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The St. Johns herald., 1899-08-12
MAY Yo4E,s BIG BLUE DIAMOND
She Will Wear the Great Hope Gem
 Worth $15O,OO0.

May Yohe, of Chicago burlesque fame, now the wife of Lord Hope, will wear the famous Hope diamond in a tiara. It is blue stone, the only one
The St. Johns herald., 1899-08-12

If Siberia Is to be dispensed with as an exile center, hereafter in enumerat- ing the worlds cruelties that country must be left out in the cold.
The St. Johns herald., 1899-08-12
CHECK FOR THE SHIRT BOSOM.

This Device Suppresses and Smoothes
 1t Ont.
 The stiffened shirt bosom so general ly affected by the male population has disagreeable habit of humping itself
The St. Johns herald., 1899-08-12

It is not creditable for any girl to have several young men lon the string"
The St. Johns herald., 1899-08-12

If it is money Gen. Funston is after he will spurn all political honors and star in a tank drama.
The St. Johns herald., 1899-08-12
PUBLISHED EVERY SATURDAY

Your average self-made man is usual iy made in the first place by his county paper.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-10-01

But II was - delightful 10 sit there quietly Bet
ter TO freeze than take the trouble 10 put on the
cloak that lay at my side. But my conscience
spoke saying You ought 10 observe, look around.
note what you see aud | looked out, but no
uced nothing and wrote not a word only 10
sit quiet and let the balloon ascend to heavenly
heights, that must be beautiful cndl But when
we h al descended 900 or 1900 feet we were as
new born. The effects OF the rarifed air were
felt only while we were in IT,
Strange TO say. during all our trip none Of Us
felt the least desire for food
"ro describe the view from the balloon IL like
trying to describe a symphony to a deaf man
The woods looked like the softest moss The
varying coors OF tho foliage were clearer than
ever, melting into wondrous harmony. The lace
work OF field and meadow, OF fruit trees and for.
ests, wove wool OF beauteous color. All Of the
colors seemed far brighter from the balloon. far
fresher: and we rose higher and higher all took
on a beautiful violet tint The cities looked like
master paintings, the streets like white threads
holding all together. II could tell all that
II would be my greatest earthly pleasure but Ian.
guage Is all too feeble The coloring OF the clouds
the shadows on the mountains, what words can
tell their beauty"
The results Of this flight are Of more than pass
ing interest. They show that healthy men may
ascend TO about four miles above sea level aud
remain at this height without any serious incon
vcnence. They show also that dizziness is not
an accompaniment Of balloon voyaging, a most
important point for future aerial navigation.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-10-01
THE EXPERT BUTCHER.
One OF His Accomplishments the Ability to
Cut OF the Right Weight.

1t is his business, of course, and he becomes
expert at it, as a man might in any work, but tho
customer who pays any attention TO II at all is
sure to he interested nevertheless in the accuracy
with which the butcher cuts of just the required
amount of meat Whether it is two pounds Of
steak, or four pounds of chops or six pounds Of
corncd beet Iii all the same 10 him lie cuts with
out long dwelling upon whe'et1 set the knives He
slices away sort of casual Ike and plies the saw
and lays the meat on the scales and II does not
vary more than quarter or half pound from
the weight required. on even the heaviest pieceS
and the lighter pieces he comes within an ounce
OF two or hits it right on the nail,
A man, for instance, goes into butcher shop
and asks for three and half or four pounds
Of say corned beef The butcher gets a big
piece out Of the pickle, lays ii on block, and
picks up a knife and, without the slightest hest
tation. with one strong, smooth sweep, cuts of
a piece, which he lays on the scales II weighs
three pounds and thrcequarters II is In weight
exactly midway between the limits set
The expert butcher gets his ability TO do this
naturally enough, from good judgment TO start
with backed up by long experience but when
he cuts things as close as this even the customer
familiar with his skill looks upon him as wizard.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-10-01

