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The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-19

dtately a large sum of money Up to that time the whole expense of the revo- lution, on both sides, had been borne by the Liberals, who were its instiga- tors and promoters, and who. by the voluntary subscription process, had been compelled to defray the expenses of suppressing that movement for which they were themselves responsible. In his last dilemma, however. Governor Alban had resort to the resources of the Con servatives, the hour having arrived when they could no longer escape extortion. The incident can Nest be related in the words of d Conservative who was one of the sufferers.
 Some 25 or 90 prominent Conservatives of Panama gathered at Governor AL bans residence one morning in answer to an invitation to breakfast with the Governor" said this former Conservative in relating the incident to your oprre- spondent Breakfast was served in elab- crate fashion. The conversation was gen. eral. the revolution being merely discuss ed in a desultory way until coffee and cigarettes were served. At that point Gov ernor AIuban entered upon an elaborate statement of the condition on the isth- mus. He detailed the progress of the revolution, praised uT one and all for the staunch manner in which We had supported the govern rent, and finally admitted that ha was exceedingly hard pressed for money. declaring after an elaborate explanation that he was com pelled to raise Q VaQy large sum of money immediately. Etbsring then upon cir cumstantiaI acoaAnt of how he had drain ed the Liberals until they could no longer assist the government. he led up in an adroit way to the climax. which was reached when he drew a paper from his
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-19

naval battle of Panama Bay. in which the Colombian gunboat Lauterre was sunk and Governor Carlos Alban killed, the government exhausted it's ingenuity in devising schemes for raising money and volunteers. The whole story of that revolution win never Be known. for down here revolutions are nothing more than political campaigns. elections being held according to the law of the bullet and bayonet, instead of by the ballot. For the better part of the i've years during which this revolution ragged the writ of habeas corpus and all other processes for the legal and judicial protection of life and property were suspended. either by decrees issued by the government at Bogota or by decree of the Governor of tho Department of Panama.
 How Alban Raised the Money.
 The government was almost, if not en- tirely. bankrupt. and in order to raise money. levied freely upon the people. These levies were made through the de- partmental administration for Bogota was helpless. the only money known there being a worthless paper currency, while the only money known or accepted in this department was. and still is "Co- lombian silver" The methods adopted for levying upon the people for money to de- fray the expenses incident to suppress ing the revolution were most heinoue in character and tyrannical in operation Outside of Panama 1t Is generally under. stood that this money was raised by
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-19

Colombia was prolific of schemes for raiS- ing revenue. By a decree issued at Bo- gota the sale of salt was created Into government monopoly. Every merchant in the entire domain was forbidden by law to deal in this commodity, which was vended by agents of the government and exchanged for exorbitant prices. The de- partment of Panama was compelled to divert her revenues from the ordinary uses and turn them over to the feoeral government, by which they were used to nav the soldiers. The government
 nonopilized the sale of matches, just as it did of salt, and in a land where the smoking of cigarettes Is universal among those of either sex and of all ages the revenues derived from this source were mt inconsiderable In a similar manner a monopoly was created on the sale of cigars. cigarettes and tobacco, one firm in this city having been granted the ex- elusive right for the entire department to deal in these articles in return for the pavnent of SlO000O silver annually into the treasury at Bogota. Ice, too. was monopoIv. the right to manufacture and sell that luxury of the tropics being let at A handsome figure to concessionaire.
 who used his opportunity to such good advantage that prior to the establish ment of the republic. the normal price maid in Panama for ice was F 1-2 cents Colombian silver a pound, equivalent to 14 cents American currency. One or inc worst outrages. however. was that nerpetrated in regard to the slaughter ing of beef Under a decree issued. at Rogota A monopoly for tho slaughterins of bccf WAS created and let out to a
 concessionaire. By the terms of this de- cree if was unla wfH even for the owner of steer to kill the animal and dress
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-19

