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Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-04-08
THAT NAUVOO DISCOURSE.

In addition to the letters which we
have published IN relation to the dis
course which Bro. N. T. Sllcock stated
he heard the Prophet Joseph Smith de-
liver In Nauyoo, In July. 1913, we have
received the following with the re-
mark that we have known Brother
james LeIthead, the writer, for more
than forty years as man Of honesty,
vtracity and faith:
TO the Editor.
Lowell, March Is, 1904
saw in the News" OF March the
18th a statement by n, T. Silcock re-
garding a. meeting held In Nauvoo IN
July, lS43. wherein the Prophet Joseph
Smith delivered discourse on polyg-
amy.
] was present nj that meeting and
well remember what talk It created,
That Il WAS the cor yersatlon OF the
whole neghborhood and IL was a ques-
tion whether the Prophet had received
a revelation to that effect or not !
was engaged at that time In building
a barn for Hyrum Smith, the Prophet
brother, and this discourse was the
subject Of our talk. | ate dinner with
Hyrum every day while laboring there
80 | promised my co-laborers that at
the first opportunity | would ask Bro,
Hyrum II there was a revelation 10
that effect. II was not long until the
opportunity came. Bro, Hyrum and
were alone ut the dinner table, and
asked him II II was n revelation. He
never hesltated one moment, but said
that 1t was, and that he had carried
that revelation to the High Council for
their consideration and that all OF the
High Council accepted Of 1t except two
BRO, Cole was one Of the two, | don't
remember the other one.
| wanted 10 say this much In add
ton to what Bro. sicock has said !
am now IS years old, Yours truly,
JAMES LEiTHEAD.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-04-08
INVASION OF TIBET
New York Evening Post

Tibet Is a dependency of China, and
signatory OF treaties with England. un-
der which the English have hoped Ia
enjoy certain trade privileges. These
Tibet has been slow to grant remain
ing true to her instinct OF isolation
Col, Iounghusband's expedition had the
unprecedented duty OF compelling q
foreign power to resume and perfect
these old trade negotiations, Note
that this was not IN any proper sense a
punitive expedition. No outrage was
alleged. there was no more or better
reason Tor an expedition IN the winter
Of 1903 than there had been every wear
since the treaty OF 1888. 1t was pro.
fessedly a friendly effort to lead the I'll.
betan horse to the diplomatic wateI
and make him drink. or course, the
bugbear of Russian ascendency at
and the immInenco Of the war I'm the
far east helped TO hurry UP Col Young
husband
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-04-08

We see that $. A. Kenner IL once
more to the front with his occasional
bllcation.--"The Great Campaign" 1t
Is a sign in the political sign. 1t slgui'
fies the approach Of partisan eruptlons.
It means that politics Is on the ram.
page, II is lively sheet and con-
,ains many spicy items and cogent ar.
guments and Is widely read with In
terest The new number has some
good portraits Of judicial candidates
and pertinent paragraphs on current
events,
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-04-08

Judge Adams In nronounclng sen
tencc upon Senator Burton said, re.
ferrms TO the verdict: 1T also demon.
strates to all the people that public Of.
fee cannot be prostituted TO self-sery.
Ing purposes, and that public office IL
not q sure and safe passport TO private
thrift" That is almost eplgramatlt
ard should become famous.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-04-08
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Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-04-08

Chicago teachers arc discussing, with
{ lew to adoption, the question Of ad-
mnisterIng corporal punishment TO in
corrigble boys. II II will mend their
ways It is far better than sending
them to any reform school Sparng
the rod Is often the surest way to spoil
the child.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-04-08
Now York World.

