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12 27.000 27 27,540
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before me this 1st day of March, 1906.
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Notary Public.
The annual campaign to make Omaha
beautiful Is about due.
President Castro may dlsoorer that
Uncle Sam Is so attached to the Idea
of arbitration that be would fight to en
force It.
If desired by the president, Nebraska
will be pleased to fill all the requisitions
for managing directors of the Panama
canal enterprise.
How long would Omaha hare waited
for a grain market had It waited for the
railroads whose Interest is to get the
long haul to take the Initiative?
European governments should ;have
their attention called to the fact that the
United States senate did not repeal the
Monroe doctrine at the last session.
A Chicago paper now accuses Presi
dent Roosevelt of a desire to pose as
'pater patriae." See what" his protests
against race suicide have brought him to.
Women's suffrage' is now up for con
sideration by the Illinois legislature. The
champions of the measure will doubtless
prefer to suppress the exhibit from
Colorado. -
The birch will continue to be a part of
the disciplinary forces at the command of
Omaha school teachers; and it Is prob
able that the juvenile court work will be
correspondingly smaller.
School boys have been arrested for
"picketing" while on a strike at War
saw. The governor of the province evi
dently believes In beginning training the
agitators at an early age.
Having been kindly relieved by the
Woman's club of the onerous duty of se
lecting the probation officers, the Judge
of the new juvenile court should find
everything smooth sailing.
Young Mr. Hyde has beaten the ccar
In "mutualizing" the concern over which
be presides. The Russian ruler might
appoint a committee to see how the
change Is made without a real revolution.
The Standard OH company Is now ask
ing for a "square deal" in Kansas. The
Standard OH people are almost estopped
from asking for a "square deal" until
they give a "square deal" to the other
fellow. m
Having conducted Its military estab
lishment upon the German plan, Japan
seems now to be anxious to complete
the analogy by levying an indemnity at
least not loss than that which was paid
by France.
! A TtRT SEBIOC8 CBAROK.
Fire thousand dollars for a corruption
fund:
That Is the ultimatum that has come to
Omaha, from Lincoln, as the price of pass
ing through the senate the bill to abolish
the odd-year elections and extend the terms
of present county officers one year, or until
the fall election of 1.
The demand comes with all the earmarks
of official authenticity, and It is coolly an
nounced that unless the required amount Is
forthcoming the bill will never be reported
out of the senate committee on privileges
and elections. The bill is House Roll Z3&,
and passed the house some time ago.
Several of the officials of Douglas county
have been approached regarding the matter,
and It Is stated that the same kind of work
Is In progress; In other counties. The de
mand la based ( n the fact that the proposed
law would extend the term of office of every
sheriff, county treasurer, county judge,
county clerk, register of deeds and district
Judge In Nebraska, and also the terms of
two-thirds of the county commissioners of
the various counties In the state. It Is asked
of these officials, whose terms would thus
be extended, that they get out and hustle,
to make up the pot of $5,000 that Is de
manded for the passage of the bill. World
Herald. While the World-Herald enjoys a well
earned reputation for fabricating fakes
and roorbacks, this charge Is too serious
to be allowed to pass unnoticed by the
legislature. If it is true the parties to
the attempted holdup Inside and outside
of the legislature should be unmasked
and prosecuted to the fullest extent of
the law. If the charge Is false the par
ties who. have concocted it should be
branded and advertised as unmitigated
Ubelers.
There is, however, another view to
take of this sensational disclosure. The
publication looks very much like an at
tempt to force the republican senate to
pass a bill which will extend, the official
terms of democratic and populist county
officials for one year and at the same
time derange the republican party ma
chinery so that It will be rusty and com
paratively Inoperative when the next
big tight comes on In 1906. On broad
gauge principles the proposed extension
is of questionable propriety, to use a
mild expression.
It Is a matter of notoriety that this bill
was log-rolled and machined through the
house by parties Interested directly In
having their terms extended and that
the petitions poured In upon members
of the senate since its passage through
the house are by no means spontaneous,
but, on the contrary, have been procured
In many Instances by beneficiaries under
false pretenses. In any event, the
charge published by the World-Herald
is too grave and too specific to be Ig
nored. The senate should send for per
sons and papers even if it has to extend
Its session two or three days to purge
Itself.
