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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-03-21
DEPARTMENT STORE LEGISLA-
TON.

A bill has been introduced in the
follows:
Section l. Be it enacted that from
and after the taking effect of this act
it shall be unlawful for any person or
persons to form corporation for the
purpose of engaging in any mercantile
| business for the sale or exchange of
any kind of merchandise at retail; and
all such corporations heretofore organ
! lied or existing under the laws of this
state for the purpose of carrying on
such retail business shall terminate
and cease to exist, except for the pur-
pose of enforcing the contracts and
obligations held by them. for the pur-
pose of being compelled to liquidate
their liabilities within six months from
the time this act takes effect.
Sec. ,. 1t shall be unlawful for any
foreign corporation to carry on any
retail mercantile business from and
after six months from the time this
act shall take effect.
Sec. 8. Any person or association of
persons who shall hereafter attempt
or assume to carry on such business
as a corporation, either foreign or do
nestle, contrary to the provisions of
this act. shall forfeit and pay the sum
of $1,000 for each retail sale or eX-
change it may make, to be recovered
by a qui tam action in the name of
the people of the state of Illinois as
plaintiff against the violating corpora
ton; one-half of which shall go to the
state and the other half TO the party
or parties causing the action TO be
brought.
Sec. 4. All provisions in any law or
laws of this state in conflict with the
provisions of this act are hereby re-
Dealed.
The purpose of the bill is to kill the
department stores. 1t is hardly likely
no telling, what legislatures will do
having become more uncertain than
what verdict a jury will render.
Could anything be any more ridicu-
lous than the purpose of this bill?
Most all large business concerns and
many small ones are now conducted
as corporations, and that a concern
is doing a mercantile business as
a corporation does not imply that it
has large capital by any means. The
real object of those who introduce such
bills as this is to cater to some vote,
to cripple the thrifty for the benefit of
the unthrifty. There is but too much
truth in the now common saying that
most of the legislative bodies of the
country are a real menace to the best
interests of the country. Not cranky
scheme is suggested by the most hair
Drained man in the community but
will find a champion in a legislature.
Worse than this, it is very apt to find
a considerable support. The reason is
that so many men are elected as legis- |
lators who, like Ephraim, are un- |
turned cakes. This is inevitable if-all |
classes are to be represented; but it is
much to be wished that the unturned |
cake class will diminish rather than
Increase.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-03-21

now famous in history and song, in COM
mand of the Earl of Cardigan
1t was at the battle of Baiaklava that
misunderstanding of orders sent the
dashing brigade to capture the Russian
guns. On the charge the veteran leaped
from his mount. and bleeding from a
number of wounds and removing Captain
Nolan from under his dying horse, lifted
his head onto his lap, where he breathed
his last.
After the retreat McKernan was re-
moved to the hospital. where he lay for
some time. and it was while he was
recovering that he met Florence Night
ingale and heard her sing. After he left
the hospital he was in the terrible bat
ties of Alma and Inkermann and was
also at the taking of the Malakoff and
the great Redun.
Barney McKernan lived in this place
for many years and was visited by hun
dreds of people anxious to see a survivor
of the Light Brigade, and in late years
he was employed as Waterman by the
Phoenix Iron company, and his little
watch box has been the scene of many
an interesting group. He never received
a pension for his bravery. but he cher
ished his medals above everything else
and always took great pride in showing
them to his friends and to strangers.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-03-21
THE NATIONAL DEMOCRATIC
PARTY.

A number of well known gentlemen
OF this city yesterday organized the
National Democratic party They are
chiefly those who supported the Palm
er-Buckner ticket last November,
that ticket having received in the
whole state nineteen votes. This is
not against the new party in any re-
spect, because the mighty oak from a
little acorn springs, but whether this
new party is little acorn remains to
be seen; and even if it is an acorn, not
every acorn becomes a mighty oak
The object of the new party is to re-
form the currency and carry out the
principles of the Indianapolis platform
A careful study of the election returns
shows that that platform was carried
out on shutter last November. At
the indianapolis monetary conference
there were proposed forty-six separate
and distinct plans for reforming the
currency, any one, or all, OF which is
in harmony with the Palmer Buckner
platform. Which one of these plans
the National Democrats will accept to
reform the currency is not known. As
the organizers of this new party claim
to have inherited the simon-pure Dem
ocracy of Jefferson, Madison and Jack
son, it seems somewhat homogeneous
that they should have chosen the word
national as part of their distinctive
political name.
Most of the gentlemen who have or
ganized this new party we have the
pleasure of knowing and hold their
friendship in the highest esteem, but
so far as their flight into Egypt is
concerned they must be regarded as
good men gone wrong politically
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-03-21
MILITARY MEN AND ARBITRA-
TON.

