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acceptance, after the event. of all that was done by the City Council of Panama, which enjoys the unique distinction Of having by simple ordinance created a re- public, so far as the formal structure of this republlc Is concerned. From this 1t will appear-and such is the indisputa ble fact-that the republic of Panama exists today, in US governmental features, be- cause 1t Is unOpposed. The junta Is gov erning without opposition, and while the allegiance Of none of the people, except the soldiers and sailors, has been pledged to the new republic. the junta constitutes governing body de 1ure because there is no dispute as to its authority.
 A Reaction is Certain.
 Into she situation created under and by these contradictory conditions and meth ods there enter several elements of dan ger. The first and most important of these Is delay in giving to the government the people. The people are acquiescent now because the condition is new and novel; but how long they will remain so is problematical. The conviction is uni- versal among them that the United States will begin actual canal operations at once. Everybody is expecting money to flow freely within the next few days, be- cause they have been encouraged to be- lleve that the establishment of the repub- lie means the immediate beginning of work on the canal. This is seen in dive s ways. Hotels whose bars have been closed since the cessation of canal work by the French-fouTteen years ago-are preparing to open them within few weeks. Owners of renting property in Panama and Colon, who have accepted
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ware no longer subjects of Colombia.
 It seems almost incredible that the mu- nicipaI council of a city of fewer than 25, ,O0O people should take unto themselves the right to create a republic out of territory equal in area to the State Of ln- diana: but that was what was actually done in this case. Instead of a provincial Congress, the City Council of Panama passed the act of independence. Every iegislative fOrmality incident to the creation of this republic was performed by these city councilmen. no portion of the new republic except the city of Pan anna having a voice, by representation. in what was done. Nor has any other DOT .tion of the new republic had such voice to this day. No Congress had been called to ratify the secession, nor has any one of inc seven provinces been requested to assemble, in council or by mass meeting, to pass an act of ratification. There might be parallel for this procedure if fine municipal council of one of our own ties-Indianapolis, for instance, since the ares, of Indiana is about the same as that of Panama-should pass an ordi- nance declaring the State of Indiana free and independent nation; but the av- erage American imagination Is impotent fo summon such a spectacle as that into being. But it was that very thing which
 was done here when the municipal coun- cil eff Panama legislated for the 100000 in- habItants of this territory in severtng all their obligations of fealty to Colombia. making them free and Independent; and doing these things without consulting any of those 300,OO0 inhabitants save an insig- nificant minority restricted in numbers practically to the original band of seces-
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MIR. PEARSON COMMENDED.
Retiring Sunday School superinten-
 dent Presented With Cane.

1SSSAGAEk 904A3ky t9G&AUSa EAEb0k44S82a~
 dent Presented With Cane.
 Sunday morning at the close of the regular exercises in the Court Street, Methodist Sunday school the retiring sr- perintendent, ". W. Pearson was pleas antly surprised and worthiIy honored.
 A committee, Meesrs Dent Holloway and Lanier representing teachers and pupils, arranged to put the sentiments of the school in some appropriate testinO nial and selected handsome goid-headed ebony walking stick. At the proper time Lee Holloway sprung the surprise by calling on c. A. Lanier. who. advancing to the front, put in brief speech the feelings of the entire body-mingled feel ings of loyalty to the new officer and of profound regret in bidding farewell to Mir. Pearson. He has served in this capacity for ten years and has worthiiy labored, discharging It's duties with tact. ability and success.
 MT. Lanier read the inscriptions en- graved on the stick, and closed with feel ing and tender application of some of the parables drawn from sacred teaching. He earnestly expressed the hope that the sweetness of the consciousness of duty we'll and faithfully performed might be as a rod and staff to comfort and abide with the superintendent through the golden years of a long and happy life.
 Resolutions commenting Mir. Pearsons were warmly seconded by Messers Dent and Rice, and were unanimously adopted by rising vote:
 pleasant coincidence was in the pres- ence of the pastor, under whose auspices Mir. Pearson had been chosen superinten- dent nearly ten years ago, the esteemed and much beloved Rev. J. W. Rush.
 pr. Rush preached to his old charge on Sunday evening in the Court Street Church.
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advice and counsel of four Americans. Before the coup d'etat others were, per- force ,s taken into the secret; but so closely were really in the secret and knew defi- nitely the details might be counted on the fingers of the two hands. This brings us to the revolution itself, and introduces the strangest of ali the contradictions dis cOverable in connection with the birth of this national infant The uprising took place on the third day of November, be- ing initiated by the arrest of Generals Tovar and Amaya and Governor obaldia, which occurrences took place in the City of Panama. That city knew, of course. what had occurred the moment the ar- rests were effected. but Colon was kept in ignorance of the secession until the fol- lowing day It was on the 4th of the month that the public meeting was held In the Cathedral plaza, Panama. the inde- the declaration of independence-or mani- festation, as they call 1t here-was signed.
 Bearing in, mind the fact that seven men. aided by the soldiers. and others whose support for the movement had been purchased with dollars, were alone res- ponsible for the sudden revolution in the political status of Panama, one may wapder away down 8 stretch of not un. the other provinces consulted as to what 1t wus proposed by the secessionists to do? They were not. Were the people, speaking In general terms of the prov
 
