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Mower County transcript., 1902-10-01
REPUBLICAN TICKET.

KEFObLlNAlN llNNEls
For Governor
SAMUEL R. VAN SAINT.
For Lieutenant-Governor-
RAY W. JONES.
For Auditor
SAMUEL G. IVERSON.
For Secretary of State
PETER E. HANSON.
JULIUS H. BLOCK.
For Attorney General
WALLACE B. DOUGLAS.
For Clerk of Supreme Court
CHARLES A. PIDGEON.
For Railway Commissioner
CHARLES F. STAPLES.
CONGRESSIONAL.
For Member of Congress-
JAMES A. TAWNEY.
COUNTY.
A. S. CAMPBELL.
For Representatives
w. A. NOLAN.
H. W. LIGHTLEY.
For Auditor
GEORGE ROBERTSON.
For Treasurer
S. A. SMITH.
For Register Of Deeds
OSCAR N. NELSON.
For Sheriff.
JOHN C. JOHNSON JR.
For County Attorney
A. w. WRIGHT.
For Judge of Probate
j. M. GREENMAN.
V. A. MASON.
Fer Coroner
W. L. HOLLISTER.
For Clerk of Court
o. J. SIMMONS.
For County Superintendent of Schools
FANNY G.. GIES.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-05-10
BRAND THE sHoDDY.


7 ONG YEARS AGO. when men were
II hanged for killing hares on the
estates Of great mobiles. the cheeks Of
thieves were scared with red-hot irons
and all who saw them were forewarned
OF their larcenOus proclivities. 1t was
a cruel law, but those who made It
sought to protect the public from ras-
calls The anti-shoddy bin which is
now pending in congress has the same
purpose in view. II proposes to require
manufacturers of shoddy clothing TO
attach thereto a tag or label setting
forth the exact character of the goods.
IT is a wen known fact that many
suit Of shoddy Is sold under the pre-
tense that it is "all WOOL" The dealer
who practices this deception is as much
guilty of larceny as though he thrust
his hand into his customers pocket and
took out the money it contained with
out a pretense at equivalent. shoddy
garments are no more to be lil1ened to
wooden garments than manufactured
honey is to the genuine product Of the
bee. Shoddy is as different from wool
as oleomargarine IS from butter. Con-
gress has passed the oleomargarine bill,
throwing many restrictions about the
sale Of that article. In all fairness it
should enact the anti-shoddy measure
into law
What is shoddy? For the benefit of
those who may not be informed on the
subject. The Herald presents herewith
an experts statement He says:
There are several classes Of shoddy.
The best is made from the sweepings
Of tailor shops and the emptying OF
rag bags in civilized countries. The
worst. which constitutes the greater
part used in America, is from the rot
ten. cast-oH rags Of beggars and the
lazar and pest houses Of Europe. hav-
ing In them all kinds and amounts Of
filth and disease. These are gathered
by ragpiekers from the slums and al
leys and sent to America by ship loads,
where they are purchased by a certain
class Of manufacturers. who. in order
to take the curse off the name, term
the stuT reused wool fibre
I'm most instances. when tearing
this shoddy 10 pieces preparatory TO
again weaving It into cloth. it is found
to be so rotten and dead that nothing
IS produced but dust, and. in order to
get ends so that it can be spun, a
minimum portion OF wool or cotton is
mixed with it in order that IL may be
held together. The next step after
weaving carries it to Inscriptions
dealers, who sell this production to la
boring men, and, in fact, all classes Of
society. for pure WOOL thus getting
for a suit worth but g or 81. more than
three times this amount. To encourage
such a fraud is simply putting the
vermin-infected rags Of European pau
pers in competition with the sheep and
wool growers OF America, and robbing
the American people who wear wooden
garments by selling them the stuff IN
der Misrepresentation"
Are these not sufficient reasons for
passing the anti-shoddy bill?
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-05-10
THE KILLING OF FORD.


