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Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-04-16
WIRE IN SAN EnANcIsco.

San Francisco, Anrll l6-Fre which
originated ln q grail az $40 Van Ness a.
2is this morning, destroyed tYh fr0Htt
buildings and wrecked nine others Thi
buildings were all 81 wood ana were "
temporary natlre put up m che ftrst day
after the re, All we're occupied as stOrei
and ofhcea. u Il believed the 0ro WAS OF
lneendlary origin
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-04-16
THE lAHM CASE
J. c. Mccoy All Ready 10 60 to ST.
AloJlls-

New York, April l6--Jalncs G. Mccoy,
who has been planning 20 make the tlIst
had practically oougleted orran geunents
10 go 10 81 I-crlis next week, where he
Will mAke ar ascent with a N. Chandler
sor the trophy. The conditions are than
tho wilmer az the trophy must make a
hEhl 81 ceeding the distance travelled last
year by Lieut. Frank r. l-ahm when hg
WOE the Gordon Bennett inteTnatlona
balloon cup Lieut.. LAhIn covered +O2
miles starting from Paris. and landing
Ina the northeast Of England. Allan r.
Ha,vley has also entered for the rAhm
trophy and be Wi make q flight from
ST. Louis later an the season
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-04-16
IDAHO POSTAL MATTERS.

Washington. u. O.. April l6---Afsg-
gle natch has been appointed post
master st Hatch 3annock county,
Idaho, Vice w A. Hatch. resigned
Peavey. Twin Fails county, Idaho,
with Elizabeth Peavey as postmaster,
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-04-16
Kr1I.rp IN ELEVATOR snArT

Pasadena. Cal. April 15.--Mrs. Ships
by, a guest at the IL Vavra hotel, ir
this city. was killed yesterday afternoon
by falling down an elevator shaft In the
hotel building Mrs Shfpsby was tha
wife OF a member OF the Great North
ern Implement Manufactures company
OF MINNEAPOLIS
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-04-16
JOHN SMITH C0NFESSES TO
ASSASSINATION OF COCKRILL

Lexington. KY, April l6.--John
Smith. charged with the assassination
Of DR.. Il, d. Cox, went upon the wilt
mess stand today and fully confessed
10 the assassination of Jim CockrAIl
saying BrttOn WAS not present bus
that he. Curt Jett and John Abner
billed COckrill Smith fired once, Jett
four times and Abner three times.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-04-16
ARnEsrING 1ERRoRrsTs.

aIinsk, Russia, April I6.--In conse-
quence OF the plot 10 assassinate the
governor of Minsk which was discOv.
cred April ~ by the police, who cap.
tuTed two terrorlsts who were hiding
opposite the governors palace, the locaD
have arrested all the mem.
beers OF the terrorist organization here
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-04-16
Special Meeting Called for This
Afternoon to Canvass the
Proposition.
STATEMENT TO Be PREPARED.
win be Given Out Setting Forth
The Conditions in Detail
For Publication.
Members Express the Scntimens THAT
They DO Not Desire to Crowd
rhls Bond Issue

