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Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-07-23
WATCH FOR THE BIG RED CARS
FOR POINT LOOKOUT.

Cars leave End So. and Main st. for
Emigration Canyon at 2 p. m. daily.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-07-23
REGULARS TO 90 TO CAMP.

order from Washington Directs Bat
talon TO Go With State Troops.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-07-23

MI. and Mrs. S. A. Whitney. Mrs.
Phoebe Fisher and Mrs. George u. Py-
per left for Brighton last even
ing per automobile, Mr.. Whitney re-.
turning today, and the ladies put
ting up at the Brighton hotel.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-07-23

Mrs. II. D. Niles, and Mrs. Leslie
Savage were among those who enter
tanned small parties at the Country
club on "Wednesday.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-07-23

Doan's Regulets cure constipation
without gripping, nausea, nor any weak
ening effect Ask your druggist lot
tkem. rs cents per box.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-07-23

G,rand-The popularity of the Mack
Douglas matinecs is one of the sur
prising features of the present engage
ment. People We're turned away
Wednesday afternoon, and tomorrow s
pioneer Day matinee is already nearly
sold out.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-07-23

Mrs. FL N. Mayo gave a box party at
the Grand Wednesday, her guests being
Mrs. John Sharp, Mrs George Gushing,
Mrs. C. W. Boyd, Mrs. G. w. Putnam
and Mrs. FL. e. Barbee.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-07-23

mrs Fred Scarf of Chicago who Is
visiting here for short time, was
guest OF honor on Wednesday at
luncheon at the Country club given by
Mrs. e. A. Hutchinson, the table be-
ing prettily decorated and covers laid
for about half dozen.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-07-23

Mrs. A. D. Tobin gave a matinee
party at the Grand followed
by luncheon at the College Inn in
honor Of Miss Ada. Ferguson. the de-.
corations being IN white and lavender.
sweet peas and covers laid for the fol-
lowing besides the guest Of honor: Miss
Meryl Lynch, Miss Dorothy Partridge
Miss Josie Muldaney and Mrs. VIII
MT
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-07-23

Mr.. and Mrs. Elmer 3. Jones arrived
IN San francisco last Friday from
Japan and Honolulu and after spending
d week or so at Lake Tahoe will re-
t,,,,, 10 Salt Lake .sa..
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-07-23
ADJUSTMENTS.

Thcatcr-The advance sale is now
going on at the theater. for the Ser
want in the House" which runs all
next week.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-07-23

Orpl,cum--The sale for next weeks :
opening. as well as for the season, IS
going on at the box office.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-07-23
SOCIAL AND
PERSONAL

Invitations have been received from
Mr.. and Mrs. Melvin e. Cummings of
San Franeistn. form ri, of salt La ke,
for the wedding Of their daughter Gla-.
dys and Harry " ,rn,nn Child, to take
place at the brides home in San Fran
cisco on Wednesday, July IS.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-07-23

Mrs. Fred Scarf will be guest OF
honor at a bridge party tomorrow aft
honor at a bridge party this af-
ternoon to be given by Mrs. Clarence
yVarnOck
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-07-23

About 80 guests were entertained at
q barn dance on Wednesday night by
Miss Nellie Young in honor of Miss
Alta Fermon. The lawn was lit with
colored lanters and a stringed quartet
furnished delightful music.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-07-23

Miss Norine Thompson gave a barn
dancing party at her home tonight,
abou 20 being present.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-07-23

Mrs. Gwynn Officer. nee Miss Rebecea
Morris, arrived yesterday from her
lone in Berkely. Cal. and will spend
the rest of the summer with her sister,
Mrs. j. Fl Hansen, on Fourth street
The Montgomery tribune., 1909-09-10

