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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-04-23

signs and motions, but as we became
acquainted we had a fondness for each
other and 8, heap of fun at our clumsy
mode of communication. Young Sien-
kiewicz soon learned to speak so as to
be understood in English and 1 helped
him learn hundreds of words.
Was he a writer then? The most
patient and painstaking 1 can imagine.
[ have seen him sitting at a wooden
table (Which he constructed himself)
writing day after day There were
three pepper trees away out at the
north end of the colony ranch, and
there Sienkiewicz would sit and write.
He had three or four books in French
and Polish on the table, and a stack
of blue paper Occasionally he would
roll a cigarette. and, tipping his chair
back, would blow smoke out of his
mouth and look up at the trees as if
in trance. Then he would furiously
resume writing again.
The last time / saw young Mr.
Sienkiewicz was in Los Angeles. He
was living in cheap rooms in the up
per floor of the old Pico House, not. far
from Chinatown there. He looked
seedy and bore the marks of several
months hard mental labor. He spoke
pretty good English by that time and
he told me that he had been earning
some money by writing for Polish
paper and by several stories. 1 have
learned in the last year that four of
his famous HAMA stories We're written
in the old Pico House at that time. [
believe the young man went to San
francisco in March or April. 1879 and
from there went to New York, thence
to Poland. He wrote several letters to
Nine. Modjeska and Count Bozenta
when he reached Cracow, but we never
Of 4
wide fame as the author of QUO
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-04-23
Impossible Possible.
CNow York Times.)


Two railway accidents are reported
that go far toward showing the posi-
bility of the impossible The first one
took place between Anoka and Walton
on the Panhandle" road A car.
about midway in a freight train, was
derailed, but did not break the auto
matte couplers, and the car simply
jumped clear Of the track and free from
the rear cars in the train. These rear
cars caught up with the first section
on the grade and automatically coupled
with il, and the lost car was not
missed until the run was completed
Exactly the same thing happened on
the Chicago & Alton road. \ train of
tventy-eight box cars left Bloomington,
Ills, for RoOdhouse, and in the center
of the train was a car loaded with coal.
When Roodhousa was reached this car
was missing, though the train was all
complete. An investigation placed the
missing car forty miles from Rood
house. 1t had jumped the track. with a
train speed of about forty miles per
hour, and had cleared the rails by ten
feet, without turning over. The rear
end of the train automatically coupled
with the front section and the train
chee-fully on it's way Engi-
neec1ng News tells these stories as if if
believed them, SO journals with less
knowledge in such matters can hardly
be incredulouS.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-04-23
PARISIANS FLOCKING TO HIM.
An American Creating Sensation In
Paris as a Healer.
(New York Journal.)


