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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-05-18
CORRESPONDENTS CHECKED.
Must Not Tell Too Much About Army
Plans In Future.

Tampa, Fla, May 17.-Every news
paper correspondent at Tampa has been
officially notified that in the future no
mention must be made of any small ex-
petitions similar to that of the Gussie
last week, until the success of the ex-
petition has been assured by the return
of the party. Army officers are much
chagrined over the failure to place the
sorely needed arms, ammunition and
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-05-18

Don Ignacio de la Tore. son-in-law of
President Diaz of Mexico. accompanied
by four prominent statesmen of the re-
public. viii visit Kansas City. St. Louis.
thicago F , I'm aIH M ~ NJ OI TetG
States that Mexico is in sympathy with
this country during the present war with
Spain.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-05-18
READY FOR THE ENEMY.
Blockading Vessels Hope the Span
iards Will Show Up.

On board the Associated Press dis
patch boat Kate Spencer, off Havana,
May 16, via Key West, May 17.-(Copy-
right, 1898, by the Associated Press.)-
The ships of the American blockading
squadron are keeping a vigilant watch
for the appearance of the Spanish fleet
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-05-18

i
London, May IS.-According to a special
dispatch from Hawarden. received this
morning. Mr.. Gladstone is sinking rapidly.
The correspondent says:
He lies on a small iron bed, peacefully
sleeping away into the land of shades.
around him. or moving noiselessly in and
out. 1t is a pathetic scene that is being
enacted this gloomy night.
Late last evening all the servants OF the
household Were admitted TO the sick room
for a final farewell. They found Mr..
Gladstone lying on his right side in deep
sleep, as if dead. Each in turn touched
his hand and left the room tearfully.
MI. Dobie doubts that his patient was
conscious at any time on Tuesday, though
he said Yes" and NO" nor does the
recognized anyone. Nevertheless he
suffered no pain whatever. but just lay
with his head facing the light, his ewes
closed, his hands sometimes outside the
counterpart and sometimes hidden be-
meath.
His grand face bears a most peaceful
and beautiful look. A few days ago the
deep wrinkles that so long marked 1t
were almost gone. But now, strangely
enough. they seem strong and deep as
ever. He looks, too, in wonderfully good
color.
A bulletin at 9 o'clock Tuesday morn
ing afforded the first intimation of the
serious condition OF the patient For
some hours no additional information be-
that a crisis had been reached The little
village postoffice, from which the tele-
graph wires run. was suddenly manned by
a staff to work the special instruments
which had been silenced since they were
fitted up last Saturday in readiness for
the emergency. During the day whenever
one went, one would hear general express
sions of deep regret among the working
people at Hawarden. Sandy Croft. another
village situated at the foot of the gentle
slope. and at Chester.
8 a. m.-Dr. Herbert Habershon arrived.
at O'Clock this morning. The rain has
continued to fall at intervals throughout
the night. Villagers have been coming
singly and in groups of Two or three. en-
terinS the castle gates to glance silently
at the rain-beaten scrap of paper which
is the latest bulletin. and then silently
returning to the gate, rot hundred yards
away. and disappearing into the darkness,
only to return later. At this hour many
are collected to gaze in unbroken silence
at the castle lights.
Dr. HaberShOn has just retired. from
which it is inferred that nothing in the
nature of an immediate collapse is eX-
pected. His physicians think that Mr..
Gladstone will never speak again. AT this
hour he is in deep sleep. while the mem
bers of the family are keeping up the
final vigil beside the dying statesman.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-05-18

A lot of electrical apparatus. including
switchboards. cable and other Darapher-
marine mines in the Columbia river, was
shipped to Fort Stevens
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-05-18
NAV Raiss spanish ships.

Chicago. May IA special to the
| Journal from Washington says: 1t is
] stated that in his last cable Admiral
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-05-18
GLADSTONE IS DYING
Is Now Unconscious and the End Is
Near.
PAINLESS AND PEACEFUL
SLEEPING AWAY INTO THE
LAND OF SHADES.
A Pathetic Scene Enacted at Hawar-
den-Servants Admitted For
Final Farewell-Silent Grief of the
Villagers = Famous Statesman
Will Never Speak Again.

