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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-05-11
AN ISLAND OF MASSACRES


among the neighboring Islands 1ntrlSu-
ing against his successful rival Fir
min poses as the champion of the pure
blooded negro element, while the presi-
dents leading supporters are found
chiefly among the mulattos.
The danger to the white population
lies in the fact that when the Haitians
become excited they are no better than
the most bloOdthirsty savages. Except
for the brutal and autocratic power
welded by the president there is no
pretense at either law or Justice
throughout the island.
When not fighting or drinking the
Haitian negro spends his time lying i'm.
the sun smoking innumerable cigar-t
cites. All over the island the roads
made originally by the Spanish and
French have fallen into ruin, and the
thick forests in the interior are peo-
pied by depraved savages.
A story told by Mr. Sandman, the
well-known American artist, will illus
trate the state of discipline which pre-
walls among the 5000 ruffians who bear
the courtesy title of the army"
Mr.. Sandman and an irish friend,
who resided in the island, We're one day
watching the commandanta of the Hal
tan army reviewing his troops
Would you like to see me break I'D
the whole lOt?" asked the Irishman.
"Of course" replied the artist
The Irishman then took five silver
coins from his pocket, and, with a loud
shout, threw them up in the air In
stantly the whole army leaped forward
and scrambled for the money, the COM
mandanta himself securing the first
three pieces. After pocketing them with
dignity and restoring order among his
men, he ordered the Irishman to be ar
rested for bringing discredit on the
army. The latter was sentenced to
three weeks imprisonment, but five
pieces of silver and a bottle of rum Sc
cured his instant release.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-05-11
HE TOLD HIS OWN STORY.
CKansas CITY Star.)


Miss Lydia Conley, clever Wyan-
dotte girl, is the only Indian woman
lawyer in the world. She is a member
of the Kansas bar, and at Kansas City,
anent a recent Indian case that she con-
Quoted, she told an interesting story.
so l put my man on the stand" she
said. That, if your case is a just one,
is always the thing to do. You know
the story of the Kansas land claimant?
well. out here many years ago
man brought suit before the squire to
recover some land that had been out
rageously flched from him. His case
was a good one, but the other side had
doctored the plaintiffs witnesses, too
and up to the time when he took the
stand himself not q jot of testimony in
his favor had been recorded.
He, as soon as he was sworn, turned
to the justice and said:
Squire, I brought this suit, and
yet the evidence, excepting my own, Is
all against me. Now. l don't accuse
any one of lying. squire. but these wit
fellows l ever saw. You know me,
squire Two years ago you sold me a
boss for sound that was as blind as
bat. I made the deal and stuck to it,
and this is the first time l have men
toned it, When you used TO buy my
grain. squire, you stood on the scales
when the empty wagon was weighed,
but l never said a word. Now, do you
think / am the kind of man 10 Kick
I'D a rumpus and sue fellow unless he
has done me real wrong? Why,
squire. if you'll recall the sheep specu-
lation you and me
But at this point the squire, very
red in the face, hastily decided the case
in the nIatntiff'S favor
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-05-11
CONSERVE THE WATER.

1t is the testimony of government
scientists that the year 1908 will be an
extremely dry year. Some time ago
statement secured from the geological
survey which showed that the water
supply this year is not much more than
half of the volume last year. Last
year, however, was unusually wet, so
that comparison with 1907 is not ex-
actly fair. perhaps The figures for
1908 indicate that the available supply
will be away and far below that OF
average years. The run-off thus far
has been exceedingly small in COMPARE
son TO last year.
Officials in the national forest serv-
ice are deploring the lack of moisture,
for it means that the cattle and sheep
run on the forest ranges must of ne
cessity come out of the season in poor
Ell condition than they have during any
previous season during recent years
The allotments on the various forests
have been filled To their capacity, and
altogether it is d serious problem which
the forest service has to face.
Farmers who depend on irrigation
for their moisture will feel the def
cheney in the water supply perhaps
more than any other branch of produc-
tive industry.
In order that the best may be made
of a bad situation, it is essential that
the conservation of water be practiced
to its greatest limit. Canals and res
ervoirs should be put into the best pos
sible condition for the storage of the
precious water, and none should be al
lowed to go to waste. II behooves ev-
cry one who relies on the soil for his
welfare to be vigilant and alert this
year. Time taken by the forelOck
means thousands of dollars 10 the agri-
cUltUrist.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-05-11
EVIDENCE OF GROWTH.

