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Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-12-07
FUNERAL OF o. MAJOR.
GENERAL MERRITT
Buried at West Point by Lamp
light With Military Honors
OfsHis Rank.
WAS WITHOUT PRECEDENT.
Lanterns Guided the Procession to the
Grave, Mourncrs Standing Bnrc-
headed In the Snow.

j
West Point, N. Y, Dee. s.--Maj.
Gen. Wesley Merritt, ". S. A. retired,
twenty-frst superintendent of the
United States military academy, was
buried here tonight by lamp light with
the military honors of his rank
His body was laid beside that of his
wife in the military reservation Gene
terry. There was no service In the
chapel of the academy as had been
planned. The special car bringing the
body from Washington was delayed
by the storm and the hour was SO late
it was deemed best to make the cere-
monies as brief as the due diginities
would allow. Officers who have at
tended every military funeral within
the last 80 years could recall no other
held by lamp light.
and drum corps, followed by the cadet
corps, fell In Mt the front on the APP
pearance of the coffin. The filters
breath froZe on their Instruments as
they shrilled the slow measures of the
dead march. Behind them canked
the cscorting battery. Then came the
coffin drapcd in. the colors, followed
by the pallbearors. mourners and at
tending civilians.
AS the long procession moved
through the darkness, the flash of the
minute gun glared for an instant
across the river. Thirteen guns were
fired
Lanterns guided the procession to
the grave and there, while the mourn
crs stood bareheaded in the snow, the
coffin was lowered into its resting
were spoken. three crashing volleys
echoed across the river. tho bucle
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-12-07
u. S. SUPREME COURT.
Appointment of Judges VIII Not be
Announced TIL Next Week.

Washington, Dec. Ex-senator Cum
Minis of Iowa, insurgent leader of the
upper house of Congress. called at the
White House today. Mr.. CUMMING
spent an hour or more with the presi-
dent He waited until the end of q
busy afternoon, in order to see the
president alone.
1t was said the senator again talked
with the president regarding sipreme
court appointments and made a report
on several suggested candidates. Iowa
Is in the Eighth circuit. which is to be
represented In the supreme court ap-
pointmcnts. and the president is anx-
ious to consult as many senator's and
congressman from the circuit as posi-
BILE
Senator's Bacon and Terrell and Rep
resentative Bartlett of Georgia We're at
the White House to urge the appoint
mcnt OF Judge Joseph II. Lamar of
Augusta, GA. Democrat.
Senators Penrose OF Pennsylvania and
Dick of Ohio and former Senator
Spconer of Wisconsin talked on the
same subject with the president late
today.
1t can be said authoritntivcly that,
while the presidents list of eligibles Is
daily narrowing he will not be In po-
sition to announce the new Justices I'M
til next week. Political considerations,
1t is declared, are not entering into the
deliberations.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-12-07
Utterly Wretched
Nervous Prostitution Long Endured
Before Remedy was Found.

Nervous Prostitution Long Endured
Before Remedy was Found.
4 Miss Minerva Reminger, Upper
Bern, Pa. writes: For several years
had nervous prostration. and was ut
terly wretched. lived on bread and
beef tea because my stomach would
not retain anything else. took many
remedies, but obtained no relief until I
took Hoods Sarsaparilla. when be-
gan to gain at once. am now cured"
Pure, rich blood makes good, strong
nerves, and this is why Hoods Sarsa-.
parllla, which purifles and enriches the
blood, cures so many nervous diseases.
Hoods Sarsapnrilla effects its Won
derful cures, not simply because it
contains sarsaparilla, but because it
combines the utmost remedial values
of more than 20 different Ingredients.
Get 1t today in usual liquid form or
chocolated tablets called SarSatabs.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-12-07

textradltlon papers at Springfield yester-
day. The attorney has notified Sheriff
Brnshears he will fight extradition with
habeas corpus proceedings.
The second sale of the same land Is
declared In the warrant complaint TO
have occurred Dec. IS, 1899.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-12-07
CONVICT CATTLEMEN
NOT TO HAVE. LUXURIES

