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The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-09-11
Seth L00o and Robert Bacon
Anbanado,ial Possibilities In the Taft Administraton-F
Of the Former For 9St James and Of the -
Latter For ibe Mission TO France.

lie life. nor has he passed the point at
which mon lose interest In the ques-
tons of the moment While he Is a
Republican. he has never allied him
self conspicuously with any party ma
ohincry In tho opinion of a class of
politicians this should initiate against
his appointment: In .he opinion of an
other class { should enhance his value
AZ an ambassador 1t would not be to
Mr.. Lows credit to say that he was
not criticised as mayor of New York
city He had made . strenuous cam
paign. and much was expected Dur
ine his term. however Z Is simply the
truth to say that his administration
was clean and for tho best interests OF
the city regardless OF politics, accord
ing - the Views OF Slr Low 1t
should be said that when nc was mayor
tho term of office was for only ono
year. and 1t Is political belief in both
parties that one brief term does not
give IN administration the opportunity
II deserves Mr Low was mayor from
1902 untG 1909.
Refore ther was the Greater New
York Mr Low was mayor OF Brooklyn
from 1880 to 1897 He was an unsuc-
cessfuI candidate for mayor OF Greater
New York in 1897 He was born In
BROOKLYN in 1850 and las been identi-
fied with tho affairs OF that city and
Of New York city ever since he at
no1 his majority He was graduated
from Columbia In 1870 and holds the
degree o. L. D from the University
of Now York. Amherst. University OF
Pennsylvania, Harvard. trinity, Prince
ton an Yale He was president OF
Columbia university from 1890 to 1901.
In 1890 he was delegate TO the peace
conference at The Hague.
Career Of Robert Bacon.
Air Robert Bacon Is a younger man
than ex-Mnyor Low. but he has been
I'm '"bllc life so long that he is re-
gardod as past the meridian He has
not vet reached that line, He made
his reputation IN Wall street His
mind was trained almost entirely along
financial lines. He was an active fac
tor in tho huge combinations of cor
poratc wealth and power that aroused
public criticism and attack EN-Presi-
dent Roosevelt and Mr.. Bacon were Il.
the class OF so at Harvard. AGr Bacon
IS one OF the old BarnStablc family In
Massachusetts When he went TO New
YORK he became associated With the
house of j. P. Morgan 6, Go. In the
absence of Mr.. Morgan young Bacon
was in entire control OF the business
When President Roosevelt called Mr..
Bacon as assistant secretary Of state.
under Secretary Root. it was under
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"a "A " imprcsarIo In several cit
az AH les. TO which others may
q " be added. announced early
In the summer that he proposed sea-
son Of educational opera In New YORK
city. giving grand opera OF high
class at onc-half the price PAID tor
seats during ths regular season, IL
created no surprise. new as tho propo-
sitIoo was. for Oscar Bammerstein
long ago proved himself TO be a man
OF infinite resources.
So the impresarlo OF the Manhattan
Opcra House in New York city sailed
away and visited the music centers OF
the continent When he returned no
announced that ho had arranged for
arst class talent. some OF II entirely
new In this country. TO start a season
NJ educational opera The season Is
IN and will continue until tho pubic
zcts In view OF the regular season. BY
hat time Mr, Hammcrstein expects 10
De ablo to convince the pubic that
educational opera is valuable lore-
runner OF grand opera
Jr. Hammcrstein has always main
taincd that when the popular appetite
;or good music is properly wnetteo
No nublIo wIu be well content with
the very DeSt BTdbu oPSiO '
siycn and that II Will understand TO"
Il is impossible to give tho best by the
best people without great labor ana
eyponse So far as profit Is concerned
Mr. Hammerstein has proved that ne
Is even more anxious 10 please the
nublic than he IS to enrich his own
oockets This Idea would not last long
In the commercial world. but II goes a
ong way when ono Is catering 10 inc
pleasure of tho public.
The Idea Worked Out.
IT Is the sano idea that led TO the
building of tho Manhattan Opera
House and tho seasons OF success tha'
followed unde- the direction or It's
owncr and manager. 1t Will oc re-
n,cmbercd by somo at least that II was
alleged by certain patrons OF erano
opera in Now York city that they had
rot received the consideration In other
houses where grand opera was GiVer
that they deserved and that what az
lected them affected others. II is not
asserted that these contentious were
correct. That is not the point. The
grievances arose, and the aGgrieHec
cast about to see what could be done
IL was natural that those VINO allrece
that thoy had been "snubbcd" shoult
first think OF starting movement u
establish rival house.
Just then Mr Hammerstcin came L
tho front He had been more or les.
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others 10000. The reason for this dis
crepancy Hes in the fact that every few
years new trtbo !s found OF which
there had beer no previous history.
The gold product of Alaska in 1907
was SIS. 100000 This was augmented
in 1908. In twenty years the product
has been $126.000.o00 The gold bear
Ing creeks in the vicinity of Fairbanks,
1000 miles from Nome arc many feet
beneath tho surface OF the earth, and
the entire depth Is frozen ground and
gravel. How can 1t be guessed what
Is ho-o hi]den? JOHN A CONN.
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" y the course OF time. possibly In
the nca- future. President Taft
a viii appoint an ambassador to
"a succeed Mr Whitelaw Reid and
an ambassador to France 20 succeed
Mr. Henry White.
Diplomatically considered. these two
mlssionc are the most important in
The administration. Ever since the In
auguratlon OF President Taft political
quidnuncs have been guessing on the
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-09-11
Tin Plato Industry of South Wales.

