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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-04-10
THE PANAMA CANAL.

= HE ANNOUNCEMENT from Presi-
] dent Shonts of the new Panama
canal commission that the big ditch is
10 be dug On business principles. that
a report OF the money expended and
the work accomplished viii be made
each month and that politics will be
eliminated entirely. indicates that Pres
ident Roosevelt made no mistake when
he placed Mr.. Shonts at the head of the
commission. The old commission early
demonstrated its incapacity for the
work before it. The new one is yet to
be tried.
IT. however, the undertaking is
pushed along the lines laid down by
Mr.. Shonts. there will be no complaint
from the public. The commissioners
are all to draw large salaries They
are entitled to large salaries. one of
the greatest drawbacks to the success
fuI prosecution of government works
thus far has been the fact that capable
men could not be induced to take
charge because the pay was not com
nensurate with their value. They
could not earn as much in the govern
ment service as in other lines of en-
plOymeut
In the case OF the new Panama canal
commission this objection is eliminated.
The men in charge are big men at big
salaries They can we'll afford to de
vote their entire time to the work. Now
let us see now quickly they can com
plete their labor Experts say that
under favoring conditions it should he
possible to open the canal TO ships
within five or six years. This seems a
short time for such a labor. but there is
no limit to the accomplishments of
American pluck and energy.
The exploits OF the French viii form
no just measure Of American possibili.
ties. The Frenchmen seem to have gone
into the canal business for the money
they could make out Of it, honestly ana
dishonesty. They cared very mucl
less about completing the canal tran
they did about layine their hands on
ali the money in sigh. Conditions are
different now.
improvements have been made in cX-
cavating machinery. the science of san
itation has been greatly advanced
Above and beyond an men are now in
charge of the undertaking who's hearts
viii be in their euteryrise. They will
build. not for TODAY alone, BIT for the
=; ture And we here express the hope
aLd belief that the All aoEudautly
justify the confidence -eposaI a theD.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-04-10
A STUPID LIE.

DAILROAD MEN in the United States
N and elsewhere who are familiar
with the construction and equipment
of the railroad from st. Petersburg to
VIadivostOk are making increduIous
comments on the statement issued some
days ago by the Russian war office re-
garding the men and munitions sent
to Manchuria during the first thirteen
months of the war. The war office gave
out these figures: Men, 761, 467; officers,
13, OS7; horses, 146, 4O8; guns, 1,521; sup
plies and munitions, BIG. 32l tons.
The best experts said at the begin
ming of the war that if there were
no accidents on the railroad, that If
everything worked as smoothly as the
best regulated machine, the outside
limit on the number of men that could
be delivered at the seat of the war
would be 1900 daily. The Russian war
office would have us believe it has
been delivering men at the rate Of
1000 a day, leaving out of the ques-
ton the guns, ammunition, rations
and equipment.
An observer who was in Mukden for
several months while men and sup
plies were coming in most rapidly. says
that the average of men was not more
than 400 daily. SO the war office is
subjecting the credulity of other ma
tions and of its own people when il
gives out the statement already set
forth. The story is impossible on its
face. And another feature makes it
more impossible. All along the Rus
slams have claimed that the Japanese
greatly outnumbered them. Yet they
say they had upwards of three-quat-
ters of a million men in the field.
Today there are something like $50 -
600 Russian soldiers and officers i'm
Manchuria. This leaves about 500, 600
unaccounted for. 1t is true that the
Russian losses have been frightfuIly
heavy. but is Russia prepared to say
she has lost close to 100000 men? If
she has. not only her own people but
the Japanese themselves have been
greatly deceived, for at no time have
the Japs claimed that they have killed
or captured as many as 100000 Rus
slams
The truth of the matter Is that the
war office, soreIy beset with criti-
cisms. sought to md an excuse for
its incompetency, and, finding none. re-
sorted TO a stupid lie
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-04-10
QUEER REASONING.

