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Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-02-18

The continuous work Of archmolo.
g.sts tends more and more TO the pre-
sumption that ancient America was the
lend where the civilization Of Asia Il.
SELF originated. The Curator OF the
American section museum OF science
and art In the University Of Pennsyl.
,nnla. Stewart Culin. contributes a
suggestive article on the subject TO the
March number OF Harper's Magazine.
hr. cuhn points out many striking re-
scmllanocs between the games OF
chance played By early American in.
d.ans and those now in use IN India
Korea and China. Among these the
Hindu game OF 'pachisi" 81 almost
identical with "patolli." as played by
TIE Aziecs In old Mexico. incidentally.
ne game Of pachisi. with which all
American children are familiar. is n
development from the pachlsI which
MI, culin and others regard as one
q the important links In the evidence
identifying eastern with western civil.
ration, a. he explains In his article.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-02-18
THE WATER CONTROVERSY.

The consideration OF the water prob
lem by the Commercial Club and
number of legislators and business men
on Tuesday evening, was step In
desired direction. Some very important
matters were presented The explana-
lions and suggestions Of Engineer A.
Y. Doremus and Attorney r. S. Rich
ards we're valuable, and something In
The line Of their remarks IS absolutely
essential for the establishment Of q
definite water system. The volume OF
the water supply at different points in
the state must be first ascertained. then
the extent Of the rights established to
its use must be defined aud fixed, the
questions OF Incorporated and Of sur
plus waters must be settled and yarl-
Gus associated matters must be consd-
cred Legislation on these points viii
have to be gravely and carefully han
died or there win be endless trouble
and litigation.
The presentation Of these problems
by the gentlemen mentioned was con-
Quoted with the ability OF experts ON
the water question, But they must not
be confounded with the proposition FOR
n water commission in this city which
IS a different subject entirely. The as
ISOLATION Of the two topics In the same
meeting has confused them IN the minds
Of some people. The practical measures
OF the first addresses at the meeting
do not apply 10, and are not rightly
connected with, the water commission
scheme explained and advocated after
ward. We agree with the former, we
dissent from the latter. We shall take
occasion to explain why when necessity
requires.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-02-18

The president and sixteen teachers Of
the Normal university Of New Mexico
have gone on strike, Before they can
go back to their classes they win have
to bring excuses from their pas and
mas for unexcused absences or be
dropped
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-02-18

In Washington social circles an inyl-
tailon from the President to any func-
tlon Is said to be a command" In Lon
don the rule Is reversed There a
command" from royalty IS regarded
as an invitation, Some American social
leaders believe In out -Herodlng Herod
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-02-18

II irks Senator Depew 70 think that
all the states should have equal rep
resentstion IN the senate. lie has the
Fastafllan theory that the larger the
man the greater his rights. The dis
tingulshed after-dlnner speaker senator
has not only outgrown the Constitution
but the theory Of the American govern.
ment as well.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-02-18
TROUBLE IN CHINA.

Rumors are multiplying TO The effect
that another Boxer rising 81 likely 10
occur in China next summer with Pc.
vim for center The rising in 1900 an
rcarod TO he suppressed. but II was
said then, G persons familiar with
Chinese conditions. that the red ares
were not extlnguishod' only Temporal
rily smothered, and that appears 10
have been the case A correspondent
81 the Shanghai Mercury speaks Of
Yung Lu, the chief OF the Boxers IN
1900 as the virtual emperor Of China
today So great is bis influence ei
court supposed 10 BE- As will be re-
numbered. the Chinese government was
compelled TO Kin q number OF tbs
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-02-18
RECENT PUBLICATIONS.

