The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-01-14

/ ton man. az the Kenyon yesterday. i
( have been coming out here steadily for
the last five years and I have only lost
/ one account, that was for $40 and our
I house Was eventually paid Cd cents on the
dollar. We carry quite number OF Nor
mons on our books and l can say that
1 the accounts generally are rated as gilt
edged Business everywhere is good; last
/ year was One-third better than any pre-
viOus year, and ] look for it 10 be 80 per
cent better during this coming year
Germany leads the world in making
guns, said DR.. Theo Spitia of Bremen
at the Knutsf0rd yesterday. When 1t
comes to carrying and penetrating pow
The superiority of German artillery Is
now being demonstrated out in South
Africa. where the Beers are armed with a
number of German-made pieces. which
carry further than the English guns.
England has relied too much upon her
own artillery. manufactured fer the most
part at WOOlwich arsenal and now Wnen
she has 20 take the field against modern
balance and found wanting. for the BOer
artillery can keep out of range and pep
per the BratiSherS at will Germany mas
been quietly coming 10 the front IN mil
tary affairs, as any nation who feels dis
Sossd to throw down the gantlet TO her
viii speedily become aware.
B. ManO. a refined and educated engi-
Z
at the knutSfOrd yesterday Like the
majority of his cOuntrymen. the traveller
from the LAND IF the Mikad0 evinced a
lively curiosity at everything he saw
Acc6mpanied nv A beIl-bOy. Mn. ManO did
the town yesterday, from the salt Palace
ITO Fort Douglas, and later inspected the
knutsfOrd from the power room III me
basement 10 the top floor The gentleman
/ from Japan said yesterday that his cOun-
try was RAPIDLY assimilating European
ideas. A few years ago there was bus
enc imperial university at Tokyo, Sadd
he 'IOCsaV there are half a dozen
branches scattered throughout the pr-n-
cipal towns of Japan. wherein one may
receive a first-class education in the arts
and sciences and graduate in the various
professions The imperial government en-
cOurages the educated young men 10
travel. and in some instances pays the
expenses of those whose bent lies in a
certain direction to go To other countries
anu investigate some new discovery ana
the latest improvements in machinery.
Vladimir de Pachmand. the well known
piano so.Oist. made a brief stay in salt
Lake yesterday and then continued on
his journey east to New York. He was
accompanied by Richard S. C0pley and
p. c. Fischer of the Empire state, who
dined at the Kenyon II was the purpose
of the pianist to have if possible given a
concert in this city, but unforeseen cir
cumstances rendered his presence in the
east imperative at an early date
w. II. Reese of New York entertained
the gusts at the lknutsfOrd last evening
with an imprOmptu pianO.a recital. with
due touch" and technique. He states
that he has c0mplssed the erection of
handsome organs IN the residences of N.
H. Walker. O. J. Salisbury and DR.
Pfoutz, and that the pianOla-Or piano
paying made easy-has caught on in
Utah. and he rs busy filling orders for
the latest novelty in pneumaties.
Frank Benton. the horseman. Of Chey-
enne. WyO., Is stopping at the Kenyon.
He says that the good saddle horses in
the west are getting rapidly thinEed out
and that prices ali along the line are
soaring skywards.
J. f. Sturgfs. the boiler Inspector from
Denver, is stopping at the White House.
Mr.. Sturgis is on one of his trips with
New Mexico as his objective point.
The Drummers' club. or as it is better
known. the Antiquated Order of Chestnut
Springers was duly in session last even
ing in the knutStord rotunda- ihe con-
versation had veered round from prices to
parvenues. J A Lewis, the iron man,
had the floor.
THAT reminds me- he said. ''of party
which was being shown around Boston.
In the course of their perigrinatiOns they
struck a room in museum. devoted to a
collection of antique vases which had re-
a
Dug up. sir2' echoed one Of the party.
Yes sir. answered the attendant.
What, out Of the grOund?'
Why. cert
and with an incredulOus shake of his head
whispered;
don't run any bluff about digging up any
ready, made pots out Of the ground on
me.
Then up spake another knight of the
sample case. With due regard TO detail
he introduced a character who had struck
it rich in Cripple Greek and related the
following conversation between Mr.. Par
venue and his hotter three-quarters:
% What's that young mans business
What does he teachg
"a oh one of them old sciences. I sup
pose, answered Mrs. p 1 am not quite
me he was giving her lessons in oscula-
ton.
Well. I suppose she's got to be edu-
Gated. returned the old. man. J Only
hope ne won't charge no fancy price for
his lessons.
Kenyon-C. T. Johnston, Cheyenne. DR..
J. r. Numbers and wife. WeiseT. Ida.
D. W. Ross Boise. Ida. W. T. Beardsley.
Ogden; Vladimir de Pachmann. Richard
S Copiey A. Aischnor. jr.. New York;
n ]. clark. wife and children. Min
neapolis Guy Flemer. Boise. Ida; l. J.
Seileard Osceola. George 2. Smith. Grand
Junction. Colo. ". ". Armstrong. Park
City: Sig Blath, Chicago; H. Robinson.
New York; j. Crowley Chicago, George
Hamburger. Louisville, J. D. Fouse Chi
cago; J. r. Harmon, Denver; NJ. Lasare.
Kanses Cit--
Knustford.- Marks Mrs
Marks Moline. L NJ Hauselman. San
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Mrs. J. H. Leonard. San Francisco: B.
Mano. Tokyo. Japan; ". II. Carpenter
Pennsvlvania: ". B. Lewis. DEM er. o.
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