The local frauchised corporations and
public Improvement contractors would
like to see the Omaha charter bill stalled
and fall of euactment The corporations
and the contractors, however, are not
the whole thing.
That reniliMis us What has become of
the agitation for business men In the
Jury box? Or Is It true that the lawyers
who have cases to try prefer to submit
them to jurymen who have uo business
experience of any kind?
With Secretary Hay in Europe, Sec
retary Morton In Cuba and Secretary
Tart preparing to go to the Philippines
there will probably be "nothing doing"
In Washington for some time, despite
sensational reports from Santo Domingo
and Veneauela.
Is it not about time for the city coun
cil to take a positive stand against grant
ing a right-of-way to any railroad
through streets and alleys without ex
acting a reasonable price outright or a
royalty for its use? A right-of-way, like
a .franchise, is a valuable asset. The
railroads hare paid hundreds of thou
sand of dollars to private owners for
right-of-way In Omaha either by pur
chase or eminent domain condemnation.
Why should not the city exact equiva
lent compensation
AMERICAN INFLVEXCE.
In an address at the annual dinner of
the Ohio society of New York. Vice Pres
ident Fairbanks said that it is becoming
daily more and more apparent that we
are destined to exercise a imwerful in
fluence upon the world, not by the
sword, but by our example. He urged
that nations are firmly knit together by
the Instrumentalities of commerce; the
cable and the telegraph link the marts
and capitals of the world to each other;
railways span continents and bind to
gether the citadels of commercial and
political power; merchantmen thread the
soas and are in speaking distance of
each other and of all ports. The civil
ized world is coming more and more to
think on the same questions at the same
time. "We read In the same paper de
bates in the American congress, the Eng
lish House of Commons, the French
Chamber of Deputies and the Reich
stag upon questions of industrial, social
and political moment." Mr. Fairbanks
declared that American ideals will in
good time work a revolution in the
world's thought, "because they are
founded upon those fundamental prin
ciples which are promotive of liberty
and equality among men."
Already the United States is exer
cising a great Influence upon the world
and there Is every reason to expect that
this Influence will grow with the years.
If the example of this republic continues
what It has been. The domination of
this country in the affairs of the west
ern hemisphere Is now fully recognized
and acknowledged by all nations and our
interests in the Asiatic continent have
given us a right to be heard in regard to
affairs in that quarter of the world
which is duly respected. The Influence
of the United States was conspicuously
shown when Chins, was confronted with
the danger of dismemberment and
equally so In connection with the prop
osition for restricting the area of the
war In the far east. It is understood
that as to the latter the suggestion came
from the German government, but If so
It was none the less American influence
which induced the belligerents to agree
to the proposition and also to give as
surance that the neutrality of China
should be respected. To American Influ
ence was largely due tho modification of
Russian policy, proclaimed early in the
war. respecting contraband of war a
policy that would have proved most In
tmical to the world's commerce had It
been permitted to prevail and could
have been carried out. In this respect
the Influence of the United States was
most salutary and assures the writing
Into International law of a new principle
regarding contraband.
American Influence Is due not so much
to our resources and power, as pointed
out by Mr. Fairbanks, as to our high
conception of right and Justice among
the nations of the earth. Our course has
always been to treat other nations with
fairness and to demand for ourselves
only that which we hn1 a Just right to
demand. In our diplomatic intercourse
with other countries we have been
straightforward, frank and honest,
firmly insisting uion our own rights and
carefully respecting the rights of others.
The world knows us as a people loving
peace, not, as President Roosevelt has
said, because we are afraid, but because
we believe it to be best. American In
fluence upon tne world is already great
and it ! In all respects a wholesome In
fluence. That It la destined to grow
there can be no doubt
VENEZUELA'S DimCCLTZXS
The republic of Venetuela Is con
fronted with difficulties which threaten
to hare serious consequences for her.
There are three matters In Issue be
tween that country and the United
States In regard to which it would seem
that the patience of our gorernment I
pretty nearly exhausted. Castro has
shown no disposition to reach a settle
ment, but maintains his arbitrary atti
tude and it is hardly conceivable that
the Washington government will much
longer submit to this sort of treatment.
Self respect will not permit It to do so.
