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Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-05-21
FIRE on MARKET STREET.
!. 0, o. F. Hall Threatened With De.
struction for a Time.

Defectice electric wiring was the
cause Of fire at the odd Fellows Hall
on Market street yesterday afternoon,
and but for the prompt action Of the
fire department the building would
probably have been completely des-
troyed. The FIRE started between the
roof and the ceiling and was just get
ting a good start when the fremen ar
rived and pumped 100 gallons " cheni-
calls into the blaze. The loss Is placed
NJ s9C0
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-05-21
DROPPED DEAD.
Theodore Rogers Of Fillmore Expires
Suddenly While Milking.
Especial to the oNews."l

Fillmore, Utah, May 2l.--Theodore
Rogers, an aged and respected citizen,
died suddenly this morning from what
was supposed to be heart failure AS
was his custom, he went out to milk his
cows, and had just sat down on his stool
when he fell over dead.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-05-21
NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS

OFFICE BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS.
Salt Lake City, Utah, May 10, lpJi Pursuant
q resolution OF the CITY Council selled
propc sails viii be received by the B0ard y
Public Works. at It's Office In the city aud
County Building until 10 n. M. Monday. June
.ad, 1901, Tor the furnishing of all materials
and the construction " al pipe sewers or
dered by the city Council during the year
l!QL
Separate bids viii be received.
lst-fOr furnishing pipe aud specla ais.
2nd-lor constructing all WO.k, the city 10
furnish pipe and specials.
9rd--furnlshing all materials and perform
ing all work,
BIDS 10 be received In accordanc' With
General Instructions 10 Bidders" and plans
and specifications which may be obtained ~
the Office OF the BOARD OF Public Works, The
Board reserves the right to reject any and
By order OF the Board OF Public Works.
JOHN l. DUOLY. Chairman.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-05-21
WALTER GOES FREE.
Man Who Threatened Senator Kearns
and Family Gets on.

Omaha, Neb., May 2o.-Ernest ]. VOL
ter, charged with having sent a letter
to Senator Kearns OF Utah, threatening
to kldnap his son II 5000 was not sent,
has been released from custody. Judge
Munger having sustained a demurrer
TO the indictment returned by the grand
Jury, The attorneys for Wolter con-
tended that there Is no such crime as
kidnapping under the United states law,
and that the letter received by Kearns
did not show that there was scheme
TO defraud. The demurrer was sus-
tanned, throwing the suit out Of court.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-05-21
SOUTHERN PACIFIC co.

$3O.-txtursiOr 10 San francisco. $50.
on all trains leaving ogden June 18th
and 18th Return Limit September 9th.
Inquire Of c. A. Henry. Ticket Agent,
ogden.
w. II. CHIyERs. Agent, ogden.
d. r.. GRAY,
General Agent.
100 w. Second South St., Salt Lake City.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-05-21
DIED

MILLGATE.-M 18th. of Group, Percy
L. Mitigate. son Of Alfred w. and Eli
zabeth Mitigate. aged one year two
months and twenty-one days,
Funeral from family residence. 1851
south Second East street Wednesday.
At II n. M Friends invited.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-11-13
How Royalty Sleeps.

Chicago Chronicle. .
 There is, after all, but little difference between him who wears crown and or dinary human beings when it comes U the matter of sleeping and eating anc drinking.
 Emperor William is a soldier even when he goes to bed, for he sleeps on a regu- lation camp bed. such as his officers use The bed clothing is of the rough regimen tai pattern. He retires at II D. m. ana is up and dressed soon after a. m.
 Queen Victoria went to bed quite late, although she was a comparatively early riser. Year in and year out her average time of going to bed was 1O:15. A lady in waiting was deputed to read her to sleep. and vet he is what old-fashioned people call "a lover of the bed" He dreads the night His bedroom is always bril- liantly lighted. like a reception-room. He often suffers from acute insomnia and makes freouent use of chloral.
 Queen Wilhelmina goes to bed about II o'clock and gets up early. On rising she takes a stroll around the park and visits the stables Her bedstead is of monu- mental size, being broad enough for six and proportionately deep.
 Leopold III. the King of the Belgians, goes late to bed. He spends half the contrast to his neighboring sovereign, he uses an ordinary bedstead without any other luxury than a quilt of swansdown He is a very chilly mortal.
 The King of Italy cannot sleep except upon a very hard bed. He dispenses with the use of pillows. He uses sheets of the very coarsest web and sleeps like top.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-11-13
GRANDFATHER CLAUSE AGAIN
Offered as Substitute for Portion of
 Suffrage Article.

