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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-01-03
BLAZE AT NASHVILLE.
ONE MILLION DOLLARS AL
READY BURNED UP.
Appeals For Aid to Fight the Flames
Have Been Sent to Louisville,
Memphis and Chattanooga.

Nashville. Tenn. Jan. 2.-1O:00 p. NJ
Fire started an hour ago and the pub
lie square is doomed. All of the fire
departments are out. but can do moth
ing on account OF the high wind.
1880 a. m.-Lebeck Bros, wholesale
and retail dry goods; Grimes, Daily &
Robinson, dry good dealers, and the
public market, having an area of a
destroyed by fire. No fatalities have,
as Vet, occurred, but are momentariiy
expected on account OF the immense
buildings which compose this part OF
the city and they are now lettering.
The loss Will reach into the millions
and the fire is still raging fnrlOusly
The insurance, at present, is unob-
tain2 bic but viii probably reach about
80 per cent. The same locality was
visited recently ny almost as disastrous
a confiagration as the present one.
The fire originated in the second
story OF Lebeck Bros.
At 1890 a. m. terrific wind arose
from the southwest which famed the
flames into a fury. The city hall and
market house which is located oppo-
site the ruined buildings. caught fire
from sparks end was very seriously
damaged.
Burns < Co. harness manufacturers,
of Lebeck Bros, caught at 1915 and
was totally ruined. The total loss at
this hour is estimated at SI.G00,000.
Appeals have been sent to Louisville,
Memphis and Chattanooga for help.
AT los o'clock the rear walls OF the
Burns SaddIery store fell through the
jeWelry store OF 3. II. Steney & Co,
crushing a number of people. Charles
Thompson is the only one reported Sc
riously injured.
The falling Of the south wall of the
Burns building did more to check the
flames than anything else, completely
burying in brick and mortar the small
houses and making gap that the IRE
ccuid not jump on Market street. where
it locked a. though by the aid of the
wind a tremendous conflagration was
in progress. Crashing walls and show
ers Of flaming sparks added terror to
the scene.
At a. m. it looks as though they
had the fire under control although
three buildings are still burning.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-01-03
JONES, OF ARKANSAS
Favors Letting the Republicans Do
Just What They Have Power to
Do and No More

New York. Jan. 2.-Senator Jones of
Arkansas, who was chairman of the
Democratic national committee in the
recent campaign, was in the city to-
day. When asked if the report was
true that he favored a policy of non
obstruction and allowing the Republic
ans to carry out their own ideas, he
said:
I believe in the letting the Repub-
licans do just whatever they have got
power enough 10 do. and no more. L am
heartily in sympathy with this latest
move of theirs TO secure an interna-
tional bimetallic agreement, but
don't have much faith in a good re-
suit I believe that the United States
is big enough TO go It alone, and that
We ought TO-"
Then the propaganda will be kept
up, viii it?"
7 don't know he answered. Con
Gitions change everything. There is
plenty of time yet Four years are
TO pass before there is a change and
there is no telling what viii happen
IN that time"
The senator said he had not heard
from Mr.. Bryan recently. but he be-
lieved the lecturing tour had been per-
manently abandoned.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-01-03
The Curse of Rum.

