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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-08-04


Two years ago the fine steel ship Cedar
bank appeared inside the Golden Gate a
mass Of flames. She was carrying 400
tons of coal from Newcastle, \. S w to
San Francisco, ana had been about fifty
days out when fire was discovered. Wig
OrouS measures were at once put in ac-
ton. The after matches were removed
and the crew went to work with a will
digging down through the coal IL the
effort to reach the Ire. As fast as the
tubs could be filled they We're hoisted on
deck and the coal jetiisoned. Fen men
took turn about IL The hold and had to
be relieved every few minutes on account
of the intense heat and the. chick smoke.
Tie deeper they went the hotter grew the
hold and after q few hours OF hard work
the men-the officers look regular turns
along with them-were forced to give it
up By this time the coal under the
hatch was too hot t0 be handled and the
stanchionS and deck beams were 50 hot
that they bliStered the hand that touched
them. 4 heavy stream of water was Kept
1lowing through the night, and as a pre-
caution the boats were made ready and
lroVisioned In 1he morning il seemed
as If the ire had been checked, 50 the
matches We're taken OF again and IL spite
of the heat from the coal added TO that
of the suu-which registered rs degrees
the crew worked until O'Clock IN the
evening getting out The cargo
This went on Tor three weeks, the lire
seeming al one time 10 be well under.
while at others / DLrst out WIKI the
smoke through the VentilatorS The men
were living over 4 live volcano. Shortly
after midnight on July Is, a terrific eX-
pFosion occurred which seemed 10 fairly
lift the ship out OF the water. The pent-
M sasseS in the hold OF the ship proved
100 much for the matches and with d
roar that could have been heard a mile
away the main hatch was blown Of, and
the next Instant a volume OF fame shot
into the air as nigh as the main tOpsan
ward. A second explosion followed i1ine-
diatelv and once more the lurid flames
shot high into the air. setting fire 10 the
lower rigging and some of the sails. Still
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Amazon was seen in the distance right
ahead burning from stem to stern. The
blaze illuminated the sky and sea for
miles around. The boat was drifting to-
wards the ship, which was broadside on
the wind. Her mainmaSt went first, and
then the foremost, and a considerable
time elapsed before her mizenmast went
directly after which there was a slight
explosion of gunpowder As a matter of
precaution the boats head was put down
TO the wind, and her men pulled astern
of the burning ship. Her tunnels were
red hot. and as the boat crossed her stern
at the distance of about half a mile, her
magazine exploded discharging a number
OF rockets. About half an hour after her
tunnels Went over the side she sank be-
meath the waves. and the red lurid light
which for the last five hours had Hum
ined the the dreary expanse of ocean and
formed strong ground of hope for the
attraction of Succor. was succeeded by a
gloomy darkness which was, if anything,
still more dreadful.
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.he captain refused to give UP. Calling
on the men to foIlow. he and the first
mate rushed forward and again battened
down the matches The hold was a mass
AZ f1an.es ard even Captain Moody be-
lieved that the end was not lar off. BY
midday the tarpaTiins were on fire, and
While the crew poured water on them
sail room and spread over the matches.
Fourteen Days Without Sleep.
: Tho evriosion deadened the fire for in
short tine the ship seemed TO grow
[eooier- The boats were accordingly re-
hoisted aud the Cedarbank healed for
5 81 francisco under every stitch of sail
en-. sg,a could CARR For fourteen days and
, no not a man took off his. clothes or
laid down during the whole OIL mat uine.
5zl,,es Of the crew rose higher and higher
md although several moro explosions
<,scstyIad siley reached port on J3iy u
The DANES ~ this tinesN eie coi'li-'s = Oii'
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of the blood Of a healthy dog and
Of healthy human being were given
to an expert. he would probably have
considerable trouble in telling which
was which. as the measurement test
is the only safe rule TO 20 by. For
this reason it is scientific impossi-
bility to assert after microscopic ex-
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question. Pretty nearly the whole
country has read something about
the murder of the old miser, Henry.
who was hacked in more than d
dozen places with some sharp instru-
ment This instrument has never
been found. The old miser had a son
named William, who is now in Jail
and who will probably be put on trial
on the charge Of numbering his
father. although q corOner's jury has
already acquitted him of the crime.
But the confidence of the police that
William killed the old man has re
suited in extraordinary means being
adopted to keep him in Jail.
A great deal of blood was Smeared
around when the murder was being
done, and the police presumed that
some Of it fell upon the murderer
during the struggle which the old
miser made before giving UP his life.
They arrested William and searched
his clothing for blood stains. Some
thing that looked like blood was
found upon one of his shirt sleeves,
and the sleeve was removed and sent
to a scientist for microscOpical ex-
animation. Weeks were spent by this
gentleman in examining the stains
and eventually the results obtained
were made known. The police hoped
that he would find that the blood
cuIDuScitS were lilOSc OF the muir
dered man. The prisoner claimed
that the stains came from cut on
his own arm. which he had received
some time previous to the murder \
recent scar on the arm cOrrObOrated
in part his statement
The police viii rely almost entirely
upon these blood stains to prove the
guilt Of their man. and to show lust
how big task they have undertaken.
some facts gained from one OF tae
most famous microscopic experts in
the country viii be given.
What Human Blood Is.
Human blood itself is an almost
colorless fluid. having circular. float-
ing bodies. called corpuscles, red and
white in color. There are 100 red
corpuscles to one white, thus giving
the red color generally called blood
red. In the same blood taken from
one person, the size of the corpuscles
varies considerably, and for this
reason only an average can be made
The accepted average OF the size of
the human blood corpuscle is one
thirty-two hundredth CT an inch. a
particle so small that only the most
powerful microscope can enlarge it
for measurement purposes.
While expert microscopists accept
this measurement as correct, they
acknowledge that there is no positive
way Of determining that the cor
puscles belong to human blood. The
reason is this The blood corpuscles
of many a nimals average the same
as those CO human cloou- rms Is
notably TIE case with dogs. If some
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The very best disinfectant and deodor-
izer known is copperas A double handful
dissolved in Il bucket of water and used
waste material viii keep such places
above suspicion. The water in pitchers
and flower holders SHOULD be changed
every day. On attention to such seeming
" trivial details may hang human life.
-Womankind
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SCIENCE AS A SLEUTH.
Old Fashioned Detective Opposes
1t Vigorously.
SCIENCE IN HENRY CASE
PECULIAR TRIAL ABOUT TO BEGIN
IN BROOkLYN.

