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Waterbury Democrat., 1900-12-04
DISTRICT COURT
John Stokes Pleaded Guilty of Keep
 ing His Saloon Open Sunday.

John Stokes Pleaded Guilty of Keep
 ing His Saloon Open Sunday.
 The wheels of justice in the district court revolyed backward for while this forenoon. To-day was the regular day for the opening of the criminal term of the court but there being very little business to be disposed of the usual crowd and bustle were absent. The only lawyers present were Prose cutor Bronson ard F.. r. Guilfoile. Judge Cowell was telling a funny story about the late war when tic prosecutor of his court bounded in upon him and expressed surprise why court had not opened. In q minute Janitor McGraW
 was fighting with the sometimes i'm movable window shades and Sheriff igney was getting into his blue blouse with the gold buttons and Mir Bron- son was getting out of his macintosh. Soon all was ready for the administra- tion of justice. the court mounted the bench and in the excitement of the occasion Mir Bronson asked that the civil side be opened. This was done in second and S3 was charged up against the district. Then MT Bron- son announced that John Stokes of Bank street, Brooklyn. was present with his counsel. Attorney Guilfoile
 to plead guilty to keeping open his saloon one Sunday. In the lower court Stokes was fined ST5 and costs. which amounts to S90.S1, and he was present simply to avoid trial and spare the district so much expense. At this point Sheriff Rigney reminded Mir Bronson that he was doing criminal business in civil court which was contrary to law. MT Bronson replied that he could not help the mistake. he feeling very civil this morning. This spuib cost q fly that was lettering on ] the clerks desk. it's sight. someone civ- 1 ing it the contents of q pen-full of ink
 on the head. So the wheels of justice | had to be turned backward. civil side | had to be adjourned and the criminal i side opened, all of which was done
 without any friction in the operations | of the court Stokes was then formal l ly put to plea. He paid his fine and
 departed. Court then adjourned to
 next Tuesday when the jury will sit.
Waterbury Democrat., 1900-12-04
AMERICAN SAILOR SHOT.
A Colored Tar Lured Into a Marriage
 . and Is Now Dying.

B New York, Dec 4.-William Bent. colored man B years old, and a sailor on the United States warship Monon- gahela, is dying in Roosevelt hospital from a pistol wound in his right side. which he received during an altered tionlSin the rooms of a white woman he had married last night. Bent was formerly attached to the warship New York, and took part in the lombard ment of Santiago. He had q day off yesterday and brought large sum of money on shore. with him. He went to a house in West Twenty street where he met a white woman known only as '.Dolly.' The two drank together for a while and then sent for a preacher. who married them.
 After the marriage there was a cele-
 bration attended by large number of colored people. culminating in a row in
 which Bent was shot by some one not known.
Waterbury Democrat., 1900-12-04
INDUSTRIAL, MEETING.

New Orleans, La, Dec 1.-The South ern industrial convention will meet here today. Several hundred dele gates are expected. Governor Heard is here from Baton Roue to deliver the welcoming address. The Nicaragua canal, cotton factories. textile educa- ticn. improvement of gulf ports. com pulsory arbitration. deepening the mouth of the Mississippi river, rail- roads and other subjects will be di- yided among committees of delegates from all states and each subject will be acted upon separately
Waterbury Democrat., 1900-12-04
ANOTHER FOOT RAUL GAME.

New York, Dec 4-W. B. Shoemak- CT, the manager Of the Columbia uni versity foot ball team. has received word from the University of Califor- nia to the effect that the Pacific coast team would be pleased to meet the New York team on the gridiron during the Christmas holidays. As the Colum- bia team is willing to take the trip and permission has already been SC cured from the faculty committee. ii is not unlikely that the game will take place.
Waterbury Democrat., 1900-12-04
NAVIGATION COMPANIES UNITE.

San Francisco. Dec 4.-Advices have been received here that the Chilian Navigation company and the British Pacific Steam Navigation company have decided upon a joint fortnightly service to Mazatlan and San Francis co. The British Pacific company will send the first vessel to the port from Valparaiso on December 26 next. From that date on the two companies have steamer lines from Valparaiso by the way of Panatma to OcoS, the most northern port of Guatemala.
Waterbury Democrat., 1900-12-04
LOOKING FOR swINDLER.

