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Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-12-24
Killed hy.Gas Exnlosion.

kokomo, Ind, Dec. 2i-By gas OK.
nlosion at the plate glass factory today
Hacharah Chapman was killed and sew
eral other workmen We're injured The
pot-house was wrecked
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-12-24
|oen. Alger's condition Unchanged

Detroit, Dec. 24.--At $3.50 o'clock to-
hay the following bulletin on Gen. r. A.
,Algers condition was issued
Gen, Alger passed a very comforrt-
hble night. His temperature this morn
tng Is Ss.s pulse 80 and full and regu.
BAR He Is cheerful and In very good
kplrits. This condition at the end OF the
tecond day after the operation is very
encouraging,
&C. A. JENNINGS, M. d,
III. w. LONGYEARi MD.
Al 1880 o'clock this afternoon Dr. Jen-
|Aings reported that Gen. Ayers con-
hilton was the same as when the morn
Hng bulletin was issued.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-12-24
HILTON A VISITOR

Chief Hilton was visitor at tho
county Jail and a recipient OF Sheriff
MAYORS courtesy this afternoon, He
was admitted alone to Mortensens cell
and remained there for about three
quarters OF an hour Upon emerging he
was asked as TO the prisoners condl-
ton end behavior.
"Well. | think have sweat the most
He is n hard man. but Is falling TO
pieces now. It can't be long before he
viii give way 10 his conscience"
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-12-24

There is absolutely no doubt that
Mortensen Is guilty" said Sheriff Nay
lor this afternoon, after a few hours
rest In bed, we have all the evidence
that is necessary and feel no hesita-
ton In the matter"
The sheriff talks like a man who
knows whereof he speaks and is de-
termined to follow out his line of duty
to the bitter end.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-12-24

Mr.. Charles Watkins has not been to
ser him, them"
Well he has been here and I sug-
gested that he have a talk with Morton
sen, but he refused 70 see him any
more. Indeed his demeanor was such
that know he must be convinced OF
the prisoners guilt"
Omaha daily bee., 1901-03-10

De Beriot, and composition with Fetls. the
director OF the conservatory. After this he
went to London and became a member Of
Her Majestys Royal Italian opera.
He has been at various times during his
life associated with some OF the greatest
artists, such as Joachim, VieuXtemps, Nine.
Schuman, Sir Charles Hall and others. In
competing 'oe prize compositions he has
been very fortunate. His fantasie, "Albion,"
so frequently played by the Sousa, Innes
and Bestedt bands. brought him the first
prize OF 81 900 at the Alhambra in London.
He has published besides this many COM
positions for the violin and other instru-
ments. He was for some years band
master in the British army in India a much
desired position, with a captains rank and
pay In 1872 he came to New York, engaged
himself as a member of Theodore Thomas
orchestra, and went with him in 1877 to
Cincinnati as teacher of harmony and
composition. remaining there until 1883,
when he came to Omaha and made this city
his permanent home.
DR.. Baetens is an affable old gentleman
and has made many friends in Omaha He
is of u philosophical turn of mind and
loves to discuss questions of philosophy and
history, while his favorite pastme is play
ing whist. He is very active and every
day may be found at his vocation Of teach
ing music, which he follows with as much
enthusiasm and pride as virtuoso Of 3O
Finds COfiin-Trimm Snlutary.
A man who, though he has Just turned
Co. Is still in active life, is Elias Gish,
coffin trimmer Owing to his line OF en-
ployment, he has seen many of the dark
and little known phases OF life, and has
withal most interesting personal history.
lie was born on farm near Mountjoy,
Pa at a time when Indians were still SUI
preme in this western country. As he
did not fancy life as It then was on the
farm he began at an early age and learned
the printers trade, which he followed for
nine and a half years before coming to
Omaha.
When he struck Omaha in 1875 he found
employment at various occupations until
four years later he went to work for NJ. o.
Maui, and since then has followed coffin
trimming and undertaking.
Mr.. Gish has had several novel expert
ences and at least once he met with an
adventure that resulted in a moral lesson
for the person chiefly lconserned. It was
about midnight that man supposed to be
dead was brought into the morgue. Mr..
Gish did not believe, however, that life was
extinct, and covered the mans face with a
cloth dipped in ice water. After while
the corpse" showed signs OF coming
TO, whereupon all his friends left the
| place.
In few moments he opened his eyes
and stared vacantly around at the collins
! In the morgue, and then, as the truth
dawned upon him, exclaimed, 81 have taken
my last drink"
He recovered from the shock in a short
time, but never forgot the lesson and from
that day to this has not tasted a drop, so
Il is said.
Omaha daily bee., 1901-03-10

