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The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1901-02-28
A CIVILIZED CRIME.

Latest reports from South Africs
indicate that at last, after a defense
OF their country the most heroic ever
made against British rapacity since
the American revolution, that the
boer cause must 60 down in defeat
The combined influence of all Enron
can monarchial powers, added to the
moral aid of the administration of
the great republic of the United If
states OF America, enabled England
to finally perfect this atrocious do
oaucnery OF nation of free and en-.
llghtened people. The cost in buman
hVes' money and destruction of in
dustrles has been greater than anv
war that England has ever before
oeen engaged in, and the ignomipv
mat attaches and will follow when
the true history of this war is written
VIII yet come back to the notice ~
tne British people with force that
Will shake the empire to its very
and the future perusal of
that history will bring the blush of
shame to every true and patriotic
american who believes in the rights
OF man and abstract republican
principles. 1t has been a war mat;
'uted for robbery, and followed NV
arson and rapine.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1901-02-28
THE SNOW REMOVAL PROBLEM SOLVED in THE NEW CENTURY


which they are guaged. The SIG,
NAL, whatever stand it may take on
political issues, has always aimed to
be as clean, dignitied and superior
newspaper as its field and patron
age would permit, and has strictly
avoided any drift toward pap suck
ing, party organ methods. All off,
cial patronage has been asked for on
the ground Of quality of service, and
If any boards have overlooked this
for less effective mediums in order
to pay political debts to opposite
party papers, we have not considered
it matter proper to be paraded in
print, as pension organs are doing.
We are not a modern Lazarus exhibit
ing our sores to the people who pass
the gates.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1901-02-28
the meat-fed workmen of the oc-

the meat-fed workmen of the oc
cident Chose of Europe and America
compete, with any hope of success,
with the rice-fed myriads of the
Orient? These ideas may suggest
that the great trust enterprises form,
ed in the United States may see the
way in the near future to use this
mighty population to place the
American and European working force
at the mercy of this Oriental host
with the coerced territory of the
Philippines and its population also
as basis for action. And then
what will be the result of alleged
superior education? A fisherman, as
told in the Arabian Nights, once
brought up in his net, from oceans
depths, casket sealed with the seal
of Solomon and from which issued a
voice pleading for liberty On break
ing open the receptacle there issued
forth vapor which assumed the
form of terrible Genie who fiercelv
demanded the life of the tremblisu
man. Let US beware when we break
the seal of the Orient-it is not likelv
that we could coax a more real q
more terrible shade back into its
prison as did the cunning fisherman
of fable. Let the civilized world
beware that, in pushing its Nshigher
civilization for gain into the heart
OF Asia, it does not open a leak that
shall cause that mighty reservoir
OF accrued intelligence to burst
and pour forth flood that shall
wash the foundation from the com
merlcal world. We may be sowing
the wind only to reap the whirl wind
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1901-02-28
GERMAN SUBSIDIES.
Will Hanna Never Learnt

That Senator Hanna possesses great
tenacity of purpose and that to this is
principally owing his political and bust
ness success is well known. This
| quality he again exhibits in his en-
=, deavor to save his ship subsidy bill In
such a very remarkable manner 1nat
we can hardly speak Of his persever-
ance, but rather of his thick headed
ness. In spite of the fact that he has
owing to different causes not the slight
est prospect Of reaching his goal in this
session, he never ceases his endeavor
to carry on a propaganda for it.
A short time ago his chief argument
was that the development of the Ger
man merchant marine could be traced
to the subsidy and therefore was de-
serving Of our imitation. We took
occasion, forthwith, to give the infor-
nation that Senator Hanna was gross
ly in error, and he has allowed this
argument to drop, but has Immediately
thought out a new one. He now ad-
mits that the German government d.
rectly subsidies only those lines which
maintain the intercourse with the
colonies and which could not support
themselves without aid. But he as
serts, as we are informed from Wash
ington, that the German government
grants especially favorable railroad
freight charges upon products intend
ed for export and consequently puts
the exporter in position to pay higher
freight charges on the sea, which
amounts to the same thing as an indi-
rect support to the merchant marine
by the imperial government In this
assertion Mr.. Hanna is again greatly in
error
Upon Oct 1, 1898, universal specific
tariff was introduced upon the collect
I've German railroads which rests upon
the principle of making lower charges
for great distances, in fact a sort of
zone tariff. In passing we may remark
that this policy was previously follow
ed here with US by the railroads. but
was warmly opposed by the public.
Through the well known "long and
Short haul clause" of the interstate
commerce law discrimination of any
sort is expressly forbidden.
In the German railroad tariff policy
lhls Idea Is particularly aimed alto
furnish the agricultural products of
Inc east market place in the west-in
Tact, partiality to the same at the ex-
oense of industry which has given
'ause enough for complaint over the
avoritism to the agrarian and the in
labitant OF the east of the Elbe. Ex-
ept In this particular the new specific
reight tariff admits Of no special fa-
'or for certain wares that arrive for
xport, and it cannot, therefore. be said
hat by this means higher shipping
reight could be possible. With this
ne entire Hanna argument falls to
'leces. We are curious to see what
senator Hanna will now think out for
York Staats-Zeitung.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1901-02-28

