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: tary Walshs door. What those boys
said they intended to do the national
committee and Secretary Walsh in par
Jlculdr would fill all the columns of
all the great dailies for weeks to come
but within twelve hours after the seats
mad been issued weightier matters en-
crossed the attention of the workers
and such is the fOrgiving nature of the
newspaper man, few of the sufferers
carried out the 1.-THE of their dark
threats.
The ease and rapidity with which
the Postal and the Western Union Tel
egraph companies handled newspaper
copy was widely commented on. The
latter company had something like 6J0
operators on hand. The Postal had
almost as many. Not once did the
wires get clogged. Everything worked
as though the whole was one great.
Well-Oiled machine. AT IL o'clock one
night l went into the Western Union S
main Office to file a message. As l
handed it over to the superintendent
| asked if he could get it through to
salt Lake by o'clock. 'Tll have it
there in couple of hours" he an
swered. 'Everything's clear right
now" When 1 remarked that it
couldn't have been a very busy day
he replied, with a yawn. mo, not very.
We've only handled about SOC, 900 words
so far"
The convention was a feast for the
messenger boys, especially those who
roamed in and about the press seats
The reporters who were sending billie
tins were anxious to beat each OLher
and, above all, to beat the Associated
Press. For this reason tips were corinus
and liberal. Boys would fall over each
other in their anxiety to reach a beck
oning hand. Some of them made ten
dollars a day during the three days
of the convention in addition to their
regular pay. When business in bull
letins grew dull, the lads turned their
attention to the SOdaWater and sand
witch industry They would run out
and buy an arm load of pop at five
cents a bottle and a bag of sandwiches
at five cents each. These they sold at
profit of one hundred per cent. and
the hungry, thirsty tOilers of the press
were glad to buy at any figure. At
the close of one of the night sessions
two boys stopped in front of -ay seat
How much did yeh make today, Chin
my?" asked one. ''Oh, 1 had a bum
day. Best l done was when a Teller
cOughed me up buck fer fetchin' him
chair" The other looked at him pity
ingly. "Chimmie. = he said. I'm sorry
fer yer, but RELY L amt got no time
to daily here with a pauDer 1 got
twelve cases danglin' in me jeans right
now. When you sees me next week
in me automobile. don't speak to me-
CHIMNEY, because if yer does, ] won't
reckerniZe YER
JOEL L. PRIEST.
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GIRLS COOK THEIR FIRST
MEAL AND HAVE DISASTER

Two little daughters of John D.
Spencer, the well known insurance
man, narrowly escaped serious accident
Sunday evening both being rather Sc
verely burned and Mr.. Spencer being
laid no as it IS.
The girls, Jean and Rehan. aged
about II and 8. respectively, have been
attending the domestic science school
at the university. and Sunday after
noon undertook to cook dinner for the
Iamlly. Among the articles on the nro-
posed menu appeared potato croquettes
ana preparations for making them w,re
Wen under way. A pan of hot lard siz-
zied on the range and at an unfortun-
ate moment caught fire. Luckily. the
niue girls were not standing over the
stove at the time. but when the flame
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shot up in the air they screamed and
ran out onto the back porch.
Mr. spencer was attracted by the
cries, and rushing into the kitchen
round the room rapidly filing with
smoke and gOOd-sized blaze getting
uhder way. He grabbed the pan OF
the stove, and not knowing the girls
were on the porch, threw it out of the
back door. Jean came within range of
II and 1t struck her. the blaze igniting
her clothing. Mr.. Spencer upon seeing
what mad occurred made a frantic eff
ioft ana finally succeeded in saving his
daughter from serious burns. his face
and hands being burned in the attempt.
Mr.. Spencer's beard was burned almost
entirely off
The younger girl. -Rehan, also rushed
70 her sisters aid and was burned
sllghtly. while Jeans injuries consist
OF burns about the legs.
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S. McNary, member of the Massachu-
sets legislature and secretary Of the
state Democratic committee. NJ NJ Gun
milf, a Boston banker. and a wheel horse
in the cause of Democracy in the great
New England state and Mr.. j. G. Gun
niff, an instructor in Harvard university.
The party, including Mrs. McNary, is en-
joying the sights and delightful exper-
fence of few days sojOuTn in Salt Lake.
and like all who have tried it they are
lights have come TO them during their
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OPPOSE THE BOXERS.

