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Der Deutsche correspondent. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1841-1918, 1903-12-14
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palace OF the grand lama towering above
the other buildings, The grand lama,
or, rather the dalai lama--for there are
two grand lamas--is not only the chief
parsonage IN Tibet but Ii acknowl.
edged as the head Of the Buddhist
church throughout Tibet, Mongolia and
China From the little that has been
written about him 1t appears that as
rule the dalai lama, who Is elected
when child dies young, and IL has
been limited that the length Of his days
depends upon the amount Of trouble he
gives the gyalpo, the temporal ruler Of
Lassa.
The lamas dominate the country
Their influence can be easily UNDER
stood when It is said that fully one
sixth Of the population are numbered
in their order, The lumaseries dot the
mountain sides like fortresses, and the
people willingly labor TO support their
spiritual guides, who do not lose an
opportunity to terrori1e them. one
thing that contributes TO keep these
priests In power is the fact that the
people believe them to possess godliko
powers, and wonderful are the tales
travellers tell OF remarkable exhibitions
going to support this belief Human
sacrifices are also said to be a compo-
nent part OF the religion Of the coun-
| try. which is described as being but a
| veneer of Buddhism over body OF
| savage and uncouth superstition As
! may be imagined the spiritual gs-
/ theuC and moral sides Of the people Of
Tibet are I'm very primitive condition,
! It is alleged that polyandry, the custom
Of one woman having many husbands
prevails
II might be thought that this would
tend to place the women IN a very ex-
allied position but travellers disagree as
10 the facts of the case, The consensus
OF opinion seems to Zoe that the women
! OF Tibet have a very unpleasant time
serving as drudges. Zoubikoy states
that I'm the city of Lassa, which has q
population Of about 10000 all the com.
meroe Is In the hands OF women, In
the country districts the principal oc.
equations are agriculture and cattle
raising and here, again women fine
plenty TO do. Labor of all sorts is very
cheap I'm Tibet the men being paid bu
or 8 cents a day while the wOmeI
generally receive but their board an,
lodging Where the country Is not
barren waste the principal products ar
wheat. barley peas and beans, the livl
stock raised including horses, asses
! mules, cattle sheep and yaks. As n
T everything else. primitive methods pre-
val, and prosperity Is constantly ab
2 sent
The population, which has at time
been estimated at over 100000 where
as a tenth Of that figure would probabl
be nearer the mark is rapidly on IN
decrease on account Of the prevalence
, Of disease the chief IN being smallpox
, Dirt abounds everywhere, as explorer
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-12-12

Boston for instance an elevated rail-
way was installed after an electric car
subway had been I'm operation for some
time, The Boston subway cannot be
compared 70 the present New York un-
derground, however, for the reason
that II IL less than three miles long.
Originally it was designed to accommo-
date single trolley cars. but It has since
been altered to provide for elevated
trains OF two to four cars, These how
ever, pass through the subway for but
a short distance, when they again be-
come elevated" in the real significance
OF the term. AZ I'm the case OF the
New York underground the Boston
subway stations are located below the
surface, access to them being obtained
through boxlike structures They are
well lighted and kept spotlessly clean.
In fact as New Workers viii discover,
the use OF electricity insures a COM
Portable journey through the longest
tunnel 80 far as inconvenience from
dust and smoke is concerned. The Bos-
ton elevated road In outward appear
ance is not unlike the New York road,
although the stations do not present 40
uniform an appearance as those In New
York The track mileage Is much less
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scoTLAND's DIR. BARNARDo.

