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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-06-13

posts where she had lived she found a
home, and there she educated her chill
dren. She was living in a little cottage
in Florida when, years after the gener-
ais death, Mrs. Ulysses S. Grant met
her by chance and learned Of her strug-
giles Mrs. Grant, warm hearted and
motherIy, wanted to take the burden
off Mrs. Ord's shoulders at once, but
Mrs. Ord would not think of such a
proposition.
Garry" she said, was now big boy
and almost able to earn enough to sup
port the family. 1t was only by the
most insistent persuasion that she ac-
cepted enough assistance from Mrs.
Grant to enable the boy to buy car
riage TO carry passengers from the sta
ton to the hotel and embark in bust
ness in that way. But Mrs. Grant was
not content. She reported promptly to
General Grant what she had discOv-
cred, and when he learned that the
widow was receiving nothing in the way
of a pension from the government he
had a bill introduced at once for her
relief and saw that there was no delay
in its passage.
Then the sky began to brighten for
Garry Ord. The one controlling idea
in the boys mind was to be a soldier
like his father. With the need Of pro-
viding for the family no longer press
ing, his thoughts centered on West
Point. But when he was ready for
West Point he was a little too old to
enter. Then there remained one course
open to him, and only one. He could
enlist as a private. This he did, and
Garry Ord, son of General Edward
Ohio Cresap Ord, and of the blood roy
al. became a private in the army of the
United States. Perhaps If he had not
been the son Of such a father. perhaps
if he had not so many friends in the
army, his promotion would have been a
matter of long years, but when he had
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-06-13
Mr.. DooIey on Turkish Politics

