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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-01-29
Betrayed.
(Spare MomentS.l

a clergyman one day visiting an old
parishioner, inquired of her if she regu-
larly read her Bible, to which the old
lady replied in the affirmative.
Soon after. as the minister was about
to depart, he suggested reading the
evening chapter, to which he would add
his blessing. After a little delay the
Bible was presented to the minister,
who looked at it's dusty covers with
establishment; but the old lady, muir
muring something about dusty morn
ing" wiped the book with the end of
her apron.
The minister taking the book up. it
fell open where a pair of spectacles
had been left in it. The old lady sud-
denly perceiving the specs, started up
and cried:
BLESS me, there is my specs which
lost a year ago.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-01-29
49,
Babies In the Theatre.
Chicago Chronicle.)


Il like babies well neuogh,' said a
manager the other day, but they
! should never be brought to the theatre.
! What can an infant of one tender year
/ understand about the dialogue, situa-
! tons and motif of a play2 Positively
nothing. They do not do themselves
: any good and they create havoc among
the feelings Of a whole lot of other peO-
pie. Now, take it here at my theatre,
for instance. One of the cutest speci-
mems of babyhOOd 1 ever saw in my
life came in the other night. accOmpan-
led by its fond papa and mamma. 1t
was a little blonde and looked like a
girl. but the way that kid acted COIL
WINGED me il must have been Of the
other sex, or it would never have been
so unladyiike- You know, we played
Friends last week, and during the first
act. 1 suppose, the lights and the ex-
element Of the occasion kept baby in
good humor. 1t laughed and crowed
and pleased everybody in the vicinity
and convinced them that babies Were
about the sweetest things ever. In the
second act it began TO set a little rest
less, but the mother had bought a lot of
chocolate creams, and whenever baby
commenced to whimper she showed one
of the creams into its diminutiVe mouth
and so kept it still during act > Then
q comedy jUggler came on and that
seemed 10 amuse baby. During the
third act. ahl that's when the trouble
began. You know, one Of the charac-
tiers in the piece has a sort of delirium
tremens scene, and the baby set up a
cry that sounded like the wall of Il
lost soul. Its grandfather must have
been q drunkard. Everybody looked
around. and the slnothered profanity
and the whitening looks that were
thrown in that direction were strong
enough to scare a Chinese giant, but
that didn't affect that kid. so the father
gathered it up and came down in the
lobby with it. There we iollied it up.
1t got to smiling and growing, and we
concluded that he or she was the real
thing after all. and he or she went back
for the fourth act. The climax of this
act is where the villain shoots the lead
ing juvenile man, and when the baby
heard that shot it gave a series of
whOops. yells and bowls that would
lend credit to one of Buffalo BiH's
COmanches. OF course. the only thing
to do was to let it look at the lobby
again, and jolly it along until the cur
tain fell.
''Oh. yes babies are all right, but af-
ter o'clock they want to be home in
bed, which is not only good for them,
but is beneficial TO whole lot Of peo-
pie, including yours truly"
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-01-29
APPROACHING The END.

When NJ de Freycinet. the French
minister of war, released Major Ester
hay from MS oath of professional Sc
crecy that he might testify before the
court of cessation in TIRE Dreyfus in
vestigation, it was a favorable symp-
tom in the French crisis.
It is always important to see that
Justice is done even TO the humblest
individual. No government can afford
10 encourage the persecution Of a citi-
zen 10 shield on institution or to per
nit the degradation Of one official to
draw attention from the crimes Of
others. That is not the way to cure
corruption or TO promote loyalty in
the army. There are broader and
deeper issues which have long since
transcribed the private fortunes of
Dreyfus Whether he is declared in
nocent or guilty is vital chiefly to
small group of kinsmen, friends and
very ardent supporters en- the personal
side
The great body of French people.
while their perceptions are awakening
to the injustice and unfairness of
courtsmartial. are keenly alive to the
larger questions ike the honor Of the
army, the prestige of authority and the
continuance Of the present regime into
which the Dreyfus affair has ex-
panded.
This does not arise so much from in
difference to his personal fate, although
as Jew and a suspect in the eyes OF
a people moved more by imRulse than
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-01-29
An Enforced Retirement.
washington POST


