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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-03-26

Ambassador Bayard is censured, but
the memory of General Schenck as a
statesman. fnancier and poker player
appears to be vindicated.-Boston Herald.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-03-26

The Mckinley platform as adopted in
the state of Ohio is giving no satstaction
to the Republicans of either the east or
the west. 1t seems that the major was
trying to straddle two horses going IN
opposite directions-a feat that has never
been accomplished with any physical
comfort to the performer.-Peoria Herald.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-03-26

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Salt Lake City.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1896-06-30

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The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1896-06-30

DID YOU EVER THINK
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1896-06-30
now TO TIE POINT

now TO TIE pOInTI
We want to interest you in mining
investments. We are selling "a limited
number of shares in the IsADoRE
GOLD MINING COMPANY of Cripple
Creek. This company is Incorporated
under the laws of Colorado for | 200, 900
shares, par value, 81 per share, full
p id and forever nom as~sessaple.
1t own three mines in the greatest
gold camp in this,o any other country
and one of its mines is located within
1880 feet of one of the heaviest pro-
ducers in the camp-the &. o. D.
which nets its owners something like
$4,000 per month, and we have every
reason to believe that we have the
same vein in the Isadore property.
But to persue further development
we must secure money for this pur-
pose, and for this reason we now offer
d limited number of shares at q cents
per share. We believe this to be q
first class investment, and expect TO
secure a body of pay ore before long.
The order for this stock should be sent
to the undersigned, with remittance
enclosed and stock will be mailed on
receipt of same. No orders taken for
less than 100 shares, and when $4,000
shares have been sold, the price will
be advanced to 5 cents per share.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1896-06-30

Descriptive pamphlet on Cripple
Creek and it's gold mines mailed free
on request. Write for u weekly
market letter.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1896-06-30

Inc OulllVdu I1OO Springs are
pleasantly situated only two
miles and a half above the town
of Clayton, near the South bank
of Salmon river. Their waters
are of a nice temperament for
bathing, and possess strong
medicinal qualities, sulphur pre-
dominating. This is fast becom-
ing a place of resort for invalids
and pleasure seekers. Mr.. Sui
livan has made a great many i'm
provements for the comfort of
his guests, but the leading at
traction must ever be it's healing
waters.
A carriage for the conveyance
of guests will be constantly in
attendance, and allpersons wish
ing to go and return can do so
during the day, round trip only
so cents. Two fine plunge baths
are now complete ana other
conveniences will be added.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1896-06-30

That from a small investment you
might become independently rich.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1896-06-30
Blackfoot and Challis
GT A CT TINE

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This is one of the cheapest and
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into Custer county. Stage
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and Blackfoot every morning
Except Sunday, at 8 o'clock,
carrying passengers and U S.
mail and express.
o
saY This is the route to
the railroad and all points East
and North. Fare to Blackfoot
reduced to $40. Express $500
per hundred.
POWELL & PERSON, Props.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1896-06-30
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mail on receipt of price, 25 cents
per box. Prentiss Chemical Co.,
Ala California Street. San Fran
cisco, Cal.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1896-06-30
GOLD MINES.

DID YOU EVER KNOW
That there was more millionaires
made from mining investments
than from any other source.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1896-01-03

Gov. MORRILL, has taken to figuring
on prohibition and finds that Kansas
is ahead Of Kentucky on liquor sales,
and consequently concludes that pro
hibition is failure. If be had put the
estimates up nearer the true mark he
would have found it more than ever a
failure. In his conclusions, made pub
tic, he says. 81 have been investigating
the internal revenue records, and 1
find, in round numbers, that outside Of
drug stores, 1900 Kansas joints are
carrying United States licenses. Sup
posing each of these joints sells fifty
drinks a day: that amounts to 5000
sales for each tWenty-fouF hours, or
$4,000 separate offenses each week
against the Kansas law. It has been
said that the prohibitory law was en-
forced as well as the law against petty
larceny. Is it possible that there are
$4,000 cases Of petty larceny each week
in Kansas?"
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1896-01-03

