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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-06-26
THE CITY TAX LEVY.

The rate for the city tax levy has
practically been established. and is the
same as last year. 1t is a matter of
congratulation that it will be no heav-
Ter. and it is to be hoped that it will
afford sufficient revenue to meet all
expenses and leave a small surplus. if
possible. If it is possible for the city
to make a small levy for a purpose not
heretofore included in the expense ac-
count of the city, it should be posi-
BILE to make a small levy for the pur-
pose of creating a surplus to be ap-
piled TO the extinguishment of a pOr-
ton Of the municipal debt. 1t is very
large, and even If the sum of. say, $780,
600 a year were devoted TO its extin-
guishment it would take nearly half a
century to wipe it out And the process
of wiping it out cannot begin any too
soon.
There are very many improvements
and other things that it is desirable to
have in the city and they would all
tend to the happiness and improvement
of the people and to the cultivation of
many virtues, but the cultivation of
the great. and in the management OF
public affairs Incompatible. virtue Of
economy and the continual reduction
of debt is the one most needed now.
What is needed in the management Of
our municipal affairs is not the ability
to evolve plans for increased expendi-
lures Ghere is always a surplus of
such ability but ability to evolve plans
that will reduce expenditures and be-
gin the process Of wiping out the city's
tremendous debt.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-06-26
THE CHRISTIAN ENDEAvoRERs

In few days our city viii be filed
with hundreds of Christian Endeavor-
ers. They viii be our guests temper
arily. therefore let every citizen consti-
tute himself a host and do all in his
power to make their sojourn a pleasant
and memorable event 10 them.
There are no better people anywhere
than those engaged in Christian En-
deavor work. They belong to those who
have firm and abiding faith in the
teachings and power of Christianity to
uDlift and preserve the nation. They
are imbued with the same spirit and
purpose that prompted the Pilgrim
Fathers. 1t is the religious spirit in
the American people that has led them
forth to battle with and subdue nature.
no matter in what particular form and
tenets This spirit may have been en-
bodied
And now. when the Christian En-
deavorers arrive let all be done to en-
terrain them that can be. The impress
sions they receive during their short
stay win be the ones they will carry
away with them. and in turn convey to
their friends. Therefore they should be
given the best impressions of Utah and
her people. And then. perhaps. many
among them may be thinking of max
ing new homes and growing up with
the west and it may be, if favorably
impressed. they will choose our own
state for that purpose. But whether
they do or not, let them be given gen.
timely hearty welcome, the same vel
come that one would give his brother.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-06-26

ticipated the effect which his message
on the subject produced
This is not all. DIR. Ernst even criti
Cleveland when he championed Zen
ezuela's cause. He was moved to re-
vive the Monroe doctrine in this mat
ter says the doctor, more by po-
liticaI exigencies at home than by the
desire to make the United States the
protector of the American continent.
That doctrine was formulated for a
special purpose and the conditions
which rendered it necessary have long
passed away
Rough and defiant as was Mr.. Cleve-
lands famous message 10 congress and
well calculated to involve US in war
with England, the note of Mr.. Olney
was no less offensive to every indie
pendent government on the American
continents, North or South. To- declare
that the fiat of this government is law
throughout the western hemisphere is
to declare that every government on
this hemisphere must do the bidding
of this government; that they are mere
vassals; that the United States alone
are sovereign. And here is the national
librarian of Venezuela declaring that
his government repudiates this view.
We have gained no friends by our
course in the Venezuelan matter, either
in Europe or America. 1t looks as
though the Venezuelans had conjured
with a favorite American doctrine and
got Uncle Sam to pull chestnuts out
of the fire for them at the risk of war
with England There is much to profit
by for this country in the position now
taken by Venezuela, as defined by DR..
Ernst
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-06-26
They Had Their Fortunes Told.