Mr. William Quarter, whose dea'n
was recently announced, was lhe ~
Bernardo of Scotland. His melhous
were peculiar in one sense - tlal n'
never made any public appeal Tor lno,',
ey even during his early struggles "
found home for orphans. Like Mun1'
of Bristol, he trusted entirely to lhe 81,
fcacy OF prayer and always sald 1ua'
he was never disappointed. AS MS p,n
lanthropc efforts became known suU
soriptions were more plentiful put ~
has placed It on record that on iil"n,
occasions a timely check, for Whon ~
had never limited any need mas p
vented the closing Of his establishment i,es,
Quarters homes were known III ST.
land throughout It's length and oreY'"
and the thousands Of orphans VINO W.'s
fed, clothed and educated by MN ~
model village In Renfrewshlre na
much reason TO be thankful LOT IT, w.,
luck. Like DR.. Bernardo, MT Qual'| "a
sent many thousands of chlldre"
Canada.
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A VERSATILE CRIMINAL

In Sweden there is a man lla" -.
Loefdahl who is said to be III onJ on
spect the most notorious crinlln i,s no
record. He has been charged WV" Ne.
less than 1907 different crimes i iS no,
gan his career as q forger ana u'a I. ~t
stop until he had forged lSVO I'm ,on.
ments Then he decided to make w. saa
ev by setting houses on FIRE, and ne 20.
burned seven dwellings before :" which
caught Most OF the docuin'p,s -. Of
he forged were receipts Tor sa'a houss
railroad employees, and for ever ~ nll
which he burned he obtained w. II
value from an insurance conlpaoi, q
Is estimated that II the run pe"ab Of.
the law were to be imposed lot e's snsaJ
Tense Loefdahl would have 10 :"
several centuries In prison.
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Their IN point of utility, equipment or
size That the Londoners realize how
great an improvement II is over the old
steam undergrounds Is manifested by
the many projects now under way
which. II completed. would honeycomb
| the city and enyirons with electric UNI
derground railways, In these the
| American genius makes itself felt III
every direction, and perhaps nobody
has done more to popularlze electrically
equipped roads than Charles 7. Yerkes
| of Chicago, who made several million
dollars in that city by his rapid transit
schemes and invaded England In the
belief that he could make several mil
lions more by showing the staid, con-
sentative, easy going Britishers what
rapid transit really means.
The tuppenny tube itself bears all
the earmarks OF American activity.
The tube is located ut II varying depth
OF from sixty to 100 feet access to the
trains being given through surface sta
tons, In which elevators have been In
! stalled as well as narrow, spiral stair
cases set in porcelain tiled wells brill
| llantly lighted by electricity The cars
are very much like those used on
American elevated roads, only the cell
ings are lower and the seats upholster-
ed. The engines are long, narrow, tur-
tie back affairs, capable OF shooting
trains through the tube at rate OF
over forty miles an hour, although the
average rate of transit is not more than
half that speed. The tubes, for the
road boasts two parallel tubes Of a d.
ameter OF about twelve feet each, have
total length Of approximately six
miles. The road is operated by the
third rail system. the works In which
the power Is generated covering many
acres and costing, together with the
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Latter Day Solutions of the Rapid Transit Problem
As Contrve by Various Old and New World municipalities

alike being modelled to conform 10 ~
prevailing type of the adjacent buid.
ings.
The road being electrically eouinned
Its obvious advantages over Inc ola
methods of transportation have gained
for II immense popularity. II certoirl,
gives rapid transit. From the mort =.
Warschau TO the geological gardens
journey which takes fifty minutes no
the electrical surface tramways ana
thirty minutes by the stadtbahn tho
new line, with stops at intermedlota
stations. travels In about twenty min.
utes, II crosses the Spree river on a
beautifully designed bridge OF rsd
brick work, the line passing over an
artistic yiaduct about twenty foo,
above the roadway of the bridge II 10
double tracked throughout trains heinz
run both eastward and westward at in.
tervals of hve minutes during the busy
hours OF the morning and evening and
under n ten minute Roadway during the
rest Of the day. Each carriage has four
doors, two on side. the carriage fioors
and the station platforms being on tho
same level. The motive power and the
lighting are supplied from central
station equipped with powerful electric
generators.
A quaint old world city that has for
some years enjoyed an up to date ran.
Id transit system Is Budapest Hun.
gary, This town so antiauated in
many respects, boasts an underground
railway, short, II Is true, but Of great
service. The Budapest subway was
opened May l, 1896. and after ninety
| years win revert to the city 1t is
| about two miles In length and is lust
| below the surface. The motive power
| is electricity, which Is conveyed by
| overhead devices to the motors In the
cars, each car being equipped with a
motor of 100 horsepower The cars AZ
| the tunnel closely and In this respect
are like those found in the tuppenny
tube in London, They will seat twenty.
eight people each, with standing room
| for about the same number. Electrical
ncandescent lamps with double reflect.
ors are located at short distances
throughout the length Of the tunnel,
making 1t very bright.
REGINALD o. WILSON.
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The British Invasion of Tibet the Land Of Mystery
Why So Little Known Concerning 1.-THE Roof of the World