Richmond. Va, Nov. p;.At the son eon- vening of the State Constitutional Con ventiori today, resolution providing Tor meeting at 10 o'clock and ad1ouT,nlng 1,nn S,,a a. 2 o'clock was adopted. This action was taken to accommodate those who desire to devote the evenings to the conslGera- Sles ton of the report of the Suffrage Com- mittee. .,.. e.
 MT Braxton presented substitute Tor the several reports of the Sunrage com com mittee. His plan requires that the voter shall either have performed military ser ser, vice, shall have been entitled to Vote before 1850, shall have served in the soat, state militia since 1885. or shall be the aesceh- .,I dant of voter entitled to exerciS9f iae tne franchise under these restrictions; t T} ais1 requires that the voter or hls WI Wiie stat stldl be the owner of $500 worth of real est estate oe or that he shall have paid a pol tax or ot $1.5O for four years. The ,,, ioar'ite te ,st ot money to persons to enable them 'o pay their poll taxes is prohibited ,.ooon,
 In Committee of the Whole tue de Corpt, Organization. n ovi6i"" - .,.4io., all officers at the next Novemper eiT t,',, and fixing their terms Of once a' lo"' years, was agreed to.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-11-13
What an Election Shows.

New 4Ork IlmeS.
 It costs the city of New York one dol lar and eleven and some fractions of a cent for every vote cast at mayoralty election. That is the money actually expended by the bureau of elections for the Greater New York in rent of booths. places fer the board of registry to sit, polling places and the general expenses incidental to the collecting of votes of the greater city. Altogether, $616.OOo. or thereabouts. were spent by the bureau of elections in defraylng the cost of the last mayoralty campaign. and there is no reason to suppose that the figures will change materially in this election.
 Of that amount $350.0cc was expended for clerk hire alone. For rent of places for the board of registry to sit. polling booths, carriage and the repairs of the election appurtenances, $121 .ooO was paid; s3o.OOO was spent for the printing of the ballots and books for registering; $5,0Oo went for advertising the official nomina- tions and the various other matters in cidental to the election, regulated by State, county and city laws; $75,0OO was spent in miscellaneous rent hire, for extra help and the thousand and one things that become necessary 1.-two or three weeks preceding election day.
 This sum of $676.00O divided by the number of the actual votes cast, makes the cost about Hi a vote.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-11-13
DFFYING THE PRESS.

Tammany has learned one lesson which 1t will probably not soon forget. and which others might take to heart for fu- ture use. That lesson is that it is ex- ceedingly unsafe to disregard or defy public opinion, especially the public op.n- ion as expressed by the newspapers. Tam many had reached a point where It felt that it was above and superior to the public, and that 1t neither needed nor wanted the support of the press of New York. Those who controlled the organi- zation seemed to think themselves so firmly established in their places that they could not be affected or displaced by press or p-ople.
 The press of the entire city of Greater New York supported Low and fought Tammany, but with singular fatuity, Croker and his associates laughed at the opposition and affected to believe, if they did not actually believe. that they were invulnerable. They have had their eyes opened and have learned that the news which cannot be safely defied by any public man or any organization. Whether the newspapers were altogether right or not in their opposition to Shepard Is of no consequence in considering the result. They did oppose him and he was defeated, though backed by the most powerful or ganization in the land. It Is very likely that if any of the defeated ones are again candidates for popular favor, they will see that they have the support of at least a portion of the New York press.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-11-13
Letters to The Editor.
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November F, 1901. Editor The Advertiser:
 Permit me to give you few facts about the Warren family. whom you put before the public today. This family is composed of husband, wife and eight children. The father and four of the children work in the Peoples Cotton Factory. There has been no sick ness worth mentioning among them, for the payroll of the company shows that they have been paid in the past four weeks between s45 and $50. The amount paid them last Friday for the week be- fore was S12.70 and they have to their credit for last week s8.S0 which will be paid them next Friday. This amount. while not yet due, would have been avail able in case of need.
 A report of this kind Is an injustice not only to the management of the mill, but also to the other employees who are nat urally indignant on account of it. There is no more generous class of people than out Southern cotton mill operatives and they always contribute liberally without hesitation to any worthy object which may appear among them.
 Yours very truly,
 T. l.. Jones, Secretary and Treasurer Peoples Cotton Factory. z
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-11-13
N1cARAGUAN ROUTE FAVORED
Believed That the Commission Will
 Recommend It.

