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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-09-27

at intervals he read from a newspaper.
Most of the time. however, he sat star
ing al the wall before him, a nervous
motion of his fingers and a tapping
with his hand across his mouth, indi-
eating the tension under which he la
bored.
Occasionally he conversed with the
deputy sherifts, attorneys and others in
the court room. His voice was steady
and his answers cool and collected.
Shockley was in charge of Deputy
Sheriff Isaac A. Emery for a time be-
fore the jury came in. As a Drecau-
tionary measure. he was handcuffed
during this period, but just before the
arrival of the jury Deputy Sheriff John
Sharp came in, removed the handouts
and took his place with Mr. Emery
The jury, in charge Of Deputy Sheriffs
Fred Butler and Claude Y. Russell, ap-
peared "A few minutes later. Shockley
fastened a searching glance on the
jurors as they took their seats Then
he settled back and gaZed steadily at
the verdict in its sealed envelope. As
il D assed from the jury box to Judge
Armstrong, the lines about Shockleys
mouth grew tense and his liDs became
white as the judge opened the envelope
So steadfast was the prisoners gaze
that he scarcely appeared TO wink. and
his eyes followed the paper from the
hand of the judge to that OF Howard
A. King. deputy county clerk. Mr.. King
read the verdict in a clear voice and as
the words, imprisoned at hard labor
in the state prison for life" fell from
Mr. Kings lips. Shockley's chest rose
with the inhalation of a full breath as
a wave of Unmistakable relief passed
over his face, At once he Strengthened
up i'm his chair and glanced about him
for the first time since the jury had en-
tered the room. He sat at ease while
the Judge fixed the time for sentence,
after which court adjourned.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-09-27

Washington, Sept. 26.-The war de-
partment today received a cablegram
from Manila saying that the transport
Logan has been delayed from sailing
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-09-27
COULD RAMSEY
FIGHT IN COURT
Receiver Asked for the Little Kama
waha Properties.
Small. FRY ARE CONCERNED
TEMPORARY RESTRAINING OR.
DER ISSUED.
SMALL FRY ARE C CONCERNED

n INCINNATI. Sept. 26.-Application for
Il the appointment of a receiver for
the community of interests known
as the Little Kanawaha syndicate an
organization controlling coal lands and
railway interests In West Virginia, was
filed in the United States circuit court
today AT the head of the syndicate are
George J. Gould, Joseph Ramsey. IT,
president of the Wabash, and William
L. Guy of St Louis.
The plaintiff is John :. Jones, holder
of 100000 worth of stock in the syndl-
cate. He lives in Chicago and Is rep
resented by Attorneys Matthews OF Gin
cinnati and William BURY Of Chicago.
Restraining Order Issued.
Judge Richards set Oct. 9 as the time
of the hearing, and a restraining order
was issued temporarily restraining the
defendants from selling, contracting 10
sell, transferring or parting with, any
property of the KanaWaha syndicate.
The grounds set forth i'm the bill OF
complaint are numerous, among them
being several prominent ones. IL IS al
legged that the antagonist1c attitude of
Gould and Ramsey is detrimental 20 the
welfare of the syndicate; that an et-
fort is being made by the defendants
that might destroy profit at the expense
of the lesser holders, that Ramsey ana
Guy have voted that any two of the
three neduS OF the SNnQlCdlt may tldilS-
act its business, thus eliminating Gould;
that the lands are being sold at about
One-half Of the true value The plain
tiff takes no side between Ramsey and
Gould. but the action is brought to pro
tect the plaintiff and those holders who
may be similarly situated.
Jones Wants TO Know.
It is alleged in the petition that 5000
O00 has been subscribed. OF which Gould
put III 5000 600; Ramsey, 100000; Guy,
$500 900, James T. Blair $l00006; Edward
Fulton 100000 and others like and small
er amounts. Ii is alleged that the heavy
subscribers have not paid in over
per cent of their subscriptions; that an
inquiry should be made az to how the
money has been spent. that the man
ayers put 100000 in the construction of
a railway from GAINESVILLE to the Ohio
river, and then abandoned IL when il
was found that the new line would not
be for the advantage of other enter
prises in which the managers were en-
gagged that information as TO the pro-
gress of affairs of the concern has been
refused this petitioner
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-09-27
Talks of His Mother.

