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Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-12-13
ANTI TRUST BILL
HEARINGS BEGIN.

Washington. Dec. ls.-Hcarings were
begun today before the Subcommittee
on judiciary Of the house consisting
OF Representative Littledeld OF Maine,
Overstreet OF Indiana, Powers OF Mas
sachusetts, DeArmond OF Missouri. and
Clayton OF Alabama. on the antitrust
bills.
Representative Morrell Of pennsylva-
RIA. who has introduced a resolution
nppropriatlng Ssj0,000 for the use OF the
attorney general IN enforcing the Sher-
man antitrust law. stated that he had
shown his resolution 10 the attorney
general. who. he said. was favorable
to It.. Mr. Morrell also said that he had
shown TIE resolution 10 the president,
y no authorized him to say that he Was
heartily In favor OF its provision. Mr..
Morrell explained that the president.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-12-13
PLENTY or WATER.
Iron County People Say There i
Abundance for Blast Furnaces.

Local parties interested in Iron
county, claim that the Colorado Fuel a
Iron people are on their reckoning In
holding that there il no, enough water
in that part OF the country for blast
furnaces, and say that 600 tons fur
mace does no, need over slcoe.ooo gal.
Ions of water. Furthermore. II the
steam IL condensed and the water used
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-12-13

to indicate that the situation has grown
worse. A landing In force Is not con-
siderod probable under any contingent
cy. The orders TO blockade the coast
stand, nnd that II all the naval COM
maDders for the present are authorized
TO do.
Any proposition that Minister Bowen
might make In behalf of President Cas-
tro would be received In good spirit
and carefully considered out OF regard
for the channel Of its transmission, but
no proposition to arbitrate has yet
reached Berlin. Neither Is the foreign
office aware that the United States has
made so far any suggestion TO arbltra-
ion.
Herr Won Pilgrim Baltazzi Is still on
board British vessel In the harhor Of
La Guayra.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-12-13
"I,edv Callahan Arrested.

ST. Louis. Dec. i3.-James, alias
RED" Callahan. said TO be the only man
who ever escaped from the New York
Tcmbs, is prisoner at the Four Courts
He was arrested as fugitive from JUS
tice on a telegram from Chief Titus. Of
the New York force. He at first denied
his Identity. claiming that his name
was James Fitzgerald. but after short
sweat admitted his name and told Of
bis escape. Callahan was imprisoned
for Z minor oftense.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-12-13
Fatal Collision on Northern Paclac

st. Paul, Dec, ia Northern Pacific
ives, bound freight train collided with
an east bound freight at Frldley sta
ton last night. James $. Hanson. aged
l6. Of Benton Lake. Minnesota, was
killed and William Frils, l6 years old,
also OF Benton Lake, was fatally in
jured.
The trainmen all jumped and were
uninjured Nearly 200 hogs were killed.
Friis and Hanson were In one OF the
freight cars which was wrecked. They
were beating their way.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-12-13

however, had not thought of debating
In any way TO the committee.
Representative Gillett Of Massachu-
sets explained the purpose OF his bill.
which provides for the seizure and con-
demnation OF any property owned or
manufactured under any contract or by
any trust or combination or pursuant
to any conspiracy forbidden by laws
of q state and helng In the course OF
transportation from such state to an
other state"
A maximum penalty of $4,000 fine or
five years imprisonment is imposed.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-12-13
lloyd Griscom Goes to Japan.

Washington. Dec. lathe president
has selected Lloyd Griscom Jr.. now
minister 10 Persia, to be minister 10
Jt pan. succeeding Mr. Buck. deceased.
He has also selected Richmond Pearson.
OF North Carolina, at present consult
general at Teheran. Persia, TO succeed
MIR urIscom as minister TO Persia. Mr..
Pearson was formerly representative
In Congress from Ohio.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-12-13
No CoachIne Crews at Henley.

London, Dec. 1s.--At meeting OF the
Henley regretta committee today II
was decided by vote of 10 10 2 to ex-
clude all crews coached by profession
ais within month OF the opening OF
the regatta.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-11-30
IN THE SALAD DAYS.

