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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-08-22
LAST LONDON CHARLEY"
Who Still Goes His Rounds and Calls
the Flying Hours.

London Mail: An incident which has
just occurred has brought to the minds
of Holborn police inspector and a
few other Londoners one of those
amazing incongruities of which Lon
don life can furnish so many ex-
amples.
Who would suppose that in the heart
! of London, within sound Of the under
ground railway, and within sight of
| the motor car, a genuine Charley
still goes his rounds and calls the hours
in loud voice the long night through?
This comedy-if you like to call it so
takes place with unfailing regularity
in Ely place, Holborn. No spot could
be more appropriate for the perpetual
ton OF such a custom than this ancient
precinct, where John OF Gaunt, time
honored Lancaster" drew his last
breath, and where, if we are to be-
lieve Shakespeare, good strawher
ries' ripened in the garden of the bish-
op of Ely, whose chapel still lifts its
ancient, though much hidden, walls in
Ely place.
After the reversion Of the property
to the crown in 1852 various arrange
ments were made whereby Ely place
remained private precinct under the
government of commissioners. These
commissioners still exercise their rule
(Sir George Lewis is their present
chairman), which is fortified by acts
of parliament and their watchmen
have legal power to arrest misdemean-
ants within Ely place and hale them
TO the nearest police station.
Not that the power is often exercised.
But it was exercised this very week in
a trivial matter, which went no further
than the police station. The charge of
misbehavior was, indeed, refused by
the inspector on duty, who momen-
tarily doubted the authority of the
Ely place Waterman to act as a con-
stable But on this. point he was
speedily set right by the production of
the act.
The night Waterman in Ely place is
required TO cry the hours from IL p.
m. to a. m. Nor may his duty be
perfunctorily discharged. Four times
along the length of Ely place must his
cry Of past eleven or past twelve, %
ETC., be heard. No policeman enters
Ely place night or day unless specially
summoned. Nor is the Charley who
keeps watch and ward there within
closed gates at night a guardian of
mere empty offices.
Adjoining the place, and out by the
foresaid commissioners, are the Ely
news dwellings. Here 16 families are
resident, and this little hive of HUI
manity, as well as care takers of Ely
place proper, are under the ''Charley's''
direct protection, and have their
slumbers punctured by his melodious
cries.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-08-22

The accompanying sketch is a faith
full representation of the Southern
branch of the State Normal school, 10
Gated at Cedar City. The building is
substantial, commodious, and equipped
with every modern sanitary device cal
culated to promote the health and COM
fort of the normal students. Including
the heating and ventilating apparatus,
the cost of the building will be nearly
$25, 900. A tract of 10 acres of land sur
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-08-22
Veteran of the Civil War Is In
Salt Lake.
HIS PRESENT POSITION
SUCCEEDED WADE HAMPTON AS
COMMISSIONER OF RAILWAYS
Making Tour of the Roads of the
West-Hero of the Confederacy Is
Now a Republican-The Party
Will Proceed On a Tour of In
spection Over the Central Pacific.

General James Longstreet is touring
in a special car the country which 40
years ago was almost beyond the civil
lied world. Where now there are rail-
roads and evidences of thrift there were
formerly only trails leading from the
silent and forbidden frontier region. It
was then that General Longstreet, as a
military officer of the United States
was familiar with the characteristics
OF the inter mountain and coast region
and the Mexican frontier. What the
general is now observing is a revela-
ton to him. He had no previous COM
prehension of the immensely of the
great west, its wonderful development
and the boundless possibilities Of the fu-
turc. To him the transition is phenom-
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-08-22
THE TRUE DEMOCRACY.

