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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-01-24
OFFICIAL MOURNING
IN FRANCE.


Paris, Jan. 23.-The delegation which
viii represent France at Queen Vic
toria's funeral VIII be composed of
Vice Admiral De Lajaille General
Dubois, secretary general of the presi-
dency; Major Chabaud. an officer of
President Loubet's military household
and d representative of he foreign
office.
The tri color over the Elysee vas
furled and bound with crepe this
morning.
General Dubois and Major Chabaud
called at tho British embassy today
and conveyed President Luabnt'c con-
dOlenccs
The president has count s~Tl@H led a
dinner which was 10 nave been given
az the Elysee. Jan 81 81 honor 0e the
new bureauN of the chamber an,s SEN
ate and has Abandoned his intended
visits at three different fuI &c sons to-
day AID tomorrow
A creped standard IS fved nv. the
gateway Of the British emh-ssy and
the register there is being hiled with
the best known names in France and
those Of the foreign ambaSsa dOrs. in
Guiding General Horace Porter, the
United States ambassador.
The premier. NJ. WaIdeck-R Rousseau,
and an the cabinet ministers. NJ Des-
enamel president of the chamber %
deputies. and NJ. Fallieries president
of the senate. personally called at the
British embassy.
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ENGLAND TO MOURN
AT LEAST THREE MONTHS.

London, Jan 23-Periods during
which mourning is worn for the sOVer-
| eign of the realm is usually three
months full mourning being worn eight
weeks. The king can, however. prOlOng
the duration of the period. and nothing
has yet been definitely decided in re-
gard to this matter
All social functions viii be suspended
during the next six months, and there
viii be no long season. Country house
pleasures viii be suspended and the
English upper classes viii go to the
continent until the period of gloom has
ended. Ultimately London viii be a
gayer capital than ever. The organi-
cation of the new reign will involve
many changes in social England.
There has been a general belief that
the queen was one of the richest Of SOW
ereigns and that she would leave an
immense estate to her heirs. It is stat
ed that there will be much astOnish-
ment when the amount of her person.
ality is shown by the provisions of her
will Instead Of being very great, it
viii prove to be of moderate value, and
all estimates Of her private fortune viii
be found fallaciOus The truth seems
to be that the queen, like other ricn
persons. had a great number OF rela-
fives dependent upon her and that she
was compelled from time to time to
pay their debts and eXtricate them
from embarrassment The reading OF
the queens last viii and testament may
involve one Of the most remarkable
surprises Of her reign. one of her eX-
ecutors is Lord Cross, whom she hon
ored with her friendship, and in whose
business ability she had confidence.
January has been a fateful month in
the life Of the English royal family
It is a singular coincidence that Queen
Victoria passed away on the eighty
first anniversary of the death of her
father. the Duke of Kent. which event
occurred just six days before the death
of his father, George III in 1920 It
was on Jan. 10, 1886. that Prince Harry
of Battenburg passed away. and ii was
also in January that the Duke Clarence,
the direct heir TO the throne in the sec
ond generation, came to his untimely
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in the 7 abundant form. and testi-
fy to tn spread feeling which the
death of The zen has awakened in
all classes. Z ney come in the form of
notes, Geographic MESA yes and cards.
running into the hundreds. besides the
many personal calls which the officials
Of the government and Of the diplo-
matte corps have paid. The sen Iment
of the government was first % express
itself in the calls of the entire member
ship of President McKinley's cabinet.
including Secretaries Hay. cage. Long.
Wilson. Hitchcock, Attorney General
Griggz and Postmaster Gen-~-I Smith
and the leaving of cards from S'ec~e-
tary Root, who is cOn(idsd &c his
home. The British officials through
out the country also have taken &C
casion to send their expressions of
grief.
The official announcement of the
government as to the procedure TO be
followed has not come For the time
being there is little to DO but testify
in silence TO the afiiction which has
come upon the British nation, aud chen
TO take up the business under the rev
sovereign
Lord Pauncafote and his family at
tend St Johns Episcopal church on
Lafayette square, fronting the White
house. which win be the place Of COM
memorative exercises. if any are di-
rected from London. The rector Of the
church. Rev. D. MacCaulsy- Smith,
called on the ambassador to tender The
use of the church for this purpose but
in the unsettled condition Of arrange
ments To final reply could be given
Lord PauncefOte is a member Cf the
house of lords, but il IS hardly cx-
pccted that IL viii be necessary for
him to go to London TO attend thr SEES
sion under the new soy erai-yn. AMI to
receive the new credentials ii e.. has
sadOr from King Edward vi
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OATH is TAKEN
BY PARLIAMENT

