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The Forrest City times., 1899-08-25

Mrs. Eva A. lngersoll. widow 81 Col
Robert lngersoll. has filed bond a.
administrative of the estate Of her
husband. Mrs. IngerSoll swpars that
she has made diligcnt search for the
will OF her husband. but that 60 the
best of her knowledge and belief be
died interstate. The value d his per.
sonal property is estimated BY her &c
be about $4,000. AT the time OF his
death he held no real property.
The Forrest City times., 1899-08-25

Inc Jewish community of Athens,
consisting OF so families, has taken
steps Tor the erection Of synaeoeue.
The Forrest City times., 1899-08-25

The city Of Victor. Col. was visited
BY destructive contiagration. on the
2lst, which utterly destroyed the bust
ness portion Of the town. and caused
less of se,o0o.0oo. The hrst house
was built In Victor In ocfot,er. ise3.
In July of the following year the city
was incorporated. and SIX years later
il contained 10000 people. That is
about the population now.
The Forrest City times., 1899-08-25

The transport Siam sailed from san
Francisco. for Manila. on the Goth,
with $50 mules which will be used for
military service in the Philippines. The
vessel viii stop at Honolulu for sew
eral days and the mules will be given
a run ashore as a rest from their
steamer voyage. Fifty experienced
drivers accompanied the animals.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-01-21
The lawyers Joke.
Detrolt Free Press.O


The Brooklyn doctor has been visit
ing the Detroit doctor. They were col
lege chums, and when thrown together
again they were the same jolly pair
they had been at Yale.
Remember that bet l won of your
laughed the doctor. "I'll never forget
it. You wagered that the sun moved
about the earth from east to west
Took you in good, old man. Trouble
is that you leaped before you thought
1 was always a lucky better. Have
the same mania for it yet Not in a
sporting way. you know, but just
among friends. Great joke wasn't it ?"
and the doctor laughed long and loud.
Always said you'd get even, but I'll
see that you don't. chummie.'
A little later the two were talking
about the litigation over q big estate
in Michigan, the doctor being acquain-
ted with one of the principals inter
ested.
How much do you think I made out
of that case?" asked the lawyer.
"a good round sum, I'll warrant"
What would you say to a thou
sand?"
IN bet fifty it was nearer ten thou
sand" and the doctor had the money
on the table in a twinkling. 1t was
covered just as quickly.
Got you again." chuckled the doc
tor. Honest now, old man, how much
did you get?'
Nothing. I wasn't employed in the
case at all"
The doctor took it very hard for an
hour. and then grew more cheerful as
he laughed over the prospect of work
ing a similar joke on a friend at home.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-01-21
Two Military Yarns

CIV. z. Curtis. in Chicago Record)
After General Miles returned from
Europe in 1897 he designed for himself
a resplendent new uniform after the
pattern of those worn by military Of
ficers abroad. and very much more
elaborate than is common in our army.
Among other very pretty features in
the design is a cluster of laurel leaves
upon his collar. The other evening, at
4 reception given by Secretary and
Mrs. Alger to the military circle in the
city this new uniform was seen for
the first time by the wife of a subOrdi-
nate officer. who had spent most of her
life upon the frontier and she asked
friend concerning the significance of
the laurels
I fancy" was the reply. that the
laurel wreaths have slipped over his
head"
When General Leonard Wood was
asked to explain the discrepancies be-
tween his testimony regarding rations
before the war board and the letter
which his late lieutenant colonel Of the
rough riders. Governor Roosevelt,
wrote to General Miles on the subject,
he smiled and remarked. Are YOU
trying to get me into trouble with
Teddy?'
NO: but you say the rations were
good. and he says they were bad, and
you both We're there together"
1T entirely depends upon the point
of view" remarked the governor gen
eral of Santiago. Governor Roosevelt
has been accustomed to dine at Del
monico's. 1 have spent most of my
life at army posts upon the plains. I
speak from the standpoint Of a regu-
lar army officer. He speaks from the
standpoint of a volunteer
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-01-21
The Bafied Car Stove.
cleveland Plain Dealer.)