When Columbia took her station,
With but thirteen stars unfurled,
That was freedoms proclama ton,
To the monarchs of the world:
For her ringing Constitution.
Was the cornerstone and key,
In line and resolution
OF a true democracy
Today her mighty nation,
Whose honored battlescarS
Make grand her Constitution
OF five and forty stars:
Her onward march to glory
To fulfill her destiny
Will magnify the story
OF true democracy.
That stands upon a platform
OF native soil and wood,
Where jefferson and jackson,
And Lincoln. too. have stood;
platform hewn by labor
From the tree of liberty,
On soil that is the harbor
OF the true democracy.
It fights for honest silver,
Against dishonest gold;
And for every honest principle,
True. honest men may hold;
That the fruits of honest labor
For labor's sons may be.
Is the object, aim and mission
OF the true democracy.
Come fathers and come mothers.
Come sons and daughters, toe,
And join this noble party
That shows its colorS true;
Would you break the chains of bondage
And leave your children free?
Then rally round the standard
OF the true democracy.
Stockton. Utah.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-08-22
TALKED ABOUT MONUMENTS.
Apostle John Henry Smith at the
Tabernacle.

In his address at the tabernacle Sun
day afternoon, Apostle John Henry
Smith took for his subject, "Monu
ments," the topic being suggested by
the proposed Maine memorial monu-
ment. He spoke of the many monu-
ments in different countries dedicated
to military and naval heroes and men
of science and literature, expressing his
own feelings upon standing in the pres
ence of monuments of Washington, Sir
Walter Scott and others. A nations
history may be Judged from the mOnu-
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-08-22
THE GENERALS PARTY.

General Longstreet, as the United
States commissioner of railways, is
making an extended tour of the trans
Mississippi region. He arrived in the
city last evening over the Rio Grande
Western in Union Pacific special car
OLA, which formerly did duty for the Of
ficials of the Utah division. In Cen
eral Longstrcet's party are his charm
ing young Wife, Colonel c. c. Sanders,
wife, daughter and mother, and Mrs.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-08-22
Tired.

Indianapolis Journal: "Geei but I'm
tired" said the dry goods clerk
Had a busy day." asked the motor
man.
There hasn't been much trade, but /
have been hard at work all day cutting up
remnants for our bargain sale tomorrow"
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-08-22
Unluckv Thirteen

washington Star: isn't a 13-inch gun
considered 5unlucky?" inquired the super
stitious man.
1T all depends replied the matter-of-
fact acquaintance, ION whether you're an
American or q Spaniard.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-08-22
War Opera.

Washington Star: why did that man
ager engage those two jealous sopranos
and those two rival comedians?"
Hes going in for realism. He says he's
going TO put on Il war opera with some
real war in it"
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-08-22

rounds the structure. and as soon as
the land is embellished and ornamented
with trees and shrubs, the state branch
normal school will be picturesquely and
attractively established. The buildings
and grounds are the gift of the enter
prising people of Iron county to the
state of Utah, the only condition being
that as soon as the property title
vests in and is accepted by the state,
represented by Secretary Hammond. it
will suitably maintain and foster the
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-08-22

ments it builds Speaking of the Brig
ham Young monument, he said it was
erected by those who founded this
commonwealth and made it possible to
establish commemorative in the sur
rounding territories
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-08-22
Financiering.

New York World Mr. Hinghup-You
said that thing would not cost over $50.
Mrs. Hinghup-I gave exactly $50 for it
but then I paid the modiste $50 more for
her promise to tell everybody that it cost
500.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-08-22
Not Filling.

Exchange: First Member Music Com
mittee-Does the new sopranos voice fill
the church?
Second Member-Hardly. The ushers tell
me there are always vacant seats in the
gallery.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-08-22

institution, which will be of such great
benefit to the people of southern Utah.
The second year of the state branch
normal school will be opened in the new
building concurrently with the Utah
University reopening and with the
same school calendar. Entrance exam
nations will commence on Sept. IA and
registration of pupils takes place on
Sept. 20. Principal Bennion will be in
charge, with a full corps of capable in
StructorS.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-11-29
THE STATE RICH
10 Tax Railroad Bridges 0r,r the
Ohio River,

MAINTAINED BY THE SUPREME
COURT OF THE UNITED STATES,
IN 4 DECISION HANDED DOWN
YESTERDAY "A VICTORY For
HON. T. $. RILEY AND JUDGE
MELVIN
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-11-29
Il. g. O. CERTIFICATES
Authority Given for the Early Redemption
of $5,956,OOO of Those Issued by the

