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The Somerset reporter., 1906-11-08

I'm reference to conve rsation had
with me last evening in regard to
statements made to me Oct. 10 by two
representatives of the New York
World, will say that they stated that
they were representatives from the
New York Herald, and hearing per-
sistent reports that Mrs. Eddy was
dead, and had long been SO, they had
come to Boston to ascertain whether
they could find any one who could
state with certainty that Mrs. Eddy
was alive; that they had visited
every town and hamlet between Bos-
ton and Concord and could not find
any one who had ever seen Mrs. Ed
dy; that they had been unable to find
man, woman or child in Concord who
had ever seen Mrs. Eddy to know
her, except as | personally stated to
them, that | had an interview with
her in the early part of the summer:
that they understood, if Mrs. Eddy
were alive, she was SO enfeebled and
helpless that she was unfit to have
any control over the affairs; | made
reply to this statement, that if they
ever had the honor of meeting Mrs
Eddy, they would at once ascertain
that these statements were false;
they also stated that they had seen
papers showing assignments of all of
Mrs. Eddy's property to Calvin A.
Frye, her SECRETARY. They said they
did not find any one in Concord who
believed that Mrs. Eddy was alive.
They said that if they did not have
an interview with her that they
should feel at liberty to print such in
formation as they had received.
."Of course, | denied all of these
statements and said that they were
false and also stated that my mother
had played with Mrs. Eddy as a child
and had been associated with her and
had been near her for more than 40
years, but they were determined not
to believe any reasonable statements.
perhaps it would be we'll to state
that | am not member of Christian
Science church, but feel it my duty to
contradict such false rumors. / have
had the honor of being in the presence
of Mrs. Eddy several times year,
and most emphatically say that she
is i'll every way capable of conducting
her business affairs"
Fred n. Ladd
The Somerset reporter., 1906-11-08
Electric Ovens.
Electric Chatting Dish.

Even heat. Cool kitchen. Currant costs
no more than fuel. Perfects the art OF
Cookery.
The Somerset reporter., 1906-11-08
EleCKiC Fan.

Cool breezes on tap any hour OF the day
or night. Costs about IL cent per hour
Run for few minutes in your chambers
at night drives out the heated air OF the
day and Ais them with the cool ofevening
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-08-06
AFRAID OF THE TRUTH.

One Of the reasons given by the
preachers and teachers OF the Nor
mon cult TO the followers of the
church why they should not read the
exposures of the law breaking and
treason of the leaders is that n re-
peated perusal Of the charges might
lead to an acceptance Of their truth.
In other words, if the Mormon mass
read the accusations against the Nor
mon class they will believe those
charges to be true.
There is logic then in the decree
which forbids Mormons to read "the
other side" But what poor defense
it is to the hierarchs and what a poor
compliment it is to their dupesl If
the leaders Of the church are right in
their practices, their followers must be
densely ignorant if they would believe
any charges Of wrong doing made
against the prophets. And If the fol
lowers are rot densely ignorant and
yet would believe the charges, it must
be that the charges are true.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-08-06
THE NEW CHINA.

One OF the great things Of tho world,
undoubtedly, is the awakening Of China.
Even the characteristics of the race are
changing. From being lethargic, inert,
reposeful, and lymphatic, the Chinese
are becoming excitable, nervous,
changeablc. AS a recent writer (Dr.
W, A. p. Martin, in the Worlds Work.
points out, "stolidity has given place
to mercurial excitability; the friends
of yesterday are the enemies Of today;
and America no longer enjoys the dis
tinction Of being the sole or chief OBJ
ject of their resentment. Great Britain
is out Of favor, and France has in
CURED bitter hostility" The result is
tho increased frequency Of anti foreign
riots; the attempt to destroy the for
eign settlement Mt Shanghai is cited,
also, the burning Of the American mis-
sion near Annoy; and the bloody trag-
edy at French mission in Kiangsi.
The abandonment of the boycott
against American goods was caused not
by Imperial decree, nor by diplomatic
remonstrance; still less by courting the
favor of the Mandarins The simple
fact is, that the Chiense merchants en-
gaging III it lost money by the move.
That was fatal, and American goods
were taken up again with greater en-
thusiasm than ever, with the result
that imports into China for the past
year have increased by twenty million
dollars, while exports have fully held
their own.
fruitful source Of trouble in China,
not only with Americans, but with all
foreigners, is the exemption OF for
eigners from the jurisdiction of the
Mandarlns and the local courts. The
Chinese are coming more and more to
resent this exemption since Japan,
where the same exemption formerly
ruled, has. thrown it off. The new
legal code and procedure, it is claimed,
assure all, foreigners included, fair
treatment in the Chinese courts, and
China is deeply offended at the imputa-
tion Of barbarism and untrustworthiness
which is necessarily implied in the con-
tinued exemption Of foreigners from
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-08-06

