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Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-04-11

The Montenegrin, II he 10 truly pa
triotic, still wears his little red lea With
a black band II has been worn by
Montenegrins for more than six CEN
turtles In memory OF the killing by the
Turks OF the last Of the great Serb
czars In 1889 The loyal Montenegrin
declares that the cap shall be worn
until a terrible revenge has been
wreaked on the Turk.
The Bosnian Is another odd one. AL
though the Hungarian railroads beat at
his door with goods, he still plows with
wooden pillow. His oX-cart Is made Of
wood alone. without a bit of metal in
II. The harness Of his horses Is Of
rope The little Bosnian horse Is still
the leading means OF transport. In
stead OF a saddle, a wooden thing that
looks like table upside down, Is tied
to the beast with ropes and the load ls
tied to the table legs with simple dlsre.
gard OF beauty or the finer feelings Of
the horse.-kansas City Star.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-04-11
WHERE EUROPE HAS
A MONROE DOCTRINE


for mischief that may involve the whole
world
Now that the United States is a
world power with thousand foreign
interests In places where 20 years ago
she had none, the Balkans may be said
truly TO be Of vital concern TO this
country as well as to Europe. No man
can guess Ut how many ends the world
might catch fire In case Of q general
European war
So IL Is TO the present interest OF all
civilized communities that the Balkan
buffer be kept inWolate and undisturb.
ed as long as possible. That buffer OF
mountain and plain peopled largely by
semi-sayage and half-clvllized tribes, IS
no small territory valuable merely on
account OF It's strategic position
It Is big enough TO make formidable
empire, Il ever another Boris or Car
Simeon could arise to subdue the tribes
and hold them together. The Balkan
states serva. Bulgaria, Montenegro,
Albania, Macedonia and-Other Turkish
provinces on the peninsula form ter
ritory bigger than England Scotland,
Ireland and Wales nut together bigger
than Italy or Norway; almost as large
as Sweden, and three quarters Of the
size Of the, German empire. The states
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-04-11

For many years the world has talked
OF the Balkan question almost con-
stanuy. The annual recurrence OF lhe
rumor Of "Trouble in the Balkans Is
SO regular that It has become subject
for worldwide jest, serious and ever
threatening as It is And yet to al
most the whole world the Balkan ques-
ton is little more than a middle OF ODD
scure geography. tangled history and
still more tangled intrigue.
Briefly expressed, the Balkan ques-
ton Is the keystone Of that tenderly
poised arch, the balance Of power--the
Monroe doctrine Of Europe.
And as the Monroe doctrine of the
United States was susceptible to the
meanest outbreak OF insurrection In
Cuba, so Europes doctrine is shaken
every time a handful Of patriots or bril-
gands raises a revolt IN Turkeys cuba
OF Macedonia. At any day horde OF
mountain robbers, with no aim higher
than to pillage a poor village, or a
band Of devoted liberators with the
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-04-11
as the stations for the wireless tsis-
graphy OF those days
FINE OLD GENTLEMEN BRIGANDs

klAIh9 ~ eftNfN NNF~s
FINE OLD GENTLEMEN BRIGANDs
You may ind a fine old gentleman,
dressed IN long skirt that falls peloN
the knees and with pretty Weaponp
fastened to all available protuperaneL
es. lie will talk 10 you II he trusts
you and you are fortunately 80 poor
that you are not worth cipIur ng) vi
his system OF levying tribute as uncon..
cernedly as II he lived In the Gay OF
Ulysses, earning his livns vita MS
good sword and SHE'D,
Turkish soldiers gaze wi h respect at
the very brlgands whom they are, tech-
nioally, sworn to kin. Those brlgands
swagger through the villages beloved
by All the women, envied and admired
by all the men, afraid OF nobody I'M
possible though II seems. they wear
even more arms than the other citizens.
They strut by the Turks superciliously'
mockingly. Sometimes the Macedon-
ian brigand sits on "A rock Just out OF
gunshot from garrison OF Turks ana
sings little songs carefully calculated
to embltter even the most stoIil souls,
The care free spirit Of the Macedo-
nlan Is beautifully expressed by his
simple method OF melting the Turks TO
commit atrocities. In order to attract
the attention OF the outside world. This
charming little Bit OF statecraft is not
rare II explains many things-among
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-04-11
A Thoughtful Man.

