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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-06-13
az and so Main Street.

Surah silks, bright lining colors, 80
cents per yard: worth 70 cents.
r. K. THOMAS DRY GOODS co.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-06-13
The Keelez Instirute-

Nervousness. liquor, morphine and
tobacco diseases cured. Strictly con-
feential; 1se West Second North: lock
box $50. city.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-06-13

Oregon Short Line & Utah Northern
Railway OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
Meeting
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-06-13

No adulteration. Pure as the drift
ed snow is Three Crown Baking
Powder.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-06-13

Sold by druggists. price .75c.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-06-13

lower than its former level. 1t is a brick
structure. 52x1l0 feet in extent. The work
of moving required a month.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-12-14
DETECTIVES ON THE ALERT.
Holiday Rush Suggests the Adoption
of Precautionary Measures.

Holiday Rush Suggests the Adoption
OF Precautionary Measures.
Holiday shoppers are making an early
start this season in order to avoid a rush
later on, and the dealers are keeping open
their stores later than usual in the even
1nSs to accommodate them. With ...e in
creased number of shoppers comes the sug-
gestion to the minds of the police that per-
haps shoplifters may be looking for an op-
portunity to operate In view of this prob
ability, Inspector Mattinsly has instructed
his detectives to pay special attention to
the crowded stores and keep them clear of
people known to be dishonest.
1t is not only the shoplifters who give
trouble at this season of the year but also
the pickpockets. Thus far, however the
police say, there has been very little steal
ing done. There has not been one case of
pocket picking reported. There is said to
be a considerable amount of petty stealing
IN the stores about which complaint is not
made, and in many instances the loss of
the articles is not even known Private
detectives and floor walkers in some bust
ness establishments do police duty, ana fire.
Quently theftS are detected, but the persons
committing them are not arrested They
are simply warned and ordered out of the
store.
Several cases are reported of the theft of
goods from a display of articles on the
sidewalks. and last week Detectives Muller
and Baur made five arrests for offenses of
this character.
The detectives are devoting much of their
time to the stores, and il is likely that
some persons now under suspicion will be
arrested before Christmas
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-12-14
CONDENSED LOCALS.

Judge Kimball today sent Samuel Ed
wards, colOred, to Jail for four months for
kicking Mary Harris, also colored. The
woman is quite small and cripple, while
her assailant is a big, strapping fellow
fully six feet tall In sentencing Edward
Judge Kimball gave him a severe repri
mand.
William Harkins, colored, today forfeited
IS collateral before Judge Mills for alleged
cruelty to horse. The arrest was made
by Humane Officer Rabbit, who stated
that he yesterday found Harkins driving a
stiff-kneed Eorse attached to cart loaded
with coal, the gross weight of which was
4,4Jc rounds.
Articles Incorporating 1.-The Mount FRA
rat Colored Baptist Church have been filed
with the recorder of deeds. The trustees,
to serve two years from December 10, are
stated to be Charles Holman, Frank Powell
and Dennis Staples.
Complaints about the condition of both
the roadway and the sidewalk on street
northwest between 7th and 18th streets
are being renewed because of the wet
weather People who have to make pur-
chases along the line of country dealers on
that thoroughfare find 1t troublesome to
avoid the puddles.
The Commissioners have granted first
class steam engineers license to F. K.
Steele. and a third-class License to Benja-
min Green.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-12-14
RAIN TONIGHT.
Showers Tomorrow, Followed by Fair
Weather.

Showers Tomorrow, Followed by Fair
Weather.
Forecast till pm. Wednesday-For the
tonight; Wednesday showers, followed By
fair weather; easterly winds, shifting to
soItherly.
day clearing weather; easterly winds,
81 fitting to westerly; cooler in southeast
portion.
Weather conditions and general forecast
Rain has prevailed in the lake regions and
thence southwark to Tennessee and Florida,
and eastward to New York. Snow is re-
ported from the upper Mississippi valley
and the northern portions of the upper lake
region. The weather is fair this morning
in the southwest and cloudy in New Eng
land
The temperature has risen east of the
Mississippi and in central Rocky mountain
districts. and it is colder in the lower Mis-
SiSSippi valley and Texas.
The barometer has risen in New England
and the southwest and fallen rapidly in the
middle Atlantic states, the lake regions,
and over the central Rocky mountain dis
tricts. The pressure increased rapidly dur
ing the night north of Montana, with a de-
cided fall in temperature. The area of low
pressure in the central valleys is now CEN
trail over Illinois, and second disturb
ance covers Montana and the northern
plateau regions. The barometer is highest
northeast of New England.
The indications are that rain or snow will
prevail from New England westward over
the lake regions. Rain or snow, followed
by clearing weather, will prevail in the
Ohio valley. Generally fair weather will
prevail in the southern states Wednesday.
The following heavy precipitation I'm
incheS) was reported:
During the past twenty-four hours-Ta-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-12-14
CIVIL SERVICE REFORM,
Meeting of the Executive Committee
of Local Association.

