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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-02-18
BUTcHERY BY THE sPAN1ARDs.
Men Killee and Women Saved for . Worse
Fate Than Death.


Fate Than Death.
Cincinnati, Feb. ia special to The
Commercial Tribune from Havana
says: A band of Spanish guerrillas
commanded by Major Taso. of General
Peraza's army, in Pinar del Rio pro-
vince. is reported to have captured the
heights of Montevari, north of Paso
Real de Santiago, putting over 100 pris-
oners to the sword. The heights were
partially fortified and a number of Gu
ban families were there, the insurgents
numbering about 200. Taso had the aid
of a deserter from the camp, and maxi
ing a night attack surprised the place
and after three hours hard fighting
captured it. About 100 insurgents es-
capde, but the others and many women
and children were captured.
Drawing the prisoners up in line the
Spanish troops shot them in cold blood
and then put to death the children, re-
serving the women and girls for SOL
diers. The bodies were flung down the
heights, completely choking up a small
gorge.
An imperative order for reinforce.
ments was received here yesterday from
General Weyler. 1t is reported that
Gomez has outwitted the Spanish COM
mander in some manner and that his
plans have miscarried. much to his
chagrin.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-02-18
LEGISLATION FOR ILLINOIS
Important Bills Introdaced in the Senate
Street Railway Regulation.


Street Railway Regulation.
Springfield, Feb. ia revenue bill
was introduced in the senate yesterday
providing for appraisement Of property
on a fair cash value; another bill is to
prevent the introduce and spread Of
San Jose SCALE" an enemy to fruit. One
bill is for street railway commission
which shall practically manage the op-
Grafton Of street railways, fix fares,
dictate the manner of heating cars. etc,
and 1t is provided that street railway
companies shall pay from $500 to s., 900
per mile of line; they shall also pay a
tax Of per cent on the gross earnings
Another bill requires children between
and IA not employed to attend school
at least sixteen weeks each year. Sew
eral other bills were INTRODUCED.
A number Of petitions were presented
in the house asking that the word
male" be stricken from the constitu-
ton. A bill for a board Of pardons was
introduced and one for the execution Of
all death sentences in the penitentiary.
There was raft" Of other bills on all
sorts Of subjects introduced, including
O revenue bill. A resolution was adop-
ted giving the Farmers institute Of
Illinois the use Of representatives. hall
the afternoons Of Feb. %. "a and Is.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-02-18

Havana, Feb. Is. Captain General
Weyler was received at Sancti Spiritus
yesterday with great enthusiasm. The
local authorities and an immense crowd
gathered to acclaim his arrival with
shouts OF JOY. Almost all of the houses
in the town were decorated in honor
of the event. In receiving the authori-
ties Captain General Weyler said the
revolutionists In Cuba from the very
beginning had assumed the character
Of bandits seeking always to avoid COM
bats with the Spanish troops. Their idea
was to compel the inhabitants to pay
tribute, and to collect money for the
purpose OF carrying on Illegal govern
ment. Pacihcation. added Captain Gen.
eral Weyler. would soon be an accom-
plished fact owing to the results Of the
campaign and the success Of the Span
ish arms
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-09-05
SOMETHING TO DO FOR MOTHER.
A Medicine Chest.
By J. HARRY ADAMS.