that Lord Salisbury now insists upon
as the extreme possible boundary Of
.Venezuela republic, and he absolutely
refuses to submit TO arbitration any of
the territory east Of it. AS a matter Of
fact, England is now and has been for
more than ten years in full control of
all the country eastof the Sohomburgk
line. But Venezuela asserts that
throughout that region, extending as
far east as the EssequibO river, the
British are mere usurpers, and the
United States substantially indorses
the assertion by refusing to sanction
British occupation there unless the
English title can be established by i'm
partial arbitration.
To fully understand the significance
Of our governments's position respect
ing the case and its support of Vene-
zuela's demand for arbitration of the
territorial question sin its entirety" it
/ is necessary to go back for a period of
about nine years.
On February II, 1883, Mr.. Bayard.
then secretary of state, addressed to
Minister Phelps in London a long
communication regarding recent acts
of British aggression in Venezuelan
territory. In it he said:
aThe government of the United
States has hitherto taken an earnest
aud friendly interest in the question
Of boundaries so long in dispute be-
tween Great Britain and Venezuela
and, so far as its disinterested counsels
were admissible, has advocated
an amicable, final and honorable settle
ment of the dispute. We have follow
ed this course on the assumption that
the issue was one Of historical fact
eminently adaptable for admitting OF
arbitration, and that the territorial
claims of each party had a fixed limit
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1896-01-03

0FF an on an argument arises as to
whether or not the government ever
destroyed the greenback and under
what political party the destruction
vas made. A Topeka paper recently
contained a local item stating that a
resident of that city had received a
present from Washington friend
which consisted of a paper dog made
from $4,000 worth Of greenbacks, that
had been redeemed and macerated by
The government. Millions of dollars
we're thus treated by the government
when under control of the republicans
and millions more would have likewise
been destroyed had not the wholesale
retirement created a panic that was
not equallsd by the one Of 1893.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1896-01-03

those involving the title of the British
crown to territory OF other sovereign
rights, which her msjesty's government
could not pledge themselves before
hand to refer to arbitration"
Therefore Lord Salisbury deliberate
" repudiated the Granville treaty, and
all subsequent efforts to revive it were
unavailing.
But notwithstanding this harsh &C
ton the liberal ministry, which soon
took the place of Salisbury's govern
ment, showed disposition to recognize
the injustice of British pretension to
sovereignty at the mouth of the Orino-
co. Lord ROsebury, on July 20, 1886,
wrote in a spirit of Cancellation, pro-
posing a boundary line starting some
where to the east of the Orinoco mouth
merely remarking that her majesty "a
tached special Importance to the pos
session of the river Guiana, with the
proviso, however, that the river OrinocO
should be "entirely free to commerce
navigation"
The foregoing detailed review Of the
historical aspects of England's claim
appears to show that Lord Salisbury's
present insistence on the Sohomburgk
line as the boundary between British
Guiana and Venezuela is merely the
development of an arbitrary course de-
termined on within the past ten years,
in contempt of the traditions and also
the formal record made in the seventy
years from 1914 to 1886.
In justification of England's present
attitude it is now urged that the terri
torial limits have always been in de-
bate; that she has really claimed all
the time dominion as far west on the
coast as Point Barima; that the various
Aberdeen, Granville and Rosebery
compromise propositions were only
tentative and conciliatory and never
surrendered England's real claim to
joint ownership of the Orinoco mouth
which claim she has ever been prepar-
ed to assert and establish, and that, in
view Of her recognized de factO Occupa-
ton for ten years of all the country
east of the SchOmburgk line, she
should not be asked to submit the pro-
prietorship of that country to arbitra-
tiOn now.
Such is Great Britain's defense
Venezuela's sole reply is that this con
tention, while very convenient for the
interests of England, utterly ignores
her own national rights, which are
founded Oh historical truths whose
great weight nobody in his senses can
doubt.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1896-01-03

