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An object OF unusual interest to resi-.
dents and visitors In Troy. ''stceple
Jack" has for several weeks past been
swinging daily about the steeples OF
St Joseph's Provincial seminary, the
famous Towers OF Troy" as they have
come to be called, occupied. with as
much nonchalancc us though on terra
hrma. in the task OF making extensive
repairs to those steeples and placing
an eight-foot gilded cross on each OF
the four spires. The Towers OF Troy"
from their elevated position on the
crest OF the hill overlooking the cen
ter OF the city. form n landmark easily
recognized for many miles in all direc.
tions, and like stalwart sentinels they
have stood guard over the busy com.
mercial section OF the city below these
30 years or more.
Weakened by age. n high wind sew.
eral months ago carried away the
pinnacle OF one OF the spires and drew
attention to general weakening OF
the others. so the Sisters of ST. Jo-
seph. who hold the seminary property,
recently awarded contract for
large gildcd cross upon each. George
Ferguson OF Albany. famous "stceple
Jack" was selected for. the hazardous
undertaking. and for the last six
weeks he has been engaged with two
assistants in performing the work
a few minutes of observation of the
painstaking. methodical movements of
the "steeplc Jack" Is sufficient to con.
vince the observer that his is no easy
task. Beside being sort of mechan-
ical engineer. the 'steeple Jack" to
be success. must be master of sew.
eral trades. To observe n man seated
in his boatswain's chair anchored
against the side OF spire may give
the impression that the work is easy.
but imagine standing in n loop of rope
and saving on section of tower
above ones head weighing nearly half
ton. Yet that was what was done
on these towers. The old final orna-
ments. placed at the top of the spires
when the building was erected back
In the '70's as n Methodist university.
were each IA feet high and nearly
four feet in diameter and in their de-
cayed condition considerable skill was
required to prevent them falling the
wrong way and causing damage to the
building.
Mr.. Ferguson declares that the only
part of the work which may be called
easy Is the actual climbing. This is ac-
complished in novel manner. for the
steeples. rising 70 or more feet in the
The Ordway new era., 1909-07-09
RURAL AUC77ONEER
DREADED CHARACTER
Last Act Of Tragedy Is Where He Plays the Leading ParNove
Sights the Day of the Sale Old Farm Is Delivered
Into the Hands of Strangers.

The most conspicuous character in
the last act of the humble tragedy
of the abandoned farm is very often
the rural auctioneer. says Golfers. He
1t is who rings the curtain down with
careless quip and boisterous jest. Per
haps his burly presence has been
menacing the household through long
years of gripping struggle with ad-
versity. The land has been becom-
ing poorer. the ambitious men of the
family have gone away to seek their
fortunes elsewhere. and on the heels
of misfortune has followed the chat
tel mortgage. Unsung heroism. in
credible economies. toll unceasing.
decadence of the farm and its af-
fairs. Some day, when the ultimate
disaster can no longer be held at
arms length. a printed bill, announc-
ing the sale at auction of stock, tools,
and household, is posted in the vii
lage store and the postoftice.
The idlers scan the bill with curl
GUS interest, but with no marked
symptoms of surprise. The auction
has been foregone conclusion for
some time. The storekeeper remarks
to his leisurely customers:
"Old Jonathan Woodman has been
livin' alone on the farm for years and
years. He's the last of 'em. All
petered out, amt they? He's going to
live with his granddaughter in New
market. SO they tell me. Hung on
longer than I expected, the old man
did. Too old to do much farming and
no money to hire help"
On the morning OF the sale the
roads leading toward the Woodman
place are populous with vehicles more
serviceable than elegant-concords.
democrats, buggies, carry-alls and rat
ding wagons. An auction is q diver
The Ordway new era., 1909-07-09
The Day They Celebrate.

Ojbways of the Mississippi band
have regularly each year since 1868
celebrated their acceptance of the
White Earth reservation in western
Minnesota.
Within the limits of its boundaries
in northern Minnesota these people
have come out of barbarism into an
advanced stage Of civilization. From
being American wards and helpless
children they are now citizens and
owners of the land, with deeds duly
signed with their own signatures prov.
ing their claims.
Even to this year the days of June
Is and 16 are celebrated instead of
July 4, though it is possible that here
after the Americans independence
day will be accepted as their own
time of rejoicing.-Fur News.
The Ordway new era., 1909-07-09
GENERAL NEWS,

