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The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1910-03-31

OF the cherry trees had been damaged
and that the apricot trees bad also
hoen badly affected
The wind wss n good thing. said
Mr. ByhOVer. "Wednesday night W
kept the high barome'ric pressure
from scttlinE and thus prevented a
more intense cold spell. But In an
other wav the wind was bad factor
because IL was 20 hlgn that II made
smudging practically Impossible. And
the cold snap came 50 unexpectedly
that many OF the frui, growers were
unpreparcd 10 protect their trees.
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1910-03-31
NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS,

Bids will be received closing April
goth, for the construction of tho Gov
ey canal. ncaT Colevilie, Wyo. Ap-
pro1imate quantities; Excavation OF
earth. 100000 cubic yards. loose and
solid rock. 1000 cubic yards Fur
ther information can be obtained from
6. NJ. Covey 933 East First South.
Salt Lake City. Utan.
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1910-03-31
DEATH OF A
PIONEER WOMAN

Catherine 2 Wheelwright, widow
of the late ". B. WbeelwTlght, passed
peacefully away this morning az $40.
Al her home. s74 Twsnty-flfth street
at the ngo of "a years, surropnded by
her children.
Catherine E. Wheelwright was born
In Leeds. Yorkshire. England, De-
cember %. 1856 and came to Utah
With q hand-cart company IN 1860,
and has lived in ogden and vicinity
ever since.
She was the mother OF the Wheel
wright brothers OF tnls city and sew
oral daughters. all OF them residing
In Weber county.
The deceased was taken Ill last
Thanksgiving day and he'd been con
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1910-03-31
SON OF COL. SWoPE
CLAIMS THE ESTATE

Kansas City. March 51.-Advices re-
ceived here last night from Martins
burg. w Va. says Allen b. Knoll. at
torney there for Elmer 6. Swopc.
who INSERTS he is son OF the late
Colonel Thomas II. Swope. denies his
client has signed a quit claim deed
10 the Swopc fortune In favor OF Mrs.
b. c. Hyde. niece OF tho dead mil
llonalre.
Mr.. Noll, it Is said. will continue his
efforts to prove Elmer Swopo tho son
OF Colonel Swope.
A T. Milton, attorney in Kansaa
City, for Elmer Swope. is positive In
his assertions that his client signed
the deed .-..---
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1910-03-31
SKIN SUFFERERS
DOUBT IS REMOVED

Many eczema sufferers have failed
so utterly with salves and other dis
coyeries" that even the assurance of
the best physician or druggist cannot
induce them 10 invest another dollar
In any remedy.
II is TO these discouraged sufferers
IN particular that We now offer. at
only rs cents. a trial bottle of tho
accepted standard eczema remedy, j
simple wash Of oil OF wintergreen. thy
mol and glycerlne, as compounded in
D. D. D. Prescription.
Hundreds OF cures have convinced
MS and we know YOU can prove in
stantly with tho first application that
II takes away the itch at once.
CULLEY DRUG co. 2479 Wash.
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1910-03-31
ENTRIES FOR THE STAKES
OF SARATOGA RACING EVENTS

New York. March 31-Additional
entries tor the stakes OF the Sara
toga Racing association brought, the
total today up 20 1.i71. Races tor two.
year-olds show $50 responses. for
three-ycar-old 252 and for three
year-olds and upward 439.
Western horses nominated for the
Saratoga handicap include Stanley
Fay. G. NJ Miller, Jeff Bernstein.
Boggs. Boola Boola Duke Of Ormondo,
Pulka, Llsaro. Wintergreen and Gar.
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1910-03-31
PITCHER SCHMIRlER GOES
TO THREE "1" LEAGUE

Chicago. March 3l.-Pitcnor
SchmIrler, OF the Chicago Amcri
cans. was yesterday turned over to
tho Peoria club of the Three 'T'
league. according TO an announcement
by President Comiskey.
Schmirler Is south paw. halling
from Wausau. WIS. and was secur-
ed from the Superior team OF the Min
Desota-Wisconsln lei 1c, Comlskey
made a hurried departure last night
for Dubuque when he heard that Tom
Lifts, the former president of the
Three IT" league. wos critically III
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1910-03-31
FoHHALL kEENe FALLS
AND BREAKS A BONE

New York, March 3i.-Foxhal
Keenc. the horseman. had a bad fall,
while competing In the Melton StecpIe-
chase in England yesterday. accord
log 10 cable message received by
his -1nthoE--Ibe- riders collaybuno was
broken.
FoXhall keene has a long record
OF painful accidents which have come
20 him in horseback and automobile
riding during the last 20 years
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1910-03-31
TWO HUNDRED INJURED
IN EXPRESS WRECK