Venezuela is also in trouble with
France and Holland. The French gov
ernment has not shown any desire to
take radical action in regard to the
cable company matter, but it will un
doubtedly take steps to protect the in
terests of its citizens and see that they
receive fair and Just treatment. Hol
land claims that several of her sailors
are Illegally Imprisoned in Venezuela
and negotiations for their release having
proved futile she threatens coercive
measures. What Is to be the outcome of
these difficulties it Is Impossible to say,
but at present Castro and his adher
ent In the government are defiant and
there Is little reason to expect that they
will farorably consider proposals of ar
bitration, at least until there ,ls a dem
onstration on the part of the govern
ments Interested of a purpose to compel
recognition of their demands. It would
seem to be the policy of Castro to seize
and confiscate every concession that
Venezuela has made to foreigners and
he has gone about the carrying out of
this policy In the most high-handed
manner. If persisted In It must Inevita
bly result In involving the country In
war with a foreign power and possibly
this is what the Venezuelan dictator desires.
A MISAPPREHENSION CORRECTED.
The letter of Secretary Taft in regard
to the policy of the administration to
ward the Philippines corrects a misap
prehension created by his remarks be
fore the house committee on ways and
means nt the last session of congress.
This mistaken Interpretation of what
he said implied that it was the purpose
of tiie administration to give the Fili
pinos their independence within the next
four years. The effect of this was to
produce timidity about investments in
the archipelago.
The secretary of war states In his
letter that the policy of the administra
tion is the indefinite retention of the
Islands for the purpose of developing the
prosperity and the self-governing ca
pacity of their people. This policy rests
upon the conviction that the people are
not now capable of self-government and
will not be for a long time, and that
until they are ready for self-government,
it would be a violation of trust for the
United States to abandon the islands.
He says he should be strongly in favor
of giving the Filipinos independence,
should they desire It, when they are fit
for self-government, but he thinks it
likely that after those people shall hare
been associated with Americans for a
generation or more they will prefer to
remain under American government.
This ought to put an end to discussion
regarding the policy toward the Philip
pines for nt least the next four years
and it is needless to say that this policy
is approved by a very great majority of
the American people. The idea of aban
doning the archipelago is no longer en
tertained by any considerable number of
Americans and the few who do so exert
very little Influence upon public opinion.
THE UNION PACIFIC BRIDUE TAX.
In the discussion of tiie Union Pacific
bridge tax the other day The Bee made
a mistake lu its computations which it
deems proper to correct It figured the
value of the west half of the Union Pa
cific bridge at $250,000 for assessment
purposes and credited the company with
paying taxes on a mileage basis for one
mile at the standard established by the
State board for the main line of the
Union Pacific, namely, $16,000, which
multiplied by 6 would make the assessed
value of the west half of the bridge
equal to $80,000 Instead of $250,000. As
a matter of fact, Omaha receives credit
for only one-sixth of a mile, or $2,6W.6G,
and the west half of the bridge, which,
valued at five times that amount, there
fore represents an assessment value of
$13.3:13.33, Instead of $80,000.
The Union Pacific bridge earns not
less than $80,000 a year in rentals from
other ronds, which, capitalized at 5 per
cent, gives $1,600,000 as the true value,
one-half of which Is equal to $800,000.
while in fact the bridge Is taxed on a
valuation of $13,333.33, or on less than
2 per cent of its earning value exclusive
of the Union Pacific traffic. The total
amount of Union Pacific bridge taxes
which Omaha receives on a 12-mlll levy
is the muulficent sum of $160, while the
city's proportion of fire-sixths of the
county tax on $250,000 of bonds Issued
as a subsidy to the bridge amounts to
$10,417 a year. In a nutshell, the city's
share of the Interest on the bridge bonds
donated toward the building of the
Union Pacific bridge amounts to $10,417.
The Union Taclflc company's return
from the bridge toward the maintenance
of gorernment In Omaha will be $160
for the year 1905 If the city accepts the
state board's valuation.
The attorney of the Board of Educa
tion has struck a mare's nest. He
claims to have dlscorered a loose cog In
the machinery provided lu the revised
charter for the consolidation of the city,
county and school district treasury,
which would seriously Imperil tho Board
of Education finances. The same kind
of a cog was discovered years ago in the
bill by which tho rlty treasurer was
iimde ex-offlclo treasurer of the school
board, abllthlig at the same time the
separate school district treasurer and
the treasurer of the High school regents,
but somehow the apprehended calamity
did not materialise. The consolidation
went on smoothly as if the two abol
ished treasurers were pebbles dropped
into the sea. For the moment two cir
cles were visible on the surface and then
all wis smooth and serene. If there is
really wobbling cog in the city and
county merger bills It will be easy to
adjust It without serious derangement
of school board finances.