Ex-senator Joe Blackburn of Ken
| lucky entertained a jolly party Of we'll
known gentlemen yesterday at Cham
berlin's with an amusing description of
the only occasion upon which General
Basil w. Duke of Louisville, the ia
nous confederate general, ever took
orders from a negro. The general was
in the party of listeners and enioyed
Mr. Blackburn's version of the story.
From his boyhood days General Duke
had been giving orders to negroes, but
recently a big black one came to see
him and reversed things. The general
was asleep and comfortable in his bed
at his old Kentucky home, and a noise
in the room awakened him. He got up
and slipped on his trousers, struck a
light, and out from behind a piece of
large furniture sprang a desperate
looking negro robber
He ordered the general, at the point
of revolver, to disrobe and retire
He did So and then the robber ordered
him to tell him where he could find,
with the least trouble. his valuables.
This was all duly explained, and the
general further gave a detailed ac-
count of what he had in his clothes
and about his room. In short. he and
the rcbber carried on half an hours
conversation. The negro secured some
thing over $50 in gold and a gold watch,
turned out the light and left All dur
ing the robbery he had his revolver
pointing toward the general 1t was
not very funny at the time, yet it ap-
peared so to Mr.. Blackburn when he
read it in the papers, and when he
heard it yesterday the general also saw
the humorous side of the thing.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-01-29

The election of W. a. Clark by the
Montana legislature yesterday was
something Of a vindication after the
sensational charges made by State Sen
ator Whitesides. Not only was the SEN
ator from Flathead relegated to the
quiet walks of unofficial life by his leg
islative colleagues, but the man on
whom he tried to throw suspicion was
elected to the United States senate.
Men have been known to approach
candidates in other states, to intimate
that they were poor but deserving. to
name their figure and even suggest a
plan Of settlement, who. upon finding
their overtures unheeded, have threat
ened to make an affidavit to the effect
that they were approached anyhow.
For the man who soiicits a bride is
only step distant from blackmail The
election of Clark is not only a rebuke
to such methods, but recognition of
the extensive business interests of the
state.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-01-29
MAJORITY OF THOSE PRESENT.

An inquiry has been sent to The
Herald by members of the legislature
as to whether a majority of all the
members, or merely a majority of
those present at the Joint session, is
necessary TO an election in balloting
for a United States senator.
The federal statutes are very plain,
and yet the matter has been taken
into the supreme court of the United
Ststes for Interpretation.
4 majority Of the members present,
providing there is d quorum at the
joint session, win elect.
When the first ballot is taken in the
separate houses, the law provides that
each house shall openly, by a viva
voce vote of each member present"
declare its choice. and if it appears
that a candidate has received "a ma
jority of votes cast IN each house." he
is to be declared elected at the assem-
bling of the joint session next day. If he
fail of election. then the joint assem-
bly, shall proceed to choose, by a viva
voce vote Of each member present"
senator.
The law provides further that a bare
majority of the members elected to
both houses may asseble and ballot.
and that the person receiving the ma
jority of all the votes cast shall be de-
clared duly elected.
As applied to the Utah legislature,
a plain construction of the statute
makes it possible for thirty-t,yo menl-
bers of the joint assembly TO meet at
the regular time and place, and in the
usual way, while seventeen members
may choose a senator.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-01-29

