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The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-12-28
NUGGETS OF NEWS.

Muller. Schau g. Company % New
York win ship 100000 gold ON Tho
f'fanshlp Campania, saiiine saturday.
The condition Of Roland Reed. tho
nftor who was operated upon Tor tho
Isnogai 81 cancerous growth at
NfN 'pfh several days ago was un.
changtd az O'Clock. today.
a two-story wooden building ON
Walnut street Wilimaniic. owned bv
Jgpec John ~. Han was DESTROYED bt
Ife early this morning causing total
loss of about 1900 Insured.
Suit ~ Nlckerson ". Quincy & nos.
ton Street Railway Tor $50 900 aarnagos
FOR loss ~ leg. The Jury returned Il
verdict FOR defendant today .n sunerio-
rnnri at Broekion. The. jury was out
sl night
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-12-28
PAPERS READ BEFJR: TIE
AMERICAN HISTORICAL SOCIETY.

hrston' Dec 2S.-The second dav,s
sessions OF the annual ,naot,po 49, ~
A,"erlcan Historical society were omen.
cd today in the South Congree,,ion,I
church. President James Ford Rhodes
vas in thc chair The Hrrf Manor CO.,
Ieod nN charles Francis Ad.ime' ~ ~.
M, M ON \ Plea for Military History :"
ne second paper was ON .'S,rrr5 ma
49, 'Yl1u' history. by Prof. Jsmcs "A
f'"olhson of Columbia univcrsitv
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-12-28
Mr.. B0UTElLE Is IN
SERIOUS CONDITION.
CONTINUED from Page one }

A brother OF Mr.. Boutelle while re-
training from disclosing the exact ma
ture Of his brothers disease. said that
the patient had been taken 20 the Nc
Lean asylum as his symptoms were
such as called for the most skillful
treatment. lie added: II saw him in
the asylum yesterday and there was
nothing In his condition to occasion
alarm. | left word with the asylum
authorities TO notify me at once IL any
thing happened. and they Will do so.
have heard nothing from the asylum
today. so l know there is no change in
his conG.tion. There is really nothing
I'm my brothers condition which would
indicate that his illness Is fatal"
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-12-28
LIBElLANTS PROVE CLAIMS
Against A STEAM DRsDGE {

The various libellants who had
claims against the steam dredge Sara
toga and the two scows. which We're
sold at auction bv United States Mar
shall McCabe yesterday. by order Of
the court, for sl7s5, were in tho United
states district court today before
Judge Brown. for the purpose OF prov
ing their claims. which in the aggrp-
gate amount To over $4,000. The court
day OF two.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-12-28
WIS lO7 TRU'E mo HAIL.

Thomas Henry Cochran. who WIS
h.i. su'ciina FUNDS Tor mtmorist :
areh fo he cractci m Washington ha =
written ,o q r rk lt The Narraganseti
h'te' Geo scnd him his Cuchran'a trupit
q" borough Pafk ifth street and 18TH
aA lue. iF'oklyn and DTS mail care of
ths National Memorial Arch Coror,ft,,.
cornen = ana ath r.reots. Warhlnetor
IT, writes that because ~ polifirsi
'ntA his business here has b.cu int,r.
rupted but that hc vII .V.sn Pr,,l
icncc again and soon.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-12-28

Patrolman Nhcn picked up ris-
p,i'usN acting person Igst night VINO
Ealo TN uame of Wilmer r.. s3vtaIis
Today he Nas .donunad as RGhart
~ .ll'-"ll" VINO had escaped from an In-
November ~ 'ii
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-12-28

a mhkmen. visiting Martins lunch
room on bnrau0c near Wcstninrfer
SUI eoiIy this morning fooled win
-,linh .-kn9N hnt.ii-waa-I0lded pis.
ol .id puifne ihe llsg,r fired e biz
buiiri so ihut Charles pecor oia,E
hhH "a very close cal foe death
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-12-28
The Cotton Market.
Chicago Markets.
Financial Notes.

