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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-04-29
SOME GOOD SHORT STORIES
Senator Depew's Library

,fWashington Times)
Dr. Chauncey M. Depew of New York
prides himself upon his wonderful
memory and his knowledge of human
affairs Recently he made an appoint
ment with a gentleman to dictate
brief sketch. for publication, 'of the SUI
prene court The meeting took place
in Mr.. Depew's library in New York
Il think" remarked Mr.. Depew, that
l have perhaps got the best private
reference library of anyone in the
United States. There is not a subject
that can be mentioned that I cannot
find out all that has been published
about it right here in this room. OF
course, my memory helps me a great
deal / rarely forget anything that L
ever read or hear. ] can repeat con-
versations almost verbatim that took
place thirty or forty years ago. Mr..
Depew continued in this strain for
some few minutes. and then squared
himself to commence his promised die
tation.
The first chief justice of the supreme
court he began, and then, after Il
pause of a full minute. he added: BY
the way, who in the devil was the first
chief justice of the supreme court? His
name has escaped me for the moment"
His listener was unable to supply the
utSlFeu iHIOTIldllOH upon tHe spur VI
the moment, and he suggested going to
the shelves of Mr.. Depew's wonderful
reference library. This was done. A
full half hour was spent in a fruitless
search for some book containing a his
tory of the supreme court.
Mr.. DeDew laughed.
1T is very strange" he said. TT is
the first time in over forty years that
I have not been able instantly to place
my hand upon any book of reference
that / desired"
At this juncture the stenographer,
who had been engaged in sharpening
pencils and getting ready to record the
momentous dictation looked up in an
distracted way and said:
L think that John Jay was the first
chief justice of the supreme court"
80 he was so he was" exclaimed
Mr.. Depew and his friend. rs it not
strange" Mr.. Depew added, hoy a
well-known name will sometimes ' es-
cape ones memory"
The article was finished without any
further delay, and it is said that Mr.
Depew has not Dragged about his mar
velous reference library stree that
time
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SUING FOR PEACE.

No wonder the Filipinos are opening
up negotiations with General Otis I'M
der a flag of truce. The fighting has
been a little rapid for their training
during the last few weeks. They have
been shot down in windows; the
trenches have been filed with their
brown bodies; the thickets are strewn
with native c0rpses; thousands have
been buried by the Americans, thou
sands by their comrades, and hundreds
are scattered over the swamps, food
for the ants and animals
When Lawton finished his ten days
detour he must have added an army of
dead Filipinos to the legions slam by
Macarthur. 4 fair idea OF the devas-
tation which marked the path of these
triumphant marches of the American
troops is given by Captain Ellis of the
Kansas regiment in a recent lettei to
an, eastern newspaper. He said;
Talk about war being hell" this war
heats the hottest estimate ever made of
that locality. Caloocan was supposed to
contain 1900 inhabitants. The Twentieth
Kansas swept through ii, and now Caloo-
can contains not one living native. Of
the buildings, the battered walls of the
great church and the dismal prison alone
remain. The village of Maypaja where
our first fight occurred on the night of
the 4th. had 5000 people in IT at that day
now not one stone remains upon top of
another You can only family imagine
this terrible scene Of desolation. War is
worse than he'll.
After one small fight, Private Leon
ard +. Adams of the Washington regi-
ment wrote:
The next DAY after the battle we went
over the battlefield In squads. burying the
dead niggers. 1 saw seVenty-four buried
in one hole. We would rake them up In
a pile. dig a hole and dump them in
throw a little dirt over them and go
ahead. In The path of the Washington
regiment and battery D OF the Sixth ar
tillery there were 00S dead niggers. and
q great many wounded. We burned an
their houses. l don't know how MANY
men. women and children the Tennessee
boys did kill. They would not take any
prisoners. one company of the Tennessee
hoys was sent into headquarters with
thirty prisoners. and got there with about
a hundred chickens and no prisoners.
This was only skirmish, too, COM
pared with some of the later conflicts.
And when we reflect that this has been
going on since the 4th of February. ii
is no wonder the natives are parleying
fer breathing spell They are not
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-04-29
SILVER AND DEMOCRACY.

