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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-02-16

The public Is 10 be congratulated upon the fact that
bi,vcle-makng has in - many particulars passed
tho experirnantal stage. This is shown by the fact
,h, "a modes a. shown by all the high grade mann
lecturers display striking similarity This places
,he business where experienced wOrkman ship ami
guarantee are the principal features. II = needless 10
emphasi size the fact hat the name Bennington l.
tower Of strengt associated with both these requ
sites Long before bicycles were bull; this name
Stood for much that reliable in manufacture and
when the question Of making ana selling Remns
ion wheel was proposed. IL was In full view OF the
fact that the name had more 10 ose than gain In
The venture. Five years OF bicycle bull ling have
horne most gratifying testimony 10 the fact tina: the
wheel made by the firm is worthy OF its name.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-02-16

ca,,tor George of Mississippi. VINO has oeen III
. the Garfield Hospital here for se;>rai weeks mas
ov.red sufficiently to he removed 10 his southern
home He lief, Washington YESTERDAY IN rPc,Llf'
hoI'iV yinora Miss accompanied by his phy-
siri,n Dr. henderson, Mrs Henderson, Mrs H. u
Money and trained nurse.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-02-16

The first annual ball and reception OF the Bowl
ing Green Wheelmen will De held at Webster Han
on Tuesday night February % Charles White.
one OF the ncorporators OF the club said Yesterday
that he was sorry that he could not be present as
he would have leave town to attend the torpett-
FJ,zsimmonS fight. He gave the opinion that the
ball woul be the Bradley Martin arfair OF the
East Side.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-02-16
MURPHY TO COACH PRINCETON RfDERs-HAzsL-
TINE. OF BROOKLYN. AFTER INTERCoL-
LEGIATE HoNoRs--CoRBETr's TRAINER
on THE WHEELS Usefulness
HERE

President Schloss. OF the NewYork County
Wheemcn has appointed the following commit
tees FOR 1897: Racing-F. Hildebrandt. jr.. chair
man. r. r. Baker p. 4. Hogle. Frederick Magic
~ J. Heaney and w. J. White Press-F. Hide
brandt. jr.. chairman. and r. +. Baker. HOUSE
Frank TeNt. chairman: ". II. Smith, w. j. White;
p A. Hogle j. J. Murphy. jr. Frank Grant and
Charles Englehart: Entertainment-Frank TeTt
chairman: Roy c. Horton. Charles Engehart ".
H. smith and A. Schmelz. F. Hildebrandt. jr, IA
manager of the basketball team. and Charles H.
IIldebrandt is captain.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-02-16

Bert Uazetine of Brooklyn. formerly of the
Polytechnic Institute. and now at corneii. is
likely candidate for place on the intercollegiate
team lie showed some speed on the track IN .ne
carly part Of 1895 but he has nos raced 20 any tH
font since then Hazeltine rode in the interschoI-
astc championships at Eastern Park Broo baln;
I'm Isoj and ran second in all the contests; Deiis
beaten by Otto Roehr. Of the Kings County "hee'-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-02-16

Little jimmie Michael the WonderfHl midget
ride. and the hes. distance man in Europe. arrived
f., This CITY Yesterday on the steamship La Clam-
ma one and he will depart Immediately for California.
where ne will go into training. Michael WI. prob
ahv follow the circuit next season. he has D'dten
nearly every man in Europe. Linton beat hm once.
huT /; was due 70 accident. % MchaeTS friends
say Michael is staying at the Everett House.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-02-16

I, was announced yesterday that Charles Muir
nbv tbe well-known professional rider and mem
her of the Kings County Wheelmen. had been en-
gagged as coach and manager Of the Princeton col
lege bicycle racing There is some eNcelieht
ri Guidance of Murphy the orange and black may
ha evnocted near the front at regular intervals
ono Of tho racing men at Princeton. of whom nluch
10 nxnactod IL named Brown He has the three
essential qualities of a successful racing man
heart head and speed.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-02-16

