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The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-01-26
R i s SIAN N
WILL BE
FREE
Sec. Root Refuses to
Grant Extradition
of Rudowicz

Washington. Jan. 26.-Christian
Rudowicz. whose extradition charges
of murder, arson and other crimes was
demanded by the Russian government
and involving counter charges that
the ofenses were in furtherance OF a
political movement. will not be extra
dited. This decision was announced
bv Secretary of State Root today. In
effect the eXtradition was refused be-
GAUGE the offcnse charged comes un-
der the general prohibition against ex-
tradition in tho treaty with Russia.
which declares that II il be made to
appear that extradition is sought with
the view to try or punish for an Of
tense, political prisoner. surrender
shall not take place. The testimony
lakcn in the cause by United States
Commissioner Foote, at Chicago. 1t
was held. upholds the views taken by
the department, though the commits.
sioner upheld the Russian govern
-nent'S demand.
Mr., Root declined 10 comment on
The decision at this time. pending for
nal notification TO the Russian au-
ihorities OF the departments decis-
ION. The case aroused widespread in
terest particularly in Chicago, among
the anti-Russian element, where a
fund was raised In defense OF the
man.
The action by the secretary, it is
said. does not establish any prece-
dent, AS the question was regarded
at the department as simply whether
or not the case was one calling Tor ex-
tradition for an offense against the
law. or whether IT was one of poIiti-
cal character.
Rudowicz was an acknowledged
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SCHEME DEVISE { D
TO CURE AUTO
SCORCHERS
X
DETECTIVE BUREAU WILL KEEP
PHOTO AND RECORD OF EACH.
This viii Cause Reckless Drivers tc
Lose Jobs as No One Wants to
Hire Dangerous Persons.

Chicago. Jan. 26.-Captain O'Brien
cf the city detective bureau, has de-
vised a new acheme for curing auro-
mobilists Of the scorching habit. He
proposes to establish rogues' gallery
for reckless chauffeurs. The inspir-
alton for tho invention was born OF
the manner III which MISS Emma
Winkelman was killed Sunday night.
Reckless driving in Chicago is go
Ing to STOP says the captain. Be
SHINING today, / intendto start gal
lerS of these-fellows who persistently
violate the law. shall keep Est
OF their names. together with an &C
count of the accidents for which they
have been responsible. I'll use 1t not
cnly to get heavier sentences for them
when they are brought into court. but
to keep them out OF jobs. / figure that
no decent citizen wants to hire
chauffeur whoe has killed or manned
several persons"
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.DISAST ER
IN COAL
MINE
Twenty Men Entombed
as Result ofThree Gas
Explosions

Pittsburg, Jan 26.-Two men are
dead and twenty others supposed to
be dead as the result OF three gas eX-
! plosions In the Boswell mine of the
United Coal Company, Somerset coun-
ty last night and early today The
men were members of an investigat.
Ing party that had entered the mine to
make an inspection of suspicious gas
traces before allowing the miners to
go to work. The dead:
Supt, G. K Logan.
Andrew Stoncki
Among the supposed dead are:
Assistant Supt. Geo. Morris.
John Cole.
VIM. Hay
Seventeen other men.
Until today, signals were heard from
the Imprisoned men. At daylight,
however, the signals ceased and 1t is
believed that all the men had come un-
der the Influence of the deadly after
damp.
About 4:3O o'clock, yesterday after
noon. an explosion occurred In the
mine, and as result of this and other
conditions that needed inspection, 1t
was decided TO make a thorough in.
spection of the underground workings.
This was in charge Of Superintendent
Logan, and twenty-one men volunteer
ed for the dangerous work. They en-
tered the mine shortly after the ex-
plosion and, while they were in the
mine, a second explosion occurred
These explosions had the effect of tear
Ing down great quantities of coal. slate
and rock In the interior, completely
preventing the men from reaching tho
outside.
State Mine Inspector Lowther OF
Somerset was soon at the scene. and
from the miners who had not been al
lowed to go to work until the investi-
cation party returned, rescuing shifts
were quickly formed.
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cLEWS FAVoRS COLLEGE
COURSE FOR BUSINESS LIFE

New Haven, Conn. Jan 26.-Henry
Clews, the New York banker, in a
letter to the Yale News today. dis
cussing the college training as re-
Quisite for success In business life or
banking, "and particularly for a life
In Wall street" says that while he
formerly deprecated such training and
still thinks bright graduate from a
high school can be placed on q par
with the college man at the begin
ming he believes a higher education
gives its possessor great advantages
In after life. Mr. Clews says athletics
are soon forgotten after graduation
from college. while the educated stu
Cent gathers laurels as long as he
lives,
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NEW YORK STOCKS.

