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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-03-24
Wood, the Trust-taner.
Fortnightly.l

When General Wood, late colonel of
the rough riders, assumed charge Of
Santiago de Cuba, the conditions of the
place were about as bad as they could
be. The city was Americanized from
a sanitary point of view. Then the
question of food. Meat had gone UP to
30 cents a pound, and was scarce at
that. Bread sold for fabulous prices,
Very soon there came a change; provi-
sions began to come from the ordinary
sources, AS the supply increased, how
ever, there was no diminution in prices.
General Wood sent for the aldermen
representing the different wards of the
city, and he also summoned the butch
ers. When they were assembled in his
office he arranged them in two lines,
facing one another. Then, through an
interpreter, he asked the butchers:
How much do you charge for your
meat?"
Ninety cents a. pound, senor.'
What does it cost you?"
There was hesitation and a shutting
of feet; then one of the men said in a
whining voice:
Meat is very, very dear, your. excel
lency."
How much q. pound?"
1T costs us very much, and
How much a pound?"
F1Iteen cents, your eXcellency, but
we have lost much money during the
war, are''-
so have your customers. Now meat
will be sold at % cents a pound, and
not one cent more. Do you under
stand?"
Then, turning to the aldermen, he
charged them to see that his orders was
carried out to the letter, unless they
wanted to be expelled from office.
Thencefprward meat was sold in the
markets at 25 cents. A similar reduc-
ton was made in the prices of bread.
vegetables and all food products. 1t
was the first showing of the master
hand to the public, and confidence in
the American methods of administra-
ton strengthened rapidly.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-03-24
THE "BLUE BOOK" OF 1929.
Copy Formerly Owned By President
Adams Is Now In Chicago.
(Chicago Inter Ocean,)

(ChlCagO inter Ocedn.J
Mrs. William C. Johnson of Newbury-
port, Mass, who has been visiting her
daughter Mrs. w Il. Phister of No
4739 KenWood avenue, Chicago. has
copy of the United States blue book OF
1929. The work is rare, and this par
ticular copy is especially interesting
from the fact that it Was at one tune
the property of President John Quincy
Adams. Mrs Johnso,l's husband was 2
nephew of President Adams, and was
his secretary during the campaign Oh
1924. The blue book Was given to him
by President Adams, who received Ii
himself as presenta ton copy from the
publisher, Peter Force. It is bound in
leather and paper and is well preserved.
ThezUnited States blue book for 1926
shows q marked contrast between the
way government affairs We're managed
seventy years ago and now. The blue
book" then was a quaint little volume
entitled, THE National Calendar" Civ
ing general information as to the gov.
eminent of the United States receipts
and expenses and salaries of officers
Andrew jackson W;ls president then
and received a salary OF 5000, as
against $4,000 received now by the
president. Cabinet officers Jared bet
ter than now, for they received a yearly
salary of $4,000, as against $4,000 at the
present time, when their expenses are
five times that much. Now a cabinet
officers salary will hardly pay his
house rent, but seventy years age
Washington landlords were much less
exacting. Representatives and senators
received IS a day and liberal mileage
as against $4,000 ard $4,000 annually
now. The total civil list at that time
including pay of president, cabinet
senator's, repr esentatiVes. judges, terri
torial officials, and all the departments
was $1,323,0 G0 a year. The treasury de-
partment was not as big an affair as the
city civil service of Chicago, and the
whole United States government ma
chinery was scarcely on as large a scale
as the city government of Chicago to-
day.
POSTAGE rates of 1929 appear to have
been devised for the express purpose
of discouraging letter-writing. The ar
dent swain who wrote to his flame
every day would have to spend good
salary in postage stamps, and limit
himself to ,single-page letters in the
bargain. The rates were as follows:
For single letters, composed of one
piece of paper. any distance not en-
ceeding So miles, cents; over So miles
and not exceeding so miles, 10 cents:
over so miles and not exceeding 159
miles, 1919 cents; over $50 miles and not
exceeding 400 miles, 1917 cents; over 40
miles, 2h cents.
On double letters, or those composed
of two pieces of paper double those
rates were charged: three pieces of pa
per, trinle rates; four pieces Of paper
quadruple rates. IF the number Of
sheets is not truly stated" the post
master general naiyely remarks, 'dou-
BILE postage will be charged"
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-03-24
ANOTHER BODY FOUND.
Workmen Continue Search of the
Windsor Hotel Ruins.