Charles White OF this city. who VIII tram 20,
bett in his coming fight with Fltzsimmons had TINS
70 say regarding the bicycle as an item IN Tram
er.s outfit: Cycling is good for training no ma
"a, uhai sort OF a contest a man ! PIcp..i ~
FOR n benefits all parts OF the anatomy, p
iariv the kidneys and heart me only SscIae
fnr hoyers is that II does not develop the muse
,bat take a man out OF dangcr-that rs ,ne inun
ces used in backstepping Corbett mas Dee I'LL
c',, Lna, md he will continue to use one possibly
IN :" within a week Of the time OF MS entering
% ring
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-02-16

Mr. rorimer Rcp.. HI. after conference win
tho Secretary Of the Nav, introduced Dill w the
I,use to-day 10 authorize that ofticia' 20 MAKE
t,yen;v.vca- contract with the llliro4 Ste"l com
,,. ., s,iDrly armor. plate for ships az fv Ton.
=; eos; /, TOR less thar the preSen' price. MT
Gates the president Of the Illinois c3mpf any mas
- l., tbo ri,y some days. and says that MS as-O
n -, Ill gres "a uut up a plsnt TO cos St',p"
uiH w. ccn.r4ct asked for is awarded TO them
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-02-16

TIL. South Brooklyu Wheemen have arranged al
.,ar,ainn,ent for the cycling editors Of Greater New
Work. The stag" will take place al Prospect iid'.
on Friday night; The enter'ainment VI" r5mDoe o.
: = Sbanks + d. Brown II r. Hoy, y H. "r'Ihd"
nan
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-02-28
BE SURE OF THE FACTS.

In four days there will be a change
of administrations. 1t looks very much
ike this fact was being taken advan-
tage Of TO work up another Cuban
scare such as the country experienced
when the senate foreign relations COM
mittee brought in its famous resolution
just before the holidays. No repeti-
ton Of that excitement is wanted. The
San Francisco Chronicle, commenting
upon the present agitation over the
case of DR.. Ruiz, very conservatively
and periodically says:
1T must not be forgotten that the
past Cuban sensations, over which the
special correspondents and commits
sioners have sought to arouse the war
spirit, have turned out to be imposi-
tions on the public. The insistent
statement, for example, that Maceo
was killed while on his way to a con-
ference with General Ahumada under
a flag of truce turned out to be a false
hood which the junta had concocted to
induce this government to intervene
and stop the war. There was nothing
in the early tales of piratical attack
upon American merchant steamers
outside the three-mile limit. The OIL
ney surrender was the romance of a
sensation-monger and it is to be sus-
pected that most of the atrocities re-
ported are those which are inseparable
from the lawlessness of war and are
not without their parallels in the mod
ern military history of Great Britain
and the United States. OF course, if
the United States government has been
outraged in the case of DR.. Ruiz, its
manifest duty is to bring Spain to
terms. even at the risk of hostilities.
but that point has not been settled
either by the correspondents or the
emotional General Lee. Until it has
been the jingoes should not be en-
couraged TO induce fits
To paraphrase Davy Crocketts IA
nous saying: Be sure of the facts in
the case. and Tat you are right. then
go ahead. No leap in the dark should
be taken.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-02-28
THE MINING BILL.

The mining bill now before the legis-
lature is an excellent one in all re-
spects. 1t has been carefully drawn
and covers the question of locations
and recording Of the same in a thor
cugh manner The portion of the bill
that viii receive the greatest amount
of attention is that relating to the
recording of notices Of locations. They
are to be recorded with the county re-
corder of the county in which the dis
trict is situated. The Office of district
mining recorder is abolished, and all
district mining recorders in each coun-
ty are required. within thirty days
after the revised statutes go into eff
feet. to deposit the books, records and
seals pertaining to their offices with
the county recorder of that county
wherein the districts are
That it is a wise provision to have
all notices of locations of claims re-
corded in the county records, is ad-
mitted by all; they are far more secure
and accessible to the public at large
than where they are merely recorded
IN the district. But opinions uiller as
to the ACCESSIBILITY or desirabiiity of
doing away with district recorders.
The laws Of the mining states are not
uniform on the subject. If there is to
be but one record of notices of location
kept, it is far better that it be kept at
the county seat where all other records
are kept than merely in the district.
That the district records are a greater
accommodation TO those residing in
the district than the county records
would be, there is no doubt; but they
would not be to the public generally.
Under the county recording system
maps Of locations and transcripts Of
records of locations would always be
kept in the district. hy someone. The
question is; should there be an Of.
fetal keeper of them in the district?
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-02-28
THE SALT LAKE HERALD SUNDAY, FEBRUARY as. 1897

