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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-11-28

Copyright, 1897, by Cy Warman.)
Italian laborers object to being called
'Dagos' Just as the Irish section men
dislike the name of ferries" and vet
The section man always says 1.-The
Dagos" and the italian laborer, as soon
as he can give an imitation Of English,
says Dana re Jar" and he means it.
The Italians are fairly good workers,
but hard to herd. They are given to
the use of red liquor and profanity and
delight in the fuss of firearms and the
clatter of long knives. Out of innate
"cussedness" an Italian, shoveling
snow, viii held the right of way until
your pilot almost touches him and you
put your engine over, slide her wheels,
muss her jacket and make an enemy of
your fireman, then he will step aside
If you happen to hit him or spoon him
up on the point of a pilot pillow, the
whole mob viii be upon you. Before
they got the rotary snow machine,
when the road was new, they used to
! ep the track clear with pilot pillow
that was just as wide as a coach. By
and by, when the road got bigger, they
bought some new sleeDers that were
wider and longer than the old ones,
and they gouged into the walls in the
snow cuts and stuck fast.
To avoid this the company built
new pillow, that was wider still than the
new Sleepers. Now, the ''Dagos,'' as
they were called, used to cut out little
pockets in the snow, hide in them, and
yell into the ears of the engineers who
were falling down the hill, blinded by
the flying snow, and unable to stop
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-11-28
MAKING READY FOR A RUN.
A Locomotive Is Almost as Care
fully Groomed as a Race Horse.

st. Nicholas Magazine: The engineer
comes down to his post of duty nearly
an hour before his train is scheduled
to leave. All night long in the round
house the engine has been carefully
watched; a wiper has spent the whole
night rubbing down the painting, snort
ing iron horse, until every rod and
cylinder shines like gold or silver; the
banked fire has been kept going, so
that a little steam has been always in
the boxes; and before he left at night
the fireman put everything in perfect
order inside the cab The fireman ap-
pears first in the morning, and inspects
the work of the round-house man; and
if any part is not satisfactory he
makes it so. The engineer makes his
inspection after the fireman, and
thoroughly and carefully examines
every part. All the bearings are then
oiled, and the oil cups are filed with
oil. Next, the engine is run out of the
round house and tested. Fifteen min
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-11-28
WALKING BOSS in A SWALLOW TAIL
BY CY WARMAN.

his coat, and in the meantime the frate
Italian struck him down with the pick
handle.
For space the doctor. who came up
to see Torrance, thought the head he
had would kill him, but Torrance got
well. When he could sit up in his tent
he would look out of his tent door and
damn the Dagos."
One day little Sam McMurtie. the en-
gineer in charge of the work, was shak-
ing out a dress suit to wear to the Elks'
ball in Gunnison. It was a new suit
that had come up from Denver and Sam
tried it on.
Sam said Torrance
What, Terrance?" said Sam.
Are yez q friend o. mine?''
81 am that"
Thin guv me that coat
will you wear it?"
I'll wear Ut
after the ball?'
after tn ball." said Torrance. and
he nodded his head as resolute man
does when he has made up his mind
that thing is a thing.
1t was almost a month after the fight
that Torrance got up one Monday
morning and declared his intention to
so 70 work. When he had dressed up
to his vest he took down the swallow
tail coat that Sam McMurtie had given
him, wrecking a SIS dress suit to do it,
and put it on. He then took a pair of
pistols, put one in either hip pocket and
backed uD to McMurtie's mirror, as
woman does dressing for church He
twisted his shoulders, threw up his
arms, leaned forward and back, but
never for moment did the tail of the
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-11-28
NEGROES OF SURINAM.
They Have Their Republic in South
American Forests.