house of commons TO-DAY was large All
the members, dressed in the deepest
mourning, stood up as the speaker. MIR.
Guiiy- entered and announced that by
reason OF the deeply lamentable deCeass
or her majesty queen Victoria, il had
become their duty to take the oath OF
ats glance TO her successor. his maiecty.
King Edward VII The speaker then
administered the oath and the swearing
IN OF the members proceeded. Joseph
chamberlain, the secretary OF state for
the colonies; Sir Michael Hicks Beach.
the chancellor Of the excheQuer. Sir
Henry Campbell-Ba the liberal
leader in the house, and Sir William Yer
non HarcOurt were the first to subscribe
their names on the roll
In the house of lords the oath was
taken by the Duke of York the Duke of
Connaught, Earl Roberts. Lord Rose
berry, Lord Salisbury, the Duke of Argyll
Lord Lansdowne and a hundred others
The house Of lords then adjourned until
tomorrow
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SOME OLD NOVELS
BROUGHT TO LIGHT.
Literary Digest-J

Where NAV the oldest written literature
of the world be fOUnd2 The philosophers
of the eighteenth century answered, In
China In the three nrSt quarters OF our
century the honor Wds SnatCned from the
Middle Kingdom and India was pro
GAINED the cradle of literature men
came the Psychologists with real texts,
and not merely with hypothesis and as
was shown by an interesting lecture re-
Gently delivered by Professor EtJ0Te FdlS
before the Pathological club of Naples ahQ
published in Flegrea, the claim Tor Egypt
is now incOntestable. As the subject ot
his lecture. Professor Pals chose the TO
msnces which are found on many an
Egyptian papyruS and which are con-
Sidered TO be thirty centuries OLD at least
The PEaraOhs kept story teilers IN perm
anent employ whose duty II was 70 IN
vent new stories. fairy tales and tales OF
adventure as improbable as possible. We
possess twenty such stories, found IN the
course of excavation made during the last
ten years. There viii be ere long, Tor mod
ern readers, d vOlUminOus Egyptian liter.
ature of romance OF the twenty novels
already published, most belong to the IN
terval 20C) to 1860 b. c. ttWeltth to eigh-
teenth GyudSty.D
one of the latest of the novels treats Of
the chaste love between Minus and Sem
iramis. In another novel, Slrene Par
thenOpe and young MeuOchOs speak or
love. and both deny that they nave even
been its victim. MetOchOS departs, as
cold as he came. ParthenOpeS observes
that she Is on the point of loving him pas
sfnr.afpTv and as she does not wish to
Obliged to reuouEce her 'vestal condi-
ton" she cuts off her hair and disflglires
herself-face breast and arms-in
frightful manner in order to make IL i'm
possible for her to yield again to the
temptation of trying To please
The Egyptian novels are written de-
motfcally" i'm a handwriting the secrets
of which are accessible only after years
Of study. and which. after the TibetaT
Handwriting. is certainly the most difficulty
to decipher. Only after FIVE years of per
sistent work did MasperO succeed in
trarslating an Egyptian text that in any
European language would fill twenty or
dfTary pages. The learned gentleman who
discovered these tales for a long time re-
fused to consider them as mere fiction
It was their opinion that in the land of
the Pharaohs everything must have been
hierarchic. In the year 1916 an Egypt
oIogist found in Thebes a pillar on which
was related that in the time of King
RameSes IT (Sezostris) the princess of
Bakhtan was mOleSted by an evil spirit,
from whom she could be released only
when the statue Of the god Robinson was
bquished temporarily. The savant de-
clareC that all that could be based only
on his -orical fact, and Birch and Rouge
sh-~ed his -iew. Not till the year 1SSf
did Erman prove clearly that the story
was a mere romance
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WYOMING COAL MAY BE SHORT.
Colorado and Utah Situations Cause
Some Anxiety.


