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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-11-13
GILBERT'S LAST RUN,
THE VETERAN FIREMAN WENT
TO A BLAZE YESTERDAY.
Closed His Career as a Fire Fighter,
and Last Night He Retired on
Half Pay

The veteran fireman Billy Gilbert
made his last run yesterday. 1t was
about 1 o'clock in the afternoon and
the boys in the fire department head
quarters were strolling about the
building, after hearty dinner, wish
ing that something would turn UP to
vary the monotony. Suddenly the
sharp warming clang of the gong
sounded through the building. Horses
and men jumped to their places, and
as the Waterman called out the NUM-
Der of the box they were out of the
building and racing with changing
bells down the street towards Main.
Billy Gilbert was like an old war
horse, and with the first clang of the
bell he was ready and eager for the
fray. With a nimbleness that was sur
prising in him he climbed to his place
on the truck, and as they raced down
the street he finished fastening his
rubber coat about him and placed for
the last time the fireman's helmet upon
his head. In a few seconds the flying
wagons came to a halt at the Jennings
block on the corner of Main and First
South streets. Billy hustled off the
truck and, like a true fire laddle,
climbed the steps leading into the
building.
Billy wasn't quite as quick as he
used to be, and though ne tried hard
to get there first, Chief Devine beat
him AS they rushed into room from
which the smoke was issuing they saw
that the curtains over the windows
were on fire. With a quick jerk the
burning fabric was pulled down and
extinguished before any damage was
done. The room was one occupied by
the Merchants club and the fire was
started by a lighted match accidentally
touching the curtains.
With this run Billy Gilbert closes his
career as a fireman. He has served in
the department for % years and re-
tired from active service yesterday.
At the last meeting Of the city council
he was granted a pension OF half pay
for the rest Of his life, in view of his
long. and faithful service in the de-
partment. Gilbert has made a great
many friends both in the department
and among the citizens. He has been
injured several times while in the act
of duty and the last time was only a
few months ago. This last accident,
coupled with his age, has left him in
a condition which incapacitates him
from further active service. He is the
first man to retire and certainly de-
serves all that has been done for him.
On Thursday evening ]; 81 res a grand
spread" in honor of b.. retire-1enf.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-11-13
CYCLING IN CHICAGO.
McDufie Badly Hurt in Match Race
With Michael.

Chicago, Nov fiddle McDuffie, the
crack eastern cyclist, was badly hurt
in his match race with Jimmy Michael
at the Coliseum tonight. The men were
in the sixth lap of the fifth mile and
going at a hair raising pace when the
Boston boy wobbled. His wheel struck
the rear of his pacing triplet and, fall
ing heavily, he slid 50 feet along the
track and rolled off into the enclosure.
He could not stand when picked up,
but after a vigorous rubbing and ad-
ministering of stimulants he pluckily
renlounted his wheel. 1t was evident,
however, that he could not continue the
race, and in the eighth mile he retired
Michael then cut out some warm work
for his PAGERS. and entertained the
crowd until the finish.
Michael's time is given in the follow
ing summary: Michael-McDufie race,
is miles, match, purse $1,000, first mile,
2:09 rs: second, All; third, 612%;
fourth, SIP AS; fifth. 1913 2-5; sixth
1928; seventh, 14:24 is; eighth,
1892 1-5 ninth, 1892 So; tenth, 2O:37;
eleventh, 22:45% twelfth, %: 40 2-5; thir-
teenth, 1852 2-5; fourteenth, 1900 3-5;
fifteenth, 31:07 2-5.
The record for Is miles was held by
Holmes, 32:00M.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-11-13

new pastor of the First Presbyterian
church by the members of the con-
gregation. The church parlOrs were
tastefully decorated with chrysanthe-
NUNS and palms and there was very
large attendance.
During the evening music was rend-
cred by the Dopher Sisters string
band Refreshments were served by the
Misses Thorn, Bartch, Lynn and John
son and very pleasant social time
was passed.
Among those present were: Mr.. and
Mrs. Gill S. Peyton, Mr.. and Mrs. c.
II. Parsons. Rev. and Mrs. Henry,
Professor and Mrs. Tibbals, Chaplain
and Mrs. AllenswOrth, Rev. and Mrs
Clarence Brown, Rev. and Mrs. Ridg-
ley, Rev. Jaque, Judge and Mrs.
Bartch, Mr.. and Mrs. H. G.. Mcmillan,
Mr.. and Mrs. Terhune. Judge and
Mrs. Tw0mey, Misses Lizzie Grifiths,
Leone Erickson, Louise Johnson,
Minnie Bartch. Mildred Tibbals. Mary
Van Houten, Cora Young. Isabella.
Morgan, Eleanor Peterson. Ruby Pey-
ton, Jennie Green, Mae Twomey,
Messrs. George McCarron, James Nc
Carroll, Sprague, Charles Johnson,
Mclean. DR.. Silver, Pierce, Van Hou-
ten, Montgomery, Langbacker. Muir
ply Don Johnson and Foote-
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-11-13

