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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-09-06

ii. NeWcomb, inspector of life saving
stations for Maine, New Hampshire
and Massachusetts. The boat is 100
feet long and has a beam of SO feet
anu from keel to upper deck she is Il
feet. The boat draws 2 feet, giving
10 feet of freeboard.
The strength IF the boat is one of its
most marked features. The vessel is
heavily bull0headed, and it is believed
| that it will safely outride any storm.
no matter how hard the wind blows
or how high the seas roll Specially
forged anchors and chain cables will
hold the vessel fast. These will be run
out from the bow so that the vessel
Will always point head on to the wind.
MAKES LAUNCHING EASY.
This latter is a necessary precaution
otherwise in time of need the life saw
ers would have considerable difficulty
IN reaching a vessel in distress. There
IS an opening nineteen feet wide. which
extends for a distance Of thirty-fiye
feet through the center of the hull from
the stern. From this opening the life
boat will be launched. Owing to the
DOW anchors the stern will always be
TO the leeWard end and there should be
but little trouble in launching the boat.
no matter how tempestuous the
weather may be.
Two naptha launches and a life boat
OF the newest design will be hung on
davits in this opening in the hull. On
either side are the rooms in which the
crew will live. There is no motive
power of any kind in the boat and the
whole space will be given up to the
men and the life saving apparatus
Above there is deck the whole length
and breadth of the boat, unbroken ex-
cept for companionway and an OBJ
servation house. in which the lookout
will be sta toned
If the boat proves a success in the
storms of the coming winter. others
ike her will be built to replace the
stations on shore. This change will be
a welcome one to the coast guards.
Under the present conditions the work
required of these men is most severe.
In the coolest weather, night and day.
they have to patrol the coast for a
distance of four miles. This patrol
duty is the hardest part of the work.
but those on the life saving ship will
escape it, The guard on duty will be
In the well-heated observation room
and his comrades viii be snuely
berthed' in the cabins below
The cost of the new boat was but
$1,000, and it is figured that the ex-
pense to the government of maintain
ing her will be less than that of a,
station on shore.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-09-06
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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-09-06

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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-09-06

Three 1rishmen represent Scottish con-
stituencles in the house of commons
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1896-01-09
THE NEWS RESUME.
DIGEST OF THE NEWS FROM ALL
PARTS OF THE WORLD.
A Comprehensive Review of the
I'm pOrtant Happenings of the
Past Week CulIed From the Tel
cgrnph Reports The Notable
Events mt Home and AbrOad That
Have Attracted Attention.
Washington Talk

The Southern coast defenseS are to
be strengthened.
The controller of the currency has
declared a dividend of 20 per cent III
favor Of the creditors of the state Ma
tional Bank of Knoxville. Tenn.
The controller of the currency has
authorized the Merchants and Manu-
facturers' Bank of Columbus, OHIO, to
begin business; capital, S35O,OOO.
The Democratic steering committee
of the senate has decided to assign
Senators Walthall of Mississippi to
the Democratic vacancy on the finance
committee. and Daniel of Virginia to
the vacancy on the judiciary commit
tee.
Senator Hale of Maine has intro
duced Il joint resolution which directs
the secretary of the navy to accept
the ram Katahdin and make her a
part of the United States navy, which,
if it should become a law. would over
rule all objections that have been
made to the ram.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1896-01-09
Miscellaneous.

David Belasco has been accused of
plagiarism by a lady dramatist of
Butte. Mont.
\ letter written by Washington in
1893. and having a bearing. upon the
Monroe doctrine has been brought to
light.
all the coke companies in the Con
nellsville. Pa. coke region have grant
ed an advance Of 10 per cent to their
10000 employees. to take effect Jan.
/. 1896.
II" Episcopal convention of the old
diocese Of Texas adjourned aftc"
adopting a constitution and electing
Rt. Rev. A. G.. Garrett bishop of the
new Dallas diocese and appointing
other diocesan officers.
An effort is being made by the Grand
Army of the Republic in Southern
Michigan. with the aid of personal
subscriptions. to rear n monument to
the memory of Gen. StOughtOn. who
was one of the bravcSt men Michigan
sent to the front during the civil a
John Jacob Astor of New York has
taken his first lesson in manipulating
a hOrScieSS carriage. He guided it up
Fifth avcnue under the instruction of
a woman, who rode beside him. The
vehicle was OF Victoria pattern, the
motive power being hidden under the
seat
1t is reported that there is an affort
being made to reorganiZe the Hudson
River Tunnel company and complete
the work. There is only 800 feet to be
completed to the New York shore, and
81 100000 would complete that pOr-
ton. and 1900, 600 more would COM
plete the approaches.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1896-01-09
Evil Dol

