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REJECTS 1TREATY
MANCHURIN CONVENTION
TO HAVE LAPSED
SAID
RUSSIA WILL HOT EVACUATE
Abandoned Agreement Only Thing
Which Required Russia to Leave
Chinese Provinces A3 Outlook Ap
pears to German Eyes
YOKOHAMA Baron von Rosen
the Russian minister to Japan la still
awaiting instructions from his gov
ernment In the matter of negotiations
now prpceeding between Japan and
Russia
A Russian regiment from the Bai
lcall military district is reported to
have arrived at
about 150 miles northwest of Peking
and ninety miles from the Russian
frontier M Lessar Russian minis
ter to China has announced that the
Manchurian convention has lapsed
The Manchurian convention be
tween Russia and China was signed
April 8 1902 and according to it the
evacuation of the three Manchurian
provinces were to be carried out in
threo consecutive periods of six
months from the signing of the con
vention A note from M Lessar was
appended to the convention declaring
that if the Chinese government not
withstanding the assurances given it
violate any provision of the conven
tion the Russian government will not
hold itself bound either by the terms
of the Manchurian agreement or by
the declarations previously made in
connection with the matter and will
he compelled to repudiate any respon
sibility and consequence that might
arise therefrom
Chin was to be permitted to
maintain whatever force she thought
necessary in Manchuria after the
evacuation Russia also agreed that
if Tien Tsin was restored to the
Chinese within the first six months
to evacuate New Chwang at the time
this restoration was made The allies
turned over Tien Tsin to the Chinese
August 15 of last year The conven
tion was to have been ratified within
three months but this was not done
As It Looks to German Eyes
BERLIN Russia and Japan act
as though either would fight if the
other should hold immovable to the
position taken up in the last exchange
of communications This is the actual
situation as understood officiali
from reports received from the Ger
man embassy in St Petersburg and
the German legation at Tokio Yet
this mutual attitude with hostile
preparations by both countries is still
regarded here as not excluding an
honorable entanglement Neither gov
ernment lias gone so far that it must
fight or be humiliated but either
cabinet by a single step can put the
other in that position This delicate
balance may of course be violently
disturbed any day though no ulti
miatum has yet been thrownon either
scale
GIVES MONEY TO COLLEGES
Mr and Mrs W J Bryan to Distrib
ute the Bennett Bequests
NEW HAVEN Conn William J
Bryan as executor filed for probate
the will of the late Philo S Bennett
The will disposed of an estate worth
approximately 253000 Among the
public bequests the will provides that
10000 will be divided among twenty
five colleges or universities by Wil
liam J Bryan and 10000 is given to
Mr Bryan to aid needy studbnts
while a similar amount is to be dis
tributed by Mrs Bryan among deserv
ing students in female colleges
NEW YORK There is an uncon
firmed report here that Mrs Philo S
Bennett will contest the will of her
husband
J Find the Cashier Short
IOWA FALLS la E C Soule who
was recently removed from his posi
tion as cashier of the Home Savings
bank kao been arrested charged with
larceny by embezzlement In default
of bail amounting to 15000 he was
taken to jail at Eldora It is stated
that officers of the bank found a
shortage of about 30000 Soule
came here from Monmouth 111 seven
years ago He is said to have engag
ed in speculation
Financial Secretary of War Office
LONDON It is reported that Lieu
tent Colonel William Bromly Daven
port member of parliament has been
officer the financial secretary of war
office
Strike May Be Averted
CHICAGO Indications are that the
threatened strike of the employes of
the Chicago City Railway company
will be averted Arrangements have
been made for a conference be
tween representatives of the union
and General Manager McCulloch on
Monday when it is believed that an
amicable adjustment ofSe contro
versy will be reached Moth sides
are said to be willing to make con
cessions
TREATY TO AVOID YVARO
France and Great Britain Agree on a
General Arbitration Plan
PARIS It was learned in authori
tative quarters that the tonus of the
general treaty of arbitration between
France and Great Britain have been
concluded between Foreign Minister
Delcasse and the authorities in Lon
don
All the substantial terms of the
treaty have now been settled There
only remain minor questions of detail
