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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-09-03

The text of the letter is as follows:
Salt Lake, Sept. 2, 10 o'clock. To
the police station. I have (given) my
two children each three and one-eighth
(grains) morphine pills. The reason
why was that they are the only per-
sons that 1 have. to live for on earth
and 1 don't think that would be very
Here there is break and some word,
probably, bad has been omitted. 1t
will be noticed that the foregoing part
of the letter is written in a fairly
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-09-03
CHARGES OF PERJURY HAVE
BEEN FILED AGAINST OTIS
President Mckinley Will Also Be Accused BY Counsel For
Captain Oberlin N. Carter.

Chicago sThe perjury
of the American the Philippines with President Mckinley by
a vannah.
H
Of
General Otis o
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-09-03
THE PASSENGERS THREATENED.
Threatened to String Captain of Ship
to the Yardarm.

to the Yardarm.
Seattle, Wash, Sept. 2-When the
bark Hunter arrived early this morn
ing, eighteen days from st. Michael,
with $50 miners on board, Captain
O'Brien anchored in the stream and
came ashore in a small boat for the
purpose of securing warrants for the
arrest of his passengers, whom he
claimed had rebelled on the way down
and threatened to string him up at the
yardarm.
He found, on consultation with the
federal authorities, that there was no
law covering the case and later in the
day his passengers were landed.
The passengers assert that they did
not threaten to lynch the captain, but
admit that they, made a strong COM
plant about food and accommodations
furnished them.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-09-03
The President In Washinoton

Washington, Sept. 2.-The president and
Mrs Mckinley, accompanied by Assistant
Secretary Cortelyou, arrived at l o'clock
after an uneventful night run from Can
ton. o.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-09-03
New Orleans Free From yellow Fewer

New Orleans, Sept. 1.-The board of
health announced tonight that there was
no case of yellow fever in New Orleans.
beyond the suspicious case reported on
Euterpe street, which is considered out of
danger.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-09-03
Man Was Insane.
Heard the Shots.

While at lunch, at 1 o'clock, Mr.. and
Mrs. p. E. Mckinney, who live at 1910
Windsor avenue, next door to Van
Guilder's, heard the shots, followed by
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(Cdntinued on Page a.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-09-03
SILVER AND LEAD

Silver, 59N cents per ounce.
Lead, $4.35 per 100 pounds.
Copper, IL cents per pound.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-09-03

Forecast for Salt Lake Today Is:
Probably Showers; Stationary Tenn
perature.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-10-07
King AIfOnsO's Spirit of Fun,

From the London Chronicle.
The young King of Spain seems to have
Inherited his mothers cheerful tempera-
ment and to have spirit Of fun which
even-and this is saying much-Spanish
etiquette cannot quench. The following
story is being told of his majesty: The lit
tie king had been reading out to his tutor
a sentence in the words, She possessed in
the highest degree the distinguished man.
ners and grace of speech inherent in prin-
cesses,' and to his tutors amaZement re-
marked: THAT writer didn't know much
about courts"
why do you say that sir?''
We'll, look at that pair of princesses"
One of his royal sisters, evidently dread
fully hot and sleepy. was SPRAYING over
her desk in a very degage attitude, while
the other, apparently unable to solve a
difficult problem. was absently rubbing her
eyes and looking dazed meanwhile His
majesty tugged the hair Of one and pinched
the arm of another princess, evoking some
very strong and familiar terms of sisterly
Reproduction.
There are distinguished manners and
grace of speech for your he exclaimed
regarding triumphantly the tutor.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-10-07

