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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-12-20
REV. HENRY ON MORMOAISMIi
Former Methodist Minister Of Salt Lake Defends the Candidacy of
Apostle Smoot For the United States
Senate.

sition to him any more than there would
be against a bishop of the Methodist
church or other Christian denomination.
The only fact TO be considered is that he
IS an apostle of the church. yet that is no
legal ground for opposition The danger
from Mormonism is in the absolute power
of the priesthood in things political So
ciai and industrial. as well as ecclesiast-
cal. and in the ready and almost slavish
Obediencs OF the people in all things TO
the small cOterie of high church officials
in Salt Lake. Mormonism will cease to
De Mormonism when It surrenders its
political ambitions. Its doctrines and
system should be opposed and combatted
but great mistake is made in the perse-
cutlonS of the church and its mission
aries
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-12-20
fsnecia1 to The Herald.l

Butte. Mont. Dec. I9.-Rev. Alfred H.
Henry of the Mountain View Methodist
church, for many years located in salt
Lake, and author OF the novel BY order
of the Prophet" in an interview today
defends Apostle Reed Smoot as a can
didate in Utah for the United States SEN
ate against the system of opposition from
all over the country. Mr. Henry, how
ever. opposes SmoOt on the ground that
a high church dignitary of any denomina-
ton. whether Mormon or Methodist
should have no place IN the senate.
ability and is not a polygamisI, said Mr.
Henry. IF elected by the legislature
there can be no valid grounds for oppo
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-12-20
BIACKMAlLERS GET
DOSE OF JUSTICE

Columbus. O.. Dec. 1s.-Thomas f
Steele, a prominent local attorney, and
Miss~.Anna Miller were found guilty
of conspiracy to blackmail in the Unit
ed States court here today. Fifty prom
inent people were involved in the
scandal upon which the case rested.
Ivor Hughes. another attorney. and
Miss Miller are under Indictment IN
the same connection.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-12-20
DEMAND THAT THE FOUL
BLOT SHALL BE WIPED OUT
People of Salt Lake Mortified at Condition of Af-
fairs Existing in Victoria Alley
Reputable Citizens That Thieves and Murderers Shall Be
Driven From Their Rendezvous.


/ is a n
shock the moral of this community
alley
5 the va to
As citze of he
in to
0
public official If he will not do it. then win will moreover
implicated
buildings
poketbook
ioin--E to
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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-12-20
HOUSE Is PASSED UP
BY THE PRESIDENT

Washington. Dec. 1s.-The president
has concluded that it win not be
necessary to send the Cuban reciprocity
the house may satisfy itself by pass
ing upon the reciprocity proposition,
Incidental TO the consideration of some
legislation which viii DC necessary to
give effect to the treaty. though that
document viii be ratified solely by
the senate, if ratified at ali in Wash
ington.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-12-20
THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE
STARVING IN FINLAND.

= st. Petersburg. Dec. 19.-Four 4
= hundred thousand persons are re- 4
= ported TO be destitute and starving 4
= as q result of the crop failure in I
= Finland. The Anglo-Germ I
: church here has undertaken to 4
, feed and clothe the school children =
: Of Finnish parishes. and Pastor 4
; Francis has issued an appeal for 4
assistance in this work He says I
= the conditions today are worse
: than those of 1867, when 100000 4
= persons died. !
2 = =
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-12-20
A BLIZZARD SWEEPING OVER WYOMING
Special t. The HeraldA


NEEFE0HJE WYE Dec has
y tied southeastern
"a Taao n years Snow has falling
and the increased by
"nd piled
inability be
fsaNns
10 Denver railroads
the male
oil
-
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-12-20

wipe out forever the foul blot existing
in the very heart Of the city.
W c. T. U. Will Act.
Mrs. E. E. Shepard. president of the
local w. c. T. u, could not believe at
first that such a place existed in a
city noted for its adherence to high
moral and religious standards On
learning that the condition of affairs is
much worse than has been pictured. she
at once said that at the next meeting
of the society she would bring the mat
ter before it and that the Christian w0-
men of the city would do all in their
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-12-20

employe visits each woman and warns
her that the SO which she must pay to
the city each month as license IS due.
If the girls do not pay it they are
thrown into lail. something OF which
they have a deadly horror
I cannot say too much" continued
Mr. White. regarding the boys who
frequent the alley. That they do so is
only toe true. On Saturday and Sun
day nights they sometimes almost
blockade the alley and stand there
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-12-20
MIDoCEAN MESSAGE.

