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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-04-22
OYSTERS AND DISEASE.

0F COURSE the scientists waited
- until the season was over. or prac-
tically so. before they began making
their disclosures about oysters. An en-
inent bacteriologist Caleb A. Fuller of
Brown university. recently investigated
the relation of the oyster to typhoid
germs and his conclusions are decided
" against what the old-time reporter
was pleased to call the luscious BIZ
valve" Mr. Fuller took the oyster
beds of Narragansett bay as the scene
Of his inquiries.
Every day the city of Providence dis
charges 100000 gallons Of sewage into
the bay. This comes into more or less
direct contact with the oyster beds.
Ordinary tests for sewage contamina-
ton were made by Mr.. Fuller and the
results were enough to startle the Oys-
ter lover According TO Science he
found that water oysters, mussels
and clans from a point One-quarter Of
mile distant from the sewer opening
contained three varieties of intestinal
bacini. and water and oysters from a
bed two miles below the sewer con
tanned the same organisms. Thirty per
cent Of the oysters and about 60 per
cent of the water samples from a bed
situated in a strong tidal current.
about five miles from the sewer, con
tanned the common colon bacillus, and
20 per cent of the oysters and 20 per
cent of the water samples from a bed
in sluggish water. five and quarter
miles from the sewer. contained the
same organism. oysters from a bed
six miles and one-half below the sewer
contained no colon bacilH, although the
water showed their presence occasion
ally on a falling tide. Beds still far
Their down the bay were entirely free
/ from contamination"
All this is very interesting, but it
must be remembered that only a small
/ proportion, comparatively. of the oys-
/ ter. consumed in the United States,
comes from Narragansett bay. At any
rate only a very few days Of the sea
son are left. BY next September ev-
! erybody viii have had time to forget
about the typhoid germs in oysters and
viii go on eating them Just as before.
They won't even ask that a guarantee
/ be furnished with each one that it
didn't come from a contaminated dis
/ trict
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-04-22
INTEREST IN sAeEsALL.

d ASEBALL IS KING. Let those who
ID dispute the statement lock cver the
attendance figures at the four national
league games played last Thursday, the
onening of the National season. Sew
entv thousand people saw this quar-
tette Of contests. Could any other sport
in the United States make as good a
sboginge When enc considers that the
zaoa9 wePs divided among Just four
baseball parks. The interest manifested
Is phenomenal All over me country
baseball games are being played now.
AZ every one Of them hundreds % spec
tators gather
n IS. perhaps. within the bounds Of
reason 20 saw that on almost any Sun
sav in the height Of the season from
( 050.eo0 TO I000o.ooo American citizens
see baseball games What comfort
nav chose who have been predicting
that goIf VIII supplant baseball derive
from tais showing2 No, neither goif
nor any ether outdoor sport viii ever
arouse the same enthusiastic interest
rs that accorded to the national game.
IRE reason for this Isl that baseball IS
the cleanes Of all the sports.
There are fewer opportunities in 1t
fol. dirty work than in any q the
otaers. There are also fewer oQIortu-
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-04-22
FRAnKR. STOCKTON.

