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The Conservative, 1900-11-08
Che Conservative.

world powers were four only, the United
States, Britain, Russia and Germany,
with France a doubtful fifth. The ex-
tent of the revolution that had taken
place in century was evident and OBJ.
viously accounted for much that was
going on in international politics. If
the forces now in existence continue to
operate as they had done in the past
century for only a few more genera
tions, the close of the coming century
must witness further transformation,
whose beginnings would be apparent in
the lifetime of some among US.
"It was reasonable probability that
unless some great internal change
should take place in the ideas and con.
duct of the European races themselves
the population of 5OO.0OO,O0O would in
another century become one of 1 800.
600, 900 to 2,000,O0O,0OO. The black and
yellow races still remaining, as far as
one could see, comparatively stationary,
this would make a greatly changed
world. The yellow peril, for instance,
of which we heard so much, would have
vanished, because the yellow races
themselves would be so much outnum.
bered. What would be the 400, 900 900
of China compared with 1 800, ,OO0, 900 or
2 900, ,000,O 900 of European race?
Further progress must also be made
in the redistribution of power among
European nations. international poll
tics would be more and more limited
to the affairs of what were already the
four great powers-the United States,
the United Kingdom, Germany and
Russia. The most serious problem
would of course be whether the dilem.
ma stated by Mal5hus and hitherto put
aside by the occupation Of new lands
would at length become an urgently
practical question. 1t was impossible
not to wonder which of the two forces,
the growth of population and the in
crease of the needs of the growing pop.
ulation on the one side and the growth
of invention and mechanical power in
supplying human wants on the other
side would gain as time went on"
The Conservative, 1900-11-08

In Old Missouri Colonel Peppah-"I
believe in votin' early an often, suh."
Colonel Redeye-"I don't, sub. Its
too much trouble to vote early, an it's
a waste o. time to vote often. prefer
to chuck in good big bundle O. ballots
all to once an hev yer duty over with"
Judge.
The Conservative, 1900-11-08
Sir Robert Gift
fen, the noted
BIRTHS h statisti-
STATISTICAL
CHANGES.

changes of the country and produced
figures that will prove interesting to the
people of the United States. He said in
part:
1.-The population of Europe and of ma
tions of European origin like the United
States may now be put at something
over 500,000,O00. A century ago the
corresponding figure would not have
been more than about 170,000,000 A
French statistician gave the figure in
1888 for Europe alone, excluding the
United States as little less than 15O,.
100000. In the century, therefore, Eu
rope and nations of European origin
have grown to three times their former
numbers and this without counting the
population of Mexico and South Amer
lea, amounting now to 45 900, 900, which
ought perhaps to be included as Euro
peanized, though not wholly European
in race.
"Not only is the century interesting,
therefore, as Enthusiastically statisti.
cal century, but
the statistics them
selves are in the highest degree surpris
ing. For generations and centuries the
growth of Europe must have been slow
owing to war and pestilence and the
other checks to population of which
Malthus wrote, and then all at once in
a single century we have this sudden
multiplication of numbers. The econo.
mic development of the people is even
more marvellous. Agriculture has ex-
tended indefinitely over the new terri
tory, and there have been vast improve
ments in new and old territory alike.
The figures of trade have been multi
piled ten times and more. The wealth
of the peoples all told, which would
probably not have been reckoned at
more than than 60, 900, 900, 900 at the be,
ginning of the century must be reckoned
now by tens of thousands of millions.
1T would probably not be far short of
the mark to say that while the millions
of the advanced portion of the human
race have increased in numbers as de.
scribed each unit on the average is two
or three times better off than the CORES
ponding unit at the beginning of the
period. Again, the development is for
the most part not uniform among the
European populations. 1t is most mark
ed in the Anglo American section. The
increase here is from a population of
not more than about 2000O,000, which
was the population of the United
States and the United Kingdom togeth.
er 100 years ago, to population of not
less than 100000 at the present
time.
Germany, Russia and the United
Kingdom had all grown, while France
and AustriQ had nv
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-12-08

