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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-02-16
TIBURoN ISLAND.
An Explorer Tells WHAT He Saw on
the Alleged Favored Land.

An Explorer Tells WHAT He Saw on
the Alleged Favored Land
LOS ANGELES, Cal, Feb. lbs. C.
Willard, who acted as guide and in
terpreter for Professor MCGEE and his
party in their exploration of Tiburon
island in the Gulf of California, has
returned from the expedition with an
overtfowing supply if interesting
things to relate.
He says the island is about 1Sx3O
miles in size and rises 1000 feet above
the encircling wave of the Gulf of
California. The land is barren and
rocky and is inhabited by about 900
Crees Indians who are unlike any
other known race in appearance and
language. They wear very few clothes
and seamper barefooted I'D and down
the cliffs like wild goats. They never
plant crops, but subsist upon game
which is found in abundance on the
island and the water furnishes them
with any quantity of fish. clans and
oysters. The popular belief that the
natives are cannibals has not been
strengthened by the visit of the ex-
plorers. There have been wild tales
OF mines of fabulous wealth upon the
island, of leagues of silver and copper
ores of wonderful width and richness.
but Mr.. Willard is inclined to discredit
these stories. In the half of the is
land which he visited he saw plenty
OF rugged mountains. plenty of fertile
little valleys. many springs of deli
clous water but of mineral wealth he
saw no trace
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Lerrons i'm Humnnftr.

NEW YORK, Feb. ia special TO
the World from London says: Advices
from Madrid do not Indicate any
great excitement in Spain's capital
over the Cuban resolution before the
United Slates congress. The leading
newspaper says:
'Lt is not for the United States gov
eminent to give Spain lessons in hui
mainly. Those who live in glass
houses should not throw stones. Let
the United States government put
down lynohing before it reads US our
duty to the Cuban insurgents"
The recall of General Martinez Cam
pos is shrewdly suspected TO be at the
personal initiative of the queen re-
gent. Campos is the only general Npon
whom loyalty to the present dynasty
can unhes4tatlngly rely in the event
Of the loss Of Cuba giving rise to po-
litical disturbances at home.
It is useless to try to conceal the fact
resenting foreign interference, whatever
the consequences might be. They look
upon the preservation of the colonial en-
pire in America as not only an essential
Of vital Importance for their trade, their
Industries, their agriculture, their capital
lists and their financial and political pros
perity IN the old world
That they viii make a desperate stand
to retain their hold upon Cuba there
can be no doubt. The whole tone of their
press, Of their political, financial and
military circles, and even of popular dem
constructions, show that neither the gov
eminent nor the regency and monarchy
can recede from the attitude taken with
out risk TO their prestige-nay, very eX-
istence.
Young Churchill, writing in this week s
Saturday Review of his recent experience
with the Spanish army In Cuba maintains
that the success Of the revolution would
be unfortunate for the rest Of the world
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| CHICAGO, Feb. 15.-The new Bible
prepared for the use of the public
schools has been completed. 1t will
now be submitted to the board Of edu-
cation, who will pass judgment upon
it. The aim of those who compiled the
book was to prepare a work that
would be unobjectionable to any re-
! ligious denomination. It has now been
twenty-five years since the board of
education discarded the reading of the
Bible in the public schools of Chicago.
Up to 1874 it was a regularly pre-
scrtbed duty of teachers to read a por-
ton Of the sacred volume to their
scholars every day. By some this ex-
ercise was relished and approved, but
to others it became increasingly dis
tasteful The opposition to it grew,
and after a long and stubbornly con-
tested battle the Bible was evicted
from the public schools.
A few years ago "a movement was be-
gun to reinstate the Bible. The book
which has Just been completed is the
outgroWth of "a suggestion made by
Professor David Swing, that a COM
mittee consisting of members of the
Protestant, Catholic, Jewish and other
denominations compile a book for the
use of the school children made UP of
selections from the Bible.
At the beginning it was recognized
that the version recognized in courts
by English law when appeals to the
Bible are made, should be the one
from which the selections should be
taken, as the school is established pre-
eminently for the state.
For the convenience Of the children,
and better to facilitate the work, the
book is graded in it's arrangement.
Those selections appearing first on its
pages are adapted to the needs and
intellectual standards of the lower
grades of the grammar school, the lat
ter part of the book being better suited
for more mature minds. Quotations
are also given in the book to show that
men differing widely in religious belief,
ranging from Professor Huxley to the
pope, have Endorsed just such a scheme
as this that has just been carried out.
The committee that prepared the BIZ
BILE after giving the leaders of the
Woman's Educational union due credit
for the part which they took in pre-
pairing the book for the public, explains
the fruit of their 1abors, may be truly
said to belong not merely to the edu-
cat1onal union, but TO the whole city
of Chicago, whose representatives
made it, and indeed to the whole
world, for representatives of the differ
ent churches in all parts Of the union
participated in it's compilation.
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THE TURF

SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 15.-The Cal
ifornia hurdle stakes at two miles, with
81, 500 added money and a special five
furlong dash, were the features of to-
days racing at Ingleside. John Bren-
ocks imported horse st. Brandon. al
though carrying 165 pounds, was an 8
to 5 favorite. After trailing behind the
field under a pull, Boyd gave the ia
vorite his head and the imported horse
won with ridiculous ease. He is evil
IDENTIFY the best jumper on the coast
at present.
The special match at fve-eighths con-
sisted of Pittsburg Phirs mare Derfar-
gilla. Corrigan's flly Mobolasca,
Spreckels' gelding Pat Murphy and
Stanfeld's crack sprinter George Mil
Ter. Derfargilla was q hot favorite,
notwithstanding the fact tina THE had
been beaten by the same horses two
days previously. Miller won easily,
NIobolasca second and the favorite
third.
The Australian system was used with
great success again today in the three
seven-furlong races
St. Brandon and Olive were the win
ming favorites, the other races going
choice.
The weather was pleasant and track
fast. The attendance was very large.
First race, four furlongs, 2-year-olds,
purse S400-Casper, III (Grifin), 5 to l,
won; Orseno, 104 (NdcClain), 8 to l, sec
ond; Lindendale, 1O1 F'rawley), u to /,
third. Time, O:51. Billy Vice, Pipinjay,
Gordon, Phillip H, Charlemange, Mo-
destia and Investigator II also ran.
Second race, seven furlongs. selling,
purse $500, for Swear lds-Wyoming
10S (AIacklin), Is to l, won; Kowalsl1y,
104 Bergen), 3 to ?, second; Don Pho
Pico, 104 Oh. MARTINI, 100 to 1, third.
Time, 1924. Ferris Hartman, St. Lee,
Sam Leake, City Girl and Unity also
ran.
Third race, California hurdle stakes,
two miles. over eight hurdles, 3-year-
olds and upwards, value S1,500-St
Brandon, 165 Boyd), to 5, won: Bell
ringer, 1876 .(Spence). 8 to 1, second; Con
tentment, 135 (McCullough), to 1,
third. Time. 3:4S. Carmel, j. o. C. and
Janus also ran.
Fourth race, special race, five fur
longs, purse $500-George Miller, Ms
(Coady), 2lz to 1, won; Mobolasca, 81
Garner, II to 5, second: Derfargilla,
107 Gamley), z to 5, third. Time, 1 :01S.
Pat Murphy also ran.
Fifth race, seven furlongs, selling.
purse $500, 4-year-olds and upwards
Sea Spray, 9S Jones). to 1, won; For
tuna, 101 (Coady), s to /, second; Her
manita, 100 (H. MARTINI, Az to 1, third.
Time, 1891 Hy Dy, NIollie R., Peck
sniff, Sligo and Kitty L. also ran.
Sixth race, seven furlongs, selling.
purse $500, 4-year-olds and upwards
Olive, 81 (Garner), Z to 5, won; Fore
most, sc PiggotD, Is to /, second:
Schnitz, SO (Jones), Is to 1, third. Time,
l:2S$4. Babe Murphy and Chartreuse
II also ran.
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JUST A ROOM

RUSHVILLE, Ind, Feb. 15-six
months ago Cyrus Pullun, after TWEEN
ty-one years of prospecting and la
boring in the mines of Colorado. re-
turned to his home in this city, worn
out by hard labor and greatly de-
pressed in spirits. The last few years
ne spent IN the Cripple Creek region,
where he staked a few claims. He Ieft
them in care of friends, only ASKING
them to do the right thing by him in
case anything ever turned UP. Mr..
Pullum was notified the first of this
week that his friends had struck a
valuable find in one of his claims. and
further informed him that his share
was worth probably $4,000. Pullum has
for the time being forgotten his ach-
ing limbs and yesterday left for Grip
pie Creek.
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ASSOCIATED BANGS

