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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-08-07
Ii Hung Chang Afraid

London Aug 6.-The anti-foreign
power again has the upper hand at
Pekin. According 10 reports emerging
from Ii Hung Chang's lodgings at
Shanghai. his baggage is packed pre-
paratOry to his departure for Pekin.
but it is added he has applied to the
throne for twenty days sick leave. Ii
Hung Chang claims that his represen-
tations to the Yang Use vicerOys and
Taotai sheng VIII be denounced by Ii
Ping Heng. beca use they are friendly
TO the foreigners.
4 news agency dispatch from Shang-
hal. dated today august 81. says it
is rumored there that the vice
roy, Yuan Shi Kai, governor of Shan
Tung, who disapprcgeG of Prince Tuan,
has been killed.
Lii Blames Tuan and Dowager.
The Lokal Anzeiger of Berlin, pub
fishing an interview with Ii Hung
Chang, quotes him as declaring en-
phatically that China mus not in any
circumstances. cede any more territory
to any power. In reply to a question
why the rebellion was not put down.
Earl Ii is reported as having said:
L blame Prince Tuan, the empress
dowager and the whole Pekin govern
ment. But for their lack of energy
the situation would never nave become
so serious"
| Earl Ii told the correspondent that
/ the Boxers would not rebel and were
| loyal to the royal house. This move
ment. he explained, was directed chief
! ~ against native Christians who had
been using International protection to
| Cypress Boxers.
! With reference to the missionaries he
! said:
1t is my firm conviction that the
/ missionaries are always in danger. for
/ the relations between the Chinese popu-
lation and foreigners have been the
cause of nearly all the troubles, and will
always continue to be-
Earl Ii went on to say that Chinese
| hatred of foreigners had been increased
! of late through the action of the
| powers, particularly in the seizure of
| Kairo Chau. which he described as IAN
exorbitant penalty for a couple of mis-
| sionaries."
Referring to the murder of Baron
Won Ketteler, German minister at Pc
kin, he gave positive assurance that
neither Prince Tuan nor any other
member of the government knew Of the
intended killing, and he also declared
that Baron Won KetteIer was not muir
dered because a German, but because
a foreigner; in a word, he was vic
tim of the Chinese hatred of foreigners.
THE Chinese government is not
| strong enough to put down the Box
ers. said Earl Ii. but the thought of
accepting assistance from the powers
to put them down is extremely repug-
nant TO the government
In reply to question as to who was
at the head of the central government,
he said it was administered by Prince
Tuan in the name Of the emperor.
1t is learned now that the members
OF the TSung Ii Yamen who were put
( to death for their alleged prO-fOreign
proclivities, We're not beheaded but
were cut in twain, this bein the Sc
verest penalty under the Manchu code.
Sheng declares that the grand council
at Pekin was ignorant Of the orders for
/ the execution
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-08-07
Blacknev Named in Baltimore.

Baltimore, Md, Aug. GA. A. Blak-
ney of Baltimore county was today
nominated for congress by the RepEb-
leans of the Second district.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-08-07
Rufalo,s Formation Is So .21a.

Washington. Aug. 6-The count of
the population of Buffalo. N Y, just
completed at the census office, is 352,-
2lS. The population in 1880 was 255, 664.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-08-07
TRANSPORT Sherman Arrives.

San Fran DISCO. Aug. 6.-The transport
Sherman arrived from Manila at Il O'Clock
tonight. she has not yet passed quar-
RntinO
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-08-07
Cut in PASSAGE Rates.

The Transportation companies are
now bringing in people first-class for
S2S, while two months ago the fare
was Sl25. The question of transporta-
ton home for thousands of poor fellows
in the fall is a serious one.
Dredging the sand from the sea is
complete failure On the whole,
believe Nome will boom as soon as it
rains. The gold will be mostly from the
creeks, and the tundra prospect is good
for winter diggings. In the winter the
shafts and excavations viii not have
to be timbered. as the ground is frozen.
Thawing machines will have to be
used
The fuel question for winter is ser
ious, for not every one can give $50 a
ton for COAL
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-08-07

Surgeon browns at shansA' '--,r.
Shanghai, Aug. 6.-Passed T-rirei
Surgeon Steoughtou Of me 5roansi
States gunboat Castine was
here Yesterday.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-08-07

Order Railway Conductors
Big picnic, Salt Palace, August Is.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-08-07
Anvil Creek Rich But Dry.

