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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-01-06
THE CHESS sHARPs.

ST. PETERSBURG, Jan. 5.-Another
sitting in the international chess tour
nament was played here today, this be-
ing the tenth in all, and the first day of
the fourth round. The result was as
follows:
Lasker Cblack) beat Pillsbury in a
queens gambet declined after thirty
moves.
and his game with Steinitz scheduled for
taday was postponed.
The record: Lasker Won 61a, lost 9l5;
Pillsbury won Gle, lost So; Steinitz won
AZ, lost AZ; Tschigorin won IL, lost ~.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-01-06
srRucK a srREET CAR.

ELwoOD, Ind, Jan. 5-A west
bound special on the Lake Erie &
Western collided with an electric
street car on the Anderson street eros
sing in this city this afternoon, fatally
injuring Chris Hines, and seriously in
iuring several other passengers.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-01-06
srnA,,sHIp MOVNMNNTs.

NEW YoRK-Arrived-E Liver
pool; Bonn, Bremen
gov. - ~,
NJ Moville- Acknowledgements, Portland,
.iyerpool-Arrived-U mbrla' New forh.
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ONE KILLED.

CINCINNATI, Jan. 5.-News has just
reached here that the Baltimore & Ohio
So1tbwestern passenger train west bound
coiiided with a freight train at Roxabella,
Ross county, and that at least one was as
i,i,,red 81 Roxabella is way station
we've miles west of Chillicothe and the
same distance east of Greenfield
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-01-06
WIT.

Miss Pert-Is Miss straightlace circurn-
spect?
Miss c-Circumspecti Why. she
won't accompany a young man on the
piano without a chaperon.-Salem Ga
- Did Jabshots hit anything on his
aTIit anything? Why, he even missed
the train. ''-Cincinnati Enquirer.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-01-06
CLIMAX OF A CRIME.
Guilty Man Saves an Innocent
One from the Electric Chair.
The Story of the Crime, the Trial
and the other Events of the Last
Two Years Leading Up to the De-
movement of Yesterday-One of
the Most Sensational Events in
the History of New York State.

ALBANY, n. Y, Jan. 5.-The climax of
one of the most dramatic and sensational
criminal incidents of the states history
was made public today, when just forty
eight hours prior to the execution of the
death sentence upon Bartholomew Shea,
another man confessed to the murder.
and Shea steps from beneath the shadow
Of death thrown by the electric chair.
The invitations for the electric killing
Of Shea had been issued: the state cleo
trician was already upon the ground at
Dannemora prison, the governor had de-
cided on Saturday not to interfere in the
carrying out of the sentence in the fnsti-
tuition, when a comrade of Shea's in the
election outrages when the tragedy oc-
Cured. confessed to the crime
THE MAN.
The man who voluntarily confesses TO
the crime and who practically steps from
a prison chair to the menacing shadow of
an electric DEATH is John McGough, of
Troy, now serving a sentence Of nineteen
years and six months for shooting and at
tempting to kill William Ross, a brother
of Robert Ross, who was supposed to be
Shea s victim. In some way known only
TO conVictS, McGough had contrived to
keep informed as to the success or the
failure of the applications for commuta-
ton made in behalf of Shea When Shea
was resentenced to die the 23rd of De-
cember. it is believed McGouSh was ready
to confess, but when he learned that a
respite had been granted he withheld his
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-01-06
Snnnnrns. 11PRIsING.

YOKOHAMA. Jan. 5.-,A serious uprising
,a aof nocnrre ed in Formosa. On January
1i|t 10 coo rebels attacked Taipeh but they
were repulsed.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-01-06

Railroad Experts-First Thespian-Yes,
Montague; the Prince of Wales has SO
many ties that his valet can't count em.
Second Thespian-I1e ought to hire us.
Judge.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-01-06
REGARD IT AS A
SACRED RIGHT
Americans Said to Desire Ar
bitrati0n Above All
Things.
PEACE BEFORE ALL ELSE
Question at Stake Is Indeed a
Large One.
PEACE BEFORE ALL ELSE

A Desire That Lord saIisbury's
Blunt Refusal and President
CIeveIand's aIenaces Alike Be Set
Aside and Forsotten-The Past
Should Be obHterated and the Two
Governments Should Meet Each
Other Half Way.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-01-06
THERE IS BUT
ONE STEP MORE
Interesting Ceremonies at
Baltimore Yesterday.
CATHEDRAL AT BALTIMORE
It Was Packed with Eminent
Americans.

