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Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-02-26

OF knowing that the reading public is
waiting to read II.
Such Is the story OF the work of
gathering routine news. news that Is
practically cornered. the news OF every
day There are times. though, when
things are hummlng right mcrrily.
There are big and important gather
inSs, political conventions and other
meetings. disasters, celebrations and
events of unusual Importance. These
require special effort planned In ad-
vance, that nothing Is to be overlooked.
Some big news Item may crop up at
q most unexpected time, a wreck, Il
flre. a riot or whatnot. II Is then that
the telephone comes into play and soon
swarm of newspap permcn are on thu
scene, each working along a special
line and all combining In the end 10
produce complete story. At big
fire one reporter may confne his efforts
to learning the extent of the loss by
fire and water, another to insurance
carried, by whom and In what compa-
MES. another will watch for human
interest" incidents. little happenings.
maybe strange, amusing or pathetic,
happenings which reveal the frailtles
or the strength of humanity.
Scheduled in Aduonce
Other big items may have been long
in their threatening TO happen. as
public celebrations. conventions o.
other important gatherings. Some
times as much as week ahead of
time. n reporter is sent out to OBJ
tain photographs Of prominent persons
to take part in the ceremonies and
copies of their speeches. From these
halftone cuts are made and held In
readiness for use. speeches are set UP
In type and wait only telephone mos
sage 10 the effect that the time is ripe
once in great while a cog will
slip. Sometimes through having these
preparations made, speeches that we're
never delivered have appeared In print
and other ,calamities have happened
at a moment too late to make a
| change. or too late to attract attcn-
| ton. IL is the marvel OF those engaged
| in newspaper work that so few mis-
| takes arc made, so much does haste
enter into the making of the daily
newspaper. II is the marvel of many
| that so many mistakes are made by
| newspapers But put the Kicker In
the place of tho trained newspapermar
| and within two minutes he Will be
| sparring for wind. the pace has been
| too fast Occasionally somewhat wcird
| spelling appears in. the news columns
| and some people marvel. ITO think
they don't know how to spell littlc
name like that" they Will say. 1t ii
| a safe bet at ten to one that they
| did know how to 3pell IT and that they
did spell it rightly. but that In the
/ hurry of setting the type wrong letters
crept In and were overlooked In thu
haste of getting to press and on the
| street.
There Is in addition to the systematic
| pursuit of news on the street much de
tall work to be done every day II
the Office. There Is the library. th,
"morgue." obituary routine and othe
office work. including the keeping o
the files. indexing the news OF eac
day. gathering photographs from nea
and far and a great volume OF othe
daily grind" that the public know
| little about
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-02-26

scores against his rival. Sporting edi-
tors are notorlously gifted with flu-
ent utterance and do not hesitate to tell
people what's what In their own par
ticular line of work.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-02-26
Staff Photographer

The staff photographer Is busy man.
Many times he is called upon to Gov
er" an important story with his
camera, to rush his pictures through
to completion. when they arc turned
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-02-26
On the Quartcr Deck

AT the forefront stand the editor and
business manager. each directing the
affairs of the paper In its two principal
departments. its business department
and its editorial department 1t is the
function of the business manager to
direct the business policy or the paper,
its money-earning powers. or, In gem
eral terms, the conduct of It's affairs
from a commercial standpoint. Direct
ly under his control Is the business Of
fice, where matters pertaining to cir
culation Of the paper at homo and
abroad. advertising. purchases of sup
plies and other items of strictly busi-
ness nature are attended to. The circu-
lation manager is a busy man He
has under his direction the ncwsboyS
who sell the paper on the street, the
carriers who take the paper to the
thousands of homes each day. and the
mailing clerk, who hurrics the paper
into the mails for circulation through
out the world. The advertising mana
ger. too. is in the catalogue Of hustlers
and has about him a staff of men who
make It their business to get adyertis-
Ing for their paper from firms at homo
and abroad, not to forget the woman
who wants a servant, tho man
VINO has house to sell, q gun to trade
or who wants to know who found tho
dog his children lost, all OF which are
known as "classfieds" and serve the
people we'll who know how to use them.
This, In brief, tells the story of the
tIsiness department of a newspaper.
The editorial department Is that de-
partment concerned in gathering the
news and preparing 1t for the readers
of the paper. At the helm stands the
editor, who directs the news policy Of
the paper, comments on passing events
through tho medium of the editorial
page" Then there is the staff" an ar
ray of specialists whose business 1t Is
a. hunt for news. At the head of this
staff is the managing editor whose
business 1t is to execute the editors
will in policy matters, to see that every
department is doing Its own particular
work in the way 1t should be done.
that the news is being gathered from
far and near and who decides the many
zzling questions that arise every
dly-and every question a different
o. C. for each day brings up an alto
q, her new series OF situations.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-02-26

