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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-03-10
Give the Creditor
A Chance
(saIt Lake Herald Edit oriaI March 8, 1eo7.)

LOFT of
the notorious Justices court at
collection THIS city
the remedies ana
al the hands OF
mixed up in the
followed
they have been
legislation by
the complaints have
maudln consideration at the hands OF
yowng
have gone TO the district
the Murray
will that
commonly known
hailed by snerhg
deadbeat
at all
finding and means for
bills might well
bear the
attention has
his share OF public
credit
ntei naeh peon
HIM what he owe
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she got me within she slipped a pair of
handouts on my wrists, and also
gagged me. was SO paralyzed by the
effect of the ammonia that did not
attempt to make the slightest struggle
until TOO late. When she had gagged
and bound me she dragged me down
passage and into this laboratory where
we are now standing She then laid me
on the floor and tied me down securely.
When she had done this. she looked
down at me and smiled smile of dex-
ilish cruelty.
Yes. Miss Beringer.' she said. you
are a smart woman, the smartest with
one exception in all London. You are
interested in mel am about TO sratify
your interest.
she left me for a few moments, and
presently returned. dragging something
heavy after her. Horror of horrors, II
was a woman's dead body, I could
scarcely believe the evidence of my
own senses. She laid the body on the
floor, and began TO dress it in some of
her clothes. Having done this, and
having arranged it in the attitude Of
one who might have suddenly fallen
and died. she came up to me again.
Two years ago. she said, speaking
slowly. and bending her face to within
about a foot of mine, there lived a
Woman In Naples who was in every re-
speet my double. She was like me in
each feature i'm height. proportion,
even to the expression of her face. She
was a peasant woman, but so strong
was her resemblance to me, that twice
the Neapolitan police arrested her, be-
lieving her to be me. They, of course,
discovered their mistake, and she
quickly recovered her liberty. The wo-
man died, and though TO all appear
ance she was buried. it was but a mock
funeral. For ] had been watching her,
and ! felt that in extremis she would
be of the utmost use to me. / offered
the weRaan's husband a large sum for
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her body. IL was conveyed TO my house
in Naples, no matter how. The hus-
land received his money. but in order
that no tales might arise he was quick
ly afterwarG put out of the way by
one of my confederates. kept the
body at a very low temperature, and
when 1 came to England IN my own
yacht, brought II with me. Since then
Il has remained in frozen chamber
beneath the floor of the inner labora-
tory, thus retaining its likeness. as I'M
der such circumstances IL would per-
petually.
The time has come when / must
use my double in order TO effect my
own escape The most vinGictive friB-
unaI in the world win pause at the edge
Of the grave Ny enemies will suppose
that / am dead, and shall escape from
their power, for the likeness to me is so
perfect that detection cannot be made
until autopsy. BY then | shall be well
out of the country. for the men who
are on watch for me win have with
drawn the moment the news of my sui
eide is known. / mean TO put hypo-
dermic syringe and bottle OF strong
poison near the body of the woman.
Thus all will be complete. This is my
last trump card.
"sAnd now, Miss Reringer,' she ADD
ed. with strange laugh, which | hear
even now ecf7oing in my ears. for your
part in this CHASTITY game. in order to
insure your silence | mean 10 cOnsign
you to the frozen chamber from which
l have just taken this woman. Gagged
and bound in that place your tortures
will not last long, for death will soor
release you from them. But know that
you can never again mingie with your
| fellow Know also that you made
| a mistake when you pitted YOU
strength against mine. for mine is The
stronger. Gomez
'.She raised me as If I we're an In
FAINT, and lifted me into the inner room
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str,,ct,,res Of masonry that have been
there stns the Duke of Alva. and Will
be still in service when our makeshut
crossings of wood shall have been re-
built again and again.
In The country even more than in the
city does the Traveller reah<e .iie ,l p,ac-
teal beauty OF Hollands canals. There
Is M tourney In the kingdom which he
canpot take by water as well as by rail.
a. he has the time, and as his canal
hoat gIides along the tranquil water
,,avs I'm the midst of herds of grazing
Uoisteins or winds through the quaint
villages his admiration is always first
and foremost for the beauty and neat
ness of the canals themselves with
their fringing lines OF noble trees. In
3 forestless country, where every inch
of space counts, as in Holland, the tree
pjanted canal borders have an econom-
ic as well as aesthetic value.
Many a Utah traveller In the Neither
lands has wished he had Ii in his power
to transfer these leafy guardians OF the
Dutch canals to the borders or the
canals that cross the treeiess plains
OF his native state. He would glad
ly initiate the Dutch tree planting
on his return. lid he not feel that tne
loss of water through absorption py the
trees would exceed that due TO eVapo-
ration by the sun This is an important
detail in an irrigated country, but mas
however never been scientifically
proved TO be q fact, and the would-be
tree planter has many arguments on his
side. He knows that foresters maintain
that tree planting Increases the rainfall
of a country, that the timber thus
thus grown is of value, and above al
his pride in his state tells MIN tna'
/ there is no simpler or suTer way OF IN
creasing tht loneliness of her valleys
! than BY planting trees along the banks
| Of her canals, especially poplars, tbs
stiff grace and dense green foliage OF
which are a notably harmonious ele'
ment in Utah scenery.
This IS adornment on a large scale
AMI out of the reach of man. but tn
| Improvement of the town canals should
be dear TO the heart of every citizen
Every woman can at least plant "!
and flowers along that portion OF IN
canal that traverses her bailiwick. If !
is not within her power to go furthe
and see that its banks be made other
wise beautiful with masonry, sod o
ferns and vines. A canal passinl
through property should be regards
as a feature of landscape gardenini
with almost endless possibilities, an
hence a real estate asset of no meal
value All may not possess houseiot
capable of such Improvement, but a
have a town pride which should max
them use their influence in having III
canals in public places kept in order. i
seeing that there be no more Gavin
banks. no mere mud and weeds. n
more treeiess, benchless paths alon
the bitches, and above all, no NOR
plank crossings, but bridges or iroI
stone or concrete. simple structures @
artistic design that will be an orna
ment to the town and joy to tn
beauty loving generations that are (
come.
Charles Dickens remarks in hi
american Notes" that where EU
ropean would say 'all right" an Amer
lean would say "go ahead" and find
the two remarks indicative of the dill
ference in temperament to be found 0
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THE BROTHERHOOD OF
THE SEVEN KINGS
Continued from Page 6.

