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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-12-06
POLICE ET(HING}.
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There are several of the officers on
the police force that are famous,
among their associates, for accomplish
ments other than in official directions.
These talents are constantly cropping
out and, though never heard of out
side of the station, yet they afford a
great deal OF entertainment at times.
We might start out with Driver Arm
strong, who is a capital story teller
and his yarns are hard to match,
especially in the line of fiction.
The other day While sitting behind
the stove, with his chair tilted back
against the gun rack, and waiting for
a call for the patrol wagon, some one
came in and began to talk. Johnny,
as he is known among his comrades,
listened until some one spoke of muddy
water Yes" remarked Armstrong,
Il have seen water that was pretty
muddy myself. There is a little stream
chat runs into the Colorado river, down
in Arizona II is called the Dirty
Devil creek and is we'll named to.
In the spring the water in that
! stream gets so muddy that it gets
thick and looks something like very
thick chocolate. 1t is 50 muddy that
the water just glides along like oil,
without a ripple. Why, 1 have often
written my name on the surface and
followed along on horse back to watch
it travel Many time have 1 watched
that name glide softly along down the
creek for Ii miles to the Colorado,
without so much as cracking or blur
! ring a letter. 1t has served it's. pur-
: pose in its day too. One day L was
passing along the bank of the creek
looking at the oily mud when noticed
something written on the surface.
q could read it very plainly as it
slowly passed me, like it was being
unrolled from q spool. 1t read Kun
quik got a gal UP hear as is dyin
and i cant wax cause i got a busted
leg. Dick Jones at forty mile rol1"
knew that Forty Mile Rock was about
! 20 miles further uD the stream, and
| that writing had slid all the way down
TO where I saw it. Well. 1 got UP
there, after getting help, and saved the
girls life and set Dicks leg.
There were a lot of people living on
| the Dirty Devil, and in the spring they
had a hard time to get water until one
! day a fellow came in and put up g
cheese factory. While the water was
clear the factory was busy makine
| cheese, but when the mud came it shut
| down for a more profitable business
! Then gang of men were set to work
with spades, cutting out blocks of muc
| from the stream, and this was cartel
| to the cheese factory. Here it was
| placed in a cheese press and the water
| squeezed out and used for drinking an6
culinary purposes, while the mud was
sold as pressed brick for building"
| Sergeant Burbidge has a peculiar tai
ent that is sometimes noticed by those
in the station. but the sergeant himself
is probably not aware of the feat h,
performs. A few evenings ago the ser
geant came into the station nearly al
hour before time for his shift to gC
on duty. 1t was a cold. disagreeablt
night outside, and when he came il
and sat down by the fire he became
J drowsy, and was soon in the land o.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-12-06
Ralsing Him.

New York Press: Mrs. Jagweigh-
Robert. 1 learn from the maid that you
came il last night in such a condition that
you gave her q dollar to keep quiet
Air. jagweigh-Aow much did you give
her?
II was about this time that Cleveland
was making his tour of the country.
Nissch was made chairman Of the recep-
ton committee, but he didn't receive. No
sir. On the contrary NiSsch put in the
day cleaning secondhand revolver
which he purchased of Old man VOORHEES,,
VINO ran a place on Second street.
He was going to kill Harvey, he said,
and we never attempted to stop him.
That medicine of Harvey's was some
thing which acted contrary to eXDecta-
honS. Instead Of taking the color out it
added more to ii. The organ became so
bright that all attempt at description fails
for lack Of synonym. 1t was redder than
any fire. if fire is read. You could see it in
the night Boys asked him why he didn't
get 4 job as a signal lamp in a railroad
yard. Trains stopped when NiSScher Went
near thu railroad, and stopped abruptly.
Passengers wondered why they were
landed two blocks away instead Of being
taken to the station. Oh, that nose was a
beauty.
Vissch found Harvey as he was taking
his frugal midnight meal in Ton PatrieS'
place from the ice box. Tom is entitled to
a medal If the physicians OF this country
give them for life saving, because Vissch
was after gore and Tom thwarted him
He was never forgiven.
Harvey went 10 Mexico and operated on
poems until after NiSscher changed places
and became associate editor on the Ban
ner Of Gold. Tor which he has written
some beautiful selections But none OF
them ever mention Harvey. Between the
be bridged
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-12-06
FEATURES or REPORT.
Witchcraft in Salem

