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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-12-09

Va NiiC CililCd states, " bC SMol IL
in as a member of congress, although
he afterward may be expelled
There is one. thing which is causing
great concern among Republicans, and
that is the charge of Mr. Roberts, made
openly on the floor, that President Nc
Kinley appointed two Mormons as
postmasters in Utah who were accused
OF practicing polygamy, in affidavits
filed with the president. and against
whose appointments protests. signed
by hundreds. were made This has
made no end of row. Roberts is in
the same position as Postmaster Ora
ham of Provo and Postmaster Smith of
Logan.
If they are to be permitted to remain
in office while Roberts is not even per-
mitted to take his seat it places the ad-
ministration in an uncomfortable posi-
ton The Democrats Will, of course,
take advantage of the opportunity
Representative John ]. Lentz of Ohio
has prepared resolution, which he was
prevented from Introducing today by
the early adjournment of the house,
calling for congressional investigation
into the appointments of these postmas-
terS Republican DoIygamy cannot he
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Warrant His Exclusion.

These charges. in view of the Ed
munds and Edmunds-Tucker laws Of
the United States still in force warrant
Mr.. Roberts exclusion. They are ag-
gravated. however. because his is not
an isolated case, but one representa-
tive of a system
MANY sentimental people are being
misled by Mr.. Roberts very ingenious
suggestions, from which some people
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Silver, SO Cents Per Ounce.
Lead, $40 Per 100 Pounds.
Copper, 1854 Per Pound.
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troll of the bayonet Calling gun and
Fraudulent tissue hal1otS
The evening times., 1899-02-24
Conditions Which Create Crime.

Considerable attention has been paid
during the last generation to what was
once called 1.-THE submerged tenth" and
many plans have been proposed for the
amelioration of the condition of these
people and the improvement of their men
tai and moral being. The thing has as
many phases as there are temperaments
among philanthropists; the problem
changes with every change in economic
or political conditions; but with all the
trouble that. has been taken to help the
poor, there is one fact which may as we'll
be admitted as of the first Importance. 1t
is that the free moral agency of mankind
has been greatly exaggerated.
When a man, to whom dishonesty means
loss of social position and prestige in bus
mess, goes down and breaches to the poor
man on the edge of starvation the truth
that honesty is the best policy, he means
well, but he does not know what he is
talking about. OF course it is true that
a man would better be honest and starve
than save his life by stealing; there is
something deeper than policy in that;
there is the law OF eternal right But
when the well-dressed, well-fed citizen.
who has everything to gain and nothing
TO lose by uprightness. talks about the
eternal right. il is perfectly natural that
the man who is hungry and cold should
treat the sermon with some Indifference
Suppose the poor man comes of a family
whose reputation is none of the cleanest;
suppose he cannot get honest work be-
cause nobody will recommend him and
there are already hundreds of better men
and better workmen than he seeking en-
ployment in yain suppose his only chance
of meal is TO snatch it from some coun-
ter or obtain it by fraudulent begging,
what has he in common with the prosper
Gus business man? What does the latter
know about the temptations and strug-
giles in the life of the beggar or the thief?
What right has he to condemn those who
go down in a fierce struggle which he has
never even imagined? And if this is true
even in the case of the man forced into
petty crime by hunger and cold, how
much more is it true of those who, NOV
ed by some instructive loyalty to higher
traditions and better ideals, manage to
keep their integrity? Why should such
poor men or women be forced to feel that
they are unworthy because they are un-
fortunate?
OF course it is a good thing in a man to
be independent, and provide for himself
so that he need never be dependent on
others, but it should be understood that
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under the fierce competition of today this
is absolutely impossible to thousands OF
worrying people, When a mans ordinary
wages are only barely enough to feed and
clothe himself and his family, how is he
to lay up money against the day when he
can no longer work? There are dozen
trades which wear out the workingman be-
fore he has become old. Those who work
at such trades are incapacitated for earn
ing living while yet they have twenty or
even thirty years of life before them. They
have been sacrificed to the competition the
inventive power, the productive strength of
the nation. The workman of half CEN
tury ago, toiling patiently and slowly at
manual labor. was good for fifty years or
labor where the workman of today is worn
out in twenty five. The two men cannot
be judged by the same rule. When a man
has only himself to provide for he can often
lay up money, even out of small wages,
but when he has also to provide for his
parents the added cost of living eats up
his savings.
These conditions should be recognized.
and it should be thoroughly understood
that criminals and paupers are made today
by conditions which did not exist two gen.
erations ago. We need all the improved
philanthropic enterprises of today to cope
with the results of these conditions. We
need the prison reform and the vacation
schools and the free hospitals to counter
balance the increase of disease and poverty
due to mechanical invention. In time some
of these problems will settle themselves.
But. in the meantime, why should not the
capitalist be reformed as well as the la
borer? Why should he not be made to feel
that he ought to be honest and public
spirited? He can reform without its kill
ing him. sometimes the poor have to sacri-
flee their honesty or their independence in
order to live.
The evening times., 1899-02-24
MRS. PLACES SANITY.
Doctors to Investigate Her Mental
Condition.

