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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-08-29

has revived the hope that some time
the scream Of the iron horse may be
heard in the land The people here have
been looking and hoping for railroad
from the first settlement of the coun-
try.
The advantages that would accrue
from the advent of railroad into this
section are incalculable. The great re
sources that now lie dormant would be
developed and make of this section an
empire within itself
The San Francisco call., 1897-05-20
SOME NEW THINGS.

The latest penholder consists of two
rings fastened to one end of a fiat piece of
metal and designed to fit over the fore
finger, one end of the metal strip hoidln
the pen and the other end curving around
to be grasped and held in the palm OF the
hand.
A new combination in use on washing
and ironing days consists of tub sup
port, clothes-horse and an ironing
board, the frame being made of wood and
and hinged iu such manner as to admit
of its use for different purposes by chang
ing its name.
For the separation of ores new mag
netic device has a funnel-shaped reser
voir, into which the ore falls after it is
crushed, the outlet at the bottom drop
ping the ore on to a revolving disk, which
carried it along past magnet, which at
tracts the particles of iron from the other
materials.
One of the novel uses for electricity re-
Gently patented consists of a pair of fiat,
separately insulated conductors, sur
rounded by flexible insulating and non
conducting material. the conductors
The San Francisco call., 1897-05-20

courts order to pay Mrs. Finlgan the ali
mony demanded.
Judge Angellotti said that the question
was new one to the courts of California
and that he could find no California Su-
preme Court decision on this point where
the debtor flied his petition in insolvency
ana turned all his property over to the
Sheriff. The Judge stated that he would
release Colonel Finigan pending the in
SO lvency proceedings So there is string
attached to Colonel Finigan's liberty.
There was an interesting scene in
Colonel Finigans cell when he was re-
leased. His daughter, his attorneys, the
Sheriff and number of newspaper men
were present TO bid the prisoner
godspeed, He shook hands with his
friends and walked about as happy as a
schoolboy with new toy. There was a
bunch of roses on the bic in his cell. and
while the sun beat down unmercifully
upon the heads of those outside, the cell
where Colonel Finiean had passed six
weeks of his l:fe was as cool and pieasan t
a spot as one could find.
Il suppose we will have to put to let
sign on the door," said he and smiled.
"PIl have to leave my picture gallery,
too" he continued as he looked at the
cartoons and coiored engravings from the
comic papers which adorned his wall.
The colonel was not in q hurry to leave
and be fingered in the prison for som e
time. Then he said good-by and thanked
his jailers for the kind treatment he had
received.
Next Monday an assignee will be p
pointed to take charge of the affairs OF
Colonel Finigan.
The San Francisco call., 1897-05-20
WITHOUT WIRES,
Authoritative Account of a Simple and
Important Invention.

Authoritative Account of a Simple and
Important Invention.
w. II. Preece. the telegraphic expert of
the postoffice, had surprise in store for
his audience at Toynbee Hall on Saturday
night, when he lectured on "Telegraphv
Without Wires" says the London
Chronicle. There is, OF course, nothing
new in the fact of being able to COM
municate without wires, but toward the
close of his lecture Mr.. Preece announced
that new invention. which might have
the widest possible influence not only on
the future of telegraphy. but on the safe
navigation OF ships, had lately been
brought before the department, and no
expense would be spared TO test it. Mr..
Marconi, young Italian electrician, came
to him recently, he said, with system of
telegraphy without wires, depending not
on electro magnetic but on electrostatic
effects-that is to say on electric waves
set up of much higher rate of vibra-
tion, 250, ,000. 600 a second in fact.
These vibrations were projected through
flected and refracted like light-indeed,
they We're capable OF all the phe-
nomena which light was allowed TO 90
through. The invention-which dealt
with the method of receiving and sending
messages by this means-was first expert
mented with on the roof of the postoffice.
and then for three-quarters of mile on
Salisbury Plain. Mr.. Marconi was pres
The San Francisco call., 1897-05-20