The third age of love is the callow age, in
which boy always falls in love with woman
old enough to be his mother. 1t is accompanied
by a desire on his part to be thought very, very
old, and very, very wicked. He regards any
reference to his age personal insult and
hates those who call him by his Christian name
lie sCOrns girls of his age, and wonders
what grown men can see in their innocent faces
and fresh prattle 10 interest them. He is ages
beyond that sort of thing True, il makes him
vince to recall that the object of his alteration
might have held him on her knees when he was
50 diSCuStingly young as TO be Il baby, and he
even realizes that brutal world might laugh
at their disparity in years, but this is because
tn" world doesn't know how awfuIly old he
really is or how bldSc he feels. After all, 1t is
the heart, and not years, that makes ones age.
This is rarely Il happy time in boys life
for III" youth who essays to pluck the full blown
rose OF love IS apt TO get some nasty thorns in
his fingers. Generally lads first passion is
for his sohoolmjstresS, If she is at all youthful
or good looking, and he misses his examinations
through dreaming of carrying off the mathe-
MATES medal and presenting il to her with his
heart and hand Sometimes he tells his love, and
gets snubb.l or married for his pains But il
hc has the normal svhuOlboy Shyness and awe
oi IN" teacher, NJ hides his secret and waits 50
ions auumoHlng courage to tell his love that hs
gets over the attack. ana not even his mother
ever dreams that he has been exposed to the
,on'IEiou- dorothy Dix in AinsIees Magazine
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-11-30
LIZARDS TAILS IN CAPE COLONY.

OF course the kopies and the flats abound
with various lizards, some of the most gaudy
cOlOrs. For instance there IS one with spiked
coat and rough ringed tail, which has a red
head blue throat, neck and sides, while the
back varies from red TO brown toward the tan
1t sits a rock and quantity raises llseIt up
and down its forelegs. If danger approaches
it slips into creVice, from whence il can hard
ly lie taken alive, for the spikes catch ON the
stone so firmly that the lizard is able to resist
almost all attempts to take IT out. But most
interesting. perhaps, the geckos Q'achy-
dactylus mariCuensiS), which the Dutch call
getjes also generally found under stones They
are about six inches long and not quick in
their movements lizards usually are. This
and Il cir defenceeSSneSS nave induced 4 pecul-
lar method OF protection. Their feShy tails are
quite loosely affixed being deeply CONSTRUCTED all
around where they join the body. slight
touch viii break them o1f-so much so that at
times the getJe seems almost to throw them off.
Then is seen a strange thing. The tails jumps
about in the most lively manner and thus at
tracts the attention OF the pursuer, Whlle the
getje quietly and unobtrusively moves away
unobserVed-and goes and grows another tan!
This is a peculiar and yet very effective method
Of protection There are other local lizards
that part with their tails with comparative
ease, but they quicker in their movements
and their tails are not nearly so lively; the
method has reached perfection in the case OF the
getje only 1 am generally accompanied i'll my
walks by my Wifes little fox terrier. She sell
dom catches a getje. When she jumps at one
off flies the tail which she invariably SeiZes as
it plunges frantically about and the getje eS-
capes. The getjes are Of various colors' some
very handsome Some kinds burroW holes III
the sand. and these occasionally take pos
session of deserted nests Of the large trapdoor
spiders q say deserted; they may, however,
Kill the spiders; but / do not think they do)
They somewhat narrow the opening OF the tune
just under the lid, to about the size of their
body but they leave the lid intact and keep IL
i'm nse onening and shutting it Tor allowing 1t
to shut itSelO at will. ON llttIhB ia Oh
one occasion l found the getje in the hoie peer
ing out from under the slightly gaping ill., with
it's head Just level with the surface of the
ground-a very odd sight. i dug down ana al
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-11-30
DIR. MITCHELL Analyses HERoIsM.

l found that had in ten months /. 1863 records
/ began to deal with these 10y striking out all
cases whore mothers ran risks to save child.
Here We have to do with instincts and eNtTaVa-
giant motives which must always have existed
Many cases were repeated over and over, with
such changes as at times were beWildering. The
quality of some of the reports made me reject
them, for plainly ii out of the question to
attempt NcrihcatiOn.
Having thus, and perhaps even too critically,
sifted my reports | felt sure that, while | might
have rejected many true cases, there rea-
sonable security of the reality OF what
NAMED
My exclusions left me with a record of III
examples of men, women children who took
grave risks to save persons in peril.
OF these 25S were attempts to save the
drowning.
One hundred and nnety-fOuT efforts to
rescue from fire Among these quite one third
by single tircmcn acting alone; the rest
various kinds of danger from fire, such IA
rying out children adults from houses
fire, taking great risks to alarm persons asleep
in such places running elevators amid terrible
fire risks. etc.
Sixty-one were acts Of self devoted courage on
tenders or others employed on railways. Among
these were many amazing examples of high con-
duct amid appalling risks. with lamentable
list of fatal efforts to drag from a railway
track persons in grave danger / am assured on
good authority that Il large number OF cases of
heroic behavior by railway employees are never
reported and that this list is much too small
More remarkable Is the number Of persons who
not being in this employ, made like efforts to
save the lives of children women or drunken
men from the swift approach of trains Forty
eight such instances were thus reported
NV miscellaneous list numbers 1856 II IS
largely made up OF efforts to stop runaway
horses OF which about one-third were by DO
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-11-30
DEMOCRACY AND THE CHURCH

