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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-08-05
REGARDING LANDS.

The attorney also gave the following
opinion:
Salt Lake City, Utah, Aug 8, 1896.
To the Honorable State Board of Land
Commissioners, Salt Lake City:
Gentlemen have before me a series
of questions propounded by your hon
orable board upon which you request
advice.
Question docs a person have a
preference right to purchase who was
an occupant OF the following on jan
uary l. 1885: (a), saline lands; (b), sec
tons 2 and 3d. school lands; (c), gov
ernment surveyed lands; I'D, govern
ment unsurveyed lands; (e), university
lands.
Section 10 of chapter so Of the laws
of 1896 provides. actual and bona fide
settlers or occupants who have irnprov-
ed state lands and who were. on Jam
uary 1, 1896. actual settlers or occu-
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-08-05
I ne CIIIIUItII are uIVIUeu
several wards as follows:
Beautiful saItntr.
Did You Ever

Grand ball tonight. Walker Bros.
day. See list of prizes.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-08-05
THOSE CATCH BASINS.

Contractor D. S. Griffin. with a force
of men, yesterday began the work of re-
moving the obnoxious catch basins which
have caused so much unfavorable COM
ment in the city since they were con-
structed. The work BEGAN at the knuts-
ford corner and will be pushed as fast
as possible until all are removed. The
force will be increased today and opera
tions begun in other portions of the city.
Besides the actual work OF removal the
contractor will construct the trenches
across the streets and will cover them
with the iron covers which will be pro-
vided by the citv. The pavement across
from the Knutsford was torn up yester-
day half way across the street. in order
to prepare for this portion of the work.
WATER MAIN EXTENSION.
\ foroa nf mon under the direction OF
the waterworks department yesterday be-
gan the excavation for an extension OF
the mains on West Third South street.
west CT Second West street, which will
continue from the point of beginning west
for a distance of 1853 feet This is the
farthest west on the street the mains go,
the people beyond that point getting their
water from flowing wells until Third
West street is reached. There are some
fine flowing wells in that vicinity. and not
much annoyance has been hitherto ex-
perienced. The work will be completed
in a very short time.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1896-08-06
WORLDS OLDEST ROSEBUSH.

The oldest rosebu5h in the world is
found at Hildesheim, small city Of
Hanover, where it energies from the
subsoil of the church of the cemetery.
It's roots are found in the subsoil, and
the primitive stem has been dead for
a long time; but the new stems have
made passage through a crevice in
the wall, and cover almost the entire
church with their branches for a width
and height of 40 feet. The age of this
tree is interesting both to botanists
and gardeners. According to tradi-
ton, the Hildesheim rosebush was
planted by Charlemagne in 833; and,
the church having been burned down
i'll the eleventh century, the roots con-
tinued to grow in the subsoil. Mr..
Reaner has recently published book
upon this venerable plant, in which he
proves that it is at least three centuries
old. 1t is mentioned in poem written
in 1890 and also in the work Of a Jesuit
who died in 1673.-Scientific American.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1896-08-06

