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Los Angeles herald., 1907-02-17

Cheer up, Tacomans, it won't rain
long. Already the skies are ready to
smile on you.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-02-17
MUSICAL NEWS
Moritz Rosenthal Coming

AHORITz ROSENTHAL is the sixth
wv event in the Philharmonic
course and comes to Simpson
auditorium on Monday evening, March
4, and will prove the assertion that he is
really "the king of the piano"
Los Angeles herald., 1907-02-17

A little wetness now and then is rel
ished by the dryest men.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-02-17
Leroy Painter Recital

Leroy Painter, the violinist, will be
heard at Gamut auditorium Wednesday
evening, February 27, in a recital pro-
gram assisted by Abraham Miller,
tenor soloist, with Mrs. Loud at the
piano.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-02-17

wollaber said it would be cloudy
yesterday. 1t was; and then some.
Better half a guess than none at ALL
Los Angeles herald., 1907-02-17

are to blame for Senator Savage; both
helped to elect him.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-02-17
Notes

The C. S. de Lano Guitar, Banjo and
Mandolin club will give its annual
Los Angeles herald., 1907-02-17

The Japanese war scare is over. Fid-
dler Schmitz has surrendered.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-02-17

Here's the glad hand for the Tacoma
visitors.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-02-17

Perhaps IT rained just to make the
Tacomans feel more at home.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-02-17

Who'll be the next man TO spend a
few days digging the canal?
Los Angeles herald., 1907-02-17

The Merehant-If you had saved your
assistance.
The Old Besgar-I wouldn't miss the
honor OF this conV0fsatton. sir. for any
Los Angeles herald., 1907-02-17
Population of Los Angeles. PSI, 1854

Rather welcome rain, eh?
Los Angeles herald., 1907-02-17

There be many men Of many minds
but few mind their own business.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-02-17

Gold heels are the fashion on women
shoes. Thus do they trample Nth,
lucre under foot.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-02-17

CIRCUMSTANTIAL EVIDENCE
A Stanwood, IA, citizen who was
here Saturday says that there is pc
culiar case there that is puzzling the
doctors. A year ago a needle entered
the waist of young lady. 1t had been
sticking on the inside of her belt. Re-
Gently it worked its way out of the
arm Of n Mechanicsville young man
who makes frequent visits to Stanwood.
Clinton Qa.) Advertiser.
A Massachusetts man pawned his
glass optic for a drink. He must have
wanted an eye-opener.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-02-17
PI LINES AND PICK UPS

class soap as a drug or a food. It's
a drug in the market to lot Of fellows.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-02-17

A Denver girl yawned so hard she
broke her neck. Denver should wake up
Los Angeles herald., 1907-02-17

Mrs. Russell Sage has given S1,00O,0O0
to college that didn't ask for It.
Where'd she find one?
Los Angeles herald., 1907-02-17

QUESTION OF WORTH
Palm-what's the difference between
an optimist and pesslmist?
Pepper-The former has money; the
latter wants Il.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-02-17

ISN'T TT so?
Might never did make right" they say;
That's funny,
But any man can see that might
Makes money,
Which after airs our base OF right
Eth, honey?
A man who called on the president to
talk over the weather was arrested.
And yet we arc told that the weather is
n proper subject Of polite conversation.
They must have awful weather in
Washington.
The small boy Is disappointed. The
proposed prohibition OF child labor will
not extend to work in the school room.
-
The Kansas legislature proposes to
abolish capital punishment. Mere liv-
ing in Kansas is penalty enough.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-02-17

THOSE DEAR GIRLS
Poppy-I have decided not to marry.
Magnolia-No one ask you to, dear?
Los Angeles herald., 1907-02-17

A Kansas paper reports n goose Il
years old. 1t never laid the golden egl
or It would have been killed.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-02-17

The man who shouted "Vote for
Thawl" as the jury passed him was
shovellng snow. OF course he favored
a thaw.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-02-17

Manufacturers don't know whether to
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1907-10-30
Group of Hospital Building, a. thu pr.sens tin,


One of the opinions that have heard frequent
ly expressed is that the work will never be salts
lactorlly and rapidly carried completion until
contracts are let for sections of the canal and
private capital is interested AS long as the gov
eminent is paying all the bills there is going to
ne feelln9 among at least good many OF those
employed that it does not make much difference
how long the job lasts and there will be no very
general strenuous effort to make the laborers do
decent day work. but let there be a
prospect OF some firm contractor losing big
forfeit ON account of failure to fulfill a contract
and ! think some means would be devised to oct
DAY 5 work out OF even Jamaican negro After
WatchlnS them at work | can realize the truth of
the statement made by of the foremen that
the task OF making them do even a fair DAYS
work is that bids fair to drive one to drink or
the insane asylum.
Try to force gang to reasonable effort and in
dul@e IN the lurd language that the case seems to
inspire only results in some dusky individuals
Strengthening up with insuted dignity and saving
You mustn't talk to me like that, boss Use a
British objec, | is"
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1907-10-30