Nine lawyers have met together and
divided up among themselves the rem'
nants of a law library of 2.400 volumes,
to buy which a large part of the Omaha
bar had contributed. Being lawyers,
they doubtless made sure that they
were acting strictly within their legal
rights, but had they dedicated this
library to public use by donation to
some one of the existing public or semi
public libraries, they would only have
devoted the books to the purpose for
which they were purchased, to say noth
ing of themselves nppearing in a better
light
senator Hawley.
New Tork Sun.
General Joe Hawley was a gentleman and
an American. He would have craved no
other eulogy.
Twt Ways 4 Achieve Content.
Washington Post.
"How to Save Time, Worry and Work
During the Busy Season" la the title of a
magasine article. There are two way.
One Is to get into the senate and the other
la to secure an appointment on a federal
commission.
Haw Times Hit CTiaed.
Pittsburg Dispatch.
Ten members of the recent legislature
In Kansas had fortunes In excess of 1100.
000. It has not been many years since a
Kansas legislator who could write a check
at all was thought to be In league with
WaU street.
Omaha Sets the Pare.
Chicago Tribune.
Not having heard of the abandonment of
the " safe and sane fourth" crusade, the
Omaha, city council thoughtlessly passed
an ordinance a few evenings ago abolishing
firearms and cannon crackers In all future
celebrations In that city.
Chllaraa Affect by Divorces.
Boston Transcript.
Perhaps the worst consequences of the
divorce evil are Its effects upon children."
The superintendents of two reformatories,
one in Ohio and one in Illinois, report that
three-quartera of their boys come from
families broken up by death or divorce,
"mainly by divorce."
Activities of Poor Score.
Baltimore American.
Linking the two Americas is a proposi
tion large enough to test the energies of
the most vigorous among the big Idea pro
moters. That the Hon. Henry Gassaway
Davis is wearing his four-score years
lightly Is evidenced by the fact that he is
the central force In this ambitious project.
Doing; the RUM Thins.
g Buffalo Express.
Every once in a while there comes to
public notice the case of a man who does
the right thing at the right time. In spite
of obstacles. The latest Instance occurred
In connection with that wreck near Butler,
Pa. Brakeman Ryan, Imprisoned In a car,
crawled through , a window and hurried
back to flag a. fallowing train and pre
vent It from craf!)ngJnto the. wreck. -
It Isn't Human Nature.
Minneapolis Journal.
Commissioner Garfield's report that the
packers realised a profit of but 99 cents
a head, or 2 peri cent, upon their cattle,
Is denied by Cuthbert Powell, sn expert
at Kansas City, who claims that Instead
of a paltry profit of 2 per cent, it Is 17.11
a head, or 15 per cent, and that this profit
Is turned over every two to four weeks
twelve to twenty-four times a year. Mr.
Powell bases his claim as to profits upon
figures that seem to be Incontrovertible.
It certainly does not appear reasonable
that, when the packers have such a good
thing, they work tt for only 2 per cent a
year. It isn't human nature.
On Hnndreil Mile an Hoar.
Boston Globe.
A locomotive that will run 3,000 miles
without a stop at the rate of 100 miles an
hour is said to be. a successful achieve
ment and one has been ordered by the
Southern Paoiflc railroad. If it will do
what its makers promise it must revolu
tionise transportation. This locomotive Is
really a powerhouse on wheels. It Is to be
run exclusively by fusel oil, costing but
from 3 to S cents a gallon, and can be
run for one-half the coat of running the
ordinary locomotive. This machine avoids
the necessity of expensive water tanks and
coal chutes. At such speed the wonder is
how It can be made to stay on the earth.
But it ia said to have been tried.
INSIDE SECRETS OF SICOES.
The Opportunities Today Are Greater
Than Ever.
St. Louis Republic.
