The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-04-01


Among the guests who are registered at
the Cullen is the Rev. S A. Perrine and
VIE OF lmpur, Maya Hills, Assam, India.
Inc missionary, who, for the past eight
years, has been laboring under the di-
fection of the AmeTif IN Baptist Mission
AIRY Union, is on his way back to his ma
1--WE town of Centralia, Ills, upon va
catlon, and is breaking the journey in
SaIt Lake with the object in view OF ad-
pressing the congregation IN the local
bdptlSt church this morning. In speak
ing OF. his field of operations last night
ne stated that among other things, GER
tam portions of Assam held the proud dis
JUNCTION of bearing the worlds record for
annual average rainfall, especially did
ms nod good in regard to Cherrlprnga, a
Town situated near Shillong, the capital of
assam. This delightful spot one year
totaled up the respectable figure Of 500
ticnes rainfall most of which fell within
the period of six months, while 1t never
IdlIs 70 Keep UP the average OF 90 inches
annually. The missionary stated that he
nad several times been caught in a little
Iour-lnch shower with disastrous results
IN speaking of the government of Assam
n ne Sald: If America does as Well in the
5hllpp1nes towards the natives as does
england in India there Will be no cause
Tor trouble. The people among whom 1
nave been laboring are spirit Worshipers
ana TO all intentS and purposes nude saw
ages During the past five years over 800
OF tnen nave embraced Christianity. At
the present time We have sixty churches
i0cated In the country which is a little
digger than the state of New York and
contains a population of SAG, 1888. This
mass OF humanity is divided into one-half
6enRaleS. One-Quarter ASSameSe proper,
nvlng IN the plains, both Aryans ike our
serves: one-hfth Indo-ChineSe aboriginsS,
hill tribes speaking many different Ian
RuageS. and the remaiader temporary set
tiers. tea planters and the like"
IN speaking of the country north of
Assam, Rev. Perrine stated that Thibet
was perhaps the only UNEMPLOYED country
on the face of the globe today. Despite
Inc TACT that number of travellers had
trled 10 penetrate to the mysterious city
Oh LaSsa, as yet no white man had ever
accomplished the feat, as he was either
CHASED out Of the country or was never
neard from again. Despite the fact that
Tor lye solid years the missionary has not
addressed an audience in his native
tongue he has not lost the genuine Amer
lean accent.
Il look for that Utah wool which has
not already been sold under contract
three months ago to be sold on consign-
nenty said II. L. Hallett, the Boston
Wool buyer, at the Knutsford last night
AT present | do not know of a pound OF
wool that has been shown this week that
has been sold. The market in Utah will
not open before next week at the earliest.
ana then those men who have not vet
Soid their Clips will, in all probability.
mold on TO their wool in the hope of get
ting the same prices as those Who made
contracts last December, but wool is to-
Jay from 10 to Is per cent lower than il
was at mat time. Despite the fact that
WOOL mas taken drop, there is a big
demand for the article the world over
tooay, although perhaps temporarily the
mus MUS are well stocked at the present
K. H. Grinstead of Louisville, XIV. is
Staying at the Cullen. In speaking of the
present political situation in the Blue
Grass state, he laid claim to being a
personal friend of Findlay and to having
met him on the streets of Louisville an
hour after the shooting at Frankfort.
When he shook hands with him and ex-
pressed himself as being shocked at the
Tragedy. Grinstead stated that the people
generally in Kentucky had come to the
conclusion that the only solution to the
present. deplorable situation in the state
was wa 10 elect "a new legislature and vote
all over again."
DIT: Sykes of Mercur has returned from
a trip over to Antelope island, where he
mas Deen during the past week looking
INTO some copper properties in which he
is interested. He stated at the Walker
House that he accomplished the perilous
voyage over to the island without shin
wreck, and upon taking constant sound
ingS found bottom all the way across at
never more than five feet The medical
man dllated upon the animal life and
general fauna of the island such as rat
tieSnaKeS. buffaIOpS and Eina- sra-a-aII,y