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Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-04-22
THE PLAGUE.

II Is feared that extraordinary pre-
cautions will have to be taken this SUM
mer 10 keep the plague out Of the coun-
try, That Is, special watchfulness
must be exerted at all the seaports so
as not to permit that terrible angel Of
destruction 20 land and to obtain sway.
There seems TO be ground for the fear
For the plague actually exists in many
places of the world All efforts to
stamp II out at Cape Town have so
far proved OF but little avail. In In
dia the government is lighting the
scourge, and it Is said to prevail in
several Chinese ports
There Is where the damage may come
FROM When the soldiers that are there
return home, they may possibly carry
with them germs of disease. II Is al
legged that the soldiers who came from
the Philippines started a smallpox cpl
demic in this country, and if this is
true, It is not a far-fetched conclusion
that the bubonic plague may be trans
mitted In a similar manner Evidently
great precaution is needed, particular
ly since it has been proved that the bu-
bonlc plague very often defes all at
tempts at a cure. when 1t seizes a vic
tim
The plague Is said to be hot wea-
thpr disease Summer has been long I'm
coming in this country, and there have
been some inpaticnce at the frequent
storms and chilling frosts during the
spring. But with bubonic plague germs
In the air in many countries. the delay
Of warm weather may yet prove to
be providential
There is some dispute as TO whether
the plague actually did make its APP
pearance In San Francisco, among the
Chinese, some months ago II Il did. all
cities on the great continental highways
are more or less interested. 1t should
not be permitted TO 80 any farther than
Chinatown, and Il should be stamped
out there, even II heroic measures are
necessary.
In the meantime II should be said
again, that people with clean habits
and habitations. and pure morala, peo-
pie living regularly. temperate lives
need fear very little the destroyer that
Is abroad In the world.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-04-22

Harvard University has proposed to
confer the degree of doctor Of laws upon
President Mckinley, and a number Of
graduates Of that famed Institution Of
learning are strenuously objectlng to IT,,
They ask upon what ground degree
that is supposed to signify great learn
ing in the law Is to be conferred upon
the President. The best answer Is Gus
tom. The comforting Of the degree on
President Mckinley cannot add to his
greatness or learning any more than a
man can add to his height by taking
thought. If Harvard desires to confer
the degree, which after all has come to
be recognized as the degree Of kindness
and good feeling, 1t Is ungracious Of her
sons 20 Kick" After all, John Bright
set the proper example when he refused
such a degree from a great English
university, saying he could not even
read the Latin in which it was written,
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-04-22
NEW BIBLE TRANSLATION.

The literature Of the world, IL seems,
win before long be enriched by new
translation Of the Old Testament This
time 1t will be a rendition by Jewish
scholars Of the original Hebrew into
the English language, The work has
been under preparation for six years.
and II is now so far advanced that
it viii soon be given TO the public. Ac-
cordlng TO the Washington correspon-
dent Of the Chicago Record Herald,
during the next few months the Book
OF Psalms win be issued. and following
that the other books Of the Bible VIII
appear, first In separate form In large
type, and then together In smaller type.
The entire work has been done by Jews.
except that Professor Kittridge. profess
sor Of English literature in Harvard
University who Is regarded as the
highest authority on ecclesiastical Eng
lish in this country. has been assisting
In revision OF the phraseology Tho
new version win be published by the
Jewish Publication Society Of Amerl-
ca.
The story Of the origin Of this en-
terprise is quite interesting. At the
time the international commission was
engaged in the revision Of King James
translation, Rabbi Adler was invited to
sit as a member and represent Hebrew
scholarship. He accepted the invita-.
ton, apd worked with the commission
FOR about two years. When they came
20 the place in Isaiah; Behold, a vir-
Gin shall conceive and bear a son,
and shall call his name Emmanuel"
the rabbi objected TO the use of the
word virgin in the revised edition. He
pointed out that the Hebrew word so
rendered may mean maiden" "vir-
gin young woman or any other
word that stands for a youthful hu-
man being Of the feminine gender. He
contended that the context clearly
proved that young woman not "vlr-
gin would be the correct translation.
The other members OF the commission
Insisted upon retaining the common
rendition, whereupon DR.. Adler re-
signed on the ground that the revision
committee were endeavoring to shape
their translation TO sustain their doc
trlnal belief. He then started the
movement for Jewish translation Of
the Old Scriptures,
The work win certainly be received
with deep interest by the general pub
lie. Not because the English trans
lation is not a faithful reflex OF the
original text, nor because II is to be
presumed that a Jewish scholar has
any better facilities for a more correct
understanding Of the Hebrew language
than have scholars Of other faiths:
but for the reason that such a trans
lation viii reflect better than any
amount OF commentaries could do. the
exact understanding Hebrew scholars
today have Of the meaning Of those
sacred writings IN which Christianity
had its root. 1t is rather remarkable
that Jewish scholars have not long ago
undertaken a Bible translation. They
would have done so. had they aimed
at placing their religious views before
the general public.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-04-22