J Paris-A great sensation mas been
caused in Paris by the wonderful cures
/ alleged to be effected by a weird indi-
vidual named Edwards, an American
| by birth, whose modus operandi is the
! imposition of hands have just paid
visit to Edwards at his consulting
rooms in the Rue Cadet. and found
them crammed with people, many of
whom are well known women of So
ciety. Or. Edwards, with his long
white hair tumbling in disorder over
his back. his regular features and the
Semitic incline of his nose presents
striking appearance. In a long dressing
gown, on which shines, at the waist, a
silver cross, and with bare and sand
aled feet, he has, his admirers think,
so close Il resemblance to st. Paul that
this is the nickname they have given
him, and which he has professionally
adopted.
Il was raised in Rome" said the
magician to me, and am by religion a
Catholic. My mother, who was an
English woman, spent some days be-
fore my birth in great devotion before
the statue of st. Paul, and christened
me Paul. Doubtless that is why 1
resemble St. Paul, and that my body
is marked with the stigmata of the
cross. The toes and fingers corre-
spending to those of Christ through
which the nails were driven are missing
in my feet and hands" In point of
fact, DR.. Edwards is minus two fingers
and two toes.)
My gift he continued, SIS from
God" My motto is 'Transeo Dene
faciendo.' l first discovered the re-
markable powers with which L am
endowed when in Australia. 1 was
sleeping in the same room with a young
government official who was dying of
consumption. l got up and cured him
instantly. l have never made such a
marvellous cure since
Among his prominent patients DR..
Edwards mentioned Miss Loie Fuller.
the music hall dancer, who is suffering
from ophthalmia, caused by the glare
Of electric light, and the cardinal arch
bishop Of Mexico, whom he cured of
acute rheumatism. Pneumonia is the
disease which he combats with the
greatest success.
l asked him what he thought of
Lourdes.
AS a means to influence the psychic |
state of sick persons" he replied some |
what vaguely, all revelations of a
religious nature have considerable I'M |
portanee. 1 believe that in man lies |
the power 10 cure every malady with I!
which mankind is afflicted" |
DO you follow particular diet?" 1 |
inquired.
4 eat twice day. methodica1ly, and !
everything"
Dr. Edwards takes no fees. but he ac-
accepts whatever grateful patients are
willing TO give him, and is accumulat-
ing a large fortune. The crowds who
press into his operating rooms grow
larger and larger every day.
Indeed. st. Paul. has already been
expelled from two sets of rooms for this
reason. At certain hours of the day the
queue of his customers extends to the
corner of the street where he lives
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-04-23
INSANE HEIR TO MILLIONS.
William Wood Charge On the State of Kansas Owns the
Famous Emma Mine At ASpen-LOng Fight Made
For Him In the Courts By His C0nServatOr.

heard of in the litigation. He was not
considered worth the attention For
fourteen years he had been in an insane
asylum.
In 1892 2. L. Hubbard was appointed
conservator of William Woods estate
by Judge Miller in the Arapahoe coun-
ty court. In 1893 the attorney, as con-
servator. brought separate suit
against Wheeler ana the Aspen Mining
u Smelling company for Woods inter
est. Wheeler also fought this, but
Hubbard obtained judgment for $780,
600, the proportion of William Wood in
the output of the mine during the liti-
cation, besides his share in the prop
erty.
But the money was not paid over
After being so bitterly fought for years,
every point of vantage being priced by
each side. it seemed strange to Hubbard
that such apathy should exist. The
truth was, Wheeler and the Aspen
Mining q Smelling company were
about wrecked.
A sale OF the property was ordered by
Judge Hallett to satisfy the Judgment
No one paid, seemingly, any attention.
The story of the sale at Aspen on Tues
day by United States Marshal Bailey
has been told. 1t does not affect the
interest of j. o. Wood, whose claim is
sun uiiSdllSllSu. Out taxes all Inc inter-
est of the other heirs, as they have al
lowed judgment to go. and the sale be
made as a prior lien on the property.
Wheeler made a deed to Margaret Bill
hngs and the heirs of William ]. Wood.
but that is also subject to the lien of
the insane heir. Mrs. Scott lost her
suit because she sent a lawyer to in
vestigate before accepting her share.
and her claim was thrown out of court
on the theory that no fraud could be
practiced against her. she having taken
this precaution.
SO the entire group of claims belongs
to an insane man, bid in under the
Judgment for 500 He will be taken
TO an asylum. where care and skilIful
treatment will restore him to reason,
and the conservator will begin to de-
velop properties already producing at
the rate of $4,000 per month 1t is
claimed there is no recourse: that, un-
der the law, William Wood is the sole
owner of property valued at millions
a strange story. And if you saw it on
the stage you would condemn it as ut
terly improbable.
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The Author of ."Mr. Dooley."
CNew York Times.)

