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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-08-19
Tried to Blow Up the Judge.

Vancouver. Aug. 1S.-An attempt was
made last Wednesday at Stevenson to
blow up the police station and court
room with gunpowder. A can contain
ing % pounds of powder was found I'M
derneath the building, directly under
Magistrate Persons chair. The fuse
had burned within six. inches of the
-1oyy1 or
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-08-19
Sargent viii Retire.

Indianapolis, Ind, Aug. 1S.-Frank P.
Sargent, grand master of the Brother
hood of Locomotive Firemen. has off,
cially notified the order that he will
retire at the end OF his term. having
been appointed a member of the in
dustrial commission by President Nc
Kinley. It Is thought that John j.
Hanahan, first deputy grand masters
will succeed him.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-08-19

Prince Henry of Prussia, brother of the
German. emperor. is the. cleverer and more
brilliant of the two brothers. He is a
Woodworking prince: he has plunged
deeply into mysteries of government and
statesmanship. and it is said that he has
studied a profession. so that. If the pro-
fession of prince should fail. he could
earn y living. His brother. who secretly
recognizes the princes superiority has
treated him very literally in the way of
money.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-08-19

One of the Victims.

New York, Aug. 1S.-Word has reached
the Presbyterian hospital that Robert III.
Stillman of the Astor battery was killed
at Manila on Aug. 49, StiIlman was the
assistant superintendent of the Presby-
terrain hospital He resigned that position
terry He has been colonel in the Mich
Ian National Suard
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-08-19
MISSED ALL THE FUN.
War Begun and Ended While These
Ships Were at Sea-

New York, Aug. 1S.-Two American
ships which sailed from the Pacific
coast early in the spring. arrived at
this port today. having been all the in
tervening time on the sea without be-
ing reported and oblivious to the fact
of the war waged between this coun-
try and Spain, making possible their
capture as prizes of war. The war be-
gan and was terminated within the
space of their voyage. The vessels are
the ship Charmer of 1,221 tons, Captain
Harvey, which sailed from San Fran
cisco on April 80: and the bark Guy c.
Goss of ] ,430 tons, Captain Mellett
which sailed from Port Blakeley on
March 30
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-08-19
NAVAL PARADE.
New York Will Suspend Business
and Hoist Her Flags.

New York, Aug. 1S.-Mayor Van
Wyck today issued proclamation urg-
ing that all business be suspended on
Saturday, the day of the naval parade
He also urged that all public buildings
and private residences in the five bor-
oughs of Greater New York, and every
vessel in the harbor be decked with
flags and bunting.
The mayor asks every citizen of
Greater New York to make the celebra-
ton worthy of the city and the occa-
sion
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-08-19
GERMAN EXPLANATION.
Arranged With Dewey to Take Au-
gust TO Hongkong.

Berlin. Aug. IS-A dispatch from Hong
kong, dated Aug Is, and evidently official.
says:
The Kaiserin Augusta, which left Ma
Mia with dispatches from Admiral Won
Diedrichs after the fall of the city, will
return there today. General August and
his family arrived on board the cruiser.
Admiral Won Diedrichs, at the request
of General August. gave them paSsa ge.
by arrangements with the American com
mander. General August has left Hong
kong en- route for Spain
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-08-19
Suicide of a Murderer

Morristown, Pa, Aug. 1S.-Charles o.
KAISER. who was under sentence to be
hanged Sept. S. for the murder of his wife.
committed suicide in his cell at about 4
o. o'clock this afternoon He first cut an ar
terry in his wrist with a watch spring and
then hanged himself
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-08-19
Colonel Hays Appointment.

Berlin. Aug. 1S.-The Hamburg cor
respondent regards the appointment of
Colonel Hay to the post of secretary of
state of the United States as of far
reaching Importance, as indicating the
solidity Of the Anglo-American under
standing and cooperation in the far
eastern affairs
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-08-19
VeSuvius In ErUption.

Naples, Aug. 1S.-Vesuvius is again in a
state of active eruption. Four streams of
lava are flowing down the mountain side
at the rate of 400 yards an hour The
chestnut trees on Mount Somma have
been burned. Constant explosions are
heard in the central crater, which is emit
ting smoke and flames
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-08-19
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 10c:
by mail. 12c.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-08-19
UTAH CAVALRY MOURNS.
Received News of the Death of Pri-
Yate Iuff
lspecIal 70 The ReraId.l

Especial 10 The RerlId.)
Gilroy Cal. Aug. 1S.-This morning the
Utah cavalry are in mourning, saving
just received .-lews of the death of Private
Albert w. Inf, left in the hospital at
San Francisco. He was related to Cap
tain Game
Last night Sergeant DeYigne became
suddenly worse. and today was sent back
to San Francisco.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-08-19
DEPREDATIONS BY SOLDIERS.
Military Court Ordered to Consider
All Damage Claims.

