The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-11-14

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the president is to be congratulated establishing the
precedent
CROQUET's LEGALITY AT NIGHT.
/ ID EAT THE CYMBALS, whack the tom toms, let the
} tuba make loud noise and all the dweers of the
land shout with exceeding great Joy. Let them
States court of appeals for the District of Columbia
has decided that croquet may be played all night long
The crack of the malet against the undesistng ball.
the killing of ones adversary, the awful horror of
being wired all these may go on through the small
hours and into the large ones
The honorable, the United States court of appeals
for the District of Columbia, in solemn session. nobody
dissenting, has issued the decree. 1t is true that an
appeal to the supreme Of the United States which
recently troubled itself with such trivial matters as the
De Lima case the income tax and other insignificant
questions may yet be taken but let us rejoice while we
may Way back IN July 1900 Mr.. and Mrs William
Marsh Of Washington so unreasonable as to be-
come annoyed because some near neghbor insisted on
playing croquet by electric light until the night was
well nigh spent.
They protested that their sleep was being broken
their home made uncomfortable. The neighbors, be-
ing welded to the game. turned deaf to their en-
treaties and went blithey or. Then the Marsh pair
went into court lower tribunal heard the case and
SAID the of the Marshs was righteous and should
prevail Croquet declared to be a nuisance when
played by artificial light It the turn of the Marshes
20 De Joyous, but they ddn smile long
he other side took an appeal to the suprerne court
of the District That tribunal cogated long and deeplv
over the absruce proposition Finally it handed down
decision that in the nature of d compromise II
provided, briefly, that croquet was not nuisance until
after 10 o'clock IN the evening. This didn't satisfy the
people afflicted with the habit They wanted the entire
anatomy of the swine nothing Therefore they ap-
pealed to the court of appeals which has decided as al
ready set FORTH The eyes of the nation viii now be
turned on the supreme court of the United States
The mining stock exchange Is to be CONGRATULATED
on ITS decision to discontinue "curbing Fer months
the ltIalto sidewalk has been blockaded by struggling
shouting men. Woman have been forced to 90 to the
oher side e the street walk in the gutter to get bv
One or two arrests for bockadng the sidewalk had mo
effect the brokers who were intent on business Tho
clearing OF the sidewalk Is not the only commemorate
feature FICTITIOUS values were frequently established
by curb sales to the great injury of investors who coud
not check them up Now all business done IS more
likely to be strictly legitimate
1t APPEARS that grand dukes and grand ducbesses
dlsagTee Just like ordinary. common clay mortaIs It
IS said that the Grand Duke and Grand Duchess of
Ilesse VIII be divorced for ncompatibility of temper
south Dakota would be proud to welcome either mem
Der OF the royal pair.
Sir Thomas Upton is once more denying that there
was any friction Shamrock II during the Gun races
lie didn't come close enough lifting the Gun TO cause
7''e liot-S MS people as 10 who should have it. !
hat much is certain.
One Of Kentucky's ofce-holding Republicans
says the assassination of Goebel IS dead issue in his
safe II they ever get Taylor out of Indiana the Ken
lucky courts are liable to make dead issue out of
him, too
lhe Fan-Amerlcan congress has adjourned for if |
teen days while the delegates make a tour of Mexico
In the meanwhile the decks viii be cleared for the ac-
ton that Is coming between Chile and Peru
Salt Lake viii be glad to welcome Brigham Citv
as suburb when the proposed electric line is corn
Peled they have lot Of mighty nice people up there
Poor Mr. Schwab. It turns out that instead Of
getting sl0O0O00 year from the steel trust he viii GET
only s22S60O- First thing he knows somebody viii se
cuse him Of being a 4scab."
A Philadelphia man has wilIed 100000 10 the wom-
an he courted for thirty years. She undoubtedly
earned the money. 1t should be worth that much to
listen to slow a lover.
Senator Hanna is only hopeful thas the shin
Gbsidy billf viii pass He probably realizes that
Whole lot Of people are waiting ferthat bill with avo