the Green cloth and become a rantchero.
According to the story books that
should have been the time when the gods
smiled upon him and when his career
took a turn upward. The sad facts are
just the other way. In Mexico he en-
tered into partnership with Don Guada-
lure Ascarate and secured a half Inter-
est in one of the largest and finest ranges
in all the republic. He built a magnii-
cent hacienda. He gave fetes and balls.
Everywhere he was lavish and princely.
But always he had an eye to business.
No herds were as carefully watched and
tended as his. No cattle brought SO good
a price. So he made none for himself
and Don Guadalupe, and fortune smiled
as the story books always have her smil-
ing on good intention and moral reform.
He rode his broad acres in calm content.
shifting the dry upland air and thinking
many a time how much better was such
a life than the fierce contests of the
gambling table, where every sense had
to be kept at the highest tension and
where the trials Of the night frequently
ran on and on into te struggles of the
next day. So at that time George Latour
felt himself a happy man. But could he
have dipped into his future he would
have put a pistol to his head and ended
the life which seemed to open up so fair.
Instead Of that he fired one careless
shot from that pistol at a crane which
stood with alert eyes beside the margin
of 4 water hole"
That night he sat in the cool patio Of
his home chatting idly and affably with
his partner, Don Guadalupe. 1t had been
a prosperous year. The prices We're good
the feed had been fine. the water plenti-
full. Thieves had been punished with un-
sparing hand and the border country
had grown to respect the partners as the
coming men of that section. There was
no thought of harm between them though
with Don Guadalupe there may occas-
ionally have risen the spectre of a love
affair, a wronged woman and a threat
ened revenge.
AS the partners chatted there was lit
tie noise about the place. The poems and
vaqueros had retired. The moonlight fell
fair on the patio, making the shadows
common to clear atmosphere.
Out of the moonlight there came the
fgure of a man. He entered by the main
gate and walked directly toward where
the partners sat. They paid little atten-
ton. Probably it was a belated servant
or some ranch foreman who had ridden
in to report the results of a rodeo on
some outlying portion of the range. Pos
sibly it was a vaquero returning from
a visit to his dulce corazon. So the part
nels gave him a quiet but friendly greet
ing as he stepped up.
OF a sudden, when scarce a yard away
from Don Guadalupe. the stranger drew
a heavy pistol from beneath his serape
and fired point blank at Don Guadalupe's
heart. The Don fell without a groan,
clutched at his heart and lay still.
The intruder turned and ran away.
George Latour drew his revolver as soon
as possible and dred three times at the
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-12-08

gof that mystery and by so doing set
George Latour free.
When she faced death and knew the
n was certain she confessed that she
1killed Don Guadalupe AScarate. Dressed
T in the habit of a man, hers was the fig
ure that stepped so lightly across the
tmoonlit patio that night in the long ago.
Hers was the han that drew the quick
revolver n fired the bullet into Don
Guadalupe's heart. The disappearance
of the murderer was easily explained by
her. She had quickly DOTTED her mas
culine garments, put on her woman's
gown and joined the huddle of frightened
women alarmed by the sound of the
shooting.
SO it was She gave particulars which
proved the innocence of George Latour,
but she passed OF her Maker powerless
to right the frightful wrong of his TWEEN
ty years imprisonment. He tried to get
back some Of the property which had
been confiscated at the time of his SEN
tence, but found his efforts OF no avail.
Twenty years had tangled titles too
Penniless and decrepit, he drifted back
much to make the unraveling of the tan
gle a possibility to the broken man. So,
into the swirl Of life.
Then a helping hand was stretched to
him out of the past. In the wild days of
the California camps a bright lad had
Neen arrested for murder. Latour had
felt an interest in the hoy and believed
in his innocence. He engaged detectives
to gather evidence in the boys behalf.
He went to Sacramento and secured the
| services of the greatest riminal lawyer
in the state. The boy was acquitted.
Down in New Orleans, after Latour's
liberation from the Chihuahua Quartet,
the papers told something of his dramat-
nc story. A leading banker went to him,
asked a question or two and fell upon
his neck. The banker was the boy La
tour had helped to freedom in the mining
camp days. And that banker has a fresh
memory as we'll as a long purse. He is
glad to share mis- fortune with the man
who SO Loyalty stood between him and
the sallcws.
And SO it is that George Latour now
is visiting the scenes of his youthful
follies and triumphs. and telling the
story of his life-a story than which
there is nothing stranger in all the range
of fiction and the domain Of fancy.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-12-08
Special Correspondence.
LOS ANGELES,

