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Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-06-05
A DENVER PARTY AT THE GREAT PYRAMID.

The figures are much larger now than
in the year mentioned. 1t will never be
known how much American money is
spent in Europe every summer. Each
year sees some new road opened, some
new attractions added to the itinerary,
although the object itself may be as
ancient as those visited by the COM
paratively few who used to do the trav-
cling. According to the best inforna-
ton, not less than s5,000,000 represented
the output by American invasion into
Europe in 1907. In 1885 10000 Americans
visited Paris. In 1895 the number went
UP to $4,000 during the season. The
number was increased In the banner
year and will exceed the banner year
during the present season.
Travel According to Distances.
If these figures fail to give the rnathe-
NAUTICAL mind an idea OF the tidal wave
Of travel vision of the extent Of for
eign journeying may be had In contem-
plating 1t by distances.
Estimating the number that have gone
abroad at 100000. which Is the mini
mum, It is found by returns made by
the travel agencies that the distance
travelled by this army of European oc-
cupation was over 5oO,Oo0.Ooo miles. The
same distance would be enough for a
round trip to the solar system. with side
trips to Mars. Jupiter and some one
night stands on smaller planets. If
the mathematical mind Is hungry for
some other basis on which to grasp the
idea of the magnitude Of the travel
proposition, here is another way Of look
ing at 1t:
II a hundred people set out to travel
the distance travelled in a single season
by Americans who go abroad they each
would be compelled to journey 200 times
around the earth, which would keep
them busy at the highest rate Of speed
for fifty years. At this rate q traveller
would have to start early in life.
Assuming that you have concluded to
go abroad and that you have secured
your passport, which is now necessary
only in Russia, but which Is good
thing to keep handy wherever you go,
and assuming that you have obtained
from any well known bank letter Of
credit which you can show to any rep
utable banker abroad when you have
occasion to draw, for no traveller who
expects to spend much will ever carry
all his money with him, the next thing
of interest is the cost from, say, New
York city 3,s
There are now three rates-sum n1er,
intermediate season and winter. Tho
traveller with a bank account that is
quite elastic hardly need be told that II
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-06-05

airy, and this month in later years also
saw the death Of Queen Victoria
The month of February WAS fatal to
two lovely queens. for Mary. queen of
Scots, was beheaded on Feb. S, 1857,
and on Feb. 13, 1542, Catherine How
ard met her end on Tower hill. On
Feb. 49, 1920, the Due de Berr was
murdered. On Feb. Is. 1884, the Duke
of Friedland was assassinatcd. and
Februady. 1908, saw tho murder of
the king and crown prince Of Portu-
gal.
March is also ominous. On March
IA, A 3. G. julius Caesar died by the
hands of assassins. On March 49,
1904, the Due d'Enghien was shot.
The Emperor Paul of Russia was mur-
dered on March 90. 1901. Gustavus
III, king of Sweden. died by violence
on March 20, 1892.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-06-05
Rents In EnuIand,

The cheapest houses at Bournville.
England. rent for only $3.50 a month.
which includes taxes and water rates.
Such house contains five rooms and
a wonderful folding bath, which
stands UP like cabinet when not in
use. Clerks and artisans, however.
generally pay about s1a.3O a month for
seven rooms and an eighth of an acre.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-06-05
Gold and silver Cannon.

The maharajah gaekwar OF Baroda
has melted down and converted into
bullion the celebrated gold and silver
cannon of Raroda. OF these costly but
useless toys the silver guns of a for
mer gaek were the inspiration. In
order to go one better" than his pred
ecessor the late gaeltWar had the gold
guns cast and mounted at cost. it is
said, Of 100000.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-06-05
Fatal Months.

1t is strange that the first half of the
year appears to be fatal to the persons
of kings and rulers. One finds in this
period more anniversaries of execu-.
tons and assassinations than in all
the rest of the year. On Ian. Il. 1898,
Louis XVI was executed, and on Jan.
80, 1870. Charles !. lost his head. The
late Duke of Clarence died in Janu-
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-06-05
The Census Of Lanan.

