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Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-10-04

eral warshlps having been ordered :.
Washington, excursions to Mount We,
non and other places Of historic into,
est, and public meeting at which tbo
Visitors are made welcome and the an
cial guests presented with the freedor,
of the city Wednesday Is the day q,
the review Of the Grand Army by pros
ldent Roosevelt and the commander /,
chief, the line OF march 10 extend from
the capitol to beyond the Wtite HOUSE
Sessions of national encampments ava
to take place on Thursday and r. liay
and by Saturday afternoon the CITY Mil
have resumed It's wonted quietude.
Ordinarily beautiful city Washing.
ton has been almost TRANSPORTED nv
lavish decorations, illumlnations ana
profuse expenditure for courts Of hon.
or and triumphal arches. The capIto
dome is to be illuminated with 30o0
electric lights, the figure of Freedom
surmOunting II to be revealed In a blaao
OF searchllghts at night and the wen,
front Of the capitol adorned with An
immense Grand Army badge illumlned
in colors.
Spacious as are the public buildings
available for use and extensive as arc
the grounds on which tents can be
erected, every building and open space
obiainable has been taken by the COM
mittees in charge Of entertainment A
tent capable Of accommodating 2.sOo
has been raised on the White lot. IN an.
ditlon to 400 tents OF smaller size. Abont
1900 men can be housed In the new
printing Office, still In an Unfinished
condition. but sleeping accommodations
everywhere will be strained to ths
limit. Aside from the building decora.
lions and the floral pieces in the parks
there will be special feature In tba
shape of the great human flag" com.
posed Of a thousand children singing
patriotic songs banked against the
treasury building.
In sooth. the encampment will be
great event for the veterans with half
fares on all the railroads, full fares
at all the tables, and catered to In an
aesthetic as well as physical sense thew
should return home with a vivid I'm.
preston tiilt republics are no longer
ungrateful or forgetful.
HENRY EWART JOHNSON.
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little town in Austria, where the par
ties In a recent case issued cards Of in
vitation to their friends TO be present at
the trial
While fishing for cells In the Gippin-
gut Ipswich, England. with hook fas-
tened TO a piece Of string tied to rough
stick a boy captured a carp weighing
eight pounds ten ounces.
An experiment in crossing bison with
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-10-04

turned to n contemplation OF home pro-
duction II took a series Of fictlonal
earthquakes. so to speak, 10 awaken the
American perception Of real merit "ly-
ing around loose" right at our very
doors but when once aroused II halted
not until the newly discovered field was
thoroughly exploited. Perhaps Il has
already been oyeroNpoited, but who
knows? There was this about Utmost
OF the novels that took with the
American public were at least good and
wholesome products. To this class be-
long David Harum' and 'Eben Hol-
dem PLAYS founded upon which have
had a great vogue.
10 whatever It is due, the fact Is
patent that the dramatlzcd American
novel-that r.. the novel which has won
great success in the book world-has
been made the foundation of many a
managers fortune II Is matter of re-
port that a certain theater manager Of
New York makes a point Of securing
the dramatic rights Of every story pub
h'H'A 'A 'NhNdhiN HNhn' as 0NNil az
the work has reached the dignity OF a
second edition II may be owing to this
hapha2ard method that some OF the
novel plays have Jared so IN when
placed upon the stage But most OF
them have succeeded notwithstanding.
as may be seen by perusng the list,
composed mainly OF dramatizations or
adaptations OF American novels which
have appeared during the past year or
so or are now running before crowded
houses with no signs Of abatement in
popular interest David Harum" and
'Eben Holden have already been men.
toned. The overwhelming success Of
"Ben-Hur" in the States. Il may be re-
called, was duplicated In London; Rich
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-10-04

