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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-02-24
a NEW LEGAL PHRASE.

THE CASE OF HOOPER YOUNG
L has resulted In the coinage Of a
new medico-legal phrase that has ex-
cited considerable discussion in the
newspapers and periodicals of the
country. It viii be remembered that,
n accepting Young's plea Of guilty of
murder IN the second degree and SEN
fencing him to imprisonment for life.
Judge Herrick said the defendant was
medically insane" That is, he was
not sane from the purely medical point
Of view.
ITO relieve a man of responsibility
Tor crime because of insanity" the
court went on. cit is necessary to show
that his insanity prevented him from
knowing the difference between right
and wrong. An insane man, medically
insane, who does know the difference
between right and wrong. is response
bic under the law. This mans condi-
ton, as described to me, is of that
class. While mentally unbalanced and
subject to decisions he does know the
difference between right and wrong,
and therefore is responsible for his
acts"
The judge concluded, however. that
the Raw was not warranted in inficting
the death penalty on Young. but that
be should be confined in the peniten-
tiary for his natural life. The general
tone of the comment on Judge Her
rick's decision is favorable to it. 1t is
pointed out that the law as laid down
by Judge Herrick will, if generally
adopted, have the effect Of reducing the
number of insanity defenses" in muir
der trials. The country was fast COM
ing to the point where a crime of Pc
culiar atrocity would be accepted by
courts and lawyers as prima facie evil
dence OF insanity.
If it is understood that insanity. es-
pecially of the medical sort, constitutes
no bar to life imprisonment, lawyers
will not resort to it so eagerly except
in extreme cases. The man who killed
bis wife in Eureka some months ago.
McGrath, was a typical example of the
insanity case. If McGrath was insane
at al, he was only medically insane.
He was tried by jury for the cold
blocded murder of his wife and was
acquitted on the ground that he was
insane when the deed was committed.
Straightway he was tried for insan-
ity and found to be perfectly sane.
There was nothing then to be done
except to discharge him, and he is free
To-Day. McGrath was certainly as sane
as Hooper Young. and he should have
paid at least the same penalty. We
hope Judge Herricks ruling will be-
come law in every state in the Union.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-02-24

A WRITER in the February number
Il of Arena. Henry F. Harris, comes
braveIy to the rescue of the affirma-
tives on the divorce question Mr.
Harris position is unusual. except
among divorced people. but there is
considerable merit in his argument.
Briefly, he declares that it is right for
unhappily married couples to secure
legal separations as promptly as pos
sible. He says:
We are told that the institution of
divorce separates husbands and wives
and breaks up homes. Nothing could
be further from the truth. Divorce
never separates. just as the marriage
ceremony never unites. Each is but
the symbol. the sign, which sets its
seal upon that which took place be-
fore. If the husband and wife. find
that they have made mistake, and
that the lives of both are made
wretched by their mutual companion
ship. it is their duty to separate and
obtain freedom by legal process.
1T is a mistake a perversion of the
truth to make the statement that
homes are being wrecked in this way.
No home that is a home indeed has
been broken by divorce, and none will
be; for this legal step is but the clos
ing scene OF the last act in a domestic
tragedy. 1t is a crime to rear children
in home life where father and mother
are mutually abhorrent; where love
dwelIs not; where the contact of par
ents serves to bring out all the innate
nrrf nf Of hxa-
ing an inspiration to virtue"
Instead Of making it harder to Sc
cure divorces, Mr.. Harris would make
it harder for young people to marry.
This, he declares, is the rational, rea-
sonable way to minimize divorce. Men
and women should not be joined to-
gether until they are absolutely certain
of each others undying love. THE
greatest social evil in our country he
concludes. lis the marrying habit
1t seems to The Herald that Mr..
Harris goes too far. Surely If people
understand that it will be extremely
difficult for them to secure divorces,
they viii be more careful about enter
ing the married state. Mr.. Harris has
apparently overlooked the fact that
what he calls the marrying habit has
been propagated largely because Of the
laxity of the divorce laws in SO many
states.
The taking of marriage sacrament
is the most sacred, or should be the
most sacred. event in the life of any
man or woman. 1t should not be light
ly entered into nor lightly broken.
Husbands and wives should bear with
each others faults and frailties, they
should exercise patience and long-suf-
fering and kindness and charity. Di-
vorces are necessary, sometimes, abso-
lutely so, especially when the man is
at fault, but there is no necessity for
making them any easier to obtain.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-02-24
ABOLISH EXECUTIVE SESSIONS.

