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sary and quartermaster's depots are on
Friction Is Frequent.
The presence of such a large number
or troops in close cOntiguiIy the con-
hlctlng customs and national 'prejudices,
make lien Ism a very delicate and in
tereStlnS place just at present. The whole
atmosphere is charged with the tenSenesS
OF local conditions, and the incest dip
lomacy IS constantly being called into
play 10 smooth over little eruptiOns and
the friction natural to such circumstances.
Two events OF this week, which were
pregnant with possibilities, have been
pleasantly adjusted and have left no an
parent trace of feeling one was the
killing OF Corporal Hughes of D battery,
Third artillery, and the WOunding OF a
private Of the same battery by a French
sentry. The whole affair was unfortu-
nate, Out an investigation disclosed that
the sentry was not to blame. 1t appears
that the Americans We're out after dark
and had been drinking. They were halted
by a sentry on the French pontoOn bridge
and diSregarding his challenge, they tried
to rush him One of the men fired his
revolver, d1scharglng four chambers.
when the sentry fired, killing Hughes.
He was attacked by the second American,
whom he bayonetted, indicting a slight
wound.
The other instance was a slight tilt be-
tween the British and Russians The
former had posted guard over a pile
of wood and hOisted q British flag. a
Russian guard, according to report, made
an attempt TO seize the wood, also hoist
ing flag and threatening to cut down
the British cOlOrs- General LOrne Camp
bell happened to be on the scene at the
time, unaccOmpanied- Seeing the gravity
of the situation, he asked an American
officer to assist him, explaining that he
feared the two guards, who were indians
of the Bengal LancerS, might preclpi-
tate trouble. The American consented to
remain while the general sought the Rus
sian commander. Admiral AleXien imme-
diately recalled the Russians when the
matter was explained to him, and apollo
gized for their action 1t is reported all
the men were punished
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-10-15
POLICEMAN TAKES STAR BOBRDER
FOR A BOLD, BAD BURGLAR

A supposed burglar, who turned out TO
be only a star boarder, stirred up a whole
lot of excitement on Fifth avenue and got
1.-The laugh on = policeman last night
by crawling into his boarding house
through a front window.
Somewhere about o'clock last night a
number of boys who were playing around
the street near the residence of T H
Tyler, at 463 Fifth avenue, were sudden
" startled by discovering a man trying
to raise the front window Of the Tyler
residence
Knowing that every one had left the
house earlier in the evening. the aston
iShed boys Immediately concluded mat q
burglar was entering the house before
their very eyes. They saw the burglar
raise the window and scramble into the
house. and frightened half out OF their
to the residence of Mr. Mcdonald a short
distance away, where there Is a telephone,
and breathieSs with excitement the young
urchinS told the people at the louise that
a burglar was fright in Tyler's house
then a-steaijn.
one ran to the phone and called for the
police Come quick, there's q burglar
In Mr.. Tyler's house right now, was the
startling message received by the desk
sergeant at headquarters, and securing
the number OF the house, he dispatched
Park Officer Urry to the scene post haste
The officer, all aglOW with the thoughts
of capturing a live burglar red
handed rushed up TO the house ready
for action at the wink of an eye, but 10
his surprise the windows were smut, the
doors locked, the house vas IN total dark
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Americans May Forage Only.
SCRAMBLE Ar TEN TsIN.
Italians Rustic For Quarters-Frlc-
ton at Times