; San Francisco, Dec. 19.-The fol- I
: lowing message has been received I
, from the cable ship Silvertown: I
: Position at noon. latitude 31.39 I
; north, longitude 1866 west. To- 4
: tai cable paid out, s65 knots (
! Weather fine I
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-12-20
Washington Views.
HEAD OF COLONEL LYNCH IS in DANGER

oNDON Dec 1sThe
l. nent OF Colonel Arthur Galway.
of hight in
he is al
had to deal thu
Colonel Lynch begin Jan
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-12-20

London. Dec. ia special dis
patch from st. Petersburg says
nearly 1000 persons We're killed by
: the earthquake Dec. IS at Andi-
; jan. Russian central Asia They
We're mostly native Turcomans.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-12-20
WORKING UP BAD FEELING.
Berlin Paper Publishes Misleading
Cablegram From New York.

Cablsgram From New York.
Berlin. Dec. 1s.-A semi-official state
ment in the NOrd Deutsche Allgemeine
Zeitung SAYS.
4 local paper mas published a cable
gram from New York saying:
The greatest excitement prevails here.
The entire press holds Germany to be re
sponsible for the present situation. Ger
many is attacked in hostile articles. while
Great Britain is praised. The newspapers
insist that Germany intends to acquire
colonies ir Venezuela and Brazil
I'VE have noticed similar kilograms in
English papers" says the Nord Deutsehe
Ailgemeine ZeitUng. and if these state
mentS are representative of the feeling
in the United stats with even an
proSimate correctness we would have
sincerely to deDlore that the American
press shows itself accessible TO wholly IN
founded suspicious of German policy The
government of the United States long ago
was categoricaily informed that Germany
IS seeking nothing in Venezuela beyond
satisfaction for just claims and cOmpen-
Continued ~, Pace .
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-12-20
TURN OF THE DEFENSE.

San Diego. Cal, Dec 1s-In the libel
suit of Mrs TingIey against the Los
Angeles Times the plaintiff today con-
Guided her case The defense viii intro
duce its testimony tomorrow.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-12-20
THE nETALs.

Silver 49, cents per ounce.
topper, 1oz cents per pound; New York
5Sn 40 per 100 pounds
Lead. $3.50 per 100 pounds; New York
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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-03-27
THE POST CHECK

The present session of congress ought
not to adjourn without adopting the bill
for the post check currency. We can
think of no way in which congress can do
more for the convenience Of the great
masses of the people The plan simply
provides for the substitution of post
checks for the present paper currency of
S. or less, the issues to be also in frac-
tional amounts. The checks will greatly
resemble the present currency, but will
contain the following check form: PAY
able to the payee named hereon; payable
to the bearer if the spaces are not filled. .
Thus, so long as the spaces are not filled
the check may circulate as currency II 1t
is desired to make it payable. to GER
tain person for transmission through the
mails, his name is written in, a stamp
is attached and cancelled. When the payee
receives the check he signs his name and
gets the money. Such a government
check would be of the greatest utility to
farmers and others remote from money
order postoffice, and would save much
time and annoyance to persons who
dislike to go to a money order Office and
stand in line on a busy day or bother a
bank for a draft for a small amount.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-03-27
OTHER PEOPLES NOTIONS
The Mayors LawIessness.

