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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-01-22
SECTION THREE

it free. German crawled under the
steel beams and turned off the stop
COCK there Then they both elm bed
aioft, lowered the ladder into the tank
and slid down. one on each side OF the
rungs. into the water. They drank to-
gether, sunk to the teeth.
German ducked- You'd better tie
yourself on" he spluttered- Wen be
eating smoke here before long"
The Scuttfe was a red square OF light
above them. and they could see each
others faces as pale blurs of no recog-
nizable feature in the darkness They
stripped of their upper clothing, and
bound themselves under their arms 10
the ladder.
They could hear the crackIe and roar
or nameS outside There was a peck
ing of scattered rain on the tin above
them
I wish I had somethin' + eat" Cor
Hanrahan sighed again. I'd like
something to breathe better
He was choking with heat and
smoke. He rested his chin on the rung
or the ladder He was tired and dizzy.
He seemed to be drifting on clouds of
smoke, blown about in storm and
heat, a glowing spark above the
hames- His mind wandered in a de-
hr1um OF sUffOcation- He heard Cor
mans voice, at a great distance, say:
Wind changed-sOuth.' ,"
Daybreak found the ''ireproof''
Mansard building a smoking and
blackened shell above its tenth story.
with the fremen putting out the last
smolder in the Quilted rooms. They
fought their way up slowly from f1oOr
10 moor, until by noon Captain Ban
and squad of his company. looking
for their dead, reached the stairs lead
ing to the roof.
They found there the blackened noz-
zle which German had abandoned to
the ire They went up the stairs
hopelessly and burst open the door to
see German himself-red-eyed and
dripping and stripped 10 the waist
sitting on the edge of the tank beat
ing with his heels on it's sides and
singing crazy nOthings in the voice of
insanity.
Captain Ball went over TO him and
called up, Where's Hanra han -
He winked and pointed down into the
tank I'm the king of the castle he
sang. I'm the king of the castle I'm
the king-whats Hanrahan2 Pete.
Pete, Delicate Pete. On. he's a spell
binder" he said with a grin. He's a
spellbinder. talkin' hot air.
Comm up2 Come on up. It amt hot
up here as if was"
And they found Hanrahan. unCon-
scious but alive. stilI tied 10 the lad
der, and floating with his head be-
tween the rungs.
Two weeks later. when German re-
his first question was for Delicate
Pete Him - the Lieutenant said
oh he's quit the department He's
goin' to join the police"
Copyright by :. s. Mcclure Coz
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set down.
German did not answer him.
For the Lords sake, Bull he cried.
don't let us burn alive up herei''
German shook his head. 4 can't get
down." he said.
He could see that there was nothing
on the brick roof to burn; the heat and
not the flames would be their danger
The fire was at its worst in the light
well, and at the point furthest from il
there was an enormous water tank,
protected with a covering of tin, and
supported across the angle of the walls
on steel beams, so that even If the roof
should fail. the tank would not go with
II. Here was the greatest safety. They
would have water to prevent the heat
from baking them alive, and they would
have the tank to shelter them from the
drift of smoke
German went over TO it and crouched
to peer beneath the beams. Hanrahan
whimpered, Il can't can't get down"
German thrust him, aside. well,
who said you coul\2" he snarled.
You're up here to W You better
yap.'
Hanrahan threw up his arms and
screamed at the sky in a high, dry
voice, clutching with his fingers and
swapping like a dog with his teeth
Then he pitched forward into the smoke
on run for the street parapet again.
German climbed slowly up the iron
ladder to the top of the tank. He came
on a scuttle there and raised it, to find
that the tank was almost full. He took
off his rubber coat and dipped il down,
and 1t came UP dripping He rubbed il
over his face. and licked at the mois-
ture on the smooth tarpauiin; and the
touch of water sent a burning fever
flush of thirst through him. He reached
down with his helmet drew il IN half
full and emptied il over his head and
down his back, again and again. Then
he drank in great gulps, signing with
Satisfaction
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his eyes away with a "get-thee- behind
me-Satan' sort OF an expression. which
was highly commendable in one so
young and inexperienced. But alas for
his character, one Of my neiehbors had
a dog. whose hide was black. and
whose reputation was blacker He had
no regular occupation, and hung around
our house large part of his time, try
ing 10 scrape acquaintance with the
animals. Most of them would have
nothing TO do with him, but the coyote
was a friendly little fellow, and after
= day or two began to rub noses with
the dog. The latter was much older
than Romulus. and his influence upon
the young wolf was very marked from
the first They romped about for day
or two. and then. one afternoon, they
were seen walking away down the road
together. as nearly arm-in-srm as two
foursSsots can walk. That evening.
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10 the tank, and sat down beside him
uncertain what to do-with his back to
the parapet and his face to the light
Wen H.he heat swan over them i'm a
suf coating current. Hanrahan threw
out his arms and lay as if stretched on
a cross, rolling his head from side to
SIDE, agonized and Speechless.
he began to humble the confession"
of Roman Catholic beating his
breast with a whispered through my
fault, through my faults through my
most grievous fault
German scOwled. The smoke irri-
tated him; the heat pricked him. Cant
you shut yer zap for half a minute %
he complained.
Hanrahan groaned and turned to
him "D'you think there's any help
he asked in husky whisper.
German laughed. "Aw. cut il out. -
he said. You're scared. That's all
that's wrong with you
dOws in the airshaft. The flames
roared up. Mapping like a banner in the
wind.
Help" Hanrahan screeched. Help.
Hell
German clapped a hand over his
mouth We'll. you lobster" he said.
"Aw, don't, Bull he pleaded.
German stood up in the thickening
smoke and looked down on him. Say"
he said. IF you got any breath TO
waste you'd better save il for your
prayers This roofs going to drop you
in hole so hot 1t won't leave enough
of you fer the devil to raise blister
on Shut up. will your
He turned away from him and
climbed the ladder 10 the top of the
tank. so that he might sit down there
in quiet He could hear the engines in
the street whistling franticauy for coal
from the fuel wagons. and they sound
ed very far away. He reached down
into the scuttle and drank from his
helmet again The air came up cool
from the tank. He lay with his face in
the draft Of II and shut his avaIidS N,
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The Transgression of Ronus By Ernest Harold Baynes

