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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-12-28
CALLED HOnE.
General John Mededith Read.

General Jonn Alede01Cn Read.
Paris, Dec 27.-General John Mere
dith Read died today from pneumo-
MIA
John Meredith Read, the well known
American diplomatist, was born in
Philadelphia, Feb. 81, 1927, he being a
son of a former solicitor-generaI of the
United States. He received his educa-
ton at a military school and at Brown
university, where he received the de-
gree of A. N. in 1866. He was grad
uated at the Albany law school in 1859,
studied international law in Europe,
was admitted to the bar in Philadel-
phia. and afterwards removed to Al
of New York in 1906 and
was one of the originators of
the wide Awake" political clubs
in 1860 He was chairman in
April of the same year of the COM
mittee of three to draft a bill in be-
half of New York state, appropriating
$100, 600 for the purchase of arms and
equipments and he subsequently re-
ceived the thanks of the war depart
ment for his ability and zeal in organ
izing. equipping and forwarding
troops. He was first United States
consul general for France and Algeria
in 1898. and in 1S70-72 acting con-
sul-general for Germany during the
Franco-German war.
After the war, he was appointed by
General De Cissey, French minister of
war, to form and preside over a COM
mittee to examine into the desirability
of teaching the English language to
the French troops.
In November, 1878, he was appointed
United States minister resident in
Greece. One of his first acts was to
secure the release of the American ship
Armenia, and to obtain from the Greek
government a revocation of the order
that prohibited the sale of the Bible
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-12-28
MY LITTLE NEIGEBoR.

! have a little neighbor.
A red-faced boy of FIVE,
With curlS of gold about his head
And every limb alive.
He has a darling sister,
A girl of years twice nine,
Upon whose hectic cheek there feeds
The tooth of swift decline.
1 saw my little neighbor
Just ere the summers close,
Go up and down the garden walks
With lightly tripping toes.
He spied me at the window,
And in his gentle tone
Called me to aid him at his task.
For he was all alone
And in his tiny fingers
Were skeins of siiken thread,
Tangled and twisted in his haste;
And thus my neighbor said:
"Oh. please bend down the branches.
/ am so short, you know:
Fast as 1 touch their tiny tips
Out of my reach they go.
'If you would hold the branches
For me little bit.
Then | can tie these threads around
Each leaf, and fasten it.
PUT why. my little neighbor,
Must you the leaves tie fast?"
Then came a CULVER to his lip,
His eyes were downward cast.
sBecause-because they're saying
That when the leaves shall fall.
Ma soeur, ma chere, ma Clemantlne,
Must go and leave us all.
''I want to tie the leaves on
So tight and firm that so
They cannot falkland then, perhaps,
She will not have to 60
From the French. by Walter Mitchell
in Ynnth'S Communion.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-12-28

Princeton, Ind, Dec. 27.-The number
of dead as a result of yesterdays ex-
plosion at the Maule mine, is now
definitely ascertained to be six One
man-Robert Poneylight-is still under
ground and all hope of his being res
cued alive has been given up. The
names of the dead are:
Robert Maule, aged 20, treasurer and
general superintendent of the Maule
coal company.
John Holmes, married. three children.
aged So
Theodore Faber, married. one child.s
aged SO.
John Enrst, married. two children.
aged 20.
James Ryal. married, aged p.
Carl Poneyiight. single, aged "A, resi-
dence, Belleville III.
All of their bodies have been re-
covered.
Eight miners were injured. Their
names follow:
James Turner.
David Nolan.
Arthur Collegiate.
James Cruce.
William Grills.
Frank Thurber-
Thomas Pierce
William Booker.
State Mine Inspector Robert Fisher
of Brazil and Assistant Inspector Ep-
person, together with three expert
deep-vein miners from Linton and
Shelburn, arrived in the city this morn
ing. The mining inspector has taken
charge of the mine and will make a
thorough investigation.
Several attempts were made today to
get the body of Robert Poneylight, but
the gas was too strong for the rescuers
and the work was given up. Another
attempt will be made tomorrow morn
ing.
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Chicago. Dec. 27.-Otto Wasmans-
dorff, of the banking firm of Wasmans-
dorff & IIeinemann, which failed here
last Monday as a result of the collapse
of the National Bank of Illinois, COM
mitted suicide at his home. 549 Cleve-
land avenue, this morning by shooting
himself in the right temple with
revolver.
The constant worry and mental anx-
iety of the past week, consequent upon
the failure, is believed to have been
the cause. He had scarcely slept dur
ing that time, and although it is gen
orally believed that the bank will dis
charge it's obligations in full, Mr.. Was
mansdorff saw that his standing IN
financial circles had been imperilled.
The banker was an emotional Ger
man and his anxiety during the past
week was pitiabIe. Insomnia resulted
from his troubles, and it is thought
his mind NAV have been temporarily
deranged. He remained in the house
all morning, after passing a sleepless
night. Shortly before IL o'clock he
was romping with his little grand
children in the sitting room.
Mrs. Wasmansdorff left them there
for a few minutes. but when she re-
turned the children were alone. She
inquired for her husband and the little
girl said he had gone up stairs. The
baby was sent after him and discov-
cred his body in front bedroom lying
across the bed. Blood was oozing from
an ugly wound in the right temple and
a revolver was lying near his right
hand. Nobody heard the report of the
weapon. Two doctors We're sent for.
but all they were called upon to do was
to pronounce the banker dead.
Otto Wasmansdorff was born in
Fienerode, near Madgeburg, Prussia,
Novembec 8, 1910. He came to America
in 1868 ard has been a resident of Chi
cago ever since.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-12-28
CHEERED MRS. CLEVELAND.
New York Youngsters Thought She
Was Preparing to Play Lady
Bountiful.