Expert Testimony Few Faded
Blood Stains Relied Upon to Sc
cure Conviction Easily Contra
dictcd-Reproduced Photographs
OF Blood COrpuscies.
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Chicks out in the wet grass and ex-
posed to rains are close to the point of
their final taking Off.
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Roors AND SHOES.

SPENCER & LYNCH CO..
Ia Main street.
THORESON. t,
g. East Second South.
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animation that certain drops of
blood come from the body of a par
ticular individual. There is practi-
cally no difference in the corpuscles
of healthy human blood, and the
whole thing becomes a matter of
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4 CAUTION.

NJ Pasteur. it is said. gives this adj
vice: Fruit grown near to the ground
may contain the bacteria of typhoid
fever. tetanus. diphtheria or cholera.
which may have found their way into
the material used for fertilizing, or
may have become Incorporated with
the dry dust. Hence one should never
neglect to cleanse fruit thoroughly or
remove the skin before eating. Es-
peciaI care should be taken with i'm
ported or shipped fruit. more particu-
larly that from districts where there
are infectious diseases
Poultry and sheep in the orchard
will consume wOrmy fruit and insects.
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who, shaking him by the hand, praised
his gallantry in the most flattering terms
and presented him with d handsome sum
of money.
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LAWYERS.

LAWYERS.
PENCE & ALLEN.
- and go Atlas Block.
62-65 Commercial Block. Tel 507.
ANDERSON & ANDERSON,
Eagle Building. Rooms 2-S.
28l-2s2 Atlas Block.
JENNINGS. WIN. c..
U. s. Commissioner. Il Eagle Block.
POWERS. STRAUP & LIPPMAN,
Eagle Block. Tel. 4S6,
SONNEDECKER N. ",
sos Mccormick Building.
SHEPARD RICHARD B..
$40 Commercial Block.
STAYNER CHAS. W.-512 Mccormick
Block. Chancery cases. Coll. i'll Europe
FLAVORING EXTRACTS.
AMERICAN MFG. CO..
273 South West Temple.
PIANOS. ORGANS AND MUSIC.
CALDER'S MUSIC PALACE.
Il West First South.
DAYNES & COULTER,
Sc South Main
COALTER & sNELGROvE co.
6S South Main.
STOVES AND RANGES.
SCHOPPE. f L. & CO.,
81 South Main.
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Not a Good Test.