The February number OF Gunton's
Magazine has the following list Of con.
tents: "The Administration and
Trusts" Monthly Review OF Foreign
Affairs" 'PrOtectlon, Not Reciprocity
"symptomatlc Parties Henry w. VIII
bur: Forestry Legislation In the Unit
ed states" Hon John r. Lacey, NJ. c.
chairman committee on public lands,
House OF Representatives ITO South
Africa on Mule Transport" Walter
Sterling Bridgeman; Editorial Cruel
Bile" Book Reviews" Current Com
ment" and "The Worlds Greatest
Mint" Illustrated, julius Moritzen.
Gunton Co., New York.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-02-18

What he IL after is popularity on the
plantations and IN the back alleys OF
southern cities, where Mr. Roosevelt o.
late has been having It all his own way
The poor black man may be grateful 70
the president for giving a eollectorsnih
and postofllce or two TO colored eiti.
zens, but what Is such recognition
however nattcrng IN comparison w
The promise OF pension for himself
on one Of the family.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-02-18
New YORK Herald,

II was a most miscellaneous thing
however. 10 have done 1t VIII arouse 2
vain hope among the negroes OF the
south that they are TO be pensioned by
the government and 1t will stir into ac'
tiyity those who on various occasions
have deluded these poor people win
such hopes and induced them to part
with their little savings 10 help u
a,ong." If Senator Hgnna isn't ashamed
e. himself he ought to be- Even the
"by request" Endorsement on the bill
viii moi relieve him OF responsibility
for what may follow
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-02-18

It was cold reception that that
most welcome vlsitor--the robin-got
But warmer weather is at hand, and he
viii find It an easy matter to make a
living. what a blessing are the blrdsl
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-02-18

Ifitlsa Hanna bid for southern and
negro delegates, we do not see Low
tie Roosevelt interest can improve on
It. The appointment Of a few colored
Non 10 Insignificant federal offices or
inviting Representatives colored men
10 the presidential dinner table win not
.rtnni the nrllIe
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-02-18
"THAr COMPULSORY PETITION
Salt Lake, City. Feb. II, 1908.
litor Deseref News.

salt Lake city, Feb. Il, 1908.
Editor Deseret News.
AS am stll questioned In regard 10
the covert threats said 90 have been
used in circulating q petition for the
seating Of Senator-elect Reed smooL |
desire 10 state for the Information Of
the public. that the assertion IN certain
newspapers that l used threats or in
ducements Of any kind to obtain a sig
nature or signatures Is absolutely false.
could have obtained scores OF sigma
lures from prominent men II that had
been desired, but only q Few We're want
cd | deny emphatlcally that I said
anything about q record or made any
reference to where persons would
stand two years hence on tried 70
bring pressure 20 bear upon any per-
son in any shape or form. That ought
TO be sufficient, and win be for all who
know me,
Yours respectfully
WM. r. JONES, JR.
The substance Of the foregoing APP
peared on the first page Of the Tribune
on Sunday morning But an editorial
was published IN the same paper on
'srhat Compulsory Petition IN which
the charge is made that signatures TO
Il were required under pains and pen-
alties,o and obtained by coercion and
covert threats II wasa vile but char
nctefistic Tribune editorial and Is false
and vicious in its whole purpose and In
tent. The idea that any gentleman
whose name was signed to the brief
statement Of facts that is dubbed a PEE
titIon," did so under duress or COM
pulsion or threat Of any kind, Is a gross
Insult to the slgners and the iniimailon
that there was any need 10 use such
means 10 obtain signatures is an lnfa-
nous falsohood. written and published
with manifest malice. Even the witt
sr az Il ought to be thoroughly ashamed
- yf- rt-t-. stsa.f.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-02-18

A joint and concurrent resolution
to pension policemen has been intro
duced in the Missouri legislature. To
provide them with beds in hospitals
would be about the proper caper
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-02-18

A University Of Chicago professor
says there are forty tongues spoken In
Chicago, A punishment FOR that clty's
attempt TO rival the tower Of Babel
with Masonic buildings.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-02-18
baltimore sun.