To the Editor of The Journal
Suppose some one, crazy enough to do so,
should suggest, for the Suppression Of small
pox in this city, that all the women within a
certain district where smallpox was likely
to be most prevalent should be examined
once a week, and, if found healthy, be given
certificate to that effect upon payment Of
81, otherwise he Quarantined, while all the
rest OF the women in the city, and all Of
the men in the city, although many of them
were known to have smallpox, should not
only be exempt from examination and re-
straint, but should be encouraged to mingle
with the persons holding certificates No one
would think the plan worthy of considera-
ton; and yet physicians could not deny that
it might do some good. In substance, that
is Mayor Ames' plan. The only persons to
be benefited to any extent will be the ones
who receive the fees.
The justification for calling this graft
is that the mayor has no legal right to col
lect this money, and when collected, it will
not go into the city's treasury, but into some
ones private pocket.
Mayor Ames justffes himself by saying
that he has been elected mayor and proposes
to use his Judgment. But the answer to that
is that his election mayor did not give
him any authority to do this He had JUS.
as much authority to make this forced con-
tribution to his campaign fund before he
was elected mayor as he has low. All the
other candidates for Office have just as much
right and legal authority to replenish their
campaign funds in this way as Mayor Ames
has. If any other candidate should attempt
to work the mayors graft the doctor
would very probably have him arrested at
once, and there Is no reason why the other
candidates should not have Mayor Ames and
his physician collectors arrested as soon as
they commence These unfortunate women
would not submit to he mulct in that way
by any other candidate, and II they pay
Mayor Ames' collectors, 1t will be for the
samesreason that blackmail Is submitted to-
not because DR.. Ames has any right to the
money. but because they are afraid to resist.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-03-27
WORK OF THE CHARITIES
Information Given at Citizens Coun-
ell Meeting Last Night.

Information Given at Citizens Coun-
Gil Meeting Last Night.
At the final meeting of the citizens
council last night, in the Y. NJ G. A.
building, addresses were made by DR.. H.
A. Tomlinson, superintendent Of the st.
Peter hospital for the insane; Henry
Wolfer, warden Of the Saltwater prison;
A. G: Rogers, superintendent of the school
for the feeble minded at Faribault; Mr..
Hager of the state public school at Owa-
tonna; w. A. Gates, agent of the board
or control. Superintendent C. E. Faux
ner of the Washburn home made the open
Ing address. John Crosby presided.
DR.. Tomlinson said that insane men and
women We're far more like normal per-
sons than was commonly supposed. The
chief aim Of the st. Peter institution was
to stimulate their mental forces as far
as possible and to keep them occupied.
More room was needed for the proper care
of the large numbers now under his
charge. 49,.
Warden Wolfer spoke of the progress of
this state in the line of broadening the
parole system and towards the establish
ment OF an lndeterminate sentence sys-
TEN. He stated that American prisons
were the best in the world to-day. a
modern penitentiary at Saltwater, with
separate institution for women Is need
ed.
Dr. Rogers spoke of the inadequacy of
the present arrangements to meet the
demands Of the feeble minded Eight
hundred and nineteen are on the rolls of
the institution to-day
Mr.. Hager told Of the work among the
neglected children, and w A. Gates ex-
planned the financial system in use for
regulating the institutions of the state,
and placed the average cost of keeping in
sane persons for life at 81 ,0OO
Mr.. Faulkner told of the state system
of charities and corrections, and outlined
the work done already, and which is to
be done. He also spoke Of the work in
which he IS engaged and of its relation to
the state work
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-03-27
A BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION

Mayor Ames, when waited upon by a
delegation of two business men and tax
payers, who expressed their determine
tion not to let him refuse to be candi-
date for mayor, drew from his pocket
after recovering from the $50 sudden"
shock, @ typewriter statement. in the
course of whose disjointed verbiage he
said: &
A business administration is one in which
all classes of business prosper.
If it be conceded that Mayor Ames' ad-
ministration is a typical business ad-
ministration," his words are, alas, toe
true. A local executive has no influence
over legitimate business. We cannot
deny that other forms of business" have
been very prosperous during the present
business administration
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-03-27
Edward Beck Of the Detroit Evening