4 . '. 1t for private consumption. He had to send word to the corscessionaire, who dis patched an agent to superintend the kill ing, collect e fee and take possession of the hide. Every hide became, at the mo- ment of the killing. the property of the Colombian Government, and they were carefully collected, shipped to New York and sold for the account of the federal treasury. The government at Rogota realized. also, ts7,00o Colombian silver am nualiy in return for the gambling con- cession, which was openly sold to a firm known as Pratt and Seymour. By this concession the firm named Is given the exclusive right for the Entire department to maintain and operate gambling devices. In return for this concession the firm has been paying Bogota ts7,0C0 annually for the Pacific side of the isthmus and $ao,0Oo annually for the Caribbean side, where its operations are restricted to the City of Colon. In addition to the various forms of gambling conducted by this firm, 1t leases to saloon and other pro- prietors of establishments the right to maintain poker games. roulette wheels, crap tables. etc.
 Other Forms of Extortion.
 The assertion is made upon authority and fully substantiated that tho govern ment at Bogota let slip no opportunity to secure possession of the money in the isthmian coffers. whether 1t was public or private in character. There are families in Panama that can show proof of the fact that within the last five years they have paid to the Colombian Government. under one form of extortion and another, not less than $100,000 while every man of vested means has been compelled by some process to surrender portion of his wealth. In addition to this scheme of mulcting individuals and creating mouopolies in the commodities of life the Bogota Government borrowed virtually every cent of the revenuesaof the De- partment of Panama. amounting to about $5o0,0O0 (silver) year To insure the success of these projects forEelieving the federal government of the expense of suppressing the revolution on the isthmus Bogota has maintained a consistent at titude in permitting none save foreign CTS to administer the government on the isthmus Senor Jose Domingo de Obal- dia. who was governor of the department at the time of the recent revolution. was the first native Pananatan to be intrusted with that office for many years. all of his predecessors, save those who served under ad interim appointments. being dis patched to Panama from remote parts of the Colombian Republic. This process insured against any ienieney in the en- foroement of the decrees Issued at Bo- gota, for the governors of the department have. with dne accord. been In touch with the federal government, as was Alban, and ready to so to any extreme to satisfy it's desires.
 Rental of the Railroad.
 There is. too, another phase of the past history of Panama which is not without interest in view of recent events. Since 1s57. the year in which 1t was completed,
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-19

the Panama Railroad has been paying $250.000 (gold) into the Colombian treasu- ry annually. Under the stipulations of the railroad concession $225,0O (gold) were to have been paid the federal government and S25, 900 (gold) were to have been covered into the department treasury at Panama. Colombia has, however, taken the whole rental for the concession. This amount in gold is equivalent to about $500, 900 in Colombian silver which circu- lates only in the Department of Panama, and to about e. 0O0O 900 annually in the de- preciated paper currency which is the only money known in other portions of the Colombian Republic. The monopo- lization of this sum, together with the sale of concessions and the trading mono polies formerly held by the Bogota Gov ernment, means that the federal govern ment has been taking q, ,OOo, 900 CsilveF) an- nually for many years past. This amount taken out of country in which the entire stock of silver is today estimated at not more than $1 .5OO. 900. or about S per capita. has imposed upon Panama a burden diff ficult to bear.
 Broke the Camel's Back.
 While practicing this extortion, Colom- bia has been most neglectful of the in-
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-19

Topeka Telegram to Kansas City Times.
 According to a bulletin issued this aft- ernoon by the State Board of Agrlcnl- ture, alfalfa is rapidly distancing all other tame hays in the matter of acre. age. The number of acres in Kansas devoted to the production of this crop was only 45S 493 year ago. and the re- turns made to the Board of Agriculture from the county assessors show that this acreage has been increased this year to 666.5s2 an increase of 10S,O99 acres, or 24 per cent. The nearest competitor alfalfa has among the crops raised in Kansas in the matter of increaseM acreage is timo- thy, and the acreage devoted to this plant Is less than 100000. Two years ago the number of acres in the State devoted to raising timothy was greater than the alfalfa acreage.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-19


