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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-04-30
WHY He NEVER MARRIED.
Image of Buchanan's Dead Fiancee
* Never Faded From His Heart.

Mr.. Buchsnan. who was the first BACH
elor elected to the presidency, was s
years OF age when elected. sand had de-
liberateiy given himself to a life. OF
celibacy, writes William PerFirs IN the
May Ladies Home Journal I'm the days
when he was young lawyer of Lam
caster, Pa, he had loved Miss Colefna
a beautiful daughter of a citizen Of that
town.. They had been engaged TO he
married when one day he was Surprised
to receive from her .a request to release
her from the promise. According TO Mr.
George aTiCkHOr Curtis. the separation
originated IN a misunderstanding on the
part Of the lady who was unusually se9l-
STtive. over soine small matter eNagger-
ated by giddyt and indiscreet tongues
soon after the estran senen4 she was sent
10 Philadelphia. and there died suddenly.
Throughout the rest of his sife. or for
nearly ihah a century, Mr.. buchanan Is
not known TO have revealed TO anyoodV
the circumstances of this romantic
tragedy. lie would only say that il had
changed his hopes and plans. md ha6.sFea
him more deeply than ever into flolitfcs
as a distraction from his grief IN ais OH
age, long after he had retired permanent-
" 10 private life. he called Attention to a
package containing, he said, the papers
and relics which would explain the
causes of his youthful sorrow. and Wfliph
ne preserved evidently with the kier ~.
revealing them before his death Bist
when he died. and his VIII WAS read, it
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-04-30
PREcodTY OF CHILDREN.

RHODE ISLAND PAPER Providence lengthy editorial
longer hdis Naturally the editor beneyt9 this is not
ans like the
$ h 'ker -
renotun and lone
solely
the and
as to
series guest n adpoes while their proud
he kept home from school Little Johnny IS sin looking hnocenV
lt min
nowsc
the
OF to
o in
suseIt to and lnovfn
advantages keeping
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-04-30
Prophet riot without Honor.

philadelphia Saturd9y Evening Post)
At the recent, meeting ia Philadelphia
Of the American Pathological association.
the eminent ana venerable DR., Francis
A. March Of Lafayette college was a con-
spieuous guest
{, DR. March was the presidsat of this
association for two terms as ne ranks
among the greatest living Anglo-Saxon
scholars. His strong efforts for phonetic
spelling are we'll known. and his move
rrcnt toward this end is one of the no.
tfcea Bile educa tional movements OF the
day IFS word IS ehe final court Of ap-
peal for the younger and lesser philolo-
gists He is one of the handful Of Amsr-
leans who have been given the two great
degrees of Oxford and Cambridge.
While Or. March was in philadelphia a
member of the association told a story
about him. He said that there was very
ambitious young man who went to Ger
many from Pennsylvania TO study Anglo
Saxon. 'fhe eminent professor of the Ger
man university made a list OF books for
the stud emf 10 begin study with The ,au-
thOrs name opposite the books was II.
A. March,
The young student looked at the list
amazed DO You mean to say he asked,
that here in Germany. you teach Anglo
Saxon from books written BY Amer
fean2't
.T6,ertaif1ly said the professor. -for
there arc no better textbooks on that
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-04-30
THE KING AND HARRIET LANE.
The Hapiest Memory of His Amer
lean Tour.


During the Prince of Wales stay in
Washington upon the occasion OF his
visit to America. in 1850 he was Pres
ident. Buchanan's guest, and occupied
apartments of The executive mansion
looking over Lafayette square" writes
William Perrine in the Mas Ladies
Home Journal. zone evenil1g when an
elaborate display of fireworks was
given in his honor he stood on the ball
cony of the White House. together
With Mr.. Buchanan and Miss Lane,
amidst great cheers. When dining
with his hosts he would escort Miss
Lane to. the table, seating himself at
bashful, and most public ceremonies
apparently bored him But while he
was with Miss Lane and the coterie of
beautiful women of her set il was no
ted that for the first time since he had
been in this country he seemed to
show the manner of a gallant young
gentleman DESTROYS OF pleasing One
of the merriest mornings she had with
him was at a. gymnasium in Washing
ton attached to a female seminary. On
the brass rings suspended from the
ceiling he swung himself one by one
across the room. and sthe whole party
laughed heartily at his pranks on the
rope ladder. Then he fell to playing
ttenpins. Miss Lane and the prince to-
getherf succeeded in dDnquering Mrs.
Thompson and the Duke of Newcas-
tie; il was next the turmoil the victors
70 play against each other, and Har-
riet who was one of the most robust
girls of the day. speedily oEtbowled the
prince and put his muscle to shame
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Paste These in Your Bonnet.
(New York JournaI.J