between 1717 and 1775 not less than 10000
convicts were shipped to Virginia from the
Old Bailey alone. 1t may be that valuable
strain of independence and initiative is in
herited by the descendants of transported
convicts fitting them to be the founders OF
new commonwealth. Certainly British In
da has no such white population as Aus
traia, and Torquin cannot be compared
for progressiveness with New Caledonia.
Looking to the Future.
Now that New Caledonia's sons are
awaking to their powers and numbers, they
do not hesitate to ask France for their
rights They insist that the convict settle
ments shall be allowed to die out. Not
only is the white population gained to the
island: it is gained well that its own
natural increase guarantees it homogene-
Gus and sufficient future like that of Aus
tralia The convict settlements that exist
are naturally, to be continued, but New
Caledonia wants more new cOnV1ctS.
The French government has agreed to this
demand. Within a short time arrange
ments will be made to ship all such sorry
emigrants to Cayenne which needs them
In time the New Caledonans like the Aus
tralians will forget certain details IN the
lives of their pilgrim ancestors, and the
convict system-in spite of the astonishing
abuses of the carpet baggers-wi1 have
made of New Caledonia a unique French
colony STERLING HELLO.
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selves, they lord it over their own serfs.
the natives, and they look with jealous
eyes on all newcomers. AS for the llber-
ated convicts-of whom neglect has made
tramps and day laborers-they disdain them
with almost bourgeois suficiency.
Typical Community.
Their town of Bourail, for example, dates
from 1865. The main street is bordered by
pleasing villas and handsome shops In
front of the church a shady square. with
band stand, forms the evening promenade
of happy families, while cafes and billiard
rooms contribute a city air. Along the main
street are the luxurious buildings of the
penitentiary administration. the villa of
justice of the peace, the fine buildings of
the concessionaires' syndicate, the houses
of the cure and the doctor, and the Grand
Hotel. which has tAeater connected with
1T. Yet every man you see is a convict I'M
der sentence. Pei. the celebrated poisoner,
has a jewelry store, and a sign announces
that he also charges himself with chemical
analyses and mineral assays.
In these communities everything goes by
favor One man is allowed to wear beard,
while another must be shaved One man
may wear blue serge, while another is con-
fined to the white cotton of the convict.
One man will be allowed to run up a bill
for seeds, implements, clothes and provis
ions to the amount of several hundred dol
lars, while another cannot obtain his regu-
lation outfit. Even marriage goes by favor.
The law says that a married convict may
have his wife sent out to him gratis; but
the administration judges each case ac-
cording to its pleasure. When an unmar
ried conceSsionaire desires a wife the pro-
cedure Is picturesque.
His Wife Picked Or:t.
At Bourail there exists a convent an es-
tablishment to which all female prisoners
from France are intrusted first. Here the
girls are employed at sewing and gardening
under the surveillance of the Sisters Of ST.
Joseph of Cluny, who picturesque!y wear
revoivers at their belts. The convent, in
closed by high wall, is guarded at night
by Moorish soldiers from Algiers, with the
consigne vigorously to prevent all COM
munication with the paddock" as they
call it-picturesquely. Twice week the
women led out, walked through the
town and halted at a secluded river bank,
where they are made to bathe. On Sun
days they are conducted to church, where
their coming is looked as the event of
the week. Now, when concessionaire de-
sires a wife he makes a humble request to
the commandant. If it be favorabiy receiv-
ed there is no delay. The superior Of the
convent proposes a suitable girl, and on the
following Thursday the couple are intro
duced in the convent parlor The man Tex
poses his situation" and if the girl convict
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-10-07
PENCIL AND PAPER,
They Form ChiId's Truest Form of
Everyday Diversion.
From the ST Tonis Clohe- Deu,ocrat

