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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-09-16
ANNUAL CONVENTION HELD
Mutual Improvement Associations of
Weber Stake Meet in
Ogden,

AT the regular annual convention of the
Mutual Improvement association of the
Weber stake, held here yesterday, Thorn
as Hull of Salt Lake, a member of the
general board, suggested that the young
men OF this state erect a building at Og-
den, after the order of the Young Mems
christian associations throughout the
country, the same to be fitted up with a
gymnasium, reading rooms and other con-
Veniences, SO that it might be used to keep
the young men away from disreputable
places. The suggestion met with a re-
sponsive feeling from the local board, but
no definite action was taken. The ques-
ton will again be brought up at a later
date. when it is expected that preliminary
steps will be taken
Another matter of Importance was the
decision to change the dates of meetings
throughout the county wards from Tues
day to Sunday evenings. In the city.
however, meetings win be held on Tues
day evenings as in the past.
The attendance at yesterdays cOnVen-
ton was the largest in the history of the
association, tWenty-siX wards sending full
delegations. Sessions were held at the
Weber stake academy and the tabernacle
In addition to Mr.. Hull, there were pres
ent Mrs. Nellie c. Taylor, Mrs. Emma
Goddard and James II. Anderson of Salt
Lake. also of the general board
Al the young mems meetings the sub
jects discussed were; preliminary Pro-
grams" by James NJ. Barlow; Monthly
OlllCtIS meetings. Dg ". HATES LII
provement Fund" by Joseph II. Belnap;
Books to Be Read as Part of the Liter
airy Program" by Earl Pardoe; Improve
ment Era" by Willard Scowcroft These
subjects were generally discussed by Mr.
Hull and Mr.. Anderson.
The topics taken up by the speakers
before the young ladies' meetings were:
Discussions in Convention, by Miss
Marion Johnson; Officers Meetings" by
Miss May Higginbotham: preliminary
Program" by Mrs. Elizabeth Culley; tMu-
steal Work" by Miss Elda Pingree; THE
Indifferent Girl" by Miss Bertha Nickels;
Library" by Miss Belnap; The Differ
ence Between Ethics and Religion" by
Miss Genet Peterson; How Are We Go
ing to Assist the Girls in Obtaining Tes-
timony?" by Miss Maycock. A general
treatment of these subjects was given by
Mrs. Taylor and Mrs. Goddard
At 1880 .ast evening joint session was
held in the tabernacle Addresses were
delivered by Mr.. Anderson and Mrs. God
dard of the general board.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-09-16
CHANGE FOOD
And Lose That Uneasy Feeling.

A man who has always been a
skinny chap" although hardly ever
i'll. tells of the way he put on flesh and
reduced his irritability and nervous
condition.
BY chance he had a taste of Grape
Nuts food at the table of a friend and
enjoyed the flavor so much that he
began TO have ii every meal. He says:
I'm a short time I found myself an
other person, the old feeling of discon-
tent and uneasiness left me entirely, it
became a pleasure TO go about my
work, whereas before for years / had
always had the feeling of being a little
weary, but now ] seem to have a sur
plus of energy for everything, my
weight has increased IL pounds in four
weeks, and am still gaining.
II have never been very sick and am
satisfied if my present improvement in
health continues, / shall not be-
1.-The change that this food has made
in my life has been remarkable, and Sc
satisfactory that / am glad of the op-
portunity to tell. you" Read THE Road
to Wellyille," in pkgs. There's a
Reason
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-09-16
CELEBRATION IN MEXICO.
Ninety-second Anniversary of indie
pendence of the Republic.

Mexico City, Sept. 15.-The ninety-sec-
ond anniversary of Mexican independence
was inaugurated at sunrise today by the
booming of cannon and the parading of
many military bands through the thor
oughfares of the capital. Today also is
the seventy-seventh birthday of President
Diaz, The principal streets are elaboT-
ately decorated with the Stars and Stripes,
the British Union Jack and the German
and French cOlOrs, intertwined with those
of Mexico.
At II o'clock today President Diaz APP
reared and rang the liberty bell, then
touched a button which lighted thousands
of incandescent lights throughout the city.
Bands are playing in all the parks to-
night.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-09-16
MRS. MARTINEAU
DIES SUDDENLY
Stricken Suddenly While Pre-
pairing Breakfast for Fam
lily in Her Home.
BLOOD VESSEL IS CLOGGED
ONE OF MOST PROMINENT Wo-
MEN IN SALT LAKE.