Card 7. Jeffery, president of the
u d Rio Grande Railroad, denies
|.port that he is about to retire
that office.
hiizabeth Tucker, daughter OF
F'e General John A. Logan, has
srahted a divorce in Chicago
Aer husband, Colonel William f.
r. united States army, retired.
'ial sytin. chief of the Warsaw
e' while returning to Kielce,
Aoushed by bandits who fired
'olleys at him. The general
4O' through the breast and died
r,"1 nound. His daughter, who ac-
su MIN, was killed. A patrol
~ pursuit OF the bandits, lost one
- aone mortally wounded.
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air. present nothing upon which hold
may be secured. and yet he climbs
without scafroldlng. Patiently - It
may seem tedlously-the stceple is
climbed by means of two ropes Sc
curely wound around the tower. leav-
ing n loop to slip over the body. Al
ternating from the lower to the upper
loop. similar to hitching up pole. the
"stecple Jack" gradually works up to
the very top. carrying tackle and
swing chair. from which he proceeds
to repair or paint as required.
Mr. Ferguson inherited his profes-
sion oi stceple-climbing from his IA
ther. who followed that business for
more than - years. climbing the high
est spires throughout the eastern
states and finally meeting his end by n
fall OF 30 feet at the Albany peniten-
tiary building in 1891. A decayed wall
capped by stone. gave way while he
was painting 1t. and he was killed in
stantly. The son was -erving at the
time as an apprentice in the navy. n
calling which presents some similar
situations. and when he received his
discharge in 1892 he succeeded to his
fathers business. OF modest but
jovial disposition. he credits the fact
that he has had no accidents to his
athletic build and temperate habits.
for as he strongly declares. drinking
intoxicants and steeple-climbing do
not mix"
The illustration gives an idea of the
size of the crosses being gilded be-
fore placed.
The Ordway new era., 1909-07-09

Dir Thomas Upton has ,sn.v.A
Somunication with the Royal Ulster
.acht Club and has Informed the cIuS
that Nc is willing to challenge for ~.
America's cup under any modern
rules. 'ouef"
me russian senate has indicted
theodore Nikitin. former vice minis.
.er OF agriculture. on the charge a,
haNihs piundered the government n,
'hiiiiohs OF dollars. as superintendent
OF the vast forests OF the Petchoria.
From $3.50 day to sl1O5 , d.,
was the amount shown by memorond.
10 nave been stolen by Frederick
Leheteid from the Brooklyn Rapid
transit Railroad. on which he was n
conductor. He has been sentenced N
from two and one-half to five years
In Sing Sing.
The United States government b,.
pesun another suit In New york
against the American Sugar R.finIn.
Company ms corporation sIx ~ H.,
directors ana two prominent lawyers.
ihe Indictment contains fourteen
counts alleging conspiracy In ro.
straint OF trade.
n young woman imprisoned in the
caHe'in OF a railway tunnel al 81 GoII
switzerland, for ten days. has been
aug out alive. She suffered aronIcs
OF cold and hunger during this period
put managed to sustain life by suck
ing moisture from her clothing. ON
"hlch water occasionally trickled.
Following decisions by the Supreme
and Common Pleas Courts that the
Z,cents'amile rate law passed By the
pennsylvania Legislature was uncOn.
stitutional. the Philadelphia and Read.
ing Hallway Company announced an
increase In passenger rates from . to
ga cents mile on all one way tick.
cts. TO take effect July 3rd.
AS the result OF the failure OF the
cuban Senate to pass the budget.
president Gomez has issued a decree
making effective Governor Macoon's
budget OF l9OS.O9. amounting to s2i.
2S5.O0O. The deficiency to cover tho
cost OF the army and other Increased
expenses OF the republic, amounting
TO nearly sl0.O00.00O. will be supplied
by presidential decree.
President Taft paused in the course
OF an after-dinner speech to eighteen
hundred graduates OF Yale. gathered
at the annual alumni dinner on the
Goth ult.. to issue serious note OF
warning to Congress and to the lead.
ers OF the Republican party. The
President declared that II the party
failed to live up to its promises and
the expectations of the people 1t
would be rclcgated to the position OF
minority opposition.
The Militant Suffragettes made
thirteenth vain attempt to secure an
audience with Premier AsQuith on
the 18th ult. Mrs. Pankhurst. who
headed the deputation from the Won.
ans Parliament. struck Chief inspoc-
tor Scantlebury. who refused to re.
ccivc them. For two hours the whole
district was IN an uproar. the police
dispensing the crowd and arrcsting
women by wholesale. Altogether liz
women were arrested.
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Death Roll Reduced.

