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The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-12-14
cattIemen Want No Damages.

Fort Worth, Texas, December 13.-Mur- do Mckenzie of Colorado, Texas. was the only witness before the Interstate Com- merce Commissioner J. E. Prouty in the bearing of the Ttxas Cattle Raisers' as- sociation case against railroads of the country today. Mckenzie testified as to the increased costs of raising cattle; the increased freight rates and the decrease in the market prices and declared bet ter service and not damages was what the cattle men wanted
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-12-14
Suffer MutiIatiOn if They Be-
 tray Secrets
CONSIDERED II 4 JOKE
J. H. Wallis, sr., Tells of Standing Proxy for Marriages of Living Women to Dead
 Men.

Washington. December E.-Five wit nesses were examined today by the senate committee on privileges and elections in the investigation of protests against Sen ator Reed Shoot retaining his seat in the senate. The first witness described the obligations taken by persons who pass through the endowment house and de- clared that every one agrees to submit to mutilation of the person if he or she reveals what takes place during the eere- mony.
 Two members of tie faculty of the Brigham Young university testified that they have sustained polygamous relations since the manifesto of 1890 and a teacher in the public schools asserted that the church had religion taught in such schools.
 The investigation was resumed before the senate committee on privileges and elections, with J. H. Wallas, .sr., Mor- mon from Salt Lake, Utah, as the first witness He testified that he joined the Mormon church in 1851 in London and came to the United States in 1890 set ting in Utah. MT. Wallis said he had three wives but not more than one at a time. He knew Apostle George Teas dale and also Marion Scoles in London. She came to this country as an unmar- rled woman, and according tc the witness is reported to have been married to Teasdale in Utah.
 Questioned as to .ais belief the witt ness said he never believed fully in the celestial marriages to the dead and four times had stood as proxy for four mar riages of living women to dead men. He married his present wife in the tenn pie.
 Explaining the marriages In the temple MT. Wallis said that it Is necessary to take the endowment before marriage and in this way he had passed through the endowment house twenty time It least.
 Mir Wallis was asked to give oaths taken by those who paric1pattd in the ceremony and this he did, together with a description of the secret signs executed by each person. Nearly all of the obA.- gations were that those wno took part would not reveal anything they saw or heard on the peril of mutilatlon of the person and everyone. who were in the temple said the witness, were compelled to agree to the conditions laid down by the priests.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-12-14
Mr. cIayton Quotes pecIslon.

In order that it might be considered as part of the record in the case and taken into account in making up the decision
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-12-14
Steamer Imperial Sinks.

Baton Rouge, La, December 13.-News has been received here of the sinking of the steamer Imperial last night near Ango plantation.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-12-14

Mnneapois million dollars result of conhaeraton the worst in which 10 o'clock night at contro the buildings the department store the arg water and fire to the extent of one or two mil dollars.
 Because cold weather Vaiine
 swtbu itself on the of 
  eral alvnes
  striking richest biggest the placed resumed and the will appear  establishments small fire Brothers
  o'clock  Twohr n
  companies The fire spread to the New England
  department buildings them a- The high wind carried n the
 
 
 building the New York
  fire department and two steame
  spread have been averted
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-12-14
MINNEAPOLIS VISITED
 BY MOST DESTRUCTIVE
 FIRE IN HER HISTORY

COnfagratiOn in the Heart of the Business SectiOn and the Property Loss Will Probably Reach S5' OOO,O0O....Three Men Have Been Kedn
 Vicinity of the Burning Buildings.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-12-14

Zero Weather and Terrific Wind Makes the Work Of the Bremen Very Difficult and Efforts This Morning Are All Being Directed Toward
 Saving the Adjoining Buildings.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-12-14
Considered Them a Joke.