THE WORLD win never know
whether it was the lady or the
tiger The lips Of the only man who
could have told are sealed now. Frank
r. Stockton is dead. From his busy
fingers. the pen has fallen forever and
one of the most unique OF American
writer's passes to the other side.
Whether or not Mr.. Stockton made for
himself a permanent place in the world
of literature, time alone can tell. Per-
haps he has, perhaps he has not, but
there was a charm about his work
which entitled him to more than pass
ing recognition.
Stockton rarely attempted 20 in
struct His province was to amuse,
and that he did admirably. he had
a knaek of telling impossible stories as
though they were possible. Reading
them. one knew they could not have
happened. but the fascination was
there, sure and lasting. OF all his
stories. the one for which Mr.. stockton
viii be best and longest remembered
- ne Ld4Et Ut tllE A45El II - Aty~
a pretendous story at all. Indeed, il
is one Of the shortest of his many tales,
but his unique method of concluding
It. call it trick or what you viii. gave
Stockton fame in more lands than one.
Many efforts were made 10 induce
the author TO satisfy the curiosity Of
his readers, but they were always I'M
successful On one occasion he at
tended a reception at which the ices
were in the form of ladies and tigers.
Which viii you have. Mr.. Stockton"
asked the hostess. Both, he replied,
smilingly, 10 her utter discontinue.
Although in the later years Of his life
Mr.. Stockton's work was confined to
stories for adults. his first real promi-
hence was attained through his juve-
nile books. While assistant editor Of
St Nicholas he wrote a number OF
charming stories for boys and girls.
The dead author filed a niche pecu-
liarly his own. His passing viii be
noted with regret by his host Of ad-
mirers in this and other countries.
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ing her shrewishness. She doesn't
shout it at the audience, either. She
doesn't break the dishes, or tear her
hair But her eyes snap, her fingers
curl and Uncurl, her face Pushes and
she snarls viciOusly at the people about
her.
Miss Grantly's best scene. if it is pos
sible 10 pick a best where ali are good.
was in the garden at the opening OF
the play. Here she showed the shrew-
ISL woman to the life. She was angry
at her sister, angry at her father, an
gay at Petruchio. She was a solid
bundle Of nervous temper, a veritable
little wildcat, with an intense desire
10 scratch somebody. But she didn't
scratch Petruchio. AT least he is a
man, " she said. and half unconsciously
she admitted there that she had met
her master. It was easy after that to
understand how her subsection became
possible. She was strong, but Petru-
chic was stronger. and he won.
OF the cast Mr.. HanfOrd and Miss
GRAVITY have gathered about them, the
best is William J. Shea as GrumiO. It
has been said that Shakespesre's fools
play themselves. This is not true Of
Grumic, for an Incompetent man could
easily spoil the part. Mr.. Shea's Cru
MIC contributed in no small measure to
the hilarity of the evening. Miss Marie
Drofnah appeared to advantage as BIZ
anca. The other characters were capa-
bly, handled, though Mr. Hanford' S
adaptation gives them little to do.
In season that has included much
I Of the unpleasantiy suggestive order.
much that was vulgar beneath a thin
veneer Of polish, comedy Ike The
/ Tanning Of the Shl is most refresh
ing. In all its fostering length there
is no hint Of half-worldery, if the
coined word is permissible, and one
goes away with nothing but pleasant
impressions. There IS a moral to the
| comedy, as there is to all of Shakes
: peare's comedies and his tragedies, but
il is not Obtrusive Mr.. HanfOrd has
4 costumed and staged the play most
I handsomely.
More than a word Of praise is due the
star for his work in The Old Guard, %
which he used as q curtain raiser.
Last nights audience was cut down
j some because it was the most disagree
4 able evening that Salt Lake has ex-
/ perienced in many a long day. Never
theless. the house was comfortably
/ filed and enthusiastic appreciation
was manifested throughout. The en-
! gagement closes this evening.
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mites for dishonesty. II is almost i'm
possible for a baseball game to be
ethrown." The same thing can hardly
be said Of other forms of athletics.
when spectators so to a ball game
they are as sure of getting what is
known as "a run Tor their money" as
they can be Of anything.
The uncertainty OF baseball is an
other factor in producing and maintain
ing interest. one can never tell when
q strong team win be beaten by a
weak one. when an apparently irwin
chile nine viii so down before a bunch
OF tailenders. No baseball game is
out until it is played out, for the longest
leads have been overcome IN the last
few innings. So baseball is popular,
and will always be popular. The Amer
lean public likes honest sport, IL likes
clean sport, and it likes exciting sport
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-04-22
ANOTHER RIVER DISASTER.

Z ONE OF THE fearful records OF the
- OLD days of steamboating on the
Ohio and Mississippi rivers are recalled
By the disaster of Sunday morning
near Cairo. His. Nearly sixty people
were either drowned or burned to
death as q result of a fire which de
stroyed me steamer City of Pitsburg.
Within a very few minutes from the
time the FIRE was discovered the boat
had burned to the waters edge. The
lost vessel was classed as one Of the
finest in the river trade. and the length
of her passenger list is an indication
that she was considered entirely safe.
IN the light Of the disaster. however,
ii is evident that the vessel must have
been very dimsily constructed. q boat
that could be practically destroyed by
fire before its engines coul3 force it to
q shore not more than half a mile dis
tant at most must have been a verit-
able fire trap. So il IS with nearly all
OF the river steamers. The lightest
kind of infammable wood is used in
their construction. and when once a
hla.sa is started no power can save
tkem.
5Fhe city OF Pittsburg calamity
Should De a lesson to river boat build
ers and owners. Surely Tor a little more
monev they should be able TO make
their vessels safe from fire. At least
they can render Il impossible for them
10 be destroyed before the nearest bank
IS reached.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-04-22

