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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-07-23
BUNco sHARPs DO THE M1NERs


Some OF the miners who have re-
turned from the Yukon country with
enough gold to make them comfortable
for life. are parting with their wealth
much more quickly than they acquired
It. Tacoma and Seattle are fast filing
up with the ubiquitous bunco sharps,
end they have met with very eneour-
aging success. Thus one man. Ferdi-
nand Tabour, speaking for the miners
who have been buncoed, says they do
not care a cent for having been heeced.
but they are chagrined and mad be
cause they have been played, and so
easily, for suckers" Tabour himself
had an experience with men who work
the paddock trick. The account runs
that a bucolic-appearlng man called
lis attention to a little nickle paddock
which he had. and suggested that he
open it. It opened easy. Then the cap
per came along and bet So the paddock
could not be opened. The miner won,
Of course. and the capper got angry
and bet $500 he could not open it again.
The miner put up his nuggets and dust,
and the capper changed the padlocks.
substituting one that was riveted shut
for the one that opened easy. The
wager was repeated several times, Ia
bour losing each time. The police have
already arrested several sharpers and
recovered several sacks Of gold. Tabour
brought out $4,000, and he presented
the police force and detectives of Ia
coma with nuggets for scarf pins from
among the gold recovered for him from
the bunco steerers.
Strange it is that this old. old trick.
ancient as the eternal hills. should so
often catch men, yet it does. It would
seem that the stock of fools would
soon be exhausted, and would. no
doubt, were # not for the fact, accord
ing to the old saying. that a fool is born
every minute. Of course that makes a
great supply. and the supply is added
to by the fact that fool does not die
every minute.
This story of miners being buncoed
in Tacoma is but a continuation of the
old time tales Of how the men who. in
California. suddenly attained wealth.
lost much. and often most. of it in the
gay gambling halls. though. of course,
there was more tone and more dignity
IN losing gold in a dashing. devil-may-
care way, than in losing it by a COM
mon. everyday swindle that is sup
posed TO be worked on country green
horns chiefly. No wonder the miners
are sick and sore at heart.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-07-23


TO talk in a very ugly manner. and
when European papers talk in an ugly
manner it generally means more than
it does when papers in this country
talk in such a way
A special dispatch from London 10
the New York Sun states that the i'm
preston that the people of the linked
States are determined 70 pick a quar-
rel with somebody in Europe is gain
ing ground rapidly IN Europe, especial
" within the rast few 6uys, and is
being industriously fcstered by the
English press. This same 6fspa,.ch says
that systematic efforts are being made
oy certain political organs in Berlin,
Paris and Vienna 10 put this country
in the role played SO long by England
herself. which finally resulted in mat
country becoming an the same time
isolated and pusilanimous. To sustain
the charge that the United States are
seeking quarrel. recent episodes with
Spain, Japan and England, and the
policy of the tariff bill are cited.
They hardly sustain il. The conduct
of this nation toward Srain has been
singularly forebearing and it's attitude
of neutrality has been strictly main
tanned; and this against the will and
wishes of the people.
So far as Japan is concerned, she
seems TO have taken uTnbrage because
she was not Informed of the institution
of negotiations for the annexation of
Hawaii and kept informed of their
progress. Ii was strictly none CT her
business. She has a right TO insist
that the rights of her subjects be pre-
served, but further than this she has
none.
The controversy with England over
the seal question can hardly be said TO
ioe serious. The note of Secretary Sher-
man was sharp, and everything stated
sn it could have been equally as well
and explicitly stated without being
couched in such offensive terms. But
1t does not invite a quarrel.
As TO the tariff policy of this coun-
Try, it cannot be maintained for a mo-
ment that it is framed with any in
tention OF giving offense 10 any nation
any more than the tariff policy of any
nation can be said to be framed f.
the purpose of giving offense to this
country. though offense may be given
all around. No other nation suffers
so much from the tariff policy CT this
country as do the people of it; they
are handed over to the tender mercies
of the trusts. body and soul. Ii they
can stand it-and they have to-cer-
tainly Europe can.
There is no justification for the
charge that the people of this country
are seeking quarrel with any nation
on earth, though occasionally the SEN
timent is expressed that a foreign war
would be a good thing. 1t would be
just about as good a thing as the bu-
bonic plague.
The country does not want a war,
that is certain, but more care should
be taken to make appearances accord
with the facts. This is not always
dina
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-07-23
A HISTORICAL CELEBRATION.
The Denver News comments on
Utah's Jubilee in these terms:

