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The evening times., 1898-12-16
FAvoRS PASSAGE OF
ANTI-SCALPING BILL,
Views of President MeIIen. of the
Northern Pacific Railroad
Company.

President Mellen, of the Northern Pa
cific, is outspoken regarding the anti
scalping bill. II sincerely hope the anti
scalping bill will pass the Senate and be-
come law he said. "The system of
ticket scalping leads to almost actual
crime. Tickets are altered, dates are
changed, fictitious names are signed. and
other things are done which, were they
done to a check, would be legally con.
strued as forgery. But scalpers do not
stop at that. They get hold of ignorant
countrymen and sell them tickets that are
perfectly worthless, thus swindIing them
OF their money.
-'The victims do not discover the fraud
that has been practiced upon them until
the railway conductors refuse to accept
their tickets. 1t is then too late to OBJ
tain redress and they have to pay an
other fare and stand the loss. There is
no excuse for scalping. The law now
provides for the redemption of unused
tickets by the railways, and there is no
reason why ticket scalpers should deal in
them at ALL
The evening times., 1898-12-16
LANSBURGH & BRO.
"Open Evenings"
Specials IN
--=====-=
Black Dress Goods
for Xmas Presents.....

BLACK Aii-wool Imported Serge,
worth $50. 50 inches
wide, s yards for dress,
25c yard.
BLACK Wool Cheviot, worth soc.
nice finish, SO inches, S
yards for dress,
25c yard.
BLACK Figured Mohair Reps,
neat designs, 3S inches, s
yards for dress,
25c yard.
BLACK All-wool Henrietta, silk
finish, excellent for tea
gown or house dress,
worth 45c, 5S inches, s
yards for gown,
33e a yard.
BLACK All-wool Figures, Satin
Faced aid Mohair Figures,
high luster, new designs,
~ inches, worth soc, 7
yards for a dress,
35c yard.
BLACK All-wool Imported Serge,
nice smooth finish, worth
soc, IS inches wide,
yards for dress,
371!c yaid.
Lansburgh&Bro.
4z0, 422, 424, 426 Seventh St.
The evening times., 1898-12-16
THE TRUE STORY
OF THE
C0nfiding Woman. the Cynical Man
and the Bearded Lady.

The scene Is a comfortable sitting room
Mr. Lovegood is buried in a book and his
wife is scanning the advertisements in
the evening paper. Suddenly Mr.. Love
good says Say! dear" in a voice that
makes Mr.. Lovegood almost drop his
book. We'll, what is it?' he says with a
laugh another real genuine bargain Of
fer?" Il don't know that you'd call it
that" his wife replied. But, yes. you
might" she continued, ''for it is q bargain
offer of free medical advice. Lets hear
all about it, dear" said her husband.
but you know I'm a little dubious about
your bargains. Your swans so often turn
out to be geese - well, then, its an
offer by a woman (physcian1 to give free
The evening times., 1898-12-16
Murderer Quicls1x Lynched.

Middlesborough, KY, Dec. 16.-Pleas
Coin was lynched last night by mob of
mountaineers within few miles of the
spot where he had shot down Hunt Kes-
terson and Fred Berk the day before. He
was swung from the limb of tree near
Clinch River, which is just over the Vir-
ginia line. The hanging was preceded by
a terrific fight between the desperate
and the avengers. A rope was placed
round his neck and the murderer was
soon dangling from a tree. AS the body
of the man swung back and forth the
men poured .yolley after volley of bullets
into it.
The evening times., 1898-12-16
POSSIBLE TROUBLE
IN WEST VIRGINIA
White Miners Oppose the Importa.
tfon of COlored Men to Take
Their Plaeca

Charleston, W. Va, Dec. 16.-1t has been
rumored here that there may be trouble
in the coal regions of this valley shortly
over the importation of negro miners from
Virginia.
Two carloads of them have arrived.
Twenty-Five of them stopped at Montgom-
cry and the remainder went to Hernshaw
Henry Stevenson, of East Bank district
president of the State organization of
United Mine Workers, informed Gov. At
ers and asked the governor to prevent it..
The governor said that he had no au-
thority whatever to interfere. He said he
hoped there would be no trouble, but he
had no power to act in an official capac-
ity 49, ~
The evening times., 1898-12-16
Three ChiIdren Burned to Death.

