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Omaha daily bee., 1902-10-25
OF ocean Vessels Oct. "a

Al Boulogne Sur Mer-Saied; Rotterdam,
from Rotterdam, for New York.
At CherbouTg-Sailed: Auguste Victoria
from Hamburg and Southampton, for New
York.
Al Plymouth-Arrived: Fuerst Bismarck.
from New York, for CherbOurg and Ham
burg, and proceeded.
At Observation-Disclosures: Merton, from
Boston. Sailed; Commonwealth, for Bos-
ton.
At Southsmpton-Salled: Auguste Vic
toria, for New York via Cherbourg.
York, for Genoa.
Al Moviile-Sailed: Corinthian, for Mon.
tTeal; Ethiopia, for New York
New York.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-10-25
FEUDIST is EXoNERATEn
Tom COckeriII Escapes Conviction
on Faction Murder
Charge.

COMPTON, Ky. Oct. 24.-Tom Cockerill,
charged with the murder OF Ben Hargis
during faction fight at jackson. KY, last
spring, was today acquitted by the Jury
The murder was one Of many that have
occurred as a result of a bitter feud be-
tween the Cockerill and Hargis families in
Breathitt county.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-10-25
WoRKMEN DIG Up MASToDoN
Prehistoric Monster Found in Illinois
by Men EXcavRtInE
Ditch.

PARIS. ILL.,, Oct. 24.-while digging q
ditch nine miles northwest of Paris. Charles
Fletcher and James Murray unearthed the
remains of a full-sized mastodon.
Seven feet Of the right tusk was intact
and was attached to the skull. The full
set OF upper teeth also were we'll preserved.
Those on the right were attached to the
tusk and upper part Of the skull. The
men will probably present the skull to the
State university at Champaign.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-10-25
LEAVE SHANGHAI NEXT MONTH
First of November Now Mentioned
as Probable Date of
Evacuation.

LONDON. Oct. 24.-The foreign once has
advanced no stipulations likely to obstruct
the evacuation OF Shanghai and mentions
November / as the probable date.
The conditions of the evacuation are,
however, still under consideration and
Great Britain is not likely to approve pro-
posals which preclude China from granting
preferential advantages.
II is understood here that such conditions
are framed exclusively in the interests OF
Germany and France.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-10-25
MUST READ INSTEAD OF DRINK
soldiers Are 10 Have Libraries in
Place of Abolished
Canteens.

WASHINGTON. Oct. 24.-secretary Root
has approved a preliminary plan for the
expenditure OF the 100000 intended TO pro-
vide substitutes at military posts for the
oanteen. The intention is TO provide read
ing rooms, gymnasiums and other amuse-
ments for the soldiers.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-10-25
NICKERSON TO BE PRESIDENT
Leaves Mexican Central 10 Accept
Better Post with Southern
PacIAc.

CHICAGO, Oct, 24,-The Record Herald
tomorrow will say; at was announced on
good authority yesterday that II. r. Nick
erson, vice president and general manager
of the Mexican Central railroad, had been
offered the position Of president Of the
Southern Pacific
Omaha daily bee., 1902-10-25
AGAIN VOTE MINISTRY DOWN
German Reiehstag Puts Higher Duty
on Horses In Spite of the
Government.

BERLIN Oct. 24.-By a vote Of 1872 to
106 the Reiehstag today approved the pro-
pOsal for higher minimum duties on inn
ported horses than those proposed by the
government
This action WAS taken In spite OF the
declaration by the minister OF agriculture
that the government could not accept, in
view OF the Importance Of encouraging
horse-breeding in Germany, so as to have
a constant supply OF army remounts
Omaha daily bee., 1902-10-25
STREET RAILWAY FOR MANILA
Bids Asked for Lighting and Trans
POFtatiOn Franchises in the
Philippines.

WASHINGTON, Oct. 24-The bureau Of
insular affairs has received dispatch from
Governor Taft stating that the Philippine
commission has invited bids for street rail-
road and electric light franchises in Manila,
to be opened March s. 1908.
The bids will be advertised in this eoun-
Try.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-10-25
LAWRENCE SITE SELECTED
Federal Authorities Finally Decide
where 20 Erect Government
Building.