The New York Sun concluds an edi-
torial review of the Democratic outlook
for 1900 with the observation that the
Democrats faithful to the Chicago plat
form are now more completely in con-
troll of the party organization than they
were in 1896. Since then they have be-
come predominant in the Democratic
party in Wisconsin, Minnesota and
South Dakota, three states which voted
against them in 1885,
Moreover, adds the Sun, ''the New
England states which presented pref
ty solid front against the Chicago plat
form in the convention of 1896, are now
in nearly every case under the control
of the friends of Bryan. More especi-
ally is this true of Massachusetts,
Maine and New Hampshire, which cast
at the Chicago convention forty-five
votes against the platform and only five
for it. Meantime the opponents of the
Chicago platform in the Democratic
party are gaining nowhere, and the
most they venture to strive for at party
conventions is almost invariably moth
ing beyond mere evasion of the cur
rency issue. 1t is not probable that they
will be able to muster at the national
convention next year more than half
of the voting strength they exhibited at
Chicago in 1895, and even as many as
$50 delegates would be very liberal
estimate"
There is but one Democratic party in
this country, and it stands for the free
and independent coinage of silver.
There is but one Republican party
and it is irrevocably pledged to the
maintenance Of the single gold stand.
ard.
1t is for voters to choose between
them.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-04-29
CHEMISTS AND DOCTORS.

Some time ago The Herald referred
to the National Druggists defense of
embalmed beef. The Druggist was bit
ter in its denunciation of men who dis
liked the cadaver smell of Eagan's
food for soldiers, and reDroachful to-
wards those who threw it up after par
taking of the chemically preserved
stuff. The Herald cited the evidence
of officers and privates and set up facts
against the theory of the chemist.
The Medical Record has, now taken
the matter up editorially holding that
while boracic acid is occasionally of
therapeutic value, just as calomel or
opium is, it is dangerous when indis-
criminately administered The Record
says:
Boracic and salicylic acids are no
component parts of the system, and are
neither needed nor tolerated as distinct
food requisites. Besides we know that
under certain circumstances they are
distinctly poisonous in their actions.
Deaths have occurred from oVerdoSeS
Of both these drugs. and why should
not smaller quantities, long continued,
have a like effect? The contractors
risks on the mere reports of some
analytical chemists who are seemingly
paid in advance for favorable opinions
regarding the actual healthfulness of
these abominable authorizations. The
chemist, expert as he may be in pro-
cesses of analysis is not proper judge
of the physiological action of drugs.
The clinician is the only one who can
determine such points 1t is the differ
ence between theory and practice in the
forming of the proper conclusions.
1t is the province of the chemist to
determine whether or not chemicals
have been used, what they are and in
what proportion. But when he begins
to prescribe he ought to take out a Ii
cense. There is a difference between
the analysis and application of drugs.
While the chemist may be entrusted to
indicate certain facts in relation to
certain substances he would better
stand aside and let the trained Dhvsi-
clan administer the dose in the proper
proportion according to the ai1ment,
condition and constitution of the pa
tient.
1t is extremely dangerous to ladle
out drugs and chemicals in the soup
and on the meat to half-starved men,
giving them all the same prescription
when no two may have the same all
ment.
If medicine is to be given let the doc
tor, rather than the chemist, prescribe,
and a nurse instead of a cook give it
to the patient.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-04-29

Professor Reede is a man who has
made a reputation for himself, way in
advance of his years. No practitioner
of occultism can equal his tests. He
tells every visitors age, full name, date
of birth, or anything of their past or
future, without asking single ques-
ton. His feats have surpassed the
marvellous and bordered on the thrill
ing. Love, courtship, marriage, di-
Yorce, sales, changes, employmentS,
wills, property, speculations, patents,
old estates, lawsuits. seem alike to him
to become plain, and the best course
indicates itself, however involved the
affairs might have seemed at the out
set. Difficulties in love melt before his
wizard touch; the most difficult prob
lens of married life become as plain as
the A, 3, c. Speculation becomes GER
tainty, and troublesome questions of
business stand out as clear as crystal
when once brought before his far-see-
ing eye. Sales are made or avoided to
the profit of the client; old intricate
meshes of law involving the settlement
of estates long in the tortuouS channel
of the courts, present new and clear
phases. Information relative to pat
ents is obtained offhand without resort
to muSty records or hiring of an attor-
ney for costly investigation. On each
and every subject the brilliancy of a
mind acute and in touch with some SUI
perior element makes itself known and
it's effects felt.
Professor Reede's office at 244 South
State, opposite Hotel Knutsford, first
floor, reception-room 2, is secured with
that view to privacy so frequently de-
sired by those who are foreign to the
knowledge of the wonderful results of
these psychic consultations and advice.
From a. m. to 730 p. m. daily, and
Sunday to p. m. the professor can be
consulted on all difficulties, whether in
mind, body or spirit. He guarantees
absolute satisfaction or will positively
refuse any remuneration. His charges
are within the reach of all.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-04-29
UTAH is FAVORED.

