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Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1900-12-08
Pawtucket Aldermen Against Boxing.

Pawtucket, II. T., Dec. 6.-At u meet
ing of the Pawtucket aldermen last
night the Pastors union presented Il me-
mortal asking that no licenses for box.
ing exhibitions be given in the future.
The aldermen voted, 4 to l, in favor OF
refusing to grant licenses. The action
Of the board Is only binding until the
tirst of the year.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1900-12-08
Aced Woman Burned to Death.

Wallingford Conn, Dec. 6-Mrs.
Franklin Allen. aged 60. of this town,
was burned To death yesterday at her
home. She has been mentally nnbal.
anced, and II IL not known whether or
not tho burning was an accident. She
leaves = family.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1900-12-08
Old Glory VIII Have Good Effect.

Washington. Dec. 6.-The battleshlp
Iowa. ir company with the Philadelphia.
has been ordered to leave Sam Francisco
for the usual %iuTer cruise southwark.
Cond tinns along the isthmus are dis
turb. 4. and it IL regarded as good policy
TO have tn. rnitci states dag shown in
that quarter at comparatively short in
terVllS.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1900-12-08
Good News From Livadia.

Livadia, Dec 6.-The czar is GONZALES
cent. He experiences no i'll effects from
sitting up in his arm chair at meal
times, and is so much better that the
court is discussing the probable time
of its return to st. Petersburg, which,
however, is still undecided.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1900-12-08
New Bedford weavers MAY Strike.

New Bedford. Mass. Dec. GA meet
ing of the Weavcrs' union last night
voted To strike the Acushnet and
Hathaway mills on Monday unless the
loomiixerS now out on strike are REIN
stated in their old sections. This will
affect between 500 and 600 weavers.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1900-12-08

Greene Me. Dec 6. Isaac y. Parker.
O GARNER of this town, committed sui
eide by tying u stone to his body and
going over the rapids III the Andrpscog-
yin river. near his home. in boat. No
cause can be assigned for the act.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1900-12-08
BiIlerica for Annexation.

Boston. Dec. 6--Mnssrs Rob ar'c cha n,
sykes and Cheney. with f.: nthnr rit'-
zsrs of Eillerica and Lowell. have file !
petition that part of Billerica may be
annexed to Lowell.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1900-12-08
Ma Hoidinu Mountain Passes,

Berlin. Dec, Ga dispatch from Field
Marshal Won Waldsrsee. dated Dec. D.
says strong detachments of Chinese
regulars, under General Ma. are. rcported
from Shan-Si to be holding the mountain
passes on the frontier Of Chilli.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1900-12-08
PLA|N-SPOKEN.
Mccall Of Massachusetts, Ar.
raignS Administrations Doings.

Creates Sensation In the House by His
Speech objecting to the President
Controlling the Size of the Army
Straightforward Attack on the
Whole Philippine PoIicy-DecIares
That Government Should Immediate.
Iy Give Flipinos Honorable Assur.
ances Of Government Of Their
Own,
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1900-12-08
Additions to Death List.

San Francisco, Dec. 3.--Two more Of
those injured in the Thanksgiving day
accident died yesterday, making q
deaths in all. Nine of the dead were
buried yesterday.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1900-12-08
WAS inURDEREO.
Medical Examiner Says Crows|I
DID Not Suicide.

Motive for Staying Aged Tea PedIer
In Wakefield is Sousht--Poc textbook
Thought to Have Been Taken by
Thief Found on Dead Man-Nature
Of Bullet Holes Indicate that Weap.
on Was Not Discharged Close to the
Victim-Theory Is That First Shot
Was Fired by the Victim After
Which He Was Disarmed and Muir.
dered.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1900-12-08
Democrats May Split on Tammany.

New York. Dec. G.-Former Senator
David Il. Hill came to this city today,
and it is said that he will probably con-
fer with certain local politicians who
are in favor of m anti-Tammany move
mcnt within the Democratic party.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1900-12-08

TIL comr'ssion Of labor r"pgrts 20
anngr-as cxp,ril'urNs n2sr" eating Sii',-
40 during the last fiscal year.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1900-12-08
HEAVY GALE.
New England Coast Is StreWn
with Wrecks,