a variability that, to say the least, can'
not be conducive to comfort,
A not unnatural result of the COMA,
tIons which have so effectually barred
communication between Tibet ana Inc
outside world is the maintenance oil
very small army. 1t Is said that there
are not more than 1000 soldiers IN an
the dalai lama's domains and these are
very poorly equipped and disciplined
As consequence robbery and ou'rase
are prevalent throughout Tibet. Inc
lamas, 1t should be said, control the
administration of justice as well as
the dspensntion of religious insIrue'
ton. and the courts are more remark
able for their superstition than ior
their law. Crude and barbarlc methodS
prevail OF nature that would disgrace
even the middle ages. Drowning lor'
ture and logging are common penalles
for slight offenses, but so completely
are the people under the thumb oil 'ne
lamas that they make no protest,
ROBERT PRENTISS SAWYER
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A FLOATING ISLAND.

Passengers on what Is called the ma
tional route from Gruestrow to Gold
berg, on the German coast, witnessed a
strange spectacle which recalled a well
known novel by Jules Verne. piece
OF land of about 10000 square yards be.
came detached from the coast and be-
gan TO sail out to sea. a curious fea-
ture Of the spectacle was the position
of some twenty large alder trees. Some
were bending, while others were almost
lying on the ground. Hares and rab.
bits ran hither and thither anxious tc
escape contact with the waves
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-12-12

EmwT'Vfw~1A OLONEL YOuNGHUS- |
Y N -Ss-ssaWH BANDS punitive ex-
ETM Nm petition into Tibet
EHH undertaken in retalia-
NAN y8a ton for the grand
e Ne-<ZA lama's curt refusal
E ,,.s llsuJ to treat with the mis-
sion sent by the Brit
ish TO discuss the Tibetaus' nonobserv-
ance Of trade treaties, win be followed
with interest by the whole civilized
world, since It may mean the complete
unwilling OF the mysteries that en-
shroud this Asmtlc country which has
so resolutely pursued a policy Of shut
ting It's doors to foreigners and mas
since the expulsion Of the Jesuit mis-
sionaries early I'M the nineteenth CEN
tury been visited by but q scnnt hand
full Of daring explorers. or these but
four or Ave succeeded In penetrating TO
the capital. the sacred city Of Lassa
where the grand lama dreams his life
away In his nine story palace, VIII
liam W. Rovkhiu the American diplo-
mat and traveller was warned ana
turned back after exploring the eastern
portion Of the kingdom Walter Savage
Lander was captured soon after cross
ing the frontier tortured and driven,
Nazeppa like, out Of the country strap
ned to a spiked saddle ON the back Of a
wild horse sven lIedin he swedish
explorer who has contributed most OF
our knowledge of the country ana its
customs, likewise failed I'm nm attempt
90 reach the sacred city. The FIRST for
eIgners to visit I.assa after the order
of expulsion went forth were Fathers
Hue and Colbert. two French mission
aries, who in 1916 disguised as lamas,
succeeded I'm reaching the mysterious
CITY and left an account OF what they
witnessed there More recently q Hin
doc i'm the service ut the British gov-
eminent entered Tibet from the south
and spent several years mt lassa, the
fact that he was "a coreliglonlst OF the
people tending to protect him from their
fanaticIsm. His feat was duplicated sun
later Q9Oo) by a Tartar named Zoubi-
kov, a Russian subject Both of these
wrote books treating of Tibet ana Las
ga and added not a little to our ltera-
ture dealing with this subject. a lltera-
ture which. Il must be said is still eX'
ceedingly meager
The hostility OF the natives Is by nc
means the only thing that prevents eN'
plorers from penetrating FAR into Tibet
The country. a tableland 5000 to 2OOO
feet above sea level, wild, mountainoui
and devoid Of roads Is by nature full!
as lnhospitable ~ Siberia OUTSIDE -
the monasteres, or lamaseries, as the!
are called there are no houses mu'
novels serving 20 accommodate the ma
tlves. This however, does not appll
TO Lassa Itself. which as the few pho
tographs obtained show, is well laiO
out city, picturesQuely located on tn
southern slope Of mountain, with thu
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-12-12
PADEREWSkpS MUSEUM,