Yet some pretty positive assertions
were made by the scientist in the
Henry murder case, although he
worked under almost impossible con-
ditions for correct analysis. For in
stance. the blood examined by him
was nothing more than faint stains
on a shirt which had been washed.
The action of blood on the red cor
puscles is to cause them TO swell and
sometimes burst on account Of the
specific gravity differences between
blood serum and water. This makes
it a question whether there were any
blood corpuscles at all upon the shirt
sleeve, and. even if there were, they
would be so enlarged by the action of
the water that by the measurement
test it would be impossible to say
that they belonged to human blood
Furthermore the Brooklyn scienN-
list stated that he scraped the stained
shirt sleeve with knife and then
under a microscope. The generally
accepted method for the examination
of blood is to mount the specimen in
some fluid medium generally recog-
nized The ordinary way in fresh
blood is to prepare a single layer on
a glass slide. and when it is dry II
place it under the microscope. The
understanding process rescuted to in
Brooklyn would destroy the dimen-
sions and contour Of the corpuscles.
and render them unfit for correct
analysis
Science rs Detective.
Another fact which goes to show
that science as a detective can hardly
be relied upon is this. To obtain a
correct average measurement of hui
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. 1ses-s1xTEEN
LEADING BUSINESS FIRMS OF SALT LAKE

BAKERS AND CONFECTEoNERs.
APPLEQUIST, JOHN F..
Ill East First South.
BALL, S. F.,
16 South Main.
KELLEY. A. c.,
STAR BAKERY.
$50 South Main.
TWELFTH WARD BAKERY,
Az East Second South
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SOME OF THE
FIRES AT SEA.
Flames Fought Night and Day
for a Month.
UNSPEAKABLE FRIGHT
BURNING Up OF THE BIG SHIP
AMAZON.
Destruction of the Ocean Monarch
Fourteen Days Without sleep on
the Cedarbank-A Blaze That
Burned FO- Three Weeks.
BY NJ. REEFS DAVIES.

copyrighted 1895, by S. S. Mcclure,
Limited.
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BREWERS.
OPTICIANS.

OPTICIANS.
UTAH OPTICAL coz South Main. NJ
J. Mitchell. Graduate Optician.
BRASS AND IRON FOUNDERS.
CROFT & SONS.
1877 West South Temple.
RESTAURANTS.
WASATCH. LARSEN BROS, PROPS.
so East Second South.
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BANKS AND BANKERS.
MEAT MARKETS.
PETERSON. w,
81 East First South

INSURANCE.
ENSIGN. y. H,
81 Commercial block.
NATIONAL LIFE-VERMONT,
Geo. d. Alder Mgr. 204 Mccormick block.
WHITTEMORE, COOK 81 co (FIRkD,
Mccormick block.
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WHOLESALE AND RETAIL LUMBER.
TAYLOR-ROAINEY -ARMSTRONG CO,
3O1-903 West South Temple.
UTAH LUMBER co.
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WHOLESALE LIQUOR DEALERS.
SADLER, HENRY,
225 South Main.
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every mold and tlie speCtacle as a tug
brought the vessel iTto port ard anchored
! ner off Lombard street wharf was one
: Cav -
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SILK FACTORY
SALT LAKE SILK FACTORY.
e. East Third South.
The sun., 1895-02-28
Where Docs Tnmmnny Come In?