Cheyenne. WyO., Jan. 21.-Wyoming
people are taking more than a pass
ing interest in the labor troubles i'm the
coal mining regions Of northern Colo
RADIO and in Utah, as their coal supply
may be affected by developments there
All cOncede that If present conditions
prevail for another wax in the north
ern Colorado coal fields, Denver and
other cities and towns in Colorado will
come to Wyoming for their fuel sup
plies.
At the present time the coal mines Of
the state are working full time. bur not
with full completements of men. There
IS decided scarcity of miners. and al
though good wages are being offered.
all the help needed cannot be procured.
During the present favOra bic weather
the mines are having no trouble to ill
orders, although there are days when
1t is impossible to get certain grades
of Rock Springs coal.
in the event OF a continuation Of the
Colorado troubles and a call for fuel
from Wyoming. the people Of this
state would be compelled to get along
with less coal Should a cold snap set
IN much suffering for want Of fuel
would surely result
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GERMANY HAS
MIXED FEELINGS.

Berlin. Jan. 23.-Au the morning pa
pers are highly appreciative Of the late
Queen Victoria's reign and concur in
eulogizing her virtues as sovereign,
but while praising her character. they
add general political reflections I'M
friendly to Great Britain, particularly
in connection with the BOer war.
The Tageblatt considers her death to
be of serious political significance in a
moment when Great Britain is involved
from the South African war and the
Chinese question is not solved. The pa
per adds:
"A large part of the world which
condemns the war in South Africa as
undertaken by Messrs. Chamberlain
and Rhodes and other mining speculaI-
ors. for their self-enrichment and the
destruction Of a little. freedom loving.
heroic people, win see in her death at
such a moment q large measure of di-
vine justice. for. according to trust
worthy information. ii cannot be doubt
ed that the unfavorable turn of the war
for the English arms during the past
few months bore heavily on the queens
heart and contributed to Fastening her
end"
The Tageblatt also remarks.
''The manifold threads of reiationship
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KAISER ORDERS
ARMY To MOURN

- Berlin. Jan. 23.-The official Gazette
contains the following imperial rescriDt.
Osborne, Jan. 23.-The death of nv be-
loved. highly hOn0red and never-to-
oe-Iorgotten grandmother. Victoria has
plunged me and nv house INTO deenest
mourning know my army sincerely
shares in the grievoUs Moss / have slis-
tanned; ana L hereby direct that all off
GERS of my army shall wear mourning for
fourteen days.
The First Dragon Guard of the rezu-
three weeks
Flags on all military and public build
ines shall be half masted.
tSigned-) ''lVIT,HFT,4F %
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KARMSWORTH PREDICTS UNDERSTANDING"
BETWEEN ENGLAND, GERMANY and
UNITED STATES.

Harmsworth, the London Daily
the Herald
LAS deeply
British los in
OF
Us he noble Of women.
the from
the realm Of sentiment to the of
o MOI is known
S
Germany
Edward VII BODIES we'll
for the worlds peace that the friendship
Of
i'm n his German nephew.
no seeey
link them perhaps viii Them
hoped which under
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Quebec Goes Into Mourning.

Quebec. Jan. 23.-ExpressiOns of sym
pathy on the death Of the queen have
been telegraphed To the governor gen
eTal by the lieutenant governor. the
mayor and Archbishop Begin. Last
night, at a meeting of the executive
committee for the winter week of
sports, it was unanimously decided to
cancel the sports fixed for the week of
Feb f. and to postpone them until next
year All social functions have also
neen Cancelled. The royal standard on
the citadel is TO be foated at baIf-unast
until further orders.
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THANKFUL FOR
AMERICAN SYMPATHY

London. Jan. Z3--In the press COM
ment many references are made to the
American expressions of sympathy. The
St James Gazette. formerly bitterly
anti-American, says;
The honor paid to the memory Of
the queen by the president Of the Unit
ed states is one which should live in the
memories Of us all when questions for
discussion arise between the two great
English-speaking countries. There are
hidden blessings perhaps even in so
great a sorrow as ours
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The TaIkativs RiII.
Detroit Journal

tDelIOlt dCQI0dlb
Once upon a time there was Rill.
which prattled loquaciOusly as ii fell over
the stones.
A Post came and heard it and wrote
sundry rhapsOdieS. the next day IL rained-
and in one way and another the Rill be
came much Swelled as to its head, and
prattled the more
Presently man of affairs CHANGED that
way. and when he heard the Rili prattiing
he straightway built dam. which gath
cred the RilI in a great, silent mill pond
Now the Rill says nothing and saws
wood
1T might better have dried up" it
thinks, sadly.
This fable teaches the ractica bility Of
Illustrating the unwisdOm of extreme gar
rulity without recourse TO the story Of the
DrOfdne parrot.
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HEIR APPARENT TO BRITISH THRONE
IS NOT YET THE PRINCE OF VALE!