crow, phantom. an Illusion" We
find this alleged ingenious statement IN
the Northwestern Christian Advocate
and It Is there credited to Den Christ
llge Talsmand, a paper published In
Chicago. Some years ago It was made
in a little foreign sheet that appears
In this city, and in time II viii no
doubt 90 the round Of the press.
TO be sure, the difficulty Of explain
ing how the young boy Joseph was able
To give to a prominent character In the
Book Of Mormon Greek name remains
a mystery but that Is cleared up by the
assertion that sidney Rlgdon knew all
about Greek, and suggested that name
TO Joseph. 10 has been proved time
and again that Sidney Rigdon never
met the Prophet previous to the pub
licatlon Of the Book Of Mormoni also
mat he. though not member of the
Church for years previous to his
death, maintained the divine origin
of the Book Of Mormon to the last
These facts are enough TO annihilate
the brilliant idea that he suggested the
name Mormon" But TO this may be
added that sidney Rigdon, Il he knew
Greek, must have been insane to sug-
gest a name from that language with
the meaning assigned TO it by learned
90 editors Of UNCONVENTIONAL journals
And whatever may be alleged against
sidney Rigdon, he certainly had
sound mind,
But besides this, the assertion that
the Greek word mormon means re
male monster is false It means noth-
ing more hideous than a mask II Is
by ornithologists given to a sea bird OF
the aux family. There is another OBJ
solete word "mormo," from the Greek
which means a "bugbear," mon
ster," and although the TWO
words may have common
origin, they are evidently used for diff
ferent purposes. The word Mormon
as found in the book Of that name, how
ever Is in all probability not of Greek
but Of Semitic origin, and everybody
knows that two words may sound alike
In two languages, or in two groups OF
languages, and yet have widely diff
ferent meanings. Etymology cannot
be established on spelling and pronun-
citation alone. The history Of words
must be known before their origin and
affinity to other words can be estab-
lshed. Sometimes words that look
alike spring from different roots; at
other times words that appear very
dissimlar are really identical Presby-
telians, for instance, does not mean a
denomination Of old fogles although the
name is from Greek word that means
"old."
The brilliant idea" Of tracing the
name Mormon to a Greek word that
means monster" appears, when close
ly inspected, rather dull. The Prophet
"pSSpll' AT INV uhlc ne was VailSu uPOh
TO interpret the sacred record, knew no
Greek, And nobody with knowledge Of
that language would have suggested
such a word, II his intention had been
TO impose a fraud upon the world. The
keen etymologlsts of the religious press
Will have to guess again,
It may be as well to add, that the
Prophet Joseph Smith when interro-
gated as to the meaning Of the name,
referred to the fact that the Book Of
Mormon was written In reformed
Egyptian" hieroglyphlcs and that the
Specification Of the word Mormon was
simply, more good"
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-04-22
THE COURT OF ARBITRATION.

