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Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-03-19

Labors In Adelaide. the Capital of South
Australia.


Adelaide, South Australia,
February 5, 1898.
To the Editor:
Knowing that the readers OF the
News" and especially the Elders who
are laboring in the various parts of the
earth, are Interested in readlnr of the
progress of the Gospel In Its march
through the nations. we take the liber-
ty of penning few lines; 1t IL not
often that anything In the shape of cor
respondence from this city appears II,
the News" Adelaide is the capital
city of the colony of South Australia,
and II am not mistaken, 1t can claim
the honor of being the first city In Aus,
tralia to accept the teachings OF tho
Latter-day Prophet. That was good
many years ago. For great number
Of years there were no Elders here,
Accordingly when Elder Walter Baker
of RIchileld. Utah and Thomas clayton
of Preston, Idaho. came here last yeai
to reopen the field, our adversary the
devil followed In their wake and stirred
the people up so that for time the
Elders did not have very soft snap
SO to speak, But they labored energet-
lcally and the result is one member
who is happy in the knowledge that she
has been placed on the bright and glor-
ious path which leads to the presence or
God.
After few months in Adelaide, one
OF the Elders was taken violently III
and had to be released to return home,
the other accompanying him. Three
months elapsed and then Elder Benja-
min Clesg and myself were delegated to
continue the work here, and for two
months we have been talking Gospel to
anyone who VIII listen to us.
a Mormon Elder can see the hand OF
God In good many things that an
ordinary sectarian would attribute to
When we landed In Adelaide we were
strangers to the place. We had the
address OF our Saint whom we tried to
hnd. hut We're not successful until we
had found family who had been
friendly to the other Elders. We were
intending to locate ourselves In the
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-03-19
In the Town Of ipswich.
Ipswich. Mass, March G, 1898.

To the Editor:
Elder Geo. w. Esplin and myself
were assigned to labor In the historic
town of Ipswich, formerly Agawam. at
our conference held at Cambridge,
Mass. on the 20 and II If November
1897, which ms far ms we could learn
was the first conference held in New
England for about 45 years by Latter
day Saints. We arrived In this quaint
old town on the afternoon of the 2ath
in rainstorm. We were not long In
finding room and also temporary
friend both OF which, however. were
upon the selectmen OF the town. as we
desired to procure the town hall in
which to hold a netting. They promptly
Informed us that We could not have It
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-03-19
'ne first Publicly Known Mormon, In
Charlotte.

,psl,s. News liz kindly permitted to
'4'"s' inc following letter:
charlotte, N c., March 7. 1895
Tenn. ''''''' chattanooga.
~" btother:--It is by request that
,Vwafu TO you this communication.
w 80 whit pleasure, but In penninr
thoughts ! feel to render God all
,nrr,., /" whom all honor Is due for
sh'hs these ideas to express.
~ 'onierence held at johnson CITY.
= o',v,noer 10Th and Goth, 1897. Elder s.
ina'chet and myself were ASSIGNED
@o0r in the city of Charlotte wb,ch
@ Population OF 2b 900 R mtlri
tsr.ng our destination we had a Ale
our NJ, y. Nv miles to travel afoot. ~,
oft., we held many meetings ana
me- er W we Journeyed along the road
,es, s i, city OF Charlotte would nre-
linn "N NJ, before the eye of lima ginn-
t,hs. w OFTEN expressed To eoch
ahll,.en route our weakness and IN
trssst !" perform the responsibilttv n,
,hs ing the Gospel of Jesus Christ IN
civ p n,, IN this famous Soutbern
that s,o" purse or scrip. We knew
me to~ovs was to be had only nv
hatl, OF the Holy Ghost. We fei,
Ne arr wou,a not be a time to trust in
ca, rn, ~ nesh but In the power OF
tbaln fa,,al ueil'ly we andeavored /,
hsir.nlv r. IN the sight of our
trd hstIns s'ner through faith. prayer
Holv s a. might enjoy sufficient or ~
" Ia S ari 70 give us faith and stahi,io
r,,A, allse above ali dIfflcnities .np,i-
hbn,i instruct our nathwav w ,.,l,,
on, Ing In this county seal pa wi,,e
each III Ialih, prayers and far,i,..'
were In s, o. Elders Of the conferencs
two ta,uucted by letter To enter ,,, 80
hearts "a last and prayer. that tha
TO ress,, the people might no nrs,,o ~,
sage wy US and the important ~
unto thsr were called by God 10 deliva,
Of JaDa n'sred the city on the 1a,h oo,.
bull asay' 1895, We had uay
warnInssm ail matter. tract, Vo,ca ss s
Office, and other packages az ~
made nm, we obtained the save We
the civ MY MY to the leading hotel ~
We were I, we told the proprietnr W.
asking ns,, u our business In The citw
our cor rennson to use his desk 70 ~
20 kind rs Wv and II he would bo
and packaeas take care Of our rrins
favored Us M d 1Or n few days. He
" Thanked htnee' Tor which we kind
vas to cali ,nn , a, our next business
zee 10 Obtain me mayor at his Of
fore ~ We presented o W. canvass
we Will 1 honored mayor t n s be-
sentlenau, ,eceive. and desIrad ~ .hat
"ah'y as possible. e We 20 , De as
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1898-10-21

