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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-04-02
MISCELLANEOUS.

1 REPAIR and have new parts for all
stoves. Lovett, 272 State street.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-04-02

The city treasurer yesterday received
represents the fines and forfeitures col
! lected during the month of March. The
total is less than for any similar period in
a Aong while past
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-04-02

Professor Gault, superintendent of city
schools at Tacoma, Wash, is expected TO
with the board of education, as other re-
ceptive candidates have done, on invita-
ton. with reference to the election of d
superintendent to ill the vacant posi-
ton.
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PRIESTS BATTLE WITH FLluES
FIRE DESTROYS AN ALTAR IN hEDEMr-
TORIsT CHURCH - PANIC AMONG
CHILDREN GAINED.

The spectacle of a Father Superior OF the he-
demptorist order and dozen OF his assistant
priests all Of the Church OF our Lady or Perpetual
Help standing about burning altar In the church'
nj No S2l East Sixty-hfth-st., was what mem
hers OF the Fire Department saw yesterday al'eI'
noon when they entered the church in answer TO
an alarm.
The fire had been discovered by woman VINO
had been praying In the church. few minutes
after o'clock Sse saw a candle set fire TO some
christmas greens that had not been removed ana
she rushed out screaming.
Father Kessner heard her cries and hurried 10
the church. followed by several other priests. lie
seized a patent iire-extinguisher and ran 10 81.
Josephs altar where the fire was spreading lie
used the extinguisher. but the fire kept spreading
up the altar and the woodwork OF the wall
Climbing TO the top OF the tabernacle. rather
Kessner shouted for another extinguisher This
was handed TO him BY this time the priest was
actually surrounded by flames.
The priests were in so dangerous position that
the hremen ordered them to leave the church In
the basement at the beginning OF the hre were TWO
hundred children. who had been summoned 10 at
tend a day mission They about to go into
the church proper when they heard the noise up
stairs The children soon knew what was the
matter. and then rushed for the doors, but Were
commanded by the priest in charge of them 10 be
more orderly. lie gently but firmly ordered them
TO 60 slowly and the children oheyed, ana All were
out safely in a few minutes.
The hremen soon had the flames eXtlngWSned
The burned altar injured to an extent OF *Soc'
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-01-25
NATIONAL LIVE STOCK ASSOCIATION.
ADDRESS BY THE PRESIDENT JOHN w
SPRINGER N DENVER.

Denver. Jan 24-'rhe second annual convention Of
fhe National Live Stock Association was called TO
order by the president John w. Springer to-day
There were nearly a thousand delegates in attend
snce from all the great stock raising States OF the
West and Middle West.
Addresses OF welcome were delivered by Governor
Thomas and Mayor McMurray 10 which response
was made by A. Z. Bush. Of Texas, after which
President Springer delivered his annual address,
which was in part follows
Fortunes invested in cattle. horses. sheep and
hogs in the various States and Territories now
agree TO work IN harmony for the general welfare
This Is not an effort force livestock values up
and bear down the price of the products Of the
farmer Every aericuturist is Il livestock man. and
his interest II interest. We prosper more GER
iainy when each is getting fair remuneration for
what he has 10 sell We are interdependent. Look
ing over the list OF organizations now affiliated In
the work OF the National Live Stock Association,
here men representing over eight million
head Of live stock the present actual cash value OF
which is over $250OO0OC0
The United States should furnish the supply OF
cattle. horses. sheep and hogs TO thoroughly stock
cuba the Philippines. Hawaii and all territory
added 10 this country. These markets should have
the best start possible. and the cheap poor. under
bred stock Southern countries should be excluded
in order that the best breeds OF stock may be FUR
rished 10 reStOck all OF these possessions. Ameri-
cans having redeemed these Businesses, American
I've stock should follow the course OF our ships and
rTnics.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-01-25
ACADEMY OF DESIGNS EXHIBITION.
IT WILL BE HELD FROM APRIL TO NAY II
THIS YEAR.