cellor Colgrove, knights and ladies and
their friends will be driven to the Lucerne
Vineyard. where there will be reception
and dance. superintendent Chittenden
is making the most elaborate prepara-
tions for the affair. He has transformed
his immense dining hall, which is COM
plete building in itself, into a ballroom.
He has had professional decorators at
work for several days, and is practically
putting new floor down for the dance.
Carriages will be enlisted without limit to
carry the guests to and fro. splendid
collation., with an ocean of claret punch,
Is being pre- epared, and the SKY will be lit
with fireworks.
The work of the Grand Lodge will con-
clude on Friday, but every member with
all the ladies', will remain over for the big
demon stration on Saturday, Kings County
oay, when the coming of the Valley road
will be celebrated in magnificent shape.
People from all over the surrounding
country will flock into the city. A special
train will carry without charge throng
OF invited guests from Stockton, Fresno
and way stations. 1t will be an epoch
marker in this county.
The San Francisco call., 1897-05-20
GOLO-F|NDERS'
BIG ASSEMBLY
California Will Be on Hand
at the Denver Gath
ering.
A New Agitation fer a Cabinet
0 ficer Will Be Vigorously
Started There.
The Official Call for the First later
national Gold. Mining Convention
Starts Activity Here.

The International Gold Mining conven-
tion, which will meet in Denver on July Z
for three days session, has at last
loomed up in a definite way before the
mining interests of California. The circu-
lars OF invitation from the executive com.
mittee in charge have reached Secretary
Julian Sonntag of the California Miners
Association, Governor Budd and CONNER
eial organizations.
Leading California mining men are dis
playing interest in the convention. This
will be the first general gathering of min
iHg men ever held. Its originators and
promoters, the com merciai and mining
organizations OF Denver, have called it
international" and the mining countries
of British, Central and South America
are asked to join in, but for practical pur-
poses it will be an American interstate af-
fair.
This being the first convention and a
new thing the programme and scope are
naturally somewhat inchoate. Probably
the biggest single thing taken up will be
the proposition to create department of
mining in the Federal Government and a
Cabinet officer representing this vast in
terest. This idea was first given an i'm
petus by the California Miners AssocIa-
tion with the vigorous cham pions ship of
The CALL. The demand will be vigor-
ously expressed by the convention and it
will undoubtedly be presented to the trans
Mississippi Congress.
The Californians will actively urge this
proposition, and also the one for a revision
and extension of the Federal mining laws,
which the California Miners Associa-
ton took up year ago. Uniformity of
To loo Oicla 10 fhar of ho
definite things now in view. One of the
most important features will be a discus
sion and display OF the best methods of
gold mining and gold saving.
California will be entitled to send an
army of delegates, and quite a number
will doubtless go. The Governor is to
name thirty, each county and each city
and each town is entitled to five, and so
is every chamber of commerce, miners
organization and commercial Organiza-
ton.
Upon receiving the official call yes
terday Secretary Sonntag at once wrote to
President J.. II. Neff and a meeting of the
executive committee will be held in a few
days to take action looking to an active
and creditable participation from this
State. The call is signed by Robert f.
Hunter, chairman of the executive com.
mittee, and Irwin Mahon, secretary, and
contains a summary of the objects OF the
convention. rcz - II. 7iar h
Secretary Sonntag and othera want q.
large mineral exhibit sent from the min,
ing bureau, but nothing in this direction
has been done. 1t remains to be seen
how far California makers of mining
machinery will be inclined to send ex-
hibits. The time for preparation is very
short and the success of the convention
can now be only guessed at in advance,
but the first one will doubtless be fol-
lowed by other and greater ones, and he
second one will probably be held in San
Francisco.
The San Francisco call., 1897-05-20

ent that night, and this was the first occa-
sion on which the apparatus had Deen
shown, except to Government ofhclals.
The great difference between the system
which had already been tried and Mr.
Marconls s system was that in the former
wire on each side was necessary ana In
the latter no wire was required. VlDra-
tlons were simply set up by one apparatus
and received by the other, the secret being
that the receiver must respond to the
number of vibrations of the sender.
The apparatus was then exhibited.
What appeared to be just two ordinary
boxes were stationed at each END OF the
room, the current was set in motion al
one and bell was Immediately rung In
the other. ITO show that there was no
deception" Mr.. Marconi held the receiver
and carried it about, the bell ringing
whenever the vibrations at the other oox
were set UP. Continuing. Mr.. Preece salo
he had had the greatest possible pleasure
in telling Mr.. Marcon1 that day that the
postoffice had decided to spare no expense
in experimenting with his apparatus ana
one of the first trials would be from
Penarth to al island in the channel. he
might add that he had the greatest Iaith
in the apparatus. The curious thing
about it was that there WAS no new prln-
ciple introduced.
The first man who taught US how to
generate these waves was Hertz, the Ger
man physicist, and they had been
developed by others. But in making prac,
tical use OF these waves MIR. Marcon1 mad
invented devices which we're highly novel
and very beautiful, and when they, were
patented and could be made PUBIC ne
thought they would be admired by every
body. Lord Kelvin it was who dubbed the
apparatus first used for setting up these
vibrations 1.-The electric eye" and il this
connection he mil ht say that there mao
been a great deal of nonsense written about
Professor Bose, who, beyond experiment
ing on these waves. had uone nothing. He
'ventured to say that the subject was not
only interesting in itself, but II the ex,
periments were successful-as he believed
they would bet would be OF lnestlmaDle
value to our ships, for it would provide
another easy way of communicating with
lightships and lighthouses.
To take an instances: Since last year
they had had a cable with the Fastnet
The San Francisco call., 1897-05-20
MAKING LINCOLN PRESENTABLE.
Mrs. Lincoln "Fixed Up the Presiden
Elect to Meet Delegation.