Surinam Gold Fields: Among the
inhabitants of Surinam, not the least
interesting are the bush negroes. or,
as the Surinam Dutch call them,
bosch negroes. These negroes are
the descendants OF the maroons or
runaway slaves of the old time They
live in the woods of the interior, and
may be said to be the agriculturalists
of the colony. The first migration to
the woods by these negroes was made
in 1853. In that year the Portuguese
Jews of the Surinam valley, when the
tax-g atherers came around, sent their
negro slaves into the woods to avoid
paying taxes for them, expecting that.
after the departure of the revenue
agents, the negroes would return. But
they did not. They remained in the
forest, established themselves there,
and received constant accessions to
their numbers from the runaway slaves
of the settlements and the neighboring
islands. After the emancipation act
of 1858, they received large accessions
from the negro population of Barba-
does. They have had many conflicts
with the government of the colony
during their history, in the assertion
of their freedom and Independence
and have always maintained both One
of their great leaders was the famous
Boni, who, in 1772, led his bands I'D to
the very walls of Paramaribo They
have had Independent republics. and
have generally held themselves to be
Independent of the colonial laws They
are, however, a peaceable people mild
and-unlike the borigines-temperate
They cultivate rice and other products
which they dispose of to the colonists.
They are also the wood-cutterS of the
colony, and convey by the rivers.
streams and canals the products of
the forests to Paramaribo They are
fairly Industrious; they have no re-
ligion, their only object of worship be-
ing the ceiba or cotton tree, which is
sometimes found rising in majestic and
solitary grandeur in the clearings. hav-
the generation in which it is held. Of
ferings of fowls, yams and manioc are
often found beneath the ceiba. the
propitiatory gift of the bushmen. The
Moravian missionaries have Iabored
hard to bring the bush negroes into the
fold of Christianity, but without sue
cess.
A large proportion of the population
is composed Of coolies, hill coolies
from the hill lands of India. south of
the great bend of the river Ganges,
and coolies from Java and China. The
coolies were introduced after the
emancipation of the slaves to take the
place of the latter on the plantations.
The British were the first to introduce
this element of labor their own slaves
having been emancipated in 1898 When
the emancipation went into effect in
Surinam, apd the plantation negroes
declined to lnneer perform the laho~
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-11-28

utes before the time to start the engine
is coupled to the train, and the steam
and air brakes are tested.
No race horse was ever brought to
his post better fitted for running the
course than is the locomotive of the
fast express. In addition to the tests
already made, a mechanic goes from
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-11-28

wheel to wheel, and upon every one
strikes a sharp, resounding blow to as
certain if the wheel and axle are sound.
Nuts and bolts are examined. The en-
gineer and fireman are held responsible
for the perfect condition of the engine
and cars before the start is made.
Our pastel ana water color portraits
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-11-28

are the finest in the land. We make
them. Utah Portrait Co., at Calder'S
music palace, 45-47 West First Soutflss
Tulu Lulu chewing gum is all the
rage.
Gray's Laxative Pellets cure consts-
patton.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1897-10-21
ITEMS OF INTEREST.
PUNOENT PARAGRAPHS PICKED
PROMISCoUSLY.
Great Britain Refuses to Talk on Seals
In the Presence OF Russia and Japan
Much to Uncle Sans Astonishment
Supreme Justice Field Retires.


British Back Out OF the Seal Conference
The officials of the British foreign
office have communicated to u. s. Am
bassador Hay the final decision that
the government of Great Britain must
refuse to take part in any sealing con-
ference with representatives of Russia
and Japan. The British government,
however, asserts Its willingness to con-
fer with the United States alone. Dip
lomats consider that Great Britain's
course was not courteous to Russia and
Japan.
Secretary Sherman has written re-
ply to the note of Lord Salisbury ex-
pressing Great Britain's declinaton to
take part in the Berlng sea seal confer
ence if Russia and Japan are TO par
ticipate. Mr.. Sherman states that the
t.. 5. government views with astonish-
ment this determination of Great Brit
ain, and says that up to Sept % the
L. 5. authorities had fully expected
that the conference would proceed with
Russia and japan, as we'll as Great
Britain, present. 1t is pointed out
that aside from the written correspond
ence to which Lord Salisbury had
called attention, there were verbal ne
gotiations between Ambassador Hay
and his lordship, in which specific ref
erence was made to the participation
of Russia and Japan.
Besides the foregoing reply, and in
view of the differences which have
arisen, Mr. Sherman suggests a confer
ence between experts of the United
States, Great Britain and Canada.
In the meantime preparations for the
conference between the United States,
Russia and Japan are proceeding and
it will be well under way before the
close of this month.
If Great Britain persistently refuses
to come To any agreement on the seal
ing controversy, it is highly probable
that the retalatory measures against
Canada will be recommended To con-
gress, for, unless England pledges her
self to assist the United States in pro-
tecting fur seGls, there is no other
course which will prevent the Canadian
fishermen in the Boring sea from con-
tinuing their merciless slaughter. 1t
is proba BILE also that Russia and Japan
would join in retaliatory measures.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1897-10-21