Albany. N Y, Feb. 2i.-Dr. William NJ
Polk and DR., W. S. Dana. of New York
city, nave been appointed commission
by Governor Roosevelt to examine Mrs
Martha Place, the condemned murderess
of Brooklyn-who is awaiting execution
with view of determining if she is sane
or insane and what her mental condition
was at the time of the murder of her step
daughter.
Before the Assembly Committee on
Codes yesterday, Assemblyman Maher. of
New York. made an elaborate argument
in favor of the bill aboishing the death
penalty for murder in the first degree. He
alluded especially TO the case of Mrs.
Martha Place. now awaiting death in Sing
Sing. He said
The revision of the criminal laws of
the several States of this country has been
followed by like results as to homicides
as we'll as minor crimes. Michigan led in
1917 with total abolition. In 1858 her life
coCvicts constituted 2.71 per cent Of her
prison population. In 1854. thirty-siX
years after capital punishment was abo,-
ished, life conyicts that were being pun
ished for murder had decreased to 1870
of per cent OF her prison population. So
also in Rhode Island, Wisconsin, and
Iowa -
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A Good Suggestion.

tfloiu thc cleveland Pialn DealGr.)
When the crusade against theatre hats il ended
there Is another as important which must be
begun.
That is against the people who come late Not
that nobody should come late.
Accidents will happen in the best regulated
families, as we all know. Gloves are prone to
be misiaid, cars sometimes are blocked or go
whizzng past with maddening velocity, and
the most punctual person is apt to be late
once in a while
But when the curtain is fairly up these tardy
ones should be kept in the lobby until it has
fallen more.
Last night | went TO the theatre to see Mod
jeska but hardly glimpse or a sound of the
first act did I have.
People trailing into the seats all about
me in continuous stream, so that when
was not wildly clutching my own possessions
as | squeezed back against my seat | was watch
ing other people just ahead of me doing it.
Ii a rule like that was made and what is
more, enforced, people might rebel at first, but
they would soon be reconcied.
They'd take more pains not to be late, in the
first place.
It's a good idea, and if the managers would
put it in operation they would be blessed for
eyermore
The evening times., 1899-02-24
Taxes in Our Colonies,

(From the st. Paul Dispatch.)
tax system is needed in those new pos
sessions because the old methods are several hun
dred years out of date. The Spanish way of col
lecting direct taxes was by farming the same out
to the Spanish Bs..k of Havana which was sim.
ply modern example of the publican of old, and
of course, had all the publicans bad habits OF
extortion and oppression. The Cubans suffered
under such misgoyernment from the beginning OF
their existence, but they are no sooner reliey-
ed of that burden than they forget all feelings
of gratitude for the relief and clamor against any
other method of collection.
1t is to be expected that the natives will find
fault with any scheme that the commission NAV
devise. No matter how perfect in theory and
how nearly faultless it may be in practice, there
will be a complaint against paying money under
it. The amount of taxes may be reduced by halt
and the whole amount collected disbursed for
public purposes, instead of being largely stolen,
and still the taxed will complain and think they
are abused
The evening times., 1899-02-24
CHILD CRUSHED BY A CAR.
Dies in Sight of Multitude of shop-


