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Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-09-29

anticipated possibilities that might
have proved to be unwholesome by
promulgating a constitution.
1t is not 10 be denied that there may
have been other reasons for his action.
Since quite early in the spring there
seems TO have been considerable un-
rest and perhaps some agitation among
the inhabitants Of the shah's capital
city Of Teheran. Strangest Of all is
the fact that the chief instigators Of
the dissatisfaction-it never amounted
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-09-29

n RlNcE AUGUST WILHELM Of
Prussia, fourth son Of the kaiser,
seems TO be a likely lad, He is
in his nineteenth year and has always
shown a disposition 10 look at life
seriously and TO prepare for living It
properly He is a member Of crack
company Of royal footsusrds and has
been prepared carefully for college BY
private tutors. He will 90 TO the UNI
versity Of Bonn. which is so highly ga
vored by the Hohenzollerns, and will
also take supplementary course in
some other German university. II is
rumored persistenty in Berlin court
circles that the kaiser has decided 20
send this son TO America to finish his
education at some representative new
world seat Of learning,
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-09-29

machinery Of revolution. lncited by
the complaints Of the m6llahs, about
1000 of the good citizens Of Teheran,
most Of them shopkeepers and small
traders. Sought sanctuary I'm the
grounds OF the British legation That
was their ingenious method Of eX-
pressing their dlaapproyal 81 the way
IN which thing were going.
The shah d.d not ieel much alarm
over the situation. He paid little at
tention 20 the demonstration, but In
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-09-29

TO more than that-were the mollahs,
or priests. In ordinary times and un-
der ordinary circumstances this priv
LEGGED class has been the sovereign's
most jealous supporters, but the Te-
heran priests were not pleased with the
shah's manner Of dealing with certain
refractory members Of their order. and
as a result they INDUCED rather freely
in seditionary preaching.
The modern Persian seems 20 pos
sess a very slight knowledge Of the
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-09-29

XETAoE H. ELLIS attorney gen.
Wv eral Of Ohio, is one Of the
most active opponents Of the
attempts Of the Standard Oh trust 10
have things all its own way in that
commonwealth. Ne makes Il his busi-
ness 10 see that the trust conducts is
affairs we'll within the meaning Of the
law, and he is on the alert to head OF
all efforts 10 obtain discriminating leg
islatlon. Mr.. Ellis is a kentuekisn,
born just across the Ohio river from
Cincinnati, where he received his early
education. Although he was admitted
TO the bar in 1890, he did not practice
for several years, but went into Jour-
naiism at one time being editor in
chief and business manager Of the
Commercial Tribune Of Cincinnati.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-09-29

John H. CONVERSE. president Of
j the great Baldwin locomotive
works and one Of the best known
and most phIanthropie citizens Of the
Quaker City is one Of the victims Of
the recent trust company exposure in
that disnfed municipality. He is one
Of the directors OF the wrecked COM
pany and in common with the other
members Of the board had such i'm
pieit confidence in It's late self de-
stroysd president, Frank X. Nipple,
that he permitted himself to become
hypnotited into feeling Of security,
the like Of which the world has seen
but rarely. That is all the criticism
that can be urged against Mr.. Con-
verse All his friends believe him TO be
the psrsonfieation OF integrity
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-09-29

time announced that he had been in
tending an along TO grant constitu-
ton 10 the kingdom and that the pres
ent was as good as any other time TO
make the experiment Whereupon those
mollahs who had gone into hiding
came forth AT once and the citizens
who had csmped ont IN the garden Of
the British embassy returned 10 their
homes and resumed the business Of
living
Then Muzanar unfolded his scheme.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-09-29

Il uGUSTUs THOMAS, who made
~ the address Of welcome at the
Bryan reception at Madison
Square Garden, New York, had already
obtained considerable reputation as
playwright. On the occasion above
mentioned he leaped into almost IN.
slant popularity as an orator, 1t had
been current among his intmates that
Mr.. Thomas was the possessor OF ora
torieal powers which would some day
burst forth and sstonsh the world, and
II seems that their opinion vas not far
out Of the way The inspiration az.
forded by the opportunity Of standing
before 50 many listening thousands
was suffeien, to put on his mettls, and
the result was an oratorieal outburst
which was really worth while.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-09-29