ard Harding Davis soldiers Of For
tune" with Robert Edeson as the star
actor. recently reached its one hundred
and fftieth performance In New York.
All know OF the success attending Pid-
gins quincy Adams sawyer" Winston
Churchilrs THE Crisis" following aft
er the phenomenal run Of his Richard
Carye" last year; Crawford's In the
Palace OF the King as adapted by Lor-
inner Stoddard. Uncle Toms Cabin,
with Wilton Lackaye as Uncle Tom and
fetching Little Eva When Knight
hood Was In Flower with Julia Mar
lowe in the role Of Mary Tudor. the
wllful warm hearted sister OF that old
reprobate Henry VIII, jerome a
Poor Man. the New England romance
by Mary r. wilkins, in which Walter
=. Perkins Is to star, and Maurice
Thompson's Alice OF Old Nincennes'-
a posthumous success. Ike David Ha-
rem'--with Virginia Harmed as the
lovely heroine.
The best critics agree that "Eben
Holden and Mary Johnston's ITO
Have and TO Hold were but dubious
successes AT the best. In fact. the ORA
matte critic Arthur Crlspin alludes to
the latter as "melodrama OF the baldest
type and not good melodrama at that"
And be adds. II To Have and 10 Hold
should have the effect Of causing pro-
moters 10 look with suspicion upon the
dramati2ed novel, 1t will not have lived
in vain for there Is nothing which has
done 50 much TO retard the develop
ment Of the American dramatist as the
craze for playing upon the popularity
OF The published novel" Sane words
without doubt for, 10 70 no further.
false standard Is set up when a success
in the field Of art or literature Is taken
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-10-04

tips either In hotels, cafes. railways OF
In any place where tipping Is Gus
tomary
Within the last FIVE years the CON
sumption Of absinth has douoied -
Paris The amount now drunk In q ye"
is 5000. 600 bottles.
II has been made Illegal to can!
pocket pistols in South Carolina az
law compels some 1000 whites ana 'F
groes to disarm.
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ing and the dead alike and bearing
their CHASTITY trophies to their huts
Hundreds OF soldiers died daily, scarce
ly one-1fth Of the original number
reaching Sarawak In safety, and II Is
believed that the blo0dthirsty Dyaks
in the history OF Borneo-and It has
been a bloody one-has this incident
been duplicated, and It Is significant
that the mountain saYages are shown
to be as fierce and as intractable as
ever, even after centuries Of contact
with European civilization.
Borneo Is a natural paradise, with
fertile soil and resources including gold
coal, iron, MISUNDERSTANDING the
worlds chief suppy-and precious
stones, diamonds being found IN every
part Of the island But Borneo pos
sesses two things inimical to white peo-
ple--its climate and the untamable
Dyaks, Both are deadly, but In a diff
ferent way; yet naturallsts and explor-
ers have lived for months In the Islands
Forests ana nave escaped 10 narrate
their wonderful adventures.
one Of the most famous of these Is
Alfred Russell Wallace. the distin-
gulshed friend and rival Of Darwin, and
another is that unique individual, Ra-
jah Brooke, the story OF whose life
reads like a romance and is intimately
interviewer with the history Of Borneo,
As a young EngIshman In search of
adventure, Sir James Brooke offered his
services TO the sultan OF Borneo at a
time when the latter was trying In vain
TO quell rebellion. He fought several
terrible battles and was so successful
that the sultan gave him the province
OF Sarawak and created him rajah, or
little king Brooke began operations on
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via Boring strait The rance Of Sara.
wax, Lady Brooke woman of elegant
presence and fine character, has assist.
ed her husband as paclfcator on many
occasions Both were in England last
year and were given rouslng receptions
by the aristocracy and the royal court.
They have one son. young Sir Charles,
who in due time will probably succeed
as rajah, unless the head hunters de-
scend upon the coast and wipe out the
existing government.
II is not exactly known what proper
ton of Borneos 1000 OOO population the
head hunters comprise, but they are
numerous enough 10 make deal Of
trouble and perhaps viii eventually
drive the foreigners away from the
coast. They are a mild appearing peo-
pie and would be In fairly good stand
ing with the other natives were Il not
for their unholy hankenng for their
neighbors' heads. They do not desire
to decapltate others Of their Kind from
enmity toward them merely but act
in accordance with their religious be-
lief The man who can display the lar
gest number OF human skulls is the
biggest toad In the puddle" as they
view him. Then, again, no young wo-
man of the head hunting tribes VIII
look with favor upon sutton unless he
can show a superb collection of crania.
mo skulls no wife" according to the
Dyak ethics.
The consequence is that the horrld
practice still goes on, 10 head being
safe In the vicinity of Dyak settle
ment. Even Dyaks supposed to have
been Chrlstianlzed have returned to
this savage custom as soon as they
went back o. tNoiv hon'os.
FREDERICK A. ODER,
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the price or average price OF ti,j or
over viii receive an order from the sales
officer on the nearest depot for a free
issue OF seven days forage (gran or
hayl for each animal"
one Of the lunatic paupers who re-
Gently died In an English asylum was
an inmate Of the institution for thirty
nine years, AT cost to the raiepayers
Of upward Of 5000.
A novelty In divorce is reported frcm
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BITS OF INFORMATION.

