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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-08-25
BIGGEST LIAR" CONTEST.
Old Abernathy's Retraction of His
Wonderful Indian Yarns.
kansas City Journal,

In Grove and Logan counties there is
| at present a contest between the local
papers over the rather novel query as
TO which county has the biggest liar.
And this reminds us that once upon
time Grove county had a citizen who
held up his good right hand and made
oath that ne believed himself to be the
biggest liar in whom God ever put the
breath of life. His name was Aber-
nathy, and he was well known in the
buffalo hunting days when he used To
come into Buffalo station and sell hides
to Jim Thompson. One Of his stories
was that he was the man who killed
Mormon Joe Smith in the massacre at
Nauvoo, ILL.,. and he never came to the
station without telling of one or more
Indians that he had killed during the
previous weeks hunting Il hev got
forty-nine NV the red devils. an l need
only one more to make fifty" he said
10 Jim Thompson one day as he held
up for inspection an old blanket with
a bullet hole in il in evidence of his
latest slaughter. Now il happened that
toward evening of that day company 1
of the Third cavalry, which had been
out on a scout, rode into the station TO
camp for the night, and Jim Thompson
conceived the idea of having some fun
with old man Alternately. So he set up
a job with Lieutenant King. the COM
handing officer. and sergeant and
file arrested the old man and conveyed
him to the Heutenants tent.
Mr.. Alternately said Lieutenant
King. as the frightened old Indian
killer appeared before him. L have
been sent out by the government to
apprehend certain men who have been
ruthlessly Strengthening our wards, the
Indians. 1 understand that you have
killed forty-nine and need only one TO
make fifty, and now l want TO know
What you have TO say for yourself
''Swar mel Swar mel" shouted the
old man as he fairly quivered with ter
ror. and with due solemnity Lieuten-
ant King administered the oath.
Mr.. officer. / swar befort Gawd tibet
1 hain't killed no Injuns. 1 said hit,
but | am a liar, sir. the wust liar We
ever seen in yer bon days. Why. We
kin take me back to Illinoy and the
hull population will swar that no SIGH
liar as old Alternately ever lived be-
fore! / swar hit. myself, before the
good Gawdi"
Needless 10 say. Alternately. the In
dian-slayer. was not prosecuted any
further, but never afterwarG did he en-
tertain the station with stories of his
prowess.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-08-25
ESTABLISHMENT OF BLOCKADE.
philippine Ports Receiving Attention
of War Department.

Washington. Aug. 2i.-The establish
ment OF blockade of the ports of the
Luzon, is a subject which is receiving at
tention at the war department. although
secretary Root says he has not as vet
suilcient information to warrant definite
action in the matter.
Inc secretary says that he believes in
taxing advantage of everything necessary
10 make campaign successful and that
war cannot be made without causing dis
tress.
At the same time, he thinks an abso-
Iute blockade may do more injury Just
now than good. He considers that IL
would be a serious hardship upon a peace
ful community to shut them off from
means of subsistence because a port that
supplies them is in the hands of maraud-
ers- Another matter that has to be con-
sidered is the fact that the merchants
and business men in Manila would be
seriously crippled, and il might cause a
great deal of dissatisfaction should a
rigid blockade be maintained at the pres
cnt time
The probabilities are however. that
when the fall campaign begins there will
be an efectual blockade maintained and
that commerce between the towns within
the American lines and the country in
the control of the insurgents will be
stopped.
Meanwhile, all possible precaution will
be taken to prevent arms and ammuni-
ton from being supplied TO the insurgents.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-08-25
Railroad Notes.