natural deviation of the COMPASS and
each must be compensated for in some
way. Thus the compasses of a steel
war ship, after their primal corrections
for natural deviation, must be correct
ed again to compensate for the at
traction welded by the longitudinal
steel and iron in the ship. the attrac-
ton Of the horizontal iron and the
differing degrees IF attraction ex-
.ercised by the mass # the ship when
"heeled'' over in a seaway. These
only few Of the variations to be con-
sidered-are compensated for in sew
eral ways. The longitudinal irons at
traction is negatized by two balls of
soft iron, adjusted on the plane of the
compass card. That of the horizontal
iron is compensated for in an adjust
able tray OF magnets, carried in the
pinnacle underneath the compass
magnets. The angle of list, or heel,
and consequent variation of the degree
OF attraction by the ships mass, is
compensated for, | believe, by a steel
rod running vertically through the
y
JustmentS and corrections are only
temporary, for the curve of deviation
varies in different lautudes and in re-
latiOn to the curves Of the natural
magnetic currents. Hence by mathe-
NAUTICAL calculation OF infnitesimal ex-
actitude these known and estimated
errors and vagaries OF the ''Ioadstone
needle" are discounted, and the naval
officer usually comes much nearer to
knowing his exact position than IS
cOmprehended in the assertion of an
eminent authority that the average
error of marine computation of posi-
ton is SO miles"
The errors of thermometers in any
sort of ships are veXing matters until
a long record of the daily and hourly
performance of each chrOnOmeter
under varying conditions of temper
allure and climate enable a close esti-
nation of probable performance to be
made. Even then he modern naval
navigator uses no less than three chro-
pometers, the daily 5ain or loss OF each
by Greenwich time being as frequently
figured as possible, and the daily reck-
oning being figured on the mean yaria-
/ tiOn-SOmetimes less tLan One-tenth
/ of a seconded the three.
So closely are these thermometers
watched that a thermometer is kept in
! the case and variations OF temperature
are taken into account III figuring their
deviation. And though chrOnUmeter
will run month or so, they are wound
precisely at O'Clock every morning,
and SO important is this prompt wind
ing estimated that 1t is daily reported
TO the captain or commanding officer.
In gun practice, steam and electric en-
cheering aboard ship, science is as
closely applied as it is in navigation.
! The evolution from the galleys of the
Punic fleet to the ,teel cruisers of our
modern navy shows III its primal and
final types of vessels scarcely more OF
difference than may be seen in the
methods of the naval officers today and
those OF the navy Of fifty years ago.
New York Journal.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1896-08-06
FOREIGN MATTERS.

At Halifax, n. S, Gaudaur won the
single scuIl race, miles, in 20:25.
The presence of British marines pre-
vented an attack by Turkish troops up
on Christians in Crete.
1t is rumored in Constantinople that
the Turkish government contemplates
the issue Of paper money.
The United States consul at Vera
Cruz announces the existence of yell
low fever in that city and Acapulco,
Mexico.
The Grindelwald conference opened
at Berne, Switzerland with an address
by DR.. Lyman Abbott upon Anglo
American arbitration.
A force CT imperial troops is being
hurriedly pushed to the front in
Matabeland The situation is becom-
ing more serious every day.
The ship building establishments Of
Harland & Wolff and Workman &
Clarke, at Belfast, were damaged by
fire to the extent OF $1,500,000.
The Peruvian congress was opened
and President Pierola sent in his first
annual message, announcing that the
outlook for it's future is hopeful.
The party of Philadelphia manufac-
turers who went to South America
seeking enlarged markets for their
wares has arrived in Rio de Janeiro.
4 dispatch from Athens states that
Mussulmans have burned II Christian
villages in the provinces of SelinO and
Heraklion and deserted many churches.
Dr. Jameson and his associate in
leadership in the Transvaal raid were
convicted in London, and sentenced to
terms of imprisonment varying from
five to fifteen months.
Dr. Grenfell writes from Labrador to
st. Johns n. F., that hundreds of pe0-
pie are perishing of starvation and
are appealing for food and clothing to
relieve their distress.
A dispatch from Ilfracombe, the well
known bathing place on the north
coast of Devonshire, announces that
half the business portion of that port
has been burned, involving a loss es-
timated to amount to 100000.
The Matabele are said to be again
massing around Buluwayo and the sit
uation is no better than it was last
April, when the place was besieged.
All efforts to put down the native up
rising have been unsuccessful.
The International Socialists Trade
and Labor congress opened in London.
A large number of anarchists were
present, and such scenes of wild dis
order arose over the question of their
admission to the congress that it was
necessary to adjourn the meeting.
The British board of trade has decid-
ed that the loss of the steamship
Drummond Castle, off Ushant, June 16,
resulting in the drowning of about 25O
persons, was due to the fact that she
was not navigated with proper, sea-
manlike care.
A large body of Mussulmans, support
ed by Turkish troops, engaged in pill
Laying the Asomati district, Island Of
( Crete. has been attacked by force Of
l 800 Insurgents. The latter drove the
Mussulmans and the Turkish troops
out of the district and inflicted serious
loss upon them.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1896-08-06

