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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-04-30
BICYCLES AND BABIES.

1t is not an unusual sight to see fond
fathers and brave mothers, big broth
ers and grown sisters taking babies for
spin on their bicycles Strapped in
basket or net, the little fellows are
whirled around the city, over the
rough and paved streets alike, doubt
less enjoying every moment of the
ride, but subjected to dangers and diff
ficulties from which they would be I'M
able to eXtricate themselves, and to
which it seems a shame to expose
them.
Even grown people, and those who
consider themselves skillful riders, are
often thrown and sometimes injured
by apparently trivial causes and in
well avoid No matter how careful one
may be, there is constant danger from
dogs and collisions, and the baby is
placed where it is bound to bear the
brunt of the shock.
But sudden damage and immediate
injury are not the only dangers to
which the little ones are exposed on
Wheels ASulcdi experts say that the
rapid and unnatural motion, the con-
slant. although almost imperceptible,
jolting, affect the child's brain, and in
some cities it is forbidden. Where a
rest is provided for the childs head,
as it is in baby-carriages, the danger to
the nervous system is not so great.
Even Indians in their most primitive
state, understand how necessary it is
to protect the spinal cord.
After child is or years old it
doesn't matter so much. Its physical
formation has progressed to such an
extent at that age that the danger is
slight. But children under are par
ticularly and peculiarly susceptible to
brain trouble of the kind this riding is
apt to produce. The speed and agita-
ton impairs the digestion of the little
one, besides, and may result in what
is known as the ricketts,, or English
disease Then there is danger to the
eyesight; and, altogether, it looks like
bad practice to take the little ones
out on bicycles.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-04-30
FAREWELL! FAREWELL

Our morning contemporary is grieved.
it saws. because it has been derided for
its desertion Of the silver cause. 1t OBJ
jects to anyone who has not shouted
SO long and so loudly for silver making
light of it's departure. And it tries to
explain that it has given free coinage
so much and such eloquent lip service
in the past that it ought to be allowed
to depart for the goldbug camp in 81
lence.
We quite agree with it. Nothing could
be further from our intentions than to
treat its going lightly. Its departure
is a positive calamity-not only to the
cause of bimetallsm. but to the Re-
publican party as well. Yet there was
no way to avert it. 1t has been newt
able since Mckinley carried the eiec-
ton three years ago. We all know how
hard it struggled against its weakness;
how ii hung back in the traces, as 1t
were: how piteously it called for the
hill to come to it, and how mournfu!ly
it's procession started for the hill. We
are not so irreverent as 10 smile even.
InconsoIabie, we view the aching void
it leaves. And yet. we wish it well.
After all it may be for the best. The
loss of silver may be the gain of gold.
Let us hope that the cause of indie
pendent bimetallism may be enabled
somehow or other to struggle along in
the direction of its goal.
There is always an overmastering de-
sire on fine mart of some people to climb
into the band wagon. 1t seems to have
been irresistible in the case of our
neighbor. We neither ride nor deride.
Its grief finds sympathy in our heart
of hearts We mingle our tears with
its own.
Again, old friend, we say farewell!
A long, q sad farewell!
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-04-30
1T HOWLED Justify.

From the way the Ogden Standard
takes on whenever a. miner makes a
strike one would imagine that all the
golden eggs in natures nest had been
laid by the Republican goose. 1t says:
Times must indeed be prosperous
when the bowler of all calamity howl
ers in Utah gives up"
In all the sunbleached, broad ex-
panse Of Kansas there never was a
cultivator of whskers whose calamity
cries were more piercing and unearthly
than those which issued from the
throat of our Ogden contemporary I'M
til it suddenly became an administra-
ton organ few months ago.
1t told the listening multitudes who
hung upon its every word, of more dire
calanities that were going to befall
the nation than were ever catalogued
before. 1t repudiated Mckinley, gold
imperialism, and almost every other
administration policy; demonstrated
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-04-30
POWER OF PLUTocRACY.