Storm Of the ooason 10 Now
Ragino-Its Disastrous conss.
quences May Be Summed Up: Five
Gloucester Fishermen Drowned; Six
Coasting Sehooners Complete
Wrecks; Nine Vessels Sunk; Eight
Schooners Ashore. and II Others
More or Less Injured Through Coli.
sion and Loss Of Gear-Mueh Dam.
age Ashore Also Reported.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-04-22

adapted to the needs Of the west may
be outlined briefly as follows:
The general government should, by
the construction of federal reservoirs,
conserve the flood and waste water
where it is wanted and can be utilized;
this viii not only save the people Of the
upland valleys and the plains from
drouths, but will save the people and
the farms Of the lowlands from floods
and freshets. which destroy millions of
dollars worth of property every year.
Such system win prove a double
blessing-giving plenty to land that is
barren now, and saving from destruc-
ton crops that are now submerged.
If water that is sweeping life and
property to the gulf this spring could
have been kept in New Mexico and
western Texas by a reservoir system,
what a difference it would make in the
agricultural product Of this one section
for a single season. And what a change
it would effect in the whole future of
the region! The agricultural wealth of
the west would soon equal that Of the
east if water could be made to follow
the furrow upon every irrigable quar-
ter-section of public land now lying idle
west of the Mississippi. The increase
Of productiveness would have to be
reckoned by the billion and the returns
of the venture would reimburse the ma
tional treasury within ten years from
the time the reclamation was put into
motion.
In the language of a South Dakotan
delegate to the Houston congress, every
true westerner should exclaim: In hu-
manity's name ask why, as a nation,
do we neglect these opportunities with
in our home borders and waste our sub.
stance in the conquest of far off pos
sessions of doubtful utility?'
Nor do these possibilities extend no
further than the field of agriculture.
They are endless in their extent and
diversity. Manufacturing industries of
every variety would spring up all over
the west. The demand for our coal and
iron and lead and COPPER would in
crease each year. Railroad mileage
would quadruple IN every decade. The
commercial Importance of the Pacific
coast would soon equal that of the At
lantic. The east would no longer die
tate to the west. The arid region would
become one Of the richest and most in
viting beneath the sun. The nation will
achieve greatness by improving its own
land rather than by cOnquering other
lands; by discharging its obligation to
the territory over which it has already
expanded without going into the Orient
to assume new obligations towards
strange peoples. and discharging i'm
aginary duties, while actual and un-
questioned obligations remain neg
lected.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-04-22
REvERIDeE AS ALEADgR.

Some of the old-time Republican lead
ers in the senate are perturbed by the
publication in Harper's Weekly of a
biographical sketca Of Senator A. Jaw
bone Beverage in which he is described
as the leader of the senate and Presi-
dent McKinley's personal spokesman
Even a senator may be obtuse. One
j. Pierpont Morgan, New York banker
and trust promoter, took charge of the
Harper affairs recently, when the publ
cation house was reorganized. About
the same time Mr.. Beveridge made a
speech to the bankers of New York, in
which he told them they were the sa-
viors of the country and about the only
real patriots on earth A wooden man
much less scarborough to see the
connection between that speech and
Harpers biography of the senator.
To lend picturesqueness to the publ
cation, the Washington newspaper men
intimate that Beveridge himself wrote
the sketch as it appeared in print, and
let Edwin Wildman" be appended to
it as the authors signature. Mr.. Bev-
eridgeS modesty is excelIed only by
the facility with which he works his
jaw. The older senators need feel no
alarm for their Indiana colleague. If
they'll just give him time, he'll talk
himself to death. Also his party.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-04-22

gin. whether they had become citizens
OF another nation with or without the
sultan's consent, their naturalization is
oisregarded. and they are often i'm
prisoned or subjected to other forms
of distress.
1t is not likely that any serious con-
met viii arise between this country
and Turkey, as a naval demonstration
under the walls of the Turkish capital
will doubtless bring the sick man to the
windows of his palace. and the sight
will remind him of his obligation But
diplomatic relations are badly strained.
An ultimatum is being prepared An
other note or dun has been sent oy
cable. And the Turkish representative
at Washington may get his passports
within week.
However, there is little likelihood OF
war. The amount in controversy is
| too small to justify a fight, but the
principle involved is one which this
government cannot we'll ignore. An
ultimatum will doubtless fetch the i'm
Decunious sultan to terms.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-04-22
POOR OLD KENTUCKY
Martin TEX bemocrat.N