MuheIm Am Rhein. March Alt
appears today that more than 200
persons received more or less serious
injuries when the steamer express
ran down and wrecked military train
bound for StrasburG yesterday. There
was one death during the night. maxi
ing the total dead %. and six others
were SAID 10 he dying The VIC
Tins We're soldiers
TWO signal men have been arrest
ed and are charged With having Civ
en- both trains the right Of way at
the same moment
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1910-03-31
GRAVES WILL BE ON
THE COAST IN MAY.

Santa Barbara. Cal. March 31.-F.
Z. Olmstead. United States district
forester Of San Francisco. vino Is here
inspecting the Santa Barbara reserve.
said today he bad been notified TINT
Chief Forester Graves. who succeed
cd Gifford Pinchot. would como TO
California next May to begin 40 in
spection OF all the reserves on tho
coast Mr. Graves Will spend two
months at the task
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1910-03-31
Citizens of Ogden

Boost for your city by using oo.
DEN MADE FlOUR-it costs you no
moro and every sock you use Ia a
boost for your town.
In that way .ou make n Chicago
OF Ogden. Ogden Milling G. Ele-
vator Co.
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1910-03-31

fined TO her room ever since and.
through her suffering, has alweys been
patient. never complaining Every
thing was done for ner comfort and
to rolieve her suffering that loving
hands faith and skill could do
Though the announcement Of the
funeral will be made later. 1t Will
probably take place Saturday. from
the Fifth ward meeting house
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1910-03-31

Talk about the present high cost
OF livIng-hsten 10 this;
Food for men and fodder for the
horses reached fabulous prices Oats
were sold by the pound at 12 20 10
cents. hay was 500 ton and some
times $3.50. for teams the contractors
paid 3l2 and s1A day
I'm April, 1869. they were almost
within sight OF the enemy's lines. Be
fore them Was Ogden, the goal of the
race. in the great valley between tho
Rocky and the Sierra Nevada ranges
In tho fury oc competition both com
penies far overshot the mark. The
Union Pacific had It's graders 100
miles west Of Ogden, the Central Pa
cific had its advance line forty miles
beyond It's track layers. Only the
iron actually put Into position count
cd in the race.
"Ou the last dny. ten miles were
laid. op April IS they struck tho Union
Pacific line fortythree miles west of
Ogden; and May 10 they drove the
golden spike that cementcd the two
roads The Union Pacific had won
by fiftysthrce miles. Subsequently
the Central Pacific bought Of the Tn
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1910-03-31

"Ahauns nothing OF admiration. +"
snys Mr. Russell. speaking or the com
pletion OF the road. for the physi-
cal performance. 1t is time now To re-
fleet that IL was also monstrous
triumph Of greed, fraud and corrup-
lion. that u might have been had al
a fraction Of it's cost 10 The public, and
that 1t might very easily have been a
blessing instead OF a blight to that
rich country OF which It was ecstatlc-
ally called the gateway
For the gate was quickly closed,
and before II appeared tho grim figure
of Coils P. Huntington. one hand
holding the key and tho other stretch
ed ont taking toll. The physical fig.
uro OF Huntington Is no longer there.
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1910-03-31
WESTON STILL WALKING.

Pcorin. Ills. March 30.-Edward
Payson Weston the pedestrian, reach.
ed Willismsfield. Ills. after a 90 mile
walk from Galesburg this evening. He
left Galesburg shortly after noon.
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1910-03-31

and before It are his SUCCESSORS. still
busIly taking toll
How much, do you think
From the day the gate was erect
cd and closed, down TO the present
year. hrst Mr. Huntington and his as
sociates, and then their Successors.
have taken and divided more than
S600.000.00O in unjust tolls all from
the people OF the United States. who
80 kindly erected the gate across their
own highway"
In the course of his article Mr. Rus
sell describes WILDLY the race for a
junction between the Central Pacific
and the Union Pacific, the roads now
attempting 10 merge.
The act OF 1861" he SAVE. chad
authorized the Central Pacific TO build
eastward TO a junction with the Union
Pacific wherever that might be At
first the four partners had assumed
this junction would be far TO the east
ward, allowing them good mileage
and many fat bonds. but the swift ad-
vance of the Union Pacific began 70
annoy them, and by 1867 they were
thoroughly alarmed The Union Pa
cinc was approaching the mountains
IL 1t should thread them first. tho
Central Pacific would lose the fattest
part of It's contract With the govern.
ment; also the best OF the Joint haul
when the roads should be united.
There ensued the maddest chapter
in all railroad history The two roads
entered into race. tearing into the
work before them regardless OF any
question of cost, wording day and
night With relay gangs.
''It wns the Wild romance Of rail
road building. Winter came on. tho
terrible Sierra winter with IT'S phenom-
ennl snow falls, but TO the worlds
amazement the work never stopped
In the dead Of winter rails machinery
cars. even locomotives In pieces. were
dragged hundreds Of miles on wag
ons. uaversing roads heavy and badly
made. threatened with imminent dis
aster. from the snowslldes and the
storms"
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1910-03-31
NEW ORDINANCE
IN FORCE TO DAY