IT WILL BE HELD FROM APRIL TO MAY ~
THIS YEAR.
The seventy-fourth annual exhibition Of the Ma
ticnal Academy OF Design will open on Monday.
April 3. and close on Saturday. May 13. The only
exhibits eligible are original works In oil. pastel or
sculpture by living artists. which have never be-
fore been publicly exhibited in New-York or Brook
lyn Exhibits will be received only on March IA
and IS from A. m TO s p. Vanishing day
will be Thursday. March 30. from a. m. to p m
Academicans associates and exhibitors only Will
be admitted except the press, by card AFTER IL
o'clock.
All contributions will be subject to the Judgment
Of the following jury OF selection J. @. a Ward
Worthington Whittredge. Irving r. Wiles, William
H. Beard J r. Brevoort, Robert Blum and carr
L. Brandt. Academicans and J. Wells Champney
and F B. Carpenter associates The members or
the Hanging Committee will be William H. Howe
and William II. Lippncott, Academicians and C.
Harry Eaton. associate.
The following prizes will be awarded; the
Thomas b. Clarke prize. $500, for the best American
figure composition painted In the United states by
an American citizen without limitation OF age; the
best three pictures in oil coors painted IN me
United states by American citizens under thirty
FIVE years old. and the Norman w. Dodge prlze
5000, for the best picture painted in the nited
The Academcians will not compete FOR any OF me
prizes Consent having been obtained from the
persons controlling these prizes. they VIII be
awarded ly the jury Of selection al meeting TO
be held in The galleries after the pictures are hung
in time TO announce decisions at the opening OF
the exhibition.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-01-25
WHAT SURROGATE ARNOLD HAS TO SAY.
he DECLARES HE WILL "CATCH UP IF THEY
LET ME ALONE"-JOHN PROCTOR CLARKE
MAY BE COUNSEL TO THE COMMIT
TEE OF INVESTIGATION

TEE OF INVESTIGATION.
John Proctor Clarke declined last night at his
home No l West Eighty-1rst-st.. to discuss tho
report from Albany that he is 10 be counsel to the
Assembly committee that may investigate the
Office OF Surrogate Arnold Mr.. Clarke's friends,
however say that IT is practically certain that the
Committee OF Seven II IL into existence. Will
choose him its counsel Assemblyman Fallows.
who introduced the resolution calling for the in
vestgation. is from the district in which Mr..
Clarke lives.
When asked whether he had any statement TO
make regarding the resolution. Surrogate Arnold
said yesterday:
1.-The introduction Of the resolution unex-
pected by me. I had ntmation OF II. Some
things IN my office are in arrears, but the number
Is Insignificant in comparison with the large
amount OF work | have disposed Of
II have had ill-health. but my health
is better than for many years ] am now working
at old matters that have been delayed. II is true
that of the undlspOsed old but
their number IS insignificant, and IS impossible
10 dispose of chronoogically.
II have worked faithfully. | have taken
cation since taking Office until this last year. AL
there are not more than one hundred cases that
are behind. Current business is up TO date This
fall / spent fourteen weeks in chambers, besides
sitting in court in my turn I'll catch up II they'll
let me alone"
Surrogate Arnold quoted as denying that he
was engaged In private practice, and saying that
ne welcomed an investigation
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-01-25
CITY COLLEGE, GOLDEN JUBILEE.

The dinner Of the alumni Of the College OF the
City OF New-York Saturday at the Savoy Will
celebrate the semi-centennial OF the institution.
Edward NJ. Shepard. president OF the Alumni AS
ISOLATION will preside and the tcasts and speakers
will be. "The State of New-York." Governor Roose-
welt: The city OF New-York." Controller Coer;
The Aims OF the College" President Alexander b.
Webb; The States Relation to Professional Edu-
cation" 81. Clair McKelway: THE Public School.
Joseph J. Little: The Next Jubilee" Vernon NJ
Davis and "'4s and 49," John Hardy. Especial In
terest attaches TO the aforementioned toast as ex-
Representative Hardy the valedctorian OF the
first class which graduated from the college,
and also first president Of the Alumni Association
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-01-25
A modern DOint of Uier.

"THE weIl-known political leader says in
his preface that it has been his pur-
pose to lay before his readers a
clear narrative of the gradual development
of great people to note the vary
ing forms Of government, to traceth ancient
origins of modern laws and customs, TO
mark the entertainments Of abSolutsm upon
popular rights, to describe the long con-
timed struggle of the many to throw off the
yoke of the few, to emphasize the corrupt
ing influence of the union between church
and state; 10 illustrate once more the blight
ing effects of superstition, ignorance, blind
obedience, unjust laws, oonfiscatlon under
the disguise ofunequal taxes, and system
attic plumber year by year of the weaker
classes by the stronger. Boob Re11eWS.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-01-25
LITERARY NOTES.