4 Brilliant PrOcessiOn-Grand Music
"A Document from the Pope
Comforting the Beretta-A Most
impressive scene-CardinaIs and
How They Are Appointed.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1896-09-10

The introduction of the Chau-
tauquan course of studies into the
educational features of penal in
situations is beginning to attract
the attention Of the most advanced
thinkers interested in prison re-
form. The value of this system
Of intellectual improvement has
been successfully shown in the
work of the circle Of this institu-
ton. It has developed among the
members a taste for wholesome lit
erature, acquainted them with the
history and progress Of science
and brought their minds in touch
with the artistic and beautiful
The inmates of the different pris.
ons throughout the country, nota.
bly, the Columbus, CO., peniten
tiary, are advocating Chautauquar
work as a means of improvement
and the officials, as a rule, seen
favorably disposed to this popular
system of study. In commenting
on recent reference to Chautau
qua work in this paper, the Hunt
ingdon, pa. Reformatory RECORD
has this to say:
The progress Of the work ano
the evident interest taken in it
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1896-09-10

The unanimity with which the
press of the state have denounced
the action of the mob is indicative
Of the deep feeling it has aroused
among the law-loving people Of
Minnesota. The victims, perhaps,
are better off. If the advocates of
lynch law, in their mad desire for
blood and revenge, but knew what
life imprisonment really means, its
terrible realities, it's horrors and
utter hopelessness they would
gloat with sardonic pleasure when
it is imposed upon the victim.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1896-09-10
RIGHT AND WRONG.

The sense Of right and wrong
developes by the exercise Of re-
Election. When the mind becomes
occupied with thoughts of the
moral view Of a contemplated act,
intellectual activity is awakened to
consider Of it's justice and advisa-
bility. Mental images Of rules Of
conduct, with their obligations and
conventionalities, are formed by
the reflective faculty dwelling on
the rights of others and inculca-
ting a respect for them. AS this
respect strengthens and finally be-
comes fixed by observance, the
beat Of conscience is more closely
attuned to the moral nature and its
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1896-09-10

has frequently been source of
qualification to the Record, and
must be to every one who has any
wish to see evidences of a desire
for improvement on the part of
those whose liberties may be
abridged, but who thus show a sin
cere disposition to profit by and
from present experiences, that they
may be better prepared to enjoy
liberty when it arrives.
The introduction of the Chau-
tauqua idea into all like insti-
tutions could not be otherwise
than helpful, as we believe in the
maintenance of discipline and the
profit Of all concerned.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1896-09-10

AFTER the Glencoe lynching
Minnesota must now cease point
ing the finger Of scorn at the
South. The disgraceful affair Of
Sunday morning that has sullied
the fair name of the common
wealth will be accepted by the I'M
thinking as evidence that the spir-
it Of this barbarous practice is
alive in this state. Brutal and cow
ardly as was the crime for which
these men suffered an ignominious
death, they yet were entitled to
every safeguard that the law throws
around the citizen, and when these
are denied the very foundation of
the social organization is attacked.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1896-09-10

SOME New York cranks predicted
that the world would come to an
end last week, but, as usual, nature
obstinately refused to perform her
part in the prophecy. If their
world of ignorance would end in
a little common sense, these dole
full prophets Of evil would give peo-
pie who are not prepared for a
grand cataclysm something to be
thankful for.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1896-09-10
THE SADDESC SIDE.

