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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-01-24
GRANT THIS PENSION.

co MANY PRIVATE pension bills OF
- doubtful merit are introduced in
congress at every session that it is
often hard to separate the wheat from
the chaff, the worthy applications from
the unworthy. There is bill pending
in the present congress. however. that
deserves careful consideration and
prompt passage. 1t proposes to give
to the widow of Major Walter Reed,
one-time surgeon in the army OF the
United States, a pension of $4,000
year.
Ask the average newspaper reader
who Major Walter Reed was and, if
he is honest, he will tell you frankly
that he doesn't know. The dead and
their achievements are soon forgotten
by this work-a-day world. Lest we for
/ get Major Walter Reed, The Herald IS
going to tell something about him and
the services which make the claim Of
/ his widow for a pension of $4,000 year
an obligation which a grateful country
should at once discharge.
For many years prior to the Ameri-
can occupancy of Cuba, the eastern
ports of the nation were annually men
aeed by a fearful disease. BY hum
dreds and thousands it claimed its VIC
Tins. carrying them from robust health
into untimely graves within length Of
time that could be measured in hours,
I Cities south OF. Mason and Dixon's line,
from the Atlantic coast to the Missis-
sippi river paid toll to the scourge.
Their men and their women. their boys
and their girls suecumbed 20 its raw
ages. and leaden-hearted woe stalked
unrestrained over a fair land.
The destroyer was known as yellow
fever, or yellow Jack" and when its
saffron flag was hoisted, courage fed
| from the hearts of the bravest, leaving
only terror. 1t was well known fact
that the first infection could be nearly
always traced to Cuba, for centuries
the home of the pestilence. Major
Walter Reed, surgeon, cleared Cuba
for the first time in its history OF yellow
fever. He taught the south how to pre-
vent it, and the result has been the
saving of hundreds of lives.
It was Major Reed who developed
and proved the theory that yellow fever
is transmitted by mosquitoes, and he
showed that with the humiliation OF
the mosquito the fever is banished. Is
this a record that should entitle his
widow to recognition from a grateful
country? 1t is said that Major Reed s
family is in very poor circumstances.
The head of the household was not ac-
cepted as a suitable risk by the life
Insurance companies to which he APP
piled, and he left nothing to his loved
ones.
1t is not possible to count in dollars
the value Of Major Reeds work, but
it is possible to place his family be-
yond the reach of want. We trust con-
gress will grant the relief desired with
out debate or hesitation.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-01-24
UTAH VERSUS COLORADO.

Utah IS A VERY MUCH younger
u state than Colorado. but she can
give her neighbor cards and spades, .
to use a street expression, when it
comes to electing a United States sem
ator. Colorado is respectfully invited
TO consider the Utah system, as in
stanced so recently as to be perfectly
fresh in the public mind.
Now in Colorado the politicians are
maintaining expensive headquarters,
they are importing armed guards, and
In other ways increasing the per capita
circulation of the state. No politician
can say with even reasonable accuracy
that the next moment will not be his
last, politically speaking. Hatchets are
flying in the air, likewise curses loud
and deep. Grudges are being settled
and new scores run up against day
of reckoning.
The nation looks upon Colorado as
upon a great battlefield where the OPP
posing forces charge and rend each
other with furious f1erceness. In the
heat and burden Of the strife every
thing is lost sight of save the one prize
the parties are contending for-the
United States senatorship. Old ties are
Bundered, old friends meet as strangers,
old firearms are being oiled and even
some old men are counseling vio-
1ence.
Now look upon the other picture
Here in the newest Of the common
wealths we have just passed through
a senatorial election. Yet the peace
81
than the peace that held sway during
the proceedings. True. a few verbal
1recrackers were exploded, but they
didn't do any great amount of dam
age. There was only. one candidate;
there had never been bat one candi-
date. .--
He opened no headquarters, except
perha ps, under his hat. He bought no
wine, he paid no hotel bills, he hired
no guards. The record fails to so much
as hint at a campaign cigar furnished
without charge to members of the leg
isIature. Yet when the test came this
candidate was elected almost unani-
mousIy and by reclamation. That, too
in spite of a rumble in the far east.
Taken all in all, the Utah system
has it's advantages--for the successful
candidate-but it is more than a trihe
hard on the industrious heller and
camp follower who depends upon g
campaign to supply him with funds
during the long, dry seasons that in
tervene between elections. 1t is hard
also, on other candidates-but thai
opens up an entirely new subject and
has no place in this discussion.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-01-24
BRIBERY IN coNoREss1

