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Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-12-08

House Committee on banking Invites Sec
rotary Gage to submit One.


Rotary Gage to submit One.
Washington, Dec S.-The House COM
mittee on banking and currency which
had the shaping of a considerable por-
ton of the financial legislation before
the House. held Its first meeting this
morning and outlined its general plan
of action. In view of Secretary Cages
recommendations of Il comprehensive
revision of currency and banking af-
fairs, n resolution was adopted invit-
ing the secretary 10 embody his views
In a bill. The committee was informed
that the secretary was now at work on
a measure and that II would be avail
able for the comittee In about a week
Mr.. Hin OF Conn, then precipitated a
sharp debate by moving that the COM
mittee act at once by reporting to the
House q bill embodying three financial
features which had the Pre- sident's APP
proval. These were embodied in bill
heretofore offered by Mr.. Brossius of
Pennsylvania, and Mr., Hin now pro-
posed that the first three sections lie
placed before the House Immediately.
The three sections provided: Bank
circulation up to the par value of the
bonds deposited; reduction of the tax
ON circulation of one-fourth of one per
cent; the establishment of state banks
In rural counties. Mr.. Hill said the
committee would do well not to 20
through the tedious processes of con-
sidering and dividing on these three
propositions which appeared to meet
with general acceptance and had re-
oeived executive approval
Mr.. johnson, of Indiana, earnestly
opposed such hasty action. He said
there should be time to hear from the
gentlemen forming the monetary COM
mission. and to weigh all provisions.
Precipitate action ON such a vital sub.
ject would, he said, seriously prejudice
the committee before the House and
the country.
The debate was proceeding with ami
nation, when at II o'clock IT went over.
vote on the Hill motion having been
reached.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-12-08
A SALT LAKE MUSIC TEACHER.
Anxious Inquiry Concerning Mrs. Amanda
Swenson, the Well Known Chorus Leader.

The Ogden chief OF police 10 in re-
ceipt Of the following letter from VAL
karia, Florida, under date OF Decem-
Der LIST:
Dear Sir-I would be under obliga-
lions to You IL you would let be know
If lady with the name of Mrs. Aman-
da Swenson is living in Ogden, or her
whereabouts, dead or alive. l UNDER
stand from the chief of police at kear-
ney, Neb, that she left there a few
years ago for Ogden, Utah, but letter
to her under that address came back.
She is a Swedish lady by birth and her
maiden name was Amanda Carlson
and came over to this country as a
soprano of the Swedish lady quartet
several years ago, married u Swedish
American drugstore man with the
name of Swenson and lived at kear-
ney, Neb. After her husbands death
she moved to Ogden. If there yet.
dead or alive, or gone somewhere.
would be pleased to learn. She is
little limp. one leg shorter than the
other. Friends and relatives in this
pleased TO know her whereabouts.
also understand that she has two
daughters that must be grown up by
this time. Thanking you In advance for
your Kindness in this matter. l am.
ERNEST svEDELINs,
Valkaria. Fla.
Yesterday afternoon, Mr.. Hegbert
Anderson, the well known basso, living
on the canyon road, gave to a STANDARD
reporter the information that Mrs.
Amanda Swenson was now living In
Salt Lake and was teaching music. She
is well known In musical circles md
Mr.. Anderson was certain she was tho
lady for whom inquiry was made. The
description. according to the letter, he
says, is correct. Mrs. Amanda Swenson
of Salt Lake. is the same who so suc-
cessfully lead the ladies chorus at
both the Salt Lake and Denver Els
InddfndnM.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-12-08
DEFEATED GEN. GOMEZ.


havana, Dec. S,-The Spanish mill
q! otncials here announced today
way inc columns Of troops belonging
Y us military district of Sancta Spir-
~ Province of Santa Clara. acting
~nluhcuon, have been engaged at
~ pelicisa' with the rebel forces I'M
e'ueneral Maxine Gomez. The gov
.ui''ht troops, it is further stated,
. mN.'ea the Insurgent camp and a
raauy Of arms, ammunition and the
..el'iae chest The insurgents, it APP
~ lett on the field many killed.
ID . wounded.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-12-08
st. Louis Poolroom Fight.

