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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-12-29
Mr.. Burnett Will Rise
(New York Tribune.)


Congressman-eIect John L. Burnett
of Gadsden, Ala, who succeeds NJ. w.
Howard, will probably be the smallest
man in the next house. and is known
as the Jack Of Spades" When he
hrst appeared in the supreme court of
the state to argue a case, he stood up
IN front Of high bench. which it is the
custom there to place in front of the
seats of the judges. On this bench the
lawyers rest their books and their pa
pers while making arguments. Mr..
burnett, according to the story, arose
and addressed the court, proceeding
Win ms argument. The judges peered
out toward the high bench. and were
unable to perceive the attorney. He
was SO short that his head was not an
parent over the high bench. Mr.. Bur
nett" remarked the chief justice. in
Idlgnlfled tones, 1T is customary for
lawyers to rise in addressing this
court
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-12-29
A BARBARous CUSTOM.

A curious custom prevails in the Nj
ger coast proteetorate. According to
lady missionary interviewed by the
London Chronicle, upon her recent re-
turn to England, the natives are very
superstitious, and perform some bar
barous rites.
The tribal laws require that all
twins born are to be put Immediately
to death, and il is oaly those who have
been rescued by the missionaries and
placed beyond the reach Of the native
power who have so FAR escaped.
In its siekening details the story re-
lated by this lady is horrible. And her
statements are c0rroborated in the
Chronicle by those Of other missiona-
ries who have labored in the same field.
There is no politics in this African
hostility to twins. It is a sort OF re-,
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-12-29
JUSTIN S. MORRILL,.

Senator Morrill, was the patriarch of
the senate. HIS congressional services
We're continuous, covering almost a half
century. He was in his eighty ninth
year when he died yesterday morning
and viii be missed at the national cap
ifal like a familiar landmark.
lie began his political career as a
Wing, was elected as a justice of the
peace when a young man but declined
to serve, and at the age of forty-four
was unanimously nominated for con-
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-12-29
GEORGE GOULD'S GREAT PLAN
Will Cover an Acre of Ground With
a Building For Indoor Sports.

Georgian Court" That is the name
George Gould decided on yesterday for
his country estate at Lakewood. But that
is the smallest part of the plan he has in
mind. Mr.. Gould is consulting Bruce
Price the architect, as to plans.
Spare no expense, is the order.
He is planning-and will start work
sorts OF sports may be INDUCED in during
bad weatheI-a sort of country club in
doors, where he and his friends can ride,
swim and play tennis when snow or rain
makes outdoor sport uncomfortable.
L want" was Mr. Goulds first order,
can ride when it's nasty outside-soIne-
thing as big as Madison Square garden,
and laid with tanbark.
But with the working out of the scheme
came other plans. The building will cover
more than an acre It; It will have YET, two
riding ring wall take most of the ground
story Oft it will be a score of stalls Tor
Mr.. Gould'S hunters and the children
Shetland ponies. In the basement will be
a great marble swimming pool, lighted
by electric globes under the water. There
keep the water at Y degrees on the cold
est winter day. On the ground story there
will be a, court for indoor tennis and q
gymnasium equipped with the latest APP
paratuS. All the spare space on the sec
ond floor will be made into bachelor quar-
room for each. Mr. Gould often has been
forced to engage quarters at the Lake
wood hotels for bachelors who attended
his house parties, and he wants to be free
from that annoyance.
When the great building is completed
it will be the only one of its kind in
America. and will cost several hundred
thousand dollars.
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ADJUSTMENTS.

