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Show " APRIL 30, 1890. 4 : ; , THE SALT LAKE TIMES, WEDNESUAYEVEyiyG, have been any more, inconsistent for New York to have adopted such a method of execution. However, execution by electricity is certainly not any more cruel than that by strangulation. It is simply "unus-ual." Instantaneous death, whether by electricity or a bullet through the brain or hoart.'is much more merciful than any method that prolongs the victim's sufferings. EXECUTION BV KLEOtKIClTT. The electric'' current, which wus to have shocked Kemmler into the far be-yond, has been temporarily broken by the United States supremo court. A writ of habeas corpus has been ob-tained; returnable ou the 17th of June. It is claimed that this has been done at the instance of the electricians, who are strenuously opposed to tho uso of elec-tricity for tho execution of murderers. It will bo remembered that at their an-nual convention a few mouths ago they denounced such u use of tho myster-ious power, on tho ground that it was degrading a great science. They then fought .the matter in the courts, but the supremo court of tho state of New York, declared, as constitu-tional the law providing for tho uso of ojectricity for oxocuting murderers. The ground upon which this second effort is mainly based is that tho New York law is in conflict with tho eighth amendment of tho fedoral constitution, which says: "Excessive bivil shall not bo required, nor excessive fines im-posed, nor cruel nor unusual punish-ment to bo inflicted." Tho petition iu Keminlcr'S behalf maiutalns that the punishment to bo inflicted upon him is "cruel aud unusual," that it w ill de-prive him of life without duo process of law not only iu that the mode of putt ing him to death is unlawful, but also that "the judicial fuuetion of fixing tho timo of death is taken from tho court aud delegated to an oxecutivo officer, or somo uncertain substitute upon some undefined uufiecouutablo cause." It cannot be denied-tha- somo fine aud interesting points have been raised. If tho federal court decides the Now York slate law unconstitutional it will leave that slate otenipoiiely without any law for executing murders, the hangman's noose having been abol-ished to give place to electricity. In that event, prominent lawyers maintain that a new law would not affect mur-dorer- s uudor sentence of death prior to its passage. However, according to tho dispatches, some of tho best law-yers express tho opiuion that the peti-tion in behalf of Kemmler will not stand. They maintaiu that the eighth amcudincnt of tho federal con-stitution applies to uational and not to stato legal violations, But must not the laws of the various states be iu ac-cord with tho orgauio law of the na-tion? The fedoral constitution is the organic law under which tho natioual government and the several state In the United States are car-ried ou. If, therefore, execution by electricity is decided to bo "cruel aud unusual," the New York law will probably bo knocked out. That the punishment is "uu-usiui-there is no question. If New York had passed a law provUUug that a condemned murderer should be placed iu a cannon and shot agaiust a stoue wall, tweuty feet distant, would not such punishment be considered "unus-ual," if not cruel, and yet it would not SALT LAKE EYENING TIMES. THE TIMES PUBUSHIKU ( 'OMl'A NY. T. A. Davis, Preb't. W. H. Gibus, Maiut'r. ALFRED S01J5N80N, Kditor. Subscription to the Daily Times. 12 months M.no 6 " 3 n S.I10 J , "5 (Always in advance.) TwkTneTsday. APRIL 30, 100. monthly magazine of sixteen pages, and is the only periodical iu the world that is practically edited and managed by a man who is totally blind. The uiau Is Frank P. Boslin, and judging from his work he is a man of ability who pos-sesses a happy, sanguine temperament uuder his great affliction. He deserves the most liberal encouragement; tirst, becauso of his bliuduess, and, second, for the reason that his publication pos-sesses sufficient merit to entitle it to generous patronage even if the editor had his eyesight. The Great Salt Laker is a credit to this city and territory. The last Issue of tho Great Salt Laker, dated April 13, is au interesting num-ber, Among tlie articles worthy of pe-rusal are "The Carpenters' Nine Hour System," by V A. McKenzie "The Catholic Church in Utah," "Talk on Bellamy's Law," "Philos-ophy of the Blind," by the Blind Editor, "Over the Rio Graude