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The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-01-01

REAr BRITAIN Viewed the year al II
vi approached. g.oosnsiy. the nswspa-
pers upon the first az January last
publishing most psssimistic utseranees a.
60 tire outlook. chiefly upon the China
acconat Subsequent Developments tnsss
fed all apprehension, Early In January,
Russia aiTsaast seeured the CHINESE
LOAN for the payment OF the Japanese
war Indemnity. which. once secured. II
Vas believed would permanently determine
the paramount Influence In the court tf
pekinx Within the next month Russia
demanded ard secured a lease of PORT
ARTHUR, asterwsrd aadlnS 10 it lease
81 TAIIEsSwAN. tho two being among
She most important OF Chinese ports. The
British public dems ndea that Salisbury re
Quir0 Russia or China to guarantee that
Che ports SHOULD be FREE PORTS and
she issue over fhia demand became -
critical In March that II was freely PRE-
A4ctes that Great nFatsin must receSle from
her position NJ fight.
SALISBURY however. refused 10 DO either
~ Diplomatic methods the fun nurport Ct
which hss never t<ss made r,s's'lc. Great
Britain is conjunction WITH tho German
AsiasIe Hank "a H.rls secured the CHI
nese loan Of EtSee,ea ard shortly after
ward upon the payment of the indemnity
hv China % Japan. occupied the ress az
WEIHAiwiI. which Japan bad been iscAi-
Ing "a ssearsty.
On September q the Emperor CO cs,laa
was reported displaced by the empress
dowagnr. because ~ bis excessive dselg~s
o. precspltase r%gevta. Fsor some tisne IL
was feared among the nations the. the
Incident waria have ssctosss feactinaary
csrseauencss hus the year closes with shr
eelselllSas IN the Empire under control
THE aatlfefesxa feeling fnoes assuaas ~
ANA the outlook for Tho future apsaresssff
pes cefpi.
THE affairs IN China were ssGil Ia q dan.
earsna situation when the frsaca sxpsssi.
tteczry fcFsses oerHnisss TIE pests u Niakl
and Dsa1zsA ia wESf AFRICA whlea
Great Britain considered 20 I've within
Esasisa tefr5s9Fs IL was feared by shs
british public thar here again Salisbury
would shew hat ae was merely ssiath
painted 80 RESEMBLE trcn Eut Salisbury
cansrsseS by diplomacy &c u1tusaneuser
tbs French and an sncahse esaunprsnas sc
was reached whereby Great rrsfaiss.s "a.
sanfases we're signal
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-01-01
Affairs Everywhere Az
feCted by Uncle
Sam.

tainea the same consistently throuShors
Emperor Francis Joseph was sadly ssviek.
ca by The ASSASSINATION OF THE EN-.
PRESS EIIZARErii by the anarchua
i.lieheni in Geneva II vas made eviaeas
in the examination Of the assassin that
his crime was part OF an extended eaar-
chist plot 10 kill all the crowned heads a.
Europe. and out Of the assassination grew
movement led by Italy for the INTER-
NATIONAL REPRESSION OF ANAR-
CHI- An international conference WISE
held In November and December In Roma
and IL is understood that some geneyal
plan. not 10 he published. was devised.
Internally. Austria was troubled via
the disorders In BOHEMIA over the lone
standing dispute SIS 10 the officia. Ian.
geiage. The Bohemian Diet was freauenk
~ adjourned, and tho nnuzaai spectacle
was afforded OF the students and profeo.
soTs or the universities going on strsks
against the measures OF the political au.
thori,ies. The ministry OF the Joint EN-.
pire fell, owing to the dispute over thu
AuSGILCH. but this important measur,
was eventually adjusted by compromise
Count Won T'hun. who became premier
during the year, created somewhat
threatening situation by bold pronouanA
ment against the EXPULSION OF AUS
TRANS from Prussia. The sensational
press feared that the incident would causa
a rupture of the dreihana, bur the mai.
ter is now being amieahly adjusted ~
diplomacy.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-01-01

against q weaker fee. against q ctcssnink
empire. bszrEene6 with debt. corrupted
with dishonest administration. and geae-
sfoaxry In fss methods and principles
After the naval ana military battles nS
SANTIAGO. Including the destruction OF
CEEyEzRAsS feet on July ), there Was
nothing Tor spain TO DO but sue for peace.
whseh she did.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-01-01