over over to the engraver and appear In
pIlnt an hour later along with the
story or the days big event. He is
especially busy when a special edition
~ planned and In this respect is not
uhhKe the other members of a news
paper staff.
n special edition may be weeks. or
even months in preparation and plan-
nlng. conspicuous example Is the
Christmas edition OF The Deserct Eve
ming News. When tais giant OF the
newspaper world appears in print and
circulation. few people realize the CT
lort which has been made TO provide
them with the latest information of
Utah and its neighboring states. An
able corps of writer's are at work an
tniS paper for two months compIlIno
the matter which appears in its pages
Wnen the task Is finished the paDer
presents an array OF information that
IS accurate and reliable and covers the
neid up to the day OF going to press.
Editors, copy readers. proof readers
ana printers have been working day
and night that the edition might be
perfect and their reward Is the paper
itself. which has for many years drawn
favorable comment from every corner
OF the world. Other special editions
are frequently published, as on the oc-
casion OF great conventions, notably
the encampmcnt of the Grand Army OF
the Republic held In Salt Lake last
August,
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-02-26
The Oldest Publishing House in the
West, Established June Is, 1850.

found ION the Job" daily waiting for ,
the forecast and ready TO print 1t in
his sheet" "
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-02-26
Some Old Friends

Some Old Friends
In addition to the regularly and paid
stan. there Is that able corps OF news
paper writer's whose shadows never
seem to grow less. Who are they?
Their names arc familiar to almost
every newspaper reader. In the list per-
haps old PRO Bono Publico" is the
dean. He has been writing for the
papers since the days of Confucius.
going under the alias Chang Wong
kowtow. OF something worse. An old
timer, too, in "Vcritas" Old VerItas
and his nephew. 'Old Subscriber"
have written many things for the pa
pers,. and then as a partial list OF
others OF the faithful we still have
TCitiZen.' Taxpayer" "Vox PopuIf."
and Reader and a galaxy OF others
too numerous to mention who write to
the papers day by day. greatly amus-
ing the staff. but seldom finding the
light OF day in print unless their mat
ter Is worthy of & place, which is often.
out oftener not. AS a rule. these
anonymous writer's want to gay some
thing through a newspaper, but refuse
10 nave their own names mixed In
II, though they are quite willing to
have the burden rest on the shoulders
OF the newspaper to which they sub
NIT their views. The telephone. too.
comes in quite handy for these In
cognito contributors.
Then there IS the visiting list of the
newspaper office. It's complexion Is
indeed cosmopolitan. 1t may be n
| charity worker asking the insertion of
a short Item to stir the kind hearted
| public to action. or a prizefghter. per-
| haps, who comes in with a profusion
OF idioms seeking the sporting editor
| that his prowoss may be written about.
or the oldest inhabitant who comes In
on particularly hot ora particularly
4 cold day to tell you OF day that he
| remembers whom II was colder or when
| it was hotter, or the Indignant citizen
| who wants to have the public know
that Pat Moran is blocking up another
| street with his paving plant, or. per-
haps. i is a we'll known banker who
desires that the paper say nothing
about tho Incident wherein he figured
| as the gentleman who was hit over
the head in front of n we'll known hotel
| with an umbrella in the hands OF a
4 young woman who thought herself
nsgrleved. or any one OF a thousand
visitors who come In and go out and
who are alwlys welcome. II 1t were
not for visiting list In a newspaper Of
fee, the office boy would think tho
| place was under quarantine
The Cairo bulletin., 1910-02-19
EVIDENCE SHOWS The
MOB DID NOT FIRE ON
SHER|FF'S DEPUTIES

