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The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-03-29

!. made up for the most part OF brutal
ruffians; nor are we particularly con-
cerned about the hanging of poor, ig-
norant negroes who have neither
friends nor money to interpose in
their behalf The kind OF hanging
that would do good is where n capital
onense is clearly proved against man
OF some standing, who has money, and
who has employed shrewd and unscru-
pulous lawyers TO exercise their tai
entsrto the utmost TO defeat the ends
OF Justice. There are plenty OF OPP
portunities for such hangings. oppor-
tunities that are going to waste Op-
portunities of this kind are afforded
by men who have killed their wives,
killed them with circumstances OF ag-
Cravated cruelty; and by men who.
tote a pistol around to defend their
honor, and who have killed men TO
avengc a petty insult.
I'VE believe In capital punishment
because VIC believe In the Bible. That
old book speaks out in no uncertain
sound: Whose killeth any person,
the murderer shall be slain at the
mouth Of the witnesses Moreover, ye
shall take no ransom for the life OF
murderer that is guilty OF death; but
he shall surely be put to DEATH That
is plain enough, but that is not the
end of the matter. God proposes to
have a reckoning with those who
trine with that requirement. SO ye
shall not pollute the land wherein ye
are; for blood it polluteth the land;
and no explatlon can be made for the
land. for the blood that is shed there
In. but by the blood of him that shed
It We verify believe that God has
a controversy with our land because
II Is polluted by the blood that has
been shed therein for which no ex-
pintion has been made. Let us have
some hangings that will mean some
thing, that will make the man who is
capable of taking the life OF his tel
low, think seriously about how 1t
would feel to have halter around his
neck and his feet dangling in the air
with no support to reach. Such seem
ing cruelty will be a great mercy to-
ward the innocent"
The Presbyterian Standard would
do well to explain just how capital
punishment deters the man who Is
murderer, at heart. Murder is seldom
premeditated. An uncomfortable tenn
per, bitter enmity. struggle to the
last ditch are some OF the underlying
causes of murder, and the man afflict-
ed with murderous hatred or who is
trapped, as Is often the case with
criminals, never stops to weigh In the
balance his possible punishment.
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-03-29
A FAMOUS BEAUTY
SPECIALIST
Gives Advice to Women Lacking
in Energy and Vitality.

thousands OF women are using toilet
preparations unsuccessfully.
Cosmetics fall to improve their
thick. muddy complexions or to Danish
the plmples, blackheads and crows
feet.
No wonder. Their trouble lies far
deeper than the skin They have bad
blood. and bad blood in 80 per cent. of
the cases arises from Inflammation of
the mucous membrane. Their blood is
filed with poison which is certain to
break out in unsightly humors and
blotches-while pale, drawn faces,
deep circled eyes, STOPPING shoulders
and weak backs complete the story of
suffering and despair
Inflammation Of the mucous mem
brane is catarrh. Danish catarrh and
compilations will clear as If by magic.
pain vanish. eyes will brighten, faces
become plump and shoulders erect.
Perfect beauty goes only with per
feet health, and perfect health for
women can only be obtained through
ReXall Muco-Tone, the one positive and
permanent cure for catarrh.
Nine. Swift, A West 26th st, New
York City, the most famous beauty
specialist in the world and an accepted
authority on all relating thereto, has
this to say OF Muco-Tone:
Il can strongly endorse the claims
made for ReXall Muco-Tone as a cure
for systemic catarrh. It's tonic effects
are remarkable It builds I'D the
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for its strengthening and healing quail
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ReXall Mucu-Tone works through the
blood. and acting directly upon the
muco-cells-the congestion and inflam-
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poison and TO resume their natural
functions Thus the membranes are
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We know that Rexall Mucu.Tone will
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or by what other names 1t Is known.
We guarantee To refund your money
| II you are not satisfied with the vigor-
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Sold only at our store. Price so
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filled. The T. H, Carr Drug Co. 25th
and Grant
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-03-29
FINANCIAL REVIEW