Philadelphia Record: Two buxom Ger
man girls. who spoke very little English,
were out for a days pleasure at one
of the river resorts. In their ramblfs
through the place they came upon a
penny-in- he-slOt-fortune-telling machine.
One of the girls took a penny out of her
purse and set the machine in motion.
The arrow spun around and stopped at
1S pointing to the legend: You will be
successful in all your undertakings. The
two put their heads together and spelled
out the Inscription. "Kadie," said one
wat means dot 'oondertakings?' The
other girl though for a moment and said:
oh. va. | know now vat is it, 'Oonder-
takings' is ven somebody is det."
OH" cried the other. den it is dot
you will not bin successful till you bin
det already.
This didn't seem to be exactly right
so thev referred the matter to another
pleasureseeker who happened to be
standing nea-. Vas list das. mister?''
The man looked at the inscription. What
did you think it was?" he asked. YELL
said Katie. Il thinks me maybe dot ii
is dot some oaf mein friends bin Diet
amt .t?' The man reDressed a smile
WITH difficulty and replied that that was
what it meant. Immediately the two
girls burst into tears and rushed for the
next boat home.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-06-26

Mr.. Thomas G. Sherman revises his
estimate of the distribution of wealth
in the United States, ana now gives it
as his opinion that, in 1889, more than
half the entire wealth of this country
was owned by less than $1,000 persons.
and that the number of these persons
grows smaller every year, says the
Boston Post. In the eight years elapsed
since the collection of the statistics on
which Mr.. Shearman's figures are
based, the concentration of wealth has
been going on in accordance with a
recognized law of progression, and
probably Senator Mills statement, that
24.6OO Americans own s31. 800. OO0, 900. is
not far out of the wav
Even more impressive than these fig
ures is the estimate that more than
-fourths of the entire wealth of
the country is owned by $50, 900 persons
1t is not surprising that the prospect
of a plutocracy ruling in this republic
hangs as cloud over the vision of the
future of our land. The dangers of the
concentration of wealth are indeed real,
but they can be met by loyal and de-
termined support of the rule of the peo-
pie. II we reform our tax laws so that
wealth shall be made to bear it's just
proportion of the burdens of govern
ment, abolish tariffs which create
trusts and monopolies, and secure equal
opportunity and equal protection for
all, the American people need not fear
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-06-26

Speaking of the discovery of flaws in
the Hawaiian treaty. the Pittsburg Dis
patch says:
THE fact that there are flaws in the
details of the treaty is most significant
as evidence that the fundamental and
vial flaw is in annexation. The real
flaw is in reaching out to acquire ter
ritory far from our coasts, peopled by
sn alien and unassimilable population.
the purpose being entirely foreign TO
the spirit ard objects OF our institu-
ton. It is inevitable that the details
of such a scheme should include fea-
lures for the government of half-civi-
lized and half-enslaved people that will
come into conflict with the constitu-
ton devised for a government Of the
neoole by the people themselves. The
way to amend the flaws in the Ha
waiian treaty is, therefore, TO reject it
altogether"
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-06-26
RESTORATION OF SILVER.

The Tribune says the British house
of commons unanimously declared its
belief in the necessity of restoring sill
yer. and bases it's statement on the fol-
lowing resolution. which, it says. was
unanimously passed by the house
March II. 1896:
That this house is of opinion that
the instability of the relative value of
gold and silver. since the action of the
Latin Union in 1873. has proved injuri-
Gus to the best interests of the country
and urges upon this government the
advisability of doing all in their power
to secure by international agree
ment a stable monetary par Of ex
change between gold and silver.
We cannot agree with our contem-
Dorary that this resolution means that
the house of commons is in favor of the
necessity of restoring silver. Restoring
silver, as generally understood in this
country, means restoring it TO the same
status it held in our monetary system
prior to its decentralization in 1873. This
means the free coinage of silver at the
ratio of Is grains of silver to l grain of
gold. If the commons resolution Will
bear the construction put upon it by
our contemporary, then it means that
the house of commons is in favor of
free coinage of silver at the ratio of 151s
to l, that being the ratio used by the
Latin Union, the reference in the reso-
luton being to the Latin Union.
The resolution may bear the con-
struction placed upon it by our con-
temporary, but we do not think so. 1t
is our belief that it has reference solely
to the question of the ratio of silver
to gold in subsidiary coins. Not only
have the ratios between silver and gold
fixed by different countries for their
own coinage differed, but the CONNER
cial ratio between silver and gold. since
the decentralization of silver by this
country in 1873. has grown greater and
greater and there has been less and
less stability of value. The desire for
fixed ratio by the commons can very
easily be understood when it is remem-
bered that England is practically the
clearing house for the commercial
world. The desire for the unlimited
coinage of both silver and gold at
fixed international ratio is an entirely
different thing. If the British commons
desired that, some move on the part of
England in the direction of interna-
tional free coinage would have been
made before this.
1t strikes US that our contemporary
has put something in its conclusions
that was not in its premises.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-06-26

