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The herald., 1896-05-24
THE FLAG OF GALLANT PAUL JONES


davit from the secretary of state that
it is true copy of the record in his Of
flee.
Lieutenant Stafford served through
the whole war, and was sent with a
message to Henry Laurens, who was
confined in the Tower of London. This
difficult mission he accomplished sue
cessfully and with great courage. On
his death he bequeathed the flag to his
daughter. Sarah Smith Stafford, who
in turn willed 1t to her brother, Samuel
Bayard Stafford. 1t is now In the pos
session of the latter's widow who lives
at Cottage City, Martha's Vineyard,
Mass. This aged lady q portrait of
whom is here reproduced, is quite as
proud of the relic as was her ancestor,
the young lieutenant, when it first came
into his possession. On her death 1t
Will be placed In the Smithsonian insti-
tute at Washington. The flag is now
kept'in a glass case, together with the
''musquet" and broadsword referred TO
In the letter quoted above. The flag Is
made of bunting, and is now about two
and a half yards long and two yards
wide. 1t was originally much longer,
but patriotic relic hunters, whose COW
etousness was greater than their vener-
alton, have shorn 1t of more than half
The herald., 1896-05-24

on fighting the battle over. So let the
Missouri legions come to the rescue;
let every inch of the ground be con-
tested. and whatever the Result, let
it be such that there shall be and can
be no room for doubt as to it's character
or completeness.
Forward Missouri" - I,ouisyiIIs
Courier Journal
The herald., 1896-05-24

There is only one bird which provides
illumination for it's nest. Thise is the.
India grosbeak,, whose nest, built OF
blades of grass and strips of leaves, res
is divided into two chambers. and would
be in complete darkness if the gros- beak
did not capture firefiies and aaffix then
with little Jumps of clay to the wall.
The herald., 1896-05-24

$50 Kentucky has been selected by
the Bland free silverites as the battle
ground upon which the issue between
sound money and fiat silver Is to be
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-05-05
Candida Mnstre Shot.

KEY WEST, Fla, May A passen-
ger recently arrived from Cuba re-
ports that Candida Mastre, lieutenant
colonel of the local guerillas of Cruces
Cienfuegos has been shot by order of
Captain Alba of the same Spanish
forces This passenger alleges that
he was in Cruces and saw the dead
body He also reports that there were
some appalling stories in circulation
as TO the cruelty of Mastre. He is al
legged to have killed over $50 eaceful
peasants. This. it is said, came to the
knowledge of the government through
his killing of the cousin of the wife of
General Suarez Valdez. The people of
the Cruces are reported to be terror
lied at the presence of Mastre and
Alba Alba is said to be- the same
man who insulted the German flag in
the Caroline islands affair.
The Spanish government offered to
shoot him in order to make reparation
to the German government, but, 1t is
said, did not do SO and killed another
man in his place.
Admiral Navarro is expected to ar
rive in Havana on Wednesday. The
court-martial of the filibusterers cap
tured on board the Competitor is
awaiting his arrival.
Captain Pozo of the guerilla Palma
had a fight with the filibusterers who
escaped from the schooner before she
was captured by the Spanish gun
boat
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-05-05
SUFFERED GREATLY.
Stories Told by 81 Cuban who Was
Driven Away.

NEW YORK, May "A dispatch to
the Herald from Havana says:
Your correspondent has had an in
terview with Pedro Casanova, a Cuban,
who was driven from his plantation
by San Miguel de Jaruca by the Span
ish soldiers. Casanova's family con-
sists Of his wife. three children, the
oldest a girl of five, the youngest a
babe in arms, and a nephew, Julio vi
dal young man and a native born
American. Casanova's story is as fol-
lows
Il have suffered great outrages at
the hands of the Spanish soldiers. The
soldiers recently passed on the road
and my wife called my attention to the
fact that they had broken into the
vacant house where valuable property
was stored and were pulling things to
pieces. Just then / saw two officers
coming toward the house. l went out
to meet them and invited them to enter
the house and refresh themselves.
They accepted and said they liked cof-
fee. While they were drinkink one or
more soldiers came and. spoke to the
captain who said to me:
Who are the men in the sugar
house2'
My employees, replied, including
one engineer. They are engaged in re-
pairs
The captain said: 4 heard rebels
are hidden there. must take the men
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-05-05

