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JUSTICE FOR THE NAVAJOS.


II I may adapt the language Of a gem
tleman who frequently draws his meta
phors from the prize ring. the President
Of the United States has not merely
given black eye 10 certain despoilers
OF the Indian, but he has completely
knocked them out They have not yet
recovered from the surprise Of the
Presidents veto message, which took
them of their feet. Everybody who
knows William Mckinley knows that
he wants TO do Justice 70 all the wards
Of the nation. And those who are in
tereeted In the welfare Of the Indian
rejoiced not = little at the effective
way In which he came 10 the help o. the
NavaJos
This tribe Of Indians was, some years
ago, hostile and formidable. OF recent
years they have been peaceful, and
given the government no trouble Be
ing nomadic IN their habits Il was
found easy 10 encourage them In sheep
raising, and for years they have devot-
ed themselves to this with much sue
cess. owing. however TO the barren
ness Of the land which they held in
Arizona. they were constantly going of
their reservation for the sake Of get
ting water for their nocks A large
tract was added 20 Il In 1854, under
President Arthur and Secretary Teller
The reservation lies In the extreme
northwestern portion OF Arizona and
was originally set apart In 1863. IN full
llment OF treaty obligations. Though
enlarged it was found insufficient for
their fiocks, both as TO grass and water
Last summer bitter complaints were
received from few settlers az a place
called Tuba, just west Of the MOqui
reservation, that the Indians were en-
cr0aching on their rights. An Indian
Inspector was accordingly sent out to
look into the affair. After negotiating
with the whites, some twenty families
In all, the government compounded
with them for the gross sum OF $4,000.
buying out all their vested rights. In
order % further conserve the interests
Of the Navaj0s an order was issued hy
President Mckinley January 1st 1900.
extending the reservation from the
southwest corner due west 20 the Col
orado river and following It 10 its in
tersec,ion with the Grand Canyon For
cstry reservation, then north TO the
northeastern corner OF the Forestry
reservation. Turning due west the new
tract extended 10 the Colorado river.
and followed Il north 20 the Utah line.
This new tract took in about 200. 900
acres The tribe numbers 2O.j00 souls.
Last year they cultivated 5000 acres.
They own, II Il estimated, fully a
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SOME CHARACTERISTIC STORIES OF PRESIDENT KRUGER

Once when out on a shooting expedi.
ton, the party had gathered around a
camp fire and the conversation turned
on literature. There were Englishmcn.
Hollanders, Germans and Beers present,
and each OF them had much 10 say con-
corning celebrated writers Of prose and
poetry. except Dom Paul He smoked
HIS eternal Tong STEM and held his
peace. The Germans and the English
men almost came 10 blows concerning
the relative merits Of Goethe and
Shakespeare. At last the Engishmen
turned to the one silent figure at the
camp Gre saying, Look here, now, Dom
Paul which do you think the greater
writer OF the two-Goethe or Shakes
peare?'
Never read either Of EN-" growled
the even then celebrated man, with
brutal frankness.
'Mein Gott" calculated the German;
here is a man whom the Beers call
great. and he has not read Goethev
Never read Will Shakespeare ?"
howled the indignant BrIton, then
what the duce have YOU read2"
only this. said Dom Paul. pulling n
frayed and tattered Bible from his
pocket. "and have not half mastered
It's glories yet. and ! have read II day
and night for well-nigh forty years
When / have exhausted the Bible. IN
perhaps find time for Shakespeare and
Goethe.
Tell me. had either Of these men
more wisdom to teach than ] can learn
from the books Of Proverbs? Could
either Of them write such glorious lines
as King David. the ancient poet OF the
Jews. has left US Ia his wonderous Book
Psalms7 Could either Shakespeare
or Goethe have written the Songs OF
Solomon?
III want TO read Of hunting ind
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wants to see johannesburg any more. .
\vbersat that young German gathered
up his hat and his perfumed handkef-
chief his gloves and gold-headed cane,
and npd. whilst Dom Paul groWled IN
voice OF thunder something which no
person ever read In the songs Of Solo
mon.