the Mexican war under Generals Taylor and
Kearney.
When the civil war broke out he Joined
the body of men known as Curtis Horse"
and served with them throughout the entire
four years. Owing TO the fact that there
was no governor of Nebraska at that time
to commission them the Curtis Horse
was finally mustered out as a regiment Of
Iowa volunteers.
When Mr.. Snowden came to Omaha he
worked in the brick yard, having the con-
tract to supply bricks for the first state
capitol. When the brickmakers had fin
ished pressing n large number OF bricks and
had arranged them for drying, somebody
stole the canvas cover and a heavy rain
spoiled them all. Bricks were hauled from
Council Bluffs to build the capitol.
Last year Uncle Bill" attended the per-
formance OF Denman Thompson in "The
Old Homestead" and when the actor re-
peated the line, II am sc and spry as a
kitten!" Uncle BIZ turned TO his COM
panion and whispered: "Humph! He's not
so warm! I'm 70 and spry as a kitten!"
Those who know him are wont to refer to
him as 'one OF the boys" which he Ger
tainly is, as much as in his earlier days.
In his work as constable he meets with
many novel experiences, some of them
rather ill-suited to a man of his years,
II would seem. Many persons seek to evade
service OF papers and try to dodge the
constable but he is seldom outwitted by
such as these. He sometimes has to ad-
vance upon house through a dark alley
and enter ii by way OF back staircase,
but these are commonplace adventures, in
deed, In the life of Omahas earliest citizen.
Nirtuoso of Ninety Summers.
is DR., Charles Baetens, who boards, with
his wife. at go South Nineteenth street.
When asked his age he said, Il am really
so old that II told my age people would
not believe it, Here in America when d
man gets TO be OF a great age everybody
thinks he is worn out and good for nothing
In the old country man may become very
old and no one wonders at It," However,
Il was learned from other sources that DR..
Baetens has passed his seth year. Not
withstanding this advanced age he is still
as hale and hearty as many person OF
so, and takes great pride in the fact that
he stIll retains a full set OF natural teeth.
DR.. Baetens was born at The Hague Hol-
land, and was educated at the Royal Music
school, his tuition paid by the king OF The
Netherlands. William l. And after course
school, his tuition paid by the king OF The
gained the "prix de Rome" (hrst prze),
which gave him the privilege to study for
two years either at Paris or Brussels at the
expense OF the king OF Holland lie pre-
ferred Brussels, and studied the violin with
Omaha daily bee., 1901-03-10
MEN OLD IN YEARS ONLY
Group Of 0mahans Who Have Passed the
Meridian, but Are Still Active.
NEBRASKA OZONE THE ELIXIR OF LIFE
"UncIe Bill" snowden IL = Constable
and DIR. Bnetens, Though Almost
100, Gives Music Lessons-In-
spirntion In These Examples.

II has been remarked that there are a
great many men. old in years, but young in
every other way, who are earning their liv-
ings and leading active lives in Omaha. and
to the casual observer this seems to be
true About every fourth man person
meets on the streets appears to be well
past the middle milestone of earthly exist
ence. Perhaps 1t is the Nebraska ozone or
It may be the wholesome water and rich,
brown beef OF the prairies. In any event,
Omaha seems to have rather more than Its
quota Of men old in years only.
1t has been said that 90 Is the youth or
old age and that man who has lived
right ought to be just in his prime at that
period OF his career. Most OF the world q
successful men have achieved success after
that age. A few freaks of history have
reached the zenith Of their power In the
30s or even EOS, but these are the excep-
tions that prove the rule.
To men OF so who imagine they are old
and therefore untitled TO engage actively
In affairs there should be not a little en-
coura cement in the lives OF DR.. Charles
Baetens. William Snowden and Elias Gish,
all OF this city. The combined ages OF these
energetic men amounts to 22i years, yet,
after talking with them or watching them
work for few minutes one would scarcely
call them old. And they are not old, save
IN u comparative sense. ITO one left stand
ing on the shore" says Ambrose Berce,
"the bark that has but Just left its moorings
seems to have accomplished a great part
OF the voyage to unknown climes." yet, the
one left standing on the shore is not a
competent judge.
serves Writs mt sevcnty-hvc,
William Snowden, constable for the
county judge, has passed his 18th year.
He was borne IN the blue grass region Of
Kentucky at Nicholasvllle, and while still
very young, removed with his parents TO
Missouri, where he made his home until
he came to Omaha in 1854. From Missouri
he enlisted in the army and fought during
Omaha daily bee., 1901-03-10
HOW VACATIONS ARE SPENT
Spring zephys Give Rise to Thoughts Of
Annual Outings.
SUMNER GIRL BEGINS THUS EARLY TO PLAN
Visions of BilIowy Salt water and
Attractive Catches Loom Up In the
Distance - Vacation systems
in Vogue i'm Omaha.