THE SHOCKINGLT TRAGIC death
Of Paul leicester Ford. announced
in the published dispatches Of yester-
day. win cause a widespread wave Of
popular sympathy and horror. It was
al the author Of "The Honorable Peter
Stirling" that Dir. Ford attained ma
tionaI. even international, fame. The
book enjoyed wide popularity. and de-
servedly so. for it is one of the finest
examples Of American fiction. There
has always been considerable discus
sion over the original of Peter Stirling
for the faithfulness of the work seemed
20 indicate that Mr.. Ford was drawing
a portrait. If there ever was d Peter
stirling. though. Mr.. Ford has carried
the secret OF his identity to the grave.
Janice Meredith" Mr.. Ford's other
widely known book, is eleverly written,
but ii contains by no means the
strength or the charm Of the one by
which he made his reputation. In both
books. though. is a note OF human
sympathy which caused interest in
their author 10 amount almost 10 per-
sonal affection. Mr.. Ford was still a
Young man. being only 81 years Of age.
and there was every reason to expect
that he would enhance his reputation
by later Efforts That he should have
been done 10 death by the hand OF his
own brother, makes the tragedy pecu-
larly 5itiful
There is ample evidence that Malcolm
Ford was insane when ne slew his
brother. Paul, and then took his own
life. Those intimate with him had OBJ
served that he did not seem to be in
lis right mind. but no effort seems 20
have been made to throw restraint
about him. It is singular how often
thoughts OF homicide enter the minds
of those whose reason is clouded, and
II is more surprising than singular that
such people are not better safeguarded.
Not until some one has been killed by
the maniac does it ever occur 70 his
keepers that ne should have been con-
fined
Still. it would be unreasonable and
unjust to place in straight-j jackets and
padded cells those whose minds are not
always running in the worlds ordinary
grooves. Many Of the greatest ben
efactors of mankind have been oonsid-
cred crazy; many who should be under
lock and key are given every liberty.
Il IS impossible always to diferentiate
between sanity and insanity, for the
line that separates them is often very
narrow.
Ford is the third prominent writer
who has been called in the last few
days. First. Stockton. then Harte, and
nov Ford. Zach Of the three worked
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-05-10
PATHos IN The SENATE.

HE UNITED STATES SENATE is
oftener humorous and Iudierous
than pathetic. but a scene there on
Thursday contained enough real pathos
to make up for all the lack of It in re-
cent years. Amid a silence that was
profoundly respectful, Senator Vest Of
Missouri told a story of wartime days.
Time and his country have dealt Kind
lv with Senator Vest, but his step
grows daily more feeble, and none real
ICES better than he that the sands Of
his life are running out The last sur
vivor Of the confederate senate, he
knows that the day is not far distant
when the only straggler Of that com
pany will be called from earthly duties
20 complete the roll.
There was much Of the fire Of the old
days in Senator Vests defense Of his
countrymen of the south. He said he
wanted TO deny the story told by SEN
ator Tillman. a story that has often
been told in the United States. Briefly,
it was that President Abraham Lincoln,
at the conference of 1864 at Hampton
Roads. told Alexander Stephens. vice
president Of the confederacH to make
his own conditions Of peace to save
the Union. AS Senator Vest so wen
said. if that offer had been made by
Lincoln and refused by Stephens and
his colleagues, they would have been
guilty before God of numbering every
soldier who died in battle afterward.
But Senator Vest, speaking with the
authority OF a man who is sure of his
facts, said that Lincoln made no such
offer. He asked the confederate COM
missioners how far their authority ex-
tended, and they replied that they
could consider no proposal that did
not include independence for the states
that had seeded. That practically end
ed the conference, for President Lin
coin would not even discuss the pos
sibility of independence for the con-
federacy. Senator Vest said he stated
the facts because he was perhaps the
only man now living who knew them.
and he did not want the present and
AAAAAE HNACt dAAoAlo ~ De uCCelhGQ
about the happenings in the famous
conference.
Then. while his colleagues listened
with breathless attention. the Mis-
sourian spoke of his own near approach
to the grave. Every man in that body,
regardless OF creed or party. must have
felt tug at his heart. a contraction
in his throat, while Senator Vest was
speaking. Every man Of them must
have Joined in the silent wish that he
may be spared for many years yet in
the service Of his country and his
state. Senator Vest is an old man.
though, old in years. old in spirit II
he has any grief at the thought of
crossing the dark river it is not for
himself. but for those he must leave
on earth. He is looking forward to
a joyful reunion with comrades whose
bodies have long been mOldering in the
dust: he is living in the yesterdays.
not the tOdays or the tomorrows, and
the grave viii have no victory over
him.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-05-10

The Herald's esteemed contemporary.
the Municipal Journal and Engineer,
calls attention to an error made by
The Herald in stating that no success
ful underground trolley system had
ever been devised. The Journal and
Engineer names two cities in which the
system is in operation. and The Herald
cheerfully stands corrected. Its infOr-
nation was obtained from a street rail-
way man, who should have known
what he was talking about. It is ap-
parent however, that he did not.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-05-10

That volcano which destroyed the
town of St Pierre was assuredly most
perniciOusly active. II it had tried
such work in the United States, T'eo-
dore would certainly have squelched it.
He doesn't like to see anything or any
body perniciously active except him
self
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-05-10

The Herald has no desire to criticise
any young man who is doing his level
best, but the theological feature Of At
torney c. B. Stewards education has
certainly been sadly neglected. Any
man who is not familiar with the creed
Of the Blue Church ought to be initi-
ated right away
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-05-10