IF THE STATEMENTS of Congress-
1 man Lessler of New York are true,
then former Congressman Lemuel Ely
Quigg and one Philip Doblin of New
York have gotten themselves into a
very tight place. Mr.. Lessler says
these gentlemen tried to bride him to
vote for a proposition to build more
submarine torpedo boats for the navy.
AS a member of the committee on ma
val affairs, Mr.. Lessler's influence, ac-
cording TO his story. was estimated by
the alleged bribers to be worth $1,000.
In order that the public may under
stand Just the kind OF predicament
Messrs. Quigg and Doblin are in, if a
case can be made out against them,
we quote from the federal statutes:
Every person who promises, offers,
gives, or causes or procures to be
promised, offered or given. any money
or other thing of value to any
member of either house of congress
either before or after such member has
been qualified or has taken his seat,
with intent 10 influence his vote or de-
cision on any question. matter, cause
or proceeding which may be at any
time pending in either house Of con-
gress. or before any committee thereof,
shall be fined not more than three
times the amount of money or value
OF the thing so offered and
shall be. moreover. imprisoned not
more than three years"
It will be seen that it is a dangerous
thing for anyone to tamper or at
tempt to tamper with the nations law
makers. Mr.. Lessler tells a circum-
stantial story Of the alleged attempt
to bride him. He was approached by
Doblin, who claimed to represent
Quigg, and offered 5000 If he would
reverse his unfriendly attitude toward
submarine torpedo boats. He re-
jected the proposition. Later he had
a conversation with Quigg, but he
does not say that the latter directly
tried to bribe him.
Another New York politician, John
McCullagh, is brought into the affair
but his connection is rather remote. II
is only charged that he told LessIer
that certain influences would be
brought TO bear to defeat him for re-
election unless he came out in favor
of the submarine boats. Even If Nc
Cullagh did tell Lessler that he did not
commit any crime under the statutes
Congress viii, therefore, deal with
Quigg and Doblin only. and the body
owes it TO itself to sift Mr.. Lessler's
story 10 the bottom II the men ac-
cused are guilty then no political in
fuence should be permitted to save
them from the punishment they will SC
thoroughly deserve.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-01-24

A NEW YORK PHYSICIAN, DR..
Il Charles C. Barrows. has just made
what a brother practitioner calls ''the
most important contribution to medi-
cal science of this generation" That
seems a rather broad statement in
view of the fact that the discoveries
of Pasteur and of Lister, relative TO
the germ theory of disease. have come
within the present generation. How
ever Dr. Barrows has undoubtedly, if
reports of his cases are correct, made
great discovery.
He is said to have found a cure for
blood poisoning. The Importance of his
success, If it may truthfully be termed
success, is impossible to estimate
Blood poisoning, especially of the char
acter which DIR. Barrows has cured is
recognized as one of the most hopeless
of human ailments. That is puerperal
fever, which not infrequently follows
childbirth.
If DR.. BarrOws is able to cure such
cases, he has made discovery as valu-
able as would be a specific for lockjaw
or hydrophobia. His method consists
in the intravenous injection of a So
luton of formalin-an agent that is
used by embalmers the country over.
His most celebrated case was that of
woman who was apparently dying.
Within short time she began to i'm
prove, and she has now recovered.
OF course many patients afflicted
with severe cases of blood poisoning
have recovered, but a very large pro-
portion of them do not, especially
when they have reached the stage
described by DR.. Barrows as existing
in his patient. Since DR.. Barrows' re-
port, other physicians have used his
remedy, which consists of one part
formalin to 5000 of sterilized water.
In every case beneficial results have
followed.
1t is not unreasonable to believe that
| if the remedy is effective in
septicaenaia it may be effective in other
forms of blood poisoning. Thus an
other long stride in medicine will have
been accomplished. The day may not
be far distant when even hydrophobia
and loekjaw will be cured.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-01-24

