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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-02-20
EXHIBIT AT ST. LOUIS.
. The Salt Lake Herald:

10 Inc salt Lake Herald:
The Herald's editorial comment Monday
on the proposal to make a model of an
irrigation farm part of Utah's exhibit at
the St. Louis exposition is the right word
at the right time.
To us irrigation is rather familiar
matter. but not so with most of the Wis
ftors at St. Louis. A model such as pro-
posed would attract wide interest, as the
question OF Irrigation has been brought
in the last year to the attention of the
entire United States. Thousands of peo-
Dle in the east who know what irrigation
offers to accomplish will appreciate d
chance to get an inkling of its practical
workings. The state that has the credit
of presenting such information in so
clear a manner will find its efforts amply
rewarded.
To sDend one-fifth of the appropriation
on single exhibit may not at first sight
commend itself TO many. But it is tar
better to spend even more on a model
that Will be unique and of general inter-
est than to spread the money over ex-
hibits that will not differ greatly from
those of some other state.
1t is well TO bear in mind that what we
want is to interest the outsider in our
state. and even if what we present is not
peculiar to Utah she will get the benefit
of all attention attracted to her exhibit.
Yours truly. G. NJ b
Salt Lake. Feb. L.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-02-20
THE CASE OF RICHTER.

IT through THE PRAYER of brol-
en-hearted mother to the chief
magistrate of the nation the case of
Private Edward G. Richter of company
], Twenty-eighth infantry, is again be-
fore the public. Writing from her home
IN Syracuse. N. Y. Mrs. Ellen c. Rich
ter, the mother of this soldier, asks
the president to have her sons body
sent home 70 her. She asks, further,
that his murderer, Lieutenant william
b Sinclair, be dismissed from the army
In disgrace.
In view Of the circumstances Mrs.
Richter doesn't ask too much. If one
tenth Of the evidence submitted at the
courtmartial before which Sinclair was
tried and acquitted is true. Sinclair is
an inhuman dend who should have been
executed.
According 70 the evidence before the
Sinclair courtmartial, Private Richter
was. a the command Of Lieutenant
Sinclair, removed from his quarters and
securely bound. Sinclair himself fur
nishing the rope. As the hapless man
was carried away he cried out: They
are going 70 Kill me-" To prevent any
further outcry the lieutenant ordered
Richter gagged. A rag was stuffed
into his mouth and a stick dashed to it
to keep it in place.
Richter could then make no outcry
and his bonds rendered him absolutely
helpless so far as physical exertion was
concerned. But Sinclair was not salts
fed with this form of torture. He or
dered a soldier to bring up cask of ice
water. A dipperful at a time, it WAS
poured on Richter's face, although even
then he was dying from suffocation.
Witnesses have said that this fearful
torture was continued for a period Of
two hours and twenty minutes. at the
end OF which time death mercffulIv re-
leased the miserable man. There are
other details of the torture. but the
bare outline is sufficient and the facts
az stated here are not disputed. Sin
clair pleaded justification for his merci-
less act Of murder.
Richter had been insubordinate.
While I'm an intoxicated condition he
had used obscene language toward his
commanding officer. Sinclair. The Her
aid understands thoroughly that Ricn-
tef's offense was serious one. whether
committed IN time Of war or in time Of
peace. II may have merited DEATH but
under no conceivable circumstances 5Yd
n merit death by torture. An officer
with ordinarily humane Instincts
would have confined Richter in M
guard house for an indefinite period.
ending, perhaps, with his dishonorable
aIzchzrze from the army
"a je not a. ali probable that SIN
cls8r can b. reached at this late day
and dealt with a. he deserves. but ne
ca8 b. aisBsisses from the army ana
the bssay 81 MS victim can be sent
home. The president owes II to himself
~ act ~ once,
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-02-20
FOR A COMMISSION
An Open Letter to the Legislators. Sal
Lake City. Utah:

