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THE OMAIIA ' DAILY BEE: THURSDAY, JULY , 7, 1004.
The Omaiia Daily Bee.
E. ROSEWATEH. EDITOR.
PL.'DLISUi;i EVERT MOHNINO.
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STATEMENT OF CIRCULATION".
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rnoiary ruuuo.
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It begin to look like a sphynx candi
date oa a skyrocket Jlutfortu.
Watson find Tibbies! Ye gods and
little fishes,- what a combination.
TbeVatn bohboh in Mancburla seerag
to be aa bad for beof aa for bottrs.
With en HBBeiwcd . '.Ta loatlon of.$20,
000,000 tho tax levy In Douglaa county
hould not 'exceed 2J mlllsl
Tarker may win or loat'on the flrot
tallot, but if bo does not win on tbe
aecond ballot be Is a goner.
It now baa beco'iue f qiicst.'lon whether
North Sixteenth Btroet ahould bo paved
with broken rocks or broken legs.
... .' '
With Tlbblea as Tlco presidential can
didate the "mullet rfcxtilfe' "Vbo oppose
his aspiration will liarA'tin awful time
of It t, .-. -r .i'h. .'Wi'.v . ; .
Nebraska has1 one candidate for 'the
vlca presidency, anyway; and no com
mittee was organized to promote bis
boom, Uhor.-'-' '- " 1
Will Tlbblci (Jocliue tho honor, or will
he sally forth) like Don' Qrtlxote, mounted
on hli farorlte steed and the Omaha
platform of 1802
Forecasts from St. Ioula would Indi
cate that the silver tonguod orntor of
the riatte la about to return to the ranks
of the great plain people.
Cub la showing signs pf benevolent
assimilation. The first work of the pres
ent session of Its congress Is the Intro
duction of an appropriation bill.
What the governor of North Carolina
amid to the governor of South Carolina
bout dispensary plank In the dnmo
era tic platform has not yet transpired. ;
' It takes a man with a good deal louder
voice thai) that posssKl by John Sharp
Williams to make a democratic national
Convention hear after 11 lu the morning.
Democrats may call It enthualasm
which was manifest at St. Louts, but It
bears dose analogy to what the man
who uses slaug designates as a "rough
house."
The Nebraska socle lists seem to wel
come "the fight against socialism" now
In progreso lu Colorado probably on the
theery that a hair of the mad dog cures
the bite.
Hereafter the )eu who1 spells God
with a little J may successfully pass
the civil ' service examination gauntlet
and be permitted to act aa a watchman
or porter In Uncle Sam's public build
ings. It is told at considerable length In the
press dispatches that the background of
the decorations tu the convention hall at
St. Louis waa yellow another evidence
of the divadeuce of the llryan silver
Idee. -
If public svntlnu-ut can have sny ef
fect upon the city couucll It will make
speedy provlslou for the suppression of
the dynamite cracker end the shotgun,
revolver and toy pistol on the next
Fourth of July.
The prohlbttloulst thrvaten to hold a
second national convention after the
democrats bare quit work. Fusion of
the prohibitionists with the democrat
would, to say the least,'be a novelty la
American politics.
a1 - -i1 . .
la ) making the tax levy the county
commissioner should bear in mind the
fact that the very marked Increase in
the grtiud aasessmeut roll of the state
111 result In corresponding decrease
la percentage, in the state tax levy and
the taxpayer shoaU be given the tteuedt
that dxrsajs
BOCXDISO Tilt KITXOTE.
' Tho spoech of, Representative Wil
liams of Mississippi as temporary chair
man of the democratic national conven
tlon will undoubtedly do service as
riimpnlKn document snd it is only fair
to sHy of It that It makes as strong a
presentation of the democratic position
as Is posHlbln. The leader of the mi
nority In the bouse of representatives la
one of tho ablest men In his party and
no mistake wns made In selecting him to
sound the keynote at St. Louis. He has
done this with no little skill and Inge
nuity, though there Is really not much
In his address that Is novel or original.
For the most part It Is a restatement of
the familiar democratic views and crltl
clsqi of republican policies and acts,
which during the last session of cdn
grcRS were freely expressed by demo
crats In Iwth branches. As these wero
met and conclusively apswered by re
puhllcnns on the floors of rongress so
they will be In the coming campaign.
Of course Mr. Williams could find
tiothing useful or creditable In wbnt has
been done by the republican party." He
reiterates the ridiculous asacrtlod that
the prolonged depression which followed
democtatlc. success in 1802, uritll fhen
the most prosperous year In the coun
try's history, was due to the republican
ndnilnlHtrntlon, although everybody fa
miliar with conditions at thnt time
knows that the real cause of the shut
ting down of mills and factories wss the
democratic threat to destroy protection.
