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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-08-29
THE PENSION EVIL.

This country suffers from the pen
sion evil, and it is a growing evil, too
what viii yet become it's dimensions
no man can say, and few dare contem-
plate.
Commissioner of Pensions Evans is
about to yut forth his annual report.
1t viii show that there We're on the
pension rolls. on June 80, 1897, 976,01
pensioners. To this gigantic number
must be added 6.S52 original claims
granted but not recorded, and 1872 res
torations which were not entered on
the books. Commissioner Evans
granted 63,64S original claims during
the past year, and restored 1853 to the
benefits of pensions. The pensioners
now aggregate a grand total of 1,040,-
1885,
The expenses of the pension bureau
for the fiscal year 1898 were $780,
100000 in round numbers. OF this sum
$144, 65l, $3.50 were actually paid for pen
sions. The remaining s4.61S S61.26 was
divided as follows: Fees paid examin-
ing surgeons, 1894. 24s.O8; agencies. in
Guiding salaries and expenses, 1885,. 800
81; bureau, including salaries and per
diem expenses, So, 1872, 9S2.34
Those figures are almost appalling;
they would be to a country with less
exhaustless resources. Think of it for
a moment: Over one million names on
the pension rolls more than third of
a century after the close of the rebel
lion. And the discouraging thing about
it all is the fact the names increase
instead of diminishing. The pension
evil has become a gigantic parasite
upon the body polite. Instead of any
effort being made to destroy it every
effort is made to encourage its growth;
it has become one of the most powerful
Influences in our politics
It is said that the government is
taking great precautions to ascertain
the actual physical condition Of volun-
teers in the present war at the time of
their discharge, so as to safeguard
the pension rolls in the future. All
these precautions viii be swept away
as so many cobwebs when the time for
demanding pensions for services and
injuries incurred in the present war
arrives. The great thing to do is to
provide for the identification of the sol
diers of the present war.
Something like quarter of a million
men have been called out during the
present war. That means million
pensions granted before the govern
ment shall have got through with pen
sioning them and those dependent upon
them.
Just now there is a demand for a
large increase of the army, and it will
be positively necessary if we are to re-
tain all of SPANS island possessions
that have been wrested from her. Serv-
ice in Cuba, Porto Rico, the Ladrones
and the Philippines will invalid not
less than 50 per cent of all soldiers sent
to these islands, and as it viii require
anywhere from 10000 to 10000 to gar
rison them, the yearly increase of pen
sions will be something enormous.
Perhaps the day will come, and in
the not distant future, when the people
will sigh for the good old days when
pension appropriations were kept at
the low figure of $3.50, 900, 600 year.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-08-29
TALES OF THE DAY.
Not Quite Correct.

This is the golf story that took the
prize recently offered by London Truth.
and is vouched for as being true. The
hero of it is the eminent Queen Counsel
Leighton: The learned counsel, whose
keenness is something in excess of his
skill at the game was very DESTROYS of
sporting red coat. and in order to have
some incentive to improve in his form.
had resolved to deny himself the coveted
garment until he should have achieved
the round of a certain course in less
than 100 strokes. For some time. in spite
of assiduouS practice, he failed to get
within the prescribed limits. and the
other members, who were aware of his
ambition, got a good deal of fun out of
the red coat which seemed so far off. At
length one day he strobe into the club
house. after finishing a round. and ex-
claimed, delightedly: AT last 1 shall
be able to get that red coat!' well
doner' said the friend to whom the re-
mark was addressed. what was your
scorer "Oh, 1 didn't keep it very ex-
actly,' was the airy reply, 'but it was
somewhere about go
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-08-29

the stories of inadequate preparation
for the proper care of the sick and
wounded are so persistent that the
people demand an investigation that
no reproach shall be cast upon the ma
ton, and if a blot has been put upon
it that the responsibility for it may he
fixed.
Things have proceeded so far that
there must be an investigation that
the dark clouds that have gathered
over the war department, and from
which frequent rumblings as of dis
tant thunder are heard, may be dissi
pated.
The greatest need of the hour is an
investigation into the charges that
the sick and wounded have not been
provided with proper and sufficient
food and medicines
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-08-29

The story from Marietta, O., that a
member Of the Eighth Ohio starved to
death while returning from Cuba on a
transport. is simply not to be believed
Bad as the management of the COM
missary department has been it has not
been so bad that soldiers have starved
10 death. Some of the people and some
of the press are showing decided symp-
toms of hysteria over the condition of
the returned soldiers. It is better to
suppress the hysteria and ascertain the
actual facts.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-08-29
THE MONKS IN THE PHILIP
PINES.

