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The broad ax., 1902-01-11

A serum for tetanus has been dis
covered, it is said. In some cases it
ought 70 be administered along with
the antitoxin for diphtheria-
The broad ax., 1902-01-11

Minneapolis Times: The Filipinos
are a pretty bad lot, bat give the
school teacher a little more tine.
The broad ax., 1902-01-11

Lord Kitchener Is sensitive aboSt
his name A kitchener BY any other
would smell as sweet 70 Botha.
The broad ax., 1902-01-11

Argentina viii apparently swallow a
suhcient does Of that Chile sauce to
see what It tastes like.
The broad ax., 1902-01-11

Edwards crown win have 5000 jew
els Half that number Of hairs would
suit him better.
The broad ax., 1902-01-11

ne English lexicographer, Dr. sam
uei johnson. vas ne son q : boot
dealer.
The broad ax., 1902-01-11

nat submarine boat acts very nueb
Hksa Spanish cruiser.
The broad ax., 1902-01-11

Ever slnce that memorabls night
ny greatest amhition has been % oon-
struct a TELESCOPES that would eclipse
al others and place Il on the topmo.t
extremity q Gfay's Peak have
made astronomical examinations via
The broad ax., 1902-01-11

Gen. Joa wheeler q sixtysnVe. ahe
was graduated from west Foiat forty
I've ~ "a.
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Iy a reconciliation between them. The
story OF this reconciliation is rather
touching. Mr. Blaine's son Emmons.
was at the Minneapolis convention, and
knew all about Mr.. Reeds generous
action concerning the vote G.f the
Maine delegation. When he returned
10 Washington he reported the facts
70 his father While on his deathbed
Mr. Blaine said to-AIrs. Blaine that
he believed he had always misjudged
Reed, and that he wished they might
be reconciled and become good friends
For some reason, doubtless due to the
condition Of Mr. Blaine's health.
meeting was never arranged between
the two men, After Blaine's death
Mrs. Blaine sent word TO Mr. Reed
that her husband had said he would
ike TO be friends with Reed. and that
he wished the speaker to know he
bore him no il-win concerning their
past personal and political differences.
Mrs Blaine asked Mr.. Reed to act as
one of the pallbearers at the funeral
OF her husband, request which Reed
OF course complied with, and in his
private conversation he had none but
the kindliest things to say of the
former idol Of the Republicans of this
state.
REFERRING 70 the literary tastes OF
the statesmen who has Just passed
away. a well known writer and news
paper correspo ndent recently wrote:
There is side 10 Mr.. Reed which
few people but those who are close
to him suspect or know. He is a lover
of good novels, these which present
human nature in the same rugged,
truthful manner in which he holds up
TO the public the great issues Of the
day. I should think that Mr.. Reed
would have about as much respect for
a namby-Dam novel as he has for
a wishyWashy politician. OF the Eng
lish novelists he likes Thackeray best,
and Thackeray reached high water
mark. in Mr.. Reeds opinion. in Van
ity Fair. In poetry his preference is
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-12-21