and the signing of the treaty These
formalities are so far advanced that
the treaty is considered to be an ac
complished fact The advanced state
of the negotiations has pot yet been
communicated to the public
The treaty follows the general lines
of the Hay Pauncefote treaty which
to a considerable extent served as a
model It is pointed out that the Hay
Pauncefote treaty although rejected
by the United States senate now
serves the useful purpose of giving a
basis for this important Anglo French
treaty The officials also view the ne
gotiations as evidence of the sympa
thetic attitude of the United State3
France and Great Britain on the prac
tical adoption of the theory of arbi
tration
PLANNING FOR -A REVOLUTION
Presidential Candidate Thinks that
the Surest Way
PANAMA Colombia Presidential
aspiration are clouding the political
horizon of Colombia It is reported
that General Pedro Ospinus who had
been proposed by the Carlos party as
a presidential candidate for the next
term angefred by President Marrb
quins opposition to him and the lat
ters support of General Reyes who is
considered the official candidate has
become seriously complicated in a pro
jected revolutionary outbreak some
where on the isthmus It is said that
General Herrara and other prominent
liberal leaders are associated in the
movement If the report is true this
is General Ospinus second attempt at
an insurrection yfor in 1902 while
holding the post of war minister he
was banished from the republic be
cause of his complicity in a scheme
to overthrow President MarroquinJ
Will Say Nothing About Challenging
Again for Cup
NEW YORK Sir Thomas Lipton
sailed for England Friday on the
steamer Cedric Sir Thomas said he
was not feeling as well as he looked
but that he expected to gain strength
on his way to England
Sir Thomas bade goodbye to H H
Davies his American representative
and Captain Webster who were the
only persons at the dock to see him
off He would not talk about the
possibility of his challenging again for
the cup
The Cedric also carried J Coleman
Drayton Dr Hans Schwegel Austrian
vice consul at Chicago P H Whit
taker M P and W H Truesdale
president of the Deleware Lackawan
na Western railroad
EXPENSES TO BE CUT DOWN
Number of Municipalities in Philip
pines to be Reduced
MANILA A commission is now
engaged in reducing a number of
municipalities in the different prov
inces of the islands This will greatly
reduce the expenses of the govern
ment
At the request of Governor Taft
Admiral Stirling has detached two
gunboats the Isla de Cuba and the
Pampamga to Samar to search the
neighboring waters for the little
steamer Victoria with Johnson and
Herman the defaulting constabulary
on hoard The coast guard vessel has
also been sent out to overtake the
fugitives if possible No word of
their whereabouts has been received
from any source
Lieutenant Haycraft Out
LEAVENWORTH Kas Second
Lieutenant William A Haycraft of
the Twenty second infantry now at
Fort Leavenworth was notified today
by the War department that his resig
nation had been accepted He was
one of the student officers who failed
to pass his examinations and was not
graduated with his class at the gen
eral service and staff college in July
and resigned on this account
Cornell Gets a Bequest
Irvington N Y The will of Fred
erick W Guiteau was filed on Wednes
day It bequeaths 100000 outright to
Cornell university The income of
40000 and the use of the Irvington
estate is bequeathed to his sister
Mary G Howe during her life After
disposing of amounts ranging from
j500 to 5000 to twenty relatives the
residue in addition to the 100000
gift is left to Cornell university
d
Later he was elected senator for An
tioquia and with Senor Caro now
president of the senate has led the
opposition in congress
SIR THOMAS SAILS FOR HOME
QUITS HIS FLAG
ASSISTANT ATTORNEY CHRIS
TIANCY RESIGNS OFFICE
REASON ASSIGNEDI BAD HEALTH
Letter of Resignation Filed the 14th
of July Auditor Castle of the Post
office Department Also Takes Leave
of Hie Position
WASHINGTON The postmaster
general has accepted the resignation
of G A C Qhristiancy as assistant
attorney in the office of the assistant
attorney general for the postoffice de
partment
Mr Christiancys letter of resigna
tion which was addressed to Post
master General Payne was filed July
14 and is as follows
For reasons assigned in the com
munication addressed to you under
April 25 1903 I requested to be re
lieved from th6 duties as assistant at
torney general of the postoffice depart
ment I take this step because I feel
and my physician tells me impera