John H. Mitchell was elected
senator from Oregon on the SD bal
lot. The strife and disregard fol
state interests, because of senatorial
contests, looks shocking to, Idaho
this year, after the quiet and business
like way in which her senator was
selected, though formerly she was
in as great throes as any of them.
The democratic precedent, set last
July, of nominating senator at the
state convention is one that should
be adhered to. Idaho has practically
demonstrated that it is second only
to direct election.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1901-02-28

The Peak wishes to furnish its readers
with all the county news as far as posi-
bic, and will publish each quarter the
commissioners proceedings we do this
without any remuneration whatever from
the county Peak.
That is real good in the Peak and
calls to mind that the SIGNAL has
published the proceeding in this
county for eleven years and it has
no remembrance of ever having been
paid cent for the service, the only
consideration with us being that it
was the only means by which all the
people of the county could know
what was being done. We have
never complained either. Many of
our contemporaries are just now
bowling over the ''political treach-
cry" OF their county boards, a charge
never heard against republican
board, but invariably against dem
'cratic board. They may be just
complaints, under the standard by
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1901-02-28

1t is not worth while for the sympa.
thizers with the men who participated in
the lawlessness in the Occur d'Alenes 10
seek to secure a pardon for Corcoran.-
Statesman.
The Statesman admits, then, that
many of its statements made during
the campaign we're deliberate and un.
considerable falsehoods. At that
time 1t charged that democratic sue
cess meant lawlessness, that deals
had been made to release Corcoran
in return for dynamite support Our
contemporary exhibits signs of re-
pentance when admitting that it is
''not worth while" to ask for Cor
coran's release, because if its ill-ad-
vised assertions during the late con-
test, we're one half true, it would be
worth while to make such a request
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1901-02-28
THE WEISER SIGNAL.
PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY BY
r. II. LOCK
THURSDAY. FEBRUARY 49, 1901.
The Statesman and Salt Lake

The Statesman and Salt Lake
Tribune are, in common with all
radical administration journals, &C
lively engaged in advertising the
interests of the steal trust (steel-if
it suits you better). The advocacy
of increased and fool expenditures
for the building Of what will soon be
useless battle ships is the latest
The simultaneous expressions in all
this class of journals is very sugges-
tive of pay for services rendered
business and Doodle.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1901-02-28
WHAT FRUITS ARE THESE ?

