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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-04-17

1t less than 81, and bought by Lawson
or $40. was knocked down for l,O50.
Which is almost as good money!
making as the late Minister Conger
could tell of. During the Boxer days
in China he bought a rug for $40, which
he sold in Chicago for $4,000.
The bargain of years. however, prom
ises to have just come to light. The
dispatch telling the story, dated from
Brussels on December 90 reads:
What is declared to be an authen-
tic Van Dyck has been found in bum
die of miscellaneous articles. lately sold
at auction at the old convent of Waes-
munster, at Bruges. 1t is portrait
of the artists sister, who was a nun
at WESTMINSTER The buyer paid a
franc for the lot. The portrait is IN
excellent condition"
Twenty cepts for a genuine Van
Dyck, And then a London second
hand book dealer bought at waste pa
per value a copy of Gabriel Thomas
History of Pennsylvania and West
New Jersey" which went at Sotheby' S
for $500.
Small wonder that d certain Chinese
merchant has offered his government
$500 a year for the monopoly OF col
Letting all the waste paper IN the
Kwong Chow and Shiu King prefec-
lures! Me make firecrackers," is his
excuse, but ii is obvious he dreams OF
colonial pamphlets and old masters.
The event of the past few months in
those usually dingy rooms where the
great book prizes of the literary world
pass from owner to owner was un-
ouestionably the sale of the interna-
tionaIIy famous 'Rowfant-Loeker-
I.ampson" copy for $4,000. Well below
this i'm value, yet its peer in interest
was the discovery and sale in June OF
a first edition of 'Yorke and Lancas-
ter" a venerable drama said to have
been the inspiration for THE Immortal
WilTs,'' Henry W. 1t brought tidy
S9,55O-the only other copies known be-
ing in the Bodleian at Oxford and the
British museum
Half a dozen manuscripts of peculiar
interest and value have figured in the
auction room contests of late. The nigh
est price of any fell to a medieval ac-
count of old st. Cuthbert of Lindisfarne
/ its fOrty-fiVe beautiful illuminatiOns
bringing at the close of spirited finan-
cial debate $500. Second place cam,
/ to King William HIS brutal order fol
| the determination of the MacDOnalds
| THE Massacre of Glencoe" which cos
/ it's purchaser just $1,000 for its 30
wicked words.
! The past years big prices hav,
reached even TO teeth and hair. In sucl
| cases everything depends on the answer
I to lacOnic "Who?'-for it was a mo-
[ lar of Sir Isaac Newtons which brOugh
/ SO, 400; a similar relic of BOnaparte haC
/ to go at $3.50 for want of greater finan
cial appreciation. The hair was Charlie:
! Dickens, a lock of it changing hand!
| for $40. In which connection is sug
gests itself that many a man, less eel
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ebrated, would gladly pay at tnat rate
for his own. if it could be put back:
The purely personal value attaches
to many of the items recently disposed
of. Thus. in a New York auction room
81. 600 was obtained for bonnet 1ash-
toned for the imperial and aged hedu
of Chinas clever dowager. and orok-
-and-mended teapot once used Dy the
eloquent Burke was considered cheap at
s21. though a better one for mere tea
making was TO be had anywhere for as
many pennies.
Similarly an agate match box less
than three inches long, was sold IN Der
lin last May for SO, $50, that total being
reached not because of its gold setting
or even for its tiny rose diamonds, put
purely because it had once inspired that
famous German tract, "Morbus satan
icus," by medieval prototype of Lon
don's present-day Father Vaughan
The highest price ever paid for a SIN
gle coin was recorded in the sales of last
June, when, in Philadelphia, 1881
doubloon went for $500. The same
month. across the English channel, the
first Rose crown" ever offered at pub
| lie auction brought Sl,100; the piece
was coined in 1926, by special order OF
| Henry VIII, and was seen through the
royal mint by Wolsey himself.
! If all this sounds of the collector
class-of mere academic appreciation.
bacted by endless dOllars-there is yet
another side to the tale. For L. B.
/ Coke of Franklin Ind. has sold sin
! gle ear of corn for $3.50, which figures
down to exactly 20 cents a kernel, and
Oscar Vanderbilt disposed of the entire
apple crop of his farm near Portland,
/ Ore. for price which reckons out at
a shade more than IL cents an apple.
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PANGUITcH NEWS NOTES.