South Wales. England, had 39S tin
plate mills and hfty-two sheet steel
mills in operation at the end of May
employing 22,50O person5. The United
States is a large and steady buyer, but
large consIGnments OF tin plato go to
the l." cast. China and Singapore. be-
Sides steady exports to the British
East Indies. Germany. France. tho
Netherlands and other countries. The
United States leads as a purchaser.
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Indians, TeIearaph System.

Captain Whlmen has reached Lon
con after a year spent in exploring
the southeastern districts of Colombia.
South America. He has gained n vast
amount Of valuable information on the
habits and manners OF the Indians and
on their religious ideas. Tho people
among whom he Travelled are canni-
balls. eating the bodies OF the members
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Exports Imports
Tho Drink Evil In snoland.

Speaking before tho Church Of Eng
land Temperance society recently the
bishop OF London said that as the re-
suit Of an inquiry regarding the drink
evil fifteen doctors stated that in the
middle class there was Il decrease of
drink. eighty eight in fashionable
practice spoke OF the Increase among
the well to do and ninety three OF tho
increase among working women.
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appointments for these missions. The
most frequently mentioned are Mr.
Seth Low and Mr. Robert Bacon. the
former for st James and the latter
for France. which no longer has its
court
Although cN-Mayor Low has never
been tr the diplomatic orbit he has
many qualifications necessary for the
mission with which his name has been
mentioned HC is the embodiment OF
the Latin maxim which, freely trans
lated reads gentle I'm manners. but
forcible In deeds" He has scholarly
attaInments and culture. Independent
Views. plenty of money and is not
handicapped With ineXperiencc in pub
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Foreigners at German Universities.

The number of foreign students at
the German universities. which. owing
10 the increased severity In the con-
ditions of admission. had declined last
year 10 1884. has risen to 1921, chiefly
because this Is the first season in
which foreign women could matricu-
late at all universities. The numbers
include 1878 Russians. GA Austro-
Hungarians, 500 Swiss. 155 English
15i Bulgarians. 102 Roumanians. 6S
Servians. 60 French. 293 Americans.
l75 ASiatics and / Australians. OF
these, 1,1S1 entered for medicine, Ber-
lin and Leipzig arc now tho favoritc
universities, instead OF Heidelberg,
which formerly headed the list,
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-09-11
OSCAR HAMMERSTElN PROM0TER CT EDUCATIONAL
GRAND OPERA