The financial disturbance that came late
In 1802 of course had a more or less un
favorable effect on business, but It was
only after the election of Cleveland and
a democratic house of representatives
that Industries became seriously alarmed
and enterprise halted. Mr. Williams as
serts, also, that it was not tho restora
tion of the republican party to power
that revived Industrial and business ac
tivity, but that a revival had begun be
fore the election of McKlnley in '1806
and was brought atKuit by certain cir
cumstances wholly disconnected . with
politics. The fact is that financial anx
iety and business depression waa greater
In 1801 than it hnd been before, due to
apprehension thnt the democrats might
carry the election, and a reaction begun
immediately after the announcement of
republican success. Mills and factories
thnt hnd been long closed were started
up within a few months after 'the elec
tion and when McKlnley was Inaugu
rated there had taken place a quite gen
eral resumption of industrial activity.
Mr. Williams claimed for Grover
Cleveland tho credit of establishing a
gold basis. Tho repeal of the purchase
clause of the Sherman act, however, was
not In Itself sufficient to establish the
gold basis. Oher legislation was re
quired and this was provided by the re
publican party. Moreover, It ahould not
be forgotten that most of the democrats
In congress were opposed to Mr. Cleve
land in this matter and voted against
repeal. The subsequent course of the
democratic party in regarg to the gold
standard Is well k flown and ft seems
safe to say that even now it will not ir
corporate in its platform declaration
favorable to the gold standard. In spite
of persistent democratic opposition the
republican party placed the currency of
the country on sound and secure basis
snd rropoacs to maintain it there.
As an exponent of ' democratic ideaa
Mr. Williams shows that the party is
still obstructive and reactionary, still
ready to throw Itself in the way of na
tional development and progreee. The
republican party, on tho other hand,
does hlngs, achieving results that make
for the growth and power of the nation
and the welfare of the people. ' No party
ever accomplished so much for the good
of the republic and while unquestionably
It has made mistakes, its record aa
whole Is great and honorable.
WIRELESS TtLEQRAPHT
It appears certain that wireless teleg
raphy la to cut an Increasingly Important
figure in future military and commercial
progress, and the activity of the United
Statea government ahows that in the ap
plications of this new medium of com
munication America la to lead, not to
follow. No less than four of the depart
ments of the federal service are now
using wireless systems which they have
adopted or developed independently to
meet their own needs. A few days ago
a joint board was appointed to report
on the unification of these systems, to
suggest a plan for their administration
and to consider the knotty international
law points which hsve been raised in
consequence of Japan's use of wireless
telegraphy In the present war. Now the
Navy department has gone a step fur
ther and has acquired for its own use
five long circuits of the De Forest com
pany, connecting the United States coast
points with Cuba and rorto Rico, sys
tem which already extends to Alaska
aud which is to reach Fanama to the
south, across the north Faciflc-to Japan
and perhaps to Hawaii and Guam.
It will readily be seen that thla Is a
most Important contract, for while It
dtMHi uot establish a government monop
oly, it points the wsy to certain phases
of public control, which is obviously es
sential. It was stated a short time ago
that the Navy department, ae en initial
tcp to the ecqulsitton and control by the
goverumeut of all wireless telegraph
systems lu operation on the seacoast of
the United States, will place ita coast
wireleea telegraph stations at the dis
posal of the general public, newspapers,
maritime exchangee aud telegraph com
panies for the transmission of commer
cial and news"meaag. Twenty-three
stations have been or are being estab
lished under the control of the Navy de
pan m eat end it I contemplated to es
tablish as many more. It ia the inten
tion that the Navy department shall ac
quire the exclusive right to use wlreleae
telegraphy on the seaooagt of the
United States and congret will be asked
for legislation that will enable the gov
ernment to control all coast wtreleaa tel
egraph buaiuees. , ,
Remarkable progress ha been made
la the application of this new medium
of communication and all the govern
menta of the world are manifesting the
greatest Interest in its development In
regard to the plana of our government.
which contemplate the creation .of a fed
eral monopoly of wireless telegraphy on
our sescoasts, It is suggested that thla
might not be permissible under the con
stltution, but It Is pointed out that recent
decisions of the courts have been to the
effect that the power of congress to regti
late commerce between the states and
with foreign nations Is practically un
limited, and telegraphy is an Instru
mentality of commerce.