With the appearance OF summer girl tog-
gerry in the show windows and the recur-
renee Of spring zephyrs comes the thought
of annual vacations.
Mountain and seashore resorts are being
discussed by Omahans. Saratoga. Atlantic
City and Newport are being considered by
the fat pocketbook crew and depleted
purses are being matched up with dollar-a-
day summer hotels where guests take most
OF their accommodations in expectation.
"The tablecloths have holes in them, the
dishes are cracked, the rooms are small,
tho beds are bad and they don't have much
to eat, but the air is good and the men that
come there are dead swell. Oh, we had a
lovely time last summer at the Mountain
House. Three college men. May and me
won them out the first day." an auburn
haired girl remarked to a companion In
Farnam street car. I'VE got all kinds OF
college pins and learned seven differen,
yells. ] sprung my French on them and
made a hit They said it was Partisan all
right. May sung for them. Her voice isn't
very good, but she didn't have any COM
petition.
MAY thought she had landed George, but
he didn't even send her a Christmas pres
ent, and Julia says that he's going to marry
n good time and we're going back again
You'd better come out with us, Maud. The
three boys are going to be there again. It'll
be great fun to see George try to square II
with May after Julia has been knocking the
way she did, Julia's cousin lives in Boulder
and she wrote her all about George. Goodby.
You'd better come with us"
The car had reached Sixteenth street and
the auburn-haired girl and her lunchbox
hustled off toward one of the department
stores.
Willy Old Boys.
The girls conversational voice was a
trllle heavy and all the passengers in the
car had heard every word she said. The
bright sunshine and the girls summery
talk prompted two old men who sat near
the front OF the car to discuss vacation.
Coin to Mackinac this year, TOM"
the Older of the two men asked.
We'll hardly. / talked so much about
the good time We had last year that my
wife's decided she wants to go up there
II she says anything to you, remember that
I'm goin with her. Lovely place Why,
OF course I'm goin' TO Mackinac July 20
she and Mrs, Hanks start with me to
Mackinac. But on July 10 | will receive a
telegram from my manager in Crow canyon
calling me to Colorado to look after my
mining interests"
"Al right, Tom. I'll remember that.
Mrs. h. wants to drag me off to a house
party about that time. July is I'll be called
to Colorado, too. Wen meet at the Brown
Palace for dinner July 20, IL you get to
the table before | do, remember my weak
ness for trout"
Tom left the car at Fourteenth street.
Say Blinky won't have much OF swell
time out az Sarpy Mills 10 the picnic.
wins the hfty-yard this year. Ragsey's
hittin' wind-killers again and they hain't
done thing but put his blowers on the
bum. He pinched the cur hy 80 syelash
Omaha daily bee., 1901-03-10
QUAINT FEATURES OF LIFE.