Chicago.-More rigid laws and the
growth of public sentiment for a sane
celebration of the Fourth have had
their result all over the country in re-
ducing the number of killed and
wounded in the annual holiday. Full
returns from the two days celebra-
tion this year show falling off in the
number of killed of twenty-one from
the record of 1908. There were thir-
ty-five fatalities reported at midnight
Monday, as against fifty-nine at the
same time last year. No death Is re-
ported In Chicago.
The Ordway new era., 1909-07-09
NEWS FROM WASHINGTON.

The new l-cent piece bearing the
head of President Lincoln will be is.
sued from the mint at Philadelphia
beginning August list next.
Senator Tillman's amendment to
the tariff bill providing for duty
of 10 cents pound on tea was de-
feated in the Senate by vote Of
is to 80.
In compliance with his recent re-
quest to Washington for additional
clerks in the Denver postoffice, Post
master Sours has been authorized to
put on fourteen additional clerks in
the postoffice department.
Senator Guggenheim of Colorado
has requested the director of the Ge-
ological Survey to put party in the
field, this season If possible, to in
vestigate and report upon the oil re-
sources of the country adjacent to De
Beque and Rifle.
A provision of the census bill as
agreed on by the conference commit
tee requires that hereafter all examin-
ations of applicants for positions
in the government service from any
state shall be conducted in the state
in which the applicant resides, and
that persons taking the examinations
shall have been actually domiciled in
the state for at least year previous
to examination.
At a meeting of the recently Or
ganized Colorado Republican Assocta-
ton in Washington, 1t was shown that
80 tha
employees in the city charged up to
Colorado are legal residents OF that
state. Colorado, 1t was stated at the
meeting, has been imposed on, men
who are entitled to Colorado patron.
age being crowded out by pseudo Col
oradans, who falsely give their resi-
dence as Colorado.
The secretary of the interior has
vacated the order of withdrawal un-
der the reclamation act in connection
with the White river project, Colo
RADIO, so far as 1t related to ABOUT
5O7,56O acres of land, and restored
that amount of land to the public do
main. where not otherwise withdrawn,
reserved or appropriated. These
lands will become subject to settle
ment on and after September 3, 19oS'
but not subject to entry, filing or Sc
lection until October 30, 1909, at the
land office at Glenwood Springs, set
tlement or occupation prior to sep
tember 80, 1909. being expressly for
bidden.
call on national depository banks
for a return to the treasury OF govern
ment funds aggregating approximately
s25,Oo0, 900 was made June 29th oy
Secretary Mcveagh. OF this amount
90 ooO 400 has been called for July 18TH
and $4,000, 900 for August 18th.
Appointments under the new cen
sus law will be made by competitive
examination, but this requirement is
not made applicable to supervisols
and enumerators. Only one person
from a family will be admitted under
the examination and this provision 10
made general to all branches OF the
civil service.
The Ordway new era., 1909-07-09
Special Round Trip Homsseekers'
Rates to New Mexico and Texas.

On the first and third Tuesdays OF
each month. during the entire year.
the Colorado e. Southern Railway will
sell round trip Homeseekers' tickets
to great many points In New Mexico
and Texas at one fare plus $500 for
the round trip. Fina! limit twenty-five
days. allowing liberal stop-oyer priyil-
eyes. For detailed information. rates.
etc. call on the Colorado & Southern
agent. or address T. f. Fisher. General
Passenger Agent. Denver. Colorado.
The Ordway new era., 1909-07-09

sion. mild excitement, and the WON
en- folk forsake their spicy kitchens to
enjoy days outing. with the bulging
dinner basket tucked under the front
seat. Long before the auctioneer is
ready to begin his task the Woodman
house, dooryard and barn are overrun
by curious. shrewdly calculating
crowd discussing the family history
and the values of its goods and chat
tells,
The Ordway new era., 1909-07-09
Alarmed,

Suddenly there was great commo.
tion in space and Mars was observed
to be whirling away from the earth at
top speed.
whats the trouble?" queried the
astronomers on the earth. Afraid we
want to steal your canals?"
mo-" signaled the Martians, I'VE
Just heard that that man Castro was
about to pay us visit"
The Ordway new era., 1909-07-09
New York Accidents,

New York.--Four deaths, three of
them children, 332 persons injured,
nine of them dangerously and so seri-
ously that death seems certain. was
the Fourth of July record in New
York and Brooklyn up to midnight
Monday
The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1909-12-11
WOMEN INTERESTED
IN BIG MOVEMENT
American WOman'S League
Representative Working for
Chapter House.

