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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-11-27

Ernest Woods and James Bennett were
arrested yesterday morning for trespass
on the property of the Garfield Beach
Railroad company at its engine house on
part of the comDanys fence to make "a
bonfire. The night Waterman discovered
them, and Officer Parry FASTENED out
with the patrol wagon and made the ar
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-11-27

cause OF the trouble and cor
r ct the various effects at the
same time. Such a remed
is Hudyan. Hudyan viii re
move the cause; it will cor
rect the effects. HudyaB
will cure nervous prostra
ton, nervous debility, neiv
Gus weakness. nervous ex
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-09-02

strength and preclude the possibility of
Advancement and have joined hands one
with the other to work together in a
common cause to proclaim to the world
that the women Of the negro race have
become partners In the great firms Of
progress and reform.
1.-THE work we hope to accomplish can
be done better, we believe, by the moth
ers, wives, daughters and sisters of our
race than by the fathers, brothers, hus-
bands and sons
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-09-02

n of the queen when his ~SchooidayS are
over, according to the programme map
ped ont for him by his snobbish father.
The young man is now almost through
Elton, that great English public school
which is responsible for much Of the
manly quality in the British male. He
is 10 years old.
among Astor's schoolfcllows at Elton
is young Connaught,' the son Of the
Duke Of Connaught, and consequently
grandson of the queen. The royal boy
is in a class below young Astor, and a
while ago it was reported in the papers
that young Connaught'' was the flag"
of 'syoung Astor." A flag at an English
public school has to fetch and carry for
the upper classu,an who selects him for
his especial slave, and at all times to
bear himself iowly nnd reyerently to-
ward his chief.
The idea of a prince of the blood doing
menial work for the son of a Yankee
millionaire rather disturbed the British,
and the story has been denied and re-
affirmed several times. 1t is not OF
much Importance one way or the other.
What is of importance is that young As
tor is popular at Eton and is a good all
around athlete. In rowing he has es-
pecially distinguished himself, and is
now the head of the Elton boating outfit.
Astor has a sister about a year young
er than he, and a brother, named from
the founder Of the fortunes of the fami-
ly, John Jacob, who is about IL. Mrs.
Astor, the mother Of these children, died
In 1892 at Cliyeden. She was Mrs.
Mary Paul, and came of an old Philadel-
phia family.
There are 81 regiments in the House
hold cavalry, among which are the ia
nous Life guards, Royal Horse guards,
Royal Irish and Others No doubt the
elder Astor. as a British citizen Of in
Auence, can get his son in any Of the
Household regiments which suit his
fancy.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-09-02

A new and expeditions method for
driving piles is described in the instruc-
ions as to technical works for the Rus
sian engineer corps. On two sides of the
pile to be driven are made longitudinal
grooves of sufficient width and depth to
receive ordinary iron gas pipes Of one
or one and a half inches diameter, termi-
mating in nozzies like those Of hose pipes
and turned toward the point of the pile,
being liked to it by light staples. while
the upper ends are connected by gutta
percha pipes. with a force pump capable
OF e~jecting water under a pressure Of five
atmospheres-T1 pounds per square inch.
1t is said that the outflow of this water
at the point Of the pile causes the latter
to sink three or four times more quickly
than it would under the action of a pile
driver. A few blows are, however, Civ
en- by the monkey when the pile has at
tanned the desired depth in order to Sc
cure the necessary consolidation. and the
gas pipes are then drawn cut in order to
serve for driving another pile.-English
Mechanic.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-09-02
WASHINGTON GHOSTS.
Specters Which Haunt the City
and Suburbs.
SPIRIT OF THE CAPITOL CRYPT.
Weird Phantonas said I Have
Sprung From Events Of Historte
Interest Ghast1y Legends Along
the Potomac River.