A. W. McCune. president of the Utah &
Pacific, will return from the north this
week.
William Mcdonald of the Colorado Mid
land went north TO Yellowstone park on a
short vacation yesterday.
II. III. Clay. general agent of the Union
Pacific went east TO Glenwood Springs
last night. He is still weak from his re-
cent severe Illness.
Colonel Clayton of the Salt Lake & Los
Angeles road and Wick Roy of the Union
Pacific at Denver went north on the
Short Line last night
George F.. Brown. manager of the Pull
man Palace Car company at Chicago. ar
rived with some friends in his private car
yesterday. Mr.. and Mrs. Pollock and
Mr.. and Mrs. Mccarthy dined with him
last evening.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-08-25
TO the Alaska Commercial company.
The bulk of the treasure is. from the
END OF THE WAR,
CONTINUED from page L,

into the presidential campaign with
the expectation that one of the politi-
cal parties will declare against i'm
perialism and the hope that such a
party may win. To whip them while
they are pursuing such tactics an army
viii be needed that can move rapidly
and Strike day after day. following up
defeat without having TO wait for
rations and thus giving the enemy time
TO organize. To capture them. most of
the generals here think cavalry will be
necessary. Time after time the Amer
leans have carefully planned move
ments which seemed sure TO result in
the rounding up of two or three thou
sand rebels in a trap but every time
the difficulties of the country, the
sioWness of the wagon trains and the
superior agility of the light-moving
natives have conspired against them
and when the several divisions of the
army came together they have found a
handful of obsequiuos brown men, who
announced themselves Amigos
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-08-25
AFTER BLAST FURNACES.
Rockefeller Reaching Out For Ali the
Products of Iron.

New York, Aug. 24.-The Times says:
The United Steel & Chain company,
which was organized three months ago
under the laws of Delaware, is reach
ing out in every direction to control, so
far as possible, the blast furnaces, Bes-
semer conVerters, ore mines, coking and
steam coal mines. rolling mills and
chain and iron works of the country.
The company has a capital stock of
10000, 000, and William Rockefeller is
one of the moving spirits in the COM.
binatiOn.
A partial list of the plants under OPP
ton 10 the company may be sUmmar-
lied as follows:
Bessemer converters and open hearth
steel furnaces, six; ore mines, four:
coking and steam coal mines. four:
blast furnaces, fifteen; rolling willis,
thirty; chain and iron works, nineteen.
The officials Of the Union Steel &
Chain company propose to secure addi-
tional plants, and think they can so
minimize operating expenses that salts
factory dividends will be assured on
both the preferred and common stock
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-08-25

vast territory. now an imperative ne
cessity, the immediate commencement
and early completion of a great canal
that will give communication between
the Atlantic and Pacific as well as its
protection against foreign control.
we favor the building up of a mer-
chant marine upon the lines laid out
by the bill reported favorably to the
senate and house, second session of the
Fifty-fifth congress, so that we may
have reserve defense in case of war,
and that 5000, 600. OO0 OF freightage. now
paid to foreign ships, may remain to
the American ship5uilder. the American
shipowner, the American seaman and
the American mechanic"
The plank in the platform endorsing
the appointment of Senator Quay by
Governor Stone was opposed in a
speech by State Senator Flynn, but the
platform as submitted was adopted by
the convention, 1872 ayes to 40 noes.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-08-25
sANTo DOMINGO UPRISING.
Arsenal and Government Buildings
Turned Over to Revolutionists.

Puerto Plata, Santo Domingo (via
Cape Haytien), Aug. 24.-Generals Ca
ceres, Vasquez and Brache, at the head
of 500 revolutionists. appeared before
Macori. They left the great body of
their troops at the entrance to the city
and with twenty men advanced to the
governors house. demanding surrender
Governor Castillo, thoroughly cowed,
repaired to the plaza without making;
any. resistance, and the delivery OF the
park. fort, arsenal and government
buildings was then effected. The revO-
lutionists then formally occupied the
surrounding country, meeting with no
opposition.
In this way the revolution, strong and
humane, is rapidly advancing. av Jiding
SO far as possible the shedding of blood
and winning sympathy by the chars g
ter of its methods. The complete vic
tory of the cause of Jiminez seems as
sured. There is no check on the east
cry boundary.
Little is known here as to what is
going on at Monte Christie. though the
government troops are still there, DIS
well as General Pepin.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-08-25
Troops For Philippines.