Washington. Nov. 12.-For the first time in several months the Isthmian Canal Commission held a full meeting today. Admiral Walker presiding. They expected nearly all of the week will be consumed in a discussion of these re- ports. They comprise investigation of tke following subjects: The Nicaragua route, the Pan-American route, other pos sible routes, the industrial, commercial and military value of an inter-oceanic canal; and rights, privileges and fran chises. When this work is concluded the the President which will embody the committee reports on these several sub 1ects and the conclusions of the com mission which will favor the Nicaragua route. The commission Is anxious to get its report into the hands of the Presi- dent as soon as possible and therefore it is unlikely that it will be ready Tor presentation early next week.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-11-13
AMERICAN METHODS
Of Sanitation in Cuba Have Worked
 Wonderful Reformation.
Washington Specia

Washington Special.
 For many. years before the Spanish
 war medical men in this country, and
 especially the physicians of the South. insisted that the cleansing of Cuba would
 result in the suppression of yellow fe- yer in American towns and cities. When
 General Toral surrendered the city of Santiago to General Shafter immediate steps were taken by the Americans to thoroughly cleanse that filthy city. The
 mediate charge of Gen. Leonard Wood. He appointed a sanitary corps and
 placed Major George M. Barbour at its
 head. The enormous task of cleansing
 the city was begun in earnest. Thous-
 ands of bodies of men and animals were
 stacked up and burned. hundreds of
 barrels of petroleum being used for the
 purpose. Tken began the expenditure of vast sums of m oney in pavements and sewers.
 In the meantime Havana watched the
 rencvatirg of Santiago and quickly fol- lowed suit.
 At the end of the first year the first
 results were apparent, The yellow fever
 came and went, with few eases recorded in Santiago. There was nothing like an
 epidemic. On the contrary, the cases re, ported occurred through carelessness, and were confined to non-resdents. By the
 time the second anniversary of the Span ish evacuation of Cuba came around Ha- Vana had been cleansed and the people had learned a valuable lesson in the value of cleanliness
 The sanitary report for the third year of American occupation has just ap- peared There were but two deaths from yellow fever in Havana during Scptem- ! Der, as against an average mortality of l ffty-two from this cause during that month in former years.
 In Santiago the falling off Is said to be on a par with the change In the larger city So far known there was no yellow fever at all in any American
 city during the year just passed. This | satisfactory change in existing condi- | tions is due primarily to the efforts of | the American military and civil author | ities to teach the people of Cuba that cleanliness is essential to immunity from yellow fever.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-11-13
WOODROW AS THE MODERATOR
His Election by Presbyterians Was
 a Noteworthy Event.

Charleston (S. O Special.
 The election of Dr. James Woodrow, formerly President of the South Carolina College, as moderator of the Presoyte haps the most noteworthy event in the history of that organization. Because of his belief in evolution some years ago Dr. Woodrow, who was then Profes- sor in the Theological Seminary in Co. lumbia was called before the Board of Trustees, and after a series of religious wrangles the trouble ran the gamut oi all Presbyterian bodies. finally reaching the General Assembly, where there was compromise and the matter seemed te have quieted down.
 When Dr. Woodrow's name was pre- sented to the Synod here 1t met with his unanimous election. In accepting the d of- flee he said that be looked upon the In cident as a vindication of his orthodoxy and his election will do more than any thing else to settle a wrangle which has long disturbed the Presbyterian faith While Dr. Woodrow did not preach evo- lution. he said that there was strong possibility that the Darwin theory was correct,
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-11-13
WEDNESDAY, NOV. 1s, 1901.
woNpERFuL POSSIBILITIES.