Soma people believe that the recent rise
of great fortunes In this country, and the
combination of capital Into corporations
which have replaced largely the Individual
employer, have lessened and limited those
opportunities for success in life which
formerly were open to young men. Noth
ing could be more erroneous. The op
portunities today are greater than ever.
All depends upon the young man himself.
Generally spesklng, the whole question de
pends upon self-denial. Self-denial is as
Important to financial success as It Is to
health. The man who has a sound body
and a sound fortune at 50 can trace both
quickly to this same underlying and ever
active cause.
Specifically speaking, later success comes
from early saving. . It is the habit of sav
ing that I Important. The man who ia
going to win a large fortune, and, what
Is equally Important, be able to keep it,
must learn early what it la to have a bank
account and what careful Investment
means. The clerk who can save $100 or
$600 and Invest it in the safest and most
remunerative way already has mastered
the essential character of the problem, and
la much further along on the road to
wealth than perhaps he can Imagine.
The Uvea of those men who have begun
with nothing and amassed great weslth
all tearh the same simple lesson. Com
modore Vanderbilt began with a rowboat
and died with 190,000.000. Collls P. Hun
tington came to New York at It without
a penny and died a great millionaire. Jay
Gould, working for low wages in s country
atore, studied surveying at night and made
his first small capital by Inventing a
mouse trap. Peter Cooper had great diffi
culty In getting an education, and at 17
was aprpentlced to a shoemaker. Russell
Sage first was employed In a village store,
and in six years bought the store. John
Wanamaker, Chauncey Depey. Levi' P.
Morton, George W. Chllda. Anthony Drexel,
J. Plerpolit Morgan, all began modestly
and simply, and won their success by an
Instinctive knowledge of the secrets of
success. In fact the lives of great mil
lionaires all remind ua that "work hard''
and " ssve your money" are the tw vital
secrets of how to accumulate.
The last relatfra of Mosart Ms Just
died, the Baroness Berchtold an sonnen
burg, who was a granddaughter of the
composer's sister.
Andrew Carnegie baa been appointed a
Member of the committee to visit the Hax
rard chemical laboratory by the ererseers
of Harvard college to succeed the late Wil
liam H. Baldwin.
The, senior officer on the retired list ef the
French army has Just celebrated Ms imth
birthday. This veteran Is Major Deemar-
eta, whose military experiences began as
long ago as ins.
Among winners by the recent upward
movement in Wall street William Rocke
feller Is said to take the lead. Hie profits
In the past few months are put at lU.ono.OOO,
chiefly made In the rise In Union Pacific.
During February some 1.709 prescriptions
for whisky were written for the good peo
ple of Charlotte. N. C. Tet Charlotte. N,
C, would be considered a nice, comfortable
reaort for northerners when winter chills
their homes.
General Buller has had brought from
South Africa the horse that carried him
through the Boer war, and It will spend
the rest of Its days at the general's home.
In Devonshire, England. It was Shot In the
neck In one of the battles.
Stanley M. Wheeler of South Paris, Me.,
enjoys the unusual distinction not only of
exercising the right of suffrage on the day
that he attained his majority, but of cast
Ing his first ballot for his father, the suc
cessful nominee for town clerk.
Prof. Wllllston of the University of Chi
cago asnerts the human race Is doomed to
annihilation. As the professor does not ex
pact the sentence to be executed before the
expiration of 10,000,000 years, there seems to
be time enough in which to move for a new
trial.
A portrait In oil of the late James G.
Blaine, painted by Thorpe. Is now In the
committee room of Representative McCleary
at tho capttol, Washington, and will be
hung among the portraits of former speak
ers. At present there is only a crayon por
trait of Mr. Blaine at the capltol.
ADVERTISING THAT PAYS.
Rcanlts of Experience Gained hy
Practical Teats.
Cincinnati Commercial-Tribune.
Recently Mr. Charles S. Toung. adver
tising manager for the Chicago, Milwaukee
ft St. Paul road, was invited to address
the student body of Chicago university
Being a practical man, he addressed his
audience on a subject which he under
stood and with the workings of which he
was thoroughly familiar something uni
versity professors sometimes avoid. His
subject was advertising, and the best
methods to be pursued In placing before
the public the merits of the road whose
cause he la advocating. The address of
Mr. Young was not In advocacy Of the
claims of his road, nor In derogation of
the claims of any other road. He merely
laid before his audience his experience, and
the results of that experience, and laid it
down as an Incontestable proposition that
the advertisement in the newspapers was
the advertisement that was read, the ad
vertisement that was considered and the
advertisement that brought results and
the bringing of results is the test that
tests by practical demonstration.