Hawarden. May 17.-Mrs. Gladstone re-
mains at the patients bedside. The at
tending physician said this evening:
1T is a strange fact that when adj
dressed in English Mr.. Gladstone muir
murs few words in French and some
times seems TO be praying in French.
HE has had very serious attacks of the
heart since yesterday and there has been
an altogether rapid failure. He lies partly
unconscious, is delirious and has what is
medically called changed stroke in breath
ing. He is no longer in pain
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Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-11-27

ing by reason of her own sound judgment
and keen appreciation of humor, as much
as by her wonderful memory. Her house
is looked Upon as Il shrine of the countless
admirers of Heine. as she was the favorite
sister and only conidante OF the poet. The
late Empress Elizabeth. OF Austria. also
an ardent adInirer of Hei1e's poems. once
called upon Charlotte Embden. In the fall
Of 1888. on a bleak morning at 10 the
Countess Won Hohenembs."N the usual
incognito name of the empress, was an
nounced to Frau Embden. The reply was
that the old lady could not be seen so
early in the day. But the situation quickly
changed when the servant: was sent in
again with the message that the empress
of Austria wished TO see tine sister Of
Heine. Probably the old lady had never
dressed so quickly in her life. A few min
utes afterward the two ladies' sat in lively
conversation. continuing for the rest Of the
morning. Never she said later on, did
two hours fly away faster than while talk
ing with her majesty in her own simple
way The nonagenarian still delights in
the kindness of the empress, and considers
this as the most beautiful episode in her
long life. The portrait here reproduced
is taken from a drawing made on her
birthday. three weeks ago.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-11-27
Century Old Traditions.
A Stolen Meeting.

Prince Kropotkin. in the December Atlantic.
While at home during vacation, one night
after 10. one of the servants beckoned me,
asking if / would come out TO the entrance
hall. / went. Come to the coachman's
house." the old major domo Frol whispered
/ dashed across the yard, up the flight
of steps leading to the coachman's house,
and into a wide. half dark room, where. at
the immense dining table of the servants, /
saw my brother.
Sasha. dear. how did you Gomez and
in a moment we rushed into each others
arms. huSging each other and unable to
Hush, hush. they may overhear you"
said the servants cook, Praskovia. wiping
her tears with her apron. Poor orphans!
If your mother were only alive"
Old Frol stood. his head deeply bent, his
eyes also %twinkling.
Look here, Petya, not a word to any
one: TO no one" he said. while Praskovil
of pOrridge for Alexander.
He. glowing with health. in his cadet
uniform, already had begun to talk about
all sorts of matters. while he rapidly emp
tied the porridge pot. / could hardly make
him tell me how he came here at such a
late hour. We lived then near the Smo-
lensky boulevard. and the corps of cadets
was at the opposite outskirts of Moscow,
full five miles away.
He had made a doll out of bedclothes,
and had put 1t III his bed, under the blank
cts: then he went to the tower. descended
from Il window. came out unnoticed, and
walked the whole distance.
, He intended to come next night. too, but
for some reason II would have ben dan
| part till the autumn. How terrible would
have been III punishment If he had been
discovered, 1t is awful to think of 1t;
fogging before the corps till he was car
ried away unconscious on n sheet, and
| sent to a soldiers sons battalion,-all was
possible I'm those times.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-11-27

Once here, it was quite by accident she
happened upon this studio life of hers.
She needed something to occupy her mind
from a bereavement at home. and to keep
Ing through an art gallery one morning
she thought of a plan: She would call at
som artists studio and tell him she want
ed to pose for his society sketches.
That was just three weeks ago. and now!
Well, YOU are a very lucky mortal, In
deed, good sir. If you get Miss Howland's
nam on your pose list at all.
Miss Rowland possesses all the attributes
an artists model need possess-the slender.
graceful figure. combined with an impas-
stoned. Intellectual face.
of her foot to the crown of her red gold
hair. She carries herself like a queen.
One wonders. sometimes, If she hasn't just
steDped from a canvas.
I'm q born Bohemian she aughed,
land always loved to prowl about studios,
and somehow | think | might have been half
a success as an artist If I'd tried.
One must get into the spirit of a picture
if one is to pose well. / find" she said.
The first sketch l ever sat for was a
society girl looking d~isdainfully at some in
saying. Now, YOU know he is way beneath
your notice, He's just toe insignificant
for anything! You can't treat him with too
much scorn!' My nose kept getting higher
lower and lower. and I actually felt an in
sufferable disdain for my invisible wooer.
And again. when | posed as a disconsolate
young thing l was made to feel that my
mouth drooped and my eyelids quivered.
SO 1t is with every emotion one wishes
to depict. One must catch the spirit Of
ii. else 1t is useless 10 try.
d you know. the eyebrows are really
the most expressive? One rarely thinks
how much play they give to the face when
picture one brings them into every con.
ceiVabie expression of feeling"
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-11-27
KITCHENER AS A DETECTIVE.
Became NJ Arab to Test the Justice
of the Arrest of Two
Others.
From ". A. p.

