TI1E OMAHA DAILY REE: TUESDAY. FEBRUARY 9. 1904.
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STRAIGHT
MODELS
CLASH MAY COME IN COREA
Rtuiia and Japan Harry Troops Acroi
Border of Hermit Kingdom.
FRIENDS OF PEACE STILL HAVE HOPE
Hoirfdt Probability of War la Ureal,
bat Treat Dralrr of 4'car
to Avoid t'onfllot of
Arma.
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(Continued from First 1'age.)
government circles. Heavy snow Ip falling
and the Htrertx are filled with marching
oldlers la campaign uniforms.
Statement of Korlno.
Th following Is the text of M. Kurlno s
statement of February S to the foreign of-
llcs here: t
Tha Integrity and Independence of the
Corean empire being retarded liy the Japa
nese government as abtuiliitely ensentlul to
their own country's wruiity and repose
they cannot view with Indifference any ac
tion tending to render the position of Corea'
Insecure, 'the Kunslan guvirnmt-nt hus by
means of Inadmissible amendment success
ively rejected Japan's proposals respecting
C'orea, the adoption of which the Japanese
government regarded ns Indlspenslble to
assuring the independence and territorial
Integrity of the Corean empire and to safe
guarding Japan's preponderating Interests
In the penlnaiila.
This attitude on the part of the Russian
government, coupled with their successive
refusals to enter Into an enKKement with
respect to China's territorial integrity in
Manchuria, which in seriously menaced by
Russia's continued encroachment, notwlth
Klandlng her treaty with China and her re
peated assurances lo the other powers hav
ing Interests In the some region, has ren
dered It necessary for the Japanese govern
ment to seriously consider what measures
of self-defense they are called upon to take
In the presence of the delay on the part of
the Russian government In connection with
the pending negotiations, which has re
mained largely unexplained, and la thetr
nnvHl and military activity, which It Is
difficult to reconcile with nn entirely pacific
aim. In the pending negoltatlons the Japa
nese government has exercised m degree of
forbearance which they believe affords
abundant proof -of their loyal desire to re
move from the relations between Japan and
Russia every cause for future misunder
standing, but finding In their efforts no
prospect of securing rom the ttusslBn gov
ernment any adhesion either to Japan's
moderate and unselfish proposals or to any
other proposals likely to establish a firm
ml lastlnir neace In the far east, the Japa
nese government has now no other nperna
tlve than to terminate the present futile
negotiation. In adopting thut course the
Japanese government reserved to them
selves the rlfr.it to take men Independent
action as they may deem nest to consoli
date and defend Japan's menaced position,
as well as to protect her established rights
and legitimate Interests. The Japanese gov
ernment having exhausted In vain every
means of conciliation, with the view to rc
saovlnr from the relations of the two coun
tries every cause for future complication,
and finding that their Just representations
and moderate and unselfish proposals made
In the Interest of permanent peuce In the
. far east were not receiving from the Rus
sian government the consideration which Is
their due, have resolved to sever their dip
lomatic relations with the Russian govern
ment, which for the' reason named has
cased to possess value. '
At the Japanese legation here this was
regarded as tantamount to a declaration of
war and It la believed that no other an
nouncement will be made to the War de
partment. Italy to Send ships.
ROME. Feb. 8. King Humbert had a long
conference with Premier Uiotti and Foreign
Minister Abello today, as a result of the
severance of diplomatic negotiations be
tween Russia and Japan, expressing the
hope that war may yet be averted. The
king asked the premier to keep Foreign
Minister Tltonl, who Is now In Naples, In
formed on all that transpired In the far
aat.
Minister Mlrabello has cabled Instruc
tions to the commander of the squadron
In the far east to send the Italian third
class cruiser Ptemonte from Shanghai to
Japan, to keep the third-class cruiser Klba
In Corean waters to protect Italian Inter
eats, and to have the armored crulver Vet
tor Plsanl comunlcate between them. The
third-class cruiser Pugnatl, now at Sun
Francisco, has been ordered to Join the
squadron. Although It la hardly believed
their sailing will be necessary, owing to
the limited Italian Interests In the far east.
two other war ahlps are ready to start for
the far east.
