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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-02-14
HelEo fos. WOEssers
Who Are Always TES'eds

g 1 do not feel very well, | am so
tired all the time"
You hear these words every day; as
often as you meet your friends just SO
often are these words repeated. More
than likely you speak the same signih-
cant words yourself. and no doubt you
do feel far from well most of the time.
Mrs. Ella Rice, of Chelsea, Wis,
whose portrait we publish, writes that
she suffered for two wears with bear
ing-down pains, headache, backache,
and had all kinds Of Miserable feelings.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-02-14
CHINESE OFFICIALS POLITELY REFUSE
TO COMMIT SUICIDE TO OBLICE ALLIES

PeIkin, Feb. 13.-At least three Of the
Chinese to whom Emperor Kwnag Su
sent a choice of suicide in pursuance
Of the demand of the powers for their
punishment with death, have declined
to comply and the emperor has with
drawn his request that they should de-
strOy themselves. His majesty now
telegraphs Prince Ching that when he
agreed to the terms OF the joint note
the latter only required that the pun
ishment should fit the crime, and he
argues that if the worst of the guilty
deserve death, the others should be
punished in other ways. The foreign
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-02-14
lust Cause for Complaint.

Bonneville JOuTnal.l
Mrs. Wiggles-I always said that the
BFOwnSOns were mean people.
AIr. Wiggles-What have they done
now
Mrs Wiggles-Why, they moved yesteT-
day and they had three of those large
covered moving vans. so that all you
could see Of their furniture was while IL
was being carried from the front door to
the cart.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-02-14

tempted 10 board the O'Clock train
yesterday morning and fell beneath
the wheels
The limb will be sent to Kaysville
today and further efforts will be made
to discover the identity of the Indian
and the particulars of the accident.
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PerfectlV NatnraI.
PhiIadelnhia Recordl

philadelphia RecOrd)
Stranger-They tell ME this is a very
healthy country; not many deaths here.
COwboy-WeIl. BronehO Pete died last
week.
Stranger-Ah. but that wasn't a natural
death.
Cowboy-What! Lemme tell yer, mister.
when a feller's ketched stealth boss
there couldn't be nOthin happen to him
more natural than death.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-02-14
In the Year POGO.

Detroit Free PTess.)
Here, said the husband of the New
Woman, entering q tailor shop and lay
ing a bundle on the counter. you viii
have to alter these trousers. ! can't wear
them al all as they are
Really" replied the tailor, as he open
ed the bundle. You must excuse me- my
dear sir. but these are your wife s..
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-02-14
a Poverty-gtrieken Crowd.

New York Weeklyl
Visitor tat pOOrhouse)-Where did that
fine-loOlEing pauper come from2
Superinte ndent-The city. He owns the
St Fashion flats
My goodness Why is he here?''
He charges such high rents that they
have been empty since the second year. -
Hum, He seems to be on familiar
footing with "a good many of the other
paupeTs.
Yes, they are the people who We're
his tenants the first year
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-02-14

New York, Feb. 13.-President &c
kinney has informed his cabinet, IN
officially that he has heard from Am
b2ssadOr ChOate and that Mr.. ChOate
is not disposed to accept the attorney
generalship.
II president made the tender Of this
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-02-14
Russians in Rattle.
CnOATE DECLINES
TO STEP INTO CRICCS' SHOES

place to Mr.. Choate several weeks ago,
desiring to get the strongest available
man to succeed Mr.. Griggs. Mr.. Choate
wishes to continue as ambassador to
the court of st. James, If that is salts
factory to the president and no change
at that post is expected.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-02-14
Attack of NeTt-Morningness

Chicago TrIbune)
Mrs. SelldOm-Home-My husband, Door
man. was so sick this morning that
was awfuliy uneasy about him.
Mrs GOfreQuent-What was the matter
with him2
Mrs Selldom-Home-I though at first It
was grip. but he told me il was nothing
but slight attack of katzenjammer. lie
saws that's French for Indigestion, and
he'll be all right in day or two.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-02-14
Still a Sufferer.