The success which has come to the
author of Mr.. Dooley in Peace and
War has had no effect on the modesty
of Finley P. Dunno. AS a hard work
ing newspaper man he holds his craft
as high as that of the writer of books,
and he looks upon the "DOOley" let
tiers as side issue. Mr.. Dunno has
served a long apprenticeship to news
paper work, covering AID manner of as
signments in and out of town for the
newspapers with which he has been
connected, writing editorial matter, and
finally becoming managing editor of the
Evening Journal. He began the DOCley
Letters some years ago uDon the Chi
cago Post, having a well-known local
saloonkeeper as a model This was Jim
McGarry. a. man with a dry, native wit,
but McGarTy protested so strongly
against DUNES lucubrations being ac-
credited to him, that the Dooley was
created, and was located out on the
'A-archey Road'-Archer avenue. An
other character who is frequently men
toned is Father Kelly. who really eX-
lists in the flesh and under the same
name. He is a priest who would have
delighted Father Prout himself. He
has never protested, as did .McGarry.
against being made famous in the Doc
ley papers
None of Dunne's friends are surprised
that his work in book form should have
such q vogue on both sides of the water,
for they all knew that he needed but
to apply himself to make a reputation.
He has the lively wit of his Irish ances-
try, and his reputation as a story teller
has been quite high. His admirers
knew that if he would but concentrate
himself upon something definite it must
succeed.
He is extremely modest, and does not
attach much Importance to the work he
has done thus far
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-04-23
Queer Condolences.


This is q little world in which we live
and the people most certain of this are
those who have experienced strange CO.
medicines which seem almost impos-
sible. Henry Bradshaw. executive Ii
brarian of the Cambridge university Ii
brary, had a strange adventure in the
Paris library. A book had been lost
for nearly a century. and Mr.. Brad
shaw went over to see if he could dis
cover it. Search was fruitless. though
there was a strong presumption as to
the part of the library where it would
be found. He stood one day in one of
the recesses of the library, describing
its probable appearance to the librar-
ian, about the height. thickness and
similar binding TO this said he, taking
book out of the shelves.
1t was the missing book
The stories of strange condolences in
the matter of the recovery of lost prop
erty are legion. Two years ago lady
staying at Long Branch lost a gold
ring while bathing. a reward was Of
fered, and all the boys of the place
raked the whole shore up in search of
it. But it was never found. The next
year the lady was at Long Branch
again, and while reading on the shore,
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-04-23

Indeed, william Wood vas never
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-04-23

never looking for the ring or thinking
of it, she turned it up accidentally with
her DaraSol.
A woman out bicycling lost a jeweled
scarfpin, which she much valued. She
did not miss it till the end of her jour
ney, and as she had ridden twenty
miles. the prospect of finding il seem
ed small. She, however, gave notice Of
her loss to the police. On her return
journey, when about a. mile from home,
she punctured the tire of her machine,
and. ON dismounting to discover the
cause, found the pin sticking in the
tire
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-04-23
Do You Know

CONSUMPTION is preventable? Science
has proven that. and also that neglect
IS suicidal. The worst cold or cough
can be cured with Shiloh's Cough and
Consumption Cure. Sold on positive
guarantee for over fifty years. Sold
by Nelden-Judson and other druggists.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-04-23
An Excellent Reason.

uife)
Like cheese
"Only the poetry of it,.
Poetry"
yes. You see. 'gambit' is the best
rhyme known to damn Bit
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-04-23
LOCATING THE COLONY.

After several weeks in New York
and Philadelphia. the party went to
Washington at the invitation of the
Russian minister. The colonists We're
introduced to President Grant, and
having awaited themselves of an offer
of a great mass of government litera-
ture on the subject of farming and fruit
growing, they started for the Pacific
coast.
1t was months before the Poles de-
cided upon acreage property TO buy for
their colony. Meanwhile the real estate
men worked early and late to induce
them to settle here and there. Every
one in Los Angeles was interested to
some extent in the choice of colony
site by the new corners. But four
among the Poles could speak fair
English. Finally the colonists decided
to buy a quarter section-160 ~acres-in
Santa Ana valley near Anaheim Work
began at once on the colony buildings.
and by the spring of 1877 they were
finished. Then the fields We're laid out,
irrigation bitches dug, and the ground
made ready for planting fruit trees. All
this had eaten a big slice out of the
combined capital of the expectant
colonists, and there were schemes for
the anticipated wealth from the pro-
duct of the property should begin to
roll in. The Poles, unable to talk with
the small army of carpenters, orchard
planters, ploughmen and irrigators
about the property, stood by, smoked
cigarettes, built air castles and watched
the progress of affairs with delighted
interest. They realized. however that
they were paying some mighty heavy
bills, and that the. Americans asked
the full value Of everything they sold
or the work they did. But the Poles
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-03-04
A Generous Offer,