Mir Wallis, when questioned by MT. Worthington, told the committee that he had always considered the obligations in the light of a joke and that he had thought many others had considered them in the same way. He said there never had been any solemnity in the taking Of the obligations so far as he could see MT. Worthington told the committee that he was not ready to proceed with the cross-examination.
 George H. Bremhall, president of the Brigham Young University, then testified that he had two wives. married before 1890. Senator Shoot is a member of the university board. but was not present when witness was elece.ed president, Senator Smott frequently addressed the students and always urged them to obey the law.
 Josiah Hickman, a teacher in Brig ham Young university, testified that he was married first in 1884 and again in 19OO The first wife died in 1900. For ten years, he said. he lived with two wives and had children by both Of them. The witness said he went to the temple with his second wife two or three years ago, and there was sealed one, but no legal marriage was performed. He said he had taken no steps to conform to the law in relation to marriage.
 "As you understand 1t, you are not legally married to your present wife?' asked MT. Tayloe.
 NO, sir; not so far"
 You said not so far, said MT. Van colt one of the attorneys for Shoot. What did you mean by that?"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-12-14
Gives List of Penalties.

The penalties agreed to were given by MT. Wallis as follows
 That that throat be cut from ear to ear, and the tongue be torn off.
 That the breast be cut asunder and the heart and vltals be torn from the body.
 That the body be cut asunder at the middle and the bowels cut out.
 That If demanded. we will give all we possess to the support of the church.
 The next obligation was one of chas- tty in which the obligator agreed not to cohabit with any person not given him or her by the priests
 Another obligation was one that we would never cease to importune high heaven to avenge the pIooc or the pro- phets upon the nations and earth or the inhabitants of the earth. 1 don't just remember which" said the witness.
 This was followed by quotation from the scriptures, I think, Revelations 69, The souls of those slain cried aloud on the altars for vengeance.
 MT. Tayler then turned the witness over to MT. Worthington for eross-examina- ton. Mir Warrington obtained from MT. Wallis that he had given rotice to his bishop several months ago of his sever- ance from the church.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-12-14
Was a Little Negligent.

MT. Hickman explained that he had been a little negligent, but that he and his wife had decided that they should be married. He said of the fifty or sixty teachers in the university he was nor ally certain that only two, Mir Brigham and himself, had been polygamists. On cross-examination MT. Hickman said he believed in plural marriages at the time he was polygamously married to his present wife, but has not believed in them since the manifesto, which he re- garded binding upon all members of the church as the expressed will of God.''
 Mir Shoot In a conversation since the investigation had begun had expressed to him the opinion that there would be no more plural marriages.
 Mrs. Margaret Geddes of Salt Lake City
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-07-19

valley where they went 20 inspect fur
Their the site for large reservoir TO
form a feature OF the great irrigation
Ilan which has been devised for Utah,
particulars OF which have been given
in this paper. The report he brings
is very encouraging and It Is clear
that reservoir can he safely con-
structed IN that valley from which
large supply can be obtained TO swell
the waters Of Utah Lake and thus IN
crease the supply needed for This city
and county A corps Of engineers IL
az work on this project away w In
the Wasatch range, under the direc-
ton OF u. f. Tabor, investigating the
facilities for dlyertng number OF
streams into strawberry Valley, and It
is considered certain that ample waters
can be secured to make mammoth
reservoir IN the locality originally Sc
lCcted,
The numerous disasters that have
occurred through the breaking Of dams
supposed to be inlpregnable, 10y which
great damage 10 property has been sus-
tanned and lives have been lost make
It very questionable whether reservoirs
in near proximity 20 this city or TO
othera populous places Is advisable.
This is particularly questionable In re-
glons subject to cloudbursts or other
sudden foundations Of water, and we
are OF the opinion that further inyes-
LEGATIONS should be made, before plans
Tor reservoirs TO supply this city with
water are adopted. It Is certain that
no such works should be undertaken
without providing sufficient outlet,
in case OF an accident similar 10 those
that have recently occurred in other
places.
OF course. these remarks are intend
ed TO apply only to contemplated reser-
vors in near proximity to this city and
others similarly located. They have no
reference to the strawberry Valley pro-
position, That depression in the moan
tail S being so far away so admirably
adapted to the purpose In view and so
wei provided for natural channels In
cas- Of overflow or other emergency no
de lger need be anticipated therefrom
We are gratlhed at the report given
by Prof swendson concerning his ex-
ploratlons and the conditions existing
in the mountain heights from which
we expect flow Of water from the
melting SHOWS stored W IN the deep
ravlnes and guches and pockets of
the Wasatch range. This Is only one
feature Of the magnificent scheme to
supply northern and central Utah with
the essential element for irrigation and
domestic purposes. We have faith In
IT and hope to see 1t fully consummat-
ed.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-07-19
AS TO A RISE IN MEAT.


