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Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-02-26
THE PANAMA CANAL.

The Panama canal treaty has been
ratified by an overwhelming majority
OF the senate, and there should now be
no serious obstacle In the way Of COM
mencing the construction Of this water
way, which Is of infinite Importance to
this country, and TO the entire CONNER
cal world The Pacific, undoubtedly,
is the future great scene Of human ac-
tivlty. Around its shores live and have
their being nearly two-thIrds OF the
entire population Of the world. Com
merce moves westward, 1t has come
from Asia 10 eastern Europe from
Egypt and Greece to Rome, and from
there to Spain, France, Great Britain,
From Europe II has crossed the Allan
tic to the American shores, and from
here II is about to cross the Pacific,
back to Asia. But the canal across the
isthmus will materially shorten the
way between our eastern and southern
ports and Asia, as we'll as between our
Atlantic and Pacific ports. For In
stance, the distance between New York
and Manila via Cape of Good Hope is
1855 miles. The canal will make 1t
Lac. The distance from New York 70
Yokohama, via the Cape, is l5,lio
miles. Via Panama, 1t will be 9692
miles. From New York TO Sydney via
the Cape II Is l2,9lS miles. Via Panama
It viii be only $3.50 miles. From New
York 10 San Francisco IL Is 1880 miles
via Cape Horne. Via Panama 1t will
be only 5,27S miles From san Fran
cisco to Liverpool the distance will be
rendered 5,71l miles shorter than 1t is
now. The immense advantages Of
these savings in mileage need not be
further argued.
by the treaty with Panama, this gov
eminent receives In perpetulty the use
OF the canal zone and other lands need.
ed, as we'll az water rights necessary
for the canal construction. In return
| this country guarantees the independ-
ence Of the republic Of Panama. BY the
| Clayton Bulwer treaty Of 1850 the Unit
| ed States and Great Britain agreed to
protect jointly the lsthnIan canal,
whenever It should be constructed, and
| to guarantee the sovereignty Of the ma
ton through whose territory it should
pass This treaty being abrogated the
duty Of protection naturally falls upon
the country constructing the canal.
The following data mag be Of Inter
est, The concession for the Panama
canal was given to Lieut. Lucen Napo'
leon Bonaparte Wyse and others In
| 1878. Work was begun by the French
company in 1881. The new company
was organized by the Paris receiver OF
the De Lesseps concern in 1894, II
1899 President Mckinley appointed the
Panama commission upon whose sup
Elemental report the president was II
1902 empowered to buy OUT the French
company.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-02-26
THE sANTO DOMINGO INCIDENT
PHILADELPHIA Press.


No country can be allowed to make It.
self an international nuisance any more
than a man owning land can be allowed
TO turn into a nuisance toward his
nelghbors. The United States, without
any desire on It's part to acquire ter
rtory, and instead with every desire, as
Cuba bas shown, to aid other countries
I'm their f-goyernment, has become
the civil and sanitary policeman OF the
western world. IL is time Uncle sam
put Santo Domingo on his beat, occu-
pied the island, expelled yellow fever
brought It TO order. put a man like. MI
Booker r. Washington at the task OF
administration and of organizing INDUS
trial education, and, after order was es'
tabllshed, the common schools running
and the government in the right hands
left It TO run Itself subject to another
visitation whenever the death-rate OF
insurrectos rose.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-02-26
REBUILDING BALTIMORE,
baltimore lIerald.

Baltimore Is not going to take ten
years or ten months to recover from
It's mIsfortune,for in less than ten weeks
It Will be 80 busy IN the work Of re-.
building, OF Increased effort, and OF
genuine hustllng that II will not have
time to talk about the fire, Baltimore
has been ON the threshold OF new
prosperity and Of larger enterprise
Tor more than year, and we implicitly
believe that the fire will help more than
II will hurt 1t win put w all on our
mettle, and It will open wider than ey-
er before the door OF opportunity for
the younger generation of the city, II
you are q croaker reform at once and
get to work.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-02-26
ANTI."MORMON" EFFORTS.

