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The daily morning journal and courier., 1899-05-31

The report of George w. Rafter, the expert engaged by the geological survey to investigate the pollution of the water systems of the country, shows that the contamination of the great lakes is in creasing. The water at Detroit Is much superior to that at Buffalo for domes- tic use, which he ascribes to the vast amount of sewage poured into Lake Erie and the incapacity of that body to purify itself before it reaches the intake pier at Niagara. The covering of the lakes with ice during the winter also keeps them from purifying themselves, nnd he concludes that this explains the epidemics of winter typhoid in many of khe lake cities.
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1899-03-01
They Fire on Americans Seriously
WOunding Two Soldiers from
Kansas Regiment.
DEWEY HAS NOT FIRED
ON A GERMAN VESSEL.
The Denial Comes from the War aud
Navy Departments How the Re.
port Originated II Il linz
possible 10 Learn.

Manila Feb 2s Rebels at Malabon
fred upon the cruiser Callao from the
jungle Monday, while Admiral Dewey
was visiting the Manadn0ck Three
shells were dropped by the Monitor into
the Malabon church domolishiug the
structure and killing a number Of rebels
who were inside
The factory at Malolos Is reported 20
b. running day and night 20 supply ann
munition for the insurgents
There has been the usual desultory
firing along the various parts Of the
line but the only casualties today
are Captain David s. Elliott company
G. Twentieth Kansas. and private Of
the same regiment Both are seriously
wounded They were shot by the
onemy's sharpshooters neal Clloocan.
A battalion of the Twenty in
fantry has relieved battalion Of vol
unteers At san Pedro Macad The latter
has been ordered 20 embark on the trans
port 81 Paul b. sail Tor Negros islands
A battalion o. the Twenty-third in
fantry sailed Tor Cebu island on Sunday.
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1899-03-01
THE RAINY SEASON.
IL wili start soon In the Philippine. aud
More sickness l. Expected.

More sickness l. Expected.
Washington. Feb 2s With the APP
proach Of the rainy season IN the Philip
pines. now possibly not a month Of q
material increase Of sickness among our
troops will be- looked for The war de-
partment authorities appreheud no
alarming developments In the condition
of our men as result Of the incoming
rainy season. but have prepared 20 meet
any possible emergencies
The city of Manila itself is stated to
b. comparatively healthy vicinage.
and the troops remaining there. with
reasonable care. may b. expected 10 get
along fairly well Outside Of the city
the conditions are not encouraging. and
favorable 10 malarial and similar indi--
positions
In "a general way there il likely a. be-
a number Of eases Of ailments originat-
ing from climatic causes. and AN un-
usual number Of doctors. and medicines
have been rcudozvoused 40 Manila The
medical force now on the islands il be-
lieyed 90 b. sufficient for ordinary pur-
poses and 20 meet any demands for fur
ther reinforcement being hurried there
The hospital ship Relief will sail from
New York direct for Manila 10y suez
route In day or two
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1899-03-01

make good speed
Major A. J. Bradley. surgeon in the
regular army. is in charge ofthe Relief.
His staff is composed Of Captain H. r.
Stiles. Lieutenat n. r. Chamberlin. and
DR. W =. Read C. Van Wagner and
IL G. Rowland Lieutenant q. l.. ir.
win. OF the Fifth artillery Is the'quarter.
master of the boat The Relief Is 70
carry hospital corps Of $50 enlisted
men and seven women nurses The fol
lowing 90 as passengers and are 20 b.
assigned 10 the various hospitals In the
Philippines: Lieutenant l. l. Steers Of
the United States army. and the contract
physicians. Drs Edmundston. Fogg, An
derson. Gilchrist, Cullen aud Bishop.
Second Lieutenant W s Brown, re-
Gently graduated from West Point. viii
90 as passenger 10 join the Third in
fantry 10 which he has been assigned
The Reliefs cargo will consist Of
enough medical supplies for 5000 men
for a year The work Of rehtting the
transport Berlin is going on and she
viii he ready 10 sail for the West Indies
on March o
The transport Burnside will sail In
about 10 days She will take 2OOrecruits
from Governor island 10 Havana They
will b. in charge Of Captain Brewster
Of the quartermasters department
Tho OLDHAM will sail for Ponce and
Santiago
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1899-03-01