General regret viii be felt at the
loss sustained by the British forces In
their involuntary attack on the II.
betan trlbesmen at Guru, Their cas-.
ualtes IL Is true, number only ten or
twelve against 400 by the enemy, but Il
win be regarded as unfortunate that
the invading army should be forced 70
pay this price In human lives for what
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-04-08
DEsERET EVENING NEWS. FRIDAY, APRIL s,

is confessedly a mission Of peace. All
that the British seek to do, as they
have repeatedly affirmed, is TO extend
the benefits OF trade TO the recluse-like
natives and aequaint them with the
blessings Of civilization. In this phil
anthropic object they have been OPP
posed at every point. The tribesmen
have risen against them, they have
made the Maxim guns targets for their
arrows. fired of their primitive match
locks and otherwise conducted them
selves with unseemlIness and ingratl-
tude. And when as final act OF kind
ly consideration the strangers tried to
take away their hosts guns so that
they should not lnjure themselves they
resisted and opened fire.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-04-08
Chicago Record. Herald

In internationa' politics such thing
as heap Of dead Tibetans is interest
ing only IN so far as IL affects the for
tunes of civilized powers and their re-
latons with one another, The car
cases, however, have considerable I'M
portance from this point Of view, as Will
be seen by glance over the events
which led to the engagement between
the British and native forces at Guru
and resulted IN such disaster to the
latter.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-04-08
Pueblo ChleftaIn.

The people of Tibet are noted for
their contempt for modern ways, o ay
many stories have been told OF ~.
stubborn opposition to visitors from the
outside world. when, however. they ar
ranged TO attack well armed COM
pany OF British rlhemen, their ignor-
ance of modern arms and ammunition
proved their own undoing. II was sui
eide and nothing less to attempt the at
tack that was made. A moments sur
prise. a prompt rally and then The re-
peatng rifles slew the bearers Of sword
and spears and old fashioned lnuskets
without a chance Of equal combat.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-04-08
NOT FROM TIE "NEWS."

The Spokesman. Review, published at
Spokane, contains a stupid statement,
meant 20 be funny which has been go
Ing the rounds OF the papers, about the
return Of President Joseph f. Smith
from Washington, which was manu-
featured In this city for outside con.
sumption and which Is false and con-
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-04-08

An English correspondent In the
Orient writes that the shells from the
Russian forts "churned the seas" Why
shouldn't they when answering the
Japanese? One good churn deserves
another,
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-04-08

AT last Russia has recognized Japans
naval preponderance In the Far East
and will undertake to counteract 1t.
Evidently she has come to the conclu-
sion that the battle Is to the fleet rather
than to the strong.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-04-08

TO exclude Anarchist John Turner a
gentle and harmless Englishman, might
injure Americas reputation for liberal.
ity far more than he could ever harm
our Institutions or corrupt our IDEAS.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-04-08

Mr., German Is said to view the
White House with alarm, Then he
should look towards the other end Of
the Avenue and view the Capitol with
Calmness.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-04-08

a Chicago clergyman predicts that
the end of the world viii come In
ninety years. Why didn't he give the
world ninety.nine years lease. the
usual time?
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-04-08

China is contemplating throwing in
her lot with Japan, Apparently she is
lmbued with Franklln's idea, III we
don't hang together we will hang sep.
arately"
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-04-08

Admiral Togo Is again cruising In the
vicinity Of Port Arthur. Perhaps he
Is going to carboy the Russian squad
ron this time.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-04-08
RECENT PUBL LEGATIONS,

The principal contents Of the Nation
al Geographic Magazine for April m
clude Travels In Arabia and ALONG
the Persian Gulf" by David G., FAR
child Illustrated with twenty pictures
Of unusual people and scenes The
American Deserts" by f. V. Coville,
with seven remarkable pictures OF des-
ert plants, one Of them shows a thirsty
Indian in the desert getting drinking
water from a barrel cactus. Consul
SINNERS Mission TO Abysslnia," Illus
trated; The Sailing Ship and the Pam
anna Canal" THE New Home OF the
National Geographical Society" with
five pictures OF the handsome new
building "Wokas, a Primitive Indian
Food" with pictures showing the In
dams getting food from waterllles
"The Antarctic Continent" THE Deal
ings of the United States with the Ma
lions OF the World" Geographic
Notes and Geographic Literature. -
National Geographic Society, Washing
ton, d. c,
The Aprl-June Forum opens with an
exposition by II. Litchfield West OF the
UlthtIt OullupN III tliNdu iNilN''i
with particular reference to the Pres
ldential nominations, A Maurice Low
reviews Foreign Affairs" The article
on Finances, by Alexander d, Noyes,
analyses the effect Of war upon fnan.
clal values, and explains the causes Of
the Generalization OF the cotton and
wheat markets Recent progress In
applied Science" Is described by Hem
rs Harrison Suplee, The feature OF re-
cent Literature" discussed IN Herbert
w. Horwill's article Is the growing de-
mand for books Of popular criticism. a
comparison OF "Muslc In America and
Abroad" by Joseph Sohn. includes a
protest, effectively supported by Illus
tratons, against the spirit Of CONNER
cialsm in art Articles on THE Edu-
catlonal Oul ok" and Educational Re-
search" are contributed by Ossian II
Lang and DR.. j. NJ. Rice. respectively.
| The present number concludes with two
special articles. one Of which, Grant
Aliens Personal "reminiscences OF
Herbert Spencer" was written in 1894
on the understanding that Il should moi
appear until after the philosophers
death. The other Is a plea for "a Ma
tional Sculpture Society," by william
Ordway Partridge, Forum Publishing
Co., New York.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-04-08