Edward Beck Of the Detroit Evening
News, has compiled in compact table the
per capita statistics for debt and main
tenance of ten American cities of from
100000 to 100000 population: Detroit,
Cleveland, Buffalo, Cincinnati, Pittsburg.
Milwaukee, Newark, Jersey City, Louisville
and Minneapolis From these figures it ap-
pears that Minneapolis is administered
at "a somewhat less cost per capita than
the average for the cities named. The
debt is smaller than that Of seven Of
the other cities. Its street cleaning APP
preparation is so low, being % cents lower
than Jersey City, the next lowest, that it
is easy to understand why it is so poorly
done here. II Mr.. Beck's figures are re-
liable, Minneapolis spends only 7 cents
per head for street cleaning. while Pitts
burg spends $1.01. In public school ex-
penditures, Minneapolis leads the list
with an expenditure of $S.78. Jersey City
is the lowest. with s2.2s. For fire pro-
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-03-27

cling and her friends fear incurable. am
so glad for you," he said. s'Would it not be
jolly If we became friends in the world as we
have been when out Of the World?"
Then he blamed himself again.
IF she really likes me- he thought, land
think the unhappy child does, l should
never had said that. It is cruel, brutal to
put such thoughts in her head
She was looking at him with the fearful
smile we essay when we encourage one who
does not realize that death Is near.
1T would be nice-very nice indeed
They were silent again, each sorrowing for
the other. De-. ''@' - 1"
There were many other patients strolling
! on the lawns or sitting in tha summer house,
patients Of all kinds, from the shaky marco
maniac to the optimistically cheerful paretic.
Attendants, male and female, moved unobtru-
sively among them. 1t was curious to note
how some of these latter were avoided by the
sufferers and some much sought after, the
brain weakened, like children, intuitively
knowing the good man from the evil.
Miss Tracy and st. John stood together,
silent now and unostent atiously observant. A
| sturdily built (all the attendants were that
| man was taking a patient to the iron barred
house. He did not do it violently. He did
| it as one may see "a policeman occasionally
escort quiet prisoner with light touch on
! the captive's arm above the elbow. The pa
| tients was little excited, but there was no
| disturbance at all A visitor might never
| have noticed it. The strange thing was the
| unanimous backward withdrawal from the
attendants path of the patients encountered,
| the look of fright dislike on their faces
directed not at the captive, but at the guard.
| How they all dread Enthusiastically, it
seems said the young woman who expected
to leave SOON "He is polite enough and
not Unlocking, but
! "A man Of great experience in his peculiar
! work, I'm told" said st. John musingly.
| "Bt's his eye and mouth That do it, fancy.
! "a thoroughly ill-dspositioned man. with
| plausible exterior" said st. John. II be-
| lieve him capable Of it,
| "Of murder? Do-O, what are you talking
| of, Mr.. ST. john" -.
| St. John looked very uncomfortable. Miss
| Tracy looked vexedly embarrassed.
! 81 heard some rumor of strange death in
| the institution just before / came. l was
| thinking of it. Were you here? Have you
| heard anything Of it?
| He was little eager.
| How could I be here? We came on the
| same day, don't you remember"
| .Ah, true!''
! So they watched the attendant out of sigh
! and turned to go inside themselves.
! They shook hands. although there was nc
reason for it. They would meet at the din
! ner table in few minutes, but-they shook
hands, and that lngeringly
| Its awfuly sad st. John pondered "So
! sweet face, seemingly so intelligent.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-03-27
The NonpareiI Man

ChiIdren's- Verse, No. 3-The BOllO-
cumbobulus. =
When the midnight was quiet and all was
well, t...
I heard the Bollocumbobulus yell; s
T sat up in bed and hollered for ma,
But she said, "'Tis nothing; don't wake up
your pa"
And dropped off to sleep. But couldn't 60,
I dreaded the Bollocunlbobulus so. ..-a :
The Bollocumbobulus has but one eye,
1t is fiery and red like cranberry pie;
And he has but one TOOTH but he'll perch on
the sash s97 -.5.E . S@fi}" -~'sr ..'@' tia5tt
At the window, and with that one tooth he
will gnash ....,
In manner to brighten you out Of your wits,
And sometimes bad children will go into fits,
So awful the Bollocumbolus' eye!!
B-r-r-rl Goodness l hope he will pass my
house byi
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-03-27
PROHIBITION TICKET
Results of the Convention Which
Closed Yesterday.

