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SALT LAKE OPERA COMPANY
EXCURSION TO OGDEN
Decoration nav. NAV 3Oth

Special train leaves the Rio Grande
Western Depot az 6 p, m. sharp. re-
turning after the Opera. Fare 81 for
the round TRIP. Everybody invited.
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NOTICE OF SALE or PERso'
PROPERTY.

ESTATE AND GUARDIANSHIP ,S Gi
Edward p. Ferry an. an lnSV'n len Al
person. The undersigned WI -" az
private sale twenty-six thoussa ares q
hundred eighty-fye (266S) sla ,'lnins
The capital stock OF the Anchor MINI sr "
company. on or AFTER we "" All
June, 1909, at ten o'clock H. q, N
written bids will be receive, ,,. l'tsh
Mccormick block. Salt Lake ivy
Terms Of sale, cash. ..-. r,rpRY,
WILLIAM MONTAGUE tirr npy
EDWARD STEWARD fE Late .,
Guardians Of Person and hs"
Edward u. Ferry.
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Nothing
Tastes Good

And eating is simply perfume
tory-done because it must be.
This is the common complaint of
the dyspeptic.
If eating sparingly would cure
dyspepsia, few would suffer from
it long.
The only way to cure dyspepsia,
which is difficult digestion, is to
give yigor and tone to the stomach
and the whole digestive system.
Hoods sarsapsrlls cured the niece Of
Frank Fay, iOs n, st.. South Boston. Mass.
who writes hst she had been great sufferer
from dyspepsia for sir years: had been with.
out appetite and hsd been troubled with sour
stomach spd hehdAohs. She had Hisd mary
other medicines In vain. Two bottles "
Hoods Sarsaparilla made her we'll
Hoods JdrsdpdriHa
Promises to cure and keeps the
promise, Don't wait till you are
worse, but buy a bottle today,
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FARM OF a ACRES. FENCED I IL
stable nice orchard OF l5l cherry any I'm mn
choice fruit trees. also has house N'n I,ios
etc. ou H. Apply TO Mrs Q, Denney' VIZ
Cash Store, Union, salt Lake 70
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N.25 Chamois Gloves, warranted
washable, all sizes, on sale Tuesday on
ly at 69c pair at +. Auerbach & Bro.
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OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
POLICE NOTES.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.

Judge Diehl this afternoon had a
considerable number Of charges OF
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FOR RENT.

BARN on THIRD EAST BET. BRIGHAM
and LIST so. Phone 035-k,
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PROBATE AND GUARDIASsh"
NOTICES.

Consult County Clerk or the i,a1
tive slgners for further informau0"
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HELP WANTED.
FOR sALs-RsAL ESTATE.

GIRL FOR GENERAL hQU;sE.N.oy,sN'
NO WASHING. Call az G5 Third sue'l
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court, first bishop and members of par
Lament belonging to both parties ap-
proved Of (which, If offered at an
other time, would probably have been
considered at~once. But certain force,
which must be nameless now, got to
work then, and a cable was sent from
Copenhagen severely diScrediting Mr..
Gron. The newspapers Of the United
States which resented his airing Of the
administrators intimate dealings with
Christmas, took the matter up; and, as
the cable gave a great but unnamed
official as authority, Mr.. Gron was I'M
der a cloud during the investigation;
and until the prime minister of Dem
mark and leading members Of the
Landsthing (upper house, publicly ex-
onerated him. His treaty still stands,
however, and will be referred to pres
emily.
During the negotiations before the
Spanish war absolute secrecy had been
maintained. Consequently the temper
of Denmark was unknown, and the
royal family and certain high officials,
although deeply opposed to parting
with their islands, had yielded because
it seemed the best thing to do; st.
Croix was in desperate straits, and the
yearly deficit in the budget Of the I'M
taxed group was six hundred thou
sand kroners; which sum had to be
made good by the home government.
When the proceedings were made
public in April, 1898, there was a pro-
test in Denmark which subsidized as
quickly as it rose; for it was believed
that the Spanish war would put an end
to the matter. Upon the re-agitation
OF the question in 1900, however, it was
heard again and was-and is-loud,
persistent and determined. This pro-
test is by no means wholly political,
as is imagined in America; it is more
than two-thirds sentimental. Denmark
is a small country, but she is very
proud and valiant one; with a reputa-
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G)hy 0>e Must It@ape a Greater Navy