ton at Times.
Correspondence of the Associated Press)
Tien Tsin, China, Sept 17.-With the
general belief that this city is to be the
military center and base for the winter,
all the powers are now engaged in
that has a roof is now valuable, ana
every building in the foreign concession
which the bOmbardment lett capable OF
repairs, is being put TO shape IOr elmer
barracks or store rooms This cOndltlon
of affairs has made the situation here
rather delicate and in several instances
there have been some sharp interchangeS
over the possession Of premises
The Americans have not obtained the
Tien Tsin is composed of the various con-
ceSSiOnS to the powers and what Is known
locally as the extra concession, IylnS
to the southwest between the victoria
gardens and the mud wall and SCUM
The American concession was surrendered
several years ago. and IN the present
ing its loss. The English and German
concessions are probably greatest In area,
larger buildings than any other. There
is today not an unOccupled bulldlnS IN
Tien Tsin, and the powers are. drawing
the concession lines very closely
Americans Forced Out.
As was cabled the Associated Press
early in September, the Americans were
compelled TO give up TO the Germans a
large tract of land and several commO-
diOuS warehouses, filled with cOmm1SSary
SuDDlies The property was in the extra
German concession and occupied only I'M
der Suffrance. 1t was understood when
the German commander consented 10 It's
occupancy that II would be given up on
demand, but the demand caused the
American army officials no little emDar-
rassment and Inconvenience. As a result
the American forces are now scattered
The Fifteenth infantry, Colonel Meade
commanding, and at present senior Amer
lean officer in Tien Tsin, is located in
the buildings and compound of the Amer
lean Methodist mission. A quarter Of a
mile further down the Taku road IS the
canp of the Third artillery in the COM
pound of the property of Mr. Drew, an
American The marine battalion Is quar-
tered in the buildings in the BRUSH con
ceSsion the officers occupying SeVerd
houses in Victoria terrace. The commits
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ness H and no burglar could be seen any
hunting up the boys the officer secured
= 2 NSSsSSIIpIlOn OF the burglar and started
70 ldEAS another look around the hOuse
Hne1 ne suddenly discovered a lieht in
80 t-oLt part. Going cautiously I'D TO
tnS 'front.' door the officer autzrnDted To
open H., but found il fastened The
ouTSIar heard him though and de-
ItiianCeQ what he wanted. The officer re-
pneo IhaJ ne wanted to get in and the
t tOtHiSr very obnS1ngly opened the door
99S-~lAIS MS man by the collar, the officer
demanded his business there The pris-
ioI ms oVercoat, but his explanations
0lOA sound good" TO the bluecoat and
ne was marched to where the BOYS were
and was identified by them as thu
DurSlar they had seen.
LucAlIy Tor the latter. at that juncture
hr- ana Mrs Tyler came along, and see
ing the predicament of their boarder thew
demanded the trouble. When the expla-
nations on both sides were over il was
cte4r 70 the policeman and the boys that
theIr burglar was only Fred Water
mouse, VINO TOR some time has been board
ing at Mrs. Tyler's
MI WaterhoUse explained his entrance
stating that when Mr. and Mrs Tyler
leIS nome they took the key with them
ana toIQ MIN when .he came home he
would ma the window unfastened and
couIo crawl IN through it The policeman
was not slow TO realize that the laugh
was on MIN and Joined in the chorus of
Mr.. Waterhouse enjoyed the joke on the
copper, but he doesn't care TO play his
part IN 1t again and swears that before
he goes out at night again he viii pro-
vide himself with key
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Probably the most important step in
the adv ance Of wireless telegraphy to-
ward practical use is that which has
just been made by MarcOni. Only those
who have followed the new biography
IN its development can realize what this
latest success means to the world.
What has been done in wireless COM
municatiOn previous TO this fall is pref
" generally known. The old system
for il may be called old now that an
entirely new one has replaced it-cOn-
sisted Of an elaborate set of instru-
ments and apparatus, the cher eX-
ternal evidence OF which was an aerial
wire suspended from q tall mast. It
was in the height of the mast that the
virtue of the system was supposed 10
exist MarcOni discovered early in his
career and yet only a few years ago,
that If ne doubled the height of his
mast hs could send messages four times
as far 1t was the sO-called law Of
squares for ether wave effect For eX-
ample. he found that he could tele-
graph 100 miles if his aerial wires We're
-" Feet high al the terminals. 1t was
easy 10 compute the height red
for crossing the Atlantic W -ther
waves-a wire suspended $50 -et above
the transmitting station would, ac-
Cording to the calculation, send mes
sage 900 miles-and eXtravagant pre-
ClctOns We're made. based upon the
possibility of establishing the invisible
communicate between the Eiffel tow
er in Paris and huge structure in
New York or Washington. Some
thought that, if the average height of
the two aerial wires were $50 feet, mes
sages could be exchanged This was
lne theory OF number of German and
English sCientiStS-and thus a working
plan seemed possible between the EiffeI
lower and the Washington monument.
But, alas for scientific prediction that
is not based on experiment. No one
tired the proposed plan, not even Mar
conf. who succeeded in proving the law
OF squares in every attempt he made.
out DC may have been noticed that
Narconi was not one OF those who
made the Atlantic crossing prediction.
The New System.
Now all this has been changed. The
a@.lal wire and the tall masts are done
away with, just as static electricity
was replaced - chemical electricity
and chemical by electromagnetic. Mar
conf has already telegraphed sixty
miles with a cylinder four feet high.
instead of a mast ard wire 125 feet
h'Eh. And we may be sure that if Mar
conf lets the world know that he has
tsIesraphed sixty miles with four
IyoJ cylinder, he has done more than
Chat, Tor MarCOni is man who never
lelS the J. 9lic catch quite up to him.
AS long ago as last January, Mar
com began 90 work on the cylinder
pan. The experiments began in his
laboratory at Poole Harbor first from
room 10 room with receivers only 1-100C
part as sensitive as the one he used for
regular work between France ahs Eng
l1ld' then he took his apparatus out Of
Gpors and, for several weeks along
Cne beach he went through hundreds
ol experiments with the utmost pa
uence. gradually approximating the
proper relation between receiver and
HhaIly sent across to the Isle of Wight
elshteen miles away. He did not tell
outsiders of this success, because he
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fed and did not stop running until he
reached the Office where he sat down
and faxed" the picture from memory.
After this amusing entrance into the
newspaper business his rise was rapid
He went down to San Francisco, where
he started to work on the Examiner,
making cuts for advertisements at 81
a week. But his talent did not remain
long undiscovered, and he was given
every opportunity, of which he took
advantage.
Hearst, always on the lookout for
good men, discovered in him a geniOus,
and determined to push him to the
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-10-15
PERSONAL MENTION.

