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Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-08-22
TELEPHONE IMPROVEMENTS
New Switchboard and the Changes II
VIII Bring About.

Supt. w. a. Deke OF the Western
Electric company Of Chicago has a
force of men actively engaged in set
ting up the new s75, 600 switchboard for
the telephone company, and which VIII
be ready for operation by Nov. next.
MFR. Deke saws that when the new de-
Vice is ready, instead Of a subscriber
calling for central" he simply unhooks
his receiver, and this brings into play
small signal device on the switch
board which draws the operators at
tentlon. The latter then plugs In a
Jack" corresponding to the signal and
throws O lever which gives direct COM
munlcatlon with the subscriber. The
latter notifies the operator whogl he
wants TO call, and tn operator plueN In
the proper connection. There is Aht
on each plug which Is extingu'ahed
while the connection Is In operation,
and the moment this ceases, the lamps
light up again, and central makes the
disconnection. Should the subscriber
desire another connection at the close
OF the first. he shakes his hook, which
causes the lamps to fash up and down.
and indicates what is wanted
All batteries and ringing apparatus
viii be removed from phones Of sub
scrbers. and all the battery work will
be done I'm the central Office, the separ-
ate phone batteries being transferred to
other cities and towns where the new
style Of switchboard has not yet been
introduced. The designation OF the
style of battery Is the Chloride accumu.
lstor. The power plant includes two
general electric motors driving two
western electric dynamos for charging
storage batteries and the motors viii
be OF 300 volt power each. The switch.
hoard VIII have for the present 1900
metallic circuits, which means 400
wires. the total capacity Of the board
being 5000 circuits or 10000 wires There
viii be three ringing machines for ring
ing the bells Of subscribers, two being
run by the 200 volt circuit and one by
the storage battery The hoard will be
in ten sections, with three operators to
q section; but for the present the num-
her Of operators viii be rs.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-08-22
UNDER AUTHORITY OF AN or.

UNDER AUTHORITY OF AN or
der of sale granted by the Third judi
cial District Court of the State Of
Utah, in and for the County Of SAT-
Lake. Probate Division, dated Aug. ~,
1902, | will sell at private sale the fol-
loving described real estate
Commencing three and one-half rods
east of the southwest corner Of lot l.,
block Gil, plat a, Salt Lake City Sur
yey, running thence east four rods,
thence north ten rods, thence west four
rods, thence south ten rods 20 the place
OF beginning. Situated In Section J.,
Township | South Of range / West OF
the Salt Lake Meridian.
The sale will be made on or after
Sontember 9, 1902, and bids win be re-
ceiyed al the Office of Ferguson 4 Can
non 300 Templeton building, salt Lale
city, Utah Terms of sale cash tn
per cent on date Of sale, and balance
on confirmation by the court.
HENRY N. BIRD,
Administrators Of the Estate Of Ed
Mund +. Bird. deceased.
Dated August 90 1902.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-08-22
Physician and Druggists

Ford & Sturgeon, a prominent drug
firm at Rocky Hill Station, KY write;
I'VE were requested by Or. q, B. Snig-
ley to send for Herblne for the benefit
Of our customers. We ordered three
dozen in December, and we are glad to
say, Herbine has given such great sat
isfaction that we have duplicated this
order three times. and today we gave
your salesman another order. We beg
to say DR., G, b. snigley takes pleasure
in recommending Herbine," soc bottle
at z. G. NJ. |. Drug Store,
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-08-22
SOCIAL AND PERSONAL,

Miss Alexander Of Hastings, Neb.,a
Miss Wait. Of Sioux City are the
guests OF Mrs. Dale,
Mr.. and Mrs. W. G. Jennings and
son will leave tomorrow for an outing
In Provo canyon
Mr., and Mrs, David s, Murray en-
tertained at dinner last night In honor
of Miss Murray and Mr.. Wolf
Miss Olive Foster Of Shreveport, La,
who has been visiting the Misses Cum
ningham, leaves tomorrow for Denver.
Among those who have booked berths
on tomorrow nights sleeper FOR :. IA
Springs are Mrs, Stephen Keogh and
Robert Hardness.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-08-22
COURT NOTES.