Up to Dec. 81. 1904, "Romulus," my
tame prairie wolf, stood upon a pin
nacle of virtue. Not that he was what
you would call exactly sanity" for
he had spells of mischievousness which
were trying TO those about him, and
during which he would nip the bear.
and pull tufts of hair out of the deer.
or run of into the woods with his
masters cap or gloves. 1t has even
been recorded that he once tore the
trousers OF a certain gentleman from
the city. but in that case the circum-
stances justified severe methods. But
the property of my farmer neighbors
he had never interfered with. Temp
tations were many, but he resisted
them all. He never chased the cattle
or the sheep. though I'm sure that to
have done so would have proven keen
sport for him. and in passing a poultry
yard, be would drop his head and turn.
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Romulus did not appear at supper and,
for the first time in his life, he was
literally out all night" Next morn
ing he came back. still in company with
the black dog. His manner had al
ready changed for the worse; he did
not want TO be caught, and finally.
when we did catch him, he~was very
irritable and tried his level best TO
bite. We kept him in a day or two
but on New Years eve we relented
and once more set him at liberty. He
was mighty pleased. and showed his
gratitude by following US about, and
at every opportunity throwing himself
on his back. that We might come up
and caresS him But in the afternoon
ne sauntered of, met the black dog
somewhere down the road, and again
failed TO answer tattoo roll cali. Next
morning early, a farmer drove up to
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gested that he had come to wish us a
Happy New Year. but this proved to
be a mistake He had come to inform
me that my wolf had, in the cold gray
dawn, attacked his flock of turkeys,
and had killed the biggest gobbler in
the bunch. The family had attempted
TO drive him off by setting the dogs on
him. but the wolf wagged his tail and
refused to run. and the dogs simply
turned round and played with him. 1t
would have been easy enough TO shoot
him. but there was no desire TO be un-
neighborly Hastily strapping on a
pair of snow-shoes, hurried off across
lots 10 the scene of the tragedy II
was something over a mile from my
house, in swamp. and there I saw a
sight which recalled descriptions of the
battle of Lao Yang. For more than
an acre, the snow was strewn with
feathers, and there was scarcely
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-01-22
Reflections of a Bachelor.

