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Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-04-30

ers. The city has no system ., ssv,r
age ana garbage and refuse from the
houses OF the well to do are thrown in
tne empty lots or dumped In the sub
urps, there to rot and breed their poi
sohous element of disease. The poor
use the simpler method OF tossing their
mouse litterlngs into the streets, which
afe generally unpaved. Dead animals
frequently add to the attractiveness Of
,he thoroughfares and increase the pre-
Vaiiing stencil, with the result that
smallpox, dysentery and malaria of the
worst type often prevail Santiago has
MAD yellow fever every year since 1851,
ana 1t is therefore with good cause that
IL IS SO often referred TO as ''the pest
mole OF the western hemisphere"
me cubans and Spaniards Of the low
er classes are filthy set, and their
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-04-30
Coaling In Time Of War.

A neutral port may not be used as
base of supplies in wartime by either
belligerent: hence n warship Is not per.
mitted to enter neutral port for coal
or provisions to be used for hostile pur'
poses. 1T may. however. seek refuge In
any port II forced by stress Of weather
and may be permitted to take on sup
plies for peaceful purposes or temporary
use. but not for attacking the enemy.
Coal Is contraband of war when des.
tined for hostile use. Trade in 1t is not
breach Of neutrality. but the cargo Is
subject to seizure on the high seas
During the Franco-Prussian war the
British government forbade the ship
ment OF coal from British ports to the
French fleet in the North sea.
In the event of prolonged hostilitlss
between Spain and the United States
the question Of coal supply may become
an Important one. especially for Spain
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-04-30

These precepts will be adhered to in
spite of the rupture whenever their OPP
erations are mutually beneficial. The
internal trade of the United States has
nothing to fear from prlvateerlng. and
there remains little aftSr that which
cannot be abandoned with trlfling loss.
Spain could possibly add somewhat to
her naval strength by Issuing letters of
inarque, and her commerce. however
great in volume, IL not so rich as to
tempt reprisal by privateerlng. OF
course her merchantmen would be ex-
posed to attack. Only trial will show
whether that Is worth while. In any
event 1t will not be profitable for ad-
venturerJ OF either country to risk OK
pensive privateering steamers on the
ocean II the merchant fleets OF each bel
ligerent shall be conveyed by nrmored
cruisers, and in the end they surely will
he. much to the discontinue OF any
guerrilla ship which private means can
put afioat.
The cost OF privateer able to cope
with modern armed merchantmen would
be from 100000 to $1,000 COO. hence the
owner would take the risk of losing
fortune by one well directed shot. 1t
would pay better to lease the vessel to
N'N ~ bilN ttillbGitHls lbi ltlt
navy. Lack of coal would be u draw
back upon Spanish privateers operating
on this side of the Atlantic. for success
in prlvateering depends on the capacity
for long cruises.
report to the effect that the United
States had decided not TO issue letters
of marque against Spain was applaud
cd In England for the manifest reason
that the state OF British commerce rem
ders that country anxious upon this
point. She would like to see privateer-
Ing totally abolished. Perhaps the 9TH
er parties to the treaty OF Paris will
use their good offices" TO induce Spain
to refrain from privateering. Unless
they do so the United States will be
likely to cling to its rights in the mat
ter. reserving the measure for retalia-
ton in case OF need.
GEORGE L. KILMER.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-04-30

noiseless cannon has a trapdoor some.
where ON its insides. and by the mech.
anlsm of the extra barrel this tran /,
made TO fit into the steel of the bu,l.
ness barrel as snugly as a bug in a retv
hard rug until the cannon is fired spi
Its missile of destruction sent out TO do
Its duty. In passing out the barrel The
shot touches trigger that releases The
trap and allows 1t TO cork up the busl.
ness barrel of the gun in such way tAa,
the thrush of air which makes the bang
Will be thwarted and there. will be no
bark. BY the same action a valve INTO
the second barrel is opened. and the .s
is allowed TO escape through 1t.
SCHNEIDER has written Congressman
Bell all about the cannon and wants
him to get a bill through congress max.
ing an appropriation for building a test
gun after his model. He Is confden,
that 1t will work, because he made
wooden cannon with a spring to throw
out n ramrod. and II went off several
times without single pop after he at
tached to 1t his noiseless mechanism,
while before that the bang came out
where the bullet went in, just as 1t
ought to in any well regulated popgun."
The inventor of the SCHNEIDER Noise
less cannon is but "A years old. The
idea of the invention. as has been init
mated, came to him one day while out
goose hunting. He discerned that the
report of his gun frightened away the
geese. and he began to study the prob
lem. Having decided that IL he had
gun that did not "shoo" every time he
shot he could bag lot more geese, he
set about to overcome the defect OF the
gun. AS the occasion has ever in the
history of civilization brought forth the
man to meet It, so the danger of war
between the United States and Spain
has brought forth Robert SCHNEIDER.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-04-30

