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Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-12-18
Many People Frozen to Death.

Vienna, Dec, l7,-According to ad-
vices from Hungary 60 persons were
frozen to death during the last three.
day.. Wolves are devastating the
sheep folds and have devoured three
sheperds.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-12-18
Mail Money Order Record,

New York, Dec. lss---Mail money re.
cords have been broken In the central
postofiice, Wednesdays TRANSACTIONS
amounting 10 sl,16s,7ii. This Included
money orders issued. both domestic ana
foreign, the certificates OF deposit IS
sued TO out-of-town postmasters, money
orders paid and money order drafts.
European advices brought the intor-
nation that the Incoming Christmas
mail would be much larger this year
than ever before The Cymrlc. bound
for New York, Is said to have on board
$500 bags Of mail The Etruria Is al
SO coming with 1906, the Kaiser VII
helm der Crosse with ESQ and the 81.
Louis with 800, a total Of 5,4l5.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-12-18
'''''e Was from Cedar Ran,ds

llus' w ssapld !, Iowa, Dec. is-rdward
spauiaIn ~ No. eead body was found near
70 buy lon sne' Idaho, left here Nav
n the t,s 'snu !. he was known TO have
rs the lam ~, q Granger, wyo.' which
"a, u niles ~ larmer, living at LIS
"'s east OF Cedar RanlSs
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-12-18
Moroccoan prctsndcr in Possession

New York. Dec. ls.-A dispatch 10
the Times from Fec. by way OF London
says that the nretcnder 10 the throne
has complete possession of Tesal ano
the neighboring districts.
The pfetender has appointed vizlers
and other officials and has set up
court with every symbol OF royalty
The tribes east Of Fee almost WIN
out exception acknowledge the pretend
or as the sultan
The correspondent says that heaVy
rains impede the progress OF the im
ptrial troops
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-12-18

quest, however, to come from the Ven
ezuelan government. He already has
been instrumental In one capacity, viz.
that Of transmitting desire on the
part of President Castro to settle the
eSistin controversy by arbitration.
Whether the minister VIII be per-
mitted to perform the larger function
OF exercising full powers toward effect
ing a termination OF the difficulty Is not
stated. Indeed II would be questionable
whether such an arbitrator as the
American minister would be accepta-
BILE to the allies, in view OF the natural
proclivities which he might have in
favor Of American countries.
So far as could be ascertained here
tonight. no reply HIS come to the state
department in answer to the request or
President Castro that the pending
claims be submitted to arbitration.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-12-18
truEmpowe1s
Minister Bowen.
e;,, Fon Poses 10 Effect Settlement Of Ae Difficult
4. w,h Great Britain Germany and Haly-He Soo
a,,,,s Permission From Washington 10 Enter Upon
The Task CASTS Probably Passed.

ments OF Great Britain, Germany and
Italy. and by way Of information, has
also told secy. Hay that any provision
made for the settlement Of the claims
against Venezuela must recognize the
eminence OF the French claims,
France has received assurances from
the other governments named that any
arrangements made would provide for
the security Of the French interests in
the Venezuelan customs.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-12-18
SYMPATHY FROM ECUADOR.

Guayaquil, Ecuador, Dec. 1S.-Presl-
dent Plaza has sent the following mes
sage to President Castro at Caracas:
1.-THE government and people OF Ecua-
dor express sympathy with the govern
ment and people OF Venezuela In the in
ternational conflict. and hope the DIM
culties viii be Practically and honoraoy
aaffled
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-12-18

as himself to do his duty towards
checking such crimes. The limit OF the
law for the offense committed by you
Is 20 years and | feel that | ought to
giye you the maximum sentence. hut
In view of the fact that you have en-
tered a plea OF guilty and have saved
the state the expense OF trial, I win
exercise as much lenlency as possible.
The Judgment Of the court Is tina. you
be confined in the state prison for
term of 10 years"
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-12-18
Going to Fight for Venezuela.

