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Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-11-28

Rice ieg.tl rs performance as usual
and after about three minutes. opened
the carpet bag to get, as he stated, his
handkerchief. Then came a gasp of
feigned surprise and after a severe
shaking OF the bag, out rolled young
Joe Jefferson. a !'he audience fairly
shriekcd its app. oval. 1t may be said
with all truth that the greatest actor
America has ever known was fairly
thrown on the stage"
Rice recognized in the boy a worthy
rival, for his work that evening was as
clear cut, as distinct, as much imbued
with personality, as that OF any pro-.
fcSsional could have been
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-11-28
Appears in Chicago.

In 1888, the boys father, after
negotiations with the manager of a
theatre in Chicago, then town with
a population of q little more than
1000, journeycd to the city for which
such a brilliant history was just be-
ginning. =.
With him, over that memorable
journey by canal and on horseback
he took t;r 80, the family paving
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-11-28
The All Star Cast.


This version MIR. Jefferson used for
upward Of fifteen years, during which
time the possibilities OF the role Of
Bob appealed to him to such an extent
that he was continually making minor
improvements, and studying out and
planning generally reconstructed
version.
About .wenty years ago, Mr., Jeffer-
son finally completed a manuscript
of The Rivals. In it, he had eliminated
every talky scene and every super
tiuous word. He gave the play its most
delightful ending. and it was this
version that he used during the remain
der OF his life, and which he handed
down to, his son and nainesakc, Joseph
Jefferson, the fourth.
1t was this version that the famous
ali star cost used during their memoir
.t,itt y ofSe
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-11-28

Carefully he did his work and won
derfully we'll. too. The abrupt ending
OF the old play he changed and, thanks
to his effort, The Rivals can now boast
of graceful and beautiful epilogue.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-11-28

wou!4 s:p4t j the worlds greatest
comedian
10 the stranger he would casually
gentleman. straigh forward in all Of
his business dealings. and always
possessing an attitude that demanded
respect
II Other Ways.
In a professional way, he likewise
possessed dual personality, In pre-
pairing for the presenta ton of a PLAY,
he would cold bloodedly figure out
every possibility. He was thorough
master OF every bit of dramatic tech
niquc- He knew what was possible and
how to obtain it and it was this sort Of
careful preparation that made him
famous
On the other hand, when occasion
demanded it he vas the personifi.
cation oil spontanelty Almost unco1l.
sciously, he could grasp the possibilities
OF situation and extract from it tbs
comedy element CHS is, beyond a
doubt, wonderful talent. permitting,
as 1t does, its possessor to do what he
wants to do in an almost UNCONSCIOUS
manner
The possession of this dual per
sonality stamped Joseph Jefferson as
genius. He possessed those three
greatest things an actor can hope to
attain: a thorough knowledge OF all
that can be attained in tteatricals:
a knowledge of Just how they could
be attained, and the power of in
simultaneously grlsping q situation in
order that none Of the comedy points
be lost
The Young Joe Jefferson.
These different talents are the price
less heirlooms OF the sons, and to one
has been given that which was denied
the other.
Joseph has most brilliant under
standing of the technique OF the drama.
In this line. ne was always q most pro-
found student, and in it, he was greatly
helped by his father.
When the old gentleman was work
ing on a play. young Joe was his con-
slant companion. 1t was nothing else
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-11-28
Favored of Providence.

For business, ne has not thc slight
est desire and 70 enjoy himself is llSi
delight.
Aftci his worl. in the theatre
done, aud for a good!y portion Of
time before it has commenced agai,
his entire idea of his private lite &
to enjoy himself to the absolute liMi
Willie Jefferson is one of those lucta,
individuals whose geniality, wliol; .
soulcdiless and absolute loveablcneGs.
seems to have won the gods theplselvca,
and Providence takes forethought los
his welfare.
Every business venture in which
he embarlis seems to turn out success
fully and Joe insists that if Willie
fell down in a we'll, Willie would
probably find half-peck or so of lost
diamonds at the bottom.
Willie Jefferson is the happy-go.
lucky side OF his father, with all OF
the ilustrious sircs catch -as-catcll-
can methods, while Toe is the busi-
ness man, the artist, the planrer, nrd
the possessor of the fathers narvelou3
knowledge OF technique These arc the
mental lcgacies inherited by the young
men, Amen whose place on the stage is
already amply secured and whose
names will be long remembered.
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Comes to America

He came to America in 1897. bringing
with him carefully constructed
prompt-booIe OF The Rivals. This he
never personally used in America, yet
he treasured it and gave it to his son,
who was born in 1904
This young man was also narnet
! Joseph-after his father. This make
aARim Joseph Jefferson the sscond-al.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-11-28
A Joseph Jefferson.

