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The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-05-13
Held Up a Parson.

Since tho days OF Dick Turpin and Claude
Duyal the methods OF the highwayman have
showp but llttlo variety. An exception to this
general rule OF tho road must be noted in tho
cnse Of tho pastor OF a rural New York charge
whose duty recently led him along lonely
highway near tho village OF Hopewel In that
State. IT was evening and unusually dark (or
tho hour. Tho pastor, his mind cngrossed 10y
his errand IVES quietly trudging along, when
without warning, two unpleasant looking
strangers sprang from the waysde bushes and
haltod-him. They wore powerfullyouilt fell
lows and the pastor WAS unarmcd Hs felt
that discretion the bettor part OF valor
and prepared to hand over hs modest valua-
bos Are you q parson7' OF the high
wnymen demanded The pastor admitted the
fact and no doubt hoped It would secure him
rebate Of somo sort You arc the very man
want" said the other highwaymsn IIo
whistle5 softly and two young women sudden
~ emerged from tho shadows We want You
to marry us and do IL as speedily possiblo,''
said the frat highwaymnn.
Wbereat the relieved pastor. having no de.
r;re 20 argue tho mattor hastily performed
Ire double marriage ceremony for tho clopers
and rewarded with a substantial feo
Then the wedding party bade him good-night
and disappeared In the gloom, leaving the pns-
tor 10 his lonely Journey along tn.
diisky highway. Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-05-13
Germany's Efficient Consuls.

his 0nSEl oSscS~,i General Miller Yokohama, sends
sao,,,I yosei tdtons on Germany's methods In
securing The trade OF Japan. IJo rti,Cas III
sorYics .'o Is said about the German Consular
ohnnt IN Japan, and very lIttio IA knoun
not IL, ~, because the work accomplisheJ "a
Vice as r TO INC world. but II ia the besr ser
- ,h oi al nations represented IL 4, snnorta-
eonnee,c9 5'Sinh i, system being moro intimately
interests OF its nationals II is snna,i iuas',,aI RIA,
daifnns un because II has better aecommno
oro snscH ana much larger force. ana the men
TIL sp%eeiaiised pc In their lines There ia 1Dmeb
vice and so ~ 70 uayo OF a trained consular ser
oaIa, e.iu knowledge OF tho lanCuooc 81 a.
many seams om INC nc pa part OF chief ofcers. but Ger
I, InE corps Of men familiar n,itb IN 10 naN-
and sueh,s alve with business instincts acsires
met: osruss,S, und competition that must be-
ing nttontIon ana continuously at work Civ
IL ia that utun1iasturins nhi and marketing Hence
ernnr,,n "hiIe tho United States hos h"I,,,
aa eer s'nG 70 Japan moro than twice as meh nseh
ments Were Sot over half Amorica's ahini
many 49,, OF raw materials placine rp
Of the IInf,aS IIsaSre; about million doiaIa oS"ad
manufactured sooda es 10 japan OF
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-05-13
Chicagoan Is Arrested in New
York on Charge of En-
bezzling $4,000.
FROM LOOKUP TO ALTAR
HE HURRlES TO BRIDE
Leaving Comrade to Spent the
Night in Cell, Man Hastens
to Plight Troth.