All Boers who profess 90 be really gem
ulue M their faith have "a horror OF
gambling in any shape on form, ana the
president would as soon see the devil I'm
a dress suit IN hts family circle as q
pnck OF cards. There are only two
kinds OF people who gamble. The knayes
and the fools. d. ana argument OF his.
which shows that Doe managed Go pick
up some sound worldly wisdom out on
the vcldt once when travelling on %
steamer 90 England he noticed a young
Boer playing nap
The old man watched the counters
pass from hand 90 hand. and tancied
that the men We're merely playing for
buttons Ike children, su. giving COM
tpmpuous grunt ha moved away and
smoked bits eternal pipe Happening Co
look across at the game O little later be
SAW AN Euglishmau toss the Boer o.
sovereign in exchange for some count
.rs and light was 40 once lct in ON his
darkness he bounded from bis deck
chair. every hair br.stinE like "a Hons
name Fixing the B1Or With his gIar.Dg
tge. Doe Waded in and inundated him
with language which the fiery and hu-
enc prophet jeremiah might have been
proud t0 possess, Years afterward that
Buyr called on Dom Paul In hls house at
Pretoria
'Sit" said the president grutly. Tie
sat- The president called for some c0f-
Zee for his guest and then went on with
bis pipe.
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with curling lip. II am and always
shall be-" was the quiet response.
"Wen. then. seeing that the ravens took
food 20 Elijah In the wilderness. why
doesn't God send some 90 me by the
crows? I'd have heaps OF faith after
ward n he did. old man" Because
Elijah was a prophet with a mission In
lie. You are only a fool with an appe-
tte. and 81 God sends the crows 20 you,
sir. they win probably come 70 feed
themselves. not YOU.
At one time ne was very fond OF rid
ing on horseback az nearly all Beers
are. once when out for a ride he met
an old woman hobbling along with a
bundle She looked az the strapping
young fellow rather wistfully. as II she
envied him his comfortable seat In the
saddle He passed her. then looking
over his shoulder noticed that the old
dame hung her head YEARLY as she
plodded along behind him. He refined
up his horse, Jumped down and without
ceremony lifted the old woman, bundle
and an. into his saddle Then, taking
bis horse by the bride LED the animal
carefully onward toward his own farm.
Just before arriving there the old wo-
man said May God be good to you for
your kindness 90 one So old and help
less There are not many who would
do as you have done. II / had been
young and comely, as ! once was, /
could then understand H." II you had
been young and comely / should not
have dared 20 do H. said he, with just
a suspicion OF laughter In his HARDEST
eyes. Not dared she said. "and why
should ! then have eaten your" You
might not said he, with a low chuckle,
but" pointing 70 his wife, who was
standing smiling on the stoop, u think
she would have"
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Az Haies. the Australian correspond
ent who was captured by the Beers and
r,l.os.5 ,f,sr s5,ne Fsys r.r.I.s ....,.
hl'heito un'old anecdotes Oh Kruger
which be heard during hIs enforced stay
In the burgher's camD. Hs saws.
.-.,.,. ...-.,'.
VII ''I'''" ''''''." h. was OUT ON
love expedition, but found that another
Young man had arrived before bIm.
M. ,,..r -,,,o. .,....., ..,..,.t.
81 coXcomos 20 Ju the Nel4t says the
Kansas city Journal Ha had a snowy
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-07-21

1t IN the Bible; II 1 want TO read OF love.
where In all the books In the world Is
love described so simply, and yen 20
beautifully. as In the Bible? II want
70 read OF war or ambition, need ] 30
further than the Blble2 n / want an
example Of patience can l do ne.'e,
than study the Book Of Job2 II ] ls'.
tempted by woman, can I learn lne
folly Of such things better than by p'y.
turing the mighty Samson shOrn oi u''
strength and his eyesight through tus
treachery OF Delilah? Samson aIone
IN the midst OF his foes.