SACRAMENTO, Cal. May 4.-That
California will join the McHipley pro-
cession seems to be settled fact. The
state Republican convention will meet
here tomorrow and the majority of the
delegates are wearing Mckinley badges
and are shouting for the Ohio man..
The sentiment is not unanimous, how
ever. One of the two contesting San Fran
cisco delegations, under the leadership of
John D. Spreckels is making a hard
battle for an uninstructed delegation,
and they have not yet given up the fight.
Spreckels, who aspires to leadership of
the Republican party in this state is a
candidate for delegate at large. He is
a pronounced Allison man and today an
nounced that if the convention should
insist on sending an instructed delega-
ton he will withdraw as candidate and
withdraw active support from the Re
publican party.
Owing to the wave of McKinleyism.
which appears to have swept over the
state, it is extremely probable that sill
yer will suffer. There seems to be a
disposition among the delegates to ignore
the silver question entirely. or at most
to give free coinage but half hearted
endorsement.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-05-05
JAMESON'S RAID.
SOME LIGHT SHED ON AN IMPORT
ANT SUBJECT.
Sir Hercules Robinson Knew Moth
ing of What Was Going on, and
Jameson's Action Was a Great
Surprise to Him.

CAPE TOWN, May 4.-(Copyright,
1896, by the Associated Press.)-A long
Geographic correspondence between Sir
Hercules Robinson, DR.. w. ]. Leyds,
secretary of state of the South African
republic, and Sir Jacobus A. Dewitt,
British agent at Pretoria, covering the
period between April 20 and April 80,
has been published. In brief it shows
the extreme disquietude prevailing in
the Transvaal at the time in regard to
the alleged massing of British troops
en- the western border oftlhe Transvaal
republic, or in the vicinity of MAIZE
king. 1t appears that President
Kruger was not inclined to accept the
assurances of Sir Hercules Robinson
that the gathering was not one of nos
tile intent and that the troops were not
being held at Mafeking but were being
started as promptly as possible for
Buluwayo and elsewhere.
Sir Jacobus A. Dewitt finally propos-
ed with the approval of President
Kruger, the sending of joint COM
mission of Beers and English to in
quire into the reported gathering of
British troops at Mafeking.
At this Sir Hercules Robinson replied
that he trusted he would have no more
such ''preposterous proposals.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-05-05
TOWN TALK.

Jack Steiner, who met his Waterloo
at the hands of Jim Williams last night,
attributes his defeat solely to overconfi-
dence, and expresses a desire for another
match.
The Salt Lake Street Railway company
announced yesterday that taking effect
tonight the last car for Lake Breeze will
hereafter leave East Temple street at
11:05 O'Clock instead of 1905, as hereto
fore. This will give residents along this
route an opportunity to attend all thea
tres and have sufficient time to catch the
last car for home.
The Republicans in this judicial dis
tr!ct are in a peck of trouble. When
Judge Howat resigned and the governor
appointed Judge Street to succeed him,
some members of the Republican judi
cial committee concluded that there must
be an election, and it has been called for
the near future 1t is said that Judge
Young will continue to serve until that
time and that the governor will appoint
as his successor whoever the convention
may nominate. thus doing away with
the election Some patriots insist that a
Successor of Judge Howat, be either Judge
Street or some other capable man who
may be nominated at the same time,
but this plan doesn't seem to meet with
general approval.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-05-05
Burned u village.

HAVANA, May 4.-The insurgent
leaders Mora, Villedauva and Delgado,
at the head of about 1000 men, have
burned the village of Punta Bravo,
near this city. The Spanish forces from
San Quenton and the guerrilla forces
from the neighboring forces attacked
the insurgents and repulsed them with
the loss Of forty killed. Several in
habitants of the village are said to
have been burned to death in their
dwellings.
Garcia is reported to be near Guisa,
in the Manzenillo district of the pro-
vince of Santiago de Cuba, concentrat-
ing his forces after the engagement at
Cascaraiicara
The steamer Triton has arrived here
with the soldiers who were wounded in
the recent engagement at Cascaraji-
cara. They include seven officers and
forty-seven privates.
Basilio Lassa, an insurgent incendi-
airy, was shot this morning.
In recent skirmishes in the provinces
of Matanzas and Havana the insur-
gents lost six killed and one Spanish
officer was wounded
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-05-05
THE COST or WAR.

