The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-07-06
HOTEL GOSSIP.

Yesterday afternoon there drifted into
the ManltOu a black bearded stranger
whose sole personal effects apparently
consisted OF rusty suit of black which
was on his back and a fragment OF an
umbrella that he carried in his hand To
add TO the situation the traveller aDDar-
entity was possessed of a very limited
command OF the English language After
he had produced papers including an in
PRODUCTION TO Bishop Leonard. by means
OF effusive gestculation Proprietor Wash
BURN eventually entered him upon the
register as Joe Sava, Turkey.
When seen later in the evening the iden-
tlty OF the mysterious stranger was nm
earthed 10 the extent that he was an
Armenian travelling under the auspices Of
the bishop of the Syrian church at Kur-
distan with the object in view of col
Letting subscriptions for the endowment
Of an orphans home for Christian Ar
menians in their native lands A glance
over the papers that he carried showed
that Sava was a traveller Of no mean
ability having passed through Bavaria.
Italy, England. Peru Chilli. Mexico and
a portion of the United States since he left
Armenia eighteen months ago. An at
tempt 10 interview the stranger was not
stand a few simple words. but apparently
the word Sunday was not included in his
the word Sunday was not included in his
vocabulary.
One thing he was very proud of. how
ever, was couple of bullet scars that he
exhibited to all and every body in the no
tel office With an air of great import
ance he would adjourn TO a corner and
roll ND his trOuSer leg above the knee
and eXDaIiate upon the scars in an un-
known tongue. Later he went through
the pantomime of drawing a knife across
his throat a couple of times and muir
mUTing MOslems." AS far as could be
gathered he was shot in the leg during
the Armenian maSSaCTeS eight years ago.
and made his escape to a friends house
with the blOOdthirSty Turks in hot pUr-
suit He escaped. but his two fathers"
both had their threats cut during that
period when 100 Armenians were ruth
lessly slaughtered by the terrible Turk.
c. Schilling. son of the millionaire tea
man. Is among the guests al the Kenyon
ScnIlling pleaded guilty to being one Of
the youngest of the family last night and
naively SAID. i am better known among
the boys as 'SchillinSS Worst. In the
course Of conversation II cropped out
that he had recently returned from
trip TO China and Japan When asked
regarding the situation in the Orient. he
said: That reminds me. friend of mine
owes me a champagne dinner. for when
l returned from China ! be- him that
there would be a war. out there before
the year was out ] don't profess 10 be
a prophet. but that was a dead easy
proposition after reviewing the situation
out there, for it was only a matter OF
time before the inevitable happened.
The man from San Francisco does not
think much of Japan as a health resort
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from the heat in my life he said. as
did in Japan. Just to illustrate what kind
OF a climate 1t Is there. II was - at mid
night as a regular thing and when You
put your shoes outside the door before
going to bed you took them in the next
morning with mildew adhering 10 the up
pers.
did yo1. ever hear of a crippled China
mann remarked Sheriff W. s Pyle. of
Beaverhead county. Mont, at the White
Now come to think Of It. never did.
sOliloqUized the quiet man in the corner py
the writing desk
NO you will never said the sheriff
as he registered bullseye AT the
cusDidOr. 4 never noticed this fact UNI
til recently when I saw. Chinaman run
over at Dillon When I got TO him ne
had his leg sticking up in the air with
his foot off above the ankle and Yelling
like an Indian I picked him up and
was going 10 take him down 10 one oil
the Chinese ShackS when a man in the
crowd said that if I did that the China
man would not last two hours as the
others would make away with him in
infirmary where he soon got better and
began to hobble around on crutches. One
day when / had occasion TO GO TO the
infirmary I saw him and asked him about
the story OF the white man. After con-
sidera BILE hesitation John owned up and
said that if he had been taken to a China
mans that they would have placed pill
low over his face and sat on him until he
went TO the happy hunting grounds
Some ten days later the Ons legged
Chinaman was discharged as being cured
He disappeared two days later and from
that day to this l have lost all trace of
him. Just out of curiosity 7 have made
repeated enquiries for a one legged
Chinaman but l have never met a man
yet who has heard Of or seen him.
l. II. Pammel. Phi. D., professor Of
botany, Iowa state college of agriculture
is among the guests who are registered
at the Kenyon, having come 70 Salt Lake
prior TO going up 10 the Uintah reServa-
ton in the interests OF the division of
forestry, United States department OF
agriculture. Mr.. Pammei proposes TO
proceed to Park City today where he viii