The Chicago Tribune says: "On Dec.
road from GarTetst0n, S. D., TO Sioux
City will pass from the hands OF ihe
Co-reCeiVCrs TO the control of the Great
Northern railway. IL Is stated that
President James J. I4il of the Great
Northern contemplates some radical
changes The Sioux city and North
eru. the Sioux city. ONei ana Vest
ern and the two lines which are now
part of the Great Northern system
proper, 10 is said. viii be consolidated
and make the Southern branch OF the
Great Northern. Judge Hough Of ST.
Louis viii be appointed general man
ager OF the four southern lines with
headquarters at Sioux City
New York Exchanges $l93.O491sS
Balances So lS5,325
The sub-treasury balance today was
$3.50, so.
n-Exchanges $2l,5iI145.
Balances S1.476.2S6.
Money per cent.
Money on call 405 per cent.
Prime mercantile paper 6 per cent.
Sterling exchange steady, with ac-
tuai business I'm bonkers' bills az SASH
lihS7ih for demand and at ISlQASlA
for sixty DAYS.
Posted rates StSSTiSSik.
silver certificates 5SM59Mc.
Bar silver 5SAC.
Mexican dollars i1iac.
Government bonds easy.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-12-28
COPPER is IS KING
CALUMET OF INDEX, WASH,
THE RIVAL OF BUTTE.

This property, situated In the Great
Copper Belt Of the Cascades. is a nat
ural developed mine, with an ore expo
sure OF $50 feet from three to fourteen
feet in width, assaylng from II TO 23h
per cent Copper. Now. shipping ore.
a Zig Producer. The demand for Con-
per Is . per cent. greater than the sup
ply. Now Is the time 60 buy good low
price stocks. We offer a limited amount
of treasury stock at 20 cents share
viii be dividend payer by April. 1900.
Exhibit OF ore at 2il Washington street.
Boston. For further information ad
dress
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-01-01
BRANCH NORMAL.
Good Results Being Obtained at This
Institution.

The southern branch of the state nor
nal school opened in Cedar City IN 1891.
AS an inducement to the legislature TO
locate the school in that place, the peo-
pie generously offered to give site,
and also erect a building of modern de-
sign for educational purposes The nrSt
year these Self-Sacrificing cltlzenS ten
dered the use of their ward hall. COM
pleting il for the purpose at cost of
IS, GOO, and at the same time projected
the neG structure, a. q cCst % S-v'VVu
for the building only. and have since
advanced 49, 900 for the heating plant,
and $500 for the water system. The leg
fslature. when the bill was passed. ap-
propriated $4,000 for furnishing and
maintaining the school for period OIL
two years. Six thousand dollars was
also advanced by the people in coSsid-
Grafton of the fact that this sum. TO-
gether with the $500. would not be
available until the building should be
completed and presented to the state.
At the approaching session OF the legis-
lature, the regents Of the university
will recommend that all money ad-
vanced be refunded.
Upon the organization of the school,
forty pupils were enrolled, which num-
Der increased to 119 before the eXpira-
ton of the year The attendance the
present year is now 150 with proba-
bility of a still larger attendance after
the holiday vacation. A normal course
of three years is offered students. Who
upon completion. may then present
their certificate at the university. have
credit for the'same, and take the fourth
year at the latter institution and be
graduated therefrom.
For the present 4 preparatory course
is also offered students over school age
who are unable to enter the first year
of the regular course, and this plan viii
continue as long as the conditions may
exist.
The institution receives a cordial sup
port, not only from Iron county. but
from adjoining counties. and is enter
ing upon a sphere of great usefulness
The new building has three stories. IN
the basement of which are the heating
plant, manual training workshop and
biological and physical laboratories. On
the first floor are the offices. recitation
rooms and gymnasium: on the third are
a large assembly room. library and
reading room.
The teaching corps consists of Pro-
fession Milton Bennion, principal. psy-
crology and history: G.. w. Decker. sci
ence; Howard r. briggs. English; Miss
Annie L. Spencer, reading. music and
art: ]. H. Upton, manual training and
mathematics.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-01-01
UNIVERSITY OF UTAH.
Great Progress Made By This and At
filiated Institutions.