A suit has been filed in the district
court by James Nelson against Paul
Droubay to collect $500 as damages
SUSTAINED by defendants hand of sleep
about 5000 IN number, breaking into
plaintffs pasture and eating and
tramplng the grass out.
The lions Savings Bank and Trust
company has llad suit against the
Utah Commercial and Savings bank
crd j. M Jenson trustee, TO subject
The sum OF S135 IN the hands Of said
trustee TO the payment Of debt which
n P, and $, $, Klngsbury owes plain
tlff.
The divorce case of Mary A, Long vs.
John Y. Long was dismissed this morn
ing by Judge Stewart upon motion Of
plaintiffs attorney The grounds upon
which the action was based were cruel
~ and failure to support.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-08-22
GOING TO SCHOOL?

Send for the general catalogue of the
Latter-day saints University Salt Lake
City, thirty-two teachers; new build
ings; fine equipments; modern courses
and methods,
If you desire work in any Of these
lines. Normal, Scientific, Classical
Kindergarten Training, or Domestic
Arts, you can enter to best advantage
On Sept Sth.
II you desire practical business train
ing in Bookkeeping, Banking, Short
hand. Typcwrltlng, Telcgraphy, etc,
you can enter now or later
Special courses in law. elementary
and advanced. VIII begin Sept. Sth.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-08-22

An examination for teachers wishing
to teach In the schools of Salt Lake
county vii be held at the l.. d. S. uni.
yersity building, Thursday, Friday and
Saturday, Aug. 2S. 90 and 30, beginning
at 9 o'clock a. m.
The official Teachers Institute will
be held Sept /, 9 3. T. and 5, beginning
at 0 o'clock, o. m.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-08-22
DEATH OF THOMAS JACK.

Thomas Jack an old and respected
resident Of this city, died at his home,
1856 Fifth East street yesterday, at the
ripe age OF So years. Mr. Jack had
been ailing for some time past and his
death was the result OF his advanced
age Funeral services We're held at the
Second ward meeting house az 4
o'clock this afternoon.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-08-22
HIS ARM AMPUTATED.
Oregon Short Line Cook Loses One as
Result Of an Accident.

Frank |. Elston, cook on the Ore
gon Short Line, had his left arm ampu-
tated at the shoulder at st. Marks
hospital last evening. DR.. Plnkerton
performing the operation. Ellston was
Injured in an accident, in which his left
arm was crushed and his right leg frac-
tured. He Is now getting along as
well as could be expected.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-08-22
win of Daniel Lunn.

The will of Daniel Lunn, deceased,
who died at Mil Creek on July "a, 1902,
WIS filed for probate today In the DIS
trict court, accompanied by the petition
Of William Garden, who asks to be APP
pointed executor of the estate under the
terms Of the will. The estate consists Of
real estate in Min Creek valued at
Sl,T00,, and personal property valued at
800 The viii provides that all Of said
property be given to Ann y. Lunn, wife
Of decedept and. upon her death, to go
to their six children share and share
alike The will was admitted to pro-
bate by Judge Stewart and William
Garden appointed executor without
bonds.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-08-22
MEEKS SENDS ABSTRACTS.

Clerk Walter ]. Meeks OF Judge
Dlehls court, has sent to the district
attorney abstracts in the following
cases
Joe. Marks. housebreaking, Floyd
mills, petit larceny; John Williams,
robbery; Fred lie Blanche, robbery;
Emmett Loras. rnbherY
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-08-22
Suit to quiet Title.

f. +, McGurrin filed suit today in the
district court against John Coon and
wife and 10 other defendants to quiet
title TO part Of lots and s. section 2S
township one north. of range one west
and part of lot 2, section rs, township
one north, range one west, Salt Lake
meridian,
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-08-22
AFTERNOON MINING CALL
Mich Activity in Sto'ks at Higher
Figures.

on the mining exchange this after
noon many stocks participated in the
trading and in not few instances
prices advanced.
AT the close the following quotations
and transactions were recorded:
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-08-22
OGDEN CANYON EXCURSION
Friday, Augusf E2nd

Via Oregon Short Line. Train leaves
at 9:45 a. IN. Special returning, Round
"trip TO Ogden only Si,OO. Pioneers Of the
Pacific.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-08-22
DISCOUNT ON HAMMOCKS.