can troops who CONFORMITY occupls, =,
western part Of the island in H. ne
ter end OF the eighteenth century ,n az
decimated in short time. ana e
great horrors threatening an a,,,, we
invasion, though climatic condition. VI
pear to be better this year. are M, Up
bullets and shells OF the foe. hm, .ns
deadly miasma and the fever laaen u.a
mosphere. Just now the wors, ~. AZ
son OF the year is approaching. ana ~
hospital forces OF an army of ,nya. we
In Cuba Will deal principally mo-, n,,h
men wounded in battle. but with I'm I'm
stricken down with interic disesses "''s
CLAIMING A. BARTow
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-04-30

Mere mention. of the revival of prl-
watering In war involving Spain at
once calls up visions OF treasure laden
Spanish galleons which tempted the Gu
pidity of the Robin Hoods of the sea in
days gone by. In that golden age for
reckless and rapacious rovers the gall
Icons sailed from the peninsula west
ward with empty holds and returned
sometimes freighted with the products
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-04-30
Washington's Foresight

Better than any one else OF his time
Washington foresaw the future devel-
opment OF his country. He was inter
ested In manufactures. Thus. in 1889.
his first year as president. he visited in
Boston the only factory in the country
where linen canvas was made, then
newly opened. Even after retiring from
the war he surveyed and mapped his
own estate, and even drew the rough
draft of the design for Mount Vernon.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-04-30

Though 80 years old, the biscuit Is salu
to be In an excellent state OF presef'A
ton.
silver money $50 years old Is stun ~
circulation In some parts OF Spain.
Boston still retains some OF It's ~
ritan rlgidlty. A horse dealer was ~
Gently Imprisoned there for swindhn'
in horse trade.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-04-30

years. and his reputation as u prophet
Is not of a character to justify his
neishbors in taking similar precautions
TO keep out OF the swim.
n physician in Philadelphia recently
MADE stir by the public statement
That one out of every three women in
that city is adorned with "A mustacbe
n German scientist declares that mus
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-04-30

to describe as much shorter than her
self, as having fine head, but n bad
complexion. gray eyes and light brown
hair-a new view. surely. OF the color
OF the great consul's hair.
a Saginaw tMich.) man has In his
possession a piece of hard tack issued
as part OF the rations OF the regiment
= which he served during the civil war
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-04-30
A Noiselcss Canno,

Robert SCHNEIDER of Indepenao,.
Colo, having seen the necessity for
noiseless flrearm while hunting ceo.a
and being duly inspired with patrlot ,ge
as should be expected of one llylnr e..
town with such a patriotic name b,-
taken out n caveat and is now nerfa", S
ing his patent for noiseleas cannon
The SCHNEIDER cannon In n double ha.
relied affair, the first barrel being 81.
tanning out the shot and the seon, ~,
for tanning in the air, 80 that tho ,N ,.al
dogs of Uncle sarl will be oulet bs var
working beasts, able TO do a Who'll ~.
of biting without emitting single h,sS1 '
To accomplish this end the seblnS,.@
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-04-30

Ing by mending broken china has this
motto conspicuously displayed in his
shop; Blessed be the piece makers"
A notable centenarian in the person
OF Nine. de Thomeller recently passed
away in France. She was an Interest,"
ing INK with the past and remembered
distinctly as very young girl dancing
with the hrst Napoleon, whom she useu
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-04-30

taches are more common among women
OF the present day than those OF tho
past. He observed while in Constanti-
nople that among the unveiled women
one out OF every ten possessed an UNI
mistakable covering of down on the
upper lip and the same fact is notlcea-
Bile in Spain.
A New York man who makes his liv-
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-04-30

towns are emblematlcai OF their charac-
teristic of uncleanliness.e They have
many personal habits and customs that
seem too gross for belief. and 1t ia a
fact that ladies seldom appear on foot
In the streets Of Havana and Santiago
de Cuba.
The ranks of the English and Ameri-
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-04-30

uuy IN the northern Between the d and 18th Of June
1 On Aug four months after the fall Richmond
ror Liverpool with his ports closed and smound The
the former Goniedsracy but the United States minister
To this
SOLD by the United States to the sultan OF
by
Britain paid the United n gold
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-04-30
A Valuable Weapon