Stamford. Dec 1.-The police of this city are looking for a stranger, who, it is alleged, swindled a number of mef- chants here yesterday. According to the police, the man visited several stores. mostly clothing stores, and pre- sented checks bearing the signature of J. H. Beers. well known local con- tractor. The man was dressed as a painter. carrying pot of paint and several brushes. The last seen of the alleged swindler was when he was boarding an east-bound train last night
Waterbury Democrat., 1900-12-04

We're Instigators of the Massacre of
 Christians.


 London, Dec IA special dispatch from Nan Kow Pass. dated November 30. says the Kalgan expedition was in effective, the Chinese evading all at tempts to engage them. The towns en route were occupied unopposed and some tolls of skins. and silver were levied. The cavalry captured the bag gage of the retrea ting Chinese force at Swen Hive Flu killing thirty of its guards and secured 20.0CO taels.
 Three mandnrins, who were insti- gators of the massacre of converts at Tsi Ming. and twenty-three Boxers. were executed, But the Germans gen erally ignored evidences of anti-for- eign activity
 There are continuous disturbances in the interior, where a bad impression has been made by the excessive with drawal of foreign troops and the con- placency of the allies. The mission aries anticipate recrudescence of the outrages.
Waterbury Democrat., 1900-12-04
TEACHERS NARROW ESCAPE.

Prof Starr of the University of Chi-
 cago Dragged By Car.
 Chicago. Dec 4.-Prof Frederick A. Starr of the University of Chicago had a narrow escape from death while at tempting to board a Cottage Grove avenue cable car at Lake avenue. The ear was going at full speed and with his clothing caught in the rear step Prof Starr was dragged for fifty feet before the car was brought to stand. He was piceked up by the conductor for dead and was taken into store in the neighborhood, where he soon re. vived from the shock. He was consfd. erably bruised about the head and legs.
Waterbury Democrat., 1900-12-04
PREFER THE PosToFFICE.

Southport, DecS4.-An extraordinary xnaass meeting of citizens is to be held in Greenfield hill. two miles north of Ithis place, to-morrow night The pur- poses of its promotion is nothing less than one calculated to prevent the es ltablishment of rural mail delivery For some unknown reason the resi- dents prefer the postoffice. g+
Waterbury Democrat., 1900-12-04
TRAINS IN COLLISION.

Suisin. Cal. Dec Hive men killed and twenty-two injured was the result |of collision between construction and freight train on the South Pa cific railroad. five miles from here, to- lday The injured were brought here. The killed and injured were laborers employed in laying the track.
Waterbury Democrat., 1900-12-04
THE GEAR RECOVERING.

Liyadia. Dec 1.-The physicians of the czar issued the following bulletin to-day: "The cZar passed the last twenty -four hours very satisfactorily. Yesterday evening his temperature was 1O0.6 and his pulse 80. This morning his temperature was 96.6; pulse 66. His general condition is very good. His majesty is now able to sit in an i1r- yalids chair at intervals during the day.
Waterbury Democrat., 1900-12-04
SIX ARE NOW DEAI;

Chicago. Dec 4.-'Fhe corrected list of casualties of the explosion last night of a boiler in the lighting and heat ing plant of the Chicago and North western railroad. shows six dead and sixteen injured. Five of the latter will die. Hugh McGregor was added to the list of the dead to-day.
Waterbury Democrat., 1900-12-04
PRESIDENTIAL APPOINTMENTS.

Washington. Dec 4.-The president to-day sent to the senate q large num- Der of recess appointments. among them being William D. Bynum of h. diana to be. a committee to revise and codify the criminal and penal laws of the United States and William A. Johnson of New Jersey to be first as siStant postmaster general. t
Waterbury Democrat., 1900-12-04

ARRIVAL OF SHEA MFRS. New York. Dec 4.-Arrived: Steam CTS FurneSsia from Glasgow; Cana dian, from Newcastle.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-09-11
WAS NOT A THIEF.
CPhiladelohia TimesO