At Perea. Ky, in a shooting fracas
between drunken men. VIII Johnson
and Lee Mitchell! were killed.
DR.. Hearne. tried in Missouri for the
murder of Amos J. Stillweil. the Han
pibal millionaire. has been acquitted.
In a fight near Elkton, Ky. John
Bailey shot Love Henderson. killing
him instantly. \ disreputable woman
was the cause.
Adam C.. Arnold of Battle Creek,
Mich. was convicted of manSlaught"r.
Arnold was charged with killing his
son.
The covered bridge vel the Scioto
river at Chillicothe, Ohio, was burned.
evidently by an incendlary. Loss
$4,000.
Charles Motz of Bows. Iowa. TWEEN
ty-oEe years of age and disappointed
in love, threw himself under Il traih
and was decapitated.
Near Georgetown, Ind. Mrs. NC
DOwell, a widow siXty-four years oid,
was probably fatally beaten by her
thirty-year-old son. The son is a VIC
iouS rowdy.
Investigation following the murder
Of Hester Curtis, an aged woman OF
Lafayette. Ind. develops the .'atll"r
remarkable fact that she had been the
mother of twenty-five children, includ-
ing seven pairs of twins.
In a running fight between police
officers and thugs at st. Joseph, Mo.
a man named Charles Smith was shot
and killed. Many shots were fired by
the officers and the thugs. and 1t Is
not known who fired the fatal shot.
The execution of the death sentence
a. st. Louis on James Fitzgerald Tor
the murder of his sweetheart, ANNE
NacsSend. has been postponed untl
Jan. -. to give the governor tlme TO
examine the case.
Clifford Carson secured Judgment
for $50 against Marshal Hill and the
village of GaleshurC. Mich. for false
imprisonment. He was arrested FOR
giving the high school yell on the
street there. while celebrating a foot
ball victory. but was never tried.
A highwayman tried to rob Miss
May Grier. Il teacher in the public
school of Duluth. He made his eS-
cape with at least Il bullet in hlm,
and possibly more. as the plucky Wo-
man fired four shots. and blood was
found on the snow over which the fell
low passed.
Hester Curtis, an aged widow. living
alone in her residence at Lafayette,
Ind, was found dead at her home. sit
ting upright in a chair. Her skull was
crushed. and she still held a blood-be-
spattered bank book in her lfeless
hand. Th emotive of the murder was
robbery.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1896-01-09
Huron Water works Case.

The supreme court has refused a
Tearing in the Huron water works
case. and the decision of the circuit
court is thereby affirmed. This is iii
substance that the sale of The Huron
water works and franchise was Illegal.
and the city council had no right or
authority to transfer the same: that
til" amount received by the city from
such sale should not be refunded. The
purchase price vas $4,000. and the
sale was made to the Huron Water
Works company. during the capital 10
cation campaign, and the money used
in that struggle. Several Chicago par
ties are members of the company,
which ~ now in the hands of Il rCcciv-
err. John II. Miller of this city being
named for that position by the court
a year ago. Suit to recover possession
of the plant was commenced by III.
Ray Meyers when he was elected
mayor three years ago. The refusal of
the supreme court to grant Il ~reh2aring
is received with delight here. and
Mayor Meyers will proceed at once to
take possession of the plant for the
benefit Of the city.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1896-01-09
People Talked About.