The fury of the non-combatant is
proverbial, and no doubt it is this
same fury that makes the jingoes in
the senate so hostile to the arbitra-
tion but the men who nave fought and
bled for their country are not so averse
to it. The New York World has been
getting an expression of opinion on the
proposed treaty from some of the mill
tary men. Thus, Major General lilies,
commanding the United States army,
says: Arbitration is wise and hu-
name"
Major General o. o. Howard Getired)
says: IAN arbitration treaty with
Great Britain, properly guarded, will
be grand object lesson to other ma
tions.''
Brigadier- General Rosecrans (re-
tired) says: mot to speak of the loss
of millions of lives, war has cost more
than would suffice to relieve all the
poverty and starvation existing in the
entire world today. Brought up SOL
der and having passed my best years
as a student of the art of war and
having seen at close range the horrors
and ruin of war, 1 hail as the rainbow
of promise the noble inspiration of ar
bitration in place of war;
Maori General Wesley Merritt says:
II am decidedly in favor of the princi-
pie of arbitration contemplated IN the
treaty. However, since ar
bitration is only an extension of diplo-
macy, those who think it will do more
in some cases than delay war are, in
my belief, mistaken"
Such sentiments as these from men
whose profession is war do honor to
their humanity. If they can look with
a friendly eye upon arbitration, why
cannot the civilian? No one Will say
that such men as these are not as
jealous of the national honor as it is
possible to be. The principle of arbi-
tration is right one. and ali right
and right-feeling citizens will
rejoice to see it embodied in a treaty
between the United States and Great |
Britain.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-03-21
THE RIGHT TO USE THE FLAG

Some well meaning people have very
queer notions about the flag. Thus there
was a meeting in New York City the
other day of the Empire State Society
of the Sons of the Revolution at which
a committee of thirteen was appointed
to draft a bill to present to congress.
making it a misdemeanor punishable
with a fine of SO, TO fly the American
flag except on government and school
buildings.
That is a pretty narrow view for any
society to take of the proper use of
the flag, and more especially for a So
ciety whose chief aim is supposed to
be the incubation of the principles Of
patriotism. One speaker said the flag
was used altogether too promis-
cuously." How, he did not explain. Ger
tainly the flag is the property of all
the people, and is quite as dear to those
who belong to no society as to those
who do. What would become of the
decorations on the Glorious Fourth il
there were a law forbidding the flag
to fly from any buildings but those
owned by the government and from
school houses? No American citizen
will ever treat the flag with anything
but the greatest respect. AS he is
ever ready to defend it at his coun-
try's call so he will always honor it.
The flag is the symbol of all that this
government stands for. Let all learn to
love it, but this can never be done by
restricting the right of the people to
fly it whenever and wherever they
choose. Let it wave forever over the
land of the free and the home of the
brave
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-03-21
CHAIRMAN D1NeLEY,s REPORT.


! Chairman Dingley has reported the
I tariff bill to the house, and has accom-
panied it with a report which is inter-
esting reading. 1t is optimistic in the
extreme, and if all his anticipations are
realized the country will no longer
want for revenue. 1t is very much to
be hoped that all his anticipations will
be realized
His treatment of the deficit under the
present customs laws cannot be said to
! be ingenious; it is the treatment of a
narrow partisan rather than of a broad
minded statesman and financier. 1t is
all very well to change the deficits that
! occurred under the Mckinley law to an
anticipation of tariff changes under the
| new administration, but that does not
I fully explain them by any means.
There was steady falling off in Gus
toms receipts from 1890 till 1893, when
they went up some $26,OOO,O 900, but fall
ing off from that figure in 1894 some
1000 900. And this under the blessed
Mckinley law. There was no such
falling off in the internal revenue re-
ceipts.
Chairman Dingley says that the pros
pect of lower duties checked imports
under the tariff law of 1890. Will not
the prospect of higher duties have the
same effect now? He makes an esti-
mate of what the revenue will be under
the new law, providing the rate of i'm
portations for 1896 is maintained. The
estimate is very encouraging, very
A1t4
importations for 1896 is kept up when
the new bill becomes law, is fully war
ranted. Will that rate be kept up?
That is the whole question, and at pres
ent no one can answer it.
Chairman Dingley urges the neces-
sity for prompt action on the new bill.
1t is desirable that his urgings be
needed, for if the new bill is to be en-
acted into law. which it probably is to
be, it is best that it be enacted into
law quickly that the people may know
what its effect upon the business in
terests is going to be. This being the
case, it follows that it is desirable that !
there be no long debates upon the bill |
in either the house or the senate. By |
both sides they would be more for po- |
liticai effect than for the purpose of I
the bill and ascertaining |
what revenue could be expected from |
the duties levied in each schedule, and |
whether they were too high or too low
to accomplish their ostensible purpose. |
From the Republican and protection
ist standpoint the report will be COM
mended, but it cannot be said that it |
deals with the subject fairly or fully. 1t
ignores some important facts such as
Secretary Fosters preparations for
bond issue, and does not credit some
others with their full force.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-03-21
A HERO OF BALAKLAVA.
Barney McKernan, One of the Light
Brigade Dies