However vague the new creIhpnd," the
British-American alliance did become
something more than theory and white
no formal agreement has been entered
int for the near future. one OF tho great
est net resaits OF thu year issS Will be the
rapprocaenent between the two great
English speaking nations prompted by the
Observation-Disclosures war.
Very probably II Is ia Difference to Crea,
Britain more than 20 any other country
that the policy of the open door fl 10 ha
invoked In the rev American possessions
POSSIBLE NEW ALLIANCES.
u RESCR popular sympathy during IN.
u war was IA much with Spain IS was
that OF Germany. but {. appeared
10 De mainly dae 10 the fact that the
spanish sanfs wsre held extensively In
France. This s1mpathy was much count
&c upon at various critical moments nv
Spain. bu, it's only practical ou,rorns
was the mediation cs f.znhassador Cam
bon In efreetirg the peace treatv. A. ona
time tae visionary idea Of q TRfPA RITZ Tsys
LATIN REPUBLIC composed OF the shres
Latin nations. France. Spain and italy "a
70 foJFaed in opposition 10 the Anglia
American alliance. Mas rr0pounde1 Tne
situation was locked upon In some quar-
tsfs as an Approaching CONFLICT OF
RACES. with the Angio-saxona and the
Latins In anita g9nism.
IAt'sT3ys however. under the stimulus Of
tha usoveussnt in the United States for the
erection in Paris OF a MONUMENT TO
FAYET~gNI-. the Erefch feeling against
the United States nasseA away.
A>sassrsATIos AND ANARCHY.
4 CSTRfA- also. seemed 10 have tsas-
tnks hcsuks 10 The United States
early IL TIE spsnaxb-Anerican con-
tfoSeFsy. bat sns appArsn; Aossiissy was
only imperial scDcitu6e que TO The int.-
mate relationship between the Qse@n RE-
gear ss Sss@in aas shs Austrian emperor.
When tsas war finally wss declared Aus
tia assumed absolute neutrality aad main
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-01-01
THE sTRuceIE IN AFRICA.

Inf~ sfo&e1Ab ~ AfHh ~
~ IN months later sTesa tie rASFEGoA
- snssasass whssesa The RT5slsa $50
ee@Sea in preventing taa French
fron acquiring snnuesee tss ire UPPER
or WHITES MILE and thHrvsx Be-
sr-faiarG a1rs Zoe an BRITISH Ia
MINAN&r IN E0rEsT. a. safsy
ss lB ssnuary. ,ha pr7usA srossss a.
Cara uaSer GEN SIR HERBERT
XIII EiA>E9, ~esx ordered - p.eocesf as
the Nile "a rsfshs knsstosua. ~here ls&s
tsentea eaa beer s.gies by shs Csfysxass
many years serees. I'eis Sraaes. eSuxsst-
snx ~ EF7sIasd &gsss.isnz eszt - regular
Es."sA xa5 tsFs, seteA1n3 "a beExsSsTs n
a fierce ouas}e1 - ATHAHA ia ArsyIf "a
ssatsH}ee7 ssia saress. ~ tss&t fsrsse Sener~
civ sa-s~n As tAs S0uEA$ ENPpsef.
TSON. after . tSasesy 81 40 ssacnsx.gas a
character AZ 10 nsAAs = aassa3As hero 81
Gea. hAsAsssrr syssAsrss Assa asskzsrest
kaaseaaEss ard Tages3 sae,s she asessssa
saa FSeTptAn Haas
i 49, Ese sn<anstan ~ proceed IN er
tire Me-. Eee tsw FssFraSs eventually q
ceasss{essass tae cAA4n - Isgssisas cSas0>l 81
ts<sts FTrssa Cara "a tses Tswa rsss A.
hhhgtaaN u wAs lsarasst ts&s : r~~esss
foFVe koasa So 80 MASCaANQ TX
rkng7ttsS aiFg&Sy Boa tas tsa rsse as
\reias - fAshssla. <e& tFat S ftasf as is
e3svi sesess sas British exrxssstsaz essssss
Fcccs.y a.ae sasa Nsssssa w&x.sAe svss.r
sasassscd ~ ia s-.scs1ss as sss-s1ass
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-01-01

~ He PEACE PROTOCOL was signed
In Washington. through the agency
OF the French ambassador jules
Cannon acting on behalf OF Spain. On Az
gust L. and after four months OF delay
AID nearly three months Of negotiation
the anal PEACE TREATY was signed at
Paris on December 70 BY the terms OF
this treaty. Spain has become practically
only an isasusar power with her territory
restricted 90 the European continent She
has passed. probably forever. from the role
Of great nations. She goes to her decline
sflIi protesting the fata. pride which led
her into war Eighteen hundred and
ninety eight thas adds the incident OF a
great powers final recession TO It's list OF
extraordinary events.
Almost coincidentaly with the peace
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-01-01
NAVAL STATIONS.

