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The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1908-03-01
CANNON IN DIiLEMMA
The SPEAKER FINDS HIMSELF
SCUARELY BETWEEN PRoHl-
ELTON AND LIQUOR FIRES.

Washington Feb. 29-Trapped by
a trick Speaker cannon finds him
self in the position of having either
TO cater to the liquor interests and
defy the prohihitunists, or bow to
the temperance element and throw
the whisky men overheard. The sit.
uation is embarrassing to one with
presidential aspirations. II is attrac-
ting the attention of the other as
pi ants, whose eyes are on the white
house.
The speaker does not believe in
prohibition, however much he may
believe in temperance. When bills
poured I'm at the beginning of the
session To- prohibit the shipment OF
liquor into dry states ne adriotly
ana quietly stcorcd them in the di-
roctiuu OF the committee ON judlCia-
ry lie knew they would sleep there,
or Uncle joe knows ultimately
the complexion OF every committee
and Just how far and i'm what direc-
ton hc can trust them. When the
storm of bills, mos of them ntroduc-
cd by southern representatives from
prohibition states. had spent itself
the speaker relaxed his vigilance.
Then 10 was Representative Joseph
johnson uf South Carolina awoke.
He Slipped up on the cOmplacent
speaker when he wasn't worrying
over prol,hfioH mHhcrs and put
I'm measure suggesting that It be
referred TO the committee on inter
state and foreign commerce.
The trouble started right there.
Representative Hepburn of Iowa,
is chairman of the committee. Also
Mr. Hepburn halls from a prohibition
district in rockribbel prohibition
state. and his prospects for coming
back are not nearly so bright as they
might be- For that reason Mr. Hep
hu % is depended upon to be Jealous
i'm regard TO the cause OF temper
mcc. without regard TO his consid
uutious ON loyalty toward the spea
tcr or his personal predictions to-
ward prohibition.
with this I'm mind. Representative
Gregg of Texas, went into the com
mite today and moved the Johnson
bin bee reported out fayorably The
motion was not passed upon by the
committee, but MIR. Gregg came away
+ with the promise that his motion
/ will be given fair and probably ia
vorable consideration. His activities
have brought together all the ad-
yocates of prohibition in the house.
/ irrespective of party, and the COM
mittoe is in Tor an interesting time
/ If 10 balks.
As for Speaker Cannon, he is the
/ center of interest Unwilling TO bow
/ tu the rod welded by the house, he
/ is afraid to stir mp trouble and ad-
verse criticism. Although autoclat OF
/ the lower house of congress, he is
/ first of AN, jus at the present time
very much a candidate for the re-
. publican nomination for president
/ And ne remembers the banetul eff
/ feet OF cUcktailks on the Fairbank s
boom.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1908-03-01
Democratic Possibilities.

"lf you democrats can't elect your
candidate this year you mig az
we'll just po out of the political
busiucss'
That is what one of the most prom
iucut republican senator's said 10
mo this morning after some chat
concerning the disscnsiOns now al-
parent I'm the republican party Today
100 Wa iugtuu nearly all of the
prominent republicans believe that
their party Is doomed 20 defeat in
the election next November You
can start iu the house office building
and work your way through commit
tee rooms To the senate annex. half
70 milo away and YOU will not find
one republican who Thinks thar the
outlook for his party is at all en-
couragng The fight I'm the Chicago
convention Is going to Dee bitter Wit
riolic The fight after the Chicago
convention is going 20 be- quiet but
very effective. II any body believes
that with Taft as the nominee. ONO
can be carried for the republican
party. he 5, ignorant of what the
Ohio politicians at Washington are
saying. lf anyone thinks that eth
cor Roosevelt himself the king of the
land. can hold the republican party
in the event of "A stampede, that
man does not know what republican
politicians are doing lu twenty
years the republican party has not
been so badly split as it Is today
and lbs most prominent members DO
not refrain from telling democratic
upNsuaupr men what they think
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1908-03-01
IN MN. L AlnnLl