Silver is dead" the goldbugs have
been shouting ever since Bryan's de-
feat in 1896. ro
Silver is dead say the Hannas,
and the Algers. and the Cages, and the
McKinleys, and all their kith and kind.
Silver is dead says the Salt Lake
Tribune. 1T was buxom lass when
we were with it in 1885, but today it
is corpse
"Silver is dead" the trusts and plu-
tocrats declare. "and if it shows a sign
of life We'll simply invade it's western
home and subsidize few of its news
paper defenders
And something has certainly hap
pened to cause so great a change in
some of the erstwhile champions of in
dependent bimetallism. One by one
the loudest and most boastful advo-
Gates of silver coinage are sinking to
their old, accustomed kennels.
One assigns this reason and another
that. One blatant warrior throws his
silver armor down and frankly says it
never did fit him; it isn't the right size;
he believes in a different ratio. Another
says that times be changed" and that
politics is in state of transition" so
it transmogrifies its policy.
But it all goes to show that the power
and Establishments of wealth are as
potential as they once described them.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-04-30
ENGLAND is BLAMED.

Like men are nations. When a man
does anything he is ashamed Of he
either lies out of it or places the blame
on some one else. When he overdoes
himself or acts the swine. he is pretty
sure to claim that nagging made him
do it. Men sometimes desert great prin-
ciples, for which all their lives they
howled, and give as an excuse that they
had to co it on account of some one
else appropriating the principle.
Russia has been steadily and stub
bornly pushing into northern China. In
spite of a tacit understanding between
nations the encroachment of the Bear
has been a matter of comment and ir-
ritation incompatible with the cars
professions of peaceful intent But the
Russians are excusing themselves in
the same old way.
An article appeared in the Trans
Caspian Observer recently, in which the
Russian policy of aggression is de-
Tended. 1t begins by saying that if the
Russian advance in central Asia has
been more energetic of late, England
herself is to blame, inasmuch as she
has blocked the entrance TO the Medit-
srranean, while Russia, with growing
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-04-30
THIS MUST BE SPRING.

Spring is mere in ali its glory. If it
brought an extra wrap, so much the
better. The breezes of this cold world
seem to go right through the gauze of
glory Men are seen to go about with
winter overcoats, unmindful of the ar
rival of the harbinger of flowers and
outdoor pleasures; they may be COM
Portable, but they are disrespectful; for
spring is here.
There is music in the fields; the song
bird pipes his lay and the hen cackles
hers; and the city is filed with noise.
The air is laden with the dust of
beaten carpets, and the dreams Of the
late riser are disturbed by the shrill
cries of the vegetable huckster The
iceman rises with the lark and seeks
for business at the dawn. The plumber
prepares for the seashore. and hope
wells up in the breast of the struggling
householder
In his stead comes the carpenter
beating the bass drum of the industrial
army. and the walls ring and echo with
the soul-rending sounds of falling ham
mers. The young year raises its lusty
voice like a hungry infant and neigh
Dorhoods are startled and charmed with
the free concerts of help-ladies screech-
ing as they toll.
Muttering like the voice of distant
thunder is the rumble of the moving
van, that rent-saving institution of
modern thrift. 1t doesn't allow the ex-
landlord to do all the muttering. He
may rage like the heather or vince
like the CALLED jade, but he cannot roll
back these wheels of progress, in the
van of which his former tenant rides.
Spring is here. There is no denying
it. Men may SILVER and cough and
seek for something to warm them up.
but they are only shamming Winter
fed when he heard the dull and all too
sickening thud Of the fail upon the
carpet, and saw winged microbes
swarming in the air. There may be
snow or frost, the rivers may freeze or
q blizzard sweep the valley, but they
count for naught against these certain
signs Of spring.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-04-30
MILITARY GOVERNMENT.