Atlanta. Feb ~. The new associa.
tion To be- known a. the Spanish
American Wai Veterans association is
about 10 be- formed. and a call has been
issued for convention 30 be- held ai
Washington. on Sept 4, . and q. The
proposed association will have Tor its
object the wiping out of sectionalism
promotion of closer fratornal relations
fostering more unselhsh patriotism and
incorporate an effort 10 secure the enact
ment of legislation, Of state and national
the interest Of the soldiers Of the army
and navy generally Major General jos
Wheeler chairman; Brigadicr General
JP. ) Goblin. Major + G. Davis.
of Atlanta and Major Russell b. Harri.
son. provost marshal, of the Seventh
army corps, will act as executive com.
mittee.
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1899-03-01
STORM IN WYOMING.
snow Piled 81 Deep on Railroad Track
That Train. Are niockcd.

That Trains Are niockcd.
Cheyenne. Wyo.. Feb 2s.-The worst
storm Of the season. 80 FAR as railroads
are concerned. is raging II is bliz.
zard accompanied by a snow storm and
wind with velocity Of 90 miles an hour
All railroad cuts are filed and 40 trains
moving
The castbound fast mail is mowbound
at Laramie. Three rotaries and 100
shovels are trying 10 open the line.
The Denver Pacific and Cheyenne
Northern isblocked Railroad men pro.
nouncc this the worst storm in 10 years
While it is damaging TO railroads, the
storm aid the stockmen. as the wind
uncoyers the ranges and give the cattle
chance 20 get at the feed The temper
ature is considerably below the freezing
point
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1899-03-01

news Of the loss Of the steamer Moravia
which sailed from Hamburg Jan rs
for Boston. The captain reports he sighted
the Mofavia east of Bar Sable island.
broken in two. The place where she
stranded Is i2 miles from shore and moth
ing could h. seen of the crew for two
days after Captain Corkum sighted the
wreck He thinks the crew are prob
ably lost.
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1899-03-01
THE CREW SAVED.
The Captain Leave. Them on sinking
Vessel To- Perish with the ship.

Ahe tapthiu LfhNos mem On SINKING
Vessel to Perish with the ship.
Darmouth. Eng, Feb es The Brit.
ish steamer Carton. from Brunswick
via, Norfolk Tor Bremen. has arrived
here having on board the second officer
and crew ~ the British bark Galatea
Captain Lewis. Of ST. Johns, n. b. from
TuAs island, with salt for Boston r..
ported Feb rs. A. having been abandon
ed being dismasted and waterlogged.
The Galatea was abandoned Feb. Is. az
which time she was in a sinking condi-
ton Previous 30 that the bark had ex'
perienced terrible weather and began %
leak rapidly. Feb. ~. Captain Lewis
Chief Officer Steward. the stewardess
and three soamen left her in the only re-.
manning boat. the others having been
stove In during the storm. The boat
was lost sight Of during the furious gale
and the second officer considers it i'm.
possible for her 90 have weathered the
storm. The same evening the Carton
hove in sight and took Of the remainder
Of the crew Of the Galaies at grdat risk
The high seas running prevented the
boat launched by the Carton from APP
preaching the sinking bark. 80 the men
on board the latter donned life jackets
and were hauled through the water
Captain Lewis according 10 the second
officer. took with him all the provisions
and left the remainder OF the crew on
board the sinking ship. although. he
adds. there was room for all in the boat
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1899-03-01

Washington. Feb 2s tits stated by
Captain Crowninshield chief the navi-
cation bureau and by an the other OH.
oial- concerned that the department has
given no orders to the Iowa 10 proceed
from san Francisco 90 Manila and that
none are iu contemplation. Il viii be-
at least two months before the repairs
tn the Town can hn clmrlninl
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1899-03-01
RELIEF GOES TO MANILA.
VIII Take Medical supplies TO Last our
Troops There Year.