"The Democratic party of Elko
county, in covention assembled do
hereby declare:
THAT we heartily endorse the plat
form of principles adopted by the
Democratic State Convention at
Reno, Sep. 8, 1893.
THAT we hereby pledge the nom
lnees Of this convention to county
Offices to honestly, efficiently and eco.
nomicaly administer the county and
local government.
"That we hereby declare our unal-
terable opposition to the further con-
tinuance Of corporate influence in
State and county political affairs and
we hereby denounce the Silver party,
30 called, of this State and county as
party completely controlled and
dominated by corporate influences,
and particularly by the Southern Pa
cific r. r. Corpration of Ky. and Cal.
@That we pledge the legislative
nominees OF this convention to the
support Of Democratic United
States Senator who is neither under
the control OF nor the hireling of the
Southern Pacific r. r. Corporation"
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1898-10-21

office seeking purposes and whose
sole contributions to the people of
the State are limited to the money
corruptly used to secure their own
elections.
We recognize the Democratic as
the only Silver party in the Nation,
and upon whose success in 1900 de-
pends the reestablishment of silver
to It's former place in the monetary
system OF the Republic. We regard
all local political organizations, pro.
Tossing to favor bimetallie m. as not
only useless, but absolutely obstruct-
i've to the cause they pretend to fos-
ter. The so.called Silver party of
Nevada is especially detrimental to
the silver interest. Its State Admin
lstratlon IN the last few years has
been replete with scandals which are
a disgrace to the, Commonwealth.
Its continued existence is an insult
to the great Silver party of the Ma
ton which i'll 1896 polled nearly six
millions OF votes for the bi-metallic
couse, and its death would be mourn
ed only by a few office seekers who
have maintained it in the hope of be-
ing elected to positions Which they
could not obtain from any other
party i'll the State.
We favor the election of United
States Senators by the people. in
stead OF Legislatures. We believe
that Nevada has suffered more from
the present system than any other
State in the Union and we most earn
estly demand such change as will, to
partial extent at least. prevent the
gross frauds and corruption as has
and which is now prevailing in our
Senatorial elections.
The Democratic party of Nevada is
In favor OF utilizing and developing
the natural resources Of the State;
We, therefore advocate a policy of
internal improvements by which the
surplus water OF our rivers may be
impounded in reservoirs and used in
retaining and irrigating the unoc.
cupied agricultural lands of the State
aud opening the same to settlement
and cultivation, thereby inducing
immigration for the development of
the agricultural products OF the State,
and increase Of our population, and
we favor liberal legislation and the
appropriation o. State funds for such
purposes.
We demand that our National Gov
ernment hold possession of the Phil.
ippine Islands. 80 that the products
and trade Of these islands may be
brought to our shores, as such a pol
icy would result in great profit and
advantages to the Paci-
fic Coast. 49,. ...... ......
We most earnestly advise the Dem
ocrats in every county in the State to
aud form County Central
and to nominate full leg.
islative tickets unpledged upon the
matter of u. s. Senator and to adopt
all means OF strengthening the DEM
ooratic party which will in 1900 rep
resent the honest and sincere silver
element i'm the State.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1898-10-21
Democratic
State Platform.

