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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-06-02

He then referred to the unlocked-fcr
dangers and difficulties which con-
fronted then--the lack of grass on the
hills for the horses, the failure in the
supply of grain. Finally they had
come to the swollen tide of the Mis-
souri,. and by taking companies across
the river on RATS they gained new
supply of grain as reccmpense Then
they had arrived at Fort Bridger.
where discouraging reports of the Salt
Lake valley were heard. Almost they
had been persuaded to- change their
course to the north, but their resolution
remained still steadfast and they
pressed On.
Then the trials after the arrival in
the valley were described. A fever
Frustrated the pioneer chieftain and
Orson Pratt was delegated to enter
the valley first. The leader came
later and when he saw the broad acres
of the valley he said, Here will we
make our homes
1.-The SOIL continued Mr.. Roberts
was then as ashes TO the husband
man. Their resources were prolific.
Necessity solved all the harassins
rigation was born out of their difficult
ties.
Trials came in shoals. 1t is not to
be wondered at that they were heavy.
of heart when they saw the crickets,
day by day. devouring their crops; and
it is not to be counted superstition
when it is known that they thought it
was the intervention CT the divine when
the sea gulls came like white angels
and destroyed the devourers. Cap
plause). Another year of trial, and
corn sprang out of the ground, and
word went eastward for the remainder
to come on
There was in the conduct of that
band" he continued, "a faith, a con-
fdence, a sublime courage that all the
world may admire. Their achievements
are not of a creed; their grandeur
makes their deeds belong to the whole
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Hon. B. II. Roberts. Judge Colborn and
Spencer Clawson. Governor Wells pre-
sided.
The three first speakers made elegant
speeches. John Henry Smith dwelt on
the beauties Of patriotism. Judge
Powers did some word painting and
spoke of what the picture would be if
the curtain could be drawn and Utah
of so years hence revealed. Hon. B. H.
Roberts made mastery address con-
corning the trials and hardships of the
pioneers and the results they accom-
plished.
Then judge Colborn took the floor.
The speech he made had no poesy in
st. although it was sharp and to the
point There were no rhythmical SEN
fences, redundant with flowers from
the garden of eIoquence and pathos.
II was a statement of hard facts. and
every statement was as keen and in
cisive as. sword-thrust. 1t was what
this town has needed for a long time.
When ne began the blood of his audi
tors ran sluggish and torpid through
their veins. They were lulled into fan
cied bliss by the pretty tales of the
long ago. They had sighed for the
hardships OF the pioneer band as it
Travelled across the desert. They had
rejoiced with it in its triumphant pas
sage of the Platte. and breathed sym
patty with the brave n1tle band when
it found itself shy on horsefeed. They
congratulated themselves on the fact
that they were citizens of this state,
born in travail and distress" in heart
burnings and the like. and smiled hap
py smiles as they pictured themselves
hasking in the sunshine of a long. eter-
nal day IN the green valleys. sur
rounded by the snow-caDDed hills.
and all that sort Of thing.
But Colborn woke them up. AT first
the people thought he was there Cor the
sole purpose of making lot Of FUN for
them. BY and by the incisive knife
OF truth began to cut through and
show the blood Then they sat appalled,
before his lunges and right and left
cuts Then they began TO see the man
was in earnest and their pulses quick
ened and they applauded him to the
echo. He made a profound impression. !
and the commission viii have an easier |
time of it now than it would have
otherwise had.
Spencer Clawson hasn't much poetry !
in his composition. He is practical /
man Of business. lie knows what the /
situation is and when he rose TO speak |
he emulated Colborn somewhat He /
told the people the truth. lie slung
cosd facts at them until those he was I
firing at lodged in their seats Oh. (
it was a great meeting, and few more /
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! as the audience seemed 20 like the Inu-
( sic, he would state they .were a part of
a troupe, which, under the direction of
Howard Kyle, would put on Black
America" for the benefit of the jubilee
/ fund later on.
JOHN HENRY SMITH
( Governor Wells then announced that
/ the next speaker would be a son of one
of the original band of 143 which came
here in July, 1917, Hon. John Henry
Smith.
Mr.. Smith declared it a matter of
pleasure TO be with the people, al
though he was not exactly prepared to
make a speech.
Despite this condition the work was
one of deep interest Our own loved
Utah should in no sense be an excep-
ton 20 the rule adopted by this nation
The grit of our fathers must, if it is
maintained. he kept up by the sons
and daughters of today We enjoy
blessings which are the result of a de-
/ votion previously exercised and we
should do for our children all we can
toward making their lives bright and
happy.
We may never be called to pass
through conditions such as our fathers
and mothers passed through, but we
have the same hopes and ambitions
they did We should foster the spirit
of patriotic regard to preserve our ma
tional dignity and should demonstrate
to posterity our feelings OF veneration
and love to the band who so years ago
planted on Ensign peak the standard
OF liberty. although Utah was then
presumed to be Mexican soil
The speaker said he had come here
as child, Lad noted the growth of