THE Statist remarks that if Russia
soaid export 1oO90OOO quarters Of
ghest a year from the crops of 1889 to
Is92, which averaged 81 SOC, eco quarters,
she could have exported twice that
amount in each Of the last two years,
The crops Of which amounted respec-
lively to 100000 and 48.500,Q00 guar
sers But the exports were only about
1900 900 quarters, leaving a surplus Of
5900109o for the two years to be added
70 the current crop, which is said to be
little above the average from 1889 to
In spite Of the surplus Russians
ssa not selling freely at present low
aricesi the government makes loans to
tie farmersen easy terms to help them
garry their grain, and it supplies them
sDuG8antly With Information regarding
,s condition cf the wheat market Of
tie world. 50 thas tie Russian pro
ss.1eIs ag.d exporters are not L haste
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1896-01-03

when she compelled the Dutch to cede
her a portion of Guiana. This colony
is known as British Guiana. It adioins
Venezuela on the south. The bound
airy line of this province has long been
in dispute The British have occupied
the disputed territory, and British
miners and colonizers have seized on
the fertile fields and gold mines there.
Failing to get any satisfaction from
England after various requests to va
cate the territory, Venezuela appealed
to the United States. For several years
our only reply to this appeal was in the
form of mild suggestions to England.
These suggestions had little effect.
A little stronger stand was taken in
our next communication on the sub
ject. England was asked to submit
the question of the boundary dispute
to arbitration. Lord Salisbury's recent
answer to this was that Great Britain
had nothing to arbitrate.
President Cleveland's message to
congress, which has caused all the war
talk, proposes that a commission be
appointed to settle the question. Then,
if England is found to be encroaehing
on Venezuelan territory, she will either
have to give up and get out or fight,
provided Uncle Sam does not back
down, and there is not much danger of
bis doing that.
The whole question, according to the
American view of it, is one Of boundary
lines, aud to settle it the commission
viii have to turn back several pages Of
history and search many musty records
PURELY a TERRITORIAL CONTROVERSY.
The dispute turns wholly upon the
strong demand made by our govern
ment that the the territorial eontro-
versy Gin its entirety" shall be submit
ted to impartial arbitration. The out
line which the president gives in his
annual of Secretary Olney's July dis
patch to ambassador Bayard says with
great formality that our government
insists on arbitration as to the whole
of the territory, and in the most signi
fcant words England's assumption
that a portion Of the territory already
belongs to her, and therefore cannOl
be put to the risk Of arbitration, is ut
terly rejected.
In the language Of the message, athe
resort to such arbitration should In
clude the whole controversy and is not
satisfied if one Of the powers concerned
is permitted to draw an arbitrary line
through the territory in debate and Il
declare that it VIII submit to arbitra
tion only the portion lying On one sids
Of it
The arbitrary line referred to il
the Presidents message is the fameu.
SehomsErgk line, beginning sf tbs
mouth CT the 0Tinoco river and pursa
lingaE irregular course souteES5d <
J IA ~ -. - a. Irsl.- l. ~ ss.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1896-01-03

Gov: MoRRILL's recent proposition to
Substitute state control for prohibition
lends color to the statement that he is
not q candidate for reelection. Every
pothouse politician, every cold water
advocate and the rank and file of his
eQwn party who fOstered the prohibition
statnte for years are up in arms against
Che suggestion, And yet, the governor
only offered a sensible solution of the
liquor question.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1896-01-03

teresting aud valuable evidence is af-
forded by a long note written on May
%, 1886. by Sir Robert Ker Porter,
British charge d'afaires at Caracas, 10
the Venezuelan authorities, petition
ing them with great earnestness to
erect a lighthouse at Point Barima and
otherwise provide for safer navigation
at the grand mouth of the Orinoco.
Mr.. Porter thus conceded that Point
Barima and the Oriaoco mouth were
exclusively within the jurisdiction Of
the Venezuelan government, and the
British foreign Office never took coca
sion TO repudiste mis- action in that
matter until some fifty years later
after it had become the fixed policy Of
the London cabinet to hold Point Bari
ma and the mouth Of the Orinoco by
force of arms and without admitting
arbitration.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1896-01-03