Ders.
New York, Feb 24.-Five hundred sbop-
pers saw eight-year- Alma Smith
ground to death beneath the wheels of a
trolley car in Brooklyn yesterday.
The accident took place in Fulton Street
opposite the entrance 10 the Montauk
Theatre, late in the afternoon when the
crowds were hurrying from the big stores
IN the neighborhood TO catch their cars for
home.
The little victim lived with her parents
and five brothers and sisters at 2g7 Liv-
ingston Street. She attended public school
No 10, at Schermerhorn Street and Third
Avenue. She was an unusually bright
enid, and on Wednesday night recitei
twice before large audience in the Han
son Place Methodist Church
The little girl came home from school a
lew minutes after o'clock. With her was
her chum, Alice Framer The children
threw their books on the table and ran
down block TO Fulton Street for some
candy. Hand in hand they crossed Fulton
Street
The cars were running on a headway Of
30 feet The children darted out from be-
hind a car bound to the ferry directly in
front OF a car Of the Gates Avenue line
bound out. The little Framer girl scream
tu Il warning 10 Ner companion and drew
back just in time
Her little schoolmate was struck by the
fender. carried along for a few feet and
then with 4 piercing scream disappeared
under the car. The car passed entirely
over the body, cutting OF the legs and
mangling The chest.
Henry L. Fisk, of 325 Dean Street. one
of the crowd that witnessed the tragedy.
gathered The pieces together ard covered
them up with a coat. Ambulance Surgeon
Chamberlain, of the Homeopathic Hospital.
was called. He placed the remains in the
ambulance and drove around the corner
to the Childs home.
The father of the child is Charles Smith.
driver for George Lockitt wholesale
grocer, whose headquarters are almost di-
rectiy opposite the scene of the tragedy
Mr.. Smith had started from the store about
half hour before on a trip TO Benson
hurst. and did not hear of his daughters
death until late at night. when he got
home.
Owen McSherry. OF 1870 Gates Avenue
the motorman in charge of the car was ar
rested.
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FRIDAY. FEBRUARY 2l, 1899,
De,ve,,s ominous Request.


Admiral Dewey is not an a!armist, and
when he cables the Navy Department that
he wants the Oregon sent to him at once
he means that be has work for the Oregon
What is the work? Battlesh.ps are not
sent up small rivers in search of rebels;
they are too slow and bulky to be of use
as cruisers. in reality they are floating
forts and are never needed except in bal
tie.
with whom. then. does Admiral Dewey
fear he may have to fight? Where is the
Toe he is anxious TO guard against? Il
cauuor be Aguinalao 1t cannot be En-
gland or France or Japan or Russia. Is
il Germany at last? Has the Hoagkong
syndicate finally interested the Kaiser in
its phHan,hropic PLANS for the suceor Of
she unfortunate Filipinos?
For political reasons the oregon should
be sent at once" says Dewey, and the
Navy Department makes the cablegram
public without explanation. What does it
mean?
The Oregon viii be sent, of course, but,
unfortunately, she is at Honolulu and can
not be reached for days. The Iowa is at
san Francisco. Why not send both to
Manila? The American Fiiipinos are tIac-
table now. and neither ship is needed at
homo.
The evening times., 1899-02-24
4 Virginia Gentleman.
(From the Boston Globe.)


In his prime Washington was an up-to-date
Virginia gentleman. As such it would hardly
belttle him, in these democratic. unconventional
days to conclude what was but natural TO the
handsome young man of his period. that he loved
glass of wine, admired pretty girl, fond
of u speedy horse and game OF cards. enjoyed
many fast among the hounds, foremost
in the rush through the brush after deer, and
was fashioned To have filled every requirement
of a modern football champion III a Yale or
Harvard contest. But behind nature positive,
bellgerent. and aggressive there in reserve
the grave and decorous manners that belonged TO
his social station. Pre-eminently among men of
his spirit and physical prowess he endowed
with almost perfect control over his mind and
passions. and it was this never-faiing bulwark
that saved him from stopping over" under ex-
asperating trials that would have proved too
much for less moral giant than he.
The evening times., 1899-02-24
FIVE SAVED FROM FIRE.
Family Rescued From u burning
Hotel.


