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The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-11-06
ENORMOUS CHANGES IN
EARTHS OWNERSHIP
IN THREE YEARS
Territory Nearly as Large as Great Britain
and Ireland. Peopled by 100000,
Has Changed Hands.

Hawaii was q part OF the war with
Spain. Honolulu having been taken by
the United States as a military pase
before the country was annexed, max
Ing the annexation a necessity.
France'has seized more territory than
the United States in the last three
years, hut that territory contained
about 1000, 900 fewer inhabitants than
the territory taken by this country. The
United States. France and Japan have
been the nations which have gained
most in territory and population. and
Spain. Siam and China have lost the
most.
In effect China has been the greatest
loser. for the taking of Port Arthur by
the Russians. OF Wei-Hai-Wei by the
British and of Kiao Chou by the Ger
mans is the beginning OF the end OF
China as an independent nation, and
leaves her in such a state that she re-
Gently complained pathetically that she
did not have a single fortified naval
port left to which to order the new
warships approaching completion for
her abroad. Therefore. although Ger
many, Russia and England do not fg-
ure largely In the change Of Inc last
Eve years in actual territory and sub
jects acquired. their seizure Of the Chi
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-11-06
ELECTRICAL COMBINE
What Does It Signify and What
Will Be the Result?

What Is TO be the effect OF the new
electrical combine" and what does it
signify?
That Is the question the electric and
financial worlds aree putting to them
selves and are attempting to figure
out. II has OF a sudden become n of
the great problems of the day. Like
all other great ''combines." many OF
the details OF the negotiations are hid
den in mystery. and the future OF cleo
tricity from a commercial point OF
view is likewise mysterious.
The big guns of electricity. Thomas
a. Edson and George Westinghouse,
will not, at the moment. discuss the
pooling OF interests. They are unwiii-
ing to set before the public's eyes cleo
tricity's new era. For a new era II
undoubtedly is.
Practically in one great consolidation
the chief electric companies of the
country have gathered. The Westing-
house and the Walker have formally
Joined forces. The General Electric,
long the talk of Wal street. ana never
successful financially. has agreed to
work in with them. Thus, In one short
month tfor all this merging OF inter-
ests fas been accomplished since the
middle OF September) the bitterest
rivalries In the electrical business have
been laid down. and the field is cor
nered at one swoop.
The world in general does not real
ize the big part electricity has been
playing of late in commercial affairs,
and h these recent negotiations
mean. The bottom. underlying facts
go to make up a business drama OF
great interest. Electricity. young as
IL Is as q science, 'younger still as a
business enterprise. has come to stand
in the front ank Of American trade.
What is invested in II to-day no one
can say, though n statistician recently
figured IN hat this must come close
to 81, 900. 900. 900. This, he said. was the
total capitalization of the electrical
concerns OF the country. He went even
further in his statistics and found out
that 81. 900, 000. 900 had been invested In
electric railroads $4,000 miles) and
$500, O0o. 600 In. electric lighting stations
and plants. over n million tele-
phones were found to ha " been in
stalled. and one million men and wo-
men were discovered to make, in one
way or another. their living by the
electric industries.
And. these figures, comprehensive as
they are. do not take into account, ex-
cept in part, one important feature of
the American electrical trade-the ex-
porting of electrical machinery TO Eng
land and the continent. What the
value of this yearly is cannot be told.
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have come in at the end of II with a
grand coup" in the seizure or three
Chinese ports. two of them the strong
est fortified in the empire. thus lay
ing the foundation for still greater
combinations and permutations of ter
ritory and population in the not re-
mote future.
OF the territory and population trans
ferred. one-fourth of the territory and
considerably over half Of the popula-
tion has been gained by the United
States. In taking possession of Ha-
wall. Porto Rico. the Ladrones. the
Philippines and Cuba (Which for a time
at least will be under the American
government) the United States assumes
control OF territory as large as that of
all the states OF the union bordering
on the Atlantic from the eastern bor-
der of Rhode Island TO North Carolina
in other words. as large as the COM
bined area of Rhode Island. Connecti-
cut. New York. New Jersey. Delaware
and Virginia. Without Cuba IL Is as
large as the combined area OF these
states. leaving out Virginia.
The population Is three times and a
million owe the combined population
Of Montana, Wyoming. Colorado. New
Mexico. Arizona. Utah. Nevada. Idaho.
Washington. Oregon and California. IL
10 UE9ilt t4aai ~ a. 'AA p'IhAAhAoh
of Kentucky. Tennessee. Alabama.
Mississippi. Louisiana. Texas n Ar
kansas. and only four million less than
the combined population of New Eng
land. New York. New Jersey N
Pennsylvania In 1850. The territory Is
four times as large as the Kingdom Of
Greece. and with a population nearly
fiye times as large.
In the changes of the last three years
two Independent nations. Madagascar
and Hawaii. have been wiped out.
France absorbed the one and the Unit
ed States the other. Madagascar was
a nation Of 22s. 500 square miles area
and a population OF $4,000 Hawaii
had only 500 square miles and a pop
ulation OF lo9.o 2o. yet the position Of the
islands In the middle OF the Pacific
rendered 81 a more valuable aequisi-
ton b Madagascar. from h point
of view of military n commercial
strategy. IL might be argued that IA
wall was not aiken by force Of arms.
As . matter OF fact. the annexation Of
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-11-06
sCMe GERMAN ARMY MURDERS
Details OF the Latest Outrage in the
Kaiscr's Country.