NEW YORK, Feb. 15.-The New
York Financier says this week:
The statement of the associated
banks of New York City for the week
ending February Is is to be regarded
as favorable, although 1T is not exactly
what had been expected
The increase of 1881, 300 in the loan
item, Tor Instance, would be taken or
6narlly to mean that business was ex-
pand1ng; but it is not safe to Judge a
sudden increase in loans following a
government bond issue as an indication
OF such a revival. The sudden change
in cash holdings was, of course. to
have been anticipated, but the bank re-
port was little Debated in covering
the entire week.
The treasury has since one week ago
Saturday received in the neighborhood
of fifty millions in specie. This does
not all come from the banks, but lit is
to be doubted whether their payments
constituted only the amount shown in
the statement.
The six national banks acting as
government repositories now hold, ac-
cording to close estimates, from eight
to ten millions treasury gold This
Is secured to the government by special
deposits of United States bonds.
The legal tender increase of SO, S44 200
was brought about in part by the ex-
cess of interior receipts, and by opera
tions with the treasury ON bond ac-
count.
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at first insisted he should go in to
save the forfeit money, and Peter
agreed. Connelly would not hear to
this and threatened all sorts of things
if it was attempted. Julian, on the
other hand, grows less willing each
day. He feels that he is getting the
tarred end of the stick. His every
move is watched by the rangers on the
American side and the Mexican sol
diers on the other side, where he lives.
The impression is gaining that Julian
will, on Monday,
CLAIM THE FORFEIT MONEY,
the right to which he waived after
looking at Makers eyes on Thursday
evening, and ''pull his freight" FOL
more congenial regions. F'itZsfmmons'
wholesome terror of law is known, and
it has taken strong assurances all
along to keep FttZsimmons in line. In
view of the situation. there is talk of
bringing off the other fights on Tues
day. Stuart has nothing to say about
this. He is determined to pull off the
big fight, and says his first concern is
about that event. He thinks it might
possibly be a good card to bring off
two of the other fights Immediately
following the F'itzsinmons-Maher bat
tie, but he will think of that after he
has found whether he can bring Flrz-
simmons and Peter together. Governor
Ahumada this morning adopted
MORE STRINGENT MEASURES
against FitzSirnmonS and Julian than
he has heretofore used. He sent a mes
senger to Julian informing him that
he wished to see him at once at the
governors Office. When Julian arrived
he was told that he or Fitzsim1nons
was not to cross the river into Ell
Paso or leave Juarez without first re-
porting to the governor where he was
going and for what purpose.
Suppose I have to go in the middle
OF the night said Julian, will I
come around and pull you out of bed
Just to tell you I am going over to Ell
Paso for a telegram or something of
that sort?
mo need of that said the governor
''I have three men watching you night
and day. Just tell one of them and he
will go along" and with that Julian
had to be content
Fitzsin1mons and Julian went to
Stuart this morning to ask if it was ad-
visable to remove their personal be
1ongings from Juarez. If the fight
should take place in Mexico, they
would never dare go back after their
out in time. Stuart informed them that
they need not take their stuff out of
Mexico, but would give no more infor-
nation as to the battle ground than
was implied In this statement.
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THE WHEEL,

NEW YORK, Feb. fostering FL.
lott of Boston, the new president OF
the L. A w. is here. In an inter
view he discussed the recent Baltimore
conference. He said in conclusion. con-
corning the craftsmanship of the Rae
ing Board:
1T is my intention to- consult the
chief consu1s of various divisions In
this matter. shall soon have a cir
cular letter prepared requesting them
to favor me with the name of the man
they think best fitted to fill the Office,
shall ask the opinion on other mat
tiers OF importance, and by their re-
plies I shall. no doubt. be guided to
large extent. AS to the chairman
ship OF the racing board [ do not vet
care to do anything definite. OF course
nave formed an opinion but at pres
ent do not care to even hint about
II. II IS very likely that the whole
night" - a Iol
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AR1TY OF UNENPLOYED.