| They are planning for more wa
In China. 1t is almost certain tina
the world has passed the short perioe
or high attainments. in statecraft. O.
peaceful growth by christian law anc
progress upward on the principle Of
human rights, and is now thirsty 70,
return to the methods that crown.
ed the bloody pathways of the past
to wealth and power. The soulless.
the worshipers of brute power, the
idolators of treasure and gain with
out law and without labor who are
now ruling the destinies of both re-
puollcs and monarchies, possibly
mourn because they were born too
late TOR the time when Rome and
greece ravished the eastern empires
out there is still left Flowery King
dom of untold treasure whose millions
OF simple Asiatics may be despoiIed.
The day of bleeding and oppressed
Poland has passed away, but there
is the small, brave but helpless Boer
to be devoured in the land of yellow
gold and diamonds. We cannot
rejoice our ears with tue last sigh of
the Moor at Grenada, but we can
automatically lay treacherous trail
towards hearing the last sigh of the
Cuban at no distant day. The sweet
ness OF enjoying the descent of Pizarro
on the Incas or Cortez on the Monte.
zumas was, alas! not for us, but under
the gulse of "christian duty" we can
swoop upon the land of the Filipino
AND the yet unseized islands of the
sea offer substitute for greater lows
of conquest to replace the plebeian
ploddlng that has developed the
American nation. There's poem
where spider siezes fly, a bird
captures the spider, a snake charms
he bird, a hawk carries the snake
nto the sky, an eagle fastens his
ATOMS In the hawk and is immediately
'lerced by an Indians arrow and
'ardly falls to the ground until
'ear has the Indian in fond embrace
NE excuse of each as be gloats over
is triumph is:
- Thou must fall.
or am great and thou art smallw {
Ii that is still the doctrine of the !
'orid' If the thirst for conquest and
DOT is still supreme in our ciyiliza- +
on what OF all the doctrines OF in. !,
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1901-02-28

For the weakness and prostitution
Following grippe there is nothing an
prompt and effective as One Minnie
cough Cure. This preparation is
highly endorsed as an unfallino
remedy for all throat and lung troubles
ana Its early use prevents copsumn-
tlon 1t was made to cure ouicklv
DRUG Co.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1901-02-28

AN accomplishment should be tn,
expression of real gift, and tba
tnere isn't much use in girls anxiet,
TO be able to do a lot of things, or any
one thing, unless she has some no.
1ural inclination toward it, some
desire to take it up for it's own sake
and not simply because she sees u
1t a way to crafty her personal vanity
or her social ambition. Helen
Watterson Moody, in the March
Ladies' Home Journal. 0
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1901-02-28

herent rights? If the weak must
still fall prey to the strong, what
has been accomplished by eighteen
hundred years of christianity, centur-
les of search for law in. its highest
form and repeated consultation be-
tween nations for nobler planes Of
national life?
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1901-02-28
The Portraits of our Presidents
With biographical sketches
GEN. CHAS. H. GROSvENop

co menoer OF Congress for nearly 20 Years
EtNppn1tains twenty four large pbo,o-
famiIas from the paintings indorsed b~ the
Printed ON h near relatives of the Presidents
Roygr large book; title page designed bv Tigo
type in ta sketches printed in large ons,,
Century So o1osS The greatest work Of the gOb
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Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1901-03-28
Editor and Preacher.

The press and the pulpit have more
charity than all the balance of the
community, and the fact is aptly illus
trated by an exchange as follows:
A preacher once said: Editors dare
not tell the truth. II you did you
could not live. Your newspaper
would be failure" The editor re.
piled: You are right, and the minis
ter who will at all times tell the truth
about his members, alive or dead, will
not occupy the pulpit more than one
Sunday, and he will find 1t necessary
to leave town in a hurry. The press
and the pulpit go hand in hand with
whitewash and kind words. magnify
ing little virtues into big ones. The
pulpit and the press are a saintmak-
ing partnership" And the minister
went away looking very Thoughtful,
while the editor turned to his work,
telling about the unsurpassed beauty
OF the bride, while in fact she was as
ugly as a mud fence.-Journalist
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1901-03-28