philadelphia Times)
Once, when he first came to London and
was laying the foundation of his great ca
reer. the future lord chief justice went
to the pit of a theatre. The piece was pop
ular, the pit was crowded and the young
advocate had only standing room. All of
a sudden man at his side cried out that
his watch was stolen. Mr.. Russell and two
other men were hemmed in.
1T is one of you threer cried the man
minus the watch.
well. we had better go out and be
searched" said Mr.. Russell, with the
alertness of mind that did not fail him at
a trying moment amid an excited crowd.
A detective was at hand and the sugges-
ton was accepted. AS Mr.. Russell walked
out the idea flashed through his mind that
if the man behind him had the stolen
property he would probably try to Sc
crete it in the pocket of his front rank
man. Quick thought he drew his coat
tails about him-onfy to feel, to his hor-
round already in his pocket. While he
for him the detective energetically seized
the hindmost man. eXclaiming, What,
YOU rascal, at it AGAIN." To Mr. Russell
and the other man he apOlOgized and
babe them go free. But Mr.. Russell, be-
fore he had taken many steps, reflected
that he could not keep the watch. He
went back to the box Office and explained.
with a courage on which he afterWard
said he rarely experienced greater de-
mands, that though he did not take the
watch he had it. So saying, he put his
hand into his pocket and pulled out-a for
gotten Snuffbox.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-09-11
WIS PERTINENT QUESTION

Senator Eugene Hale of Maine told re-
Gently with amused chagrin. of a passage
at arms he had with Mr.. WI, the Chinese
minister, says the New York Tribune. The
east was under discussion, and the sena-
tor had trOtted out number of instances
OF maltreatment, and even worse. that
the missionaries had met with at the
hands of their eastern brethren. The SEN
atOr then pointed out to the minister that
TINS was hardly the way in which the mis-
sionary should be received, and that a
liberty of faith should be accorded their
this hOmily the Chinese minister had
grinned sympathetically, but a trifie de-
risively.
Liberty of religious thought. eh?" WI
inquired tentatively, when his chance
came. You not always give liberty of
religious thought in this country; you
sometimes prosecute the missionary in
these great United States, l think2' To
this, needless to say, the junior senator
from the Pine Tree state interposed a
vigorous denial
mo, you never do such things here.
never! You never prosecute the poor mis-
sionary! You are too high-minded. You
have too much freedom of thought for
THAR And here Wu's derisive smile grew
diabolical. How about that Levantine
affair?''
'.Levantine AFFAIR."" was the puzzled in
auiry.
What did you do there?"
And then the senator suddenly remem-
bered the fate of a Mormon missionary at
Levant, Me. The keen Celestial eye of the
Chinese minister saw the look of under
standing in Senator Hale's eyes, and he
drove the nail nome.
What did you do with that Mormon
missionary at LeVant, Ell? You gave him
what is called the tar and feathers; is it
not sop
But the senator had no response at
hand
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-09-11
LEARNING TO SPEAK ENGLISH

(Manila Letter in Chicago Record.)
When the first troops scrambled up
the landing stage at SOrsogon and
dashed down to the broad, grassy pla-
"a, not knowing what moment the in
surgent rifles were going to begin their
deadly protest, they found a great
crowd of natives assembled in the
shade of a projecting porch of a hemp
goodwin. Out in the foreground was a
fat. puffy. bulbous-nosed old Spaniard
with goggles. He was trying valiantly
and noisily to show proper spirit of
gladness and gratitude at the arrival of
los AmericanOs. To do this he was in
thanksgiving-and this was the song he
sang as the troops shuff1ed hurriedly
by him:
s'Coom to Hesus-coom to Hesus."
A Sulu Moro went over to Sandakan,
in Borneo, and after the Americans
took the southern islands he returned
and spoke to his fellow islanders in
this wise:
Il have known for many months that
the Americans were coming to Sulu.
So went to Sandakan and learned to
speak their language. 1 am now full
1edged brother 10 the Americans. 1
love them all L will live with them
and be one of them"
In time the Americans heard of the
wonderful Moro who spoke their native
tongue, and so they searched him out.
It didn't take long, however, to find
the extent of the accomplished mar
vets vocabulary. Although he had pro-
claimed far and wide that he could
speak English like brother American,
it was found that he could utter only
three words, and these he repeated
over and over with great pride and
JUNCTION. These words were:
Run, mouse, run.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-09-11
HEAVEN, HEAR NY VOWy


It is enough for today to say that
the writer of this article will never
stultify the work of more than TWEEN
ty years by accepting such a plat
form (the Republican national plat
form of 1896, or any candidate nom
mated on such "a platform. We be-
ieve within it lies the germs Of
what, if permitted to grow, will
overwhelm this country and its in
stitutions in the near future.
We simply wish to have it under
stood that personally the writer Of
this article will never support again
in all his life a gold candidate on a
gold platform, no matter what party
may present him or what his claims
on general principles may be for the
suffrage of the American people,
Salt Lake Tribune, June 10, 1896.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-09-11
AMERICAN SLANG.

