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The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-11-01
Make your plans to vote
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you will greatly aid in getting
out a full American vote.
Fire From Poor Crate,

When William Hoare. residing at 1857
Cleveland avenue, went into the parlor
OF his home Sunday evening, he found
the room filled with smoke. A fire alarm
brought tho apparatus. and after the
smoke had cleared away II WAS learned
that tho fire was caused by a defective
grato i'm an open fireplace. Tho fire had
burned through the floor and damaged
the building to the extent OF $50.
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Piles CURED I'M 6 TO ID DAYS
PAZO OINTMENT is guaranteed TO cure
any case OF itching. blind. bleeding or
refunded. soc.
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porters. who work at Waterloo sta
ton close by. As there Dr. only one
small easement window I'm this room.
which cannot be opened owing 10 the
rusting Of the hinges, the ventilation
is Of a somewhat vague description.
DIRE DENs OF FILTH
Besides salutation court-whlch doubt
less bears that name from the noted
salubTity Of the locality-another
choice spot on the Prince Of Wales
London estate Is Cornwall place. Here
one is struck with the peculiar fact
that all the houses face on a little
space completely incloscd by big fac
tories and wood yards, stacked high
with timber Gustave DOre would
have delighted to draw Cornwall Place
as an illustration OF Dante's Inferno,
Slattcrnly. beer sOdden. vice euslaVcd
women infest the buildings which face
on this court while hosts Of anaemiC,
Wretched, shoeless and almost naked
children play In the filth and garbage
that block the entrance 10 the mar
row passageway leading down into this
den Of human misery.
All the so-called buildings or. "a
Their hOvels-in Cornwall place, are
two-storied affairs. built more than a.
hundred years ago. II possible they
are In a worse stage OF decomposition
than those OF Salutation court. Most
OF the cottages are fronted by little
brokeudown wooden fences, surround
ing patches OF ground that once were
tvo-by-four gardens. Instead of gar
dens now, however. each fence inClos-
es a stone paved space devoted 90 the
offices Of the washtub on "a cold.
raw winter day when the writer Wis
tied this place. half-clad babies We're
sitting on the stones of these little in
closed spaces. CRYING from cold.
Doubtless the royal owner uf these
disreputahle slums would plead iguor-
ance OF tho conditions 10 directly
charged with responsibility but he is
surely not ignorant OF the fact that
every year an enormous fund Is poured
into his private purse from tho Lon
don property belonging 90 the Duchy
OF CronWau and the condition OF the
human beings who live on what has
been called ln irony tho delectable
duchy" is worthy OF royal consider
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amounts 20 the enormous sum Of $685.
600 "a year. half % which goes into his
private pocket and though an of this
does not come from London siums, DC
helps materially 20 swell the eNchequer.
His DuChy Of Cornwall revenue is quite
outside the government grant from the
civil list Of 100000 per anuum which his
royal. highucss receives simply for being
prince. or Of the $4,000 "a year which
his children receive for having him as
their father. or Of the $4,000 % year
which the Princess OF Wales gets for
being his wife Tho total annual reve-
nuo OF tho Prince Of Wales and his
family. including the DuChy OF Corn
wall gross takmgs, comes 20 the neat
little sum OF Sl125O0O year.
The slums Of the Prince OF Wales are
Just across Waterloo Brdge-the fam
Gus Bridge Of signs" immortalized by
Hood-aud only about ten minutes
walk from the strand. IL Is owing 10
its nearness 10 the center Of Londou's
throbbing activity that this pNporty
brings comparatively high rents. though
there are peculiar reasons attached 60
the estate itself which make it even
greater money maker than most other
London real estates Most Of tho Lon
don property belong ing 30 the Duchy OF
Cornwall is what IS known I'm England
as unrestricted That is. It can be let
90 anyone. quite regardless Of charac-
tor. Houses are let az eXorbitant rents
for the reason that no references are
required, mo questions asked Rent is
mostly paid in advance, and there is
considerable competition for the houses.
Though poIice RAIDS do occasionally fig
ure Ina the local magistrate court they
are Of a pcrfunctory nature. IL may be
recalled that I'm Steads terrible book.