In recent experiments with Vickets
6 Inch rapid firing gun the accuracy
was such that two of the projectiles ~
round OF ten discharges went throus"
the same hole in the target.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-04-30
Jefferson Davis,
President OF The Confederate
States NJ Af,aarf,su

States OF America,
To all to whom these presents shall come.
greeting: Know ye that by virtue OF the
power invested IN me by law | have com
missioned and do hereby commission. have
authorized and do hereby authorize the
schooner or vessel called the Savannah
tmore particularly described IN the schcd-
Ile hereto annexed. whereof r. Harrison
armed vessel In the service Of the Cpnfed-
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-04-30
PRVATEER, Alloy!
SPANS Alleged Intention to Issue Letters OF
Marque-UncIe Sam at Lib
ery to Retaiate.

dreds issued early In 1sci, is interesting
just at this time:
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-04-30

ing the career of that great commerce
destroyer. From Melbourne the Shen-
andoah sailed for the arctic seas, and
the war was virtually over when she
began work of destruction which OBJ
liberated the New England whaling In
Evening bulletin., 1898-12-21

Reports from Manila are Of the
usual conflicting character. None
of the statements given out from
Washington will admit that any
serious trouble exists, although the
insurgents do not prove to be
lamblike creatures. In outlining
his policy in the Philippines the
President has determined upon a
strong military government that
shall demand obedience to law and
prompt submission to the sover
eIgn'y of the United States. The
fullest personal liberty will be al
lowed and although the Filipino
may chsfe more or less under the
restraining hand that checks him
from seeking vengeance on the
Spanish, even the strict American
military regulations will make his
lie paradise OF liberty when
compared with former Spanish
rule.
The necessity of more regulars
in Manila has been forced upon
the minds of the people by the
great amount of sickness among
the volunteers. Furthermore there
is likely to be serious business on
hand in swinging into line the va
rious islands in which the insurg-
ents have long held sway, and the
discipline and the experience OF
the regular is necessary factor.
Evening bulletin., 1898-12-21
Remington for Dewey.

Washington, December 10
Admiral Dewey's fleet will be
strengthened shortly by the addi-
lion of some serviceable gunboats.
The Bennington, now at Honolu-
10, has been ordered to proceed to
Guam, in the Ladrone group, and
make survey of the harbor with
a view to the establishment there
Of naval station. This done she
will join Dewey's fleet,
Evening bulletin., 1898-12-21

continue in force, subject to repeal
or amt ndment by the Legislature
of Hawaii or by Congress.
The laws Of Hawaii relating to
public or private lands continue
in force until changed by Con-
gress, but no leases of agricultural
lands are 10 be granted, sold or
renewed for a longer term than
Ave years unless Congress shall
so direct,
The laws of Hawaii relating t.
agrl, ulture ard forestry are con
tinued 10 force, except as they
may be modified by Cong'ess or
the Legislature, and the Secretary
of Agriculture Is charged with the
duties of examining the laws OF
Hawaii relating to agriculture,
forestry, public roals, aud report
ing thereaf to the President.
The bill also provides that the
constitution and laws locally ap-
plirahle shall have the same force
and effect in the territory OF Ha-
wall as elsewhere in the UGited
States.
This i. the usual provision found
10 the acts of Congress providing
for the establishment of territorial
governments in the United States
but the Com missionprs regard the
provision as exceptionally i'm
portant in this bill for many. rra
Sous, among which they mention
the continued importation OF Chi
nese labor into Hawaii.
Remarking on this point the,
say: at has been the policy o
the Government of Hawaii, befor
and since the establishment of tn
republic, to import men unde
labr r contracts for term OF years
at the expiration of which th",
are TO return to the countries iron
which they came. Those brough
in are mainly from China an
Japan. Since the act of Congre
annexating Hawaii was passe'
prohi ,iting Chinese immigration
Hawaiian sugar planters hav
seemed to be making an unusua
effort in securing the importati"
of japanese laborels, fearin
trouble and embarrassment on aC
count of insufficient labor for tn
care aud carrying on of thei
sugar plaDtalious. or use,
becomes necessary to extend ou
labor laws ov the Islands, 80 &
Evening bulletin., 1898-12-21
Nicaragua Canal Fight.

