully operated under any cir
cumstances but aside from this is the
fact. Of which the free silver men must
be ignorant, that the Mexican minis are
no longer coming silver coins of the de-
nominations named. The dies have been
destroyed, and the quarter, eighth and
sixteenth of dollar have been with
drawn from circulation to such an extent
that now the only piece of the old issue
is the peseta, or 25-Cent piece.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-02-17
STRANGE AND HORRIBLE.
a Man Kills His Wife, Shoots His
Child and Then Suicides.

Tottenham, Ont, Feb. ia strange
and horrible tragedy was enacted here
this morning by Robert Newberry, a
prominent citizen 70 years Of age. New
berry lived with his wife and little niece.
This morning, without apparent cause,
wife in the back Of the head the bullet
coming out through her forehead, kill
ing her instantly. He then chased the
revolver at her. She pleaded with him
not to shoot, but with no effect, and the
bullet was put into her hip. Newberry
then re-entered the house and shot him
self through the head, expiring some
hours later.
Newberry was farmer and had been
in poor health. His wife was considera-
bly, his junior, but no trouble is known to
have existed between them.
The Child'S wound is not serious
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-02-17
BRO0KLYN'S STRIKE.
Committee Of Investigation Begins
Its LabOrs.

NommltEee Oh lnTcSt1g1tIOn Bpgius
Its LabOrs.
Brooklyn, Feb. 15,-The legislative
committee appointed to investigate the
cause Of the trolley railway strike be-
gan its labors today. NJ ]. Connolly,
the manager Of the strike, stated the
case for the operatives.
MI. Connolly said he did not consider
that the employees had struck. but
that the situation had been forced upon
them by the action Of the companies
in the locking out Of between 200 and 500
Of the electrical Worhmen upon their
lines upon their refusal to take the
places of the motormen and conduc-
tors.
Another cause was that the com
panies wished to increase the number
of "trippers," paying by the trip,
whereby the men would be Obliged TO
be in attendance from fourteen to fif-
teen hours a day and would be unable
to earn more than 80 to IS cents a day,
The reason the companies had given
IN their formal refusal to comply with
their demands was that they could not
afford it.
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which denote physical or mental

which denote physical or mental
strength in the persons who first bore
them Striking instances are: Skeat,
the old English sket, swift; Smell, the
old English smell; Old Morse Sniallr,
swift, strong; Marvel, meaning prodigy;
Swift, Sharp, Quick; Maginn, probably
from the old Morse meginn, strong. a
remarkable northern name is Glegg, or
Clegg, which represents the old Morse
gloggr, Scotch gleg, meaning quick,
clever and occurring in the Lancashire
dialect as clegg. In South Yorkshire
they say that a quick-Witted man is
"as glegg as a wumbIe"-that is, sharp
as a gimlet. Every one of these sur
names (and there are more Of the
same kind is certainly derived from
the mental or physical good qualities
of an ancestor.-The Gentleman's Mag
n zirn
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AFTER FAIRS MONEY!.

New York, Feb. ia special to the
World from Halifax, N. s., says:
Since the disappearance of the will of
the late millionaire James G.. Fair, of
California. relatives living i'll Southport
and Charlestown, 2. e. L, have brought
their claims to a portion of the estate
which he left.
Mrs. John Stewart, an aged widow liy-
Ing at Cross Roads, near Southport, is a
first cousin of the late Senator Fair their
fathers having been brothers. Maxwell
Henry, who resides at keepooch, is a
son-in-law of Mrs. Stewart. William
Ross is another first cousin of the de-
ceased millionaire. Mr.. Ross' mother
was sister of the senator's father,
There are also relatives living in Maine.
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A TENANT ron LIFE.

''Have you boarded long at this
house?' inquired the new boarder of
the sour, detected man sitting next to
him.
About ten years
az don't see how you can stand it.
Why haven't you left long ago?"
mo other place to CO. said the
other, dismaIIy. "Yhe landladys my
wife. LA Figaro.
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THE QUEEN AND BEACoNsFIELD.

On the wall OF Hughenden church may
be seen a memorial tablet. recording the
gratitude and affection of Queen Victoria
for the services and for the memory of a
man who without question was the most
interesting and striking 4gure or her
reign. The inscription which it bears
was written by the queen herself. ITO
the dear and honored memory" so it
runs, "of Benjamin, Earl of Beacons-
field this memorial is placed .,by his
grateful and affectiouate sovereign and
friend, Victoria,, r. 7. Kings love him
This inscription is i'll many ways note
worthy. To find a memorial erected by a
sovereign to a subject is in itself Suf-
hciently remarkable, but so rare an act
of condeScenSiOn is Uniuue. coupled with
public expression of gratitude and friend
ship.
These qualities are not common in
kings, accustomed to accept devotion or
service as their due,and even from Queen
Victoria such strong words read strange
w when it IS remembered that they are
from the hand of a queen Of England
have scorned as the son of hated and
despised race. whom to this day some of
her relatives and regal cousins hound and
persecute with ali the unenlishtened
fervor Of the Middle Ages. 1t was. meet.
however, that in a Christian church such
of that church to q Jew by blood and by
every fiber of his nature, should be
rounded off by a quotation from the pro-
verbal philosophy of the most famous
ruler of his race,aDd filter still that there
should be found affixed to it a signature
recalls the fact that Lord Beaconsheld
aspired to rank with Bismarck and Ca
your as the consolidation of imperial rule.
The Nineteenth Century.
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BAD WORK BY A
YOUNG TRAMP .
Makes a Criminal Assault On
Fourteen=Year-Old
Girl.
BATTERED BOTH PARENTS,
HOW THE WRETCH REPAID KIND
NESS AND HOSPITALITY.