Npbat action the school board viii
take to publicly set forth Its reasons
for asking she people to vote them
ts5c 600 In bonds, 10 build new school
houses. will be determined at a special
meeting called for this afternoon.
President o. w. Moyle declared a.
noon today that a statement would be
issued setting forth conditions i'll detail,
ana that he thought it would be ready
TO give out To the press tomorrow,
Meanwhile arrangements are being
au5etfy perfected Tor Saturdays eiec-
ION and Tire board members are cx-
pressing the hope chat u full turnout
Will be recorded. to let ihen1 know
whether the people are willing to give
shem more buildings, or prefer to con-
tlnuc in the present overcrowded and
uutgrown conditions
The view Of Judge II. p Hende rsou,
member from the Fifth ward, on the
bond question, Is that che board takes
The initiative In this matter mercy
because its members are in a better
position to recognize the need. 1--WE do
not desire to crowd this bond issue
he said this morning, beyond the point
Of explaining the need for 1t to the pub
lic and then leaving them to decide
whether they are for on against the is
sue.
EXTREME NECESSITY.
I'VE are situated where we see the
extreme necessity of making this bond
ISSUE TO build more buildings he con-
ilnued- In the south and nOrthW west
and In the entire eastern part OF the
eity there Is a crowded condition in
the grade schools which is very pn-
healthful, and interferes very material
ly with the work. We have to seat
children In abe halls. in the basement,
and in very poor buildings we have had
to rent Tor 1he purpose, and we are
pDBerless to remedy the situation Hx-
eept by building new schools. The
growth of ,be city in population and
especially school population, very much
outIuns the Income we can get under
The present law. TO spend for the plr-
pose of housing the children. We have
recently built two very good buildings
one in the northwest and one In the
southwest portion of the city There
are. however. other districts which need
them as bad as they did The members
ot The board realize that the taxes are
burdenson1e. and that the school tax is
the largest Part of the tax burden At
the same time children that live in dis
tricts that are oyercrowded and where
they are not properly cared for, are
very much Disseminated against. ana
this discrimination villa be hopslsss,
continued unless these bonds are voted
Il relieve ihe situation"
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-04-16
CUBAN ELECTIONS.
Foreigners win Not be Permitted to
Vote M Municipal Ones.

Havana. Anuil l6-lt now appe0rs
that the proposal 10 permit foreigners
10 vote In the municipal elections win
not be adopted Sons Of tho Spanish
element declare that they 40 not want
TO be dragged Into politics, the pro-
position is before Tho advisory COM
mission but the chances for it's adOp-
ton seem To be small
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-04-16
AFTER MORE COAL.
Utah IFnel Company 10 Develop .Addi-
lional Properties N GreaI Cost.

The Utah Fuel company Is preparing
10 reopen The old Utah mine, which
was iirsI opened 20 years ago bun never
heveioped- The Workings OF the other
mines Will also be Increased, at Clear
.feek, Bunnysldet Winter Quarters and
tassie Gate. Tho completion OF the i'm,
lrovemenis VIII Increase the daily pro,
auction from the companys properties
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-04-16
DEAD OF STARVATION
Woman FainIs and Falls in New York
And Dies.

New York April ia woman faint
ed ana fell from starvation AZ the
corner OF the RoweTl- ana Houston
street yesterday and a crowd collected
and sried 10 arouse heT-
At ST. Vincent's hospital she recoY~
cred sufficiently to tell her name.
Annie McDermoot, saying that she
WIS 80 years OF age and had no home.
no friends. no money"
She died half an hour after arriving
at the hospital.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-04-16
TAFT GOES no PONCE.

San Iuan p H.. April l6-socy. Tafl
and party let here this morning foi
Ponce In automohle.t An elaborate rocep
lion was given ut the palace last n!Eli
IN honor OF Tho secrttnr5,
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-04-16
A STRANGE DEATH.
Woman Has Eit, Head Strikes Window
And She Cuts Singular Vein.

Chicago, Aplal ls-.-Mrs. Sarah A. Al
baugh widow y years old living r.
her bedroom today with her throat cus
She WIGS stricken WIKI apoplery while
sta nding near winduW ma fell bead
long through the glass severIng the jpg7-
laE vein
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-04-16

The man who ought TO have been your
employer years ago Is sttll looking
for yott--wntching fItc want ads.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-04-16

Yon are step nearer the object OF
your quest when you have want
Enthusiastically n big sicps
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-03-25
THE HAPPY MEDIUM.
Chicago News.)