Mrs Lyman r Martfneau. the wife of
i. r. Martileau. one of the leading cit
liens of Salt Lake. died suddenly at 8
O'Clock yesterday morning ct the family
residence, 9lS Logan avenue.
Mrs. Martineau was apparently in the
best of health when she arose in the
morning and busted herself with prepar-
ing breakfast for the family. While work
ing in the kitchen she was stricken and
fell into the arms OF her son. Lyman,
who was standing nearby She died be-
fore medical aid could be summoned. Her
death was due to what is known as cere-
hrai embolism, or the stoppage OF blood
vessel in the brain.
Mrs Martineau was widely known and
beloved and her untimely death came as
a distinct shock TO the entire community.
Mrs. MaTtineau was born in Logan,
March 2, 1863, and was the daughter OF
W. p Preston. Her mother was sister
of Moses Thatcher. She was married De
cembeF % 1881 TO L. II. MaTtineau. She
is survived by her husband. six children,
two brothers and two sisters. One OF her
brothers. W. b. Preston, Jr, was drowned
at Logan about three weeks ago. An
other brother Lee Preston, is I'm Wyoming
and Samuel Preston is resident OF Salt
Lake Her sisters are Mrs. o. w. MOyle
and Mary Preston of Salt Lake
OF the children two, Mrs. K. A. Cris-
mon and Mrs. c. A GOwans, are married
and reside in Salt Lake. The other chill
dren are at home. They are L. r. Mar
tineau, jr-, Preston Martineau, Marina
Martineau and Allen Martineau-
The funeral services will be held at
noon on Tuesday at elS Logan avenue.
The body will be taken TO Logan on the
same afternoon on the o. S. L. train leav-
ing Salt Lake at 4 o'clock and the inter
ment will be in the Logan cemetery at
noon Wednesday. There will be no serv-
ices in Logan
central committee of the Democratic
party.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-09-16
TWENTY-FOUR DEAD
AND MANY INJURED
Continued from Page !

been completed and it became known that
the number of dead was tWenty-four.
Twenty-Five of them were taken by train
TO Concord and two were sent to this
place
Before the removal of the bodies four
teen had been identified.
The accident was not without its heroes,
and one of these was Frank Ryan,
brakeman on the express. Ryan was
caught in the wreck and had an artery
severed. He was unconscious for nearly
fifteen minutes and when he regained
his senses his first thought was for the
Montreal express, which he knew was
laundering down on the wreck. In a
few words Ryan told of the approaching
danger and the Montreal express was
stopped only a quarter of mile from
the rear of the wrecked train. The pas
sengerS on the Montreal express also as
sisted in the work of rescue and the care
of the wounded. Among the West Canaan
farmers who aided was Benjamin Briggs,
who was one of the first at the scene,
and two hours later he drew out the
body of a woman. On turning up the
face Mr.. Briggs looked into the features
of his mother and almost collapsed from
grief
the north and was on her way to Boston
Unknown Boy Dies.
The unknown boy who was taken TO the
Margaret Hitchcock hospital here, suf-
fering from arm and leg fractures re-
ceived I'm the Canaan wreck, died tonight
making the number OF deaths from the
wreck twenty-five.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-09-16
MORAL CODE IS
NOT FAVORED
Views of Mrs. Annie Besant,
Recently Elected President
of TheoSophiSt Society.
CONVENTION AT CHICAGO
JOURNEY OF THE LEADER FROM
ADYAR, INDIA.

Chicago, ILL.,, Sept 15.--Mrs Annie Be
SAINT of Adyar. India. the recently elected
world president of the theosophist society,
declares strongly against the adoption OF
a moral code, sO-called. a question that
mas agltated theOsophists for some time
past. The question was debated at some
length: but no definite action was taken.
Mrs. Besant declared In the commence
ment of her address that ali the theoso-
phiSts are one in their ed gerness to raise
the moral tone of the society. Where the
members of the society differ. she said
Is on the question, Shall moral ideas be
enforced bV Dpualtv mr. NOT ~
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-09-16
Valuable Barn Burned.

