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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-01-30
A Migratory Volunteer.

about, it chats, listens and smokes;
but urban life is much the same the
world over.
A Migratory Volunteer.
On the boat I made the acquaint-
ance of,Joseph N, a young man from
providence, r. l., on his way to
spend the winter in Porto Rico. In
the Spanish war Joe was a soldier
in the Forty-seventh New York regi-
ment that landed at Ponce on the
south side Of the island, and was after
wards stationed for six months at
San Juan and Rio Piedras Joe has
of latey been engaged in electrical
work, but being out Of job thought
he would pass the winter amidst his
old haunts. As we were both out
with the same idea, not caring wheth-
er they cut the Panama canal or not,
we decided to link our fortunes and
chaperone each other.
Joe ran out on the trolley to Rio
Piedras to look us up a place. He
found an old acquaintance who would
take us. We negotiated with ma
tive, who claimed his horse would
drive us out for 81. We clambered
in with our grips and were soon on
the Military road.
We rode along over one of the finest
roadways in the world, hard as, as
phalt. built years ago by the Spanish
authorities by the aid of military pris-
oners. It stretches eighty miles over
mountain, valley and river, to Ponce
on the south, with neat one-story cot
tages scattered along the roadside all
the way to Rio Piedras. With now
and then a. naked child playing by the
wayside while on either side were the
tropical foliage, fruits and flowers, the
beautiful cocoanut trees and the palm,
the highway, altogether formed a pic
ture the most attractive had ever seen.
We passedthrus Santurce, a very beuti-
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Willis E. Noxon, the well-known
Minneapolis attorney, is in Porto Rico
for the winter, and is reported as
already improved in health. He did
not gossto the island with any ideas
of systematic investigation or obser-
walton in mind, but, regarding the
things with which he has come per-
sonally, in contact. he writes as fol-
lows under; date ,of Jan. 1:
On the morning of Nov. "a we
steamed into the 'harbor of San Juan,
and thought had never seen a
more picturesque view. On the right,
a long stretch Of conical-shaped noun
tains, with the leper colony nesting
by the water side. On the left, at
the entrance, stands old Eel Morro,"
grim and weather-beaten; and be-
You'd, rising from the sea, stands
San Juan, with it's white plastered
houses, with red tile roofs. and deco
rated in many colors. With the old
gray forts, the buildings of many
colors, and distinctly tropical in de-
sign, the tropical foliage and the deep
blue waters, it forms an inviting pic
ture in sharp contrast to the port we
had left in the: chilly northland.
Life and Color of San Juan.
Our hotel, kept by Baltimore peo-
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attempts to assassinate him. have been
made at Fee and Marakesh,, and the
fanatical uprising already alluded to
was caused solely by his efforts for
reform.
A dervish shot an English mission
of Fee for no other reason than blind
hatred of the Christians. Then he
fed to the tomb of "marabout"
(holy MANI for sanctuary, and 5, 900
other fanatics from the population of
Fee crowded around, the tomb to pay
honor to him for his crime.
When the sultan heard of the mur-
der he was furious.
1.-THE foreigners are here under the
guarantee of my word of honor for
their safety" he said. 'This son of a
dog has blackened my face! Let him
die at Once!"
"But-he is dervish,'' the court Off
him as inspired by Allah. i If he is
killed there will be trouble
''He should die even were he a de-
scendant of the prophet
But he has taken refuge at the
tomb of a 'marabout' hottest
place in all Morocco. How are we to
DRAG him FIR. from the tomb" ordered
wish to shelter criminals
Seeing, from the frightened glances
of his officials, that not one Of them
dared to undertake the task, Abdul
Aziz ordered his horse and rode to the
tomb himself at the head of a
mounted force Of his bodyguard. Re-
CARELESS Of the screams and threats
Of the mob, he made his soldiers drag
the man from the tomb and shoot
him. The mob howled with fury, but
the soldiers cowed them. Soon after
wards the revolution broke out.
The sultan is chivalrous as we'll as
brave. At review of his troops two
years ago he announced that in future
graft and oppression turnout
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-01-30
REGARDLESS or THE SCREAMS AND y.
THREATS OF The. MOB, he: MADE HIS SOLDIERS.
DRAc the NAN FROM 1Ae TOMB AND SHOOT HIN.