OF Local AssOcfnt1On.
An important meeting of the executive
committee of the local Civil Service Reform
Association was held yesterday afternoon
at the Office of the secretary Those pres
ent were Messrs. John Joy Edison, Dr.
Nackay-Smith, Charles Lyman, H. b. F.
Mcfarland, A. L. Sturtevant, George Will
ian Hill, Charles w. Stetson, Adolph Wolf
II. H. CLASSIC and the secretary F.. l.. Sid
dons. Mr.. S. W. Woodward was elect
ed to membership in the association Mr.
John Joy Edison was elected as the repre-
sentative of the local association on the
general committee of the National Civil
Service Reform League. Upon motion, the
president appointed as delegates to the an
nual meeting of the league the members of
the executive committee, consisting Of the
above named gentlemen and Mr.. Theodore
w. NGyes. A committee of three was also
appointed to arrange for the annual meet
ing of the local association, which, it was
decided, should be held upon the reassem-
bling of Congress after the holidays. A
new membership committee was appointed.
Plans to meet the expected attacks upon
the civil service law and regulations were
discussed, and 1t was the opinion of those
present that while attempts to repeal or
modify the law would be made in Con-
gress during this session, there was rea-
son to apprehend that they would succeed; ;
Dut II was TO De prepared LOT
any emergency and to resist the annually
recurring efforts to destroy the merit sys-
tom.
The meeting of the league at Cincinnati
promises to be the largest ever held.
Throughout the country the friends of the
reform are arousing themselves on it's be-
half and the league meeting will be at
tended by representative from not only
the civil service reform associations of the
country. but from civic organizations of all
kinds, including boards of trade and other
commercial bodies. The board of trade of
this city has elected delegates who will at
tend, and considerable delegation from
the Civil Service Reform Association will
also be at the meeting 1t is believed be-
fore the session of Congress is over evil
deEces of an opposition to any interference
with the law of a pronounced character will
be communicated to the legislative and ex-
ecutive authorities.
The membership committee of the local
association is planning to increase the num-
bers CT those enlisted in the organization
from those in sympathy with the principles
1t advocates, and is DESTROYS of receiving
applications for membership from all such
persons.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-12-14
Good and Cheap Roads.
From the Charleston News and Courier


The interesting fact was reported by
Abbeville that with road machines and con,
Wet labor the cost of improving the roads.
even in that billy and clayey county, was
only from s. to So per mile. Darlington.
which employs like machines and labor. re-
ported the cost Of the convict force last
year at Is cents day per convict and only
Is cents this year. On the basis of cost
exhibited in these counties it ought to be
practicable certainly for any county to
make good roeds that wants them. Ander-
son paid for its machines" which are OPP
Grated by convict dor, by means of "a
%-miil levy and the Communication tax"
Barnwell, with sandy soil, operates "a road
machine with convict labor and has found
the system satisfactory" The "old sys-
tenn" still obtains in Chester county. where
1.-The soil is red and the county hilly." but
systematic work with the chain gangs has
made the roads much better" and the
value Of property, II il said, has been EN-
HANGED by virtue Of these improvements"
Darlington makes a special report. which -
of great interest. The sandy roads In that
county have been improved" by the plan
of spreading q layer Of clay on their sur
face A layer Of six inches In depth" haU
made q firm. hard roadway" where therS
was soft, sandy one before, which, wh0n
properly drained. has given satisfactiods
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-12-14
Destruction of Disease Germs.


A Russian bacterioIogist, who has made
speciality of studying the influence of cof-
fee in destroying disease germs is reported
as having come to the conclusion that
though coffee is to some degree disinfect-
ant the property in question really depends
not upon the active principle Of coffee, or
caffein, which it contains, but upon the
substances developed in the roasting of the
berry. 1t was found that the various SUBJ
stitutes for coffee are also germicides, and,
like 1t, develop disinfectant properties dur
ing the roasting process. Thus, a watery
infusion of either coffee or it's substitutes
was found to be capable of killing the
germs Of cholera within. a few hours, and OF
typhoid fever within a somewhat longer
time. The conclusion should not, however,
be drawn from these statements that either
coffee or its substitutes are to be considered
of value on account of their slight antisep-
tic properties, as too long time is required
for the destruction of germs by them.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-12-14
Truth Crushed to Death.

