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Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-04-30

into being this nation, they undertook
a task for which there was but little
encouraging precedent The develop
ment Of civilization from the earliest
period seemed TO show the truth OF two
propositions: IN the first place. IL
had always proved exceedingly difficult
10 secure both freedom ana strength
Ia any government; and in the second
place, II had always proved wel-nlgh
impossible for "a nation to expand With
out either breaking up or becoming q
centralized tyranny. With the success
of our effort 10 combine a strong and
efficient national union able TO put down
disorder az home and 10 maintain our
honor and interest abroad | have not
now 10 deal This success was signal and
all-important but Il was by no means
unprecedented in the same sense that
our type Of expansion was unprece-
dented.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-04-30

great and masterful race OF warriors,
rulers, road builders, and admlnlstra.
tors stamped their indelibe Impress
upon all the after lie of our race, and
yet let an Decentralization eat out
the vitals OF their empire until Il be-
came an empty shelf so that when the
barbarlans came they destroyed only
what had already become worthless to
the world
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-04-30
McARTYs coNcuRRENcE.

McCarty. J.-Quallhed Concurrence.
| concur In that portion Of the opinion
wherein II is held that II requires a
majority OF all the members elected 20
the city council TO confirm an appointec
Of the mayor but dissent from that
part which holds thai such conarma-
ton creates a liability against the city
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-04-30
ROME AND GREECE.

The history Of Rome and OF Greece
illustrates very well the two types OF
expansion which had taken place in
ancient time and which had been uni
versally accepted az the only possible
types up TO the period when as a nation
We ourselves began 10 take possession
OF this continent. The Greclan states
performed remarkable feats Of coloni-
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-04-30
WORK OF EXPANSION.

"This work OF expansion was by far
the greatest work Of our people during
the years that interviewed between the
adoption Of the Constitution and the
outbreak Of the civil war; There were
other questions Of real moment and i'm
portance and there were many which az
the time seemed such TO those engaged
IN answering them; but the greatest
feat OF our forefathers OF those gener-
atlons was the deed Of the men who,
with pack train or wagon train, on
horseback. on foot or by boat upon
The waters. pushed the frontier ever
westward across the continent
Never before had the world seen the
kind OF national expansion which gave
our people an that part Of The american
continent lying west Of the thirteen or
leinal states the greatest landmark IN
which was the Louisiana purchase. our
triumph In this process Of expansion
Was indissolubly bound up with the
success OF our peculiar Kind OF federal
government. and this success has been
sd complete that because Of its very
completeness We now sometimes fail TO
appreciate not only the all-imporiance
bui the tremendous difficulty Of the
problem with which our nation was
originally faced.
OUR FoREFATHERs' TASK
when our forefathers Joined to call
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-04-30
II Centennial
Celebration.

u,ndredh nnersary Of cAequisHon Of TERRITORY of Lon.
saua DUR Observed PsesE Roosevelt En- reSL Chve.
land GocernorS Of Sovereign STATES, Representatives. Of
Fosegn Governments Assist in DedcaOry Ceremonies.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-04-30

2atlon, but each colony an soon as ere.
ated became entirely independent OF
the mother state, aud IN after years
was almost as apt "a prove It's enemy
as IFS friend Local self-goyernment
local independence, was secured. hut
only by the absolute sacrifice OF any
hing resembling national unity. In
consequence, the Greek world for an
us wonderful brllliancy and the ok
traordinary artistic, literary. ana phil.
csophical development which has made
all mankind It's debtors for the arcs.
was yet wholly unable to Withstand a
formidable foreign foe save spasmod.
icaily. AZ soon as powerful perma.
nent empires arose on its outskirts. tho
Greek states In the neighborhood OF
such empires fell under their sway.
National power and greatness were
completely sacrificed to local liberty.
RISE OF ROME.
with Rome the exact opposite nc.
CURED. The imperial city rose to alb
solute dominion over all the peoples Of
italy and then expanded her rule over
the entire civilized world by a process
which kept the nation strong and unit
ed, but gave no room whatever for
local liberty and f-goyenment. All
other cities and countries were sub
ject TO Rome. In consequence this
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-04-30