have been imperatively demanded at
the present time, had they never pass
ed into our hands.
Even more, they have lessened the
burden of purely naval increase, which
but for them would have been neces-
sary; for by the tenure of them, and
due development Of their resources, the
navy itself receives an accession Of
strength, an augmented facility Of
movement, by resting upon strong po-
sitions for equipment and repair-upon
bases, to use the military term-in sew
eral parts of the world where our in
terests demand naval protection of the
kind already mentioned, namely, readi-
ness to take the offensive instantly.
Facilities of this character add per-
centage Of value to a given noble force,
military or naval, for they by so much
increase it's power and it's mobility.
This percentage may be difficult of
precise definition as to amount, but it
none the less exists. That coal can be
obtained near at hand, plentifully, and
with certainty; that ships can remain
in readiness, and in security, near the
possible scene of operations; that they
can be repaired there, instead of re-
turning to the United States; all these
conditions, which our new possessions
will afford, erkble the work on the spot
to be done by fewer ships, and dimin-
ish by their storage facilities-by their
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they had not been suspected. they had
made themselves thoroughly familiar
with the '1ay" of the rooms. They must
have learned something, too, Of the
safe in Mr.. Lords private office and
of what it contained. On the after
noon Of the robbery hlr. Lord was sit
ting reading when one Of the strang-
ers walked into his Office and engaged
the wealthy man in conversation.
The two talked earnestly together
for several minutes and while Mr.
Lords back was turned the other rob-
Der hastily swung open the great safe
door, pulled out some drawers and
took from them securities worth ST.
100000. A little later the two men
quietly walked out. 1t was some time
afterWard that Mr.. LORD discovered
his loss. He was almost overcome by
the shock of it. The thieves had gone
and to this day they nave never been
found. A part Of the securities stolen
were found. A great many years later
where they were offered for sale. But
some of them appeared In London.
the robbers have always been nrys
terry. The great theft created st1'
throughout the country. And from
that day to this thieves naVe not dared
to return to Wall street.
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must have a stronghold In the Carib-
bean sea. After the failure Of the nego-
tiations Of 1867 for the islands Of ST.
Thomas and st. John, the matter lay
fallow until January, 1897. From that
date until April, 1898, secret, nom Off
cial negotiations were carried on be-
tween the two governments, the COM
missioners in the United States being
Mr.. Niels Gron, a native Of Denmark
and an American citizen, and grad
uate Of Harvard; Mr.. Henry H. Rogers,
Of the Standard Oil company, and Mr..
Charles r. Flint; Mr.. Gron being the
accredited representative Of the sale
committee in Denmark, which in turn,
acted with the full authority of the
government. These three gentlemen
had, after long and delicate manipu-
lation, and in concert with what is said
to be the strongest and most represent
ative committee ever formed in Den
mark, almost brought the matter to a
head, Senator Lodge having on April l.,
1898, introduced a bill asking congress
to appropriate 100000 for the pur-
chase Of the islands, when the Spanish
war cloud burst, and Denmark was
obliged to withdraw temporarily or be
guilty of diplomatic discourtesy to
Spain.
When the war finished, Mr.. Gron and
his former associates realized that 1t
was useless to take up the question Of
the Danish islands again, until the agi-
tation over Porto Rico and the tariff
had been soothed by some sort of COM
promise; and they let it die in abey-
ance Then came the diSgraceful
Christmas episode, which is too recent
history to repeat.
Even the cratic Imagination of this
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By Gertrude fullerton