Thomas Jefferson. the first. died
in 1907, leaving behind him wife
and two sons, the elder of whom was
calls Joseph He was born in l774:
A. young man, Joseph evinced de-
cided talent for the stage, and in 1895,
in very mediocre company. he por-
trayed Bob Acres in one Of the small
English cities, He appeared in the part
for several performances and then, for
some reason which is now unknown,
abandoned the play.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1908-12-19
EXTRACT OIL FROM PEANUT
Oil Mill to Engage in New
Industry.
PACKING HOUSES ARE PROPOSED
Capital City's Tag Day Nets $7S4
Commissioner Meredith inspect
ing Northern Railroad Dis
trict. Other Items.

AT the request of the Bureau of
Agriculture and immigration, Di-
rector Dodson, of the State Expert
ment Stations, has issued a bulle-
tin showing the result Of the investi-
cations made by the officials of the
State Experiment Stations in the cul-
tisation of peanuts, which the depart
ment Ia recommending as. a. nron.-sA-
! sss----~~.s-ssv svffr ABANDON the cnlfiER-
I ffion Of cotton on account of the
presence of the boil weeyil in this
state.
Already market has been estab-
lished for the peanut crop of the
state at Shreveport, where one of
the oil mills has agreed to put in the
necessary machinery of extracting
the oil of the nut and making a mix
ture of the meal and the hulls as an
article of commercial feedstuff for
cattle which is believed by the ex-
perts of the Depal tment of Agricul-
ture to outrGnk all otLer feedstuffs
In beneficial effects on stock. The
oil mill at Baton Rouge is making
Investigations in the direction of the
property of crushing the crop of the
section contiguous to the city and
will likely follow the example of the
Shreveport mill.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1908-12-19
CROMWELL MAKES REPLY.
Denounces New York World Story as
Fabrication.

q Fabrication.
New William Nelson Crom-
well. In long statement replies to
the charges made that the United
States bought from American citizens
for s40,00O,000 the Panama canal
property that cost these citizens only
s12,000,000.
After referring to the articles in
the New York World in regard to the
matter, and justifying President
Roosevelts" Characterization that the
charges were false, Mr.. Cromwell
calls attention to the fact that upon
the first day of the hearings before
the committee. in February, 1906, he
made an explicit and detailed state
ment. showing how the $4,000, 600
was paid by the United States
agents, to g,le Bank 81 / / s a. Is 7. tReir sir
is for account Of In1 rev
Canal Company, and also explaining
the subsequent payment of the full
amount to the liquidators of the Pan
anna Canal Company, who in turn dis
tributed the same to their respective
stock and bondholders, numbering
hundreds of thousands of persons.
Mr.. Cromwell also calls attention
to the fact that he further submitted
to the Senate committee detailed
statement of the disposition by the
Republic of Panama of the 100000
600 paid by the United States to
Panama in 1904, accounting for the
payment of the whole amount and
showing the investments and disposi-
ton by the Panama government of
every dollar.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1908-12-19
Hog Raising Profitable.

Colonel Charles Schuler, Commits
sioner of Agriculture and Immigra-
tion. says that the hog-raising indus
Try could be worked up to splendid
proportions in the country surround
ing Baton Rouge and that packing
house could be built and maintained
at profit if properly managed. Col.
Schuler is not only the head of the
agricultural branch of the state gov
ernment. but is farmer of wide prac-
tical experience and has perhaps made
a greater success out of the hog-rais-
ing industry than any other man in
the state. The farmers are looking
for something TO do besides raise cot
ton. Colonel Schuler suggests the
possibility of packing-house, and
the raising of cattle and hogs on the
farms to supply the packing house.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1908-12-19
TWO MORE VICTIMS DIE.
Aftermath of Battle Between Po-
lice and Fanatics.

