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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-06-16
A GREAT SMOKER.
President Mckinley Was Always
Fond of a Good Cigar.
washington starr

Ast
President Roosevelt doesn't smoke. at
least not in his office. during business
hours, said an attache at the White
House. In fact. have never seen him
smoking anywhere. and I understand
that he does not indulge i'm tobacco IN
an lnFeLerate cigar smoker. and was
rarely without a cigar in his mouth dur
ing his working hours I'm his office.
remember that he was sensitive TO news
paper suggestions that ne was smoking
too much. For instance. some of the
yellow journals occasionally published
story that nc was threatened with
{ cancer because of his constant smoking
he didn't like this.
AT another time 7 remember that a
newspaper man wrote a story describing
President Mckinley at work at his desk
ward the ceiling. Mr.. Mckinley called
THIS young man i'm his office and re-
/ quested that he say nothing tn the fu-
tuTe about his use Of cigars. As IL would
cesSlVe smoking, Mr.. Mckinley, during
his long service I'm congress. smoked a
good deal and the habit grew with him
after ne entered the White House. He
found pleasure in a good cigar, ana
Z when talking or thinking he had lighted
cigar handy lie had a special brand OF
/ cigar that he bought and paid for, de-
spite the fact that admiring friends
/ throughout the country sent him hum
dreds OF boxes of the best cigars ever put
up After we had acquired Cuba and
the Philippines box after box Of the
used to reach the president from army
officers and friends. Very few men
ever remember to have seen President
Mckinley at tho head Of the cabinet
Z table unless he had lighted cigar "a
his mouth or one lying on the table
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-06-16
SOME scHwAs soPHlsrRY.

- PEAKING no THE graduating
y class Of the Pennsylvania state
college Il few days ago Charles NJ.
Scbwab. the head Of the greatest trust
in the world. said: In conclusion, 1
wish to say that the business of the
country must be continued under or
ganization. Trusts cannot be stopped.
one thing that stands in the way OF
heir success Is competent men to man
age them. Here is a chance for trained
Young men. Ability is now sought
everywhere. Capitalists bemoau the
ack Of it. DO not be discouraged, but
stick go your work"
Fir. Schwab must feel secure i'm his
own position when he says the trusts
-anuot be stopped. but he is decidedly
logical when he asserts that trusts
offer opportunities for young men of
talent In "a sense. the statement is
true, but. broadly speaking. it is bald
sophistry, The trusts do offer chances
for young men to advance rapidly. but
the chances are few. No influence is
moro surely crushing the individuality
out Of American young men tlan that
OF the trusts
Time was when men could start in
dividual enterprises and build them
up from small beginnings by hard
work. Today the moment such enter
nrises become really worth while they
are either absorbed or driven out Of
existence by the great combinations Of
capital Not so very long ago a chance
WIS offered to individual brains in the
work of opening new markets for indie
pendent manufacturers. With the or
gaRizaion of the trusts the necessity
Tor meeting competition ceased to exist
and the keen minds engaged in honest
trade warfare were allowed to grow
dun from disuse.
Trusts do not make the opportunities
Of young men more numerous. The
very purpose of their being is to cut
down expenses Of operating to annihi-
late competition and TO make the con-
sumner pay what the trust wills. or 90
without And Mr.. Schwab is wrong
when he says the trusts cannot be
stopped. The day is coming when he
win admit his error. He probably based
his declaration on the theory that the
Republican party viii be continued in
power for an Indefinite period.
! There is limit to the patience of
the people, as Mr.. Schwab will yet dis
cover and when they do assert their
power the trusts wiz go down with a
crash that viii be heard from one end
Of the land to the other.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-06-16
a KNOWING CANINE.
Billy Clifford's Pup Night Have
Made Him Millionaire.
Vbleago IFibune1