y
the wrong-doer may bring on him
self he feels, at least in a meas
ure, that he receives his just dues;
but the shame and suffering that
falls on the innocent through his
misdeeds is the saddest side of
crime. When exposure comes it
is felt not only by the offender,
but by those who trusted, believed
in and respected him, and, above
all, by those who love and are de-
pendent on him. The real misery
Of crime never appears on the sur
face. The breaking up of home
ties, with the grief, wretchedness
and restitution that follows the
exile of the bread winner, the loss
of character, respect and confidence
Of friends and relatives and the
pathos that vibrate the human heart
with love, affection and sympathy
for the erring one, are all a part
and Of crime. The anguish Of
mother, wife or sister when over
whelmed with humiliation at the
fall of a loved one, who can
fathom it, who can soothe it? The
eyelids of the proudest must moist
en- as the dark shadow Of criminal
ity furnishes the family name and
bares it to the ribaldry Of the vul-
gar and the sneers of the cynical.
None, however humble, however
proud, can combat the blighting
pail of accusation without the
stain Of disgrace leaving it's indeli-
BILE mark.
The acorn and the oak is the
story of little things in their bear
ing on the great Conceived in
wrong, born of temptation, nour-
ished on fancied security and
reared without thought of the in
evitable, the acorn Of evil grows
into the oak of woe until it en-
braces in it's folds the innocent and
helpless. The trouble of the
one is the trouble of the many,
and when we cross the Rubicon of
evil we drag in our train all who
respect us, all who love us and
all who look with deep interest on
the course of our fortunes. The
obligations that make us morally
responsible for the happiness.
character and future of those to
whom we are the natural protectors
should be uppermost in mind when
the momentous step is taken that
involves so much in it's conse.
quences.
The full penalty Of a single
crime can never be known and
never expressed. The wrong-doe1
} himself, suffer though he may
must have others to share his mis-
: cry and help atone for his crime
/ And when the book of fate is un
folded the silent sufferers for the
wrongs of others will outnumbel
the guilty, but yet pray for thei:
forgiveness.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1896-09-10

The September Home Magazine
opens with Forty Years Behind a
Camera by Abraham Bogardus,
the eminent photographer. Mr..
Bogardus sketches the develop
ment of photography with mas
ter hand and his contribution is
as entertaining as it is valuable
and instructive. G.. w. Bingham
has an article on Homer Watson,
the Canadian Landscapist," and
pays splendid tribute to Canada's
poetic painter. The article is sup
plemented with eight reproduc-
tons of Mr.. Watson's paintings.
"Above the Rabble," by Ebert
Hubbard, is a vivid description of
an ascent of the Eiffel tower "On
the Track of The Guatosos' is an
account Of a Photographic trip to
Nicaragua from the pen of w. F.
Afford. J. w. Long contributes a
valuable article on General Hos
pitfalls and Trained Nurses" ''The
Single Tax: Its Progress in Legis-
lation,' is sketched by @. B. Edg-
erton with faithfulness to truth
''There are Travellers and Travel
ors" by DIR. Lewis Swift, Dream
Doomed" by Robertus D. Love.
"Some Would-be Weather Proph-
cts" by Edgar N. Calvert are few
of the remaining features that
make September's Home Maya
zine what it's name implies. Itnow
occupies what it merits, a front
seat in the magazine world, and is
a credit to Binghamton n. Y.
where it is published.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1896-09-10

The best example of the modern
white slave can be found in the
man who uses up two-thirds Of his
weekly wages in settling his hon.
est debts with the on-keeper,
while his wife and children are
scraping on the bottom of the flour
barrel.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1896-09-10

warnings Of wrong needed before
it is permitted to possess the
thoughts. Consideration Of every
thing implied in departure from
right, restraints hasty action and
refers it's expediency to judgment.
taking the second thought" ex-
presses the initial move of refec-
ton and is the safeguard against
impulsiveness.
Wrong, in it's relation to the
emotions, is the outgrowth of tend
encies lacking the check-rein Of
reflection to bride their excuses.
Natural qualities Of goodness may
be presented and yet lack the per-
ceptive faculty Of distinguishing
the points of difference between
right and wrong; the inclination
being well-intentioned, but the
power of directing it undeveloped.
Reflection has for it's moral func-
tons the duty of directing good
intentions, inducing thought and
teaching the limits that confines
right within it's sphere of action,
as opposed to wrong. Right APP
pears best when battling with
wrong; the weapons of the one are
justice and purity, Of the other
ridicule and corruption. When
equal returns are promised, with
equal effort by opposite methods.
the one closest to right is the one
always chosen; the sense Of right
and wrong having natural devel-
opment that intuitively enforces
the claims of right when no motive
exists for wrong. Remorse is an
ally of right, and next to con-
science the most powerful. The
knowledge that the gnawing pain
of natures retributive agency viii
follow guilt, is a moral danger-sig
nal to many wrongfully inclined
The few may scorn it, but the many
fear it's sting, and regulate thei]
lives in accordance with right, ever
when conscience is elastic an(
easily quoted.
To adjust our thoughts on lines
that promote a regard for RICH
we must discipline the mind will
a love Of truth, honor and princi
pie, of loyalty to purpose and APP
plication to duty. Moral instruc
ton and obedience to rightfu
authority, aided by reflective
scrutiny Of what is doubtful, an6
guided by the course mirrore(
from the conclusions of judgment
invigorates right and wither'
wrong.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1896-09-10