the reasons set out in the following formal
order OF Gen. Lee himself. which Is significant
Of the general Confede rate system OF conceal
ment Of their strength in the field and losses In
battle. perhaps for wise and adequate pur-
pose. because 1t undoubtedly misled the Union
commanders during the war and has been a
stumbling block to historians since:
HEADouAarERs ARMY OF NORTHERN VIRGINIA.
May IL, 1858.
GENERAL ORDERS. No. o3.-The practice which
prevails in the army OF in the list Of casual
ties those OF slight injuries which do not n-
cApacitato the recipients for duty Is calculated to
mslead our friends and encourage our enemies by
giving false impressions as to the extent OF our
losses
Tho loss sustained by a brigade or regiment is by
means an indication OF the magnitude OF the SER
vice performed perils encountere1. as experience
shows that those WHO attack most rapidly. vigor-
ously and efectually generally suffer least. 1t is
therefore ordered that in future the reports of the
wounded shall only include those whose injuries. lin
the opinion of the medical officers. render them
unit for duty.
II has also been observed that the published re.
ports Of casualties are. in some instances. accom-
panied by = statement OF the number of mon taken
into action. Tho Commanding General deems 1t un-
necessary to do more than direct tho attention of
officers TO the improperly of thus furnishing the
enemy with the means of computing our strength in
order to insure the immediate suppression of this
pernicious and useless custom.
BY command of Gen Lee.
". Il. TAILOR.
Assistant Adjutant. General
This queer order was issued a few days after
the battle Of Charlottesville. Gettysburg. six
weeks later. was the first general engagement
to which it applied and 1t may be taken for
granted that Gen. Lees order was carefully
obeyed by all subordinate commanders and the
reported losses reduced to the minimum. The
elm nation OF this class OF wounded makes q
difference In itself OF probably more than
$500 casualties such as were carried in the
Union reports. The addition OF the names OF
wounded omitted as a result Of this order to
tho Official reports OF tho three corps COM
manders. Incidentally giving their losses In the
aggregate. will run tho Confederate totals up
to nearly ~. 900 killed. wounded and missing.
Their reports In the official records. and also
published In the Southern Historical Societv's
Papers a Southern magazine accepted as au-
thoritative by all orthodox Confederates. give
AGGREGATES as follows.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-10-01

But you do not feel the speed i'll the balloon
You seem to hover stationary in that wondrous
silence There was not the least ioting: We did
not know that We were moving unless We looked
intently at tho earth beneath and saw II slipping
by, We felt tho motion as little as feel the
motion OF the earth around the sun.
"Our balloon Journey had been neither tho
highest nor the longest ever taken, but IL was
the first that had been taken over a specified
mountain, and the first in which balloon had
remained above 900 feet for hours at time
We did not even feel dizzy, and our trip proved
that dizziness is not one Of the accomplishments
OF travelling by balloon, a long -mooted question,
The most wonderful thing Of all to MS was tho
perfect quiet and sacred silence of the heights,
Whether the balloon went up or down, or rushed
through the air with way speed We felt none oft
We were in absolute quiet Then we know what
quiet Is About 10, 900 feet you hear the blood
rushing through your ears at $4,000 feet the
noise of the circulation OF your blood Is unbeatable
II Is altogether different from the stiffness on
mountain top There u still the Noise coming
from below, even though brokenly But with
us the silence was absolute oppressive
Until we had assembled TO 1000 feet all felt
we'll Al $4,000 feet DR. Biedermann complained
OF palpitation Of the heart. At 10 600 feet DR..
Maurer complained Of severe sticking pains in
the back Of his head and Of nausea. At $4,000
feet ana 2OVOO ieeI iell "ohuoIiuhy "eh 5ituhB
in one corner Of the car on sack OF ballast Half
dreaming / looked out over the shining clouds,
or at the yellowish horizon. upward at the black
sky. did not want any oxygen, felt no dim
| Guilty In breathing uneAsinoss whatever, no
| 'Air-hunger' But the ability TO work was gone,
| my energy was lost. II required great effort
for me 10 take my note book up and write In IT,
| Ny pulse was very weak, could hardly md
H. but Il was quietly beating sixty to sxty-thIoe
| times = minute All at once felt freezing cold
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-10-01
Respect for High oniciai Position.