 secret? They were not They knew. by general rumor. that a revolution was on the tapis; but they had not been con suited nor their advice asked as to the wisdom or unwisdom of what was con- templated. Was a provisional congress, composed of delegates from the several provinces, held for the purpose of debat- ing the project and framing 2 bill Of separation? Nothing Of the kind was ever thought of How, then, was the affair carried through! In this simple and unique manner:
 Done by e Municipal Council.
 The little band of secessionists let the members of the City Council of Panama into their secret late in October, when 1t became evident that a blow would have to These city councilmen-eleven in number were willing to further the project, so that when the public meeting was held In the Cathedral Plaza, Panama, on Novem- Der {, they were all in attendance. They, too. were the first to sign the declaration of independence and immediately after that formality they adjourned across the street to the municipal building, and went into secession behind closed doorS Their first act then was to pass the declaration, which had already been en- crossed in a book of record, and to ap- pend their names to the engrossed copy This done, the city council appointed the three members of the provisional govern ing junta authorizing them to take charge of the affairs of the new republic. The junta assembled at once and named the members of the provisional cabinet, and the new republic became fact. On the same day Porfillo Mollendes had taken charge of affairs at Colon as provisional side of the Cities of Panama and Colon, and along the line of the Panama Rail- road the people of the new republic were in entire ignorance of the fact that they
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to 1t In the interior are bands of In- dians, two or three of the more impor- tant tribes of which have rarely. been communicated with. Vast areas in the extreme eastern and western portion Of the country remain wholly unexplcred, and the knowledge of what the interior holds is most limited. In this territory there are supposed to live, including In dians, abonut 30o.00o persons. No at- tempt has ever been made to take census of the population. so the figure named cen only be taken as more or less accurate estimate.
 People Had No voice in It.
 This territory. while 1t stood in the Colombian federation as the Department of Panama. and, therefore, at the time of the secession, was divided into seven provinces, via: Chiriaui, Los Santos, Varaguas, Panama. Colon, Bocas del Toro and Cocia. Each of these provinces was governed by a governor, subordinate to the departmental governor. Each had its council, and each was entitled to rep resentation-by Senators and Representa- tives-in the two branches of the Colon. bian Congress. which sat at Bogota. It will be seen from this explanation that
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west 1t is bounded by Costa Rica, with which nation there is d lonT-stanTing boundary dispute. while on the east the Gulf of Darien and the Atrato River mark It's separation from the South Of the Colombian Republic The coast line, considerable more than I,OOO miles in length, is rough and broken. The sur race of the country is generally noun tainous, although immense swAmps and stretches of treeless upland are frequent. Except along the coast, the country is almost entirely uninhabited, all of the towns and cities of any consequence be- ing located next the sea or very near
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patriotism and lack of a national pur- pose, political in character, constitute three striking contradictions that rest at the very foundation of this new republics existence, and that serves to isolate it from other nations that have won their independence. The entire absAnce of anything resembling self-reliance, and the implicit confidence shown in the United States, upon which the whole republican structure leans absolutely for support and maintenance, is a fourth in the list of strange contradictions discOverable here.
 There are other equally striking that may be traced without, in the smallest way, compromising the fact of the republics
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of Panama-speaking now of the entire department-and such is actually the case. It may represent them in the sense that the sentiment of all the people concurs in what has been done; but 1t is an indisputable fact that outside of the City of Panama the people of the new republic had no voice whatever in the establishment of the republic.
 Were Not in the Secret.
 In previous letters I have sketched the story of the secessionist movement It began with three men, and was executed under the supervision of those three and four others, the seven working under the
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How to Prevent Croup.

