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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-08-04
sagasta Consults Conservatives,

has summoned Senior Silvela, the Con-
servative leader, and other absent poll
ticians to Madrid in order to consult
with them regarding the peace terms.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-08-04
Plucky Girl In Kansas.

Wichita, Kan, Aug. s.-At Anadarka,
Okla, negro named Barrett was
killed while trying to enter the room
of Miss Phoebe Stokes, a school
teacher. Miss Stokes heard him opening
a window and fired six shots into his
body, killing him instantly.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-08-04
CEN. KENT SF|GHT
At SAN JUAN HILL
Official Report on That Bloody
Battle.
CALAMITY OF TROOPS
PRAISED BY GENERAL
Twenty fourth Infantry Was In
"The Heroic Brigade"

Three Brigade Commanders, One of
Whom Was Iiscum, Were Shot
Down In Succession-New York
Volunteers Laid Down In the
Road, While the Regulars
Marched Over Them-Assistant
Surgeon Kirkpatrick Commended.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-08-04

In has finally been determined that the
cruisers Yale and Harvard, chartered by
the navy from the American Steamship
company for auxiliary navy operations
shall remain in the possession of that de-
partment for the present.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-08-04
Fire at Thermopolis.

Especial % The Herald)
Cheyenne, Wyo., Aug. 3.-The big
mercantile establishment of Higgins &,
McGrath, at Thermopolis, Wyo., was
totally destroyed by fire Monday night.
Loss, $4,000.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-08-04
Washington Office of The Herald,
1915 G Street. N. w.

Washington, D. c., Aug. Sd. d.
Mercer. correspondent of the Washing
ton Star, says, in his letter from San
tiaSo today:
THE colored troops have borne a gal
liant and noble part throughout. this
campaign. From their white comrades
in arms l hear only words of praise
for the part they took in the hot fight
ing of July l and 2. Wherever the fight
was hottest there they seemed to get
by natural attraction, and the result
was never in doubt when they went in
But there is another phase of the
valor of the colcred soldiers, of which
few have personal knowledge. The
fever broke out at Siboney, and men
were being carried up to the camp in
the hills by the score, and it looked like
the army was going to be swept away
by the dread scourge. The supply of
nurses was wholly Inadequate to meet
the demands of the situation. Men
were fleeing for their lives from the
disease. and the transports going north
were crowded with terror-stricken
men.
But the Twenty-fourth infantry had
been ordered from SibOney to the front
to do police duty. There was call for
nurses. The officers of the Twenty
fourth called up their men and explain
eu the SITUATION, ana asked Tor VOlun-
teerS.
This was not facing death on the
battlefield. where valor would be recOg-
nized, but an invitation to meet the
grim destroyer in that quiet way which
is more trying to men nerves, but
there was no hesitation on the part of
the colored soldiers. AS one man they
stepped to the front to face this new
and insidious danger, as they had
faced death on the battlefield.
1T can be said again of him, that
the colOred soldier has fought nobly
No one in the ranks is entitled to more
conspicuous honor than he"
LAND CASE DECIDED.
In the land contest of the Central Pa
cific VS.. Joseph Hunsaker, from the
Salt Lake City district, the secretary of
the interior has reversed the decision
of the commissioner of the general land
office, and awarded the land to the COM
pany. on the ground that it had a, right
to it.
A restoration and additional pension
from 81 to $12 was today granted AL
bert Gortz, deceased, of Haley.
The secretary of the interior has or
dered patented to the state of Wyo-
ming a list of lands, containing $50
acres, in the Douglas district, selected
in accordance with the terms of the
grant to aid the state deaf and dumb
institution.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-08-04

Colonel James Hamilton Lewis has been
assigned to duty on General BrookeS staff
and will embark for Porto Rico with Gen.
eral Grants expedition.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-08-04
MISS SCHLEY STRANDED.
Telegraphs Her Father For Money to
Pay Her Fare

Milwaukee, Wis. Aug. 3.-Miss Jes-
sic Schley of this city, who left Paris
about two weeks ago for Madrid on a
peace mission, today cabled her father
Charles Schley. from Lisbon, Portugal
for funds to enable her to return to
Paris.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-08-04

Statement of the condition of the treas
ury shows: Available cash balance. S254.-
933. 1S6; gold reserve. $3.50 625, O26.
The Winslow mail., 1898-02-19
5000, 100000 FOR TITLES.
That Amount and Good Girls Ex.
changed for Foreign Bridegrooms.

