The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-11-15


on private business, but that the mat
ter of establishing permanent national
headquarters will not be acted upon for
some tine.
Secretary Carlisle, who arrived at the
Fifth Avenue hotel on Wednesday and
visited the horse show on Thursday
night, with Mrs. Carlisle. is stil in
town, and likely to remain for a day
or two longer He avoids newspaper
men, and nothing has been learned
from him regarding the rumor that he
may take no his residence here and
practice law.
United States Senator John Sherman,
of Ohio, departed for Washington on
Thursday evening. The senator said
that anything connecting his name
with the cabinet of President-elect Nc
Kinley is only a matter of conjecture.
WAR TALK
War talk was still rife in the navy
yard yesterday afternoon among the
officers and men. Their chief appre-
hension was that there would be a.
scarcity of men TO man the ships. The
last congress added 1000 enlisted men
to the naval force, raising the number
20 f1,000 These extra men have been
placed in the new. ships in commission,
without recruits. This state Of things
has kept the big monitor Puritan out
of commission since the beginning of
the month. The officers have practic-
ally been decided upon, but there are
no men for the crew. Neither are there
any men in sight for the cruiser Brook
Ign, which viii be ready for active
service next month. Although the ram
Katahdin is officially in commission,
there are no men for her. The new
gunboat Helena viii soon be ready too,
and there viii be the same lack of men
for her.
Recruiting, but only to fill vacancies,
is going on board the receiving ship
Vermont. The department will ask
congress for 1000 men, but in the
meantime some of the big warships
Will have to lie at the docks.
THE HORSE SHOW.
The horse show has succeeded be-
yond the fondest hopes Of the manage
ment in attracting nigh class horses.
There have been two exceptions, how
ever, the class for trotting stations,
which was declared off owing 10 the
inferiority of the three competitors,
and the road classes for trOtters was
a keen disappointment to every lover
of the beautiful in hOrsefiesh It is
safe to say that Colonel Kipnives dur
ing his entire career as a competitor
entered single horse or pair of horses
that could not have won the prizes
from the job lot that competed this
year Many hOrsemen believe that the
committee would have been justified in
refusing to award prizes. On the whole
there has been little fault found with
the awards made by the judges. More
or less comment has been made about
horse dealers who win prizes from the
sO-called amateurs. If a distinction is
made between the dealers and ex-
hibitors who claim to be amateurs it
VIII require a Solomon TO draw the
line between them.
a AETEORIC STREAM.
1t may relieve the tension upon the
minds of the eXpectant and curious to
know that the earth crossed fairly,
early this morning. into the track of
meteOrlc stream. This stream travels
around the sun in an elongated orbit
from which we shall be peppered for
the next three years with a constantly
increasing number of what are popu-
larry known as shooting stars.
In 1899 we shall have arrived at that
portion of the stream where the star
dust is thickest, and an unequalled
and brilliant display Of celestial fire
works may be looked for.
1t takes 3314 years for these meteors (
to complete revolution around the
sun. and their track is not uniformly
stocked, so to speak We are now be-
ginning TO enter the fertile spots, and
by 1925 the heavens will spout fire.
no extraordinary displays should be
looked for al this time, as the earth
will not set into the thick of the me-
teoric stream until November, 1899
From now on, however, shooting stars
VIII be seen crossing the heavens more /
frequently than usual.
All these meteors appear to emanate /
from the constellation of Leo
Showers of stars should not be ex-
pected. The phenomenon is better de-
scribed as sprinkle than a shower.
MOODY AND SANKEY.
The Moody and Sankey revival meet !
ings which are being held in Cooper
Union are as successful as those of .
former years. Both the morning and +
afternoon meetings were crowded yes
terday, so that it became necessary to /
organize overflow meetings. Moody 7
and Saniley spoke and sang in both /
places.
A FEW NOTES.
vice-President-elect Hobart is a
very popular man in New Jersey now
adays Eight hundred babies have
been named after him, and the end is
not yet.
Stephen 3. White, the wen-known
w all SIfG6I operator. started Tor the
Pacific coast last night.
George Washington of Belgium is a
guest Of the Hotel Gurlach. Mr.. Wash
ington expresses with great apparent
confidence that it is his belief that he
IS a late descendant of a brother of the
immortal George, and he practices a
signature which somewhat resembles
the other Georges. He says that
George Washington had a brother
William from whom he descends. The
biogra Dhical books neglect to mention
this brother Mr.. Washington intends
to abandon his home in Brussels for
one in this country, and has taken out
naturalization papers. He is an in
ventor.
sParson'' Davies, accompanied by
Joe Choynski, who is to box Peter Ma
her 20 rounds at the Broadway Ath-
letic club Oh Monday night, arrived in
town yesterday. ChOynsl1i is in perfect
condition for his bout and feels very
confident that he will vanquish Maher
well inside the 20-round limit Joe
viii put the finishing touches to his
work under the watchful eye Of Mike
Donovan at the New York Athletic
club.
1t was learned yesterday that Kid :