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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-12-11
FOR
PRESENT WEEK
Senators Will Discuss Panama Canal
Appropriation Bill.
ALSO THE CANAL ITSELF
HOUSE COMMITTEES WILL BE
ANNOUNCED.
Dee. l0.-The first
w important mea sure MhIch viii re

1AIASHINGTON. Dee. l0.-The first
w important measure which will re-
ceiye the attention OF the senate
will be the Panama canal emergency
appropriation bill. and its cons.dera-
ton will begin this week, Some SEN
atOTs predict that il will become "A law
Before the close of the week, but 9TH
ers have expressed the opinion that
finai action win be deferred until the
week following. There viii be no et-
fort 10 prevent the passage of the bill
Ia some shape. but there viii be some
opposition 20 the proposed restoration
of the S., 500, 600 subtracted by the house
from the amount 10 be appropriated.
Regardless of the sum the bill Will be
used as a basis for the general dis
cussion of the canal question. II is
expected that the debate will deal
largely with the question as 20 whether
the canal shall be constructed on the
sea level There is some conflict 81
opinion as 10 whether the bill shall be
Itferred 10 the committee on appropr!-
Jtions OF TO the committee on inter-
Z Oceanic canals.
\ Ship Subsidy Bill.
The general expectation is that there
may be comparatively little additional
days. Several other measures viii be
vigorously pressed during the session,
but with the exception of the merchant
marine bill the sponsors of the bills DO
not count upon getting early consider
alton. Senator Gallinger will call up
the merchant marine bin at the first
opportunity and is hopeful that debate
VIII not be long delayed. No one
counts upon getting IA report from COM
NIT
some time after the holidays. The
three measures mentioned are consid-
cred the most important that will come
before the senate this session, and they
will receive much attention until They
are finally disposed OF.
Work for January,
The consideration by the senate of
the Joint statehood bill and the bill for
the reduction of the duty on Philippine
importatiOns into the United States
viii necessarily be postponed unth aft
er the holidays. No one row expects
any effort 20 modify the tariff unless
in the direction of Senator Lodges
bin providing for a maximum ana
minimum rate. The Massachusetts
senator regards this proposition with
much favor and will press it Strcnu-
ously II he receives any encourage
ment TO do so.
Much of the time during The present
week viii De- devoted TO the reorgani-
cation of the committees and there il
hope thar the announcement az Csia-
mittees can be made before Thursday.
Senator MitchelIs death Will ht an
nOuuCed by Senator Fulton tomorrow,
but il is not probable that the am
|uouncemrnt VIII cause an adjournment
OF the senate.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-12-11
Choosing Of Seats.

The choosing Of seats came next and
here the gallery learned Tor the first
time the Identity of the new members.
There viii be $500 bills introduced be-
tween evening day and the Easter vaca-
ton These viii be o. ali ina ginable
Kinds; most OF them foolish schemes To
p'ac8te clamOr01s constituents. and this
business will occupy about one-Quarter OF
the WJrFfns time of congress. As a.
matter Of solemn truth the conscience
% the typical congressman, whether in
senate or house. suffers from the same
lethargy as that of the life Insurance
officials. who have recently had their
moral pcrVeTsiOnS exposed. The preSi-
dents message was not read until Tues
day. the 5th, which was another wise
provision, as the confusion of the first
dav is not conducive 10 attention OF I'M
Outstanding.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-12-11
Cannon Elected Speaker.