tenor: bo loves tho smell of the ly
lofts. ho loves to llnSor in tho per-
fume of Il fashionable audience; he
listens like a boy when the strings OF
tho orchestra arc vibrating. Somebody
who made an analysis OF tho man once
said nat he never grew UP. He wes
likcncd 10 Peter Pan. II took him
thirty-scven years TO get where he Is.
And Eow he Is not only a great i'm
presario In Now York citV. but Is reach
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agent OF any clique. but he maintained
that in a great city there should be
moro than one field for grand opera
Ho just happened along at tho psy-
Geological moment. He believed that
grand opera could be given at popular
prices This idea IS connected with
hls planE for educational opera He
said very bluntly that IL would take
money to carry out his idea
Ho was told by some OF tho people
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ing ous for other cities. Chicago. Bos-
ton, st. Louis. Washington. Cincinnati.
are on his list Whcth-r he Is reach
ing out for these cities IT whether they
arc reaching out after him does not
matter. He IS stil hammerinG away
on his contention that grand opera at
popular prices Is here. IN part this
has been worked out o.. his idea OF
educational opera.
So much for the man who has been
cigar machine inventor. a real estate
Spccuiatcr. q manager Of vaudeville.
plunger in whatever he undertakes.
humorist In HIS way and the happy IA
thcr of six children.
Spanked to Success.
There is such Il thing ae being
spanked into success That Is what
started Oscar HammerStain on his ca
reer az lmprcsario Els father admin
cred the blows Hammersteln perc
wanted Oscar TO become a violinlst
Oscars mother preferred to sec him
In on the nrte. One day the father
was called away from home on busl-
ness, and his stay was protractcd
Mrs. Hammerstein engaged a nutc
master to give lessons to Oscar The
boy learned rapidly BY the time his
father returned oscar had mastered
several pieces Early one morning his
mother stole into Oscars room and
told him his father was asleep Shc
suggested that Oscar take lis 1utc and
stand before Tic door of his fathers
chamber and play Oscar selected
'Whcn tho Swallows Uomeward Fly
Tho birds were turned loose on dulcct
notes. Suddenly tho door opened
HomEerstein rerc en- 'eshabine camo
forth lie seized tn, lad and spanked
him in the good old fashioned way
What became Of the 1uto is unknown.
Tho boy. stung mentally ard physical
ly. resolved then and there to get an
other audience and become caterer
for It's amusement IIl- audience was
the public. He bad seen enough to
know that the public liked music or
any other form OF amusement but mu-
sic was uDpermost in his mind all he
while ROLAND CEEELB.
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China,s Postal seryiee.

In the seven years 1901 to zoos chi
mas postal service expanded remark
ably. The postal routes now cover
SIS 900 miles. and the pcstoGlceS num-
bcr S.i9S as against 176 in 1901. an in
crease of 1917 in the seven years,
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-09-11
canada's Railway Charters.

out of 2oG railway charters granted
by the Canadian parliament in the
twenty years ended 1908 only twenty
oisht have resulted in any construc-
ton. cighty-siX have lapsed, and the
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-09-11
snidcr Ihat Goes Fishina.

In Buenos Aires a spider which prac-
tees fishing at times, In shallow
places II spins between stones a two
winged conical net on which it runs
in the water and captures small hsh.
tadpolcS. etc,
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Our Commerce With Nine Countries.

Quoting in round millions from ad
vance figures Issued by the bureau Of
statistics, this was our 1908 fiscal year
commerce with the principal countries
for the fiscal year 1908.
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Ianan snoka Eore.nn Iradc.

The Japanese government Will next
year send commercial agents 10 Eu-
ropc and America for the develop
mcnt OF japanese trade.
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Occar Hammer5tein Ne7o Ventnre
HoqO the Promoter of Educational Opera Reached the Heights
of Mastsrtu Imbrtsario = II Man
With Boys Curiosity

successful builder and manager of the
aters. roof gardens and other places
OF amusement He did not appear at
this 1uncture as a rival or as the
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-09-11
Islands Of Groat R-italr
Where Coffee Is Dutv F,co

There are about l.20O islands In tho
group which wo call the British isles
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-09-11

No American" Dentists In Germany.
Germany does not permit dentists TO
style themselves American" as is the
custom all over Europe.
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-09-11
Corn of Canada and Cape Colony.

Canada grows sixty three bushels OF
corn TO the acre. Cape Colony ten
bushels.
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-09-11

Holland IS the only European coun-
try that admits conee duty free
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Temperature 1000 Fothoms Down.
At 1000 fathoms below the surface
OF the ocean there is a uniform tenn
perature just above freezing point
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-09-11
Man's chances Of suIdon Death.