Perhaps the placing the enterprise in the hands
of the United States Army will in some measure
solve the problem
The health conditions upon the Isthmus have
probably never approached those alleged by some
who have been down here and returned telling
tales of the awful death rate and the funeral
train making ten twelve trips per day to
Monkey Hill and they have no doubt improved
greatly during the past year, still they far
from what might be desired. There is now very
little yellow fever and the percentage of deaths
is small but there is good deal of malaria,
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1907-10-30

Zone.
Governor Magoon seemed to be an excellent ex-
ample OF the right man in the right place. hui
name, diplomatic as a man must be to get along
With the natives, full of energy and gentleman
In the fullest and truest sense of the word and
although | mingled freely and talked with all
classes from the governor to the jamaican labor
ers never heard him subjected to a word of UNI
favorable criticism. Personally very sorry
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1907-10-30

progress and splendid final results.
One of the things that no doubt
caused more or less delay was the
clash OF opinion in regard to the type
OF canal that was to be dug. | under
stand that for some time before the
final decision was made the president
and house We're in favor of lock
canal and that certain influential
members We're in favor of abolishing
the canal commission and placing the
control in the hands of the president,
while the senate favored the sea level
type and the retention of the com
mission.
The president at first favored the
sea level canal but perhaps, through
the influence of the minority report
from the International Committee
that was appointed to look over the
ground and decide upon the type he
finally changed and came to favor the
lock canal.
Mr. ISham Randolnh chief enpi-
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1907-10-30

neer OF the Chicago Sanitary Board, was mem
Der of the committee and always stood out for
the lock canal and the construction of the earth
Dam instead of masonry. The original plan
to build a masonry and concrete dam at Bohio
but | believe that it has been finally decided to
build great earthen dam Gatun which is
several miles nearer the Atlantic side
This dam is to extend about seven thousand
feet between the hills on either side of the
Chagres river. 1t will be nearly half mile thick
at the base and high enough to safely hold back
the waters of the river to eighty foot level.
The earth will of course be supplied from the
excavations above
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1907-10-30

to see him transferred to Cuba although it is No
doubt wider field for his genius if coula NOT he
but a loss to Panama.
1t is somewhat ancient history now but per
maps 1t Will not be out of place to say something
OF the lsthmus in regard to the resignation of
Mr. Wallace as chief engineer. His retirement
was made public about the time that | left New
Orleans in 1905 and the interest i'm the matter
was at its height when | reached Colon
The higher officials, of course would say little
or nothing in regard to the matter but it was
easy to see that there very little sympathy
with the caustic criticism to which Mr. Wallace
was subjected and his .dgnifed and self contained
reply made very favorable impression The
feeling very strong that his efforts to act had
been handicapped by too much red tape 1t
seemed that man who was big enough to as
sumo the vast responsibilities of such an under
taking might have been trusted to purchase few
hundreds of thousands of dollars worth OF ma
terlal that was needed for immediate use and
account for the while the men were enioy-
Ing the benefit OF the Improvement, instead of
sending in requisition which must pass through
various hands and finally be OK'd by some clerk
in Washington with one-tenth the responsibiliiy
and salary. No one would advocate the giving
any man free hand with government money. it
would inevitably lead to graft and corruption
Expenditures could be watched and accounts care
lully audited but every business and con-
tractor knows that many times there are emer-
sehcles where things to be effective must be done
at once and red tape is very expensive An opin-
ion that | heard expressed many times was II
don't blame him for resgning."
have been called to account at the close of
lectures for suggesting that Mr.. Wallace was not
wholly In the wrong for resgning as he did, and
am in no position to know what his personal
and political reasons We're, but leaving those out
OF the question feel sure that there were condi-
lions which might have made him wish to do so
II he had had no other position in sight People
realize now that he did some great work upon
the problem and think that all agree that he
mad an able and worthy successor yet he also
found things so little to his liking that he sew
cred MS connection with the vast undertaking in
spite of the great honor that would come to the
man who could successfully complete this stu
pendous engineering feat. | know practically
nothing of the reasons for Mr.. Stevens severing
his connections with the Canal Commission but
they must have been such as to appeal very
strongly to him or he would not have done so
This loss of two heads who We're depended upon
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1907-10-30