(ChicagO News.)
How do you do. Mr.. Candlish?" said
the visitor with the white bow neektie-
You are well. I trust?"
Jest about middlin'," replied the ell
DERBY person with the three days beard
growth. I'm $3.50, as you might say.
And Mrs. Candlish?"
Well she amt cOmplainin':
Health is a great blessing, observed
the visitor, seating himself on the chalr
| the elderly man had pushed forward.
Health and bodily vigor. Some men at
/ your age are quite infirm, but here are
| you with hearing and eyeslght perfectly
gooo and all the rest of your faculties
You ought to be thankful"
I don't know, but / am middlin'
| thankful"
business pretty good?" inquired the
Fair to middlin'," replied Mr.. Cand-
| fish. Il might be better an l might be
worse. ] amt braggin' of it an L amt
kickin', as you might say:
itor. Wei, I must get down to the OBJ
| ject of my visit 1 think you are man
| of benevolent disposition"
'How's thst?'
L saw | take YOU TO be a benevolent
man, a man of charitable instincts,
AS to that" said Mr.. Candl1Sh, i
b'lieve in charity beginnin' at home
But not ending there?'
We'll / wouldn't say as to that. I'm
about the same as most folks l guess
about mddlin'. 1 amt Tunnin around
to give my money to people that's too
trif.in' to work an earn it for their
selves. an 1 don't say l never have give
money away. Thatd be lie I've give
away some that I've wished 1 hadn' [,
too"
Certainly" agreed the visitor. THAT
happens to most of us. But at least you
are a man with a feeling heart. You have
tender sUsceptibilities.'
''AIiddin' tender. maybe. 1t don't do
for a man to be too dad-burned tender
excuse me if that's strong language:
You've got to be middlin tough as well
as tender to git along in this world"
If you knew of anybody who was OPP
pressed and abused and it was in your
power to help them you wouldn't stand
idly by and do nOthing?"
"That'd depend upon the circumstances.
as you might say. Some folks that's OPP
pressed an abused comes mighty nigh
deservin' it. Another thing I'd take into
consideration is whether if ] butted in,
as you might say. I wouldn't get the OPP
pressOr a-straddle o my neck. | don't
pretend to be any bstter'n my neighbors
an / guess l amt much worse-jest
about middlin' 1 guess. If this means
somethin' for the heather 1 amt in on
it, you might say
It's for the poor, helpless natives Of
Cant help en-" said Mr.. Candlisn.
There's natives around here that's help
less. When l run up against one that
thing l oughter help do it,"
''Fs that very Often?" asked the visitor.
Wen. middlin' often
The visitor with the white bow neck
only waste time pleading with you" he
said. I think. though, it's my duty to
tell you that your views of your obliga-
ton are extremely selfish and narrow.
| can't see how you can be satisfied with
such limited idea of what is due to
yourself and your fellow man."
I'm middlin' well satisfied" said Mr..
Candlish.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-03-25
IN THE FAMINE COUNTRY.
Chicago NeMs.)


