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Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-06-16
THE OLD AND THE NEW PRESIDENTS OF PRINCETON UNIVERSITY


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Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-06-16

Berlin, June l5-Gen. Davis, COM
mandcr OF the American forces on the
Island Of Mindanao. has been Informed
bv Datto Ada that two Of the three
Moros who murdered the American sol
der named Lewis, were killed In the
engagement at Bazan between Moros
and Americans last May and that the
other murderer has disappeared.
An American sentry belonging 90 the
engineers was badly cut with a bolo In
the hands Of o Moro while on duty
near Wears.
Several Dattos under the sultan Of
Mindanao have called upon Col. Frank
ID. baldwin Of the Twenty-seyenth in
fantry and have asked him for Amer
lean fags This action on the mart ~
the Dattos is considered equivalent TO
taking the oath Of allegiance TO the
United States.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-06-16
DUTY OF GRADUATES.
Prest. ANGEL Of Michigan University
Defines Them,

Ann Arbor. Mich, June 15.--Presldent
James r. Angel of the University OF
Michigan tonight delivered the annual
baccalaureate sermon to the gradual
ing class in University hall. The hall
was filled with the graduates and their
friends, and the under graduates Of the
university. President Angel said:
"The new century is opening with an
Unprecedented impulse to the higher
education. The world has been startled
by a series of gifts OF extraordinary
magnitude IN the old world and In the
new for the endowment Of universities.
the assistance OF promising students
and the encouragement of investigation
and research.
MEN have been very busy devslng
various kinds Of constitutions and leg
islation and just and effective admins
tration. But no Improvement In organ
iZation. No contriyances, however in
genious. can insure us pure demo-
cratic government unless we have an
enlightened public opinion and a pa
triotlc spirit guiding and sustaining It
In all its life.
at is the true ideal OF the function
OF state university that Il should be
placing in every considerable commune
~ in the commonwealth one or more
of its graduates who should, through
their life and labors, carry TO those
communities. and for the general well
fare, something OF value that they have
gathered here. II Is In this way that
the university reimburses the people OF
the state for the generous outlay that
they make for her support. Go from
here with not the selfish spirit OF the
miser gloating over what you have re-
ceiVed from the state as an acquisition
to be used merely for your own per-
sonal profit, but go rather. with the
grateful spirit OF loyal children OF the
state who will gladly seize every op.
portunity TO make full return to her
for what she has done FOR you Go
forth into life. giving freely unto all
OF whatever intellectual light You have.
especially as you remember that giving
OF that Kind enriches rather than i'm
poverishes the giver himself
1T Is 10 be hoped that IN pushing out.
however far. the boundaries OF knowl-
edge we shall never lose sight Of our
relations 10 the supreme intelligence.
To trace his footsteps. TO understand
the work Of his hand 10 discover his
methods In the creation and develop
ment Of all things Is the aim OF all
sincere and honest seekers after truth.
when we find these We find truth"
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-06-16

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Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-06-16

|,sSs va,. pre- June i5.-when the
|EsrrInI "' he Salem that Tracy and
Fwr in,. nsd crossed the colnmhis
+. aftsrrN washington. five men left on
|hrs '', rSh train to Join the mr.
T.. m. me men are experienced rIes-
|ic,s down uf,s,srmlned to run the con-
Omaha daily bee., 1902-10-19