There are said 20 be 5000 900 French
Canadians resident IN America Of
whom l,2SSOoO are in the United States
and 10000 In Michigan.
Twenty coins supposed TO be about
300 years old have been found near the
skeleton OF a man unearthed during
some excavations at Stamford, Conn,
Yiscount Halifax has founded a home
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for the new Anglican Order Of Benedic-
tines at Painsthorpe Han, In the remote
Yorkshire wolds above Stanford bridge
England.
A fine business instinct has seized the
South African military authorities. In
order TO push the sale OF their surplus
horses they announce In the Mafeklng
Nail that all purchasers Of horses at
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-10-04

Held, Me, following similar successful
tests in the west Cattelos the hybrid
animals are called.
X 5. Braniger a Marysvile MOI
merchant accidentally picked up a live
tarantula in one OF his show windows
the other day. When he discovered
what he had hold Of. he let 90.
In meadow near KreuEnach. Pms.
STA. the authorities have picked up a
balloon tablet in which showed that
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old and has regned as a little king in
Sarawak for the past thrty-four years.
He Is married TO a sister Of the noted
explorer, Harry de Windt, who recently
made the trip from Europe TO America
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that the rajah of sarawak had been
goaded to take extreme measures with
the head hunting Dyaks who live in the
mountains contiguous to his province
and had raised an army to drive them
from their strongholds. Rajah Brooke
has been fighting the Dyaks for many
years and on several occasions has pun
,shed them by burning their villages
and destroying their crops, They had
promised to behave and especially to
abandon their horrible practice Of head
hunting, but last winter they returned
to their evil ways, and many Sarawa-
kIans lost their heads So an expedi-
ton consisting Of some 10000 men and
700 boats was fitted out and sent up the
Batang Lupar, a river flowing through
the southern section OF Sarawak.
There are no roads worthy the name In
Borneo. and the streams are almost the
only highways The head hunters reside
IN the dense forests on mountain slopes
near the headwaters Of the rivers which
flow TO the seacoast through impassa-
BILE jungles.
Shortly after the expedition had start
ed two soldiers died Of cholera, but IL
kept on until some Of the Dyak villages
were reached and destroyed, when the
deaths from the plague were so numer-
Gus that retreat was ordered. The
army was closely followed by the exult-
ant sayages. who reaped yerltable
harvest Of heads, decapitatlng the lIv-
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-10-04

