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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-08-17
salt L8KERS BiLKED BY
PRINCE OF SWINDLERS
ALLEGED confidence Man Takes Between 5000 and
$4,000 From Merchants
Had an Advertising Scheme that Caught Their Fancy and
Collected the Price in Advance.

Hs was shrewd. There can be %
question about that. And he carnDd
letters to which were attached the sig
natures of some of the most prominent
men If salt Lake. So the business
houses Of this city have probably been
EIked out of a sum that may exceed
5000. and even $4,000, by the game Of
an oiIy-toI sued individual who called
himself n. c. Clarke
clarke appeared in Salt Lake last
May and circulated among the prom
uenL business firms with an advertis-
inE scheme. lie represented himself as
the agent of the San Francisco Daily
Journal of Commerce, which, he said,
was about % issue a magnificent
leather bound edition desc hing and H.
uslraung salt Lake, Los Angeles,
Portland, Seattle, Denver, Kansas Guy
and some Montana towns. it would be
a mammoth volume, lac said, and he
showed a sample copy Of the cover
with a few photographs from which
Laif-toaes were to be made. There was
still FlVertising space for sale, 50 ne
told the business NEIL of salt Lake.
and he was selling it. Clarke showed
letters from responsible houses on the
Pacific coast, from the Journal OF Com
meTce. from W. $. Mccormick and j.
E. DoOly. I'll of whom had subscribed
for space. The result was that scarce
~ a firm in this city turned down the
proposition. Instead d majority of
them bought all the way from $50 &c
500 worth of advertising. The money
was collected in advance, as Mr.. Clarke
stated that the gigantic proportions Of
the investment would not permit of any
other Arrangement.
Upon taking an order and collecting
the money, Clarke would send a pho
tOg.apher TO his patrons place Of bust
ness and q picture would be made Of il.
The Johnson company. which made
some of the photographs here, IL still
waiting for its money.
This Photographic idea led to the dis
cOVery Ga the fraud. George r. Felt &
Co, the lumber merchants, signed e
contract Tor $50 With Clarke, who rep-
resented that This was a reduction IN
rates He said he would come down
the day following and see if the proofs
Ct the picture made of the lumber yard
weVC satisfactory. Sixty days went by
and Clarke did not appear.
BepUdiated by Publishers.
Mr.. Felt then wrote to the Journal Of
Commerce at san Francisco regarding
the matter. and mailed his letter I'm an
envelope already addres sed which
Clarke had LETT with him. Raceiving. no
reply To his first missive. which evil
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-08-17
SIXTY TEACHERS
MARRY AT HONOLULU

Carbonate. Ills, Aug. 16.-Among
the 400 American teachers who sailed
on the transport Thomas from san
Francisco to Manila, sixty Of them on
reaching Honolulu were married The
teachers had been chosen from the
many normal universities of the coUn-
try and were all strangers to each
other. Their acqUaintauceship and
cOurtship extended over d period of
less than ten days
The captain of the Thomas refused
to permit their weddings while en-
route, and the thirty pairs. upon the
arrival Of the transport at Honolulu,
sought out a clergyman and were all
married. A boat was chartered and
the thirty pairs made a tour of the
bay. The information reached this
city from one of the men who was ap-
pointed from this school.
San Francisco. Aug. 16.-FuH Gre
dence is not given here to the report Of
the marriage of sixty Of the school
teachers sent to Manila by the govern
ment at Honolulu. Honolulu papers
and press correspondents announcing
the arrival Of the Thomas contain no
allusioH to such an event.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-08-17
ORDERS FOR THE IOWA.
Battleship VIII Be Sent to Scene of
Trouble at Panama.

