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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-02-12
THE TELEPHONE COMPANY SUIT
HEARING OF THE CASE BEFORE
JUDGE TIMMoNY.
Failure to Obtain a License the
Cause-Company Fined Five Dol
lars-An Appeal Taken.

The case of Salt Lake City VS.. the
Rocky Mountain Bell Telephone COM
pany, for failure to obtain a license,
came uD for hearing in police court
yesterday afternoon.
The complaint alleges that the de-
PENDANT, on Jan. l, 1899, failed to OBJ
tain a license for each telephone in
strument operated within Salt Lake
City, contrary to section l of the ordi
nance requiring a license to be paid
for operating telephones in Salt Lake
City. The complaint alleges further
that the plaintiff failed to furnish a
complete list OF instruments to the city
treasurer, contrary to the provision of
section of the ordinance; that the
plaintiff failed to make application for
a license in writing to the mayor to
operate said telephone Instruments,
contrary to section 3 of the ordinance.
Assistant City Attorney c. 3. stew
art and Chris B. Diehl, prosecutor of
the city justice court, appeared for the
city, while the defendant was repre-
scented by Attorney George Sutherland.
John Halverson, city license collector,
was placed on the stand and testified
that the defendant had failed to pay
the license as alleged in the complaint.
Without argument the case was sub
mitted to Justice Timmony, who found
the defendant guilty and imposed a
fine of 50. Mr.. Sutherland Immediately
gave notice Of appeal to the district
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-02-12
The Platform Thief.
Cleveland Plain Dealer.)

(CleNelanQ Pldln Dealer
In addition to being buffeted here
and there and trodden upon, and re-
duced to a pulp generally, the male
passenger on the crowded car pl1tform
has d new terror to encounter.
He must keep all his wits about Linn,
or the deXtrous pickpocket, who is now
working the Euclid line, will surely get
his valuables.
He is a clever fellow, indeed as sew
eraI citizens have already testified and
as others could testify if tilaY wanted
to give themselves away-a false pride.
by the way, and one which greatly in
terferes with the course o. Justice.
There was one citizen who had a
pocketbook containing conside able
cash and some valuable 'apers. This
was in the inside pocket of his business
coat, and both the latter and his over
coat were buttoned up tightly. Yet
the adroit scamp managed, while
crowded against his victim on the rear
platform, TO unbUtton both coats and
abstract the pocketbook, the lo:er not
discovering his loss until he aLghted
from the car at Wilson aVenTe.
Then there is the case of the man
with diamonds. He was well protected,
too-at least, from the wind ard cold
and yet the expert scallawag burrowed
his way in and deXtrously drew out
the sparklers. ..
Eternal vigilance is avid emily the
price that the man who saves his per-
sonal belongings must pdy-uniess he
prefers to wait for q less crowded car.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-02-12
Railway Notes

Mr.. Mcmillan of the Burlington went
east yesterday.
Brig Little of the Burlington returned
to Boise yesterday.
a. B. Moseley of the Chicago. Great
Western, is in Denver.
General Agent Donnell of the Midland
left for Denver yesterday.
Austin Gavin of the Midland, and J.
T. Clark Of the Rock Island, are in
Nevada
George Hawkes. brought three cars of
cattle from Nevada yesterday for the
Denver & Rio Grande.
The employees of the Wyoming divi-
sion recently presented eX-Superinten-
dent Larry Malloy with a beautiful
gold watch which cost $50.
The Park City branch was opened
yesterday and trains have resumed
traffic on schedule time. A gang of
SeVenty-fiVe men was sent to the scene
of the blockade and cleared the track.
The employees of the Union Pacific
at Omaha, likewise those OF the Bur
Hngton, have been served with an or
der that they must be vaccinated, the
companies bearing the expenses. There
is smallpox scare in that region.
Train Dispatcher c. f. Denig has
quit his trick" in the Laramie office
under Chief A H Stewart, formerly
of Salt Lake, and has been succeeded
by William Daley, who held down a
trick in the Laramie office for eight
years. Daley quit a few months ago
and went to a southern road, but did
not like the south.
William Hall, one of the oId-time
conductors on the Union Pacific, died
at Buena Vista, Colo, Wednesday, of
appendicitis. Hall left the Union Pa
cific six years ago and about a year
ago he was arrested in Denver for
completely in a number of hold-ups
there. He turned states evidence and
was sentenced to the Colorado refor-
matory at Buena Vista instead of to
the state penitentiary at Canyon City.
President Burt of the Union Pacific,
has announced that the proposed cut
offs on the main line between Laramie
and RawlinS will not be constructed
during the coming summer. Three out
fits of surveyors are in the field, how
ever, running the lines of the cOntem-
plated cutoffs and gathering informa-
tons for estimates which will be fur
nished during the present year and bids
called for from railroad contractors.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-02-12
The Southern Pacific.