The action of the Atlanta court HI ue- claring that citys carshed al nuisance IS important, but much more important IS the statement that the old building IS menace to the city because of the prop ahility that it's damp and decaying um- hers and blanks are the home and breed ing ground of the gay and festive m- crobe.
 Here is an opening for some intelligent scientist with an Investigating turn or mind to make himself famous and add rich stores of information to the knowl- edge already possessed by microbists ana doctors There are scientists who are al- ways on the lookout for something new. or for something old that has hitherto escaped the prying investigation of oth- CTS. and here is the opportunity of life time. Not ancient Nineveh. Babylon or hundred gated Thebes;" not Palenque, Chichen-I Itza or Uxmal can offer such in- ducements to the antiquarian and the dig ger into the ancient places of earth.
 When the old building first came upon the scene Is only a tradition. It's begin ming is lost in the dim and misty ages of
 
 railroad man. thinking that would be a good place for trains to stop. conceived the idea of erecting shelter for hard beset travellers. It was doubtless a won- derful structure in the eyes of the first inhabitants. The rude aborignes gazed with awe at the chukko-thlokko,o or heap big house." of the white man. The early infp the Capitol of the nation, and were doubt less filled with admiration over the power and ingenuity of men who could erect such a building.
 But that is all speculation. The possi- binties of the present are of more inter- est, and the debris of that old shed is filled with possibllties-and microbes. At lanta is something of a cosmopolitan town. People go there from Europe and Asia, from Africa and Yucatan. from Peru. Kalamazoo and Chattanooga. Men. women and children of all colors, and some with no color at all, stop off at At lanta, sample the odors of its car-shed and leave a few microbes. The dirty African. the dago with his monkey, the rag-peddler and the junk dealer have all rested under its hoary roof and left mi crobic evidence of their visit. In short all specimens of animated nature from a skunk to a Hottentot, have left in the chinks and cracks of that car-shed evil dences of their peculiar environments.
 We consider it beyond possibility of doubt that strange, weird and wonderful specimens of bacilli will be found. Fossil bly the numerous families of them which have so long been comfortably housed to- gether have miscegenated and the scient- ists will come upon entirely new forms of microbes which have been heretofore un- known. We look for such gathering of spectacled and embodied science when that old building comes down as was never before assembled on one occasion. We also expect the entire Health De- partment of Atlanta to turn out with fire engines and disnfectants to guard against destruction and devastation. It ought to be a national occasion.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-11-13
CONTROL OF THE ST. PAUL.
Said That It Will Pass Into Hands
 of Union Pacific.

Chicago, Nov. 12.-The Daily News says today:
 ] he Union Pacific will control the St. Paul. This news is not to be regarded as official, though it was imparted by enc closely related to the Hartman oated, 1t is said, has been concluded, and Hartman will take charge of the St. Paul line some time before next January. Details of the deal are not ascertdinable. but 1t was intimated that the Union Pacific people had agreed to pay s2O0 share for majority of com mon issue of the St. Paul Company.
 If the above information be confirmed, 1t is submitted with due reservation the financial stroke may be regarded as something apart from the Northern Pa cifc compact although 1t coincides In a general way with the community of in terest plan and 1t solves the question as to where the St. Paul will find place in the big scheme of bringing the principal reads of the West into syndicate own- erShip.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-11-13
Baptist Congress Meets.

New York. Nov. 12.-The first session oi Conpress discussed current questions al the Central Baptist Church today witf Prof. A. s. Bickmore, President Of thu G ngress in the Chair. After prayer there was an address of welcome by Arcnoea- con Tiffany of the Episcopal diocese oi New York in behalf of the Christian com munity and Rev. Frank M. Goodchild. or behalf of the Baptist Churches or tn. city. After a response by the Presiden, the question of the consolidation oI tne National Baptist Societies was taken uI by the Revs. L. A. Crandall of Chicago
 J. F. Elder of Albany, E. F. Colby oi Ohio. and D. B. Jutten of Fall River
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-11-13
Operation of Reciprocity Treaty.

