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Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-12-23

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church rom vss nave renewed negotiations for the purchase of the manu-
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Missouri" 1t has whltmer
his grandson George w sohwech the original manuscript
part thereof IN the handwriting OF joseph smith and not true that
after the Book OF Mormon was printed the manuscript was turned over to
false that ne leader the church effort. to
area s ss time 's s@ for IT, Nss e % . of the Moor S
Elder the Church Ou,houc" the
believe to be as ,o Dawn %@m feared an aemp, would
ey" h~ within M" OopN osa'y of the Mormon
church negotiations purchase
script At all events aSser most positively no such representatives OF
In another lengthy article published in an eastern paper ind the fol-
whImer believed wished to get
The ma for o the PURPOSE Of pong into ALLEGED divine sSs
m Mr. whier and ,r to buy h mnuscrp, Tor the church
100000 but whltm rich he
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Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-12-23

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Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-12-23
CHRISTIAN WARS.

TRANK O. cARpENTER
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-12-23
WHAT IT is TO BE CHICAGO
MAYOR.

How about candidates2 You have
been mentioned as a possible nominee
for the presidency"
II am not candidate In any sense
Of the word" replied Mayor Harrison.
Il don't want any office under heaven
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1899-02-04
InHprsOIl on Marriage.

Robert q. Ingels III says many
things which 70 nnr mind are tooli h
md untenahIe. But he also say
many beautiful things. Listen to
him on the subject of marriage: 81
"e"ard marriage as the hottest inst :
u"0D among men. Without the fire
side there is no human advancement.
without the family relations there is
no life worth living The grnndes,
ambition any man can possess is tn
live and so improve himself in heart
and brain rs to he worthy of the love
of some splendid woman. and the
%rnndest ambition any girl can have
IS To make herIeIf worthy ~ the love
'nd ad uir i'ion of some magnificent
man. There is no success with,.uI
love and MAJ ri Ige. You had better
he emperor Of one loving and tender
heart, and she empress OF yours, than
be king of the world. The man
who has really won the love Of on.
good woman in this world, don't
care if he dies in the ditch, his life
has been a g crss."
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1899-02-04
FRAGRANT SALTS.
Popular Article That May De
Very Easily Made mt
Home.

A bottle OF choice perfumed salts is,
always popular article and it is easily
made at home Purchase a pound OF
he very best carbonate of ammonia
from trusty druggist ard three
ounces Of the purest English oil of Law
,Eder. This amount of ingredients vii!
mI large number of bottles. Select al
IA wholCsale dealers at least a dozen
bottles of proper size, with broad
a'ouihs and CLOSE glass shoppers. Its
essential that they be of clear whit.
glass. but they will. not be expensive
elect also as many corks as necessary
10 fit the bottles. Crush the ammonia
little md mix it thoroughly with the
Oil OF lavender. Divide the lavender
evenly through the salt. Fill the hot.
ties. which should each hold about an
ounce and aquarter Of tie salts. Cork
Them and set them in q pan Of warm
water and in warm oven, where theft
contents will gently heat. If the heat
Is TOO great. however, the corks will he
driven out of the bottles. In about tive
Lours lift them out OF the oven and le,
them gradually cool. Remove the corks
and replace them with the glass stop
I'ers. Tie on the shoppers with d pretty
lavender ribbon of narrow Within
y. Tribune.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1899-02-04

Carson Appeal: Emery Geissel.
man md Mike Evane, late OF Troon
N. Nevada Cavalry, are now in Ha-
vans, Cuba, working for the Gov
eminent. In letters to friends here
they express themselves as well
pleased with the country.
Christian Rcis, Jr., shot and prob
ably fatally wounded w. S. rardce
IL San Francisco yesterday. Pardee
Ii assistant Secretary Of tho Pacific
States Mutual Savings bank and the
shoooting occurred in his office. Reis'
fatber is prominent merchant and
was city treasurer at one time. The
shooting is said to DO the result OF n
quarrel between tho two men several
daye ago.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1899-02-04