DO ] think OF the friendship Of man
for man? Tell me. you bookwofmN
where IN all the libraries Of Europe gsl
! read u anything so well told as luss
love OF David for his friend JONATHAN .
Can any books teach us sons CIV
TO his father better than the BibleI
What book or books can better gllus
q man IN his duty TO his country bu,Ii
nlne-tenths Of the books OF the WV' ~
today and give each boy and slll !.
Bible. and the next generation OF w. w.
and women would be drawer ana uel, ',1
more hopeful and courageous, M,
charitable and thoughtful, more loE" wv,
and more content than the men ana W.
men Of today seem 10 be-"
The German pulled his head wen ~ ,.s
his hat and said no more conceill',.s'ss
Goethe The Brltisher drew q ua -,s
from a side pocket and washed the l'. w,
OF Shakespeare name down bis t,lI 49,
and took an early opportunity 70 ella,
the topic OF conversation into oha .,.s
bearing OH the next days shoo',,S
while Dom Paul. sitting just where 80
freight and the pickering shadows ~
read once more the tale be almost IN ~
by heart concerning Boaz ADo
maiden.
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million sheep, 100000 goats. 100000 cat.
lie, 1900 swine and large number o.
horses and ponies They are indus;r.-
Gus ana peaceable and for many years
the government has given them bH
little aid
Everything was going on all right ON.
Oh some white man with a nose ir
metals discovered, or rather thought
he had discovered, copper In the north.
ern part Of the reservation. Then. To-
a quiet way. with as little noise as posi-.
BILE. came this bill proposing 10 cut M
a vast tract OF the northwest portion %
this reservation. The bill went through
because It's full purpOrt was not seen
or understood No report was asked
form the Indian bureau on the subject
The bill went through as a good many
measures 80 through Congress, Bee.
cause a few people are very much IN.
terested In getting them through and
the great majority are too much To-.
terested IN other bills 10 give them az.
tentlon President Mckinley does not
sign a bill unless he has first referred
IL 10 the head Of the departments TO
which II relates. The bin was accord.
ingly referred 20 Secretary Hitchcock
and by him 20 the Indian bureau. The
fun significance OF the measure was
promptly revealed. kilograms cams
also from the Navajo reservation. say.
ing that the Indians were under great
excitement on account Of ntruders. and
a council Of the chiefs had 10 be called
20 placate them. Here was a bin cut.
TING on more than half OF the reservs.
ton opened 20 them by the order %
January lst 1900. and the Indians bad
not been consulted The President. In
his veto message SAYS: "rhe indians
could not understand how lands given
10 them In January as necessary f0r
their use should be taken away without
previous notice in May Of the same
year
President McKlnley's veto has been
spoken q with approval IN both houses
and VIII be sustained More than one
man has said: III ! had known what
the bin was I would not have given q
my vote But it only requires a slight
transDositlon Of letters 10 change
vote into a veto. and this transportation
the President has wisely made lhe
assistant Indian commissioner thinks
there Is no reason 10 doubt that N these
Indians are allowed 10 60 on with the-
sheep raising. In five years they WI.l
have four or five millions OF sheep AZ
lowing four pounds 10 clip they
would raise from fourteen 20 sixteen
million pounds Of wool
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FRANK 6. CARPENTER


II looks 20 noe more IIka cross Doe.
tween % barn and % hlFs'ack than any
palace which have yet seen. IN Ia
surrounded by "a mud wall about tom
feet iu height entered uy gate. ui
which N1ras stand with great knives
mo their fIl0s and long tnfee-l.uru
spears In their ha1ls
We had 20 walk about "a mile from
tha whau uefJr. $50 sI. 90 thn palace.
and that over the rlugnast road you
can imagine Wore not fHa M1r0s t.H.
t0tlIcrs h.s wGjesfy would get many
% fail .u going Jo and TIm h.s homo
over this highway M rough coral ruUt4.