San francisco Chinese Ready to
Fight For America.
San Francisco. July lilo Vow, the
imperial consul general of the Chinese
empire, is officially preparing to re-
ceive passports for himself and his at
taches. He said:
THE Chinese in this state are to- a
man heart and soul against the Boxers
and the awful crime they are commit
ting against humanity. I have just at
tended a meeting of the leading Chi
nese merchants at San Francisco at
which it was deCied that they would
Immediately close up their business
here if necessary and offer their SER
vices to the United States to go to Chi
ma as volunteers and fight under the
United States flag"
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Chinese in America Act.

Seattle, Wash. July 1.-THE Chinese
reform party of this city. with repre-
sentduves from Idaho and Montana
met here on Monday night and decided
TO send cablegram to the viceroy at
Nanklng, asking him to aid the powers
IN restoring order and afterward es-
tablishing a protectorate over the EN-
pre- The aim Of the party is to re-
store the Emperor Kwang Hsu on the
throne.
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WILL GET WAR PAY.
Troops in China Not Affected by Dip
lomatic View.

Washington, July 17.-An important
question in connection with the pay
ment of troops has been decided by
the paymaster general of the war de-
partment. The paymaster holds, re-
gardinS the troops now in China, that
where a regiment is getting % per cent
Of its men disabled in a single engage
ment, II is doing war duty, whatever
may be the diplomatic view of the sit
uatlon. This secures for the enlisted
men 20 per cent increase, although it
will not affect the officers.
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DIE FROM THE HEAT.
Six Persons Yield Their Lives in
New York

New York, July 11.-In Greater New
York there were about thirty-five cases
of heat prostration today Five persons
died from the effects of the heat and one
person, who had been overcome and taken
TO a hospital, committed suicide.
Ofncially the mercury ranged from 90 to
IVV degrees between the hours of 10 a. m
and p. m. but many thermometers a +
different points throughout the city regis
tered as high as 10e
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Queer River.

philadelphia ChroniCIe1
Mr. CadbuTy and Mr.. ROUushGrv. 'To
gentlemen of London. were discussing
their recent American tour
I saw queer river IN the states. dom
cher know said Mr. CadbuTy-
What river was that Mr. E2la--
bury asked.
THE Ohio"
Il saw that river. too. but did NOT no.
tice anything queer about it,
well. when that river goes down ''t-
goes up, and when the river is ND coal -
down
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THINKS CHINA PLANNED 1T.
Congressman Hull Speaks of Boxer
Movement.

Chicago, July 1L.-COngressman ]. A.
1. Hull of Iowa, chairman of the house
committee on military affairs and au-
thor of the Hull military bill, is at the
Auditorium for the summer, as a mem
par OF the Republican national con-
Sressional committee. He said:
believe China has deliberately
planned the whole movement l think
she has been arming herself against
the world ever since the japanese war.
We know she bought 400. 800 German
Mausers and it appears she has also
Krupps and Creusots. The arms we
have been believing were sent to Hong
kong for secret shipment into the Phil
ippines, I feel certain were destined for
China herself
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PRIVATE DISCHARGED.
C. H. Hamilton at Fort Douglas, Dis
missed From Army.
Especial to The HeraId.]

Washington, July 17.-PTivate Chas.
H. Hamilton, Troop &C" Ninth caval-
ny, stationed at Fort Doulgas. has been
discharged without honor from the
army.
The secretary of ten interior today
denied the motion To review the case
of William Covert. involving land in the
Salt Lake City. Utah, district.
Elizabeth John Heath was given
thirty days TO prove her right to land
in the Blackfoot district. Idaho
Hartman Blackstrom, Montpelier. Ida
no, has been granted a patent for a
dental artiealator
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BRYAN GAINS IN EAST
Prominent Boston Men Show
How Leaven Is Working.
MORAL EFFECT THEH0P
CUTTING DOWN REPUBLICAN
MAJoRITIES IN NEW ENGLAND.