Shortly before o'clock yesterday after
noon a barn belonging to Mrs. Elizabeth
S. Oakley at 149 Twenty-sixth street, was
destroyed, together with its contents, by
a fire of unknown origin. The building
was a wooden affair and was very dry.
BY the time the firemen reached the
scene the entire structure was enveloped
in flames. A large quantity Of household
goods, a new buggy and other stuff stored
in the barn were almost totally destroyed.
For time the house was threatened, A
spark set fire to the roof but the blaze
Roadway and easily extingushed. The
loss will be between $500 and 81 200, with
no insurance.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-09-16
VOLIVA CHOSEl OVERSEER
One Faction of the Followers Of
Dowie to Settle Upon Ranch
in New Mexico.

Chicago. Ill, Sept. 15.-Wilbur Glen Vo-
Iva was formally elected general over
seer of the Christian Apostolic church
for life by the general conference held in
a tent at Zion City today. The vote or
662 was pronounced unanimous.
In his speech of acceptance he an
nounced that a mass meeting would be
held tomorrow at which time he would
make known his plans regarding the pill
grimage to the ranch in New Mexico
Containing 1900 acres. where the new
Zion City is TO be founded. He further
stated that he would have to have $1,000
within the next ten days, and called upon
his followers to contribute. The faction
in Zion City headed by John Lewis named
by Dowie in his will as his lawful sue
cessor, will hold a general conference.
Numerically 1t is not so strong as the
one headed by VOliva, but it is said to
have greater support from the affiliated
churches throughout the world.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-09-16
HARRINGTON DISGUSTED.
Hoosier Author Observed Things
While in Europe,

New York. Sept. 15.-BoOth TarkintOn.
the author-dramatist, who has just re-
turned from Europe in an interview today
discussed the snares set for the Americans
by the Europeans.
Il am ashamed of my fellow Ameri-
cans" said Mr.. Harrington.
II speak of that class who have more
money than good sense, who plan to mar
nv his daughter to the impoverished for
eigners. The fate of pure-minded Amer
lean girls intrusted to the keeping of
some of the male harpies one finds in the
capitals of Europe is enough TO shock the
hardened senses of even an American
king of finance"
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-09-16
WRECK ON UNION PACIFIC.
Thirteen Freight Cars Ditched, Six
Going Over Embankment.

serious freight wreck occurred near
Castle Rock. thirty-seven miles east of
Ogden, on the main line of the Union
Pacific, shortly after 10 o'clock yesterday
morning. In all thirteen loaded cars were
wrecked and traffic was delayed for
more than ten hours. The wrecked cars
were in a westbound train and were load
ed with coal and steel rails. Six of them
rolled down a steep embankment and the
balance piled up in a tangled heap Of
wood and iron on the track. Wreckers
from both Ogden and Evanston were sent
out to clear away the debris. The Over
land Limited, the Los Angeles Limited
and Fast Mail train No. were all east
of the wreck and did not reach Ogden I'M
til late last evening.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-09-16
Mrs. wInsIow,s soothlna sxrup

Has been used for YEARS by MILLIONS
OF MOTHERS for their CHILDREN
WHILE TEETHING. with PERFECT
SUCCESS. 1t SOOTHES the CHILD.
SOFTENS the GUMS, ALLATS All
PAIN. CURES WIND COLIC, and Is the
best remedy for DIARRHOEA. Sold by
Druggists in every part of the world. Bs
sure and ask for Mrs. Winslow's Sooth-
ing Syrup" ana take nc other kind
Twenty-Five cents a bottle. GUARAN-
TEED UNDER THE FOOD And
DRUGS ACT. JUNE S0th. 1905 SERIAL
NUMBER 1898.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-09-16
REBELLION IN CHINA.
Troops Have TweIVe-Hour Engage
ment With insurgents.

Hongkong, Sept. ia stubborn twelve
hour engagement occurred yesterday be-
tween troops and insurgents at Ltngshan
City. in the prefecture of Yung Chow
tv miles from Kwagaf and relieved the
CITY. The insurgents, who are moderate
lv we'll armed, have severed Geographic
Communication 1t is reported that the
leaders of the movement are emgrants
1sbo have returned from the Straits Set
cement. where they obtained their mill
tarv stores. Gunboats are patrolling the
coast 10 nreyent smuggling.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-09-16
HOME FOR BOYS
TO Be REOPENED
NeWhouse Institution Will Be
in Full Swing by This
Evening.
ALREADY THREE INMATES
WAITS FIND REST AND COMFORT
AND KINDNESS.