by fairness, he receives comparatively
small consideration, as it does from
the French Characteristic which exalts
the principle Of authority and the pres
tige of the state and army. There is
a tendency to confound the army with
the state in France. The result, what
ever it may be, is dreaded by thinking
Frenchmen.
! A confirmation of the sentence would
certainly furnish revolutionists fuel to
J cast upon the already cracking flames
! of suspicion. On the other hand, a
! decision in favor of Dreyfus or a fool
ish return to France thereafter may
! provoke tumults in the streets Of Paris
and of the larger provincial towns;
/ although personally he Will be only a
spark to kindle into flame larger con-
tentions that have been long glowing.
1t is predicted that the court of cas-
sation is likely to complete the investi-
cation and render its judgment about
the middle OF February. In all prob
ability the private examination of wit
nesses will be concluded by the mid
die of the present week. At the time
of the excitement occasioned by the
resignation of NJ. Quesnay de Baure-
paire from the civil side of the court
and the charges of bias that he made
against the judges Of the criminal
chamber, it seemed that the inquiry
might be shifted to all the magistrates
of the court sitting as one body, and
thus practically begin anew. The more,
however, NJ. de Baurepaire has sought
to amplify and to enforce his charges,
the weaker they have become, even in
the eyes Of those at first disposed TO
make much of them.
His friends claim that Baurepaire is
crazy. To this fact they attribute the
ment against him. If he is mad his con-
duct is not unlike that of other promi-
nent Frenchmen during the Dreyfus re-
hearing. Five successive ministers of
war have pronounced the victim of the
military conspiracy guilty.
MERCER, BiIlot, Cavaignac, Zurlinden
and Chanoine have sworn that Dreyfus
was a traitor. In trying to explain
their position and give the reasons for /
their belief each in his turn became
hysterical as Baurepaire.
French justice is unlike that of other
civilized nations. It is made up very
largely of superstition and faith The
code is tradition. the trial is ceremony. /
the judges are inquisitors whose minds /
are already made up, and the prisoner /
is generally a victim. If he escape the
court he is set upon by the mob whose !
fury the judges often are compelled to /
dodge.
There is trouble brewing in France !
however the Dreyfus matter may be I
decided.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-01-29
Error In Bible.

A good story Illustrating the difficulty
of printing TRANSACTIONS of the Bible is
told. In a distant island. copies Of the
New Testament had for the first time
been placed in the hands of the natives,
who were diligently studying them. One
day the missionary, in his private read
ing, discovered that the passage, 1T Is
required of ministers that they be
found faithful" had been rendered in
the vernacular: at is required of min
listers that they be faithfully hanged. ="
An sc" for an "a" in the rendering Of
the local word for found" had made all
the difference. The error was. happily
corrected before any effort had been
made to reduce this precept to practice.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-01-29
HARDLY A DEADLOCK.

The senatorial deadlock remains IN
broken. For two days there has been
little change in the balloting. But the
battle lines are differently drawn from
what they wcte in the beginning. Sen
ator Cannon holds his own, and the
Republicans pursue the even tenor Of
their way unless the programme is
varied a little by Mr.. Law
on the first ballot for the senator
ship King received Is votes McCune
II, Powers s, Nebeker !, Cannon Z, and
the Republicans cast Is. At the end of
the first week King had y votes, Nc
Cune q, Powers 6, Cannon and the
straight Republican candidate IS as
usual. When the second week closed
the Powers vote was in the King col
umn, and the ballot stood as follows:
King Il, McCune %, with no change in
the Cannon or straight Republican
camps.
People wonder when the deadlock
VIII be broken. It may come tomor-
row or next day. It viii hardly last
much longer. There are no chasms too
wide TO cross, no fractional differences
to heal, Notwithstanding the efforts Of
political opponents TO create them.
Between the Democratic members it
is largely a matter OF personal prefer
ence, anyhow. It lies within their power
TO elect a senator any day. Non
official adherents may vow TO support
d Republican provided his particular
favorite fails of-election. But the Dem |
ocratic members do not feel that way
about il. While they feel ike discharg- |
ing their personal obligations they do |
not lose sight Of their further obliga- (
tons to the party and the state.
Therefore the situation is not properly |
described as a deadlock In all prob 1
ability a choice VIII be made before /
"Wednesday at farthest.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-01-29
SMALLPOX SUSPECT WAITED.
Didn't Mind Hanging Round, As
the Office Was Comfortable.
(San Francisco Argus)