Aftermath of Battle Between Po-
lice and Fanatics.
Kansas City, Mo.-Two more
names were added to the list of dead
as a result of the battle here be-
tween religious fanatics and the po-
lice, the total number now being
four.
Louis Pratt, the foremost disciple
of James Sharp. died and an hour
later Michael Mullane, policeman,
succumbed to his wounds. Mullane
suffered himself to be mortally
wounded because he would not shoot
a woman. According to witnesses he
lodged behind wagon when Mrs.
Sharp attacked him with revolver,
and though she continued firing, he
made NO resistance. 1t developed
that both Pratt and James Sharp,
who is still at large, assumed the IT,
tie of Adam Cod when preaching
in separate localities, but Sharp, as
founder of the sect, held the prior
claim to the title. Pratt professed
to have the same divine fire, but in
lesser degree.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1908-12-19
Taft talks OF THE TARIFF
Believes Honest Effort at Re-
vision Will be Made.
HIS CONFERENCE With CANNON
5 Prepared to Use Veto Power to
Keep Pledges. Asserts That the
Speakers Attitude is Not
Understood.

William H. Taft,
President-elect, said that it was his
belief that the House of Representa-
tives would make an honest and
thorough revision of the tariff" at
the extra session, which he is to- call
for that purpose upon his inaugu-
- taas - Ias4ssi sla-s- .,s.
Mr.. Taft S statement {, covering both
his interview with Mr. Cannon and
that with the Republicans on the
Ways and Means Committee, follows:
81 had an interview with Mr.. Can
non and with his concurrence and at
the suggestion of a member of the
Ways and Means Committee with the
Republicans of that committee, and
from my conversation with them and
with the discussion which followed,
and the examination which they are
conducting and expect to conduct.
have every reason to be confident
that they are keenly alive to the
resentatives elected to represent the
Republican party, to prepare an hon
est and thorough revision of the pres
ent tariff I was informed that they
have taken three times as much ev-
idence as has been taken in the pre-
paration of other tariffs, and that
they are going to make additional
effort and Independent effort to get
at the evidence themselves by the
use of subpoenas and under oath,
with a view of reaching the differ
ence in the cost of production of the
various articles brought within the
tariff here and abroad.
Il found them quite anxious for
as much harmony as possible, in
which l sympathized with them, and
prepared for consultation on points
of difficulty that might arise at any
time in the future. The plan is to
prepare bill on such evidence as
they have and will have in the course
of the hearings, and then to call for
evidence as to the items
whenever it should seem necessary.
Not only from conversations with the
members together, but with the men,
bers separately, I am convinced that
they are in good faith, going to pre-
pare bill which is going to be a
revision ON the basis of the
platform of the Republican party.
1.-The discussion covered other
things, like the Philippine tariff, and
I am very hopeful that there will be
no difficulty in reaching an agree
ment between the various people in
terested in them-those represent
ing the sugar and tobacco interests,
so that there will be no dispute and
that the matter may be incorporated
in the new tariff bill without an is
sue +"
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1908-12-19
TAFT plans TRIP TO PANAMA
COntemplates a Visit Before
Inauguration.
TO Stimulate A GREAT PROJECT
President Roosevelt and Secretary
Riot Approve Plan-Has An
other Conference at White
House.

Washington.-Wm. H. taft, pres
ident-elect contemplates a visit to
Panama before his Inauguration.
This visit is approved by President
Roosevelt and Secretary Root. While
it has not been finally determined
upon Mr.. Taft announced lat it
was his intent ion tnrs> -sa.as,
the port Of Charleston, S. G., prob
ably the last week in January for a
trip which will cover approximately
twenty days.
Taft's view, why the trip of the
president-elect to the isthmus would
be of decided advantage to the ad-
vancement of the project and con-
sequently to the United States.
President Roosevelt's visit proved
a decided stimulus to the work; the
three visits which Mr. Taft made as
secretary OF war were AL of advant-
age; there are constantly arising
and accumulating many minor tan
giles of administration and conflict
of authority, which the presence of
the president or the president-elect
might make possible of eliminating
with little difficulty.
Mr.. Taft feels that this is practi-
cally his only opportunity to visit
the isthmus during his forthcoming
term as president.
The journey, if made, would un-
doubtedly be on one of the navy's
best ships.
The only objection to the expedi-
ton which has been pointed out by
careful students of the laws and con-
stitution is that, pending the official
declaration OF Mr.. Taft as president
elect by the action of the electoral
college and his Inauguration as pres
ident there is no constitutional or
legal provision for the substitution
of any one else in case anything hap
pens to him in Panama. This objec-
tion is not regarded as Of sufficient
weight to detain Mr.. TAFT from a
journey which is regarded as essen
tial to the success of one of the big
enterprises of his administration.
The news of this trip followed a
conference with President Roosevelt
and again at the the white house at
luncheon and later with Secretary
Root. Further details of the Roose-
velt-Root conference were not made |
known beyond the statement by Mr..
Taft that the selection of his cabinet |
was thoroughly discussed.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1908-12-19
BY ANKLE AND FINGER.
Woman Wants $4,000 Damages for
Balloon Flight.