It will be good news to the mothers of small children to learn that croup can be prevented. The first sign of croup is hoarseness. A day or two before the et- tack the child becomes hoarse This Is soon followed by peculiar rough cough. Give Chamberlaln's Cough Remedy freely as soon as the child becomes hoarse, or even after the rough cough appears. and 1t will dispel all symptoms of croup. In this way all danger and anxiety may be avoided. This remedy Is used oy many thousands of mothers and has never been known to fail. It Is, in fact, the only remedy that can always be aepsEGed upon and that is pleasant and safe to take. For sale by all druggists. adv.
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general proposition, anomalous though it
 may seem. for the republic is fact, that, public of Panama is non-existent The territory known to the Colombian federal tion as the Department of Panama, and now embraced by the republic, is a long marrow strip of land extending in a generally easterly and westerly direction
 It Is about 475 miles long, measured in a straight line, and vSries in width from about 47 miles. between Colon and Pana- ma, to something more than 100 miles at it's eastern extremity and along the eighty-first parallel ot longitude. On the
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revolted against England and set up their Independence under the provocation of lesser grievances than Panama for years has been charging up against Colombia; yet Panama never found cause for rebel lion and secession in Colombian oppres- sion. That the new republic was born without the incentive of patriotism and with no higher purpose in view than the purely commercial one of securing the construction of a ship canal across the narrow isthmian strip has already been shown in this correspondence. Lack of resentment toward Colombia because of her oppressive administration, lack of
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OF

no matter how corrupt, inefficient and oppressive the old order of things may have been, the fabric of the State was complete in all of it's details, the gov ernmental structure having been carried down as perfectly 4n theory as 1t is in our own Union. It follows from this, as a natural presumption, that in the seces- slonist movement all these provinces should have had a voice. It happens, however. that, natural as that presump- ton may be, it Is wholly groundless in this instance. The natural corollary of the last statement is that the republic as 1t stands does not represent the people
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Union Lenders Ordered .to Leave

Telluride. Colo, Dec. 2s.-Former Attor- ney General Eugene Engley of Cripple Creek. attorney for the striking union miners of this district. has, 1t is reported been notified that unless he leaves the district at once he will be arrested. J. c. Williams, vice president of the Vest ern Federation of Miners, was told by Deputy Sherif Tunnels that unless he left town today he would be arrested There are rumors of wholesale arrests of strikers impending.
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NEW REPUBLIC
 FOUNDED BY FEW
Revolt From Colombian Authority Not General Among the
 People of Panama.

existence-an existence as actual as it is welcome to the people of the isthfnus. These contradictions form a vital chapter in any story which purports to cover the situation in Panama in It's various phases and they must be considered.
 In order to get at and present them properly 1t may be well to start with the
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For Stomach, Liver and Bowels.
 Laxo Pills are a mild. gentle and re- liable laxative, designed to promote the healthy and normal action of the stom- ach, liver and bowels. and to correct habitual constipation. Druggists. 25 cents
 adv.
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HoRr1C J1TuRAL SOCIETY.
Annual Meeting is to be Held in
 Mobile,

The first annual meeting of the Ala bama State Horticultural Society will be held in Mobile January 26 and H.
 The program will be full of valuable pa- pers, to be presented by the leaders in their respective lines of work. Special sessions will be devoted to the various fruits, as the strawberry, peach, grape, apple, plum and pecan. and to the im- portant subject of truck gardening. The completed program will be ready January 10, and will be sent to all who request it.
 Prof. R. S. Macintosh of Auburn, IS Secretary of the Society.
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Colombia has had seven constitutions. and the title of the Republic has been changed three limeA
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BY MERRrLL A. rEAaUE.
Staff Correspondent of The Advertiser
 Letter No. 6.