For bath room. or to hang against
the rail in bed room. suggestion for
a medicine chest is shown in the illus
tration.
This is quite a simple affair to make.
as an ordinary box can be utilized and
provided with a back or wall plate
with fancy top and bottom. as shown.
Whether a box is used or not, the
chest should be made of thin boards,
the wood need not be more than three
eighths or half an inch in thickness.
For general use the chest can measure
IA inches wide, IS inches high and
inches deep
Three or four shelves can be arranged
in the box at varying distances apart
SO as to accommodate bottles of as
sorted sizes, the smaller ones, at the
top, while those of more generous pro-
portions should be placed on the lower
shelves. a door of thin wood can be
attached at one side by two light
hinges, and at the opposite side catch
may be placed to hold the door shut.
If made of hard wood the box can
be stained and vanished with stain TO
match the kind of wood, and after
wards coated with two applications of
furniture varnish or hard oil finish.
When the Varnisfl is dry, bind the
edges of the box with thin sheet iron
strips an inch wide. and held "a place
with an oval headed brass upholster-
ers' lacks.
The strap ornaments to hinges and
chasp can be cut from thin sheet iron
with a stout pair of shears and at
tached to the box with large oval
headed carpet tacks.
All the metal work should be treated
to several coats Of thin black paint be-
fore it is applied, and the brass heads
of the nails should be treated to the
black paint, also, to give them the ap-
pearance of iron.
At the top and bottom Of the wall
plate holes should be cut as shown, and
under the box an ornament is engraved
on the wood with a narrow carving
chisel, or if the metal ornament is pre-
gdrred it may be cut from the thin iron
and applied with tacks-
This chest will be found a convenient
receptacle for all kinds Of small bottles
and boxes CT medicines, and if it should
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pens often enough in some kinds of
criminal cases and in divorce and dam
are suits.
My funniest experience came after
Was Is and was allowed by law to
serve papers. In most eases where
persons are ordered to appear in court
it is necessary to deliver the order into
their hands, and sometimes this is a
difficult matter. My first experience Of
this kind was with a woman who was
ordered to appear in supplementary
proceedings, but on whom nobody had
been able to serve the papers, I found
that she lived on the second fcor of 2.
fashionable boarding house up town.
went up one evening and looked the
place over. knew that it would be of
no7use to call at the house and ask for
her, but seeing that the door that
opened on balcony above the porch
was open, I thought that if I could
climb up thera 1 could knock at her
door and give her the paper when she
came out A grape vine ran up to the
balcony and l started to climb uD by
that and had got almost to the ton
when the thing broke and 1 came down
with a great crash. A dog rushed out
at me from under the porch. and as
tumbied out of the front gate, leaving
a large piece of my trousers in the
dogs mouth, heard two or three
voices crying, Sic him, Tige' I after
ward served the. papers by borrowing
the uniform of a district messenger boy
friend and passing them off as a tele-
gram. Another time l had to get a
place as bell boy in hotel in order to
serve a paper on one Of the guests.
and once | made friends with man s
watch dog and lay nearly all night I'M
der the mans porch beside the dog
waiting for him to come home SO that
I might serve a paper on him.
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ing up under his gaze until I felt like
a very small pea rafting about in a
very large pod. The lawyer looked
very stern, but there was a twinkle in
his eye as he said, William, [ am
pleased to see YOU so industrious, but
l would suggest that only full-hedged
lawyers should sit with their feet on
the desk.
THAT wasn't a very good beginning,
but after little I got on better. There
" mt much TO do at first except to
receive callers, sort over the mail,
Bring books from the library for the
members of the firm and similar err
rands. My first really exciting expert
ence came after 1 had been in the office
portant suit in which our firm was
concerned. and | was frequently in
court during the trial. to be on hand
in case any papers we're to be brought
from the Office or other errands done.
1t was a civil action, so that the jury
were not locked up at night, as they are
in criminal cases, but we're allowed to
go to their homes. One day near the
close Of the trial my employer called
me up and said: Do you think you
can follow juryman No. 6 up there and
keep him in sight when he leaves the
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-09-05

up with them, so / made dash Tor
the carriage and jumped up behind
1t was no easy matter to hang on in my
narrow perch at the rate We were go
ing. and. of course. with the rattle and
roar in the street could hear nothing
Of what vas going on inside the car
rage After awhile, however, l raised
myself up so that I could look through
the rear glass and watch the two men.
They were talking busily together and
presently the lawyer handed the other
an envelope. Then he stopped the car
riagS and jumped out Just as was
stroiling away in the opposite direction.
When l reported what [ had seen at
the Office all my employer said was,
''Goodr' but he went to the other
lawyer and told him what we knew.
The other man knew that if the fact
that he had had anything to do with
one of the jury came out mis- standing
at the bar would be ruined, and so,
although the jury disagreed the case
was settled out of court in way very
satisfactory to our side.
When criminal trial is on, and es
pecially when the prisoner is a woman,
the lawyers are usually very particular
about the appearance of their client in
court. l remember that our firm was
defending a woman who was accused
of serious crime. It was decided that
she would look best in blue. and SO 1
was sent with one of the typewriter
girls to pick out a blue suit and hat
for our client 1 also got some powder
to take the shine off her face and some
eyewash to remove the signs of the
tears she had shed. Then had to help
fix her up and to rehearse with her
exactly how she was to act in the court
room One would hardly think of this
as part of legal training, but it hap
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-09-05
BY ROBERT EARL.