(Martin CTex.) Democrat)
Man born in the mountains of Ken+rcL,v
IS of feud days and full Of virus. He
nsheth, hddleth, cusseth and fighteth am
the days Of his miserable life
he Shunneth water as a mad dog and
drlnEeth much mean whisky
when he desireth TO raise h he Miami
eth nelghbor. and To- he reapeth twenty
fold. He riseth even from the cradle To
seek the scalp of his grandsire's enemv
and bringeth home in his carcass the
ammunition of his neighbours wife's
cousins uncle's father-in-law, who
avengeth the deed
Yea, verify his life is uncertain and he
KNOWS not the hour when he may be
Jerked hence.
He goeth forth on a journey half shot
and cometh back on a shutter shot
He riseth in the night TO let the cat out
ana II takeJh nine doctors to pick the
buckshots out of him.
he goeth forth in joy and gladness and
cometh back in scraps and fragments
A cyclone blOWeth him into the bosom
or MS neighbours wife. and his neighbor's
WIFE husband bloWeth him info
Abraham's bosom before he hath time To
explain ~
He emptieth a demiiOhn into himself
and shotgun into his enemy. and his
enemy's son lieth in wait for him on cleo
ton day, and 10! the coroner ploweth IN
q forty-acre field 10 bury the remains Of
that man.
Woe, woe is Kentucky for her ewes. are
red with bad whisky and her soil is stain
ed with the blood Of innocent moon
sinners.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-04-22
MUSIC AND HAIR.

After Padereweki's appearance in this
city three or four years ago word came
back that he had severed connection
with his crown of amber-tinted hair
The news was received with many man
ifestations Of regret, for it seemed TO
indicate an abandonment of the time
fonored style of the classical clan of the
musical cult.
Consequently, his appearance at the
Theatre last evening was awaited with
mingled feelings of pleasurable antici-
patton and nervous apprehension-for
with the hundreds who went to see him
run his niInble white fingers over the
ivory keys were others W no wanted to
ascertain whether his most Respondent
hair was merely incidental or really
essential to his success
There was a fair sprinkling of others
yet who went from curiosity to see
whether his head is large or small,
round or square, convex or cOncave;
but the mystery remains unsolved. The
hair is as long and luminous as ever
If it were trirmed during the last five
years there ~ no evidence Of it now.
There is nothing TO settle the contro-
versy as - whether the temple of this
talented pianist is suited to the lodg-
ment of great emotions or is merely a
walnut-sized nerve center at the con-
vergance of two Industrious and we'll
trained arms.
IgEace Jan PaderewslA is a virtuoso
of traDsceadant merit. He can play
sny1f hing on uiano f-o-~ = -av~- M
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-04-22
TICKLE APRIL.

April is a month of varying moods.
Sometimes she smiles upon the earth
peeping from behind a veil of cloud
with the air of a coquette. At other
times she weeps and pouts and frete
and seems to be on the verge of hyste-
ria. Again she storms and RACES and
whips the earth with the trees and fills
the eyes of humanity with dust.
April is fair and tickle as maid of
sweet sixteen. No matter whether she
weeps or smiles or pouts or RACES, she
doesn't mean it. For April passes gaily
over the ways of the world, a creature
of whims but devoid of motives. It is
first the sun and then the shower, the
sudden sun, the sudden shower, the
drizzle and the downpour, a day of
dust and a day Of mud, and so does
April pass along.
Yet there is something in this very
uncertainty which is quite as agreea-
bic on an average as it is provoking at
times. April manages to bring about
a great many changes in the appear
ance of the earth, despite this variable
ness; perhaps because of it. And when
we see the leaves putting forth and
hear the birds singing of hope and sum-
mer we appreciate Chaucer:
Whan that Aprille with his showres
The drought of Marche hath perced to the
rOote,
And bathed every veyne in switch licour,
OF which vertue engendred is the flour.
For every tear of April is answered
by budding flower, every smile of sun
shine is greeted with a blossom and
every murmuring sigh is blended with
the laughter of children and the song
Of birds.
The charm Of color in this, the I'M
folding month of the year. is brought
out by the alternating showers and
sunshine which have been beautifully
described in their effect as ''the fare
wells of the passing clouds, the fringes
of their trains" Earth and sky are sell
dom seen in this zone as they are seen
in April, for never is the fresh and deli
cate green of the one and the blue of
the other so toned and blended by the
tinted mists and dewey morning airs as
II is in this month
When bursts the tickle sunshine upon
woodland. vale or hill,
And neither shade nor sunshine Standeth
for a moment still.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-04-22
BEEF AS A DEADLY WEAPON.