r FriR u struggle lasting more tnan
"A Ave years the HAW ALAN Is
LANDS have become part Of the
United States, ard the new problem Of
absorbsag an alien population and yet al
lowing to that population. In the belief
chat ii n dominated by the superior force
and intelligence OF Angio-Saxon residents.
almost a. complete seif-government as Is
allowed TO the citizens OF n territory within
the United States proper. II another Oh
Che new factors which the year has added
20 the life OF the American republic.
The Hawaiian Islands were absofaei
chiefly bscaaSe they were a strategic neees-
uiiy. Their servieeafs.ilty as naval sta
4ion has been followed up BY a general
plan npon the part OF the United States
Of acquiring NAVAL STATIONS at all
available points throughout the world As
the osssaronsh OF the years negotiations.
stations Of shla kind are nov held 1T
PORTO Rico. at the Hawaiian Islands.
At GUAM IA The Isaarone Islands. and =
cable staf!s IL held On WAKE ISLAND
sn the faelfa ttc~an. An expanding navy
ts ono OF Tie sine qua mons OF the ma
tional enlargement.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-01-01

\ \ \ =
LETTER AND THE BREAD RIOTS.
q ERIOUS internal disorders arose Ia
~ Italy in January over the SCARCITY
of grain and the octroi dutiex
BREAD RIOTS were followed by threats
Of revolution which were checked only hy
vigorous military resistance. The riots
spread through Spain and were repeated
10 some extent In France and Austria
Tho scarcity OF grain was attributed Ia
large part TO the corner i'm wheat brought
about by JOSEPH LETTER OF Chicago
Letter boosted In January Of having con.
trol OF al available wheat In the United
States with the exception OF ls.oo0.om
bushels. His corner. however. collapsed
In July. and his loss was over i've million
dollars
Accompanying the bread riots was =
great displacement OF LABOR threugheut
Spain. over 300 coo iahorers being reported
out OF employment In the Barcelona prov
inces al one time. Labor's difficulties Ia
other countries have been more or less
serious during the entire year. Thousands
OF men in all trades were reported on
strike In Germany during March. Late in
the summer the emperor announced
compulsory method Of repyesxtng
STRIKES. and thereby provoked another
"
common during his regency. France had
a strike OF 6oooe Paris carpenters and othes
mechanics during the height OF tho ex-
element over tho Henry confession, and
IL was feared that the disorders resultina
from the strike would precipitats the nae
t!onal crisis.
In England, tho engineres strike was
finally adjusted on January 81 by com.
promise In which the strikers did not gain
greatly. Sixty thousand WELSH COAL
miners went on strike on April 2. causing
so great n reduction In the coal output ~
to Affect British naval maneuvers.
\ y \ \
AMERICAN LABOR TROUBLES.
TN the United States the COTTON SPIN
NERS OF New England went out 90
strike on January II against reduction
In wages and kept the mills closed for
long time, finally returning 10 work unaeT
various agreements involving 10th loss
and gain. 4 strike Of miners at PANA.
Ills. because of failure of employers 10
keep an agreement made at the conferences
at Columbus. O., with miners representa-
tives. lasted long and resulted In disorder
and hloodshed when the employers en-
deavored to replace the strikers with Ala.
baDa negroes. The conflict VISA tram
farred to VIRDEN. In the same state.
when similar attempt was made by en-
pioyers AZ that point. Gov. Tanner inter.
vened at virden TO prevent the impors&
ton OF the negroes and was subsequently
indicted Ivy the grand jury for the cor
sequences Of his action. The Indictment
is still pending az the new year opens.
THE AMERICAN FEDERATION or
LABOR early In the year adopted com.
prehensse plan for securing the eight
hour labor day. rnemoriaitzlng congress- u
that end In the convention In December
at Kansas City the federation Refused %
go on record as opposed 10 the EMPLOY
MF.N'r OF WOMEN In trades. It alss
took a decided stand in opposition y
American territorial expansion. The saMs
OF the opposition IL the fear that the an
nexatIou OF the new territories wiA Gauss
a cheap labor competition.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-01-01
Difficulties of the Other
Nations.

George. The prince assumed his duties
during December.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-01-01
Dewey's Great Victory at
Manila the Crucial
Event.