Washington. Nov 12-Consul Genera tsd Skinner at Marseilles has fugnishe9f4 f4,oiai the State Department with the nrs' tra,nh reciprocity eSipeTt 0 aSTeement @ which was made under the DIngiey Act in 1897 N9w tS that three years have elapsed sinee tSs t91s Gorar, arI ranEement went into force. tnH hie oiion eni ni portunity to judge of its psGn1sd permadne1gt ef-
 fleets. The arrangement allowed iavor, able terms to French arg0ts 0rsnG1es @nd ana ana spirits works of art, still wfneS a9Sras ana & Ver- noun. ins axrorts Mt From Marseilles for three years preceding the operations Of the ar E rangements and the years or us Ire In
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-11-13
And Won Without the Aid of an
 Attorney.

Clayton Courier.
 Beat 13 is a remarkable section of our | county. and has always held a conspicu. | ous place in her history. Whenever court is in session it is a subject of re- | mark that the greater number of both spectators and litigants hail from tho above mentioned section. The present court has not proved an exception. for citizens from Clio. Elamville and Beat 1S are every where in evidence. It may be
 said of those same citizens that they are as good as any people that tnhabit the earth, although they sometimes have diff ferences that must be settled by 0 judge
 and a jury of their counfrymen. Long
 experience and close observation have
 taught these people that lawyers are not the only ones who can conduct and
 manage cases. On last Tuesday. when Judge Evans was sounding his docket, a case was called that involved certain rights between certain gentlemen who dwell in that part of the county under discussion The plaintiff was represent ed by his attorney-one of the ablest at
 our bar-who announced ready" What says the defendant" asked Judge Evans.
 ''The defendant is ready, if his witnesses
 are present." was the response from an
 old gentleman who sat in the rear of the
 room. The witnesses were called and
 sworn, jury was selected and the battle
 was on. The lawyer developed his side
 of the case. and rested. The defendant
 then examined his witnesses in support
 of his contention. Crss examination and
 rebuttal testimony were had by both
 parties. Finally each side closed and the
 argument began. The attorney. as is his custom, made a strong and able speech. The old gentleman then arose, respectfully addressed the court, and
 went after the jury" He argued facts and law; he tore into fragments the
 claims of the plaintiff; he emphasized the strong points in he1estimony of his own witnesses, and made the testimony of
 those who opposed him seem weak and
 worthless; he made justice and equity
 appear on his side only-in short. he
 made such a powerful and convincing
 argument that after the courts charge, the jury retired and in few minutes returned a verdict for defendant. Our lawyer friend was knocked out' by the "bewhiskered countryman" from Beat 13. It was remarked by a prominent attor- ney that our old friend handled his case
 with as much skill as any licensed prac- titioner could have used. The fact is that he won. and over a good lawyer, too. We commend any man who defends him. self, but we hope that our other litigat- | ing friends from Beat 13 will not follow | the example of their fellowcitlzen nor | be influenced by his success to plead | their own cases. for if they do, the most | of us will be put out of business, and
 must retire from the practice.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-11-13
WELCOME.

The Confederate Veterans are to meet in annual reunion here today. and the people of Montgomery extend to them most cordial welcome. They were here by the thousands forty years ago in the prime of vigorous manhood. Many who went to the front with buoyant hopes and brave hearts never returned. Those who survive are worthy of the love and ad- miration of present and future genera tions.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-11-13
Insurgent Agent Arrested.

Catbalagon. samar. Nov. 12.-Dias. the who has been proven to be an agent of the Filipino Junta at Hong Kong has been arrested. Many incriminating pa pers duplicating numerous officials were seized at the time of his arrest. The station working on the island of Leyte and with the insurgents on the island of Samar by the flash light system. Three operators were arrested and the stations were destr0yed
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-11-13
Bar Out the Negro.
Mobile Reeistsr.

Mobile Register.
 The postmaster editor of The Fruitdale (Ala) Herald, praises President Roose- welt for his social entertainment of the negro educator. but the people of Fruit dale will not allow a negro to live in their town. or give him employment in their orchards. They are all Northerners. but they bar out the negro, not only from the table but from any sort of associa-