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Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-05-22
Hare Books at Auction.

New York, May 22--A choice collection
OF rare books were sold at auction IN this
city last night,
"The Rubayat Of omar Khayam. trans
lated into English verse by Edward f't2-
gerald fine copy Of the rare first edi.
ton, London. 1859 brought $3.50. "The
R0ssetti. $3.50 and THE Loving Ballad Of
Lord Batcmon" hy William Thackcray
the rare genuine first edition, London,
1899. S327j,
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-05-22
STEAMER BLANCHE sEIzEr .
Carried Gasoline in Violation of ne
vlsed Statutes.

Seattle Wash, May 22..-The steamer
Blanche, Capt Marshall, operating be-
tween Seattle aud Tacoma, was seized
yesterday by officials of the custom
house, and fined $500 for carrying gaso-
line in violation OF the revised statutes.
Failing to pay the fine, the vessel was
placed In the custody of an officer She
was allowed TO proceed TO Tacoma TO
discharge her cargo, but win be re-
tanned In custody until her owners sat
isfy the judgment
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-05-22
Decision on ohio boards of Review

Columbus O.. May 22-Tho supreme
court today handed down d decision that
the l.OngwOrih law Is the only authority
under which boards Of review or equaliza-
ton, can be created The decision was
rendered IN the test case Of the state
against the city council of Dayton. The
court holds that the new OHIO code has
superseded the old act This takes from
councils all power ~ appointments except
as 20 It's own suborinatcs. The stdlo
board n appraisers and assessors viii
make the appointments
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-05-22
of Murder in Porto Rice

San Juan. P r.. May l2-ln the Hu-
macao district court Of first degree to.
day Pedro piaz was convicted of murder
during a political riot nj Htynacao dis
lrict last August IN killing q boy named
Reyes. Dia2 win be sentenced tomorrow
70 be hanged 50 days later. This Is the
first conviction under the new code and
the hanging will be the hrst 20 occur in
Porto Rico 1t Is certain the governor will
not Interfere.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-05-22
KiIbridee Elected to Parliament.

Dublin May n-Dennis Kllbridge. for
merry Nationalist member Of parliament
for North Galway, and who was recently
released from prison where he had been
sent for melting the murder Of bis land
lord. MAJ Gen Mcares. has been elected
without opposition as member for South
kildare IN succession 20 Matthew ].
Minch. Nationalist who resigned May q
The local branch VI tbs Irish league has
invited Mr.. kilbridgo being the latest
victim Of jury packing 20 contest the
sVstpmn
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-05-22

that you give preferential treatment
TO the colonies In your own affair. Cam
ada may one day De able to give you
all the wheat you want but not for
some time. In the United States, too.
We are a growing nation and we are
consuming more Of our own products.
| believe The United States viii not al
ways send their raw material In cotton
TO England, but win offer you the fin
UNEAsGNEss IN JAPAN.
Tokyo May 6.-via San Francisco,
May %, Correspondence Of the Assoc
clated Press. )--Reports from Pekn arc
not calculated to allay the uneaslness
in Japan as TO Russa's intentions In
Manchuiia. While the original Seven
demands, made by Russia on China
as conditions for implimenting OF the
second period evacuation clause Of the
Manchurian convention have been Off
cially withdrawn II Is now stated that
some new demands have been substi-
tuted. What these are Is not stated buS
1t is rum0red that they include the
Chinese fuiillment Of a concession to
Russia to build railroad from Mukden
TO the Yalu river q project which Is
epabling Russia to concentrate troops
as a constant menace to Korea and N
strenuousy cOmbatted by the Japanese
press The military attaches to the
American, British and japanese lega-
tlons, who have been sent to Shen King
province TO ascertain the real state Of
the evacuation, report that the Rus
SLAMS have merely changed their sta
tons. Although a slight decrease In
the garrisons Is observed. unarmed
Russian soldiers are going about every
where. Mounted brigands frequently
attack foreign travellers, who. however.
can proceed safety II they are guarded
by Russian troops
Tien Tsln, May Ava San Francis
co, May BE- Correspondence OF the
Associated Press) The American con-
sui In Hankow telegraphed for a gum
boat on receipt OF the report that
number Of American engineers belong
ing to the Canton Honkow railway had
been attacked about 40 Chinese miles
south Of Hankcw.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-05-22
Bonus for Remington Employes.