An Open Letter to the Legislators. Salt
Lake City. Utah:
Honored Sirs-IRasmuch as the greatest
good may be derived from the government
appropriation in favor of irrigation for
our state. and at the earliest practical
date. would it not be well tor your hon
orable body to appoint a commission Of
say five. seven or nine practical trrigat-
ors of not less than forty years expert
ence. to personally examine the various
reservoirs and irrigation schemes of the
state and reDOrt at the earliest nnomen-
upon the same TO the honorable secretary
of the interior for his information aud &C
ton. to the most feasible ones? This
would be in conformity with the suzges-
ton of the Hon. +. II. Newell. chief OF the
United States geological bureau. Wash
ington, D. g. in his recent letters to Mr.
F. /. Moore of Baker City. Ore This
commission need not be an expensive one
as S1-50 per day should be sufficient for
actual time spent, with travelling expenx Is
met by the state. The commission might
be authorized TO call for witnesses and
papers as 10 the status of any enterprise
begun. Your very humble servant.
ANDREW LESLIE
Fountain. Sanpete County. Feb. Is.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-02-20

things is not to be wondered at. II
there was any church organization
which had undergone the trials that
this church crga nizatioa had under
gone, care not what its religious be-
lief or practice might be. if the sect was
large enough and strong enough and
powerful enough to become a factor in
the political life of the country, We
should ind that church pursuing pre-
ciSely the same course that is being
pursued by the Mormon church today
I agree entirely with the senator from
Maine (Mr. HaIel that it is very de-
plorable condition of things. I know
that in our state we have a very large
body Of people
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-02-20

OF all the sycopharts that the maei-
strom of politics has whirled to the
surface for a brief season, Secretary
of the Treasury Shaw is easily the
leader. In a recent speech Secretary
Shaw told a highly interested audi
ence that President Roosevelt put in
eighteen hours every day working for
the people. OF course, the statement
was untrue. There are only twenty
four hours in a day. Yet the presi-
dent must eat, he must ride, he must
give receptions, he must engage in
singIe-stick bouts with his athletic In
structors- Also, he. must sleep a lit
tie every now and then. Can he do
all Of this in the six hours that, ac-
cording to his warm admirer, Secre-
tary Shaw. make w all Of the time
that he has for himself?
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-02-20

According to Representative Siayden
of Texas Representative Huh of Iowa
was mighty smart when he called Stay
den liar before the bar of the house.
If it had been anywhere else the Iowa
Hull might have been scuttled>
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-02-20

Still. Utah is better off than .Wyo-
ming. There is no talk of an extra ses-
sion of our legislature.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-02-20

The Missouri law for osteopaths
ought to mean that they have to show
us that they are capable of curing all
kinds of disease.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-02-20

Patrolman Heath didn't kill of all
those shighwaymen while ne was about
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-02-20

VIII Chief Paul's horses be sorry 10
welcome him home? Neigh, neighl
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-02-20

DIR. Keith viii resume his dental prac-
tice Feb. %. Office H. East Brigham
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-02-20

sgosg 9 J>os Augeies street car has
heeu Eel1 W, What 4 pity Il Is that
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-02-20

One of the most pleasant bob-sleigh-
ing parties of the season was driven by
Mr. Malin Tuesday last Those who
enjoyed the ride were Howard Case,
Lottie Hampton, Jack Evans. Edna
Hayes, Vern Metcalf. Ermma Cfauson,
Elmer Silly, Percillia Smith. Chick
Price, Dean Rossiter, Zola Mccoy and
Louise Young.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-02-20

Tuesday evening a delightful birth
day party was given Mrs. Dawson at
her home, Myrtle street and Captain
avenue. by her friend, Miss Gertrude
Peet. Refreshments were served and
at late hour the merry party broke
up. Those who were present were
Misses Peet, Kent, Van Houtin, Daw-
son. Bradford and Laura Dawson, Mr..
Smith and Charles Dawson.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-02-20

Miss Creary entertained about twenty
friends at a Welsh rabbit party IL
honor of her guest, Miss Ireland,
Wednesday evening.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1903-02-07
HIS MEMORY WAS REVIVED

One of the remarkable cases treated
by McIvor-Tyndall. the world re-
nowned thought reader, who will ap.
pear at the Hawaiian opera house som.
time this month, is familiar to Los
Angeles people. and Is that of Lee Har-
rell. who was known to have muir
dered Waterman Howard. of Rio Wis
Ia After the murder, Harrel escaped
and in their search for him the county
man who answered to the description
Of the murdered. He belonged to that
class of the worlds unfortunates called
tramps." and could give no account or
himself or his whereabouts on ths
night of the murder. The search for
Harrell was abandoned aud the pocs
tramp was in a fair way to be con
victed. when DR.. Mclvor-Tyndall'f
wonderful faculties were enlisted, with
the result that the tramp's "uncon-
Gcious memory"-wherein all things
are preserved-was revived. He re-.
membered that on the night in ques-
ton he was at 4l6 Post street, San
murder He remembered the name:
OF his companions, and, after consid
cradle doubt and delay. the authorl'
thies Investigated his statements and
found them to be true. The real Lei
Harrell was subsequently captured and
convicted, and the life Of the poor
tramp was saved through the instru-
: - 10
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1903-02-07