Mrs Corey Ambition Of 776 East South
Temple street, who vas recently appoint
ed local founder and representative Of the
American Woman's league, is now work
ing hard to procure a large number Of
members with q view 10 the erection Of a
$4,000 chapter house, which will be as
sured when the membership reaches 200.
The league has membership OF many
thousands, although 1t was started IN St
Louis only a year ago. The scheme was
devised by Z. G. Lewis of University
City. ST. LOUIS, who publishes the WO-
man's National Daily. Life membership
ia the league entities the first 100000
members to payments Of SIS a year. The
emoluments Of membership Will be a wO-
mans exchange, where the handiwork Of
the women is sold; a building, loan and
relief fund; the comforts of a chapter
house. library. etc; an education from
elementary to higher academic grades,
and various other features
The thirty chapter houses now estab-
lished in the country conduct a lecture
and entertainment course, and they are
affiliated in a chain Of mutual assist
ance.
Membership in the Salt Lake chapter
will grow speedily when the objects or
the organization are known, and when
200 members have signed, the chapter
house will be a reality.
The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1909-12-11
A SECRET
FOR WOMEN
tCut this OUT

Madame Moneaux. deceased beauty
specialist, Of New York, long pos
sessed the greatest of all secrets per-
tanning to feminine charm. And what
Is this great secret, so much desired
by women-the secret that has made
q vast fortune for the madam's heirs,
and that brought her all the famoIs
actresses and society leaders for pa
irons?
1t is a simple but sure method Of
developing the bust, arms and neck
of women who through defect OF nu-
triton and circulation, are Inundated
by undeveioped arms, neck and bust.
Ugly, defOrmed women are developed
into charming personages, with well
rounded arms and neck and full, nor
NAL bust Of exquisite curve and pro-
portion. Get separately two ounces
glycerine, three ounces rose water,
and zone ounce tincture cadomene
compound" mot cardomam), and 8
cents worth Of bOraX. Take home,
mix the glyceFine with tincture cad
omene, shake and let stand two
hours; then add a teaspOonful Of
borax and the rose water. Shake well
and apply to the neck, arms and bust,
rubbing and massaging until COM
pletely absorbed; then wash thorough
" with hot water and soap and dry
thoroughly. Apply morning and
night regularly for several weeks and
the most beautiful development viii
begin to reward the efforts. 1t is be-
lieved by experts to be the most nee
essary and effective prescription ever
conceived.
The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1909-12-11
WOMAN IS DISCOVERED
Win PROVO RELATIVES

Mrs. Leona Murphy, whom it had
been feared that a negro bartender
named *. A. Davis Of the negro mems
club, Z31 South Fifth West street, had
abducted, has been found by the pO-
lice at the home Of relatives in Provo.
1t is the claim OF members of the
negro club that the story told by Gus
Veros to the police, in which he was
positive that the woman had been alb
Quoted, is a hoax.
1t is said by the negroes that the
trouble was really between the negro
bartender and the Greek instead of
between the negro and the white wo-
man.
The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1909-12-11
DRAMA is PRESENTED
AT SIXTEENTH WARD

Local talent presented the drama, in
a prologue and four acts, Celebrated
Case" at the Sixteenth ward last night.
The play was presented by Thomas
Norris, David S. Edwards, Willard c..
ByWater, George A. Parry, W. d.
Bowring, James Winter, Annie Perkins,
Clara Ball, Bessie Z. Newman, Agnes
Busath. Kate Bishop, Irene SchOfield
and little Edith Bowring, The drama
tells the story of the wrongful arrest
and conviction of a French soldier, and
his final vindication. 1t viii be given
again tonight. The proceeds are to be
devoted to the ward missionary fund.
The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1909-12-11
SLIGHT DAMAGE IS
CAUSED BY STORM
Generally Fair and Colder Is
Forecast Issued for
Sunday.