When the Hoard of Education some
months ago arbitrarily raised the salary
of the secretary from $1,800 to $2,100 a
year The Iiee pronounced the action as
entirely unwarranted In view of the fact
that Mr. Burgess cheerfully accepted
$1,000 A year while In the employ of the
Fndflc Express company and thnt more
over $1,500 a year was ample for the
service rendered. Tills was also the con
sensus of opinion among all classes of
Omaha business men, but like the man
who convinced against his will Is of the
same opinion still, the board has re-en
gnged the secretary at a salary of $2,100
for the coming year, as If it hnd money
to bum. We presume that this action, like
several other slngulnr and Inexcusable
performances, will be Justified on the
ground that the boerd must not do any
thing The Bee advocates, and Is bound
to favor everything that The Bee op
poses. In view of the fact that The Bee
Is right on all Issues Involving the pub
lic welfare about ninety-five times out
of a hundred the board Is very much lu
the position of the would-be rivals of
The Bee, big and little, who are willing
to go wrong ninety-five times out of a
hundred on all vital public issues Just to
antagonize The Bee.
Chairman Williams advises the demo
cratic party to bow to the Inevitable on
tho money question and to recognize that
the UnltedStates Is on the gold stand
ard. Herein lies another distinction be
tween the republican and democratic
parties. The democrats bow to the in
evitable, while the republicans produce
the conditions to which the opposition
bows.
The democratic party has always
prided itself that it Is not "color blind,"
but the confusion of yellow and black by
the temporary chairman of the national
convention in his remarks upon Chinese
and negroes may have some effect upon
the party In the states where negroes
have votes which are counted.
The Pennsylvania man who wrote to
Nebraska In regard to the demand for
laborers in the harvest fields has prob
ably not heard of what Colorado has
done to relieve the stringency in the
agricultural labor market.
The temporary chairman of the demo
cratic national convention admonished
his party to bow to the Inevitable. In
other words, to prepare for the Inevit
able triumph of Roosevelt and Fair
banks in November.
Wheat h hoatlBsr Dlea.
Chicago Newa.
T tiiitx Parker la to be the nominee
what he will need more than anything elxe
Is a good press agent and a superior line
of advertising.
He Dtvtdeada to Bother.
?hlladelphla North American.
Paul Morton will find the Job of running
h Kaw deirtment much easier than
running a railroad. He doesn't have to
bother about dividends.
He la All Rlsrht.
Minneapolis Times.
a fodaral Judge has decided that the
nr... haa a riant to criticise a judge. The
,hi who handed down this decision
is pretty generally regarded by the news
papers aa a very gooa juage.
Moves sm Aveadmeat.
Chicago Pest.
Brvan says: "The party cannot afford
to Intrust Its future to the men who were
responsible for the party's defeat In UM
and 100." Read "man" for "men" In this
sentence and it will be quite correct
Can't rieae Beth.
Chicago Tribune.
oi..a.i Wattaraon doe not like the man-
. -
nev in which Senator Fairbanks parts hi
balr. It ia too low down on tha side of his
heed. In trying to plea Texas, there
fore, the senator ha offended Kentucky.
KTlla laforeaeea.
Philadelphia Ledger.
Thaaa men who slaned the declaration
were earnest and brave in the cauae of
tiK-rtv. but it la doubtful If they would
have pledged their Uvea, fortunes and ra
cred honor to the liberation of the tetanus
germs Id a cannon cracker.
yBeratle Notablea Forajotteo.
Philadelphia Record.
! r,r ta wladom In omitting from the
nrti.ina at the democratic convention
k.n tha nortraita of living men: but there
ta no reason why Jefferson's portrait alone
hould be displayed there. Andrew jaok
fujnuel Jones Tilde n and Allen O
Thurman and Thomas A. Hendricks were
great democrat, and all nave become in
eligible for nomination.
aprasloa the Hoodlaaa.
Kansas City Star.
Th heartfelt gratltud of 50.000 people
In Kansas) City Is due to the common coun
cil for the absence yesterday of the pri
mordial young hoodlum bo has been
wont, In other year, to waits up and down
the sir ts, on the Fourth of July, with
two big hone ptstols" loaded with deafen
ing cartrtdgea that left distraction In their
train. For the suppreaatoo of that danger
ous aad 4leo.ultlng form of Insanity, ten
thousand thanks.
Veatllatlac Private Car- Abases.
Philadelphia Press.
The Interstate Commerce Commission I
ensas-ed la a good work ia making a thor
ough Investigation of the use of private
ears oa the railroads. That Is an abuse
that ought to be stopped. Refrigerator
ear owner are said to have the western
roads practically at their snarey. and are
la this way able to prevent tho breaking
ap ag the packers control of the stock
saarket. AU shipper should h oa the
saane tootliug. and the railroaos should sup-
plf the car la a.
