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Echo de l'ouest. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1883-1929, 1900-11-30
DOM PAUL

LIE President Kruger - Dom
Paul-est perdu en- France Oh il
est accueilli a bras ouverts par les
fonctionpaires publics aux accla-
nations dun peuple encore plus
anxieux de narguer lAngleterre
que de servir les int6rets DIES Beers.
Les journaux nous annoncent
que Kruger est recu CONNIE un
chef de nation voyageant incogni.
to. ST les potentats Sc promenant
incognito causent autant de mani
festations bruyantes ct de tapage,
qu'arrive-t-il lorsqu'ils voyagent
en- leur qualit6 oficielle? Dom
Paul Went pour Unforeseen Les
puissances au sort DIES deux r epu.
bliques Beers. II a etc recu par lie
President ct le Premier Waldeck
Rousseau.
Mails de ID q Intervention on
meme La mediation, il y a loin.
L'Europe est aux prises avec Il
probleme de Ia Chine ct Gle ne
peut s'ali6ner pAngleterre au mo.
menlt Oh FACTION concertAe eat ur.
genie On Aisle.
Echo de l'ouest. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1883-1929, 1900-11-30
Les Beers sont vaincus mails non

Les Beers sont vaincus mails non
subjugues. R6partis en- petits de-
tachements lis font une campagne
de gu6rillas surprenant, les points
fables, retraitant, d6truisant ct pa
raissant au moment Oh Ton sly at
tend lie moins. LIE pays est immen-
SO ct Academic, CO qui lie rend IA
vorable aux operations de CO gen
re. Christian de Wet s'est immor-
!alis6 CONNIE chef de gu6rillas.
Lord Kitchener va maintenant
prendre la direction de la campa-
gne ct la poursuivre avec p6nergle
imp7acable qu'on lui conna1t. II
est d6ja question de parquer les
beers captifs dams certains endroits
eloigu6s CONNIE les reconcentra-
dos de Cuba sous lie regime notoi-
re de Weyler.
Echo de l'ouest. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1883-1929, 1900-11-30
LIE SeDateur Davis

lie S6nateur Cushman Kellogg
Davis est decide chez lui d S.
Paul, MINI, mercredi lie ~ no
vembre q $50 P. M. Sa mort mes
ane surprise pour personne, cal
ellie fut prec6dee dun maladie Ion.
que ct severe qui minait SEES forces
de jour en- jour.
II naquit a Henderson, N. Y, lie
l3e jour de JUN 1888. Avocat dis.
tingu6, soldat dams la guerre de
secession, Gouverneur ct S6nateu1
Minnesota, il brilla au premier
rang dams une generation f6conde
en- grands hommes.
M. Davis 6tait un litt6rateur
distingu6 ct connaissait les Ian
CUES FRANCHISE, italienne, ct latlne,
lesquelles lui servaient 81 bien
pour former ce style souple, image
ct classique qui falsait l'admira-
ton DIES connaisseurs.
LIE Minnesota ct IUnion en- &C.
neral viennent de subir une perte
sensible dams la personne du S6na-
teur Davis ct l'ECHO DE L'OUEsT
s'unit a tout lie monde pour pre-
senter d la famille du d6funt SOS
compliments de coincidence.
Echo de l'ouest. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1883-1929, 1900-11-30

rels de l'Asie parce qu'on suppose
etre le detroit de Boring GU la
chafne des lies Al6outiennes qui
s'6tend dams la direction du Japon
ct de la presqu'1le de Kamchatka.
LIE mot de l'enigme nest pas
encore trouv6.
La relation du bonze de Pekin
nest pas assez d6ini pour nous
permettre de baser une opinion.
Quand Colomb aborda en- Am6-
rique, il la trouva habit6e par une
population nombreuse ct intelli-
genie. Quelques races avaient
meme atteint I'm certain degr6 de
civilization CONNIE les Incas du
P6rou ct les Aztecs du Mexique.
Les ruines qui nous restent DIES
cliff jewellers, DIES mound builders
ct la double rang6e de fortifca-
tons a partir du Nebraska pour Sc
terminer au Mexique indiquent
assez quill a exist6 une population
prehistorique plus d6velopp6e ct
plus avanc6e que les races indige-
mes trouv6es par les d6couvreurs
de ces deux continents.
Esp6rons qu'un jour viendra Oh
lie mystere qui entoure les COM
mencements de la vie humane en-
Amerique sera d6voil6.
Est-ce de l'Asie on du continent
submerg6 de l'Atlantis que WEN
nent nos sauvages?
La r6ponse appartient u sa-
wants de lavenir.
Echo de l'ouest. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1883-1929, 1900-11-30
LIE MOIS DES Morris