During the engagement of Frank
Daniels at the Theatre, he will present
THE Wizard of the Nile" and THE
Idols Eye" Both operas are by Victor
Herbert and Harry B. Smith, who also
gave US the successful 'Serenade."
@ @ @
Between himself and his press agent,
Mr.. Harry Corson Clarke manages to
keep himself well before the public. A
story comes from Omaha, telling how
Mr.. Clarke's manager neglected to no
tify the members of the Jones family
OF that city of the arrival of the COM
pany. This is a favorite method of adj
vertising, and the star was exceedingly
angry when he learned it had been
omitted. He resolved to send the postal
cards himself, and tried to borrow the
city directory from the hotel clerk for
the purpose. The directory was chained
down, so his request was refused. The
story tells how he executed a sleight-
of-hand when the clerks back was
turned, tore out the Zones" pages and
retired with them to his room. The
ante-climaX describes how Mr. Clarke
was obliged to buy new directory for
the hotel.
MISS hduue AudIIlS VIII, play JuIleI
during the spring season, with William
Faversham as Romeo and James K.
Hackett as Mercutio.
g @ g
Mr.. and Mrs. Edwin Milton Royle
are very successful in their vaudeville
venture, in sketches by MIR. Royle.
e g q
Beginning next Saturday, Mr.. Mulvey
will inaugurate new schedule of
prices for matinee performances. Here
tofore the regular matinee prices have
been % cents to all parts of the house.
These rates will, in the future, apply
on the first floor, while the balcony viii
be thrown open to children at a general
admission of Is cents. For matinees
on all holidays, the regular evening
prices viii rule
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-12-29
no Exceptional Case

The Philadelphia Record tells of a lit
tie woman and a big man who visited a
dentist not long ago. Il just came along
to help her keep her courage up ex-
plalned the big man. fondly. She sat
through long operation, the filling of
several teeth with scarcely a culver
When it was done she suggested that her
husband ought to have his teeth exam
ing the matter with his. but finally she
had her own way. The dentist found one
small cavity, and said he might as well
NIX 1t at once, and the little woman agreed
moved out from its corner the big man
seemed to shrink; when it began to buzz
ne shlvered perceptibly, and even before
shout, after which it took all of the little
woman's powers of persuasion 10 keen
nm IN the chair till the job was com
pleted. And that's no exceptional case -
said the dentist, when the couple had
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-12-29

gresham. In 1857 he voted against all
tariff measures proposed. Later he be-
came a tariff champion. During the
civil war he was given the entire man
agement and arrangement of the tariff,
tax and general revenue measures.
He served in the house as chairman
of the ways and means committee, and
in the senate as chairman of the COM
mittees on finance, public buildings, as
a member of the committees on edu-
cation, census. revolutionary claims, Ii
brary.
Senator Morrill, was a serious, matter
of-fact man, Industrious and faithful
to the interests of the state and section
he represented. But his range of vision
was circumscribed by the boundaries
Of New England. In tariff and flnan-
cial legislation he was never as broad
as. the whole country. He was honest
but narrow, patriotic but sectional, de-
voted to his country but more to his
immediate constituents. His very
watchfulness over them, the jealousy
with which he stood guard at the door
of New England accounts for the num-
Der of times he was honored by those he
served so well and with such partially.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-12-29
HOW TO AVOID THE GRIP.

John O'Keefe in New York Press.)
DON'T ride in cabs, or trains, or cars.
DON'T walk upon the street,
DON'T stay out gazing at the stars!
although the girl is sweet)
DON'T kiss! DON'T smack! DON'T os-
culatei
With every chaste embrace
You plant a. deadly germ of fate
Upon your loved ones facet
DON'T swallow stuff of certain brands!
DON'T take d nip or "smile'l
DON'T go in bathing on the sands
DON'T go to Coney Isle!
DON'T pile the blankets high in bed!
But. then, DON'T take them off,
DON'T say, "A code is id by head.'
DON'T cough. dear boy, DON'T coughl
DON'T go TO bedl DON'T go to work.
DON'T go to playhouse show
DON'T go to shop DON'T go to kirk
In fact, just DON'T you gol
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I'VE begged that he be withdrawn"
says the Tribune, referring to B. H.
Roberts ''or, failing in that, then that
the people defeat him at the polls, to
save the Mormon people and the state
from the reproaches that would surely
follow" It is this plea of solicitude for
the welfare of the church, this pro-
fessed love for the Mormon elders, this
desire to save the leaders of the church
from disgrace, that clothes the whole
contest in a garb of grotesque absurd
itV
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-12-29
Concerning Some New Americans.