Mrs. Lincoln "Fixed Up the Preside ent-
Elect to Meet a Delegation.
In narraiing when Lincoln Was First
Inaugurated." in the Ladies' Home Jour-
nal, Stephen Fiske writes Interestingly of
the memorable journey from. Springfield.
ILL.,, to the National capital. and tells of
Mrs. Lincoln's efforts to have her hus-
band look presentable when receiving a
delegation that was to greet them upon
reaching New York City.
The train stopped" writes Mr.. Fiske,
land through the windows immense
crowds could be seen. The cheering
drowned the blowing off steam of the loco
motive. Then Mrs. Lincoln opened her
handbag ana said:
Abraham. l must FIX you up q bit for
these city folks
Mr.. Lincoln gently lifted her upon the
seat before him; she parted, com bed and
brushed his hair and arranged his black
necktie.
do look nice now, mother?' he af-
fectionately asked
We'll, you'll do, Abraham replied
Mrs. Lincoln critically. So he kissed her
and lifteu her down from the seat. and
turned to meet Mayor Wood, courtly and
suave, and to have his hand shaken bv the
other New York otfic:alsn
The San Francisco call., 1897-05-20

Home Journal. The article Is unique.
being the first written by a Presldent o.
life in the White House, and IN describing
the routine of Chief Executive.
feature that he treats with dlrectness
relates to the Presidents interruptions
from callers and ofice-seekers. IL Is
q rare eood fortune" he writes, ourih
the early months of an administration II
the President gets one wholly. unlnter-
rupted hour at his desk each day. Inc
Presidents time is so broken into DTS
that he is often driven to late nlghI Work,
or to set up desk in his bedroom when
preparing message or other papers re-
quiring unbroken attention.
''Thoughtlessness is the root OF all this
i only want five minutes: and it he were
the only one it could be spar d; but his
double is at his heels. and the urgent pub
lie business is postponed or done at night
with jaded mind. 1t may be said that
untimely visitors should be excluded, and
SO they should; but thoughtfulness on
their part would be cure without
smart" Regarding the office-seekers'
persistency in having personal interviews
with the President, General Harrison
asserts that they advance their cause but
little if at all. "But the feeling that
something is or may be gained by a per-
sonaI interview prevails. and for the first
wear and q half of an ad mInistration the
President spends from four to six hours
of each day talking about things he will
not have to act upon for months, while
the things that ought to be done presently
are hurtfully postponed.
"If the President could make up and
publish an appointment docket and notify
all persons having anything to say In
particular case to draw near on liked
day, it would result in great saving of
time all around, and great saving of
money to the applicants, who could re-
main at home until summoned to appear.
No papers should appear after the sub
mission of the case, and motions for a re-
hearing and for new trial should be
barred"
The San Francisco call., 1897-05-20
Ex-MilliOnaire Finigan
Released From the
Marin Jail.
Given His Freedom Pending
the insolvency Proceedings
in Court.
Trlumphs Over His Wife's Attor-
neys After Passing Six Weeks
In Dreary Cell.