There seem to be no tacks IN the
seat Of war at present; at least the
belllgerents are not on the lump.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-04-08

When will Surveyor Greenewald
open up his port and receive his ball
last?
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-04-08

Thus far the British have failed to
turn Tibet into a dlgested security.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-04-08

Some people are 30 stingy that they
will not give a pleasant answer.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-04-08

suppression Of hoodlumism among boys
and youths.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-04-08

Postmasters are men OF letters II not
Of belle letters.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-04-08

A mighty source or crime and evils
OF all sorts viii be shut OF by the
The Sumpter miner. [volume] (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905, 1904-02-17

Beginning March !, the Union
Pacific will resume running regularly
at intervals Of few days homeseekers
excursions. Many thousands Of peo.
pie will be brought west from the
east and the Mississippi valley, look.
ing for locations to establish them.
selves In business and invest in prop.
eity. These excursi ionists will be
given stopover tickets wherever de.
sired. They will all pass through
Baker county. and unless soms effort
is made to attract their attention and
interest, they will merely pass
through; none Of them will stop and
invest q dollar here. This is q great
opportunity for Sumpter and Baker
City to unite and do some beneficial
work for this county. but so indiRer.
ent are the people here, possessed
Of so little public spirit, that The
Miner feels that II IL useless to sug.
gest that II representative we're
stationed at Shoshone. Idaho, and
supplied with good literature, pre-
the r'vantsges offered by
this section ia settlers, business men
and Investor. for distribution on
.hese exoursinn trains, Il would be
II vast material benefit, directly so
% individuals.
The Sumpter miner. [volume] (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905, 1904-02-17

There u an effort on foot to secure
the passs.," Of u bill proposing to
endow aud support schools or depart.
ments of mining In the several states
In connection with state agricultural
colleges, at the present session OF
congress.
The pending measure proposes to
create = fund from the moneys de-
rived from the sale Of public lands In
all states which are not benefited by
the national sct From this fund Il
s proposed to. pay 100000 to each
state aud Tertiary Tor the current
year for the purpose Of establishing
schools or departments Of mining.
The Sumpter miner. [volume] (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905, 1904-02-17

1t 10 reportei from New York that
John D. Rockefeller's bank made
Russia the loan that enabled the Ca.
to 60 to war with japan. This was
disclosed after actual hostilities had
begun. The Standard OIL company
10 understood to have secured the
good will Of Russia In connection
with oil concessions % part of the
confederation for the transaction.
President James Stillmau 10 the man
who engineered the delicate deal.
1t was after the Gar had appealed to
the Rothschilds and had been re.
pulsed because Of Kishinef atrocities
that the City bank became interested.
In order that the public might be
kept In the dark % long a. possi bic,
the loan was handled for the Gear BY
the Imperial bank Of st. Petersburg
aud was made to look ike an ordi-
nary commercial transaction. With
almost the single exception Of the
City bank, New York downtown
banks are In open sympathy with
Japan. Banks with Oriental connec-
tions we're receiving contributions all
day from Japanese and their friends
for the use Of Red Cross society In
connection with the war. Rookie.
feller 10 evidently making a big plsy
for absolute control Of Russian oil
interests and the case will probably
go on record "a one Of the Standards
greatest manipulations. Russia may
also have been playing its game In
repulsing Standard control In that
a few months ago.
The Sumpter miner. [volume] (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905, 1904-02-17