Details OF the Latest Outrage in the
Kaiser's Country.
A correspondent sends us the follow
ing translation from a German paper
Of the recent killing of q sergeant by
his officer, Count Stolberg-Werniger-
ode:
THE following particulars are now
available OF the exploit of Count Stol-
rg-Wernigerode, captain Of the 9Th
regiment of Uhlans in Saarburg, Al
SAGE. who cut down Sergeant Stein
hardt of his regiment. S~teinhardt was
auartermaster and was ordered of to
forage. The soldiers engaged in cook
ing forgot, in the sergeant's presence,
to insert the rubber rings in the COW
ers of the pots, in consequence of which
the food got spoiled. Captain Count
Stolberg called Steinhardt to account
fer this. The sergeant excused himself
from blame on account of his enforced
absence. Later on h captain renewed
his ~reproaches and told Steinhardt he
was the lowest cur M the greatest
blackguard in the regiment. Steinhardt
answered thai he did not think he de-
served to be called that. On this Count
S,olborg gave hin a box on the ear
that made him reel over against the
wagon. S~teinhardt said to two OF his
comrades: You va 10Y 1 was struck
Count Stolberg Immediately drew his
sword and first gave Steinhardt a cut
in his leg and then a thrust on the left
eide of the head Steinhardt fell down
unconscious. (Another account adds
how S%teinhardt, on first coming to. tried
to stop the blood with his handkerchief
and to stand at Attention till he fell
unconscious again.) He was taken TO
Hagenau, where he died without re-
covering consciousness. The funeral
tok place with full military honors. ac-
cording to thee b. NJ Badische Mach
richten), which demonstrates that
S~teinhardt's innocence In recognized
even officially. The parish priest in
his funeral grafton before the whole
body Of officers denounced the act per-
petrated by Stoiberg as one of he most
brutal violence. The father OF the
murdered man. himself q veteran wear
ing medals for the campaigns OF 1854.
1866 and lS7o-T. looked as II he would
sink into the grave OF his for sor-
row and pain. The con q supported
the old pensioner from his pay. Count
Stolberg a been arrested and taken
TO the military prison In Strasourg.
IL is said that he has already killed
an orderly of his"
A year ago a Lieutenant Won Bruse-
witz. In Karlsruhe. pursued. cut down
and killed a civilian who had bumped
against his chair at a cafe. He was
sentenced TO two years simple inpris-
onment. OF which the emperor remit
! ted Is months.-London Chronicle.
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Leaving out OF the reckoning the
scramble OF the nations for territory Ia
Africa. the map OF the world has so
altered in the last three years that yer
l56.555 square miles of territory have
changed owners and over 10000, 900 peo-
pie have gone with the territory to a
new alliance.
This area lacks about 20.ooo square
miles of being -four times the total area
of England. Scotland. Ireland and
Wales. plus the Isle Of Man and the
Channel islands. The population Is
Just about half Of the population of the
United Kingdom and the same outly-
ing islands. II is a territory more than
twice the size of France. with a pop
ulation nearly half as large. Ii Is a pop
ulation six times as large as that OF
the American colonies when taeN
achieved their Independence from
Great Britain. n a territory about
equal to that OF the 10 original
states. And this change has been
brought about by force of arms In hve
years of peace. within which there has
been no war In which one civilized ma
ton was pitted against another. ex-
cept our 115 days struggle with Spain.
This In the greatest redistribution OF
territory and population In the same
length OF time which has taken place
in the history of the world inc the
conquests OF the Moslems were at their
height.
The three great nations which have
not shared largely in this redistribu-
tion-England, Russia and Germany
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drones. Spanish possessions In the "a
cifc. The extent Of these conquests In
area and population II given herewith.
In the last year. under pressure
threats from Russia, China gave 10 tnat
country a long lease Of Port Arthur
and adjacent territory. Germany sent
a feet to Kiou Chou. landed her forces
and wrested from China a 99-year lease
of tina port and the adjacent country:
England scnt a fleet and demanded
wei-Hai-Wei under the same terms
and IL was granted to her. She also
demanded a concession of 200 square
miles on the mainland OF China oppo-
site Hong Kong. and got IT,.
These changes were not effected WITH
out a great expenditure of blood ana
treasure. In the war between Spain
and the United States. of the Ameri-
can forces. 362 men were killed In bat
tie or died of wounds, and up 10 oct.
3. 2,5e5 died OF disease. a total OF 2.s2'
for the United States. Spain. In her
war I'm Cuba for the last three years,
has lost from bullet disease, 100
600 men.
OF these II Is fair to presume that
nearly one-third were lost In the
course OF the war with this country.
Taking the losses of Spain in Cuba and
in the Philippines while the war with
the United States was I'm progress. and
including those who hav died OF
wounds and disease since the signing
OF the protocol. the cost of the war TO
Spain in men must have been at least
0,000.
In money the war cost about $780,
600, 900. II cost the United States. as es-
timated by the assistant secretary OF
the treasury. 1851 1880
The French lost in c~onquering NADIA
gascar 1000 men. and the conquest cost
IS. ZOO, 900 In money. The French Losses
In the conquest OF Tonquin. OF which
the troubles with Spain were the out
come. were heavy and the monetary ex-
penditure great. II is hard TO assign
to the Siamese troubles the proper pro-
portions of the whole, but as near as 1t
can be got at. IL was about 500 men
and $500. 900 I'm money.
In the war between China and japan.
the latter nation lost $500 men Of
wounds and disease, and China lost TO-
600. The war cost China $40. 000. 900. IL
is estimated. in expenditures, besides
which she had to pay to Japan an In
demnlty of sl6S, 600, 900. Japan's ex-
penditures in the war did not exceed
the indemnity paid her by hin
This makes a total OF s95S, 2SS,O93 or
roughly. counting the expenses OF Siam
and Madagascar, 81. 900, GOO. 600 in money
which these changes of the map have
cost. and a loss Of 63.fl0 lives, or.
granting that the Hovas lost as many
as the French in Madagascar. 65.4lO
lives.
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so, Reward, 800.