wounded. A box car loaded with 75O pounds
of giant powder was ignited and sent down
the incline to the Frisco mine, exploding
and wrecking the main shaft. The sur:en-
der Of the nonunion men, sixty in lumber,
followed. A detachment OF the Idaho Ma
tional Guard was also captured and held
prisoners in the miners hall. Federal
troops were then ordered to the scene and
800 OF them were then distributed among
the mining towns. The miners surrendered,
several leaders were prosecuted and impri5-
oned and the pugnacious union broken up.
The Debs Rebellion.
Last but not least was the so-called Debs
rebellion of 1894. II began with the strike
Of the American Railway Union on the
/ Great Northern system, resulting in a vic
tory for the men. followed by the walkout
Of the coal miners, and later by the Pull
man boycott, the entire northern section
OF the country from ocean to ocean has
been affected. The Great Northern strike
lasted two weeks, during which the road
was effectually blocked. Arbitration was
invoked and a satisfactory settlement re-
suited. On May 5 trouble began in the
Pullman shops near Chicago, the carpen-
tiers employed in the shops demanding a re-
turn to the scale OF wages prevailing in
1893. Mr.. Pullman rejected the demand.
Two days later 1000 or more of the men
decided to strike. Previous to the walk
out Vice President Howard OF the A. R. u.
assured the men of the orders support.
This support took substantial form on the
18th, when an assessment was levied for
/ their maintenance. On May 20 the strik-
ers announced their readiness to arbitrate,
but Mr.. Pullman refused TO treat NTH
manned in statu quo until June IS, when
the national convention of the railway
union met in Chicago. Between that date
and the 22d attempts were made by the
union to bring about a settlement. but the
Pullman officials positively declared there
was nothing to arbitrate. The union then
issued it's ultimatum, giving Pullman i've
days in which to consent to arbitration OF
a boycott of Pullman cars would be de-
clared by the union. The boycott went
into effect at noon, June rs. Meanwhile
the railroad managers organized to resist
interference with traf1c. Within forty
eight hours 10000 men were enrolled among
the strikers. From Chicago the boycott
extended as far east as Cleveland, south
to Louisville and St. Louis, and on the
Pacific coast from Los Angeles to Seattle
Transportation was temporarily suspended
at more than thirty important cities and
nearly all the great arteries Of commercs
in the north were brought to q ~stsndstill
Estimates Of the losses traceable to the
strike place that Of Chicago at 81. 800, 0Ot
q day or a total OF $50, 500, 900 for thirteen
days. OF this amount ~workingmen lost al
least $500. 900 a day. St Louis estimates
its loss for ten days at 81. 200. 900 a day. and
San Francisco lost at least that amount.
Considering the extent OF the strike. the
Omaha daily bee., 1902-10-19
Comment Of New York Independent
OF Nebraska Decision.

while the literary ~pretense is put forward
II lie only the latter which the National
Educational association presented in its
declaration Of principles at Minneapolis:
I'VE hope and ask for such a change Of
public sentiment In this regard as will
permit and encourage the English bible,
now honored by name in many schools.
laws cod state institutions, to be read and
studied as a literary work Of the highest
and purest type, side by side with the
poetry and prose which it has inspired and
in large part formed"
Well, which is It, literature or religion?
II It is religion, we will have none Of it.
There is q curse upon state religion. It
makes men hate the church. That is the
persistent trouble in Italy, in Spain, in
France, and now in England. Give us a
free church in a free state and let their
scope be kept absolutely distinct. Trust
no state to teach your children religion,
and do not think to impose your New
Testament bible and your Lords Prayer on
Old Testament Jews.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-10-19

Is IL really literature and not religion
that these gentlemen want7 We do not be-
lieve 1t. 1t Is not the literary charm, not
the interesting stories, not the grandeur or
the wit that they are thinking OF, but the
sacred character of the book, that is, it's
righteousness. Indeed, we do not hear Of
any such anxiety to have the "Iliad" read,
or Paradise Lost" or even Shakespeare,
until we come into the higher schools in
which literature is q special study.
But It is not as literature that we chiefly
value the bible. 1t is degrading to 1t to
lower It to that level and make it a lesson
of style or story. It is not the beautiful
bible, but the holy bible. 1t is impossible
to put il on any other basis. Call 1t
literature II you will, but it will be con-
sidered and treated as q religious book, and
hat will be the real reason for introducing
and teaching It. We do not want to snug
gle the bible into the public schools under
a false pretense. 1t is our one great book
Of religion and as such let 1t be treated,
the church's sacred book
Omaha daily bee., 1902-10-19
He Prepared for the Price.