Great Falls, March 3.-The claims
agains the mines of Neihart which are
included under the name of the Ben
ton group, have been purchased or sat-
isfied by ]. T. Arlington, L. E. Collins,
j. c. f. Barker, d. l.. S. Barker and E.
]. Barker, and they amount to S6.145.
The mines were operated by the Mon
tana Gold. Silver, Tellurium and Plati-
mum company, and when the suits were
brought about a year ago it was com
monty reported that the same was one
on the part of the principal stockholders
to freeze out the smaller men and 70
gain complete control of the mines at a
comparatively small outlay. That re
port or rumGr is now entirely refuted by
the action of the gentlemen named as
the purchasers of the claims. They have
announced that any stakeholder who
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-03-04

recovered from an attack of typhoid
fever, and this makes his misfortune
doukly hard.
Jack Rogers, one of the contractors
of the Great Northern railway. has re-
turned from an absence of several
months spent in La Crosse, Wis, and
is now visiting Havre friends.
A. E. Sanderson is contemplating a
removal to Spokane, where he will en-
gage in the practice of his profession,
the law.
At the sale of forage at Fort ASSN
niboine Oscar Johnson of Fort Benton
was the successful bidder on lis. 900
pounds of oats, securing the lot at $l.0l
per 100 weight
The suit brought BY John Forgey
against the Great Northern to collect
damages alleged to have been caused
by the killing of a cow has been
thrown out of court for lack of proof.
The people at Shelby junction are
reported as preparing for a great boom
in the spring. The townsite has been
laid out in lots and other preparations
have been made.
l.. Minugh of Harlem says that dur
ing the recent cold wave several Their
mometers in that town reported the
minimum temperature as 50 degrees be
low zero.
Mcnamara & NARROW of Big Sandy
have purchased the Gaddis bunch of
cattle in the Smith river country, pay
ing $32. so per head, The sale includes
all cattle branded up to Jan. /, 1899
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-03-04
CHINOOK NOTES.

The members of the Chinook brass
band had prepared ito take trip to
| Harlem on Friday but at the last min
ute it was discovered that several of
| the boys could not go. As they had as
sembled, they took occasion to seren-
ade the town, with a programme that
was enjoyed by all. 1t is proposed that
the citizens raise a fund for the pur-
chase of new Instruments and in re-
turn the band will give a series of open
air concerts during the summer
A large number of friends surprised
Mr.. and Mrs, H. c. Geldert at their
home on Friday evening, that being the
25th anniversary of their wedding.
c. H. Barton returned to Harlem on
Tuesday with his two older sons, the
younger having been left with his
grandmother in Maiden Rock Wis.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Burrell have the
honor of being the parents of the first
twins to be born in the town of Chi
nook. Both are girls and with the
mother are getting along nicely
large crowd assembled at the Mon
tana hotel on Saturday evening to do
honor to Miss Curtis. 1t was COM
plete surprise and several hours were
pleasantly spent in dancing
f. A. Prosser and William Shearer
who have been engaged for several
weeks in driving a tunnel into the hill
of coal which is reported to be excellent.
1t is not known how wide it is as yet
j. A. Rasmussen of Harlem has gone
to Great Falls, where he VII take a
course of instruction at the business
college.
Mrs. S. A. Cook is in Helena this week
visiting friends and transacting some
business.
Attorney W. B. Sands is attending the
term of district court now being held
at Fort Benton.
A slight breakdown is reported from
the Alabama mine near Landusky
which necessitates the temporary work
ing of the machinery by hand.
ii. ID. Sanford has about as complete
a wolf hunting outfit as can be found
IN Choteau county. He sets over 100
traps and took 40 pelts as the result
of ten days work near the Hedges
ranch
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-03-04
GREAT FALLS NOTES.