1t is a pleasant thought to the wom-
an who has no new autumn frocks that
there is some chance yet of her wear
ing out her old summer ones.
The species of tyranny to which pa
tient is subjected by trained nurse
brings her fully in Touch with the bal
lad imploring a return to childhood
just for the night.-Doston Herald.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1899-02-04

Among various "wants" printed in
m eXchInge are the following
"Wanted-A cushion for the seat of
war; a sheet for the bed Of a river; a
r'ng for the tiger of scorn; d glove
for the hand Of fate; a sleeve for the
arm Of the law; a shoe for the foot of
Il mountain; suspenders for the pnnts
"f a dog; cure for bite from the
teeth of ii saw; string to spin the
top OF a mountain, "A set Of teeth for
the month Of "A river; a lock for che
trunk of IN elephant; an opener for
the jaws of death; a pair Of glasses
COR the eyes ~! the law; feather for
the wings of the wind"
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1899-02-04
EXPENSIVE POPULARITY:
An indiana Slayer, who Resides in
Chicago Has q Costly Prom
ise 20 Ful0II.

One of the best known singers of Chi
cago came from city OF 1910 ,popuIa.
tion in Indiana. says the Chicago Jour
nal.
He bad lived in the Hoosier town TN.
ill after he was Of age. and was a grea,
social a. we'll US church favuri,e. His
tenor voice was soft and tender. ana ne.
funeral Of any prominent citizen was
held without his presence Often. whe,
he made calls. the older women OF tn,
city would make him promise that Mt
would sing at their funerals. lie al
ways promised. 1850.
The tenor came TO Chicago five years
ago. and by hard study nude his way to
the front.
But now his promises are beginning
to count.
About once every two months he get:
telegram announcing the dea:h OF
some old friend in the Indiana CITY
one at whose funeral he promised 10
sing.
so the tenor packs his vaIise and goes
SO far he has always paid his ownex
penses. but he hopes some day thai
Some wealthy resident of the Iloosi.r
place will remember him in a last will
and testament.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1899-02-04
BRYAN ON IMPERIALISM.

The following Ia an extract from
a speech delivered i'll Denver. C"l".
by Hon. W. J. l}r, N defining thu
difference between expansion an'
imperialism:
my friends. am opposed to ware
of conquest, opposed 10 them no
only because the" infiict injur. upon
us, becau ia ny religlpn teaches me
that the man wiro dnes wrong hurts
himself us much rs he hurts the man
against whom he Dies the wrong.
lyon cannot change the policy OF
this nation ON this subject withon
making a gre 1t change, which is n.
little matter. 1t liz no small thing
and before ynu ,lecIde to do it van
yon Ia think what YOU are d.
Whenever yon nhvn'hte wars Of r"n
quest you drop the principle at
reason We have been taught to he.
E"ve that governments cone up from
the people. Adopt the idea of fore.
AMI yon are told that government
comes down to the people from Au-
perior force. Why. they tell us tia,
this expansion means progress. | re-
fu = to allow them - call it cXpaIt-
sion. II lis not EXPANSION. 1t is i'm
perialisnI, and my friends, in this con-
test we are having the same dill
Guilty that we hal in 1896. abru,
terns. Oar "r: "n"nts would not cali
themselves advncatrS of the gold
standard. in 1876 What did they
call themselves? Advocates of sounu
NJ .'nty. Why? I'ecause they oar"
not declare that they advocated tn,
gold standard, and therefore they nj.
behind antiquities and the euphon.
ious phrase Sound money" And
now our opponents hide themselves
behnh the term rxpan- ion and H"x-
pan +inn does not cover it. Expansion
applies TO the expansion that we have
had before, but this is new kind.
ritory contiguous 10 ~ and getting il
o'settle MP and make states out of IT..
That is no. what we are dong nov.
We are oss'ng, six or seven thouS.
and miles across the ocean and no:
trying to get ] md to settle OH but
land already settled. We are TRYING
to'get a people and we are gong to
throw the net of our government.
over them aud hol them under it !or
our goo |, and as they say sometimes,
for their good over there. | want to
speak OF that phi!anrrropic act.
want to call your attention to the
fact that is moi expansion; that it is
in perialism. What does ,mperiaI.
ism mean? An Empire is different
from Il nation. The nation sets for th
the idea OF ii homogeneous people; a
people speaking the same language
and governed by the same laws; mn
empire implies tn" idea of a diversity
or language, Il diversity Of race and
diversity OF government, and there
fore they sneak Of the British en-
plre. Why? Because in England
they have one race in India; they
have another in England. They say
Queen Of Great Britain and En- press
OF India, and should protest to
changing the title of our Executive.
do not want him called President
OF the United States and Emperor of
the Philippine islands,
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1899-02-04

