The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-11-22
THE BISHOP OF BALLARAT
HE Is IN THE CITY AND A GUEST
AT A LEADING HOTEL.
Experience In Chicago Caused Him
to Fight Shy Of Reporters-on a
Journey Around the World.

A glance at the register of the Ken
yon last evening reminded one OF
Harry Corson Clarke, in What Hap
pened to Jones'" for there, in bold
chirography, was the signature, Most
Rev DR.. Moore, bishop of Ballarat
This is the genuine bishop, however
and with him are Thomas LaughIn,
who registers from Ireland; John Mea-
CHER of New South Wales, AustraIla,
and D. Condor of Ballarat. The frst
two are eminent gentlemen of standing
! in the community in which they live;
| the latter is the man who ATTENDS 10
all the details of the trip which they
! are making.
A reporter sent up his card last even
| ing. The bishop sent back word to
| call in the morning. The fact that a.
daily paper might want to say some
| thing concerning him while his appear
ance here was yet fresh, did not seem
to worry the great ecclesiastic at all.
1t being impossible to storm the blsh-
ops castle, or his room, in which he
| and his companions were eSconced, a
note was sent up, asking him, IN the
event he could not see his way clear
to grant a personal interview, to an
swer a few queries, which were there
with propounded. The bishop sent
back word that he could not grant the
favor
A BaIlarat reporter would doubtless
have gone back to the office with the
statement that the bishop would not
say anything, which would have been
literal fact.
But in this case, as the pubic wants
to know who the bishop is, where he
came from and where he is going, be it
known that he and his companions are
an their way around the globe; that
they have visited all the leading cities
of Europe and America, and will leave
FOR San Francisco from this place,
sailing for home again on the last OF
the month
The bishop is an elderly gentleman.
although a well-preserved one, and
this trip was made by him in the in
! terest of his health, which was begin
ming to show the effects of hard work.
The bishop is a hard worker, and this
journey, made in easy stages, has as
sisted him wonderfully in recuperating.
He expects to be a new man when he
returns to Ballarat.
The bishop does not like newspaper
| aotices-in fact, avoids them as much
as possible. He was written up while
the party was in Chicago, and he was
very much embarrassed thereat; so
much so that he decided to play shy
/ of reporters whenever he met them.
That was doubtless the reason why he
| denied himself to the newspaper call
ers last evening.
Ballarat, where the bishop halls
from, is in Victoria province, Austria
! liza; is a city of 24,197 people and the
center of a district populated by 46,O33
men, women and children. 1t is in one
of the richest gold districts of the is
| land noted, too, for the production of
the purest gold found. Some has been
known to run as high as 2315 karats,
| the pure quality being a.
1t is seventy-five miles northwest of
Melbourne and about thirty-fve from
the town of Geelong, both of which are
connected with it by rail. 1t is located
near a mountain range and is very
prettily situated, for an Australian
town.
The bishop and his friends will today
take in the sights of this intermoun-
tain metropolis, make some inquiries
concerning Mormonism. and will doubt
less leave for the coast this evening.
They came in yesterday on the be-
lated Union Pacific train.