To the Editor of The Herald:
Are martial law and military law the
same? What is the difference, if any?
What is meant by governing our CO.
lonial dependencies by martial law,
and how does it operate? READER.
Salt Lake, April 90, 1899
Martial law and military law are not
the same.
Military law is a permanent code for
the government of the army, while
martial law is the application, in ex-
igencies, of the laws of war to all per-
sons within a given district
Martial law is usually proclaimed,
but the mere presence of our army in
lent to a formal proclamation. The
commander of the invading force, of
the army of occupation or conquest, is
vested with entire legislative and ex-
ecutive power, unless, of course, some
other person is appointed by him or
by his government. The measures to
be adopted for the government of the
country occupied are determined by the
military commander who uses such
means as he deems necessary to con-
serve the interests of his own country.
regardless of their effect upon others.
But it has been the rule with the
United States, in administering mar
tial government, that non-combatants
are left alone in the pursuit of their
everyday vecations.
Martial law affects chiefly the polio
ing of the territory where it exists and
the collection of public revenues and
taxes. whether imposed by the eX-
PEELED government or the invader, and
it authorizes the appointment of Off
GERS and the seizure of offices, books
and documents to that end.
Every inhabitant of the country oc-
cupied. his person and effects, are sub
ject to the execution of the military
laws. Consuls to the country or state
under subsection are included, since
they are not recognized as diplomatic
agents. The functions of ambassadors,
ministers and other diplomatic repre-
sentatives accredited by neutral pow
ers to the dethroned government cease,
but the conquering power usually rec
ognizes these agents as temporarily ac-
credited to itself.
If the military commander elects, he
may continue the local civil and penal
laws, but he may also abolish the
courts and require all offenders to be
tried by courtsmartial.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-04-30
INDlCIA OF BUSINESS.


Labor strikes in eastern cities and
miners wars in Idaho are in marked
contrast to the prosperity prevailing
here in Utah, where mines are -four
ishing and every other line of business
has taken inspiration from them.
There is d general increase in trade
in this city and state and the outlook
for the year is very encouraging. Stores
are growing buster every day as their
advertising indicates. These announce
ments of business men reflect their en-
ergy and hopefulness. There is news
value in well-written advertisements,
for people are constantly looking out
COR things they need, the places and the
prices, and readers take an interest in
the skill CT the arrangement as we'll as
in the matter itself.
Ladies in particular look through the
newspapers diligently, not only to see
what they say and to learn the news,
but to find out what the merchants
have to offer Why shouldn't they read
the advertisements? They are the
communications of live business CON
Germs. They are the invitations Of
stores to call and trade. They contain
something OF direct Importance to the
public They indicate the activity of
trade and the general prosperity of the
community.
They are valuable as an index of bar
gains and of business. conditions.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-04-30

made pretense of treating for peace,
but it may be only for the pur-
pose of gaining time. AS Sylvester
regulars. writing to relatives in Wichi-
ia, Kan, said the other day, there are
so many that, no matter how many we
kill or capture, it doesn't seem to lessen
their number"
Martin c. Olsen of the Fourteenth
regulars wrote to his parents in Sioux
City last week, and the letter was pub
lished in the Journal of that place,
that lin one day we killed about 5000
insurgents, and we lost about forty
killed and 100 wounded" But, like the
true soldier that he is, Olsen added:
I'VE can lick them, but it will take US
a long time, because there are about
100000 of the dagos back in the hills.
and as soon as one of them gets killed
or wounded, there is man to take his
place at once"
A little while ago The Herald pub
lished letter from N. A. ]. Mcdonnell
of battery A. He reported progress in
the work of determination during the
first eighteen days of the conflict, and
said:
1.-THE enemy numbered thousands and
had courage, but could not shoot
straight. People can never tell me
anything about the rough riders charg-
ing San Juan; if these natives could
shoot as accurately as the Spanish,
they would have eXterminated US.
Fighting goes on all along the lines;
many natives are killed, but we capture
very few rifles, as they seem to have
men to take them. official reports say
over 1900 natives have been buried by
American troops. How many they have
buried themselves, and how many
more are dead in the brush, no one
knows"
If we are determined to civilize these
islands, probably the determination
method is the only really effective one.
And if they have to be exterminated.
why, we are certainly getting along
faster than Spain did.
In less than three months We must
have killed over $4,000 of the creatures.
Spain couldn't have accomplished that
in three years-the old poke-easy.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-04-30
SOLID AND SLIGHTLY.

