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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-11-16
Plunged Down Shaft.

! 1t all happened so suddenly that the
unfortunate victim was falling head
J long down the shaft before the other
men could render any assistance or stop
the upward flight of the cage. Imme-
| diately after the cage had reached the
surface number of men were lowered,
and in the sump, a distance of more
than 1,4OO feet from the top of the
shaft, a horrible sight was witnessed
Scattered all over the bottom of the
shaft were the crushed and mutilated
remains of the hapless miner. The
fragments of the body were gathered
up and put on a sheet, while other por-
tons were placed in a box and con-
veyed down town. The body, accom-
panied by nine fellow miners, reached
thee camp here at noon. and was taken
to Richards undertaking shop.
Inquiry By Coroner.
Acting Coroner Ferd Stevens sum-
moned a number of the men who had
been on the cage when the accident oc-
CURED for the purpose of making in
quiry into the cause of it. None of
them could tell how it happened or
what caused it, but the suppoSition is
that the deceased had been working in
bad air and became faint from the eff
fects just as the cage was nearing the
surface, and fell off without warning.
Until last May he had been working
at Butte. Michael Harrington, a
brother-in-law of the deceased. is one
of the shift bosses at the DAILY West
Work was suspended in the mine hor
the rest of the day. AS no blame could
be attached to anyone an inquest was
deemed unnecessary. No funeral ar
rangements have yet been made.
General Manager John ]. DAILY was
seen in reference to the Mccarthy acci-
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-11-16
SILVER AND LEAD

Silver, $3.50 per ounce.
Lead, $40 per 1OG pounds
Copper, 1890 per pound.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-11-16
Inquiry By Coroner.

General Manager John ]. DAILY wa
seen in reference to the Mccarthy acci
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1899-09-21
MUSICAL HUMAN RIBS.
y Norristown Lad Who Turns Himself
Into a XylOphOne

y Norristown Lad Who Turns Himself
Into Xylophone.
Eddie Warp. a Norris-own lad. who
carries bobbins in one of the mills
there. has set OF musical ribs. Eddie
is very thin. and his ribs protrude dis
tinctly. The latest music is drawn
from them in the following manner:
The boy sits down and tucks his
shirt up about his neck He takes in
each hand an empty bobbin and draws
a Ions breath. which throws the ribs
into the greatest prominence. With
the bobbins he then plays on them as
ordinary musicians play on xylophones
extracting the tune from the righJ-sjde
ribs and the accompaniment from the
left side ones. The upper ribs give
the high notes and the lower ones the
low notes. is the key of the first or
topmost rib, and + is that at the bot
tom, though Eddie Warp, by stopping
off a rib with his fingers, as violinists
stop off a string, can raise or lower the
pitch greatly.
Eddie's music is not very loud, but
it would easily LII a concert hall. The
Ursinus Tennis Club has been after
him for some time, offering him large
Inducements to play at one of their
musical teas, but he is modest and re-
fuses TO play before women, arguing
that his peculiar kind of music neceSsi-
tates an exposure too great to be toler
ated in mixed audience.-Philadel-
phia Record.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1899-09-21
ITS WORK TO DATE
Report of the Associated
Charities.
What Was Done at Yesterdays
Meeting George r. Carter on
Objects OF the Society

The first meeting of the Associated
Charities was held yesterday afternoon:
All the officers and twelve of the thir-
teen affiliating societies We're repre-
scented as follows: Mrs. s b Dole
kindergarten; Mrs. J. b. Atherton.
Woman's Board of Missions; Mrs. John
osborne, Hospital Flower Mission:
Mrs. II. H. Williams. Missionary Glea-
ners; K. J. Imanishi. Japanese Beney-
client Society: G.. X. Frukawa Japan
ese Church Benevolent Society; Rev.
4. B. Soares, Portuguese Mutual Ben
eft Society; Mrs. J. X. Marques. Por-
Mrs F. J. Lowrie. Ladies' Society Cen
trail Union Church; Mrs. A Mackin-
tosh, Strangers Friend Society; Mrs.
]. NJ. Whitney, w. C. T. L.; and H. e
Coleman, Y. NJ. c. A
Mrs. z. +. Berger, manager OF the
association, reported for the month of
September as follows: Number of APP
plications for relief, 16; number of
referred 70 Am r. F. and helped, 3;
number of cases relieved by Associa
ted Charities, 3; number of meals Civ
en- by association, 9; employment found
ager, Il; membership enrolled to date,
43: number of societies affiliating, Is.
Several cases of fraudulent beggars
We're reported at the meeting and it
was decided to expose such offenders
10 the public and otherwise deal Sc
verely with them. The fundamental
idea of the association as expressed
by President Dole was to rid the pub
lie Of impostors and to render assist
ance only to the deserving.
Mrs. II. A. p Carter placed 500 in
the hands of the treasurer, to be used
as an emergency fund for the associa
ton. Other amounts have been do
mated and the association has SO far
been in a good financial condition.
George r. Carter, speaking about
the methods and scope of the AssOcia-
association is to secure cooperative
action on the part of the various char
liable societies already in the field and
not to supplant them or any one of
them. Honolulu is fast becoming in
tested with professional tramps and
other undesirable characters. What
we desire to accomplish in thus organ
izing this movement is to weed out the
and put the others in a way
of earning an honest livelihood. In
this way the whole community, as well
as individuals, will be protected from
impostors, and those who deserve it
will be assisted BY cooperation the |
funds donated to charitable purposes |
will be disbursed to the needy and de |
serving, as was the intention of the |
donors and only by cooperation can |
this be done
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1899-09-21
INGERSOLL'S LAST LETTER.
1t Was Postmarked Just One Hour
After His Death.