Washington, Dec. l2.-Con-
gressman Hepburn today intro
duced in the House his bill pro-
viding for the acquiring by the
United States of a strip of terrific
" twelve miles wide across Costa
Rics and Nicaragua covering the
route of the canal. This is the
fist step 10 the fight over methods
which may have for its result the
defeat of all canal legislation al
this session of Congress.
Evening bulletin., 1898-12-21

Washington, December 10
Representative Hepburn of Iowa
today introduced a joint resolu-
tion proposing an amendment of
the Constitution as follows:
"No new state, the territory of
which was not part of the Unit.
ed States and under its jurisdic-
tion and sovereignty on the Let
day Of January, A. d 1898, shall
be admitted into the Union, unless
threa-fourths of the members
elected to each House of Congress
shall vote affirmatively for such
admission.
Evening bulletin., 1898-12-21
Admiral Dewey Sick.

Washington, Dec. 13.-The in
formation from Manila that Admi-
raj Dewey is sick was expected
here. Friends of the, admiral
some time ago represented to Sc
cretary Long that the constant
strain and the hot climate would
break him down. The depart,
ment will soon relieve him from
duty.
Evening bulletin., 1898-12-21
Iroauois In Commission.

Vallejo, December l3.-The ma
val tu4 Iroquois, formerly the
Sprecke's tug Fearless, was put in
commission at 10 O'Clock this
morning at Mare Island. Lieut.
epaut Charles +. Pond, who was
navigator on the auxiliary cruiser
Panther during the recent war, is
10 command, aud she has crew
of thirty five men. The tug will
he assigned to duty as tender to
naval vessels at Honolulu.
Evening bulletin., 1898-12-21

Present indications are that the
bills introduced by the Hawaiian
Commission have a rocky road be
fore them.
Evening bulletin., 1898-12-21

A candidate for Chief Justice
bobs up in Utah. Hawaii will soon
be able to say "they are coming
our way" with a vengeance.
Evening bulletin., 1898-12-21

London, December 10. - The
death is vnnounced of William
Black, the novelist, at his home in
Brighton.
Evening bulletin., 1898-12-21

Senator Hoar bids fair to make
a record for himself as a great OBJ
structor.
Evening bulletin., 1898-12-21
Stockholders Annual
Meeting.

The annual meeting Of the stockhold-
ers OF the Hawaiian Sugar Company
VIII be held Thursday, December 22nd,
at lO:3O o'clock Il. m, at the office OF w.
G. Irwin n Co., Ltd.
w. l.. HOPPER,
lOs3-Decl5, 7,la,2l Secretary.
Evening bulletin., 1898-12-21
WE HAVE ENDEAVORED
esSsY

To invest our line with every
merit known to the trade,
Every season brings new ideas,
new styles, new economies.
We introduce many OF them.
But we have succeeded in do
ing something more. We
have individualized our line
OF Boys Clothing. 1t is the
leading line in new styles. It
supplies constantly new in
spirations for this department.
We sell today the best grade
OF boys clothing for less than
any other house in town. We
should like you to test this
statement. And so il is with
all our goods. Individual
taste can be satisfied i'm all our
lines. Cheapness and good
ness go hand in hand.
Evening bulletin., 1898-12-21
HAWAII is BEFORE CONGRESS

Continued from Page |.
The record-union., 1898-10-21
Weather Forecast.

For Northern California-Fair, except
partly cloudy in the northwest portion
Friday; fresh southwest wind.
The record-union., 1898-10-21
"The world is Gods bequest to

"The world is Gods bequest to
to 1t. You are among the number,
and because you have taken up res
idence upon a certain part of it.
subdued, cultivated and beautified
that part, improved as you say,
you are not, therefore, warranted
in appropriating it as private
property. At least, If you do SO,
you may at any moment be justly
expelled by the lawful owner, So
speech in Congress March 10, 1898.
The record-union., 1898-10-21
1T IS AN ISSUE.

