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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-07-17
Family Troubles the Cause.

Minneapolis. Mimi, July ls.-Tae body
of the man who shot himself at Lake
Harriet yesterday, was recognized as that
of B. c. Hlnnant. cashier of the construc-
ton department of the Northwestern
Telephone company. Hinnant came here
from Texas two years ago. About six
years ago he married a Miss Clark of
Hillsboro, Tex. IL is said that family
troubles drove him to suicide. II is be-
lieved his accounts are straight.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-07-17

then return to Cape Sabine, and hope
to be picked up there by the steamer
next summer.
If for any reason they fail to connect
with the steamer. DIR. Stein proposes to
cross the Strait of Littleton island and
make his way along the Greenland
coast the Esquimaux settlement which
formed the scene of his last explora-
ton. with the assistance of the ma
tives the party will be able to find their
way to Upernavik. which is annually
visited by whaling ships from the Unit
ed States
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-07-17
Inspect New Fort Wright.

Spokane, Wash, July 16.-The first Of
fetal visit of inspection to Fort Wright.
the new army post in this city. occurred
today when Congressman Hull. chairman
of the house military committee Con-
gresham Payne, Congressman Steele II
S Grant. jr.. and other members of ;he
distinguished party now touring the west.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-07-17

that the bullet had entered Hertell's body
near the abdomen and ranging upward
along rib. had lodged near the right side
in the back. The ball was extracted and
the young man is doing nicely.
HerteI is a deaf mute, as is his wife.
He has been singularly unfortunate of
late. A short time ago a train ran him
down, breaking his leg. Since then their
baby has died
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-07-17
Injured In a Stage Wreck.

Sacramento, Cal. July 16.-It is reported
here that as the stage from Tahoe for
Truckee was coming down the mountain
this evening, the team ran away and
wrecked the stage. There were ten to
fifteen passengers aboard, and several
were more or less injured. One man had
leg broken and the driver named York,
was so badly hurt that he is not expected
to live. None of the women passengers
are reported hurt,
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-07-17
sheepmen to Organize.

Sioux Falls. S. D., July 16.-The sheep
raising industry in the lands coded by
the Sioux Indians between the Missouri
river and the Black Hills has now
reached such proportions that the own
ers have decided to form an association
similar to the associations of the cattle
men. A meeting has been called for
Oct. 2 next at Fort Pierre. when the
sheepmen's association will be organ
izad
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-07-17
SEVEN MEN DROWNED.
News of Another, Disaster Brought
From Alaska.

Seattle. Wash, July 1.-THE schooner
General Siglin from Cook Inlet. Alaska.
brings news of drowning of seven men
at Turnagain Arm early in June. The
names of only five of them are known,
as follows: A. r. Johnson. Malone,
Ills; Louis Peterson, Chicago; Chris
Madison. Chicago; Porter, California:
Rockford. Ills.
They We're crossing the Arm in
small boat, which was overturned by
a big tidal wave.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-07-17
KIPLING BITTEN BY A DOG.
Right Thumb Badly Infamed and
Carries Arm In Sling.

London, July 16.-Rudyard Kipling's
right thumb has been bitten by dog and
is considerably inflamed
He carries his arm in a sling. but II is
not thought that the injury will have
serious consequences
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-07-17
Finishes Its Business.

Richmond. Va. July 16.-The convention
of the Young Peoples Baptist union
closed today with a gathering at which
addresses were delivered by several
many minister delegates occupied differ
ent pulpits and in the afternoon a
regular session with addresses and a ser
mon by DR.. I. ]. Vilers of Indiana was
held
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-07-17

spent four hours at the post The party
was received by Chaplain Bateman. tenn
porary commander of the garrison. 1t be-
ing Sunday the salute of seventeen guns
to which q congressman is entitled was
omitted. The visitors inspected all of the
new buildings and displayed keen inter-
est in the condition of the troops.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-07-17
ACCIDENT TO DEAF MUTE.
Shot Himself With Revolver While
Cleaning It.
Especial to The Herald.)

Leh. July 16.-Call Hertell who lives at
Saratoga Springs, shot himself accident
ally this morning with u 22-calibre re-
volver while cleaning it. He didn't know
it was loaded. Hertell is an employee of
j. r. Cutler who received the news of his
injury Mr. Cutler with DIR. Steel went
over to the Springs. The doctor found
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-07-17
Police Ordered Out.