The Denver News comments on
Utah's Jubilee in these terms:
The Utah Pioneer Jubilee, which be-
gan in Salt Lake City yesterday, and
which, Will continue until Sunday, is
the most historic celebration ever had
in the trans Missouri country. 1t COM
memorates the fiftieth anniversary of
the settlement of the Mormons in the
salt Lake valley. they having arrived
there on July "a, 1S47.
The date is significant No other
state or territory, excepting, of course
New Mexico, west of the Missouri, can
claim half century of civilized exist
ence. AT that time the Mexican war
had not been fought. and all of what
is now Colorado south of the Arkansas
and west of the summit of the range,
western Wyoming, Utah, Nevada, Cali
fornia and Arizona, was Mexican SOIL
New Mexico Itself had been annexed
by proclama ton of General Kearney in
1916. The progress that has been made,
therefore in this trans Missouri region
since Brigham Young led that devoted
band of pioneers TO what they called
their promised land" has no parallel
in the worlds history.
1t is not necessary to review at length
the eventful history of Utah, or the oc-
currences which finally ended in its adj
mission TO the Union. II is today the
youngest of American commemorative,
with a proud future. 1t numbers an
industrious and patriotic population
Its material resources are many and
abundant Its industries are we'll es-
tablished and prosperous. Education
and all the arts of a progressive civil
lization are thriving, and its people can
face the coming half century with
every assurance that when their CEN
tennial celebration is held, Utah will
be one of the richest and most indepen-
dent of the American states.
On this certain future, so full of hope
and good omens. the News tenders its
sincere congratulations to the people of
Utah. The celebration in which they
are now engaged is certain to add TO
the enthusiasm and the patriotic devo-
ton with which they VIII continue to
build their magnificent intermountain
The Jubilee commentaries one of the
most remarkable events in American
history. and it is now recognized as
such. The settlement of Utah and her
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-07-23
WIT AND HUMoR.

Typographical Journal: Here. you"'
said the officious citizen. as he grabbed
the scorcher. Aren't you going to apol-
ogize TO that man you knocked DOWN."
Me? Nit He'll get his evens all right.
Don't you know he's trolley motor
MANI
Boston Transcript: As ne finished drink
ing mis- soda ne laid his hands upon the
fountain in an unobtrusive way and re-
marked:
4 suppose this is charged?''
Yes" said the drawer. reaching under
the counter for pistol; 80 is this
The moneys yours said the drinker.
throwing down dime.
Philadelphia Inquirer: Aid Charging
furiousiy up)-General, the enemy has
captured our LEFT wing. What shall We
The Commander-F2y with the other.
Chicago Record: "Our typewriter girl
asked the boss if he couldn't tighten her
work this hot weather
What did he say?"
He told her not TO hit her typewriter
keys so hard and TO lick her postage
stamps only on the corners.
Philadelphia Call: Il understand that
Jones has hard time getting along with
his Wife
'.How's that?"
They ride a tandem. and the madam
weighs 80 pounds.
SomerviMe Journal: Congressman-So
you want to serve your country, do you?
Applicant-Well, l ain't particular
whether | serve my country much or not,
but 1 should like to get an office at a good
salary.
Indianapolis Journal: WattsJThe dis
placement of men by machinery has been
great in recent years
Potts-And it is still going on. Only yes
terdsy l was going across Pennsylvania
street and found myself displaced by q
bicycle with great precipitancy.
Chicago Post: ST am laying up my
treasures in heaven he asserted.
IF you anticipate drawing upon them
after DEATH she said, Il wouldn't waste
time laying them up there"
It was her tone, and not her words,
however, that told him that she intended
to marry someone who had a few laid up
on earth.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-07-23