One fireman was killed. The loss will
be heavy.
The railroad between Pekin and
Chan Singou was opened Saturday
IN the presence Of the French end
Belgian ministers. There was re-
view OF the troops as a feature OF the
celebration.
Tka cabinet crisis at Seoul, capital
OF Corea, which arose out OF the
arrest of the acting minister OF
finance on charges Of having plotted
to murder number of the ladies of
the imperial household, continues.
Serious disturbances have occurred
in Budapest between university Of.
ficials and the students in conse-
quence of orders issued by the minis
ter of instruction for the removal Of
all crosses from the lecture rooms of
the university.
A Berlin dispatch from St. Peters
burg says five persons were killed and
many injured by the police in student
riots. The outbreak is regarded
seriously by the government and steps
have been taken to guard the czar
from possible attacks.
Senior Garcia Meron, the present
Argentine minister of agriculture, has
been appointed minister at Washing
ton and delegate to the Mexico con
gress; Minister Wilde, now in Wash
ington, will be made minister to
Brussels, where q new legation will
be created.
In the house of commons Arnold
Forster, parliamentary secretary to
the admiralty, said it was proposed
to have 154,575 men available to man
the feet of whom 11S.625 should be
on the active list, 2S,650 on the royal
naval reserve list, and 1900 on the
royal fleet reserve list.
Chile is facing new political
crisis. The liberal cabinet, which
succeeded the conservative ministry
forced out by congress, recently failed
to satisfy the liberal majority in con-
gress. A resolution was adopted by
the chamber Of deputies declaring
that the cabinet ministers did not
represent the political tendencies Of
the majority in the chambers. The
ministry then resigned.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1901-03-28
TAKING IN MR.. MOODY.
How His Confidence Was Abused by
the Natives Of Bethany.

When d. l.. Moody went to Bethany
during his travels in the East he was
very soft-hearted over all the multi
tude of beggars there, not only be-
cause the place is so unusual, but be-
cause he was moved by it's beautiful
traditions. He gave quantities Of
"backsheesh' and then asked If any
of the children had the names of Mary
and Martha. Yes, indeed, they had.
And that opened his pockets again
The news of his generosity spread
through the village and new claim
ants came until his visit seemed
likely to result in a fight for exist
ence. The case was getting des-
perate and he told the dragoman to
call for silence while he made an ad-
dress. Then he said:
II have come 5000 miles to see this
little village of Bethany. II was a
place my Master loved to visit, and |
have come to see it because He loved
it. | am very glad to meet you all,
but now | want to be alone. have
no more backsheesh, and | bid you
goodbye
A fine looking boy of Is replied to
the address He spoke huently and
with the grace of an orator. Mr..
Moody was delighted with the begin
ming of his Grafton, but not with its
conclusion.
I'VE are glad to see the gentleman
and his friends who have come so far,
but the gentleman must not think that
his actions are equal to the import
ance of his visit Six thousand miles
is a long way to come, and the gentle
man must have sacrificed much to
make the visit In consequence it is
natural for us expect that he would be
munificent in backsheesh. This he
has not been, and we now expect that
he will give us a great deal more"
Mr.. Moody was so disguised that he
abandoned the situation entirely and
hurried away with his friends.
81 did think said he, that boy had
a soul above backsheesh."
"And did you think, too, that some
of the children were named Martha
and Nary" he was asked.
Certainly Why not?'
Nothing: only they were all boys.
Youths Companion.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1901-03-28
THE INVENTORS MOTHER.
Edison Was Greatly Encouraged Il
Early Efforts by Loving Parent.

Edison's mother was woman OF
sweet and strong individuality,
equipped with a solid, If nnpreten-
tious, education and endowned with
rare abilities as a teacher. She was
eminently qualified to deal with the
plastic mind of her son, and it was to
her judicious efforts rather than to
those of his father that Edison owed
that early impetus which gave such
admirable scope and direction to his
dawning powers.
Under her guidance. at the age of
10, a period when most boys are in
flaming their imagination and per-
verting their moral sense with trashy
and sensational fiction, Edison, partly
from inclination. partly from over
consciousness, was wading through
such ponderous tones as Burton's
Anatomy of Melancholy" Gibbons
Decline and Fall of the Roman EN-.
pre-" Hume's History of England"
and History of the Reformation"
The inference is justifiable that
through Such books as these no boy,
however remarkable Waded without
the encouragement and companion
ship of the woman who could best0w
not only the instructors gift. but the
mothers sympathy and loye.-Chris-
tiaH Herald
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1901-03-28
French Bakers.