NJ. NJ. Austin OF Winchester, Ind,
knew what to do In the hour Of need.
His wife had such an unusual case of
stomach and liver trouble, physicians
could not help her. He thought Of and
tried Or. Kings New Life Pills and
she got relief at once and was finally
cured Only Csc, at q. c. M. |. Drug
Store.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-04-11

IS a never failing siss
s stoaeh % when YIN. the breath i a,sssh,
remedy remedy In the world eou, mere Is no
dyspepsia Cure Tor curiSS sal 70 KodoI
uH;yspepsia and all stomaSh INDIGESTION
Mrs' Mary $, Crlck, 81 w. alaolders
Kyp writes ~ have XXX ate Pah,
for years-tried ali Fi vVgn a dyspeplS
use Of kodol began f ~ =, BY h
once: and after taking IMPROVE a
anl lully restored in weight =" bottles
strength and can eat NAV ib"t heslth ani
hodol dlsests what yop e eo, a | he
the stomach SWEET n az 9nl nave,
store, ll2-ll4 Main Street M' l. Drug
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-04-11

,, To- feel e II, tired after cxertIop :.
thIngi to feel tired before ia ,'T ano y ons
DON say the latter a a,IoInet,
isn't but It's a sign that t 'SS1lness-l,
lacks vitality Is running CIy system
needs the tonic effect of u toSn and
saparilla. VI hoods Sar.
It's a warning. too-ara
should begin taking Hoods a. sufferers
Buy a bottle TODAY a. once.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-04-11
LIFE OF A PIONEER.

Autobiography Of Capt Jona.
- Brown owl 90 pages bound In clotb V ,. J.
2'OO; for sale at Deseref Nm I'm rice
store. Salt Lake City, Utah. Tvs BOOK
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1903-01-08
CASTRO IS WILLING.
Accepts Proposition to Submit to
Arbitration.-.Answer Goes
to Europe.

Washington, Jan. 2--The answer of
president Castro to the proposals of the
allies to submit to the arbitration of
the Hague tribunal the Venezuelan
difficulties has reached Washington
through Minister Bowen. The answer
amounts to general acceptance of the
principles of the proposition, President
Castro b. ing willing to submit his case
to the arbitration of fair and impartial
authorities. The details of the answer
will not be published here in advance
of it's reception by the European allies,
and in fact it may be withheld entirely
from publication on the ground that 1t
really belongs to those powers.
The answer is being prepared at the
state department for transmission to
Europe. AS it is quite long and will
undoubtedly require long and careful
consideration at London. Berlin and
Rome, it is not expected that any fur
ther steps toward a final settlement
can be taken for day or two.
The feelil 6 here, however, based up
on knowleogs of Castros position, is
that his answer practically clears the
way for the submission of the case to
arbitration. The answer has given
great satisfaction here.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1903-01-08
KEEP OUTSALOONS
REMEDY FOR CONDITIONS AT
BREMERTON.
Bill to be Introduced i'm Coming Ses-
sion of Legislature Which Will
Prohibit Sale of Liquors Within
a Mile of Uuited States Naval
Station.