New York Evening World: Mrs. John
A. Mccall, wife of the president of the
New York Life Insurance company, and
Mrs. J. n. Hegeman viii not soon for
get a visit they paid Monday to the
East side. They drove in Mrs. DIcCalPs
handsome carriage to BrummePS candy
factory. The driver was in stunning
livery, and so was the fOOtman, who
sat beside him. 1t had been many a.
day since such an imposing turnout
had made its appearance in the shop
ping district of the East side.
AS they had entered the candy store,
where they went 10 make Christmas
purchases for charities in which they
are interested, someone started the
story that Mrs. Call was Mrs. Grover
Cleveland. This fired the interest al
ready awakened, and when it was said
also that Mrs. Cleveland intended to
buy wagon load of candy and distrib-
ute it in the street, the excitement
reached fever heat.
The rumor was quickly carried along
the congested block of the neighbor-
hood, and within ten minutes hOrdes
of children were Swarming toward the
candy store from every direction The
youngsters to the number of more than
500 crowded about the place and fought
with each other for positions near the
door.
The objects of their attention were
upstairs selecting sweets, and We're
oblivious of the excitement they were
causing. The crowd swelled. Every
one who went that way asked what
was the matter. and when told that
Mrs. Cleveland was inside, stopped to
get peep at the first lady of the land.
Il don't believe it's Mrs. Cleveland"
said man.
We'll" replied a shopkeeper, who
felt that the credit of the neighborhood
was at stake, Il never saw Mrs. Cleve-
land but what did see on the carriage
door was the name Grover Cleveland
so it must be Mrs. Cleveland. .
In about half an hour Mrs. Mccall
and Mrs. Hegeman emerged from the
store.
'.Hurrah for Mrs Cleveland" yelled
a boy.
Then the crowd took up the cry and
the two ladies stood in the door as
founded No one could explain the
cause of the demonstration
The visitors could not reach their
carriage. The children blocked their
way and held out their hands. They
thought it about time for Lady Boun1i-
full to begin her largesse and were dis
appointed when the police reserves
came out and dispersed them
It was with some difficulty that a
passageway was made and then the
ladies hurried into the carriage and
were driven away wondering what on
earth had caused such commotion.
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It Exhausted the Pope.

London, Dec. 27.-The Standard will
tomorrow publish dispatch from
Rome saying that the pope was much
exhausted after his reception of the
cardinals on Wednesday last on which
occasion he made a speech in which
he deplored the situation of the pa
pacy in Italy and stated that his in
tentions in making overtures to King
Menelik of Abyssinia to secure the
Italian prisoners held by him has been
misrepresented. The Standards cor
respondent adds that it is not likely
that his holiness will be able TO hold
his New Year receptions on successive
days in accordance with his custom.
Arrangements are making to have the
reception as brief as possible.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-12-28
PEACE AND QUIET.
SENATOR SMITHS IDEA OF OUR
ABSOLUTE NEEDS.
Re-enactment of the Mckinley Bill
Predicted, and That Means Higher
Prices Must Be Paid For All
Necessaries of Life.