The New York Evening Post says
that Olive Schreiner's book, Trooper
Peter Halkett," is undergoing exclusion
from South African libraries. The only
reason given is that it is improper, .
which seems to imply that, in South
Africa it is considered improper to
state the case for the natives. There
is of course. not the shadow of an ex-
cuse for asserting that the book is inn
proper in the ordinary sense of that
..ord.
once Irving's History of New York
was tabooed among old Knickerbocker
families. Very few people care to have
the truth, the whole truth and nothing
but the truth told about them. And
who can blame them?
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-06-26
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
OF the Wasatka Mineral Springs
Company. a Corporation Of Utah.

PURSUANT TO AN ORDER OF THE
district court of the Third judicial dis
trict of Utah in and for Salt Lake county,
made and given on June 10. 1897. in an
action therein pending between S. j..
Lynn, plaintiff. against the above named
corporation and others defendants. no
tice Is hereby given that all creditors of
and all persons having claims and de-
mands against said corporation are re-
quired TO forthwith present their claims
and demands. duly verified. TO the under
signed receiver al his Office in the rear OF
Nos 80 TO 40 West Third South street. IN
Salt Lake City. Utah. (at the Office Of the
Salt Lake City Soda Water comDanyJ
w. j. M'INTYRE.
Receiver OF said company.
Date of first publication June 20. 1887.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-06-26
Appetite and Sleep.

II have been suffering with sores on
INV face, / was unable to sleep and
had no appetite. / began taking Hood $
Sarsapariila, and after had used two
bottles the sores disappeared, my ap-
netite increased and 1 can now sleep
soundly and feel like a different man. "
HENRY RIECHERS,
Georgetown, n. NJ.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-06-26
NOTICE.

ZION'S BENEFIT BUILDING So
ciety. The annual meeting of the stock
holders of lions Benefit Building society
will be held on Tuesday. July IL, 1897. at
s O'Clock p. m. at the Il. c. NJ. 1. shoe
factory. for the election of officers for the
ensuing year. the presentation of the
financial report and the transaction of
such other business as may lawfully come
before the meeting.
EDGAR HOWE. Secretary.
Salt Lake City, June %. 1897.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-06-26

The Philadelphia Record. commenting
on Hawaii's strategical position, says:
"A wise Frenchman prayed the Lord
to deliver him from two evil spirits
tire Devil and the Spirit of Metaphor
It is difficult TO determine which of the
Two spirits has wrought the more evil
in this world. How much mischief the
one is working in this Hawaiian bust
ness may he seen by a glance at the
jingc organs. one Of them has been
turned completely topsy-turvy in its
geography, and repeats, after Bishop
Berkeley: Westward the star of en-
pire takes its way while Deering
through the Hawaiian gate or key
hole TO the distant east"
Now. what Bishop Berkeley said was;
"westward the course of empire takes
its wa=."
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-06-26

1t is now generally believed that the
skeletons found on st. Nicholas island,
off the coast of California, are those of
a race Of pugilists. This belief is based
on the fact that they had such big jaw
homes
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-06-26

Emperor William had better stick to
the role Of Mars and not attempt that
Of Neptune. The waves are a pretty
hard thing TO control when once they
get to going il
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-06-26

The mayors proclamation recon-
mending that ali business places OBJ
serve g half holiday Wednesday, the
Both inst, is a very proper one, and
should be complied with
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-06-26

