Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-12-31
EUROPE ARMING ANEW.
Cars Peace Proposition Has No Deterrent
Effect.
GREAT sslrAaS NEW POSTAGE LAW.
Mortality on English Railways Rats and
the Plague Present To the Pope
Satan. chief Eunurh.

NFtNtlAsNu l'fliA'sl @ lsnEi NJ Is are pare
~ recovering from shc Christmas fea-
tivtics. whleh have been made 30 lux
a. Ions o. possible many business
houses closing from Friday December
s3ri. until wsdncsiay laa,.
The diacordant no.c of the fcs;lyc fsn-
son was struck la fhc announcement:
ghat the bubonlc plague had arrived In
England through a passenger landed ~
Plymouth fidm tho mall steamer Goi-
conda. the case having developed ON
hcr homcwufd voyage from India. and
by she arrival ln ,hr Thames ~ another
Suspicious taac landed ~ Grhveseud.
This sinf .ilng news caused q stir. ntE
the laurif now announces shat the man
landed "a. plymouth was only suffering
fium mild sype VI ;hc disease. while
thc suiplci0us Ease 81 Gravcrend proves
30 have been sickn,sa duc 10 some other
cause ihhn the plague The patients.
however. have bten isolated. and the
Iniconda hls ben dIsinfsoicd. Th1
rats un board she steamer. which are
accused ~ spreading the plague Ia
india. haVe been utterly cNicrminnicd
by burning,
Chiis mas day saw thc Inauguration
" the imperial penny postage. About
$500 Letters bCuCntted by 10 during ,he
ilrst throe days. The majority was CONE
posed ~ letters dCstinru flr Canada.
over 5000 lerfcrt paii thf Did RATS.
through thc acudrrH' ignorance.
The wars dianfmimUri scheme 20.
celvrs nlfuDf. daily 90 hH below thr
belr IN tnf shape nf ann iuucemru.
% the cxtcusinn " CHI military and
naval forces Of the various powers. IN
on form or another. Af.rr the news
that w German nC.i ufiIllery Will hf
definitely armed with she nov quick
iifCrs by he beginning of the new year,
comes she announcement that tho
Ffvnch nsld artillery. before srring, viii
be fuzzy armed with shc new 80 crnil-
incirc quick-iircrr. rlvaillng tho Ger
man arm.
serious attention D. bolng Elvcn In
Great britain TO ;hcse important
changes. which one authority Describes
a. being "thr most pfctrn'ionuH mill
iary advance ~ armament since she
Germans used ihc ccch-londinE needle
guns IN the Austrian war of 1865
Experts estimate that batteries Of <h'
NV guns viii be A. lras. threc times ~
powerful aa she present bIgterics, Each
new French battery costs Go00O,o 1l.
Tho fc-arining cuHin France t2s-
900 900 In guns aionc. while ihf improved
gun Will uiso nrcrsfitutr the recrgapizn-
Won % vhc AMMUNITION transport.
which will hrirg lhe total expenditure
TO nearly iio.o0O,OOo. British ar;ilicrists
point out shat aEalns, thfrr new gums
the british aiisllcry would De- sw,fpt on
the nsld. and they urge shat ihc British
floid gun be- brought 90 fht level VI tsi"
foreign Tun. Great Britain mus thus
b. prepared for an early expenditure Of
fie 300, 900
France viii have nine wanhps build
lng In 1899.
Interesting details have been pub.
liahed ~ gnfding ;hc French submarine
boat. Gusiayc Rode which, % h claimed.
mas juui emerged from some successful
tess az Toulnn. She A. raid 60 nave tar-
pcdnsd thc French uronoiid Magenta
twice. once when the lattcr was an
chnrsl. AMI thu HCrund sine when Hh
was moving. The only drawback. y u
pointed Out. n thAt tn eddy caused hy
.hn boat betrayed her move me MD az l.
900 yards Ia broad daylight Tn
principle OF the invention h that she
bong Il no longer blind. H. builder have
Ing lnyautod am eye which facilitates
submarine progress. Another French
submarine boat, fhe oymnW". D. now
armed with t0rpsiueH. ana q shir1. in
b. named thu Morse. viii BE- ready IN
March.
Tho government inquiry Into flc
causes ~ tho terrible morality among
years reached l,5iG persons killed, while
3Oi.sii wsro injured. shows the nccldenia
~ have occurred chiefly among SWITCH
men. A. "a consequence OF i,iiH show
ing, thu boafd VI trade fent out an cN-
port o study tho Hystcma In uno ~
America. This expert has JUS returned
here. and brought WIKI HIN specimens
OF iLs American automatic couplvrs.
which he reports have reduced shc mum
bfr OF nccld 4uts Ia American by nfty
por mt. 40 a. understood mat me pres
ideni ~ fhe board NJ trade, AIR. Charles
n. gl.hcle. win Introduce hlll D. make
automatic couplings compulsory In
Great Britain. Considerable uppualtlon
g. developing against tn blu. NJ the
change vii cos. ab,00o,00o pounds
\ singular occurrence Ia reported
from fl1s gemmrung moppsllns near
Nicfrn. TAO youths aftl young wo-
man asceudgd ihe IsaN un M1fri1y. ngti
N1 they rcaohtd hNght ~ ipVl
fee, che wNlmau MS flkfu ~ Unl cif-
Rod 10 "A sheHOr hsunr whore sflc gayn
blf.h 10 a SOM Her fNO c.mptna sns
made a nre uni Wrapped nor % all
cher spar. cbgh1ng, thr cU'1 being In
tsura. m % oie ~ tnr men dcsn'ni-
- cGte nglnf,lim lf'l fetched a dar.or.
Whl az frsf dCflned O. 60, thinking tho
whole affair was - hoax. The Wcfnlm
hlWcycr, cang,ld b. umuvsd Tor slme
gnc. fShllc "a ffr.1us su3N fail VIII
Compel hlr % remain IN the shGior
house win hr waw bonn baby Tor a
long ifme.
1rie news Of upTislugs m the cnngo
Free stade ana - maaeacrcs ~ Congo
forces hos again hruugn, iu,p pr0m-
90 nee che lfgquiinus fyEiem ~ the
rubber irads. o. whlCh ghrge- n1urths NJ
fhe native upfis.uga can be traced.
mo hrlpfif, cold wcltner VI Christi
mas -iido has given tho plpe's health q
dOl,lcd oh1uye f,T she better, Tie usw
walks urnldtd during his daily conatl-
tut'aral IN thc Vatican grounds.
The newspapers ~ Rome lnuouuce
shIt rich American lady has had
gold sruff box Interested with superb
diamonds. made rs une VI mo bost icw-
clefs q RJmf, rs u new years offering
to the pipe Nhl. a. H. ul1tI, viii find
a cheek Tor $4,000 inside tiie snur box.
The pope Ne0rtly refused 70 ALLOW
ehe electric ight 90 be reduced 60 his
apAfun nts. rtmarkinR There ls alme-
thing supernunus alsIW that Hight"
The car has r1turIe1 a. -. pccrH-
huIg after long holiday IN she Cr-
msa. Incd,rfaliy. lLs majesty has
rtkeu ~ tho rad ~ plporing and deco
hating has rums with black AMI white
skrichsa. lie had his study papcrel
en.lrely with carlcaturoE ~ himself.
which he has collected from foreign
papers.
Tim chiof ciuuch OF thc sul.an OF
Turkey has ju0. dad with ~ slhldcnpess
lett Jcy@ n ami plates worth liG0 600.
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