New York, March 23.-Nineteen dead
and thirty-four missing is the record
so far at the hotel fire on Friday last.
One more body was found today This
brings the list Of unknown dead to nine.
The fragments were dug up about
twenty feet west of the annex on the
Forty-seVenths street side, in a part of
the ruins where no other bodies or
bones have been found. The remains
consist simply of a portion of a spinal
column, with some of the ribs attached,
a piece of the skull, and some small
bones and charred flesh. The remains
were taken to the morgue and number
ed Body No. g."
Identification in this case. as in the
large majority of the other bodies at
the morgue. win be impossible. 1t is
not likely that any of the bodies yet to
be found win be recognizable.
The work of clearing away the debris
proceeds slowly. The great mound of
debris in Fifth avenue seems to grow
larger each day, though it was said to-
day that fifty carts We're engaged in
hauling it away. Many persons called
at the morgue and the East F'ifty-first
street station today, the former in the
hope OF identifying some of the bodies,
and the latter, mostly women, to claim
lost articles to preserve as keepsakes.
The search continues to reveal small
articles Of personal property.
At o'clock tonight a charred human
foot was found near the elevator shaft.
1t was sent TO the morgue unmarked.
Abner Mckinley and Colonel w. c.
Brown called at the East Fifty-first
street police station last evening and
claimed package of papers bearing
Colonel Browns name. These papers
were important legal papers in the pos
session of Mr.. Mckinley at the time of
the fire. They were forwarded tonight
TO Fostoria, o., by special messenger.
Shortly before II o'clock tonight
workmen found on the Forty-siXth
street side of the ruins a bundle of let
tiers addressed to "Abner Mckinley"
the remains of dress suit, a dress suit
case and a half-burned satchel. Some
small bones, which appeared to be the
bones of a human forearm, We're found
near bV
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-03-24
Registration of Arab Horses.

New York, March pa meeting of
the stewards of the Jockey club was
held today. The following resolution
was adosted:
Resolved, that the registration of
pure Arabs be accepted in the stud
book, to be classified under the head of
Arabs. Such Arabs, if imported, must
either have been registered in some
recognized stud book abroad as pure
Arabs, or have their pedigrees for five
generations certified by sheik If bred
in this country, to be descendants Of
such horses"
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-03-24
---------<ls~- - -
TEIEGRAPHIC BRIEFS.

Secretary of War AlSer and party sail
ed from Savannah for Havana on the
transport Ingalls,.
John Butter said to have been the old
est bachelor in the United States, is dead
at Huntington, l. l., in his 1Olst year.
The will of the late Professor O. II.
Marsh, bequeaths all of his property, both
real and personal, to Yale university, with
the exception of $4,000 to the National
academy of science.
Private Herman Mccall of company I,
Ninth United States infantry, was
crushed to death at San Francisco be-
tween the iron side of the transport City
of Puebla and the piles of the Broadway
wharf, while climbing down the side for
his own diversion.
The will of Mrs Isabella c. Leland,
who was killed in the Windsor hotel fire,
was admitted to probate at Chicago. 1t
disposes of personal property valued at
$4,000 and real estate worth $4,000.
Practically the entire estate is left in
trust for the surviving members of her
family.
Colonel NJ. ]. Payne, ex-mayor of
Kansas City, filed a petition in voluntary
bankruptcy. His liabilities are s125,000, to
offset which he has real estate holdings
which he values at $4,000. Colonel Payne
is president and manager of the Kansas
City Gas company, which is controlled by
the Philadelphia trust.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-03-24
REFUGE FOR CRIMINALS.
Cannot Be Extradited From Mexico
at Present.

Washington, March 2S.-The authori-
ties here are looking forward hopefully
to the meeting of the Mexican congress
next month, when the new extradition
treaty, already ratified by the United
States senate, will be ratified by the
Mexi0en senate. Until then peculiar
CONT IN Of affairs exists, as the old
extraction treaty has expired and the
new one has not gone into operation.
This interim makes Mexico an asylum
for offenders from this side and sim
ilarly, the United States is an asylum
of violators Of the laws of Mexico. 1t
is understood, however, that the terms
of the new treaty will not permit this
condition to give permanent immunity
to offenders.
Although the treaty is still held in
secret, one provision is that it shall be
retroactive, covering crimes committed
during the present interim. This pro-
vision, it is said, will terminate any
brief asylum offenders may enjoy up to
the time the Mexican senate ratifies the
treaty
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-03-24
SIGNAL SERVICE.
As Operated By the Captain and His
Bride
peoria Journal