the River.
Washington is said to hare more
ghosts than any other city OF its size in
the world. The corridors and corners.
the erypts and vaults OF the capitol itself
are the scenes of many such Creep"
stories. Even the busy chambers them-
selves are not exempt, and the spirits Of
the mighty dead. we are told on good au-
thority, may sometimes be seen fitting
restlcssly among once familiar scenes
On a busy all night session, about 8
O'Clock in the morning, more than one
new member has n~ervously asked a
~neighbor il he does not hear queer noises
and, CHANGING toward the statuary hail,
has vowed that the statues Of the old
heroes of debate make him creep with
their eerie groaning.
In the very spot in the old house where
the new member may be standing Presi-
dent John Quincy Adams died at the ripe
age of so. They laid him on the sofa
against the wall, where a little tablet
marks the place, and ever since then
about that hour of the night, amid the
noise and hustle Of business. the ring OF
voices and sle darting to and fro OF
pages, fretful murmuring and weary
signs from dim corners and releases be-
tray the presence OF impatient ghosts
longing to mingle once more IN the famil-
lar battle OF brains.
The ancient suburb Georgetown has
had more time FOR accommodating good
lasting ghosts, the hnga-shiTa variety,
who whoop and gibber to the moon and
haunt particular spots with a fHty OF
purpose that at least is admirable in its
assiduity. Some Of these are older and
more established specters than the 9TH
ers, and one of the greatest standing in
the community is located above the
town, at the Great falls He Is known as
"the drummer boy of the Potomac" and
is the representative Of a Revolutionary
regiment.
Tie story, which, 50 far as the story
goes, is well authenticated, is that tina
boy was drowned while crossing the riy-
er at the falls under circumstances which
attached a suspicion of foul play to his
disappearance. Since that time he has
not been seen. but on stormy nights his
drum is heard above the roar of b falls
and quite distinct from the rushing Of the
water beating out q ghostiy long roll that
sends a thrill to the hearts of the hearers
and is supposed to betoken misfortune to
the one who is so unfortunate as to be an
audience at the spectral serenade.
Another specter OF the same region is
a headless horseman, like the ghostly
trooper of Sleepy Hollow, made famous
by Irving's story. The stamping ground
of this rider is the strip of land known as
the Lowgrounds. lying between the river
and the canal above Georgetown This
specter stampedes the cattle browsing
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-09-02

11CHT.
to say that she is sumptuousIy fitted up,
for the builder of the cup challenger is
a MAJ OF millions. To Americans she
has aaaed interest BECAUSE Of the fact
that, before inc outbreak Of our war
with Spain, agents of the United States
governuent In Europe inspected ncr
with a view to purchasing her. 1t was
proposed to convert her into a torpedo
boat destroyer. It was reported at one
time that the purchase was closed, but
for some reason it fell through.
The Erin was then the Aegusa. She
was built for Count Ignazio Florio, a
member Of the family Interested in the
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-09-02

Ernest Whitehead captured a young
seal near Anacapa Island. Cal. recently,
and took him on board his ship. As the
vessel started the mother seal was mo-
iced swimming about. bowling pfteously~
The little captive barked responsibility
After reaching the wharf at Santa Bars
bara the captive was tied up ii q 3ul6
sack and left loose 8 n the deck S9o41
afSsr coming to anchor the seal respond
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-09-02
presiden of the
National Association
OF Colored Women.

N ~
is an advanced type OF the new women
of her ace She is highly educated. truly
refined and possesses besides a lot of en-
ergy and executive ability.
Mrs. Terrell is practically the head
and front of the movement to regenerate
the colored women of the country. In
speaking of the recent convention in
Chicago she said:
Acting upon the principle of concen-
tration and union, the colored women of
the United States banded themselves to-
gether to fulfill a mission to which they
feel peculiarly adapted and especially
called. We have become national be-
cause, from the Atlantic to the Pacific,
from Maine to the gulf, we wish to set
In motion influences that shall stop the
ravage made by practices that sap our
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-09-02
Ia~eraoII,s wit.

