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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-01-06
Total receipts .....-.......-
DISBURSEMENTS.

Balance due treasurer Dec. BIS 8, rs SO
Summarizing, the report showed the
receipts fer six months, including bal
ance of s7.491.17 on hand June 30, $780,
79497; disbursements, $144, 5000; bal
ance due treasurer Dec. 81, 1898, S.
77s93.
The treasurer also reported the re-
ceipt of $4,000 more On the tax collec-
lions since the first of the year. The
ceipt Of $40, 300 more on tax collec-
fund apportionment viii put the
boards financial affairs in good shape.
For the information OF the board,
Clerk Moreton submitted the follow
ing:
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-01-06
IN THE DISTRICT COURT. PRoBATE

DAVID G. DUNBAR. Clerk
By E. G. REEDALL. Deputy Clerk
Young q MOyle. Attorneys.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-05-13
thW acted IS

.ountrymen because th0y acted IS
guides for Spaniards--
ct visited the insuEgent camp in the
middle of February and talked with
Aguinaldo, having met him in connec-
Ion with the Spanish rebellion months
previously He was heartily tired OF
war with the Americans and was dis
posed to make peace but assured me
that if necessary he could fight Tor
long time. Even with the close guard
Dewey put on him steamers were
bringing him arms and supplies from
China all the time to- ports ON out-of-
the-way islands, and from thence they
are distributed The heart Of the mat
ter is just this: The great majority OF
the natives are savages,. who, smartlns
under Spanish misrule, swear ven
geance on invaders, and they Will Keep
up the warfare for years. They con-
slider the Spaniards had no right a1ter
they were driven out. to sell the coun-
try to the Americans. L would much
rather see the latter" in power Tor the
sake of the protection, for when onre
protested against cruelties pract1ced by
the Spanish on my men the governor
wrote: please keep quiet or you Will
be shot That issto much for an Eng
Iishman or American, either"
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-05-13
Fond of TOBACCO.

CT have been an inveterate user OF
tobacco in some form for the past 40
years, and during that. time have had
much to do with all sorts Of wild
beasts, which 1 have found are nearly
all. more or less. partial to the smell
or taste of the weed" observed an old
and experienced animal trainer to
Star reporter. For instance, the COM
mon brown bear is so fond of the
fumes of tobacco that If you blow
smoke through the bars of its cage 1t
will, with evident delight, push for
ward and rub it's back and head
against the iron bars over which the
smoke passes. This is invariable. Not
long ago 1 blew through hollow
stick a pinch of snuff into the nose OF
a sleeping lion. The brute shortly az
ter awoke. sat up straight, sneeZed
violently and then lay down to sleep
very contentedly again. All goats.
deer, llamas and so or will chew and
eat tobacco and snuff with great eager
ness. Monkeys and big balloons also
breathe with great satisfaction the
smoke from cigars. 1 once made a
very vicious llama, belonging to cir
Gus. my friend by feeding it daily with
a small quantity of snuff. One day
when the show was in Brooklyn, N. y.
several memo warsmen came to see
our exhibit of tame and wild animals
When the men got to the Enclosure
where the llama was kept. one of the
company commenced teasing the beast
BY way of protest the llama suddenly
spat at the offending sailor, and the
latter, with a very astonished look, ex-
claimed. Holy Moses, how his breath
smells Of snuff, boys.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-05-13

Thomas Moon, an Engiishman, ar
rived home by steamer Tartar from
the Philippines, where he has been for
two years experimenting plantation
for a company in the old country. In
transacting his business Noon Travelled
all over the Philippines. He says:
81 saw the rebellion and the causes
that led up to it, and knowing the
temper of the natives sm convinced
that the Americans will, by superior
force. overwhelm the populous centers
of the islands and thus break the re-
bellion. but there will be mountain
warfare for years. The natives were
able to kill dozens OF Spanish soldiers
nv Turing them into ambuscades when
thev were out on pillage. This guer-
rilla warfare is sure to cost many
American lives, and should be avoid
ed by peaceable arrangement The ma
tiyes Of the interior are wild savages
and l know of cases where men and
young boys were beheaded by their
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-05-13