Amalgamated Copper, rs SIS.
American Car and Foundry. ~ Is.
American Locomotive, 90 IS.
American Smelling. Sc.
American Smelling, pfd., 1O2 IA.
American Sugar Refining. 132 Ia.
Anaconda Mining Co., A.
Atchison Railway, 100 is.
Atchison Railway. pfd., 1O1 1-2.
Baltimore and Ohio. ll2 is.
Brooklyn kapld Transit, 10 SIS.
Canadian Pacific. ]73 IA.
Chesapeake and Ohio. So 5-S..
Chicago Northwestern, III 1-2.
Chicago. Nil and St Paul $50.
Colorado Fuel and Iron. II IA.
Colorado and Southern, 65 7-S.
Pelaware and Hudson, lit.
Denver and Rio Grande. 3S 5-S.
Denver and Rio Grande, pfd., so.
Erie Railway. 80 5-S.
Great Northern. pfd.. 143 3-S.
Great Northern Ore Gifts, 70 3-i.
Illinois Central, las 3-4.
Reading, 1877.
Rock Island CO.. "a 1.2.
Rock Island Co. pfd.. 81 "a.
Southern Pacific, 120 II.
Southern Railway, 25 7-S.
Union Pacific, ITS 7-S.
United States Steel. 81.
United States Steel, pfd.. ia Ii.
Wabash Railway, 10 IL.
Western Union. 69 1-2.
Standard OIL company, $50.
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WORLDS FAIR AT
BUENOS AYRES IN 1910

San Francisco. Jan. 26.-Dr Benja-
min E. Del Castillo. prominent jour
nalist OF Buenos Ayres. is here on a
mission which seeks to enlist the in
terest OF the people Of the United
States In the worlds fair which will be
held In 1910. the centennial of Argen-
tines freedom from Spanish control.
DR., Del Castillo Is also authorized to
advertise the resources Of his country
with the idea OF attracting capital and
colonists from the United States.
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drove many stocks materially below
Yesterdays lowest prices. Consolidat.
ed Gas established the lowest price
made since the loss of its lawsuYt.
when it touched III l-2. an overnight
loss oil 3. II the railroad list the
pressure was most felt among the
TraDs-continental stocks.
when pressure was lifted, Consoli-
dated Gas rallied l IL. the general
list turned apward also.
A large part of the decline was re-
trieyed. Chesapeake & Ohio rose
S'S to 65 ana Wabash preferred made
a gain OF l 3'S. There was diminish.
ing activity with the recovery. Wa.
Dash refunding fours rose rapidly on
large dealings. The bond market 9th
erwise was Irregular
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IMP |AL EO|C1
OF CHINA is
RECEIVED
EMPEROR OUTLINES HIS POLICY
TO STATE DEPARTMENT..
Constitutional Program of Late Dow
ager Empress viii Be Carried
Out in Its Entirety.

Washington. Ian. Pa copy OF tie
imperial edict reafflrming in emphot-
ic terms the determination of the new
government of China to carry out IN
IT'S entirety the constitutional program
laid down by the late empress dow
ager of China. August 27, last, has
been received al the state department.
a literal translation is as follows:
"On the first Cay of the eighth moon,
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MARcoNl GRATEFUL THAT
so MANY LIVES ARE SAVED

New York. Jan. 26.--Wllliam Mar
conf. the young Italian who first gave
wireless telegraphy Its commercial
value, is greatly gratified that so
many lives were saved by its use. af-
ter the crash OF the steamships Re-
public and Florida. A special cable
to the Times from London says that
Mr. Marconi expressed himself as
follows;
IL am exceedingly gratified and
very grateful that wireless telegraphy
has been the means OF of saving so
many lives"
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HOPKINS MAY BE ELECTED.

Springfield, Jan. 26.-Judge Law.
renee Y. Sherman, former lieutenant
governor issued a statement to the
effect that fifty votes could elect SEN
ator from Illinois. provided there Is
present and voting in the joint ses-
sion a majority Of each house. Such a
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majority is II representatives and 26
senator's. and Of this number 81 is
majority. On this contention, Senator
Hopkins friends declare he VIII be
elected.
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REAL ESTATE MAN
is ROBBED OF S4oo

Chicago. Jan. 26.-D. w. Moses, a
real estate man of Los Angeles, Cal.
was robbed of $400 and his railroad
tickets by pickpockets on street car
last evening while on his way to a ho-
tel. While entering the car he was
jostled by three large men.
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Kansas City Livestock.

