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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-04-09
PROF o. c. MARsH-Fron Photo By HOllinger

steps by which the saurian of a million
years ago became, in the slow progress
of the ages, the feathered and toothleSS
bird Of today.
my first great ambition" Professor
Marsh once told me, was to shoot as
well as old Colonel Jewett,' a famous
hunter of western New York, and a
great friend of his. Il was not satisfied
until could bring down a squirrel from
the top crotch of a big hickory, where
1 could see only tip of red nose and
one eye"
His rowing, outdoor life made him
keen observer, and gave him the rugged
vitality to Withstand any degree of
hardship.
IF 1 had known what my future
career was to be-" he said. Il could
not have mapped out my boyhood bet
ter"
OFF WITH BUFFALO BILL.
1t was this sturdy young scholar who
led the first great scientific expedition
into the Rocky mountains in the year
1870 Buffalo Bill Colonel w. F. Cody
was the guide chosen to lead the ex-
petition into the alkali plains, hitherto
untrodden by the feet of white men,
The Indians menaced them constantly.
burning the dry grass around their
camps and watching them jealousy
from every hilltop. They suffered the
want of water and they burned under
the blazing western sun, but for five
months they scanned the colored cliffs
and collected hundreds of new and
wonderful fossils, the mere description
and classification Of which was almost
life's work.
The scientific value of this expedition
and those of many succeeding years
cannot be overeStimated. Professor
Marsh unearthed the remains of over
1000 vertebrate animals new to
science. most of which he has named
and described. Among them were the
ancestral forms Of the modern horse.
of the tapir and the pig. and of the
first monkeys and bats discovered in
America, showing that this country
was once the home of numerous simian
tribes. He also found many rodents
and small marsupials; many gigantic
dinosaurs, terrible lizards" the dino
cerata, which We're huge, hoofed ami
mails az large as elephants and for
midably armed with horns: extinct
sea-serpents; the enormous brento-
theridea and the stegasaurus. The
discovery of the birds with teeth, al
ready alluded to. and the pterodactyles.
or flying dragons. the first to be found
in America, also resulted from these
explorations.
THE ORIGIN OF THE HORSE.
Perhaps the most wonderful discov
cry made by Professor Marsh during
these expeditions was the series of
fossil horses.
When q student in Germany" he
once told me, Il heard world-re-
nowned professor of zoology gravely in
form his pupils that the horse was a
gift from the old world to the new and
was entirely unknown to America until
introduced by the Spaniards. After the
lecture l asked him whether no earlier
remains of horses, had been found on
this continent. and was told in reply
that the reports- to the effect were too
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-04-09
TWO SMALL BONES FOUNDED
PROF. o. C. MARSHS RENO WIN
Story of How He Aided In Establishing the Theory
Of Evolution
Most Distinguished Geologist In the World at the Time of
3 His Death, a Month Ago.

F Only two or three men in century
possess the regal gift of being a genius
in many things. Professor o. c. Marsh
of Yale university, who died recently,
was endowed with such a gift to
remarkable degree. Besides being one
of the most distinguished of American
scientists. and perhaps the most IA
nous paleontologfst in the world, he
won wide renoWn outside of his sci
entific work as a daring and successful
explorer, as connoisseur in Japanese
art, as a lover and collector of rare
orchids, as champion of the American
indians, and, Supremely, as a story
teller and writer of many scientific
works.
More than that, he was able to read
and speak many languages among
them the curious jargons. of the west
ern Indians, and he had made a unique
reputation as an unrelenting foe of
scientific fallacies and flakes" He
spent long life and considerable
fortune in building up u great public
Eluseunb at Yale college, He never
drew a penny of salary for his services
as professor, and about a year ago,
when his health began to fail, he made
over all his vast and priceless collec-
tons 70 the university, and died a
comparatively poor man.
HIS FOUNDATION FOR FAME.
Fans and science are supposed to
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-04-09