Mrs. II. r. Mackay of Neihart was in
town yesterday and left this morning
for a visit in the East.
Samuel jenkins and Miss Eleanor
Williams, both Of Belt. were married
last night by Judge Stafford.
Mr.. and Mrs. owen Bower of the
south side are very happy over the
birth this morning of a 1914 pound
daughter.
D. l.. S. Barker arrived to-day from
Wabigoon, Ontario, where he and his
brother are interested in some gold
properties.
Robert Hendry. eX-cOunty auditor,
has removed with his family to Helena.
where he will represent the Grand
Union Tea company.
Mrs. James Smith and Mrs. Edward
Jones of Sand COulee are in the city
and will leave soon for the coast, where
they will spend about a month.
Alex Vanett. who is employed at the
silver smelter and who from time to
time in the past has given the police
considerable trouble with his antics.
has disappeared, He is the man who
is accustomed to taking out his glass
eye before crowds and shocking them
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-03-04
HAVRE NEWS.

Samuel Emery Ball. the 2-year- old
son of Mr.. and Mrs. William Ball, died
at their residence on Tuesday after an
illness of one week.
Jack Ryan, who returned from Daw-
son City this winter and has since been
in the employ of the Great Northern
railway as a machinist. has purchased
a dairy ranch and thrown up his posi-
ton with the railway
Press Larkins and Howard Nichol
son of Harlem We're in Havre this week
while on their way To Fort Benton
where they are witnesses at this term
of the district court.
The Havre brass band, which has
slumbered for many months, is being
revived and this summer promises to
add to the enjoyments of the season
Its composition will be as follows: O.
English, clarionet: G. E. Fuller Frank
Heron. Peter Des Roster A. kellogg,
comets; A. Spray, Phil O'Hearn
Charles Howell, altos; William Swan
ton. Joseph Gussenhoven, trombones:
f. NJ. Ross, baritone: A. A. Pepin, bass:
William Means, snare drum; O. Walen
bass drum.
The new fire brigade of this town had
occasion on Wednesday afternoon to
show its metal. A small dwelling house
owned by Walter Fielding of Cypress
was discovered to be on fire and an
alarm rung in. The boys were on
hand promptly and soon had a stream
on the blaze. The building was saved
with small damage, although the con-
tents of the house were pretty thor
oughly drenched.
H. Bartof. employed by John Hender-
son at Warwick, has been taken to the
St. Glare hospital at Fort Benton, suf-
ferins with broken leg. He had just
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-03-04
IN POLICE COURT.
Tom LAWN Sent to Jail for Stealing Half
Dollar.

Il Dollar.
Great Falls, March 3.-Last night
| Tom LAWN thought he had an excel
lent opportunity to steal a half dollar
lying on the bar of the Owl saloon on
Central avenue, and accordingly made
a grab for it and ran toward the
wagon bridge across the Missouri. Off
Ger Anderson saw the transa elton, and
though he is too heavy a weight for
sprinting, he started and made a sue
cessful run. reaching his man just as
the latter got on the bridge. charge
of drunkenness was preferred against
LAWN, as the owner of the half dollar
did not wish to make the charge any
worse. On this Tom was sent to the
city Jail for five days
H. G. Hall, a veteran of the late
war whose appetite for whiskey inva-
riably gets the best or worst of him,
was up before his honor on the charge
of being drunk. He was sent in for
three days. more for the purpose of So
bering him up than with an idea. of
reforming him.
John Hoffman, employed at the Great
Northern station, yesterday afternoon
slapped the face of one of a crowd of
youngsters who We're disturbing the
place and who were inclined to be too
saucy for ordinary human existence
He pleaded guilty to the charge and
paid $3.50, but it is an even bet that
the next boy who makes a nuisance of
himself will be turned over to the no.
lice and the shoe will be on the other
foot.