the jurisdiction of the local authorities
The Chinese are coming to a realiza-
tion OF the fact that what is needed
more than anything else to weld the
empire into n compact unit is a system
Of railroad connections; so the influ-
ential men are now as eager for rail
roads as formerly they were opposed to
them. And in multitudes of ways the
Cinnamon are learning from their
neighbors; but above all, from the Jap
anese, who enjoy the highest possible
prestige in China, and who arc taking
charge as tutors in almost every de-
partment, but especially in the mill
tary, the Chinese enthusiasm for a pow
erful native army now being in direct
antagonism to the former antipathy to
it, and the love of the soldiers life
being in absolute contrast to the former
contempt for it.
In no direction, however, has the
change in China shown such a square
right aboutface as in the matter of
religion, A native propaganda is in
progress which aims TO free the Chinese
Christian church from all dependence
upon foreigners, and to dispense witk
with this Is the universal movement for
education. An instance is cited of the
passing away of the reverence for old
forms, in Paotingfu, where the officials,
joining with the people, dumped into
canal the idols from several temples, in
order to mako room for schools
But the elimination of reform under
investigation is the inquiry into the
practicability Of doing away with the
immensely wasteful and cumbersome
Chinese characters, for tho written Ian
guage. No foreign alphabet is to be
accepted, however, but an alphabet
based upon and simplifying the native
characters is TO be adopted. Under
the present system of ideographic writ
ing In China two to three thousand
characters are needed in simple books,
and six thousand for general purposes.
A native alphabet Of fifty letters is to
supersede all that dead weight.
China is indeed advancing; the cry
is heard that she is advancing too fast.
The Japanese instructors want to push
the progress faster than even the ruling
classes (who are thoroughly alive to
the Importance Of throwing Off the old
and putting on the new, the throne
leading in the cbange) think best. But
the ball has started it's swift course;
1T is bound to keep on, though it leave
some ruin in its wake; but the end will
be new China, the most powerful
empire in the world.
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friend Of President Smith-so close
friend, in fact. that President Smith
would not have the slightest fear of
consequences il any case against Presi-
dent Smith for living his religion should
come before the eminent anti-polyg-
anist, Henry S. Tanner, for adjudica-
tion.
There are plenty of other reasons
than this why Apostle Smoot should
give due weight to the claims of this
great practical exponent Of anti .polyg-
amy Cor even anti-marriage for two or
three other men). Public insinuation
was made against Mr.. Tanner as having
violated the law; what better answer
than to place him on the bench to ad-
judicate tho law7 His distinguished
relative, Joseph M. Tanner, also a
noted anti"polygamist, has been COM
PEELED to fee to other clinles because
of an unfortunate lapse from his anti
polygamistic principles, and something
is due to the family by way of compen-
satiou; therefore what better balm to
wounded feelings than to permit the
outlawed Joseph M. to speak with pride
of his brother and ow-reigionist,
Judge Tanner, the Hon Henry s.?
The thing looks altogether admirable
from n church viewpoint. Senator
Smoot is requested tc consider the sug-
gestion in its religious aspect and Apos-
tie Smoot may very well decide it as
matter Of politics.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-08-06
JUDGE TANNER.