T TOULUMlNE, where a half GEN.
n fury ago the Columbia mine at
~ tracted thousands of eager gold
seekers from the east and turn
ed its yellow treasure into riches for
these knights Of the spade, there returned
a. few days ago a bent figure of a man
who was we'll known in those Wild days
of adventure, a living exemplar of the
hero of Kipling's famous 1.-THE Man Who
Was" a tousseled wrath Of a man.
crooked and worn, in whose eyes there
was a look of settled desperation, a look
that had once been wild and fearless
courage, in whose step there was q nalt
and a stiffness where once there nad
been elasticity and grace, in whose feat-
ures there was nothing to attract ana
hold one, where years ago there a peen
manly beauty that compelled admiratloh
from those who frowned upon his habits.
This figure, a shadow of it's former self,
was the figure of George Latour, gam
bier. a prince among the rough men OF
the Western E%ldorado.
Back of his changed appearance there
Is a pathetic story, the story or a great
wrong done a man through Jealousy ana
personal hatred, that made MIN a Vlctln
of circumstances, a sacrlnce on the altaf
of vengeance that should have clalmeu
q woman to expiate the crime for which
he suffered. He is cleared now, but no
power on earth can give back to MIN the
handsome face and graceful carriage
that was his boast, the quick courage,
vet gentle generosity that had been mis-
saying grace. No power can repay MIN
for those twenty years of confinement
that he suffered with a bitter despera-
ton. When, after twice failing to escape
his Jail, he was shot and crippled for line.
TIL pathcs of his changed life must
appeal to all, and though we would look
skanc at him in his old and merry lays
our hearts would still be with him.
Men said that George Latour played a
square gane. The percentages We're
enough to give him all the fortune that
he asked, and whenever the luck ran we'll
his way he scattered his winnings with
an Astounding hand. With this free haib-
1t and his handsome face he was as mad
and merry a mar as tempted fortune in
the days when life was very gay and the
world seemed very wild
When the life in the California camps
ceased to be at the pitch which Latour
loved. he wandered out along the border
into Nevada, New Mexico, Arizona and
on down into Old Mexico, and there be-
gan his life tragedy. He tired of gam
bling. The profession was invaded by a
lot of cheats of the sure thing and
''tin horn variety. The percentages
dropped and the lance for great profits
grew smaller and smaller. The position
of the gambler in society was not what
it had been. The mining kings We're apt
to give him the cold shoulder. The mon
archs of the ranges preferred other COM
pany. So George Latour determined to
give over the delights and hazards Of
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-12-08

the Lette society proposes to erect in q
Berlin suburb as a mode house for 2.O0o
young girls. who will be instructed there
in bookkeeping, photography, housekeep.
ing. and other arts.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-12-08

Benjamin D.. Stillman. the oldest liv-
Ing graduate of Yale, is also probably
the Oldest practicing lawyer in the coun-
try. He is 50 years of age and lives i'm
Brooklyn.
kogoro Takahira, the new Japanese
minister at Washington, belongs to the
progressive school of his countrymen. He
speaks iuently the languages of Austria,
Italy and Holland.
Emperor William has given so. 600
marks toward the new building which
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-12-08

An old ecclesiastical dignity, that Of
mitred abbot, will soon he revived in
England. Mitres will be conferred upon
the abbots in the new Westminster cathe-
dral shortly after the opening, and the
ceremonial is expected to be of a most
impressive kind. DIR. Gasquet will be
among the recipients. There is already
one mitred abbot in ~England-the Rt.
Rev. Wilfrid Hipwood, of the Cistercian
abbey at Coalville. near Leicester. The
jurisdiction of these dignitaries is purely
monastic. as is indicated swmbollically
by the fact that the crook of the crosier.
which is made of carved wood, is turned
inward They have the right to confer
the tonsure and minor orders on theie
own monks.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-12-08

