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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-04-04
TROOPS TO THE FRONT.
An Exciting and Suggestive Episode
of the Year 1861.


p. T. Dickinson in San Francisco Chron-
Gle: Twenty days after the fall of Sumter,
in 1861. President Lincoln issued his sec
ond call for volunteers-that of 1000
three-year men (the first being for 5000;
90-day men, made April ID, lS6D, two days
after Sumter. The response from all over
the loyal states was more like the pass
age of the $50, 600 900 appropriation recently
in congress than anything recalled at
this time. The government was not pre-
pared TO maet the exigencies of the situa-
ton especially in the matter of trans
portation.
sylvania Railroad company, was made
assistant secretary of war and given the
direction of all matters relating 10 rail-
road transportation. order ana system
soon came out of confusion and troops
were moved with the regularity OF mail
trains in times of peace.
1t was during the confusion days, and
in answer to the call for 1000 three-year
whose name / have forgotten. reached
Corning, n. Y. en- route to Washington
with his regiment of nearly 1.1o0 men.
BY some miscalculatiol no way had
been prepared to forward these men TO
the front-beyond this point.
The colonel kept tho wires hot in ap-
peals for further transportation, He was
told that he could rot be moved for pos
sibly a week. He replied that he was not
in the field and how was he TO subsist his
men. The reply was equivalent 70 quien
sabe.
have been met save by an American
officer in command of Americans and on
American soil. He ordered his regiment
into line and called for volunteers for
special service: .'Ail experienced tele-
graph operators. particularly those famil-
lar with railroad work. step three PAGES
to the front The same order Tor rail-
brakemen switchmen and biacksmiths.'
To everybodys surprise, he had enough
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-04-04
TALES OF THE DAY.
How M. Blowitz Became the Famous
CORRESPONDENT of the Times.

When the late Laurence oliphant was
acting as Times correspondent in Paris
Frederic Marsh said to NJ. de Blowitz:
elephants colleague at Versailles, Mr..
Hardman. is obliged to leave for Eng
land. Oliphant is much put about. He
cannot be at Versailles and in Paris. and
he is looking for some one who could at
least do part of Hardman's work. Ny
daughter thinks it would amuse you, as
you see NJ. Theirs daily, and you COM
plain of having little to do She is
right said NJ dc Blowitz, ''she has the
second sight of soaring spirit. The pro-
posal not only pleases me, IL does me
immense service. for in this way / can
see NJ. Theirs without the unpleasant
duty of reminding him of his promises"
Marsh, Oliphant and Blowitz met.
1t was arranged. says the Newcastle
0England) Chronicle that Blowitz should
begin his duties the next day. Then. no.
ticing a certain hesitation in his man.
ner, OliDhant said: You seem to have
some hesitation about it. Is it the re-
Immigration you do not like to speak
abort2' Not at all" said Blowitz. 1T
is something more embarrassing. Before
beginning 1 should like to know some
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-04-04

The st. Louis Globe Democrat offers
this very sensible and seasonable ad-
vice: 1T is never prudent to treat any
adversary lightly. No enemy can be
safely moderated. The best plan in
considering the menaces of Spain is to
credit that country with all its possible
resources and add margin for some
unexpected reverse or unobserved
weakness in our defenses. Our scale
of preparation should be broad enough
and prompt enough to meet all contin-
gencies. and then at least our harbors
viii be secure. With an overwhelming
strength we should make the chances
in our favor overwhelming"
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-04-04
AN AFFAIR OF THE HEART.

There are few people in this world,
who have reached years of maturity,
who have not at some period of their
lives had an affair of the heart All
readers of Holmes will recall the case
of the lady in black bombazine. How
her young heart (the heart, if it be of
the right kind, never grows ODD flut-
tered and beat around in her aged body
every time she went to that secret
draweri Having been a creature of the
Autocrat's brain, there is no need to
waste sympathy on the lady any more
than there is to waste it on the little
gentleman with his big heart and
crooked little body.
. But a true story of an affair of the
heart comes from Kokomo, Ind, and
is told in a dispatch from that place
to the st. Louis Globe Democrat. 1t
runs thus: The visit to that city of
Bishop Charles w. Fowler, who pre-
sided over the North Indiana NJ. z.
conference, in annual session at Hart
ford City, brought out an interesting
story of an early love affair between
Bishop Fowler and the late Miss Fran
ces e Willard. Those having read
Miss Wizards memoirs will remember
an intimation that at one time in her
life her heart had its hero and that at
an early day she wore a ring and ''ac-
knowledged an allegiance based on a
supposition."
In their youth Bishop Fowler and
Miss Willard were students in the same
Methodist college, both being members
of the Methodist church. Between
them was a strong affinity. a friendship
that eventually ripened into a deep,
abiding love. The ring she speaks of
wearing as IAN allegiance based on a
supposition" was the gift of Bishop
Fowler Both had great strength of
character and were born leaders of
men and women. The similarity of
their temperaments was frequently
considered by the young people as a
barrier to matrimony, and il was final
ly agreed that it would be best for
both to choose separate paths in life.
The engagement was accordingly
broken.
Miss Willard chose to tread her path
through life alone; had she chosen
otherwise it is very doubtful if she
would have made for herself the great
name she did. But who can say that
the great love she poured out upon
her fellow men was not greater and
holier than any love she could have
poured out to any one man? And was
there a scar upon her heart as she
journeyed through life? Who can say?
When she died there was placed upon
her brow a crown of immortal glory.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-04-04
Wanted to Be Called.