Now is the time to buy Hammocks.
20 per cent discount to close out All
New Palmer Stock.
DESERET NEWS BOOK STORE.
Successors TO Cannons.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-08-22

IN James and placed in the county Jail
last Wednesday. The homicide oc-
CURED in a saloon during row,
There is considerable mystery re-
speeding the case. Burnel was said
to be sheepherder, but his manner
and scrupulous attire would indicate
that he was anything but a shepherd
He was a fine looking. well dressed
man, Weighing 1856 pounds.
Again. there was not scrap Of
paper that gave any clue TO his iden-
tity, Nobody knew where he came
from originally or whether he was
married or single, He refused TO en-
ter complaint against the man who shot
him, and also refused TO make any
statement before he died as to his for
mer home or relatives.
Lew Paradise, who did the shooting
was brought up at Park City Utah. He
Is well known In this city. says the
News. Register, and Is commonly spok-
en- Of as tin-horn gambler by those
who know him,
The charge against Paradise is muir
der In the first degree, His preliminary
hearing was held before Justice of the
peace at Cokevile,
FOREST FIRES.
In the neighborhood Of Horse Creek
and Willow Creek. which are tribu-
taries to Smiths Fork. forest fires are
doing much damage, The scope of ter
fitory devastated by the forest fires
herein mentioned IS three or four miles
SQUARE and still spreading.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-08-22
NEW YORK STOCKS.


Special.
Try leased wire to the Central Stock
Exchange. 2l5 Main street,.
Friday Aug. %.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-08-22
LIFE or A PIONEER.

Autobiography Of Capt. J.mes q
Brown, $50 pages. bound In cloth. Prizes
700 for sale at the Cannon Book Store,
lDeseret News. Props), IL and 10 Main
Street. Salt Lake City. Utah.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-08-22
PIONEERS OF THE PACIFIC,
Lead quiet, L.i2k.
EHtursIOn August 22nl

To ogden canyon via Oregon Short
Line, Train leaves at 9:i5 a. m. Round
trip to Ogden sl.O0
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-08-22
SAVE YOUR MONEY

and when you get dollar, deposl, n
with zion's Savings Bank and Trust
Co, No. Main ST., the largest and oll.
est Savings Bank In Utah. -Four per
cent interest paid on any amount from
u to $4,000 Cail or write for any IN.
formation desired.
JOSEPH L, SMITH, President
GEORGE M. CANNON, Cashier
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-08-22

Closing out u styles Walk-Over
Shoes, less than cost, 259 Main.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-08-22

Clearance sale Of walk-over shoes
for 10 days. $50 Main.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-01-19
poArs BEFORE THE ARK.
Egyptian Paintings Show That Moan
 Did Not Invent Ships

Philadelphia North American
 1t is popularly supposed that Noan Ark is the first ship of which we nave any record, but Egypt, that land ol mysteries and surprises, shows painting of boats that were built and nav1gateo at a far earlier period than 2s4o B. v, which is the date usually assigned to the flood. It may have been one of her boats thus pictured that provided Moan ana his three sons with a proper modei TOT the ark, though the proportions must have been different or fewer animais must have existed.
 J. De Morgan, the French Egyptologis,. about six years ago discovered in brlck vaults near Cairo a number Of boats that are certainly as old as the date at Wnic n the Ark was built. and perhaps pil older. They are, 1t is true. but small craIt, measuring B feet long ' or $ feet wide and 30 to 36 inches deep. They resemble in general form the pictures painted by early Egyptian artists, which snow s,. Ina. boats were used seventy and even eienty centuries ago. And today, when the Tel, Tel, lah steps aboard his small oar-propeliea skin he uses a vessel the shape of which has been little improved during the ages that have past since the shepherd Kings ruled the valley of the Nile.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-01-19
The Metric System.