Michigan Advocate: The state of Mich
igan is said to have one retail liquor
dealer for every Sl4 inhabitants, and the
ratio of dealers to population is rot
growing less. Why should It? Nothing
is being done TO reduce the number. our
tax law allows just as many as choose
10 pay the price, and some that do not
choose to pay. Pay or no pay, they all
make drunkards and turn TO utter waste
money, brains and heart. Nothing con-
sumes fortune more quickly than con-
vivial habits. unless it be gambling. and
these generally go together. Nothing
overthrowS sound judgment and brutal
ICES the moral nature sooner than drunk
enness. Here and there may be hard
drinker who is kind in bearing toward
his wife and children, but not one can
prevent the unkindnesS of his habits, nor
the degrading effects of those habits to-
ward the innocent ones he has sworn TO
protect and cherish. Whisky is an I'M
mitigated curse to the man who drinks
and to the nation that tolerates It, 1t is
cursing America. 1t is lowering our
moral standards. weakening our com
mercial industries, degrading social life
and eating like a cancer into the very
vitals of public integrity 1t is a shame
and disgrace to our republic that. for
money consideration it doles out licenses
to a class of men whom il ought TO stern
" rebuke for their disposition 10 destroy
their fellows.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-01-03
NATIONAL FINANCES.
RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURES
FOR DECEMBER LAST.
A Surplus Is Shown-Retrenchm
Has Been Practiced All Along the
International Bank Deposits.

Washington, Jan. 1.-The compar-
ative statement of the receipts and
expenditures of the United States for
| the month of December, 1896, and for
the first six months of the fiscal year
ending June so, 1897, shows that re-
trenchment has been practiced all
along the line. For the first time in
quite a long period a surplus of re-
ceipts over expenditures is shown. This
applies to the month of December, and
not to the half year 1t amounts to
$2,044. 449 and is accounted for by the
receipts from the recent sale of first
| mortgage bonds on the Central Pa
cific, Union Pacific and Kansas Pa
cific railroads and on smaller interest
payments required. The deficiency for
the six months ended Dec 81, 1896.
amounts to S37 ,902 1886. During that
period the receipts were as follows:
Customs, s67,S21,6 S2, as compared
with So, 341 ,273 for the same period in
1895; internal revenue, ST., 721, al,
against $40, 1874, 465; miscellaneous re-
ceipts, 81, 1854, 179, against So. $40. 314; to-
tai receipts for the half year, 1851, 001, =
sos, a falling off of 0,060, 45O, as COM
pared with the last six months Of
1895.
The expenditures for the six months
ended Dec 81, 1896 were: Civil and
miscellaneous, $50. 500,474, against $44,-
933. 437 for the corresponding period of
1895; war, $27. 501, 745, against $50, 497, OIL /;
navy, ST., 49S, 075, against $f3, 541, AGO. In
dian. S6,191.15 against $3.50 1888; pen
sions, 81. 939. los. against $71,25S, 127; in
terest, S1s,7SS,4sS, against s17,042 SOC:
total expenses for the last six months
of 1895, 1895. 40, 600. against $1S2, 962, go.
For the month of December. 1896, the
receipts amounted TO $25, S57, ia, against
S26,2SS, 1857 for December, 1895; expendi-
lures, S23,Si3, 664. against $24.S14.317 for
December, 1895, distributed as follows:
Civil and miscellaneous, $4,4S1, 720,
against S6l06, 7S9; war, So 1887, 275,
against s4.55S1 13; navy. $2,752, 2SS,
against .S95; Indians, $685., 139,
against $952,671: pensions, S11431, 331,
against 1856. s25;. interest, s4S7, 1858,
against $322,013.
The deposits in the national bank
fund during the month amounted to
1927, s52 and redemptions to SS89,56S.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-01-03
THE HORTlCULTURISTS.
ANNUAL MEETING OF THE So
GETTY HELD YESTERDAY.
J. H. Perry Elected President, W. N.
Cole Vice President, N. Dan Jen-
sen Secretary and Treasurer
The Programme Committee.