for Tennyson. but he Is a constant
reader of Browning, Holmes. LOngfel-
low and Whittier also.
Would you mind" he said 10 me.
in talking of the verse makers OF the
world. IF I descend from these great
names and say that have 2 great
liking for the rhymes OF a Kansas law
Yer. Eugene F. Ware. who writes over
the nom de plume Of IronaufP? The
following from Mr.. Wares pen great
" pleased his famous admirer:
Once a Kansas zephyr strayed
Where q brass-eyfd bull pup played f.
And that foolish canine bayed
At that zephyr in a gay.
Semi-idi0tic way.
Then the zephyr in about
Half a jiffy took that pup.
Tipped him over wrong side up
Then il turned him wrong side out,
And il calmly journeyed thence
With barn and string Of fence.
Moral
When communities turn loose
Social forces that produce
The disorders of a gale
Act upon q well known law
Face the breeze. but close your Jaw
It's a rule that will not fail
If YOU bay it IN a gay,
Self-suffieient sort of way,
1t viii land you, without doubt
Upside down and wrong side out.
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he knew throughout the state Of Maine,
you ought TO thank me for having re-
lieved you Of q good deal or suspi-
eion."
Hayes-Tilden Fight.
In Tom Reeds library hangs a framed
Noodcut from one of the illus rated
papers 1t depicts the scene IN which
Reed as chief actor won his first spurs
as a member OF congress When Reed
first went 10 Washington 10 take his
seat in the house the Hayes Tilden
presidential election contest was the
relgnlng sensation A special commit
tee was TO be appointed TO investigate
alleged frauds. That was the Potter
committee. Reed was lucky enough
70 get a place thereon, a conSidera bic
honor for new and unknown man.
This good fortune came TO him largely
because Garfield, Hale and other prom
inent Republican members of the house
dld not care Tor the job. 1t fell TO
Reeds lot TO examine the witnesses,
and the wOGdcut which hangs in his
library shows the Potter committee at
work IN the basement of the capitol,
with Tom Reed examining the famous
witness, Anderson. It viii be remem-
bered that this witness testimony. as
brought out by Colonel William r.
Morrison, contained an appalling ar
raignment OF Republican methods in
Louisiana. That was On Friday. On
Saturday Governor CIaff1in went 10
Washington. and, meeting Reed, said
to him:
What is the matter down here? I
can't find any of our Republican fell
lows. They all appear to be ashamed
of themselves and in hiding"
Well" cOolly remarked Reed, eve
viii change that"
What are you going TO do?" in
quired the governor.
Il am going to cross-examine that
witness, and I'll tear him all to pieces, -
said Reed.
When number of Republicans heard
what the young congressman was go
ing to do they sought him out and re-
monstrated. They said it would never
do to attempt to cross-examine Ander-
son, for even If q liar that witness was
much too smart to be caught at it,
Wen see about that" drawled Reed.
I'm make that fellow trot or jump the
harness.
The next Monday Anderson was put
on the stand again, and Reed cross
examined him. Probably there never
was before or since such a fine ex-
ample of the high art of roasting a
witness. Even the Democratic papers
conceded that their witness had gone
10 pieces, and the Republicans began
to come out of their hiding places. AS
Reed himself says, IT never had so
much fun outside of a theatre" This
performance established Reeds reputa-
ton as man of shrewdness and nerve.
and when the committee was about to
go over to New York the Tilden peo-
pie paid the young congressman from
Maine the high compliment of sending
dispatch to Washington reading as
follows:
For Gods sake. get that fellow Reed
off the committee"
But there was no way of doing this
and Reed went over to New York and
cross-eXamined Samuel J. Tilden,
Smith Weed, Manton Marble, Son-in-
Law Pelton and other distinguished
witnesses. He also went to Louisi-
ana and conducted some Investigations
there
Reeonciled in Death.
Blaine and Reed did not meet before
the formers death, but there was real
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Coughing Spell Caused Death.

Harry Duckwell. aged 25 years.
ehOked TO death early yesterday morn
ing at his home, in the presence Of his
wife and child He contracted a slight
cold a few days ago and paid but lit
tie attention to it. Yesterday morning
he was seized with a At of coughing
which continued for some time HIS
wife sent for a physician. but before
he could arrive another coughing spell
came on. and Duckweu died from suf-
location st. Louis Globe Democrat.
Dec l, 1901. Billiards. HorehOund Syrup
would have saved him. 25c, soc and 81
at z. c. n. I. drug department.
Big 4 Adv. Co., Tel. 1901 K.
Signs, all sorts. 81 ". Srd South.
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night he was in bed, and tired enough
/ 10 drop asleep at once. He did no,
/ relish this regimen, for by nature he
was incident, and it used 10 be said of
+ him that he would be somebody some
! day if he were not so lazy His plan
won, however. for he was one of the
! first five of his class in his average,
I having passed a dozen men who were
ahead of him when he turned over his
new leaf. His grafton on THE Fear
LOT Death won the first prize for Eng
lIsh composition. That Grafton has been
described as exceptionally weird in
matter and delivery. He said that the
years work which won for him the
privilege of delivering it, on that COM
mencement day, thirty-three yeafs ago,
was the hardest of his life and the only
time he exerted himself up to the
limit.
An Easy Examination.
Mr. Reeds school teaching was min
gled with the study of law in the Of
nee Of Howard & Strout of Portland
Before he was admitted to the bar he
/ went TO California. He located at San
Jose. Judge Wallace, afterwards chief
Justice of California. there examined
Reed for admission to the bar. and the
examination was very brief. If was
IN 1868, during the war, when the legal
tender act was much discussed, espe-
claIly in California where a gold ba sis
was still maintained. Judge Wallace.
whose office adioined the one in which
young Reed studied, dropped in one
day and said:
Mr. Reed, I understand you want
to be admitted to the baP?"
Yes sir
We'll" said Wallace, 'I have one
question to ask: is the legal tender
act constitutional
Yes" said Reed.
You shall be admitted" said Wal
lace Tom Bodley "a deputy sheriff
with legal aspirations) was asked the
same question today, and he said. No
We will admit you both. Anybody who
can answer offhand question like
that ought to practice the law in this
country"
A Peculiar Defense.
There is a good story about Tom
Reeds first lawsuit. After leaving col
lege Mr.. Reed studied law with Judge
Howard and SeWen Strout, and then
had an attack of the California fever
This was in 1861, and Reed was, % years
Old de went to Stockton and San
Jose. and in the latter town finally
hung out his single. II was there
that Mr.. Reed tried his first case in
court. He was employed to defend
Jose Garcia. a Spaniard, charged with
assault with intent TO kill and muir
der. The accused was out on bail,
and when the trial came on was prac-
tically unable to present any defense,
for the simple reason that he had killed
his man, and did not know how to lie
out of it. The testimony offered by
the prosecution made this fact Main
enough, land all 1 could do said Mr..
Reed once upon a time. twas to offer
some evidence concerning my clients
previous good character, and then talk
This / did to the best of my ability.
scarcely knew what 1 was going to
say. but while on my feet a happy
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Denver News