TAR. CARL MUCK, the new direct.
IL or Of the Boston Symphony
orchestra, is one Of the few great
orchestral leaders in the world. He is
the conductor at the Royal Opera, Der.
lin, and he comes to America by spe'
eisI permission Of the kaiser on a
leave Of absence Of one year beginning
Oct. 1. The doctor is a native Of
Darmstadt and is now in his forty.
seventh year. He was started by his
parents in a mercantile career, but he
developed such a passion for music
that in 1880 he made his debut as a
concert pianist He developed a won.
derful technique, but he soon took up
the broader work OF conducting and
became famous as leader. Or. Muck
has been in Berlin since 1884,
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-09-29
IN ne SHELDON JACKSON

-sv ps. SHELDON JACKSON,
X general agent Of the United
IL States in charge Of education IN
u.,L, has had notoriety thrust upon
80 !, a manner that has been any
, ~. hu, agreeable. The DOCTOR how
. m.' makes a fiat denial Of the charge
,sn government funds have been or
y,,,,j toward the support OF seetar'an
,i,,isns in Alaska and that ne Is re-
,oor,ibl. for the official erookeenes ,s.
~, accusation was made by FRANK
G, Churchill, a special agent OF the m
,.,or department who was sent 70
sl,.., 10 investigate. No one not
,v,, the officials Of the government
b,1,y. tina, the doetor-sn est'maele
~,,-.i, anything more than the VIC
Nm Of an unfortunate mistake
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-09-29

PROFESSOR GOODWIN SMITH,
who has recently celebrated his
eishty.third birthday, is one Of
Csnadas grand old men, Sixty years
ago he was q contributor 70 the Lon
don Saturday Review, and forty. eight
years ago he was a professor at Ok
ford, where he had for . pupil the
present king Of England. Professor
Smith is a native Of Berkshire, Eng
land, but he has always manifested
the greatest interest in new world in
situations and about thirty years age
took up his residence IN Toronto.
When Ezra Cornell founded his uni
versity at Ithaca, N. Y, Gold~in Smith
was made honorary professor Of Eng
lish and constitutional history and de-
livered several courses Of lectures.
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1906-07-26
DRUNKEN FATHER HOLDS
SON ON A HOT STOVE
Inhuman Torture of Delicate Boy by
Inebriated Parent-Pours Hot
Water Over Him.

Philadelphia - Back. arms and chest
covered with burns. II Is probable that
young Robert Costello will die as the
result OF the brutal treatment inflicted
upon him by his drunken father. John
Costello. The inebriated parent held
the boy against hot stove. until the
shrieks attracted the attention of a po-
lieeman, who turned faint at the odor
of burnt flesh that greeted his nostrils
when he broke Into the house.
Robert. the eldest child. is 16 years
old. eLd although a delicate boy. has
been doing his best to help his mother
by working. The mother had gone to
work when Costello got up the other
morning. He was enraged because he
could not find his shoes. and cuffed
and chicken several of the children. In
their fright they told HIM Robert had
the shoes. and Costello chased his son
into the kitchen. knocking him against
a hot range, and then pouring a kettle
OF hot water over him.
Not content with that. the father
picked up his son and held him against
the stove. kicking and striking him
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1906-07-26
HEARD ONLY IN AMERICA.
English Newspaper Oriticises Our
Use of the Phrase "Say"-Its
Real Meaning.

An American story in Office Win
dow began, as many American stories
begin, with SAY" Now, how many
English readers know the person and
the tense of the American SAY?
Does 1t stand for tell me" or for
Il say? For the first there is the
familiar French analogy, the dis" of
the perpetual question of the French
child and the "dites" of common talk
In later life. But correspondent
who had for half a lifetime read the
American story in this sense was
obliged to change 1t for the vulgar
and exceedingly silly and quite SUI
perfluous phrase Of our own streets
For he put the matter to Americans
In America, and they all assured him
that SAY" was nothing but 81 say"
further vulgarized. And yet tell
me- is a beginning that has won a
man more friends than any other
opening in the customs of converse
ton. Nothing in the world makes a
new acquaintance go more favorably.
London Chronicle.
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1906-07-26

pooh-pooh when they hear these re-
ports, but doctors and nurses are or I'M
superstitious fiber. they believe In
scaipels and saws and such obviously
material things. and II a ghost should
appear to one he mignt call 1t a
wreath of smoke, shaft of moonlight
or some other easily explieable thing
The nurse who was with Lawrence
Hanley when he died. n. S. Rea Don,
when Interviewed refused to discuss
the alleged spectral manifestation.
Mr.. Rea Don glared when he was
asked II he had not chased the lumin-
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1906-07-26

