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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-07-08
AFTER The NORTH POLE.

The steamer Windward is on its way
to Foulke Fiord in northwest Green
land, to bring Mr.. Peary home if he
has completed his Arctic work, and to
leave fresh supplies for him if he finds
that at least another season will be re-
quired to carry out his plans of ex-
ploration.
In the Associated Press dispatches
printed yesterday it was announced
that several European expeditions have
been fitted out to look for traces of
Andree and his companions. A Rus
sian expedition will start from north
ern Norway and proceed by the way
winter at Cape Chelynskiu, Taymir
peninsula and. searching the Siberian
coast during the summer Of 1901, en-
deavor to reach Boring strait This
is considered a very dangerous route,
although successfully covered by Baron
Nordenskiold between 1871 and 1875.
There will be a German expedition
under Captain Bode, one from Italy
under the Duke of Abruzzi, another
from Sweden under Professor Vatthoff.
still another from Denmark under Pro-
fessor Amsdurp, one from England led
by Captain Robertson, while Baron
Won Toll heads the Boring strait party
from Russia
There seems 10 be a determined eff
fort to reach the pole. A couple of
weeks ago the majority of Salt Lakers
would have gone out of their way some
distance to lean upon the shady side
of the north pole, but the hot wave
went it's -ray and the lake is sufficient
( for ordinary summer weather.
| Many attempts to reach the pole
/ have been made, but few explorers
have succeeded in getting any further
than first base. Just what people want
with the pole or how they would bring
it home if they found it has never been
| explained.
However, if civilization wants it and
science can secure it, let us hope one
of these expeditions will be successful
Yet we have a notion that it will be a
cold day for all concerned when either
one of the axletrees of earth is dis
| covered.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-07-08

victory every silver IN has hoped for
the victory every yer man viii
work for froa now unea1 election day.
1t is inconceivable that any process of
reasoning can lead to the conclusion
that the election of president and 8
congress pledged TO bimetalAsm would
not help silver Surely, the plain duty
OF all friends OF free coinage is to sup
port the candidates no win restore
free coinage. as against candidates who
are pledged to the gold standard
Mr.. Keith is a silver mine owner and
therefore has a direct personal interest
in the restoration of bimetallism, which
makes it the more difficult to under
stand his position.
Colonel S. 3. Miner, another silver
mine owner, exhibits a much clearer
understanding of the situation In a
published interview he says L don't
see how any mining man. especially the
owners Of silver producers, can vote
against the ticket when the party de-
clares its unalterable fealty TO the sill
yer cause"
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-07-08
ANOTHER BAND OF OUTLAWS

The ~Crueible Steel company" is the
latest thing in the trust line. It has
a capital Of $5o.O09.000. divided equally
into cumulative and per cent shares.
The stock has ali been placed and g
meeting of the holders will occur in
the latter part of the present month.
The topics to be discussed at this
convention of assistant Republicans
are as follows:
l. How much can be subscribed TO
the Mckinley campaign fund
2. When to close down manufactures
and throw men out of work-at once
or after the election
8. What is the best and most eff
fective way TO concentrate the produc-
ton of crucible steel that from 80 to
400 per cent Of the output may be con-
trolled bv the trust
4 Whether 70 advance the price of
the product at once or to wait until
the campaign is over.
Thirteen smaller trusts and com
panies are combined in the larger one,
representing 80 per cent of the product
already and preparations to crush all
competition have been made
If a convention of criminals were to
hold meeting to plan a general cam
paign of thievery the officers of the
law would interfere. if apprised of the
fact. and would march the conspirators
off to prison.
These men. the officers Of these ANAL
gamated companies. the stockholders
of the big trust, viii meet in a few
days to discuss a plan that involves
conhscation, robbery, conspiracy to
throw laborers out of work. blackmail
OF would-be competitors and the gar
roting of business independence.
Why should not the officers whose
duty it is to enforce the law and pre-
vent crime interfere?
Why should not President McKinley's
attorney general take notice?
The announcement has been pub
lished. The purpose of the meeting has
been declared.
Is the administration in secret part
nership with such concerns?
Has a bride in the way of a cam
paign contribution been promised?
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-07-08
SHORT STORIES.
Her Astronomical Reasoning.
est Louis Globe-DemocraL

