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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-07-25

Cleveland Leader: There's one thing,
however, that I can't quite understand. y
said the Rev. Mr.. Choker.
What's that?" Mrs Van Scadds in
quired.
why, it is this: Every time I get
back to my church after being away
upon a vacation, the members of the con-
gregation seem to be even better than
they were before l left -
WELL" the thoughtless lady said, IT
suppose ii is only natural that the rest
should benefit them. as well as you
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-07-25
Looking For Business.

San Francisco. July A.-There is every
probability that Wells-Farso & Co. will
establish an Office in Dawson City during
the coming spring. L. F. Rowell, assist
ant manager of the company said today
that. nothing would be gained by estab-
present rate of transportation for gold
from Seattle TO San Francisco is s. a
thousand. and s. from Seattle TO PhiIa-
delphia. If an office is established in the
klondyke district the rate per thousand
including insurance, will be $3.50.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-07-25

Will discharge part of her cargo and take
on supplies and passengers for Alaska.
About half of her passenger list from this
city is booked for Alaska, and she will be
full TO the limit leaving Seattle for the
north. 1t is probable that she will carry
500 passengers from Seattle when she sails
for the gold country of the north.
The UmatilIa will sail tomorrow morn
ing. for Seattle where she will connect
with steamer for Alaska. She carries a
fun passenger list from this city, a great
army of whom are bound for the Klon-
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-07-25
On Eden's Strand.

New York Press: Eve, for once
seemed insensible to his subtle fiattery.
You said 1 was thick-skinned. Now,
don't deny it.'' she cried.
For an instant the serpent was all
most nonplussed. 'Ah, but" he said
beauty is only skin deep, and, Of
course"
The Zeitgeist, perceiving an apple in
the distance, shrieked that all was
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-07-25
The Thing Needed.

Chicago Post: They had been discuss
ing the advancement of science.
i see It is claimed that they can get
electricity direct from coal now" sug-
gested the lawyer.
That won't do us any good returned
the railroad manager. II we could get
coal direct from electricity now we
wouldn't have TO worry about the strike"
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-07-25
Party From Portland

Portland, Ore, duly PA party Of ten
Portlanders left today for Seattle where
they wia take the steamer Mexico for
Juneau tomorrow. Among them are J.
customs for Alaska. who goes 10 talS4
charge of his office
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-07-25
A Sine Qua Non.

New York Press: Wickware-I Won
der if old Goldsborough was as rich as
thev made out?
Widdles-How manw widows did he
leave?
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-07-25
Not a Bad Exnlanatinn

Cleveland Plain Dealer: What was the
text. Jack?''
'-sOmething about looking through
glass darkly"
hat does II mean?''
= guess ii means ne was drinkin lake
water after the lake was stirred up"
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-07-25
AT the mission School.

New York Press: Teacher-Can you
tell me the meaning of the line. Seek
ing the bubble reputation, even at the
lannon's mouth2"
Swipes-Dat mus be about de mout
wot gut pulled fer putin soap adver-
tisements up L Fort Lee.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-07-25
Without REGARD to Others

Chicago Times-H Herald: The Atlanta
Constitution is discussing the Genesis of
Trusts. The country is not so deeply
interested in their Genesis as it is in their
Exodus just at present
That's right. Go for the Lighthouses.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-07-25
A Long List.

Cleveland Plain Dealer: II know what
| owe my constituents" shouted the i'm
passioned orator
Then you must have a long memory"
yelled lank farmer. There amt a man
IN the county that you don't ower'
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-07-25

In the Ear Years

New York Press: Shady Sides-Lady,
1 wasn't always tramp like you see
me now.
Kind Lady-How strange TO think
you were once a baby.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-07-25
Another vessel pasaed rn

San Francisco, July 24-The steamer
Cleveland chartered as an extra vessel
by the Northwestern Trading companv
sailed late tonight for Seattle. where She
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-07-25
Quite Possible.

Tid-Bits: Miss F'lyte, do you think
Miss Giggle is laughing at me?"
Il can't say, Mr.. Softieigh. She Of
ten laughs at almost nothing
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-07-25

fired, but. to his modification. they all
flew away untouched "Oh, faith"
cried Pat. joyfully ''begorra. sir. you
made them lave thai, anyway
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-07-25
EVERYWHERE
IS EXCITEMENT
FIore Fairy Stories Regarding
Kiordyke.
COMPANIES FORMED
IN VARIOUS STATES
ARKELLS CLAIMS ARE BEING
PUSHED.

