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Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-07-05
Women Arrested for Robbery.

New York, July 5.-Brooklyn police
who have been attempting TO run down
a gang Of thieves, operating on an ex-
tensive scale in apartment buildings re-
Gently, have arrested two women with
property valued at 5000 in their pos
session. The police believe they are at
last on the trail of the gang which
has been giving them much trouble in
the past few weeks.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-07-05

London, July 1.-THE official annual
statement Of the British shipping just
issued shows that more ships were built
IN Great Britain and more sold so for
elgners in the year 1901 than in any pre-
vious year and that the total tonnage
Of British merchant shipping was g,52i-
i96 tons. or 10000 tons above the total
OF 1900
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-07-05
Fourth Banauets in Eurone.

London. July 5-The London news
papers this morning have unusually
full reports of the Fourth OF July ban
quets and speeches at Pittsburg, Pa,
London, Paris, Berlin and elsewhere.
Several Of them publish editorial ar
ticles expressing keen satisfaction at
the warmth and good viii which the
Americans expressed for Great Brit
ain and King Edward.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-07-05
Three Persone Killed, Hundred
Hurt in Chicago,
NEW Y0RK'S VERY LONG LIST
Amounts TO several Hundred-Tbree
Young men Terribly Msngied by
Explosion of fsig Bomb.

Chicago July 5-Three persons were
killed and more than 100 injured in the
celebration OF this years Fourth OF
July. or these, all the killed received
the fatal wounds from firearms, while
% others were injured by guns and
stray bullets.
The desire to have some unique ma
chine with which TO emphasize their
enthusiasm led to the injury Of three
persons, while the cannon cracker add
ed 80 more TO the list
A number OF men were arrested for
discharging firearms In the city limits,
Fifty arrests were made ON the west
side alone.
NEW YoRK's LONG LIST,
New York, July Sat police head
quarters 1885 accidents due TO the use
OF explosives In celebrating Independ-
ence day have been reported during the
past a hours. Roosevelt hospital off,
Gals announced however that lfNnc-
cdent cases had been treated there
alone.
Stray bullets fred by reckless cele-
orators injured three persons 80 seri-
ously that 1t is feared all may die from
their injuries.
Four young men We're terribly In
jured three possibly fatally, by the CT
plosion In Brooklyn early today of a
big bomb with which they were going
to wind up their celebration.
Charles Kenny aged Is, was injured
about the thigh and legs. lie may re-
cover.
Those believed to have been fatally
injured are:
William Hartig, 20 years old,
William Wainscott, 49,. Milford, N, J,
Edward Ryan, 20.
The force of the explosion mangled
them externally, as we'll as inflctng
internal injuries. All were unconscious
when assistance came. A man who is
alleged to have given the bomb TO the
boys was arrested
The bomb which caused the damage
Is known as a "Coston signal" and
contained more than three pounds OF
powder II Is used on ocean steamers
and Is considered dangerous when not
properly manipulated,
Several unsuccessful efforts were
made TO explode II with bricks. Final
ly Wainscott volunteered TO explode It
with lighted match, The boys gath
cred around and Wainscott dropped the
match into the can,
The powder llickered an instant and
then the bomb exploded with terrific
force The report was heard mile
away. The boys were thrown In all d.
rections. No help was near and Kenny
final dragged himself to the nearest
street, where he secured aid from the
police for his wounded comrades.
YOUNG ROOSEVELT HURT.
New York, July 5.--Theodore Roose-
welt, Jr., had his forehead cut open by
a piece of flying glaas while celebrating
Independence day at Oyster bay -
had placed firecracker In an old bot
tie and after the explosion found his
forehead bleeding from a deep gIi h.
Bystanders rushed TO his assistance
but he walked to his mother who sat
on the veranda, and asked her to band
age the wound. He soon resumed his
merrymaking
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-07-05
wyo. Democratic Call Convention.

Cheyenne. Wyo., July "A call for
a Democratic state convention az
Rawllns on Aug has been issued by
the state central committee. As yet
there Is very little talk Of candidates.
W. H. Holiday of Laramie Is mem
toned for the gUbernatorial nomina-
ton. but It Is sal dthat be Is not can
didate.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-07-05
MAN WAS NOT MERRILL.
Suspect Held at Boise Not the Ore.
gon Convict.