Hastings. Neb., Dec. 6.--Atty.- Gen.
Wickersham has taken cognizancc of
published reports that four federal pris-
oners In the county Jail here were be-
Ing allowed special privileges not ac-
corded other prisoners, and has ordered
an Investigation.
The prisoners are VIII II. Comstock.
Bartlett Richards. Aquillu Triplett and
]. P. Jamison. wealthy cattlcmcn con-
victed of Illegally fencing government
land in western Nebraska.
Reports have been published that the
prisoners cells were lavishly furnished.
and that their meals We're prepared by
chef specially employed by them.
a special agent of the department
and Dist. Atty. Howell today examined
the prisoners surroundings.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-12-07

steal or mental iniirmitics, the ami
mostly Of the people when It renders
his work useless and is likely to con-
time. loss of reputation. hidden
crime, bad administration. and DISC
lbedience to the bishop II continued
after one or two warnings
Another charge announced Is that
pertaining to the age ut which children
may receive first holy communion.
Heretofore 1t has been the custom
among the priests in the Iinglish-
speaking countries not TO administer
The sacrament until a child is between
the ages of 10 and g.
The decree ISSUED makes II impera-
tive for the priests, the world over,
to prepare children so they may re-
ceiye the fist sacrament upon attain
ing the age Of reason. which Is seven
years, and in some cases six.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-12-07

burg, Cold Harbor, Five Forks and
countless others; rode with Sheridan
on MS famous raid on the Shenandoah
and was present at Appomattox Court
house when Gen. Lee rendered his
sword to Gen. Grant.
he was mustered out IN 1866 with
the rank of major general OF yolun-
tcers.
In 1876, as a colonel, he saw service
in the Indian campaigns ut Slim
Entte, S. D.. and at Indian Creek
Wyo. From 1852 to 1887 he was super
intcndent at West Point, when he was
promoted to be brigad!er general, u
5. a. III 1856 lie was made a major
general. He commanded the first
American army III the Philippine
Islands.
He was twice married and a widow
survives.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-12-07
TOTAL VOTES FOR COLORADO
JUDGE ELECTED WAS FIVE

Denver. Dec. 6.--'rhe discovery today
by the state canvassinE board that In
all probability w. NJ. RUBY. Republican
attorney and former Justice of the
peace of Colorado Springs. had been
elected to the supreme court to fill the
uneXplred term of the late Chief Justice
Robert Steele. caused commotion
in the state house, and admiration for
the manner in which Rubys friends
put one over" on the shrewd political
leaders.
Tho law requires that in case of va
cancy on the supreme bench the gov
ernor shall I'LL 1t by appointment until
the next general election. Justice Steele
who was the candidate of the Demo-
cratic party for reelection, died shortly
before election day His term would
have expired Jan. 10, 1911.
The governor did not select any one
to I'LL out the uneXpircd term. How
ever, five voters in I'll Paso county
wrote the name of w. II. Ruby as their
choice for the unexpircd term on their
ballots.
x When this became known today the
,canvassing board admitted that Ruby
was entitled to sit on the supreme
bench until Jan. 10, next
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-12-07
DANISH WEST INDIES.
Inhabitants Renew Agitation for Their
H..t..r Col, A., Jy,,tt,I SfnfcS

Copenhagen, Dec. 6.--'rhc agitation
of the sale of the Danish West Indies
to the United States has been renew
ed by the islanders, and today the gov
eminent received an address In which
the petitioners ask that negotiations
to that end be opened up.
THE cabinet. however, is not likely to
take the initiative In the matter, be
cause although the ministers are not
particularly opposed to such sale,
their opponents In the rlgsdag prob.
ably would be able to defeat the pro-
{posal. and the government is taking
no chances of Il rebuff.
Queen Louise. who is greatly In
terestcd III the islands. whore She has
inauguratcd many philanthropies, Is n
keen opponent of any project involving
their loss to the Kingdom
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-12-07
W:,1<ELING WRITES FIRE
Insurance on dwellings. 2Oi Alta
J2lpck sta
UNIAIPEACUaBLE.

If you were to see the unequalled
volume OF unimpeachablc testimony in
favor of Hoods Sarsaparila, you
would upbrald yourself for so long
delaying to take this effective altera-
tive and tonic medicine for that blood
disease from which you are suffering.
1t eradicates scrofula and all other
humors and cures all their inward and
outward effects.
Take Hoods }n
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-12-07
/ REMOVAL OF PRIESTS.
Pope Plus \ promulga,cs some I'M
portant Changes Regarding 1t.

