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The Morning examiner. [volume] (Ogden, Utah) 1904-1910, 1909-03-21

What was he like ??
Large and powerful. wcghin' some two hundred
pound or there bouts. SAID George. "and he'd an
ivory butt TO his gun and mesquite eggings and a red
shirt and his eyes blue, and he warnt bad-look
ing, and he rode big sorrc pony branded Circle X
on the shoulder.
That's Billy Prentiss." said Bill Higginson; sure
death that's Billy Prentiss, who is this minute.
lookin forward little. dear as ever any was
But George grabbed his
No. Bill make him merry her. If you kill him
whar'll she be?" But say you'll make him merry
her and on'y kill him afterwards"
"Amandy, to your room. gall" he yelled.
"Oh, Pawl"
ITO your room, gall" he repeated
Lord sakes Wilaml" said his wife
Silence, woman! Amandy to your room!"
And Amandy fed like lamb before a blizzard
while her father gowered and made horrid noises in
his throat,
Gimme that battcn there" he said
George brought him short piece of wood
'Thc hammer and nails womanw said Bill shortly.
His wife brought them trembling He nailed Aman-
dy'S door up Then he went outside and did the same
to the window
George get your horse up and I'll get the pinto"
he said. Mrs Higginson exploded
Whats the pore gal donc2" she cried
Don't ask me-" said Amandys father 'If you
let her out till return III kill all my family and the
pinto and fire the house. and shoot George and blow
my own head of, Air you ready, George"
The Morning examiner. [volume] (Ogden, Utah) 1904-1910, 1909-03-21

ID Bill lived with his wifc and daughter
on 4 feeder OF Double Mountain Creek,
in the northwestern part OF Texas.
He dressed IN an antique black frock
coat and wore a Panama hat. Both
dated from "befo' the wah. sub" there
was no mistake about that He rode about
The Morning examiner. [volume] (Ogden, Utah) 1904-1910, 1909-03-21

C0PYRi6 -, D@
, 1909-03-13

automatically, and when Il regular supply Of
leaves is provided, all the processes of d
filtration are carried out without human as
slstance. In an average days work 90
hours) it is said to be capable of turning out
l ton Of dried Furcraea fibre, the force re-
CURED being about 10-horse power.
In Mauritiua the price Of this machine is
about $500. 1t Is stated that it's cost might
be reduced in certain other countries.
The inventor is NJ. Maingord, and the
machine is known as 'Maingard's Automatic
Defbrating Machine
1t is affirmed that in addition to F'rcraea,
the machine is equally capable of dealing
effectively with leaves of sisal hemp, Manila
hemp, Phormium, etc.-Idjd
The FtncrBa giganteo is well known in
st, Croix, where whip-lashes and halters are
sometimes made from the fbres. 1t is q
near relative of the American aloe, or AgaUe
Anaericaaa, tho large plant that bears bunch
es of yollow flowers on a rigid pole. The stem of
the FArorlan Cor F0urcr0ya) is more flexible,
bends over a little while the pant is Towering,
and commonly has small bulblets growing
along the stem. The si8al hemp is an AgnUe, and
can be easily distinguished from its cousin
americana by the stiffness and strQightneSs
of it's leaves; from which it is called Ag90e
@jgi0a. The Manila hemp is made from a
banana tree very much like our own banana
plant only that its leaves are more pointed;
the plant is called liu8a %tectiJi8 md grows
almost exclusively in the Philippine Islands.
The Fhormjt0n is q New ZeaIand plant,
a distant cousin Of tho Agaves, with very
strong fbros, whence presumably it is called
Pho'"1l'ln1 tenar. It's fibre is known as
New Zealand hemp.
EDITOR ST CRorv Avs
, 1909-03-13
SALE OF BARBADOS PLANTATIONS

The Barbados Agricultural Reporter in a
recent issue gives an account of an auction
sale of two sugar plantations in Barbados
which Indicate considerable confidence III
the sugar industry out there. The p'anta-
tions were sold by the minister of chancery
as part of the estate Of Hon, Forster nj. Al
LEVINE. The Carmichael plantation was APP
praised at 94408 sterling. The bidding be-
gan at 943O8 and progressed up to 45l20,or
G712 Tor SO, 660) above its appraised value.
1t was bought by Hon. g.. Laurie Pile, Tn
other plantation, known as Ridge, was APP
praised Mt 94398, at which price the bidding
began and progressed up to e7320, or 92924
above it's appraised value, or nearly double
the same.
To the outside world Barbados seems q
queer sugar country. It's methods Of cane
culture and of sugar manufacture seem very
primitive to all of the rest of the world, and
vet Barbados holds it's own and is making
progress when some other cane sugar coun-
tries seem to be going backward. The i'm
mcnse population per square mile OF Barba-
dos, supplying the industry as it does with
an ample supply Of labor, is doubtless the
sugar industry in Barbados, or Little Eng
Iand."-LouiSjana Planter, February. 18Th.
, 1909-03-13