Washington. Aug. 1S.-Many COM
plants have been received at the war
| department of depredations alleged to
have been committed by soldiers of the
second division of the Second army
corps at various places in Virginia on
their march from Camp Alger, near
Falls Church, to the present camp at
Thoroughfare Gap. These complaints
come principally from citizens residing
in the vicinity of Manassas, Bristow.
Clifton and Burkes Station, Va As a
consequence the secretary of war tel
egraphed Brigadier General Davis,
commanding the second division, to
convene a military court at once for
the consideration of all claims for dam
ages to property by the troops of his
command during the march to Thor
oughfare Gap and also since their So
journ in that vicinity.
The adjutant general of the army to-
day received a dispatch from Briga-
der General Davis, acknowledging the
receipt of the seeretary's orders and
saying that he had appointed a board
with Lieutenant Colonel T. A Cook
of the First Rhode Island volunteer in
fantry, as president, to meet at Man
assas, Bristow, Clifton and Burke's
station, for the consideration of all
claims that may be submitted.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-08-19
POISONED CANDY CASE.
Two Thousand Dollars Reward Offer.
ed For the Murderer.

Dover, Del, Aug. 1S.-Governor Tun-
mel today offered a reward of $1,000 for
the apprehension OF the party or part
les VINO sent the poisoned candy to
Mrs. Dunning of Dover, as a result of
which Mrs. Dunning and her sister,
Mrs. Deane, lost their lives
State detectives and government in
spectors are now Investigating the af-
fair, but Their wer no developments
<-day
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-08-19
Five Burned to Death.

Minneapolis, Aug. 1S,-The barn Of
Foy, ten miles north of here, was
struck by lightning last night Five
sons. the Oldest being 10, who were
sleeping in the NOV, were burned to
daatt
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-08-19
STORIES OF OUTRAGES
Report of Massacre In Porto Rico
Is Confirmed.
EIGHTY NATIVES KILLED
INHABITANTS ARE RETALIAT-
ING ON SPANISH RESIDENTS.
Riots at Yauco Quelled bl the Amer
lean Troops-Health of the Amer
leans Is Improving-only 44o Sick
Out of a Total of 5,OOO-General
Miles Goes to the Front.

Copyright, 1898, by the Associated Press)
Ponce, Porto Rico. Aug. 17.-Reports
are coming in from all directions OF
outrages committed within the Span
ish lines. Doubtless many of these are
exaggerated, but the rumors of mas
sacre at GALES are confirmed. Some
of the natives took refuge in the bel
fry of the cathedral and fired on the
Spanish troops, but they were over
powered and macheted to the number
of so.
Battery N of the Seventh regiment,
under Captain McComb, was unable to
proceed along the mountain trail with
General Henry, and, having lost gun
and six horses over a precipice, re-
turned here.
The health of the troops is steadily
improving The typhoid fever brought
from Camp Alger and Chickamauga is
of mild type and is fast disappear
ing. Strict sanitation is being en-
forced, with the gratifying result that
sickness has decreased from 10 to 3
per cent. Todays reports show only
440 sick in hospital quarters, out of a
total command of $4,000. Most of these
cases are climatic complaints. The
army is being re-vaccinated, as there
is a sma .lox epidemic in some por-
tons of thu island.
The auxiliary cruiser Prairie, for
merly Ell Sol. left today for Santiago to
take troops to Montauk Point.
General Miles has postponed his visit
to the front on account of rains The
wet season has set in and there will
be rains daily until the end of Oc
tOhar
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-08-19

Stop that Cough! Take warning. 1t
may lead to Consumption. a Csc bottle
of Shiloh's Cure may save your life.
Sold by Nelden-Judson and other drug
giStS.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-08-19
COMMENT IN EUROPE
Americas Course In the Philippines
Watched With Interest.
A GIGANTIC WORLD POWER
PAPER AT VIENNA THUS DESIG-
MATES AMERICA.