peoria Journal)
The captain had not been long mar
ried when he was ordered into camp.
The long-expected call had come at
last. To be sure, the camp was in plain
sight of the captains residence, which
was some mitigation of the hardship,
but, then, it was still a, separation, and
to tighten this terrible condition it was
arranged that the bereaved husband
and wife should signal to each other
with handkerchiefs.
1t was on the second day that the
young wife was seated on the porch
reading.
Tell me. Jane" she said, lis Arthur
still signaling?"
Yes. ma am answered the maid.
Then keep waving your handker-
CHIEF. ! want to finish this novel;
AT the same moment, in camp, an Of
ficer from an adjoining company
stepped UP to the captain.
L say. old man. he asked, why do
you keep that man out there all day
waving a handkerchief?''
"Oh, it's merely a bit of signal code
practice for him. he answered. say,
I've got some good stuff inside"
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-03-24
PICKANINNY LULLABY.
Virginia Frazer Boyle in the BoOkmar

Virginia Frazer Boyle in the Bookmar
Don on de cabin flo,
Scramblln' lack er CATER,
Little bitter pickaninny,
Eatin swee' pertater.
Sho, sho. don you cry
Nanny come an git you;
She's er-comin' by an by
Muffin gWine ter hui you.
I'nin' up de viii folks close,
Fas' es she kin berry
Nanny little cole black rose
Nanny huckelberry.
Sho. sho dom you cry
Nanny come an git you;
She's er-comin' by an by
Muffin gwine ter hut you.
Tie de big toe wild er string,
Ter err chunk err bacon
Oar now. little bitter thing
You CANT choke, 1 reckon.
Sho sho, don you cry
Nanny come an git you;
She's er-comin' by an by
Muffin gwine ter hut you.
Postum gravy by an by,
Cornbread crumbled in hit
Peter-Barny- bias-Paul,
Shet YOU mouf dis minnit.
Sho, sho, don you cry
Nanny come an git you;
She's er-comin' by an by
Muffin gwine ter hut you.
Settin' on de cabin no.
Scramblin' lack er CATER
Little bitter pickaninny,
Eatin' swee' pertater.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-03-24
WASHINGTON NOTES.

Yesterdays statement of the condition
of the treasury shows an available cash
balance of $2S1. 14S, S95; gold reserve, $242, :
244, S66.
The ordnance bureau of the war depart
ment has sent a circular to the governor
of each state of the Union stating arms
and ordnance stores furnished the volun-
teers during the Spanish war will be re-
turned 10 the state in kind.
Mr. b S. Platt enrolling clerk of the
senate has prepared a statement giving in
figures the results of the work of the last
congress. The statement shows that I.457
bills and joint resolutions became laws
out of total of IS 465 introduced in both
houses.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-03-24
NOTABLE DEAD.

The death is announced at Jerusalem of
Richard Cadbury. head OF the great cocoa
manufacturing firm of Cadbury Bros.
]. w. Geneser, cashier of the German
dead on the street of heart trouble. lie
was one of the best known bankers In
the state of Iowa.
George Brennor, aged 80 years died at
Atchison of pneumonia. He belonged to
the family of wine merchants Of that
name who came to this country from
Bavaria in 1870. The Brennor vineyards
at Doniphan, Kan, are among the largest
in the west.
The navy department has been advised
by the state department of the death OF
Captain Greenleaf Sciiley at Buenos
Ayres, where he has lived for q great
ing the civil war and soon afterwards re-
tired.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-03-24
McCoY-Choynski Fight.

San Francisco, March 2S.-John L. Sulli-
van has been chosen to referee the Nc
Coy and Choynsk fight on Friday night
ct the Mechanics Pavilion. The advance
sale of seats already amounts to $l5,00O.
The betting which opened at 10 to 5l2, is
now 10 10 s in favor of Mccoy.
The two fighters have selected the men
VINO are TO 80 behind them in the ring.
Mccoy will have his brother, Homer, Jack
Steiner and Frank Purcell. Choynskl' S
handlers will be Ed Greaney, Charlie I'll
son and Tommy Murphy.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-03-24
How He Met His Fate.
ATLANTA constitution.)

IAlIdnIt OUHSlIluIIUN.y
How come he died." said the colored
citizen, 'he wuz in de way er de train;
en- how come he wuz in de way err de
licuor: but how come de liquor didn't
spill, en- de dimmyjohn didn't break Wen
de train ruined ober him is one er desc
things OATS providential, en- hid from our
understanding fer wise purpose. All
knows fer suttin' isl don't see how a
man could go ter sleep on a railroad
track. or anywhar else. fer dat matter,
wild SIGH good liquor 'longside him.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-03-24
Lucky Miner Dies Poor.

