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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-11-26
These Animals Almost reason

Har3er's Round Table: One who has
deeply studied the habits of animals has
discovered that there are hurbugs
amcn- them. In military stables, horses
are known to have pretended to be lame
in order to avoid going to a military ex-
ercise- A chimpanzee had been fed on
cake when sick after his recovery. he of
ten feSned coughing in order to procure
dainties The cuckoo, as is well known,
lays its eggs in another birds nest, and.
10 make the deception surer, it takes
away one of the other birds eggs. Ant
mails are conscious of their deceit, as is
shown by the fact that they try to act
secretly and noiselessly; they show
sense of guilt if detected; they take pre-
CARTONS III advance to avoid discovery;
N some cases they manifest regret and
repentance. Thus, bees which steal hest
tate often before and after their exploits,
as il they feared punishment. A natur-
al.yt describes how mis- monkey commit
led theft. While he pretended to sleep,
the animal regarded him with hesitation,
and stopped every time his master moved
or seemed on the point of awakening.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-11-26
DAY AT THE SCHOOLS
Interesting Programme at The
Institutions of Learning.
THE EXERCISES WE'RE VARIED
AND ALL INTER ESTING.
Many Visitors at the Public Schools
The Students VIII Now Take n
Rest Until Next Monday.

Thanksgiving day was generally
celebrated in the public schools yes
terday in order that the students may
be entirely free today and until Mon
day next. One or two of the private
institutions of learning had exercises,
but it was the exception rather than
the rule. The programmes were COM
posed mainly of literary selections n
all the schools, but were not special
Thanksgiving exercises. AS a rule, the
scEcolrooms were very artistioally dec :
ore TED. The blackboards were covered
with chalk drawings of flowers, his
toIicai illustrations, turkeys, fruit, and
in fact, all sorts of pictures pertaining
to the joyful holiday. In some of the
schools potted plants were arranged
around the room and festoons of ever
green draped the walls. Some of the
programmes are reproduced below.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-11-26
A SINGULAR ACCIDENT.
RESULTED IN THE DEATH OF BEN
JA3IIN REDMON.
Fell Into n Ditch Tuesday Night
Died Early Yesterday Morning
and Was Buried in the Afternoon.


On Tuesday night Benjamin Redmon.
an old man residing on Fifth West
street, in the Sixteenth ward, met
with an accident which resulted in his
death early yesterday morning.
1t seems that Mr.. Redmon had at
tended priesthood meeting and on
returning home, went to get a bucket
of water, when he fell, heavily into a
ditch. In falling truss that he wore
was forced against the abdomen, tear
ing a frightful wound.
The injured man was taken home
and died Yesterday morning He was
"A years of age, an Englishman by
birth, and was an engineer. He had
lived il this city for over ten years
and leaves a wife and son.
The funeral took place yesterday
afternoon
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-11-26
TAX REDUCTIONS.
County Collector Spencer Is Be-
sieged by Anxious ApnIicnnts.

County Collector Spencer Is BE-
sieEed by Anxious Applicants.
County Collector Spencer is being an
preached nearly every day by people
who desire their taxes, especially on
mortgages, reduced. 1t is almost need
less to state that all such Applicant tons
are being denied, the collector under
the law having no authority in the
premises. But the people apparently
fail to understand the situation, and
the result is the county attorneys Of
fic- is kept busy preparing opinions.
One of these opinions was submitted
to the collector yesterday. 1t relates
to case where party applied to
have the mortgage taxation reduced
from s37 675 TO 1858, the difference be-
ing offset by debts-a condition which
is invariably the case in such appli-
cations.
The attorney in his opinion points to
two methods in which this could have
been remedied. First, the applicant
could have made claim, under OATH
prior to the time when the assessment
books passed out of the assessors
hands, for any deductions from credits
on account of Indebtedness. The sec
ond remedy was the board of equaliza-
ton, before which the proper showing
to secure an abatement should have
been made. Parties having failed to
avail themselves of either of these on
portunities for relief have now no re-
course. The opinion sums up these
cases as follows:
IN conclusion. we would desire 10
add that the general idea of relieving
parties from taxation on account of in
debtedness owing by them as against
credits due TO them, contemplates GER
tainly either a sworn return by the
taxed person of all property for taxa
ton to the assessor or else an examin-
alton under oath before the county
board Of equalization, who, at the same
time that they have the power to grant
a rebate such as is claimed in the pc
titlon now before us, also have power
to further examine the party asking
such rebate generally as to any prop
erty that he or she may have that has
been overlooked by the assessor and
for which he or she may not have been
assessed, and to make then and there
the necessary addition or subtraction.
as the case may be. to or from his or
her taxed valuation"
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-11-26
PASS AGREEMENT.
The New Regulations viii Work
Some z nsIicaI Channes