The time has como for a grave con-
slderation, and is approaching for a
Judicious decision, primarily by the
Governor of tins State Of the advance
ments in the Judiciary made necessary
by the resignation from his exalted
office of Chief Justice Bartch.
a correspondent presents a valuable
suggestion on this subject and it is sub
mitted with all due Difference to Apos-
tie Smoot so that he may give proper
weight to it before he shall finally de-
termine what he will have the Gov
ernor do In the matter, According to
the correspondent, Mr.. Henry S. Tanner,
the noted polygamist of the Nor
mon church, was candidate before the
Republican convention Of 1904 for nom
ination to the district bench. His vote
In that convention was next highest to
the successful candidate, and therefore
he may be said to be the next choice
of the Smootite Republicans. If Apos-
tie Smoot shall decide for the Governor
to advance one Of the present district
judges to the place made vacant by
the retirement of Chief Justice Bartch,
there will thus be occasioned a vacancy
on the district bench; and our CORES
pondent suggests that no more fitting
selection could be made than Henry S.
Tanner, He is supposed to be close
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-08-06
NEVERTHELESS,

The Descret News quotes with much
gusto from the proceedings Of a Nor
mon church conference in an Eastern
State. 1t says:
But what touched the hearts Of all as.
sembled WINS tho talk of Brother Joseph
Stump, a confederate soldier. who has visit
cd Utah and was baptized there.
And then it quotes Mr.. Stump as
saying that in Utah he "never saw a
woman milk o cow
Just what the pathos was in this
statement to touch all his hearers, the
News does not deigu to explain. Just
what there was in this poor eyesight Of
Mr. Stump to induce any one to accept
the teachings of Joseph F. Smith, the
News does not consider worthy of re-
cital
The Mormon church organ leaves the
whole subject here, and its readers will
be in an anguish of doubt. Mr.. Stump,
new convert to the church, melted
all his hearers by confessing that he
had never seen woman milk cow
in all Utah,
But, as is usually remarked by the
News on all irrelevant subjects, in CON
cluding its editorials: "Notwithstand-
ing which, the kingdom of God Will
move forward and triumph over the
words of the wicked and the persecu-
tions by the ungodly.'
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YES, THANK God

The Mormon church organ echoes
the cry: "Thank God for the Ameri
can partyl'
Ono might think that this was print
ed by the Deseret News in spirit Of
irony. But that suspicion is immedi-
ately removed when one reads further
in the article OF the church organ and
discovers that the American party-ac-
cording to the News-is taxing some OF
tho city employees 10 per cent of their
wages for a campaign fund. The
holiness OF the 10 per cent in the eyes
Of the News is such that the only log
ical conclusion is that tho Deseret
News is thanking God for the Ameri
can party and for its conversion to the
true faith-the 10 per cent faith, the
rake-off faith, the gouge faith, the graft
faith, the faith, to practice which
makes man a prophet, seer and reve-
lator-and to practice which makes a
party the elect organization Of God Al
might for the reformation OF the world.
OF course, the Deseret News thanks
God for the American party. 1t is a
pity that its only reason for so doing
is it's own misstatement that the Amer
lean party takes tithing from the city
employees. There are other reasons
why gratitude might be expressed for
the triumphant organization of Amer
icanism here-but those reasons are un-
appreciated by the organ Of the Nor
mon church.
One of them is that Salt Lake City
is progressing as never before. Another
is that every workingman can find op-
portunity TO toll at better wages than
ever before. Another is that not a
house is vacant in Salt Lake City.
Another is that all the needed capital
for local enterprises of merit is readily
obtainable. Another is that more pub
lie improvements are under way than
ever before. Another is that more Of
the helpful elements of American cit
izenship are coming into Salt Lake than
ever before. Another is that the city
is better governed in moral way than
ever before.
But If the News finds no satisfaction
IN any of the foregoing, it is still a
pleasure to welcome il into camp and
to quote it as crying-no matter for
what reason-''Thank God for the
American party!'
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-08-06
WAR TO GO ON FOREVER
Washington Post.