ventured into the yard or beyond tn
gates Of the grounds and accordin.
fto Deputy Fuller those he saw wore
some sort OF improvised masks upon
their faces. The size of the mob has
been variously estimated as beng
from so to 200. Deputy Fuller says,
according to his estimation and he
thought he could judge pretty accu-
rately. that there were d; FEAST l5o
men in the mob.
The deputies seemed to have been
armed with all kinds OF weapons
chiefly rifles and shot guns; shot gun
wounds We're In evidence. in the case
OF one OF the injured, as number OF
buck shot were taken from the vic
tim.
According to report there were two
negro deputies armed with Swiss
army rifles, recently discarded by the
sWiss government ana the kind that
mas been haWked about the country Il,
sl.9S each. These two rifles IL Il. al,
legged were handled BY two of the
negro deputies. 1t was a rifle shot
wound that was the primary cause ofI
he death of Alex Halliday.
Besides the sheriff the IDENTITIES
lolding the fort consisted OF seven
The Cairo bulletin., 1910-02-19
NATIONAL ADOPTS
l54 GAME LIST
DREYFUs, PRESIDENT or PITTS.
BURG CLUB, SAVED LEAGUE
FROM DEADLOCK.
.I68 GAMES SCHEDULED
For Western League This Season
Took Four Days Discussion
for Western Maonates
to Icecde.

New York, Feb. 1s,-The Natjona
League tonight adopted 154 game
schedule. Though the wishes or the
American League are thus met that
leagues interests were aisreearded
when i was resolved to stretch the
schedule TO October Is. The Amer
ican schedule terminates October q.
Ebhets, Of Brooklyn, and Murphy Of
Chicago, insisted on using their nIav.
ers up to the contract time, October
Is.
preyfl'ss, Of Pittsburg, was the on.
W club owner willing to make con.
cessions, and he saved the league from
a deadlock.
Pittspurg voluntarily took some of
the Sunday dates in Chicago that had
been assigned to ST. Louis and st
Louis goes to Cincinnati on those
dates TO fill the Pittsburg engage
ments.
The Cairo bulletin., 1910-02-19

Vandalia was ordered by Gov. Deneer
| to Cairo at 1880 o'clock last nigh,
and are expected to arrive early thi.
morning
The negro John Pratt, the cause al
the whole trouble, was taken ~
Chester penitentary leaving here al
8 O'Clock this morning under protec
tion OF several members of the
militia
Alexander Halliday, who was shot
and Killed yesterday morning by, the
deputy sheriffs, in the repulse Of The
attack on the county jail, was son
OF the late Thomas w. Halliday. one
OF Cairo's most highly respected citi.
zens and for many years mayor Of
Cairo. He was about 20 years of age,
born and reared in Cairo. He sur-
yived his wife but a few months. He
had been in various occupations. very
recently employed on the Big -Four
railroad as switchman with head.
quarters at Mt. Carmel. He was Of
sturdy build Weighing about two
hundred pounds. No arrangements
have yet been made for the funeral
The Cairo bulletin., 1910-02-19
"A HEARTLEss ORDER
was General Comment Of Citizens Re.
ssrding Refusal to Remove
Dead Man.

" is generally regarded as a heart
less order df he gave IT. from Cover
nor Deneen, telling Sheriff Nellis. tf
allow no one to enter the court house
yard to see If the man lying motion
less alongside the stairway leading To
the entrance Of the court house. was
alive or dead
Citizens telephoned the sheriff ask.
ing him to take some action in the
matter. stating that there might be a
chance of saving the mans life. IL at
tention were given him at once but
sherif Nellis answered bluntly "heIl
nave to stay there till morning.
nave orders not to allow anyone to
enter this yard" Chief Egan nhoned
20 the sheriff that he wanted to see
MN, and Egan was permitted to enter
the yard and court house, but was not
permitted to stop moment to see the
pody lying face down on the frozen
snow. Later Capt. Greaney went on
q similar mission, but like the chief
ne was denied the request, unless he
brought Company X or a portion Of
y with him. After two hours hard
work q squad was mustered by the
use OF an automobile and persistent
Efforts. When the auto, with eight or
The Cairo bulletin., 1910-02-19

NOTES or THE DAY.

| Adjntant General FRANK c. Dickson
arrived at 6:35 O'Clock last night II
take charge of thet,eompanles now
mere and yet to arrive. He ii quite
"a young man but level headed ana I
thorough solaasr
The saloons ofACairo were ordered
closed BY Governor Deneen through
Mayor Parsons, and since 8 O'Clock
Yesterday morning not saloon has
been OPEN Tls9order is being strict.
" obeyed as AHr as can be learned
4 report that 4one OF them was dis.
obeying the order yesterday afternoon
brought Q ssnad OF soldiers in M
auto to theplace and the proprietor
was given to understand that the ar.
der 10 close npa no bluff.
twenty-five .inembers of the State
from Effingham arrived YES.
terday afternoon and were at once
stationed at the court house. list,
evening GS more members OF the sa,ne
company including portion OF the
-arbondalese company arrived.
Company l. Fourth -afantrv. of
The Cairo bulletin., 1910-02-19

