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The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1903-12-18
THE REPUlSE
OF
COLON BIA.

Itself. These efforts
lombia, by her persis
advances that have
us, for the sake of c
the interest and wei
our own people, but
isthmus Of Panama
civilized countries {
decisive steps to bri'
ton of affairs wilit
cradle. The new re
mcdiatcly offered t
wits us. This treat
by it our interests q
than in the treaty
was ratified by the
sion. 1t Is better i
treaties offered to |
Nicaragua and Cos
right to begin this
made available. p
part. All that rem;
can congress to do
this republic will e
ton of a project col.
well-n;gh incalculab
| good of this countl
mankind.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1903-12-18

Arbitration to meet
In this country next
year, 1t having been
determined already
that the session will
&C to st. Louis II
l. nXtnnlnl
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1903-12-18
I'M ITERATION
AND NAT
URALiZATION

The Alaskan boundary settlement re-
ceived detailed consideration, and both
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1903-12-18
ALASKAN
BOUNDARY
SETTLEM EMIT.

adequate provision for compensation
and appointment of a commission OF
scientific experts to carry out the
award by tracing and marking the line
agreed upon.
After recounting the complications
which grew out of the presentation OF
claims by several powers against Eene-
zuela, the effort to induce the president
to arbitrate them, n his counter pro
posal, which was accepted, to submit
them to The Hague court. the president
suggests that this triumph OF the prlh-
ciple of international arbitration IS a
subject of congratulation. He notes
with satisfaction the tendency to arbl-
1rate international differences, a tend
cncy which in time promises to bring
! about other methods than war Tor set
Element of International differences.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1903-12-18
EXEM PTlONS
FROM
TAXATION.


property and personnel of the canal and
railways are exempted from taxation an
well in the cities of Panama and Colon as
in the canal zone and its dependencies.
Free immigration of the personnel and
Importation Of supplies for the construc-
Ion and operation Of the canal are
granted. Provision Is made for the use OF
military force and the building of forti1-
cations by the United States for the pro
lection Of the transit. In other details,
particularly as to the acquisition Of the
interests Of the New Panama Canal com.
pan and the Panama railway by the
United States and the condemnation o.
private property for the uses of the canal
the stipulatlons of the Hay-Herran treaty
are closely followed, while the compensa
ton to be given for these enlarged grants
remains the same, being ten millions OF
collars payable on exchange of ~ratifica,
tons; and, beginning nine years from data
an annual payment of $4,000 during thu
life of the convention.
Theodore Roosevelt.
White House. December Z, 1909.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1903-12-18

made by the gov
ed States to persuade
Colombia to follow a
curse which was es-
sentially not only to
our interests and to
the interests Of the
world, but to the in
terests of Colombia
have failed: and Co
;tence In repulsing the
made, has forced
,ur own honor. and OF
l-being, not merely of
of the people of the
and the people OF the
If the world, to take
to an END a cOndi.
h had become intoi-
of Panama i'm
negotiate a treaty
y l herewith submit.
better s~afeguarded
with Colombia which
senate at it's last SEES
n it's terms than the
Is by the republics Of
ia Rica. At last the
great undertaking Is
anama has done her
aims Is for the Ameri-
It's part and forthwith
upon the execu-
ossal IN It's stze and Of
lie possibilities for the
~ and the n4tions OF
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1903-12-18

Cash receipts OF
fee for the year
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1903-12-18

PROPERTY AT
SEA IN WAR.

and indorsed. 1t would be a most i'm
Dortant means to reduce the horrors
and waste Of war. 1t is asked that the
president be authorized to correspond
with other nations with reference to
incorporation Of this principle into the
permanent law Of nations. On TINS
subject the president adds:
I dvoca this as a matter Of human
ity and morals. 1t should be borne II
mind that shipping represents, interna-
ticnally speaking, a much more general
lied species OF private property thar or.
| binary property on ~land-that is, property
at sea is much less apt than properly on
Under the modern system of corporate
ownership the nag Of q vessel often az III
nationality of ownership of the vessel
and the cargo ma belong to yet a Or
fcrent nationality Much American cap
ital is now invested in foreign slips. lur
while commerce destroying
may cause serious loss n great an
noTance it can never be more than a sub
! sidiary factor in bringing to terms 1
r~esolute foe.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1903-12-18

