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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-07-06
THE BICYCLE A POLITICAL POWER

Nowadays the world may be easily
divided into people who wheel and peo-
pie who do not, and the former class
seem to hold the balance of power.
possessing as they do the solidarity
due to this single enthusiasm. The BIZ
cycle has become a power IN economies
and politics. It's association, the
League Of American Wheelmen. sue
cessfully fights the great railroads and
is hardened to by municipal and state
legislatures. When the Wheelrnen of
Chicago wanted to visit a far western
meet they insisted that their fares
should be at one-half price, and the
railroads were terrorized into submits
sion by the threats of having 100000
wheelmen solidly arrayed against
them. The transporta lines in
many states have been forced to do
away with express charges on bicycles
and treat them as checkable baggage.
In several localities the local bicycle
associations have decided that owners
OF wheels ought to be generally taxed
81 head for the sake of obtaining
better cycling roads, and forthwith the
legislative powers bowed before them.
In the New York City streets sprink-
ling carts made uncomfortable riding
CIV. e,dA VI uilidiCe was aC once OBTAINED
obl1ging the water-cart drivers to leave
STRIP of unsprinkled asphalt three
ieet wide next to each curbing. Leg
lsiators are busy with expert testi-
mony ON the question of carrying
small children ON bicycle nandIe-bars
The League of American Wheelmen is
an institution which any presidential
candidate would be 10th to Offend
From The Worlds Sporting I'm
pulse" by Charles D. Lanier, in Re
view of Reviews for .J,Iv
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-07-06

cannot. They are the sport of the
markets. Sometimes trade is SO slack
that they must loaf about idle for
weeks and weeks.
One man told me that on an average
he was working one week out of four.
Some fnlshers said that during slack
times they worked one week and idled
the next. On the other hand, when
the rush is on, the men are allowed
no breathing time-not a days rest,
little of the night, no Sunday, no
Christmas.
This is their chief complaint-the I'M
certainty of their earnings. Of Roger
and salt-cake gas. and the hundred
other risks that attend them, they
speak light-heartedly Not long before
my visit to Widnes. three men cleaning
out one of the open sewers to which ]
have referred were asphyxiated, and
numerous are the stories of men boiled
to death in the steaming caustic-pot
A mere walk through 4 yard is dan
gerous, for tne tanks leak here and
there, and corrosive fluids drop and
drop. One hears of a man who was
slowly eaten 70 death in a vitriol tank
into which he had fallen and in which
he was caught fast. A priest tried to
anoint him, but failed. Hundreds,
powerless to help, were looking on. He
Joked at them between his screams.
were tney all out ON strike 10 be ldhnS
there? In Wiston workhouse is a leg
less man, with whom an armless man
keeps company. They were both al
kali workers;
One wonders how the workers can
clothe themselves. They must wear
wool, for the gas rots cotton in forty
eight hours. Men are seen going home
in their breeches roped around their
legs, because their garments were
sewn with cotton and the seams have
given; or in a network of wooden woof,
the cotton warp having disappeared.
! saw one man clothed mainly with an
old nitre-bag.
The principal amusement, because
gratuitious, is to go on Mondays, when
the bench sits. to see the prisoners
marched, handcuffed. down the street
to the station for conveyance to the
gaol at Liverpool
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-07-06

got gas" and died within few hours
And it's almost always brought in
accidental" said a packer. who was
suspicious of the Growers" juries.
Or, says another, 1.-The masters
doctor will say the man died of a.
faint It's like this. You get gas.
We run to the office for the brandy
bottle and say, 'So-and-so's got gas.
Brandy is served out You go home
ana die. Doctor says you died of faint
and the proof is that brandy was
needed to revive YOU
Ihe black-aSh worker can earn when
working full time about $3.50 week.
HIS work is much the same as that
OF me salt-cake man, inasmuch as he
is standing for eight hours almost un-
intefruotedly working at the furnaces
oy which the revolving burners are
heated and the mixture of salt-cake
Slack, and stone fused into black-asb
Inc vatmen, who convey the cooled
pIack-ash into the watts where III is di-
lupe0 IN water, must push and unload
forty parroWs to I'LL one vat Two vat
i men can M three watts in a day, work
ing from eieven to eighteen hours. The
men nave TO go on their knees some
part OF the way to push the barrovs
along. The vatmen that 1 saw looked
so araggied, so forlorn, so degraded
tha0 L think that OF all these moon
Ieiiows l pitied them the most.
MISERABLE WAGES AND IRREG-
ULAR WORK.
miserable as the wages are. earned
at such risks and with such real nhv-
slcdi exhaustion and suffering. the men
would Vet be contented could they relv
On any regularity of work, But they
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-07-06
BY ROBERT H. sHERARD.
Copyright, 1886, by S. S. Mcclure Coz