An afternoon contemporary is using
up a lot of valuable space in the effort
to convince the legislature of the neees-
sity for compulsory vaccination law.
We agree with our contemporaries the
DRY, but we feel to say that it might as
well try to dip cur big lake dry with a
sieve as to bring about the passage of
compulsory vaccination law in Utah.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-01-24
Not Always.
1Chicano Tribune ,

'I tell YOU said Mr. Wyzum, who was
enliveninG the family dinner by a lecture
on financial topics. ''the only way d man
can succeed in any kind of business these
DAYS Is to get in on the ground floor"
Meanwhile a porch climber was busiiy
gathering up miscellaneous lot of VaIua-
Bile jewelry erN costly furs in the front
bedroom upstairs.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-01-24

The university students who threw
vegetables at the University Dramat-
ic clubs performance, object TO being
disciplined, They might suggest that
the faculty take expert testimony On
the point as to whether the players de-
served the vegetables or not.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-01-24

Unless those Colorado legislators who
could elect a senator. but won't. quit
acting so peculiarly. the thoughtless
may come to the conclusion that money
is being used.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-01-24

President Roosevelt is considering a
proposition to hunt bears in Wyoming.
The bruins there had better get into
communication with their brothers in
Mississippi in order to. discover the
best method of avoiding the executive
nimrod
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-01-24

A New York dispatch says that Mrs.
Langtry, the Jersey Lily" is going to
make her home in this country Wei,
that ought to insure US a visit from
King Edward before so very long.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-01-24

Il shall do my utmost to defend Mr..
Shoots constitutional rights before
the senate. ''-Senator Thomas Kearns
in an interview. That is to say. Sem
ator Kearns will defend something that
nobody has thought Of attacking. How
very considerate Of him, to be sure.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-01-24
An Oxford Training.


Ii was the WOman's custom to spank
her boy with her slipper at frequent in
tervals.
There is nothing quite like an oxford
training, she would explain to visitors.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-01-24

Miss Mabel Miner Mcclure will en-
tertain this evening at a dinner and
theatre party given in homer of Mr.
and Mrs. f. NJ Allison.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-01-24

Mrs Agnes Osborne gives pupils
recital at her studio in the Dooly
block this evening
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-01-24

The pastors have wired a protest
against the seating of Senator-eIect
Smoot. but it is safe to say that other
wires viii be used in the effoEt to seat
him. as
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-01-24

The Harmonic club gave a pleasant
entertainment in Harmonic hall last
Thursday evening.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-01-24

This evening the faculty of Rowland
Hall gives large reception in honor
OF the visiting clergy of the Episcopal
church.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-01-24

Mr.. ]. John Mcclellan, ex-county at
torney of Des MONIES, Ia, is visiting
Mr.. and Mrs. IT. Keate.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-01-24

The Sarasate club gave a very en-
Joyable dancing party last evening at
the Ladies Literary club
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-01-24

Judge and Mrs. RoyIe, Mrs Martha
Royle King and Mr.. Jack Royle wore
the guests of Mr.. Lueius Henderson at
the opening night Of "Zaza."
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-01-24

Mrs. Mcclure entertained at de-
lightfui dinner last evening. The table
was lighted with candles shaded in
pink and the table appointments were
all carried cut in pink and white. The
guests of the evening were Captain ana
Mrs Sturgiss. Mr.. and Mrs. ". Mont
Ferry, Mrs. Sharp, Miss Hardness and
Mr.. Wicks.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-01-24
SOGIETY.

The hop at the post last evening was
a most delightful one. and a number
OF guests from the city were in attend
anee- The affair was under the man
agement of Captain Harbeson and
Lieutenant Heidi, and the hOstesses
for the evening were Mrs. Smith and
Mrs. Fornan. Splendid dance music
was furnished by the regimental band,
and delicious supper was served at
the officers, club.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-01-24
For Soc

ChiIdren's Shoes. Men s
Slippers. Misses and
Children's Felt Slippers,
TO CLOSE OUT. SOC.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-01-24
For SIPS

Ladies', Misses, Boys
and Children's Shoes,
some splendid values in
this lot, TO CLOSE
OUT, S1-25.
The daily morning Alaskan., 1903-10-01
NOTICE OF U s.MARsHALs SALE