George Craven, who has just died at
Rochdale. England, in his 93d year, had
voted in every election in that city since
1t first secured parliamentary representa-
ton in 1882. Earlier still he was an active
worker for the reformels in Lancashire
county contests, and he rode on horse
back from Rochdale to York in 1881 to
vote for Lord ~Brougham.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-12-08

TOULUMNE, where a half GEN.
fury ago the Columbia mine at
"a tracted thousands of eager gold
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-12-08
AAAA Ana WIN KHAA@ In George La0ur, Gambler
lWenVY eaS mpnSonmen For Murder of Which He Was nnocenta and Returned to His
Haudsa Wrahho Himself Showing N Trace of lis Old abandon

edt ,gf,d sIdantstdo
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1900-06-04
ADMISSION DAT.

The preparations for the celebration
of Admission Day are going on apace,
and there is every reason TO suppose
that Thursday, June II, will be a day
long to be remembered in the annals OF
the Territory. Indeed it will be a day
ever to be remembered as long as the
Territory lasts, and will only be eclipsed
by a new Admission Day, when we or
our posterity shall celebrate Hawaii's
admission as a state.
There will be nothing to mar the day.
1t must be one of unfeigned rejoicing.
1t is the coping stone of fabric which
has been laboriously built for the flu
ture welfare Of everyone in this Terri
tory the last and final act in an his
toric drama. For some TIME past our
position has been apomolous. Since the
passage OF the Newalnds' act and the
raising Of the flag, we have been, and
we have not been part of the United
States. 1t has been a period of transit
ton, and there has been doubt as to
what were and what were not our
rights. We did not know for certain
whether we should be admitted as
Territory or not There was talk of our
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1900-06-04
WHO Is RIGHT?

The Tacoma Ledger of May 20 and the
San Francisco papers of May 20, to-
gether with the authorities which gave
the Czarina a certificate that no plague
existed in San Francisco, do not agree.
What the Tacoma Ledger printed was
an Associated Press dispatch, and these
are nearly always authentic. According
to the dispatch the board of health of
San Francisco has adopted a resolution
that there is bubonic plague in San
Francisco The board further claims
that there have been six deaths from
plague in the last three months. This
seems explicit enough.
That the authorities in Washington
are alive to the danger is shown by
their having telegraphed to Port Town
send to have a thorough inspection of
all vessels coming from San Francisco,
either direct or via British Columbia,
and the same order has been received at
Astoria. This, also, seems explicit
enough.
On the other hand, the most careful
perusal of the San Francisco papers of
May 10 and May 20 fails to find any
mention of bubonic plague, and the
Czarina arrives in Honolulu with the
authoritative statement that there is no
bubonic plague in the city of the Col
den Gate.
There is certainly a distinct conflict
of evidence here, and one is forced into
that opinion that the San Francisco
press is deliberately hiding and sup
pressing the facts. But if such is the
case, it is very much like the ostrich
which puts it's head in the sand, being
quite oblivious of the fact that it's tail
feathers are waving signals in the
breeze. In the present case the tail
feathers are very evident in Tacoma,
however much the head may be buried
in the San Francisco sandhills.
Under such circumstances and with
such a conflict of evidence it behooves
our health authorities to be more than
ordinarily careful We can afford to
take no chances. OF course, it is posi-
BILE that the health authorities of San
Francisco may be able to confine the
disease to Chinatown, but it is unlikely.
They may draw the closest Gordon
around the district, and confine every
Celestial within the limits, but they
cannot confine the rats, and it is from
rats that our danger may come.
The accounts from Sydney, Melbourne
ern and Brisbane, all show that in the
southern colonies the rats have been the
carriers of the disease, and in Sydney
there has been relentless war waged
against the rodents. There has been no
war waged against rats in San Fran
cisco, and in our own city, in spite of all
warnings, there have been no proper
precautions for the destruction of these
animals. Vessels coming from San
Francisco should, therefore, not be al
lowed to come to our wharves, and the
rat guards should be put on the hawsers
to prevent any rats getting ashore.
We have fought the plague at such
serious cost both directly and Indirect
ly, and have been so successful in our
fight, that it would be the height of
criminality to disregard precautions of
the most stringent character where
there is the slightest reason for sus-
picion.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1900-06-04