Panama, R. P., Dec. 16.-It is not nee essary to go far afield when seeking 5usti- fication of the judgment that the Republic of Panama stands as contradiction among nations. The American colonies
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COUNTY coMMrTrrE.
Democrats to Meet at Court House
 Next Saturday.

6S4t 6atu1ua%.
 Chairman Ray Rushton, of the Mont gomery County Democratic Executive Committee yesterday issued call for a meeting of the Committee at the Court House next Saturday. The call Is as follows:
 Montgomery, Ala, Dec. 8. 1s0s. Dear Sir-You will please attend meet. ing of the Democratic Executive. Com mittee, to be held on Saturday, the End day of January, 1904. at 12 o'clock, m. at the Court House, for the purpose of con> sidering matters of importance concerning the coming elections.
 Respectfully,
 & Ray Rushton, Chairman Democratic Executive Com
 mittee of Montgomery County Mir. Rushton said yesterday that the Committee would discuss plans for hold- ing elections next summer and such other business as may come before 1t.
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PERFECTLY HEALTHY people have pure, rich, warm, aourishing blood, good appetite and good digestion. Hoods Bar saparilla gives these. and thus 1t makes people healthy and keeps them so. Get only Hoods.
 Sick headeach is cured by Hoods Pills. 25c. tu-thu-su.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1903-07-16
An llahoratS Wedding,

Under this heading, the Anaconda
( Montana Standard, OF Sunday
morning, june IS, contained an ac-
count of the marriage Of Edward 5,
Mitchell, son of Mir, and Mrs, Edward
Mitchell of the town of Mineral Point
The Standard says;
" Among the splendid events of the
week on Contcrvitle hill, was the mar
rtage "Wednesday evening OF Edward
$, Mitchell and Miss Cora Annis
Scmmous Trinity Methodist church
was the scene Of the elaborate event,
and ReS. John Hosking, read the
marriage service a large invited
company, numbering many friends Of
both families, were present
The bride is the daughter Of MIR
and Mrs. William Semmons, and at !
O'Clock u reception was held Mt their
home 97t North Main street. Confer
VILE, TO which only intimate friends
and relatives were invited. \ sump-
nous wedding supper was served.
Many handsome aud useful gifts were
received.
Mr.. and Mrs. Mitchell will be at
home to their friends at l,2dl Farrell
street
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1903-07-16
4 Home Tor $500.

y ffWIIIN IUT 1NNNHt
Situated Ia western part of the city;
contains four good rooms besides
summer kitchen; corner lot with barn
aud other outbuildlngs. Inquire NJ
Democrat Office,
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1903-07-16
NJ. T.. Church.

Services next sunday will be as
follows;
900 a M, Glass Meeting.
1880 q, m. Morning worship. The
pastors's theme will be Mountains
Of Prayer" :"
200 y. m, Sunday School Lesson;
Samuers Farewell Address; | SAM
Mi, IL u.
40 p. III. Ereuing worship, Com
bjned Epworth League meeting and
preaching service, Topic, " Strong
Men and Strong Women the Nations $
Hope"
Tuesday, Aug, IL, is to be Epworth
League Rally day at the Platteville
Camp Meeting DR., j, +, Berry, ed.
itor Of the Epworth Herald is TO
preach AT 1880, and 10 lecture OF 2;So
p m. Young people who cannot at.
tend the whole eamp-meettpE will be
we'll repaid for special effort to so
that day,
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1903-07-16
INWARD .lSnkins.