saw they did not mean what they
said.
They did not come and after
wards saw some of them-seven of
them-gambling under tree, and one
of them won eight shillngs two pence.
There was one who saw me watching.
and his accusing conscience made him
run away. Sin is rampant and il as
sumes many forms. Now, | have a
message and must deliver il: | dare
not keep 1t back 1t is message from
God. and 1t Is TO all the young men
and to all Others in this church.
Il have seen in vision seven young
men and one OF these seven will be
called to his reckoning by his Maker.
and that very shortly"
Strange to say, on Monday after
noon one of the young men to whom
the curate had referred to was killed
in a local colliery.
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1906-07-26
I,KE A BUTTERFLY NET.
hr.sr Continuance Used by the Fill
pino When He Sets Out to Cap
ture a Mess of Fish.

An odd sort of fish catching con-
A-ivanca used in the Philippine ISLANDS
NAV be seen at the New YORK aqua
r,um II is an open work. dome shaped
thtro about two feet in height and TWO
"a, scross in It's widest part, at the.
ho,tcm made OF thin strips OF natiVe
GOOD The upper ends OF these strips
IRE brought closely together around
circle of wood at the top. wnile ITO"
there they spread out uniformly wider
and wider apart like the wires In the
ion part of a round top bird cage. UP
under these strips, about SIX lncnes
below the top, is set a wooden hoop'
IN which each of the Stats Is bound
and over this hoop the Stats are strung
with a slight curve, to be held In shape
and at inform distances apart by tie
run around a couple OF inches ABOVE
their bottom ends. So that this ls an
onen dome shaped contrivance mace Oh
.lender curving vertical ribs; and In
,ts construction it shows nice work
manship The island fisherman uses
this fish catcher In catching nsn mucn
"a a boy uses his hat in catching ppt'
terfies; he claps it down over sucf
comparatively sluggish and bottom
feeding fish as he can get near enough
to for that purpose, and through al
| opening in the top of the catcher ~
reaches down inside of it to seize TN
fishes thus caught
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1906-07-26
Death FoILoUs Solemn Warn
ing Delivered by Preacher

London.-An extraordinary narra-
tive comes from Maesteg. colliery
village In South Wales, the central
figure being the Rev. Meredith Morris,
curate In charge OF Garth church,
Maesteg, On a recent Sunday night
the reverend gentleman preached to a
crowded congregation. and during his
discourse. which consisted OF an ex-
hortation to young men. his voice sud
denly rang through the building with
the declaration that he was charged to
deliver solemn message that night.
Il have" he said. "in the past crit
icised adversely some who have said
they have seen visions. | will not do
80 again. retract those censorious
words. What did know then? We
have had our Easter communion and
there were absentees from Il. There
were some who told me they would
come. but | looked into their eyes ana
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1906-07-26
SECOND IN BALLooNlNo.
Statistics Show That Sport Is Not So
Dangerous ms Il Generally
Supposed.

In these days OF aeronautic exploits
the record OF Germany In balloonins
h one not to be ignored. France
stands at the head of bailooning ma.
tons. but Germany holds thu second
rank. The German people. from the
kaiser down. are deeply interested In
the problems OF aeronautics. which
Just now hold SO prominent position
In the consideration Of the nations OF
the world The German emperor has
long taken an absorbing interest In
balloon experiments. Fourteen years
sgo he made a Gift of $1,000 to tina
Berlin Balloon club. which In 1904 and
1905 made 81 asccnsions. Ave women
taking part. One of these aerial jour
heys was from Berlin to Pinsk. Russia
= distance OF 6si.57 miles.
There IL large balloon ASSOCIATIONS
In Germany called the peutscher Laft.
pehiffer veFhand. which comprises
4 alne clshs. with total membership OF
/ has persons. and owns is balloons
/ The Berlin club. which has one bal.
Icon OF ais cubic yards capacity and
four OF 1880 cubic yards capacity. 1,
| aow building sixth. which win hold
| 7.6is cubic yards or gas This club
will celebrate It's twenty nfth annlver,
sasy Ia October OF this year. an event
20 which Berlin Is looking forward
with great interest German stats
ties show that halloealng risks are moi
SO great as they are generally sup.
posed to b.. In s.0ei trips. m which
1910 persons took part during the lasl
fen years. but 50 accidents occurred
eniy az per cent % the persons taxi
iak part In the trips were injured ans
but oRe u them fatally.
In Belgium a series Of aerial expert
meats Is to esSiu <oon ia the ms,eoro
logical service These experiment,
will consist Of aylas testing ealloon
. provided With instruments Cor regis
tertng atmospheric pressure aud tn,
, temperature and moisture Of the air
The balloons viii not Do large. vary
ing from tkFes 20 ak feet In dismess
aud carrying only few pounds o
weight. and the service will rely upol
q the good will d persons finding Their
: after they have fallen 10 the earth I
recover the Instruments and retur
= them. Directions to this end will b
: attached 20 each balloon aud the and
u er Will be paid for returning the in
strunent&
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1906-07-26
Good Excuse,