That Amount and Good Girls Ex-
changed for Foreign Bridegrooms.
The newspaper gossip about Miss
Pauline Astor and Miss May Goelet,
who, with their millions, are able to
buy anything in the matrimonial mar
ket that Europe has for sale, has re-
vived many "reminiscences of previous
alliances of American ladies with for
eign noblemen. Rumor has it that ne
gotiations are pending for the marriage
of Miss Astor to Prince Alexander of
Teck, and that Miss Goelet is hesitat-
ing between the Duke of Manchester
and the Duke of Roxeburgh, but
whether she takes one or the other,
neither Miss Goelet nor Miss Astor will
do any better than Miss Mackey, now
the Princess of Colonna, or Miss Van
derbilt, now Duchess of Marlborough.
The question is only one of expense, for
it is perfectly we'll understood that the
titles are for sale, and also that the
higher the title the higher the price. A
plain count may be had for $4,000 to
100000, duke for $1,OOO,OOO, or as
much more as he can get; an Italian
prince for about the same; but prince
of Germany or England comes much
higher.
During the last quarter of a century
over 400 alliances between American
heiresses and foreign noblemen have
been contracted. The fortunes trans
ferred from America to Europe vary in
amount from $4,000 to half as many
millions, and so far as this country is
concerned Is a total loss, because the
noble foreigners prefer to spend at
home the money they win in the Amer
lean matrimonial lottery 1t is esti-
mated that during the last quarter of
century over $20O000,OOO of money
made in this country by American citi-
zens has been sent abroad as dowries
for American heiresses who preferred
titles to dollars.
The Winslow mail., 1898-02-19
Bad Story Telling.

If Oscar Wilde's assumption were to
be taken seriously, that all fiction is ly
ing, it might account for much that
afflicts readers, since the lack of morale
affects the intellect, and what is done
without conscience is apt to be dono
badly. Of course all fiction is not lying,
as all killing is not murder, but it is a
sad fact that many writer's of novels
and short stories seem to have left their
conSciences and much of their brains
behind when they go forth to work-as
if these belongings might safely remain
in seclusion with the dress coat and
the white tie, to be brought out only
for especial occasions. Artemus Ward
once remarked that he had giant mind,
but did not have it with him, and that
for the latter half of it) is apt to be the
case with any of US when we are care.
less True, even good Homer sometimes
nodded, but this affords no example for
US who are not Homers. To come to our
tasks otherwise than with all our wits
about us and invite public attention to
the chance "oozings of our brains is
as if one should issue from his apart
ments unshorn and half clad or enter
upon the busy haunts of men without
money in his pocket. Frederic NJ Bird
in Lippincott s.
The Winslow mail., 1898-02-19

The discovery said to have been
made by Mr.. Carton, an English agri-
culturist, that worthless cereals can be
converted by cross fertilization into val
liable food grains, is almost immeasura-
bly, important. If all that is claimed
for it is true it will indefinitely increase
the worlds food supply, enhance the
rewards of agriculture, cause a vast
area of waste places to bloom with use
full vegetation, and destroy the Malthu-
sian fear that starvation awaits the
race of men. Experiments have been
made by Mr.. Carton not only with
plants grown in the United Kingdom,
but also with those of most foreign
countries, and he says he can produce
varieties suitable to any soil or climate.
Thus food grains will be made that will
thrive in localities where wheat, maize
OF barley refuse to grow, and mankind
will be able to spread itself over lands
which now are uninhabitable. Full de-
tails of the discovery viii. be looked for
with interest in America.
The Winslow mail., 1898-02-19
Duration of Human Life.

That the human being was intended
Tor greater length OF life than is usually
attained in our artificial existence is
probable from the fact that he does not
reach his full and complete development
until his twenty fifth year The life of
most of the low animals is reckoned to
be about five times their maturity in a
natural condition, and, although dis
turbing causes interfere with human
life in the present day, yet within GER
tain limits man is subject to the same
laws as every other type of existence in
either the animal or the vegetable king
dom
Nature has assigned to him a certain
period during which he should attain to
a sound physical and mental maturity,
and any attempt to curtail that period
by early forcing is and must be neces-
sarily productive of lamentable results.
The boy or girl may be developed under
system of steady "cramming' into a
highly accomplished man or woman,
long before full age has been reached.
but it may be accepted as all axiom i'll
almost all instances that the earlier the
development the earlier the decay The
lesson to be learned from the records OF
those who have lived to advanced years
Is that moderation in all things, whether
physical or intellectual, is the secret OF
long life, and that it is easy by system
atically violating this rule to produce al
artificial old ag
The Winslow mail., 1898-02-19
Close Calculations.