The boy army that every year enters
the law offices in our large cities alone
is twice as great as that -yhich Uncle
Sam keeps to defer erhis great terri
tory. For the benefit Of the boyswho is
just considering whether or not he
would like to become. one of this army.
I am going to give the result of a talk
that I had the other day with a young
man who has just become the manag-
ing clerk in large Office where he
started in six years ago as TN office
boy
BY the time 1 was 49," said this
young man, whom I shall call Mr. Ora
ham. because that is really his name
L had made up my mind that I wanted
to be a lawyer. 1t was necessary for
me TO so TO work. and as I was offered
my choice between a store and a law
Office l naturally took the latter and
was started in at a salary OF SO per
week. The first day I got a black eye
from one Of the older boys in the office
because objected to the name of Stub,
which he had conferred on me; l broke
one of the typewriters in trying to
operate 1t, and I got IN electric shock
from prying out the socket of one of
the lamps, but these accidents were
kindly overlooked. AS was the young
est boy it fell to my lot to close the
Office at night. That first day 1 staye;,
behind after everyone else had gone
and wondering how it felt to be real
lawyer l got big book and sat down
in the office of the head of the firm
with my feet On the edge of the desk.
1 was just imagining that I had an in
come Of $4,000 year when shadow
fell across the desk. and glancing up 1
saw my employer looking downward at
me. II seems he had returned for an
important paper which he wished to
use. Well I could feel myself shrivel-
about six months. There was an inn
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-09-05

''T{here is often detective work TO do
in looking up witnesses or hunting for
lost documents and a bright boy has
plenty of chances to use his wits in
this way But really the best thing that
q boy learns in a law office is to know
human nature and to deal with men.
Then he should complete his legal edu-
cation at some good law school and he
will have a fair chance to become a
successful lawyer
have talked with many men who
are prominent in the legal profession
and they all agree that the yOungster
who starts in as an office boy has no
reason TO despair of rising to the very
top of the profession There are many
things that one can learn better at 10
than at 90 and if the Office boy will
afterward secure t(Ihe training that can
be had at one of the many good law
schools in this country, he will begin
practice with real advantage over the
man who has spent all his years in
school and college.
Many of the most prominent men in
this country today began life az office
boys.
The road along which William Nc
Kfnley travelled to the presidents chair
began in very unpretentious law Of
fee in q very small Ohio town Garrett
a. HOBART VINO was a very SueceSSfui
lawyer with an income many times the
sum he now receives as vice president
Of the United States, began his career
as a lawyers clerk in Paterson, n. J..
Grover Cleveland copied legal papers in
Ruffalo. n. Y, before he ever dreamed
OF being president. Secretary of State
John Sherman began in the same way.
So did Frank s. Black. The governor of
New York. SO did ex-senator David b.
I'm. These men are we'll known be-
cause they have stepped into prom
inence in the affairs of the nation, but
they were all successful lawyers be-
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-09-05
PROBATE NOTICE.

IN THE DISTRICT COURT, PRO
bate division. Third judicial district IN
and for Salt Lake county. state of Utah.
In the matter of the estate OF John C.
Logan. deceased Notice Pursuant co an
order of said court. in said matter notice
IS hereby given that Saturday. the 11th
day Of September. a. d. 1891. at $3.50
O'Clock a. M, at the county. court house
In Salt Lake City, Utah, in ne court
soom of said court, has been appointed
the time and place for the hearing Of a.
petition of Boyd Park praying for the
admission to probate of a certain docu-
meUt Herewith presented. purporttng to
be the last Will and testament of John
q Logan deceased. and iune issuance 10
himself of letters of administration.
with uhe will annexed. when and where
all persons Interested may appear and
oppose tAe probate Of said Will. or the
granting Of letters Of administration.
wish tine viii annexed, to Boyd Park. as
prayed for in said petition.
In witness whereof, l have hereunto set
my hand and affixed the seal OF
sad court CHS 30th day of August,
A. D. 1891
ISeall DAVID c. DUNBAR
Clerk
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-09-05