AT Widnes and st. Helens, where are
situated the principal works of the al
kali industry in England, the springs
never come, for in these dreary towns
there is no place in which ii can man
ifest itself. The foul gases which,
belched foICh night and day from the
many factories, rot the clothes. the
teeth and III the end the bodies of the
workers, have killed every tree and
blade Of grass for miles around.
Trees cannot live here, but men must
and do. Widnes is a populous town,
and one admires in its squalid courts
and alleys the swarms of healthy chill
oren The touching contrast between
May and December will be looked for
in vain in Widnes, for here, as in st.
Heiens, as the leading doctor in the
latter town remarked to me, the men
so off quick"
1T IS a very unhealthy trade" he
said, and if the published statistics
show but a small death rate in the
chemical trade, it is because the chem
ical yard only kills man three parts
out OF -four, leaving the workhouse to
do the rest. The men are dismissed
before they are actually dying AS
a general rule, the men go from As to
81 years Of age. The tubes become
blocked up and asthmatical; the gases
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-07-06
US FOUR.
AN INCIDENT OF GENERAL GRANTS
AROUND THE WORLD.
Four Missionary Boys in Pekin Sa-
Iuted the Great Soldier as He En-
tered the Gates of China's Old
City.
BY GUY NJ. WALKER.

In the summer of 1879 General Grant
world. His visits from city to city
were looked forward to by all the Cor
eign residents, but to none did more
importance attach to his coming than
to the American missionaries so long
absent from their native land.
There was in the city of Pekin lit
tie band of these missionary children
whose numerous FRANKS had caused
them to become Familiarity known
among the American residents as us
Four" 1t was composed of two pairs
of brothers with only Two years diff
ference between the ages of the Oldest
and youngest of the four. Two of them
had been born in America and from
that fact considered themselves much
more important than their less fortu-
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-07-06

Just full of improvement-Dr Pierce's
Pleasant Pellets. To begin with,
they're the smallest and the easiest to
take. They're tiny, sugar-coated, anti
bilious granules, scarcely larger than
mustard seeds. Every child is ready
for them. Then, after they're talAan,
instead of disturbing and shockingSthe
system, they act in mild, easy, and
natural way. There's no chance for
any reaction afterward. Their help
lasts. Constipation, indigestion. bill
ious attacks, sick or bilious headaches.
and all arrangements of the liver,
stomach or bowels are promptly re-
ieved and permanently cured.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-07-06

In which II is exported, work with Cog
giles on their eyes and twenty thick
nesses Of flannel over their mouths:
these muzzles being tightly secured
by stout cords. They can pack but
q few minutes at a time. A feed" of
this gas kills its man in an hour.
For all that Roger is the butt, not
the DOGGY. True, that at that cry,
Roger is coming! Clear ladsP' so fire.
Quently heard in the works, a wild
suave qui peut of panic-stricken men
may be seen scurrying befor. a green,
perceptible, and palpable fog borne. on
the wind, but all the same, once the
danger is past, Roger evokes smiles.
In little sheds down this long cor
ridor are seated broken-down men, not
old but aged, breaking stones from
which sulphur is to be extracted. These
are technically known as the stone
ncbplers," but, as Widnes will have
its joke, they are more commonly call
ed the ''handbeu ringers They ring
their bells the livelong day, and the
music is paid at is cents the ton.
ITS worse than on the high roads,
said one, but then you're warmer in
the winter"
These men are the wasted alkaE
workers, toothless, asthmatic, half
blind, used I'D, the csst-offs.'' as one
man told me- He added: This is the
last stage before the workhouse."
THE SALT CAKE MEN.
The salt cake men next. These play
an important part Under their hands
common salt, baked ia furnaces and
freated with vitriol, produces, after
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-07-06
RuckIen's Arnicn sarve.