Boise, Ida, July 4.-The man held at
Nampa ON suspicion Of being David
Merrill. the Oregon convict who es-
capped with Tracy. was released today
While he resembled the fugitive, II was
clearly shown he was not the man
wanted.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-07-05
~" Observe Law Of Associations.

mad. July San Interpolation was
t.rss, = .ne chamber Of deputies yes
ths y, concerning the application b,
e'hinent Of the law OF assocIa.
The National tribune., 1902-12-25
THE LINCOLN MEmoR1AL unIyERsJTy

We have before spoken Of the most
laudable enterprise to which Gen. o. o.
Howard is devoting himself and all his
energies. This is the building up at Cum
berland Gap Of great university for the
education in the practical duties of life
of the Mountain Whites, male and female.
A better and more helpful work could not
be done anywhere, for the Mountain
Whites are all of as good blood as there
is in the country, and they respond most
readily 10 education. They are not natur-
ally dumb. ignorant people, but people
who have for generations been deprived of
education and knowledge Of the world.
Gen. Howard is soliciting contributions
from all over the country to assist him in
putting the university in shape TO accom-
plish its great purpose, and SO far the
responses have been very gratifying. In
a recent letter to The National Tribune he
says:
I'VE have established a General Burn
side Professorship' at Cumberland GAP,
Tenn, near which Burnside had such a
hard struggle. There has been contrib
uted already $685. in different amounts.
We would like to raise it to $4,000 or
Sl1 900 il we can. To help me it must
be done before Jan. /, that is. to enable
me to obtain conditional promises.
think many comrade and companion OF
Burnside in the Ninth Corps would like Il
: perpetuate his memory in better way
than any other monument can, for a pro
fessorship OF this kind will continue the
teaching to the children and children.
children of those who aided Burnside SC
loyalty"
We hope that all comrades who feel like
aiding this worthy cause. and especially
those who soldiered in Eastern Kentuck,
and East Tennessee and know from per
sonal knowledge Of the people there. vii
contribute what they feel able to, and thai
soon.
The National tribune., 1902-12-25
THE NATIONAL TRBuNE WASHINGTON c. THURSDAY DECEMBER s5

miration and good will, even Of those
whom he had lately met on the battlefield.
He was firm supporter of Union princi-
pies, and earnestly upheld equality before
the law. and impartial justice for all. He
received two brevets in the Regular Army
as Brisadier and Major-General for gal
lantry in the field, and was retired July 1,
1870. He resumed the practice of the
law. and achieved eminence, being called
to New York to accept the position of
General Counsel for the Western Union
Telegraph Company. He took high rank
among the lawyers of New York, aud
among his later services was that Of pro-
melting the laying Of Trans Pacific cable.
In spite of his weighty and cSacting
professional duties, he found time to de-
vote great deal of energy TO church and
rliilanthropic work, and was power for
good wherever he interviewed.
In Il personal letter to the editor of The
National Tribune, Gen. o. o. Howard.
his lifelong comrade and friend. says of
him:
Il never knew nobler man-an able
lawyer. a self-sacrifcing soldier, and an
exemplary Christian"
The New York Sun says of him editor
tally:
Gen. Wager Swayne came of the old
est American stock, and in his character
he exempliied many of the best qualities
which distinguish it. He was a
distinguished member of our bar, and
vigorous, public-sprited, high-minded and
enlightened citizen"
Gen. Swayne kept up to the last the
warmest interest in his old regiment and
his former comrades. The last Reunion
of his regiment was the only one he never
attended.
The National tribune., 1902-12-25
A STUDENT OF ECONOMICS ON TRUSTS.

There is so much wild vociferation on
trusts and so little intelligent thinking.
that it comes with a sense Of grateful re-
ilef to have some man who has reputa-
ton for close study on economic conditions
point out what the actual evils of trusts
are, and prescribe remedy. Hon. p. s
Grosscup, Of Chicago. United States Cir
cult Judge, is known as an independent
thinker, and one whose mental processes
command respectful attention whenever
he chooses to make an utterance. In n
recent address before the University of
Nebraska he discussed trusts in a forcefuI.
Thoughtful way, which must greatly i'm
press thinking men. We all know that
there ale many dangerous features
about trusts which should be removed. hut
this cannot be done by merely standing
on and yelling at them, or by raw, incon-
siderate legislation which, while not reach
ing the seat Of disease, may bring other
evils incomparably worse than those it
pretends to cure. A very large amount of
the present clamQr against trusts and the
suggestions for legislation are rs sense
less as the tom-toming Of an Indian doc
tor or the deadly boluses of the travelling
quack. Judge Grosscup, after remarking
upon the astonishing rise of the trust sys-
tenn and its portentous change of owner
ship from the individual Or local corpor-
atoms to great consultations, managed by
few men. says that we are now in the
18th year since the passage Of the Sherman
act. So far from this being q restraint it
The National tribune., 1902-12-25
DEATH OF mAJ.-eEN. WAGER swAYNE.