ince with such an insult. Lave it on
tn f1ure fr tn boy that sweeps up. oh,
son iv a tailor he says, an he gives
nod an firm behind a curtain comes
Jawn Johnson with little on him an
tn next thing We hear iv tn faithless
minister is a sqJfeak an a splash. He
rules be love alone, thinks I, an feelin'
that life without love is useless, amy
body that don't love him can go an get
measured FIR a name plate an be sure
he'll need It befure tn price is lower.
His people worship him an why shud-
dent they. He allows thin to keep all
tn dogs they want. he PROTECTS thin
firm dfssolute habits be takin' their
loose money firm thin, an ivry year
he gives thin an Armeenyan massacre
which is a great help to tn cigareet
business in this country.
Happy Abdul, thinks / If 1 cud be
a haythen an was a marryin' man, tits
ye'er soft spot I'd Ike to land in fl
me declinin' days. So whin r-read in
tn pa-apers that there was a rivolu-
ton startin' TO fire Abdul Hamid, ]
says to mesilf: "A fine chance we've
got, me lads. That old boy will be
holdin' down his job whin there's va
cancy on tn supreme coort bench al
Wash'nton,' says I. TIL first thing
We young Turks know yen be gettin
a present firm ye'er sovereign iv a
necktie, says I, an it won't fit ye,
saws L
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the right he saw his old regiment form
ing to charge The thrill Of battle pos
sessed him. Forgetting all about re-
porting to the general. he raced across
the fields to where his old companies
were assembled. They were on the
move when he reached them. A mighty
cheer went up when they recognized
him. Up the hill he went with them,
sword in hand, squirting them on by
word and example, as gallant a figure
as that day brought forth. He was one
of the first to reach the crest Of the
hill, the capture of which meant that
the battle was won.
The field was strewn with dead and
wounded Spaniards and Americans. As
the regiment halted, Garry" Ord's first
thought was for the injured and the
dying. Behind a rock he found a Span
ish soldier MORALLY wounded. The poor
fellow was suffering torture. One bullet
had shattered his left shoulder. An
other had pierced his body. Ord tried
to place him I'm d more comfortable po-
sition than the one in which he had
fallen. Unable TO move him without
adding TO the mans sufferings, he
turned and summoned some soldiers.
To them he gave orders to care Tor the
poor fellow.
The Spaniard knew no English. He
had been told that the Americans killed
all those whom they captured in bat
tie He thought the order Ord was Civ
! ing was zone to kill him. Frantic and
despairing, he reached for his rifle and,
though the effort caused him untold
pain. he managed to raise IT and take
aim. One Of the soldiers ord had sum-
moned shouted a warning. but it was
too late. There was a shot and then
Garry Ord, son Of General Edward
| Ohio Cresap Ord and great-grandson
of George ", king Of England, was
dead.
: ll,,r,r-ri.-I,t fnna IL DirhnrH griIIa Ne
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We'll, sir, I was wrong. knew 1
was wrong tn minyit 1 see a pitcher iv
Abdul Hamid in tn pa-aper-a snap
shot, mind ye! Think of that, will ye?
Dye suppose a sultan or a king that
knew his thrade wud iver let amy wan
take a snapshot " him? Did We liver
hear Nv Alexander tn Gr-reat or Ma
poleon Bonyparte havin' a snapshot
took iv him? No, sir Whin they
wanted to satisfy tn vulgar curiosity
Nv tn popylace to know what their lord
looked like. they chained an artist to a
wall in tn cellar of tn palace an,
says they; Now set down an paint a
pitcher iv me that will get We out iv
here says they. Nobody in thin days
knew that tn king had a mole on his
nose an that wan iv his eyes was made
iv glass EXCEPT tn people that had Jobs
to lose.
up to tn time Abdul Hamid wint
thrapezin' around ConstantinopIe in a
hack an havin' his pitcher took be
amachoor photographers his job was
secure. Up to that time whin wan
Turk talked to another about him they
talked in whispers, What dye suppose
he's like, OsmanP says wan. oh me.
oh N.Y. says tn other, but he's tn
tur-rble wan. They say his voice is like
thunder an lightnin' shoots firm his
eyes that wud shrivel tn likes iv We
an me to a cinder.' But whin Abdul,
he darnid. as tn potes call him. made tn
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Well sir" said Mr.. Dooley. "onaisy
les III crown on amy kings head these
lays Tn time was whin it was me
ambition or wan iv thin 20 be a king.
Ay in life I'd committed the youthful
aLy iv bein' born outside Nv tn coun-
my an so I cuddent be prisidint. But
don't make amy difference what
alHthry a king comes from so long
6 he don't come firm tn country
Were he's king No natives need ap-
AN is III motto If a country is so
'al on that II has to have a king, they
Aaa a comfy down to Ellis island an
PER cut a good healthy scandinavian,
maze MN throw away his wooden shoes
81 oaiher cap an proclaim him king,
lslnder iv tn Faith. Kings are tn
~I assisted immigrants that are let
- tn king iv England is a German.
% Hng iv Italy is a sardine, tn king
sweden is a Fr-rinchman an all tn
'1f kings an queens are Danes ex-
W. IN king iv Denmark, an tn Lord
BLOWS what he is.
SO ye see, Hinnissy. there's nawthin'
H constitution to prevint me firm
'- king, an looked forward to
ume whin I'd turn tn uHnye Gin
-'@ deepo into a rile palace an rule
Suolcks, ye'ersilf among thin. with
ugh hand. I'd be a ust but marciful
-'aa'eh. No wan that come to tn pal
Il "ud go away empty handed. I'd
avs lave thin a little something.
n. we a bit iy a cabinet I'd have. but
surround mesilf with tn best
aliea Fathers that cud be hired fr
n. W money an no wan wud tell me
Uuth' an Ia live an die happy. I'd
n 'nese here modhern kings how 4
ought TO behave. Ye wudden't
Martin ], iv beloved mim'rv. run
around like a hired entertainer.
Jay dom tn wurruk iv a talkative
,A'ayer at tn layin' iv a corner
4. another day presidiu' over a ban
~. IN Amalgamated Society iv
iy5acthrers iv Hooks-an' Ewes or
~ horses with Boots Durneu an
80 oA or waitin' out in III rain
balloon TO come down that's stuck
~ 'nurch steeple forty miles away.
- -''' L q niver appear in public but
~. d year an thin I'd blindfold me
IN 0l'cAs SO that they'd stay lille. An
nsas ct open me mouth except to COM
49, music an dhrink. But tn low
We " kings has rooned tn bushes,
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mistake iv pokin' his head out iv tn
palace twas diff'rent. Well, who dye
think 1 see today but tn sultan. I tell
We I did. What is he like? He amt
much to look at-a skinny little man,
Osman, that We cud sthrangle between
ye'er thumb an forefnger. He had a
bad cold an was sneezin'. He wore
hand-me-down coat. He has a wen on
tn back iv his neck an he's cross
eyed. Here's a pitcher " him. What,
that little runt? Ye don't mean to say
that's tn sultan. Why, he looks like
tn fellow that stops me ivry day on
tn corner an asks me have amy old
clothes betther thin what I have on.
An to think iv tn likes iv him rulin
over tn likes iv US. Let's throw him
out Twas tn pitchers done tn bust
ness FIR Abdul, an they'll do tn bust
ness f'r tn king iv England befuTe he
gets through. Ye can put it down in
yeer little book that kodaks is worse
FIR kings thin dinnymite bombs. No
wan is gOin' to be ruled over be a king
afther they've seen a snapshot Nv him
as a German brewer leadin' a horse be
tn halter an maxim a face that is
meant FIR an affable smile, but comes
out in tn pitcher like tn expression iv
Flanagan whin he's THROWN tn ham
mer.
so it was with me old frind, Abdul.
Wan day captain an a squad iv polls
backed tn wagon up to tn dure iv tn
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Commodore" he said, 80 surely as
you and l are sitting here tonight l
shall come back from Cuba with a
generals stars. or I shall come back
dead" And the commodore, who knew
the man, had no doubt of the truth OF
what he said.
When the commodore went to his bed
that night sleep did not come to him for
many hours, for a flood of recollectiOns
connected with Garry Ord swept
through his head. He recalled the young
mans father, General Edward Ohio
Cresap ord, of whom Sherman said,
mo more unselfish or patriotic person
ever lived and no man served the re-
public more faithfully" He rememb-
cred with surprising vividness the prin-
cipal events Of the generals life from
his graduation at West Point, way
back in the S0s, until his retirement.
And the record, as the commodore re-
membered it, ran as follows:
In Florida in 1889 he fought against
the SeminOles. With Halleck and with
Sherman he served in the far west
in the 4Os and sos. In 1861, when the
civil war broke out, he was in COM
mand at San Francisco. He was made
brigader general Of volunteers and
assigned to a command in the Army of
the Potomac. For bravery in action he
was promoted to be major OF vclun-
teers. In 1862 he was sent to the army
in Mississippi to serve under Halleck.
In the battle of Iuka he led the left
wing of the army that Grant COM
manded, and in the battle OF Corinth he
was severely wounded and carried from
the field. In the siege of Vicksburg he
commanded the Thirteenth army corps
and after Vicksburg surrendered he
was put in charge Of the right wing
of Sherman's army. In July 1854, he
commanded the Eighth army corps and
the troops of the middle department
Then he was transferred again tc
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-06-13
ETPAaGE CAREER
oFA SCION OF TUE
ElEOgERiAN GEORGES
VINO ENTERED the
AgaY AS a PRIVATE
AID Whose FATHER
VAS ONE OF THE
eEPUBlIe$ BRkYEsT
SEEERAL%