San Francisco, Feb. IA financial
statement of the Southern Pacific COM
pany, just issued, shows its earnings for
December last and for the last six
months of last year. In December the
gross receipts We're s., 1886, SO5 This is
an increase of 1924, 474 over the same
month of the preceding year. The net
receipts amounted to 81, SAC, S97, which is
a decrease of $75.505, as compared with
December, 1897.
For the six months in question the
gross earnings amounted to $3S, 1876, ISL,
an increase Of $2,2e5, 367 over the same
period of the year before. The total net
receipts amounted to 81, S74, 773. These
figures represent a decrease Of $141, Isl
over the same months of 1887.
The loss in net receipts as compared
with the phenomenal gain in gross
earnings is due TO the fact that the
company is expanding a great deal of
money in equipment and Improvements.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-02-12
The Blockade Near Cheyenne.
(Special CORRESPONDENCE.


Cheyenne, Wyo., Feb. 9.-The snow
blockade on the railroads near this city
during the past few days was the worst
in recent years, and completely demon
allied traffic. The worst snowdrifts
were encountered on Sherman hill be-
tween Granite canyon and Tie Siding
and on Lookout hill, between Lookout
and Medicine Bow. There are a large
number of deep cuts between these
points, and in spite of the efforts of the
company they filed up with snow as
fast as they were cleaned out. Passen-
ger trains were tied up here, at Lara
mic, Tie Siding and at Rock Creek. A
large amount of transcOntinentai mail
and overland passeng gers were in the
tie-up as well as hundreds of carloads
of time and perishable freight AT 6
o'clock last night the first freight train
10 be handled between Laramie and
Cheyenne since Monday arrived in
Cheyenne with ten carloads Of coal
THE supply Of fuel was almost exhaust
ed. and had the blockade continued
twelve hours longer this part OF the
country would have been without coal,
and the railroads would have been in a
bad fix.
The Cheyenne & Northern road, which
had been closed since Sunday, was
opened last night, and one train came
t1lafro.n the north. Huge drifts of snow
are piled UP everywhere, and the snow
was packed in the cuts so that men with
snovels had to clear the track, the
plows being of little use. Owing to the
face that there are between twelve and
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-02-12
The SALT PALACE PROJECT.

"A meeting of the Salt Palace commit
C zee was held last evening, with Messrs
george I. Wallace, S. H. Hill, George
mueller. w. A. Nelden and Jake Moritz
OF the committee present. The archi-
Iect, Richard K. A Kletting, and the
financial agent, f. A. Mcdaniel. were
alSo on hand. Mr.. Mcdaniel presented
q statement from which it appeared
mat the business men and the public
generally were thoroughly interested in
lhe project and are willing to SUBJ
scribe for stock. Some OF those who
nave already done so fiaves intimated
thelr Willingness to double their sub
scrlptions if such should become Aeces-
sary to insure the success of the IN
dertaking
While salt viii be the chief feature
OF the palace, it viii not by any means
De Its only one. for it has been deter
mined to make it the opportunity of
holding general exposition of the
products of the state, mineral, manu-
featuring, horticulture, art and so
forth. 1t is essentially a local under
taking, Notwithstanding which, how
ever, neighbering states will be invited
to participate.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-02-12