Troops There Year.
New York. Feb. 2s. Orders have
been issued TO the hospital ship Relief to
sail for Manila at the earliest possible
moment aud 10 move with as good
speed a. Is safe. Il is expected that she
will start ON Thursday afternoon This
Is sooner than was thought possible q
week ago The engineer Of the Relief
thinks she can reach the Philippines In
a or i5 days The boat has frequently
made II knots.
The Relief is taking on supplies and
will coal today The first orders were
for her 10 sail ON Feb -. hut the severe
weather hindered the work Of renovat.
ing the boat For the long voyage
heavy strengthening beams have been
put in the upper works. All the maohin.
cry has bccn put In good shape and a
new propeller fitted, 20 that she can
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1899-03-01

Washington, Feb 2s.-The oompt
roller Of currency has declared dividends
Of per cent IN favor Of the creditors q
the State National bank, Of Vernon. Tex.
and i-iO per cent First National hank,
johnson City. Tenn.
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1899-03-01

New Orleans. Feb y Former Gov.
ernor J. Madison Wells Of Louisi o. q
notable character in the reconstruction
history Of this state, died at his home ai
LeCompte
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1899-03-01
THE RUMoR FALSE.
Denied at Washington That Dewey Ia.
Fired on a Cerman Vessel.

FITHH on 4 WTTInHn NTssTIs
Washington. Feb 2s 1t is said az
the war and navy departments that
there b. no truth Ia the rumor set ahoat
that Dewey had fired oa a German yes-
sel The war department says that the
Philippine affair are rcassuring and the
navy department says there is no prob
ability that additional ships will b. or
dcred 10 reinforce Dewey.
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1899-03-01
rh. Morn,In nerorled wreeked.

Gloucester, Mass, Feb 2s The
Schooner Mondego, Captain William
Corknm. has arrived here and bring.
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1899-03-01
oregon sailed for Manila.

Honolulu. Feb y The battleship
Oregon. accompanied by the collier Iris
sailed for Manila on Feb 20.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-05-21

| impertinent if she mentioned the sub
Ject TO him. So there was nothing TO
do but die of curiosity. or live in hope
OF finding out some day, and Nan pre-
ferred TO live.
And as the days flew by, Dick found
himsef wondering anxiously if the ex-
pertinent had succeeded.
1T isn't exactly the thing to do" he
thought, but I've got to know I'll
tell her I'm engaged to Miss Hilcrest.
All is fair in love and war, they say.
An, here comes the lady How well
she looks in pink
Nan came very slowly She twisted
the rose in her fingers nervously and
stood with downcast eyes.
Dick. she said, don't wait until
the end of the month. l feel so far
away from you. and we've always been
such good friends, Dick. that 1 can't
bear the thought of-Oh, Dick. come
back again and call me sNan'!'
Was the experiment succeeding? Poor
Dick, His voice trembied a little as
he answered:
Not until the day after tomorrow.
L was about to ask if you knew of my
approaching marriage"
Mans face was aglow in an instant.
Dick, is it true?" she cried You
bad boy, why didn't you tell me be-
fore? of course, it's Vim Hilcrest, the
sweetest girl in the world, Oh, I'm so
glad, 1t isn't a bit polite, but I'm going
to hug you,"
Two soft arms were flung about his
neck. and then Nan said, softly:
Il am so fond of you. Dick. You'll
always be my friend, won't you, even
If you are engaged?"
Yes. always. Mamie" he answered,
sadly
The experiment had failed.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-05-21
SOME GOOD SHORT STORIES
Value of a Shock.
Oetroit Free Press