NOdH IdHClStJ <AI5 uS.J
Mr.. T., a business man, rents desk
room in his Office to Mr.. B.. whence
the following story:
rs Mr.. 3. in?" asked a caller.
No replied Mr.. T., thinking he
recognized an unwelcome caller.
Wei, I'll wait for him." replied the
caller, sitting down. At o'clock he
was still waiting. At $50, still wait
ing. A few minutes before Mr.. T..
closed his desk for the day, and pre-
pared to go home. The caller VEN
tured TO ask if Mr.. 3. was likely TO re-
turn to his office that day.
Mr.. T. answered: mo; he is in
Sacramento, and will be back next
Tuesday morning"
The caller showed no anger. On the
contrary. he smiled.
Don't apologize" he said, my
business was not important and your
office has proved a pleasant lounging
place. Fact is" he blandIy added. 7
suppose I'm coming down. with the
smallpox and the doctor told me 1
must stay indoors and keep warm
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-01-29

bers were not in possession of sufli-
eient knowledge of the facts upon
which to base their action. a worthy
example for other state legislatures to
follow. Several have passed protests
with far less information than Idaho
legislators have on the matter.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-01-29
THE UTAH CUCKOO.
To the Editor Of The Herald:


"Oh, but we have no cuckoo in
America, say some of our English
friends. Let us see. The Utah cuckoo
may not be so beautiful a bird as the
one across the pond-may not be able
TO move about so gracefully-but it is
the cuckoo, nevertheless. There is
nothing small about the Utah Journal
istic cuckoo if the cuts that one sees
in the paper are true TO life. Our
cuckoo assumes the grave responsible
ity of visiting the different nests where
it suppOses that senatorial eggs are
Matching. 1t is now making its second
biennial attempt at kicking out the
Democratic eggs, and inserting in lieu
thereof some other. 1t matters not
what plumes it may wear, this delicate
bird assumes and arrogates to itself
the all-important task of saying TO
the Democratic legislature who shall
be elected to the exalted position of
senator. It feeds them with different
food, varying the diet as circumstances
may require. Two years ago it was
church influence; today it is a COM
bination-a barrel and church influ-
ence.
The question resolves itself into this:
Is the Democratic party capable of at
tending to its own business; or, had it
better continue to listen to the ad-
monitions of the astute politician who
runs the Rule or Ruin organ of the
Storm Fiend? A DEMOCRAT.
Salt Lake, Jan. %.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-01-29
METEOROLOGICAL REC
Yesterdays Observations at the Lo-
cal Weather Bureau Office.
SAT- Lake city, Utah, Jan. 2

SAT- Lake City, Utah, Jan. ..
Mean temperature, A degrees; departure
from normal, plus i degrees; maximum
temperature. 46 degrees; minimum tenn
perature. 81 degrees. Accumulated excess
Of temperature since LIST of month, l52 de-
Srees. Total precipitation Gnches and
hundredths), none; departure from nor
mai. minus % inch. Accumulated def
cheney of precipitation since Isl OF the
month. IS inch.
Following is the local forecast of the
weather for today: Cloudy. with local
snow, stationary temperature.
=. II. MURDOCH,
Section Director.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-01-29

Eagan is dismissed from the military
service of the United States, but the
for clemency. He bespoke the judg-
ment of the tribunal when he said
that either he or General Miles should
leave the army.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-01-29
BE- Stood Corrected.
ATLANTA Constitution

81 sentence the prisoner to be
lynched," said the rural justice.
But you can't do that, your honor. {"
objected the lawyer for the defense.
"Come to think of it," said the JUS
tice. you air right, fer my bailiff in
forms me they amt three yards O. rope
in foWni"
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-01-29

As there are 122 dialects spoken in
the Philippine archipelago, Aguinaldo's
government win be as hard to build as
the tower of Babel.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-01-29
Evidence.