Youths Companion: The Park avenue
trolley line in the city of Rochester is
crossed by three consecutive streets which
bear masculine surnames. An Irishman
with carpet bag entered one of the cars
the other day and sat down gingerly near
the door. Four or five other men COM
pleJed the list of passengers. The car
street.
James" shouted the conductor. A man
signaled him. the car stopped, and the
man alighted.-. A half minute afterward
the car neared another street.
William. announced the conductor.
Another man got out. The Irishman' 5
eyes grew visibly larger.
Alexander" shouted the conductor
The third man left the car.
When ii had started on the Irishman
arose. and approached the conductor
'Oi want to git out at Avnoo s" he
said. Me foorsht name is Michael"
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-04-04
Not On Schedule Time.

Atlanta Constitution: They were blast
Ing rocks near a river. and dynamite had
been placed in different localities.
Tha family of a colored fisherman was
curiously inspecting the work, though
they had been warned away on numerous
occasions.
was standing with her two children near
q barrel of dynamite. when suddenly
there was a terrific explosion and the
family went up with it,
The head of the family witnessed the
tragedy from a distance. The next morn
ing hs approached the mayor OF the
town. and said.
EFF you please. sab, I wants ter know
what cemetery lots is sellin fer in de
cullud buryin' groun'2'
Have you recovered the-the bodies?'
asked the mayor alphabetically.
I'm expectin' of EN- ter come down mos
any minute"
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-04-04
GIVE YoUsoUF A CHANCE.

There is not much sympathy for
Turks in this country, but there is a
great popular feeling in favor of giving
everybody a fair show. When it was
announced that Yousouf. the sultan's
chief wrestler, was coming to this coun-
try to meet ali corners, great eXpecta-
lions were aroused. He met Ernest
Roeber in New York, but there was no
match, Roeber having been awarded
the victory because he had been fouled.
Much has been said about how Roeber
was fouled, but now the terrible Turk
has come out, in the New York Jour
nal, in a card giving his version of the
case. He writes as follows:
To the Sporting Editor:
Do not judge me harshly for my
treatment of Roeber. l meant the man
no harm, and 1 am sorry that hurt
him. / am a stranger in a strange
land. My language is not that OF the
men who stood with me upon the plat
form. There was great talk, and many
spoke at once. Pierri, my second, ex-
planned .what the referee was saying.
/ understood him to order that we
should wrestle upon the mat. 1 was
there TO wreStle, not to run foot races.
Roeber would not measure strength
or skill. He kept sprinting around in
circle. outside the mat. When l reached
for him he was near the edge of the
platform and sprang back. 1 touched
him, truly, hut ii was his own move
ment rather than contact with my
hands that sent him over.
do not need to foul any man to win.
I have never been defeated. nor do
believe the man lives who can van
quish me. 1t was my first match in
America Would I not be a great fool
10 throw away certain victory? Now,
this is what I say. 1 viii prove my
words. If Roeber will face me again
I will yield to his every condition,
within the rules, and the winner shall
take all. But there must be ropes
around the platform, so that Roeber
cannot jump off to avoid me. They
tell me Americans boast of love of fair
play. Give me, then, fair play, al
though I am but a Turk. and let me
show your people whether 1 am a
wrestler or a vain boaster.
YoUsOUF.
Yousouf talks like a man in this card,
and the terms ne offers are all that
any man could ask. What excuse can
Roeber have for refusing to meet the
Turk? a wrestling match, above all
others, should not partake of the ma
ture of a foot race. There are times
and places for foot races as we'll as
other sports. Is Roeber afraid of YOU
souf? 1t looks somewhat that way TO
one at this distance. A champion
should hold the Championship on his
merits, and not on technicalities; and
if he has the true instincts OF a gen.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-04-04

viii be surprised when tell you that
my first appearance in New York was
in the year 1879 years ago. 1t was
a benefit. A combat had been arranged
between the beneficiary and myself.
My opponent, aged 9, was attired in
the makeup of an American sailor.
while with humiliation do 1 ac-
knowledge twas a Spanish pirate. 1
just mention it privately. but fear
that l am the innocent cause of the
present little trouble between this
country and SPAIN"
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-04-04

uine athlete he will only care to hold
it on such terms.
Yousouf has made manly appeal
for match with Roeber and if Roe
Der does not respond in manly man.
ner. the public win be very apt TO
think it is simply because he is afraid
of being defeated. Give Yousouf a
chance.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-04-04