Suffolk, Va. Dec. 16.-Tom Ridley, of
Franklin, yesterday locked his three small
children indoors. when he went to work.
When he returned there was nothing left
but ashes and the charred remains of his
children. none of whom was over Line
years old.
The evening times., 1898-12-16
French petroleum T4pplerx.

Paris, Dec. 16.-Oficial reports note a
new habit among the French which is
making vast strides. IT is petroleum
drinking. Already many places called
''petroleques'' have been opened for de-
votees of the habit. The effect OF the
liquid is said to be soothing, though de-
pressing.
The evening times., 1898-12-16
Everybody Does 1t.

That is TO say. everybody with sense
takes out Life Insurance Policy, eth
er for his relatives, his creditors, or
himself. 1t can be obtained in the
form of a bond, and assignable as Sc
curity, like a note. Sensible men are
coming to recognize its great value and
convenience.
1t can be bought, sold or used as
security. Meanwhile, if you die you
leave something TO your wife or chill
dren.
1t is too complex a subject TO dis
cuss in an advertisement. 1 am an in
surance broker and will put my ser
vices and information at your COM
mand. 1t will pay you TO see me.
The evening times., 1898-12-16

The professor has on exhibition at his Office
the largest book in the world filed with letters,
affidavfts, testimonials, etc. from those hf has
cured as we'll letters from the most noted
people in this city and country. few are
given: The late u s. Grant, ex-President Ar
thur, Hon. Samuel J. Tilden, Gen. f. T. Dent
brother-in-law of the late q. $. Grant; the la
nlented Abraham Lincoln's Secretary OF the l.. y
Treasury Gen. Francis L. Spinner; Charles H.
Jones, late editor New York World, and hun
dreds more from quite prominent people.
All diseases cured. Consultation and exSmina-
tion free. Office, Il12 G. ST. NV.
Patients who SO desire can be treated at their
homes. Noted physician and chemist employed
Patients treated by mail. Medicines sent every
where. Write, giving full particulars OF your
case. 1t
The evening times., 1898-12-16

Manhood Restored to the old and young man.
il you have money
The evening times., 1898-12-16
Prof. A. ]. DEXTER, a
Magnetic Healer. ~

! retired senator wrote to his old physician,
now in Florida, under the name OF James III.
Johnson not wishing TO let his old doctor know
or think that he would take treatment or advice
from anyone except from his old physician. The
following is copy of the doctors letter. After
the senator received this answer he placed himself
under my care, and in a few weeks | restored this
gentleman to perfect health curing him OF
Brghts Disease, Paralysis and Lost Manhood.
This letter can be seen at my office:
From Tayares, Florida
Mr. James ii. johnson. Cleveland. o.
Dear Sir: Your letter OF July 81 received.
am now living at Tavares. Fla. but lived in
Orlando when DR.. Dexter WAS there 1 was with
him several times. | know he performed many
remarkable cures. Cancers, rheumatism Paraly
sis. and other chronic diseases. He made these
cures in quick time. The cures were performed
legitimately by electricity and rubbing with
hniments for hours at time Other physicians
are always beginning a cure, but seldom perfect
it, He will do in three hours what it takes others
three months 10 do. He possesses remarkable
mesmeric and galvanic powers. So far as know
he is honorable. Yours respectfully.
A. PEELER, NJ. d.. Tavares, Fla.
The evening times., 1898-12-16
S. to S. Jackets and Capes, S.B

Splendid garments. Made with every trait
of cos,Inss..s Cut by whose business Is
10 create sweetness and nattiness. They re
made from plain and rough cloths. kerseys'
Boucles, Meltons, Chevlots. lhey re IN DlacA,, .,
bIues fancy colors and mixtures. Cut with
REFER and box fronts. New dart sleeves
Some lined through with silk. ls- q NJ
carat gem at. ....-.-.....-..-.. VVBS
The evening times., 1898-12-16
ASpeciaI.

Think of selling fine Sheer Linen Handker-
chiefs for half the regular price We have
'em her-hondsomely embroidered ard all
handwork, In exquisite des5gu>. Every 10,
one worth 81. For or-.........--....... ffJ
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-12-28
MARKETS TO THE SOUTH OF US.