s.-s.fues i'm army posts OF in the
-. clubs where soldiers fore
- tbev tell the story Of Garry
81 ia the army he always viii be
49, for net names stick to men
.i--i-s5 bv men. Old soldiers viii tell
tset he had the face Of the Han
'vzfan Georges, and then IN detali
49, un narrate the striking events
(, ibs life Of this defendant OF kings,
,ls san of one Of the republics brav-
~ generals. served as a private IN the
.-ry and died for the stars and stripes
= The crest Of san Juan hill.
~ Hend the commodore told the
..--g 10 me. One night in 1898, as he
=, In the lobby Of the principal hotel
/, Tsmpa watching the brilliant thTong
u # nsssed In and out and about, a
,.mp man Of singularly attractive APP
rsarsnce entered the room. The city
r that time was like a great military
ann The army for the invasion Of
rtbs was being assembled. In the
tarb0r a fleet of transports rode at
arcbor. ready for the host which was
10 cross the gulf TO clash with the forces
n the Spanish king Outside the war
shirs which were TO convoy the army
Ian striDped for action. Into the hotel
rsrie Ueutenants and captains, majors
AMI colonies. generals and naval Of
f-ers and Joined the groups that were
DISCUSSING the latest news from Wash
f1gton Orders for embarking the
troops might come at any hour. The
atmosphere was electric with poTtentOus
suggestion.
AS the young man walked down the
'0rg room smiles of recognition and
words of greeting came to him from
every group He was the soldier TO
the finger tips. Tall handsome. distin-
gulshed looking he was a man to be
marked in any gathering.
The commodore glanced at him and
wondered There was something fam
liar about the young mans face and
carriage but rack mis- brain as he might
the commodore could not remember
when or where they had met The
Young man wore the uniform of a cap
tain but men of his own rank were
no more cordial in their welcome than
were the c0l0nels and the generals who
Gsspei his hand and extended their
greetings
In looking about the room the captain
noticed the commodore. He bowed and
then bis brow Knitted as if he. too, was
puzzled He recognized something fam
iar in the commodore, but the mem
org was faint and hard to revive.
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For an hour the captain chatted with
one group of officers or another and
then he and the commodore came face
to face.
I'm sure I know YOU" said the COM
mOdOre as he shook the captains hand.
And I'm sure I know you" said the
captain laughingly. Ever since 1
caught your glance when ] came into
the room I have been searching my
mind to recall you, but somehow l can
not"
i've got it," exclaimed the commo-
dore Il didn't think I'd ever forget
your face, and now that I hear your
voice it all comes back to me. You are
Garry Ord"
Yes" answered the captain. Il am
Garry Ord, and you-why, you are the
commodore.
The two men sat until late in the
night and talked of old times and the
big things that were to be. On the eve
of war men cast for parts in the great
tragedy of arms feel or think they feel
what fate has in store for them. To
Garry Ord that night the future
seemed an open book.
MY life has been a queer one, in
deed" he told the commodore, but now
1 know that all my dreams are to come
true Fate has made a football of
me. but even when I was a private
never doubted that the door of oppOr-
tunity would open and the great chance
would be offered TO me. And now It is
here. With my training there was no
career for me but the army. For a
long time it looked as if we never were
to have war again and that there was
nothing for US soldiers but the routine
of army life. Aneanow it is all changed.
/ Within a week. ifSaIl goes we'll. Wen be
under way. Within a month we should
/ be in action with the Spaniards. Wen
/ be making history"
The young man was silent for a time
] Then he turned to his companion.
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second secretary, e1,25O-e1, 400, and
six assistant secretaries 81, 000-e1. 200,
while the chief solicitor to the postOfice
gets Ell ,50O-e2.OO0 a year.
The permanent secretary to the lord
chancellor has a salary of 1900 a
year. In the chancery division we have
twelve masters in chancery, e1.200-
81 500; the senior registrar, $4,000:
three registrars, e1.SO0, and seven reg
fstrars, 81, 25O-s1, 500
There are, indeed. a considerable
number Of men in the civil service re-
ceiving over $1,000 year. The num-
Der Of positions carrying salaries Of
e. 500 is also surprising. The head &C
countant Of a large government depart
ment usually receives s1,200 a year.
while the secretary. who is assisted by
several others, gets, as a rule, 81 800
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-06-13
STRANGE CUSTOM.
(Emporia Gazette