Mr. Cannon was elected and escorted
10 the speakers chair, which had during
all this time stood vacant According to
the orders OF the speaker. he was not
embcWered in a mass Of American Beau
eressmen decorated. This was the most
r0tabic change in the old order Of things.
No more will the poor constituent OF Of
flee secFer pay money ne cannot afford
Tor a tribute that will fade in q day,
aud is only a reminder, not a relnem-
brauca; no more Will the congressman
attest his great popularity by sending To
himself $50 1t has been whispered) giant
set pieces from grateful and loving
fricads.' And only the Washington flor
ISIS VIII bs sorry. After SSsFtaker Cannon
took the gavsi IN hrs good right hand
he ninety new members and the presi-
slegit was noiiilE3 .lbl / tbea anllse, waited
a9v communication % might desire %
nae ke
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-12-11

4 ONION, Dec. l0--It is officially an
nouuced that the new Brirish mia-
fetr,- H. r,,nGa NJ. Is fnIInAs.a
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-12-11
Anchored Far out at Sea.

The Nantucket lightship is anchored
fOrty-two miles out She has for many
years been the turning point OF steam
ers bound 10 and from Liverpool and
New York, and within the past four
or five years has been equipped with
wireless telegraph. She is commanded
by CAPITA "a Gorgisou. and carries a
crew consisting of two engineers and
eight men.
She also has on board three wireless
operators attached 10 the navy, They
are Russell Fairbanks, chief electri-
clan: Charles Blankenship, electrician
of the first-class, and William Z. Sny-
der. electrician of the secOnd-class.
Her first officer IS George Acorn Of
Boston, her engineer, Stephen Davis OF
Fairhaven, Mass and her second en-
gineer. John Lubby OF Newport,
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-12-11
LAST EDITION

WEATHER FOR SALT LAKE
Fair.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-12-11

Silver. 54itc per ounce
Copper (casungl, lie per. poun6.
Lead. IN ore. So 80; New York. SIS.
.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-12-01
Al SOUR TEACHER,

Evidently the days of hide-bound. long-faced Puritanism have not yet en- tirely passed away. A few days ago the minister of an Ohio church de- clared that "only babies, monkeys and poodle dogs require amusement" Now. there are many forms of amusement that a minister should condemn, and that he may rightly forbid the mem bers of his church to indulge in, for much of what is called amusement is wrong and hurtful. but this minister's condemnation was without Qualifica- tioh or limitation. He simply tabooed every form of amusement without ex- ception.
 It is a great mistake to suppose or to teach that a man or woman cannot be good or virtuous or genuinely re- ligious without always wearing a long face and looking with disapproval on all who appear happy cromwelrs vinegar-faeed roundheads were not ne- eessArily saints because their counte- nances wers always devoid of smiles.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-12-01
Al MIsrAKEN CRIrIC.

When Lonfellow's "Hiawatha" was first given to the public The Boston Traveller expressed it's regret that our national poet should not have se- lected for the theme of his muse some- thing higher and better than the silly legends of the savage aborigines." Then it continued:
 His poem does not awaken one sym pathetic throb. 1t does not teach a sim "Hiawatha" would be mass of the most childish nonsense that ever dropped from human pen. In verse 1t time mothnS bcb so wprS Ss lost the reading of 1t.
 That was the opinion delivered half century ago by one of the most prominent newspapers in cultured Bos- ton of poem that has almost become classic. It has been translated and reprinted in most of the countries of Europe, and has enjoyed a popularity rarely accorded the work of an Ameri- can author. The silly legends of the savage aborigines,s as put in verse by Lonfellow, struck responsive chord in the American heart, and old and young alike have read and enjoyed the rhythmic measure of the poem. The contemptuous criticisms of The Traveller shows how great newspa- per may err in it's estimate of new production. It is not the first time that the critic has found himself dis" credited by the reading public. nor is it the first instance where new literary production was received with indifference or adverse opinion but which, in spite of all that, became inn mensely popular. LongfeIiow lived to laugh at The Traveller and other ad- verse critics.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-12-01
A MouRNFuL ouTLO0IS.