Seattle, Jan. 5.-The agitation over
the navy departments action in refus-
ing to send any more ships to the Puget
Sound navy yard until the department
officials have been assured that Bremen
ton has received moral cleaning has
resulted in a number of remedial prop
ositions. One of these is bill, drafted
by Judge R. A. Ballinger, which will
be introduced in the next legislature
by one of the King county members,
which prohibits the sale of Intoxicating
liquors within one mile of anv naval
reservation in the state of Washington.
The bill is said to be the outcome of
several consultations which Judge Bal
linger had with the officials of the navy
department during his recent visit to
Washington. 1t is claimed by the
friends of the navy yard that the adop
ton of such law will change the de-
partment's attitude, and will result in
a renewed activity for the navy yard.
The bill is as follows:
An act to prohibit the sale of intoxi-
eating liquors within one mile of Uni
ted States Naval reservations.
Be it enacted by the legislature of
the state of Washington:
Section /. That it shall be unlawful
to sell or dispose of any vinous, spirit
nous, malt or other Intoxicating liquors,
with or without license, within one
mile of any naval reservation or station
of the United States government within
the state of Washington. which said
naval reservation is occupied by the
United States government, and upon
which there are stationed any soldiers.
sailors or marines in the service of the
UnitedStates.
See. Amy pei son or persons vio-
lating the provisions of section of this
act shall be deemed guilty of misde-
meanor, and upon conviction thereof in
any court of competent jurisdiction
shall be punished by fine of not less
than 500, nor more than 81 900, or by
imprisonment in the county Jail for a
term of not less than six months nor
more than one year, or by both such
fine and imprisonment.
Sec. 8. An emergency is hereby de-
clared to exist, and this act shall take
effect Immediately.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1903-01-08
Massacre Story Denied.

Vancouver, B. c., Jan. ga special
from Ottawa says: A short time ago d
rumor was circulated by Salmon river
Indian that 200 Indians on the upper
Pelly had raided traders store ana
killed two white men. Assistant Co'n-
missioner Wood, after investigators re-
ports to the mounted police department.
that there is no truth in the rumor 81
murder by Indians n the vicinity. he
also states that patrol has returneu
from Tatlemana, and the Indians there
were quiet and knew of no trouble. Inc
Indian who started the story now states
that the shooting occurred two years ago.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1903-01-08
is RIPE FOR SOLUTION.

irish Conference Report Taken as
Encouraging.
London, Jan. 5.--The report of the
Irish land conference is met on all sides
as an encouraging document as indicat.
lag thas the problem is ripe for solu-
tlon. 1t is also said to give valuable
suggestions to the secretary for Ireland.
"yndham, for the projected land bill.
The government organs, while point
Ing out that the conference does not
represent many of the great landlords,
commend the tone and the disposition
OF the conference, as revealed in its re-
port, as very hopeful for the future of
Ireland. Those papers contend that the
report involves the complete repudia-
zion OF the whole Gladstonian policy of
lands, namely, dual ownership.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1903-01-08
DEATH STEPS IN.
Plans of Wealthy Eastern Farmer
Defeated.

Walla Walla, Jan. 3.-Just before
the hour struck the new year which he
had planned to bring him especial hap
piness, James Hayes, pioneer Irish far
mer living on Dry creek, died at his
home some distance north of here. Mr..
Hayes sold his $4,000 worth of land
the previous day and during that day
related his plans for retiring aud TAX
ing things easy. That night, half a
dozen hours after he had put himself
in position to carly out his plans for
1908, he died. On the same day the
little grandson of Mr.. Hayes, the infant
child of his daughter, Mrs. f. Wells,
Of Walla Walla was burned, and his
widow is in local hospital with bro
ken leg. Mr.. Hayes was over 60 years
old. He was born in Tipperary.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1903-01-08
CHINA INDEMNITY
ACTION OF POWERS REGARDED
WITH CONCERN.
will Refuse to Receive Silver in
Payment of Indemnity Danger
Is in Possible Demands for Ter.
ritOry Or Concessions from China.
Hague May be Suggested.

Washington, Jan. 5.--The state de-
nartment has received confirmatorv
sdvices from Picking of the declination
of the powers to receive their second
indemnity installment on the silver ba-
sis. 1t is understood that the declina-
ton was not accompanied by threat,
but the action itself is regarded as sim
lister, if, as has been suggested, it is not
taken with view to making record of
the position of the powers in this mat
ter.
The situation is regarded here as
warranting some concern, though, I'M
less the Washington government is ut
terly to discredit every statement of the
powers in the past two years, whenever
the possibility of division of China
came up, it cannot believe there is an
intention to proceed to extremes. 1t
is again suggested that the time is ripe
for the reference of this important issue
to the Hague tribunal, contamination
devoutly wished for by China, and a
course which has commended itself to
the Washington government.
To Support China.
The United States, which is interest
ed equally with the other powers in get
ting as much money as it can in the
shape of an indemnity, still feels bound
by moral law to support the Chinese
contention for the silver basis, looking
not only upon the language of the proto-
coils and the Peking treaty itself, but
also having solicitous regard for
China's interest and perpetuity as ma
ton. The other powers are united in
demanding settlement on the gold
basis.
This is an issue which, in the minds
of the officials here, is eminently adapt
ed to the methods of war. So far China
alone has suggested reference to the
Hague tribunal, but it is possible and
even probable, that if the powers are
going to extremes, the United States
government will seem bound to dis
charge it's duty under article 81 of the
Hague tribunal, and point the way to
arbitration.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1903-01-08
ERIE COMPANY is SUED.
men Say They Were Kidnapped and
Used as Strike Breakers.

