THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: TUTUS! AT, DECEMBER 20, 1001.
DENY PROGRESS OF A FIGHT
Teaohea' AusoiatUn Mimbirs 3j Pslitlci
Art Htt Ytt Appartit.
CONTEST FOR PRESIDENCY COMING ON
II. Wnlcrlumsc f Onmlin lit Men
tioned as Cnmlltlnte A,llencil
llflitrt to Discredit
I hp Work.
(From a HtuIT Correspondent.)
LINCOLN, Dec. 23. (Spkdal.J Members
of the Nebraska Stato Teacher' association
complain that an effort Is being made
through newspapers to discredit the work
of their organization by alleging that a
bitter fight Is already In progress over the
election of a president to succeed V. S.
Iloltzman of Beatrice, whoso term expires
this year. That there will bo strong com
petition for tho office between the western
nnd eastern elements Is nut denied, but
members who aro In tho city tonight In
nlst that thero will be no strife and that
politics will not bo allowed to Intcrfcru
with tho work of tho association. A promi
nent educator niado tho following state
ment today:
Tho story printed In two dully news
pattern today about a wild una woolly
political light In tho State Teachers' asso
ciation wnH concocted bv nomo fertllo
imagination and has no foundation In
fuet.
Tho so-called politics could not begin to
boll beforo tho Association actually con
venes or until noma of the elf-stylcd lead
ers KCt their licoils toccther. An u. mat
ter of fact 95 per cent ot tho members come
to Lincoln for the direct bandit they re
ceive from tho reading nnd discussion of
tho papers and live educational topics of
llio duv mid thuv know nothlni: of tho
fond hopes nnd timbltipna nnd wlre-pulllrifT
en como tinny or ioriy ik ine scnooi men
of the statu who usually nut up at the two
leading "hotels and stand around tho lob
bied until long after midnight, fixing up
slates that will be satisfactory to them-
J elves nnd trying to show their people at
lomo that they uru It. These few hurt no
one but themselves and Injure nothing ex
cept the fair naino of the association for
good, sound work,
Some of flu Ciinillilittes.
Among tho men mentioned for tho presi
dency arc: A. O. Thomas of Kearney, D,
C. O'Connor of Norfolk, E. J. Ilodwoll and
A. II. WatcrhouBo of Omaha, J. 1). French
of Hastings, H. J. Ilarr of Grand Island,
K. 1). Sherman of Schuyler, nnd O. A. Foll-
ner of Pnwnco City. It Is expected that
C. 0. Tearso of Omaha will mako an at
tempt to get eontwl of 'tho machinery of
hn association, nnd his support for tho
presidency will bo given cither to Mr.
Waterhousc or Mr. Flodwell, unless It Is
demonstrated early In tho convention that
neither has a good chance for success. Ef
forts will bo mado by the western dele
gates to elect a mnn from tholr scotlou ot
tho state nnd a compromise slata may bo
arranged with this end In view.
WILL MUSTER NEW COMPANY
tlm-lel Activity I lleliiK MImmvii In
Military in Well n llusl
nes Circle.
STANTON, Nob., Dec. 23. (Special.)
Tho Stanton rlllcs nro to bo mustered In
next Monday evening with fifty-two men.
This company has been raised by G. A.
Ebcrly, county attorney of Stanton county,
and will start out with very nattering
prospcct3 of becoming one of tho strong
compnuics of t no tttntn. uvcr &u por cent
of Its members served in tho Spanish-
American war, und havo been drilling reg
ularly,. for somo .time.
Tho new Hour mill Is In operation now
and In turning out Hour of the finest quality.
This is ona of tho best equipped mills In
tho Elkhorn valley nnd outsldo of Fremont
Is tho largest.
Tho Nebraska Telephono company has
Just completed a local oxchnngo hero and
will Do ready tor use tomorrow, ii is ex
pected tho operators will bo the busiest
people In town for tho next ten dnys.
Tho dynnmo has been placed and most of
tho wiring dono for electric lights, and tho
plant would have been In operation somo
tlmo ago but for tho delay In getting poles.