Detroit Free PTesS)
Parke-COme home and take dinner vita
me.
Lane-But your wife doesn't expect me,
does she?
Parke-What OF that? can smooth 1t
over with her later
Lane (grimIy)-MaybC You can. But that
doesn't make il any better for me-
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-02-14
In Character.


indianapolis PreS5.)
''YOu know old Hikers, who never made
d positive statement in his hfe2'
yep.
Wen, the other day his boy rushed in
his store and told him the family horse
had fallen dead. and what do you suppose
he said2
Il pass.
He stared a moment and then yelled
We'll, l viii be teetotally doggone-prob-
ablv'f
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-02-14
CURRENCY BILL PASSED.
Other Business is Transacted by the
Senate.

Other Business is Transacted by the
Senate.
Washington, Feb. 13.-When the SEN
ate convened. today the blind chaplain
made reference to the death of Mrs.
Thomas c. Platt, wife of the senator
from New York.
During the greater part OF the day the
senate was engaged il executive ses-
sion and in the counting of the cleo
toral vote for the president and the
vice president OF the United States.
Late in the afternoon consideration of
the agricultural appropriation bill was
resumed, but little progress was made.
At the night session beginning at S
O'Clock, the District of Columbia code
b1ll was read.
At the opening of this mornings ses-
sion. Mr.. Clark {Wyo) presented the
credentials of his colleague. Francis. II
Warren. reelected senator from Wy
DINING for a tenn Of six years, begin
ming March 4, 1901.
No More Pension Bills.
Ia reporting favorabIy a batch Of
private pension bills, Mr. Gallinger.
chairman If the committee on pensions.
gave notice to senators that it would
he useless for chem to Introduce any
more pension bills at this session as the
committee on pensions could handle no
more
M. Money (AIiss) reported from the
foreign relations committee bill 70
prevent the sale of firearms, opium and
Intoxicating liquors in certain islands
of ti.c Pacific and asked for its inn
mediate consideration.
MIR. Morgan (Ala,5 remarked that he
dsssented from the report and there
=9bjected to consideration of the
bill.
At 11:4C the senate. on motion of Mr..
Hawley tSorn.) went into executive
session.
At 1880 p m. the senate resumed
business in open session. a night ses-
sion for the purpose Of reading the
District of Columbia code bill was
agreed to.
The senate then proceeded TO the han
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-02-14
Friendly encouragement

Indianapolis Press)
SimmonS-SinCe thinking Ii over nave
concluded that perhaps you are second
Timraons-Oh. thank you Er-but
:.irhe actors say Shakespeare does not
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-02-14
Distressing Doubt.

philadelphia Record)
The trouble with our sex, declares the
Female Suffragfst. rs lack of decision -
That's right, replied the cynic, half
of you haven't decided whether you want
to be women or men,"
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-02-14
The Prevailing Idea.


tBucAst
Little jefferson Davis SOgback ian Ar
kansaW lad)-PaW, what Is an enterpflsln
on Man Sogback Chis father)--Aw! \
Yankee, or some other sort of burned
foreigner.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-02-14
Her Choice.

(l-ife.)
oh. mamma, mayn't 1 so TO the party
the little girl next door IS going 10 glVet
NO. my dear, it would hardly be the
thing as Won are wearing mourning
oh, dear me. 1 think I'd almost rather
give up the mourning
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-02-14
Ancient Id Modern seienee.


buffalo ExpressO
'sArchimedeS.' remarked the scieutiSJi
said ne could move the earth If he had
lever long enough and proper tulCTum-
Yes replied his friend, 'Archlmedes
was the NilOla Tesla Of his age
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-02-14
AS to Some Handwriting.


Detroit Free Press.)
Fred-Do you think a mans character
is shown in his handwriting
Kate-lf it is. some Of them must be
perfectly dreadful.
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'Nough Said.

dayton News.)
The only Republican editor in Indiana
favorable to The ship subsidy lives at
MUncie. Ii is Neely's town.
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Warning for &c. Nation.

Chicago Times HeraidO
IN he meantime Il Is only fair to warn
Mrs Nation that she will make The mis-
take of her life il she ever attempts ID
carry her war into kentucky.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-02-14
ELECTORAL VOTE
is COUNTED
Mckinley and Roosevelt Are
Declared Elected.
C0L0RADO'S VOTE is
ANNOUNCED FOR TEDDY
Error is Rectifed--Irregularity
in Arkansas Unchallenged.