In a great city like London there
are many importers, who make bus1-
ness of appealing to public sympathy
by shamming sickness. Not only do
they pretend to be crippled or blind,
but they also feign epilepsy and other
diseases, and are taken to public hos
pitfalls in q state of assumed uncon-
seriousness. One of these imposters
was carried into hospital from po-
lice van and laid on a sofa in the eX-
aiming room. The resident surgeon
had a keen eye, and watched the pa
tient closely. AS the apparently I'M
conscious man was deposited on the
sofa a few pennies fell out of his
pockets and rolled on the floor. The
patient opened his eyes and made a
quick movement to recover the coins
Then he bethought himself and drew
back.
The doctor, accustomed to deal with
such pretenders, turned to an attend
| ant and remarked:
"You notice, probably, how limp the
| man is, and how heavily he is breath
ing 1t is bad case, and needs i'm
mediate and severe treatment. Fetch
the battery"
There was q suspicious trembling OF
| the patients hands, and the lout
breathing ceased. When the battery
was produced, the doctor added, brisk.
| ly:
"He scarcely breathes. You mus
be quick Let him have the full power
of the battery. Half a charge will mo-
| answer the purpose"
The patient by this time had opened
| his eyes from sheer terror, and before
| the wires were we'll in hand he hat
found his voice. Sitting bolt upright
on the sofa, he shrieked:
"Let me go, 1 beg of you. There i:
| nothing the matter with me. 1 an
| only a poor sort of humbug, that trie:
| to make a few pennies by shamming
| Turn off your batteries and let mt
CO."
The patient was dismissed after h,
had picked up the coins which haC
| fallen under the sofa.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-05-13

Left-handed facility among the
school children is a subject that is re-
ceiving much serious attention from
the school authorities in Germany
with view to developing both hands
and arms equally while the children
are young They argue that the right
hand has been so excessively devel-
oped that many efforts which might
easily be delegated to the left hand
are undertaken by the right The
smallest objects, as rule, are picked
up by the right hand. Such one-sided
movements. repeated constantly. have
their influence on the entire system,
and are not conducive to the symmetry
Of the body. The habit of people to
carry children on the left arm, so as
to have the right hand free, tends to
make the left shoulder higher than
the right In such cases the cure must
date from childhood. In the boys
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-05-13
Rush for Pensions.

The pension office is being almost
overwhelmed with applications for
pensions now being filed by soldiers
who served in the war with Spain. The
demand is beyond all expectations. The
regiment which has achieved the dis
tinction of having the largest number
of applications for pensions thus far
is the Thirty-fourth Michigan. The
number of pension applications so far
received from this regiment is $50, OF
over one-fourth of the enlisted
strength of the regiment. The second
Mace belongs to the District of Column
bia regiment, which has in $50 appii-
cations Then follow the Thirty-third
MICHIGAN. the Eighth Ohio, the "Presi-
dents own as it is called, and the
Second Massachusetts. The number OF
pension applications from the Second
Massachusetts, which is the nth on
the list, is BIT. Seventeen officers o!
the staff of the District of Columbia
regiment are among the applicants fol
pensions.
or all The regiments mentioned the
only two which were under fire were
the Second Massachusetts and the
Thirty-fourth Michigan The SecUnC
| Massachusetts had number killed
and the Thirty fourth Michigan hao
| four men killed at Aguadore bridge
and probably a dozen wounded The
| principal cause upon which pension,
| are asked is malaria.
The pension office officials say the
rush for pensions for those who served
| in the Spanish war is very remarkable
in view of the fact that, up TO 1882
| there were a number of regiment:
which had served all through the civil
war which did not have, all told, 10l
| applications. 1t is the belief OF the
pension Office that the pension attor
news are largely responsible for tn,
large number Of pension application,
| which have been made.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-05-13
Chimney-Tops.