Washington. Feb. 90 Special
10 begin with this Is not political.
II is mere matter of justice or
perhaps ethics. About two years ago
q steamboat carrying an excursion
part up the East river In Ncw York
was destroyed by fire and nearly
one thousand women and children
were either burned or drowned. The
disaster of the General Slocum was
one of the most cruel known TO his
tory iu the United States. When the
-IrroW'uE rrlahl,cs of those who
lost their lives lu this calamity
Thought to collect damages. which
could not by any possibility pay for
thc poignant sorrow which they sur
tered they found tuat under the
laws of the United States the com.
pauy vhic. owned the steamboat
was liable only tor the amount at
which the wreck could be valued
The wreck Vas worth possibly
twelve hundred dollars; nearly one
Thousand people died before 1t be
came wreck
That is one part ot tho story Yes.
trrday the captain of Ga, General
SluCum. man seventy two years
old blind aud tottcring with the
weakness of age was taken To the
pcnitrutary at Sing Sing to serve
a ten Years sentence. OF course this
means life sentence for man OF
his advanced age The owners of
t.o General Slo,um, who are owners
of other boats plying ON the waters
of Sew York have not been indict.
ed They are not sent to the poni-
trntary. although they are rcspousi.
bile for the condition ot the boat,
for the useless life prcscryers and
for the lack of discipline among
the crew. This poor old man is made
victorious sacrifice for the corpo
ration which employed him. The cor
uurauou when sued for monetary
damages for the deaths caused by
irs negligence, pleads the federal
statute which limits damage to the
value of the wreck But the captain
who did the best that he knew how
mo- doubt goes at the end of his
] life. after ne has passed the scriptu
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1908-03-01
Ahandon Historic Fort.

Washington. Feb. 29-Special.-
lu accordance with orders from the
war department, the abandonment or
Fort Reno, OKLA, one Of the most
histori, military posts OF the south
west. will bee made finally effective
tomorrow. The site will lie divided
into town lots and farms. The fort
has been occupied by troops for
mo.e than fifty years, 1t was from
Font Reno that General Custer
marched ON his famous expedition
into the Wichita mountains against
the hostile band of Indians headed
10y Iron Kettle
For many years the notorious In
dian clict, Geronimo, was held a
prisoner i'm its walls
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1908-03-01
Democraey's Opportunity.

There is no doubt whatever that
in this year the democratic party
has the best chance 20 elect "a pres
idcut t.at il has had since 1854. Nev-
cr before has the republican party
been so torn and rackod with dis
scusiou. Ever since 1896 the voters
have been told that nard times are
always the result of democratic pow
er Today We are oucountcriug the
most serious financial depression
that has been known since 1898. And
10 is the eliminating point OF rcpub.
licau policies Juat have been i'm eff
feet for more han fifteen years.
We have today a deficit i'm the treas
70 as "a result of republican logis-
latun. We have a financial striugeu-
q felt all over the country, though
the republican party has been in
power We have a lack OF employ
moul for working men, though they
were promised by the republican par
ty a fun dinner pail We have a lack
of business So that every great do
plrtmout store is cutting down its
force of clerks, md ho adyorisigg
which IL gives 20 the newspapers.
The railroads are laying OF trains
ANA putting useless engines and
lro ght cars into the round houses
and ou the .-dotracks with the plea
SAINT label of Teddy Bears" I'm
brief the country cuuirOuts "a period
off commercial depression such as
has not been known for almost a
generation and 10 follows swift upon
twelve years of uninterrupted control
of the white house, the senate and
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1908-03-01

as President Roosevelt calls it is
not nearly the menace to increase
i'm population that deaths among IN
fants are. And eight out of ten OF
these deaths are directly or indirectly
caused by bowel troubles, McGo''s
Baby Elixir cures diarrhoea, dysen-
terry sour stomach and all infant all
ments of this nature. Just the thing
for tcething babies.
Sold by +. D. Ramsey.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1908-03-01
Thousands Perish.

Thousands perish every year from
resulting from cold.
Foleys Honey and Tar cures the most
rackng coughs and eXpels the cold
from your system and prevents con
sumption and pneumonia. II has
cured many cases of ucipient con.
sumption. Sold by all dealers d&w
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1908-03-01
Silver Aluminium jelly MuuIdS Free,