The allied silver and anti-im2erialistic
forces OF the middle and extreme western
state ought to take new hope in the Ger
tainty of eIecting Bryan for the next pres
ident, from the earnest manner IN winch
the Democrats of the east are keeping
up the straight party organization and
preparing for the contest in the snete
east. where the party OF gold, trusts and
imperialism will have to look sharp Tor
their hOnOrS. -.
AT the Knutsford is a party OF promil-
nent BOStonianS who are now on tneIr
way TO the coast from the haIis JtS;,1 HlSS :,
convention. They are the Hon. William
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WOOD WANTS TO GO.
Cuban Governor General Seeks Chi
nese Service.

New York, July 17.-GeneraI Leonard
Wood and his family arrived here to-
day from Havana. General Wood Will
proceed at once 10 Washington. When
seen az Quarantine he said 4 have not
pSeh called home to consult about the
removal of troops from Cuba 10 china
but to talk over general matters in re-
lation TO my post in Cuba. / would
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-07-18
Ii HUNG CHANG
SAILS FOR HONG KONG

Washington, July 1.-THE state de-
partment has bulletined the following:
The secretary of state has received a
dispatch from Consul McOuade at
Canton, informing him that the vice
roy, Ii Hung Chang, sailed today for
Hong Kong. He received an edict last
night appointing him viCerOy at Chi Ii
and commanding his immediate pres
ence there. Fears are entertained at
Canton that his absence may give Oc-
casion for disturbance of the peace.
French gunboats have arrived at Can
ton.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-07-18
HOW The NEWSPAPER ARMY
JARED AT KANSAS CITY

one OF the most interesting features
OF the Kansas City convention to MANY
people was the large number of news
paper men there. This year not only
every big. paper in the country was
represented by from one to TWENTY
men, but many obscure dailies had
staff correspondents on the scena
There must have been thousand
working newspaper men in the big
press platforms TO the north and south
OF the speakers stand. Seats were
there in plenty, but The arrangements
were not of the best. Outsiders were
permitted to crowd into the press
space through the compIaisance of
friendly doorkeepers and work of any
klnd was rendered extremely difficult.
women crowded in to use press desks
Tor the purpose of writing home to
mother. Men who knew better occu-
pied space they had no earthly right
TO. Henry George, Jr., who was there
Tor a New York paper, had his troubles
with the rest. The mob of sightseers
was no reSpecter of persons. Few know
George and the chances are that if they
mad known him it wouldn't have made
any difference. During one of the
AFTERNOON sessions, when it was partic-
ularly hot In the big hall, a large
woman with beads of perspiration jut-
ting all over her not too lovely coun-
tenance, came in and pumped herself
down In the seat reserved for the son
of the great reformer. She calmly
seized wad of copy paper almost
from under the pencil of a Philadel-
phla man and was tanning herself into
a degree of comfort when George, who
had been out interviewing somebody.
came in He looked at the woman and
IN his suaVeSt tones said: That's my
seat, madam" She stared stonily at
him for a minute and without a word
turned her attention back toward the
stand where somebody was seconding
somebody's nomination for something.
George didn't want to make a scene.
so he quietly slipped into another chair
which fortunately happened to be Va
cant nearby.
The method in which the press seats
were distributed was extremely awk-
ward. Instead of sending the tickets
and badges to the national committee
men or to the offices of the paDers
themselves the newspaper men were
required to stand in line at Secretary
WalSh'S door for something life four
hours the night before the convention
opened in order to secure what was
their own. No exceptions We're made
to this rule. HaIstead of Brooklyn was
shown no more courtesy than the rep
resentative of a little Arizona daily.
George AIDE of Chicago was made to
push elbows with the correspondent of
the Podunk Mirror It was a bias
phemous crowd that assaulted Secre-
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-07-18
CANNED BEEF AGAIN.
Troops For China Must Eat Timed
Meat.