A Phoenixville Pa.) dispatch. dated
March IA. to the Philadelphia Record.
says: Barney McKernan, who was prob
ably the only survivor of the Light
Brigade in the country. died last night,
| aged 20 years Just before breathing his
last he spoke to his daughter, Bring
me my medals, Annie he said; 'let me
die with my medals on my breast. Quick
girl She brought the medals, both of
silver, one given to him by the queen
of England and the other by the sultan
of Turkey. Taking the medals precious
ly in his hands, he laid them side by side
on his breast, one hand holding them
safely. in a few moments he was dead,
with the honor pieces in the same places
where they had been pinned years ago.
The veteran was born in Lathram.
West Ireland and when IL years of age
he became possessed with a desire for
military life. Running away from his
nome, he Joined the Seventeenth LancerS.
then stationed at Maidstone. England.
April 26. 1896. The lancers We're soon
rebellion. He reached Bombay, then
marched across the plains of India with
his command, and in a few weeks join
ed Sir Hugh GuelDhs army at Muldan.
He spent nearly three years in the In
dian service. was in II engagements and
received two bad wounds.
After the rebellion was put down he
sailed with his regiment for England
arriving 1T HoundsloW in the fall of
1S49. From Houndslow he went to the
cathedral town of Canterbury, where he
was stationed for short time The
1854 the lancers sailed for SebastoDol
where they arrived early in the fall of
the same year, 80
His regiment joined the Light Brigade.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-03-21
WIT AND HUMoR.


Cleveland Leader: Il know said Lit
tie Johnny, siding up TO. the preacher
while dinner was being prepared. why
the wicked folks is the only ones what
gifts punished in the next world.
Indeed exclaimed the good man. -
am glad to hear that you know this. And
vii! you tell me why it is?
's'Cause," replied little Johnny, ''the
good people always gifts it in the neck
here
Chicago Record: ..Madge has been or
dered by her parents to give up Jack al
'-Wili she do it?"
she says she can't; he brings. her a
pound of caramels every evening"
Puck: Twins-Baby-Carriage Dealer
(affably)-What sort Of paby carriage
do you wish. sir?''
Wheeler (meekly)-W-h-y-er- tandem
one, please.
Detroit Journal; HAS she stolen my
hearth"
His grace the duke rose and paced the
apartment with nervous energy.
No" he exclaimed. hating suddenly.
Certainly she will pay for it, if not now,
ultimately. L must not distrust her.
Cleveland Plain Dealer: George. have
you and Jimmie been fighting again?
We'll. Jim hit me"
Il didn't nuther He hit me first
No such a thing. He hit me before
1 hitted him.
Hes telling you big story, mamma"
Didn't you hit me first?
No, L didn't; you lodged
London Tit-Bits: Mr. Newman-Youre
a nice little boy, Tommy.
Tommy-Thats what they all say when
they first meet sister
Detroit Free Press: Briggs-Tm think
ing of moving over to your boarding
house.
Griggs-what for?
Briggs-My doctor told me not to eat
anything with my meals.
Brooklyn Life: Blinks-The world has
a place for everybody.
Winks-Yes; the only trouble is, there's
generally somebody else in it.
Wrinkles: They had been talking about
the Sandwich Islands.
Are you in favor of annexation?" the
young man asked; and the maiden re-
piled coyly:
"Oh, George. this is so suddenl'
Yale Record: Would you consider it
proper 70 precede the father of your
sweetheart down stairs?"
1T may be proper, but it isn't always
safe
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-03-21