Do You believe in ghostsq" asks
buy Clifford, over az the Chicago. II
90 We never seen one, but I've heard
one pam as day, 1t happened when
was q telegraph operator at a water
tduk on an Iowa railroad. IT was
mighty lonesome out there on the
prairie. About all the company I had
was a little, short tailed fox terrier
lie would climb up on my table and
ST. there' with his head on one side lis
tenlhS 10 the ticking Of the telegraph
wire as though he understood every
thihg that was going on. He was all
me time sitting around IN chairs and
acting like he was folks.
got TO playing poker with some
~ lhe poys out there. They were good
plaSers ana pretty soon they had me
,roke' Then I borrowed little money
that didn't belong 10 me. ana SAT- in
one night determined 10 play even on
the game or take To the woods. 7 for
got TO say that my dog was always
greatly Interested in sur poker games.
re ciiInb up on "a chair and look at
himself.
rms night that / was trying TO play
even there finally came a big jack pot
III was opened and found three kings
~ my hand and started TO boost it.
just then l heard a muffied ticking like
a telegraph sOunder hid in a barrel.
1 listened, and it licked out, He s
got t-o-u-r a-c-e-s' ] hesitated. but
finally laid down my hand. Three 9TH
or men went in, and the opener won
the pot on four aces
Every hand after that l heard the
same muftfed ticking / could not inn
aslle Where II came from. but it licked
out for me, in plain Morse, exactly
what each player had in his hand. I
played this ghostly Information for all
II was worth, and when the game final
~ came TO an end I had all the money
tAere was in the party and lot of I
y L s besides. The boys went away
cursing my luck, and I sat down TO
count up how much l had won.
As / bent over the table that mys-
terious ticking began again. I looked
up in alarm. / had forgotten all about
my dog. but there he sat upon the seat
of chair across the table, his stiff
little tail beating a regularly tattoo
against the Stats OF the chair back. I
listened TO the clicking sound of his
tail and then l made out be was send
ing me this message: We didn't
do t-h-i-n-g to fe-m, did W-e?'
And then the dog laughed, actually
laughed. I tell YOU if that dog had
lived I'd be sitting out in front this
minute with all my pockets full of
gTeenbacks."
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-06-16

TINS rocket line there can be no doubt as
70 inc whereabouts OF the live-saving
hi9h or the location of the distressed
ship. Ia the daylight Captain Andre has
devised a whistle to be used instead Of
me me nre line used al night IN the ease of
logs PROBABLY the whistle, attached 10
lne preJectile, Viii b. OF considerable
service 20 TIE wrecked shin.
\ Young Pole. Tan Szczepanik. has
lhVenteq . eullet-Droof vest which Is
,ieue ehufely Of silk and so thin and
hght that il may DC warn in place OF the
Iesulaf FaFmeht, lie hlt up0n the idea
ol eNps titoeNslng with raw silk until he
sueeee1eo IN weaving a thread OF ex-
Ssraordinary strength and toughness. 1t is
rom thls that be makes the undervests
NldI resist the passage of a bullet or
sW1Fu' TIE IS willing al any time TO
make tests OF his invention, and those
when ne mas undergone have shown that
ogiiess would only leave a gray spot
2Mhere they struck. and then rebound.
ne young mau has also devised a three
eolor loom BY the use Of which he can
FepFeduee ail Of the eolors and shades In
markable person
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-06-16
oFFIoE-HOLDERs IN POLITICS.
..THE MERE FAcr that a man hold.

HTHE MERE FACT that a man holds
public Office does not necessarily
mean that he should resign his rights
of citizenship Senator Hanna is
quoted as saving with some fervor
during an interview with President
Roosevelt The subject under discus
sion was the partisanship displayed by
some Of Hanna's office holding hench-
men before aud during the recent Ohio
convention. An investigation of the
matter was made by the civil service
commission, and Il was reported that
the alleged offenders had done nothing
to disaualify them for further public
service.
Just how searching the investigation
was is nor disclosed. Certainly SEN
ator Hanna mad no objection to the
work done in his behalf by men he
had placed in Office. Hanna is a spoils-
man before he is anything else. He be-
lieves that federal Offices are goods to
be bartered for loyal support. In his
opinion it would be grossly ungrateful
for a man whose appointment he had
secured to stand idly by when his ef-
forts in the promotion of Hanna's in
terests We're needed.
Most assuredly. though. Senator
Hanna is right when he says that Of
flee holding should not necessitate the
abandonment Of the holders citizen
ship, The order directing United States
officials TO eliminate themselves from
partisan affairs was not given with
this idea in view. There is no more
reason why a federal officer should not
vote for men of his choice than why
any citizen should not vote. Appoint
ments to Office do not carry with them
disfranehisement. Senator Hanna GER
tainiy understands this. and it must be
taken for granted that me wiIfuHy
overstated his case.
The purpose Of the presidents order
was to prevent men like Postmaster
Thomas and Receiver OF the Land Of
flee George A. Smith from running
around the state preaching Republican
doctrines and absenting themselves
from their places of business for DAYS
at time. It never seems to occur to
some perniciously active public serv-
ants that they have no moral right to
draw pay from the government for pro-
mitigating political principles. Their
salaries come from the taxpayers, and
the taxpayers are entitled TO value re-
ceived.
District Attorney Joe LippH1an and
Internal Revenue Collector Callister
may go to their polling places and vote.
just as other citizens vote, but they
have no right to act as dispensers of
political funds or as party chairmen
while they are living at the expense of
every individual, regardless Of politics,
who pays taxes. There is the meat of
the order, if Senator Hanna cares TO
look for it. 1t is. idle. though, TO say
he is so dense as not to understand. He
does understand. and his palpable eff
fort to mislead, not only the president,
but the public. is surprising.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-06-16
se7 900, 900 PHuLAMTHRoplsT