Hitherto the population of japanese
towns of the empire as a Whole has
been estimated from the official rec
ords of births and deaths and other
documents. but It has now been ar
ranged to make a municipal house to
house investigation. commencing at
Kobe
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-06-05
India's Cotton Bua,

One of the most destructive as well
as one OF the most offensive pests that
afIlict the planters of India IS the red
cotton bug. The insect has been re-
ported as a cotton pest from every
part of the country. It's presence is
detected by the offensive odor.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-06-05
Journeys to Business.

The occupant of a top floor Office In
New York estimates that in going 10
and from his office he travels 12a
miles each year by elevator.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-06-05

The incidentals included several visits
to museums and few souvenirs. The
rate for third class passage is higher
now than it was when the two young
men went over, but with the advance a
similar trip may be taken for SIPS.
Since his first trip one of the young
men has made several Journeys abroad,
extending his travels each time He
gives it as his experience that one may
see good deal over there for 81 day,
exclusive of car fares, and for sl.25 or
$3.50 day the traveller who goes to see
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-06-05
AMERICANS TAKING TRAIN FOR JERUSALEM.
Get Some French Phrases.

instead Of being seen will return sat
isfied
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-06-05

i pulously clean and the food more whole
Some than that obtained in many SO
called first class boarding houses The
young men had been reared in the Gull
tured atmosphere Of Boston. but they
confessed after their return that for the
most part the passengers In the cabin
they occupied were interesting, polite
and, as a rule, far more considerate of
the comfort Of each other than are the
passengers above in many instances.
Tho real test Of politeness is unselfsh-
ness, whether you find it on land or at
sea, and. as there is something about
the sea which brings people closer than
is the case on land. the third class pas
senger who is not q brigand or a fugi-
tive will quickly ally himself to the bet
ter element.
The two examples cited spent one
week in London and six weeks In Paris.
They stopped at private house In the
former. The fare to Paris and return
cost s11. The room In Paris cost Sl.50
each week Their food averaged $3.50
each a week. and they never went
hungry. Here is a copy of their ex-
penses for the trip:
Passage over and back ................. 500
Round trip ticket, London to Paris. ii
Six weeks in Paris at s6................. 36
Total for necessities .................... $50
1ncidentals 20
Total slCo
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1909-12-23
HOLDS GRIP ON BLUEFIELDS
United States Will Protect Its Citi-
zens in Nicaragua.

Bluefelds, Nicaragua-The American
grip on BluefeTds was frightened Friday,
when Commander Shipley of the cruiser
Des Moines, under authority of Rear
Admiral Kimball, in command OF the
American forces in Nicaragua, issued
proclamation formally stating that no
fighting would be allowed at Bluefelds.
Thomas p Moffat, the American con-
sui here, delivered the message to Adolfo
Diaz, provisional secretary of state, to
be forwarded to Gen. Estrada, the leader
of the revolutionists and provisional
president, at Rama. A copy of it is be-
ing sent also to Gen. vasquez, the leader
of the Zelayan forces.
The proclamation quotes the letter OF
Secretary Knox dismissing the Nicara-
guam charge d'affaires at Washington,
and then declares that fighting at Blue
fields is prohibited, because American
property and the lives of Americans
would be endangered.
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1909-12-23
ELEVEN DIE IN WRECK
RICHMoND-ATLANTA TRAIN Is
DERAlLED.
Most Of Killed and Injured in Rich
mond Sleeper, Which Was
Demolished.

Greensboro, N. C.-Local passenger
known as the Richmond and Atlanta,
was wrecked Wednesday morning at $3.50
o'clock at Reedy Fork trestle, ten miles
north of here, and early tonight eleven
dead bodies had been removed from the
wreckage. Twenty-Five injured are be-
ing cared for at st. Leo's Hospital here.
Three coaches Of the train fell into the
swollen stream.
As the last coach was almost on the
trestle the five coaches toppled over,
broke loose from the mail and express
car and tumbled to the mud and water
below. The Norfolk Pullman fell in the
water, while the Richmond sleeper, just
in front, landed only partially in the
water.
The most of the injured and killed in
the sleepers were in the Richmond sleep
er, which was almost totally demolished.
The Norfolk sleeper was not so badly
torn up, but fell on its side in the swol-
len stream, submerging many of the pas
sengers.
The two day coaches in front of the
Pullmans were also complete wrecks,
being smashed into kindling wood.
OF those killed some were scalded to
death, others were badly mutilated while
one was cut in half at the waist, his
dismembered parts being found at the
opposite ends of the COACH
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1909-12-23
STATE RIGHTS SPECTRE RISES
Mann Bill Would Give Government
Great Power

