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Newport daily independent., 1905-12-06

Nuloo kASllCo AldAAlSPA, VI 1eScSC- vile, was passenger from that city Tuesday night.
 Regardless of cost we will sell Clothing for ten days. Sink & Martin. 8obtf
 Mrs. R. o. Randy left Tuesday for Batesville to visit her mother, Mrs. Mary Weaver.
 Oul entire line of Muslin Un- derwear at cost for one week at Bowen's Cash Store. 90btf Jest a few of the prettiest Rain Coats left. Come quick, ladies. Sink & Martin. 6o
 The Clover club will be enter tained at the home of Mrs. L. Hirsch tomorrow afternoon.
 Haviland French China, Ger man and English imported porce- lain ware at 5 and 10 cent store.
 Prof. and Mrs. William Wallace have gone to housekeeping in the Vining cottage on Hazel street.
 The very handsomest Rain Coats ever shown in this city are at Sink & Martins. 89btf
 Mrs. Edythe Johnson expects to leave Monday for Texas, where she will spend the remainder of the winter.
 Special orders for holiday mu- sic will be attended to promptly. Please hand in your orders early. I. D. Price. 91btf
 Banks pay three per cent. Penn-Wyoming pays twelve per cent. It is as safe as an invest ment can be. 73btf
 Dr. o. B. Irwin and family, of Batesville, were Creighton guests Tuesday night, en route to Ken lucky to visit relatives.
 ID. Price takes subscriptions for all the leading magazines. Subscribe now in order to get the January numbers. 91btf
 I. D. Price has a good line of scholars and teachers refer ence Bibles. Very appropriate for Christmas presents. 91btf
 Do not fail to see the new Library Photo Folders. Bowen's Art Gallery. Something entirely new. Morocco binding. 91b7t l
 Give us your orders for meats and we will see that they are promptly delivered to any part of the city. Pettet & Stiles.
 Buy Waterman "Ideal' Fountain Pen. It is the best pen made, and every one guar anteed. For sale by I. D. Price.
 Mrs. w. w. Dutton and little son, Wallace, arrived home We'd nesday from a two weeks visit to Mrs. Dutton's sister at Little Rock.
 Have you seen one of the Grand Portfolios of the Penn Wyoming Copper Co.,? Elmo Riddell will send you one on re- quest. 73btf
 There will be a called meeting of the Musical Coterie tomorrow afternoon at 2::30 o'clock. Busi- ness of importance. A full at- tendance is requested.
 Will You attend the great closing oct sale of Bailey Mercantile Go. and secure the great moneY-saving ad- vantages offered this week?
 In giving the names of the officers elected by the Odd Eel lows lodge Tuesday, the Inde- pendent omitted the name of AlcOrn Ferguson, as permanent
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-09-04
To Revive Mesopotamia.
lChicago NeWs.


MesOpotamia the blessed land" the
delta of the TigFis and Euphrates rivers,
Dy many considered to have been the
cradle OF the human race, for centuries
one or the richest and most thickly pop
ulated districts on earth, and now a des-
ert is TO be irrigated and brought back
10 its former state of blessedness. The
whole area includes over 40,OO0 square
miles of alluVial SOIL every square yard
Of which is capable of being irrigated
and cultivated. The general scheme In
cludes the Improvement Of the Tigris
and the Euphrates as means of trans
for the same purpose International nOli-
ties Will figure il the matter for Ger
many is BUILDING the Bagdad railway,
which would cross some of the territory
Sir William WilIocks. an English en-
Stneer, who is interested in the scheme,
says "Babylonia, or lower MesopOtamia,
was heavily cultivated and denSely
populated country for many thousands of
years. It's prosperity depended on nu-
merous canals led from the Euphrates
and the Tlgris, between Bagdad and Bas-
IA past Seleucia, Ctesiphon, Cunaxa
Babylon and scores Of other we'll known
places. The total area of the delta is
some A.0JGC00 acres. of which 100000
acres must have been cultivated, prac-
tically the same area as Egypt.
We have a detailed description of the
country and its canals IN a book written
by an Arab, Ibu Serapion, III A. ID. go.
translation is 10 be found in the Journal
Of the Royal Asiatic Society for 1895. Be
tween A. y. 300 and 1900 the country
was overrun by Mongols. and again about
l4CG by Tartars. and utterly ruined; while
to complete the catastrophe, the Tigris
changed its course north and south of
Basdad and threw the country into com
plete confusion.
Il propose. Sir William adds. Ito bring
back a state of affairs which will make
this delta rs rich as Egypt and one of
the great cotton producers of the world
Meso9otamia viii be the johannesburg
of irrigation. The agricultural wealth of
that cOuntr- viii be one of the facts of
the twentieth centur1. At . moderate
calculation there is s1.250000.O coo of money
in that land.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-09-04
STRONG DENIAL MADE
Recent Deaths on the Isthmus At
tributed to Plsgue-Quar-
antire Established.