in the Dark" also by the Blind Editor, "The Flora of Utah." by l'rof. Marcus and "The Descret University." Besides these original articles, the periodical contains a large epiantity of well se-lected audeutertaining miscellany of a useful and instructive character. The Great Salt Laker is au ' illustrated v. , and remanding the petitioner, said that the state constitution provides that eight hours shall constitute a legal day's work upon all public works, and that an act of the legis-lature provides that eight hours is a legal day's work in all cases where the same is performed under authority ot any law of the state or under any muni-cipal ordinance, and that the power of the state is unquestioned to make such regulations. As to the point that a man was pre-vented from selling his labor, the judge said that such was not the effect or the ordinance, but that its effect was to prevent an employer from enforcing from a laborer more than a legal day's work bv an agreement which is in vio-lation of the employer's own contract with the city, and perhaps not the ex-pression of the free will of the la-borer. Space has been given to this decision because it is believed to be the first case in this stato where the fourteenth amendment has been invoked against legislation intended for the ben-eti- t of the ivorkingmcn. Whether eight-hou- r laws are expedient or judic-ious is a matter apart from this ques-tion, and ou which there is a difference of opinion; but it does souud a little singular to hear a contractor attempt to set himself up us one of a. class, us though any one might not bo a contrac-tor who could get a contract. The au-thority of the state is ample to regulate the hours of labor on public works of all kinds, and the employer who has a public contract and hires his men with knowledge of the existing laws ou the subject can hardly hope to shelter him-self beneath the fourteenth amendment if he violates those laws. An Eight-Hou- r Day. 6an Francisco Chronicle. Our old aud valued frieud, the four-teent- h anicudmeut to the constitution of tho United States, has bcou pressed into service again, this time before Judge Cheney, of the superior court of Los Angeles. That city has an ordinance declaring eight hours a labor day for all municipal work. Tho ordinance was violated by a contractor, aud upon his arrest ho obtained a writ of habeas cor-pus aud was brought before Judge Cheney. He set up in his defense that the ordinance was in conflict with the fourteenth ameudment, because it dis-criminated against contractors and per-sons in tlie employ of contractors, and that it prevented a man from selling his labor. , Judg Cheney, iu deciding thu case THIS DATE IX HIsroKV-- A PK1L 30. U34 Chevalier Bayard, "san peur, ions killed; age,' 48. 1596Edlct of Nantes promulgated. ltKiS Birth of Queen Mary of England; died 1694 re8t of Johu Wilkes, Bngllsh political re-former. 1780 Washington inaugurated first president U. 8. 1808-O- bto admitted. sella Louisiana to the V. S. (or (Ifteen millions of dollar. 1854 Deat of Jarnes Montgomery, poet; born 1781. 1803 The first Japanese embassy arrives in Eng-land. t86 Beginning Of the siege of Corinth by Gen. Halleck'i array. 1864 Battle at Jeukin's Ferry, Saline river, Ark. Union loss, 1,155; Confederate, 1,103. 1877 Proclamation of neutrality in the Russo-- Turklab war. 1879 Orenburg, Russia, destroyed by fir. Mi's FIRST Addition, SUBDIVISION OF GLENDALE PARK, Peskv's I SECONi Addition COR. SECOND WEST & TENTH SOUTH ST; Desky's THIRD Addition : BET. ? NORTH & SOUTH TEMPLE . ST, ' : My's FOURTH Additoi. For Particulars in regard to this Addition Keep Your Eyes Of "Sight and Hearing lie Gave DR. G. W. TIBBITS, Oculist and Aurist, No. 16 East First Stmth . ; P. C. Box 1 030 - Salt Lake Cjty "Your professional skill is commended by your competence to prove It. Your record oue of exceptional success." f), F. 4ieiiernl MEEK, Manager Denver, Texas & Fort Worth K. B. The Prices of Lots in all of these Additions m OH El PEl Ft THAN ANY ON THE MARKE- T-For Prices and Terms address or call on: Chas. S. DESKY & Q 32 & 33 SCOTT-AUER-B ACH B'LDG. SALT LAKE CITY j .... t . , AGENCY WARWICK HIGH-GRA- DE SAFETY BICYCLE. I oarrj a stock of SAFETY BICYCLES at $15.00, 35.O0. $40.00, (60.00, $?S.OO (115.00, 15.00, TRICYCLES and VE-LOCIPEDES. In purchasing from me you have a stock to select trom and do not have to wait. Largest Stock and Lowest Pricei on Bportia