portant Changes Regarding 1t.
New York, Dec. G.--Changes in tho
eccleStical law of the Roman Catholic
church as promulgated by PopcHPius
N.,RwAre announced to the clergy OF
the archdiocese OF New York today
ut the tricnnial synod mt St. Patricks
cathedral. More than GOO priests at
| tended.
Tho most important decree Is tho
''maNImn curin" decided upon by tho
consistorinl congregation at Rome,
which takes from the bishop or arch
bishop of 4 diocese or archdiocese, re-
tor. Hereafter the powor rof removal
Twill rest With the De Amotone
Parochl,,' which consists, of six priests
besides the archbishop. 81 N
Reasons for the removal of a pastor
have been decided upon by the con-
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-12-07
CHARGED WITH HAVING
SOLD WESTERN LANDS TWICE

Chicago, Dec. s--Atty Eugene
Stewart was arrested here tliis afternoon
on a fugitive warrant charging him with
having sold western lands twice. The
sum involved is between $4,000 and
100000. The warrant was obtained by
L. c. Knowlton. who gaze his residence
as Caldwell, Canyon county. Idaho,
Sheriff NJ Irashcars of Canyon county
came TO Chicago IL week ago md OBJ
tuined Il governors fugitive warrant and
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-12-07

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send to Chamberlain Medicine Co.. Des
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Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-12-07
NEW 1911 CATALOGUE

We will mail it and number of
holiday catalogues of miscellaneous
books, gift books and our catalogue
of our National Library sale Of stand
ard sets free on application.
DESERET NEWS BOOK STORE.
@ Main Street.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1910-12-23
ELECTION OF CO. SuP7.
DECLARED NULL and VOID
AFFECTS THE oUNTY SUPERINTENDENT OF
SCHOOLS -
CLERK 1908 N 1909 DECLARED A NULLITY

A decision has been handed down
in the supreme court of North Dakota
which renders the election of S. H
Clark to the office of county superin
tendent of schools of Oliver county
at the general elections OF 1908 and
1910 a nullity, and In consequence
Oliver county finds itself in the uni.
que position of having a county sup
erintendent holding Office until a sue
cessor is duly elected and qualified
in 1912 who was elected to the po-
sition in 1906.
At the general election Of 1904,
Mrs. Iva o. Jcnness was elected as
county superintendent of schools and
was reelected 10 the office in 1906.
Mrs. Jenness is graduate Of one OF
the Minnesota normal schools, and
possesses all the qualifications requir.
ed by law for the holder of this posi-
tion.
The laws of North Dakota require
that in such county as Oliver the
county superintendent must hold at
least a first grade county certificate.
There are only a few Of the North
Dakota counties at present which have
this requirement as most of them
require a first grade state certifi-
cate
At the primary election of 1908,
Mrs. Jenness was opposed by S. H.
Clark, resident of Oliver county,
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1910-12-23
WELL. KNOWN PIONEER
PASSES TO her REWARD
MRS. FAiRMAN OF PAINTED
WOODS is CLAIMED BT GRIM
REAPER.
Has Been Resident of Painted Woods
Since the Year 1885 - Was Sister
Of Late D. e. Swan.

Word reached the city Thursday af
ternOon of the death of Mrs. Fair.
man Of Painted Woods. which occur.
red at the home uf her son, Sam
Fairman. Thursday morning.
Mrs. Fairman was one of the old
timers in this section of the country
and was highly esteemed by all who
knew her. She and her husband
came to this country in the early
seventies, locating first in New Jer-
sey. About 1885 they moved to this
state and made their home at Painted
Woods. MIR. Fairman died a few
months ago.
Besides her son Sam. the deceased
leaves one daughter to survive her,
Mrs. Fairman was sister of the late
d. +. Swan, district manager Of the
Western Union Telegraph company.
The remains will be brought to the
Capital City today and the funeral
will probably be held Saturday after
neon. Interment will be made in the
Fairview cemetery.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1910-12-23
PROGRAM ANNOUNCED
FOR ENGINEERS MEET
STATE ORGANIZATION WILL
MEET AT FARGO IN JAM
UARY.
Large Number Of Interesting Topics
Will Be Discussed and Good At.
tendance Is Anticipated.