JUDGE DONOVAN Of Detroit. Michi-
gan, refused the other day to grant
a woman a divorce on the ground of
non-support because it was shown in
court that she had been supporting her
self and her children for several years.
The court arrived at it's decision by
a curious line of reasoning. Judge
Donovan said:
'The statute provides that the non-sup-
port must be shown TO be cruel and wan
ton For instance, a man absolutely re-
fuses, cruelty and wantonly, to give a
cent toward the support of his wife. She
is sick or weak and cannot properly sup
port herself. That case would properly
come under the statute In this case of
Mrs. shannon, II Is shown that she got
along just well without her husband
assistance The supreme court has held
that the. non-support must be cruel and
wantOn.'
In other words. if the woman had
refused to do anything to support her
self and her children, if she had gone
to her parents or other relatives, or
TO her friends, and compelled them TO
keep her from starving, the court
would have granted her a legal sep
aration from the beast whose duty it
was to support her. Because she showed
her independence of him, because she
demonstrated that she could live with
out contributions from him she must
be tied to him for the balance of her
days unless a higher court Upsets the
decree of Judge Donovan.
Clearly there is mighty little justice
in such d judgment. The woman is all
the more entitled to a divorce on ac-
count of the pluck she has shown.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-04-10

OUR CORONATION" IN LONDON
EYES.
Oondon TRUTH
OFFICIAL PROGRAMME OF TRT-
CMPHAL PROCESSION.
American Jeunesse Doree
scattering cotifiion favors-
II. X. H. Crown Princess
ALICE
in an Automobile. with a Representative
tied TO one of the wheels.
Ladies of the Ca binet and Wives of Con-
gressmen dancing a lively measure
and scattering flowers.
Her Majesty
QUEEN EDITH
IN glass coach drawn by eight cream
colored steeds.
Miss Isabelle Hagner
her MaJeSty'S social secretary on a
white elephant.
Toadies marching four abreast
senators Platt and Depew,
IN Classical Greek costume, wreathed
with roses and dancing a can-can
while they play banJos.
Herd of Buffalo
Bands of Cowboys
Secretary Hav
bearing His Majesty's arbitration treaties
on red plush cushion.
Senator Cabot Lodge.
bearing Ills Majesty's silk hat on cushion
OF cloth of gold.
Iame grizzlies, with leaders.
Mountain lions rampant.
BOOKER T. WASHINGTON
on Governor Nardamau's back.
The Rough Riders.
Steam caliiOoe
playing God Save the King"
Float representing San Juan Hill
Uo which is charging
HIS MAJESTY
KING THEODORE
heaNiIy chained to the sides Of the float
the Presidents of the Central and
south American Republics and
the Governor General
of Canada
Dutch. Irish, German. Tuguenot. Roman
catholic, Scotch, English Italian,
spanish, hungarian, Northern
ana Southern and other an
ceStOrS Of His Majesty
Philippine, Porto Rican. Panamafan Do
minican and other captiyeS
in chains.
The Court Marshal.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-04-10

chess master, Paul Morphy. who
played, blindfolded, eight games sim
ultaneousiy. against one OF the
best amateurs in France, winning
six and drawing two of them.
died in a mental hospital. But in re-
gard to playing games while blind
folded Pillsbury has far surpassed all
the efforts Of his predecessors.
On one occasion he was opposed TO
twenty-eight first class players in as
many different games. being blind
folded at the time, and won all OF
them. This record has never been
equaled. The strain of such a per-
Torrance can only be imagined. To
remember each move, to keep in the
mind a picture of twenty-eight chess
boards and to change the picture with
every move on each board is feat Of
memory that will doubtless stand as
the record forever Now Pillsbury is
paying the penalty of overtaxing his
brain. Chess was with him business.
not, as with most men, a relaxation.
He may never play again.
The lesson is that. while we must
use to the fullest reasonable extent
our talents, we must not develop one
talent to the utter exclusion of all
other talents. The successful, happy
man is the man who works hard when
he works, but who finds time to play
and who plays hard when he does
play. Too much work is just as hard
OH the human brain and constitution
as too much play.
The truest happiness is found in a
jUdiciOus mixture of the two.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-04-10
PILLSBURY BREAKS DOWN.

THAT THE HUMAN BRAIN can
j not stand every strain that is put
upon il has again been demonstrated.
The latest victim is Henry n Pills
bury, the famous American chess ex-
pert. Mr. Pillsbury has suffered a
mental collapse, and. while his condi-
ton is by no means hopeless, it is
serious enough to cause his friends
grave alarm. PiIlsbury is not the first
chess champion TO undergo mental
troubles.
William Steinitz, who was recog-
nized as the greatest chess player of
his day, became insane in 1894 and
never recovered his sanity. Another
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-04-10

