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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-06-21
ST. LOUIS A TYPICAL AMERICAN
CITY.

ST. Louis, in more than one sense,
must be accorded central place in
the series of great American towns. 1t
is not only central by virtue of its geo
graphical situation, but it is also more
typically American than any other of
our large communities, by reason Of
the blending of the several American
types of population, The process of
assimilation has. been more complete
than in the northwestern towns, and
distinctions of race and class are less
sharp than in most eastern cities. ST.
Louis is comparatively an old COM
munity. 1t has succeeded fairly we'll
in reducing New Englanders, Virgin
ians, New Workers, men from the gulf
states, Kentuckians, northwesterners
Missourians, the Illinois continent, the
Texans, and the Irish and Germans as
well, into a body of progressive yet
conservative Americans, to which each
element has contributed something,
while losing the sharp edges of it's own
eccentriciEies. There results a COM
munity that is typically American
and more completely representative of
our whole country, such as it is, than
any other one of the dozen largest
American cities. 1t also happens that
st. Louis is the most satisfactory ex-
ponent of what may be called the dis
tinctively American system of city
government that the country affords
on any similar scale of magnitude
Notes ON City Government in SIT.
Louis by Albert Shaw, in the June
Century
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NOTICE OF SALE OF REAL ESTATE,

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT
on the 18th day of July A. d. 1886. at u
O'Clock noon, of that day, at the west
front door of the city and county build
ing, in the city and county of Salt Lake
state of Utah, the undersigned will sell in
separate parcels, to the highest and best
bidder for cash all of the following de-
scribed pieces and tracts of real estate
situate in the county of Salt Lake state
of Utah, to-wit: Beginning one and one
half Q1e) rods north of the northwest cor
ner of lot four "a, block tWenty-one (2D,
plat A. Salt Lake City survey running
thence east eight (D rods, thence south
one and one-haif q1s) rods, thence east
four "a rods, thence south twenty-eight
(2S) feet, thence west twelve Q2) rods.
thence north fifty-two and three-quarters
(52%) feet to the place of beginning, con-
tanning in all seven thousand eight hum
bred and eighty-Seven square feet of
ground together with a perpetual right of
way over and across the following piece
of ground: Commencing twenty-eight (2S)
feet south of the northwest corner of said
lot four a., running thence east twelve
C12) rods, thence south ten QO feet, thence
west twelve Q2) rods thence north ten
(10) feet to place of beginning; also all of
lot eleven Q1), block two (2) of Hampton S
subdivision of lots nine (9), ten Q0) and
eleven QD, block eighteen QS), Five Acre
plat "A" Big Field survey. Said real es-
tate will be sold subject to existing in
cumbrances thereon.
TAYLOR, ROMNEY & ARMSTRONG.
Dated June 10Th. 1896.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-06-21
RACE QUESTION IN SOUTH AFRICA.