Some Radical Changes.
Chicago, Nov. 25.-The new arrange
ment regulating the issue of passes
during 1897, which was adopted by the
Western Passenger association at its
recent meeting in st. Louis, makes a
more radical change in the present
agreement than was believed at the
time of the meetings. The details were
made the subject of a circular for gen.
erai railroad information. Next year
only the general manager, president,
and general superintendent of q rail-
road will have the power TO obtain
passes for employees or alleged en-
pioyees of other lines. This curtaiIment
of The number of officials whose appli-
cations for passes will be honored is
expected to result in reduction of the
number issued by so per cent.
The traffic department. including the
general freight agent, is barred from
exercising a privilege he now enjoys
and the influential shipper is expected
to pay his way in the future, as it is
not believed the freight traffic manag-
ers will confess to their superiors by
asking for passes for the shippers, that
they get their business by such
methods.
The announcement was made today
that John T. Ferguson, now city pas
senger agent of the Chicago & North
western road, will become assistant
general passenger agent December !, in
charge of local traffic.
William NJ. Dodd, cashier in the gen.
eral passenger agent department be-
comes city agent.
c. w. Smith, local passenger agent
of the Burlington road, was appointed
today city passenger agent at San
Francisco, to succeed the late T. W.
Madeira.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-11-26
aFkTNLEY HEARS or BRYAN.
Correspondents Tell the Major How
Fine the Democratic Candidate
Vas.

Mckinley has listened with acute pa
thence, writes George Alfred Townsend,
10 what returning correspondents IN
Bryan's train had to say of that new
Iuminary. The near-to-Bryan men have
told Mckinley that Bryan is the new
leader of the Democracy; that the bitter
ness Of Sterling Morton and Morrison,
and old Palmer, and so forth, is be-
cause Bryan has superseded them. They
also say that the Palmer Democrats are
mugwumps, and viii now try to AFRO
gate the attention OF both parties and
OF the prints, and that the channel of
the new Democracy flows toward Bryan,
who is a variously informed. smart fell
low, and aware OF his present represent
alive leadership Major Mckinney has
been told by these same travellers that
al no time in fthe campaign had Bryan
the slightest chance TO be elected; that
re was doomed TO defeat wherever the
populations were old and settled, and
that had the election been held in Au-
gust instead of November he would still
scented to have been philosophical un-
wavering and diligent, and to have be-
come south and west, the new Stephen
\. Douglas of the Democratic masses.
Above all things Mckinley IS assured
that Bryan ran stronger than Cleveland,
BOtes or any other probable candidate
would have done. Cleveland is univer-
sally represented TO have been weaker
west and south than any man who could
have run, while Mckinley held a large
contingent, otherwise for Bryan, because
thar farmer contingent had eSDouSed his
cause and seen him triumph before
Bryan came upon the stage
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-11-26
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MOOsE-HUNTING IN ALASKA.
Cunning Game on Icy Wastes Inside
the Arctic Circle.