Even Belgium spends every year 49,
100000 francs on her army
In the last 200 years France has sren:
1893, 100000 in war.
Italy spends every year $4,000, 900 lire
($2,800,000) on her army and navy
In less than 300 years Great Britain
afone has spent f1.359, 600, 900 in war
The huge guns of modern navies Fan
only be fired about seventy-five times
when they are worn out
The peace footing of the Russian
army calls for the service of 100000
horses.
The estimated cost of both sides of
our own great civil war was $780,
900 900.
The army of Bolivia costs the people
of that impoverished country fS6000O
a year.
The French army costs every year
675,e9O,OOO francs; the navy 2o9, 900 OO0
Francs.
AT Waterloo there were $4,000 men
on both sides, of whom $1,000 were
killed or disabled.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-05-05
BIG SURPRISES.
Annual Glass Races at Cambridge,
MISS. Yesterday.

Mass. Yesterday.
CAMBRIDGE, Mass, May 4.-The
annual class races on the Charles river
tonight, resulted in one of the biggest
surprises in years. The freshmen eight
for the second time in the annals Of
Harvard aquatics, won quite handily,
rowing with high stroke and ex-
cellent workmanship. The senior
crew, with its six eX-varsity oarSmen
was the prime favorite. The fresh
men were not even expected to finish
third.
The crews got away at 6 o'clock, the
freshmen and senior crews taking the
lead. The course was down the river,
one mile and seven-eighths, to the
Union Boat house The freshmen i'm
mediately hit up a fast stroke, running
from Sc to SO per minute and they kept
it up in gallant form finishing strong
and fresh, winning the race with ease,
in the very fast time of minutes 2S
seconds, which beats the record by ten
seconds. The Juniors led the sophs at
the start but were soon overhauled and
passed With the freshmen an easy
winner, 1T was a pretty finish between
the other three crews. The sophs were
just a length behind the seniors and the
juniors shell was overlapping the
sophs' bow The winning crew was
made up in this order: Stroke, E. A.
Boardman; No. Z, C. H. McDuffie No.
6, c. Thompson; No. 3, NJ. Donald (cap-
tain); No. A, J. E. Perkins: No. g. R. H.
Whitbeck; No 2, F. R. Swift; Cock
swain. F. X Plum
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-05-05
HOW AxE-HANDLEs Are MADE.
Interesting Process in Use at the
Works at Huntington, Ind.

Works at Huntington, Ind.
One of the things that a machine can
not turn out to the satisfaction of the
consumer is an axe handle From pio-
neer days down to the present time a
man who learns to make a satisfactory
axe handle is regarded in the neighbOr-
hood as an Indispensable parsonage.
Choppers say there is a "sleight,' in the
Shaping of an axe handle in accordance
to the grain of the timber, which a ma
chine can never do. and indeed very few
people can accomplish it,
| An axe handle looks very simple in con-
struction and many a man has said to
himself that nothing could be easier than
to shave out an elegant axe handle, He
continues in that belief until he exper-
iInentS. When the handle is finished and
placed in the axe the artisan suddenly
realizes that he has deceived himself. He
undergoes radical change of heart
and decides to let someone else occupy
the field in that very particular lire of
work.
A man who was noted all over this
country for years and years, as the: only
axe handle maker of the times was Adam
Anglemyer, ST., who has been dead eight
or ten years. People compelled him to
make handles long after he was tob old
to work with any degree of pleasure.
hardware clerk says that even now they
have calls for "AnglemyerS hand les,
the customer not apparently awa1e of
/ the fact that he is not still living
/ At present the man who holds the belt
is W. H. Lessig. His handles are in de-
nand in several counties hereabouts.
They are used in Huntington. Whitley
Wabash. Allen and Wells counties. lies
sig lives in a humble little cottage located
some miles northeast of Roanoak, along
the old canal He tills the soil in summer
and turns his entire attention to hahdle-
making in winter. Last Saturday h9 was
in the CITY and went home with ST in
his nocIlet. received for handles so.d to
the various retail dealers since hist last
cotfIanout
Making good axe-handIes may NOT be
the most brilliant trade a man can fol-
low, bIIt he becomes Indispensable, fills
a want, is a benefactor, so to speak, and
this is more than can be said of Itany
people in the world who are much more
pretentious and not half so useful
Huntington Herald
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-05-05
A New scheme.

