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Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-12-30
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river. Dongoia wen Ear In sunni, IL.
hhartum army " grain. I'M .,@ Wv
" the country nt.. up more o,l.,t,'
than there IN any right 10 eynSoi
half desert. ''VF'i
within a matter Of weeks afi,r,h..
lines are read the railway shouli ~
reached Ehartum.und the sudan .ha,,i,
Dc open to trade. hut whore There h Ia
y" 70 bring out uf n country There MI
De iittlc Ia be taken ln There q .b,s,
smn oiher good timber on the WW
Nile' there are also gum. ivory ana oif
rich feathers To be- ma. bnt soi In ,,,
great quantity. The chief imps ii,,ss,
60 trade win probably be- ths digcnli,
OF bringing up bulky goods like fabric;
Tor the railway IL blocked with siore,
ana materials for the dam al Assam aut
the rebuilding OF khartum
Briefly there IL no place Tor hsrala
about the rcopuncd Sudan thnrtum
being slowly transformed from a coI
lection OF old ruined mud huts 10 4 col.
lection ~ new. stable ones. The GOV.
crnor's palace Will be- a. palntlll a. AZ
Italian rural hotel. The Gordon c0leg,
VIII be nm elementary school for Ink
boys between seven and fourteen tn,
provincial governments are soldier IL
their shiri-slcevcs. the law courts tht
same as the provincial governments. i,
all has to be made out Of nothing. tn,
sudan has no element Of a county,
not even population. II " q scraptt
tablet; and only the broadcast and plain.
est lines OF social lie can as yet h
drawn upon %. hut those viii b. draw
with firm touch. Security IL the Dr.
requisite. A. the new generation grow
u viii fnd the paths already market
out for Ito. ". Stevens In Franz
Leslie's Popular Monthly Tor January.
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have been offered the command OF q
Boer nrmy corps In my own mind ]
am absolutely confident OF the success
OF the iioerr. You may take my word
for Il that thousands Of Russians are
now lighting under Gen. Joubcrt."
Lord Rosebory writes ~ follows this
morning 20 the Times: There are dis
quoting intimations which appear to
point 10 our government having treated
foodstuffs az contraband Of war. AS
this lH a matter OF supreme importance,
I venture to address this line TO you,
IN the hope that II may elicit an au-
thoritatlvc statement on the subject"
The Times. commenting cditorlally
upon Lord Roschery's letter. says:
"'roo little Il known VI the seizures for
any valid Inference safely to be
drawn. An emergency might arise
when certain foodstuff would be re-
parded as contrahnnd, while others
would not. especially N the latter were
intended for non-combatanta There
might. for Instance. be reasonable
goods for treating canned goods as con-
traband and Hour as legitimate"
After admitting that u would be
unadvisable To create precedent which
might some day be invoked against u.s."
the article concludes M follows. while
We fully share the View that no serious
change " policy should occur without
cogent reasons and ample conHldpra-
tlon. we cannot but ask ourselves
whether. in the event OF direct Britain
being engaged IN war the action,
either OF the enemy or even Of neutral
powers. In matter upon which such
great divergence ~ opinion still exists.
II likely 20 be governed by any prece-
dent we or any one else may have set
In the past rather than by tho lmmc-
diatc Interests ~ the moment"
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ELECTRIC FLASHES.

Red Cross subscriptions for the
Transvaal In Berlin already total i00,@l
marks.
san Francisco has voted to Issue &c.
100000 more In bonds. making Sli,g50,0eO
In all.
Germany viii establish In January
her own poatofllccs Ia Smyrna. Bey.
rcuth and Salonicn.
The Berlin Ncustc Nachrlchten cues.
tions the right OF Great Britain 10 con'
fiscatc gold ingots which were trans
ported from the Transyaal to Europe.
"Ben Halliday" Enstin and Lara
ble's great race horse. VIII race no
more. He has been retired TO the stud
ut their farm near Lexington, Ky.
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tangie haired. herring Quilted. half
human men. Yet every
where there II a bad and not quite 80
bad. There IL nearly always n lip OF soil
gated by watcrwhcels. viii support men.
The watcrwhecls have been broken and
burned. II N true. The men have been
spcared, the women taken for concu-
blnes flung into the river. but the cX-
ncrience AT DonEOla. now restored to
Egypt for three years. encourages the
hope that the country viii M up soon
81 than YOU would think. Fugitivcs
sprang up from everywhere To claim
their derellct lands In Dongola pro-
vince: soon water-whoels crcaked again
and the green corn embroidered the
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-12-30