Washington-The effort of the present
congress to suppress the white slave
traffic" has caused a naturalization of
the ancient spectre of states rights"
and the house committee on interstate
and foreign commerce, before which the
Mann bill is pending, is at absolute log
gerheads over the question.
Strong objection on the part of the
Democratic members of the committee
has been manifested.
Representative Richardson (Alabama)
takes the position that the bill consti-
tutes an effort by the federal govern
ment to regulate the morals of the
state. He declares that if the bill be-
comes law there are no limits to which
the federal government might not go in
regulating the morals and health of q
sovereign state. Mr.. Richardson is sup
ported in his opposition by Representa-
tives Bartlett and Adamson of Georgia.
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1909-12-23
Many Industries Spring Up.

There is no section of Mississippi at
the present time that is developing with
more rapidity and more steadily than Is
the stretch along the valley OF Pearl
river, and the greatest factor in that
development is the New Orleans Great
Northern Railroad. 1t is scarcely hve
months since the full length of the mile
age which has been laid in Mississippi
was opened up, and the first passenger
trains began to operate through to Jack
son, yet even in that brief period the
signs of development and progress have
become more and more noticeable. Cot
ton gins, congresses, seed warehouses
and saw mills have been built, while IN
their vicinity either the old settlements
have taken on new life, or the new ones,
or those that are the outgrowth OF these
enterprises, are growing steadily.
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1909-12-23
WILL JOURNEY OVER SOUTH
Farm Demonstration Men From
Capital Are Sent Out.

Washington. A somewhat unique
campaign of education is to be under
taken in January by DIR. S. A. Knapp,
of the department of agriculture, in
charge of the farm demonstration work
in the South, which will have for its
object a discussion of the farm methods
and policies of the various States visited
and the means for bringing about greater
agricultural prosperity. The trip is be-
ing arranged by the Southern railway
and is undertaken at the suggestion of
that company.
There will be series of eight or nine
addresses, each treating directly of the
agricultural work and conditions in the
community or State visited, the entire
series being a collected study of farm
life methods, opportunities and POSSIBLE
tiles in the Southeastern States.
The meeting will be held at Lynch
burg, Va, Charlotte, N. c., Greenville,
S. c., Macon, Ca, Jacksonville, Fla, An
niston and Huntsville, Ala, West Point
and Greenville, Miss, Memphis, Tenn,
and Lexington, Ky.
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1909-12-23

INCREASE FOR YEAR IN EDI-
BLES Is ga PER CENT.
In Eleven Years the Cost of Living
Has Increased 3713 Per Cent.
Prices Highest in Cities.

Trenton, N. 1.-The bureau of statis-
ties of labor and industry in its report
for 1909, just issued, shows some start
ling results of study of the cost of iv-
ing, giving among other things COM
parison of retail prices as reported from
seventy cities, towns and villages in the
State for selected bill of goods con-
tanning upward of fifty articles chosen
with view to making the entire list
as nearly as possible representative OF
the standard varieties of table supplies
in use by families of average incomes.
The comparison between the prices
quoted for the test bill of goods in 1898
and those furnished by the same dealers
from the same localities for 1909 shows
that the aggregate price of the same has
increased 37.13 per cent during the last
eleven years. The increases for teas and
coffees have been comparatively slight.
Butter shows an advance of 65.5s per
cent; flour, per barrel, 59.65 per cent;
fresh meats of all kinds show increases
that are very large, the greatest being
1886 for fresh pork.
The advance in cost of food is only
partly offset by the increase in average
earnings of persons employed in manu-
featuring industry, which for the eleven
years amounted to only 10 per cent. The
cost of living, therefore, so far as the
table supplies are concerned, is shown to
have outrun the advance in wages by
approximately IS per cent.
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1909-12-23
$685., 573 PAID ON SUGAR DUTY
Arbuckles Put Up This Amount to
the Government.