Charles A. Dana, editor of the New
York Sun, died at his home in Glen
Cove, L. l., at the age OF rs.
Mr.. Dana's death had been expected
for several hours and his family and
physicians were at his bedside when
the end came. The cause OF Mr.
Dana's death was cirrhosis Of the liver.
On June he was at the Office appar-
emily strong and healthy. The next
day he was taken i'll and he never
afterward visited New York.
BY the death of Charles Anderson
Dana America loses one of the most
brilliant journalists she has ever
known. He was born Aug. 8, 1919,
and entered the newspaper business in
the '40s as a reporter on the Boston
Chronotype. In 1s47 he became city
Tribune and was later European COR
respondent during the troublous TIRES
in France in 1850. Soon after the
civil war begun Mr.. Dana severed con-
nections with Mr.. Greeley owing TO
differences on questions pertaining to
the conduct of the war. Mr.. Dana
was appointed to several positions in
the state department and finally Presi-
dent Lincoln made him assistant secre-
tary of war When the war was over
he went TO Chicago, and for year
acted as editor of The Republican
Then he returned to New York and
organized the company which now
publishes the New York Sun. The
Sun was already an old-established
journal, having first appeared N 1898,
but Mr.. Dana's own work and the
picked men he placed about him at
once transformed it into the leading
paper of the day and established a
reputation and circulation which has
since been the envy of all the other
metropolitan newspapers.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1897-10-21
Senator Morgan Favors Annexation.

Senator Morgan, of Alabama, who
has been making visit of investiga-
ton to Hawaii, states that he has been
more strongly convinced than ever in
his own mind that the anne Ration of
the islands in the right thing. He is
happy that his visit to Honolulu has
given him such a fund of information
that he can debate with intelligence
on the question when it comes up in
the senate this fall. While he was
considered an authority on Hawaiian
matters before by his colleagues, his
right 10 that position will be fully rec
ognized by all during the coming
session.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1897-10-21
AN ACCIDENT.
-4r. QnintRs H~mmel, Of 11S Michigan
Ave., Detroit, tells a War Story
Of his own Experience, and
the Result.
(Ffom Detroit Netps. }

Our representative called at 118 Mich
gan Avenue. the residence of Mr.. Quintus
Hummel Mr. Hummel is a veteran Of
the late war, and received, in the campaign,
an injury which has given him much pain
and suffering since. He belonged to
Michigan cavalry regiment and his horse
becoming frightened one day reared up,
throwing him backward In falling he
struck his spine on a sharp stone, inflict-
ing deep cut over five inches long The
injury affected the kidneys. About two
years ago the left kidney started to bleed,
and has been doing so ever since. Mr..
Hummcl, in n few pointed sentences, gave
our representative the following account
1.-THE accident of my war days left
me in bad shape; pain in my back and
spine rendered me almost useless, and |
was compelled to give up work entirely.
could not turn over in bed without assist
ance. | have spent hundreds of dollars in
various ways trying to find relief. Physi.
clans have told me my spine was honey
combed for 10 inches. had given up in
despair, never hoping for relief, when n
friend told me about Doan's Kidney Pills,
and they have done me world of good.
The pains have disappeared from my back,
and the bleeding of my kidney has almost
entirely stopped. know / can never be
entirely cured, as / would have to be "a
new man, but Doans Kidney Pills have
done more to make me feel like "A new
man than all the ether things have tried
during past years. l have not had any.
recurrence of the pain or bleeding since
taking them"
Doan's Kidney Pills for sale by all deal
ers. Price so cents, by mail, from Eos
ter. Milburn Co., Buffalo, N Y, sole
agents for the United States. Remember
the name, Deans, and take no other.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1897-10-21
NEWSY ENSATIONS.

