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Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-09-05
Slim w oman Wins

STYLE is Feminine power. Granted. Tho
thinner one is tho more stylish" says
tue drqssniakers. Then TO be powerful
or attractire as female. one must he
+ . calender female. This would lntNe been
sad news for the fat woman. q year.
ago, but today she is not so sad, The
fat reducing prospect is not 50 terrible.
Dieting and exercising that failed her.
before can be dispensed with. for now
she has ,MarnlolR Prescription Tablets,
an, effective quantity OF which costs
only "a cents, TO fall back on. AS these
have reduced thousands OF women all
over the United States without causing
WRINKLES stomach distress. or the least
Interference with ones habits, she feels
toerably secure of success tablet
after meals and at bedtime. is all most
fat folks find necessary to take of
pound a day.
All lrst-eiass druggists are familiar
with and fill the following prescription.
viz; * ounce Marmola. i ounce. Fluid
Extract Cascara Aromatic and 3ia
ounces sirup Simplex, and us these tab
lets are an exact duplicate of this fa-
nous receipt they may, of course, be
used With entire confidence; They are
Detroit. Mich, and are identical with
the celebrated prescription given above
in every particular except form.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-09-05
PORTRAIT OF MRS. EDWIN F. HOLMES.


The art treasures Of this city have
been considerably enriched by the re-
cent arrival OF a splendid portrait Of
Mrs. Edwin Z. Holmes, by the great
Chartran, who has been universally
acknowledged as one of the leading
artists Of France. BY some, he has
been accorded first place among the
portrait painters of Europe.
Col. and Mrs, Holmes became ac-
duainted With NJ. Chartran last year.
during their stay in Cairo, Egypt,
where he had gone to recover his
failing health and to avoid the de-
mands upon him for portraits of dis
tinguished sittcrs. He had no inten-
ton of doing any work there, but be-
came 50 Interested in the personality
OF Mrs. Holmes and her possibilities
as portrait subject, that he felt Il
renewal of his desire to paint, and
went to work with all his old time
zcst and enthusiasm. The result is
IL superb work that ranks among the
best efforts of his life and must al.
ways stand as masterpiece in art.
The peculiar genius Of Chartran is
difficult to describe. His portraits are
renowned for their beauty and fascin-
alton as we'll as for the subtle insight
they reveal in the characters of his
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-09-05

He offered II fresh from its Chinatown
storage to the Mount Vernon Asso-
citation for the modest sum OF $4,000
SECURED FOR MOUNT VERNON.
The regents Immediately became ox-
cited The vice regent for Michigan, In
her annual report for 1897, says
The council may remember that two
years ago photographs We're sent to MI.
Dodge superintendent of Mount Ver-
nom of Washingtun's old stage coach
Since that time every effort has been
made to find the coach, but it has lain
perdu until quite recently, when il WISH
tor from Harlem, ~. a., gave Mr.
Dodge the address of MI Frye. who. he
asserted, had purchased the coach at
the sale OF the effects of Captain Ben
jamin Richardson, a collector OF relics
who had originally owned it,
In 1888 the vice regent reported $50
received for the coach fund. But this,
was far from the $4,000 demanded,
and the regents We're urged to raise
the money. However, in the negotia
tons with Frye some one wanted the
authenticity of the coach established,
whcieupon Eyre dropped his price from
$4,000 TO $3.50 and sealed the bargain.
The coach was then repaired and sent
to Mount Vernon. Facts as here gone
over are irrefutable, and are borne
out completely. When the matter was
referred to the department Of historic
cal research of the Carnegie Institute
of Washington. j. Fran ;on,
under date of Feb. 10, 1908, said:
Il have been asked to act as q
referee with regard TO two csnrhs for
which the claim is made that they
belonged to General Washington The
only evidence to show that the coach
now at Mount Vernon was once the
property of General Washington is the
deposition OF Elizabeth Steele, an
ancient serving woman, who testified
in 1876 Of matters relating to the period
lSl2-1S50. No rules of historical evil
dencc would permit one to attach seri-
GUS value 10 her Statements when con-
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-09-05
the minister himself in his "Old
Churches, Ministers and Families In

the minister himself in his "Old
Churches, Ministers and Families In
Virginia.
His old English coach, in which
4 himself and Mrs. Washington not only
road in Fairfax county, but travelled
through the entire length and breadth
OF the land, was SO faithfully ex-
ecuted that at the conclusion of that
long journey its builder, who came
over with it, was proud to be told
by the general that not nail or
screw had failed. 1t so happened, in
way need not state, that this coach
came into my hands about fifteen years
after the death of General Washing
ton.
In the course of time from disuse,
It being too heavy for these latter
days, 1t began to decay and give way
Becoming an object of desire to those
who delight in relics. I caused it to
be taken to pieces and distributed it
among adlnirng friends of Washington
who visited my house and also among
a number of female associations for
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-09-05