Receivers Cowen and Murray, of the
Baltimore & Ohio railroad, were author
lied by an order signed Saturday by
United States Judges Golf and Morris, to
carry out an agreement made with the
banking firm of Speyer & Co, of New
York. for the early redemption of the
100000 Baltimore & Ohio receivers GER
tifcates maturing June l, 1899. and the
$956G00 similar certificates maturing De-
cember l, 1899. Notice has been given that
these certificates will be paid December
/ this year.
The s., 600, 600 issue of certificates was
made under authority or the order of
court of May q, 1896. These certificates
bear per cent interest. The issue of
s95s000, bearing 5 per cent interest. was
authorized by the court November 20, 1896
Both issues were made redeemable June
l, 1897, and after, upon thirty days no
tice, such as has been given.
Under the arrangement made by the re-
ceivers, Speyer & Co. are to advance the
money necessary to meet the principal
of each certificate as presented. AS each
certificate is taken up the receivers wifi
ueldcn the present per cent OF D per
cent interest warrants and stamp on the
face of it the following: This certificate
is payable al any time before maturity,
at the option of the receivers or the
court, and bears interest until paid at the
rate of 5 per cent per annum only" The
certificates so stamped will be delivered
to Speyer & Co. to be held by them as
security for the money advanced and
without impairment of the lien of the
certificates except as to the reduction of
interest.
In their petition asking authority to
make the arrangement with Speyer &
Co the receivers stated that the interest
on the per cent certificates amounts to
more than $500 per day, and that the ar
rangement will save about $S5,CG1 in in
terest payments on both issues. 1t is,
ments should be stopped at the earliest
possible day.
There is every probability the petition
also stated. that a decree for the fore
closure and sale of the railroad property
will be entered shortly and that the
property will be sold q considerable time
before the dates when the certificates will
mature In that event it is advantageous
to have the certificates dischargable i'm
mediately, either by the purchaser of the
property or the court The arrangement
made with Speyer & Co. It is declared
will benefit all interested in the railroad
property and can injuriously affect no
one.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-11-29
CLERK RoBERTsON's OFFICE.

Deed was left for record dated No
vember %, 1898, from John L. Clator
and wife to Jacob Wilhelm and Emil
Wilhelm, conveying the Hoffman res
taurant property on Market street, OPP
posite the postoffice. Consideration,
$4,000
Deed dated November %, 1898, from
John Bodley and wife to EXley, Wat
kins & Co., conveying property on the
south bank of Wheeling creek. Con-
sideration, $4,000.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-11-29
THE FIRE CHEF QCESTION.
Republican CounciIme to Hold a Caucus
This Evening.

Yesterday a call for q Republican Coun-
Gil caucus to select a candidate for Chief
of the fire department for the term run
ming over the next two years, was circu-
lated. and up to dark had been signed
by about twenty members.
The caucus IS set for this evening AT
eight o'clock. in the Chamber of the
First Branch of Council. The candidates
are Robert Cline, Charles Klieves, the
present chief, ane VIII Bodley. The
selection of Cline is a foregone conclu-
sion. and has ben a sure thing for two
weeks.
There are thirty-three Republican mem
bers of Council thirteen in the First
Branch and twenty in the Second. and ii
thus takes seventeen votes 10 nominate
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-11-29
CIRCUIT COURT.

In the Circuit Court, Judge Hervey,
yesterday, the case of Klaproth VS.,
Haberfield was under consideration.
John Klaproth was kicked by a horse
belonging to John G. Haberfield, and
brought an action for damages before
Justice Peterman, getting a verdict for
$40. The case was appealed. The evil
dence was heard yesterday, and the
case was argued and submitted.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-11-29