II was the hottest car stove in the
Consolidated bunch. 1t had a damDer
that looked like a fiery eye, a door that
resembled a hideous mouth and its bulg-
ing abdomen was redhot. The passengers
who stood near it retreated in terror. and
those who were on the front seat thought
fully arose and went back and thankfully
stood up and swung themselves on the
overhead straps.
Then the man who had been at the
Dutch lunch came aboard and, seeing the
front seat empty, pushed forward and
took it, And the other passengers smiled
and nudged one another.
But the man on the front seat was
game. He locked at the stove hXedly for
n moment then he unlOOSened his muir
fer and breathed hard.
The man on the front seat mad been
dining well. He had added Roquefort TO
Brie. and mingled his caviare with
nibble of limburger. y plate OF sauer-
kraut was in the miX-up. and = herring
or two in rancid oil filled in the inter-
stices; while over all was laid an onion
salad and a garlic dressing.
When the man breathed hard and the
stove caught the redOlence it shuddered.
The damDer few round; the door lost
hinge When the man bre2thed hard
again a leg dropped from the stove. and
the ripe red radiance faded from its CEN
trail zone.
The man loosened up his overcoat and
tropical breath.
metal. Of isinglass and sheet-iron, of zinc
and nickel plate and then with a final
parOxysm the stove trembled and all was
still.
The fire was outl
The deadly car stove had succumbed to
the still more deadly Dutch lunch.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-01-21
tIsELING LEGISLATORS.

Moses wrote: Thou shalt not steal -
That was law. Had some scurvy scrub
Of the time taken that commandment
and applied it TO a neighbor with the
coupled insinuatIon that it was cx-
,pressly meant TO cover his conduct. the
duplication, the innuendo, would have
been Iibelous.
SO it is with a, morning contempo-
rary. When it quotes President Can
ron's sermon on bribery, delivered
three years ago, it meets the hearty
approval of every senatorial candidate.
as The Herald has reason TO believe,
and that of every member of the legis-
lature as well.
But when it says that those refer
ences to bribe-taking apply to the pres
ent legislature, when it says that the
condition foreshadowed by Apostle
Cannon has come" the Tribune delib-
erately and Intentionally Ibels every
member Of the Third state legislature.
In glaring headlines over manufac-
tpred specials the Tribune has charged
the corrupt use of money in the pres
ent legislature.
By placing q false construction upon
private correspondence obtained sur
repdtiously, and by making an unwar-
ranted application Of a sermon, the
Tribune has sought to create the I'M
precision, here and elsewhere, that the
members of this legislature are cor
ruptible.
IN every imaginable way the Tribune
has tried TO blacken the name Of the
state, the reputation of her legislators,
and the character of men who aspire to
senatorial honors.
Do members Of the legislature regard
the Tribune as being too insignificant
to receive a public rebuke at their
hands?
or do they intend to remain silent
while the mud-slinger adds the charge
Of official corruption to the category he
has sent out as an advertisement Of
Utah?
Again we ask: What are the legisla-
tors going to do about it?
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-01-21
|I!!I!IIfII.l:!![I!IIII
|iI!I!I'l3I

You really don't know what COM
Portable travelling is if you have
never travelled via the Burlington.
Holds the Worlds record for long
distance fast running 1925 miles,
1,O47 minutes.
The Burlington Route IS 1887
miles long-nearly One-third the dis
tance round the world.
Offers a wider choice of routes than
any other line, to and from Chicago,
st. Louis, Omaha, Kansas City and all
eastern points.
Two through trains each way daily.
vestibuled buffet smoking library
cars, Pullman sleeping cars, reclining
chair cars (seats free) coaches. Fin
est dining car service in the world.
Dining cars operated on the cafe
plan; that is, you pay only for what
you order.
Tickets at offices Of connecting lines.
I. a. BENTON, Ticket Agent, r. G.
W. Ry., Dooly Block.
R. F. NEsLEN, Travelling Pass. and
Freight Agent.
W. F. M'MILLAN, Gen. Agt.
ga S. W. Temple St. Salt Lake City.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-01-21
DOWN TO BUSINESS.