Battleship VIII Be Sent to Scene of
Trouble at Panama.
Washington, Aug. ia telegram
has been prepared at the navy depart
ment to go forward 10 the Iowa imme-
diately upon her ARRIVAL at San Fran
cisco, ordering her to prepare at once
TO 20 to sea. When she advises the
department that she is ready, an order
viii follow for her to proceed at once
TO Panama.
The little cruiser Ranger, which is at
San Diego, was ordered to sail today.
is not believed that there will be any
delay in her departure, as she has had
several days notice in which to pre-
pare for sea. She is very slow. how
ever, making not more than six knots.
and as the distance to Panama is about
ZOO miles, it would require at most
fifteen days Cor her to reach her des-
tinatiOn. The department. therefore.
decided to dispatch tne Iowa as soon
as the battleship can prepare for the
trip.
San Francisco. Aug. 16.-The battle
ship Iowa arrived from Puget Sound
this afternoon.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-08-17
he DEFENDS sCHLEY.

Congressman Curtis of Kansas Es-
pouses Cause of the Admiral.
Kansas City, Kan, Aug. 16.-Con-
gresham Charles Curtis of the First
Kansas district. in addressing the old
soldiers at the WyandOtte county vet
Grams reunion in ArmOurdale, came
out in defense of Admiral Schley in the
Santiago controversy.
In the late war" said Mr.. Curtis,
Dewey on May achieved the most
brilliant victory in the history of naval
warfare. That engagement held the
record until the American fleet de-
strOyed the Spanish boats under Ger
vera at Santiago, with Schley on the
bridge Of the Brooklyn. I know that
Sampson was in nomir al command Of
the fleet, but he was four miles away
when the battle was won.
The statement was greeted with
cheers.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-08-17

IT., and Irving z. BUrdick. the Yale
men who three years ago invented the
submarine electric lights. They are
the engineers who have fitted up for
Mr.. Mead his boats which are now in
New York waiting to be dispatched for
the Pacific.
trio plant of its own The dynamo. di-
rectly connected with a new type of
petroleum engine, is to be placed with
its switches near the engine permit
ting the engineer to attend to all con-
veniently. Wires are to be run from
this point to different parts Of the boat
to supply current for a new portable
naval searchlight protector, to be used
in finding buOys, etc. for general iIlu-
minatiOn and for four huge Yale sub
marine arc lamps Of several thousand
candle power each of which are to do
the actual fishing.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-08-17
SIX LIVES WE'RE LOST.
Storm at New Orleans Not So BAD
as at First Feared.

Storm at New Orleans Not So BAD
as at First Feared.
New Orleans, Aug. 16-The storm has
passed and seems to have done no
great damage anywhere except along
the river below the city, six fatalities
occurring near the rivers mouth. In
the city the only injury was to the
lake side resorts and TO the section
flooded by the break in q canal bank,
which was closed before morning. Rice
and orange farms on the lower coast
were severely injured. The inhabiJ-
ants there believe that they were
struck by a tidal wave, combined with
a cyclone.
The lives lost were half q mile above
quarantine. A large house was over
turned with fifteen people in it. and
Mrs. Walker, her 10-year-old daughter,
Ida Walker, Miss Birdie Golden and
Miss Ella Golden were drowned.
The crew Of the tug boat Biloxi
sought refuge a few hundred yards
away. and two of the sailors Blaine
UkIiAson and Peter Yea-were drowned
and the boat lost
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-08-17
Minister Nav Return

Washington. Aug 16-The state de-
partment today issued the following:
The department of state is advised by
a telegram from Mr.. Russell charge
d'affaires in Venezuela, that the depar-
ture of the Colombian minister from
Caracas was voluntary, and that he
has the intention of returning to his
post. Mr.. Russell has taken charge of
the Colombian legation property and
archives during the minister's absence.
Mr.. Russell does not state that he has
assumed charge Of Colombian interests
Is he was authorized to do If requested.
and with the assent Of the Venezuelan
government. It is inferred that he has
not been asked TO do so.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-08-17
TO CATCH Fish BY BiINDlNC
THEM WITH ELECTRIC LIGHTS

New Haven. Conn, Aug. lev. B.
Mead. the New York millionaire. pur-
poses TO catch hsn by temporarily
binding them. He has fitted out four
boats, each seveuty-1ive feet in length.
ana viii send them 10 the Pacific slope
I'm this connection he has consulted
leading Yale geological professors and
other leading scientists and had them
confirm his theory that the Yale sub
marine electric light flashed in the
eyes Of ,he fish viii blind them, cause
them 20 come to the surface and then
land them in the nets which viii be
hanging from the boats side. Yale
scientists have told him deep sea fish
ing will DE revolutionized By this new
method.
The Idea of catching fsh by binding
taem with "a powerful light was sug-
ges,ed To Nr. Mead by Francis G. Hall,
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-08-17
Warning to Shippers.