Not three years after the pioneers
came into the valley of the Great Salt
Lake they founded an institution for
higher learning. While danger and
privation was still their lot, they laid
the foundation for future greatness in
the commonwealth, and gave to edu-
cation that firm basis that places Utah
today third among her sister states of
the Union. The far-sighted design of
the founders was to establish such an
institution as should comprise college
departments in the arts, sciences and
philosophy, and at the same time give
practical work in laboratory, library
and shops. The combination of theo-
retical and practical was their aim.
For almost fifty years now the uni
versity has been developing and broad
ening, and it still continues to raise its
standard higher. In d way its growth
has paralleled the growth of the state
when the state has been most pros
porous, the university has fiourished
best; as the people have had more op-
portunity for common school education,
more attention has been given to higher
learning, and today, when our state is
as firmly prosperous as it ever has
been, we find the university on a firmer
basis, better equipped, and able to do
better work for the state than ever
before. OF recent years it's growth has
been very perceptible, each year the
requirements for admission have been
made more severe, and the standard Of
the work done has been so raised that
the university has now taken its.place
as was the design of its founders, at
the head of the school systems of
Utah as the leading educational insti-
tuition of the intermoun. 10 region.
The university, as il IS today COM
pIises three separate and distinct
schools-the university proper, the nor
nal school and the state school of
mines Each of these schools has been
established by legislative enactment,
and is quite independent of the others,
but Notwithstanding this fact all three
nestle under the same roof and are
usually regarded as one. The union Of
these three schools under one general
management is advantageous, both to
the students and to the state To the
students it is an advantage, because it
enables those who are not taking reg
ular college work to enjoy the library
and laboratories of the university, to
associate with college men, TO partake
of the college spirit, and to come in
contact with the faculty of the univer-
sity proper. These associations have
proved very beneficial to both prepara-
tory and normal students. To the state
it is an economy, for instead of erect
ing, equipping and maintaining three
institutions and engaging three sepa-
rate corps of instructors, one set of
buildings and one instructing force is
found 10 answer the purpose. 1t would
be wise on the part Of our legislators
however, to remember that there are
three schools under the same roof:
that these institutions have been estab-
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-01-01
MORGAN COUNTY CANAL.

Last August the plans for dam To-
Gated on East Canyon creek, in Morgan
county, built by the Davis & Weber
County Canal company, were approved
There has ben a great deal of labor
spent in its construction, but the work
has gone steadily forward, and will be
completed this winter The dimensions
are as follows: Maximum height,
6S feet; width at base, POP feet;
width at top, Is feet; length at top,
100 feet. This dam is of the type known
as rock-filled, on a foundation of Port
land cement, concrete, reaching to bed
rock. 1mperviouSness was secured by
means of d center core wall of riveted
steel plates imbedded in asphalt con-
crete, both of which extend from the
foundation to the top Of the dam. The
upstream slope is three-quarterS of a
foot horizontal to one vertical, while
the downstream slope is two feet hori-
zontal to one vertical. The wasteway
is of solid rock at the south end, and
water is drawn through a tunnel in
solid rock at the north end of the DAM
The reservoir has a surface area of 200
acres and a storage capacity of Is, $40
9prp-fpat
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-01-01
SCHOOL FOR DEAF AND BLIND.

The State School for the Deaf and
Blind, located in Ogden, is celebrated
throughout all the intermountain coun-
try. The state of Idaho has her deaf
and blind educated here, and as there
is no school of that class in Wyoming,
pupils come from that state also. TUT
ton TO Utah pupils is free, including
board and lodging of the inmates. The
principle underlying this is that all are
entitled to the benefits of the free
school system at the same expense, and
if the pupil has TO be taken from home,
then the parent is not expected to bear
the extra cost.
The enrolment for the past year was
ninety-three. Correspondence to Su-
perintendent Metcalf from parties in
terested indicate that this year will
open with at least 100. OF the ninety
three pupils, seventeen We're from Ida
no and one from Wyoming.
In the school for the deaf there are
grades from one to ten, with a. special
grade containing eleven pupils. In the
course of study particular attention is
given to industrial pursuits and man
ual training. Farming, stock-raising
and horticulture are given much atten-
ton, and large portion of the school
supplies are produced at the institu-
ton.
llC COAiilI45 lCSlSidlQIe Will OC dShCQ
to make an appropriation for a hos
pital building, as the need of more
room is already felt. The trustees of
the school are: Hon. David Evans,
president; Mrs. H. S. Emerson, secre-
tary; Edwin Stratford, August W. Carl
son.
The teachers are: Frank w. Metcalf.
superintendent; William S. Marshall,
Edward P. Clarke. Miss Frances Walk
er, Mrs. Florence c. Metcalf, Miss
Frances n. Eddy, Miss Auretta NJ.
Ageli, Miss Sara Whalen, teacher of
blind, and Miss Marg aret Dawson,
teacher of music and kindergarten in
structiOn.
Mr.. Metcalf, the superintendent, is an
instructor of long experience in this
line of work, and the Utah school is
known the country over
Two publications, the Eagle and the
Eaglet, issued by the students, are pre-
pared and printed at the school, and
the reports monthly and yearly are
likewise issued from the same press,
the pupils doing the typesetting.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-01-01
COUNTY SCHOOLS.
Uniform Progress and Great Success
Attained By Them.