lI1dWdlldu Quar-, 11OlOlutu, Il. IL
Mrs. Laura Wight gave a poi lunch
this afternoon at Eskbank to few
friends.
H. NJ Won Holt left by the Mikahala
yesterday afternoon for a business trip
to Makawell.
Tai Wo was fined $40 in the police
court this morning for violating the
laundry regulations.
Pika and Kauihou were fined $40 each
in the police court for assault and bat
cry on Kamai.
Tickets for the Healani ball, to be
given on Friday evening, may be OBJ
tanned of DR.. A c. Wall.
Baseball between the Iowa and Wela
Ka Hao teams, on the Makiki ground,
at $3.50 this afternoon.
The kick of the Galician boys, who
left Oahu plantation yesterday after
noon, is for an eight-hour day
For sale-Three pieces of land, con-
tanning ten acres, situated in Kaniao,
Honuaula, Maui. Apply to Lam Yum.
Wanted-A situation by Chong Kee
to do cooking; he has had twenty-five
years experience. Apply to Kwong
Sing.
Maui. New. 26.-Captain Ahlborn,
manager of the Pioneer mill, Lahaina,
and Mrs. Ahlborn, have been visiting
Waikiki, Kihei, Spreckelville, and
Haiku, this week.
The Kilohana Art league gives it's
first view this evening. 1t is salts
factory to find the city branching out
into an effort at art which is far and
above mere amateur lines.
Chang Kong gives notice that on
Nov 26, 1898, he will assume the
ownership of Iee Hus rice plantation,
at Heeia, Keolau, Oahu, and that all
hills to date of sale viii he Maid hv itS
present owner, Hee Hu
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-12-29
TORTURE BY INDIANS.
They Burn Out Victims Eyes to Cure
Others of Illness.

Seattle Special to New York World)
Witchcraft among the Indians of south
eastern Alaska is to be done away with.
The edict has gone forth from the powers
at Washington, and Judge Johnson. with
the assistance of a federal grand jury, is
trying to carry out his instructions.
The court is being held at Juneau and
the Jail is full of Indians who are accused
of several brutal murders, all of which
can be directly traced to witchcraft The
doctor chiefs of the several tribes from
Dyea to Wrangel are really responsible.
1T has been through the death of pa
tients treated by them that other mem
bers of the tribes have been condemned
as being in league with the devil.
Consumption has made great ravages in
the Indian camps the past few months,
consequently the number of witches and
accompanying murders has increased.
An Indian on taking i'll sends for the
medicine man. If the latter is not sue
cessful in ettecting Il cure he Immediately
says that the patient is bewitched. The
relatives assemble at the hut OF the sick
man and decide on a member of the tribe
who is TO be held to be the witch. The
medical man may or may not point out
the unfortunate.
One is always found, and promptly i'm
prisoned Often to effect cure he is
terribly tortured. Burning out the eyes
of the victim with a red-hot iron is a.
favorite mode of punishment. Before the
patient dies the alleged witch is slowly
put to death. Uusually his internal or
gans are burned out, for the death must
be slow and painful.
The Wrangel and Stikene River Indians
have been especially cruel during the past
year. Their witches are usually young
boys or women. Several have been res
cued by missionaries after being terribly
mutilated.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-12-29
EXPORTING IocoMoTvEs.

American manufacturers are com
peting with .-pauper labor" and every
other kind of labor, in many Of the
most important markets of the world.
They are not protected against such
competition, and they need no protec-
ton. Even in the building of locomo-
tives Americans are taking the lead in
foreign markets. England has long
held the lead in this branch of mechan-
ism. But read what the last review of
Bradstreet's has to say:
The fact that q prominent English
railroad company has placed an order
for some thirty locomotives with Amer
lean shops has attracted widespread
attention. In looking around for the
cause Of this new and sudden Depart
ure on the part Of English interests one
confronts two situations-the great en-
gineers' strike some months ago, and
the alleged multiplicity Of orders from
English and other sources. These or
ders, it is stated, have proved too much
for the capacity of English shops.
While the latter statement may be
true the fact remains, nevertheless
that if the engineers strike, which was
Waged so long and ended so disastrous
~, had never occurred, or even If it
had not assumed such large proper
tons as it did, it is entirely probable
that British locomotive building inter
ests would find little difficulty in keep
ing up to present requirements. Looked
at from any point Of view however,
the placing Of the orders in this coun-
try is evidence of the truth of the trite
old saying that lit is an i'll wind that
blows nobody good, whereof American
locomotive interests have no cause to
complain.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-12-29
REWARDS OF SEA FIGHTERS.
Amounts Paid to British Naval Off
GERS a Century Ago.