~H E year eighteen hundred arr
nsnes Weigh. InsugsTsted It's long
list at naemsatsus events IS lie
lyTsext AID * eIosRs stfh sse
greatest OF them SSH active IN
The ssm< quarter Of the world.
Twelve months ago Cflr.a. not yst re-
covered from the loss os kisocIaa. trsfsa
bied under impending conflict between Rus
ia ard Great Britain over her disnaefnoer-
menf Four Tsca,hs later the face OF the
woria'a affairs was changed, an1 by the
victory % Dewey al MANILA f1e United
States was projected iato frs fasafer OF
international action. and the consengisnz
Sewers Of Europe became mere solicItassis
60 know what the new factor msghs DO
than ia know what their own SHARE might
BE- in the partition of the CELESTIAL EN-
PRE-
There fhe situation rests AT the beginning
Of isTa. Tie United States In the orient
b tins nst result, as IL II the oyersbadowsng
Interest. 81 the year which has 1asf esiGed-
Cuban and West Irsdsan Affairs. impos-
tart though they are. become secondary
in view os the larger possibilities OF those
or tfss Philippines. As Ia the case with
the affairs 81 she PAi.'f air es. iosess-
che wert Indian developments have served
% introduces Into American posity tag hish-
erfo unknown element Of COLONIAL
TICN, or. more correctly speaking. or the
military government of ytates not uss-
sessed OF either state or full territorial
rights From an exclusively American
point Of view. the year brought absu.
nothing greater. CUBA has been freed
ffom The sovereignty Of Spain. and Span
ish presence has heen forced entirely away
frcm ths Western Hemisphere.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-01-01

Cont.4usd On Pags Twea;2-sa-s1'A
Arizona republican., 1899-07-07

Ut into the world and well away from Harvard. There is considerable ori- entaI fmagery in the brief verse used as text, but it is all plain and clear enough. As q hiding L93ce from the wind and q, covert from the storm and q river of water in a dry country and the shadow of a great rock in q burn ing desert where there is no ether shade. so should a man be to his fel- low creatures. He ought to be. to use an image rot drawn from the orient but from the steamboat business. q man to tie to.
 The ideal the preacher was talking about is the man who has been, made by nature. education or grace a sort of guide and cOnsoier of the rest; who can cheer and brace up the others: who says, when the desert sands are hot and apparently endless, '%Well. 1 know where there is water and a big rock for shade. beside. ard so never say die" The man the world wants is he who can find water in a dry time and does not propose to mGn0pClize the we'll or the irriga ton ditch for himself. It does not follow that this sort of man need be great, though it is quite necessary that he should be good. The preacher of the ibaccalaureate sermon laid out theSe definitions.
 '@Ihe world has q great many places for the cOmrnon man. and the uncom- mon man can readily make a place for himself. but alas for the Gnan who has been ulmade and not made over: alas for the man whose tastes have beeH refined while his vii has not been strengthened; who has learned to crit icise C',hers. but has not learned to create anything for himsegf.''
 It is to be hoped that the young men who listened to this Ibaccalaureate ser mon laid Tp its precepts in good and honest hearts. and realized that the Ob- ject of q university education is not to make q high-toned. white-faced JJHber- ing critic of a man. but the better to ensIAIe him to comprehend Lucy Lar C1Gp's little verse:
 When the weary monday heat
 Slc0rches hillside, lane and street,
 For Thy wavfarers be made.
 May my life breeze and shade
Arizona republican., 1899-07-07
PRINCE GEORGE
 SEEKS HOMAGE

l Prince George, Of Greece. sensible | man thought he is reputed to be, l has been Lttten by t,le same maria
 which every new-fiedged ruler seems
 to develop of making q species of pro- gresS through Europe under the pre- text of paying vis+s,s to the various courts. the true object being, however. to enjoy the felicity Of being received everywhere with the llOn0rs due to q
 ruler. instead of those of an ordinary
 princefing. One would have imagined
 that Prince George had enough work
 on his hands in connection with the
 sci. i..lement of the thoIsanGs of more
 or less difficult questions in connection
 with the administration of the island
 of Crete. of which he has been inc
 sfrtual sovereign for less than a year
 Yet instead of remaining at the helnu.
 he proposes to waste two months in
 nuttering about the VariClIS courts Cf
 Europe. cOmmeIcing with that Of St.
 Peters iJurg. and winding up with that
 Of Queen Victoria. after which he an nourceS his intention of S-4ending a
 few weeks q Copenhagen on q visit to
 his grandfather. old King Christian. or Dennark- He is to be escorted dur ing his Euro0ean progress by three officers and q bishop who is to serve him as cra45ain, and the expenses of this iauEt VIII naturally have to he borne by the unfortunate 7Cretan tax payers. who are just recovering from all the hardSh:iss and oppression anu luin to W.liG1 they were subjected during the civil wars that devastated the island throughCETI the last years of Turkish dominatiCn.
 The princes absence will last alto gether abCut four months. and the 1 question w'iH naturally arise as tOl what .aossTi} use he can ibe if at so Il critical lime for the welfare of Crete he can be spared for so long q period. The fact is that Prince George has proved q great disappointment as q ruler of Crete to those who admired him on account of lis good nature. his | gigantic size. and his devotion to sport | He has completely failed ill the task | of recOncIiLig the MOhammednn ana | the Christian element. and during the last six months over 1S.000 weii-to-GO | landowners have left the country because the prince had failed to accord to them the security of life and property that he had promised or to shield them from '.1e persecution of the Christian element
 C0nsternation prevails among the of tcerS q every Tank of the Vnna gar
Arizona republican., 1899-07-07