The season on Anvil creek has been
so Dry. there having been neither rain
nor snow since June II, that the creeks
cannot be worked to advantage. Each
sluice box requires a five or six-inch
stream of water or considerable force
One large company on Anvil creek say
they would take out $4,000 a week more
but for the scarcity of water. AS 1t is,
this company is doing well. IT is said
20 have shipped a ton of yellow metal
on the Garonne and some $50, 600 worth
has been sold TO a local bank in Nome
SluiCing with fair results is going
on along many of the creeks, and also
to some extent on the beach The day
has passed, however when a single
man could rock out $75 a day. 1 have
a friend who took out S51 in ten hours,
but he had three shovelers who had to
be paid, beside the expense of a gasc-
line engine to pump water from the
sea. This was on the ground that was
worked with rockers last year.
The story that the beach is gold to
Cape Prince of Wales is undoubtedly
false
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-08-07
SMALLPOX OVER AT NOME.
Former Government Employee Gives
Bright Account.

Washington, Aug "a letter dated
July % has been received at the treas
ury department from a former en-
ploye of the department now at Cape
Nome, Alaska. The writer, who has
the entire confidence of the officials,
saws:
The reports of disease and death
that have been takeft back to the States
are untruthful. The smallpox scare is
all over. There We're twenty cases in
all, and all of them came on the Ore
gon. AS yet there has been no typhoid
but the season has been dry, which
probably accounts for its absence.
There have been twelve violent deaths
here since June 10. Four men have
been drowned, three have committed
suicide and three have been shot.
'Prospectors who have been out over
the country are just beginning to bring
in quartz. Every sample carries a lit
lie gold and some have been worth
$50 ton
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Great French Disastevs

Twenty-Five thousand French prison CTS were taken by the German troops at the battle of Sedan, in the Franco German war, on the 31st of August. 1870, while on the following day, as the result of the German victory, other S3, poo French soldiers surrendered, to- gether with 70 mitrailleuses, 400 field pieces and 150 fortress guns. About i4,000 French wounded were found ly- tng on the battlefield ,and about 5000 escaped into Belgium and laid down their arms. On the 27th of October, in the same year, Marshal Bazaine, after fighting and suffering several defeats 2 the neighborhood of Metz, surren. dered with his army, including Mar shals Canrobert and Le Boeuf, 66 gen. erals. about 6.000 officers, and 173, 900 neh, including the Imperial Guard, 400 pieces of artillery, 100 mitrailleuses ID | 53 eagles or stan dards.
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roBoecANlNo IN CANADA.
A Winter Sport That Is Greatly En-
 ioyed by All Classes.


 Tobogganing is one of the staple amusements in Canada. Sportsaen are not content with the naturally formed "chutes" down the side of hill but construct artificial slides These are generally wooden erections with the planes fixed at an angle Of 45 de- grees, and with a sheer drop of about 100 feet Water is poured over the wooded declivity, which iR the frosty air is soon transformed into ice, with a surface as slippery as glass. When the bottom of the chute is reached the track extends over fields in as straight a direction as possible, though in some cases net particularly level, but the momentum gained by the toboggan in flying down the chute is sufficient to carry 1t over any slight uprisings in the ground. The Canadian toboggan IS light, strong article, about five or SIX feet in length, and about 20 inches h width, composed of 8 number of znar- TOW wooden strips secured longftudt- nally together, curling upward at the front. A handrail sometimes extends along each side of the toboggan to en- able the passengers to hold on, but the general rule is for one passenger to clasp the person seated next in front, the whole row Of travellers being thus linked together for their rapid flight. Tn some cases there are five or six oc~ eupants in one toboggan, and with such a combined weight the sledge flies down the chute as if impelled from a cannon. Both men and women enter into the sport with great gusto, for the fun is fast and furious. When there is only one traveller to the toboggap he lies prone upon it, and in this manner, on account of the small amount of re- sistance that is offered by the atmos- phere, the maximum of speed is gained. The ehutes are properly controlled in order to avoid accidents. One tobog gan is not permitted to leave the sum- nit of the chute until the preceding one has cleared the bottom of the slide. Occasionally, by some mischance tn- cured through faulty manipulation Of the toboggan, 8 spill occurs on the chute, and if following toboggan were to dash into the overturned vessel the result would be relatively quite as dis, astrous and terrible as a collision be- tween express trains.
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No Insult Intended.