The difficulties encountered In the
settlement of the Chinese indemnity
question suggest both the necessity Of
an international court, and the OBJ
stacles to overcome before such court
can take up the business intended for
It, Six OF the powers are in favor Of
demanding an enormous cOmpensa-
ton for the expenses incurred while
others, and the United states especial
ly. are opposed 10 such demands, The
question is exactly one for an inter-
national court to decide.
But the powers are this time encoun-
tering a weak nation, not in position
to resist by arms the exorbItant claims,
and hence they are not anxious to have
the matter adIudicated by peaceful
means. They are In position to eX-
act their full pound Of flesh, and threat
en- to do so.
There is no doubt that were the mat
ter brought before the court, the Chi
nese claims would have to be consld-
cred, too. They have lost thousands
Of lives, by the massacres in which
some of the troops have INDUCED, in
defiance of all civilized laws of war
fare. They have lost millions Of dol
lars worth OF property by the looting
that was carried on In the beginning
Of the hostllties. And this Is one Of
the reasons why the different govern
ments are not inclined to submit the
case to an impartial court They do
not want the Chinese side to be heard.
They prefer a settlement In which the
opposing side Is at once the acouser the
judge, and the executive.
Before the court Of arbitration can
enter upon its mission as peace-maker,
an international sense of right and
wrong must be established 1t must
be made clear that 1t Is as wrong for a
nation to rob another as 1t is for an
Individual to make another stand and
deliver AS long as might Is right" In
international intercourse, court Of ar
bltration can have no mission TO per-
form, except when two equally strong
powers disagree, and both are afraid
of starting an armed conflict, on ac-
count Of the cost involved.
1t must not be supposed, however that
the establishment Of the court is in
vain, Its very existence viii be a
great factor in eevatlng international
morals to the desirable level. Public
opinion in civilized countries viii grad
ually compel the governments to pre-
sent their claims there first, II may
not all at once abolish wars. Courts
and juries have not yet been able to
suppress feuds and private vengeance.
but their work is in that direction, 1t
is the same with international courts.
They will not in one day cause the
clash Of arms TO cease from the stage
Of action Of nations, but It's work will
gradually bear fruit.
The court, as planned at The Hague
IS now an established fact. although
Turkey, China, and few other powers
have taken no action in the matter. The
Chinese question should be brought be-
fore Il, and 1t would be consistent with
the attitude Of the Gear Of Russia, as
formerly defined, for him to take the
initiative in this matter, He would be
supported by this country and Great
Britain. and every other power that
favors justice and peace
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-04-22
Boston Herald.

The chief benefit to come to our ma
ton from the possession of Cuba is In
its peculiar productive power. There
Is also the advantage that would arise
from IT'S being with us in feeling and
sympathy, and as protection for mill
tary purposes in the event Of war. We
see little occasion 10 apprehend difficult
ty in this latter respect, We doubt
very much II there Is TO be any dis
position on the part Of European ma
ton 20 assail us at arms and IL there
were the era Of good feeling that free
trade would establish between the Unit
ed States and Cuba would make Cuba
the ally of ourselves. Whether Cuba
becomes independent Of our nation OF
Joins II as a portion Of its territory
we assume that no one believes that
any other country wllbe likely TO med
die with It in any way.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-04-22
New York Evening Sun.