half a million dollars, is capable OF manufac-
turing both the raw and refined grades,
The cane fields, level as a floor, are COM
posed of the black mould of the Mississippi
bottoms, probably the richest soil on earth.
Narrow guage tramways run into all parts
of the fields, and dummy locomotives draw
long trains of cars, some empty, some loaded
with cane. The cane grows ten to fifteen
feet high, and is as dense as q jungle. Near
ly 500 workers are employed to cut the cane
and tie it into bundles for transportation to
the mill. Here great forks seize it and ele-
vate it to the grinders, huge steel rollers
with a pressure of 800 tons. From there
the Juice falls into pipes, which conduct it
to the settling and bleaching tanks, while
the crushed cane goes another way, aud IS
fed to the boilers.
In the tanks the Juice is treated with lime
and sulphur to remove debris and clarity it,
and then is conducted by more pipes to the
evaporating pans, where it is boiled by
steam in a vacuum, until it becomes syrup,
This syrup then goes to other pans and is
evaporated until it becomes mixed with
molasses; thence to the centrifugals (rapidly
revolving cylinders, which separate the
molasses by the centrifugal force, and drain
the latter into its own receptacle. The raw
sugar that remains, dull brown in colour, is
either sold in its crude state or Is redn5d
by further and more intricate processes
Ne0 York E0euju9 Post, quoted IN LOUISE
ana Planter,
, 1909-03-13

In many aspects, writing IS a PROBES
sion in others, when It IS reduced merely
to the purveying and sale of news, it is a
business. When conducted on the highest
plane, it exerts as much influence for good
as the ministry, and has a wider range, and,
indeed, has probably robbed the profession
of part of its usefulness because it has be-
come o substitute for it with many persons
and in many families.
"Its power Of public instruction is very
great, but when it panders to the vulgar
est taste for seDsationaIism and becomes
entirely irresponsible in respect to its in
Auence for good, and its statement of the
truth. its pernicious tendency il obyiqted
only bv the power Of the people to pro
tect themselves against it by q safe dis
elimination and a healthy skeptlcism and
a clear understanding OF it's recklessness
and baser motives.
THE close relation between journalism
and politics and the carrying on of a gov
ernment, no one who has been in the slight
est degree familiar with the course OF q
popular government can ignore. The peo-
pie demand to know what their servants
in the Legislature, in the executive, and on
the bench are doing, and the chief, if not
che only, method by which they are made
aware Of the character of the services ron.
dered to them is through the press. The
unjust color sometimes given through jaun-
diced editors and correspondents has an
injurious effect, but, fortunately in the mum
Der of newspaper and in the variety Of mo-
tives that affect those who furnish the news,
such injustice is genoIally remedied.
"Ihe great body Of the people who have
discriminating common Sense are enabled
to reach with considerable accuracy the
truthful verdict and Judgment in respect to
political affairs"
Mr.. Taft Was entertained 1T luncheon by
the First City Troop at its armory directly
after the exercises at the Academy OF Music
and then returned to the home OF his host,
DR.. Mitchell, where he spent the atterno u
in receiving social callers, attending to much
preliminary official business and taking such
rest as he could. In the evening be attend
ed the reception of General Meade Post,
G. A. R., at the Union League Club, and
was a guest later at the dinner Of the uni
versity alumni in the gymnasium OF the
University of Pennsylvania.
Mr.. Taft did not remain for the Grand
Army of the Republic banquet, but spent
half an hour in q social way. While the
orchestra played National airs, the 200
guests formed in line, and each received
a hearty shake OF the hand from him,
At the university banquet he made q
speech, aud said he would be satisfied II
his Administration conferred half the be-
nefts on the people that that OF his prede-
cessor had lone.
, 1909-03-13
lN. Y IGmoa.l