years. In this Territory now, u
would require ten years before the GER
tificate only could be used to secure a
registered title. This does not pre-
vent title being proved by previous pos
session in addition thereto, as is done
today. It is an admirable method OF
preserving evidence. We believe that
this is a very valuable addition to the
law. II to be introduced here
Therefore, we recommend that a
statute for registering land titles be
passed for this Territory. that the
statute OF Massachusetts be made a
model in adapting the system to the
needs Of this Territory, with the addi-
ton OF the possessory title certificate,
ps found in the Province Of Ontario.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1903-02-07
JUNIOR LEAGUE GAME.

The Junior Association football
match this afternoon will be between
the Gables and Males. Tho game will
be called at 3 o'clock on the Makiki
recreation grounds. Following will be
the lineup:
Cables-Goal, 10 On; backs. A,
Moses, All Ko; halfbacks, T Evans. w
Brown, Foe Sue; forwards, r. Jordan
zee Bew. Mon Yiu L. Andrews, w
Miles.
Mailes-Goal, f. Davis: backs, f
Hoogs, A. Lowrey; halfbacks, II.
White. II. Dowsett, +. Zeigler; for
wards. T. Bailey. S. Dodge, II. Bailey
p. Erich, c. Oss.
Referee. II. Cation.
Weekly Edition Of the Bulletin, u
Ger year.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1903-02-07
The LAWYERS
CONSIDER LAW
AMENDMENTS

There was another well-attended
meeting of the Bar Association yester.
day afternoon at Castle & Cookies hall.
to consider further proposed amend
ments OF the Territorial laws. After
receiving reports Of committees, which
Z we're discussed. the meeting adjourned
till Monday afternoon at o'clock.
General A. 5. Hartwell presented
lengthy report from the committee on
forms of procedure. Il covered the
points set forth in Chief Justice Frear's
address at the previous meeting. The
point which aroused the most comment
was the section which provided that
actions in divorce could be brought by
one party, where the two had not last
lived as husband and wife in the Terri
tory. This is complete change ip
the order of procedure now and in the
past here, and there was developed
much opposition. The proposed form
Is that which has obtained in Dakota
end has been much criticised on the
mainland
The report on the compilation of tho
laws was the one which occupied the
greatest length Of time. A. F. Judd.
for the majority Of the committee. re.
ported In favor of a resolution provid.
Ing for the appointment by the Gov
ernor, with the advice and consent OF
s.e Se"ae' VI .onin'iss'on vi three
m"',h s"o'u mani computation Vi
a' avs WHICH sno"'u We W eA's'ehce
~ ,ne ''oSe vi the ies's'a'l'e sessioh
~ ~, i'on, anu q" anio'a,'on VI the same
10 'ne commission snou'u MAKE pro-
',o'on 'o' '"e puo'''a''oh anu sure vi
VI. 'a'n'
lh,nol'! report was submitted Dy
ouuse el''''ian' III "hich ne suggested
'na' 'nere oe hauheu commission
mn'cn s"ouiu MAKE computation OF
Tue laws anu sussest changes III them'
w pe supini'tep 10 the session OF the
I,es's'a'ure Vi l'Vo' WIN report
RECOMMENDING sueh changes ana urs-
wig tneir enactment INTO law rms
u'ous"t o"C iohs uiscusslon ana
llere were ue'eioped such FEATURES az
."useu 'he report 10 oe iaiu asiue WIN
'"e o'"e' lor iu''her ae'ioh'
rue 'onniiiit'ee Oh revenues ana IL
teises' Messrs' Mott-Shiith' Matthe"-
'iiall anu lhurs'oh asNeu lor ihs'ruc-
S u sus'hs qua. since 'he supreme
Noult hau ueI,ueu 'n"' 'hs system VI
Nei '"""u'Se i''e"Ses was hleS"' anu
'ie matte, VI 'nais'us Tue Jaws wac
one VI po''es oh tne par vi Tue gov
r,nliei', !" MnieG II anu .he ihe'
e,.a .l,s -, was most Interested rom .he
''a"upo'h's VI ie'e"uo anu "Na'ioh'
Mn.tner y, ho' tne nar AISoc'" w.
,noiu nIuNe Le' .n III.
nssoei"'lon .ooh 'ne s.ahu 'nat II was
p'e' NATE VI pon's anu tna'
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1903-03-14
CLOVER Is HIS MASCOT.
Youth Believes Four-Leaf Variety
Brings Him Luck.