A Prince has fallen In Israel, and one
Of the grandest, truest, and ablest of the
men who sustained the Flag in the dark
days of the rebellion has joined Grant,
Sherman, Logan, MCPHERSON, and others
with whom he was intimately associated,
ON the other side of the river.
Maj.-Gen. Wager Swayne, who died at
his home in New York City, last Friday,
WAS the eldest son of Hon. Noah II.
Swayne, Of Ohio, one of the distinguished
jurists Of the war period, and an Intimate
friend and counselor Of Abraham Lincoln,
who appointed him in 1861 Justice Of
the Supreme Court of the United States,
Hc made many important decisions, which
are quoted with the utmost respect today.
Gen. Swayne graduated from Yale, ard
was admitted to the bar. He was prac-
Using with much success at Columbus, O.,
when the war broke OUT, but left his Office
at the country's call, and helped raise the
Add Ohio. He modestly refused the Colo
nelcy Of ghis regiment, that it might have
the benefit at the outset of instruction and
training at the hands Of a regular officer
He secured for its Colonel that splendid
soldier, J. l.. Kirby Smith, graduate of
West Point, and son of an officer killed
in the Mexican war, who speedily nodded
the regiment into magnificent organiza-
ton, but was killed at its head in almost
| its first serious battle, that of Corinth.
Sxt-n nod mt h.
Major, and was now promoted to Colonel.
He endeared himself to his men by his
| fearlessness in battle, his constant atten-
| tion to their wants and comforts, and by
single-hearted manliness and justice. He
always led them, whenever there was any
thing to be done, and allowed no enlisted
man to go farther or endure more than he.
At Resaca he was at their head when they
dashed across bridge swept by rebel
sharrshooters, and led them up close to
the rebel line. He was promoted to the
/ command OF q brigade, but led his regi-
ment in the March to the Sea. At the
crossing Of the Salkehatchie q piece Of a
shell took of his leg, but as soon as he
was able to 60 about on clutches he re.
ported for duty. He was promoted to
Brigadier and Major General Of volun-
teers, and appointed Colonel in the Reg
ular Army. He was assigned to duty at
Montgomery, Ala, as Assistant Commits
sioner Of Refugees. Freedmen and Aban-
doned Lands. and during the trying period
of Reconstruction bore himself as credita-
bly, as he had In the field, and won the ad-
The National tribune., 1902-12-25

rather appears to hare been stimulus.
since out of 112 leading trusts, all but ID
have been created since the passage Of the
Sherman act. 1T is, therefore, clear that
that policy has,utterly failed. and no time
should be lost in repeating the Sherman
act, which puts the industries of the land
at the mercy, not of the law, but Of the
officers Of the law" Judge Grosscup
then goen on to, outline his remedy:
| 1.-The legislation that replaces it should
provide against artificial prices, brought
about either by cornering OF the supply,
or by conspiracy; and also against dscrim-
nation in prices as to either buyers or
places, as affected by actual transportation
rates. There should be provision for open
books; for stated examinations by some de-
partment of the Government; and for pc
riodical statements to the public, as in the
case of National banks, and many of the
railway companies.
1.-The new legislation should forbid the
issue of primary stock in excess of the
cash paid in, or the real value OF prop
erty contributed, to make up the com
pany's assets. Some department Of the
Government should be charged-as be-
tween the company and the public-with
the duty to see that this limitation was
enforced.
Provision should, of course. be made
for further issues of stock. as the value of
the property increases; but such issue as
it based, not on subsequently acquired
property. but upon increased value due to
management and operation, should be sec
ondary, always, to the first; and should be
put out only after Judgment, by the APP
propriate department, that it was justified
by the earnings and standing of the com
pany.
''To the extent that such subsequent is
sues represent increased value, due to
mana cement and operation, 1 would en-
courage, by every feasible method, its
division in fair proportions between those
who have furnished the capital and those
who have done the work. 1 would en-
body the basis Of such division in the con-
tract of incorporation, so that it would
operate as a contract right, and not as a
mere bonus. Experience has shown that
there is no way to so satisfactorily mlti-
gate the struggle between capital and Ia
Dor, and none so just, as fair division
of the harvest, after both the reapers-
capital and labor-have each had its
reasonable hire.
The National tribune., 1902-12-25
THE NATIONAL ENcAMPMENr.
Eastern sor,rades Want It Held in Ausu