died ON Sunday afternoon, July l., at
one-forty.tive o'clock, at his home in
Belmont, after an illness Of more than
two years, He was the elder son Of
Mr., and Mrs, Denis Jenkins OF this
city, He was born in England Sept
y, 1860, came with his parents TO Min.
eral Point in September 1919, arriv.
ing hero in the ~, his fourth birthday,
Tie removed from this city to Belmont
in Oct, 1890 where followed the jowel.
ry business, He WAS u genial com
panion, liked by everyone, aud many
friends mourn his early death The
funeral took place ON Tuesday, July
II, with burial In the Belmont come.
terry, Rev, DEXTER officiating,
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1903-07-16
Letter to Mr.. n. GRADER.
Mineral Point, Wis.

Dear Sir Paint is one OF the things
that Railroad Companies know all
about 10 you know what tall
about" means9 1t means, in paint,
where to set it,
We sell the paint for two.thirds OF
the oars and stations and bridges aud
everything else, that railroad men
want 10 keep good looking and
sound, all over the country,
\ mar who wants gallon or two
OF paint knows nothing about it; buys
whatever is handy, or gets some
painter TO mako it,
\ Railroad Company asks its chem
list; (Which is the hest?"
The cheapest thing, to preserve or
heautify anything with, Is paint, So
the whole world l. painted: except, OF
course that part Of it owned hy poor
slow folks
And the paint they use is peoplos's
ntelligenee.metow or ignorance. mo
ter, tells how much or how little they
know,
Lead and oil has had it's day, De-
voc Ready paint is the paint because
1t wears twice ms long,
Yours truly,
Il. w, nEVOE 4 Co.
L, :, Devoe Paint Is sold by j. A.
MeSrrolp
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1903-07-16
First City Officers.

or the first officers OF the city oi
Mineral Point, but one Ii now living,
namely, our aged and respected
townsman Mr.. Alfred Jenkins. The
following were the officers: Charles
Legate, mayor; William r. Henry,
assessor and clerk; John jenkins,
treasurer; John Bracken, w. A.
Pierce, Casper Erhart, aldermen for
first ward; Bernard McIlhon, Alfred
Jenkins, Joseph Muenster, aldermen
for second ward: Samuel Thomas,
police justice: Edward Benchard, city
marshal.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1903-07-16
The Rev. Charles u. Merrill,

district superintendent of the chill
dren's Home society OF Wisconsin, In
accordance with his notice 10 the di-
reetors n year ago, has resigned his
office. For more than seven years,
Mr., Merrill has championed the cause
of destitute children in this state with
faithfullncss aud efficiency, has set.
tied several hundreds of homeless
youngsters in families, and has collec-
ted many thousand dollars for their
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1903-07-16
Buy the Racine Buggy

! will sell at greatly reduced prices
for 60 days, To mako room for other
goods. N. Il. MARTIN.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1903-07-16
Benlltifnl Sintnes.

Last week, two very beautiful
lfe-sizod statues Of the Sacred Heart
Of Jesus aud the Blessed Virgin Mary
were erected ia st. Paul's church,
They were presented to the church
by the members OF tho league Of tho
Sacred Heart, and have been several
months In construction. They are
from the Art Studio of The NJ. IL.
Wiltzius company Of Milwaukee,
which states, that those statues,
both IN design, decoration and firm
artistic finish, are unsurpassed by
any of lts gallery. 1t II we'll worth
visit 10 to tie church to see them.
The gift reflects great credit on the
lengue, and the congretlation should,
surely appreciate the spirit that
prompted 1t.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1903-07-16
=. NJ. Church Services.

Thursday, $40 y, ma G, u, service.
Saturday $50 y, m, Boys Club.
SARRATn.
Quarterly meeting
. n. IN, Love Feast
l0;3o n, m. Preaching 10y the pastor,
200 y, ~, Sabbath school
300 i, m, ] {, T., in chapel,
$50 i, M. Preaching by tho Pastor,
$40 p, m, Sacrament
TUESDAY
3;3l y. M, Prayer meeting
S;la p, m, Quarterly conference
business meeting,
The public arc invited to these SER
vices.
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