Philadelphia Record: While his meal vas being served on Saturday night to 8 West Walnut street exquisite, whom the excessive expenditures of Christ mas week had reduced to cheap res taurant, he showed displeasrre with the manner in which things were served. The constant rattle of dishes on the hard tables and the believing of the walters as they announced their orders to the cooks at the end of the eoom made him nervous. When the busy waiter deposited his order before him the young man began fusillade of Eeproach on the substantial but homely Giands. "De you call that veal cut let?" he demanded of the waiter. ''Why, such a outlet as that is an in. suit to every self-respecting calf in Bucks county" The waiter hung his head for a moment, but on recovering himself, said, in a tone of quiet apoi- Dgy: q really didn't intend to insptt lou. sir,
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Cotton Belt B. lIetin

Annual Con ference NJ r Chur Il, South, Hot SD ings, Ark., Nov q, 19e0.. Rate, one fare for the round rip. Dates cf sals. Ncy, 19 to 92 inclusive, Return limit Nov 27, 1900,
 Arkansas State Baptist Convention Lcolor- ed1 Little Rock. Nov, T to 26, 1966. Rate: One rare for the round trip. Dates of Sale Nov 20. 21 and 9. Return limit, Nov 2d
 San Antonio International Fair, San An tonic. Texas, Oct 20 to Nov 24, 1gQ0 Tor the above occasion the folls wing. round trip rates and arrangements are authorized.
 Rate--One fare plas two dollars for the round trip.
 Return Limit--Tickets to be limited fer re- turn leaving San Antomo up to and inelud- ing Nov. 24, 1900, and for continuous passage in each direction.
 Meetinh Grand Lodgt T. X 4 NJ. of 4 rkan= sas Little Rock. Nov 1a to 3. 19G0 Rate, One fare fer the round tip. bates of sale, Nov r to 19 inclusive. Return limit, Nov 24. 1900.
 Arkansas Baptist State Convention. Hore Ark. Nov. f5 to b, 960. Rate. one fare for the round trip. Dates of sale Nov. Il, 15. It and Is Return limit, Nov. 20, 1000.
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Iron Mountain ates.

Fort Smith, Nov 12 to 20. Ark Conference II E Chureh--Return to points on this lne at one-third fare on the e rtifcate pl3n. Linn. it of certificate Nov 23
 M will sell tickets 10 Chicago rom Nov, l5 to ? inclusive on one fare. Sf9.10 and terminal line will honor our certificates to return at S2. Limit of certificates Nov 2S
 Hot Springs Nov 2l to 26 inclusive One fare for the round trip, selling Nov 19 10 ? ne.usIYe, with final return limit. Nov. 2.
 Grand Lodge Masons. Little Rock Ore fare for the round trip. Dates of sale, Nov r to 19; final return limit, Nov, 24.
 Arkansas Baptist State Convention lcalor= edl, Little Rock. One fare for the round trip. ates of sale. Nov 20 to % inclusive; i; final return limit, Nov 27,
 Arkansas Baptist State Convention, Hope: One fare (!4 54l for the round trip Dates of sale Nov. ii, b, 16 and 16; final return limit, Nov %.
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RELIC Or THE WOODEN NAVY
Old Frigate Franklin wnl Soon Be
 Abardonad a Trs.iass

SA0 EAAS1bo BnI SUOA Ao1
 Abandoned as Useless
 From the Washington Star: "The ancient frigate Franklin, a relic of the old wooden navy, which has been used for many years as receiving ship af the Norfolk navy yard, is soon to be deserted hulk, said naval officet, who has recently visited the Virginia naval station. "She was examined not long ago by a board of officers and it is be- lieyed they will submit eondemnatory report. The policy of the department, as is generally understood, is to do away with the time-honored but an- tiquated and out-of-date system of re- ceiving ships, substituting for them shore barracks similar in general char acter to the quarters occupied by en- listed men at army posts. The tackles of the old school are much opposed to this plan. They cling to their old fogy ideas of a seafaring life and believe recruit should be placed upon the water from the very first. To break him in on shore and have him live in a bar racks, they say, will make the fellow landlubber all of his natural life While the receiving ships of today are noth- ing more than great floating houses, there is nevertheless an air of the sea about them and this the old dogs among the men love. Dismantled and roofed over, the ships haven't much resemblance to a seagoing craft. An other thing in connection with the re- ceiving ships is that the families of commanding officers are allowed to live aboard. The Franklin is historic old boat, and it has been suggested that one might buy her when she is put up St auction and place the craft on ex= hibition in different ports. This would hardly seem to be profitable under SaIzine.
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4 Tale of B Turkey.