ten men Of Company X, arrived. /
was o'clock. The body. as had bAel
eonj-etnred. proved to be that d
Alex aIilliday. II was placed In th,
automobile and taken to st. Mary's,
lnfirmary cndaDr. Walsh summoned
When the body was picked up 1t was
warm and limp, and according to tl,e
statement Of several In the party who
conveyed it to the Inlrmary seemed
to contain life.
When DR., Walsh arrived az the N.
Urinary life had departed. trnon az.
amining the wound that seemed NJ
have carsed the death OF HALLIDAY he
stated that If the wound did not ea,,sa
death. the exposure did Halliday had
lain for nearly four hours on the
snow in tesnepralure s or 10 degrees
above zero.
The Cairo bulletin., 1910-02-19
MOB DID NOT FIRE,
is testimony of Eye Witnesses-cir
cumstances Bear This Out


The stories are conflicting as 4
whether or not the mob returned tn,
hfe or the deputies. Several resi-
dents in the immediate neighborhoot
make the statment that they hear,
TWO volieys fred and shortly after
ward number of desu:tory shots. A
number Of observers of the affail
claiming TO have been on the opposite
side OF the street at the time. make
positive statements that they saw fire
hashing from the windows of the cir.
cult clerks office but saw no flashing
from pistols carried by members OF
the mob,
AN examination of the walls on the
outside as well as the inside of the
court house revealed no bullet holes
according to the investigation made
by several citizens. There are Il
number OF window panes shattered in
the circuit clerks Office. in the lowe
sashes. If there had been any sho.
flred into the windows from the out
side, the members Of the mob mus
nave been very good SHOTS and a.maf
them all the lower panes, and theI
some shots would without doubt hav,
gone wild.
According to several eye witnesses
OF the affair there was no great Oh
slaught by the mob. a few bold mem
Ders made a rush onto the porcr
shortly after Sheriff Nellis had come
out upon the steps to plead with the
mob, telling the crowd that he was
sherln and would protect his prls-
onefs. He had scarcely had time to
speak but few words before the
hrlng from the windows commenced
Then ne beat a hasty retreat into the
building.
Sheriff Nellis has stated that he
mad instructed his deputies to first
lire over the heads of the crowd to |
lhtimidate them. but it is a question |
IA the minds of spectators whether
-hese instructions were obeyed or not
u ~ contended by witnesses that al !
me trst fire Alex Halliday was seen |
% tall and that those who we're
received their. injuries at the
'ame time, One man, stranger
sho was IN the mob, said he and four
''hers succeeded in reaching the trout
'orch after the sheriff had disap.
reared through the doorway and they
themselves from the bullets
" lodging behind the pillars Of the
'ofch and that in retreating they
we're again fired upon.
only q few members of the mog
The Cairo bulletin., 1910-02-19

Whlte men and eight negroes The
white deputies were Chief DEBUT,
Fuiier, Deputies Thompson, Ber
Jones Amos Dennis, Joe Gotthart
Mcdowell, jerry Dunn;ng.
The negro deputies were: George
jackson, Chas. Hudson, Chas. Bolar
'f. A. Head, Ed Hudson, Henry Doug
las, Mitchell and Albert Frost.
Sheriff Nellis says he tried to set
more white men to come to his az,
III the emergency, but they would NOT
respond.
The Cairo bulletin., 1910-02-19
ADDITIONAL TROOPS CAME
LAST NIGHT; MORE TODAY
City Was Quiet Yesterday, But Il SeemedI Omn
ous--Saloons Remain CIosed---Neqro Pratt
Sentenced Yesterday Taken to Prison
This Morning--Many Rumors
Anoat

The city was quiet yesterday ans
last night. There were some wild ru
mors aiioat at various times. abou
squads forming in various places, ant
or a determination on the part OF cit
lzens to resent the killing OF a mem
Der OF the mob. The feeling was
strong that while the sheriff had done
right in upholding the law. he had
not used the best OF Judgment in the
method adopted. The criticisms were
directed mostly at the circumstance of
engaging negro deputies TO shoot
down white men. and at the refusal
ip permit any one TO approach the
deaf man. BUT the sheriff explains
these circumstances by saying he
could not get citizens to serve
aud that the governor directed him
not to permit any one to approach
till the militia had arrived.
There were few people on the
streets and these seemed to pursue
their ordinary affairs.
There was some talk of retaIiatory
steps, which involved the burning out
OF negroes generally, but this was not
taken seriously, although it lei to the
request at the citizens meeting last
night that the mayor appoint as many
special officers as he might deem
necessary to patrol the city.
Many strangers were in the city.
coming from all directions. evidently
as gightseers. /
ThFEseyeral inches of snow on the
gfottnd prevented getting about
easily. !
The city is not under martial law,
but is in the hands of sAe properly
constituted authorities to whom the
soldiers are subject The soi%ers are
at the court house. with a
squad or two passing up and down
the streets at intervals.
The Cairo bulletin., 1910-02-19
WESTERN LEAGUE.