Hartford, Conn. May 22.-irhe Romlng-
ton Typewriter company of Hon has an-
nounced Its decision tog i've an employees
who have been with the company for a
period OF 10 or more years a bonus OF
500 year 20 be paid In lnstallments
of $50 every six months, on June I ana al
Christmas time AT present 81 men are
qualified for the bonus
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-05-22

Ufa. European Russia. May '22-The
murderers of Gov B0gdanovItch, who was
shot and killed here Tuesday, have not
yet been arrested.
Tho post pOriem examination Of the
governors body showed there were two
bullet holes In his heart. four In the lungs
two IN the liver and one through Die
hand
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-05-22
Big Fire In BrookIyn.

New York, May % "A building In
Brooklyn occupied by Frank Jenner a
Company, manufacturers Of fre-proof
flooring. and eight other buildings,
chiefly apartment houses, were de-
stroyed by fire today. The loss Is
Si0O000
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-05-22
MIR. HARTMAN IMPROVING.
To-day His Condition IL Reported to
BE Excellent,

New York, May 22-E. H. Hartman
IS improving steadily, His condition
today Is reported as excellent.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-05-22

The Hague, May 22--The decision OF
the government Of the Netherlands TO
station a warsnin permanently IN the
Dutch West Indies Is regarded here
AZ disposlng Of the recurring rumors
Of the intended sale Of the island OF
Curacao to the United states.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-05-22
PENSIONS FOR IDAHOAys,

Especial TO the 'News.D
Washington. D. G., May 22.-Idaho
PENSIONS. original Robert vaud'e.
Payette, s.; Francis Burke. Jr, Lew
lston. 81
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-05-22
Whole State
Rain-Soaked.
Has Been Sosmmg for Days and FasmrS Are Happy Baro
meter SV,ow Rising and Weather Buseau Says Ihese
wa be Clearing Up and Frost Tonight Sugar Beef
Sections WM BE Greatly Benefited.

snow and rain in Pine Valley; every
thing frosted IN northern part OF the
county; gentle rains only IN this sec
iiOn of the county.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-05-22

CONTINUED on page twO.)
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-09-01
THE MELANCHOLY CYPRESS.
Varied Uses Of This Product Of the
Swamps of the South.

From the Little Rock Gazette.
In a recent issue Of the st. Louis Globe
Democrat Ferdinand Tonney declares that
the axman is fast destroying the melan-
choly cypress, and that the enormous con-
sumption Of the imperishable wood will
soon clear the southern swamps Of their
noblest product. Mr.. Tonney says the best
specimens are found in Arkansas and Loui-
siana. The lumberman class the timber as
red, yellow and white, according. to the
tint of the wood. In southern Illinois some
years ago there were brakes Of a white
variety, but the trees were pigmies when
compared with the yellow cypress giants
OF the Cache river country in Arkansas,
and the mammoth red cypress tree along
the Ouachita river. The slow growth and
the uncertain method of reproduction leads
to the belief, says Mr.. Tonney, that before
many years the tree will become extinct.
The great brakes are rapidly disappearing
before the modern methods OF numbering,
and regions which heretofore were regard
ed as inaccessible because of the swamp
conditions are being cut over. and the lum-
Der going into the markets at rate sur
prising even to those who are intimately
acquainted with the industry. The anti
Quated methods of logging, so slow and
cumbersome, have been replaced by the
up-to-date ideas, and, the new facilities and
improvements have worked wonders in the
business.
Mr.. Tonney says, further, that just now
cypress is the one kind Of timber which
has attained a prominent place the
lumberman's list, and the increasing de-
mand and the advancing price are attract
Ing the attention of every one who has in
any way to deal with building materials.
The commercial value of a good cypress
brake is almost beyond the belief of those
who are not familiar with the numbering
industry. The merits of the timber
adapted to a multiplicity of uses are with
out question, and it has taken rank along
with white pine and poplar. A house
may be built these days wholly of cypress.
The frame work, siding, flooring, lath.
shingles and even the interior when fin
lshed in this remarkable product of the
southern swamps gives satisfaction. which
is shared alike by the builder and owner.
Strength, durability and beauty of finish
combine to make it popular with the wood
worker. An instance may be cited where
cypress was substituted for yellow pine in
the construction of the worlds fair build
ings.
While 1t is true that the cypress brakes
in Arkansas are being drawn upon heavily.
there is no danger Of immediate depletion
And every cypress tree felled means that in
return additional wealth comes to swell
the means whereby in other ways Arkansas
is undergoing splendid development.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-09-01
LIGHTNING IN THE ROCKIES.
Splinters the Rocks It Strikes - The
Crashing Thunder.