Hitherto the most interesting fea-
have been the relations to one another
OF the races that originally inhabited
or have recently occupied it, and the
most difficult problems which it's flu
ture presents arise from the relations
of these races. Three races are ma
tive, four are Euopean. The cases of
contact or conflict between European
and aboriginal races which have been
numerous during the last four CEN
turtles, include those where the native
race, though perhaps numerous, is
comparatively weak, and unable to as
simulate European civilization, or to
thrive under European rule "a rule
which has often been harsh), or even
to survive in the presence of a Euro
pean population occupying it's country
those where Europeans have con-
quered country already filed by a
more or less civilized population, which
is so numerous and so prolific as to
maintain itself in their presence; and
those in which the native race is
numerous and strong enough to main
tain itself IN the face of Europeans,
while, on the other hand, there is
plenty OF room left for large Euro
pean population to press in. This is
what has happened in South Africa
the Dutch and the English settlers do
not mix their blood with that of the
natives. So far as can be predicted,
both whites and natives will go on in
creasing, but not. blending. We shall
presently see how grave are the prob
lens to which this fact must in the
future give se.-"Impressions of
South Africa by James Bryce, in the
June Century
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eight hours. Enough provisions will
be taken along, however, to- last the
three men two years.
The balloon is 220 feet in circumfer-
ence at the widest part and eighty rect
in height. The car hangs forty rect
below the bottom of the balloon, max
ing the total height 12O feet: 1he
weight which the pole Nord" must
sustain is 4,5O0 pounds. This includes
the hempen net, covering the paiiooq'
the ropes connecting with the car, the
car and its equipment of men, pro-
visions, instruments, weapons, ammu-
milton and water.
The car is a small affair of wicker
covered with canvas. It is only four
and half feet in height and six feet
seven inches in diameter. There are
two windows and platform on top
where one of the three men will be
stationed night and day. Hammocks
will be swung in the car. Canned
foods will supply the table, which will
be very modestly conducted.
The balloon will be inflated with 5000
cubic yards of pure hydrogen ait Spitz-
bergen. This has a lifting force of
1000 pounds. Silk made especially at
Lyons was used in constructing the
balloon. 1t was made in sections, the
top being of four thicknesses of silk,
the middle of three and the lower sec
ton of two. A peculiar kind of yarnish
made by Andree was placed in the
silk This makes the balloon gas proof.
Even if any gas did escape there is a
contrivance in the car for reinflating
the immense mass of silk.
Carrier pigeons will be taken along
and released at certain intervals. No
tees have been sent to whaling cap
tains and to every settlement and viii
lage bordering on the Arctic region to
look out for the balloon and the pig
cons. III this way it is hoped that the
world at large will be kept informed of
the progress made.
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ries Provisions for Two Years.