The strike Of the packing house en-
ployes will probably be taken advan-
tage of in the meat market and the
price Of meats vii very likely be raised
This, however is not considered a nee.
essary result Of the strike that is now
in progress Many OF the packing
houses have secured sufficient labor to
proceed with their work, although, per-
haps, not to az great an extent as be-
fore the strike Kansas city dealers
are making arrangements to buy their
cattle direct from the stock ralsers,
and will slaughter them Independently
during the time that the dispute shall
last. This movement will no doubt.
be duplicated In other places, and there
VIII not be so great scarcity Of meats
for the market as some dealers find 1t
TO their advantage to Indicate
The present prospect does not appear
10 be very bright for a speedy settle
ment of the dlmcultIes existing, but we
do not think the stress can last for a
very long period. Efforts at a settle
ment are in progress, and meanwhile
workmen are being obtained, and their
number viii very likely Increase from
day to day, as protection Will be afford
ed them, and they should be guarded
from the assaults Of the strikers at all
cost and II 1t requires the aid Of the
militia 10 strengthen the power Of the
police, II is probable that a definite
arrangement between the conflicting
parties viii be arrived at before very
long, and the clouds that are now
threatening the atmosphere Of the meat
markets win be cleared away,
After all, Is not this the very time
when people should abstain from eating
large quantities Of fresh meat? We are
sure that abstinence In a large degree
from lie use during the heated season
Will be conducive to the general health.
and II would aid somewhat In bringing
the quarrel TO an end In any event. we
advise our readers to follow the divine
Injunction and eat meat II at all, SPAR
ingly" as 1t is not good food for hot
countries or in a heated season. but Is
more suitable for times Of cold, and
climates that are frlgid.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-07-19
PARTYIsM OR PATRIOTISM ?

The story is told, and viii doubtless
go the rounds Of the press, that when
the news OF Judge Parkers nomination
for the Presidency by the Democratic
Convention was told TO his mother,
tears welled TO her eyes and for mo-
ment she was not able to speak for
emotioh but. recovering her voice, she
remarked - had hoped II his nomina.
. ton would be the best thing for the
party that he would be nominated; and
now II his election will be the best thing
for the country sincerely hope he viii
be elected The venerable lady is said
10 b 50 years OF age, and she Is evident
ly thorough patriot
The thought that comes to us on
reading this statement is that the sentl-
ment expressed In that motherly re-
Spouse is one that should be entertained
by every lover Of his country. In the
campaign 3ust about TO open actively,
parties will struggle for supremacy and
the great aim Of most OF the political
warriors in the hosts arrayed against
each other viii be. victory for party
rather than for country. OF course, It
is natural FOR strong partlsans to reach
the conclusion, without great effort,
that triumph Of party is victory for the
right. But is that really true In every
instance2 Is II not fact that un-
worthy persons often are pushed into
prominence and become the candidates
OF their party. when their election
would not be really a benefit to the ma
tlon? The great object IN view OF true
patriotism Is the welfare Of the entire
body polite, The country first and par
ty afterward.
In Utah the sentiment expressed by
Mrs. Parker ought to find sway. The
question should arise IN regard to every
person proposed for public station, Will
his election be the best thing for the
state? And that should be asked with
but secondary reference 10 party ar
fillatlon. Tho good OF the state should
be the paramount issue. Personal
friendship, rarty ties and individual
preferences will have their weight in
the minds Of most men, but, after all,
the general welfare, the greatest good
10 the greatest number, safe and whole
some government, the prosperity Of the
state and Of the nation, should over
whelm all other considerations. Patriot
ism should rise high above mere partl-
sanship. the very best and flttest men
for positions Of public trust should be
selected by those who have the power
OF choice. and above all by the masses
OF the citizens, who have in their hands
that most potent OF weapons for good or
for I'll, the ballot.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-07-19
OUR NEW PREACHER.