SAKE ASD HSASR CELEBRATIONS,
Chicago Post: Let It be understood now
that makers and dealers in useless explo
sives will be closely watched when the next
Fourth comes around, and that they, as
well aa the person using the dangerous ex
plosives, wtU be punished. This would be
a good beginning, and. the time to start
la now, and not a day. or so before the
next Fourth.
Chicago Hecord-Herald: . With the proper
sentiment developed.' what Is needed next
Is a more resolute attitude on the part
of the civil authorities It would be an In-
terestlng experiment to try an absolutely
prohibitive instead of a partially permls
slve proclamation. If that a not consld
ered feasible because of the strength of
the. tradition, the enforcement of restric
tion should certainly be carried oh with
a wholly unprecedented vigor.
Kansas City Star: The results of the
Initial enforcement of the hew ordinance
regulating the us of flreworki In Kansas
City fully Justify the enactment of the
law and ahould Insure Its permanent' op
eration. Last year on the Fourth of July
the police surgeons treated more than
slxUr Injuries, some of them serious, and
all due to the us of explosives, toy pi
tols or revolvers. Testerday there were
only three esses ' for the surgeons, and
all of these were trifling. But In addition
to the saving of life and the avoidance
of suffering dus ta' accidents, there waa
a marked diminution of distracting noise
ihroughcut the day. The smaller form
of explosives were used. A larg-er amount
of money wss sffent on Illuminating de
vices, snd as a result the night was prob
ably themost brilliant ever known In A way
of the celebration of the Fourth In this
city. Rockets, Roman candles, balloons
and other pyrotechnic devices were used
In abundance. ' With few exceptions there
was an absence of the deafening explo
sions so distressing to people with sen
sitive nerves, so dangerous to Invalids snd
so terrifying to skittish horses. It was
In every way a rational Fourth of July so
far os Kansas City was concerned.
St. Louis Republic: " Right after . Inde
pendence Day, when tha wsste of money
Is deplored, when there Is snxloty about
little bruises snd when there Is worry
over tetanus and painful Injuries, the idea
for a sensible Fourth of July Is more ef
fective than at any other time. "The day
after" Is a fit occasion for coming to a
wise conclusion, as the mind Is either
calm or anxious, whereas it was eager
with anticipation the day before and with
excitement on the day itself. The example
set by St. Louis and Kansas City may
well be emulated by all cities and towns.
When conditions were different there was
some excuse for a noisy celebration; but
now, when - there are almost innumerable
forms and places of amusement, there
Is absolutely no excuse. In another year
the jnan who will purchase fireworks of
a dangerous kind for his children should
be looked upon with pity; If not with
ridicule. Bo many other entertainments
are better nd more pleasing that it Is
doubtful whether nolsemaklng would be
even a little popular were It not for an
old custom. The money wasted In a silly
wsy on the Fourth could be used to such
a good purpose, such an education or In
beautifying the home or In having a family
holiday, that the expenditures appear to
be the veriest extravagance. Hereafter the
people of the cities 'nd towns should fol
low their Judgment and be modern and
make the Fourth pf July celebration sen
sible. ' V
PERSONAL HOTE9.
E. Phillips Oppenhelm, the popular Eng
lish novelist. Is ,ylBlttng this country. He
la, not a stranger hrv as he married a
Boston girl several rears ago.
Three foreign ambassadors are among the
social lights st ' Bir1 'Harbor Just row M.
Bran of DenmarkCount Casslnl of Russia
snd Baron Hengehnuller of Austria. The
season promises to be a gayer one than
Bar Harbor has seen for years.
In an attic reom of his costly Fifth
avenue palace Colonel' John Jacob Astor,
the possessor of between 176,000,000 snd 1100,-
000,000, spends much of Ms time studying
and experimenting In electrical science. A
practical and watchful man of business,
he neglects no part of his duty In the man
agement of hi vast properties, but his
mind has a scientific bent and It is recrea
tion for him to solve complex problems.
William Taylor, Jennings Taylor and
Bryan Taylor paid their respects to Wil
liam Jennings Bryan soon after the latter's
arrival in St. Louis. They were accom
panied by their parents. Mr. and Mrs. F.
L. Tsylor of St. Louis. As they are only
1 months old they didn't talk politics with
the Nebraskan, but one of the triplets
made aa much noise ss ever emanated
from a curbstone It to 1 orator.
"Colonel Pete" Hepburn of Iowa is fond
of telling how during his early days In
congress he once had occasion to consult
Mr. Reed, then speaker, with a view to ob
taining Reed's advice aa to a eulogy on a
deceased colleague which Colonel Hepburn
had been selected to deliver. "Give me a
general Idea as to whst I shall say." said
the Inexperienced Hepburn. "Say anything
except the truth," responded Reed. "It's
customary."