the Arctic Circle.
San Francisco Call: Gordon C. Bet
ties. who runs trading posts at Nulatto.
Tanana and Arctic City. in the Yukon
country (the latter post being in lati-
tude 81 degrees So minutes, is half of a
degree inside the Arctic circle), is here,
and he tells of remarkable adventures
with moose, bighorn sheep and other
animals. Mr.. Beetles captured and
reared Jerry, the big moose in Golden
Gate park. and sent him here. He also
sent a mate for Jerry. but it died on the
way. He has tanned and worked moose
in teams, and says they are in all re-
Spects remarkable animals.
L raised Jerry and had him and his
mate broke to harness." he said yes
terday. "A moose has got the greatest
sense of any animal in the world. When
wild they can smell a man at an enor-
nous distance, like a wild horse, and
can. see and hear further than any
other animal of which l ever heard.
When they are tanned they are as
tractable as a dog. and viii do any
thing-come when you call them, lie
down and roll over. / had big moose
that would weight 1000 pounds come
right into the cabin with me.
THE moose would do this With me, or
anybody they knew, but not with a
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-11-26
Hread and Rntter Thirtr Yenrs.

The newest diet suggested as product
i've of longevity is bread and butter.
There IS in Eythe. England. a lady who
Ewes entirely on bread and butter and
has done so all her life. says the New
York Journal. She has never tasted
meat, game, fish. vegetables. jam and
cry a few kinds of biscuits and sweets
She has never had a days illness in all
her life and never had recourse to medi-
cine of any description. Her friends have
tired in vain to induce her to eat some
thing besides bread and butter, but she
confines herself entirely to the diet on
which she has existed for at least 30
years. She is strong and healthy in ev-
cry respecs-healthser, in fact, than a
greet many people who have lived upon
exactly the food that is supposed to make
us feel as if illness were a total stranger
and always would be.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-11-26
TO COOK AND CARVE IT
II ow to do Full Justice to the
Thanksgiving Bird.
DIAGRAMS TELL THE STORY.
Both Are Easy Enough if Directions
Are FoIIOwed-But 1t Is Agreed
That Carving "A Turkey Is Not as
Easy as 1t Looks.

st. Louis Globe Democrat: If the
man who doesn't know the slightest
thing about the art of carving a
Thanksgiving turkey will study the ac-
companying illustration carefully and
memorize the few directions here given
he can go to the home of his pros
pective mother-in-law today and with
a light heart offer his services for the
partition of the holiday bird.
And the man who yields the carver
at a Thanksgiving feast must needs
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-11-26
hitter.

A short Thanksgiving programme
was rendered in each room at the
Whittier school The history of the day
and the historical events connected with
it have been studied as language les
sons and given in morning talks during
the past month Many appropriate
drawings were noticed on the boards
in each room, representing baskets of
fruit, the horn of plenty turkeys,
Massasoit's home, etc. Many donations
to the poor in the way of clothing
provisions, etc, were given by the
children
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-11-26
CarIisIe's Future.

Washington special to Chicago Times
Herald: The probabilities are that Sec
rotary Carlisle will take up the practice
os law in New York City. So say the
secretary's friends. Mr.. Carlisle has had
a standing offer of large sum. said to
be $500 year, to become the counsel
of great corporation in New York, and
it is ccSjectursd that his present mission
in Gotham has to do with that matter.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-11-26
WRIGHT GOES BACK.
GOV. WELLS HONORED A REQUIsI-
TI0N FOR HIM YESTERDAY.

The Man Captured by officer Fitz-
Inaurice's Shrevdness Must Stand
Trial for Embezzlement in Iowa
Habeas Corpus Proceedings Com
mcnced, Were Defeated by Chief
Pratt-SheriR Murphy to Take the
Man Back.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-11-26
Something About Circus Rings.