President Harper's advice to the uni
versity committee is sound.
Whatever you do" said he, put up
good buildings. Make them tasteful in
appearance and modern in architecture,
so that your students will be proud of
them
Whether the style of architecture be
ancient or modern does not matter so
much. For temple of learning there
is nothing more tasteful or impressive,
or substantial in appearance than the
Greek or Roman styles.
But good buildings should be erected.
If there is not money enough at hand
to provide ample quarters for the insti-
tuition on the new site, better crowd to-
gether for a few years than to try to
cover too much ground with inadequate
means.
It will be a serious mistake to put UP
inferior structures for the simple sake
of getting plenty of room for present
needs.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-04-30
and inaugtrieg. must flnd an

population and industries, must find an
outlet to a southern sea-
1t continues thus: LAS Turkestan has
begun to supply us more and more with
raw cotton, so the Caucasus is begin
ming to develop her natural wealth.
Great factories are already building to
work up the raw materials of Turke-
stan. The cotton, silk and wool of Per-
STA likewise present immense material
for our exploitation if we cut a railway
through Persia and make a more thor
ough acquaintance with the country.
After Emperor Williams trip to Pales-
tine the question of this railway can no
longer be postponed. We must be be-
fore the Germans On the Persian gulf.
Our main line must run from the Cas-
plan to Teheran, Ispahan, Yezd. Fer
man, Bampur and the coast of Persian
Beluchistan; from the main line a
branch might be made to the Persian
gulf. Neither in Persia nor in Meso-
potamia must there be any other influ-
ence than Russia's.'
The article then proceeds to argue
that the Russian progress southwark is
due to the necessities OF trade, and that
opposition to it would be likely to cause
war. A conquest of India, it remarks,
would uproot England economically and
reduce her to the level of Holland. The
seaports to which the projected rail-
roads would run are believed to be
those of Charbar and Bunder Abbas,
concerning which there is believed to be
some understanding between Persia and
Russia.
Not only from this utterance, but
from hints dropped by other semi-off1-
cial newspapers of the realm, and from
the work actually in progress, and the
military movements already made, it
appears that the car has other pro-
jects in mind besides that of universal
peace, and that, were other powers so
unsuspecting as to be beguiled by his
millennial visions, they would be very
apt to wake from the pipe dream with
a hunger for land and a thirst for blood
that only a universal war would sat
isfy.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-04-30

Republican organs are delighted that
the Tribune has repudiated the silver
fight. It's excuse for changing front is
that there is a difference between
buxom girl and corpse" This is the
way the ogden Standard and the Provo
Enquirer interpreted it's adieu to in
dependent bimetailism. The Standard
loves to repeat these words: Tuesday
morning the Tribune said that there
was no hope for the free coinage of
silver by the United States alone at the
present time one can almost hear the
dear old humbug singing as the tent
flap of Hanna's headquarters close up
on it: Good bye, fond heart, I'm going
home
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-04-30

Dewey day tomorrow will be appro-
prlately observed in Salt Lake City,
and, no doubt, in many other cities of
the state The governor has requested
that flags be raised on all the public
buildings and on Ensign peak, on the
dagpole erected there by The Herald
two years ago. AS many private resi-
dences and business houses as possible
should display the national colors and
each man and woman will be expected
to contribute something to the demon
stration that the spirit of patriotism
which thrilled a year ago upon re-
ceipt of the glorious news from Manila
may be kept alive and active.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-04-30
METEOROLOGICAL REPORT.
Yesterdays Record at the Local Of
fee of the Weather Bureau.

Salt Lake City, Utah, April %, 1929.
Maximum temperature. 50 degrees; min
i.num temperature. 50 degrees; mean tenn
perature Al degrees, which is IL degrees
below the normal; accumulated excess OF
femperature since lst of month, 80 de-
grees; accumulated excess of temperature
since Jan. !. 100 degrees. Total precipita-
ton from pm. to 6 pm, none; accumu-
lated deficiency of precipitation since list
of month. /. 33 inches; accumulated excess
of precipitation since Jan. l, 90 inch.
j. IL. MURDOCH,
Section Director, Weather Bureau.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-04-30