N1' I"'VSsJ
Philadelphia, Feb. 22-President-eleo
Taft was the central figure in the celebration
ny the University of PENNSYLVANIA to-day
OF the l17th anniversary Of the birth Of
George Washington. The exercises took
place in the old Academy of Music. Into
which 1000 persons crowded.
The First T1oop, Philadelphia Citv Cav
airy, in its picturesque uniform, escorted
the President-elec from the residence OF
Or. >. Woir Mitchell to the Academy.
Thousands OF persons lined the sidewalks
OF the three blocks from the residence to
she Academy and cheorod him. Mr.. Taft
was met In the foyer Of the Academy ly
doY. Stuart and the Trustees and Faculty.
ne received the honorary degree of Doctor
OF Laws from the university in 1901, and
wore the insignia of that degree to day.
Mr.. Taft, in behalf of Lewis e. Hay,
presented to Provost Harrison a walking
stick used by Benjamin Franklin, a gift to
him from Gen. Lafayette.
a donation OF 5000, 900 was announced
by the Provost from u person whose name
he said he was not permitted to divulge.
The money is to be used for the establish
ment of % department OF research in the
medical school.
Mr.. Taft's subject was the "Present Re
lations Of the Learned Professions to Pc
litical Government" He discussed Mt con-
siderable length the influence which the
learned professions, in this day, have upon
National and Municipal Government. OF
the clergy be said
During tho administration Of Mr.. Roose-
welt, and under the influence of certain
revelations of business immortality, the con
science Of the whole country was shocked
and then nerved to the point of demanding
that u better order Of affairs be introd aced-
In this movement the ministers Of the va
rious churches have recognized the call upon
them to assist, md they have been heard
in accents much more effective than ever
before in half a century.
.'They have not all always been discreet
They have sometimes attempted to make the
moral reforms by law wider than practical
experience would justify. Indeed the ten
denov of some ministers III taking part IN
politics and seeking Governmental reform
is to demand too close Il realization OF their
ideals and an unwillingness to give up the
accomplishment of some for decided pro
gress toward others. This is n limitation
upon their usefulness.
He paid tributes to the work OF teachers
and medical men i'll shaping Governmental
affairs. Speaking Of the writer he said
, 1909-03-13
9reoert38tco8 5RVtte=
fore11lng,

nET bekeudtgores at der i Froderiksted
err dannet Gu Skytteforening, der har
gtiIIet sig under Gouyernementets Kontrol.
Forening har for Tiden 81 Medlemmer.
A~nlmggelsen af Ell SAydebane er paabe-
gyndt paa en- Grund, der al HI. Planter
J. J. Latimer "Wheel Of Fortune velvilIigst
or stillet til Raadighed for Foreningen.
Grunden er bo.iggendo longs Stranden
%umiddelbart sgd for Byen.
~Salonskydning og forb: Skydning afhoi-
des i Fortshaven, liver ONSDAG EN-. fra
4-G og SONDAG Fin. fra ell.
Tiden for Skarpskyd aiugens Begyndelse
vii senere bIiye bekendtgjort.
P. f. V.
H. Petersen.
SekretBr.
, 1909-03-13
LARGE SUGAR PLANTATION.

Across he river from New Orleans is one Of
The largest sugar plantations in Louisiana. 1t
is run by northern capital, with northern sys-
TEN, energy and intelligence. 1t has nor
mally 1900 acres planted in cane, and its
sugar mill, representing an outlay of nearly
, 1909-03-13

SONDAG don IA ALarts Dansk Gudstjon-
este Christiansted Kirko we'd Pastor
Richard Thomson.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-08-27

The Indians Are Displaying a will. ingness to work and to cooperate. with their white brothers for local improve ment.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-08-27
GROSS ETRAVAGANcE
 AND FAVoRiTIsM CHARGED
In Connection with Purchase of Paint
 Used in Canal Work.

New York, Aug. 26.-Congressman W. s. Bennett in a letter to the sec- retary of war made public here to- day, charges the purchasing depart ment of the Isthmian Canal Commis- sion with gross extravaganza ard favoritism in connection with the pur- chase of paint used for the barges, dredgesy and other vessels engaged in canal work. His letter, he says. is onlv the opening gun in campaign in which he hopes may result in the establishment of a central purchasing bureau for the government.
 Tt is reasonable to assume, the let ter concludes, that a purchasing de- pertinent which has bought nearly fourteen times as much of an article as was necessary, and under crcum- stances where apparently it could not be used, is. engaged in other similar and possibly larger transactions.v
 In a supplementary statement to- night, Mir. Bennett says:
 The contract system in all govern mental departments is subject to criti- cism. There should be a central pur- chasing bureau for the United States government and then the possibilities of graft would be reduced to mini mum. I have information of peculiar ities not alone about paint in con- nection with the purchasing depart ment of the caINl commission but about cement and other materials. There is one instance I know of. where contract for cement was closed with a concern whose price was between s600,000 and SSOe,OO0 above that of the lowest bidder"
Norwich bulletin., 1909-08-27
Hubert Latham s Prolonged Flight
FRENCH AVIATOR THURSDAYS
 HERO AT RHEIMS.
NEW WORLDS RECORD MADE
With His MonopIane Mounted 300 Feet
 Against Storm of Wind and Rain 1.-Two Practice Spins by curtiss.