While Thomas b. Reed WIS an mimi
table reconteur there are hundreds of
stories related Of the incidents of his
life which have been told which illus
trate the main incidents of his career.
s.s-d which are as interesting as those
ne was wont to tell. His whole life
was one great story Of struggle and ac-
complishment, humor and pathos. Some
or the most notable incidents In his ca
reer are given In the sketches and anec-
dotes presented herewith.
Reed is the second really great man
portland has produced. Henry Wads-
worth LOngfelloW was the other. and
oddly enough. they were born on the
same spot The house in which Long
Fellow was born was torn down many
years ago, but the house in which Reed
made his appearance still stands and is
occupied now, as it was then, as a SORT
or tenement house for sailors and their
families The Longfelow house stood
not thirty feet away, at the corner of
S1ancock and Middle streets. Then the
sea came almost to the door, as Long
Fellow himself described in his poetry.
now the surroundings are of the hum
pest Poor people live in the neigh
Dorhood, and the freight yards of the
GIdnu trunk railway cover the beach
where LongfellOw played while a bow.
one sees plenty of sailors in this dis
lTlct and also the resorts for sailor
characteristic of the prohibition town
or Portland-bottles of ginger ale. soda
water and ether harmless decoctions
IN the show windows and neon holes
cut through the front doors. another
coincidence about this spot whereon
LohgIellow, the poet. and Reed, the
possloie president, were born is that
right there $50 years ago was buiIt the
nrst house in Portland, and its builder
was Mr. Reeds ancestor.
a Pretty Story is Spoiled.
Concerning the manner in which Tom
Reed received his education, there was
once ahoaI very pretty and romantic
story. II was to the effect that when
ne left the high school some of the good
Iehgious people of the town, convinced
tnat he had mind for piety and the
ology, made up a purse with which to
send rim to Bowdoin. AS the tale ran
young Reeds religious convictions suf-
1eIeu chanSe about this time, and.
belng too conscientious to accent helm
from the church in getting his educa-
ton when he felt lie could not give
Iecompense therefor by entering the
ministry, he returned the money IN tho
donors. This pretty yarn has had :
very wide circulation and il seems a
pity TO spoil II; but. in the interest of
the truth or history. it Is necessary To
give the facts, and the facts are quite
as interesting and fully as creditabIe
10 Mr.. Reed The pastor of the Con-
gregational church at which Mr.. Reeds
parents were devout attendants did ask
the rat youngster one day if he would
not IKE 10 go through college. Tom
my, as he was then called, replied that
nothing would please him better. but
ne couldn't for the life of him see
where the money was coming from to
pay his expenses. This was all that
was said at that time, but the minister
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-12-21
LIFE OF Fun And Ror1ANCE'
humorous Of the Maine statesman