removed some time between 1917 and
1925 and replaced by the present low
coachman's seat, with arms like a chair
/ built thus to prevent the driver from
| being jolted out.
! This alteration was done by George
Heyberger Of Philadelphia, his name
| still appearing on the springs on which
the seat rests. 1t is a seat wholly out
of keeping with the rest of the car
| riage in the fashions of the century
| In which 1t was built. Furthermore,
| it is shown that in lowering the seat
| the ancient feed box has been utilized
as platform upon which to fasten
| a new seat, thus destroying its use
funess as q feed box.
This. however, did not disturb Mrs.
Powell, as she no longer used her car
riage for long journeys. but only church
going and in visiting, so there was no
need for Carrying provender for the
horses
This explains why the coach as en-
hibited to-day has low seat and the
ancient but useless feed box, Mrs.
Powell died III 1880, after which time
Colonel John Hare Powell. her heir
seldom used the coach. but kept it
in an old coachhouse at Powelton for
quarter of a century,
Some time afterwslrd the Powels
moved from Powelton, and Colonel
Powell stored IT,, old coash With Will
liam Dunlap II coach builder of Phil
adelpkia. In 1855 Colonel Powell gave
the coach to Mr. Dunlap as a relic OF
antiquity. Mr.. Dunlap always denied
1t wsts Washington coach, although
it appears he rented it on several oc-
casions 10 circusas, shows and parades.
In 1871 or 1872 John Wananlaker of
Philadelphia Wished TO purchase Il if
he could be satisfied ii was the Wash
ington coach. Investigation. however.
showed that ii was not: that the Wash
ipston coach had been taken to pieces
by Bishop Meade many years before.
A1IruEN-rIt,1,ry Ic oI,rsrTo>rr,I,
nssnitn tta+ II 49,, s,,,,a,.,, 80 y,
,,avo ha,o,gsl ~ f,srnr.,l w. -,
tho J,,p,l.,- pnIu,l i[a1,, S,,,.int, 5 -
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cons ,bsifiop III ~ ,,a{, t,.,ji1,I,,
and vas nl,rarls5 observation-disclosures
IVhi,, r,,,.,;t,t y i !, i,
tb carr,aa e anner ara its ti,an o,nn,
nrofting III IN. ,an,,tatiJ,,; '+i,a sc,,oi,
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advertisal /, Va e ~,
roa,sh lie r.s,iea ~, no ..t.,t,,,a,l+ 80 90,
ss,.,.a,t f,,,,,if,.,,. "a a. ~ ~,
Eou,a, ,-bn s.id Ia 49,, t,a,o -,
sd 10 Mr. 1yashf,,etIn aitbo,,.,, tr,
sub, 1890 ~,
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III. toacl, ,rba nos,ch .nis ~,
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p.d,,s Washington Relics
DOs Al Mount Vernon.

seat and about a foot lower than the
floor a large feed box. capable of
containing at least q bushel of oats.
The history OF each was traced down
as follows:
The Washington coach In 1902 came
into the possession of George Washing
ton Parke Custls of Arlington, after
ward becoming the property of Rev
William Meade, bishop of tho Protest.
ant Episcopal Church OF Virginia. The
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-09-05

Trajectory 10 those made explicitly by
members Of the Powell family In the
letters above referred to-
I, Several persons have now gone deep
ly into the authenticity OF the bed ex
hibited as the bed on which Washing
ton died" They have evidence to show
that it is the third bed on which he Is
said to have died
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-09-05
LABOR DAY HORSE RACES.

$500. Tt goes to the winner OF tho
three cornered match race at the La
hol day horse races. Fair Grounds,
Monday O'clock Horses, Willetts,
Alzama, and Lizzie Bigstaff.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-09-05

benevolent and religious objects, which
associations at their fairs and on other
occasions made large profit by con-
5yerting the fragments into walking
sticks, picture frames and snuff boxes.
About two thirds of one of the wheels
thus produced $40 There can be no
doubt that at5its dissolution 1t yielded
more to the cause OF charity than it
cost its builder at its erectlon.''
Thus far does the record show for
the Washington coach
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-09-05

" -
OF knew hin,
of Utah in the department still later
70 we tSews learn
tuard asth and that he viii
ynr Wo Years at TIE at Paris and in his
WORT @ sarhonne university a final eli
tso months greatest European galleries
3 With sietchcs aaa taxing portfolio
and ~ ta 9rinci aa France
critics ne 8 paintings some of which
NJ u Rsauges uar rf5 r3 ,IshlS {. soa,nlsnds e.
@ academy in s eistne lion OF being
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-09-05
ANOTHER IS SUBSTITUTED.