Over at Rathdrum, Idaho. the local
attorneys are lying awake nights,
trying to devise some scheme whereby
outside lawyers can not practice In
the courts Of that county. Their
central idea II to mako residence Q
necessary qualification. This Idea 10
not original with the Idaho petit.
fogers; they are merely adapting It
to their profession. Tho brilliant
plan tn shut out rivals through some
rule Of Law or legislation was flrst
conceived 10 tho commercial world,
and took tangible form In the protec.
tive tariff. Now. every business and
profession Ia endesvoring to work the
graft. Over In Washington the den.
lists secured the passage Of a law
that makes It practically impossi BILE
for new man to settle there. unless
the "bosrd of examiners" arbitrarily
40 will 1t. The doctors lobbied
through q bill barring out the disci-
pies Of certain schools Of medicine.
Down In California, resident mem hers
Of both Of these learned professions
are seourely protected from "outside
competition" In Chicago the great
DIR. Lorenz. who came sll the way
from Vienna to operate on the little
cripple Armour girl, was fined e3O
for "practicing medicine without a
license" And this 10 the spirit Of
the age.
The Sumpter miner. [volume] (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905, 1904-02-17

In some Of the French forests a
platinum wire kept at u white heat
by an electric current has been en-.
ployed instead Of saw for telling
trees. II IL claimed that by this
plan n tree eau be felled In one.
eighth Of the time required by the
old saving method. The entire ab
scnce of sawdust and tho beneficial
effect of the slight carbonization of
the ends Of the cut timber In preserv-
ins the wood are reckonsd as decided
advantages.
The Sumpter miner. [volume] (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905, 1904-02-17

Pacific coast was then q remote Sec
ton Of the country, and had 1t not
been for the gold discoveries in Cal
ifornia, which brought thousands to
the far west, Il is doubtful II there
would have been any notable advance
for quarter Of century or more.
The Rogue river mining excitement
attracted mahy people to the western
part of Oregon forty years ago, and
gradually the Willamette valley be-
gan to flll up with people who appre-
ciated its marvellous fertility; but It
was not until the advent Of railroads
that the state began to note q sub
stantial increase In population. In
the last fifteen yeara the growth Of
Oregon has been solid and satisfso.
tory. Thousands Of people have
settled upon its rich farming lands,
east and west Of the Cascade noun
tains, and the growth of its cities and
towns has been In keeping with tho
advance Of its rural communities.
Like Washington, 1t is q state Of.
resources, and only the
llrst chapter In the story Of its devel-
opment has been reached
The Sumpter miner. [volume] (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905, 1904-02-17
GIRL RIDES IS MILES TO TAKE
TEACHERS EXAMINATION

Miss Retta Andrews, q teacher now
attending the examination at tho
courthouse, rode Is miles on horse
back through q binding snowstorm,
for two days. to reach this city, In
time to take the examination, and
be enabled tn teach school tha com.
ing year.
She is . resident of Umatilla
county, near Dale, and should have
taken the examination at Prairie
City. having taught in Grant county,
but the mountain roads we're almost
impossible, and as she was deter
mined not to be defeated In her pur.
pose to teach, she saddled up her
horse and started for Pendlston In
driving sDowstorm, travelled two days
over the rough roads Of the interior
and reached this city 10 time to
begin at the frst Of the examination.
She has been teaching at Ritter, In
Grant county, 80 miles south Of this
city, is . proficient Instructor, and
has held . second grade certificate.
She is very modest In giving her &C.
count Of the long and perilous trip
and speaks Of It o. II II we're only an
ordinary occurrence.
She will return home at the close
Of the examination, % she came. and
thinks nothing Of the fact that she
made trip that would cause strong
men to think twice before attempting
1t.
The road from Dale to Pendleton
leads over the spur of the Blue noun
tains, is a rough. uneven, hilly,
mountainous highway, and only an
Oregon girl Injured to hardships, de.
termined In her aspirations, aud
brave beyond compare, would have
attempted the trip, in the middle Of
the winter, In the face of u binding
that threatened to block
ade the trails and roads at any time.
Oregouian.
The Sumpter miner. [volume] (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905, 1904-02-17