Down on the Delaware Maryland penin-
sula there live two families who, according
TO the local prints, are named Day and
Sunday" said Representative Hoffecker of
the first named state to a Washington Post
man. THE Day family has seven daughters
and the Sunday family has seven sons.
am reliably informed that five Of the Day
girls have already married that number
Omaha daily bee., 1901-03-10

NEW YORK, March 0,-All the held up
claims of contractors who used stone
quarried and dressed outside the state are
TO be paid. The court OF appeals has
handed down an opinion saying that the
law passed several years ago at the in
stance OF several labor organizations was
the law. as II stands, was the Withholding
of the moneys due the contractors, The
amount TO about $4,000, but the decision
OF the court of appeals involves the pay
ment OF millions of dollars In the future
Dressed stone now may be brolght from
any state In the union and used on public
works I'm the state OF New York. The
opinion was written by Justice O'Brien.
Omaha daily bee., 1901-03-10

OF Sunday boys and that still another Day
girl is about to become the wife OF another
Sunday boy. In view Of this. why isn't It
appropriate to say that every Day will be
Sunday by and by?"
Omaha daily bee., 1901-03-10

A Grundy county (Kap y physician re-
Gently sent to the address of one Of his
patients bill for professional services
and within ten days received the following
letter written on the back OF his memoir
andum: Deer Sur this noat was put in
my box by mistake ] hant the man hee's
dead and amt any relation of mine any
way l don't see how your conshens will
let you dun the dead Why don't you live
better criston live and let live and try
to meat that man who dide in heaven which
is worth more than forty dollars to emmy
doctor"
Mr.. and Mrs. Daniel Wigle, who live on
farm near Greensburg, Pa, were born
in the same neighborhood in which they
have always lived, in the same year, 1907.
They were married seventy three years ago
For the same length of time they have been
members of the same church. They have
a family OF five children living, with twenty
grandchildren, thirty-six great -grandchil-
dren and one great great -grandchild. In
the early days of their marriage MIR. wigle
travelled all over the neighborhood as an
itinerant tailor BY 1850 he had saved
enough money to buy the farm on which
they have lived for fifty-one years.
A king has many privileges, says the st.
James Gazette, but the oldest OF all King
Edwards is surely the right he has by
statute to the head OF every whale caught
| on the coasts OF the kingdom. The tail is
to go to Queen Alexandra, the object of
the division being to guarantee that the
queens wardrobe shall be furnished with
whalebone, King Edward is not likely to
receive many whales, however long he may
reign, but there are many perquisites OF the
,.shf f,h
England. The king is entitled, for instance,
to every sturgeon brought to land in the
United Kingdom; one OF them caught in the
| Thames, was on the table at Queen Vic
| toria's wedding banquet. The king should
receive. too, every year from divers persons
tablecloth worth shillings, two white
doves, two white hares, catapult, a pound
of cuminseed, a horse and halter, q pair OF
scarlet hose, a currycomb, a pair of tongs,
a crossbar, coat OF gray fur, nlghtcap.
a falcon, two knives, O. lance worth 2 shil-
| lings and a silver needle from his tailor.
An old man who has been a farmer for
| ffty-seven years in Missouri says: when
l began farming / plowed with a wooden
plow, cut wheat and oats with a sickle and
threshed them out by the tramping process
cut the meadow with scythe and used a
wooden-tooth harrow Much OF the wheat
and corn l raised was eaten by deer, tur-
keys and prairie chickens. II was no un-
| con mon sight to see as many as twenty
deer In herd, Just think Of the jump from
an OK team TO a railroad! / remember my
first trip on the cars. II was In 1876
think. My wife and drove from Harmony
to Ashley to see some friends. When al
Curryvile we concluded to take trip up
into Audrain county to Vandalia. Well
when the train started and we were moving
over the prairie the experience was so
pleasing and novel that l couldn't help
thinking OF the wonderful age, 1t felt so
good to be wheeling through space that we
remained aboard until We reached Mexico
II was wonderful to 60 that far and back In
. day"
Omaha daily bee., 1901-03-10

The Kansas delegation at the national
creamery buttermakers' convention In st.
Paul few days ago wore large chamois
skin sunfowers and Haunted on their ban
ners a Carrie Nation hatchet, with the
legend:
Buttermilk Is all our drink
As we go smashing on
Omaha daily bee., 1901-03-10

c. NJ. Garwood, an attorney in Denver
Colo, Is the possessor OF a meerschaum
pipe that Is more than 200 years old. II
was brought TO the United States by Mr.
Garwood's OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES in
l7i7.
Omaha daily bee., 1901-03-10