In the District Conrt Of tho United States lol the District of Alaska. Division No. l..
 O. Sylvester & C. W. Graves copartner W
 Sylvester and Graves, flalntihs
 Ys.
 skngway Hose Company No. 2, @ corporation defendant.
 Notice is hereby given. that under and by virtue Ot an execution Issued out oi the above entitled court in a cause thereto removed hl the due nllng in the clerk oiiice therein oi 2 certified transcript of a iudgmen, rendered anc entered ou the seventh day of september, l9Va lu the court Of tho q Commissioner and cN oaciO justice of the peace for Alaska, skagwa} precinct ln a cause wherein the said P. Q syl vcstcr and c. W. Graves coparthers as Sylvester and Graves were plaintiffs. and Skagway hose Company No. were defendants, which said Judgment was in favor of said plainth and against said dcien ants aud was and is Tor the sufn of Five hundred and ninety eight and 6l-l0l dollars have duly levied upon the East one. half of Lot No. Eleven CID. in Block No. Eighl (0 of the town of Skagway, Alaska, according to Che plat thereof made by r. H. Reid C. E to- gcther with an the appurtenees thereunto De- Now, therefore. for the purpose Of realizing said amount interest and costs, Will, on we'd nesday tho seventh day Of october l9OJ, at the hour of 2 o'clock D. m. and at the front door oi tho United states Court House nt tse east end of Seventh avenue. in The town of Skagway, Dis rict Of Alaska offer for sale and sell Co the highest bidder for cash an Of snid property tQ- wit. tho east one-half Uf lot nnmtcr eleven uD in block number eight Qsl, together with all the apl uIicnces hereunto belonging al m the town of Skagway, District Of Alaska.
 Dated at Skagway, Alaska. Septembc. 7th A. "' ' lanes NJ. shoup. U. S. Marhai. By Iohn W. Shook, Deputy q. $. Marshal.
 First publication Sept. s, i9VS.
The daily morning Alaskan., 1903-10-01
RECORD OF THE PAST
No Stranger Evidence Can B. Had

Look well Co their record. What they have done many times in years gone by Is the best guarantee of future results. Anyone with bad back; any reader suffering from urinary troubles, from any kidney ills, will find in the following evidence proof that relief and cure Is near at hand:
 Jamc, l.. ScanlOn, street car con ductor in the employ of the Seattle Electric Co. oi l6lO Yesler way, Seat tle. Wash, says: "At intervals for over three wears l have been annoyed with trouble from the kidneys, and sui- fered from severe pain In the small of my buck. | railrOadcd for years in the East ou the Michigan Southern k R., running between Detroit and Toledo, and since coming here six years ago l have been in the employ of the Seattle Electric Co. lf the constant shaking and iarring of the cars did not bring on thc trouble, it probably aggravated it Ic that as it may, during attacks no- tictd ! was always worse if contracted cold. which settled in my kidneys and often kept me in continual misery. Through 60 very convincing al that l saw .u one of our Seattle papers ! was induced Co try DOan's Kidney Pills. When ! commenced the treatment wa, in such pain across the small of my back every morning when | got out oi bed that l could scarcely stand it, and it stopped or bent unthinkingly l can only describe the twinges as excruciat- ing. Deans Kidney Pills helped me from the start To say indorse the preparation mildly expresses what l think of it."
 For sale by all dealers Price 60 cents. Foster-Milburn Co.,, Buffalo, N N.. sole agents for the United States. Remember the name, Deans, and take no substitute.
The daily morning Alaskan., 1903-10-01
SUMMONS

In the United States District Court for the
 District Of Alsska Division No. q.
 At Skagway.
 Josephine Er.ckson. piaiutin. ys. c. r; Trick snn. defendant NO.- T5t T. ErIcsson. defendant, greeting.
 fn Che name of the United states Of America vou arr hereby commanded Co be and appear in the above entitled court. holden at Skagway. ln said division of the district of Alaska within thirty day, from the date of the completion or Che period 0i publication hereof to-Wu From the iith day of November, l9Q3 tncre Co answer Che complaint Of Josephine Erickson against YOU wherein Che said Josephine Erickson, com- nlain1uL prays adecrce oi said court Tor the dissolution ol the bonds of mafrimouy hereto fore existing between plaintiff and defendant on thc gruunds oi cruel and inhuman treatment oi thc plaintiff by yOu the said defendant an ii you iaU SO Co appear and answer or otherwise plead. tor want thcrc0f Che plaintiff will apply to che Court for the relief demanded in said complaint. copy of which is served herewith. And you. Che United states Marshal for Divis- lon No. !, uf Che District Of Aiaska, or any deP- uty are hereby required to make service of this summons upon thr defendant as by law fequlr- cd and you will make due return hereof Co the c,rrk of said court within forty days from the date Of delivery tn you wnth an endorsement hrreou of y. ur dulngs lr thc premises.
 Wlfne~s my hand and ihe seal 0f said court at skagway Iu said District, this 7sth day of sept cmoer. l,3.
 Clerk. Ey VI. H. NcLELiAN. Deputy Clerk
 uateof first publication september Jt. tW Date of hast publication November 5.
The daily morning Alaskan., 1903-10-01
SOLDIERS ADDITIONAL HOME
 STEAD NO.
unl.ed stnles 1.and nmco.