The army's ancient foe, Senior Chicago
Canned Beef Of odoriferous Alger fame,
is scheduled foe a trip to the Philip
pines. Next to the fever camps, the
beef holds the worlds record for deadly
effectiveness as a weapon. During the
late unpleasantness with Spain it killed
about five times as many men as the
Mausers of the enemy, and. under the
right conditions. it may be depended
upon for even larger returns on the list
Of fatalities.
The war department announces that
the American army Of occupation is TO
be fed on the Chicago timed product.
Why not spare the American soldiers
and let the F'ilipinos have the beef? 1t
would certainly break the backbone of
the rebellion more speedily than bull
lets. The Filipinos might object to the
plan as contrary to the usages Of civil
lied warfare, but their wishes cut no
figure anyway. BY all means, give the
FGlipinos the canned beef, if they have
to be caught and held while it is admin
iStered.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-04-22
Meeting the President.

youths Comp ---.---- ,s,r fss
One of the president $ C---.S .,,--7f~.5a
its painful side is the a.mo-- ~ ~ % r-ss-
handshaking which acc2LnHa--t-g-9 -r1s..3l
Dental reception, - ---.-E-.g-7rv OF ~
eXertiOn required. me l-.-.--- bsv1-l
thing must be WearislL-e i------- sS %
endurance. unless IL Is lt ING i---
doubt il often is, by some a
dent. weldon. y
When Mr.. Cleveland was al III y crJE5i
C, during his first erm. d Il middle q
shook hands with him ~ '-- --,,-rTrry-i--
the line was a long, .a-A - n L15
who took the greatest ---- .
Sc An length he reached the Pres5dsn' 90
ora sDed him warmly b- the ----- --s rrss-
Well" said he. $50 you are --'
dentl'' -,..-.,.r5 4 an taS
president" 40 follow, sles-
ing Mr.. Cleveland S hama M - dresden;
handle rye voted for many e fHsi5r5-
in nv time, but 1 never St1 Ii,-i-z the pr
He paused a mOmenL ana il--- .i5e 70 Il7
iGant I'D and down from o--
other, he exclaimed II
s.Wen. you're a wh1prtI- the crown
The president smiled a-L-
laughed. ,.,---slsrd vas -
CelNlUS a utICS dlAo-- ;r-
White House ,-- ssid IlS -
PRODUCER. as a gentleman sl9Ff .ssr
10 shake hands chat ths 80
1t had been intended Ia I'm but so III
teachers should follow IN - "a tramp -
how a dilapidated looSll,l-S5 TT50etor L 80
slipped into line Just peLl-li,- --,-iisnt -. -
~ Hs ne 1 rsnse Nobody knew - eraoaI-
and even the tramp seemed u Hs
raised. .1,s difficult. '+rqg
The president mended me Eth more ~
extended his hand, ana Win IN al en0'-
his. usual cOrdiality he sSlU' .ns
aging tone, e-..,5g YOU
is b RST al f-nIUeiy, presus57Issx ia''
The old tramp's face Ts-NA
smile
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-04-22
WANTS A STATE SHELTER.

Elsewhere in this issue Of The Herald
appears a communication from prom
inent business man of this city advocat-
ing the erection and control of an indie
pendent smelter by the state. The rea-
son presented is excellent, for no indi-
vidual or private corporation cares
about entering into active competition
with a trust. The arguments are worthy
of consideration, for the impression is
gaining ground that the only effectual
solution of the trust problem is public
ownership.
There may be some difference of
opinion as to whether or not the smelt-
ing of ores is a public utility. but in
this state, where mining is a leading in
dustry and the welfare Of the common
wealth depends so largely upon ore pro-
duotion. the handling of ores in a way
TO encourage this production and TO
promote this industry, will certainly be
considered of the greatest public con-
Germ
1t does not appear that there is any
thing in the state constitution which
would prohibit the state from engaging
in such an enterprise.
Neither the state nor any subdivision
thereof may lend it's credit or subscribe
to stock or bonds in aid of any private.
individual or corporate enterprise or
undertaking. But the establishment of
a smelter on the plan proposed would
be a public enterprise or undertaking.
The constitution recognizes the princi-
pie Of public ownership in declaring
that the right of the state shall not be
abridged to prevent the legislature from
taking the property and franchises of
Incorporated companies and subiecting
them to public use. If the state may do
this It may likewise create such prop
erty and such enterprises for its own
use and benefit.
These trusts are driving the people of
this country to the experiment of pub
lie ownership. The long-haired, wild
eyed agitator who breaches discomfort
and retaliation is not doing the social
cause any good. He has retarded its
growth by putting it into disrepute.
But the trust is the great exponent of
socialism. 1t may force people to seek
safety in public ownership. 1t is max
ing it almost impossible for them to live
and do business except in the name of
the state or municipality. Within less
than a decade this viii be one of the
most important issues before the people
of this country. It is we'll to study it
carefully, as events lead up to the COM
ing conflict
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-04-22
IRRIGATION AS AN ISSUE.