his great work In 1885 and continued at
1t till 1868, the year of his death, when
he was succeeded by his nephew, the
present rajah, Sir Charles Johnson
Brooke who is now seventy three years
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his own account by fighting the Pirates
that infested the coast, and the number
he Killed was so great that the head
money" paid by his government
amounted to more than 100000 lie
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It was the property OF the French gov
eminent airship department at YER
sailles.
one Of the inmates Of Ecclesall eng
lanO workhouse who Is Familiarity
known AS "centenarian Sammy" de-
clares he was born in Sheffield In 1893
and Is therefore 100 years old.
An multiplying society has been
formed in Berlin. The members OF the
society pledge themselves not to give
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-10-04

conquered for civilization a country So
900 square miles in extent with 400
miles Of seaboard, He abolished plra-
cy and then undertook 70 subdue the
head hunters of the interior, He began
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thors anyway, ana they can regard with
equanimlty the present evolutionary
process by which not only the literature
OF the country, but also the stage Itself,
shows signs OF being 90 some extent
"Amerlcanized' The purport of This
statement seems 20 be borne out by the
fact that at present there are seven
American plays Of American authorship
"on the boards In New York city's
leading theatefs as against but one Of
English authorship. IL is hardly nee
esssry perhaps to allude 10 that trite
query the English critics used To launch
at ug, who reads an American book
but II may be mentioned merely to show
the trend of opinion a few years ago In
matters literary Prior 10 $50. il has
been said, We could not produce ca gem
uine American playwright acceptable to
the critics and theater managers and
Charles Frohman declared ten years
ago that n he had TO depend upon
American authors for his plays he
would probably have to SO out OF
business" Just at present. however.
the American author and playwright
appear TO be on top" and likely to stay
there.
As TO the beginning Of the American
Increment, we know that for long and
dreary years Americans were fed upon
literary pap prescribed 10y British 'litt
does until In very WEAKNESS they
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-10-04

great efforts on the former occasion Is
already a foregone conclusion The
first enoampment at Washington was
held there in 1870 and the second in
1899. In tho thirty-two years that have
elapsed since the first meeting there
many changes have occurred both In
the Capital City and IN the Grand Army
personnel In Washington vast atruc-
lures have been erected parks and av-
enues improved and general move
ment carried out toward making II the
city beautiful" as well as the 'cty Of
magnificent distances" In the Grand
Army organization, while steady prog
ress has gone on toward shaping II to
the desired ends, its eventual disln-
tegration IS painfully suggested by the
terrible havoc wrought by death, Sew
eral thousand die every year, and It Is
feared that the grand total Of about
270 900 veterans will be diminished even
more rapidly during the next decade.
The attendance this year, however,
promises 10 be greater than that at the
encampment OF 1901, as a sentimental
interest Is felt IN the city chosen for
this years meeting place, There will
be present many Of the veterans who
were in Washington and marched in the
grand revIew--the greatest Of It's Kind
the world has known-at the close Of
the civil war; many. again. who fought
In the Army OF the Potomac and assist
ed In guarding the defenses Of the cap
ital. They viii rally on this occasion
as perhaps never again, and there viii
be vast outpourlng.
Washngton's first encampment In
1870 was the fourth that had occurred.
the first Of all having been held in 1866
1t will be the privilege OF the veterans
this year not only TO assist al the dedl-
cation of a monument TO General w. r.
Sherman, but also one to Major u. II.
Stephenson, the founder of the Grand
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as a measure Of II In another province
Notable novel plays by foreign au.
thors may be mentioned In this con.
nectlon, such as Parker's Right OF
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ROBERT EDESoN.
SOLDIERS of Fortune. y

which Is 10 be followed this season py
his Eternal CITY," with r. NJ. Holiaha
as the pope OF Rome and Viola Allen as
Roma. EGBERT STkENIo''
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Army Of the Republic. A monument al
ready stands above his grave in Gales
burg, Ill.,, plain shaft Of granite erect
ed with funds raised at the 1893 en-
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formed after the close of the war but II
remained for Major Stephenson and
Chaplain w, j. Rutledge of the Four
teenth Illinois infantry to plan an or
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-10-04