Encouraged by the general interest
taken by the people in the project, the
committee at the meeting last night,
determined that the Salt Palace shall.
without any peradventures, be built
The main building is to be octagon-
shape. with dimension 170x170 feet and
height 100 feet. The committee has
prepared a drawing showing the loca-
ton on the grounds as it is thought de-
sirable on any ten acres of space. A
general willingness to subscribe stock
was reported, and, in fact, no one has
been found who is disinclined to help
the enterprise. The railroad companies
have signffied their willingness to take
some stock and have made food ex-
cursion rates. The street railway COM
panies also favor the plan and will
take stock. Another meeting of the
committee will be held next Tuesday
evening at Mr.. G. Y. WaIlace's office
in the Telephone building. E. A. Nc
Daniel has an Office at room 531 Dooly
building, in the interest of the palace
movement, where he can be found and
will be pleased to furnish all informa
ton in regard thereto.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-02-12

Chicago, Feb. Huntington officials
today decided TO make a big cut in
transcontinental time east of the Rocky
mountains. Only one night on the train
between Chicago and Denver is the cut.
1T is arranged that the train now leav-
ing Chicago for Denver at 10 a. m.
should not leave until p. m, and a
running schedule was arranged so that
the train viii arrive in Denver at 7:15
the next evening. This allows twenty
six hours and fifteen minutes as the
running time Of the train 1t was also
arranged that the train now leaving
Chicago at $50 p. m. and arriving in
Omaha next morning at sos should not
leave until p. m.
1t will, nevertheless, arrive in Omaha
at s a. m. Thus the run to Omaha will
actually be made in two hours and
fifteen minutes less time than it is now.
These changes viii be put into effect
Feb. 10.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-02-12
Clever Frau Blumenthal.
Dew York Herald.)

(NeW I Ork 11erdluJ
Some amusement has been caused in
Berlin by story about Frau Blumen-
thai, the popular wife of the witty
playwright and director of the Leasing
theatre Before the production of his
piece, "Weissen Rossl,' Herr Blumen-
thai was very pessimistic, and foretold
a failure This feeling Frau Blumen-
thai did not share, and she said to her
husband one day. IF 1 had only TWEEN
ty marks for every thousand the piece
will bring you in, I should be quite
content 'All right, you shall have
them,' said Herr Blumenthal.
The piece was produced and was an
immense success. Every evening Frau
Blumenthal went to the cashier and
levied her twenty marks per thousand.
One evening, after the piece had been
running some months, the weather was
so bad that the audience had fallen off
so that there was not a thousand
marks in the house, and consequently
no twenty marks for Frau Blumen-
thai How much have you taken?"
she asked the cashier. only 997
marks" was the reply. Give me a
seat at a thaler, then" said Frau Blu
menthal, producing her purse and lay
ing down the coin. Now you have a
thousand marks; give me my twenty"
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-02-12
FREE EXAMINATION
Extended
Another Week.
Drs Shores the Chronic Disease Experts Have Con-
sented to Give Their Services Free One More
Week

Shores announcement last Sunday that they
filed the Darlors from
froma owish
acht and
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-02-12
DEMOCRATIC BANQUET.
Members of Wyoming Legislature
Honored at Cheyenne.
tspecial Correspondence. !

y
Cheyenne, Feb. 9.-Last night the
Democrats of Cheyenne rendered a
banquet at the Inter Ocean hotel in
honor of the nine Democratic members
of the fourth state legislature. Covers
were laid for 100 guests Among the
speakers of the evening We're Justice S.
7. Corn of the supreme court, eX-Sur-
veyor General John Charles Thompson,
Senator C. II. Cross, Hon. Luke Voor-
hees, Judge ellison Clark and others.
The Democratic party seems to he in
better shape than fer years past They
are not disheartened over their defeat
in the election, and are now getting
ready for the battle eighteen months
hence. Among the toasts last night
were several ringing speeches in favor
of the white metal, showing clearly that
the silver issue is a very lively corpse"
in this state today.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-02-12
OGDEN ATHLETIC CARNIVAL.
Contestants In Fistic Encounters
Training Faithfully.

