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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-03-29
TEN PERSONS WERE
KILLED IN TORNADO

Little Rock. Ark. March 2S.-The storms
i'm the northwestern part Of the stat
caused ten deaths. as follows:
J. 3. Curtis, a prominent farmer or
Newton county; three negro children.
Six persons were killed I'm and near
Gainesville, as follows T. l. Williams,
Mrs. +. NJ. Dalton Frank Elliness. Lena
Fitness, Lena Byerns. enid of Whit
Crouch, child of Mitchell Wyatt.
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AaU1No PARDoNED.

Washington. March 2S.-FOlloWing
the recommendation of Secretary Taft
the president has granted a full pardon
TO ServillanO Aquino. the brigadier
general in the Philippine insurgenr
army who was sentenced by a military
commission to a long term of imprison-
ment for having. il was alleged. or
dered the summary execution of 1--WE
American prisoners during the insur-
rectiOn in the Philippines.
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RESIGNATION OF RAND.
Result of the Postal Depart
nent Scandal.

Washington. March 2S.-The postmaster
general today accepted the resignation
OF y H. Rand as superintendent OF the
division of salaries and allowances OF the
pOstOffice department, The action takes
effect Immediately. Rand was appointed
IN April 1902 During the postal inquiry
II was charged that be was interested in
the promotion Of numerous speculative
enterprises. mostly mining companies,
and that he used his influential position
to induce departmental employees 10 In
vest IN his schemes. The Bristow report
failed to sustain the charges, but Rand
never appeared again officially at the
department.. and IL was generally under
stood that he never would resume his
official dusiep.
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JEFF DAVIS ON TOP.

Little Rock. Ark, March 2S.-On the
face of unofficial reports Governor JEFF
ferson Davis has carried enough counties
10 give him 222 delegates in the Demo
cratic state convention. that being the
number necessary TO secure renOmina-
ton. Judge Carroll d. Wood has car
ried counties that give 162 votes in the
convention, leaving sixty-two delegates
not yet certain
Advices from the First congressional
district show that CONGRESSMAN Hugh
DinsmOre has been defeated for renom-
ination by ]. c. EllOyd.
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TAFT HAS OBJECTIONS.
Camp Sites in Military Bill Are Not
Ouitable.

Washington March 2S.-Secretary Taft
has forwarded TO the senate military
committee. with his approval, letter
written by General Chaffee. chief Os taft,
in opposition 70 certain features Of the
bill providing for the purchase OF camp
sites for military maneUvers at Conewago
valley Pa; al Fort Douglas, Wis. al
the Henry ranch I'm California, and at
Fort Sam Houson. Tex. He suggested
that an appropriation OF S2.o000o0 be
made for large maneuvering camps. and
that their selection be LETT 10 the de-
cision OF the war department. after fur
Their investigation OF the subject.
The Henry ranch site is objected TO on
Che ground of its alleged unhealthful-
ness, and as not so desirable from mil
itary standpoint at the Nscimiento ranch
site In the same general locality. pre-
viously recommended by an army board
OF which General Miles was president
In closing. General Chafree says he is
satisfied that the sites mentioned in the
bills have not been sufficiently examined
TO justify their purchase. and he sug-
gests the appointment OF a board OF
army officers 20 make the necessary ex-
animation.
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THOUSANDS IN DISTRESS.
Destitution Win Follow the Flood in
Michigan.

Detroit. Mich. March 2S.-Encouraging
reDorfs from Lansing Battle Creek, Flint.
Kalamazoo and other towns where FLOOD
damages have been estimated up IN the
hundreds of thousands of dollars, snow
that tonight the danger and distress are
largely centralized in the Saginaw valley
and around Grand RaDids in the valley
of the Grand river. At Grand Rapids a
marked fnDrovement is noted tonight.
vet il is estimated that 1000 people are
in distress. on the Shiawasassee river to-
day near Chesaning twenty-five families
were rescued from their homes on a
sugar beet farm Just in the nick of time
before their houses were almost entirely
submerged. Gilbert Bertram. foreman
for the sugar, company, lost his Ire whiie
irving TO save some of the property.
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MAJORITY WAS DECISIVE.
french Chamber Passes the Law Sup
pressing Religious Schools.