1t Was POStmarked Just One Hour
After His Death.
Probably the last letter written by
the late Colonel Robert G.. Ingersoll
was one received by William Matlack,
editor of the Chester Clarion" The
letter was dated at Dobbs Ferry, July
20, and the postmark on the envelope
showed it had been mailed from that
place at 1 o'clock p. M, July 21, just
one hour after the death of the noted
agnostic.
In the Clarion of June % there
an article purporting to be an
with Mr.. Ingersoll, in which
he expressed his opinion as to what
should be made of the Phil
ippines and Cuba, which had been clip
ped from a Chicago paper. The letter,
which follows. was denial of the al
legged statements in the interview:
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1899-09-21
\ COSTLY BIBLE.

The most costly book in the Royal
Library in Stockholm is a Bible. 1t Is
said that $50 asses skins were used
for it's parchment leaves. There are
800 pages of writing and each page
in length. The covers are solid planks
four inches thick
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1899-09-21
SEALED TENDERS

WILL BE RECEIVED AT THE OF
flee Of the Minister of the Interior till
y o'clock noon of Monday, October 2.
for the construction of road Puakea to
MahukOna.
Specifications at office of Superin-
tendent Of Public Works; also at Of
fee of Mr.. JnO. Hind, Kohala.
The Minister does not bind himself
to accept the lowest or any bid.
JAS. A. KING,
Minister of the Interior
Sept. 10, 1899. 5341
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1899-09-21

1t is estimated that at the present
rate of growth London, which now has
a population of 1861, 900 will in 1941
have over l.. 0OO. 600
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1899-09-21
Large
lmpOrtdtiOns
OF GOODS BY THE
PACIFIC HARDWARE CO.,
LIMITED.
a Fresh Supply Of the
Hygiienic
RefriSeratorS
The Only Absolutely Perfect
Refrigerator Made

BOSTON LONG CARD MATCHES.
NAILS OF ALL KINDS.
ROSIN, PINE TREE TURPENTINE,
PAINTS, LAMP BLACK.
COTTON WASTE.
CANAL BARROWS.
FAIRY STEPLADDERS.
MANILA AND SISAL ROPE.
HANDLES, MATTOCKS, PICKS,
HOES AND SHOVELS.
AXES AND HATCHETS, AXLES,
CARRIAGE SPRINGS, GRIND
STONES.
DISH AND DAIRY PANS, SAUCE
PANS.
LAWN MOWERS, CHARCOAL IRONS
BABBITT'S POTASH.
TUBULAR LANTERNS AND GLOBES
All the above and more on the EN-
lily F. Whitney" from New York direct
All sorts Of goods by other vessels.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1899-09-21

Editor of the Clarion: | incloSe
a clipping from your paper. Of course,
you copied from some exchange. The
words attributed to me | never uttered
or wrote. | have one sentiment for
soldiers: CHEERS for the living and tears
for the dead This is mine. but all
the rest is by some one else. 1t is
true that l think the treatment of the
Filipinos is wrong and foolish. 1t is
also true that l do not want the Fill
pinos unless they want us. l believe
in expansion, if it is honest. | want
Cuba, if the Cubans want us. At the
same time, l think our forces should
be Immediately Withdrawn from Cuba
and the people of that island allowed
TO govern themselves. We waged the
war against Spain for liberty and for
right, and we must wear the laurel un-
stained. Yours always,
r. G. lNGERSOLL.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1899-09-21
BY AUTHORITY.
EXECUTIVE NOTICE.