WASHINGTON. Oct. 24.-The secretary
of the treasury has selected as the site for
the public building at Lawrence. Kan, the
property at the northwestern corner OF
Winthrop aud New Hampshire streets,
The accepted price is $4,000,
Omaha daily bee., 1902-10-25
POSTAL ACCOUNTS ARE SHORT
EvsIeth Postmaster Suspended TiII He
Explains where Money
Went.

ST. PAUL. Oct. 24-William d. Ellis
worth. postmaster at Eveleth. MINI. has
been removed. pending an investigation.
II is said that postal inspectors found .
shortage in his accounts amounting 70
IS 900.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-10-25
VETERANS NEW HEADQUARTERS
Union Legion Commander Establishes
once at Indianapolis and AD-
points AdJutant.

INDIANAPOLIS, Oct. 24.-George W.
spahr. as national commander Of the Union
Veteran legion, has established headquar-
ters here, with B. w. Sullivan as adjutant
general
Omaha daily bee., 1902-10-25
AvERTS GENERAL MASSACRE
sultan of Morocco Discovers Plot 20
Xiii All Europeans
In FeE.

MADRID, Oct ga dispatch from Tan
gier, Morocco. says;
The sultan's vigorous action In dealing
with the murderer OF Missionary Cooper
was due TO the discovery OF a plot 10 mur.
der all foreigners in FeL
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-12-01
CHURCHES IN POLITICS.

A WRITER IN THE INTERIOR, a
"A Chicago religious weekly, suggests
that the churches of that city do not
take enough interest in politics. He
goes so far as to say that the church
bulletin boards ought to be used
for the announcing of political meet
ings and that ministers ought to take
a hand in political matters for the pur-
pose of securing a better city govern
ment. While there is something TO be
said on both sides of the question, The
Herald is of the opinion that the fur
Their any church stays away from poll
tics the better it will be for that church.
It is unreasonable to expect minis
tiers and church people to refrain from
expressing their political convictions
If they so desire, but they should talk
as citizens, not as ministers or as
churchmen. There is no place in re-
ligion for politics The two never have
mixed and they never can be made to
mix. The surest way to disrupt any
ecclesiastical organizat ton is to turn it
into a political machine 1t may take
long time to bring about the disrup-
ton, but it will surely come
That has been the history of all at
tempts to mix religion and politics. IT
is right and proper for pastors to take
keen interest in the government IN
der which they live. AS good citizens
they should be interested in securing
good government, but there is such a
wide difference of opinion as to who
can give a city or a nation good gov
eminent that ministers cannot afford
to speak without giving the matter
prayerful consideration. And they
cannot afford to speak on political
topics in their churches under any con-
sideratiOn.
We hardly believe the proposition ad-
vanced by the Chicago man will re-
ceive serious consideration.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-12-01
DUE TO "RUBBERNECKING.n
Why So Many Women Are Hurt in
Street Accidents.
Chicago Tribune

Five women a, day, according to the
police reports, are hurt in the shopping
district by street cars or other vehicles
running into them. Some of the cases
are serious, and demand the removal
of the injured persons to a hospital or
their homes. The great majority of
these accidents. crossing policemen de-
clare, are due to what is Yulgarly called
''rubbernecking.
Mine women out Of ten who are hurt
by street cars or vehicles drawn by
horses have only themselves to blame"
said ar officer who for several years
had guarded a State street crossing.
81 have seen dozens of women injured
down there in the retail district, and 1
never saw one who met with an acct
dent who was not 'rubbernecking.' For
instance, a woman will start to cross
the street with an armful of bundles.
Halfway over, in the middle of the car
tracks, she turns around to look at a
woman who has passed her from the
opposite direction. Perhaps if was the
woman's hat or the hang Of the skirt
that has aused the other woman to
stop and lake her in At any rate
she stands there like a block of stone,
deaf to the changing of the car bell and
the shouts of the people who see her
danger. Finally, after she has Toasted
her eyes on the hat or skirt, or what
ever it was that caught her fancy, she
wakes up and finds a street car or We
hicle of some kind bearing down on
her. She is confused, and doesn't know
which way to turn The chances are
100 to 1 that she win step in front of
the car or carriage. if she has to run
five feet to do it, and then the ambu-
lance is called She tells her husband
and everybody else that the motorman
or gripman, as the case might be, tried
deliberately to run her down.
'"The same thing is true OF a great
many men who are injured downtown.
Two men out of five CHATS conseFva-
tive estimate) viii turn around ten
times in walking one block to look at
women who attract their notice. And.
do you know, it's habit with a whole
lot of men / know some of the most
respectable men in Chicago, who in
every other way are model husbands,
who are victims of this habit of rub
bernecking' If a woman attempted to
fiirt with them they would take to the
woods, but they will turn around and
secretly admire some woman they new
er before saw and never expect to see
a oa in -
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-12-01