Paris. March 9S.-By the decisive ma
jority Of 3l6 to 2so the chamber OF depu-
ties tonight passed the government bill
for the suppression Of all forms Of teach
Ing by the religious orders. This supple
mcuts and completes the work begun by
the former premier N. Waldeck-Rous-
seau. in 1901
The first law suppressed the unauthor-
ICED teaching orders. which had for a
long time carried on their vocation de-
spite the lack of legal sanction. but the
new law does not make any distinction
between authorized and unauthorized
congregations. but sweeps away the
whole fabric Of teaching by religious or
ders. thus IN effect substituting the sys-
TEN Of state schools for those heretofore
conducted by the orders.
Besides affecting the educational sys-
TEN the passage of the bill Is the
achievement Of the principal work under
taken by Premier Combes. and Il Is be-
lieved that the premier will now volun-
farily retire.
The parliamentary battle over the bill
was one Of the severest which the cham
Der Of deputies has seen IN recent years.
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fore. he alleges. violate the constitu-
ton
Mr. Wilson. who came here solely TO
institute the proceedings. left for chi
cagO tonight. He said that in bring nS
the proceedings he represented no per-
son or persons whatever except himself
although he does not expect people 10
believe that statement. He said that the
question appealed TO him personally. and
that ne proposed to fight the case along
TO the United States supreme court.
which was the only tribunal that could
pass finally on 50 important mat
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lsnocia1 10 The Heraldl

wv man Burrows states that his
committee viii endeavor to re-
new the hearings in the SmoOt investi-
cation Tuesday. April Is. The atten-
tion Of Senator Burrows has been called
20 a conference Of the Mormon church
a. salt Lake City early in April. when
a. opportunity will be anorded FOR
serving subpOenas on Witnesses who
are members.
Mr. Burrows agreed that the sugges-
ton was worthy OF consideration, but
has not indicated that il would be
adopted or that subp0enas for addition
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-03-29
NEWS is SUPPRESSED.
ofhcials Decline TO Give An Account
of Their Acts.

Denver. March 2S.-A News special from
Trinidad. Colo. says:
The press censorship is being rigidly
enforced in this district. The really i'm
portant news is not going out. Arrests
are being made frequently. but officials
at military headquarters decline 10 give
any information as TO the charges or
identity of the prisoners.
The registration of arms. and issuing
of passes still goes on w. r. Farley.
member of the national executive board
of the United Mine Workers-of America,
left Trinidad today for Denver. 1t is
believed he goes there on business in
connection with the recent deportatiOns.
Until word is received from President
Mitchell or the national board the pres
ent condition of the strikers affairs win
be maintained.
Camps En=lefieid and Starkyille were
abandoned today. as Major Hill was sat
isfied that no further needs for the troops
existed at those places, The forces there
have been transferred TO Aguilar that
point being considered in need of pro-
lection.
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SITUATION HOPEFUL.

Paris. March 2S.-FOreign office ad-
vices from CoustantinOple show that
the Macedonian situation is more hope
fuL il is believed that the sultan viii
accept in part If not entirely, the Aus
o-Russian reforms as a result of the
Representations made 10 the porte in
the note presented March 20
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loss WAS HEAVY.

Norfolk. Neb.. March 2S.-Detailed re-
ports from last weeks prairie fire dis
tricts in Holt. Wheeler and Rock coun-
ties show that over 500 square miles
of prairie were burned. and twenty
ranchmen lost their buildings and stock.
entaiing a loss of 100000
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ABLE TO SIT UP.

Washington. March 23.-The condition
of Postmaster General Payne continues
favorable. although the progress toward
recuperatiCn in his weakened state Is
very slow He sat up for some time to-
dav No date has yet been fixed Tor
Mr. Paynes proposed trip away from the
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-03-29
GREENEWALD'S NAME
SENT TO THE SENATE

Washington. March 2S-The presi-
dent today sent 10 the senate the nom
ination Of Jacob j. Greenewald of Utah
10 be surveyor Of customs for the port
Of Salt Lake City.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-03-29

A dispatch from Santiago March %
said that a representative Of Charles
r. Flint announced that the Chilean
warship Captain Pratt and the Chaca-
bUco had been bought but that guar
aEtee had been given that they should
not be sold 10 any belligerent power.
The sale. it was added, must be ap-
proved by congress.
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Use HATcHERY ZOE 1pAHo.