Considering the heavy fall Of snow in
this locality Thursday night, very little
damage was done. The telephone and
telegraph companies report no local trou-
BILE worth mentioning, and none outside.
The Oregon Short Line and the Union
Pacific and Southern Pacific were the
greatest sufferers from the storm. The
Overland Limited from the east on the
Union Pacific and the Los Angeles Lin
tied were both delayed about five hours
last night.
Line were delayed a few hours, the most
trouble being experienced with trains
from the north and west.
The Denver & Rio Grande, which road
had more trouble than any other in the
previous snOwstOrm, reported all trains
nearly on time.
Nearly all trains on the Salt Lake
Route were late, especially Nos. ! and Z,
on account of the derailment Of train
No. 4, due here yesterday at p. m,
which left the track about five miles
west of Lund yesterday morning at $50
o'clock. None Of the passengers or crew
was hurt in the miXup, with the eXcep-
ton Of William Seaman, the train audi
tor, who was slightly cut on the forehead
and lip from pieces Of broken glass. II.
T.. VanHOusen, superintendent of the
Salt Lake division Of the road, said yes
terday that the accident was supposed to
have been caused by broken flange on
one of the coaches. Three coaches, the
engine, tender and baggage car left the
track but little damage was done.
A H. Thiessen, weather forecaster for
this locality, was indicated Thursday
night, and having received the snOWstOrnl
which he has been predicting for the last
three or four days, he Is now forecssting
a little fair weather for Salt Lake. The
forecast until p. m. today is generally
fair and colder"
The normal temperature for Thursday
was given as "a, while the mean was IS.
The precipitation record is gradually
nearing the normal mark the report for
yesterday showing a total for December
to date OF 124 as against 133 for the nor
NAL The total precipitation fE Thurs
DAYS snOwstoTm IS given as 80.
The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1909-12-11
WARRANTS BEFORE COURT
Judge Bowman Deals out Sentences
to Nearly Score of Prisoners.

To convince Migrants that it is bet
ter to be out of doors in the free air,
working Judge J. NJ. Bowman in pO-
lice court yesterday afternoon SEN
fenced two knights Of leisure and no
money to sixty days in the city jail
and fifteen others to thirty days Of
confinement. In a little heart to heart
talk to the Migrants he dwelt upon
the nobility of labor, expressing hope
that confinement might induce them
to coincide with his views.
Floyd Olmstead and Forrest Rogers
were sentenced to sixty days, and the
following to serve the shorter term
of thirty days Frank Jones, 7. p.
Jordan. Tom Duncan, Claude Aydelatt,
Herbert Miller, r. c. Brightwell, Emil
GOff, T. NJ. Carroll Frank Daley. Les
ter Frost, Dennis Murphy, Benjamin
Bepis, r. 3. Williams, Emmett Lee,
Robert Johnson and George Brown.
The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1909-12-11
ARCHAEOLOGISTS MEET
Members of Recent Expedition to
Address Gathering at Univer-
sity Of Utah.

A business meeting Of the Utah So
ciety Of the Archaeological Institute Of
America viii be held at o'clock to-
night at the museum building at the
university. After the meeting the fol-
lowing addresses will be made by mem
bers of the recent expedition into the
san Juan country, Utah, and northern
Arizona.
Experiences of an Artist" by DON
aid Beauregard, superintendent of
archaeology in the public schools of
ogden.
"The Country and It's People, Through
AIy Camera" by stewart NJ. Young, Of
fetal photographer for the 1903 expe-
dition.
what the Expedition Accomplished"
by Neil N. Judd, student at the uni
versity and at present in charge Of
museum work in the archaeological
department.
Announcement is also made by the
UNIVERSITY authorities of a lecture to
be delivered on next Thursday night
at the same place by Professor II. r.
FaircOugh on Archaeological DiscOV-
cries in Crete" through which cOun-
try Professor FaircOugh recently COM
pIeted a trip. He is professor Of
archaeology at the Stanford university,
and will pass through here next week.
stopping off long enough to deliver
his lecture at the university on his
way east on a national tour.
The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1909-12-11

In spite OF the fact that the word dys-
psia means literally bad cook, it will
the cook if they begin the Christmas Din
uer with little appetite and end it with
distress or nausea. 1t may not be fair for
any to do that-let us hope SO for the
sake Of the cook The disease dyspepsia
indicates a bad stomach, that is q weak
stomach, rather than a bad cook, and for
weak stomach there is nothing else
equal to Hoods Sarsapariila. 1t gives
The stomach vigOr and tone, cures dys-
pepsia, creates appetite and makes eat
ing the pleasure it should be-
The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1909-12-11
W. 7. GULlCK is DEAD.
News Of Death Is Conveyed to Ma
sonic Organizations in City.

William T. Gulick formerly Of Salt
Lake. died this week at San Diego, Cal.
leaving a widow, but no children. Mr..
and Mrs. Gulick went to the coast about
two weeks ago, intending to take up d
permanent home there. Mr.. Gulick was
apparently in good health at that time.
Mr.. Gulick, who was a member Of the
Masons. was IS years of age. The local
lodge of MasOns has been notified.