Salem Letter in the Washington STAR
Perhaps Salem is best known all over
the country by the very thing which
She least desires 10 have remembered
the witchcraft deiusion of 1892. Faw Of
the buildings by which Salem is linked
TO this great tragedy remain; the site
o. TIE court house is still pointed out
and G2llows hill lies on the outskirts
Of the city IS Of old, but times changes
have swept away all the important
buildings. including the old jail on St.
Peter street. Two houses still standing
on Essex street are remotely connected
with the delusion-the home OF Shat
tuck, the dyer, who figured in the trials.
and the Roger Williams house nearly
opposite. The latter, dating from 1875.
Is the oldest house in Salem and was
The dwelling OF Roger Williams before
his free thinking and free speaking
obliged him to flee to Rhode Island in
the dead of winter Subsequently, it
became the residence of Judge iona
than Corwin OF witchcraft notoriety.
and from the tradition that some Of
the preliminary examinations were
held there, it is often called the witch
House"
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nod. There rs nothing remarkable about
that fact, as many men have the fac
ulty. Sleep is not a talent that only
the genial sergeant possesses. But the
fact is that Burbidge first pulled out a
cigar. lighted it and stretched himself
out in comfortable position to enjoy
the weed. Then he fell asleep with the
cigar in his mouth.
The smoke of the Havana curled I'D
towards the ceiling for awhile, but fin
ally died down and almost disappeared.
1t didn't go out, though. No. That is
the trick of which the sergeant only
knows the secret. Just as the last spark
on the end of the cigar was about to
go out, Burbidge shifted his position.
pulled the weed to a glow and was in
dreamland again Every time that his
cigar was about to go out he would
turn little and puff it again. Fin
ally the desk sergeant called to the
sergeant: Its quarter to II and time
to take the shift Outl" Burbidge got
up, threw the small butt of the cigar
away, and after a good stretch passed
out for an eight hours tour of duty.
@ g g
Joe Busby, the ever smiling content
ed Joe, is another on the list who de-
serves special mention. Busby is a
man that goes by the rule to obey or
ders. The other night Busby was on
his beat when he was met by Officer
Seigfus, who was acting sergeant Seig-
fus took Joe and put him in a building.
which had just been entered by the
police, and all the occupants taken out.
Busby was put there to guard against
any danger of thieves entering the
place. AS Seigfus left Joe he told him
TO stay there until he returned. With
this Seigfus went off and attended to
some other matters. 1t was nearly time
for the police to change shifts. and
Busby expected to be relieved in a few
minutes, but an hour over the time of
relieving the shift passed. but Busby
obeyed orders and stuck to his post.
Then he thought something was up,
and went over to the hall. He wanted
to know what was the matter, and
asked, Where is Seigfus?'
Gone home an hour ago." replied the
desk sergeant. what are you doing
here at this time of day?"
Busby explained, and after the Off
GERS had laughed at him, he joined in
the mirth at his own expense and
trudged off home. When Seigfus was
seen the next day he was asked about
the occurrence, and answered in an
abashed way: Il forgot all about him.
But he ought to have known that he
didn't have to work two shifts in one
day"
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McKinley's Attitude Approved.

Madrid, Dec. "a member OF the
cabinet, in the course of an interview,
today declared that according to the
communications received by the gov
eminent from Senior De LONE, the
Spanish minister at Washington,
President McKinley's attitude toward
Spain was very gratifying" The gov
eminent, continued the cabinet officer
does not believe President Mckinley
will demand the termination of war in
Cuba within any specified period, for
President Mckinley knows that Spain's
first desire is a conclusion of the war,
and that she is putting forth every ef-
fort TO end IT -
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-12-06
SAN FRANCISCO PUGs.
Some Matches Arranged and Others
Declared Of

San Francisco, Dec. 5.-The verbal
agreement between the managers for
Peter Jackson and Jim Jeffries for a 20
clared off.
In its stead match has been con-
summated between Jeffries and Tom
Sharkey to take place between Dec. 20
and Jan. 7, in Mechanics pavilion.
Articles of agreement have been
signed by Billy Delaney. manager for
Jeffries, and Eddie Graney, who is now
looking after Sharkey's interests, as
we'll as by the two pugilists.
An offer of $4,000 was made by the
National club, which will manage the
affair, and which was refused by Shar-
key. The club then proposed that the
winner take rs per cent of Ahe gate re-
ceipts. This proposition was agreed to
by all Interested
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-12-06
JAPAN AND HAWAII.
Claims For Damages Which Must Be
Reckoned Ry Uncle Sam.