by the American congress. The Rigs
dagen adjourned until October, and
there the matter now stands.
Meanwhile, the substitute treaty is
we'll known to meet with the approval
Of the party opposed to the sale OF the
islands. Its conditions are as folloWsi
That Denmark Shall cede to the
United States either st. Thomas or st.
John, both of which islands have ex-
ceIlent harbors; that she shall guar
antee never to sell the other islands to
any power whatsoever, except the
United States Of America; that the
United States SHALL in return, arrange
for tariff concessions to st. Croix.
No money will change hands, and the
United States will have the additional
advantage Of almost encompassing
Denmark with the Monroe doctrine.
thus giving herself an excuse to check
Russia, when that cormorant makes
here first sign Of closing in upon Nor
way, Sweden and Denmark, and
threatens American trade in the Baltic.
Denmark would part with one of her
islands without regret, on account of
the great advantage accruing to the
most important, commercially, of the
group, st. Croix; and the United States
would gain the only advantage she
wants, and be delivered from another
incubus.
Not only would Denmark pc qu!te
satisfied with this settlement of the
island problem, but she would like the
idea of little alliance with the United
States as it were. Like all the world
she is awake and restless, looking
about for new friends, for opportuni-
ties that may lead to future greatness,
and win her the admiration of more
powerful state. AS Dane remarked
the other day: "All the nations are
trying to get into society" She al
ready has one Of the finest steamship
lines in Europe, and half a million
kroners have been deposited as guar
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Denmark and The Treaty

anxious adventurer could conceive no
Improvement on the treaty whose de-
tails he had managed to discover, al
though our conditions had so material
ly changed since its plan had seemed
the most feasible to the two commit
tees; as well as to the high authori-
ties in both countries, The enormous
increase in our yearly expenses was
not taken into consideration, to say
nothing of a whole series Of problems
which the Spanish war had brought to
a country heretofore almost without a
foreign policy. There being no hint
from Denmark that anything short OF
the sale of the entire group would be
considered by her, and Mr.. Gron. Mr..
Rogers and Mr.. Flint having thrown
up the whole matter rather than be as
ISOLATED with the new commissioner,
we ratified the Christmas treaty, and
two things happened: there arose a
loud and determined protest in Den
mark, and the report of Capt. Christ
mas was made public.
This report, intended for a very mar
row circle, and amounting practically
to a blackmail of the Danish govern
ment, contained the accusations OF
bribery and corruption Of American cit
liens with which we are familiar; and
Mr.. Gron, as one Of the accused, and
the prime mover in the whole matter,
demanded an investigation by
the United States Congress.
During his testimony before
the Select committee on Purchase Of
the Danish Islands, he offered treaty
as substitute for the original treaty
having received by cable from Den
mark an assurance that strongest
business men, bankers, land owners,
admirals, generals, president supreme
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antee that service shall be establish
ed to the West Indies, should she re-
tain two Of her islands.
The sentiment in the islands Is too
complicated to be set forth IN detail
here, but all unite on one point: some
thing must be done at once for st
Croix, which is well over the verge o.
ruin. A majority are for the sale, nc
doubt, but three points have not beer
brought home to them: (D There will
be exactly the same determined oppo-
