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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-01-27
Ladies of the Maccahees-

The incoming officers of Lillian Hollis
ter hive No. Is will assemble at 2:SO Mon
day afternoon to drill for installation.
On Thursday evening. Jan. % the Joint
party of the Knights and Ladies will be
held. Wednesday evening at s o'clock at
Odd Fellows hall the public installation
of the three hives will take place.
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Lucy Walker; attendant, Bessie Reese;
inner sentinel. Sarah c. Snyder; ouser
sentinel, Eln0ra B. Carter; musician. Mar
garet McFall; manager, Alvina Golding-
Salt Lake circle No. $50 held its regular
meeting Thursday evening. Five applica-
tons were acted upOn.
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Comfort and Annearance

Discomfort and distress is often
caused by improperly adjusted eye
glasses. The appearance is often IN
iured by the ''set" of the frame. We
properly adjust all our glasses.
J. Fl. KNICKERBOCKER, o. d.
sPractical Optieian. l43 Main st.
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!. o. o. 2.

Oquirrh encampment No. has a regu-
lar meeting tomorrow night, the new Of
ficers being in charge.
Last Tuesday night, at the meeting of
Golden Rule encampment No. ?, the Off
GERS of the encampment and those of No.
were installed by the district deputy
grand patriarch.
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G. A. r. and w. r. C.

The card party and social given by j.
3. Mexican post and corps Saturday even
ing was very successful. Honors were
awarded Mrs. ". II. Pease, Mr.. Carr of
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Mrs Bird. of 269 East Fourth South
street. assisted by five ladies of the w.
r. c., will entertain the members of the
corps and their friends on Thursday aft
ernoOn, Jan. 81.
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The ladies of Reynolds circle No. l. c..
A. R., will hold their regular meeting on
Tuesday at p. m, in Odd Fellows hall
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-01-27
AUCTION SALE

At Matters department store, pa
Main, tomorrow, and continued until
sold.
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Fort Douglass, Commander Tatlock, Mrs.
Lacey and Mrs BOWring and Mr.. Law
renee.
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success on the other side TIE
New York people held their caucus
and made their selections for the
comlttees. also electing leader Chas-
r Murphy o. Tammany Hall as
chairman OF the delegation. They
took no action upon the question OF
candidates and none upon that OF
members of the national committee,
the place now heId by Norman t.
Mack of Buffalo.
Towne in the Race.
II was announced last night by
friends of Charles A Towne OF New
York that in the matter of the vice
presidency the event would find New
YORK free lance on the subject and
that State Senator Thomas F Grady
OF Tammany would place MI.
lo"ne name before the convention
az candidate or vice rvasfdao
Most interest was displayed at the
caucus IN the matter of the so-caIIed
injunction plank in the platform and
d subcommittee was appointed to
consider the matter. The caucus
adjourned until 10 a m today.
Straw for Nebra5kan.
The friends Of Mr.. Bryan attach
much Importance to the fact that
Lewis Nixon was made chairman OF
the subcommittee on the Injunction
VINO will the states representative
on the committee on resolutions, was
given second place Oh the sUb-cOm-
mlttee- Mr. Nixon is known as a
warm friend OS Mr.. Bryan and his
prominence in the Tammany actiyl-
ties IS interpreted by the Bryan peo-
pie as indicating that New York in
the final show down" viii support
Mr.. Bryan.
A ForIorn Hope
The importance of the leadership
OF New York is apparent in a review
OF figures given out last might for
the first time by the anti-Bryan peo-
pie as setting forth the theory on
which they have been working. They
claim that a timely utterance of New
York against Bryan would nave raj
lied total of $40 votes-fifteen more
than enough to prevent his winning
the two-thirds vote necessary for
nomination This is the strength they
were counting on:
Alabama, l; Florida, Z; Georgia,
%; Louisiana, Is; West Virginia,
II; North Carolina, "a; Connect
cut. II; Delaware. 8; Maine, II: Mas
sachusetts, II; New Hampshire, 4:
New Jersey, "a; New York. rs:
Pennsylvania, 4S; Rhode Island 4;
Vermont, 8; Minnesota. %: Ohio. II;
Wisconsin, s; Alaska, 8; Porto Rico.
g. Total 349- New Yorl's failure
to lead the stampede against Bryan
was generally accepted last night as
fatal to the hopes of his opponents;
even some of the most sanguine ad-
uniting privately that IL is now too
late to rally on effective combina-
ton
Most of the contests for places on
the temporary roll of delegates were
quickly disposed OF by the national
committee late yesterday after a
subcommittee had considered each.