Newark, N. J., Dec. 27-'What this
country needs" said United States
Senator James Smith in an interview
today, lis peace and absolute quiet. 1t
should not demand more revenue; it
should urge greater economy.
Il think the Cuban question has
spent its force. The people who
wanted war with Spain thought that
it would help the Cubans, and the jim
goists' are, 1 think, convinced that the
right to act in an emergency of this
kind is alone reserved to the president,
and it must, of necessity, be so. There
is little doubt but that we are to have
an extra session of congress soon after
McKinley's inauguration for the pur-
pose Of securing tariff legislation. 1t
is hardly likely that action can be Sc
cured under five or six months. 1t is
evidently the intention of the incom-
ing administration to re-enact the Nc
Kinley law.
THE cry is all the time for more ex-
pense; not word is heard about econ
omy. Eighty million dollars are ap-
propriated for rivers and harbors, when
enough could have been saved out of
the appropriation to have made good
the deficiency.
There is no disputing the fact that
the Wilson bin is a deficiency bill, but
it became so because they wiped out
the income tax section. There is no
doubt but that the income tax would
have given the government $4,000 900
to $25, 100000 a year.
The situation is just this: I think
that the incoming president will reas-
semble congress as early as March 10.
There viii be a long drawn-out discus
sion of the tariff. Business men will
hesitate. They will not know what to
do. Things will be at a standstill Then
we viii have the Mckinley law again.
Duties will be higher; taxes will be
higher; prices viii be higher. The man
who depends on his weekly wages will
have to pay more for everything he
needs-perhaps prosperity VIII follow
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-12-28
A Fashionable Fur Set.

st. James Gazette: A wonderful cape
and muff, which bids fair to be likely
to be worn throughout the spring and
winter, is made of coz feathers, the
yoke composed of the breast feathers.
the rest curled at the TIPS. The cape
is sufficiently large to almost descend
to the elbow, and has a nuff TO CORE
spond. Another triumph of the kind is
a large emerald green velvet mum
made in the new style, with a deep
frilling from the center, lined with
white satin and trimmed with sable
The large broad-brimmed velvet hat
was Of the same shade; and a sable
boa was trimmed at the ends beneath
the tails with white lace, being COM
posed of two sables. the junction
hidden at the back of the neck with
three large punches OF violets, violets
figuring also on the hat and muff.
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THIS IS CLEVER.
Cuban Sympathizers Who Cannot,
Apparently, Be Stopped in Their
Efforts.

Chicago, Dec. ga special from Ell
Reno. I. T., says:
Cuban sympathizers here have
formed an oath-bound gang which
contemplates lighting for the insurgents
without violating the United States
neutrality laws. The members, COM
posed of able-bodied men, are to go to
Cuba as colonizers and TO purchase or
lease land for the cultivation, manu-
facture and sale of tobacco
After Cuba is reached. say the by
laws, which have been adopted, rother
civic enterprises 10 be decided upon
later. may be entered into
The membership of the colony shall
not be less than 100 nor more than eco.
and the membership fee, to be paid af-
ter arriving in Cuba, is set at 800. The
colonists are to provide themselves
with firearms at their own expense for
personal protection" and are to pay
their own expenses to the seacoast,
froIa which they shall embark, going
as individuals.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-12-28
BROOKLYN'S BLAZE.
Property to the Amount of 100000
DESTROYED.

Brooklyn, Dec. IA fire which
caused a damage of nearly 100000
started shortly before 1 o'clock this
afternoon in the Bushwick division of
the Brooklyn Heights Railroad com
pany's shops, situated on the block
bound by Myrtle. st. Nicholas. Gates
and Wyckof avenues. The building. a
monster brick structure, was quickly
destroyed, together with 13 cars. There
was a strong wind blowing. The flames
swept scross Myrtle avenue TO Welz
& Serwick's brewery on the opposite
side of the street, which was partially
destroyed Three four-story frame
buildings, used for storage purposes,
were completely destroyed.
The fire is supposed to have had its
origin in a defective electric wire in
the car stables. The loss sustained by
the car stables is about $4,000, while
that of Welz & Serwick's is $40, 900. The
losses are said to be well covered by
insurance.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-12-28
Elliott's Residence Burned.