FT0m HT00kTVH LUf
look here. m friend I want you to under.
stand I'm walking delegate"
Manaeer-"GoodI Shall be delighted to see
you walk"
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-09-02
GENERAL FUNSTON TALKS.
Gives His Opinion Regarding the
Suppression of the Rebellion.

Manila, Sept General Frederick
Funston and Mrs. Funston are with
the generals regiment. General Fun
ston has undergone an operation ne
cessitated by an injury resulting from
a fail from his horse while serving in
the Cuban army with General Gomez
In the course of an interview, Cen
erel Funston remarked that he would
not mind staying in LuZon. He dis
likes war, but inasmuch as there is
fighting, ne would like to remain and
aid in bringing it to a close. Speaking
of the future, he said:
THE only solution of the problem
will be through whipping the insur-
gents. L do not think they will sur
render. When we begin active opera
tions against them on a larger scale
in the autumn, we will scatter them
into small bands, and l think when
the soldiers opposing these bands see
that they are persistently pursued, they
will throw away or hide their arms.
and return to their pursuits of peace.
"A year hence small bodies of armed
men will be able to go anywhere IN
Luzon. The island was always infested
with bandits, and was never safe for
Europeans to travel in. Probably after
the end of the fighting the highwaymen
Will be more numerous, because the
members of Aguinaldo's army who. have
lived for years with guns in their
hands, nave acquired taste for bush
life, and would rather continue as
highwaymen than return to work.
Cavalry is greatly needed here. The
country, when dry, is superb for cav
airy operations. The insurgents have
none One of their strong points is
their ability to retreat rapidly. Cavalry
could overtake them, hopelessly scatter
and punish them, and could subsist
largely on the country.
When cavalry is once here it should
be given chance to so ahead, and not
skept in towns for guard duty. Our
greatest successes have been gained
when the regimental commanders have
been allowed to quickly follow up the
advantages gained in battle. Small
bodies of Americans, operating freely
and commanded by officers of dash
and energy, could badly break up the
enemy. The capture of Aguinaldo by
cavalry would be a less difficult propo-
sition than the capture of the Apache
chiefs in Arizona"
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-09-02
.M'LEAn TAKES A FIRM STAND
STRONGLY ENDORSES PRINcI-
PILES OF DEMOCRACY.
Favors Bryan and the Chicago Plat
form-opposes War In the Philip
pines.

Cincinnati, O., Sept. 1.-The CONNER
cial Tribune tomorrow will publish an
interview with John R. Mclean, Demo-
cratic nominee for governor, in which
Mr.. Mclean is quoted:
My position on the silver question is
we'll known. The Enquirer favored
Bryan and the Chicago platform"
Questioned as TO his endorsement of
the platform declaration against the
war in the Philippines, Mr.. Mclean
said:
Yes, I endorse the platform heartily
on this point l am opposed to a need
less war in the Philippine islands. My
record shows where 1 stand During
the war with Spain, while a war of
humanity was being W. ged to carry
the blessings of freedom to an oppressed
people, daily through the columns of
the Cincinnati Enquirer 1 upheld the
hands of the president and pleaded with
the people to support the administra-
ton, but when the war was over and
peace was declared, I, with my party
and my paper, was opposed to paying
s2000O,0GO to purchase another war
which is being waged against people
whom we armed to fight Spain, and
having armed them against their law
full sovereign we now propose to de-
stroy them because they ask of us the
same freedom that they have fought
for hundreds of years from Spain.
The money of the hard working
people OF the United States has been
used to bride the sultan and help the
barbarism, slavery and polygamy, and
all this is being done under the flag of
the free. | am opposed to war being
waged by politicians for plumber"
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-09-02
FIGHT OVER A WILL.
Estate of a Butte Man Threatens to
Involve Two Witnesses.
Especial to The Herald.)