r rum NJ y =
General Sir Herbert Kitchener. the sir-
dar commanding the Anglo-Egyptian ex-
petition in the Soudan. is evidently a man
OF resource. If a story told of him be true.
The sirdar IS a tall. dark skinned man
who in disguise would easily pass for a
native. and his knowledge of the character
Of the tribes. and of their language. gives
him an advantage in dealing with the
people.
At one of his camps on the Nile. SO
runs the story. two Arab date sellers were
on a certain occasion arrested. being sus-
pected OF being spies. They were confined
In the guard tent. and were not left long
alone. for soon after their detention a third
Arab prisoner was unceremoniously bum
died into the tent.
Thereupon an animated jabhering began,
and was carried on for a few minutes.
The two prisoners were by no means reti-
cent in the presence of one of their own
race, who was. like themselves. a prisoner,
and. they let their tongues wag fast.
After a few minutes conversation the
sentry was surprised to see the latest ar
rival draw aside the door and step out.
"A right. sentry" he said. Il am going
to the general"
1t was Kitchener. and he had himself
investigated the case to see that Justice
was done.
A few minutes mere passed. and again
the door was opened. This time an orderly
appeared. He handed ID spade to each OF
the prisoners. and they were then marched
outside. made to dig their own graves. and
shot. They were. in truth. as had been
suspected. spies. and the general had con-
WINGED himself of the fact.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-11-27

is about the size OF Ohio. Salvador is $40
mics long and sixty miles in breadth.
conflicts. The old cities of Granada and
Leon warred for fifty years as to which
should be the capital OF the state. Leon.
which Is now partially in ruins. repre-
seEted the liberal party. aud Granada the
conservative. General William Walker. Il
NeW orleans editor. and Il distinguished
lie seized the supreme power, partly de-
stroyed the city OF Granada. and ruled
with Il nigh hand. The neighboring states
aided his enemies against him. and eX-
PEELED MIN from the country. He returned
10 TruXiilo. in 1879. where he WAS shot.
always been an aggressive state, and has
not. been behind her neighbors in wars
and revolutions. The capital. is San Sal
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-11-27
GIRL LAUGHED FOR 3 DAYS.
she Was Cured nv MysteriOusly Told
by WrathfuI Gypsy.
Woman.

a Boston paper says that a very remark
able case has been attracting the atten-
lion OF the people and p~uZZling country doc
tors In one of the new settlements on
the San Joaquin river. in Texas. a popu-
lar and very pretty young lady. while seat
ed In church. was suddenly seized with an
uncomfortable desire 10 laugh. though she
was well aware of the fact that she had
not seen or thought of anything calculated
10 originate such an emotion.
The young lady. whose name il Sallie
Hoilins, is fairly well educated, very
full OF life, and possessed of more than
ordinary intelligence. Later in the day.
when she had laughed herself sick. her
father concluded TO send for a doctor.
WheH the physician arrived he was evil
IDENTITY very much puzzled. and frankly
ADMITTED that he had never witnessed q
similar case. He thought that his patient
was in some way the victim of a band OF
wandering Sypsies nat had recently been
camped in the neighborhcod. and he con-
Guided that these tiends had POSSIBLY
drusSed her with hasheesh. Miss Sallie
was questioned on the subject. but she de-
ciared that her knowledge of the gypsies
was limited to 4 short visit. which she
made to their camp in company with a
Few Of her friends. and she insisted that
she did not. eat or drink anything offered
to her by these strange people.
1t was now remembered tina when the
young people visited the camD of nomads
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-11-27
Youthful Year. in New York.