Every House Ogden Must Pay License Beginning This
EvenngStTict Saloon Regulations
Go Out-Lunoh Rooms and Restaurants Prohibited in Sa
loons-Side Doors Must Close-Gcneral Review
Of New Laws of Ogden City
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1910-03-31
CARNEoI ETo VISIT
HIS HOME CITY

PittsburC. March 3l-Mr. and Mrs.
Andrew Carnegie with their dsugh-
Ter. viii arrive here tomorrow for a
few days vlsi' 10 the Iron City T.
is his first visit here for three years.
when he wns here to ooen the great
Carnegie institute
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1910-03-31
How Uncle Sam Created a Millionaire Mill

ion Pacific at high price the over
tapping road"
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1910-03-31

In the light of the 6overnments
prosecution against tho merger OF tho
Union Pacific and the Southern Pacinc
Railway companies. an article by
Charles Edward Russell in the forth
coming April number OF Hampton's
Magazine. entitled Tho Great Mil
llonaire MIL" purporung 10 be the
first real history OF tho Pacific sys-
tom OF railroads and the great for
tunes built out OF them. is timely. Mr.
Russell characterizes the building Of
the Central Pacific. now the Southern
Pacific. as the greatest steal ever por-
petratcd upon the United States gov
ernment
He charges that four projectors of
the road. Coils p, Huntington, Leland
Stanford. Mark Hopkins and Charles
Crocker divided among themselves in
ntock, land grants from the govern
ment. government bonds and bonds
which the government guaranteed,
and donations from California couu-
Ties the sum OF Sl49,000.0 900 for which
they did not pay one cent. The total
OF the government subsidy which
Huntington by clever lobbying got
from congross Mr. Russell declares
was 60,0oO,00o
How the figures were juggled TO
turn most Of this immense subsidy In.
10 the pockets Of the four promoters
is explained by Mr. Russell as fol.
lows:
The bill provided that the govern
ment should issue TO the road 81 600
six per cent bonds: for avery milo in
valley or level land, $4,000 in bonds.
for eyery mile In the foothills. S32 900
in bonds. and for every milo In the
mountains, s4S. 600 In bonds Mr.. Rus
sell alleges that the company charg-
cd the government at the mountain
rate. $as.000 n mile. on thirty miles of
level. or nearly level ground. near
Sacramento and at the foothil rate.
$4,000 mile. for many miles OF level
building in the valley east OF the
Sierras
This" says Mr. Russel, rs tho or
igtn OF The familiar saying In Calf
fornin that the Central Pacific wss
the strongest corporation in the world
because 1t mad moved the Sierra New
ada mountains thirty miles. II not
only made these charges. but collect
ed them. although Mr. Judah, the en-.
Eiueor, refused 10 assent 10 the tran
sacton'
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1910-03-31

Tulle and net are much used To
trim hats forming tho crowns OF some
and huge bows upon others.
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1910-02-24

thought that would be too undignified,
and so reluctantly went aboard.
"a heavy sea was on and that little
tug rolled in Massachusetts bay like
cockleshell. The two commission
ers were frightfully seasick, and Mr..
Slidell, amid his groans, muttered dire
imprecations upon the United Statei
government.
"At last we sighted the British man.
of-war, signaled to her, and found that
it was going to be almost impossible
to persuade Mr.. Slidell to leave the
tug. He was pitiable object, with his
seasickness, his anger and his heavy
sense of dignity which had been Sc
verely shocked. But we told him that
if he did not leave the tug willingly,
we should have the sailors put him
upon the British launch. Then Mr..
Mason, who despite his seasickness
was quite happy over his immediate
release, came to our aid. Come,
Slidell, don't be baby, he cried And
so this former senator from Louisiana
stepped totteringly into the launch.
and in this rather ludicrous manner
the two commissioners, over whom so
much fuss had been made, involving
danger of war with Great Britain, de-
parted from the United States"
Copyright. 1909, by L. j. Edwards)
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1910-02-24
Comic Ending of War Scare