destroy in a year. or two the corrup-
ton of centuries. He has raised up
for himself a host of enemies by dis
charging and Furnishing tyrannous
officials; but, on the other hand, he
has endeared himself to the mass of
the people,: -T;..s
He is popular, except with the
cause he is fond of the society Of
Europeans and is always playing with
such "feringhi" toys as magic Ian
terms, BICYCLES, automobiles and
cameras. They resent his efforts to
introduce into Morocco some of the
features of western civilization. The
path of a reformer is hard in an east
happens to be an absolute monarch.
The sultan is fond of hearing about
: the great rulers of the cizilized world.
He asks his European friends dozens
of questions every day about President
Roosevelt, Kaiser Wilhelm, President
Loubet and King Edward. He wants
/ to. know how they rule their people,
same troubles 4 and sperpleKities as
himself The careers of: Presidents
/. Roosevelt and Loubet interest him
intensely, for he cannot understand
how a mar. can rule a country unless
he is its king by divine right.
Why do the people obey?" he once
asked a European visitor to his court.
"Why. should they. obey those men any
more. than others?. Are they the
greatest men in the country? Does
everybody see that they are the fittest
I to rule o."
Mo- was the reply. They are
good men, but not necessarily the
best. They rule because they happen
to have been chosen. But they. 10 not
rule as you rule. They simply admin
lister the laws made for them, as your
governors carry out your decrees,,
''Bismillah!'' exclaimed the young
ruler. Then they are not rulers at
all! I make the laws what 1 choose,
subject only to the Koran, and my
people obey me because Allah has
chosen me to-: rule over them. How
can a man rule in any other way?"
In spite of the reforms which the
sultan has introduced, the country is
still abominably misgoverned, and the
people Of all races and all classes, ex-
cept the highest, are: grievously OPP
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a ReBbeR GOVERNOR >

task of attacking Morocco. The Brit
ish army knows the fury Of. a Ghazi
rush on the hills Of northern India.
and respects the military qualities Of
*'F'uzzy-Wuzzy'' in :. the Soudan. The
Morocco tribesmen are not a, whit less
warlike than those other Mohamme-
dams, and they would fight in a coun-
try which suits their tactics and
strategy as well as South Africa suited
the. Beers.
There is another considerations which
enters into Frances attitude towards
Morocco, and that is the vast and
growing power Of the Senussi cult
turnout Mohammedan Africa and, in
:. deed, all over 1slam. as<p-ss -
From his. mysterious city. at Jara-
bub, the head of this secret society,
whose aim is to overthrow the Chris
tan power and make Mohammedan-
. ism dominant thruout the world, con-
+: trolls millions of adherents. Abdul
.Aziz, like all other rulers of
Islam, is in close alliance with him.
The former reckons on the help Of the
Senussiyeh if France attacks Mo-
rocco.
This society numbers millions Of adj
herents among the finest fighting races
and it has worked steadily for genera
tons towards the end which it has in
view.
sooner or later, says professor
(Conn.) Theological seminary, pro-
found student of .Moslem affairs, "Eu-
rope-in the first instance, England in
Egypt and France in Algeria-will
have to face the bursting of this storm.
For this Mahdi is different from him
Of Khartoum and the southern Sudan
in that he knows how to rule and wait;
for years he has gathered arms and
munitions and trained men for the
great 'jehad.' When his plans are
ready and his time is come, a new
chapter will be opened in the history
of Islam, chapter which will cast
into forgetfulness even the recent vol
canic outburst in China"
Abdul Aziz, altho young and COM
paratively untried man, would be a
of those who know him best is worth
anything. He is as brave as a lion,
and would as soon tackle a wild boar
or a mountain lion with his naked
hands as eat his dinner. He showed
great courage and generalship in put
ting downIthe recent tfanatical sinsur-
rection against him, which arose ow-
ing to his sfondness for Christians and
western civilization
"Whens,the French come,'' said an
old tBedouin sheikht who fought Alb
dul's father and fought Abdul himself
three times unsuccessfully, ''he will
show himself to be a worthy captain
of Islam. Verify, he will become the
sword of Allah to defend the faithful
and smite the. unbeliever. The blood
Ofsthe Prophet does not flow in his
veins or&naught.''
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BY WILL AM THORP.