The New York Times is not greatly
attached to the doctrine implied in
Jeffersons famous phrase: Peace
with all nations; entangling alliances
with none.'' 1t doubts very much if
Jefferson himself would adhere to it as
closely today as Go the people gener-
ally. It sums up it's position in these
words:
"A national policy necessary in the
early part of the century may become
obsolete, even anachronistic, at the
close of the century. It does not follow
that because we are a great and pow
erful nation our greatness and power
should incite us to alliances with other
nations. Nevertheless, these mighty
attributes of free people do impose
obligations that did not exist in their
days of feebleness. Jefferson's dictum
of 1909 is not to be accepted as final
forever in the foreign and domestic
policy of the United States, allowing
to his phrase all that literalists may
claim for il. When favorable circum-
stances-circumstance not of our own
creation-indicate the wisdom of an in
ternational agreement in any quarter,
it would be infantile and foolish blind
ness to cling to a dogma that has long
since lost its significance, an axiom
which is no more appropriate to our
present condition than Benjamin
Franklin's little ledger would be in the
complicated bookkeeping of the postal
service of 1885, The vast, powerful,
many-sided and resourceful republic
owes something to humanity besides
the security offered in its own splendid
isolation"
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-04-04

The Chemical National bank of New
York announces that if its employees
attached to the national guard should
be called out for active service, the
bank will not only hold their places
open for them. but will pay them their
full salaries while under arms. That
is the genuine patriotism, AID is wor-
thy of emulation by every commercial
institution in the country.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-04-04

without any s50.OOO,OOo appropria-
ton Iconoclast Brann yesterday did
more execution than the whole admin
istration. Why not turn him loose on
Spain?" says the Denver News. Icon
oclast Brann did execution, it is true,
and he was also executed.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-04-04

Judge Judd isn't sitting on the wool
sack. but the manner in which he
sticks to the district attorneys chair
indicates that there are sheepskin and
beeswax in it. And the more you
try to pull him out, he only sticks the
faster
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-04-04

Henry NJ. Stanley has nothing but
words OF disparagement for Paul Kru-
ger. The trouble with Stanley is that
he thinks his name alone is entitled to
be linked with that of Africa.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-04-04

Sustain the president! Sustain the
PRESIDENT cry many papers. Ger
tainly. That is what the country pays
him that $4,000 a year for.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-04-04
STOCKS AND INVESTMENTS.

Utah Bank and Commercial Stocks, and
other High Grade investment securities
bought and sold.
Loans on Stocks.
Dividend-paying stocks bought and sold
Investment orders from institutions,
trustees of estates and capitalists viii 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, 1898-04-04

And surprising Spain should consent
to grant Cuba independence, is there
TO be no demand for satisfaction for
the blowing up of the Maine?
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-04-04

Winter continues to linger in the lap
of spring, and gives no signs of getting
out Of the lap.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-04-04

Real estate in Salt Lake is not only
down but in soak.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-04-04

The proposal that was rejected by
Spain is the enc that this country Will
use as the rock upon which it will build
it's Cuban policy.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-04-04

SO Spain IS going to come out as the
champion OF Europe against the United
States. This IS the most quixotic po-
sltion she has yet taken.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-04-04

1t is no use for the government to
wait for the clouds to roll by. The
longer it waits the heavier and blacker
the clouds become.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-04-04

Will Uncle Sam order those who have
squatted on the gilsonite lands to come
off the perch?
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-04-04

During The recent earthquake in Cali
fornia the tallest building in San
Francisco had a close Call.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-04-04

Any sign of INSTRUMENTATION on the
part of the Republicans in the house
IS a revolving sight TO Speaker Reed.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-04-04

Zola has been set free. His incar-
ceration was hardly long enough to
serve for a good ad.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-04-04

Eight million dollars for pension de-
ficiency! The growth of the pension
list is coextensive with that of the
country
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-04-04

A dinner was given Joe Jefferson the
other day by some of his friends. Dur
ing a brief speech he gave an account
of the cause of this country's trouble
with Spain. He said: Many OF You
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-04-04

VIII it be today or tomorrow? Let
it be today, for "tomorrow's falser
than the former day"
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-04-04

Mr.. Cleveland's reply to the New
York Journal shows that he still re-
tains the power of saying mo-"
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-04-04

''Shan Chicago be free?" asks a Chi
cago paper. We have always under
stood that its sole ambition was to be
big
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-04-04