(NeWl YORK JOuTnal.1
British peeresses of the realm are now
busily engaged IN arranging tor the robes
which, they will be emitted to wear at the
coronation, which. it may be added. is the
only occasion on which they viii have to
don them. The lengths of the trains via
vary according to rank A duchess will
have a train three wards long, a march
ioness two and a half, oountesses are Jim
tied to Two yards, NiscountesSeS te one
and "a half yards and baroneSses are re-
stricteti 10 one-yard trains. Only peeresses
in their own rlahF-that is to say. who
owe their peerage not to marriage, but to
their birth, or, else to a special grant by
the sovereign to them IN person, will have
the right TO have their trains borne by a
page, who must not be over the age OF
II years. This is a. right which peers en-
JOY, but which is withheld from their
conSorts.
While on the subject Of matters of this
kind it should be mentioned that the Ioy-
al toast in future at English dinners and
banquets will be The KING for the first
toast. while the second one will be Tho
Queen, the Duke and Duchess of Corn
wall and York and the Remainder of the
Royal Family People have so long been
accustomed 70 group Edward VII and his
consort together in proposing their health
that it IS Just well to point out that II
is no longer etiquette to do so.
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Intimations Of immortality.

.(WilliaIn Words WORTH
on birth li is but but sleep and foTg g
star,
TFash had elsewhere its Setting.
And eometh from affair;
Not IN entire forgetfulness,
And not in utter ndkedneSS,-t. .--tt-+'
But trailing clouds of glory do we come
From God, who is our home:
Heaven lies about Us IN our infancy.
Shades of The prison house begin TO close
L pom the growing boy.
But he holds the light. and whence it.
flows
He sees IL IN his jos;
The youth, who daily. farther from the
Must travel. stu is Natures priest. E
And BY the vision splendid
Is on his way attended
At length the man perceives II die away,
And fade into the light Of common day.
o joy. that in our e1nbers
IS something that doth live,
That nature yet remembers
What WAS so fugitive,
The Thought of our past years in me doth
breed
For that which Is most worthy to be
pelsghts and liberty.,the, sample creed
WITH new-fedged hopes still iuttering
I'm his breast
Not for these L raise
The song of thanks and praise;
But for those obstinate questiorfnss
Of sense and outward things
A Z
Blank nisgiyingS of a creature
MOVING about in worlds not realized,
High Instincts before which our mortal
nature
Did trembie like a guilty thing surprised;
But for those first affections,
Those .shadowy recolectiOns.
Which. be they what they may,
Are yet the fountain light of all oar day,
Are vet "A master light of all our see
| Uphold us, cherish, and have power to
our 5e+sy years seem moments in the
being
OF the eternal silence; truth that wake,
| TO perish never;
Which neither iistlessness nor mad en-
dea voT..
I Nor man nor OOE,
! Nor al thatsis at eTlmity with joy.
Can utterly abolish or DESTROY
Hence in a season of calm weather
I Though Inland far we be.
I Our souls have sight of that immortal
sea ea l.
Which brought us hither;
Can in a moment travel fhither
! Ana see the cllils, ren sport upon the'shoTe
And hear the mighty waves rolling ever
4 =. more
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-04-30
cLEvELANDs PICTURESQUE MAYOR.