Gratifying to the last degree is the
report made by the postmaster of Salt
Lake for the month of April. In this
report is shown the total sums received
from the sale of stamps. cards and
stamped envelopes. An increase over
the corresponding month of last year of
nearly l. per cent is noted
The postoffice is the barometer of
business conditions and of population
its growth or decline As a criterion
no institution or system equals it.
When business conditions are depressed
the postal service is the first TO feel
the effects of that depression. When
population decreases. the postoffice is
the vane that indicates with unvarving
and absolute accuracy the extent Of
such decrease.
The Salt Lake postoffice each month.
save one, has shown an increase in its
business, the greatest being last month.
And this in spite of the financial and
industrial stress which swept the coun-
try during the fall and winter Natural
it would have been 10 suppose that the
receipts at the local postoffice would
have suffered in proportion to other
cities. Gratifying it is to say, how
ever, that such was not the case.
The conclusion drawn from this is
that Salt Lake has grown in popula-
ton; that its business conditions are
healthy and have weathered the storm
as staunch ship rides the gale wheu
others founder and many sink. Ii muf
be a pleasant reflection TO the property
owners, the business interests general
~ and the whole populace to read the
figures submitted by the postmaster
They spell the signs of the times.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-05-11
TRAVELLERS" IN SCOTLAND
For Obvious Reasons They're, All
From Beyond Three-MiIe Limit.
New York Morning Telegram

New York Morning Telegraph)
There is a law in Scotland generous
to travellers. That law grants them the
privilege of all taverns and inns during
prohibition hours. Thus, if you arrive
in Edinburgh on a Sunday, having
Travelled, say, from Glasgow, your inn
keeper is bound to serve you with any
sort of alcoholic refreshment. albeit the
native of Aud Reekie must fret and
starve his Sawbath away on ginger ale,
memories and the auTOral promise of
tomorrow. But the law is merciful. He
that hath journeyed three miles is a
traveller within the meaning of the act
Consequently there is a vast army of
travellers leaving Edinburgh on foot on
coaches, pony carriages, etc, for the
trains run not.
They all seek to constitute them
selves as travellers. Just within the
three mile limit. as far as Edinburgh
is concerned lies the historic village of
Corstorphine.
A traveller arrives from Edinburgh.
He knocks at the door of the village
inn He is wearied by the long walk.
He is in sore straits.
The door is opened timidly, cautious
~. and a voice is heard, who is it?'
"A traveller" is the weary answer.
"Whaur do We come FROM"
Il come from Edinburgh" is the an
sWer.
Then We Gamma come in. It's against
the law"
The door is banged ruthlessly-
The traveller thinks awhile. Your
Scotchman thinks slowly, but very
surely.
After deliberatiOn he knocks again.
The formula is gone through.
''Whaur do We come"
'Frae Leith," answers the traveller
quickly.
Then We may come in. Why did ye
nae tell the truth at first?'
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-05-11
(Pearson's Weekly.)