Washington, Feb. 13-The ceremony of
counting the electoral vote for president
ana vice presidenC cast at the election last
fan took place in the hau OF the hOuse Of
representative at i O'Clock today at a
joint session Of the house and senate
The method OF counting The vote is pre-
scribed with great detail by the statutes
and was followed literally today. Great
caowds thronged the galleries to witness
the interesting spectacle.
at 1916 proceedings in the house were
suspended and five rows Of seats upon
the right of the hall We're vacated for the
members of the senate.
At one minute of O'Clock Colohei
Ramsdeu, sergeant at arms Of the SEN
ate, appeared at the main door opposite
the sneakers desk and announced the
nresident pro ten and members Of me
senate. Tho members of the house IUae
10 -cceive them. while pages carrying Lhe
baskets in which the electoral returns
were deposited took them TO inc clerk
desk.
Senator Frye, president Pre- TEN of the
senate. ascended the rOStrum and TOOK AIS
place at the right of Speaker Henderson
10 preside over the Joint session Tx
sided over tho joint session when the
electoral vote was counted four years
ago. Immediately below Speaker Hen
iersors aud Senator Frye at the clerk
Senators Chandler of New Hampshire stEd
Caffery of Louisiana and ReprcSenJslllH IS
GrOsNenOr of Ohio and AlcndrQSOI OF
Tennessee, thanked on either hand DS the
secretary of the house Mr.. Bennett and
the CLERK OF the house Mr.. Mcdowell
Still below them on the floor the Otnet
officers OF the house and senate ranged
themselves in front Of the marble ros-
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-02-14

those who are least guilty deserve
death, and as there is no worse pun
ishment, all must suffer that penalty.
Unless the court changes its views no
immediate settlement is possible.
Russians in Battle.
London, Feb. ia special dispatch
from Shan Hal Kuan, dated Feb. Il,
says the Russians lost forty men killed
in an engagement at KaO ChiaO and
that they refused the assistance of the
allies. 1t is hoped that the arrival OF
Sir Walter Hitler (adviser to the Brit
ish military authorities in China at
Pekin) vii expedite the negotiations
with the Chinese court.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-02-14
A Greeting.

Chicago RecOrd.l
well have you no twentieth century
greeting for me, Perkins
yes, of course. Lend me a dollar
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-02-14

To Cure the Grip in Two Days.
Laxative BrOmO-Quinine removes the
cause.
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count OF VOC Begins.

Senator Frye raped loudly for order
when all We're seated
The senate and the house OF represent
tatives of the United States he an
nOunced, ARE in joint session, pursuant
10 the constitution and laws OF the
United States for opening the cerufica ties
and counting the votes for electors Tor
president and vice president of the United
States. II there is no objection the for
nal portions of the certificates will be
omitted. The certificate of the state OF
Alabama viii be READ by -he teHerss who
viii make list of votes therefrOm.
Thereupoa Senator Chandler read in eX-
tense The c--tifiCaUe of the vote of Ala
baraa. XII ing ,5iCveu votes for William
Jennings 3ryan Of Nebraska for president
and eleven votes for Adlei +. Stevenson
of Illinois Cor vice president.
When Senator Caffery was about to
read the certificate of the state of Ar
kansas, Senator COcEreu Of Missouri ad-
dressed the chair;
can we not dispense with the reading
of these certificates" he asked, and
have simply the result announced? !
think we can trust the telleTS-
This remark created general laughter.
Sena ter E'rYe said consent already had
been given to dispense with the formal
TeaCmg of the certificates, but he thought
it might be necessary to read the certifi-
Gates of Arkansas. owing 10 a slight ir-
regularity. This showed that one of the
eleCtOr~ bad been eDsenC, and that the
governor had appointed a substitute The
certificate was not challenged, however
and the tellers proceeded TO announce the
result
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-02-14
Colorado's vote for Roosevelt.