You know" remarked the physician
to the patient whose mind he was try
ing to get on something else. the value
OF a shock in performing cures? Well.
l nad an experience once that you will
hardly believe, although it is gospel
truth opened my Office first in fiat
and being somewhat of an athlete, /
am afraid 1T did not present quite the
appearance of most doctors Offices One
OF the men 1 met in the flat was a
dllettante kind of a chan. very selfish
ana very much devoted to a lot of really
nne bric-a-brac he had in his apart
ment. On the floor above him Were the
only women in the fiat at that time
two widowed sisters with two or three
children between them. One night about
III clock when came in l smelled fire.
and going upstairs to investigate. dis
covered fiames coming from the floor
ABOVE the Widows. gave the alarm
at once, and as l dashed up the stairs
met my bric-a-brac friend at his door,
l told MIN to run and turn in an alarm
from the corner. and he said he had to
save his rare things. 1 swore a little
Dit and told him TO save the women and
children, and when he said something
about getting out himself | hit him a
lick in the face and knocked him down
the short flight of stairs to the first
turn He was up in an instant and
bounced up the stairs, 1 supposed after
me, but it wasn't that
He tore up the stairs right through
the smoke, black as ink by this time.
dragged the two women toward the
stairs. dashed in and brought out the
children, and before l knew exactly
where L was he had dashed into the
apartment again and brought out a
half-smothered housemaid, who had a.
room at the end of the apartment. In
the meantime the firemen had arrived,
and the fire was extinguished before it
had gotten over to the bric-a-brac side
of the fiat, and my man had the salts
faction of saving his rooms both from
fire and water.
BY midnight things had quoted
down enough for those of us still in
condition to go to bed, and at that hour
the bric-a-brac man came into my office
with a black eye, in addition TO the fire
and smoke scars. l did not know what
was going to happen. but when he put
out his hand L took it.. I'm more than
oNfgsf 20 YOU he said. for the service
you have done me tonight. 1 needed
JtsC aDOuC that hard d lick 10 knock the
right kind of sense into me. Now fix
me up and send in your bill / shook
his hand heartily, fixed him up, and
didn't send in my bill"
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-05-21
WELCOMED HOME.

The st. Louis Globe Democrat, one of
the most radical and irrational Hanna
crat organs in the country, cheers its
| fellow goldbugs up with the assurance
that those who, in 1885, gagged at the
gold platform of the Republican party
are now sneaking up and knocking for
admission at the back door of the reg
ular organization.
1t says that former champions of free
! coinage are dropping the silver issue,
and it cites the case of the Salt Lake
it quotes long excerpts and draws the
conclusion that some Bryanites are
not blind to the fact that Organism is
dead issue
In support of this assertion it says:
The Salt Lake Tribune. one of the
ablest and most jealous of the supporters
of Bryan in 1885. declares that our judg-
ment is that II is useless to make another
stand for silver in this country until con-
ditions change"
The mistake our st. Louis contem-
porary makes is in assuming that the
Tribune ever was anything but a Re
publican organ. True, it was with the
Democrats in 1896. but public sentiment
in Utah controlled that, and its bust
ness policy regulated its temporary at
titude on the financial question. There
never was a time in all those months
it yelled for Bryan that it wasn't ready
TO desert the cause and the party and
fall in behind Hanna with the gold pro-
cession, if it could have had the least
assurance that its losses would have
been made good.
And now, that it hopes and evidently
believes that the silver excitement
has died down. that the men and
women of Utah are so busy and so
taken up with the local prosperity
which comes from the mines that they
are no longer bothering their heads
about bimetallism, or caring what the
Tribune advocates, it has decided that
''it is useless to make another stand for
silver in this country until conditions
change"
This means, of course, that when the
wind of popular clamor blows again in
the direction of independent bimetal-
lism, our weather cock neighbor will
put about and point that way, but with
perfect understanding with the ma
tional Republican organization.
There isn't Democrat in the state
but has felt that the Tribune was ready
at any moment to go over to the Nc
Kinleyites and from this suspicion, now
verified, arose the distrust of which
our neighbor complains so bitterly, and
nh MI dc n
return to the regular Republican or
ganization.
Still commenting on the Tribune's
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-05-21
How Frye Apologized.