Individually Nodded desserts are u.w cons l,red
the proper thing. The mouds are hard 90 get
OUTSIDE the large cities, but users o. JEll-O. The
Dainty Dessert can get them absolutely free.
Circular u each package explaining and Illustrating
the different patterns JELI-O is sold by all good
grooers al Joe. per package DO not accept sub.
sututs or you Will be disappointed.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-04-04

performance ought to give home peo-
pie the preference.
The Fifteenth Infantry band viii
give the following program tomorrow
at y. M. on the Fort Douglas plaza:
Coronation March, Die Folkmger'
..................... Kritschmer
Grand selection from Carmen" Bi2et
Noctmne, THE Monastery Bells" Wely
Quartet from III Rigoletto" Verdi
Dance of the Hours from La
Gisconda' .."::..::....,. Ponchielll
Many Salt Lake citizens who met
Senior and Sonora Alberto Jonas. while
they were visiting in this city from
Detroit several years ago, VIII learn
with regret that they have separated,
after achieving much success as in
structors at Berlin. Sonora Jonas is
now located in New York where she is
being well received, and has opened a
studio there for instruction on the pi-
ano. Parties who claim to know, say
the occasion of the separation was q
feeling on Mrs. Jonas part that she
was not receiving her mede of pubic
recognition. the greater part of winch
she thought went to her huspah4'
while she was comparatively neglected.
Senior Jonas has certainly made
great reputation at the German capital
Mr.. and Mrs. Harold orlob have
reached salt Lake and win spend sew
ernl weeks with the old folks a.
home" Mr. Orlob is bringing his bride
ON her first visit to this city, and she
Is greatly charmed With her expert
ences. The young composer himself.
hears evidences of hard work and VIII
devote some time to rccuperating. Since
he was last in Salt Lake two years
ago, he has had a most strenuous ca,
rcer, writing music conducting and
managing. a good part OF his time
having been given to the Shubert Bros,
productions.
Joe Tueller of Montpelier. Ida. Is I'm
the city visiting old friends and TO
attend the musical festival Mr.. Tuel-
Ter is an old pupil Of Prof. Mcclellan,
and has been teaching piano in south
ern Idaho for over n year.
The appearance Of Mrs. Wetzell's
ladies' chorus at tho recent Ladies' Lit
orary club meeting. attred in academic
caps and gowns, was found To be nl
acceptable innovation IN ladies' choral
work; so IL viii probably be continued,
particularly when college songs are 20
be given.
Franz Wagner of the Chicago orches-
ira heard little Joseph GIVE play
Thursday. He was so pleased at the
child's performance that he promised
10 send him cello bow from Chicago
one that his son formerly used. Master
Clivc Is the son OF Prof. w. G, Give.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-04-04
SHARPS and FLATS

pianists viii be Interested I'm the new
edition Of Llssts first concerto Just is
sued by Schlesinger i'm Berlin for II IS
edited by Eugen d'Albert who VAS u
pupil OF List and who has embodied
in fOonotcs all the hints regarding this
work which Ijsat gave him ana his
other pupils in 1852. lie corfects some
serious errors especially regarding de-
tails OF tempo, that have gained cur
rcnoy.
The amazing iapidity Win which
Italian composers used 10 turn out
operas Is ilustrdnted by tho exclamation
of Doni2etti when he heard thar Rossni
had written his Barber OF seville I'm
three weeks, Yes; I always thought
he was lazy Fellow" SleGfried Wag-
ner seems IA be omulHting these Itnl-
inns. Scarcely had his latest opera
boon hoard--on condemned when II
WAS announced that he was hard At
work on still another score, the sub
Iect helng Dietrich son Bern, who Is
represented In German legend as hav-
ms been a more powerful hero than
the Segfried lmmorialized by Richard
Wagner Referring tn Siegfried Wag-
ner'a Industry, a Berlin critic says il
reminds him OF Mines "Xwangyolle
PLACE Mum ohne NwoclS"
There was time when Paris WAS the
Mecca OF all neutrality-suspicious. sing
ers, and composers Of all kinds. Tho
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-04-04

A lady who has had some yoata OK
pcrience as conductor of feminine or
chestras in England, writes this iere-
miad 10 London Truth.
The non-success of SO many ladies'
bands Is entirely the fault OF the ia
dies" For the most part they are we'll
nigh impossible 90 deal with. They
won't rOheGrse regularly thcy won't
stick together long enough To do any
good, ana they throw over the most
important engagements. without n
word of warning, if something better
turns up. That ,hey have accepted
the first engagement counts for Moth
Ing, Tho faNorite work with
these orchestral players is that in
hotels ana restaurants, Socially, II Is
The lowest KIND of work but they like
1t, because SO little rehcarsiug Is neces-
sary, Personally, l consider IL a. sad
sight 10 see girls of gentle birth con
tent 10 play ia restaurunts--oftcn
dressed up I'm some ridiculous costume
when. II they would stick together ga
an orchestra, ana give concerts. they
could earn their living iu a self-rr-
spoctng manner The concert plat
form, the garden party tho mt home"
and, perhaps, the very top class of
exhibitions, these are legitimate spheres
for refined girls Ia work in and not
IN public restaurants and eating
houses. Yet, though work Of the hct.
err class Is available In plenty, IL is
next 10 impossible 10 secure the SER
vices of those willing 10 work IN a way
TO make IL . success.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-04-04
HOW no AVON APPENDICITIS