ways discreet in his exDectoration. He
was simply tickled to death to get out
of Fort Warren and to be taken to Eu-
rope to meet his family
But Slidcll, who realized that as
long as the north neld him a prisoner,
the chances Of British Intervention in
favor of the confederacy were not
hopeless, declared that he wouldn't
leave the fort.
"'You have put me into this place,
he saiu, ana now you have got to keep
me here
"Mr. Slidell, retorted the command
er of the fort, you were received here
by orders of the United States gov
eminent, and now your release has
been ordered by the same authority.
If you won't go willingly, shall have
to call body Of soldiers to put you
out
"Slidel. still protesting that he
would not bulge of his own accord. a
file of soldiers was ordered up, and
they were all ready to take the recall
citrant commissioner, feet first. and
deposit him in the tug, when Slidell
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1910-02-24
Number of Bills Pass.

The Sanders bill, carrying $4,000 per
year to be used by boards OF supervisors
offering premiums on agricultural prod
ucts raised, passed the senate.
The house bill exempting public cor
porations from statutory requiring of
names of beneficiary to be placed on
margin of record, when mortgages or
deeds of trust are filed, passed by vote
of 80 to 3. The purpose of the measure
is to make it more convenient to nego-
tate railroad securities in Eastern mar
lxets.
The penitentiary emergency appropri-
alton bill, carrying twenty-five thousand
dollars, was approved by the Governor
also the joint resolution memorializing
congress to enact law authorizing own
ers of land damaged by overhows of the
Mississippi river to recover damages.
The lower house passed a general APP
preparation bill carrying $773,00 All
salaries of officials remain the same as
heretofore.
A bill appropriating $4,000 per an
mum for farmers institutes was also
passed.
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1910-02-24
Shaping Appropriation Bill.

In the general appropriation bill, for
carrying on the legislative, executive and
judicial departments of the State gov
eminent, which has been reported back
to the house with some few committee
amendments, there is very little change
from the similar bill passed in 1908, the
amounts being carried out substantially
as they appear in that measure. Among
the amendments offered by the commit
tee is one that provides for change in
the handling of contingent and travelling
funds apportioned to various officers,
which must not only be approved by the
auditor of public accounts, but by the
governor as well, which latter require
ment is new proposition and may pos.
sibly bring on conflict. Another amend
ment offered is one providing that the
salary of the private secretary to the
governor be carried out at $500 q year,
instead of $500.
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1910-02-24
Ex-President Was Too Thrifty to Per
nit His Wife to Return to FL
nancier Railway Stock
He Owned.

Recently l told of the bow that
reconciled Willard Fillmore and Thur
low Weed, two men whose names can
not be disassociated if one is to get
a clear understanding OF others char
acter or career To-day my story is
of the $4,000 that the ex-president
kept the great New York politician
from getting; and it goes to illustrate
William H. Stewards declaration that
Fillmore is an exceedingly good bust
ness man. He Is very methodical,
somewhat cautious, and as a lawyer
he has been we'll trained to take
nothing for granted. He is one OF
those men who believe that every
thing should be committed to writ
ing"
"frepeat the anecdote as it was told
to me by gentleman who had init
mate knowledge of Mr.. Weeds pc
cuniary affairs.
Il don't know exactly when 1t was
that Mr.. Weed became stakeholder
in the railroad known as the Albany
& Schenectady" he said, "but l dc
know that ne always had a sentiment
al interest in it. l often heard him
describe his first ride upon it. He
was one of the passengers who made
the first trip on the railroad after 1t
was built, and you may remember II
was the first railroad in the United
States to run regular trains.
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1910-02-24
ludicrous and Rather Undignified Man
ncr in Which Mason and SideIl
Were Surrendered to the
British Authorities.