Betheny Aviation Field n1eims, Aug. 26.-Hubert Latham, the French aviator, today had glorious requital for the hard luck which he experienced lSE= his recent attempts to cross the Eng fish Channel and his indefatigable, but hitherto unsuccessful, efforts to &C., complish some notable achievement during the present meeting, by estab. fishing new worlds record for dis tance, 154 kilometres. $50 metres. or Sass miles. Latham covered Is laps or 150 kilometres in 2 hours, 13 min utes, 9 3-5 seconds, which also are worlds records, the flight being at the rate of about 6S 1-2 kilometres an hour as compared with 53 1-2 made by Wright at -Le Mans and a fraction under 50 made by Paulhan yesterday.
 Empty Gasolene Tank.
 Except the one lap speed records made by Bleriot and Curtiss this week and Paulhan's time record in, the air, distance and speed. Like Paulhan he descended only when the gasolene tank was empty.
 Fought His Way Against Wind and
 Rain.
 Nothing could have exceeded the beauty and impressiveness of the pro- longed flight. In grace of lines no other aeroplane here compared with Latham's monoplane. For an hour with huttering wings, like a living thing, it fought it's way against the storm of rain and wind at an aver age height of 150 feet, mounting high CT as the wind rose, until during the worse of the storm, 1t was up fully 300 feet. The contention of the advo- cates of the biplane has been amply refuted.
 Latham earlier in the day with NO. 13," another aeroplane of the same type. made flight of more than 70 kilometres and, after he had finished in the afternoon Lambert covered 11s kilometres (70.3) miles in commanding fashion. Three flights, therefore in a single day totaeed more than 210 miles.
 Two Practice Spins by the American. Glenn H. Curtiss, the American, had two practice spins but though his ma chine behaved splendidly it's speed was disappointing. An accident which Bleriot suffered about duik may im- prove Curtiss' chances for the inter- national cup.
 Narrowly Missed Killing Spectators.
 While trying to alight in front of the tribune with a passenger aboard his big eighty horsepower machine, Bleriot crashed into fence, the wings and propeller being broken. He nar- rowly missed killing several of the spectators. Whether or not the motor was injured has not been definitely determined. If so, Curtiss' most dan- gerous rival has been put at a dis advantage as Bleriot intended to use the wrecked machine in the interna- ticnal event, although he qualified with another.
 Dropped Among Crowd at Lunch.
 Rougier also giving an exhibition, landed among the crowd lunchlng on the grass, and slightly injured two women and a man. Bleriot insists that his accident was not due to reckless ness with which he was charged by the crowd. He asserts that a squad ron of dragons was moving across the field and crowded him toward the fence. compelling him to choose be- tween lanading among the horses or in the barrier.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-08-27
CHOLERA LADEN SHIP
 EN ROUTE TO BALTIMORE
Warning Received from American
 Consul at Rotterdam.