Senator William P. Frye of Maine is
said to have introduced the laugh into
the United States senate. In the old
days a senator did not laugh under any
provocation. There was a superstition
that the ceiling would fall If a senator
laughed aloud during session. The
New York Herald tells what Frye did.
as follows:
MIR. Frye was debating a shipping
bill one day, in his usual earnest fash
ion. hammering home his arguments
with his powerful voice and impatient
of any sign of opposition TO his opinion
George F. Edmunds, then president pro
TEN. of the senate, was in the presiding
officers chair Mr.. Frye made a state
ment which Mr.. Edmunds thought was
wrong and promptly corrected. Mr..
Frye thought he was right, and said so.
and fer a few minutes there was a
sharp, but dignified controversy.
Finally the Maine senator was con-
WINGED he was in error, and in his own
manly way started in to set himself
right.
1.-THE president" said he, turning to
Mr. Edmunds. lis right and 1 am
wrong" and then after a seconds
pause, he slowly added, las the presi-
dent usually is
There was a moment of silence as the
senators caught on to the full signifi-
canoe Of Mr.. Frye's handsome apology.
and then the traditions of the place
were scattered to the four quarters Of
the earth and a genuine gufTaw rang
through the chamber while the presi-
dent pro TEN. pounded the desk with
his gaveI and relieved his feelings by
threatening to have the GALLERIES cleared
of visitors if the disorder" continued.
But from that day TO this men have
dared to laugh in the chamber of the
United States senate, and the dignity
of that august body has suffered ac-
oOrdinoiV
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-05-21
Old PAINTINGS For Sale.
Chicago Democrat.)

Many oil those VINO had occasion to
pass near the corner Of Van Buren, and
Clark streets during the latter part of
last week stopped abruptly to take q
second reading of a sign hanging in a
window of a curio shop which is owned
by an old man named Henderson
The sign was evidently advertising
some particular paintings which the
dealer wished TO dispose of. 1t read as
follows:
New Mich Cow; very old; by
Dugot. For sale very cheap
The Spanish Soldier. Somewhat
battered: for $3.50
- The Bankers Daughter Broke In
two places. but cheap at $500.
The Sea- by Gaubauln- Several
waves missing, but will sell at a sacri-
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-05-21
LABOR AND THE ORGAN.

As an illustration OF the unfairness,
not to say downright dishonesty of the
Tribune, in dealing with labor unions
and labor questions, the following ex-
cerpts are given:
On the 18th of the present month our
morning contemporary said:
"A so-called labor convention met in
Salt Lake and passed resolutions con-
demning the governor of Idaho and the
president OF the United States for per-
forming their sworn duty
That is absolutely false, and in trying
TO justify the libel the Tribune yester-
day unwittingly proved its falsity and
its unfriendliness toward union labor.
1t said:
On Thursday. referring to certain So
called labor resolutions, We said they had
condemned the governor of Idaho and
the president OF the United States to
which The Herald responds that "a moe
coDtemptible SANDER could not be con-
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-05-21
BOARDING HOUSE GEOME-
Terry.
Harpers Bazar.)
Definitions and AxiomS.

All boarding houses are the same
boarding houses.
Boarders in the same clearinghouse
and on the same fiat are equal to one
another.
A simple room is that which has no
parts and no magnitude
The landlady of a clearinghouse is
a neutrality-suspicious. is. an oblong an
gular figure, which cannot be described,
but which is equal to anything.
A wrangle is the Discrimination of two
boarders TO each other, that meet to-
gether, but are not on the same floor.
All the other rooms being taken, a
single room is said to be a double
ROOM
Postulates and Propositions.
pie may be produced any number
of times.
The landlady can be reduced to her
lowest terms by a series of propositions.
A line may be made from any board
inghouse to any other clearinghouse.
The clothes of a clearinghouse bed,
though produced ever so far both ways,
will not meet.
are together less than two square
meals.
If from the opposite ends of board
ing-house a line be drawn, passing
through all the rooms in turn, then the
hot water pipe which warns the board
ers will lie within that line.
On the same bill and on the same side
of it there should not be two charges
for the same thing.
If there are two boarders on the
same floor, and the amount of side Of
one be equal to the amount of side of
the other, each to each. and the wran-
gle between one boarder and the land
lady be equal to the wrangle between
the landlady and the other, then shall
the weekly bills of the two boarders be
equal also. each to each.
For if not, let one bill be the greater
Then the other bill is less than it
might have been. which is absurd.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-05-21
FRANCE AND HER COLONIES.

France will doubtless assent to any
proposition advanced at the peace con-
gress to effect reasonable reduction
of ornaments in Europe. Months ago
the French military leaders discovered
that they had reached the extreme
limit of conscription. Then the national
indebtedness has been increasing so
rapidly and has attained such enorm-
Gus proportions that retrenchment is
absolutely necessary to the life Of the