New York, March 2S.-Prices or
stocks moved last week irregularly
and haltingly towards a higher level.
This happened to the accompaniment
OF expressions Of announcement tor
the various sources at the slow rate
of progress Of business Improvement
and the small apparent prospect OF
early revival.
While the seeming discrepancy or
the action Of the stock market re-
ceiyed some explanation in the techni-
cal conditions ruling it, the shaping
of the price movement upward Is i'm
pressive as an index OF improved re-
liability of improvement to come In
the general business situation.
While the character of the opera
tons in stocks gave no clear indica-
ton OF active steps based on this ex
pectation of ultimate improvement.
there was a notable power of resist
ance, which argued u confidence In eX-
emption from Influences of depression
and a determination to hold securities
for better prices 1t was this that
made difficulties for the professional
bears who had sold stocks short In an
ticipation OF period or liquidation
TO follow the course OF the discussion
over the tariff bill. 1t was the best
informed opinion that the demand for
stocks came merely from this uncov-
cred professional element and the
market was called narrow and lacking
In any broad Significance for that
reason.
Opinions of the accredited authorl-
ties IN the iron and steel trades were
that the lowering prices had failed TO
stimulate any effectual demand for
products The week was filled win
reports of intended further cuts IN
prices, OF lessening production by
shutting down mills and OF reduction
of wages The danger In strikes also
entered into the discussion.
In the copper trade. some improve
ment In demand was reported and
considerable sales OF refined copper
were said to have been made early in
the week. The subsequent subsid-
ence of this demand neutralized the
effect. In mercantile lines also and
in railroad traffic the returns show
the disposition to await the compile
tion OF the changes In the import du-
ties now under discussion before for
ward steps are taken. The condition
Of the winter grain crops is another
undecided problem. although a grow
ing sentiment of encouragement over
the condition OF winter wheat is dis
cernable.
The money market offered no COM
plications which has any influence on
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-03-29
PUTTING MEN TO DEATH
NOT A DETERRENT.

According to the Literary Digest.
the Presbyterian Standard, "at the
risk of seeming savage" declares 1t
must rejoice at the restoration of
avows its belief in capital punish
ment, and thinks that our country is
suffering badly for hangings" The
case of France is cited as an object.
lesson, or at least parallel example
of the need of drastic capital punish
ment. After the Communists burnt
the guillotine In 1871, says this Jour
nal, France grew strangely soft and
merciful and concluded that capital
punishment was relic of barbarism.
While this conviction has prevailed
crime has greatly increased. In eight
years murders have increased GO per
cent, and TO make the showing worse
1t is found that the increase is largely
With the juvenile criminals. between
sixteen and twenty-one years of age. o.
There Is perhaps something more
than Old-Testament austerity in wbat
this journal says regarding our own
case:
Apart from the gospel. nothing
would work more for the salvation or
the country than n goodly number or
well-conducted. well-considered. and
well-timed hangings. Be 1t understood
that we want no hangings by rlobs,
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-03-29
TARIFF SITUATION
NONEARER SOLUTION

Washington, March THE tarin
situation in tho house is no nearer a
solution tonight since the opposition
to the schedules developed among the
Republicans several days ago.
Speaker Cannon conferred with
President Taft at the White House
tonight. regarding the situation, and
the ways and means committee was
In session throughout the day. The
committee decided upon numerous
amendments which 1t Will offer to tho
bill, some OF which will affect rates,
while the majority are in the nature
OF corrections and changes In phrase
ology TO prevent misconstruction.
Speaker Cannon and other majority
leaders were in conference with tho
committee regarding certain sched-
ules and the proposed rule to shut on
general debate and proceed to the dig
cussion of the bill under the hre-min-
ute rule
Representative Dwight of New
York. the Republican whip, has been
instructed to have all the majority
members present on Thursday This
is taken to mean either that caucus
Will be held TO adopt plan with re-
gard TO the consideration of the taritr
bill for amendment. OF rule will be
brought In to shut of further general
debate. There Is every indication
that the rule regarding amendments
will permit the opening upof certain
paragraphs for amendment
The members OF the ways and
means committee are strongly opposed
10 a rule limiting general debate. on
the ground that 1t would be detn-
mental TO the passage OF the bill as
reported The committee gave somo
consideration 10 the paragraph on cof-
fee today This and the paragraphs
affecting crude petroleum. free hides,
bituminous coal, lumber and iron ore.
it Is understood, will be opened for
amendment by the proposed rule IL
is said that the committee VIII pro
vide an amendment which Will make
scrap iron subject to the same duty
as pig iron. The paper schedule, II Is
believed. Will also be affected By com
mittee amendments.
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-03-29
BY
PROSPECT
OF DEATH
In Electric Chair, Mrs. Farm
er Bids Farewell to
Her Husband