Chicago. Dec. 30.-whllc the llfcioss
body 81 James w. pcieiier lies at the
county mofguo awaiting the arrival OF
some one who viii give n ~ Christian
burial, q disappointed woman sits In
her home NJ Norfolk, Va. and waite
for tho coming Of her bctrothcd. I,
developed today that prcictler. who
committed suicide Tuesday IN cheap
lodging house. was ON his way to the
town In Virginia 10 be married to u W..
man who has waited Tor him Tor seven
Years. Pclctler came To Chicago from
Marysville, Mo-. with good supply
~ money and a trunk full ~ gifts.
But before he had been In Chicago
long, HE money. railroad ticket and
baggage checks were stolen lie made
his way 20 n hotel In Dearborn etrect
and told his story to the proprietor. IL
declared that he had written 10 his
relatives In Missouri and expected thai
they would send him money 10 go on
with his journey In a few days. Upon
these conditions he was taken into the
hotel. The expected muncy ala not ar
rive ana becoming dcspcndcnt he took
laudanum and died nj the county hos,
pital. The name of hls beirothel Il
not known neither Ia that OF an uncle
whom he claimed 20 have In Marys.
vile, ana who. he said. was leading
man II the town. Efforts are being
made 70 lind somebody who IL connect
cd with the deceased. In order that he
may be- given q burial conforming to his
previous station IN life.
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A MARVELLOUS SPEED INVENTION IN 1ELEGRAPHY.


exclusion OF all other dispatches. or In
Instances whore small villages nre WIS.,
tied by sudden caiainfties requiring
long news stories to be sent TO all parts
OF the world In fact. II was largely
Ca improve the teicgraphic service for
the benefit OF newspapers that the
Hungarian inventors Devised their new
machine. The development Of Journal
ism IN every country has long taxed
the wires beyond their ability, and 1t
was to relieve this cvcr-incrcn snG
crush Of words that they have worked
How well they have succeeded the Ie-
cent cattle dispatches have told.
The oflcai tests which were made
on the telegraph Hines from puda pcsth
TO Berlin were witncancd ht reprcacn-
tativcs from roth puvcrnmcnis. as well
~ by distinguished rolontlsts and tele-
graphic engineers from al parts of the
world. At nudn Pcsth the messages
were prepared by Hungarian govern
mcnt officials assisted by AIR. Dakcr
and the representatives Of several gov
crnmentg.
In Berlin the membcrp OF tho German
ministry and delegate from tho
French government received the mes
cages when they arrived. During the
day several kilograms veto sent be-
tween Budn pesth and Berlin Nv
tension Of 20 volts 10000 words were
teicphaphed In an hour. and by gradu.
My 1ntIfNfinE lllt HnfnUff Ut NNNE
supplied the speed was increased 60 tho
extreme limit that has yet been
reached. 10000 words an hour
a SUCCESS.
While some difficulties attended the
last experiment. they were Of nature
tn be quickly overcome. ana the OFF,
clala conceded that the new Invention
was u success, nH the sending Of 100.
900 words an hour had been accom-
plished without hitch Of any kind.
While the conservatism or the officials
prevented any further approval Of tho
mRrblnc. tho tol.grnphle experts were
ratistd that even the extreme limit
would Yet be exceeded They we're sat-
satisfied that even the extreme limit
word limit. which means that messages
were sent NJ tho rate OF about forty
words each second
To make tho advantage of the new
device over the Old methods more clear
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employment OF Ave sets OF apparatus.
and then came the Wheatstone system
with Its $4,000 words an hour. Up to
this time this has been the limit that
has been placed upon rapid tclegrnphy.
80 that the revolutionary character ~
system that win transmit $4,000
words an hour may readily be imag-
med.
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NEW MACHINES.