Kansas City. Jan. 26.-CattIe-Re.
ceipts, 1000: market strong to 100
higher. Native steers "a 5Oa6 70; na-
tive cows and heifers 81. U0a5 .25;
stockers and feeders SO 20a6. rs. bulls
Sc .2Oa4 so; calves 50. 50a6 SO: west
ern steers 81 .O0a6 25; western cows
81. 50a5 90
Hogs-Receipts, $1,000; market
steady; bulk of sales S5.Soa6. 80;
heavy Sc. 25a6 10; packers and butch
ers Sc O0a6. 60; light So. 7ea6 rs, pigs
81. 00a5 so.
Sheep--Receipts. 1000; market
steady. Mu;tons 81 75a5. so: lambs
Sc 00a7 so; range wethers si.0oas.-
GO; fed ewes So O0a5.25.
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CLOSING QUOTATIONS OF
WORLDS MARKETS
REALIZING SALE IN
nnEAlMC nE

REALIZING SALE IN
OPENING DEALINGS
New York, Jan. ga feature OF
the opening dealings In stocks was
realizing sale Of $500 shares Of Ches-
speake & Ohio at 63 Ia and So IL,
compared with So 5-S last night. a
sale of 1900 shares at 6S 3-4 follow
ed. Changes in the general list had
little Significance outside a few spec
iaIties Chesapeake & Ohio gained
ia before the outbreak OF liquidation
commenced in Consolidated Gas. which
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ch;caco Livestock.

Chicago, Jan. 26.-Cattle- Receipts.
estimated $500: market strong;
beeves 81 10a7 90; Texans 81 2oai.- :
80; western SO S5a5 so; stockers and
feeders SO. 15a6 Is. COWS and heifers
81. S5a5. 40; calves S5. 50a7-25.
Estimated receipts $4,000:
market weak Light IS. 6oa6 30; mix
ed st. .S5a6. SO: heavy $5.SOa6-S SO;
rough SIS eOa6 O5; good to choice
heavy Sc 05n6. 55, pigs 81 6OaS-6O
bulk of sales Sc 05a6. 40.
Sheep-Receipts. estimated 14.OOO;
market steady. Natives So. 35a6. 10;
western SO. 35a5 .75; yearlings so-SUa
z 90; lambs, natives, = IS 25a7 20;
western S.. 35a7 so.
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-01-26

Cure for Earache.
Take the heart of an onion and
heat and insert in the ear ans 1t will
cure earache.
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Chicago Close.

Chicago. Jan. 26.-Close: Wheat
May 81 06 ia; July sc 5-Sa3-i, Sept.
93 I-2: Dec. "a 1-2.
Corn-May 62 l-4aS-S; July 62 IL;
Sept. 62 1-2. 80.
80 Ia
Pork-Jan. SIC. 80; May sls-s7 IL:
July s17Oo.
Lard-Jan. 50 90 IL: May SO ST
l.2; July $9.77 1-2a9 so.
Ribs-Jan. SIS. 20; May sS.S5; July
SIS. 81 1-2.
Rye-Cash 76a1-2: May "a 1-2a7S.
BarIey-Casn 5Sa67.
Timothy-March So. 81 IL.
Clover-March 80. so,
Sugar and Coffee.
New York. Jan. 26.-Sugar. raw
Quiets fair refining SO %: centrifugal
&c test. 1918; molasses sugar s2.9S.
Refined. steady; crushed. S5.S5; pow
dered. S475: granulated. $3.50.
COFFEE-Steady; No. q Rio S-Sa
1-2; No. 4 Santos s 3-S-
Wool.
St Louis, Jan. 26.-Wool. unchang-
ed: territory and western medium II
a21; fine medium 15a17; fine 12al4.
Metal Market.
New York. Jan. 26.-Lead. dull. s4.-
15r4 90; copper. weak, 14al-4; ~
yer, So 3'S
Cure for Earsehe.
Take the heart of an onion and
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NO GUESS WORK

