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Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-05-24

ders, who are laborlng In the Boston
conference, came down to attend con-
ference Saturday and Sunday.
The other day while sitting on one
Of those very high and very hard
benches down at the Battery, getting
a breath Of sea air, and watching the
arrival Of a boat laden with semi-
grants from Ellis Island we were not
a little surprised to look up and see
Hon. John n. Caine standing a few feet
away enjoying the same sight. He
and Mrs Game have Just arrived from
Washington and win remain here for
a fe wdays. An hours chat was great
~ enjoyed, the chief subjects center
ing around our many mutual friends
in the Eighteenth ward and our coli
ony In New York. Mr. and Mrs. Game
were guests of Col Willard Young at
dinner on Sunday. Mrs. Gaines healta
Is greatly improved by her trip,
Mrs. VIM. Becraft, mother Of Miss
Susie Becraft. the lady missionary ar
rived from the west Saturday and VIII
remain with her daughter for a few
weeks, visiting and sightseeing
-
The quarterly conference OF the Lat
ter-day Saints began Sunday, May 49,
with two services that day, and in the
evening a song seryioe The house
was crowded, many strangers and also
friends Of the people attending. Prest,
McQuarrle, Hon. j. r. Game and Prest.
Cor spoke In the morning and Sister
Catherine Lame gave In her report for
the Relief society Miss Agnes Rose
Lane being still retained as president
Of that organization At the afternoon
session President McQuarrie occupied
the time. Miss Mary Young sang a
sacred solo, and In the evening Miss
Young, Miss Ruth Wilson and the
quartet sang several pieces. Mrs, b.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-05-24

an advanced salary; the piece Is stlll
running TO big business.
In the corridors OF the Waldorf day
or two ago, we were pleasantly sur
prlsed TO meet an old resident of Salt
Lake, Mrs. V. M. c. Silva. Il Is a queer
sensation TO meet unexpectedly an old
acquaintance I'm this great hotel. Mrs.
giva retains all her former charm Of
manner and personality Time has only
lightly touched her hair gracefully
leaving her as she is 80 well remem-
bered by Old friends in Utah.
Prof. II. s. Krouse is often met on
Broadway. He is very busy man
these days, having charge Of the music
Of King Dodo at Days and rehearslng
a new opera for the summer lie IL
with Il. o. Mills at IS West Twenty
ninth street, and is always glad to meet
friends from Utah.
Mr. A, Pabst is registered at the
Navarro, d. j. Frew at the Manhattan,
the Rev. S. G, Wlshard at the Contin-
entail, and Mrs, NJ Reiger and Mr. +. j.
Reiger at the Cadillac,
Miss Bertha Leland arrived in New
York to resume her work as stem
agrapher In Wall street and has
signed for next season In Hoyts "Trip
TO Chinatown" for a season of Al weeks,
playing Salt Lake New Years day.
Miss Queenle Ferguson, who Is leading
lady with "0ur New Minister" COM
pany, has signed for next season in
the same piece. Her sister Clara, at
tends the Latter-day Saint services In
the Hawthorne building quite often
her mother having moved to 14S West
1SSth street. where they have cosy
fiat,
Elders s. NJ. Woolf and Geo. Film
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-05-24

Mrs, Schetter and Mr.. and Mrs.
Gallagher for England from Boston
Wednesday Mrs Schettler Is stopping
with her friend, Miss Miller, on Fiji
tenth street She will go to Germany
and Wales. visiting her son Herman In
Berlin. JANET.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-05-24

II. schottler Of Salt Lake with her
young son and Mr.. and Mrs. John
Gallagher were present.
Two daughters of Mr.. and Mrs. Cal
lagher, sisters Of Mrs Constant, who
lives here, and Mrs, Eyerard sail with
Graham guardian., 1902-07-25
INCREASED ASSESSMENTS.

Office of Board of 81 ervisors, Soomonvie Arizona
Graham county, Territory Of Arizona
The Board of Humiliation Graham county, Arizona met on
o'clock and continued Ill sesNon as cn o
of Eouaizaion according to Law until July goth, 1902
Present w Wadd, aman; Henry Hill and Ira Harper
Thomas Smith, CLERK
cat the July meeting of the Board OF Equalization IT. with the IN
formation then possessed it, believed that the following
ON the following described property each too small namely
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-12-20