Rotterdam, Aug. '26.-Several cases of suspected cholera have been re- ported in Rotterdam since the discov- cry of the disease here yestserday, notably among the occupants of a barge on board which child had died previously. All the suspects have been quarantined., M ,,
 Washington, Aug. 26.-That the Dutch ship Andyk is ,enroute to the United States with cholera aboard is inferred from a cablegram from the American consul at Rotterdam re- ceived by the marine hospital service today through the state department. The cablegram reads:
 Cholera Andyk Wednesday Balti- more"
 This message is interpreted as meaning that the Andyk sailed yester- day from Rotterdam for Baltimore with one or more cases of cholera aboard.
 is not expected off Cape Charles until about the eighth of September. In the meantime the hospital service will take steps to prevent landing until thorough investigation shall have been made. Indeed the news had no sooner been received than Surgeon General Wyman -cabled for full information as to where the vessel had been: the number of passengers and crew, and the sanitary precautions taken.
 Greatest Precautions to Prevent Spread
 of Disease.
 Washington, Aug. 26.-Surgeon Gen eral Wynan of the pubic health and marine hospital service tonight cahled Assistant Surgeon Robert A. c. Vol lenburg, stationed at Naples, to pro- ceed at once to Rotterdam, where chol- era has appeared, to assist American Consul Listoe in seeing that treasury department regulations regarding ves- sels sailing for the United States are carried out. The greatest precautions are to be taken to prevent the intro- duction of the disease into the United Forty Two Persons at Rotterdam Un-
 der Observation.
 7 Rotterdam, Aug. 26s-At today,s sit ting of the municipal council the bur gomaster announced that there had been four deaths from cholera and that out of nine suSrected cases now in the isolation sheds three had been, found to be infected with cholera baccillus. An examination of the others has not yet been concluded. Forty-two, appar- ently healthy persons who have been in contact with those declared infected are now under observation.
 No further fresh cases were reported today. The general opinion is that the disease was brought to this port by the steamer Ellewoutsdyk from Et Peters burg.
 England Declares Rotterdam sn ln-
 fected Port.
 London, Aug 26.-The English sani- tary authorities have declared Rotter- dam an infected port and regulations will be enforced at all British ports for the examination of all vessels ar irving from Holland to prevent the cholera being introduced into England. Violent Outbreak of Asiatic Cholera at
 Vitebsk.
 St. Petersburg, Aug. 26.-A violent outbreak of Asiatic cholera has occur red at Vitebsk, which is the capital of the government of that name, situated on both sides of the Duna. The out break exceeds in intensity that in St. Petersburg, there being twenty six cases and six deaths today and 114 cases and forty-two deaths in the past week. The town has population of about 66,00O.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-08-27
APPROVED OF THE USE
 OF 6ENZoATE OF SODA
As a Food Preservative by Vote of
 57 to 42.

Denver. Col Aug .26.-President Roosevelt's famous Remsen referee board of consulting scientific experts was indorsed by the conventiontof the association of state and national food and dairy, departments today. After a fight in which the term "medicated garbage was used the association ap- proved of the use of benzoate of soda as a food preseryative, 57 to 42. The delegation from the United States de- partment of agriculture voted "yes.''
 A committee headed by Dr. F. W.. Robinson of Lansing, Mich, which was appointed previously to investigate the Remsen board, had reported adversely on the boards findings, declaring ben zoate' promoted "the practice, of con- cealing unsanitary methods" and call ed upon President Taft to institute another investigation on broader lines.
 The debate began after addresses by Dr. Ira Remsen of Baltimore, Dr. Rus sell H. Chittenden of New Haven, H., and Dr. C. Fl. H. Erter of New York, who as members of the referee board described how their experiments Chicago. New York and New Haven, which led them to the conclusion that the chemical when administered in small quantities in the daily diet was harmless.
 Dr. Charles A. L. Reed of Cincinnati took a stand in opposition. "The rec ommendation to the government that benzoate of soda might properly be usedY he said, puts the government in the position of licensing medicated stuff fit only for the sewer"
Norwich bulletin., 1909-08-27

Beverly, Mass, Aug. 26.-Continuing his series of conferences with party leaders and government officials. before starting on his long trip to the west and south, President Taft had two hours and half talk this afternoon with Senator Nelson W. Aldrich and Secretary of the Treasury MacVeagh. Senator Aldrich, having just emerged from the long tariff fight, is about to take up the important task of adjust ing the monetary system of the coun- try, and 1t was in connection with hds work as chairman of the monetary commission that he was called in con- ference with, the president today.
 Monetary. Commissions Report Delayed
 MT. Taft, before framing up his own legislative plan for the coming seSSion of congress. was anxious to ascertain whether or not the monetary commis sion will be ready to report it's recom- mendztions this winter. It is under stood that a definite answer was not given today but the chances are that the monetary commission will not be able to place its conclusions before congress for several months to come. There has been talk of calling congress in extra session in the fall of 1910, to begin consideration of legislation look ing to the enactment of such changes in the monetary system as the com  missiol, may deem expedient.
 Senator Aldrich said after the con- ference with President Taft that mat ters had been discussed only in a gen. erdI way. The monetary commission had expected to devote the entire sum mer to the subjects that have been mapped out for its consideration, but the long tariff fight in the senate ut terly defeated this purpose.
 Senator Aldrich went to New York tonight and will sail for Europe Sat urday. Asked as to when the com 1n8sson Would be ready with its rec concentrations. he said the report was not in sight.
 Scope of the Work Outlined.
 Senator Aldrich outlined in a general way to the president the scope and plan of the work the commission has set itself to accomplish. The monetary systems of the leading European coun- tries are to be studied and 1t Is hoped to culi the best features of each for