Railroad advertising as Mr. Young put
It "may, like Gaul, be divided Into three
parts: Advertising to the traveling pub
lic, or to the public who may travel; ad
vertising to agents of the home road, and
advertising to agents of connecting roads."
In advertising In the three directions,
leaflets, mailing cards, posters and folders
have been mainly used, and were fairly
tried, but, said Mr. Young: -
"In the last two years, however, the
railroads have found that newspaper ad
vertising pays best, and other forms of
advertising have been dispensed with and
the money formerly devoted to them turned
Into newspaper publicity."
Mr. Young was not addressing a con
vention of newspaper publishers, nor a
convention of advertising managers or
solicitors but a convention of young gen
tlemen at the threshhold of life to whom
he was bound to make the fairest and
the most truthful statements. Undoubt
edly he did that which the audience, the
occasion and the Institution whose guest
he was demanded of him. His experience
was gained by practical tests, and his
statements of results was frank and em
phatic. And it was, snd Is, the experience
of all men who have given to the study
Of the best means of reaching the public
the consideration to which the subject Is
so thoroughly entitled.
AT THE WIRE'S END.
Connecting; Index of Events la Re
mote Places.
Portland Orejronian.
When Roberts set out for Kandahar, his
arrr.y was swallowed tip by a sea of moun
tains, and an anxious nation heard not a
word of the little force for weeks. When
Younghusband's mission, the other day,
adventured over the "roof of the world"
and found themselves in a country as little
known, almost, as the planet Mara, . a
lengthening wire flashed over Himalayas
and under oceans news of their progress
to London. Even when the tiny force was
beleaguered by Thibetans, the wire re
mained intact, thanka to the Ingenious
lying of a British captain who remem
bered the nursery tale of "Hop-o'-My-Thumb."
"We are strangers In a atrange coun
try," said this teller of fairy stories to
the Thibetans. "No person has been before
us to blase a trail. We are anxious to
return shortly by the wsy we came; there
fore this guiding wire." The Thibetans
looked at the wire, admitted the force of
the explanation, and, since they desired a
speedy return Journey for the Invaders, left
Intact the thread that was to guide the un
welcome guests out of the laybrintb of
passes.
Again, when the name of the great war
correspondent, Archibald Forbes, Is men
tioned, men think of his wonderful ride
after the defeat of the Zulus at Ulundl.
Over 120 miles of trackless country, full of
savages. Forbes rode to the telegraph sta
tion on the Natal frontier, and hla brief
dispatch to Sir Bartle Frere was the first
news of the victory received in London. A
day or two ago what appears likely to be
regarded aa the greateat battle of modern
times ended in the crushing defeat of
Kouropatkln. Here was no daredevil riding
by correspondents. A field telegraph con
necting with the trunk line on the Siberian
railroad took the message across Asia,
Europe, the Atlantic and the North Amer
ican continent, so that Portland readers
had a full and clear account of the battle
before the echoea of the cannonading had
died away around Mukden.
Telegraph or telephone wires are the
aides-de-camp of today, The "galloper" no
longer "dashes tluougli a hall of lead" to
carry the communder-ln-chlef's message
to a distant division. The impetuous Nolan,
who took Raglan's message to Lucah, at
Balaclava, taunted I.ucan before his own
men and waa partly the cause of sending
the I.lght Brigade Into the valley of
death. Today the Japanese general has
every unit of his force at hla wire's ends.
His messages are not misunderstood, and
he does not sacrifice men through Ignorance
of other parts of the field. Recent reports
Indicate that Kouropatkln did not keep in
touch with his subordinate commanders.
Oyama thus beat the Russians with his
nerves of wire as Kitchener crushed the
oodauMs with his beads of railway steel.
OSCOW ATI) SIKDKt.
Rnsslan Defeat m Parallel to
staleoa's Irlaastraaa Retreat.
The last disaster to Russian arms and the
Inability of the shattered army to make a
stand at Tie Pass, a position fortified for
just such an emergency, leads crltls to
Ukea the Mukden defeat and retreat to
Kapoleen's disastrous retreat from Moscow.