San Francisco, Dec. 5.-Toru Hoshi,
envoy extraordinary and minister
plenipotentiary from Japan to the
United States, who was passenger
from the orient on the steamship City
of Picking, said:
Japan has in the Hawaiian Islands
about 10000 of her people. Hawaii
has treaty with Japan permitting the
latter to send immigrants there and
also imports for the use of the latter.
Hawaii has violated this treaty and
our claim for this violation has not
been settled. We want our claim set
tied after annexation, if not before
that time. Hawaii deported some
Japanese immigrants. That was in
violation of her treaty with Japan.
Hawaii has also levied discriminate
ing duty on Japanese mine imports.
That was another violation of the
treaty. Hawaii would certainly act in
the matter of our claim if the United
States would use her good Offices
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BILL RAISING BY A NEGRO.
Successful Work Carried on For
Months bv an Ignorant NEGRO.

months by an Ignorant Negro.
Indianapolis Sentinel: 1t isn't al
ways the sharp, shrewd genteel crini-
nal that is the most successful. Take.
for instance, the case of George Lind
sey of 436 East Pear street. Lindsey,
to all outward appearances, is an ig
norant negro, yet he has for six months
or more worked a game in this city
that of passing raised bills-that has
completely baffied the police. He
worked in every part of the city and
passed scores of 81 bills raised to fyes.
He was arrested last night by Bike
Cops Holtz and Wallace, and landed in
the police station after y. hard fight.
Several weeks ago he passed one of the
bills On S. S. Osborn, a grocer, at North
and Liberty streets. Last night he
went to the same place and attempted
to get rid of another one Osborn
recognized him, and When Lindsey
handed him the raised bill he pre-
tended that he had no change. Osborn
told him to wait a minute and he would
so out and get the bill changed. Lind
sey suspected nothing and waited. OS-
born hurried to a telephone and called
UP the police, and when they learned
what he wanted they lost no time in
getting to the store. Lindsey was
there when they arrived, and the sight
of the brass buttons almost drove him
wild.
He fought like wild man and the
officers were obliged to use their clubs.
They could have subdued him easily
enough, but they did not want to beat
| him to death, and they merely tried to
overpower him. They struggled with
him for fully ten minutes before they
succeeded in getting the handouts on
| him, and even after he was ironed he
tried to fight them. Merchant Police
man Dave Cleary searched him and
found a knife in his pocket. The wagon
was called and one OF the bike cops
rode with Lindsey to the station. Dur
ing the ride it was noticed that Lindsey
made several attempts to get his right
hand in his hip pocket. Nothing was
thought of it at the time but when
the police station was reached and the
turnkey found a revolver, the reason
for his frantic efforts to get to his
pocket was made plain.
Lindsey is evidently a desperate
character and would have stopped at
nothing to get away. He is AZ years
/ old and laborer The police say be
! has passed raised bills on people living
/ in every part of the city. The bill he
attempted to pass on Osborn last night
was secured by the police. The work
/ is very well done, and the bill would
! have been accepted by almost any one
| except an expert. especially when busy
! making change and waiting on custo-
| mers. In nearly every instance the
! bills were passed in the evening when
I they would be less easily detected.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-12-06
New Jerseys Executive VIII Sue
coed McKenna.
PACIFIC COAST SIGHTED
M'KINLEY's DEBT TO CALIFoR-
MIA UNCANCELLED.
Change Will Not Take Place In the
Cabinet Until the Beginning of the
New year-Japanese Minister Ex-
plains the Position of Japan Re
garding Hawaii.

Washington, Dec. Sit was officially
announced at the White House today
on the return Of the president to Wash
ington, that Governor John Griggs OF
New Jersey has been rendered and has
accepted the Office of attorney general
Of the United States, which will be va
Gated by the nomination of Attorney
General McKenna to be associate JUS
tice of the United States supreme court.
1t has not yet been settled when Gov
ernor Griggs shall assume his new of
will be about the beginning of the New
Year
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-12-06
GREAT SIX-DAY RACE
Cyclers Start Off at Noon Yester-
day in New York.
SAN FRANCISCO PUGS
MATCHES ARRANGED TO COME
OFF SOON.
Match Between Peter Jackson and
Jefries of-Refusal of Sharkey-
Shooting Contest Beginning To-
day in Chicago-Bal1 Game in
San Francisco.