she feared no man in London. but 1 do
believe she had q wholesome dread of
Anna Beringer.
well, my watch began, and for the
first hour or so nothing occurred, but
as soon as it was dark ! saw the old
caretaker, who showed you over the
house on the first occasion, come out
by the area door. / Immediately fol-
loved her. She went straight to a shop
in the Marylebone High street-a small
grocer's. She remained there for near
ly half an hour. When she came out
she was carrying a bag, quite a small
one, which apparently contained some
provisions. I followed her again
watching her closely as did so. Some
thing about her walk first attracted
my attention. The man on duty passed
us as we went down Welheck street.
quickened my steps, and was in reaii-
ty only two or three feet behind the
woman whom / now suspected to be
Nine. Koluchy herself
Just wheH we reached the open
gate of the area, and as was about
to lay my hand on her shoulder she
turned quick as lightning upon me and
dashed into my face liquid which
must have been a solution of the
strongest ammonia. The effect was In
Simultaneous. / fell back gasping for
breath and unable TO utter sound
| She well knew what the effect of am
monia would be, causing a suddef
paralysis of the CLOTHS. which would
prevent my uttering word for cou.
| pie of moments. Before | could recov
| er. she had flung her arm arount
me. had dragged me down the area
steps and into the house The moment
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noticed that one Of the haestones was
up--the gag prevented my speaking.
thongs which bound me prevented my
struggling. Madame thrust me into
the frozen chamber and sealed the
stone above me There ! have re-
manned for the last fifteen hours. What
] havs endured Is beyond description.
At last j fancied ] heard footsteps
overhead. ! made one frantic struggle,
and managed to remove the gag from
my lips. The moment i did so shout
ed wildly Thank God, you heard me
in time"
Miss Beringer's words fell on our
ears like the strokes OF a hammer. We
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BOARDING THg LION.
LPuckl

Angry Subscriber crushing into office
Il want yew tey stop sendin' me yer
darn old rag as quick as ever yew kin. Ny
su' scriptions got six months an Two
weeks vet tew run, so SEND yer Spurious
sheet tew some loonyic asylum Ter theS
tlmel
Country Editor (sweetiy)-Yes, sir-any
one you could recommendE
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were too stunned in reply. Madame had
been In our very grasp, under our
hands, and once more she had eludsd
The Washington times., 1907-08-17
PRACTICE
FOR ST. LOUIS RACE
Daring Aeronauts Choose
Severe Weather fer
Trials.