st. Louis, Dec. S.--Chief of Police
Harrigan says that the poolrooms
which have already been raided four
times within the past week will be
closed up each day they are found
open. In this connection an interest
ing scheme has come to light. The
proprietors of one of the rooms on
Olive street opposite the postofIice
building have determined on a new
scheme to prevent the police from ar
resting their employees when the next
raid occurs. All the employees will be
surrounded by a heavy wire screen ex-
tending from the floor to the ceiling.
Access to this will be door which
will be locked on the men when the DO
lice appear.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-12-08

Port Au Prince, Dec. S,-There was n
lively fusilade here Mt II o'clock last
night. No damage was done.
Berlin. Dec. S.-The official account
of the collection of nm indemnity from
Haiti, accompanied by a salute of the
German nag at Port Au Prince on
Monday last, owing TO the alleged H.
legal arrest of Herr Emil Lueders,
SAYS that after the ultmatum of Ger
many had been delivered to theHaitien
government, the German cruiser stein
cleared for action and took up n posi-
tion close 10 the Haitien war vessels.
4 diplomatic request for delay in the
expectation of the ultlmatum was re-
fused and an hour before the expira-
tion of the time stipulated, the. de-
mand of Germany was conceded.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-12-08
School House Boilers Arrive.

The boilers to be used in heating tho
Webster school building, concerning
which there has been so much anxious
inquiry the last few days. arrived here
this morning and this afternoon were
transported 10 the building. where
they will be put in place at once. The
delay In shipment will not, says Mr..
Moran, the contractor interfere with
his guarantee TO heat the building on
the 18th inst. The plant he declares.
will start up on that date without fail.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-12-08
W. w. TREADwELL.
He Dies of Consumption in California
Connected with IA Millionaire Family,

Fresno, Cal. Dec. SIT has been
learned that w. w. Treadwell, who
died in the hospital of this county on
Sunday last, OF consumption, was con-
nected with n millionaire family in
New York state. The remains of the
deceased have been embalmed by n To-
cal undertaking firm for shipment to
Alanson Treadwell of Jersey City, N
j., the father of the dead man.
The arrangements for the care and
shipment of Treadwells body were
made through Vice President Porter of
the Chase National Bank of New Yo
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-12-08

McCord has been requested by the in
terror department to investigate re-
ports that the sheriff of Coconiuo coun-
ty has been maltreating Navajo In
dams found by him off the reserva-
ton.
The specific charge is that the sheriff
and posse last winter evicted sixteen
families of Navatos from their tepees
on the Grand canyon forest reserves
because they were unable TO pay an
arbitrary assessment levied by the
sheriff of Sc on each hundred head of
Indian sheep grazing in the vicinity.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-12-08
Maher-Jaclsson Contest.

Pittsburg, Dec. s.--M. j. Connolly.
hacker of Peter Maher, has received
a telegram from San Francisco asking
II Maher would box Peter Jackson next
February twenty rounds before the DC
cidental club for CO per cent OF gross
receipts. Makers opinion was at once
sought and he wired back to Connolly
telling him to make the match at once,
and to take the best terms he could
get. Connolly at once wired to San
Francisco 10 the sender of the tele-
gram telling him to go ahead with the
match, as Maher is willing.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-12-08
ERNEST svEDELINS,
Valkarla. Fla.


Ogden Standard; Yesterday Detec-
tive Fender corralled young man
wanted in Sacramento for embezzle-
ment. He Is Harry r. Wilkinson, and
he was for several months In the en-
ploy of Beesley &. Co, grocers. at 9ls
j street. from whom he embezzled the
sum of $3.50.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-12-08
ordan Saloon Robbed.