Aside from 'a new mill, electric lights
and u telephone system, tibout $100,000 In
other Improvements havo been mndo In
Stnnton during tho past year, and pros-
pouts are good for It to far exceed that
next year. Thero Is not a vacant houso or
store room of any sort In town. Heal cs-
tato has been changing hands readily nt
prlct rnnglng from JiO to $50 per acre,
nnd theso nro really 'prosperous times In
Stanton county.
HOLIDAY TRADE IS LARGE
lllnlr MereliuntB Heap Lucrative
llnrest from Their Christ
man .Snlcs.
I1LAIH, Neb., Dec. 25. Tho raorchants
of Illalr have enjoyed tho best holiday
trado that thoy havo had for several years.
Nearly every church held Christmas tree
exercises last night. Tho Germnnla Vorelu
of this city held their Christmas exer
cises tonight In the opera house. It Is
their custom at this tlmo to have, In con
nection with their Chrlstmns treo nnd pro
gram, a supper for their members and
tholr families, and a royal tlmo was en-
Joyed this evening.
II. W. Mcllrldn wns tho recipient of a
costly Chrlstmns present todny In tho way
of a lino gold-headod, ehony cane, pre
sented to him by tho Illalr voluntoor fire
department. Mr. Mcllrldo Is a success
ful merchant of this city, coming hero In
1SGI). Several times he hns narrowly en-
caped being burned wbllo nt Ores. For tho
last tett yeurs, when tho department has
bsen called out to a bad fire, ho has had
prepared for them hot coffeo and some'
times lunch
PAYS TRIBUTE TO DEAD WIFE
Jleslile the irae Axed Mnn Tells Ills
FrlemlN of DciM-iined's
Virtue.
JOHNSTOWN, Neb., Dec. 23. (Special.)
Another old sottlcr was laid to rest to
day In tho person of Mrs. George W. Wood
wife of tho Justice of tho pcaco of Johns
town precinct. Mie was vi years of age.
Her Illness was brief. She leaves a hus
band nnd eight adult, children. Tho fu
nernl ocrmon was preached by hor pastor,
Hev, (llnsiuer. after which a most affect
ing Incident occurred. Tho grny-halncd,
feeble husbund nrose as noon hh tho large
congregation had taken their last view of
their eld friend and paid a touching tribute
to tho dead ai n wife, a mother and a, friend.
You nn Fanner In Trouble.
FREMONT.. Ncb Dec. 25. (Spfclal.)
Alfred Oleson, a young farmer living at
Swaberg, was arrested and brought before
tho county court yesterday afternoon on
tho chargo ot bolng tho father ot a 6-
months-old child of Slgno Matson. Ho did
not nialto satisfactory arrangements for
tho child'? support and was committed to
the district court In default ot $1,500 bnll
for bis appearance befaro tho next term of
the district court.
AHtiliilt nf M
lister,
PLATTSMOUTII, Neb.,
Dm. 25. (Special
Tolegram,) At the cloe of tho .servlco In
church at Tabor, la,, last Sunday evening
Qeorga "fay lor, It Ik said, assaulted the
minister In the church. Tho sheriff -of
Mlllii county, Iowa, arrested Taylor tn
this city and took him back to Tabor yes
terday. Snnic Old Chrlstmns.
GENEVA, Nob., Dec 25. (Special.)
Tho churches bad the usual Christmas treat
and programs last night. '
Mrs. It. C. Talbot was called to Omaha
by tho Illness of her dsughtcr, Mrs. Fred
(Jetty.
The weather Is delightful, scarcely at
tho freezing, point.
FULTON LOSES THE CONTEST
Falls' In Its Kffort In Ort the Countr
Sent from Its Itlvnl
.Velchlior.
SIOUX FALLS, S. D., Dec. 25. (Special.)
Alexandria has won tho first round In the
preliminary struggle between that city and
tho town of Fulton for the county seat
of Hanson county. Soon after tho county
courthouse at Alexandria burned somo weeks
ago tho ambitious citizens ot Fulton de
cided that now or never was tho tlmo to
enter tho lists and If possible wrest from
Its rival tho county scat prize. Petitions
wcro Immediately circulated, asking the
Hoard of County Commissioners to submit
tho question of county scat removal to tho
voters of tho county.
