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Show ' I TBIKS,' KVENiygArRIL 25, 1890. V THE ST.T TAKE FRIDAY play, from a popular standpoint, with its popular anil capable Interpreters, renders its performance very accept-able to audiences astombled. Jerome and Miss Foster are two bright and par-ticular stars in the comedy firmaueiit that have not only the faculty of mak-ing a good impression at first, but also the genuine talent that will enable thein to bear a long acquaintance. AMUSEMENTS. "FANTASMA" AT THE G11ANH. There was "standing room only" at the Grand last evening as early as 8 o'clock, and after that hour peplo by tho score wore turned away. The at-traction was "l'antasma," and notwith-standing the fact that it is only a short time since its representation delighted Salt Lakers, its popularity is as un-bounded as over. . 'l'antasma" is probably one of the best spectacular dramas on the stage, and it is due to the Ilanlons that il is so. Tho scenery is gorgeous and the scenic effects grand; tho costumes arc magnificent; the tricks now and highly entertaining; and tho pantomime portion of the performance is of that excellent characteristic; of the Ilanlons. Tho decapitation scene isone of tho best features of tho entertain-ment, and for realistic effect has never been surpassed. It is the invention of Mr. William llanlou, and Is protected by letters patent. This scene of itself is sufficient to induce a visit to tho Opera house, aud those who sec it once will be sure to go again that they may try to puzzle out a solution. "Fantasnia" will be given again this and tomorrow evenings aud tomorrow afternoon there will be a matinee per-formance. Already the sale of scats for the entire engagement is iiniiieme, and those who would witness a t nil v eulerlaining performance of a ery w onderful piece should go early, unless they w ish to stand up. AT THK THKATKK. Tonight Hyde's Specialty company begin a two nights' engagement at tlie Salt Lake theater. Tho company is a good one, aud is direct from llydo & Behtuan's Brooklyn theater, A good variety performance is sure to be given. Next Monday and Tuesday evenings "A Soap Bubble" will hold the boards of this house. Of a recent engagement of tho company in Cincinnati an ex-change, thus speaks: The piece has certainly caught on iu Cincinnati. Tho light aud pleasing quality of the SALT LAKE EVENING TIMES, THE TIMES PUBLISHING COMPANY. T. A. Davis, Pres't. W. K. Gibbs, Maug r. ALFKED SOIEN8QN, Kdltor. Subscription to the Daily Times. 18 months JUJ i u !"";"!!!!!!!!! ;:;::""";.:;!;..; ."!;; '"'(Always in advance.) FRIDAY. APRIL 25, loUtT on the excellent olioico mado by Mr. Wanauiaker and endorsed by the Presi-dent. Irving A. Benton's biography has al-ready been printed in the columns of the daily press. Ho is of Connecticut birth, and since 1871 has been in the service of the Union Paeilie. at Salt Lake and Ogdeu. Mr. Benton is forty-tw- o years of age, of a genial and urbano temperament, and possessed of lots of patience coupled with great politeness. Ilowill make an excellent postmaster. HALT LAKE'S NEW 1'OS.TMASTEK. The news that Mr. Irving A. Benton's name had been scut to tho senate, to bo postmaster at Salt Lake, was received yesterday, and the nomination has al-ready been freely criticised throughout the city. With very few exceptions the public voice Is with Mr. Benton, who for nineteen years has been a resident of Utah, fifteen of which have been spent iu Salt Lake. It has long been known that Irving A. Benton possessed qualities of manhood .which aro certain indications of tho true gentleman, and which aro sure to endear au individual to bis fellows in an abiding friendship. As a business niau of the first order, it was also made manifest years ago that Mr. Benton stood without a peer; therefore it. Is easy to understand how his selection for the poslnmslersliip of this city gives such general satisfaction and pleasure to those who know him best. Even those few who speak iu a disappointing tone of the appointment base their ob-jections on tho ground of unfairness to