Copyright, 1904, by William ThorD.
"NHE present emperor Of Mo.
rocco, Sultan Muley Alb
dull Aziz, is a young man
in a hurry. If there is
anybody who lives the
~ strenuous life; it is he.
He assembled the throne of Morocco
when he was IA years old, but did not
really begin to rule the country until
about four years ago, on the death OF
a despotic grand vizier who had held
him in leading strings. He Is now
only 20, but during the past four
years he has been doing everything
there is to do and learning every
thing there Is to learn in Morocco,
from quelling an insurrection to
working a magic lantern.
For a Mohammedan prince said
an Englishman who lived at his court
In his service, "he is certainly a most
remarkable young man. He has a
passion for always doing something
new and a restless, nervous energy
which is truly American. When he
Is awake-and he hardly ever sleeps
he is going all the time like quick
silver top. He never stops for mo-
that he is always working, but even
his play is remarkably like the *hard-
est kind Of hard work. -
Here is record, Of one Of the young
sultan's typical days: ~.
He rises in the morning at dawn,
recites a brief prayer, wakes up one
Of his European friends in the palace
and goes for a gallop with him on a
spirited Barbary, pony UP a rough
mountain side, where every step of
the animal may mean the breaking
of the riders neck. He gets back to
the palace at Marakesh in an hour or
two, has light breakfast, and works
hard for three or four hours with his
ministers, secretaries and European
officials. After that probably he
spends an enjoyable hour taking a
$500 photograph to pieces to see how
itworks, or playing with some of his
other European toys. These toys beat
the record for expense. He bought
two Photographic cameras from a
London firm. One cost 1000 guineas.
every particle Of metal on it being
eighteen-carat gold; the other cost
900 guineas, allfthe metal work being
solid silver beautifully chased.
In the afternoon he takes photo
graphs and develops them himself,
plays billiards, receives several tribal
ahieftains in audience, and threatens
them with all kinds OF terrible punish
ments unless they make their tribes
behave better; hunts wild boar, which
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Z. Morocco would have to stop. All. Of
ficials would receive regular salaries
money from the people. The tyranny
of the tribal chieftains would, he said.
also be curbed, and if they robbed
caravans they would be sternly pun
ished. 49,
A few weeks later Bedouin chief
who had heard of the proclamation
came to- Marakesh to see the: sultan
and defy him to his face. His fore
fathers had always robbed caravans
just as they pleased, he said, and he
intended to do the same, whatever the
sultan might order.
Some kings would have executed
him, or, at least, have thrown him into
Jail for that bold proclamation. Not
so the sultan. He said:
GO back to your tribe in safety and
honor. In ten days time I will fol-
low you, with my army, and teach you
that my word is law in Morocco
After a whirlwind campaign Muley
reduced the tribe to subjection, and
the chief is now one of his closest
friends and one of the strongest sup
porters Of his reform policy.
Muley finds plenty of grievances and
wrongs to redress, for no country is
in greater need of reform than Mo-
rocco. Wealthy men buy posts from
the government, or have bought them
in the past, as governors, judges and
tax collectors. They generally pay a
heavy; price for them and get their
money back in the most primitive
manner. Being authorized to collect
the taxes and to throw the natives
into prison, they are, almost without
exception, merciless robbers. They
have spies, who report to them any
native who is rich in money or goods.
They send for him and demand a
considerable share of his wealth. If
he refuses he is thrown into noisome
jail to sstarve until he pays or dies.
The sultan is doing his best to break
up this system, but it is not easy to
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pressed alike by the sultan's own
agents and by the tribal chieftains,
who possess much the same power as
the Norman barons did ) in the times
of Ivanhoe. They treat people who
try to resist their eXactions very much
as Front-de-Boeuf sought to treat
Isaac, the Jew.
Many of these chieftains, especially
in the southeastern part of the en-
pire, are very anxious to fight the