The Newhouse home for boys will be
reopened today. under new direction and
with a larger equipment ard scope for its
activities. The official opening will take
place today, but three young waits drift
ed in yesterday and were housed as the
alternative to their sleeping another night
IN barrels, freight cars, empty wagons or
other favorites of the juvenile Wanderer.
One of the boys is only about 10 years
Old but has had an experience in Salt
Lake City which Josiah Flynt or Pro-
lessor WycOff might well envy. He is
already an authority on the various beats
of the police down by the Rio Grande =
toward which the Salt Lake homeless are
wont to drift. He is an authority on what
prominent citizens are most careless
where they leave their wash out or laun-
dry windows open. He is an authority on
the best places to dispose of half-Dint
whisky bottles and burlap sacks, and
could issue a work on boards as bed
quilting.
The little fellows father was killed in a
railroad wreck about a year ago, and last
month he was rendered entirely homeless
by the death of his mother. He has never
held job of any sort and at one time in
the days Of his prosperity was in the
fourth grade. 1t took some effort to wean
him from a desire to continue his peripa-
tetic existence and to turn him toward
the delights of the respectable. He is
however. now content and properly
bathed, although the latter process used
up couple of cakes of soap, and the
bath at 49, North Main had to be gone
over vita a street scraper afterwards. His
only authorized quoted remark thereafter
is on the color of his feet after the proc
ess; They look like they were dead he
said.
Interested at Meal Time.
He hasn't got any clothes to put on. as
those he wore had practically rOtted away,
so he will have breakfast in his room to-
day while Miss Margaret White makes an
excursion up Main street to make a few
purchases which will relieve his embar-
raSsment He is very much interested at
meal times just now. He had ceased to
believe that any other method ofSfeeding
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-09-16
METEOROLOGICAL REPORT.
Record at the Local Of
flee of the Weather Bureau.

Maximum temperature, 70 degrees; min
imum temperature. 80 degrees; mean tenn
perature, 81 degrees, which is j degree
below normal; accumulated deficiency OF
teuperature since 1st of month, 8 degrees,
accumulated excess of temperature since
Jan /, SO degrees. Relative humidity at
d. m, % Total precipitation from p.
IN. TO p. m, none; accumulated deflc-
iercy of precipitation since LIST of month,
Is inch; accumulated excess of precipita-
tion since Ian 1 81 inches
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-09-16
WORKING ON THE
ELY PROSPECTS
Men Busy in the McDonald-El
After a Shutdown of
Two Weeks.
CHAIRMAN CROSS-CUTTING
GIRoUx CONSOLIDATED MAKES
TRIAL RUN.
Especial to The Herald)

Ely New. Sept 15-Reports from the
local mines are to the effect that large
forces of men are engaged in developing
the properties. Work has been started
again in all the shafts at the Mcdonald
Ely, after having been partly closed down
for about two weeks. A sixty horse
power boiler and pump have been deliv-
cred upon the property and it is the in
tention to open up bodies at a slightly
greater depth This company is the only
one known, with the exception of the
Giroux, that is using air drills. Seven drill
compressors have been fitted up at the
old Robust mill, where they have had q
steam plant installed.
1t is understood that the Success mines,
which are under the same management,
are looking fine. These mines are con-
trolled by Salt Lake and Ely parties
At the present time there is cOnsidera-
bic round timber being delivered to the
mines from the Duck creek country, as
we'll as from Steptoe. 1t is much cheaper
for the companies to buy round stulls than
to use. dimensiOned lumber. At one time
there was a Sawmill in the vicinity of
the Success mine, and it is from this dis
trict that most of the stulls are being
hauled.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-09-16
CPittsburg Press.)

THAT was rather sighting" said
Senator Beveridge of a certain speech.
Adams butler.
when L was a boy in Adams coun-
~, Judge Blank was taken very I'll.
The doctor called regularly, but the
judge kept getting worse and finally
the crisis came.
THE morning after the crisis the
doctor rang the judges bell at sun
rise.
I hope your masters temperature
is lower than il was last evening? no
said 10 the butler, anxiously.
{" Pm not so sure about that the
man answered. He died, sir, in the
night
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-09-16
OGDEN NEWS
Office Washington Aysnus.
Ogden, Monday, Sept. 16.
office. 24s4 Washington Avenue.

lice, the Salt Lake papers to the con-
trary Notwithstanding The people must
select another standard-bearer; / cannot
accept, and if l am elected, in spite of
this declination I will refuse to qualify
and serve. That is as plain as can state
my refusal to stand for mayor this fall
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-09-16
Baltimore American

(BaItimOre Amerlcan.I
Fond Mamma "a little anxiously)-Don't
you think the baby is a trifle-well, high
cOlOred2
Tactful Family Friend inspecting the
lobster-tinted infant)-Oh, he's only what
one ought to expect from the offspring OF
such a literary man as his father.
Fond Mamma (brightening)-Wha &
that2
Tactful Family Friend-He's just we'll
red.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-09-16
Relations Do Otherwise.