RIPANs TAbULEa In an enectuAi cure
for the ills which originate In bad rtoms
ash 10 for SC. At AL druggists>
Arizona daily citizen., 1901-09-18

people to make their legitimate
and proper demand in firm and
united voice, Luckily, Arizona at
this time is represented at Wash
ington by statesman OF expert
ence, ability and prudence. No
Territory was ever represented IN
the Federal House by man OF as
wide an acquaintance and oXercis-
ing as much individual influence
among the statesmen of all parties
in Washington rs Marcus A. Smith.
The time is ripe for Statehood
Mr., Smith is the right man in the
right place. Let tho people back
him up with act and voice in a
manner that will not admit Of cav
/ il or doubt, and the full fruition OF
our political aspirations will come
from the next Congress.
Arizona daily citizen., 1901-09-18
ouercr t. I.aving said!

queTtr IT, IaVing sald!
When Congress meets we will
have to take up the question of
Cubas future. | suppose the
Island will be granted some more
nearly independent form OF gov
ernmont. But nobody thinks we
are going to turn the people OF the
Island loose and let them go 1t
alone. People of all shades OF
political belief are convinced that
that would be bad policy. Our
interests there are too great
10 take any such risk, Con
gress must determine what their
future relations to this govern
ment shall be.
We fear senator Cockrell has
been too much in Washington
and not enough in Missouri OF
late. If Senator Cockrell holds
such views he will most assuredly
have to revise them II nc eNpects
to act in harmony with the Demo
cracy during the next session OF
congress. Some people do think
that we should as men Of honor,
with respect for truth and the
common decency of things, fulfil
our obligation to Cuba. IT We
including Cockrell promised the
| Cubans their independence, We
are in duty bound to keep our
promise. When Mr.. Cockrel
speaks lightly of "our interests,
as though mercenery considers-
tions can outweigh those of honor
he seems to be plagarizing from
the views of some Republicans
The Senator is very much out of
tune if he is correctly quoted
Arizona daily citizen., 1901-09-18

"Is your mamma ctossa Mine is
awful cross Does your mamma say
Hush when you laugh or make q
little bit of noise3 My mamma does
She has nerves, papa says"
The mother who overheard this ac-
count Of herself would feel heart broken
to think Of the shadow cast by her misery
OH those she loved Yet her condition Is
real. Her nerves are strained TO the
point of torture Lack of appetite and
loss of sleep increase her weakness.
Such condition may. in general be
traced to disease Of the delicate womanly
organism. cure for which is found In
the use Of DR.. Pierce's Favorite Pre-.
scription. It establishes regularity, heals
inflammation and liberation and cures
female weakness. II tranquilizes the
nerves, encourages the appetite and in.
duces refreshing sleep,
81 had been constant sufferer from uterine
disease for five years, writes Mrs. J. A. Steorts
of Yankee Dam, Clay Co, West Virginia rand
for six months previous to taking your mediciue
| was not ont OF my room Could not walk or
stand. as there such pain and drawing In
left side and bearing down weight In region OF
uterus. accompanied with soreness I suffered
constantly with headache pain In back shoul.
ders arms and chest and could not sleep nor
lie down. When had taken three bottles Of
the medicine the periods we're regulated
was not 50 nervous could sleep well and the
pain in side and hearing down had va nished
My health is better at this time than IL has been
In five years"
DR. Pierce's Pellets stimulate the liver,
Arizona daily citizen., 1901-09-18
MAYORS Proclamation.

In the hour of our National mourning
for a President, respected and beloved
by our entire people, whose uhNlm'iy
and cruel demise is regretted aud mourn
cd nv ALI civilized nations OF the earth'
and following the earnest recommends
tions OF the President OF the United
States, and the G vernon OF the Terri
tory of Arizona, appointing thursday,
September 18th, the day OF the burial OF
our MARTYR President as day OF mourn
ing and prayer, within the contlnes oi
the vast Territory, where every heart
M sation bespeaks the bereavement ol
the people. Charles +, Schumacher,
Mayor Of the Ci,y ol 'l'ncson, do most
earnestly request the people oi the Si'y
of Tucson tn observe IN u mo~t solemn
manner the occasion Whlch consigns tc
an eternal resting piac" nh that is NOR
tai. of the choice OF a great people as
their exalted Magistrate, by IL general
closing of stores and cessation OF busi'
ness.
{. +. SCHUMACHER,
For the MAYOR. Mayor
Ma. HAWKE, City Clerk.