make Voltaic pile il is only necessary
TO procure ten or more pieces of zinc
/ about one incke square. the same num-
Der Of pieces of copper and a like num-
Der Of pieces of paper. The paper
should be thoroughly soaked il vinegar.
First. take a piece of zinc on it place
piece of Vinegar-soal1ed paper, then
put on piece Of copper, then a piece
of paper, then another piece of zine
and then paper, and 50 on until all the
pieces Of zinc, copper and paper are
used up. 1t is important that piece
Of zinc should be on one end and a
piece of copper on the other. After
the pile is completed. again soak the
whole slightly in vinegar. then clean it
off on the outside. If the forefinger of
one hand is held against one end and
the forefinger of the other hand is held
On the other end of the pile, quite a
perceptihle current VIII be felt If
several persons clasp hands and the
person on each end of the line touch
the voltaic pile. the current viii now
through the bodies Of all those IN posi-
ton.
The thermo-pile Is another electrical
current producer which may be made
in any household at a trifling expense
The electric current is generated III
this case by the heat and anything fr2m
a candle to a live coal may be used 10
prs5duce the heat. Take lot of German
silYeIand copper wire and cut 1t INTO
six-inch lengths. Then take a German
silver length and q copper length and
twist the ends together You viii have a
Y-shaped arrangement OF wiFe.Tak an
other length of German silver wire and
twist one end of it lightly around the
icopres end of the u CONTINUE the pro-
cess until you have q long succession
Of what might be called VS. or double
VS., arranged with alternate pieces OF
copper and German silver wire
Now take two large curtain rings.
Bend your string of wire lengths until
it has assumed the position of star
and clamp It hatWeen the tWo curtain
rings One end Of the string Of wires
should be copper and the other German
silver. You viii find when these are
clamped between the curtain rings that
the inner points of the star form
small circle in the middle Of the rings.
The rings should be placed on uprightS
and g candle should he lighted so that
the flame viii play between the inner
points of the star. It viii be found
when this is accomplished that quite
strong electric current viii flow from
the two terminals of what is now a
thernlo- pile. OF course, you will have
to use a gaIYanometer to detect the
current as it is not OF nature that
VIII allow II 70 nc AeAe LII oUsH e"e
hands.
Many people VIII already know that
an electric spark can be generated by
dragging the feet harshly over carpet
and then suddenly pointing the finger
ct a gas bracket The trick may also
be performed near any object Which
has a direct metal connection with the
earth In this case static or frictional
electricity is generated, and the desire
Of the current to reach the ground is
what causes the spark to flow from the
finger TO the gas PIPE or other ground
connection.
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his Office, ard Mrs. Selwyn was busy
with her household duties.
BsaRy did not think CT doing any,
thing save making an attempt to rescue
his steter- There was coed stuff in
Beray Se.wyn. 1t enabisd hin 10 pat
cut Of KS heart the lin0asat of self.
tfl1uSi1 he could not Put og,- of his mind
the knowledge of the terrible rex he
must run if ne saved her The roar of
the cars, ccmErss at more Than double
the srSe5 he 'ccuid hope TO get cut OF
his Ve.ocipcde. scur.dsd frighffully nsar.
But. after the first glance, he never
looked back He gave a shout, in the
hope that il might attract the atten-
ton CT the agent or Of his mother. then
threw all his energies into the effort 10
reach his sicrer before the cars reached
him
Louder and louder grew the roar. The
rails bega1igfo Yibrate ard s'clank" IN
der the Yelocipede. from the motion of
the cars Stfl the baby played on the
track
Benny screamed to the agent, and
was unheard. Th'e town appeared TO
have gone to sleep. Fast as the Ve-
TO crawl He heard the cars coming
nearer and nsarer, and reean4e al last
almost panic-ssIchen With the great
fear that ne could not reach the baby,
and would himself he killed
Then he say the agent run out and
his mother appear in Tie dooi 4 I'D start
toward the railway. They lad caught
the rear of the deacendfng cars. But
Benny saw that neither Of than would
be in time to save the baby.
TIE veloeipede was now bounding. as
IL il would leave the rails. Wild-eye1
and painting, Benny neared the child
pressing the brake hard 10 check the
verocireda's motion. He Ieapad off. ran
ahead of the relocipede and caught the
child in his arms.
He was barely in time. The cars were
fairly on him. He leaped backward
from the track. catching his heels on
the rail and rolling with the baby INTO
the ditch, as the cabooee struck the
Velocipede and hurled it wildly through
the air.
The velocipede came down crushed
and broken. and the runaway cars
smashed themselves into kindiing wood
al the bottom CT the grade, but Benny
Selwyn's heroism, ana first of all his
ready oDed.enee. saved the life OF the
sister he so dearly loVed.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-09-05
HOMEMADE ELECTRICITY.
Cheap and Easy Way Of Producing
the Electric Current.