On their faco tho petitions contained tho
necessary number of signatures, but tho
commissioners deferred action until they
could ascertain If all tho signers wore legal
voters of tho county. Whllo they were doing
this, the citizens ot Alexandria wcro not
Idle, nnd succeeded In prevailing upon
enough signers of tho Fulton petitions to
withdraw their names and leavo tho po
tltlons without tho required number of
signatures.
Tho commissioners, at a meeting just held.
to consider tho petitions and tnko action
thereon, decided that, deducting thoso who
hud withdrawn their names, tho petitions
did not mntnln tho necessary number of
signatures. Henco tho request of tho Kill
tonltcs has been officially denied. Tho
citizens of Fulton dcclnre they will con
tlnuu their efforts, but Just what step will
next bo taken has not yot been deter
mined upon.
Railroad Improvements.
LEAD, S. D., Dec. 24. (Spcclol.)-
-Thc
llurllngton railroad has susponded Its grnd
lug operations hero for tho wlntor owing
to the sovoro weather. The Elkhorn con
tlnues tho construction ot the extension
from Deadwood Into this city. Most of this
work Is In solid rock, which may he han
dled as easily In wlntor as In summer.
Ilanclunnn Found Dead.
RAPID CITY, S. P., Dec. 25. (Special.)
Joseph Johnson, a ranchman living near
town, was found dead in tho road near his
plnce Sunday. Ho was In town Saturday
and started homo lato at night horseback
It Is supposed ho was thrown from his
horse.
ROAD IS SOLD, AT AUCTION
Dulnth Transfer Ilnllviy Company
l'nsses Under the Hammer
In Jnnnnry.
DULUTII, Minn., Dec. 25. ny the terms
of a decree In foreclosure tho property of
tho Duluth Transfer Hallway company will
be sold nt auction January 2. Tho property
comprises railway tracks, switching yards
nnd right of way from the Union depot to
Now Duluth. .Captain T. II. I'rcssnell has
been designated ns special master In chan
cery to couduct tho salo and his Instruc
tions state ho Is not to consider any bid
of less thou ?"U0,000. Tho company wna
originally bonded to tho extent of $1,180,000
nnd tbo amount of Indebtedness Is 11,284,281
ELLEN MORTIMER MARRIES
Actress AVeils Clnniln A. Cnnnlna-
liiim, n Chlpnwo Music
Tenchrr.
PITTSnURO, Dec. 25. Miss Ellen Mortl
mor, who tnKcs tho ehnracter of "Esther
In "Hen Hur," now playing nt tho Alvln
theater, was married today to Claude A
Cunningham, a music teacher of Chicago
The wedding was witnessed only by closo
friends nnd members of tho company.
Patronize American goods, especially
when you know they are the best, like
Cook's Imperial Extra Dry Champagne.
SUN SHINES ON NEBRASKA
Fair Weu,ther
In to Dr Followed
and Variable
Winds.
by
I.lllht
WASHINGTON, Dec. 25. Forecast for
Thursday and Friday:
For Nebraska, Kansas and Iowa Fair
Thursday and probably Friday; light, varla
ble winds.
For Wyoming Fair and warmer Thurs
day; Friday fair; variable winds.
For Colorado Fair Thursday, . with
warmer in enstern portion; fair, variable
winds.
For South Dakota Fair Thursday; In
creasing cloudiness, snow or rain; north
,wret winds.
Foq North Dakota Fair Thursday; Friday
Increasing cloudiness; probably snow or
rain; northwest winds.
For Montana Fair Thursday; warmer In
northern portion; Friday fair and Colder
west winds.
For Missouri and Illinois Fair Thursday
and Friday; light southwest winds.
For Eastern Texas Cloudy Thursday and
Friday; light to fresh southeast winds on
tho coast.
I.oenl llecord
OFFICE OF THE WEATIIEIt IU'rtEAU
CVMAHA. Deo. 25. Olllclnl rccord of tern
pcruture ami precipitation compnreu wmi
tno corresponuinB " iusi inreo
years.
1901.
. 43
. 2S
. 30
. .00
190.). 1S99. 1893,
Maximum tcmp.'r.ituro.
30 lit
14 13
22 16
.03 .06
Minimum temperature.