The program for the third annual
convention of the North Dakota Soci
ETY. of Engineers, which will be held
in Fargo on Jan. II and IS, is just
out and indicates that the gathering
will easily be the most important yet
held by the society. The program
prepared is one of special interest and
will undoubtedly attract the attention
of men who are not engineers. The
following is the program for the two
days session:
January II.
$50 to 1O-Opening.
10 to 11-Roads, by T. R. Atkinson,
Bismarck, N. D.
II to 12-Paper by Prof. E. S.
Keene, Agricultural College.
= IL to 12:30-Business meeting.
1890 to 1:3O-Noon recess.
1870 to 2:3O-Lignite Coal and Its
Products, by Professor E. J. Babcock,
University of North Dakota.
2:3O to 3:3O-Concrete, by Prof. A.
]. Booker, University of North Da-
kOta.
o.oV W 1-<AuJOuAA " kA6A ACuAIul a.
College for concrete tests.
4:3O to 5:3O-Concrete tests and re-
port of committee on concrete. Prof.
R. H. Slocum, Agricultural College; j.
A. Jardine and F. L. Anders, Fargo.
6:30-Banquet. Committee: S. F.
Crabbe, Fargo, N. D.; POSTMASTER,
Prof. E. F. Chandler, University of
North Dakota, and Leight Brown, Far
60, N. D.
January IS.
$3.50 to 11-Business meeting.
II to 12-Question box.
IL to 1:30-Noon recess.
1870 to 2:3O-Modern Trend of Wa.
ter Publication and Its Application in
Grand Forks, N. D., by H. G. Lykken,
city engineer. Grand Forks, N. D.
2:30 to 3:3O-Water Supply of
North Dakota, by Prof. E. F. Chandler,
University of North Dakota.
$3.50 to 4:30-Willisto Irrigation
Project, by G. o. Sanford, project en-
gineer, Williston, N. D.
A short time of five or ten minutes
will be allowed for discussion at the
end of each paper or lecture, this time
to be included in that allowed for the
paper.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1910-12-23
BISMARCK GIRL STOLE
MARCH ON Her FRIENDS
MISS RUTH PLANTS: WAS MAR.
RED QUIETLY THURSDAY
EVENING At HER HOME.
Groom Was Sherman L. Hill, Well
Known Travelling Representative Of
Wyman, Partridge and Company.

Thursday afternoon at $50 o'clock
Miss Ruth Plants, became the bride Of
Sherman l.. Hill, the well known tray
cling representative of Wyman. Part
ridge and Company, who makes his
headquarters in this city. The cere-
mony was performed by Rev Ellis
worth of St. Georges Episcopal
church. The wedding occurred at the
home Of tho bride and only few init
mate friends of the family were pres
ent.
The bride was dressed in a white
satin gown yelled in white marquis
cite and trimmed with Brussels lace.
The groom was attired in the conven-
tional black. Immediately after the
service an elaborate five-cOurse we'd
ding dinner was served. The Plants
home was very beautifully decorated
for the, event.
Mr.. and Mrs. Hill departed on No.
2 Thursday evening for the Twin
Cities, where they will spend the holt
days. and later they will take a trip
further east. They will be at home
in this city after January Is.
Miss Plants is Bismarck girl, hav-
ing been born here and lived here all
her life. She was graduate OF the
Bismarck high school and also of the
Valley City Normal school, During
the past five years she has been
teaching in the public schools of the
city. She possesses many charms and
accomplishments and has very wide
circle of friends. The groom is we'll
known in the city, hav\g made his
headquarters here for some time.
The Tribune takes great pleasure in
acting as the medium through which
the many friends of Mr.. and Mrs. Hill
extend to them their heartiest con-
CALCULATIONS.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1910-12-23

who lacker the legal qualifications
for office Mr.. Clark, it is said, was
not the holder Of a teachers certif-
, cate of any kind, nor is he graduate
of any educational institution, and it
is further stated that he never taught
school. However, Mr. Clark won the
nomination at the primaries and at
. the November 1908 election was elect
! ed to the office without opposition.
On January I, 1909, when Clark's
term Of office was supposed to begin,
Mrs. Jenness refused to voluntarily
surrender the office. Action was
then started to determine who was
entitled to hold the office.
The situation became still more
complicated because of the results
of the 1910 election. At the June pri-
maries Mr.. Clark was again nomin-
ated for the ONCE by the republicans,
and was reelected by them in No.
vember without opposition.
The decisions just handed down by
the supreme court holds that in view
CT the fact that Mr.. Clark did not
possess the legal qualifications for
office that his election is null and
void, and that therefore Mrs. Jenness
is entitled to remain in office by virtue
CT the provisions of the law which
state that "the regularly elected in.
cumbent of the Office Is entitled to
hold the same until his successor
is legally elected and qualified
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1910-12-23
Was BADLY BURNED in
attempt AT RESCUE
ATTORNEY W. F. COCHRANE PER
FORMS HEROIC ACT THURS
DAY AFTERNOON.
Roy McDonaId's Santa Claus Suit
Caught on Fire and But for Pres.
enee Of Mind Of Rescuer He Would
Have Been Severely Injured.