From down GoldHeld, Nevada,
way comes . vail 90 familiar to Ore.
Ron ears that IL almost seems to be
an infringement on our copyright.
Goldneld ia the new gold camp about
twenty five miles south of Tonopah.
A few weeks since free milling rock
running as high % 5000 was uncov-
cred less than ten feet from the sur.
face, there being four feet Of 1t. In
several other places rich ore was
found at the grass roots, 5000 being
the minimum value. These discov.
cries don't create enough excitement
to suit the press correspo ondents there,
who verify the reports In detail.
They say Nevada has been hoodooed
as mining state for a dozen years
past; that IL such discoveries were
made In Colorado, Montana. or Cal
ifornia the local people would 20
wild, that there would be . great
stampede from the outside; but moth.
Ing Of the kind occurs there. The
same here, friends. Within . bali
dozen miles Of Sumpter ore bodies
have been opened up that went $50,
300 In gold and there wouldn't be
Tour people 90 out to look at the
1ump--an event that would call for
special excursion train for hundreds
,f miles around In Colorado. There
10 surely something in this mining |
hoodoo business.
The Sumpter miner. [volume] (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905, 1904-02-17

That senator from the little two
by four state Of Connecticut, tho peo.
ple Of which are endowed with mental
vision IN small aud narrow a. their
state, can reach across the continent
and enforce their puritSnical ideas
on Ore9on IL an irritating proposi.
tion. II WAS United States Senator
Platt, Of Connecticut who forced the
amendment to the Lewis aud Clark
exposition appropriation bill. requir.
Ing that the show be closed on Sun.
days, making sort Of church fair
out Of tho enterprise.
The Sumpter miner. [volume] (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905, 1904-02-17

Prince Cdpid, the congressi onal
delegate from Hawaii. finds the affairs
Of state at Washington too weighty,
and, moreover, he complains Of lack
Of consideration on the part Of the
president, members Of congress and
the various departments. He threat.
ens to resign, aud wants the job Of
delegate to the republican national
convention at Chicago. Prince Gu.
pid wss sent to Washington with
misRivings by the influential men of
Hawaii. He was nominated for dele.
gate NJ = republican. although 40.
knowledRed ~ q home rule leader
at heart, every white man there recog.
nizss the limitations Of the delegate.
For this reason business men aud
planters made up fund aud agreed
to pay $4,000 year for secretary
to the delegate, provided a lawyer
ANA u man competent to give advice
WAS chosen. Cupid was willing to
accept the offer Of salary to his sec.
The Sumpter miner. [volume] (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905, 1904-02-17

retary. but be could not agree a. to
the man. He refused to take any one
but native, and the business men
and planters would not agree that
there was any Hawaiian capable Of
holding the place. So there was q
parting Of the ways. and the DELICATE
took along young native. With no.
particular qualifications for the
place.
The Sumpter miner. [volume] (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905, 1904-02-17

Wall street operators have been
detected In u scheme tn learn the do.
ctsion of the Supreme court IN the
Northern merger case. before II Ia
made public. for speculative pur.
poses. Their plan WAS to bribe sub.
ordinates Of the court to reveal the
Information In advance. Another
Wall street operator. who was refused
admittance to this syndicate of brib.
cry, Informed one Of the judges Of
the enterprise. AZ u result no
stenoarapher. typewriter or other
clerk will be- permitted to do any
work connected with compiling this
decision, aud the opinion will be
written by Que Of the Supreme court
judges.
The Sumpter miner. [volume] (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905, 1904-02-17

The secretary Of the treasury has
officially decided, after sn exhaustive
study. to determine the rate at which
frogs legs when imported from
Canada should be taxed under the
DinRIey tariff law, that they shall
go as poultry. The question arises.
II frogs logs are poultry. is a bull
frog rCOsterY