L'Eglise, qui est toute po6sie, a
{ mis- la fete DIES morris dams lie mois
Oh tout meurt: lherbe, la feur Par
bre, i'6clat ct la joie du ciel. No
vembre est lie plus triste DIES mois,
il ma pas meme ia s6r6nit6 glacia-
lie, la solennit6 sllencieuse de de-
cembre Oh tout repose en- atten-
dant la resurrection du printemps.
Novembre est CONNIE pagonie
de la nature, CONNIE l'adieu aux
derni6res fetes DIES chooses. LIE jour
des morris a 6t6 bien choisi.
LIE respect DIES morris Sc conser-
We toujours parmi les chr6tiens
Cest que nous respectons toujours
CO que nous craignons. La Granite
de Dieu, dit lEcriture, est le COM
mencement de la sagesse: sill en-
est qui ne craignent touJours la
mort.
On ignore &c qu'il y a au-dela de
la tombe ct encore plus ce quill
ny a pas.
Toutes les fois que nous foulons
la terre du cimetiere, que nous sui
vons ses all6es, nous songeons en-
coudoyant cette foule demeuree f.
dele al rendezvous du 2 novem-
bre; nous songeons q ce qui Sc
passe peut-etre dams les ames DIES
morris, a ces ames invisibles mails
pr6sentes, don't les corps r6duits
en- poussiere sont confondus avec
la terre. Tous ces vivants qui pas
sent sont anim6s des m6mes pas
sions, caressent les m6mes chime
res, Sc laissent entra1ner aux me-
mes erreurs qui depuis six mile
ans ont fat le malheur de i'huma-
mite. L'experienee, l'histoire, les
examples, rien ny fait. Et IL nous
semble entendre autour de nous
pleurer ct g6mir les ames du pas
sc, car Giles ne peuvent parler. Ell
les connaissent la v6rit6, mails il
leur est interdit de la crier u vi
wants.
Echo de l'ouest. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1883-1929, 1900-11-30
LES FEES

VOLTA maintenant que les fees
wont descendre de leur pedestal
legendaire pour faire place a une
race de Mains ditformes qui habl-
terent Europe sud-ouest aux pre-
miers siecles du christianisme Ell
sc r6pandirent en- France, en- Ale
magne, en- Irlande, en- Angleterre
ct en- Russie pour s'arreter dams
lie pays DIES Samoiedes a l'extreme
nord de ce dernier pays sans doute
parce que la terre fnissait Ia ct
que les fees n'aimaient pas l'eau
glac6e.
Files menaient une vie cach6e
dams les bois ct exploitaient les
mines, d'ou lie myst6re qui les en-
tcurait ct la reputation qu'ils &C.
quierent d'etre riches ct de pouvoir
rendre oertaines personnes fortu-
nees.
Co peuple timide ct fable recu-
la toujours devant les autres races
en- vertu de Ia ra1son DIN plus fort
GU de la survie du plus apte. (sur-
vival of the fttest)
II ne nous restera bienr6t plus
que Santa Claus pour charmer nos
jeunes occurs.
Echo de l'ouest. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1883-1929, 1900-11-30
La DscouVerte de FAmeriQua

II paralt maintenant que ce
sont les chinois qui ont d6cou-
vert l'Am6rique dams le cinquieme
steele, cling cents ans avant Left
Erickson lequeI pr6c6da Chris
topic Colomb de cinq autres s1e-
cles.
Dams les archives de la Vile de-
fendue de P6kin on a trouv6 GER
tains documents 6crits en- pattes de
mouche qui t6moignent que vers
$50 A. D. cling BONES chinois f.
rent voile de la Chine vers les 1les
Al6outiennes ct de Ia continu4rent
de suivre le courant du Paci6que
le long de la cote de l'Amerique
|Septendrionale jusqu'au Mexique
GU d lAm6rique Centrale Oh ills
abord4rent. l'un d'eux revint en-
499 ct consigna le r6sultat du
voyage dams IN document cache
jusqu'a present.
Nos savants Sc doutaient du fat
.quand lis faisaient remarquer Ia
nalogie des figures sculptees dams
les monuments Toltecs avec DIES
visages de chinois aux yeux d'a.
mande. Certains temples ct monu-
ments de l'Am6r1que du Sud in
diqueraient aussi une parent6 chi.
noise.
La migration des races dams
l'Am6rique nest pas encore con.
nue., mails Giles ont dn venir de
quelque part. ct pour cette fin
)l'Asie q plus de droits d la paterni.
t6 de ces immigrants qu'aucun
autre pays.
Ferland, dams son historic du
Canada, rapporte une l6gende in.
] dienne qui faitl venir nos nstu.
Echo de l'ouest. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1883-1929, 1900-11-30
EN- CHINE