A good story is told of how Colonel
Robert g. Ingersolls wit saved his life
when he was first captured. A great biz
rebel had a double barreled shotgun lev.
eled upon him at less than ten PAGES. In.
gersoll threw up his hands and exclaim-
ed: Don't shoot, my friend, don't shoot
| have been anxious to recognize the in
dependence of your C~onfederacy for ths
last half houri"
The rebel threw up his gun and ex
ploded ia laughter. Ingersoll surren-
dered to him, and he was known in For.
rests command as that Yankee coloneI
whose wit saved his life"
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-09-02
SPIRIT OF H CRYPT.

among the thickets and has been seen by
many boating parties on the river riding
at breakneck speed over the rough and
broken powders that line the Maryiand
shore of the river and where It would be
death for a mortal horseman to venture
in broad daylight.
Farther down the river there are ghost
" legends attaching to the Three Sisters.
a fatal group Of rocks where a number OF
drowning accidents have occurred and
where there are said, at night, to be seen
lights and where sounds are heard thar
cannot be traced to any mortal origin
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-09-02
HEROIC BABOON.
How aGrnnapop' Saved a Little Nom
key From STANDARDIZATION

How "GrRndpcp' Saved q Little Nom
key From strangulation-
In the Philadelphia zoo recently a little
monkey, during unusual antics, became
caught by the neck between the bars OF
the cage. He began TO slowly strangle
to death, and his struggles to extricate
himself only made matters worse. His
shrieks of mingled fright and pain were
awful to hear.
All m~onkeyland lsaused to hear. They
seemed to understand the little fellows
trouble and his cali for help. Several
rushed to the place, but "Grandpop," the
big baboon, was first. The others fell
back before him.
In a moment he was beside the little
sufferer. He saw the cruel bars closing
on the poor fellows throat. He felt the
little feet coiling around his neck for
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-09-02

lumbia and Shamrock will be Sir
Thomas Lipton's steam yacht Erin. She
conveyed the challenger on her trip
across the ocean, towing the latter dur
ing Gains. Sir Thomas will use her
from now on as a place of residence. and
during the races she viii take him over
the course after the white fiers.
The Erin IS one Of the biggest steam
yachts in English waters. 1t is needless
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-09-02

A. remarkable cucumber has been grown
at North Rise, Darlington. the residence
Of e. w. Walker. II is a twin cucumber,
one growing inside the curve Of the other
from the same stem while both are III
perfect cucumber shape. Although there
have been many eccentric eucumberb,
people who have seen thousands grow
say they ave never inspected one like
the present specimen.
Qaeen xistprtsse F~rrnce5et.
Quen Victoria always wears 4 bracelet
or her latest ~erandchiId or greatsxrabd-
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-09-02
TO v HER A

Mrs. Mary
Church Terrell,
W no was re-
Gently ~re-elect-
ed president of
b National
Association of
Colored Wom-
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-09-02