Goods, Gujis, Cutlery, etc. SHOT GUNS AT COST. Bicycle aud Gun Kepairiug. Agent CALU.RAPU WRITING MACHINE , Carbon, Eibbone and Paper. M. K,. EVANS 291 , VT. 2douth StySalt Lake City. INGERSOLL AND LABOR. "I believe there is to be a revolution in the relations be-tween labor and capital. The working people are reasoners. . Their hands and head are in partnership ; they know a great deal more than the capitalists. U fc. kes a thdusand times the brains to make a locomotive than it does to run a store or a . bank. Mark the intelligence in the steamship and in all the thousand machines and de-vices that are now working in the world. These working people read; they meet to-gether; they discuss; they are becoming more and more inde-pendent in thought; they do not believe all they hear." Much in Knowing When to Speak. Toronto Empire. At a lecture given on the 8d inst. in Fail-ban- by a citizen of Toronto on the subject of "Balaam's Ass," and illus-trated by a magic lantern, Johu Wind-lass attempted to turn the proceedings to ridicule, and throw suspicion on the verity of the story of the angelic voice by counterfeiting the loud and discor-dant brav of the uninspired animal. For this lie was summoned to appear before Justice Wiugfield on Tuesday night on the chargo of disturbing a re-ligious meeting and was liud $1 and costs. ,The nowsy character of The Tones J causing a great deal of favorable comment, P. S. Keep your eye ou TnK Times. ' An ordinance providing for liro es-capes ou certain buildings lias been in-troduced lu the city council. It should bo passed as soon us possible, and then etrictly enforced. SALT LAKE AND PARK CITY. The formal opening of the Utah Cen-tral railroad to Turk City, which oc-curs tomorrow, is quite au Important event. By tho old railroad route Park City to 101 miles from Salt Lako City. By tho new route it is only thirty miles, making a saving of seventy-fou- r miles. This great shortening of tho distance between this city and oue of the richest mining towns in the world will prove a great benelit to the business interests of both places. The many tourists who visit Salt Lake every summer will now include Park City among the places of interest which they will visit in this immediate vicinity. They will liud Park City a thriving, bustling, permanent town of about 6000 people. They will there see some remarkable silver mines, tho principal oue being the Ontario, tho largest in the world, and equipped with a vast amount of wonderful ma-chinery. No visit to Utah is complete or satisfactory without an Inspection of tho mlucs of Park City. .Besides, tlie scenery along the new route is of the most picturesque and romantic charac-ter. Every resident of Salt Lako and Park City will probably make at least ono trip over this seouio road this sum-mer. In a commercial way the value of the road to the two cities cauuot bo over-estimated. Thi is particularly true iu the matter of building material. Inci-dentally it may be stated that Mr. W. II. Rorulngtou has leased tho Culraer quarry and has already put a large force of men at work, and will lo able to put tcu or fifteen carloads of stone into Salt Lako every day from the start. Other quarries will be worked and henceforth there will be no lack of stone in this city, as there is au . abun-dance of it all along the road from Par-ley's canyon to Park City. There lias been great complaint that tho railroads were not supplying cars cuough for the transportation of stone, but this de-ficiency will now bo supplied by the new Park City road. At present only one passenger train per day will bo run each way, but iu a short time two trains will bo put ou one in the nioruiug and ono in tho evening. It is lo bo regretted that two daily trains are uol to be started at once. Wo believe that the bus-iness interests ol tho two cities will im-mediately demand such an accommoda-tion, and that Mr. Youug will bu war-ranted by the business promised to comply with the demand.' That his enterprise will prove profitable there Is no quostiou. .; :: , By .the way, why would it not bo a good Idea for the Salt Lake chamber of eomiiHirco to arrange a colouration and excursiou iu conjunction with Park City iu honor of tho completion of this im-portant ruilroadv Wo hope the chamber of commerco will take this suggestion uuder consideration. The Tele gram. Daughters o( America. "Is this the telegraph office!'" Asked a childish voice oue day. As I noted the click of the