Miss La Won Pierce of Brigham City
is a guest of Miss Isle Snow at 35 F
street
Mr. and Mrs. Theodore II. Smith left
for the Pacific coast on late train Sat
urdav night and Will spend two weeks
out there on a pleasure trip.
Dr. T. G. Tiff left on Saturday for Cor
rine in this state, where he conducted
services Yesterday. From there he is ex-
pected to go on further north on work
connected with his church.
Miss Myrtle Margetts left for HiIo, Ha-
waiian Islands, 10 visit her aunt Mrs.
H G. Junkins. She will be gone two
years Only seventeen years old, she goes
from Honolulu 10 HilO in a. sailing vessel.
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At the St Louis convention he made
his first sketch of Hanna, who hap
pened to be wearing a checkered suit
AS Hanna represented all the moneyed
interests of the country, the idea oc-
Cured to fill in the checks with dollar
marks. The idea took like wildfire and
he determined to stick to 1t, which ne
did with such good effect that Hanna
and his doilar-mark suit are known
wherever newspapers are read 1t has
been said that Hanna at one time of
fered the Journal $4,000 to cease pub
fishing that picture.
One of Davenports most effective
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gins where the Old day leaves off; and
femme tell you, I don't aim to waste
my time answering any more of your
fool questions This incident ended
DavenpOrt's troubles with the teacher,
for that night he departed by the time
hOnOred bedroom window Ed-ladder
route and joined a circus which was
travelling through the country. To his
great delight he was placed in the
menagerie, where he acquired that
wonderful knowledge of wild animals
which is displayed so often in his car
tOons.
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cartoons depicts Hanna standing with
his foot on skull representing La
bOr." The Republican boss. upon see
ing it. declared that Davenport should
be arrested and prosecuted. The car
toOnist replied that if Hanna's wish
should be realized be would spend his
Leisure" hours covering the walls of
his cell with Hanna creations.
Davenport draws more than face or
figure. In every line of his work the
soul of his subject is as transparent
as glass, and that is one reason why
the gentleman from Ohio cringes under
the efforts of this wonderful fig
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front. His powerful character sketches
and original cartoons began to attract
attention, and he was soon recognized
as the leading cartOOniSt on the Pa
cific coast. He was sent from one end
of California to the other, and attended
ali large gatherings, political and 9TH
erWise. Early in 1896, Hearst, having
purchased the Journal, sent for DaVen-
port. From that time on DaVenpOrtS
success was assured. His work in
stantly attracted attention, and the
Fasteners began to wonder at the
force and character displayed in the
work of the newcomer from the west.
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things, he drifted into Silverton, Ore,
where. with his pockets bullying with
sketches. he sat around the stove and
waited to be discovered, while the
village critics told him that he was
''world-beater'' and a wonder"
He received his first assignment from
a Portland paper. from the present city
editor of The Salt Lake Herald. Ire
was sent out with a reporter to sketch
a mother and tripIets, and, with great
reluctance, was dragged into the room
where the triplets were Almost before
he had drawn a line one of the babies
emitted a yell Davenport turned and
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-10-15
FEVER PROSPECTS BAD.
Havana Is Threatened With a Siege
Of the Pest.