from lack of sleep as from lack Of
nourishment. Both may be supplied
and a healthy condition insured by
using Paine's celery compound.
The stay and staff of sound health
is we'll nourished and we'll regulated
nerves. Sufferers from sleeplessness,
nervous dyspepsia or headache may be
sure that every reservoir of nerve force
has been tapped and exhausted by
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nourishment, because of poor Digestion
and assimilation. As soon as such signs
Of nervous exhaustion are noticed,
shaky hands, broken sleep. poor appe-
tite. wasting diseases. neuralgia or dys-
pepsia, take advantage of the remark
able restorative and regulating action
of Paines celery compound.
Nervous disorders increase in a sort
of compound ratio. 1t is a, thousand
times easier to put a stop to nervous
debility in its earlier stages than later
on TO correct nerve and brain exhaus-
ton, that may be complicated by heart,
kidney or some other organic trouble.
Paine's celery compound must not be
confounded with any of the plausible
sounding, but really temporary make
shifts, whose cures are never perma-
nent nor thorough going, and only
bring deferred hopes that make the
heart sick. Paine's celery compound
is the greatest nerve and brain invig-
orator and most reliable blood purifier
the world has ever been blessed with.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-11-13

cars have been ordered at Reno by j.
l. Heath, of Peabody, Kan. The ship
ment viii consist of Nevada range cat
tie The cattle will be shipped to Pea
body, where they will be fed during the
winter.
r. c. Lund, of the board of equaliza-
ton, was in ogden yesterday getting
Information as to the number of cars
owned by firms like the Arnours, pre-
sumably to ascertain in the estimates
sent in by the companies to the board
are correct.
J. F. Dunno, superintendent of mo-
tive power and machinery for the
Short Line has returned from his trip
of information to the Cooke LOcOmo-
tive works at Patterson, n. j. The
two engines which have been con-
structed there for the Short Line are
en- route and viii probably be at Poca-
tello next Thursday.
John A Gill, Pacific coast freight
agent of the Vanderbilt lines at San
Francisco: W. o. Randolph, agent for
the Goodell Refrigerator line at Port
land, and Herbert Fleishhacker, the
owner of large paper mills in the Vi
entity of San Francisco, stopped over
in town for a few hours yesterday. The
railway men are on their regular bust
ness trip through the east. Mr. Flesh
hacker, who accompanies Mr.. Gill on
this trip, is said to be anxiously await
ing the termination of the journey at
New York, not because Of poor COM
pany on the trip, but for the reason
that he expects to meet a certain
young lady there who will shortly be-
come Mrs. Fleishhacker.
A broken tender wheel on a Denver
e Rio Grande train last Wednesday,
caused some nervousness to the pas
sengers on the train between Pueblo
and Grand Junction. J. w Flynn says:
81 bought ticket from Denver to San
Francisco and secured my Pullman ac-
commodations through. A tender wheel
or something of the sort broke some
where west of Pueblo and the train
was three hours late in getting into
Grand Junction, missing connections
with the Rio Grande Western at that
point. For some reason or other, when
they were ready to go west from Grand
Junction there was some difficulty
about moving the Pullmans and [ Sc
cured a berth in the tourist sleeper and
came through that way I have a kick
sleeping car fare twice, but my case is
not as bad as some of the others. Tour
lists from Chicago and eastern points
We're obliged to ride in the second class
day coaches and made to suffer other
uncalledfor inconvenience. Mr.. Har-
old Sewall refused to leave his Pullman
berth and the car was cut out and Mr.
SeWall was left at Grand Junction. In
my opinion there will grow several law
suits out of this occurrence"
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-11-13
Great Rush to the Hub to Be Present
at the Game.
BETTING AGAINST YALE
OLD ELI, HOWEVER, HAS
PLENTY OF FRIENDS.
Baseball-Temple Cup Abolished
National Circuit Cycle Races
Accident to McDufhe-San Fran
cisco Races-Tod Sloane's Luck
Changes-sporting News.