Hayden Carruth in Cosmopolitan: Ny
young friend, Jimmy Banks, was married a
little over a year ago. He had previously
spent twelve months in the most furious
courtship. The girl had not at first cot
toned TO Jimmy very much. but he moved
heaven and earth so vigorously that she at
last consented. Now, the other day who
appears before me but Jimmy, with a long
face. and makes a complaint that the baby
keeps him awake nights. Good gracious!
Jimmy" I said, didn't you know that ba-
bies always do that? A baby has to have
some relaxation. Go home and be thank
ful that It isn't twins"
There is the reverse side to every Joy.
You can't have the advantages OF bachelor
hood and married life at the same time.
You buy everything with a price--leisure.
family, office, learning. wealth, fame, posi-
ton. Nothing is free. BE sure you want
the article, pay the current price and en-
Joy your possession.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-10-19

rates the secular function Of the
state from the religious function Of the
church is only blindly seen by many good
people. The summer school Of the south.
meeting in Knoxville last July, passed this
resolution:
Conscious OF our dependence upon the
God Of our fathers, and believing that the
highest and truest civilization can be at
tained only by following the precepts Of the
great teacher, Jesus Christ, we favor the
recognition of the bible In our public
schools"
Our American doctrine OF utter separation
Of church and state is. however. now usually
accepted. at least in theory, and II is gem
orally agreed that reading Of the bible and
religious exercises do not belong to the free
public school. But some Of those who with
us would lead the bible out by the front
door with all honor, ask US to open the
postern gate to let it creep in again unob-
served. They tell us-and we hear Il from
college presidents and from teachers' con-
ventions-that the bible, banished as re-
ligion. must be brought back as literature.
The bible, they tell us, is the best and
choicest Of literature, and that IL will never
do to let the children grow up ignorant Of
It; and before they have the word literature
we'll out Of their mouths they begin to talk
about the importance Of the bible to teach
the elements Of religion and morals.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-10-19

Compensation Received
for Municipal Privileges.

and an additional license on cars Of / per
cent Of gross earnings. Telephone, tele-
graph, electric light and gas companies pas
no compensation outside Of ordinary taxes.
Cleveland, says Mayor Tom Johnson, re-
ceives no money compensation for existing
street railway franchises or from telephone,
telegraph and electric light companies. Two
gas companies pay 10 per cent Of their gross
receipts.
Mayor Robert A. Smith Of st. Paul says
that his city receives practically no return
for franchises, but that the new charter
adopted two years ago provides for a 5 per
cent tax on gross receipts of all public cor
porations. This will not go into effect
until the expiration Of the present fran
chises.
Los Angeles Is in bad shape. and former
Mayor Snyder says: THE state law pro-
vldes for the advertisement and sale of
telephone, lighting, railway and other
franchises. The law provides that il the
highest bid is raised 10 per cent by any
one present then the franchise is open
for general bidding, and is sold to the
highest bidder. The law also provides that
after a period Of five years 3 per cent OF
the gross receipts shall go to the munich
pality. other than this there is M COM
pensation. This law is known as the
Broughton law, and was put through the
legislature through corporation influence.
I believe that 1t is a bad law
Mobile, Ala, is even easier on its cor
porations. for under a new act it requires
from its street railway company the follow
ing returns: First ten years, one-quarter
of 1 per cent; second ten years, one-half of
1 per cent; third ten years, 1 per cent;
fourth ten years. III per cent; fifth ten
years, 2 per cent; the remaining time prior
to 1855. 8 per cent upon the gross receipts.
Rochester receives no compensation from
the gas and electric light companies, except
the use by the city Of certain poles. The
street railway company pays a S. tax a
year on each car, and 1 per cent OF its
gross earnings. The city has no legal right
to regulate the rates.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-10-19