IL ITS JUNE NUMBER The World
Today has the first accurate re-
sumo Of Andrew Carnegie's public ben
efactions. and the story told by the fig
ures is very interesting. In the first
place they show that Mr.. Carnegie is
really in earnest in his desire 10 die q
poor man, or comparatively a poor
man. Up to a few weeks ago he had
given away for libraries, observatories
and other educational purposes no Tess
than S67.212.92S. No other philanthro-
pist since the word charity" was
placed in the dictionary has even ap-
proximated this amount
II is pleasant to note that Mr. Car
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-06-16
A Sure Death.
lMashinrfnn p \

When is congress going 10 adjourn 2''
someone asked Senator Hansbrough yes
terday.
Congress viii die as Pat O'Brien died. %
was the reply
And how was that?''
Haven't YOU heard the storv2 Well.
friend Of Pats met another friend
Pats going 10 be hung he said '0h
no, said the friend. Indade he is was
the positive answer. He has been com
victed OF murther in the first degree and
that means hanging
NO, insisted the friend. They done
nang men any more now They kin them
Dy process called elOcutiOn. "
not yet in sight. there IS a point Ia Sen
auor HansbrOugh's story.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-06-16
SOME WONDERFUL INVENTIONS.
Important improvements in Methods
of Throwing Lines.
Herbert Wallace in Atlanta coustitu-

Captain Andre a Chicago Hfe-savinr
oihcial. has recently made an important
Improvement in the methods of fbrov-iTor
life lines To wrecked or disabled shins
II the wreck happens at night steel
rocket Is used which leaves a trail of
light behind II and thus enables not only
the life savers 70 locate the vessel in
distress. but il also shows those on the
ship where the life line has been cast
The captain has devised a combination
Of cOlored lights which viii burn for az
most minute in a continuous trail OF
light Under the old methods shot after
shot is often fired from the shore vifh>
out reaching the ship. and without giving
any knowledge 70 the crew that an al
tempt Is being made % save them With
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-06-16

The Cheyenne board Of trade has
passed a resolution commencing the
Wyoming congressional delegation for
services in connection with the passage
Of the irrigation bill. 1t would be both
timely and appropriate FOR the Com
merciaI- club Of Salt Lake to take a
similar step with reference to the Utah
delegation.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-06-16

Lots Of us will just worry ourselves
sick over the story Of the Chicago
young man who contracted erysipelas
through handling money. Still, not a
great many OF US win send the little
we have straight to the. garbage in
Generator. although we may burn it in
some other way.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-06-16

Senator Kearns sails for Europe next
Thursday, but citizens generally need
not feel afraid that the country Will
go 10 the demnition bow vows. The
seQator has detailed his secretary, Doc
Jones. to run things during his alb
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-06-16

\ particularly sad feature about the
opening of the fishing season is that
so many thousands Of innocent people
win be bored to distraction with stories
Of whales" that got away.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-06-16
Didn't Want Any.