GIVE me the k-bill of the
United States and [ will start ev-
cry wheel of industry moving, ban
ish the poverty Of the masses and
stop nine-tenths of the crime of
this country" These are the words
spoken by Rev. Thos. McClary on
Labor Day, and they express not
only a moral, but truth of polit-
ical economy that will some day
be recognized as the real cause Of
many evils that are laid at the
door of politics.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1896-09-10
THE MIRROR is a weekly paper

TIE -NKUNOIS IS a Weekly paper ptlUITsTeU
In the Minnesota State Prison. 1t was founded
In 1887 by the prisoners and is edited and man
aged by them. Its objects are to be home
newspaper; to encourage moral and intellectual
improvement among the prisoners; to acquaint
the public with the true STATUS of the prisoner;
to disseminate pathological information and to aid
in dspelling that prejudice which has ever been
the bar sinister to a fallen mans self-redemptOn
The paper is entirely dependent on the public for
its financial support. If at any time there should
accrue surplus of funds, the money would be
expended in the interests of the prison library.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1896-09-10
N 0 TIC E..

THOSE receiving copies of THE MIR
ROR who are not subscribers will
please consider them as sample cop
les. If, after reading them, you should
conclude that THE MIRROR is
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years subscription.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1896-09-10

ENGLAND is now making her an
nual threat to force the Dardanelles,
while the merry Turk is busily en-
gagged in forcing the rest Of Eu-
rope to stop her. In European
politics, forces quiescent are more
popular than forces in motion.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1896-09-10

BEAUTY Of expression is meas
ured by the amount Of truth it
utters. Eloquence without sim
cerity is sophistry, and sophistry
is the masked enemy Of truth.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1896-09-10

''The Touch of a Woman's Hand''
is the caption of an editorial in
September Ladies' Home Journal,
in which Edward w. Box makes
plea for pleasant, bright homes
in which are manifested the evil
dences Of the wife's good taste and
an enthusiastic interest in her
household: "One reason why some
men do not get along better in this
world" Mr.. Box contends, lis be-
cause they have not the proper
stimulant in their homes. Their
homes lack those little touches of
refinement which bring the best
out of them. Neatness and taste
are possible in the poorest homes.
Let woman make that atmos-
phere as dainty as her means allow,
and she will raise her husband to
the same standard. And as she
elevates him the effect is felt upon
herself, her children, her home and
her future.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1896-09-10

In A presidential year the work
ing man always learns Of the great
number of friends he has among
the politicians.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1896-09-10

EVERYTHING that man loves,
that he strives and longs for, and
that he lives and dies for is CEN
tered in that sweet word home.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1896-09-10

The man who is eternally inter-
fering with other peoples business
is the one who never has any of
his own.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1896-09-10

The Pullman cars are we'll named.
Between the tariff rate and the
porter it is case of pull man for
all there is in it.-St. Louis HUI
mOrist.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1896-09-10

So many burning words have
already been spoken on the stump
it is no wonder the woods are on
fire.-Faribault Democrat.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1896-09-10

Some of the charity which be-
gins at home would be better it it
never began at all.-Roseville (lll.)
Times.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1896-09-10

When a young man proposes to
a girl she is usually about as much
surprised as a presidential candi-
date is when he is officially mott
fed of his nomination.-Atchison
(Kan.) Globe.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1896-09-10

