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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-03-26
LIVE WIRE A DEADLY
FEATURE 0E INITIATION

Parsons. Kan. March 25.-Tonight Lee
Watson, 14-year-old boy. was killed by
taking hold OF a live electric light wire in
this city. The boy was a member OF a
high school society. which was Initiating
a candidate tonight. Part of the initia-
ton was the application of this wire TO
the candidate. watson took hold of it
and was instantly killed. Some of the
insulation on the wire had worn on and
had been plaything for the boys IL the
daytime for weeks past.
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SAYS CHAMBERLAIN
is GUILTY AS DILLON

London. March 25.-John Redmond,
the leader of the Irish Nationalist,
gave notice in the house of commons
today OF a motion. equivalent TO a vote
of eensure on the speaker. William
CUurt Gully. for not having made the
colonial secretary, Joseph Chamber
lain withdraw his remark. The honor
able gentleman is a good judge Of
traitors" addressed to John Dillon, r.
ish Nationalist. in the house on March
%. which led to Mr.. Dillon retorting
that NJ Chamberlain was a damned
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-03-26
MAN WITH THIRTEEN WIVES
His Missouri Bride Is the One Max
ing Him Trouble.

st. Joseph Mo-, March 25.-CEristian C..
Nelson. railroad contractor and horseman,
alleged to Rave thirteen wives. is in Jail
here on the charge of bigamy, having
irst been brought from san Antonio,
Tex. wa-re he was arrested few days
ago. Nelson viii be tried in 81. Joseph
because the woman most active IN MS
prosecution was married 80 him IN TINS
city last september.
This bride was Mary A Parker OF
pIattsburg, aio. Nelson Admits having
f1ree wives but says tie other ten are
myths. He is said to be wanted for big
ansv i'm Chicago. San Francisco, Des
Toines. New York. ST. Paul. Sumter, $.
-. and Conway, Ark. His preliminary
trial win be held here before the Justice
OF the peace who sOlemnized his marriage
With Mrs Mary 4. Parker in september
Des Nfoines. March 96-NIrs. Dorothy
Hs.rvev. residing in Lake Park this city,
claims ID BIZ one OF the alleged thirteen
wives of Christian q. Nelson now under
arrest at ST. Joseph on charge OF Dis
any Nelson, according TO her story
v-oed and won her just a year ago
She was a widow - years o-d. nelson,
she saws. represented TO her that he was
y wealthy horseman and desired To take
her ta his big stock farm IN the east. 10
accommodate him she sold her nome
worth SS.0m. for half this sum, ana en-
trusted the money to him. he departed,
osfpnsfblv to buy a spaIS of horses, ana
was neSer again heard from
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-03-26
HARVEY NOT At FAULT.
Supreme Court Exonerates Him Of
Charges of Dilatoriness.

Helena, Mont, March 25.-In an order
made today the supreme court de-
ciared that Judge Harvey of Butte
exercised no unreasOna bic or wilfuI
delay in passing upon the motion OF
Miles Finlen for a new trial in the case
OF the Minnie Healy suit. The supreme
court exonerates and sustains the lower
court in the proceedings and quashed
the alternative writ of mandate, issued
ten days ago.
The court did not pass upon the ques-
ton whether Judge Harvey erred as
claimed by counsel for the Amalgama-
ted company in striking from the files
the afidayits filed in support of the
motion for a new trial
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Spokane Wash. March 25.-Mr. Comp
ers and the American Federation Of La
Dor suffered defeat before the Spokane
Trades Council tonight Twenty-four To-
cal unions were represented and fifteen
voted in favor Of a state federation BY
the same vote the council. decided against
affiliation with the American Federation
of labor
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fsneeial to The Herald

t1Eg--Al u 4 AE ~ az
Price, Utah. March 25--Clif Tuttle Of
Emery county came in from the south
tonight. He saws the contract for grad
ing twenty-seven miles Of the Rio Graudc
system from Saliua towards Emery
county has been let 10 Deal BIOS q Men
denhaiI. who are to begin work al
Salina during the next few days The
line from Salna to Desert Lake is now
permanent one and viii be run ON to
Mounds station. where il win intersect
with the main line and the branch TO
Suunyside At Castle Dale the county
seat of Emery county. the road viii run
through the southeastern part of town,
while it is believed a spur will go up 70
the coal mines of Cottonwood canyon
about Orange valley. The coal Of Hunt
ington canyon will be developed in a like
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-03-26
schmitz Removes omcers.