Mr. Barratt, in that he is not permitted to .serve out his tcnii, and no word of disparagement of Mr.' Benton is uttered. To tin- - gentle-man himself these indications of regard must be highly Haltering, but they are no more lhau are deserved by any mau whoso life has been so entirely blame-less in all respects as Mr. Beuton's. Salt Lake has been fortunate iu secur-ing the services of a man so eminently lilted for tho position of postmaster, and who commands both the respect and esteem of everybody whoso friend-ship is worth having; and iu cougiatu-Hitin- g Mr. Benton, Tun Times also congratulates the people of Salt Lake i than they would like to possess and one naturally wonders how much money there is iu circulation in the United Statos. On the lirst of last month the aggregate currency of the country was in round numbers $1,4!(J,0JO,000, a de-crease of over ten and a quarter mil-lions during the proceeding month, the bulk of which, $8,000,00)), being in gold certificates. Of the amount of the total currency, $37;J,000,()00 are iu gold coin and therefore largely held in the banks and and not iu circula-tion any more than the silver bullion ngainst'which the silver certificates are issued. Of the standard silver dollars there are aoluallypolMWO.OOO iu circula-tion, and the subsiding silver coins those of denominations smaller than one dollar ."4. 000,000. There are $284,000,000 of silver certificates and $1)50,000,000 of gold certificates, i ne greenbacks aggregate $3:17,000,000. and the black back national bank noies $188,000,000. The paper circulation-g- old and silver certificates, treasury and nalional bank notes is therefore nearly $1)40,000,000, or within a fraction of 70 'per cent of the total amount of currency. Estimating the population at 00,000,000; tills gives an average of almost $10 of paper and a little over $8 of gold and silver to each man, woman andchild, which is probably the high-est average of any solvent country in the world. The Money ot This Country. McKeesport (Pa.) Times. "Wherever ono goes in this country ho sees nearly everybody in possession of some money. Some have apparently considerably more than their share, others have plenty and a few none, w hile a majority perhaps have lossrhan they ought to have aud nearly all less THE SATURDAY TIM KM. The Salt Luke Times tomorrow will boa twelvo-iag- paper, and, asnsunl, an interest-ing Issue. There will benevernl oiigi-.ia- l special arti-cles, among which may he mentioned : "The Mormon Eltler,"whose troubles about spring bonnets will amuse the readers. 'Slomion Literature," a brlel review of ' Mormon books. "Atlvlco to KumoraWlH," giving ft descrip-tion of the dress most sultablo for graduating clay exercises, and some points on delivering the valedictory. ' "The Old Ketl IIouKe Where I Wad Horn," poem by 0!. M . J uukitun. "Jna FiirnlHhuil Jtoom" How .a young inau iu search of a palatial parlor suite of rooms Kccurod lodging. "A Cheap Cottage" Au Inexpensive and convenient house. Illustrated. -- GuenH Work." A urand distribution of 'prizes by Tins Timks for the moat correct guesses. Among other feature are Labor Notes. Notes of the Wheel, uu IntcreiMng story, and 'numerous articles of carefully selected miscel-lany. lu addition to tho above attractions Tim , Timks tomorrow will have its Usual supply of telHgraphlo and local news, presented in a bright, sparkling and newsy manner. Don't full to procure a copy of Saturday's Issue. 1; S. Keep your eye on The Timks. POSTMASTEK liAHICATT. "Tho king is dead,', long live the king," is a proclamation as old ns is government by monarchy, and even in these republican days it is too apt to be patterned after when any change oc-curs lu the administration of a public office, The retirement of Mr. Barratt from the ollicc of postmaster of Salt Lake will bo regretted by our people gener-ally, not because of objections to his successor, but because of a general feeling of perfect good will toward Mr. Ban-alt- . Tho knowledge that the re-tiring postmaster has done everything in his power to meet the public demands for linproved'serviee