Fever Heat at Tacoma-San Francis
CO Shaken to the Center-Against
the Advice of Their Friends and.
With Little or No Money Many
Men viii Go, Never to Return.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-07-25

The newspapers in southern Califor-
ria will lose many an interesting sub
ject when Calvin G. Eastwood dies. He
is a Yankee, and is the owner of more
sheep than any other person in Amer
lea. His one purpose has been to in
crease his flock. He has immense tracts
of grazing land in every county in
southern California from Santa Bar
bara to Mexico Today he is worth
fully 81, 600. Yet he lives the life of
the comnonese shepherd. and the scan
tiness of a shepherds fare is proven
bal. Week after week he sleeps on
the ground. with his sheep wherever
night overtakes him. He lives on beans
and cheese for days at a time. On his
birthday and at Christmas he will kill
a So sheep, and he and his hired men
will feast on that. He says that when
he gets to the $1,000, 900 mark he will
take a rest, and may go back to see
his relatives in the Berkshire hills in
Massachusetts. He is never so well
pleased as when someone take him for
a pauper. When he is introduced to
stranger from the east as a million
aire ne watches keenly for the look of
incredulity to spread over the stran-=
gers face. He is a strong friend, and
when the runs on the Los Angeles
banks occurred in June. 1898. he made
deposits Of $4,000 in gold day for
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1897-04-02
Tobacco Barn Burned.

The large tobacco barn belonging
to Mr.. Crockett Thomas, a we'll known
Caledonia farmer, was destroyed by
fire last Sunday morning. The build
ing contained about 5000 pounds OF
good tobacco, wagon and all of Mr..
Thomas farming implements. Every
thing was reduced to ashes. The loss
is estimated atabout $500, with no
insurance. How the building caught
is mystery. On awakening at an
early hour Mr.. Thomas attention was
attracted by cracking sound and
on going out he found the roof of the
barn about ready to fall in. There
had been no fire about the building
since the curing of the tobacco crop.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1897-04-02
RAGING WATERS.
TIE LOWER MISSISSIPPI OUT OF ITS
BANKS.
Many Levees Give Way and Thousands Of
Acres Inundated. Loss Of Life

Memphis, Tenn, March 31.-A
heavy rainfall, accompanied by a
strong gale from the west, is adding
to the horror Of the food situation one
hundred and fifty miles below Mem
phis in the Mississippi Delta. Four
breaks are each letting in stream as
large as the Ohio river at Cincinnati,
or the Hudson at Albany, and this
tremendous out flow has causd fall
of only one tenth inch at Vicksburg,
Immediately below the last break. The
rain and wind will probably cause,
more breaks. The river is now like
an inland sea, and this afternoon a.,
brief telegram from point below
Rosedale, Miss, announced that great
waves we're pounding against the
levee, and that at frequent intervals
the water tore itself loose from the
main channel and dashed over the EN-
bankment. This being true there will
in all probability be more crevasses,
before morning.
All of the forces Of nature are
against the people. The rainfall in
creases and the wind intensifies the
danger. If the wind was from the
east it would mean little, but the gale
is blowing from the west.
h. ALL CO. 10 of
from Helena to Arkansas City to-
night is as full of holes as the outer
wall of fertilization after a siege
There is break at Westover, which
occurred at an early hour this morn
ing The break grew until it is now
several hundred feet wide. This ere.
vase is ten miles below Helena, and
the water rushing through it will des-
troy dozen splendid plantations, and
may back TO Helena. Other breaks
will probably occur on the Arkansas
shore.
A thickly settled country contain
ing an area of about 1000 square
miles dotted with farm houses, negro
cabins and small villages, will be
flooded,
The loss of human life so far has
been comparatively small. Not a
half dozen people have been drowned
in the Delta, aud probably a dozen on
the Arkansas side south OF Helena.
A considerable fall is reported at
Cairo. At points below Vicksburg
the river is rising with increased
rapidity.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1897-04-02
STILL DEADLOCKED
No Change In The Senatorial Situation at
Frankfort

Frankfort, April Three more
ballots We're taken today without any
change from yesterday
Frankfort, KY, April light
bollots were taken Tuesday with no
change in the senatorial situation ex
cept that Senator Siege left Hunter
and voted for Boyle. This left Hun
ter three votes short OF election.
On Wednesday five more ballots
were taken without any change. Sen
ator Hissem intimated that he would
soon drop Hunter.
The latest indications are that a
new caucus will be demanded and
that Hunter will refuse to get off I'M
less forced out of the race. The
Democrats are again indulging the
hope that an election may be pre-
vented.
The Republican majority on the
committee is still holding up the re-
port in the Bell contest.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1897-04-02
Mr.. NlOrgan's BIZ.