Colon, Sept. 3.-The report by the
medical authorities OF the canal that
the death, Aug. 2S, of laborers en-
ployed on the wharf at LabOca was
que TO bubonic PLACE has given rise
to much discussion. Jeronino Ossa,
the Ecuadorian consul at Colon, de-
clareS officially that the report is false
and that there have been no addi-
tional cases Of bubOnic plague on the
isthmus. The direct result of this re-
ported prevalence OF the plague is that
Central American and Mexican ports
refus TO receive freight sent by way
of the isthmus. Costa Rica and Mic
aragua have been altogether closed to
isthmian ports. Several thousand tons
of freight for Central America and
Mexico is now tied up on the isthmus
and this freight is increasing with the
arrival of every vessel
Sweeping changes are taking place
in the management of the Panama
railroad. II. G. Bierd. who arrived
here Thursday from New York, has
assumed the duties of superintendent
of the road, and William Rodman, who
accompanied Mr.. Bierd, has been ap-
pointed roadmaster.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-09-04
1t is to your interest TO visit
the show rooms of the LARGEST
AND MOST PROGRESSIVE MU-
sic DEALERS.
Temple of Music, 74 Main ST.
Mrs Clancy and the "cinsus."

MRS Clancy and the "Cinsus,"
The census taker had called on Mrs.
Pat Clancy. He had greeted Mrs. Clancy
with gentle
in?"
NO. thank you; am one of the cencus
enumeratOrs and
An Dhwat is a cincus enoomerator,
anyhow
well. have to find out who lives here
how many males, how many females,
their ages, occupations, and so FORTH
rs it so? Dear, dear! Did amy wan
iVer? An yeez are TO put il arl down III
buk? LUX at thot, nowi An phwat
good IS de ctnsus when yeez get it? Not
thot l moind havln de goodness av givin'
yeez bit of inflammation, but phwat's de
good iV it arl, says I?''
Il have a great deal of ground to cover
today and must work as rapidly as posi-
bic in the taking of names Your hus-
bands name is Patrick Clancy?"
1t is thot, an it's name he's no made
TO be ashamed av, for-where was he
born? Where should he be born, but in
Guild Oireland? He'd not feel he was a
real Clancy was he born anywhere else.
is IL 10 go in the buk where he was barn.
LUX at that, now. An do We want his
Dc Ciancys are lukin' up whin il comes
to havin their names put in a buk. But
phWat is it all for? PhWat is de good av
IA cinsus bulk? Phwat is me name an
is yer manners to be goin' round ringin'
dure bells an asking de leddies how Guild
is they. Hivin defind We if We ask some
o de leddies in this block how ould they
are! 1t will be loike Ann HooIihan to be
passin' herself off for tWenty-nine whin
she's q bye past nineteen, an de best part
Of her hair is wig What is de good aV
putin de leddies ages in a cinsus buk2
How ould did Bridget Murphy, in de tin
nymint below say she was? Ye're not al
lowed to tell? Tin TO wan Bridget herself
niver tould, for it's a pint on which she's
stnsitive, her bein' a good tin years oulder
than her husband. an I-eXcuse me a
minnet, but l schmells me bread burnin
In de oven an il must be looked after
cinsus or no cinsus. I'll be back in
jiffv."
But when she returned the census man
was gone, having made a note in his book
to the effect that he would call at a time
when he could see Clancy himself, and
Mrs. Clancy went back to her work, say
ing:
'To de divil wild de cinsusi Phwat is
de good Az II arl? He'd not got me age
from me had he shtoOd there until he was
ould as l am. I'll not have me age put in
amy cinsus buk. To de diVil wild de
cinsus Morris Wade il Magazine OF
Fun.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-09-04
The Fighting Chaplain
buffalo Inau.rer.1

Colonel Charles W. Larned was talk
ing at West Point about a famous and
venerable army chaplain.
"A Drawer and more upright man
never lived" Colonel Larned said.
During the civil war he was in the
thick of many a fierce engagement He
the wounded, cheered on the
brave, and put new spirit into the faint
hearted.
He was once distributing cartridges
in the midst of q hot fight As he
approached a certain company he heard
a black bearded private swearing at
the enemy.
"'Blank them" the man was saying.
Dash blank the
But the chaplain interrupted this
stream OF blasohemy.
You shouldn't speak like that,
friend he said
Then he handed the man d packet
or cartridges. adding:
Don't curse them Shoot them.
shoot them
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-09-04
WILD RIDE DOWN HILL
Bus Full of People TOppled Over Near
Vallejo, Cal, and All Were
More or Less. Hurt.