A New York boy was visiting an uncle
on a Kansas farm. and he wrote to his
mother that he couldn't get used to the
western customs. AT home" he said
I'VE get our milk out Of q can; here they
take It out of a cow"
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-06-13

Copyright, 1909, by Richard spiIlane)
The Washington times., 1909-01-06
.INEBRIATE ASYLUM
NEEDED IN CAPITAL
Physicians Tell Commission
erS District Should Care
for Alcohol Victims.

The establishment of an InebrIate asy-
Ium in the District is being earnestly
considered by the Comm issioners. Ply
siclans who have become interested i'm
the movement have furnished the autho-
rites with considerable information on
che subject.
The appeals made for the care and
treatment Of husbands, fathers, brothers
and wives who suffer from the use Of
stimuIauts and drugs are becoming
more numerous. Some of those who
make appeals are prepared and willing
to nag for treatment; others are wholly
dependent.
One of the letters. from a prominent
authority on the subject. which has
been forwarded to the Commissioners is
I'm part as follows:
Sufferers from chronic alcoholism are
not insane persons within the meaning
OF the statute. and the hospitals for the
mentally unsounG ara closed to them
While habituaI drUnkaTds knowingly
enter on the course that brings them
to the notice OF the authorities, IN time
they become partially irresponsible and
a menace to the peace Of the commu-
nifty. Thus the theory that the com
munity should not be burdened with
their care because their condition is
the result of their own misdeed will
not meet the situation"
The Washington times., 1909-01-06
must engage in the dirty work of cor
ruption. Mir. Heney said:

must engage in the dirty work Of cor
ruption, Mir. Heney said:
have often heard IT said that
business men must peTforce corrupt
legislative bodies-that they find Il
necessary Yes, they do. IN the same
vav that the late Jimmy Hope found
it necessary TO rob bank He
wanted the money, and he worked
along what seemed TO him TO be the
line of least resistance. The brlbc-
giyer wants the money, and he also
works along the line OF least resist
triot's duty, instead of helping to
elect better men to office, men who
will give him what be asks for If It be
for the pa bile interest he is content
with men who can be bought with a
price.
There Is need in this country of men
brave enough to point the finger at the
corruptionist in high life and say,
Thou art the man" # we are ever
to put an end to the sale of public
favors, to the suborning of pubic Of
ficials, we must work from the top as
we'll as from the bottom, and bring
home to those whose greed or ambl-
tion OF love of power supplies the mo
tives for bribery that, even though
they may keep out of Jail, they cannot
always escape public knowledge and
public excoriation of their wrOngGoing,
The Washington times., 1909-01-06
a MAN WHO IS NOT AFRAID
TO SPEAK OUT.