zyhaI ivory and reindeer hides. he hap
enough to keep him in plenty for some
years.
But il is in wives that he is consid-
cred richest. In his home igloo up on
the western shores Of Baffin bay he has
ten, all particularly strong Of jaw, ana
able to keep Kor-ko-y a's stock of cloth
ing ever soft and pliable. The import
ance of this viii be understood when
the Eskimo custom of chewing skins is
understood.
HIS TEN STRONG-JAwED WIVES.
Up in the polar circle, where mans
blood freezes and parts of him drop off
at the touch of the icy blast, it is a
difficult matter to keep the Unframed
skins from hardening and cracking.
There is only one process known to the
Eskimo that of chewing. 1t is neces-
sary TO perform this operation every
two or three months, and ii is part of
the wives duties. 1t is FOX that reason
that an Eskimo selects his flstUre help
mates, not for beauty, comeliness of
figure, nor for gentleness of dispo-
sition, but for the size of their teeth
and the strength of their jaws.
Wives are bought, sold and exchanged
among the Eskimo. The price fuctu-
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-04-09
A YOUNG ARISTOCRAT'S WAGER.
Must Win By Playing Hand Organ
In Every Part of Englani !
H,ondOn T.eaderl

(L0ndOn LeaQer.D
"Whys are you doing it?" asked a
Cheltenham correspondent of an arts
tocratic young man who has wagered
that he will earn his living for the next
twelve months by trundling barrel
organ into every corner of the kingdom.
''oh, L suppose" he replied, sit is be-
cause I am of a. very adventurous spir-
it, and am always engaged in some ex-
plot or other. A fortnight before
started this "trip I won a wager for
climbing the top of the hotel in Red
ruth at which [ was staying. Once,
also, when / was in the army, I drove
a. hanson cab round the barrack square
and finished up by. charging the SEN
try"
You have been in the army, t1len?'
ooh, yes, and have seem fighting in
South Africa"
And about this trip. Have you any
route marked out, and is anyone follow
ing you to see that you do it?''
Not that l know OF. I write occa-
sionaaly, usually ON Sunday, to the re-
sponsible person. telling him my where
abouts and indicating my probable
movements. 1 have no stated route"
And how do you travel2''
"Well, as I like. have only to pay my
way ana touch every county, not play
through them. 1 have already been in
six counties"
How do you like the travelling"
TT was very hard at first, but I am
now getting fit. 1 often used to be foot
sore at night, but / am getting over
that now. 1t is very interestingAg
through different parts of the country
Have you had any particular ex-
periences ON your Journey"
well, at Oxford they took me for
someone else and / had high time.
They really thought L was this other
person, and treated me accordingly"
Anything else?"
Not much. shall be writing a book
on my experiences and then you can
read it all. Goodbye"
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-04-09
THE PASSING OF THE NIGHrcAP
Catarrhal Troubles of America Large
ly Due to Its Abandonment.

ly Due to Its Abandonment.
eff the American people would only
put on nightcaps when they go to bed
there would not be near so many cases
of catarrhal trouble as there are now"
said a Chicago physician. He contin-
ued: 1T is well known that as ma
ton the percentage of catarrhal COM
plants is greater among us than in any
other nation in the world, and, that
there are more cases among men than
among women. The reason for this dis
proportion is the absence of nightcaps
and the habit of smoking in the open
air. Women, if they smoke at all, do
not. do SO in the open air, and if they do
not wear nightcaps they are in a meas
ure protected by their heav er heads of
hair. Men, on the contrary, habitually
wear their hair close cut, are careless
about the temperature of the rooms in
which they sleep, and while all theArest
of the body is carefully protected the
head may be exposed all night to a zero
temperature, and that at the very time
when nature is at its lowest ebb and
can do the least to protect itself If we
would begin by nightcapping all our
children and induce them to keep UP
the habit in later years, within a gener-
alton or two catarrh would be a COM
paratively rare disease in the United
States.
"Englishmen and the people of the
continent know an American by two
things-his liberality with money and
his habit of hawking and splitting They
cannot understand the latter, as ca
tarrh is an unusual complaint abroad.
But nightcaps are not. They are a rec
ognized part of the night toilet through
out Europe, and to this is due the free
dom of the people there from a distress
ing complaint.
Who ever sees night cap in this
country? But in England it is so much
a matter of course that it's great writer,
Dickens, frequently mentioned it in or
der to give the proper touch of realism
to his creations"
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-04-09