"A Maiden Tribute 20 Modern Baby
Ion " dealing with tho underworld of
London and the white slave trathc. ihls
district figured prominently
RAT INFESTED sHANrlES
The Duke ~ Conwll-or ion other
words the Prince of Wales owns near
lv Am tho houses iu this uns1Vory
nclrhborh0od out 0f fairness 20 lhe
royql house. however. 10 must be- men
TONED that several of the houses of 80
repute in the district are held ON long
leases. over which DC is said 90 Doe un-
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Special Correspondence
ONDON Feb. Ills royal
highness. the Prince Of Wales.
heir to the British throne and
future ruler-in name at least
of the greatest empire the world ever
bas seen. is owner Of the worst slums
ln London. which f. equivalent TO say
lnc the worst in tho world. Nermin in
tested disease ridden and yielding a
death rate iu excess Of the rost OF the
great city. the houses Of this quarter
ag unfit for human habtation. Their
f6unterparts would not be countc-
uanocd for a moment I'm any American
lty. and anything approaching them
would be tho signal for public outcry
and would endanger the life Of the gov
eminent In power Rents are excessive.
and on order 10 obtain them eight, ten
and twelve people arc crowded into
single rooms Men. women and children
are herdcd promiscuously together at
night compelling a condition Of affairs
20 which only the pen Of lola could
90 Justice.
out Of these sinks Of human misery
and degradation the prince, through the
Duchy OF Cornwall. receives a yearly
income approaching S350.0O0 The
amount was less IN former years. when
The district was fairer place and more
suited 20 human habltation but as con-
dti1ns grew worse, buildings older and
more dihpldatcd and sunshine more
-arrc as the result or the encrOaching
OF Immonse factories. rents increased
and fle amount OF ''blood money
vuue from the inmates o. this hell
h0Ie grew by leaps and bounds. Today
80 enables its recipient 20 1.-Two In un-
limited luxury. without "a care IN the
world with "A hundred servants 20
dance attendance upon him and with
out tho suspicion Of duties. except 10
submit % being entertained by social
climbers" who have reached the
charmed royal circle. OF tho greater
number who arc on the way and have
the whcrewithal 20 pave the way with
sold.
MILLION IN REVENUE.
H5 gross revenue from the duohy
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reforming bodies often have peuuoucI
the duChy authorities tn help tU aItHr
social conditions but NttIe sympathy
has been met with from tlis .ouree.'
HISTORY OF PBINClpALTrN.
The uuohv of Cornwall De- MOT .ruu'
entirely by the Prince of Wales. Inou-1
he takes most oft tine profits A. COVE
cruiuE board, founded Iu tnD tmU H.
Edward H. presided owen Uy what is
called "a Lord Warden or the Stanu,r-
Ius, attends to the details of tug D--
tatts The lord warden is assisted
hy Keeper OF the privy seal. au attul-
urN general and various "-tatc' aecrD-
IarIcs They also have their law clerks
and land stewards. The Duke ot
cornwall Che Prince of Nales) ale
..lNs is head of this interesting little
pHucipaliy. which has been estate
IIsuod about 600 wears William the
CouQuoror gave the duchy TO ais halle
brother. I'm those early days Cornwall
was the principal place Boo Europe
from which tin WAS obtained. EFcI
earlier than 600 years ago the Ph0e-
uicians traded 20 Cornwall from M,I-
lterraueau ports eXcnaug.uE cloth Inr
tin. The duchy at "a later period of
it- existence broadCucd out tp include
not only ull OF Cornwall but chime
parks. 53 mauors no castles and a IS
borougIs and towns iu various parts
OF southern ana western England.
This is how the London property came
tu bee "a portion OF the duchy.
Tho duchy enjoys what has been
facctiousy' called a "tiu constitution
being ruled differently from any other
part OF the United Kingdom IL WAS
iu early times divided into "stanuor-
ies' each stanuery sending six meme
beers 90 q parliament belonging exclu-
s.Eoly tO tho duchy The Stanners'
a
passed its own laws. Iu 1883 these
bodies We're done away with and tho
lord warden was vested with their
powers. suhservieut however. 90 the
Prince OF wales Occasionally tho
Duke of Cornwall, iu bis official ca-
pacity couEencs a. council of his war
den and officials but these meetings
arc few and Far between. and the only
interest the prince really takes .u t1s
property is directed toward the nuu-
nd balance sheet
w. B. NOHTHROp
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tion-particularly when &c comes TO the
children born and brought up I'm these
Internal surrounding
BY a curious misappNCatlon Of char
lty, splendid hospital has boon
raised on this property az the corner
OF Waterloo road and stamford street
The Prince OF Wales IS one OF the
patrons of this noble institution. One
Of tho local DOCTORS county council
public health inspector-Uho recently
showed the writer over the duChy
property, remarked:
RENT ROLL BLINDNESS.