New York, Jan. 3.-Suits have been
brought by twenty-five residents of this
city who claim that during the recent
coal strike they were decoyed to the
mines of Pennsylvania by agents of the
Erie Railroad Company and of the
Pennsylvania Coal company. Damages
for SOC, 900, amounting to $1,IOO, 900
in all are sued for, and the attorney for
the plaintiffs has consulted with other
attorneys about bringing the matter
before the grand jury to be sworn in
next Monday. The plaintiffs claim
that under pretense of doing work for
the railroad and coal companies they
were decoyed to Hoboken, where they
were locked in car and carried against
their will to the coal regions of Penn
sylvania and compelled to act as "strlke
breaker" under threats of being "turned
over to the fury of the miners" The
men say they finally succeeded in max
ing. their way back to the city, but de-
clare that on their way home they had
narrow escapes from being mobbed.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1903-01-08

FAvORITES
The Old Sexton.


Nigh to a grave that was newly made
Leaned a sexton old on his earth worn
spade.
His work was done, and he paused to
wait
The funeral train at the open gate.
A relic of bygone days was he,
And his locks were gray as the foamy
sea,
And these words came from his lips 30
thin:
II gather them in, I gather them In.
Gather, gather, / gather them in.
II gather them in; for man and boy,
Year after year of grief and joy,
I've builded the houses that lie around
In every nook of this burial ground.
Mother and daughter, father and son,
Come to my solitude. one by one,
But come they stranger or come they
kin,
l gather them in, gather them In.
MANY are with me, yet I'm alone;
I'm king of the dead, and l make my
throne
On monument slab of marble cold;
My scepter of. rule Is the spade l hold.
Come they from cottage or come they
from hall,
Mankind are my subjects, all, all, all!
May they loiter In pleasure or toilfully
spin,
1 gather them In, gather them in.
II gather them In, and their final rest
Is here, down here, In the earth's dark
hreastt"
And the sexton ceased as the funeral
train
Wound mutely over that solemn plain,
And said to myself: when timo II
told,
A mightier voice than that sections old
Will be heard DER the last trump's dread.
full din
l gather them in, l gather them In.
Gather, gather, gather them In"
Park Benjamin.
Then You'll Remember Me.
When other lips and other hearts,
Their tales of love shall tell,
In language whose excess imparts,
The power they feel so well.
There may perhaps in such q scene,
Some recollection be,
OF days that have as happy been,
Then you'll remember me.
When GOODNESS or deceit shall slight,
The beauty now they prize,
And deem it but a faded light,
That beams within your eyes,
When hollow hearts shall wear a mask,
Twill break your own to see,
In such q moment l but ask,
That you'll remember me.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1903-01-08
FIRST MOVE is MADE.
Mayor Croxton of Bremerton Closes
Gambling Houses.

Bremerton, Jan. 2.-Public gambling
in Bremerton has come to an end. The
closing was by order of Mayor Croxton.
Games were running in five different
saloons. They consisted of roulette,
craps, blackjack, wheel of fortune. etc.,
and we're conducted openly on the
ground floors in saloons. Mayor Crox-
ton says the games will not be permit
ted to reopen. They we're closed as a
result of the protest by the United
States navy department against Bre-
merton's wide-open policy. Command
ant Stirling, of the navy yard, told
the mayor that this would be one of
the first requisites of the navy depart
ment recsinding the order that no more
battleships be sent to the Puget Sound
yard until the town presented a better
moral tone.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1903-01-08

Controversy Between Two Catholic
Elements in the Philippines.