Especial to The Herald)
Butte, Mont, Sept 1.-The genuine
ness of the discovered will of the late
John D. Alphort, owner of valuable
mining interests in Butte and other
parts of the state, has been seriously
discredited by the disappearance of S.
Giegerich and B. G. w. Evans, the wit
nesaes to the will and the discoveries
of the document, last May.
The will, like a previous one, which
was withdrawn from the probate court
by the prepayment, bequeathed all the
property to Mrs. Caroline V. Kelly of
Denver and has been contested by Lii
lee S. Far,eigh of Chicago, DEWEY Al
phort of Clair, Mich. Mary Miller of
st. Louis and Francis Wellman OF St.
Paul or Minneapolis. Chicago experts
who examined it declared the will to
have been recently written, and there
was talk of arresting Evans and Gel
gerich before they disappeared.
Before leaving they made affioavits
that they had no knowledge of the will
beyond it's accidental discovery, and
that their Signatures to it were rot
genuine. Previously they had made af-
fidavits for the Kelly interests that the
will was genuine and that parties had
offered them brides to refute all knowl-
edge of it,
The property of the estate is valued
at 100000 and includes mining proper
ty in litigation between the Boston &
Montana and Montana Ore Purchasing
company.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-09-02
FRlGHTFUL TRAGEDY AT
N1OBBlfG OF HORIZONS
Popular Young Woman Killed and Her Slayer, Sunday
School Superintendent Commits Suicide

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building al
to stik thick
WhenE1 H c..
with
of road
the trail
of
scecc
after
illness suicide.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-09-02
DISPATCHES GIVEN OUT.
Transvaal Proposals and the Reply
of Great Britain.

London. Sept This evening the
secretary of state for the colonies, Jo-
sepn Chamberlain, issued the text OF
the Transvaal dispatches Of Aug. -
and Aug. Il, and the reply of the I'M
periaI government on Aug. Is. Inc
publication is accompanied by note
emphasizing the ACCESSIBILITY OF max
ing the correct version known, owing
to the tact that an incorrect version
has been published at Pretoria.
The Transvaal dispatch of Aug. ~
contains tine proposals regarding the
franchise, which go on the assumption
that Great Britain will agree that the
present intervention does not cOnsti-
tute a precedent. and will auow the
suzerainty question to drop The ciS-
match of Aug. 81 makes the concessions
expressly conditional upon Cireae Brit
ain undertaking net to Interfere In tne
future affairs Of the Transvaal; not
to insist on a further assertion of the
existence of suHeraintv, and to agree
to arbitration.
The reply Of the imperial govern
ment. dated Aug. IS. declares that
Graac britain considers mat tie. pro-
posalS put fOrwgrI rs alternative 70
those If July 81, assume the adoptlen
in principle of Il franchise which Will
not be nampereG by conditions IMPAIR
ing us anu MlitIl WEI
c1re immediate representation.
With re,pect to intervention. the I'M
perial note saws .hrt tue a1vernment
cannot debar themselves from thetr
rights under the conventions, or divest
themselves of the obligations of @lvi-
lized power to protect it's subjects
abroad from injustice.
The note concludes by reminding the
Transvaal that other matters exist
~ ? r7nl -Q
will not settle and which are not the
proper subjects for arbitration These,
the note declares, it will be necessary
to settle concurTently with the ques-
tons already under discussion. and
they will form, with the question OF
arbitration, proper subjects for the pro-
posed Cape Town conference.
The Pretoria version of the imperial
reply was that Mr.. Chamberlain was
unable to consider the TransvaaPS pro-
posals as an alternative to joint
commission Of inquiry.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-09-02
ALTGELD IS PLEASED,
Gives His Approval to Appoint
ments of Vice Chairman Stone.

Chicago, Sept. Former Governor
John P. Altgeld gave approval today to
the three subcommittee named by
vice-Chairman Stone of the Democratic
National committee. He said the ap-
pointments gave no cause for belief
that any compromise would be at
tempted on the sixteen to one basis.
Mr.. Altgeld said:
They are first-rate appointments and
all Stanch sixteen to one men. The
ways and means and press committees
also met my approval. The appoint
ment of a ways and means committee
from within the national organization
was made at the request of Senators
Allen and Teller and myself, who were
the outside members of the old ways
and means committee. That being the
case, don't see how 1 am being shelly
ed or given a slap.
1T was known at the time the ma
tional committee met in Chicago that
only members of that body were to be
named on the subcommittee. All
sections of the country are represented
on the principal committee, and know
of none who are hostile to the Chicago
platform. L asked Chairman Jones and
Mr. Stone to be relieved from the work
which fell on this old ways and means
committee and suggested that the
whole business should be handled by
members of the national committee and
a committee appointed for that pur-
pose.
1.-THE new ways and means commit
tee will have charge of the work now
being done by General Manager Cook.
I still hold the clerical and advisory
position given me by Chairman Jones
along with others not members of the
comittmee, but this is personal mat
ter between the senator and myself and
I am not doing anything on that line
now
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-09-02
TROOPS ABOUT TO RETURN.
Volunteers In the Philippines Are
Getting Ready to Leave.