The supreme court Of Nebraska has de-
cided hat the reading Of the bible and the
singing Of religious hymns in the public
schools IL forbidden by the constitution OF
that state. We are not surprised; we are
not grieved. The decision plesses us and
we believe II to be good law and in the in
terest Of both justice and religion. Our
readers know perfectly we'll that we hold
that in public schools supported by Chris
tians, Jews and inhdels. men Of all faiths
and no faith, and attended by their chill
dren, 1t is unfair and unwise to have any
sort Of religion selected and inculcated.
We believe hat II is the business Of the
church and not Of the state to teach reli-
gion; and for the church to confess its in
competency and to ask the state through
such miscellaneous teachers as we have, to
supplement its lack Of service is humil-
iating and shameful. We will trust and
ask no tax-paid haphazsrd teachers to do
the work Of parents and the church.
The evil of this perfunctory religious
teaching is positive as well as negative.
We know Of a multitude of public schools
in our cities where a large majority Of the
pupils are Jews. and yet they have been re-
quired to sing Christmas carols In Decem-
Der, purely Christian songs to the indigna>
tion Of their parents. Such q requirement
makes the people foes to the public school
system. In the time of Archbishop Hughes
there was carried on a great conflict be-
tween Protestants and Catholics in this
country, the Catholics protesting against
the reading Of the Protestant bible as a re-
Quired exercise. They were told that this
is a Protestant country and hat II they did
not like 1t they might stay away That ID
precisely what they did. They started
their parochial schools, which grew to a
great system which seriously antagonize
our public schools. They were right in
their objection, for the King James version
Of the bible is a sectarian bible. and must
be SO long as the Catholic church forbids
its use n requires that q Catholic version
be used.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-10-19

4 Michigan Southern, the PittsbuTg q Fort
Wayne, Philadelphia & Reading, Lake Erie
and at least ten other roads. There was
furious rioting, destruction OF property and
loss OF life At MRrtinsburg. Baltimore,
Pittsburg, Chicago and other places, aid
militia were "ndsr arms In four states.
Factories, shops, mills and all industries
dependent directly on railraad service were
forced to close or were seriously crippled
Hood ana Flame.
The strike eliminated In q oaiaclysn Of
blood and flame in Pittsburg. On The liorn-
ing of July 21. 2,O0O strikers were massed
at the outer stations Of the Pennsylvania
railroad and 1900 more were carrying de-
structiop through the railroad yards. Mean
while the First division OF the National
Guard had been ordered to tho city from
Philadelphia. Soor after the arrival OF the
the order to clear the track aud break the
blockade was given. The mob resisted the
advance OF the troops with a shower OF
stones and clubs. One soldier had his head
fractured, and then his companions fired
without orders. The yolley was terribly
/ destructive. Ten persons were killed and
about thirty wounded. Many OF them were
women and children. The fatalities exas-
perated others besides the strikers and in
less than an hour thousands OF working
men from mills and mines hurried 20 the
scene, determined TO have revengv.
BY nightfall organized bodies Of mer
moved from various sections OF the city
to the railroad yards. Many Of them were
armed, gun stores having been looted By
desperate men bent on destroying the Phil
adeiphia militia Meanwhile the command
was withdrawn from the scene OF conficI
and stationed in the neighboring round
house. At 10 O'Clock that night the round
house was completely surrounded by Z
mob numbering thousands. and every ave
nue. OF escape for the soldiers was appar'
emily cut of. The besiegers deliberately
set to work to annihilate the soldiers. Thu
latter. fully conscious Of their desperate
situation, grimly determined 10 sell thet
lives dearly.
The mob having secured possession o
the battery OF a local organization. traineS
the gun on the roundhOuse. but failed Il
accomplish the results expected The gun
ners were inexperienced and the besiegeI
soldiers made II exceedingly warm for tn
amateur artillertsts. Repeated charge
made on the gates Of the roundhouse me
with a deadly rain OF lead and repulse. b
this time the leaders Of the mob. unabl
TO dislOdge the soldiers. determined to bur
them out. The surrounding tracks wer
filled with cars loaded with various com
bustibles. These were pushed singly towar
the doomed building. Loaded oil cars Wer
set In motion and the torch applied. Ca
after car was ignitsd. swelling the bosoE
Of flame which now surrounded the impris
oned militia. The sight intensified Ii
frenzy OF the mob and the incendiAry'
torch temporarily supplantsd this gun A
alarm brought out the IRE department. bu
Omaha daily bee., 1902-10-19