Thirty-one ballots for senator have
been taken, surely every obligation has
been discharged, every compliment be
slowed, and every pledge redeemed, by
this time.
It is not reasonable to hold that the
constituencies of the different members
of the legislature ever contemplated
binding them, by instructions or indi-
VidnaI requests, to maintain a dead
lock. There is a place where preference
must end and judgment begin.
Thirty-one ballots and no election.
Isn't it about time for members to quit
casting complimentary votes and settle
down to business?
People generally seem to think so.
Legislators, themselves. begin to feel
that this senatorial affair should be dis
posed of that other and important mat
ters may be taken up.
Why not settle it today?
What is to be gained by a protracted
fight?
Are Democrats willing to prolong
their contest until Republicans are en-
abled to make a record for economy by
jumping into the breech and deciding
the election themselves in order to ex-
pedite business and save money and
time TO the people Of the state?
Is the quarrel between Democrats so
grieyous. the feeling so intense, that
they are willing to give to the opposi-
ton this chance?
No such feeling exists. There is no
occasion for it. Democrats are inter
ested in the welfare of the state and the
party more than in any one man. Re
publicans are interested with them in
the state.
one side is just as anxious to end the
struggle as the other is. Then why not
end il? Why not elect a senator and
get down to business?
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-01-21
EUGENE FIELD ON THE GRIP.

The late Eugene Field, on recovering
from the grip. wrote:
The gods let slip that fendish grip
Upon ne last week Sunday
No fercer storm than raczed my form
L er swept the Bay of Fundy;
But now. good-by
To drugs. say /
Good-by to gnawing sorrow;
I'm up today,
And, whOop hooray!
I'm going out tomorrow
What aches and pain in bones and brain
] had l need not mention;
1t seems 20 me such pangs must be
Old Satan's own invention:
Albeit l
was sure I'd die.
The doctor treasured me
And true enough
With his vile stuff
He ultimately cured me.
As there I lay in bed all day,
How fair outside looked to me-
\ smile so mild old Nature smiled
1t seemed to warm clean through me-
In chastened mood
The scene I viewed,
InVenting. sadly solus.
Fantastic rhymes
Between the times
I had to take bolus.
OF quinine slugs and other drugs
l guess l took a million
Such drugs as serve to set each nerve
To dancing q cotillion;
The doctors say
The only way
To rout the grip inStanter
Is TO pour in
All kinds Of sin
Similbus curantur.
Twas hard. and yet I'll soon forget
Those ills and cures distressing:
Ones future lies meath. gorgeous skies
When one is convalescing!
So now. good-by
To drugs. say +
Good-by. thou phantom Sorrow.
/ am up today,
And whoop hooray!
I'm going out tomorrow.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-01-21
.CHlNA's COMMERCIAL MOVE.

1t is reported that the Chinese gov
ernment will send a commercial com
mission to EUrope and America this
wear. The object is TO study the in
dustriaI and trade systems and condi-
tons Of modern nations, for the dou-
Die purpose Of establishing CONNER
ciaI agencies in all the principal cities
and inaugurating needed reforms at
home.
Chinese lack of enterprise. want of
international sociability, commercial
isolation and all the other peculiar
characteristics for which the empire is
noted. have been leading it dangerously
near the brink of dissolution
Russia and England are eagerly
awaiting an opportunity 70 divide the
kingdom of flowers between them The
lion and the bear are ready to make
their beds among the roses. There is
but one chance for China. Either the
garden wall must be torn down, that
the world may see and hear and know
what is going on within, or in the
name OF humanity it VIII explore and
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-01-21

learn for itself. The day has gone for
ever when any power may enclose it
self in a shell and tell the world to at
tend to other business more distinctly
its own.
The brotherhood of mankind is
broadening. It is reaching out in every
direction. taking interest in fellow be-
ings everywhere, solicitous about their
welfare, and determined that justice
shall rule in every zone. Nations have
passed the frontier stage. They have
no longer any patience with nations
which are un-neighborly As the IA
cilities for travel and social and com
merciaI intercourse are extended, the
world is growing correspondingly
smaller. There is no longer any room
for the recluse. There is no place for
those who are absolutely worthless to
the whole, and consequently useless to
the plan Of civilization.
PoTers like China must change their
policy or get off the earth.
This may seem harsh, but it is the
trend of universal thought. Unless
China makes a short, sharp turn, the
end is near. The empire Of ConfuciUs
within a short period viii cease to ex-
ist. save as a geographical expression,
unless a different policy is pursued.
It viii be added to the long list of en-
pires that have fallen since Babylon,
for their own good and that of the
world.
Perhaps these dangers. these posi-
bilities, this pending ruin, may have
been pointed out to the Chinese gov
eminent. Perhaps the empress is
awakening from her pipe dream of in
dolence and Indifference. Perhaps she
has concluded that it were best to be
at home when nations call hereafter.
1t may be old Ii Hung Chang has told
her Of the great world beyond her mar
row range; of its drift, its purpose.
its aggressiveness, its determination to
turn the searchlight of education on
the dark places of earth. What else
can account for the newborn resolve
of the dowager to investigate CONNER
cial conditions and establish closer
relations with the leading
powers of earth?
She surely scents the danger. She
is trying to avert the impending dis
aster
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-01-21
SOME GOOD. SHORT STORIES
Famous Judges TESTS.
Oondon Mail.)