II JOHNSON
In he
home
a
some interesting
Tom Johnson robbef baron doesn't it, He has fortune
n by the people out of high street fares He has pundered his MT
n
wal OF
a
go
against
o A oa " e
evidently is that il the fault Of the that they being robbed and
to
i
Of
IT,. % pr nonin tion.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-04-30
Mr.. DEPEw IS HAPPIEsr MAN
That's What BE Thinks Anyhow
His Birthday Dinner.

civilian Curtis Washington Letter.
Senator Depsw has gone to New York
so attend dinner given in honor of his
67th birthday by the Moutauk club OF
be the tenth successive time that the ocS
eaSion has been celebrated by this club.
and the unique feature of the evening
Is the presentation OF a birthday cake.
with appropriate speeches The .Montaut
club is composed Of men of prominence
IN the business and professional circles,
Of New, Y ork, and the usual attendance az.
Mr.. Depew's birthday dinner is about 900
II is a remarkable compliment to pay any
man, and he appreciates it to its full
value.
I've had mytfuIl share of those tenders
Of great places, (which crafty ones pride
add enrich his career he SAID. but no
50 deeply or made me SO happy as the
contiRlla nee C& the compliment which. my
friends pay me by the remembrance OF
II do not want to boast on such a Sub
jet. continued Mr. Depew, but T. do
not believe there Is q man fn AL the world
who has a better time than 1 do. who has
more friends and more enjoyment, or .
Larger capacity for happiness that, Is kept
fun AT the time. am not s. years old.
but 1 never VAS In better health, and ]
never had So much pleasure as / have
enjoyed within the last year or two
Everything comes ms way I have no
ties. no unsatisfied ambitions, no ieal-
ousies, no Disbursements with anybody
Last night I went to the theatre with a
party Of young tpeOpIeefO see one eof-1 hose
nonsensical s.heing. buTlesgdes Everyone
OF my party was under 30 years OF age,
but | enjoyed every minute more than
any of them. We had a supper after
ward and everybody had as good a time
as ! did Forty years ago. whentI was a
young man and the world was. fresh to
me. I.thought ! enjoyed myself. but en-
had anxietieS and ambitions and re-
straints, and now have none
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-04-30
SOCIETY NOTES.


There vas a pretty little wedding iaSt
evening at the home of Mr.. and Mrs
Conner Thomas at 63S- State street in
this city. when Harry l.. Thomas and
Miss Margaret Peterson were united
by Bishop Emery Eof the Sixteenth
ward After the ceremony the guests
sat down to a-fine wedding supper and
after that q most enjoyable evening
was spent in social pleasures Those
present were Mr.. and Mrs. Conner
Thomas. Mrs. Emma Peterson. Misses
Olivia Peterson. Amelia Peterson. An
ME Thomas, Nary Thomas. Hazel
Snarr. Laura Roberts. Bessie Smith
and Lizzie Hodson; Mrs. Mark Hop
kins, Mrs. S. J. Reese. Mr.. and Mrs.
John James, Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas ;.
Fowler, Conner Thomas, jr., Laht
Ruben Thomas, T. Roderick Thomas.
w. N. B0Sden, II. E. Giler, jr,, &. w
Brewer, Julian T. Smith, Samuel Thom-
as and EDWARD Roberts.
The groom is the assistant superin-
kemmerer wyo. and the son of Conner
Thomas, the state coal mine inspectors
of this state He is young man OF
high character. having already held
many positions of responsible lity-s The
bride is charming young girl Of
Huntsville. Utah Mr.. and Mrs. ThoHlr
as viii go to kemmerer today Where
they win make their future home.
Mr.. and Mrs. Noble Warrum have re-
turned from California.
Fred w. Meakin has returned from
the Philadelphia Dental college fer his
vacation.
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Only Woman City Attorney.

Cincinnati Eaquirer.)
Palmyra No., propabiy has the only
woman city attorney IN the United states.
She IS . years old and, in addition to her
practice as a lawyer, is a polirSal speak
er- She got her first impetus to study law
by reading Blackstone while she was con-
valescing from an attack OF typhoid fe-
yer. In the tail of 1899 she was admitted
to the bar. lf
At the last. city election she ran for the
office of city attorney and was elected
She has not yet lost a silIslef case She
has been enrolled in tbs. supreme court.
During the nat Onal ampaigD in the Iall
Of, 1880 she made speeches tor three weeks
before election Her first speech was
delivered in the basement of a rural
church. There was a hard rain, with in
tense lightning and thunder.
The young woman drove six miles
through the storm, and on reaching the
ing her During the speech the build
ing caught fire, but it was only slightly
damaged ~ &
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-04-30
FOR BRAVERY At GALVESTON
A $500 Decoration for a kalamazoo
Man Who Saved 43 Lives.
Chicago Tribul