jokes; very little of it sad or pathetic When
the chief widows turn came there was pathos in
her voice, though she gave no other sign of grief.
Turning her mothery face to the grave, she sat
there and talked to Wobehs spirit as naturally as
if she looking into his face. Nobody needed
to cross question her
There was nothing extraordinary for the next
two days. On the first day the mourning women
taken to the creek and washed, in order that
they might begin to dress up for the final feast.
On the second day the men of the town were as
sembled under the big palaver tree and individu-
ally to be loyal to the town. The oath was
administered by making the man drink from
bowl of milkish fluid which supposed to kill
the man if he insncere On this day, also,
the men brought in large quantities of frewood
and the women busy threshing and cleaning
rice and pots,
Then came the third and greatest day-the
slaughter of the bullock and the great feast. So
far as I could learn there is no sacrifcial idea
involved in the ceremony; the slaughter is solely
for the purpose of providing for joyful banquet
The big bullock was led to a vacant place near
the grave, just at sunrise, and securely tied down
on its side. It's throat was then cut, the wind
pipe being severed, and the animal slowly bled to
death. 1t 20 minutes before the animal
ceased to struggle, but its tail had been severed
long before, this being the especial perquiste Of
the men selected as butchers.
The carcass was then skinned and King Sow
sat in his leopard chair while the bullock was cut
up. He kept a careful watch to that not even
of meat taken by anybody Two
large brass kettles and large basket were placed
in front of him and in these were placed the in
ternal organs and the choicest cuts--the kings
meat. Now and then one of the butchers would
overlook small portion, but the king over
looked nothing; he had the promptly recti
fed. Altogether he received about one-third of
the bullock. The remainder cut up and dis
tributed among the families, to be cooked posi-
lively part of the animal except the hide and
horns discarded. There not quite enough
to go around, so the king ordered dog killed to
make up, the deficiency.
The Montgomery tribune., 1909-09-10
MISSOURI NEWS
Reports Show Tax Increase.

Jefferson City--A comparative state
ment of taxes and fees paid into the
state treasury by the secretary Of
state from January II to September l.,
shows an increase of $l5O.79l.S7 over
the same period for 1908.
There We're 2,Gll auto licenses is
sued to owners, lO4 to dealers and
40 to drivers for this period August
was the banner month for fees, there
being an increase of $12G,922 40 over
1908. The following is the statement
in detail for August 1909, as issued
by the secretary of state: Domestic
corporation tax, $l3O425 foreign
corporation tax, $2,Sl5; miscellaneous
fees, Stills: notarial commissions,
$SO5 land department fees, $33.G9;
auto registration, $4,000; railroad
contract, Si3. Total $13G,953.IA
Charters issued in month of August:
Domestic corporations. ll6; foreign,
8; insurance, 1; railroads, .; bencvo-
lent, 13; change of capital stock, "a;
total amount of capital stock held by
corporations granted certificates in the
month of August, 1909: Domestic
corporations capital, S249,253, $50.
Foreign capital in Missouri. $4,SliOOO.
Increase of capital stock. $l,923,50
Total $25G,020,750.
The Montgomery tribune., 1909-09-10

tlme causing the evil shapes to take to flight.
Most or the night was given to the beating
OF drums, the women and younger men dancing
IN procession all over town.
When night closed in on the scene and the
moon began to shed its soft light through hazy
clouds the nights dancing began. There was no
unuercurrent or sadness in it, everybody was lit
orally out for a good time. The dancers
drummed up in groups, the drummers shutting
all through the town to organize procession.
second crowd gathered under the leadership
of man with a string instrument made from
calabash and eventually third group shufied
along to the tune of a caabash strung with iron
rings, the sound being that of gourd half filled
with dried peas.
The succeeding day was one of the most
eVentfui of ALL Before sunrise the of the
town brought large stones to the grave and
walled it in, making an inclosure about six feet
wide and 10 feet long. Dozens of empty gin
bottles were brought and placed all around the
grave-a very common custom this coast The
mound was then leveled down and the entire
inclosure covered with stones and wet sand. At
the head they placed couple of small ivory
tusks, rice bowl containing Wobeh's silver ring
and some kola nuts two pitchers and small
brass kettle. Across these was laid unsheath-
ed sword. The fixing of the grave was not COM
pleted until they had brought small jug of
rum and poured a little of 1t into each vessel.
The thirst of Wobehs spirit was apparently more
easily quenched than had been that OF the man
in life-and this enabled the men about the
grave to put the greater part of the rum to bet
ter use.
After the grave had been properly arranged
the town assembled to witness the significant
ceremony of killing the white chicken. The
principal nephew of the late king knet on the
grave and held the chickens head above Wobeh's
head. King Sow made long speech and then
different members of Wobeh's family gave the
chicken messages to take to his spirit. This
part of the ceremony was very solemn and i'm
pressive 1t was clear that they implicitly be-
lieved that their messages would reach their des-
tinaton.
Then the nephew pulled off the chickens head
and threw the body down on the grave. Curl
ously enough the headiess chicken futtered
around until 1t reached the head of the grave
and then seemed to be trying to bore its way
down to the king. 1t then huttered away, the
The Montgomery tribune., 1909-09-10