Q ENATOR MORGAN made one peril
y nent suggestion in his scathing ar
raignment the other day of senators
who violate the sanctity of executive
sessions by divulging the secrets there
of to newspaper men and others. 1t
was that hereafter executive sessions
be abandoned and that all the work of
the senate be done where the world
can know about it. The senate failed
to take the gentleman from Alabama
seriously. At least, nothing along the
line laid down by him has been done.
Still, the idea is a good one. There
may be times when executive sessions
are necessary, but they don't come
around very often. It is said that in dis
cussions of treaties, for instance. sena-
tors often say things that might be Of
fensive to the country with which the
treaty is about to be consummated.
After all, though, those things leak out
in spite of all efforts at secrecy, and
they might just as well be spoken in
the open.
A country that will take offense at
, the speech of any senator, no matter
what he says, is mighty easy hurt
The executive session is too often used
as a cloak for something that senators
would not dare to do in open session.
Mems characters are attacked. their
lives laid bare in a spirit Of malicious
ness sometimes and they have no op-
portunity to defend themselves or to
find out the names of their traducers.
Why shouldn't the executive session be
abandoned?
Publicity, says Mr.. Roosevelt, will re-
form the trusts. May we not hope that
publicity would also reform the SEN
ate? Besides, as we have already
pointed out. the really ''meaty' fea-
lures of executive sessions nearly al
ways reach the public through some
senator or senate officer who is not
burdened with respect for that body.
True, the reports are generally CARRIED.
for senator or a senate officer cannot
be expected to furnish as good a report
of the proceedings as a trained news
paper man could furnish, but the re-
ports we get will serve in the absence
of anything better.
Here in Utah executive sessions of
the state senate have about been aban-
doned. The rule was established four
years ago, the newspaper reporters be-
ing admitted while nominations were
being considered and the results have
been uniformly satisfactory. both to
the lawmakers and to the public No
public officer should be afraid to let
the people know what he is doing and
all he is doing. whether he is a senator
of the United States or a city council
man.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-02-24
SHIP SUBSIDIES KILLED.


A LII THE TALK about a revival of
\ the infamous ship subsidy bill has.
as thoughtful people expected. re-
suited in nothing. Yesterday the con-
gressional committee in charge of the
measure. by a vote of 10 to Z. decided
not to place it on the calendar. This
action disooses of the ship subsidy
grab for this session Of congress. at
least Most Of us will hope that it is
disposed of for all time. but doubtless
efforts viii be made at future sessions
10 revive it.
There never was any merit in this
bill. 1t was framed in the interest of
wealthy shipbuilders and would not
have benefited the general public in
he slightest degree. Ostensibly the
measure was designed to encourage the
shipbuilding industry. There was a.
great hue and cry about sending
American made goods to foreign mar
kets in American-made ships. as if the
goods would be better or find a reader
sale when shipped in vessels flying the
American flag.
If anybody could have held out a
reasonable hope that the bill really
would stimulate the opening of ship
yards by men OF limited means. there
would not have been so much objection
to the proposition. But. as all of us
know, the shipbuilding industry of the
country is in the hands of a very few
rich corporations. and, by fair means
or foul, they would have absorbed
every dollar OF the subsidy money. es-
timated by Senator Frye, author Of the
bill. at about S5.OOO.OOO a year for a
beginning.
OF this sum, Clement A. Griscom
president Of the International Naviga-
ton company. frankly stated before
the senate committee on naval affairs
that his company would receive 81. 800
900 a year. And by way of showing
what another beneficiary under the
bill. Mr.. Clyde. thought of it. it NAV
be well to go back into history long
enough to quote one of his remarkable
utterances to the same committee.
Said Mr.. Clyde:
IF we can agree among ourselves
Cthe shipbuilders) as TO how that mon
ey can be distributed so as to do the
most good and build up the largest nos
sible merchant marine, I do not think
that you should give weight to the
adverse criticisms of people who have
had no practical experience in the own
ership or operation OF ships"
In other words, so long as the mill
lionaires set the money, the people have
no right to complain. And many of
the men who favored the ship subsidy
bill were most outspoken in their as
sertions that the national irrigation
law was a swindle and a fraud of
the hugest proportions
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-02-24