Cette question de Chine n'avan.
&c pas vers sa solution, les diplo.
mates ne s'accordent pas toujours
&c ne sont que propositions, refus
contre .propositions, consultation
entire, eux leurs gouvernements et
les pl6nipotentlalres chinois.
La crosse dificult6 consiste dana
la punition adequate DIES fauteurs
du movement Boxer. Certaine
gouvernements veulent les exter-
miner san exception.
LIE n0tre incline q la cl6mence
pour certains d'entre eux, c%ontrai-
rement aux vues de Conger, notre
ministre, lequel sera bient0t rap
pele. 81 Dame Rumeur est bien
renseign6e. On dit que Chas. Den
by son pred6cesseur court chance
de lui succ6der.
La partie diplomatique est diff
cile a P6kin, car lie genie oriental
est souple, rus6 ct peu scrupuleux,
ct l'on doute encore 81 les fonction-
naires chinois sont autorjses d'agir
pour l'empereur on les personnes
qui lie contr6lent.
Cette question de punition une
fois r6gl6e celle de l'indemnit6
appara1tra q l'horizon ct pourait
causer un ACKNOWLEDGMENT de la
Chine. II fault esp6rer que les
Etats- Unis Sc contenteront dune
compensation p6cuniaire car lis en-
ont assez des Philippines pour lie
moment. Un peuple qui combat
pour ses foyers est tres redou-
table ct sa Submission est l%'affaire
dune generation GU deux. T6moin
File de Formosa annex6e al ia
pom en- 1894, les Philippines, les
R6publlques Beers, la Pologne,
l'Irlande ct une foule d'exemples
dams l'histoire.
La Chine morcel6e ct paciiee
qu'arrivera-t-il? Probablement
l'absorption dams la race jaime de
tous les blancs qui s'6rabliront
chez ellie. Ellie compile quatre cent
millions, possede une civilization
plus que s6culaire ct plus de t6na
cite que la race blanche. Ellie Wit a
meilleur march6 ct r6siste a la
maladie bien mieux que nous.
ii vault mieux Sc CONTENDER d'u-
ne indemnit6 pecunlaire ct conser-
yer lie commerce libre que Dies
sayer de gouverner la Chine.
Cest le programme DIES Etats.
Unis ct c'est le bon.
Echo de l'ouest. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1883-1929, 1900-11-30
A NOS PATIENTES.

de tous nos remedies. Nos PILULEs
PILULES ROUGES de la Gle Oh
Pour lie plus grand interet de
soft sur
PILULES ROUGES ct de Sc guerir
PILULES ROUGES vendues de port
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MINNEAPOLIS, MINI. 80 Nov. 1900.

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Echo de l'ouest. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1883-1929, 1900-11-30
70 ADVERTISERS,

The Echo d. POuest has a larger
circulation than any French paper
published in the Northwest.
Advertisers may at any time
examine our subscription lists.
We are also ready to substentiate
this by proper certificates from the
superintendent of mails.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-05-25
CARPET BAGGERs IN CuBA.
They Are Comparatively Few, So Far
as Office Holders are Concerned.

New York, Nav 25.--A special 10 the
Tribune from Washington says;
The war department has issued a
statement from the division of Gus
toms and insuar affairs designed to
show that the number Of carpet bag
gers" In Cuba had been Oyerestimated
so far as the customs service of the
island Is concerned.
According to the latest returns. which
We're of those Of December 3D. last, there
were 66S customs emnloves Of whom 5l5
We're Cubans, 80 were Spaniards and
only 20 We're Americans OF whom %
We're employed In Havana. principally
az headquarters The total number Of
employees in the Havana custom house
was 1888, OF whom 200 were Cubans, 5S
Spaniards, " Americans and belonged
10 other nati0nalities. Az the SUPPORT
Of Batabano all three employees were
Cubans. At Cienfuegos SO were Cubans
II were Spanlards and were Ameri-
cans. At Santiago there were AZ Gu
bans. Spaniards and Americans. At
Matanzas there were "a Cubans, Span
iards and American
The natlonalltes at the other ports
were as follows:
Cardenas. IA Cubans. 10 Spaniards;
Nuevtas. lS Cubans, . Spanlards 2
Americans; Manzanilo and SUPPORTS
Santa cruz and Jucaro, 10 Cubans, /
spaniard; Gibara. 10 Cubans, ] Ameri-
can; Guantanamo, Z Cubans. 3 Span
iards. / American Sagua La Grande
Cubans, . SUaniards, I American;
Caibarien. CIbans, Spanlards,
American; Trinidad, Z Cubans, Span
lard Baracoa. Cubans, and Tunas De
Zaza. 4 Cubans. ! Standard.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-05-25
Combination in Trade that Puzzles
the Dealers,
CONSUMERS NOT BUYING.
Supplies seem Very Large - Prices
being Cut Suspension of Wills
IL Likely,