The parallel between Moscow and Mukden
la effectively drawn by the Baltimore Sun
aa follows:
On June B, lilt, Napoleon, at the head ef
his "grand army," began the passage of the
Nlemen and the Invasion of Russia. That
army, according to Abbott, consisted of
about 130,000 men. Jomlnl estimated Its
Strength to be a little over 500.000. Gen
eral do Segur says there were 444,000 men
of all arms, while General Gourgaud puts
the strength of the army at 23,000. The
Encyclopedia Brttanntca does not think
(73,000 an overestimate when camp, follow
ers 'are Included. Abbott states that In
this enormous host there were 80,000 cav
alry, 1,300 pieces Of artillery and 187,000
horses. Including those employed In the
artillery, the cavalry snd the conveyance
of buggage and supplies. The thirteen
corpe Into which the "grand army" was
divided were commanded, respectively, by
Davout, Oudlnot, Ney, Frince Eugene,
PonJatowskl, St. Cyr. Regnler, Jerome,
king of Weephalia; Vletor, MacDonald,
Augereau, Murat and the Austrian Prince
Schwarzenburg. The army waa composed
of many nationalities Saxons, Poles, Aus
trian, Italians, Prussians and French.
Aa soon as Napoleon's army entered the
land of the cear the Russians began to re
treat, greatly to the disappointment of the
French emperor. It was a part of their
strategy to lure the invaders on. On Au
gust 16 Napoleon thought he had his ene
mies "cornered" at Smolensk, but, after
desperate fighting, the Russians net fire to
that city and evacuated It. They were pur
sued and were attacked In a fearful
slaughter. While In the midst of unin
terrupted victories, however, the French
were experiencing the calamities of defeat.
Napoleon's troops Were dying from ex
haustion and famine. The Russians had
destroyed -everything that could be used
for food aa they retreated. But the French
kept up the pursuit. On September 4 they
found a force of 120.0OS Ruslans strongly
Intrenched on the banks of the Moskw
near the village of Boradlno. The bat
tle fought there has ranked ever Since as
one of the bloodiest conflicts In the world's
history. About 50,000 Russians were killed
or wounded, while the French losses
amounted to 30,000. On September 14 Na
poleon's soldiers saw the glittering domes
and minarets of Moscow, "the City of the
Ciars." But the city was utterly deserted.
The Inhabitants had been driven away by
the Russian soldiery, and it Is said many
thousands of them perished of cold and
starvation.
The French army established Its quarters
In Moscow. On the night of September 16
the capital was set on fire by Russians who
had been left there for that purpose. On
October 13 Napoleon's army marched to
ward Kalonga, Intending to attack the
Russians there and then to retire to winter
quarters in Poland. The Russians were In
too great force, however, and Napoleon
decided to retreat. Then began that march
to which history presents no parallel. The
retreat began on October to. Napoleon's
army was surrounded by countless hordes
of the enemy, but continued its line of
march with Indomitable energy and un
conquerable courage, the gallant Ney, In
command of the rear guard, protecting
the retreat with extraordinary heroism.
Men died by thousands from the rigors of
the climate. Many starved to death. Thou
sanda who were overcome by exhaustion
were slaughtered, where they fell by Cos
sacks, The "grand army" with which Na
poleon entered Russia was reduced to a
mere handful of men when the survivors
finally left Russian territory, recrosslng
the Niemen on December 13. Scarcely one
man out of eight returned to tell the story
of the most disastrous retreat in Eu
ropean history
Ever since the Japaneses armies crossed
the Yalu in the spring of 1904 the his
tory of the Russian army has been one
of retreat not a continuous retreat like
that of Napoleon's grand army from Mos
cow, but a gradual falling back In the
face of an enemy who swept everything
before him. At Llao Tang, where the first
great battle of the war was fought, al
though there had previously been severe
engagements, the Russians made a heroic
defense, but retreated to avoid envelop
ment. Two months later they assumed the
offensive and were defeated In the battle
of the Shakhe river. Again retreat waa
ordered. On February 26 the Japanese be
gan the offensive and the mighty struggle
for the possession of Mukden. It ended,
after fourteen days, not only in the defeat
of the Russians, but In their rout; not
only In their retreat, but what seems to
have been a wild and almost unorganised
flight for safety. In this battle a new
record for slaughter was established. The
Russian losses, Including 28,600 dead found
on the field by the Japanese, are estimated
at 90,000 killed and wounded and 40,000
prisoners. If Kouropatkln, aa reported, had
only 300,000 men, nearly one-half of his
army has been wiped out. It Is probable
that In the mad rush for Tie Pass many
Russians perished, for the fugitives were
subjected to a continuous cannonading and
rifle fire. Even If all the losses sustained
by the vanquished Muscovites are Included
In the estimates given above, and the losses
of the Japanese do not exceed 41,000, as
reported by the victors, the battle of Muk
den must henceforth rank as the greatest
In authentic history, so far as slaughter
la concerned. The nearest parallel was
the battle of Llepzig, during the Napo
leonic wars, when the losses on both sides
aggregated 134,000. The Encyclopedia
Brttanntca cites among Genghis Khan's al
leged achievements a battle In which the
great Mongol conqueror defeated a rival
Khan and killed 180.000 or the tatter's war
riors. There were men of gifted Imagina
tion 700 years ago, and perhaps some ro
mancer evolved this extraordinary loss out
of his own Inner consciousness.