tively that it will be absolutely im
possible for me to undertake desk
work for a considerable time For
many months prior to the granting to
me of leave of absence on April 28
I was continuing my duties directly
against the advice of my medical ad
visor but owing to then prevailing
conditions I did not think I could ab
sent myself That strain has accen
tuated since and has brought about a
condition calling absolutely for free
dom from sustained labor In the fu
ture as in theast I shall hold my
self at the service of the department
for any assistance I can furnish I
beg to express to you my very earnest
appreciation of the uniform kindness
and courtesy I have received from
you
The reasons assigned in Mr Chris
tiancys letter of April 25 were bad
health
The postmaster general when h
received Mr Christiancys letter of
July 14 took no action upon it be
yond referring it to Assistant Attorney
General Robb with request for ad
vice as to the prober course to puisue
Mr Robbs reply was not made pub
lic until Thursday and was as fol
lows
The investigation being completed
I now have the honor to advise you
that in my judgment no evidence has
been adduced impugning the honesty
of Mr Christiancy and that therefore
there is no good reason why his res
ignation should not be accepted
Mr Paynes letter of acceptance
was forwarded Friday It is a pure
ly formal document and reads as fol
lows
I beg to advise you that your res
ignation tendered on July 14 1903 has
this day been accepted
Mr Christiancy has been on leave
without pay since last April
Auditor Castle Resigns
Announcement of the resignation of
H A Castle auditor for the postoffice
department was made Friday The
resignation was dated October 7 and
was directed to the secretary of the
treasury who has indicated his ac
ceptance
The resignation is to take effect
when his successor is appointed and
on the qualification Mr Castle will re
main in office until that time Mr
Castle also said that he tendered his
resignation last spring When the in
vestigation of the postoffice accounts
was begun Secretary Shaw asked him
to remain and he had consented to
do so
CHINA CANNOT RESIST IT
Celestial Empire Not Able to Force
Russir to Move
WASHINGTON D C Sir Chen
tung Liang Chang the Chinese minis
ter had a long conference with Sec
retary Hay Friday regarding the situ
ation in Manchuria Theminister re
ceived information some time ago that
there was no apparent movement on
the part of Russia indicating that that
country would begin the evacuation of
Manchuria on October 8 as stipulated
in a treaty made with China The
Chinese minister naturally feels keen
ly the condition which exists as it is
everywhere known that China is inno
position to enforce the treaty and com
pel Russia to evacuate
At present the concern of the Uni
ted States is to see that the agree
ment made with the Chinese for the
open ports in Manchuria is carried out
regardless of what Russia may do
etiher in evacuation or permanent can
trol of the province
Omahan Supposed Insane
RAPID CITY S D Fred H Gwyn
ne an insane passenger on the
Northwestern train that passed
through Rapid City Monday was re
moved to Sturgis and placed in the
Meade county jail He had boarded
the train in Omaha where he is sup
posed to have escaped from a hos
pital During the past summei
Gwynne was employed in the Blacl
Hills as electrician by the Nebraska
Telephone company
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Do you think enthusiasm is
greater than laughter
fel872
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to reduce mutually ex
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mercial and profes
sional peojile the in
dividual employer
tmptoye and customer and consists of extracts
taken by permission from the copyrighted letters
Vie lectures notebooks and libraries of Earl J
Pratt Oak Park Illinois He is hunting the
whole world over for information of every day
use to you and he regrets his inability personally
to reply to contributors So far as possible he
xishes to have in this space the very idea you
would like to find here You are at liberty to send
dm any suggestion you may care to His collec
tion ivas started in 1872 and now contains tin
vubliihed information dating back to 1VM with
systetnutic plans extending to Wl Your short
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him may prove to be your most valuable gift to
Vters
Men Methods and Work
The manager for a very successful
money maker said that he worried
over the big things while his employ
er worried over the little things