The king Of Portugal is an enthusi-
astic ornitIologist.
Mr.. R~ockefeller's income is eStimat-
ed to be $4,000 daily.
Bishop Whipplo Of Minnesota is at
LelaEd's Windsor hotel, Jacksonville.
Fla.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. NJ. LOring of Mime
apOlis are expected in Washington
this week.
Col. Williams has been appointed a
commissioners to investigate the CaSS
Crow Wing affair.
Whitelaw Reid. Of the New York
Tribune, is spending the winter in
Phoenix. Ariz.. whose climate, he says,
is better than that of Cairo.
Maj. d. ID. Buck of the Eleventh
Michigan cavalry, n of the oldest
business men in Battle Creek and
prominent in G. A. Il. and Masonic
circles. died. aged se%venty-tive years.
Capt. J. w. Luke. IN of the three
Iowa state railroad commissioners,
died at his resid' nee in Hampton, of
the grippe, after an illness of only six
days.
MIN DUH ia III. Il DIollilItIt puSihNSS
man. and famous as a landscape paint
er. died suddenly from heart disease
at Bloomington. Ill. He was fifty
three years old. He leaves a widow
and five children.
Col. Thomas Wentworth HigginSOn
is recovering. though slowly. from his
recent illness. He is still confined to
his bed. but IA few of his most init
mate friends are now permitted to
see him for Il few minutes each day.
Prof. Dewar, of London, whose eX-
perimcnts in the liquefactiOn of gases
are well known. has ut last solved the
problem Of producing liquid air cheap
~. His device consists Of a spiral
pipe. in a vaCuum through which air
under 300 pounds pressure passes,
escaping through a tiny aperture into
the acuum chamber.
Gen. Don Carlos Buel. who is not
often heard of nowadays, was III
Washington fer IL brief visit recently.
The years that give the outward APP
rcaran"e of age to most soldiers of
the rebellion seem to touch him lightly
and he is in excellent health. Since
his retirement from office Gen. Huel
has lived quietly at Airdrie, his pic
tureSuue home on Green river in Ken
lucky. Just at present he is deyotinG
his attention to the conversion of the
Shiloh battlefield into a national park.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1896-01-09
Ducats in Dairying.

That portion of the state lying along
the ridge which separates the Mis-
souri, from the jim river and which
received so great Il back-set during the
drouth period Of six years ago. is now
the most prosperous region of the
state. Reports from the banks at
Blunt. Highmore and other towns in
Hyde. Hughes, Sully. Hand and other
counties state that not since 1885 have
the people had so much money or been
generally in such good condition. This
change has come about through aban-
doning the raising of small grain and
general crops and the turning to stock
and %dairying.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1896-01-09
Accidental Happenings.

Tu.oe persons were probably fatal
~ :" red in an accident on the Met
ropolitan Il" road in Chicago.
Joel Davis and his wife of Coggon.
Ia. have died of poison due to canned
tomatoes. other members of the fam
lily are V ry i'll.
BY an explosion of gas at Shochl-
berger's rolling mill in Pittsburg,
eight men We're burned, one of them
fatally.
The illinois river has overlooked its
banks. and twenty families near Peo-
ria have been forced to abandon their
homes.
chm \. Slattorly, a well known Gin
cinnati lawyer, fell down an elevator
shaft in an office building and died "r
his injuries.
The Smith-Deal Hardware COM
paEy's powder and dynamite storage
house. one mile from Salisbury. \.
c.. exploded. George Weaver was in
stantly killed.
While on their way home from Il
dance at Carlisle, Mimi. Edward
Buran, Jr., and Miss Emma MoX were
down by Il Great Northern train
and Killed.
The neral stores Of Asher Il Led
better ). T. Robinson and &. L. Bcr-
ridge Co. at McLoanshoro. H.. were
burned. Loss, .SS5.OoO; insurance,
S33,00O.
Five hborers were injured. one ia
tally, ut the malleahlc iron works at
Dayton, O. The men were at work
ON a track between buildings and Il
car load of pig iron was pushed to-
war1 them, crushing them against the
walls.
Stricklard's livery barn. with forty
head OF horses and 200 vehicles. was
burned at Burlington, Iowa. Loss.
$4,000; insurance, less than $4,000.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1896-01-09
Carnival Rows Will Juuket

St.Paul, Jan. 6.-Carnival excursions
the greatest joys Of the uniformed
clubs in other years-will soOn be in
augurated again. The executive com
mittee to-day selected a committee to
arrange with the railroads for a series
of excursions TO outside towns. The
French citizens of Crookston have eX-
pressed a desire to have the Lafayette
club pay a visit to their town before
the opening of the carnival, and the
Lafay"ttes are willing and ready TO go
whenever an excursion can be arrang-
ed for. The BOstOGS. the Red Men. and
the Militiamcn are also open for en-
gaGcmcntS. and the Labor Union Brig
ade is expected TO report for business
within Il few days.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1896-01-09
Daft or Wondered.