Natural witticisms are always repeat
ing themselves. Frances Power Cobbe
says that she heard two Irishmen in
London talking about the distance to
Hampstead Heath. At length they
met a stranger, and one asked
"Can you tell me how far it is to
Hampstead Heath?"
"Ten miles," was the reply.
The Irishman turned to his friend.
give miles apiecer' said he. I'VE can
easily do that"
1t was a little American girl who
made a similar calculation. She and
her sister were one morning so long
In dressing that their mother came up
to investigate.
what have you been doing" she
called. 81 heard you up half an hour
ago."
"Oh, we don't know! Everything Is
wrong side out" answered Elsie, de-
spairingly.
well, how much longer will it take
you" persisted the mother.
A'FYve minutes" called Maud, the du-
tiful.
81 want ten," put in Elsie, $50 that
makes fifteen"
The Winslow mail., 1898-02-19

Sir Wilfrid Laurier's dream Lf the
st. Lawrence as the natural highway
of the commerce of Canada, if not of
the American continent, will probably
be somewhat disturbed by recent de-
velopments. The Canadian Govern
ment, in pursuance of its new purpose
of building up its own interests wholly
Independent of the United States, In
its advertisement for bids for the Ca
madam mail service the coming year
specified that the terminus on this side
of the ocean, both summer and winter,
should be at Canadian port. The
purpose Is laudab,e and natural enough,
but, unfortunately for patriotic theo-
ries, commerce and trade have a way
of seeking 1.-The point of least resist
ance," in accordance with a we'll
known natural law. The Allan and
Dominion Line, which is now carry
ing the mail, makes Portland, Me-. its
The Winslow mail., 1898-02-19
Authors Make Musical Nistakc.

Novelfsts commit the most amazing
blunders in their illusions to the music
al art, according to Macmillan's Maga.
zine. One novelist, for example, makes
his hero a soprano; another pictures a
Scotch Highlander sitting on the road
side singing Jacobite song, and ac-
companying himself on the bagpipe.
Mr.. Marion Crawford has ascribed Il a
Favorita" to Verdi, feat paralleled
by Mr.. Black in setting a lady down
to piano to play Beethoven's Fare
WE'LL" composition unknown to that
musicians many admirers. Charles
Reade, in Peg Woffington," makes the
famous actress whistle a quick move
ment upon huge paste ring, and then
tells how Mr.. Cibber was confounded
by 'this sparkling adagio." No Won
der Mr.. Cibber was confounded; a
quick movement which is at the same
time an adagio is enough to confound
anybody. Nor are Englishmen the only
offenders. Victor Hugo, in Les Miser-
ables," has three violins and a flute
playing some of Haydn's quartets at
wedding.
The Winslow mail., 1898-02-19

An eloquent political speaker, who at
tempted during the strike in some mills
in Philadelphia to reconcile the conflict
ing claims of the capitalists and labor
ers, stopped short in his impassioned
speech and exclaimed: 'It could all he
set right If you could each, for only ten
minutes, look at the matter through an
other mans eyesv' He had found tie
source of much of the injustice in the
wOrld-the lack of that power which
enables us to sic the 'other side of the
question" A biographer of Chief JUS
tice Marshall said his defect as a law
yer was that when the plaintiff was his
client he perceived every point which
could be brought on behalf of the de-
fendant, and with difficulty refrained
from urging them. AS a judge, how
ever, this clear vision was Of inestima-
BILE value to him. An English critic,
who was personal friend Of Thomas
Carlyle and his wife, said, lately,
much of their unhappiness was the
result of their absolute inability to look
at any question except from their own
point Of view. Hence, on every sub
ject of morals, taste or opinion, they
were at odds with each other, and u.s.
ually with everybody else in the
world" A man or woman afflicted with
this mental myopia may have heart
full Of love for family and friends,
yet go through life wounding them at
every turn. Most of the wars and dis
senSiOns in nations, communities and
families are caused by inability to see
that men may honestly view a subject
from different standpoints. The Scotch
people once believed that certain men
were endowed at birth with vision
that looked into the future; they called
it the second sight. The second sight
which sees the present clearly is of in
finitely more value, and most persons
may hopefully strive to acquire it.
The Winslow mail., 1898-02-19
AN OPEN LETTER TO MOTHERS.