PROSPERITY AS AN ISM'E.
Coadltloa - of the Country a Potent
Pore In Politico.
Waahlngton Star.
Let ua consider the esse with the two
great parties In battle array. Let ua sup
pose the democrats to have made the most
of their opportunity at 8t" Louis by the
nomination of a good ticket and the adop
tion of a good platform. What then will
be the leading Issue? Will not the condi
tion of the country command greater at
tention than any other ubject?
It I often said that political parti are
unduly praised and unduly censured. y t
they are not really so "warm:" that the.'
neither bring great prosperity nor great
adversity: that in casting up accounts w
are apt to leave Providence a little too
much out of the reckoning. Democrats
holding to this view are accustomed to
declare that had General Harrison been re
elected In 18& the country would have Buf
fered quite aa much aa It did under the
four year of Mr. Cleveland; that the time
for the tide to turn had arrived and noth
ing oonld have stayed It.
But thla Is but a theory, and. as Mr.
Cleveland on one occasion remarked, a con
dition and not a theory la now before the
country. Whatever haa produced It. that
condition la one of unprecedented prosper
ity. The people, aa a rule, are in clover,
knee deep. The Wall etreet gamblers are
the only croakers, and nobody outside of
gambling circles gives sny heed or sym
pathy to them. Legitimate business of
every kind is booming, snd crop are on
the way promising to make this a record
breaking year for the farmer
The republican are In power, the demo
crat are seeking power, if It is insisted
that the republican have not produced
thla state of things; that it has come about
of Its own accord, so to speak, what be
comes of the assertion that the republicans
In office are a menace to the country.
Vhy ts it so necessary In the public be
half to tarn them cut.
Personalities are likely to b Indulged In
as the campaum progress-, and. a uaual,
roar rut more or I of a ftfure. But In
thla. th largest proposition before the
people, the republicans have rh adranUga.
Th country ta proeperlr.g aa never before
under their ra!, and It 1 d'.fnoult to eon
eelv of aa argunnl strong ough U
brtng about a change
GOSSIP ABOtT TTtB WAR.
Sidelights on the People Eaftfed la
th Straggle.
Out of the bristling array of Chlngs,
Shsns and Tung- which faces any observer
of the map of Manchuria, the name of Port
Arthur must always stare like a round
' eyed, red-cheeked Englishman from a
crowd of sallow, almond-eyed Chines,
Doubtless It has been a matter of wonder
to many why this fortress at th foot of
the Llao Tung peninsula, which ha been
th central figure in two wars, should bear
the name It does. A curious person, who
failed after diligent search, to find any
explanation, wrote to the congressional li
brary. In reply he received the follom-lng
from A. P. C. Griffin, chief of the Bureau
of Bibliography:
"The origin of the nam of Port Arthur
la told In the following words by William
Blakeney, a member of an expedition which
visited Port Arthur in 1S60, printed In th
United Service Mag-asln. vol. 139, July,
m-.
" "We anchored for the night In Pigeon
bay, about five miles north of the prom
ontory, and having ascended next morning
to the summit, some 1,600 feet above th
sea, we thence obtained our first view of
the now celebrated Port Arthur so named
by Commander John Ward of the Actaeon,
after Lieutenant William Arthur, whoa
ship, t) Algerlne, was the first to enter It
The next page from my diary records the
circumstance, and the photograph of thla
officer, at the beginning of my article,
waa taken some years after, when he waa
captain of the guardshlp of honor for her
majesty off Cowea." "
Some years sgo a bill was Introduced In
the legislature at Toklo advocating th
abolition of the practice of harlkirt, or
self-slaughter, In the case of defeat or
rapture. During the debate which followed
suicide of this kind was described ss the
"very shrine of the national spirit and th
embodiment In prsctice of devotion to
principle," as "a pillar of the constitu
tion," as "a pillar of religion and a spur
to virtue" and as "on of our most valu
able and time-honored Institutions," snd
the motion was defeated by the over
whelming vote of 06 to S, the proposer,
one Dno Selgoro, being murdered not long
afterward.