a hand was laid on my shoulder and q
voice at my elbow said:
Say. is that the safe where you put
my money!
Astonished. I looked up and into the
face of an elderly man, who looked
every inch the gentleman. being neatly
and carefully dressed. For a moment L
was too much surprised to answer. for
MS appearance at first belied the in
ference l drew from his question. but
closer observation revealed an un-
natural expression in his eyes: so, re-
membering where / was, I knew he
was maniac. Thinking TO humor him,
Yes. I put it there; it is a good
place for it
Quick as a fash he caught I'D a
neaVy stool that was standing near and
brought it down with all his might on
the telephone, crushing il.
Give 1t TO me, quick-quickr he
gasped, but 1 didn't stop to give him
anything. but just started on a run
for the door. and there met the at
tendant, who soon quieted the poor
fellow and led him away.
had made another trip to the city
for another telephone. and as it was
late by this time | didn't go back until
the next day. When I got out there I
found several TRUSTEES guarded by
their keepers working in the garden
l saw my friend of the day before busy
with large knife topping turnips. He
glanced up at me, and I saw a quick
angry CLEAN shoot into his eyes.
I had TO climb a tree in an isolated
part of the yard to unfaslSn a wire
that had in some way caught on a
limb connected my test set and
called up the wire chief and explained
the case to him, so. with the work I
had done, and talking to him twenty
minutes must have passed / started
10 get down. and when I reached the
lower limb looked for a place 10 drop.
But didn't drop; for there, standing
at the foot of the tree, stood my crazy
man. the knife still in his hand.
Come downr he yelled. I know
you You are the man that stole my
five thousand. Give it up to me or I
Will kill you, you thief, Come down or
I win come up there and cut your heart
outi'
But I didn't come. scrambled
higher and yelled for help. though none
came.
THE maniac found heavy board
near and, placing it against the tree,
started to climb up, but in his hurry
and excitement, he did not place it Sc
curely, and when he was about half
Way up it slipped and he went sprawl
ing to the ground. He got on his feet
and tried IL once more Again and
again he tried it. but it would slip
and throw him. Several tines. how
ever, he came within an inch OF reach
ing the lower limb, from which he
could easily have climbed up TO where
l was.
About this time another inmate came
sauntering along and at once took
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-02-24

like those in the plate originally en-
graved
Tire center picture is engraved and
transferred to a roller. like the Wig
rette, but the network in the upper
corners, and also on the back of the
note, is made by the lathe. This ma
chine costs S5.G00--a price that puts its
beyond the reach OF coGnterfeiters- It's
work is so perfect that it cannot be
initiated by hand The lathe engraVes
the network on softened steel, and the
figure in the middle of it is then en-
graved by hand. 1t is now hardened
and transferred to roller like the
others.
THE plates from which the notes
are to be printed are of softened steel
and large enough to print four notes
at once Four engravings of the note
must therefore, be made on it. and
this is done by rolling the hardened
steel rollers containing the raised pic
lures over it in their appropriate places,
until the pictures are pressed into ats
surface.
THE fine lettering around the Dor
ders of the note is transferred in the
same way, but the other lettering is
great deal of time and it secures alb
solute uniformity in the four engrav-
ings on the plate.
'sThe back parts of the note are
printed first, and when the ink is dry
the green back is printed, to be fol-
lowed by the red stamps and numbers.
1t is then signed and issued. For
greater security one part of the note
is engraved and printed at one place
and another part at another place,
when it is sent to Washington to be
finished and signed
But, needless to say, after all this
care and all these safeguards, many
skilfully executed counterfeits have
been made and issued. some of them
so good as to deceive expert judges of
money
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-02-24
Hypatia's
TREED BY A MANIAC.
The Lineman Had Telephone With
Him and That Saved His Life.

