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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-04-15
FIRST OCCURRENCES.
CSan Francisco ChrouicIe.D

(San Francisco ChronicleD
PostOffices were first established in Is64
Printed musical notes were first used
in 14-3.
The first watches were made at Nu-
rem berg in III
The first printing press was set up at
Copenhagen in 1898.
Wood engraving was predicted by Durer
in 1927.
Jergens started the first spinning wheel
in 1880
Modern needles came into use in 1S45
The first knives were used in England
in 1853.
Religious liberty was granted TO the
Huguenots in France in 1862. and was
followed by the massacre of St Bar
The first wheeled carriages were used
in France in 1853.
The first newspaper was published in
England in 15SS.
The first printing press in the United
States was set up in los.
The frs tair pump was made in 1850
Newspaper advertising began in 1852
The first copper cent was coined in
New Haven ia 1851.
The first steam engine used in America
was brought from England in 1903
The first balloon ascent was made in
17S3.
Christian knowledge was organized in
l69S.
The first attempt to manufacture pins
in this country was made shortly after
the war of 1872.
The first steel plate was made in 1890
The first prayer book of Edward VI
came into use by the authority of parlia-
ment on Whitsunday, 1549.
Glass windows were first introduced
into England in the eighth century.
The first steamboat sailed on the Hud-
son river in 1891
The first sawmaker's anvil was brought
TO America in 1919.
The first locomotive in this country
was used in 1870.
Kerosene was first used for lighting
purposes in 1926.
The first horse railroad was built in
1S26-1S21.
The first sulphur match was made in
1879
The first iron steamship was built in
1880
The first steel pen was made in 1880
Ships were first "copper-bottomed' in
1857.
Omnibuses were introduced in New York
in 1880.
Envelopes were first used In 1899.
The first anaesthetics were used in 1s44
Coaches were first used in England in
1859.
The Franciscans arrived in England in
1924
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-04-15
THE SAVING TECHNICALLY.

James Gillespie. of Indiana. probably
owes his life 10 a technicaIity. Giles
pie was tried and convicted of the
atrocious crime OF numbering his own
sister The other day the supreme
court of Indiana, without in any way
passing upon the condemned mans
guilt OF innocence. handed down an
opinion diseharging Gillespie from Gus
todv and forbidding any future pro-
ceedings in his case. He is as free to-
day as any man who was never
charged with a crime.
The story is interesting After
months spent in working up evidence
against Gillespie he was placed on trial
\ jury was secured with considerable
difficulty. but. before a single witness
was examined. it was learned that one
Of the jurors was relative by mar
rage of the defendant. The entire jury
was at once discharged and new jury
secured. The second jury promptly
found Gillespie guilty. There does not
seem &c have been great deal of
doubt on this point though the evil
dence was all -circumstantial.
Ginespie's lawyers promptly set up
the plea that the defendants life was
twice placed in jeopardy. First. when
the first jury was sworn. and, second,
when he was actually tried. The su-
preme court has just held that the
point was We'll taken. II is difficult for
the lay mind TO follow the reasoning
BY which the decision was reached, but
IL must be sound law because We are
told there have been many other de-
cisions along the same line; that, in
fact. mans life is in jeopardy the mo-
ment a jury is sworn to try him.
The truth is. no matter how the law
yers may twist il. that GIllespie's life
was not in danger from that first jury.
That jury never had a chance to pass
upon his guilt or his innocence. 1t was
discharged before il had any oppor-
tunity to do so. If il had returned a
verdict against him and after that
verdict it had been found that one Of
the jurors was ineligible there would
have been an infringement of the de-
PENDANTS rights and he would have
been entitled to a new trial. ct least
The other side OF the argument seems
beyond the pale of reason.
The law TO prevent the placing of a
defendants life or liberty twice in jea-
perdy for the same offense is taken
from the constitution OF the United
States. Generally speaking, it is a
wise provision. for il prevents the per-
secution of innocent people. But it was
never designed to cover cases such as
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-04-15

Reported oy Truthful James,
winch the same 1 would term as a
Though his health it were vain to call
hearty. - 0a'i
Since the mind to deceit it might lend
OF az trIi II was broken quite recent
And there's something gone wrong VIE,
his lungs, VIM
Which is why it is proper and decent
should write what he runs off his
tongue MS
First he says. Miss, he's real through
To the end-and the end came too
That a slight illness kept him your
(Which for weeks he was wild as a
That his spirits are buoyant as yours
That with you. Miss. he challenges
(Which the language that invalid usas
At times it were vain to relatel
And he says that the mountains are
For once beng held in your though, -.
That each rock holds wealth that is
Than ever by gold-seeker sought
{" hien are words he would put in these
BY a party not given to guile;
Though the claim not. at uste. paving
Might produce in the sinful a smiie.)
he remembers the ball at the ferry.
ana the ride, and the gate and the
And the rose that YOU gave him-tbat
Same rose he is "treasuring now
winch MS blanket he's kicked on his
And insists on his legs being free.
And his language to me from his h,,,t
Is frequent and painful ana sreel
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-04-15
Truthful James to the Editor