at the next meeting of the cGngrega-
I ton suggested that he knew a worthy
/ young man, member of the church
VINO wanted to go to college, and that
/ perhaps some of the generous brethren
would go down in their pockets for suf-
! ficient funds to enable the young man
10 carry out his purpose. There was
no unanimous or immediate response to
this appeal. and when young Reed
heard what the minister had said he
sought out that meaning gentle
man and remarked: Il thank YOU for
your Willingness TO help me. but you
know could never think OF going to
college IL that way. Let the matter
drop right where il is" The matter was
dropped right there. but young Reed
went TO Boweoin Just the same. He
earned the money himself by teaching
school one winter in Portland and an
other winter in the country.
Nothing is so immortal said Mr.
! Reed in conversation with a friend
recently concerning this story, las a
lie This particular lie has been going
the rounds for fifteen or twenty years.
and long ago gave up hopes of ever
oVertaklng 1t. l suppose some of the
good people who were present at the
church when the minister made the
suggestion IN my behalf were afflicted
with poor memories, and afterward
supposed they had really subscribed
the money for my education. You know
it is human to forget little details of
that sort / have always thought ii
particularly hard to have this story
thrust at me every year or so. consid-
erinS the nature of the struggle | did
have to get through college with only
myself 20 lean upon. As for a sub
scription by the congregation I never
had the slightest notion of asking for or
OF accepting such a thing, and, as
matter of fact, no such subscription
was ever made. and Of course, there
was no money to return But when
l die suppose this story of how I was
assisted to an education will appear
with plenty of embellishments in my
obituary"
The Fear of Death.
All through the first part of his col
lege course young Reed devoted a great
deal of time to literature. to the neglect
of his studies, as he had while in high
school. When graduation was but a lit
tie more than a year off he realized to
his CONSERVATION that his class stand
ing was. very low. He failed to get
the class honOrs which he counted on
and he found that he was extremely
unlikely to be one of the sixteen who
were to be appointed to deliver English
orations on graduation day To make
matters worse, the mum Der was reduced
Dy nalI. II was clear to the young
student that something must be done.
His work during the final year of the
course must be practically perfect, for
his place among those at the top de-
pended on his average class standing
all through.
There was but one course open to
him If he would win. The romances
and poems he loved so well must be
laid aside. This he decided TO do. and
from that time forward until com
mencement he was up at 5 o'clock in
the morning and at work as soon as
possible thereafter BY 9 O'Clock every
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Blaine and Reed did not meet before
the formers death, but there was real
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-09-14
CAUGHT A DESERTER.
But He Succeeded in Giving the Pc
lice a Lively Chase.

A game of hide and seek was played
Yesterday BY J. w. Hays, an alleged
deserter from Fort Douglas. and a de-
tail of police officers who were sent 10
capture him. He was at last caught
however. and the charge Of petty lar
ceny placed against him.
Early in the afternoon he was 10
Gated in a barn in the northern part OF
the city and an officer sent 10 arrest
him. The barn was searched but ne
succeeded In eluding arrest and took
refuge in another barn in the vicinity
Headquarters was notified and other
officers sent TO aid in the chase The
other barn was examined and traces
of the fugitive were found in profu-
sion. He again succeeded in lodging
the blue-coats and hid himself In still
another barn in the same vicinity.
The place where he last fed was sur
rounded while one OF the officers made
a search OF the building. Hays was
found hidden under a manger, but re-
fused TO move until dragged out OF his
hiding place by the officer. When
found he had changed his uniform Tor
civilians clothing. which he is said 10
have stolen in one of the barns. The
charge OF petty larceny was placed
against him and after his trial and
sentence he viii be turned over TO the
post authorities. He is said 10 have
deserted four days ago and all efforts
on the part of the officers at Fort
Douglas TO locate him have been futile
until yesterday when he was arrested
by Oficer Simpson.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-09-14
LoND0N'S COUNTY COUNCIL.
Figures Showing the immensely OF
the Municipal Problem.

London. Sept. 13.-The report OF the
London county council, just published,
furnishes some striking figures, indi-
eating the immensely of the municipal
problem with which London authori-
ties are confronted.
According 10 the census Of 1901, the
population of the administrative cGan-
" OF London was 4,53s,54l, while great
er London, Immediately surrounding
the county. showed an additional pop
ulation of e,500.o00. The lunacy stalls
tics Of the administrative county show
an increase of 80 per cent in the last
ten years, the total number OF lunatics
being p, 1853, for which drink and bust
ness and domestic troubles were ac-
counted 20 be largely responsible.
The problem Of housing the working
people is dealt with on large scale.
the council acting az landlord TO
popula ton OF II, SAG housed in cottages.
block dwellings and various other
structures. The years working showed
a net surplus Of sos for these dwell
ings. compared with a deficit OF $3.50
for the previous year
The city's debt statistics show a
discoura ging increase, the total debt
outstanding being $2s1. 2s4,355 equiva-
lent 70 1249s per cent OF the rateaoie
value. against 1885 per cent when the
London county council came into eX-
istence.
The tax rates now amounts 10 about
56Iz per month sterling.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-09-14
PROVO NEWS NOTES.