John A. Bitney, a farmer living four
teen miles from Highmore. mysterious
~ disappeared and no trace of his
Whereabouts has been discovered. He
is Il bachelor and as last seen at a
neighbours at midnight. when he left
with his horse and cart for home. The
horse and cart were found in the
morning coming into town without a
driver. Ritncy had advertised Il sale
of his stock and personal property for
to-day. preparatory to leaving for Us
old home in New York state. He "a
in fair shape financially, and it is
feared that he has been fouliy dealt
with or wandered off in a fit of mental
alteration. TO which he vas subject.
He was thirty-thrce years old, five
and a half feet tail, and Ore a mus
tache and 10 beard.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1896-01-09

New York. Jan. Ga World special
from Washington says: Secretary
Carlisle will at once issue a statement
to the public on the bond question. 1t
will almost undoubtedly announce that
the president will order a public loan.
This information m from a source
which makes it impossible to question
It's truth. The exact terms of the an
norncemcnt is still unsettled, but the
chances are ten to one that the loan
VIII be offered to the public first. III
that call fails. the government will
fall back on the syndicate. The bond
call had been arranged for Monday.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1896-01-09
Foreign Gossip.

The editors will be Rev. A. f. Brooke.
of Kings. and n. Mclean. of ChrlstS s.
The first volume will be ready, II Is
hoped, in five years.
Dispatches have been received at
Havana confirming the announcement
that the famous Cuban inSurgent lead
err Mirabel has been killed. 1t appears
that he led the attack upon the village
of NueltaS. which was held by a few
Spanish soldiers.
Sir Augustus William Lawson Hem
ming. X. c. Nj. g.. principal clerk in
the colonial office, has been appointed
governor and commander-in-chief Of
British Guiana, in succession to Sir
Charles Cameron Lees, *. {. Nj. e.,
recalled when the Venezuelan queS-
ton began to assume an G u stage.
A manuscript of "Der-neuwen Ieit-
ung aus Presillglandt." found recently
in the library Of the Princes Fugge',
who were merchant princes WHEN
America was discovered. shows that
the Rio de Ia Plata IA discovered
by two Portuguese. Nlno Manuel and
ChriSt0bal de Haro. who sailed as far
as 10 degrees south and returned to
Madeira in October. 1914, and not by
the Spaniards. as has been believed.
The manuscript also states that the
FuggerS ordered "A map of h world
from Sebastian Cabot AMI paid for it.
but never received il. An account of
the discovery is given in the Icits-
chrift of the Berlin Geographical sOci-
ETY..
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1896-01-09

Aberdeen is after the Republican
state convention. Ample hotcl accom-
mOdatiOnS and the Grain Palace for
the use Of the convention. as we'll as
unrivalcd railroad facilities are. among
the leading reasons advanced for To-
eating the convention there.
\ meeting Of the stockholders of the
Grain Palace association of Aberdeen
has been called for Jan. %. 1t has
been found necessary to assess the
guarantee fund 6 per cent in order to
cover unexpected expenses.
Frank Hannah, a brakeman on the
Burlington road. was fatally hurt at
ROCKFORD. a station twenty-five miles
from DeadwOOd. While the outgoing
freight was switching at that place
Hannah in some way got under the
cars and had both legs and one arm
terribly mangled. Very slight hopes
are entertained for his recovery.
William Martin. an Old-timer in the
Southern Hills, vas found lying in the
road dead near Hill City. He was last
seen driving a team and ii is supposed
the team ran away and that he was
thrown out and killed.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1896-01-09
SERIOUS FOR SMITH
Young Man Secures Nopev
Worthless Cheeks "

st. Paul, Jan. 6.-Charles w. Sm,.h
late clerk for County Auditor Sulliv,n
was arrested at noon to-cay by Dann
Sferilf George Irish on a w,rr,n.
charging him WITH issuing checks j.
merchants and others in the CITY ON
banks in which he had no funds
Smith was taken TO the sheriff's Office
and would have been placed behind
the bars had he not made a pathotia
plea to the sheriff to spare him This
ignomlny for the sake of his family
ana friends. He said that unquestion.
ably his friends would come to his raS-
Il and furnish bail for him. so ba
was temporarily allowed to remain in
the sheriff $ office until bail vas so'
cured. He furnished a list of persons
whom he knew would help him out Of
his dilemma. The charges against
Smith are not limited to one or two
but number perhaps a score or more
and there are few county and city Of.
~ticials, it is alleged, who have nor
either paid him money on fictitious or.
derS or checks or have been approach.
ed by him TO do so.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1896-01-09
ALASf<k'S BOUNDARY.
The Difference Too insignificant to
Fight Over