Shortly after midnight about 900 po-
licemen from the precincts in Manhat-
tan and the Bronx districts were con-
veyed 10 the different barns and many
were placed along the several routes
comprising the territory covered by the
Brooklyn Traction company. Up to
80 o'clock there were very few cars
run over those lines. and those that
were sent out from the different barns
we're pOiiced by two, three and four
constables.
On the Putnam avenue line only a.
few men refused TO work. and it was
notable that scarcely a half dozen of
the cars in this division were pOliced.
The Flatbush and Bergen Beach cars
the NOstrand avenue. Gates. Ralph and
Myrtle avenue cars, as well as the
Third avenue trolley. showed a meagre
service in the early hours of the day.
but traffic on the old Nassau lines.
which comprise the Fifth. Seventh.
Park and Vanderbilt avenues and
Douglass and Butler street roads, was
practically at a standstill.
The men on the Nassau road were
most determined. and not one of the
mOtOrmen or conductors went to work.
The cars remained idle for several
hours. but by 10 o'clock about one
tenth of the regular rolling stock was
working. These cars were manned by
inspectors and linemen and in fact,
oilers and helpers were pressed into
service so as to maintain a partial run
ming of the system. Many Of the old
conductors and motOrmen reported for
duty on the Gates. Ralph. Broadway.
Myrtle avenue, Flushing and Third ave
nue. roads. and President RCssiter said
that shortly after noon over 80 per cent
of the old hands were at work on these
lines
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-07-17
Distractions On the Tracks.

Throughout the afternoon boulders
and large pieces of granite were taken
from a nearby yard and placed on the
tracks in the vicinity of Greenwood
cemetery, and the cars came along at
intervals of twenty and thirty minutes.
The further progress was delayed I'M
til these distractions We're removed No
sooner did the cars pass than the boul-
ders were laid on the tracks again, and
the police were unable to stop the eff
forts of the obstructionists.
During the day 300 additional police
were sent over from New York and a
close watch was kept all along the
Brooklyn bridge to see that no person
could interfere with the trolly wires
The only cutting of wire reported to
the Brooklyn police headquarters was
the partial destruction of the feed cable
on F'latbush avenue. but a score of
linemen soon repaired this in a temper
airy manner, which sufficed to reopen
the line
Late in the afternoon a conference
was held at police headquarters.
Among those present were Police Com
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-07-17
Congestion of Traffic.

Later in the afternoon the cars on the
latter roads were running at intervals
of ten minutes. which meant that the
service was crippled about One-third.
The heavy storm of the early morning
was disSipated about 10 o'clock and
from that hour until well on in the af-
ternoon the Sunday traffic, which is
usually very heavy 10 North beach,
Bergen beach and TO COney island. fill
ed the cars, but the dread of trouble or
disturbance kept hundreds of people
away from these seaside resorts.
Shortly before noon President Ros-
siter'S private car Ampere. started from
the city hall and made round trip on
the Traction lines. On board were
Chief Engineer Breckenridge, W. w.
Wickes. President ROssiter's private
secretary and Assistant Secretary Van
Colt. Accompanying these We're Head
quarters Detectives Reynolds, Harring-
ton. Gray and Stoddard.
The Ampere, after running to the
Flushing extension. went up. Nostrand
avenue TO Bergen Beach, and returned
down Flatbush avenue, whence it ran
to Coney Island. Coming back from
COney Island. the presidents car trav-
eled over the Fifth avenue route, and
as it neared Twenty third street and
Fifth avenue, those on board found
their further progress impeded by
stalled car near the Fifth avenue barn.
Here crowd of some 500 people. many
of whom were women and children.
had congregated. and the motorman OF
the AnTpere. Howard Jackson. was at
tackled by several men who were either
strikers or in sympathy with them. The
motorman received some nasty bruises
on the head and legs. Secretary
Wickes was one of the first to run TO
the mans assistance, and he was fin
ally rescued from the mob Six arrests
were made. and the track was soon
cleared
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-07-17
THE MINING INDUSTRY

Is one of Utah's greatest resources,
The Herald publishes more min
ing news than any other Utah
newspaper.
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1899-1900, 1899-05-31
WHO kNowsp