! Is held by many to be
an indubitable sign OF
a healthy state OF pub
he mind when home
products are preferred
to foreign, especially
home literary prod
ucts, II Is healthy
for the American au-
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-10-04

campment on rs front are engraved
the words "B f. Stephenson, Founder
Of the G. A. r. Born 1928 Died 1S7i'
Thus briefly is his epitaph given, but
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teman Of France" Hewlett's Forest
Lovers" dramatized by Miss Clio
Graves" ouida's Under Two Flags"
and Hail Gaines THE Christian"
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liz tragedy that recent
ly took place In Bor-
neo by which an en-
tire command OF ma
tive soldlery,was al
most extermlnated has
not had its parallel for
many years. II seems
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his eulogy Is perennlally pronounced by
those who are joined in the bonds Of
patriotism.
Many organizations Of veterans were
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-10-04

way In which William Faversham
VIII star: Ian Maclaren's 'The Bonnie
Biier Bush" with ]. H. Stoddart as
Lachlan Campbell; Weyman's "A Cen
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IN years have passed
since the city Of Wash
ington entertained the
veterans Of the Grand
Army as guests, and
that the national capt.
tai in providing for the
thirty-sixth annual en-
campment, oct ell,
m ..a. - t..,
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FREDERICK A. ODER,
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-08-20
EXPANSION AND PAN1cs.

Tho New yo,, J1er,li -. . .. - :,
-,,;.- -, r. ''''' 'aN 'ee"
''E " "'a"''a 'a"P aheo' the disposition manifested
to sven the hFed o'saon and charges OF certain railroads
taking the Rock Island system as an example
a,comnarcd by Li -.a. v,4Ps III 1merea. mis- IS
the demand for ro;,,e % 49, ns supply OF gold while
30, goo s,l,cr d ,s' ,"e ntgI Gta'es nhtS coined
do this work but because the Iocs ooa @ wanted to
required the work to he dorc Tb. 'le'e u9,"tS
cnlare the silver eid .'u,a from famine conditions will
gold without essening the y2e - ,b a., supply Of
tbe d,sann '1 ~ .s tne opening up OF fresh lands,
Improvements everywhere and il " rs ss, ana rush Of
conditions are peculiarly fsvor,b fr MY seen sna material
paper and the VI" 5eai, me vast stock OF new
charges in the f, 'o''sS"on 10 pay higher fixed
''', NJ sSs III ,ne 'n.ufe
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-08-20
THE SUPREME couRT.

In spite Of the fact that high judicial pos ton Ike
AL offices the tenure of which is for life tends remark
ably to produce longevity It would seem probable that
President Roosevelt would have the practical remak.
OF the supreme court of the United States espccia
" II he should succeed in getting second term The
Judges are growing old
Justice Gray, who has just resigned was ~ last
March But although he the oldest member OF the
court, the others not far behind Justice Shiras
was 40 last January Chief Justice Fuller will reach
the same next February and Justice Harlan next
June AS the law allows retirement to Judges of the
supreme court full pay pension when they have
reached the of TO- provided they have served for
ten years all three of the judges may withdraw long
before the expiration of President Roosevelts term
OF the other Ave judges. Justice Brown is c. Jus.
tice Brewer 65, Justice Peckham g. Justice Mclenna
3d. and Justice White Sc.
Justice oliver Wendell Holmec the new appointec.
Is 81 years of Besides the longevity appertanug
to his new office sort of perqusite heredty gives
him promise of vigorous old age His famous father
Oliver Wendell Holmes the elder continued his intel.
lectual activity until he was very advanced in years
The substitution of one Massachusetts, man for an.
other does not disturb the balance of the court nj.
though that balance is rather inclined in favor of the
North and against the South Peckham and shras
hail from New York and Pennsylvania respectively;
Fuller is from Illinois; Brown from Michigan; Brewer
from Kansas Harlan from Kentucky, McKenna from
California, and White from Louisiana.
Fuller, Peckham and White are democrats The
other six judges are republicans