Norfolk, vs.. Va, Aug. 16.-Thc
weather bureau here has warned all
outgoing shipping of the approaching
storm and notified them that it would
be unsafe to venture out to sea. es-
pecially past Cape Hatteras. until the
disturbance has blown over. Hampton
Roads and the inner harbOr are
thronged with ships waiting for a safe
time to depart. Among them is the
gunbOat Nachias which has loaded
supplies men and ammunition, and is
ready 10 leave for Colon
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-08-17
AN EXPENSIVE SERVICE
Costs $50, 100000 a Year for Trans
porting Phflippine Soldiers.

0-@-6 ---- E---1
San Francisco, Aug. 16.-General O.
T. Long, superintendent of the army
transport service in this city, is prepar-
ing his annual report to the quarter
master general Of the army. Tt viii
show that, in round numbers, $50 000,-
eco have been disbursed here in the
maintenance of the transport service
The estimated cost of transporting a
soldier from San Francisco to Manila
is shown to be S136; for a cabin pas
senger 1856. The capacities OF the
transports that come into this port VIII
vary from 1000 TO 1900 passengers.
Coal is one of the biggest items Of
expense. The Meade, which sails to-
day, will burn on an average 10 tons
per day for twenty-five days. That
alone is an item of s2T. GOO
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-08-17

There was great damage to shipping
IN the bay and 70 water front property.
Twelve or fifteen schOoners Of the i.
E Saunders company fishing feet were
badly damaged. Four of them sank.
causing a loss of $4,000.
The schooner TOrtugas, from Mobile
for AppalaChicOla with q cargo Of cy-
press lumber, which put in for anchor
age collided with another vessel and
sank.
The steamship Evelyn is the initial
steamer of the PensaCOla-New York
line Tugs have gone to her assistance.
1t is reported that her cargo is valued
at S4OO OOO
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-08-17
French Vessel founders

London. Aug 15.-Advices have 0een re-
ceived announcing that the French bark
Prevail in command of Captain MADISON
which left Antwerp May 81 and CheTbOurg
the fore part Of June for Portland. ore.
has fOundered Off the southeast coast CT
PATAGONIA near Staten island Part OF
the vessels crew has landed at puerto
GaIIegOs.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-08-17

ing IN person, but under the practice
which obtains this is not actually nee
essary- Admiral Schley, after his ar
rival here last night wrote a formal
letter to the department. containing
his nctificat ton Of arrival. and giving
his address, and such a letter is con-
sidered a compliance with the above
regulation.
Captain Parker was at the depart
ment today for short time, examin-
ing the records bearing upon the case.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-08-17
STEAMER GOES ASHORE.
Reports of Disasters From the Storm
Beginning to Come In.

Beginning to Come In.
Pensacola, Fla, Aug. 16.-The
French steamship Cyrano, which ar
rived this morning, reports that the
American steamship Evelyn, ten days
from New York for this port, went
aground yesterday about eight miles
from Pensacola bar. She is listed and
is fast going to pieces. The Cyrano is
twelve days from Savannah and eX-
perienced very rough weather. She
beat up and down the beach for three
DAYS. awaiting a chance to come in.
The Cyrano sighted the British steam
er SpennymOOr, but she put back TO
sea and was not sighted again
During the storm last night the POr-
tuguese bark Propheta laden with a
cargo OF timber valued at $1,000 for St
Thomas Africa, was badly damaged.
Her rigging was carried away, masts
snapped of, and she was stove in on
the starboard side astern,
The storm last night was one Of the
widest ever known here. The wind
reached a velocity Of seventy miles an
hour, with spurts Of ninety miles.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-08-17
WARNING REPUBLICS
HAVE DAY OF QUIET
Feast of the Assumption Sus-
ponds HOStilitieS.
THE IOWA TO BE SENT
WAR DEPARTMENT ORDERS THE
BATTLEsHIP TO PANAMA.