sition in the United States to their
commercial interests as Porto Rico has
experienced, and further delay ir
which they may starve; (2)They will
be heavily taxed, made to support
themselves; for the United States is
not sentimental, and will pay no annu-
al hundred and fifty thousand dollars
deficit; (3) Most important Of all; II
may be several years before they can
get their sugar, rum, etc., to New York
without enormous expense. Accord
ing to the laws Of the United States
no foreign ship may carry goods be-
tween two American ports. The lar
ger part Of the products of the Lesser
Antilles is carried to the United States
by the Quebec Steamship company,
which f1es the British flag. Naturally
after leaving st. Kits, these cargo
stemers will sail directly for New York
ignoring the new American ports. The
Messrs. Outerbridge will be obliged
either to buy at once new steamers
flying the American colors, for the
sole object of getting the sugar and
rum of one small island and the bay
rum OF another to New York, or te
change their flag, long, laborious an6
expensive process. Again, st. Croix
may starve. She is between the devil
and the deep sea, and the only pro-
cedure which can save her is a new
treaty. The point in this treaty which
vitality concerns US is, that it will be
urHainted.
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accumulated and natural resources
the immediate dependence upon home
by a long chain Of communications,
which is the great drain on all military
operations.
The general strenuous impulse of the
great civilized states of the world to
find and to establish markets and COM
mer cial relations outside their own
borders and their own people has led
to multifold annexations, and to COM
mercial and naval aggressions, in
which the United States has had no
part, but which have constituted po-
litical situation that immensely In
creases our political and commercial
anxieties, and consequently our naval
responsibilities; for, as interests of this
kind are outside our continent, 1t IS
upon the navy that their support rests.
This external impulse of the CONNER
claI nations is of twofold character.
First, there is the perfectly legitimate
and uncbjectionable form OF CONNER
cial competition, in open field and
without favor; but there is, besides,
the effort to extend and sustain COM
mercial advantage by the extension of
political power, either by controlling
influence or by actual annexation, I'M
der cover of either of which the COM
mercial system Of the particular coun-
try obtains favored conditions, injuri-
Gus to others, from special privilege all
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NTH was sudden. 1t would be laugh
able, if it were not that so many con-
slider it an actually, to think Of the
yellow journal as being willing. to
cruelty itself for Iabor's sake. To
practice such a deception is rank, and
to play upon the feelings of the poor
people for the sake Of getting their
hard-earned coin is the most sordid OF
principles. The yellow journal cares
almost as much for the people as does
the most unscupulous bondholder In
the land; and it's much Wanted pat
riotism is a means to infuriate the
country's citizens by emphasizing their
wrongs and keeping before them in
eaualities that the yellow journal can
not and does not hope to better.
In order to reach the people who may
not be able to grasp the meaning Of
the yellow editorials, foul and revolu-
tionary caricatures are produced from
day to day. The highest priced artists
are engaged to do this dirty work, and
each vies with the other to see which
can produce the most obnoxious to
common decency. The effort OF these
is of course as great or greater than
the written editorials. The dogged
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Should fellow Journals Be Suppressed.