Superstition seems to be connected
in the minds of most people with wom-
en-, ladders, rabbits feet and horse
Shoes said the young girl at the
piano. "As a matter of fact, however,
know that men are fully as supersti-
tious as the women of my acquain-
lance, and sometimes more SO. One
young man of my acquaintance, for in
stance, who has literary yearnings,
and who feels sure he could astonish
the public with his brilliant stories if
he could only get some editor to ac-
cept them, spends his summers in
the country gathering inspiration, To-
cal color, and-four leaf clovers. When
winter comes he returns to his hall
room in the city, writes stories by the
whole sale and dispatches with each
consignment to the editor a fOur-leaf
clover. Sometimes the articles are
accepted and then the writer ascribes
his success to the talisman- More of
ten, however, they are returned, with
the mascot in a more or less crumpled
condition and he spends what leisure
hours he has in trying to figure out
why it is those clovers don't work
every time. Never for a moment does
he ascribe failure to any faults in
his manuscripts. Isn't that the limit
in the way of superstition? ''
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1903-03-14
on IllPfire 1dles

the end with the bitterness OF the
time" says a writer in the Chicago
Inter Ocean. But often he got as good
as he sent. In several cases the of.
fcers under criticism wrote the gov
ernor warning him to mind his own
business and in other cases his letters
were returned with dignified but
severe comment Col. Dan McCook
wrote Brough a letter which the
governor regarded as insolent and he
wrote in reply a singing rebuke,
which Col Dan was smarting under
when he led the assault at Kenesaw
mountain Brough PROBABLY regretted
the letter, but McCook's friends never
forgot it.
"Brough was a master in war af-
fairs. 1t was on his suggestion that
the governors of Iuinois, Indiana,
Ohio and Iowa offered the govern
ment the 10O-days men in 1864. And
Brough, it must be remembered, had
10000 National guards, as he called
them, in the field in sixteen days. His
plan was that these short-term men
should take the places of older troops
guarding cities and railways, and that
a veteran army at full strength should
be hurled against Lee, and so end the
war in a hundred days
Il knew several of the war govern
ors, said the major, land they all
were fighters. Tod went into the
governors Office in Ohio in 1862, when
the clouds of war were very dark and
he was naturally impatient. At the
time of the Kirby Smith raid toward
Cincinnati he hurried raw troops pell-
nell into Kentucky, and after asking
for tents for them three times tele-
graphed Stanton at Washington to
the effect that he didn't know who
was to blame for not sending the
tents, but he could whip the fellow
whoever he was. Again he tele-
graphed Washington, For Gods sake
furnish Ohio troops now in Kentucy
with canteens.' All these things were
irregular, but they made friends for
Tod among soldiers everywhere"
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1903-03-14
A Swindie.

In the wire grass region of Georgia
quail are very abundant, and are
known to the natives as -pa'tridges-"
Recently one of the South Georgia
Crackers sold off lot of turpentine
land, and decided to indulge himself
In trip to far off New York while his
money was still in hand Once in the
amazing metropolis, there was another
Indulgence he was determined on. Del
monico's was a name that had long
ago tickled his fancy, and quail on
toast was high bred dish that he had
long yearned to know personally
SO to Delmonico's he hied himself
and there ordered the delectable bit
1t came, he eyed it severely, then
tasted, finally sampling thoroughly
But his after comment on the feast
savored of that sad knowledge which
borders close to disgust
wall, eff l hadn't come 20 New
York, I'd never knowed that quail on
toast warn't a blamed thing out Glynn
county pa'tridges stuck UP OF burnt
light bread"
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1903-03-14
Devotion to the FIao.