and daring me to fight him ten rounds,
straight Queensberry. no hitting in
clinches, but each fellow to protect
himself in the breakaways.
Now, let's argue about that per-
init, Mr. Mayor, said l. 4 think you're
dead wrong. Indeed you are. Now box
ing is one of the noblest, purest-."
" Modest your grandmother replied
he. What are you giving me, Joe
Barrett. Why, you can't box enough
TO keep warm. If you'd try to box
in the hot sunshine of August you'd
freeze to death. Now, IL you could
spar as l can and side-step permits
and block arguments-in n word, IL
you were in 1t with me at any stage of
the game you might talk. Why you're
a fourth-rate, three-round, preliminary
dub. Lanky Bob and the st. Mary's
Bully are Kid McCoys to you, but
tell you, Joe, they all get to running
when they pull on the gloves against
me. They need the ammonia bottle in
the first round
II began to get little mad then"
said Joe, II just couldn't help it. Look
a-here,' said l. You're Mayor of this
city and l am only a matchmaker of
a sparring club, but don't you go too
far with me- Don't dare me too far
All this time 1 was pulling on pair
of five-ounce gloves. He had his on
already.
with that he comes over to shake
hands for the first round, as / thought,
but instead he pulled me by the arm.
Then l made a pass at him. The next
one was the hardest right-hand swing
! had in the shop and the next thing
/ saw was that poor woman out there
on the floor 'hollering' at me to wake
up. Well, woke up"
Mrs. Barrett explained that her hus-
band never before talked in his sleep.
so that night she rather enjoyed his
contortions of countenance and his lit
tie speeches. When she thought
things had gone far enough she shook
his arm to wake him up. Just then
Mayor Hayes or somebody was knock
ed down,
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-12-20
JUDGE SPEER TALKS
ON THE SOLID SOUTH

the director of the census kindly fav-
ored me with statement which shows
the most marvellous advance in the ac-
QUESTION of property by this people.
From this it appears that in the United
States the negro farmers own and OPP
crate 746,717 farms. These include 49,
233,933 acres. Their value is $499, 3d.
734. The value of the products for
the year 1899 was $255. 751 las. 1t will
be observed that this immense sum
of productive capacity in one year is
more than so per cent. Of the entire
value of the FARMS and to produce it
they expended only IS, 7S9,792 for labor
and $5,614,S41 for fertilizers, leaving
them net profit on one years opera
lions $241, 346,5 12, which is 4S per cent.
of their investment. An easy explana-
ton of this is that most of their labor
is the work Of their wives and children.
The doctrines of Nautilus have had as
yet no appreciable effect upon these
American citizens of African descent,
and when a colored farmer in Geor-
gia is asked how many children he
has, he will usually reply, Il have five
hoe hands and six cotton pickers." In
my own state of Georgia there are
nearly SO, 900 farms owned and operated
by negroes with an acreage of nearly
$500, 900, and a value Of $43, 992, $50.
year 1899 in that state alone
was $29, 939,421. They expended
for labor $1,20S, $50 and for
fertilizers $1,6S4,0l0 From these
figures an easy calculation shows that
the negro who owned his farm In
Georgia, in that which was an aver
age year made a profit of 81 per cent.
on his farming operations. 1t is idle
to speak of the deportation of a popu-
lation so valuable. The truth is. we
could not get along without them. They
have no purpose to become extinct
themselves. Then it follows that It is
the duty of every true man to do all
in his power to make them better citi-
zens and better men.
"A danger to the welfare of the
Southern states is the possible reduce
tion of the existing number of repre-
sentatives apportioned upon millions
of this population whose men of voting
age are by state action denied the
suffrage. This may any day startle
the country, as nothing has done since
the reconstruction era No change of
the constitution is here required. A
majority of the Congress, under the
provisions of the fourteenth amend
ment, have the power IL they have the
will. Thirty-six representatives are
apportioned to the Southern states
upon the basis of the black popula-
ton. Surely anxious thought on
matter so vital is timely when ii is re-
Elected that in an entire state with q
population of 557,S07 whites and 1872
321 blacks, in electing seven congress-
men, there we're cast in the last cleo
ton only TAI votes in opposition to the
prevailing party. But no measure,
however, stringent, will be effective for
good government or stable prosperity
if it engenders the universal hostility
of resolute people. This will be inev-
liable from a reduction Of our repre-
sentation."
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-12-20