STANDARD DISPATCHES ARE GENUINE
AND GUARANTEED BY THE GREATEST
NEWS GATHERING ASSOCIATION IN
THE WORLD, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
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older members. searching for young
young men Virginia had sent up Par
ucularly was he well regarded for his
abilities as a writer
On the first meeting Of the commit
tee there seems to have been a little
discussion about who really should do
the writing Adams says he and JET
ferson were selected by the committee.
but that he insisted that Jefferson
himself do II Jefferson denies this
and says that the committee pressed
him alone 70 undertake the draft
This slight discrepancy in the memory
OF the two honorable gentlemen Is Of
no importance. II was Mr.. Jefferson
who wrote the Declaration.
he was living at the time the task
was given him In a house rather or
the outskirts OF Philadelphia. chosen
purpOsely because the neighborhoOd
was quiet. Here he had rented a sec
ond floor and was accustomed to work
whenever congress was not in session.
On coming up 10 Philadelphia on this
trip one Of his first tasks had been TO
go to carpenter and give him a plan
- N~'Eh AAD MdA4AEN t4dNE-d ElDSl
characteristic thing for him 10 do, for
Jefferson was a man who insisted on
planning everything which he was 10
use. whether a private house. a pub
lie building in Washington, his furni-
ture or his own tomb The desk was
fourteen inches long by ten in breadth
and three In height. and it was Oh
this that through the long June days
he labOred on the declaration.
It must be conceded by one who
reads the contemporary literature OF
the revolution that the gist of the
document which he produced was in
everybOdy's mouth. What Jefferson
did was TO voice in the favorite Eng
lish style Of the dav the spirit Of In
dependence abroad and to state form
ally the different grievances of the
thirteen colonies as a justification Of
revolution. It was a great document.
because il expressed more completely
than had yet been done a universal
conviction and because Of the genius
for selection which t showed. In no
sense was II an invention. Years after
ward, when its fame had grown. critics
of Jefferson began 10 sneer at the
Declaration Of independence as not
original and point out that this phrase
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NANxnz