From the swea City (Iowa) Herald: Along In the night a large turkey climbed from the ridge ef the roof on Ole Peterson's house to the top of the chimney and sat down, so as to get the benefit of the heat from the fire below. Early in the morning Mrs. Peterson and two children sleeping in the room where the hard coal stove was located were discovered to be Seathly sick and the room was full of gas. The turkey was soon discov- ared and driven off, but it took quite while for the sick to recover.
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When They Rise.

The kaiser rises at so'clock, swal. lows cup of coffee and then begins work. The Emperor Francis Joseph is about at o'clock. and breakfasts on coffee and buttered toast. The king ot Italy. the king of Sweden, the king of the Belgians, the king of Denmark, the sultan and the prince 2-1garia rise at the same hour as . :. -.ry mortals The record for indoler ae=fs .1eld by ex, King Milan. He retire. . -zz: at peep of day, rises at midday cra takes s long time over his break1zs-
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TO THE Residents of Pine Bh AND VICINITY

The City Market will re.o,.| Monday, October |, to retail s| clusively a high grade oi N,Isl Morris & Company's ws,i'.| dressed fresh meats, fine sau,,s'| canned meats, packing house dS| cacies, Lard, Breakfast Bae.| Dried Beef= and Sugar CCa,| Hams, A. C. L. Haase & Sa] Smoked, Salted and Picked RI also Fine Fancy Fresh Fish lt| Lake, River and Ocean, KaI,a,| zoo Celery, New York Coaa| and Baltimore extra Select 0vsl CTS, Dressed Poultry, Wild Dds| Quail and Rabbits in sea,a| Pickles, Potatoes, Cabbage al Caulif1ower. And expect
 courteous treatment, intelliq,Il service, prompt delivery al charging reasonable prices, a continuance of your V. ed patronage.
 R. P. HOLMES, proP.
 2Io West 2d Al
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NAMES On DAYS.
Have Curious DerIvatlons Which Wex
 People Know.

People Know.
 Last night I was at a stag dinner. where the company at large was asked from what source the days of the week derived their names, and only one man put of the twelve present could answer the question, and he was the man wh3 asked 1t, and he was one day wrong at that, for I've since looked the matter np. Sunday and Monday are simple enough, and in themselves suggest their derivation from the sun and moon, but with Tuesday We come 10 the ancient gods of our forefathers, the Engels, that hardy race that displayed the Briton and gave their name to the English people. Tuesday was named for Twi, their god of death. Wednes- Ray for Odin Woden or Wotaa. who occupies in their mythology a position analogous 10 that of Jupiter on Mt, Olympus; Thursday for Thor, the god of air and storm and rain; Friday fer Freia or Freya, the god of peace, and Saturday possibly for Saeterr, an ob scure god of their mythology, but moro probably 1t takes It's name for Saturn. It would seem as though almost any one you would ask would know the derivation of these words of daily use, Sut I'll wager that not one person out of hundred can tell them correctly. It's like the surprise the Bible gives one not familiar with 1t, by the idioms and phrases they will come across when reading it's pages, that are fami- liar and colloquial in the language they use, but which are uttered without the slightest knowledge of whence they came on the part of either speaker or lstener,-New York Tribune.
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Enocom.ning By Removing Judge

RemoVa! Of judge from office for purely economic reasons not personal to him or relating to his administra. ton of the office is held in McCulley Fs. State (Tenn.4. 46 L. +. A. 567, to be not Authorized by constitutional pro- Asion for the removal of judge by concurrent vote of both houses of the general assembly, after notice to the judge. accompanied with a copy of the causes alleged for his removal.
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yke1etops of f,ervlshes,

In l.ondon just at present the fad. dists and the curio collectors are wing with one another for the possession of skeletons of dervishes that have been brought back from the bloody plains before Omdurman. Some 150 to 20G dervish skeletons are on the London market; and experts in bones declare that the1r superiority over the average skeletons of commerce will cause no little stir in anatomical circles.
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 . usina tbA Life RooKet,