Corty-eight years ago, on January 2,
the United States government. yield
ing to the demand Of England. ordered
the release of the confederate foreign
agents, Mason and Slidell, and so
brought to an end the possibility of
war with England over the seizure by
this government of the two commits
sioners from an English vessel All
this is history; but how many Amer
icans know the somewhat dramatic
and decidedly amusing story of the
opera bouffe manner in which Mason
and Slidell were given back to the
British government? | will repeat the
story as it was told to me by the late
X. ID. Webster, who during the civil
war was confidential agent and ex-
ecutive officer of the state depart
ment.
After President Lincoln had or
1ered the release of Mason and Slidell,"
said Mr.. Webster. "Gustavus V. Fox.
the assistant secretary of the navy,
called upon the secretary of state.
Mr.. Seward he said, you know
that there is sort of etiquette among
naval officers which causes them to
ask to be relieved of the duty of undo
ing what some other naval officer has
done. Therefore, the secretary of
the navy is anxious that the state de-
partment should take over the release
of Mason and Slidell. Have you any
body who can undertake the work?'
Yes said Mr.. Seward, there's Mr..
Webster. Please tell Mr.. Wells that
the state department will place him in
charge of the work.
ut was necessary" continued Mr..
Webster, that Mason and Slidell, who
were incarcerated in Fort Warren, in
Boston harbor, should be transferred
secretly, because public opinion was
running so high against them in Bos-
ton and elsewhere that it might not
have been safe to take them through
the streets of Boston. So we COM
municated with Lord Lyons, the Brit.
ish minister, offering to deliver the
two prisoners to any British vessel and
at any place he might designate. After
some consultation he informed us that
a British vessel would be anchored of
the harbor of Provincetown, Mass.
ready at any time to receive two com.
missioners.
I'VE engaged tug at Boston, which
was to await us at Fort Warren, and
then steam across Massachusetts bay
to Provincetown. When we reached
Fort Warren and gave our instructions
to the commanding officer, he sum
moned Mason and Slidell. Mason was
a great user of tobacco, and the evil
dences of it were plentiful upon his
chin and his linen, for he was not al
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1910-02-24
Nearly Hun,bugged Self

up any story of that kind on you when
you are in your grave and can't ans
wer back And" triumphantly tapping
the legal-looking document, 1--WE done
tive done it, Mr.. Platt."
"How have you done it?" inquired
the lawyer
"Oh," ratified on Mr.. Barnum, 81
went to see two of the best known
doctors in New York on medical mat
tiers and insanity, and l said to them,
L want you to give me certificate
that I'm all right mentally, perfectly
competent to make will So they
asked me a few questions, ano
thumped my head, and said that
was all right, and gave me the certif-
cate, and l defy anybody to break my
will when certificate of that kind is
shown
"Barnum," said Mr.. Plat, looking
up into the glowing countenance OF
his client, ION that statement I'd
break the will for fifty dollars"
"Eh, what! You would? How?"
stammered the nonplussed Snowman.
why" retorted Mr.. Plat, "all I'd
have to do would be to go into court
and show that you were so doubtful
of your own mental competency to
make a will that you hired two doc
tors to tell you exactly what you
wanted to have them tell you; and I'M
der these circumstances the certificate
wouldn't be worth the paper it is writ
ten upon"
For several minutes Mr.. Barnum
was completely taken aback and said
nothing. why" he exploded at last,
"I came pretty near humbugging my
self, didn't II" Then he tore up the
precious certificate, and, believe,
made an entirely new will.
Copyright, 1910. by f. ]. Edwards)
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1910-02-24
State Capital Notes
Weekly Budget of State News Items Gathered By Ou Special
Correspondent At Jackson
Would Increase Supreme Judges.

The Senate passed on first reading a
very important resolution, which is
that providing that at the next general
Congressional election there shall be
submitted to the voters of the State
an amendment to the constitution pro
viding that the Supreme Court be in
creased from three to five members.
That such a change is demanded is pat
ent to all who are in touch with the
Supreme Court and it's congested dock
cts, and it is up to the Legislature to
let the question go to the people
Whether the measure will get through
can only be surmised, as there are some
who would oppose it altogether if it
threatened to interfere with their pros
pect of getting constitutional convention
measure passed.
The Senate also passed the bill pro
viding for a branch agricultural expert
ment station to be located in the prairie
belt, which went through without an OPP
posing vote.
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1910-02-24
Who Will Succeed Stirling?

So far as the connection of the Hon
J b. Stirling with the State department
as attorney general is concerned, matters
are in statu quo, and if Gen. Stirling has
set any specific date at which his resig-
nation is to be effective the fact is not
publicly announced. He is kept busy
looking after the details of official bus
mess and is at the same time discharging
the duties of his position as president
of the First National Bank, but in which
dual position there is no conflict. Mean
while if there is to be a vacancy, there
are number of men who are wondering
when and at the same time who will be
finally selected.