Chicago, Aug. 24.-Captain Palmer,
chief quartermaster of the department
of the lakes, completed arrangements
today for the transportation of the
Thirty-first infantry from Fort Thom-
as. KY, to San Francisco, whence they
sail for the Philippines Sept. 10. The
route is over the Pennsylvania lines
from Cincinnati TO St. Louis; the Chi
cago & Alton 10 Kansas City, the Union
Pacific to ogden and the Southern Pa
cific to San Francisco. Four special
trains will be utilized, and it is ex-
pected the regiment will be at the sea-
board by Sept /. The first detachment
left Cincinnati today.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-08-25
EFFECT OF MATCH TRUST.
Price Has Advanced From 20 to rs
Per Cent.

Chicago, Aug. 24-rhe Tribune says:
Matches have advanced in price 20 to
% per cent within the last sixty days,
and dealers say that there is reason to
expect, under present conditions, an
other advance before the end of Sep
TENDER. During June and earlier in
the year the Independent match manu-
facturers were at war with the Dia-
mond Match company, and prices were
demoralized. the cheaper grades selling
as low as 63 cents q gross. The war
on prices, however. was brought to
sudden end by the Diamond Match
company buying several independent
companies and closing them. The Cons
tinental, bought from Edwin Gould,
was the first to be absorbed.
The Continental sent out a price list
Aug l which advanced the 6S-cent
grade TO S115, and the 6S-cent grade TO
$40 a gross. The Improved Match
company has also furnished the trade
with new quotations, whichi show an
advance all along the line of from 10
to 20 per cent.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-08-25
To Entertain Passenger Agents.

A meeting of the local. ticket and pas
senger agents of all the railroads repre-
scented in Salt Lake was held at the
office of General Passenger Agent Burley
of the Short Line yesterday afternoon.
invited TO visit Salt Lake after the adj
journment of the Denver convention. were
discussed, but nothing definite was deter
mined upon and will not be until the in
vitation is accepted. Mr.. Burley was
elected chairman: Mr.. Benton. treasurer
and III. NJ. Clay. Will Evans and Chester
Mason appointed committee of three 10
solicit subscriptions for a fund to enter
tain the visitors.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-08-25
CONFLICT OF AUTHORITY.
State and National Quarantine Au-
thorities Have Misunderstanding.

Washington, Aug. 24.-Owing to the
conflict of authority between the state
and national quarantine authorities at
San Francisco. Secretary Gage. after
consultation with Surgeon General Wy
man. today telegraphed the collector of
customs at that port to employ a suf-
ficient force to enforce the federal quar-
antine regulations. The marine hos
pital service is laboring earnestly to
keep infectious diseases out of the coun-
try, and at San Francisco is directing
it's efforts especially against the bu-
bonic plague. whose introduction is
feared from the Orient. The local quar-
antine authorities at San Francisco
have, IL is said, disregarded the nation
al quarantine regulations, which the
federal authorities believe IL is abso-
lutely necessary TO enforce. The fed
eral quarantine is supported by the
chamber of commerce and other COM
mercial bodies of San Francisco. Sec
retary Gage believes that the national
authority in regard to quarantine mat
tiers is paramount, and by his directions
to the collector at San Francisco the
federal regulations will be enforced
against the local authorities
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-08-25
WILL COME ALONE.
Admiral SIMPSONS Flest Will Not
Meet the Hero.

New York. Aug. 24.-Rear Admiral
SIMPSONS fleet will not meet Admiral
Dewey when the hero of Manila bay
comes with the Olympia To be the guest
of New York and the nation. Instead
the admiral will come into port I'M
attended, and then the rear admiral,
going from his anchored flagship to the
Olympia, will extend to Admiral Dewey
welcome on behalf of the navy de-
partment and pay mis- own respects.
These facts were made very plain to
the Dewey reception committees plan
and scope committee by Rear Admiral
John w. Philip and Captain RobIey D.
Evans, and IL also was plainly stated
that Rear Admiral Sampson did not
approve of the committees plan, which
provided that warships should go to
sea and escort the Olympia in
SIMPSONS fleet will assemble. accord
ing TO the new programme. at Temp
hnsville. in ample time to welcome
Admiral Dewey"
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-08-25
RUSHING WORK ON IDAHO LINE
ST. ANTHONY BRANCH WILL BE
COMPLETED OCT. Is.
Short Line Officials Go North to In
spect the Work-Volunteer Rate
Agreement Goes to Pieces.

