The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-09-26

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IL is an right now TO "denounce" the
methods employed to keep the schools
open the fun term last spring. as the
good has been accomplished and can
not be undone
The guards at the Denitentiary are
asking pay for overtime, but UP TO
late hour last night none of the prison
ers had signihed an intention TO take
similar action.
Latest analyses show the condition of
the city water 90 be practically Un-
changed. 1t is said to be doing as well
as. could be expected.
From the cOmmouon caused by the
death Of the Panama canal treaty one
might be Ted TO suppose there was no
more ground available for digging pur-
poses left in the world.
The sultan is evidently determined
that if he must fight ne will have mat
tiers arranged so that no Christians win
be left In Macedonia TO Join the forces
opposed to him.
Sir Archibald Hunter maintains his
opinion that the shooting of the Brit
lsh naval guns at Ladysmith was bad
If we could be convinced that Sir
Archibald knows as much about good
shooting as some of the lads ia The
American navy we would know he was
rlght
It begins to look rs if Uncle Sam
would have TO slap over q few of those
dinky little Latin-Americln republics
. in order 90 secure proper respect from
them.
And now, il appears. the king has
come forth as a abinet maker and re-
heved Mr.. Balfour of much worry and
responsibility. 1t is not easy TO decide
/ whether the surprise occasioned by the
/ kings activity should be construed as
a compliment to his majesty or the
contrary.
The decision of Judge Seeds. on
dorsed by Governor Peabody of Colo
RADIO, has the effect Of reducing the
militia from the rank of absolute mon
archy TO that Of deputy sheriffs. as
| they have been instructed to turn all
/ prisoners over to the civil authorities
hereafter.
And again a hard-headed eastern
I business man has been bunkOed by
grafters who unloaded worthless min
/ ing stock on him. and again have the
legitimate mining ventures received a
punch from crooked promoters.
In Peoria, Ills, the employees of a
large factory have been on strike since
/ last December. Now the owners an
nounce that they viii move the entire
plant to another city. which may be
! bit Of good business or may be a case
oi cutting off the nose to spite the
face.
The president returns to Washington
Monday, and residents of Oyster Bay
VIII on that day begin preparing a vel
I come Tor him when he comes back
! again next summer. The two bands
/ may be merged.
Truly, the late SAT- Lake grand jury
/ was world beater. Now that its in
I dictments are being quashed as fast
/ as they come up it is more than ever
/ apparent that the chief occupation OF
/ the jury was the preparation OF q
! treatise showing that no crime existed
| i'm the county.
/ II is hard 70 understand why a "gen-
/ teman' burglar should steal feminine
| wearing apparel unless he had a
| lady friend.
While admitting that. the Panama
/ canal treaty is dead" state depart
/ ment officials persist in hoping for de-
/ velopments, evidently being believers
/ in resurrection
! Yesterdays dispatches announced
/ that one labor organization had de-
/ clared for Roosevelt in the printing
/ Office trouble, while a few days back
/ another organization strongly limited
! the president did not know where he
/ was "at' when he tackled labor prob
! lens This leaves the matter a tie to
/ date.
It is to be hoped nobody will steal
that Alaskan boundary before the ar
/ guments in the case are concluded.