Mean temperature
Precipitation
Uncord of temperature nnil nrcclnltntlon
at Omaha lor tins nay ami since .March j
1901!
Normal temperaturo j 20
i.'.y.".'m for tho duv -1C
Total execsu since March 1 70.;
Normal precipitation as mci.
Dellclcncy :or mo nay :iu mcu
Total rainfall sluco March 1 21.07 Inches
Dellclcncy since March 1 5.96 Inches
l.-vrcxH for cor. norlod. 19u) U Inch
Dellclcncy for cor. period, 1899.... 4.26 inches
UeporU (rum .Stations at 7 p. m. '
HI
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3
i m
'a
a
3
' -3
as
CONDITION OF TUB
WEATHER.
Omaha, cloudy
XI
31
.00
,00
,(M
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T
T
.00
.00
.00
.00
.00
.ft)
Valentine, clear
North Platte, clear .,
IN
32
32
)
Huron, clear
Uuntd City, cloudy
Cheyenne, cleur .....
Wllllston, clear
Chicago, cloudy ,
St. l.ouls, cloudy
26
30
38
St, Paul, cioutty ....
Ditvennort. cloudy ..
30
30
Kunsis City, cloudy
34
32
Helena, clear
lUsmarck, cloudy ...
Qalveston, cloudy ...
.00
.)
.00
T Indicates trace of precipitation.
?1RE FIGHTERS OF JAPAN
A PigDiiloii Lot, Notably Bran,
hift-
liii and Ixtraragaat.
PREFER A SCRAP TO A FEAST
Their Mumtirrs, Msnsgrmrnt
nn Dnty
nnil Their Diversions on
Honrs I'ntent Influ
ence of (lifts.
Off
In a stroll through tho city of Toklo,
Japan, writes a correspondent ot the New
ork Tribune, your attention Is frequently
arrested by what appears to be a gang of
ordinary laborers engaged In laying tha
foundations of a new house. They nro tho
most leisurely and deliberate workers I
ever saw. A "walking delegate" could
find no fault with them and oven a plumber
might ecure somo points by watching
their operations. They aro working a pile-
driver to the accompaniment of a tune
singing In chorus, dropping the tup at the
nd of each verse. The length of the verse
not so much designed to Illustrate the
poetry of motion as to Insure the comfort
of tho operator. It results In sending tho
piling homo at tho rato of about one blow
every five minutes. Thero Is absolutely no
chance for anyone to get excited. The
dignity of deliberation characterizes tho
wbolo proceeding.
These men art: not professional plledrlr
era, however, but firemen. In Japan, It
seems, these useful members of tho com
munlty engage In building operations
when not actually busy putting out fires
To one accustomed nt home to see a well
trained flro brlgado maintaining Its efflcl
oncy by constant drills, therefore, this
shifting of occupation appears a trifle odd
and as likely to lntcrfcro seriously with
tho morale of tho service. Hero It seems
to havo no such effect. Indeed, from tho
Japanese point of view, It Is nrgued that If
firemen were successful In preventing fires
or minimizing their ravages their occupa
Hon ns builders would Buffer. Hence, also,
tho firemen Is under suspicion whether
rightly or wrongly, I do not pretend to say
of sometimes facilitating tho Bprcad of
fires. The suspicion has some foundation,
It ! true, In tho presents which many
wards glvo regularly to tho firemen and tho
contributions which wealthy merchants are
In the habit of making to firemen's funds
whenovor a flro breaks out In their neigh
borhood. with tho result, usually, that t!
Ore doosn't reach tho premises of tho lib
oral nnd Intelligent giver. On tho other
hand, theso gifts are but a poor offset to
tho risks nnd dangers which tho men run
Moro or less serious Injuries are tho rule
at a Japanese flro and deaths aro by no
means Infrequent.