We've got ernuther preacher at
our church. said Johnny Dunn.
Hes single an good-lookln' an
He's only thlrty-one.
lie started IN two weeks ago
Er somewhere there about,
An since, you ought TO see the way
The girls ben turnin out.
Three weeks ago the Bible class
The other preacher had
Wus small; / think three girls wus all
It's tendance sure wus bad.
But since the change In preachers, my!
They've had 10 add a pew,
An girls! we'll father SEE today
He counted thirty-two.
"Our church Is fist a-bo0mln now;
The preacher ala II. too.
My mother se2 It seems ez like
There's nothln' he can't do.
But father thinks fore long some girl
TN ketch young Elder Beggs.
He'll we'd Pa sez an kill the hen
Thet lays the golden eggs,
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-07-19
LOVES LARGESS,

At my hearts door
Love standeth like a king beside
His royal treasury, whose wide
Gates open swing, and cannot hide
Their priceless store,
His touch and hold
Its common things to Jewels turned;
In his sweet fires the dross he burned
Away; and thus he won and earned
And made It's gold.
SO rich / find
Myself In service OF this king,
The goods we spare, In aims / fling;
And breathless days too few hours
bring
Me TO be kind
Helen Hunt Jackson.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-07-19

Cincinnati Commerclal-Tribune,
pa, what Is the sphere Of inilu-
ence?"
"Oh Jimmy, you wear me out with
your questions--the sphere OF infu-
ence Is sometimes the big, round sill
yer dollar"
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-07-19

Russia and Great Britain viii not
settle their differences now but wait
until the close OF the war. BY that
time, II that volunteer fleet keeps in
the Red Sea, there will be a new crop
Of differences to settle.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-07-19
THE RIGHT OF VISIT.

The action of Russian warshlps IN
stopping and searching neutral vessels
to see that they are not carrying con-
traband Of war, Is causing more or less
comment Germany has taken coca.
sion TO make protest, not because OF
the exercise OF the right Of visit, but
because mail sacks were taken from the
Prinz Heinrich Had the search Of
them been made aboard ship probably
no notice would have been taken OF
the affair. but when mail sacks were
taken off there was trespass on neu-
trail rights, very likely, though Russia
what she deemed her clear right. for
perhaps the leading authority on inter-
national law today Is a Russian Pro-
fessor Martens. But the exercise OF
the right, although nothing In inter-
national law is better established, Is al
ways more or less irritating. and IL
very jealousy watched, II is one
that might easily be abused, for II Is
war right. It is thus defined by
Hall. the leading English authority on
the subject In his work on Inter
national Law"
Visit Ia the means by which bellI-
gerent ascertains whether a mercantile
vessel carrying the flag OF neutral
state IL IN fact neutral and by which
he examines whether she has or has
aat hs.E - Ivaa ~. H.f H..
law. As the right possessed by the
bellgerent OF controlling intercourse
between neutrals and his enemy Is an
incident of war, and as war can only
be waged by or under the authority OF
a state, the rights OF visit and capture
must be exercised by vessels provided
with commission from their sover-
eign, All neutral mercantile vessels
are subject TO visit upon the high seas,
and within the territorial waters Of the
bellgerent or his enemy. Qnterna-
tlonal Law, p, no, 9Th ed)
The visit itself is effected by send
ing an officer on board the merchant
man, who In tho first instance examines
the documents by which the character
Of the vessel, the nature OF her cargo,
and the ports from and to which she
is sailing, are shown %, 720,'
That any serious complications win
arise is hardly probable, though II
Germany insists upon the disavowal
OF the smoleask's action there might,
especially II the Cars government
declined to accede to the demand. That
there Will be aJ accommodation ar
ransed Is scarcely q be doubted
much more serious matter Is the
passage, discussed as merchantmen, Of
the Russian volunteer fleet through the
Dardanelles, 1t seems 10 have been
bit OF sharp practice whereby the terms
OF the treaty o. Paris were deity set
aside. Russian gunboats passed
through them about a year ago enter
ing the Black Sea, and while the fact
was noted in the dispatches II was un-
needed by the powers OF course there
was no war on then but the treaty Of
1856 was violated just the same. The
fact is that the terms OF the treaty
which bar Russa's free ingress and
egress TO and from the Black Sea win
some day have 10 30, This is becoming
recognized more and more
To Europe and the world the Black
Sea question II Of more Importance
than the Red Sea question,
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-07-19