"The general Russian life, as I thus saw
It, whl'.e intensely interesting In many
respects, was certainly not cheerful," writes
Andrew D. White In the Century, "Despite
the frivolity dominant smong the upper
clsss and the fetishism controlling tha
lower classes, there was, especially in that
period of calamity, a deep undertone of
melancholy. Melancholy, indeed. Is a
marked .characteristic of Russia, and,
above a!l, of the peasantry. They seem sad
even In their sports; their songs almost
without exception are In the minor key;
the whole atmosphere is apparently charged
with vague dread of some calamity. De
spite the suppression of most of the foreign
Journals and the blotting out of page after
page of the newspapers allowed to enter
the empire, despite all that the secret po
lice oould do in repressing favorable com
ment,' K became generally known that all
waa going wrong: in the Crimea, News
came of reverse after reverse; of the de
feats of the Alma and Inkerman, and, ss
climax, the toss of Sevastopol and the de
struction of the Russian fleet. In the midst
of It all, as Is ever the case in Russian
wars, came utter collapse In the commis
sariat department; everywhere one heard
hints and Anally detailed stories of scoun
drellsm In high places; of money which
ought to have been appropriated to army
supplies, but which had been expended at
the gambling tables of Homburg or in the
Breda quarter at Paris.
"Then It was that, there was borne In
upon ' me the convention that Russia,
powerful ss she seems when, viewed from
tha outside. Is anything but strong when
viewed from the inside. To say nothing
of the thousand evident weaknesses re
sulting from autocracy the theory that
one man, and he, generally, not one of
tha moat highly endowed, can do tha
thinking for 100,000,000 of people there was
nowhere the slightest sign of any uprising
of a great nation, as, for instance, of the
French against Europe In 1792, of the Ger
mans against France In 1813 and in 1870, of
Italy against Austria In 1858 and afterward.
and of the Americans In the civil war of
1861. There? were certslnly many noble
characters In Russia, and theae must have
felt deeply the condition of things; but
there being no great middle class, and the
lowar class having been long kept in be
sotted ignorance, there seemed no force on
which patriotism-could take hold."
Soma idea of the dellahta tt ...-n
v ..a.riin ,u
Cores Is given by th following description
Dy a traveler or tne "bridges" In that
country: A first-class brldaa in rw.oV i.
simply an assortment of planks nailed to-
gemor. inre are scarce. A second-class
biidas. much the commonest v,Ht. - i
'..v.j, mm .11
visible. Its position being Indicated by a
couple or posts, one on each side of the
river. They mean that you may safely
wad across, as the water will probably
not go much above your chest
'It Is pleasant to be welcomed by a host
and a host of servants bent st right angles
with courtesy a courtesy that follows you
everywhere," write John Fox, Jr., In his
description of Japan In war time In Scrlb
ner"B. "Ten minute later, aa I stepped
from behind the screen the ever-present
screen In my room, th Maid of Mlyanosh-
Ita another new type In New Japan stood
bowing at my door, and I am afraid I gave
her scant greeting. I had read of feminine
service, and Saxon-like I was fearsome;
but how oould I know that ahe was the
daughter of mine boat a man more well-to-do
than most of his guests, who Include
ths princes and princesses at times of the
royal household and that she had come
merely to welcome me? And how could I
know that ahe was a lady, aa I understand
th word? For how can a stranger know
who Is a gentlewoman or gentleman in a
land where gentl manners are universal.
when he ha not learned th distinction
of dress and when face and vole give no
unerring guidance In any land? Later I
was sorry and tried to make good, but her
lack of breeding la condoned in a barbarian.
Straightway n little maid came In to
build a fire, while another swiftly unpacked
my bag, laid out evening clothes, and
played th part of a blind automatic valet
Embarrassment, even consciousness, fled
like a flash, as It must fie with any man
who la not blackguard or fool, and I am
thinking now how foreigners have lied
about th women of Japan.
"I want no better dinner than the one
that came later, and I went to deep with
mountain air coming like balm through the
window, th music of hushed falling water
somewhere, and a cherV tree fu'.l blown
hlntng like a great white, low tar at th
feet of a mountain that rose darkly toward
the stars. Thla life of th war correspond
ent In Japan truly 'tis hard'
"Next morning I beard the scsropertng of
many feet and much laughter la the hall
ways, and I thought there wt-re chUdren
out there playing game. It waa those
brown little chambermaids hard at work.
I wonder whence come the perpetual sunny
cheer of theae little people; whether It be
simple temperament or ages ef philosophy
or both."
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cables ax Interrupted.
EXPLAINS IIAYTIEN INCIDENT
Minister from Hayti Receives Report of
Alleged Assault on Diplomats,
SENTRY ENFORCED MUNICIPAL RULE
Carriage Containing the French and
German Ministers Waa Being
Driven oa Street Closed
to I raffle.
WASHINGTON. July .-Mr. Legcr, the
Haytien minister, made on explanation of
the recent episode at Port Au Prince, In
volving an attack on th French and Ger
man ministers and the presence of war.
ships in consequence to procure reparation,
which has thrown a different light on tho
affair, depriving It of any such antl
foreign animus which was at first attrib
uted to it
The minister's advices. Just received from
Hayti, show that the Incident occurred as
follows:
Before the executive mansion at Port An
Prince there Is a rosd which Is closed
after dark to all pedestrians and carriages.