Three masked men entered the Sem
ate saloon at Ogden at an early hour
this morning and with as many for
mIdable revolvers commanded the
bartender and his culored assistant to
throw up their hands. The injunc = N
was implicitly obeyed and then the
intruders proceeded to rob the place
which they did, securing booty to the
amount Of $35,
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-12-08

Davenport, Ia, Dec. s.-Hampton
Roads. a war drama, dealing with the
Monitor and the Merrimac, was pro-
duced here last night to the best audi
ence of the season. The play is by
Charles Eugene Banks, the well known
Chlcaeo poet. and professor George
Cram Cook. of the Iowa State univer-
sity. The play has been submitted to
prominent managers and will probably
be nut ON the road.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-12-08

No MAJ DEC, michael Spangler,
ttsr be oi,.t terribly crushed yesterday
elsn 'pl,s hnisted in the shaft of the
Sting, ny ~ NiFsinia mine near Idaho
NJ deSd VI which he is a receiver, is
/ hons az reported last night, but
III bsetp; MS recovery is entertained.
III. broken and the lower part
! b v Ivy paralyzed. Mr.. Spangler
Y As LII sa5, OF age, and has been one
Hu'hs businessmen of this city.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-12-08
To Jail for 10 Years.

Macon. Mo, Dec. s.-zeulous Grueln
who shot and killed Walter J. Hadley,
his son-in-law. in May, 1896 has been
found guilty In the first degree and
sentenced TO fifteen years IN the state
penitentiary. Grugln alleged that
Hadley had raped one of his daughters
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-12-08
SILVER Takes "A Drop.

ts,Ira99h Dec S,-The price Of silver
!, ,I ar.. here today from PIX to 27lsd
l.s. ulte on the announcement by the
m, ,r m,uneii that the sale of India
n rhi W! DC resumed on December Is
tkss 1J ,u date gold tenders which
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-12-08
For Cruelty 10 Animals.

d. A. Helm, w. d. Helm and j.
Parks, were arrested early this morn
ing by Officers Pack and Chase,
charged with cruelty to animals. The
trio appeared in the police court this
afternoon when the former was dis
charged and the two latter fined So
eucl.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-12-08

Robert Fortune faced Justice Wen
ger this morning and pleaded guilty to
drunkenness and disturbing the peace.
The former cost him IS, the latter three
times that amount.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-12-08
VIII KILL CHINE wARprNs
mat Ute Indians Out Hunting
nave sworn to Do So.

b, co'o.' Dec. s, via Pile, Colo,
" new was brought to Meeker
a VIVA yWief that the Utes are camped
t,,. ,aoW and Spring creeks, and are
d. '''ihs deer shamcfully, while
,,h ,4ne Wardcns are doing absolutely
D., 70 protect the game, The In
,,J.a a,e sworn to kill the first game
y" mat shows himself In the hills.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-12-08

n M Apois' Mimi, Dec. s.-The Jour-
tstlnv "lernoon prints some in
~ wh gossip about the Chi
xEs v,, sat deal. The clique
A eomposure Mr.. Armour's
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1897-08-26
The late w. L.. Winans.

| A London correspondent of the Chi
cago Record says: An American whose
death seems to have passed unnoticed
during the jubilee excitement was Mr..
w. L. Winans, several times million
aire, and a man of strong character and
many eccentricities. He came from
Baltimore, where he belonged to one
af the oldest, wealthiest and most aris-
tocratic families, and lived there until
the war broke out. It is said that he
left because Of his sympathy with the
Confederacy, but he never returned to
remain any time. With his brother,
Ross Winans, he built the railway be-
tween st. Petersburg and Moscow, of
which an interesting story is told. It
was the first railway in Russia, be-
lieve, and when it was projected every
town between the two cities wanted to
be upon the line and every baron
wanted it to pass through his proper
ty. In trying to oblige them all the
minister of public works laid out a
route that looked like corkscrew,
whereupon Mr.. Winans went to the
Czar. When Alexander heard the
story he called for map, and, taking
a rule and pencil. he drew a straight
line between the two cities and said:
"Build the road on that line. Do not
vary an inch for any one."
The Messrs. Winans obeyed instruc-
tions, and therefore the railway be-
tween st. Petersburg and Moscow is |
the longest piece of straight track in
the world.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1897-08-26
Railroad Farnincs for july.

The reports of the principal railroads
of the country for the month of July,
as compiled by the Financial Chroni-
Gle, shows that the lines in the South
and Southwest have made the best
records of any in the county. The
earnings of the Southern group were
So, 115, ,671, an increase of nearly $780,
900 over the corresponding period of
1896. The Southwestern group shows
an increase of about $500, 1000, while
the earnings of the trunk lines snow
an increase of about S120, 1000. The
principal increases and gross earnings
in July were confined to twenty rail-
road systems in the United States. OF
the twenty, ten were Southern lines.
The principal decreases are entirely
confined to Northern roads.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1897-08-26
Ruskin on Love.