Circus rings always are uniform in size.
Circus horses are trained to perform in
standard ring ~ feet in diameter In
larger or a smaller ring their pace be-
comes uneven, irregular and unreliable,
and the riders, in turning somersaults,
are liable to miscalculate the curve and
miss their footing.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-11-26

Cleveland Plain Dealer My dear if
you want to secure small waist, why
do you eat so much?'
'sWell. if 1 didn't eat, L wouldn't have
the strength to lace myself into shape"
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Lincoln.

The programme at the Lincoln school
was of the usual nature. There were
five programmes-the pupils of two
rooms in each case uniting in one.
One hundred visitors were present.
The following programme-tha of
rooms and S-will give an idea of all.
oOIS School
Reading, The Presidents Procla-
nation Fred Reeves
Essay Alice eReiser
Duet OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES.
Mabel Freebairn and Mabel Poulton
Recitation .............C lella McCready
Thanksgiving quotations by ten pupils.
Duet. Mabel Poulton, Alice Reiser
Recitation -.-........... David Love
Mandolin solo. ....-... Mabel Freebairn
Recitation Josephine Ha.sett
Thanksgiving quotations Ten Pupils
Recitation .....-.......... Lille Hunter
Recitation ........-..... Maud Morrissey
Harvest song School
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-11-26
All r,.at he wantea Was Every thing

Tit-Bits: Lawyer Investigating clients
story)-Now, you must keep nothing
from me.
Client-I haven't. I paid you every
cent 1 had in the world for your retainer.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-11-26
Fremont.

The exercises at the Fremont school
were of high order, and were greatly
enjoyed by those present. The black
%boards were tastefully decorated with
appropriate designs, and in the upper
grades some excellent work in writing,
drawing and English composition was
on exhibition. The programmes by
rooms are here given:
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-11-26
Tenth school.

The programme for the Tenth was
short. but was remarkably well rem
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-11-26
RUNNING FOR OFFICE.
THREE MORE CANDIDATES FILE
STATEMENTS OF EXPENSES.
j. d. Page, Candidate for EIector on
the Wrong Ticket, Didn't Spend
Cent-TvO Legislative Candi-
dates.

Three more candidates filed their ex-
pense accounts With the secretary of
state yesterday
j. D. Page, candidate for Mckinley
elector, swears that he neither di-
rectIy OF Indirectly contributed or ex-
pended any money to aid in his cleo
ton.
With C. H Blanchard, legislative
candidate from Juab county. it was
different. Here is his statement OF ex-
penses
Fares to r. G. w. to Payson. IS 3 90
Fares to u. P. Payson to Nephi 20
Hotel bill, Nephi .. 90
Meals en- route to Payson. 49,. / 90
Hack fares at Payson. 90
Half Joy, three judges of cleo
ton ..--.....-. ...-...-........ Z so
For printing, paid Rowe. 90
Hire of team ........ 3 90
Copies Of Nephi Times. ...... 90
1oldi So 40
Oliver G. kimball, candidate for the
Legislature from Carbon county, spent
SIS. as follows:
Affidavit accepting nomination
paid s. A. Hendrickson. SO
Sent to Republican chairman
county central committee. ... 25 90
Telegraphing Observation-Disclosures. so
4ctai $26 co
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-11-26
Bryant.

The Bryant school had no general
programme, but each room had exer-
cises. The exercises of rooms and s
were as follows:
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-11-26

dered when one considers the size of
the pupils. The rooms combined and
produced the following. 1t is mostly
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-11-26
Emerson.
At the Emerson school. the follow
HigI, School.

The high school had a somewhat
classical programme. Here it is:
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1896-04-30

a refreshing sleep. The ladies in the
house very naturally were much alarmed
at so unusual an occurrence. The tele-
phone was brought into requisition, and
a neighbor arrived, who with the same
disregard of ceremony as the stranger,
boosted him out of the house and into
the street. When an officer arrived the
man was nowhere to be seen.
Mr.. Birgfeld's wagon and harness was
recovered from the river uninjured. He
says today he is glad the horse is dead.
It has smashed two buggies for him,
torn his clothes and endangered his life
and altogether has proven very expen-
sive animal. It came near dragging
him to death yesterday. At one time
when he was caught beneath the wagon
box and wheel, his head was nearly
forced between the spokes. If the horse
bad turned to the right instead of the
left, he would have been squeezed to
death, and if it had gone straight
onward he would have drowned with
the horse. The turn to the left alone
enabled him to escape.
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1896-04-30
The ochoco Miners.