The i%nternational Sunday school convon-
ton at its late meeting in Denver passed
this resolution:
Whereas. The bible is not only the In
spired word Of God, but also the worlds
greatest treasury Of literature, and its read
ing is now excluded from most Of the public
schools OF America.
Resolved, That the executive committee
is instructed to appoint a standing COM
mittee, whose duty 1t shall be to consider
what means should be taken In the various
states and provinces TO secure the reading
Of the bible, without comment, in the public
schools OF our land"
Here the religious purpose is confessed.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-10-19

the rioters. mAssed in overwhelming num-
bers, would not permit the fremen to work.
The Last Ditch.
All this destruction, while increasing the
peril Of the soldiers, did not FIRE the round
house. Finally a section OF the mob Sc
cured q car loaded with coke. On this they
poured large quantities Of petroleum, ig-
nited Il and pushed the car against the
r~oundhouse. The building was soon on FIRE
and the soldiers prepared to cut their way
through the surrounding mob. At 8 o'clock
in the morning the soldiers made a sortie
and routed the mob. This, however, did
not improve their position. Hastily form
ing on Liberty street. they started for the
United States arsenal. hoping to secure
protection there. Almost every foot of the
route was contested by the mob. The SOL
diers were fred upon from buildings and
every cross street. and at their heels
crowded a thousand maddened and armed
men. Admission to the arsenal was re-
fused by the commandant. because OF in
sufficient force to defend the place. The
militia then split up into small squads and
retreated out OF the city by different routes
and finally escaped the mob's vengeance.
Five soldiers were killed during the re-
treat.
During Saturday night and Sunday the
incendlaTies burned railroad buildings and
rolling stock valued at 5,000,0 900 and the
taxpayers of the county in which Pitts
burg is situated subsequently paid 1000,
900 to liquidate the loss.
The strike spread to Chicago and pre-
cipitated several furious assaults on the
police. July "a and 25. resulting in the loss
OF several lives. Two weeks thereafter
order was restored throughout the country.
The strike was a thing Of the past, with
a record OF at least 100 lives lost.
knights of LAbOr WaIkOut.
The first great strike Of the Knights OF
Labor. then in the zenith OF its growth.
occurred in March, 1886. The order under
took to boycott the cars OF the Texas a
Pacific system, which was then in the hands
Of a receiver. Owing to the general hos
tility to Jay Gould and his methods the
strikers received general sympathy and en-.
couragement at FIRST, but after the Missouri
Pacific had suspended running Of trains
for several days and general distress begaI
to be manifest In dependent industries, pub,
lie sentiment veered around and the boy.
colt was soon demoralized. Four-hfths o
the strikers lost their situations.
The next great strike OF the knights o
Labor began on the Philadelphia & Reading
system. December 20. 1887. Three thousan,
men went out to enforce a demand 10
recognition Of the order by the company
Tho battle was lost, the places OF tn
strikers being hlled by other men. Tn
glass workers general strike OF that yea
lasted $50 days and caused q loss OF $500.
900 In wages. Philadelphia. Pittsburg an
other cities were involved.
The B~urIInRtOn strike.
rms most important and most disastrou
strike undertaken BIZ the Brotherhood Z