"Ah! the morning is gray;
And what kind of a day
Is it likely to be?''
You must look up, and see
What the chimney-pots say.
IF the smoke from the mouth
OF the chimney goes south
IT'S the north wind, that blows
From the country of SHOWS:
Look out for rough weather;
The cold and the north wind
Are always together.
''When the smoke pouring forth
From the chimney goes north,
A mild day it will be,
A warm time we shall see:
The south wind is blowing
From the lands where the orange
And fig-trees are growing
But, if west. goes the smoke,
Get your waterproof cloak
And umbrella about:
IT'S the east wind that's out,
A wet day you will find it:
The east wind has always
A storm close behind it.
TT is east the smoke flies
We may look for blue skies!
Soon the clouds will take flight,
Twill be sunny and bright:
The sweetest and best wind
Is, surely, that fair-weather
Bringer, the west wind"
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-05-13
An O6d Depositor.

The cashier of a thriving bank in a
big western town was doing the talk
ing.
When I began my career in the
banking business" he said, lit was in
an old established bank in an Ohio
city to which my father had been
elected president. We didn't live in
the town until his election, and moved
there when he took charge. After
about six months experience 1 was
made assistant receiving teller, and be-
tween that and my youth, and the fact
that my father was president, l guess
l was about four sizes too large for
the earth. But 1 got over it, and one
day when there was lull and the re-
ceiving teller had gone across the
street to look after a check that he
had taken 1 popped up to the window
and took my first lesson. A rough
looking old fellow came that 1 thought
was farmer from Hayville. He c. ne
straight for me, and said he wanted
to deposit some money. 1t wasn't my
business to undertake new customer,
but 1 thought 1 knew it all. and began
to talk to him. He said that he wanted
to deposit a cent that day, but had
more. Well, l gave him the ha ha
| then and there, and told him to run
| around to the Dime Savings bank and
become a depoSitor on the installment
plan. 1 also said some more funny
| things, and after 1 had had all the fun
| there was, he said that while he wish
| ed to deposit only cent that day, he
would put in two cents next Gay, and
| f@,- lyc
| 1 gave him the laugh again, and told
him we really couldn't do small bust
ness like that, and he must be good
boy and run along to the penny ante
bank around the corner. Then he went
away, and I was still laughing wher
the receiving teller came back.
'I told him what was making me
smile, and he looked at me kind Of
funny, 1 thought, and went to figuring
on a sheet of paper without further
comment Presently he handed the
paper over to me. That old fellow,
he said, is a millionaire, whose bust
ness we have been after for a year
Those figures will show you that wha
you consider is a penny ante banl
business would have amounted tt
something over $4,000 in the foul
weeks, or "a banking days, during
which he wished to deposit his money
He's a crank, but he's got the cash, al
the same, and we want him. Just wha
effect your able funny business ha
had upon him 1 can't say, but suppos
you go and talk to your father abou
it, or do you want me to report it t.
the cashier and let him see tn
PRESIDENT
ct had cold chills and collapse ant
a lot more things during the next fiv
minutes, and then I mustered up cour
age and went to my father with tn
story He promptly reduced me to tn
ranks and cut my salary 10 per cent
and 1 learned a whole lot in the mex
six months, by which time we had tn
old fellow all right, and I was mad
assistant again, but 1 wasn't the sam
kind of one by good deal"
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-05-13
A Thousand Miles