The Salt Lake County Horticultural
society held its regular monthly meet
ing az the joint building yesterday
afternoon, elected officers for the en-
suing year and transacted other bust
ness of some Importance to fruit
growers. The attendance was not
large but those present displayed a
great deal of interest in the organiza-
ton which Will now embark upon a
more active sea of usefulness.
1t was evident from the manner in
which some of the members spoke that
politics has been injected into the
organization during the past year. The
effect has been rather disastrous.
From now on, however, a greater in
terest in the organization will be
taken and no doubt it will be a valu-
able factor in securing needed legisla-
ton for the protection of the fruit
industry. A committee on legislation
will be named by the new president ard
with its assistance as we'll as the
natural interest legislator elect Heber
Bennion, who was the society's presi-
dent during the past year, will take
it is likely the fruit grower will be
looked after during the coming ses-
sion.
The election of officers resulted as
follows: President, J. H. Perry; vice
president, w. N. Cole; secretary and
treasurer, n. Dan Jensen, of Mill
Creek
James NJ. Fisher. ]. NJ. Smith and
P. A. Dix will constitute the executive
committee during the coming year
AS committee on programme E. S.
LOVeSey, n. Dan Jensen and President
]. II. Perry were chosen.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-01-03
1'But They All Drink

It is well known that at certain central
agencies record is kept of the name
position and standing of nearly every
business man in the country Careful
men are employed to collect this informa-
ton. and it not only includes the amount
of property which the parties are worth,
tuality, promptness. integrity. temper
ance, morals, etc. A number of years
Roston was rated as Al They were
rich. prosperous, young and prompt. One
of them had the curiosity to see how they
were rated. and found these facts on the
hook and was satisfied: but at the end it
was written. out they all drink He
thought it was good joke at the time;
but a few years later two of them We're
dead another was a drunkard. and the
fourth was poor and living partly on
charity. That one little note at the END
of heir rating was the most important
and significant of all the facts collected
and embodied in their rating.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-01-03
PUTTING Down MUNcHAUsEN.
He Told Girl About a Wonderful
Creek and Got a Pointer.

Livingston tMonD Post: Perhaps the
most popular man connected with the
Yellowstone Park Transportation COM
pany is Captain T.. {. Culver OF Gard
ner. In addition 10 the duties of justice
of the peace, he makes daily trips on the
park train and personally interviews
every man. boy, woman and child who
travels on it. He is a walking encvclo-
media of park information. He knows
the height of every peak, the altitude OF
every important location, and can give
you Prof. Hayden's theory of the park s
geological formation. Besides all this he
is 4 prince of good fellows and has d
fund OF humor which sometimes carries
MIN away when touching up descriptions
and legends of the park.
Some time ago the captain had an ex-
Derience Which was too good TO keep,
and he gave * away 10 q friend in town.
He was going from the Springs TO Cinna-
bar. and there were three very bright
Young ladies' on the coach. One of them
asked if il were customary to have so
many mosquitoes in so nigh an altitude.
The captain assured her that It was not
unusual: that they were increasing year
by year: that no mosquitoes We're ever
known in the park until about eight
Rad carelessly Enclosed some in her trunk
and let them out at Mammoth hot
Springs when, like rabbits in Australia,
they became an Increasing pest.
All agreed that it was remarkable, but
one girl seemed to carry smile OF in
credulity AS the converse ton continued
Mr. Culver was asked what he considered
the most remarkable thing in the park.
He said that if beauty and grandeur were
to be left out of the count. he thought
the most remarkable thing was Alum
creek, little stream cutting into the
river between the falls and the lake
Originally. he said. the distance between
the hotels at the lake and the falls was
% miles but when they commenced to
sprinkle the road between the two places
with water taken from Alum creek some
wears ago they soon found the distance
between the hotels shortened by about
eight miles AS the hotels were then
only abots IS miles apart and the road
still shrinking, the superintendent ordered
them to use no more water from Alum
creek. And then the captain told am
other little legend about the creek that
was quite well authenticated Last year,
he said. a party went through the park
ON a camping tour. and young lady
with them came into the park wearing
No. s shoes. After camping on Alum
creek two days and bathing her feet she
went home wearing pair oil NO.
CATERS. -. -, -.
lous smile said TO him:
Don't you think it would be good
plan to battle your head in that creek
lime or two?
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-01-03