New York Press
It is astonishing what a lot OF educating
people can stand without getting any ed
ucstion.
When the devil can't find any other
way to make trouble he has a girl marry
man To reform him
When = girl keeps on buying more I'M
derclothes than she needs il is d sign she
is going 10 be married.
woman always knows that her ba bv
is the most beautiful one that was ever
born. but what she wants is that others
should know il.
nice thing about having the babv-s
crib in the room where YOU sleep is tina
YOU can always find il IN the dark with
against it
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square yard i'm all that space which
was not splashed or streaked with
blood. Near the center of this grew
some field. lay the body of the old
gobbler, famous for miles around. and
said 10 be the largest turkey in Sulli-
van county n. II. The wolf had evil
IDENTIFY made a full meal but all he had
been able TO eat had made but little
impression on the carcass of this giant
bird. which even in death. torn and
minus half its feathers, still looked
majestic. That he had been no easy
proposition for the wolf, was shown by
the evidence of a long and bitter strug-
gle. He weighed more than twice as
much as the coyote. and had dragged
that animal back and forth through
the snow for a long distance before his
strength had departed and he had sue
cumbed to the attacks Of his persistent
little foe. The latter, whom / specially
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Pointed Paragraphs.

iOnlCaEO NeWs-l
Every man should be a critic OF his
own actions.
knights of old feared nothing-but a
wOman'S tongue.
Many a girls idea3 is shattered when
her fiance goes broke
Soldiers who lose their heads in battle
have no use for pensions.
Being beautiful is an accomplishment
that is difficult to accomplish.
Some married women not only have the
last word but all the rest Of them.
A man doesn't enjoy being laughed at
by crowd unless he gets paid for it,
The thin woman who falls from the top
of step ladder will come down plump.
Many a single man looks through the
double.
The longevity of the ancients may have
been due to the scarcity OF medical col
lege graduates
If George Washington ever told a lie
in his life il was probably when his wife
asked him for money
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sought, was nowhere to be seess, and
though l followed his trGii for up
wards of two miles, 1 did not get so
much as glimpse of his gray fur.
My next move was to visit the out
ragged farmer, and discover to what ex-
tent l was indebted to him. found him
discussing the affair with his wife, and
by the way they were both smiling, /
judged they were more amused than
angry. Wherever l have lived and
kept "varmints" to study. I have been
blessed with most forbearing neigh
bors and Meriden, N H, proves no
exception The owners of the late
lamented turkey, SO far from becem-
ing angry over the affair, laughingly
told me all the particulars, They
commented on the VOLTS good judg-
ment in singing out the finest turkey
in the flock, and spoke highly Of his
persistence in running down and over.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-01-22
Couldn't Be Shared.
Chicago Trftune.)

I'D like TO get a large mustache cup.
plain white, without any gliding or orna-
mentation.'' said the customer
We haven't any Of that kind in stock
announced the salesman, after an inSpec-
ton OF the shelves.
There's one in your front window I'll
take that.
Il can't let you have that, sir That's
sample
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-01-22
By John KendriCk Bangs

That's why 1 think your friend Penny
packer is wrong" continued the Grow
Ter, and for once the KnOcker was not
pleased with the Growers agreement
with his view
Copyright. 1905. by X H. Holmes.
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An Unfailing System.

IDHICaS0 Fs0COI eTaIu-I
Another English earl has gone to Monte
Carlo with d system which he thinks
viii enable him 20 break the bank.
Wouldn't il have been "A hot day for
Monte Carlo if Mrs ChadWick had hap
pened to camp there for a few hours with
her little old SNStem2
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towering his swift and weighty an
t2gonist. When we finally came 70 the
question of DANA ges-a question they
seemed in no hurry to thrust into the
cOnversatiOn-they admitted that tur-
keys of that weight and appearance
usually sold for IS at this season, and
even offered to hitch up" ana deliver
that particular bird at my door; an
offer L gratefully declined.
AS 1 approached my house, there was
a furry of snow. a streak Of gray, and
Romulus lay at my feet, whining and
wagging his tail. as I stopped TO pat
his head He's rather expensive, but a
pretty good little wolf for all that.
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Fail to Discriminate
Il see Burns Bible was sold the other
day for $3.50
Yes. some people pay as much for SEQ
cnd-hand things as-foT lew- ones."
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Two weeks later. when German re-
ported for duty at the engine house
his first question was for Delicate
Pete Him - the Lieutenant said
oh. he's quit the Departments. He's
gOin' to join the police
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1905-04-14
TWO MINERS KILLED
SEVERAL OTHERS SERIOUSLY IN.
JURED IN RIOT AT A HIR-
BlNG (MiNN.) MINE.