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the dust went into the operators eyes
and threat. and il CsEid not be work
ed Then 1 dreamed again and invent
ed an air sECtisa th&t drew away the
dust And made ether improvements
10 II, and that machine revolutisnszed
cigSTznaking- A Yankee from Newark
bought 1t from me fer Sc eco. 1 necssz
the money, and guess ne did, too. for
be became a millionaire from his roy
altles from IT, one big corporation alone
paying him see. oee q year for the use
of IL.
But" he added cbeeriIy. ct went. on
dreaming ] maae a ssrtp9ingeEnschtne
and / cid not sell that so cheaR- No
no. / sold it for s2es. 0oe- Yes. yes:
that is right / now have eighty
patents And these machines do al
the work OF cigaTInaking. Oh, also
there are other things / could tai YOU.
Once when 1 was editing q tobacco
journal some one let the water nun
in the sink. and the stock OF the taIio.
below Ia was ruined It cost me
a-0o0- Yes, that IS So And L dreamed
again I should have dreamed before
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be conferences by telephone with
Mr. Bryan at his home in Lincoln
and that there Will be no real diff
Guilty in arriving at a COncenSus as
satisfactory as a compromise ever
can be There is no doubt that Mr..
Bryan's views have been made plain
TO those who have visited him to
discuss the subject
Other pl3nks galore nave been sub
mItted to Governor Haskell and his
cOnfeTees by various people and in
terestS and those and still others
viii be submitted to the reolutiOns
committee when appointed.
Representative RansdeII of Louis
lana, came to the front last night
with a plank calling for a liberal
comprehensive plan and policy -Or
improving every water course in the
union" and advocating largely in
creased appropriations for the pUr-
pose, and change in the present
methods of expenditure"
Proposed Monster Demonstration.
Colonel Moses Wetmore, of St
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welcome to be given the Americans
in Yokohama will not be second in
graciousness at least, to anything met
with at any port previously touched !;
for it is upon the special Invita- ton of
the emperor of Japan that the feet
goes there Elaborate functions at
court, and social affairs will be held
for the officers of the fleet
At Annoy, China, the reception will
doubtless be the occasion of a great
celebration characteristic of the Chi
nese- The two squadrons of the fleet
will be brought together again at
Manila on November Z, and the depar-
ture thence for Alden. and the passage
OF the Suez Will take place within the
following few days. the exact date not
yet having been determined.
The ships of the Pacific feet, which
assembled here previously to the de-
parture of the battleships for Hamp-
ton Roads, will remain in this harbor
until August 5, at which time they
VIII start for Samoa and the Philip
pines, with the little black boats COM
pTising the Atlantic and Pacific tOrpe-
do f1Otillas in tow Preparatory to
this summer voyage of the Pacific
fleet, a squadron OF the cruisers will
take some of the torpedo boats in tow.
and steam down the Pacific coast as
far as San Diego by way of a test OF
the possibility of towing the little
craft for long distances. The towing
10 Samoa and the Philippines is con-
tingent upon the success of this exper-
iment.
Admiral Dayton. now in command
OF the Pacific fleet. will retire August
/, and it is cons dered probable that
Admiral SwinbUrne will succeed him
in command of the Pacific fleet and
take it across the Pacific and back.
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Those from idaho and Pennsylvania
were left over for further cOnSidera-
ton today and several matters OF
somewhat lesser consequences we're
left to the committee on credentials
when appointed As a general tling
the committee confirmed the titles o.
the delegates certified by the local
conventions in the Nineteenth Ohio
district case, Mayor Tom L. johnson
OF Cleveland. made an appeal in per-
son before the committee from the
decision OF the subcommittee and
won by a vote of % 10 p. The mat
ter was further discussed late last
night and It Is possible that in this
case rehearing will he had at
Mayor Jonn0n's request. In the 9th
er Ohio cases the decision was
against JOhnsonfs friends
Senator Patrick II. McCarren. o.