Kansas legislature asking that the res
direction day be made a legal holiday.
1t is as follows:
I'm the full enjoyment of the liberty
vouchsafed the Kansas farmer, whose
taxes are unDaid. and fired with zeal
for the dignity and the honor and the
integrity and the flag of the United
States. as also for the virtue and the
valor of all male inhabitants thereof,
the undersigned. an ex-Union soldier,
has to ask the honorable legislature of
Kansas to make an effort to secure the
passage os the resolution of the Hon.
w. a. PETER, introduced about one
year ago. with the petition to make
resurrection dav a legal holiday.
He respectfully asks this little favor
of the honorable lawmakers of this
great state which stands. most conspic-
uously, as the object of Gods special
care.
He believes that this can be done
without infracting the constitution,
without impairing gospel liberty and
without imperiling civil liberty
AS resurrection day has not come
yet, it would be impossible to make it a
legal holiday; when it does come there
will be no necessity for it.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-02-28
FREE SEEDS.

The fee distribution of seeds by the
government has grown to be a very
large business, so large that it is said
to be seriously affecting those who are
engaged in raising seeds for the mar
ket. Those who get the contracts for
supplying the government with seeds
have a good thing. no doubt but not
so those who do not get these govern
ment favors. The first appropriation
for seeds was $1,000 and the purpose
was to enable the bureau of agricul-
ture to obtain such rare, valuable and
improved seeds,' which were not COM
mon to the country, but which it might
be desirable to cultivate experiment.
ally. Those who received the seeds
were expected to report the result of
their experiments, which was a very
proper thing. 1t is different now. Sen
ators and representatives distribute
them much as other spoils are dis
tributed, and for much the same pur-
pose. 1t is no more the business of the
government to distribute seeds than il
is for it to bestow farm implements.
The reason that will justify the free
distribution of seeds by the govern
ment will justify the free distribution
of anything else. Why should not the
government distribute horses, cattle
and sheep for breeding purposes as well
as seeds for planting? So far as prin-
ciple is concerned there is no distinc-
ton: at best it is a difference of de-
gree and not of kind
Could Secretary Morton have had his
way the evil of the free seed distri-
button would have been abolished, but
he could not and it is again blossom
ing forth. The secretary was right in
his aims. But will some protectionist
explain why the government should go
into competition with the private pro-
ducers of seeds when free foreign COM
petition with them is not permitted
Why isn't the free distribution of
seeds by the government in COMPETE
ton with individual growers of seeds
equally as Objectionable as convict la
Dor competition with free labor, about
which so much cutlery is made?
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-02-28
THE NAMELEss SAINT.

What was his name? 1 do not know his
name.
l only know he heard Gods voice and
came,
Brought all he loved across the sea.
To live and work for God and me;
Felled the ungracious oak;
Dragged from the soil
With horrid toll
The thrice-snarled roots and STUBBORN
rock;
With plenty piled the haggard mountain
side,
And at the end, without memorial. died.
No blaring trumpet sounded out his fame.
Re lived-he died. do not know his
name.
No form of bronze and no memorial
Show me the place where lie his molder-
ing bones
Only a cheerful city stands,
Builded by his hardened hand5:
Only ten thousand homes,
Where, every day,
The cheerful play
OF love and hope and courage comes.
These are his monument, and these alone'
There is no form of bronze and no me-
mortal stone.
And L?
Is there some desert or some painless sea
Where thou, good God or angels, wilt
send me?
Some oak for me to rend some sod,
Some rock for me to break:
Some handful of thy corn to take
And scatter far a-field,
TIL it in turn shall yield
Its hundred fold
OF grains of gold,
To feed the waiting children of my God?
Show me the desert, Father, or the sea.
Is it thine enterprise? Great God, send
me,
And though this body lie where ocean
rolls.
Father. count me among all faithful
souls
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-02-28