Vallejo. Cal, Sept. 3.-Eighteen persons
had a narrow escape from serious injury
this afternoon near the Napa Soda
Springs A party OF navy yard people
and residents of Vallejo this morning
started on a bus ride for the springs, with
Bert Shouse. q young man, as the driver.
Six horses were attached to the bus. On
the return ride, about a quarter OF a
mile this side of the springs there is a
bad piece Of grade and the brakes failed
10 hold. The bus went rapidly down the
incline, and, upon rounding sharp curve,
ii tOppled over throwing out the occu-
pants. Driver ShOuse, although in dan
ger of death from the heels of the at
frighted horses, plucktly retained MS
hold of the reins, and finally managed
TO control the animals. despite the fact
that he was badly kicked about the
head.
Few of the party escaped injury, but
fortunately none of them was fatally
hurt.
Lieutenant Shane of the transport Law
ton was badly bruised about the head
and body. Miss Kate Mcdonald, VS.
itor from San Francisco, was badly cut
on the head. John Calvin. city editor OF
the Vallejo News, suffered a dislocation
of the shoulder. BOatswain Sheehan ana
wife also sustained injuries. The injured
were treated in Napa and brought here.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-09-04
Sober England.

(Henry Watterson in Louisville Courier
JOurnal)
IN nothing have the habits of gentle
men more changed than in the use of
wine. Time was when each plate and
table WAS enfiladed. almost surrounded.
by an escort if wine glasses. ranging
from sherry TO champagne, and tapering
thence to Madeira and brandy-port
claret. Burgundy, the red alternating with
the white-and he was no good man and
true who did not go through the list and
survive ii. Today at the great houses
YOU NAV have what YOn want, but rare
~ more than three glasses are visible, for
white wine. for red wine and for cham
payne. Apolinaris is largely IN evidence
The fine old English gentleman who made
IL merit TO get trunk on port and to
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-09-04
A Carnegie Story.


Andrew Carnegie tells this as one of his
experiences at Skibo: Soon after he had
bought Skibo there was q circus exhibit
and one of the main attractions was an
orang Outang. One night the Orang outang
got out, fell over the cliff and was killed.
In the morning two of the keepers look
ing over the grounds ran across the BODY
of the dead orang outang. One of them
scratched his head and said, He amt
no Handler, that's sure" The other said.
He amt no Lowlander they amt got
one of them proposed to the other as
follows: 4
I'm go up 10 the kirk and see the
parSon, and You go up to Mr.. Carnegie
and see II any of his American gentry
are missing"
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-09-04
WILLIAM ALDEN SMITH
DIMES WITH THE KAISER

Berlin, Sept S.-United States Con
gresham William Alden Smith of
Michigan was one of Emperor VIII
liam's guests at dinner Saturday night
During a conversation of about fifteen
minutes with Mr.. Smith. after dinner.
Emperor William alluded to the peace
conference at Portsmouth, saying:
President Roosevelt alone deserves
credit for bringing about peace. He
was the only man in the world who
could have done il. He did his part
splendidly."
sented to Crown Prince Frederick Will
liam and Prince Won Buelow. the inn
perial chancellor.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-09-04
He Got 1t Cashed.
lsan Francisco Chronicle.l


He was from Nebraska, and in coming
west on his first long trip across the con-
tinent he exercised commends bic ingenui-
" in protecting his money from spolia-
ton ct the hands of highwaymen. rob-
bers, thieves. bunko men aud manipulat-
ors of the shell game. With his wife and
daughter he did San Francisco thorough
~ i'm three days, and then asked the
cashier at the Grand hotel for his bill
at the same time passing over d badly
soiled and crumpled slip of paper.
What is this-a laundry list or re-
ceiDt for coal bill?" asked the cashier.
why, it's draft explained the vis-
itor from Nebraska.
so il is. | can almost read the writ
Ing on il, said the cashier. / see you
have beer taking good care OF it,"
That's what l have. certainly beat
EN- this time" said the guest with much
exultatiOn. I've been carving it in my
shoe ever since the day ! left Lincoln"
did you know him well?"
II didn't know him at all. That's the
place where ] live"
He finally managed 10 get his draft
cashed.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-09-04
SCOTCH UNIVERSITY
TO HONOR AMERICANS

Glasgow, Sept. 3.-On the occasion of
the installation of Andrew Carnegie as
lord rector of st. Andrews university,
Oct. Il, the university will confer the
honorary degree Of Doctor of Laws on
Mr. Carnegie, WhitelaW Reid, the
American ambassador TO Great Brit
ain; Charlemagne Tower, the Ameri-
can ambassador to Germany: Bishop
Potter of New York, Nicholas Murray
Butler. president of Columbia univer-
sity. New York. and Dr.. William ].
Holland. director of the Carnegie mu-
scum at Pittsburg.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-09-04
SEVENTEENTH ARTICLE.
Fifty Days Allowed for Ratification
of the Treaty.