From Good Stories. -
A worthy colored deacon, who had early
impressed upon his only son and heir the
moral Of the George Washington cherry
tee story, was fortunate enough to find
a fat 'possum recently. He bore 1t in
triumph to his dwelling, and, assisted by
his son, cooked it to juicy brown.
Now" said Re, de, best way ter eat a
'rossum is coli, SO we'll jest let him stay
in de pantry. and when mawnin' come
he'll be mo- juicier dan ever"
His SON seemed sadly disappointed. but
he made the best of It, and both retired
for the right.
The old man was up early next morn
ing, but the boy slept on. -.
On opening the safe the astonished pa
rent discovered nothing but bones in the
dish that had contained the 'possum. He
brought the Growsy youngster to his feet
with one vigorous jerk, and, dragging
him to the scene of the wreck, he said:
What does dat mean, eh?'
The boy fell on his knees and cried:
Daddy, I can't tell lie; I got up in
de night and eat it wild my little mouf."
The old man said Ilot word, but, drag
ging the boy to the front door, he held
him by the collar while he jerked piece
of weather boarding from the side of the
house.
"Daddy!' cried the boy, sis you gwine
ter lick me fer tellin' the TRUTH"
mo. you kinky- headed debbil, you"
Numbered the old man, n gwine ter frail
de hide on You for eatjn' de .p0ssum,,.,,s
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-12-14

From the Engineering Magazine.
The cost of electric elevator operation
is lower than that of any other practical
method. The power required per car mile
in Office buildings varies from kilowatt
hours with the overbalanced worm gear)
to kilowatt hours with the underbalanc-
ed screw. Approximate costs on the cen.
trail service at 10 cents per h. p. hour for
small, and 10 cents per kilowatt hour for
large, consumers are So to SO for resi-
dences, SO to $40 for apartment houses,
SIS to $40 for loft and small office buildings.
and $40 to $50 for tall office buildings, per
month.
In conclusion, and answer TO the ques-
ton SO often advanced, Are electric ele-
vators safe and reiable?" will not be UNI
fitting. Electric elevators are the safest
vehicles to travel in known to humanity.
None have ever fallen, nor have people
been killed by them except through their
own carelessneSS-a remarkable record,
considering the novelty and number Of
machines installed. Like the motor of the
trolley car, they run in positions appar-
emily ruinous to fine machinery-such as
buildings half completed and damp holes
without serious damage. They require but
little attention, oiling and cleaning being
necessary only once or twice a day, and
are highly efficient.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-12-14
Ran His Own Opposition.


How is it that man may make a profit
in running an opposition to HIMSELF. A
canvassing man said he once visited an adj
vertiser in central New York who had a
hair remover and cure for the whooping
cough, for each of which he had some sale,
and all the bottles whether for hair re-
newer or cough cure, were filled from the
same tank. 1t was something not unlike
crude petroleum, and really was rather
good for either complaint.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-12-14
Condition of the Water.

Condition of the Water.
Temperature and condition of water at 8
am: Great Falls, temperature 43: condi-
ton, 3; receiving reservoir. temperature
40; condition at north connection 1; condi-
ton at south connection, 4: distributing
reservoir, temperature, 43: condition at in
fluent gate house, 4; effiuent gate house, T.
Tide Table.
Today-Low tide, sis am. and 5:12 pm !:
high tide, II :0S a. M, and :2S pm
Tomorrow-Low tide, q am. and Col
pm; high tide, 11:J6 am.
The Sun and Moon.
Today-Sun rises, I'll am; sun sets, 4:39
pm.
Moon rises, 9:49 pm.
Tomorrow-Sun rises, 7:12 am
The City Lights.
Gas lamps all lighted by 5:i7 pm: extin-
gushing begun at 6:20 am. The lighting is
begun one hour before the time named
Arc lamps lighted at 5:32 pm; extin-
guished at 6:3J am.
Temperatures for Tventy-FOur Hours
The following are the readings of the
Thermometer at the weather bureau for the
past twcltyfour hours beginning at 4
o. clock yesterday afternoon: December H.
4 pm, ~ p m. 43: midnight. 49, Deem
Der IA, am, 43: am, 46:l2 m, 49, and
= pm m, 30. Maximum, 30, at pm, De-
cember IA; minimum, Al, at am, Decem-
Der IA.
The following are the reading of the bar
on,eter at the weather bureau for the past
twenty-four hours, beginning at o'clock
yesterday afternoon: December 13, 4 PM.
3O.15; pm, Sob: midnight. 1907. Deem
Der IA, am, 1000: . am, $3.50; noon
29.S3 and pm, 2913.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-12-14
TO SUSPEND OPERATIONS
Petition of Receiver Schoepf in Matter Of
Belt Line Railway.
Expenses in Excess of Receipts and
Men without Pay-Order to
the Trustees.