Julia Ward Howe, in the December Atlantic.
The early years of my youth were passed
ir the seclusion not only of home life, but
of a home most carefully and jealousy
guarded from all that might be represents
ative in the orthodox trinity of evil, the
world. the flesh. and the devil. My father
had become deeply imbued with the reli-
gious ideas of the time. He dreaded for
his children the dissipations of fashionable
society. and wen the risks of general in
tercouTse with the ~unsanctified many. He
early embraced the cause of temperance,
and became president of the first temper
ance society formed in this country. As Il
result of this. wine was excluded from his
table. This gave me no trouble. but my
brothers felt the privation. especially the
eldest. who had passed some years in Eu-
rope. where the use of wine was, as it still
is. universal. was walking with my ia
Their one evening when We met my two
younger brothers. each with a cigar in his
mouth. My father was much roubled at
seeing this. and said. Boys. you must give
this up. and l will give il up. too. From
this time I forbid you to smoke. and I viii
join You in relinquishins the habit" I am
afraid that this sacrifice on my fathers
part did not have the desired effect. but
am quite certain that he never witnessed
tie infringement of his command.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-11-27
CHINA's GREAT ACTOR
NOW PLAYING At CHINESE THE
ATER IN NEW YORK.
A Night mt the Playhouse Reveals
n Fine Artist Who Is Hnrassed
by Century Old Ira
ditiOns.
From the New Ynrk Herald.

From the New York Herald.
1t may surprise the unlearned to know
that the greatest actor in the world is
now making his first American tour. and.
furthermore, that he is playing In New
York. You may perhaps not agree with
me in the statement that he is the greatest
actor in the world, nor shall l quarrel witt
YOU If you don't. ] take the word of LUX
Ling for it, ana LUX Ling is a man of
much knowledge of the drama.
If you wish to see for yourself go down
10 the Choy Ting Quoy. in Doyers street.
some night and sit in judgment upon the
merits OF Fon Chong Mai. You may not
a the same view of il as LUX Ling, for
tie H. q manager. and managers. you know,
sometimes look at art through gold rim
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-11-27
Preferred n Solo.

A gushing. sentimental girl and her mat
ter-of-fact aun sat on II green hillside. the
aunt endeavoring to enjoy nature. while
her niece discoursed of things far and near
AT last she spoke of the beauties of the
landscape ut a great length. Il love to
listen to the music OF that brook as il
babble on and on she said. unwisely.
yes" said the aunt. Selling her first
opportunity. the babbling of a brock is
a pleasant sound. my dear. think |
prefer it as a solo. however. rather than
with another part. I don't care SO much
for a ba abiding duet"
Then for a few delightful moments there
was silence on the green hillside.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-11-27
The Last Day. Of Carlyle.
Thomas Carlisle. in the December Atlantic.

Thomas Carl, lie, in the December Atlantic.
He generally spends his mornings till
abcut half past 2 O'Clock between lying on
the sofa. reading in his easy chair. and
. he goes ont 10 drive for two or two and
a half hours: sleeps on the sofa till dinner
time (half past 81. then after dinner sleeps
talks. or lies on the sofa till bedtime.
which is usually about midnight. and 80
ends the day. He looks very we'll in the
race has a fine. fresh. rudy complexion,
his voice Is clear and strong. he sees and
hears quite well; but Tor the rest. az
have said; ne Is not good at moving about.
and contented. and on the whole carries
his eighty-four years we'll. He desires me
to send you his kind love. and his good
body at all. l do not think he has writ
ter; a letter, even dictated one, for over q
year.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-11-27
Rich I'm Information.

From Tid-BIts-
Stranger-"Beg pardon. sir. but you have
1t In your power to do me a great favor,
and one that I will gladly repay
Bankrupt tsadlyD-"1? 1 am afraid you
have made a mistake. 7 am of no use to-
anybody. | have just failed for 10000. with
no assets"
so I heard"
You know it. and yet you say / can ID
of service to you?' L
Yes. sir. i beg you will not refuse
But what can Il miserable bankrupt
like me do for %anyone2" =.
II want you to tell me, sir. how you got
so much credit"
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-11-27
A Jewish Trilby.
From Harper's Magazine.

rTufH Hafpefs Magazine.
An interesting example of the influence
OF the life about them is in the play of
Triiby. The plot is from the American
play. and many passages are almost iden-
teal. The local color and character, how
ever, have suffered as complete a ~transia-
ton into Yiddish terms as the language.
Tril6y's name easily becomes lilly. Taffy
Is Herr Gottlieb. and Little Billee is Herr
Werner. Svengali is Herr Hartmann. and
the racial distinction of which Du Maur-
Ter made so much Is perforce ignored. The
characters seems all to belong to one fam
lily. and Svengali is Little Billee's uncle.
Yet the permaneuce of stage tradition
crops out in his nose. Not content with
what nature had lavished on him, he built
it a story or two higher on the bridge.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-11-27
A FAMOUS POETS SISTER.
Her House In the Shrine o
Heine's Countless Adj
mirecA.