At the progress which is being mad,
In the Cuban courts there is no pros
poet OF Nicely and Rathbone beinl
brought before the bar and tried oI
the evidence before the end OF tn
American occupation. when Influence
could bring about their release. VIVA
is the mysterious pull" which bring
Justice into contempt in this notorious
case, in which the honor Of the United
States government isinvolved? The gov
eminent evidently Is being fooled ant
hoodwinked, and Il is high time TO Civ,
the department Of Justice at Havana
10 understand that the laws delay vii
not be tolerated for the convenience o.
Estes @. Rathbone and Charles f, W
NeelY
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-04-22
sprlneneld Republican.

immigration into Cuba continues tC
be almost exclusively from the Spanish
peninsula. 1904 persons out Of tota
NJ l4,5iS in the second half OF 1900 hav-
ing come from Spain II Is astonlsh
ing to learn that in the same time only
~ immigrants 10 Cuba were from the
United States And here we are pro.
posing to Americanize the island The
situation reminds one OF what the his.
toran Froude said years ago; What
ever the eventual fate Of Cuba. the
Spanish race has taken root there and
Is vislhly destined 10 remain. span.
ish. al any rate, they are 20 the bone
and marrow, and Spanish they will
continue"
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-04-22

A friend in Lehl, Mr.. II. L. frame,
sends us letter received by him from
DR., c. L. Mccarthy, Il resident OF
Footscray, near Melbourne, Australia,
The doctor has seen a copy of "the Los
Angeles number Of the Deseret News,
and he Is profuse in his praise Of that
journalistic enterprise. He says in
part Some hundreds of people have
read it. and It is still going the rounds
of my friends, all ofwhom express their
surprise and admiration that a city
much smaller than Footscray in point
Of population, can turn out such a
really high class literary production. 1t
shows just where brains are to be
found The doctor Is we understand,
a most proficient physician, and high
ly cultured and intelligent gentleman,
and his opinion is on that account very
much appreciated.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-04-22

The arrest Of the Cuban editor in
which was published the cartoon repre-
sentlng the crucihxon Of Cuba was a
blunder which will cost the United
States many a good hard dollar. There
was nothing extraordinary in the car
toon which represented Cuba as a Gu
ban soldier on the cross, between the
two thieves, represented by Wood and
Mckinley while Platt in the garb Of a
Roman soldier was represented as offer
ing vinegar to the man on the cross,
in the form Of the Plat amendment.
It was a cartoon which would have been
regarded as clever II produced in the
United States to Illustrate some politi.
cal incident To object to il and to
cause the arrest Of the editor OF the
journal was an act that Is ineXcusable
at the present juncture.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-04-22

The suicide Of the president and
cashier Of the First National bank OF
Vancouver, Wash. shows that these
bank officials who had committed great
wrongs against their stockholders and
depostors were not without a sense Of
deep shame, In their weakness they
had betrayed a trust. but upon the dis
covery of their msdeeds they suicided,
thus SHINING against their Maker.
Their last act win call forth such pity
that few win remember the causes that
led to 1t. The path of strict duty is
the only one to walk and when II is de-
Waited from no one can tell where It
will lead
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-04-22

A leading New York Methodist divine
says that women cannot leglslate. The
chief reason for that is that they can
not get the chance, In Utah we know
differently II was woman legisa-
tor who introduced and secured the
passage of the theater high hat law.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-04-22
A QUESTION OF ETYMoLoGy

The religious press Of this country,
after vainly struggling for over half a
century with the problem Of Mormon
ism has at last hit upon something.
We suppose, in fact that by the Hitter
ate II win be considered a very bright
idea. II is now claimed that the name
Mormon is derived from the Greek
and means "A female demon. a scare.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-04-22
srrAKisG OF CUBA.
Worcester Spy.

II is said that while the mineral
wealth Of Cuba has been known 10 be
very large systematic investigation
TO ascertain,its exact extent has never
been undertaken. The present attempt,
therefore to determine more compre-
hensvely what the possibilities are for
the advancement of the mining indus
try In Cuba is the object of a great
amount Of attention. 1t is expected
that the survey viii be Of vast benefit
to Cuba itself, while II cannot fail 10
be of great Importance to the United
States whatever our relations to Cuba
In years to come may be.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-04-22

Down In Texas, right on the edge OF
the oil field. lemonade lake has been
discovered. II may have been dlscoy-
cred by those looking for oil and who
found sour grapes.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-04-22