Panguitch, April 12.-On Thursday
Burns, the 5-yeaT-Old son of Mr.. and Mrs
Burns Tebbs, died of acute heart disease.
He has been sufferer for some time past
and death came relief.
Bernice the 12-months-old baby of Mr.:
and Mrs. John r. Lee. died Saturday of
erysipeIas and was buried on the 18th.
Yesterday the eighth grade students
gave their teacher a surprise and very
pleasant afternoon was spent. Recita-
lions. songs. speeches and refreshments
were INDUCED in.
On Thursday night the public schools
will give an entertainment in the Social
hall which will mark the completion OF
the most successful year of school held N
Panguitch. More promotions and better
satisfaction exists among the people than
ever before.
The canal being built by the state has
been started and a large force of mer
are working on it. under the management
of Mr. Lawson. d. b. Brinton, the con-
tractor is at the reservoir with another
outfit pushing the dam to completion
The jury for the April term of court
has been drawn and jurors have beer
served with their notices. Court sets on
the 18th and a large amount of business
is ready to be disposed Of This will be
the first term in the new court house.
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AGED SERVANT IS DEAD
Aunt Jane, Who Had Been in House
hold of Joseph Smith, Dies
at Age of 95.

Jane Manning James, colored one of
the servants in the household of Joseph
Smith at NauvOo. ILL.,. O. years ago, died
yesterday at her residence, 529 Second East
street She was Familiarity known as
Aunt Jane and was loved and respected
by all her friends She was 80 years of
age and was in good health until two
months ago, when she was injured in
fall and never recovered from the shock.
For the last fifteen years she had lived
with her brother, Isaac Manning, two
years her junior. He was also a servant
in Joseph Smiths household at the time
of his death.
Both were converted to Mormonism in
the early ''fOrties' in Connecticut and
came TO Utah with the pioneers.
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CURIOS WORTH FORTUNES.
Enormous Sums That People Pay for
Small Articles.
OPhiladelphia Press.)

Economic annals tell us that in
the last half of the thirteenth century
pig could be bought in Venice for
80 cents, and that hens were sold in
the Paris markets at , cents each.
How times have changed in 500 odd
years! Only last July F. w. Martin of
Beioit. Wis, paid farmer Querrolo of
Independence. Mo. $4,000 for a blooded
pig, and in the closing month of 1907
A. ]. Cheek of Henderson. n. c.. paid
s400 for a four pound buff Orpington
hen. raised by G. g. Shoemaker of
York Pa.
And these things have been quite
characteristic of recent financial his
tOry-panics and currency stringencies
to the contrary Notwithstanding. Dol
lar wheat has become an Oft-told tale;
whisky has scared to Sl.34 a gallon
(this to balance the growth of prohibit
ton news), and Mrs. w. K. Vanderbilt
set a new high-water mark fo- tea
when she calmly paid 1000 francs
$4,000 for a cup at a French charity
fair.
Furniture and "knick-knaeks'' have
done nicely, too. A seat on the New
York stock exchange has changed own
ers for $4,000. and the unpronouncea-
BILE monarch of PARKWAY Siam, during
his Berlin visit last August, gave up
a little matter of $4,000 for a gold
and gem-studded thimble.
If beneYolence or eccentricity prompts
such purchases as these, one may not
trace to such causes the record pricea
paid of late for those Tarities of art
and literaturew hich have become the
recognized prizes of wealthy collect
ors. The auction rooms of the year
have been especially rich in famous
paintings sold at famous figures. The
present-day world wonders less at the
prices paid than that buyers should
seem so easy to find under such con-
ditions.
Popular subscription raised 5000, 00(
for the VeiasqueZ Venus and the
Mirror" now to be seen in London's
National gallery. In August the Du-
veens bought in the Kann pictures fol
s., GOO, 0SO
One of London's recent sales of en-.
cravings produced five instances of re-
markable increases in market values
In the collection of Wilfrid Lawson
four portraits that had originally beer
ISSUED at s4.25 each, fetched" Cas tht
British papers put iD respectively
81 100. $3.50. 2.050 and 81, 900. Mr.. Law
son had bought these for a total Of
s.. 21S.75. Green's engravings of Rey-
nOld's Mrs. Sarah Campbell" ISSUED
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REYES TAKING
A LITTLE REST
President of Colombia Off on
Trip to the Coast
Cities.