81n q coast where shoals and reefa
 .l-o inc yse of life boat impraetie- sbla ar where the breakers and sprS nnt an iusurmountable barrier between tbe distressed crew on 9 wreck ana the brava men on shore, the life rocket IS escorted 10; and, if the ship is within certain distance, the swift trayellng line propelled through the air comes Iika q messenger of hope and lie to those poor souls who, but moment before. seemed beyond the reach ot hu- man aid But, see! Suddenly snow .bite serpent shoots up in the air. II comes nearer and nearer; the anxious Ig strained eyes can now see the line which travels with it. It has reached tbe wreck and has been seized by eager hands. Quickly it is pulled through rail-block, and, as they haul on, stout r6ne soon follows in it's wake. Next comes a hawser, sy means of which food and restoratiyes can be passed to inc sufferers. Lastly comes the 1Ife- baov. and one by one the crew IS safe- lv landed. Sometimes kind of car 1a sent in which several people can be s,sere9 at the same time.
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You Ought to Make Up

your mind right now what you are going to have in your home this summer; then you ought to come right along this way, and look over this stock of ours. Are you going to enter tain your friends in the same old chairs. at the same old table, and on the same eld carpets3 Why not have things fresh and newp Needn't buy all at once. Get a piece now and a piece little lat CT. If you buy here, the first piece will be as good as the last piece.
 BLUFF CITY
 FURNITURE co.
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TALK WITH THE HELIoGRAPH.
How the System of signaling Now in
 Csc in South Africa Is Operated.

How the System of Signaling Now in
 Csc in South Africa Is Operated.
 HeIiographing is "sun writing. By the use of the heliograph the suns rays are flashed over long distances. The letters of the Morse telegraphie code are used, and communication is comparatively easy on bright days. The instrument that Is now used to transmit heliograph messages is ex- eeedingly simple. It consists of a 4ripod carrying a horizontal rod at the top. On this rod is mirror on one end and on the other small upright rod with a movable button. This mir TOT is usually four and a half inches in diameter, and is so arranged that 1t can be rotated both on a horizonta. and on vertical axis. In the middle is small unsilvered spot. The mir TOT is sighted by means of this unsll- vered spot and the button on the rod in front, exactly as a rife would ns aimed. If the button is raised so as to cover the destination of the mes sage, which can be found by compass if it cannot be seen, and the shadow thrown by the unsilgered spot in the middle of the reflection covers the but ton, the instrument is in position. There is a eontrivanee by which the shutter is operated, opening and clos ing over the mirror by means of key, which is pressed like the key of a telegraph instrument. 4 long flash stands for dash, short one for a dot in the Morse system. The greatest distance ever overcome by the helio- graph was that operated over by the United States signal corps between Mount Uncompahgre, in Colorado, and Mount Ellen, in Utah. This was 18s miles. The flashes came and went as regularly as though the distance had been much shorter. Indianapolis prnan
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One on 4FItzhu~h Y.oa

Gen. Fitzhugh Lee is telling this story at his own expense: When he reached Cuba as consul general the telephone operators were not very ia.
 niliar with his name. "W'ot's that name?" commanded one operator. Fitzhugh Lee repeated. Plague take those Chinamen.' was the comment heard from the other end of the wire.
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rne Resources of Newfoundland.

Over 100 years ago explorers an- nounced the discovery of enormous coal fields in Newfoundland It is al> ready known as standing eighth among the copper-producing countries of the world. It also has extensive coal fields. assumes a great deal of importance as a mining and manufacturing region
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Lat st Adai4Ion to the scot.lsh 2os.

The latest addition to the Scottish Zoo is a vlacke vark or emgalla, direct from She lransyaal. It is an ungainly. looking animal. with long tusks and a portentously ugly head. One of the chief peeuliarities of this animal is the enormous projection which Hanks the face on either side just below the eyes. So large are these excreseenees, and so deeply sunk are the eyes, that the creature cannot look behind it Tn the usual manner of animals, and is there fore obliged to hold it's head perpen. dicularly to cast glance over it's own back. AS it always holds it's tail Der pendicularly when l. runs, the genera :, effect is exceedingly ludicrous.
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The Good News SpreadS

and our bus'9 grows larger, and the prices sls' \ CT, every day. People coms ,,,,1 \ from all parts of the city. Hg' ever they need anything, g., II N line, they think of us. we N X furnished more cozy homes \ we could possibly name ..] have done it to the owners ] faction, and we can do the '
 BLUFF CITY
 FURNITURE GU