On the morning of June 21 two carriages
were seen on that road. It waa dark, the
sentry could not see the occupants of tho
carrluges and could not then know If they
were foreigners or natives. The coach
men, not hearing or not taking any no
tice of warning of the sentry, the latter,
to avoid using his rifle, thought flt to
throw a stone In the direction of '.he car
riages. When, the uext morning, the re
nm'i waa niR.ln that the occupants of the
carriages were the French and German
ministers, the omcers or me guaru nu
the sentry were punished snd the secretary
for axtrrlor relations called at both lega
tions to express regret and apologise In
the name of the government.
Minister Powell haa since reported to the
State department that the Incident has
been satisfactorily closed.
PORT AU PRINCE, Hayti, July 6. The
Chamber of th Communes today voted
unanimously to censure Minister of
Finance Bijou for mismanagement of pub
lic finances. The minister wss ordered to
ppear before a commission of inquiry.
After the session of the Chamber Minis
ter Bijou offered his resignation, but Presi
dent Nord refused to accept it, declaring
that the minister still had his confidence.
The president expressed his dissatisfaction
with the action of the Chamber.
GREAT BRITAIN WILL Ql IT THIBET
'Announces That Expedition Will Re
tire Its Purpose I Accomplished.
LONDON, July 6. Th Associated Press
learns from a high British authority that
exchanges of views sre taking place be
tween America and Great Britain in re
spect to Thibet Being a dependency of
China, the fate of Thibet Is of considerable
Interest and Importance to America, not
that Americans have Interests of value In
that country, hut because Its acquisition by
any power would mean a violation of the
status of China, which Is the keynote of
Secretary Hay's far eastern policy to
which Great Britain haa given adherence.
Mr. Hay, therefore, has watched with the
closest Interest the British treatment of the
Thibetan question, and it is believed
through Ambassador Choate, haa delicately
presented the possible bearing of the Brit
ish military procedure on Chinese integrity.
It Is understood that the British govern
ment frankly disavowed any ulterior pur
pose regarding Thibetan territory, reitera
ting that It has no Intention to perma
nently occupy Thibet and that Great Brit
ain's motives are those already proclaimed
to the whole world. In view of thla de
claration the British 'government announ
ced that Brigadier Genera) MacDohald'a
expedition Is expected to. retire aa soon
as the purposes for which It was organi
sed have been achieved. '',--
PREMIER COMBES IS VINDICATED
Committee Regrets Report of an At
tempt to Bribe OfBeer.
' PARIS, July 6. The parliamentary com
mittee which is investigating the Charter
euae charges has drawn up a report ex
onerating Premier Combes and his son,
Edgar Combes, secretary general of the
ministry of the Interior, on the ground that
the evidence does not show anything im
peaching their honor. The report expresses
regret that the premier referred before th
chamber of deputies to an attempt at
bribery, whereas the testimony discloses
no Incident having that gravity. The com
mittee will continue Its Inquiries, but the
decision vindicating the two Combes ter
mlnates Its principal work.
FINNS MAKE LITTLE COMMENT
Prince Obolenaky Considered Better
Than Some Possible Governors.
HELSINOFORS, Finland, July . News
of the appointment of Prince John Obo
lenaky as governor general of Finland was
received here without any display of senti
ment. He is, however, preferred to other
candidate.
The Imperial rescrlptlon accompanying
th appointment is pleasing to tha Fin
landers aa It accuse only the direct ac
cessories and not the country of connection
with the assassination of Governor General
Bobrlkoff. It is believed that the rescript
Is a guarantee that a harsh policy will
not be adopted. ,
BRITISH ARE FIGHTING IN THIBET
Assault oa Native Port Now la Prog
ress Meets with Reslsteneo.
GTANO T8E. Thibet July Noon. The
assault of the British troops on the Jong
(fort) Is now In progress. They have al
ready captured the fringe of villages at the
base of th rock. Th Thlbetana are
fiercely resisting. Lieutenant Gurdon of
the Thirty-second Sikhs Is among th
killed.
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A TEAR OP PROSPERITY.
What the Record of the Fiscal Tear
Presages.
Baltimore American.
The fiscal year Just closed has been one
of magnificent achievement. Bnrly In th
twelvemonth the rather Strenuous and.
perhaps, unconsidered rush of production
took a more conservative trend. Factories
here and there suspended wholly or par
tially because of a lack of orders in sight.