that famishing women and children surrounded the hOse-men at work on the fire, greediiy watching the precious liquid thrown Cn the burning coke, I'wEile they were perishing of thirst;
 that the townspeopie assaulted a
 watchman in charge of the water mains. and similar tOmmy-rot for
 rear.y 6 column. The stipend all flowed by the Associated Press cer- tainly is inadequate compensation for an imaginary genius like this, while
 the weary world is yearning for an- other Ridger Haggard, and Rudyard Kipling has deserted the field Of pure fiction for Zolaistic realism. Seriously l speaking, however, whoever was guilty of this report deserves to be very severely disciplined, and it is cer- tain that the Associated Press and reputable newspapers throughout th'e country do not desire to circulate per ricicus fakes of this character.
 John T. Fogarty, superintendent of agencies for the Royal and Queen in suraIce companies, headquarters at San Francisco, was recalled to Jerome from Gallup, on account of the late fire, and has again resumed his trip of inspection of his New Mexico and Arizona agencies.
 Every energy will be strained in the develcpment and delivery of an ample water supply for fire protective purposes that will be available at al times, and the copper company will organize a regular fire brigade amongst its employees who will be trained to fight the flames with system and method. They have never yet failed to respond nobly to the alarm, either at the works or in the town, but drill ing and organization will do much to improve their efficiency.
 Mining operations continue brisk in the Jerome copper belt. Actual work is what counts and there is plenty of it being done in this vicinity. It seems on the cards that the smoke from sev- eral furnaces will stain the skies at no very distant date. A great deal of money is being laid cut in machinery and many large and deep holes are piercing the earth, a quantity of good ore is reported to nave been uncovered in several different localities, and the smelter follows the uncovering of ore as night follows the day.
 It is the quietest Fourth in the his tory of the camp. Projected picnics and excursions to Camp Verde ana vicinity have been abandoned on ac count of the crime of Sunday night; the strict ordinance recently passed by the city council has suppressed the small bcy and his firecracker, nothing is on the locai carpet and crowds have gone 10 Prescott and off On private lit .le jaunts into the valley and the hills. Tonight the Rathbones will receive their friends at the Masonic hall There will be dancing and a gen eral good time
 HERBERT ALLAIRE
Arizona republican., 1899-07-07
THE MEN THE WORLD NEEDS.

sunday. June IS. was the beginning of c'ass week for 1899 at Harvard uni versity
 There are other fine schools indeed. there are now many in the country to Which the great work might well lJe a,l5lied-brit no other. it is safe to say preSents the same claim to popular rev erence and interest as Harvard. No other has just such story behind it. and certainly no other has had the story so well told in prose and verse The venerable institution is to hale. so vigorous SO well kept. Four hundred seniors met at the old pump near HO,- lis hall and marched to the chapel. on this Sunday in June, to hear the baccalaureate sermon. Four hundred men in the senior class nceatns q grand university.
 Tie sermon was delivered by Rev. MT. CrOtEers. of Cambridge, from these words: A man shall Ibe a hiding place from the winds and q covert from the tempest. as rivers of water ill dry place and q shadow of a great rock in wear land
 The s..r..icat40n of the text was q descriDtiorl of the sort of man the graduate shc1Id be after h. has sonel
Arizona republican., 1899-07-07
AGUINALDo's ONLY HOPE.

Yesterdays Manila dispatch from General Otis tells again with the em- phatic terseness of a cable message the only hope remaining to the Aguin- aldo insurgents:
 Natives southeast Luzon combining to drive out insurgents; only hope in surgent leaders is United States aid They proclaim near overthrow present administration, to be followed by their independence and recognition by the United States. This is the influence which enables them to hold out; much contention prevails among them and no civil government remains
 That is, the Philippine instruction gets it's only strength from it's relGance on the assistance of reasonable 'anti- imperialists" in this country. It is proceeding on the vain theory that this band of allies will charge success fully from the rear against our army fighting for their country in the Phil ippines.-New York Sun