 # of manana. They are at the same time low principled. holding in slight regard any and all obligations of fealty, think ing more of their personal Advertisement which assumes the form of cock and DUH lighting, gambling, fiestas and sports Of more or less questionable morality. than they do of their material welfare or mental advancement. This applies, of course, to the majority.
 In the minority is the better class, men Of wealth and substance, of sound ideas and strict integrity. who live well, regard their homes and are in every way com mendable. It is upon this latter class that the brunt of every movement must fall If the government is assailed and revolution is to be suppressed, they are the ones who are called upon to nay the expenses. If they themselves, for the sake Of their country's advancement, plan revolution they can only make head way in their project by resort to corrup-
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-19

voluntary subscription" Here, where all the facts are known, the term "vol- untary subscription is symbolical with outrage, polite plunder and other repre- hensihle means, in which might figure as a solitary virtue.
 One incident. the most notable among the many that are generally known and definitely authenticated. will serve to H. lustrate the grotesque nature of these voluntary subscription schemes. The revolution having been protracted for years, and the Liberals having been so thoroughly drained of money that their resources were almost entirely exhaust ed. Governor Alban reached point where 1t was necessary for him to raise imme-
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-19

ran treaty, under which Panama hoped to see the canal constructed, That was the straw which broke the camei's back. Panama was willing fo stand all her other ills; but when Che mulcting pro- cesses of the Bogota government were carried to the extreme of rejecting that treaty, the revolution flashed out to in- stant success, and all that has been dona toward establishing Panamaian independ- ence is today approved by go out of every 100 people on the isthmus. Reliable ad- vices from the seven provinces in the new republic show that there is no dis position to contest the incumbent gov- ernment. the population almost unani- mOusiy realizing that by the coup for independence the construction of the canal Is assured and freedom from the and oppression which Bogota has imposed upon the department for years Is made certain.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-19

For five years and up to about one year ago the isthmus was the scene of revolutionary strife. There are two par. ties on the isthmus or were until the republic was formed. These were the Liberals and the Conservatives, or in the political parlance of the States, the "outs" and the fins" The Liberals, prior to the creation of the republic. had a practical monopoly on culture. refinement, tntelIi- gence and wealth. The Conservatives were in control of the sources and agen- cies of the government of this depart ment, and were sustained by the govern ment at Bogota, while the Liberals fought necessarily to overthrow the Conserva- tivee and free themselves from the yoke Of oppression which had been placed about their. necl1s.
 During this revolution. which only ter minated when the United States consul general. H. O. Gudger, negotiated a treaty of peace about one year ago, after the
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-19
REASONS FOR
 NEW REPUBLIC
Excuse1 Under Which the Infant Nation of Panama Justifiec
 itc Creation.

ton and bribery, which deypand that they make heavy personal sacrifices for the sake of that which will beneft all classes.
 It is to this latter class that the Repub- lic of Panama owes It's existence. The majority. which pays no taxes, lives in the meanest manner imaginable and vir- tually without labor, Cares not one whit about independence. That majority has never been made to feel, in any way calculated to excite it's resentment. the rigor of Colombian maladministration and perfidy, and to it the creation of the re- public appealed more as does a holiday than as anything of a serious business and political character.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-19

terests of Panama. In all the years tha
 Bogota government has been milking the department of Panama not one dollar of the federal revenue has been spent in the department for public improvements. There is not in existence in the whole of Panama today single bridge, street. plaza, public building or other Structure of public utility. or comfort the expense of which was borne by the Colombian Government. Tn word. the motto at Bogota was to take everything from and give nothing to Panama. To cap the climax, Colombia rejected the Hay-Her-
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-19

aid the undertaking in every possible way.
 The committee which has the matter in charge announces that only Italians win be permitted to exhibit works of fine art, but that the departments of transporta- ton by land and water, navigation of the air and the division dealing with the question of protection from accident In the transportation world, as well as the so-called decorative arts exhibits, may bs international in character. It is also pro- vided that only such products shall he admitted for exhibition as have an actual technical or artistic value. the object os
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-19
BY MERRILL A. TEAGUE.
 Letter No. 2.