Panama. April 16.-Advices received here
today from BOgota, the capital of Co
lombia, are to the effect that President
Reyes has left that city for the Atlantic
coast, ostensibly TO endeavor to remedy
the present economic crisis in that region
Secretary of Finance Angulo remains at
the head of the government The nation
al assembly has been cOnvoked and VIII
meet next June
This information confirms the persist
ent rumors current here that there was
great dissatisfaction in Colombia against
what has been termed there the official
trusts which have ruined private enter
prises. and that revolution was immi-
nent. This President Reyes is trying to
prevent by his trip to the coast. count
ing on his presence and his personal pres
tige to aid him.
BogOta. Colombia. April 16.-General
Rafael Reyes has temporarily resigned the
post of president of the republic and has
designated Secretary of Finance Augulo
TO fill his position during his absence
General Reyes is TO make a tour of the
Atlantic seaports for political purposes.
There has been no other change in the
ministry. Complete tranquility reiSns in
Colombia.
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OREGON BANKER
ON THE STAND
E. P. Mccormack Tells of How
He Helped the Land
GrabberS.

Washington, April 16.-The principal
witnesses for the government today in
the Hyde Dimond-Be Schneider
land fraud cases before Justice Stat
ford in the criminal court. was f. p.
Mccormack, a banker of Salem, Ore.
He told of the numerous transactions
involving public lands of Oregon in
which HYDE and himself were inter
ested financially. The other witnesses
were Isabella Kincaid, Belle A. Curtis
and Marian L. Doyle. former clerks in
Hyde's office The defense sought TO
offset the weight of McCornack's test1-
mony relating to land transactions by
admitting that Hyde furnished the
money to finance certain deals, and
that Mccormack was only an agent
Mccormack testified that he paid his
own money for all of the land so pur-
chased, but that he always drew drafts
on Hyde for reimbursement.
Became Hyde's Agent.
The events covered by the testimony
extended over three years, dating from
1897. In that year he met Hyde and
agreed to become his agent in the
scheme to buy up vacant school lands
in Oregon. Later he appeared, he said,
before the state land board IN numer-
Gus cases in which Hyde was inter
ested. Mccormack said he was COM
penSated by Hyde at the rate of 10
cents an acre for land acquired. He
said he received the first set of land
applications from Joost Schneider, who
had been sent TO Oregon by Hyde.
Schneider, he testified, provided funds
to make one-third payments for the
land during August and September.
During the two months Schneider de-
posted in his bank total of s22,5 500.
Paid the Money Himself.
Witness said he sometimes made
these first payments and then forward
ed the certificate of sale and drew upon
Hyde for the amount paid. District
Attorney Baker exhibited for identifi-
cation several letters passing between
Hyde and Mccormack relating TO land
transactions.
The defense scored a good point dur
ing the cross-examinatiOn of the WO-
men clerks i'm Hydes office. Attorney
WorthingtOn drew forth admissions
that Hyde and Benson were rivals in
business. and were frequently engaged
in heated contests over the acquire
ment of property. This was intended
to cOunteract the effect of the charge
that the men were in conspiracy.
An adjournment of the court was
taken until Saturday morning.
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PRICES STAY UP.

: New York. April ia protracted \
: session of the leading pig iron inter 4
; ests of the country was held today at y
! the office of the United States Steel =
4 cOrpOratiOn. After a full discussion y
! it was the unanimous opinion of all y
: present that the present prices of y
! foundry iron should not be changed y
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SEVENTEEN DROWNED.

Gothenhurg, Sweden, April 16.-Sev-
enteen persons persisted by the capsiz-
ing of the steamer Goetalef yesterday
They, for the most part. were passen-
gers. The captain and crew of the
steamer managed to swim ashore. Sew
eraI bodies are stiil uncovered.
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CHESS TOURNAMENT.

Vienna. April 1.-THE American.
Joiner, was beaten today in an adj
journed game in the international chess
masters tourney by LeOnhardt Ma
roczy and Schlechter are now tied for
first place. The final round viii be
played tomorrow ~
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EvAS GIVEN OUTING.
Rear Aemiral Able to Watch Games
on the Lawn,

Paso Robes Hot Springs. Cal. April 16.
-foI the first time in a week, Rear Adj
mlral Robley ID. Evans was given an
outing today.
He felt so much stronger that his som.
Lieutenant Evans, wheeled him about
the hotel grounds The admiral spent
some time on the lawn watching a game
OF croquet and tennis. in which he took
a lively interest. He seemed to be in
the best Of spirits and was notieeably inn
proved IN appearance since last week.
Admiral Evans today sent a message to
the Los Angeles fleet committee. express
ing his regret That he was unable to par
ticipate with his officers and men in the
welcome prepared for them
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FINED ONE DOLLAR.

