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Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-06-09
FAMOUS NEWssoYs.

As Illustrating ths chance, of success
IN America Rudolph llcis surerIntcni.
ont OF tsa Newsboy,' Lodging house,
New Yord took haphazard "a list 81
600 boys who used the lodging house
some twenty years ago Mr. Heig has
traced their subsequent carccts. one
has been elected governor at % state.
one J., governor of territory, two are
members Of congress. Two shcrins, two
district attorneys. on" is 2 city attur-
ncy. four are members of state legisla-
lures. three county commissioners. one
judge. tWeuiy-ssyon bankers. twenty
two merchants one civl engineer $50
clerks, thirty-four lawyers. seventeen
physicians eight pu~tmastors. three
railroad officials IN high office. thirty
six railroad men, ten estate agents, df-
teen journalists, eighly-two teachers,
four high school principals. one super
intendent and twenty-oue CIergymen.
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A tall. broad sh0uIdercd. proudly
erect man, with a dignihed aud rather
grave face, dark blue eyes, sandy hair
now spriukled plentfully with gray
straight powerful nose, smooth. rosy
checks; wide lofty forehead. showing
few decp lines. wide wen curved jaws
and square chin deliberate in speech
and soft voiced, always suayc and APP
proachabic plain of attire. but always
dressed with sewpulous carc--uch rs
Alexander Johnston Cassatt This
railroad King Keeps bis body fresh and
strlmg. HE works his muscles and ey-
or,iscs his lungs lie knows the value
of recreation az be- knows the worth of
Temperance in al things. He believes
that In order 90 work hard a man must
also play hard
Mr Dassatt IS native Of pitlsburg.
The smoky valley which saw the birth
of tho American iron AMI steel industry
and the rise to wealth and power "
such poor bows as Andrew Carnegie.
Henry Philips and Charles VI. Schwab
was also tho early inspiration of tho
railroad kiuG rnIikc them. however
Dee was not born Va poverty Ills Ia
Their Was wealthy man, the mayor n
Hisioyaur Allegheny city The elder
| Dassatf was uut an advocate of luxury
he taught his SON Zoo hc frugal and 10
| rcly on practical Effort An through his
hoyhoud and youth young Cassatts en-
yironment was one of stern recard for
[ the dignity ~ effort and nf preparation
! ior assuming ,hc coming responsibility
/ of an active business HE llo was
taught 90 be- so.ilG>. attentive. suaye
and ON the lookout for bnovledgc.
When De- was Jill o. youth bis IA
| TIERS interests tout r.m to Europe he
! afterNard entered the University Il
/ Heidelberg and obtained . liberal cdu-
! cation. But thc influence uf German
university lifc did mot overcome his
Unborn preference foT a business career.
| and on DIS return bono hc TOOK the
/ course at The Rensselaer, Polytechnic
| institute. from ahlrh hr was graduated
as "a civil engineer That was 10 1853.
] period when technical know ledge was
of greet account Zoo the United States
Men ~ capital were beginning "a rise
] 0n an sid' and the engineer was the
/ natural pathfinder and pioneer Of Che
] mcU seeking Investment Iie went mt
! to Georgia Go assist in lo,atIug a road.
/ Duo 1861 ne Uaa haCk boz Pittshurg sn.
4 Letting place in The service of the
Pennsylvania railroad The best Dee
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WEICHr oE LIE WORLD

The vor'l Is % be weighed once mo- -..
doubts being entertained ly .out
as to Che aceurty ~ previous r.-
mates hul whether tbc error bc ,...
81 short UagGt or over weight ..
yet io o. settled S1an expedition I'D
s't out o. Egn. where. strange a- t
sounds ODE gelt pyramid vn u
utilized hy th' investigation Fu U.
wc.stt H. noe pyramid WiU bc a.....
r'Uad. a1i hon thc weight of ne
.lifh estimated fi0n its ploumlua.a
s2'. The swinging of pendulum Ul
Dr. tfo gau-e i'I Doe pendulum b. a.
fnclco by lhe power of attraction -
cr''1 hy ID isu-o n- small bodv-a .
uiC rcu of arithmetic 90 the oman -
science From tbo forJc eNerted ty ,ha
Iyrm.d ia ugl'lus th0 swinging pen-
duIJu fuu it D. vul cour-e t1c
weight ~ tr. rymr.i cam Do c.n-
u.'ra on1 that nj the earth the o-
act size pi which BIS knoUu--cau ih-a
o. easily calculated
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FIRST NEWSPAPER TELEGRAM.