. A Scrappy Crowd,
Tho nverago Japancso fireman Is a pug
naclous Individual. If nil the accounts I
havo heard nro .correct ho would rothcr
fight than eat. His greatest pleasure Is to
pick a quarrel and brawls aro a nccessnry
clement of his life. Until very recently ho
was almost Invariably tatooed In gorgoous
colors, the beauty of which wns his constant
boast. As preliminary to the scuffle ho
would slip his clothes off his shoulders and
mako his opponent sick with envy at tho
sight of his wondrous tattooed figure. Ho
had a peculiar habit of rolling up his tongue
and giving atrong trill to his words. His
favorite poBturo was to sit awkwardly, ono
heel upon the other, with a towel on his
shoulders. This towel was an Important
article with him, for ho could not summon
sufllclen'. courngo for a quarrel unless It
was tied tightly around his head, probably
to sccuro his pato from being broken by hW
enemy's club.
Tho "spirit" of the firemen, Indeed, Is
satd to have reached at times such heights
that tho government found It Inconvenient
to take" notlco .of their peculiarities.
Rather than risk a refusal to appear nt
fires tho government closed Its eyes to tho
brawlB started by them. Tho most notori
ous ot these fights Is said to havo been that
In which 381 firemen sot upon sixty-three
wrestlers In tho precincts of a shrtno In the
southorn part of tho city. Tho magistrate
who was ordered to lnqutro into tho caso
found It to bo tho wiBer part of discretion
not to doclde against either party nnd so
ho promised to pronounco Judgment after
the Japso ot 60,000 fine days. A Solomon,
Indeed! Dut, then, all this was In the
"good old days." Tho restoration sternly
represses these manifestations of surplus
energy and as a result Toklo has a flro
brigade today that attends strictly to busl
ness. 9
Horror of Former Fires.
Tho firemen are under tho control of tho
Metropolitan Pollco Hoard. Their present
strength Is 1,640, as against 10.3C0 a little
moro than fifty years ago. The reduction
Is duo to the Introduction of modern flro
engines, which have greatly mitigated tho
horrors of a flro In a town of wooden
houses. Theso engines havo also Impressed
the firemen with a sense of their waning
Importance, for they have no longer abso
lute control over fires. Tho authorities of
today are content If tho annual fires do not
cover moro than one-hundredth part of tho
city. What tho annual ravages wero In
former times Is a matter of historical rec
ord. Tho so-called "long sleeved" fire of
1657 practically destroyed tho entire city,
and over 100,000 persons are said to havo
perished In the names. Tho Shogun's
palace was reduced to ashes, and the prls
ons wero opened on condition Kiat their In
motes biiouiu return nitor tno nro was
subdued. They never enmo back, for their
mad rush for a place of safety was Intcr-
preted by the warder of tho city gate as an
nttemnt at escape, Ho closed the eatc when
1, onu- thorn rnmlnp nnil Ihnv nctl,nr
with others, were either trampled to death
or perished in the conflagration. In, tho
great flro of Ii72 the flames left behind
them a track flften miles by two and a half
from the southwest outskirts of the city to
beyond Its northenBt boundnry, and In
1S06 a flro which originated In the southern
oxtreralty tovored In twenty-two hours nn
nrea of nearly six miles tn length nnd halt
n mllo In width. Even since the restora
tion thero hnvo been no less than five groat
fires In Toklo. In 1872 forty-ono streets
were destroyed; In 1876 seventy streets and
10,000 houses wero burned down; In 1879
Beventy-soven streets and 13,464. houses
wero wiped out and In 18S1 no less' than
11,000 houses went up In smoke. The last
great fire occurred In 1892, when 4,000
houses wero destroyed and thirty-four lives
lost.
A Ilrnve Feople.
The Japanese are a bravo people nnd the!
fireman is no exception. Each ot the forty
'companies Into which the flro forco of tho
present day Is divided has ltc standard, tho
matol, surmounted by Its dlstlnctlvo crest,
which Indicates to the company tho sphcro
of Its work at a lire. The matol bearer's
post Is, like the military standard bearer's,
one of honor and danger, and many a matol
bearer has been known to die enveloped In
flames sooner than, desert the post to which
ho had been ordered by his captain. On the
other band, tho fireman Is also said to bo a
shiftless fellow, fond of outward show.valn
ot keeping up appearances and impatient
ot being outdono by a neighbor In foolish
Hlanlnt. T-hn kil- that a .!.,- ....L..
burn tn the fireman's pockot forms the
basis of a Japanese proverb. It is con'
sldered a luxury, for Instance,' to cat
the Qrst bonlto ot the season. Yet such U
the extravagance of (ho Japanese llreman
this, nt least, Is the testimony of one ot his
own countrymen, Mr. Juklchl Inouye that
he would regard It worse than dishonor
were ho prevented by want of means from
iMtlng It, and his wife, sharing her hus
band's spirit, would pawn everything, even
to the very clothes on her back, to enoble
him to buy the fish.