Every school boy knows how parlia-
ment has adjourned for the Derby, but
it remained for a st. Louis judge to
adjourn court to learn the result of a
prize-fight. The Democrat of
Thursday says: "a rather peculiar in
cident occurred in Judge Zachritz's
court yesterday afternoon during the
trial of Jacob Fischell, charged with
assault TO kill When the newsboys
began passing the Four Courts crying
their extras about the fight the jury
seemed to lose all interest the case.
and squirmed nervously in their seats
All were anxious to hear the result,
and several times some of them called
Deputy Sheriff Ruler and asked him
who won. Attorney John I. Martin,
who is defending Fischell, noticed the
uneasiness of the jurors, and rising
from his chair he asked Judge Zachritz
TO suspend proceedings long enough
for him to go downstairs and learn
the result of the fight so he could in
form the jurors. Judge Zachritz re-
Piled that it would be something out
of the ordinary, but as he himself was
anxious to know the same thing, he
would grant the wish. When Attorney
Martin returned he announced that
Fitzsjmmons had won in fourteen
rounds. This seemed to satisfy the
jurors and the trial was resumed"
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-03-21
HOTEL AND CORRIDOR.
zxee1rae-o1-osaaoo>1oeren-nes soose,

D. r; Emerson and son F. W. Emerson
of Boston are at the Knutsford for a few
days
W H. Brisbane. ex-state treasurer OF
Colorado. is at the Knutsford, accom-
panied by his wife.
Van Olden and A. Black. The Hague
Holland. are tourists doing the globe
They make their headquarters at the
Templeton while in this city.
William Bowman, Miss Bowman and
Mss S E. Browne of London, Canada.
fatigue of travel at the Walker.
W E. Barker and Miss Elizabeth
Barker of Washington, D. c., are Cullen
arrivals.
Noble Getchell and wife of Cripple
Greek are on the pages of the Walker
register.
Yesterdays hotel arrivals We're:
The Knutsford-H. L. Beach. Chicago;
S. P. English. Chicago; Nat c. Wright,
Chicago: c: F. Getz and wife, Mime
apolis; Clark A. Miller. New York; H. a.
Volclrel. Philadelphia; D. S. c. Doremus.
New York; Mary c. Melvin, Ella Van
Horne. Sterling; c. F. Peckham. New
York; L. Nj. Avery and wife. Denver; L.
A. Becker. Edgar H Scott. Chicago; l.
l.. Ffsbee, Chattanooga, Tenn; c. Storck,
New York; L. R. Emerson, L. w. Emer-
son. Boston. Mass: w. H. Brisbane
Leadv.lle: ". s. Stratton, A. House.
Colorado Springs; c. E. Hoffman,
Columbus. o.: o. d. Randall. st. Louis;
Edgar A. Waltz. New York; NJ. II. Mack.
J. p. Mott. Cascade. Col; A. J. Condor,
Chicago: Mr.. and Mrs. n. S. Beardslee,
Warsaw. n. Y: John Jones and party,
Chicago.
The Templeton-C. A. IngaIl, Boston; A
L. Colby. Chicago; E. Burr San Fran
Van Olden, A. Black, The Hague Hol.;
W. J. Madden, Telluride l.. L. Num-,
Telluride; ]. .. Bull, Chicago; d. G.
Robinson. Council Bluffs; E. II. Brad
shaw. Omaha; j. B. Bailey, Telluride.
The Walker-W. C. Riley st. joe Mo-:
Mrs. E. D. Guile, Marshaltown; Thornton
Chase Chicago; j. b. Graham, Bingham;
]. L. Weber, Park City; J. w. Bingham:
Ogden; A. A. Cahoon, Mt. Pleasant; Fred
Erickson, Mt Pleasant; ]. G. Logan.
Bingham; A. Murphy and wife, Mercur;
Walker and wife, Tacoma; H H. Gordon.
Antwerp. o.; William Bowman. Miss
Bowman. Miss L. E. Browne London,
Canada; Mrs A. l.. Locke, Chicago; c. p.
Diehl, Eureka
The Cullen-N. c. Frazers Penn Yam
N. Y; II. Halsman. Terra Haute, Ind; w.
E. Barker. Miss Elizabeth Barker. Wash
ington; ]. w. Crahen. Chicago: Mrs Kate
Hassett. Z. F. HaSsett, Ogden: Noble
Getchell and wife, Cripple Greek; Walter
S. Raft. Chicago r. B. Canon, Denver;
Loveland, Col; James w. Ford and wife
Owatonia. Mimi: w. II. House and wife,
Akron, o.: A. w. Akers, San Francisco;
NJ. Null, Akron, 0.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-03-21
NEWS Of THE
NATIONAL GUARD.
4~@~H~AOO~ &OO%1