To show its appreciation Of his heroi1
rescue of forty-three persons during the
Galveston floods the people of Texas have.
given a gold uedaito Major IloydTR. y.
The decoration. which cost about $500
is of 1S-karat gold solid. handsomely de-
signed and studded with gems The OBJ
verse side bears the coat of arms Of
Texas, supported on a Dorfc Maftese
cross. with the inscription; For Bravery.
Galveston. September. 1990.r encircling
the state efnblem on the reverse side Is
inscribed: Presented by Cftizels OF,
Texas TO Major l.. r. d, Faying, who
rescued. forty-three persons At the peril
of his own life. Placed in command un-
der martial law, his ability, courage and
energy restored and maintained law and
order dis work was the saving OF the
city,
Major Fayling served as deputy United
States marshal in Chicago during the
In 1895. he entered the secret service of the
Cuban junta, with the RANK of lieutenant.
line, and for two years saw much bard
lighting under General Gomez. yg3rSiciDat-
ing in many filibustering expediIi9ila He
was twice captured BY the Spaniaryis,
once being confined until he was ply
sieally Frustrated. III health compelled
him TO resign and he left the Cuban army
with the rank of captain and a Irevct
major When the w8r with Spain broke
out Major Fayling raised the first COM
pany from Ohio at his own expense and
offered il to the government. He wa 5
elected captain of mis- company. but saw
no nRntlnS.
At the time of the flood Ma er FayIing
had been the southern agent of a New
u ork corporation, with headquarters in
Galveston. When Galveston was placed
under markzi law ne became its sole
governor fog the time being
OF the forty three persons whom Ma iOr
Fayling personally rescued. all were saved
by hard swimming or wading out into
the water. W hen the storm broke Major
Fayling had gone down to the beach to
get a view of the sea. Is the hurricane
increased in fury he started 70 return 70
his Office. He found that he had to swim
or wade in an average OF five feet OF
water and was KEPT busy lodging live
wires. 1t was almost impossible to stand
against the wind. Reaching his office he
threw of his clothing and putting on q
bathing suit. was ready for work
An exciting episode of that night was
when fifteen tramps and negroes strayed
into a building in which the ma Jor had
placed some women and children whom
he had rescued The gang planned to
steal the boat in whsch Major FaxIing
purposed to. convey the refugees to a
place of safety, Major Fayhng had a
siX-shooter and a Winchester az hand
and placed the gang under rrest, station
ing MS servant over them as a guard
He later did good work in hunting out
the ghouis who were mutilasing hama =
4 bodies to obtain jewelry and valuables,
and it was at his orders that many of
these were executed unde= martial law.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-04-30
SUPERIORITY OF WESTERN BETS.

THE REPORT appointed
highly
DEMONSTRATED
terr efndsth
fato1
succeeded
tonnage onetie
most Nhausige df che in an sections
threfore
cultivation OF
to
IL tth
than
superior qust
but
thr market vSins WI Increase viii have
vantage his eastern proehsr
Now that kansas judge has d has stocking with
be
to the young lovers Of know whether boot
this definition.
chicag earenicle
anrac of
opened the wipay City. fs IS
thas mothers
rocks the cradle usually foot
England and
America over the treaty do-w6n
consulting an ocuIist
vii
house VIII continue g shout Down
@ .~~.. 49,
ParkheS the vhte
lies about IL The d 0asht e lI9w hes VIII nan Of the north
gOvernhsnt the
Of the east This y also true Of the girls
strike Madrid likely to make bal
siae bsarsh
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-04-30
The Pastor Locked Out his Flock.
CPhiladeIphia. Reeordl

Cleveland, o--The Rev. BENJAMIN Il.
Vankirk pastor of the Foil Memorial
United Brethren church OF this city,
locked the doors of his church two weeks
ago. and has steadily refused 20 allow the
congregation TO worship within its walls.
because he claims he canesot get mis-. back
salary.
Today he posted on the door; ALSO
Iutely no Ambulance in the absence Of
b T. Nanl0irk or his legal representative.
Property for SALE
1t IS Claimed by the trustees that Che
preacher, represented to them that ne
could dispose OF the church property and
to his wife and the personal property to
himself. Vankirk sued the. trustees and
was given 2 judgment for several hum
dred dollars. He wis. however. enjo6ned
from collecting the judgment.
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Is GOT HIS NAIL PULLED.
Horse. Who Knew the Way to the
Equine Chiropodist.
(JanesviIIe- fWisl Gazette. !