Hon. j. w. Morgan has put
through the House a bill repeating
the old Ward bill of Hopkinsville, a
special act passed seven years ago.
Mr.. Morgan's bill is not fully un.
derstood, but unless it is coupled
with some other features it is not a
measure of any serious consequence.
The old Legislative act which could
not be changed except by the legis-
lature was in 1898 passed by the
council as an ordinance, under the
new constitution, and then practically
abandoned in its old fern by making
AS now in force, it is the ordinance
and not the obsolete act Of 1890 that
makes Hopdinsyille an oasis in the
desert of Republication in Christian
county Having themselves aban
doned the old act, the Democrats at.
tach but little importance to it, but
Mr. Morgan is up to some mischief
and the Democrats in the Senate will
not make a mistake if they let his pet
measure quietly die in committee.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1897-04-02
The Fiscal Court Next Week.

The Christian County Fiscal Court
will meet next Tuesday and the
session will be one of unusual impor-
lance The l.. e. N. Railroad bonds
issued in 1897 and still outstanding
mature July / 1897. These amount
to SOL 900 and provision must be
made for redeeming these bonds and
issuing others. 1t is expected that
new bonds can be placed at much
lower rate of interest, at considera
BILE saving to the county. If this is
dono the Fiscal Court ought to lie.
duce the county tax rate, which was
raised u cents last year. The levy
for 1897 is one of the matters to be at.
tended to.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1897-04-02
CREAM OF NEWS.
IF IT IS NEW AND TRUE THIS COLUMN
HAS 1T.
Mrs. simonsOn Dead-Mr. Morgan's Bill
Two suicides-Divorce Granted Fam
lily Drowned Barn Burned
Wandering WINE Captured again

Willie Myers, known as wander
ing Willie" escaped from the asylum
here about three weeks ago, was cap
tured in Princeton Wednesday and
an attendant was sent down to return
with him yesterday. Myers has been
sent to the asylum several times, but
manages to escape and wanders
around until taken in again. He
was sent here from Caldwell county
the last time, but his home was orig
inally in Allen county.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1897-04-02
Told Her Child Goodbye

Sebree, Ky, March 3l.-Mrs Julia
Price wife of Mr.. James Price, Dr.,
living near Dixon, in this county,
committed suicide yesterday evening
by hanging herself, Her husband
left her at the house with her four
year old boy and went out to the
stable to shoot a hawk.
He returned in twenty minutes and
was Mortified to find his young wife
dangling at the end of a rope, which
was tied to rafter of the trout porch.
Her little boy said she stood on a
chair and put her head in the rope
and told him good by, that she was
going to hang herself.
Her husband is a prominent farm
er, and the cause that prompted the
rash deed is unknown.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1897-04-02

Mayor McKisson, of Cleveland, il
trying to end the Rod Mill strike.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1897-04-02
Jim Landrum Suicides

James Landrum, farmer of Sa
line Creek neighborhood, about 80
years of age, committed suicide last
Friday by shooting himself When
he left home he took his gun and
told his wife he was going to shoot
some turkeys, but from all indica
tions, he went to the barn, and plac-
ing the stock of the gun in a crack,
stuck the barrel in his mouth, and
with a stick sprung the trigger. His
head was blown nearly off. He had
been in the asylum several years ago,
and his mind was unbalanced at the
time of his suicide,-Cadiz Telephone
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1897-04-02
Divorce for the Groom

The important and in some respects
sensational divorce suits of Rev. Cal
vim Meacham and wife, of Laytons.
vile, were decided yesterday by
Judge James Breathitt. Each sued
the other for a divorce, but the court
dismissed Mis-. Meacham's petition
and granted Mr.. Meacham divorce.
Rev. Calvin Meacham is a Baptist
preacher who lives not far from Pilot
Rock. He is about 78 years of age
and has reared a large family of
children. A year or two ago the old
gentleman made second matrimo-
NAL venture and selected as his part
ner Mrs. Nancy Hogan, a buxom
young widow of 35. The marriage
was failure almost from the start
and soon matters became 80 bad that
a separation followed. The aged
groom was taken sick and while dis
aDled and near deaths door he al
leges that his wife received the atten-
tions of other men in his own house.
His allegation were evidently borne
out by the evidence, as the decision
indicates.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1897-04-02
Results In Galloway.