The manager got along with the
employes and the details better than
he proprietor did but the proprietor
ot along with the wholo business
much better than the manager could
Somemen can keep anything run
ning lovely if some one else will only
see that pay day is passed in good
thape The man able to attend to
pay day requirements might rattle
the whole concern if he were to see to
little things
A man able to make a hundred dol
lars an hour may be able to hire for
a hundred dollars a month a man who
can do some things better than the
employer can do them
Few are able to get a living doing
just what they want to do and very
few are willing to limit their efforts
to the things they can do the best
One man told me that more men
failed in his line of work for lack of
ability to handle men than for any
other or all other reasons
Few men know how to interest
animate educate and keep on good
terms with other men In some cases
the more you know the more in tho
background you have to go due it may
be to having more knowledge than
skill
In one case of an unpopular fore
man going on a vacation and a popu
lar workaian taking his place for the
day the product was over twenty per
cent more than usual
If ten thousand men of all kinds
should find themselves out of work
one might create ideas another exe
cute them another organize and man
age the others
Some could do some parts of the de
tail work twice as well as some of
the others could One would be a
good buyer of material and another a
good collector of accounts
Some would win honors and some
would get disgraced but they would
finally drift or climb fall or jump to
positions just as we find them to day
Only this difference the successful
might make better use of their success
and the failures profit by their ex
pensive experiences more than they
have been doing during this century
If this possibility were to be ac
complished the next century would be
more than a hundred yef s ahead and
the common humdrum life would be
quite ideal
If our best intelligence were to ac
company our every action much would
be done We all know why things are
qot better than they are
Sunday Recreation
Statistics say that Monday is the
careless day of the week and the day
for mistakes and accidents This
must be due to people using Sunday to
get untuned rather than to become
better tuned How is it with the vio
lin and strings Is it better to loosen
the strings when not in use or should
he instrument be kept all the time
in tune I may select Sunday for
i subject in order to learn how to
use the day to my profit I heard
Moody say that he had learned by ex
perience that he could not preach
seven days a week and keep free from
headaches The teacher and preacher
live the longest of any class of work
ers so the hint from Mr Moody is
worth remembering What do you
know about Sunday recreation
How Is This
Mistakes may be due to coaxing a
person to promise or try to do some
thing not possible for him to accom
plish Weak people are easy promis
ers and some people can coax the
birds out of the bushes so every
time your heart beats some one has
promised to do an impossibility and
thus the list of blunders and breaks
rows
It may be due to bad example Can
an employer who is careless have
employes who are careful Can a
poor worker keep good workers tinder
him any length of time If as I va
ently read thirteen- in every hundred
think let them think on the last ques
tions
An author says The three de
jrees of a lawyers progress are get
Ing on getting honor getting hon
st
Questions
Can you report something which
was fine in theory but a fizzle in prac
tice
What is your remedy for serious
trouble due to foolish sport
What have you learned by expensive
experience
What do you want to know which
you would be willing others should
know
Are you willing to join us in build
ing lighthouse thoughts on lifes dan
gerous rocks
Are little errors the sources of big
mistakes
Can you recall a laughable laugh
last event
Have you a record of a fakirs funny
reasoning
How could the accidents you know
about have been prevented
Have you spoken to a stranger while
thinking him an acquaintance
Have you been injured while watch
ing to see if some other person would
get injured
Can you think of a good illustration
of profitable politeness
Old or new or both What are two
or three of the difficulties you havo
to contend with in your work
Lending Money
Years ago I read that a young man
should be satisfied with a low and safe
rate of interest and take the advice of
those more experienced to not know
it all I have been very fortunate in