soiately in the outer office. His attire
could not have been spoken of as indicat-
ing shabby gentility. for II was bit TOO
loud He was woefully understood HIS
little narrow blue eyes were weak ana
watery.
Times are pretty hard suggested the
reporter.
You Just bet they are" he answered
turning round in his seat
What is IL that you want TO 90
"Oh, l amt particular lust what MOST
anything would suit. | thought 1 might
get a chance at that snow. but all the
tickets were given out | want 10 write
up my experiences since I've been IN New
York. and try to sell them to some sun
day paper. Do you know anything about
that business?" He studied the reporter
narrowly out of his little watery blue
eyes. The latter said that he had gen.
eral idea upon the subject.
Il thought you might be newspaper
man yourself.
The reporter confessed that that was
his business.
I am a literary man. said the other,
and there was a hunted look in the mar
row eyes. That's what ! came east ZOE
Gents furnishing goods is my regular
line. but l love literature on, yes; We
written a play and four novels lhey
haven't been published yet. but l love
literature. I'm poet. too. love poetry,
but l guess they're right when they say
it won't sell. But there isn't much DOING
in Gents furnishing goods either say,
You won't tell anybody that you saw me
here looking for a job, will you? Don L
now; you know I'm in literature myself
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-02-28

The romance of travel and traffic on
the Mississippi and Ohio rivers is
very largely a thing of the past. But
there is still great commerce carried
on over their broad sweep of waters,
greater than is sometimes thought. The
Louisville Courier-Journal tells of the
biggest tow of coal that ever went
from Louisville to New Orleans. 1t
describes It as follows:
Many years ago Pittsburg coal was
floated to New Orleans in flat-boats and
barges in pairs, known in those days
as 'broadhorns,' the propelling power
consisting of side oars and worked by
crews of men, all under the direction of
pilot who steered the tow to New
Orleans, assisted by the side oars, and
carried by the strong current in the
Ohio and Mississippi rivers. When tow
boats were introduced to handle these
lows it was thought impracticable and
believed by many that the lows would
run away with the steamboats,. But
the boats soon caught on, and the
days of floating 'brcGdhorns' soon
passed away and they became thing
of the past. Towboats commenced TAX
ing two four, six and eight barges of
coal south, and as time progressed
larger boats We're built and heavier
lows hitched to them, until ten or 10
years ago. when a boat that took 20
barges south in safety was called a
record breaker Nowadays a tow of
from 90 to 80 pieces hitched to a tow
boat and taken south in safety~is con-
sidered of common occurrence. Two
years ago the big Joe B. Williams took
the biggest tow of coal on record from
this city to New Orleans. 1t consisted
of 46 coal boats. The river then was
about in the same condition it is now,
and the same tow-boat proposes to
wipe out her own record by leaving
here for New Orleans with sc coal
boats-ten more boats than she TOOK
before when she broke all records. The
tow covers 16 acres in the river. and
comprises 100000 bushels of coal. It
would take 1000 cars to hold it. and
divided into 20 trains, it would take 100
locomotives 20 pull it,
The tow must have been a grand
sight, if not a very pretty one. River
commerce &c still an immense thing;
it is not so prominent as it once was,
simply because of the wonderful devel-
opment of the commerce by rail. So
great is our whole country that indi-
vidually great things seem small and
insignificant in comparison.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-02-28

When the civic federation of this city
advanced money last summer to assist
in the prosecution of cases arising out
of the contracts for furnishing the
county building, it did so from purely
public motives, having no interest in
the cases beyond what all public spir-
tied people have in similar cases. The
money it advanced was advanced at a
time when the county was short OF
funds; and the federation did patrl-
otto thing. Now it asks the legislature,
through a bill introduced by Repre-
sentative Sloan for that purpose, to
authorize the county commissioners OF
Salt Lake county to reimburse the fed
Grafton. That which the federation
asks is not unreasonable or unjust. The
federation was not responsible for the
conduct of the prosecutions nor for
their failure. :
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-02-28

If there are two sets of records there
is always a liability, perhaps remote,
of a conflict between them Where
such a conflict should arise, there i'm
mediately comes up the very important
question: Which shall have prefer
enoe as evidence in suits at law?
Whichever the statutes should say
should have preference would be the
one that would usually be consulted,
and always in important deals.
This question of two sets Of records
is a nice one to decide. and good ar
guments can easily be adduced on be-
half of either view Of it. The mining
bin is certainly a good one and should
become a law, with or without amend
ment as the best interests of the min
ing industry require.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-02-28
EXPENSES IN CRIMINAL CASES.

