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Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-11-13
RUSSIAN CONDITIONS.

The report from eastern Asia lndI-
cate that Japan and Russia are, slowly
but surely, reaching an understanding
about affairs there, and that the threat
ening war clouds have dispersed. This
should be agreeable to Russia, for that
country has enough internal troubles
and should hope for the maintenance
Of peace with neiRhbors.
Among the yisltations which at pres
ent occupy the attention of tho gov
eminent are famine and epldemlcs. 1t
Is reported that large districts are
threatened The harvest, It Is said, was
a complete failure In large areas of
the central and eastern provinces
Cases Of typhus and scarlet fever
among the adults, hunger typhus and
skin diseases among the children begin
TO show with alarming frequency. In
numerous districts the peasants have
disposed of all their cattle, so their
children VIII be deprived Of milk. In
fortyone districts, the reports say, the
summer wheat was destroyed. In l0j
others the rye was n total failure. IN
twenty-eight there was no harvest at
all From numerous districts in 81
IBERIA come similar tales OF distress,
owing to the grain having been har-
vested before It was ripe, rendering Il
unfit for food. So serious is the condi-
ton said to be, that fears are enter
talned for repetition OF the terrible
scenes of 1891,
Russia needs peace to grapple with
It's own Internal problems. 1t also
needs more truthfulness IN Its diplo-
macy and more liberal views OH many
questions Recurring famines and epi-
denies in nation, are but reminders
that certain eternal laws are broken,
Just as sickness Is reminder that nat
ural laws have been, or are being,
transgressed National transsressions
bring their penalties as surely
as do individual trespasses against
the laws Of nature, The blessings of
Providence do not go with the perse-
cutlon Of Jews, or any other race, and
the breaking of sacred covenants, as In
the case of Finland. National calami-
ties are the voice Of warning, for re-
pentance.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-11-13

deliberate restriction OF population by
the more prosperous, more intelligent
and more thrifty sections. brought
about by a rise IN the standard OF life
itself That ig the admission that the
superior race Is too expensive to null
tipy. It means the suicide Of that race
and It's slow replacement by other hui
man material
Another suggestion made by our
London contemporary is, that the con-
centratlon OF the people in large cities,
and the difficulty Of finding houses for
families with many children may have
something to do with the restriction
complained or The Mail says;
Australia and England are both
states In which the huge city predom-
mates and II Is at least note
worthy fact that the marked fall In
our birth rate comedies with tho col
lapse OF agriculture, which forced our
country population more ana more into
the towns from 1878 onward This may
be a mere accident but country fnm-
HES are still generally larger, II only
because OF the difficulty OF housing In
the towns No point is more painful
IN Mr. Booths great study Of London
than his repeated reteratIon OF the
fact that large families are regarded
by landlords az nuisance and that
the large family is too often refused
accommodation where the small family
finds no difficulty In obtaining IT,"
The general complaint throughout the
civilized world OF the decline In the
brthrote, should be proof positive TO
all that civilized conditions, especially
as regards family relations, are not
what they ought to be. Here Is a field
for reforms, and reformers Only, the
reformer who will appear In tho
midst Of the corruption Of the world
and cleanse the sanctuary, may look
forward TO his cruclhxion, The world
is nimical to the truth, as 1t ever was.
II does not recognize truth, and It does
not love 1t, when IL is forced to see 1t.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-11-13
PANAMA, NOW AND LATER.

Those who appreciate the blessings
American principles OF government con-
fer upon all that come under their IN
nuence, cannot but rejoice that another
section OF the western hemisphere has
come into closer contact with the great
representative Of these principles. For
even IL Panama never is annexed to
this country, the relations between the
two in the future viii be such as to
benefit the people there immensely,
The republic from which Panama
has seeded has an empty treasury
and an immense Indebtedness for so
small a country-somethng over $780,.
100000. The government at Bogota
did not seem to take any interest in
the remote department Of Panama.
There are few roads. and few means Of
transportation to speak or
The lack OF enterprise on the part
Of the government though a paternal
one, is seen IN the general conditions
on the lsthmus. 1t is said that, al
though Panama Is but nine degrees
north OF the equator and Is fertile be-
You'd the powers Of description, its
population does not increase, nor does
It wax In riches. Every tropical fruit
grows Wild, yet but few kinds are to
be bought IN the markets Its only
exports are some bananas and an in
considerable amount Of mahogany, and
while q large part Of the population
lives upon rice az n staple with thous-
ands OF acres of ideal rice lands in
their midst practically all of the rice
consumed is imported.
The financial condition of the country
Is Identical with that OF the re-
public from which II has just
severed it's connection. And this
condition Is described as extreme
ly precarious. Gold Is always at a
premium OF several thousand per cent
There II plenty OF paper which no one
VIII touch, and the medium OF ex-
change Is silver more or less debased
For ordinary trading purposes 1t passes
current at about 40 per cent Of its
face value In gold, This puts a pre-
MUM upon most articles Of import
and tends TO depreciate the value Of
the country products, Everything
which IL worth taxing r. taxed In one
form or another The sale OF matches.
ice, opium, and many other articles Of
necessity or luxury Is farmed out in
the form Of concession, The two
most valuable OF these concessions are,
as might be expected, that of gam
bling and that Of the lottery.
The moral conditions can but be
Judged Of from the fact that marriages,
If reports are correct, are almost ex-
ceptional in the rural districts, though
in the cities. we are told, they are
common enough not TO be matter OF
comment"
Now, all this is about TO be chang
ed. As Panama enters into relations
with the United States and naturally
win follow the lead Of her big brother,
she viii be prosperous Her resources
win be developed Schools win be
established, roads built, mines opened
up, and ships launched. No doubt
many bad characters will assemble
there, especially at the ports Of the
canals, but good influences VIII also he
felt there, under the protecting folds
OF religious freedom, A glorious era Is
opened up before that little strip OF
country, and it should be only matter
OF congratulatlon and satisfaction.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-11-13