Now that SO prominent a senator as
Mr. Hanna has apparently Interested
himself IN the project Il Is probable
that another assault will be made on
the pocietbooks Of the former slaves by
men who have prOhted by their ignor-
ance and credulty in the past.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-02-18

headers Of the Boxer rising. II would
be interesting 70 know, IN view Of this
report, whether the executions were all
by proxy, or whether new leaders
have taken the vacant places.
According to the Shanghai report, the
yIceroy Tsen is said to be earnestly
endeayorlng to suppress the rebellion
in the province Of szechuan headed BY
Tung Flu Hslahg. but the imperial gov
eminent Is not giving him any sup
port. Meantime, the government Is
proposing 10 absorb the telegraph sys-
tenn Throughout the country This Is
however regarded as omlnous Of evil TO
foreigners IN the event Of widespread
trouble. And while a rebellion Is thus
gaining strength in the northwestern
provinces, the anti.forelgn rebels In
Kwangs In the south, have taken pos
session Of many districts and towns
and are preparing to march on Yum
nan
Possibly foreign lntrigues are at the
bottom OF the trouble 1t ~ notice.
able that whenever there is an OUT
break in China, foreign powers find an
excuse for invading Chinese territory
and whenever soldiers are sent Into
district, they very rarely are entirely
Withdrawn.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-02-18
Buffalo EXPRESS.

OF course Senator Hanna does not
favor his bin to pension former slaves.
Dut the fact that he introduced II VIII
be used to swindle many poor negroes
into contributing money to agents TO
tress their claims
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-02-18
SENATOR nAsS0s PENSION Gill,
pliiahnrr plgpatch.

Senator Hanna says he did not know
what was In that bill 20 pension ex.
gleves. IL was presented by request"
Which IL apt to provoke terse comment
upon one way OF performing public
duty
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-02-18

II seems that It was Great Britain
that proposed that the naval demon-
STATION against Venezuela take the
form Of a blockade.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-02-18

DR.. crum, colored, has been declared
nnat TO hold federal Office. because
81 the color OF his Fkin. IL e. stated
hat he Is able and beyond reproaeh.
but Inc color Of his skin is against
hin.
The case has attracted much alten-
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-02-18

When Austria sends her note to the
sultan It should have a nota hene
clause attached telling him It means
business.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-02-18

No matter how other people may
have felt over the thaw It saddened
the hearts OF the plumbers
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-02-18

President Roosevelt has been preach
ing In favor Of big families Is the UNI
DERIVING idea Napoleonic?
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-02-18

Nine Humbert is suffering from
heart trouble AS yet her conscience
does not trouble her.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-02-18

Little Venice has learned not TO
monkey with the buzz saw.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-02-18

There Is such a thing as paying TOO
much for O school whistle even.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-02-18

II the sultan should 50 to war he
probably would go to the wall
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-02-18

Mr.. Bowen was the victor but the
spoils went TO King, Kaiser & Co.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-02-18

Nothing parts fool from his money
quicker than Investment In get
rich enterprise,
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-02-18

"Do we go up?" was asked the Their
mometers. up we DO CO. they re-
Piled.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-02-18

Some men think they are the whole
thing even when they are in a hole.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-02-18

Il Is to be regretted that the proyis-
ions Of the pure-food bill are not edi-
bio
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-02-18

Joint action against Turkey never
means that Turkey is to be disjointed.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-10-04

NJ. III. Saville, in Mexican Herald.
My interest in Mexican archaeology is at
present almost completely absorbed in the
ruins of Yucatan, i'm the study of which
Senior Mailer has achieved much renown,
and as an authority upon which he Is
without a peer. Yucatan is simply a para
disc for archaeologists. 1t is the ideal
country as far as ruins are concerned. No
place in the world can show such extensive
ruins i'm perfect state of preservation as
Yucatan. That country will afford food for
study to the archaeologists of the world
for generations. 1t appears to have been
especially set apart for the benefit of read
ers Of hieroglyphcs and students OF anti
guilty. There more ruins 10 be found
within il than in all the rest of Mexico
combined. 1t appears, from the presence
of the thousands of ruined cities. that the
entire peninsula was at one time a single
city. The ruins of cities there do not APP
pear with any distinct singularity but are
multitudinous. The great question is How
did the country support such tremendous
population as il must have contained in
the days when the great cities were built %
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-10-04