In connection with the sale of the Belt
Line Railway, ordered yesterday, Judge
Cox this afternoon in Equity Court No.
signed an order requiring the Ameri-
can Security and Trust Company, as trus-
10 o'clock why a petition of w. Kesley
Schoepf receiver, filed today. asking au-
thority to suspend the operation of the
Belt railway and to sell the horses owned
by it should not be granted.
In his petition presented by Attorney
John Ridout, Mr.. Schoepf stated that the
daily cash receipts of the Belt Railway
Company~are about $3.50, and average daily
expenses for feed and care of the horses,
which number about DO. is 500. and for
pay Of wages, $135. Thus Receiver Schoepf
pointed out the daily expenses exceed the
daily income by about SI5.
Arrears of Wages.
The wages of the men employed in OPP
Grating the road will be one month in ar
rears tomorrow, according to Receiver
Schoepf, that debt amounting to about
$1,000
1t being obviously impossible longer to
operate the road under the state of facts
set forth, in the expressed opinion of Re-
-ceiver Schoepf, that official, in his petit
ton, therefore, asked that he be author
lied by the court to Immediately suspend
the operation of the Belt railroad, and
to sell the horses forthwith at auction for
cash, the proceeds of the sale to be applied
to the payment of the actual expense of
feed and care of the horses from this date
until sold. and the balance to be disposed
of in accordance with the further order
of the court.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-12-14
Indian Territory Reorganization.

Members of the Dawes Indian commits
sion are arriving in the city and expect
to have conference with the Secretary
of the Interior In the immediate future.
Gen. Armstrong was among the arrivals
yesterday. In an interview he expressed
the opinion that the time had come for
Congress, after ascertaining the exact con-
dition of affairs, to take the management
of affairs in the Indian territory into its
own hands and legislate accordingly.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-12-14

1t was the beginning Of their wedding
trip.
Dear" she inquired anxiously, "in the
excitement of leaving, did you say good
bye to papa and mammal"
mo-" he replied; II said tau revoir'"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-12-14

COMMON STOCK DIVIDEND NO. 10.
quarterly dividend of and three-Quart.
per cent will be paid the COMMON STOCK
of the American Graphophone Company De-
oember Is, 1897 to stockholders of record De-
ccmber 1. Transfer books close between said
dates. BY order of the directors
PAUL Fl. CROMELIN E. d. EASTON
Secretary. President.
nolI -dtodel theneotOdr15n
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-12-14

coma. LA: Roseburg. LILO; jacksonville,
L"f' Iampa, 15O; Montgomery, lbs; Hell
ena, LILO.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-12-14
The National Safe Deposit.
Savings and Trust
Company,
OF the District OF Columbia.
CORNER 18th ST. AND NEW YORK AVE-
Chartered by special act of Congress-. JAN. 1867,
and acts Of Oct, 1890. and Feb. 1892.
Capital: OneMillion Dollars


SAFE DEPOSIT DEPARTMENT
Rents safes inside burgar-pro vaults sg
IS per annum upward.
Securities, tewery silverware and valuableo
OF all kinds in owners package. trunk case
taken on deposit at moderate cost.
SAVINGS BANK DEPARTMENT
Deposits received from TEN CENTS upward.
and interest allowed on IS and above.
Loans Es1ey real estate and collateral
security. Sells hrst-class real estate and
other securities in sums Of $500 and upward.
TRUST DEPARTMENT
This company is a legal depository for court
and trust funds, and acts as administrator,
executor, receiver. assignee and executes
trusts Of all kinds Wills prepared By Q
competent attorney In daily attendance.
OFFICERS:
THOMAS K JONESS- .--.-..-........-.. President
E. FRANCIS RIGGS. ..........F First Vice President
W. RILEY DEEBLE. .....-. Second Vice President
ALBERT L. STURTEvANT. Secretary
GEORGE HOWARD. .....................Tr Treasurer
CHARLES E. NYMAN. Assistant Secretary
WOODBURY. BLAIR. Trust oaicer
DIRECTORS:
z. Francis Riggs Andrew wyle.
Thomas II. Jones, Matthew q. Emery,
W. Iuley Decide, Henry A. Willard,
Woodbury. Blair. Thomas Hyde.
Albert l.. Sturtevant. John F. Rodgers,
George II. Plant, James N. Johnson,
Zenas C. Robbins, John G. Parke,
George T. Dunlop, Robert o. Hoffman,
VIM E Edmonston. John Cammack.
VIM A. Gordon. II. Bradley Davidson.
oc9
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-12-14