a hundred men can sit down at NJ
many machines, the machines being
built somewhat on the styla OF the
typewriter. and. by n regular aystom
Of dividing tho messages, can turn out
the $4,000 words In short order. In
this way thousands OF messages can
be prepared at once, and the actual
sending requires such short time that
the messages are rs good as sent when
they have been placed upon the strips.
As can readily be seen, this would tend
to prevent all crush OF business on the
wires and would decrease the number
OF wires required FOR tho transaction
OF business, The Importance OF this
feature OF the system would be appar-
cnt In many ways. especially when
events happen in places where there
ara few lines, MS at the seat OF war.
where governmental messages have
heretofore occupied tho wires to the
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Pretoria. Tuesday. December goth, VIA
Lourenzo Marquee, Thursday. Deem
Der 2s.--commandant swart reports
from the laagcr at Alowyn's kop, near
zeorust. that he had an engagement On
Friday, December g2nd, with kafilrs In
the nclghborhood Of Dordorpoort The
kafiirs occupied a strongly fortified
ridge. and were well prepared for cmcr-
Fcnclcs. After heavy firing the
burghors captured the kafilr position,
losing three killed and Ave wounded.
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SIMPLE SYSTEM.

The Morse system, which is IN use
principally In this country. is the per
soniilcation OF simplicity when com
pared To the other systems. The Hugh
~ printing telegraph that followed was
In some respects, an Improvement over
the old system. but Its great disadvant-
age was found In the fact that Its 1000
words an hour could not be improved
upon without the employment OF many
sets OF apparatus. In which case the
many moving parts Introduced friction
and therefore consumed n great deal
OF power. The great disadvantage OF
the Whentstonc system, which II In use
In England, Nv that the apparatus en-
ploycd Ii NO delicate that IL easily gets
out OF order. This system may also
be called machine telegraph. as the
message Ii prepared Tor transmission
on a strip OF paper by "a perforating
machine.
In addition to those systems there
have been scores OF inventions that
have been introduced, but In nearly
every Instance the delicacy OF the APP
pafatus or the complications OF the sys-
TEN have made them impracticable for
commercial use. and this IN one of the
chief arguments that have been nd-
vanced In favor OF the new Hungarian
system Not only VIII the new ma
chine transmit its is5. 900 words an h-ur.
but II n reliable and not at all subject
According 90 Mr.. Baker. the new de-
Vice In combination Of the telephone.
the camera and the Morse code. The
messages must first be prepared by the
perforetion OF n tape, which Ia inserted
IN the sending Instrument. Through
this. by means OF electricity. a tcle-
phonic soundcr " caused to vibrate In
the receiving instrument Vibrating
with this diaphragm In o small mirror.
nnd the rays ~ liEht which II throws
nre received upon piece OF photo
graphically sensltlzcd paper. which
shows an uneven line, The loops above
the line show daHhes. and those below
dots, according 20 the regulation Morse
code
Complicated ns this system may seem
to the uninitinted. Il IN actually lust the
opposite, ana while n takes nearly az
much time TO prepare this message as
Il does to send under the present ays-
tenn, the new device has countiess ad-
vantnges Ia the first place. the work
of preparing the perforated strips OF
paper IL not necessarily done by one
man.
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The times., 1899-08-01
nettcr Fepders Ncedcd