New York-Arbuckle Brothers, said to
be the largest independent rivals of the
American Sugar Refining Company, have
acknowledged that from 1898 to 1907
they, too, failed to pay to the govern
ment all the money due as customs
charges on imported sugar In settle
ment of all civil claims against them,
the Arbuckles have offered and the treas
uary department, with the concurrence
of the attorney general, has accepted
payment of $685., 1913, but criminal pros
ecution of those responsible will in no
wise be hampered or conditioned by this
acceptance.
The government has now received the
following restitutions and fines from inn
porters of raw sugars:
The American Sugar Refining Com
pany Voluntarily, $2,OO0,o0o; the
American Sugar Refining Company Zine
imposed by the court), $135,OOO; Ar
buckle Brothers Voluntarily, $685., 573.
Total recovered, $2.s3o,573.
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1909-12-23
MILLIONS FOR MISSISSIPPI.

Washington Estimates of river and
harbor improvements in Mississippi sub
mitted by Representative Benjamin G.
Humphreys for the river and harbor bill
now in course of framing amount to
s4,s75,ooo That is, the improvements
Mr.. Humphrey would have the commit
tee authorize in Mississippi total that
amount, and the indications are that the
committee will accept Mr.. Humphreys
estimates. They are in addition to tho
amounts included by the secretary OF
the treasury in his annual estimates.
For the revetment of the banks of the
lower Mississippi Mr.. Humphreys will
ask for $4,000, 900.
The usual appropriation for this pur-
pose is 81, ooo 900, but Humphreys is as
sured of securing double that sum this
year.
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1909-12-23
A sPoRT-LovINe PEOPLE.

The Anglo-Saxons love sport. No
matter in what part of the world they
are found, the spirit is strong among
them. Wherever the restless Anglo
Saxon dominates, the love of sport is
dominant. The Americans are-at
least, the most of them-descendant
of this virile race, and nowhere is the
love of sport so much exhibited as in
this country. Our people are patrons
Of horseracing, of baseball, of golf, of
football. Of all out-of-door sports as no
other people. The English are great
sportsmen, but not to the extent that
Americans are, for the reason that
the opportunities are greater here.
Nor does the nation suffer from this
propensity. We are told, of course,
by some OF our college thinkers that
our young men indulge too much in
athletics. that this Indulgence is Diet.
riment rather than a benefit to the
boys; that because of the fad" as
these wiseacres term it, we are in.
Juring the physical powers of the
boys. We do not take much stock in
this sort Of pessimism. Here and there
q few may overdo themselves and fall
Dy the wayside; but athletic competi-
ton has never, In our judgment. seri-
ously injured American youth. On
the contrary. 1t has developed in them
muscle, courage and self-reliance.
requisites to good health and ultimate
success when they are called upon to
lay aside athletics for the more seri-
GUS cares of life.
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1909-12-23

Evidence accumulates that Boring
sea covers center of great seismic
ana volcanic activity. The command
er of a revenue cutter reports to the
treasury department that he has in
vestigated Bogoslof island, the fire.
quent changes in which have been Of
much scientific interest, and that he
steamed all around the island, taking
soundings the entire way and finding
bottom only at one place. where the
lead touched at a depth Of As fathoms.
Steam Jets arise from lake in the
center of the island. and the conclu-
sion is that the island Is the summit
OF volcano and that the lake is the
crater. Bogoslof island has perpe-
trated some curious stunts from time
to time, and volcanic origin seems to
explain them. Uncle Sam came into
possession of many interesting things
when he acquired Alaska.
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1909-12-23
DEATH CALLS LEOPOLD
WAS SON OF LEOPOLD I, AND
PRINCES LOUISE.
End Came After Prolonged Illness.
Had Many Domestic Troubles.
Career Was Picturesque.