What Switzerland gains every year
by the tourist traffic Is set forth In
statistics gathered by well known
Swiss statistician He says that 100000
persons visit that interesting country
annually "for curative or recreatlve
purposes" besides many thousands OF
other travellers" These spend for ho-
tel and travelling accommodations s22,-
$4,000 and drop 100000 a year addi-
tlonal in the way of "gratultles," The
little republic contains 1896 hotels. PEN
sions and privated lodging-houses for
the sole accommodation of visitors,
That is pointer showing the effect
Of judicious advertising OF the advan-
tages of a country, and ample prepare
lions for the accommodation OF visit.
ors, Utah has much to learn in this
respect.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-11-13

An item that has appeared In Ger
man, and other, papers is to the ef-
feet that men OF a singular race have
been discovered in New Guinea, and
the governor, It seems has promised to
send some specimens to London. Liv-
ing as they do in the marshes, these
men have no need TO walk on the
other hand the marshes are covered
with growth that prevents naviga-
tion in canoes, The men have built
huts in trees and as organs Of prehen-
sion alone are useful to them, their low
er limbs have almost atrophied. These
natives have only feeble and wlthered
legs and feet, while the chest and arms
are of normal development. They can
scarcely stand upright, and they walk
like large apes. they thus give the
impression OF cripples who have been
deprived of the use Of their lower ex-
tremities." The report needs corrobo-
ration before any conclusions can be
based upon 1t, but II II is true, It sug-
gests the question whether 1t VIII not
be as easy to prove that apes are de-
sccuded from men, as the other propo-
sltion that men have assembled from the
apes,
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-11-13
DEsEREr NEWS PHONES.

Persons desiring to communicate by
telephone with any department OF the
Desorot News, viii save themselves and
this establishment great deal OF an
noyanoc II they VIII take time 20 notice
these numbers!
For the Chief Editors office No. "a,
3 rings.
For Deseret News Book Store. "a. 2
rings.
Err City Editor and Reporters $50, .
rings.
For Business Manager $50. rlnga
For Business ONCE, $780, rings.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-11-13
ANOTHER SERPENT.

one OF the latest discovered intoxl-
cants Is cordite 1t IL not supposed
that II viii become a general menace
to the public, but It may become n
danger to the armies OF the world,
more threatening than the other intoxi-
cauts.
Cordite is a modern kind Of powder,
composed Of glycerine, guncotton, and
vaseline and It comes in the form
Of cords. During the war i'm South
Africa, the soldiers discovered that 1t
had an eXhilarating effect, when eaten,
An officer who heard Of this, tasted Il,
and he says that he found II sweet,
pleasant and pungent, but that the in
diligence produces very severe head
aches lasting twenty-four hours When
taken dissolved In tea this stimulant
eXcites almost demoniacal actions"
and II beer Il taken after the cordite
tea a rapid intoxlcation is produced
which takes the form of a QuarreIsome
and destructive mania, Eight cases
servation Of Major Jennings and ne
concludes that the symptoms and eff
fccts produced by the drug are suf-
lcIcnty forclblc and unpleasant to pre-
vent any but tho most depravcd from
resortlng 20 It as either a cerebral slim
ulant or sodutiye,
New kinds of intoXioants are the very
least need of the world. The use Of
alcoholic liquors, morphine, opium and
cocaine is said to be Increasing at an
alarming rate. what is needed Is some
remedy against the drug habit and
drunkenness, not another drug,
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-11-13
THE BIRTHRATE QUESTION.