(Br.), Patterson, New Castle. N. 5. w.
Sailed.-Steamers National City
(Amn.), Andersen, Eureka; Coos Bay
(Amn), Hall, San Pedro; Alcazar
(Amn), Gunderson, Gray's Harbor;
ships Franciscan (Br), Shepherd, Hull;
Henry b. Hyde (Amn.), Scribner, Hon
olulu; schooners Corinthian tAmn.),
Siddert, Biblers' Point; Viking (Amn.),
Peterson, Kahului.
Tacoma. Wash, Jan. 2.-saiIed.-
Steamer Lakme (Amn.), San Pedro.
Yakima Bay, Jan. 2.-Saied.-
Steamer Homer (Amn.), San Francis
co.
Astoria, jan 2.-Arrived.-St Steamer
Empire (Amn.), San Francisco.
Sailed.-Steamer Aswanly (Br), sgd
new.
Port Gamble, Jan. 2.-Sailed.-Bark
Vidette (Amn.), San Pedro.
Coos Bay, Jan. 2.-Arrived.-Steamer
Alliance (Amn.), San Francisco.
Sailed.-Steamer Bonita (Amn.), San
Francisco.
Nanaimo, Jan. observation-disclosures
Perjebson (Nor). San Francisco.
Departure Bay, Jan. 2-Arrived-
Ship John c. Potter (Amn.), San Fran
cisco
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-01-03
WITH THE SPORTS.
At IngleSide.

Ingleside, Cal, Jan. 2.-Weather fine;
track slow.
One mile. purse-Ruinart won, Flash
light second. Merry Monarch third.
Time-1:45.
Seven furlongs, 3-year-olds, purse
Good Times won. Caspar second, Els
taca third. Time-1:S1
Six furlongs. handicaD-Zamar II
won. Pat Murphy second. Peril third.
Time-1:161S.
One and one-half miles, over six
hurdles-Governor Budd Won, Bedford
second. EsDerance third. Time-2:56.
Six furlongs. purse-Salvable won,
Olive second, Shield Bearer third. Time
Iii.
One and one-sixteenth miles. selling
Dead heat between Morte Fonse and
Gallant, Cornhill third. Time--1:52A.
First and second money divided be-
tween Morte Fonse and Gallant.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-01-03

amount of the enormous sums of money
that .laboring men pay over the counters
of the saloons in this nation? VIII you
figure up the dollars and cents they
yearly pay for tobacco? viii you ftell
me how many homes these two sums
would buy for workingmen? No. no! no.
It is not so much the oppression of the
rich 1t is not so much the burdens of
monoDolies. No. 1t is not so much the
grinding down of soulless corporations
that rob labor of it's rewards. 1t is the
curse of the saloon. IL is the merclleSs
working of the law. LAS we SOW so shail
We also reap" 1t is the terrible burdens
of our own habits that rob our wives
and children of bread and clothes ana
nome. We sow to the wind. and reap
the whiriwind. Taking advantage of the
desperation of the man whose conscience
is laundering at his heart because of MS
habits that waste his hard-earned wages
which should be saved for home, wife
and children. the demagogue and COM
munist come TO him, and with plausible
words and hellish intent make him be-
lieve that he is oppressed by capital. and
he should resist even to murder, arson
and riot Hundreds and thousands or
laboring men march through the streets
of our large cities with banners. asking
for redress from the oppression of capital,
AID at the same time don't know what
& is that is hurting them
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-01-03
HIS NEW DIGESTIVE ORGAN.
The Pancreas of a Puppy Grated
Into a Nan