Amounts Fad to British Naval Off
GERS a Century Ago.
The prize money which Dewey, Schley
and Sampson, and other commanders and
men in the American squadrons engaged
at Manila and in Cuban waters, received,
the London News says, falls into absolute
insigniticance when compared with what
the officers and sailors of the British
navy used to get. 1t says:
1t is curious to note that the loser of the
greatest treasure in the past was Spain:
there was nothing that our seamen liked
more than war with that Inflated coun-
try, because prize money was simply
waiting to be picked up.
Perhaps the largest amount of prize
money which one snip has ever Cained
was that which Admiral Arson brought
nome after his voyage around the world
during II49- 43. Arson captured the far
famed Manila galleon, which used to sail
once a year for Spain laden to the matches
with treasure. The value of this find
was f4G55,0O0, and the division among one
ships company must have left the low
est boy with a fortune, though no partic-
ularS of that kind are available.
The reception of the admiral and the
seamen, it is recorded, was most cordial
and they had more friends than they
knew what to do with. The treasure was
d avn in triumph through the city of 10 =
don in thirty-two wagons, which. accord
ing to an old naval chronicle, were pre-
ceded by a band of military musicians
and guarded by a detachment of the
ships company.
Arson was often in lucks way as re-
CARDS prize money. Only a few FEARS
afterward, in 1747 he captured a French
feet with upward of 900 coo in money
aboard, which was carried from Ports
mouth TO London in twenty wagons, and
conveyed to the bank in great state
Another large sum was taken in prize
money from poor Spain at the capture of
curious observation-disclosures, or HaV-
annah, as it was then called, which was
gether the army received 1905, 155, II shil-
lings, 1 pence. and the navy f3GS, 092 IL
shillings, 4 pence, and it may be interest
ing TO give the details for the latter:
Each
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-12-29

A French journal prints an amusing
mot" of which NJ. Delcasse is the au-
thor. Shortly after Sir Edmund Mon
by sympathetic friend how his gov
eminent was going on. Not at all
badly" was the reply, "the British am
bassador has not yet appointed my sue
cessor."
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TineS ............. 45, 247 Is 8 II 8
1t win be seen that the seamen and in
felior officers came out badly in com0ar-
ison with the other rewards, and one
Journal, in commenting on the unequal
distribution, said that it was not at all
agreeable to the maXims of justice and
good policy The Earl Of Albemarle who
Commanded the army, and his second in
command, received the same sums respec-
lively as Admiral Pocock and Commodore
keppel, but the 21.0O0 private soldiers who
took part in the affair got "a Is Sd each.
The GLORIOUS First of June" fought on
Sunday did not yield much in the way
of prize money. Each of the sailors re-
ceived 2 guineas, which does not seem
adequate for the gallant work accom-
plished. while each of the petty officers
received FLO, and each of the warrant Off
GERS, f25.
There is no record Of the amount which
Lord Howe secured but it is known that
the victory earned him an earldom a 900
guinea sword with a golden chain and
medal from the king, the thanks of both
houses of parliament. and the freedom of
the city of London in a gold box. Lord
Howe was Y when he gained this great
victory over q strong French fleet.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-12-29

A correspondent asks which holds
the higher rank, General Miles or Cen
eral Brooke. General Miles is the rank
ing officer in the United States army.
General Brooke has recently been APP
pointed military governor of Cuba. AT
present his authority is limited to that
island, in which he is supreme.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-12-29

Lord Kitchener is to be given supreme
administrative as well as military con-
troll throughout the Soudar. Major
General Reginald Talbot swill succeed
Sir Francis Grenfell in the command of
the British forces in Egypt.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-12-29

Brooklyn volunteers were pretty
evenly divided between the soldier and
civilian candidates for governor of New
York. OF the Cos votes cast at the front
Roosevelt received 1924 and Van Wyck
323, while IS were scattering or defect
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-12-29
MsrEoRoLoeTcAL RECORD.
Yesterdays Observations at the Lo-
cal Weather Bureau Office
Salt Lake City. Utah. Dec %. 1895

Salt Lake City, Utah, Dec. Is, 1885
Mean temperature. 81 degrees; depart
ure from normal, plus 3 degrees; maxi
mum temperature A degrees; minimum
temperature, - degrees: accumulated de-
ficiency of temperature since LIST of the
month, 209 degrees; accumulated defic-
grees. Total precipitation Gnches and
hundredths), 0; departure from normal
minus .05 inches; accumulated deficiency
Of precIpitaJion since lst of the month";
SO inches; accumulated deficiency of pre-
ciritation since Jan. !, 81 inches.
Following IS The local forecast of the
weather for today: Snow, colder.
J. -. SMITH
Section Director.
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of
ton for years past He also has mercantile interests and president
of the Coop Central He
his arrival in 1852
Eunce Howard He has
Mr. Greenwood member
while he didn't build reputation
of the conservative
advice frequently
Mr. Greenwood is Democrat of
~ ~ ~ = = y y
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A Deserved Rehnke.