A clergyman has sprung a new and disturbing surprise on an unsuspect- ing world, by the positive declaration that within the short period of twenty five years the women, en masse, have increased 2 1-2 inches in stature while the men have decreased that amount.
 That assertion would not be so en- tirely and altogether startling if the change were only in the woman. True, at that rate, it would be less than a century until the woman would tower above us, but perhaps in the meanwhile we mere men might devise some method of growing up- wards so that we could at least keep on level with them, but this clergy mans discovery leaves us no show at all. Within even one century the av- craze height of man will be below five feet and the average woman will be above six feet. How long it will be at that rate before the men will be pig mics and the women from their su- perior altitude be looking down on us as Goliah looked on David, or even as Gulllver looked on the mites of Lilliput?
 But that is not the worst or most disturbing thought in connection with this alleged discovery. In this day of strenuousness the women are going in for physical culture. boxing and other athletic sports, and if with this they continue to grow and man con- tinues to dwindle it will not be a great many years before the wife will take hubby on her knes and play a requiem on him with a slipper while he can do nothing but squeal his disgust. The time may even come when the fe- male giant will find no better use for the diminutive male than as an orna- ment to be worn as a watch charm. If the woman's conclusions are true she is laying up bad times for human ity. and if she Is deceiving us she should be dealt with severely for try ing to frighten man into fits.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-12-01
Miss Roosevelt,s InJury.

New York Special.
 special to The World from Hartford, Conn. says: The true cause of Miss Alice Roosevelt's illness was learned tonight. all though an effort was made to Conceal it. Miss Roosevelt had a narrow escape from serious injury while waiting in car of the Northampton division at New Haven for Pennington. This was after she had reach ed New Haven from Cambridge. after the football game between the Harvard and Yale freshmen. she was standing in a car when an engine bumped into 1t. and Miss was injured. The extent of the injury was not known for few days. and then Miss Roosevelt was kept in bed for four days. It Is said that she has recovered and no danger is apprehended. Miss Roose- welt left Pennington for New York yester- day ,and it Is understood that she is going to washington soon.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-12-01
Pretty Girl Was shrewd.

The pretty girl whom the. drug clerk re- coRnized as a customer. entered the store rather diffidently and approached the clerk with the air of one about to ask a favor, de- clares the New York Press
 Do you ever exchange things." she asked apealinGlv,
 well it depends. We try to he accom- modating.'' he replied. 'What do you want exchanged?"
 She brought forth bottle which she handed to him.
 IT decided not to use this" she said. "and I'd like to return it,"
 ''This' was a bottle of peroxide of hydro gen. and the girls hair was still brown.
 Certainly. we'll take 1t back" said the clerk. "whatll you have instead?"
 She thought minute and looked around at all the mysterious bottles and tars. Then au inspiration lit up her pretty face
 You are so kind she said. 'Pll take it out in postage stamps.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-12-01
origin of Railway Whistlea.

Minneapolis Journal
 Locomotives. seventy-five years ago. had no whistles. The engineer kept by his side A tin horn, which he blew before curves and dangerous crossings. But the noise was feeble.
 Tn 1893 an English farmers cart was run down on the way to market. and 2.ooo eggs 100 pounds of butter. two horses and man were Jumped in one great omalet on the rails.
 The railway had to pay damages. The president sent for George Stevenson and said anRriy:
 ''our engineers can't blow their horns loud enough to ciears the tracks ahead. You have made your steam do so much-why don't you make 1t blow a good loud horn for uS?"
 stevenson pondered. An idea came to him He visited 6 musical instrument maker, and had constructed a horn that gave horrible screech when blown by steam.
 From this horn the locomotive whistle of today descends.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-12-01
CouIdn,t Evan Crv.

careless young woman says The Phil- adelphia Record. laid her wrist-bag on one of the desks fin the rostoffice yesterday af- ternoon. and. after she had addressed a letter. she crossed over to one of the letter slots. into which she dropped the missive Quickly turning back to the desk to pick up her handbag she found that 1t had disap- peared. Where io my pOcketbook?" she cried out anxiously. but no one around had seen the thief appropriate 1t. and so no one could answer the question The bag had every valuable that I owned in 1t; among other things. 6 pin I treasured as an heir loom" she told the sympathizing bystand- CTS Her lips au,yered sliEhtly. and for a moment. 1t looked as if d storm of tears was imminent whea she began to laugh T can't even cry about it. she said. ''my hand~ karehief was In the bag"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-12-01
FRIDAY, DECEMBER |, 1905.
RAIsE oN srATUr.