Detroit Free Press)
Parke-I don't believe Castleto-s was
ever with one girl more than day at
time.
Lane-Why?
He said the other day he never met
woman he couldn't understand"
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-01-29

Germans are said to be a serious
people, yet, out of 100000 attempts at
suicide in Prussia, only 6,4s7 We're sue
cessfuI.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-01-29

A Chicago judge holds that the good
will of commission firm is not an
asset. 1t is often a liability.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-01-29

The Idaho legislature laid the Rob-
erts memorial to congress on the table,
for the stated reason that the men,
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1899-11-03

The three hundred and tenth thous-
and OF David Harum is now on press
and the vitality Of this phenomenal
book is shown by the fact that on one
day in the first week of October the Or.
dera amounted to over four Thousand
copies. It ls also Of interest to note one
significant fact regarding the sales which
ID that the actual records show aA in
ereaee. The average sale OF David Ha'
ruca for every business day in August
was thirteen hundred and elk copies,
while the average rate in September was
ffteen hundred and twenty one copies.
1t is Of course obvious that no book oil re-
cont years has approached the record al
ready made by David Harum and the
fature, judging from present sales. pro-
sn.ses eyen more remarkable results -
Ex.
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1899-11-03

There will be meeting of No. 3's at 5
O'Clock tonight at No. 2's hall. All
members are requested to be present
The Washington regiment were mus
tered out in San francisco today. Part
OF them will return home by etfamer
while the remainder will go through by
rail.
The Marion county delinquent tax list
which appears in the Salem Journal COW
ers % columns fatty set. In the list
appear tlis names Of several Albany
people, lawyer, painter, brewer, etc,
G. H. Foster, who has owned the re-
sort at Upper Soda springs for good
many years, has sold the property to Mr.
Bradley, and will take charge Of ranch
on Moose creek, on the eastern slope OF
the Cascades. - e. A.
In the recent term Of circuit court in
Crook county, Victor Davis, who shot
Joe Elliot few weeks ago, was indicted
by the grand jury for assault with dan.
gerous weopon. The ease was tried and
the jury brought in a verdict OF moi
guilty.
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1899-11-03

TIC. Daniels in Alameda Argue.l
A publisher Of Stockton writes us
courteous letter wanting to know II We
cannot write something about editors
and bewspaper-msFing for new publi-
cation soon to be launched-The Pacific
Editor. We hardly know what 10 say.
The editor we mean the real editor, not
tbe millionaire burnster) needs a cham
stop, but he needs an able one. He Ia
the most put-upon character there ie.
He paeses the mcst of his life amiably
working for others his vocation ie such
q singular one that recompense is often
overlooked. People think he should
fight their battles, gle them a cantes
.zwnd Lelp them out with their charitier
ust to "fill up or for the good of the
cause. The editor often sees unworth
aspiring to power and sometimes suffers
for daring to protest. he boosts ingrates
TO Office, who tumble bricks down on
him after they get to the top. He works
forever and ever for his community,
which often fees him in straits as be
works. He publishes columns for the
churches which piously boycott him il
he allows line to get in that they dis
approve Of. He is patient and long
suffering soul, and the good he does il
recorded in full only in heaven. Yo
hardly ever see a community that think
the local paper has done much for it yet
often the paper has done wonders and
qparyels. We know the editor well, and
almost without exception be is q very
worthy human being.
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1899-11-03
From the World.

rom the W oftus
Orders were given last week for no ! 81
than 3O2. 900 tons of steel Taile, the Penn
sylyania Railroad Company alone calling
for IO5, 900 tons.
This hsppens at . time when the price
of rails, already much higher than for
years past, has just been advanced BY
another So ton. II meansa still furth-
or extension Of our railroad system,
though that system already covers more
than ls7, 600 miles against all Europe's
16O, 900 miles. We built 2.2IS miIes OF
railway during 1898 and are building
more during the present year, with q
prospect ofstiIl further increasing the
mileage Of extensions for year to come,
in spite Of the really excessive price OF
ails and other materials.
Yet this is not "boom" extension. II
In no wag resembles the wildcat railroad
expansion that has several times brought
disaster to the country and bankruptcy
to railroads before they we're needed. Fol
the returns show that our railroads wsr'
never before so prosperous, and the ex'
bensions now in contemplation have beer
conservative planned to handle traffi'
that actually awaits them.
There is here another and a most grati-
flying proof Of the country'a extraordin-
ry prosperity.