American manufacturers who are now
successfully meeting the manufacturers
of the world in their own dooryards,
anywhere, should study the needs of the
various peoples, the demands of the diff
ferent markets.
Here is Venezuela advertising for all
sorts Of electrical apparatus, for grist
mills, acetylene gas apparatus, ice ma
chinery, cane mills, dairy fixtures,
horseshoes, presses for extracting juices
of cocui plants, agave, spurge, or castor
oil plant, for centrifugals and a hun
dred other articles that the artisans of
this country can and do produce.
The Venezuelan Herald enumerates a
long list of goods wanted and the only
thing that is needed to get complete
control Of this market is an inclination
on the part of shippers to study these
demands and supply shipping facilities.
Now that the people of the United
States, without regard to party aff1lia-
tions and traditions, are awakening to
the folly of commercial exclusion, the
commercial prosperity of the country
seems assured.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-12-28
INCREASE OF INSANITY.

At the present rate of increase, ac-
cording to a correspondent of the Lon
don Truth. half the population of Great
Britain win be insane in fifty-three
years.
This statement was put out several
weeks ago. 1t was startling, and no
one seemed prepared either to believe
or refute it.
Another correspondent of the same
paper, having q mathematical turn of
mind, has supplied figures to prove that
the first announcement was based on
exact calculations.
Still another mathematician, taking
up the figures of the second correspond
ent, offers a more reassuring solution
From the data given" he says, sit is
found that although the proportion of
lunatics is increasing, the rate of in
crease is diminishing. The increase in
the first decade CSC TO 500 was 0.OOO53
of the whole population, while in the
last CSS to $50 it had gone down to
o.O002S. Taking the present rate at
which the proportion increases to be
the average rate (00O027) for the years
so to '9S, it viii be almost 1,S40 years
before one-half of the population be-
comes officially known as mad
In the interest of the Anslo-Saxon
race it is to be hoped that the last cal
culation is nearer correct than the
others. 1t was Hamlet who considered
ali Englishmen mad, but it seems that
his observation was more prophetic
than precise.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-12-28

eVade the currency issue, and they will
ask that the treaty be considered at
an extra session. Those who fear the
issue viii take refuge in the excuse that
the treaty is matter of far more
pressing Importance than any fnan-
cial measure. On this ground the
friends Of gold money will, be urged
to use their best endeavors to hasten
the ratification of the Paris treaty be-
fore the 4th of March, thus giving cur
rency reform the right of way.
1t has been whispered about the cor
ridors Of the capitol that the president
is willing to. concede to those anti
expansion senators who are also sound
money men, a special currency session
in exchange for support Of the peace
treaty at the present session. The ef-
feet of this viii be to start the cur
rency measure in the senate. This plan
is favored by one correspondent, who
says:
1T viii give the senate the chance
to get its tedious speech-making off its
hands and its bill passed before the hot
weather settles down on Washington,
and it could then adjourn for three
days at time, as the house did in 1893.
and leave the representatives to strug-
gle over such amendments as they
might be pleased to make"
It may be, however, that the play of
the treaty against gold monometallism
will be reserved until the exact status
of the former in the senate is deter
mined.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-12-28
UNDERsELLINe THE WORLD.

It is a new thing to read in Republic
can organs and hear from Republican
orators that the United States is able
to compete with any European nation
in the markets of the world. But these
confessions are made almost daily and
without a thought of the old contention
Of protectionists.
Price lists were published in 1892 and
again in 1894 showing that American
manufacturers We're meeting this com
petition, but how Indignantly protective
tariff champions resented the imputa-
ton and denied the possibility of such
an undertaking.
They told US that a barrier Of pro-
hibitory duties was needed to shield
American manufacturers from the
"pauper labor of Europe; that our in
FAINT industries were unable to cope
with those of the old world and they
denounced the illustrated price lists
sent out by Democratic campaign COM
mittees as forgeries, frauds and alb
surdities. But they are owning up, one
by one, that those circulars told the
truth.
The New York Commercial-AdYer-
tiser makes this admission:
I'VE have been underselling Great
Britain in Europe and Asia with iron
and machinery. We ship locomotives
to Shanghai with one hand and to Lon
don with the other. Now our cotton
trade is going the way of the iron trade
Sudden and mysterious activity of
looms after a. period of stagnation is
accompanied with reports of increase
! of exports to old. and invasion of new
foreign markets"
The best trade, the richest and the
greatest, is the freest. Trade follows
the price list" was Lord Farrer's die
tum. And it is true where unwise leg
fslation, narrow policies, and senseless
restrictions are removed from the track
of enterprise. This is a theorem Great
Britain has been demonstrating for
many years, and her commercial
achievements attest with what success.
The United States refused to believe
that anything beneficial to Great Brit
ain could be otherwise than ruinous to
! this country. Closer relations are dis
polling these illusions of prejudice. The
natural resources. the commercial ca
pacity and industrial skill found in this
republic made it absolutely certain that
its producers could successfully com
pete with any workmen of the world.
| The Commercial-Advertiser exclaims
| in the fullness of its heart after doing
that which is good for the soul:
I'VE are coming into our birthright.
We are beginning to undersell the
worId.''
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-12-28
ANOTHER FRENCH DUEL.