Governor Peabody Of Colorado has
been denounced in Ave languages at a
miners meeting held In Spring Valley,
Ill., 1t is great distinction, the good
fortune Of few. And he still lives.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-07-19

An exchange says that the new Aston
hotel IN New York is certainly a poem
In brick" How poetical the characterl-
zatlon Nothing like II since Mark
Twain spoke OF the Milan cathedral 40
IAN anthem sung IN stone, a poem
wrought I'm marble
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-07-19

Professor s p. Langley, of flying ma
chine fame, says that last year the sun
lost ten per cent Of It's heat. All the
scientists In the world couldn't make
the people Of Chicago, where they are
enjoying" blisterlng weather, believe
that statement
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-07-19

ut wasn't conventional was a
nightmare" was General Patrick COL
Inns comment on the st. Louis conven-
ton upon his arrival home in Boston.
A not inept description when one re-
calls how many wild horses there were
in It.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-07-19
Lack Of Facilities.
Washington star.

Don't you think that people who have
been captured by brigands ought TO lee
ture?"
Certainly not. When a person Is cap,
tured by brigands he Is bllnd-folded aud
locked up in mountain Businesses. re
hasn't any time to study guide looks
or bone up on ethnology'
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-07-19

War Secretary Brodrick has stated
m the Commons that England does not
intend" to annex Tibet But in all
such cases Intentions" no matter
how honorable, are governed by circum-
stances, and circumstances are often
governed by the home authorities.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-07-19
Newfangled,


Mrs. Smith--Did sc hear 'ow Mr.
Brown ls gettin' on2
Mrs. Jones--I heerd e took relapse
this mornin'.
Mrs Smith--Eh we'll | 'ope II VIII
do i'm good, but ! amt much faith In
them newfangled medicines,
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-07-19

Should Uncle Sans mail 60 wrong,
as 1t sometimes does, and that Intended
for oyster Bay be thrown off at Esopus
and vice versa, what an Offenbach
condition of affairs might arise.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-07-19
A Theory.
washington Star

Why Is It that so many people at
tempt literature and so few succeed
"The trouble u.s." answered the Gym
cial publisher, that when man gets
something on his mind that isn't sum-
GENTLY entertaining TO interest MS
friends he goes away and writes a book
about t."
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-07-19
Took In the Lines.
Chicago News.

Jack Won't you write TO me when |
return homer
Ernestlne- Hardly. You see have
accepted Dick
Jack--But even II you are engaged
you can drop me line.
Ernestne-No when | catch iish
stop dropping lines.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-07-19

It Is not true that IN the next edl-
ton Of his wild Animals / Have
Known Ernest Thompson-seato viii
give an account Of the st. Louis con-
yention.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-07-19

President Roosevelt Is working hard
night and day preparing his speech in
reply TO the notification committee.
Like the good soldier he u.s. he is de-
tcrmlned not to be taken by surprise.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-07-19

Russia and invoking the terms OF the
hnglo-Japanese treaty
The situation certainly grows Inter-
cstlng.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-07-19
ENCOURAGING REPORTS.

AS announced in the News" Of Mon
day evening Prof Swendson OF the
u. s. Geological Survey has returned
from his trip with Prof Saunders OF
the photographic office, TO strawberry
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-07-19

Japan has unfoded to China her
scheme for governing Manchuria. Ja-
pan forgets, perhaps she never heard,
that the best laid schemes o. mice and
men gang aft a-gley"
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-07-19

The musicians committee that watt
ed on the President at Sycamore Hi
may have wanted TO make arrange
ments for seats I'm the band wagon.