The readers of this paper will be pleased 70
learn that there Is At least one dreadful disease
that science has been able to cure In all its stages
and that IL Catarrh. Halls Catsrra Cure IL the
only positive eure now known to the medical
fraternity. CatAnh being q constitutional dis
esSe, requires a constitutional treatment Halls
catarrh Cure Il taken internally. acting directly
upon the blood and mueors surfaces Of the sys-
TEN. thereby destroying the foundation OF the
disease. and CIV ne the patient strength by
building up the constitution and assist ns
nature 10 doing Its work. The propritters have
80 much faith In its curative powers. that IN y
offer one Hundred Dollars for any case that u
fails In cure. Send FOR list Of r~sti moniais.
Address y. J. CHENEY 4 co. Toledo. o.
Sold by Drugsists. Use.
Halls Family Pi,is are the best
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-11-06
THREE NEW TOYS.

These figures do not include the sums
paid by England. Russia and Germany
~ axe moving of fleets and the mass
ing of troops. which resulted In the
cessions by China 10 those nations. and
large sums are also believed To have
been paid in brides to Pekin officials.
Nor are the losses Of life and money In
cident 10 the war between Greece and
Turkey taken into consideration for
hat war did not result In the acquisi-
ton by either side of much territory.
Turkey got about 10 square miles.
Turning to Africa. We see great
changes in the process OF making.
These are years when great events
move swiftly and there arc living ma
lions and dying nations"
This table explains itself:
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-11-06

Field rats are esteemed as a table DELI
cacy In Cuba
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-12-31