Most victims NJ appendicitis are tbo.e
who are habitualy oonstlpated. orino
Laxative Ffuit syilp. cures chronic con-
stlnatlon by stimulating the liver ana
bowels and restores the natural action
OF the bowels Oriuo laxative Fruit
Syrup does not nnnsaato or Erpe ana tx
mild ana pleasant 20 take Refuse s,,h
stliutea e j I'M Drug CO., '"rhe Never
Subgtitutnrs
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-04-04
MUSIC TnANsposnp

Copied and arranged for an instrn.
mehts ana voices Music published ON
royalty. q. II. schuster Music Publish,
ing company IL West North Temple.
Salt Lake city, Utah.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-04-04

Prussian offenbach. the Polish Chopin,
the Italian Paganini, the Saxon Wag-
ner, the Hungarian LisZt-al sought
fame and fortune in the French capt.
tai Having recently revisited Paris.
Mr.. August Spanuth contra.:ts Din the
Staats-Zeitung) the present with that
glorious past. when star casts We're to
be heard at the opera every night. Con-
cert music, he admits, gets as much
attention as formerly, If not more:
Berboz was much more neglected
than his so much smaller followers are
today But the opera is not what 1t
was. 1t has vast fund at its dis
posal, and the untraVeled Partisan stin
believes 1t to he the best opera In the
world; there are few great, but there
is fine ensemble.
The entire amount of contributions
to the MacDoWoll fund of the Mendel-
ssohn Glee club To date, and the i'll
terest on bank deposits amounts 10
S39,u2.1S. The cost of administration
of the fund. together with the money
paid ON behalf of MIR. MacDoweu dur
Ing the period from May 1906, to date
amounts to $lO,7SO, leaving Il balances
of S2s,932.ls. This amount of money
Is now ON deposit IN the Columbia Trust
company of New York. T.. c. Benedicr
Is the treasurer OF the fund, and the
trustees are Frederick q. Bourne. Ben
1amin Prince, Allan Robinson. Herbert
J.. Satterlee, and Isaac n. Seligman.
The sum of sos 932.lS less some small
expenditures that have still to be made,
VIII be turned over To the Edward
MacDowell Memorial association, or
which Richard Watson Glider is presi-
dent, and Benjamin Prince * treasurer.
The Edward Mac Dowcll Memorial assoc
citation mas been organized 10 admins
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-04-04

hAAE ohOhh1Ah1 w NlECE SIAGE FAVORlIE'
Miss Julia Hay the
Winns Hour now Its twentieth
o
OF
n The
Miss
recently
life
of her father having been
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-04-04
MU SECIANS'
DIRECTORY Y.
EDWARD P. KIMBALL.

Assistant 0rganist Of the Tabernacle,
Organist First M. T.. Church studio
~ South Main ST. Bocslcy Music CO.
Residence Telephone Bon .JlG s., Studio,
Bel $50 a.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-04-04
MARGARET RoBERTsoN-KERR.

Pianist and teacher of piano, harmony.
musical history Ind Phone 2SlS. Bell
2jslz Studio 7Sl +. LIST South.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-04-04
H. A. MONTGOMERY.

Teacher OF slide Trombone, Conet
Baritone and all Band Instruments.
Studio ~ Coalter's Music Co. 20 South
Main street. Boil Phone SIT Y.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-04-04
GEO. CARELESS.


Lessons in Voice Training. Violin,
Plano. Cabinet Organ. Harmony and Sight
Reading. orders may be left az Fergus
Coalters Music store.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-04-04
ANDREW BOWMAN.

hNIliOliNs
BEL CANT0
Yt4ouutifttl giewiuuA

Leto vocol Instructor nt the American
ConStervaiorN uf Music, Chicago, Songs
ln English French and Italian. Free
voice test studio COO Templeton Resi-
denoc Bell phone 1851.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-04-04
HUGH w. DoUGALL,

Teacher OF Voice Building, Interpreta-
ton oratorio and Opera. Studio 6iS-l9
Templeton Bldg, Bell phone 1872 red.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-04-04
L. A. ENGBERG.