Jasaaeae Leave Maaehnrla.
PORT ARTHUR. Feb. . In response to
Instructions from the Japanese government
many Japanese sailed from here for
Nagasaki today. The Chinese In Man
churia are greatly excited and numbers of
thtm are preparing to leave for Che Foo
The Japanees consul at Che Foo urges
the departure of all Japanese from Port
Arthur and Port Dalney.
The greatest excitement prevails here.
No steamers are available and the Japanese
are trying to charter a sailing vessel.
A detachment of Japsnese troops sta
tioned on the island of 8uatma. forty miles
(rem Masampho, Cores, has been ordered
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FRQI
to be In readiness to land In Corea, in event
of a rupture.
Ilringina Pressure to Rear.
PARIS, Feb. 8. The Kcho de Paris pub
lishes the following, attributed to a per
son of high official standing:
Opinion at the Foreign office Is very
pessimistic, but I can assure you that
French diplomacy will be equal to the task
of striving to eflect 11 settlement and spar
ine .laiian the crushing defeat which threat
ens l.er. TUe final crushing of Japan Is
ceiinio, aim, uiiuvr wit coouiiioiin, riant v
considers It to the Interest of Great Britain,
Japan's ally, to exercise decisive pressure
In order to avert war. There Is no doubt
that France is ready. If the Japanese gov
ernment s willing, to offer its mediation
to Japan and Russia, if It Is not too lato.
Lord Lansdowne has offered Japan Great
Britain's good offices and King Kdward
)im sent a long telegram to the mikado
begging him to reflect.
At the same time China Is remaining
neutral. As the Intervention of a third
power Is unlikely, a general conflagra
tion In the far east Is not to be feared.
At the flist decisive defeat sustained by
Japan, France and Great Britain will re
new the offer of their good oftlccs. should
these have been declined the first time.
The Foreign office expects to receive long
telegrams today from the French diplo
matic representatives at Toklo and St.
Petersburg.
The Gaulois maintains that war lias been
forced on Russia by the "vainglorious folly
of Japan, that parvenue of civilization,"
and declares that Russia is about to shed
its blood for Kurope, which It will save
from the yellow peril. x The paper says
also that war is almost certain to he local
ised, adding that the British government
has given M. Delcasso normal assurance
on this subject.
Japan Cuts the Cable.
The French Foreign ofllce was advised
this afternoon that the Japanese have cut
the cable connecting .Tapan and Corea.
The object of this action Is believed to be
to prevent the ne.ws of the operations of
the Japanese reaching the Russians, which
was possible, no matter how closely cen
sored the dispatches sent might be. Fol
lowing the breaking off of relations between
Rusla and Japan, the cutting of the cable
Is regarded here as significant of the pur
pose of the Japanese to begin hostilities.
It is learned that among the troops sent
by Russia to the vicinity of the Yalu river
are 16,000 Cossacks, whose province It Is to
destroy tho communications of any Japan
ese army landing along the coast or trying
to strike the1 ro Arthur railroad. ., The
French military . experts consider this a
good tactical move, for the reason what the
Japanese have only a small cavalry force,
Insfflclent ' to cope with that of the Rus
sians. Tho papers here publish "on high author
ity" the report (rtrst circulated in Berlin)
that Japanese warships have captured
some Russian merchant fchlps In Chinese
waters. The report lacks confirmation In
official circles here, as well as In Berlin.
Veelino; In (iermany.
BERLIN, Feb. 8.-A dispatch from the
Colonial Gazette says: Baron von Spaun,
commander-in-Chief of the Austrian navy,
has received a dispatch from the com
mander of the Austrian; legation guard at
Peking to the effect that Japan has em'
barked Its regiments of guards snd two
atmy divisions on forty steamers. The dis
patch added that a Russian cruiser division
hnd sailed from Port Arthur and that fight
ing was expected hourly.