Bakers In France are subject to re-.
strictions and regulations undreaned
OF in England. In the fortified towns
along the frontier they are bound by
law to have a certain stock OF -four
always on hand in case Of emergen.
cies. The bakery not only has to be-
kept clean. but the baker has to la.
post with the local authorities a Ger.
tain sum Of money as surety for he
proper conduct Of his business. The
law also looks after his weights aae
measures, which circumstance places
him in the same position as the Brit.
ish baker, but in addition the law reg.
ulates the price at which bread can
be sold. Napoleon III. ordered on one
occasion that loaf about equal 70 our
quarters should be sold for not more
than six-pence, and this at time
when we were paying eightpence and
ninepence. London Tit-Bits.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1901-03-28
coNv.c1,s DRAW SALARIES.
Prisoners in Georgia Have Easy
Berths Under the States Charge.


There is side to convict life In
Georgis comparatively little known to
people generally, but one that is quite
Interesting. Some of Georgia's con
victs draw salaries! 1t sounds strange
that a man convicted OF crime against
the State, against his fellowman,
should be paid for the service he is
rendering as expiation or atonement
for his malicious error. But there are
several men in Georgia's convict
camps whom the lessees are glad to
compensate for their services, though
they are entitled to them for the 500
year which they pay the State for
their hire.
II is not, OF course. the ordinary,
illiterate and unintelligent convict
who is thus remunerated He Is OF no
more value than the manual labor he
can be made TO do through a plent-
eous supply of stomach fuel and the
urging of the taskmaster. The lessee
gets more than value received even
In this. He gets an able-bodied la-
borer at greatly reduced wages. But
the intelligent convict-and they are
comparatively few--is valuable In
other ways. II is the experienced
bookkeeper. the bank clerk, the &C
countant. who. having gone astray,
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1901-03-28
In China.


Chinese from Russia (Manchuria)
may be excluded from the United
States.
Consular reports show the boxer war
has almost ruined the trade of Amer
leans In China.
American soldiers in China want
70 be paid In Mexican coin, to outwit
The money changers.
A Russian official declared his gov
eminent has the right to negotiate
with any nation it chooses.
A Tartar general in command In
Manchuria was degraded for consent
ing to a treaty with Russia.
A Russian official says his govern
ment declines to discuss the Manchu'
ria negotiations with England.
Both Russian and British troops at
Tientsin have received orders from
their home governments to hold their
ground.
Britain cannot go to war with Rus
sia, high British official admitted, be-
cause the only army she can raise Is
busy in south Africa.
General Wogack, Russian command
er, demanded the withdrawal of Brit.
ish forces from disputed territory at
Tientsin, and an apology for the re-
moval of the Russian flag. The Brit
ish commander refused both demands,
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1901-03-28
Domestic.

Chicago March wheat. 75Ac.
One thousand Georgia negroes asked
the governor for transportation to 81.
IBERIA.
Civil Service Commissioner Mark S
Brewer died Of complication of
diseases.
A Pennsylvania concern is planning
to build a 100000 salt plant near
Wyandotte. Mich,
The governor signed the bill separat-
ing the city of Denver, Colo, from
Arrapahoe county.
Mrs. Lizzie Noramon. insane, killed
her six children and attempted suicide
at Cold Brook Mass.
Carnegie is said to have donated s5,-
100000 to another American city, sup.
posedly Philadelphia
Albert l.. Johnson proposes to grid.
iron Philadelphia with street car lines
and give a Scent fare.
Miss Dolly Bilderbock, Mount Pleas
ant, Kas., forfeited 100000 by marry.
ing the man of her choice.
The owners of Boraima and The
Abbot have arranged Tor a trotting
match for $25,00J Il side
Including the late Marriott Brosius,
II members Of the lifty-siNth congress
have dice since 1t was yonr cned,
IL les generally conceded that the
Morgan.Harrison-Hill interests have
secured control OF the Burlington
.r,S"Gg !aga Gqga DECLARES there will
n no rr.aNation OF the baggage IN.
sp'o.l"U regulations ne New Work.
"a. G. HUMPHREYS, leader of the choir
.G che Second BAPTIST church. st
Louis ND, shot and killed himself.