in the Salt Lake postollicc, and that ho ha discharged bis duties iu an'carnest and ellicicut manner, so far as circumstances would admit, is up-permost in the mind of every citizen whose opinions are worth having; and it will lake something more than glar-ing newspaper headlines lo convince people who know Mr. Barratt that his removal from ofllco is based upon any "cause" other than political disaffec-tion. Caleb It. Barratt is a native of Mary-lau- d and comes of good old stock. Ho came to Utah from California twenty-seve- n years ago, and has resided here ever since. Mr. Barratt 1ms hosts of personal friend throughout the enlire couulry, and lo those, let. Tmk Timks say there is not a shallow resting upon Ids official conduct of the .Salt Lake postollico. - It is a mistake lo suppose that Mr. Barratt's term would expire next June, lie was commissioned by1 President Cleveland December 21, 1887, for four years; consequently lie had until De-cember 20, 1801, to serve. Our Ambition Knows 110 llouniK Oinaiiu Democrat. Tub Salt Lake Tiiiks is very ambi-tious. It wauls to make the great Salt Lake a rival of Behring Sea in the pro-duction of the raw material for seal skin sncques. It is barely possible that the water in that hike is a little too salty for that purpose but still tho Na-tional fish department might b asked for its opinion, and possibly might be induced to send out theie a few seal eggs as au experiment. - Deskj's FIRST Addition . SUBDIVISION OF GLBNDALE PARK, Si COR. SECOND WEST & TENTH SOUTH 8 M THIRD Mli BET. NORTH & SOUTH TEMPLE ST. i For Particulars in regard to this Addition Keep Your Eyes Oi "THE TIMES" The Prices of Lots in all of these Additions nl -- THAN ANY ON THE MARKET! j For Prices and Terms address or call on: I Chas. S. DESKY 4 (J 32 & 33 SCOTT-AUERBAC- H B L00. SALT . . . LAKE CITY I "Sight and HeariUK lie Cave l'a. ( DR. G. W. TIBBITS, Oculist and Aurist, No. 16 East First Smith P. O. Hox 1 0'JO - Suit Lake Cjly "Your professional skill is commended by j our competence to prove it. Your rcwrd one of exceptional sucei ss." C. F. M EEK. i,l,UMKr Denver, Texas & Fort I'MISONAI. FAKAUKAI'IIH. Mrs. Roso Terry Cooke is gradually regaining her health. Mary J. Holmes, the novelist will spend tho summer in Alaska with Rev. Hugh Price Hughes, the London sensational preacher, will visit Boston ' this year. Senator Quay brings back from the South the skin "of a gigantic rattlesnake which he killed at New River. Justin McCarthy is making a close study of the French revolution with the view' of publishing a book thereon. John I. Blair, of Blairsville, N. J., the railway magnate, is eighty-seve- n years old, with the appearance of a man of sixty. William O'Brien, tho Irish member of parliament, who is in Paris writing a novel, will call his book "When Wo Were Boys." Mr. Stoddard, the lecturer, sails for Europe April 23. His next season's lectures will relate to the "Land of the Midnight Sun." Private Secretary Elijah Halford asserts that President Harrison has a keen sense of humor. At all events he has a funny idea of the presidency. Mobcrly Bell, tho new manager of the London Times, is the author of t wo volumes on Kgvpt, namely: "Egyptian Finaiice"und ' From Pharoh lo Fellah." William T. Adams, belter known to iis many youthful admirers and readers as "Oliver Optic." is nearly sixty, but in vigorous health. He has made a tfiuall fortune by his books. Tho marble statue of the Prince of Wales, which is being executed in Paris by the famous French sculptor Chapuis, is now nearly linished and is lo be pre-sented to tlio Rational Art (lallery in Copenhagen. Prince Eugene of Sweden has passed two vears in Paris studying art under the direction of M. Henri Cervex. Tho latter, has just had conferred upon him the cross of a chivalier of the order of St. Olaf. M. do Freycinet, who has become for the fourth time premier of the French republic, 1s a peculiar creature. He is small and insignifieenl physically, and his countenance habitually bears a furtive, seared expression, which has led to his being dubbed "the Whito Mouse." Queen Victoria, who has started on a continental tour, has taken along 8 coachmen, !) grooms, 8 horses, t donkey, il carriages, 72 truuks, 3 special beds, a special cook stove, wine, 3 doctors, 1 surgeon, accoucheur for the Princess Beatrice, 3 ladies in waiting, 9 women servants, 1 lord, 2 equerries, 7 dogs. Mil. Bkntox got there with both foci as it wore. With all duo respect lo Mr. Benton, Salt Lake needs a new postollico more than a new postmaster. It turrd and Killed Him. Cincinnati Enquirer. A "snore, prevenlcr" is advertised in New York. No one will believe in it. 