San Francisco Chronicle: Michael
Burke, a patient at the city and county
hospital suffering from diabetes. sub
m;tted to d peculiar and delicate opera
ton yesterday, as a last resort TO relieve
him of his ills The operation was that
of transplanting the pancreas of a puppy
to his own stomach, in the hope of cor
recting the disorder III the patients di-
geStive system.
Michael Burke has been at the city and
county hospital for several weeks. and
during all that time ne has been under 4
strict diet. All the usual remedies for
his disorder have been applied, without
any beneficial results. DR.. ]. o. Hirsch-
fielder had been attending him, and for
the last week all the medical men who
have been in consultation on the patient :
condition have given it as their opinion
that his case was hopeless and that death
vas not far of
Experiments of transplanting the pan
creas from newborn animals to diabetic
patients had been tried with some sue
cess in European hospitals. and DIR.
Hirschfelder, as a last resort. resolved
to try it in the case of Michael Burke.
DIR. Emmett RiSford was asked to per-
form the surgical part of the operation,
and yesterday the organ of the ,LuDpy
was successfully transfer ed 10 the Suf-
fering man. Last night the patient was
resting easily. but what the final results
will be the attending physicians cannot
say.
The pancreas is a peculiar organ in
man. Medical science has not fully de-
ternlned its functions. but it is supposed
to secrete liquid which aids intestinal
digestion somewhat like that of the SAL
wary glands. 1t has been noticed that in
patients suffering from diabetes. the pan
creas IS frequently diseased. and it is
supposed that it plays an important part
in the metabolism of the. food stuffs.
changing the sugars taken into the stOrl-
ach into such forms that they are readily
taken up for supplying the tissues and
muscles of the body. The idea of trans
planting the pancreas of the puppy to the
ner:toneal cavity of the man was that
the peritoneum would adhere and form
about the new pancreaS, encouraging it
to perform all the functions due to that
organ that was dormant in the suffering
rant:ant and thus canSine 4 cura.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-01-03
Solution of the Liquor Problem.

A church temperance paper, having for
it's motto Temperance obligatory. total
abstinence discretionary" contains ser
mon by an Episcopal rector on the
Problem of the Liquor Traffic That
the preacher has no love for the liquor
traffic is evident from the terms in which
he speaks of it. He says:
Being an intoxicant, every open door
OF a dram shop is a temptation TO the
weak and depressed and diseased.
Again he says;
1t is not a calumny, it is the statement
of an obvious fact. 70 say that the liquor
saloon is the vestibule of the almshorse
and the states prison and the insane
asylum.
Again:
When one recognizes the misery, the
disease. the poverty, the crime, the
degradation OF power. the mental and
physical ruin for which the traffic is
responsible. or in which at least it is a
conspicuous agent, if such a one has any
care for his kind, or any sense OF the
sacredness of the divine image in man.
| do not wonder that he would, if II We're
in his power, sweep from the earth this
subtle seducer and destroyer of mankind.
Especially if ones household has been
despoiled. or ones love has been sullied
and murdered by the vice of intemper-
ance l do not wonder that sharp and
bitter cry goes UP against traffic which
pours such woe into the cup of life-
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-01-03
Charges Wanamaker Managers
With Corruption.
IS INDIGNANTLY DENIED
UNCLE JOHN WOULD NEVER
ALLOW SUCH A THING.
Would Rather Lose the Election and
Cut Off His Right Hand Ere He
Would Spend a Dollar Illegiti-
mately, Although He Knew That
Dollar Would Elect His Man,
Says Mr.. Blankenburg.