Consumptives Need Not Leave Home

Consumption can be cured, or ar.
rested, in any section Of the United
States, and the percentage of cures in
the east and the west is nearly the
same. Any physician, therefore, who
sends a person to the southwest with.
out sufficient funds, or in an advanced
or dying stage of the disease, is guilty
of cruelty to his patient. Renewed
efforts are being made to stop this
practice, and to encourage the build
ing of small local hospitals in every
city and town in the country. At
tempts are also being made in South
ern California and in Texas to ex.
clude INDECENT consumptiycs or to
send them back to the east.
The Montgomery tribune., 1909-09-10
Painter Killed in Fall,

st. Joseph.-Faling headforemost
on a cement walk, Edward j. Henry,
a house painter, was fatally injured
when he lost his balance and toppled
from a scaffold on new schoolhouse
in South St. Joseph. His skull was
crushed. Henry was half-brother Of
William Mignery, contractor who
was killed January l. 1908, when a
brick fell upon his head while super
intending the construction of the new
RobidouX hotel.
The Montgomery tribune., 1909-09-10

st. JOSeph.-Sevcn coaches were de-
rallied and five rolled into the ditch
when burlington train No. %, the
crack St. Paul & Omaha express,
southbound, ran into washout one
mile north of Halls. No one was
seriously hurt. A wreckng crew from
ST Joseph took a corpse of physicians
to the scene, in anticipation of numer-
Gus injuries. but the passengers mir.
aculou5ly escaped with minor bruises
and scratches
The Montgomery tribune., 1909-09-10
so Years Hurt Costs Foot.

Maryville.-NTrs e. Calvert Of Nc
Fall, Mo-, was brought to Maryvile
Saturday and taken to st. Francis
hospital to have an operation perfor-
med on her foot. Mrs. Calvert, who
is 60 years old, net with an injury TO
her foot when small girl, and has
suffered only slightly from the effects
Of the accident until now, when it be-
came so serious as to cause an am
putation of part of the foot
The Montgomery tribune., 1909-09-10
By GERALD A.,EODEEIC6,

throng crowding each other in their
efforts to watch every movement.
When it finally ceased its struggles
there was n chorus of "Ah! followed
by some excited talking. 1t was eN'
planned to me that when chlckeh
dies with its feet in the air 1t Is
sign that the nephew has been true
to the king and has not meddled with
his women. In this case the chlckeh
had died on it's side.
Then another chicken was brought
for another nephew TO Kill. 1t ike
wise died on its side and there was
another chorus of excited grunts. "A
third chicken was killed by niece,
with the same result; but the fourth
killed by another niece, stopped WIN
its feet in the air. The crowd went
wild, caught up the girl aud marched
around the town with her on their
shoulders. Wobeh had one relative
that had been true.
This ceremony was Ollowed an
hour or two later by that of eating
the chickens. together with rice
cooked in yellow palm oil. The food
was placed at the head of the grave
and Wobehs head wife presided over
the pot. All the children squatted
about on the grave and the other rel
atives were assembled around 1t.
King Sow had a good many remarks
to make before he called up the eld'
est son and motioned for him to take
the painful of rice which the widow
The Montgomery tribune., 1909-09-10
Banker Sentenced and ParoIed.

Jefferson City, Mo.-Roy +. Kane,
entered a plea of guilty in Morteau
county circuit court at California of
embe2zlement and was sentenced to
4 years in the penitentary by Judge
Martin. Later Judge Martin released
him on parole Bane was formerly
cashier of Bank of Upton and his
shortage amounted to $4,000. All
shortage was made good.
The Montgomery tribune., 1909-09-10
OPENING OF CHEYENNE RIVER
INDIAN RESERVATION.

The General Land Office at Wash
ington has designated lie Beau and
Aberdeen, SO. Oak, on the Minneapo-
lis & st. Louis r. R. as registration
points.
There will be about 1000 quarter sec.
tions allotted to settlers.
Who May Secure Homestead.
Under the homestead laws of the
United States any person, male of fe-
male, who is not the owner of more
than 100 acres of land in any state
or territory, who is native born
citizen of the United States, or has
been naturalized, or declared his in
tention to become naturalized citizen
of the United States G. e., one who
has taken out his first papers of citi-
zenship), who is over the age of 81
years or the head of family, may
make homestead entry of not exceed
ing 100 acres of any of the unoccu-
pied public lands OF the United
States.
! have lived to know that the secret
of happiness is never to allow your
The Montgomery tribune., 1909-09-10
Hunting Owners Are Hit.