The St Anthony branch of the Short
Line is being pushed TO a speedy COM
pletion- Vice President Bancroft stated
yesterday that the branch would I'M
doubleday be completed by Oct. Is. IN
less there should be some sort of a
hitch in the supply of ties. Superinten-
Gent Calvin is in that neighborhOod
now, and last night Vice President
Bancroft, General Traffic Manager Ec-
cies and Chief Engineer O'Melveny
went north to join him and overlook
the progress of the work and push it
along
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-08-25
Philippine Soldiers Drowned.

washington, Aug. A--GeneraI Gus
today cabled the war department the
names of the men who We're drowned
while crossing the San Mateo river on
the 21st. They were Sergeant Thomas
w Countee, Privates William Carter.
John Dean. ]. Z. Johnson, Edward
Jones. Thomas Russell, Emmett Nc
MILAN. Hampton Kendall and George
Moody, all OF company G, Twenty
fourth infantry.
Following drowned in attempting to
rescue others: Private j. +. Poole,
company H. Twenty fourth infantry,
and one private Fourth cavalry. Nnose
name has not yet been learned.
General Otis says the men jumped
from the boat in panic.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-08-25
Will Arrive on the 2sth.

New York, Aug. 24.-Acting Mayor
Guggenheimer today received the fol-
lowing cablegram from Admiral Dewey:
''Villefranche, Aug 24.-Randolph
GuSgenheimer, Acting Mayor: VIII
arrive Thursday. 18th, as requested.
DEWEY"
This will enable the reception COM
mittee 10 hold the naval parade on
Friday and the land parade on Satur-
day, and obviate the necessity of hav-
ing a day intervene between the two
parades.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-08-25
REQUEST Cannot Be Granted.

st. Paul. Aug. 2i.-Some days ago Gov
ernor Lind asked the war department. TO
land the Minnesota volunteers at Port
land. but the government officials have
notified him that they cannot do ii: that
the muster-out will occur at San Fran
cisco and that is the end of IL from 4
federal point of view.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-08-25
Germans Willing to Enlist.

Johannesburg, Aug. 24.-At a meeting
here of 200 Germans. a committee was
appointed to express to the Transvaal
government the Willingness of the Ger
mans to volunteer for service in case
of war. but requesting that they be en-
rolled IN a separate corps, on account
of the hardships endured by the Ger
mans in the Magato campaign.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-08-25

Little Kinnaka, Ocracoke and smaller
points. fully sixty to seventh houses,
four or sfive churches and numerous
stores. barns and warehouses were
either washed away or damaged beyond
repair. As result. numbers are home
less and destitute and many others have
lost crops and flocks. Stock and inple-
ments and the fishing interests have
suffered greatly
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-08-25
"ASPERGES.v
Cwilfred Draycott in the Pail Mall

(Wilfred Draycott in the Pail Mall
Magazine)
A misty veil hangs DER the distant void.
In trailing cloud skirts of fast falling
rain:
While through the haze that fills the
steaming plain,
The turquoise west shines. barred with
blazing gold:
Ger the deep purple of the eastern skies.
Where nights weird empire rises dark
and dun.
The flaming fingers of the setting sun
Fling great arch of painted harmonieA
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-08-25
Discussed Transvaal Situation.

London, Aug. 24.-The Marquis of
Salisbury spent the afternoon and
evening with Queen Victoria. 1t is
believed the grave situation of affairs
in the Transvaal was partly RESPONSE
BILE for the premier's visit to her ma
jeS1y.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-08-25
Strictly Unamiable.
Washington Star.l

.tYou know" said the man who delights
in proverbs, that children and fools
speak the truth.
"Wellr answered the cynic bachelor
that's the best excuse / have yet heard
for the way In which they are sometimes
encouraged 10 monopolize conversation"
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-08-25
steamship Elder Chartered.