Philadelphia Times.
 The status of the discussion in regard to the metric system of weights and measures may be slightly changed by a re solution of the American Chemical Society but the proposition is open 10 grave doubts. The crucal weakness in the metric system is as MT. Herbert Spen- cer long ago pointed out. having to do with the human constitution. Men do not think in tentts and hundredths. They make their mental calculations in more convenient multiples, which the in- tellect easily grasps. Our present system is the natural system, the outgrowth of a long period of development dating back to the origin of the human race. We know what half, a third or fourth neans. We know approximately how large or heavy an object will be if we multiply some finite quantity by two or three or four.
 The metric system is contrived for an ideal race of people, and for chemists and scientists. It greatly facilitates large calculations, but even in Continental Flu rope. where the change was officially made many years ago, the people still cling to their old units of estimate, sell ing by pounds walking by miles and counting up their cash supply in sous, kreuzers and thalers. It might be bet ter for us in the long run if we had a decimal system of weights and measures since we now do so much calculating on a large scale, but how are We to get it! It will not come by mere act of Con- gress The plans of architects and en- gineers and the models of manufactur- CTS are worked out according to an older system. The deeds to land, and all the records of our civilization call for our present units of measurement, and 1t Is safe to predict that so sweeping a change will not soon be introduced either here or in England.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-01-19
LABOR UNIoNIsM IN CHINA.
Of Course They are as Peculiar as Are Other Celestial Institutions.

There are many peculiarites in tho Chinese labor unions; perhaps the most
 striking Is the minute division of labor.
 Take, for illustration, the Silk Weavers'
 Union. All those who weave silk of a
 certain design form a unlon by them
 selves, and those who weave silk of a
 different design form a different union.
 The mahogany cabinetmakers have a
 union separate from the union of rose
 wood cabinet-makers. Men who draw
 landscapes on the Chinese fans have a
 union different from that of those who
 draw flowers and birds. In short, there
 is union for each particular depart
 ment of work. Thus a single article may
 have passed through the hands of many
 unions before it comes into. market.
 In China there are several holidays in the year. which are the New Year, the fifth day of the fifth month and the fir teenth day of the eighth month. The last of the three is for the worship or praise | of the moon. After this day the busy | season of the year for all tradesmen be- gins. From this time on until the New | Year all craftsmen are expected to WorH | later at night than during other seasons l of the year, and as rule their wages 1 are increased during this period.
 | Besides these holidays. each union mas
 its own holidays; that is. the days O. 1 birth and death of the supposed origlna- l tors of it's particular occupation. Tt celebrate the national holidays the em'
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-01-19
An Alarm Cry from China.

Boston Globe
 If China Is openly violating the provisions of the peace protocol. Superintendent Gam mons of the colporteur department in North ern China aserts. and making enormous ex- penditures for arms in order to throw of European domination, VIC must admit that there Bourbons on earth today like the Bourbons of the oldest of the world em- pires. One can hardly imagiae the authori- ties who laboring to provide wefghty in demnities to meet the cost of the recent war of occupation of China by various Occidental nations indulging soon in ''delusions of hope" founded upon Boxer uprising. Su- perintendent Gammons however, doesn't seek to disguise the fears which he entertafns for the future In his latest letter to the Ameri- Bible Society in New York he declares: Within ten years. and possibly within live. a war will ensue, the like of which the world has known. China is now preparing as never before, buying vast quantities of su- perior weapons and reorganizing her armies on n correct basis. Therefore. the next attempt will be gigantic in force and terrible in ex- ecution. It will result in universal up heaval and the final dismemberment of the Chinese empire. at terrible cost Let us hope that the fears expressed by Superintcnd- ent Gammons will prove to be i'll founded. II will do no harm, however. for the calm eye of observation to engage for a while in care tu scrutiny of China. its probabilities and its possibilities.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-01-19
THE POLISH PERIL.
How the People of Posen Resist thu
 Process of Germanization.