Paderewskl lives in house that Is a
vertable museum of musical relics
Articles that have belonged to all the
great composers are everywhere, and
the faces Of their departed owners gaze
upon you from the walls. Flower,
there are in profusion, for admirers
send to the famous pianist great bunch
es daily. The whole OF the wall in onr
room is occupied by the enormous lau'
rel wreath which was presented to him
at LeiDsc
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than that Of the New York and Chicago
rs" It is noteworthy that the Boston
subway which cost A,350,0O0, was the
first example in the United States OF
municipal enterprise In this field Of
rapid transit II was partly opened
for traffic in 1897, when It was leased to
private operating company for a
term OF twenty years.
The underground idea obtains TO a
great extent abroad. In London, where
the surface passenger traffic is still
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-12-12

handled by obsolete methods, there are
several distinct underground railway
systems, OF which the most prominent
are the Metropolitan, opened over thlr-
ty years ago; the District. and the Cen
trail London railway opened in 1900
and popularity known as the "tuppenny
tube" the latter being tho first to
utilize electricity as the motivs power
1t is of the three the nearest approach
to the New York subway system but
it cannot be compared to the latter ell
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, ow that the excavotors

+. !. !: +. !. i. !. !. /: ]. !.
S&S III | pleted their part In
MlA kM the construction Of
II Nj &M h the great subway In
EgNa " ~ New york. upon
lE3 II NF3 which work has been
SeNsJl &sA In progress since May
or van Wyck turned
the nrst sod March a. 1900 the people
OF Gotham feel that the solution Of the
rapid transit problem which has so
long been perpleXing them Is at last
tangible fact, It is as yet Impossible
to say just when the underground rail'
way will be ready for business, Chief
Engineer Parsons limiting nc March as
the date when the big tunnel VIII be
thrown open to the public, while the
subcontractors are OF the opinion that
Il will be September before the road ~
I'm full operation In any event the cit
liens of New York, wearied Of the long
inconvenience to which they have been
put by the work Of excavation,
breathe a sigh of relief at the thought
that their troubles will soon be over
But the opening Of the twenty-one mile
subway will by no means be tanta-
mount to cessation Of digging and
tunnellng, for the elaborate schemes
which have been devised TO relieve the
congestion Of surface travel and 10 IA
cllitate interborough communication IN
clude subaqueous tunnels TO Brooklyn
and subway IN that borough Work
upon this subway is now in progress,
and when completed the Brooklynites
will be able, thanks also to the new
East river bridges designed to relieve
the crush of Brooklyn bridge traffic, to
feel that they are on a footing with
their nelghbOrs across the river so far
as rapid transit is concerned.
OF all the present operations In and
about New York. however. none IL OF
such general importance to the welfare
OF the residents OF the greater city MS
IN the subway through which trains
will be running next year and the cost
OF which is according 10 the contract
price. $35,0000O0 AS a matter of fact
Il will cost In the neighborhood OF
s5,0OO0O0 more Electricity win be EN-
ployed to furnish motive power for the
trains and as lighting medium, and
II Is this fact that may contribute to
delay the opening Of the road, for al
though work on the subway plant Is
proceeding rapidly II Is an operation
Of such magnitude that IT is impossible
to foretell when it VIII be completed.
The power house, which takes In an
entire block, win II is said. be the
largest and costiest plant OF its kind
In the world representing when fin
ished an outlay of 100000 and gener-
nting electricity Of 10000 horsepower.
The extent to which the surface traffic
by the elevated and trolley roads will
be relieved becomes evident when II Is
stated that both local and express
trains will be run with Roadway Of
two or three minutes during the rush
hours and that on considerable por-