Before leaving the courtroom. Shock
ley said TO Fhe Herald:
1T might have been worse, as you
say. Yes, I am glad. 1 know this
means that l shall be buried alive for
the rest of my life. but il is better
than death. For myself / do not care
so much. / might have gone along and
just let things slide, but for my poor
Continued on Page 2.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-09-27
MIGHTY RUSHING WIND AT MANILA
Hundreds of Buildings UnrOOed and 5000 Persons Are Home
less-Five FiIipinOs Killed and Two Hundred
Persons Injured.

from that place by a typhoon. No men
ton is made of damage to property.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-09-27
THOMPSON PICKED To HEAD
AMERICAN PARTY TICKET
Former Mayor Nominated for Same Position at
City Convention
Hles MoreoH, Aft and SWensOn Complete the List-Names
Previously Agreed On Go Through With
Practically No Opposition
AMERICAN PARTY CITY NOMINEES.

MayOr-Ezra Thompson. Republican Fifth
City Attorney-Ogden Hiles, Democrat Fifth
City RecOrder-JOhn B. MOreton Republican, Fifth
City Auditor-Hudoph Aft. Republican First ward.
City Treasurer-Frank Republican,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-11-13
Fighting Cadets.

Some doubt is expressed in naval circles
whether any way can be found to proven.
Annapolis cadets from fighting to settle
their personal grievances. 1t is averrad
that the middies will continue to fight,
whatever the rules, and that no regulation,
however drastic. will prevent.
That is probably true, and at the same
time 1t is a very good reason why regu-
latIon should be framed providing that any
clGet who engages in fist fight shall be
reduced in grade or dismissed from the
academy, according TO the circumstances
OF the fight.
There are laws against fighting in the
streets on the part of citizens. They are
constantly broken. as the volume of busl.
ness In the police courts attests. There
are laws against murder, and they also
are broken, as the congested calendars or
the criminal courts prove. But because
these laws are violated no one argues that
they should be repealed.
If the cadets will fight, when they con-
slider themselves aggrleved or insulted or
injured, let them do so with the distinct
understanding that they run a risk of pay
ing a heavy penalty for the privilege or
resorting to barbaric methods. "Ah, but
this will make them sneaks." cry the &C.
lenders OF the Olu-tlIne1 SH stem OF perSOD1l
combat. They will slip away behind the
trees and fight without heed for the rules
of the ring, or they will lay in wait for
their enemies and take them unawares.''
Suppose il does. Suppose the youngsters
develop slyness and cowardce. They VIII
be caught in their vicious ways sooner or
later They cannot escape punishment,
and evictions from the service on this
score might perhaps save later scandal ana
trouble. What the navy needs is a corps
of officers Of high principles, rigid honor.
Justice and good temper, as well as teci-
meal knowledge and book learning.
Let the Naval Academy be regarded es
a method Of elimination as well as of edu-
cation. Frame the rules so that those
who graduate will represent high types OF
manhood, morally, mentally and physically.
And base those rules upon the principle
that the man who controls himself can
best control others. On that foundation
there need never be a fist hight TO deter.
mine q point of honor
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-11-13
Poland and Finland.

Some surprise is manifested here AMI
there at the fact that while Finland
Quickly secured pledge of autonomy from
Russia a similar demand by Poland has
met with a vigorous denial. accompanied
by the proclamation OF martial law and
the institution of severe measures of re-
preston. Why. It is asked, should Russia
treat these two parts of the empire Diff
ferently. when each Is a distinct national
entity from the main body of the Russian
people?
There are at least two reasons for this
action FIRST because Russia was forced by
the then existing circumstances to accede
20 Finlands demand, and is not now CO.
creed by similar circumstances to yield TO
Poland; second. because the release or
Russian Poland from the absolute rule or
the car would involve international COM
plications of Il serious nature. Russia is
Just now trying to keep her troubles with
In the least possible compass, and is not
disposed to cause any ruffiing of the Ger
man or Austrian feathers.
Poland Is today merely a racial deslgna-
ton rather than term OF political geog-
raphy. Originally Poland was a large
area. of more than $4,000 square miles,
Inhabited by a homogeneous people. once
estimated at $4,000, 600, and animated by
strong patriotic spirit. AS a consequence
of many wars and much internal strife
Poland fell victim to first one and then
another OF the growing powers, Prussia
Russia and Austria. and various partitions
occurred. each OF the adjacent rulers OBJ
tanning slice of the rapidly diminishing
Polish territory. The third and final par
tition occurred In 1875. the three greedy
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-11-13
Murphy and Mcclellan.