4 somewhat peculiar condition or complication has arisen In Philadelphia as one of the incidents growing out of the recent upheavai which relegated the Hooters to the back yard. Some time ago movement was started with the object of erecting statue to Matthew Stanley Quay, and a committee was formed to raise funds for the purpose. A recent issue of The Philadelphia Led ger contains a letter from Henry c. Leas who is spoken of as the most eminent citizen of Philadelphia" In which he advises that the movement be indefinitely postponed; or, at least, that it be postponed until the people of the city and State have had full time to realize what the late elections meant. He thinks that if the statue is erected 1t would be removed hereafter, and then he talks right out in this style:
 community will patiently accept the shame of thus honoring in perpetuity the memory of man who prostituted his remarkable abilities to the syste- matic debauching of public morality; of q man whose achievement was the building up of machine which render ed graft profession and enabled the BanE to rule and plunder at will; of a man whose sole claim to remembrance 3s that he covered his State with igno- mtny and rendered it by-word in the nation as the typical exemplar of politi- cal corruption. Can it be conceived that such a monument will be left to teach the youth of future generations that the path to public honor lies in the disregard of all public virtues?"
 We know there is an old Latin motto or adage which tells us to speak no evil of the dead. but if there has been a man in this country of whom 1t is fair to speak harshly after he is dead that man was Quay. For whatever of bit- terness or condemnation there Is in any reference to him he himself gave the provocation. We agree with The Charlotte Observer that ''the best course for his friends to pursue would be 10 let him be forgotten"
 Statues should be erected only to the memory of great or good men, and Quay was neither, in a proper meaning of the term. He was a great schooner, but he was not great in any line that would entitle him to the honor propos- ed. Neither was he a good man, for it would be impossible for good man to be guilty of the many acts of political meanness and chieanery that formed such a large part of his public life. If he has real friends their best course is to provoke as little discussion about him as possible.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-12-01

A man is not bound to be sinner be- cause he can see something Tn Ire besides sterness and self-punishment. Democsitus laughed and Heraclitus wept but we have no assurance that the latter was more virtuous than the former. When a minister likens all mankind and womankind to babies or animals merely because they desire to harmlessiy amuse themselves at times there must be something wrong in his makeup. He'd better get tub and live in 1t, like another Diogenes, and not try to deprive humanity of all the sunshine of life
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-12-01
A Delicate Compliment.

Many delicate compliments have been paid the fair sex by men subtle in speech. but here Is one straight from the heart of an illiterate negro that Is difficult to excel
 If ia recalled by the Rev c. P. Smith of Konsas City. intolling a story of marriage fee.
 ''When I was preaching in Walla Walia. Wa. he says ''there was no negro preach CT in town, and I was often called upon 10 narSorm a ceremony between negroes. One afternoon, after had married young ne gro couple. the groom asked the price of the service.
 'tOh, we'll said I. you can pay me what ever you think 1t is worth to you
 ''The negro turned and silently looked his bride over from head to foot. then slowly rolling up the whites of his eyes to me. said:
 'Lawd, sah. you has done ruined me foh life: you has fur sure"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-12-01
Not OuIte The Same.

It seems that he boys mother was born in Canada, but the little fellow is native of the United States. saws The PitsburE Dispatoh. To tease him his uncle calls him A little Canuck." which never fails to pro yoke vigorous protest. Coming nome rom Sunday School the boy tackled his aunt with the question;
 "Aunt Bess, why is people baptized?"
 She attempted to explain, but. unfortu- nately. touched q tender spot when she said "WilIie. you know you were porn m origi- nal sin"
 willie regarded this as a variation of the hateful accusation so often made by his uncle. and indignantly blurted out
 'Speed I wasn't. was born in Pttssburg. I'm an American.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-12-01
The Strenuous Life in Chicago.