NEW YORK, May 12.-One OF the
stransest weddings ever celebrated in
New York was that Of Victor II, Freeman
and Miss Leila Shaw, who were married
this afternoon.
Tho BRIDEGROOM had been arrested only
a few hours before on the charge OF en-
bezzlement, made in Chicago and only
the frantic efforts OF his attorney and his
friends enabled him TO get out of the
clutches OF the law IN time for the we'd
ding. He declares the charge against
him has been trumped up by his political
enemies
The action of this complicated romance
became rapid at 1 o'clock this afternoon
when Inspector Mclaughlin OF the de-
tcctlve bureau received a message from
Superintendent Collins OF The chicago po-
lice asking him to arrest victor =, y pfeo-
man and Rufus ~ Evans at II Batlery
place ON a charge of em6ezzllng $4,000.
Nature of Charge.
No details were given. but II was
learned by telegraph from Chicago that
the charge was made by Mrs. Eliza
Moody. living at 167 Oahwood boulevard.
She alleges that by false FepTesentatitoPhs ptPI
they induced her, on plea OF investing
$1,000 In timber lands in Virginia. TO turn
that sum over to them Later, she says,
she discovered that the money was not
Inspector Mclaughlin sent four detec-
tlves to get Freeman and Evans. The
prisoners seemed thunderstruck
"Oh, that's all right" said the police
men, wearlly. Just tell all that 10 the
Judge"
"But you can't arrest me" cried Free
man. "Why. I'm going to be married up
In the Little Church Aroand the Corner
at o'clock. I've simply got 10 be there,
"And I'm the best man." said Evans.
The distress OF the men was so genuine
that the detectives determined to do
everything In their power to help.
Magistrate Wahle at the Tombs Police
court heard tho case without delay. Both
prisoners proclaimed their innocence Mr.
Wahlc held them in 5000 ball each.
Out Of the Clutches.
BY telephoning right and left tine men
and their lawyers raised 5000 and rushed
1t to the city chamberlan's office. Upon
the ceFtihcation OF this deposit Magistrate
Wahle let Freeman go on bail. Poor
Evans waited In vain for bondSman,
and when court closed resignedly went TO
a cell In the Tombs
Freeman as soon as he was released
from custody. flew to the hotel, where he
met his flancee Miss Leila Shaw. With
her and two other young ladies, beeldes
dark man with a gray Van Dyke beard.
Freeman started for the Little Church
Around the Corner, where the marriage
ceremony was performed
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-05-13
NEEDLESS ALARM
Supposed Internal Machine Proves to
Be Electric Battery.

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo, May ia
hendish attempt of the reactionaries
TO assassinate Gov.-Gen, Folk Of Mis-
souri, by the use Of an Internal ma
chine was frustrated today by the
rnoujik who trims the lawn under the
windows of the Governor Generals 8
chancellerie
The moujik discovered retired cleo
lric battery, which would bave blown
The entire Statehouse into the river II
1t had contained as much nitroglycerine
as the early reports said 1t did
Took Every Precautions.
When the discovery was made the
machine was allowed to remain where
II was, and Hal WoodsideoYitch, secre-
tary TO the Governor General, was
called.
He ordered a careful estimate made
of the power of the mine. and while
the expert was at work. news OF the
attempt on the official S life was sent
10 all parts of the world. kilograms
of coincidence were not received from
Emperor William and the Car.
The investigation into the inwardness
of the machine revealed that In its
halcyon days, some years ago, the bat
terry was capable OF operating a small
fan.
Governor-General Folk controlled
himself we'll in the trying hour, refus-
ing to order martial law declared. or
even to leave the building,
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-05-13
Simplihed Spelling.

MI Andru Carnagy has bestowed a lit
tie money for the expenses OF a Simpli-
fed Spelling board. an association O..
scholars that will try to use and popular
lie simpler and more phonetic forms Of
spelling certain words. The omission OF
silent letters is the main present work OF
the simpliners. Thus: "cIgaret" Co
quet." "deth.'' "welth." 'Innnltiv," def
nit" thru "wsht." International
copyright stands in the way Of any sud
den changes and makes American spell
Ing conform with English I'm many books
and some magazines. Domestic spelling
however. can go as IL pleases, to a certain
extent. Magazines, newspapers printers
publishers. can give their customers and
clients as much OF as littlo "smplifed'
the simplifers are not seeking to reform"
spelling-aS their public Will stand; and
the public is essentially conservative and
Will not stand great deal Those OF us
who have mastered or partially mastered
the present system at great expense may
not take kindly to attempts to change II;
but individual feeling and even associated
efforts like those Of the simplitiers do not
count for much at any time. Spelling is
always changing as the language is as
new forms conquer. And It is as futile
to object TO them as IL was to object to
mob" or reliable" We open at random
North's translation OF Plutarch G579) and
find: Although from the beginning OF
their youthe they dyd use to weare iongo
heares, yet were they never 80 CAREFUL
to combe and brushe their heades as whom
they should to the battell:" Doubtless
every superfluous letter that time has cut
off was as precious once in tho proof
gramme" is to good old bunker spoilers
now,-Everybody' Magazine.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-05-13
Lesson From Franklin.