Taking the Powell couch. it is found
that Mrs. Powell, after the death of
Mayor Powell from yellow fever in 1893
used her coach daily in going to church
and IN visiting the neighboring gentry.
AS she and her coachman grew old to-
gether he had the high driving seat
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-09-05
BEDS FROM $50 TO $500

The cuts show a reproduction OF a
Louis XVI Suite, which is the latest
creation of the cabinet-makers' art.
These suites in Mahogany are very
stylish and will add wonderfully to the
appearance of your chamber. We have
a very nice assortment of Colonial and
French Suites in Oak, Mahogany, Tuna
and Walnut, as we'll as a large line of
odd Dressers and Chelfoniers. Let us
give You our price on q Phoenix" Bed
and Chamber Suite,
You cannot touch them in this
city either as to quality or price.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-09-05

"AoI1INITUN NEHICLE.
n coaches were identical, except
~ ~! General Wash!ngton's was ornam-
,.'s ~. Mltn four medallions painted
s,prlan' and representing the four
sasohs, one on each panel of the
;aen, ana with his coat OF arms en-
, Ias on the doors. The Powell
nv, on the contrary. had plain
las's, with the Powell arms emhlaz-
ned on Its doors. $50
l.aen coach had a high driving seat
ppfoprlate to state coaches Of thai
'9u' hach coach had beneath the
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-09-25
POLITICAL POINTERS

Pittsburg Special to New York World:
 The United states Steel Corporation, which. ", J; Bryan accused of backing ,, .n. 100000 m men n to work before election.
 The murmurs of discontsnt on the part of steel workers have frightened the cam. by iron and steel manufacturers have re suited in offering jobbers and and dealers long line Of credits if they will order ins from week to week to supply the de-
 The steel corporation proposes to start purposes. S % it is reported. and the rumor is generally credited here. Excluding the raii mills, all idle plants in Ohio, Indiana, west Virginia and illinois are being repaired m order to start by october l. Work is also to be pushed at Gary. Ind.
 Colonel Ed g. waterbury of Emporia IS having heaps of trouble getting an lnde, pendence party state ticket on the oi,ieia' na s. hopes to secure the requisite number
 His troubles broke out in new place to- posed ticket served notice of withdsawaal;, They are: Price Sturgeon. for presidentiai elector; John g. Beecher. for neu.ensn.r a.a r,, of state; Thaddeus Knox. for state tressu. Ter: Samuel Talley. for SUPERINTENDENT ol education; A. " Mevey' raiiroaa s s S9mm,s- rsan, =. all of whom. 1t appears, live m oranam County leaves a gaping hole in MT. Water- bury's proposed ticket. ,.. .. ..n,,on viii support the Democratic ticket. Steven son . t @ ss sdpa. k sn oi psty sns men Indianapolis. Ind. Special to New York
 A special meeting of the Republican state Central Committee was held here Tuesday to confer regarding the effect which the recent special elections will have upon ,has Sas effect throughout the state,
 Tn the main the reports agreed that there would De big falling off ns 1T. the nepuolassn lasse Democratic gains. but the members oehev- ev ed that this would be offset to some sx- ssns ess ey arg saips thought e naorss the of the Republicans toward local option.
 The loss of State Senator in the White. down of the Republican plurality from 3.Qoo to 272 in Delaware County were regarded as bad omens. especially for the state ana and lieTrbers believed that the disaffection did not extend to the National ticket, put otn- CTS were not so sure that 1t was not affect- ed by the party's attitude on state ques- tions.
 Cincinnati Special to New York Times.
 this state for Taft and Sherman they have got to stop fooling around without the loss of another day and get busy in fashion ersi years. As it stands, the State is not only in danger from the Republican point point of view. but 1t is mighty near lost. This political conditions here. As one leading Re publican said here this afternoon, man who has had years of intimate associstion with Ohio politics and knows the State
 aThe trend is all for Bryan now; Our Our sinne without doing anything. while the pernoerats have been at work until there is d strong set of sentiment for Bryan, we it so that 1t will set our way. If we are going to win And we have got to do that in six weeks. It isn't case Of educating
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-09-25
THEY FOOLED HIM.

How true 1t is that "the best laid schemes of mice and men" sometimes fall down. and especially is this true in politics. The man who thinks his nomination or election is a dead sure thing often finds himself dolefully left. There was Editor Pillsbury. of The Manchester Union, for example. He wanted to be the Republi licsn nominee for Governor of New Hampshire, and thought he had it nailed down. Even after the delegates began to assemble at Concord he announced that his nom- ination was assured. and no doubt he believed 1t.
 But Deacon" Pillsbury was badly left As contemporary puts it. his nomination was indefinitely postponed" and we suspect he felt disappointed. His case reminds us of that of an hon. est old farmer up in one of the hill counties who wanted the nomination for county treasurer. He had no quali- ncdtiOnS or nIneSS TOT the once put ms honesty but as everybody liked him. 1t came about that in his campaigning almost every man he met gave him words of encouragement. When the convention came on he was hardly known among the candidates voted for, and after it was over he disgustedly remarked to a friend: Joe. I'll be derned if menll do what they say they'll do" In his honest and truth full nature. he thought that ali who spoke kindly to him would vote for him in the convention.
 Perhaps Deacon Pillsbury was the victim of the same misplaced confi- dence on the part of his Republican friends. He prints a pretty good news paper, as Republican organs go. and it may be that he is a pretty general favorite with the people of his State, and that they gave him to understand that he was the favorite horse in the race. Let us pause and drop a tear over departed hopes.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-09-25
A MANLY PLEDGE.