The conservative Tage Zeltung sfPrmi
upon diplomatic' authority that three Rus
sian ships have been captured by the
Japanese. The correspondent of the As
sociated Press finds no official confirma
tion of tho statement.
The German government Is preparing
to Issue a proclamation of severe neutral
ity, should hostilities begin.
The popular German feeling Is divided
between a certain admiration for the lit
tle people of Japan and the necessarily
great community of Interest In Interna
tional politics and trade with a big neigh
bor. Germany' neutral attitude Is a com
plex of vague, territorial hopes In China
longstanding tolerance of Japan's ambl
tlons, dislike of Russia and a desire to
separate Russia from France by winning
Russia's good will.
The Russian emhnssy, in a statement
given to the National Zeltung, says war
probably cannot be avoided and that medi
ation by other powers Is wholly out of the
question.
The German Foreign office has been ad
vised that ,a portion of the Japanese fleet
sailed from Sasho yesterday. Its destlna
tlon Is unknown, but is supposed to be
Chemulpo, Corea.
laiele Sam to Watch Rattles.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 8 Tentative or
dera liave been prepared sending the
cruiser sn,uudron of the Asiatic fleet north
ward from Sublg bay to the vicinity of
Port Arthur to observe the Japanese- Rus
slan naval operations apd to be at hand
to protect American Interests wherever
they may be menaced In the war-stricken
district. The orders will be submitted to
the president for final revision, but will
not be sent unless they are agreeable to
Russia mid Japan, which will be sounded
In advance on this side.
Secretary Moody Is not willing that this
Is to love children, and c&
home can be completely
happy without them, yet the '
ordeal through which the ex
pectant mother must pass usually is
so full of suffering, cbager and fear
that she looks forward to the critical
hour with apprehension and dread.
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country shall give ground even for Sus
picion, either hy Russia or Japan, snd It
has been decided that these governments
shall be asked If the despatch of the
cruiser squadron to northern waters will
embarrass either combatant. The cruiser
squadron consists of the Allwny, flagship;
the New Orleans. Ralehih and Cincinnati.
In case the sqadron goes northward. It
Is fuuly expected here that Rear Admiral
Evans will transfer his flag to the Albany
and assume command of the sqadron.
Orders were issued today for Lieutenant
Newton A. McCaully. now on the Dolphin
to relieve Lieutenant Commander Charles
B. Marsh as naval attache at Toklo. Lieu
tenant Commander Marsh and Lieutenant
Glllls, who was on the Kentucky, and are
now on their way to Toklo, are tinder
orders' to follow the Japsnese nsTal opera
tions as best they csn. It Is not believed
they will be taken aboard the Japanese
ships permanently.
The State department Is pushing prepa
ration for the early dispatch to their posts
In Manchuria of Vnited Ststes Consuls
Cheshire, Davidson and Morgan, who are
to be posted respectively at Mukden, An
tung and Dalny. This Is regardless of the
Impending outbreak of war and it Is said
there Is no reason to apprehend that actual
hostilities would be allowed to prevent a
consul of a friendly nation from going to
his poet
Hastens to Ills Port.
Mr. Fowler, who hns been In this country
on leave of absence, has departed In haste
for Che Foo, which In the event of hostili
ties Is expected to be a point of the greatest
Importance for the collection of news and
the rendezvous of merchant shipping, being
the nearest great neutral port to the pros
pective scene of war. The Navy depart
ment will make no effort to place T'nlted
States nkval attaches on the Russian or
Japanese fleets. It Is believed the consent
could not be had from either side and In
refusing Japan and Russia would be fol
lowing the example set by the I.'nlted
States In the Spanish-American war. 1
The seizure of Seoul, the general naval
board believes, would be Japan's first act
of war. Count Cawslnl. the Russian ambas
sador, called by appointment on Secretary
Hay at S o'clock. The ambassador was
again assured that this government could
be depended upon to maintain the strictest
and most complete neutrality In the coming
war.
Tt Is declared that Russia . will not as
sume the offensive until ehe has been at
tacked, but that after that there will be
no delay.
Fear Conditions In China.