MELVIN.
The Supreme Court of the United
States handed down an opinion yester-
day in the case of the Pittsburg, Gin
cinnati, Chicago and st. Louis Railway
Company. VS.. the Board of Public
Works of the State of West Virginia,
affirming the bill of the Railway Com
pany.
This case involved the question Of
the right of the State to tax the rail-
road bridges across the Ohio River as
separate structures. There are now
in all six bridges across the Ohio river,
valued at more than $2,000,0O0, and
while the case in question only involv-
ed the right to tax the Steubenville
bridge as a separate structure, if the
decision had been against the State, 1t
would have hereafter applied to all OF
those bridges.
The case was brought while Hon.
T. S. Riley was Attorney General, and
Judge Melvin was employed by the
local authorities of Brooke county to
assist him, and after the expiration of
Mr.. Riley's term as Attorney General
he and Judge Melvin were retained by
the State to assist the present Attorney
General
1t settles, in favor of the State, the
question in dispute between the State
and the Railroad Companies, whether
the State had the right under our
statute to assess those bridges as sepa-
rate structures or whether the State
was required to assess them as so much
track.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-11-29
LISTING THE VOTERS.

voters for the coming municipal cleo
ton. The work has been completed
in the First and Second wards. and the
lists are in the hands of the City Clerk.
The number in the First ward is 1,215,
in the Second, 1876.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-11-29
mbeelin9 Re9ister
ATTENTION BUTCHERS AND BREW
Frs EMPLOYEES.

BY Buying our well known All Wool Knit
j. .ckeIs you will combine comfort and
durability. They are the best made. Price
$500 and up.
Agents for the celebrate JarOs Hygienic
Underwear, the best health upderw ear
known. {. HESS d SONS,
Fashionable Tailors and Furnishers,
132I-1323 Market Street.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-11-29
EideTdown Quilts and ComfOTtab|es,


6x7 feetarge half
he
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-11-29
DECISION TO COME LATER.

At a special session of Federal court at
Clarksburg last week, Judge Golf heard
the case of Robinson vs.. the West Vir-
ginia Loan Company, of Wheeling. to
discharge the receiver. He will hand
down his decision the first week in De-
cember. John Howard, Alfred Caldwell
and W. P Hubbard We're at Clarksburg
eoncarnlng this case.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1898-05-24
a Pirate In Fad Luck.

MIR. Frank II. Stockton, writing of "Tho
Buccaneers of Our Coast" in st. Nicholas,
says Of the celebrated Bartholoiny Portu-
gueZ: In tho way of well defined and
conspicuous ups and downs few lives have
surpassed that of Bartholemy. He had
many adventures after the desperate affair
in the bay of Campeachy, but they must
all have turned out badly for him, and
consequently very fortunately for divers
and sundry Spanish vessels, and during
the rest of his life he bore the reputation
Of an unfortunate pirate. He was one of
those men whose success seemed to have
depended entirely upon his own exertions.
If there happened TO be the least chance of
his doing anything ho generally did it.
Spanish cannon, well armed Spanish
crews, manGcles, imprisonment, the dan
gers of the ocean to a man who could not
swim, bloodhouEds, alligators W lid beasts,
awful forests impenetrable to common men
all were brayely met and triumphed
over by Bartholemy. Yet when it came TO
ordinary good fortune, such as any pirate
might expect, Bartholemy the Porting uese
found that he had no chance at all But
no was not a common pirate and was
therefore Obliged to DO content with his
uncommon career He eventually settled
in the island OF Jainaica, but nobody
knows what became OF him
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1898-05-24

expense likewise. The third horn of
this dilemma is wintering in Dawson
City, which | do not suppose you will
care Co do. 4"
l thanked him for his advice, but
have not yet changed my plans.
Ignorance About the Situation.
GAS to getting in or out of Dawson
City" continued Major Walsh, there
Is yet an astounding amount Of igno-
rance as TO its actual difficulties, and /
wonder that your government enter
tanned the thought Of a relief expedition
for an instant OF course anything like
a so called snow and ice engine is out
of the question, and, as for horses or
mules, after they have been packed
with the 600 pounds of forage, which is
the least which can be provided for
their use TO Dawson City, and the food
and blankets and camping utensils nec-
essary TO the man who accompanies
them, they cannot be relied to take
single pound for relief. Indeed ques-
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1898-05-24
food for this animal in this locality
have been unable TO find much Of IL. !"
What Alaska Needs.