Most applicants for Office are received
by the president with imposing cere-
monies. But usually they don't dis
cover this until the appointment has
been made.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-06-26
THE COLORADO MIDLAND r. r.
ruo Through Trains Daily

r,o.vean Salt Lake City. Ogden and Lead
!'sIie Cripple Creek. Colorado Springs.
nanver and all points east Only lins
ITnning THROUGH CHAIR CARS;
iatTiirn,,eh sleepers on both morning and
l.n,S,I,S trains This line. in connection
t,,;sh the Rio Grande Western. reaches
Denver earlier than any other line via
So 9e1 oS0 trains Take the Colorado Mid
1H,d and save time and enjoy the finest
AZ "a and grandest scenery in Colorado
Eor full information call on any r. G..
". Ry agent. or p1or-
W Gen. Agent
Danver Colo. Salt Lake City.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-06-26

No one doubts spain's sincere desire
to end the struggle in Cuba but every
body doubts her ability to do it.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-06-26
SOME EDITORIAL COMMENTS.

Butte Miner: The net proceeds of the
Butte mines for 1896 were within a frac-
ton of $1.s00.000. gain of more than 100
per cent over the previous year 1t was
a wonderful showing, but then Butte is
a wonderful city.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-06-26

Hereafter paupers will be buried at
an expense to the city of 10 cents each, -
says the Kansas City Star. This makes
it cheaper to bury than to feed them.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-06-26

Debs admits that the strike was a
failure. After awhile he will admit
that his Social Democracy is failure.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-06-26

Royalty costs the people of Great
Britain about a million dollars year
The Sugar trust alone costs the people
Of this country about thirty million dol
lars a year.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-06-26

Wherever Debs plants his colony it
is natural to expect that in time there
will be some shoots.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-06-26

The president viii not visit Utah dur
ing the Pioneer Jubilee celebration.
but it is not stated that the reason is
that he win be too busy opening mills.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-06-26

"Prohibitory tariff is not the sesame
that opens the doors TO commerce with
foreign nations.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-06-26

New York has discovered that Tam
many isn't dead by any means. The
probabilities are that when Greater
New York gets under full Roadway
there will be 3 Greater Tammany I'M
der full Roadway.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-06-26
EXCURSION TO THE EAST
Rio Grande western Railway.

Rio Grande Western Railway.
Minneapolis and return, $3.50. Tick
cts on sale July l and 2.
Milwaukee and return, $3.50. Tick
cts on sale July 2. and 4.
Denver and return, $3.50. Tickets on
sale July and 6.
Trains leave daily at 1850 a m. and
7:40 D. m. Cool and delightful ride
through the Rockies. Through sleep
,ers. Ticket office in postoffice corner.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-06-26

Boston Herald: 1t is interesting to note
that the new consul-general TO Rome is
a brother-in-law of one of the members
of the New York firm of brokers who are
popularity credited with doing an extern
sive business in buying and selling sugar
Broker Chapman is a member of it.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-06-26

Wnen Hawaii is annexed the United
States viii be a good deal of black
and tan republic.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-06-26

Spain doesn't like Consul General
Lee. AS he doesn't like Spain, there is
no love lost.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-06-26

Peary viii soon make another dash
for the cole When he comes back he
Will surely say - the pole
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-06-26

Chicago Record: That Binks youngster
is the most indefatigable Sunday school
worker | ever saw
Sunday school worker"
Yes. He has been to seven church
picnics already this year.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-06-26

Puck: Hostess-Allow me to present
Mr. Chopley. Miss Porkly.
Miss Porkly-How do you do. Mr.. Chop
ley-you seem like an old acquaintance
we've been using your meats exclusively
for over three years.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-06-26

If some of those claiming to be Bar
ney Barnato's heirs are shrewd. they
viii start movement to erect a mon
ument to him.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-06-26

indianapolis Journal: Women use a
lot of art to conceal their age" said the
Smart Young Man.
oh, not so many" said the Unhappy
Bachelor. Most of them are content
to get along with plain lying
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-06-26
GARFIELD BEACH.
Time Card in Effect June Is.