Outbreak of war between Russia and
Japan will, It Is believed here, be followed
by the precipitate flight of the empress
dowager and the entire Chinese court from
Peking to southern China, where they took
refuge In 1900. Information received by thi
State department several days ago Indi
cated that this would be the case. Cable
grams received at an European embassy
say that the flight of the court may pre-
Ipltate a dangerous condition of unrest
throughout China. It will leave the gov
ernment without a head In Peking and will
practically close every door of communica
tion from the powers to the Peking govern
ment. Several European powers are ex
tremely anxious that this menace to for
eigners In China may be averted and are
Inclined to bring pressure to bear through
their representatives at Peking to pre
vent It.
At the State department today officials
declined to say how far the United States
had gone or would go In this f Irection, but
It Is known to be the desire of this govern
ment that the empress dowager remain In
Peking. It Is believed that Mr. Conger will
use his efforts Ip that direction. The State
department has been Informed by the
American embassy In 8t. Petersburg and
the American legation at Toklo that Mr.
Kurtno, the Japanese minister to Russia,
and Baron de Rosen, the Russian minister
at Toklo, have taken leave of the govern
ments to which they are accredited, thus
marking the formal severance of diplomatic
relations between the two countries.
Regarding the attitude of the United
States, 'Assistant Secretary of State Loomia
eiterated to the Russian ambassador that
the United States would observe complete
neutrality. No declaration of neutrality
will be made until actual hostilities com
mence or war Is declared.
The State department has received a
cablegram from the American legation at
Seoul to the effect that It la teported Japa
nese warships have arrived off Masampho,
but that telegraphic communication has
been cut off and It Is Impossible to confirm
tha report.
American Xnrses May Go.
NEW YORK. Feb. . A score of nurses
from Bellevue will :n all probability leave
for the far east as soon as the fighting
begins, and It Is not Improbable that the
hospital ship Maine, vrhlch under the di
rection of Mrs. Cornwsllls-West rendered
service In the South African war, will
again be put Into service. Several nurses
who served on the Maine are here and
anxious to go to the front.
The government has decided that cable
messages In code may be sent to Japan
without restriction and announcement to
that effect was made today by the, Com
mercial Cable company.
VANCOUVER. B. C, Feb. .-The Cana
dian Pacific railway steamships Tartar and
Athenian of about 35,(ino tons each have
been purchased or chartered from the Can
adlun Pacific railway by the Japanese gov
ernment. The steamships are used as
freight and passenger carriers between
British Colymbla and the orient.
V.i 'Take Desperate Cbances
When
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It ahould be borne In mind that -every cold
weakens the lungs, lowers the vitality and
makes the system less able to withstand
each succeeding cold, thereby laving the
way for more serious diseases. Can you
affofd to take such desperate chances when
Chamberlain's Cough Remedy, famous for
Its cures of colds, can be had for a trifle?
OPERATES IN MILWAUKEE
Bnencer, the Allea-ed Chinese gwlad.
ler. Assisted by 1'nsnspeetlnar
lotted States Officials.
MILWAUKEE. Feb. 8. Arthur S. Spen
cer, who was arrested In Pittsburg on tha
charge of trying to sell Chinamen false
registration certificates, wss in Milwaukee
on January 20 and made the rounds of Mil
waukee laundries In company with Deputy
United States Marshal Walter N. Durbin,
and a number of Chinamen were sent to
the county jail because they were unable
to produce certificates showing they were
entitled to reside in the United States.
Some of tho Chinamen after a few days
succeeded In producing the necessary pa
pers and they were -released. Some of the
cases we still pending before United States
Court Commissioner Blodgett.
If your breathing Is difficult, or your
lungs sore, rely on 1'iaoa (Jure ror ruiet.
F.iuperor to Dine with Tower.
BERLIN, Feb. I. Emperor William baa
aent word to Ambassador Tower that he
will dine with him on Thursday evening
The emperor dined with the ambassador
at Kiel, but this Is the first time the em
peror ever took dinner at a United States
embassy legation, and Indicates the espe
dally cordial relations existing between
the emperor snd Mr. Tower.