New York made an uuavalling effort
to gain seats for his Brooklyn dele
cations, but he was given short shift
by the subcommittee after a bitter
denUnciatiOl of his opponents, the
mittee Interrupting his speech by aE
abrupt adjournment The fun com
mittee sustained this action without
comment
Acrimonious Contests.
Pennsylvania developed the most
Gated by the action of about FORTY a.
the sixty-eirht DELEGATES in holding
caUus against the protest of the
element opposed to the reelection Of
Colonel James VI. Guffey. OF Pitts
burg, as national committeeman. and
IN re-Slecting Colonel Guffey and Civ
ing him a certificate of election sign
ed with fOTJy-seven names. The anti
S1Ifey people made stout fight be
FORE the subcommittee and the bit
terest determinations were exchang-
ed
Hardly less acrimonious we're the
contests in the cases from Chicago.
The decision was in favor of the sit
ting delegates, representing the inter
est of National Committeeman Roger
c. Sullivan
One of the surprises of the day to
those not in the confidence of the
situation was the failure of the Mich
igan delegation to reflect National
Committeeman d. J. Campau. of De
tToit, F. c. Wood. of Flint. was elect
ed in CampaU5 place. the latter re-
ceiving but three votes.
Some important Matters.
appointment of the credentIaF-
committee today will bring the plat
form question definitely TO the fore
this afternoon and interest is in
creasing hourly in the declaration
which is likely to be made on the
subject of the use % injunctiOnS and
court orders in labor controversies
There is no end to the gossip on the
subject and tentative planks are or
almost hourly production The real
work is being done by an informal
committee headed by Governor Has
kell, of Oklahoma, who Is TO be chos-
en- chairman of the committee on res
olutions- II is expected that when
the committee at last gets formally
TO work on the platform there will
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Louis, who might be called Bryan :
most intimate personal friend at
Denver last night made announce
ment of his idea of taking the whole
convention 10 Lincoln to call on Mr.
Bryan Immediately on adjournment;
that is, of course, in the event OF his
nomination He says he would urge
all that can possibly do 50. to GO
not only delegates and aIternates,
but all others in attendance upon the
COnventiOn-and he thinks thousands
would go.
To the perfection of DeRVer's Tiu-
man arrangements for the opening
of the convention, the weather added
a cloudless morning and bright
promise of more to come.
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CONTINUED From First Paqe)
nings Bryan to prevent his nomination
There were several conferences in
his fbehalf AMI the opposition showed
its purpose to leave no smallest stone
unturned in the search Cor delegates
who might be prevailed upon to vote
against the NebTaSkan- Those who
are leading this effort admit that il
is in the nature of a forlorn hope:
but" they say. "forlorn hopes have
been known TO turn the tide of great
battles We have still two days in
which to continue this fight and we
purpose to continue it till there is
not a Snot left to be fired
As has been the case so often be-
fore, New York state with its hand.
some total u 70 delegates bound I'M
der its unit rule to vote as one is
the center of interest. 1t is recogniz-
ed by both sides as a fact that If New
York could be swung into the fight
against Bryan ii would have i'm
mense and perhaps decisive weight
against him, attracting as it almost
certainly would the delegations or
other states, who will vote for him
unless they see definite prospect OF
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that 1 built Belascos theater and Lew
Fields and the New York and the Cri-
teFfon, and all those dreams came true
Then l dreamed that 1 built the Man
haitian Opera House, and that came
true"
1t did indeed come true. and the
Unique detail OF its realization has not
been withheld from the interested
world This is Nj Hammerstein-s
witty and optimistic way Of relating it:
When visited the European music
al centers in search Of artists for nv
contemplated first season Of grand
opera in the Manhattan Opera House
my reception On the part Of the direct
orS, agents and singers was absolute
~ north poIezn-
In Now York my purposes and in
tenuons met With 6ne sympathy some
advised the services of a specialist
others, looking at the matter more seri-
oOsiy, recommended the INN ediate use
OF q stra1tjacket- Worse than al OF
that the musical world thought me too,
funny for anything
1rEHkE said was al aIo1e IN tia
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ing Tor subscription was the absence
Of subscribers I viii admit that the
first day three elderly ladies and one
less elderly gentleman made inquiries
at the box Office, eyinS the custodian