NOMEDY Of the strenuous sort, the
kind that rocks the audience with
alternate gales Of laughter and
applause. that goes with a dash and
roar and a crash. was presented in the
Salt Lake theatre last night
Charles B. Hanford's version of 'The
Tanning of the Shrew'' is entirely his
own. he has pruned the work Of
Shakespeare, he has added bits Of his
own. and. on the whole he has i'm
proved the play immensely. In its
original torn THE Tanning of the
Shrew' must have been tiresOme. even
to people who had so much time that
they could go 10 the theatre at o'clock
in the evening and sit through five or
six hours Of steady work.
Mr. Hanford makes four short acts
Of the play. Nothing good has been
eliminated All that is bad he has cut
out. And the Hanford Petruchio is all
that Shakespeare himself could have
desired. A gusty. loud-talking, noisy
whip-eracking, high-tempered animal
Hanford tries to make himself. but
through 1t all the gentleman in him is
struggling obviously for the mastery.
1t is evident that he doesn't want to
treat Katherine badly; it is evident,
too. that he loves her very dearly. He
is Furnishing himself as he Furnishes
her, and Mr.. Hanford does it all so
deity, so humanely, that-well. he is
Petruchio.
He cracks his whip until the theatre
rings again, but he doesn't crack it at
Katherine. He is brutal to every one
OF his covering servants. but he is
never brutal to her. Katherine sums
him up in a word when she says she
man obstructs her every wish, but he
does it all for the great love he bears
her. From the time he meets Rather
inc until he wins the wager in the final
act, or scene. Petruchio is all that
could be desired. And IN passing IL
may be stated that physically Mr.
Hanford is admirably adapted 10 the
part. He is big to the point of burli-
ness and he has a voice that rises
tempestuously, or signs lovingly and
sweetly, as, the occasion demands.
Miss Helen Grantly's Katherine was
not good in spots. Il was more than
good all the way through. In her is
found that rarest of stage combina-
tons. talent and beauty. She is a very
handsome woman and she fits into the
part of Katherine as snugly as ever
woman fitted a part. There is no deny
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-04-22
MILES As a MARTYR.

II THE ADMINISTRATION wants to
/ prevent General Miles from posing
successfully as a martyr. it is going the
wrong way about 1t. Niles was never
particularly popular until the antagon-
isra Of president Roosevelt and secre-
tarv Root TO his plans and methods be
came manifest. President Mckinley
didn't like the general. either. lut there
vas no open breach between them, and
as between the two, the majority of
American citizens, If the opportunity
had been offered, would have voted to
sustain Mckinley. Tt is different now.
40 chance has been lost by the pres
ent occupant of the White House TO
snub thu commanding general. His sug-
gssuans have not even received com
non courtesy. In public and in private
ID has been made to feel that he is
non grata. Apparently there is a desire
10 force MIN 10 resign. Instead Of do
ing SO. Miles has stood his ground and
has rallied powerful friends to his sup
port. The last straw is the Ordway
business.
When the determination Of the adj
mlnistration to force Miles into retire
ment was announced, it was stated
that there was precedent Tor the ac-
ton. and that il came through Miles
himself An interview purporung to
come from some one very close TO the
president was given out. This person
YEAS made to say that General Miles ex-
erted political influences 30 bring about
tie retirement of General Ordway
twenty edd years ago. in order to Sc
cure his own promotion to the vacancy.
Unfortunately, the record is against
the administration.
Miles not only did not secure the re-
tirement o. Ordway. but knew abso-
Iuteiy nothing about it until it had been
accomplished. The commanding gen
eraI at that time was w. T. Sherman.
Milest uncle By marriage. General
Sherman opposed the retirement of
Ordway. and protested vigorously to
President Hayes when the latter an
nounced it. The reason assigned for
Ordway's retirement is not particu-
larry creditable 10 President Hayes. but
he dss.ned. it sufficient. II was because
of a t,legram of congratUlation sent by
General Ordway 10 General Hancock
when the latter was nominated for
president by the Democratic c0nven-
ton OF 1850
However these stories are not I'm
portant per Sc. They are important
though, as showing the lengths 10
which President Roosevelt and his sup
rorters win 50 to bring about their
desires. some of them may call it di-
pIomacy 10 misrepresent the real facts.
but ordinary people have shorter and
blunter name for it. Up to date Cen
erai Miles has not suffered in the least
by reason of the numerous encounters.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-04-22