Kansas city, April 16.-After being
out for nearly three hours today, the
jury i'm the case of l.. A. Keller, a
ticket seller at the Orpheum theatre,
returned a verdict finding Keller guilty
of violating the Missouri law against
performing unnecessary labor on sun
day and fixed his punishment at a fine
of 81
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SHE WAS HUMAN.
(Judge.)

Judge)
Until my sweetheart ate with me
| liked to think she fed on air.
Or nectar and ambr0sia fare,
With now and then a sip of tea,
But when at last l CHANGED to see
MY lady at her dinner, |
Watched soup and steak and hOrrOrs!)
pie.
All disappearing daintily,
1t was a shock as you'll agree.
Yet to her side 1 straight repaired
And spoke the words I'd never dared,
Until my sweetheart ate with me.
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TAFT DELEGATES.

Hagerstown, Md, April 16.-The
Sixth congressional district Republican
convention today instructed delegates
for Taft, and renominated George A
Pearre for congress.
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TWO FOR CANNON.

Freeport. ILL.,. April 16.-Republicans
of the Thirteenth congressional dlstrlct
today instructed delegates 10 lle I'd
tional convention for Joseph u Nahuofi
as presidential nominee.
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THE DRUGGISTS OFFER.
lCleveland Plain DealerO

tOI6NeIdIU TIdIH DtdIVI'J
II am sorry to disappOnt YOU" said
the old-time druggist to the sutton for MS
daughters hand. Il can't let you have
AMY because I've promised her to the son
of my partner. But | have i've Otner
daughters. and can give you something
just as good
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All kodak finishing done by profess
SIGNALS. Full line of everything in
photography. c. r. SAVAGE co,
y and IA Main
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The menti9nf of MI Bryan drew
cheers fromia portion of the audience,
and Generaf- yyse9fQrd, smiling broadly.
said: ",
man in the world whenI hear a good
citizen being cheered, Nominations
however, are still in order.
Governor Wilson. who attended the
meeting, was called on for speech,
but contented himself with the signifiA
cant statement that he thought Ken
lucky would emulate the Missourian in
naming her delegates to the national
convention and insist on being
shown" His words were generally
understood as Indicating that he ia
vored an uninstructed delegation.
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PUT ON THE RETIRED LIST
Generals Fock, Smirnoff and Reiss No
Longer Command in Rus
sian Army.

st. Petersburg. April 1.-THE retirement
from the army for private reasons" of
Generals FOck, Smirnoff and Reiss is
gazetted today in the Russky Invalid.
The three Officers receive pensions and
are entitled TO wear the army uniform
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y The three Russian officers were with
f,Reral StOessel, the principals in the re-
g e,trial in ST. Petersburg of those al
lessS to be responsible for the capitula-
ton of Port Arthur. StoeSsel was found
guilty and is now serving ten years in
a fortress. General Smirnoff made the
report upon which the other officers were
tried and he was himself placed on trial
for having failed to remove General Fock
from his command at Port Arthur, but
was acquitted. FOCk and Reiss were
tried for completely in the surrender. The
former was reprimanded for a disciplin-
airy offense and the latter was acquitted
Subsequently, Fock and SmTnOff fought
a duel with pistols, the latter sustaining
d serious wound.
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U. OF U. EXCURSION TO LOGAN,

Via Q. S. l., Saturday. April IS, for
baseball and field meet. Round trip
S225 Special at $50 a. III.
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Easter Lilies, Easter Lilies.

The Flower. Shop under Nationa
Bank of Republic.
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AN ALARMING POSSIBILITY.

Circle MagaZine)
4 see that a new language called rs
peranto- has been invented.
Good gracious, Another way Tor Woh-
en- 10 say what they don't mean
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GEN. WOODFORD !.
BOOMS HUGHES
Former Minister Opens Cam
palgn for New Yorker in
Louisville, Ky.

Louisville, April 1.-THE formal
opening of the Hughes campaign.
which has been quietly gathering way
in New York for some time, came to-
night. when General Stewart L. Wood
ford, former United. States minister to
Spain, delivered an address at Lieder-
kranz hall in the interest of the gov
ernor. The hall well filed and the au-
dience an enthusiastic one. General
Woodford devoted hin address almost
entirely 10 the political situation and
the chances for election OF the various
candidates.
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New York Doubtful.