The extraordinary activity in Utah
mining circles is having its influence
on every branch of BUSINESS. Real es-
tate is in demand, and, while prices are
not going UP. stagnation is disappear
ing from the market.
Labor is about the scarcest thing in
the state. Worllmen are hunted for
and hard to get. Nor does this apply
TO skilled labor alone. Men who can do
ordinary labor are sought after by con-
tractors for mine. railroad and canal
work in Utah and Idaho.
Carpenters and builders have their
hands fun, painters and decorators are
busy every day; there is a wonderful
amount of building being done, espe-
cially in the residence districts. and the
more activity in these lines. the more
business the grocers and tradesmen do.
There are few empty houses in the
city, few Migrants. and few men hon
estly looking for work who cannot be
supplied with places.
Old mother earth" is pouring out her
riches in the lap of Utah, and nature is
smiling in joyous anticipation of the
bounteous harvests that the snow
among the mountains insures.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-04-29
CHANGED THEIR MINDS.

Captain Coghlan's version of the
Manila affair recalls the fact that a
very remarkable change in the attitude
of the German officers there took place
after Dewey's ultimatum to Won Died
richs.
Before that the Germans had been
treating the Americans with contempt
and spared no pains to acquaint them
with their sympathy with Spain. After
wards they came to regard Dewey as a
remarkable man.
Won Sonnenburg, the German mill
tary expert who was at Manila during
the blockade, was interviewed in New
York on his way home and said:
Dewey is a man of wonderful char
acter, a man full of kindness and a
rare and great humanity, which he
showed in the whole warfare before
Manila. In his conduct OF the block
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-04-29
ADJUSTMENTS.

A good-sized and delighted audience
heard Miss Katherine Oliver at Assem-
bly, han last evening in her impersona-
ton of S. r. Crockett's beautiful story
The Play Actress Miss oliver is per-
haps the most talented reader who has
visited Salt Lake in a long time, and
as she has made a special study of
Scotch literature, particularly excels in
it. The Play Actress" is story of
more than usual interest, and of great
pathos. Miss Oliver has the power of
showing the emotional elements in a
way which is in no way affected or the
atrical, and is at the same time most
vivid. She moves her audience to tears
by her simple direcness, and this alone
gives proof of her artistic ability.
Summed up, Miss Oliver is a reader of
great strength and charm, and is a rev.
elation to many who have hitherto seen
nothing in the monologue form of en-
tertainment. Her next recital will be
given at Assembly hall on Monday
evening, when the subject will be Bar
rie'S Little Minister"
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-04-29
Notice of Special Stockholders
Naarir,0

NOTICE is HEREBY GIVEN, THAT
a meeting OF the stockholders of the Salt
Lake City Railroad company will be held
at the Office of the corporation Hooper
block Salt Lake City. on Thursday the
i1th day of May, 1899 at 10 o'clock a. m.
for the purpose of considering and adopt
ing amendments to the articles of in
corporation of said company fixing and
establishing lines of route upon which the
road of said corporation may and shall
be constructed and operated, among which
shall be included the following line or
lines to-wit: All Of East South Temple
street from e street eastward to the
east line of Fort Douglas military reser-
walton. All of the streets of Salt Lake
Citv which are now or which may be-
hereafter opened or laid out with
in the limits Of said city as
they now exist or as they may here
after be extended. All of Third street
from street to U street. All of u street
from Third street 70 South Temple
street; all of Thirteenth East street from
South Temple street 10 Twelfth South
street in Salt Lake county; all of Fourth
East street from Tenth South street to
Thirteenth South street; together with
such other streets and roads of Salt
Lake county, as may be determined
upon. JOSEPH 5. WELLS,
Secretary Salt Lake City Railroad COM
DATED AnriI IS. 1899
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used to such fierce and furious hght-