The athletic carnival which is sched-
uled to take place at Ogden on next
Wednesday night gives promise of
furnishing some good sport. The bout
between Jim Williams and Mexican
Pete viii, of course, be the leading
event, as both are preparing to do a
good battle. Williams is training faith
fully and viii show up in good form.
There We're bets made yesterday that
he would put the Cripple Creek pugllist
out in three rounds. Jim will not have
as much surplus fat as when he had
the dancing contest with Bean at
Provo, and is therefore expected to do
quicker footwork.
Farrell, who is to meet Mccoy, is
training at Provo, and those who have
had occasion to note his work say that
the contest between these two lads viii
be worth going miles to see. Both are
clever, and a good exhibition is eX-
9ected.
Aside from the two sparring contests,
a good athletic programme has been
arranged, and the title of carnival is
not to be an empty name for the affair.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-02-12
Yankee Investment In Cuba.

A syndicate of American capitalists
has just concluded the purchase of a
large tract of land near Santiago, and
will open up many new iron mines,
and inside of five years Yankee enter
prise will transform the sloW-going
country into a place of business activ-
ity and push. In much the same man
ner, Hostetter's Stomach Bitters will
transform a rundown, debilitated,
thin blooded man into a type of health
and strength. 1t will fill his veins with
pure blood, drive away dyspepsia and
clear up his tired brain. 1t will make
him eat and sleep well, and if his
nerves are in bad shape, the Bitters
viii tone them up and restore their old
time form. Malaria is another disease
that the Bitters are good for.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-02-12
'.Horsethief" Crawford In Jail.
Especial Correspondence.)

Mammoth Hot Springs, Yellowstone
National Park, Feb. &C. K. Craw-
ford, better known as "Horsethief''
Crawford, one Of the notorious charac-
tiers in this section, was tried before
United States Commissioner Medium
yesterday and convicted of coaching
in the park. He was sentenced to pay
a fine of $50 and the costs in the case.
He was without money, and is now
serving out his sentence in the Fort
Yellowstone guard house.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-02-12
HERE Adm THERE.

The subject of Rev Maynard's address
this morning ar Unity hall will be ''Myron
Reed, the Man and His Message
There was a hot time" at the Y. L. NJ.
7. a. character ball at Union on Friday,
as a result of which several fistic lights
paid handsome fines before Justice of the
Peace Walker yesterday. The parties
who engaged in the mix-up were Hyrum
Keeps, S. LoVendahl, Chill Miller. David
Adamson and Henry Watts. Each plead
ed guilty and was fined SIS and costs,
amounting TO $3.50 apiece.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-02-12
Short Lines Orders.

Mr.. ]. F. Dunn, superintendent of
motive power, was at his office in the
Short Line building yesterday, after an
absence of six weeks in the east. His
stay has been one of business only,
and has been of great interest to the
western road with which he is con-
nected. Mr.. Dunn reports the following
orders for rolling stock, adding that
these only have been placed: Sixteen
engines, $50 freight cars, three buffet
cars, two dining cars, three chair cars.
The locomotives and freight cars are to
he delivered in April. and the remain
dec. OF the order in MAY.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-02-12
THREE ALLEGED BURGLARS
ARRESTED BY TIE POLICE LAST
EVENING.
A Cheap, But Finally An Expensive
Way of Getting a Drink-Minor
Police Court Items.
Albert Edwards. VIII williams and ].