PARIS. Aug. 17.-Alfred lie Blanc and
Rene Cashier, the expert amateurs
designated by the managing committee
Of the Aero Club Of France to repre-
sent France in the international balloon
race at st. Louis next month, are Qrac-
ticing daily, choosing the most severe
weather to make their ascents in order
to accustom themselves to the stiff
winds that blow in America in the
autumn.
They also take water voyages. so that
in event they are carried north and over
tae Great Lakes they viii have no dim-
Guilty in navigating their balloons.
The two young Frenchmen are regard
ed as among the most daring balloon ex-
perts In the world. They are determined
70 try 10 beat the famous voyage Of
John Wise from 81. Louis to Hend erson,
n Y, In 1883. Wise sacrificed the
movable bottom Of his boast to keep
The balloon from being dashed 70 the
surface of Lake Erie, and the French
men are planning partial ballast ap-
pncations In the form OF similar boats
10 hang beneath their cars
one or lie Blancs recent and most
dangerous trips was from St Cloud 10
the Isle or Rugen, in the Baltic a dis
lance or $50 miles, done in thirteen
hours Cashier recently crossed the
channcl from France 10 England an1
Whlle thousands OF feet In the air. above
water ae climbed the netting OF the
odAoOn ana repaired check valve
The Washington times., 1907-08-17

truth, the country should know it
and the guilty officers should be
punished.
Our representatives abroad have
all too often indulged in this desire
for souvenirs" There have been
consular scandals in large numbers
and some fairly eminent gentlemen
have been all but convicted of the
offense of having valuable articles
stick to their official fingers. Some
thing in the air of the Orient seems
to relax a Government servants
morals in some mysterious manner
and cause him to do things that here
at home would be described by the
plain every day term of stealing.
We trust the army is not deeply
infected by this desire to get some
thing for nothing out of foreign
possessions, and, of course, we hope
that all of the accused men will be
found innocent. Nevertheless, what
ever the outcome may be, the ex-
animation is ? salutary one. a man
who steals from his government
abroad is in no sense better than the
common individual who purloins a
pocketbook at home.
The Washington times., 1907-08-17
Kindly Treatment.

No one can read the proceedings
before the masters of the famous
Eddy case at Concord, and more par
ticularly the report of the examina-
ton of the aged Christian Science
leader herself. without the firm con-
viction that there is and will be
only the hndliest treatment of the
woman who is now passing through
so severe an ordeal. There has been
no attempt 10 entrap her in the
maze of legal technicalities; no
browbeating; no Indication of any
thing but a disposition to extract
from the whole situation the most
serene and fair-minded Justice.
In this there is cause for congrat-
ulation on all sides. Persecution,
even in its faintest form, would
have been hailed by the devoted
members of the cult as a sign that
there could be no fairness where
their interests and that of their
teacher were concerned. On the
other hand, any marked disposition
to fail to elicit from Mrs. Eddy evi-
dences of whatever mental powers
she possesses, would have been
equally fatal to a just and fair de-
cision of the action.
At best, this is u most delicate
case, and the three men who are
handling it have one of the most ex-
acting of their lives. That what
they decide promises to be decided
truly and well on the evidence as
they see it at close range, is some
thing for which all parties to the
"cause celebre" may be truly thank
ful,
The Washington times., 1907-08-17
GERhANY'S FOE
ESCAPES BRITISH