News comes from Columbus. O.. that
the matter OF the feud between John A.
Logan and General AIcCook has been
revived by the publication Of an ar
ticle in which il is claimed that the
commission as captain in the state mi
litia which Logan carried abroad with
him was Illegally issued. He had re-
signed from his command and the COM
mission was issued TO him under a SUBJ
seouently enacted law providing for
such commissions to retired veteran
officers. The law could not have ap-
pied TO Logan, as ne had left the ser
vice Of the state before it was passed
lie therefore. il is claimed, had no right
to wear the uniform of a captain or
any other. VII this feud ever die out
Until the principals do?
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-07-23

unique career. have now passed into
history, and henceforth they will be
studied and estimated at their actual
worth. The article from the News
shows this:
What is said by the News is very
appreeiative. The Colorado people. and
papers have had nothing but the kind
est words for the Jubilee. and the pres
ence here of two bands and famous
Drum corps, shows how friendly to and
interested in Utah Colorado is. This
VIII never be forgotten by the people
of Utah. But what keen interest all the
western states have taken in the Jubi-
lee. It has all added to the joy of the
occasion.
Undoubtedly there is a great future
before the state, and its future great
ness viii be built uDon a foundation
that is both deep and broad
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-07-23
METEOROLOGICAL RECORD.
Yesterdays Observations at the Lo-
cal Weather Bureau Office.
salt Lake city. July p. 1891.

Salt Lake City, July %, 1897.
Barometer a. m. 25.55; D. m, 25.62.
Thermometer. a. m, 70; 6 p m, a.
Relative humidity. per cent. a. m, 40:
6 D. m. 40. Direction of wind, a. m.
southeast; p. M, southeast; velocity of
wind. miles per hour, 6 a. m, four; p
m. eight. State of weather. p. M.
cloudy: p. m. cloudy. Maximum tenn
perature, rs degrees; minimum temper
ature. 90 degrees; mean temperature. ~
degrees; for q years, q degrees: de-
ficiency for this date. degrees; accumu-
lated deficiency of temperature since JAM
/. 1897. 353 degrees; accumulated deficiency
of temperature since July 1. 1897. 100 de-
grees. Rainfall, .01 inch; mean daily for
2 years. .02 inch; deficiency for this date.
.01 inch; accumulated excess of rainfall
since Jan. l. 1897. LAG inches; accumulated
excess of rainfall since July l, 1897. 20
inch. Forecast for Salt Lake City and
vicinity for the "a hours ending at p. m.
J. H. SMITH.
Observer.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-07-23
TALES OF THE DAY.
Webster and the School Teacher.

An old lady whose early home was in
Concord, Mass, relates that she was once
on her tardy way to school, crying in an
ticiparion of Disgrace and possible punish
ment. when deep voice by her side said
What is troubling you, my child?" Be
tween her sobs Annie explained. II will
write a note to your teacher, asking her
to excuse you. said the stranger, kindly
The little girl protested. He did not know
her teacher. 1t would be of no use. But
the big black-haired man had written a
tearing out the leaf, handed it TO the
child ''If you give your teacher that,
think she viii excuse you" he said, s7nil-
ingly Still unbelieving. the little girl
handed the scrap of paper to her teacher.
WHO read its contents and promptly ex-
cused the delinquent. The note read:
"WTll Miss excuse Annie for being
late. and oblige her most obedient ser
want, Daniel Webster.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-07-23
JUBILEE DAY.
Garfield, Friday, July %.

Great commandment by artillery Utah
state militia.
Special performance by the Arabs.
Indian war dances.
Colorado Midland band of 81 people.
Celebrated Leadville drum corps.
The De NOvas, Europe's greatest
sensational novelty.
Grandest day of the Jubilee.
Round trip. including all perform
ances, so cents.
Trains leave every hour from 10:15
a. m. until 1915 p. m. Depot corner
First South and Fourth West streets.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-07-23
IN FEDERAL COURT.
The Union Pacific Receivers Pay
Judgment In the Beckerton Case.

The receivers of the Union Pacific
Railway company yesterC a. paid the
Judgment rendered against them in the
suit brought by Joanna Beckerton ct
al.
The case has been in the courts for
several years, and was an action for
damages. The husband of Mrs. Beck
erton was employed as a locomotive
fireman on a Union Pacific helper en-
CINE, which assisted in pulling trains
through Weber canyon. The engine
upon which Mr.. Beckerton worked ran
into large boulder in the canyon.
about three miles east of Uintah sta
ton, on April Is, 1894. The engine rolled
down the bank. and Mr.. Beckerton re-
ceived injuries from which he died
about May 6. following.
The suit was brought for $4,000 dam
ages, but the court cut it down to
81 GOO.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-07-23
OLD People.