In this connection the recommended
ton OF President Mckinley, tina all
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1903-12-18
RURAL
DELIV


sions must continue. Rural free de-
livery, the telephone, bicycle, and
trolley, lessen the isolation Of farm
life, making it brighter and more at
tractive. In the immediate past the
lack of such facilities has driven many
young men inc women from farms to
cities; for they rebelled at loneliness
and lack of mental companionship. II
is unhealthy and undesirable for the
cities to grow at the expense Of the
country; and rural free delivery is not
only a good thing in itself, but is good
because it Is one Of the causes which
check this unwholesome tendency
towards the urban concentration of oul
population at the expense Of the coun-
try districts. 1t Is for the same rea,
o that we sympathize with and ap,
prove Of the policy of building goot
roads. The movement for good road!
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1903-12-18

BY the provisions of the treaty the
United States guarantees and will main
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1903-12-18

is asked to invite the Inter
parliamentary Union for InternationaI
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1903-12-18

we cannot have too much immi-
grafton Of the right kind, and we
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1903-12-18
LAND LAWS
FORESTRY.

his fund total SIG, 191, 900. Fences
about unlawful enclosures Of public
lands nave generally been removed
without legal proceedings, others will
be removed by such means.
Necessity for and law revision Is
strongly urged. The rapid increase in
disposal OF the lands is not accom-
panied by any corresponding increase
in the number Of settlers. There is
tendency to mass timber and grazing
lands in large bodies, retarding settle
ment. Arabic and reclamable lands
should be held rigidly for actual set
tiers. A commission has been named
to report on the land laws, including
the timber, stone, desert land laws, and
the communication clause of the home
stead law, concerning all of which
there has been much divergence of
opinion and much fault found. The
reclamation service is Surveying and
preparing plans for retaining lands
and in Arizona and Nevada construc-
ton of reclamation works, for irriga-
ton, has begun. In other arid districts
projects are planning. Preservation
and restoration of forests are again
recommended strongly.
Prompt remedial legislation to pre-
vent ravages of the cotton weevil Is
recommended.
In granting patents to foreigners
this country the president saws. should
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1903-12-18

Rural free delivery service, 1t is
stated. has been extended very fast,
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1903-12-18

Under such circumstances the gov,
eminent of the United States would
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1903-12-18
PLAIN DUTY
OF UNITED
STATES.

oiution OF November 8 last took place in
Panama. This great enterprise of build
ing the interoceaniG canal cannot be held
to the governmental Impotence, or to
the even more sinister and evil political
peculiarities, Of people who, though they
dwell afar Off, yet. against the wish OF
the actual dwellers on the isthmus, as
sert an unreal supremacy over the terri
tory. The possession of n territory
fraught with such peculiar capacities as
the isthmus IN question carries with Il
obligations to mankind. The course of
events has shown that this canal cannot
be built by private enterprise, or by any
other nation thar our own; therefore 1t
must be QUILT by the United States.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1903-12-18

!SIlIS lIIe HGrCHaNC
ID, with the 6 g
ton that the secre-
taries of the navy
and commerce and
the p o s t m a S t e r
general, with rep
reservations from
ate, be made a COM
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1903-12-18
THE
TREATY WITH
PANAMA.

cal miles into the sea at either terminal,
with all lands lying outside of the zone
necessary for the construction Of the ana
or for its auxiliary works, and with the
Islands In the Bay OF Panama. The cities
of Panama and Colon are not embraced in
the canal zone. but the United States as
the maintenance of order theroin; the
United States enjoys within the granted
limits all the rights. power and authority
which 1t would possess were 1t the SOW
ereign OF the territory to the exclusion OF
the exercise Of sovereign rights by the re-
public.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1903-12-18

All railway and canal property rights
belonging to Panama and needed for the
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1903-12-18