BERLIN. Aug 1.-THE colonial Office
Is feverishly concerned over the escape
OF Jacob MOrengO. the chief who was
held prisoner by Great Britain, at Cape
Town. and who caused Germany the
loss Of many hundreds Of lives and an
expense Of millions OF dollars. Morengo
fed to Cape Town to avSid capture by
the Germans and was captured by the
British.
Advices received here state that he
escaped yesterday, formed junction
WITH another native chief and, at the
head OF 100 followers. returned swiftly
10 German Southwest Africa. The Cape
police followed, but were easily dis
tauced.
Ia is feared that the rebellion Of the
tribes will have 70 be fought all over
again. AIorengo holds some peculiar
power over the tribes and they take the
field at his first command y He has
caused Germany more trouble taan all
native African chiefs combined. Less
than a year ago he led the German
troops into ambush repeatedly and
slaughtered hundreds OF them. the ma
tives using every sort OF weapon from a
poisoned arrow 70 a modern rifle
The campaign will undoubtedly have
10 be begun all over again and the
colonial Office evidences great worry
Orders have been issued for the imme-
diate pursuit OF Morengo by German
troops.
The Washington times., 1907-08-17
Sandbagging by Cipher.

No rest for the man who has more
money than he can spend in paying
bills on the first of each month!
Disquiet for she citizen who happens
to be of foreign birth and has ac-
quired by honorable means money
which is needed by patriots, bandits,
and knife throwers from the old
world! But still n greater burden
of woe is produced by remarkable
method said to have been adopted
by sandbaggers and bIacImailers in
search of coin and desiring to send
rush message 10 their proposed
victim.
One would suppose that an intelli-
gent CRATER, bent upon living upon
money earned by somebody else,
would notify the person holding
that money directly, plainly, and
without opportunities for procras-
tination. But there is a new method
now, if anybody cares to believe it.
Two ciphers are selected, stirred in
dish until thoroughly mixed,
placed over a smelling pot until
they bubble, and then used TO tell
the well-off business man that IL he
does not give up, he Will go down.
What can the poor merchant do?
He suspects that it is a threat TO
murder within twenty-fOur hours,
but it may be the secret of buried
treasure. He calls in the handwrit.
ing experts. They shiver and sue
cumb. He interviews men who have
translated the paving stones of
buried cities, but they can give no
aid. There may be a time limit con-
cealed in the cipher, but nobody
knows. All! There is a way out
or In. He goes to a newspaper
office. It is all over but the shout
ing. BY a strange coincidence two
ciphers are on the city editors desk.
Two Office boys are detailed to de-
cipher the message.
The rest is easy. It is a warning
couched in a combination of Quaker,
Bowery, and Jack Harkaway. Listen
Thou thinketh, but ye thinkest only
because II yous don't get a move on, by
my halidom your end Is IN sight. The
! barrooms close at II; very few hotels
at midnight. Copyright, 1907, by the
Powder Works, Limited.)
Can you beat it? No sandbagger
should attempt to do business with
out ciphers. Samples and prices
freely supplied.
The Washington times., 1907-08-17
Too Much Souvenir.

Every decent-minded citizen Of the
United States will be content that
the War Department has entered
upon an investigation of the "sou-
venir" practices, as reported to have
been carried on by the quartermas-
ter's department of our army in
the Philippines. The charge has
been made that a number of army
officers stationed in our eastern
islands had compelled the manufac-
ture of a lot of very costly furniture
for their own use and for "souve-
Mrs" to be sent to their friends
in the United States, for all of
which no proper return was made to
the governor. This charge has not
yet been proven and the evidence is
said to be somewhat conflicting, but
If there is in it the least basis of
The Washington times., 1907-08-17
LOWERING GAS BILL
MAY COST HIS EYE

PHILADELPHIA, Aug. T-Obiect-
ing 10 the gas bills run up on him by
MS bC2rders, Max Baker, thirty-eight
years old, Of l24 South Fourth street.
uptoed into the room of one OF his
guests and quietly turned of the how.
The guest at the time was reading a
thrilling novel Imbued with the he
roics therein contained he struck ont
IN duelling fashion with the first thing
MS hand fell on, a chair runs. and iU
the lunge. ii is said. poked Il into
Haker's eve. He then hed.
Baker was taken 10 the Mt. Sinai
Hospital. where the physicians saw he
VIII lose the sight OF the injured mem
ber
For some time. the police say. Max
has been expostulating wiki his guests
Tor burning the gas far into the morn
ing hours. Last night Baker started ont
10 put into practice what his guests
seemingly would not. Tiptoeing into
the room he advanced stealthiIy 10 the
oack OF man who was reading a THRILL
ing tale OF defended honor and CONQUER
ing love. Deeming this an unworthy OBJ
JSct OF blazing gas Baker took hold OF
me stop cock and a turn left the room
IN darkness.
With a Br-r-rsirrah, the OCCUPANT OF
the room arose and picked up the runE
81 ~ a enalT- Assuming the position Of the
dueliist he lunged forward Baker was
standing In the way and the cnair ruug
entered his eye
With a gasp Of agony, he fell TO the
nOor- and the reader, with one last
glance at his PROSTATE figure stepped
quietly 10 the door. Out through the
Portal he fed and was sOOr lost in the
darkened alleys Of the neighborhood.
The Washington times., 1907-08-17
A Real PrecautiOn.