New York, Feb. 24.-Four women. a
blind man, and two pet dogs were reseu-
ed yesterday afternoon from the top floor
of a fye-story brick building. recently
erected at Fifty-ninth Street and the
Boulevard. and known as the KIondike
Hotel.
Flames were discovered by Peter Lentz.
a porter, pouring into the dining-room on
the third floor from the dupbwaiter The
smoke was so dense and sufiocating that
the man was Obliged eofetire after an in
effectual attempt to pour. water down the
elevator shaft. He ran down the stair
way and out into the Street. shouting
Fire." Lentz's cries alarmed Charles
Glice, night watchman. asleep on the
third floor, who was nearly overcome by
smoke, when LentZ assisted him to the
street.
The proprietor, George W. Sauer, who is
blind. and his wife and daughter, occupy
apartments on the fifth story of the hotel
They were holding family reunion two
married daughters, Mrs. Dobbs of New
Rochelle, and Mrs. Riehm, of this city,
being visitors. and we're sitting down To
luncheon when the porter discovered the
fire. Mrs. Sauer ran to the doorway and
was met by dense cloud of smoke. All
the women then rushed to the windows and
began screaming
Fireman John J.. Price, as soon as the
ladder was up. ran up to the fifth story.
He took the blind Mr.. Sauer in charge
and leading him to the fire escape man
aged 10 get him to the ground in safety
Foreman Creighton and Assistant Fore
man Calvin. with much difficulty. brought
down Mrs. Sauer, Miss Sauer Mrs Dobbs.
and Mrs. Riehm. The women suffered
greatly from the smoke. Mrs. Dobbs
clung to a pet dog named Gyp, and refused
10 go down the fire escape with her res
cuer unless Gyp went with her. After she
had partly recovered from the effects of
the smoke she suddenly remembered an
other dog, Japanese pug named Judy had
been left behind. She implored the fire
men TO go back after Judy, but they re-
FUSED. and the porter then climbed the
The evening times., 1899-02-24
Eccentric Oxford Men.

(From the Cleveland Plain Dealer.)
An English writer. who wells his per-
sonality under the pseudonym "Nestor,"
tells some queer tales about the senior fell
lows of Oxford in the old days.
Dr. Frowd was an eccentric preacher.
He'll he began on one occasion, lis a
place which men believe reserved for those
a great deal worse than themselves Pres
emily he became husky, drew out lozenge
and sat down in the pulpit to suck it while
the congregation awaited his pleasure.
The little doctor used to exercise on vet
days by jumping over chairs i'll his room.
H-one day fred a pistol at his ceiling
while these gymnastics were proceeding
over his head, and the bullet whizZed past
Frowd, who ran down stairs, put his head
into the room, and cried. Would you,
bloody minded man. would you?'
Moses Griffiths. usually called Mo- was
another queer character. very fond of eat
ing DR.. Wootten, an Oxford physician,
dined with him one day and did scant JUS
tice to the Dishes My maxim. Mr.. Grif-
fths," he said, lis to eat and leave off
hungry" Mo threw up his hands as he
was wont, "Eat and leave off hungry /?
Why not wash ard leave off dirty?"
The evening times., 1899-02-24
FATAL BURST OF A FLYWHEEL
One Man Instantly Killed and An
other Dies of Injuries

Scranton, Pa. Feb. PA monster fly
wheel in the blooming department of
the South Mill of the Lackawanna Iron
and Steel Company. weighing fifty tons
and so fet in diameter, burst into frag-
ments late yesterday afternoon while re-
vOlving at full speed.
The fragments few in all directions. One
piece of the wheel. weighing several tons,
was hurled through the roof, and in its
descent broke through again. falling on
John Joyce, a workman. killing him in
stantly His head was crushed TO q Jelly
and every bone in his body broken
Vincent Arsioni John Libendowsky. and
Adam Pistor also sustained serious in
juries- Arsioni died in the hospital this
morning. The damage will exceed $25.-
600
Nearly 5000 people We're employed in
the mill at the time. and their escape from
death is miraculous.
The evening times., 1899-02-24
MIR. CLEVELAND IN TRAINING.
May BE nn Anft-ExpansiOn Candi-
date for the PreAidencY