Buffalo, N. Y. Dec. 19.-Hon. En-
ory Speer, judge of the United States
court for the Southern district of Geor-
gia, was the guest of the Independent
Club at it's second annual dinner to-
night. Two hundred guests, including
Mayor Knight and other prominent
men of the city. attended, hearing
Judge Speer's eloquent speech on THE
Solid South"
1t is undeniably true, the Judge said,
that the political attitude of the South
ern people toward the government is
directly ascribable to the swift bestow-
al by the reconstruction acts of unlim-
tied manhood suffrage upon the MEM
bers of the African race which was no
part of Lincoln's plan for the restora-
ton of the union. The solution of the
race problem, the Judge said, will be
laws for white and black men alike,
which will admit to the franchise the
intelligent, the upright and the respon-
sible of both races and exclude the
venal, the ignorant and the worthless.
ut is true that to a Southern man
worthy of the name" said Judge
Speer NEGRO domination is I'M
thinkable. but he is neither a hui
manitarian nor patriot who would
see nothing in the future of 100000 of
those black people save a piteous story
of decadence, degradation and death.
1t is true that there are negroes
whose desperate and bestial savagery
have brought the coverts of those hor-
rid jungles where their forbears swell
tered, ravished and slew, close to the
homes of helpless Innocence and trem-
bling virtue. But these british beasts
are the outcasts of the race, and be-
sides, they are not distinguished for
great longevity. 1t is not just or wise
to Judge millions Of black men by their
vilest criminals. He is a poor student
of that singular people who does not
perceive among them a multitude of
types as varying in tribal Characters
tics as the racial traits of the compo-
site white population of our land. The
explanation is easy. The slave catcher
may have captured the cruel cannibal
of the Congo, the Bechuana of the
Transvaal, the Makolol of the Zambesi,
the tribesmen of the gentle black men
who followed and nurtured Livingstone
in his long travels, or OF the brave
Zanzibari who marched and fought
with Stanley in his tremendous jour-
ney across the dark continent. Are the
kindly and intelligent, the industrious
and faithful of this people to be de-
prived of hope because others are stu
pid, treacherous, corrupt? Indeed, thou
sands of these colored men are good
citizens and useful members of society.
When they were emancipated, every
member of the race might have joined
as most of them no doubt did in the
old Methodist hymn:
"'No foot of land do l possess,
No cottage in this wilderness.
How is it now? On the 10th inst,
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-12-20
ALBANY STEAMS AWAY.
Speculation as to the Vessels Desti-
nation.

Speculation as to the Vessels Desti-
nation.
San Juan. Porto Rico. Dec. 1s.-The
United States cruiser Albany left
Culebra under high speed last night.
and her destination was the subject of
various rumors throughout the fleet.
The general belief was that she was
bound for Venezuela Admiral Dew
ey and the other officers on board the
Mayflower declined to announce the
Albany's destination or explain her
mission, but it was asserted that the
plans regarding the Christmas holidays
would be materially modified.
The fact that there has been no
change in the decision to send -four
battleships to Trinidad and cruiser
to Curacao is significant, because it
shows that in the opinion of the au-
thorities nothing has occurred to war
rant a change. At the same time the
presence of these formidable ships at
Trinidad is expected to exert a salu-
tary effect
Admiral Dewey has issued an order
providing for the disintegration of the
fleet and directing the various groups
to cruise in company under the senior
officer present, as long as the courses
do not diverge.
The following is the latest itinerary
of the warships for the holidays:
KearSarge, Alabama, Massachusetts,
Iowa and Scorpion at Trinidad: Illi-
nois, Indiana and Hist, st. Thomas;
Texas, Pointe-a- Pitre, Guadalupe;
Cincinnati and Eagle, Curaco; San
Francisco, Culgoa, and Wasp, Maya
gueZ; Montgomery and Topeka, Ponce;
Olympia. Nashville and Machias, ST.
kits; Detroit and Newark at Antique;
Prairie, Dolphin, Atlanta and the flo
till&of tugs at San Juan.
All the vessels will reassemble on the
morning of Dec. 20.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-12-20

lop. man, and I'm not going to get
me that you're wide awake"
"You don't mean to say / hit your"
THAT is just what you did"
Good gracious, and 1 didn't get any
permit-no, / don't mean that, /
dreamed that was boxing with May
or Hayes"
Joe's unconscious fight was caused
by his effort to get a permit for the
match scheduled for last night before
the Eutaw between Jimmy Devine,
the Pennsylvania champion bantam,
and Tommy Feltz, the worlds cham
pion.
1t was like this, said Joe:
Il talked to the Mayor about that
permit and the Mayor allowed that he
was a bit of a boxer himself and knew
a good lot about the manly art of self
defense. This was on Monday, and 1
felt pretty bad after the talk, as /
found he knew good deal about not
letting a fellow have a boxing permit,
for he convinced me finally that I
wasn't going to get one for the De-
vine-FeltZ battle.
II felt blue all over and went home
thinking about It, and the clubs ex-
penses and my work on the match, all
of which was to no purpose. Well,
went to bed with this thing on my
mind and what should 1 see as soon
as / popped into bed but Mayor Hayes
dancing around, shaking his fist at me
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-12-20
BARRETT SLUGS MAYOR.
lie Lands n Hard Right swing and
Then Wakes Up.
From the Baltimore Sun.