The best salve in the world Cor cpt.
BruiseC. Sores, Ulcers. Salt Rheum
Fever Sores. letter. Chapped Hands
tions. and positively cures Piles ar ~
Pay required. 1t is guaranteed to give
perfect satisfaction or money refunded
Price, rs cents per box. Fore sale bv
z. c. N. ]. drug department.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-07-06
Old People.

Old people who require medicine r.
regulate the bowels and kidneys will
find the true remedy in Electric RiI-
tiers. This medicine does not stinn-
late and contains no whiskev nor
other intoxicant, but acts as a tonic
and Alternative. 1t acts mildly on the
stomach and bowels. adding strength
by aiding Nature in the Performances
of the functions. Electric Bitters is
an excellent appetizer and aids diges.
ton. Old people find it just exactly
what they need. Price fifty cents Der
bottle at 2. C. M. 1. Drug dept.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-07-06
Eli Hill, Lumber City. Pa. writes

Eli Hill, Lumber City, Pa, writes
Il have been suffering from Piles for
twenty-five years and thought nv case
lncurable DeWitt's Witch Hazel
SalVe was recommended to me as a
pile cure, SO 1 bought box and It
performed permanent cure" This
is only one of thousands of sin,i1.r
cases. Eczema, sores and skin diseases
rield quickly when it Is used. NeJdan.
Nelden-Judson Drug Co
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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-07-06

the gates of Peking," and no prouder
boys ever went away from the presence
OF greatness than us four on that
day.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-07-06

When we consider that the intestines
are about five times as long as the
body, we can realize the intense s11f-
fering experienced when they become
infiamed. DeWitt's Collie & Cholera
Cure subdues Inflammation at once
and completely removes the difficulty
Undergraduates Drug Co.
Arizona republican., 1896-01-04

she was suffering from dose of lauda- mum, but the dose was so large that it failed to produce death.
 Mrs. Monmonier has only resided here a few weeks A week ago her husband left for Los Angeles to look for work, having only money enough to pay his fare.
 Mrs. Monmonier secured a position as cook at the Alhambra house across the street from the Gilbert house. Here she toiled early and late, return is not very strong and the work prov ing too much for her, combined with worry, it is thought that she took the laudanum for the purpose of produc- ing sleep.
Arizona republican., 1896-01-04

Train No. 8 westbound, and train Mo- 4, east bound, are fast Limited trains, carrying first class passengers only and equipped with Pull mans latest and most elegant sleeping cars reclining chair cars with an attendant to look after the passengers comfort and new dining cars tn ough between Los Angeles and Chicago. In addition to the regular daily equipment. q luxurious compartment slee ping car contain ing two drawing rooms and seven family rooms will be attached to No. 4, leaving Los Angeles on Tuesdays and Chicago on Wednes- days of esch week. ,v-s
 Trains No. and ?, carry Pullman Palace sleeping Cars through without change between Chicago and San Francisco with an annex car between Bsrstow and Los Angeles. Pullman Tourist sleeping cars through without change between Chicago and San Francisco and Chi cago and Los Angeles every day; twice a week between Los Angel les and St. Paul; once week between Los Angeles and St. Louis and Boston.
 SUMMER OR WINTER.
 The Santa Fe route is the most comfortable railway between California and the east
 The Grand Canyon of the Colorado can be reached in no other way. The meals at Har- vey's dining rooms are anexcellent feature of the line, and are only equaled by those served. on the new dining cars which are carried on all Limited trains.
 JOHN J. BYRNE, c. H. STEERS. Gen. Pass. Agt. Asst. Gen: Pass. Agt. Los Angeles, Cal. San Francisco, Cal.
 H. s. VAN SLYCK, Gen. Agt., Albuquerque.
Arizona republican., 1896-01-04
Bumps on the Earth.

The alarming theories propounded by scientists make one sit up at first glance. For example, M. de Lapparent read paper before the scientific con- gress at Paris the other day in which he labored to prove that the mountains of the earth are decreasing in size, and that they will ultimately vanish alto gether. The tremendous friction of the atmosphere is wearing them away. The Alps, he said, exemplifed the youth, the Pyrenees the maturity, the mountains of Provence the declining years and the central plateau of France the death and dissolution of mountain ranges. But don't worry. Four or five hundred thousand years must slip by before the bumps on the earths surface are raZed.
Arizona republican., 1896-01-04
PERSONAL MENTION.
Jottlngs About Individuals and Their
 Actions.