New York. Dec. 6-At 1915 am, Ed
die Bald fired the pistol and the Sc men
were off in the six-day bicycle race at
Madison Square garden. They rode in
nine columns, four men in each. Hale,
the winner of last years contest, led
the first lap, and Rice, who came sec
ond in last years contest, led the first
mile Time for first mile, 2:2S 20.
Jimmy Michael rode two miles in
4:02 % before the big event was start
ed. He tied his Chicago indoor record.
Twelve thousand people cheered the
riders at the opening.
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Rich Men of the Past.

Louisville Dispatch: Samuel J. Til
den left s5,OO0,O0O
George Washington was worth $780,
OO0
William B. Astor, who died in 1913,
left $2o,OOo,OOO.
Peter Cooper was worth s6ooO,OOO at
the time of his death.
Alexander Stewart was worth $780,
100000 when he died.
Johns Hopkins, who died in Balti-
more in 1878, was worth $100 10000
James .Lenox gave $1,000000 to the
Presbyterian hospital in New York
City.
Stephen Girard gave $4,000, 900 to Gil
rard College in Philadelphia. He was
worth S9,000,00O
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-12-06
A Town without a Mayor.

st. James Gazette: At Bury st. Ed
munds town council the deputy mayor
said he had to announce with regret
that up to the present no suitable in
habitant of the borough had been
found willing to undertake the import
ant duties of mayor for the ensuing
year. The meeting would, therefore be
adjourned for month in the hope that
some one would be Forthcoming during
that time.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-12-06
The Doubtful Point.

Puck: First Suburbanite (bitterly)-
I'm blest if I think the average cook
will ever get to heavenI
Second Suburbanite-Don't know; but
it's very questionable whether she'll be
willing to stay after she does get
there.
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Puck: Mrs. BTidley lin tears)-Oh,
yohni How can you scold me so? You
know you often said before our mar
r1age that you delighted in cleanliness.
Mr. Rridley (grimly)-So l do: but
I draw the line on paying for woman
to scrub the bottom Of the coal bin
just before the coal is put in,
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About eight weeks ago Frank To-
man, who lives at Bound Brook, N. j.,
fell asleep on the porch of his house
and rolled over the edge to the ground,
a drop of ten feet.
The fall stunned him, but the next
morning he felt no Inconvenience other
than headache and a stiff neck, and
he went to work as usual.
The stiffness in his neck increased,
however, and with it came 6, peculiar
numbness, for which he could not ac-
count. After several days he went to
a doctor, but told him nothing of his
fall, and the physician treated him for
a stiff neck merely.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-12-06
CONGRESS WILL CONCUR.
1EcKinley's Cuban Policy VIII b
Given Chance.