Haiti, the West Indian island, to
which public attention has just recent
ly been directed, has been the scene of
more massacres than any other place
on earth.
They began with the coming of Col
umbus and the rabble rout that fol-
lowed him. In a few years its 5000. 900
of gentle. brown-skinned inhabitants
had persisted utterly. exterminated by
fire and sword, and by forced labor in
the mines. to which they were utterly
unsuited In all history is no tragedy
more colossal and more pitiful than
this one.
Next the buccaneers seized the I'M
happy island and wreaked vengeance
on the Spaniards in such a manner that
even the old chroniclers tell of the
worst of the atrocities only in the Lat
in tongue.
Presently came the French, and for
a brief space there was some SEM
bIance of peace. But in 1893 the ne
groes revolted and murdered practical
ly all the whites, the scenes enacted re-
sembling those that took place at
Cawnpore and elsewhere during the
Indian mutiny, but masnified a thou
sandfold.
on account Of these atrocities, fright
ful reprisals took place when France,
i'll due course, recOnquered the island.
But the negroes bided their time and
presently rose again under a ruffian
named Dessalimes.
This time they did the thing thor
oughly. Not only We're all the Euro
peans put to death, but all having any
admixture of white blood IN their veins
suffered a like fate. Many of the vic
Tins were burned alive, after having
been first tortured.
In all, it is computed that 5000. 900 of
men, women and children have met
with violent deaths on this island of
massacres since the intruding white
man first set foot on its palm-fringed
strand.
The present disturbances center
around the struggle between President
Nord Alexis and General Firmin.
which has been in full swing ever since
the former President Simon Sam, re-
tired to Paris with as much money as
he could lay his hands on.
Both Alexis and Firmin We're anx-
ious to step into his shoes. and. as the
latter had possessions of the only war
ship, the Crete-a-Pierrot, it seemed at
first as though there were little chance
of Alexis attaining his ambition.
In an evil moment, however. the
Crete-a-Pierrot held up a German YES
sci. which was carrying arms and am
munition TO the other side. and the
Emperor William set the mailed fist to
work in the shape Of the cruiser Pan
Their. Captain Eckmann, who was in
command of the latter, brought his
vessel alongside the Haitian ship and
ordered her to surrender.
The crew of the Crete-a-PierrOt, with
true Haitian heroism, promptly rushed
for the boats, leaving only the brave
skipper, Killick, who was half a
ScotChman, and two other men on
board. Rather than surrender, Killick
then blew up his vessel, which went
down, while the German gunners gal
lantly blaZed away into the burning
wreckage. With il disappeared the
hopes of the Firmin party.
Since then the disappointed general
has spent his time Wandering about
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philadelphia Record.)


A death or injury every minute of
every working day throughout the year
or even little oftener-is part of the
price that labor pays to industry in this
country. In other words, of 10000 0OC
workers, half a million, men. women
and children, are killed or manned an
nually.
Two avoWedly dangerous occupations
in which. in spite of all safeguards, a
man takes his life in his hand every
time he goes TO work, are the manu-
facture of dynamite and gunpowder
and submarine tunnelling. In a blast
ing powder plant men work eye to eye
with death, and, although high wages
may tempt them 10 enter upon this
form of earning a livelihood, many quit
after few weeks. In the big tunnel
constructing jobs in and about New
York on an average of man day is
killed. cavern of rock or mud or
sand engulfs the gang or a blast of dy-
Mantle blows them to pieces, or they
are overcome by bends" the terrible
disease due to compressed air
Ralroading and Mining.
Railroad work is more dangerous
than il ought to be because of the lack
of proper safeguarding devices, so per
cent more dangerous. AS many as co.
900 have been killed and injured in the
operation of the various roadS-more
than one man for every twenty em-
ployed. But just as the use of auto
matte coupling and uncOupling devices
decreased the number of accidents, so
equipping all cars, freight as we'll as
passenger, with air brakes, according
TO the provisions of the safety appli-
ance law, should do a great deal of
good.
In eighteen months fire damp alone
was responsible for 4l5 deaths, and
many times that number of injuries.
The actual number of miners killed last
year in Pennsylvania was over thou
sand, and 5000 were injured. In the
fifteen states that report mine acct
dents, a years record was 5000 miners
killed and injured. OF these 1000 were
lost through death. Falls of coal and
slate carry off most of the men who
are killed in mines, and the situation
grows worse every year because ma
chimes are used for underwriting coal
and the roofs are neglected.
But railroading and mining are un-
fortunately by no means the only in
dustries in which human lives are lost
or manned. Probably the last thing
one thinks of when entering towering
office building is its cost in lives. From
the mining of the iron, the quarrying
of the stone. the excavation of its foun-
datiOns and the sinking of its caissOns
TO the riveting of it's steel frame, the
work is constant risk One we'll
known engineer has estimated that for
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-05-11
cELF-sACRIFIcING CITIZENS.