Process of Germanization.
 Chicago Record-Herald.
 A dispatch from Berlin says:
 The National Zeitung prints a letter from Posen alleging that the Polish movement is carried on by well-to-do lawyers. physicians, and mechanics. When the place of lawyer or chemist is free Pole steps in, and when land is for sale Polish money is offered for it. This money, it is said. streams into the country from secret sources. The Ger man. as the weaker party. forsakes the country.
 This crowdng out of the Germans has been complaint of the German newspa- pers for some time. year ago The Berliner Correspondez printed g series of articles on the Polish danger which con- tained some curious statistics showing the greater persistence of the Poles in the acquisition of land. According to the writer 2,965 small holdings were pur- chased by Poles from Germans in the three years 1S97-'99. while during the same period only 1,64l holdings were purchased by Germans from Poles.
 The same authority declared that the German colonies In the Polish districts had gradually declined in strength and energy, and that small towns which were once almost entirely German were be- in which the Poles have once firmly es, tabltshed themselves must be regarded as having lost it's German nationality"
 Such was the condition, though the government had assisted German colo nists, and recent events have proved that government favors and government se- veritv are alike inadequate to advance the German and retard the Pole The problem of assimilation is so different from what it is in the United States that the same solution Is absolutely inn possible. and probably the best state policy would he to treat the Poles with q generosity that would dispel race an tagonism. There are too many of them and they are too compact to submit to forceful Germanization.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-01-19
TWO CONGRESSMAN.
And One Pair of Gloves Between
 Them.

A letter from Washington says:
 Hooker and Oates were both in the Confederate army. Both became generals and each lost an arm. After the war both went to Congress, one from Ala- bama the other from Mississippi. Tn those days gloves were fad. Men With one hand got only half his money worth when he bought. One day Oates was in a store in Washington buying gloves, when Hooker came in. The two men are about the same size. Hooker wanted a glove, too
 "Whats your size, Hooker?' asked Oates.
 The two hands were about the same;
 Well, I'll buy this time. You take the right, and I'll take the left. Next time you buy and we'll divide.
 Not long after that Oates went to Eu, rope He was absent quite a while and found the purchase of gloves ,aSss necessary ss rs laid away the right. When he returned to Washington he hunted up Hooker and' handing him package, said:
 "There, Hooker, there's lots or rights for you. old boy"
 General Hooker tells the story always with a pleasant smile.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-01-19
Canal and Earthquakes.

Washington Correspondence of The
 Brooklyn Eagle.
 MT. Davis says that there is nothing in the arguments of danger from earth quakes which have been brought agains. both canal routes, moro especially against the Nicaragua route. The earthquakes that visit that section' said Mir. Davis, should not be taken into consideration when the feasibility of the
 sidered a threatening element, there is nothing to it. All through Nicaragua,
 on the line of the proposed canal, there are buildings fifty years old and more which have withstood shocks without se- rious consedu2pccs. l saw a great many tanks which, for the past half century. have been used for the manufacture of indigo, and none of them was the worse off for earthquakes. While I was doing survey work thers, nuraber of earth quakes occurred. Some of them were se-
 we're enough to ra-tle dishes. stop clocks
 and otherwise disarrange household af- fairs. One quake on April S. 1898. had
 it's center about 100 miles north of the
 Nicaragua canal line. and it destroyed good many dilapidated buildings in that neighborhood and killed some peo- pie Similar disturbances occur at Pan anna, and an earthquake of few years ago knocked out the front wall of the cathedral in the city of Panama. How ever, none of these disturbances would have been severe enough to seriously
 injure substantial modern buildings. The locsk and dams of, the proposed canal
 will be so securely and firmly constructed as not to be affected by earthquakes"
 Making money is easy after you learn how
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-01-19
Army Locker to Go.
Washington Correspondence of
 Brooklyn Eagle.

Washington Correspondence of The
 Brooklyn Eagle.
 The war with Spain and the activity of the military force since that time have caused the abolishment of many of the old army institutions. The army hat the army boot, the old blue uniform and many of the other features of the sol diers' equipment have been superseded by more modern types. Now the box locker ,is to go. Every man who has served in the army knows the big, roomy box, painted blue, with the let ters. "U. s. In red the whole equipped with a hasp, lock and key. Almost from the beginning of the American army this box has been a feature in the equip ment of each soldier, and in it he stored his surplus clothes and his personal treasures. It has been found that this box is too heavy and cumbersome, and it IS to be done away. On the recom- mendation of General Chaffee. the De- partment is to experiment with a stout telescope box, on he order of a dress suit case, except that it is thicker. It is made of heavy leather and is strong and subs tantial. In addition, it is light in weight and can be readily trans ported. and. if necessary, can be carried by the owner. Enough of these boxes to equip a regiment have been ordered and will be given a thorough trial.