me Church and its ministers cannot he said
10 nave risen in public estimation since the
civil War It's control over education has dis
unctIY diminished In some of It's branches it
seems l" ling 20 archaic metaphysics and NOR
hld poetic lmagintnGs, in others it apparently
EcllH"S to take refuge in decOrumS. pompS,
costumes and obScrVanCC@. on the whole, it has
not been able to keep up with the progress of
either science or demucracy-thOSe AtalantaS Of
the nineteenth century that never stop for
golden apples dropped in their path and it has
shown little readiness 10 rely the intense
reallty OF IN" universal sentiments which
Jesus appealed. or to 20 back the simple
preaching Of the gospel of brotherhood and
unliy-of love To God and love to man. SO the
church, as a whole, has to-day no influence
Whatever ON many millions Of our fellow coun-
uymen. called Jews or Christians Protestants
or Catholics though they he. We still beiev"
that the voluntary church is the best of
churches: IeCausc religion which is accepted
under 'omuu!Sion is really no religion at all for
inc WaN."ual soul. though it may he social
cmb'I.s!l.'nt or prop for the state Yet, he
!"Nln% ilrs- We have to admit that the volua-
tar% church ir the United States has no hold
on q lars" and Increasing part Of the population.
-'Charle- W. Eliot. in The World $ Work
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-11-30
NEW MEASUREMENTS FOR ALASKA.

When il sniI tn,t Alaska has one-hfth the
area OF tho whole United States one begins to
have a more intelligent conception Of its size
Tor IN general way the average Ameri' an
readily forms fairly accurate mental picture
OF III" broad siz" relations Of his ,ountTy. But
So great Is III" extent of he United states and
so dlilcut IS II 10 judge accurately Of the Iell-
lions of geographical medsug emeuts that even
TINS is NOT a satisfactory comparison. For this
reason our practical knowledge would not be
much benefited We're it stated that the area OF
Alaska is equal to that Of three and one-quarter'
CaAforulas OF ten loves, one hundred and
twenty ven and uHc-hdt tonneCtiCutS. But
If n were possible 70 take the whole territory #
Alaska and its adjoining islands and place them
upon the portion OF North America occupied by
the United States II would lie a simple thing IL
show exactly what TN" relations Of these sIeas
possessions 70 our own country are. y chart
was prepared 10y Alfred II. Brooks. geolOgiss
or the United states Geological Survey, IN
charge Of the Government work of exploration
and geological investigation of the territory,
who has drawn upon the map Of the United
States an outline of Alaska. The scale used
in both instances is the same, and the result
is most interesting. W hen Point Barrow, tho
most uorthcry cXtrcUitv Of Alaska is placed
upon the Canadian border in Northern Min
nesota, Mount 81. Elias falls near the Ohio
River between western Kentucky and Indiana,
and the main portion Of the territory covers al
most the entire area of the Great Plains and
Mississippi Valley as far south Arkansas.
The extreme southeasterly portion OF the nart
row strip of Alaska, upon which Sitka and
Juneau are situated. would extend to the Atlan'
tic Ocean at Georgia: the celebrated Nome disc
trict would fall in western South Dakota neat
the Wyoming line and the most westerly OF th5
AIeutian Island group would lie upon the Pacific
coast line near Los Angeles; the intermediate
island touching the Mexican border I'm Arizona
and New Mexico. In other words the territory
of Alaska is sufficient in geographical extent rs
reach from the Atlantic to the Pacific and from
Canada to Mexico. Placed In this position on
the United States, Alaska would cover, in whole
or in part twenty three States and Territories
and the western third of Lake SuperiOr.-tG eorgt
T. Holster in The Popular Science Monthly,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-11-30
DURER misunderstood ERASMUS.