not losing money lent to friends Fre
quently I give small sums to old
friends who are now deadbeats and
wish to borrow for a few hours or
days I never get such sums back and
never expect to when I let it go But
whenever I have lent 50 more or less
to a friend and expected it back it has
come I think this is due to my use
of a discriminating judgment before
lending Once it cost me a good deal
over a thousand dollars cash to dis
obey my better judgment and go into
a side line business with a friend I
did not get the counsel of those to
whom I should have gone and I re
fused to follow my own feelings I
was roped in by talk
Health Helps Money Making
I began talking with a man soon
after we left the morning train and
some remark brought up the subject
of his health
He said I have not been feeling
well for three weeks
Your health is generally good isnt
it
ies I am usually as strong as an
ox but I have been working too hard
and I wish my vacation came to day
in place of a month from to day
How to take care of yourself while
you overwork is a pretty good subject
to study
Yes I should say it was I sleep
pretty well although I dreamt last
night that I was a cashier in a bank
and was taking an inventory of the
stock when the papers in the safe
caught fire
The Man Himself Studies
What is the cause of criminal care
lessness Two years ago a man ask
ed me the above question He had
been having trouble and I have been
thinking about the subject ever since
It may be due to ignorance Some
claim that people are not as good nor
as bad as they appear to be if we
knew more we would be better But
we will know more if we are any good
and have our goal in the right place
The idea that experience is a dear
school but fools will learn in no other
might be revised to read It is a
wise man who learns by experience
fools never lear Though a man is
not to be blamed for being born ig
norant he can be blamed for re
maining ignorant and continued or
repeated carelessness may be called
criminal
Ones Sphere of Usefulness
One of the most important things
for us to learn early is what we are
able to do and not to do As for my
self I believe I was born without a
sense of money value and as I look
back and note my expenditures and in
vestments I feel that I might have
had a nice little property to day had I
put my wasted dimes and dollars reg
ularly in some trustworthy place It
has taken me a quarter of a century
to recognize my inability to lend mon
ey commercially or in a wise way so
cially and I feel like saying to all
young people the quicker you can find
out what you can do well and what
you are unable to do well the better it
will be for you
Hard to Believe
1 That any one would try to start
an orchard by planting dried apples
2 That any one would stock a mule
stock farm with mules
3 That people would make a hole
in the ground to fill another and keep
on till they ran the hole out of town
4 That a man would move his office
furniture and also his telephone with
out notifying the telephone company
and then complain to the company
that the telephone was no good that
it had not worked since he moved But
this last act is on record and dupli
cated
PROSPERITY IN NORTHWE8T
Mitchell South Dakota Sept 30
Tho South Dakota idea this year Is to
emphasize the riches of this state
When It is confidently stated that this
year for tho sixth consecutive year
South Dakota will lead all other states
in the greatest per capita wealth It
can readily be understood why South
Dakota is ambitious to advertise its
crops and resources
The reiJort of a fortnight ago regard
ing the heavy fall of snow and dam
age done to the crops by frost now
appears to have been a false alarm
This Is the judgment of a party of
newspaper men and representatives of
the Chicago Milwaukee St Paul uy
who have made a trip of more than
1200 miles through the state during
the last ten days The greatest esti
mate of damage that is now made by
those in a position to know is three
per cent damage to corn crop of the
state In the rich agricultural section
In the valley of tho Missouri River
crops appear to splendid advantage
Occasionally one finds fleldo whero
there has been perhaps too much wa
ter and the crops are somewhat late
but this is the exception
The following is a conservative esti
mate of the products of the state and
their value for 1903
Product Bushels Value
Wheat 50000000 33000000
Corn W00OC00 210000UO
Oats 300000CO 11000000
Barley 11000000 -1000000
Flax 2000000 2000000
Rye 160OOC0 050000
Live stock 32000000
Dairy and creamery 7CC00C0
Eses and poultry 5000000
Hay 12000000