g.
Two ladies were talking the other dav
about sending a telegram to a mutual
friend who was about TO depart for Eu-
rope
John told me-" said one lady. that I
must send it before 10 O'Clock, as they
would leave the hotel at that time
But it is 10 O'Clock now in New York
said the other lady. It's nearly %
o clock in St Louis, and IL must be long
after 10 there Oh. I am so sorry Why
didn't we think of it sooner"
My dear said the other lady in the
most patrorizins tone imaginable, YOU
longitude and time. or whatever branch
Of ones education such information be-
longs to- Don't you remember how thu
teacher used to impress the fact upon
US that the sun moves from west 10 east3
am sure I shall never forget that
But doesn't the sun reach New York
before il gets TO St Louise objected thu
other lady.
why, how could ths: be when it moves
from west to east2 1t reaches San Fran
cisco first Don't you remember. they
used to tell US that the day was born in
the Pacific2 I'm sure if some OF the Ola
teachers could hear you they would ba
Trend looked still uncOnVlnCe0-
thought she said, that it was the
earth that moved. and doesn't it move
from east to west2'
Such a mess as you would make O..
the solar system. One thing moving II
one direction and the other in another
Why, there would be no end Of collisions
universe, everything moving the same
way. guess l will go out now and send
the telegram, for il must be nearly Il
o clock in New York by this time"
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-07-08
ELECTRICITY IN EUROPE

The Washington correspondent of
New York Tribune quotes q leading
business man of Holland, now in this
country on pleasure and business, as
saying; Electricity is just getting a
foothold in Holland. Electric tramways
are wonder to the natives. They will
leave their work to watch the cars go
by. Incandescent lights have been put
in two or three houses. The novelty
is an attraction to the simple Holland
er- He cannot understand it. 1t is to
him marvellous display of ingenuity.
But the Hollander is slow to take IN
with any new idea. He lives as did his
forefathers-the same customs, habits
and mode Of living. He wants nothing
TO disturb this harmonious arrange
ment. but when an innovation Is
brought forth, if it is a good thing. he
VIII adopt it. America is far more in
teresting than our country-that is. of
course. to Honander Over there YOU
see the people Flooding along in their
wooden shoes; here you see the people
hustling. The Hollander is slow in all
things; here you are up to the times.
1t will take our people a great many
years to adopt the various inventions
of the American. but the time will come
when every Holland village will be
Amerieanized"
Electricity is displacing steam in this
country and every Kind of light and
power in the more progressive sections
of the old world. 1t represents progress
and shows an iconocIastic disposition
wherever it is developed. 1t has as
sailed the poetry and romance of
Venice as well as tickled the stoicism
of Holland. The gay gondoher is about
TO lose his job. He is passing like the
horse, only more swiftly. for he is of
less use. Electricity can take a boat
wherever a gondolier can take one, but
cannot take a vehicle wherever a horse
can take a rider.
But what Will Venice be without its
gondoliers? The dogs and women of
the Netherlands may lay aside their
harness, electric launches may cover
the canals of Holland and motors fit
along the streets of Amsterdam, but
the blunt impact of modern business
upon the romantic associat ton of Venice
viii throw many a poet as we'll as all
the gondoliers out of work. The fine
Italian hand of the syndicate is dis
cernible in this shifting of scenes.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-07-08

not made the startling discovery that
manifest destiny was leading Uncle
Sam by the ear into the watermelon
patch Of confucius. And above all
things we should dread and avoid joint
responsibility with other nations for
The administration of Chinese govern
ment, remembering the vexatious con-
dominium in Samoa.
All we want in China is the rights of
trade on equal terms with other ma
tons. Our immediate business there
is to protect the lives and property of
American citizens. We have gone to
the rescue OF traders and missionaries
in China before and have never failed
TO assert our rights and redress wrongs
without war or the annexation of Chi
nese subjects.
It should be our policy as a govern
ment TO secure satisfaction. as it has in
the past. and make our untrammeled
power and unselfish influence felt there
and elsewhere whenever and wherever
necessary.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-07-08
FLEETS ANC sQuADRoNs.