May BE nm Anti-Expansion Candi-
date for the Presidency.
Princeton, N. j., Feb. 24.-Great interest
is aroused in Princeton by the announce
ment that Grover Cleveland, former Pres
ident Of the United States. would deliver
an address on March at the dinner to be
given at Delmonico's in honor of Carl
Schurzs seventeen birthday.
The subject of his speech has not been
given out, but it is conjectured that he
will outline his position in regard to Eek
pansion" and imperialism as a perma-
nent policy of the United States more
fully than he has done.
1t is believed here that this addess Will
be of unusual significance and it Is
thought in some quarters that it will
mark the beginning OF an attempt ON the
part of Mr.. Clevelands friends to bring
him back into public life.
Mr.. Cleveland has been greatly moved
by the recent developments of national
policy, and, as is well known, he is bit
it is thought probable that his opinions
upon this point will lead him to try to
have a clause against imperialism" in
serted in the Democratic platform of 1900.
If this succeeds it is believed that his
friends will try to nominate him on the
Democratic ticket for a third term in the
Presidency.
His proposed appearance in New York,
where he has not spoken upon a question
of national policy since April a. 1897. is
considered by many as tending to confirm
rumors that Mr.. Cleveland may again en-
ter active politics.
One of the honors which Mr.. Cleveland
values very highly among those resolved
by him since he came to Princeton to live
is his election several months ago as one
of the vice presidents of the Anti-Imperial
League of Boston, which has actively op-
posed expansion.
Many Princetonians believe that the
ratification of the Peace Treaty and the
new policy adopted by the United States
have altered the determination of Mr.
Cleveland to remain in voluntary exile
from politics at his home for the remain
der of his life.
The evening times., 1899-02-24
TRIAL OF A NEW EXPLOSIVE.
4 Cartridge Fired Only by IA Current
of Ilectricity.

ST. Petersburg Feb. IA new eXplo-
sive! called prometeus has just had sue
cessful trial at Taitsy. A cartridge charg
ed with the explosive was ignited and al
lowed to burn out and another cartridge
was struck a tremendous blow with a
heavy weight. No explosion resulted. A
boulder twelve feet high was bored and a
prometeus cartridge was inserted. and
connected by wires with an electric bat
terry The electricity was then turned on
and the boulder was blown to pieces with
little shock or noise.
The new explosive can be manufactured
cheaply and will have great commercial
value because it cannot be fired except by
an electric current.
The evening times., 1899-02-24
GOMEZ AT A DANCE.
Cuban General in "a QuadriiIc With
Mrs. Wilson.

Matanzas Cuba, Feb. PA dance given
here Wednesday night was brilliant af-
fair. General Wilson, Mrs. Wilson and
bers of the best society of Matanzas.
The theatre. in which the dance was
held. was beautifully decorated. Two mil
itary bands furnished music. Generals
Breckinridge, Ernst, Chaffee and Hum
phries and many other American officers
were among those present.
General Gomez and Mrs. Wilson and
General Wilson and Mrs. Chaffee danced
in a Quadrille
The evening times., 1899-02-24
Economy in EunernIs.

The Brooklyn Eagle" publishes learn
ed editorial article on Folly in Funerals,
1t points out the absurdity of the poor in
indulging in rich funerals when members
of their family die. Flowers. carriages,
mourning garb, handsome casket and
other things which cost much money are
frequently considered necessary, and the
Eagle" declares that in one case a plum
Der who rented room for So month and
whose household effects-all the property
he left-amounted only to some $500, had
a funeral which must have cost over 5000.
OF course there is some sense in this con-
tention: poor people do sometimes have an
exaggerated idea of the Importance of
pomp and ceremony on such occasions; but
after all. if that poor woman chose TO pay
5000 TO have her husband laid into the
grave in what she thought was the proper
way. whose affair was it but her own? As
a rule the neighbors do not comment un-
kindly on a family who cannot afford an
impressive funeral The display is usu-
ally INDUCED in purely as a consolation
10 the feelings of those Immediately con-
cerned. If a poor man or woman is con-
tent 10 live in a room rented for Sc
month and economic on food and fuel and
clothing in order that father, or mother, or
husband shall have "a handsome funeral,
whose business is it. and how does it hurt
the Brooklyn Eagle" or any other mem
Der of the community? True. as the
Eagle" suggests, a dead person rests just
as well in plain pine box as anything
else and the mOuTneTs can walk to the
grave just as they sometimes do to their
daily work. no matter if it is several miles.
But the poor have a sort of repuguance 10
doing things in that way. 1t may be fool
ish for them TO spend money on their dead
and go hungry and cold afterwards, but ii
they think il is worth while. why should
they not have the satisfaction? If c-le
aching heart of mother or a wife seeks
consolation in the fact that her beloved one
was buried in a handsome casket instead
of '.pauper's box" and if she can go
back to her daily work without regret for
the dollars she lavished ON that casket. let
her do it, Considering how few and far
between are the CLEANS of brightness in
the lives of those who live in sQualid tene-
ment houses OF on lonesome farms. it does
seem as if they might have whatever
satisfaction they can get out Of their fl
nal exit from the world.