Murray, KY, March PA heavy
vote was polled in the democratic
primary in this county today. The
returns were late in getting in last
night, but is believed that Redford
received the nomination for sheriff,
Editor John McMeloan for repreten.
tative, and a Blackburn man; Linn
county attorney; Keys, county clerk
Phillips, circuit clerk; Radburn, Jail
err; Cuthion, county Judge.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1897-04-02
ONE HUNDRED DOCTORS.
Big Preparations for the Coming Medical
Meeting.


Meeting.
The meeting of the Southern Ken
lucky Medical association to be held
in this city on the 18th and 18th insts,
promises to be great success.
There will be about 100 doctors in
attendance, including some of the
most distinguished physicians in this
and other states. Among these will
be DR.. j. NJ Matthews, Chairman
State Board of Health, Louisville;
DR.. j. n. Mccormick, Secretary State
Board of Health, Bowling Green; DIR.
A. Nj. Owen, Evansville, Ind; DR..
Richard Douglass, Nashville, Tenn.
DR., b. w Stone, Nashville; Prof. j
A. Larrabee, Louisville, and DR.. Arch
Dixon, Henderson. All Of these gem
tlemeu and many others will take
part in the exercises.
The first session will be held at the
court house at 9 d. IN. on the l4th.
Speeches of welcome by the mayor
and by DR.. b. F. Eager on behalf of
the Christian County Medical Socie-
ty, Response by DR.. r, w. Bowling,
of Adairville.
Business session in the afternoon,
and at night there will be a popular
lecture at the opera house by Dr. j.
NJ. Matthews, to which the public is
invited. Following the lecture there
will be reception at Hotel Latham
with the AS You Like 1t Club acting
as hostesses. Light refreshments
will be served and enough invited
guests will be present to make the af.
FUR pleasant all round.
On the 18th the business session
will complete the program and the
meeting will adjourn in the after,
noon,
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1897-04-02
Some Fine Cattle.

Mr.. Gabe Campbell yesterday sold
to the Asylum one of the finest lots
of beef cattle ever marketed in Chris
tan county. The entire lot of about
twenty head averaged 1900 pounds
and several of the steers weighed
more than 1000. One extra fine
steer pulled down the scales at p
200 pounds.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1897-04-02
INSANE FOR so YEARS.
Death of One of the Oldest patients In The
Asylum,

Death of One of the Oldest Patients In The
Asylum.
Mrs Naomi Simonson, the oldest
patient in the Western Asylum in
point of residence, died this week.
Her age was supposed to be at least
IS years. She had enjoyed good
health until not long ago and was
allowed the freedom of the yards.
She was one of the first patients
brought here when the Western Asy-
lum was built in the fifties and had
been here AZ years. She was here
when the asylum burned before the
war and was quartered in town while
the building was being restored. She
has ever since claimed that her
home was in town and that she was
being kept away. Frequently she
would get into the carriages with the
commissioners and insist on being
taken back "home'. She was entirely
harmless and had been incurable for
more than so years. She was native
of Campbell county, but nobody there
remembers her now and her relatives
have all passed away She was
brought here after having been several
years in the Lexington Asylum and
all told spent more than half a cen
fury in the two institutions. At hel
request made some days before hel
death, DR.. H. G. Settle preached hel
funeral and the body of the old lady
was buried in the asylum cemetery
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1897-04-02
DR. GARDINER SWORN IN.
Took The Oath of Office Yesterday In This
City.