In the little book about r. l.. Stevenson
which Miss L. B. Simpson, a friend OF his ram
fly. has Just published, there IS comlcai para
graph about his innocent vanity In his younger
days "Tf the ceaseless ability he displayed III
varying that easily set-agong tongue or MS
did not make any impression on his hearers II
his prominent position In front OF the fire with
his cigarette. more waved in semicircles as ne
chartered than legitmatey smoked. drew on
him no special notice or remark. or. purposeiy
to bait him. his most pronounced eccentricities
passed unheedcd, he cast his fertile mind about
to devise means to bring himself to the fore
one rare OCCASION when he had dress coat
and came in TO us on his way home, he gravely
asked leave to take off his swallow-tsil and sit
I'm his shirt-sleeves This was really more a
ruse to bring himself before the little commit
tee than to ease himself Of the garment which
he vowed oppre ssed him. for when leave was
granted no establishment expressed, and his
coat folded with audable carefuness and rele-
gated to n back seat. shadow OF such evident
chagrin fitted over his face that 1t was all that
the p;otters could do to refrain from laughing,
and so encourage their victim"
His clothes were of the most extraordinary
sort, though nothing annoyed him more than an
assertion that his curious taste in dress, which
made MIN appear 4 StarNellng rldy-hCtOi, was
an eccentricity he cultivated to draw attention
to his genius" 1T was always a source OF
won1erment" adds Miss Simpson. and no in
quistorial cross-questioning could extract the
information. why Louis's clothes were never
seen with the gloss Of newness on them. They
were always worn where his angular joints
were traCeable through the cloth. He scorned
to reply when asked at what pawnshop he ae-
quired them in this secondhand coIciton. His
excessive attenuation gave the idea that he had
a scarcity Of undergarments below his
rubbed velvetean and the proverty-s stricken
trousers He looked like a skeleton draped In
sheet. One winter he wore flannel shirts, and
turned down collars to match. so funereal In
color that he was usually credited with COM
hitting the crime Of walking in Prnces-st,
with black shirts. lie vowed they were blue,
but the blue was Of a coal-like shade. When
he first appeared in our library wearing one OF
them he was 1attered with the commotion 1t
created. II certainly added to his vagabondish
appearance He expounded its merits for a
crusoeng expedition. For instance. 1t would
never look soiled he said. forgetful that II
never looked clean. The suggestion that he
should visibly number or have various designs
embroidered them. go as to let anxious
friends know when he assumed a fresh one.
damped his delight in them. skull and cross
bones was thought or as a fitting emblem for
one piratical shirt He had been radiant over
this new freak in his wardrobe. but he was so
rallied at that he left In high dudgeon. button
ing his locked velveteen jacket over the offend
ing garment"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-01-25
IOVyNG- CUP FOR DIR. WILLIAM MASON

The art room in seinway Hall the scene
~ pleasant celebration yesterday afternoon, when
over fifty Of the old pupils Of Dr. William Mason
met to congratulate him on his seventeen birth
DAY and TO give him handsome silver lovng-cup
The committee in charge OF the affair consisted OF
Nine Julie Rive-Klng Samuel s. Sanford OF
Vale University; Nahum Stetson, or Steinway a.
Sons; and T. VI Bowman. chairman: Mr.. Bowman
made graceful presentation speech. The doctor
10 whom the affair complete surprise. re-
soondsd With much feeling.
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STANDARD OIL CASE TO GO ON.
MOTION TO REMOVE MASTER COMMISSIONER
BRINsMADE ovERRULED

BRINsMADR ovERRULED
Columbus JAN A.-The motion OF Attorney Gen
eral Monnett for the removal Of Master Commits
sioner Brinsmade Of Cleveland. in the Standard
OIL case was to-day overrued by the Ohio su-
preme Court The Attorney General had asked
for the removal the ground that the funds for
conducting such examinations in his department
were exhausted and on the further ground that
the Master Commissioner had granted unneces-
sary and needless delays at the request OF the
Standard OIL Company's attorneys.
The ruling OF the Court was as follows:
Motion overruled And Il IL further ordered
that the Attorney General between the sixteenth
day OF February and the fourth day OF March
shall complete the taking of testimony on behalf
of the State before the Master Commissioner and
that the defendant shall have until the twenty
fifth day OF March 10 complete the taking Of tes-
timony on its behalf before the Master Com
missioner and that the Master Commissioner make
his report by April g."
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-01-25
LAKE CARRIERS ASSOCIATION
ANNUAL MEETING IN DETROIT AND CHOICE OF
OFFICERS.