Kingston, N. Y.-The case Of Mrs.
Mary S. Roper, who through becom-
ing entangled in the ropes made an
involuntary balloon ascension at
fair, was begun in the Supreme Court
Monday. She demands $4,000 dam
ages. AS the bag was released the
trailing ropes took half twist about
the complainant's ankle and she
found herself being pulled violently
along the ground. In desperate ef-
fort to free herself little finger was
caught in a loop of the Tightening
rope. Suspended from ankle and fin
ger, thirty feet below the balloon, Mrs
Roper rose 400 feet in the air, and
while other women tainted at the
sight sailed along for half a mile, un-
til the aeronaut by skillful maneu-
vering brought the balloon and its
burden safely to the ground.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1908-12-19
School Improvement Leagues.

Miss Aniess Morris, State Organizer
of the School improvement Leagues
has succeeded well in her work. Two
parishes have been organized thor
oughly by her. In DeSoto and Acadia
Parishes improvement Associations
have been formed in every town, vii
lage and country cross road school
where there is more than one teacher,
and the work is bearing good results.
This work is undertaken to give the
parents a school conscience-to make
them realize that they are as much a
part of the school as the children.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1908-12-19
STATES A,iGHTS.

Contend That Laws of Common
wealths are Ample at All Times.
Washington.-The question of
state rights figured prominently in
the debate in the house of represen-
tatives on the bill providing for the
protection of aliens in the United
States in accordance with treaties en-
tered fnt0 WIN fdsaign powers. The
bill is designed to relieve the United
States from what was stated on the
floor by Mr.. sherleE, of Kentucky,
to be the embarrassing and often hu-
initiating position appearing from its
inability to make good the obligation
of its treaties for the protection of
the foreigners in this country.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1908-12-19
Charged With Bootlegging.

Deputy Sheriff w. C. Averett has
arrested Jim Jackson and Sol Roberts
negroes, on the charge of boot1egging
Jackson was caught in the act. They
were carried to Mansfield where jack
son turned states evidence and
brought in the name of young white
business. Officers Immediately started
for Logansport, with warrant for
this man, but they found the accused
had left.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1908-12-19
School Book Adoption.

A number of agents representing
the largest publishing houses attend
ed the conference of the Parish Su-
perintendents. The publishers went
for the purpose Of meeting the school
men and becoming acquainted with
the school book situation in the state,
as it will only be a few months now
before the school book adoption for
the next four years takes place. The
books to be used in the public schools
during that period will be selected.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1908-12-19
HOUSE AROUSED BY ROOSEVELT

Committee of Five Named to Deal
With Presidents Criticism.
Washington.-Immediately after
the convening of the house Monday,
Representative Perkins, of New York
introduced a resolution which had
been agreed upon, providing for the
appointment of a special committee
of five members to consider the prop
er means of dealing with that por-
tion of the presidents message
which criticises the course of con-
gress in prohibiting the detail of Sc
cret service men to do duty outside
of their own bureau.
The resolution is preceded by
preamble reciting some expressions
of the message. Mr.. Perkins said that
some of the presidents expressions
were unfortunate.
The resolution was adopted and
Perkins, New York; DENLY, Michi-
gan; Weeks, Massachusetts,; Will
liams, Mississippi, and Lloyd of Mis-
souri,, were appointed on the COM
mittee.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1908-12-19
Oil Lands Still Soaring.

