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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-06-16
OFF FOR MANILA.

Yesterday batteries A and B, Utah
light artillery, sailed for Manila. Their
destination is far, far from their native
land, distance double that which Co.
lumbus sailed when he discovered this
new world. They go to a land where
everything is different from that they
leave, a land first discovered by Ma
gellan on his world encircling voyage.
They go to the land of spices, the
search for a new route to which led to
the discovery of their own dear home
land. Their advent there, together with
that of the soldiers who have preceded
them, and of those who will shortly
follow, will mark a new epoch in the
history of the isles of the orient, AID
this whether the Philippines come per
manently under the authority of the
United States or not. American ideas
will be planted in the Philippines, and
wherever they are planted they take
deep root and spread. Every American
soldier who goes to Manila will be an
active and intelligent agent for the dis
semination of American political ideas.
The doom of the old order of things IN
the Philippines has been sounded, and
the era of modern progress inaugur-
ated To these islands so long benight-
ed by Spanish bigotry, the light comes
from the east, whence it has ever come.
Fortunate are the soldiers of Utah that
they go to the Philippines, there to par
ticipate in the awakening to civlllza-
ton and progress of these islands.
Whatever duty may be assigned them.
they will do it well and with all their
heart and all their soul, and they will
reflect honor upon their state and the
Union. They carry with them the best
wishes of the people of Utah, who wish
them a safe and speedy voyage to their
destination, and health and safety after
their arrival.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-06-16
TALES OF THE DAY.
Bookmakers Meet.

1t is related of Mr.. F. Marion Crawford
the well known author. that when he was
making . tour of this country. and was
travelling through rich agricultural re-
gion to fill an appointment at a large
town, a brisk-looking young man, with
his hat on the back of his head. came
into the car in which the novelist was
sitting held out his hand, and said, in a
most affable and communicable way:
IT presume this is the celebrated Mr..
Crawford
novelist.
to introduce myself My name is Higgs.
1 am somewhat in the book line myself.
and l know how il goes"
You are an author?" said Mr.. Craw-
ford. Il am glad to meet you
Yes. / have published BOOK regu-
larly every year since 1890.
May l ask the name of your latest
book?' asked Mr.. Crawford.
Its the premium list of the Jones
County Agricultural Fair cordially re-
phlet from his pocket and handing IT TO
him. ALLOW me to present you a copy OF
il. i am the secretary OF the Jones coun-
ty agricultural board. We are going TO
have the best fair this year we ever had.
Balloon ascension. Roman chariot races,
baseball games and trials of speed on
track till you can't rest Come and spend
q day with us and 1t shan't cost you a
by Mr.. Crawford. Glad TO have met
you"
Wringing Mr. Crawford's hand again,
the genial secretary of the Jones county
agricultural board pushed his hat a lit
tie farther back on his head. strobe down
the aisle and got off the car, leaving the
astonished author OF Mr.. Isaacs" gasp
ing for breath.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-06-16
INEXCUsABLE BLUNDERs.

Even those who desire to shield the
administration from criticism, who take
the high, but old-fashioned stand that
the president can do no wrong. who
excuse every palpable blunder and
cover I'D the ones which are not so
conspicuous, are bound to wonder why
there is such delay, now that the
battle is on, why soldiers are held in
Tampa While a handful of marines and
a few hundred Cubans have been fight
ing and forcing the Spaniards back
inch by inch from the coast.
A week ago Sampson sent word to
Washington that all he needed was ten
thousand men, but he needed them at
once. Then the transports were lined
up, and soldiers were packed in them
like sardines in box, and thus they
started with guard of sixteen war
ships, the finest afioat Two or three of
the crowded steamers were well on
their way to Cuba when an order went
from Washington to delay the depar-
ture Of the troops. a. fast vessel was
dispatched after the ships, and they
were compelled to return. to Tampa,
where the men have been sweltering
in heat. suffering in discomfort and
contracting disease ever since.
II this. were the first instance of the
kird it might be overlooked; but each
day has brought it's countermand of
orders. showing indecision, incompe-
tency or trickery somewhere. Nearly
all agree that Secretary Alger is not
the man to direct the movements of
an army, yet the president intruafs
him with the lives of thousands and
the fame of the nation, in spite of re-
peated errors and constant confusion
in his department
Z The old excuses used for many days
with such effect are no longer avail
able. 1t is of no use to say that the
transports crowded with men and
horses and stores at Tampa are afraid
to sail on account of the Spanish navy.
1t will not do to say that the shiploads
of humanity already under way were
recalled because of Cervera's fleet That
chestnut did it's time 1t has been
cracked and put in pickle since.
Nor can it be said that this country
is not ready for the war. Why were
the soldiers loaded on the transports?
1t cannot be urged that there is no
fighting yet to be done. Battles are
in progress every day. 1t can no longer
be claimed that we are waiting for the
rainy season to pass. If so. why have
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-06-16
A SWORD FOR ENSIGN PEARSON