SAN RAFAEL, CAL, May 19.-Mrs.
Emily B. FinigaA is not in possession of
the $1O5o ordered by Superior Judge F. M.
Angellotti to be paid to her, yet her hus-
band who has been confined in the County
Jail of Marin for six weeks and one day
for not drawing check in that sum to
her credit walked forth from his cell to-
day free man and a pauper.
1t was IL O'Clock to-day before the at
torneys for Colonel Finigan came into
court to ask for the release of their client.
While the case was proceeding Colonel
Finigan was still locked in the ladies' cell
IN the basement of the Courthouse. At
torney Sweeney read the order reciting
the fact that Colonel Finigan had pre-
sented his sworn petition that he was in
solvent and unable to comply with the
The San Francisco call., 1897-05-20
MADRID SOCIETY TODAY.
Even in tho Distress of Wartime Span

Even n.the Distress of Wartime Span
ish Gayety Goes On in the Old Way.
The Queen Regent Of Spain appears
nowhere in public at present except dur
ing her Saturday drive to a church where,
according to ancient custom, the sovereign
of Spain goes weekly to pray-and his
mamma with him-so that the public sees
them en- route. The church. by the way,
like all the churches in Madrid, is very
ugly and very gorgeous, no: like the noble
cathedrals of other Spanish cities. The
Infanta Isabella. aunt of the King, drives
daily in the park, the Buon Retro, goes to
the Royal Theaie-, and in general does
what she can to preserve the look of
gayety which Madrid still wears under
the shadow of war.
Everything Spanish is for the Span
iards. This favorite adage of ths Cas-
tilians is in especial force and favor at
Madrid at this moment. No European
capital is less cosmopolitan than the
capital of Spain. The Spanish disuk, OF
foreigners is an ingrained thing, aIthou h.
until the present state OF strained rela-
tlons between Spain and the United
States, the Spaniards in general showed
more liking for our compatrio:s than for
any Europeans. The distance and the
freedom of these "Estados Un,dos'
affect the popular Spanish Imagination,
and Americans travelling in the Iberian
Peninsula have found a quick relaxation
of manner on the part of Spaniards on
first learning that they we're "not English
English" but Americans speaking Eng
lish, relaxing followed often by COR
diality.
Americans resident in Spain have also
come TO know Spanish home life better
than other foreigners, even in Madrid. In
the southern towns in Andalusia, particu-
larry IN Granada, the cordialliy OF the peo-
pie has been heightened by a mutual in
terest in the American whose name is now
perpetuated in a hotel on Albambra Hill.
To be sure. the uneducated in Granada
LOOK upon the memory OF Washington
Irving as more or less associated with
that OF the Moors. in whose old palace he
dwelt; but, at all events. he was an
American. and brings many OF his coun.
try folk with money to spend in the very
city where Ferdinand and Isabella, VINO
discovered these Americans, lie Ell tom bed.
In Madrid there is a more active know
ledge OF the need of connection with
modern life. But there also pride in a
glorious past is much greater than wis
dom In present difficulties or courage for
the future. A curious insistence upon
things Spanish prevails. although the
-'A""i Aie ho WoiHeH get uost VI Iheii e4-
treme fashions from Paris, and the men
most OF theirs from London.
But even now, In the distress OF war
time, the especial gayeties of Spanish life
go on in their usual distinctive fashion.
The society journals record the appear
ance at the theater or park of ten lines OF
names OF duchesses, five lines of mar
chlonesses, tiree lines OF countesses, a
half-dozen viscountesses, three or iour
baronesses and few senoras and senor-
itas.-Boston TRANSCRIPT.
The San Francisco call., 1897-05-20

light, the first light seen by Atlantic
voyagerss, but in the early part of this
year it broke down, and they had never
been able yet to land on the rock in order
to repair it. But there was a possibility
beyond this CT enabling ships as they
came near dangerous rocks and shadows
to receive an intimation of the fact by
these electric waves. Neither day nor
night made any difference, fog nor rain
nor snow would not interfere with them
and if the invention was what he believed
it to be our mariners would have been
given new sense and new friend,
which would make navigation infinitely
easier and safer than it now was.
The San Francisco call., 1897-05-20