About July 10 the much heralded ef-
fort to reach the north pole in bal
loon viii be made by S. A. Andree, the
Swedish aeronaut, scientist and civil
engineer. For more than two years
the plans for this trip have been max
ing and there are many peaple, well
versed in the matter. who are connden1
of its success Andree is one OF them
and the two men who will accompany
him share in the belief.
The big balloon, which has been
chistened Pole Nord,' is now on It's
way to the far-off island OF SpifzDer-
gen, in the Arctic ocean, whose north
ermost point is within a trif1e over 500
miles of the pole. If Andree succeeds
it may be, when he reaches the point
for which explorers have striven for
ages. that he will find that he is too
late The fate of the daring explorer
Fridtiof Nansen. who sailed with a
picked crew from Christiania, June "A,
1893 in the schooner Fran, with the
intention of drifting to the north pole,
is still unknown. He may have per-
ished. but if is possible that he sue
ceeded. In February last it was re-
ported from Irkutsk. Siberia, that he
had reached the pole and that the
Fran was drifting on its way home.
Nothing corroborative of this has since
been heard. 1t was the intention of
DR.. Nansen to drift along with the
current which carried some Of the
wreckage Of the Ill fated Jeanette ex-
petition from one side of the polar re-
gion TO the other. Since August %,
1898, nothing definite has been heard
from Nansen and it is presumed that
he has met the fate of many other
Arctic axr,lOre~S
A house has been built On the north
western point of Spitzbergen especially
for the Andree balloon. There it will
be inflated with gas and the final ar
rangements for the journey made.
ANDREES COMPANIONS.
Numerically it will be the smallest
expedition that ever tried to reach the
pole. Andree's companions viii be
Prof. Gustav Ekholm, the scientific OBJ
server, and Nils Strind berg, a physician
and photographer. Ekholm is a man
of forty-eight years, a scientist by
natural inclination and by subsequent
DEVELOPMENT For the last twenty
years he has been devoting his undi-
Tided attention and his unlimited ener-
gy to the study of meteorology. In
1882 he acted as chief for the Swedish
expedition to Spitzbergen, which was
working in concert with similar eX-
peditions from this country and ten
European countries. 1t is generally as
serted that the results achieved by the
Swedish expedition surpassed those
gained by any one of the other expedi-
TionS, and that this was chiefly brought
about by the excellent work done by
Ekholm.
At the present time Ekholm is by all
European students considered an au-
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journey will be made has never been
tested its ability to make a long fight
has been demonstrated. The Pole
Nord was built at Vanguard, a suburb
of Paris. under the direction of Andree
and his companions. A smaller edition
of the Pole Nord was constructed at
the same time. In this balloon, called
the Brennus. repeated flights have been
made and its usefulness proven. DR..
Strindberg in speaking of the first
flight of the Brennus said: I'VE have
made use of the Brennus for this ex-
petition, a balloon constructed directly
under the supervision of Mr.. Machuron,
who is also constructing our Pole Nord.
This balloon holds LOO cubic meters
of gas. took my place in the car with
NJ. Machuron and n. de Fonvielle
NJ. Gailleto. of the institute watched
our departure from terra firma. At
1888 the Brennus raises slowly and
drifts to the south-southeast, having
started from the factory at Vanguard
We leave Paris above the Chatillon
gate at an altitude of 500 meters, pass
Villejuif, then Villeneuve-St Georges
There we let our guide ropes trail; we
are above the forest of Senart; we ar
range the sails, the balloon shows it,
self at once obedient to the direction,
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journey northward, and it has been ex-
ecuted in strict accordance to the plans
made. Once he went UP from Stock
holm and crossed the gulf of Bot.-lia.
landing on the shores of Finland,
deed never before tried. Another time
he sailed in his balloon from the city
of Gothenburg, on the western coast
of Sweden, to the island of sGcthland,
in the Baltic, traversing the distance
of 230 miles in five hours. The notice
able feature of his doings on these and
other similar occasions was not that
with the help of chance he performed
feats never before accomplished, but
that in every instance the aim to be
reached stood clear before him, and
that aim along the roads mapped out
in advance
CONFIDENCE IN THE BALLOON
While the great balloon in which the
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ure the angle of deviation from the di-
rection of the wind, which varied be-
tween eight and ten degrees. We kept
UP the experiment during nearly an
hour, obtaining at will deviations to
the right and to the left, making thus
a ziz-zag line. At last after a journey
of five hours, we come to land near the
little town of Egreville, between Ne
hours and Montargis, delighted, 1 as
sure you, with the results of our days
work.
CONSTRUCTION OF THE BALLOON.
The Pole Nord" has been built on
lines which Andree says wifi allow the
party to maintain a height of 600 feet
in the air for three weeks. He does
not believe that it will take anything
like this time to reach the pole. Under
favorable conditions he expects to
make the journey in less than forty
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tried to reach that imaginary spot
which has played such an important
part in the dreams of hundreds of ann
bilious scientists. But he has the
courage of his convictions. and he be-
lieves that the undertaking planned by
him is not by any means as dangerous
and is more feasible than the trip upon
which Nansen entered some two years
ago. For a long time Andree has been
figuring and experimenting and plan
ming, until he has reached a point
where no detail of the pending journey
has been left untried. He has chiefly
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-06-21
ATTEMPTS TO STAMPEDE CoNvEN-
TTONS,

1t is a fact that none of the most sys-
tematic efforts to stampede a conven-
ton by these methods has succeeded. Us
ually the mine has been exploded too soon.
The demonstration has been made so far
in advance of the balloting that its force
has been wasted. Then, too systematic
preparations for "stampeding'' have been
met by equally systematic eiIorts 10 coun-
teract them. Nobody is taken by surprise,
and consequently nobody is carried off his
feet. The balloting goes on precisely as
if the demonstrations had not been made.
AS a matter of fact, the controlling pow
er in nearly all conventions does not lie
either in the delegates, on in the political
bosses who direct so many of them, or in
the ten or twelve Thousand people who
get into the convention building. 1t rests
in the people who are outside, but whose
influence is exerted during every moment
that the convention is in session The
final, deciding question is not, Which can
didate do we. most desire to nominate?
but, Which candidate can we be most GER
tain to elect? TO answer that intelligent
ly the most sagacious minds in every con-
Vention look beyond the shouting galleries,
with their few thousands of personally
interested spectators, TO the twelve mil
lions of voters scattered over the land,
and seek to read in advance their answer
at the "Humor and Pathos of Pres
idential Conventions by Joseph B. Bish-
OPP, in the June Century.
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ASSESSMENT NOTICE.