jury empaneled by Acting Coroner Glaze
brook convened at the Sixth precinct station
yesterday morning to enquire into the circum-
stances surrounding the death Of Lemuel Fisher,
the colored man who was killed on the Bright
wood electric road about o'clock Sunday morn
ing. Statements OF witnesses of the accident
heard and testimony given by Acting Deputy
Coroner Mcdonald who made the post mortem
examination. Dr. Mcdonald related the cause Of
death as shock and hemorrhage lie informed
the jury that Fishers skull had been fractured,
the upper part OF his spine shattered, and the
head nearly severed nom the body. 1t made
clear from the statements oi witnesses that,
though the car which struck Fisher was not
equipped with a fender, the accident could not
have been avoided under other circumstances. Al
ter hearing the evidence the jury returned a
verdict OF accidental death, and recommended
that the fenderr on all street cars be made lower
nearer the ground, thus making the tenders
effective
The times., 1899-08-01
Death of an Old Clerk.

sias j. Dewey, a resident of Takoma Park
and survivor OF the Ford's Theatre disaster,
died suddenly on Sunday morning lie was
stricken with heart disease at the residence OF
his brother, \. L. Dewey at Shortsyille, on
,ario county, n. Y, where lie was visiting, ac-
companied by his wife and son. Mr. Dewey
came originally from Manchester n. Y but he
had resided in the District for the past thirty
years He was sixty-eight years Of age The
deceased was a member OF Calvary Baptist
Church, of Takoma Lodge, !. o. G. t.; of the
ROYAL Arcanum, and the former presiding officer
OF the ROYAL Templars of Temperance Mr.
Dewey was appointed clerk in the Census Office
in 1870 where he served for two years. He
was transferred TO the Bureau of Military jus
tice remaining there until IsTs and in July of
that wear he was made clerk in the Paymaster
Generals Office. In 1898 he went 10 the Record
and Pension office. The funeral will be con-
tfucted from his late residence in Takoma Park
tomorrow at O'Clock. and his remains are to
be inferred at Congressional Cemetery.
The times., 1899-08-01
The Boiler Inspectors Renort

F. F. Vermillion, District Inspector of Steam
Boilers, has transmitted to the District Com
mistioners his annual report for the fiscal year
ended June 80 last. II shows that Cpl boilers
were inspected, Of which were inspected for
the District Government Eighteen new steam
boilers were installed, 26 boilers were condemned
for repairs, boilers were condemned as unfit
for further use, and no explosions occurred. The
fees received by Inspector Vermillion aggre-
gated $780, the expenses OF the office during the
year amounted TO SSl0.35, which left balance of
i,5lsoo IN the possession OF the inspector. The
estimate of expenses for the coming fiscal wear
is sl,5oO. Inspector Vermillion recommends that
efforts be made to have Congress enact a law
which will place every practicing steam engineer
in the District under the control of the Com.
missoners. He also recommends that an an.
preparation Of $500 be made for equipping
room for the of the Inspector Of steam boilers
in the District Building
The times., 1899-08-01
Law for Mr.. Robinson.

Representative J. N. Robinson Of Indiana. re-
Gently telegraphed TO the Commissioners from
Fort Wayne for copies of the laws of the Dis
triet of Columbia the subject of taxation,
but the request could not be granted as there
is no published compilation of such laws. He has
been informed that the law under which assess
ments of real property are made in the District
is entitled An act TO provide for an immediate
revision and equalization of real estate values
in the District of Columbia and was approved
August H. 1891. 1t is found in the United States
statutes at large. The law for the assessment of
personal property is found in volume 10 of the
United States statutes at large The rate of tax
is prescribed by the act of June IL, 1875 pro-
viding 4 permanent form of government for the
District, and section 10 OF the act of August IA,
1884,
The times., 1899-08-01
Aaueduct Exnenses