Provo, Sept I5.-The Utah county teach
ers met TODAY with Superintendent Brown
IN the Parker school and talked over ana
arranged plan for the work of the year,
The principals also adopted programme
Tor the sessions Of the Utah county
teachers institute. which Will meet twice
a month during the school year.
The paving OF the sidewalk on the east
side O. Academy avenue from center
street TO the academy was defeated Io4
the present today by reason of over two
thirds OF the property owners protesting
before the council against the passage OF
the resolution
oliver Cedarstrom. a rancher on the
west side OF Utah lake. was taken De-
fore Justice F0Ote TODAY on charge
or petit larceny. having cut and taken
away ten tons OF hay, valued AT SO. from
the land of Gus Slade. Mr.. Cedarstfonl
pleaded not guilty ana the hearing was
Get for Monday. and he was 2ermitteG
TO 90 on his own recogntZance. The land
in question has been rented Dy Ar. &c
darstrom from a party who claims u
own il. Mr.. Slade also claims 10 OWL
the land. and the question VIII mos
likely have TO be settled oy civll sur
Zebedee C0itrin OF Spanish Fork, WhG
was tried in Justice Foote's court today
Tor unlawfully taking water, was ae'
Quilted.
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TROOPS NEEDED THERE.
Army ofhcer Thinks Too Many Are
Being Removed From Philippines

ARMY ofacer Thinks Too Many Are
Being Removed From Philippines.
The government is removing too
many troops at one time from the
Philippines is the opinion of Lieutenant
A ]. Macnab. jr.. of the Twenty-ffth
infantry. who is stopping at the Cullen
hotel en- route 10 his home in Salmon
City, Ida. accompanied by his father,
A j. Macnab, ST. who met his son at
San Francisco, Cal. several days ago.
He is on a leave Of absence for two
months. Another member of the party
is Lieutenant Charles p. Faulkner or
the Eighth infantry. U. S A. He is
going home. Mortensburg, w. Va. on a
leave of absence. He Was in the Four
teenth infantry when the allied troops
entered the Imperial City during the
unpleasantness with China He said
last evening that the stories OF l0oting
by the soldiers of the United States
army were greatly exaggerated. that
the most of ii was done by the Russian
troops.
Lieutenant Macnab says that the is
lands are about pacihed; that the only
natives causing trouble are the Aoros,
who make occasional breaks. He fears
that the authorities are making mis-
take In removing so many troops from
the islands at this time, because il is
liable to give the natives the impress
sion that they can begin the night all
over again. While he does not look for
a general uprising, it would not sur
prise him should some of the different
tribes give the government trouble by
going on the war path, due to the alb
sepce of large commands of soldiers in
the interior provinces.
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NEW OGDEN LINE.
Probable That Trains VIII Start
From Heart of City.

Probable That Trains VIII Start
From Heart of City.
To is expected that dirt win soon fly
on the new line which Is being built
hy the salt Lake & Brigham City
Railroad company. The survey work
ana difficulties regarding the questions
affecting the rights OF way have been
adjusted and the constrr elton work Is
fairly under way. one OF the officials
O. The new enterprise said yesterday
That arrangements win probably be ef-
ieg,ed by which the new line viii en-
Ter the city over the tracks OF the
Consolidated Railway company.
The new line begins AT a point near
NE Warm Springs and IL viii prob
ably connect at that point with the
Consolidated company's tracks. This
VIII Increase the convenience Of the
road IN the traffic between this city
ana ogden. The read viii De operated
ly electricity and the idea OF the pro-
motors Is 20 have a system OF hourly
Trains. u IS expected that the trip 70
ogden VIII be made IN something over
an hour. An advantage viii be gained
IN boarding a car in the heart OF the
city. IL viii obviate the extra ride 70
the depot and the wait there for the
regular trains.