Colorado Letter to Pittsburg Chronicle-TeIegraph.
If the reader Of this rambling letter has
never been in mountain thunderstorm at
an elevation OF 1000 feet or more, he has
missed an experience that will doubtless.
should he ever pass through it. add several
gray hairs to his head. To me a thunder
storm back east hald no special terrors, and
frequently have been out in such a demon
stration without feeling any especial nerv-
BUSINESS. Up here on the Rocky mountains
things are different. and I confess now to
live in awful, abject terror of thunder
storm, especially at night in my tent
suffer this terror notwithstanding the fact
that so far the storms have in every in
stance except one gone around or beneath
us without even raining enough to wet the
ground. But 1t Is the going around and
beneath" that gets into my nerves In the
first place, imagine what 1t is to be one
and one half miles nearer rip-roaring thun-
derstorm than one is at Pittsburg. There
you have occasional flashes Of lightning;
here 1t is one continuous, dazzling, awe
inspiring performance. The lightning
strikes, too. for it Is no Uncommon thing
during a storm to hear the rocks splinter
ing and cracking where one especially Wig
orous bolt has landed
Add to this nerve-racking exhibit the
most awful detonations of thunder that
you can imagine and STRENGTHENING"
wind that sometimes makes the flaps of
your tent play ragtime melody, and you
have some idea Of mountain thunder
storm. The thunder is worse than the
sound of a mighty battle. 1t bangs up
against the mountain side and reverberates
and rolls off into one ear-splitting concus-
sion after another until you, lying quaking
in your tent fully believe that the next
boom will split mountain and valley in
twain and land you in China or some other
seaport town.
lay one night and with chattering teeth
counted five distinct thunder-storms come
up to the edge of the plateau, on which my
tent stands and each time go through with
an electrical performance that would give
Tom Edison a dumb ague, and through It
all not q cupful of water fell on my tent.
Later on in the night, when I had about
regained something like my usual majestic
calm Of mind. 1t began to rain steadily and
the thunder and lightning didn't even whis-
per. They had doubtless gone OF down the
canon. soaring some other poor tenderfoot
half out OF his wits. These electrical dis
plays are not seemingly much dreaded by
the people who live in high attitudes They
comfortingly declare that tornado or cy-
clone Ii unknown In the mountains. But
sometimes these mountain storms go OF
through q canon to the foothills and the
plains. Then there is something doing.
One such destroyed over 100000 worth Of
property In the valley below US a few nights
ago.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-09-01
ARECA NUT WINE.
Slight Demand for Arrack, Favorite
Liquor Of East Indians.

From the New York Sun.
If arrack. the favorite drink of East In
dams. justified one-half of the praise of
poets and travellers 1t would not be selling
IN the New York market. as it is, for 81 a
quart. and the demand for 1t would long
ago have been sufficient to make ARA ck
drinking fad. Few wines or LIQUORS have
been so often, so long or so generously ex
toiled as arrack. but though described as
the drink of kings and princes. of fairies
and magicians. of warriors and wanderers.
1t somehow does not seem to take hold" in
this country, and practically the only Use
found for it is as a foundation for punch.
The belief Is general, but though general
erroneous. that arrack Is formed from the
fermentation OF cocoanuts and 1t has gain
ed therefore the name of cocoanut wine
AS matter of fact. arrack is produced
from the areca nut. of the arrack tree The
word Is of Indian origin and the term is
applied in most parts of India and the i1a at
Indies to designate any sort Of spirituous
liquor. Arrack is distinguished from other
ardent spirits by its stimulating and mar
cotic properties; its flavor is peculiar, and
1t differs considerably in consequences of the
various articles of which 1t is prepared, and
the unequal care taken in its manufacture
Batavia or Java arrack is considered the
best; 1t is obtained by distillation from rice
and molasses, with only a small mixture Of
cocoanut toddy. Ceylon afrack is invaria-
bly, made from the vegetable juice teddy.
which flows by incision from tho cocoanut
tree; after the juice Is fermented it Is dis
titled and rectified: some are of theA opinion
that 1t is equal to the Batavia.
Arrack is white and transparent. Pine
apples stepped in 1t impart an exquisite
flavor to the spirit. and by age 1t becomes
unrivaled for making punch. Several
thousand gallons are sold in this country
for that purpose each year, but as a steady
drink 1t has attained no success The num-
Der of East Indians in the United States is
insignificant. and when they drink, they
drink rum.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-09-01
The Price Of Radium.
From Harper's Weekly.