Kansas City Independent.
 Tn the midst of life Chicago Is in death. Statistics for the ten months ended November show that 120 citi-- zens of the chief city by the unsalted trying to dodge the street cars; SS1 were run. over by the steam railway cars which own and occupy the princi- pal streets, though many citizens per- sist in trying to make use of them; ten were killed by automobiles, 30rS fell down from high places and were killed, only s7 were shot up by their more en terprising neighbors, and 421 commit ted suicide.
 The total. as we reckon it, was i, ACT, lence for Chicago, considering the mode of life there and the abundant oppor- tunities and temptations 1t affords for self f-destruction and the destruction of ones neighborsI
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-12-01


 Chattanooga Tradesman.
 The movement for a trade school at Gadsden, Ala, designed to give a trade free to white boys Is an enterprise that should have the practical endorsement, not only of the business men and man ufacturers of that State, but of those of the entire South as we'll.
 The south is deficient in skilled la of trade, and this deficiency Is being felt more and more as the South ad- vances in manufacturing,. until there is no more pressing obligation on those who are looking to the future with the hope of seeing the South still more ad- vanced in this direction. than to make provision for turning out young men with sufficient training to carry for ward this work.
 The poor white boys who have only difficult and discouragfng to meet the burdens of life because they have had no preliminary, training in any line Of from every quarter for just such labor as these boys could give If this train ing had been supplied.
 The proposed school at Gadsden meets this want. It is in the heart of the Souths most active district, and there could be thousands of graduates ali through the South and SO 1t seems only the dictates of ordinary wisdom that provision should be made to pro- vide here at none a seh9oi sI Snvs tnat n WlIr @ oe desire to acquire skill in the trade they wish to follow.
 No more public spirited or needed en- terprise could have been inaugurated. and The Tradesman Is more than pleased to bring 1t to the attention of manufacturers and men of means who give It a start, when there Is every reason for believing that 1t will there after be amply provided for. The Ala bama Trade School for White Boys is tha style under which if has been in- corporated. with Gadsden, Ala, as its location.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-12-01
Danrerous RaIIroad TrareI.

newspaper writer, meeting Lord Bras sey at Redbank N J.. asked the distin- suished foreigner if he feared to travel on American railroads says The New York Tribune.
 'tOh, no" Lord Brassey answered, your American railroads kill a good many people in the years course, but we must remember that they carry a good many people a good many mlies. Tn proportion. probably, they do no more damage than the railroads of France or of Scotland.
 "Tbe famous Dr. Norman Mcleod was once about to set off on long Journey through Scotland Just as the train was pulling out the clergyman's servant put his head in through the window and said:
 ''ffa'e ve ta'en an insurance ticketS"
 CT have said the doctor
 "'Then.' said the servant. write yer name on it and Rfe H to me. They have an aw- flu habit O robbin the corpses on this line ["
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-12-01
yyhv He Wasn't Happy,

Soldiers home was In Kansas City Wednes- day. buying a new fife. He is an old sol- dier Before returning to the home he will visit in Osborne County. Kas.. storer is 72 years old and has played the fife since he was l2, says The Kansas City Times.
 During the war;" said Storer, T was fifer with the 62nd Ohio regiment. had fine silver fife then which I prized highly. In fact. I thought more of that fife than did anything else I possessed. I was with the Union army at Appomattox Courthouse the day Lea Surrendered"
 q suppose you fifers were so happy when the Confederates gave up that you played and played, didn't your" storer was ask ed.
 .hTe others did. tut I didn't It a happy day for the north. but not for me "
 'why not?"
 "sompbody had stolen my silver fife the night before." said the old soldier. sadly