It is doubtful if many Of US realize
what cheap and easy thing it is TO
produce electricity in our households
without other apparatus than lies
ready to our hands For instance, any
person can make a fairly good electric
battery cut of a steel table knife, a
silver fork and an orange. It has been
discovered that If a steel knife and a
steel fork are inserted in large orange
that an electric current viii be gener-
ated. If the end Of of the fork and
the end of the knife sticking from the
orange are connected with an electric
measuring instrument, quite a percepu-
bic current Will be found to pass. The
same kind of battery can be made
by substituting a cucumber in place
Of the orange In fact, any calculated
fruit can be used.
Any person may make an electric belt
by following simple rules. An electric
belt is nothing more than q voltaic
pile especially arranged SO as to fit
around a human waist. In order to
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-09-05
SUMMONS.

NJ IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE
Third Judicial District of the state Of
btah. county of Salt Lake Elmer F.
DDSarlihS' as successor in trust for the
Ploneer Loan and Homestead assoeia-
llon OF salt Lake City Salt Lake county.
utan- and the Pioneer Loan and Home
Lake county Utah, a corporation plain
TN. VS.. Hans Nelson, Charles J. Rengt-
ze1g Ida Nelson. Hans l. Nelson, Peter
,1eiison and oscar Nelson heirs OF Else
Nellson, corporation and r. H Lund
observation-disclosures - The state Of
S SSan SENDS greeting to Hans Nelson.
l. Nelson. Peter Nelson and Oscar
Nelson. heirs of Else Nelson deceased
and X. H Lund. defendants: You are
herepy required to appear in an action
Drought against you BY the above named
pIaihun IN the district court of the Third
Iudlclal district of the state Of Utah. and
within ten days Exclusive Of the day Of
serTice) after the service on you OF this
summonS-tf served within this county;
OF, II served out of this county. but in
TINS district. within twenty days: other
wise within forty days-or Judgment by
oeLa a,ll wlIl be taken against you. ac-
Inc said action Is brought to have iudg-
ment against defendants for the sum of
Si95.0S. being the debt, interest, premium,
hneS and attorneys fees due TO the said
Pialnuh, after allowing the defendants
az Just credits to which they are en-
tltieG, with interest thereon at the rate
80 - tl4luin rpm JulJ u. 1863, IOE
attorneys fees and for costs of suit; at
Jorneg s fees being in the sum Of S75.
Alleged to be due on a certain ac-
count for money advanced Else Nell
son in her life time. to-Wtt on or
about May 10. 1898. in the sum
Of $500; same being secured by said Else
Nelison having assigned 8 shares of the
capital stock of the plaintiff association.
then owned by her, to plaintiff, said
stock being of the value OF SI00 per
5harei and being. further secured by a
certain trust of date May 10, 1893 to
properly hereinafter described. executed
Dy SAID defendant. Else Nelson in her
life time to Joseph p. Bache, as trustee
for said association; that there Is now
due plaintiff thereon the said sum as
above prayed for. To have the usual
statutory decree of this court for the
foreclosure of said mortgage and the
SAFE OF said Dremi5es. that Dr0CeeuS Of
sale may be applied to payment of in
deotedness as aboyei that defendants and
all persons claiming under them be
barred and forclosed of all claim or
equity of redemption in said premises;
and for other relief Said premises being
described as follows. tO-wit- Lots Nos
70. 10. Il. in block 10. in Buena Vista adj
dition to Salt Lake City. Salt Lake
county, Utah. And you are hereby mott
fed that II you fail to appear and answer
the said complaint as above required. the
said plaintiff will apply 70 the court for
the relief demanded therein
Witness. the honorable judges.
and the seal OF the District court
of the Third Judicial district. in
(Seal) and for the state of Utah. this
II day Of August, in the year of
our Lord one thousand eight hun
dred ana ninety-seven-
DAVID c DUNBAR Clerk
A. B. Sawyer. Attorney for Plaintiff
BY NJ. NJ. LEGGAN. Deputy Clerk.