Sincerity mus, ways remain the
ingredient Of all OUR actions, OF our
thoughts and their expressions. I'm
sincerity Is the curse Of life. and can
not be smoothed over by any effort
Detroit Free Press.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1899-02-04
a Wor 1ly Habit.

Fellows-You seem to forget that
the world owes every man d living.
Bellows-No. I don't. but I've discoy-
cred Tint 1t has imbibed the human
habit of NOT paying its debts.--Rich-
mond Dispatch.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1899-02-04
Pure

Blood means sound health. With pure, rich
healthy blood, the stomach and digestive or
gans Will be vigorous, and there will no
Dyspepsia. Rheumatism or NelIraIgIa.
Scrofula and Salt Rheum Will disappear
Your nerves will be strong. sleep sound and
refreshing. Hoods Sarsaparill- makes
pure blood. That Is why IL cures so many
diseases. That Is why thousands take It to
HIre disease, retain good health. Remember
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1899-02-04

There are not many large sizes in these lots Over
pairs of and o. fyou small glove, don't miss
this chance to get pair at the usual price Of one No
gloves taken back exchanged after being taken ont Of
the house. ~. s'-' !:f >SH>'I 80 VI
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1899-02-04
Hllzk1k1EN1asxrfg.2e,1 ialcsftoakrsf SSlSxsR1aN
k;ll|lIGENI|Ig
Route

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Vestibuled buffet smoking Ii.
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(seats free) coaches. Finest
Dining car service inl the world.
Dining cars operated on the
Cafe plan, tina. is, yon pay only
for what you order. ,
A MAPOFTHE NITEDSTATEs
three feet wide by four feet long;
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teen cents in stamps--less than
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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-10-24
NEWS FACTS IN OUTLINE.

Ex-Statc Senator Joseph Reinhardt
is dead ut Peru. Ills.
Miss Fanny Langdon, instructor of
zoology at the University of Michigan,
is dead.
New York Irishmen have pledged
half of the 100000 to save the Parnell
homestead.
Convicts in the Jackson (MichD pcni-
tentiary. about 800 in all. iwrotc 2G.SJ9
letters last year and received 3l,3J0.
John Wanamaker authorizes the
statement that he never advertised in
Il Sunday newspaper and never will.
Sir Thomas Upton says he will is
sue no challenge for Il race next year,
but intends TO contest for the cup again
in 1901.
The Lombardi Italian Grand Opera
company disbanded at Kansas City,
Mo, after trip through the west. be-
cause of Door business.
Montgomery Bowman, Il young Cali
fornia woman. is the first woman to
climb to the summit of Popocatapetl,
MeXico's greatest volcano.
The Standard Distilling and Dis
tributing company has advanced the
price of spirits l cent a gallon in the
west and cents in the east.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles w. DeeTng. of
Chicago. who had been lost in the snow
In northern Colorado for "a week. have
safely reached Il ranch on Williams
river.
Sir Wilfrid Laurier has sent his COM
pliments to the Chicago detective de-
partmcnt in recognition of the watch
fuInesS which was kept over his per-
son during the fall festival.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-10-24
SEVERAL BANDS ARE DRIVEN
The Way Some of the Insurgents In the
Philippines Are Being Disposed or.