FoR the sixteen years-1845 to 1860
no debt was created on account of our
foreign trade, as with our exports Of
merchandise, and gold and silver, We
paid for all We bought and more, the
excess OF imports Of merchandise for
the period amounting to s377, Al, 09l
being more than Offset by the net ex.
ports Of gold aud silver, amounting to
s4lI,l83, 100 The net results Of our
foreign trade for the years 1S45-1S6O
was. therefore, a balance in our favor
Of s8s, Tl2.O o9, and consequently no
debt vas incurred on account Of our
foreign trade but quite the reverse.
And yet there vas no Mckinley law in
operation and the mints were open 70
tbe nplimted coinage Of both silver
and gold Our foreiga ds5t IS nov Is
tiBated at ste Eo9r-
usl
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1896-01-03

the right to which would, without diff
Guilty, be determined according to the
evidence.
"The claim now stated to have been
put forth by the authority of British
Guiana necessarily gives rise to grave
disquietude and creates an apprehen-
sion that the territorial claim does not
follow historical traditions or evidence,
but is apparently underlined.
"If, indeed, it should appear that
there is no fixed limit to the British
boundary claim, our good disposition
to aid in a settlement might not only
be defeated, out be obliged to give
place to a feeling of grave concern"
OUR FIRST PROPOSITION.
As early as 1883, therefore, the United
States government took firm ground on
the straightforward proposition that
the whole legitimate issue between
Venezuela and Great Britain was zone
Of historical fact" capable of deter
mination only by arbitration according
to the evidence. This view found posi-
tive repetition in the joint Venezuelan
resolution of the last congress, passed
unanimously, which declared that the
controversy "turns exclusively upon
simple and readily ascertainable his
| torical facts"
Consequently Secretary Olney's dis
patch of last July is. above all other
considerations, an emphatic reafirma-
ton Of a thoroughly established policy
of state. It is also a decided extension
of that policy, in that it in terms in
vokes the Monroe doctrine as appli-
cable TO the matter. The entire prsc-
teal situation may be summed up
briefly as follows:
0urg government cOmpieteIyrefuses to
recognize that foroible occupation gives
Great Britain any title to territory
claimed by Venezuela, whether west OF
east Of the arbitrary Schomburgk line,
and insists that the legitimate owner
ship Of the territory, Tin its entirety,
can be decided only by arbitration on
the basis of Historical fact"
All considerations Of historical fact
in the Venezuelan controversy hinge
upon one simple question, what were,
respectively, the geographical limits Of
the Venezuelan republic when it de
claTed its independence Of Spain in
1910 and Of British Guiana when Eng
land acquired that colony by treaty
from Holland in lSl42 There IS nc
other question involved, for England
has not since 1914 added one foot Of
territory to her original British Guiana
colony By any process which can come
within the oOgnizsnee Of the laws Of
Inations.
From 1914 to 1871 England never In
timetsd in ths slightest menner that
s.sfe deemed herself entitled 70 any iin
po1ssat portion If TAB Atlantic sess.
zess Of tae a.lzt5s river Sfsst iEi
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1896-01-03

CONGRESSMAN BAKER has not been
sidis during the time his associates in
congress have been hustling for posi-
lions On committees or trying to get
within range of the pie counter. He
has introduced a bill to enable men,
bers Of the Kansas militia, who served
during the war on the border, to come
IA under the pension laws; another bill
provides that pensions shall not be
taken from a soldier without giving
him chance to go into the district
oeurt and show cause why it should
not be; still another provides for a
large appropriation to develop the irri-
CATION resources of the west, These
rare AL good bills and congress should
pass them.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1896-01-03
8EBT BBTAIRS GRADING.
Causes which Raised the Venezuela Bound
arg Question.
Why the United states Is Interested in the
EneroacRmefts of England on
EsnezueIa's Territory.