We receive letters, frequently, from
Elders In the mission field In this coun.
try, expressing their qualification at the
public interest In "Mormonism" which
is being aroused, by the efforts Of min
listers and others to paint It IN vile col
ors and to abuse us followers, Among
them are Elders IN Syracuse, n. "
where there has been great difficulty IN
getting at the people; In Albany, N, "
where similar uphill work was en-
countered In Florence, Colorado and
other fields OF missionary work,
Elder Jesse s Mlsener at Syracuse,
speaks OF the hired lectures Of a
preacher named Bays, protesting to
have been "a pillar Of the Mormon
Church for twenty.slx years" but who
Is unknown in these parts, His dis
closure Of the secrets Of Mormons' is
directing attention TO the truth. Elder
lie Roy Boren, who also has a commu-
nlcaton In the Provo Enquirer tells Of
fifty converts at Albany, ~ w. with
more investigating, and adds:
1T seems the Ministerial association
has just begun TO realize that the
Mormon Elders are making more con.
yerts than all the rest OF the churches
here combined 80 they have organized
a committee, with Rev Henry r. Dun.
ming OF the Presbyterian church. It,
is chairman, and their intentions ar,
TO put stop TO our progress and N
order 10 do 30 they are hiring men ant
women 10 lecture on the penls OF
Mormonism. obey have held four lee
lures the past tw, weeks, each one with
very small attendance, and instead OF
their proving injurious to our caus,
they have helped " out wonderfully
for our meetings haze been exceeding
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-02-26
NOT so BLACK AS PAINTED,

One OF the easiest and therefore
oomnonest grumbles from chronic
newspaper kckers IL the perennial
smoke nuisance" complaint Attacks
have been made. for very many years
either upon the owners OF buildings
the city authorities or other objects
of wrath, because the smoke from the
kind of fuel In use is permitted Ia come
forth from big chlmneys or stacks, to
the discomfort and annoyance of the
public,
That there Is some cause OF COM
plant Is admitted. That II Is as great
and overwhelming as claimed is denied
II IL bad enough, but not so terrible
az rcssinlstic papers, which seem de-
,ermined to do all they can to give the
city u black eye and thus deter capital
lists and others from settling here en-
deayor to hold up before the world
Nor ls II just TO companies or indlyid-
uals who have been experimenting Tor
years to abato the nuisance, to nag
and abuse them because Of their fall
ure.
II Is all very we'll to pirate about
enforcing the ordnance against
smoke, but how can that be reason
ably done until SOME device is invented
that proves practical and etfectual?
Even the city authorities, after pass
Ing an ordinance requiring the con-
sumption Of smoke from furnaces, have
not been able yet to abote their own
smoke nuisance, as may be seen when
over the furnace that supplies the heat
for the city and county building Is In
operation.
Now, we are and have always been
in favor Of movements for the con-
sumption OF coal smoke in this city,
We have called attention to the evil,
or with those exaggeratlons which have
or with that exaggeration which have
characterized sensational onslaughts
upon alleged offenders. We have sug-
gested remedies Many have been tried
Most Of them, II not all, have been
found wanting If anybody knows OF
n practical, sure and efficient smoke
consumer, that will outlast a few eX-
perlmonts, and that will not cost a
fortune TO keep up, let the treasure
be made known, and we believe the
companies and persons In control of the
furnaces that produce large volumes OF
smoke, will be ready and anxious &c
adopt It and remove forever the cause
OF complaint
Meanwhile, let US continue our en-
dcRvors In the right direction and 20
all that is practicable to ameliorate the
situation, but quit painting the city 1t
such black colors and assailIng people
who are trying, as best they cam t(
conform TO the ordinance and make the
nuisance as small as possible, Oul
city II not ordinarily envelopcd II
smoke but has usually n clear atmos
phere and is splendid place of resi-
dence,
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-02-26
San Franclsco Chronicle.

Something must be done about San
Domingo. aud II is useless to deny that
the responsibility rests with the United
States. The pirates who once infested
the caribbean waters were recognized
as the enemies of mankind, and were
hanged when caught by the warshlps
OF any nation, With the extlrpation OF
piracy and the PRONUNCIATION OF tbs
Monroe doctrine, the United states has
become recognized as the policeman OF
the western hemisphere, and ls expect
ed to perform the duties Of a policeman
San Domingo Is not entitled to recog-
milton as an independent nat Ion because
1t is incapable of maintaining a gov
eminent competent TO protect the lives
and property Of residents, whether
citizens or strangers.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-02-26

watched the fire deyour block after
block OF their city, noted the fact that
instead Of impeding the progress OF the
flames, the skyscrapers, which stood
IN a line directly across the
path OF the fire, only seemed TO spread
the blaze over a wider area. The rea-
son for this was that once ignited from
the cellar 10 the topmost story SKY
scraper, according 20 careful Witness
es, seemed to act like gigantic chin
ney, showering burning brands over a
tremendous area on account OK It's
height.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-02-26
THE CITY OF HARDIN.