Washington, July flowing to the
probable scarcity of fresh supplies on
shore, the department has had re-
course again TO canned beef, but for
the present campaign it has been put
in the form of beef stew, corned beef
and cOrned beef hash, and few veg
etables have been canned with it to
obviate the difficulty experienced in
Cuba, where the troops were forced 10
eat beef from the cans without further
cooking.
Troops leaving for China will carry
complete outfit of comfortable cloth
ing, in addition to their regulation
clothing and tentage. Owing to the
severe weather that may be expected
in northern China during the winter
the expedition VIII carry 400 Siblev
stoves, $500 overcoats. 5000 pairs of
Arctic overshoes, 5000 blanket-Iined
canvas hoods and other extra. heavy
winter clothing in proportion sufficieEt
for the 5000 men.
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Ramsey and for Mr.. Perrault's candi-
dacy Tor the state Craftsmanship. An
outgrowth of this has been the start
ing of an anti-federal Office campaign,
that may assume wide scope.
The convention met this morning,
and Judge w. b. Hepburn was made
temporary chairman. Charles Hoffman
of Kootenai was made permanent
chairman. After TIE disposal of the
preliminaries the convention adjourned
until tomorrow.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-07-18
WORK Of INCEND|ARY
Sets Fire to a Cottage Out in
Pitts Addition.
WAS ALMOST DESTROYED
WAS SEEN RUNNING FROM
BUILDING.

A one-story brick cottage in the Pitts
addition, between Fifth and Sixth South
and Sixth and Seventh West streets, was
almost entirely destroyed by fire about
1890 O'Clock last night The cottage had
just been finished. was owned by J. Dav-
idson, and at the time was unoccupied
From circumstances connected with the
discovery of the fire it is thought that it
was of ineendiary origin
A next-doOr neighbor, whose name could
not De learned, was aroused from Sleep
ABOUT l0;50 O'Clock by hearing noise as
u some one were prowling around the new
shouSe. Ihe man arose and went out to in
Vestigdte. As he did so he saw man
run from the new house and disappear
across the lot. He could see nothing
more of the man, and started back into
the house, but as did so, he discovered
that the roof of the new building was on
fire.
As soon as possible he teIephoned for
the fre department. He and some of the
other nelghbors who had been awakened
then supplied themselves with buckets
and started for water from an artesian
Well nearby, but found that the plug had
been removed from the trough and all the
water run out of il.
Department No. 2 responded to the
alarm but the fire had gained such head
of the, building. Twelve hundred feet of
AcoO AAclu " Dc SlIGlCNeQ In order 10
reach the building, and the woodwork
was practically destroyed before water
could be gotten on the fire.
The owner, Mr.. Davidson. could not be
found last night, and the exact value of
the building and amount of insurance, if
any, could not be learned The value Of
the house is probably about $500. and the
loss about $500.
Other Fires Yesterday.
summer kitchen at the residence of
Edwin Holder, S25 East Second South
street, was badly damaged by fire yes
terday morning. The blaze was not dis
covered until it had gained considerable
headWay, and but for the fact that a
garden hose was kept playing on it until
the hre department arrived, the whole
room would have been destroyed The
damage to the building and contents
amounted to about $40 The cause of the
hre could not be discovered.
barn in the rear of 556 South West
Temple street was destroyed by fire yes
terday afternoon. The barn. which was
used by s. 7. Roberts as a cleaning and
dyeing shed, caught fire from a bonfire
built by some children, and the structure
was almost entirely destroyed before the
fire department reached the scene The
heat from the barn caused the storeroom
to begin to smoke. but a little water pre-
vented any further damage 10 it. The
loss on building and contents is estimated
at about $lI0.
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Promoted BY Liscum,s Death.

Washington, July 1.-THE death of
Colonel F. H. Liscum. Ninth infantry.
resulted in the promotion OF Lieut.. Col.
Charles F. Robe, Seventeenth infantry.
70 be colonel of the Ninth infantry and
Major l. w. O'Brien of the Ninth in
tantry TO be lieutenant colonel Of the
seventeenth Colonel Robe is now with
his regiment in the Philippines.
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KEMPFF FORCED TO ACT.
Firing cl Monocacy Made Him
Change His Mind

San Francisco. July 17.-Lieutenant
Commander c. S. Richmond returned
today on the Coptic after an extended
cruise on the Asiatic station. He left
Taku, where the allied fleet is now
lying, JW 10.
1t Wa 1miral Kempfr's original
lntent1on, j Richmond, in speak
ing OF the Chinese situation. ito re-
main neutral. Troops were landed first
merely 10 protect the legation, but
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ASKS TEXAS ABOUT TROOPS.
secretary Root Receives Prompt and
Favorable Renlv-

austin, Tex, July 1.-THE secretary
OF war has wired Adjutant General
ScurTy asking him how MANY froone
Texas can furnish for a war in China
General Scurry's reply was that Texas
could be relied upon to furnish anv
quota that the government might call
for.
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CUT OFF THEIR QUEUES.
Japs in Street Battle With the
Chinese.