Read about Hotel Empire.
Advertisement On page 3.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-12-14

When you get through
experimenting with has
beens'' and never was"
place your order with an
always was and is
and always will be!''
KEEN" TAILOR, 1910 F ST.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-12-14

THE BEST-PAYING INyESTMENT-oNE or
those homes at Clevand Park nooo-tf
The times., 1897-08-18
SUIT AGAINST A BREWERY
Thomas Carr Wants Pay for Organ
izing the Consumers Company.
He Demands $31 1875, the Value OF
Shares Alleged to Be Promised
Him for Services.

Thomas NJ. Carr yesterday entered suit
for $3l 81 against Dennis Connell and
Others, composing the incorporators of the
Consumers Brewing Company, us dam
ages sustained by him through the re-
fusal of the defendants to transfer to him
| 313 ga shares Of the stock of the Con-
suIners' Brewing Company, is agreed by
them in IecemIense for his services in
organizing the company.
Carr claims that he was the originator
of a valuable idea, which in its general
plan contemplated the organization of an
incorporated company, the issuance OF
capital stock of said company, the erec-
ton Of d brewery for the Inanufact of
heer and the procuring OF a site therefor
in or near this city.
He communicated this idea to the de-
PENDANTS OH or about April /, 1895, and at
their request engaged earnestly in the
work of organizing the company. The de-
PENDANTS agreed 10 obtain 1881 900 or 81
per cent of the capital stock OF the com
pany and to transfer TO the pIaiutiff for
his services 313 "a shares, or one eighth
OF the 81 per cent OF the capital stock,
being valued at S31,375.
On the 10th day OF August, / S95, Mr..
Incorporated the company, leaving out the
name of the plaintiff, and refused to de
liver TO him the shares promised.
He therefore asks as damages S31 ,27 5
with interest from August 8, 1895.
The times., 1897-08-18
THE .arsT1c soMFoRT CLUB"
a Novel Organization for the Pro-
s1nOtioD of Pleasure.

A novel club was organized at Noun
tain View. near bethesda, Montgomery
county, Md, q day or two ago. The name
OF the new organization is the Rustic
Comfort Club,n and the object to secure
solid comfort to its members. The follow
ing Officers wete selected: President, Col.
L. D. Rumpns; vice president, Frank Nc
Master: secretary, Miss Josie Graham;
committee, Mrs. Frank McMaster, Mrs. l..
ID. PuInpus, and Mrs. d. F. Graham. The
following is a copy of the present consu
tuition OF the club:
L. Name-Rustic Comfort Club.
z. ObIects-(a1 TO afford it's members an
opportunity to breathe pure air, to en-
JOY the beauties of nature, eat square
country. tbl TO develop the social and
intellectual nature of it's members
3. Officers-president, vice president,
secretary. treasurer and executive COM
4. Membership-Any one, male or fe-
male, between half score and four score
years OF age, possessed of sound min dand a
vigorous appetite; any one who, In the
language OF Shakespeare. can ''eat NUT
ton on Fridays" or relish brown bread
anu garlic, any one who can answer
Shakespeares clowns question. what Is
the opinion of Pythagoras concerning wild
fowl?" Any one who, having eaten hearty
meal, can successfully take the civil serv-
Ice test, viz: twelve hops on The tight foot
is eligible to membership. Such person
cannot be removed from his position with
ont written charges, properly sign cd,
and an opportunity TO have an impa rtial
trial before competent tribunal.
g.. Time and place of meeting are de-
pendent upon the call of the president
aud secretary, aided by the executive COM
mittee.
6. Motto of the Club-''I sha II do 10 on a
full stomach. ''-''Love's Labor Lost, >"
Act 1, Scene i.