Bee might break DTS neck iu WH.kuR
about the streets of his capital FOR th"
town Is made up of score NJ thai.l"1
huts built from ten tJ twelve feet above
the ground upUu piles. IUe most on
Che houses are for ont iD the water ao
thut the town seems tD boz a1u1l az
hiEh tide. When the water is low there
ls "a wide eNplusc of mud flats between
% and the sea
10 was $50 when we arrived. and 20
took us about two hours to get t1 the
shore. We were r1wel in from tho
ships by the sailors tll we came in 90
place where the water was so shallow
that the roWb08ts stuck 400 the MID.
Here some OF the naval officials took on
their shoes rolled up their pautal0ous
and wadei to the steps which led up 20
the street built high upon piles. Some
were carried boz 0n the backs ~ half
naked coolies and others took dug-out
canoes and were dragged by men
through the mud, ] FIRST tried the
back of n c00lie, but the man staggered
SO that j feared myself and my camera
would be dropped Boo the mud, and for
sock him Tor "a dug-out
We walked through the town over
bamboo bridges 90 slippery that they
arc unsafe f1r AN except the Moros.
who go about in bare feet We passed
"a dozen stores In which were Chinese
merchants selling goods 1ut over the
water We went through O. crowd az
hundreds of 0prea-aycl dark-taced,
ufhaned Mor0s each OF whom had @
weapon of some Kind strapped to his
waist and finally after crossing a river
reached fhe home of the sultan
A guard of East Indian soldiers salut-
"a us as we entered the gates. We
passed through a low door, and FINAL
ly on the second floor were met by his
majesty. surrounded by q cut-throat-
looking gang OF dattos and chiefs. The
sultan led us Into long room ana
asked ue f0 take our seats of table
upon which were dishes NJ cakes. irn't
and candles be took the seat at the
head himself and we ate. and drank
coffee. and smoked % cigar Of two Dee
fore coming 60 business After this
there was % considerable discussion
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with her Her home is very much like
that Of the sultan, only, II anything, q
bit meaner The old lady was dressed
in a gown Of bright colors, with a la
vender shawl spread over her shoulders
and a yellow and white handkerchief
tied around her head. Her skin Is light
brown. her eyes black and her teeth
Ike oiled ebony. She has O straight
nose, thin lips and rather strong fea-
lures
She was seated with one leg under
her on a divan IN front Of table COW
cred with a red flannel blanket, upon
which was a black betel box bound
with silver From this box she now and
then took a chew. Two slaves stood
behind her, one with bowl, which she
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frequently put under the chin OF her
majesty in order that she might speg
out her saliva
Notwithstanding these little accaysar.
les the old lady received us with d.gr..
~ and courtly grace She asked us 10
be seated, and paid compliments by
wholesale She told Captain Nazaro
that she liked him aud that sha
believed that his heart was as white Is
his coat She said she was the friend
OF the Americans, and that she thought
they would benefit the country and pe0.
pie. Later In the day she gave us A
luncheon entirely Of fruits, telling us
that we must realize that she thought
much OF the Americans OF she would
not have treated US 70 this royal feast
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How the sultan Looks, Acts and Taks-Hls Big Income
and How Die Gets TELLS Pearl Fisheries and HIS Arb-
t,r,. T,uaa-A story os His Father-A Visit 20 the Sui
t4ns CAPITAL and au Audience with Ills Majesty-some
hnr About Hs Harem and why Ills First Wife LETT
HIm-Au About the sultona Greatest Of Mohammedan
women fIer Treatment OF General Bates and Ho" she
Presented Iim with Her Dead Husbands Purple ITols-
.re- Her Experiences with the Phonogpph-How She
Felstel the Americans and Complmented Them
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lconrrlrhl 1000 by Frank O. carpen.

Copyright 1900. by Frank C. carpen'
tarJ
Jolo june 5. 1901 beseech you TO
read revuuntIy Che following IL was
written ln Arabic characters in nay note
book and i signed with the hand of the
sultan of suIu. O. hand that has more
mower ln these islands than that Of the
car in Russia on that OF his brother
MohammeIan the sultan in Turkey.