The following communication from
Governor H. NJ. Wells explains itself:
State OF Utah. Executive Office, Salt
Lake City.
June 18th, 1898.
To the Editor of The Herald, City:
Dear Showing to a pressure OF
business on my part, perhaps, the mat
ter of raising money for the purchase
of Ensign Pearson's sword, suggested
by Utah'S congressman, has not been
properly or conspicuously advertised.
Please Go myself and the authors of
the suggestion the favor to exploit the
matter. and give it such publicity as its
Importance demands. To this end l
respectfully suggest that the subscrip-
tons, list of which l will take pleas
ure in furnishing you, be published
from day to day in your paper, with
an appropriate heading inviting contri-
buttons.
If it~were put before the public in
The light that it is a great privilege to
be enrolled in so worthy a donation
(and I consider it such), it might facil-
itate contributions. The accompanying
heading is submitted to you for your
consideration. Very respectfully,
HEBER NJ. WELLS.
The suggestion that a sword be pre-
Senteu TO Ensign pearson, OtdH rep
resentative at the battle of Manila, is
most happy one, and should prove
very popular. Every man engaged in
the battle is a hero, and the people
delight to honor them as such. Here is
suggestion from the states congress
sional delegation that Utah's hero be
specially honored. 1t is a most fitting
opportunity to testify the appreciation
of the people of the state for Ensign
Pearson. The sword it is proposed to
present him is to have the hilt made of
Utah silver, while the sword itself will
be ornamented with Utah gold. There
will be an Inscription upon it COM
memorative OF the occasion and befit-
ting Ensign Pearsons participation in
it. It is desired that the money be
raised by popular subscription, and
the more contributors there are the
more pleasing it will be. In no event is
it desired that any subscription shall
exceed S. in amount.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-06-16
SPANISH METHOD OF FIGHTING

All during the Cuban war the COM
plant of the Spaniards has been that
the Cubans would not come out and
meet them in battle, but persisted in
employing guerilla tactics, which are
nothing more than the Indian method
of fighting. AT the first encounter be-
tween American and Spanish soldiers,
the latter employed the same guerilla
tactics they condemned the Cubans for
using. 1t is hardly to be presumed that
WREN the army of invasion gets into
Cuba and marches on towards Havana
that the Spanish troops will resort to
this method of warfare. 1t is not the
to be desDised too much, even by the
best soldiers. Our Indian wars made
American soldiers in other days adopts
at it, and many now in the regular
al my have had experience of it. 1t was
contempt for this method of warfare
that caused Braddock's defeat. He had
an immovable faith in his British regu-
lars. faith that would have been JUS
titled on any regular battlefield. And
as he lay dying, all he said, his mind
occupied with the terrible scenes he
had just passed through. was: who
would have thought it? We shall know
better how to deal with them another
time" And a few minutes later he
died. It is said that in mis- last hours
he could not bear the sight Of a red
coat. but murmured praises of the
blues" or Virginians.
If the Spaniards choose the Indian
style of fighting, the only thing to do
is to meet them with it, and to finally
crush them out as the Indians were.
This style may last for a while, but
the main body Of the Spanish army is
not likely to adopt it; the troops from
Spain are not familiar with it, and
would not readily adapt themselves to
it. This is certain: the Americans can
adapt themselves to any style of fight
ing that the Spaniards can.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-06-16
'THE SIGNAL OF PEACE"

The copy of Dallin's "The Signal of
Peace" that is in the city and county
building is being more or less multi
ated. This should not be. On the con-
trary, the very best care should be
taken of it. 1t is a beautiful thing,
and at the Worlds fair in 1883 the
original held the place of honor in the
hall of statuary. Last year when the
Pioneer Jubilee was held Mr. Dallin
very kindly consented to allow a copy
of the statue to be made that it might
grace the hall of relics. He did this,
an unusual thing, out of Difference to
the request of the jubilee commission,
and regard for his native state.
Appreciation of all this should be
shown by proper care of the copy now
in the city and county building. At
tention is called to the matter at this
time, that there may be no further
deterioration OF the statue through
neglect or abuse.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-06-16
BACK TO THE OLD CAMPS.