TT is an very well for the Prince 10
give money 10 tho Royal Waterloo
hospital but il seems 90 me his first
duty should be directed toward cradle
cating-root and branch-the terrible
evils Of the districts which he owns
and which keep the hospital rum OF
patients. The children brought into
the hospital usually arc i'm % most
pitIablo condition. The Prince Of Wales
occasionally visits them, and there
Is no doubt he sincerely sSmpathizes
with their condition. There O., how
ever. "a peculiar blindness which makes
90 difficult for one TO look behind such
"a enormous rent roll as the Prince
enjoys from their misery
II IS a significant fact that for
some years rents from the "delectable
ducy' brought iu only about two
thirds OF their present sum, but when
King Edward was Duke of cornwall
before the death of queen Victoria
he managed tho property so well that
ne brought Do up from $500, 900 90
S60O.O00 year, and since the corona
lion rents from the duChy have jump
ed TO S6s5,0Uo. This indicates that
whatever reforms have been carried
out-if any-have not been I'm the dl-
rectiou Or reducing rents
Local housing authorities frequent
ly have called attention 90 conditions
of OvorCrowding in this district For
instance. there are .1S4 houses per
acre. whereas sanitary experts claim
that Ga houses per acre should be tho
limit within the area of about one
and "a half square miles there are eos
500 people. and the average "eXpccta-
lion of lils' is from eight to sixteen
years shorter than boo the healthy sec-
lions of London.
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She Is ms good ne she is beautiful and
she thinks OF but one man lu the world,
struggling young artist with ambi-
ton but u1 name. To most London
thcaters tho 'masher' is not admitted
behind the scenes. Al ono very inn
portant one. however. Alfred de Roths-
child has carte blanche 20 come and
so ne Doc plelsUs. lie is a great patron
0f tho arts and 70 genuine lover Of mu-
eIc as well as of the beautiful and he
likes t0 have chat with any per-
former man 0r woman. who interests
him. Not Wfrgqucntly me- asks half
a. dozen of thc urtlstes t0 supper Tho
other uiGht hH was giving "a fCstiyIty
Uf the kind aud hc requested the beau
UfuI Young American iO make ono ~
ne gathering after. be 70 understood.
ne had been presented 10 her iu the
most orthodox fashion by tho manager
But with the air of "a queen the Amer
loan Looked fla best catch in London
up and down and frIEidly declined
10 i. probably Tho first time Boa hiF Ilfe
thp great uu8nuer found himself ne
fused request by any woman and
lt seems the experience was novel aui
WIN De- memorable ~ don't accept
hospitality nom men Z do not know"
said tho wHduuut. "It De- perfectly
ridiculous chat you have not "a halo
round your hc1d' was tho only CONF
ment y5uehsafed by the millionaire.
As rO MRS VANDERBILT
no woman Is more sought after GOA
mo Riviera thls winter than Nrs
French vanderbilt SHE has tine most
eXtraordIuary vogue which lt is little
dimcult t0 account for Very pretty
.he certainly |H. and dressed faultIe-s-
Iy. but far moro stukugly beautiful
women surround hsr and receive mo-
HOMAGE WhHtaoeVer Some attribute
MIS- NHudDrbUto powers OF attraction
20 her very magnetic personality 9th
rrs sHy ahe carries about with hor
Chinese charm which hla the most o.
tuordinarY occult poWeI-au influence
FRO great chat 30 Boz said 90 reach hcr
lato husband Who ls credited with tho
bumins desire 10 gat his wife back
again Am this may be- purest NON
sonse. but with many BE- gains cra-
dsnCe. Certain m Is that Mrs French
Vanderbilt o.. like her sister. Iady
Chcylesmore. "a great lover Of charms
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SPECIAL Correspondence.
ONDON Feb. 17-American
women are taking time boy the
l. lorclock os several of them
have already announced what
fha. .rtond 10 do directly the season
orrn.. A. mattor of fact, save for
O. Few political functions which are ON
Tho buIs tho only gaictiee discussed
ae those being organized hN hosl''s'7
from the "othor side" rho Hon. Mra.
Charles Lawrence. who Was '1ihclih'
aluHHr of New York. so prominent
o ha.e 100 philanthropy anI a' in-
umu. ID friend of Princes Christian
"a I. do great deal socially inns
tpr.r She is quito a grand dame Weais
p.ruTH bats and wonderful jewels.