al active. healthy imagination Is one
of the happiest gifts a child can possess
is the theory advanced by Florence Hull
Winterburn, the well known padiologist.
when writing Of "The Imagination Plays
of Children in the September .sWomanss
Home Companion" IF we watch an in
telligent child, four or five years old, who
believes himself unnoticed we will prob
ably be astonished at the richness and fer
tility of the fancy which can Civ life and
color to dull, commonplace things. and
weave whole stories and dramas around
the simple toy that means nothing more
to US than what it plainly stands for.
But we will perceive that even his widest
romances found themselves upon many
facts, for free and frolicsome as imagina-
ton may appear. ii is subject to its laws.
1t deals with real things IN a playful
way: 1t embroiders. prints, mods. but ii
must have its material; its basis. in actual
life. What we call creative ability is
really nothing but the power to recon-
struct, perhaps to connect several sep
arate plan or PATTERNS into a whole
which seems dinereni from the original.
The child Is an artist who daubs iii his
colors boldly. without any sense Of the
a~bsurdities ne nay dammit. and Sd he
often produces Effects that surprise others
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public than that he shall be elected
to the national senate; excepting, of
course, the presidency. Rich men covet
the distinction and the social honor.
1t is not a secret that, not many years
ago, man expended upwards of a
quarter of a million dollars to secure
his election to the senate.
The salary of a senator is only $1,000
a year, and the term lasts but six years.
Consequently when a man is elected
to the senate his total salary for six
years amounts to $1,000. And yet a
man expended a quarter of a million
dollars to secure an election to the
senate. Why did he do it?
He expended that large amount of
money simply TO have the honor of be-
ing a senator; just as he expended $780,
900 for a painting to adorn his parlor;
just as he expended $3.50, 900 for house
in a certain city.
Now when the expenditure of a quar-
ter of million dollars will enable a
rich man to have himself elected to the
senate many of our good people think
that halt should be called. If man
in one state can control legislature
with money, a man in every state might
do the same; and hence no man could
aspire to become a great law-giver
without first becoming a rich man:
Moreover, all legislatures might be-
come corrupt.
That is, in brief, the argument made
by the people who favor the election
of senators by direct votes of the peo-
pie. 1t is for the purpose of enabling
poor men to aspire, as they did in the
days of Jackson, Polk, Clay, Webster,
Lincoln and Garfield; it is for the
purpose of putting the poor men on
n level with the rich men in aspiring
to national honors and distinction that
they advocate the proposed change.
But there is another side to the ques-
ton. If wealth continues to accumu-
late, and rich men continue to aspire,
they will have the advantage anyway,
because they can have bigger meetings,
better brass bands, bigger professions,
more expensive and extensive barbe-
cues and other entertainments; so that,
even by direct vote of the people, the
election of senators might be corruptly
secured. That is to say, the rich man
who would expend quarter of a mill
lion dollars to corrupt a state legisla-
ture would spend half million TO influ-
ence the votes of the people in the vari-
Gus polling places. The millionaire of
the present can as well afford to spend
half a million for the honor as he can
afford to spend quarter of million.
There is also the danger that the peo-
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sion. His successor was not elected
and the governor of Delaware, in
March, 1898, appointed Kensey Johns.
After full discussion the senate re-
fused to permit Mr.. Johns to be seated
by vote of 20 to Z. The constitution
was construed to mean that governors
of states may appoint senators to sue
coed those who die or resign, provid-
ed the state legislatures do not have
opportunity to elect successors. But
when legislature fails to perform its
constitutional function, after having
had opportunity to do so, the governor
cannot appoint a senator. This ques-
ton will again come up, however, in
the eases of Senator Quay, just ap-
pointed by the governor of Pennsyl-
vania, and Col. Daniel NJ. Burns, APP
pointed by the governor of California.
Delaware four years ago failed to
elect a successor to Anthony Higgins,
and no appointment was made. Della
wares legislature recently adjourned
without electing a successor to George
Gray. Thus for a third time in it's
history Delaware has failed to elect
senator, and that state for third time
has but one representative in the SEN
ate, when she is entitled to two.
In recent years nine state legislatures
California and Pennsylvania being the
LAST have adjourned without electing
senators. In some of these cases it is
known that money has been literally
and lavishly used to bring about the
deplorable result. Ambition, avarice,
lust of power, pride of station, greed of
gain and desire for personal prefer
ment have stood between the people
and their constitutional rights.
These modern conditions have caused
many honest statesmen to advocate the
election of senators by direct vote of
the people, instead of by the legisla-
lures of the state. In order to bring
about this change it would be neces-
sary to adopt an amendment to the ma
tional constitution. Conservative men
doubt whether an amendment of this
nature would meet with the approval
of two-thirds of the states.
Several of the states In their party
conventions have Endorsed certain in
dividuals for the senate, campaigns
have been made upon platforms con-
tanning the names of favorite sons, and
legislatures have felt in duty bound to
elect those who have thus been prac-
tically chosen by a direct vote of the
people. The pursuance of this policy
may bring about the result which SO
many desire, without amending the
national constitution.
SMITH d. FRY.
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pie might become accustomed to look
for wholesale bribery, and enough of
them become corruptible to sell their
votes, and affect the elections.
There you have an epitome of both
sides of the argument. The reason for
calling attention to this condition pros
pectively affecting our body polite lies
in the fact that during the past decade
various state Legislatures have failed to
perform their constitutional functions,
and have adjourned without electing |
senators, thereby depriving sovereign I
states of their right to complete repre-
sentation on the floor of the national
senate.
One striking example of this sondi- ,
ton may be referred to without preJu-
dice. In 1894 Senator Mitchell, of Ore
gon, discussing the right of the gov,
ernor of Montana to appoint Lee Mantle
as a senator, after the legislature of
Montana failed to elect senator, said;
Suppose a rich man should arise In
Oregon, two years hence, and prevent
my reelection to the senate. Suppose.
that rich man should be in collision
with the governor of Oregon. And, aft
er preventing the legislature from
electing me, that rich man should be ap-
pointed to the senate by the governor of
Oregon, would it be right to give him a
seat in this body? l say not; and 1 will
vote against the admission of senator
from Montana appointed under such
circumstances"
Strange as it may seem, two years
after Senator Mitchell had delivered
that speech the Oregon legislature was
induced to adjourn without electing a
senator to succeed Senator Mitchell.
Very soon thereafter the governor of
Oregon appointed one Corbett, very
rich man, to the senate. The case
was considered carefully and, by vote
of two to one, the senate refused to give
Corbett seat Thus precedent was
established. When a legislature fails
to elect the governor of state cannot
appoint senator.
The Corbett case is the last one ON
record. The first precedent was formed
in 1898, at a session of the senate for
the third congress. Senator Read, Of
Delaware, resigned in December, 1872.
when the state legislature was in ses-
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WITHOUT SENATOR'S.
Several States Have But One Rep
resentative in the Upper House.
Should the Constitution he Amended
So That Senators Could BE Chosen
by the Direct Vote of
the People?
Especial Washington Letter.