Oia Geulleman-So YOU think my daurh-
yer yer loves you, sir; and you wish 10 MARI,
Dudeleigh--Thats what called IN see
famiiy2 I's AT sou4
.l Qla ten,tleman-No, sir; and there's not
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-06-16

Colonel ". H. Dewey, the millionaire
mining man, wants to be senator from
Idaho. The colonel certainly has a
name 10 conjure with. at the bottom Of
a check. or otherwise.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-06-16
A Growing Field.

uCA-I
First Citizen-I see that q few more
miliionaires have endowed colleges.
Second Citizen-Well If II keeps up
don't see why We cant all get jobs as
professors
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-06-16
A Mystery Indeed.

Chicago Daily News
stubb-There goes man who is full Of
mystery.
Penn-You don't say,
Stubb-Yes,; he just ate a bowl Of
chopped Suey.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-06-16

In introducing a resolution providing
for the annexation Of Cuba Senator
Elkins took long look ahead
Wouldn't it be more manly for the
Republicans in congress to meet the
reciprocity issue fairly and squarely?
Besides, the Cuban republic is entitled
to Il little time in which to take a
long breath and find out whether OF
not it can stand alone.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-06-16
Marrying For Money
baltimore Herald@

tbdlumore tterdtu-}
When girl msrries for money very
often she has 10 make the divorce court
her collection agency
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-04-19

mayed in his pocket for car fare, with the
resultant discovery of a dime and a $40
bill. He glanced at the dime, and hastily
secreted it in his pocket. proffering instead
the SIC bill to the conductor. The man Of
fares was indignant. He looked at the bill
without touching it, and then at the leo
nine head of the actor
Here" said he, gruffiy, you amt no
woman, be you?''
81 hope not" said Mr. Skinner, meekly
We'll, then, what you givin' us that
thing fer?''
Because I haven't anything else he
said, with logged determine ton.
The conductor exploded internally and
boiled over. Then you've got to get off
and get something" said he, sternly.
At this moment the friend, who had been
watching the incident with Amusement, in
tervened by paying Mr. SINNERS fare"
Now. Skinner said he, when the con-
ductor had gone back. perhaps you'll tell
me why you made all this row?'
Mr.. Skinner extracted the dime furtiyely
from his pocket and said, In low, mys-
terious tone: ''Sdeath, man; see you the
date upon this coin?''
IT do" replied the friend; its 1899"
Exactly replied Mr.. Skinner. Our lit
tie girl was born that year, and my wife
and have made an agreement that every
coin from a quarter down minted that year
that comes into our hands shall be put
away for the baby. That's the reason I
wouldn't let this one go. That baby has
nearly 800 in the bank now"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-04-19
Oranges as Card Chips.

From the London Telegraph.
During Ramazan the sale Of oranges IN
Constantinople fell off In most surprising
manner, and the reason was still more
curious. It was because the government
had suddenly issued an order prohibiting
the game Of "skambilkiat" in public places,
and had seized all the cards At first the
connection between oranges and q card
game does not appear clear, but it comes
about In this way. At the time Of Ramazan
all Turks try to keep awake as much as
possible. and the cafes are full at night.
The assembled crowds of porters, boatmen.
etc. pass the hours playing cards. dominoes
or backgammon. but the favorite game Is
skambil. as It finishes very quickly and IS
TO trouble.
The keepers Of the cafes used to insist on
each player 0here are FOUR buying an
orange for a half penny. the winner taking
the lot. In this way large quantities OF
oranges were disposed Of. but the business
suddenly came to an end with the stoppage
of skambil. for dominoes and other games
take too long to make an orange a sufficient
stake.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-04-19
Stage Presence Of Mind.