The new pepper which received te
first trlrguphic report W.s 'h. LoU-
don Morning Chronicle May s. 1866.
During the railway mania uf 1885 b
meeting of cons idenbIo iWro1W.cVa was
convened at Portsmouth tl att lWo
consideration lac respective merits RI
the proposed line. from London A
great desire existed 90 know the result
NJ the meeting WI as 20 VHs hoy Co
,lka pHcc go Portsmouth until aUor Giro
'a,t London train RECOURSE 1886. Wl 10
the &c. Graph
a iull report of the meeting h.1j
Portsmouth Lines. Communicated B
Electric Telegraph appeared in o. I.1.-
don paper next morning 1ha ,iHHs
called attention 90 the fact IN thc lgi-
ing columns as follows. ain our arlNs
on railways viii be found a report OF B
meeting held yesterday evening q,
Portsmouth which was transmitted ~
electric telegraph This is the ir-t 2-
ample OF the electric telegraph h-ius
used for such ii purpose and II Judi.
Gates thr important and numerous scn-
ices which that valuable invention $40
soon render 10 the public
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lottery is under direction Of govern
ment officials
In order TO keep the element Of spec
ulation out of these affairs the gov
eminent has made ii a law that no
transfers OF numbers shall be made.
The homesteads are divided into
tracts Of 40, so or 100 acres ac-
corilng 10 their location FOR irrigation
purposes Irrigated land requires such
care that not az much Of It can be
farmod as land that 81 watercd by
nature. In return however a well ir-
rlgatcd tract OF forty acres will yield
lar more than q farm Of four times
that area IN the rain belt and there
viii be- absolutely no chance FOR crop
failure
The rules are practically the same as
those which have always applied TO
prp-cmptins homestcads. Tho settler
can prove up on his claim u FIVE
years. thus getting his ranch for MOTH
ing II he has made his residence there
for that length OF time OF he can CONF
mute or buy the property Of the End 20
fourteen month, residence for tl3j an
acre.
The modern Ahsauki Is q living pro-
test against tine commonly accepted
theory that tta American Indian dc-
ccpts civilization SO UuVinInsly and So
aUkNardly that The Transforming proc
css must De- the work ~ generations II
effort and then possibly result in
nothing but lN,etmiuation Tho Grows
have mace mere advance toward civil
lization i'm he last decade Than dii the
ancient tribes ~ Britain Ia half a ceu-
fury II is also mistake Co look upon
the aboriginal American as practically
extinct Competent an,hropoioe.,ts de-
clare thai there are about a. many
living Indians a, The present moment
MS there were when Columbia, saug his
"re Dtum" on san Salvador
WILLIAM J. HARRIS.
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ment and their great herds Of live
stock They arc already engaged In
agriculture, having constructed for
their own use an irrgating ditch which
supplies 100000 acres The head gate
Of this ditch, built entirely by the
Crows. Is the best work of the kind in
the United States.
As stock growers the Grows have
been pre-cminenuy successful As
breeders u horses and ponies they have
added considerably to their wealth.
Some time ago the chairman Of The
senate committee ON Indian affairs re-
ported that each surviving Crow-man,
woman and papoose-owned al least
soventy-two horses During the B0cr
war these thrifty Indians sold thou
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All names Of applicants properly
registered are put in a huge box, which
is shaken up until the slips of paper
are well mixed. Then a bundtolded
person draws out the numbers. The
registered person who has the first
number of course. gets first choice Of
the land and so on until all the avail
able homestead sites have been giyen
away
II Is estimated that the first choice
on any one Of the reservations TO be
opened this year viii be worth any
where from $4,000 20 $4,000. and any
of the numbers IN the first few hum
dreds w'll be- worth nearly as much.
This explains The great rush to be on
the ground az the Fan u the flag The
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could d. at the time was 10 secure the
humble position Of rodman.