Somewhere in the length and breadth Of
our land,
Our president-one-day-t
Plays "leap-frog" and tag" with come
lad whom the world
viii yet a great orator see;
For every swift hour that's speeding away.
Is helping to make the great men of some
day!
In various hooks meath our star-spangled
flag,
Our future wise senators sit,
In session round histories, grammars and
states,
With studious brows roughly knit;
And hearts all unconscious that they are
to be
Bright stars in Americas proud destiny!
Now, laddie, who knows but that you may
be one
or our country's brave, valiant men
Its chief, or a maker of laws, or son
Who'll bring glory by saber or pen?
A name may be yours which to ends of the
earth
Will shine like a star oer the land OF your
birth!
Who knows? So, my lad, train your ener-
gies now,
For what they may yet have to do.
Be thorough! Let nothing be only half
done
Say nothing half-honest, half-true!
Serve well In small things howe'er humble
their state.
And then you'll be fitted to govern the
great.
| Golden Days.
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1899-1900, 1899-05-31

John Abel was celebrated English
singer of the last century. who trav'
eled about Europe, acquiring consid.
cradle wealth and greater independ-
ence of manner, boasting that he sang
only when he felt like it. While at
Warsaw, the king of Poland invited
him to sing at court, and Abel sent
an excuse. The king sent a file of sol.
diers. At the palace Abel was placed
in chair in the middle Of spacious
hall, and then, with a rope, drawn up
to a considerable height, the king and
his attendants occupying the gallery
Three bears were let into the hall be-
low, and Abel had the choice of sing
ing or being let down to the bears
He sang, and with great vigor.
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1899-1900, 1899-05-31

years specimen went to the Dresden
museum, at the cost of a hundred gum
cas-. The fourth, which was captured
last year in the fiords of Lake Te Anau
in New Zealand, has been offered to the
government there for the tidy sum Of
G25O.
Thus it appears that the bird is pre-
cious; worth very much more than its
weight in gold. The value, of course
comes of rarity. The wise men were be.
ginning to set it down as extinct
Scarcity aside, it must be worth looking
at-a gorgeous creature, about the size
of big goose, breast, head and
neck of the richest dark blue, growing
dullish as it reaches the under parts
Back, wings and tail feathers are olive
green, and the plumage throughout has
metallic luster. The tail is very short
and has underneath it thick patch OF
soft, pure white feathers.
Having wings, the Takahe dies not,
resembling therein its remote con
gener, the Diornis. The wings are not
rudimentary, but the bird makes no at
tempt to use them. This is the more
wonderful, as it belongs to the family
of rails, which is in the main family
of strong flyers. The legs are longish
and very stout, the feet not webbed
and furnished with sharp, powerful
claws. Both legs and feet are a rich
salmon red in color. The oldest feature
of all, however, is the bill, an equilateral
triangle of hard pink horn. Along the
edge, where it joins the head there is
strip of soft tissue much like the
rudimentary comb of a barnyard fowl
The bird is a wader, but lives on
grain, the big beak to the contrary not
withstanding. Dissection showed that
this latest specimen had crop full Of
grass, shipped into bits from quarter
to an inch in length. Its habitat is the
colder part of New Zealand, where il
finds asylum among glacial lakes and
fiords. Fossil remains show that it was
once sparingly distributed over the
whole country. If there is still land
where it is plenty it must lie mighty
close to the south pole.-St. Louis
Globe-Democrat.
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1899-1900, 1899-05-31

You will scuse me fur akin de
questions, elder, but a day or two ago
when you was buyin' spool of thread
in a store, l heard you tellin' de clerk
dat OWN to de impressiveness of de
fuctuation you felt obleeged to prevert
de ostensible deliberation. You know
what you meant, don't your
Not Siassely, sah."
"Was it your objeck to paralyze dat
clerk?"
81 reckon it was.'
"And | reckon you did it. At least
he thinks you ar a fool or a lhnatic
Now, den, one brief word to you and all
others. Dis foolin' wild dc English
language has got to stop or dis Lime
Kiln club will be busted all to smash.
When you want Goldfish go to de gro
Gerry and ak fur it in so many words.
When you talk of war, pollyticks or re-
ligiOn, you don't need any big words.
I'm all out o patience wild sich foolin'
around and fur de last time warn you
dat de elimination of de infatuation
will lead to a convolution of de pers-
piration. We will now pour de con
tents of de WATERFALL into de fire and GO
home"
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1899-1900, 1899-05-31