New York, Dec. lS.--Among the pas
sengers who will start for Venezuela
on the steamer Maracaibo on Satur-
day Will be Juan Hernandez, the %
year-old son Of Gen. Maria Hernandez,
Ell Moeho,' Young Hernandez Is a
compositor at present employed In
Danbury, Conn. He telegraphed a
friend that he would 20 to Caracas to
enlist In his fathers command.
In addition 20 the number Of persons
al offers from United States citizens at
the Venezuelan consulate 10 enlist In
Castro's army, the consul general has
received Just i6 letters, the writers of
which wish 70 serve Among the send
ers OF these communications are ex-
army officers ana discharged soldiers.
one man, who owns steam yacht, Of
fers this TO repair the naval force de-
stroyed by the warsh.ps, and says he
will man her, too, without any thought
of remuneration. Senior V. Mestre An
mGbile, a former captain In the Span
ish navy and the hero Of many duels
was among those who placed himself
at the disposal of the Venezuelan consul
general
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Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-12-18
POSITIONS FOR uTAHANs.
poSTMAsTERs.

Catherine cudeboo has been appoint
ej postmaster at Glenrock. Converse
county. Wyoming, vice Frederick G.
Rugg. resigned.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-12-18
THREE YEARS FOR DALTON.

Ed Dalton. the young man who at
tempted to rob Mrs. Emerlne Dressler
last April. was more fortunate than the
negro. He was sentenced today by the
court to three years In the penltenti-
ary. Judge johnson stated that he
would give the prisoner another chance
i' reform, although he had previously
served a term for burglary, and that
nc would not impose the sentence upon
him that he would were the defendant
an older man. He then passed sen-
tence as given above.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-12-18
OPERATIONS SIDE.

gested that the legislature Of Penn
sylvania be petltioned to improve the
factory inspection laws.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-12-18
PLEADS GUILTY no ASSAULT.

Walter Moore. who on Sept. %.
made an assault upon John ". Russell
With a gun. In the latter's restaurant
ct Murray. appeared for trial on the
charge OF assault with q deadly weapon
with intent 10 90 bodily harm. He was
allowed 10 withdraw his plea OF not
guilty TO the charge in the Information
and enter a pea Of guilty 10 the lesser
crime of assault He waived time Of
sentence and Judge Johnson sentenced
him TO pay a fine OF $3.50. His attorney,
Fay Van Colt. stated that the fine
would be paid today and Moore, who 10
out on bail. formally discharged.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-12-18
sHOSHONE NATL BANK.
Comptroller Of Currency Approves Ap-
pljcation of Gordon and Others.

Washington. D. c., Dec ls.--Pensions
granted: ldaho-1ncrease. Delvied
Jewell. Mes Perez, $40.
Utnh-Mexican war. widows: Amy
Hancock, Payson, ~.
Wyoming-lncrease: Moral Garland.
Darlington, 81.
POSITIONS FOR UTAHANs.
Ben l.. Rich has been promoted to q
clerkshlp In the dlsbursing clerks office.
United states senate. Y. c. Lund, salt
Lake. has been appointed to a position
In the senate.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-06-28
Taxes and School Moneys.

Tax Collector Francis has already in the present fiscal year, which will not be ended until September 30, turned into the State treasury $34G,- state collects. This city alone pays to the State on account of the public schools about $60,000, receiving back only $15,000. The difference goes to the weaker counties of the State.
 Herein will be found an explanation of the policy of the weak counties in demanding the largest possible State school fund without real local taxation. They desire to draw money from the richer counties of the State. They desire to bleed the cities, and they op- pose the right of local taxation lest it may operate to lessen the State fund
 AS a matter of fact there are coun- ties in this State that have more school money than they know what to do with. The handling of school moneys in some townships and coun- ties in this State is a scandal that, If fully known, would shock the people. Some townships contain very few whites-a handful-and many blacks, and it is in these townships that the public scandals occur The next Leg islature should give this subject atten. tion, for 1t contains scandals of the gravest nature-scandals that go far to explain the well-maintained Hitter acy of the State. The State needs, too, a superintendent of education who will fearlessly lay bare these scandals.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-06-28
GOVERNOR AYcock,s REWARD.