By 1867 hts ability had become ~o well
recognized thot DE was engaged as SUI
peuntcndcnt OF motive power and ma
chinery Tor the entire system I'M 1870
De was promoted Co be general super
ntendent Thomas T. Scott Then
paramount in Pennsylvania railroad do-
ings. took a fancy @ him ana pushed
him upward when Scott became
president " the road be had Cassg't
made third vice president In 1850 hc
had risen % the Gr-t vice presidency
Two years later be resigned his posi-
ton and retired from business. Hcwas
only flr'v-three years ~ age. hlt fo
declared that be- had had enough of If
For seventeen years Mr. C3-sau hlll
no office and took no active pan 90 the
business q the road lic gave poo red-
SON for his sudden abandonment of
work other than that hC wanted time
TO enjoy thc best side of 'ifo. And So.
in iho very prime of lifc D.. devoted
seventeen years 90 European travel and
10 the creation OF great stock farm
~ chester Hr1ok Pa. re,o'ius In out
door life and storing up The health and
yisor which enabled him 90 DO such
great things for the Pennsylvania when
Nc was called 10 iis head.
u has never been explained sats-
factorly to the general public boss DO
D a.. .H
break away $50 completely from nIs
! railroad affiliations and remain slouf
/ fof 30 Ions period as seventeen years.
ne had demonstrated i1f fac, that Doc
I vH- the rrmor railroad mun n ihe
/ Pennsylvania system. and his ruic-
meui brought fH,h a howl Of protest
Even 10 that early day hc must hare
( settled 'r Dis own mind fho policy
which be- believed beT for me 'uio-
csts d. represented There were u-
NOR. no ihc time tha' D.. was nll In
| sympathy viih .hr very conservative
views of TIE president 3d. Roberts.
| bus There D. no evidence that Doc ever
came Boo conflict With thcm isis re1-
lions with Roberts were friendly both
| then and af,eIHard
BE bad always manifested q great
inclination f'r The NE of @ stock farm-
o.. tst no enc seemed Oh ihlub that q,
was strong enough TO dlsp'ace n.s
taste fn~ railway management uh',a
amounted o. "a passion llis riironen,
gave rise Zoo Oh. Eeenest speculation as
90 bis motives bat no one seemed ca
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Some Of Uncle Sans In

of the land acquired By me government
could be irrigated and that the water
supply VIII be sufficient and may be
made unfailiug.
u is only recently that the AbsaruH
or Crow Indians came into their own
again What was once che site OF old
Fort Custer one of the most famous
military posts Of the northwestern
frontier at which the Unite States
troops for more than a quarter Of
century held in check the fierce tribes
~ these fdraway plains. then reverted
20 the original owners who had at last
succeeded IN making b clear that they
had become sufficiently civilized 90 be
iutrustod with their own estate. What
was once the parade ground has al.
ready become the site oi "a Hourishing
CROW village. the barracks having been
dismanted and the material having
been appropriated hy the thrifty IN
dians for building purpose The once
rather pretcntipus residence of the
commandant OF the post Is now the
domicilo of old White Earth-on-thc-
Forehead. who has turned the grand
reception room. which has been the
scene oft SO many army festivities. into
stable for his fiyWitc pony 10 Is
remarkable event that this historic
spot. Nrcsted from This Identical band
81 Indians more than Thirty years ago.
should now be returned 'o thcir safe
keeping. These returned cNiles arc
building their tcpees on the spot where
they stood when General Custer and his
gallant troops were mdsaCrcd
After Sitting Bull aud his 5000 war
riors had eHterminatcd Custer and his
band Of 200 regulars the government
determined 10 build a stronghold in the
Indian country which would overawe
The eNultant sayages With this in
yioW, an expedition WAS sent into the
heart Of the hostile country 10 select
"a location Tor the new fort Rather less
than two years after Clusters death
fort bearing his name stood al the
junction % the Big Horn and Little
Big Horn rivers, and the Indians we're
driven from the region with scant
/ ceremony In a short time the fort he
came the center of AN military opera
tious IN the northwest country II was
the fitting out post Tor many expedi-
| tions and the safeguard of all the en-
terprses carried on by white pioneers.
] But The forts prosperity was short
lived The Indians forsook their saw
age ways and began 10 cultivate the
soil When the war with Spain broke
out the soldiers at Fort Custer were
sent 10 cuba, and the post was prac-
| ticaly abandoned. \ small guard re-
uiained there for awhile, but in time
that was withdrawn aud the site and
| its Improvements reverted TO tho Crows,
| who were the actual owners. Colonel
| < g. Reynolds. The Indian agent. took
| charge of the materials remaining from
the dismantlod structures and divided
them among those Of his wards who
We're rebuilding their tepees
! Notwithstanding their quarter Of a
century Of repression, the Crows are
today among the substantial people Of
the country, and their material pros
perty is increasing daily There are
now only lSgs persons in the crow Ma
ton, and they are the owners of about
1900 900 acres, not 90 reckon the money
they WIN receive for the portion Of
their reservation ceded TO the govern
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IoENrIfIcArIoN 90 wAkgHLps.