The London Mail has taken up tho
question Of race suicide" and collected
statistics which are said to show that
the Englsh-s speaking nations Of the
world are approaching the zero point
in the birthrate, In reviewing these
statistics, the London paper says
what are the explanations Of the
falling birth rate In the English speak
ing countrles2 Mr.. Coughlan sug-
gests In the case Of Australia that IL IL
due TO the love OF pleasure and TO the
deliberate limitation OF families His
argument seems to be borne out by
some very striking facts noted by Mr..
and Mrs. Webb IN their work on In
dustrial Democracy They state that
there are many indications that the
danger 20 be aprehended IN North
western Europe during the coming
sentury Is not overpopulatiou, but a
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-11-13
RECENT PUBLICATIONS.

In the North American Review for
November, an Anglo American has IAN
Indictment Of the British Monarchy"
as the leading article THE Preliminary
Wireless Telegraphy Conference Is the
subject OF paper by John j, Water
bury. How Western Canada Regards
the Chamberlain Scheme" IL explain
ed by II. p. Robin, and Vernon Lee
gives "A Postscript on Ruskin." other
subjects ara Putting China on the
Gold Standard by Charles A. Conant;
us Our National Congress Represen-
tatlve" $. j. Barrows: THE United
States and the Late Lord Salisbury"
Mayo w. Hageltine; Augustus st.
Gnudens, sculptor" Royal Cortlssoz;
"a Mohammedan View of the Mace
DOMAIN Problem" Muhammad Barakat-
ullah Purpose and Method Of Forest
Reservation" Henry Michelsen; rs
Football Good Sport?' DR., G II. Mer-
rill; "A Uni1ue Municipal Crusade"
Frances w. Carruth, and THE Tramp
Woman's Tragedy" Thomas Hardy
New York.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-11-13

EXPOSURE TO a sudden climatic
change produces cold in the head and
catarrh is apt to follow. Provided
with Elys Cream Balm you are armed
against Nasal Catarrh. Price 80 cents
at Druggists or Ely Brothers, 80 War
rem Street, New York. will mail II. The
Balm cures without pain, does not ir-
ritate or cause snee2ing. It spreads
Itself over an irritated and angry
surface, relieving Immediately the pain
full Inflammation, cleanses and cures.
Cream Balm quickly cures the cold.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-11-13

Mr.. Thomas Barclay IL the name of
an English gentleman who is trying to
ascertain the sentiment In this country
as to an eternal peace treaty between
the United States and Great Britain.
The sentiment is strong here for such
a treaty War between the two coun-
tries should be impossible, whether a
treaty is formally signed or not.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-11-13
Portland oregonlan,

Perhaps the most comforting feature
OF the whole situation is the awkward
dilemma In which we shall see certain
senators who have openly protested to
favor the canal but have secretly con-
spired TO Kill It. II win be hard for
them to serve their railroad masters
here without exposing their duplicity,
The senators of Oregon, let us say
here, have straight record on this
question; but the man who gets up on
the floor OF either house and proposes
an inquiry into the apparently hostile
attitude of the administration toward
our dear and faithful friend, Colombia,
should by that action be Condemned In
the eyes OF all the discerning and the
just. Only the enemies OF the canal
Will look with aversion or misglving
upon the Republic OF Panama.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-11-13
pEsEREr EVENING NEWS. FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 1908

hand In fomenting this foreshadowed
and heralded revolution. Even the
giving OF quiet hint that a new re.
public would he welcome we should
have to unhesitatingly avoid II we wish
to preserve our reputation among FOR
eign nations The United States has
colonial troubles enough on It's hands
without helping TO. bring TO lie new
state with which II would have most
important and most delicate relations,
particularly II It should prove 10 be,
like most overnight growths, lacking
In yigor and stability.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-11-13
San Francisco Chronicle.

In Europe the situation is regarded
with about the same concern which We
have for the disturbances In the Bal
kans. That is a European affair. This
Is an American affair. We should not
be welcomed In the Balkans. Europe
would expect no welcome should she
interfere on the isthmus, In fact, Eu-
rope has plainly turned over that pep
perry spot to us and seems delighted to
be rid Of responsibility. The maritime
nations recognize us as the proper
builders and guardians OF an isthmlan
canal, and only WISH we would get to
work and build II, incidentally protect
ing their citizens resident in those
parts, There Is little doubt that Eu-
ropean governments expect and desire
that the revolution in progress shall
result In the formation Of a new neu-
trail republic virtually, II not formally,
under the protection Of the United
States, It is not unlikely that this may
be the result,
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-11-13

That United States commissioner in
San Francisco who has just held that q
ChInaman who Is a manufactur.
er but who does the least
manual labor, such as instruct
ing his employees how to do things,
is a laborer within the meaning of the
exclusion act, and liable to deporta-
tion, Is a great jurist in embryo. His
proper place is on the United States SUI
preme Court bench. He would undoubt-
eddy hold that Chinaman who washes
his hands Is guilty Of manual labor and
liable to deportation In consequence.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-11-13