Portsmouth. y. H., Sept. 3.-The
seventeenth and concluding article of
the treaty provides that the exchange
of Publications shall occur within
fifty days after its signature by the
plenipOtentiaries. The Russian ratifica-
ton viii be communicated to the
Japanese government by the French
minister at Toxic and Mr.. Meyer, the
American ambassador at ST. Peters
burg will communicate the Japanese
ratification to the Russian government.
If the Russians are ready the treaty
will be signed tomorrow afternoon at
o'clock, this date having been sug-
gested by Baron K0mura. Otherwise
the treaty viii be signed Tuesday
morning. The plenipOtentiaries have
invited Governor McLane TO witness
the signature of the treaty and he has
been telegTaphed for.
The Japanese hope TO get away
Tuesday and the Russians Tuesday or
Wednesday.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-09-04

French Priests Cruelty Tortured and Killed Church Property
Looted and Burned-GeneraI Ant.F oreign
Movement.

against the Roman Catholic missionaries
in YunnaD show the seriousness to be
greater than previously reported. Not
only We're churches destroyed and looted
sacred vessels being carried away, but In
many districts French priests were cruel
~ tortured and killed.
One priest, who escaped into French
territory by making his way down the
Hotekiang secFeted in the bottom of a
boat. ren0rts that the uprising was so
sudden that the missionaries were com
pletely surprised. He reported that
twelve mission houses along the Soko
We're burned, and In the outlying districts
where there were few foreigners, not q
Yestige of church property remains The
refugee stated that the rising was due TO
a general anti-foreign movement, spread
ing through the south of China.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-09-04
Common Sense Diplomacy.

ST. Petersburg Sept 3-The Crash
dlnn saws: with the advent of peace
as the result of the conference at
Portsmouth, European diplomacy
steps back TO give place TO the practical.
sound. common sense diplomacy ex-
emplified by President Roosevelt. Mr..
Witte is the same type OF man as MIR.
Roosevelt. The latter understood the
Russian pleniDotenatiary and came to
his assistance in time of need. but the
success Of the conference was entirely
due 10 the president Mr.. Witte made
a good impression on the Americans.
and this helped him in his work"
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-09-04

tfICTORIA, IS. c.. Sept 3-AdVices
" were received from Peking BIZ the
steamer Athenian that the uprising
of the Kalohus, an organization similar
10 the Boxers, is assuming serious pro-
portions in southern Shansi The insur-
gents have burned many government Of
fees and yamens Imperial troops, sew
eral thousand strong. consisting OF cav
airy infantry and artillery, were sent on
Aug Is TO put down the Instruction
but were repulsed by the rioters. Several
high officials have been killed in Taiy-
uanfu and il is reported some mission
aries have also been killed.
The foreigners IN the section were. TAX
ing refuge in the government yaInens.
Further details received OF the uprising
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-09-04
TRAGEDY AT CHICAGO MAY SOLVE
THE RECENT MlZE MURDER MYSTERY

Police inspector Shippe stated to-
night that in this shooting the police
believe they see a solution of the mys-
terry OF the killing of Mrs. Mize near
the Del Prado hotel about two weeks
ago. Mrs. HILL it is said, very much
resembles Mrs. Mize. Mrs. Hill stated
that her divorced husband had been
seeking her for months and had threat
ened to kill her on sight. Miller's re-
volver. the police say, held three empty
cartridges. Two of these were emp
tied last night while the other appar-
emily had been fired some time ago
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-09-04
PEACE TREATY
is COMPLETED
Continued from Page 1.