II Ia well. therefore, to use the force Of
Fronklins knowledge, and his teaching. and
his example 10 emphasize the wisdom OF our
great middle classes in combining their saw
from large Industrial enterprises. carried on
with their aggregated capital 1t requires a
good deal OF confidence In the crcdulity or the
public TO argue, In the fnce OF such facts az
follow, that industrial corporations cannot
possibly earn moro than per cent, FOR the
whole history OF commercial DEVELOPMENT in
America, from F'ranklns time to our own
testlhes TO the contrary, Taks the great rail-
roads, for illustration. the most profitable of
all industrials and trace their Invested mill
ance companies and banks TO the millions of
srrall depositors. and You Will ece that In rcnl-
lty the peoples savings the capitnl that
is running the roads albeit the people do not
receive the largo earnings because their money
Is not Invested directly in the roads This
ma gazine will have accomplished ,o,ahis
work IL IL can disabuse the minds OF tbe
small investors whom Interested parties hoya
persuaded that stock In all sound and succeaa
iul companies Is never onlorcd for sal, IN
thom. That IL not true.
Tho most commonplace things Of Iifo .,-a,
pickles. thread, hooks and oyea pens penciIa
chocolate. rubber shoes, coal and n hnndrad
ana one othor Items. are yielding great wcoltb
IN the aggregate and providing Incomes ror
OF thousands OF shareholders for the
most part people OF moderate means who have
been provident enough TO eaye tb.jr onSnv
earnings and inveBt them In the sharoa or ths
INDUSTRIAL enterprises whose business n e. 90
manufacture these things - ~
lhe ieseon ls so plain that "he who nm,
,a niaE read cultivate the FranklIn-EKc sins
pncity OF life. and save part OF every doiin-
~ car 1or Investment In shares of Tho CO..
a.iu pIohtable industrial enterprises which orc
ae. ~ ouce ths support and DEVELOPMENT of our
Ccni tremendous resources.-Cent Per
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-05-13
BEARS A CHARMED LIFE
Negro Wounded at Brenham, Texas,
Has Been Often Shot.

BRENNAN Tex. Mny l2-Louls Anderson,
shot by the guards. from tho effects OF which
II was reported that he may die is well
known here where he raised. Ho Is tho
OF Louis Anderson Sr. who left yester-
day for Wharton to his Ho hns been
shot nt perhaps several hundred times and
served most OF hs life since no was 10 years
cid the county farm. Since he has been
serving In Wharton county he made his
escape and captured up about Temple.
escaped en- route hero and was shot Mt about
nifty times but he always seems to have
borne charmed life. and the bullets either
produced minor flesh wounds went harm
lcssly by.
County Road Superintendent Burney Parker
one OF the best pistol shots in the State who
can Kill squirrels out of the tnllest trees shot
at Louis fvc times at close range leaving
streaks on both sides OF him and cutting up
his clothes with the bullets. but he was prac-
tically unhurt. He has cooy told officers
good morning and run out from under cooked
ix-shootcrs and escaped. Since no was In
Wharton he secure gun from gunrd
turned 1t ON him and made another convict
bring him horse and rode of. Tho very
audacity OF somc OF his escapes under such
adverse circumstances has frequently aston
ished officers and perhaps helped him escape
II hns been reported here that he is dead
but unless he ie brought here for interment
and the remains viewed people In this section
VIII scarcely believe Il.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-05-13
CAPITAL CITY IN GEM
STATE IS BOOMING
Business Man of Boise Talks of
His Thriving
City.
HAS BEEN EAST ON A
REMARKABLE ERRAND
Mission Was to Secure Plumb
erS, as There Is EXtraOrdi-
nary Need for Them.

James r Lusk OF Boise. Idaho. Is a
remarkable errand. He tells his story
as follows: II havc been In Denver. Chi
caso and St Louis to pick up good
plumbers to take them to Boise to work
on the new work so rapidly developing
There. You see. that In 1--WE years We
have just doubled our population In the
capital. having then 1000 people, and
ROW 2l,000. We have just expended a half
million OF dollars on new sewers, and all
householders must mako connections and
we have not got the men to do the work.
/ have found twelve good men and sent
them on TO Boise. where they arrived
Saturday night.
State Is Prosperous.
Our State has mining. agricultural and
growing We raise six tons of alfalfa to
The acre and get three crops on irrigated
land We sell more sheep from Idaho
than any other State In the Union. IL
IS n fact that 40 per cent OF all the lead
In the country comes from Idaho.
az New State Buildings.
our Legislature appropriated 100000
at its last meeting, I.O0WO0 OF which Is
for a new State capitol 100000 being now
available for the work. The plumbers
can, find plenty Of work at the building
and on the sewer connections.
Many Irrigation Projects.
irrigation projects arc In progress all
over that section, taking water from the
snake river. and in another year we
shall have thousands of acres or good
land under cultivation. Settlers are now
taking up land TO prove up on II we are
and happy. just as learn the
leople of Utah arc"
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-05-13
When O. Woman Is Young.