used to such fierce and furious fight
ing.
General Otis has refused to treat
with Aguinaldo's emissaries, it is re-
ported This will doubtless enrage the
insurgents and prolcng the struggle.
But it is only a question of time when
the natives will be homeless, and refu-
gees in the Businesses of the interior.
They may hold out several months, as
they are all well acquainted with the
country, and well posted on the way to
escape when the American soldiers
come upon them.
This fighting resembles that with
which Lawton and most of tie regu-
lars are well acquainted 1t is similar
to the Indian campaigns in the west,
in the years when the savages were on
the warpath, we'll armed and with
leaders who were desperate and cum
ming.
Compared with the losses of the
enemy and the number of men en-
gagged. American fatalities are few
Yet the number of wounded shows that
the work has been hard.
1t is rather disappointment that no
agreement was reached yesterday, yet
little dependence could be placed in the
Filipinos after making a peace treaty
with them. One rebellion would be
quelled to give place to another. About
the only practical way to conquer and
to civilize the islands. if that is what
we are determined upon, is TO refuse to
enter into any negotiations with them,
as Otis has done already, and to con-
tinue killing them off, as Lawton and
Macarthur have been doing for three
months.
If we must hold them, whether or no,
this may be the best way of doing it.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-04-29
Anticipated Generosity.

"They had been chums for SO long, :
says the Chicago Inter Ocean, that
when the one gave a chafingdish party
to some of his more intimate feminine
acquaintance the other made a point
of returning early from the theatre i'll
order to be present. Chum No. . had
hardly made his appearance before
Chum No. !, in his anxiety to chatter
nonsense with the prettiest girl in the
room, managed to upset a basin of
beaten egg yolks down the front of his
new Tuxedo. Chum No. was much
distressed. apparently, and Chum No.
9 FASTENED to his assistance.
Go into my room and take mine.
he adjured his friend, generously. I've
brand new one; just come home to-
day.
.Chum No smiled queerly. know
it, old boy was what he said, grin
ming in a rather forced fashion. Fact
is-well-my own looked little shabby
this evening, and I've got yours on. .
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-04-29
MONEY IN CIRCULATION.

Since Cleveland's first Inauguration in
1885 the money in circulation in the
United States has increased 50 per cent.
During this time there have been two
Republican and two Democratic admin
istrations.
In twenty years this increase has
been more than so per cent. A table
just prepared by the treasury bureau
of statistics shows that on July 1. 1879,
the amount in circulation was SS1S. 631.-
79S, and on July /, 1889, S1,379, 964. 40,
showing an increase for the ten years
TO have been $561, So. 977, or over $56,OOO,-
600 per year.
In the last decade it has increased
from S79.964,77O to 1892, Si6.942. the
amount now in circulation. This shows
an increase of S547, 1921 or about S15,-
100000 less than the gain during the
preceding ten years.
The per capita circulation on April l.,
1899. according to the official statement
Of the treasury department, was S25.45.
IN the second year of Cleveland's sec
ond administration it was $242S. But
it has fiuctuated between S25 and 500
for over fifteen years, according to the
caprice Of bankers, showing mean
of about $22.75.
One thing that swells the per capita
circulation this year is that the bank
ers are circulating the gold they used
to hoard. Three years ago the gold in
circulation in this country amounted to
$456,12S, 49,. This year it is $685. S55, 942
But, with all this showing, the fact
remains that comparatively few men
control this circulating medium, and
hundreds of thousands have not the
amount with which they are credited in
the tables
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-04-29
WHERE PETS MAY "R. /. P"
New York to Have Burying Ground
For Animals and Birds.
Ill