OF the books with all the evidence Of
suspicion after a few days this ex-
cited condition OF things subsidized. and
2 few courageous. # not careless. peo-
pie really did subscribe
This exhibition Of enthusiasm on the
part Of the musical population Of the
city in contributing TO q season OF
grand opera a my house did not alto
gether III ne with hiLarity or vanity
and when. a feE days later. IN my at
tempt 10 climb the ladder Of operate
fame I fell into a cellar through an
opening in the lobby, injuring my
spine and causing me to be IncIosed in
COMMON plaster Tor several weeks, the
SUBSECTION gradually entered my unin-
Jured mind that there really did not
exist an exactly epidemicaI desire for
grand opera In New York
Perhaps f. had gone 1Shing- for al
! knew IN addition TO this suPerbly
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FLEE TSAILS
FOR HONOLULU
FROM FRISCO
tcontinued From First Paee)

NContinued FROM FifSb Pd9cl
on the longest voyage ever undertak-
en- by such powerful feet during
which they will completely encircle
the world. from Hampton Roads to
Hampton Roads, have a total tonnage
of 1S6, 100 tons. The fleet is capable
of steaming on an average OF ten
knots an hour, under any sea condi-
tons. and is following an itinerary
which will bring the ships to Manila
on October 1, 1903. The complete
route from Manila to Hampton Roads
has not yet been definitely announc-
ed. but it is expected that the fleet
will arrive at its ultimate destination
auring the latter part OF February,
1909, when it will be joined at Hamp-
ton Roads by most of the other ships
of the American navy then on the
Atlantic Coast, and this great feet of
war vessels-greater even than that
which scattered in San Francisco bay
On the morning of May 9Th. and great
or than the one that assembled at
Hampton Roads December is when
the present mountaineering voyage
was begun and where it will again be
reviewed by President Roosevelt just
prior to his going out of Office.
At Honolulu July 10.
The fleet is scheduled to arrive at
Honolulu July 16, Residents of that
remote possession of the United
States have prepared a magnificent
and fitting reception TO the officers
and men, which will be in the nature
of reception and a belated Fourth
of July celebration combined 1t will
be the first entertainment of the fight
ing men since Puget Sound cities de
lighted to do them honor, and prepa
rations have been making for months
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at Honolulu that no pleasing feature
shall be lacking
After a stay of one week in Homo
lulu, the fleet will proceed to Auck-
land, New Zealand. 1t is by special
invitation of the New Zealand govern
ment that the American ships go
there, and at this port the Yankee"
sailors will receive their first greet
ing from foreign people since leav-
ing South America. This greeting will
be particularly cordial and the enter
tainment arranged for officers and
men promises to be magnificent The
fact that this greeting will come at
the end of the longest leg of the voy-
age around the world, when the men
are worn by stretch of seventeen
successive days out of sight of land,
viii tend to make it all the more vel
come.
Great Entertainment at Sydney.
Perhaps the greatest OF all the en-
tertainments to be given the men of
the fleet in any foreign city. however.
will be waiting their arrival at Sid
ney, the great port of Australia,
where the warships, after leaving
Auckland on August Is, will arrive
on August 20. Half a million dollars
is the sum the government of Aus
traliar and the people of Sydney have
appropriated for the entertainment of
the American sailors. Varied and
many are the pleasures the AustraI-
ians have planned and placed in store
for them, during the nine days of their
stay at that port. The government
viii take an active part in these en-
tertainments, those in the official life
Of the colony yieing with private cit
liens in efforts to display their hos
pitality. A series of elaborate social
functions for the officers, and pa
rades and excursions and sports for
the enlisted men comprise the pro-
gram.
Melbourne and Albany are two 9TH
er ports of Australia where the fleet
will stop, and where open-handed
hospitality and lavish entertainment
viii be given the men. From the port
of Albany the fleet will steam on
September II for Manila, and it will
arrive in these American waters, the
last home port until Hampton Roads,
on October 1.
The reception to be accorded the
feet in Manila Will be a striking one,
and the entertainment of the officers
and men ashore will be as cordial and
heartfelt, if not as elaborate, as the
receptions at other places The Amer
lean colony in Manila is looking for
ward to the event with fervent antici-
patton large fund has been sub
scriued and committees are at work
on the preparations.