Being thoughtful wife, she Is nat
urally concerned for her husbands
health. and when she sees him eating
heartily of pie she reminds him:
Now. dear, you know very well that
II you eat so much pie you will have
another attack of indigestion. l can
not see why you insist upon eating
1t when you know It keeps you con-
stantly suffering" II would not eat
1t. my angel" he anwers. helping him
self to more. were it not that the
last time l did so | dreamed of you. y
Realizing that she is witnessing one
Of those sublime evidences of true
affection Of which we sometimes read
she smiles happily upon him and is
silent.-Omaha Bee.
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1906-07-26
CALIFORNIA HOSPITAL HAS
A VERY UNCANNY VISITOR

with . club to drive 1t from the build
ing.
Those TO whom the specter lis said
To have appeared are Willis ii. Hoes
Frank Hartwell and Charles g. Moreli.
They tell Substantially the same story,
which was related by each without col
iaboration with the other.
II seems especially strange that sucn
n story should be told OF Lawrence
Hanley. He knew more about ghosts,
perhaps. than any other patient WHO
ever died there, for his long and brill
liant stage career acquainted him In
timatel, with Shakespeare's ghostly
company. AS Hamlet" and Mac
beth" he had held communion with
ayenging spirits, in the first year OF
his acting he had even impersonated
Banquo's ghost and that OF the DAN
ish king. But the persons mentioned
gave him a part more CHASTITY than
any Of these, the eighth act In the hui
man drama
Lawrence Hanley's death was Itself
as tragic as that OF any character he
DOTtTdYEu, IOi hC OkCd AiiSphoo.S'
wreck OF man once fired with genius.
Hanleys ghost is said to have ap-
pearei a month after his death. A
luminous. pearly vapor having the
| form of a man emerged from the
| southwest room on the lower floor. 1t
was an opalescent apparition; 1t wore
a stiff straw hat set jauntily, light
suit ana carried cane.
II hoated down the long corridor
with the semblance Of stride-tne
tread OF the actor upon the boards
and walled In voice itself the ghost
of the vocal: Tomorrow and to-
morrow and tomorrow creeps In this
petty pace from day to day." and SO
ON to the end. He was Hamlet mourn
fully reciting ITO die, to sleep; TO
sleep, perchance to dream. All
of the great characters OF his past he
enacted
He strobe quickly forward, they say
maize as II to draw a sword, leaned his
chin upon his hand and unused, beet
ling his brows until his eyes glowed
with greater intensity. threw back his
: head end laughed, and then bowed
: and disappeared
The last time these men saw the
spirit 1t was in a bibulous vein. II
stood long ut a bar of its fancy ant
tossed down unseen glasses of nothing
until Its wrath form began to stag
. ger. II sang a song of revelry, ther
> stopped short. Strengthened up ant
said: II must go home"
) Hospital authorities do not attemp
to account for the weird stories which
$ have circulated, except to say tina
they must have emanated from the dis
/ torted fancy of some insane patients
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1906-07-26

Los Angeies.--A more uhcahns
visitor than death. whose silent en-
trance OF It's portals there is not day
that fails TO record. has appeared at
the county hospital. according TO IN
mates.
This weird apparition Is net the
rider OF the pale horse, who Is wei
come, but ghost. which Is terrible
the ghost OF man who died there
months ago--I.awreuce Hanley' inc
actor: Lawrence Hanley In the WRATH
garb OF the spirit world enaeting the
role OF Hamlet at midnight In the
darkness Of the corridor upon whien
opened the room where he died August
rs last; Lawrence Hanley smoking
cigarette and leaning with one arm
raised upon thin air and with his rect
crossed. saying. "Yes, III have an
other. thanks!"
The doctors and she nurses isusn OF
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1906-07-26