The mans risk OF sudden death Ia
eight TO one greater than that of the
woman.
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others have received extensions Of
time. Exclusive or the Canadian Pa
ciflc. Grand Trunk Pacific and Cana
dian Northern. tho charters granted
called Tor 63.S09 miles construction.
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U VI RHEN Oscar Hammersteln'
"a "a " imprcsario in several cit
az AH les. to which others may
g " be added. announced early
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1909-02-18
Policeman Fatally Shot.

Salisbury. Snecial Policeman W.
A. Monroe and Policeman Siccloff
were called to North Church street. a
negro settlement. on account of John
A. jackson. a negro. beating his wife
Saturday night. As they attempted
to arrest him and while trying TO es-
cape Jackson shot Policeman Monroe
and mnde good his escape. Monroe
was taken to the Whitehead-Siokes
Hospital where his wounds were con-
sldercd necessarily fatal. He was
shot in the abdomen. He is about so
years cid nnd was esteemed for MANY
years faithful service on the police
force of Salisbury. Against reason
able expectation Monroe evnects to
recover. $50 reward is offered for
the capture of Jackson.
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farm that raised q man. He went
swimming in the nearby creek and by
the light from the huge fireplace in
the little one-room cabin he learned
his first lessons.
Moved to Indiana.
At this time Kentucky offered few
allurements to n poor man and in
1914 the LincOlns sold the little farm
and moved to Indiana. Subsequently
Abraham Lincoln moved into Illinois
and the rest is history. But through
all the years that followed he nevc,
forgot his first home. He rarely re
ferred to it, but after he had become
President Of the United States he is
known to have said: "When the
war is over l would like very much
to visit my old Kentucky home.
remember it WELL"
But he never did return. and the
farm and the little log cabin had Q
varied history. A few years ago il
was given into the management OF
a Rev. j. w. Bingham, who removed
the log cabin to the exhibition al
Nashville, and later sold it to some
exhibitors who took it about the
country as a travelling show. Bui
year or two ago the logs were found
in a cellar at College Point, Long
Island, where it was stored and with
ceremony was restored to its origina;
site.
The farm itself has been the sub
ject of litigation for several year,
and efforts have been made by va.
rious interests to use it for cne pur.
pose or another.
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very much interested in having il
within the next four years-that
canal will be completed. And when
that time comes you will see loading
down this river your great commerce
bound through those straits to the
west coast of America, to the west
coast of South America, to the Orient
and Australia.
'The board of engineers that nc.
companied me have examined the
whole work and they say it is good
that it shall go on as it has gone on
that the organization on the isthmus,
the American push and the good feel
ing that is there commends itself 10
them ss men who understand great
works Of that class and convince:
them that the canal is now an i'm
mediate prospect
His Entry Picturesque.
Mr.. Taft IS entry into New Orleans
was picturesque and thrilling. He
came up the hundred miles of the
Mississippi from its mouth on the
scout cruiser Birmingham at the rate
Of nearly thirty miles an hour, break
ing all records. All the shipping in
the river had on gala dress and as
far as q dozen miles below the city
the big, muddy stream was alive with
tugs and stern wheelers having
aboard crowds of shouting citizens
The concert of steam whistles. brass
bands and banks lined with salutinc
enthusiasts added to the scene. A
big stern wheeler carried the local
reception committee eight miles be.
low the city, which, with dozen tugs
and other passenger steamers, hover
ed around the sleek cruiser with he,
war paint, as she slowed down and
struck a seven knot pace to keep in
company.
From the flying bridge Mr.. Taft
was kept busy waving his cap and
answering salutations, while Mrs
Taft, on the quarterback. had her
share of the ovation. A big red
barge. No. %, was brought alongside
in mid-steam at the foot of Canal
-treet, over which the party boarded
the reception committees steamer
from which landing was made.
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HOMICIDE In CHARLOTTE