Tho United States department Of ngri.
culture has IN press and viii soon Issue
Bulletin No, n. DiiyHiun of Entomology
entitled 's'ihe cineh bug The cinch
hug " one NJ the most destructive IN
se0tH with which the American farmer
has to contend. and IA" department re-,
crlVns many rcqucilH fof Information
about a. Thin bulletin IN Intended Ia
meet this demand. and gives many neN
facts concerning IN" life history ana
distribution NJ the rptris., ana the whole
subject uf practical handling Of itH dir,
eures In nf1r tn assist IN IL destruction
~ treated Mt length u says fcN IN
fectH have caused such perunlnry losses
uH the cinrh hur, and no other insect ma
tive 10 tho western hamiHphufu has
spread ~ devastating hofdoH over a
wider area ~ the country with more ~.
tai effect To- the staple Wnlns 81 Noftn
America, II In widely distributed over
the world and hihrfnntes IN the adult
stage N N ut gfUgurious habits amt
migratca In Hprlng, summer anu autumn.
The bulletin states that IL would appear
that the post nrHt mad" IT. pfrH.ncu
known In this country In North Caro-
iluu In ili ANA mentions several aUri.
Gus outbreaks ~ the bus IN the West,
the estimated loss frum IL rayngoH frnm
i,1 90 issi reaching fsCl,ol.0 UO, 10 also
says that u N believed that the lnsscH
up to -, amounted 10 fully $50 On.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-12-31
DEsERET SATURDAY DECEMBER 81 1898.

ana represents /, scene on an oce1n
liner. when Ufiictr arr enforcing thu
Law Of the Anal1-saxou sailor. M time
or disaster aud wrttk. when The ships
inats aro hnistsd out. Julian iiaw-
ihornc occupicr the greater nart " i've
Of the iiff- Savers" The ftontiapicCc.
painted 10y Gilbert Uaui. Is 'i.aunchins
Thorc alc also pictures OF "rho cruiser
.hicae1 Holig In commit, len n,ccW-
hct :. The Launching N tho Battle
.hlr Wisconsin. at the Union Irun
Works sau Francisco" November 90.
'"rhr OREGON Crossing fhp Equator
and '"rhc New Cunboat Princeton
Tho American Nnnthly review Of re-
vicws beglur il new volume We are
ton. The two imp ftnni subjects "
American diplomacy und territorial cN-
uausion figure prominonily In tlo Inuu
airy number The editor reviews the
historic soar igN from She intgrnatiunH.
viewpoint and discusses pending ma
ti1nai pfchltma. AIR ticnrv Mncfnfland.
the washington cor cspnndf Mt contrib
utcH study based On intimate knowl
edge. ~ the diplomacy Ut the war. and
Prof HARRY Pratt iudsuu of me Uni
Ncralty ~ chicago, Wutcs u paper on
"uur Federal Constitution and the Gov.
crnmrnt ct Tropical Territories" SIR
". =. stead gives an interesting ..t-
mate Of the Young NuEHinu ear. Mis-
Laura Carroll Dennis Describes the
cuferr and work Of the usinr Nmcr an
sketch - th' lni" Ncrerl ghriiL tho
Cuban patriot. h. c.ntuhuici by Nj.
g,orrc Reno. M1rghvrita Nrllnn
fiuinm gives ~ luctluct account of the
NHd truff movement aud tho Work Of
that organization ih iho late war
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-12-31
LIVE STOCK LEGISLATION.


Denver Post. The conference Of the
delegates from the various stock and
cattle associations TO discuss ami draw
up laws protecting The stock Interests
N the state adjourned yesterday az.
tcrnpon after reaching an agrccmcn.
upon the character OF the bills to be
introduced az the next session Of the
legislature.
Each OF the drafts was referred TO q
committee consisting " Ralph Talbot
OF the National Live Stock association.
q. q. Richmond NJ the Colorado ussp.
citation and NJ. u. Saunders " the Colo.
RADIO southern Cattle association. The
committee II authnzlci 70 prepare
che bills for prcaentatiun 10 the lrgisla-
ture. and cummittc consisting ~
Robert Grant of Pueblo, II. G. wyatt
ana Y. a. Harris Of sterling was named
60 select the members of the legislature
who Will Introduce them.
The bills agreed upon provide a
.ild whereby railroads may be com.
PEELED TO fence along their lines. and
also 10 pay damages Tor cattle KILLED.
ON the roads. an Inspection law which
provides for local Inspection ~ an az
ih0rlzed Inspector when cattle are
shipped: a h and law which provides FOR
a tax Of si.io year on each brand In
use. failure o. pay the tax leading 60
the sale 81 the brand. This win be done
exactly ~ N II was rual estate. under
the delinquent tax law, The money re-
crlvcd In faNatlnn u " proposed ~ az.
ply ~ q fund from which hountlcH Tor
Wild animals shall he paid. \ bounty
law providing fur payments for killing
predatory animals was recommended.
Secretary N. II. Met"alf of the colo.
rad1 Cattle Growers association said
this morning.
9TH. conference has accomplished In
three days what the s,nckmon have
been wording and hoping for lndividu-
ally for tho past ten years. We have
discussed the proposed bills pro nnd con
and ~ the drafts stand now they are
perfectly adapted to what We dclslrc. I
think there u little chance " their not
passing tho legislature ~ II IL evident
- everyone who un icrrtands anything
about stock that they are fair request
for what we think IL jus; and Fight
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-12-31
fo,e,l Dale VIVID Reunion.