San Francisco. March 25-Mayor
Schmitz tonight removed four of the FIVE
members of the board Of health from
office and named their successors. The
members removed were appointed By
Mayor Schmitz's predecessor, Mayor Pine
lam Ground for removal is found by
Mayor Schmitz IT, the action Of the ma
jOrity of the board in reference to the
plague score Of last year.
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Money For the New Road

subscription list for the Thunder NOUN
tain wagon road was received here this
evening. 1t shows S17.500 to be used in
building the road by the Bear valley Route
from Boise. The citizens here have raised
$4,000 for the purpose. The total Of $3.50
Is ample to complete the road. II is now
built to Bear valley. 100 miles out, a1ad the
remaining portion Of the route presents
no difficulties.
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MAY FAVOR MILES PLAN.

! Washington. March 25.-It is the 4
; intention of Chairman Cooper of the I
; house committee on insular affairs. :
To call up tomorrow the Burleson
resolution requesting the president =
to submit to the house the letter of =
I General Miles outlining the plan of =
campaign in the Philippines. and It IS =
expected the committee viii report =
) the resolution with a favorable I
> recommendation.
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Hopkins Assumeg Duties.

Seattle. Wash, March sc B. Hop
kins of Spokane was today informally
installed as United States marshal for
the district Of Washington, to succeed
c. W. Ide Of Tacoma.
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Confscafes q steamer.

washington. March 25.-Attorney Cen
eraI Knox today telegraphed instructions
tn the United States attorney at Port
Townsend Wash. to libel the steamer
WiIhelmina. whose captain is stated to
have brought into port two Cinnamon
whom he put ashore and assisted TO es-
cane The inspection officers.
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Why snfFer Tith Headache

When one dose Of Sherman's Headache
Cure win ri6 YOU Of It? Taey are In
stantaneous 81 their effect. and per-
fectly harmless Keep q bex IN the
house fer emergencies. They cure nCu-
raigia 25c and 16c a box For sale by
Godbe-Pitts Drug company.
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]. eoldgtein,g Soc cl6ged.


TtINNNItII o IT.
Glenwood SDEings. colo, March 25.-
G. w. Darrosa, a local attorney. today
took possession of the store Of J. Gold
stein, a, local dry goods merchant, fore
closing a chattel mortgage. Darrow's
representatives are making an invent
Orv
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Prisoners Break JaiI.

Forsythe Mont. March 25.-Late last
night prisoners George Mcclure. Frank
LOWrey and Porter made their escape
from jail. They sawed through the bars
and during the absence of the sheriff
escaped. No clue of the fugitives has
been discovered. The men were charged
with grand larceny.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-03-26
A Dark ana Muddy Complexion

Does not become a neat woman. Lane s
Tea viii cure constipation, clear up
the skin, sharpen the appetite and
make you look and feel Ike new
person. It acts gently upon the stom-
ach. liver and bowels. For sale by
Godbe-Pitts Drug company.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-03-26

Children often inherit feeble digestive
power and collie Of a more or less Sc
we're character results, when food IS
taken which is at all difficult to di-
gest. WHITES CREAM NERMIFUGE
acts as a general and permanent tonic
Price % cents. z. c. NJ l. Drug De-
partment
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-03-26
SEVEN DEAD TAKEN OUT.
Workmen Buried in an Excavation
Thav Were Digging.

Cleveland. O.. March 25.-EiEht or nine
work1nen were buried in an excavation
fOr the foundation Of q new Tank at the
plant OF the Cleveland Gas Light com
nanv On Light House street this after
noon. and seven OF the men have thus
far beer taken 0Ht dead
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-03-26
p,o,nonia Follows q Cold

But never follows the use Of FOley's
Honey and Tar. Il stops the cough.
heals and strengthens the lungs and
affords perfect security from an attack
OF pneumonia. Refuse substitutes.
Johnson. Pratt & Co
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7 Couldn't help getting a cold never
icures it: but carrying home a bottle
'of RALLARD'S HOREHOUND SYR-
UP and using it as directed, win cure
the worst kind Of cough or cold. Price
so cents. 2. c. NJ. ]. Drug Department.
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- Warren d VerY ~.


Washingtou March e5s-Telegrams re-
ceived here from Senator Warren an
nounce that the condition Of Mrs Warren
IS unchanged. She IS dangerously III at
huntington. Mass.
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Refuses to Return.