Colon. Colombis, Aug. 16 (via Calves
tono, Tex.)-The situation yesterday
was quiet everywhere, the government
Offices being closed in commemoratiOn
of the feast Of the assumption.
Since yesterday trains have been
crossing the iSthmus without military
escort Several stations along the line
have again been garrisOned with small
detachments Of troops.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-08-17
Failed to Stop the Engins.

New York, Aug. 16.-Alfred Bianco
an employee OF the West Shore Rail-
road, wagered a weeks pay with his
brother Uietro, that ne could stop q
switch engine in the yard at GrantOn
n J.. claiming that the engineer would
respond 10 his signal The engineer
did not recognize the mans authority
and signalied him in turn 20 get out
of the way. BiancO. still anxious 10
stop the engine and win the wager,
waited till too late and was killed
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-08-17
HUNGRY SAILORS
LIVE ON SEA GCLLS

sc5l-~tI-l ancisco, Aus. 16.-Tbe Iunbar.
her I -- Nonhenza. ~ ,h sailed r. nm
here 10y Tor Coqu. river. returned
Ter bs-s- snort OF visions and wa
ton laned e each her destina-
Schoa7-AA 0otI three weeks ago the
F-5-er was spoken away below SAN
re7-.--.' 7yo ana Captain Jacobson then
us7- zt thaJ he could make no head
and a77alnst the light contrary winds
an. eek later all hands were on short
mar .llt- and several DAYS ago the
chi. ere reduced to catching sea
e. l,, .o- ot which they made soup 10
OUT their sCanty fare.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-08-17
Land Case Decided.

Washington Aug. 16.-The acting
secretary of the interior has affirmed
the decision Of the general land office
in the case of Cyrus II. FOOte against
Robert 3. BrOadhead from the Salt
Lake land district, Utah. Foote'S con-
test against BrOadhead's homestead
entry is dismissed.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-08-17
Invaders Have Disappeared.

New York. Aug. IA dispatch to the
Herald from Caracas dated Thursday
saws that the invaders on the Vene-
z1aIau frontier have again disappeared.
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WHERE TIE DANGER LIES.
POris Paper Still Worried About At
titude of United States.

- - - q E'S- 0C-AA " DA44SQ ABOUT Al
titude of United States.
New York, Aug. ia dispatch to the
Herald from Paris quotes the Matin as
saying: 1T is It's possible consequence
that the almost dramatic interest of the
Venezuelan and Colombian conflict lies
Venezuela is not on the eve of war
with Colombia, ii is on the eve of war
with the United States
1T is not impossible that the whole
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS affair will end by
a bit of land grabbing, and that here
and there territory viii be taken that
viii teach President Castro that it is
dangerous to attack the United States.
and viii teach Colombia that it is dan
gerOus to get it to defend them"
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-08-17
STRUNG Up BY THE WRISTS
German Makes Charges Against
Dawson Mounted Police.

INV @o-- ---- -------- = --I---
Seattle, Wash. Aug. 16.-Alfred Hes
peIer Of the KIondike has filed afi-
davits making sensational charges
against the northwest mounted police
officials of Dawson His papers have
been laid before Walter Wensky. Ger
man consul for the Yukon territory.
The victim is Jacob Thesis. a German
subject who is serving sentence of
six months. 1t is alleged that Thesis
was twice strung up by the wrists, the
last time for one hour and fifty-seven
minutes.
Consul Wenslzy sent the complaint to
superintendent Primrose with a request
that the matter be Investigated at
once.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-08-17
81 National Banks.


ACptNAd4 ~ AZ ~ eAtN-S
of national banks of Utah at the close
of business, July Is, shows loans and
discounts. s., SOS, 5S7; gold coin. S11.0O0.-
81: individual deposits, S6,46S,962 and
reserve receipts held. 46.07 per cent.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-08-17
&c Were Forged.