Among those Of our readers who are
disposed to seek the truth there may
perhaps be some who will volunteer
to answer the question so squareIy put
by Mr. Miller, What shall be done
with the unemployed o.
We should be glad indeed to publish
a complete and satisfactory answer to
that most perplexing of questions, but
unfortunately it is much easier asked
than answered. There is altogether too
much truth in the statements made by
Mr.. Miller to be at all pleasant to the
reader.
1t is a lamentable fact that in every
section of our country the army Of IN
employed is steadily increasing in
numbers and in the intensity Of it's de-
mands. We do not undertake to fur
niSh an answer to his question, nor do
we reproduce the answer which he
himself gives, prefering to lay his
query before our readers and await
their reply.
1t, however, is entirely safe to pre-
dict that if q satisfactory solution is
not soon reached, the question viii
be not, What shall society do with the
unemployed? but rather, What win
the unemployed do with our modern
SOciety.-Logan Journal.
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The U. S. Govt Reports
show Royal Baking Powder
superior to all Others.
SPORTS GO BROKE.
TIRED OF WAITING FOR THE PRO
POSED FIGHT.
But Little Reason to Believe That
the Men VIII Meet Before Friday
at the Earliest.

Ell PASO, Tex, Feb. 15.-The official
announcement of the possibility of a
further postponement of the prize fight
until next Friday added others to the
delegation of home-goers. The an
nounceunent was made about noon, and
was the result Of telegram from Las
Cruces, which stated that the physi-
clan in attendance upon Peter Maher
forbade the patient attempting to fight
before Friday. A hasty conference or
Dan Stuart and others interested with
him resulted in the announcement that
the meeting between Maher and Fitz-
simmons might not take place until
Friday. The news had a depressing eff
feet upon the sports and many fear
ing still further delays, prepared to get
away on the first outgoing trains
Late this afternoon it was arranged
that the proposed postponement should
be settled tomorrow. Julian is not in
clfned to agree to the postponement
The Maher party are very anxious that
the fight
SHALL GO OVER UNTIL FRIDAY
and Stuart is anxious that the fight
shall take place as soon as possible
Julian will, in all likelihood insist
upon having the forfeit.
Makers eyes are still improving.
Quinn sent a telegram from Las Cru
ces tonight asking the newspaper men
to be patient and by next Friday they
would see a fight worth seeing.
Stuart is still determined He says
he win bring off the fight on any date
that the men can be brought together.
No one questions Stuart's sincerity,
and his determination to bring the two
principals to an agreement. Maher
has declared he will enter the ring,
even if he cannot see Fitzsimmons. He
is afraid the public will think he fears
the issue with the antipodean. Quinn
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BRIEF TELEGRAMS.

A special to the World from London
says: The revelations concerning the
developments of the new photograph
are multiplying at such a rate that it
is difficult to keep pace with them.
The machine shops of the Mexican In
ternational railroad at Ciudad Porfirio
Diaz, Mexico were destroyed by fire
this afternoon together with two loco
motives. The aggregate loss is $500, 000
with no insurance.
The president has consented to serve
as arbitrator between Italy and Bra
I'll in the settlement of certain cues
tons, growing out of the claims of
Italians for indemnity for i'll treat
ment in riots at Rio during the Bra
lillian rebellion.
The reported confirmation from
Archangel of the return of Nansen. the
seeker after the north pole, does not
really amount to confirmation in the
opinion of General Greeley and of Lieu
tenat Scheutze. The latter said: This
confirmation from Archangel is as il
we nad a telegram from Portland, Me-,
confirming story from Sandy Hook. y
United States Senator Pettigrew has
created a sensation in the Republican
party in South Dakota, by publishing
letter stating why he wanted to
mead the state delegation to st. Louis.
Inc letter Is regarded as a challenge to
sound money advocates and as the
party is about equally divided on the
silver question a red hot political con-
test has begun.
Judge Charles p. Daily. president of
the American Geographical society.
when shown the Associated Press dis
patch from London yesterday regard
ing Dr, Nansen's return from the north
pole said: This is rather better than
the first account we had 1t is a, re-
tnarkabie circumstance that the news
should come from these two places.
out coming from points so widely sen
arated as ArchangeI and Irlutsl is
rather in favor of the news being true,
But L shall want some further infor-
NATION yet before accepting the re-
port" 'ii0 ie
William H. Hughitt the twentv-two
year old son of Marvin Hughitt presi-
dent of the Chicago & Northwestern
road, shot and killed himself at his
FATHERS home in Prairie avenue Chi
cago last night. The young man Who
was law student at the University of
Madison, Wis, had come home in
consequence Of illness affecting his
brain and causing him unbearahIe
headaches, and is supposed to have
taken his life while temporarily in
sane. i'' III
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A NEW RAILWAY SYSTEM.
Electric Cars Which Run Without
Storage Rattery or Trolley.