There is no reason to apprehend that
the government will experience any
particular difficulty in dealing with the
Catholic church in the Philippines; the
question how it shall be dealt with can
scarcely come up until the final dispo-
sition OF the islands is determined
upon. This being the case, the appeals
of the Philippine islands committee In
Europe to President Mckinley that the
monks be expelled from the islands is
at least premature.
If this government has to deal with
any religious question in any of the
colonies that have heretofore belonged
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-08-29
DO YOU KNOW

that in making the trip to Omaha ex-
position you are on the road ONLY
ONE NIGHT if you use the Overland
Limited" of the Union Pacific? Just
the thing for nervous people who prefer
to travel by daylight; and for Men
Of Affairs" to whom the saving of 9
business day is an important consider
alton, we have the Fast Mall" ONLY
ONE DAY on the road to Omaha. APP
probation of this Incompatible time,
together with dining car service ana
superior equipment. is best shown by
the popular demand for tickets via the
Union Pacific at the "Old Stand" POI
Main street
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-08-29
AN INVESTIGATION NEEDlsD.

There must be an investigation into
the charges that the sick and wounded
Of the war have not received proper
care and attention. The stories of the
wholly inadequate preparation for TAX
ing care of them continue to come in
every day; in fact, these stories have
got to be an old story.
With the sick and the wounded there
are always a distress and. suffering
that are shocking to those who see
them for the first time; and this dis
tress and suffering are greatly agra
waited by a sea voyage. This is not
always considered. but while it is SO
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-08-29

'.Shure. major. we've only to write a
major thereupon replied: Sir. 4 am
in receipt of your letter of the 18th in
slant. in which you state l have only to
write a line in order that you should OBJ
tain the appointment you desire / have
therefore much pleasure in appointing
you postmaster OF Ballymahoolly. am.
sir, your obedient servant.
PURCELL O'GORMAN.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-08-29

Judge: All said little Mrs. Newly
wed dreamily, my husband is as steady
as a clock"
She gave a little half sigh as she said it.
and looked fixedlX at that article-the
clock. not her husband. Then she tapped
It; raped it; shook it; stood it on its head.
blew into the keyhole and tried to per-
suade it to do its duty in other feminine
ways. 1t was one of those ninety eight
cent alabaster clocks. and she had just
bought il. dainty creation. with gilded
hands. and forgetmenots upon the face.
The dealer had guaranteed it to run for a
lifetime, and it had run down and utterly
collapsed in Just five minutes and thirty
seven seconds. MY husband is as steady
as a clock she said dreamily.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-08-29

The other day man who was bath
ing in the lower bay in New York was
attacked by shark. This is unusual,
as sharks at such places are generally
scattered around the booths and hotel
Verandas
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-08-29
An Exclamation.

The reason for the great popularity
of Hoods Sarsaparilla lies in the fact
that this medicine positively cures. 1t
is Americas Greatest Medicine, and
the American people have an abiding
confidence in it's merits. They buy
and take it for simple as we'll as seri-
Gus ailments, confident that it will do
them good.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-08-29

''W. W. Killings, a former resident
Of this city, was IN our midst this week
visiting relatives and friends" says the
AIanti Messenger Is our Manti con-
temporary a cannibal that people
should seek friends and relatives in its
nnidst2
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-08-29

The appearance of the returning SOL
diers does not indicate that they have
lived on the fat of the land. While
this is so the fatted calf will be killed
for them, now they have returned.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-08-29

Governor Steunenberg of Idaho has
oeen renominated for the gubernatoriaI
Office. It is to be hoped that his ex-
cellency has become civilized enough
TO wear a necktie during his second
term. # elected.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-08-29

Should Secretary of War Alger be
dismissed FROM the cabinet?" asks the
Denver Times. That isn't the question
at all It is. Will Secretary of War
Alger be dismissed from the cabinet?
Our answer would be Nit
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-08-29

Good soldiers can be made in from
three to six months: it takes at least
four years to make good officer The
moral is plain: Let the government
increase the facilities for turning out
good officers.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-08-29

you true
But your glories have faded. as glories oft
do;
And we sigh for the autumn. to cheer our
duh To-, ,d
When the f1owrs wilt away and our col
lars do not.
Washington Star.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-08-29

It is impossible to find out how hot it
is in Omaha from the Omaha papers.
They do not want to drive anyone
away from the exposition, evidently.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-08-29
THE GERMANS AT SUBIG BAY.
PHILIPPINE ISLANDS.