The medical men at Wichita, Kas-,
are discussing a remarkable case OF
long-diStance hypnotiZing. William
Mack, a harneSsmaker, was appre-
hended several weeks ago on a charge
of insanity. On coming before the
municipal examiners he insisted, in
coherent language, that he was not
crazy, but hypnotized. 1t is his state
ment that TIE owner of the evil eye
was then at Portland, Ore, that con-
WINGED the physicians of his mental in
equalities. Ee testified that he had
met at a San Francisco hotel in 1897
certain Gertie Andrews, who claimed
to be from Portland. Being a very
fascinating woman, they, or he,
had speedily fallen in love,
with, on his part, a conse-
quent promise Of marriage. He re-
turned to Wichita, expecting to wed in
a short time, but his business dw1n-
died, so that when, on the appointed
day, she alighted from an East-bound
train, he was Obliged to confess that
he could not keep his word. The
woman thereupon flew into a great
rage, although until after supper,
which they took alone in a little res
taurant near the Santa Fe depot, she
made no open demonstration. She had
in San Francisco, during the first days
of their engagement. amused people in
the hotel by hypnotizing, of which she
had a powerful knack. She now told
him that she meant to hypnotic him.
This was the last Mack knew until,
several days after, he found himself in
-
The woman has skipped, presumably.
To his establishment and terror, how
ever, she came to the cell soon after
he had come to, and, securing his re-
lease, took him to a room. Here she
again threw him under a spell, forcing
him to telegraph to Wichita and sell
out his business at great sacrifice.
Having taken all he had, she allowed
him to come back, giving him to I'M
derstand, however, that she should
still, no matter how far off he might
be. exercise a baleful influence over
him 1t was this threat that drove
him wild. He tried continually to kill
himself, and when locked up in eel
performed the most demoniac actions
tearing up the bed clothes, pulling his
hair and butting his head against the
wall When committed to the asylum
at Ossawatomie he still imagined thai
the Oregon woman was tormentins
him. and called aloud to her in heart
rending terms to have mercy. The
profession are pretty evenly divided a.
to the cause of his insanity. 1t is
thought by the more conservative thai
the woman may while in his company
have so repeatedly hypnotized him
that his brain gave way. Others main
tain that a great discovery in menta
telegraphy lies beneath the case. The
Oregon authorities have been unable
to locate the woman.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-05-13
Irpressive Ceremonies

With full military honors, IN the
presence of President Mckinley ana MS
cabinet, and a multitude OF people, the
bodies of the 1886 dead heroes who gave
their lives for their country In CUBA or
Porto Rico during the Span1sh-Amerl-
can war, were consigned to their last
resting place in Arlington cemetery
where repose the remains of thousands
of the honored dead soldiers and ON
GERS of the civil war. The bodies OF
the Spanish war dead were brought
| to New York by the steamer Crook, In
order that they might rest forever IN
| the soil Of their native land
In accordance. with the direction OF
the president, every honor, military
and civil, was shown to the nation S
heroes. The government departments
| and the federal courts were all closed
at noon and the flags over the govern
ment buildings, barracks, navy yard'
and the forts along the Potomac were
| half-masted.
The military escort comprised all
| the artillerw troops at the washington
barracks a troop of cavalry from Fort
| Myer. a battalion of marines from the
nayv yard and the entire national
guard of the District of Columbia. COL
| Francis F. Guenther, of the Fourth
| artillery. had command of the troops
and charge of the military ceremonies.
The day was perfect. The sun blazed
from a eaoudless sky and the scene IN
the historic cemetery overlooking the
Potomac river and the white walls OF
the nations capital was profoundly i'm
pressire. The site selected for the in
| 80 ho
in the cemetery. 1t is in direct line
aboNt one-half mile south OF the OLD
Lee mansion on the top of the slope
toward the river. Here In parailel
lines were the newly made graves with
the fag-draped caskets containing the
bodies of the dead soldiers at the1l
Sides
About the graves were formed tine
military in imposing array While IN
group stood the president, the mem
bers of his cabinet, and other dlStln
guished functionaries of the govern
ment. Back and around these was th'
vast concourse of people, while al
about through the trees lowered GIT
tering shafts and monuments reared Il
the memory of the distinguished deat
OF previous wars. The customary vol
leys were fired, taps were sounded, AM
military dirges were played by TN
bands. The religious services wer
very simple. There were no addresse
or eulogies. The committai service
the Episcopal church was read by Por
Chaplain Freeland, OF Fort Monroe
and in order that the soldiers who die
; as Catholics might be buried in conse
Grated ground, at the request of Cardl
nal Gibbons, the conservation servlc
, of the Catholic church was conducte
, by Rev. Joseph F. MCGEE, OF ST. Pat
rick's church, who offlciated at tn
burial of Gen. Garcia
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-05-13