Washington Post,
There Will be need of guns SO long as
there Is a man left 10 covet the property
OF another man." declared Hudson
Maxim OF New York. inventor of smoke
less powder, at the Raleigh last evening
I'VE may have pence conferences and
talk OF dlsarming the world, but there
Will be battles and strife until the earth
has grown cold and the sun has gone out.
Not until then will the rivers of blood
run dry. Yet the basis of war has shifted.
Battles are now fought in an area about
twenty times as great as those In ancient
times. For instance. 300, 900 were slain
when Attlla was submerged in the battle
of the Marne. The slaughter in warfare
is not now nearly so great as It was,
War is no longer a question OF concen-
tration OF forces and close fighting, but
OF wealth, OF science against science.
Smokeless powder wounds more men and
strikes more at long distance. In ancient
times lives wero spent In war: now
wealth is spent. Then all able bodied
men went to war: now nine out of every
ten men stay at home 10 make money for
the rest to fight with. Thus as war be-
comes more difficult and men become
educated TO higher ideals we have hope
that there may be less OF war and less
OF the corruption that war brings"
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from Utah under present conditions
originated in the News Office, was
echoed by its obedient allies, and was
intended TO indicate that Utah was
all wrong. But we all know better.
Even the hierarchs must be convinced
that this is bigger Utah than they
had ever dreamed; that it is better
Utah than they had ever dared to hope.
II is a coming American Utah, and
therefore is all right; and the Deseret
News should live by the title of it's
editorial instead of seeking to warn
away immigration from this State and
instead of citing and commenting ex-
amplcs of emigration from this State.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-08-06
EVIL OBLIGATIONS.

In an editorial upon the subject of
HTreasonable Oaths, - the Chicago
Chronicle arrays the obligation assumed
by the followers of Dowie with the
covenant made by the followers of
Joseph F. Smith.
This is a fulfllment Of the expecta-
ton expressed by the journals of the
Mormon church. According to their
view wicked and ccnsorlous world was
bound to make the comparison. The
chief organ of the polygsmistic cult
stated in so many words that sit was
to bo expected" that willfully per-
verted humanity would find a similar
ity in the two oaths, obligations or
covenants.
The great Chicago paper says of the
Dowie oath that it is in substance a
pledge to "bid defiance to the author
ity of the government at the command
of the man Dowie, fanatic, iunatic or
impostor, as tho case may boz And
Of the Mormon covenant it says that
the investigation in Washington before
the Senate Committee on Privileges
and Elections has established the fact
that the Mormon leaders take a SINH
lar VOW or oath and cover reasonable
organization with cloak of religion -
Its summing up on the general subject
is that public right and public
duty exist to exclude "utterly from
the public service every person who
presumably has sworn TO obey another
master than the public as one of SUI
perior authority
The Tribune Joined with the Deseret
News in the expectation that the Dowie
oath of treason would be compared to
the Mormon obligation of treason
that the two would be counted in the
same class. And The Tribune is glad
to call the attention of the Deseret
News to fulfllment of the expecta-
tion on the part Of both these jour
nails. AS The Tribune cannot point
out any difference between the Dowie
treason and the Joseph +. Smith trea-
son, if there is to be any controversy
with the Chicago Chronicle or any
other esteemed newspapers which have
fulfilled the general expectation, that
controversy must be waged by the Des-
eret News-for The Tribune will have
none Of it,
The News Is very well equipped for
the fray. 1t knows exactly what the
covenant Of the hierarchy is; it knows
the language and it knows the charac-
ter Of the obligation. The News can
quote anything that it chooses to quote
as the alleged form OF the VOW, with
a full consciousness that no member
OF the hierarchy will contradict that
quotation, no matter how false it may
be. For this reason, particularly, the
Deseret News is equipped to enter the
lists OF argument with the Chicago
Chronicle and all tho other leading
newspapers Of the country which have
linked Dowieism and Joseph + Smith
ism together as teachers Of treason.
The Tribune has no need to enter the
arena Of debate-because the question
is beyond debate; the findings Of the
majority Of the Senate Committee on
Privileges and Elections having demon
strated to n inality that the members
of the Mormon hierarchy are under a
covenant TO each other which is supe-
rior to all their obligations as citizens
of the United States.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-08-06
RESULT OF MARRIAGE