Old people who require medicine to
regulate the bowels and kidneys will
find the true remedy in Electric Bit
rers. This medicine does not stimulate
and contains no whisky nor other in
toxicant, but acts as a tonic and al
terative. 1t acts mildly on the stom-
acb and bowels. adding strength and
giving tone to the organs. thereby aid
ing nature in the performance of the
functions. Electric Bitters IS an ex-
cellent appetizer and aids digestion.
old people find it just exactly what
they need Price so cents and $100
per bottle a.. Y. G. NJ. 1. drug dept
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-07-23
SOME EDITORIAL COMMENTS.

St. Louis Globe-Democrat: over 500
cOnfederates will take part in the dedica-
ton of the Logan statue. An old veteran
clean-~lt fighter without asking about
the color OF his uniform.
San Francisco Chronicle: We have the
making of very pretty international
row on the Yukon, where American min
ers, believing themselves 10 be on their
own soil will tolerate no interference by
the Canadian police, and where t.nghsn
miners. of like mind, will demand the en-
forcement of their own laws by tneir own
peace officers Under these circuLn-
stances it becomes very necessary 10 pro-
coed with the boundary adjustment with
a. --oss.Dle dispatch. y treaty is pend
ing with Great Britain to determine the
brought up in the senate at executive
session, where. We suppose, IL Will be rat
flied with no great delay.
Atlanta Journal: The Georgia negroes
may have their revenge on the admins
trarion. a railroad IAN is preparing TO
send President Mckinley 10-pound
Georgia watermelon.
Philadelphia Record: The president and
his cabinet are said to have been an
noyed by the publication of the Behring
sea seal correspondence, and to have in
vestigated the matter in an effort to ind
out who was at fault. But why tnvesti-
gate or try TO fasten the blame upon any
one? Whoever gave the correspondence
to the newspaper press was only follow
ing out the policy announced by Secretary
Sherman with respect to Cuba-that there
should be no more hugger-mugger OF
state secrets! A policy that is good
enoL~h southeast by east ought TO be
good enough dead east.
New York World: The president yes
terday announced Terence v. Powderly
to be commissioner general of immigra-
ton. 1t IS not a nomination calculated
TO reflect credit on the administration. 1t
is made solely to enable Mark Hanna to
pay another campaign debt.
Chicago Dispatch: Grover Cleveland is
quoted TO the effect that he has no intsi-
ton of lecturing Why doesn't he Quit,
then?
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-07-23
NO QUARREL WANTED.

It cannot be successfully claimed
that Secretary Sherman's dispatch to
Lord Salisbury on the sealing question
was calculated to soothe the British
people, and it has not; in fact, it con-
tinues to rankle in their breasts. The
English papers still discuss it, and the
more they discuss it the less they like
it. They can hardly be blamed for
this. But the dispatch is causing them
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-07-23
IN THE COURTS.
Suit For Foreclosure-The Union Pa
cific Gets Judgment.

A suit for foreclosure was filed in the
Third district court yesterday by the
Columbia Building and Loan associa-
ton, against John NJ. and Virginia E.
Breeze. The plaintiffs ask for judg-
ment for the sum of SS53.95. the amount
unpaid upon a certain promissory note;
and for $3.50 in lines. and $50 attor-
ney's fees: also for the decree of sale
of certain real estate in Salt Lake City,
which is held by the plaintiffs as secur-
ity for said note.
The United States federal court will
be in session Monday
Deputy Sheriff Phil Bronson went to
Provo yesterday, he taking with him
Miss May Robinson. the girl committed
to the insane asylum. Wednesday,.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-07-23
Rnck,an,s Arnica Saiva.

The best salve in the world for cuts.
sores, letter. chapped hands. chilblains.
bruises, sores. ulcers. salt rheum. fever
corns and all skin eruptions. and posi-
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II is guaranteed to give perfect salts
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cents per hox- For sale by 2. c. NJ. L
drug depot
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-07-23
THE TRAIN SCHEDULES.
Prepared by the Herald For the Information OF
Visitors.
OREGON sHoRT LINE.