The President directs that a meet
ing of the Council of State be held at
the Executive Building on Thursday,
the Dist inst, at IL o'clock a. m.
GEO C. POTTER,
Secretary Foreign Office
Executive Building, Sept. 20, 1899.
5343
The San Francisco call., 1899-10-29

"It doesn't feel right The chair Is
too high. There, you've got it too low
now" he fumed MY head aches. I
always have headache in the morning.
1 want my face washed"
wait a few minutes"
Il can't wait. I tell you I want my
face washed. Say, you, don't you want
to wash my face?" appealing to a con-
valescent who was sitting near, having
made shaky toilet by himself.
II guess 1 might try It," was the doubt
ful reply.
"All right. He'll bring basin and you
wash my face. Here, hurry, bring q
basin. 1 don't like to wait"
Away from the fumes Of carbolio and
the peevish voices that whimpered the
little white tents had turned gray in the
gray hour. The first car halted and a
raft Of soldiers left 1t. I entered. There
, We're two soldiers toppled IN heap
against one another, who did not leave
the car. They were sleeping the deep
sleep of Sunday morning
Wait till | wakes up me lodgers," said
the conductor.
He shook them. One started and
blinked.
why, we're here" he shouted Don't
you know we're here, Dick?" he cried
reproachfully. mauling his comrade.
Whats the matter of you? Who ever
heard Of reachin the place to get off and
not KNOWN itr'
In the loving embrace of drowsy fellow
ship they departed together. Then the
sunniness Of the day swept in and it was
sleep time for night watchers.
KATHRYN MARCH
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know If our visitor won't come and see
him. He can't sleep
chair was placed for me at the bed
side of a plucky Minnesota youngster.
who saw his fellow-tighters mustered out
and away to their northern homes while
he thrashed fever out In the hospital
prison house.
i m In cell No. 36,'' he told me with a
CLEAN OF white teeth, which showed where
smile could be found in his dark end
of the room
Plucky, | said. There are men who
faced all that was most terrible in war.
and faced it without f1nching; but some
of those very men lie sick and fret as
feebly as babies, while others storm
curses of impatience that a six-handed
nurse couldn't quench Still others are
meekly grateful. But the Minnesota
youngster was none of these. He was
just jolly, good-natured, no more nor
less. while discreet care tantalized his
returning appetite with a milk diet that
many veteran would never take humor-
ously.
They won't let me even sit up vet"
he said, after all these weeks. / was
sent up in the first place for two days.
and here | am. But I'm going to leave
for home in three weeks. The nurses are
all right, but fellow wouldn't mind
seeing his mother when he's laid I'D like
this
And III wager that his mother wouldn't
mind seeing a fellow when he's the kind
that that one is. It's ringing good cheer
that he'll carry back to Minnesota, and
here's luck to the trip!
Il can't sleep in the morning" he ex-
planned. You hear how this noise keeps
UP all over the ward. That one calls and
swears and the next jabbers all kinds of
nonsense, and that one sings a lot of
the time"
queer, unearthly chant suddenly rose
from one Of the heapy beds 1t was a
weird noise in the night
The boy talked on with the hurry that
belongs to an invalid. He rambled over
Manila and he branched off to cam
paigns. He talked of waiting and of ac-
ton and told of a night when twenty
men and their lieutenant slept on a wet
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hillside with blankets for beds and
a fog for roof He laughed a feeble
but sunshiny little laugh when he re-
called how they had lain together like
spoons in a case for warmth and how
they had been obliged to turn simultane-
ously and spoon the other way" when
one man had to relieve his cramped
position.
BY the time that 5 o'clock came the
lights were turned out and crafty glim-
mer of gray morning stole In. l passed
on to another ward, where L watched the
day come.
In the ghostly light a dark figure was
sitting wrapped in an overcoat. why
is that man not in bed?" 1 asked.
Heart disease" replied the nurse.
He has not lain down all night. 1t
hurts him. He always sits
He leaned forward gloomily, half asleep
half suffering.
Another nurse dropped in. my boys
mother has not come yet" she said, land
he surely can't last through the day.
She was to arrive from Dakota" she ex-
planned to me, but it will be no use for
her to come now. He will never speak to
her again
There was a ripple and rustling of wax
ing through the ward. Men began to sit
up and call for the nurse. They wanted
egg nogs and milk punches, and they had
them. The diets are of three classes
regular, special and light pantry on
wheels brought a Z o'clock breakfast of
The San Francisco call., 1899-10-29
Fac+= and Figures Of Dewey Day.