The Land of Nippon.
Great interest is felt in the fleets
visit to Japan. Proceeding to Yoke
hama from Manila, the fleet will ar
rive there on October IL Here on
October 21st ii will be divided. the
hrst squadron returning on October
81 to Manila, where it will arrive DC
tober %. The promise is that the
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"TH give you $500 for the dream
The said. 1 sold il and made $1,000
iout Of the tailor That Gre am is work
ing overtime today in all well Tegu-
/. lated families But music is my pas
sion became q member of the old
ITALIA Dramatic club and wrote two
farCes- Since then 1 have written
many plays and operas.
There is a legend that 1 once wrote
an opera in an hour and q half on
wager.N But that's nothing I had my
passion for the theater and 1 leased
the ole Stadt Jheater on the Bowery,
near Canal, New York, now the Wind
sor- and 1 put on The Skinned
Knight Yes, yes FIDeI But 1 was
the One that was skinned 1t was the
worst failure that 1 ever had, and
we'll ] have had some bad ones / was
discouraged. but not doEped- So /
went - with EsUendorf, who had the
hrst German theater in New York and
we opened the Germania- now Tony
Pastors And do you know that il
was to q great extent through my In
hueace that HeinrtcA CorTiea cams
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tie guards across the l.. & n tracks,
thence dividing the property OF the
Hancock and Campbell places, contin-
uing to Fords Nos. !, 2 and across
Carpenters creek, connecting with the
new hard road to Ferry Pass, be
granted and established as a county
road The petition stated that it was
understood by property owners along
this road that movement is on foot
TO close the road, ON account of the
recent sale of lands between the hard
road and the railroad tracks to the Ia
& n. railroad. The road, according to
the petition, has been used as thor
oughfare for many years, being an i'm
portant road from many standpoints,
the closing of which would prove an
absolute hardship to many people.
The matter was referred TO the coun-
ty attorney.
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fE&S<E<tait or the great Napoleon.
IL. Oscar Hammerstein
\saL.4A would be first 10 dissent
from a personal appti-
cation of the comparison. 1t is not
that he is disinclined to burn a modi-
cum of incense before the Napoleonic
shrine; it is rather because he is too
keenly appreciative of his own Iimita-
tons 60 accept such q suggestion.
No other impresario, native or ac-,
quired. engaged in the exercise of his
peculiar calling in this country is 50
unlike the famous Corsfcan in one
particular-in his perfect willingness.
almost eagerness, 10 take the public
into his confidence at all times and IN
most places His fraakness is as in
genuous as it is complete II seems
never to have occurred to him that he
has anything to conceal During his
long and exceedingly varied career as
purveyor of public amusement he
has been an open beck An amazing
readiness to acquaint all who manifest
an interest in his undertakings with
the fullest detail IS orc of his NEST en-
gaging characteristics. and no man can
accuse him OF ever trying TO make a
mystery of himself
All this, OF course. is the sntithesis
or Napoleonic, but the fact remains
That the energetic hrtis i4a2resa-io is
moided after that type. His splendid
courage and determination 10 win at
test it His faith in himself and his
almost fatalistic~ respect for destiny
are supporting evidence. He is a gal
Lant fighter in the game OF life. The
heavy hand of misfortune has never
been able 10 PROSTATE him He has al
ways reboun5e6 like the proverbial
rubber bail. and his return to the arena
has often been spectacular
\ Dreamer of Dreams.
Mr.. Hammerstein confessss that he
Is a born dreamer. That, too. is Ma
pcleonie, but il is a pcint OF difference
that he also is wit. The story of his
dreams, which is his life history. makes
that apparent
have dreams" he admits. but they
are money makers That is so. 1 came
to this country with Ss-S2 In nv
pocket That is all. I ran AWAY from
nome. tell you that you may know.
dy rather said. You are to be a
learned man. He asked me TO learn
Latin and Greek and French. But one
Jay would not so to school. I went
bkaIlng- Ny father took the straps or
me skates and put them on me. sold
ny violin, and 1 came TO America r
was fifteen years old, and that was IN
2eoo ! went as q boy TO learn the
rigarnaker's trade, and received 81
week and l lived on that sum. and
tAea II was thar I BEGAN to have