The above recital of facts establishes
beyond question:: First, that the Uhlleu
States has for over
half a century pa
SoNSLOoio!N tiently and in good
OF THE faith carried out It's
PRESIDENT. 91essa ''o 81 1S4 .% sec tco
ond, that when for
the first time 1t became possible for Co
lombia to do anything in requital of the
services thus repeatedly rendered to 1t
for ffty-seven years by the United States
the Colombian government peremptorily
and extensively refused thus to do its
part, even though to do SO would have
been to its advantage and UNNECESSARILY
to the advantage of the state of Panama,
at that time under It's Jurisdiction; third.
that throughout this period revolutions,
riots, and faclonal disturbances OF every
almost uninterrupted succession, some OF
them lasting for months and even for
years, while the central government was
unable to put them down or to make
peace with the rebels; fourth, that these
disturbances instead Of showing any sign
of abating have tended to grow more nu-
merous and more serious in the immedi-
ate past; fifth, that the control of CO.
lombia over the Isthums of Panama could
not be maintained without the armed in
tervention and assistance of the United
States. In other words, the government
of Colombia, though wholly unable to
maintain order on the isthmus, has never
theless declined to ratify q treaty the
conclusion of which opened the only
chance to secure Its own stability and to
guarantee permanent peace ON, and the
construction Of a canal across. the 18TH
mus.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1903-12-18

Taking up relations Of capital and
labor, recognition is freely given to the
inavitablefact of or
cAp,TAt ganization Of both
,- labor II capital,
@HHE and to the large
LABOR. benefits from both.
Conceding this, the
president says: Whenever either
corporation, union or individual dis
regards the law or acts in a spirit of
arbitrary or ~tyrannous Interference
with the rights OF. others, whether cor
porations 'or individuals, then where
the federal government has jurisdiction
it will see to 1t that the misconduct is
stopped, paying not the slightest heed
to the position or power or the cor.
poration, the union or the individual,
but only to the vital question whether
conduct is in accordance with law.
Every man must be guaranteed his
liberty and his rights to do as he likes
with his property or his labor, SO long
as he does not infringe he rights Of
others"
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1903-12-18

The general staff law for the army
has become effective, with good re-
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1903-12-18

Taking up relations Of capital and
labor, recognition is freely given to the
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1903-12-18

In granting patents to foreigners
country, the president says should
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1903-12-18

The above recital
beyond question:: +
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1903-12-18

the general land Of
were S11,024,OO0, an
increase of $4,762,-
600. OF this S.
471,000 will go to
credit of the fund
for reclamation OF
arid lands, making
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1903-12-18
7 or
COR
7

initial workings of the new depart
ment of commerce and labor in secur-
ing publicity OF corporation workings.
The president again insists ON his ia
miliar position That proper publicity
a injure nc legitimate business, and
will be Of great utility as exposing
lllegitinate operations. He says: I'VE
drew the line against misconduct, not
wealth. The new department, it is
suggested, may do much toward en-
.couraging extension Of American trade
with foreign countries.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1903-12-18
CAPITAL
AND
LABOR.

Government receipts the fiscal year,
exclusive Of the postal service, were
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1903-12-18

gran simply such
rights as the coun-
tries in which the
foreigners d W |
grant to Ameri-
cans,
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1903-12-18

The president congratulates the
country on substantial achievements in
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1903-12-18

Every effort has been made by the row.
m of the United States to persuade
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1903-12-18
THE ARMY
OF
THE NATION.

have worked together, have been high
ly beneficial to The service. A revision
of the methods Of determining promo
tons In the army is recommended. The
president suggests that promotion by
mere seniority, without consideration
Of merit, does not properly incite to
excellence; on the other hand a sys-
tenn under which social and political
considerations would be potent would
be yet worse. 1t is recommended that
some system be devised which will
make it possible to consider the com
parative abilities and qualifications of
officers in promoting them; also, some
provision for adequate recognition and
reward OF distinguished services such
as those recently done by Captain
Pershing in the Philippines.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1903-12-18
A GEM RIAL
STAFF
FOR THE NAVY

ment Is doing everything to train Of
fcers and men to the conditions OF
service met in war, and standards OF
efficiency in all matters of seamanshlr
and also Of workmanship, are being
constantly raised. Establishment of g
naval base at Subig bay, in the Phil
ippines. Is declared necessary, and it is
recommended that a general staff fol
the ANY, similar in general to tina
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1903-12-18

The growth Of the navy Is made sub
ject Of congratulations to congress-, and
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1903-12-18

.tial achievements IN
both foreign and do
nestle affairs. Re
latiOns to
lions are first dis
cussed, with COM
l~nendation of the
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1903-12-18
A
AM THE
CURRENCY.

year VIII shOW a very Small surplus It
any. A large surplus Is undesirable.
and with prospects that there will be
little If any, strict economy is needed.
1t is recommended that the secre-
~sary Of the treasury be granted the
same power to deposit customs receipts
as with other Former cur
cency recommendations, further than
this, are again emphasized. 1t Is sug-
gested that the commission to confer
with other countries in regard to fixing
q stable ratio between gold and silver
for currency be continued, it having al
ready filed a preliminary report.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1903-12-18