A clergyman in Chicago please care
fully noto the locaton) has decided that
kept out, on this basis, an .aspirant for
young women" This reverend doctor
may know a good deal about theology and
the calendar. but we fear he Is short on
tact and worldly wisdom. He has brought
a hornets nest about his ears and We
a grain of sense would have said: Forty
Is the limit madam. and on the basis that
woman Is as young as she looks you
certainly are not over twenty-seven."
Thus he would have gained a reputation
which ought to have largely increased his
congregation,
sociological point OF view 1t has not es-
caped shrewd observers that there has
been O great change in recent years, so
far as popularity OF womanklnd Is con-
cerned This is true In society. literature,
and tbs drama No more fourteen-year-
old Juliets on the stage. no moro young,
loYe-sick maidcDs OF seventeen in litera-
ture q la THE Duchess" school OF novels
In society 1t is the married woman who
rules and among single women thirty Is
considered moro attractive than twenty
We do not know whether this Is In ac-
cordance with the philosophy Of George
Bernard Shaw or not but 1t Is fact
which he who runs may see.
The wife and mother no longer lets her
mind run on the kitchen, the nursery and
the sewing-room. She thinks OF straight
fronts" tho hair dresser and the milliner
all day and dreams Of them by night II
hubby has not tho money to get the
things. so much the worse, for no Ia
plunged In debt The average woman of
forty looks younger, dresses bettcr and
acts worse than the average girl of TWEEN
ty did two generations ago. We do not
wish TO point out any moral In this con-
nection. We simply call attention to the
fact that the woman OF forty is a ruling
power, and even II In the bald light OF
figures worked out In the ratio of expe-
rIence to expectation. she is no longer
Young. II Is a rash man who Will dare
tell her so.
There arc hags at twenty and women
OF sixty who have all the outward signs
OF youth. Woman Is always young when
she is lovely to some person. And IL ia
q wise dispensatIon of Providence that
makes almost every woman In the world
somebody's darling,-Philadelph In
Quirer.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-05-13
A Perfect ldartyr.

ta,n a story S1 is going the rounds about a. cor.
office, who is not unknown In ,ass1aE ms9e End hld
ne Simse1f one 20 TN morning Ming Mr. Y presented
with Nh a request for sick leave. 'i''ehe
the CHIEF tns hSot matter. alter. Mr.. -X-7" said
am On, tronS,.d mo, dsirnworse." returned *. "I
little country air would do me- enoS he
insomnia? That's bad Do Won take
..2Ts. Yss. l do, as much as I can get"
"abnnt l,ihe ~ 40 you go TO bed at night?"
ahon1 ana t you lie tossing and tumbline
aoout s Tor hours. I suppose? Nervous sxns
M .eHl out OF order; it's certainly very woS
pathetically WIG 'inei' sym
fou On, no. Sir, It's not exactly that T
tbn naorri noIP as soon as 1 so TO bed. IT'S
INC morning that troubles me -
indeed How Is that?"
wen Sir. used to sleep soundlv rteb,
on TO clock; but latterly wake m az
., py,rd Tt1 cant get a wink of sleep after
melancholy air. win very
the leaVe.-Jtt- Bits Sel
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-05-13
The Word "Hoodlum -

Many new words havo apparently come To
stay during the last quarter century. among
them the word 'hoodlum'' has acquired COM
mon usage Tho Housekceper prints an in
teresting bit on tho origin OF this word
Several explanations havo been given 10 eo-
count for the formation of this word which
plainly has no chronological parentsgc. chi
nornia paper had this story about 1t: In the
7o's there was a gang of young toushn In
San Francisco who pcrpctratod many strocious
acts under the Leadership of youth named
Muldoon. An editor writing about this gang
called ita members tho 'noodlums' reversing
tho name OF tho leader But his penmanshi5
being imperfect, the compositor read III for y
and SCI tho word up ''hoodlums" The word
struck the fancy OF tho public and soon be-
carne generally used Another story In thai =,
gang OF young rowdies had n warning ON
'Huddle'em,' from which the nane 'hlddle
ems or hoodlums was given thom still az
other explanation Is that such a gang adoptnd
ao a head covering folded soft hat which
reBemblcd hood and yet another that thn
gang was headed by some depraved rlris
wearing hoods The first explanation is oS
probable as any other. nothing Is certain ,ors
that the name originated in San Francjseo
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-05-13
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The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-05-13
The First Stove.