The progress of the county schools
during TIE past year has been uni
fCrmly upward. The tendency among
teachers is toward higher professional
training, and this, While extending the
usefulness OF the teachers. has had its
inevitable benefcent results upon the
pupil. The number of students who
seek admission to the state university
is each year larger. and the results of
examination for that purpose show bet
ter preparation in the subjects studied.
The superintendent has given all the
time consistent with his other duties
TO supervision OF the schools under his
direction, yet the encroachments upon
his time are such that more constant
inspection is needed. and in his bien-
NAL report TO the state department of
public instruction, he very wisely rec
ommends that a supervisor of primary
INSTRUCTION is now one of the greatest
needs.
During the school year a series CT
institutes are held. the association into
which the teachers of the county are
formed being, in addition to general
meetings in which all teachers are eX-
pected to be present. divided into sec
lions, known as primary and grammar.
The general meeting is held monthly,
and the others are held semi-monthlv
obstruction Being given either from
among the teachers from the county.
or from members of the faculty of the
university, or from department super
wilson's in the city schools. or lectures
by superintendent Van Colt.
During the year 1S97-9S. there were
enrolled 6,914 pupils; the apportionmenr
per capita from the county school fund
being $3.02, or an aggregate of $50.
SS0.2S, and the aDportionment from the
state school fund being $3.50 per capita.
or an aggregate of S24.S21.26. to the
thirty-six school districts of the entire
COUNTY
The tax levies for 1878. in the sew
eral districts. ranged from two and a
half to twenty mills. These local lev
les, added to a county school tax levy
Of four mills, and to a state school tax
levy of three mills. afford a revenue
sufficient TO maintain the county
schools frSm seven 20 nine months each
year.
During 1896, according to Superin-
tendent Van Colts report. the schools
averaged seven and eight-tenths con-
secutiye months. with a minimum OF
five, and a maximum of nine months:
in 1897 they averaged eight and one
fourth months. with a minimum of six
ard three-fourths months. and maxi
mum of nine and One-half months.
AS to efficient teachers. the supply is
not equal to the demand. and the dis
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-01-01
IRRIGATION NEEDS OF UTAH
ENGINEER GEMMELL POINTS
OUT NECESSARY LAWS.
Interesting Biennial Report of State
Officer, Showing Progress In an
Important Direction.

Irrigation is one of the most import
ant factors in the growth and develop
ment of the state OF Utah, and is a
subject that is receiving "a great deal
of consideration at the present time,
largely from the fact that important
measures concerning water rights are
expected to come before the legislature
during the coming sixty days.
To the traveller, in passing over the
state, it is astounding to note the
thousands of acres of arid land which,
but for a lack of irrigation. could be
made to yield crops sufficient to enrich
the state by millions of dollars annu-
ally, yet conditions have vastly i'm
proved of late years. More interest has
been awakened, more hands are at Work
and more farms are under cultivation
now than ever before. The awakening
of all classes to a realization of the
fact that farming, and necessarily irri-
cation, is a chief industry in the inter-
mountain region. seems to have been
simultaneous. AT any rate, the great
est projects connected with irrigation,
developed, practically. at the same time.
Foremost of projects of this charac-
ter in Utah is the Bear River canal
in Box Elder and Weber counties. Since
its construction hundreds of thousands
of acres have been placed under cult
walton within its wide scope, and an
other great project, equal. if not sur
passing, in its dimensions, is now un-
der way in Willard county. This dam
and canal is being built by the Bonnie
vile Water & Power company, and. it is
estimated. will cost S2,O00,OO0. The
water is taken from the Sewer river,
and will flow over hundreds of thous-
ands of acres of, now, arid land.
Other enormous enterprises are in
view throughout the state and it is
safe to say 1900 will mark new era in
the history of irrigation in this state
and the west.
The biennial report of State Engineer
Gemmell to the governor is a most in
teresting document. 1t sets forth clear
ly the wants of the state. and suggests
extensive and needed legislation on the
all-important subject of irrigation.
During the years 1897 and 1898, the
farmers have taken more interest in
building irrigation dams and bitches,
and, as a result, many have been COM
pleted, or are now under way.
Not the least among the latter is the
Otter creek dam.
BIG PIUTE COUNTY DAM.
1t is located ON Otter creek. in Piute
county. The maximum height is 40
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-01-01