Auburn. N. Y, March 2s.-Appar.
emily Indifferent To her fate, Mrs.
Mary Farmer, who is to die in tho
electric chair at sunrise tomorrow.
for the killing of Mrs Sarah Bren-
nan at Brownsville, sat unmoved to-
day In the Auburn prison. Mrs. Farm
er was allowed to bid farewell to her
husband today. and then was led TO
o cell adjoining the execution cham
Der to await her final hour. Mrs.
Farmer dressed tonight for her execu-
ton.
Early tomorrow woman attendant
VIII bifurcate the prison gown To the
knee and slit the stockings so that the
electrode may be applied to the limb.
lock or two of her hair will be
clipped from her head In order to form
perfect contact with the electrodes
81 have given orders that her last
hour shall be for prayer and medita-
tion.' said Warren Burnham. The
sacrament Will be administered and
prayers for the dying said.
Father Hickey. and an assistant Will
lead the death march. The electrode
Will be adjusted by Captain Patter-
son. and two nurses will assist him
State Electrician Davis will turn on
the current. He tested the dynamo
today.
During her long incarceration In
Auburn prison, Mary Farmer has rare
ly spoken or her two-year-old son.
Peter Farmer. who is now at an
uncle's in Watertown, New York
Mrs. Farmer has made a statement
which she believes VIII exonerate her
husband who is also under sentence
of death for the same crime.
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-03-29

very fair share OF courage and detcrm-
ination. and. though by no means tho
most efficient fighters In the world.
they havo again and again stood up to
a hopeless fight with a spirit which
shows that the lot OF the tyrant among
them would be far from easy. Diaz
rules today. not by virtue of his army.
That Is needed only to check partial
discontents and TO foil the schemes
Of those who aspire 10 the purple.
Diaz Is chief OF Mexico by virtue OF
being the ablest man within its bor-
ders; the man with the clearest eye
to what the country needs and the
flrmost purpose In getting the need
supplied. He Is despot, we know
n his twin should arise In our own
country. and should escape being sent
TO jail until he became too powerful
to he thus disposed of, he would prob
ably be shot on sight But Diaz Is pre-
cisely the man needed to put an end
to the crazy revolutions and petty
tyrannies with which Mexican history
was filled; the man whose firm grip
has given the nation peace, and in
dustrial prosperity, and a good start
at education, The wealth, the intel
ngence, the moral standards, stand
ards of living, and the political under
standing of his land. have been rising
steadily during his long rule.
The man Of whom this can be said
may have many evil qualities. But
he is not a Nero. not monster. not
a lover of cruelty,
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-03-29
DEPRESSION WAS GENERAL.

International commerce made a
lower record in 1908 than In 1907 In
practically all the commercial coun-
tries OF the world.
The bureau of statistics OF the De-
partment OF Commerce and Labor
publishes in each issue OF Its monthly
summary Of commerce and finance
table showing the Imports and ex-
ports Of the principal commercial
countries of the world down to the
latest available month of the current
year. This table shows the trade OF
more than a dozen of the leading
countries during the full calendar
year 1908 and compares the same
with the Immediately preceding year,
while, in those cases in which statis
tics for the full year are not yet
available, the figures cover that part
of the year for which official reports
have been received.
These figures of the imports and eX-
ports Of the principal countries OF the
world In 1908, compared with 1907,
show, as above Indicated. IN nearly
every case a falling off In both i'm
ports and exports. In the commerce
of the United Kingdom, for example.
imports show a fall OF 256 millions
and exports a fall of 23S millions, in
the full calendar year 1908 compared
with the full calendar year 1907. in
the case of Germany. the imports
show fall of 102 million dollars and
the exports fall of % millions: these
figures being for the full calendar year
1908 compared with the calendar year
1907. In the case OF France. the i'm
ports show fall of 25 1-2 millions
and the exports a fall of 62 1-2 mil
lions. In the case of Belgium, the
imports show a fall OF 80 millions and
the exports a fall of % millions.
Canada's imports show a fall of 80
millions and her exports an increase
Of 9 1-2 millions, while most of the
other countries in the list show simi-
lar FALLING of. the chief exception be-
ing Argentina, which shows but
slight decrease in imports and a ma
terial increase In exports. The aver
age monthly importations OF the %
countries shown by the table was 99Y
million dollars in that portion of 1908
which they respectively represent
against 1869 1-2 millions in the CORES
ponding period of 1907; and the aver
age monthly exports 901 millions
against 973 millions for the cores
ponding period of 1907.
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-03-29
AFRICAN HUNTING
WILDE TAME