Unless he chooses to help, the getting rid
of Leader Murphy as a political factor in
New York is not going to be an easy mat
ter. He is not a product of a school of
self-sacrifce, but of that of holding fast to
all one gets ones hands on. OF course he
made a botch of the second Mcclellan
campaign and deserves to lose his shoulder
straps, but his own views on that subject
are not those of the public. What those
views are is as yet his own secret. Could
Mr.. Mcclellan IL he cared depose Mr.. Muir
ply? He is asked to do so, and warned
that if he fails to comply his finish is near.
Ii is TO be doubted If Mr.. Mcclellan pos
sesses that much influence. His own posi-
ton is none too strong. He was not with
on: fault himself in the recent campaign,
and is not authorized to cast stone at his
friend, and for time his master. .8
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-11-13
Two Charities.

Two great charity enterprises now under
way are attracting wide attention. One is
Sor the succoring of the Russian Jews who
have survived the recent massacres in the
cars realms. The other is for the relief
of the poor and unemployed of London
Never were two works of charity more I'M
like.
1t is fairly certain that If there are no
further riots in Russia, and no more Jew
batting. the generous giving of peoples OF
all lands will enable the victims of the
mobs to start life anew with fair pros
poets. These people are thrifty, and in
this emergency ask no more than chance
to begin again. In many cases they have
lost very heavily, wealthy merchants hav-
ing been utterly ruined by the destructive
work of the fanatical Russians. They ask,
or rather their friends ask for them. SIM
ply lift to get them over the present dis
tress of utter spoliation.
The London charity is totally different.
The $4,000 given by Queen Alexandra will
doubtless be followed by other munifcent
gifts. 1t is probable that in the course of
a few weeks many hundreds of thousands
of dollars will be raised. But even II the
total should reach s5O00.OO0. 1t would be
only a trifie compared with the capital
actually necessary for the permanent solu-
ton of the problem of the unemployed of
London. This money could, of course. be
spent to good advantage In the endow
ment of soup houses and barracks But
there has always been a balance in the
British treasury for such purposes IL this
were the best means to meet the emer-
gency. 1t IS possible today by the use of
only a 1.-THE of the national income to feed
and house every hungry and homeless per-
son in the English capital. But next years
outlay would be larger. and the year after
it would begin to reach serious proportions,
and in five years, with such works in prog
ress, the annual outlay for soup and beds
for the poor would be heavy burden.
The Russian Jews ask only a start. The
paupers of London ask for permanent aid.
The premier of England declares that there
is no possibility of setting these paupers
to work so that they can help themselves
Is the case to be allowed to stand thus, on
a purely charitable basis? If so, 1t will
mount with the seasons until England will
have the largest percentage of helpless in
habitants of any country in the world. For
nothing spreads so rapidly as pauperism.
Queen AleXandra's contribution is a gra-
cious act and will stimulate the giving, but
it will have its best effect If it arouses
England to a realization of the true pro-
portions of the task before 1t.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-11-13
A Suicide Commission.

If Mayor Tom Johnson of Cleveland can
learn anything practical by means of the
commission he has just named, in the way
of cure for the suicide mania which pos
sesses so many people. he viii have con-
ferred a great boon upon humanity. 1t is
not to be denied that suicide has increased
to the proportions of national evil.
Scarcely a week passes in this city with
out police report OF two or three success
full or unsuccessful attempts at self-mur-
der. Now 1t is double crime. now Q
single. Poison, gas, rope and pistol. the
methods may vary and the circumstances
differ. but the end Is the same, a gruesome,
shocking record of life failures. Is 1t In
sanity or passion? Is there an hereditary
tendency, or is some moral element miss
ing In the makeup of the victim? Can
anything be done to check the evil?
At first glance the quest seems impos-
sible. The average suicide gives no indica-
ton of his purpose. He Is as crafty as the
actually insane person, or as professional
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-11-13
A Query.