shrugged his shoulders for reply.
"WelI3,' said de Mores, eff l am to be
the target for these gentIemen's pistols.
I may as we'll sit down and let them
shoot at still life. A little more
whisky, please"
The young marquis sat down and
quietly slipped his whisky. The &C
ton rather disconnected the cattlemen
for the moment, but one, little uglier
than the rest, cried:
Boys, we might as well teach the
damned foreigner a lesson first as last
and with that he blazed away. Quick
as flash the Fi-enchman drew his pis-
tol and fired twice. The first shot
dropped one cowboy in his tracks and
the second one winged another. De
Mores was indicted for murder, tried,
and acquitted.
Several men after that swore to
shoot the marquis on sight. One Of
them, William Luffey, started out to
hunt up the Frenchman. The latter
got wind of it and went to meet Luffey.
The latter got in the first shot, but it
failed to land. The next instant de
Mores began to pump lead into him
from Winchester, the first shot kill
ing the man. The marquis was in
dicted, tried and acquitted for
this also. For four years de
Mores conducted his scheme, but his
capital running short at a critical Pc
riod, the business collapsed. This was
in 1887.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1896-08-06
MARQUIS De MORES
GIGANTIC SCHEMES OF THE &c
CENTRIC FRENCHMAN.
DIZZY CAREER I'M AMERICA
His Last Undertaking a Declaration Of
War Against Great Britain-His
Wife a Wealthy New York Beauty
The Story OF His Death Is
Doubted.

1t has been hard for the friends in
this country of the young Marquis de
MoTes to believe the story that he was
murdered by Snoussis tribesmen in the
desert of Sahara. Yet the story Of the
death seems based on a solid founda-
ton, and funeral services for the yOun 6
adventur6r have even been held in
Paris. The world has lost a most
picturesQuely unique figure. The first
rumor of the murder was followed a
day or two later by cablegram from
Tunis saying that a servant of the
marquis had arrived there with the
announcement that de Mores and a
large number of his party were muir
dered by natives near Gadames. The
servant was one of the few to escape
the attacking party, and managed to
reach Tunis on foot.
If the motive of the killing could be
carefully investigated it might be
found that the death of de Mores was
due to something more powerful than
the native ferocity. About June 1
Paris was startled by the news that de
Mores had declared war against all of
Great Britain. If the name of any
other man had been used in this con-
nection Paris would have regarded it
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1896-08-06
NEW NATIONAL PARK.

Indian Inspector Mclaughlin has ar
rived in St. Paul after a trip to the
Shoshone Agency, in Wyoming, where
ten weeks ago he concluded a treaty
with the ShOshOne and ArapahOe tribes
for section of land ten miles square
in one corner of their reservation.
The purchase includes the famous hot
springs at the head of the Big Horn
River, in the Owl Mountains, and the
price to be paid is $50, 900 The pur-
chase will be converted into reserve
and held as a national park.
THE springs have long been famed
among the Indians for their curative
properties" said Mr.. Mclaughlin.
For generations the IL dians have re-
sorted to the place, and l have no
doubt that they will be equally famous
among the whites before long. They
are situated among the most magniti-
Gently picturesque scenery it has ever
been my privilege to look upon. 1t is
doubtful if there is any portion of this
country where there is such rugged
grandeur as among the Owl Mountains
in northwestern Wyoming, and the hot
springs are in the midst of the most
part of the range. The
trouble now with the springs is that
they are so difficult of access. | rode
about two hundred and fifty miles from
the railroad to get to the ground, and
building railroad there is question
that engineers will have to settle. The
place looks very forbidding and is al
most inaccessible, and even with
horses it is not an easy journey. st.
Paul Pioneer Press
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1896-08-06
HIS LAST TRICK.
How an American PrestidigitatOr Sat-
isfed a Curious Englishman.