They Form II ChiId's Truest Form of
Everyday Diversion.
From the st. Louis Globe Democrat
Some pads. box of crayons, foolscap
paper and old picture books which are not
too good to be embelished by childish art
lists and liberty to draw anything the chill
dren please, will assist little people in their
indoor hours.
The use of such tools teaches a child
nicely and development. In Mrs. Louise
Hogan's interesting volume, "A Study of
Child, one observes how progressive In the
case of the little one there described was
the skill used III using PAPER and pencil.
Many mothers are too occupied with other
things to keep a record of their children s
early artistic efforts, and not every little
one who uses pencil and paper is destined
In after life to become a great painter or
artist, but the ability to draw, to sketch to
show what one sees with the eye by the
work of the trained fingers. adds a dis
tinct joy to life.
Children need a great deal of variety. BY
simply keeping them happy and busy they
are often saved from fits of temper and
crossne:s which leave them exhausted and
preclp!tate endless controversies. For the
tempests in the nursery, which sometimes
raise havoc there, the mother and the
teacher and sometimes the nurse are re-
sponsible rather than the little ones, who
ing to be good if only they are happy.
There is a great deal of difference, of
course. in the innate ability of children to
employ themselves. One small person finds
engagements ard occupations for himself
and rarely comes with the battling ques-
ton. What shall we do now?" Another is
dependent on the suggestions of those about
him. There are children who even in the
nursery show that they are born to rule
while there others who are born to
follow.
The withdrawal of an amusement when it
ceases to be interesting is desirable, and
children should not be forced to write or
draw, or compelled to keep on with a dis
tasteful pursuit for which there Is no oc-
cason. The homey game of gobelinks is
liked by many little ones, but if they are
very small some older persons should be
present. that ink spots may not come upon
face, hands and clothing The gobelink is
picture made by letting single drop of
ink fall upon sheet of paper and then
folding over the paper; the ink runs in
very droll shapes and forms, about which
the mother may easily weave an entertain
Ing story.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-10-07
Posting His Man.

From the Cleveland Leader.
well, the facts of the case are about as.
follows said Aguinaido to the recruiting
officer: 1.-The enemy keeps advancing on
us and we are forced to run or be killed,
and we a1ssasnstantly compelled to find
hiding pt4cesafn new parts Of the island
also understand that there are several new
regiments to be put in the field against us.
So you may say something like this when
you harangue the people: In this war OF
ours no brave countryman will hesitate;
the latest adviCes from the rear show that
we are getting ahead of the enemy at every
turn, and opponents themselves con-
cede the fact that our cause is gaining
ground. and that getting more fol-
lowers daily is a fact that they dare not
dispute'"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-10-07