The very important question OF de-
fraying the expenses incurred in Grim
inal prosecutions has come uD in the
legislature in the shape of bill, in
troduced by Representative Martin of
San Juan, providing for the payment
b. the state of all criminal prosecu-
tions when the defendant is acquitted
or is fnsolvent The discussion on the
bill showed a great diversity of opinion
as to what was just and proper in the
premises. There were many amend
ments offered and adopted which modi-.
fled the origina bill materially, and
improved il. As originally drawn. it
required the state to pay for the prose-
cution Of all criminal cases, even those
before justices of the peace. This was
amended.
The bill requires that the state shall
pay for the prosecution of all cases
where re conviction is secured and
where Che defendant is insolvent. II
the hi provided that the state should
pay the expenses where convictions
were secured. it would remove all cause
for apprehension that the state treas
ury would be depleted because of the
numberless futile prosecutions. 1t
would certainly put a curb upon any
county prosecuting attorney who
should develop a strong penchant for
instituting criminal proceedings where
there was small probability of guilt or
Of securing a conviction. There is
much more likelihood of futile and
expensive prosecutions through the in
competence of county attorneys than
through any recklessness in regard TO
expense, because it is to be paid by the
state and not by the county. The
remedy for this is the election as
county attorneys of none but the very
best men. This is not always possible;
but the office of county attorney under
the state government is altogether too
important to allow of it being be-
slowed by parties as a reward for po-
litical services when there is no proper
regard for qualification: and the people
should see that it is not done.
So much for the Martin bill. That
does not appear to be a bill that meets
all the requirements in the case; but
the germ of it should find expression in
a proper one. When a crime is COM
mitted in Utah it is committed against
all the people of the state, though
those of the locality where it is com
mitted may suffer most from it. The
state should defrav the expenses of
prosecutions against its laws, but this
under restrictions; what those restric-
tons should be is a matter for the
legislature to determine; that it will
recognize the necessity for them
scarcely admits of a doubt. OF neces-
sity the bringing of criminal prosecu-
tons must very largely be matter of
discretion with the county attorneys.
The matter is one of much concern to
the people generally, and should re-
ceive the consideration its Importance
demands
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-02-28
Didn't Need a Life of Moses.

Exchange: A certain shopwalker in a
large establishment is noted for his sever
;ty to those under him in business. one
cay he approached a junior assistant
from whose counter a lady had just
moved away.
You let that lady go out without max
ing purchaser" he asked severely
Yes. sir; r.
''And she was at your counter fully ten
minutes?"
Doubtless, but then you see
Exactly. 1 saw that. in spite OF all
the questions she put TO you. you rarely
answered her, and never attempted to get
what she wanted"
We'll but
Il shall report your carelessness.
'Well. / hadn't what she wanted
What was that?'
Half a crown She's a book canvasser,
getting subscriptions to the Life OF
Moses.
And the shopwalker retired crestfallen.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-02-28
METEOROLOGICAL RECORD.
Yesterdays Observation at the Local
Weather Bureau Office.
Salt Lake City. Feb. q, 1897.

Salt Lake City, Feb. q, 1897.
Thermometer. a. m. q; noon. 80;
D. m, IS. Relative humidity (per
cent?. 6 a. M, rs; 6 p. m, IS. State OF
weather, a. m, clear; 6 p. m, cloudy.
Maximum temperature, Il degrees
minimum temperature. % degrees;
mean temperature, 80 degrees; for Il
years, 3S degrees: deficiency for this
state. 6 degrees; accumulated dehcien-
CIV of temperature since Jan. l, 1897, 80;
accumulated deficiency of temperature
since Feb 1. 1897, IS degrees. Rain
fall. 0 inches; mean daily for % years.
.05 inches; deficiency for this date, 90
inches: accumulated excess of rainfall
since Jan. /, 1897, 2.25 inches; accumu-
lated excess of rainfall since Feb. l,
1897, 2.53 inches.
Forecast: For Salt Lake and vicin-
ity, for the "a hours ending p m to-
day. cloudy: probably light rain or
snow this afternoon. J. H. SMITH.
Observer Weather Bureau.