Jefferson City.--In a ruling Assis-
tant Attorney General ]. A. Atkinson
holds that nonresident land owners in
Missouri cannot hunt. even on their
own land, without taking out a non
resident hunting license and paying
$25 therefor
The opinion was prepared at the in,
stance of State Game and Fish Com
missioner Jesse A. Tolerton.
The Montgomery tribune., 1909-09-10
General Pickett's Widow 4onored.

Marshall.-Mrs. La Sale Corbett
Pickett, widow of Confederate General
Pickett, was the guest of a reception
here, given by the ladies of r. f.
Lee chapter, United Daughters of the
Confederacy, at the residence of Doc.
present.
The Montgomery tribune., 1909-09-10
Accent Pace,s RESIGNATION.

j Higginsvile.-The resignation OF
Col j. l.. Pace, superintendent of the
Confederate Soldiers home here, was
accepted by the board of managers.
G. j. r. Walton of Nevada was unan,
imously chosen to fill his place.
The Montgomery tribune., 1909-09-10
Ear of Corn Stolen; Offers Reward

an ear of corn that grew in flower
bed at the Second Baptist church he
started something. The pastor Rev
T. r. Wade had a big sign hung out
offering a reward of $1.50 for informa,
tion leading to the capture Of the mis-.
creant.
The Montgomery tribune., 1909-09-10
Escapes From Moving Train.

Sedalia.-While being taken to the
military prison at Fort Leavenworth,
Kas, in company of eight other pris.
oners, on a Missouri Pacific train
George E. Ball of Decatur, H., jumped
head first through the coach window
as the train was travelling up the hill
near Centertown and escaped.
The Montgomery tribune., 1909-09-10
Child ScaIded to Ceath.

Cape Girardeau.-The three-year-old
child of William Zapp was scalded to
death by turning over kettle of boil
ing water while her mother was dress
ing chickens for dinner.
The Montgomery tribune., 1909-09-10

had held out Before eating 1t he MADE cerl"I'.
promises relative to peace in the family. Each OF
the relatives was called out in turn and required
to go through the same performance. Old hlnS
Sow kept his ears open and whenever he was
not satisfied with a given promise he arose and
cross questioned the relative ike country law
yer until he made him promise what he wanted.
Parts of this ceremony were exciting; at times
there were outbursts of laughter at one of SoWs
The Montgomery tribune., 1909-09-10

large enough to be
heard. Meanwhile for
two days and nights
the men of the town
made it lively for the
spirits of evil that
We're supposed to be
lowering in the bush
that surrounds the vii
lage. Guns heavily
charged with powder
were fired at intervals
throughout the entire
The Montgomery tribune., 1909-09-10
Former Representative Dies.

Marble Hill-William Berry prom.
inent farmer and merchant, is dead at
his home in Glen Allen. He was 81
years old and had represented Bal
linger county at four sessions of the
general assembly.
The Montgomery tribune., 1909-09-10

WObeh's w m @ n
and children reassem-
bled in their kitchen
and resumed their
mournful chant. This
is a performance in
which the women of
West Africa are very
accomplished and Wo-
beh's f a m lily was
The Montgomery tribune., 1909-09-10
Bessie Mas WiIlinu.

"Oh dear" said the tired mother, 81 wish I
were little girl again like you" WELL" re-
joined fve-yearold Pesse, Tets play you are Iay
little girl, then you act naughty and I'll spank yes
and send you to bed without your supper"
The Montgomery tribune., 1909-09-10