We must differ with his Honor Mayor
STRONG, in interpreting the rule of non
partisanship which he disports with very
signal pertinacity and satisfaction Mr..
STRoNG's non partisanship is too narrow to
be better than humbug in man Of expert
ence, or than delusion in a novice in actual
politics like himself.
The STRONG conception OF non-partisan-
ship provides for doling out offices on the
old plan to all the varied factions which en-
rolled themselves in support of the Com
mittee Of Seventy's ticket. ITO the victors
belong the spoils;" and STRONG is the
prize giver.
This system, It will be observed, taboos,
absolutely, the biggest political group of
citizens in New York, namely, those ailili-
ated with the regular Democratic organi-
zaton. The Democratic partisans not being
included in Mr.. STRoNG's programme of
alleged on-partisanship, with the exception
of Mr.. GEORGE G. HAVEN, whose sporadic
appointment as Park Commissioner does not
affect the principle. we have rs the result a
government as intensely partisan MS ever,
except that it's coat instead of having one
color has many. The STRONG administra-
tlOn Is nOJ even Dl-pHTUlSdl, Ike tHe IOliCe
Board or even tri-partisan; it has more
parties, many more.
Why shouldn't Mayor STRONG try to
make up a non-partisan administra-
ton in strictly good faith, under the
unrefracted light of the platform of
the Committee of Seventy? He ought
either to do justice to the regular Dem
ocrats. and give them their full share
of the joys and burdens of New York's gov
ernment or wipe ont all that he has done
hitherto in glaring error, remove all his
appointees, and begin afresh rs a genuine
and sincere non-partisan, appointing men
solely for their goodness and fitness, and
not for their politics. He is said to have
appointed Major PLIMLEY Commissioner of
Jurors in this ideal superiority to all baser
motives.
If this new revolution should set in, some
of Mayor STRoNG's appointees would be
chosen over again, but more of them, wo
fear, would not be.
The sun., 1895-02-28

rained upon him by Fort McAllster as II he
we're engaged In peaceful target practice. His
distance from the Confederate cruiser was
1 200 yards, across n marsh. and only her upper
decks we're visible from the turret Of the moni-
tor. A few carefully aimed shells soon deter
mined tho range, and then most beautiful ex-
hibition OF target firing began. The Montauk
was armed with one 15-inch and one l.
inch gun. and her .gunncrs dropped hiss
ing shells on tho deck of the helpless
cruiser with wonderful precision. Somc OF
tho missiles crashing through several decks,
exploded in the Nashville's hold. and In twenty
minutes the handsome steamer was in flames
forward, aft, and nmidships. mist which at
one time obstructed the viow did not disturb the
accuracy OF the Union gunners, so that in flfty
minutes the fire reached the magazines and the
vessel was blown up. The Confederates In Fort
McAllister were so oxasperntcd at tho audncity
of the Montauk that although she was right
under their noses. they fired wildly and only five
shot struck her. Seeing that tho dangerous
Nashville was destroyed beyond the possibility
OF repairing her, woEDEN retired as delibcr-
ntely rs he had approached. Before lie was ont
of danger however, n torpedo exploded under
tho ironClad, blowing hole in her bottom.
WoRDEN ran his vessel ashore, where pieces of
boiler iron were bolted over the opening. lilo
continued on the station.
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Tho Proposed law Concerning Pub
lie Accountants.

The mania for regulating by law every
sort Of employment, whether public or pr-
vate, seems TO be spreading among members
of the Legislature at Albany. Perhaps this
increase in the prevalence of the lawmak-
ing disease may be due, to some extent, to
the recent decision Of the Court of Appeals
uphodinG the validity of the Master
Plumbers law. That law prohibits mas
ter plumbers from carrying on bust
ness in certain cities of the State
without having first obtained license
from an examining body. No similar re-
quirement is imposed upon journeymen
plumbers. Judge RUFUS W. PECKHANl, in
an opinion which seems to us absolutely
convincing, demonstrates the unconstitu-
tionality of this measure. Two of his asso-
catcs in the Court Of Appeals agreed with
him; but the court, as a whole, by ma
iority of one vote, upheld the law. This
we fear has constituted distinct encour-
agement for Objectionable legislation of Il
like character.
4 fine specimen of such legislation is the
bill introduced in the State Senate by Mr.
BRADLEY OF brooklyn TO authorize the Re
gents of the University To license public ac-
countants and to prevent unlicensed persons
from practising as public accountants.
The bill does not contain any definition OF
the term public accountant, nor does it de-
fine what is meant by practising as a
public accountant; but it declares that
no person shall practise as such un-
less licensed by the Regents of the Univer-
sity of the State of New York. A license
may be granted to a person who has hereto
fore been in continuous practice as public
accountant for five years. In the future
any person who desires such license must
take course OF study for two years in
technical school of accounts authorized by
the Regents; must pass such examinations
The sun., 1895-02-28
The Colgate University.