Lumbermen were rolling logs down
a bluff into the st. Johns river, Canada.
Near the foot of the hill there was q
slight ridge, and now and then log
would strike il and bound into the air,
landing well out into the river. Some
times log went astray and got stuck,
and then a man had to go down to dis
lodge it. Once when this happened a
man was prying at log when two men
came to the top of the bluff with an
other log, and by some mischance it
started down. They called to the man
below, but there was no'chance to seek
shelter. Down rolled the log, gaining
velocity with every foot, and then it
struck the ridge, gave great bound,
and went high over the mans head.
The lumbermen call it the closest shave
on record,
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1899-1900, 1899-05-31
N QUAD'S
VEIN OF HUMOR ,
COPYRIGHT. 1898.

IN. Excuse. were nensonnbIe.

HIS Excuses Were Reasonable.
was stopping over night at the
cabin of mountaineer when a colpor-
teur came along and was taken in, and
after supper he expressed his surprise
that no place of worship had been
erected in the neighborhood. There
were about 20 families within a dis
tance of two miles, but neither school
house nor church.
ats jest all OWN to two OF three
men," explained the settler. "Pve Of
fered to give the land and put in the
foundations, but every time we've got
together to talk il over old Jim Lee
would be on hand. He'd keep shet un-
til we'd got things about settled, and
then he'd git up n say:
"'Pm in fur a church, same as the
rest of yo' but befo' goin' any further,
want it known that 1 kin out-jump
any darned critter in this crowd!'
"Yo' can't talk about church when
mans blowin' around that way"
said the mountaineer. "Yo' Jest have
to drop the church bzness and go out
and jump. We'd allus to do that, and
befo' the jumpin' was over we'd forgit
everything else. 1t would run along
for awhile, and then dozen of us
would git together agin. We'd reckon
That we'd. orter build church, and
we'd be sayin' how much we'd give,
when that critter of a Pete Wharton
would riz up and say:
"'I'm in fur a church, as yo' all
know, but befo' we begin work want
it settled that l kin lay any man in
this town on his back. I'm claimin'
that | kin out-wrassle anything what
stands on legs, and l want to prove it. >
Couldn't none of us stand any such
bluff as that, yo' know, and so we'd
drap the church to go out and wrassle.
That would set things all back agin.
Bimcby somebody would stir 'em up
agin, and we'd git together to make a
beginnin'. When things was purity
near fixed Tom Lee would suddenly re-
member sunthin' and git up and say:
"'I'm no hand TO brag, as yo' all
know, but I've got mewl out yere who
kin outrun anything on this road fur
money
That would bust the church bizness
agin," explained the host. Wed drap
the church fur mewl-race. and NAB
be it would be a year befo' it come up
agin."
'But how are things now?" asked the
good man.
"Wall, we're goin' to hold another
mcetin' next week"
"And do you think the matter will
go through?"
"Tm hopin' so, suh-I'm hopin' so,
but it all depends. Wen git together
fur a solid talk, and we'll all agree that
we orter hev a church, and if old Joe
Keller don't riz up and bluff some
body to trade hogs, or Tom Mensloe
don't start us off on bar hunt over the
hills, yo' kin sot it down that we'll git
up and hump ourselves, and that the
Lord will smile on our efforts!"
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1899-1900, 1899-05-31
A sNow-wHITE ROBIN.
How one of These Rare Creatures
Was Discovered by n Lover
of Birds and Nature.