Teacher OF Clarinet. Agent for Cundy
Bcttoney Co, Clarinets and Flutes
studio g Brunswick Ave Ind Phone 3aai.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-04-04

There was a time when Paris WAS the
Mecca OF all neutrality-suspicious. sing
ers, and composers Of all kinds Tho
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-06-07

II don't know what it is, thank you, !" l said; but
l don't drink it. Aunt Louise would pass away if
she me drinking anything like that. Ill have
sandwich, and-would you mind "a little milk.
Mr. Rathburn threw back his head and laughed.
"Of course you shall have milk, he said. . might
have guessed your preference. But really Miss
Crotchett, the milk isn't half-no, nor a hundredth
part-so delicious what am drinking
1t suits my country palate BETTER. | said.
Even as milk, I'm afraid it isn't very good. he
said: whereas what drinking is the best of its
kind
Il should like to see the ROOM if you please
said. 1T is getting late.
Why sure enough!' he said with an air of great
surprise I'm afraid have forgotten how fast the
time is passing.
With that he took me through some beautiful
rooms. l can't tell you, Delphine, what soft, dim,
deep coors they had, how they made my heart
ache with sense of how ignorant l of pictures
and rugs and books and statues and all the wonderful
things that people have made in the ages past and
making to-day in the cities of the Old World,
which suppose shall never Then to
two unfinished rooms
These rooms" Mr. Rathburn said are the ones,
and want you to do here you did when you made
that little love nest for your nice suburbanite and
his English love,-l want you to furnish it to suit
yourself"
1T is a different matter" said l. That other
the A of decoration. l understood it. You
burn. l couldn't furnish these rooms so that they
would be in keeping with the rest of your home
What you do will suit me- y he said in that way
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-06-07
HAGADoRN HALL, Chicago, Ill.

n belphne! | felt it in my bones when
wrote you last, that l should be making
mistakes. l told you l got too heady.
I'm ashamed to write you about all that
has happened to me; and yet when have told
you you will see that if l was to tell anybody, 60
it must be you. l have no friends here to n
whom l would confde such thing, and |
know better, l hope, than to worry Aunt
Louise into her grave.
There was one man, my dear at that little
dinner Mrs Wilkinson gave, of whom | said
nothing to you. He was quiet, handsome,
we'll bred man, whose politeness had some
thing little towel, little too italicized
about it. Everyone paid great deal of
attention to him and when he spoke it was
signal for the others to listen. He was witty; .
and he was soft and hard by turns. He said T
very little to me, and forgot all about him. =
But the other day he sent for me. He wished =
to see me professionally, he said. l went to
his office and he told me he had heard from
Mrs Wilkinson that was extending my work,
and that | had taken to decorating houses.
my efforts through the wrong end of the glass "Al
I've done Mr. Rathburn, said, " is to settle coy
little cottage out in the suburbs That was the
kind of thing could do easily not, because no
particular knowledge of decoration or furniture was
required. The place is comfortable and horny.
had only to play fitting it up for myself but
l wouldn't think of doing anything fine or elegant.
looked around his offices, and my dear, they
were perfect. Mr.. Rathburn is sort of special
1awyer-patents something like that. But even
l. who know little about offices, could see that
everything he had just right.
Well he wouldn't take no for an answer 'At
least he said, come with me to look over my
place
DIDN'T know how to refuse. He had way of
speaking as if he was used to having people jump
When we got down in the street, there big
red automobile standing there, and he bowed and
motioned me to get in. You know, it may seem
strange but never had had a ride in an automobile
Delphne, and l was glad to go. But just as | was
getting in caught glimpse of the chauffeur eye
It was blue Irish eye, of the kind that has end
of fun in it. lust now however, it not funny
1t was-well really Delphne, though think am
getting so 1 can express myself little better than
used to, l really could not tell you what l saw in
that man eve 1t made me stop for moment.
Then Mr. Rathburn said, - Let assist you,"
and got in.
| was all tucked up in robes and we flew away
down the boulevard toward the south. 1t was only
four O'Clock in the afternoon; but the smoke was
thick the city, and already the lights along the