Darby followed, as closely as possible.
Mr. Williams reached the ground with
out serious injury, but as he let go
and fell, the thing happened which
should have been foreseen-the bal
loon, relieved of his weight, shot up
ward, carrying poor Darby with it He
let himself down to the very end OF
the rope, but this was now far above
the earth. 1t was impossible for him
to climb up again into the balloon
and to do so, even If it were possible
would only postpone the 1nevltaple
calamity. Even now he could hear
the washing of the sea, he might at
that moment be above it. 1t was too
dark to see anything clearly The bal
loon was still ascending. He could
hope to get 20 nearer the earth than
he was at that moment. With death
above, and probably death below, ne
had but a poor choice. Nevertheless
he chose to let go and fall, feeling that
his best chance lay in dropping to the
earth while there might still be the
earth below him. He let go and fell
into the darkness He lost conscious
ness, and knew nothing of what hap
pened after that. Next day he was
found alive, but badly hurt, in marsh
close by the sea. His pneumatic or
air-cushioned clothing had broken ms
fall, and he had providentially dropped
in such a position that the water OF
the marsh did not drown him. He was
taken to Brighton and received medi-
cal care. He could hardly have fallen
from a height of less than one nun
dred and fifty feet.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-05-13
Extraordinary Balloon Adventure.

Extraordinary Balloon Adventure.
Mr.. Arthur Williams, a professional
aeronaut, and Mr.. Sidney Darby,a jour-
nalist. recently under took to cross the
English channel from London to
France. The appointed day was stormy
but the Journalist, who. as it appears,
had the expedition in charge, was per-
shaded that this would be no disadvan-
taee but rather the contrary, as the
wind would only serve to hasten the
massage. The men were provided with
carrier pigeons, provisions, pneumatic
b1ouses to aid them in swimming, in
case they were precipitated into the
sea. and other appliances. By the
time thew reached the neighborhood of
brighton. on the coast, the aeronauts
found that. on account of the conden-
sation of the gas, they could keep
themselves up only by throwing out
ballast. and they perceived that, at the
rate they were throwing it out, that
thew had not enough to carry them
across the channel. At the same time
the balloon was blowing very fast in
the direction of the sea. Nothing re-
NAMED for them but to descend. by
Whatsoever means they could, and at
once. 1t was now almost dark. Not
a moment was to be lost. 1--WE have
got to go down the guide rope" said
Williams He himself began the de-
scent first, letting himself down hand
over hand on the whirling rope. Mr.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-05-13
A Curious Decree Of Nature.

A curious Similitude runs through
the whole race of swift-footed horned
mammals-deer, antelopes and goats
in that every one has more or less
white about the tail and the adjacent
parts of the launches, and also a ten
dency to decided marks on the face or
throat, says a writer in New YORK
publication. In the elk, it is dull
yellowish disk surrounding the tall'
in the mule-deer, or blackta1l, of our
west, the stern is marked by two oval
white patches, between which the gray
TAIL ending in a black tuft, is wagged
continuously when the animal leaps
away in alarm, by its peculiar elastic
bounds. Our eastern deer, when quiet
ly feeding, betrays no more white pc
hind than a mere V-shaped frings TO
the broad tail. Let something alarm
it, however, and up go head and tall.
These are it's private signals to either
friend or foe. The white throat-patch
and small white edged ears are dis
played as house flag to tell its name;
the appearing of the tail is danger
signal to all its mates far and near,
Look out, something suspicious!" And
these diamond shaped white stern
patches and the distinctive carriage OF
the tail serve another important pur-
pose for they form sure guides through
tall grass or thick woods or the dark
ness of night for the animals OF
band to follow their leader, and par
ticularly to enable the fawns to fol-
low their fleeing dams. Men familiar
with deer hunting in the west have
told me more than once that deer OF
any sort, with fawns, will rush through
band of cattle, or even through
| band of different deer, in the darkest
night, and never one mistake stran-
ger for it's own kin, guided only by the
white marks on the launches of those
| ahead.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-05-13
His Grim Joke.

Band Leader-You wants us to play
NIT der funeral? Ees it a military
funeral? Stranger it's the flu
neral Of my brother. He was private
citizen. He requested that your band
should play at his funeral. Band
Leader (proudly)-My pand, Ell? Wy
he choose my pand? Stranger-He
said he wanted everybody to feel sorry
he died,-New York Weekly.