Lewiston, Ida, March 2S.-Charles F.
Robbins, one of the discoveries of the
famous Buffalo Hump mine last sum-
mer, died here today of pneumonia. He
had been on a protracted spree ever
since the first discovery, and came to
Lewiston only a few days ago to re-
ceive medical attention. He had spent
almost all of his money, having but a
small part of his original big Buffalo
mi 1nft
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-03-24
Twelve Bloody Rounds.

Yonkers. n. y, March 2S.-Tom Brod-
ecick of Yonkers knocked out Mike Far
ragher OF Youngstown, O., by right
swing on the jaw in the twelfth round at
the Waverly Athletic club tonight. They
were. matched TO fight at 15S pounds, Tor
twenty rounds. Broderick was the ag
Eressor from the start and Farragher took
terrible punishment. Both men were COW
cred with blood.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-03-24
FAMINE IN RUSSIA.
Pestilence Increases the Horror of
the Situation.

- >SSAiSAASO ,1ACISetSSS Lll0 VI
the Situation.
st. Petersburg, March 2S.-The news
papers of the city publish pitiable ac-
counts of the condition of the so-called
famine districts of Russia, especially
Samara, in the eastern part of Eu-
ropean Russia. The efforts of the Red
Cross society have STAYED off the hor-
rors Of actual starvation but the So
c1ety's funds are almost exhausted and
the distress, compelling the consump-
ton of all kinds of garbage, has pro-
duced an epidemic Of terrible mortality,
with typhus, scurvy and other pestilen-
tial diseases.
The peasants are compelled to sell
everything and are living in cold, damp
and filthy cabins. Weakened by hun
ger, they fall ready victims to tSphus
and acute scurvv. Unless the govern
bent gives prompt aid the yolga prov
inces appear doomed to a repetition of
the horrors of 1891 and 1892
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-03-24

Ieamen
old before
Tabule troubled
would
bad
telling
medicine
without bad feeling aterwad
breathing In
spending medicine
medicine
Kpaas
the would without
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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-03-24
Ex-Governor Fletcher Worse.

Washington, March 2S.-Ex-Governor
Thomas C. Fletcher of Missouri, who
has been i'll at his home in this city for
some weeks, grew rapidly worse today
and tonight his condition is reported as
critical.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-03-24
Trust Advances Prices.

Pittsburg, Pa. March .2S-The flint
glass bottle manufacturers of the
United States, acting in concert, have
withdrawn all price quotations, pre-
paratory to putting into effect the new
and advanced price list which is to be
decided upon by the trust. 1t is esti-
mated that the new prices will be at
least 10 per cent higher than those now
in
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-03-24
BOY HELD FOR RANSOM.
New Phase of the Chicago Abduction
Case.

Chicago, March ga new phase de-
veloped in the Gerald Lapiner kidnap-
ing case today. According to a state
ment made by the boys father, Mrs.
1ngersoll, and John Collins, the alleged
abductors, had accomplices in Chicago.
1t is said Gerald was brought to Chi
cago last October, and a proposition
made to turn him over to his parents
upon the payment of q heavy ransom.
It is claimed by Lapiner that prom
inent lawyer and a man who gave the
Lapiner family the first clue as to the
disappearance of Gerald on Decoration
day, had charge of the Chicago end of
the negotiations.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-03-24

Chicago, March 2S.-Albert Griffith, the
Australian pugilist known as Young
Critic" was declared insane today by
lEry OF physicians. He was sent to JET
feTSon asylum Little hope for his re-
coNery is entertained.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-03-24
MUNYON'S HOMEOPATHIC REMEDIES


SIN in
hours
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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-03-24

1t passage.
1t invigorating to the vital
odor of a remedy.
applied directly almen
1t positively diseases of the threat and lungs.
yourself
s a
1t breathe the common air
cutting burning cauterizing
bronchitis consumption
It's is INN a of
known.
makes feelH ike new
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-03-24
Baking Powder Trust.

Chicago, March pa local financial
bureau today says that the baking pow
der trust has been completed, and that
the 900 capital stock was sub
scribed twice over.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-03-24
Celestian Linguistics.
New York Sum-

On Third avenue. Brooklyn. two Ce-
lestials have opened laundries within
q few doors of each other, and are en-
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-03-24
HEAVYWEIGHT FIGHT.
Big Mill to Be Pulled Off On Coney
Island.