None of the great religions" said Mrs.
Besant, has a penal code enforcing its
commandments by exclusion from its pale
On the contrary they regard it as a pri-
mary duty to try to improve their evil
doors, not to cast them out Some reIi-
SiOns excommunicate on ceremonial
grounds, but we presume that the theoso-
phical societies do not wish TO copy
their examples. Religions leave to the
civil power the punishment of offenses
and strive to reform and purify rather
than expel. Shall the theosophical So
ciety descend below the level common to
religious bodies and proclaim itself in
repd0
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-09-16
FATE.

TRANSLATED for Transatlantic Tales from
Maggendorfer Blatter)
Marie, how does it happen that just
now saw you giving your sweetheart my
cake and Wine?"
II don't understand it either, for I COW
cred up the keyhole."
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-09-16
PEACH DAY AT BRIGHAM.
AUGUST 18th,

Excursion via o. S. L. Round trip
Sl.25. Special at s a. N. Free peaches,
free melons, free grapes and miscel-
laneous fruits Of ali kinds. Special pro-
visions for entertaining visitors.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-09-16

A carnival of fruit Sept. IS at Brig
ham City. Free peaches, watermelons,
cantaloupes and grapes.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-09-16
Enough to Finish Him.

a prominent Republican yesterday
called attention to the following portion
of the Glasmann statement and said that
this should be enough to drop him from
now on:
81 appreciate very much the mention OF
my name for the high office of mayor. l
have served the people of Ogden In that
capacity for two terms, or four years. l
tried to give the people a good admins
tration during that time. The people have
tried another man for mayor during the
past two years, and now to ask me again
to assume charge is great compliment.
L feel grateful over the request of the
people of Ogden for me to again assume
charge of the city government. 1t is q
complete approval of my actions of four
years as mayor of Ogden, and, under or
binary circumstances, / would heed the
voice of the people. The circumstances
and conditions are not ordinary, but ex-
traordinaTy, and for that reason l must
decline the nomination of mayor by the
Republican party. l do not want tha Of
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-09-16
THE SALT LAKE HERALD: MONDAY, SEPTEMBER Is, 1907

for humanity is possible than hobbies
once a day. For the benefit of the unfn-
itiated, hobbies are coffee and dough-
nuts. the latter of a particularly sticky
consistency, warranted to kill ones appe
lite as If one put it up and shot at it.
They, or it. can be acquired at several of
the more secluded lunch rooms of Salt
Lake for the modest sum of 8 cents, III
sufficient quantity for a normal being
never to want another meal The subject
of this sketch, who is particularly desir-
Gus of maintaining his alias until he ac-
quires a little more position in the world,
is going out to rustic a job as soon as he
can do so without being pinched by the
police or q living picture show. Anybody
with ideas as to where the job is to be
can reach him in care of Mr.. Reynolds,
the superintendent.
The other two already admitted are old
friends of the superintendent, who used
to be the head of the Morris school. where
they were from time to time when they
were not classed as elsewhere" pupils of
his fourth grade. One is an enigma,
whose identity Mr.. Reynolds refuses 10
disclose until he has convinced certain In
dividuals that mercy and discretion are
the better part of Juvenile Justice
No. 8, who blew in rather late at night,
has a job already and is a paid boarder.
He works in stable and draws five per.
As he is II years old and quite competent,
and there is better job in the gift of the
home for such a lad, Mr.. Reynolds who is
in addition TO his theories on juvenile
bringing up practician of no mean abil-
ity, has given the lad as his first advice
the suggestion that he hold his boss up
tomorrow for a raise to six per. This
made No feel SO good that he suffered
a bath and went promptly to sleep in a
real bed. dreaming of the day when he
would buy out Tom Mccoy and swap
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-09-16
Al D. woopEoRp DEAD.

Kalamazoo, Mich, Sept. I'm. d.
Woodford. former president of the Gin
ctnnati. Hamilton & Dayton railway, died
here today.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-09-16

Remodeled and better equipped than
ever to serve the highest quality of
luncheons, with prompt service, at the
Royal Cafe.