IL u before our people is whether
~ members of the United States
senate shall continue to be elected by
state legislatures or by direct vote of
the people.
There are now As states in the federal
union, and each state is entitled to two
senators. Consequently, if every state
legislature performed its constitution
al duty, there would be 80 members
of the national senate. When the con-
stitution was adopted there were 13
states, each entitled to two senator's;
and the total membership of the ma
tional senate was 26.
Thirty-two states have been added to
the federal union since the foundation
of the government. By purchase, by
cession and by conquest the original
republic has expanded from the At
lantic to the Pacific oceans, and from
the great lakes to the gulf.
But, while the republic has been
expanding, and while its power has
been increasing, men gifted with tai
ents for acquisition have acquired
wealth in great measure. Their sons
have added to the boards by modern
methods of speculation. They ignore
that Scripture which says that it is
harder for a rich man to enter the
Kingdom of Heaven than for camel
to pass through the gate called the
needles eye.
1t is because of this accumulation of
riches that many of our people be-
lieve that legislatures are corruptible,
and that rich men buy their way into
the national senate. No higher honor
can be attained by any man in this re-
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insurgents Weaken.

WASHINGTON, May "a dispatch
was received by the war department
yesterday from General Otis. The fol-
lowing is a copy of the message, with
certain parts eliminated:
Situation as follows: Lawton at
Maasin and Baliuag; scouting parties to
north and east; Macarthur at San Fer
nando. Population of country
between Manila and northern points
held by troops returning to homes APP
pear cheerful and contented. Army gun
boats operating in rivers; have cleared
country west of Macarthur of insur-
gents. Signs of insurgents
weakness more apparent daily"
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.JniIhirds Escnne

TOLEDO, May S.-William Miller,
George Jones, William White, Thomas
Burns and Fred Williams, in Jail for
postoffice robberies at Leipsic and North
Fairfield, o., escaped yesterday by
climbing through the chimney of the
Jail. Miller unlocked the cells with a
piece of wire and climbed up the CHM
ney, putting down a rope made of
Sheets by which the rest of the prison.
ers got out. They dropped to the roof
of the Jail and then to the ground
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Crniser RufrnIo Rnck From MnniIn.

NEW YORK. May 8.-The United
States cruiser Buffalo arrived yesterday
from Manila after very quick run of
"A days, which included stops at Singa-
pore, Port Said and Gibraltar. The Buff
falo brought about 500 officers and men
of Admiral Dewey's squadron. These
men are mostly long term men whose
time has long run out and are to be
landed at the navy yard, where they
will be discharged. There are also on
board Paymaster John r. Maetin and
Captain Dutton and Lieutenant Robin
son of the marine corps, all from the
cruiser Boston. The Buffalo flies a
"homeward bound pennant" 2S6 feet in
length