To the consideration of those who
were so unduly pessimistic at the
1ine of the explosion on the battle
ship Georgia as to the power of hu-
man precautions to prevent such ac-
cidents in the future, is offered the
recent order of the Acting Secretary
of the Navy in regard to the mat
ter. Thus it reads:
In order to guard against the posi-
bnity of flare-backs. the department
directs that in future, when firing all
powder bag guns. il shall be the duty
of a member OF the crew to look
through the bore Of the gun Immediately
after the opening of the breecn and note
when the bore is clear, announcing this
tinCtly, Bore clearr It is forbidden to
bring the ammunition car Of any rurret
above the turret floor before this has
been done.
That regulation may have a ten
dency TO do away with record
target practice, but it will save hu-
man lives. If its precepts are strict
" carried out-and there are officers
whose duty it is to see that obedi-
ence is compelled-there can be no
more of the turret horrors that
have been a disgrace TO our navy.
The Washington times., 1907-08-17
SATURDAY. AUGUST II, 1901.
Bitterness Not the Worst.

The best thought which has been given
10 the important subject OF popular pri-
mares has long ago agreed that the pri-
maries ought 10 be held to elect dele
gates TO a nominating convention and
not TO make the nominations direct. IL
has always been held that If the pack
ing OF conventions with machine men
and bosses could be prevented such con-
ventiOns would secure the best results.
Should the experience with personal pri-
maries as general thing prove no more
satisfactory than Is represented to be
the case in Mississippi. some other
method will have to be tried
So the New Orleans Picayune.
No city so near Virginia and Mary
land as Washington can think the
primary perfect. But it is the local
judgment (and we of the Capital are
as close to the institution as New
Orleans) that with all the bitter
ness illustrated by the recent Missis-
sipPi contest, the primary is yet
better than trying to eliminate ''the
packing Of conventions with ma
chine men and bosses
The Washington times., 1907-08-17
CLOTH TO STOP BULLETS.

"A new protective principle for sol
diers has been discovered by an Italian.
Signor Benedetti,'' saws the Technical
World Magazine. INSTRUMENTATION
shows that great resistance is offered
by substances that have air within their
cells. The principle may be illustrated
in this manner: Fire under precisely
the same conditions in both cases a bal
let at each of two calendars, one OF
which consists Of thick sheets OF paper.
the other of thinner sheets. The ball
will penetrate farther into the calendar
of heavier material. This difference is
due 10 the elasticity of the layer OF air
that is imprisoned between the success
sive sheets. The thinner the cushion of
air. the more elastic II is, and the more
sharply it reacts.
"Benedett. adopting this principle.
has constructed Il cuirass Of a kind of
felt. 1t Is not rough. however, like or
binary felt. The special features Of this
new device for stopping bullets the in
ventor has not yet disclosed in any de-
tall"
The Washington times., 1907-08-17
CROKER TO RETURN
AFTER ELECTIONS
Former Tammany Chieftain
Coming on Business
Affairs.

NEW YORK. Aug. 7.-Richard
Croker. former leader Of Tammany Hall,
is coming to New York after the No
vember election. Private business mat
ters require his presence here, but he
will probably not stay more than
month. returning TO his home in ireland
Croker postponed his visit until after
the election so that he could not be
accused of desiring TO get back into
politics. Some time ago friends wrote
him urging him to come Immediately as
his business affairs demanded his pres
ence.
In reply Croker wrote; II should
q, 10 New York at this time the public
and the newspapers might say I am
irving 20 get back into politics am
done with politics, and shall not go
over until after the election. Let mat
ters stand until then and l will come
over for q short time.