We all meet with strange adven-
lures in this world. / guess" said an
old lineman 10 a Cincinnati Enquirer
reporter, but / think I had an expe-
rience that beats many a one. While
engaged with the Bell Telephone com
pany / was sent out one day to find
the trouble between the office and the
insane hospital at indianapolis. Shoot
ing trouble is what we call it. / fol-
lowed the line all, the way out, and
found the difficulty lay between a
torty-foot pole and the phone in the
mems building.
An attendant escorted me from place
70 place, but while I was in the hall ex-
amlnfng. the telephone he was called
away. I was busy With my work when
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-02-24
BANK NOTE MAKING.
First Consideration to Balk Schemes
of Counterfeiters.
New York HeraId.l


First in consideration in making a
bank note is 10 prevent others from
making a counterfeit of it, There
fore, all the notes of a certain denomi-
nation or value must be exact dupli-
Gates of one another. If they were
engraved by hand this would not be
the case. Hand engraving is more cas-
lily counterfeited than the work done
by the process actually used.
Every note said an Official of one
of the leading bank note companies,
lis printed from steel plate, in the
preparation of which many persons
take part. If you will look at a SIS
greenback you will see a picture in
the center, a small portrait, called a
vignette, on the left, and in each Of
the upper corners a network of fine
lines with a dark ground one contain
ing the letter W and the other the
figure 80
ITO make a vignette it is first neces-
sary 70 make large drawing on paper
with great care, and a daguerreotype
is then given TO the engraver. who
uses a steel point to make on il all
the outlines of the picture. The plate
is linked and print is taken from it,
While the ink is still damp the print
Is laid face down on steel plate.
which has been softened by heating it
red hot and letting it cool slowly. IT is
eASu put III 4 press ana an exact copy
OF the outline is thus made on the steel
plate. This the engraver finishes with
his graver-a little tool with a three
cornered point. which cuts a clean line
without leaving a rough edge
Now, this plate is used for max
ing other plates-it IS never used to
print from. 1t must be made very hard.
and this is done by heating IT and cool
ing it quickly. A little roller of soft
ened steel is then rolled over il by a
powerful machine until its surface mas
been forced into ali the lines cut into
the plate Thus the outlines of the
vignette are transferred to the
roller in raised lines, and after the
roller is hardened Il is used to roll
over plates of softened steel. and thus
make in them sunken lines exactly
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-02-24
TWO INQUIRIES.

To The Salt Lake Herald:
Please inform me how Mr. Chamber
lain's colonial secretary of England)
family gained their wealth, also which
is the eldest Of the James brothers?
j. A HEWITT.
1.-The family of which Joseph Cham
berlain was a member were Wood-screw
makers in Birmingham. England. in which
business they amassed a large fortune.
Frank James was the oldest of the
brothers known as the James Boys"
and the only one of the boys now living.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-02-24
FAMOUS MEN
and WOMEN

from all over the world
travel on the Burlington's
Chicago Special.
No matter who the man is.
where he comes from, or
whittier he is bound, the
probability is that, some day,
he viii pass through the
gates of the Union Depot in
Denver and be directed to
the train on the sixth
track"
Talk about famous trains,
the queen Of them all is the
magnificent express which
pulls out Of Denver at AIS
every afternoon. arriving at
Omaha next morning and
Chicago next evening.
St Louis at 2:3O D. m. and
10 D. m.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-02-24

The Democrats of the senate are
clearly right in refusing to accept the
proposed statehood compromise, by the
terms of which Arizona and New Mex
leo are to be admitted as one state
Both territories, as well as Oklahoma,
are entitled to statehood, and they
should be given it regardless of per-
sonal or party considerations.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-02-24