ton OF the subway there viii be four
lines Of tracks. II is said that the road
will be capable Of handling 10000 people
an hour
Thus does New York expect to solve
the problem which Is confronting every
great city in these days Of urban con-
gestion 1t is noteworthy that in the
case of Gotham the subway idea fol-
lowed the elevated railroads while In
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that the devotees will thus attain the
felicity OF Nlrvana without having to
pass through many intermediate stages
of reincamation The prayer wheels, 1t
might be remarked, also serve to wreak
vengeance on an enemy, the person in
jured stealing his enemys prayer wheel
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Religion amounts TO a passion with
lamas and laymen alike, but 1t is in
many ways religion of but formal
observance. Prayers are regarded as Of
great potency and the lamas have de-
vised an ingenious method of saying a
great many prayers In short space Of
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soon discover to their great disgust
The reason for this state OF affairs Is
not hard to seek, since dirt Is consid-
cred sacred, and washing Ia religiousy
tabooed. An English officer who tray
eled in disguise through part of the
country reports that so ayerse are the
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clearly no place for white men, nor can
It be said to OFFER many advantages UNI
der high state Of civilization, In adj
dItlon to its typographical shortcom-
ings, of which mention has already
been made, climate plays no small part
in making It undesirable for purposes
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TIbetans TO the use Of water for cleans
ing purposes that even the spoons with
which they eat are not washed but
merely licked Both sexes wear sheep
skin garments with the woolly side
next 70 the skin Poverty and dirt Ger.
tainly 80 hand in hand among the rib-
etans.
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Of settlement, August, September octo-
Der and November are the only months
which can be considered dry" rain or
snow contributing TO render the re-
naming months very unpleasant, Ac-
cording to ZoubIkov, the average am
nual temperature Is AZ degrees for
morning, 81 for noon and 30 for night,
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time, A small, hollow cylinder Is fixed
on an axle, one end OF which extends
beyond the cylinder TO serve for a ham
die. In this praying Wheel as 1t is
called, are deposited small slips of pa
per on which have been written prayers
composed by the lamas, The wheel is
then revolved rapidly, the theory being
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and revolving It In the wrong direction
In the belief that this will certainly as
sure an unhappy hereafter for the luck
less owner This alone ls sufficient to
convince the observer OF the state OF
spiritual degradation into which the
people are plunged,
Tibet as at present constituted is
The daily morning Alaskan., 1903-01-09
RESIGNED
Commissioner Hermann Out
 of Office February 1.

Hon. B.nger Hsrminn, commissioner Of ths general land ofics, has resigned. and will be succeeded by ". A. Richards, now the ss.s ant commissioner of the gensr | land ai,s.
 M-. Hsrmlnn's resign .tion was request ed about two weeks ago and was immed- lately presented.
 There has been a lack Of good under standing between the commissioner q tn. secretary of the Interior ever since c mmissloner Hermlnn ruled that lands taken ln ltuo Of lands within the confines 5f a forest reserve, must be ken undei ,h, homestead act. This decision Inter f-rrei with the Interests Of the Northern P,cfe Railroad company, as that corpora ti1n contemplated the taking oi valulbl' lands In lieu of lts worthless srels in the forest reserve. Though congress SuSt'in'e th. decision of the commissioner by th' plss ,gs of an act in line with his decision. the matter has continued to raDkIs ln th' mind cf the secretary of the Interior, whC has been continuously o1 the trail of com missioner Hsrmann's scalp, and has final Iv. owing to a weakening of Mr. Her mlnn's support, m ,ts its capture. Tho for,eI resignation will take effect Feoru lrv ..