OF no man in our time, hardly, have
more stories been told than of Sir
Henry Hawkins. Every week of his
judicial career brought its fresh speci-
men Of judicial wit, humor or charac-
ter.
A decision of the learned Judge,
which, at the time, excited considerable
attention, was that which he gave in
biganly case at Derby assizes. A boy
and a girl married in 1854. and in three
months discovered that they were too
young 10 know their own minds, so they
quietly agreed to separate. There was
no cruelty, no suspicion of adultery,
nothing to enable either of them to ap-
peal to the law. They had, while under
age, simply made a matrimonial mis-
take and corrected it in the easiest
way. After six years of single blessed
ness they both married again-happily
this time-and il was in evidence that
they had led reputable lives with their
new spouseS from 1891 to 1898. Then
neighboring busybOdies interfered and
procured the arrest of the husband and
wife on the charge of bigamy, lin the
interests Of justice" Justice Hawkins
said that the interests of humanity
were superior to those of legal justice,
and that the alleged bigamists should
have been let alone. He was bound to
record a technical verdict against them.
but he inflicted no penalty and ordered
them TO be discharged on their own re-
cosnizance.
This aroused the indignation of the
Bishop Suffragan of Derby, who, from
the pulpit, protested against the re-
marks and action of the judge, contend
ing that they were calculated to de-
stroy the sanctity of the marriage tie
and the family life
Sir Henry's retort to this, in letter
to the Daily Mail. was: II am utterly
Indifferent to the remarks of the Suf-
fragan bishop who must have been en-
tirely in ignorance of what l really
said and did, and of the material facts
before me. I am satisfied of my own
rectitude, and do not care to set him
right"
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-01-21
ADJUSTMENTS.

A fair-sized audience AT the Theatre
last night made up in enthusiasm what
it lacked in numbers. The entire pro-
gramme was interspersed and some
times even interrupted, with applause.
Mime. De We're won immediate favor
by her gracious manner. which goes
such a long way toward the popularity
of the singer.
A programme of selected operatic
scenes is one which usually does not
do full justice to company, neither
does il often satisfy an audience. But
it seems that grand opera usually
we. must utilize these rare visits by
having as many samples of what we are
missing, as possible.
However, we are not paying S. a seat
and We are many thousand miles from
where the millionaire keeps the insti-
tuition of grand opera alive, so we cam
not be too eXacting.
Nine. De NeTe's voice is one of pleas
ing, sympathetic quality in the middle
and lower registers. but her upper notes
are not brilliant. On this account, her
Lucia" is disappointment after hear
ing Melba- However, she possesses
warmth and passion in her singing.
which is more satisfying, after all, than
all the vocal gymnastics in the world.
MIR. George Mitchell. the tenor, has
decidedly baritone quality of voice, full
and vibrant, and is very dramatic. He
may be short of breath, for he shows
a tendency to chop off some of his
words in peculiar fashion. Miss
BroadfOot has q deep contralto voice,
but in most of the music given she
seemed to pay more attention to the
production of good tones, rather than
TO expression. Mr.. Golf. the basso, is
a c-a,1n
and not always clear enunciatiOn.
The song cycle "In a Persian Garden"
was the only novelty on the progra mma.
and it was anticipated eagerly by mu-
sic lovers. The style of composition
proved to be one which is new to Salt
Lake. The poem, selected from the
'Rubaiyat," is wonderfully strong. The
music, by Liza Lehman, while always
pleasing, and in some parts beautiful,
never amounts to an inspiration. Some
of the solos are appealing and thrill
ing. and sometimes the music APP
proaches close to the words, but not
always. The descriptive character of
the cycle would probably render it tire
some to the average audience. one in
voluntarily expects a climax. and there
seems to be something missing without
il. Nine. De We're and her company
made a splendid quartette.
The best received number on the pro-
gramme was the prison scene from III
Trovatore," which was given in splen-
did style by the members of the quar-
tette, with principal honors due Nine.
De We're and Mr. Mitchell.
o @ g
The management of the Grand an
nOunces that tonight will be the last
Salt Lakers will have to see |
Harry Corson Clarke in What Hap |
pened to jones'" as the piece will be |
discarded after this season.
g 81 g
The box office for "Pudd'nhead Will |
son" opens today.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-01-21