Duluth, April 1.-Two miners,
Elias Haskinson and John Sckdahl,
we're killed and several seriously in
jured in a riot which occurred during
the morning at the Hull-Rust mine at
Hibbing, MINI. by gang of strik-
ers. The men were employed by the
Oliver Mining company.
The situation there is critical.
At l o'clock a. m. Sheriff Bates, ac-
companiesi by two score of armed
deputies, left on a special train over
the Duluth, Missabe and Northern for
Hibbing to quell the riot which, ac-
cording to report, has broken out
among the miners employed in num-
ber of other mines. The authorities
there wired during the evening that
the presence OF strong guard was
absolutely necessary in order to pre-
vent further violence.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1905-04-14
END is NOT IN SIGHT
PEACEABLE SETTLEMENT OF THE
STRIKE IN CHICAGO SEEMS
FAR DISTANT.

Chicago, April 11-There was moth.
ing in the days developments that
would indicate that there is to be a
peaceable settlement of the strike in
augurated by the teamsters against
the mail order house of Montgomery
Ward & Co.
Wagons and vans of the big store
manned by nonunion men made sew
seral turbulent trips during the day
delivering goods to railroad freight
houses. Although big and noisy crowds
followed the caravans, and the police
were forced to break a number Of
blockades, deliveries to the railroads
were declared by the officials of the
store to have been a great deal more
successful than last weeks efforts.
Fifty members of the employers
association at meeting during the
day issued a statement to the teams
ters to put stop to the sympathetic
strike In the resolution adopted by
the employers it is also declared that
under no circumstances will they al.
low the teamsters to interfere with
the carrying on of legitimate bust
ness as will be the case should the
strike be extended to other concerns
In order to bring Montgomery Ward
| & Co. TO terms.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1905-04-14
MANY THOUSANDS DE
Numerous Villages Destroyed
and the Ruins Filled With
Dead
Magnificent Summer Palace of
the Viceroy lat Simla
i.s-- ss-.. !. f!Wrecked

Calcutta, April 10. - Telegraphic
communication with Dharmsala has
been restored The latest accounts
show that the earthquake was even
more disastrous than at first believed.
OF total population Of nearly 5000
In the town of Kangra it is believed
that only 500 are left alive. Many of
these have fed. Of the police only a
deputy inspector and four sergeants
are alive. Many people are still i'm
prisoned in the ruins.
Dharmsala, Kangra, Palanpur, Dha-
wan and all the neighboring villages
were completely wrecked. Scarcely a
building remains standing.
Not much damage was done at Ha-
npur, Deragopipur, Nadaum or Ha-
mirpur, but Sujanpur, having pop
ulation of about 5000 souls, is report
ed to be in ruins.
The shocks still continue. There
Is no news from Kulu valley, but &C.
eording to native rumors a great
amount of damage has been done.
An official from DhMmsala says the
place is scene of complete desola-
tion. Owing to the scarcity Of labor
great difficulty is experiencing in ex-
cavating the ruins, but the Gurkhas
are doing excellent work.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1905-04-14
TOWN OFFICIAL MURDERED.
Shooting the Climax Of a Bitter Town.
site Ejuht

site Fight.
Reaudette, Mimi, April 10.-As the
climax of bitter townsite fight of
a years duration, intensified by re-
lentless prosecution of the gambling
and saloon element, Matt G. Cannon,
chairman of the town board of Spoon
er, the American town on the Rainy
river, was fatally shot by mob from
Spooner and died from his wounds
several hours later.
Matters reached a climax last week
when Cannon made number of ar
rests at Spooner and Sunday posse,
headed by saloonkeepers, went to
Reaudette. 1t is alleged that before
leaving Spooner each man took an
oath to kill Cannon before returning.
The posse ordered Cannon to leave
town. He refused and went to the
hotel. At o'clock Cannon and mem
bers OF the mob were in the Catch
ardt hotel bar, when four shots from
44-caliber revolver were fired through
rear window. One bullet passed
through Gannons leg, second en-
tered his back and kidneys and the
other two shots buried themselves in
the bar woodwork.
Gannon's dying statement was taken
by a magistrate. He named those
who had arranged the affair, also the
| person who had done the shooting,
whom he had seen through the WIN
dow.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1905-04-14
THE MINNESOTA is LAUNCHED
Latest Addition to the American Navy
Successfully Eloated.