A well-known American prestidigita-
tor was a passenger recently on one of
the big Atlantic liners, homeward
bound from England He is good
natured conjurer, and many times in
the smoking-room he exhibited his
skill in performing tricks for the
amusement of the other passengers.
One of the frequenters of the smoking
room was an Englishman, who seemed
to be unable to get enough Of the con-
jurer's tricks. Almost every time the
American entered The room the Eng
lishman demanded something more,
and usually the American complied.
The conjurPr took part in the ships
concert and did a lot of surprising
things with cards. The Englishman
was in a front seat and followed the
performance with absorbed interest.
But the next morning when the Amer
lean walked into the smoking-rOOm
after breakfast the Englishman repeat
ed his old demands. The conjurer
picked up from one of the little tables
a pack of cards, which had been used
ia the whist game of the evening be-
fore. He handed it to the Englishman
and said:
Pick out a card.
The Englishman ran over the pack
and made mental note of his selection.
Shuttle them up" commanded the
prestidigitator.
The Englishman shuff1ed the cards
severely, cut, and shuffied again. Then
the conjurer shuff1ed them. After that
he laid them out, one by one, in small
little piles. The Englishman watched
him with rapt attention. The conjurer
gathered up the little piles and gave
the pack to the Englishman again.
Shuttle them again" he said.
The Englishman did it, and then the
conjurer picked up the pack and said:
Now do you remember what card it
was you selected?"
ooh, yes" answered the Englishman.
Il remember it,
Sure you haven't forgotten"
''Qf course not"
You can name the card?''
Certainly"
We'll, then, there is no use of tell
ing you what it is
And the conjurer threw down the
cards, and went out followed by roars
of laughter from those who had seen
the trick-New York Sun.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1896-08-06
SCIENCE IN A MODERN WARsHIP.
Difference Between Naval officers To-
day and Fifty Years Ago.

The modern naval officer is required
to be more of a scientist than a sea-
man. The application of the sciences
abroad big ship has done away with
the necessity for commissioned officers
possessing a practical and perfect
knowledge Of the mysteries of reefing,
handling and steering. The modern
naval officer is of necessity a splendid
mathematician, an able meteorOlogist,
a good electrician and a competent en-
gineer. This n addition to the primal
requirements of gunnery, swordsman-
ship, courage and activity.
In navigating a modern steel ship
many difficulties are incurred which do
not enter into the problem where a
wooden fabric is involved. Most of
the multiplied vagaries of the compass
under the combined influences Of the
steel in the ships hull and armament, /
the magnetic forces generated by the
motion Of the propellers and shafts |
and the induction difused by the ships !
electrical plant. Each Of these causes |
adds several varying degrees to the :
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1896-08-06
ROSES.

Lucent, clear dewdrops
On mist-looms spun,
Among the red roses
ALLOW in the sum;
June's crimson roses,
Flowers of the sun!
In a waste garden,
Through the nights noon,
Pale roses dreamily
Swing meath the moon;
Gold-gleaming roses,
Flowers Of the moon -
Ladies Home Journ21
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1896-08-06

Rev. DR.. Francis E. Clark, the
father Of the endeavor society, has
sailed for a years tour through Europe
and Africa. His family will accom-
pany him to Europe and remain in
Berlin while he Journeys through
southern Africa in the interests of the
endeavor movement. He purposes to
attend conventions in France. Ger
many, Scandinavia and Great Britain
as we'll as in Africa.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1896-08-06

Middlebury, for governor, William
Dexter of Sheffield for lieutenant gov
ernor, Daniel Sallies of Montpelier
treasurer, Abel T. Way of Burlington
secretary of state, Columbus L. CIough,
Waterbury, auditor.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1896-08-06

Hot milk is most valuable food; it
ought not to boil but just scald, then be
drunk with a spoon, as this slow meth
Cd insures digestion. If it cannot be
readily digested add tablespoonful of
lime water to each glass.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1896-08-06

The health authorities OF New YORK
have condemned thirteen tenement
houses as unfit for habitation and eject
ed the tenants.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1896-08-06

Floyd Wilson of Marinette, Mich.
was drowned at Menominee.
New-York tribune., 1896-03-31
B4yKERs TO GO TO PRISON.