Gen. Carlos Ezeta, eXpresident of
San Salvador, was arrested at Oakland,
Cal, to satisfy a landlord whom he
owes SIS.
AS the result of lovers quarrel
Florence Gleason, aged 10, shot and
killed her lover, John Peters and then
shot herself, at Chicago.
Miss Daley, an invalid maiden lady
living with John Conly's family, near
PilSeton, fell into an open fire and,~as
fatally burned before being discov4'ed.
The London Daily Chronicle an
nounces that the premier, Lord &.iis-
bury. is ahopt tn retire owing to- i'll
ness. Lord Salisbury denies the report.
Lolita Crabtree, better known as
Lolita" the actress, has sued Henry
+. Abbey, theatrical agent, of New
York, for $1,000 and two years inter-
est on promissory notes
Seven four-story wooden warehouses
filled with tobacco, and eight dwellings
were destroyed by fire at Durham,
n c. The total loss is S250,O00, with
I-UO,OUO insurance. over 5.0OU,UUU
pounds of tobacco burned.
Associate Justice Stephen Johnson
Field of the U. 5. supreme court has
made formal application to President
Mckinley to be retired from the bench.
under the law allowing members of
that court to be retired when 20 years
of age.
Edward Langtry, the husband of
Lily Langtry, the actress, died in the
asylum for the insane at Chester, Eng,
to which he was recently committed
by magistrate, having been found
wandering in a helpless condition in
that vicinity.
ExGov. Boies, who tried for the
nomination for the presidency at the
convention which nominated Bryan,
in letter to the Des Moines, Ia,
Leader says that gold is the basis of
national currency and that the Chicago
platform has had it's day.
The downpour of rain which was al
most deIuge flooded the Schuylkill
valley in Pennsylvania and the water
rose six to eight feet in some of the
streets of Reading. The people had to
be rescued with boats. Several thou
sand dollars damage was sustained.
Four robbers held up an express
train in daylight near Austin, Tex.
and fatally shot Conductor llealy and
wounded two passengers. The desper-
ADDE'S secured 5000 from passengers,
but were unable to get the express
safe open as the express messenger
had fled to the woods as soon as he
saw what was up.
Gov. Hastings, of Pennsylvania, has
received letter from Secretary Sher-
man stating that the Austrian minister
at Washington claims that there was
violation of rights of Austrian subjects
in the recent firing on the mob at Lat
timer, Pa, when score of miners
were killed. Secretary Sherman re-
quests the facts and status of affairs in
relation to these cases
The international convention of the
brotherhood of St. Andrew at Butfalo,
n. H., received reports that showed
that in the Episcopal church in the
United States there are 1,226 chapters
with 1900 members; in Canada, 2l2
chapters with l.5u0 IN mbers; in Scot
lard, IL chapters with 100 memoers; in
Australia. 40 chapters with 800 mem
bers. In England, where the move
ment has but recently taken organized
form, there are 80 chapters with $50
members.
The heaviast October snowstorm ever
known there has fallen at Crested
Butte, Colo.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1897-10-21
Historic Canadian Town Destroyed.

Historic Windsor, one of the most
beautiful towns in Nova Scotia, was
devasted by fire, which, famed by n
violent northwest gale, ragged so
fcrcely that the local fire dc. artment
was absolutely helpless to cope with it.
Within six hours the town had been
eaten almost completely, the area COW
cred by the flames being nearly mile
square, and of the 400 and more build
ings occupying the section barely half
Il dozen scorched structures remain,
and over 5000 people were rendered
homeless. Fortunately no lives were
lost, although the streets were perilous
with flying timbers, bricks and states,
which the fierce hurricane drove like
thunderbolts from the roofs.
The total loss is estimated roughly
at SO, 900, 900, and the total insurance is
calculated to be not more than $500, 000
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1897-10-21
ss Unreliable Insurance Companies.


State Insurance Commissioners Camp
bell is on the warpath against off-color
fire insurance companies He replies
to the charges made to Gov. Pingree
against him by the officers of two Sag
inaw companies whom he called to
time, and who asked for his removal.
Mr.. Campbell calls attention to % fire
insurance companies which he desig-
mates as myths, having no legal exist
ing policies and collecting premiums
wherever they can. He says that Mich
igan citizens are victims and are with
out legal remedy, and that risks should
be placed only with companies author
lied TO do business under the Michigan
laws.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1897-10-21
U. S. Supreme Court Justice Field Retire