The German admiralty has resolved
upon furnishing ship of War ul
means Tor recognizing each othe
Identity 90 distance. too grfat f.-
reading tlc name 81 the vessel 1rf
iz to b. effected by the use of ring
bands on tac chimney stack differ
in number ana color Tho colors u-I
win hc black. white ned end yellow.
According DO several liberal Germ 20
Journals the ships Of the orpo.
squadrors frequently mielook o. iiie l
Tor an enemy during the recent meleh-
ers. owing TO the absence " any
.eans OF Identification.
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A Japanese recently applied fof leave
TO attend the meetings of the san
Ffenclsco building irrics council BE
said hc wanted 90 listen i' its dCii1cra-
Dons ard also wanted o. ascertain hlw
10 proceed in order mai bis country.
men might be admitted 10 unions afhii-
aiol with thc council lis request
was promptly refused.
Measuring irfuiH-fee inehet in b ff-
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THINGS THAT ARE INTERESTING.

curve the tooth Of an extinct African
quadruned BIAS been brought from
Atyss.nia by Baron Maurice de Roihs-
chld.
The fastest ana uNt sumriuously
equipped ocean steamships In The world
are now built IN Germany There uill
shortly be placed IN the transatlantic
service two vessels witch win surpass
iu every respect The Great Fayer1
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THE sHYEsr PEOPLE.

There is a very singular race Of peo-
pie in Sumatm-th Kubus-who are
too timorous and shy 20 mix with the
other races Of the island and dwell in
the recesses OF the forests. They are
looked on as interiors by the Malays
and thought TO be little better than
beasts. Such is their shyness that they
will never willingly face a stranger
Their trade with the Mllayans Is con-
sequently carried on in strange man
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ner The trader Announce Inf. A.
rival by beating a gong and hc El,
retires. The kubus approach. put tas'.
forest treasures ON the ground. ben,
gong and retreat The trader re.nr-y
and lays his commodities down b.
quantities sufficient AS he thinks f..
the purchase of the goods ON e.l.
Then he rctires and the Kubus r.45.
pear and consider the bargain.
Aud so. after more Withdrawal. ami
approaches and gong bcatines. the ra-
spectIve parties come to an un.sr-
standing and carry on independent,
their bargains. The Kubus ,n iU..r
Wild state do not bury their dead TH.,
live on snakes. gub.. fruits and ns
flesh Of any deer or pigs they can s..,
They are shillful spedtmen ANA throw
stone with marvellous accuracy
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and only failed io meet expectation, be.
cause technical science in 1853 was not
what 90 is today The one being built
40 Belfast has g2g50 gross tons. is $50
feet long iitset wide aad s3 feet deep
win $500 horsepower The one being
built neal Ste,tin has 5000 gros. tons.
IS 700 fcci long u feet wide and % feet
deeR With ls.-oo horsepower.
\ quite extraordinary combination ~
merits r. claimed On France Tor a new
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one man fans an the uncorkod bottles.
20 another the wine left IN the glasses.
TO another the Joint. and 90 another tie
game Or the sweets
The um Of 10000 marks has been
raised bt me German army for the
Molike monument IN Berlin
More than 20 per cent Of the iuhabit-
ants Of Prussia live in cities Of over
10000 inhabitants.
The Chinese empress has commanded
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stolen Yet the same host when The
guest has ltff bis home may follow
and rob him after De has gone a few
miles.
Actors are never stranded 20 Russia.
beCaGsc Wien a manager takes q conf
uny touring he must deposit with the
government enough money 10 bring all
safely home.
Al the Austrian court perishable ar
ticies never appear twice on the i'm
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90 49, ~ LIllNltfl sulU action
4 !. !. :. !. !. D. !. !. !.