real sympathy for the under-layer Of
society, not because it would better
the social conditions, but for Interior
reasons. 1t gains a following it could
obtain in no other way in the news
paper field. If the social conditions
were perfected, the yellow journal must
go out of business. Its pretended SYM
pathy would be no longer needed; but
the more trouble it can foment by
ranking classes against masses the
greater it's sales, and consequently It's
desire is that this strife be accentu-
ated and always kept in the active
state.
speak Of this phase of yellow jour-
nalism because it, is its most harmful
and the one that Is being featured most
at the present time There are many
faults to be found with so-called yell
low Journalism, but this prodding the
masses is the ugliest, and I do not
think exaggerate when say that it
may arouse to such pitch that armed
force will be necessary to quell 1t. It
is pity that the monster was ever
permitted to wax so strong. but COM
ing as it did at time when labor
strife was marked, its path to its re
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tion for brains and practical energy
quite out Of proportion to her size, and
a unique position among the sovereign
states Of Europe through her gifts TO
three Of its thrones. She Is the only
state in Europe which, at one time or
and in 1854, to save Schleswig, which
from remotest antiquity had been
part of her realm, unhesitatingly p1tted
her thousands against the tens OF thou
sands of Austria and Prussia, although
she knew that not soldier or hers
might return from the battlefield. The
loss Of Schleswig is today as deep a
grief as 1t was in 1854, and Pruss1as
failure to keep her promise to restore
the northern Danish districts and her
petty persecution of loyal Danes In the
Duchy are a constant and bitter cause
of resentment. Therefore the secret or
her indignant protest against partlng
with the gems of her colonial posses
sions Three million five hundred thou-
sand kroners were Immediately SUD
scribed, to be invested for the relief or
81 Croix. should the government de-
cline to ratify the treaty; and the up
per classes, almost to a man, stood
out against the sale. The Folketh1ng
dover house) represents the peasan-
try, who, knowing nothing of the pr1n-
ciples upon which our constitution is
founded, were persuaded thaL II pen
mark did not get her $5,0Oo,OOO as
quickly as possible, we would appro-
pirate the islands without further par
ley; and to them Christmas estimate
of American officials seems too nat
ural to be set aside by a mere 1nVesu-
cation.
In the midst of the protest, came
the publication Of Christmass report.
and it's demand for the recognition OF
his claim Of ten per cent Of the sale
price, that he might settle with the
Americans he had bribed; and the de-
lay consequent upon the investigation
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open to attack, the more valuable in
this sense the navy is, and the more
numerous and powerful must it be.
So long as we had no external posses
sions, it was comparatively easy to
blind people to the usefulness of a
navy, or to the necessity for it. A navy
for coast defense only was then a
plausible, though deceitful, cry; and it
was very easy further step to say that
Notifications, stationary land defenses,
were cheaper and more effective. On
the narrow ground of passive defense,
that is true; therefore, ignorance Of
military principles being characteristic
of mankind generally, and of Ameri-
cans perhaps particularly, the need of
a mobile force to act Extensively could
not obtain recognition.
1t is nst the least of the advantages
we have derived from our new possess
sions that this condition Of the public
mind can exist no longer. 1t was very
soundly argued, by the opponents of the
expansion which has been realized in
the last decade of the nineteenth CEN
fury, that transmarine acquisitions
would be so many new exposed points,
to be supported by sea only, not by
land, as our continental territory can.
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If the yellow journal were in SYM
pathy with the principles which it en-
courages, then it would be no worse
than the paper published by the an
archist leader Herr Most, or, since he
is in Jail, by his assistant; but as 1t
presents merely pretens1ons, 1t should
be considered far worse than any anar-
chist sheet, but, having vast wealth
back of it, the yellow journal can go
much farther and safely be much more
anarchistic than the paper published
by the anarchist leader himself.
It Is time that a halt was called to
the scurrilous newspaper leprosy that
is persistently gnawing at the peace of
the home and the country, and con-
terminating a host of well meaning
but misguided and vacillating minds.
If not suppressed this yellow evil bids
fair to bring about the downfall Of
time-honored American institutions
This is not an impassioned prediction,
but one that any unprejudiced obser-
yer can verify for himself. Freedom
Of the press" is certainly to be de-
sired, but when that freedom becomes
revolutionary it is the governments
turn to curtail It.
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They were very right. and this Is very
true; the flaw in their argument, as
we'll as the beam in the eye Of the
American public, which prevented 1t
from seeing clearly, was the failure to
note that, even when not possessing a
square foot Of territory without our
borders, we had manifold interests
abroad, assailable by superior navy,
and only to be protected by such dis
play Of force on our part as should
make it not worth while to arouse US
to action.
The argument Of the opponents Of
territorial expansion, even within mod
crate limits, and with due regard to
locality and consequent utility in the
positions acquired, was thus plausible,
and was deplorably successful; but it
was fallacious. 1t adduced a sound
military reason-the increased expos
ure-but wholly ignored qualifying
considerations Of the most serious
character, reversive of conclusions. 1t,
may with much more certainty be now
alleged, and the assertion can he sup
ported to the point Of demonstration,
that the acquisitions Of recent years,
despite the additional requirement of
their defense imposed upon us, have
not necessitated any increase of our
naval force beyond that which would
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armed and ready on the instant for
fight Sometimes they carry their re-
volver in the side pockets Of their
coats, sometimes in their sleeves. For
several weeks the Seaboard National
bank, while it's own vaults were being
repaired, kept its most valuable Sc
curities in the safe deposit vaults OF
the Produce Exchange, across Beaver
street. The papers and money were
carried in four or five boxes, and these
were fastened together by a small
chain, the boxes being about two feet
apart. On each side of each of the
boxes, as they were carried across the
street morning and night, was one
man, and in front and behind the pro-
cession was a special officer. 1t was
an interesting procession.
Perhaps it is all these safeguards
against a successful robbery in Wall
street that has baffled the thieves so
long, but there is, besides, another
I reason. Money is seldom carried on
the street It is different now rom
the old days, when all payments were
made in gold and thousands Of dollars
were carried through the streets from
one financial house to another. Inc
most valuable property that Is taken
through the thoroughfares of the flran
cial district now consists of bonds OF