food for this animal in this locality
have been unable TO find much Of It,.
what Alaska Needs.
Major Walsh is of the opinion that
what Alaska needs most at present Is
the means OF securing provisions at the
cost of ordinary transportation. He
thinks this will be consummated lit
tie later by the Canadian government
by means of the railroad from Glenora
into the interior. aud that the country
will then be a good one for the prospect
or who is satisfied with a modest in
come, say from So co $40 a day. He
says that while it may be doubted that
many more rich strikes may be made
there are fields capable of supporting
hundreds of thousands of people provid-
ed the cost of living can be reduced so
that the independent miner may find il
profitable to wash out So per day.
AS to the boundary line question. he
said, the Chilkoot pass line, where the
mounted police are now stationed and
are collecting duty, is not disputed ter
ritory 1.-The case in a nutshell is this,
he continued-''your government meas
ures from inland waters and ours from
the sea; or, if you please, you may put
il in this way-your government claims
that the inland waters are the sea and
we claim that they are not. This is all
the dispute there is or ever can be con-
corning the boundary question.
Dawson City High Prices.
We are already beginning TO get
taste of Dawson City high prices, be-
cause from here on. when the ice breaks
up, il is an unbroken waterway TO that
place and the cost of transportation is
not exorbitant considering the distance.
For instance, meals consisting of beans,
rice. bread, ham or bacon and coffee,
are 81. so each. Lodging in a clubhouse,
where all sleep in one room and each
provides his own blankets, is from 90
cents TO 81 per night. had occasion TO
buy an ordinary crosscut hand saw the
other day and was obliged to pay IS for
what would probably cost $3.50 in the
States. Flour is worth $40 per barrel
today. or rather sl2 for sack of so
pounds.
Lake Bennett is one of the most live
~ settlements we have seen thus far on
the trail. Ii has two or three bunk
houses, called hotels. the ubiquitous sa-
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1898-05-24

loon, bakeshop, two or three stores Of
general merchandise and several places
where outfits are bought and sold. This
last named business is becoming quite
common along the trail. When poor
devil gets discouraged or i'll and re
solves to go no farther, he can always
find some one TO take his outfit off his
hands and pay him-not fair price.
bet possibly a little addition to what it
cost him in the States Then the outfit is
sold piecemeal or complete to whomso-
profit. In fact, any one who has spec
ulative nature and disposition to prof
il by his fellow creatures misfortune
can easily make considerable money
here. There are "corners" in small
way that are in every way as shrewd
and quite as daring as any perpetrated
in Wall street. For instance, there may
be shortage in flour or coffee or can
dies or kerosene oil or any other article
of prime necessity. The shrewd specu-
lator goes quietly around and buys up
all he can get hold of. Then if no more
comes in he sells out at about any
profit he chooses to ask.
Wood Famine Imminent.
Timber and wood promise TO be scarce
articles here ere long if the rate of dew
astation continues. Our party has cart
ed firewood three miles for use in our
tent. and timber for bodybuilding il be-
coming almost extinct. Lumber at pres
ent is worth $500 per 1000 feet. and &
sawmill company has received "a grant
of large portion Of the timber IN the
locality. The price Of boats thus far is
from S2G0 TO $500 each, but 10 rational
being would care 20 trust his life in any
of those which sell at the frst named
figures. Two steamboats, are TO ran Oh
the lake this season, bat from present
indications they will not be clear of ice
under two months at least.
have made diligent inquiry to learn
the destination of the majority Of those
who are on their way Go the Yukon and
End that large number intend going
through to the American side. There
will also be quite number go 90 the
Big Salmon and Stuart rivers, and
good many perhaps the majority, have
no fixed ideas whatever rs To their des-
| tipation. They will follow the crowd"
go anywhere if there be possibility
OF their finding the much sought for
gold. Some indeed imagine they can
| pick up nuggets almost anywhere. IL is
a pity hat such golden dreams mus,
have 'ude awakening sooner or later.
A. "A. HILL