The distance from Port Arthur to Muk
den Is ITS miles. There are no Russians
between these two points. From Mukden
to Tie Pass It Is forty-two miles, and from
Tie Pass to Harbin 182 miles.
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Srovlll Oee! Here's a telegraphic dis
patch to the effect that the csar will
probably take to the field!
Clarke Probably h misprint. For "field"
read "woods." Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The college tOy never looks so tender
to the experienced as he does when he
starts out to show the world how tough
he Is. Somervllle Journal.
"Well, well; it looks as If (his paper got
these names mixed up."
"What docs It say?"
"It says: 'Lost evening Policeman
Caesar Johnson arrested a man named
Michael Ollhooly In the act of stealing
some chickens." Philadelphia Ledger.
"Father," said the small boy, "what Is
the difference between a statesman and a
politician?" ...
"A statesman, my son, Is the man whe
gives advice gratis, and the politician Is
the one who gets the situation. Washing
ton Star.
"How are you getting along In your new
government position?"
"I'm more or less disappointed with U"
"More or less?"
"Yes: there's a little more work and a
little less salary thsn I had expected."
Chicago Tribune.
Caesar announced that Ms wife should
be above suspicion.
"I'm just one flight above," she rejoined
dryly; "why did you leave your boots on
the landing last night?"
Hastily changing the subject, he took
occasion to compliment the biscuits. New
York Sun.
They met.
"Hello, George! What do you knowf"
"Nothing. Hiii. wnat ao you Know: '
"Not a thing."
Then they talked to ench other for a
straight hour snd a half. Chicago Tri
Dune. '
TO A SPRING POET.
W. J. Impton In New York Sun.
When you your lyre
I'nsllng, ,
And Sing,
With seal of fire,
A thing
To spring,
Turning the wire
To joyous thrum
That she Is come;
To lays
In praise
Of balmy days;
Of birds on the wing,
Caroling
Glad notes
From throbbing throats;
Of gleams
Of gurgling streams
In dells
Where sweet smells
Of asphodels
And other flowers -. ) ' ;
Respond
To the fond '
Touch of April's showers
And the beguiling-
Of the smiling
Warm vernal sun,
Which Its wooing
Is renewing,
With winter's reign undone
I say, when you Are
From the lyre
That and a lot more .
Of such lore
As you sing
of spring.
While, at the time .
Of your rhyme,
A shivering chap,
With fur cap
Pulled down to his collar,
And wool mittens
Big as kittens
On his hands.
Stands
In humped-up pose,
Stamping his toes. ,
And bolus me up for a dollar
To dig
The greet big
Hunks
And chunks
Of slush and Sleet
Off mv sidewalk Into the street;
And I'm also about
To shout
To the coal yard -
In a ding hard
Tone
Over the 'phone
That they must get right Up and do.
And bowl
Me tip another ton of coal,
P. D. Q.-
Why, I say. Mr. Poet,
And I know It,
That you've got ,
A whole lot
Of gall. !
To call
tour harp that name
I.yre!
It's a doggone shams I
Why, you long-haired twanger
And whanger
Of the wire.
You're the liar!
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