One of the profitable results of
the present agitation of the silver
question is concise statement in
the September Review Of Reviews
of the pros and cons Of the ques-
ton, "Would American Free Coin
age Double the Price of Silver in
the Markets Of the World?" The
affirmative view is supported by
Charles B. Spahr, Phi. D., Of New
York, and the negative by Prof
J. Laurence Laughlin, of Chicago.
Each Of these writer's is a recog-
nized authority on the question of
the standards.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1896-09-10

Among the notable articles in
the San Francisco Argonaut for
September 18th 1896, are: "Pan-
chita: A Tale of a Little Maid of
Mexico" by Edith Wagner: Mrs.
Laton's Tea: A Match-maker's Ma
nmuvres with Two Obstinate Cell
bates;'' "The Citizenship Of Mar
ried Women" an article on the
status of American women who
marry foreigners: and George Ell
lots Husband,' resume of a Cos
sipy literary article by Mrs. Lynn
Linton.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1896-09-10
" LITERARY NOTES. y

McClure's Magazine for Sep
TENDER contains a paper on DIR. w.
T. G.. Morton, the discoverer of
anasthesia, by his wife. DR.. Nor
tons discovery established pain
less surgery, and Mrs. Norton
paper is the intimate. personal his
tory of heroic battle for a new
idea. It has special interest at
this time, because in October there
is to be a public jubilee in honor
Of DIR. Morton's priceless service
to humanity. The paper will be
fully illustrated.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1896-09-10

Man cannot control circumstan-
ces, but he can adapt them to his
purposes. If you find an unex-
pected obstacle in your way. see if
little ingenuity will not make it
of service to you instead Of det-
riment. -Graceville Enterprise.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1896-09-10

Honest people may console them
selves with one thing. Those per-
sons who find religion such a COM
Portable cloak will find it misfit
when they come to use it as an
ascension robe.-Up To Date.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1896-09-10

This paper will be forwarded to subscribers
until ordered discontinued and all arrears are
paid.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1896-09-10

Should THE MIRROR fail to reach subscriber
each week, notice should be sent to this Office
and the matter will be attended to at once.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1896-09-10

If we could only bear our own
disappointment with a small frac-
ton of the equanimity with which
we bear the disappointments of
others, what sweet and delight
full world this would be to live in
Lakeville Arbitrator.
The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903, 1896-03-07

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Rether than the commas at its begin.
ming; the round bodies OF these marks
are not in line. at the beginning
and high 1t the erd.-putting them
askew in IN unsightly manner. They
are the only characters in ordinary use
that are thrust up at the top Of the line
II follows that they leave an ungainly
blotch u white below, and 20 produce an
appearance Of uneven and unworkman-
like spacing. For this reason, IL for no
other. the form should be altered. The
German method Of marking quotations
With special characters is but trifle
more uncouth. viz: .. =" The simplicity
OF the French quotes have led to their
general adoption in Spain and Italy;
their adoption by American and Eng
ish printers 10 only question Of time"
The March Century contains an un-
usual number OF plums. 'On the Track
OF the Arkansas Traveller is an inquiry
into the origin Of that song and dance
and dialogue, with the result that schol-
ars reach Who try to discover the author
Of the Homeric tales. Sometime about
the year 1850 the American musical
myth, known as The Arkansas Trav-
eler' came into vogue among fiddlers.
1t ID quick reel tune, with a back
woods story talked to il while played,
that caught the ear at the side shows
and circuses and sounded over the
trodden turf Of fair grounds. Bands
and foreign bred musicians were above
noticing it, but the people loved it and
kept time to it." know OF no other
reel and dialogue with the music aud
words on the same body. 1t is more
American than Yankee Doodle" 1t
smells VI western soil as moist earth
just turned by the spade. when We
sex to trace back the legend to its own
country . surprise is in store Tor us. To
lear1 from certain authorities in Kansas
that the myth is discountenanced there
by . strong state feeling argues i'll Tor
our enterprise; and it throws an upex-
pected seriousness over the situation to
be told that the dialogue at the cabin is
- misrepresentation and a slur," and
that the hero Of tire story has checked
The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903, 1896-03-07

Is seldom made nowadays
in the book line. But u
tremendous exception to
the general rule, and the
prevailing sensation is
The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903, 1896-03-07

Politicians are startled by
1t; statesman are provoked
to controversy; every body
reads it. Sold only by
subscription. Drop a card
to the general agent.