Special from staff Correspondent of The
 Advertiser.
 Panama, R. P, Dec. &-Before proceed ing to a more detailed elucidauon of the genesis and nature of the Republic of Panama. with which the United States is destined to have relations of the most intimate character. it may be we'll to ex- plain in detail the excuses under which the republic justifies its creation.
 Like all Latin-American republics, the history of Panama is the history of strife and turbulence. The people, while fairly well educated. are dominated by the spir-
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-19

''Yes. sir" said the man with the boast. ''my wife Is dearer to me today than she was ten years ago" Its good of you to say it,f said the admiring bunch. "ohg I dunno. It's true. anyhow. Everything
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-19
Exnoaitinn at 1Tilan.

The completion of the worlds longest tunnel. simplon. is to be celebrated in 1905 at Milan, the nearest important Ital- ian city. by an international exposition, for which preparations afes now being made. A fund of $6o0,00 has been raised, and the King of Italy has promised to
The Alaska prospector., 1903-12-10
The Chechako and The sourdouph.
A FABLE.

A credulous Chechako was mush- ing along an Alaska trail when he came upon seasoned Sour dough sitting on the doorstep of his cabin. picking his beans. Not ing the old mans sage appearance he addressed him thus:
 Pardon me, venerable sir, but I am in sore trouble as to where and how to commence prospecting. 1 am a tenderfoot in experience at this business, but a tough hand by nature. If you will kindly favor me with a few pointers, 1 assure you the information will be most grate- fully appreciated"
 The old man Tipped the gravel from his beans with an added flour ish, which seemed to express self satisfaction and no little sense of condescension. Then wisdom pour ed from his whiskcrs like smoke from Mt. Wrangle, and the Checha- ko held his breath and listened.
 "My son" he commenced, lat this stage of your initiatory jour nev into the intricate illusions of prospector's life, it becomes my duty, as well as pleasure, to pipe you a few words of counsel and ad- vice, which if needed may lead to the goal of riches"
 In the quest fer gold do not be- come like the hysterica! musher, who busters along the beaten trail purblind with haste and hog gishness, to get somewhere, ahead of someone, to stake something. Disappointment soon dampens his energy and he develops into an in- ocuous knocker.
 Neither become ye mere stalk CT, who follows in the footsteps of the honest miner like wolf on the trail of the herd, seeking cripples and fractions. The stalker is not a prospector, neither is the musher q miner"
 And harken ye not to the coun- sel of the wiseacre-by which is meant the unsuccessful '9Ser. His genius for glacier climbing may be colossal, and he may be well prim- ed with theory and argument, but his practical knowledge is apt to be seant.
 "Neither harken ye to the un-
The Alaska prospector., 1903-12-10

washed Siwash, who for pieces of silver offers to take you to plenty oi gold. It is native hot air.
 And try yc to avoid becoming a cabin stiff or blanket warmer be- cause you are we'll hooked up with a two years outfit. Remember luxury induces idleness. and idle nesss breeds bored brain. and a bored brain creates melancholy and melancholy murders manhood.
 Turn ye deaf ear, my son. to all hacknevcd cant about forma- tion and wash. It belongs to the kingdom of dreams.
 Dig anywhere, pan everywhere mountain, valley, stream or shore. Simply dig and pan; and when you nave dug pan some more.
 "Where would I advise you to start in? Well, wonder hill back of my shack is as good place as any, and its close proximity makes it convenient. Gold is where you find it. Selah!"
 Then the credulous Chechako went up on the hill and struck it rich.
 And the Sourdough dropped dead from the shock.
 Moral-Sometimes it pays to practice what you preach. G.C.W.
The Alaska prospector., 1903-12-10
Running a Newspape

Running a Newspaper. To run n newspaper all a fellow has to do is to be able to: Write poems. Discuss the cable and boundary questions.
 Manufacture news when nothing is doing.
 Umpire baseball game. Report a wedding. Saw wood.
 Describe a fire so that the readers will shed their wraps. Make a dollar do the work of ten. Shine at a dance. Act as undertaken. Abuse the liquor habit. Test whisky. Subscribe to charity. Go without meals. Attack territorial government. Defend home rule. Sheer at robbery. Overlook jobbery. Insert advertisements. Overlook scandal. Jolly the fair sex.
The Alaska prospector., 1903-12-10
Notice ot Forfeiture.