Montrose, Colo, March 25.-Charles
Botag. who. Oh last Wednesday, shot
and killed his wife and neig5boring
ranchman near Paradox. Utah, refuses
to return to that state unless requisi-
ton papers are secured
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Department Of Commerce.

Washington. March embarrassing the
proposed department Of commerce bill
/ today John w Ella said the Knights of
Labor were in favor Of a department Of
commerce fn which a labor bureau might
80 fneornorafed
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strong,s Pension Bill.

Especial to The Her2Ia-l
Washington. March 25.-Senator teit-
feds bill granting a pension of So per
month TO Silas 10. Strong of Lewiston
was today passed by the senate
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FIk Sbipped East.

Especial TO The Herald)
Evanston, Wyo-, March 25--Frank H.
Peterson, a resident Of the Jackson
Hole country. has shipped thirteen elk
II Lock Haven. Pa. where the animals
viii be turned loose in large park
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-03-26
SALT LAKE MANS
ROADS IN MANILA
Filler Completes Organization and
Acquires Street Railways.
PUT IN AMERICAN SYSTEM
ELECTRIC LINES IN TWO PHIL
IPPINE CITIES.
So b - Herald.l


WASHINGTON, March 25.-The Ma
w Mia Electric company. in which
Walter G.. Filler OF Salt Lake City
and A. Burlinghame johnson Of Grand
Junction. Colo, are stockholders. COM
pleted its organization in New York
City today. The company has pur-
chased the old Spanish street railways
Of Manila and Hollo. and viii inaugur-
ate an American system Of electric
railways at both places. The line in
Manila will be forty miles long and Will
cost $2.5O0.OO0. Machinery for the Iloilo
line viii go forward March IS.
This is the first investment Of Amer
lean capital in the Philippines in in
dustrial enterprises. Mr.. Johnson, at
one time a newspaper man of Salt Lake
City. and later consul at Annoy. China,
has enlisted capital in Salt Lake City,
Colorado and Pennsy lvania, and Will be
manager Of the enterprise. He viii
leave Vancouver for Manila May 8. &C
cOmpanied by Mr.. Filler, and will take
a corps of American engineers and
WOrkmen with him.
The Herald announced when Mr.
Filler left for the east some two weeks
ago that ne had become interested in
the enterprise that has just been
launched, and while he himself gave
out no information on the subject, it
leaked out that he, p. L. Kimberley
and presumably other members Of the
Western Exploration company, includ-
ing Clarence X. Mccormick and Willard
f. Snyder, had besome identified with
the undertaking, which, IL was said,
would involve an expenditure Of mill
lions
Mr.. Filler, it is understood, will be in
active charge of operations at Manila,
and that city VIII likely be his perma-
nent home for many years to come. Mr..
Johnson was a reporter on the Tribune
a dozen years ago or more, and later
was editor of the Ogden Commercial.
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TO CURE GRIP N Two DAYS

Laxative Bromo-Quinine removes the
cause. E ". Groves signature on
every box Price . cents.
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Hotel KE7GgEsfOFsE
6. s. Holmes, Proprietor.

N.vv and elegant ia AL its appoint
nents, go rooms. single and en- suite; e
rooms with bath
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ONCE HE WROTE POETRY