WASHINGTON, May 4-Represen-
tative Woodman, of Illinois, intro
duced resolution today providing
that the house Of representatives di-
rectly request the president to make
immediate proclamation that a condf-
ton of war in Cuba is recognized, and
that it is the purpose of this govern
ment to preserve a position of neu-
trality, and that the United States
will look with especial disfavor on the
continuance of any methods of war
fare not recognized in the rules of war
as practiced by the leading nations of
the civilized world.
In the preamble it is recited that
the executive department of the gov
eminent has not seen fit to act on the
almost universal recommendation of
the people, as expressed by both
branches of congress, and that the
situation in that most unhappy island
is becoming a stencil in the nostrils
of christendom. The outrages, bar
loarities and horrors perpetrated by the
Spanish in Cuba are so notorious that
civilization itself stands appalled,
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-05-05
STRONGHOLD sTORMED.
LATEST BATTLE BETWEEN SPAN.
IsH AND INSURGENTS.
a Cuban, Driven Away from His
Plantation, Tells of the Methods
of the Spa ninrds-BrutaI and Vul-
gar-Anything but Decent.

NEW YORK, May A dispatch to
the Herald from Havana says:
All Havana is anxiously discussing
the battle in the mountains of Pinar
del Rio province. 1t is believed that
the insurgents who persistently at
tackled General Inclan's troops far back
from Cacarajicara to the sea, were led
by Maceo in person. The stronghold
stormed by Inclan's forces was not
properly speaking a fort. There is an
old ranch on the top of the stony hill
at Cacarajiuara, whose sides form a
precipitous descent to the road which
winds through bold rocks and are not
wide enough for column to spread out
to advantage. There is little timber
or brush around there. The insurgents
fortified the road in two places with
barricades, one above the other with
the intention of preventing the Span
ish troops from reaching the hills,
where the main rebel camp is located
The officials say the insurgents fought
desperately and says the results given
prove that they had every advantage
of the situation. They poured down
shot from above upon the troops, who
were practically shut out in a cut in
the ravine. 1t is supposed that rebels
were sent from the point Of attack to
notify Antonio Maceo who hurried for
ward to attack Inclans. official re-
ports say that he was repeatedly re-
pulsed.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-05-05
sErTLING THE QUESTION

I'VE long since knowed the war is ioye
An that the world is rollin' right
No red dews fall upon the clover
An every 1ily's spotless white
But what I didn't for certain
Was this: If England crost the sei
An foreign flags was round US hlrtn,s
Where would the boys of Dixie PEI
But yesterday-the sunshine streamh
Upon their curls so soft an sweet
(Me settin' in my doorway dreaming
The children played around my feeq
An conner says Jim, My gun IS reddyF
AN there's my sword says iittl
Jack;
Now, march away there-steady-st 9ady
We're goin to beat the British back?
ooh. waitl' says little hlue-eyed sally
An handed them a futtering ragE
Here's somepin' makes the soldiers raj
How can you fight-without hafg'
An then I got to ruminatin'. /
An all was plain as day to me:
An if it's war I'm clear in Stain !
know just where the south would be!
Atlanta Constitution.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-05-05
PATENTS ISSUED.
Report of the Commissioners for the
Year Ending December 81, 1895.

WASHINGTON, May 4.-The report
of the commissioner of patents, John
S. Seymour, for the year ending De-
cenber 81, 1895, was submitted to con-
gress today. 1t shows that aggregate
receipts from all sources during the
year were s., 245, 247; expenditures, ST.
OS4, 1856. In every year since 1861 there
has been a surplus over all expendi-
lures During the year there were is
sued 21,99S patents and designs, ex-
elusive OF 50 reissues, and inclusive Of
2049 issued to foreigners, 1923 trade
marks and three prints registered and
46,S99 applications filed for patents,
trade marks, labels, prints etc. There
were also 12,345 patents which expired
and 3,42S patents forfeited for non pay
ment of final fees. The four foreign
countries leading in the number of
patents issued to their citizens by this
government are England. 614; Ger
many, $50: Canada, 302, and France,
202 In the United States the states
leading in the number of patents is
sued to their citizens are: New York,
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-05-05
In the House of Commons.