Especial to The Hsrald.)
Washington, March 2s.-The senate
today passed Senator Heyburns bill ap-
propriating $4,000 for a United States
branch fish hatchery in Idaho the loca-
ton TO be determined by the fish COM
missioner.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-03-29
ATTEMPT FAILED

Irkutsk. Siberia. March 2S-It has
leaked out that on the night OF March
10 an attempt was made near Tatar-
slSia TO wreck a train bearing troops.
The attempt failed, II is not known
whether japanese agents were respon-
Rhle.
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GOOD CHANCE TO GET SERVICE
Witnesses Smoot Case May Be Served During Confer
ence by Marshal Haywood Hearing to Be
Resumed April 18th.

al witnesses have been sent out, al
though it is stated on fairly good au
thOrity that they have been placed in
the hands Of Colonel Ransdall. ser
geant-at-arms Of the senate. for trans
ice
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Mrs Caroline Robinson

Marshalltown. Ia. March 2S--Mrs. Car
cline Robinson. a sister Of General Nj.
NJ. Croker. commander of the famous
Croker brigade, and the only woman
ever admitted to a soldiers home. is
dead at the home here.
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DEATH HARDLY EXPECTED.

washington. March 9S.-BurtOn HaTri-
son. who, with his vile. Mrs. Burton
Harrison the author. is spending the
winter in Washington. is extremely low
tonight His death IS hourly expected
CONGRESSMAN Francis Burton Harrison. a
son of the sick man. is with him.
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THE DEATH RECORD.
Morton IIcMichael.

Philadelphia March 2S,-Morton Nc
Michael. a prominent banker OF this city.
died suddenly tonight FROM heart dis
ease He was a brother OF Postmaster
Clayton McAichael for many years pub
Usher of the Philadelphia North Amer
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-03-29
WORK TO BE RUSHED.
Operations to Be Resumed on Ameri-
can Falls Canal.

Work will probably be resumed by
the end of the week on the canal of
the American Falls Canal g. Power
company in Idaho The officers of the
company have been preparing for some
time to have the work pushed. but the
contractors have been held back by the
bad roads. IT is hoped this difficulty
will be overcome in a day or two and
then operations will be commenced
again.
Thirteen and a half miles Of the big
canal. above BlackfOot, on the west
side of the Snake river We're built last
year II is expected that before the
end of April 10 teams and a CORE
spending number Of men will be en-
gagged on the work.
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Colonel Hiram carnent.r.

New York March 2S.-Colouel Hiram
Carpenter. an inventor Of electrical de- |
vices. died here tonight. He was a mem
Der OF the Iron Brigade" of the Union
army in the Civil war.
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CANNOT SURVIVE.

Washington. March 2S-General Will
liam Fitzhugh Payne, a famous Confed-
crate black horse" cavalry leader who
has been failing for several days Is very
low tonight It Is not thought he will
survive The night.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-03-29
FRESH TROUBLE.

Paris March 2S.-Advices received by
the foreign office from Morocco says that
Buhamara the Moorish pretender. Is
again active Several depredations have
occurred and it is feared they mark the
beginning of fresh and serious opposition
TO the sultan.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-03-29
BURTON FOUND
GUILTY BY JURY
Solemn Scene in Court When
the Verdict Was Announced.
MOTION MADE FOR NEW TRIAL
SOME DOUBT AS TO BURToNs
RIGHT TO HIS ToGA.