If San Juan for a navy yard. AS station
Vt this kind it is important that the island
should be essentially American in all of its
interests. It's people should be made Amer
lean as far as heart, head and pocket are
concerned. The heart anG pocket will go
somewhat together, but the head will have
to be a matter of education. Before we can
make the Porto Ricans Americans in our
sense of the word we have got to give them
language and ideas. They must be
taught English. The only way to do this
will be through the next generation. and
that by American education. At present
90 per cent of the Porto Ricans cannot read
and write. They are denseiy ignorant. and
having been SO oppressed by the Spaniards
they have an antipathy to everything Span
sh. and from now on will naturally lean
toward everything American. These 30 per
cent form the working classes. The other
10 per cent are the property owners and
the governing class. They are Spanish in
wish to keep the Spanish language in the
schools. ! think this is mistake. The
Spanish language and literature are the
key to Spanish thought and ideas. the very
things we want to get rid of. Nothing but
English should be taught, and English
should be made the language of the people
just as soon as possible. If Spanish were
kept out of the schools this would be ac
compllShed i'll & very few years. The young
Porto RicanS would become Americans in
spirit and ideas: they would feed upon our
literature and would probably be the most
intensely patriotic of our people.
New Schools Very Important.
One of the brightest men 1 met in San
Juan was the American consul. Mr.. Han
ma. He told me that the only hope of
Porto Rico was in the children and in Eng
fish education. Gen. Kennedy has the same
opinion. He believes in the organization of
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disguised with the life within four walls.
finds him In the slightest degree eligible.
she accepts his offer gladly. 1t opens the
door to liberty. Some strange unions have
resulted. The majority of these female
transportees are young; they would not be
sent out to New Caledonia had not their
crimes been serious oneS-ofteneSt crimes of
violence-and the result is that the convent
of st. Joseph of Cluny harbors a precious
lot of handsome diablesses. When the adj
ministration wishes to rid the convent of
more than usually undesirable creature a
substantial dot Is offered with her, and a
bridegroom is not long in coming. There Is
even particular type of bridegroom whose
complafsance makes him the favored pro-
tege OF the high functionary who has made
the match. Some of the first families" of
the New Caledonia of tomorrow will owe
their start in life to such willingness to
obige.
Jaflbirds and Their Children.
1t Is said that twenty-five years of fairly
good conduct are required-without special
'protection"-to transform a newly arrived
jailb.rd into prosperous New Caledonian
farmer with homestead, horses and cat
tie. AS the concessionaires have always
been chosen from the long term conv!cts,
1t results that more than half of these
prosperous farmers are 'lifers,' with no
hope of returning to France. 1t to
remedy grave injustice to their children
that the new law of 1895 admitted these
born New Caledonians to participation in
its free co'onization.' For years the con-
victs' sons had struggled against the wicked
policy of the administration to grant moth
ing to free men. The liberated convicis
were kept down. concessionaries' sons were
refused and free colonization practically
was prohibited-all that the administration
might remain master of the colony. The
carpet baggers wanted only serfs. Today
the administration struggles desperately
against it's fate. It's power is waning. 1t
is being pushed aside-not by any new emf
grafton from France but by the army of
convicts' sons. themselves free men, de-
handing their share of the soil which gave
them birth.
Convicts as Pioneers.
And it is here that we strike what may
be the secret of the white colonization of
such far-away tropical islands. France has
twenty colonies in various parts Of the
world, yet New Caledonia is the only one
with a real white population capable of an
Independent future. 1t is also curious to
note that England's two great white popu-
lated colonies-Australia and New Zealand
had their beginnings in similar convict
transportation system. If it is correct,
l have seen quoted from John Fiske, that
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-10-07
What 1t Might Have Cost.

From the ONO STATE Jourhai.
In a certain town in Vermont" said the
Boston drummer as he chewed away at
pepsin tablet, Il picked up a wallet con-
tanning $500 in cash. There were papers
bearing the owners name, and he proved
to be the mayor of the town. l at once
hunted him up and handed over his lost
cash. and as he received it he looked me
over and scratched the back of his head
and said:
~ shall reward you. of course. How
much do you think you ought to have?'
Nothing whatever. sir. l am glad to
restore your property.
but you expect something?
mo sir
Didn't look for me to give you a cent?
Not a red
1T don't seem possible he went on, as
he looked me over again. but I'll have to
take you at your word. Do you know what
it might have cost me, sir, had any one else
found this Wallet?
81 can't say, of course.
I'D have had to hand over at least ten
cents. sir. and they might have struck for
fifteen or Twenty-Five. -
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-10-07
Getting Acquainted.
From the Chicago News.

A Ravenswood man tells this story about
a friend Of his whose business takes him
away from home frequently.
For the last month or so he has had a
respite. and his neighbors have noticed the
unusual length of his visit at his own
house. One of them asked him recently IL
he had got pretty well acquainted with the
members of his family
Il think l am making an impression" he
responded MY little girl went to her
mother the other day and said: That man
who comes here sometimes spanked me to-
day."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-10-07

are forced by self-interest to become the
justification of the bureaucratic regime.
Through their prosperity the adminisira-
ton. Their serfdom has transformed the
carpet baggers into feudal lords with pow
Ell to pull the strings in Paris. Serfs them
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-10-07
Suspicious Resemblance.

Johnny-"Here's a note from me father
to excuse me for not comm yesterday"
Teacher-"Your father writes and spells
too much like you, Johnny"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-10-07
A Supreme Test.