-, ,rp $50 when you want the
CAL ad. man TO call on you ana
sN NJ, you make your advertising more
nnSs5gcilye. He can DO H.
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The people Of these states have shown
themselves mighty In war with their
fellow-man. and mighty In strength %
tame the rugged wilderness They
could not thus have conquered the for
est and the prairie. the mountain and
the desert had they not possessed the
geat fighting virtues the qualities
which enable a people 20 overcome the
forces OF hostile men and hostile ma
ture. On the other hand. they could
not have used Alright their conquest hal
they not In addition possessed the quail
tiles o. self.mastery and self-restraint.
the power OF acting IN comblnationwi with
their fellows, the power OF yielding ODE
dience 70 the law ana Of building up
en- orderly civilization. Courage and
Continued on page two.)
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1903-03-27

Probable Cause Of Trouble.
since Grant Zarr, farmer at a place
called Chestnut Ridge, six or seven
miles from White Plains. Is said 10
have caught a genuine and full.grown
lynx IN trap a week ago there have
been no more cat or chicken murders
In Westchester and no more stories Of
mysterious animals have come In.
They say Zarr came down 10 White
Plains with the story that his chicken
roost had been robbed Of thirty fowls
and that one had been eaten while
the rest we're torn TO pieces and left
scattered about
He set trap for a weasel and
caught a big lynx. II took three rifle
balls TO kin him. As no lynx have
been killed In Westchester for many
years and as tho animal Ia extinct IN
that part OF the state. II Is now be.
lloved that this was the mysterious
animal that worked south from tho
North Woods into the very outskirts
OF Greater New York. and even shad
owed some OF CouimlsHionor Greenes
finest In an able and uncomfortable
manner.
After an investigation that lod tho
reporter on many Wild goose ohases,
the report he makes 10 the city desk
ia that he found many people who had
"beon told and had heard" and
who Thought" there was wild ami
NAL loose In the Bronx. and that II Is
generally believed that the creature
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1903-03-27

Some years ago there was a very
dlgnlaod old fellow elected Justice OF
the Peace In one OF the townships OF
Borhs county. This elevation caused
him TO look for certain degree OF
Difference on tho part OF all with
whom he came In contact and at any
SHORTCOMINGS In this respect he would
show marked irritation. Once while
walking along HIS dignity was rut
fod by one OF group OF boys ad'
dressing him rather Familiarity.
young man, me you So for con.
tempt OF court" said tho provoked
Justice.
But. Judge, the court Is not In sea'
sion" lnterposed tho youth.
"Thls court 10 always In session"
said the other emphatlcally, "and con
sequenuy always an object OF con
tempt"
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1903-03-27

,-.-----, HE ONLY really wfd
10Y animal that ever lnv41
slNER ed New York city bf
lrl5i kfS his own free will II ho
lg1ItI M more. For a month AID
ny tttA a hall tho people Of
E-i------ ulghbudgo. Tremoat
Fordham and OF Westchestor county
IN general have been victims Of a
strange apparauon consisting Tor no
most part OF two green eyes peerlhs
out OF strange hooks and corners iu
tho dadnosH and accompanied by Wig
oroua attacks oi imagination on The
part OF tho victims.
The 6sst thing thnt was known Of
the lynx was whom tbe hen rooai7 Of
iurhhrIdee were robbed and fho man
glod bodies of chickens ioit haii eaton.
Then policemen mo tho Highhudgo
station. pacing long and lonely beats
along the swampa woodland PATH
and aldchlla of the Bronx, came 10
with complaints chat they had icil
all night as though some one were
following them and staring at then
from behind trees and rocks. rhol
had turned again and again 70 Sc,
who was shadowlng them, but nevol
saw anything old Adirondack guldol
would have smiled al these report
and said "Louclfcesl" This is th'
back country name for the lynx, al
animal that grows as large as a biz
dog and has bob.tail and shor
prick ears with tassels on them. TIT
lynx when hungry will attack a man
and a big one will make trouble fol
him n no is unarmed
ono night motorman on the line O
trolleys running up Jerome avenue
came In with a story OF n strange ami
NAL that leaped out Of the darkness
at Featlrcrbed lano and chung de,
perately TO the fender OF the car for
minute. falling on into the street an
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1903-03-27