'Tho only real remedy ever discovered was that of the Kansas wife, who put a hot potalo iu the distended jaw of her liege lord. It cured him,- and killed him. - - Tub Timks congratulates Thomas O'Brien upon his promotion to the rank of colonel for gallant services iu the liold. ' Tomorrow's issuo of Tun Times will bo a twelve page paper and a prize-winner. P. S. Keep your eye on Tub Times. Time fu Keep Silent. Pittsburg Disputed. When two of tho prominent men of the nation reach the point of contro-versy when; all that either can say is to call the other a cowardly and variegated Ma usual Bausons has an undue ad- liar, it is time for both to keep silent. vantage over the business men of Salt Lake. He gets his advertising iu the Tribune free. Salt Lake has a lirst-clas- s nine the nino liberal-minde- councilmcn who "let down those bars" for Sunday sacred concerts. At a recent auction iu London, 30,000 monkey-skin- s were offered for sale. Tho fool-kille- r must have made a great slaughter among tho dudes. THIS HATH IX IIIMTOHV-APK- IL SB. 1605 Death of Torquato Tusuo, ,RSjK Italian poet: born 1.T44. (&K A 1509 Oliver Cromwell, prolee- - Jsgif' tor, born; died 105S. 1668 Triple alliance of England IT di and the Netherlands against TjS France. drT&fSi 1785 Death of Samuel Wesley, Jy4Uk. poet ; born Iflft ' tJS 1709 Birth of Brunei, famous '"i;" engineerof Thames tunnel, MAKsn bi.d lovell England; died IK 19. 17S1 Petersburg, Va., captured by British. 1781 Battle of Camden, S. 0. Americans de featcd. 1P00-D- eath of William Cowper, poet; born 1781 1818 United States laud office established. 181 The Texans capture and parole seven com-panies of the Third U. S. Infantry. IMSLand and naval attack on Fort Macon, N. C. 1802 Admiral Farragut demands surrender of New Orleans. Gen. Mansfield Lovell raftisnd, and, marching out with his troops (2,81)0), turns the city over to the civil authorities. Fifteen million dollars removed from the banks, 15,000 bales of cotton destroyed and twelve or fifteen vessels burned by the Con-federate authorities. 1E85 Emma, queen dowager of the Sandwich Islands, dies, aged 00. ' P.Ei.iEVEHS in the faith-eur-of Christian scieueo should birelegated to fnsane asylums before being permit-le- d to practice their faith. Already iu Colorado there have been several vic-tims sacrilieod lo tho superstition of tho belief as to tho efficacy of its practice. KH.VKKS IlltltaiT PHOSI'EOTS. J The. rapid advance of silver within the last few days is, of course, duo to the bright prospects of favorable legis-lation. Tho silver bill, whieh has been agreed upon by tho republican caucus of the senate and of the house, will be called up uext week, Il is regarded as a compromise measure. Although there is considerable difference of opin-ion as to its merits, tho probability is that il will be passed by congress. It is not entirely satisfactory to tho radi-cal silver men, who tiro opposed to the proviso that (ho secretary of the treasury can, if ho sees lit, exchange silver bullion for certificates. They claim I hat ho could in this way virtually nullify tho law, and that this proviso is simply a scheme in the inter-est of tho gold mon. This feature of tho bill will undoubtedly meet with con-siderable opposition, and perhaps' it. may bo modiliod. Among the most prominent opponents of this clause aro Senators Stewart of Nevada and Teller of Colorado. JScualor Teller, in the hopo of securing absolulo l'roo coinage, has introduced a bill as a subslilulo for the Jones