NOTICE OF ASSESSMENT = GOLD
Belt Mining and Milling company, princi-
Utah. Location of mines, Ohio district,
Piute county, Utah. Notice is hereby
given that at meeting of the board of
directors held on June Is, 1896, an assess
ment Of one-third Gs) of one cent. per
share was levied upon the capital stock
of the corporation, payable Immediately
to the undersigned secretary, 100 s..
Main street, Salt Lake city, Utah. Any
stock upon which this assessment may
remain unpaid on the goth day of July,
1896, will be delinquent and advertised FOR
sale at public auction and sold on the
10Th day of August, 1886, at u O'Clock m,
at the office of the secretary to pay de-
linauent assessment, together with costs
of advertising and expenses of SALE
w. M. HICKS, Secretary.
100 S. Main street, Salt Lake city, Utah.
June II. 1896.
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we visibly deviate from the direction
of the wind and succeed in passing be-
yond the forest. I was getting ready
to measure the deviation thus obtained
when the rays of the sun, which had
been pouring for a moment on the bal
loon, make the gas in it expand, and
send the balloon up abruptly, which
interferes with the observation. We
try the experiments again after pass
ing Melrn and Fontainebleau. By
means of an instrument devised by
NJ. Ekholm. member of the coming
expedition, I was then able to meas
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thorify on the branch of natural
science to which he has devoted him
self It may be added that he is a
clever inventor who has given to the
scientific world number of highly in
genious instruments whereby the study
of meteorological phenomena has been
greatly sirnplified.
The third member of the trio of ex-
plorers is a very young man, only
twenty-four years of age. Yet Nils
Strinberg has already succeeded in
making a name for himself as physi-
ca. student CT high standing, having
paid special attention 50 electric phe-
ncmens He is also an expert photo
grapher and as such will be of great
use to the expedition.
None of these men are reckless adj
venturers. Andree is one Of the most
careful and cautious men that ever
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-06-21
HE WANTED PIN MONEY.
Baltimore Man Jailed For Being
Saucy to His Wife,

How the new woman and the new
man get along together in practical
life was illustrated in case before
Police Justice Grammar of Baltimore
the other day Mrs. Ida Kuhn, a good
looking woman had her husband ar
rested on the charge of abusing her
Mrs. Kuhn, who is collar maker.
testified that she had supported her
self and her family for fourteen years.
The husband said that while his wife
worked at the factory he attended to
the children, dressed and sent them to
school and performed the other house
hold duties. All he wanted was a lit
tie spending money on Saturday night.
and it was the argument about this
that Led to his arrest Mrs. Kuhn said
she could get girl to do the work
her husband did for $1.25 a. week and
she would not have to stand any i'm
pertinance
Justice Grammar fined Kuhn 81 and
costs, and as his wife would not pay
up he had 20 go to Jail in default
Chicago Tfmes-Herald
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lines, trying to master the science of
aeronautics and to become perfectly
acquainted with the meteorological
conditions of the Arctic regions.
The aeronautic exploits OF Mr.. An
dree have become known all over the
world, and he has made name for
himself as one of the most audacious
men that ever assembled in a balloon.
Yet with him this work is never a
matter of chance. Every one of his
daring trips has been carefully plan
ned, as if it had been the crowning
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THE DEVELOPMENT OF ST. LOUIS

@@AS ASASS Of 81
The DEVELOPMENT of ST. Louis as a,
manufacturing city has been swift and
prosperous. Great factories lie for
the most Dart, southwark from the
business center, although many of
them have also spread northward. Var
ious industries, moreover, remain with
IN the confines of the district which is
chlefy given over to Office buildings,
financial institutions, wholesale houses
and large retail establishments. For
merly the factories lay, for the most
part. outside the area principally oc-
cup1ed by the homes of the working
people. The recent tendency has been
to build workingmens homes outside
the circle of the factories. The build
ing and loan associations, of which
there are a great number in st. Louis,
seem to have played an important part
IN the new housing movement, while
the real estate companies with the ia
clllties which they have offered for the
| purchase of small houses on the INSTALL
ment plan. have also, doubtless, made
It possible for thousands of mechanics
and employed men of small incomes tic
own their own fomes.-''Notes on City
Government in st. Louis" by Albert
Shaw in the June Century
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EXCURSION TO SPANISH FORK

Via Rio Grande Western Railway,
On June "a a grand excursion will
be run from Salt Lake to Spanish
Fork via Rio Grande Western railway
under the auspices of the CALIFORNIAN
society. Special train will leave Salt
Lake at 9:15 a. m Fare for round
trip, $1.40.
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World Ricycles.