Manila, Sept. 1.-Of the troops about
to return to the United States, the Kan
sas men will leave on board the trans
port Tartar, the Washington regiment
on board the Pennsylvania and the Ne
vada cavalry on the Ohio. All these
departures will occur within the next
week.
Eight hundred men of the Kansas
regiment will return and 200 will We
main at Manila. $50 of them re-enlist-
ing. Three officers and thirty men of
the Kansans were killed and nineteen
officers and men died from disease dur
ing the smallpox epidemic, while ~
members of the regiment were wounded
OF the Wasningtons, S75 men are en-
barking, while eight officers and 200
men will stay, most of the remaining
men enlisting in the new regiments be-
ing formed here. One of the officers OF
the regiment was killed. one was
wounded and one died from disease:
twenty-four of the men were killed, Us
were wounded and nine died.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-09-02
TO PROTECT AMERICANS.
Secretary Hay Sends Instructions to
Consul at Pretoria.

New York, Sept. IA special 70 the
Herald from Washington says: Action
has been taken by the state department.
for the protection of Americans and
their interests in the TraIsvaal IN case
of war between Great Britain ard the
Boer. republic Instructions were sent
by Secretary Hay today to Consul
Charles f. Macrum, stationed at Pre-
toria, directing him to viSilantly watch
developments in the situation ard their
effect upon American citizens and their
interests. and to provide them with all
necessary protection in case connlct
should place them in danger.
These instructions We're sent partly
l1pon the representation made to Sec
rotary Hay yesterday by NJ. Seymour
of New York, VINO represents an aggre-
cation of American interests In South
Africa. The officials understand tnat
900 Americans in the TransNa2l
would like this government to join with
Great Britain in securing justice for
the Outlanders. The department. mas
been informed that a number Of Amer
leans in the Transvaal signed the re-
cent petition to Queen Victoria.
In view of the fact that Americans
would be benefited equally with the
subjects of Great Britain # President
Kruger's government should grant the
demands 1nait, Iheie - III quSS .N'iI
that the United States sympathizes
with the attitude assumed by Great
Britain. though it is averse to interfsr-
ing one way or the other, especially as
the London government seems deter
mined to either effect the reforms or
annex the Transvaal-
Secretary Hay, therefore, contented
himself with instructing the consul 20
watch the situation ana provide all pos
sible protection for Americans ard their
interests 1t is pointed out that the
consul at Pretoria Las almost as extern
sive diplomatic powers in that state as
a minister, SO that NJ. NJ acruin has a1-
thority to make direct representations
to the Boer government in case he is
advised that Americans or their inter-
acta are in trOIlDlp
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-09-02
General Otis Is Determined to Side
track General Wheeler.
IT MAY BE JEALOUSY
LITTLE CHANCE TO BE GIVEN
THE OLD HERO.
Otis Is Preparing to Start Newspa-
per In Misunderstanding the Sol
diers In to Do Duty In the Com
posing Room-Funston Or the
Rebellion.

New York, Sept. IA dispatch to the
World from Hongkong says: Private
advices from Manila state that General
Joseph Wheeler, in a conversation last
Monday, said he had repeatedly ap-
piled to General Otis for something to
do. Otis, ne declared, had STAYED him
off under various pretexts, with the
evident determination of side-tracking
him
General Bates will return to Jolo to
continue the negotiations for the pacl-
fication of the southern archipelago.
and to post the garrisons in the various
towns.
General Otis is arranging to begin
the publication of a newspaper next
week. The soldiers who have been as
signed to duty in the composing room
complain that. as they have been or
dered to set type, they want typeset-
terS' pay.