Washington, Jan. G.-Gen. Duield,
the chief of the coast and geodcic sur
vey. to-day presented TO the secretary
CT state the joint report upon the Alas
kan boundary, which was agreed upon
by him and the Canadian representa-
tive, Mr.. King. ut their meeting at Al
bany, this week. The report probably
will not be made public until il is
transmitted to congress. but it shows
a practical agreement between the sur
vcyS of the two governments, and it
may have the effect of partially quiet
ing the approximations of trouble over
the boundary. The greatest difference
between the lines run by the engineers
Of the two governments is but six feet
and seven inches. In view OF the re-
suits of the two surveys, Gen. Dutield
does not hesitate to express the opiD-
ion h a there can be no serious dis
pute between the United States and
Canada over the boundary.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1896-01-09

FORGER MAKES 4 HAUL
st. Paul and Minneapolis Banks Vic.
timiHcd

st. Paul, Jan. 6.-For three weeks
the banks of ST. Paul and Minneapols
have suppressed the fact that a re.
nlarkably clever forger has circulated
among them. and has departed hence
with his pockets Well lined with the
coin. That his operations have been
extensive is testified to by the fact
that nearly fifty forged checks for
sums ranging from n few dollars 10 a
few hundred dollars have turned up.
1t is alleged that two of these checks,
for 1910 each, We're passed on the
Mon National and Commercial banks
Of this city. Three Minneapolis banks.
III" names Of which could not be as
certained to-day, were victimized for
like amounts. Most of the banks vic
tin!ized are members of the Bankers
Protective association. and the mat
ter has been placed in the hands Of
the PinkertOn detective agency.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1896-01-09
CARVED HIS FATHER
Dreadful Work of an Insane Man
Who Had Been Given Whisky.

WinOna. Mimi, Jan. G-Michael Pro
kop, a farmer rear this city. is in a
critical condition, the result of an at
tack by his insane son John. ProkOp
gave John whisky which made him
furious. and he slashed his father with
a knife in q terrible manner. inticting
bad cuts in n lung and the abdomen.
irokop'S daughter interfered. and she
was cut on the leg and her clothing
torn off. The son is to be sent to an
insane asylum.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1896-01-09

Railroad earnings continue to make
handsome gains over the figures for
1894. About the only roads which
show declines are those affected by
the short cotton crop. Taking the
roads reported, as a whole, though,
the increase ranges from 3 to Z or s
per ccnt a week in the past month or
two. In two or three months the com
parison of earnings will be with larger
figures, but there is good reason to be-
liCvc the exhibit will be as favorable
as i is now.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1896-01-09

Recent statistics show that the in.
crease of divorces exceeds in percent
age the increase in population in near
ly all of the states. The causes are
such as indicate a growing disposition
to regard marriage as a mere contract
instead of a sacred union. Can it be
that the new woman, with her ad
vanced ideas of liberty and her i'm
proved chances of s~elf-support, is
making this change?
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1896-01-09

In the French navy n test has recent
Is been made of n submerged torpedo
boat Of two horsepower, which has a
speed Of seven miles an hour. When
the boat is started in the direction of
an cncmy's ship it is sunk to the re-
quircd depth by an automatic arrange
mcnt which regulates its weight to an
ounce. and it can be brought to the
surface instantly by detaching a lead
keel weighing a ton. The angel that
sits aloft for poor Jack will abdicate
when ~torpedoes begin to PLAY under
the ships hull, with no trace Of an
enemy in sight.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1896-01-09

1t has long been known that oil and
natural gas exist in Kentucky and Ten
nessee, and oil men are beginning TO
give those states more attention. EX-
perts who have been over the ground
lately report the existence OF both
confident that there will be no fam
inc in petroleum for many years to
come.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1896-01-09

The average age of the thirteen new
senators is exactly A years, only one
being over 80, and another is but -.
This is the youngest body Of men who
them are practically new to public life.
1t remains to be seen what effect such
an infusion of blood in which the fever
Of life has not yet been subdued will
have upon that august and m~onOtonous
body.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1896-01-09
with a Sh9rD stick

st. Paul, Jan. 6.-The license of the
Minnesota Fire Insurance company Of
Minneapolis has been revoked by the
state insurance department., and notice
avs served IN the officers Of the CON.
pany in Minneapolis to-day. This &C
ton Is the result Of a failure on the
rart OF the company to pay a judg-
ment Of $1S1.GO secured against them
by Henrietta Uildobrand OF st. Paul.