II Is a. message OF peace. however
rather than war 10 is a message of
friendship sent by his majesty through
this paper To his brothers. the Ameri-
can people II you should read &C. In
Arabic you must begin ou the opposite
side Of the page, for the lines We're
written across the page from right 20
left Instead Of from left TO right as
with US.
have had O. freely translated. It
reads
"By this letter J. HadU Mohammed
Jamalul Hiram. the sultan Of Su.u
send greeting 90 nay brothers the people
OF the United States ] send them my
best wishes and also the hope that their
occupation of the Sulu Islands VIII Doe
OF benefit TO the people OF sulu. hope
that peace may be the result of your
administration and that thereby my
islands may become prosperous ana
rich (SIgnedl -
"HADJI MoHAMMED JAMALUL
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1900-09-18
ANIMAL HATNE Mlkts
~ Montana AssOelN,iNA ~ congregational
0ANNhsA OONvaNpA Here I0INy,

Tho seventeenth annual mpAtinH of
thN Montana Association W UODHPegas
ti0nMl nhnpehas win convene lii tha
Congregational church In this nity this
morning M ONO O'Clock, for u three
dAys' session, constituting Thursday
noon, TM meeting viii bn pAllAa 10
order by Mrs. DnMlns " tAstle, thn
mlirinH MOdnMtOE NNN WAiAM NJ
Nnd hDduN N nlnpk W I'm ASSASSINATION,
l9Nnh church III thu atAn W entitled
u M represented by thu mstop md
Two delegates, Mh " ~ thONHht That
ADONt tfN viii W. IN Attendance,
They bnpNn arriving lAat night and
more VIII mAph hnW t0lny, Entep1
Ininmnnt " bninH WOvtlnA IN tho
homes ~ Tho mnmDhFs W thN local
church people Mb thu nnleuAlna VIII
bn pNnniVnh BY committee M oNnh
WNin md nanOptnn ~ thnlp atOpptnH
plANnM On tomorrow tWnanNA0ny)
evening hin lMlles VI thn lONAl church
VIII tnnhnp n banquet IN thN church
pplW lD Tin Visiting hnlnyNthA,
Thh WOHMmMM, which N y very
interesting MMn, N ~ fOllOWa Tor tO'
lny, TIN main fnAtmn bnlnw lhn sNpmOn
lODight M \ O'nlOek by heN ~ u,
Blanchard vi linlMMi
DeyOllONMh
Organization
Home Missionary sOelNty'A MpOpt@
superintendent
D~nvDtlDMlmpltnN VI ~ Olhpk,
RmhnW AphODl Publishing AOeinly's
mpWtm@ RnN W. n, Dell
RNnaW sDhNOl Conferences, opened
by A, W, Player,
Church nsMMAiUn Conference,
Dpnnnd by Now III pOpM,
song anpylpn,
ANwnlDM "hnNls Auppop''mahpW ~
~ blanchard,
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Ann D%IssAviANl NDI
LnbDp Inp,y WIN rlMNn m InnnpnNNnnl
Tinhpl ~ I'M N,nlh,

biNUN NNWk VIII p1MN NJ I"hNbNhhhNh'
WNhpt ~ I'M plalh
~ declining tDNllOw bin nnmN 10 be
considered nor lhn county anpplNtnnn
llnnry NJ MhDolA by tln lhMnMntle
convention SATURDAY, W. VI Weleh
atntph thNt IN declined for thn
anhN of principle, Rinoo thnll
N Inns developed lhNt Iho hNbor
mrty tlt lnnNNanh NJ Mn demo,
nmlIo convention bnonNN " VNfNANn
No npoaau ~ Mn fOpmpr'A rooNpat rnr
thpnn plnNDA Dn Mn tiNlat md thnt thN
labor mvty hAA hNnlhNn W, nlnoa n
Iinkot IN thn nold Ann Mn lniopnnn
IDENTITY w Mn dnM0nrAlh A eOnyen,,