LONDON, May AT the request of
the secretary of state for the colonies,
Mr. Joseph Chamberlain, in the house
of commons today, Mr.. Henry La
Rouchere agreed to postpone until
Thursday ali questions regarding the
publication of the Pretoria cryptograms
and in regard to the action the govern
ment proposed to take towards the
British Chartered South African COM
pany and its directors.
Mr.. Chamberlain, replying to a
question, said ne had received a tele-
gram from the governor of Cape
Colony, Sir Hercules Robinson, with
reference to the cryptograms which
have been construed as implying that
Sir Hercules had knowledge of the
plan to invade the Transvaal. The
telegram from Hercules is as folle,ws
TT cannot state too explicitly that 1
never received from any one the
slightest hint of what was about to
occur and the news of the invasion of
DR.. Jameson came like bolt out of the
blue sky. If there should be any in
situation to the contrary, l rely upon
you TO protect my character in my
absence
Mr. Chamberlain added that he had
implicit confidence IN the statement of
Sir Hercules Robinson, and he, the
secretary of state for the colonies,
never for a moment believed the
rumors.
When Mr.. Chamberlain was question
ed regarding the cryptogram from
johannesburg urging that the raid be
postponed until Cecil Rhodes had
pledged that the imperial government
would not assert authority over the
Transvaal in event of success Mr..
Chamberlain replied: Mr.. Rhodes had
no authority to pledge the imperial
government in any way and 1 was not
aware that Mr.. Rhodes had done So
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-05-05
MENTAL, PHYSICAL DIFBrER.2vct,

WOman's strength is abont +uo
thirds that of man. while be,. ,. 49, |.
IS as 10 to IL, and her weight Is to
Woman's lung capacity is in pronor.
ton TO her size much less than mans
The pulse beat is from eight no fen
faster than in man.
Women are more alike than man M.
more normal Most geniuses are of tbs
male sex Woman is naturally .conser.
VatiVe. while man explores new fields
In perception woman is decidedly
quicker than man. She grasps a Wit,
ten paragraph in much less time than
does he. Her perception of details
however, is less accurate than is mans
Among all civilized races woman is
both shorter and lighter than man
Her form is more rounded and graceful
less bony and angular, having relative
~ less fat and more muscle
Woman's head is carried less upright
tnan mans. The greater length of the
frst finger as compared to the third
is a feminine popularity The vocal
cords IN woman are shorter and the
voice higher and shriller.
In respect to memory woman are
superior. In slow, logical reasoning
they are deficient. The arts. scienrs
and philosophy owe their advancement
more TO man than to woman. What
woman loses in profundity she gains in
quickness. In languages she is more
apt than man.
Differences in habit of thought be-
I Wteen the two sexes is shown by the
fact that if fifty men and fifty women
were required to write 100 words as
rapidly as possible with time for
| thought, in the womans list will be
found more words relating to the con-
crete than the abstract. the whole
rather than the part. the particular
rather than the general
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-05-05
The stnndard.s nelief.

LONDON, May 4.-The Standard ex-
presses the belief that Colonial Secre-
tary Chamberlain is trying to com
municate with Cecil Rhodes, who, is
now on his way with a column for the
relief of Buluwayo, about the so-called
''Transvaal crytograms"
A financial paper reports that AL
fred Belt has resigned his dictatorship
in the South African company on ac-
count of his connection with the Jane
son raid, as shown by the kilograms
published by the Transvaal govern
ment. This paper also reports that the
minor reformers sentenced to fine and
imprisonment have been pardoned.
There is no confirmation of this re-
port
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-05-05
Felt in RUSSIA.

NEW YORK, May A dispatch to the
Herald from st. Petersburg says:
The Journal de st. Petersburg says
that the horror inspired by such a crime
is wildly felt in Russia, where the late
shah was honored as an ally, DESTROYS
of fortifying the good relations existing
between the two countries. All Russia
the paper continues, associates him
with the sorrowing into which Persia is
plunged.
The Viedomdomvi says that France
being now restored to a healthy state
becomes once more a factor in interna-
tional politics.
Ii Hung Chang will be received by the
car today at the Tsarkoo palace.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-05-05
ron MATARELELANp.

DURHAM. Natal, May A force of
sixty men has been raised in Natal for
the Chartered South African company,
and sailed for Beira, Portuguese East
hussars, including Prince Alexander OF
Teck, brother OF the Duchess of York,
under Colonel Paget, and $50 mounted
infantry, sailed from East London,
Cape Colony, on Sunday. The mounted
battery of artillery and an advance
troop OF Hussars had sailed previously.
The above forces are presumably for
service in quelling the Matabelle revolt.