Had not the war absorbed all inter-
est still the Klondike would have been,
so far as popular excitement is con-
cerned, back number. Every indica-
ton is that it has had its day of eX-
citement.
A prominent business man of this
city has just received a letter from
gentleman who started for the Klon-
dixie some months ago. Before he left
he arranged all his business affairs,
telling the gentleman, in whose charge
he left them, and to whom he adj
dressed the letter below. what disposal
to make of his property if he did not
return or he was not heard from with
in three years. He has been heard
from, and this is what he says:
Lake Linderman, N w. T.,
May %, 1898.
Mr. -: 1 am camping here, wait
ing for the ice to move, which may be
from seven to twelve days yet.
The cost of hiring a passage to Daw-
son is from $50 to SIS or 800. Lumber
costs % cents per foot; therefore, l con-
slider it cheaper to hire my passage.
Owing TO the difficulty of finding out
reliable information, 1 came over the
pass before buying my outfit.
After navigation opens there will be
no restriction concerning the quantity
of provisions to be taken. On the
summit of the pass there are a col
lector of customs and mounted police.
1t cost me $1,000 brokerage and duty
on $35 worth of supplies, and cents
per pound transportation from Dyea to
Linderman.
There is not even postoffice-pay
and take chances of their being sent.
What the number of people who are
wildly rushing into the country are
going to do is more than 1 can tell. I
am of the opinion that thousands will
be sorely disappointed.
1 have about concluded to take in
the situation and in September go back
to some of the old camps.
1 am of the opinion that not over
one-half the river steamboats, built for
the Yukon in Seattle, Portland and San
Francisco will reach there this sum-
mer
With best wishes I remain, yours
sincerely,
How different the tone of this letter
from that of those that came out from
the Klondike country a year ago. Then
each letter was filed with Arabian
Nights stories of wealth; but all is
changed now. That there is a great
gold field in the KIondike, there is no
doubt, but the country is exceedingly
hard TO reach, and the conditions of
life are harder still. There is no reason
to believe that the Klondike has had
its day and is played out, but it has
had its great stampede, and many who
have gone there will be like the writer
of the above letter-returning in Sep
TENDER and going back to some of the
old camps.
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the men been ordered aboard the ships?
Why We're the ships ordered to sail?
Why have Spanish forts been bonn
barded? Why were the transports en-
gagged at enormous expense until they
were needed?
Sampson believes that with ten thou
sand men he could do the necessary
work in hand at present Our regular
army numbered more than twice that.
without calling for a single volunteer.
These criticisms are not made for the
purpose of fault-fnding. but on behaif
of the soldiers who are suffering with
the heat, in cramped quarters, when
they might as we'll have been in camp,
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-06-16
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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-06-16

The New York Journal fixes the basis
on which the nation will treat for peace
as follows:
.'The independence of Cuba
''Cession to US Of Porto Rico.
"Cession of the Philippines.
"Cession Of the Ladrone islands.
"Cession of the Caroline islands,
It would be TO the advantage of this
country to substitute for some Of these
islands the Prado museum and gallery,
and the royal library of the Escurial
They would aid our humanity and civil
Iization, while the possession OF the
islands would be apt to injure them.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-06-16
POEMS OF TIE WAR.

THE batteries are silent down on San
tago shore ILL.,,
No more the heavens echo to the sulien
lannon's roar. - -.
No more the air is heavy with the
powders poisonous breath.
No more the night is vivid with the
streaking flash of death.
With that relief which comes Wnen some
mad wolf mas howled his last,
Or when a snakes limp rattles snow MS
venomous power is past
We hear the news which echoes loud the
listening country Ger,
1.-The batteries are silent down on San
tiago shore CO.
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In Santiago Channel.

Cheers for the taTs of the lost Merrimac;
Eyes to the channel, they never looked
back. ~. a.
He'll gaping under them-Death at the
Steadily they guided her. nerves all of
Rare are the deeds that shine equal to
this:
Give them Fame's laurels and Liberty S
kiss.
Cheers for the tars of the lost Merrimac
Death held the channel-they never looked
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-06-16
STOCKS AND INVESTMENTS.