Utah and had no feeling but of joy
and happiness in her advancement.
Our effort should be to make
honor the effort of those who
endured all the hardships in build
ing up here great state. Theirs was
the trial and ours the JOY. We should
inspire our children to respect the
band who. unfurling our flag in these
valleys, invited the oppressed of all ma
tons TO come here and make with them
a home.
AS we honor the men who turned
back the armies of the mother country
in 1I96. so should we honor those who
later laid the foundations of this state
for thev descended from the same
brave race, and their deeds are worthy
of our respect and generation
Let the same liberality and devotion
be manifested in this event as is mani !
tested in the her states in commem-
Grating the work of our forefathers.
HARMONY GLEE CLUB.
The Harmony Glee club then sang
with excellent effect Around the Camp |
Fire" and were rewarded with hearty
applause; in fact, were compelled TO |
respond 10 a hearty encore.
JUDGE POWERS.
The next speaker presented was Hon. /
o. w. Powers, who was eulogized in !
few well chosen words by Governor I
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ourselves together in mystic circle OF
our own and defy the world to inter
fore.
ON that celebration day there was
feast. Jew and Gentle partook of
! that feast. Let US say. then, Their
heroism belongs to US and we will all
/ join in the juoilation and honor them. -
No; that is g wrong expression. We
/ will honor ourselves. If we do not rise
above faetional affairs there will come
| up a generation in the future which
will load them with honors and will
arise to denounce and despise us who
did not.
If you will support the commission
they will make a celebration worthy
of you and worthy of the president of
the nation. (Applause). We may not
haye voted for him Oaughter). but we
can give him a warm and universal
greeting. (ADplause).
JUDGE CoLBoRN,
Judge Colborn SHARED no one in his
address. He intended, ere tine meeting
began. to state a whole lot of truth.
and he did. He spoke from a box in
the dress circle, and the effect was
wonderful. At first the people thought
he was there for the purpose of Great
ing a whole lot Of fun for them, but
ere he had completed there was diff
ferent in-.ression.
His remarks were substantially as
follows: ~
Ladies and gentlemen: 1 address the
chairman OF this meeting this evening
in a profound manner, and because l.
have a reason. 1t was he, who. in the
might o. executive oower, reached
down into the obscurity in which l
lived and lifted me with the strong arm
of authority to the high pinnacle where
l am nova member of this commits
sion.
When I hear Judge Powers and Mr.
Roberts speak on occasions like this.
/ wish L was an orator like them. and
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Wells. VINO alluded TO him as Utahs
word painter and forensic scenic ar
.:ss
Judge Powers was in one of his hap
/ piest moods. RegTetting that he was
so early on the programme, he said
perhaps it was the good fortune of the
/ people that such was the case.
The jubilee commission was about to
make its report on an occasion dear to
every citizen of Utah. While We have
had differences in the passive all have
them-we cannot but honor the founder
of this city, the leader of the pioneer
band.
Centuries are but the seconds of eter-
nifty. and il is only here and there in
history we see the finger marks of
man; only once in a While we see cast
up from the ocean OF life something
that records the deeds of some great
man. Tie achievement of the leader of
the pioneers is one of these exceptions.
What of the Utah OF old? What Of to-
day. and what of the future?
We see around US the evidences of the
work done bv those pioneers. This
great city is insignificant, grand though
we think Is, OF the brightness to come.
All around us are mountains filed with
precious metals. The earth is rich with
that which Industry will develop.
Could / but unroll the curtain of the
future, said the speaker, for 80 years,
and could YOU gaze upon its pictures,
you would net hesitate to celebrate to
the best of your ability.
1t = your duty to celebrate to the
best of your mons. Utah Will see more
than ever before. You will have here the
president OF the United States. CAD
plause) You viii have with you that
great orstcr. the defeated candidate.
Hon. William J. BRYAN. (Great an
plause.) 1 urge you to uphold the
names Ct these who are doing al they
can to make this jubilee a success.
1 note over there my friend Judge
Colbcrn), who is nrOne to tell Us that
Denver is ahead of us. l do not think
so. Denver had no handcart people;
they waited until the hlndcart made
trail and rode in in Pullman car. They
did not have to experiment with irri-
cation; they sent a committee to Utah
and went back home and turned on the
water.
We celebrate more than a mere ideal;
we celebrate the anniversary of the
founding of a great state which has
come out of great trial and tribula-
ton.
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was received with burst of applause.
He said, in beginning, that the forth
coming celebration was a recognition
of heroism and noble deeds. He had
been requested. he said, TO speak on
The Trials of the Pioneers.
He spoke of the condition of the peo-
pie prior TO their journey into the will
derness. At that time the people were
outcasts AMI the eyes of the nation
were fixed upon them A journey across
an unknown waste was looked upon as
the dream of a mailman. Yet success
would stamp them as heroes. Thes
people were undaunted, and with Voc
drous resolution they plunged into H.
wilderness.
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THE HERALD BULLETIN