Controversy Between Two Catholic
Elements in the Philippines.
Washington, Jan. 2-Secretary Root,
by a decision just rendered, practically
has thrown into the hands of the civil
courts in the Philippines for decision
the controversy between the two ele-
ments in the Catholic church in the
islands, which has developed into an
acute schism. The schismatics, under
the leadership of priest known as
Aglipah, retained possession of large
amount of church property which is
claimed by the Catholic church, and
the latter appealed to Governor Taft to
disposess the schismatics. The COVER
nor held that the question was one for
the adjustment of the civil courts. and
the case came to Washington on appeal.
Secretary Root has sustained Governor
Taft's views. The Importance of the
matter to the United States govern
ment lies in the fact that the property
in controversy is part of that to which
title must be passed on by the United
States if negotiations now in progress
between Governor Taft and Mgr. Guidi
succeed.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1903-01-08
BUSINESS CASUALTIES.
Failure Record for the Year FavOra
BILE by Comparison.

New York, Jan. 2.-In spite of crop
shortages, added to record breaking
strikes and reduced foreign trade, Brad
streets reports that the failure record
for the past year is on the whole a fa-
vorable one. In only one section, the
South, was there an increase in casual
ties over the record of 1901, and in on
ly two, the Southern and Central West,
was there an increase of liabilities.
During the year there were reported
9,97I commercial failures, with liabil-
ties of $1O5, 500, 1928, and assets of $780,
$40, 800, decrease in number of ga
per cent and a falling off of liabilities
of Is per cent from 1901. Compared
with 1900 and 1899 increases in the
number of failures OF .5.5 and per cent
are shown, but comparisons with prior
years are markedly in favor of 1902.
In liabilities an even better showing is
made, those for 1902 being the smallest
reported for 20 years. While the pro-
portion of assets to liabilities was 4S
per cent in 1902 as against 1873 in
1901, and 47.2 in 1900, it is lower than
in any preceding year since 1855.
With two exceptions the number OF
failures was the smallest in fourteen
years, despite the fact that the number
of concerns in business is growing stead
ily, the increase since 1892 aggregating
10 per cent. The annual "death rate"
is shown to be only 80 in 1902 against
.SS in 1901 and .85, hitherto the lowest
record. made in 1900 and 1901.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1903-01-08
SITUATION GROWS GRAVE.
Powers May Demand Territory or
Concessions in China.

Peking, Jan. 5.-The signatories of
the Chinese peace protocol, except the
American, have consulted their respec-
tive governments, and practically have
decided to identically notify China that
her failure to fulfill the obligations pro-
vided for by the protocol will entail
grave consequences. A strong sentiment
exists in favor of compromise if China
will admit that the protocol demands
the payment of the indemnity on gold
basis, and confine her arguments to the
hardships resulting from the increase
of the debt by nearly 200 per cent. The
danger exists that if China maintains
her position some of the powers may
demand territory or concessions as COM
pensation.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1903-01-08
OBJECTS TO THE HAGUE.
President Castro Wants American
Republic for Arbitrator.

Republic for Arbitrator.
Washington. Jan. 5.--The condition
which President Castro attached to his
response to the arbitration proposal OF
the allies was in the nature OF an alter
native proposition. Almost from the
beginning showing an aversion to the
Hague tribunal, Castro, while accept
ing the principle of arbitration, asked
that the case be tried by one OF the
American republics. AS President
Roosevelt had declined to act in the ca
pacity of arbitrator. and as some OF the
reasons which inspired him in his dec
lination will apply with equal force 10
the chief executive of any other Amerl-
can state than the United States, ne
was obliged to withhold any indorse-
ment of this proposition OF President
Castro. Therefore, it may be dismissed
from the field OF possibilities, and un-
less Castro is Unexpectedly lnsistent
upon his own plan, the original propo-
sition in reference to the Hague triou-
nal will carry.