W. 5. Mccormick, VINO paid Clarke
$50 for hali-page in the illustrated
Twentieth Century Edition of the Pa
cific Coast" as it was called, also
opened a correspondence with the Jour
nal of Commerce people and has re-
ceived two replies similar To the above.
Il am informed, said Mr.. Mccormick,
that the fellow was presenting a let
ter of recommendation from me to the
local business men. If so, I want to
letter or recommendation, but 1 myself
was among those buked.
MIR. Dolly when asked if he had Civ
en- Clarke a letter, declared he had not.
The only transaction he had with him
was g contract for $50 worth Of adVe- 2
Using, he stated, and ne refused 10
pay for that in advance, as it was con-
trary 70 Wells-FargO rules.
Clarke brought me letters" said Mr.
Dooly, from many coast people whom
I know and whose signatures know.
He had letters from our San Francisco
and Portland banking houses which
could only have been procured by a
clever thief or an influential business
man."
Tt is said that z. c. N. I. was among
the prominent houses dragged into the
net. Clarke exhibited a contract and
check signed by superintendent Web
ber at any rate, and q stack of other
contracts. 1t is believed that he got
owes geo SUBSCRIBERS at sums rangin 3
from SIS to 5000, although he progressed
that $50 was the lowest sum he was al
/ lowed to take.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-08-17
Roosevelt Returns to New York.

New York, Aug. I6.-Vice President
Roosevelt returned to the city today
from the west. He viii go TO oyster
Bay tomorrow.
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King to visit Emperor.

Berlin. Aug. l6.-The Post Gays: King
Fdwgrd will soon so 10 WilhelmshOhe,
near Kassel. and spend several DAYS with
the emperor and empress.
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Gently had been intercepted. he again
wrote on Aug. 10 Yesterday the fol-
loving reply was received;
san Francisco, Cal, Aug. Il, 1901
Your favor of the 10th inst. has been
received, but we received no cOmmuni-
cation of July p, otherwise you should
have received an earlier response. Mr..
V. Q. Clarke had no authority to rep
resent the Journal of Commerce, ami
you are simply another victim Of d
clever rascal and confidence man. He
has mulcted a number OF people in your
city and I have attempted to trace him
in order to warn any community he
might visit, but he is as slippery as an
eel and 1 could never locate him. This
Clarke has been a source of much Wor-
riment and regret to the management
of the Journal of Commerce, innocent
though they be of association with this
cultured sCoundrel. would like to aid
in his prosecution. and hope some one
viii be fearless and Independent enough
to institute such steps. Yours very
truly J. s. WARDELL,
hi f7ear-
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Silver and Lead.

-.,--s- sic per ounce.
Copper; &c PFsr r. 6P6 8HHq price. $3.50; New
~ exchange, S4.o'77.
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Continued on page p
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Confidence Of ShaheT.

President Skaters confidence in the
unienism OF the Bayview men at Mil
waukee was of the positive kind, and he
felt sure they would come out as soon
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-08-17

Forecast for Salt Lake Today:
Fair.
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Mr.. Felt then wrote to the Journal Of
Commerce at san Francisco regarding
the matter. and mailed his letter In an
envelope already addres sed which
Clarke had LETT with him. Receiving TO
reply % his first missive. which evil
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-08-04
H OLD SPRING.

A path that leads from the kitchen door.
Through Q little garden plot,
Down past the cherry and apple fra.
That grow In the pasture lot
Thence on through q beechen ayeuus
Till you hear the waters trim
Upon the pebbles and over the stopes
By the old spring under the hiII
The old spring under the hill is cool
With blotches and riffs of sun;
Its air Is grateful and fresh ana sweet
As the air Of summer dawn.
h song Of a bird in the trees above
Below the song of a rfll
Are the ONLY sounds that are heard around
The old spring under the hill.
How often we have trudged In other dayr,
When boys and girls at our play,
To the shade and the stiffness of that old
spring,
Remote from the garish day,
How oft by its sparkling waters clear
We have kneit and duaffed our fiUi
And never II draft was 80 sweet as that
From the old spring under the hill
The years are many, the years are long.
etwee us and that fair time;
We hear no more the tinkling song,
Mol the waters silver chime;
But oft In the mirror OF memory
We can see the image still
OF the winding pathway, the shadows deep.
And the old spring under the hill.
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