At Juneau, Alaska. August 20. lgQ3. Notice is hereby given, that A. O.. Tregent, as assignee of A. R. Clark and Edgin N Bllss Do. Ing entitled Co the benefits of Section 2506 of Inc Revised Statutes Of Che United States granting additional lands Co soldiers and sailors who served in the war oi tho Rebellion. has made application to this offlCe Co make proof and en- try by said applicant, under act of congress ape proved May ltth 1898. for lands in US. survey No. ls in the District of Aluska, described ns fellows, tOwit:
 Lynn caual-on the west side thercoi-lguown as ChilkOOt Inlet, and co point approximately i've miles northwcstcrly irem Haincs Mission, District of Alaska. and moro particularly de. Beg.anlng at a point at ordinary high water mark on thc mnin land on the sOuthwcstrrly shore of Lynn canal, known as ChilkoOt Inlet on the west side thereoi, marked Beg. cor. No. l." from which U. S. initial monument No. ilo bears s. Co dcge3d mia. r.. f.o3 chains; thence S. ii deg. O6 mia W. i0.O chains Co cor. No 2; thence s. 67 deg t5 min.E 70 i3 chains Co cor No. g.; thence N. n deg. O6 min. E. 70 20 chains Co cor. No. (; thence N. @ deg. 6s min. W. along line of ordinary high tide POI chaius Co cor. No. S; thence N s5 deg. CO min. W. along ordinary high tide, bo55 chaius Co cor. No. thence N. % deg. 2s min. W. along line oi ordinary high tide. 7.31 chains Co cOr.No. 7;thence N. 12 dcgW min. W. along ordinary high tide. 5595 chains Co cor. No. l. the place Of beginning containing an area Of iS s9 acres Narintion oSdeg. 70 min. Any and on persons claiming adversely any portion Of said Ian is are required 70 ile an ad- verse claim thereto In ths 0iiice during the period Of publication of this notice, or within thirty days thereafter, otherwise proof and en- try oi said lands will De madeby said applicant.
 JOHN w. DUDLEY
 Register. It Is hereby ordered that the foregoing notice bo published for the full period Ol siXty-one days In the Skagway Alaskan. daily ncwspa- per, published at Skngwuy, Alaska, which | hereby designate Co be Che newspaper publish ed nearest the laud described.
 JOHNw. DUDLEY,
 Register. First publication Aug 27th.
The daily morning Alaskan., 1903-10-01
Ordinance No. 42.

An Ordinance Forbidding the COnstruc- tion, Erection or Malntainance of Nuisances in the town of Skagway, Providing a Punishment therefor, and for other Purposes; Be it Ordained by the Common Council of the Town cf SKagway.
 Section l. That whoever shall construct, erect or mqiutain in the townof Skagway, either as owner or agent of the owner, any thing which Is a nuisance at common law, or under the statutes Of the United States applicable to Alaska, or under the ordinances Of the town of Skagway, shall be deemed guilty of misdemeanor and upon conviction shall, II the punish ment is not otherwise provided by or dinance, be fined in any sum not less than $500 DOT more than S2OO co; aud each day said nuisance is maintained shall be considered as a seperate oifense
 Section ?. This ordinance shall take effect and be in force from and after Its passage and approval.
 Passed the council Augugt 2lth 1903. W, s. MCKEAN, Town Clerk
 Approved August 2lth 1903.
 l.. s. KELLER,
 Mayor and President of the Council.