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GROWING TRADE WITH JAPAN
Luge remand for American Flour and
Wheat Now Feature.
REVIEW OF CONDITIONS AND PROSPECTS
Marvelous Industrial and Commercial
Activity of the Yankees of the
Orient Increased Wealth
of the People.
A correspondent of the St. I.ouls Olobe
Democrat, writing from Tacoma, gives an
Interesting account of America's trade with
Japan during the year pest nrt ne pros
pects for an Indefinite expansion in the
years to come. The writer ray;::
A larger call than usual for flour and
wheat from Japan constitutes an Important
feature of trade relations with the mikado's
realm during the latter part of the past
year. Every wteamer sailing across the
Pacific carries flour to Yokohama and Kobe.
During the fall the first shipment of wrhe.it
In full cargoes have been made trom Puget
sound ports. Five or six cargoes have been
exported or contracted for. The possibility
of war with Russia Is presumed to bo the
cause of these Increased Importations of
breadstuff.
The tradnl depression felt In Japan dur
ing 1903 has naturally had a tendency to
restrict Importations from the United
States. Yokohama, Kobe and Osaka are
well stocked up with foreign goods and for
a time at least purchases will be smaller
In many lines. Serious shortages In the
Japanese crops of wheat and barley af
fected the purchasing power of the agri
cultural classes, leaving large stocks in
the hands of merchants. Oaka houses
which expected large sales during the
Osaka exposition were disappointed. Be
sides making only small purchases many
of the customers asked for an extension of
credit and deferred the payment of ac
counts due. The best authorities In Japan
agree that if the war clouds lift it whole
some recovery of activity will be witnessed
In commercial and Industrial circles. Un
employed funds In the banks are still In
creasing and a disposition exists not to
embark In many new enterprises. Late In"
November the Toklo share market showed
a marked appreciation In all kinds of se
curities. In somo .cases the appreciations
exceeded one yen per share.
Tbe foreign trade of Japan for the first
nine months of the year aggregated 453,
257,749 yen, against 272,929.784 yen for the
corresponding period of last year, a differ
ence of 80,827,965 yen In favor of this year.
Imports continue to show a considerable
excess over exports, the figure for Imports
being 245.447,127 yen, against 207.810.K22 yen
for exports, or an adverse balance of 87,
636,505 yen. The excess of Imports for the
same part of the previous year was only
16,692,?28 yen. The bulk of the year's In
crease is In Imports, namely, a difference
of 50,885,871 yen, against an Increase of ,20,
942,094 yen In exports. The two staples
of rice and sugar are responsible for 45,
148.954 yen of the Increase In exports.
Ilk Shipments to the Inlted States.
Though the smallest In bulk. Japan s silk
shipments to the United States comprise
the greatest item of .value In trade between
the two countries. Japan's silk exporla-
tions for the lost tliree years have aver
aged about 76,000,000 yen, of which some
thing over half comes to America. On his
eturn from a summer visit to Japan, Gen
eral Joseph W. Congdon, president of the
American Silk association, was quoted as
saying that the American Importations of
Japanese manufactured bilks have fallen
off some, owing, partly to the tendency
of the Japanese Vftjif&'d up prices. '.The
handkerchief trade, formerly very large in
this country, has fallen off as a result of a
more general demand for cotton and linen
handkerchiefs on the part of people who
formerly used the cheap, Japanese silk ar
ticle. General Congdon stated that impor
tations of habutais, or piece silks, had been
greatly reduced on account' of frauds dis
covered In the New York custom house.
caused, by the action of importers. Official
figures show that during the first eight
months of 1903, 596.048 dozen silk handker
chiefs were exported from Japan, as com
pared with 765,681 dozen during the same
period of 1902. The 'Silk crop of this year
amounted to nearly -2,600,000 koku, an in
crease of 30 per cent over the previous
year's crop and nearly 20 per cent better
than the average crop for the last ten
years. On ttccount of the large values in
volved, the transpacific steamship com
panies exercise more care in handling silk
shipments than any other class of freight
except Bullion and coin. On the arrival of
steamers at Pacific coast docks the silk Is
Immediately loaded into cars and hurried
to easters terminals attached to express
trains. From St. Paul or Chicago it is for
warded to New York or Palerson. by fast
freight. Quick deliveries count for a great
deal In handling raw silk, making it im
practicable to ship to New York via Sues.