Governor Hughes" declared the
speaker, sis the only candidate whose
election can be predicted for GER
tainty, and whose success at the polls
would be conceded as an unmitigated
blessing to the public. which demands
both the correction of all evils and the
continuance of our present prosperity.
New York has often been a pivotal
state and all signs this year indicate
that the decision of the election will
almost certainly lie with her. The Re
publicans have a number of candidates.
and there is not one who would fall
below the average standard we demand
of our presidents. but it is doubtful if
any-and Taft most of all-eXcept
Governor Hughes can carry the state.
Bryan is stronger in New York than
either his friends or his enemies are
aware Of"
Evening journal., 1908-07-17
PARKSIDE AFTER
FASTER TEAMS

The Parkside baseball club. having
defeated most of the amateur teams OF
the city, would Ike to get into a faster
class. The team has won thirteen
straight games and has not lost airy.
1t prefers to play the South Side club,
as it is considered the fastest amateur
club in the State. It would also like
to arrange games with the fast Du~
Pont club. Wilmington Professionals
and Rockland club. The players of
the Parkside club are all young men
and are well known in the eastern sec,
tion of this city and have a big follow
ing South Side has agreed to take
them on and the fans around Kirk
wood Park are willing to wager that
their team can give any of the above
teams mentioned a run for it's money.
1t may be possible that a game with
South Side viii be played on July %.
at South Side Park 1f such is the
case it win be a game that any lover
of good baseball ought not to miss.
Evening journal., 1908-07-17
MUTINY FOLLOWS
SALARY HOED-UP

TRENTON, n. J., July 17.-Mutiny
has broken out in the Trenton base
ball club. Pitcher Bill Matthews, re-
Gently secured from Reading, refused
to pitch when ordered to do so by Man
ager Carney. Matthews pay check is
overdue and he refuses to work until
it is forthcoming. For time it looked
as if the game with Williamsport would
turn into a farce, but Mattern finally
agreed to pitch Notwithstanding the
fact that he had worked against Will
Transport on Wednesday. The trouble
caused a delay of 10 minutes in start
ing the game, and when Mattern did
go upon the rubber Matthews went to
the club house, stripped off his uniform
and took a seat in the grand stand The
players all showed the effects of the
discouraging conditions under which
they are working, and the game was a
listless affair, won by Williamsport by
a score of to 1. Manager Carney is
more than $1,000 behind in his salary
and has the sympathy Of most Of his
players.
Evening journal., 1908-07-17
Amateur Baseball.

Brandywine defeated the owl team in
a double-header yesterday afternoon,
10 ] and Q to z.
At New Castle. Vandever A. c. de
feated the New Castle High School,
TO .
New Castle Grammar School defeated
the New Castle ParocEial School. 6
to 8.
Brandywine win play the Phoenix
club tomorrow at Washington Heights
Brandywine has one Of the strongest
teams in the city.
Riverview and the keystone aggre-
cation win play at the Union League
grounds tomorrow.
The Peerless Field Club and the
Highland A. c. viii cross bats at Front
ard Union street.
DUPONT win Ilay Delaware City at
Delaware City.
After negotiating for sometime the
management OF the R.verview BASEBALL
club has purchased the old Union
League grounds and will play there for
the remainder Of the Geason.
On the old Military Academy grounds,
Linden and Clayton streets tomorrow
afternoon. the Delaware A. c. viii
meet the Delmar baseball club.
Evening journal., 1908-07-17
CHILDS' Big
CUT PRICE SALE

Sweet Bloom" Print Butter ....32c lb
The housekeeper finds many uses
for Corn Starch. especially If it's
Childs' Pound Package, &c.
A Full Pound of the best black Pepper
15c
Big Bottle childs' Pure Cider Vinegar.
&c
Feaberry Coffee ................l9 .l9c 10
This coffee is little heavier bodied
than our Golden Santos, which has be-
come so popular. Some coffee drinkers
have been using it for more than 20
years. Being absolutely dry roasted
has something to do with its excellent
quality. other kinds at 15c, lie, 20 :,
25c and soc lb.
so Hardwood Clothespins ..........5e
Sweeping is play when you use Childs'
Young Ladies' Brooms ............27c
Made from selected Dwarf Broom
Corn. Light and well made. SOC regu-
larly. This week 27c.
Stinson's Insect EXterminator sc can
Now is the time to use it. Sprinkle
II around freely when you go away
When you return They're Gone for
Nooa