Attorney w. F. Cochrane sustained
a number of severe burns Thursday
afternoon while extinguishing the
flames which enveloped Roy Melon
aid, son of Chief of Police Mcdonald,
when a Santa Claus suit the latter was
wearing caught on fire. The accident
occurred at the Will school, where
Christmas program was being held in
which the little fellow took part.
The pupils of the third grade had
arranged for an entertainment on the
last day of school before the holidays
and young Mcdonald, acting as Santa,
wore a costume trimmed with cotton.
The program was ended and the boy
was standing in the cloak room when
his suit caught on fire. How the fire
started is absolutely unknown. AS
most of he cotton was arond the neck
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1910-12-23
INTERESTING HISTORY
OF RED CROSS SEALS
ORIGIN DATES BACK TO STIRRING
TIMES OF THE CIVIL
WAR.
First Seals to Be Used to Raise Mon.
ey for Anti-Tuberculosis Work Ap'
peared in Denmark.

Red Cross Christmas Seals date
back in their origin to "Charity
Stamps" first used for the soldiers re-
lief funds in Boston in 1862 during
the Civil War. The idea was caught
up by the countries of continental
Europe so that there are now several
! hundred different types Of charity
stamps used in all parts of the world.
AS outlets in the fight against tuber-
! culosis," however, they are compare
lively new idea. The first seals or
stamps used to get money for the anti
| tuberculosis crusade was in Denmark
in 1904. That progressive little coun-
try has set the pace for the world in
many q movement for the betterment
of humanity. The government issued
a Christmas stamp with the kings
head and the word "Jul' on it. These
were sold at one ore (about one-quar-
ter of a cent?. The proceeds were
! to go oward building tuberculosis
hospital for little children. 1t sue
ceeded beyond all expectations, 4,000.-
| 900 being sold-netting $4,000. Den
mark has continued it since to main
tain tuberculosis work and the sale in
the native land of Hans Christian An
derson has practically doubled each
year. Jacob Ries, himself Dane, in
terested himself in the subject and
urged America to "get busy The
I Red Cross organization has taken up
the tuberculosis work as part of it's
peace activity" and with the approx
al of the postal authorities took up
the Christmas stamp and tried it in
| the little state of Delaware in 1907.
Eighteen days before Christmas 50,-
900 were printed to sell at one cent
apiece They went in a week and the
: presses ran night and day to supply
the demand. Nearly 100000 were sold
and nearly $4,000 netted for tubercu-
losis work from the sale of this small,
unobtrusive penny stamp. The move
ment has been carried into every state
of the Union. It reached North Da-
kota last year and $940.10 was real
ized This year we confidently expect
to see this more than doubled. Those
of you who have not procured some
of the dainty little stickers carrying
with them the message of peace on
Earth, Good Will to Men," should lose
no time in seeing your local agents.
If there are none in your community
send direct to Dr. Fannie Dunn Quain,
| Bismarck, N. D.
One seal for a penny, you'll take home
many?
Reds for the glow of the Christmas
cheer;
Whites for the peace of the brand
new year;
Green's for the brow, not for the bier,
Who'll drop a penny instead of a tear
To lessen the list in the brand-new
yer? /,
Fresh, soaked Lutefisk at Guss
ner's.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1910-12-23

of the costume, the danger of the
boy was great and a small sized panic
ensued among the other children.
Miss Harmon. the teacher showed
great presence of mind in quieting
down the pupils, and Mr.. Cochrane.
who was attending the exercises, ran
to the aid of the boy. He first rolled
him on the floor in an effort to ex-
tinguish the fire. but seeing the flames
leaping about the boys throat, he used
his bare hands to put them out. In
doing so his right hand was very bad
ly burned and he will not be able to
use it for some time. The boy es-
capped with only bad scare and a few
minor burns.
Miss Harmon. by whom the e2er-
cises were being directed. had pur-
posely refrained from lighting the can
dies on the Christmas tree, as she
was fearful that some such accident
might occur and she is absolutely at
loss to know how the fire started
after the program was all over.