Brussels-Leopold H., king of the Bel
gians, died at 2:35 o'clock Thursday
morning, his aged and wasted body be-
ing unable to stand the strain put upon
it. The collapse occurred suddenly and
at a moment when the doctors seemingly
had the greatest hopes for his recovery.
Leopold H., though the ruler of one of
the smallest of the European states, had
been a prominent factor in European
politics ever since his accession to the
throne of Belgium at the death of his
father, King Leopold l., in 1865. Shrewd,
thoroughly conversant with the details
of international politics, he had main
tanned the unity of his kingdom and fos-
tered its prosperity through periods of
turmoil and times of peace.
King Leopold was born in 1885. At
IS years of age, in 1853, he married
Marie Henriette, daughter of the
Archduke Joseph of Austria.
His domestic life was far from happy.
Though he loved the companionship of
women, the queen was ever busy with
her horses, maintaining a private stable
separate from the kings. Besides the
time spent with her horses, the queen
was devoted to other animals, and her
kennels we're reputed to be among the
best in Europe. She died on Sept. 10,
1902.
One of tho bitterest stings of the aged
kings life was the death of his only son,
Prince Leopold, duke of Brabant and
count Of Hainault, in 1869. He had three
daughters, one Of whom was married to
Prince Leopold of Saxe-Coburg. Another
was married to the Crown Prince Ru-
dofph Of Austria Hungary, who came to
such tragic end. His sister was the
wife of Macmillan, shot in Mexico.
These domestic infelicities brought
permanent sadness to the king, and dur
ing the latter years of his life his face
was lined with the marks of sorrow.
Dignifed, grand, kingly in appearance,
yet he seemed as one utterly weary with
the trials and almost overwhelming suf'
ferings of his life.
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1909-12-23
TO ESTABLISH PR0TECT0RATE
Joint Guardianship of Nicaragua
With Mexico Advocated.

Neutrality-suspicious. of the projects for
the solution of the Nicaraguan situation
which has been strongly urged upon the
state department is the establishment
of a protectorate, either singly by the
United States or jointly with Mexico.
1t is said that precedent for such &C
ton could be found in the eases of Santo
Domingo and Cuba. In the first instance
large sums of money were owing to
American citizens, which could not be
collected from tho Domingo government
(then in state of chaos) by diplomatic
means. In the case of Nicaragua the
government has defaulted in the pay
ment of the agreed allotments in the
Emery claim. In the case of Cuba
state of disorder that threatened the
safety of the lives and property of Amer
leans and other foreigners existed that
was the warrant for Intervention.
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1909-12-23
zELAYA is DOWN AND OUT
Who Will Take Up the Reins No
Seems to Know.

Managua, Nicaragua-Jose Santos
Zelaya has resigned from the presidency
of Nicaragua. Apparently there was no
other course for him to take. The peo-
pie were at last aroused. The guns OF
the revolutionists threatened. The war
ships of the United States lay in Mo
araguan ports.
Managua has been seething for days.
The spirit of revolt has spread even TO
the gates of the palace. Zelaya sur
rounded himself with an armed guard.
Unchecked, the populace have marched
through the streets. They demanded the
end Of the old and proclaimed the new
regime.
Who will take up the reins' No one
knows or cares.
1t is sufficient that Zelaya as dictator
will be known no more.
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1909-12-23
Big Fund for Waterways.

NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Alexander of
the rivers and harbors committee says
the committee is making progress in the
preparation of bill which probably
would be framed early in January. He
says also that prospects are good for
getting it reported out of the commit
tee by February /. Representative Rams
dell, who is president of the National
Rivers and Harbors Congress, says he
hears that a bill carrying an appropria-
ton of 100000 is likely
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1909-12-23
JACKSON.
LIQUORS Cannot Be Stored.

Liquors Cannot Be Stored.
A very interesting and important law
suit was heard at Pontotoc before Judge
John II. Mitchell, circuit judge. y.
The state of Mississippi is dry
state and recently a wholesale liquor
house in Cairo established a warehouse
in Corinth for the storage OF liquors.
Orders for whisky from other states
would be received, and turned over to
the express company to be shipped out
of the state TO nonresident consignees.
The city of Corinth passed an ordi-
nance prohibiting the storage OF liquor
within the city limits for purpose OF sale
or shipment. q,
The liquor house agent asked for and
obtained writ of prohibition restrain.
ing the city from arresting the said
agent, which they were doing every day.
The case came up for hearing before
Judge Mitchell, who dissolved the writ,
which in effect now allows the city to
arrest the party as it sees proper under
the ordinance. The case will go to the
supreme court at once.