Messrs. Emil n. Kluge, A. T. Griffin
and w. h. Stead the Ochoco mining
men, arrived in the city last evening,
but left on the morning train. Mr..
Kluge and Mr.. Stead. go to Tacoma,
where 1000 pounds of ore were shipped
to a smelter, and Mr.. Griffin to Portland,
where he was to have purchased today a
derrick and apparatus for use at the
mine in hoisting out ore. He will pass
through tonight on his way to Omaha.
The Wasco warehouse has received
orders to ship 500 pounds of ore by ex-
press to Omaha tonight. A third ship
ment of ore is now on the way. Should
the quartz prove as profitable as they
suppose, they propose to haul it to The
Dalles for shipment to the smelter.
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1896-04-30

ing, horse between Umatilla and
Coyote deliberately suicided in differ
ent manner. Train No. %, east-bound,
was bowling along level piece of track
between the stations named, when the
trainmen observed a horse about forty
yards from the track watching the ad-
yancing tram. 1t suddenly wheeled
and ran till the distance was increased
to about 100 yards, when 1t deliberately
turned and ran at full speed into the
train, about five cars back from the
engine. The concussion was tremend-
Gus, and the horse sank down dead be-
side the track, with scarcely struggle.
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of Lesser Magnitude.
The geese are returning from the
South, some large bands being observed
yesterday.
Forecast-Tonigh and Friday, rain.
Mr.. James A. Frazier of Monkland is
in the city.
The trial of Donovan VS.. Taffe resulted
in verdict for Donovan before Justice
Davis yesterday. y
Mr.. w. A. Johnston il moving his
grocery store to HonywMs dry goods
establishment, the latter closing out to-
: night.
Special business will come before the
meeting of the Congregational church
this evening. A full attendance is re-
quested.
Mr.. Gourlay will deliver lecture next
Saturday evening at Henrik farm near
Dufur. The lecture Will be upon some
of the features of the A. P. A. move
ment.
Moore Bros. have disposed of the dry
goods and mercantile branches of their
business in Moro to R. G. Craven, and
will hereafter carry on the business of
banking, implements and wheat buying
and selling.
There is certain clique of boys on
the hill who amuse themselves by
breaking windows in houses, when the
occupants are away. If this conduct
continues, an example should be made
of one of them.
Herrick's cannery was started up this
afternoon on 21S tons of fish. About 81
operatives are employed. The cannery
has a capacity of from ten to fifteen tons
daily. Its fullest capacity will be DEF
manded later in the season.
We have left q few choice Gamma and
dahlia bulbs, large Towering geraniums
at 10 cents, and the choicest tea roses at
10 cents, or two for 25 cents. Our late
large Towering pansies are now IN full
bloom at % cents per dozen. At the
Stubling Greenhouse. apr2s-1w
The bowling contest committee wish
to state that all who desire to enter the
lists will have the privilege of doing so.
and the games Will be continued until
all have had a chance to play, when the
ten on each side who have the highest
scores will compete for the final honors.
Anyone desiring to enter will have the
opportunity to do SO upon application.
Mr.. Schanno has made special in
quiries this week regarding the probable
fruit crop the coming season and finds
that it viii be generally good, with only
rare exceptions. From Grants, Hood
River, Mosier, Smile and the country
south comes very encouraging reports
thariall kinds of fruit will mature full
crop, except in places some varieties of
peaches are partially affected.
A stranger under the influence of
liquor entered Mr.. Frank Egan's house
last evening, and without ceremony sat
down in a7chair and at once commenced