An old-tlme English barrister was
John Williams, sarcastic wit and a
oachelor with an intense prejudice
against marriage His clerk one day
asked MIN Tor holiday to get married,
and some months afterwnrd, on enter
ing his chambers, Williams found his
dead body suspended from the door He
engagedranother clerk, and asked him IL
he was married. no the clerk replied:
but thinking that Williams would regard
marriage as guarantee of steadlness
he added. but am going to be-" Very
Well replied Williams; but understand
ths-when you hang yourself don't do
It here!"
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Short Stories
A WISE LAWYER.
Washington Star.

Washington Star.
Former Senator John NJ. Thurston of
Nebraska. who was representing the de-
tense in recent trial in one OF the local
courts arose the other day TO reply TO
the argument OF counsel for the govern
ment on a point OF law. In deliberate
and impressive manner the attorney be-
gan forceful presentation TO the court.
Before he had fairly launched his coun-
ter attack, however. he was interrupted
by the presiding Justice, who said that
he was about TO decide the question in
favor OF Senator Thurston 'In that
CASE remarked Mr.. Thurston, resuming
his seat at once, II will make no speech
TO the court, for fear OF changing your
honor's opinion
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-08-06
CONTRASTS IN SANPETE.
Ephraim Enterprise.

II hardly seems a possibility, but, not
wlthstanding the extreme hot weather
experienced here during the present week
when the thermometer broke all roc
ords for the season, going TO nlnety-fiye
In the shade-lt Is fact that within two
hours ride OF this city there are great
banks OF enow thousands OF cubic feet
In extent, upon which the severe heat
OF midday makes little or no preceptible
impression. It is as hard as ice and
Will undoubtedly remain through the
season.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-08-06
THE DIVORCE PROBLEM.
Richheld Reaper.

1NI'HII'IN INtHF"T
A woman should not be irreparably
linked to a man who turns out TO be
disreputable or a brute, That would be
greater wrong than present conditions.
Let our thinkers, philosophers and states
men get at the root OF the evil-the loose
ness Of our marriage laws-then make
the divorce laws more stringent and,
real solution will have been found to
a double evil which has grown TO be a
reproach TO our country and TO elvilza-
tion.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-08-06
r1AGuE OF BELGIM

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public pest has been ,rs,s Is,,
plants that come uo~
county, Vermont, wnelsa
suffering from the depins n
bits and have no redress. q
loses 100 head OF cabpass' sse
has his opinion OF peopi'h 'hsd 4
Belgian hares after u
upDrofitable 10 rear enon
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NEVER BREAKS DOWN.


Mark Twain has handed out a story
about physician friend of his who not
long ago had to engage a new chauf-
feur, big strapping fellow applied
and was questioned as to his technical
ability, his size and strength appearing
wholly satisfactory What is the first
thing you do when you find that your
carbureter Is out OF order?" asked the
doctor, We'll, l tell ye," replied the
applicant. 81 honestly don't never have
no trouble with IL. 1t never gets out
OF order. L amt been sick one day for
the last two year.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-08-06
UNSUITABLE sTEaNBo|


Five steamboats, are bsIng A
Kiel shipping company vhI1
TO be wholly unsinkable. A q
OF one OF the boats was cam
the presence OF representats1
imperial navy and many sh1l1
The vessel was fully laden I,
200 passengers, and It was q
in consequence OF a leak -
collision, the entire engine-rt1-
into which water vas pumpt4
while a hole was made IN "
TO admit water freely. The =
ingly sank, but when II was n
it had still about q foot q
above the surface. thus sall'
conditions imposed.