Brown University at Providence, Rhode
Island, though the best known, is not the
only educational establishment of hiyh
grade, which is intimately connected with
the Baptist denomination. At Hamilton in
the State of New York there is an institu-
tion-we refer to Colgate University-which
confers degrees we'll worthy of respect and
which during the last few years has sig
nally enlarged it's field of usefulness.
This is the seat of learning which from
1918 to 1916 was known as the Hamilton
Literary and Theological Institution, and
from 1S46 to 1890 as Madison University.
1t was originally founded by the baptist
Education Society of the State of New York
for the purpose of preparing young men for
the Christian ministry. This remained the
exclusive aim of the institution for some
twenty years, but in 1889 it was opened to-
young men who were looking forward to
other professions. In 1916 n new corpora
tion was formed under the name of Madison
University, and TO this was given con
troll of the collegiate department, the
theological seminary remaining in the
hands of the Baptist Education Society
Seven years later II preparatory school was
established, which under its ultimate name
of the Colgate Academy has become widely
and favoraby known. In 1893 the admin
istraton of the seminary was transferred by
the Education Society to the trustees OF the
university, which now, therefore, comprises
three departments, an academy, the college
proper, and a theological school. Mean
while, in 1890, the name of the institution
had been changed TO Colgate University, in
recognition of the endowments received from
Mr.. JAMES B. COLGATE, who at commence
ment in 1891 made an additional gift of
one million dollars.
We observe that in the college proper the
instructors number 2 and the undergradu-
ates l55, Three quadrennial courses are
open to the students, one leading To the de
gree of bachelor of science for which neither
Greek nor Latin is required the second
leading To the degree of bachelor of phi
losophy, for which only one of the classical
languages is exacted; and third which
alone can command the degree of bachelor
of arts, and in which the study of both
Greek and Latin is prescribed during the
freshman year and part OF the sophomore
For admission To the course in arts an
applicant must be prepared to write
composition on some subject con
nected with certain specified English
classics, must be conyersant with the out
lines of the history Of Greece and Rome,
and with that of the United States also
with arithmetic, including the metric sys-
tenn, with algebra and with plane geometry;
must be able to write simple sentences in
Latin and Greek prose, and must have read
in the former language four books of
C4sAR's commentaries, six orations of
CICERO, and six books of the .Eneid, and,
in Greek, three book Of AEEoPHoE's Anab-
The sun., 1895-02-28

From the 81. Louis Globe Democrat.


There Is In this city a clock that for simplicity
and accuracy surnasscs the historic one OF Ben
iamin nnn Eranklln; Il i the property Of Gerhard
constructed on u plan designed by one OF his
assistants Robert snloch
The framework is shaped like an elonga ted
height, ana from its centre hangs a wheel four
ana one half inches in diameter and one inch
wide. This wheel is enclosed by glass so ms 10 bo
alright. Along its inner circum ference are six
teen small partitions, connected with each ot her
ny means Of puncture the size at n pinhole.
,hams ne Mhtci turns on m axle six inches long
wheel Is suspended. Now. itthe sixteen partitions
were empty there would be nothing "a prevent
mo thread about the axle uncOlling and the
wheel falling down. As u counter force, there
loI", elSht ot the partitions are f,lcd with al
cohnl, and when the thread begins TO unwind the
alcohol On one side is higher than on the other.
Consequently, the force Of gravity acts to pre-
vent he string from untwisting further. IL Is
here that the pnhol"s come IN, for ms the al
sleek tho proper level, the thread unwinds n
little more, the one side i again raised slightly
and 50 the thread by scarcely pcrceptible steps
slowly desccnds.
ON tho scale figured out in this instrument
1t takes Just twelve hours for the wheel to de-
sc'nd the distance of TWO feet, 1t can then bs
thread upon the axle. To mark the exact time
ni the day there is constructed on one SIDE OF the
frame straight dial with divisions rs close as
I'VE mlnute'. single hand, balanced upon the
nxl" # the descending wheel, points tie time
uLnn the scale
Mr.. SNluch told reporter that he Ind hoen .
Work ON this Ingenious device during the NJ huIs
OF last summer lie had tried all sorts of sub
stances, water, oil, SO, hut had found none so
~ ~Se,nurhhie US Hi'ouol' there Is, Of COurse. no
as n show piece. " '' Nl'
hy slightly complcatng matters. however
hudihE Tour wheels and eAlaIging III" axle of
the wheel. Mr. Sa.uyh SAYS thai tho rlnck mi
run from three to ten years with "A Gr,rent ~
o''E "uonl ioot ana u half during that time.