A large tract, not very far from Chi
cago, unfrequented even by sportsmen,
has been taken possession of by birds
and "beasties." Hundreds of them live
here the year round. Warm-weather
birds spend the summer months here,
and throngs of hardy little creatures
shelter themselves here throughout the
winter and listen for the spring.
One day last September pushed my
way through this wood down to the
creek to see what condition the fences
were in--for sometimes old Mosquito
carries off the rails-and to say good
by to the summer birds. 1t was a
lucky day for me. Besides being near
to lark when he rose with his song in
his throat, l flushed covey of quail
from the edge of the brush, l heard
flicker drum his best tune on half
decayed limb, and, best of all, saw
a white robin! This was the way it
happened: / was coming home about
four o'clock, when just before me in
a little open space on the ground were
five or six robins, supping on some ber-
ries. Among them was one white as
the driven snow. / could hardly be-
lieve my eyes. Involuntarily l stood
still and riveted my gaze on the little
albino. The flock fingered several sec
onds on the ground and then flew, light
ing in a tree not far away. l moved,
carefully till | could command sight of
this tree, and in few minutes | saw
them fly again, this time to disappear
in the tree tops. The fact which i'm
pressed me most in my observation of
this robin and its companions was that
neither the white one nor the red
breasts seemed conscious of any pc
culiarity in its appearance. Unlike the
white blackbird of the old Latin read
er, the bird appeared to be on the most
friendly terms with those around it,
picking up seeds and chirping with the
rest. The little company was doubt
less preparing to go south, for robins
are wont to gather in f1ocks in the
woods just before migrating.
All robins have more or less white in
their feathers, but a robin perfectly
white is extremely rare. Once in a
great while Mother Nature, for some
reason not understood by naturalists,
forgets to put any dark coloring mat
ter in a robins plumage. The young
of this freak of nature are not neces-
sarily white, but they inherit ten
dency to albinism.
Robins have habit of returning year
after year to nest in the same place,
and if Prince White Feather spreads bis
wings in Mosquito creek woods next
summer / know person who will be
there to cultivate his acquaintance -
Justine Iddings Baldwin, in Chicago
Record.
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1899-1900, 1899-05-31
He Has Some Remarks On
NEngIish As She Is Spoke"

When the routine business of the
regular meeting of the Lime-Kiln club
had been concluded, Brother Gardner
arose and looked up and down the
iaisles over his spectacies and said:
"Doorin' de past two weeks hev bin
.clusly watchin' sartin members 'of dis
-club, and l hev bin panied and grieved
to dislSiyer dat de advice l hev fire.
.quently given has gone fur naught. A
dozen times in de last three years l
hey advised and cautioned against de
way majority of you use de English
language, but it pears to hev done no
good. Eber since / was 'lected presi-
dent of dis Lime-Kiln club l hev sot
you an example in dis matter. hev
spoken plainly and simply, sayin' what
i meant and meanin' what l said. De
English language rs she is spoke am
good huff fur anybody. Nobody need
go nuntin' around fur big words to
make hisself understood. Nobody need
lose his breath in findin' language to
ask de way to de post Office OF de time
% day.
IF Brudder Samuel Shin am wild us
.yere tonight he will riz up" continued
the president, after a rather painful
pause.
Samuel had crowded in behind the
,stove and was just falling asleep, and
he was a long inmate in getting out
where he could be seen. Then Brother
Gardner said:
'BIAldder Shin, de odder day, when
you was buyin' 'taters in grocery,
heard you say to de grocer dat de am
;biguity of de sinuosity didn't pear tC
be commensurate wild de comparison.
,come you shot 'em off altogether. II
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1899-1900, 1899-05-31
THE TAKAHE BIRD.
II Is n Native of New Zealand and
Worth Much More Than Its
Weight in Gold.

Possibly the rarest of all feathered
creatures is the "takahe" bird of New
Zealand. Science names it Notornis
Mantelli. The first one ever seen by
white eyes was caught in 1849. A sec
ond came to white hands in 1851. Like
the first, it was tracked over snow and
caught with dogs, fighting stoutly and
uttering piercing screams of rage until
overmastered. Both became the prop
erty of the British museum. After that
it was not seen again until 1870 That
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1899-1900, 1899-05-31
When Otis was Nonplused.

Only once, it is said, has Gen. Elwell
S. Otis, the American commander in
the Philippines, been nonplused. That
was when as boy he was a student il
the Rochester academy. He was a
natural leader, and for four years he
kept the faculty in a state of agita
tion. His most famous prank was the
smuggling of donkey into the class
room, and tying the animal securely
to the head professors desk. When
that gentleman made his appearance
he neither smiled nor exhibited any
trace of anger. "Ycung gentlemen
he said, quietly, 81 see you have wise
ly chosen your instructor. Good morn
ing" That time the laugh was or
Otis,