New York, Nov. 12.-The rush of
football enthusiasts from this city to
Boston to see the Yale-Harvard game
was unprecedented All trains from
the Grand Central depot for that city
were crowded to their utmost capacity.
All berths in the. IL and II o'clock
trains tonight were taken and as no
sleeping car could be obtained the
overflow had to be satisfied with chair
cars.
Among stock exchange brokers some
money was placed on the Yale-Prince-
ton match on Nov. 20 at 100 to so
against Yale. The odds on the Har-
ward Yale match tomorrow remain at
100 to so against Yale.
YALE TRAIN REACHES BOSTON.
Boston, Nov 12-The Yale Univer-
sity football team reached Boston this
evening. The football party numbered
56. OF this number A were players and
substitutes. The following coachers ac-
companied the team: Walter Camp,
Frank ButterWorth, the head coach;
Frank Hinkey, Louis Hinkey and G..
F. Sanford. The football train was a
long one and was heavily loaded with
Yale students.
After dinner the players lounged
about the corridors of the Vendome,
chatted and whiled away the time I'M
til shortly after o'clock, when they
went to their rooms.
BY 10 o'clock the whole squad had
retired for the last nights rest before
the great contest at Soldiers field to-
morrow AS regards Yale's chances for
victory there is little to be said. Cap
tain Rodgers and his coachers refused
to talk for publication. In spite of the
fact that the Yale men are not loqIa-
cious, however, it is not difficult to see
that the New Haven collegians are not
worrying.
Quietly. considerable betting was
done Yale's sports had plenty of
money with them and they looked for
and found considerable at even figures.
Captain Rodgers admitted officially
that Corwin would take the place of
Dudley, who was called home by the
death of his mother.
Cambridge, Mass, Nov. IA heavy
rain last night turned Soldiers Field
into lake and the football team went
through signal practice indoors.
AT $3.50 this afternoon the Harvard
eleven and the substitutes trotted cut
on the slushy ground, but the practice
was limited to catching and returning
the ball on the kick off
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-11-13
A SALT LAEER ELOPES.
j. GAY LOMBARD MARRIES MISS
CLARA DOUGLAS OF FRISCO.
The Ceremony Performed on the
High Seas-Groom Is Well Known
Here-The Elopement Hardly
Necessary.

San Francisco Examiner: Miss Clara
Douglass of this city and j. Gay Lom-
bard of Salt Lake eloped last Tuesday
on the steamer Orizaba, bound for
Mexican ports. The young couple had
known each other for eight months,
and, wishing to be married, decided to
clothe their union with an air of ro-
nance. There seems to have been no
particular objection to the marriage,
as the mother of Miss Douglass was
not adverse and young Lombard was
master of his own fortunes.
After the departure of the vessel
nothing was heard of the young couple
until Friday when Mrs. Douglass re-
ceived a telegram saying that Captain
Won Helms Of the Orizada mad per-
formed the wedding ceremony and
that the honeymoon will be spent at
Ensenada, where Lombard has some
mining interests. His father is a man
of considerable wealth. The bride
lived with her mother and sister at I'll
Suffer street.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-11-13
TEACHERS SALARIES.
Lower in Salt Lake Than in Most
Western Cities.

Superintendent Millspaugh yesterday
completed the compilation of a COM
parative table showing the average
school expenses of Salt Lake and other
western cities. 1t shows that the ex-
penses at Oakland reach the highest
mark, while the cost in Salt Lake is
among the lowest in the comparative
list:
In Oakland, Cal, the average
monthly salary of teachers in the
grades is 1858 in Topeka, the lowest,
S52.25: in Salt Lake, $58.77; Tacoma is
S53 and in Is other cities it is higher
than ir Salt Lake. The salary paid
principals in Salt Lake is in about the
same proportion, compared with other
cities. as that of the teachers.
The average monthly salary paid
High school teachers is 1914; Boise,
Ida, the lowest, $50; Galveston, Tex,
the highest, $144.44. All the others but
three are higher than Salt Lake.
The monthly salary of High school
principals in Salt Lake is 5000; Oak
land, Cal, the highest, $257.14. Boise,
Ida, the lowest, $50. Six of the other
cities are lower than Salt Lake and the
remainder higher.
The average cost of High school pu-
pills in Salt Lake is $33.01; in Tacoma,
Wash, the lowest, S26; in Phoenix,
Ariz, the highest, $75. Two of the
other cities are slightly lower than Salt
Lake and the remainder higher.
This is very good showing for Salt
Lake in economy.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-11-13
SHORT LINE TAXES.
The Road Will Pay Them, But Under
Protest.