easily With Mr.. JefersOn's production
On the contrary, they set themselves
vigorously 10 pull IL 10 pieces
With two exceptions the changes
they made were verbal and to the
great improvement Of the document
The two really important points which
congress refused TO allow TO go into
Mr.. Jefferson's paper were-irst.
paragraph in which he arraigned with
terrible severity the slave traffic, and,
second. a charge that the English peo-
pie had been equally guilty toward
America with the king and parlia-
ment-
The free criticism Of the Declaration
INDUCED in during the debate annoyed
Mr.. Jefferson exceedingly. He made It
a point Of courtesy to.reply to none OF
it, but It was easy to See that he took
it badly. DR.. Franklin was by his side
and. observing his nervousness, tried
10 ease the situation by telling him a
story.
Il have made It a rule said Frank
lin, whenever in my power TO avoid
becoming the craftsman Of papers 10
be reviewed by a public body. 1 took
VIII relate 10 you When / was a Jour
neyman printer one Of my compan-
iors. an apprentice halter. having
served out his term. was about 10 open
shop for himself His first concern
was % have a handsome signboard
with a proper inscription. He com
posed ii in these words. John ThOmp-
son. Halter, Makes and Sells Hats For
Ready Money. with a figure Of a hat
subjoined. but he thought he would
submit II 20 his friends for their
amendments. The first he showed II
to thought the word halter tautolo-
gous. because followed by the words
makes hats which shovel he was !
halter. II was struck out The next
observed that the word makes might
as weH be omitted. because his Gus
toners would not care who made the
hats. II good and TO their mind. they
would buy. by whOmever made he
struck il out A third said he thought
the words for ready money were use
less, as il was not the custom Of the
place to sell on credit Every one who
purchased expected to pay They
were parted with. and the inscription
now stood. John Thompson Sells Hats.
Sells hatsT said his next friend. Why
nobody will expect you 10 give them
away What, then. IS the use Of that
word o 1t was stricken out, and hats
followed Il, the rather as there was
one painted on the board So the in
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and that. this complaint and that, had
been uttered here or there. This con-
troversy was hottest in 1919. when the
Mecklenburg declaration. said to have
been passed by Mecklenburg county.
n. c. in May. I775. was discovered
Jefferson at once declared to Adams
that he believed the document Spuri-
Gus and brought forth long array OF
reasons TO support his belief The
matter became a subject OF partisan
controversy. The legislature Of North
Carolina took II up and IN 1881 pub
hshed a pamphlet 10 prove that a
declaration Of independence was made
IN Mecklenburg county mere than q
year before Jefferson wrote his
Jefferson's Labor.
So well did Jefferson do ais work
that when he submitted II TO Adams
and Franklin. before handing II over
TO the committee, they made only q
few corrections. Jefferson then wrote
out what he calls a fair copy" and
turned II over 10 the committee OF fve.
They found It 50 good that they
changed not word OF it. and on the
2Sth OF June the document was laid
before congress
While Jefferson in his little room at
the corner OF Market and Seventh
streets was laboring over the Declara-
ton the country from one end 10 the
other was busy discussing the subject.
In the states where the sentiment for
independence was strong-that Is. in
New England and the south-;he ex-
ultation was great, and the colonial
congresses. Sons OF Liberty commit
tees and town meetings worked with
renewed energy. the excitement pene-
trating TO the most remote settle
ments. Heavy pressure was brought
on the colonies which up TO this time
had been against separation by the
discussions in newspapers and pam
phlets ard by the debates in assem-
blies. conventions. committees OF safe
~ and Of inspection and in town and
county meetings The whole people
soon became familiar with the Ques-
ton. and their councils began 70 feel
the effect Of the popular agitation.
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door in his boots" wrote Mexican
afterward "He resided eighty miles
from the city and arrived Just as con
gress met"
II was probably late IN the afternoon
when, according 10 the journal. the vote
was taken and the Declaration was
agreed to" Forty out Of fifty mem
bers present are supposed 10 have
voted for It. including one member
from New YOrk-Henrv Wisner- The
document was then ordered "authen-
ticated and printed" L Is improbable
that there was any signing on that
day. excepting that by John Hancock
the president. and Charles Thompson.
the secretary. Their names we're put
TO the copy which Mr. Jefferson had
presented. but no others. as indeed
would have been Unwfse II was mosx
important that the document have a
unanimous approval If possible BY a
little waiting and maneuvering il
seemed pretty certain 10 the wiser
members Of congress that this una
nimity could be secured.
Not Generally Signed On the Fourth.
Not only was there no general sisn-
ing Of the Declaration Of Independence
on the 4th Of July. 1875. but tradition
has invested the day with other dra-
matte features which unhappuy are
false. 1t is a pity not to believe. as
most OF US were taught. that while the
debate was under way
There was tumult in the city.
In the quaint old Quaker town
a pity not - be able 10 tell the
story Of the gray haired bell ringer
sitting with one hand ready on the
clapper OF his bell until he hears q
young voice crying: Ring. grandpa
ring. Oh, ring for nberty!" As z
matter Of fact. the meetings OF con
gress were held behind closed doors
and, while il was well known in the
coffee houses Of the city that Mr. Lees
resolution had been voted on favorabIy.
and no doubt. too that formal decla-
ration embodying IL waa under con-
SideratiOn, no crowds surrounded In
dependence hall that day. There was
no small boy. no sounding Of the Lib
erty bell
Indeed. II was not untii July that
the Declaration appeared in the Penn
sylvania Packet On the Sth II was
read in the statehouse yard. The
patriots turned out in a great crowd
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luton De was the COLOSSUS Of that
debate" said Jefferson afterward- The
entire day OF July was spent on the
question, and at night congress was
stiu unwilling TO take a final vote and
so adjourned the decision until the I'd
The night was spent in excited work.
Four colonies-New York. Pennsyi-
vania. Delaware and South Carolina
stiIl held back. but before congress as
sembled the next morning a majority
for the resolution had beer secured IN
each delegation excepting that Of New
York Teach colony had one vote IN the
Continental congress. a majority OF the
delegation Of the colony deciding what
that should be. New York withheld
her vote entirely on the 2dl. so thar
when the vote was finally taken twelve
colonies were ready to declare that
these united colonies are and OF
right ought TO be free and irdepend-
ent"
As a matter OF fact. the passing OF
Mr. Lees resolution effected the sepa-
ration OF the colonies firm Great Brit
ain. and the % Of July IS really Inde-
pendence day. It was this day John
Adams wrote his wife on July that
future generations would celebrate.
The second day OF July. 1776. VIII be
the most memcrab bic epocha in the his
tory OF America" ne wrote. i am apt
10 believe that II win be celebrated BY
succeeding generations as the great
anniversary festival II ought 10 be
commemorated as the day OF deliver
ance by solemn acts OF devotion TO
God Almighty II ought 10 be solemn
lied with pomp and parade. with
shows, games. sports. guns. bells. bon
fires and Hluminations from one end
of this continent 70 the other rom
this time forward for evermOre
But it was on July that the docu-
ment which makes the forma. express
sion Of independence was adopted
That formal Declaration came before
the house Immediately after the adOp-
ton OF Lees resolution and was taken
up clause by clause for debate The
members after their two DAYS strug-
gle were nor in any mood 10 deal