Chicago. March 3O.-At Ottawa. Ill. on saturday
the State Supreme Court rendered an important de-
cision in the case of Frank r. and Charles D.
Meadowcroft. of Chicago affirming the decision Oh
the lower court, which fixed the punishment LOT
each at Imprisonment for year at hard !dp0r III
the State prison Joliet This decision estaDlsnes
the cOnstiutionality of the State law whlch says d
banker who receives deposits when ne knows ms
bank is insolvent commits a crime. The MEADOW
and Charles j. Meadowcroft. took from John d.
Collins on Saturday. June 3. 1898. deposit OF S-,v.
The doors of the bank closed the following
Monday morning. and sign announced that the
Institution was in the hands of receiver The
evidence as to the deposit in question was conclu-
sive and was not disputed. The sole ground OF the
defence and ths one issue raised in appeal 10 the
Supreme Court was that Of consitutionality OF the
law in general and its applicability to the case OF
was set forth In three points. Wealth. social posi-
ton and the utmost efforts of the abest lawyers
have been e,np,oyed for almost three years in the
endeavor 10 obtain a reversal Of the decision.
New-York tribune., 1896-03-31
sr-pREME COURT DECISIONS.

Washington, March So-Supreme Court OF 'he
United States Monday, March 3O 1896:
No 3q4 The Cincinnati, New-Orleans ana . IeAas
Pacific Railway Company ct al, agt the Interstate
Commerce Commission, and . ,,. ,e,,
the Cincinnati NewOreans and Texas racilic ftd,i AZ
way Company Appeals from the fIftn irc S,rcnt
cree affirmed and cause renamed 10 the CH0ui'
Court for the Northern District OF Georgia
No 32 The Texas and Pacific Railway Coinlaly
agt the Interstate Commerce Commission Appeal
from the Second Circuit DEGREES ana cause re-
manded with directions dismiss the bill; .
No 7Gs Thomas w. Pearsan agt the uTeSl r;a
Northern Railway Company. Appeal from lie D'S
trict of Minnesota. Decree revcrscd
No 100 The Louisville and Nashville talroaa
Company agt. the Commonwealth Of Kentucky, e'
al in error TO the Court OF Appeals OF KENTUCKY
judgment affirmed. ,u i, - nv,
No 462 Joseph Telfener plaintiff In error, asl.
George " Russ. on writ Of certiorari to the Cour
of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit judgment ,
and cause remanded with directions 10 grant new
trial. , ,,c,,o.,,a,.
No 143 Bernard Owens agt Bernard McCloSkey'
executor In error the Circuit Court for the East
ern District of Louisiana. Judgment affirmed. 80
The day call for Tuesday March y, is: NOS. 49,
19 l9i 49, l97. POP. 20i. 26. 2o9 and 20
New-York tribune., 1896-03-31
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New-York tribune., 1896-03-31
TAXING THE UNITED PRESS SERVICE.

Winona Mimi. March 3O.-'The Daily Herald of
this city, the influential journal in this section
OF the State to-day began receiving the service Of
the United Press.
La Crosse WIS. March 3o.-Begnning to-day. the
United Press will render its news service 10 The
Daily Press, of this city, old-established evening
paper.
New-York tribune., 1896-03-31
COURT CALENDARS FOR TO-DAY.

AppeIlate Division-Supreme Court-Recess
S,nrems (,ourf-special Term-Part Before MacLeah
J-Notion calendar called at IL a. m 49,, ,.,.
S,,nrcme Court-Special Term-Fart H-Before Beek-
man J.-Court opens 1870 m Exparte matters v,
supreme Court-Specal Term-Parts III, ~, " W.
VII and VIn-Adjourned for the term wv W. " Wy
supreme Court-Tral Ternl-farts H. IL ~. v W.
VII VIII TX and XI--Adjourned for the term. .
Surrogate's urt-Chambers-Before fit.Ee'2ld, . =.
Motion calendar called 1890 n. No .a4 estate oi
Renian,in r. Ju6son 1890 A. m. No 2',; tstate o
Henry NJ Days 1890 a. wills Tor prouaie' i,arIH
r Manson Henry Schaefcr. Edward G. McMullen Man
fried Grim n Elizabeth Appel. William $ Middleton t;la'
8 Tonpkns. 1890 a. n; jacob Prles. floyd ila'N
Michael Regin. at , m ,, @ W
Surrogate's Coirt-Trisl Term-Before Arnold. S.-No'
1O77: viii of Alexander Melville. at p. m
CITY Court-Specal Term--Eefore Conlan '.--Oour'
opens at 10 a. m. Motions at 1880 a. M
CITY Court-Genera. Term-Adtourned fnr the term
CITY Court-Trial Term-Parts l. H. III ana N-Ao-
5ourned the term.