A" It HAL FA1HY TALR.
Mammy t'leasant'n" (lift nf fRlMMIO
to One flam Davis,
Hans Anderson and Grimm brothers will
be troubled In their graves when they hear
of a fairy talo In real life Just enacted In
Chicago and tho far west and realize that
they missed It. It certainly was Intended
to be told within the covers of "Populnr
Fairy Tales,"
The story of this fnlry godmother Is true,
avers the Chicago Tribune, although It pro
ceeds according to tho best established
rules of Grimm brothers. The fairy god
mother Is old, black and wrinkled. The
date Is not "once upon n time," but tho
present. The place Is not "In the kingdom
of a certain king," but In Snn Francisco
and the prince who was In bad luck and
who waB kind to ho old fairy godmother
and who was provided for by her so that ho
can "live happily ever afterward" Is now
tho stato comptroller of Nevada.
Sam Davis Is tho unprlncely namo of the
prince Snm P. Davis but princes nro not
mcaaurcd by names, but character, In this
kind of a fairy story. "Mammy Pleasant"
Is tbo name of tho fairy godmother, but
fairy godmothers aro not gauged by names
either. ,
A year ago In Chtcago Mr. Davis was the
guest of Mrs. Laura Dainty Pclham for
Thanksgiving dinner. lie was not tn
affluent circumstances then, by any means
Today ho will cat dinner In Carson CUV,
Nov., ns a man of wealth. Tho transforms
tlon Is duo to Mammy Pleasant, the old
colored woman, who was tho fairy god
mother. Mr. Davis told tho story to hi
Chicago frlonds this week.
Mammy Pleasant was on old acquaint
onco of Mr. Davis. To all outward seem
lng she lived In San Francisco In extrcmo
poverty. Recently Mr. Davis hunted her
out to discover how he could help her and
found her living without tho necessaries of
life. Ho gavo her $5 to get somo food. Sho
Bald that sho wanted to go down to tho
stores and was afraid to trust herself
alone, sho being 87 yearn old. Sho asked
him If he wcro willing to go with her and
bco that sho got on tbo right cars.
Certainly I will," said Mr. Davla.
I'm bo old and shabby that I Just hates
to havo folks see you with me," said tho
fairy godmother.
I'm not overdressed myself," said Mr.
Davis, "and besides I don't care what peo
ple think."
The two mado the trip, nnd Majnmy
Plensant declared that tho prlnco was
treating her like his "best girl."
You aro my beet colored girl," said the
prince.
Tbo next day Mr. Davis was askod If ho
would not bring a lawyer to Mammy Pleas-
ant's home. Ho did so, ngrcelng to pay tho
foes for the making out of any papors sho
might wish. When the attornoy wns
through with his work tho fairy godmother
handed Mr. Davis a. deed to $60,000 worth
of San Francisco real estato and howed
him her will, In which she mado him heir
to $50,000 In money.
I wns Just playing poor to nee who my
fren's were," said the fairy godmother,
"nnd I've found out."
Tho prince, sho said, was n man after her
own heart, ny tho action of tho fnlry god
mother ho receives $100,000, given by a
woman supposed to he too poor to buy her
own bread.
'So I can cat Thanksgiving dinner with a
good deal ot gusto," Bald Mr. Davis, In his
relation of tho story to his Chicago friends.
DBADLV FILIPINO nOOZIC.
Nerve Cnrrndliift Liquor that Driven
Amerlcnn Soldiers Insnu.
"Havo you noticed In the reports of tho
casualties of our soldiers in tho Philippines
the comparatively largo number ot Insanity
cases?" nskrd ono of tho soldiers who
reached homo recently on tho transport
Buford, quoted by 'he Now York Sun. "Ot
courso tho totnl number of catcs is small,
it Isn't generally known that the ma
jority of Insnnlty cases among our troops
arc the direct result of drinking vlno a
native drink more poisonous than rank
alcohol. The exact composition of tho
liquor I don't know, but tho effect of It on
tho nervous system is such that one or two
drinks of the stuff render men unconscious
for hours at a tlmo.