The following dog story In vouehod
for by tho Petit Pariaien as true;
a lady named Nine. Amelio Hongro
went out yesterday morning for a
walk In the Avenue do Cllchy. taking
with her a toy terrier. which sho held
by string. while she was looking
into a shop window two mlscheyioua
boys substituted bono for tho dog
A Great Dane then appeared on the
scene. and. seeing the bone. made a
dash and swallowed Il, string includ
cd. The lady turned round. and In
despair cried out that the Great Dane
had eaten her pet
The little dog was found later on
much TO tho SOY Of his mistress, whS
carried him OF In a cab.
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1903-03-27

disappearing with blood.curdllng
scrooch. FoatheTbed lnno 10 a street
running from Jerome avenue west TO
Washington bridge, and Is a rustic,
but beautiful place--ln dry weather
On the night OF the nrst snow
storm this year the night Waterman
pacing his lonely beat among no
cages In the New York geological
park found tho lynx cage the sceno
OF activity The two animals wero
wide awake and appeared TO DO
watching tho faraway fence OF the
park. once In a while they would
snlif tho air and utter their nero.
cold.thrill cry. This was followed by
chorus from the wolves. foxes, he
bird cages and the chatter Of no
awakened monkeys In the prlmaiel'
house. Tho tlmld deer on tho ranges
Rhrank into their houses. The nat
morning man living In ono Hundred
and Elghtieth street found a largo
track trailing through the snow clear
around the park. It came down no
Boston road, across Klngsbrldge. Up
tho Boulevard, and back up Pelham
avenue Tr's man had once been a
boy amonT the Franklin county hills
In Maine, and no thought he knew
the track. lie expected TO hear that
one OF the lynx from the park had
escaped but inquiry proved that nols
had.
After tho printing OF the stories q
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1903-03-27
A aid for Election.

Raymond Bayle, a candidate In the
French Parliamentary election, has
sent tho following letter 10 the yolera
OF Valanco'
"AIy Dear Fellow Citizens; ! am q
bachelor should you have the good
fortune 10 elect me as your repro'
sentative. will choose my wife from
me community which gives mo tho
most votes. win also give a bachelor
dinner TO an my electors, In the
case OF two different communities
humping for me equally, / will give
tho dinner 10 tho ono and marry a
gin from the ether"
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1903-03-27

Superintendent SMITH OF tho Man
haitian elevated road was showing a
Western railroad man over the sya'
tom me uthor day, Whom thoy camo
90 tho junction az Ninth avenue and
Flfy.Thlrd street the Chicago man re-
marked. with evident Advertisements
Il don't SEQ any doUlllng switches
10 prevent collisions
"Great Scott. man." exclaimed the
Manhattan man. "do you consider how
ar deranod train would have 10
drop?"
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1903-03-27

memorlro what would be impossible
to an American child Of tho same ago
and standing. But their reasoning
and thinking faculties arc not devel'
opod. Thoro the American child has
tho advantage
The Chinese home conslats usually OK
three rooms. tho front room in which
the idol IL, tho general living room
and tho bedroom. Tho Chinese wom'
en- arc. generally speaking. good house
keepers. and noatnoss and order pre-
vail.
The children arc 80 ohediont that
they seem hardly human TO the Amer
lean observer used TO different man
nors, but tho Confuclon discipline sun
prevails and the pert. prococious. dis
obedleni child ia unknown IN China
town. Just what form Of discipline
has brought about this result, who
can say3 ono Chinese child admitted
that he was whipped whom he was
bad. but tho American teachers say
that they never see tho children pun
lHhed. but whatever the method It IL
enicaclous and Is earnestly recon
mcndod 10 mothers OF different croedi
and upbrlnging.-Now York sun.
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1903-03-27
LIFE OF ERIME ENDS
cbieken>KalnR Lynx sd in New York County Alter
Numerous and Cost Depredadons- Long
Terrorized vhe Neighborhood.

had escaped and was at large. But
the bear does not leave a carcass In
that way. When Buin kills a sheep
or a rabbit he cats II and leaves tho
skin carefully rolled up on the ground
as though he thought IL a shame to
waste what he could not cat and po-
lltoly left Il for the owner.
when reporters went into the mys
torious BronXland 10 investigate these
stories they generally came back emp
~ handed. But sure a. ia that thorc
have been continued rumors of q mys
tcrloua Wild animal nt largo there.
And the straugosl part of it o. thaI
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1903-03-27
TOTS OF MIXED BLOOD
interesting Study Made in Kindergarten in the American
Metropolis Where Little Chinese Children Are
Tsueht-Their Obedience.