The money tlsd up In the shipment Is so
great that Importers are anxious to use the
quickest and most direct lines. For this
reason a large proportion comes via the
northern lines, which do not take the time
for-calling at Honolulu.
Tea and Mattings Follow Silk.
After silk, tea and mattings comprise
the largest, part of the-Japanese exports
to the United States, Tea shipments have
shown a marked increase during the past
year, particularly In consignments to the
Pacific coast, Chicago and Intermediate
points, the bulk of which come via the
Pacific,' A considerable amount of tea
for the Atlantic coast still goes via Sues,
though It Is known that the western rail
roads are making an effort to Insure the
handling by them of the bulk of all teas
Imported Into the United States. American
stocks of tea 'were low previous to the
removal of the war duty on January 1,
1903. Large shipments followed and stocks
In this country are now said to be about
normal. Japan's tea crop was a fair on
and the tea dealers' guild Is petitioning
the government to continue the yearly
subsidies for the purpose of extending the
market In the United Stutes. Japanese
teas will be comprehensively shown and
probably served at the St. Loula exposi
tion. The United States still comprises
the largest market for Japanese teas.
Heavy Importations indicate that Japa
nese mattings have never before been" as
popular as a floor covering as at present
They are coming In a great variety, at
values ranging from a few dimes to several
dollars per yard. The I'nlted States bonded
warehouse at Tacpma contains matting
valued st t3n0.0ilO to 40u,db0 almost the
year round. Several New York Importers
are using the local bonded warehouse.
making shiuments from here in carload
lots to cities throughout the country.
Toys, tooth brushes, umbrellas and art
goods comprise important lines of goods
MEXICAN
Mustang Liniment
cares Frostbit and Chilblains,
MEXICAN
Mustang Liniment
Best thins; fur a lame horse.
MEXICAN
Mustang Liniment
drives out lUi ioflammatioaw
being Imported from Japan In Increasing
quantities. The Ingenuity and deftness of
the Japanese are well know. They seem
especially fitted for the manufacture of
toys, and there Is proliahly scarcely a
nursery In the land that does nut contain
toys from the Land of the RlslnR Sun. The
prices are even lower than the products
of Nuremburg and Berlin. Japanese tonth
brushes are a very clever Imitation qf the
medium priced brushes of French and
American make. Their price commends
them to people who economize. During
July alone Japan exported over 2X).0O0 um
brellas, of which a small portion came to
the I'nlted States. Art goods promise to
become an Important Item In Japan's ex
ports to this country. The Japanese have
found there Is a larger profit In the beau
tiful cloisonne cases, Satsuma ware and
artistic purses, for which wealthy Ameri
cans are willing to pay a good price, than
In the cheaper toys and tooth brushes. A
genuine demand has sprung up for theoe
beautiful creations, as well as for the
unique grass cloth and other products of
Japanese looms. A Tacoma art dealer
spent two months of last summer In Japan
picking up beautiful things artistic for Pa
cific coast and New York markets.
Raw Materials In Demand.
Japan's coal exports for the year reached
lS.COO.OOO yen in value. American steamers
took a portion for their transpacific voy
ages. After breadstuffs raw cotton now com
prises the largest item of export from the
United States to Japan. Scarcely a steamer
crosses the Pacific westward without a
large shipment of southern cotton. Prices
are high and the Japanese sre finding it
hard this year to obtain control of enough
cotton to supply their mills. Most of the
cotton used there comes from India, that
from America being used for mixing. Cot
ton shipments have been increasing stead
ily Yor a number of years.