In party coming across the other
day was jolly woman from Baltimore,
says the New York Times. who had an
inimitable way of spinning a yarn, en-
riching it with some rare slang that
would do credit to Baxter, and acting
out an accompaniment with gestures
and facial expressions quite her own.
She went into one of the big glove
stores in London with her husband
and among other things that were
shown to them was a fine pair of driv-
ing gloves made of an expensive skin
and lined with a soft. downy fur. The
shopman explained the merits of the
goods in detail. and the woman. pick
ing up the gloves, put one on. Turning
20 her husband, she exclaimed:
Why, Fred, these would tickle pop
to DEATH
The salesman appeared astonished.
and, addressing his customer in the
most serious manner imaginable, said:
NO, madam; these gloves are Just
as they are represented. They are reg
ular made and we will warrant them
not to tickle, nor will they scratch.
They are the finest things in the mar
While almost conyulsed. the Balti-
moreans constrained their laughter for
another time, bought the gloves, and
marched forth in very dignified way.
A friend of this Baltimore woman had
been in Italy. and While there bought a
number of pieces. of statuary. The
women met in London, and the one
who had been in Rome asked the friend
to go with her to one of the big depart
ment stores with a view of comparing
prices on Statuary.7 They rode out to
the place and were strolling about the
art room when they came across a
marble bust of Edna May Said the
Baltimore woman to her company, and
pointing at the counterfeit of Edna
May:
here"
NO" said a demure saleswoman
VINO was showing the goods Shes
an actress
well, anyway, she cut a lot of ice
over in New York. said the Baltimore
woman as she walked off into a corner
! TO have a quiet laugh
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-09-11
OLD SPORT ON POKER.
est. Paul GFobe.o

est Paul Gfebe.l
- clear brain and steady nerve will
win out in the long run said the old
sport. but there are times when the
opposite is the case. Take the game
of poker, for instance. Did you ever
sit in a game with brain keenly alert
for everything that is going on. and
play a whole night without even get
ting three of kind. while the player
opposite, with a brain befuddled with
drink, fills in four fiushes and rakes
in nearly every pot2 Occurrences of
this kind are q travesty on the old
saw, but they are only possible when
the game IS on the square.
II had an experience of the kind
some years ago that made the old saw
look like so cents l had been invited
10 join in a quiet game with a quarter
limit and a rounder of 90 cent pots
whenever a full hand of Jacks or bet
ter was called. There were several
strangers in the game and 1 determined
TO keep my brain clear 1 stuck to
hthia and lemon for two hours, at the
end of which 1 found myself almost
cleaned out. Ny steady brain had been
able to get on an occasional pair, but
as to filing a flush or full house, it
had been brilliantly unsuccessful.
" Switch, said to myself and
switch 1t was. The next time it came
TO ordering drinks, I said brandy. We
udQ Struck one OF these 0U-CenL round
ers Just then and 1 opened the pot
with jacks and tens, the fifth card be-
ing a king While the others We're
making up their mind to stay. 1 drank
my brandy and without skinning over
my hand again I discarded what l be-
lieved to be the king. The brandy,
striking my cold stomach, went ting
ling through my veins and clogged my
brain. I drew in my card, looked at ii
without taking a glance at the others.
L bet the limit and the next man drop
ped The man opposite me raised and
the others quit 1 raised and my OPP
ponent lifted again. 1 went him an
other fifty and he came back. Then l
boosted again and he threw his cards
into the deck.
I was about to do the same when
somebody demanded to see my openers.
| threw them down face upwards and
brought to light three jacks, ten spot
and king. 1 had discarded one of
my tens instead of a king. The other
fellow had quit with a pat straight,
my confident betting, due to the brandy,
throwing him off. 1 took more of the
same several times after and quit the
same when it broke with tidy bit 10
the good. 1 don't recommend brandy as
a regular concomitant to poker, but
you can draw your own conclusions
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-09-11
|I:I!llI'|9I6|[II