Detroit. Jan 2i-When the president. James H.
Durham Of Chea GO. called the annual meeting OF
the Lake Carriers Association 10 order to-day there
were about two hundred members OF the associa-
ton and other vessel present.
The secretary. Charles II. Keep. OF Buffalo. read
the annual report Of the Board Of Managers which
showed the association 10 lie in a favorable con-
dition IN spite Of the withdrawal from the associa-
ton IN 1895 Of large feet, that Of James David
con Of Bay city, the tonnage represented remained
practically the same as IN 1897 The treasurers re-
port showed that when collection OF the dues OF
1893 was finished the association would have about
s. 20 Of unpaid liabilities.
The election Of officers resulted in the unanimous
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-01-25
LuMBERMEN MEET AT COLUMBUS.

Columbus. Ohio. Jan. A-Thc seventeenth annual
convention OF the Union Association OF Lumoer
Dealers Of Ohio and Pennsylvania which also IN
cludes members from Kentucky and west W.T.
ginia met here to-day. A number OF papers on
subjects Of Importance to the members we1e neau,
and the discussion took wide range BetWeen
two hundred and fifty and three hundred members
will participate In the convention
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-01-25

BROWN ALUMNI NOT KNOW WHO Will.
BE RECOMMENDED FOR PRESIDENT
OF THE UNIVERSITY.

The New-York alumni Of Brown University have
received no intmation as TO the man the special
committee Of the corporation OF the University may
have decided to recommend president. Charles
+. Hughes. president OF the NewYork Alumni
Association OF Brown. said to a Tribune reporter
yesterday:
Il have not the slightest Idea who the committee
has decided 10 recommend. The alumni here in
New-York have the utmost confidence In the ability
OF the committee to make a wise choice"
ARTHUR Lincoln. OF the firm OF Charles Fairchild
g. Co. No. % Wall-st.. was at one time secretary
of the Alumni Association.
.orhe most promising name 7 have heard men
toned for the place, he said is that Of Professor
Benjamin Ide Wheeler. OF cornell re Is man
about forty years old, and emlnently htted for the
presidency OF Brown
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-01-25

4 ADVERTISEMENTS and subscriptions for The Tribune
\ received al their Uptown once. No. l2t2 Broadway
20 door north Of 3isst until ocIoek p M: advertise
fneuts the following branch oces regular
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Mr. Crockett is certainly one Of the most In
dustrous and copious Of writer's. He has
actually four serial novels running through
divers periodicals at the present time. Little
Anna Mark and Kit Kennedy. Country Boy
are the newest Of these tales. The last-named,
which has Just been begun In "Harpers ia
gar" has for its main interest the reformation
Of a dr1lnkard OF high soul and weak Will.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-01-25
Of Ureut r0Iue and interest.

As a scholarly student Of. history
n and as writer Of unusual grace
and force his style IS
terse. simple, and direct. In narration
he is rapid and graphic. His
Simple, diction is strong and his pres.
direct, entaton Of events and OF social
rapid, conditions is always picturesque
graphic. and often dramatic. he has W.T.
humor, and much of that rhetor-
ca fervor which in oral utterance
we call eloquence. GEORGE CARY
tGGIESTON.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-01-25
FuU of imaginative force.

"CTORY" seems to apply better 10
y his impetuous, picturesque,
and often positively brilliant
narrative than the more formal word
derived from the same root.
Lnpetuous, The informal quality OF Mr..
Picturesque, WatsonS work will seem to
o4nd Often many its most potent charm
Brilliant. with the dlStnctnesS
Of its rapid portrayal of the
various epochs Of which it treats, its
imaginative force and its frequently
imprisoned cloquence.-E. A. D.,
in The Times, New York.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-01-25

choice Of f. J. Firth, OF Philadelphia. PRESIDENT OF
the Anchor Line, president Thomas NILSSON: oi
Cleveland. was elected vice-pres'dent Inc Ass
citation reelected the secretary treasurer ana c""
sci reclamation.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-01-25
Sharp, telling, and purpOSeful.