Cleveland. o., May 25-1he Iron
Trade Review says
The iron trade is slowing almost to
standstill An almost entire absence
Of buying and at the same time a rate
Of consumption known to be close TO the
highest, II not the highest, make a
combination the trade has never seen
and It is not surprising that those long,
est IN the business are puzzled by H.
Sellers continue 10 reIterate that old
contracts are nearing the end and that
buying on a liberal scale must soon
be resumed. but the fact remains that
consumers are rigid in their abstention
from The market, and, as "a rule give
no Indication Of any carly change IN
policy No development OF the past
week throws any light on the situation.
Prices have gone practically unchanged
while the dulpess In an lines has be-
come more pronounced. II appears
that few OF the inquiries made result I'm
business and It is probable that many
Of the differences made by bidders as
TO the success of competitors In getting
business are wrong. ana that Instead OF
closing elsewhere at a lower price the
inquirer simply dld nothing The large
steel companies have diagnosed the
situation as one not 10 be helped by
reducing prices. No change has been
made In the $50 agreement as 10 billets;
but no steel Is sold al that price. The
same Is true as 20 the two cent basis
for steel bars. Recently billet business
has been going 90 one or TWO mills
outside the agreement az $50 TO {8l
Pittsburg and IL now appears that $40
can be done on a good order.
In the past week the large producers
also have been cutting the S3j price and
the steel market may practically be
treated as an open one though no for
mai change IN the agreed quotation Is
announced. open hearth billets also
have been considerably reduced. No
action has been taken on bessemer pig
iron. but eastern producers have made
small sales In the Pittsburg district be-
low the S2490 basis of the associated
furnaces. and the latter price may be
treated as Of the past. The feeling
seems TO be on all hands to let the mar
ket work out its own future and mean
time buyer and seller are having as
little 20 DO with 10 as possible. How
this win end the wisest heads I'm the
trade do not predict The probability
that the scale demands of the Amalga-
mated association wilI cause "a longer
shut down than usual does not disturb
consumers as yet From the standpoint
OF the mills @ suspension Of several
weeks would be beneficial and 70 need
not be expected that the wage advances
which IL Is ntlmated viii be asked for,
will be concurred I'm readily, II at all.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-05-25
Natives Behave Themselves Only
in the Presence Of Soldiers,
AMBUSCADES ARE MANY.
spirit OF Rebellion Active in Guerilla
Bands-win Take TWO or Three
Years 10 Bring Peace.

New York, May ga Herald letter
from Hongkong dated April a, says;
After one has been in Manila and
had a few candid talks with people
who have been on the ground for a
long time he begins 10 suspect that the
Islands are in no such "pacihed' condi-
ton as the people In the United States
are prone 10 believe
There are about 2lO garrisons in the
Philippine islands. each Of which has
succeeded in cowing the region bound
ed by its outposts. The natives be-
have themselves while they are in the
immediate presence Of American sol
diers With loaded guns But 1t Is not
advisable for any white man 10 wander
beyond the outposts OF a garrison, es-
pecially II he IS unarmed. lie is In
danger Of being shot from ambush or
set upon and boloed. Any traveller who
wishes TO 60 from one garrison TO an
other must be accompanied by a guard
OF soldiers. The railway from Manila
to Dagupan is being operated but there
is a heavy garrison IN every town and
a night ana dav guard az every bridge.
Wagon and pack trains are fired on
from ambush every day.
These attacks are not reported unless
some one b. killed or wounded The
soldier who is called upon TO perform
any duty outside Of a garrison A. In
......t.. f...F fhun d.. urru WHOM
insurgents moved IN large bodies.
Formerly when eight or ten men
We're killed In a skirmish the news was
cabled % America. but the correspon-
dents cannot keen track Of the scat
tered assassinations of the guerilla
campaign The news never reaches the
public except through the official re-
ports IN Washington. a dozen Ameri-
can soldiers may be- killed nc a dozen
remote garrisons and there Is not a
line or cable news 90 show for total
fatality that would mark "a serious en-
gagement SO e happens that for many
weeks there has been little news coblcd
from Manila because the fighting has
been small and dosultory and scat
tered over q vast area.
10 h true that the insurgent armies
nave been scattered, that many az the
leaders OF the instruction are now
under surveillance in Manila. that
Aruinaldo has been chased into a re-
mote hiding place. and that the ne.
organization and mobilization ~ a
large army seems practically impos-
sible on the other hand % Us true that
the spirit of rebellion is still active, and
that the insurgents continue Fostering
and plundering campaign In small
bodies that cannot be trapped into bat
tle
There Is much testimony 20 the effect
that small bands Of sO-called robbers
or ladrones commit dcpredau0ns ON ma
tlyes and Cinnamon as wei as on Amer
leans and that they prefer a rowing
lie OF brgnndage 10 a quiet arricul-
tural career In q nipa shack, but the
fact remains that the primary object Of
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-05-25
ARE THEY CoNvIcTs2
Questions in Regard TO Mullett
and Fitzharris.