Hagerman Pass is one of the crown
ing glories of the Rocky mountains
The Colorado Midland Railway has is
sued a magnificent steel engraving
26x40 inches, showing a view of this
pass. 1t is suitable for framing. and
will be sent to any address on recent
of 10 cents in stamps. Write c. H
Speers, G. p. A, Denver. or L. H
Harding, general agent, Salt Lake.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-04-10

of course nobody regrets more than
Senator SmoOt the necessity for his
hurried trip to San Francisco on the
eve of the conference, but he will doubt
less try to bear up with such fortitude
as he can muster.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-04-10

kentucky failed miserably in the
Roosevelt reception. There was nothing
in the dispatches about the presenta-
ton of whisky to the chief executive,
and we are compelled to believe he was
permitted TO get away without any Of
the Kentucky product.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-04-10

OUTING.-A worthy subject for pow
erful pen is the life of Pere Lacombe y
Wilderness Apostle of the North, which
A. Q. Laut contributes TO April Outing.
BrdVeSt and best-beloved of American
missionaries IacOmbe lived for half a
century among the Indians, nursing them
through plaques, fighting by them in
their wars and teaching them a religion
they could understand. Widely different
from this is +. J. .. AlsOp's account of
the Holy City of the Hindus. with vivid
photographs and descriptions of the
strange customs of these remote people.
'House-boat Life on the Mississippi" by
Clifton Johnson, tells of strange modes
of living nearer home. Household econ
omy is brought down TO an astonishing1y
low point on this river, where the vOy-
ager collects his own wood, catches a
dinner of fish and pays no rent.
Spring Work in the Garden" A prac-
teal and really helpful article for the
amateur gardener, could not have come
more seasonably. 1t tells of hot beds,
cold frames and tools; laying out a gar
den. planting flowers, raising vegetables
and fruits. and finally gives many hints
for keeping a good lawn.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-04-10

Mr. Harlan of Chicago couldn't be
happy until he got the Republican
mayOraIty nomination Now that he
has been handed his bumps he is prob
ably sorry he got il.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-04-10

Perhaps one reason the Russian doc
tors are SO vigorous in their condem-
nation of the war is that the Japs
are taking a lot OF their work away
from them
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-04-10

1t doesn't matter so much how MANY
people have telephones if you don't
want to get them, as to be able to get
quickly the people you do want. The
Independents are instantaneous. Ask
any subscriber.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-04-10
The CoIoneps Waterloo.

Colonel John NJ. Fuller Of Honey
Grove. Tex, nearly met his Waterloo
from Liver and Kidney trouble. In a
recent letter. he SAYS. i was nearly
dead of these complaints and, although
I tried my family doctor, he did me no
good. so got a soc bottle of your great
Electric Bitters, which cured me. con-
slider them the best medicine on earth.
and thank God who gave you the
knowledge to make them" Sold and
guaranteed to cure Dyspepsia, Bilious
ness and Kidney Disease, by 4. G. NJ. 1.
drug department, at soc a bottle.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-04-10

TALES--A new magazine which is
shortly to appear, with the name Tales.
will embOdy at least one feature new 10
publications devoted to fiction. Tales
will publish each month serial a COM
plete novel and number of short stories
translated from various European Ian
guages. While the names of many IA
nous authors of France, Germany. Rus
STA and other countries are familiar to
cases mere names, and there is prOba blv
a large reading public which will well
come the opportunity TO learn something
Of their works Such a MAGAZINE will
undoubtedly meet a real demand.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-04-10

Several we'll known society people are
portrayed. among them Mrs. Daniel r
Hanna; Mrs. Stephen B. Elkins and Mrs.
J. r. Haggin.
Exquisite views Of Palm Beach. Fla.
and the automobile races at Ormond are
among the pauOTa mic oictures shown
Other nature views complete the num-
Der, and the ma gazine is bound in the
usual unique form with silk cord.
THE PILGRIM.-The cover design of
The Pilgrim for April is suggestive of
Easter. and hints in a way to the nature
ucle is concerned appropriately with
Easter, and tells of the manner of the
feast : celebration throughout the world
The Illustrations picturing the prepara-
tons for observing the Passover in Sa-
maria are striking. 4 second article
equally interesting. is by Day Allen VIII
ley, and describes the city of Amecameca,
the hottest city in Old Mexico. The Illus
trations are among the most interesting
precise moment. when. all eyes are on
Japan Miss Jessie Ackerman's article on
the Anus. the aborigines of Japan, will
be read with great interest Still another
happily illustrated article is by Stella
Reid. and deals with a little community
Of WaldenSianS in the south. Pottery is
the subject treated in the series of ar
ucles The Pilgrim is publishing on wO-
men work in divers fields. In addition
the original and unique department, ''Wo-
mans Hand in the Worlds Work is
maintained in The Pilgrim for April The
National American WOman's Suffrage as
SOCiatiOn is considered in a page of por-
traits Of the more prominent among its
officers.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-04-10
Sixty Years Experience of an Old
Nurse.