Expected Now That United States
VIII Retain the Philippine Group
Our Big Naval Programme As
tonishes the MISREPRESENTATION
Press Says It Is Startling In Its
immensely.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-08-19
B[ANCO STILL RULES
Will Not Permit Newspaper Cores
p0ndentS to Land.
PROVISIONS POURING In
SEVERAL CARGOES HAVE AL
READY REACHED HAVANA.

City Is Again Illuminated at Night,
Theatres Are Crowded and Scenes
of Gaiety Are Witnessed-Cruiser
New York Will Be the First
American Warship to Arrive.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-08-19

Catarrh Cured. a clear head and
sweet breath secured with Shiloh's Ca
tarrh Remedy. Druggists sell six bottles
for SO and guarantee a cure. Sold by
Nelden-Judson and other drneaist-,
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-08-19
sPANIARDs PROSECUTED.

Ponce. aug. 1S.-The natives show a
disposition to prosecute the Spanish
residents, and several minor riots have
occurred here. At Yauco last night
the natives threw stones and bricks
into Spanish shops in retaliation for
outrages committed within the Spanish
lines. The military have been ordered
to suppress these demonstrations and
punish the offenders.
General Miles and staff went to Cen
eral Wilson's headquarters at the front
today. They were escorted by a troop
of cavalry.
The personnel of the commissioners
for Cuba and Porto Rico are highly
commended. General Grant will join
General Brooke tomorrow. The Ger
man Warship Geier arrived here to-
day
The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903, 1898-03-12

who drinks absinthe the nectar Of the
gods itself Is flayorless After one has
smelled musk the odOr Of viOlets is not
perceptible. III We see all the delicate
distinctions Of life trodden upon and
outraged too often, We will no longer
go to the theatre to see men and
women die to defend them. Strike
out the ten commandments from the
canOns Of dramatic art and you have
absolutely nothing left. Blot out the
one fact OF Sacredness of the honor of
woman and . on have DESTROYED all ar
tistic values, brought the whole
structure OF six thousand years of
civilization crashing down about your
head, leaving you naked and defense
less to the wrath of heaven as the
brute who covers before the thunder
storm You are Caliban on his island.
you have reached chaos again.
Faust" ''OthellO," LA Dame Aux
Camelias, ""Tess Of the d'Urbervilles',
are meaningless, mere idle extraya-
ganzas upon mythical theme. That
one principle is as necessary to art AS
to society, without it we have moth
ing-nOthing. 1t is the poetry Of life.
the source Of everything, the inspira-
ton of everything, the goal Of every
thing. In it lies all the triumph of
the good, all the tragedy Of evil. Abol-
ish it, and the painter is without
cOlOrs. the dramatist without con-
trasts, the poet without ideals. Art
becomes as impossible as it was in de-
cadent Rome. Let Mr.. Potter and
Mr.. Frohman beware how they train
their public, or they will soon have to
turn the Empire theatre into an
arena, and bull fights and gladiatorial
shows and living pictures will be the
only productions" that will draw an
audience.
PITTsBURG, Pa.
The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903, 1898-03-12

wrought and hateful old nature laughs
in her sleeve at the proud daughter Of
the Grandpres. She loves him. 1t is
the old story Of Edgar Saltus' Tristrem
Varick over again.
The fourth act is the most improba-
BILE Of all. YevOnne has hidden Eric
in her own room so that her brother
may not find and kill him. The Prus-
sian guards surround the house and
young Grandpre's only road to safety
lies through the window of his sisters
room. 1t is her lover or her brother,
the brute whom she believes has out
ragged her; or the man who has pro-
tected and cherished her from child.
hood. She lies TO her brother and
sends him to his death, right out into
the face Of the picket guns. The fact
that he is not killed sOftens the situa-
ton dramatically, but it does not
affect the young lady's moral inten-
tiOns. OF course there is an explana-
tiOn between Eric and YevOnne and
he goes out to retrieve his lost honor
as soldier.
Now Mr.. Paul Potter may say that
it is nature that is at fault, not he
That young men are frequently brutes
and that young ladies frequently like
them for being such, that women have
sacrificed a noble brother to an I'M
worthy lover before now. Mr.. Whee-
lock, president Of the Actors Society,
made very much the same argument
to me the next morning. Very well,
/ don't dispute it, / only say that
there are a number of things which
actually occur which / don't care to
see presented upon the stage, just as
don't care to see surgical operation
done there. 1t is all very well to han
die such topics i'm literature, there the
problem alone cOnfronts
you. But when the thing becomes a
living and visible fact, when it is pre-
sented to you not by the enhancing
language Of master, but by the ac-
tual bodies Of living men and women.
the effect is wholly different. The
is so easily outraged and
deadened through the eye. Did Mr..
Potter and Mr.. FrOhman but know it.
they are cutting of their own heads.
After the public taste becomes sat
ulated and calloused by this sort Of
thing, do they expect it will still find
stimulating in "Esmeralda''
or "A Scrap Of Paper?" Do they ex-
pect that the fine sentiment Of ..Ro-
meO and Juliet" can appeal to senses
dulled by such exhibitions? To man
The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903, 1898-03-12