Miner" writing from this city, in
quires: What is the difference be-
tween a squadron and a fieet?"
Our naval officers and nautical au-
thorities generally make the following
distinction between a squadron and q
feet:
A fleet is the entire number of ships
controlled by the United States navy
department or by the British admiralty
department-just as all vessels belong
ing to a steamship company are it's
feet. There are two or three naval
meanings of squadron" There is
usually one American squadron on each
naval station-Asiatic, Pacific, South
Atlantic, North Atlantic and European
as well as a possible flying squad
ron" or other squadron for some spec
ial service.
Civilians and the majority of pub
locations seem to make little or no dis
tinction between the terms.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-07-08
OUR POLICY IN CHINA.

Isn't it fortunate" exclaims the
New York Press. that we were in
Luzon and ready 10 take part in the
war upon Chinai"
Before we were engaged in the con-
quest of Luzon-where we have an in
adequate force without withdrawing a
single troop, according to the COM
handing officer, General Macarthur
we always kept a squadron of war ves-
sells in Oriental seas and from these
We're taken the marines which have
done our part of the fighting in China
up to date.
1t is not our policy as a nation to
make war upon China or to enter into
any alliance with other powers for war
purposes. We have TO political am
bition in China and do not aspire to
any special commercial privileges il.
any part of the empire We have nc
desire TO acquire territory or sover-
eighty in China. at least the temptation
has not overcome US as yet. We have
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-07-08

The ratio of production during the
past half century has been about as
1 to Is.
The commercial ratio between the
two metals during Jefferson's admins
tration was 1 to 1916. 1t is now about
1 to 80.
The coinage ratio Of the gold and sill
yer in circulation is 1 to 16, both the
coin itself and silver certificates being
issued and circulated on that basis.
With free and unlimited coinage of
silver the commercial ratio would corr
respond much more closely to the ratio
of production. With silver and gold
placed upon an equality as money met
ais. there is no question but they would
circulate side by side at parity at the
ratio of 16 to 1. and the value of Utah's
leading mineral product would advance
from so cents to $1.29 an ounce.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-07-08
Milesian Magisterialty.
Philadelphia Record.l

Germantown has an Irish policeman
whose exaggerated ideas OF what cOnsri-
tutes MS duty often result in ridiculous
scenes. One day last week he noticed a
man who lives on Mannheim street super
intending the digging Of a small hole &C
the curb in front Of his gate -PfWat ara
yez dOtn'2' he demanded. Going 70
plant hitching post. replied the owner
OF the property good nacuredly- He knew
the policeman and had often banded
jokes with him Have yez a permit
asked the miniOn of the law. NO. I Just
went ahead and did it ''Ochi sure. Oi
can't allow that at all. at all It's me
july fer to enforce de law Yezn have
TO get a permit from de city hall The
necessary document was procured next
day and the hitching post was in place
when the 5lUe-cOaJed son of Erin came
TO inspect the permit A little pile OF
dirt remained and the owner Of the prop
erty instr cted his gardener to shovel It
up and take It back TO the garden Here.
Here OF can't allow THAR exclaimed tbs
policeman. ''ThOt's de city's property.
IT'S me july for TO protect de CITY s
property" ''An right. then What shall
be done with it," asked the other. The
blue-coat seemed puzzled for q minute
then he said careleSSly, IS though con-
ferrinS a great favor: Sure, yez can
just dig a hole in de street an shovel IL
in, an on say nOthin' about it"
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-07-08
AN UNWRITTEN PLATEoD1
Gouisville Cour.er-Ior,..,,