llHle OdTu III GHecI June 10.
Leave Arrive Leave Arrive
Salt Lake. Garfield Garfield. Salt Lake.
s7.45 am. tS:45 am. 1925 pm. los D. m.
1915 am. 1855 am. 1910 pm. a 100 D. m.
2:I5 pm. 2:55 pm. $40 pm. 5:45 pm.
1870 pm. $40 pm. 700 pm. 7:4O pm.
700 pm. 7:40 pm. 900 pm. $40 pm
sDaily except Sundays.
Olsen's orchestra every afternoon
and evening. Boating, bathing and
dancing. Fare soc. Depot corner First
South and Fourth West. City ticket
office. POI Main.
D. E. hurley, G. P. & T. A
Van Camp's Macaroni and Cheese.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-06-26

Il is very evident that Secretary
Sherman is suffering from the pugilists'
disease--too much talking.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-06-26

Brooklyn Life: First Tramp read
about dat trial. an de judge told him he
needn't ter say anything dat would in
criminate him.
Second Tramp-Well. I s'pose dat was
becuz dey had enough evidence to send
him to Sing Sing widout any assistance
from him.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-06-26

The very sudden discovery of great
laches on the part of Street Supervisor
Mulioy and the demand for his removal
smells very much as though there was
a Niger in The woodpile. The city
election is not cry far off and the
streets department could be trans
formed into a real handy political
machine
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-06-26
WIT AND HUMoR.

Chicago Record: "Pendig has made a
great hit with his new summer novel;
What is its title2'
THE Frozen Umpire.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-06-26

Chicago Times-Herald: That hyena
which has recently been roaming about
Chicago has received his quietus at last,
but visitors may find many worse animals
still at large here after nightfall.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-06-26

DS@uss and caucus appears to be the
chief occupation of the Republican SEN
ators at present.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-06-26

It viii cost Greece about s1S.OOO,OOO
for the services of Turkey in licking
her
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-06-26

WIN Saint Peter boycott Captain
Boycott?
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-06-26

A wheel in one mans head is often a
thorn in another mans side.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-06-26
ONLY S41.5o TO SAN FRANCISCO
AND RETURN

Via. Portland and o. S. L. Ry.
Tickets on sale July ?, So and 7.
good returning July 81. City ticket Of
fee, 201 Main street.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-06-26
OREGON SHORT LINE

~ DAD
Trains arrive and depart at Salt Lake
City daily as follows:
On Effect March 10, 1879
ARRIVE
FROM Chicago. Omaha. 81. Louis.
City and ogden. $40 pm
From Helena Butte. Portland.
San Francisco. Ogden and in
From San Francisco. Cache VAL
10y. Ogden and intermediate
From Chicago. Omaha. st. Louis.
Kansas City. Denver and og-
mediate points ',io'u anu me-. s:45 an
From r.S, Msercur, Tlntic. Provo. Ne
mediate points a.-e '-.. No. $50 pm
Tooeie and Garfioi il' Resch...... $50 m
For Chicago. umaha. - Denver.
and PARK City.'-...".... .. So 100 an
FOR San Francisco. Ogden.
Sache Valley and intermediate
points ..... D ''e..'e 400 pm
Portland ana San i Francisco'. 700 pm
-Nephi. sanpete Valley. 49,. 40 an
Frisco and intern.ediate points. 600 pm
Mlxed train for Garfield Beach.
Iooele and Terminus. 7:45 am.
Sunday
seDaily except Sunday.
DAILY except Sunday south OF Juab.
city TICKET OFFICE. 2o1 MAIN ST.
Telephone No 4eS.
Inc only line in connection with the
Union Pacific operating through Pullman
Palace Sleepers. Latest Improved Tour
;st Sleepers. Free Reclining Chair Cars
Elegant Day Coaches.
5. W. ECCLES. D. E. hurley
Gen. Trf. Mgr. Cen Pass. & Tickt Agt-
W. H BANCROFT,
Vice-Pres. and Gen Mgr.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-06-26

San Francisco Examiner: Now grand
jury is after the Illinois legislators, and
the statesmen are naturally indignant at
the prospect of more reformers TO divide
with.