Surveyor General Perrault was
moved to tears when he testified in his
own behalf the other day. If he could
only be moved to resign after thirty
years Of feeding at the public crib, a
lot of people would be very much
pleased.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-05-10

John D. Rockefeller. tr., is TO succeed
his father as Overseer OF Chicago uni
versity. He viii doubtless start out by
endorsing Professor Triggs' statement
that Rockefeller pere is a greater man
than Shakespeare.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-05-10

It is announced from Washington
that President Roosevelt win Sake the
stump this fan. II any further assur-
ance Of Democratic success were need
ed it would be found in this.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-05-10

Missouri has gone after the meat
trust with commendable earnesmess.
Your MissOurian may be slow about
getting his dander up. but when he
does start to fight ne can fight right
peartly.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-05-10

The police chiefs of the country in
convention assembled have gone on
record in favor of hunting anarchists
in all lands. Wouldn't it be better to
hunt them out of all lands2
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-05-10

Now the Pullman porters have organ
lied a union. Well. well, there is no
telling what the end of the country Will
be If these great capitaEstie eombina-
tons continue TO be formed
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-05-10

AIR. Havemeyer Of the cane sugar
trust denies that he wishes the beet
sugar trust any harm Isn't it beauti-
ful to see the way the trusts love one
another
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-05-10

Most Of this week in the senate win
be given over 10 defenses Of the ad-
ministration's policy in the Philip
pines. The time is all too short.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-05-10

along absolutely different lines, but
each had gathered a large and enthusi-
astic following.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-05-10

Another Brazilian is engaged in an
attempt to fly. There must be some
thing in the air Of Brazil to make peo-
pie Eighty.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-05-10

Admiral Dewey has gone 70 sea. It's
a certainty that he'll relieve his mind
a whole lot before he gets back.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-05-10
AmgSementS.


'Trelawny Of the Wells" Pinero' s
drama, in which is portrayed the story
of London's famous old play house and
the love affair of Rose Trelawny. was
presented at the Theatre last night by
the University Dramatic club. The
play is by far the most pretentious that
has ever been attempted by this organ
izatiOn, but it was presented in d man
ner that reflected great credit upon the
ability Of the members Of the organ
ization, and the instructor. Miss Maud
May Babcock. The acting throughout
the play was unquestionably the best
that the members of the dramatic club
have done in any Of the presentations
they have attempted
The organizat ton was greeted BY a
large house and an unbounded amount
Of enthusiasm. A number of the
classes of the university attended in a
body and they applauded vigorously
when the occasion presented itself.
Governor Wells and party occupied a
stall.
Miss +. Angelina Holbrook, as Rose
TTelawny, the young actress OF the
Wells" who falls in love with young
Cover, and becomes engaged to him TO
escape the life of the theatre, then be-
comes dissatisfied and finally returns
TO the boards before the fOOtlights.
presented the varying phases OF femi-
nine impulses. swayed by the influences
OF love affair. in a manner that might
have been expected from the real Rose
Trelawny. in the early sixties. Mr..
Harold Ron, as Tom Wrench, the play
wright and actor, who had a desire for
something more realistic in the dra-
matte art than the literature Of the
time afforded. acquitted himself with
credit All Of the parts were well
taken
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-05-10
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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-05-10

The Prince and the Peasant" viii be
repeated at the salt Lake theatre this
afternoon and evening. Among the
new features viii be the soldiers
chorus" which is pronounced by those
who have heard it to be exceptionally
good. The advance sale has been very
fair for both performances.
Hattiesburg daily progress. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 18??-1909, 1902-12-10
MOBILE ELECTION.

1t seems that Mobile, which is now
our next door neighbor, is to have a
municipal election soon and already
things are getting pretty hot. The
Herald of that city is getting up
steam, but just what is generating it
the Progress is not informed, failing
to osberve who started the fuss or
really whether or not there is any
fuss at all. At any rate the Herald
is plain and positive and does not
seem to mince its words, but just TO
whom it is luding is not yet very
clear. Besides stating i'll another
paragraph that Mobile should have a
man for mayor instead, presumable,
and Indian cigar sign, it has the fol-
lowing to say:
1.-The Herald is not wearing the
collar of any of the mayorality cam
didates. The best man of those who
announce will have our support and
orr reasons therefor will be given
from day to day, alawys according
to others the same right that we re-
serve to ourselevs in making choice
of the candidates
Hattiesburg daily progress. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 18??-1909, 1902-12-10
SHOOT THIS MAN HARD.