If war comes the red badge of car
mage will be the Red Cross of Geneva.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-04-04

Spain is perfectly willing to accept
American charity for Cuba, but She
wants no American ideas in the island.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-04-04

If the president persists in treating
the Maine disaster as an incident he
will be called his accidency.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-04-04

Today Spain will probably hear
something drop with d dull, sullen
thud.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-04-04

Does Lilioukalani sympathize with
Spain or Cuba?
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-04-04

All was quiet along the Potomac yes
terday. There was not even cabinet
meeting.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-04-04

More people have volunteered to
raise regiment than to fill a regi-
ment.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-04-04

The Maine was not hoist with its
own petard. Il was hoist with Spain's
petard.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-04-04

a slight blaze in the bank of Wells
Fargo indicates that that great house
has money to burn.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-04-04

The queen regent to Cuba-This
parting gives me (S)pain.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-04-04

Patriotism and humanity. as well as
charity, begin at home.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-04-04
COMMENTS BY THE PRESS.

San Francisco Chronicle: 1t is not
probable, as the jingoes report. that ex-
president Harrison Is al odds with Presi-
dent McKinley's Cuban policy. The man
ner in which the trouble with Chile, con-
secuent upon the murder of the Balti-
more's sailors, was adjusted during Har-
rison's administration shows that there
is nothing of the untamed lingo in his
makeup. But the reputable public leader
IS in luck these days when his name is not
misused by the yellow press TO justify its
own delirious posturings
New York Evening Post: Here is obvi-
ously the sticking-point for Spain. If she
admits our right to relieve the wretched
Cubans, she must give us guarantees that
our relief work Will not have all TO be
done over again at the end of another
year. A six months armistice would be
absurd. Not only would IL leave the
whole question still unsettled, with all of
the long-drawn suspense which that
would mean for the harried business in
very much like our kindly stepping in to
give Spain chance to recuperate and
then press the war on more cruelty than
ever. No; the arms must stand still not
merely for six months. but altogether.
Pittsburg Dispatch: The body of
Friend ". Jenkins. as il was borne
through the streets to its last resting
place yesterday, represented. more sig
nally than anything else living or dead
could represent at this time, a great idea
Ihat idea is that the navy of the United
States. as the power of the nation for
foreign service stands for the defense and
championship of American liberty and
American humanity,
Louisville Courier Journal: Figaro
thinks it impossible that the United
States will defy European opinion and
make war upon such a basis" Well. we
have defied European opinion before and
are still alive and healthy.
Baltimore American: Various cities and
towns in the United States now want
warships named after them. 1t is sug-
gested that those desiring this honor can
easily obtain 1t by building and giving to
the government a vessel to bear the civic
donors name. But cities, like individuals
are apt to draw the line at such expensive
honors, and even civic pride can hardly
be depended on to supply navy at such
a generous rate.
New York Evening Sun: It is said that
Prince Bismarck now smokes ten or -
pipes daily with gusto. If we knew how
many stems of beer he drank we might
come to some valuable conclusion as 10
the real Improvement that has taken
place in his health
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-04-04

Russia has leased Port Arthur, but
she viii never release it.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-04-04

SPANS torpedo boats are coming.
They should never be allowed to re-
turn.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-04-04

Sagasta's excuse for not acting is
that he hasn't the cortes on his hands.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-04-04

The Maine question is still the main
question, and not a secondary one.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-04-04
Catarrh is =. Disease

Which requires constitutional rem
edy. 1t cannot be cured by local ap-
plications. Hoods Sarsaparilia is
wonderfully successful in curing
catarrh because it eradicates from the
blood the scrofulous taints which cause
II. Sufferers with catarrh find a cure
in Hoods Sarsaparilla, even after other
remedies utterly fail
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-04-04
STATE PRESS COMMENT.

Richheld Censor: There is little doubt
Of the Democratic partys controlling the
next state legislature. Ii is TO be hoped
THAI II will then heave to and not let its
best measure-the income tax-fall TO the
ground.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-04-04

Washington Star: There's one good
thing about being a pugilist, anyhow" re-
marked the sporting man who had been
reading reports of all the challenges is
sued by deVotees of the prize ring.
What is that?"
IT'S about the only business going that
never seems to suffer from lack OF con-
fidence."
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-04-04

Richmond Dispatch: AS they were
speeding along in a railroad train. one
young man was overhead to say to an
other: We'll. as TO my future career. I
feel no such indecision as you express: 1
feel Il in my bones that destiny has de-
signed that ! should be an actor
Just then there was head-On collision
and the two young were thrown from
the car into a lumber yard. Disengagfng
himself from a hemlock splinter on which
he had been impinged. the spokesman
continued:
Il told you that nature intended that I
should take to the boardsr'