The campaign in California, as
viewed from abroad, emphasizes the
point so frequently made at home that
the triumph Of Mr. Mcguire will be
received as single-tax victory, de-
spite the denial of that candidate that
the doctrine Of which he is an emf
nent advocate is in issue. The Single
Taxer," a magazine published at the
East, organ of the party espousiag the
doctrine, makes no concealment that
the issue is on in the California CAM
paign, and that the election of Mr..
Mcguire will be received by single tax
ers as their victory, and as placing
California in the column along with
single-tax theorists. The Portland
"Oregonian" says:
In California as in Washington. the
Democratic party, through Difference,
or rather surrender, to Populist-Social-
istic ideas, has declared for the single
tax scheme; and the Republicans in
California, as in Washington, are
pressing the Demo-PopuTists hard on
it. The pressure puts the advocates
of single tax, which is based on the
| assumption that there can rightfulIy
be no private property in land on their
| defense, and they assert that the
single-tax scheme would not affect pri
vate ownership or the title to the home.
This is mere evasion. The scheme of
single tax has for its object the APP
preparation by the State of the income
or profits from land Take the income,
and the title, as Henry George said,
is IAN empty she'll" Persons who own
land object to the spoliation; and in
California, as in Washington, there are
many land owners by whom the pro-
posed robbery is not relished
The record-union., 1898-10-21
1T rs AN ISSUE.
Declarations of the Official Single
Tax Organ.

(From the Santa Rosa Republican,
Mr.. Mcguire and his supporters are
very persistent in denying that his sin
gle tax is an issue in the present politi-
cal campaign in California. This is
done of course to secure the votes oil
the people who are opposed to the isms
of the numerously nominated candidate
for Governor. Now, we have bit OF
evidence on this question that counts
for more than all the denials Of Mr.
Mcguire and his partisan supporters
We have received No. 345, Vol. Z. OF
the National Single Taxer," which
calls itself the Official Organ Single
Tax League United States and Can
ada" dated New York, September IA
1898. 1t is weekly publication, is
sued every Wednesday, and is com
posed Of sixteen pages. Announcements
is made of the change Of the paper to
thirty-two page monthly magazine
to be published on the 1st of each
month, commencing with October 1st.
Following are some of the sentiments
found in this single-tax publication:
There is small comfort in attacking
a symptom like President Mckinley.
He is the inevitable product of the
spirit Of greed and selfshness which
for a generation, through its monop-
olistic syndicates, has been securing
the reins of government and confis-
eating the earnings of the people The
Mckinley bill was the refined piratical
evolution of the century, and robbed
the people as relentlessly as it's proto-
types of the black flag. Political ma
ruptly control the people, to absorb
their rights in violation of every law
of justice and humanity, was quite
unfit to carry the nation through the
complications of a foreign war;
The plank in the Democratic State
platform in favor of giving to the
counties and municipal corporations
the right to adopt and change their
system of taxation" is declared to be
to single takers the important plank
in that document, and again: '"The Re-
publicans are right in the notion that
what candidate stands for is as i'm
portant as what the platform declares
for"
About half of the space Of this num-
Der of the Single Taxer" is devoted to
the political campaign in California.
The railroad question is not seriously
discussed as an issue. From first to
last the victory or defeat of Mcguire
is taken to be victory or defeat for his
single-tax ideas. The organ Of the ism
has no doubt as to the issue here. IT
sees but one real issue in the contest.
and that is single tax-free trade be-
ing it's national companion principle.
The difference between the organ and
the candidate is that the former is hon.
est and frankly states the actual issue
in California politics at this time.
The record-union., 1898-10-21

does not the candidate come out frank
ly and admit that this literature is sent
out by him with his full knowledge
to promulgate the single tax doctrine,
suredly he does, and with perfect sin
cerity-it is an issue, and that if elect
ed he will do his best to engraft it upon
the State revenue system, as he said
before he was candidate, ought to
be done and would be done?
The record-union., 1898-10-21

Citrus fruits, wines, raisins, wool,
cattle industries, almonds, currants,
prunes, olive OIL hops, chicory, etc., are
tariff measure. Every one knows all
about that. But Mr.. Mcguire, who bids
for the suffrages of growers of all these
products Of the State, voted and worked
Mcguire should be elected, and why
not? Ask the producers Of citrus
fruits, nuts. oil, wool. Stock currants,
raisins, etc, and find your answer in
their response.