Like the wealthy men of other chimes
who have seen their fortunes grow, he
was content at first with sleeping room
in an ordinary igloo. As a young man
he lived amid the squalor and stencil
of a hut sheltering a dozen people of
both sexes. He kept his solitary dog
with the others, occupying the tunnel
leading from the outside into the igloo
and he was fain 10 have his clothing
softened by the ancient teeth of an old
woman who did it for gain.
DOINGs DURING THE FAMINE.
In those days he fished and hunted
and speared from morning until night.
and brought in such trophies of his
skill that people began to talk of him.
During the time OF the great famine.
when the Eskimo were compelled to
travel so far south TO secure food that
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-04-09

ates like that of wheat or corn, or
stocks on Wall street. \ father with a
growing daughter VIII be approached
by a neighbor and offered one, two or
three dogs for her, according 10 her
maXillary powers. Sometimes a blue
foXskin or a dozen strips of blubber
may enter into the bargain. but dogs
are generally the factor used.
From this it can be seen that Hor-
ko-ya's plurality OF wives is considered
proof Of his wealth among his friends.
There are other evidences which viii
be described later.
Kor-ko-ya was born in 1871 at a small
native settlement a short distance north
of what is now the Danish town Of
Julianehaab, in Greenland Hapleft his
home at an early age and crossed Baf-
fin bay, making his igloo with another
tribe famous as hunters of seal. He
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-04-09
49,
Congressional Records.
CPittsburg Dispatch \

u IT0N'E3tII . IJIs'peIICII.I
The nominal cost of a set of Congress
sional Records, from the first issue. in
1883, 10 date. would be $537 A fun set
ing indexes, and the price is estimated to
be the cost of printing from the plates.
binding, etc. 1t would be an extremely
difficult matter however, to obtain a
complete set. The superintendent of doc
uments, government printing office. who
is custodian of all the extra back num-
bers available, could not supply more than
go of the 1858 volumes. The set might be
completed, however; from the shelves OF
secondhand book dealers
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-04-09
This Blood.
Detroit Journal.)

This is problem story.
My blood will be upon your headr'
protested Harold. perceiving that he is
about to be murdered.
Yes. but you are very anaemicr' re-
torts Genevieve indifferently and mixes
more ground glass in his breakfast food.
The suggestion here is that unhealthy
persons ought to be killed anyway. No
problem story. we believe, is complete
without this suggestion.
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11|
Her Logic.
Boston Transcript

Boston Transcript
Bickers-Women are such illogical crea-
turesi
Morgan-Granted; but what's the trou-
BILE this time?
Bickers-My wife threatens to sue a
young widow down our way for alternating
my affections, and she has always de-
clared never had an affection for her.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-12-26
Certainly a Mystery

Chicago, Dec. 25.-The Chronicle says:
A man, supposed to be dead, appeared
in Chicago yesterday, and by signing a
telegram made a New York Life Insur-
ance company a present of $4,000. This
was the news sent to Los Angeles, Cal,
thereby deepening a mystery that has
puzzled the western city since the sup
posed bod of Aaron Wolfsohn was
found in a lodging house under condi-
lions that indicate suicide by asphyxia-
ton. Wolfsohn came to Chicago to see
Attorney O'Brien of the insurance COM
pany regarding a restitution to the COM
pany of $40, 900 life insurance by the Los
Angeles house to the heir of the sup
posed Wolfsohn. Following the confer
ence, Wolfsohn wrote out the following
telegram addressed TO the public ad-
ministrator of Los Angeles:
II am alive and here in Chicago. I
order you to release the money paid you
by the insurance Ompan Immediately.
l sign this telegram in the presence of
three witnesses, my brother-in-law. my
uncle and the company's attorney, Il.
O'Brien."
W%olfsohn's assertion that h is alive
only deepens the mystery regarding the
identity and manner Of death of the
unidentified man. The latter's body was
found in a lodging house of Los Angeles
on July 81 last. The remarkable ike
ness between Wolfsohn and the unknown
is shown by photos exhibited by O'Brien.
Both men are of about 80 years of age,
with peculiarly shaped mouths, pointed
chins, prominent noses and dark hair.
In the corpse, however, the cheeks are
slightly more sallow and the hair is
darker than Wolfsohn's. BY clipping
the mustache tips Of the dead man some
one had made his fair al
most identical with that Of the real
policy holder. According to Wolfsohn,
the first he heard of his reputed death
was when he came to this city last
month to visit his uncle. After a visit
to his st. Louis relatives he returned, as
he said, to clear up the matter. AS a
result Of his conference he signed the
telegram above shown.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-12-26
The Currency Bill