silver bill. Senator Jones, however, who is a freo coinage man, seems to bo satislied with tho compro-mise measure, lie regards it as a sub-stantia! victory for silver, and ho be-lieves that lu tho end the silver men will get all they demand. Tho measure now under considera-tion is satisfactory lo tho leading silver men of Utah. Sotno of Ihem express their opinion in this Issue of Tuk Times, They believo that if congress passes this bill, sliver will at an early lay resume its former position iu the money market, and that, general pros-perity will be the result, especially to the farming class. Tho indications cor- - tainly point lo au era of prosperity as soon as silver reaches tho par value with gold. Tho purchase of four and a half million ounces of silver per month means practically a free or un-limited coinage, ns that quantity exceeds tho present. production of silver in this country. Tho silver is to bo purchased at the market value, until the price reaches $1 for 871 1 grains, which is equivalent $1.21) ami SlMOOths per ounce. This is the old price for silver on a gold basis. One of our local liiinnciers, Mr. Joseph U. Walker, claims that tho silver producers can force the government to pay $1.20 and for silver within a your by withholding their bullion from tho mar-ket, and thus compel tho secretary of the treasury to comply with the law. This point is well taken, and it would seem overcomes tho objections of such men as Teller and Stewart to the bul-lion exchange clause. In commenting upon the rise in silver tho St. Louis Republic of a recent date says - Private advices received by St. Louts hauli-ers and brokers state that It is an almost cer-tainty that the free coinage bill will pass both houses, hut that it will lie vetoed by the presi-dent, aud passed over his veto. It is claimed that so positive is this belief, that many of the banks in this and other cities have been buying silver bullion freely, and have only been lim-ited in their purchases by lack of storage room at New York. Tnat their judgment is correct is shown in the steady advance iu silver, which, according to private advices from New York, could nut lie bought ut 11.(0'. but which tho associated press dispatches quoted as closing at tl.it.'. Tim effect of the passage of the silver bill and tho consequent advance in the price of si'ver bullion upon prop-erties, such as the (iranlte Mountain. Hl Hetalllc. Small Hopes. Hope anil Adams is almost. Incalculable. Take, for instance, the Granite Mountain as an' example. the output of thi mine at ounces per week, the advance In the price of bar silver from ttj cents to n means an in-crease in the value of this ampul, of i.immh) a year, which would lie equivalent to a dividend of IflU per .share. Or say the putput is only ?i,-i- i ounces per w eek, which Is a very good aver-age, the value of the otupu Is enhanced 3.?5n. urn, equivalent to a dividend of P.:.,n per share, and all tho producing silver mines In the country will lie benelMed at the same ratio. Mh. (iUENEWALU telegraphed to Washington: "Hold the fort. I urn coming." Tho fort was held till he got there, and then Mr. Benton was im-mediately appointed postmaster. It is generally understood that Mr. Grono-wal- d will continue lo do business at the old slaud. A FAMOUS MAX. The Man Who Won the Title of the Great Impeacher and His Career, New York Press. James M. Ashley of Ohio, who is president of a Michigan railroad, is a tremendously largo mau, with tho head of a statesman and the face of a born orator. In his prime ho was considered one of tho most power-ful orators "ni' public life. He entered congress in 8158 ut 84 years of age and remained there tnrough the eventful war period, well through the sixties. He was at the head of the committee of im-peachment appointed by tho house to prosecute President Andrew Johnson, and won there tho nickname of Great Impeacher." I heard him tell in a public gathering recently how his mind became impres-sed as a boy with tho anti-slaver- y feel-ing, which became tho guiding star of his political career. He was about 9 years of