Almost invariably, however, the orders
soon csme. Operations were promptly re
newed, and no considerable portion of the
working population has been out of em
ployment for more than a hort period
Pessimist predictions of last fall and win
ter utterly failed to materialise, and now
that the midsummer Is here, which la al
most Invariably the season of greatest
dullness, no evil prophecy ha been ful
filled, find the- proepeot 1 all that could
bo desired for ft continuance of th splen
did record of the year Just cloaed, and
even a great Improvement with th closo
of the vacation season.
In the murkets mere speculation has
been at a minimum during almost the en
tire year, which Is always a healthful
condition. Trading has been htrgvly fut
olld Investment Some of th immensely
capitalised concerns have experienced a
spectacular fall In vahiea, but that wan
due to a squeesing out of water, and the
general effect baa bean decidedly whole
some. Money ' I plenty at fair rates.
Banking conditions generally were never
healthier. Mercantile trad could not b
expected to be better. All Is activity, and
no other evldenoe of this Is needed than
the splendid advertising patronage of the
American, always a sure measure of busi
ness movement.
For the country at larg? the future Is
all rose color. Every governmental net
haa been wise and has th applause if
thinking people of oil parties. The policy
declared by the 'republican convention nt
Chicago is for the whole people; not for
party, faction or Class. Every cltlsen may
have full confidence that it Is a policy
which will most surely maintain prosperous
conditions. For Baltimore Itself the shock
Of conflagration Is largely spent. Every
day the impetus for a restoration of the
burned district grows, and with the close
of another fiscal year what Is now largely
a waste will have many a business pulace.
streets now barren will be busy marts, and
a new and splendid future will be so in
sistent that - the ultra conservative who
lags in th rear rank will keenly regret
his useless and unprofitable caution.
Every element of the conditions prom
ises ssfety of Investment. Not a single
portent of stagnation on be devised, either
by the chronlo pessimist or th pelltlcnl
critic. A continuance of th business pros
perity of the past year is as certain ss
that another fiscal pear haa dawned.
FLASHES OP PUN.
"Ah. yes." said the fond young mother.
leaning over the cradle of her first-born
son; "the glory of a woman Is her heir,"
Chicago Tribune.
"No," said the serf -sacrificing girl, "the
Hps that touch tobacco ahall never touch
mine but you may. kiss m behind the
ear." Somervlll Journal,'.
"Do you think that a lack of enthusiasm
at a convention la significant?"
"Not at all," answered the experienced
politician. "If a man want enthualaam ha
can get It at a baae hall gam." Washing
ton Star.
The millionaire may smoke only dollar
cigars himself, but hs has to smell the
6-cent cigars that other men ar smoking.
Somervllle Journal.
Visitor My good man, why do you wear
that hangdog .expression? Ia It because pf
your gtilfty c6naclence-
Wlcked William Naw, Guv-nor. I ac
quired It yeara ago when I lived in a flat
and had a Janitor ter deal wid. Chicago
News. .
When th Indian is uncivilised, he
wear feather on hi head." remarked the
observer of events and things; "when he
becomes half civilised, he wear a rummage
sale silk hat; but when he becomes en
tirely cIvlllMd, hs goes out to dinner, and
th next day h goes about with nothing
on his shoulders but a head." YonkerS
Statesman. ,
Policy Holder But suppose I should be
run over by an automobile. Would I get
anything or would my heirs get anything?
Agent Certainly. You will find by look
ing at your policy that It covers all the
"ordinary acclden,t." Chicago Tribune.
"Did you ever notice th number of
signs about town, on which ar mispelled
words, poor grammar, wrong punctuation
and inverted letters?"
"Yea; but I guess that people overlook
the mistakes one can't be too exacting
with sign language." Philadelphia Frees.
WANDERLUST VND HEIgWEH.
W. D. Nesblt in Chicago Tribune.
My feet they have the wanderlust
They fain would lead me on
Adown the gray road soft with dust
Through eventide and dawn
To where there lift the distant hills,
A-msny ways to roam.
My heart with on deep cadenc thrills;
A whispered song of home.
My feet would aet themselves to go
Still on snd up and down.
To seek the pathways to snd fro
Through country and through town.
To find the sunshine here, snd there
The shsde of city walla
But softly on the pulsing sir
The home place ever calls.
O, fair the path! And fair and far
The countries I would see.
And morning glow snd even star .
Show forth that path to me.
My eyea look on. my lips are mute.
But be It night or noon
There comes to me, Irresolute,
The homesong in a croon.
The wanderlust It lure my feet
To where the pathway part,
But now there flames with sadden best
The hetmweh In my heart.
And so farewell to reaching trail
And flashing wind-flung foam:
My heart but heeds th stronger hall
iy i
Th
e backward path, and home.
ana lugusi.
sWilhel