The Democrats of Nevada In Con-
ventlon assembled declare as fol-
lows:
We endorse every line, word and
syllable Of the platform adopted by
the Democratic National Convention
at Chicago In 1896, with particular
emphasis upon the resolution adyo.
eating the free and unlimited coinage
Of both gold and silver and without
the aid or consent of any ration on
the face Of the earth.
We glory In the achievements of
the Army and Navy, in the late war
with Spain and we commend the
Democratic Congressman iii their
course upon the prosecution Of the
war. as patriotic, statesmanlike' and
compatible with the honor and dig.
nifty Of our nation.
We agree with Senator Teller, an
ardent Protectionest, that the DINGHY
law was formulated and passed. not
for protection OF American labor, nor
for the purpose Of revenue for the
government, but exclusively in tho in
terest OF the monopolies and trusts,
which furnished the corruption money
to carry on the Mckinley campaign.
We furthermore declare without
fear of successful contradiction, that
any or all Of the provisions OF the in
famous law do not, directly or indi-
rectly benefit. TO the amount OF q far
thing one hundred actual residents
of Nevada while the entire people Of
the State are additionally taxed i'm
increased prices Of the necessaries of
life to an amount more than sufficient
to defray the entire expenses of the
State govel nment. And it is with
shame and humiliation that we point
to the fact that this measure 80 dis
tressful to the people of Nevada was
passed by the aid OF our Senators
without which it could never have
become law.
We demand Home Rule for the
people Of Nevada. Our National
Government inaugurated bloody
and expensive war to insure Home
Rule for the Cubans, and yet the
Sovereign State of Nevada has for
years, and still is, under more abject
servitude to the Southern Pacific
Railroad Company, represented by
non. residents Of the State than we're
ever the Cubans made subservient to
the Spanish Crown. We insist and de.
rnand that our State shall be repre-
sented at Washington by actual resi-
dente OF Nevada, instead OF by men
whose sole interests IN our Common.
wealth consist in its use TO them Tor
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4 Gi(ktt *
FOR MEMBER Or CONGRESS,
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of Washoe
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LIEUT.. GOVERNOR,
c " Grimes, of Churchill.
Justice of Supreme Court,
I h Belknap, of Ormsby
Secretary of State,
John Weber, of White Pine
State Treasurer.
W 6 Thompson, of Storey
State Controller.
Geo NJ Humphreys, Washoe
State Printer,
James Norris, of WashOe
Surveyor General.
I X Stewart, of NaShoe
Regents State University
" ". Booher, of E1ko
(LoNG TERM)
Goth HaiSt, of Storey
(sHoRT TERM)
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The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1898-08-25

OF the Texas. but my faith in you is
secondary only to my faith in God.
We have seen what He has done for us
IN allowing us to achieve so great a
victory, and / want to ask you all,
or at last every man who has no scru-
pies, to uncover his head with me and
silently offer a word Of thanks to God
lot His goodness toward us all" What
strange contrast, indeed, between
TINS silent prayer and the customary
Wild shouts Of victory!
chaplain Harry w. Jones OF the bat
ue-ship Texas furnishes these and 9TH
er incidents Of the pronounced re-
hglous sentiment of Capt Philip.
On one occasion, prior to this battle.
80 disastrous to Cervera's fleet, the
captain was called on board the flag
snip for a council of war 1t was also
sunday, and the decision was
.eached to lombard the forts of San
nago bay that afternoon. when Capt.
Philip said:
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1898-08-25

Mexico and Central America and was
lighthouse inspector of the twelfth dis
trict.
In every position Capt. Philip has
given good record for himself Thus,
eyewitnesses Of the battle Of Santiago
bay state that during the fierce fight
this typical Yankee commander stood
on the bridge of the Texas and direct
ed the operations OF his vessel person
ally from the beginning to the close
of the memorable running engage
ment. He just escaped being blown
TO pieces once by the explosion OF
shell, a mere accidental change in his
position being all that saved him.
Contrasts have been referred TO re-
peatedly in this brief sketch OF
Christian sailor. There Is another con-
trast yet, the one between the deep re-
ligious feeling Of the commander and
the popular superstition attaching to
his ship. The Texas has been account
ed the Jonah OF the United States
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1898-08-25