Dawson and Boston are said to be the
most expensive places In America IN
which to live. Undoubtedly this Is
owing to the cold and frigid ways OF
the one and the other.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-04-22

In the affairs Of man there is tide
that taking at the flood, leads TO fortune
and to fame, but in the Ohio the food
leads TO destruction.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-04-22

Korea wants to borrow money. This
goes to indicate that Korea has started
in the path Of modern progress and
civilization.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-04-22

II Gen. Macarthur wants to Amerl-
canize the Fhillppin ss why did he not
wait and have AgMnaldo move from
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-04-22

During" the war with the Americans
] was often very close TO them" says
Aguinaldo. Yet always within a safe
distance.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-04-22

II any one longer doubts that It Is
time Of great prosperity point him to
the great and rapid rise in the Ohlo
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-04-22

The crocuses and the dogtooth vlolets
come up smiling.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-04-22

Among the most striking features Of
our foreign trade are trip hammers.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-04-22

1t Is said that Emperor William likes
American dishes. But his desire to
get on with the Agrarians prevents him
from overlooking his stomach with
them.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-04-22

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the first Of May?
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-04-22

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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-03-06
Outlines Of Oklahoma

Joe McNeal is down in Washington get
/ ting used to the surroundings.
Enid and FL Reno are both aching to
/ get q whack at Oklahoma City.
The mounds may not be built, and
jewellers may stay in their caves.
It looks as though the old soldiers had
considerable Ieeway in that KioYa bill
It is a good deal 10 ask the taxpayers
/ to put Up for the cure OF drunk
ards.
The public building bill came up 50
late in the session that It hasn't blocked
anything.
The public is now assured that there
| will be no sooners in Kiowa land. On,
no. Certainly not.
| Senator Miller warned some senators
| the other day that The whiriigig Of
time brings its reyenges'
| The contractors who are building the
Rock Island across Beaver county DO
/ not employ negroes. il Is said.
| Upon the whole, the present Oklahoma
| legislature has spent less time shoveling
smoke than any previous legislature.
/ There Is one thing certain-no one Will
/ salt the gold mines of the Wichita
mountains. 1t would take TOO much
/ coin.
The Choctaw grade in the direction Of
/ New Mexico viii begin az the Texas
state line, west OF Arapahoe, and build
/ east.
Mrs Mary z. Baier, of Mound city,
Missouri, who was visiting in Enid, was
4 stricken with apoplexy, which proved
fatal
/ Mr.. Jent, a bartender at Opuma, IN
I Beaver county, stands six feet four inch
es in his stocking feet and weighs 20
pounds.
The Chickasha oil mill recently shut
down for two weeks because the rail-
roads could not furnish tanks enough for
the shipment Of the product.
Two of Postmaster Sam Murphy
clerks are sick and old Pizen himself Is
working hard overtime for a man who
never appreciates It, the Honorable
Uncle Sam.
1t is said Of Jack Potter. of Beaver,
that he plows like a Mexican, that iH he
/ let's the plow go in where the ground is
soft, then misses about twenty feet
where it is hard.
The Hardesty Herald has introduced
US to new word 1t is anti-magoovious.
1t is used in this connection: When a
hobo gets belhcose and sntimagoovious,
the bartender throws him out"
This is the way the Oklahoma City
Times-J Journal looks at new Normal
schools: The fact is that the cry for
more educational institutions is an at
tempt on the part of several towns TO
make the country districts pay for the
maintenance Of their high schools; but
some of the country district members of
the legislature are a little toe obtuse TO
see the trick"
Hardesty Herald The force Of graders
about Optima will be increased soon. On
the north side. in the gyp hills, there is
much heavy work yet to be done, and
some heavy blasts are fired in loosening
up the solidly compacted gypsum. The
gypsum is then hauled from the cut TO
a I'LL on wheel scrapers. The dump made
with the gyp is white as snow. is solid
as a rock, and ever iastlng-will be there
when Gabriel blows his horn.