reconquering the territory by combine I
effort. financial and military, describes
the provinces by metes and bounds.
extends the domain beyond Fashoda,
and provides that 1.-The British and
Egyptian flags shall be used together
on both land and water throughout the
Soudan' except Suakim, where the
Egyptian flag alone shall be used"
Time was when such a proclamation
would have provoked a storm Of
french protests and circumstances.
But since the experience of Major Mar
chand at Fashoda and the subsequent
remarks of the British representative
at Paris, France seems to have found
way to govern her temper.
There is no other sensible course for
France to pursue. In the first place
Great Britain would probably pay no
attention to her objections and in the
next place France would find the decent
sentiment of all Christendom leaning
decidedly towards the English.
Not that the world is by any means
convinced that Great Britain is actu-
ated BY purely philanthropic motives in
thus firmly planting the strange ban
ner of modern civilization in the land
Of the Ptolmies. even to the uttermost
parts thereof, but the beneficence and
excellence Of the change it has wrought
in that region are beyond dispute
Since the British occupation of Egypt
the Improvement in the credit of the
country, the development of its re-
sources, and the ameloration of the
people have been marvellous.
Before 1888 the credit of the country
was gone and the residents and ma
tives We're actually suffering under the
burden of taxation forced upon them.
1t is a very different state of affairs
today. The debt is being cut down rap
idly and the general ability of the peo-
pie to pay their government obligations
has been largely increased.
Egyptian courts of justice are hon
estly conducted and justice intelligent
ly administered under English direc-
ton. Education is making perceptibe
progress. Property rights have been
rendered more secure. Land titles have
been properly readjusted.
Great Britain is entitled to the credit
for this rehabilitation and moderniza-
ton of this long neglected land of fer
tility and opportunity. And it is to
Lord Cromer, the present interchangeable
agent of the great missionary nation
to whom, as an individual the greatest
credit is due. He has made it his life
study, his LIES purpose. his life work.
Twenty years ago he began his mis-
sion of Transformation. The chaotic
of the ancient empire would
have discouraged a less determined,
less Jealous man. But his work has
borne fruits beyond the most sanguine
of his most visionary
dreams.
That is why the dispatches sent out |
from Cairo and printed yesterday /
will be received with general |
in the world. It is why
France may not hope to secure any
amount of intelligent SYM
pathy in the attempt to Dust Great
Britain from Egypt, to delay her work !
1r to discredit the results she has
achieved.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-01-21

This is how the Beaver County Blade
sums up popular measure now pend
ing in the legislature as follows: THE
alfalfa members Of the legislature have
declared war against the police depart
ment of the capitol and a proposition
is on foot to abolish the whole system
Their principal grievance is the curfew
regulations, and another of almost
equal Importance is that they do not
like the idea of carrying a cuspidor
around under their arm nor the alter
native of going out of town to expecto-
rate. By making the city members be-
lieve that it is simply Pratt's scalp
that they are after they will probably
succeed"
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-01-21
GREAT BRITAIN AND EGYPT.

Dispatches from Cairo show that the
Anslo-Egyptian occupation of the Sou
dan is being firmly and finally estab-
nshed. An agreement has been made
between the British government, repre-
scented by its accredited agent, Lord
Cromer and the Khedival government
through Boutros Pasha Ghali, its for
eign minister
The treaty sets forth the joint claims
of the two nations. credits them with