". sr- asserting in the courts our right to the
exclusive use of the word " "CASTORiA, ano
"PIrcRER ) CASTORIA," as cur Trade MARX
I, DR.. Samuel Pitcher. of Hyannis, Massachusetts
was the originator of :" PITCHERS CAS- roRlA'
the same that has borne and does now bear tbs
facsimile sis isuature OF CHAS. Il. FLETCHER OIL
every wrapper. This is the original " PITCHERS
CASTOPIA" which has been used in the home
of the mothers of America fog over thirty years
Look Carefully st the wrapper and see that 1t Is
ne hind yoa hare at70ays 6oaght, and has the
signature of CHAS H. FI.ETCHER on the
wrapper. No one has authority from me to use
nv name except The Centaur Company of which
has. H. Fletcher is President.
March s. 1907. SAMUEL PITCHER, MD.
The Winslow mail., 1898-02-19

The college boy who wins prize for
the best essay or the best grafton, or
who graduates with the highest hon
ors is not in it to-day with the boy who
kicks a goal from the held or gets
around the end for a touchdown. The
brilliant student remains in obscurity
The husky hero Of the gridiron sees his
picture in the papers, and reads with
avidity column after column of full
some rot about his feats on the football
field. But the student still has an ad-
vantage over the athlete. In his ma
turer years he is much more likely 10
see his portrait among the list of those
who have achieved greatness ia the
great battle of life.
The Winslow mail., 1898-02-19
SCHOOLS AND POLITICS
A Scheme With Real Estate Trimmings
That Won In Oregon.

1na5 W on In oregon.
Speaking Of schools in relation to
politics., said the ex-boomer from Ore
gon, always reminds me of a campaign
IN which l was interested some years
ago. The Douglas county representative
IN the Oregon state legislature, realiz-
ing that his popularity was not exceed
lngly great, had been talking of build
ing new state normal school, presum-
ibly at Roseburg, the county seat and
his own home. This caused great con-
Sternation among the $50 inhabitants
Of the little city of Drain, who had been
profiting by the courtesy title of Drain
Academy and Oregon State Normal
school, under which the school there
had been run since 1885. The postmas-
ter, who kept a drug store and sold
lchool supplies, took counsel with his
sister in law, who dealt in millinery
and she sought the mayor, at whose
general merchandise emporium she was
the principal customer
The mayor was man who thought
slowly, but to a purpose, and having
set himself the task of devising some
way of circumventing the member
from Roseburg, he passed the next three
days in profound cogitation He con-
ceived scheme whose various elabora-
tions and ramifcations were too diver
sifed for him to handle alone, and he
came to me for help | had just gained
considerable influence in the county
through backing projected railroad to
the coast, and also as real estate deal
er and sawmill owner With my busi-
ness methods and the mayors knowl-
edge of the conditions confronting us
our plans were soon put into operation
First, we suggested the candidacy of an
ambitious young Drainite, a dealer in
leather goods and hardware, for mem
ber of the legislature, taking all the
wind out of his opponents sails by
heartily indorsing the talk in favor of a
new normal school Meantime we had
a large grain field of the mayor S, which
had begun to lose it's fertility on ac-
count Of overcultivation, surveyed into
city lots, and as soon as our candidate
AoN AOOOA'Na oAiO AOSo AAoA Poi hOoiAheS
tion we put the town site of East Drain,
with its streets named after conspicuous
men of the state, on the market and
gave one of it's centrally located blocks
for the new normal school
well. everything came to pass ex-
actly as we had planned. Our candidate
was elected, and the building of the new
normal school on the site we gave was
authorized We sold sufficient num-
Der of East Drain lots to more than pay
for the land and all expenses The con-
tractors on the new school were men
who had aided the legislation authoriz-
ing it. and they got their supplies from
the mayor their hardware from the
member and their lumber from ME My
mill also supplied lumber for other
buildings in East Drain, including a
new boarding house for the milliner.
who has prospered ever since The pest
masters increased business soon war
ranted his moving into one of the two
brick buildings i'll the city of Drain. and
the former dealer ill leather goods and
hardware is still member of the Oregon
legislature New ork Sun.
The Winslow mail., 1898-02-19