What's the matter with putting a
few of the doctors and a few of the
osteOpaths into twenty -four foot
ring with the privilege of settling their
dispute there? The Herald would be
willing to guarantee a large and in
terested audience.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-02-24

Emperor William is considerable of
a Shylpck- He insists that the first
installment of his pound of flesh from
Venezuela be put into his hands i'm
mediately- If ever a young gentleman
needed thorough drubbing it is that
same Emperor William.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-02-24

A Pocatello policeman arrested the
victim of a robbery and allowed the
robber to escape There's the very
man for chief OF the Salt Lake police
force If we are to make history repeat
itself.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-02-24

hand in the game and held the plank
for my friend. who soon made good
Roadway. and l saw in few moments
he would reach me.
Il yelled again. but no one came AT
brain I quickly attached the test set
and called the wire chief at the office
For heavens sake call up the in
sane hospital and tel them to send
help to me-, or / am dead man. There
are two iunatics after me. and one OF
them is coming up the tree with knife
a foot long. Hurry, hurry, for Gods
sakei'
With a surprised exclamation he cut
me out ! looked down and found the
man was in the tree and was coming
toward me. snarling like a wildcat.
Closer he came until he was just be-
low me. when he seated himself on a
large limb and. fourishing the knife,
yelled:
Look at this. Amt il beaut2
Won't it cut you, thought II is sharp,
sharp. I win cut you up like a steak
He started toward me and had one
hand on my foot and / had just raised
the other to kick him when several
keepers rushed Up. Two of them
climbed the tree. and just as he raised
the knife to strike they reached him
and threw a rope around him So intent
was he On going for me that he did not
See them, and was easily taken.
1t is safe TO say that whenever there
was work to be done out there I didn't
go"
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-02-24

People who didn't have enough coal
and provisions on Saturday to tide
them over until today are satisfied
that George Washington could not
have been born at a more inconvenient
time.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-02-24

Mr.. Good Goods and Miss Proper
Price were married at our store last,
week, and now we have a family of
kegs and demijohns on exhibition in
our window. Call around and have
one of them filled with any kind of
''Good Stuff" that your heart may de-
sire.
RIEGER & LINDLEY,
'"The Whisky Merchants
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-02-24

interest bearing securities. yielding s
per cent per annuEl, compounded twice
a year. can be had from McGurrin s
Co, Salt Lake City Each investor
holds his own security.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-02-24

Bank of Commerce
Now located at 100 Main street.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-02-24

There will be a regular meeting Of
the Ladies' Aid society of the First
Congregational church today from IL
until 3.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-02-24

The history section of the Ladies' Lit
erary club will meet Thursday morn
ing at 10 o'clock at the club house. One
minute talks will be on the Religion
of the XVIII and XIX Dynasties."
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-02-24

Mrs. A. Hefty was pleasantly sur
prised last week by a number of her
friends. The company was masked.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-02-24

The Fort Douglas Social club will
give a dance tomorrow evening.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-02-24

Mrs. Graham F. Putnam will give
recital tonight at the Ladies' Lit
erary club for the friends of her pu-
pills and all interested in music She
will be assisted by Miss Dwyer, the
recital beginning at o'clock.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-02-24

Captain and Mrs. Cocheau will 81
terrain at dinner this evening at the
post.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-02-24

Miss Emily Read entertained at
afternoon tea yesterday at
which about twenty of her girl friends
were the guests.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-02-24

Mr.. and Mrs. Victor NJ. Clement are
in the city and viii be at the Knuts-
ford for the next few days. Later they
viii leave for Mexico, where they will
spend the remainder of the season.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-02-24

Miss Lora Schoppe entertained
number of friends at an informal card
party last evening
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-02-24

The nurses and doctors of st. Marks
hospital gave a masquerade ball in
their entertainment hall last evening,
in honor of Washington's birthday.
-
The Ladies' auxiliary Of the B. L. T..
will give a card party Thursday even
ing at the rooms in the Scott Auerbach
building