the naval school Sept. 20, 1856. He
was made midshinman in 1861. and
passed through all the grades 10 his
present rank. his commission dating
from March 81. 1889. He was in active
service all through the civil war, and
after the close of the latter was trans
ferred to the Asiatic squadron as exec
utive officer. Subsequently he served
with the European squadron, and
since that time his service has been
diversified. During leaves OF absence
he commanded one Of the steamers of
the Pacific Mail Steamship company
and also the Woodruff scientific eXpe-
dition around the world. He was en-
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1898-08-25

navy. Ever since she was launched at
the Norfolk navy yard in 1892 she has
had the very worst Of luck-until Capt.
Philip was assigned to her, less than
year ago. Even while the Texas was
building several men were fatally hurt
while az work upon her, and one me
chanic plunged TO death from her
deck.
Her engines were burned in a fire
at the Richmond iron works, and her
bronze propeller was broken, and her
first trip. Every turn she took she
seemed TO 60 awry. She swamped a
schooner in her first dock trial, one of
her turrets very nearly sank her while
at the dock, and while dry-docked in
November, 1895, 1t was found that she
had structural weakness that cost
$125.000 to remedy.
Every one Of the Texas trial trips
was unfortunate. In one OF them her
eccentric strap got hot, in another her
condensers would not work. in another
her wheels wobbled and in a fourth
her steering gear was broken. She
lost one of her anchors atTompkins-
Vile and had other minor mishaps
without end.
After this accident Capt. Glass was
relieved from the command of the
Texas and Capt. Philip was assigned t.
her. Even then she made one more at
tempt to prove hoodooism by runnine
afoul Of coral reef near the Dry Tor
tugas. This was in March Of the pres
ent year. but the injuries were so tri.
fling that she was put to sea again in
a few weeks. Since then she has be-
haved herself. The mistaken faith and
Christian fortitude of Capt. Philip was
too much for hoodooism.
The Texas was the first American
battle-ship built after English plans
and this fact made her a cynosure for
long time.
JOHN EHLERT.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1898-08-25

Admiral, this is Sunday. 7 do NOT
MINK We should fight today. We NAV
be sorry il we do"
The bombardment was deferred until
the next morning.
The strong religious faith Of Cant
Phlllp Is corroborated by Edwin S.
Wheelock, of this city. president Of
the Christian Citizen Publishing com.
pany, whose brother married a sister
Of the captain.
From all | know about him " said
Mr. Wheelock. Il know he hates to
hurt any human being, yet. if his dutv
calls him, | know he will fight as
bravely as any warlike Christian of an
cient times. You can readily imagine
what the officers and crew of such q
commander are. He is a very ouiet
man, almost reserved, in fact but he is
great favorite wherever he Is known
with his equals in society as well As
with his men in his capacity OF COM
mander"
C1"t. Philips true Christianity has
not prevented him from being a good
sailor and a brave fighter during the
civil war. His career has put to shame
Shakespeare's
drunken sailor on a mast,
Ready with every nod TO tumble down.
The captain was born in New York
Aug. 26, 1910, and was appointed to
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1898-08-25

dashes. The idea of a Gustavus Adolf
phus invoking blessing from above in
front Of his regiments before opening
hattie. or OF the roundheads OF the
Cromwelian age, so well delineated by
Walter Scott, had always something
strange in It. The admonition to
trust to Cod was generally associat-
ed with the mundane advice, land keep
your powder dry" as Col. Blacker ad-
vised his boys" In short, fighting,
both by sea and land, has been coupled
more with his satanic majesty than
with anybody else. The God of bat
Ties usually came in for His share be-
fore the fray to assure His assistance,
or afterward TO express gratitude.
II is certainly not the least insignlfi-
cant experience of the present war that
officers in high command think OF the
God Of battles" when the fray is on
No doubt many a commander is true
Christian, but few will have the true
manhood to avow their religious senti-
ment while shells are bursting and
bullets are whistling around their ears.
One of these few is John w. Philip.
commander of the United States battle
ship Texas, who demolished SacOpa
battery on Santiago bay and who
helped to send Admiral Cervera's feet
to the bottom on the eve of the 'gloyl-
Gus Fourth"
1t is indeed a strange contrast, the
conduct Of Capt. Jack" during and
after the great battle off Santiago on
Sunday. July 3, and the conduct OF
many a heart of oak" on similar oc-
casions. Touching as well as a fine
sample of the American sailor is Capt.
Philips remarks to his crew when an
American shell exploded the magazine
Of the Oquendo and the boys began to
cheer tremendously: Don't cheer,
boys, when so many a brave fellow has
been blown into eternity" And after
the great battle. when the Texas lay
alongside the Cristobal Colon after the
latter had been beached and surrender
ed to the American commander, Capt.
Philip said 10 his officers and men: Il
wish to make confession that / have
implicit faith in the officers and crew
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1898-08-25
HOODOOED TO A MADHOUSE
This Woman Is Sure n Spell Was Thrown
UpOD Her,