From the Baltimore Sun.
Take that" said Manager Joe Bar
rett, Of the Eutaw Athletic Club, as
he squared off before Mayor Hayes
and aimed one at HIS honor's short
ribs. The Mayor dueked away clever
ly and came back with a counter that
landed.
said you knew a good Deal about
boxing. did you? Take that one then"
Bifl and Joe landed hard this time
and his opponent went down with a
crash 70 the floor.
Here, Joe. Joe. Wake I'D and let
me get hack 10 finish ny sleep" said
female voice. and Joe rubbed his
eyes and peered through the dark
ness 80 see his better half on the floor.
What are you doing therew asked
Joe.
ron, yog'ye given pa 40 awful val
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-12-20
where woman Rules.
From the Golden Penny.

There is a remarkable community in
Abyssinia where the women, without
holding meetings or agitations Of any
kind, have emaneipated themselves.
All the women work hard. while the
men are idle; but by way OF compensa-
ton the house and all it contains be-
long to the wife. At the least unkind
word she turns the husband out at
night, In storm or rain, and be can
not come back until he makes amends
by the gift of a COW. The wife con-
siders 1t a duty to abuse the hus-
band, and II she were weak enough
TO show any love for him In life or
grief at his death she would be scorn-
ed by her tribe. The wife, without any
reason. may strike her tent and go taxi
ing with her one-third Of the joint
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-12-20
GERMANY. ACCEPTS
PROPOSAL TO ARBITRATE.

Berlin, Dec. 19.-The answer of Ger
many to the arbitration proposal in be-
half of Venezuela, received through the
United States government, is it's ac-
ceptance.
The delivery of this reply to the
United States for transmission to Min
lister Bowen is delayed for a day or
two for tactical reasons, probably
through the expectation that another
solution may be found, possibly by
President Castro yielding. Four days
ago the idea of the German govern
ment was in favor of rejecting arbitra-
ton, and that is understood here to
have been the temper of the British
Foreign Office. While it is impossible
to trace the steps that led to a reversal
of this view. it appears that the state
of public opinion in the United States
SO far as Germany is concerned, pro-
duced a revision of the first idea.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-12-20
CASTRO AND HIS RIVAL.
From the Pittsburg Post.

from tne T1LISDuTB GOsl.
Cipriano Castro, President of Vene-
zuela, came from the extreme west of
the country, and in 1898 removed Pres
ident Andrade from office, and became
provisional President himself. His fol-
lowers were from the Andean region
and anarchy reigned in Caracas dur
ing the emeute. His special adherence
is European meddling in the finance
of his country. On Oct. 2S, 1901. he was
duly elected constitutional President,
and his term does not regularly expire
until March, 1908.
The Berlin Kreutz Zeitung, in COM
menting on his conduct, while the debts
now discussed were being contracted,
said: Then he began in the palace
of Mira Flores at Caracas the life of
an unbridled Sardanapalus. But when
the brave man invited his fair friends
from North America, and the people
heard of the orgies that were held.
heard that their money was going to
North America, there arose a cry for
the fellows expulsion" This is The
biased view of a German paper. Cas-
tro was elected by the people after
that
Now the chief rival for his place is
Gen. Manuel Antonio Matos, man
who spent years in Europe and is a
diplomat Of power. He is responsible
for the European hostility to Castro.
Europe has financed him, and he has
pledged the resources of Venezuela as
security in event of his success.
If in connection with a true por-
traiture of the man reflection be given
to the unknown validity or amount OF
the debts, some guaranteed and some
private contracts, it may be concluded
that this impetuous Andean has some
shadow OF right with him. His Zig
gags are to be measured by the Span
ish standard.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-12-20
NEW JOCKEY CLUB.
The Western VIII Oppose the East
ern Jockey Club.