The Reformation was beginning, and the sym
pz lhies Of Dlirer were with the hopes OF a ref
orrla Iion-Eyith very many a wish to oVeTtufn
most things in Church and State; with him, ap-
parently, nothing more than the desire for the
reign OF God on earth. SO that though he buys
Iuthers tractate for five white pennies, he also
gives one for a rosary, and visits many relics
which even in those days were considered OF
doubtful sanctity He made the acquaintance
Of The great Erasmus, and began the celebrated
engraving Of his portrait The enthusiast within
The artist who portrayed the exterior man ms
took the character Of the great writer. he
thought Of Erasmus a champion OF the 1tef-
orrration while Erasmuss keen literary mind
weighed more carefully the dangers OF an up
setting for the social fabric. Hence the touching
ssbSurdity OF the appeal TO Erasmus entered IN
his journal. This was written on FRIDAY before
Pentecost 1921, when the cry reached them at
Antwerp that Martin Luther had been treach-
erously seized" We know to-day the clever
management Of the disappearance OF the re-
former, but to DUrer-and it was so meant-it
might be the work of murderers and tyrants. 80
he cries on Erasmus Of Rotterdam, wilt
thou see the injustice the blind tyranny Of the
powers now ruling? Hear me, Knight OF
Christ! ride by the side Of our Lord, KS; Old as
thou art, and but feeble creature, thou, 100,
Inayest win the martyrs crown. i heard thee
say that thou will give thyself only two years
for work; employ them well for the love or the
Gospel and the true faith. Oh, Erasmus, may
God thy judge. be glorified in theei AS or DAVID
IT is written, so do thou Stay Goliath, for the
Lord will be with thee in the Christian Church.
Glory to the Father, Son and Holy Ghost, one
Cod Amen"'-tJohn La Fargo, in Mcclure s
Magazine.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-11-30
THE WRECK OF HOPE.

Under the lazy summer sun
The wee waves lap and swing
The languid winds DER sands OF gold
The song of heart love sing
With lifted head the maiden hears.
Aud smiles across the foam;
Her glowing thoughts fly toward the day
When her fair ship comes home.
With bitter wall the cutting wind
Reels DER the barren sand
The bro oding waves beat sullen-sad,
Upon the misty land.
The maiden lies and hides her face
On that hard chilling shore,
The ship she sought through all The year,
Is wrecked fOrevermOre.
Glare Howard, In The Columbia Literary
MONTH";
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-11-30

written by General Winfield Scott, in which he
explained that he Just sitting down to a
nasty plate of SOUP covered him with such
rldlcule as to materially contribute to his de
1eat as a candidate for the Presidency. Soup
in the early days Of the Republic was considered
as food for invalids or poor people only; later
when the social splendors of the Court of the
Empress Eugene attracted rich Americans in
hocks to Paris, French table manners and Gus
toms pushed the old English dinner fashions to
the wall 1t is doubtful, however, if soup ever
found place on the dinner table of the wealthy
Maryland or Virginia planter, unless green tur
tie, which was really stew, might be called
The object of an oldtime dinner party was to
eat, whereas that of the course dinner is to de-
light the eye rather than the palate and yet
who will say that the sight of Wen filled din
ner table, where an array of silver covered
dishes gives forth bouquet of appetizing odors,
fails to make an agreeable impression on all the
senses p (L4ppncotts Magazine
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-11-30

the bottom Of the hole found its egg which it
was evidently guarding. On another occasion
l"uhd Two at the bottom of a large closed
iiapdoor nest. The lid Of a nest when occupied
ny lhe EelJe does moi close 50 perfectly as when
occupied by the spider, due perhaps to the
."'ioWhlS OF the opening. Though generally
held to he poisonous these CHARMING, little liz
ards are really quite harmless. Hottentots have
great dread OF the Sctjc, believing that if it
bites them they will live just long enough to
reach home--tS. C. CronwriGht Schreiner. in
The Popular Science Monthly
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-11-30
SOME CHRISTMAS ISSUES.
EXTRACTS FROM DECEMBER MAGA-
ZlNES-A SEASON WHEN SPECIAL
EFFORT Is ALWAYS MADE.
COMMENT BY A POET ON LEAR.