On Friday next the three years
term of service of the infantry COM
| panies A and B and the battery ends.
The infantry is making preparations
for proper observance of the event
and will celebrate in the following
manner: B company will give a dance
in ST. Marks hall, at which officers
and members of the guard will be
present, and a good time is expected.
D company. while it was mustered in
later than the 26th, will also celebrate
and proposes holding a competitive
drill on Wednesday evening, at which
several medals and a scarf pin or two
will be given the most proficient. A
company has not yet decided as to
how it will commemorate its anniver-
sary, but will have a good time in the
near future, while the battery has
agreed that all the old men will en-
list.
Already the question of ar encamp-
ment has been raised and the officers
are informally discussing the advisa-
bility of holding the same some time
this summer. It is the general senti-
ment that some time during the latter
part of August or the beginning of
September would be the proper time;
some time when the members of the
away from their work and the weather
would not be too hot. The consensus
of judgment is that carnival week
would be poor time. AS to the loca-
ton, that has not been agreed upon.
g
Two companies at Logan will be
mustered out very soon, and it is said
the Brigham City company will dis
band. There seems to be a lack of in
terest, and why this is so it is difficult
to determine The imperfect law has
had a great deal to with it, of course
Crftchlow and Nye knew more than all
the members of the guard who ap-
peared before the committee at the
first legislature and fixed the law so
it is an emasculated edition of some
which has neither purpose or effect.
The new law will be a vast improve
ment, although as concerns companies
in the rural districts, there cannot be
much expected. They are compelled by
law to drill only six times per year
and might as well be mustered out as
continued.
The new caps have arrived and will
be issued so soon as it is determined
who will re-enlist, and who will not
They will be hailed with delight by the
boys, who have grown tired of the old
timers.
Orders appointing the adjutant and
surgeon, the sergeant
major and other non-commissioned
staff officers of the First artillery are
soon. These appointments
will in all probability be divided be-
tween battery A of this city and bat
terry B of Ogden.
{. g 8
Troop is getting along famously
and had "a men out at the last drill.
The boys are going to recruit some
good men in the future and will be in
excellent condition for the carnival.
@ s. @
The Ogden battery (battery b is
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-03-21

THE HERALD is n franchise MEM
Se< Of The United Press, and re-
ceivss Che complete leased wire
overland and Pacific Coast news re-
ports OF The United Associated Press
ca, embracing accurate intelligence
az all current events tn the whole
world. With its special wire and
operator in ATS own Office THE HER
AID in daily in Immediate possess
sion OF the latest news MP TIL the
hour OF AOinE to press.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-03-21

How provincial those Chicago peo-
pie are after all. They became terri
fed when a great black cloud of smoke
and fog passed over their city and shut
out the light of the sun. 1t was in
reality the best evidence yet given
that Chicago is putting on genuine
London airs.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-03-21

If our correspondent will write to SEN
ator Rawlins for copy OF the GUS
toms law of 1894 he will doubtless send
him one. and from that he can easily
ascertain what the duties about which
he inquiries are.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-03-21
Extent Of His Privileges.

Chicago Tribune: who is that SLOW
emily looking man over there by the
piano?"
ShI That is Mr.. Vimmerdown, the
famous musician
We'll, I've no objection to his tangled
hair if he's musician, but he has no
right to wear those dirty cuffs. by
George. He's not a literary man.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-03-21

A Panguitch correspondent asks The
Herald what-the tariff on wooden and
silk goods under the Wilson German
law is. 1t would take nearly two COL
umns to give the dutiesso on these goods.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-03-21
GRIP IN THE AIR.
THE CITY FULL OFT.
Like a Cold, Only Stubborn.

The symptoms of La Grippe as de-
scribed by physicians are so like, a
Cold as to battle the skilled practition-
er. First slight fever with chills.
followed by catarrhal condition of
the head. descending to the throat and
even to the larynx and bronchial tubes.
In most cases there is a distressing
and stubborn cough.