The Herald's special teleg-aphic re-
port Of the proceedings of the Trans
Mississippi congress, which is much
more complete than the general report
sent out, shows that a resolution favor
ing reclamation Of the arid lands Of the
west by the government was adopted.
There was no more timely topic dis
cussed in the congress. There is no
matter Of greater Importance to the
people Of the west, barring the finan-
cial question, than that of irrigation.
There is a difference Of opinion be-
tween those who recognize the absolute
necessity Of Irrigation to make our bar
rem lands productive and habitable. All
concede the necessity of getting water
out upon these lands. All agree that
the future of the west and southwest
depends very largely upon early action
in this direction before syndicate con-
troll Of the ranges renders the. project
more difficult from year to year. But
there is division as TO tie best meth
DDS to obtain the desired result.
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The state cessionists. discouraged no
doubt by frequent failures to enlist the
interest or secure the assistance of the
general government, contend for ces-
sion by the nation to the states of all
arid lands, that the states may under
take the work Of reclamation and reap
the harvest Of their labors.
National irrlgationists hold that the
states are not financially able to carry
on a work Of such magnitude, that
there would be woeful lack of uni
formity in the development of the arid
and semi-arid region, wherefore the
best interests Of the west and of the
nation demand that the work be done
by the federal government.
If our natiolal congress could ever
be brought to see the necessity and I'M
derstand the Importance of this under
taking it would be far better to make
It a national enterprise. If the govern
ors and legislators of the west were to
take this matter up in earnest and to
make it the first order of business upon
/ all occasions where legislation and pub
lie policies are discussed, there would
be no question about securing the need
ed assistance.
The right way to reclaim this vast
area of arid country. to make it bios
som as the rose to transform it into a
home for 10000 900 people, is to have
a systematic interstate irrigation
scheme that rivers passing through diff
ferent states or crossing state lines
may not be utilized altogether for the
benefit of one section at the expense of
another.
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Tsh~ -ch~r,a- ~ '~r-nlo alton hest
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-04-22
COVENANT OF BOERS

The following stanzas written in March
of 1881 by Captain c. ". Hall and pub
lished then are worth repubHshing now
as an indication Of the spirit with which
British armies are being met in South
Africa The verses are almost an exact
paraphraSe OF the Boer covenant taken al
| Wonderfontein in 1879:
In the presence of God Almighty,
Who searcheth the hearts of men.
From our homes by the TranSvaal desert
We have journeyed to meet again.
Free burgherS to ask His mercy,
And trust in His boundleSS grace.
And bond ourselves and our children
Before His awful face.
We join in a sacred compact,
By solemn oaths made sure,
While the rule of the tyrant hireling
In our borders shall endure.
When our fathers to exile journeyed
From the shores of the southern sea
From the victors' hateful presence
They fled to the desert free.
Forty long years of sorrow,
Warfare and famine and fears,
Have passed since, like Israefs wander
ings,
Began their long journey in tears.
Thrice with labor and peril they builded
A state in the wilderness,
Thrice hath the treacherous foeman
Invaded, deceived and oppressed.
Like robbers in midnight darkness.
They have made of our land a prey;
They have lowered our humble banner,
And taken our laws away.
Such outrage We may not suffer,
Such bondage we cannot brook;
From the power and fear of the tyrant
To Almighty God We look.
In freedom and peace our children
Shall hold the land of their sires:
BY our fathers wrongs we swear il,
By their graves and our homestead fires
Therefore. as true men and brothers,
We give each other the hand
SOlemnly sworn to be faithful,
Banded together we stand.
Z en- TO the death pang together
We strive till our land is free;
So truly help us, Almighty.
For our trust is only in Thee.
Deathless as fame and freedom,
Grand as their rifles ring,
Shall live the tale OF their meeting.
And their oath by the wonder-spring