The organization of the DelIwood Ma
tional Cemetery association on Saturday
was made public Monday. The associa-
ton has purchased 10 acres of land
alongside the Hudson River railroad at
Coxsackie, as burial ground for pet ami
mails and birds. The idea was suggested
by w. D. Lane of Troy, president of the
new association.
The movement is endorsed by the So
ciety for the Prevention of Cruelty to
Animals The association proposes to
take full charge of the burial of all dead
pets intrusted to its care. A professional
undertaken can prepare the bodies for
burial and the association will care for
and protect the graves.
1t is intended to make the cemetery ma
tional in scope, thus bringing to its sup
port all who take a sympathetic interest
in domestic animals. The cemetery site
commands an excellent view of the Hud-
son river and Catskill mountains. 1t will
be sodded an iron fence win be erected
flower beds and other improvements will
add to its natural beauty.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-04-29
Unkind Curiosity.

AT nearly every station on the Ches-
apeake & Ohio railroad in Virginia.
says the Washington correspondent Of
the Chicago Record, picturesque color
ed men and women attend the trains
with trays of fried chicken, cornbread,
boiled eggs. sandwiches, pie and other
refreshments. They wander up and
down the platform, crying, 'Hyer's
spring checker, tender and nice'
Where do you get spring chicken this
time of year, asked a passenger of a
venerable 'auntie' one bitter March DAY.
You'n a nawth'n lady. amt you, hon
ey?' responded the lunch vender, with
a twinkle in her eye, an nawth'n Ia
dies is good to poh kuuPd folks, so you
hadn't ought to ask nobody whar dy
gifts de spring chickens.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-04-29
Practical Repartee.
Pittshurg Dispatch.D

The late John Holmes, whose reputa-
ton for wit was not as wide as that
of his celebrated elder brother Dr. Oil
YER Wendell Holmes, was yet known
among his intimates as a man of ready
repartee and characteristic humor.
Mr.. Holmes never married, but lived
by himself in a little house in Cam
bridge, and once a friend rallied him on
his lonely life.
You ought to marry, john" said he,
land have a larger house.
"Why, yes" replied Mr.. Holmes, with
a quiet smile. IF I should take bet
ter half I you'd have to improve my
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-04-29

''In the states which furnished the
62S delegates who voted for the Chi
cago platform" says the New York
Sun, there has been little detection
from it. Commenting on the states
separately, the Sun says: In Ken
lucky a Republican governor was
elected in 1895, but a silver Democrat
on a silver platform carried the state
at the last election. Utah and Montana
are both Democratic states on the
financial question, and there is no be-
lief anywhere that their delegates Will
not be found for silver in 1900.'
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-04-29
THE REAL MRS. ANNA GEORGE.
She Is Not Beautiful and She Does
Not Dress In Good Taste.
New Orleans TineS-nemocrat
NEW orleans IImeS-DemOcral.J
lsnnur Mr. Anna e Ganrere Mhc

Il know Mrs. Anna f. George, who is
now on trial for the killing of Saxton,"
said Mr.. Z. r. West of Cleveland, o., and
| can positively state that she is not
beautiful. She has attracted a great deal
to her supposed relations with SaXton and
when | visited the place, as | did fire.
quently, | looked at her with some GU
riosity. She is a woman about medium
size and is ordinarily attractive; that is
all. / imagine she was rather pretty as a
girl. but her face is now somewhat heavy
and has a tendency to droop at the cor
ners of the mouth. Her eyes are her best
feature. and are large and clear. She
never showed very good taste in dress, al
though she was a mOdiste by trade, and
seemed to like bright colors, which UNI
Ter the circumstances, was unfortunate.
In short, she always looked to me like Il
country woman dressed up for town,
which was more or less the case. and the
talk about her remarkable intelligence is
all fol-de-rol. She has a limited education
and limited brain. Almost everybody in
Canton feels profoundly sorry for her,
and that very feeling is based on the fact
that she is a. rather silly, unsophsticated
country woman, who was deliberately ca
joled by an INSCRIPTIONS man of the
world. Her husband, who might also
have had sympathy, lost caste utterly
through his efforts to get money out of
SaXton and his subsequent re-marriage.
From what l know of the sentiment in
that part of Ohio, l don't think it will
he possible to convict Mrs. George, re-
CARELESS of what the evidence may be-.