Mrs. WinsIow's Soothing Syrup is the
prescription of one of the best female
physicians and nurses in the United
States. and has been used for sixty years
with neVer-fdiling success by millions of
mothers for their children. During the
process OF teething its value is incaIcula-
bic. 1t relieves the child from pain. cures
dlarrhOea, gripping in the bowels and wind
collie. BY giving health to the child it
rests the mother Price, 20 cents bottle.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-04-10

BURR M'INTOSH MONTHLY.-The
anniversary number of the Burr Nc
lntosh Monthly (ApriD is one of the most
attractive issues of the most beautiful
magazine in the world" put out by the
publishers. 1t contains three pages in
superb cOlors, sixteen pages in two col
ors. and forty other pages i'm duotone
INK, all printed on fine enamel paper.
Douglas Island news., 1905-09-20

The Whitehorse Star sayeth: Nome
Is taking the initiative in urging dis
trict convention to demand congress
ional representation for Alaska. The
Nome board of trrde is sending out cir
culars on the subject but the fact that
the circulars are signed "F. X. Gowans,
secretary, detracts from their power
and influence. All Yukon pioneers will
remember F. X. Gowans, his meteoric
career in Dawson and the number OF
months he spent in Jail at Coldfoot on
the Koyukuk, and circulars signed by
him as secretary will not carry9 much
weight.
Douglas Island news., 1905-09-20
BOTH KNIGHTS

He was a very decided English type,
and as he stopped an Irishman and
asked for light he volunteered to say;
Excuse me, my man, for stopping you
as an entire stranger But at home Pm
a person of some Importance. I'm Sir
James B, knight of the Garter,
Knight of the Double Eagle, knight of
the Golden Fleece, Knight of the Iron
Gross. And your name is--what, my
MANI"
ME name" was the ready reply, sis
Michael Murphy. Night before last,
last night, tonight and every other
night, Michael Murphy"
Douglas Island news., 1905-09-20
ANOTHER ONE

The newspapers now published in
Alaska that are not lending their aid
and support to the popular increment
for home government for the district
can be counted on the first three fin
gers of the hand. The Nome Gold
Digger is the latest paper to take up
the fight in determined way and in a
recent issue says:
"We are rightly entitled, as part of
the United States, to be organized into
a territory, make our own laws and
provide our own local government. 1t
is so often said we are not prepared;
our population is too scattered; Alaska
is too big. In 1858, when the territory
of Washington was admitted, it was
more difficult to get word from one
end of the new territory to the other
than it is now to get word from Nome
to Juneau, or from Eagle to St.Michael.
You can travel from one extremity Of
Alaska to another having all of the best
conveniences and comforts of travel
that today affords; but in 1853 there
was not a steamboat, railroad or tele-
graph wire in Washington territory,
nor anywhere near it. The members
of the first legislature of the territory,
and of many succeeding legislatures,
had to travel days and weeks, and
many of them a month, in canoes on
the Sound and Columbia river, or on
horseback over the Cascade mountains,
in q country that was newer and less
known than Alaska is today, in order
to get to the seat of government. With
modern conveuiences Of travel and for
transmission of news, extent of terri
tory does not cut the figure that it
did in the days of our forefathers.
With legislature of six members in
the upper house and twelve in the
lower, or double that number if neces-
sary, we would have home rule, set up
house keeping and pass our own laws.
Then we would nor have to wait for
years, having the officers of the law
say, as the United States Marshal at
Fairbanks does; 4 am only responsible
to the department at Washington; you
will have to act for>yourselves; I can
not use my force for police or detee-
tive purposes We viii have laws OF
our own making and can change them
as conditions require. We will have
officers of our own, and they will be
responsible to US. Let Us have home
laws, homie officers, home rule and g
delegate to congress, as we are entitled
to have, if any Americans on Gods
eaysh are entitled 20 The same
Douglas Island news., 1905-09-20
EASY ENOUGH TO FIX

A Chinaman, clad in the typical
laundryman's costume, entered street
car one cold day last winter and took a
seat next to an Irish woman of gener-
Gus proportions. He. shiyered, shock
himself, and then with that yearning
for human sympathy which extremes
Of temperature brings to the surface,
remarked to his neighbor:
"Belly coldH
The Irish woman was not socially in
clined. She turned on him scornfuliy
and snapped out:
"WeII, if ye'd tuck yer shirt inside
yer pants, ye haythen, yer belly
wouldn't be cold"
Douglas Island news., 1905-09-20