W. 8. Bigsers Shoots Down ]. q.
Hood in Front Of Central Hotel
Former business Relations the
Cause.
Charlotte, N. c., Specialize.
J. G. Hood, who for many years
has been identified with the business
interests of Charlotte, was shot down
by Mr.. w. S. Biggers in front Of the
Central Hotel a few minutes after @
O'Clock Tuesday morning, and died
within twenty minutes after the firsE
shot. Hood never regained conscious
ness.
BY railroad accident Biggers had
lost his right arm, but welded his
pistol with the left.
The shooting took place at Close
range, Biggers being within three o.
four feet Of Hood when he opene,l
fire. Hood fell at the third shot, an
In n few moments the sidewalk we
red with blood, while a part of the
brain of the victim was mingled witt
the blood that was streaming frou.
the wounds In the head.
One ball from Biggers' pistol pass
ed through the rear Of the Central
Hotel bus and shattered pane of
glass in the front, passing within four
inches of the drivers head The same
ball continued across Tryon street
and broke a large plate glass in the
front of the Offices of the Southern
Rp0I Ecfnfn
pany.
Just before the shooting Hood was
seen with his hands extended forward,
asking Biggers not to shoot him, this
being practically all that was gather
ed of the conversation that took place.
Biggers raised his pistol in his left
band. and pointed square at Hood,
the first shot evidently going wild,
and hitting the hotel bus. The Sec
ond shot is believed to have been the
most fatal of all, the ball entering be-
tween tie eyes and about an inch
above n line across the middle Of the
forehead.
When a policeman reached tho
scene of the tragedy Biggers was
standing over his victim with his pis-
tol in his hand. Turning to tho
policeman, he said: "I submit to YOU
and here is my pistol. Hood has
teen trying to rob me. my wife and
my children for several years and
have done ali that l had to do. I
am willing to go anywhere you say
and will make no effort 10 resist"
The men had been in business to-
gether some years ago. Biggers had
subscribed for some of the stock
and paid in part of the sum. Believ-
ing it to be a loss he refused TO paw
in the rest while it seems Hood
demanded payment. This probably
led to hatred and the homicide.
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1909-02-18
TAFT HOMEWARD BOUND
Talks Through South-Remarks q.
Hattiesburg, Miss.-Canal Manage
ment Deserves Support.


Birmingham, Special. - Talkins
through Louisiana, Mississippi ant
Alabama, just like campaign DAYS
the President-elect had on Saturda,
the qualification, which he evidently
enjoyed, of being heartily received by
large and enthusiastic crowds WAC
had not voted for him.
He talked from the rear platform
at Hattiesburg, Miss, in a vein OF
pleasantly and then touching on the
Canal subject he said:
"The Panama canal is going to be
built" he declared" and what Iwant
every American citizen to do, is to
stand by the men who are building it.
Voices: "We will do it.") Don 7
set a fire in the rear, don distrust
the men that are giving up their
strength and energy and enterprise to
put that great work through. When
you have agents who are doing YOUR
work, You stand behind them. If
You don't. You cannot get your work
done. The men who do your work are
entitled to your help and cnfidence
and you ought not to allow yourselves
to be led astrav by buncombe speeches
on the floor of the House of Repres-
entatives, or by headlines in sensa-
tlonal newspapers, and GO back on the
men that are> doing your work.
- don't care whether You are
Democrats or Republicans. YOU want
the work done and when the army
engineers who are doing this work are
giving oil their time TO the carving
out of this work. YOU are not men TO
go back on them and TO believe every
idle story that comes from the mouth
OF some politician who is seeking 10
make himself prominent or to give
himself the advertisement of little
unfounded sensational statement.
THAT work is being done honest
". / know what 7 am talking about.
1t will be built and all the wind op-
potion that comes merely from de-
side to exalt and exploit the man who
makes himself responsible won't OBJ
struct it.
Il know what the people of the
United States want in that regard and
IN so far as I have power. as the
Executive of this country. am going
to push that work and ] ain going
to stand behind the men who are do
ing 1t. And now, gentlemen. YOU
have gotten mo into more heat than
| exnectcd hut I think YOU very much
much for your welcome.'
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Loses His Life in an Attempt to Res.
cue Aged Woman.

RICHMOND, Va, Special.-Mrs.
Robert Skipwith, an aged woman be-
longing to a prominent family, and a
man named Johnson were burned to
death in a fire which destroyed an
old mansion near Clayville, Powhatan
county, Saturday night. johnson and
his wife were tenants in the house
which was the property of Mrs. Skip
with. johnson returned to rescue
Mrs. Skipwith when the floor fell in.