An experiment of unusual interest was
duly inaugurated in New York by the
opening of Mills hotel No. /, built by
d. o. Mills. The hotel is a ten-story
structure, and its formal opening, in it's
brief religious services, Signified the
general philanthropic character of the
unique enterprise. Mr. Mills also made
a brief address outlining his plans in
erecting the house and telling what he
hopes to accomplish. This modern and
model hotel is designed to give work
ingmen and people of humble means
practically just as pleasant and clean
and comfortable quarters as can be OBJ
tanned for far more money at a hotel
run on the usual plan. Its main vesti-
bule and marble staircases, fianked by
potted palms; its bright clean and airy
sleeping rooms, where everything is to
be kept in perfect order and in immac-
ulate cleanness; and it's cuisine, pre-
sided over by first-class steward, chef
and assistants, are in keeping with the
palatial hotel where men may dine for
a small sum as we'll in most respects
as they could at the usual first-class
hostelries Of the city. Whether the
experiment will realize the hopes Of
Mr.. Mills may be considered doubtful
but it is worthy ana exceedingly in
teresting attempt to meet some of the
peculiar conditions OF modern city life.
The Winslow mail., 1898-02-19
WOULDN'T BURN HIS BOOTS,
Though He Didn't Mind the Effect o.,
His Stomach,

-AAhu IhS EsuGCt
His Stomach
After he had sold his load Of wood
and had received Sd 25 for it he strollod
over to the little combination billiard
parlor and barroom on the other side of
the square. His faded old eyes lighted
up and his new oowhide boots, larded
generously in grease, squeaked exult
antly as he thought Of that drink he
had been planning to get ever since he
left the farm at daybreak.
''Jest one old snifter
Of that good old LITTER"
he cooed to himself, "and I'll be primed
ter start fer home.
about one finger of that old red eve
will do the bizness, l calculate he
confded to the bartender, as he pulled
q feverish red mitten from his right
hand and jammed it down in his
."pants" pocket 81 amt drinkin
man-never. was-but when it's so cold
outside yer breath freezes ter t'waggin
wheels yes got ter resort ter some pow
erful remedy ter thaw it out. -
The bartender agreed with him. For
HUuGuS uG HuQ WGGCuSQ tu6 Olu farmers
come in, order just one finger of whis-
ky and d!ink whole handful of I'm
gers for the manifestly unfair expendi-
ture Of 10 cents. He had decided to put
stop to it, and the farmer with the
new cOwhide boots was the first victim.
The remedy he placed before him was
powerful enough to thaw the Yukon.
The cid man poured his glass full-just
as the bartender knew he would-and
gulped it down in one big swallow.
The effect was instantaneous. The vic
tim gave one convulsive shudder, look
ed reproachfully at the bartender and
whirled around four times. Then he
sat down and hastily began to pull off
his cowhide boots.
"What the mischief are you doing
that for?'' inquired the astonished bar
tender.
Cant ye see them's brand new
boots? gasped the victim. "D'ye think
I'm goin ter let them burn up tew?'-
New York Press.
The Winslow mail., 1898-02-19

The New York Methodist preacher
who married a sensational couple in a
lions cage is threatened with discip-
lining by the church. The people of
the whole country would heartily ap-
plaud such course. When marriages
are performed for such sensational
Purposes it is not to be wondered at
that our divorce courts are over-crowd-
ed. Is marriage merely to be a spec
tacle? We need little tightening of
our ceremonies. They have become
about as loose as is endurable The
less form, the less binding, is apt to be
a true observation.
The Winslow mail., 1898-02-19
Potatoes In the PuInit.

A clergyman who enjoyed the sub
stantial benefits of a fine farm was
slightly taken down on one occasion by
his Irish plowman, who was sitting on
his plow in the wheatfeld. The rever-
end gentleman, being an economist,
said, with great seriousness:
John, wouldn't it be good plan
for you to have pair of pruning shears
here and be cutting few bushes along
the fence while the horses are resting a
short timer
John, with quite as serious a counte.
nance as the divine himself, said:
''Look here, wouldn t it be well, sir,
for you to have a tub of potatoes in the
pulpit, and while they were singing to
peel 'em awhile to be ready for the pot?'
The reverend gentleman laughed
heartily and left. Pearson Weekly