EDITOR NATIONAL TRIBUNE: 1t is the
sentiment of the, comrades in this Depart.
ment, and of many comrades in the East
ern States. that the best time to hold the
National Encampment at San Francisco
next year would be in the month of Au-
gust. There are many reasons that could
be urged for this, the chief of which is, ii
is vacation season, when comrades could
more readily get away %o,d from business for
am told it is always cool enough there in
August to sleep under blankets. Will YOU
not use your influence to have the Council
of Administration fix it in August p
FRANK w. TAYLOR, Post 9. Department
Of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pa.
The National tribune., 1902-12-25

agents Mt Wilmington, who will make
proper provision for them"
I'm very glad to hear it." said the
Captain earnestly. IF not. / should want
to make some provision for them myself,
even to paying some one to take care of
them. Most of my company would like
to join me in bearing the expense. These
poor blacks are. l think, the simplest
hearted, most helpless beings the Lord
ever created. Look at them. not one of
them less than 30, and yet they don't
know any more about taking care of them
selves than so many young children. They
have to be told to do about everything,
except eating. We gathered them up
from the other companies, where they
were being abused, for being so dumb and
helpless. Most boys are so unthinking."
With eyes as big.as Sleeps. and as lit
tie comprehension in them, and with open
mouths, the negroes stood by. and listened
dumbly to the Captains words. They
were all field hands and of the Guinea
The National tribune., 1902-12-25
LIFE IN THE MINING REGION.

Here is a thought-suggesting excerpt
from the testimony taken by the Strike
Commission in the mining region Of Penn
sylyaia:
John Denko, whom the company says
got 1928 for a years work and whose
child works II hours each night for 81
cents an hour, was the first witness.
He said in broken English:
: 81 got 81 .402 in all. and that / had to
divide between four of us. l make from
girl to MILL l got IL children. Six been
dead. Wife in asylum. l owe store bill
$76''
Judge Gray examined him.
''You say your wife had IL children?'
''Yas. sir"
81 don't wonder she is in the asylum"
the Judge commented.
Don't you think it hard that the girl
has TO work at night!'
well, she ask herself to work night
shift
IF were you would not let her work
nights. Take her out of the mill and put
her in school,"
Several times in the course Of the ex-
animation he repeated this, and Denko
promised he would.
On cross-ezamination he said that the
best pay he ever earned was $45 for two
weeks work. The last two weeks he
earned SOS.
Peter Siscack. whose 11-year-old daugh-
ter works in the mill, said he sent her
with another girl, and the boss sent her
back with a paper, which he signed. He
did not know what the paper was.
He had to send her, he said, because
his other chilren and the wife were sick.
Last pay day, he said, he received 81 for
two weeks work.
When he concluded, Judge Gray said:
"Peter, the Commission thinks you ought
to take her out of the MILL
Siscack promised he would.
81 suppose, though" said the Judge,
cher place will be filled by some other
unfortunate"
This witness, whose income approaches
double that of the average farmer of the
United States, lives IN the utmost squalor,
and compels his young children to work at
night in order to add to his earnings, and
yet gets exceedingly little Of what goes to
make a home in this country. On not
more than half his admitted income the
greater part Of the people of this country
have made happy homes, fed and clothed
have educated their children to be right
minded, right-living American citizens.
This man, who must be taken as a type
of his class. does absolutely nothing of the
kind. He lives his life in dirt and ig-
norance, no matter how much money he
gets, and his poor wife ends miserable
career with him by going to the insane
asylum. Measured by the rewards Of
their labors, these miners seem to be
more fortunate than the average workman
of similar skill, but in all moral ways they
are inferior to any except the inha bitants
Of the city slums. The condition revealed
seems to call for strenuous missionary
effort in the mining region. There is a
loud call for people who want to make
mankind and this country better to labor
in this sadly neglected part Of the Lords
vineyard
The National tribune., 1902-12-25
A FLORIDA HOME FOR VOLUNTEERS.
A Welcome From the People as Warm as the
Sunshine Awaits the Veterans.