Il
Depot Temple Third iirE
"a. m
For Ogden intermediate points a m
For Preston intermediate points a.
d.
For Nephi intermediate points, m.
p m
For Tooele Terminus. a
m
For Garfield Beach 1915 a m
sleaveS a Lake
p.
al m
ate ?
all p m.
p.
For Ogden intermediate m.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-07-23
Told By Lincoln.

President Lincoln. when he was young
lawyer practicing in the courts of Illinois,
was once engaged in a case in which the
LAWYER on the other side made a very vol
uble speech full of wild statements. 20
the Jury Lincoln opened his reply by
saving: MY friend who has just spoken
to YOU would be all right If II were not
for one. thing. and don't know that you
ought to blame him for that, for he can't
help It. What l refer to is his reckless
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-07-23

Ths conference committee made pro-
vision for drawback on leather made
from imported hides and exported. This
practically nullifies the duty on hides,
for it was their export trade that the
leather manufacturers of New England
said would be ruined practically by a
duty on hides.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-07-23

The Southern Pacific Railway com
pany will vestibule its baggage cars
SO that tramps shall not roost on the
front steps. The ingenuity of them
tramps VIII be quite equal to that Of
the railroad companies
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-07-23

Mature gave US fists to DEFEND our
selves with when attacked says J. J.
Corbett. He did not put that precept
in practice in the fourteenth round at
Carson
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-07-23
Celebrated Cossack Drill.

Between 3 and 4 pm. today. A portion
of tqne Ninth cavalry will give an ex-
hibition of the celebrated Cossack drill:
The members of the company are said
to be very skilful in their maneuvers,
and the exhibition will be a rare treat.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-07-23

The presence of American warships
at Tangier has had very subduing
effect upon the Moors. Once before
American warsniDs cleared the Med
iterranean waters Of pirates, and can
do It again. if necessary.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-07-23

Tomorrow the national flag will be
unfurled from the flagstaff erected on
Ensign Peak by The Herald The flag
has not foated from that point for
generation and more. 1t will be an
event worthy the Pioneer Jubilee cele-
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-07-23

The princess dowager of China's
treatment of Prince Tsai is intended TO
show him who is who and what is
what. That woman may truly be de-
scribed as a Tartar
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-07-23

Striking coal miners at Pennington,
Ills. have seized a freight train. That
is very bad. for It means that next
they VIII seize a passenger and mail
train; and then win come trouble.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-07-23

Washington state is sending two
thousand car loads of red cedar shin
giles east a month"; This goes to show
that corporal punishment has not been
abolished in the eastern schools.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-07-23

A young girl whose home is War
rensburg. No. and whose front name
is Wayne has eloped. Nothing else
could be expected Of a girl who spells
her name that way.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-07-23

statements without any ground of truth.
You have seen instances of this in his
speech 70 you. Now, the reason of this
lies n the constitution OF his mind The
moment ne begins TO talk. all his mental
operations cease, and ne is not response
ble- He is. in facg, much like little
steamboat that l saw on the Sangamon
river when l was engaged in boating
there This little steamer lad a fve-foot
boiler and a seven-foot waSstle. and every
time it whistled the engine stopped.
Not many business houses IN these
United States can boast of fifty years
standing The business of DR.. J. c.
Aver & Co., Lowell, Mass, whose in
comparable Sarsaparilla is known and
used everywhere, has passed it's half
centennial and was never so vigorous
as at present.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-07-23

Rev. DR.. Talmage is without a church
now. He can set up in almost any
place and continue his sensational
talks
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-07-23

Seattle is stirred to fever heat over
the Clondyke gold fields. The trouble
is that this fever heat cannot be util-
lied during the long. cold Arctic win
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-07-23

Tom Carroll. the San Francisco ath-
lete, has made q new hammer throw
ing record. He went at the old record
with hammer and tongs.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-07-23

The light rain during the parade yes
terday was somewhat annoying, but it
did not hurt the little ones. It makes
them grow like roses.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-07-23

Wharton Barker says that interna-
tional bimetallism is within reach.
Grab it quick