Lried fruits from the Pacific const will
hereafter constitute an Important Item In
trade with Jupan. During 1901; a Toklo
firm imported 2,000 cases of American dried
fruit and. found a ready market. This year
a number of good -sired shipments have
been made from California and Washing
ton. The manifest of the steamship Victoria,
sailing recently from Tacoma, shows the
following shipments to Japan, which give a
fair idea of the nature of the constant
stream of traffic through Pacific coast
ports: To Yokohama Forty-two boxes of
mnchlnery. .1 case of photo material, 221
crates bicycles, 4 steam pumps, 12 cases
electrical goods. 27 barrels bottled beer. 15, -
000 sacks flour. 9,200 feet flooring. To Kobe
Fifteen hundred sacks flour, 452 pounds
drugs, 12 cases advertising cards, 6 crates
stove parts, 4-8,000 pounds wood pulp.
American tobacco and cigarettes continue
popular in v Japan. Some of the largest to
bacco houses there are controlled by Amer
ican tobacco companies. The Japanese gov
ernment has under consideration the Inau
guration of a romplete monopoly of the to
bacco business on lines similar to the
French tobacco monopoly. The object will
be to Increase the national revenues.- The
Japanese tobacco crop this year reached
12.000.000 kwan, a kwan equalling 3.73 kilos.
The Standard OH comiwny makes regular
shipments of petroleum to Japan and other
Oriental countries, chiefly by sailing ves
sels, from New York and Philadelphia. The
Standard Oil company controls the Inter
national Oil company, operating a refining
plant In the Echigo oil fields of Japan.
Japanese papers have recently stated the
oil wells controlled by the- International
company had not turned out as good pro
ducers as those of a rival Japanese com
pany, which amalgamated most of the oil
wells not obtained by the International
company. This fact gave the Japanese
company a decided advantage, so far as
the manufacture of native oil Is concerned.
' Food Supply, ' ' j
To make certain a sufficient food supply i
han become an Important question with
Japan. Her .population la steadily grow
ing, while the area under rice cultivation'
Is not shoA'tng a corresponding develop
ment. This fact Is making Japan more
and more dependent upon foreign countries
for a part of her food supply. With a pop
ulation of 44,000,000 the country exported
rice to the value of 7,000,000 yen In 1901, and
during the same year Imported rice worth
nearly 12,000,000 yen. In 1902 the rice ex
ports were valued at 6.676,000 yen arid the
rice Imports at 17,750,000 yen. This year's
rice crop reached 47,822,000 koku, an In
crease of twenty-seven per cent over that
of the previous year. Nevertheless, the de
mand for Burma rice has largely exceeded
that of any former year. Over 60.000 tons of
rice have be-n Imported from Rangoon.
In view of both exports and imports, of
rice It may be explained that with a true
spirit of thrift Japan Is In the habit of ex
porting a considerable quantity of the best
grades of rice and Importing lower priced
rice to take Its place. In he ordinary
course of events Japan's population will
have increased by 10.000.000 or 12.000,000 In
the course of another twenty years. To
turn from rice to wheat would seem like
jumping out of the frying pan Into the
fire from a strictly economlcsl standpoint,
since she can be more nearly self-supporting
In the production of rice than In any
thing else. Puget sound flour manufactur
ers nevertheless belfeve that flour sales In
Japan will go steadily forward, showing a
substantial Increase each year
The barley- crop for 19u3 proved bad,
large areas having been devastated by
rust. The crop amounted to 13,643,000 koku,
or 30 per cent below the average.,
Two sugar refining companies in Japan
are doing a good business. The refinery
at Osaka has a daily output of 2.000 bugs
of refined sugar and Is paying dividends
on a paid-up capital of 1.500.COO yen. A Toklo
sugar refining company paid off a debt
of 180,000 yen from profits during the first
half of 1903. The company expects to pay
a dividend of "Sk per cent for the last half
year, after amply providing for reserves.
The paid-up capital Is 1,440.000 yen. The
raw sugar comes from Java.
Japan has become one of the foremost
countries in the world In encouraging
steamship facilities with foreign countries.