Havana, Oct. 14-It is generally ad-
rnitted that yellow fever viii increase
in Havana when the streets are opened
for the installation of the sewers,
work which will probably require three
years.
Major Lodge, paymaster for the div1-
sion of Cuba is down with the fever.
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Report on Cotton Mills.

London, Oct. 15.-An interesting re-
port upon the Indian cotton industry
is published this morning by the Times
It shows that the output of the mills IN
129S-190O was nearly 10 per cent above
the average for the five years previous
The Times thinks the facts given are
hardly likely TO relieve the gloom
Dervadine in lancashire
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Train Kills Family.

Newcastle, Pa, Oct 4.-JOhn Kor-
bic a. farmer, Ellen Korbie, his daugh-
ter, aged 10, another daughter aged Z,
while crossing the PittSburS & axe
Erie tracks near Carbon last night IN
2. wagon. were struck by a train anu
killed. oscar KcsDi, the fourth occu-
Dant of the wagon, was seriously in
IurRd
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City Completely Looted.

The general coneensus of opinion of the
American and British ministers and gen.
erals is that seldom if ever in the his
tory of the world, has any city been
more completely looted and Quilted than
Pel1in, and it is mainly due to the infiu-
ence of General Chaffee and the British
general. Gaselee. that the sacred city it
self has not suffered the same fate; in
fact. most of the members of The embas-
sizes, their fa miles. and even the mission
aries think that a great mistake was made
in not lOoting it and burning il TO the
ground. They argue that If all the prop
erty of the merchants bankers. pawn
brokers and even the houses of the very
poor had been looted and burned. why
should the property of those mainly re-
spOnsible be saved and held sacred TOR
their future uSe2
1t is an every day sight TO see soldiers.
camp followers and members of the riff
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CHING MEETS A FROST
Chinese Envoy Has Chilly Time
With the Ministers.
MUCH LOOTING IN PEKIN
CITY IS COMPLETELY Quilted
OF VALUABLES.