The Beveridge-B Buckley Cycle Co.'S.
stock Of bicycles for sale cheap. 1O2
West Second South. Z
J. w. LANGLEY, Assignee,
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FLYING TO THE POLE.


andree starts in
Reach His
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1t is believed that when DR.. Jameson
beat Lobengula's forces the natives hid
their arms, now to bring them out.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1896-07-17
Chester Iiei.h y tamD,

CHESTER HEIGHTS, July 1.-THE meet
ings began in earnest ut Chester Heights
Yesterday, the first regular day Of the
camp meeting. There were three sermons
and IN abundance of song and prayer mix.
ed in between. The weather was showcry
and threatening and there wefr,few visi.
tors to the camp. -7s" :" = :scs<s's'
The first service of the day was the sun
rise prayer meeting conducted by Row l.
Sanderson, of Wilmington, and Samuel
Kehr, of Philadelphia. At $50 there was
an interesting praise service, led by Rev.
John Priest.
Tho morning sermon was by Rev. j. r.
Swndclls, pastor of Trinity Church, Ches.
ter, from the text found in Exodus xvii,
Is: And Moses built an altar and called
the name Of 1t Jehovah Missi.'
Tho first chi!drens meeting was held at
1.31 in the Young Peoples Chapel and was
conducted by Rev. c. NJ. Boswell
When the congregation had gathered in
front of the tabernacle for the afternoon
sermon, Mrs George b. Bannwood sang
"My Sins Rose us High as tho Mountain"
The sermon was delivered by Rev II. NJ.
Griffith, Of south Chester, from the text
in II Chronicles xiii, l6: And Jchoiada
made covenant between him and be-
tween all the people, and between the
king. that they should be the Lords
people
After the sermon the congregation sang
"Who VIII Follow JesusY' and Rev. Mr.
Boswell made u brief exhortation. He
asked all those in the audience who were
willing to consecrato themselves to God to
rise About third Of those ON the benches
stood up, and the preacher appealed to
those sitting down. is there one mOrc?'
he asked again and again, and after get
ting all he could to declare themselves tho
service closed with n prayer and the bone.
dicbion.
The evening service was held in the
tabernacle. Professor George kirkpatrick
arrived and took charge of the singing.
There was brief song service preceding
the sermon. The preacher was Rev W.
Quiglcy Bennett pastor of Kcdron Church
Morton. His text was Prepare to Meet
Thy God, Amos ", part of the twelfth
verse,
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1896-07-17

Councilmen did not swclter last night
because of press of business. The ses-
sion lasted but twenty minutes.
City Treasurer Adams reported the bal
ance in bank to the credit of the city to be
s33. 5000; special fund for park purposes
SI6, $50
The collections were Eugene NJ. Sayers,
account of taxes for 1896 So, 450; Edmund
Mitchell, Jr, account of taxes for 1895,
Sl7,SOO
John H. Porter, through communica-
tion, asked for the return of $40 paid as a
license to sell milk, and his communica-
tion was referred to the Law and Finance
Committee.
James Z. Bryan asked for the return of
sl2.12 overpaid us school tax and his re
quest also found berth with the Finance
Committee.
Henry Hopes asked for the return of
0i overpaid capitation tax.
Upon motion of Mr.. Meaney orders were
drawn in favor of the Board Of Education
for $4,000; Park Commission flor 5000,
and Board of Health for $50, on account
of their respective appropriations.
Bills from the Crematory Committee
amounting to 1878 II were ordered paid.