\ most enjoyable anair came m IN
the old FNrm House. FOrcsg Dale ward.
lis, 1nuuGuy rtgif. tn,thc shape VI a
ward reunion, iu which n.aI'y aii ths
members " The ward. sog her with u
rumbcr OF np,o.l,y Invited guests frJm
D.hff places participated. FUZZY three
hutiirii peYr4c were pit tcr't Jne IN "a
liir coU.hIt1 . rurly every Vartly u
Dl.ahlts. whih She ftuiie State piu-
ducCs. aEi tae beverages PROVIDED fnr
she occ1 N1u were 4 Acllus. They ruu-
fln.rl OF c1ii water. kaic Naud d.
r1u fiasche an fs.cs fiif,hCs w seer.
Whllc she NJ nj was being frrVt I. a
wei prepared progiam - tggcches.
fIfgt afl rs aIt. u.c., WAS ZEN
decd. Thl whole amir NaItl up
VIZ q sur % darer. AmuaF the speed
ally invsi1 Euefts In hncr lane were
A. glos Fiuncis NJ. Lyrr4a, John Hem
~ Smith. Heller J. Grars ara John
W. Tayior; Einop John A. Wuicr,
pr sideftH Afgus ~. C1rri1D cod DO
rlta 4. TiyNf. iiltrufan AiiifcN JCn-
snn. Pro-. 10 ph ~. TinEfE Eilft
Gfu. Cuddtfd. Charles H. savage.
Charlie Lyman. ara o.hIfa. En- r 10.
frph w. SummrfhIys Nas master 90
ceir morics. atti lilihnp Jcrscn ard h.
cIurt0i'fa were busy a bees miklus
ih,,r numerous ~ cts feel qu,r ~
home. The Wnplc arrarstm NJ wus q
complete success.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-12-31
ALLISON CHOSEN CHAIRMAN.



After three ballots yesterday the
teachers decided that william Allison
Jr. Of ogden should occupy the chair
" the association Tor the next year,
while Van coat was elected first vice
president ". T.. brown. Of Willard
county, was selected na the rrf I'd vice
president and Miss Mamie T. Monttt,
~ ogden. ~ third vice president. Miss
I.lgsln ". Orth ~ ogden was appointed
secretary, o. succeed r. H. Mcknight
aud Mrs. l.. II. coray OF ogden sue
ceoda herself 40 treasurer. The ballot
ing for the president was the occasion
Of much good hum1fcd rivalry ~ II
was practically u salt Lake ana OF
den contest. The vote finally stood,
Allison. O.; Van Colt, ~.
The treaaurcr's returns for che year
Shaved that si0ss5 had been collected
IN dues nnd $3.50 dlsbnIsed. leaving a
balance IN hand ~ 500,
n. 4, Porter, of DAVIS county. thrn
asked for the appointment by the
chair ~ committee OF seven. 10 secure
loglslnilan that viii Increase the tiN
levy i'm the state. Mr. Porter stated that
Inc schools are unable 90 make head
way ON the present state tax OF shree
county Superintendent Van Colt was
ouposrd 10 securing uniform revenue
In this way and favored the idea or
making u county ~ well as state
tax. The matter was referred 20 the
committee which the chair was In
strucied 10 appoint After me general
afternoon session the Mathematical
society took M It's work aud elected
the following officers
President. W. !, Kerr, ~ Logan;
vice presideri. n. n. ADAMS ~ ogdrni
secretary. l.. NJ. Glllllan; treasurer,
Henry Peterson.
A committee ~ seven was named ny
President Kerr 90 investigate the meth-
DDS Of teaching arithmetic. now In
vogue In the schools Of fhe city and
state, and 10 repor, at the next meet
inc