Correspondence of the Associated Press)
Pekin. Sept. Prince Ching, who visit
ed the foreign ministers yesterday, did not
receive that cordial reception ne seemed
To expect. At the British legation the
first one he visited. the demeanOr Of Sir
Claude Macdonald was chilly in the
treme, and the visit occupied no longer
than five minutes
Prince Ching was in his sedan chair,
borne on the shoulders of eight gors
Iy appareled servants. preceded by four
Chinese officials of high rank, each wear
ing the insignia of the peacock's feather.
a troop of Japanese cavalry acted as
escort and guard.
From the British legation the cavalcade
went to the German, out were refused
admission to the grounds, being INFORM
ed by the Chinese Interpreter OF the iega-
perial majesty, the Emperor of Germany,
were not receiving social calls at present
legation, where also the French minister
resides, as his residence was destroyed.
the call only lasted twelve minutes, and
at the Austrian hardly as long.
At the Russian legation over an hour
was spent From there the American le-
cation was visited. Here the prince was
received by Mr. Conger and the members
of the legation. The prince told Mr.. Con-
ger that he felt ashamed % look him in
the face, but that personally he had done
all in his power to prevent the catastrophe
that had occurred, but The force of events
had proved too much COR him. Ching
said that he had merely come to pay a
visit of respect to an old friend
1t is stated on reliable authority that
at the Japanese legation ching was in
formed that Japan was utterly opposed
to any division of China by the powers.
and that both England and America would
stand by her in this demand: thar China
would have to pay very heavy for the
trouble she had caused, but 1t would not
be in loss of territory.
It is now believed here that the set
Element of the situation will be made by
an interna tiOnal commission either at The
Hague or Washington, At which China
/ will not be represented. if the opinion
/ of high officials here can be taken as a
guide, Russia, Germany, France and pos
sibly Italy are in favor of a division OF
/ China with a merely nominal Chinese en-
/ pire, while England. America and Japan
! will demand the open door policy, a
/ heavy indemnity, and for long period tbs
policing of the country by an interna-
1 ticpal
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Genuine Oriental Rug Display.
Coma tOdav. Entire carpet store
e-i1-a,7 over. 70 them-nOthing else shown.
At WALKERS.
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raft that is following the army, selling all
sorts of things. particularly the sIiVer
shoes which were used as cash, valued az
81. $13, $50 and $50, accOrdlnS 10 MeISffIL-
Hundred dollar watches were selling LOT
S. but now prices have gone up. ana Sill
yer shoes are selling for two-thlrds OF
their value, and other Things accoru-
The proprietor of a Pekin hotel has
bought, it is stated, silver worm over
S25e. coo at a cost of less shan SJJ,UJJ-
The sikh soldiers have done lot or
trading in silver, buying from the RuS-
SLAMS cheap and selling az pront A
former street Arab from New York mas
made a clear $1,000 with capital OF noun
ing except unlimited cheek and no
scruples whatever on the subject OF MS
Auction sales take place at the British
legation every afternoon of looted goods
turned in by the troops, but the prices
are high fetching sometimes more Ihsn
the things are usually sold for IN the
stores in normal times
Major Waller has in mis- possession a
vast amount of stuff, large portion OF
which has been taken from looted stores
General Chaffee has not yet DECIDED win
regard to its disposition, but II Will PROB
ably be sold at auction
Americans May Forage Only.
American soldiers have not been ON
cially allowed to loot, but only 10 Iordge,
which means that parties have gone OUT
daily over the American quarter. ana are
collecting the things most needed by the
troops, such as bedding, Iurn1lure loI
camp use, etc Most OF the sOIIeIS u
the march, to Pekin threw away Ihelr
blankets and other impedlments, WhIch
rendered the march under a burning sun
unbeatable. AT night now they Wouto
suffer from cold if they had not been al
lowed to commander the necessary COW
ering. 1t is only human nature II the
soldier boys in that duty SnouId PICK up
robes of ermine grey fox skins, and ouner
warm furs rather than those Oh d COsASSt
and uglier appearance
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PLAGUE on British Shin.

Montevideo, Oct. 1.-THE British
steamer Highland Prince from Ant
werp, Aug. 80. London Sept. 7. and
Bahia Oct 4, has arrived here with
bubonic plague aboard. Five deaths,
including the captain and first officer,
occurred during the voyage.
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COAL AND GAS FOUND.
st. Joseph, NO, Has Fortunate Dis
Govern

St. Joseph. No, Oct. 14-Coal and gas
in paying quantities were found east
of this city today at a. depth Of a little
more than LOCO feet.
The gas will be piped to the city at
once. A vein OF coal that may reach
two feet in thickness was found.
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q have always used Foley's Honey
and Tar cough medicine, and think it
the best in the world" says Chas
Bender, a newsdealer of Erie, Pa.
Johnson Pratt Drug Co.
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Question Answered.

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liver, stimulate the nervous and organ
ic action Of the system, and that IL ali
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only need . few doses Of Green's Aug
ust Flower, In liquid form, to make you
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