This is the rather rude manner in
which Ruskin describes modern love-
making and marriage as he observes
them in London: ''In miserable
confusion of candlelight, moonlight
and limelight and anything but day
light; in indecently attractive and in
sanely expensive dresses; in snatched
moments, in hidden corners, in acci-
dental impulses and dismal ignorances,
young people smirk and ogle and
whisper and whimper and sneak and
tumble and futter and tumble and
blunder into what they call love; ex-
pect to get whatever they like the
moment they fancy it and are continu-
ally in danger of losing all the honor
of life for folly, and all the joy of it
by an accident" But, then, Ruskin
was prejudiced. San Francisco Argo-
naut.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1897-08-26
Twins.

Talking to a physician about twins
and commenting upon the marvellous
likeness they sometimes bear to one
another. he gave an interesting fact
regarding them.
You can always distinguish one from
the other. said he, no matter how great
the resemblance. for the elder invari-
ably has the broader face. Notice
twins hereafter, and you can say with
certainty that the narrower faced one
lis the younger of the two. 1 have no
authority for saying that fewer male
than female twins are born, but l am
of the opinion that the couple are
more frequently girls, or girl and boy,
than boys. Twin brother are few and
far between.-Polly Pry in New York
Recorder.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1897-08-26
Bound with Plow Chains and Thrown into
the River.

Bound with PlOw Chains and Thrown into
the River.
A dispatch from Apalachicola. Fla,
says: A negro boy, aged 10, was found
in the room of Mamie Stone, the II
year old daughter of R. O. Stone, at
Ricoe's Bluff, Saturday night. The
girls screams brought in her brother
and father. The negro attempted to
jnmp from the window, but was caught
and tied to a post of the front porch to
be held till morning. About midnight
party of eighteen armed men rode up
and despite the remonstrances of Stone
united the negro. lashed him to horse
and rode away with him, warning the
Stones not to follow. Will Stone, the
younger boy, pursued them and saw
them stop at the shore of Maid Lake,
two miles away. There they took the
negro from the horse, bound him with
plow chains and ropes, and after beat
ing him with their guns threw him in
to the lake. Nothing has been seen of
the negro since, and it is believed that
it would have been impossible for him,
securely bound as he was, to escape
death by drowning.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1897-08-26

Sir James Crichton Browne, the ex-
pert on brain diseases, holds that in
somnia is not attended with such dis
astrous consequences as is commonly
supposed. 1t is not as dangerous as
the solicitude of the sufferer. He sug-
gests that the brains of the literary
men, who are most frequent victims,
acquire the trick of the heart, which
takes dose of a fraction of a second
after each beat, and SO manages to get
+ hours rest in "a. Some brains, in
cases OF insomnia, sleep in sections,
different brain centers going off duty
in turn,
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1897-08-26
Acetylene Can Be Made Safe.

Professor Raoul Pictet, of Geneva
lately gave lecture at Liege on acct
ylene gas. During the lecture he had
two candelabra, each with nine burn
ers burning gas and consuming about
81 cubic feet per hour, little more than
is consumed by asingle a Benzel gas
burner, yet the light produced was said
to be far more brilliant than the cleo
trio light.
The one great drawback to the gas
is that in it's impure state, as prepared
by the action of water on calcium car
bide, the impurities present act upon
metals, especially copper, and there is
a liability Of forming an. n.explosiye
compound of acetylene and copper.
Professor Pictet showed, however, that
if the gas be passed through sulphuric
acid at temperature of so degrees G.
below zero the whole of these impuri-
ties are removed. If, after thus purify
Ing, the gas is stored in nickelized
cylinders and small gasometer con-
necsed to admit of expansion. the gas
can be safely used and gives an illumi-
mating power from Is to 40 times that
of ordinary gas. The spectrum of ac-
etylene approaches nearly to the solar
spectrum, and delicate shade of flow
ers, ETC., are very slightly altered
Chronicle.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1897-08-26
A Storm Brewing.