'Vino drinking Is the greatest vlco of
the Filipinos. Tho liquor Btlrs Into activity
all the latent evil inclinations of tho lower
claes of Filipinos nnd all sorts of crimes
aro committed by them under Its Influence.
'Tho white man, at least the American,
who lets himself get Into tho way tf drink
ing It Is destroyed totally In body and mind
In a very short time. 'First, It's a brutish,
hog-llko drunk, then delirium tremens of a
horrible sort that was never known west
of Suez nnd finally Insanity and death.
''Tho principal scandal about the traffic
Is that high native civil officials control
tho manufacture ot tho poison. They not
only own tho distilleries whero vino its
made, but, are tho proprietors of tho hun
dreds of retail shops In Manila where It Is
sold to poor natives and American soldiers,
"These shops are run on tho sarao lines
as tho grog shops along tho water front ot
ports In the United Stntcs, Somo of those
officials hold high oftlces In the Islands and
pretend to havo an enlightened solicitude
for the welfare ot their countrymen,
"Tho government will havo to tocklo the
question sooner or later and It won't bo an
easy nut to Crack."
IjIIUI'.SU.I MAS MllSkli
Mexlmn M'lio Ilnn Acquired I'aliu
'Ions Wpnlth In n Fmv Vrnrs.
In the .way of mushroom millionaires nur
slstor republic ot Mexico Is not tar behind
tho United States. It Is doubtful, Indeed,
If this country has. over had a parallel to
I'edro Alvarado, who In one short year hns
rlseu from n penniless peon to n multl-mll
llonalre. Very nnturally he Is tho sensation
of tho whole country.
Everybody In thut vicinity remembers the
sombrcroed laboror who not many months
ago lived In a shack In the mining town of
rarral. And It Is not surprising thnt
everybody's eyes should open particularly
wide when there passes by Alvarado, tha
owner of a mine of magical richness, the
most prosperous man and tho luckiest In
Mexico, tbo lavish spender of a monthly
Incomo of 1200,000.
Alvarado believes that the significance
ot money 11m In Its purchasing capacity
So his chleti concern at present Is the
spending of his Income, And this, nftbough
ho has had but a few months' practice, he
Is accomplishing royally.
Certain of tho man's eccentricities have
been related to Thomas Welch, an Amerl
can mining man who has Just returned
from Mexico. "The Interest of every man,
woman nnd child In Parrul," says Mr
Welch, "seems to bo centered In Alvorado."
Since last November hl net profits from
his mine, vvhlch Is named tho I'elmlllo,
havo aggregated $1,600,000, and prior to
that time ho had probably taken out about
$500,000 ot ore. Ho will not put his money In
bank, hut. keeps It at his home, where It
Is constantly guarded by n large forco of
armed men.
He has from 1200.000 to 300,000 on bis
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person whenever ho goes out and an armed
guard of eight men always accompanies
him. Tli ii members of this guard aro
dressed In fantnutlc Mexican costumo nnd
Alvarado Is always attired In tho height
of fashion. Ho pays a Mexican tailor a
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A few year.i ago a traveling Jowolry and
diamond peddler struck 1'arral with his
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A short tlmo beforo this Alvarado pur
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ment thn palaco which ho Is building for
his permanent home. This building wilt be
tho finest prlvato rcsldcnco In Mexico. No
expenso Is being spared In Its construction.
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than 500,000 and for that distant part of
Mexico, whero ndobo buildings nro the rule,
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pretext ot furnishing it bo has purchased
scores of useless nrtlclcs and Blmply buys
them fdr tho pleasure that they can glvo
him 'for tho moment.
With all his reckless expenditure of his
wealth ho Is displaying a philanthropic
spirit. Ho has not forgotten the peons with
whom only a short tlmo ago ho was closoly
associated. Ho has undertaken tho con
struction of n largo charity hospital for
tho poor of I'arrat. This hospital will bo
equipped with all modorn appllanocs for
such Institutions.
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