cellors Stanton L. Carter, George Samueis
and L. ]. Crowley will meet him at Gosh
en-. Here he will be met at the depot by
the entire Grand Lodge and the Uniformed
Rank and riding in four horse carriage,
Will be escorted to the quarters reserved
for him at the Aborn. He Will AFTER
ward be escorted TO the lodgeroom, where
he will be formally welcomed by the
Mayor and City officials.
The opera-house will be open TO the
public for the time and the people Will
have the privilege of hearing the hlghes:
officer of the o<der in the world tell them
what Pvthianism Is and what it is Going.
The supreme chancellor, who comes direct
from session of the grand lodge IN Ore
gon, will go from here TO Arizona to the
grand lodge OF that State, and from there
be will go to Juneau, Alaska to institute
the order in that Territory. Alaska
Lodge No. / has been organized by Past
Grand Chancellor +. A. Brooks, formerly
of California Lodge Mol of San Francisco,
who is now a that far northern point as
agent OF the Pacific Coast Steamship Com
pany.
Alodge of the D. o. o. K, which is to
Pythianism what the Shrine is 10 Masonry
was instituted here tonight.
Every member of the Grand Lodge was
to-day presented with souvenir 1-pound
box of raisins.
The Grand Temple. Rarh bone Sisters, in
session here, has twenty-five of the thirty
six temples of the State represented by an
attendance OF sixty delegates.
The grand officers in attendance are:
Lydia Monroe of Riverside, grand chief;
Mary Fitzgerald of Sacramento, grand
senior; Ada Mcclure of San Francisco,
grand junior; Clara Belle Farno of Oak
land, grand manager; Louisa Holmes of
East Oakland. grand NJ. of R. and c.;
Mrs. Conway OF Merced, grand outer
guard; Mrs. Weldon of Grass Valley, past
grand chief; Mrs. Katzenstein of Sacra-
mento and Mrs. Madden of Oakland, su-
preme representatives. The report of
the grand chief revealed a rapid growth
of the order. There have been eleven new
temples organized during the past year,
and the total membership mum bers 1000
in this State. The election of officers will
take place to- morrow.
Tomorrow evening after the reception
at the opera-house to Supreme Chan
The San Francisco call., 1897-05-20
GOrgeouSEntertainment
for the Knights
of PythiaS.
Elaborate Reception Prepared
for Supreme Chancellor
COlgroVe.
Candidates Lining Up for Election
ID. o. o. K. Lodge instituted
The Valley Road.

HANFORD. CAL, May 19.-It has been
q very warm day, but the Grand Lodge Of
the Knights of Pythias stuck to its work
morning and afternoon.
1t was on the programme that the uni
formed rank and the mem bers of the
Grand Lodge should parade during the
afternoon, but the Grand Lodge refused TO
adjourn for the purpose and the event was
postponed until this evening. Perhaps
the weather exerted some influence in
this matter, for within the opera house
where the session is held the blinds are all
drawn down until the place is IN twilight,
but the atmosphere is comparatively cool.
At O'Clock, however. led by the Han
ford band in uniforms of white, the
Knights formed in proce ssion and marched
through all the principal streets OF the
The San Francisco call., 1897-05-20
FINGERS BEFORE FORKS,

Concerning the Origin of SpOOns-Those
of the Thirteenth Century.
Ifyou desire to know about the scarcity
of really reliable data on the history of
spoons, take down your handbooks and
encyclopedias and see il it doesn't take
you long while to learn nything con-
cerning their origin, nativity" etc. In
fact, the antiquarians do not pretend TO
give Us anything of value in that line. 1t
is admitted that they are Every ancient"
but just exactly how old they are, and by
whom and where they were first used, are
points upon which we are left com pletely
in the dark. Creighton says: "Spoons
must have been a very ancient invention,
for Saxon spoon of perforated silver gilt,
ornamented with gems, was found in a
grave at Sarre, Thanet."
When forks were unknown spoons
played very important part at the liable.
Spoons of the thirteenth century, and
even later had handles terminating in q
knob, knot, acorn or other odd and cum
bersome devices. About the period of the
restoration, of which SO much is said in
English history, a great change was made
in the forms of spoons. In some of the
unique patterns the spoon paft was
divided into two, three, and even four
parts, and even the handle always split
or twisted or turned up instead of down
and back. Spoons of that period were all
blunt, instead of being pointed, as in the
forms generally seen at present They
continued short and blunt down to the
time of George l, when they were first
made pointed and had the handles turned
down lnstead of up.
About the year 1900 what were known
as "apostle spoons were introduced.
They were so called because they had the
figures OF the twelve apostles carved upon
their handles. They were generally given
by sponsors to children at their time of
baptism. The wealthy presented the en-
tire twelve-those who could not afford to
indulge in such extravaganza giving one
or more, according as they felt able.
The most curious and remarkable spoon
in the world. perhaps, is coronation
spoon" preserved among the other royal
relics in the Tower of London. The bowl
is of gold and the handle OF silver. The
handle is split down the middle and set
with all kinds of precious stones. The
relic is valued at about 100000. or upward
or $l00, ,000.-St. Louis Republic.