The Way Some of the Insurgents In the
Philippines Are Being Disposed or.
Washington, Oct. 81 Otis cables:
Hughes reports the Panay insur-
gents have been driven out OF Negros.
Byrne struck one band and killed 10
and captured 13. Native troops
struck another band kIlliog six. No
casualties"
Manila. oct. 2I.-Tbc insurgents
around Calamba and Angeles have
bothered the Americans lately with
their repeated attacks-likc most of the
Filipino attacks consisting of shooting
n lot of ammunition into their op-
ppncntS' camp from long range. Major
Chcathnm's battalion of the Thirty
seventh infantry, three companies OF
the Twenty-fi:St infantry. IL battery of
the Fifth artillery. ana a GatlinG gun
sailed out yesterday morning from
Calamba. drove the Filipinos from
their trenches ard pursued them for
three miles. lnflictinS heavy loss on
them. one American WIS Killed and
three were wounded of the Twenty
first infantry.
Lieutenant Ferguson with twenty
scouts of the Thirty-siXth regiment, re-
connoitcring near LabOa. encountered
party of mounted Filipinos. He
killed six OF them and captured eight.
with ten rifles. Four men from the
cunhoat NariVclos were lured ashore
eighteen miles from IIoilo by n flag of
truce. ana the insurgents killed one of
them. wounded one and captured a
third. Th" gunbOat was unable to fire
for fear of wOunding the Americans.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-10-24

laagte Were the following: General
Viljoen, killed: General Rocks son,
killed: Commander Pretorius. wound
ed. and a prisoner. The death of Gen
eral Ben Viljoen is cause of great
satisfaction TO the outIanders. He was
the author of a blasphemOus and vIo-
lent pamphlet virtually intended to
incite the Dutch of the colony to re-
bcllion.
1t is difficult to gauge exactly the
amount of feeling excited among the
Dutch by the recent British victories.
Their behavior on the whole, is eX-
cellent. considering the great amount of
sympathy they feel for their kinsmen in
the Transvaal and Orange Free State,
4 he T5ritishers receive the news or
each success i'll Natal and at Alafeking
with the widest enthusiast but the
Dutch are silent. Now and then a
few who are more violent than the
rest express their sorrow openly. but
the general feeling is perhaps one of
relief at the thought that the British
success will not compel them TO face
the possibility of giving active support
to the enemy.
The reports of the kind of treatment
accorded TO tlsc Boer wounded meet
with unstinted admiration. it being Il
magnanimity which the Dutch admit
they had not expected to be displayed
toward the Beers. Indications are fire.
Quent and substantial that the miSts
Of acrimonious discussion are being
dispersed by Great Britain'S mag
nanimity and tolerance. tending To
make the Dutch in Cape Colony proud
of their British citizenship.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-10-24
Women
Would Sure
HTry MrS.
Psrkhar1SS
Medicine IF
They Only
Knew, Says
MrSs King

and received benefit from il at once
| have taken IL ever since and now
have no backache, no pain in my
side and my stomach and bowels are
Perfectly we'll can honestly say that
there is nothing like it. If could only
tell every woman how much good your
medicine has done me, they would
surely tryit. NJ. KING, NORTH
ArCLEBoEo, MASS
The way women trifle with health
shows degree of indifference that is
misunderstanding. Happiness and use
fG!ncss depend on physical health; so
does good disposition Disease makes
women nervous, irritable and snap
Pish- The very effort of ailing women
TO be good-naturc. makes them ner-
vous- Write TO Mrs. Pinkhan, she Will
help You TO health and happiness
Itcosts nothing toget Mrs Pinkham's
adVice- Her address Is Lynn, Mass
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-10-24
BOTH READY TO ARBITRATE.
England and Russia to Dispose of Bound
aries with the United states.

To dispose OF
aries with the United States.
London, Oct. 81 Russia has agreed
to arbitrate with the United States the
claim resulting from the seizure of
sealers in the Behring sea. Final for
malities are expected to be concluded
next month.
London, Oct. 24.-The Associated
Press is enabled to give authoritative
ly Canada's final proposition for per-
manent settlement of the Alaska dis
pute. 1t proposes that the boundary
line be arbitrated; that as a condition
precedent to arbitration. Skaguay and
Dyea be conceded to the United States
if Canada receives the pyramid har-
bor. In O'her words, Canada gives
up much of the disputed gold country
i'll return for a seaport.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-10-24
YULE IN A TIGHT CORNER.
Matters Not Entirely Rosy for Ehe British
Advance in Natal.