Pufang and blowing. sha fat passrn'
ger began 20 climb 10 the upper berth
In this sleeping car.
Pretty hard work. isn't 1T" said
the man In tho lower berth.
1T Is" answered the fat passenger.
for o man Of my weight"
How much do you weigh. may J
ask
Three hundred and eixhty-sevsn
pounds.
Hold on, Take this one" ex.
claimed the other. hls hair beginning
10 rise on end "f'd rather sleep in
tho upper berth. anyway. The venti
iatlon IL better. Chicago Tribune.
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1906-07-26
Excellent for Travelling

For lightweight travelling SUIT ra-
,ah is excellent 1t does not show Dust
readily, and 1t will stand tremendous
amount of wear. There are Few mod
els made up with the box rever semi
fitted coat, but the majority OF de-
signs have the eton or bolero trimmed
with the rlrlings Of taffeta and lace
lust now there are to be 5een among
the simpler street models quite
number OF coats with long tailor
sleeYoS.
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1906-07-26

nri I SEQ that dried dies are en-
psFtvd In large quantities from this
ooun,ry 20 England They are ehiehl
collected in she southern and western
states and are used In the making or
ehicken feed
jlli--Is looks very much then as n
tho osly good ay l. dead ons.-fon-
kafa statesman
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1906-07-26

The storekeeper tof Thrashsrs Cor.
neral Week or 80 ago | read Nv .
eaataway on ship Twin fer rs days
on stewed rope yarn.
The Farmer Iiumph, That sol
s.pcss he afsrms now tibet he owes HE
life tsw hasin bean addicted tsw the
breakfast fpod habit--puek.
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1906-07-26

Old Medical ssadsat Are yeu look
ing for dexsF
New Medical Siudent~-fes.
Old 10. Do.-~N-hat do Yoa want
foomss
haAFd ia private family
old 10 10 Then you'd BETTER ~
10 Aiea Si0wklns ever the way
Yea'il hs bored 20 death there In les'
than . manth
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1906-07-26
Az Imnrnetical Iara

Il have q great idea this time said
the CHEEKY inveator. "A nolssless
lavn -uoueT.~
Aud what fun u there II noise
lces lawn usowerf" asked the capital
kt 1T woaidnt wake anybody up in
ths nsofniRg. ---Washington Star.
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1906-07-26
We Make Travel Easy.

Five trains daily via the Atchison,
topeka & Santa Fe, Colorado to Kan
sas City, st. Joe, Chicago, Galveston,
81 Paso, City of Mexico. ASK me
about reduced rates. G. F. warren,
q. A., A. T. G. S. F. Ry., All Dooly
Block, Salt Lake City, Utah.
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1906-07-26

The Tinley Giri-~But what makes
yoa think she's been used W good 80
eistyr
The nraxsy woman-well. dear. b
you notice. she always says Thanh
you 10 the servants. and when ahs
kisses you shs never maksa you fee
A. IL sne meant a.
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1906-07-26

aflow do you like yonr new house,"
-weil." answered Mr.. cnmrox. II
rieAsca mother and the girls. But
therc are - many pictures and statues
and vases that | feel we ought 10 run
. railing Ia front % eaeh wall. and
hang hands on labels on u. Wash
layton Star
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1906-07-26

q shall 80 10 the arctic regions.
s~i6 shs aaantises explorer
wei. answered Col stiIlwsii. %
Asniaeky. 4 cant say i care Dor the
arcsie segions NJ IMPRESSION Of their
10 q plare ~sth a raais los Of ice
sna neshtsK sorth dEissiHx 40 pa.
d In. ~-~w Ashsnsl0n star
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1906-07-26

Speaking Of that xirl who broks
her arm while tryiag Ia fastsn the
middle botsen IL The back OF he
shirt waist. said Uncle Alien Sparks
~shere snt the slightest excuse 70,
such an accident. lot an even mum
Der OF buttons always be .ewsd on the
bach OF shirt walst. and there won'i
oe any middle butson Chicago Tr,b
uns.
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1906-07-26

ms father had Eohs awsy. anA left
hls eniy sga Ia charge Of The shop.
-Ara you the bead q The ermr
axksa . man with a sampleeASS. ca.
ssrsng shs establishment.
lie. air. remarked the yoaaK man.
vim great nrhansty. TIA aaly the
k<lr "a the head. -.~- Tit aita
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1906-07-26

80 you sspert % raise aay hay
this year,
met na1cn.~ answered as corn,os-
eel only tsst enough 10 make the
p,srs iook like = fArfn SOS 10 satisfy
the sseiin's OF the summer boarders.--
wAxhington Star