Il think I'd like that myself" said Howard.
"You don't never have to take bath, do youl"
"Took the last one in 1926, think" said Mr..
Skeets.
"And you never have to clean your nails, comb
your hair, nor get II cut nor brush your clothes,
nor shine your shoes, 1 supposed"
Never. l am a regular old-time hermit, Tor
they had to do any of these things and that's
the reason they wanted TO go and be hermits, L
suspect"
s'I'd like to be one, only don't think could
stand that closet. I'd willingly be hermit out in
the woods" said Howard. 'SWhy not let's Tx up
tent out among the trees yonder, and could
sometimes come and stay with youT
"Too many bugs" said Mr.. Skeets, with shud-
der.
"Then you'll be nailed in"
Wouldn't your father let me stay here if asked
him very nicelyg'
he's real mad now besides" replied Howard, intent
on getting the old man to move to the woods, for
he was anxious to try hermit's life
"Well, 1 can't live in a tent, that's certain It's
bad enough here rainy days, but what would it
be in tent. tried cave once and 1t affected my
mind so that got to writing verses"
what did ouwrite? Can you remember any2"
asked Howard.
"Only one or two of a poem about The Dog.
I had dog then, you know. This is the way they
went" said Mr.. Skeets
@The dogs they sail in little banks,
Barking from shore to shore; y
The echoes, making funny harks,
Go barking and more.
"Sad irons, quite sad, and iron dogs
Fire dogs, so-called, of old
Yet sad irons bred with fire dogs make
Sad dogs, indeed, I'm told.'
"Why, that's fne!p cried Howard. 81 think you
are a real poet, like James Popcorn Riley or Theo-
dosia Garrison. III write that down SOS not to
forget it."
While he was writing the verses down in little
book the old suddenly made bolt into the
closet and Howard heard his mother coming down
stairs. She asked him why he was staying down in
the cellar, and although Mr.. Skeets vigorously ges-
tured to him to keep silent, he felt obliged tell
her all about their cellar ledger.
She frightened, but Howard said that Mr..
Skeets a perfect gentleman, and at that the
old man came out and bowed profoundly. He was
raore frightened than she, and when she saw that
she took courage and asked him what he was doing
in her cellar Howard told her what he had been
told and then suddenly recollected that Mr. Skeets
had said that he had two reasons for staying IN
there, but had only revealed one.
you forgot to tel me the second reason for
living in the cellar instead of staying in room
upstairs" said he
"In reveal the reason at once,7 said Mr.. Skeets.
at was because the Panjandrum would get me in
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any room in the house This cellar door is too small
for him to reach me-"
"For goodness sakel What on earth is Pan
jandrum!" inquired Mrs. Hooper. az never heard of
anything of that name"
"Its oviparous, omnivorous and carnivorous
animal and a nocturnal as well, which has pur-
sued for ages, ever since I defeated the
Persian conjuror Ben Hafz Ibrihim In a contest of
magic. think that Hafz sicked the Panjandrum
by his magic art, for it has most persistenty
bounded me ever since Never a night but hear
him prowling about the house and through the
rooms, hoping to catch me unawares."
"Then that's why they say the house is hauntedl"
cried Howard triumphantly.
Il suppose that's the reason" said Mr.. Skeets
1.-The Panjandrum never comes much when the
house Is occupied, however, and [ was not going to
say anything about him"
what sort of an animal is he?" asked Howard.
well, he Is very peculiarly built, and that's
what has saved me. His head is so much larger
than his body that he seems all out of shape L
would say his head was about as big as the rain
water hogshead outside, and in fact it's all he can
do to squeeze through the ordinary doors of the
house, that is with his head I mean. Of course,
II he can get his head in his body has plenty Of
room for that's no larger than a Newfoundland
dogs body. He is all scales and warts and humps
and looks as if he had been broken and then
paired and the end of his tail he has big ball OF
hard horn. If he whacks you once with that you're
done, 1 tell you"
"Why don't he reach into your closet backward
even if he can't get his head in, and soak you with
his tail?" inquired Howard
"Just because, thank goodness, he hasn't sense
enough to think of 1t, and that's why I'm still here
alive and kicking" replied Mr.. Sheets smiling. Il
used to wonder at it myself but I've seen how very
stupid he is, and am sure he would never conceive
such brilliant idea. If you should see the silly
beast drinking with the utmost difficulty from the
fountain in the front yard, instead of going down
to the pond where he get all he wants, you
would be convinced that he has no sense"
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whats vocation9" asked Howard
"That's my work. I am, rather used to
be, toxicologist, but have not done much at it
of late, my rheumatism has bothered me a lot
these last sixty seventy years. Y gu know what
g toxicologist Is I presumed" added the old man,
peering out at Howard from under the bushiest
white eyebrows he had ever seen.
ooh, yes" said the lad "That's a man who
stufs birds and things"
ooh, no. You are thinking of taxidermist. A
toxicologist is who studies all manners of poi
and other injurious or toxic matters. See9'
do you take the poisons yourselfT' asked
Howard, cor do you try them cats"
"Rats, mostly" replied the old man.
"What is your name?" asked Howard, after he
had thought abou. this reply for moment.
archibald Memnon Skeets is my name, and
rare name it is. I'll warrant you never heard it
before, and quite likely, too, for made it up N.Y.
self"
"Then you must have had another before"
"Surei 1 called Paracelcus, the Magician,
ages ago.
"Then," cried Howard, "you are a magicianp
mo, 1 told you I an a toxicologist. / wan a
wizard once, but that calling went out OF fashion
a hundred years ago. suppose L might have made
good living. telling fortunes and selling charms
TO the poor and ignorant but when the best and
wisest people began to turn up their noses at
wizards and write books showing how all tricks
performed, L very sensiby took up another
trade. No more whizzng for Archibald Memnon
Skeets when he can't associate with the best people
And 1 am very happy in the Psychological profess
sion, was, until l heard your father threaten to
nail me In here"
whats the sense of your sticking to this musty
old closet, anyhowl" asked the boy
"Aha! That's the crucial question. Why? Well,
1 had lot of reasons. In pursuing my studies out
in the wide, wide world among the trees, plants
grasses and the like, was constantly pestered
Pestered not merely by fies mosquitoes and the
like but every time l wandered abroad came home
with some new affection, such as woodticks and
jggers, all swelled up with poison ivy. Ever
had jiggers 2"
'Not that know Of" replied Howard du-
biously. 81 don't remember"
"Huh; if you'd ever had 'em you'd never forget
'em. They small red pepper, but when
they get in under your skin and begin to itch they
feel like elephants. You want fifty fingers, each
one with bears claws, to do the right kind of
scratching when they begin to hatch out and travel
around In there. And poison ivyi"
ooh, I've had that" exclaimed Howard; Several
times, and hives tool"
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THE PAWANDRUM ARRIVES