New York. May 25-No decision has
been reached In the matter of admit
ting 10 this country Joseph Mullet and
James Fitzharris, known as "Skln-the
Goat" the two ex-convlcts who are
due TO arrive here tomorrow on the
Lucania Mullet and Fitzharris were
convicted and sentenced 20 life inn
prisonment for completely IN the muir
der OF Lord Frederick Cavlndish and
Mr. Burke IN PhRniX park Dublin
on May 6. 1882, but were recently liber-
ated. They are now on their way here
and they expect 20 find friends and
financial support In this country
Ii is believed that the men should
be excluded from this country under
that part Of the immigration law which
bars persons who have been convicted
OF a felony or other Infamous crime.
or mlsdemeanor. involving moral tur-
pitude." Edward f. McSweeny. assist
ant commissioner Of immigration, said
yesterday that the spirit and letter OF
The law would be faithfully followed.
II is not yet certain. however whether
the men win be excluded or not, as IL
may be decided that they do not fall
within the prohibition Of law
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-05-25
Jam Must Go Away.

New York. May 25.-The habeas cor
pus proceedings brought In the United
States district court in behalf Of Jam
the Chinese steward Of the ship Jose
plus, which was burned several weeks
ago az the OH Piers at Bayonne came
up before Judge Brown. Jam, since
the fire, on account OF the Chinese ex-
clusion law. has been held a prisoner
on board the ship State OF Maine. He
appealed 70 the court for permission
20 go along shore TO seek employment
ON another ship. Judge Brown, decld-
Ing the appeal said: "The petitioner
being a seaman. Is not within the pro-
visions Of the exclusion act, so long as
he merely touches here for no other
purpose than TO re-shiD so soon as
shipping can be obtained. and he IS
therefore discharged %
Jam furnished a bond In $500 10 re-
ship within thirty days
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-05-25
Allegation Regarding Customs Ser
vice in Cuba,
EXPLOSION IS THREATENED.
Employees Trembling for Fear Of In-
vesugatlon Gross ENtravaeances
Are Alleged.
fEarly Dispatched


New York. May ga special 20 the
Herald from Washington says
An explosion in the Cuban customs
service is threatened, which promises
revelations as sensational as the dis
closures in connection with the postal
service.
An official Of the customs service who
has Just returned from Havana, brings
Information that the customs service
there Is honeycombed with fraud and
corruption. and the employees interested
are trembling with fear OF inyoslEa-
ton.
That Congress must make "a thorough
investigation OF every department. OF
the government Zoo Cuba Is the D9uclu-
sion being gradually forced upon ad-
ministrati0n leaders iu both houses.
Nothing short of searching inquiry by
committee containing representatives.
OF the minority party viii he accepted.
ID Is probable that the Bacon resolu-
ton win Doe adopted by the Senate
Thus far no steps have been taken
officially to investigate the cuban cus-
toms service, but Il Is asserted that sew
eral employees In that service are COM
templatiug resignation while others who
are away on leave OF absence win not
return 10 duty because they DO not wish
to become involved In the investigation,
which seems unavoidahle.
II Is declared that investigation viii
show that through lax business meth
DDS, and incompetent and INSCRIPTIONS
employees, thousands Of dollars have
been diverted from legitimate channels
into the pockets OF dishonest officials
and their accompllces Disbursements
OF sums ranging from 800. 90 10000
have been made 90 persons who have
not performed any service whatever. It
Is said. and IN many instances without
the Formally Of presenting vouchers.
Gross extravaganza in expenditures
Tor furniture supplies and other ex-
penses IN connection with the customs
service is also charged.