ELLANaR, ALASKA, Sept. 2l, lgE. To HOWELL HINDE:
 You are hereby notified that the undersigned. chas. T. Rua, has expended during the years lyU2 and lYei, eight hundred (ssUD dollars in labor upon the copper Bullion, The Chance. Wall Street. and Trace mining clai;ns, situated on west side af Copper Mountain. three miles east of EllaInar mine. al head of Boulder Bay, Tn Valdez Recording District, the l"eation no- tices of which claims are now of record in the office of the United States Commissioner al Valdez, and to which notices reference is made for a more particular description thereof, in order to holl said claims under provision of Section 2s.i. Revised Statutes of the United States, and the amendments relating thereto concerning annual labor upon mining claims. being the amount required to hold said claims during the years 1922 and l3r,, ending Decem- Der 5l, l9J3 And if al the expiration of ninety days from the publication of this notice. -you fail or refuse to contribute your proportion of sueh expenditure, your interest in said claims will become the property of the undersigned your co-owncT, who has made the req uired eX- penditure by the terms of said section.
 CHAS. T. RCA. First publication Sept. 2i.
 Last publication Dee 2i
The Alaska prospector., 1903-12-10
IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF ALSKA,
 THIRD DiyIOS. X. K. CRAwFoRD, JENNIE GRACE CRAWFORD Publication.
 HefendRnt.

Tine President of the United States sends greeting to Jennie Grace Crawford. def ndant i; You are hereby required Ia appear in tion brought against you by the above named plaintiff in tine United States District Court for the District of Alaska. Third Division. and an swer the complaint filed therein within thirty days after the completion of fine period of pub Ication cf this summons, t0 wit:
 The said action Was brought to obtain n de- cree dissnlving The bonds cf matrimony hero toiore and now existing between plaintiff and defendant.
 And you are hereby notified that if you fail 10 aPpear sni answer tie complaint. as above required, the saia plainiif: will apply 10 the court for the relief demanded.
 Order Tor service of summons of pubiicat ion was made on the 2s.h day oi November. Ix3 WITNESS, the HONORABLE JANIS WIcKERsHAM, Judge of said Court, this 18th day of November. l%3. and of the independence of the United States of America. the One Hundred and Twen- ty-eighth.
 tseaii A.. K. HELLO,
 Clerk, [. =. District Court for the District
 of Alaska, Third Division,
 By E-A HENDERSON, Deputy. J. w. LEEDY, Attorney for Plaintiff.
 Valdez. Alaska.
 First date nf publication, December 2. l9rs. Last date of publication. lith of January, 1904.
The Alaska prospector., 1903-12-10

Bluff the men.
 Appraise babies.
 Mention the mushers.
 Minister to the afflicted. Heal the disgruntled.
 Fight to q finish.
 Set type.
 Mold opinions.
 Sweep the office.
 Speak at public meetings. Stand in with everybody and everything.
 Running store without adver- Using is good deal like the old hoss which tried to live without eating-beiore the store gets used to it, it dies.-WHITE's SAYINGS.
The Alaska prospector., 1903-12-10

From Seattle for Valdez. Cook Inlet and way ports, lst of each month. From Val dez for Seattle and way ports. lGth of each month.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-12-02
Police Court Authorizes Arrest Of Will
liam Newhal1

Three warrants were issuedfrom the Po-
lice Court this morning on complaint made
by Bicycle Policeman MeQuade for the ar
rest of William Newhal, nineteen years
old. who was in charge Of AN automobile
which interrupted funeral procession at
the corner of 18th and NJ streets north
west yesterday afternoon. 81
The police of the third precinct report
that Bert Saxton and his nine-yearOld
daughter of 2626 University place were
seated in the horseless vehicle which was
operated by Newhall The party was
speeding down 18th street. When at M
street the funeral procession in charge Of
Undertaken Wise attempted to cross the
street. The operator Of the motor vehicle
was unable to decrease his speed and col
lided with the horses attached to the car
riage following the hearse e The carriage
pole struck the auto, partly wrecking 1t
and throwing the occupants to the ground,
injuring them slightly. The horses at
tached to the carriage were slightly hurt
and 1t was with difficulty that they were
restrained from running away