From the famine-stricken district in
China a correspondent writes to the
North China Daily News: THE north
of our province is suffering from a ter
rible famine. The foods caused by the
recent rains-such floods surpa ssing all
former records-far from being on the
wane, are increasing daily. 1t is not
the tidal wave of an hours duration
passing over the desolate country, but
a continental ebbtide for the last three
months; and. since the autumnal equi-
nOx, we have had seven days of heavy
rains. The old-fashioned system OF
bikes, more or less parallel. constructed
to check the overlooking of the Hoang-
no, has turned the country into SO
many basins, as II were, with no out
let. which have become lakes, The five
bread roads which furrowed the plain
in every direction have disappeared UNI
der water. The car men are all starv-
ing, and the peasants are selling their
oxen and mules to the inhabitants OF
Chilli and the environs.
Empty granaries, fields under Wa
ter, houses in. ruins what is to be done
Those who have d little grain or money
in reserve try to struggle on; they re-
main and rebuild part of their novels
buoying up their hopes for a better
spring. Whether they stay or whether
they go, it all comes to the same thing
they are already too weak to resist
the tortures of hunger. The young and
the strong gather their little all and
pile il onto a wheelborraw. generally
a straw mat, a saucepan. a basket and
a few rags. The father. all out OF
breath, pushes the wheelbarrow; the
eldest son, emaciated and scarcely
clothed, pulls in front; behind comes
the mother with a nurseling in heI
arms and two or three other children
dragging on in the rear, crying OF
amusing themselves, as the case may
be. And it is by hundreds that 1 meet
such on the road of Hsinchofu.
Among the WOrkmen the masonS
and carpenters only can obtain work
They are wanted everywhere, in town
and in country, for 30 per cent of the
houses are in ruins. The carpenters
have become calkers. Villages sur
rounded by water are turned into
islands, fields are now lakes and roads
are rivers; therefore those wishing for
dry-shOd communication are ordering
boats big and small and of every de
scription. There is no grain here and
the neighboring provinces have sent
out an edict forbiding the expectation
of corn. However, there are some few
mandarins who are good and kindly
disposed, and they are foreseeing trou-
bles of another kind.
ALREADY many armed bands are
overrunning the country, borrowing OF
taking whatever comes in their way
from live cattle to old clothes. Those
natives who are well to do farsake the
country to settle in town. but others
VINO cannot leave their farms seek pro-
lection from the magistrate against
these wanderers and brigands. For
4 -. l.
old guns of 1850 A. d. to the chief gen.
try of the district, wherewith our peas
ants thmeslves will carry out all neces-
sary arrangements for self-defense."
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-03-25
IN CIVILIZED ENGLAND.

4 few days ago The Herald referred
10 the remarkable campaign of the
woman suffragists of England in their
determination to secure the fulfllment
of ante-eleetion pledges from the Lib
eral party. 1t was noted that eXtraor-
binary police punishment had been
melted out to the women agitatOTS. al
though most of them are women of
prominence socially, of high education
al attachments and otherwise entitled
10 respectful if not considerate treat
ment.
4 report just to hand of the proceed
ings in Manchester meeting seems
almost incredible as illustrating the
brutality of the reception accorded
these women. 1t may be true thar
they were themselves beyond their
rights in mterrupting public meet
ing. but an audience of American men,
even the toughest audience TO be found
in this country. would hardly be guilty
of such conduct.
Here is the report of the meeting,
almost verbatim, from a Manchester
newspaper:
Miss lily parkhurst returned from Man
chester with a black eye, Mrs Chatter
ton With the marks of a mans fingers
on her throat, Miss Alice Milne with
Wrcnched ankle. and Miss GaWthOrpe with
a generally battered c'ur:tnanc;. These
ladies made UP a committee OF the fight
ing suffrageUteS. which went to Man
chester to tackle Mr.. " -ston Churchill,
the colonial secretary. who was down for
a speech. Mr.. Churchills answers 20
pile of woman suffrage questions sub
mitted by the committee failed to satisfy
the ladies', and Miss Parkhurst began
shrill eXcOriatiOn of the speaker. In
Stantly she was surrounded by several
men. one Of whom Knocked her down and
the others Kicked her.
Miss Gawthorpe and Miss Milne climbed
on the press table and cried shame only
10 be thrown off and dragged out of the
hall Miss Gawth0rpe tainted. and would
have been seriously injured but that some
men passing in the street came to her
rescue. Meantime. Mrs. ChatteTton was
almost strangled by one of the men. who
seized her and forced her back into her
seat The ladies declare that the mana
gers OF the meeting had made up their
minds 10 treat the committee with Vio-
lence before Mr.. Churchill spoke, and
that the attack and brutality was really
unprovoked- 1t was a far Tougher expert
cnce than their repulSe on the opening
day of parliament, and it was a wonder
they assert. that someone was not kill
ed Mr. Churchill II appears made a
hasty exit from the meeting the moment
the scrimmage began. and disciaims any
personal participation in the affair or any
knowledge that such rough tactics had
been determined on in advance
American men in politics are some
times guilty of vicious conduct. but no
meeting in this country ever produced
such shameful outrages, and any at
tempt at such a thing would be met
with instant and violent retaliation on
the offenders. 1t is no wonder that the
women engaged in the campaign have
succeeded in arousing public senti-
ment TO pitch where their treatment
is likely to become an issue in parIia-
ment and threaten the downfall of a
party.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-03-25
PREACHERS, SALARIES.