A few weeks ago Charlotte Embden, a
quiet old lady, celebrated her 9Sth birthday
anniversary in Hamburg. She became IA
nous through her brother. the German
poet. Henry Heine. She is still in full pos
session of her mental and physical facIl-
ties, and a chat with her is most interest
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-11-27

Now since Dawson's Incorporation is a
known quantity, the maddening race for
office Is on in all its fury. Caucusses are
being held by the selected few to learn the
strength of the proposed candidates and to
gauge their running qualities.
II ali was told 1t would reveal a story
of burning ambitions. And since a few Of
the FL Dorado kings nave expressed a de-
termination to get INTO the fight it has
changed the complexion of affairs In sew
eral quarters. Besides the well known
residents: there are others who are lying
low, ready to spring up when the time il
ripe Tor making a good start. The candi-
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-11-27
THE NEW GIBSON GIRL.
She Is Jobynn Rowland, Who Went
to New York From Denve
n Month Ago.

The New York World has this to say of
Mr.. Gibson's new model: Miss Jobyna How
land. who. like Lochinvar, came out of the
West. has conquered New York's studios
with her statuesque loveliness. She is. tall.
divinely fair. and combines the graces of
the Du Maurier. Wenzel and Gibson girls
in one.
Less than a month ago she stepped from
a Denver express to Gotham f1agstone.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-11-27
4 Master of Pantomimc.

Fon Chong Mai is undeniably an accom-
plished actor. His art is the most difficult
art OF the mime. the art of creating an illu-
sion without the aid of stage environments
His pantomlne was superb. His impersona-
tion of the false wife moved the audience
deeply. His portrayal OF the varying moods
even TO one VIII had no idea OF what il
WAS ali about. conveyed a feeling that here
was primitive art.
Fancy an Irving or n Mansfield attempt
ing 10 create an illusion on a perfectly bare
stage. with no calciums, and a maddening
orchestra sarawled at the back. punctuat-
ing each sentence with the wall of weird
string Instruments or the deafening clash OF
great cymbals.
Could any English speaking actor interest
his audience in a play when q placard,
stuck up at the side of the stage. announces
that ten years have flown without even the
dropping of a curtain? Think Won that
by walking twice around the stage any
actor of your knowledge could create the
impression that he had gone on a two days
Journey?
was fortunate in seeing both the at
tcmpts at suicide. The first time the un-
happy woman personated by Fon ChonC
Mai attempted 10 drown herself In the
well. Although IL looked like a SOAP box
covered with a silken scarf. YOU knew it
was a well. for the old gardener with a
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-11-27

dates for the council have not expressed
themselves. as the selection for mayor ID
at present the all absorbing topic. As for
the dark horses. they are ever an annoy
Ing factor In the making up of states.
In a few days several candidates will an
nounce themselves for the mayoralty and
then the canvass will be on.
The bees have increased in the hive of
human possibilities. They have gathered
in swarms about TIE heads of several OF
arises. to whom shall the titls OF dark
horse descend, and upon whom shall the
queen bee aiiSht as her selection for fays
ortte suitor7 =.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-11-27

horses tail for a beard had just drawn a
bucketful of water from it after mucn eff
fort.
Fon Chung Mai jumped recklessly into
the well. but was rescued by the faithful
old servant to accompaniment OF an out
burst from the orchestra. This was 4
most thrilling moment. | have more than
once sat in the top gallery of a Boyery
theater. during the course of some thrill
ing Western melodrama, in the old lays
before the gods had assumed the blase air
of the habitual theatergoer, but never
have ! seen such intensity of interest as
was pictured on the faces of that throng
of Cinnamon.
Some had even mounted the very stage
itself and stood grouped on the outer edges
at either side, without n rebuke from either
management or players.