"NNE finds in the author e.. a
" man in whom is highly developed
the rare gift of telling a story in a
fascinating manner. Mr.. Watson's work
is not a history, in the old-fashioned sense
Of the term. 1t is, what he claims for it, a
story. He is serious, he is accurate; he
has fine discrimination, he estimates
men and events at their true value; above
all, he is picturesque and on occasion slightly
humorous; he is never dull; he gives to the
recital of ancient facts the freshness of
novelty The history of no people is so tas-
cinatlng as that OF the French, and no
one has written more entertainngly about
it than has Mr. Watson. st. Louis Daily
Globe Democrat
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-01-25

"A received at their Uptown once, 70 ~, sdstr,.,
"a door north OF Slst-u until oeoSs Ta,ss At re"ss
once rates unit. o'clock M ,,, w Mseys ess~~s
ana isth-st, it2 Columbus-ave,, near wss Isl W1
West 42ds, near oh,s eve ?. t iss Ess, 4ith -
go. between 18th and nth SITS lesoo 1890
Si.tst, 7os lst-aye. near seth-st; ooo %
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-01-25
Tivid and CONVINCING.

IN lot bald record of battles and
Y political manGuvres, but a
digest of principle and a rec
ord of the growth of French society.
We are made in this first volume TO
realize the spirit of feujalism, Of the
Dark Ages Of chivary, Of the Cru
Sades, Of absolute monarchy,
oA modern, Of the days of Charlemagne,
original, of Joan of Arc, the Grand
presentation Monarch, all irresistbIy tend
ofbistory. ing. though men knew it not,
to the great revolution Of
1889; but without undue attention
to military or personal detail. The
treatment is original and modern.
The author has had set and clear pur-
pose; it is we'll formed in his mind
and he never devates from it. That
purpose is to trace the origins Of mod
ern laws and customs, and especially
to mark the entertainments Of abso-
utism upon popular rights and to de-
scribe the long continued struggle Of
the many TO throw off the few.-Tke
DAILY Evsn'ng Telegraph, Philadel-
phia.
Il is bold and thrilling berfor-
nance; and tn the main the styIe
IS UOrfhy Of the great SUBJECT.
IAN invaluable political and social study"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-01-25

Professor II. A. Beers's History OF English
Romanticism in the Eighteenth Century Is
coming from the press OF Holt e. Co The same
publishers are also about to issue Mr.. John
Oxenham's novel. Gods Prisoner. This story
is mentioned as one full Of exciting episodes
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-01-25

Iciame H. IN P,rt.
"\ATILL be read with interest and
w admiration by thousands. &.
its most striking quality
is its readabeneSs. . . picturesque,
and often positively brilliant nara
His manner is obviously
OF never- founded on Carlyle's. but he
failing does not attempt to overcharge,
interest. his sentences with meaning, and
the utmost simplicity of state
ment seems to be ever his aim.
with never-ialllng interest,
with sustained power, with not hint
of fatigue, and with abundant
sympathy and appreciation. - The
Nelr YORK. Times.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-01-25
pnblie Nctiee.
PUBLIC SCHOOL NOTICE.

PUBLIC SCHOOL NOTICE. . M
An EXAMINATION for pupils not .n..
public schools will be held AZ the high s'no' s,,
ngs on Monday and Tuesday. January SON
beginning al o O clock A. NJ. - hs-
Pupils VIII be examined in arithmetie, sees". an.
tory OF the United States English grammar - =, ar.
position spelling reading and writing and IN" . "a
their examinations at the school which may W.
attend. a, vest ~
The BOYS Hish School r. situated az No @..s STREET
Street: the Girls High school No. SO East ~ a, 1871
ana the High School for both Boys and ON"
Street and Third Ave.
New York January IL. 1893 >, rAsPEr
superintendent. Boroughs 81 Msnhsttsn ano
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miscellaneous.


THE MOST delicious perfect natural and lasting Vio-
ette Perfume Is Volette Exquisa Libert. for sale
IL JAAiMEs West 3Ith-st.. near 5th-ave.
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9nsirnriiou

MISS cONkLIN.
VI AsTOR COURT Is WEST SD STREET.
STENOGRAPHY AND TYPEWRITING
Instruction with actual Office practice and thorough pro
ration for frst-class positions Application II 70 =
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IAN invaluable political and social study"
-Ne7U YORK Tribune
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-01-25

A STORY OF NEW YORK
POLITICS - "Riordan's Last
Campaign by Anne O'Hagan.
Illustrated.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-01-25

THE LEPERS"-A strange tale
OF South African Life, by w. s.
Scully. Illustrated by Yohn.