Gen. John NJ. Wilson, Chief OF Engineers Of the
Army, has submitted to the District Comnis-
sioners an estimate of the expenses of the Wash
ington Aqueduct and its appurtenances during the
fiscal year ending June 80, 1901. The scheduI.
Of estimates was prepared by Lieut.. Col. A. NJ.
Miller, the officer in charge of the Aqueduct
and aggregates sl90.03i.34 distributed as fol.
lows: For completing the work on the Washing.
ton Aqueduct Tunnel and the Howard University
Reservoir, sl3o03i.34; for operation rnainte-
nance, repair. etc, of the Aqueduct and its ac-
cessories, including the Conduit Road. s25. 600;
for repairing the by-conduit at the Dalecarlia
Reservoir, $4,000; for a preliminary survey for
an additional conduit from the Great Falls.
5000; for the protection of the inlet to the con.
duit at Great Fails, 5000; for building COM
blned storehouse and stable at the Great Falls.
5000.
The times., 1899-08-01
The Mortality Record.

Deaths were recorded at the Health Office yes
terday as follows: John Dunnigan, a years;
Frederica Winter. "a years; Jane Washington, "a
years; Elizabeth Bentley, 7s years; Charles Hill,
&c years; Ellen Dunn. 65 years; Joseph Sehum,
SO years; james Burch, 81 years; Katherine West
So years; Edward Koerber, 46 years; Mary Schrep-
Ter, "A years; Harry McConkey, ~ years; Samuel
Hudson, "a years; Charles Griffis 3S years; Lulu
Epps, 80 years; Etie Hollidge, 30 years; Jessie
Dorsey, IL years; Clarence f. Hawkins. II years;
Lewis Herzog, years; Charles Barnes, years;
John Knabe, years; James Robinson, 0 months;
Thelma Dennison, months; Richard Carroll, s
months Joseph Gordon, 4 months; Roena Rti-
dolph, month; Naoma Robey, 10 days; infant
of Cora Webb, 10 days; infant of Mary Krauser,
days
The times., 1899-08-01
The bonding Company Accented.

At the request of Acting Prosecuting Attorney
Laskey, Judge Scott yesterday decided that the
American Bonding and Trust Company. of Balti-
more, could become surety for D. O. Longshore,
who was held last week in $500 bond to keep
the peace. At that time Longshore was re-
leased or a real estate bond, Judge Scott declin-
ing to accept the bonding company as surety on
the grounds that it had legal right to bond
in cases similar to that Of Longshore. Since
that time the Baltimore concern has filed proof
in the Police Court that it has the legal right
TO become surety. and the result was that yes
terday the company was substituted as surety
IN the place of the real estate bondsnan pre-
viousy accepted.
The times., 1899-08-01
He Is sun Unknown.

The condition OF the unknown man who is
supposed to have attempted suicide by shooting
himself in the head with revolver at Rosslyn.
Va, Saturday afternoon, was last night reported
at the Georgetown University Hospital to be
unchanged. All efforts the part OF the physi-
clans and persons who have visited the man
have failed to obtain from him his name or adj
dress. He is apparently able TO understand what
is going about him, but when given paper
and pencil and asked TO write his name he puts
them aside as if he did not know for what pur-
DOSE theY Were furnished
The times., 1899-08-01
MAYER & PETIT
415-4f7 9TH St.
The Central Labor Union.

The greater part OF the time of the meeting of
the Central Labor Union last night was taken
up in the consideration OF grievances reported by
the delegates from several OF the affiliated bodies.
None OF the matters reported, however, it was
said after the meeting, is not likely 10 culmi-
nate in any serious trouble. The committee on
Labor Day reported that the plans for the cele
bration of the day were being rapidly perfected
and that the friends OF organized labor in the
District contributing generously to the list
of prizes TO be awarded in the athletic contests
The times., 1899-08-01
Fnnerni of C. w HILL

The funeral of C. W. Hill, who died sud
denly in the Pension Office on Saturday after
noon, will take place at l O'Clock p. M today
from his late residence, GAS East Capitol Street
Lafayette Lodge, F. A. A. N, will conduct the
services The interment will be made in Ar.
lington. Mr.. Hill served with the Twenty.ifth
Wisconsin Regiment during the Civil War. He
was a Mason, and had many friends in this
city. He was siXty-five years of age.
The times., 1899-08-01
Lumber Inspectors Report.