SAoScu 1cStefuaY.
The prohibitionists of Minnesota yester-
day nominated candidates for the state
ticket as follows:
Governor-Rev. Charles Scanion, Mime
apolis.
Lieutenant Governor-H. H. Aker. Moor
head.
Secretary of state-A. J. Baldwin. Lyon
county. .- = a..
Treasurer-A. J. Kane, LIE Sueur.
Members Of the state central committee:
At large, G. W. Higgins, chairman: J. F.
ielberg W. G. Calderwood, secretary. J,
H. Hillen, F. G. Wells, editor of Backbone :;
first district, ]. NJ. Elan, S. H. Hall; Second
district, T. B. Grout, Henry Wood; third dis
trlct, c. W. Curry, c. H. Blood; fourth dis
trict, G. W. Fowble. Jorgen Nelson; fifth
district. George d. Hagard, A. A. Graves
sixth district. Hans Peterson, James Haskins;
seventh district, ]. R. Hitchcock, T. D.
Lyons; eighth district, G. H. Thompson, F..
w. Nesbitt; ninth district, A. 81. Merrill,
James A. Sherwin
The Minnesota prohibitionists thus
early In the year, have sc, 600, subscribed
for their campaign fund. The prohibition
vote was doubled during the four years
from 1896 to 1900. Minnesota will put
more prohibition candidates in the field
this year than any other state in the
union,
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-03-27

Of his large measure Of responsibility In
promoting the BoerSwar will stick to him
like a curse. When the Transvaal agreed
to a joint commission and declared lts
readiness to grant the uitlanders a retro
active seven-year franchise, the voice and
influence of Rhodes was against accepts
ance Of the proposition. Rhodes, Jane
son and Chamberlain each had a heavy
share Of the responsibility for the pres
ent disastrous war, which has brought I'M
told misfortune to both belligerents anu
has made a billion dollar hole in the Brit
ish treasury.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-03-27
MONEY FOR PHILIPPINES

The subcommittee of the senate COM
mittee on the Philippines has reported in
favor of coming a large volume of silver
for use in the Philippines, and Senator
Allison has prepared bill providing for
the coinage Of distinctively Philippine
dollar Of 415 grains nine-tenths fine. with
fractional coins Of the same character.
This proposition is strongly favored by
the Rocky mountain senators, who stlll
have yearning for large volume Of sill
yer coinage ar-. @.
It would be well for congress to enact
one of the two or three bills now before
it to make our standard silver dollar ex-
changeable with gold, and then, II we
give the Philippines a currency, which Is,
of course, inevitable, what better dollar
can we give them than that? 1t is evil
dent. that 415 grains fine Of silver will
not buy 1922 grains fine of gold any more
than S71.25 grains fine will, but If our
silver dollars are redeemable in gold they
stand as good as gold, being interchange
able with it. Why is not gold-based
currency good for the Philippines as we'll
as for us? The supreme court holds that
the Philippines are territory of the United
States and 1t is natural to inquire why we
should perpetuate their silver standard
established by Spain? 1t would be rather
to the advantage of the archipelago and
our own government to put distinctively
American money in circulation OF money
certainly based on gold and as good as
gold. The Conant plan for Philippine cur
rency contemplates gold basis, with a
gold peso of the value Of half dollar
as the unit of the currency, and silver
peso, with little less silver than the
Mexican dollar to be circulated as the
equivalent of the gold peso with sub
sidiary coin to be, put on the same basis.
The Mexican dollar now circulating in
the archipelago is worth only from As to
40 cents, although it passes for so cents,
which it Is not, the value fuctuating &C
cording to the rates of exchange In COM
mercial use for drafts on London. AS
there are from $30,000,000 to $4,000 .OOO
Mexican dollars, so-called, in circulation
in the Philippines, the sooner they are
replaced by a gold based currency the
better. Our government should give the
Filipinos as good money as we have in
the states. If not, why not? Why coin
a distinct Philippine dollar not worth Its
face when we can give them better money!
l-Some years ago-it was 1873-our govern
| ment undertook to introduce into the
orient the trade dollar, which was one
grain heavier than the Mexican dollar,
but the scheme did not work. The plea
| is made that a special Philippine dollar
less it's face value would be circulated in
the orient freely like the British Bombay
dollar. It sounds strange to hear Rocky
mountain senators citing British methods
for our government to follow. If there
4; has to be distinctive Philippine dollar
it should be on the gold basis, and the
| sooner we get rid of the deprecated Mex
! lean dollars afloat in the Philippines the
better will it be for our reputation as
gold standard country