The minimum height is five feet four
inches. with a weight of 12S pounds and
chest measurement of thirty-three inches
The maximum height is six feet one inch
with weight of 176 pounds and chest
measurement OF 36S4 inches. Not much i'm
portance Is placed on the waist measure
ment. although one must not be absolutely
obese. Diseases OF d chronic nature usually
bar man. Another essential is his teeth.
which must be good or in good repair. The
eyes, hearing and heart action must be
normal or the recruit viii not be taken.
Once recruited the young sailor is sent
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-10-04


The incapacity of the average English
to express himself in any Language
save his own il due partly to lack of ina si-
nation, partly TO a half-conscious belief that
everything which Is worth saying at all ear
be said i'm English fully "a well I'm any
other tongue. and, very largely. because
the absence of confidence i'm his mastery
of any other idiom or accent makes him shy
and indisposed. as he would say, 10 make
an exhibition OF himself"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-10-04

mold his hand until MS destined victim mad
finished the act of worship. His instructive
reverence for any kind of religious manifes-
tation would check his lust for blood.
SULTAN'S POWER LIMITED.
1t is usually assumed by Western states
men and Western newspapers that the
Sultan of Turkey is an autocrat who can
rule as he wishes. whose fiat means the
slaughter or the sparing of Christian viii
lagos and Christian peoples within his do
main. Nothing is farther from the fact.
says the Mohammedan
In theory the Sultan may be despotic,
though even that is doubtful I'm the light
OF Moslem civil and religious law. In
practice he is even more hampered by &C.
clesiastical bureaucracy than the Car of
Russia Is. And public opinion is a more
powerful force in Turkey and other Moham-
medan countries than it is I'm the Western
civilizations. The Sultan dare not move a
step without the sanction of his myriad
co-religionsts AMI his fellow rulers OF the
Mohammedan world. He may be the
Caliph of Islam. the theoretical head of
the faith. but he only holds that position
while he pleases Islam.
The Mohammedan conception OF an ac-
ceptable ruler is very different from that
OF the Westerns. The ARTICLES of BELIEF
composed by the Sheikh Najm Ad-Dln Abu
Hafs Umar i'm Mohammed ibn Ahmad an
Nasnfi a famous Mohammedan theologian.
says that the Moslems must have a leader
''who shall occupy himself with the enforc-
ing OF their decisions
1T Is not a condition.. says the gentle
man with the long name, that he should be
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1903-08-07
ARE LOSING INTEREST
CUBA AND CANADA NOT EAGER
FOR RECIPROCITY.
All Markets Better for Cuba Than One
Market Only, While Canada viii
Not Sacrifice Her Domestic Indus
tries by Tariff Reductions.

In the following comment by the
free trade Springfield Republican
there is more of fact than is custom
airy in that newspapers discussion Of
tariff matters.
Cuba is reported to be losing in
terest in the adoption of reciprocity by
the United States. 1t is finding itself
able to get along very tolerably with
out reciprocity. One of the Mime
sofa congressman says the people OF
that state are becoming more and
more concerned about reciprocity with
Canada, but Canada's interest in reci-
procity, under repeated rebuffs from
the United States, has been declining
as interest on this side has been in
creasing"
1t is undoubtedly true that Cuba is
caring less and less about reciprocity.
She never really cared very much
about it. The scheme of tying up
Cuba with a bargain that in the long
run was sure to be bad one for her,
while 1t was a viciously unfair and in
furious bargain for the sugar and to-
bacco producers of the United States,
originated with Havemeyer's Sugar
trust. Cuba was not solicitous about
the arrangement. Havemeyer was.
The Sugar trust literary bureau was
for time successful in exploiting the
idea that moral obligation was in
volved on the part of the United
States. Many sincere and conscien-
tious people supported the reciprocity
proposition on that ground solely.
They recognized its injustice to a
large and important body of domestic
producers, but they felt bound to re-
deem promise which they were per-
suaded to believe had been made at
some time by somebody. They seem
to have lost sight of the fact that no
body had the shadow Of right to
make such a promise or the power to
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1903-08-07