Two French editors fought a duel
yesterday. They parried and thrusted
until both were so tired the fight had to
be abandoned.
They have thrown aside their swords
and viii grasp their mightier weapons
for another combat almost as deadly
and fully as tiresome. In this they will
thirst and .borry." If it fail to tire
them as much, it will fatigue the pub
lie far more.
French duels are generally ridiculous,
but commendable because they are
harmless. Men resort to this means
OF obtaining satisfaction because of
inability to get justice in the courts.
But excuses of this sort no longer
serve the purpose. They are especial
" weak when neither side is able to
score a point. AS well seek satisfaction
in a French tribunal
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-12-28
GENIUS AND EeorIsM.


William E. Curtis, the Washington
correspondent OF the Chicago Record,
sheds new light on the hero of the
Merrimac. Egotism is said to be his
handicap, and, while personal vanity
never made of him a lady's man, or a
fop, it is a conceit, that makes him
odd and original rather than dandifed.
1t is recorded that che is a very queer
person, to whom kissing, as well as
speechmaking, is new trick" 1t can
not justly be said that he is fond Of
either; he is known to be bashful, diff
fdent about appearing in public, i'll at
ease in society, and more of a recluse
than a seeker after notoriety. But his
egotism always made itself felt where
ever it was given a swing, and the San
tiago affair opened the doors and win
dows wide for its unrestricted exercise.
This is the estimate placed upon him
by associates. Reviewing his career,
Mr.. Curtis says:
There have been a dozen occurrences
since the Merrimac affair which might
have made Lieutenant Hobson a de-
PENDANT in courtIDartial proceedings
but Secretary Long and other Of his
superior officers have overlooked in him
what any other officer in the navy
would be held responsible for. He has
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-12-28
BEEF PACKERS INDIGNANT.

The Swift Beef company of Chicago
has taken cognizance of General Miles
statement before the investigation COM
mittee and fled exceptions to the gen
erals 'embalmad beef story.
This leads one to believe that the
meat complained Of had been furnished
by the Swift Beef company. It is hard
ly conceivable that packers who handle
beef with the celebrity that the name of
this concern implies, would need to
have it embalnled before sending the
remains to Puerto Rico.
But the race is not always to the
swift, end this beef, like some Of the
war dispatches, may have been de-
layed in the transmission. If the gen
eral persists in his belief that the beef
apportioned to his army was embalmed,
it may be necessary for him to face the
Swift company and tell what he knows
about The Quick or the Dead"
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-12-28

been sent to the Philippine Islands TO
raise the Spanish ships that Dewey
sunk in the harbor of Manila, because
the secretary of the navy did not know
what else to do with him. He Is so
cratic as to be worthless for the ordi-
nary duties of an officer on board
man-of-war, and his originality and
egotism make him. the object of con-
slant surveillance in the construction
bureau. If Hobson were instructed to
drew the plans and specifications for
a ship on certain lines, Commodore
Hichborn, the head of the bureau,
would be compelled to keep an eye on
him constantly for fear he would in
troduce some new feature or make
some departure from the conventional
rules of shipbuilding that would cause
great risk and much trouble. HobSon
never did anything III the way the
same thing is done by other people.
His mind, as well as his methods are
decidedly original; and, while there is
no more question of his ability than
there is of his courage, his ideas are
frequently impracticable. Another pc
culiarity Of Hobson'S is that, combined
with a boyish bashfulness, he has abb
solutely no sense OF fear, and, there
fore, the achievement upon the .Merri
mac was not so difficult for him as it
would have been for a man with a
keener appreciation of danger and its
consequences Hobson never made a
speech in his life until a meeting was
held in Carnegie hall last summer to
raise money for the families Of the sol
diers killed at Santiago. Those who
had been intimately associated with
him all his life expected on that occa-
sion that he would simply get UP and
make q bow and blush. But he spoke
for half an hour with great self-pos-
session, a fine display of language and
considerable dramatic power. Since
that time he has accepted every invi-
tation to speak that has been offered
him; and down in Atlanta the, other
day he made three eXtemporaneous
speeches on the same day-morning,
afternoon and evening-without repeat
ing single idea. Very few men of ex-
perience upon the platform could have
carried themselves as well.
He is a genius, for all his egotism.
and hero, in spite of his peculiarities.
1t may be fortunate that there are not
many like him in the navy, yet the
people of this country are glad there
was a Hobson at Santiago, and for
many a year to come they will point
to his exploit as one of the most heroic
in history.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-12-28
THE NEW YEARS EDITION.