The discussion Of the platform 5s
ten by Secretary Smith, approved -. MT
president, and mudlated by the corn. -
tee on resolutions, shows that the -
p8ign need not necessarily ur0rz-ss -ll-
tirely on the platform adopted H., e.
national committee. II NAV ba Aa
sumed that the president knows NJ t-e-
wants The laws Of England ar - c -s
by Blackstone and other writers r., sa "a
parity WrlIten ana partly UDwrlttsn -
Of the republican platform. Vs~s,o13
parts OF IL were lost in Jransmissio--- - s
did not appear in the Official draF-> T 80
viii not the lost clauses be regsrSas- ~.
equally binding on the head OF Is
ticket. who had already endorsed -bs.---ss
Among the fine passages left ont IN m
nearly all OF the following -s
In al this eventul and matches hi
tory Of success at home and rr7r-7--l
abroad our maSterfUl leader has b. -
true patriot and the upright s-a-as-,---7
who has walked untrteG paths and go
unforeseen responsibilities with go
wisdom ana lofty courage and rs-s--s
tortitCde- Clear IN vision, srr1Dy =
judgment. and firm in action he HI
directed our mOmentous policies In -
with abiding faith IN the American 0s,-
DIE. His universally RECOGNIZED ~-L-.---
Of mind and heart has inspired The 0--
fidence and Won the affection of his r7---
trymen, and for the completion m ~
great and unfinished work we invoke rs
cooperation OF all patriotic ci-f-z-.
without distinction OF party. IN the ~
election Of President William ls-
Kinley-"
1t is not 20 be believed that 'our mas
terfUl leader has renowned this ber7~ss
A committee that had no taste for RE-
ORIG left most of it OUt-
There was another plank left out with
less rhetoric, but more body TO IT, T,
said: We welcome the people Of IA,
wall. Porto Rico and the Philippines :,
the fellowship of our republican I-S-+
tutionS." The committee would rars
none of this, but simply approved ~
annexation Of Hawaii. Now IL would b.
interesting TO know whether this Iss-
plank is TO be replaced or not is il n
be q part of the policy of the next al.
ministratiOn If the Republicans VIM n
so, what form Will that welcome take2 -
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-07-08
TWO GREAT POWERS.

To the Editor of The Herald:
Please answer the following question:
What is the population and army OF the
British empire and Great Britain?
MINER
The population of the British empire
is 3S1 100000 and its army numbers
23S, OO0
Russia's population is $4,000, 900 and
the Russian army includes 1,74S,0OO
troops.
These figures represent the strength
Of the two armies on peace basis.
The war strength of Great Britain is
placed at 1,16S.170 men liable for mill
tary duty The car counts on $780,
900 men for war purposes. On the wa
ter England IS far superior.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-07-08
Took Him For a Foreigner.
london Spare 1Ioments.)

An English bicycIist was coming Al
great speed down one of the steen-s-
streets in Edinburgh, when his machine
capSized and landed him in the middle
OF the road.
Two carriers were passing. and they
promptly came 10 his assistance
"Maun. hoo die We fa'2' kindly in
CURED one OF the carriers, 10 which he
received this answer
I was coming down that decIi-it-
with such velocity that lost my gravity
and fell on the macadamized road
The carter turned from the uufor-Ul-
ate rider with true insular contempt
5 wa. Jock" he said to MS mate:
IF I'd kent the cratUr' wis a foreigner
he would hae lain II the gutter lang
eneuch for me"
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-07-08
SILVER PRODUCTION.

A correspondent wants to know ''the
ratio Of production between silver and
gold in the world" and the CONNER
eiai ratio between the two metals as
now coined and in circulation"
The ratio by weight of gold and silver
production since the beginning Of this
government has been as follows:
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-07-08
Brutal Punishment.

Mrs Freetalk-I notice they have the
whipping post in Delaware for wife beat
ers
Mr.. Freetalk-Yes: but it doesn't seem
to do much good They might devise a
much more effective punishment al
though it would not be quite as brutal
Mrs. Freetalk-What. for instance2
Mr. Freetalk-Bind the eulprit hand and
foot. gag him and confine him in a roo-1
with his wife for day or two
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-07-08

If explorers in the Arctic could read
few copies of Clark and Daily Mon
tana newspapers these days they
wouldn't need any furs. The Shadraeh-
Meshach-Abednego furnace was cold
storage plant by comparison with the
Anaconda Standard OF the Butte Miner.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-07-08