ago when he heard a song which represented the plaintive appeal of an escaped slave, in which there was this appeal of tho black mau to his captors; lie showed the stripes his master gave, The brand of scars, the sightless eye The common badges of a slave Aud said ho would be freo or die. Up lo that time he had not known that the slavemastcr had tho right to whip, brand and maim his slaves. Tho one stan.a had such an effect on his mind that it shaped all his subsequent actions, aud made him foremost among tho y men of his day. Utah is paying too much for its freight transportation. The chamber of commerce should take tho matter under consideration and endeavor to induce the railroads to be more liberal with this territory. They can well af-ford to assist in building up our trade, ns it will simply bo increasing their own business. What Should u Young Maid Do? Huston Home Journal. Now what should a young maid do? ir when walking in the lane, There should mmo a gust of rain, A nd she met a lad she knew, With au umbrella good aud new, Aud Just wide enough for two Now what should a young maid do! Yes, what should a young maid dor Now what should a young maid dof if Ills arm should be misplaced ' And should wander round her waist, Aud w hen walking two by two, Safe and dry and hid from view, He should whisper, "I love you." Now what should a young maid do? Yci, w hat should a young maid do? Now what should a young maid do! If, when too much dashed to speak, He should kiss her crimson cheek And a thousand vows would give her. Haying he would love her over, Aud protect her ever, never Now what should a young maid do? Y es, what should a young maid do? Now what did the young maid do? Why she waited in the lane Till the young man came again Aud she kissed him for his mother, And he kissed her for her brother , And she gave him still another. What, else could the young maid do! V,' hat else could the young maid do? SoMKof the Salt Lul;o papers admit that llielr real estate boom is banging by Its eyelids iver a ill ep precipice. Tho .ipecnlatoiK who have made partial payments on properly are anxiously awaiting tho coming of capitalists who steadily refuse to come, and altogether there is n great deal of unrest at tho Mormon capital. Prices were rushed upward too rap-idly, and a period of depression is inevitable. No wonder western cit les aro lighting Bhy of the boom boomerang. St Joe Gazette. If the editor of the Gazelle will com- - ,arc the table of Salt Lake's clearings, tho real estate transfers and tho build-ing record of Salt Lako with those of St. Joseph, which Is, or claims to bo twice as large as Zion, be will nolo that Zion is getting in some very lively strides. 'The (iazctte editor, however, is to be forgiven for his error, as he has .probably gotten hold of a stray copy of the apostolic organ whieh w orks not for Salt Lake but for well, who eau say what it does work for? CLIPPED AND CONDENSED, Speaking of brief names, there is a family iu Prance named B, one in Bel-gium named O, a river in Holland called tho Y, aud a village in Sweden named A. Tho Atchison Globo has discovered that "every man has a fool streak; it is only a matter of giving him opportun-ity to show it." Fortunate tho .man who dies before tho opportunity ar-rives. A freak called the "frog boy," aged 31, is on exhibition in Meadviilc. The "frog boy" has one advantage over other freaks. No matter how low his finances may become he will always have a greenback. Norristown Herald Tho military defenses of the Thames, which have been in such a poor condi-tion that there was not a siuglo gun in tho Medway capable of preventing tho passage of a large ironclad, are to bo strengthened immediately by the crcc-lio- u of new forts and tho incrcaso iu the armaments of thost existing. The Latin Union, a European league, is constituted of Prance, Belgium, (ircece. Italy and Switzerland, ami their coins are alike iu weight aud line-nes-though different in name. Spain, Servia, Russia. Bulgaria and Roumania have adopted in part the same system, but they have not joined the "Union." |