Took The Oath of Office Yesterday In This
City.
DR.. T. ". Gardiner, the new Super
lutendent of the Western Asylum,
qualified yesterday and entered upon
the duties of his office. A special
meeting of the Board of Commits
sioners was held at the First National
Bank at II o'clock and DR.. Gardiner
appeared and had the oath of office
administered by Notary Thos, w.
Long. He left at once for the Asylum.
He reached here the evening before.A AT
his request, the retiring Superintend-
ent, DR.. Letcher, will remain a few
days and then leave for Henderson
to resume the practice of medicine.
Dr. Gardiner has wife and two
children but his family will not move
from Madisonville for some time yet.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1897-04-02

Samuel Hotopp, a Louisville saloor
keeper who buried his wife Saturday
committed suicide Monday morning
by shooting
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1897-04-02

A fusion between the Republicans
and Palmerites for county offices in
Anderson has been agreed upon.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1897-04-02
FLICK FAMILY browns.
tIlSN TNMlII OHOWNSs
Awful Death of IA Lyon County Family
In the CumharIand

Awful Death of Lyon County Family
In the Cumberland
Eddyville, KY, March 3l.-A re-
port reached here to-day of the drown
ing in the Cumberland last night Of
William Flick and his family of three.
According to the report Mr.. Flick
was trying to move his family OF vile
and two little children from mis- Hood
ed house on the Cumberland, near
Trigg Furnace, in this county. The
skilf overturned, and in the darkness
all were drowned The current there
is very swift, and no small boat could
live in il. Mr. Flick is said to have
a we'll to-do aud esteemed farmer.
Mayor McKisson, of Cleveland. is
The herald., 1897-10-05

COLLEGIATE SCHOOL FOR BOYS
now in session; 1898 w. Seventh: cata-
logue gives details. A. B. BROWN, A. NJ.
Yale). 100
The herald., 1897-10-05
Continue to Contradict
Each Other
UNSATISFACTORY EVIDENCE
LEADS THE DEFENSE TO TAKE A
NEW TACK
The Prosecution Preparing to Break
Down the Testimony offered by
the Defense
Associated Press Special Wire.

Associated Press special Wire.
CHICAGO, Oct. Am unexpected
turn OF affairs occurred in the Luetgert
trial during the afternoon session. The
defense suddenly dropped Its line of ex-
pert testimony and put on witnesses to
impeach the evidence for the state.
This afternoon ex-Judge Vincent, At
torney Phalen, Arnold Luetgert and
others who are Interested in the de-
fense held a consultation. relative to
whether or not Luetgert should go on
the witness stand. At the close Of the
conference tonight ex-Judge Vincent
said he had not decided upon the matter.
It was intimated that Luetgert might be
called TO the witness stand tomorrow.
The Luetgert trial opened with Prof.
Eckley OF the College Of Physicians and
Surgeons of Chicago on the stand for
cross-examination, in connection with
the Identification of bones. Prof. Plum
mer of the Northwestern Medical College
briefly examined the temporal bone in
troduced by the State and emphatically
declared that 1t was not the temporal of
q human being. He also stated that
the femur shown him was not that Of a
human being.
During the afternoon session. Prof.
Eckley was recalled second time, and
admitted that upon one occasion he did
say that Prof. Dorsey, whose evidence
he testified against, was one Of the best
men the state could have procured as an
expert.
Prof. William Hail. one Of the north
western dental experts In chemistry,
gave scientific testimony with reference
to the action of potash upon false teeth
and the plates to which they are at
tached. 1t was his opinion that the
potash solution in the vat in which Mrs.
Luetgert's body is said to have been dis
integrated, was not of sufficient de-
structive power to seriously affect the
teeth, but 1t would undoubtedly either
destroy or greatly damage the mouth
plates.
David Victor, a carpenter who lives In
the vicinity Of the Luetgert sausage fac
tory, was called upon to tell whether he
had ever observed Mrs. Luetgert In
sad or morose condition Of mind. He
said he had not. She was always cheer
full and happy when he saw her.
Druggist H. F. Krueger, at whose
store Frank Bialk bought bottle of
Hunyadi water on the night of May 1st,
explained that there are six different va
rieties of this water, and that Bialk
called for a bottle Of the variety for
which Luetgert had expressed a pref
erence. Thus 1t is sought to be shown
why Luetgert sent for the water when
he had 40 bottles of the water in his fac
tory.
Frank Gisley, who was employed in
the grocery department Of Luetgert's
sausage factory, told Of seeing Luetgert
around the factory during the loren oon
of May End as usual. The sausage
maker seemed to be in his usual frame
of mind, according to the witness.
There Is a rumor to the effect that a
woman has been found at Lincoln, ILL.,,
who will go on the witness stand and
testify that she was the woman. seen by
the police and others at Kerosha, Wis,
on May 3rd, 4th and 5th. Captain
Schuettler had talk with this woman
on Sunday.