From the AshVille AegiS.
 There is no excuse for mob law. The latter can only be excused where laws are not enforced or where the evil aris- Ing from 1t Is less than that arising from the non-enforcement of law. The degree of crime In mob law Is increased by the fact that prisoner Is taken from the custody of the law. The violently taking of a prisoner out of the hands of the au- thorities and executing him is a high crime, especially when he Is in the hands of the law for Its execution.
 The crime with which the prisoner is charged is no apology for the act of the mob, which only adds crime to crime and sets at naught the power of the law.
 There Is side to this thing of mob law that those who engage In 1t do not stop to think about. The gravity of the of fense may be ever so great. but the vio- lence of the mob does not modify it. neither does the enforcement of the law against the guilty. The public welfare, however, is affected by the two methods Mobs publish to the world that law and order are defective and do not afford that protection guaranteed to public and pri- vate safety which Is the very element of good government. The vindication of the law in the protection of the innocent or the punishment of the guilty offers lib- erty and security to life and property.
 These two conditions make the greatest difference and the moral outcome of a community Is judged by them.
 Where the law Is enforced the acts of mobs are crimes against the former no less than the crimes against individuals ard the public abroad will argue that when mobs break jails or seize prisoners in the hands of officers, law and order do not exist or are powerless.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-06-28
4 Canal is 10 Be Duo.

She Panama bill is practically law, for it has gone to the President, and he will sign it. He is compelled to sign 1t or defeat all canal legislation this year. He will of course sign it.
 The country wants an isthmian ca nal, and public sentiment will uphold the President in signing the Spooner bill. It will give us a canal at any rate. It will disperse the international railroad lobby, and set the country at work digging a worlds canal.
 If clear title can be procured to the Panama scheme the canal will be 1T miles long, as against SS miles at Suez. It will have a depth of 95 feet, while the depth in the Suez canal Is but 28 feet, and its bottom width will be 150 feet instead of lz2 feet at Suez The great work can and will be speed fly done either at Panama ar Nica- ragua, as President Roosevelt shall decide.
 Let us hope he will speedily decide De route question. No time limit is
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-06-28
Mob Law of ChoctaW.

When Governor Jelks returns home from the sad mission of the burial of brother, he will be confronted by a case of lynching conducted by persons least of it. Cocoa, the scene of the victory over law, order and civnza- tion, is but two and half miles from the Mississippi line, and Its daily mall comes from Shubuta, station and town on the Mobile and Ohio Railroad in Mississippi.
 But the affair was wholly in and of Alabama. The two days hunt for the offending mulatto, and his execution without trial took place in Choctaw County. It was wholly a Choctaw County piece of business, and none of 1t can be shouldered off on Missis- sippi, although some Mississippians may have attended the entertainment at Cocoa, which had been well adyer- tised.
 There was no occasion whatever for this gratuitous outbreak. The confes- sion of the offender rendered convic- tion certain and easy, but conviction and a hanging at the hands of the law were not wanted. A lynching bee was what those present on the spot wanted, and this was duly provided. It was wholly needless, wholly demoralizing and wholly barbarous in method, but when certain neighborhoods want a lynching they are going to have one.
 Governor Jelks has not heretofore quailed before any mob, anu we feel sure he will not do so before this need, less outrage against the supremacy of he would maintain the supremacy of law in this State, and The Age-Herald has full faith he will do so. Unless the leaders in the Choctaw outbreak are apprehended and brought to trial other "law-abiding" citizens Will start lynching bees, and the State will re- lapse into the lawless condition in which Governor Jelks found it. Skill full detective work on the part of the solicitor and sheriff in Choctaw Is needed, and we believe it will be forth coming Governor Jelks showed his sense of mercy in granting recent par dons, and he will now no doubt show his sense of law and order by causing the arrest of the leaders of the Cocoa rnoh
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-06-28