J. B. Evans, agent of taxation for
terday filed a notice with County
Treasurer Lynch, in which it is stated
that the company Will pay the taxes on
assessments of rolling stocks and fran
chises this year under protest, and no
tice Is given that they will sue for a
balance which, it is claimed, has been
unduly placed on the tax list of the
county.
The state board of equalization ap-
portioned to the county an assessed
valuation of $50, 991 on rolling stock and
franchises Of the Short Line company,
and the claim is that under the law the
amount should be apportioned among
the Salt Lake City school district and
suburban school districts Nos. %, %,
"a, %, q, 81, 80, SO, 40, Al, AZ, so, 81 and
81 in proportion to the mileage Of the
road in these respective districts.
1t is further claimed by the tax
agent that Salt Lake county unlawfully
apportoned this sum so that the Salt
Lake City school board monopolized
the whole apportiOnment, and that the
tax for Salt Lake property, instead of
being $511.25, should only be $299.S7. The
tax agent gives notice that he will pay
the additional $211.4S under protest, and
with an accompanying notice that the
company viii sue to recover the
amount The total amount of the Ore
gon Short Line tax, including the above
amount, is SIG, 527.34.
The claims of the Short Line in re-
gard to the alleged illegal apportion-
ment are said to conflict with several
recent decisions, which hold that fran
chises and rolling stocks are taxable at
terminal points. Inasmuch as the tax
rate on property located in hhe subur-
ban districts is less than the total rate
in the city, the railroad company would
profit by a judicial ruling in its favor
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-11-13
W. L. Lewis Goes Away, Leaving
Many Mourners.
INGENIOUS SYSTEM OF TURNING
WORTHLESS CHECKS.
Plan Of Exchanging Checks Which
Precludes Criminal Procesdings-
Mining Recorder Monk Wounded
by the Ingratitude of the Friends
in Whose Interest He Went to
Jail.

W. L. Lewis, a young attorney who
came here from Albion, Ida, about
six months ago, left Salt Lake some
ten days ago very suddenly, and since
has been anxiously inquired for by a
good many people who are financially
interested in him. Lewis, in addition
to contracting quite number of debts,
took to issuing worthless Checks, which
he palmed off upon his friends, includ-
ing number of gentlemen of the legal
fraternity. His checks were drawn on
Mccormick & Co. S bank, but us he had
no funds there they were returned I'M
paid. He had a very ingenious system
of operating, evidently concocted with
a view to evading criminal prosecution.
He would go to a friend, representing
that he would have money in the bank
in few days, and would Gender the
friend a check with the request that
the friend would in exchange give him
his check for a like amount. In this
way he worked Attorney W. R. Hutch
inson for $40, DR.. Davidson for SIS,
Attorney Hoppaugh for a small amount
and many others. He is also said to
have operated on the same plan quite
extensively in Park City. He cashed
the checks thus obtained and his own
given in exchange turned out worthless.
PRECLUDES CRIMINAL PROCEED
URE.
This roundabout way of doing, by a
technicality of the law, removed the
transactions from the criminal code,
which could have been brought into
requis1tion if he had induced his vic
Tins to cash his checks under the pre-
tense that he had funds in the bank,
but as he took their checks under the
promise that his own would be made
good in a day or two instead of receiv-
ing money by false pretenses, a GRIM
inal offense, it amounted only to a
broken promise, and put the transac-
ton on the basis of a promissory note.
Lewis also gave the clerk of the dis
trict court a worthless check for a
small amount to pay for the fling of
some papers in the divorce suit of SUI
sannah Whitaker against Albert Whit
aker.
NEGLECTED A DIVORCE SUIT.
Lewis represented the defendant in
this suit, which came up for trial on
Tuesday last, and as neither Whitaker
nor his attorney appeared, Mrs. whit
aker was granted the decree by de-
fault. Whitaker now says that he in
tended to resist the granting of the
decree, but that owing to the laches
of his attorney he failed to do so, not
knowing that the case was set for trial
Lewis had a desk in the office of DR..
Davidson in the Mccormick block, and
owes considerable for rent, and since
his departure his Office fixtures and
so forth have been attached by some of
his creditors.
1t is said he went to Denver, taking
his wife and family along.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-11-13
MINING RECORDER MONK.
Feels Keenly the Ingratitude Of
Those He Fought For.