Rev. Tomlinson and wife of Tempe were visitors in the city yesterday.
 Governor Hughes is not expected to return from Tucson till Monday morn ing.
 Senator" w. A. Freeze returned yesterday from his trip to Los An geles.
 w. R. Grant of Toronto and A. G. Mclean of Denver are stopping at the Depot hotel.
 Deputy Internal Revenue Collector Nugent arrived yesterday morning and busted himself looking up quar- ters.
 Ray s. Blinn, the young artist, left yesterday morning for couple of months visit to his old home in Colum bus, Ohio.
 The Misses Frankie and Willie Kell- ner returned yesterday to Los Angeles ito attend school after spending the holidays at home.
 At Thursday evenings meeting of the hook and ladder company Henry Fowler and Henry Montgomery were admitted as members.
 R. P. Bechaud has sold his grocery at the Five Points and will leave soon for the mountains with his family.
 Mr. Keeney and family who have benn conducting the Golden Rule house, left last night for Los Angeles, where they in future will reside.
 Chas. T. Springer, late manager of the Arizona Hardware company at Tempe, will leave in a few days to take a position as travelling agent for mercantile company.
 J. M. Gardiner is in the city from Los Angeles where he with other par ties are erecting a flouring mill. He reports that the mill is almost con- pleted and ready for the machinery. He will remain here for week.
 Julian I. Williams, representing the Southwest Illustrated magazine, is in Phoenix on business for that periodi- cal, as we'll as to secure data for an exhaustive writeup of Phoenix and the territory at large.
 Tucson Citizen: Major Neustatter, formerly bookkeeper for Marshal Meade, but now of Senta Fe, New Mexico, is in the city. Since last here he has depreciated in weight sconsid- erably. He now weighs less than 300 pounds The doctors, he says, advised him to come to Arizona and recuperate.
 Chas. B. DeMund left yesterday morning for King City, Missouri, where he will take charge of the De- Mund Bros. lumber yards at that point. The name of Chas. E. DeMund is identified with the building up of Phoenix. He has aided in every busi- ness enterprise that adds to the city's welfare and will be missed socially as well.
 Frank w. Pynchon who for some time has been in the employ of the s. F., P. & P. railroad in the freight office at this city, will leave in a few days for Charleston, S. C., where he has ac- cepted a position to work under F. A. Healy, formerly general passenger agent of the s. F., P. & F., but who is now general auditor of the South Caro- lima 6 Georgia railroad
 Tempe News: On New Years eve a most delightful surprise party was given at the residence of MT and Mrs Tom Morrow in honor of their daugh- ter, Miss Laura. Some twenty couples were present and they saw the old year out and welcomed the new before they broke up. Miss Laura is a most charming hostess and the event was very delightful.
 At McKelligon's you can get the
Arizona republican., 1896-01-04
ROBBED OF DIAMONDS.
An Incident in Which a Granite Street
 Belle Figured

PRESCOTT, Ariz., Jan. 3.-Billy Me han and John Coyle, proprietors of a local saloon, were held to answer today to a charge of having robbed May Ack- erman, formerly keeper of house of ill-fame in Tucson, of diamonds val ued at S2,O00.
 The woman visited the saloon on the night of December 10 and after she left she discovered she had been robbed of her diamonds, the remnant of a S12,OOO purchase of precious stones made in San Francisco fifteen years ago.
 Defendants were held under s1,75O bonds each.
Arizona republican., 1896-01-04
THE PUBLIC DEBT.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 3.-The months statement of the public debt, issued from the treasury department today showed that on December 31, 1895, the public debt, less cash in the treasury, amounted to $947 ,29S,262, or decrease for the month of S1,179, ,349
Arizona republican., 1896-01-04
HOTEL ARRIVALS.

Commercial: M. Well, San Fran cisco; s. E. Bright, Prescott; M. J. Nugent, Yuma; Frank Morrell, Will Hams; B. Greenwood, Roy Hill, M., E. Morin, F. E. Andrews, c. D. Morgan, Tom Stephens, Prescott.
 Lemon: R. E. Mussey, Pueblo; B. J. Rizer, Fort Madison, Ind; A. Millyan, Buckeye; John Miller, Wickenburg.
Arizona republican., 1896-01-04
JUMPING MINING CLAIMS.

