Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-11-17

B0naparte started for the Belgian bor-
der TO measure myself with that VII
lain-ton," as he called the Iron Duke. a
Danish traveller urgently advised him to
have well-equlpped ship IN hiding
somewhere on the northwest coast so
as not TO be caught in a trap II the dice
Of fate should fall against him The
spoiled child Of fortune neglected that
advice but Senior Sallnez. a wealthy
CHILEAN statesman, was more prudent
and on the eve 0t the fateful election
frelghted his yacht with an his portable
yaluables and quietly moored her I'm an
out-of-the-Way cove some forty miles
south Of Valdiva.
Hundreds OF liberals prepared for the
gathering storm by making their will
/ and putting their children under the
protection OF provisional guardians.
civil. WAR THE OUTCOME.
When the decisive day at last arrived
business was suspended. and the fami-
! lies Of many prominent politicians as.
sembled their friends and awaited re.
suits, as the relatives Of a defendant In
a life-and-dsath trial would await the
verdict of the jury
Some $4,000 intelligent foreign settlers
were a unit In favor Of the Reform
President but prejudice prevailed. The
last doubt vanished on the afternoon
Of the third day, and when Il became
positively known that Balniaceda had
been defeated. messengers hidden In all
the principal cities galloped at break
neck speed 10 warn their friends In
country towns and scattered haclendas
Millions In coin instantly vanished into
underground hiding places. Women and
children were hurried OF to camps on
the eastern frontier Whole villages
were deserted by their human lnhahit.
ants and Senior Sallnez's yacht slipped
out under cover III darkness.
And not a day too soon. a civil war
rlvalling the sayagery OF the SiciHan
Nespers blazed up from Patagonia, 10
the Peruvian border. The number Of
noncombatants massacred In the course
OF the next Is months has been estimat.
ed az nearly 10000. and not an captives
were as lucky as President Balmaceda,
who anticipated the fury Of the mob
BY a voluntary death. and like the old
Morse sea king. Gloried IN the chance
TO share the fate OF his brave followers:
call him not alone who dleth
Side by side with gallant men"
In the times OF the Germanic empire
elections more than once caused an In.
ternational excitement There were
pacific kasers. and others 50 agrees
sivey warlike that their neghbors aid
not enjoy a weeks respite from tribula-
lions. Italy was their favorite cockpit.
and preteXts for Invasion could be
found ready-made by espousing of the
NJ fh..
who were perpetuallly harassing the
soil Of the afflicted peninsula.
NO APATHY POSSIBLE.
The nomination Of Frederick Bar.
barossa threw the Guelph cities of
LOmbardy into fever OF trepdatiou
Digging and trendlng was pushed with
40 energy as II King Alaric had arisen
ffom his river grave, but several cities
were still az work with their RAM
parts half finished, when our Fritz ala
cross the Alps. at the head Of some
$1,000 freeb0Oters. who at once pro-
ceeded "a tackle the problem oi beneyo-
lent assimilation Apathy about cleo
ton returns was not vel possible when
man risked to have 10 jump ont of a
thlrd-story window IN stress OF politics.
or export his savings on a race horse.
with the champions Of expansion at his
heels.
The election OF Francis Of Lorraine
started the long series OF Silesian wars
that came near ira mpling the debatable |
territories into a desert before Prussia
and Austria got done with each other.
A hundred years later the mere n0ml- /
nation of a Prussian prince for the |
vacant throne Of Spain unclaimed the I,
dogs Of war on the Rhine. and proba- |
bly, sealed the doom Of the Latin races
The election Of the Successors OF 81. /
Peter too. often decided the fate of
dynasties on the other side Of the Aims |
though Rome naturally was the center /
81 the far-spread excitement The ar /
tlsans OF the riverside quarters used |
20 imprOvise "a holiday and assemble I
near the P0nte NecchlO. while the COM /
clave OF Cardinals was in deliberatlop. /
and the moment the decision became |
known the clilf OF the Seven Hills /
echoed o chorus OF deafenIng Whoops. /
The Florentines got iti" THE Mil |
anese mas it. or whatever the result /
might be-. Then a general rush for the /
clt} palace Of the successful candidate /
Doors were forced an entrance effected /
somehow or other and everything NOV
able dragged out as a tlme-honored
perqulsite of the mob and a sacrifice 10 |
fortune that would insure the good luck
o. the new pontih,
But still more worldwide excitements
were Initiated In the same city al a
time when the election OF an ambitious
consul was liable TO start the partlsans