Chicago, July IA special to the
Record from Vancouver. B, c.. says:
A desperate fight took place last night
at the fishing town of Stevenson. on
the Fraser river, between 500 japanese
and Chinese.
There is q. big fishermen's strike on
at Stevenson, involving 1000 japanese
and white men and 5000 Chinese. and
consequently the japanese and Chinese
We're idle.
A street row between a Japanese and
a ChinamaH occurred over a dispute as
to whether or not a Japanese army of
10000 men could whip a Chinese army
of 100000 in the present war in China.
The jap cat off the Chinaman's queue
to emphasize his argument. and in five
minutes 800 Japanese engaged in
hand to hand fight with 500 Chinese.
The small posse of police was power
less to interfere, and thousands of fish
ermen watched the fun.
In twenty minutes the japanese had
broken so many Chinese noses and cut
off so many queues that the Cinnamon
fled.
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DR.. Sem Wants Service.

Chicago, July 1.-THE Tribune says:
DR.. Nicholas Sem. who was in charge
of the army's medical forces in the field
in Cuba during the Spanish war, has
again offered the United States gov
eminent his services, this time to go
to China to care for the American SOL
dieIs who NAY be Mnundad
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First New Wheat in Washington.

Tacoma. Wash, July 1.-THE first
carload OF new Washington wheat has
arrived from Adams county. Reports
from eastern portions Of the state in
dictate that the crop will not be as
heavy as expected, thirty instead Of
thirty-five bushels being the avera &c.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-07-18
MOB ATTACKS A LAUNDRY.
Americans Seek to Emulate the
Roxers

Nlrden, His, July 17.-Enraged at the
news from China, mob today attacked
a chinese laundry here and demolished
the entire front of the building.
DIX SHOTS were fired at the two Chi
hsse Iaundrymen, but without effect.
NO arrests have vet been made
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INDIANA OFFERS MEN.
Governor Mount Says State Troops
Would Go.

indianapolis, Ind, July 17.-Gover-
nor Mount today telegraphed President
Mckinley offering the services Of three
regiments and three batteries of Indi-
ana artillery for the protection OF
Americans in China.
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Oregon En- Route to Kure.

Washington. July 1.-THE following
dispatch was received at the. navy de-
partment this morning:
NoJl, July 17.-Oregon is passing
through simonofeki straits on way TO
kure. All well - WILDE"
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TRANSPORT FOR CHINA
Summer Leaves San Francisco With
Troops.

San Francisco. July 1.-THE United
States transport Sumner, bearing a
detachment of troops. surgeons and
hospital assistants, sailed today for
Nagasaki, where L is generally beIiev-
ed further orders will be received di-
recting the vessel TO proceed to Taku.
China.
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EXpedienCe

PhiladeIDhia RecordN
BiObbS-SO Bones has married as ..
ceased Wife'S sister --.
Slobbs-YeS: he didn't want -" .-A7
chances with a new m0ther-ln---"-
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A Prize Pie.

IifeO
..HnSetes 7 Yer. heath. Sylvester,
here d We git the licuor2''
Squeezed it from this -mince ME = Ton,
perance ledy gimme. y = 80 9 S-ii'
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DENVER MAN IS SAFE.
Word Comes From Prof. Van Norman
MCGEE

Denver, Colo, July 17.-Professor
Van Norman MCGEE, who has been in
the thick Of the disturbances in China.
Is Safe. His father. DR.. B. A MCGEE
today received a dispatch from him
sent from Nagasaki, Japan. where he
evidently went on leaving Tien Tsin.
lie was professor of civil engineering
IN the Imperial University of China at
Ten Tsin.
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More Important

0ifeJ
He-Before I propose n any -
should want TO feel sure OF mE-
She-Better be sure of the Si'.-
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like, however, to go to China. do not
know that l will be selected for a
command, but / want to CO.
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ALLIES TAKE TEN TSIN.

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