New York. Dec. ga special to the
Herald from Washington says: Senator
Aldrich of Rhode Island, who will have
charge of the republican currency bill
in the senate, will try to put it through
that body without amendment. This is
the plan decided upon by the republican
leaders. Republicans who may favor
hanges in the bill are expected to alb
stain from Offering amendments II
bring the matters they thinl should be
changed to the attention Of the finance
committee. In this way much time will
be saved and the republicans will be able
to present at all Zines Il .!nited fr)nE to
the opposition. The leaders beliey- they
can carry out their programme. Once
the bill is in confer nnce, the republican
conferees from the two houses can set
together and draft the final compromise
measure. which will be agreed to by
both houses and will become a law.
There is every probability that this
measure will resemble the senate bill
more than the house bill.
1t is expected to contain the senate
refunding feature and the house pro-
vision authorizing the establishment of
national banks with $25, 900 capital, 1t is
probable that the conferees will decide
to incorporate in the bill the provision
recommended by Comptroller Dawes, to
so modify the provision that national
banks may issue currency up to the par
value of the bonds deposited so as to
make 10 per cent of that circulation an
emergency circulation. This is to lie
done by imposing a tax of 3 per cent
on the additional 10 per cent the banks
are to be allowed 20 issue. While repub-
lican leaders hope to ne able to prevent
the offering of amendments from their
side of the chamber. except by senators
who. like Senator Chandler. opposes the
bill. they hope to be able TO control the
democrats.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-12-26
Accuses Her Husband

San Francisco. Dec. ga woman who
gave her name as Mary Ford, vas picked
up on the sidewalk in front of her house
this morning and sent to the central sta
ton on a charge of drunkenness. While
waiting for the patrol wagon the woman
told the arresting officers that her hus-
band, John L. Ford, had murdered a wo-
man by the name of Mary Flaherty, in
Pittsburg, Pa, about nine years ago,
and that he had never been arrested for
the crime. The police We're inclined to
discredit the story and attribute it to
liquor. but the woman was SO insistent
that they decided to investigate. On en-
tering The house they say they found the
husband dressing. as If preparing to
leave, and as he refused to answer any
questions or to make a statement of
any kind they SEM him to the station.
The police say they will hold him unit
inquiries can be made Of Pittshurg.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-12-26
Killed by YaQuis

Chicago, Dec. ga special to the Rec
ord from Austin. Tex, Esa "A dis
patch from G~uayamas, state of Sonora,
Mex, says hat the force of Yaqui In
dams that has been harassing General
Torres troops for the past few weeks,
has withdrawn into the mountains. The
Indians broke up into small bands and
made raids on unprotected ranches and
parties Of government troops.
Many valuable ranch buildings belong
ing to Mexicans who had left the coun-
try with their families to avoid being
killed. a been burned. 80 3i
The death of Colonel Alfonso Martinez
of the Eleventh battalion. who was
wounded recently in a battle with the
Yaquis. is Confirmation
has also been received of the killing by
THE Indians Of Father Beltran and all
the other Mexican prisoners whb had
fallen into their inc The military
authorities at Guayamas have received
no word as to the whereabouts Of the
Twentieth infantry regiment.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-12-26

vaal railway watched by capable agents
and to warn Portugal that she will De
held liable in damages for assistance to
the Beers by means OF the railway"
Tine Morning Post on the contrary,
argues that the government would b.
made to treat foo as contraband and
such action would play into the hands
of all possible future enemies Of Great
Britain" 1t admits. however, that steps
should be taken and mons expended to
search vessels and to prevent munitions
OF war entering the Transvaal by way of
Portuguese territory.
The Standard says: "We do not doubt
that the matter is receiving the govern
ment's attention. AS the case develops,
it may become necessary to seize the
railway at Komattiport."
The first batch of Boer prisoners has
arrived i'm England. 1t is announced that
the government has accepted another
offer of a squadron of Canadian rough
riders,
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-12-26
KILLED
American Soldiers Use
Drastic Measures
TO STAMP OUT BANDS
That Infest the Island of N~egrOS-1t
Has Become Necessary to Chase
Small Bands in the MOuntainS--An
Election Has Been Held.