Mining Recorder Monk, who made a
martyr of himself by going to jail and
remaining there for months for con-
tempt Of court for refusing to obey an
order of the court to turn over the
mining records of the Big Cottonwood
mining district to the county recorder,
is again in trouble. He says that he
is the owner of the Voltaire and Rous-
seau mining claims in the Big Cotton
wood district, and has done quite a
good deal of development work there
on, including the making of tunnel
which ran into a portion of the
Dolly Warden claim, adjoining the
Voltaire and the Rousseau. He
says that While he was in Jail
the owners of the Dolly Var
den, w. C. Hall, George A. Lowe
and Others took possession of the tun-
mel and claim the ownership of the
same Monk says he is about to insti-
tute legal proceedings in the matter.
The mining recorder feels very sore
about the treatment he has received
from the miners, in whose interest and
at whose instigation he refused to pro-
duce the records. He says that min
ers not only in Cottonwood, but in Tin
tic and other mining camps induced
him to take the stand he did. and prom
ised to pay all his legal expenses and
also remunerate him for the time he
lost while in Jail in their interest, but
they have absolutely failed to live up
to their promises and have not con-
tributed a nickel to either reimburse
n,- crate him
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-11-13
National Circuit Wheel Races.

Bellaire, Fla, Nov. 12.-One of the
most successful national circuit meets
of the season was held here today.
Summaries:
Half-NIile Open, Professionalism
won, Cooper second, Loughead third
Time-1:14 As.
Quarter Mile Open, Professional
Loughead won, Kimble second, Bald
third Time-:32 As.
One-NIile Handicap, Professional
Hadfield GO yards) won, Huffstetter
(12O YARDS second, Wells Goo yards)
third. Time-2:00 2-5
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-11-13
Coal Cars Wrecked.

A wreck occurred on the Y at the
junction of the Oregon Short Line and
Rio Grande Western railway lines at
Ironton about midnight last night
Two box cars laden with coal left the
track, owing to a broken fiange on one
of the wheels and there was a general
smash-up, which blocked the line. The
wrecking car OF the Short Line road
left this city a couple Of hours after
the occurrence to clear the track. No
body was hurt in the accident, but
the damage to the rolling stock is con-
siderable.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-11-13
UBIQUITOUS MEASURE.
Mayor of Philadelphia Stamps His
Approval to Gas Lease.

Philadelphia, Nov. 12.-Mayor War
wick this afternoon signed the bill re-
Gently passed by the council leasing
the city gas works to the United Gas
Improvement company. The forms of
the lease are that the United Gas I'm
provement company is to pay a rental
of $1,000, 900 a year for 80 years and to
spend $5,000,000 on the Improvement of
the works The value of the plant is
estimated at s3OO0O,OOO and much OPP
position to the lease has been mani
tested by citizens. The ordinance pro-
viding for the lease passed the COM
mon council last week and the upper
branch on Tuesday of this. week.
Mayor Warwick withholds the execu-
ton of the lease until injunction pro
ceedings, brought by the Citizens Mu-
nicipal association and individuals,
have been settled.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-11-13
Chicago & North Western.

Chicago, Nov. 12-The trust deed
given by the Chicago & Northwest
railway to the United States Trust
company of New York for S165, 900 600
was fled for record today. 1t is known
as the gold bond mortgage of 1897, and
is issued by the railway company to re-
fund ali it's indebtedness. It is signed
by Marvin Hughitt, president, and M
L. Sykes, secretary, for the railroad
company.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-11-13
Railway Notes.

Plans are being drawn for a new
special car for General Superintendent
Calvin of the Short Line
The two engines purchased by the
Short Line of the Montana Union, have
been delivered at Salt Lake City
Vice President Bancroft, General
Traffic Manager Eccles and General
superintendent Calvin viii return from
their northern trip Monday.
Business during the last year has in
creased materially on the Short Line.
A year ago yesterday 305 cars of
freight were loaded on this railroad,
while there were 432 not merely in
transit but actually loaded yesterday.
Nearly 100 Southern Pacific cattle
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-11-13
S. P. ANNUAL REPORT.
Gross Earnings Show a Decrease of
About 100000.

San Francisco, Nov. 12-The South
ern Pacific company today fled with
the railroad commissioners its annual
report of the Southern Pacific end of
the Central Pacific railroad for the
year ending June 80 1897.
It appears by the report for the
Southern Pacific. which as lessee in
Guided the Central Pacific, that the
gross earnings of the operating depart
ment were 81 coo. coo less than the year
before, about $1,000 less for passen-
gers and baggage and about 100000
less for freight.
In the preceding year the gross earn
ings were $50, 247 49,, where last year
they We're only s25. 81, 1886.