From Life
She-"What proud. naughty bearing
Mrs. Porterly has. She was born to com.
mand.'
He-"Yes, indeed. Even the instructor
at the golf links treats her an equal"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-10-07

Americans should visit Porto Rico. They
will find few dfscomforts and will see more
curious things in four weeks trip than
they can see in Europe in six months The
steamers now take you from New York to
San Juan in about five days. The distance
is about l, 400 miles, and the sea, after you
pass Cape Hatteras. is remarkably smooth
AT San Juan you find fairly good hotel,
ana there are places where you can stop
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-10-07

selves, they lord it over their own serfs.
the natives, and they look with jealous
eyes on all newcomers. AS for the llber-
ated convicts-of whom neglect has made
tramps and day laborers-they disdain them
with almost bourgeois sufficiency.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-01-20
A Switch in Committees.

p S mentioned in the Standard
yesterday, the house committee
I on banking and currency Las
given up the currency question as d
bad job. The members of that conf
mittee worked away a long time at
measure which the "sound-money'' club
wanted to get before the present COR
gress. The republican members of the
committee made up their minds to drop
the whole thing-of course. the demo-
Gratis who are members of the COM
mittee were ready and willing to let
the republicans do that.
1t transpires that the currency cues
ton has been transferred by this
action, to the house committee on
coinage. This week, Secretary Gage
and other goldbug oracles are appear
ing before this committee, urging
action and teaching its members how
to fix up legislation that will fasten the
gold standard on the United States. 1t
appears also that the committee is
hearing these men with regard to pro-
posed legislation providing that, in ap-
plication of President McKinley's cure
all, greenbacks once received into The
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-01-20
treasury shall not be paid out again,
except in exchange for gold

treasury shall not be paid out again,
except in exchange for gold.
This is a new deal. There is no pre-
cedent for passing over to the coinage
committee any questions relating to the
paper-money circulation. The green-
backs were issued, in the first place,
for the purpose of furnishing ready
| means wherewith to carry on the civil
war. The coinage committee really mas
no jurisdiction in the matter of the
greenbacks and the bank notes. How
ever, it makes little difference, as 1T
is certain that there will be no legisla-
ton on this subject by the present can.
gress. A bill to lock up redeemed
greenbacks and hold them until some
body wants to give gold in exchange
for them cannot pass the present house,
much less the senate as now consti-
tuted.
And the same is true of a bill OK
pressly recognizing gold as the sole
standard. The president knows this as
we'll as anyone else. He is simply keep
ing the pot simmering a little just to
make people believe that he hash t
forgotten currency reform and that he
really thinks it important that some
legislation for the improvement of our
monetary system should be enacted.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-01-20

sembly who are under the heavy ham
mering of conscience this very MORN
ing and who will yet save personal
honor, at the sacrifice of tempting gold,
by flinging Clarks money into his face.
You will see that the like of that will
happen.
Under ordinary circumstances, the re-
marks made yesterday by Governor
Robert B. Smith would pass as matter
of-fact assertion; under the conditions
that really exist, his words are like a
ray of sunshine bursting upon an
abode of evil and of darkness. Yet be-
cause Governor Smith ventured to ut
ter word in advocacy of common hon
esty, in the bribe-laden environs OF
the legislature, he was called down by
a Clark agent with the proposition
that the governor of this state, for
sooth, had no right to lift up his voice
against official rottenness! IF that Is
the alternative, I will resign the office
OF governor tACidllHeu IOSSIAol
Smith; and, again, you will live to- see
that the Clark bribery outfit will at
tempt to punish Robert B. Smith be-
cause he had the manliness to an
nounce the plain truth as to the no
torious corruption now holding high
carnival in Helena. ~
Be that as it may, it is not written
in the stars or in morals or in human
decency or in Montana's high sense
of honor and integrity-it is not writ
ten that w. A. Clark's devilish de-
bauchery can possibly triumph. He'll
fail If the indecent prophecy of his
heelers that the grand jury is his
proved true, even then he'll fail. The
pestilence of bribery, though it mount
into the millions, will blight the briber
but not the fair name of this state.