My grandmother, lady who was held in
high esteem
Was wont full oft to marvel at our complex
social scheme.
AS changing times and manners dawned on
her observant eyes
She often gave expression to a state of mild
surprise.
When they put an elevator in our principal
hotel
And when the cable car went down our
thoroughfare pell nell,
She gathered up her silken skirts and hur-
ried home perplexed
And said with mild resentment, Well
What will they get up next!
We used to smile and VOW that she was
just little slow
And too regardful of the stately ways of
long ago.
The money that was spent on vain and
frivolous display
Did not in our opinion justify her sad
dismay.
The schemes for money-making, such as
lotteries and fairs
She called them traps for catching the in
cautious unawares;
And cen her patient nature was a little
panied and veXed.
Shed take her glasses Off and sigh, What
will they get up next?'
But time as 1t progresses greatly shifts the
point of view
I half suspect the dear old lady knew a
thing or two
The curious fancies Fashion seeks when it
would dance or dine
In moments of depression sometimes tempt
me to repine.
And the way they pay the fiddler-when
you hear II all explained
One feels that there's no telling how great
wealth may be obtained.
l read of stock transactions and my soul
grows sorely vexed.
I say, as she said long ago, What will
they get up next!'
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-11-13
China and the Exclusion Law.

The address of Sir Chentung Liang-Cheng
before the Chicago Merchants Club Satur-
dry night embodes the case of China
against the American exclusion law. and
exhibits the line OF argument that will be
followed In Chinas behalf when Congress
takes up the question OF a modification Of
that statute.
There is nothing new in what the minister
says. He follows SO closely In the footsteps
of Mr.. WI Ting-Fang, that he gives the i'm
preston of having been primed by his willy
predecessor, and of repeating a lesson
laiboriously learned. We have all heard
that side of the story presented in just that
fashion until we know it by heart The
trouble we are told Is wholly with u.s.
Uncle Sam, in effect, is pictured a hec-
toring bully violating the spirit of his
obligations to a kindly and law-abiding
eastern gentleman, who is anxious to be
friendly and only asks a reasonable oppor-
tunity to manifest the beautiful spirit that
possesses him.
Now as to the fact This whole stir has
grown out of repeated criminal efforts
on the part of the Chinese to evade the
exclusion law in the interests of the coolies.
\ regular and profitable traffic in emigrant
certificates was established in China, and
had attained to considerable proportions
before it was detected by the American
authorities 1t has been charged that some
american officials both in China and at
home have participated in the traffic. But
even if that is true they certainly did not
originate the practice That, we may be
sure. had its origin in Chinese circles, and
had for its object the running in of coolies
for labor where their presence stood for
hidden By law.
To defeat this rasCally scheme a very
strict enforcement of the exclusion law be-
came necessary, and here and there hard
ships resulted to a few members of the ex-
cmpted Chinese classes. Such thing was
inevitable, and the wonder is that the COM
plants have been so few.
China II she cares to. can, unaided' cure
all the grievances that exist. No new law
is necessary. nor any modification of the
existing law. Let her aid with all her
might In keeping the coolies at home, and
then a Chinese certificate presented at any
American port will insure its possessor not
only polite but hospitable treatment. The
offender in this matter is not America, but
China
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-11-13

criminal. It is this stealthy preparation
that gives rise to the belief entertained
by many people that the majority of sui
cides are insane They are seized by an
obsesson. The thought of self-killing takes
possession of the mind and hammers and
hammers away whenever the world goes
in the least wrong. when debts press, or
Illness comes, or ventures fail. or personal
relations grow tense. The imp of suicide
Is never silenced and 1t calls for the
strongest will and the most wholesome sur
roundngs to drive 1t away.
Mayor Johnson has received number of
letters on the subject from men and women
who are terrified by the specter of suicide
In their own families, In some instances in
their own individual cases. The tales they
tell are narrowing. He believes that if a
way were opened for these confessions and
expressions a competent body might per-
haps trace definite lines of cause and eff
feet and maybe adduce some reasoning
leading to curative methods. He has been
prompted to take this step by the fact that
In the first nine months of the current
calendar year eighty-six persons killed
themselves In Cuyahoga county, almost one
every three days, not to count those who
tried 10 commit suicide without success.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-11-13
powers taking all that was left and re-