Washington. Aug. A.-The war depart
ment has chartered the steamship George
". Elder at San Francisco. She has a
capacity of 500 men and is ready to sail
for Manila as soon as loaded.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-08-25
Newport Has Arrived.

Washington, Aug. 2i.-General Otis
tcday reported the arrival of the trans
port Newport at Manila. Private Ell
mer Raymond, company e, Nineteenth
infantry. died on board, Aug. Z. OF
uraemaie There WEI no other casual-
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-08-25
Ready For War.

longing to the British first class reserve
residing here have been ordered to hold
themselves in readiness to rejoin their
regiments.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-08-25

Southampton, England, Aug. 24.-The
British steamer Arundel Castle sailed
from this port today with thirty Off
GERS and 40 men OF various regiments,
bound for Capetown.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-08-25
"A Million and a Half

San Francisco. Aug. 24.-The steamer
Portland arrived this evening from
Unalaska with sixty returning pros
pectors and sl,500000 in gold, consigned
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-08-25
Sailed For Manila.

Seattle Wash. Aug. 24.-The transport
Athenian sailed for Manila at II O'Clock
tonight. She carried 100 men of the Third
cavalry under Captain George +. Chase
of Company d. and 80 horses.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-08-25
The ,BurgherS Are Loaded Down
With Ammunition.
PATIENCE IS EXHAUSTED
IMPERIAL GOVERNMENT MUST
ACT IMMEDIATELY.
supply OF Weapons For the Last
Three Years Greatly Exceeds Re
quirements-over 100000 Cart
ridges and 500 Rifles Sent In Dur
ing Present Month.

Capetown, Aug. 24.-The Delagoa bay
incident, coupled with the recent tran
SIT ia large amount of ammunition
had directed the attention of the Brit
ish officials to the immense accumula-
lions of war munitions in the South
African republic and the Transvaal
The Outlanders being debarred from
carrying arms, the supply of weapons,
as shown in Lourenzo MARQUEE della
goa bany) returns for three Years, is
greatly in excess of the burghers' re-
quirements, and consequently there is a
growing feeling among the British COM
munity in South Africa that no settle
ment OF the existing crisis will insure
lasting peace, unless ii includes a pro-
vision for the reduction of ornaments.
London, Aug. 25.-The Capetown cor
respondent of the Daily Mail says:
Despite the virtual blockade of war
material in Delago bay, the Cape gov
eminent is sending enormous consign-
ments of munitions of war to Bloem-
fontein. During the present month
over 100000 cartridges have been sent
and $40 rifles We're dispatched last night
from Port Elizabeth to Bloemfontein.
In addition to this, the Cape minis
try, while absolutely declining to arm
the volunteers of the COLONY. continues
to afford other facilities to the Orange
Free State to arm it's burghers, just
across the border, freely granting the
use of the colonial railways for the dis
tribution of cartridges from the
arsenal TO the border
towns.
The patience of the people is becom-
ing exhausted, and unless the imperial
government acts quickly and decisively
the gravest demage may ensue to
British prestige
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Gibraltar. Aug. 24.-The Manchester
regiment. numbering 1000 men, has
sailed for Capetown.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-08-25
81 Thought would Never Be wen Again. ;,

good. I had be-
come very deSpond-
ent and thought I
would never be we'll
again.
q" But with a faint
heart I wrote to
DR.. R V. Pierce. of
Buffalo, n. V, and
described my symp-
toms as best l could.
He promptly an
swered by letter,
and sent me a treat
Use on Woman and
Her Diseases :; he
1Gn nnf1f-aI n
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-08-25
ia Favor 81 Expansion.

I've have ceased to be content with
srnnlviny products for home consump-
tion slune. We must keep pace with
other nations in seeking new fields for
our commerce; and to this end We sup
port the policy of industrial, CONNER
c,s ana national expansion.
I'VE favor for our- national defense
and tho protection OF closer commercial
relations between the sections of our