4 remarkabls instance of equine sa-
gaeity was exhibited this morning, which
comes to US testified to by several relia-
BILE witnesses. Thomas DruumOnd, a
teamstef in our city, owns a horse which
has been afflicted with larneneSS for two
or three weeks past This morning Mr.
Drummond turned him out upon the
common. hoping that fresh air and exer-
else would benefit the animal. Upon
gaining his liberty, the crfpp.sEiY horse
hobbied along on three legs direct to the
blacksmith SHOP of William Eager, en-
tering the shoeing- apartment, and stood
there holding up his injured foot with
his head, turned and his eyes inteliigently
fixed upon Mr. Eager. s
The peculiar act on the part OF the
brute attracted Mr. Eagers attention
and induced him TO examine the foot held
inyitingly up Tor inspection. The result
Of that examination was the discovery OF
a long nail driven into the frog, which
was the cause of the lameneSs. OF course
Mr.. Eager removed the nail Mr.. Drum
mond generally has his horse shod aaJ
Mr. Eagers shop. and the suffering
brute undoubtedly reasoned that this was
the place for him to go TOT relief. Equine
Intelligence, according 10 the common
acceptance of the term Is not so rare
but when a horse deliberately concocts
and executes a plan for relieving his in
lured foot of a rusty naiky he certainly
can lay claim 10 a snlalls portion OF the
reasoning faculties which are supposed
TO elevate the human race above the
level of brutes.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-04-30
FEW FAKIR BROKERS.
Many Of the Professional Frauds
Have Become Tipsters.
New York CommerciaID :

New York Commercially
Wall street now harbors fewer profess
sionaI frauds than at any previous time
Within a period OF ten years Buclxet
shops flourish. of course. but the discre-
tionary swfndier. the syndicate men and
all of their stripe, have dwindied TO in
remarkable when il is remembered that
one year ago the Wall street swindler
waxed tat and suffered comparatively
10 the SVagar administration on The
Consolidated Exchange Is due the credit
Of having exposed the vicious discretion
the street the most notorious of these
swindLers Legal proceedings against
frauds of other types acquainted the pub
lie with the games it had been up
against, and the moral effect of all this
was powerful factor IN promoting re-
Driven from their favorfte pursuits.
those fazirs who were not forced TO flee
from the street sought other means Of
proving upon the public. and hence there
IS an extra ordinary increase in the num-
Der OF professional tipsters. This bust
ness was once comparatively honest, bat
by the conventions of the street il never
was respectable. Now it isvenal to a de-
those who sold their knowledge of the
market to regular Gust omers.
The latter class of tipsters are frauds
they make use of the old discretionary
methods and impose upon legitimate bro
ksrs With whom they have accounts.
Thus a tipster undertakes to manage an
account for client.
:. % 81
In the same house in which the client
elects to have his account the tipster all
SO opens one, and then he Matches for a
chance TO put Through an order with no
sigiatare Later. If the transaction
shows a profit tho tpster claims IL for
his own account. aud il a loss IS suffered
the trade is made out to the clients ac-
count.
This may happen several times without
attracting suspicion, bur eventually. If
the broker be honest, he asks the 'tipster
10 Withdraw and sends a warming to the
upsters client Several reputabIe houses
have had this experience with the tip
steF
The field OF the tipster has become so
badly crowded that the business is no
longer profitable. unless managed more
or less fraadGlehtly. The result of the
tipsters activity Is seen in the appear
ance of a mass of weakly fortified spec
ulative accounts the existence of which
is a menace 10 the stability of the mar
ket.
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subject htan those written by DR.. March
of Lafayette college
DIR. March, echoed the student. Why
from my home"
Erhen go home. young maR. said the
professor. and see DR.. March himself.
When he has taught you all he knows
about Arglo-SaSon You wiz not have to
come back here
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-04-30
a Hal of Feme Park.

New York Evening Bost.)
August Afoebus, park commissioner for
the Bronx, has begun work this week inn
proyinge the small park acquired by the
city on the slope of L diversity Heights
west of stEeeleW York University Hall, of
Fame The popular title is likely to be
the Hal OF Fame park. The park en-
gineers have wisely planned TO Improve It,
in harmony with the terrace on which the
Hall of Fame stands.