going through n period N colonial pro-
hation.
Then. again. we had doubts about our
taun &c we passed through a period
of colonial probation it was possible
that tarin might bee laid upon our
sugar. and that would AFFECT our pros
perlty. The question OF franchise was
another unknown factor and there was
much OF minor degree which was In
doubt For a time the Hawaiian bills
i'm Senate and House seemed likely 20
hang fire. and there seemed danger that
they might go over to the next session.
But April 80 saw the end OF all our trou-
bles. The bill was passed and signed
and our period Of doubt was completely
over.
on June IA we actually enter upon
our birthright. We have an exception
ally liberal law, having more privilege
than any territorial form of govern
ment. That we should celebrate the
day worthily is our dty. The inau-
gural ceremonies will be dignihed, as
they ought to be. These once carried
out the city will give itself up to gaiety.
and a varied program to suit a catho-
licity of tastes is being evolved. Not
only, however, will there be a celebra-
ton in the capitol, but throughout the
Territory the day will be marked with
rejoicing. And there is need for rejoicing
and thankfulness. We have been trav-
ersing a very long and very crooked
lane, and have reached the turning
which puts us into the broad road of
safety and prosperity, with no fears for
the future save our own foolish acts.
Everything now depends upon our
selves.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1900-06-04

Germany is devoting much attention
strong competition the German beet in
dustry is seriously threatened, and un-
less the Germans themselves can be
induced to consume more sugar, the
output will have to be curtailed. Ger
many only consumes 26.6 pounds per
capita, while Great Britain consumes
1877 pounds, and America, 1913 pounds.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1900-06-04

It seems quite the thing to bond our
plantations. Maunalei is the next in
the field to be bonded. Under present
circumstances there seems to be no diff
nculty in obtaining the requisite capital
for these financial operations, and 1t
enables the estates to put in plants
which will save time and make them
dividesd payers all the sooner.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1900-06-04

The condition of affairs on the water
front is occupying the attention of the
authorities 1t is difficult to obtain the
necessary evidence to act but it is be-
ing gathered, and the scandal will be
abGted in good shape.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1900-06-04

large assortment Of finely selected goods just received
has been opened Garden Hose Floor Paints Enames and
Paint Brushes in great variety.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1900-06-04
Do YOU know what
PEGMOID means?
IF you are a good hOusekeeper you
should. If you don't know enquire at the
PACIFIC HARDWARE COMPANY, LIMITED.
KING STREET


We have just received large shipment of Carbolneum
There is duty of 25 per cent this staple after June
For the present we will sell it at. the old price.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-11-08
Most Sanguine Expectations Exceeded Majority Placed
at 115, 900, Gain of Il, 900 at Least Over
Four Years Ago.
The Old Badger State Stands BY Prosperity Progress
and Patriotism.

Mckinley and LaFollette have car
ried Wisconsin by plurality Of about
115,0 900.
Republican expectations are realiz-
ed to the satisfaction of the most eN-
tremely generous Of the party proph-
cts in the vote of Wisconsin. The
first scattering returns from the state
showed Republican gains over the
large maiorities OF four years ago.
The variation in the vote as be
tween candidates for president, gov
ernor and congress is trifling, with
indications that Mckinley and LaFol-
cite have run an even race for the
lead in the state.
The Democrats have made some
important gains in some localities
where they formerly had their large
maiorities in German-American COM
munities indicating disaffection on
account of the new questions which
have boon raised but these apparent
lv have been more than overcome hy
Republican, counties and through the
farming districts.
The total vote cast Is likely to be
somewhat smaller than that Of four
years ago.