When Russla's rulers decide that the
interests Of the empire demand the
building Of city It is built, no matter
what the obstacles may be, The foun'
datons Of st. Petersburg were laid In
n swampy region, where there were
10 natural facilities for such an UNDER
taking They were laid when the en-
pre was In the thrOes Of war; and
thousands Of lives were sacrificed, that
the great car might have new capt.
tai. In our own day Russia Is, In the
same way, building cities In Asia, to
strengthen her position there, Vladi-
yostock, Dalny and Port Arthur have
been made to flourish In Il few years,
by government "0at" But Of the
city of Hardin, this Is said 10 be still
more the case,
The dispatches have told Va that the
Russians intend making Hardin the
base of thelr land operations. Il WILL
lUtlflpl'i llNNhhl9f NhAlN iol h'ls w
the story OF the war; and It Is not
without interest to know something
about IT, It Is said to be one OF the
greatest achievements In city con-
struction ever witnessed
The United states consul at Much
wang, Mr., Miller, mas sent a
report to the state department
concerning this place 1t Is located
on the sungan river at the
point where the Manchurian branch OF
the Siberian railway crosses the stream
and where the Chinese Eastern branch
starts south to Dalny and Port Arthur
II Is about $50 miles west OF VIadIvos.
took and 600 miles north OF Port Ar.
thur It's location Is the geographical
center Of Manchuria, The city Is sur.
rounded on all sides for hundreds Of
miles with a rich and productive agri.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-02-26

James Warden, aged one hundred and
two years and the Oldest cxpounder Of
MethodIsm in the world, is dead He
attained his great age through his
methodIoal ways Of life.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-02-26
NOTICE.

The meeting in the Tabernacle to.
nieht AT 1880 is only for members OF
the Church Of Jesus Christ Of Latter
day Saints, belonging to the First, Sec
ond, Third, Eighth, Ninth, Tenth Thlr'
ty-frst and Thipy-thlrd wards OF the
Salt Lake stake Of Zion. "A hint TO the
wise" &c.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-02-26
Baltimore American.

The fire has proved again the truth
Of The Americans repeated assertion
that good fire department is much
cheaper than bad fire, When reor-
ganlzation takes place and the new
order OF things IL adjusted, one Of the
first cares Of the city should be to
enlarge the department ana put II on
az perfect working basis as possible.
Scrimpng In any way In the fire de-
partment Is not economy, II IL fatal
wastefulness, The penny wise, pound
foolish policy should be eliminated
once and forever with any future deal
ing in the department.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-02-26

A San Francisco chorus girl attempt
ed to commit suicide by taking tine
ture OF larkspur, Probably e. cause
was that she was tlnctured with too
many larks.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-02-26

Professor Maria Sanford predicts
that the corset will soon be thrown on
the scrap heap, We predict that 1t
won't be until a new pair has been
bought.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-02-26
Correspondent ID New York sun.

Judging from tho sentiment that has
been pressed thus far, there Is great
probability that a law win be passed
forbldding the construction Of buildings
over a certain height Such n law
would mean that Baltimore would have
no more skyscrapers Hundreds Of
men, including officials OF the city, who
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-02-26

The result Of the presidential election
In Colombia is still uncertain, which
looks very much as though a revolution
were impending.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-02-26

when ! can read my title clear"
says Uncle Sam, will / pay those forty
millions 10 the Panama Canal company.
But not until then"
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-02-26

Russia and Japan doubtless both
agree with Clough that ut is better to
have fought and lost than not to have
fought at ALL"
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-02-26

President Harper has added appendi-
cltls TO his other attractions at the
University Of Chicago.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-02-26

An epidemic OF colds has been sue
ceeded by an epidemic Of spring fever
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-02-26

one Of the most remarkable facts in
all American history Is that two gem
tiemen refused appointments on the
Panama canal commission.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-02-26

Here Ia something that should give us
pause Tho cost Of the pension roll Is
sl75 a year for every man, woman and
child In the United States.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-02-26

He serves his country best who
serves subpoenas," Is the motto Of the
Marshals office.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-02-26

That a walking delegate has been or
dered to leave Philadelphia shows that
that city Is not dead yet.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-02-26

The conflicting stories about the con-
nlcts in the Far East are more conflict
ing than the conflicts themselves.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-02-26

Who knows? Perhaps the Council
thinks IL has found Mayors nest,
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-02-26

There is evidence that wheat Is soon
going to look like a dollar and thirty
cents.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-02-26

"a singing rebuke" is usually put
forth by some one who has been stung.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-02-26

The Panama canal treaty has been
ratified. What will the Colombians do
now, poor things?
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-02-26

Poor Korea None so poor as to pay
her tribute.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-02-26

The balance sheet still shows some
thing to the credit Of the japanese,
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-02-26
RECENT PUBLICATIONS,