Latest Addition to the American Navy
Successfully Floated.
Newport News, Va, April 10.-The
battleship Minnesota was successfully
launched at the plant of the Newport
News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock
company during the day. The vessel
was christened by Miss Rose Marie
Schaller, daughter of State Senator
Schaller, of Hastings, Mimi. Her
maids of honor were Miss Constance
Day of st. Paul and Miss Lillian Mac
MILAN of Minneapolis. Governor
Johnson was unable to attend and
was represented officially by his pri-
vate secretary, F. A. Day. The gov
ernor's wife was in the party.
Among the distinguished visitors in
attendance were Assistant Secretary
of the Navy Darling, Rear Admiral
Harrington, commandant of the navy
yard at Portsmouth,; Governor l. ].
Montague of Virginia, Senator Thomas
s. Martin, Lieutenant Governor j. E.
Wolford and a number of naval and
army officers at Fort Monroe and
Norfolk.
A luncheon followed the launching,
at which informal toasts were re-
sponded to by Governor Montague,
Assistant Secretary Darling, Senator
Schaller of Minnesota and others.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1905-04-14
HUNDREDS SOF VICTIMS
COLLAPSE OF BIG RESERVOIR At
MADRID RESULTS IN HEAVY
LOSS OF LIFE.

Madrid, April S.-Four hundred
persons were killed or injured during
the day by the collapse of new
water reservoir in course of construc-
tion on the outskirts of this city.
Fifty bodies have already been recov-
cred.
A workman who was injured says
the collapse was so sudden and COM
plete that it was impossible to tell
what happened. The men at work
on the reservoir, however, anticipated
trouble, as fortnight ago three
arches collapsed and cracks devel-
oped in four others.
An exact estimate of the casualties
is still impossible. 1t Is stated that
there were 236 men in the lower part
of the reservoir, all Of whom were
killed.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1905-04-14
GREAT FLEETS IO FIGHT
Togo. and Rojestvensky to Pull
off the Worlds Great Naval
Battle
The Vladivostock Squadron
Free to Raid the japanese
Coast

st. Petersburg, April 11-Whether
Vice Admiral Rojestvenskys battle
ship division passed through the
straits of Sunda or the straits Of
Malacca 1t is practically certain now
that he Is moving to effect juncture
with the division which passed Singa-
pore April s. 1t is possible that this
may not take place until the two divi-
sions reach Cape Padaran, on the east
coast Of Cochin China.
The dispatches from Singapore
naming the ships which passed there
Saturday are erroneous in several par
ttculars, notably in the case of the
Fuerst Bismarck, rechristened The
Don, which is still at Libau
According to the admiralty's infor-
nation the Japanese have had an OBJ
servation squadron in the waters of
Labuan, British Borneo, where they
took the same advantage of British
neutrality as Rojestvensky did of
French neutrality at Madagascar, and
this squadron is believed to have been
summoned by Japanese scouts to re-
main in touch with the Russians until
they go north to the straits of For
mosa. where, it is believed here, a
battle will occur. Considering the
vital nature OF the issue the admiralty
1s inclined to think that Admiral Togo
will not dare to send ships to Vladi-
vostok or leave vessels behind him
to cope with the Russian vessels at
that port and that the Japanese coasts
ani the transport feet will practically
have to shift for themselves until the
naval battle is fought. The principal
coast cities OF Japan are we'll pro
tected by fortifications and the Rus
sian cruisers at Vladivostok, not be-
ing heavily armored, could not attack
them, but havoc could be created
among the Japanese transports and
commercial ships.
So far as ascertainable Rojestven.
sky has no intention of putting into
Saigon, the entrance to that port be.
ing narrow. but it is believed he will
remain in the open sea.