the action was so long deferred. At
torney Cutting said that the alleged
frauds were not discovered until 1894,
and that for several years thereafter,
as dividends were paid regularly, his
clients were content to let things drift
Anyway" he added, eve are not
barred by the statute of limitations
until 1904, and we also assert that the
frauds were continuous down to Coils
p. Huntington's DEATH
The compliments seek to enjoin the
issue of $4,000. 900 bonds by the Central
Pacific Railway company of Utah, a
corporation which is alleged to have
been organized in order to evade the
California law which prohibits the is
suance by railroad company of bonds
in excess of its capital stock. 1t will
be remembered that a few years ago,
when the Central Pacific was incor-
porated in Utah, s10O, O0O0 600 worth of
bonds and $4,000, 900 worth Of preferred
stock were issued for the purpose of
inaugurating a series of extensive i'm
provements. OF this amount $4,000. 900
in bonds are still unissued.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-12-01
NEW voRks WATER PROBLEM

GAIT LAKE ISN'T the only city in
- the United States with a water
problem on its hands. The first city in
the republic, Greater New York, has a
similar trouble, and its people are going
about the settlement of it quite as if
it were a matter Of every day routine
A commission, consisting of three CT
the most competent engineers money
could procure, has been appointed to
look into the matter and recommend
some feasible plan for securing more
water.
The range of their investigation is to
be practically unlimited and the bare
cost Of their surveys, experiments and
other preliminary work will reach an
amount which would put Salt Lake out
side the possibility of a water famine
for half century to come. One of the
propositions which the engineers are
discussing is the conservation of water
in the Adirondack mountains, some 277
miles away from the city. and bringing
it down through various channels to
the consumers.
New York is now using close to
00,OO0 900 gallons Of water daily. It is
estimated that the total available pres
ent supply will not meet the demand
within FIVE years time. The metropolis
Is growing rapidly in every direction,
and with that growth there naturally
comes an increased demand for water.
Before New York City has successfully
solved its problem it viii have expend-
ed, according to reliable estimates, not
much less than SO. 200, 600.
Salt Lake will not have to spend that
much, but it win be obliged to undergo
a considerable outlay in proportion to
its resources, and it might be well to
watch the bDsiness-like manner in
which New York is going about the
work before it.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-12-01
WHY EYER SHOULD BE CHOSEN.

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The News however omits reference the
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would be impaired dist board with which
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nominated opposition to Professor Cummings
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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-12-01
AN INTERESTING SUIT,

IF THE SUIT recently filed by Rob-
ert L. Cutting. a New York at
torney. on behalf Of the minority
stockholders of the old Central Pacific
railroad OF California is successfully
prosecuted, it will wipe out the vast
estate left by the late Coils P. Hunt
ington and leave his heirs pennless.
In point of actual money involved the
suit is perhaps the most important
that has ever been fled in the United
States. A judgment for 100000, 900 is
demanded.
Aside from the great amount at
stake. however. the suit is interesting.
1t is the outgrowth of the famous Pa
cific Railroads commissions investiga-
tion THAT was made in the late SOS.
Mr. Huntington. Leland Stanford,
Charles Croker and Mark Hopkins,
known to fame as the Big Four"
built the Central Pacific of California.
In order to engineer the deal through
successfully they secured government
assistance in the form of bonds. ag-
gregating $4,000. coo in value.
The money derived from these bonds,
together with bonds and stocks issued
with the road as security, was. ac-
cording to the report of the congress
siOnal commission, turned over to con-
structfon companies owned by the
Big Four" The complaint filed by
Mr. Cutting declares that the total
value of all these securities was siss.-
100000 and that all the work done did
not cost to exceed $50, 100000 The bal
ance OF the money. It is declared, went
into the hands of the quartette of
hnanciers who owned both the rail-
road and the construction companies
that built it. u is this difference
which the minority stockholders are
now seeking to recover from the Hunt
ington estate.
In answering a question as to why
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-12-01
ELOQUENT LEGS.
Actors and Lecturers Obtain Humor
or Pathos From Limbs.