Justice Stephen j. Field, of Califor-
MIA, announced to the u. 5. supre me
court the fact that he had sent his re-
signation to President Mckinley, to
take effect Dec. /, and it has been ac-
cepted. Justice Field was appointed by
President Lincoln and took his seat
May 90 1868, and is the last survivor of
the immortal Lincoln's appointees.
During Justice Fields incumbency
three chief justices and 16 associate
justices have passed away. A touching
reply was made by the other members
of the supreme bench and after the adj
journment of the court the justices
and the officers of the court called in
body at Justice Fields house and
took official leave of the retiring JUS
tce. Although his resignation does
not take effect until the first of De-
cember it is the understanding that
Justice Field will not resume his seat
on the bench during the interim.
President Mckinley apparently has
not decided yet upon the appointments
that Justice Fields retirement will oc-
cas- on, save that AttorneyG General Nc
Kenna will be nominated for the SUI
preme bench unless some cause inter-
venes between now and December to
prevent il.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1897-10-21
Hoods Dill cure liver ills, easy to take
sHOON = 1 IIIo easy to operate. 2b cent.
Read the Advertisements.

You will enjoy this publication much
better if You will get into the habit of
reading the advertisements; they will
afford most interesting study and
will put you in the way of getting
some excellent bargains Our adver-
tisers are reliable, they send what they
advertise.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1897-10-21

For Itching Piles. irritation of he
genitals, or itching in any part of the
body. Doan's Ointment is worth its
weight in gold. No matter how long
standing the trouble, Doan's Ointment
will not fail TO give instant relief
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1897-10-21

Consumption is the natural result of
a neglected cold. DR.. Woods NorwaJ
Pine Syrup cures coughs, bronchitis!
asthma, and all lung troubles down to
the very borderland of consumption.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1897-10-21

While the militia were in camp at
Lake Sebasticook, in Maine, it is said
that the perch stopped biting, espec-
tally on day when there was much
firing.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1897-10-21

Have you earache, toothache, sore
throat, pains or swellings of any sort?
A few applica tons of DR.. Thomas Ec-
lectric Oil will bring relief almost in
stantly.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1897-10-21

''Burdocl1 Blood Bitters entirely
cured me of terrible breaking out all
over my body. 1t is a wonderful med
icine." Miss Julia Elbridge, Box 80,
West Corn we'll, Conn.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1897-10-21
Opera House Ceiling Dropped.

During a performance in Robinson
opera house at Cincinnati, the central
truss of the ceiling, 80 feet long
and 30 feet wide, fell with a
crash and with slight warming
The house was fairly well filled with
people and the rush for the doors at
the first cracking sounds choked the
isles and the ceiling fell upon scores of
people killing Mrs. Geo. Kleeman, Miss
Lucy Cohen aud an unknown man.
Five other persons were dangerously
injured and at least n dozen more
quite seriously hurt The building
was an old one and the trusses of the
dome had rotted.
Later-Mrs. Alfred White has died
from injuries received.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1897-10-21

The king of Dahomey was educatei
in France and speaks French fluently
He became a barbarian because he was
disappointed in love affair.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1897-10-21

=" hson, engineer at the
Nh ectric Light works, at
teraught in a belt, dragged
cas- and instantly killed.
tions torn off at the knee,
pend to a pulp and the left
emf everal places.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1897-10-21

Alaska is large enough to contain
Great Britain and Ireland, Germany,
France, Greece and Switzerland, with
some room to spare.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1897-10-21

James and VIM. Jordan encountered
two rough looking characters as they
approached their home. near MuslSo-
gee, |. T., after spending the night
with a sick friend. When James asked
what they were doing there the fell
lows shot him dead; then VIM. pulled
his gun and killed both Of them They
were identified rs Moses Miller and
Bill Wilson. noted desperadoes
John Armstrong Chanler, the di-
vorced husband of Amelie Rives and a
grandson of John Jacob Astor, is re-
ported TO bc insane in the Blooming
dale asylum at New York.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1897-10-21

One reason why some people do not
get religion is because they do not
want to get enough to spoil them for
the world.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1897-10-21
}. A. Supreme Council.

me council of the Catholic
lefit association in their
ennial session, at Grand
ted the following officers:
ichael Brennan; vice-pres-
NJ. Molamphy, of Pitts
I'm. Muench, of Syracuse;
j. Hickey, of Brooklyn;
NJ. Welsh, of Hornells-
marshal, Dennis Hughes,
Pa; guard, j. Ii. Dron-
real; legal adviser, j. L.
,troit. The next session
| in Buffalo. The order
membership of $3.50 and
30,41s in beneficiaries in
le years. 1t has 1896, 1874
fund and spend S22, 43s
penses.