The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-03-07

Bolivia ana ana Sweden and Norws,,
! ber 80 ana Peru, and between q 80, "as'
nowers o'ser nations. All the ir,nort t,,
! of R1esta aiIe world with the e,cention
! menfs ~ - anu Japan now have ngraeH
war bet,,ea sorl and when the present
Is o Tween the two countries ys,eaS
! - concluded they will donhtia Damed
me example of the Other. ioloW
Peace Conference
Al January an internatIonaI n..o.
which "as held In Washington a.
| ~. resolutions were adopted ,'r.tr,,
'iiis government to sunnort 80. u slhs
ineht 70 establish by peaceful rasaI ..lo ~, =
eisn Of law and justice anon, od., lile
- september President Roosevelt o.
t7Poi'Se 10 a request made nv WEI -. =.
! baia Ihterparliamentary union u,bo
- meeting at the Louisiana d.,
go eAPosltlon, promised 10 can q
a',e' peace conference al Tho H.
ms promise he kept By sending ISL te
" the various powers later IN the 80,
naming the suggestion. In general ar,
eeelEeu the proposal fayorablv INT az,
Iiiheu 10 commit themselves n a.,
aPeeiIc time for the meeting. Russis
a"u Japan assented to the principIe IN
~ W. "hlle declining to have the nres-
~, war become the subject Of arbitra-
ton In any way '''i d
The Year in Europe.
~ europe, outside Of Russia. the vaar
was ialher uneyentful. The church o1,eg-
- continued TO occupy the attention
ntahee' Efforts to upset the policy
IL uie government failed and the prob
] ZEN seems to be in a fair wav ~ he
ing permanently and peacefnlly eettiod
I IN Germany, where commercial denres
| sion has existed for some time tTinee
| nave taken turn for the better Tra5e
mas improved, the factories are busv
anu IeWef persons are without employ
Iheht. In Seryia Peter Kalageorgeyitcb
Was crowned king and for the present
aIlalrs in that restless little state ara
| comparatively quiet.
VI Importance to the families involved
| We're the births Of heirs to the thrones
Of Russia and Italy.
IN spite OF the granting of greater re-
1 llslous freedom, the modification of the
exile system and promised reforms ana
IN spite OF the fact that the country had
great war on its hands serious internal
troubles disturbed the authorities of
Russia. Won Plehve, minister Of the
interior and secretary of state for Fin
land was assassinated July % in ST
petersburg Riots occurred in St Pc
tersburg. Moscow and other cities in De-
cember in which many persons were
injured and a number reported killed.
Appeals for local disagreement were
made by the zemstvos and were list
ened 10 by the car but not granted.
The struggle between the reform and
| conservative parties promises to be one
| Of the features of Russian internal his
tory in the coming year.
Lassa. the mysterious city" of Tibet.
is mystery no longer A British mill
! tary-pOltical expedition entered its sa-
scred precincts last summer and brought
the unwilling lamas to terms
Panama Canal Begun.
In glancing back at the history Of the
year in The United States the one fact
that stands out more prominently than
all the rest is the beginning of work on
the great Panama canal Only begin
ming has been made but it has brought
the project out Of the domain Of specu-
lation into that OF reality. The treaty
between this country and the new re-
public Of Panama which was negotiated
in the fall of 1908 was ratified and pro-
claimed lin Washington in February. Pa
peTs transferring the French interests
in the waterway were signed in Paris
April % 1904, and the property was
formally turned over 10 representatives
Of the United States at Panama May 4.
board of canal commissioners. headed
by Rear-Admiral John G. Walker. had
been appointed earlier in the year Rules
for the temporary government Of the
canal zone were made and Gen, George
w. Davis of the army was made gov
ernor A competent chief engineer was
found in the person of John F. Wallace
Of Chicago who Immediately went to the
isthmus and assumed direction of the
work 1t has not yet been definitely de-
cided whether the canal shall be a sea-
level one or of the lock pattern. The
DISPOSITION at present seems to be 10
build it with locks but in such way
that it can be changed to sea -level
canal without impeding traffic. The OBJ
lection to making a waterway without
locks is that ii will take too long and
not that the estimated expense of $780,
600. 900 is too great.
National Politics.
For a presidential election year 1904
was unprecedentedly quiet politically,
The national conventions. with the ex-
cention of that of the democratic party,
aroused only passing interest. AT the
republican gathering in June the nomi-
,,atiop Of Theodore Roosevelt was fore
GONE conclusion. The choice of Senator
Fairbanks for the vice presidency was
made without contest At the demo-
cratic convention the situation was an
ferent. No one knew beforehand VINO
the nominees were to be, nor the exact
character of the platform TO be adopted
The proceedings were followed Win IN
terest from day to day untll ParheI alu
Davis were nominated ana the postum
nf the marty on the financia question
- declared Roosevelt and Fairbanks
r ",, elected by a larger plurality than
la been generally looked for Even
afiss,uri chose republican electors
,boueh electing a democratic governor
WIEN the result of the election III me
-t,.as had become known Mr.. RooseNelt
i,,,ynsdiatelv issued statement decld,
- tbst under no circumstances Wouiu
t,n osniu he a candidate for president on
~, Srornd that he was opposed 10 the
third-term principle.
Commercial Prosperity.
Commercially the year "aS ~
S .s..3 states Trade Of all kinds was
~, ,riras were maintained ana COM
Saints on the part Of business me-
-, infrequent There was cesS
- n tbe formation OF glSahuC tIusts
,,artry because some OF them haI p'g 49,
failures ~ aud partly because the anti.
eonG cone, lissis,ation Of congress was feared
trus ~ ,'S Sromoters. The decision against
~ " ,i,horn Securities company was
ny liz. "a IN the United States supryIiI1
aiirmeu NJ nIorch. putting an end to that
court In, ~ " Kind of combination. me
,iirnads in regard to rates was
union 81 of much comment after tne
me , sug1t message TO congress M~s
,,,u,,n5 Legislation by congress sn
~ interstate commerce coii laitsio,s
nB lnS i'' -, Ifs rate ueclSlous