Storage Battery or Trolley.
Mr.. j. NJ. Murphy of Danbury, Conn.
has invented an electric car that runs
without a storage battery or a trolley,
either overhead or underground. Mr..
Murphy is a hard thinker and a practi-
cal electrician. He has constructed a
working model of his invention at a
cost of more than $1,000. and has in
terested a number Of very wealthy
capitalists in his scheme.
The electrical current is supplied by
means of a wire in an insulated con-
duft beneath the track. When the car
begins to move along, the wheels
touch a sort of button at every juno
ton of the rails. The button, being
depressed, makes a connection between
the power wire and the rails, and as a
consequence the rails upon which the
car stands are charged with electricity.
But the next rails beyond are not
charged AS the car passes on to the
next rails the current is automatically
switched into those rails, and the same
automatic movement cuts the current
off from the rails just left.
Thus at all times only the rails over
which the car is actually passing are
charged with electricity, and there is
absolutely no danger at any other
point. It Is impossible for any thing
but the car to operate the mechanism.
Should the device be out Of order at
any point, the car would not become
stalled, as the mechanism is SO ar
ranged that three rails may be charged
from one point.
The experts who have interested
themselves in the invention say that it
is the first practical system devised to
do away with the trolley, both over
head and underground. The inventor
claims that the system Of electrical
propulsion is applicable to any rail-
road, steam, elevated, horse or cable
road. and can be constructed at about
one-half the cost Of electric roads now
in operation. 1t is necessary to con-
meet only one rail in order that good
contract may be made for the return
current, the opposite rail being insu-
lated. The system has been patented
not only in the United States. but also
in Canada, England, France, Germany,
Austria, Spain, Italy, Belgium. Por-
tugal, Switzerland, Norway, Sweden,
Denmark, Russia, India Australia,
Mexico and Peru. Mr.. Murphy not
only holds the patents upon this sys-
tenn, but also upon a motor and switch.
New York World.
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CHICAGO, Feb. ia local paper
says: A factory for the making of
remedies similar IN nature to the pro-
prietary medicines now on the market,
is to be started by Chicago retail
druggists. A majority of the city phar-
macists are interested, and they hope
to drive the patent medicine makers
from the field. Hereafter, when a man
wants a dose 20 "cure the headache"
end asks for the remedy usually ta-
ken, his druggist will tell him that he
had better take something not only
Gust as good" but scientifically bet
ter, because it has been compounded
by a committee of physicians and drug
gtSts of the highest reputation. The
same thing viii be told the man who
wants blood purifier or plaster.
More than 400 retail druggists of
Chicago have combined to fight, in a
practical way, the cutting of the prices
~ drugs and medicines by department
stores, and to combat at the same
time the sale of medicines by the man
ufacturers and wholesale dealers to
these stores. The retail druggists have
formed recently the United States
Pharmaceutical company, and have is
sued stock to the amount of S20,0 600, al
most all of which las been taken up
by prominent pharmacists of this
city.
The formation of the company was
the oUtgrowth of a recommendation
made by the Illinois Pharmacists as
ISOLATION The members of that asso-
citation said that nothing could be done
TO check the cutting in prices and that
the druggists must strike out for them
selves and enter the field as manufac-
turers. As a result, go of the retailers
Of Chicago met and formed a company
In two weeks more than $50 Chicago
names have been added to those of the
organizers and from the state at large
100 more have come forward.
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RACING INFORMATION.

Bona fde inside information furnish
ed and commission placed by the vel
known owner and trainer, Harry War
rem, on any races in progress in Uni
ted States or Canada; have special
wire daily from New Orleans. st. Ilouis
and San Francisco; know of seyeraI
long shots that VIII run shortly. sub
scribe at once; terms. IS weekly in ae-
vance.
HARRY WARREN & CO.
P. 0. Box 1T7.),
Washington, D. G.