to carry the work to completion was decided
setback to the progress of the work upon the
lsthmus and it would that the change of pol
Icy and appointment of Lieutenant-Coonel Goe
thals to the chief position upon the Canal Com
mission was the most logical and satisfactory So
luton of the problem. An army officer in the
employ OF the government will hardly feel as
Tree to resign from the task for personal reasons
and Lieutenant-Colonel Goethals has certainly
proven his ability an able and resourceful
engineer, so | think that we may look for rapid
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1907-10-30
The Poet Liar

lis midnight, and the setting sun
Rises far in the glorious west.
The rapid rivers slowly run:
The frog is in his downv nest:
The pensive goat and festive cow
Hilarious hop from Dough to bough
Marvin
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1907-10-30
French Drydock above Colon in Process of Enlargeme

year an epidemic of smallpox the latter being
largely confined to Jamaican aborers and ma
tives and is made difficult to cope with on ac-
count of the general effort conceal the cases
Among the whites the health conditions are
perhaps good as can be expected and large
proportion of the sickness among them is due to
dissipation or extreme carelessness. The Amer-
can who comes here, keeps sober and follows
we'll known precautions need have but little
fear of serious illness. Pneumonia is very preva-
lent among the blacks simply because they are
so careless. They will work in the rain or sweat
till their clothing is wet through and then lie
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1907-10-30

ments In regard to the commissary department the
truth OF which | have no means of determining
but when man says to me- 81 do not see why
we are paving fifty per cent more for some com
modify than few months ago and yet are receiv
ing an inferior article the brand of some
staple article has been changed and the quality
has suffered. it leads one to feel that the man
whose influence places the orders is perhaps not
quite disinterested.
AS compared with the wholesale graft pra4e-
llced by some of the French agents these things
are very insignificant and I do not believe that
lhey are even the beginning of abuses which
could Jeopardlze the ultimate success of the en-
terprise.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1907-10-30

down in draft without any change
clothing. The result is often pneumonia
and that means almost certain death
Reports of the work and conditions by
those who have been down to study con-
ditions vary from the description of
most stupendous and magnificent piece
OF work which is being planned and exc
cuted in the most approved manner. by
writer's who have probably received
their impressions by association with of.
ficials who very naturally did not wish
to make bad impression, to those who
have made the most sweeping charges
of incompetency, graft AM manipula-
ton to attain private gain.
AS in all cases of this kind | feel sure
that the truth is to be found between the
two. magnificent and stupendous task
has been undertaken and there are men
who are putting their best effort into it's
accomplishment and the results of their
effort are apparent, but it is no doubt
true that there is some truth in some of
the accusations of incompetence and
graft. | hear some yerv sweeping state
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-09-15
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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-09-15

An auction sale is the main novelty in
The Movers" The furnishings of a
very luxurious residence are sold under
the hammer at 1.-THE OF their cost
The house is invaded by rabble. The
family retreats from room to room. hu-
INFLATED. hopeless. until the half
crazed husband shuts himself I'm an
apart ment and the audience hears the
pistol shot that kills him. To the end
of the second act, and up to the suicide.
this play is cogent engrossing and eff
fectual. with Vincent Serrano and Dor
pthy Donnelly as the husband and wife.
During the intermission the talk about
IL was that here we had a social prob
len drama as good as THE Lion and
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-09-15


Martha Morton Cohn and Grace IiV-
ingston Furniss are ladies in weli-up
circles OF New York fashionable socie-
~ with a literary tinge to It, They
a re writer's of many plays, too. BY
chance they both set out to write stage
expositions Of the evils OF modish ex-
travagance so simultaneously that
1.-The Movers" and THE Man on the
Case" were introduced only one day
apart But there was more than that
of separation in the nature of the two
works. One is tragical and the other
fareicaI. It is Mrs. Cohn who, in The
Movers" points her moral by driving a
spendthrift to suicide. He is a Wall
street operator. so close TO millions in
his business that thousands seem in
significant and so he gratifies his
Eighty young wife's costly desires un-
til bankruptcy halts his recklessness at
home and in the street.
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1907-08-13
OLD BAY STATE
AT JAMESTOWN

NORFOLK, Va, Aug. 13.-The Old
Bay State and the Old Dominion,
through their chief executives and
other representative citizens, exchang-
ed salutations at the jamestown ex-
position today.
1t was Massachusetts, day on the ex-
position calendar, and a large and in
fluential delegation from Massachu-
sets, headed by Governor Curtis Guild
was on hand to celebrate the occasion.
Formal exercises were held in the
Auditorium, with addresses by the
governors of Massachusetts and Vir-
ginia, President Tucker of the expo
sition and Colonel Thomas Livermore,
president OF the Massachusetts, COM
mission.
Open house was kept all day at the
Massachusetts building. which is a re-
production Of the historic old state7
house in Boston.
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1907-08-13