Now York. March 2s.-In thmo opin-
Ion OF Dana Estes. the Boston pub
Usher. who arrived here today after
a journey Of $4,000 miles In Europe.
Asia and Africa, Former President
Roosevelt will find hunting big game
In East Africa like shooting cows In
a back yard"
Tho antelopes and animals of that
kind are SO tame" he said, that they
Craze along the railroad track and
scarcely look up as the train goes by.
/ saw thousands OF zebras. antelopes,
osuiches. etc. They wero within a
few hundred yards OF the train and
most OF them never even so much az
lifted their heads as we went by"
Mr., Estes visited Uganda. His
travels In Africa took him inland az
far as Victoria falls on the upper zam-
bezi.
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-03-29

baker out Of employment because he
has produced too much bread starves
to death.
But hore's another story: Along
about 1928 Mr. Carnegie offered his
entire steel holdings to Frick for
s100,000.000. Frick refused to buy.
saying the price was too high. Carne-
gle then made the same offer to Nor.
gan. Morgan said: mo. / won't give
you sl00,000,O0O in cash. but / will
give you s4eo.00O,O00 In first mort
gage s per cent bonds" Carnegie ac-
ceped Morgan's offer. Morgan then
organized the United States Steel
corporation" better known as the
steel trust" Then this concern is
sued s55O.O0O.ooo preferred stock
and s55oOOO.O00 common stock. max
ing a total liability including the bonds
given Carnegie of 81. $50, 900 900.
Do you see any connection between
these two stories? Is not the water
logged steel trust" and the mans
death from starvation, the one COM
plement of the other? II yes, don't
you think we had better kill sthe
trust" and let the man live? The
steel trust" Is simply a phase of
landlordIsm. The SO or so per cent
that 1t is able to exact over and above
the ordinary rate on real capital Is
only rent. It measures the value of
the tribute the steel trust" levies.
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-03-29
WINDOWS DESTROYED BY
YOUNG BOYS.

Many business houses. particularly
IN the wholesale district, complain
that young vandals regularly destroy
property. after business hours when
there Is no ope present TO detect them
In their wilful acts.
Boys delight In hurting stones
through windows Just TO hear the
crash OF glass, They can do much
damage with one stone and. in many
Instances have ruined valuable show
cases within buildings.
The contractors doing the cement
work on the Forestry building COM
plain that, after working hours, and
before tho cement has firmly set, boys
disfigure the face OF the concrete by
marking their initials and sometimes
writing obscene words.
The attention OF the police is d..
rected to this vandalism In hope that
special officer Will be employed TO
watch for these mischievous boys.
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-03-29

at least checked and perhaps over
come.
| The government has just issued
pamphlet on this mouse plague In Nc
yada, which contains the warning that
farmers OF Weber county and other
parts Of Utah may yet experience the
mouse plague. as a report OF damage
by mice along the Weber river indi-
Gates the presence Of the rodents In
this section in numbers large enough
to call for attention.
Ordinarily the mice are very prolific,
each pair producing four TO six litters
of about six young to each during the
season of breeding. and often the
young born early in the season breed
before fall In the investigation of
the Lovelock plague, an examination
of many females. a large percentage
of which were pregnant. showed an
average OF from six TO seven young,
while In a number as many as ten were
found Many females sucking young
were found to be again pregnant. Here
is problem In athematics-geomet
rical progression. One hundred mice
would produce the first season at
least $500, the second season 129.600
and the third season 1881. 200. We
will not attempt to figure the total In
the fourth season. but II disease did
not aid In keeping down the proper
tions, the reproduction would go on
at rate beyond all control.
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-03-29
WE ARE TO OBTAIN A LESSON IN
GEOGRAPHY.