HM MI has been anticipated
I'M TpsSl COR some time % has
E9TA HkSN not yet been made
R E1AA NJ public when the United
Al AU states government
b&es.scld actually intends to
S4SANN open the lands OF The
Crow Indian rescrya-
ton In Montana 10 white settlers. It
Is q fact that q considerable district IN
the lofty plateau ana noble valley re-
gion Of the yellow stone and Big Horn
rivers has been coded 20 the United
states by the indian owners and in
time. possibly during the summer viii
be offered 20 actual seekers Of homo-
steads
The crow reservation proper in
cludcs 100000 acres but only por-
ton Of this vast domain, about 100000
acres. viii Dc thrown open Co settle
meut The coded portions lle north Of
the old Fort Custer military reserve
and include more than a hundred miles
IN the famous valley of the Zig Horn
river and nearly ESQ miles of the valley
of the Yellowstone only that portion
Of the valley lying south of ihc Yellow
stone belongs 90 the Grow reservation
Tho opening Of the Grow reservation
Is Of more importance than amy SINH
lar event of recent years. This is not
SO much ou account Of the large tract
of land embraced On the grant as from
the fact tha' tine land IS to Doc supplied
10y the government with facilities for
irrigation. The settlers ON thc Grow
reservation win from the very first
be relieved from the bugbcar ~ crop
failure. There viii be- Bu such posse
bulty as crop failure from lack Of mois-
turc. for every acre allotted win be
reached by the branches of the great
government i1igaling ditch and may
be served with water whenever 1t is
necessary For this reason the land
win be- apporluned into eighty acre
homesteads. thus anording farms Tor
$4,000 settlers
Instead n pursuing ils usual course
OF throwing The land open 90 settlement
ana permitting private companies 20
construct the iuigatng plant the land
department will reserve the privilege
of controlling The water facilities and
VIII divide me expense pro rata among
the sharcrs in the benefit one of the
uumistakahlc advantages which viii
come from this plan win be- the pro-
lection IT the settlers from the posi-
bic cxtouion and other hardship which
might Zoe inflicted by FL private conn
pany.
More Than q year ago the land de-
partmcnt had "a corps of engineers on
the reservation testing and measuring
The water supply of the Yellowstone
Uig HON and numerous other streams
pu the uact and making observation
rs to the best course Of procedure
Colonel Robert S, Stockton Of IN
United States geological survey was il
charge ~ the work. and Doe was en-
thusiastic over the prospect he re
ported that inc llpw Of these stream
Is $50 Wid and The precipitation 81
great ih3t water may Doe carried o. M
lir.Dt p.lul Of the reservation with
o. 'H..d Of expensive propciling ma
r...g lle declared that every foo
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ammonium % b. not liable Co spon-
mne'ns decomposition cannot be- pre-
maiuely exploded hy shoc6 oI friction
burns only with difficulty. O. not af.
fccied by iI1st or dampness, and the
gases irHn te explosion art harmless.
ID can Dr. exploded readily by an ordi-
nary detonator
ln ihe southern Caucasus a traveller
may stiil apply for food and shelter in
any house and be sure q welcome
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sionaIies IN their jurisdiction and al.
60 send in descriptions of their churth'
and other property.
King oscar n Sweden is perhaps lh'
most gifted of royal musicians. a. ms
sircla-lu ps'ac. Pc ha- d, iiasiii,''.'
musical library mainly ot bis own coz
Letting.
During the attempts 10 raise ihe
Mlkasa. Admiral Togo's daesnls
which sank in Sssebo hafbor amer
-.a f.f-.N-r --~vrfrfri ff
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frS{d - commission. lmplicat-
81 M ,,9tft ing some Of the OH
Lslhrs~ "a cials Of the Pennsyl-
s.----nA&SAD ,auIa railroad system
iu the pernicious
freight rebate business and In the ace
ccptauco of lang, blocks Of cod stocks
from shippers who ratronized The road
q is mmoted pcr-Isiently that Alex
andcr Johnston Cassait president Of
that corporation. Win resign. lie was
IN France ou vacation when ihc first
disclosures were made and promptly
took steamer for homie tp look after
his Interests. NJ Poe intends To- resign
tho chances are Chat De- VIII not DO $40
until after tho Investigation into the
method. of the company Is completed.
This is precisely lhc course hc adopted
when hc resigned um iho directorate
Of thc Equitable lite Assurance soc
,icty. Ilc Wsuel until thc iuvrstig1-
zion left him blamcless and then made
hie exit.
Nh Cassatt NOW in Dis sixty ->oycpth
year. b. the best known railroad man in
America He is Acknowledged to boz
the master mind of transportation.
having practically reconstructed Che
greatest railroad boz thc world in order
DO anticipate thc coming problems Of
American oommrf,e and Industry
This extraordinary man controls. de
rectiy COZ indirectly uIt Than l'0'O
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connection with tho
recent disclosures
made before the IN
tcrstato commerce
commission lmplicat-
ing some Of the on
cials Of the Pennsyl-
wanna railroad system