Since the Venezuela question has de-
yeloped into an international crisis be-
tween this country and Great Britain
it is interesting to take hasty glance
at the cause of all the trouble and
briefly review the conditions that have
led up to it.
1t is not a very large tract Of country
that England wants, but it is very val
liable. There are mines there-gold
mines-and the glitter of the precious
metal has often aroused the oupidity
of John Bull.
The question is one of principle,
however, with the United States and
not of value. We are not particularly
interested in the welfare of the Spanish
American republic in her disputes
with adjacent native nations, or in her
frequent revolutions, but we are inter
ested in upholding the doctrine of
President James Monroe, who declared
that any attempt on the part of the
European powers .'to extend their sys-
tenn to any portion of this hemisphere
would beregarded by the United States
"as dangerous to our peace and safety
and would be opposed accordingly.
Great Britain has for years had q
foot hold in South America, gained
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1896-01-03
Ey-MNIsTEs scRUGGs' VIEWS.

William L. Scruggs, for many years
United States minister to Brazil, in a
late magazine article on the subject.
says:
"The real issue involved in the pres
emit phase Of the controversy between
England and Venezuela is very simple.
Briefly stated, it is about this: Whether,
under pretexts afforded by the ineid-
ents Of q boundary dispute which she
has persistently refused to settle upon
any Just or reasonable basis, Great
Britain shall be permitted to dismem-
Der an American republic. menace the
safety of others adjacent, aud thus to
indefinitely extend her colonial system
on this continent, in open violation Of
public IaR and in total disregard Of the
principles Of the Monroe doctrine.
aFhis language may seem a little
strong, coming as it does from an i'm
partial source, but it viii be found to
be fully justified by the facts and cir
eumstances of the case. 1t is an anxiOm
Of international ethics. sanctioned by
general usage, that all boundary dis
gutes arising from imperfect surveys,
or from adverse constructions Of treaty
provisions, or which turn exclusively
upon sscertainabie historical facts, or
whi3h involve questions OF prascriptiFe
right, are, in the last resort, properly
rsfsrabie to a joint commission or 70
outside friendly arbitration. Tue pres
. ent csse falls clearly EiEEiR thsss pro
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1896-01-03

THERE seems to be a tendency to dc
ssway with the caucus in the national
legislature, and it is an innovation that
everyone can gladly welcome. The
Icaucus is much to blame for a consid-
cradle portion of the evil legislation
that has characterized the sessions OF
congress for years passed. With the
slethronement of king caucus, more
wholesome legislation and less partisan
measures may be expected.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1896-01-03

THE Kansas railroads are trying to
effect an agreement to do away with
Isbe psss, bat find it uphill work and
'Eoala find its enforcement still more
-. The Kansas politician Looks upon
8 pass as one of the main rewards of
political success, and any attempt to
do away with this important feature
IWili turn out badly for the railroad if
legislation can make it that way.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1896-01-03

RUSSIA has offered to loan gold to
the United States in any sum desired.
The United States credit doesn't seem
to be 50 much impaired as some var
fearing, cringing prophets of evil would
have the people believe.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1896-01-03
SEALED PROPOSALS.

CEALED proposals viii be received by the
- board of education Of district No. 1, on and
prior 20 December 80, 1885, for the construction
of a ditch from the city WateTWOrks engine
house to the school house, and the laying Of q
three-inch pine to connect the exhaust pipe Of
the waterworks engine to the heating pipes OF
said school house. Specifications for the above
work may be had upon application TO &. +.
SWarts, president of the board of education.
THE BOARD OF EDUCATION,