New York, Dec. 27.-The handsome
residence of Duncan Elliott on the
grounds of the Country club on Long
Island sound, two miles east of Vest
chester village. was totally DESTROYED
by fire that started in the cellar this
morning. entailing a loss of S50. 600. 1T
is said tonight that Julian Potter. a
nephew OF Bishop Potter, had received
internal injuries and broken several
ribs in jumping from the burning
house of Duncan Elliott this morning.
At the Suburban club, where Potter
now IS, all information as to his con-
dition has been refused
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-12-28
The Toll at Kiel.

Washington, Dec. 27.-From July 1,
1895, to June 80, 1886, there passed
through the new Kiel canal 1884 ships,
that had to pay toll. Their tonnage
was 1,505. 1888. OF these 1881 were
steamships, aggregating LAO, SIS tons.
Their flags were as follows:
German. 1879, Belgian, 8; British,
1874; Danish. 112; French, 81; Dutch,
3S1; Norwegian, so; Russian, "a; Swed-
ish, 326
All other countries, 9; and if any
carried the stars and stripes it was
not deemed worthy of mention. The
years expenses were about 5000, 000 and
the receipts trifle above that amount.
These figures are reported to the state
department
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-12-28
SMASHED TO PIECES.
Members of the Mckinley Tin Horn
Club Are Wearing Mourning.
chicago, dec. ia special

Chicago, Dec. ia special from
Franklin, Ind, says:
The mammoth Mckinley horn, which
is being carried from Tuscola, Ills, to
Washington by the members of the
Mckinley Tin Horn club of the for
mer city, was broken to pieces when it
reached the little town Of Trafalgar,
six miles southwest Of here.
The men who were carrying it ar
rived at Trafalgar at noon, where they
were welcomed by a number of lead
ing Republicans and taken TO dinner at
the home of a Republican politician.
While enjoying the meal gang OF
men smashed the horn fat by jumping
on it, and had then doubled it up and
mashed it again until it was crushed
out of all resemblance to its former
self It was brought into this city,
where an effort viii be made to patch
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-12-28
Sir John Brown.

London. Dec. 27.-Sir John Brown,
one of the first in Great Britain to adj
vocate the plating of warships with
armor, died at Brighton yesterday. He
was mayor of Sheffield from 1862 to
1868, and master cutler there from 1866
to 1866. He was formerly proprietor of
the Atlas Steel and Iron works at
Sheffield.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-12-28
Arrested For Assault.

Albert Nelson. a lad of II. was arrested
last evening and booked on a charge of
sides at Second South and Fifth East
with his mother. He had a disagree
ment which resulted in the son beating
her until she found it necessary to have
the police called for protection. The in
corrigible youth was considerably in
censed at his arrest and swore vengeance
on the officers and everybody else. The
difficulty will be aired in police court
today
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-12-28
Another Wave

Philadelphia. Dec. 27.-Exeeution was
issued yesterday on judgment note
for s4O.241 against Samuel Lees Sons,
dealers in dry goods. The firm made
an assignment for the benefit of its
creditors. The liabilities are placed at
500 1000. The amount Of the assets is
not stated
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-12-28
Emil Du Bois- Reimond.

Berlin, Dec. 27.-Profess6r Emil Du
ois-Reimond, distinguished physi-
clan, died in this city yesterday. Pro-
fessor Dubois Redmond was born in
Berlin in 1918. He bagan studying the
ology, but abandoned this for natural
science. After a sojourn at Bonn, he
returned to Berlin and studied anatomy
and physiology under Jean Muller and
under his advice undertook his re-
search in animal electricity. on which
subject he published several works.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-12-28
Race VIII Begin Today.

Washington, Dec. 27.-The six days
bicycle race will begin tomorrow at
O'Clock in the afternoon at Convention
hall. There are u entries. Teddy Hale,
the winner of the Madison Square Gar
den contest in New York, has with
drawn from the entries, as he has not,
he said, sufficiently rested to again
m lie q race
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-12-28
The Beet sugar Industry.

Washington, Dec 27-The extent of
the German beet sugar industry is
shown by Consul Monaghan at Chem
hi-z, who in report to the state de-
partment says 95S,12s tons were ex-
ported in the past fiscal year and the
home consumption was estimated at
66s, $50 tons. the latter being an Increase
sver the previous year of 1866 tons.
THE consul says the industry has made
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-12-28
Might Have Been Worse.