Coffman was the only living witness of the tragedy and of course his testimony was in his own favor. and had the pre- sumption of innocence being in his fa- vor also the case would have been easy. Ordinarily the law presumes an accused person innocent until he or she is proven guilty, but when man is killed by an- other and the killing Is not denied. the law presumes the slayer guilty of mur- der unless evidence Is produced suffi- cient to extenuate or justify the killing. The facts are that Bradford was killed in his own house; that Coffman went there armed and evidently anticipating if not desiring a difficulty and without an invitation although an intellectual ef- fort was made on the trial to prove that he had such an invitation. The opinion is freely expressed that Golf man was acquitted chiefly because hom- icides are so common around Blrming- ham that they have come to be very lightly regarded
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-06-28
Fishing In Mobile Bay.

"Yes, fishing Is generally good in Mo- bile bay" said the captain.
 'When I lived there hardly a week went by but took fishing trip, and it rarely happened that I missed a rair catch. But there were times when the fish wouldn't bite, and then had to take my disappointment along with the rest.
 "One afternoon 1 went down by the saw mill to fish for few hours l found a lot of dafaies there, and not one had caught anything. l was preparing my tackle one of them said:
 No use tryin ter kotcn anything to- day I'se been heah since mawnin' an couldn't git bite,'
 "'Well. I'll try 1t anyhow" I said, and went ahead with preparations. Just then darkey Who knew me and who had overheard the remarks broke in:
 Huh, you don't know de cap'n. He'll kotch fish when no one else kin
 "I'n bet dollar he don't kotch no fish heah today said the first.
 "All right; put up yo money was the answer.
 "The buffer could only raise 40 cents and when the stakes were posted I reached for my bait can.
 "I IIol' on dar. Mebbe de cap'n's got cunju'd baitr yelled the black who doubted my ability to catch a fish.
 "'Well, give me some of your bait then" I said and with that the hook was duly prepared I was fishing with a bobber or float and knowing I would have to be quick in my movements l kept the line straight up from the water After a time I saw the bobber tremble just tha least little bit and instantly I gave the line jerk. There was a lively thrash'ng around in the water and finally landed a perch weighing a little less than Two pounds, I should think But you can judge of my astonishment and that of the whole crowd when we saw that the fish was hooked through the tail.
 "The loser of the 10 cents all this time was looking very much down-hearteG When he saw how the fish was hooked he yelled:
 Lemme out O this I don't want not hin to do with a man what kotches fish by the tail!'
 He started off on run and I haven't seen him since. The only way can ac- count for hooking the fish that way IS that 1t, in passing, just grazed the line enough to make the bobber tremble. Then my sudden jerk brought the hook into it's tail just as 1t got to the right place.
 T concluded that I had had enough sport for one day, and after giving the fish to the delighted winner of the 40 cents I quit"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-06-28
Record of This Session.

Congress will soon stand adjourned, and the record 1t will leave behind will not be an enviable one. It was dom- mated throughout by trusts of one sort or another. These defeated reciproc- honor is tarnished in the transaction. They have smothered all other reef procity treaties. No law for the reg ulation of the trusts was adoptedEno step was taken towards the revision of the robber tariff. It refused to re- strict immigration because the trusts want cheap labor that will not strike. It did not reform the consular service. The hands of the trusts are In all these things, and trusts domination is seen at every turn In the proceedings of the session.
 The Senate passed a Panama canal bill in the expectation that deadlock would ensue, but it did not. It put up the price of butter in order to placate a special interest. The House desired to pass the Senate ship sub- sidy bill, but quailed before the fall elections. It passed appropriation bills that outran those of any Congress ex- cept war Congresses. It provided for civil government in the Philippines wholly outside of any reasonable inter- pretation of the federal constitution, thus establishing a system of subject colonies. It offended China by pass ing an exclusion bill containing need less terms. It inaugurated an irriga- tion policy that will cost the people untold millions.
 Extravaganza and trust domination mark every page of the sessions his- tory, and if the people do not call a halt in the fall elections the next Con- gress will do even worse, which now seems impossible, but 1t will not when like influences are again felt.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-06-28
TRAIN HELD ROYAL FOLK.
But This Made No Difference to span-
 ish RevoIutlonsts.