French, who are constantly encroach-
ing on their territory and lending color
in other ways to the belief that they
desire to annex Morocco in the near
future, as they have sannexed Algeria.
The young sultan fully realizes the
dangers Of a conflict with France, and
knows that war would ruin his
schemes for the development and CIV
iIization of his country. He therefore
uses his influence to keep his chief
,tains quiet so far as he can. But his
power, altho absolute, does not extend
over the whole of Morocco. Some Of
the more distant tribes scarcely recog-
nize his temporal sway. He-a light
hearted. lively young man, who is just
about as unorthodox as any Moham-
medan can be-is obliged to influence
these tribes in the capacity of great
religious leader. The dynasty of the
Sharifs Of Morocco is lineally de-
scended from the prophet, and by vir-
tue Of that descent Abdul Aziz is head
of the Melekite sect of Sunnite Mos
lens, to which all the Moors belong.
He. also claims, in opposition to the
Sultan of Turkey, the title of Caliph
of Islam and commander of the faith
full.
BY welding this religious power
with a decision and diplomacy re-
markable in a man so young and SO
volatile, he has been able, up to the
present, to keep the peace between
his turbulent tribesmens and the Sag-
gressive French. But if the, French
maintain their present policy a col
lision is inevitable soone4 ror later, and
there will probably be some unpleas-
ant surprises in store for the invad-
ers. $3.
It, might have been supposed that
the French had had enough trouble
and expense in .conquering Algeria
and suppressing the%many subsequent
revolts Of the indigenes'' without
wishing to tempt fortune by the larger
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r. Z. ! I. -. - l. "a 2 = . = K
On the left I'VE have a clear view. of the
road for nearly half a, mile thru the
village. On the right, toward San
Juan, a little farther, till the road
climbs a gentle hill, and around the
curve there comes a. string of covered
ox-carts homeward bound; some men
on horseback, with baskets strung on
either side filled with live chickens,
fruits, etc; here a man, leading a
horse loaded with three bags of char
coal, and another horse, similarly,
loaded and tied to the first horses tall
q boy goes by with i oranges, better
than the California ones, for which we.
pay in the states 40 and so cents a
dozen. We pay here 6 cents for thir-'
teen, and cents for ten nice ciga-
rettes. Here goes a coach across the
island to Ponce with three passengers
at Sc each. They will change horses
five times, make the eighty miles in,
fourteen hours, and run the horses all
the way. Two automobiles, also make
regular trips across. y
& Some American Benefits.
Last night sat on the balcony and
listened to the story of "a native. Porto
Rican of Spanish descent, 1 a very in
telligent man, educated fins Paris and
Connecticut, a sugar planter, mem
Der since 1858 Of the revolutionary
committee, who raised a company and
joined the American army in the
Spanish war. In asking him what
benefits to the island the: American
control had brought he named the fol-
lowing: IL
First education; second, road build
ing; third, employing of Porto
Ricans in civil and military life;
fourth, sanitation. So u
.s With the exception Of sugar, agri-
culture is depressed and money scarce.
In 1899 the hurricane did great dam
age to the coffee crop and trees, and
the orange trees planted since the war
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rhe Present Sultan of Morocco,
Muley Abdul Aziz, Is a Young
Man in a Hurry, Strenuous
Alike in Work and Play - He
Finds Time to Do a Hundred
Things in a Day, Some Worthy
of Schoolboy, Others Worthy
]. of a Great Monarch-He Is a
Whole Reform Administration
in Himself, and Has Provoked
Rebellions Galore by Trying to
Introduce Civilization Into
Morocco-Nothing Can Damp
en- His Reforming Zeal, Not
Even the Daily Danger of AS
sassination-He Is as Brave as
a Lion, Physically and Morally
How He Dragged a Murderer
from the Sanctuary Of a Holy
Shrine and How He Guards His
Country Against French Ag-
gression. ..-. |
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iards, when they realized that Spain
would lose the island, stopped invest
ing and began to draw in.
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4 RADIUM BATTERIES
Carried in the Pocket Will Run an
Auto for 800 Miles.