NNeW YORK JOnrnaI.)
Mr.. Hanks-Do you remember where I
left my spectacles last night?
Mrs. Hanks-No. | saw them some
where, but forget where it was now.
Mr.. Hanls-Well ], ,must say you wo-
men have got fine mSmories
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His Preference.

81 like good. long sermon
Most people DON'T
well, it annoys me to be walked up
after a short fifteen-minutes' doze by the
congregation rising to sing or having a
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-12-29
'---'-Cll>-ob--
Not a Triher.

She-Why, I don't care for him, mamma.
and he doesn't care for mel
Mamma-But he's a very nice young
man, and
She-Ohl know your intentions are Sc
riouS mamma
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Woman's Franchise.

He-Will you marry ne?
She-Before l answer that. tell me, do
you believe that women have a right to
vote?
He (decidedly)-on this question-yes.
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ligious superstition The children are
not caricatured; they are simply sacri-
feed.
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Two differences.
Puck.)

IPuck.J
He was. driven to desperation by a
"Ah!Did she reject him or marry him?''
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G. S. HOLMES, Proprietor.
suMMnNS.

IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE
Third judicial district of the state OF
Utah. county of Salt Lake. Elizabeth NJ.
Radcliffe, plaintiff. VS.. Oscar H Hardy
and his wife. Esther a. Hardy. Francis
Armstrong The State Bank of Utah.
Francis Steel Robinson, Utah Commercial
& Savings Bank, lions Savings Bank &c
Trust Company, Henry NJ. DinwOOdey
and The Deseret National Bank, Defend
ants. SummOns.-The state of Utah to
said defendants: You are hereby sum-
mOned TO appear within twenty days af-
ter the service of this summons upon you,
if served within the county in which this
action is brought, otherwise within thirty
days after service and defend the above
entitled action; and in case of your fall
uTe so to do, judgment will be rendered
against you according to the demand of
the amended complaint, of which a COPY
is herewith served upon you.
WILLIAMS. VAN COLT & SUTHER-
LAND. Plaintiffs Attorneys. 2. o. Adj
dress, % East First South Street, Salt
Lake City, Utah
State of Utah. county of Salt Lake.-ss.
/. David c. Dunbar. clerk of the Third
judicial district court of the state of Utah,
in and for the county of Salt Lake, do
hereby certify that the foregoing is a full.
true and correct copy of the original COM
plant and summons. in the action therein
entitled. filed in my office
Witness my hand and the seal OF
said court at Salt Lake City, this
(SeaD 18th of December. A. D. 1893.
DAVID c. DUNBAR. Clerk.
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Hotel Knutsford.

New and elegant in all it's appoint
ments; go rooms, single or ensuite; rs
rooms with bath.
The age-herald., 1898-07-10
TRANSPORTATION
 OF OUR SOLDIERS Some Difference Between Other
 Wars and Now. ARMIES ARE MOVED RAPIDLY The Railroads Making Little Out of the Traffic Every Man Must Have a Seat to Himself = Officers Ride
 in Pullmans.
ARMIES ARE MOVED RAPIDLY

"We ate breakfast in Virginia, dinner in Maryland and supper in Pennsylvania" !" says the confederate veteran who was with Lee in his historic Gettysburg campaign.
 That was one of the most brilliant of all the marches in history, a great army be- ing thrown in single day from its own soil far into the enemys country, taking them by surprise and striking them with terror.
 Stonewall Jackson achieved his magnf- cent successes largely by reason of the rap idlty of his movements. He would rout an army on his right in the morning and in the afternoon defeat another miles away on his left.
 Napoleon was another general whose arm les were accustomed to rapid marches, but rapidity with infantry is twenty-five miles a day.
 The schoolboys are familiar with the dis tances covered by Xenophon's army on it's retreat-ten parasangs day, and a para sang was about a mile. Forty years ago Havelock made his immortal march to the