Watch for The Rev Years Herald,
1t viii contain information which
should be disseminated throughout the
east. The Herald believes in holding
out inducements for capital to come to
Utah. 1t is the policy Of The Herald TO
promote the welfare and defend the
character Of the state and the people.
Utah is not the forbidding place some
are trying to paint it. There are condi-
lions here peculiar to the state, but
they are adjusting themselves to con-
form to public opinion quite as rapidly
as sectarian interference could hope to
regulate them.
The prairie-fire started by local
politicians who are now pointing to the
spreading flames OF prejudice and OPP
position throughout the east, may work
the mischief threatened; but it will
burn out in time, and the world will
learn that the people of Utah are not
the lawless, lying, worthless set they
have been painted.
The Herald has an abiding faith in
the people and the future progress OF
the commonwealth. 1t viii demon
strate the possibilities of the state, ex-
plain its growth. describe its industries
portray its beauties and enumerate its
vast and varied resources in the special
edition to be issued on New Years day.
Friends of Utah should send in their
orders for extra copies. One should be
filed away, and each person should send
at least one copy to some friend in an
other state.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-12-28

The Logan Journals Christmas edf-
ton was very creditable paper. 1t
came unannounced as a holiday sur
prise to its many readers, full of in
teresting data and cuts, illustrating the
resources and advancement of the Won
derful valley in which it is published.
A life-lille picture of Editor Gordon, in
his den, and other pastoral scenes,
Christmas cuts, and college views, com
pleted the pictorial part of the paper,
while the statistics were fully as at
tractive. Altogether it was an excel
lent publication, Indicative alike of
the enterprise of the Journal and the
prosperity of Cache valley.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-12-28
CURRENCY AND THE TREATY.

Some of the presidents closest
friends and most valued counselors saw
that currency reform will have no at
tention paid to it for four years to
come, unless the presidents wish as ex-
pressed in his latest message be car
ried out.
Be asked for early action. AID
showed more interest in this than in
any other public question he treated.
1t was about the only one concerning
which he even limited at a recommends
ton.
They say tSat currency reform will
have no chance whatever, unless it be
put forward at a special session of
congress, called for that purpose and
no other. In witness whereof the ex-
perience of the administration in try-
ing to get rid Of the Sherman act pur-
chasing clause. Mr. Cleveland was
averse to an extra session if it could
possibly be avoided. but was made to
see. what was undoubtedly the fact,
that only by calling congress together
al an unusual time, and in message
distinctly setting forth the one purpose
of the call, thus concentrating the at
tention Of the entire country on the
subject, could the desired end be at
tanned.
Currency reformers claim that SIM
liar situation confronts them today
They are convinced that an extra ses-
sion Of the Fifty-si1th congress offers
the last remaining nope Of putting the
currency of the country on 9. goa basis
before the next presidential eiectlon-
But there are senators who wish e
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-12-28

1t is estimated that there are 200, 900
cases of the grip in New York City at
the present time. All the papers are
full of accounts, advice, and germs,
probably. The Mail and Express closes
one of its daily editorials on the all
important topic as follows: 1T should
be kept in mind that medical science
has not discovered a specific for the
grip which can be applied to all cases.
The disease is capricious, elusive and
difficult developing phases in some pa
TENTS which do not appear in others
The safe course for the victim is to go
to bed, stay there until the doctor
comes, and pay strict attention to his
orders. The grip sufferer who acts as
his own physician has a very foolish
person for a patient"