"Ah, then that's what's taking all of the water
every nightP' cried Howard
"Sure. He comes at midnight and drinks all
that is IN the basin, and then sits with his mouth
under the spout of the shell, drinking by driblets
and you never saw anything look quite so foolish.
That's all he knows He'll sit there until near dawn
and then isn't full, yet he can see the pond over
there in plain view. But silly he IS am dread
fully afraid of him, for he's after me for certain
"IH take a fashlight photograph of him to-
night" cried Howard.
Beware of him." said Mr.. Skeets, earnestly
"He Is very fierce
elbow far can he jump?' asked Howard.
"Wen, l can't say. He hasn't legs ike other
animals but his feet right up close to his body
like a caterpillar's, and he runs like a deer"
''Iu get pops gun and shoot him y cried the
boy.
"a bullet even q charmed witch-bullet made of
sterling silver, would never 60 through his tough
hide, l am sure" said Mr.. Skeets. mo, you can
90 nothing when distinguished conjuror and magi-
clan like myself, a member of the Magian Society
of Wizards and Associate Member of the Archseers
Lodge of Alchemists can do nothing but hide in
a closet under the cellar stairs"
SWELL we've found out a lot of things since you
went out of business and I'll bet Henry Kellar, the
magician, could soon find way TO fix the Panjan-
drum"
GIVE never heard of Kelar, but I doubt If he'd
finish the Panjandrun"
Dwell, theren be a full moon tonight" said
Howard, "and I'm going to take peek at him any
how, from the front window, see If I DON'T
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1sp WaIt DeDousaII

No. indeedI Not bit of til No one would
ever have suspected that was here from any noise
I ever made.'
"Then why did they think the house was
haunted" asked Howard.
'1t the houses voice. All old houses come
to have voice. 1t can be heard at dead of night
even when the air is calm, and when the wind blows
then it's very loud. 1t comes creaking and even
grunting from all the old beams and rafters that
you'd think things were moving IN every room,
things that were tiptoeing softly along the floor,
other things sliding and gliding and others Stun
bling and stumbling ghostly toes on the uneven
boards. I've heard 'em so many times that i
hardly notice them at all I'm so snug down here that
don't care. No one to poster me and compel me
to do a thing"
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VOICES IN THE OLD HOUSES

olives are pretty tough, but jiggers beat 'em;"
said Mr.. Skeets "Then there are the ticks, forty
times as big jiggers, but bad Wasps and
hornets burrs in my whskers, hay fever and snakes
all pestered me to DEATH and I'd get stone bruises
as big as half-doars wearing these thin shoes. Oh
IL was awful out therel"
"You could have taken rooms in the city," said
Howard, feeling very much like laughing, for all
these things scarcely bothered him at all in the
woods.
"Oh, yes, in the ethyl And have these new
tangled electric light wires go off on me and burn
me to crispl I've read about them in the old
boilers explode under trolley cars run over
me, or airships drop wrenches and things down on
my bald head, or get knocked skyhigh by an auto
mobile. No, sirl No city life for A. NJ SkeetsI
His little cellar closet is good enough for him. if
folks would only leave him alone"
"Then it was you who made people move away
from here and think the house was haunted n asked
Howard.