Today marks the beginning of the
fifth week of United States grand Jury
session. Three weeks of this session
have been devoted TO a careful, earnest,
painstaking consideration of the rob
berry of the Utah National bank last
January; the first week was given over
TO the investigation of criminal cases,
which. in comparison, are of minor i'm
portance.
1t is the testimony of those who are
qualified TO speak and know whereof
they speak that the present grand jury
is composed of men far above the
average in intelligence, in that which
is the first requisite of conscientious
grand juror-integrity and sincerity of
purpose.
Safe 10 say there is not a man serv-
ing on the grand jury who is not losing
several times every day the pitifuI
compensation the government allows
for this service of first importance
IrksOme in the extreme and tiresome
and tedious as the task is, the citizens
who are sitting each day as a board
Of inquiry make no complaint about
either loss of time, money or incOnVen-
fence. They deem it a patriotic re-
spOnsibility and they carry that re
spOnsibility and do not shirk it,
-Four weeks, with days of eight hours
more or less. confined II a room entire
ly inadequate in the way of ventila-
tion and conveniences, have these
jurors had of it; and what is more
they are by no means sure that they
will not have three weeks more of it.
They approached the duty assigned
them willingly-it was the call to them
of their country and they responded
promptly, Easily they could have ter
minated the sessions long ago, but
they sensed the vital importance of
their work and, as all good workmen
90. they are doing that work Well
Whatever may be the result of their
Investigations, whether indictments
viii be BROUGHT in or whether the evi-
dence adduced will have failed to war
rant accusation, no man may say that
the grand jury has failed in diligence
and in labor. 1t has before it a grave
a very grave-and complex problem.
The only way in which that problem
can be solved is by boring down to
bedrock Manifestly this is what the
grand jury intends to DO regardless of
the time it requires to do it.
1t is a splendid evidence of the self
sacrificing citizenship of Utah.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-05-11
LIFE'S TOLL TO INDUSTRY
Death Hurt Every nue Averages the American Record

! every building of average floor area,
one life has been lost for every floor
A large percentage of these accidents
is due to insecure scaffolding. to loose
flooring and TO the collapse of fiimsy
and ill-built structures.
Figures compiled in the annual death
roll of the Structural Iron Workers
union show the increase in fatalities
among the men to be enormous. OF
total membership of 1000, $50 either
lost their lives or were totally or par
TALLY disabled. The increase in the
casualty list is from 10 to II per cent
of the membership per year, and is at
tributed to the speeding up of the
work.
In Factory and Mill.
1t is in the factory, foundry and steel
mills that the total is built up through
the absence of safety devices. Thirty
per cent of the factory accidents be-
long to those designed as being
caught in the machinery" of which a
large proportion is preventible by moth
ing more than ratings and gratings to
screen off the moving parts of the ma
chinery. The same is true for acct
dents due to leather betting; and wire
cages. such as those used in Germany.
placed among revolving wheels, many
lives could be saved. AS it is. the total
of factory employees killed and injured
reached last year the terrible figure OF
232. 900.
Sudden and violent death is not the
only death that workman has to fear.
In the pOtterieS and porcelain works
hundreds die every year from con-
sumption contracted from the fine par
ticles of dust that fill the air. As terri
bic as this is, lead poisoning contracted
wherever glazing is done, and wherever
porcelain sanitary ware is made, kills
more.
In New York City occur ten violent
deaths a day as a direct result of daily
activities. In Chicago the number falls
to six, and is about four for Philadei-
phia- But the center of the country is
Allegheny county, in our state, in
which the city of Pittsburg is located,
combining steel iron and coal indus
tries, mills, mines. railroads and build
ing operations. over 1900 deaths and
injuries a year i'm all industries is the
record for this single county.
Assuming that in the prime of life q
$40 600. if l per cent of all those IN
jured were killed, it would mean loss
of productive power TO the country
every year equal to $50 000, GOO, to con-
slider the matter purely from an eco
nomic standpoint: and the total loss to
wOTkingmen has been an annual aver
age of about S400, 200 900, to take the
figures of an economist on this ques-
tiOn-One-third of the volume of our
foreign trade.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-05-11