Continued from Page 1.
fore the cloth for the tails was cut
Off
Russian Rights Protected.
One of the articles In the treaty pro-
vides for the protection of private
rights and property acquired under
Russian control in South Sakhalin and
! in Dalny, Port Arthur and other places
in the Liatung peninsula. The Russian
government has had innumerable pc
titions on this subject.
Several OF them are from Americans
who held concessions in southern
Sakhaiin. While full synopsis of the
treaty will be cabled TO the govern
ments Of the two countries the actual
text will not be known at Toxic or
ST. Petersburg until the plenipoten-
tiaries arrive. It is expected that to
cable such a long document textually
would make it possible for a expert
later when the text becomes public to
work out the government cipher.
Emperors Must Sign Treaty.
NJ. Witte will personally convey the
text to st. Petersburg and Baron
, Komura 10 Toxic. This is the reason
Why both are anxious TO get home as
soon as possible, as the treaty does not
go into force until the two emperors
have signed IL. To avoid the delay of
exchange of documents, which would
involve six weeks at least, notification
of the final approval by the emperors
will be made through neutrals. the
United States in the case of Japan and
France in the case Of Russia. The text
Of the treaty will not be made public
at Portsmouth. If it ever is it will be
after It has received the approval of
the two empeTOrs. NJ. Witte, when
questioned upon this subject by the
Associated Press. remarked laughingly:
You are at liberty to announce both
In Europe and in America that we are
willing TO make the treaty of Ports
mouth public as soon as the new
Anglo-Japanese treaty is given to the
world"
An Exclusive Affair.
The signing of the treaty is to be
very exclusive affair. The Japanese
objected to the presence of any news
paper correspondents or photographers
and it has therefore been decided that
beside the plenipotentiaries and secre-
taries there shall be present only As
sistant Secretary Peirce, representing
the president. Governor McLane of
New Hampshire, the mayor of Ports
mouth, Admiral Mead. commander of
the navy yard and the commanders of
any United States ships in the harbOr.
in this case only Captain WinsloW, of
the MayfiOWer, Mr. Peirce has pro-
cured four ordinary quill pens with
one of which each of the plenipOten-
tiaries will sign.
Baron KOmura and Mr. Takahira,
through Mr.. SatO, have invited the
newspaper correspondents and guests
of the hotel and the United States gov
eminent officials here TO meet them i'm
their quarters tomorrow night for an
informal reception
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-09-04

Chicago. Sept. S.-After trying to kill
his divorced wife, and Louis b. Hill,
a grain broker. to whom She was mar
ried last November, George c. Miller,
a retired broker, tonight shot himself
in the head, fatally wounding him
self, just as the police arrived to ar
rest him. Mr.. Hill Will lose his arm
as the result of the shot from Miller 8
revoFver, but Mrs. Hill escaped I'M
harmed. The shooting occurred at the
home of the Hills. S25 Chicago ave-
nue..
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-09-04
AUTO ACCIDENT

Covington. Ind, Sept John Harrison,
a member of the Joliet 0lls) prison
board and editor of the DanviHe OlisD
Commercial News; his mother Mrs. Min
Ia Harrison. and Colonel and Mrs J. H.
Harrison of Ottawa. Kan, were All badly
injured near here this afternoon. when
Mr.. HarrisOn's automobile plunged over
an embankment. All will recover.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-09-04
TURKISH TOWN ABLAzE.

= Constantinople, Sept. S.-Fire at =
= Adrianople Saturday caused =
y enormous damage. Seven thou y
y sand houses We're destroyed in the y
y Greek, Armenian. Bulgarian and =
Jewish quarters. There were =
= many victims. With the excep- =
y ton OF the Catholic church, the .
= mosques, the schools, a convent y
= and the telegraph Offices few y
buildings were insured y
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-09-04
VALUABLE HORSES BURNED.

Canton, o.. Sept 3-The stables at the
Stark county race track burned 10 the
ground late tonight. OF the l25 horses
quartered there, seven persisted. Two Of
the horses burned We're Chauito and
MikadO. entered by George Teare of
Cleveland
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-09-04
Her First impression.
Chicago News.)

Just to think" remarked Mr. stubb,
stirring his coffee thOughtfully, ''of the
Russian battleship Kniaz Potemkine
cruising around with red flag al the
mast"
II WAS rather unusual replied Mrs
Subb. Who cares to buy Il battleship
an auction"
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-09-04
BIG CONTRACT sEcuREn

Liverpool, Sept, at is reported here.
through tha influence OF German
prince the Hamburg-American Steamship
company has secured large contracts for
the taking home of the Russian prisoners
in Janan at $3.50 per head
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-09-04
TOXIC DISCONTINUED.

Rome, Sept S.-The newspapers here
announce that Toxic is displaying dis
content with the result of the peace
conference, and that several cables
connecting Japan with the continent
have been cut.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-09-04
INFECTED WITH PLAGUE,

Zanzibar. Sept. S.-This town is de-
clared to be infected with plague.
There have been ten cases among the
natives. from which I'VE deaths re-
suited