For Mead is now an old man. made 50
ln one awful crash. and this is his story
Of now it happened and how it feels TO
face sudden, almost certain death, but
grip the throttle of duty:
1T was on the 18th of February. 1900.
IA we were running fast through a
inge OF the Rockies near NoEon, Mont.
Tlheu we spun around curve on an en-
oankment eighty-five feet high. and
there, 80 feet ahead of me was a land
slide across the track Il looked Ike the
end all right for s. and all the passengers.
Tor u was plain the engine would 20 OF
me outside of the rail and down that
bank unless the train was stopped.
& & -
NO man has any business on an engine
VINO fears anything but his GOd-death.
or anything else-and I remember that L
was as cool in that minute as I ever have
been IN my life Mead's eyes began 10
CLEAN and his hand grew more nervous.
II was Just one chance, you know
was afraid if I put on the air too quick
i might make trouble. or not hold
slapped on the air brakes. gave her
sand and threw over the reverse lever
and pulled the throttle wide open The
rear car Just stood right up on end The
shock threw me down, but the next min
ute the train hit US and We hit that Pile
OF dlrt. ] was thrown against the levers
ana my hand was ground 10 shreds on
the cab window. One OF my legs was
broken above the knee-see, it's two
inches shorter than the other one; bad
break, that-and the other one near the
ankle.
g . o
But we stopped that train
Ar. Mead stared cut Of the window
with an evident mental picture troubling
him Of the sHaying Of the train. and
with the sound Of the crunching rock and
dirt In his ears
The cars rolled badly-T remember see
ing them-and the rear ear snapped of
the rails onto the ties Ten inches more
Of that and We would have rolled off
down the bank. The train hung on q
teter there for moment and then settled
down on the inside rail- with q bang.
Then it was ali over and cnsy found me
sort Of crumpled NJ en- the cab
Then he added meditativeiy, But
don regret it, not for moment; better
for me TO get hurt some than for those
passengers and all the rest to go over
and over down that bank
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less the couple had first received a
certificate from the civil authorities.
I was given q special permit by our
presidents secretary and, after show
ing il 10 the authorities was married
in the Office of the American consul,
Mr.. Van Buren,.
The other two ceremonies were nee
essary because OF the difference in the
religious belief of my wife and my
sell.
7 received a very pleasant surprise
When / entered the Protestant church
in Nice TO have the ceremony per-
formed. The officers of the American
feet that was lying in the harbor OF
NlliaTranche were lined along the aisles
Of the church in full uniform and it
was d ma gnifcent sight
Il felt at home all the time I was in
France, for the reason that I was fol-
lowed wherever I went by American
newspaper correspondents. They met
me at Paris and when I arrived at Nice
and went TO the house of my cousin I
found that they had taken the train
before mine and had called at the house
twice before my arrival.
They asked me where Z was going
on my honeymoon and I told them. be-
heFing that 1t is healthy fer a man 20
lie sometimes, that we would spend our
time going Ia and fro from Nice 10
Paris. stopping of at Dion Instead
Of doing this / went the other way to
Boileau. On the day after my arrival
was standing on the front porch OF
the hotel when / was thunderstruck to
see one Of these reporters turn a cor
ner in the street and come UP 10 the
hotel He told me that he had come
10 show me some snapshots that he
had taken of men and not once did he
speak about the untruth that I told
him.
When I was asked what train
would take TO Paris I uIisinfOrmed
them again, but when I boarded the
train they were there. and one Of them
called out 10 me, We couldn't leave
you, senator
Senator Depew was asked what he
thought about the Panama canal and
also the condition Of the European
countries that he had been visiting.
i think the Panama route is better
than the Nicaragua" said the senator,
! and I also think that the price Of
S40,000000 is reasonable.
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AN OUTSIDE VIEW
OF THE HERALD