Truthful James TO the G1''0'
Yreka. 1879
Which it IS not my style
To produce needless pain
Bv statements that rifle
or that go gin the grain; ,..... nd
But here's Captain Jack sun HHlH anu
I'VE has no skelp on his brain
On that Caucasian head
There is no crown of halr-
1t has gone, il has fled.
An Echo ses ''WhereH
And 1 asks. rs this nation white man ,,' ;,
and is generally things on the
square,
As "Nye's other sQuaw.
And folks of that stamp
Has no rights in the law,
But is treacherOus. sinful and SHINY, as
Nye might have well known before.
But she said that she knew
Where the Injins was hid.
And the statement was true.
For it seemed that she did,
Since she led William where he was coy
cred by seventeen Modocs. and-slid.
Then they reached for his hair.
But Nye seq: BY the law
OF nations forbear;
/ surrenders-no more,
And / looks to be treated-you hear me-
as a pris'ner, pris ner OF war.
But Captain Jack rose.
And he SeZ. Its too thin
Such statements as those
It's too late to begin
There's a Modoc Indictment az IN YOU
o PaIeface. and you're goin' IN
You stole Schonchin's squaw
In the year sixty-tvO;
1t was in sixty-four
That Long Jack you went through,
And YOU burned Nasty Jim's rancherla,
and his wives and his papooses. too.
This gun in my hand
Was sold me by you
'Gainst the law of the land.
And | grieves it is true
And he buried mis- face in his blanket aud
wept as he hid it from view.
But you're tried and condemned.
And skelpings your DOOM
And he paused and he hemmed-
But why this Tesume2
He was skelped 'gainSt the custom of ma
tions and cut off like a rose in its
bloom.
So ] asks without guile,
And / trusts not in vain
If this is the style
That is going TO obtain,
If here's Captain Jack still Twin and
Nye with no skelp on his brain?
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-04-15
Superstitions of America
How Negro Wanted to Turn Back Because
Rabbit Crossed His PATH other Tales.

shifter was called in 10 sit at the table
IN one Of Drew 5 plays when at the last
minute, the number of characters was
discovered to be thirteen. An Umbrel-
la must not be opened on the stage. A
crOSs-eyed person III the front row i
considered TO queer a play, and almost
every actor and actress viii observe
certain rules Of their own IN going on
and OF the stage.
Almost every actor has personal su-
perstition that to any one else would be
amusing. 1t is told of Lawrence Bar
rett that before he would play certain
roles he always carefully ate the ex-
act haT o. a pie, that Mccullough
would always make "a change in his
cast before a play was allowed To go on.
II ne happened TO see the moon over
his left shoulder as he came down to
the theatre. while Forrest would never
have an actor with him who could not
look him directly in the eye.
BARRIERS believe that a laft-handed
barber will bring back luck tc their
snop, and seriously object to being the
person TO shave the first Monday MORN
ing customer. Pickpockets will never
rob a hunChb3ck. 81 CrOsS-eyed person
or a man with a clubfOot. Railroad men
are averse 10 changing schedule on
Friday, or TO taking an engine out for
its maiden run or that day. The num-
Der nine is a hOodoo on some roads. Oc-
casionally a certain engine gets bad
name among railroad men. as did the
l0I' on the Denver K Rio Grande some
years ago. il proved To be the most
blood thirsty engine in the history o.
the road. After il had killed nine en-
gineeTs in twenty months. and the en-
tire force had threatened to strike on
its account, it was condemned to the
junk heap.
Many of our customs date hack TO
the dark ages, and are based on super
stitiOn. We sit up with our dead be
cause long ago our ancestors kept
watch by night lest evil spirits come
and bear the body away. We shake
hands with the right hand because that
is he dagger hand. and means that we
disarm ourselves in the presence of u
friend. We bow the head in passing
others because our ancestors were wont
To bow before the real yoke Of the OPP
pressor. Men bare their heads be-
cause they had 20 unmask in the days
OF chlvalTy before the queen Of beauty.
Laugh who will. the faint Of ancestral
belief in OmenS runs i'm all Of our veins.
This superstitious dread may be shown
in the northerncr listening for the were
wolf the eastern housewife carefully
setting the head Of her bed TO the north.
the southern negro singing over his
head To- charm away evil spirits or the
Cattlemen Of The west watching for sUS-
piCious signs in the mood of his restless
herds. but, rich or poor. high or low,
the seed has been SoWn in Us all. and
we are still more or less thTall TO the
mystic beliefs that were rife in the
OiIen times
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-04-15
HE DID NOT NEED HIS TEETH.
CHarper's Weekly