Harrisburg, Pa. Jan. 2.-Many men,
bers of the legislature arrived today
and the political atmosphere is clear
| ing somewhat. Those who have been
regarded as doubtful are now announc-
| ing their preference on the senatorship
and the lines are more distinctly drawn
between the Penrose and Wanamaker
factions.
Thomas Dolan of Philadelphia, one
of the Wanamaker leaders, arrives
this afternoon and it is expected that
Mr.. Wanamaker will be here this even
ing or Monday, if his health permits.
Eieutenant-Governor Lyon and other
prominent western Pennsylvania poll
ticians, arrived this morning, and
every train is adding to the throng.
1t is practically settled that the eau
Gus on the senatorship will be held on
Tuesday night. The senate slate COM
mittee will meet this evening to ap-
portion the places in that body.
Rudolph Blankenburg issued the fol-
lowing statement this morning:
Mr.. Quay's desperation is best
shown by his statement that $1,000
has been offered for two votes. He
knows that neither Mr.. Wanamaker,
Mr.. Dolan or myself would under any
circumstances permit the illegitimate
use of money. If I could secure Mr..
Wanamaker's election by the exped-
iture of one single dollar in an lille
ultimate manner, I would rather cut
off my right hand than expend that
money for such purpose. If Mr.. Quay
has knowledge of such offers he owes
to his state, his country and, more
than all, to his conscience 10 expose
them at once, and we challenge him
to expose them"
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-01-03
FOUR PERSONS KILLED.
CYCLONE BLoTS OUT A LOUISE
ANA TOWN.
It Lasted Not Over a Minute
Twenty Wounded, Three OF Whom
Will Probably Die.

Shreveport La, Jan. "A cyclone
from the southwest struck and almost
literally demolished the town of Moor
ingsport just north of this city. at 3:45
p. m. today. Over 20 dwellings, We're
blown down, only seven buildings be-
ing left intact. Four persons were
killed and 20 wounded.
The dead:
Willie Goodman,
Maud Goodman,
Hill Goodman.
Infant daughter of Mr.. Jesse Good
man.
Physicians and a relief committee
left at $50 on a special train.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-01-03
Waller Was the Winner.

Washington, Jan. 2.-The six day
eight-hour bicycle race closed tonight
in the presence of the largest crowd
that has yet been in attendance, and
with a fine burst of speed on the part
of Maddox, the New Jersey man. who,
during the last three minutes, almost
gained one of the two laps he was be-
hind the leader. Six men were at the
finish. The prize money was $500, OF
which $1,000 went 10 the winner and
the remainder was divided among the
men according to position and distance
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-01-03
Took Another Mans Bed.

Old Eric Swanberg. clothed in moth
ing but q suit of underwear and a
New Years jag, stirred up some ex-
element in the reighborhood of Sixth
South and Third East streets about I
o'clock this morning. Eric, after i'm
billing a good deal of whisky, went
into a neighbours house, rolled one of
the roomers out of bed and elected him
into the snow, then locked the door and
went to bed Eric is in the city Jail
now. When brought to the station by
Sergeant Wire and Officer Pack he
had nothing but his underclothes on
and a Guilt around his body for pro-
lection against the cold.
Swanberg was formerly an inmate
at the county infirmary. but his desire
for red-eye made him an unfit associate
for the other inmates. and ne was
turned out.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-01-03
Movements Of ships.

San Francisco, Jan. 2.-Arrived-
Steamers Point Arena tAmn.), Strand,
Mendocino; Arcata (Amn.), Cousins,
Coos Bay; Corona 1Amn.), Ijepson, San
Diego, George LOOMS (Amn.), Brig
gett. Ventura; Del Norte CAmn.),
Stockfe.h, Gray's Harbor; bark Au-
reola (Amn.), JohansoIf, Columbia
river.
Cieared--Steamers Columbia (Amn.) },
Conway, Astoria: Walla Walla (Amn.),
Wallace. Victoria; ship Miltonburn
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-01-03
Results at New Orleans.

New Orleans, Jan. Results:
Six furlongs-Pitfall won, Meddlel
second, Hillsboro third. Time-1:19H
Seven furlongs-Tom Anderson won
Elkin second, Pommery Sec third
Time-1:35%.
Mile and 20 yards-Dave Pulsifier
won. Van Brunt second, Brakeman
third. Time-1:51%.
Six furlongs-Palatin won, John Carr
second, Pelleas third. Time-1:1934.
One mile-Newhouse won. Jamboree
second. Little Tom third. Time-1 :501s
Seven furlongs-J. H. Grafton won,
Albert S second, Elano third. Time
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