PACE ONE.
Theatre Mass Meeting.
Tariff Debate in the Senate.
Sugar Searles is Free.
FACE TWO.
Reeds Conduct Attacked in tho
House.
The Cheyenne Indian Troubles.
Water Fight in Ogden.
Yankees Worse Than Cubans.
PAGE THREE.
Utah Pumice Stone.
Affairs of the County.
PAGE FOUR
PAGE FIVE.
Yesterday in the Courts
Bancroft and Dodge Chumnly-
Brigham Young Family Gathering
High School Closing Exercises.
PAGE SIX.
The Markets of the World.
General Sporting News.
PAGE SEVEN.
News From Towns Nearby.
PAGE EIGHT
Some Living Pioneers.
Fleeing Councilmen.
Suicide at st. George.
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BURNED IN HIS CABIN.
Wyoming Miner Receives Fatal IN
iuries-Notes.
Especial to The Heraid.3

CHEYENNE. Wyo.. June 1.-George MI
-, asad Al. an employee of the Union
Pacife shops here. met with horrible
acc;dant at an early hour this morn
~ and which will result in his death
Milan lives alone in a snanty IN SvJsn
ne stis morning attempted to smoke
anu sl.s While in bed. The bed clothing
llaS P1g FIRE. and before Milan conid
escana the back of his head and snou5-
dr. wore burned to a crisp. me shacH
u was DESTROYED and Milan now hes aI
the point of death.
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Let US join hearts and hands. and
laying aside all recrimina.ions, make
this great event in the history of
Utah. Although not fortunate enough
TO have been born in Utah, I shall try
to live here as long as / can. and l
urge you TO use every effort and energy
to make it a success.
Mr.. r. c. Easton was introduced
felicitously by the governor as "Bobo-
link Easton." His first song was re-
ceived with warm and continued ap-
plause and he gracefully responded to
an encore.
HON. B. H. ROBERTS.
Hon. B. H. Roberts followed. He
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-06-02
WAS A ROUSIuG
OF SbEBPERS
Immense Mass Meeting Last
Evening at the Salt
Lake Theatre.
JUBILEE WAS THE THEME
CoIborn and CIawson Wake the
People From Sleep.