Attorney-General Hadley of Missouri, who Is now candidate for Governor of that State. said in a public speech a few days ago: "If am elected Gov ernor, I will not hesitate to veto bill that does injustice to the railroads any more than would hesitate to veto a bill which does injustice to the people"
 it would have been bad politics" for gubernatorial aspirant to make such pledge even two years ago or less. It may be that Mir. Hadley would have done so, but there were some who did not have the manhood to thus pledge themselves to do right. because 1t would not have been in accord with prevailing and dominating public sem timent. and your genuine politician has wholesome regard for public senti- ment. What he wants to do, and what he will' do when it is possible. is to put his finger on the public pulse and follow its indications.
 The wave of anti-railroad intoler- ance which swept over the country but a few months ago and almost sub merged all sense of fairness and jus tice was as unaccountab1e as it was unjust There was no justification for what can only be called hatred of the roads and for the effort to injure them by legal enactment. It is not at all to the credit of Governors and legislative bodies that they yielded to this senti- ment and made laws which would have practically para1yzed railroad building and operation if there had been no bar riers to their iniquitous endeavors and intentions. This wave has not entirely spent it's force, but it has so greatly subsided that perhaps there is no more danger to be apprehe ended. For all that, the pledge of MT. Hadley was in the right spirit and there is little req son to doubt that he will stand by it if he is elected Governor.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-09-25

probably for consideration. It is well known that Hearst has habit of prying into business or personal af- fairs wherever money will find the opening. and If he can obtain confiden-
 tial papers by bribing the possessor or Keeper of them, he is not the man to hesitate at using any means to accom- plish his designs. Very likely. if the whole truth were known. some of the publications would be as little credit
 able to Hearst as to those implicated.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-09-25
PERNIcIous ADVICE.

Some Englishmen have a wonderful opinion of themselves. if we may judge by the way they butt into our affairs. and at the same time show both ignor- ance and impertinence when they come over here and advise us what we should or should not do. An example of this was given a few nights ago. when one J. Keir Hardie, a member of Parliament, spoke to an assemblage of workingmen In New York. He is we'll known at home as a labor agitator, and fin addressing the American union men, he advised them. as the report is given. "to go into politics and stay there un- til they elect labor President and Congress, or until they compelled the other parties to grant their demands, Going farther even than this. he ad- vised them to ally themselves with the cause of socialism"
 Could anything more dangerous. un- American or detrimental to the work ingmen of the country be suggestedg It is not only opposed to the basic theory of our Government, but iss or would be, seriously hurtful to the la- boring men of all classes througnout the country As has been made public. the Executive Council of the American Federation of Labor recently issued a manifesto emphatically declaring that the policy of the Federation 'is to re- main strictly non-partisan."
 Plainly. the Federation is right in issuing such document The labor unions of the country already go too far in the way of depriving the mem- bers of their personal rights and liber- ties. but if they undertake to. make political organization of it. and to force each member to vote and act with one political party. they will sound the death -kne1l of their organization. With equal propriety and justice. they might undertake to force all union men to ally themselves with one religious domina- ton. This man Hardie evidently be- longs to the Emma Goldman type. and this country would be much better off without the visitation of such disturb CTS.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-09-25

Editor w. T. Hall of The Dothan Eagle has put on daily issue. The best that his associates of the Ala bama Press can wish for him is that the daily shall be as bright as the weekly Eagle has been. If The Daily Eagle maintains the high standard of the weekly Eagle, and there is no reason to doubt that 1t will. the city of Dothan will be unworthy of it's great prosperity if 1t does not give it a loyal and zealous support.
 The columns of The Eagle have been bright and entertaining. Editor Halls brethren of the press will regret the establishment of the daily if it inter feres in the least with that flow of humor and home-spun philosophy which has uade The Weekly Eagle notable in the press of the State. We trust that the grind and hard work of a daily newspaper, for the work Is grinding and hard. will not interfere with the accustomed brightness of The Eagle. Rather let us hope that Editor Hall is going to give Dothan and the press of Alabama six times the bright ness that he contributed through the columns of The Weekly Eagle.
 The daily starts off well. We trust that Dothan and Houston County will give 1t the support that 1t Is due.