The afternoon session opens with
prayer IN Chinese and some hymns
arc sung, sometimes In Chinese. some
times In English. The prayer and
tho occasional hymn are the only
Chinese spoken IN the school II IL q
source OF great grief to The Chinese
inhabitants that there is NO place
whore the children can be taught their
own Language. but no such school az.
lists in Chinatown.
Tho children have wonderful mem.
orios. thoy arc great imIiatorH. Toll
them q story. Sing Thorn song and
they win repeat both parrot ..ko aud
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1903-03-27

A singular strike Of priests has
taken place at friary at Lisbon.
Three priests, membera OF a religious
CONGREGATION, were suspended. where
upon othors, In sympathy with them,
declined TO act an their colleagues
we're pardored. Their suIfriors are
much embarrassed and tho dimeulty
has not yet been solved.
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1903-03-27

Iorg Anglesey is credited with bo'
nc ne pioneer az tho idea Of a
scented motor car Thus when he goes
broad on his car, instead OF tho fumes
hi the gasoline or some other noNious
odor being left In his train, there is a
fraeranco Of eau de Cologne,
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1903-03-27

Wr-1Sf-Km CCOHDING 10 an unol-
:. {. !: !: !. !. !. ]. ].
HHV8ll nciai census tho child.
lel1H.-.N&il ron OF New YorfG
HAAANNl Chinatown number
E8Nr--SNsd about 100. This census
lffkC32,1 was taken In shops. al
nA--A-1- the schools aud with
the help Of the stray Chinese guides
Who are always ready 60 give infor'
nation and lead strangers 90 tho dii'
foront points OF interest ln that pocn-
liar part Of Manhattan.
Thoso 400 children include not only
tho purohloodod Chinese but also
those OF mixed paroniago-lriah and
Chinese. italian and Chlucro or Ameri-
can and Chluo7. n 30 interesting 60
study tho combinations oi race Tho
American and lriah traits 90 nearly
oycry Instance prodcminato over the
Chinese. while with tho children OF
Italian aud Chinese paronta tho fiml-
iarlty OF complexion aud coloeIng ~
hair and eyes make % dimcult 90 dis
tlngulah them from tho purohlcodod
Chinese
Il ~ not an easy matter 10 hnd the
children OF Chinatown. Tho time and
place must be chosen well. They DO
not run Wild In tho streets like tho
children OF other tenement districts.
Especially IN this truc OF the children
OF pure Chinese blood, who arc, as a
general thing. carefully housed.
Tho children OF Chinatown are not
early riaora. They are unlike tho
American child In this az In many
other respects. The saying Early 70
bed and early 10 rise" ia without
meaning TO them.
The Chinese work late and play
late, rarely retiring before / OF
o'clock In tho morning and sleeping
well Into tho day. Tho children are
not excluded from the work or the
play, and consequently one seeks 10
vain for them IN the morning hours
They arc still In tho arms OF The
Chinese Morpheus.
Perhapa the best place OF all tS
aiudy them n In the schools. for thel
arc elusive little creatures and one
must get them whero there n littl'
hope OF escape There arc two Kin
dergartons IN Chinatown. One hold
rs sessions IN the late morning hours
tho other only In the after noon. A
the nral one you arc introduced u
wing Quong. BESSIE Wing. Kay 0uey
IA Son aud the ALSO rans."
Wing Quong engages special Inter
est. Wing Is to DO sent TO China a
tho request Of relatives TO renal
untl he IL IL he IA now about I an
ooks serious enough At the proapec
n the coming separation from hl1 rc
afiras and school chumn.
Tho nrst question tho American
Ecman visitor Il aure 20 ask relates
" course. 10 tho Chinese feet for 4
Cho feminine mind the bound foot !
a. closely associated with Chimes
~ -ams - tho opium pipe Is In IN
Eascui.ne. She Is assured that IN
listOo. sas gone out with the fash
Bss a! yesterday.
Tho costumes Of this school are a
hybrid az the children. The America
dress prevails. There are funny It'll
trousers which have a homemade loo
and awaken doubts In tho minds q
tho iookoruon as TO the direction N
wearer viii take. The iackota are {
any shape or style, dependent appa
emily on charitable impulses rattle
than set ideas,
But II one has koon sense
humor, aa wel aa Of pathos, on
should visit the afternoon school hoi
kho Chinese children come In eosium
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1903-03-27

and there ato many interesting sights
for the student OF human nature.
This BchoolroOm o. on the ground
floor. Il Is decorated with garlands
OF evergreen ana oolured panors and
is very bright and CHEEKY When the
teacher Is not there ON time, as some
timea hnppons. Annie makes a very
good cicorone.
Annie is the Oldest pupil and "a O
fairly tall ploaaantlookIue Girl she
conndea that her parentaro Do mixed
and that her mother IS Irish. lioT
last namo Is Ice 10 Difference TO her
father. The children Of mixed par
antage have usually two names, the
nrst name given by tho mother
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1903-03-27