Kingdom. On Monday Of this week
this very question was under discus
sion in the house Of lords. The cable
report says
1.-THE Marquis Of Lansdowne, Secre-
tary of State for Foreign Affairs, said
the government considered that the
time had come when they should en-
deavor to find some means of ascer-
tanning whether it was possible to OBJ
tain closer fiscal union with the col
onies to find some means of protect
ing them if they were subjected to
ill-treatment in consequence Of the
preferential treatment they granted
to the mother country, and to discover
means of protecting British interests
against inequitable competition.
Closer fiscal union with the colonies
and the vital need of discovering
means of protecting British interests
against inequitable competition" such
is and must be British policy. In these
circumstances is it to be for a moment
supposed that Canada, for the sake of
enriching the manufacturers of the
United States, will enter into reci-
procity arrangement that will stiie
her own industries and at the same
time subject British interests to still
more "inequitable competition" than
that which is now complained Of?
Such proceeding on Canada's part is
out of the question. That Is why Can
ada is losing interest in the reciprocity
game. That is why the National Reel
procity league and it's Minnesota
branch, that is especially devoted to
the Canadian part of the project, are
wasting their time. All the facts and
conditions are against any general
scheme of reciprocity between Canada
and the United States. There will be
reciprocity when Canada becomes an
integral part of the United States; not
before.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1903-08-07
Essentially Democratic.

The Iowa idea" gained all its fol-
lowing from those who wanted to at
tack the tariff as a means of hitting
the trusts. The Iowa idea" repre-
scented an effort to lower the prices of
commodities that were thought to be
too high. 1t was born when beef cat
tie were So per hundred pounds. 1t
voiced the sentiment Of a non-pro-
ducing class, purchasers. not sellers.
1t was a doctrine essentially Demo-
cratic. and it had to be put to death
for the good of the country and the
party. It was popular for time, as
free trade theories always are.-Des
Moines Capital.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1903-08-07

carry it out-that is nobody but the
United States congress. There is, we
believe, no pretense that congress ever
made such a promise.
But the moral obligation plea so
shrewdly worked up by the Sugar
trust finally flattened out For a long
time past it has been patent to the
dullest comprehension that there is no
moral obligation in the case; merely
a business deal in which a favored
number of American manufacturing
and commercial interests stand to get
greatly the best of the arrangement,
while the Cuban people outside of
those identified with the affairs of the
Sugar trust and the Tobacco and Cigar
trust, are certain to be injured more
by cutting themselves off from the
worlds markets than they would be
benefited by giving to the United
States a monopoly of Cuban trade.
This is a view now very generally held
in Cuba. 1t explains why Cuba is
closing interest in the adoption of
reciprocity by the United States"
Similarly true is the Republicans
assertion that "Canada's interest in
reciprocity under repeated rebuffs
from the United States, has been de-
clining as interest on this side has
been increasing" Canada has found
out that the United States, even if it
would consent to any sort of reciproc-
ity. certainly would not consent to
reciprocity limited strictly to natural
products. Both Canada and the United
States are sellers of natural products.
Neither is a buyer. Canada would
have much to gain by such reciprocity.
The farmers, lumbermen and fisher
men of the United States would be
the losers. Finding that no such jug
handled swap can be made. Canada
has naturally lost interest in reciproc-
ity. Nobody in Canada, possibly ex-
cepting the farming. lumber and fish
ing interests, favors reciprocity in
manufactures. Reciprocity in manu-
factures would virtually kill every
Canadian manufacturing industry
Reciprocity of this kind. with a pref
erence in favor of the United States
would not fail to bitterly offend Great
Britain. to say nothing Of Germany,
France and the rest Of the world. II
Is doubtful whether the British gov
eminent would tolerate an arrange
ment so unfair and so injurious to the
manufacturing interests of the United