From the Saturday Evening Post
II am thankful to say that have never
been called upon to face a disaster on the
stage" writes John Drew, although I
have been near to It
Miss Rehan and were one night PLAYING
in a place. the name Of which do not re-
member-but that Is neither here nor there
and were in the midst Of little contugal
quarrel. She looked past me with change
OF expression entirely apart from the pur-
saw that the gas logs used In the stage
setting had set fire to the scenery. To give
any evidence Of knowledge of II would
create panic. We walked slowly toward
the fire. improvising as we went to At the
situation When we got there I stopped
threw rug over the blaze and smothered
It. The alarm OF the audience was ayerted
Once. in A Night on In the scene
played with Otis Skinner, and which hinges
on pocket book, the call boy forgot to
give 1t 10 me, and we came near to I'D
setting things generally. The man who Is
ambitious To have past, but who has
none. was waiting for the pocket book
which l was to lend him. and which con-
tanned a lock Of hair and some other little
mementoes to prove his gallantries. 1 put
my hand into my pocket to get It. 1t was
missing The whole scene depended upon it.
Il tore madly OF the stage. leaving him
to face the situation. and he proved the
hero OF it. There he was. improvising:
gotten something. perhaps - likely his
pocket handkerchief and so kept Il up
until rushed back with the missing prop
erty- The audience knew nothing. for he
was very alert, but 1 was fearfully upset
We were all strenuous in those days al
Days that / felt I had done him some
wrong. but he took Il delfghtedIy as he had
carried the day."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-04-19
Scf1unnamm Heimk
IN RECITAL WITH CHORAL SOCIETY.
Monday, April21 ,8:15 p. M.
CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH.

Seats with T. Arthur Smith. 1927 st. s1.2o,
81, 20 cents. ap15-6t,1 IA
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-04-19
Again Bacon Versus the Bard.

From the Baltimore Herald
After a long sojourn in the cherries and
desOlate caves of oblivion. the Shakespeare
Bacon controversy is once more in the CEN
ter OF the stage, with the limelight shining
upon It and a huge chorus OF argumenta-
tive cranks In a double row behind It. Some
of the latest theories promulgated are as
follows:
ca That Bacon and Shakespeare were
one and the same man
(bl That Bacon wrote the Shakespearean
plays while in prison, serving a sentence of
one year for profanely cursing and swear
ing on the public highway.
Cc) That the name Bacon was merely
Shakespeare's nom de plume, assumed be-
cause the bard was a ham actor.
I'D That Shakespeare, being ashamed OF
his plays, blamed Bacon.
(e) That Shakespeare invented the Bacon
ian theory in order to mislead his creditors
% That the real author of the plays was
BacOn's father-in-law. a saloon keeper
named George W. Ferguson.
(g) That Shakespeare sold out his play
writing business TO Bacon after writing
half OF the plays.
CHI That Shakespeare and Bacon were
partners.
% That they were not.
O That maybe they were.
Qk) That nobody knows whether they
were or not.
o. That nobody cares.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-04-19
In the Continuous. :"
Philadelphia Record.

from the Philadelphia Record.
NO. We don't encourage supper parties"
said the manager Of the continuous per-
formance theater. but we are powerless to
prevent them. They come early In the af-
terEoon and camp out until the last turn at
night See the fat woman going In with
the basket and the three kids? WELL she's
a regular In that basket you will probably
find a lot Of ham sandwiches, some pickles,
an orange apiece and perhaps a tunbler OF
jelly. About o'clock they will Consume
this provender and be prepared to enjoy the
evening performance. despite the fact that
they have already seen Il In the afternoon.
'Chasers' have no effect upon the supper
parties bad song and dance team will
go on and do their worst to drive out the
stters in order to make room for the even
ing audience, but It's like pouring water on
a ducks back The people who stay for
supper will stand for anything"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-04-19

D Neill decided to change this little scene.
AS Juliet leaned over for the final situation
he let his chin sink with long drawn sigh
and then suddenly threw back his head in
plain view OF the audience That once,
Miss Nelson kissed him. But as the cur
tain went down she sprang up. How could
you?" she cried.
How could 1 WHAT" asked Mr.. O'Neill.
'How-how-" she heSitated. How could
Romeo throw back his head after he was
dead?"
Miss Nelson" the actor said soIemnIy
'your Juliet was the cause OF It, 1t would
make any one come back to life
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-04-19
Lost His Balance.
IN the Pittsburg Gazette.

the
James T. Powers IS telling a good story
of the late Augustin Days ready wit.
Powers says: I'VE both CHANGED to be de-
positors in and victims of bank which
suspended payment a few years ago. Like
others. when the news OF the disaster be-
came known, we hurried of to the bank
to pick up what information we could and
coming down the steps from the offices into
the street Mr.. Days foot caught in the
mat and withsome difficulty he managed to
save himself from falling. I was enter
ing the building and seeing the mishap I
ran up, saying:
81 hope you have not hurt yourself"
''Oh. no. thank you." he replied IT only
lost my balance"