from Harpers weekly.
Radium, discovered In 1885, was valued at
s5.OO0,OO0 pound. Its estimated value has
since been reduced to s. 721, $50 pound,
which Is very material reduction. but the
price is still high. We read with interest
that a Buffalo man. Mr.. Stephen T. Lock-
wood. expects to engage in the manufac-
ture, or extraction, of this interesting SUBJ
stance. and hopes to lower the price still
further. His hopes. as recorded In the pa
pers, are based on the possession Of certain
deposits Of carnotite in Utah. from which
he has been able to extract radium, and
which he believes can be induced to give
its radium up somewhat easier than the
pitchblende from which the radium so far
obtained has been extracted We hope he
viii succeed Radium Is the most interest
ing substance out. and. dear though 1t is, a
very little of II goes great ways, and
lasts. apparently. forever. We want more
of 1t. for. unlike liquid air. 1t seems really
to be of use for something besides amuse-
ment and speculation.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-09-01
In Fec.
From the Chicago News.

rom tue CuIchBO NeWb.
In Fee, the capital Of Morocco, most of
the houses consist Of several Stories each
being provided with a light veranda run
ming round it and connecting the rooms
All the windows and doors open out into
the patio. or court yard. the window OPEN
ings in the upper stories being covered
with close trellis work. All the houses
have fat roofs. with wall some four to
six feet high running around, and from 4
pm. until sunset the roofs are given over
to the ladies exclusively, who can then
walk about and take the fresh air without
being seen by any Of the opposite SEX This
reservation Is q law which is never broken
and no man would be guilty Of being seen
on his or on any other roof during the for
hidden hours Owing to the fact that the
seen by any other man than their lord and
master. all domestic Offices are situated
away from the house proper. In many OF
the larger houses. besides the water foun-
tains. others playing scent or scented water
are to be found. Sections of the court
yard also are slightly sunk and these por-
lions are f1lled with scented oil. which is
used to perfume the rooms. The Moors
are exceptionally particular In discarding
their fo0tgear before entering a room or
crossing rug or carpet; they even change
slippers before entering the court yard
from the street. Thus the houses are kent
beautifully clean and sweet and are not.
as mapy people would suppose, musty or
close.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-09-01
FORESTS OF MEXICO.
Destruction Of Timber Has Created the
Regions Of Aridity.


From Arhoriculture. f.s 4'-.'
Officials of the republic who have care
fully studied the subject mention that there
were forests on the tablelands and that
rainfall was much greater years ago than
now. Tradition says that the Spaniards
cleared away these forests, since which
the rainfall has been greatly diminished.
Certain it is. there are now no extensive
forests on the great plains of Mexico.
There are the remains of great systems
of reservoirs for irrigation with aoue-
ducts of brick supported upon arches,
which still remain, where the water was
carried through tunnels and over valleys
Tor long distances, but by reason Of
droughts and decreased precipitation these
are now of little or no USE
Forests cannot exist without water Reg
ular and copious rainfall cannot prevail
without a production Of forests. Aridity
is invariably accompanied by scant shrub
growth. or entire absence of plant life.
When 1T is considered that Mexico es-
peclally the southern portion, is narrow
with large oceans on either side, lying
IN a tropical region where evaporation ia
constant and extreme, the question nat
uraliy arises: Why is there not greater
precipitation? Why are there not large
trees and dense forests, which always ac-
company moist tropic conditions? In his
history prescott relates that at the time
AA'aoioH tHS.c were large ana dense
forests. which were not uncommon upon
the higher tablelands.
Have climatic changes occurred in Mex-
co which destroyed the forests? And what
caused the change? Or has the destr,Ic
tion or these great forests caused the
change and induced aridity? If the former
Is correct. there be no remedy All
must be left to time and the caprice of
nature 10 effect change. But If the lat
ter be the true diagnosis, then II is within
the power of man to replace these fonest =
and thus secure as favorable conditions
as existed before the removal OF the frees'
SPANS history has been one Of forest
destruction. and her climatic condition
and agricultural degeneracy are the re-
suit or this 1ndiscretion. Americans have
closely followed Spain's footsteps, and
the great forests Of the United States have
been wanton1y sacrificed, while the results
are daily becoming more apparent in
drought and flood.
with a wiser government than either.
mexico Is giving protection to her re-
naming timber lands, and will. in time
overcome the evils caused by acts of for,
mer generations
The tropical forests Of Mexico occunv
the low coast lands and borders of streams
at low attitudes. The pine is upon the
elevated mountain tracts while the great
area OF the republic, the tabIelands are
practically bare of valuable timber trees
II is apparent that Mexico has no timber
10 spare for export. Her forest resources
are none too great for home consumption
limited quantity of mahogany and co
peclally tropical hard woods along fhe
coast will be exported as it Is not availabIe
1or economic transportation to the interior
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-09-01
Cattle Stealing.
ca Leslie's Monthly.