New Orleans Times-Democrat.)
BY the way did you know that the
legs can be used TO good advantage
by the man who is much accustomed 10
appearing in public, such as lecturers,
speakers and so on?" asked an observ-
ant man. 1T is a fact. whether you
know it or not. I can guess the drift
of your mind, but candidly 1 am not
thinking of any funny business now
OF course. the first thing that will oe-
cur TO YOU is the stage. and the rare
and racY shows which are sometimes
put on, with a gorgeous display of frills
and dubdubberies, kicks in a high key,
serpentine whirls, fiippant ladies, cho-
rus extravagances and all that sort of
thing There is something in that, too,
but speaking of the stage, / can get
more serious and sober glimpse of the
very thing 1 have in mind by recalling
some of the noted men of the stage in
the last quarter Of a century. Salvini's
use of his legs in "A Child of Naples
or in the Three Guardsmen' may be
mentioned His leg gestures, if 1 may
use the expression, were more impress
sive than any movement he made with
his hands and arms. Somehow they
seem to give a better portrayal of the
idea than any other thing said or done
by the great tragedian. Take that pop
ular and finished actor, Sol Smith Rus
sell. Can you imagine anything more
striking than the way he used his legs
in a Poor Relation or in 'Bewitched'?
1t was Of the very essence of the plot
If the actor had not spoken word
feel that / should have understood how
he felt and what he meant. 1t was a
dumb sort of leg eloquence and leg
pathos. Go to the lecture platform
Did you ever notice the peculiar, jerky
stride of Ex-Governor Bob Taylor? In
his witty flights half the humor seems
to be in his legs, and when ne throws
his limbs back he seems to unjoint
! them at the knee so they bend and
curve in the wrong way. 1t is awfully
funny. And there was the fiat-footed,
impressive stand of Bob, IngersoH who
literally lowered, growing out of his
shoes into the splendid proportions of
a giant, and yet never moving a muscle
of his body beyond those disturbed by
the eloquence which rolled from his
tongue 1t was simply the f1at-footed,
stif-legged stand that Impressed you.
It gave you the idea of vigor, earnest
| ness, unfaltering determination. I
might go on to other examples, but
these instances are sufficient to give
you the idea in outline at least. They
viii show that the public speaker,
whether on the lecture platform, the
stage or the hustings, can make good
/ use of his legs"
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-12-01
WANT TO JOB SMooT.
(Tintic Miner.)


It is quite evident that a plan is
on foot to force Reed Smoot out of
the race for the United States senate
by the pressure of public opinion, that
David Keith may be elected and the
Silver King-Republiean machine be
complete in all its parts. This failing.
and it surely will fail, the east is to
be aroused to the dangers incident to
the seating of an apostle in the Unit
ed States senate, and when the Hon.
Reed Smoot presents his credentials
he is to be excluded on account of
his belief in polygamy. Of course it
would not look well for Senator Kearns'
Tribune, which supported the church
ticket, to wage this battle, so the
Telegram is used, and just now is en-
gagged in reproducing all the unfavor-
able comments of the eastern press
The movement, if successful, may teach
a lesson to the leaders of the Mormon
church who directed its lay members
how to vote, and to Mormons over
the state who so obediently bowed to
their request For that reason, and
that alone, the movement should be en-
couraged, for there is no other can
didate in the ranks of the Republican
party who would not be preferable to
Reed Smoot, who has nothing to rec
Ommend him. However, if SmOOt be-
cause as a Mormon, is to be excluded
from the United States senate because
he believes in polygamy. why should
not Joseph Howell be excluded from
the house of representatives for the
same reason2 As far as the public is
concerned, one is as deep in the mud
as is the other in the mire. However,
Democrats can eXclaim, in the words of
Shakespeare:
Let the CALLED jade vince,
Our Withers are unwrung."
In other words, the worst we can get
is the best of it.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-12-01
HE TESTED IT HIMSELF.
How a Man Proved That Umbrellas
Are Severe Temptations.

