The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-03-10
HOTEL GOSSIP.

state IN which he resides. and. in course
OF conversation last night, he placed him
self on record as being not as enthusiastic
as some WOOlgrOWers when II came TO
the matter OF prices. The men who have
been figuring on 20 TO 22ia cents per pound
on the clip viii be badly left, he said.
Already the reaction has set in TO what
J. call the wool boom, for the past few
days London auctions have shown a fall
ing of in prices when Will Immediately be
felt in America. No, sir, / don't look for
Wool IN Idaho 70 fetch more than Is TO =
cents, according to the grade by the time
snearing commences, although l have
seen wool sold this season in Idaho tor
more money than IL viii fetch in Boston
after the freight is paid The sheepman
went on to STATE tnat Idaho TO-DAY had
some OF the best sheep in the west, and
the nockmasters were using great care
ana dlscrmlnaC zion IL the secretion Of
breeding stock which, for the major por-
ton, ran TO the COtsWOlds Hamps hires
Lincoins and kindred light wool breeds
ana muUtOn-makers. AS a consequence.
ne said, Idaho was far ahead OF Utah
Wnen II came down 10 the breed Of
sheep.
F. W. Young, a fire insurance man from
Denver. is among the guests at he
hhulsIOrd. Young was on the ate Or6gOL
Short Line tram which was delayed near
Centerv1ile Thursday evening. owing 10
the breaking of the side bars on the en-
glnc. In speaking OF the occurrence he
SAID; None Of US realized how near We
were TO a big smasn-up until that p.ucky
engineer stopped the train. Hau We struck
d curve all would have been piled up in
a dltcn for a certainty. The only thing
we knew was that the train was running
az speed OF seventy miles an nOur. with
pne srave- from the roadbed striking
against the WINDOWS as we sped along;
then We stopped. We afterwards found
lndJ Tor a mile or so the engine ran away
with the broken rods digging UP the grav-
81. IN us headlong flight. IL appears that
the lert rod broke hrst. driving the fire
man from the cab; almost at the same
time ne Otner went. throwing the en-
glneer backwards. The TWO men tried TO
ger ne ar brakes 10 work but from some
cause they ialled TO act and then the en-
Sineer craWled back at the risk of his
Ire, among the thresning rods, and shur
on the steam. gradually bringing the
train 20 standsul. How those TWO men
escaped injury was a miracle, for the CAB
was practically wrecked"
IN speaking OF the IRE insurance busi-
ness, MI. Dung stated that ne had been
connected with the company he repre-
SenJS for the space Of twenty-five years
Continuing with the topic, he said: All
these comic paper gags regarding the He
DIT"s ana IRE sa e q vastly OVevdTa WI.
taken as a repreS5 NATIVE class, the JOWs,
Wntn they do incur fire losses. arrive at
them by legitimate means. ana L thiak if
one takes the trouble to hunt I'D statis-
tics. he will find that incendiary fires en-
anate from other tribes chan those of the
Hebrews. There are numbers of fires of
course. the origin of which remains a
mystery During my experience. for in
stance, l nave encountered two fires
Whlcn sprung from the TACT that cellulOid
ARTICLES which were exposed in the Win
dOwS became ignited through The action
OF the sun rays focused upon the goods
bVery new man who goes into the insur-
ance business is bUbbling over with sus-
pictOns and looks upon every loss as in
StlCdre0 bE frabnp~ b11 Q- IA
older he learns that honest fires are the
rule and not the exception"
q. NJ Best, secretary and treasurer of
the Montana Mercantile company of Dill
Ion, came into town last night and ad-
jOurned TO the White House. The coca
sion Of Bests trip TO Zion is to take his
vile. VINO for some time past has been
treated at ST. Marks hospital back to
Montana. He reports thta dredging on
Grasshopper creek. near BannOck will
start UP again as soon a : spring opens up.
lie said: There are three boats on the
CreeE, Wnlca were built at the cost of
SJOuCJ apiece, and l believe that there will
De a couple more placed on the waters ere
long by the Chicago company. Although
the employees keep mum regarding the
taxes, II IS common talk that one day last
fall the dredgers took out 81. 900 of gold
from the bed of the stream. Two of the
dredgerS are operated by steam. while in
tne other electricity is utilized. the power
BENG generated from a mountain stream
loV Ieet above Best further stated that
two dredgerS will shortly be put on the
waters of Alder's guch as soon as the re-
qulSlte dams are constructed. and that a
company Of eastern capitalists is engin-
eerlng the venture, having already bought
5000 acre ranch at the mouth of the
guich. wherein prospect holes have been
sunk which roughly pan out $3.50 a yard.
J. Hall Of London. England. stated yes
terday at the Knutsford that OUT of the
huSe poulatlon OF India, directly subject
10 Great Britain. the princes would be
able to place 400, 900 men in the field i'm de-
tense of Queen vic Tribal ana dynas
tie Jealousies." he said that formerly
RACED from The indus to the Berbudda
now ina harmless outlet in ceremonial
rlValrles, in disputes as 10 the number of
guns in salute, or the place of honor in
a procession In India the native princes
OF the nrst rank enjoy full sovereign
rights within their own dOmnions They
maintain armies, coin money and admin
lister justice with power for life and death
over their subjects" The English tourist
said that in the emergency of India being
threatened with invasion from a Euro
pean foe-Russia, for instance-that the
attacking army would have its hands full
and meet with stubborn resistance at the
present time. despite the fact that the
i!OWer OF ne British army was engaged in
military operations in South Africa.
r. J. Prince Of BrOcktOn. Mass. a guest
at the Kenyon, is considerably exercised
regarding the reported outbreak of bu-
Donic plague in San Francisco from the
Idct tnat ms Vile Is at present staying in
tndt CRY. he said last night: Il have a
Wholesome dread Of that scOurge-more
tnan the average American pernaps from
the fact that 1 have brother at present
IN honolulu. VINO has volunteered as a
plague inspector. and the letters that /
nave received from him on the subiact
are anything but cheerful. Every morn
ing he gets out and visits every house in
MS district. musters the families and calls
the roll. If there is one missing inGuiries
are instituted and the quarantine doctor
investigates iustanter. When he finishes
MS round he strips. changes his clothes
ana then goes about his daily business to
perform the same operation at sunset -
Contrary TO general belief Prince saws
that the plague strikes indiscriminateiy
and that quite a number of whites have
oIed from the scourge in Honolulu.
a party Of seven tourists on their re-
turn 70 Massachusetts,. after an extended
visit 70 aCIfOrnta and the west were at
sHe Suiien Yesterday. They were: Simon
Mitchell and wife Of Brockton. Mass: A
Raymond and wife and j. d. AIcAvOy.
MlIe ana daughter. Of Hyde aPrlS. Mass.
Ihey have teen touring over the west
Tor fourteen weeks. and have formed
golden imp: r,,siOns Of California ami the
land Of the tScific slope in general
Mr.. RaNm' nd talked interestingly Of an
instrument in the patent Of which he is a.
Part owner an invention of one Perry
Of BrOCktOn.
-Four of US have put $4,000 into the
business. said he, "and are going TO
manufacture this gold finder Mr.
Mitchell claims for this machine that il
viii locate gold by certain indications in
fluids dramatically sealed in tubes. and
will locate gold at an extreme distance of
half a mile.
Why. you could blndfold me and take
me up Main street. and when we came
opposite TO bank the instrument would
indocte it
Mr.. Mitchell had not d sample Of his
gold indietor in his pocket. and. if his