Governor Wells Presided and Judge
Powers, John Henry Smith and B.
H. Roberts Deliver Eloquent Ad-
dresses on the Pioneers, Patriot
ism and so FOrth-cOlborn, Speak
ing for the Commission, Says the
People Must Celebrate Fittingly
or Be Laughed at and Disgraced-
clawson Tells Them Something
for Their Acknowledgements and
Other Entertainment-A Great
Gathering.
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people. AS the Scotch cannot moncp-
olize Robert Burns, so the Mormons
cannot monopollze those achievements.
They wege working for all humanity.
They cried to all the world from the
peaks of Utah, Come, all of you, to
freedoms feast
Columbus was a Catholic, but his
deeds were universal in their results.
Recently his name was celebrated by
all the world. not by Catholics alone.
So the achievements of the pioneer
band is a gift to the whole people. and
there should be no sectarianism in the
coming celebration.
The pioneers themselves celebrated
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when 1 hear Easton sing 1 wish 1 was
a bird-a song bird. I wish 1 was
one tonight, so that l could spread my
wings and fit from door to door of
every house in Utah and sing Utah,
We Love Thee" That is the song we
hear as we go from bank to bank in
this city and ask for assistance for this
celebration. We enter on the marble
floors and sit down TO rest on the soft
cushions of damask and find we cannot
get anything for the celebration be-
cause, forsooth. these poor, hard
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-06-02
MINER BLOWN UP.
Dangers of the Deadly Dynamite II
Illustrated.
(snecial to Tho Herald.)

c-,avanna Wvo.. June IA. H. Ber-
,are- met with a serious mishap at the
NSorth star mine in Cooper hill district,
-,a.. Laramie today. Saturday after
noon ne placed a stick OF dynaIn i, IN
position in the mine 70 make d Dla ;.
and lighted the fuse, put I1e ~ ns'iii ~
failed 70 ignite. 1Oody -s.s :,
T,ict- out the charge, when an awful
e e followed. Berberg was
thrown from the shaft with tons OF
earth and lay on the ground several
hours before he was discovered: ms
right hand had been blown on, T3
left arm broken and MS Ieau 800 tts
c,,t There was hardly place on ms
- but what was bruised and cut
He will probably recover
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Expert Ames Continues.

San Francisco. June l.-At tod2y's
proceedings in the case of Angus VS..
Craven, involving the ge1uineness of
the so-called pencil will of James G..
Fair. Expert Ames continued his c-it-
ical examination of Fairs chirograp ply.
pointing out the alleged differences be-
tween the writing in the pencil will
and the admittedly genuine letters O.
the dead millionaire.
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UNCurIPAHGRE BILL.
No Doubt But it Will Be Taken Up
on Friday.
Special to The Herald)

washington, June There is no
doubt that today the house will take
up the Uncompahgre matter and VIII
sdont The amendment, the text of
which snDeared in The Herald a few
6avs ago and which was passed by
the senate. 1t provides for the opening
Of all lands on the reservation except
the mineral lands
Mr.. King delivered an address To-Day
rneafing in the Columbia theatre,
held under the auspices OF the women
National Cuban League
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their entrance here in 1S49. On that
occasion they had fiag-a prodigious
one. 45 feet in length. In the parade
young men carried the Declaration of
independence and the constitution of
the United States. These were formal
ly presented 10 the president who led
that great multitude in the cry, May
they live forever
Let me tell you" he continued,
tina. if those men were Mormons,
they were also Americans, and if you
cannot celebrate their deeds as Nor
mons you can honor them as American
citizens. (Applause). We cannot all
sorship in the tabernacle, but we can
worship as we choose. We can draw
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"HARBOR LIGHTS. !,

The Jubilee Glee club sang "Harbor
Lights" which was enthusiastically
applauded The boys had to respond
to an encore-in fact, two encores-and
there would have been more had not
Governor Wells decided two was
enough.
At the conclusion the chairman said
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IS DIGGING
The GRAVE
OF PROTECTION
Gallery Warns AIdrich That is
What He is Doing.
ONYX THE THEME
In THE SENATE
SENATORS WANT TO SHUT OUT
MEXICo'S PRODUCT.