Zion for Nils purpose hNs beNn oNllad
fDp DplOhNp Il,
This action IN mNaiNg no llttlA Nl'
pnslnnaA I'D TIN ppt VI thn democrats,
who FOOL ihMt WllhOuI Nm Tabor MrIN
VOTE thnlp nominees VIII n showed
under npKt Noynmbnr by u yepltAble
anDWAllhn
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uuFiya hundred tons nf npatpelass
alfalfa bay Tor ,lisposal VIII sall by
ton or feel pep heal ~ desired, Two
miles northwest 0f ntllinga, Apply
10 u u Graham, p d bOk lbg,
DllllNRs,
-Thos, NMMn thinks his wife
lOpnne Moran hAs not treated him
right In abandoning AMI f0psAklNR
him and he wishes ~ plAy oven
through tho district o0npt by asking 10
IN divorced from hAE
nn4he teachers 0f TIM Billings pubs
Ito schools NIL NJ whom Ap0 IN thu
oliy, held Il iaMehapa' meeting IN Tho
north side sehOol building yesterday
afternoon Tor TIM purpose 0f arranging
Tor their wOpk gOp The coming year
Word bas beaD Mopivnd from
Denver ID the effect thai Rev, BlllDtt,
pastor Of tha Afplean M, ", church VI
BjiIingh Inns been transferred ~
another charge, ADd that n new pastor
Will bo sent W This city, arriving nakt
weak,
u~l9thAU Ryan ANl Wlfe ~ beAyann
worth, kADsp vera In tha city yasiapS
day IN pOutn 10 Miles Olty And from
tfnpa 10 ihn Ryan Bros, NAttle mNoh
ION Tho MnaaolabnlL Jny Ryan ~ now
M the ranch md VIII coma 10 Bll|inRr
IN \ Few days rV n short Htny,
mH0e0 W, Myovs Of Miles CITY, wbO
Inns blOsAOmol M u candidate gW thn
nomination W district judge Oh thn
demOomtjN ticket, WINS w lhe ely
%yaalopday mixing np with the Yellow
Stone county democrats Since Judge
GeO, N, Milbnpn hna announced TINT
hn Nv moi n WDdldnln, Mr., Myers Inns y
full swing OD Tho nomination.
w, ", Anshey, u moe l,OpHpmnN,
WINS laDan 10 The county jhtl yes!aydny
morning with u bnd pDHa ~ dallpllnl
fpem9DA AnHhey VIM IAlen ~ low
NJ Valn N POttAp's saloon, but " lDOk
oil tho strength Dr The sheriff MN iW0
policemen 10 take him 10 jatl, y, being
%noeassApy IN handenW him anh lia III
logs with " pOpp, md eyon Then he hAd
vi bo hauled W jnll W n buggy,
Aughey n said w haye Tho strength
Df h halfrd0sNn men when ~ Hota Oll
hiB feet,
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DEMOCRATIC VIM Nlls
snlml W. III ilnDpAn IN UhnlpMAh III
ljDunjy l1nnIVNI tlDMMlllnh

Nhn lnmOomtlo county central CONS
mlllpn WINS Opnnnisnd lnIn Saturday
night by the SELECTION ~ forty mons
bnpa, thn nnmbnp comprising lhe CONS
mltInn having hnpNlOTDpn b9nN nlnhlN,
Fho anlantlOn W ohnirnnn wins left lO
Nm nDmlloes rDp Olllop, " Nollg
lhOnHhl bnal thNt lhp lntlnp should
hnye aODRo ono In thnt position who
Wns pnvtoolly nVvenAblN 10 MI non'
oNrnnn~npn Nm mAttnp " Ollnn, Iho
nhalpmAh Will IN allowed W select hin
own aAophNry,
I'm nominees NJ I'm mpty hold u
meeting lAHt night In llp ollon OI y,
A, WIllInmA, plNpk nr lhn nlAtpl0f
court md snlonlDh W, u lpDpRN ~
chairman DH TIN OONlml OMmlllOo nnn
y, W, NOHl0p IA ylUn'ohnlpmnn, THO
committees recommended thnt W NJ,
Johnston bN llnnlnh I'M Anorelnly,