The beef commissioners are all alike.
They feel and fear the power of the
administration. Like the other the one
whose labors have just ended rejects
all evidence unfavorable to Alger and
rebukes ali officers and soldiers who
gave testimony calculated to implicate
the president.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-04-30

clearly that men were fools who be-
lieved such rot, and then it changed
and its demonstration was complete.
And now, hardly recovered from its
hoarseness, it sagely talks of "croak-
ers.' 1t must be publishing an auto
biography.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-04-30

B. No 1 Flour, per sack............$ 80
S. G. Flour per sack ................ 90
II. 2. Flour. per 100. Observation-Disclosures. Ia
Il pounds Granulated Sugar. ...... 100
8 cans good Sugar Corn .......... Is
pounds loose Oatmeal for ...... %
2 cans Curtice Jam .......-...... %
4 pounds French Prunes ........ %
First-class Canned Fresh
Peaches, per can ................... Is
PaerS, per can ............s......... 10
ApricOts, per can NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. 10
BlackberrieS. per can .............. ID
BlueberrieS, per can .......-........ 10
RaSpberries, per can -.............. 70
Dried Raspberries. per pound 20
. pounds Dried BiackberrieS. %
2-pCund brick Goldfish .-.......... 20
10 pounds SalsOda NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. -
Good Canned Salmon .............. 10
pounds Fresh Soda Crackers.... 10
. packages Imported Maccaroni
Tor $50. ..----.--..--- -
4 pounds Sage ............ %
bounds Tapioca ................. 20
4 packages Cornstarch ........... %
4 packages Gloss Starch .......... "a
Telephone S4-3 rings. Goods delivered
promptly
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-04-30
Strange But True.
Chicago News.)

Mr.. Wibbleson-Here is a remarkable
line that l found the other day in a maya
zine poem:
L have been young. but youth has passed
from me.
Miss Seerley-I don't see anything so re-
markable about that line.
Mr.. Wibbleson-Ah, but wait. The poem
is signed by d woman.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-04-30

The Provo Enquirer bewails what it
is pleased to regard as the departure
of the Deseret News from Republican
control. But the Enquirer has gained
the Tfib
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-04-30

Chicago Record)
When Hafiiz sung of roses
And bulbuls lore; ago
His notes breathed bliss more lavish
Than modern poets know.
Oh. yes; for in all gardens
The roses Establishment
Was free 20 every bard: but now
They take his last red cent.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-04-30

California's governor would better re-
convene the legislature and have that
anti-cartoon law repealed. The printed
caricatures in San Francisco papers
are more horrible than ever.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-04-30

Recent advices from Samoa tell of a
sanguinary conflict between large
bodies of peaceful natives and tie reb-
els They must be peaceful" after the
manner of the ear.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-04-30
Still More Marvellous.
Chicago Tribune.)

ICHICdSO ITIDUHe.J
at may be incredible, but it's true.
Twenty years ago he was a, burglar. Now
he's preacher of the gospel and a use
full man.
1T doesn't seem incredible to me.
know a most excellent preacher on the
west side who was once a ward politi-
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-04-30
PROGRESS OF THE CONQUEST.

Our conquest Of Manila is progressing
slowly. OF course, we are bound to
win, but, so far, the natives evince no
signs of weakening. True, they have
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-04-30
STOCKS AND INVEsTMENTs.

Utah Bank and Commercial Stocks and
other High Grade Investment Securities
bought and sold.
Loans on Stocks.
Dividend-paying stocks bought and sold
Investment orders from institutions
trustees of estates and capitalists will
receive the best of attention.
JOHN c. CUTLER, JR.,
Tel. R7. Sc Main Street.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-04-30

w. W. Dudley says that Quay will be
seated. Has he organized the senate
into blocks of five?
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-04-30
j. w. HANES'
Wholesale and
Retail Cash Grocery,
II and 10 e. Third South

a large and complete stock to select
from. We want your trade. and offer
you these prices for your considera-
ton:
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-04-30
Glad He Came.
Detroit Free Press.l

tDetrolt Free HreSS.)
I'm here to clean out the place, an
nounced the siX-footer with long hair, a
SLOUGH hat and choice selection of side
arms
All" exclaimed the little editor from
the far east. Il see. The new janitOr.
Just begin operations in the basement,
my good man."