iu&truinent With its message from fur away; As It ceased I turned ; at my elbow Stood the merest scrap of a boy, "Whose childish face was all aglow ' With the light ot hidden joy. The golden curls ou his forehead Shaded eyes of deepest blue, As if a bit of the summer fky Had lost lu them eyes its hue; They scanned uiy office rapidly JProm the ceiling dowu to the floor, Then turned ou mine their eager gaze, As he asked the question o'er: 'Is this the telegraph office?" "It is, my little man," I said, "pray tell me what you waut, And I'll help you If I can." Tbeu the blue eyes grew nioro eager, And the breath came quick and fast, And 1 saw .within the chubby hands A folded paper grasped. "Nurse told me," he said "that the lightning Came down on the wires some day ; Auy my mamma has gone to heaven, ' And I'm lonely since she is away; Tot my papa is very busy And hasu't much time for me, So I thought I'd write her a letter And I've brought it for you to see." "I've printed it big so the angels Could read out quick the name, And carry It straight to my inauima And tell her how it came ; Aud now won't you please to take It, And throw it. up good and strong Against tho wires in a milder shower. Aud tho lightning will take It along." Ah ! what could I tell the darling? For my eyes were tilling fast; I turned away to hide the tears, ' But I cheerfully spoke at last; "I'll do the best I can, my child," 'Twas all that I could say; "Thank you," he said, then scanned the sky; "Do you think It will fundcr today?" But the blue sky smiled iu auswer. And the sun shone dazzling bright, . And his face, as he slowly tinned away, Lost some or Its gladsome light; "Hut nui'sr," he said, "If I stay so long Won't let iiih come any more; So good-by- , I'll and see you again night after a fundcr .shower.'" The city council cannot bo loo care-ful in the proposed salo of its interest in tho gas works, or in the contem-plated purchase of the other interests in the plant. This is a matter lu which the council should go slow. AMUSEMENTS. AT THE OKASrv. "Monte Christo" drew (mother largo audience at tho Grand last evening. The sab.' of seats for the entire week shows that good business is insured. AT THE THKATUK. "A Soap Bubble" was presented again last evening for the last time. The theatre will be closed during the remaining four nights of the week. Wjiilk there is a difference of opinion among tho silver men in congress, it is very certain that the outoome of tho tsilvcr agitation will bo satisfactory to tho great majority of tho people in tho tsilvcr producing regions as well as else-where. Tho silver problem is now one of the most importaut questions before the national legislature. The bicyclists concede that The Tim us is right iu insisting that they shall bo kept off tho business sidewalks. They don't waut that privilego, but they think they ought to bo permitted to ' uso ' ' the walks ou residence streets. As to that, probably no serious objection will be taised Until the streets are paved. , The council last night "gut a move ou itself" iu regard to the city and county building, It decided to proceed with the construction of the building according, to the plans adopted by the former city couucil. Bids for the con-struction of tho foundation will be ad-vertised for at once. This is indeed welcome news. It is a sign of progress. CMPl'ED AND CONDENSED. The heliograph is used to Hash signals between".station's in New Mexico aud Arizona that are Seventy-liv- e miles apart. Experiments will soon be made to test the power of the instrument to a distance of 100 miles. While a colored woman was walking along the road iu Marlboro, N. C.her clothes caught lire from a spark from the pipe which sho was smoking, and before assistance could reach her the llanies had so badly buriied her that death resulted iu a few minutes. ' Zola and Daudct Used to dine together and call it the "Dinner of the Disap-pointing." Now they have no oceasiou for such a pessimistic meal. Daudet's stories have sold by the hundred thous-and while Zola's have passed beyond a million. Realism has succeeded. A registered package was recently mailed iu Washington, D. C, plainly addressed to Orlando, Orange County, Fla. It went from Washington to San Francisco, thence to Ogden, Utah, after which itweut to Now Orleans, and from there to Jacksonville and then to Or-lando. Nothing in this country more aston-ished au English university-bre- mau than our college