Smith, of New Jersey, Rises to a
Question of Personal Privilege
and Resents the Statement Made
by Newspaper and Used by Till
man a Few Days Ago-Tillman
Listens Quietly, and Says Never
Word.
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like it would help Utah immensely
Here is the account of the gathering:
THE PROCEEDTNCS

The audience filed all the lower por-
ton of the theatre and the first and
second balconies were fully occupied,
while quite a number took seats in
the top gallery.
Music was furnished by the cele-
brated Twenty-fourth infantry band,
which, under Leader Schaffner, turned
out % pieces and discoursed several
excellent selections
The entrance of Governor Wells,
Spencer Clawson, Hon. B. H. Roberts,
Apostle John Henry Smith and Hon.
Q. w. Powers was the signal for ap-
plause. which a moment later turned TO
intense laughter as the camp chair in
which John Henry Smith sat collapsed.
letting him down on the floor with
more haste than dignity. A stronger
chair was brought for the distinguished
guest of the evening and the episode
was soon forgotten as the band played.
Hon. Spencer Clawson announced
Governor Wells as the chairman of the
evening. a statement which brought
out hearty round of applause
GOVERNOR WELLS.
Governor Wells said the object of
meeting was to awaken a deeper inter-
est in the hearts of the people of he
state in the jubilee celebration. The
governor gave a history of the legisla-
ton in connection with the event, and
paid a high compliment to the last
legislature for its appropriation and
the work the increased commission
has done.
This meeting was called for the two
fold purpose of explaining what had
been done and what ought to be done.
AS a native of Utah the speaker said
he felt an interest in the jubilee. He
felt that it could not be too big nor
too grand. Concluding. Governor Wells
said the commission had done all it
could and if the jubilee was not a sue
cess it would not be the fault of the
members.
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Arotber ..Wave. y

z pa ] me lover 100 men
-. s,sferent parts of the Reading
- :. - .,.a-,-s stonped work today on ac-
llon VIZ u NJ Tedncticn of wages of pud-
S ,, - " % IN 10 81. per ton, and
others in proporuon, aDou' + ~ pe effect
a previous renuc1ioh
March l.
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The meeting al the theatre last even
ing for the benefit of the pioneer cele-
bration was a success, if words count
for anything. The speakers were Hon.
John Henry Smith. Hon. o. w. Powers.
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ORDERED A
VERDICT Of
AlQUIITAL
ACTON OF the Judge il the Great
Sugar Case.
REASONS GIVEN:
BY HIM THEREFOR
NO TESTIMONY BY WHICH CON-
VIcTIoN WAS EpssIBLE.

Even if Money Had ben Given For
the Purpose of 4lecting State
Legislators, Who fould in Time
Elect a United States Senator. it
Was Beyond the Power of the
united States to 70 Behind the
Election of Legislative Members.
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Continued on page G.,
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-07-31
One seldom hears of Jim Corbett these


One seldom hears of Jim Corbett these
piping hot days. Fitz and Sullivan seem
to have the inside track on keeping
their names before the public. For q
time after his Carson City defeat Corbett
was heard from, but 1t was usually as
stating that il he had another chance"
at Lanky Bob he would do this or that,
or something else to the effect that Fitz
would be the loser. Corbett finally saw
that his uttersnces were of no avail, and
wisely dropped his chatter. Since then
one has heard but little of the pomp-
adoured one, except that q story was
sprung that he and Brady wanted to
purchase the franchise Of the st. Louis
Base Ball club. Corbett evidently has
the base ball bee in his bonnet. and is
willing to indulge his desire IL feasible.
Corbett played ball last week with an
amateur team in the east, and, while ne
was not bowling success. still he might
improve with practice. think that
Corbett will hardly be seen in the ring
again, unless Fitz chooses to give him
another battle. and such happening 10
not very probable. It is hard blow to
lose title. such as Corbett bore. but
then he has no one to blame bat him.
SELF II Corbstt still contemplates re-
gaining the mpionship, think the
best way he can force recognition again
10 to meet and defeat Joe Choynski or
Peter Maher. 1.-The could whip either
one Of these men, bot of course be can't.
his cause would indeed be good teS
another 60 ct Fitx.