mere is nothing in all poetry so awful, so
nearly uncomfortable by the reader who is COM
Peiieo Dy a natural instinct of imagination to
rSallze and believe it, the close of the
Thoephorae, except only the close of King
Lear The cry Of UgolinO to the earth that
would not open to swallow and to save is not
quite so fearful in its pathos. But the skill
winch made use Of the stupid old chronicle or
tradition to produce this final masterpiece of
tragedy is coequal with the genius which ere
ated it The legendary CoTdelia hanged herself
IN prison, long after her fathers death, when
defeated in battle by the sons OF GoneriL And
ms most putid and contemplate tradition Sug-
gested to Shakespeare the most dramatic and
the most poetic Of all scenes and all events that
ever bade all men not devoid of underSt anding
understand how much higher is the genius Of
man than the action of chance; how far the
truth of imagination exceeds and tranScendS at
all points the accident of fact. That event
may have happened means nothing and matters
nothing; that man such rs AtschyluS or
Shakespeare imagined ii means this: that il en-
dures and bears witness what man may toe. ut
the highest of his powers and modest of his
nature, foreVer.-(Algernon Charles SWinburne
in Harper's.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-11-30
ONLY AGGRESSIVE TRUSTS SURVIVE.

Mr.. Carnegie was very rich in 1900, as
he is now; but in 1900 it was essential in the
very nature of competition that he shodld cen
s1antly exercise the enormous power which his
wealth gave him both for its defence and for
its increase. Now he may safely be quieScent.
If he h: not formerly been aggressive, if he had
STOOD J. II he had refrained from adventure,
becoming in his youthful old age that 81 TT or
old fashioned conservative who usually III his
decrepitude indolently processes content with
conditions achieved during his moe active n i'd
die life the great Carnegie steel works and
their associated properties would have LeSun
to decline, the victims OF wasting competition.
In time Mr.. Carnegie himself might have ceased
TO endow libraries universities and other edu-
cational institutions. and in the md, if he had
lived long enough. he might easily nave -ound
himself compelled to stop all his work of bench
ccnce; he would then no longer have been aple
10 engage in the interesting struggle 10 prevent
the increase of his capital. Then the problem Of
distributing his wealth during his lfelIlHe-a
problem which now perhaps adds TO his yeas,
stimulating his pulses and enormously IIomoI-
ing his happiness-yvould no longer exist: indeed,
lis own requirements and previously assumed
engagements Of beneyoence might then be cat
ing into his capital
If during his active participation in the manu-
facture Of iron ANA steel, he had ever reacneu
The period when he would not have thrown
away million dollar steam hammer for a bel
ter tool or when he Woul1 not nave lousht
every rising competitor and every cAacOnS
transportation company, that moment Woulu
have marked the beginning OF his uet1utllC'.
And this decadence would have produced Tar
reaching results-resuIts pIopOTtionate TO the
enormous and idespread interests of which ne
was the head. 1t might have marked the be
ginning OF period Of depression Ike that "hlch
followed the failures Of 1913
It is essential to the modern man Of business
IN the war of competition, for the mere mann
tenance of his prosperity, that his defence ne
aggressive; that he keep in motion: that he re
tain his relative rank: that he adapt hlnlSrl
TO every economic change; that he aN3ll MN
self of every Improvement IN machinery ana
method If he be at the head OF the procession
he must remain the leader or go TO the rear
Death seizes the Industrial and commercial
captains who grow weary Of the struggle VINO
stop by the way for the purpose OF carrying
on business In no other manner than IN mat
which they have already learned The lllhe mas
been when the second and third generations
could prosper modcstly. and for a few snort
wears by following IL the footsteps of fathers
ana grandfathers; but under the most faEolaoIe
circumstances which can be imagined, IL IS 4
hazardous undertaking to follow old fashions IN
business.-tHeury LOOMS Nelson in The Cen
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-11-30

licemen. 1t also includes curious variety of
rescues. Several from nOXious gases in
wells; twelve from bulls; others contests
with mad ferOCiouS dogs; there were seven
attempts to save from awful death by a Tive
electric wire and, finally, two cases were of
persons who sucked snake bites-probably
harmless effort, but popularity regarded
dangerinS the operator.-(S. Weir Mitchell, in
The Century.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-11-30
HE ATE HIS VOTES IN HIS SOUP.

Serving dinner in courses is comparatively a
modern fashion, first introduced in diplomatic
circles in Washington, ID. c, and initiated from
France. Up to the date Of President Folks adj
ministration the course dinner among Americans
had made further progress than that of sery-
ing fish and SOUP separately. Soup was re-
Earded such a foreign frippery that note