To know all about the NEST interest
ing seat of the war. get portfolio OF
views of Manila and the Philippines.
One coupon from The Herald and 1Oc:
by mail. 12c.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-08-29
WIT AND HUMOR.

Judge: Client (who has been indicted
for murder)-How would the insanity de-
Tense go?
Criminal Lawyer (astenished)-Wha
For killing a mother-in-law? Never!
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-08-29

Puck: First Boy-Did your mother
punish you for going in swimming with
out her consent?
Second Boy-Yes.
What did she dor
MADE me take a, bath
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-08-29

When doctor looks grave he is
merely studying the best means Of
prolonging a slight illness for what
there is in it for him.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-08-29

Chauncey NJ. Deoew is about the
only man left in the country who would
permit Secretary Alger to address him
as dear"
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-08-29
Cincinnati Enquirer:

Cincinnati Enquirer; I'm the case OF
Sage, lit often occurs that they begin
with the dessert, follow it with roast
and find themselves in the soup at the
finish
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-08-29

All the saloons were closed yesterday
except to the knowing ones.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-08-29

Wiz the great hot wave, that has ex-
tended all over the country, be followed
by a wave of prosperity?
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-08-29

1t is impossible to keep politics out of
the army so long as the head of the
war department is a politician and
nothing else.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-08-29

We reduced SPANS fleets and armies
and now we are going to reduce our
own fleets and armies.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-08-29

The Utah Democracy has never hes
itated to meet issues in the past, and
it will not hesitate to meet them in
the future
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-08-29

Swift. the dressed beef man, contem-
plates handling grain. Young Letter
will not block the way for him.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-08-29

OF the making of charges and coun-
ter charges on the misconduct of the
war, there is no end.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-08-29

The only straddling justifabIe by
party is to straddle the necks of the
enemy. That is always a first duty.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-08-29

Major r. w Young. Major F. A
Grant. That sounds extremely we'll.
No brevets are better deserved.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-08-29

the Americas cup, but he is Russell
ing for it.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-08-29

Tit-Bits: A would-be playwright
brought to a well known actor-manager
a play for him to read. The actor found it
execrable, and when the author demanded
a verdict. felt it a kindness TO point out
the mistakes he had made. But the tyro
waXed wroth. DO you know that play
cost me years hard labor?" he ex-
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-08-29

The road to free silver is over the
Chicago platform; there is none other
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-08-29

No wonder they have badly mixed
politics in Spain. Spaniards vote as
they shoot
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-08-29

There is no Philippine problem for
Spain; it's simply decree of fate in
her case
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-08-29

The hot wave of municipal virtue
continues.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-08-29

Blanco feels very sad. Why shouldn't
he? He has been a sad, bad boy all
the while.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-08-29

Chicago Record: Good morning. Mr.
Keldon,'' said the tobacconist. BOX OF
cigars. Yes. sir. Good fve-cent brandt
No" answered the regular customer.
Il want a box of your best ten-cent
straight. It's boy this time
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-08-29

In the peace negotiations no one can
tel; what Day may bring forth.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-08-29

How hard it did try to rain yester.
day, and how signally it did fail.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-08-29

When PEOPLES hearts go out to the
poor, their purses usually stay at home.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-08-29

The war demonstrated that the value
OF the torpedo boat is about SIZE, 900.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-08-29
COMMENTS OF THE PRESS.

Baltimore American: Society has I'M
dertaken its new patriotic responsibilities
gracefully. War dinners" and military
cotillons ere now the order Of the day.
1t has drawn the line, however, at realism
in the war dinners.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-08-29

Chicago News: Senator Hanna says he
never was much of Cuban, but thinks
the island will be Americanized in q
Cuban development becomes visible Sen
ator Hanna's interest Will probably in
crease.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-08-29


under the doctorsu
old and before
bad
fa
enwhed telling
Iabule
medicine wife bought
The first
without bad feeling ater"ard
months entirely cured after taking Rlpans
medicine From
has taken OF medicine
labues
the houseal and would without them
and at and barber 0NA
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-08-29

Hoods Pills cure all liver ills Mailed
for 25c. by C. 1. Hood & Co, Lowell
Mass.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-08-29

Kansas City World: Secretary Of War
Alger is writing letters to friends with the
evident idea that they viii be published
to the .vindication of the department at
whose head he stands. The secretary of
war has a very proper idea that the pen
is mightier than the sword
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-08-29

Kansas City Star: If Russell A. Alger
is retained III the war department in the
face OF the popular clamor for his removal
there viii be other hearts TO ache besides
those of the soldiers who have suffered
through his inefficiency. Let the presi-
dent make a note OF this and see if it
doesn't come true.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-08-29