welcome Prom the People as Warm as tbs
Sunshine Awaits the Veterans.
florida Times Union and Citizen, jack
sonville, Fla)
The American soldier has always been
the personiication of the citizens pa
triotic devotion, and the disabled or inn
poverished soldier has always command
ed the wealth OF the Nation to the extent
of his ne DIS. As one of the most cosmo-
politan States of the Union, embracing
in its population representatives of every
section and, perhaps, of every State-cer-
tainly of every party and every phase OF
feeling that can claim to be National
Florida throbs to the American gratitude
for the American soldier, asking only that
he did his duty as he saw it, earnestly and
willingly. Therefore, all Florida, but
especially his own district is glad to know
that the bill to locate Home for disabled
volunteers in this State comes from the
brain and heart of Robert W. Davis.
The bill provides that the Board of Man.
ayers of the Home for Disabled Volun-
teers locate Branch Home sat some suit
able point in the State of Florida" Also
that a welcome be offered at the door OF
unteers, honOrably discharged, who served
in the war of 1872, Florida and other In
dian wars, that of 1S61-'65 and of 1898.
whether in the navy or army. Thus the
welcome to our genial climate and the hos
pitality of our people is offered by the
Federal Government to all the worthy who
need within the necessary limitations
which the appropriation must prescribe.
We would not limit the right of the
Board to choose location by the offer Of
advice or suggestion, but every community
in the State would be glad to have the in
stitution in its neighborhoOd. The vel
come from our people will be warm as our
sunshine, and all of US will join in the ef.
fort to make the old soldiers feel at home
and remain in comfort while they fight
their battles over again in the good fellow.
ship that has bridged oil the chasms ever
dug to divide US.
The National tribune., 1902-12-25
sUPERANNUATED VETERANS.

The following is from the Marietta O.)
Daily Loader tho largest daily in south
go, OH on5 t1,a o,,;tor ~ which ;s
EASTERN oh'o, anu 'ie eu''o' VI
Bro c. Il. Creagcr, whose father served
in Co. G, Both Ohio until discharged for
wounds He re-enlisted in Battery X. LIST
Ohio T. and was later transferred TO
a. o.1.h Coronr lot p.t,.Go, " p
.ne
y. bro. CreaSer hiihseit Sd" hoiioiap'e
service in Porto Rico, as member Of
the 4th Z. S. The veterans and sons of
votarans of Marriott, oro very nroud of
D. -.
pio' efe'sf'
''In his annual report to the Secretary
of the Interior, submitted some time ago.
the Commissioner of Pensions says that
he has 500 clerks in his Bureau who will
soon be incapacitated for work. He goes
so far as to say that if these could be re-
tired and 100 young men installed in their
places, he could very greatly improve the
service and augment the sDeed besides
saving much money.
"These 500 clerks are veterans of the
civil war. They are in the ranks of that
vast army which has been passing in grand
review before an admiring world for a
half century. They are the men who,
when they themselves were young and
blithe, denied themselves the privileges of
college and business and offered them
selves as living sacrifices in cause which
will now live through all the ages TO come.
This is the army which is marching witt,
tread as steady as that which crossed
Mason and Dixon's line, to the eternal
camp beyond the grave. These 500 men.
less than what would have been new
regiment then, but which would now rep
resent a brigade or two, are to be kicked
out, because they are no longer useful.
They are too old to make a hand They
apparently do not earn their salaries.
1.-THE Commissioner, however. offers
| this suggestion: Congress should make
some arrangement by watch these men
can be retired from duty. They must be
taken care of. To discharge them in great
numbers as soon as they become unser-
| viceable, which will be very soon, would
cause very great pain and suffering
''Who would suffer?
"What arrangement can be made?
Whose fault is it that these men are
prematurely old?
what makes the difference between
the bows of '61. who wore the bIue and
those who stayed at home to raise So
| wheati
why is 1t that the men who rallied to
| the country's flag when death lurked
| there, are today depending upon q meager
pension for their subsistence. while men
who improved the splendid business on
portunities of the COS, sacrificed their Ma
tons honor for gold, are today living in
comfortable homes. collecting interest and
| crying out against the evils OF the pension
list?
''Are the doors of the Pension Bureau
to be closed in the battle-scarred faces
of these 800 clerks inst hecausa tbev orc