when he announced the vote of Colorado,
created a general Cutburst OF merriment
Le announced thar Colorado had cast
four votes for William ]. Pan of Ne
braska for president and four for TheO-
dUTe Roosevelt OF New York for vice
..Oh. on. nor shouted Mr. Richardson
one OF Jhe Democratic tellers, while the
members and spectators Joined III the
laughter that followed. Mr.. GrOsVeuOr
corrected the error
The certificates were knOtted firmly 8,
and the operation of opening thS bulky
Packages and seeking out the result was
attended with many delays When Mary
hand eight votes were announced for
Mckinley and Roosevelt there was a
slight ripple of applause, and the same
response was made TO the announcement
of Nebraska vote CT neral GrCSVenOr
announced the vote Of the president $
own state, but it created no CemOnStra-
Upon the conclusion Of the announce
meat of the vote the telIers formally as
senator Chandler announced the total
vote cast as Az of which William McKin-
ley of Ohio received for president 292;
William j. Bryan OF Nebraska, 49, and
OF which Theodore Roosevelt OF New
York received Tor vice president 292. and
Adlai r. Stevenson of Illinois 100.
Mckinley Declared Elected.
Thereupon. in accordance with the
Statute, senator Frye proclaimed the
state Of vote as delivered to him.
This announcement of the state OF vote
BY the president of the senate lis by law
a sufficient demonstration that William
Mckinley of Ohio has been elected presi-
dent and Theodore Roosevelt has been
elected -ice president for the term be-
ginning March 4, 1901, and VIII he entered,
together with a list OF the vOteT. on the
journals OF the house and senate. The
count of electoral votes having been com
uleted and the result declared, the Joint
meeting of the two houses Is dissolved
and the senate VIII now return 10 its
chamber.
A tremendous OutbuFst of applause then
swept over the galleries. The senate then
filed out of the hall and the ceremony
was ended.
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evidence at the trial L0dI Mr.. May
brick was a confirmed arsenic eater,
although the secret had been carefully
kept from the young wife. Neverthe
less, the two had become alienated and
Mrs. Maybrick had taken steps toward
procuring a divorce. One day in spring
Mr.. Maybrick rode to the Wirral races,
near Liverpool. He went against the
advice of his physician and his wife,
was caught in the rain and drenched,
yet stayed out for lunch and a late din
ner. The indisCretiOn brought on a high
fever and the next day physicians pro-
nOunced the illness fatal 1t happened
toward the end Of his sickness that Mr.
Maybrick asked, uring the nurses alb
sence, for some white powders which
he kept in his dressing room. These
were procured by Mrs. Maybrick and
under his direction one powder was
mixed with some beef extract. When
I the dose was prepared Mr.. Maybrick
had fallen asleep ana MIS- Mayb lex set
it aside, not knowing what it was. 1t
was found where she had left it by the
police and was recognized by her in
/ court.
After thirteen days illness Mr..
Maybrick died Mrs. Maybriek was in
a state Of complete exhaustion, having
tainted the day before while on duty as
nurse. When she was aroused To be
told of her husbands death three po-
licemen were standing guard over her
bed, where she lay too weak to move.
She had been unconscious for thirty-six
hours. The moment Mr.. Maybrick died
his brOthers-Edwin and Michael-who
had always disliked the American girl
who came into their family to cut off
! their right as heirs to the other broth
er's estate stepped forward as her ac-
cusers. Mrs. Maybricks mother. Ba-
roness de ROques. was sent for, but 1t
was another day before Mrs. Maybrick
could sufficiently comprehend the
charge made against her to talk it over
with her mother. The baroness left the
house to secure an attorney and while
she was gone a wagonful of policemen
arrived to take Mrs. Maybriek To Jail.
Warned Of this. the mother returned.
but was locked in a room and could not
bid her daughter farewell.
(. = g
The opinion Of the public had al
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-07-11
wave 6 FEET HIGH
Sweeps Down a Gulch in Mon
tana Carrying All Before 1t.

Helena. Mont. July 11-Debris is
piled everywhere in the guIch in which
are located Wickes and Corbin. Great
damage to property was done by a tor
rent of water which poured down the
narrow valley after a cloudburst Tues
day night The concentrator of the
Peck, Mont, company at Corbin will
have to close down because of damage
to the machinery. A wave six feet high
and 200 feet wide swept down the gulch.
Within half a mile of Wickes, toward
Corbin, fill in on the Great Northern
formed a dam The water was backed
up for a quarter of a mile before the
embanlnent gave way with a roar.
Mrs Charles Turner and six small
children were in their home in Twin
Gulch. The torrent of rain started a
landslide and before the occupants sus-
pected any danger the entire side of the
house nearest the mountain was crush
ed like an egg by an enormous boulder.
That no one was struck by the shower
of great rocks and earth which struck
the house seems almost miraculous. AS
the great wall of water tore down the
gulch it practically demolished the
Northern Pacific tracks and bridges. At
several points great sections of rails
and ties were picked from the road. bed
and bent and twisted into a mass of
debris. The Great Northern suffered
only a WashOut of the I'LL near Wickes.
It is impossible to estimate the loss at
present
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-07-11
WILL SELL THE BONDS.
Santa Fe Issue to Be Disposed
of at Private Sale.