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ocieN

One Of the prettlest weddings Of the
spring season was that of Miss Rose
mary Glosz and Mr.. Horace y Whit
ney. which took place yesterday after
noon at the home Of the brides parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. I. c.. Glosz, on state
street. The home was beautifully dec
GRATED with a profUsion of roses. the
gift of the brides uncle A canopy Of
smilaX, studded With incandeScent
lights and thickly massed with pink
roses, extended over the heads of the
young couple, and roses were banked
on the mantels and in every corner.
Green ferns decorated the curtains. and
a screen of smilax separated the rooms
IN the hall the stairway was roped with
smilax. intertwined with roses. and at
the foot of the stairway the grand
piano was covered with the fragrant
flowers.
At 3 O'Clock. while the strains OF the
Lohengrin Wedding March, played by
Mrs. Osborne, filed the air, the bride
descended the stair with her father
who gave her away. The bride was
attended by Miss Margaret Whitney.
the sister of the groom, who acted as
flower girl. The ceremony was per
formed by Bishop o. F. Whitney. the
father of the groom. About forty
friends. the relatives of the bride and
groom. were present.
The bride wore a handsome princess
gown Of heavy white satin, made en-
train No ornaments We're worn, but
the beautiful tulle veil was fastened
with a cluster of orange blossoms. A
heavy cluster bouquet of brides roses
was carried.
Miss Whitney was dressed in a dain-
ty pink gown and carried the bride 5
bouquet.
After the ceremony the guests sat
! down to a beautifully appointed we'd
ding supper. At each place was clus-
| ter of brides roses tied with narrow
white ribbon and the table was COW
! cred with the same flowers. Later IN
| the evening Mr. and Mrs. Whitney lett
/ for a short wedding journey, after
/ which they viii be at home TO their
friends at the Miller
@ g Q
! There will be d called meeting OF the
P. E. o. society this afternoon at 4:S0
o'clock at the home Of Miss Palmer
corner Brigham and I streets.
Mr.. and Mrs. f. d. Miller viii leave
on Thursday for the coast. Mrs Miller
viii attend the biennial meeting in
Los Angeles. and later they viii go 10
Catalina island for an outing.
/ @ e, @
Mrs. J. F. Cowan will entertain the
ladies' of the Unitarian society at her
home tomorrow evening.
o 3, .
Mrs. James H. Moyle will entertain
at a large children's party this evening
q. o @
Miss Alice Fisher gives a party to-
morrow evening.
Mr.. John Spencer returned last night
| from a trip to Wyoming.
Mrs. s. II. Pinkerton leaves today fol-
/ Los Angeles to visit her mother.
. g p
Mrs. Harry Witt is dangerously i'll
at her home.
Miss Leta Mcmillan entertained at ar
informal dancing party last night II
honor OF Miss Keith
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Time Table
In Effect
April 1, 1902
E55I 4
SS.I..IIs

ARRIVE.
From Ogden, Portland. Butte.
Chicago, ST. Louis. Omaha Den
ver ana San Francisco ....-..t. S-sJ an.
From Ogden and intermediate
points 90, .-.....--.. $40 m.
From Calientes. Milford. Nephi.
Provo and intermediate points. 9.55 am.
From Ogden Chicago. ST. Louis.
Kansas city Omaha. Denver
and San Francisco ............... 3.15 pm.
From Garfield Reach, Tooele and
1tIIni mus ----. '----...--...- 90 pm.
From Tintic 'McrCur. Nephi,
Provo and Manu ...--......... 600 pm.
From Preston, Logan. Brigham,
Ogden and intermediate points. so pm.
san Francisco -. $40 pm.
For Ogden. cache Valley.
Omaha, Chicago. Denver, Kan
sas City and st. Louis ......... 200 am.
For Garfield Beach. TOoele and
Terminus -...- ...-s-... .----.-.-. t.i5 am.
Nephi and Manti -. 7;55 am.
For Ogden, Butte Helena, Port
land, San Francl.co and inter
mediate points -.....---..----.-. s.i5 an
For Ogder Omaha. Chicago,
and San Francisco -.,......-..-..1..5o pm,
For Ogden, Denver, Kansas
Chicago ..... ...........-......-.. eco pm.
For Provo. %ephi. Milford, Cali
entes and intermediate points. l.93 p.m
For Ogden. Butte. Helena, Port
land. San Francisco and inter-
MEDIATE points - .--......-.10.50 pm.
T. NJ SCHUMACHER,
Act. Traffic Mgr.
y. 7. BURLEY
D S. SPENCER.
g. G. T. & T. A.
city ticket office. 201 Main street. Iele'
phone, go,