Chicago, Feb. 1S.--Late tonight, af
ter four days discussion, the Western
League adoMed 158 game schedule
Opening April 22nd ana closing Octo
ber 3.
The opening games will be:
Lincoln ut Denver; Des Moines al
st. Joseph; Sioux City at Topeka:
Omaha at Wichita.
The holiday games are:
Decoration Day-O Omaha at Des
Molnes; Lincoln at Sioux City; TO
peka at st. Joseph; Wichita at Den.
YER
July 4tll--Des Moines at Sioux
City; Omaha at Lincoln and Lincoln
at Omaha, Wichita at Topeka; Den
yer at st. Joseph.
Labor Day Sioux City at Des
Moines; Lincoln at Omaha st. 10.
seph at Denver; Topeka at Wichita.
The Cairo bulletin., 1910-02-19
SHOT WAS FATAL.
autopsy BY Coroner McManus Shows
Man Could Have Lived But
Few Moments

"aH NouiG FtdVE Lived 6ut
Few Moments.
Coroner McManus held an autopsy
yesterday on the remains of Alex Ar
Halliday, who was killed by the sher.
pms deputies early yesterday morn.
ing, when firing upon the mob that
bought to enter the county Jail. the
foroner was moved to this step 10
ascertain exactly what caused death
n order to allay false reports present
pr future. He summoned to his aid
|prs, Bondurant and Clarke. The sur.
Eeons found that the. bullet entered
he right neck under the ear and
fanged downward passing through i'm.
|'ortant blood vessels on its way. also
blowing its way through the spinal
Folumn, shattering the fifth and sixth
|ertebrae. and emerging behind the
eft shoulder blade.
It is the opinion of the surgeons
|hat the ball was a steer bail. and that
had great force, because IN passing
through the spinal column it was not
effected from Its course,i the point of
KIT being on direct line with the
Joint OF entrance. leaden bullet
Fould have been fiattened on striking
bone and detected from its course.
The physicians agree that the bul.
Ft was fired from an elevated posi-
lon because 1t ranged downward.
They agree also that the wounded
an could have lived but few mo.
ents after being shot. The fact that
g body was still warm when picked
p over three hours after the fatal
pot was fired Is accounted for by the
Ct that the dead man was large
Ian, with plenty Of blood and was
hrmly dressed.
The Cairo bulletin., 1910-02-19
WILD RuMoRs DlscREp,TEp.

/ The finding Of the coroner and his
assistant puts quietus on some wild
fumors that were afioat yesterdas. to
tne effect that the dead man might
nave been saved had he been prompt.
~ cared for. But feeling was very
strong among people generally be-
cause OF the belief that the man lay
IN the yard dying, and because OF the
sheriHs persistent refusal to permit
any one to take charge of the body,
not even the coroner. The sheriff,s
explanation is that he acted under
orders from the governor, who iii
stfucted him not to permit any one to
approach until Capt. Greaney and the
mikJla arrived on the yard.
The Cairo bulletin., 1910-02-19
PRELIMINARY MEETING.

Washington, Feb. 1S.-The senate
food price investigating committee
he'd preliminary meeting today and
authorized Lodge to express to the
various executive departments the
committees desire for their co-opera-
tion.
The Cairo bulletin., 1910-02-19

where the jury will view the remains.
Inc inquest will be held in the cir.
cult court room at 2 o'clock this after.
noon. The coroner had not sam.
mohed the jury last night, wishing ID
De careful in the selection of men.
The witnesses to be examined will
De the sheriff and his deputies who
were IN the court house and did the
sfootihg, and as many of the men
outside whose identity can be learned.
The Cairo bulletin., 1910-02-19
ACCUSE DISTRICT ATTORNEY.

San Francisco, Cal, Feb. l8.--De.
claring that District Attorney Pickert
had not shown disposition to prose.
cute the trial OF Patrick Calhoun In
good faith, Judge VIM. p. Lawler to-
day intimated in open court that the
case might be taken out of the hands
of the district attorney.