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abe. Euef was never che. political
81. r. Harrau. head of The legal de
a.Ii5 ,s o. '-e 80 se[ laclilf ne raj
was a tool Ituef disbursing. agent
ruBtionist. and he b 5ii. cd that at 9srt
because ne wished TO exploit the Cat-
achieving his own selfish ends.
IL is not difficult 70 understand how
and why Henov should come TO detes+
the respectable" business man and the
fnancier who make possible the Ruefs
and the Schmitzes and the council
manic tool and rogue. I'm the long
sfUooIa 10 purifv conditions i'm San
Francisco we arc told that the busi-
ness interests generally stood aIoof;
The Washington times., 1909-01-06
ISN'T IT POSSIBLE TO BUILD
TO AVOID THE DANGER?

1t Is evident u this time that we
shall never know the number of lives
lost in the earthquake or the extent of
the damage to property. In Messina
alone the property loss Is estimated at
$500, 900, and in Reggie at half as
much. One correspondent says the total
loss viii reach the huge sum of bill
lion dollars. 1t seems odd IN the cir
cumstances, when Southern Italy knows
so well the danger that always threat
ems from seismic disturbances, that the
people do not seek TO accommodate
themselves to conditions and build so
as to avoid the worst danger.
In San Francisco it was found that
the steel building withstood the shock
much better than any other except
frame. In Japan bamboo is used
largely for building purposes, and it Is
an ideal material for an earthquake
zone. But man is not always willing
to learn by experience. He is much
more inclined TO 90 on the theory that
Lightning viii not strike twice in the
same place.
As earthquakes have repeatedly
demonstrated that they are in no sense
amenable to this rule, it would be the
sensible thing-as long as man intends
to run the risk and live under the
shadow of a smoking volcano, or where
repeated tremblings of the earth give
fair warning of the fearful visitation
that may come at any time-to prepare
for it by dwelling in something less
substantial than stone and brick and
concrete, beneath which so many find
a tomb. Catastrophes involving such
indescribable horrors ought to be warn
ing enough that they may happen
again.
The Washington times., 1909-01-06
Owners of Paintings Not
Accepted Have All Man
ner of Criticism.
NOT ENOUGH SPACE
FOR THE WINNERS
Pittsburg and Chicago Both Want
Loan of St. Gaudens Soup
tural Exhibit.

Following the opening Of nearly every
large exhibition OF paintings I'm this
country. the art atmosphere seems
heavily weighted with the walls of the
disappointed Those admitted are not
properly placed. those rejected complain
Of the methods and the selections of the
jury.
The winter exhibition Of the National
Academy opened to the public the same
week Of the opening Of the exhibition
Of the Corcoran Gallery, seems to have
fits portion Of discomfort The reason
seems TO be that from the large number
Of paintings submitted the number Sc
lected is very small. and that of this
selected number there IS usually about
two hundred Of the accepted pictures
which are never given wall space. The
honor coming TO a wOuld-be exhibitor,
who is advised that his picture has
been accepted but that on account of
the limited wall space cannot be ex-
hibited, is so slight that it tends to dis
courage rather than inspire a. second
attempt TO break into the National
Academy.
A sensible suggestion is made bv one
of the artists who has been recog-
nized sufficiently so that his recon-
mendations can be accepted as made in
the interests Of improved conditions.
The proposed plan cOntemplates the
division Of the accepted paintings into
two exhibitions, and giving TO each OK
hihition an equable portion Of the
time Prize pictures should be divided
between these succeeding exhibitions.
so that one exhibition should not out
rank the other I'm interest.
That more pictures are produced and
sent TO the ANNALS of the National
Academy than can be exhibited after
the requirements Of art qualifications
have been complied with. and that the
academy should be placed by limited
wall space I'm the position of offending
artists who are deserving. is a COudi-
ton 10 be regretted and active meas
ures should be adopted 20 prevent its
recurrence