Only Wonder Was That the Crime
Was Not Greater-Father, Mother
and Child Under the Care of a
Physician, While the Vile Young
Wretch Reposes in Jail in De-
fnult of BOnds-One of the Worst
Occurrences i'm the Territory's
History.
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CzARoMITcH is LII.

London, Feb. 16.-A dispatch from st.
Petersburg says the czaroWitch.
Grand Duke George, who is wintering
in the Crimea on account Of pulmonary
trouble, Is expectorating blood. His
condition is alarming.
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SLIGHT SLIP IN
! CALCULATIONS.
Defense in the Hayward Case
Are Temporarily
Stalled.
STORY OF A STENOGRAPHER
1T WILL PROBARLY BE ToID IN
COURT TOMORROW.

On it, the Defense is Trusting n
Great Deal, as BY 1T They Propose
to knock the Testimony of Claus
A. Blixt Sky High-Miss Gipg.s
Wounds Gould Not Have Been Re
ceived BY Falling From a Buggy,
According to Expert Testimony,
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BAD WRECK ON
THE SANTA FE.
Several of the Passengers Badly
Injured, but None
Are Killed.
SOME OF THEM MAY DIE.
THROWN DOWN A FIFTEEN-FOOp
ENHANCEMENT,

Crews OF Both Trains Put the Re-
spOnsibiIity For the NIishap on to
the Other-The Injured Quickly
Removed and Are Being TenderIy
Cared For Mt Various Houses
Near By-ln Accurate List is Not
TO DC Had.
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3 to 1, won; Lovdal, III (Grifin), to 1,
second; Thornhill, 112 Bergem, 8 to 1,
third Time-2:17. Gilead, Charmion,
Articus, Major Mclaughlin, Jim Flood,
Mary s, San Luis Rey also ran.
Fifth race, steeplechase, mile and
one-half-Tyro. 1870 (Withers), 8 Go 1.
won; Eli Kindig, 139 (Blakeley), 3 to L,
second; Templemore, 1873 CHarris), 3 to
l, third. Time-3:2S Mendocino. Mes
tor, Woodford, Nero and April also
ran.
Sixth race, about six furlongs, sell
ling-Hymn, 107 Qsom), 8 to l, won;
Arno, 81 Butler), to /, second; cara
goza, 109 (EIilD, 10 to 1, third. Time
/: 2015. Fly, Mutineer, st. Jacob,
Niagara, Reserve also ran.
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s CITY ON FIRE.

Baltimore, Feb. IA dispatch from
Easton, Md. early this morning, states
that that city is being destroyed by fire.
The hotel, jail and many stores are al
ready gone. The flames are spreading,
adds the dispatch, and threaten the eX-
tinction of the place.
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Galveston, Tex, Feb. 1S-Before a
good sized audience at fremont opera
house tonight Micky Finn, of st. Louis,
and Bob Ahern, of Galveston, fought
a twenty-five round draw. 1t was one
of the most scientific fights ever seen
here.
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Ruined by the East.

Mr. Wolcott quickly responded: mo
not from the miners OF Colorado. as
they have been ruined by the Iegisla-
ton OF The senator from New York.
But there were plenty of Americans
ready to take the bonds had they the
chance
Mr.. Hill declared the only way to Sc
cure such vast sum as SCI, o00, 600 was
sn going to the money kings Of the
world Republican administrations had
appealed to the ROtchchildS, so it was
useless to raise a party cry against the
administration course in going to for
eign bankers.
At this point Mr. Hill took a slip of
.paper from his table L have here an
announcement that I hear with ioy. -
said he. 1T is an Associated Press
cable from Berlin, announcing that
the reichstag has directed the renewal
Of efforts to secure an international
monetary conference"
Mr.. Rill read the Associated Press
cable in detail and added:
41I rejoice at this news" he pro-
oeeded. "aS much as the senator from
Colorado, perhaps more so. sincerely
believe an international agreement is
poggible for bimetallism. This resolu-
ton announcing the policy Of this
country for binetalhsm would be the
answer Of the United States to the ac-
ton of Germany"
Mr.. Hill hoped the response might go
to Berlin today ana that the world
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Philadelphia, Feb. 16.-Jack Ever
hart, of New Orleans, and Charles Nc
Carthy, fought four rounds at the
Southwark athletic club tonight. While
decision was not given, it was plain
to everyone that EVerhart had the
best of the bout.
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New York. Feb. 16.-It was learned
today that it is more than probable
that Pierre Lor1llard will send a short
string of horses to England this spring
to compete for some Of the English
pIums.
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Teller Raps Hill.

might know that the credit of the Uni
ted States was to be at all times main
toii1od
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There are ID. 23O.16S men OF military age.
and every one ready to take up arms
against any foreign foe who might threat
en- our borders
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THE sKEATs, SMELLS, GLEGGs.
There are many samples Of surnames
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London. Feb. 16.-The case of the
Anti-GambHng league against the
Jockey club at New Market resulted in
favor of the club. The magistrate be-
fore whom the case was heard, decided
that the evidence submitted by the
league was not sufficient to warrant a
prosecution.