y = y = = y y y = y %&%%%
st. Louis, Mo. March 2s.-Sen- y
= ator Burton was indicted in jan =
= uary last. Although as a mem =
= Der Of congress he could not be y
= arrested until after that body adj y
y Journed, he voluntarily surren- y
= dered himself to the prosecuting y
= authorities. He still has two years =
= to serve in the senate. y
= = y y y = y y y y y =
OF. LOUIS, Mo. March 2S.-Joseph
y Ralph Burton. United States SEN
ator from Kansas was convicted
by jury in the United States district
court today on the charge of having ac-
cepted. improvisation TO protect the in
terests of the Rialto Grain & Securities
company of St. Louis before the post
office department The jury deliberatee
fOrty-one hours.
A motion for a new trial was imme-
diately fled by the counsel for the seE.
ator. Judge Adams thereupon ordered
that Senator Burton appear in court
either in person or By proxy at 10
o'clock from day 10 day until the court
has heard the argument for a new
trial. and If decided against him TO fix
his punishment.
One Juror Stood Out.
For a time there threatened to be a
disagreement in the jury The jury
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Mrs. Timothv .. Woodruff.

New York, March 2S.-Nlrs. Timothy I.
Woodruff wife of former Lieutenant
home in this city. after a long illness.
of Bright's disease.
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sFVERE EARTHeUAKE.

St. Petersburg. March 2S.-Two severe
earthquake shocks were felt this after
noon at Temir- Khan-Shura capital OF
the province Of Daghestan, Caucasia. No
details have been received.
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WORTHLESS GUARANTEE.
Chile and Argentina Sell Five Mod
ern Warships.

Santiago, Chile, March 2S.-Arrange-
ments are being made for Chile 10 sell
the battleship Captain Pratt. the ar
mored cruiser Emeralda and the cruis-
er Chacabuco, and for Argentina to
sell the armored cruisers Garibaldi and
Pueyrredon. Senior Terry. the minister
of Argentina to Chile. leaves here for
Buenos Ayres shortly to arrange the
matter. The sums realized by the sales
of those warships viii be donated to
adding two powerful ships to the ma
vies of Chile and Argentina.
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.MAKAROFF Is
RUSSlAS IDOL
Great Enthusiasm Over Repulse
of the Japanese Fleet.
SITUATION AT NEW CHUANG
RUSSIANS EVIDENTLY EXPECT
TO BE ATTACKED.

~ 49, y y y y y = y )
= London. March 29.-The Seoul y
y correspondent of the Daily Mail =
= says that i'm an engagement March =
= % which japanese infantry had =
y with Cossacks between Aniu and =
= Chong Ju, the Japanese We're vic =
= torious, but lost fifty killed. The =
= Russian loss was 100 killed. =
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I ONDON. March 2S.--Up to tonight
no official communication had
reached the foreign Office confirm
ing the declaration OF martial law in
New Chuang. and officials are inclined
TO the opinion that this indicated that
the Russian government had not yet
sanctioned Viceroy AleXief's action
The declaration of martial law is
somewhat anNiOusly discussed by the
London newspapers. among which the
question has arisen as 10 whether Rus
STA is DESTROYS Of dragging China into
the conflict
The Standard. recognizing that the
neutral powers may protest. considers
that 1t will be difficult 10 refuse TO
either belligerent the right TO regard
strategic considerations as paramount
over all others in Manchuria."
The Post considers that Russia's ac-
ton is calculated to relieve Japan of
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reduction of the tariff was provided
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The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-12-06
Color.

Color is very commonly looked upon
as a definite quality. This, however, is
only partly true. The more correct and
scientific concept of colorEis that 1t is
simply the name of n certain group of
sensations BY which we are anected.
e Thus VIC say he rose is rcd. . If is
more correct to say e.the rose produces
in US the sensation we call redncss.''
4 A man who sicolor blind viii declare
thatdt is sreen showing that the color
is not in the thing, but III the percep-
ton of t
SO far. therefore, from retaining their
color in the dark. objects cannot prop
erly be. said to possess 1T even in the
light. The rose IS rcd really means
that the size and arrangement Of its
surface molecules are such as TO res
fleet that particular part Of the spec
trun: which We have agreed to call
red.
In tho dark it is simply black Or coll
orlcss, though it retai113 IFS capacity for
again exciting in rs the sensation OF
rcdness on being restored TO the light
just as an empty glass retains its ca
pacity Tor being REALIZED
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An ampl.ned won,nn.