An officer of the army tells how Ma ior
WhipDle Of the Second Massachusetts reg
iment, veteran Of the civil war. hastenel
TO Washington when the Spanish war
broke out and offered his services to Pres
dent Mckinley.
But all Officers, as well as men. had %
undergo a physical examination and =
was stated to Major Whipple that he
would have to place himself in the hands
Of the examining doctors at Worcester
Now. Major Whipple. while a man Of
great bodily strength and perfect heaJfb
and activity. was little deficient in tbs
matter Of teeth. An examining surreoo
proposed to exclT1e him on that accennr
NhereupOn the major Waxed vrroth
Damn il, gentlemen" said he. I'm Gu
ing 70 Cuba to shoot Spaniards. not 10 eat
en-
The ma ior vent
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-04-15
Certainly Delivered the Goods.
Philadelphia RecordO

President Roosevelt has proved true to
his favorite maxim: Speak softly, and
use the Big Stick" He spoke softly TO
the railroad magnates. hat III hand. dur
ing the campaign Of 1904, and ne used the
Big Stick on them afterwarG
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-04-15
HE KNEW.

Catholic Standard0
Teacher-Now. what little boy in this
Sunday-schoOl can tell me what a pyra-
mid is2
Tommy Tuff-Why. OATS dc shape dc
pool balls IS set UP in for de break.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-04-15
The ANNUAL TEST.

washington Starr
I'm glad they didn't adopt spelling re-
FORM" said the man of slow mentality.
1T might have been good thing"
'Not for me. IL would have kent me
worried for years. It's going to take me
three weeks merely 10 learn 10 write 1897
instead of 1905
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-04-15
NO CHANCE.
Waqhington Storl

(Washingt0n STAN
Il am told that your wife speaks Greek
and Latin"
NO." answered Mr.. Meekton. .'she un-
derstands them. but ! regret 10 say that
she insists on using my own native ton
que. So that there is no excuse for my
not paying attention
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-04-15

The Illinois legislature is considering
a bill prohibiting the smoking of cigar
cites in public places by any person
between the ages of : and IS years.
Why are children between the ages Of
/ and years left out?
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-04-15
But They Were Mere Politicians.

tChicagO Record-HeraId.l
Chauncey NJ DepeW says nc spurned
the Paris ambassadorship. BENJAMIN
Franklin and Thomas jefferson did not
consider themselves too big for the JOB
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-04-15

one of Pittsburg's honest twenty
eight has become involved in a divorce
scandal. The others had better hurry
up and die if they want to preserve
their good regulations.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-04-15
And How About Next Time?

NEW ORR WOfId,l
There seems to have been a series of
in connection with the
$4,000 Roosevelt campaign contributions
of Mr.. Perkins and Mr.. Hartman. How
about the others?
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-04-15
JUST THE THING.
Milwaukee sentinel.l

fIlIWdUAee StHtINeI-F
with a weary look. that I could find
something new that would amuse the
baby
why not let It play on the dining room
table. Arabella? I notice there's a clean
tablecloth and bottle of catsup on it."
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-04-15
CLEVER PARAGRAPHS.
When Greek Meets Greek.
kansas City JOurnalD

(KanSaS City JOurnal,l
Regardless of the Tafts, If Mir. Roose-
welt and Mr. Foraker have decided on a
trial of strength in Chino it will be a
battle worth witnessing. Both are vaIOr-
Gus warriors and both have strong pOpu-
lar barking
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-04-15

Our old friend General Coxey proves
that he is still on earth by coming out
with proposition for the government
to issue more bonds. Does he want to
buy a few of them?
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A FELLOW FEELING.
washington Star. }

Do YOU feel resentment toward peonie
who do not indorse YOUR opinions2
Certainly not" answered Senator g.
ghum; in year or so l am liable NOT
to iEdorse them myself"
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-04-15

a PittsbuTg man thinks he was justi-
bed IN leaving his wife because she
got fat Most men would only regard
such a thing as a fiTst-class advertise
ment.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-04-15

Well, it's some comfort to know that
the second trial of Thaw will not be
worth as much newspaper space as the
first one.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-04-15

News from Montana indicates that
the state urea surers take a deep inter-
est in the interest that accrues. from
state money deposits.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-04-15

We feel mighty sorry for poor George
Gould. Since so many of the states
have passed the 2-cent fare bill George
has been obliged to sell his polo
ponies
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-04-15

Among others. the Chicago Record
Herald will pray that Walter Wellman'S
balloon voyage 20 the Arctic viii not
be a frost.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-04-15

Gillespie's. for 10 stretch it so is TO
make il a mockery
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-04-15