My dear man. you are fortunate" re-
turned the imperturable actor; "a more
just judge would have made it ten years -
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-08-29

Cincinnati Enquirer: Secretary Alger
has gone TO a good deal of trouble to tell
Chauncey NJ. Depew how much there is to
do in carrying on war. The secretary is
entitled TO talk on this subject, and Dr.
Depew has. of course. given the matter
out for publication. Literature on this
subject will soon be interesting
Washington Post: Occa SionalIy a Re
publican congressman fails TO be re-
nominated, thus showing that the chaps
who failed to get the offices are not put
ting in their entire time in remembering
the Maine.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-12-15
A NEW CHINESE ARMY.
Nucleus, 1t Is Said. Is to Be Organized
at Once by Lord Charles
BeresfOrd.

VANCOUVER, B. c., Dec. 14-Chinese
papers received by the Empress of India
to-day, state that 1900 men are to be
handed over to lord Charles Beresford 10
organize as a nucleus Of the Chinise dis
ciplined army Of the future.
Dispatches have been receiped from Nam
king and WI Chang to the effect that the
grand council has notified the ~yiceroys of
those cities to select 1000 men each from
the Manchua garrison of Marking and
Ching Chow, near Shashi. and have them
ready to be turned over to the sole COM
man of Lord Charles. "to be drilled ac-
cording to the system of the British army"
1T has not yet been determined where the
Marking or Chin kiang.
The Hong Kong papers declare hat the
reports published of the existence of a
secret treaty between the Russian and
Chinese governments are perfectly true.
1T is stated that a large force, under Rus
sian officers, is ordered to Shan Mai kwan
The secret treaty existing between Russia
and China is reported TO be as follows:
Until the reorganization of the Chinese
army and navy is completed, China shall
have assistance of the Russian army and
navy for defense in case of emergency. In
such case, the OF the army and
navy shall remain in the hands of kus-
sian officers. The Chinese government
shall make proper pecuniary compensation
10 the Russian army and navy when their
services are received. The commander of
the Russian army at Lao Tung IL Port
Arthur shall hold himself at the orders of
the Chinese government and may be called
upon to render assistance at any time.
The foreign ministers at Picking have
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-12-15

DIR. D. w. Reed has been appointed 4
pension examiner at Princeton, Mo.
The Westport Improvement Association
will hold Il meeting at the Westport city
hail tonight at s o'clock.
The Hoosier Club. of Kansas City. will
hold a meeting at the clubroomS of the
Coates House this evening at 8 o'clock.
The directors of the Manufacturers As
ISOLATION will hold a special meeting this
afternoon to consider matters of import
ance to the association.
Veteran Company \ applied to the coun-
tv court yesterday for money with which
TO pay hall rent. but the court refused to
make the appropriation.
Mrs. Grace Voorhees,, who teaches physi-
cal culture and elocution in Miss Florence
Bigelow's private school. left yesterday for
Chicago. where she will spend two weeks
at the Columbia school of oratory.
Miss Kate Kingsley and Andrew Crane,
two well known young pcope of Rosedale,
were married in Argentine the other day.
They kept the matter secret for several
days. but has leaked out at last. The
groom is q years old and the bride Is.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-12-15
Police PfckinEs.

Harry Ragsdale. the bartender who as
saulted Charles w. Young. an ex-soldier,
was yesterday fined $40 in police court for
fr%equenting North end resorts.
w. G.. AStrup, a railroad news agent,
was arrested by Officer keenan, yesterday.
charged with stealing 4 $40 gold piece from
Dick O'Toole, of $50 James street, Kansas
City, Kas.
Captain Junkins. of the Belt Line rail-
way patrol. reported to the police yester-
day that thieves had stolen a box of shoes
from 4 car in the Missouri Pacific railroad
yards Tuesday night.
The case of Officer w. S. Murphy, who
is charged by Mrs. Agnes Bevington with
conduct unbecoming an officer. was con-
tinued by the police commissioners yes
terday until next Wednesday.
Humane officer Greenman has heard
nothing from the husband of Mrs. W. Fl.
Dir. who was sent to the city hospital
a few days ago suffering from a violent
attack of insanity. Dir is "A telegraph
operator and is employed at Clayton. y. NJ.
The manager of the Brush Creek Coal
Company. which has an office in the Glib
raltar building at Eighth and Wyandotte
streets. reported to the police Yesterday
that thieves entered the company's office
Tuesday night and made way with a cash
box containing SD in money and n lot Of
coal tickets. The thieves entered the room
through Il ransom.