powers taking all that was left and re-
ducing Poland to mere name.
To restore autonomy to Russian Poland
today would inspire a rebellious spirit in
the breasts of the Poles of Germany and
Austria, who have been absorbed into the
general bodies of those nations no more
notIceably than in the case of the Poles
of the cars rule. Polish liberty is dell
cate subject in midcontinental politics, and
It is the common belief in Europe that
definite understanding is always maintain
ed by the three monarchs who now reign
over the remnants of once proud Poland
that no concession shall ever be granted
by any one of the three to the Poles IN
his Jurisdiction
No such problem was involved in the
case of Finland. That unfortunate country
fell a victim to Russian aggression by rea-
son of proximity and defenselessness. 1t
was as natural for Russia to reach over
and take Finland as for hungry Child
to take a bun. 1t was there, and 1t was
annexed But, to the great surprise OF
Russians Finland refused to be absorbed
into the Russian system. 1t protested at
every stage and when finally the car or
dered the Russiafication of the entire coun-
try, the substitution of the Russian IAN
guage for the Finnish and the obliteratlon
of all the national landmarks and race
lines, Finland revolted, in spirit If not In
force.
Finland seized the psychological moment
for demanding autonomy. Russia was
helpless. The strikes had tied up the rail-
roads and IL was impossible to send SUI
ficient troops to quell the revolt. which
centered at Helsingfors. The Firms, IN
deed, caught the car on the hip. But
Poland being nearer the source of military
strength has been more easily handled,
and. although the task there is serious and
may yet prove too great for the weakened
power of the car he is likely to queli TINS
uprising. Indeed, he must, permit the
establishment of Polish national organi-
cation which will perhaps start the fires
of revolt in the territory of his cousin, VIII
liam of Germany, and his great and good
friend, Francis Joseph of Austria H ungary.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-11-13
From Bad to Worse in Russia.
From the Philadelphia Ledger.

The careful student of contemporary
Russian history who follows from day to
day the progress of the revolution can
not escape the conviction that matters are
proceeding from bad to worse; that the
hope of peaceful progress to consti-
tutional regime is growing fainter and that
the chances for an early termination of
the present anarchy are not the brightest
In the record of needless bloodshed the
Russian revolution Is already almost with
out parallel in history, yet there is no
assurance in the news dispatches that the
end Is in sight
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-11-13
Not Backing It.

why don't you advocate REFORM" asked
the friend
Il do advocate it," answered Senator Sor-
ghum. But 1 don't see any occasion for
my risking my political and pecuniary flu
ture on It,"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-11-13
A Scrambled Fleet.
m the New York Tribune.

From the New York Tribune.
THE two combined fleets now in New
York harbor," says Prince Louis of Batten-
berg, could. l think, reduce New York
to atoms in the time it takes my cook to
fry an omelette." Doubtless they could
anchored as they now are. but any fleet
intent upon such business would first have
a chance of being made into an omelette
itself before 1t entered the North river.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-11-13

DIR. Oslor has been giving students some
eminently scientific suggestions concerning
the Importance and best methods of pre-
serving the teeth. The doctor is unques-
tionably man of deep learning, but his
ideas occasionally conflict. A mans teeth
do not usually manifest such deterioration
as to interfere with health until he is past
forty and. according to the Doctors previ-
ously expressed views, they are then no
longer worth bothering about.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-11-13

That Governor Pennypacker appreciates
the seriousness of the situation is proved
by the fact that his long list of suggestions
does not include demand for further pro-
lection against journalistic affronts to his
personal dignity.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-11-13

An Indianapolis educator wants people to
read the earlier English writers, who are
not only elegant in diction. but interesting
in thought. But the plea is useless. The
news stands do not carry such books, and
the man who reads them finds himself out
of the drift of ordinary conversation.