"Mrs. Jogaround, I hear that you
told Mrs. lawyer that my little jim
mie looks like an idiot"
II did nothing of the kind. All that
I said to Mrs. lawyer on the subject
was that the little fellow was the per
feet imagine of his mother"
Then the mother shrieked for the
maid to bring her bonnet, and when
she left the house there were thunder.
lightning and the indications of a
cyclone in her eyes.-Detroit Free
Press.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1897-08-26
A Female Colonel.

Kansas law permits women to belong
to military companies, but Tennessee
has bona fide woman colonel. Gov.
ernor Taylor has appointed Miss Nelly
Ely a member of his staff, with the
honorary style of colonel. She is a
descendant of Isaac Shelby, first gov
ernor of Tennessee. She comes, too.
of long line of beautiful women. Gov
ernor Taylor has known his new col
onel since childhood, her father having
been one of his warmest friends.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1897-08-26

John has broken the record,' said
the proud father.
Il expect so," said his mother re-
He's broken the front gate,
and three places in the hedge, and the
cats back, and the croquet set, and
his collar-bone. since he began to ride.
and I'm prepared for anything. y
Washington Capital.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1897-08-26
The Seat of knowledge.

More than $4,000 girls are engaged in
the telephone service lin the United
States. Think of the comprehensive
knowledge these young ladies must
possess of the science of profanity as
exemplitied in the language of the men
Of America, Boston Transcript.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1897-08-26
Where to find ADpreciatiOn,

1t is talk wasted for an unmarried
woman to boast of her economy to an
unmarried man. A man never appre-
ciates economy in woman until after
he has married woman who doesn't
practice it.-Atchison Globe.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1897-08-26
Nhy it is iii Instead Of Nv.

| There is an interesting story back OF
the hour of four as represented on the
face of clocks. Perhaps you have
noticed many time that instead of its
being ~, as would be most natural,
it is usually-at least in all cases of old
clocks and watches-IIII. The rea-
son for it is said to be that away back
in the time of Charles V. of France,
who reigned in the latter half of the
14th century, when the first clock was
made, its maker, Henry Wick, was
commanded to bring it before the king.
He did SO, and the king was very well
pleased with it, watching the works
with much interest. But he said:
You have got the figures on the dial
wrong.'
I think not, your Majesty replied
the clockmaker.
Yes, that four should be four ones.'
Surely not, your Majesty, urged the
man again.
Yes, it should be four ones.' insisted
the king.
You are wrong once more said Wick,
which made the king very angry.
I am never wrong he cried. Take
it away and correct the mistake The
poor clockmaker could only obey, and
the blunder of the king has come all
the way down to us, for clocks have
been SO marked ever since
-o e--------
The workmand often eats his lunch
on the same bench where he does his
work. The Office man turns his desk
into a dining table. Neither gets the
out of doors exercise he needs, neither
takes the proper time for eating. 1t
is small wonder that the digestion of
both gets out of order. In such cases
DIR. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets come to
their assistance by aiding nature in
taking care of the food
The cause of nine.tenths of the sick
ness of the world is constipation. From
this one cause come indigestion, disor
ders of the stomach, liver and kidneys,
biliousness, headaches, fatulence,
heartburn, impurity Of the blood, and
the serious complications that follow.
To begin with, constipation is a little
thing, and little thing will cure it.
The Pleasant Pellets are tiny, sugar
coated granules. They will perfectly
cure the worst case of constipation
sr% fy.In
to sell you some other pill that pays
him greater profit, just think of what
will best pay you.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1897-08-26
Officials of the Burlington Road sa

Officials of the Burlington Road say
that with good weather for ten days
the corn crop in Nebraska will aggre-
gate 25O,OOO,O0O bushels, and that if
good weather continues until the mid.
die of September the yield will be more
nearly 4OO,OO0,0OO bushels. Nearly
every crib at railroad stations. it is
said, is filed with last years corn. The
wheat crop of the State is estimated at
40. 600 900 bushels.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1897-08-26

The six largest commercial shipping
ports in the world are, it would appear
from the returns of trade values, Lon.
don, Liverpool, Hull, Marseilles, New
York and San Francisco.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1897-08-26
No Change.

Hungry Higgins-What you readin
now?
Weary Watkins
"What's de quotations on skirts ?"
unchanged, pardner, unchanged. .
Journal.