Whom nrt Princess Christian met hcI
Dor royal highuesr remarked i'
h'Hl that sho Was somewhat 'allalN
of Nsr strand manner hut now ih's
tir faHt friends aud tho other da'f
Au Charles Lawrence resigned BIER
Presidency of tho Royal hospital at
fHu0r boo favor of the princes aa
enc ta.i she folt Ca royal name would
be more helpful for tho Institution 20
mo ha7. however az tho request of
me- committee, consented 10 remain
eh a9 tho honorary treasurer The
non Mira Charles Lawrence has given
immense sums 90 this pet charity oi
hsu
WAITING FOR MARJORIE
Mo- George Gould has been cabling
,oi nowa about interesting houses 10
o. lef in London and hear sho "a
'Ne n several rich Americans who
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American Society Women
Set Hot Pace IN London

have stratford House under Donsidrr'-
ton. ONLY millionaire could Keep
up properly this magnificent London
palaco. which should meet the require
ments OF Mrs Gould iu every ""N.
Her American friends hero redI. h'r
with the Intention of giving 90 BAN for
her daughter Marjorie loo London tha.
win surpass anything ue have eyer
seen. You have uo notion Uf .H. DN-
element MajorIa.s coming IH ,HUH.n-.
We lovo an American EIr. who b. uN
to FUN. who a unconventional ahN
before alI things. natural lf rDp"r.
spcaks truly Marjorie Gould 's un I'D"
al sorts NJ pr1nbs Consequently $500
are lust dying to Sec hrr l' Vas .1r
praukr of MorgarottH uIDNel which
have madc hcr the Immense HHDo'
Inc Ie.
MRS. pRENEL CONNOlssEtE
Afrs. Anthony urpxpls now
house loo Grossruor square hE r''.N
nor uU end of trouble. ~ b. "".
.a when people have tu NH' Nl
furniture tapestries and nr.c-a-
certain periods 90 Chat thc MI. pro-.
clash with each other lIN. '.'''
v.rI-su0Wu American women ... h"H
BROUGHT her knowledge of .N'.h
a-tific 10 fine point ami poo I.al''
or commission agent however 'Ilsn-
tened. can puzzle her ln regard '' ",.al
a genuine and what F nn' in'
DreNcls mean to haNu thelI H"h pi.
yato baud and propose tn h|' pom
only picked plavera There r huih-
berIass appncaua fur mo pn H'iIia-
ble some quito distinEuishnl f'''lhi
DESIRING no Dee appointed. ~ M,a
Irov.n fnat thr Drexols pas uagnih-
.ontIv ion what they want one ni me
fraiurr. of mo American niI''NhIit
new Gr0Hvonor square maj. pom We
MUSHROOM wherein "a 90 pc eAhinlt
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"a unique collection or musical me
strumont. some priceless apsllIieus
no longer in use nave Dten oDta'ueu
bv Mrs. DreAel Tor DO. I.G musician
gallery where lhe band VIII pc 7lali oi-
ed az Oh, hdl's Whl'h a,e 10 'y ',u
duflng INC season l4 'n1 l' }"
any HflNa'' nous, pm i-''l,' ~ wv
l9"Ns me great i'''''
ll" man,
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able Co exercise control, and. there
fore. royal responsibility does not APP
ply In those particular cases. On the
other hand. IL must not be forgotten
that Up Prince of Wales ever has
raised amy strenuous "kick' over the
condition of his slum property, or
stIiVou seriously tO bring about a
change for the better.
Travellers acquainted with such cities
as Naples and Marspi.los-where the
sluWs are said TO be practically "the
limit''-say that certain hooks and cor
ners of the Prince Of Wales London
property are as bad II not worse. For
instance. there is one spot calleNl Salu-
tati0u Court. which as a slum pure and
simple ranks with the most terrible.
u BE- narrow, dingy dirty rat-infestcd
and unsanitary. Most Of the houses
are two-storicd shauties, built about
$50 years ago. They arc totally des-
ututo OF any Of those convenience"
which make life worth living. The
rooms are lighted by little square
planes OF what appears at one time %
have been glass, but which has lost
all semblauce 10 that article owing
TO the iucrustation OF the CRIME OF
years.
TWELVE IN ONE ROOM
persons allowed iu these houses are
extremely elastic, and consequently
from nine to- twelve persons per room
Is nothing unusual Though only the
very poorest occupy Salutauon court,
the rents arc extremely high. As
there arc no legal restrictions as to
tho number Of persons who may occu-
py the rooms. the proprietor OF a
shanty ls expected TO get the rent
somehow. and the somehow usually
Sc a very degraded form OF human i'm
dustrv. Several of the rooms ln those
houses have even double sets of ten
ants. that is. those who occupy the
rooms boo the day time and those who
sleep there at might. and, of course.
for these excellent cuuveulences high
rents have 90 De- charged. To give e.
case in point-one of the small rooms
n "a salutatlon court shauty is occu-
pied by two married couples az night.