CRIPPLE CREEK, Colo, Jan B. It is estimated that 800 claims in this district on which owners failed to do full assessment work in 1895 have been jumped. Although armed men are holding claims in all the outlying DOT tions of the district, no fights have yet been reportedaC-r...
Arizona republican., 1896-01-04
AN IOWA TOWNS FIRE.

CRESTON, Ia., Jan. 3.-The most destructive fire that ever visited this city today threatened the entire busi- ness portion of the city. The Summit hotel block and several other buildings were destroyed. The loss exceeds s200,000.
Arizona republican., 1896-01-04
ACTIVITY IN RAILROAD SHOPS

SACRAMENTO, Jan. 3.-The night force of the rolling mills of the rail- way shops which was in November last laid off with several hundred other employees, has been placed at work again. It is expected that there will be great activity in the shops early in the spring.
Arizona republican., 1896-01-04
ORPHAN ASYLUM BURNED.

COLUMBUS, Jan. 3.-The main part of the Franklin county orphan home was damaged by fire at a. m. to the amount of $25,O00. The wings remain intact. A hundred and thirty chil- dren were safely marched out and were provided for in the wings.
Arizona republican., 1896-01-04
Notice to Afflicted,

Dr. Parks magnetic healer IS now To- cated at the Vendome, Washington St., near Third avenue, where he will treat chronic, acute and nervous diseases.
 No matter what your disease is call and be convinced of his wonderful power to heal the afflicted.
 A January thaw is always more pro- ductive of colds and coughs than a January freeze. Then is the time Ayers Cherry Pectoral is needed and proves so extremely eficacious. Ask your druggist for it, and also for Ayers Almanac. which is free to all
Arizona republican., 1896-01-04
TOOK LAUDAiNUM.
A Woman Takes the Deadly Drug to
 Produce Sleep.

Thursday morning Mrs. Monmonier, who rooms at the Gilbert house on Adams street, was found lying on her bed by the landlady in an insensible condition.
 Dr. Dorsey, who resides in the same building, was called and found that
Arizona republican., 1896-01-04
TO THE TRAVELLING PUBLIC.

You can save twenty-four hours when going to Kansas City, Chicago or any point beyond, by using the s. F., P. & P. and A., T. & s. F. railroads. Only one change and that at a reason able hour, 5:20 p. m. Splendid road bed, first class equipment. Fred liar vey's unrivaled eating houses and din ing cars. Interesting and attractive scenery. You will never regret giving us trial. Other information cheer fully furnished by E. w. Gillett, ticket clerk; Ira P. Smith, general agent My lady looks into the mirror
 And her face it glows with delight, AS she sees the vast improvement
 Since she used Parks Tea each night. She is never tired or weary,
 Her ills and her pains have fled; Since she drank of Parks Tea each
 evening,
 r A cup full on going ito bed. Sold by c. Eschman & Go.
Arizona republican., 1896-01-04
CHINESE CITIZENS.

SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 3.-Judge Morrow decided this morning in the United States district court that every Chinese born in the United States is citizen thereof. The case will be ap- pealed.
Arizona republican., 1896-01-04
A JUVENILE MURDERER.

MILLEDGEVILLE, Ky, Jan. 3.-A boy named Walters, while playing, se- cured a revolver and shot his two cousins, girls. aged and 8. The boy then sent ball through his own head. All are fatally injured.
Arizona republican., 1896-01-04
FOR SALE.

Fine lands with water in tracts fro. ten acres up.
 CLARK CHURCHILL. 37 and 39 South Center street.
Arizona republican., 1896-01-04

At McKelligon's you can get the finest handmade sour mash, Bourbon and Pennsylvania rye whiskies. No. 21, East Washington street.
Arizona republican., 1896-01-04
NOTICE.

Until after the holidays We will keep our store open until O clock D. m. MELCZER BROS.
Arizona republican., 1896-01-04
Water Rights

Water Rights In the Grand canal for sale by
 CLARK CHURCHILL, 37 and 39 South Ce nter street,
 Phoenix, Ariz.
Arizona republican., 1896-01-04

his Phoenix Brill his n
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-02-14

The New York Journals letter to one of the mana
gers of the Pope Manufacturing Company establishment
in New York The letter will explain itself so read it
carefully every word and it will prove you that the