town called Goomah, no woman being allowed
10 kho" ms whereabouts. Courtesy to the mul.
ian and the sand cutter" demanded that Wohab
shouid promptly pass into the unknown but the
Ola man held on to life with his characteristic
Senaclty 1t was several weeks before the news
was quietly brought to Totoquelli that its found.
er was dead The information was passed on
to Boporo and King Sow came over to take
charge of the town until all it's palavers were
settled.
The funeral of an African chief follows the
law of the bush implicitly, but the details vary
IN different parts of the west coast. The pro.
ceedings in this case extended over a period of
about three weeks.
First Wobehs body removed from the
hut where he had died and placed in an omen
kitchen in Goomah. These kitchens are merely
large huts without walls, or, rather, with walls
about three feet high. The roof is of thatch and
the floor of clay In the center of one of these
Kitchens a shallow grave dug Then the
feet were bound together, the arms were extend
ed down the body and the hands bound together
by means of a strong stick placed between
hands and feet the body was placed in the grave
and lightly covered. After it had lain there for
two days it was taken up by night and carried to
Totoquelli, where it again placed in shall
low grave, but in hut where no woman could
bring i'll luck by looking upon it. The law of the
bush shuts out all women from any approach to
the dead. Then the family and the town began
to make ready for the obsequies, formal notices
were sent out 10 all tne Dig Kings Wltnln TWO
days walk, in order that they might come with
gfts) and assist Wobeh's spirit into rest.
The funeral continued for eight days. First
the body again lifted from the grave and
"aid OUT in open kitchen carefully screened.
The kings women were then segregated in
other kitchen and intrusted with the duty of
making great lamentation. Then the head of the
devil bush'-he is a great functionary in West
Africa-came into the village to announce the
Kings death-a performance on a par with the
formal notification given to presidential nomi-
nee by committee from national convention.
The devil bush" is sort of combination of Sc
cret society and boys boarding school. 1t is
collection of huts hidden away in the bush which
women must avoid pay the penalty of death.
Here are collected most of the boys of the COM
munity and they remain in seclusion for period
vacying from three to six years, being taught
some sense and much nonsense The grip of SUI
perstition is so strong that the head of the bush
becomes q great man in the tribe and death is the
penalty for any woman who looks upon his face
Totoquelli's "devil' preceded his entrance into
the town by an unearthly yell, which was the
signal for all the women and girls (and every
man not a member of the devil bush'O to Sc
crete themselves. Then with series of ventril-
oqustic yells he came into the center of the
town. announced the death of Wobeh, ordered
the funeral to proceed and vanished into the
bush. Then the real noise began.
The Montgomery tribune., 1909-09-10
>oF1wzeAz Is/zzS = A>&2

s(@A n days back from Monrovia,
@}N.y region where the gov.
where the native African
chiefs reign supreme. where the only
statutes are the laws of the bush. A
couple of English prospectors. an
English rubber trader and an Ameri-
can missionary compose the foreign
population all the way back to the
French frontier There is no part of
the west coast of Africa so lightly
touched by the white man, for even
the occasional government officials
who visit the region are black. In
all the towns the babies yelled at nv
approach and the children fled in ter.
ror if | walked toward them.
While King Wobeh's star was in
the ascendency death came out of
the foggy bush and laid its hand
upon him. A famous mullah man
was called to make incantations and
the sand cutter" brought out all bis
paraphernalia of dvination and
peeped impressively into the future
Ihat which Wobeh really needed, a
good physician. does not exist in that
region. The mullah and the "sand
cutter gave an unfavorable progno.
Sis so the suffering king was pre-
pared for his departure in the mannor
prescribed by the law of the bush.
The Montgomery tribune., 1909-09-10

have lived to know that the secret
of happiness is never to allow your
energies to stagnate Clarke.
The San Francisco call., 1909-05-24
NAVAL OFFICERS MUST
TRAIN FOR ENDURANCE
Captain Lucien Young Begins
by Walking 10 Miles

The United States promises soon to
develope the original horse marines.
According to the understanding in
naval circles. President Taft will soon
issue an order that all officers in the
navy viii have TO ride or. walk so
miles within a prescribed time to DEM
onstrate their fitness to straddle the
fighting top in gale or parade the
quarter deck while under fire. Captain
Lucien Young. commandant of the
Mare Island navy yard, is the first
naval officer to go into training for
the test.
Captain Young will, in August, be
sixth on the rank of captains in the
navy and expects TO be the youngest
admiral in the service when his time
for promotion comes.
Captain Young started off for his
stunt early yesterday morning. Ac-
companied by Mayor J. J. Madigan Of
Vallejo. the commandant of the navy
yard stepped out bravely and hit oft
ten miles into Wild Horse canyon. He
made the walk in good style and came
back TO his moorings in record time
for a naval captain. Mayor Madigan
stuck by the captain heroically and
may be recommended for a Carnegie
medal, or something like that.