The new Finnish diet will have nine
teen women members. That ought 10
cause some revolutions in the cookery
line.
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NO TELLIN'.
lRaliimore sunl

baltimore SUM
Well greet the new year with hurrah,
Hurrah unto the Old
For maybe its the year that we
VIII find our pot Of gold
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ADJUSTMENTS TODAY.

salt Lake-Sah Carlo Opera company
IN la Buheme."
Orpheum-NaudeFille
GTand-"ZOrdh."
LyTlc-Matinee and night-NaUdeville-
WEATHER FOR SALT LAKE,
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-04-15

These verses are d.
lieved 10 have -
suggested by lam
ellis. who
Saturday.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-04-15
More of Bret Hartes
Truthful James Poems


He hopes you are wearing no v.i,f.-
That he knows (Which this dudgi's'
pillows sung "
Imparts but small ease 10 Che sf-1.
And the same you VIII pardOH-hs LpE-
MISS "n
That though parted by many % mil.
yet, were he lying under the sr5-..
Miss
They'd melt into tears at your s,5r.s
And you u still think of him in 10.
In your brief twilight dreams rf -.
past. '
In this green laurel spray that be frs
ures-
It was plucked where your parrfr,
last; @
In this specimen-but a small triTa
It will do for PIN Tor your shawl
(Which. the truth not To wick l-v srfr.
Was his last week 'Clglu-uHr AK
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What will your rating be-
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1907-10-18
BOY LOSES ARM.

PRINEVILLE, Or, Oct. 1.-THE Ia
year-old son Of A. w. Greater Of this
place has lost his left arm and may lose
his life, from the effects OF an acci-
dental shotgun discharge. This charge
ranged along the arm, shattering the
bone and tearing the flesh frightfully.
The indications are that the muzzle OF
the gun could have been no more than
few inches from his shoulder when
discharged. The brachial artery was
touched, or nothing could have saved
the boy from death on the spot.
The boy with his chnm, lad OF about
the same age, had taken shotgun and
gone up Crooked river south Of the fair
grounds hunting. Neither is able to
tell how the shot was fired.
Aided BY his companion and man
who was near when the accident occur
red, the plucky boy walked over two
miles to reach the doctors office. The
arm was amputated at the shoulder
joint.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1907-10-18

BRooKLYN, u. Y, oct. E-Two mel
with exceptional boldness, attempted te
aold up Mrs. Rose Edebaum, SO year:
old, the wife Of Samuel Edebaum, .
wealthy clothing. manufacturer, at II
o'clock this morning while some 200
persons looked on.
After an exciting chase through the
crowded streets in the Eastern District
sne of the men, who gave his name as
David Stone, 25 years old, of 81 Boerum
street, was captured,
Mrs. Edebaum, as is her custom.
went to the Merchants Bank. Broadway
and Ellery street, this morning, where
she drew $500 in money and check
for $50, the wages Of the employees in
her husbands factory, at 96 Throop
avenue
Arriving at the factory, she entered
a.door, which opened into hall abont
Is feet deep, which leads to the office.
She had gone about five feet when a
sound Of footsteps behind her attracted
her attention. Looking back she saw
two men.
One Of them ran toward her and
struck her with his first, knocking her
down The second man snatched the
satchel out of her hand with such force
that the handle, to which she held, was
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1907-10-18
MUCH MARRIED.

Y0NKERS N. Y. Oct. l7-William
II. Lasker, the venerable town clerk Of
Grifin's Corners, n. Y, came to this
city yesterday and had his wife, Eta
Lasker. So years old who has been
living at l9l Adams street, arrested on
a charge Of bigamy. Eta is the elder
" gentleman's fifth wife. They were
married last June by the Rev. Mr..
Miller, Of Grifin's Corners.
Mrs. Lasker's stepdaughter, her moth
er having married the aged town clerk
two years ago. At that time the pres
ent Mrs. Lasker was Mrs. Eta Denni-
son, supposed widow. When the
mother died last winter Lasker invited
Eta to take her place in his home.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1907-10-18

broken. Mrs. Edebaum grabbed the
fellow BY his legs and held on to him,
screaming for help.
The two wouh,be highwaymen ran
out Of the factory and up Throop ave-
nue.. AS they ran one Of them drop
ped the satchel. 1t was picked up later
and the money found intact.
n In the meantime Mounted Policeman
Feese. u the Traffic Squad, saw the
men coming. He headed them of at
the above point and succeeded in catch.
ing Stone, the other fellow making good
his escape.
Stone struggled fiercely for time
and it took the combined efforts of both
Policemen Twomey and Freese to sub
due him.
He was taken at once to the Lee ave-
nue. court, where to Magistrate Higgin-
botham he made general deniad of the
entire affair. although Mrs. Edebaum
positively identified him as one Of the
men who attacked her. He was held
without bail.