the current Living Age gives its readers
them is Ferdinand Brunetiere's French
Views of England, - The Literary Inspir-
alton of Imperialism, and Colonial
Memories"
In Harper's Bazaar for the week Mr.
HOWellS continues his ''Heroines OF
Nineteenth Century Fiction" in an appre-
ciative discussion of the heronieS Of Jane
AuSten's novels Miss GOlder'S literary
are Margaret Deland'S Gardening and
Life, and Margaret Welch's The
Preaching of Natures Sermon The rest
of the number is devoted as usual TO
fashions and domestic matters.
The Globe. q quarterly review of itera-
ture, society, religion, art and politics,
covers its large field with the Rev. c. S
MaCfarland's article on the Attitude Of
Jesus Toward Scripture an account Of
"EgyptS Gifts 70 Modern Culture" and
further papers on Admiral Dewey and
the Presidency" and Natures Moulding
of Character"
American Literary Criticism and the
Doctrine of Evolution is the subject of
an able essay in the International Month
y for July by Willard Morton Payne of
Chicago. Professor Wilson Of Columbia
university gives an interesting paper on
Recent Aspects Of Biological Research
and The Bubonic Plague is treated OF
by Dr. Cyrus Edison
One of the most interesting reviews of
the month is that of Harry ThuTSton
Peck in The BoOkman with ''rnlesvened
Bread by Robert Grant as his theme.
Mr. Peck says: IN -UnleaVened Bread
there is really something new-a Tecur-
rent perception OF certain things which
are not localized in our life but which
are as true OF one section OF our country
as of another. and which are, therefore,
broadly and significantly American" To
this extent Mr. Grant may be said 10 have
produced. If not the representative Amer
lean novel which the world is waiting for,
at least the nearest approximation 70 II
that has yet been written The Great
Newspapers Of Continental Europe series
takes the reader this tine to Scandinavia,
while the strong story OF Mr.. John Cri
Lloyd .'Stringtown on the Pike grows
in interest.
The Herald Is in receipt of a most in
teTesting map of the United States. a re-
duced fac smile of the exhibit made at
Paris by Lord q Thomas, the we'll known
advertising agents Of Chicago. The exhibit
is 1Sx25 inches. and shows the area, popu-
latiOn. number OF publications per capita
circulation of publications as we'll as the
number and circulation of the publications
/ in each state. Utah. for Instance. Is
: erndited with SeVanrV-nine publications
I with a combined circulation per issue OF
/ 139. 305. a percentage per issue OF 46.4 OF the
population Idaho Is given eighty-One
publications; total circulation per issue,
! IS 749. or an average Of 80 per cent Of the
/ population per issue Wyoming has forty
I FOUR publications, total circulation per
I issue A. 500: percentage per issue, 2s.4 OF
population. Copies OF the map will be
I sent free on request TO all advertisers who
address Lord & Thomas, Trude building
/ Chicago.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-07-08

ing All night long the watchmen beat
their way around the streets, and as 6
natural consequence are said TO make
few arrests. This is the way the Nc
Kinley administration starts out to
hunt the trusts.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-07-08

If the present complication in China
can be unraveled and peace restored
without a division Of territory among
the powers. the commercial relations
between this country and China will
continue to improve. 1t amounts to
s4s,6O9,o00 now and has gradually in
creased for ten years. If the empire
is divided our interests will suffer. 1t
is therefore TO the interest of American
trade that the empire be kept intact.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-07-08

The city council saws the taxpayer
may take his choice of a $3.50. 900 bond
issue or 7-min special tax That's the
Kindness of the executioner who says
his victim may be shot or hung, as he
pleases.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-07-08
In Constantinople.

First Chicago Traveler-It seems pecu-
liar that man should have four or five
wives.
Second Chicago Traveler-Very pecu-
legal provision for getting rid of some
of them
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-07-08
METEOROLOGICAL REPORT.
Yesterdays Record at the Local Office
of the Weather Bureau

Maximum temperature, Sc degrees; min
imnm temperature. 81 degrees; mean
temperature. "A degrees, which is the
normal: accumulated deficiency of tenn
pera-ure since LIST OF month, 81 degrees
accumulated excess of temperature since
Jan. !, az degrees. Total precipitation
from p. m. to D. m. none: aocumulated
excess of precipitation since LIST OF month,
IL inch; accumulated deficiency of pre-
ciDitation since Jan. l, 3.S5 inches.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-07-08

Those European allies who captured
the Taku forts SO gaily know row
how the small boy feels after he pokes
stick into the business end of a hor-
nets nest.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-07-08

China has some curious customs and
quaint methods of preserving order.
The policemen of Pekin are armed
chiefly with small drums, which they
beat loudly in order. it is presumed. to
let burglars know that they are COM
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-07-08

Eastern Republicans are making
capital out of the fact that the Demo-
cratic ticket is western ticket Is
this the argument upon which Hanna
expects to carry Utah?