The trip of the battleship feet had
this much Of good about IL that il
vastly increased American interest in
geography, says the Deliver Times.
Hardly had the steel noses turned
south from Hampton Roals than the
whole continent began puzzling over
the maps, looking up the Caribbean
and South America And perhaps the
chiefest surprise OF that whole cruise
came when the great American public
learned that the fleet was really sail
ing east as much as south, that South
America might almost as properly be
called East America, that the tip of
New York is east of San Francisco.
When that fact was once assimilated,
nothing could surprise US We even
learned that the Pacific end of the
Panama canal is east rather than west
Of the Atlantic end, without suffering
any particular shock.
So. too, whether Roosevelt brings
back any great quantity of informa-
tion from Africa or not, lot OF us
Will be the better Informed for his
going. 1t is setting US already to look
ing up the maps. and il is starting the
magazines to printing more or less ac"
curate descriptions OF divers sections
Of the Dark Continent Probably we
shall never settle just how "Nairobi"
should be pronounced; but the time Is
fairly certain TO arrive when we shall
know. uhore N ic
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-03-29
MICE MULTIPLY BY THE MILLION.

Last year and the year before Hum
boldt valley in Nevada suffered
plague of black mice The rodents In,
vaded the alfalfa fields and DESTROYED
the green leaves of the plants and then
ate the roots of the alfalfa Trees
were destroyed and everything green
was attacked Al the height of the
plague. the number of mice around
Loyeiock was estimated at 5000 to
1000 to each acre. and in a rod
square the mice holes were 100 to
175.
The damage for the season of 1905
was placed at 100000
The government officials OF the Agrl-
cultural department were called upon
to assist IN Kidding the farms of the
destructive animals and. by system
attic campaign OF poisoning. using
strychnia sulphate. the plague was
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-03-29
PRISONER DIED ON
ROAD TO JAIL

Melburn, Cal, Mrch 2S.-Although
shot through the lungs, the bullet
passing through his body and out of
his back, Lewis Nelson, who was ar
rested by Night Watchman George
Scott early today at Lincoln. endeav-
ored TO escape and would not stop un-
til Scott fired another shot over his
head Not knowing that Nelson was
wounded. the watchman started to
walk his prisoner to jail, and they had
gone some distance before Nelson
fell. expiring In few moments.
Nelson had been arrested for disor-
derly conduct and resisted the officer.
selling his club and striking him re-
peatedly. Scott drew his revolver and
struck his prisoner In the head with"
out effect. Nelson came at him again
and Scott fired Nelson turned and
ran and Scott halted him with shot
over his head AS they went toward
the Jail Nelson suddenly collapsed and
on examination Scott found that the
first bullet had passed through his
chest, tearing IT'S way out at his back
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-03-29
THREE MEN ARE KILLED
I'M WRECK NEAR BRANDON

Winnipeg. March 2S-Three men
were killed last night in train wreck
west Brandon, Manitoba, 100 miles
west Of here.
The regular Coast limited train OF
the Canadian Pacifla, westbouna'
when four miles out OF Brandon tooA
the wrong track at point near KEN
nay. on which was a freight. east
bound. The enginemen. brakeman ana
fireman Of the passenger were killed
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-03-29
MILLIONS IN WATeREo STOCK.

writer on economic subjects calls
attention TO two events from which
he draws a lesson. He says that a
short time ago man fell dead in the
streets OF Now York City. The am
bulance doctor said that the man died
from starvation. The body was iden-
tilted as that of journeyman baker.
who had been out OF employment A
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-03-29
NEWS FORECAST

The tariff debate Will be continued
10 the house Of representatives this
week, with at least half hundred
speeches.
The known events this week VIII
include the homeward bound trip OF
Cipriano Castro. the deposed presi-
Venezuela.
The anthracite operators have
failed TO reach an agreement with the
United Mine Workers OF America
through whom the contract expiring
Wednesday may be resumed, but the
men are expected to continue at WORK
after April l.