Ex-senator Carmack of Tennessee
does not take kindly to the SUCCESS
ton of some of his friends that he
should become a candidate for the dem
ocratic nomination for vice president.
He says he doesn't want the Job.
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1907-08-13

United States District Judge lands
who imposed the famous $29.000,00e
fine upon the Standard Oil company, is
now mentioned as a possible candi-
date for the republican nomination for
governor of Illinois.
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1907-08-13

Carl F. Kuehnle, former law partner
of Leslie NJ. Shaw, is one of the latest
gubernatorial candidates to appear in
the Iowa campaign. While he has not
formally announced his candidacy, his
political friends declare he will be in
the race.
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1907-08-13

Winston Churchill, the novelist, who
has entered politics and who was a
candidate for governor of New Hamp-
shire last year. has developed strong
political convictions, and his friends
expect him to figure prominently in
national affairs before many more
years go by.
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1907-08-13

OF the seven men whose names are
now most prominently mentioned in
connection with the republican nomi-
nation for the presidency, six are iden-
tilted with federal official life at the
present time. And the seventh, Leslie
M. Shaw, only recently retired from
the presidents official family.
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1907-08-13

New Jersey republicans are quite as
much at sea as to the platform for the
coming gubernatorial campaign as on
the selection of their candidate. They
are particularly afraid of the excise
question. The Bishops law, with its
no-screen clause as a guard against
Sunday opening, may. they say, cost
them the support of some of the
strongest republican counties.
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1907-08-13
DAILY MARKET REPORT

Peach Plum-Per basket, soc.
Egg Plant-Each. 1oc.
Fish.
Chinook Salmon--Per pound, $50.
Halibut-Per pound. 1870
CraAs-Eaeh. CSC.
Codnsh-Two pounds, Sec.
Fresh Herring-Per pound, 13Kc
Shad-Per pound. 15c.
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1907-08-13


Marion Butler, formerly United
States senator from North Carolina.
has come out for President Roosevelt
for a third term.
Major John c. Hemphill is out for
the seat of United States Senator Lati-
mer of South Carolina. Major Hemp
hill belongs to an old South Carolina
family and is known as a scholar and
an orator of rare attainments.
The Brooklyn Democratic club has
called conference Of democratic gov
ernors to meet at Brighton Beach the
latter part Of this month to consider
"encroachments of the federal govern
ment on the powers Of the states.''
Ex-senator Carmack of Tennessee
does not take kindly to the SUCCESS
ton of some of his friends that he
should become candidate for the dem
ocratic nomination for vice president.
He says he doesn't want the job.
United States District Judge lands
who imposed the famous S29.000,000
fine upon the Standard Oil company, is
now mentioned as a possible candi-
date for the republican nomination for
governor of Illinois.
Carl F. Kuehnle former law partner
Of Leslie M. Shaw. is one Of the latest
gubernatorial candidates to appear in
the Iowa campaign. While he has not
formally announced his candidacy, his
political friends declare he will be in
the race.
OF the seven men whose names are
now most prominently mentioned in
connection with the republican nomi-
nation for the presidency, six are iden-
titled with federal official life at the
present time And the seventh, Leslie
M. Shaw, only recently retired from
the presidents official family.
| Winston Churchill, the novelist, who
has entered politics and who was a
|
shire last year, has developed strong
political convictions, and his friends
expect him to figure prominently in
national affairs before many more
years go by.
1t is interesting to note that only one
member of the house Of representatives
| hoe raoobad tho rraSidauc1y af tho fima
/ of his incumbency in the house. That
was James A. Garfield of Ohio, who
was one of the best examples of the
dark horse" candidate which the his
tory Of the country affords.
New Jersey republicans are quite as
| much at sea as to the platform for the
coming gubernatorial campaign as on
the selection of their candidate. They
are particularly afraid of the excise
question. The Bishops law, with its
no-screen clause as a guard against
Sunday opening. may, they say, cost
| them the support of some Of the
strongest republican counties.
In view or the FAIRBANKS candldacy,
1t is interesting to note that only three
vice presidents have been elected to
the presidency when they held the
lower office and none of these since
1886, when Martin Van Buren, was the
successful standard-bearer of the
democratic party. To find the other
examples of successful vice presiden-
tial candidates for the presidency, it is
necessary to go back almost to the
foundation of the republic, when John
Adams was elected as the successor
Of George Washington, and when
f, Adams was in turn succeeded by Vice
President Jefferson. So that If Vice
President Fairbanks succeeds in win
ming the presidential nomination and
election, it would be almost without