Prices of land in the Caddo oil field
We're doubled on account of immense
transactions. including the disclosure
of the bringing in of a big well by the
Gulf Refining Company, who are said
to have armed agents keeping back
solicitors for information about the
well. Notwithstanding the heavy ad-
vancement of prices, between $4,000
and 100000 was invested in land
by the owners of the new WELL
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1908-12-19
Injuries From Canal Overflow.

Alleging that he is permanently
manned as a result of an overflow
from a rice canal, Lawrence Moses
of Mermentau, filed a damage suit
a .tainst the Mayvi..e Canal Company
of Jennings, La, for S16,333. Moses
recites that he had to pass over a
section of the road that was over
flowed by water from the defendants
canal, and that the front wheels of
MS wagon dropped into a ditch.
Moses alleges that in the accident
his right leg was caught in the
wheels of his wagolI and crushed,
rendering him a cripple for life.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1908-12-19
WHERE TO BUY COTTON SEED.
State Crop Pest Commissioner Fur.
niSheS Free Lists IN Farmers

nishes Free Lists to Farmers.
In order to assist the farmer in the
Weevil infested section in securing
seed of early maturing varieties of
cotton, the Crop Pest Commission has
for the past three seasons complied a
list of the farmers and planters of this
and adjoining states who have such
seed for sale. By this means the farm
er who is in need of seed gets into
touch with those who have it for sale.
The preparation and distribution Of
this list by the commission has prov
en- very popular and list of this
kind has been again prepared this fall
by the commission. This list, recently
completed, contains the names and
addresses of several dozen planters
having seed of early cotton for sale
and can be secured free of charge by
thn=aas... l-sesss - ton
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1908-12-19
Tag Day Collection.

The returns of the tag day col
lections in Baton Rouge were count
ed at the Istrouma Hotel in the pres
enoe of the ladies who took part in
the collection. The receipts for the
day netted s7S4, which, in view of
the financial conditions, is consider
ed good return. Through the kind
ness of Miss Sophie Wright of New
Orleans. the tin receptacles used in
tat city were used by the ladies
here
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1908-12-19
A $4,000 Sugar House.

The citizens of Labadie and of
Brulee Labadie, decided to form a
stock company of $4,000 to erect
sugar house at the forty-acre line
from Bayou Lafourche back of Laba-
dieville. The small planters of that
section will pledge their cane for ten
years to the corporation at eighty
five cents on the dollar, and about
ten or twelve thousand tons of cane
will be ground the first year.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1908-12-19
DUTCH SEIZE MERCHANT SHIPS
Two War Vessels, Cleared for Action.
Sent to StOp Venezuelan Trade.

Two War Vessels, Cleared for Action,
Sent to Stop Venezuelan Trade.
Willemsted, Curacao.-The govern
ment of the Netherlands has no in
tention of being negligent in the mat
ter of the blockade of the Venezuelan
coast, inaugurated by three of its
warships last week. Two battleships
left here for Venezuelan waters. They
have been cleared for action. Furth-
ermore, they probably will begin seiz-
ing Venezuelan merchant vessels thus
putting a stop to the trade between
Venezuelan ports. A clash between
the warships and the coastal forts of
Venezuela is liable to follow any rad
ical action, because the government
at Caracas has expressed its inten-
tion of firing on the Dutch ships at
the first unfriend1y act.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1908-12-19
MONEY FO.. PINE BLUFF.

Washington The chief of engi-
neers of the army, Capt. G. R. Lux
esh, says the balance of the $4,000
fund available at the beginning of
the present emergency is insufficient
for the protection work needed for
the safety of Pine Bluff against the
high waters of the coming winter.
Permanently relief, such as is essen
tial at Pine Bluff win require an ad-
ditional appropriation from congress.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1908-12-19
$1,000 an Honr to Fight Snow.

Montreal.-Thirty hours continu-
GUS snowfall in Montreal and through
out a large portion of the province
of Quebec gave the railroads and mu-
nicipal transportation companies
severe battle The Canadian Pacific
had half a dozen giant snow plows at
work on it's lines between Montreal.
Smiths Falls and Quebec, and the
other railroads were equally busy. In
Montreal it cost the city more than
$1,000 an hour to keep the streets
open.