London, Dec. 27.-The British ship
Falkland Bank. Captain Mcpherson,
which sailed from San Francisco July
2s. arrived at Queenstown on the 25th
encountered a hurricane on Oct. %
last during which part of her cargo
shifted and some of her sails were car
ried away
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-12-28

huge strides in a dozen years with
intelligent governmental aid, but its
manufacturers were energetic as well.
He thinks particularly in Ohio and
Nebraska beet planting should take
the place in part of. the raising of
meat and grain where competition is
sharp. This he thinks, can be accom-
plished with governmental as well as
popular encourag cement
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-12-28
One More ..Wave.,

Bryan. Tex, Dec. 27.-Bank Exam
iner Mcdonald yesterday took charge
of the Merchants & Planters bank,
which failed to open Wednesday,. Dis
interested business men who have in
vestigated the affairs OF the bank since
say that it is solvent and payment viii
he resumed
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-12-28
DIED

HILTON-In this city, Dec. 2s, 1896 of
pneumonia. Thomas ArTnitage, infant
son of William and Annie Hilton: born
Nov t. 1896. The father is Officer Hill
ton of the police force.
The funeral will be held at 2 p. m. to-
day from the family residence 924 Second
street. Twenty-first ward. Friends in
vited.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-12-28
A GENERAL FIGHT.
Two Men Instantly Killed and An
other Fatally Injured.

Mount Vernon. KY, Dec. 27.--In a
general fight six miles north of this
place yesterday afternoon two men
were killed and another fatally shot.
The dead are.
Armp Rowland.
Jack Rigsby.
The wounded man is Greeley Lear.
The fight began at a Christmas mer-
ry-making and was fought out on the
highway in Kentucky feudal fashion
between opposing factions.
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Seni-ohiciallv Denied.

Stockholm, Dec PA semi-official
denial is given to the report from Paris
that NJ Alfred Nobel, the Swedish en-
gineer and chemist, who died at San
Reno, Italy, a short time ago. had left
his fortune of $10,000,000 to the Stock
holm university.
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Tea is better fresh-if it
isn't, what does the grocer
mean by telling you that he
has some tea just come
from abroad?
Fresh doesn't mean just
picked; it means just roast
ed. ScAtl2zmg's Best is
roasted as fast as your gro
Ger wants it-no faster
in San Francisco.
a SchiIlng & Company
San Francisco o3
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-12-28
SIX MEN ARE DEAD
AT PRINCETON
Effects of the Explosion at the
MauIe Mine Are Known.
ONE MAN UNDER GROUND
ALL HOPE OF SAVING HIM
ABANDONED.

Inspector Has Taken Full Charge Of
the Mine and Will Make a Most
Thorough Examination As to the
Cause of the Fatality-All But
One of the Dead Men Leave Wild
ows and Orphans Behind Them.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-12-28

German universities ranked as fol-
lows regarding the number of students,
last summer. There were 4,640 in Ber-
lin. 3,777 in Munich, 2,S76 in Leipsic,
1868 in Bonn, LAPS in Breslau, lab in
Halle, 1879 in Frieburg. ,339 in Wurz-
burg, 1,172 in Tubeingen, 1.164 in Hell
delburg, LBS in Erlaugen. 1907 in Cot
tingen, 965 in Marburg, GAS in Griefs-
wald 9SS in Strassburg. 761 in Jena.
70S in Kiel. 700 in Konigsberg, $50 in
Giessen. 500 in Rostock and 420 in
Munster.
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Ignacio Muriel.

st. Louis Dec ga special from San
Luis Potosi, Mexico says Ignacio Mu-
riel, banker and business man of this
city, is dead. He leaves an estate val
ued at $1,000,000
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-12-28

me,lf over the old style. The handle
contains a reservoir ana a tube runs
from this to the center of the brush
proper to discharge the liquid on the
bristles.
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a SchiIling & Company
San Francisco

The address is signed by NJ. F..
Franklin, NJ. D. S. Raffovitch, N S.
Johnson, L. n. Shapiro, NJ. Stern and
l. Levy, as executive committee.
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A Social Outrage.

Chicago Record: Mrs. Osmond
played our literary club a mean trick. y
WHAT did she do?'
she bought a new book case without
mirror on top of it,
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inst 20 Below.

st. Johnsburg, VT, Dec. 27--The
thermometer here registered 20 degrees
below zero this morning.