New York, March 29.-William y. Brady
and Martin Julian. on behalf of Jim JEFF
fries and Bob Fitzsimmons. agreed this
afternoon to accept the bid of the Coney
Island Athletic club for a twenty-five
round contest between these two heavy
wheight pueilists. The contest will take
place on May 26. George Siler of Chicago
has been mutually agreed upon as ref
cree The offer made by the club is
purse Of 500. 600 and the picture privilege to
be divided between the two principals and
the club each receiving one-third.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-03-24
To Cure a Cold In One Day

Take Laxatixe Bromo Qninine Tablets.
All druggists refund the money if it
fails to cure; 25c. The genuine has L.
B. Q. on each tablet.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-03-24

James e. Hayes of Camden and Arthur
Phillips and Augustus Treadweil, jr.,
of New York
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-03-24
COME AND SEE 1T. ConE AND TRY 1T.
Nothing Price
Druggists Mailed From Home Office.
5000 SOLD IN THREE WEEKS.

and
and Give This New System Trial.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1899-12-14
{ $4,000, 600 FIte, il phlIladelphIa.


i',HIlIt1A,DElf.PHIA III An a, Pa, November 29.-
An electric spark In the basement OF
Partridge q Richardson's big depart.
ment store, numbers IL to 20 North 9th
street, started a fro this morning that
In less than four hours laid In ashes an
entire block In business houses and
caused an estimated loss OF over thres
million dollars. The heaviest losers are .
J.. .. Lippincott 81 Co, book publish
ers, 718 to ITO Filbert street whose Bio
six,story brick building containing rare
and valuable plates and machinery. was
completely gutted, involving a loss
es eestmated naa by q member of the firm at
Tho next heaviest losor was Partridge
g Kichardson, extending South on Eighth
street from Filbert, a distance of about
l26 feet, and with a depth Of 100 feet.
Iheir loss on building and contents Is
estimated at 5000,
Lit Brothers, whose department store
adJoins the Lippinoott building, estimate
their loss at $500, 900. r = : - :,
/. In addition to the big houses men,
toned, numerous smaller stores wore
either gutted or badly damaged. Chief
among those were Bailey's five aud ten
cents store, North Eighth street. loss
100000; Rosenberg's millinery ostab-
iishmont, North Eighth street. loss $50. )
goo. Tho loss on these buildings is $780,
Hundreds Of men and women have
boon thrown out employment on account
OF tho fro. -. ~. = - - =
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1899-12-14
For sale by JAMES III. DARBY, Walballa, S. G,
His Denomination.

During the first year of his career
as nm actor, Col. w. Il. Cody had in
ono Of his theatrical companies q
Westerner, named Broncho Bill.
There were Indians in the troupe,
and certain missionary had joined
the aggregation to look after the
morals of the Indians. Thinking
that Bronoho Bill would bear little
looking after also, tho good man
secured seat by his side at the din
ner table and remarked pleasantly,
"This is Mr.. Broncho Bill, is it not p"
"Yass %
"Where were you born ?''
"Near Bit Billiards. mill, on Big
Pigeon"
"Religious parents, l suppose ?"
"Yass %
"What is your denomination ?"
"My what?'
" "Your denomination ?"
"Oh ah-yass. Smith tS Wesson."
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1899-12-14
Stole a Chicken Coop.

Samuel Lee, colored, said to be a
former member of the House Of
Representatives, from South Caro-
lima, was the Gofendant in the Police
Court this morning to a charge Of
stealing an empty chicken coop.
Lee was arraigned several days
ago on the game charge, which was
made by William II. Haislip, COM
mission merchant. The character of
the alleged theft created the opinion
that Lee'e mind was unbalanced, and
when that opinion was substantiated
by the statements of friends of the
accused, Judge Scott ordered him to
be held for an examination as to his
sanity.
The examination, it is said, re-
vealed the fact that Lee was sane,
and he was brought into court this
morning formally to answer to the
charge.
Friends ipterceded in behalf of
Lee and Informed tho court that he
is kleptomaniac and becomes peri
odically insane. Assistant District
Attorney Mullowny was of the same
opinion, and so informed Judge
Scott. Robert J.. Scott, member
OF the present jury panel, guaran-
tced to send Lee out of the city, and
to keep him from returning. In
Wow of that statement Lee was re-
leased from custody on his personal
bonds Washington Cd. c. Evening
Times, December 8.