whereas. in the day time the same
room is slept iu by three railway
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Tn Southwark. where the slum prop
erty of DuChy of Cornwall is situated,
the death rate is moro than go per
cent whereas iu Hampstead and the
West End of London generally it
averages from 10 TO ID per cent. Inc
CANT mortality here, according to the
London County Council physicians, is
something like 2l9 per 1000, while
normally infant mortality iu healthy
residential section is only 80 per 1.-
900. These frightful conditions arc. OF
course, due 20 OvcrcrowdluE iu the
Duchy Of Cornwall houses. their die
lgpidsted state. and the un-auitar. mate
turc of the district
ORGIES NE DELECTABLE
DUCHT"
Tho ueiFhborhood is infested with
pubs or public houses otherwise
saloons. lu these Ein palaces every
dav YOU see hosts of women. most of
them carrying infants I'm their arms,
and other children tagging Ola t0 their
skirts On Monday morning Don Corn
wall place 10 is the general custom for
an the women TO pawn their husband's
sunday clothes until the following
Saturday. The money so realized finds
us way promptly into the saloon
keepers bottomless tiu. Several re-
forming authorities have tried in Eng
land 90 get laws passed restraining
the visits OF women and children Co
the saloons but SO far nothing has
been done On Saturday nights jpn
Cornwall place. Salutation court Bond
street and lu other hauuts OF tho
"dolectable duchy' YOU may witness
orgies OF bseridc sterilization in which
the whole uelgh0orhood participates.
Attempts 10 bring about reforms an
tho duchy district always have been
met with the statement that moth
Ing can Doe done until the leases exc
uirc" This is not altogether true. In
discussing this point "a local housing
expert who knows the conditions well
said.
"Tho Prince OF wales. with hls pow
arful influence, easily could exert EIfil-
Client moral suasI0u ou the dsuIzsus OF
the district and. NJ not ON his own
agents who collect the reutz-to bring
about q radical change. go least with
reference On tho children who are thc
victims of These crying evils Local
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lc0Htiuuel on paEe foWteonJ
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1909-01-22

The weather man says it will bt generally cloudy today.
 Let Farrar put q new frame or those pictures you have put away Old phone. 5G4. 32O Pine St.
 Charles Haycock, of this city, was yesterday commissioned q notary by Secretary of State Ludwig.
 Cleveland Matthews Hardware Co. is headquarters for up to date Builders Hardware; largest stock best prices.
 You need have no fear of dying with Pneumonia if youN will use Pneumo Emollient it gives immediate relief. At all druggists q tf
 If you want anything in the hard ware line phone Cleveland Matthews Hardware Co. where you will get it , and get it right now.
 Don't give your pictures to strang- CTS to be enlarged. Take them to Far rar, 32O Pine St., and get satisfac- tory job.
 When you need wall paper and some one to put it on call up Farrar, old phone 564, and he will send pa- per hanger at once. 320 Pine St.
 FOR RENT--A five-room house on Lakeside, with all modern convent ences. Apply to me at Alexander Pros Store. Y. s. Mcclellan. 1-21-6t
 There are not many things that are good for Whooping Cough but this Is one. Pneumo will give your child quick relief your druggist has 1t. If
 % per cent discount on Sheet pic. lures. also Framed pictures, $. (. Farrar, 32O Pine St.. Old Phone 56i. 12-o7-1m
 ---,Nfalthoid Roofing, one square with caps and cement, $1.9o: guaranteed for five years by Cleveland Matthews Hardware Co.
 --Secretary Guy lI-eflar, of the Ar kansaw Travellers, has opened head quarters at the Hotel Jefferson, where all the members of that organization will spend their leisure hours while in the ctiy.
 When a neighbor saw a flame in {. barn in the rear of the home Of Roy Hayes, at No. l516 East Seventh ave- nue at 6 o'clock last night, he thought the huilding was on fire and he sound cd an alarm. The fire boys learned upon their arrival that Hayes was only smoking meat"
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1909-01-22
SERVICES AT THE
 TEMPLE TONIGHT

The regular weekly services will be held at the Temple tonight, begin ming at 7:45 o'clock. Rabbi Frisch will preach.
 The musical selections include the following:
 Organ Prelude-"Offertory in D flat" by Mrs. +. E. Reufrow.
 Vocal Solo--Selccted. MT. Mon, Levy.
 Soprano Solo--"Show Me Thy Way" by Torente. Mrs. F. l.. Diliey.
 Closing Hymn--"God Is In His Holy Temple" by choir and congregation.
 Everybody is cordially invited to attend this service.