Occasionally some rabid critic of the
preachers discourses eloquentIy of their
luxuriousness, their drain upon society
as productive members, and the
general uselessness of the profession.
Pursuing a line of investigation sug-
Sested by such. talk, a census has been
made of the salaries paid Methodist
eiergymen in Wisconsin, which shows
some interesting facts
The highest salary paid in the Wis
consin conference is $500 a year. The
average salary for the entire confer
enee of 166 clergyTnen is S775 a year.
The thirty-six ministers in Milwaukee
average $3.50; GAINESVILLE, sS4S: Apple
ton, S72s; Oshkosh. $40, and Fond du
Lac. $739. Most of these men also get
parsonages rent free valued at about
500 a year average.
That is to say the average daily
wages of these 166 clergymen is S2.55
on a basis of 800 working days. almost
as much as the average iaborer gets;
not nearly as much as skilled workmen.
and much less than most of the profess
sions. In the calculation it must be re-
numbered that every clergyman Of the
denomination has to spend some years
in preparation and education; he usual
" has heavy demands for charity
which must be met personally, and his
life work forbids earnings from other
sources excepting possibly by writing
ard lecturing. for which few are quail
aed or have opportunity.
The man who can face that array Of
figures and envy or dislike the profess
sion Is a pretty tough customer. The
pastor has to bear the burden of his
,on grayation' sorrows as we'll as
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-03-25
Log r Rolling Day S
Scenes on the Old Plantations in the Southland

victor. If, then, the same man pulled
down ali other contestants in success
| sion he carried off the -Dennant, so to
speak, for that occasion, and if equally
successful at other log roIlings that
| season was declared the champion
strong man of the neighborhood. The
contest was carried on with perfect
good humor and sometimes with great
/ hilarity, many exchanges of wit, and
sharp reoaTtee
| 1t was a much coveted honor to come
out victor in a log rolling contest.
After the work of the day a dance to
the music of the banjo usually followed
I at night, and the merry making con-
tinued into the small hours of the
morning. The incidents of the dav fur
nished themes for discussion and con-
versation for months.
Another great event on the planta-
! ton was the corn husking The affair
was called i'm the north "husking bee =
but in Virginia a corn shucking -
/ There the envelope of the ear is called
the shuck, and the cob the husk. If YOU
should send a negro to bring YOU some
husks, he would bring you cobs. The
corn was hauled and thrown out i'm a
| long pile, containing from 500 To 1000
or more bushels of corn. Then a bright
moonlight night was selected. and the
hands of the neighboring plantations
invited. They were not slow TO re-
spond- Soon big crowd would be on
the ground. and work and fun begun. A
leader was chosen who had a loud voice
and some skill IN music He would take
his place on top of and run from end
to end of the pile, singing a eouplet
and all the assembly would resDond
with another couplet or Join in the re-
Iraln, Inc music was wild and weird.
but the effect pleasing, especially at q
| little distance The leader did NOT
shuck much corn, but he was the most
important and most valuable man in
the party, because he enlivened the
crowd and kept all awake and in yood
humor. The work continued until mia
night, and sometimes later. II We
followed by big supper and the in
evitable dance.
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share their joys. He must be subject
TO call day or night. hear the tales of
woe, comfort the sick. officiate at we'd
dings and funerals and baptisms, make
his regular round of calls, prepare his
sermons and attend the services, reg
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to sacrifice himself and his hope Of
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