Albert Edwards, Will Williams and J.
II. Freeman, three colored men, We're ar
rested last night by Detectives Sheets and
Gillespie on a charge of burglary, which
1t is alleged they committed at the Globe
house on Commercial street. owned by
]. H Searles, but locked up at present.
Z. Z. Howells, q cOlOred man. has charge
of the premises, and yesterday ne dis
covered that a room mad been entered
by breaking through door from the
stairway and much property taken in the
line OF mirrors and furniture.
The location of the property in a sec
ond-had store led up TO the arrest of
the three men. who were locked up in the
city Jail last nighc.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-02-12
Minor Mention.

A suit of clothes was reported stolen
from w. VI. ingalls, at the Gladstone
house.
Eli Folland of the board of health filed
complaint in Justice McMaster's court
yesterday charging Theodore r. Meintz
with practicing medicine without a
license.
Three bolts of sheeting were picked w
by Policeman Hemple early yesterday
morning IN front of Teet's dry goods store,
81 South Main. They bore label Yard
wide 80 cents"
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-02-12
One WAY to Get a Drink.

Hiram Kimball and John Ellsworth
bought 40 cents worth of whisky in the
Is TO Klondike saloon on West South
Temple street last night and then an
nounced to the bartender that they hadn't
funds 10 liquidate the bill. Inc proprietor
however, is getting tired of being beaten
al that game ana called uD Policeman
Health. who arr rested the pair and took
them TO the police station, where they
We're jailed ON the charge of obtaining
goods under false pretenses.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-02-12
LINCOLN MEMORIAL SERVICES
To Be Held at the Congregational
Church This Evening.

The Delta Phi fraternity of the Univer-
sity of Utah will hold Lincoln memorial
exercises at the First Congregational
church this evening. The exercises will
be as follows:
Voluntary.
Invocation. Dr. J. z. Talmage.
Organ selection, intermezzo. from cay
alleria Rusticana,' Professor Radcnife.
Address. Lincoln the Statesman" Mr..
II. Claude Lewis.
Piper.
Ridges, jr.
Organ solo, Pilgrims Song OF Hope,
Professor Radcliffe
Benediction, Professor Cummings.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-02-12
Important Japanese Anniversary.

San Francisco, Feb. lin the
Japanese calendar today is the 2,529th
anniversary of the rule of the mikado's
dynasty, and his subjects celebrated the.
event with fitting ceremonies.
The entire oriental quarter was
closed to business today, the Chinese
celebrating the new year, and commem-
Grating the ascension OF the rni,.ados
ancestors to the throne of Japan Both
the japanese and Chinese consuls held
receDtiOuS
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-02-12
PERSONAL MENTION.

Miss C. Zeigler. chief millinery trim
mer for Walkers store has gone east
ton.
Madam Vivian Jones of the Walker
store dressmaking department has gone
east for review of new ideas i'll dress
designing
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-02-12
Duty.
Detroit Journal.)

The woman WINGED under his blows.
"Oh why do you beat me?' she meaned,
In querlous tone.
ITO curry favor with the cook. of
coursei" exclaimed her husband. irritably
"You know as well as | do that | have
to have my breakfast at Z sharp If I am
to get to town in time to do businessI"
For 1t nettles "A man to have his wife
show a lack of spirit of cooperation.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-02-12
One of Them.
Chicago News.)

There goes one of the hardest-worked
men in this town.
How can that be possible? He's rich,
isn't he?"
yes, but he has three married daught-
ers who work hum for the support of theiI
husbands
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-02-12
Let Everybody Come.

skill at Drs
penny
to
the benefit #
It your case is durable Drs Shores will tell
you Soft it is incurable Drs Shores will tell you
why. Come today, come Monday, come any day
this week, and learn what your trouble is and
what can be done for it.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-02-12
Very Sociable.
(Haroer's Bazar.)

do you find people generally pretty
civil?" asked the life insurance agent of
a bill collector.
"Oh. yes. indeed answered the latter
"They nearly always ask me to call
again"