the school showing a yearly increase
during a period of three years of Sc
per cent. During the month of May,
1898, under provisions of the revised
statute, new board was appointed by
the governor. The board consisted of
w. S. Mccormick, NJ. W. Merrill, Mrs.
z. S. Richards, Mrs. Judge Bagley, D.
c. Adams, Lorenzo Hansen and Joseph
Morrell. On the S0th of May the board
convened at Logan and elected w. 5.
Mccormick president. Mr. Mccormick
has been president of the board contin-
uously for many years, under every
kind of administration. The institu-
ton is a source of pride to its presi
dent, who devotes much of his time to
its interests.
At the close of the last school year
many changes were made in important
professorships of the college. AT that
time DR.. Brewer, one of the Oldest
members of the faculty, resigned be-
cause of ill-health. The doctor was a
biologist of superior talents, and man
universally beloved by the students.
To the work of his department Profess
Sor Langton succeeded. Professor For
tier, the civil engineer, receiving an Of
fer of the management of the Bear
River Canal company, resigned his
place to receive his new position. Pro-
fessor Fortier was one of the principal
engineers in the construction of that
canal, and is one of the most eminent
irrigation engineers of the west Pro-
fessor John a. WidtSoe, d graduate OF
Harvard, had stood so high at that
university that it offered him a travel
ing fellowship. Awaiting himself of
this substantial honor, he asked leave
of absence, and is now in the Univer-
sity of Goettingen, Germany, working
for his Doctors degree. Professor l..
L. Cannon was called on a mission to
Germany. Professor Fortier was sue
ceeded by Professor George l.. Swend
SorS WidtSoe and Cannon were sue
respectively, both graduates of the
same institution. Miss Cannon Now
Mrs. Irvine) was succeeded in the work
of elocution and physical culture by
Miss Evelyn MOench of Ogden. There
has been a noticeable improvement in
the grade of work and the discipline of
the college. One of the improvements
of the last year has been the change
in the campus, which has been in
charge of Professor Hedrich, a horti
culturist from Michigan, engaged by
the board in 1898.
A feature that commendS itself to a
young man seeking an industrial edu
cation is the manual training depart
ment, in which sl1illful artisans are
employed, and in a three years course
students spend one-half of their time
in the shops. and the other half is
given to their literary studies. This
course is drawing attention from young
men in all parts of the state.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-01-01
EDUCATION FOSTERED
BY UTAH'S WISDOM
Generous City and State System, Based on the
Free School Idea.
From kindergarten to State University the Thorough Ed-
cation of the Young Is Provided For Well.

position is to employ those only who
have received professional training in
the state normal school. or who have
taught with approved success.
The normal schools function is to
prepare teachers for the work to which
they are giving their time and energies.
and it is believed that it is faithfully
performing its mission. There are now
ffty-two buildings in the county, forty
seven of which are brick. four frame.
and one stone. Two buildings are rent
ed, and four have been recently erected.
There are several changes contem-
plated and needed in the schoos laws
regulating the county district schools,
and doubtless the attention of the leg
islature. at its approaching session. will
be invoked in this direction.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-01-01
Tell Your Sister

A Beautiful Complexion is an impossi-
bility without good pure blood. the sort
that only exists in connection with good
digestion. a healthy liver and bowels
Karl's Glover Root Tea acts directly on
th5. bowels, liver and kidneys, keeping
them in perfect health. Price % cts.
and sc cts. Sold by Nelden-JudsOn and
other druggists.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-01-01
PAYsON RESERVOIR.

Payson. one of Utah county's enter
prising towns, last summer constructed
what is known as the Payson city res
ervoir, for the purpose of increasing
the towns water supply. 1t is located
in Petetnect canyon, near the source of
the stream of the same name. Height,
so feet; width at base, 100 feet; top
width, 10 feet; top length. 475 feet.
Homogeneous earthen was used in its
construction. Upstream slope. three
feet horizontal TO one vertical: DOWN
stream slope, two feet horizontal to one
vertical The wasteway. near the
southwest end of the reservoir. is over
saddle, or divide, leading into an
other fork of the canyon. while the
water runs through an eight-inch cast
iron pipe laid through the embank-
ment. The reservoir has a surface area
of 29.1 acres and storage capacity Of
PA acre feet.