The prospects for Bryan's election
seem so good that we just can't help
specializing on the probability of
former Senator Rawlins being called to
cabinet position. He would make an
ideal attorney general or secretary of
the interior, in addition to being emf
nently qualified for any of the other
departments of the government. Sc
sides, being so we'll and favorably
known to the Democrats of the coun-
try, it wouldn't be necessary to pass
the word" for him.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-05-11
BILLY AND THE BAIT,
atlanta Constitution

NAJlanta constitution
Come on. Billyl-don't YOU hear. I'm
Swingin' on the gate?
Spring has came.
An knows her name
Dig yer daddy's bait.
Don't you hear the river sWishin'?
Daddy wants to go a-fishin,
Train from Chattynooga's in:
tMighty-mighty lateD
Like as not
Yer daddy got
jug or two o bait
Don't you hear the river swishin.2 ?
flakes all sort so bait fer fishin' a
Come on. Bllly,-dou't you hear
t1shin's what can't wait,
Daddy's comm
HapDy-hummin'
my! he got his BATH
Fer that bait he's been a-wishin',
But 1t takes all sorts fer fishin'l
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-05-11
FATE OF HERO WoRsHIPER
Washington Post.

A lady visiting Paderewski's villa in
Paris recently noticed a cherry stone on
the mantelpiece.
She took possession of the stone and
had ii set in pearls and diamonds as a
relic of the master. A few weeks later
Paderewski met this lady who. in the
course of conversation, showed him the
cherry stone with its elegant setting.
But. madam" said Paderewski, strok-
ing his locks, II never eat cherries The
one you found on my manteloiece must
have been left by my servant"
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-05-11

The fact that congress was compelled
to repeal an act passed by the legisla-
ture of New Mexico is pretty good
proof that the territory that delights
to honor Bull Andrews is not fit for
statehood.
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Despite the Handicap.

U.os Angeles Times,)
We think that President Roosevelt will
finally succeed in getting those four bat
tleships, despite the fact that Hobson is
helping him TO do it.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-05-11

To an unprecedented observer it would
discussion in which he got decidedly
the worst of it. And the half has never
been told
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-05-11

Utah university may as well cut
Colorado out. They don't play fair over
or anything else. Failing to hog every
thing in sight they kick the trough
over. Let them squabble among them
selves awhile.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-05-11

Now that the storm has blown over
Paul Morton is once more one of the
Santa Fe magnates. Morton is one of
the elect whose transgressions are for
given in advance.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-05-11

The reelection of SmoOt will mean
more agitation against the Mormon
church. another protest, another trial
i'm Washington and the probable elimi-
nation of the Provo man from the SEN
ate All of which could be avoided.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-05-11
Goes in Politics.

(Pittsburg Leader-)
The Taft men in Ohio who claimed to
have eliminated Foraker have yelled TO
him for help and Joseph Benson has pa
triotically responded.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-05-11
Too Much for His MoIars.
Houston Post.)

Ii is stated that Mr.. Lilley was COM
PEELED to spend four hours with the dem
fist the other day. We have suspected
all along that Lilley bitt off more than
he could comfortably chew.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-05-11
GENERALLY PLACID.

washington STAR
Does your automobile make you merry
Ous?"
only once in while-When it isn't i'm
the repair shop
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-05-11
\ FINANcIER's OUTING.

cleveland Plain Deaier.)
Where's the boss?"
In Europe"
Back soon?"
1t depends on his lawyer"
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The Supreme Bench Is Still There.

Chicago News.)
Mr.. Taft is planning to resign a per
fectly good Job as secretary of war about
next June.
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HALF-HoUR TURNS.

Boston Transcript
Gibbs-Rain, sunshine. sleet and snow
all in one day Isn't the weather viii
lanOuS?"
Dibbs-Vilanous is not the word: it's
vaUdevillanous."
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-05-11

With Taft as a candidate for presi-
dent Ohio is again in the doubtful
column. more than doubtful from the
Republican point of view
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CLEVER PARAGRAPHS.
Is a Family Trait.

louisville Courier-Journal)
The late Jay Gould was sometimes
spoken of as a man who would not stand
hitched. and a half dozen of the Gould
children seem to have inherited the pa
ternaI characteristic