Upon Her.
Hannah Gray has been hoodooed in
TO the madhouse. Hannah is a moth
erly-lOoking, mild hammered. good-na-
tured old colored nanny from New
Madrid, and is stopping at the city
hospital en- route TO an asylum for the
insane. The sheriff of New Madrid is
on her trail, and has telegraphed ahead
TO have the woI/in held for him Han
nah and her old man." as she calls
him, are well-to-do colored people, and
when she left home yesterday morning
she carried off the family's savings
bank, a stocking full of coins. That's
the reason the sheriff wants TO capture
her. She left home because none of
the New Madrid doctors could remove
the "varmints' which she insists live.
move and have their being in her vi
tails, and having heard of DR.. Suffer-
skill came here 10 consult him. The
doctor hadn't the time TO inquiry fully
into Hannah's troubles when a Star
man visited the hospital last night, but
he is of the opinion that her only all
ment is aggravated superstition She
has lived 90 years in the firm belief
that there are such things as hoodooes,
and gets violently angry when their
existence is questioned. Only when
she is engaged in such conflicts of
opinion does she show insane symp-
toms. Notwithstanding this apparent
simplicity DR.. Suffer fears the case is
incurable. because the mental impress
sion of such long standing becomes
positively fixed Hannah was in
very communicative mood when the
reporter visited the cells last night
and among other things she said: "All
this trouble l have in me comes from
two lazy niggers that I've lived next
to for thirty years. My old man got
a mortgage on their farm and LEM
them money. They would spend from
S. to $50 at time until they had spent
the whole farm. Then my old man
said he was going to close down on
the mortgage. In less than week
was taken sick with misery in my
breast. | could feel a little snake
crawling round my heart all the time,
| knowed | was hoodooed, and said
right away Sally Jones did il. Tha.
was seven years ago. One day i went
over TO Sally's house and asked her
what she done it for, and she said,
Cause your old mans gwine to sell us
out | goes back home and lay thr
case before him and explains that IL
he sells out the farm he kills me. Well
he agrees not to sell II Sally agrees
not to poster me. | wusn't troubled
no more till year before last, when
Sally's old man died. Then l took
sick again in less than a month, and
every month | gets worse. You see.
Sally is after my old man, and il she
gets me out of the way she thinks
she'll get him. I've got every kind OF
worm and bug and varmint there is
in my stomach. and nothing won't get
them out but to cut me open. I've tried
all the voodoo doctors in my country.
and all of them say it is no use.
reckon does get crazy sometimes
about that nasty Sally and my old man.
But she shan't have him. I'm going
10 find a doctor somewhere to get these
things out of me, if have to go plum
TO Europe. st. Louis Star.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1898-08-25
The biggest Bicycle in the World

a German has just completed bi-
cycle that has one wheel nine feet in
diameter. Two people ride on it-one
on each side. 1t runs easily because or
Its scientific construction. The scien-
tlfic formula of Hostetter's stomach
Bitters is the reason of its great vir-
tues in making the weak strong. II
your health is poor. try a bottle.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1898-08-25
Encouraging BacheIorhOOd.

A tifteen-story bachelor apartment
building is 10 be erected on the south
east corner of Fifth avenue and Forty
NTH street, New York, by the Mat
thew Byrnes estate. at a cost of $50
GOO or more. Matthew Byrnes, who
made a fortune as builder. bought
this plot in 1857 for $4,000. 1t is now
worth S1.OOO.0O
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1898-08-25
Wheat 40 Cents q Bushel.

How to grow wheat with big profit at 40
cents and samples of Salzer's Red Cross go
Bushels per acre. Winter Wheat, Rye, Oats,
Clovers, etc, with Farm Seed Catalogue
for cents postage. JOHN A. SALZER
SEED CO., La Crosse, Wis. w.n.u.