yells. He never takes the practice as a bit of American fun, but seriously sets to work to prove how even educated Americans follow the customs of the savage Indian, his war-whoo- p being perpetuated in the college yell. TnE proposed ordinance providing for tho arrest and fining of children un-der sixteen years of age found ou the streets after nine o'clock, and tho ring-lu- g of a curfew bell to give them warn-ing, was very properly killed by the tHty council. An ordinance requiring parents to spank their children and send them to bed would be a much better treasure. A I'MV SMILE I'UOVOKEKS. The late arrival at the ball room is like tho dance itsclf--a- u uudue-late-i- u motion, Hotel World. By a strange metamorphosis, the man who wins in a half-mil- e dash starts out afoot aud comes in uhead.fElniira Gazette. It is tlie same with a man as it is with his house; you will find all sorts of use-les- s things in the upper story. f Atch-ison Globe. It is only natural that the Puritan should get into trouble at Hell Gate, That is no place for a Puritan. Terre Haute Express. "People were absolutely turned awnv trom the doors last lii'ght." "So 'I heard. They were your creditors, chiefly, I'm told." Puck. Don't be a clam. If you've got to bo anything of the kind, be a mud-turtl- Then you may have gome snap to you Binghampton Republican. Isn' t a departed clain a dead open and shut? Texas Sittings. When good artillerymen die they should be caunonized. Washington Star. Tailors say that the fast man is pretty slow about paying up. Boston Post. A. watchman ought not to feel run down when his affairs are wound up Hotel World. Everybody else gets tired in this world before tho man who makes vou tired. Atchison Globe, There is usually something ou foot when a man takes his Way to tho chi-ropodist. Boston Courier. The Times last evening published a good piece of news for Salt, Lake. It was that Phil Armour aud his asso-- l iates, known as "Tho Big Four," pro-pose at an early day to establish big packing houses in Salt Lako, San Fran-cisco and other points iu the west. This is a very sensible business move, and will no doubt provo a great success. At present tho people of tho cattle-raisin- g regions of tho great west send their cat-tle to the eastern packing houses, and then tho cattle come back to us iu the fchape of dressed beef. This compels tho consumer to pay two freight tariffs. Packing houses in tho sections where tho cattle are raised will relievo tho people of this heavy tribute to tho rail-roads, and consequently food will be much cheaper. A largo lirst-clas- s slaughter and packing house in Salt Lake would reduce the price of meat throughout the entire territory of Utah. Cleveland's Weight. What is Cleveland's weight, anyhow' Cincinnati Commercial Gazette His physical weight is about three hundred pounds; his mental and moral weight m about threo ounces. St. Louis Globe-Democra- A Uostou Joke. Boston Transcript. "Yes," said tho learned vouth, "I reached forward and struck liiin on the optie, and a minute later his alter cm was in mourning." "His what?" his fond parent. "His alter ceo his other eye, you know, of course " :Pkesidknt Hakuison has vetoed the bill authorizing an addition to tho Dal-las public building at a cost of $200,000. Dallas and Ogden can now sympathize with each other iu tho matter of vetoes. These vetoes would indicate to Salt Lake that it will be advisable not to ask too much for her public building. It may bo policy to take what we can get us a starter, aud then work for moro iu the future. However, wo think that President Harrison is using his veto power in tho wrong direction. Tho rapidly growing cities of this couutry demand at least reasonable appropria-tions for public buildings appropria-tions not only largo enough to cover the present needs but lo provide for the next five years, that being the time gen-erally taken for the completion of a government building. We would like to see tho Ogden bill, tho Dallas bill, aud all other reasonable bills for the public good passed over tho presiden-tial veto. A l'Hlr or Ingalls' Genu, Philadelphia Record." "The purification of politics is an ir- idescent dream," quoth lugalls. The wideawake Kansas statesman has never been accused of that form of rainbow chasing. Philadelphia Press. Senator lngalls believes that our des-tiny as a nation "is continental " and perhaps ho is right. But he doesn't care a continental if it is. |