London. Oct. PA dispatch from
Ladysmth. Natal. dated 4:1J Sunday
afternoon. has been received. 1t is IL
literal repetition of Cape Towns Glen
coe advices of Sunday and it is re-
garded as somewhat ominouS that
nothing has since been received re-
sRectinG the result. especially when
viewed i'll the hight OF Lord Wolseley' 5
statement that General Yule's force
felt il necessary TO retire from Dundee
to Glencoe Junction. General Yuld
evidently is in ii tight corner. as hG
now has or had to face the main BoeI
army under General JoubeTt.
General Sir George Stewart White,
the British commandcr-in-chie in Ma
tai, will undoubtedly detach part of
the force which was victorious nj
Elandslaagte to his assistance. Such II
detachment, however. will leave Lady.
smith poorly protected against the
threatened attack from the west. as
General Hunter on saturday wired
that the departure of the force TO
ElandSlaagtc left him with only 4
couple of battalionS of regulars. n
mountain battery and 500 Natal vOluE-
tecrs to defend the town. which is the
British military base in North Natal.
Further news, therefore, is anXiOuSly
awaited.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-10-24
Death Mystery at pes Moines.

Dcs MOineS. Ia. oct. 2i.-The body
OF II young lady was found i'll the DeS
MOines river Sunday an identified as
that of Mabel SchOficld, of Macksburg,
Ia. She was II years old and came
here Il few days ago to visit at the
home of J. w. Thomas. She was
missed Sunday, but no anxiety WAS
felt. and the first suspicion of trouble
came when the body was found. The
coroner and physicians ON eXamina-
tion declare she was not drowned as
there is no discOloration or swelling.
There were no marks of violence. how
ever. and no poison could be detected
The matter is Il complete mystery.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-10-24
DIED UNDER TREATMENT.
Child at Fort Dodge. Ia. Whose Case vii
lie Investigated.

Fort Dodge, L., Oct. pa 3-year-
old child named Stella Steadman was
afflicted with spaSms last Thursday.
and the parents. who are firm believers
i'll Christian Science. called in Mrs. l..
l.. Lincoln a professed healer. Soon
after the child grew worse and died.
The same day a burial permit was
asked for and returned signed by Mrs.
Lincoln.
The permit was granted and the
child buried. Later the matter WAS
bruited about and the coroner called a
jury TO investigate The jury desired
to see the body before rendering YER
dict, consequently the body will be ex
humed and investigated. The matter
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-10-24
VIEWS OF LEyDs. THE BoEK AGENT
Says That Kruger's Men Retired at Glen
and ElsndsIaagte to Ra- Form.

Brussels. Oct. 24.-Dr. Teyds, the
diplomatic representative of the Trans
vaal in Europe. is quoted in an inter
view as saying il is difficult to- give an
opinion on the battles fought at Glen
coe and Elandslaagt gte. as the dispatches
all emanate from British sources.
He is said to have added: My own
dispatches have not arrived. probably
owing to the censorship. In the mean
while | do not consider the situation
as bad for the Beers as made out by
the English kilograms. which are en-
tended for the English public and mar
ket and are probably too optimistic.
The fact that the Beers retired i'll or
der TO reform later does not imply de-
feat. That is part of their tactics and
does not prove that they have suffered
Snr.inn SlN ~
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-10-24
Rhodes Calls for Reiuforcements.

London. Oct. 24.-The Daily Mail
says il understands Il message was re-
ceived in London yesterday from Cecil
Rhodes. dated at Kimberley. Oct. IL.
declaring in substance that the in
habitantS of Kimberley desired to
draw the attention of the government
TO the need of speedily sending rein
forcementS- there. as the town was be