Bacolor, Island of Negroes, p. l., Nov.
7.-(Correspondence of the Associated
Press. )-Panay is the shipping port for
all products of Negroes. Negroes island
was first garrisoned by the First Cali
fornia volunteers, which regiment was
replaced early in July, 1893, by the Sixth
infantry. Brigadier General Smith, for
merIy colonel of the First California, is
governor of Negroes, and since last July
affairs here have advanced rapidly and
we'll under his direction. Last July the
situation had two sides, the military and
the civil. The Sixth infantry had before
it the duty of suppressing the interior
mountain bandits, as we'll as the scat
tering of the revolutionary party. which
! was operating under instructions from
! A%guinaldo in Luzon. AS to civil matters,
General Smith had in view the establish
ment and maintenance of a civil and
elective government, which would ulti-
mately serve to show the other revolving
islands what good things would be en-
joyed under American rule. Negroes was
selected as the most promising field for
this experiment.
Since last July these bandits, who have
held undisputed control over parts of
this country for years., have encountered
the Sixth infantry, M they are not
nearly as numerous as formerly, and
consequently the profession has lost
much Of it's popularity and may be con-
sidered to be upon it's last legs. 1t
would be unwise to state in print just
how many Of these marauders have been
killed by the Sixth; the number is large.
and there surely would be people at
home in ignorance of the fact that dras-
tic and severe measures alone can rem
edy this evil, and who consequently
might raise an cutlery against the kill
ing. A part Of our inheritance from
Spain is the robber chief. known locally
as Papa, or Pope Issiou. He is the leader
Of the band operating the southern por-
ton of the island. who are called Baby
alanes, a wild and suDerstitious people.
Against them the Americans have waged
a constant warfare that has resulted in
the bandit being killed, demoralized and
scattered. A handful of American troops
have taken positions that forty trained
men could ave held against an army
corps.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-12-26
Jealousy the Cause

Indianapolis. Dec. 26.-John A. Hoover.
an elevator conductor. aged "a. at 1880
shot his wife twice i'm the head fatally
wounding her. He then turned the
weapon upon himself and sen the bullet
through his brain and died from the eff
fects of the wound an hour later without
recovering c~GnsciGusnJN. The crime
was the result OF a quarrel begun after
midnight when Hoover returned home.
Jealousy upon his part was the cause.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-12-26
His Relatives Worried

San Francisco. Dec. 26.-The relatives
of Hyde W.. Hickey of the Hoffman
house, New York, are anxious to discover
his whereabouts. He was a guest of the
Palace hotel for a short time this month
and left there Ostensibly to go to a
sanitarium to undergo a surgical oper-
alton. He a not been heard from for
ten deays and it is feared he has met
with some serious misadventure.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-12-26
GUARDIANS SALE UF REAL ES-
TATE.

Notice is hereby given, that in pursu-
ance Of an order of the district court Of
the second judicial district of the state
of Montana, made on the End day of De-
cember, 1899, in the matter Of the estates
Of May Wright. Ethel Wright, Nellie
Wright, Rose Wright, Rueben Wright.
Arthur Wright. and Willie Wright.
minors. the undersigned, the guardian
of the persons and estates of said minors.
will sell at private sale. to the highest
bidder for cash in lawful money of the
United States. ard subject to confrma-
ton by said district court, on and after
Thursday, the 2Sth day Of December.
1899, all the right. title, interest and es-
tate of said minors, in and to all that
certain lot, piece or parcel of land, stu
ate, lying and being in the county of Sill
yer Bow, state Of Montana, and bound
| ed and described as follows, to-wit: The
undivided two-thirds (2-S) interest in and
to the west half of the. northwest quar-
| ter, and the west half of the southwest
quarter of sectio fourteen (14), in r. 3,
". r.. g.. w. of the Montana principal
meridian. Bids will be received at the
law office of Mcbride and Mcbride, No.
1872 North Main street, Butte, Montana.
| Terms and conditions Of sale: Cash. ten
per cent of the purchase money to be de-
posted on the day Of sale in bank to
fabide the event Of confirmation: the
whole to be paid on confirmation Of sale
pense of purchaser.
Dated Dec. 1s. 1883.
ELIZABETH A. WRIGHT,
Guardian Of the persons ana estates OF
May Wright. Ethel Wright. Nellie
Wright, Rose Wright. Rueben Wright,
Arthur Wright. and Willie Wright
minors.