mysterious animals In the Hrom
tlmid parents living among tho man
lands of Woalchostor refused % Il
low their children TO go out at nigt.
Perhaps IL was as well II was Con
mon talk at West Farms that Of,
Of tho wolves had escaped from "a
park and now and then people llylr
in iinely farm houses at William
brld-o found the manglod body OF
cat beside the road, torn and q
youtvd IN frightful manner.
Fordham people said that a BET
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1903-03-27

had green eyes. The cats on the back
yard fences Of Fifth avenue have
green eyes az night But-the Bronx
breathes easier since Grant zarr shot
his lynx.
N. BAT white Plains Il was
agreed that Chestnut Ridge was "up
north there somewhere" and that
Grant Zarr lived there and had shot
lynx. The reporter couldn't And
Grant Zarr or his Chestnut Ridge
Now York World.
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1903-03-27

FIFTY million gallons OF petroleum
we're produced In Burmah and Assam
last yehf
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-05-12
Queer HaIIucination.

Guthrie. o. T., May 11.-One of the most
peculiar, strange and pathetic incidents
took place in our little community re-
Gently that ii has been our lot to wit
ness, says the CordelI Beacon. J. H
Minson, who has been acting very
strange for the past few weeks. has taken
up the vocation of the hen. Every time
J. II. sees a box Of beans. shelled corn,
peas or other similar stuff, he win sit
right down in it, cackIe and fuss around
just like the hen A tubfull of cowpeas
which has been sitting in the postofice
seems 10 throw him into a high state
OF excitement. Every time he sees IL his
''cut-cut-ca-da-cut is so similar TO that
of hen that II is impossible for one to
tell the difference if they do not see him.
Last week he took a notion to set and
all efforts to persuade him not to do SO
have proved futile So TO paCify him he
was let alone. Securing 20e eggs he
placed them in the bed. crawled in among
them and at this writing has been setting
about eight days. The eggs have been
tested as to fertility. only eleven having
proved unfertile and others have been
placed around him 10 take their place.
Jim seems as pleased and contented as
the broodiest old cochin. From all ap-
peararce she will complete the hatch.
but what he viii do when the brood is
Matched is the basis OF considerable con
ie~ttlrs
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-05-12
ARRANGEMENTS
NOW BEING MADE TO RECEIVE
SECRETARY HITCHCOCK.
Territorial Office Building Is Decor
ated-Many Prominent Men There.

Guthrie, o. T.. May 11.-Arrangements
are now being made to receive Secretary
E. A. Hitchcock of the interior depart
ment at Washington and party, the latest
information reaching here that the vis-
tiors will arrive in this city Wednesday
afternoon. Secretary Hitchcock and par
ty passed through Oklahoma City this
morning, stopping there for a few hours.
The trip was then 10 be made from Ok
lahoma City TO Anadarko. II was sup
posed that the party would go on TO Law
ton, but Governor Ferguson received a
telegram this afternoon stating that the
party will go TO the Chnocco Indian
school. stopping a short time at Enid.
coming from the Indian school to Guth-
rie. This city will probably bs the last
stop of the secretary and party in the
territory, as II has been understood here
that Secretary Hitchcock is expected in
Washington within a few days.
Governor Ferguson expected TO meet
Secretary Hitchcock at Anadarko today.
but missed his train this morning The
governor desired TO take the Kingfshsr
train. making connections with the Rock
Island at that point. A negligent cab
msa failed 70 make connections with the
train. and consequently the governor had
70 give UP his trip. What the governor
said to the "cabby~ has not been re-
corded. but it is known that he was much
disappointed in not being able 70 reach
the secretary at Ansdarko.
The building IN which the territorial Of
fees are located will be decorated for the
-rece-tion OF the secretary. and IL Is pre-
suued that prominent men from various
PARTS Of Oklahoma will be here 70 meet
the members OF the party. II Is not
known just how long Secretary Hitchcock
viii remain in Guthrie. buS territorial Of
icials are hoping that he VIII be here
long enough 10 become thoroughly fanil-
| Jar with the progress and cevelcpmen;
OF Oklahoma. ard also the needs Of the
territory. especially matters that can DC
rernedied by the interior department