VUIIbI IJU55 10 tITc
United States, in
GLIDING any property
Of the respective
companies in t h e
cities of and
Colon. the works.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1903-12-18

private property at
sea be exempted
from capture dur-
ing war by an in
~ternational agree
ment, is a
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1903-12-18

Renewal Of the appropriation of
$500, 00o, made by the last congress for
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1903-12-18

this country and
Great Britain are
congratulated on
the p settle
ment. The presi-
dent recommends
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1903-12-18

eNLtIIUEU NtTy IdSt,
more new routes
having been estab-
lished since July /
last than in any
similar previous
period. The extern
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1903-12-18
A SHIP
SUBSIDY
INQUIRY.
"A SPLENDID FETE.

the house and senate, be made a
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1903-12-18

Liberal treatment of the St. Louis
exposition and of the Lewis and Clarke
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1903-12-18

S5U6, 5y6, 614; eXpend-
lures, $500, 099, 007,
the surplus being
$54, 900, 900. IndiCa-
tons. however, are
that the current
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1903-12-18

It's Importance to
the nation dwelt
upon. There should
be no cessation IN
adding to the sea
Newport weekly independent., 1903-06-12
A Valuable Carpet.

One of the most remarkable car pets in existence is the Lahore carpet owned by the Girdlers' company, of London. It is 260 years old, and was presented to the company by man named Bell, who originally purchased the carpet from the East India com pany, and, strange to say, the price at the time of purchase was not definitely fixed. Bell, however, gave security for 9200, and then took away his carpet. There is no record that the securities were ever called in or that any money was paid for the car pet, so that, taking the price to have been 9200, the amount now due with compound interest would be f52, 1000 certainly considerably more than the most valuable carpet in the world is worth.
Newport weekly independent., 1903-06-12
THIS AND THAT.

The railways, omnibuses, cabs and steamboats of London conveyed L273, 100000 passengers in 1900.
 The builders of Catholic church in London could not find any English workmen able to do the mosaic work, and as they did not wish to import Italians, number of women were taught how to do this work. They gave perfect satisfaction.
 In northern India it is still consid- cred not genteel for woman, even when yelled from head tc foot, to walk on railway platform to get into the cars. She has to be carried in closed palanquin right up to the window of her compartment.
 According to pr. Buret, French surgeon, bayonet wounds are most harmless affairs unless the heart, lungs, or other vital organs are in jured. They heal with extraordinary rapidity, nothing but scar being left sometimes week after the infiction of the wound.
 A Norwegian captain named Dor wig has constructed new life-saving apparatus It is in the shape of a globe, made of iron, and is 65 feet high and 81 in diameter. There is room in it for Is persons and for pro- visions for 20 days. A sail can be raised, and there is a rudder.
 The British empire is now terri tory of 11,500,000 square miles, or 13,000,00o if we include Egypt and the Soudan, and in this territory there is population of about 407,- 100000, which would be increased to over 100000, ,00O if Egypt and the Soudan were included-a population about one-fourth of the whole pop ulation of the earth.
 Two former governors of Ohio have become presidents of the United States. One former governor is d United States senator from Ohio. Three former governors of Ohio (Chase, Foster and Corwin) have be- come secretaries of the treasury. A former governor of Ohio was post master general during the admins tration of Lincoln and another was secretary of the interior under Grant.
Newport weekly independent., 1903-06-12
BABY'S FUTURE Something for Mothers to Think About Lives of Suffering and
 Sorrow AVered And Happiness and Prosperity
 Assured by Cuticura Soap, OintmentandPilIs
 When All Else Fails.

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 Warm baths with Cuticura Soap, to cleanse the skin and scalp of crusts and scales, gentle applications of Cuticura Ointment, to allay itching, irritation and inflammation, and soothe and heal, and mild doses of Cuticura Resolvent, to cool the blood in the severer cases, are all that can be desired for the speedy relief and permanent cure of skin tor tured infants and children, and the com- fort of worn-out parents.
 Millions of women use Cuticura Soap. assisted by Cuticura Ointment, for pre- serving, purifying and beautifying the skin, scalp, hair and hands, for annoy- ing irritations and weaknesses, and for many sanative, antiseptic purposes which readily suggest themselves.
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