Wool and hides 1800000
Garden products and fruit 40000OO
Minerals stone and cement 12C0000O
Total 116450000
While corn is the second product in
total value the 1903 crop shows an
increase of about thirteen and a half
million bushels over the crop of 1902
At the rate corn is being increased In
acreage the prediction that corn will
be king in South Dakota within a few
years seems to be reasonable Tho
total production of new wealth for
1902 was 119949000 The increase
of nearly 27000000 of this year is
sufficient answer to the derogatory re
ports about the slate that have ap
peared within the last fortnight
Perhaps a stronger argument in
favor of the state is shown in an ex
amination of the bank deposits In
uly 1901 South Dakota banks had
deposits amounting to 1400000000
on July 1 1902 these amounted to
3000000000 and en July 1 1C03 to
3200000000
In addition to the money in corn
wheat and the gold of the Black Hills
which has been termed the richest
one hundred square miles In tho
world there Is good money in South
Dakota cattle Men who have come to
South Dakota without money and
who now count their dollars with five
figures say that raising cattle is tho
only business in the world for which
a man can borrow his entire capita
It is a fact that Scuth Dakota banks
are glad to help any henest industri
ous young man who comes well recom
menled for his commercial integrity
in cattle business and accept his cat
tle as collateral A banker of Ips
wich told your correspondent that dur
ing twenty years of such loans he had
not lost one cent and he could name
by the score young men who had se
cured from South Dakota banks tho
price of their first herd of cattle
A visit to the cattle ranch of Lee
Prentis near Vermillion S D was
one of the interesting features tf the
above mentioned trip Lee Prentis
ere the largest cattle breeders In
bouth Dakota They exhibit witu some
pride among their valuable short
horns a two-year-old heifer which re
cently took sweepstakes over the win
ner of the sweepstakes at 1902 Inter
national Live Stock Exposition i Chi
cago Other shorthorns have just re
turned from a very victorious tour
L among inter state and county fairs
r oTfTi flrcfr nrfrreic of Clnnv
City eight at Yankton and six at
Huron Thsre are other stock farms
in the state that show bloocad cattle
not far behind these prize winners
A large number of the farmers and
stockmen as well as a majority of the
South Dakota editors have been in at
tendance at the Corn Palace at Mitch
ell during the last week The South
Dakota Commission to the St Louis
Exposition has just decided to repro
duce the Mitchell Corn Palace as the
Soutn Dakota exhibit and visitors to
St Louis will have an opportunity to
see a building 140 by 100 feet the ex
terior of which will he entirely con
structed of corn
Like other South Dakota towns
Mitchell is shovng considerable pros
perity and enterprise this year The
cornerstone of the 40000 city hall
was laid last week the walls of a
50000 hotel to be built cf stone and
steel are up above the first floor a
Carnegie library has been built at a
ccst of 15000 and a score of smaller
buildings are under construction and
improvements and pavement of streets
are under way As an especial reason
for such a fine showing at this time
the last legislature of South Dakota
agreed to submit to voters of the state
in November 1904 the question of
moving the state capitol from Pierre
to Mitchell The people of the latter
town backed by a goodly number of
those in the most thickly populated
portions of the state east of the Mis
souri River and in the Black Hills
who will find Mitchell more accessible
than Pierre have already under way
a lively campaign by which they ex
pect to securj the capital in Novem
ber 1904 The reproduction of the
Mitchell Corn Palace at the St Louis
Exposition is regarded as a big card
in their favor
People whose nerves are on edge
are incapable of cutting much of a fig
ure
PlTQ enreti Trontsor nervousness aTtCT
SI J O first dayi use or Dr Knnei Great Xerre Restor
er Sent for FREE S200 trial Dottle and treatlro
D2 R H Kline Ltd 901 Arch Street
A woman is apt to take offense
when a man meets her sallies of wit
Mrs V1hsotts oormny Syrnp
For cfctidren teething aoftens the cura reduces la
flammatlcn allay pamcure colic lScbottla
Men of ability are not always pos
sessed of attractive manners
ARE TOUR CLOTHES FADED
Use Red Cross Ball Blue and make theai
white again Large 2 oz package 5 cents
Women know how to ijok offended
without feeling it
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