Utah Bank and Commercial Stocks. and
other High Grade investment securities
bought and sold.
Loans on Stocks
DiviGend-paying stocks bought and sold.
Investment orders from Institutions.
trustees Of estates and capitalists will re-
ceive the best of attention.
JOHN c. CUTLER. JR..
Tel. 127. SO Main Street.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-06-16

To speak of the "twitter" of the
Mauser bullet, as the Associated Press
correspondent does, is about as silly
a thing as was ever invented. A
kitchykitchy school girl wouldn't use
so silly an expression.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-06-16

A little boy of five summers sums up
the situation better than we have
heard or seen it summed up elsewhere.
'@They don't fight in war; they only
fight in battles. and there amt been no
battles
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-06-16

When the Vizcaya was in New York
harbor. police patrol boats watched her
day and night. At Santiago she has a
whole American fleet watching her.
Spain should appreciate all this at
fention
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-06-16

Affairs at Manila are said to be quite
critical That has been their condition
for some time, even before Dewey in
tervened, and they are apt to continue
that way for long time.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-06-16

Roosevelt's rough riders have been
dismounted at Tampa, and are now
called Woods weary walkers The
ALTERATION is quite as good, and the
phrase as expressive.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-06-16

United States has q. harsh, disagreeable
sound for American ears. 1t is remin-
iscent of unjust taxes laid for the bene-
Sit of the master
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-06-16

The new national policy (euphemism
for jinsoism) is just such an improve
ment on the old national policy as the
new woman is on our mothers and
grandmothers.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-06-16

General Felix Agnus, of the Balti-
more American, feels the situation so
keenly that nothing less than double
loaded, signed articles express his feel
i,8gS
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-06-16
When the first sol

When the first son
Arrives. it is fun
For the father. who's very soon led
To wander adown
Into the gay town
And paint it a bright, glowing red.
But in the after years
When the sixth appears
There's a change in the color and hue,
He supplants the red
With feelings instead
That are OF pale azure blue.
Chicago News.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-06-16

The boys at Camp Merritt have been
suffering from the measles. A good
many things connected with the con-
duct of the war have been measley.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-06-16

According to all accounts, David B.
Hill is making elaborate preparations
to Dewey Richard Croker.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-06-16

There is no doubt that many of the
Utah boys who are now aboard ship on
t,-eir way to the Philippines will cast
their hard tack upon the water.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-06-16

Chicago News: Managing Editor (yel-
low journaD-Any war news this morning.
Telegraph Editor-Nothing but COM
plete denial of yesterdays battle.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-06-16

Tampa may or may not present a
moving sight. Nothing can be deter
mined from what the dispatches say.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-06-16

Leave good aldermen alone" says a
Chicago paper. The people of Chicago
never think of picking one up.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-06-16

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Ihad ache thee
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In
was son ervousth accatG ton
ldreams dde kspel
10 thc u ht Tlarcaue Ic
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Is o
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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-06-16

ITO hesitate is to be lost" Cervera
still hesitates in the harbor of Santiago
de Cuba.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-06-16

When the wheat gambler becomes a
lamb he ceases to gambol.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-06-16
WIT AND HUMoR.

Cleveland Plain Dealer: Il suppose
there is no danger of Cerveras breaking
out?"
Not unless he gets the measles
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-06-16

SO kind-hearted is the war getting to
be that it may yet be expected that
war department orders will be written
in sympathetic ink.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-06-16

Perhaps the press censor at Tampa
would not let the fleet be sent off.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-06-16

The Cadiz fleet seems to be about as
ready to sail as the Tampa fleet.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-06-16

Speaking of the war, it should be re-
membered that large bodies move slow
~. Small ones do also.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-06-16

People should expect conflicting ac-
counts of conflicts, and then they will
not be disappointed.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-06-16

If the Spaniards are going to pursue
Indian tactics in war, the Apache is
the proper boat to send after them.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-06-16

Mr.. Joseph Letter fails to see any
difference between the wheat pit and
the bottomless pit.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-06-16

Sampson is satisfied and Cervera
feels that he has had more than
enough.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-06-16

The war department seems to be
short on blue uniforms and long on red
tape.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-06-16

Spain is dying nation, and Samp-
son is rapidly increasing the death
rate.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-06-16

Spain may be keeping an outlook for
peace, but the United States are not.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-06-16

Cleveland Plain Dealer: They say
Spain isn't ripe for republic"
Ripe? She's as yellow as her flag.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-06-16

The bacilli of imbeciiity are having a
riotous time in the war department.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-06-16

The marines at Guantanamo got it
on all sides, from friend and foe alike.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-06-16

Washington Star: Aren't you worried
about the tax on sleeping cars?"
Not at ALL replied the lawyer, af-
fably. If this government catches any
of our companys cars asleep it is at
perfect liberty to tax Them
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-06-16

Joe Letter now has the experience
and the other fellows have the money.