An effort is now being made to sell
the Santa F'e bonds at private sale,
and the chances are that they Will not
again be advertised in the open mar
ket.
It is said that a tender of the bonds
was made by Mayor Hughes to the
Santa Fe railway. and that the rail-
way declined to purchase.
Several bankers in the city have been
figuring on purchasing the bonds, and
a deal is likely to be fixed up almost
any day which viii result in the sale
OF the securities which the city is offer
ing
W s. Bergundthal, Of the Santa Fe
land committee of the council says
that the bonds have not yet been sold,
and that they viii likely not be again
advertised for sale
I'VE are getting along very well as
it is" said Mr.. Bergundthal THE
banks are Ioaning us all the money
we need. The Bank of Topeka took
$4,000 of the bonds, and loaned US
S12 600. and the Merchants National
did the sane. We have altogether
spent about S23, 600 in land I think the
city win have no trouble to dispose OF
the bonds"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-07-11
TO PIECES
Dynamite Magazine ExpIodes
With Two Men Inside.
Fragments of Their Bodies Scat
tered Over the Prairie.

Denver, Colo. July IA magazine of
dynamite located near the Grant smell
ter exploded this morning killing two
men and injuring several others. The
dead:
DOMINGO MUTO.
TONY WEST
These two men were in the magazine
getting supply of dynamite to use for
blasting when the explosion occurred.
They We're blown to pieces and the frag-
ments of their bodies strewn over the
prairie for hundreds of yards Other
men working in the vicinity were
thrown to the ground and stunned. The
shock was felt mile away All the
windows in the neighborhood were
smashed and the windows in the Union
Stock Yards bank, fully a quarter of a
mile away, were shattered. The damage
is estimated at IS, 000
The killed and injured were employed
in preparing Stag from the smelter to
be used for ballasting on the Burling-
ton and Missouri railroad
The explosion is believed to have been
caused by the terrific heat
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-07-11
DELEGATES ARRIVING
For the Transmississippi Congress
Which Assemblies Next Week.

Cripple Creek, July 11.-Delegates to
the twelfth session of the Transmissis-
sippi Commercial congress, which be-
gins its session in this city on Tuesday
of next week are beginning to arrive
All work incident to the congress is
completed. Delegates whose credentials
are received aggregate ], GOO and it is be-
ieved that the session Will be the
largest in the history of the congress.
Among the governors who Will be pres
ent to take part in the congress are
Stanley OF Kansas; Diedrich of Ne
braska, jenkins of Oklahoma terri
tory; Sayers OF Texas; Murphy of Ari-
zona: Orman of Colorado and Van SAINT
of Minnesota
A number Of sena tors and congress-
men will take part in the discussions
The cities in the contest for the next
place of holding the meeting are New
Orleans, Oklahoma City, Minneapolis
and Seattle
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-07-11
PRESIDENT OF n. E. A.
DR.. w. Nj. Breadschear, Of Iowa
College, Is Chosen.

Detroit, Mich, July 11-Despite strong
opposition on the part Of those opposed
to national university, the National
Educational association today accepted
a resolution reaffirning its former dec
laration in favor of such a university
The resolution which was offered by
President Jesse OF the University of
Missouri, at the business session i'm
mediateIy following the morning ses-
sion reads:
Resolved. That this association
hereby reaff1rms its former declaration
in favor of the establishment by the
national government of national uni
versity devoted not to collegiate but
to true university work
Dr. n. NJ. Butler. of New York,
N owed that it be laid on the table, but
was voted down Overwhelmingly and
the original resolution adopted. The
report of the committee on nomi-
nations which named DR.. w NJ.
Breadschear of Iowa college for president
and c. NJ Keyes of Hartford, Conn, for
treasurer was adopted and Mr. Bread
schear was led to the platform, where he
made brief talk
IAN for one and one for ALL" he said.
would be his sentiment as president of
the association"