Nineteen native services are now subsi
dized by the government, the subsidies
this year amounting to 6,186,230 yen. These
services Include a line of six steamers to
Puget sound and a line of three steamers
to Ban Francisco. The Japan Mall Steam
ship company, operating to Puget sound In
connection with the Great Northern, Is the
fifth largest steamship company In the
world. The shipment of both exports and
Imports In Japanese bottoms Is encouraged
In a number of ways.
The estimated Income of the population
of Japan has increased from 81.000,000 en
In 1893. to 2,000,000 yen in 1901 and over
400.000,000 In 1J2. showing a fourrold In
crease In nine years. The actual Increase
of wealth Is not so large as It appears
when the fact that the purchasing value
of money has largely declined la taken
Into consideration. Increased wealth and
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Rev, William Fraser, Presbyterian Minister, cf
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ReT. We Fraser, Presbyterian Church, Champlain, N.Y. says; "I hare
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recommend it to be all that it is claimed. I have ofUn advised its use to
others, and have done so quite lately to a friend in Canada. I found it for
general debility snd lirer trouble and a peneral toning up of tho syiitcm, s
most excellent remedy. You have my permission to publish this letter with
toy photograph for ethers' good.".
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Incomes means, among ether things, an
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FIRE UNDER CONTROL
(Continued from Second Page.)
helmer & Motter; T. L. Millpr Safe com
pany; Ixmis Stlel & Co.; Kosenhush & Co.;
McCaddcn & McElwee: John Turnhull, Jr.
& Co.; Ueorge W. King Printing company;
Monogram lunch rooms; Douglas Shot
company, Bayline, ticket office; David Bon
dun; Williams' shoe store: Peter Hose &
Son, harness manufacturers, $125,000.
Federal Troops for Baltimore.
NEW TORK. Feb. . It was announced
tonight at the headquarters of the At
lantic division on Governor's Island that
Major General II. C. Corbln, commanding
the division, would start for Baltimore
from Jersey City on a special train on
the Pennsylvania road, leaving at 7:50
p. m. and arriving at 11:46 p. m. General
Corbln will take command of all the fed
eral -troops In Baltimore. He Is accom
panied by his Staff,, composed of Colonel
Knight, chief of staff, Major Starr, ad
jutant. Captain Moss, aide de camp, and
Captain Horton, assistant quartermaster.
Nearly. 1,000 soldiers also have been
ordered to serve under him. They are:
Two battalions of the Fifth Infantry ut
Plattsburg barracks, N. Y., one battalion
of the Sixteenth infantry at Fort Slo
cum, S. Y.. one battalion Nnlth Infantry,
Madison barracks, N. V., one company of
coast artillery. Fort Howard. Md., and
one company coast artillery. Fort Dupont,
Del. 1
These troops are under rush orders and
in sll probability will report to General
Corbln before nightfall. It is explicitly
stated at the War department that the
national troops are to serve as a police
force under the direction of the mayor
and local authorities.
Pbtladelphlaaa Go to Front.
PHILADELPHIA. Feb. 8. Police Cap
tain MoCoach, who went to Baltimore in
charge of a detail of policemen, tele
graphed to Director of Public Safely Smyth
that the tire was practically under control
at 9 a. m- Captain McCoach says it was' a
repitltlon of the Atlantic City lire battle.
When the firemen from this rity reached
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more flrerr.en fighting the flames from 'the
sides and rear. District Chief Waters, In
charge of the Philadelphia firemen, ordn d
his men to fight the fire from the front In
order to head off the spread of the flumes.
Captain McCoach says he will fcrlriB lie
Phllsdelphla policemen home tomorrow
morning.
Iowa Mas l.oser.
WEBSTER C1TT, la.. Feb. 8. (Spiel i
Telegram. )-Qeorge Herr Relnerker. th
Webster City millionaire, lost J2.Vi.0in) In ih
Baltimore fire. He owns the steel strij. uv.
next to the Hurst building. In which the
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NEW YORK, Keb. 8. Nine engine coin
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on a special train to go to Baltimore's mj
at 4 o'clock this morning, and It was ex
petted they would reach the scene of t!ie
fire about 8 o'clock.
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