81 see by the daily papers, said a
well-known Grand Army man the
other day, that the new custodian
of Faneuil Hall market voted for Nc
Clellan in the trenches before Vicks-
burg in 1864. That reminds me of
something which his predecessor, the
late Charles S. Bolton, did a few
months later. On the seventh of
March, 1865. he had been offered his
veteran furlough by his colonel,
Henry Splaine of the Seventeenth
Massachusetts Infantry. That gave
him forty days to spend with his fam
lily at home, and the colonel ordered
him to start at once. 1 will tell you
the rest just as Col. Splaine told it to
me:
Noticing my anxiety to hurry him
away, he begged me to tell him why
1 wanted to get rid of him then. /
took him into my confidence and told
him that we were to engage in battle
the next morning, and that for that
reason 1 wanted him to get out of
danger and enjoy the furlough that
was so justly his.
Then and there he peremptorily
refused to go, saying, Il will not go
now, furlough or no furlough; 1 will
not desert the flag in the hour OF
peril; 1 will not desert my comrades
on the field. 1 will stay with them
and fight it out
HE did stay and fight it out
Next day in the crash of the then un-
certain battle of Munroe's Cross
Roads, he fell severely wounded and
remained on the battle field twenty
four hours without food or medical
attention. As a result of the wound
received on that day and in that bat
tie he was crippled for life "-Bos-
ton Journal.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1903-03-14

Charles Francis Adams Praises Lee.
Charles Francis Adams delivered
notable speech at dinner of the New
York camp of Confederate Veterans
recently, in which he said:
LAS an American-as an ex-so1dier
of the Union-as one who did his best
in honest, even fight to destroy that
fragment of the army of the confed-
eracy to which he found himself OPP
posed, l rejoice that no hatred at
taches to the name of Lee. Reckless
of life to attain the legitimate ends of
war, he sought to mitigate its hor-
rors Opposed to him at Gettysburg,
1, here, forty years later, do him JUS
tice. No more creditable order ever
issued from a commanding general
than that formulated and signed by
Robert E. Lee as, at the close of June,
1868, he advanced on a war of in
vaSiOn.
- No greater disgrace he then de-
clared, can befaH the army, and
through it our whole people, than the
preparation of barbarous outrages
upon the innocent and defenseless,
and the wanton destruction of private
property. Such proceedings not only
disgrace the perpetrators and all con-
of the discipline and efficiency of the
army, and destructive of the ends of
the army, and destructive of the ends
of our movement. 1t must be remem-
bered that we make war only on
armed men,.
Lee did not. like lilly and Melac,
exhort his followers to kill and burn,
and burn and kill, and again kill and
burn, to make war hell. He did not
proclaim that he wanted no prisoners
He did not enjoin it Upon his soldiers
as duty to cause the people of
Pennsylvania to remember they had
been there. 1 thank Heaven he did
not He at least, though a Confed-
crate in arms, was still an American,
and not lilly or a Melac.
ssAnd here, as a soldier of the army
of the Potomac, let me bear my testi-
mony to such of the army of North
ern Virginia as may now be present.
While war at best is bad, yet its nee
essary and unavoidable badness was
not in that campaign enhanced In
scope and spirit Lees order was OBJ
served and l doubt if a hostile force
even advanced in an enemy's country
or fell back from il in retreat leaving
behind it less cause for hate and bit
terness than did the army of North
ern Virginia in that memorable cam
paign which eliminated at Gettys-
did not feel it incumbent upon him to
proclaim himself q brute or to exhort
his followers to brutality
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1903-03-14
What Did She Mean7

The Rev. Harry p. Dewey of Brook
lyn tells the story of friend of his
who once attended meeting where a
Presbyterian minister preached only
ten minutes-a most unusual thing for
a Presbyterian minister to do.
Brethren" said the minister, when
he stopped suddenly, 81 have dog at
home that must be peculiarly fond of
paper. He has eaten that part of my
sermon that 1 have not delivered, and
I'll have to stop here"
After the meeting a woman met the
clergyman at the door, and after shak-
ing him by the hand. asked:
Doctor, 1 want to know whether
that dog of yours has any pups. If
so, want to get one of them and give
it to my minister
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1903-03-14
petit Larceny in Stamps.

There is a fraud upon the public
that we would like to root OUT said
a postoffice inspector, but it is al
most impossible to reach the culprits,
and to make out cases against them
difficult even to get evidence on which
to base a stop order against their
mail. This fraud is simply the lar
ceny of two-cent stamps by means OF
fake advertisements in the help
wanted columns of reputable newspa-
pers which have no means of knowing
the fraudulent nature of the adver-
tisements- 1t costs only a trife to
advertise for some kind of help, and
some of these. advertisements will
bring from 1000 to 1900 replies from
people who are looking for work or
seeking to better themselves. Four
fifths of these applicants for the boz
gus job will inclose stamps for re-
ply You can figure it out. Eight hun
bred stamps are Wort SIG. These
stamps are taken out of the letters,
done up in packages of twenty-five
or fifts. and sold at small. discount