With the desire raging in his breast
to help the cause of self government
for Alaska, or with the malicious in
tent to cause the downfall of brother
editor, the man who shapes the creed
of the Ketchikan Journal, foolishly or
ignorantIy says some hard things
about Douglas Islanders, that must
have eminated from a sour stomach,
rather than a head filled with gray
matter.
Douglas Island news., 1905-09-20
FATHER BoUGIs VISITS DOUGLAS

Rev. Father P. C. Bougis, S. j., for
nine years resident of Douglas, came
down from Skagway yesterday on the
Georgia. He is now stationed at Skag-
way, and also looks after the charges of
his church at Sitka, TT. Seward, Haines,
and several points on the White Pass
railroad.
Speaking of Skagway the Father said;
"The town has been going backward,
rather than forward, as regards to pop
ulation. There are now about LOO
people there, and I consider them per-
manent. Skagway has many natural
advantages, among which are beauti-
full townsite and good climate. 1t is
the natural gateway to vast territory
that is wonderfully rich in minerals,
and It always will be a good town."
"Don's the wind blow pretty hard
thsre?" was asked.
ayes, there as considerably more
wind than at Douglas, but there
Is much less rain. The wind don't
bother me any, am accustomed to it,
.gThe people of skagw are very
hospitable. / have congregation of
about 200, and il is increasing from
week TO week.
sOne Of the most beautiful places in
Southeastern Alaska is Fort William
H. Seward. There spendid quarters
bave been built for the soldiers and
officers, and more are being added from
time to time. The neat houses, level
grounds, and we'll kept lawns make a
pretty picture"
$50 you have left Douglas for good?"
"Yes, must go where 1 am sent. and
am content that it should be so. Con-
tentment, you know, comes from with
in, and is not subject to outward con-
ditions."
I The Father will return to Skagway
/ the last Of the week.
Douglas Island news., 1905-09-20

Fresh fat Turkeys,
Spring Chickens and
Hens, Cranberries.
Celery HOthouse
Lettuce, p rsle y,
green Onions, Gu
cumbers, Cabbage.
Car rots. $ qua 5 h,
Pumpkins, TurnipS.
green and red Pep
pers, Tomatoes, Beets
Garlic, Onions, Par
ships, Sweet Potato .
Scotch Bale, Red
Cabbage, Fresh Fish
Shrimp, Ranch Eggs
and Eastern Eggs,
Star and Premium
Hams and Bacon.
Fresh and Picked
Tongues, Bologna
and Summer Sau.
sage, Fresh Smoked
and Salt Herring,
Smoked Beef sliced.
Boiled Ham sliced.
Sour pickles and
Dill Pickles, Picked
Olives, Beets and
Saur Kraut. Ooligau
Spiced Russian Cav
lar and Sardines, An
chovles Cod Fish
and Salmon Bellies,
Cheese of all kinds,
imported Swiss, Ro-
chefort, Bdam, I'm
perial, Bre akfaSt
Cream, Limburger,
Honey in glass jars,
Fresh Apple Cider
and Vinegar, Fresh
Meats and Game at
Wholesale and Re-
tail,
Douglas Island news., 1905-09-20

Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Ser
vices every Sunday at p. m. at the
Lutheran New Church at the corner of
Sd and e streets. Sunday School at
12:45 p. m. All Scandinavians are cor,
daily invited. j. A. LEVIN, Pastor
Douglas Island news., 1905-09-20
FUNNY ADVERTISEMENTS

Bulldog for sale; will eat anything;
very fond of children"
"WANrED-An organist and boy tc
blow the same"
"Widow in comfortable circum
stances wishes to marry two sons"
Douglas Island news., 1905-09-20

The Skagway delinquent tax list,
published in the Daily Alaskan, reveals
the startling fact that Godfrey Chea-
lander has not paid his personal prop
erty tax. Come to the center, God
frey. Leading citizens are never tax
dodgers.
Douglas Island news., 1905-09-20

A Sitka paper "regrets to announce"
that Dick Harris is dead. y Juneau
paper goes one better and regrets to
announce" that he is not. And poor
old Dick Harris, the founder of Ju-
neau has been shipped away to sani-
tarium to die whenever he gets ready.