THE car was entirely empty with the
exception of one man" said Miss NJ y,ra
Kelly He was the reverse OF tie
car AS entered he rose. made me an
unsteady but magnificent bow and said:
Madam. pleashe be Kind 'nouSl1 to
assheDt thish plashe. There w:ls
nothing else for me to do. so I thanked
him and sat down.
And for twenty blocks that idiot
hung from strap swaying in the
breeze, with nota soul IN the car but
Occasionally l have been
taken for other women. but never
before had any one think that I was a
carful -
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Marve1oupIy condensed.

Aslawyer Of the good old southern
type had argued for three court days
without pause. His brief was a master
piece of classical learning and legal
erudition, but it was uresome.5
Major Sigsbee," said the wearied
Judge at last, without wishing to init
mate! in any way that the court would
not be delighted TO listen to your whole
argument, must suggest that the.
docket is somewhat crowded, and that t.
if you could condenss little It might
help your clients cause,
The attorney smiled his acknowledge
ment t.Yo' honoh.,, he exclaimed. ..the
thought was in my mind when pre-
pared my argument. Sub, fob the next
fossdays my brief is a pehfect .r-sahvel
OF condensationr
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Artificial Snow

curious instance of the formation
of artificial snow was witnessed on one
occasion in the town of Agen in
France. A fire broke out in n sawrail1
when the temperature was 10 de-
grecs below freezing point The water:
thrown upon the fire was Instantly
vaporized- and, rising in the cold, dry
air. was Immediately condensed and fell
as snow With bright starlight and a
strong northwest wind blowing the
whirling snow above and the raging
fire below. a brilliant spectacle was pre-
scented.
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rhc ROE, 2 - Tnhle.

A dish was priced for its Oddly, rar-
ity or costliness. atiglty curious read
ing are the accounts that come down
I to us of the great Roman "spreads..''
such rs -thut which Lentulus gave on
his election to the Office of namen or
that with which Nasidienus Knocked
Horace and his friends. The menus
on these occasions would strike terror
to the heart Of q modern '.naitre.
d'hotel'' or chef de cuisine What
would be thought of dish Of echini, or
sea hedgchogs, Of thrushes served up
on asparagus and fatted hen for
course No. i; of launches of wild
svenson and beccaficos Gig peckers;
"Curruco hortensis'o for the second;
Of a 2sow's udder, n Wild hoar's cheek,
a ragout of fish, ducks, hares. boiled
teal capers, furmenty and Pfcentian
bread for the third 2--AlI the Year
Round s5
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HIS CLEAR MEMORY.
The Witness Proved to the Ln.vyer
That He Could R.c1.lember..


That He Could Remember.
A story is told of an eminent lawyer
receiving Il severe reprimand from q
bent. 1t was an important issue, and
in order to save his cause from defeat
twas necessary that the lawyer should
impeach the witness. He endeavored
to do it on the ground Of age IN the
following manner:
8 How old are you?" asked the law
yer.
Seven ty-two years. replied the Wit
ness.
Your memory, of course, is not SO
brilliant and vivid as it was twenty
years ago. is 5itg, asked the lawyer
Il do not know but it is" answered
the W tness. AZ
State some circumstance which oc-
Cured. say. twelve years ago. said
the lawyer. land we shall be able tc
see how We'll you can remember,
81 appeal to your honor said the
witness. IF ] am to be interrogated in
this manner. It's Insolcnt.'
you had better answer the quesg
ton replied the jud ge
Yes, sir: state it, said the lawyer.
Wen. sir. if yon compel me to do III
| viii. About twelve years ago yonz
studied III Judge =-'s office did yon
not:''
Yes. answered the lawyer
wv ell. sir. r remember your father
coming into my Office and saying to
me- Mr.. p, my son is to be examined
and ! wish you would lend
nae So TO buy hin1 n suit OF clothes,
remember also. sir. that from that I
lay to this he has never paid me that
sum. That. sir, remen ber. as. though /
It were yestcrday."'- Philadelphia Ledg-