Five million souls united in a welcome to
one Three million persons saw the center
or all human interest. Seven miles of
poats escorted the hero up the Hudson
River on Friday, September 20 Seven
miles OF humanity cheered him through
the city on Saturday, the 30th. Caesar
himself had never more triumphal re-
ceptlon In more imposing setting
meanwhile New York was aglow with
patriotic color. 1t was rainbowed 1t was
forest of fiag-poles. A sea of flags, me-
dalllons and festoons of bunting Five
million Deweyites helped make it so. The
o,oVo'OO0 would have made line 2000 miles
long Put one behind the other in lock-
step, they would have reached from New
York to Salt Lake City. Marshaled in
oOVO regiments and marching company
front, forty-two men abreast, they would
nave required twenty-one days to pass In
review before Dewey, marching day and
night. IhiS mighty army would have been
Soo miles long and would have reached
from New York to Fort Wayne Ind If
all the flags used by this army on Dewey
day could have been sewed together. the
result would nave been a maStodOnic af-
fair of stars and stripes that could have
been laid, like blanket, over the whole
OF Central Park.
What did it mean to have $500 900 Wis
itors IN addition to a population of equal
number? 1t meant that it took half an
hour to walk from the Fifth Avenue
Hotel, past the great white arch. 10 the
Hoffman House. just one block. Broad
way was a river of people with a sluggish
current flowing one mile in many hours
Fifth avenue was like the congested cor
ridor of a theater after the play Battery
Park was a lake Of men and women, with
out islands Every tall building was an
observatory. Even the nickel-in.slot ma
chimes filled so rapidly that agents had to
harvest the cash three times each night
and ten times each day. Sixty thousand
people, 4500 tons of humanity, taxed the
strength of the Brooklyn bridge at one
time. Manhattan Island was a mighty
hive. The city became like an enorm-
The San Francisco call., 1899-10-29

Gus sponge-it absorbed millions Of people
on FRIDAY, and on Saturday was able to
absorb millions more. Seven thousand po-
ucemen kept order. Half Of these had no
sleep for three days. Each policeman did
the work of ten. Great crowds attract
InleVes, and for them the city became a
mecca A roundup of these was ordered.
Six hundred detectives were on duty All
suspicious characters were gathered in
;rl ana locked up over, the two great days.
every auxiliary member was on duty. and
very few closed their eyes in sleep be-
tween cen Ihurs9aay l,i3d. and Sunday
Gay! New York city itself appropriated
and spent $500 900. More than half of this
went Went for the arch and for reviewing
p sgt6dmas-$zb' ddn 'oUg for the arch and $4,000 for
S9lVoo 90 ooo seats. 1he next largest amount was
s9d' SSd'0VV spent for fireworks Then came
SzO,V9O Tor boats in the naval parade; $4,000
toa .r decorations, I2,500 for feeding visiting
ssEoe00ps, SS9OU for refreshments for guests.
So40V Tor badges for the committee or
tWeIye hundred $1,000 for he loving cup.
s9oOo Tor sundries- BY visitors and citizens
@ ene dtSesI Single expenditure was I0t
seats. The price for seats ranged from 81
III ~ 80 rev OF the least desirable on stahos
- - $oo0 Tor window a fair estimate rS OF
Ine average cost of se@ts is $3.50. Inc
Gdsh expenditure for The 500 OO0 seats,
ffnereIore, amounted to 1,750,000. The next
tafiSest amount was $10OO.OOO for decora-
f tiouSt g. Duntlng. flags, fireworks, etc. near
" lVVo,0u0 yards of buEting were used ana
1l 11eaIly oOu,OO0 flags. Fesides this the SOL
t uier poys spent $500.GD in New YORK Ior
iirrapplngs, ira for refurbishing. New York be-
ing tie center of ths military equipment
business. Every visiting miltiaman
pought some new Of needed item TOR his
UNIFORM UNIFORM or kit; thf Twenty New
ork ordered 500 Grand new coats and
mats; bands fitted tut anew from head to
l9ot; ot; $SOO0 was speit just for white cotton
saloVes: Bankers estimate that at least
20, 900 900 was puf in circulation in New
, York by visitors 4uring the week. This is
pased upon the Conservative estimate that
1he ne average amount spent by each of the
LeSlie'S Weax1v
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to take care of IT.
''Yes, you shall have 1t In the morning
Wait until morning. Mason. I'll take good
care OF It"
"But-you-I-it might be-stolen'-
The words mumbled away into mere
sounds that had no power to give them
selves shape. But the eyes. fearing and
fearful, did not cease their troubled vigil
ance. He was not satisfied.
II think the sight of a strange face
worries him. l said
Shuodering, 1 went out to the quiet
ward and walked the length of it. The
eyes haunted me even to the door. Then
l stepped out upon the great veranda and
felt the cold, clear night air in my face
as l walked. and the only eyes that met
me were the clean little twinkling stars.
Out Of doors all was calm and healthy
and sane. l forgot the fever and the
madness within.
Four o'clock came when 1 was In thu
crowded typhoid ward at the end of the
veranda. Here l found forty men In all
stages of the disease, except violent de-
lirium. with two nurses to attend them.
1t is the only ward that has more than
one, although nearly 400 patients are
within the walls.
Three lights were burning, for at
tendance was constant The disease al
lows but little sleep What sleep there
is breaks repeatedly into sorry waking.
Throughout the room muttering and
calling and whimpering could be heard.
What is 1t you want, Pierce?" the
nurse asked, her hand pushing back the
tumbled hair of a big pale boy, who
looked without understanding.
Peanuts-oh, bring me some pea
nuts!" he fretted.
She laughed cozily when you are
better you shall have them. Rest now"
she said, stroking the white forehead.
There Is bathing and plunging to be
done all the early part of the night in
this fever ward" the assistant told me.
The water is made warm at first then
the temperature is gradually lowered
and finally ice is put in"
The nurse came to me- There's a con-
valescent awake at the other end Of the
ward" she said mo. Sc. He wants to
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me and I could not escape them.
The face that belonged to the eyes was
white with the dull whiteness OF death.
The nostrils We're wide and suggested a
skeleton. A struggling growth of black
beard made the face ghastlier.
The eyes and l stared at each other.
They fascinated and terrified. Could they
see? Could they know? l moved back to
the door and still they turned and were
after me. They made me feel hunted
guilty.
The plucking and clutching grew fever
ish, then violent. With a summoning OF
the paltry little strength left him, the
man started to rise from the bed. The
eyes were still upon me.
The nurse drew up the knot in a sheet
which was tied upon the bed to gently
hold one prisoner. She crossed the room.
Lie down again, Mason" she soothed.
rs there something you want? Let me
get it for you"
His little energy slackened and let go.
He fell back.
Bring me my clothes" he whined.
There's money In EN-. / want it; want
The San Francisco call., 1899-10-29
q Sunday Call
Reporter
zisds the
Unlted Jfates
General Eosphoi
Of Jan Francisco