London the
of
to
H. and his heirs kings England of
king will exercise his
The new king born Nov 1S41
Wales the following
of Louise
o a queen
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New York, Jan. Pa dispatch to the
World from Rome says:
The pope received the news of the
queens death through Cardinal Ram
polla. His eminence said not a word
but dropped on his knees to pray. re-
naming in this attitude for a con-
siderable time. Afterwards he gave
orders that in an churches prayers for
the queen be offered up tomorrow.
The pope viii be represented at the
funeral by Cardinal Vaughan
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AMERICANS POUR
OUT SYMPATHY

Washington, Jan a3.-The British
embassy is shroJded IN gloom today
and the heavy haugil-s az black
within and without he stately old
mansion give tribute 90 the memory
of the departed queen. The British
flag hangs at balf-mast above the
porte cochere fronting the buil5inS
Around the royal arms. which top the
poftiCo hang heavy masses of back
and from the large columns are draped
long bands ct crepe. an the Cu-Ta ms
Of the embassy are jrawn-and the en-
tire place presents an aspect of silence
and mourning.
Lord Pauncefote remains IN II tire
ment with his family AMI staff moct
of the time, only occasionally seeing
some distinguished caller who comes
10 pay d tribute of respect and con-
dolence. These condolences have come
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Balls Postponed in Manila.

Manila, Jan. 23.-On account of the
death of Queen Victoria, General Mac
Arthur has indefinitely postponed the
governor generals ball announced for
tomorrow. and Rear Admiral Remev
mas postponed the reception scheduled
10 take place on the flagship Brooklyn
Thursday afternoon. The British con
sui has received cabIed expressions of
sympathy from the military, naval and
civil authorities in the PhiIipDines.
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Dueling Up to Date.


Some Frenchmen were boastiug of their
affairs of honor. when one Of them
declared that he had inflicted upon an an
1agonist the most dreadful fate that a
dueiist had ever met.
How was ito asked everybody.
Il was in a hotel he went on, and
I CHANGED to insult total stranger Tt
turned out that he was a fencing master.
One or the other of us he declared,
in fearful wrath, viii not go out of this
room aliveI
So let it be- I shouted IN response.
and then I rushed out Of the room. locked
the door behind me and left him there TO
dici'
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81 I0e 783: 90. 81. II. - - sIver 81.

So 10e 7SS; copper, $50 752 2Sa and silver Si2,-
402.502
The combined output Of these metals
last year was the greatest in the history
OF this country and Canada. The world 8
production of gold. estimated a $23j.0cJ.-
O3e, shows a decrease Of SIS. 100000 as com
pared with 1893. Australia mined S6,tJJlj0
less, while the production in South Afri-
ca fell off on account OF the war. The
production in the British North Ameri-
can possessions increased S6.0.J0J3 and the
total for North America about S3.CjQGJ9.
Montana led with an aggregate crodUc-
ton of metals of about 6I.9zS15U; Col
orado ranked next. with S4s, 916. 30; Ari-
iona followed with S21 zoe CO. and then
California, with S1S,SSc,714. In British Co
lumbia and the Yukon district the value
of ores mined was SO. $4,000
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Tribute in Cane Colnnu

cape Town, Jan. 23.-The D esiding
Judge OF the supreme court today said:
In no part Of the empire will the
death of Queen Victoria be more deep
~ felt than in Cape Colony by the Brit
lsh and Dutch, white and colored. all
classes and creeds. A sentence which.
l think with all due reverence. viii be
presented at the throne Of the Most
High is, God save the queen.
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Oath Taken in Canada

Ottawa. ont. Jan. 23.-At a cabinet
meeting today the governor general and
the ministers took the oath of aIIeg-
lance The chief justice Of the supreme
court administered the oath TO the gov
ernor general, who. in turn. admins
tered il to his ministers. The usual
proclamation announcing Edward VII
king and confirming the appointment
of those in office We're issued.
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spanish Court Mourns-

Madrid, Jan. 23.-The court will 90
into mourning for twenty-One days,
and the government officers have de
cided to attend the funeral services at
the Protestant chapel of the British
embassy. The queen regent and the
ministers have expressed their condol-
ences and the functions on. the kings
natal day have been POSTPONED
Speeches eulogistic of Queen Victoria
were made in the housa
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Feeling Ii Hungarv.