the part with tremendous vigor, dash
and fire. He fills it with bOisterous
virility. He throws into it a lavish
vitality, he seems TO be living at white
heat, to be absolutely exhausting the
possibilities Of every minute, to drain
the days and nights dry Of their
opportunities Of revelry. Certainly
Mr.. Faversham has now established
himself as one of the best, il not the
best, leading men on our stage.
In the first act this young vandal
brings in troupe of Partisan dancing
girls whom he has CAPTURED in their
flight. During the dinner which fol-
lows, the officers and the nymphs be-
come so bOisterOus that YevOnne de
Grandpre, the daughter of the house,
comes in to demand order. Eric, who
is half intoxicated, cries that they
will do as they please. Rising from
his seat he cries: "We are the con-
querOrs: your lands are ours, your
houses are ours, your men are ours;
yes, and you women are ours!'
At this YevOnne de Grandpre-
Miss Viola Allen-dashes a glass of
wine in his face. She does it magnifi-
Gently, too, and the moment after it is
done you can see that horrible weak
ness seize her which follows violence
in women gently bred. One seldom
sees as good a bit of work as that.
In the second act Yevonne is alone
in an inn where she has gone to await
her brother. Eric knows she is there
and comes to take his vengeance. He
discusses his plan with his comrades
in the most cold blOOded manner and
takes no pains to choose his language.
They tell him fatty that if he perpe-
trates his outrage they will never
speak to him again. and leave him
He locks the doors and awaits Ye-
vOnne. The scene which follows is
brutal, offensive, cold-blOOded and not
even dramatically effective. 1t is too
long drawn out, and there is not even
lnfatuatiOn between the man and
woman to cOndOne it. 1t is simply a
CONFUSION Of brutal and cOwardly
hatred, the kind of thing that men
punish by mob law, Finally the tears
OF the girl prevail and the man sinks
out like the dog that he is. But even
then Mr.. Potter was not satisfied. A
drunken peasant enters, and Selling
IevOnne by the throat attempts to
finish what Eric had begun. Eric
hears her shrieks, returns and kills
the peasant, leaving YevOnne uncOn-
sciOus. When she RECEIVERS she be-
lieves that Eric returned and fulfilled
his threat, and that the peasant had
lost his life in defense of her honor.
This second assault can be called
nothing but an anti-climax, and. as
usual, what people rail at as immoral,
is merely a sin against art. So long
as dramatic author is artistically
true he is seldom morally false or re-
voting. Errors in ethics usually
spring from faulty art. immortality
in art or in life, is simply bad taste.
The play from this act steadily de-
clines. Mr.. Potter pays the price of
having outraged ones sensibilities.
In the third act, YevOnne takes her
vengeance. Eric is sitting in the draw.
ing room with her veil in his hands,
wondering why he relented, why he,
who had never feared anything before,
had been afraid Of this girl SO entirely
within his power. The only sound is
the play of the fountain in tho ron,
The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903, 1898-03-12