. - y .
Charles H. Gage Of this city lays
claim to having perfected anew meth
cd for extracting radium from ore in a
much more simple way than by meth
DDS heretofore in vogue. He has not
made his methods public.
:. Mr.. Gage, who has a, laboratory and
calls himself Professor" declares
that he and Fred Post, an electrician.
have invented a battery that will revo-
lutionize the construction of motors.
It's construction resembles that of the
ordinary dry electric battery to great
extent, but it is SO small that it can
easily be contained in an ordinary vial
and carried in. the waist coat pocket.
with batteries charged with this
new radium preparation, says Mr..
Gage, ct will guarantee to start1e the
scientific world with my experiments.
will guarantee to run a big. automo-
bile filed with passengers distance
of 800 miles with one charge. ThAIis
only one of the many things which I
will guarantee. And as soon as Post
and myself are ready for the tests we
will prove our statements
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Produce Is Cheap.

Time. and space do not permit me to
describe the lie that passes along the
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-01-30
THE DOG SEAT.

New York Times.
j. Fresh-Went to the theater last night and
there wasn't seat In the house but the dog
seat. 10 I had to buy that. Hated to like
thunder.
B. Jones-What's the dog seat?
A ]. Fresh-K-9, Of course
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He's making money from disease,
And yet he's not quack
It's just his own disease for he's
a akleptonaniac.
--Philadelphia Pres,
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about, it chats, listens and smokes;
but urban life is much the same the
world over.
Arizona republican., 1904-03-19

Before me. W. T. Perkins, notary public in and for the said county and state, on this day personally appeared J. Andrew Cutlery, known to me to te the person who subscribed to the fore going instrument, and acknowledged 10 me that he executed the same for the purposes and considerations there in expressed.
 Given under my hand and seal of office this 18th day of Februa y, A. D. 1904. WALLACE T. PER EINS.
 (SeaD Notary Public.
 My commission expires on the 4th day of December, A. D. 1906
 First publication, March IT. 1904.
Arizona republican., 1904-03-19
NOTICE TO CREDITORS.

Estate of George w. Sanders de- ceased.
 Notice is hereby given by the under signed administrative of the estate of George ". Sanders deceased, to the creditors of and all persons having claims against the said deceased, to exhibit them, with the necessary vouchers, within ten months after the first publication of this notice to the said administratrix at the law office of J. M. Jamison, Fleming Building, City of Phoenix, the same being the place for the transaction of the busi- ness of said estate, in said county of Maricopa. CLARA s. SANDERS,
 Administratrix of the estate of George w. Sanders deceased.
 Dated Monday, this Eth day of March, 1904. First publication March Sth.
Arizona republican., 1904-03-19

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 (First publication, Mrch l, 1S04.)
Arizona republican., 1904-03-19
IERY ELuSIVE
Proper Treatment of Pneumonia.

Pneumonia is too dangerous dis- ease for anyone to attempt Co doctor himself. although he may have the proper remedies at hand. A physician should always be called It should n- borne in mind. however. that pueu- monia always results from a cold or from an attack Of the grip. and by. thr proper treatment of these diseases a threatened attack Of pneumonia may be warded off. There is no question whatever about this as durius th- thirty years and more that Chamber- lain's Cough Remedy has been ussd. we have yet tO learn Of single case of a cold or attack of the grip having re- suited in pneumonia when this remedy was used. It Is also used by physi clans in the treatment or pneumonia ulrh the best results pr. W. J- smith. ul Sanders. Ala. who is also a drugEl7t. says of it: ~I have been selling Cham beriain's Cough Remedy and pre1rTln- ing it in my practice for the past s.c years. I use it in cases Of pneurnor..t and have always gotten the best r-- suits Sold by all druggists
Arizona republican., 1904-03-19
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATIONS.

Homestead Entry No 299S. Depar-- ment of the Interior, Land Office at Tucson, Arizona, March 10, 1904 Notice Is hereby given that the following named settler has filed notice of his intention to make final proof in sup port of his claim. and that said proof will be made before Clerk of the Dis trict Court at Phoenix, Arizona, on Thursday, April 14, 1904, viz: William R. Norton, of Phoenix, Arizona, for the W. r. 1l N. w. 1. w. F N. F. f. & s. E. T. V. F. r. Sec. 32. T. 3-N.. F. 3-E.. C. te s. R. E. & NJ. He names the follow ing witnesses to prove his continuous residence upon and cultivation of sad land, viz: Frank l.. Howard. of Phoc- nix. Arizona, John Jay Howard, af Phoenix, Arizona. Franklin w. Dom, of Phoenix, Arizona, Allison F. Dom, of Phoenix. Arizona.
 MILTON R. MOORE, Register.
 (First publication March 12, 1904)