Edward J. Daw, Inspector of Lumber for
Georgetown, yesterday informed the District
Commissioners that during the fiscal year ended
June 80 last he measured 1,56s, ,6si feet Of lum-
ber His income at 80 cents per 1000 feet of
lumber was si70.60 and his expenses s207 &c.
George {. Colison, another District lumber in
spector, also submitted statement showing
that he measured 2,50l, ,i20 feet of merchantable
lumber and 55,226 feet OF condemned lumber
during the year, and that his fees amounted to
S5lSi3
The times., 1899-08-01
Labor Conditions Are Better.

Samuel Gompers, President of the American
Federation of Labor, has Just returned from
brief tour of the Middle Atlantic Coast States.
He reports great improvement in the condition
Of labor in all industries. This is very notice
able, he said, in Dover, n j., where the daily
wage of the common laborer has been increased
from Sl35 to Sl-59 per day.
The times., 1899-08-01
ADJUSTMENTS TO-DAY

Glen -Amusements
Chevy Chase nluminations, band concert
Glen Echo Park-Band concert, $50 p. IN.
Excursion 10 Marshall Hall, steamer Macaester.
Tuesday and Wednesday, at 10 a. m. and 2:s0
p. m.
Excursion to River View. steamer Samuel J..
Pentz, at 10 a. M, 2:l5, and GAS p. m.
Excursion to Glymont, steamer leaves at a. m.
and i:30 p. m.
The times., 1899-08-01
Marriage Lfcenses Issued.

Marriage licenses were issued yesterday to
Ernest d. Vernon and Florence NJ. Thomas, both
OF Alexandria; John Thompson and Maggie
Owens, Philip Lee Phillips and imogen Delahaye
Hutchins, Samuel J. Butler and Ella Fortune,
Norman Ross and Ella Douglass. sRichard d.
Reeder and Mildred J. Walker, Luther McAllis-
ter and Ola Mitchell, Alexander Young and
MNra J. Mills
The times., 1899-08-01
Fall Due to Heat Exbous,io,

Mrs. Clarke of 1902 New Jersey Avenue north
west, was overcome by heat while walking
in Seventh Street Street northwest
about O'Clock yesterday evening. She fell ex-
hausted, and striking on the curbing, was slight
ly injured. The police ambulance was sum
moned and conveyed Mrs. Clarke to her home.
The times., 1899-08-01
injured in AIishting From a Car.

In alighting from car OF the Brightwood rail-
way at the corner OF Whitney and Brightwood
Avenues about $50 O'Clock yesterday evening
Mrs. Mana Lieberinan thirty years OF age. lost
her footing and fell to the ground sustaining
slight injuries Snn was taken to her home at
1905 Brightwood Avenue by Policeman Smith, OF
the Eighth precinct
The times., 1899-08-01
Local Pen,ions Grnnted.

The following pensions were granted to resi-
dents of the District of Columbia yesterday:
Harry c. Chandler, Sl2: Marietta E. Lamb, IS;
minor of Alex L. Pollock, sl4; Elizabeth NJ.
Childs, SO; minors OF james Soutftrs, Sl4.
The times., 1899-08-01
An Abandoned Infant Found.

The body of dead male infant was found at
the corner of Seventh and Bismarck Streets north
west about 4:20 O'Clock yesterday afternoon 1t
was taken to No. station and the Coroner no.
tilted.
The times., 1899-08-01
IN AND ABOUT THE CITY.
The Knirhts to smot.c

Cyrus Castle, No. l, Knights OF the Golden
Eagle, will give a smoker tomorrow night at
o'clock.
The times., 1899-08-01

Highest temperature yesterday, p. n....-.....s3
Lowest temperature yesterday, 4. SO
The times., 1899-08-01
TUESDAY, AUGUST !, 1899.
The weather Prediction.
TEMPERATURE.

Fair Tuesday and Wednesday; variable winds,
becoming southerly; continued high temperature
for two or three days.