had better write tit will make hit.
OF course / have written about the
bad wOman-One always does, but
there was a good one. And don't
think one could sit that play through
were 1t not for sweet little Mary Man
ne.;ng, who comes in occasionally
with the roses i'm her arms and roses
in her cheeks, and youth in her pretty
eyes to sweeten the air that the large
Odious Belle polluted. May the fates
deal gently with Miss Mannering,
leaving her youth and that smile al
ways, land send her many years OF
sunshine days"
And now for 1.-The COnquerOrs,'
''MisfOrtuneS come so fast that one
doth tread upon anOther's heels. l
will say for it that it is brilliant
piece. Its immortality is grOsser,
cOarser, franker than that which dam
giles from ''The Tree Of Knowledge"
it is not so insidiOus and cloying and
generally disgusting. The plays differ
as a bad man and bad woman differ.
1.-THE COnquerors" is much more
shocking, but it does not poison so
many things nor leave you so sick at
heart rs the fruit Of the Tree. It's
hero is BLACKBOARD, but he is a frank
BLACKBOARD and something Of man
after all. a little bit like Kipling's
sLOve O. Women" The play is quite
as brutal and barbarOus as Titus An
dronicus, wildly improbable and often
grossly melOdramatic, but it has a
dash and glamour of its own and
moves with tremendous energy ex-
cept when the light opera chOruses Of
peasants and village maidens intrude
themselves, The local color, the echo
of the FrancO-Prussian war saves it,
the military flavor, and all the ''pOmp
and circumstance Of glorious war;
There is no need to rehearse how
Mr.. Potter stole the plot Of his piece
from SardOu, from Maupassant and
several others. Since all English plays
borrow their material more or less
from France, 1 fail to see why Mr..
POttershOuld be blamed more severely
than his contemporaries.
The first act is rather the best Of the
piece. 1t takes place in the castle de
Grandpre in Brittany. The German
soldiers have quartered themselves in
the castle. When the curtain rises
one officer is banging at the piano, a
second is polishing his pistols, third
is stretched out on the sofa. They
are making themselves thoroughly at
home. The hero, or rather the lead
ing man Of the play, is Eric Won Rod
Elk, sub-lieutenant, a man well born,
the son of a hero, young, handsome,
and most frankly BLACKBOARD. In
short, he is that figure always so mex
plicable, yet obviously existing every.
where, a bad man whom everyone
loves. He Outrages every principle Of
army discipline and his superior Off
GERS would almost compromise them
selves to protect him; he insults and
DULLES women, and they send their
brothers out to be shot for his sake.
He is an Overgrown young savage, as
deficient i'm manners as he is in NOR
ais, cub who finds exquisite enjoy
ment in breaking furniture, smashing
china and shooting the eyes out Of the
family portraits. He offers sacrilege
to the church, violence to priests, in
dignities to women. He is handsome
and he is not afraid of the devil him.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-12-24
ISLANDS PUBLIC WORKS
THEY MAY BE CONSTRUCTED
ONLY BY HIS AUTHORITY.
HIS ORDERS TO COMMANDING OFFICERS
Engagements Reported Between Spaniards and
insurgents in Panay. Rumor that
Aguinaldo viii Soon Release
Spanish Prisoners.

Washington, Dec. 23.-The War De-
parment to-day authorized the following:
The following order has been sent by
the Secretary of War to the command
ing officer in Cuba, Porto Rico and the
Philippines:
Until otherwise ordered, no grant or
concessions of public or corporate rights
or franchise for the construction of
public or quasi public works, such as
railroads, tramways, telegraph and tele-
phone lines, water-works, gas works,
electric light lines. etc, shall be made
by any municipal or other local govern
mental authority or body in Cuba, Porto
Rico or the Philippines, except upon
the approval of the Major General conf
handing the military forces of the Uni
ted States in Cuba, Porto Rico or the
Philippines, who shall before approving
any such grantSor concession, be so spe-
cially authorized by the Secretary of
War"
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-12-24
COURTEsIEs TO HOAR.

Charleston. S. c., Dee. Ex-senator
George +. Hoar was today entertained
by the bar association of Charleston
with an excursion to Fort Sumter and Il
trip to the Isle of Palms. At the latter
place an elaborate lunch was sci o d.
about one hundred covers being laid. In
response to enthusiastic calls Senator
Hoar made brief address in which
he eulogized the legal profession. Sena-
tor McLaurin, Hon. ]. Il. Cumming, of
Georgia.: Hon. James Simons Judge
J. II. Hudson and others made short
speeches. Senator Hoar, with Senator
McLaurin, Mr.. James \. Baher and
Mr. Edward Doherty left for Washing
ton this afternoon.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-12-24

church Christmas entertainment will
be given. The public is cordially in
vited.
The cantata of the Baptist Tabernacle
Sunday school will be given next Mon
day night.
The usual Christmas tree at the Cen
trail Hospital for the Insane will be
given next Monday night.
Next Tuesday night the children's
entertainment of the Presbyterian Sun
day school will he given in their lecture
room. Santa Claus will come down u
chimney, and then destroy the chimney,
giving each child brick.