The frontIspece OF McClure's Mega
zine for March IL q forceful drawing
representing the so-calcd negro prob
lem. The list OF contents Ia as follows
"The Alien Of the Wild Charles g.
d. Roberts; "A Kind OF Hero" W. H.
Boardman THE state Of Kentucky VS.
Caleb Powers" Samuel Hopkins AT
ans; THE Riddle OF Countess Runa,
Anthony Hope; The Coward Edward
Cummings; "1'he History of the Stand
ard oil Company, part two The Trou-
bles OF Trust" Ida NJ. Tarbell; "a
Candid Violet" Jeanette Cooper;
when q Mans Widowed" Myra KEEL
ly, "The Terminal" Mary Stewart cut
ting: Song" Gouverneur Morris; The
Run OF the 'Altamaha, Joseph Stick
ney; "A Hundred Miles an Hour
Henry S. Prltchett; Genius" Flor
ence wilkinson, 1.-THE Negro The
southerners Problem Thomas Nelson
Page, and "The Colonel and the Horse
Thief" Rex Il. Beach. Too much can
hardly be said for the eXcellency Of this
magazine, The 5. s, Mcclure Co., New
York.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-02-26

Umbrellas continue to keep lent.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-02-26

The recent disastrous fire In Chicago,
and the later visitation at Baltimore,
render the contents Of the February
number OF "Fire-proof" Of special inter-
est. In that magazine the following
subjects among others, are discussed
'Iroquols Theater Disaster" Improper
Mixing Of Concrete" Iowa Capitol
Fire" NJ. f.. Bell; "Fireproof theater
Curtains" "The Question Of Paint"
First National Bank Building, BIrm-
ingham Ala John G, Hampstead;
Fire Lessons" j, X. Freitag Fire
proof Chicago" "Mlnnesota's New
State Capitol" Concrete Disasters Of
1898 Henry Slegel Building. Boston,
Mass" Disastrous College Fire" c. D..
Powes, and "Flreproof Depository for
Court Documents" II, l.. Barstow,--
Flreproof Publishing Co., New York
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-02-26

The Booklovers' Magazine for March
il n beautifully Illustrated publication
and its contents are selected with due
regard to timeliness The frontlspiece
is map over THE Center Of Interest
In the Fast" and the leading article
Is one on THE Two Pacihcs,' by 1ar-
old Bolce II is Illustrated with maps
and diagrams The rest Of the list OF
contents Is as follows: "F G. G., Car
toonlst: A Remarkable Force In Eng
lish Politics" James Douglass Famous
Partisan Artists In their studlos;'
-Four Notable Pictures" ''rhe Old
Guard Of New England; Their outlook
on Twentieth Century Probleml'
George Perry Morris; Hateful Presl-
Dental Conventions, Joseph NJ. Rog-
ers Round About Old jamestown"
clifton Johnson; Whatsoever Wo-
man Soweth," q story Anna Mcclure
Sholl, and THE Best New Things from
the World Of Print, "-Phlladelphia,
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-02-26

Don't graft, spray.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-02-26

Russia Is still standing pat,
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1904-12-30
Total Abstinence In Germany.

a correspondence OF the Nation writing
from Germany makes some statements
concerning the progress Of the total alb
stinence movement In that country that
may cause some surprise in this We
have been accustomed to regard Germany
as e. most unlikely field for the exploitation
of such movement. Beer drinking has
been so universal among all classes and
such a general family and social beverage.
except where wine was used instead that
1t was not supposed the practice would
ever loosen its hold but the development
OF total abstinence has become marked
enough to attract attention. The growth
of the movement has been different there
from what II has been in this country or
I'm England. There and here IL has been
started among the more intelligent and
thoughtful classes and has worked down
ward In Germany 1t has it's roots among
the laborng people. and II II appreciate
expands IL must work upward
Sixteen years ago the only man I'm Ger
many who publicly stood forth as an advo-
cate OF total abstinence was Professor
Buuge OF Basel The year following Pro-
fessor Forel another leader Of the cause.
urged that in accordance with English
practice alcoholism should be treated by
total abstinence. Both these men were
laughed Mt. hut they persevered. and in
1892 Professor kraepelin Of Heidelberg
undertook a series OF experiments for the
purpose Of ascertaining the effects of al
cohol upon the simpler operations Of the
mind. His published results attra cited
wide attention. They We're to the effect
that even moderate drinking had an en-
feebling effect upon the mental processes
and upon bodily vigor
Singularly enough. these demonstrations
made the least impression upon people OF
the highest mentality and OF the highest
ethical and religious pretensions Yet
perhaps this was not wholly strange be-
cause the movement was not urged upon
moral or religious grounds but purely
from the scientific point Of view. The
best educated people are frequently the
most sceptical toward new theories. es-
pecially when restrained by hereditary
custom, and students in the universities
keep on drinking their beer: the churches
are Indifferent or unfriendly and the phys
icians in general practice are scoffers
But the cause is making vigorous progress
among the laboring classes who are swell
ing, In ever increasing numbers, the ranks
of the Good Templars which organization
has been copied from England and this
country. They have taken firm hold In
the province OF Schleswig- Holstein and In
the cities of Hamburg and Bremen
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