From Leslie Monthly.
One source of immense trouble to the cat
tlemen has been the calf thief. Many
large outfit" has gone out of business on
account of the "rustler." Where COW herd
ers have to ride the range for fifty or sew
enty-five miles they are likely to be fore
stalled in branding a calf by some vigilant
rustler whose little mountain ranch is near
the usual grazing place OF bunch or cat
tle Or very possibly the puncher Tor the
big &C ranch has caught and branded the
calf with its proper mark; and when many
months later he rides on yearling branded
BOB he has no means Of knowing that the
owner Of the latter brand has deftly touch
ed up the &C with a running iron by the
artistic addition of two strokes and an
added letter. 1t may be stated parentheti-
cally In passing that more than one large
s.outf1t'' Of today got its start entirely from
..rustled" cattle. In the more arid south
west rustling il not so common. because
most OF the water Is pumped, and cattle
get in the habit Of coming home often to
drink and can be watched moro closely,
but even there 1t II . factor Of no slight
Importance.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-09-01
Yellow News.
From verybody's Magazine.

From Every body's Magazine.
What is ''news?" Some editors seem to
fancy that anything that happens is news
Others go to the opposite extreme and deal
wholly in fiction or in essays Others think
1t is the proceedings of public bodies Of
various kinds. reported fully and in routine
fashion. Others hold that it is only what
their hackers think the people ought to
know. Others that it is whatever has a
salacious flavor.
From the standpoint of the journalism
known as yellow, news is whatever is
of concern to the masses Of the people in
their daily life. Is there murder? If it
is. commonplace affair among common
place people, it is not news" If it has
some element of appeal to the imagination
or to the universal human feelings, then
it is news" And the extent to which
these elements enter in determines whether
it shall be given column or two pages.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-09-01
MARK OF PROSPERITY
Great DeVelopmentoft Iron
Industry.
ALL RECORDS BROKEN
ENORMOUS INCREASE IN PRoDUC-
TON IN THIS COUNTRY.
Steel Output Thrice That of Great
Britain and Twice That
Of Germany.

Fig Iron" Kelley Of Pennsylvania is re-
garded as the father of the iron industry
IN the United States, but when he died in
1889 the business was still in comparative
infancy. Its gigantic development within
the last ten years Is one of the marvels of
the age. In its way, iron rules the world
and indicates prosperity or the reverse.
It keeps the savage or the semi-savage in
sun1ection, while it makes life easy and
pleasant for the civilized man-when he
keeps in peaceful mood. The production
OF iron IN Its various forms and for its many
uses Is prodigious. In all the world this
year the yield Of pig iron will break all
previous records. During 1902 the world s
production Of pig iron amounted to 44,557,-
S91 tons. This estimate Is based on exact
returns for the United States, Great Brit
ain, Germany. France, Belgium, Canada
and Sweden, with the tonnage of Russia,
ustrfa-Hungary and Spain estimated to
nave been the same as in the previous year
and an allowance Of 100000 tons to cover
minor producers