Tho most important uses OF fire we're
taught by fire Itself AS the primitive
man stood near the flames of tho burn
Ing tree and felt their pleasant glow he
learned that fire may add to bodily COM
fort: and when the flames swept through
n forest and overlook a deer and baked
II, he learned that fire might be used to
Improve the quality OF his food Tho
hint was not lost He took burning
torch TO his cave or hut and kindled him
q fro on his floor of earth. His dwelling
hlled With smoke, but he could endure
the discomfort for the sake OF tho
nre's warmth. and for the sake OF tho
toothsomcness OF the cooked meats. After
a time hole was made in the roof OF
the hut. and through this hole the smoke
passed out. Hero WAS the first stove The
primitive stove WAS tho entire house; tho
floor was the fireplace and the hole in the
roof was the chimney The word "stove"
originally meant "a heated room" So that
II we should say that at first people lived
In their stoves we would say that which
Nicholas
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-05-13
FORGED FOR LOVE,
WOMAN COLLAPSES
Companion of Charles S. Wen
ham, Alleged Thief, Under
Arrest in New York.

NEW YORK. May ia pale, half
hysterical woman, showing traces of
great beauty tainted half dozen times
in Center Street Police court while
awaiting arralgnment. Her name is
Clay Lawrence and the charge against
her Is forgery in the first degree. grow
Ing out of her devotion to Charles S.
Wenham who up to few months ago
was one OF the best-known passenger
traffic railroad men In the country. but
is now In Ludlow street jail. unable TO
secure ball to the amount of $4,000.
Accused Of Big Forgery.
Clay Lawrence Is accused of having
forged the name OF Wenham's wife,
Zaida Wenham. to a qult-claim deed
to property In Chicago valued at $780,,
000' But Mrs Wenham does not make
the complaint, and so far as Is known
Is not an interested person. The
woman Is being prosecuted by Jerome
Fayles Hess son Of Charles A Hess.
New York counsel for the Canadian
Pacific. And Wenham Is In Jail be-
cause the Canadian Pacific railroad
holds judgment against him for $780,
600.
Travelled With Him.
Wenham was a passenger agent of
the Canadian Pacific with headquarters
In Chicago. Charles Hess said In court
today that Wenham took the Lawrence
woman around the country with him
for thirteen years She Is 80 now. Last
December, according to Mr. Hess, Wen
ham left Chicago, Sl20 600 short In his
accounts, and came to New York with
Clay Lawrence. On January Is, he
continued. Wenham and Clay Law
renee summoned John j Jordan. no.
tary, to Wcnhams Office In this city.
There. In the presence of Lordon, It Is
alleged, Clay Lawrence swore that she
was Mrs. Zalda Wenham and signed
a quit-claim deed conveying to one
Jacob Franks 100000 worth of prop
erty in Chicago
In the meantime the Canadian Pacific
company had brought civil action
against Wenham and recovered a judg-
ment for $4,000 AS he would not or
could not satisfy IT, he was committed to
Ludlow Jail.
Hounded by Detectives.
The Lawrence woman has worked night
and day TO secure his relief She says
she has been bounded by detectives and
process servers who trailed her from her
residence In Hoboken every time she went
out. with the intention of arresting her
SiLe come 10 INeW L OTR. Sne camo
today 10 testify before Stanley w Dex-
ter. referee In bankruptcy, in a proceed
Ing to have Wenham adJudged q bank
rupt Policeman Denny was waiting for
her with warrant
Magistrate Wahl was considerably puz-
zled by the case. He wanted to know the
whereabouts OF Mrs. Wenham. Mr. Hess
insisted that the evidence was sufficient
TO show that crime had been committed
In this State without a direct complaint
from the woman whose name was forged
Jordan took the stand and positively
Identified the Lawrence woman a s tho one
who had signed Mrs. Wcnham's namo to
tho quit-claim deed. Ball was fixed at
s1eoO. and tho prisoner collapsed com
pletely. IT was necessary TO carry her to
the Tomhs.