New York, June H.-A train carrying Mrs. Bowen, wife of the American min ister. the Spanish minister, Senor Ayala and his wife and others who were go- ing from Caracas to La Guayra to take breakfast on board the United States cruiser Cincinnati. has been held up and searched by armed revolutionists, who captured several of President Castro's officials and important documents, cables the Willemstad. Curacao. correspondent of the Herald.
 William w. Russell, secretary of the American legation, conferred with the revolutionists. who guaranteed absolute safety for Mrs. Bowen and her party, among whom was Lieutenant J. G. Gilmore of Philippine fame.
 On the arrival of the train at La Guayra the captains of the Cincinnati and Topeka raised the Spanish ensign and gave an official salute to the Span ish minister.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-06-28
Requisites.
From the Baltimore Herald. uCir have couen-

From the Baltimore Herald.
 "Sir, I have come"-
 This indeed was a good beginning, and the theatrical magnate looked through his stratiled halo of cigar smoke at the fair speaker.
 "To apply for position in one of your companies"
 Well, what qualifications have you?'
 "I have appeared in numerous high class productions; for instance'-
 ''I know, I know but what
 "I have good emotional powers, good imgenue abilities. fairly good comedy business'-
 ''I made mistake in the term. Those are abilities; I only want your qualifica- tions as a society drama actress. You haven't been a prominent member of bonton society, a social leader or any thing like that?"
 "Why, no I fail to see what that has to do with 1t"
 And I suppose you have not even scandal? Sorry, madam, we can't oner you anything"
 And tobacco smoke once more settled down on the theatrical trust magnate, the guardian angel of dramatic art.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-06-28
Sunday School Lessons.

''The tenth International Sunday School Convention which is being held at Den yer is a very notable gathering said a Sunday school worker.
 While the International lessons for the next year are prepared by committee of divines of ripe scholarship all the del- egates to the convention will have the privilege of discussing lesson topics and the line of work that the committee will take up. Among the distinguished min isters who were always present as com mitteemen up to a few years ago were Dr. John Brooks of the Baptist church. and Dr. Hog of the Southern Presbyterian church. They have passed away and other scholars have taken their places. Men die but the work does not"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-06-28

named in the bill, but he can increase his own popularity by wasting no time over the question. He can, if so minded, decide within ninety days whether a satisfactory title to the Pan anna canal can be obtained. If it can not be, he Is authorized to begin work at once upon the Nicaragua route.
 It Is not believed the French back CTS of the Panama scheme can give clear and unobjectionable title, and that the canal will be dug on the Nicaragua route. At any rate canal somewhere is assured, and the com bine stands defeated It was caught in its own trap.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-06-28
CHINESE FREEZE TO DEATH.

St. Petersburg Cable to N. Y. World.
 Travel on the great Siberian railway stlll has many drawbacks. but one of the greatest is the discomfort to which third-class passengers, especially native Chinese, are subjected The winter has been unusually severe this year, yet the rolling stock is so inadequate that the Chinese ride in open freight cars. In January and February, when the ther- mometer registers 30 to 50 degrees below the freezing point, the Chinese t in crowds on the frozen trucks and ire quentiy froze to death. On one terrible night in February fifteen Chinese per ished and about 150 others suffered terri bly from frostbites and exposure.