Buda Pest. Jan. 2S.-The Hungarian
deputies stood while Vice President
Daniel paid a tribute TO the dead
queen. The chamber voted unanimous
IN 10 send an expression Of it's feeling
10 the British parliament The Hun
gar1an press is unanimous in express
ing sympathy with the British people,
QWeiilng on the virtues of the queen
as queen and as a ruler The Poster
Lloyd says; The English justly extol
the Victorian reign as an Augustan
age"
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Harvey Reported Chosen.


IoEEIIaI % Nc HEIdII-I
Boise, Ida. Jan. z3.-It is stated the
prison board held d meeting tonight and
agreed to appoint Charles II. Harvey of
Elaine county warden of the DeuiJen-
tiaTy.
The state board of examiners today dis
allowed the deficiency bills of the Lewis
ton and Albion normal schools The for
mer amounted to $500 and the latter To
81 100.
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Jamacia Show sorroK.

Kingston. Jamaica, Jln. 22--Ne--Cr
before has there been a greater dis
play here Of loyalty to the British
throne. The entire island IS in mourn
ing. business is suspended everywhere
and hundreds of people are scrrowing
around the queens statue in Kings
ton. Little attention is paid to the
great damage caused by the storm.
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Weaning 81 - Word.

tJUICagO IlNenIut fust-I
What is the meaning Of entente cor
dale -
We'll. now. that Is a puzzler. isn't it?
OF course. we all know what "a cordial is.
but 'entente'-ah. / have IT, Entente
means glass. It's as plain as day when
YOU stop TO think how often YOU hear Of
the entente cordiale' being broken. An
entente cOrdiale' is d glass in which cor
diafs are served.
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Missouri legislature Acts.

Jefferson City. Mo, Jan. 2S.-In the
senate today Clark CRep) of Kansas
City offered a resolution, which was
unanimously adopted, expressive of
profound sorrow at the death of Queen
Victoria In the house "A resolution of
the same tenor presented by Hamilton
CDem) was also unanimously adopted.
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ROYAL italy Paws Tribute.

Rome. Jan. 23.-Count Gionetti, on
behalf of the queen. the MARQUIS
GuiccioH. on behalf of the dOwageT
queen. and Viscount Ivensta. on behalf
of the government. called at the Brit
ish embassy today to convey their
condolences All the press comments
are sympathetic.
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reign, was forced into the war by the
nailgn influences. a Chamberlain AID
Miner who by systematic misrepre-
sentation kept the truth from her
OF the Beers he said.
They have always believed that the
queen was their friend.
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Austrian Emperor Visits Embassy.

Vienna, Jan. 23.-Empacor Francis
Joseph went to the british embassy
this morning and personally CxLfessed
his sympathy to lord and Lady
Plunkett He remained there hali an
hour. The Duke of Cumberland called
at the embassy and many oi the
nobility and court dignItayies inscribed
their names
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Named bv OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES.

Especial to The HeTaId)
Boise, Ida, Jan. 23-The State Horti-
cultural society has elected the following
officers.
President. l. B. Perrin of Shoshone;
vice president f. A Huntley of Moscow;
treasurer, r NJ Gwinn of Caldwell. Sec
rotary. Robert Aiilliken of Nampa; trUS-
tee. Third district w A Semple Of
BlackfOOU.
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R-r-retribution.


tJnlCIS0 liIUuHtsI
They have twins at that house across
the street"
II am glad of it,
why what difference does it make to
YOU
''The man who lives there is the same
man who used TO wake me at O'Clock
every Sunday morning last summer with
mis- Internal lawn mower.
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Norway Parliament Acts.

Christiana, Jan 23--The president Of
parliament, referring to queen VIC
toria's death today, said he felt assured
of the support of all the members IN
expressing sympathy with Great Brit
aims grief at the loss of her popular
queen. The members listened stand
sre