On Thursday morning when the
fair aurora should window upon the
smiling face Of nature and greeted
with glad songs the SONS of men,
making them happy, that they might
shout back the joyful refrain of her
happy hymns, the storm king of
winter came forth and stepping down
from his throne blew his icy breath
upon the air and sent forth upon the
earth food of snow flakes the effect
of which made the inhabitants Of our
land SILVER. The glad shouts of the
children resounded about the town,
1T snows!'' sit snows!' Older
persons gathered their cloaks and
capes and shuddered at the prospect.
The cotton pickers gathered up their
sacks and moved toward their cabin
fires, feeling comfortable by the as
surance of higher prices for the sta
pie. Immediately the bulls in the
market began to below and the
shouts in the exchanges were louder
and more deafeniDg. The poor who
are short on the coal supply shivered,
and as they blew upon their numb
fingers to warm them they grew sick
at the thought of the cold, and the
suffering to follow. May 1.-The good
Lord temper the winds to His shorn
lambs. "--Carrollton Conservative.
Hattiesburg daily progress. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 18??-1909, 1902-12-10

This is Mississippi day all over the
state and nearly all the schools are
celebrating the occasion. 1t Is get
ting so now, however, that nearly
every day is Mississippi day, the state
having taken ON such an active life
that it seems to be one grand celebra-
ton from the first of January to the
thirty first of December, including
the Christmas holidays. But Missis-
sippi is doing more genuine hollering
now than it ever did before and it
just can't help it, 1t has more to hol-
Ter for-more saw mills, more manu-
featuring industries, more life IN the
old land, more blind tigers, and more
charity where charity is required.
We have more preaching, more pus. P
ing and pulling, more love ant
loafing and more buried patriotism
than the state has enjoyed before for
a number of years. Then there is no
surprise that we are celebrating
today.
Hattiesburg daily progress. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 18??-1909, 1902-12-10

The American is very much uneasy
about the fate of Vicksburg should
the state adopt the statutory prohibi-
ton law 1t says the island over Ill
the middle of the Mississippi river,
belonging to Louisiana, would become
a hi (which of course stands for
heayenl roaring saloon town and
there is not room over there for all
the Vicksburgers and their aunts and
uncles. The American has the OK
by the wrong end. There is not the
least danger in the world Of this state
being turned over to the prohibition
party and should this he the case
there would be twenty-five blind
tigers to every saloon now III the Hill
City. Prohibition is one thing, a
prohibition party is entirely another.
Had just as well establish a political
party church, a political public school
or anything else that is political as to
have a political prohibition party or
the greenback party or that fool free
silver party.
Hattiesburg daily progress. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 18??-1909, 1902-12-10

Candidate Bryan has completed his
mansion at Lincoln which cost him
about $50, 600. 1t is heated Inside
and outside with hot air and has a
wind mill on the top story to cool
the gentleman when he gets too hot
for instance when Cleveland makes
another speech or writes another let
ter. Bryan is fixing up in case Of
emergency. If he cannot be elected
president he does not propose to be
burnt out by anyone, more particu-
larly by those who may be inclined 10
make his folly a hot issue.
Hattiesburg daily progress. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 18??-1909, 1902-12-10

E. z. Sykes, jr., who sued the Mis-
sissippi oil mills for damages and got
it to the amount of fonr hundred dol
lars on the other side Of the ledger,
has skipped ont from his home at
Columbus and gone 70 South Africa.
Perhaps he became disguised with
the laws of this state and country
and has gone 10 Africa where man
can get justice in all cases provided he
can get damages in ali cases.
Hattiesburg daily progress. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 18??-1909, 1902-12-10

1t seems that from the best infor-
nation that can be gained the Frisco
railroad system is not coming by Hat
tiesburg or coming by any other town
in the state on its way from Okla
homa to the gulf The fact is the
company, denies officially that it con
templates building road to run from
Lawton to Mobile and this will put a
quietus on that item of railroad ney S
for the present. There cannot, how
ever, be much doubt of the fact that
there will be a railroad constructed
from the northwest TO either the 20
bile harbor or that of Gulfport, more
probably the latter. The fore gn
countries want and must have the
grain - the northwest and they
want it the quickest and cheapest
route. 70 carry it down the Missis-
sippi river by boats or over land by a
system of railroads which have poor
connections and poor freight facilities
TO New Orleans is II poor excuse for
business for the delivery of the grain
product of the northwest, ard pa
thence would give ont before the ar
rival of the freight. Hence the Frisco
may~not build through Mississippi,
but some other road will.
Hattiesburg daily progress. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 18??-1909, 1902-12-10

The hum of the planer 10 heard on
every side and the switch engines
are pushing and pnlling aud putting
while the carpenters and brick
masons seem to make all the fuss In
their power. Thus there is so much
fuss being made IN Hattiesburg that
one cannot hear his own voice. The
other day we dunned a man for his
subscription and he never did hear
us. But the sweetest masIe in the
world is this same fuss being made
by the hundreds or machines that