steak. potatoes eggs. mush and cofree
from the messroom. This was TOT the
regulars. The flights" had the least
hearty of it, and the specials were pro-
vtded for by the nurse in the Ward
kitchen.
There was a universal stir at last.
Break kfast, dressing and the morning
papers started the day From the oach
of the ward came the singing and twltter-
ing OF canaries
"Those belong to my bird man inc inc
nurse said "IIe brought them from the
Philippines and the bamboo cage comes
from Japan. They sleep under ms p9u
at night You see they are on his laDiS
now to keep him company.
An assistant came down the room WIN
a full tray. THE bird man won eat;
He doesn't like any of the breakfast
the assistant reported.
Tell him to eat his birds, somebody
said. Never mind who, for the VINO
didn't mean it. Tell him Wen see what
can be done for him. was the order
given.
fretful voice at the front called for
help The invalid wanted to sit up, ana
two men worked to make prop OF
slanted chair and many pillows.
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black as the coal he carries, and he
looms UP cheerfully in every ward from
to ].
The door opened softly soon after the
doctor had left, and another nurse stole
in. I'm afraid that boy of yours is
dying she whispered nervously. My
nurse and 1 followed her.
She was a bit frightened, for she had
been given charge Of two isloated cases
that were new to her. We found them
IN small room behind one of the wards.
The light was turned on brightly, al
though shaded from the two patients
eyes The light was necessary, for the
work over their beds was constant, and
day and night had merged in their un-
know1ngnees.
the nurse.
She who had directed their care before
approached the one who had alarmed his
new guardian. She laid a steady hand on
his fumbling one. He Is no worse" she
reassured.
Last night they were both delirious. -
she continued. 81 had to hold one or the
other in bed all the time. You see they
are not so violent now
She returned to her ward and / was left.
small oilstove burned in the room, but
only one sheet was spread over the fevered
bodies of the two men. The one lay with
eyes closed and moaned, moaned without
ceasing. The other plucked with long,
eager hands at the sheets, and followed
me with eyes of glittering glass.
The nurse attempted to feed the first
one, but he could not swallow. He was
half conscious of what she was doing.
"Oh, can't. Q Lord! Nurse, don't-oh,
nurse, nurser'
His voice died away in inarticulate
groans.
She worked on patiently. Across the
room the glittering eyes were fixed upon