Adjutant-General Bell OF Colorado
has rendered the services Of the ma
tlonal guard Of his state to the Presi-
dent. for service on the Isthmus II the
federal troops need any aid. The tender
properly should come from the Governor
Of Colorado if It Is to be made But
why the tender at all? Isn't 1t bit of
silly jngoism to gain little cheap
notoriety? There's nothing foolisher
than military glory except militia
glory"
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-11-13
As 10 PENSIONS,


We see no reason to suspect that the
reported outbreak has been in any man
ner lnstigated by the United States for
It's own purposes. If It were con-
ceivable that the administration would
stoop to such an intrigue against a
state with which we are at peace, It
would be reasonable to presume that a
strong naval force would have been
concentrated In the immediate vicinity.
II may not be our duty to directly aid
Colombia to suppress the revolt. but il
is our duty TO take care that the rail-
road IS Kept open TO commerce under
all conditions
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-11-13

The coal barons give the miners
twenty-five cents more. and to reward
themselves for their virtue they put
up the price Of coal Atty cents
n ton. a net profit per diem on their
twenty-five cents investments OF sew
eral dollars. The magnanimity of the
coal barons passeth all understanding.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-11-13
ChIcago Record Herald.

II Panama makes good in fact her
claim to complete Independence the
United States will at once give her the
recognition that is always given 10 de
facto governments. and It viii maintain
order and freedom Of transit across the
isthmus In fulflment OF its treaty OBJ
legations. Subsequent procedures will
be short and simple, and the world will
be on the way to speedy possession OF
such a waterway from ocean to ocean
as the world commerce requires.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-11-13

Germany approves OF the course OF
the United States in the Panama af-
fair The rich and powerful nation,
like the rich and powerful man, never
lacks for friends.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-11-13

Up to date there is less than a half
crop of football fatalities, though of
course the season doesn't end for a
couple of weeks yet.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-11-13

When the canal is completed the IT,
tie viii remain In Panama but the
usufruct win be In Uncle Sam in per-
petuity.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-11-13

The petition presented to Congress
by our representative for the annexa-
ton OF the Arizona strip to Utah, should
prove Howell-lng success.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-11-13

The University OF California has n
iossilIzed egg, There are plenty of
eggs on sale In this town that are old
enough to be fossilizod.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-11-13

Since Mr.. Murphy carried Greater
New York he has ceased to be small
potatoes and has become some pump
kins.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-11-13

The strike Of the union employees on
tho city railway is having the effect of
teaching the people Of chlcel TO walk
and TO wait
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-11-13

Being unable 10 get a stay OF pro-
ceedings Sam Parks had to be content
with stay in Sing Sing
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-11-13

The governor has Issued his Thanks
giving proclamation, thereby signing
the death warrant OF the turkeys.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-11-13

The Bogota government has learned
that Uncle Sans axiom is. Millions fc>
the canal. but not one cent for tribute.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-11-13

Which win come FIRST. the enlarge.
ment OF the Erie canal or the compile
ton Of the Panama canal?
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-11-13

Thus far the extraordinary session
OF Congress has developed nothing ex-
traordinary,
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-11-13

The Red Book for November opens
with series of Photographic art
studies of American Types Of Beauty"
Then follows number OF short stories
by well known writers,-15S state street,
Chicago.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-11-13
New York Eyenlng Post.

IL would be an international scandal
Of the frvt magnitude II any American
officials or officers should have had a
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-11-13

II wasn't hot air that blew the trees
down last night, but genuine north
wind.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-11-13

The clouds, MS we'll as the trusts. are
having the water squeezed out Of them.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-11-13

Colombia is the game OF the ocean.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-11-13

Not in the history OF linen maxi
Ing have you seen a greater bar
, gain, pure linen fax, satin finish,
German and Irish napkins. 90 inch
and y size napkins, having the
weight OF the $500 quality but there
are only 30 dozen OF them and we
advise you to be here on time.
The Appeal., 1903-08-01

passion and fury It is national prob
lem in which we have only coordinate
interest Criminal instincts abide in
the bone and blood of all races and the
primal function of society, from the
dawn of history, has been to protect
itself from excesses of such by laws
and legal processes. Mob. license is a
feature of crime more dangerous to the
we'll being and perpetuity of society
than the isolated infractions of law by
individuals.
We. heartily commend the brave and
. patriotic, position taken by. President
: Roosevelt in the enforcement of the
Federal Constitution and the laws
based upon it, irrespective of private
interest or of race, and we do this
without any political bias whatsoever.
AS we condemn the unfaithful public
servant unsparingly we deem it wise,
equally 'unsparingly, to commend the
faithful public servant, especially in
these times when so many men in high
places are false to their principles and
the best interest of the whole people,
We reaffirm our unalterable dete"-
mination to contend in all lawful ways
for every civil and political right