"a friend of mine who is way up in
sociology determined to test the hon
esty of his fellow citizens by the UNI
breIla method" said the little man on
the back platform.
Yes" said the man with the blue
waistcoat, "and how did he succeed 90
Pretty Wen'' said the little man.
He put the umbrella out on the side
walk with the handle leaning up
against the iron railing. It was a nice
looking umbrella with steel rigs and
handle. and he felt that it would at
tract attention. He went back in he
hOus and sat at a parlor window with
the curtains hiding him Pretty soon
along came a stout man and caught
sight OF the umberlla. He looked all
around cautiously and then he picked
it up At least he started TO pick it
ID. He took hold of the handle and
then he seemed to change his mind
Anyway, he hastily relaxed his grasp
and hustled along without looking
back
thine one minute.
Then came small boy. He whistled
when he saw the umbrella, and back
ing up to it reached for the handle
As he grasped it his hat fell off and
he sat down hard on the sidewalk
When he got to his feet he took TO
Thirty seconds later a woman with
a big cape and a market basket came
alone. She smiled furtively when she
saw the umbrella and, siding up to
it, prepared to tuck il under her cape.
AS she caught hold of the handle she
flung the basket into the roadway end
leaped into the air with the agility
of a goat At the same moment she
let out a shrek like the first attempt
Of young locomotive, and then, gath
erins uD her basket and cloak and a
half-dozen hairpins, started at fun
speed in the direction the man and
boy had taken-leaYing the umbrella
behind.
My friend was satisfied with bis
experiment He had proved that a
valuable umbrella could not be left
out on the sidewalk for five minutes
without being taken. He smiled as
he came down the steps. He reached
out TO take in the umbrella. The next
instant he found himself kicking vio-
lently at the iron fence and gasping
for breath.
''You see," said the little man, ac-
cording to the Cleveland Plain Dealer
she had quite forgotten the fact that
he had attached a wire from a power
full battery in his basement TO the ribs
of the umbrella. and that at least 10C
or more volts We're waiting in that
wretched handle for the next victim To
grab it,"
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-12-01
OPENING OF CONGRESS.

THE FINAL SESSION of the Fifty
seventh congress opens in Wash
ington today. and the eyes Of the pub
lie are turned toward the national
capital There are many important
questions 10 be discussed by the SEN
etOrs and representatives. On most or
them President Roosevelt viii have
something to say in his annual mes
sage. Congress may or it may not be
guided by the presidents recommenda-
tions. In the past il has not been al
together kindly disposed to them, and
this session is not likely to disclose
different state of affairs.
The features of the message that VIII
be awaited with the keenest interest
will be President Roosevelt's remarks
on the trusts, the tariff. reciprocity
with Cuba and the Philippine situa-
ton It is difficult to forecast the at
titude that will be taken by the presi-
dent on the trust problem. At the
opening of the congressional campaign
he advocated the adoption of consti-
tutional amendment to give congress
the power to deal with the trusts. His
latest utterance, that at Philadelphia,
indicates that he has changed his mind
and that he believes congress now
possesses the necessary power.
Nor has the president given the pub
lie any real light on his tariff ideas.
There is a hazy impression abroad that
he favors certain changes in the ex-
listing tariff, but he has never said so
distinctly. Even if he does advocate
tariff revision it is not likely that con-
gress viii pay any attention to him, be
cause its members, or a majority of
them, are against what they call tariff
tinkering." The next congress, with
Representative Cannon as speaker, will
not tou3 the tariff either, so it may
be set down as a practical certainty
that there viii be no revision of the
tariff in this congress or the next.
On the subject of reciprocity with
Cuba the presidents views are so well
known that it is hardly necessary to
discuss them. He believes in giving
Cuba a full measure Of reciprocity, and
all his influence will be brought to
bear on congress to bring about favor
able action. The president is likely to
say some interesting things on this
matter in his message
The Philippine question is by no
means settled as some of our Repub-
lican friends would have us believe.
With the legitimate business of the
Islands absolutely and completely at
the mercy of a few spectators in sill
yer, conditions there are decidedly bad
And that peace has not been effectu-
ally established is evidenced by the
fact that every day dispatches are
published about outbreaks by the So
called 1sdrones. who are really Fill
pino rebels.
The ship subsidy bill, which was
passed by the senate at the last session
and which is still pending in the house,
will receive attention from the presi-
dent. In his last message he expressed
himself as being in favor Of this clean
gift from the United States treasury 70
few millionaire shipbuilders, and it Is
not likely that he has changed his
mind