The Western Will Oppose the East
ern Jockey Club.
Cincinnati, Dec. 19.-In opposition to
the Western Jockey Club, the American
Turf Congress was reorganized here
to-day by election of the following Off
GERS:
President, Frank F. Fowler: vice
president, Glen Creveling; treasurer,
Judge w. w. Helm; secretary, James
H. Dixon.
The Queen City Jockey Club was
granted permission to run Dec. 20 (to-
morrow to May 30. Other dates were
granted as follows:
st. Louis, 80 days. from June 1 to
Sept. L.
Kansas City, 80 days. from Sept. IA
to Oct. II.
Chicago. S5 days. from Sept. 1 to
Oct. 10.
Baltimore, 60 days, from Oct. 10 to
Dec. 26.
New Orleans. from Dec. 26. 1903, to
April 1. 1904.
The secretary was authorized to open
general offices at Newport, KY, and
retain Judge Helm, who has always
been the attorney for the American
Turf Congress, as counsel.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-12-20
CLAIM FOR 100000
is DECLARED lNVAL Id.

New York, Dec. 19.-United States
Judge Edward B. Thomas, in Brook
lyn, handed down decision to-day
declaring invalid a claim of $1,000, 600
against the United States entered by
Lieut.. Commander William II. H.
Sutherland, of the navy. The amount
was asked as prize money, the COM
mander and his crew of the Bagle, a
converted gunboat, having destroyed
the Spanish steamer Santo Domingo
during the Spanish-American war.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-12-20
AGAINST TRADES UNIONS
Was the Decision in the Taft Vale
Railroad Case.

London. Dec. 19.-After long trial
in the Kings Bench division of the
Taft Vale Railroad Company against
the Amalgamated Society of Railroad
Servants, involving many questions of
the utmost Importance to trades union
osm, resulted to-day in a verdict in
favor of the plaintiffs. The latter COM
planned of malicious molestation, pick
citing, intimidation, etc., during the
strike of 1900. The judge reserved his
decision on the question of damages
until the next sitting of the court.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-12-20
Mrs. Goucher, Baltimore.

Baltimore, Dec 19.-Mrs Mary C.
Goucher, founder of the Woman's Col
lege of Baltimore, the leading college
of the South for young women, died
here to-day. In early life Mrs. Goucher
married DR.. John F. Goucher, Meth
odist pastor of this city, who is now
the president of the college, and
through whom she spent munihcent
sums to endow the institution. Mrs.
Goucher was instrumental in founding
100 schools in India, and her charities
were widespread.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-12-20
TWO FATALLY WOUNDED.
Marshal and Justice Were Shot by
George stiIweII.

Keokuk, Iowa, Dec. 19.-City Mar
shall r. w. Coulter and Justice A. E.
Musgrove were MORALLY wounded to-
night at Pennington, Ia, by George
Stilwell, a deputy fish commissioner,
who was afterwards shot to death by
a posse.
Coulter attempted to arrest Stilwell
on a warrant charging him with dis
turbing the peace. Stilwell shot Coul-
ter in the stomach and in the Shout
der. Stilwell then ran up the street
and shot Musgrove in the head, be-
cause, it is said, the justice recently
sent him to Jail on a charge of disor-
derby conduct. Stilwell then went
home, reloaded his revolver, took a
rifle and started across the country
with a posse of armed citizens in pur-
suit He was overtaken and held the
posse at bay for nearly an hour. He
was wounded several times. but was
finally overpowered and riddled with
bullets. None of the posse was hit.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-12-20
JENKINS BEAT PARR.

Buffalo, N. Y. Dec. 19.-Tom Jen-
kns again successfully defended his
title as the American catch-as-catch-
can wrestling champion tonight, when
he defeated Jim Parr, the English
champion here. Parr won the first fall
In seventeen minutes and thirty sec
onds by trick play. Jekins won the
second and third in 81 and 1880, re-
ished.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-12-20
INCREASED ITS BONDS.

Reading. Pa. Dec. 19.-The stock
holders of the Temple Iron Company
met here tonight and increased the
bonded Indebtedness from s2,s26 900 TO
81, 326.0O0. The Temple Iron Company
controls several anthracite coal mines.
George r. Baer rs president The in
crease will be used 10 cover the deficit
caused by reason OF the recent strike.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-12-20
OBITUARY..
Miss Viola Labiche.

Miss Viola M. Labiche died yester-
day afternoon at 1 O'Clock at her home.
311 York street, east. Miss Labiche
had been i'll three weeks with typhoid
fever. She was 16 years Of age and
in the graduating class of the gram
mar school. The funeral win take
place this afternoon at o'clock from
the residence. The interment will be
in the Cathedral Cemetery. The pail
bearers will be Masters Howard Tilton,
Gilbert Jaudon, Hollie Thompson,
Earnest Borriss, Bobbie Owens and
BERTHE Rottereau.