Why. OF course you have heard OF
the Burlington. Everybody 10,
Nevertheless you win be SURPRISED
when you see the train It's a wohoeI,
and that diner is immense: the hedls
cannot be excelleds the neatnesS o.
the napery. courteous walters, cleahll-
ness and service in general are ap-
petizers. The improvements IN t-acN
have made the Burlington almost
noiselesS- You can sleep in sleeper
dine in a diner, smoke in a smoker,
read in a library car and reciine II q
reclining chair car all under one roof
And TO make this whole thing go ths
Burlington has the largest engines II
the west. They are as high as nous,
as fast as a whirlwind. and weigh L.
tons each You should go over tuLs
road TO see and ride behind one u
these monsters
Two trains a day from Denver 70
the east. The Chicago Special leaves
Denver at 4 p. m, the Vestibuled Fryer
at 10 D. m, for all points east Thr9ush
sleepers daily, Ogden. Salt Lake, Provo
to Denver, Omaha and Chicago via no
Grande Western and Burlington
route.
Tickets at Offices of connecting lines
Ticket office. 10 West Second South
street, Salt Lake City.
r. r. NESLEN,
General Agent
c. P. PRUITT,
Trav. Pass and Freight Agent
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-09-11
SOLDIERS AND PARTIES.

arteries enlist
followed
their Major Major ranked the
of the regular exec Office
he
notw to run
Fiipfnos exactIya as the hay
In the of
either a friend the
Of
a
roucbna
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-09-11
COUNCIL FINANCIERING.

Salt Lakes
it
years with the option of redemption
dated Aug 20 suH
anxious make
bids in
and
mtee in
to pay.
The a ewho charge
bid to
ern
who
played
through a sbanda
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-09-11
SHORT STORIES.
The SINGING Mute

Colorado Springs Gazette.)
Joblots attended a concert one evening,
and not having been educated to the sub
tleties of classic music, it soon became
evident to his friend that he was slightly
bored.
Joblots almost groaned when the violin
soloist appeared and quietly adjusted a
queer looking bit of metal to the bridge OF
his instrument. But when the soft, al
most human tones of the violin began to
float through the hall, JOblots manifested
considerable interest and pleasure. At the
conclusion of the selection JoblOts, for the
first time that evening, applauded vocifer-
ously, and turning to his friend said:
Say, Bob, what was that thing he put
on his fiddle to make il sound that way2
That" replied Bob, was a mute"
"A mute" repeated Joblots- We'll
that's the first mute l ever heard that
liked
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-09-11
UTAHS CITIZEN SOLDIERS

the has
in
national
ii,
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o a
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-09-11
SOCIETY NOTES.

Mrs. Guy NJ. Palmer and Mrs. ,Briant
Wells left yesterday for San Fran
cisco, from which place they viii short
ly sail for the Philippines.
= 81 81
The Young Ladies' Aid society Will
give an excursion to Saltair Thursday.
There will be an interesting pro-
Sramme, among the sDecialties being
the Terrible Swede'' in trick bicycle
riding.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-09-11
How NicefelIo Got Even.

CNew York Weekly.)
Irate Father found my best coat
hanging on the fence with the tail torn
all to S:ieceS-
Daughter (quietIy)-You shouldn't have
left it in the hall.
Irate Father-Why shouldn't /?
Daughter-Most likely Mr.. NicefeIIo put
it on over his other last night. 1t was
a little cool. and-er-I presume you for
got to tie up the Cog
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-09-11

Herald
hu wherein they differ
question of the
Dene OF the
nhoa heresy Who
OIL Utah. which
ihsi who asks to him
this
the wayfarer it plain
TINS campaign Mr. of
certainly be accepted
the supreme Is
ay the same he in
LOO NO one is disposed the
western sDouters
Ver and willing al
pieco
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His Hope.
washington Star. }

I am very much afraid said one emf
nent Chinaman, that the European pow
ers are entirely too formidable for us
So am l." answered the other. MY
only nope is that they will undertake to
strike terror to our hearts by ma king aw-
full examples of one another"
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-09-11

We believe and affirm : that
Tor the present there is no cues
ton of currency to be consid-
cred by the citizen. Utah Re
publican state platform.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-09-11
Candid Confession.
washington starr

washington starr
DO you think the arguments in your
speech are plauSibie2' asked the orator s
confidential friend
THAT has nothing to do with the case -
was the prompt reply. Il don't care
whether they are plausible or not, so long
as they are applaudabIe."
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-09-11

Birmingham Age-Herald: Ii Hung
Chang's status QUO Is as difficult of
definition as his policy or peacock
feathers.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-09-11

Baltimore American: Ii Hung
Chang is still appealing to the empress
dowager. though her whereabouts are
unknown. This is another evidence of
the unusual abilities of thai willy old
statesman