New York. Dee. Ga special to the
Herald from washington says that con-
gress will concur with the wishes of
President Mckinley and give trial to
Spain new scheme of autonomy The
Herald poll of the seiate and house shows
the following results:
who favor, but 90 not expect action, "A;
senators for immediate action 8; sena-
tors non-cOmmittal or not seen, H.
Representatives against action, IFS; rep
resentativss for action, 159; representa-
lives nOn-cOmmittal or not seen. Is.
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cured by bonds of the United States
r re1iu the balance by lawful money de-
~pSiieo with the treasurer The cir
S Ss.s ION outstanding on Get. ! le vas
s-oo' l5l, Cos, of which amount S .55S. 500
rs secured by bonds held for account
q - rs and liquadatiDg banks and
S-o,-Va,S25 by lawful money deposited
1or their amount OF circulation. The
4et decrease in the amount Of circula-
elo1 secured by bonds during the year
vas Sl2, oS4,334. and the gross decrease
IN The total circulation was 1851, 292.
ne S,6l4 banks in operation are di-
eldeG geographically as follows: There
az oeS with an authorized capital
StocK OF $l5y, 291, $50 in the New Eng
land states, ESQ with a capital of $685.
1z4,zt5 in the eastern states 546 with
a capital of $66, 76I 900 in the southern
states, l,O46 with capital of $3.50. $685.
sol IN the middle states, 357 with a cap
ltal of $50, 654, 100 in the western states,
anu IA with capital Of ST, 465, 600 in
the Pacific states.
During the year a banks were or
canned, with an aggregate capital
STOCK OF 6,420, 600. During the year Il
banks went into voluntary liquidation.
Ihere was paid to creditors of insol-
vent banks during the year $1S, 16l, 7S1
in dividends.
DIVIDENDS PAID CREDITORS.
The magnitude Of this unequalled
record, the report says, VIII be more
forcibly illustrated if considered in the
n3ht of what has been accomplished
heretofore in the way Of dividend pay
ments to the creditors of insolvent in
sututions. IN 1898 there was paid ia
dividends So, 432, SAG; in 1894 SIS. 124, 577:
IN 1895, $S,3So,552; in 1896, s., 451, 95e, and
IN 1897, $13, l69, ISL making a total OF
dividends paid within the five years
from 1893 to 1897 of $27, SIC, 515 or 36N
per cent Of all dividends that have
ever been paid to creditors of insolYent
national banks. From 1853 to 1897
there has been paid in dividends $75,-
9S5,S25, and in the year embraced in
this report SIS, l69,7S1, or II is per cent
OF all the dividends that have been
paid during the period Of 81 years of
the existence of the system Since
Oct. 81, the end Of the yearly report
II additional dividends have been or
derec, amounting in the aggregate to
about 1928. 900.
FEATURES OF REPORT.
The report contains the latest COM
piled statistics relative to the worlds
monetary systems, and the stock OF
gold, silver and paper currency \
Very interesting feature of this state
ment IS the per capita amount of each
kind of money in the countries named.
The per capita averages in the Drinci-
pal countries Of the world are as fol-
lows: United States $23.70; United
Kingdom, S20.65; France, $346S; Ger
many, $3.50; Austria Hungary, 1898;
and Russia. $685.
The comptroller renews his recon-
mendation of last year, urging that
national bank examiners be paid an
annual salary instead Of fees as now.
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No Doubt True.

Chicago News: Biggs-I wonder who
originated the joke about the difficulty
of finding a woman's pocket?
Diggs-Must have been some poor
fellow who married an heiress.
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Baseball at FRISCO.

San Francisco, Dec. 5.-The Balti-
mores easily defeated the Olympic team
of this city today at Recreation park.
Score: Baltimore, IA; Olympic, /.
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SHOOTING CONTEST.
Western Men Will Compete for Cast
Iron Badge.

Chicago, Dec. 5.-Rolla A. Heikes of
Dayton and Charles Grimm of Clear
Lake, Ia, arrived in the city today.
They will compete in the first race of
the shooting match, beginning tomor-
row. Heikes is challenger for the Cast
iron badge held by Grimm. j. A. r.
Elliott of the Kansas City party will
arrive tomorrow Among the visitors
already here are flaming of San Fran
cisco and Johnson of New York City.
Several changes are probable in the
makeup of the Chicago team, owing
TO retirernents
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Unsuccessful Boomer.

Wichita, Kan. Dec. Sc. L. Hewes,
the Wichita mountain boomer, who has
been here three weeks trying to organize
a party, left for Oklahoma City tonight
without a single follower. At different
times he claimed to have from 500 to
1e 600 boomers ready to follow his lead
into the country
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-12-06
Steamship Movements.

Havre.-Arrived, La Champagne,
New York
New York-Arrived, Werkendam,
Amsterdam; LIE Bretagne, Havre.
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HEAVY ENGAGEMENT. !"

A heavy engagement" is reported at
Guisa, near Bayamo, Santiago province
The insurgents, under Lieutenant Gen
eral Garcia, are said to have taken the
town after heroic resistance by the
Spanish garrison Of $50 men. The in
surgents had four cannon. Large
Spanish forces have been sent from
Nanzanillo to Guisa
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The treatment did no good; the numb
ness increased, and ne became unable
to use his right arm. Then he went to
a New York surgeon, and an examin-
alton disclosed the fact that his neck
had been broken by the fall For six
weeks, without knowing it, he had been
going about with a broken neck.
Toman cannot live. The doctors are
doing what they can to mae his final
! days comfortable, but paralysis is
creeping on him and death at no dis
tant day is inevitable.
But Frank Toman probably is the
first man who ever lived six weeks with
a broken neck without being aware of
the fact.