Image provided by: University of Nebraska-Lincoln Libraries, Lincoln, NE
About The Alliance herald. (Alliance, Box Butte County, Neb.) 1902-1922 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 28, 1905)
a A " - ZM, ... )T t .- VJt - ' r S 55 : ft IP JAPAN'S RAILROAD PROPERTIES; TROPHIES GAINED IN LATE WAR iik -dtp & yiJtWYMrMjfc jfe&f W0 X JAPAN S YELLOW 5EA: J 4 EICH SPOILS OF WAR JAPAN8 GAINS TOTAL MORE THAN $600,000,000. Mikado Could Well Afford to Waive Question of Money Indemnity in the Negotiations for Peace Has All He Fought For. When tho Marquis Ito persuaded tho Mikado of Japan to waive the Indem nity and make peace with Russia, he was porfectly well aware, It is de clared now, that the concessions which Japan had gained wero worth far more than tho $600,000,000. It is also said to have been known that Russia would not pay any money, even if Japan lought for another year or more. Mr. Dennison, In an, interview with a Times reporter beforo he loft Now York for Seattle, snhi: "Japan has gained much more than she went to war for. The three essen tial points were the evacuation of Man churia, the return of Port Arthur to China, and the withdrawal of Russia from Korea." "What do you think Is tho value of the railways transferred by Russia to Japan?" was asked. "That Is a difficult, question to an swer offhand," was tho reply, "but I should estimate their value roughly fljj $150,000,000." "What is the value approximately of the Yentan and Fushan coal mines?" , "I cannot say positively," said Mr. Dennison, "but I should think they are worth anything from $250,000,000 upward. Tho Llao-Tung peninsula, with the ports of Dalny and Port Ar thur, upon which the Russians havo exponded so many millions, aro very valuable, and will bo rapidly devel oped by Japanese trade and enter prise. The southern half of Sakhalin contains valuable mines and has very rich seal fisheries on its coasts. . In speaking of the value of tho fish ing" concessions ceded by Russia in the new treaty, E. Yamaza, director of the political bureau in Tokio, said: "The fisheries along tho Russian maritime provinces teem with salmon, salmon trout, herring and cod. Three years ago Russia made a provisional regulation by which the fisheries of a large part of tho Russian coast wero closed to foreign fishermen. A yearly license was granted to Japanese fish ermen which allowed them to fish off the southern end of Sakhalin only, and out of this the trade amounted to 11,000,000. Of tho Kamchatka coast the fishing is reported to be phenome nal In its abundance. Undor the now concessions the Japaneso fishing trade should develop rapidly and bo worth $10,000,000 a year in a very short time." As to the control of the railroads In Korea and the Llao-Tung peninsula, M. Yamaza said; "Japan now operates the Trans-Korean railway from Fusan to WIju, the light military railways from WIJu to Mukden, the Eastorn Chinese railway from Kwang-cheng-Tso to Port Arthur and Dalny, branch lines from tho main lino to the coal mines of Fushun and Yenta. There Is a concession for a new line from Mukden to Sing-min-Tung, a distance of thirty miles, to join tho Chinese Imperial railway from Tien-Tsin, and tho concession for the lino to Kirin from Kwang-cheng-Tse about 100 miles; also the line from Nlu-Chwang to the main line to Port Arthur." The Chinese government nominally operates its own lines, but these will come under Japanese direction, in or der to facilitate the handling of the Joint systems and the through traffic. The Japanese government has been backing China up in her attempt to get back the concessions of tho Canton-Hankow and Hankow-Peking rail ways. Originally the Belgians had tho con cession to build the Hankow-Peking railway, and the line from Hankow to Canton waB to be constructed by tho American-China Development company. Finding later that Russian and French capital was at the back of tho Belgian concession, Japan wanted the concession returned to China. Re cently the American syndicate sold back Its Canton-Hankow concession to Chlna after building twenty miles of the road. New York Times. LINEVITCH IN LUCK EXPERTS THINK HE WOULD HAVE SUFFERED DEFEAT. Belief of American Railroad Men That the Siberian Line Was Inadequate to Supply Enormous Demands of Army Sufficient to Cope with Oyama American railway men aro of the opinion that Qen. Linevltch should thank tho gods that M. Witto con cluded a treaty of peace at Ports mouth. If ho had failed to do so, thoy bolievo thai Oyama would havo over whelmed tho Russian forces In Man churia in the great battlo that must have followed tho breaking off of peace negotiations. Tho railway men baso their conclu sions on the belief that whllo Oyama had an army of upward of 600,000 men when the war ended, Linevltch had not been re-enforced. It must bo remombered that tho Russians, to reach Linevltch, must transport everything about C.000 miles over a single-track railroad, which has heretofore failed to handle Its trafflc satisfactorily under oven tho most fa vo'rablo conditions. To the Insuf ficiency of the road add the paralysis duo to faulty management, nnd the Si berian railway would have been whol ly Inadequate to keeping an army of 400,000 men in first-class condition still less to increasing its force and needed supplies. J. Taburno, one of tho Novoo Vrem ya's (New Times) war correspondents, has recently sent some interesting let ters to his paper concerning tho serv ice on the Siberian railway. Early In tho war, when Viceroy Aloxeleff was in command throughout Manchuria, he traveled over the road a great deal. Having a great dlsllko to night travel the viceroy would In vnriably havo his special train side tracked for about ten hours every night, and as he refused to allow other trains to pass tho station where he stopped, because they disturbed his sleep, whenever the viceroy was trav eling tho trains loaded with soldiers, provisions and ammunitions were held up during tho whole of tho viceroy's sleeping time. According to Mr. Taburno all of the Russian generals insisted upon having special trains, which not only ab sorbed nearly all the passenger rolling stock and forced the soldiers to travel in ordinary freight and cattlo cars, but also caused Innumerable delays and blockades. F.or Instance, it is related that Gen. Gripenberg was supplied with a spe cial train in which ho Bpent much of his time. Finding that tho special trains of other generals wero fitted with electric lights, the general side tracked his train for two weeks to havo the electric lights put In. Later, while sidetracked only eight miles from tho headquarters of another general, Qen. Grlpenberg refused to travel over tho well-paved highway, but made frequent visits to his col league in his special train, In spite of tho protests of tho railway men against the necessary stoppage of traf flc on tho lino every time these visits wero paid. Among other favored travelers by rail were a number of blooded cows, tmportod expressly to supply the gen eral officers with milk. One of these cows when far south in Manchuria was .ordered to the neighborhood of Harbin; and as tho track was filled with trains carrying soldiers south and wounded north, it was found that tho switching and hauling of this cow had held up the whole lino for tho equivalent of twelve hours. And then, owing to sorao mistake In transporta tion, another six hours was spent In getting this cow to a locality where sho could be readily reached by the general's private Bervant. In view of these revelations It Is al most too much to believe that tho single-tracked Siberian railway could be depended upon to keep Llnevltch's army In equal numbers and efficiency to that of Oyama. And If the Ports mouth conference had definitely ad journed without having mado a treaty, It Is probable there would have been "something doing" in Manchuria. NAN PATTERSON AGAIN A WIFE. Central Figure of Recent Tragedy Re marries Former Husband. Nan Pattorson, who was tho central figure In the Caesar Young murder caso, has been remarried to her for mer husband, Loon C. Martin. Although sho obtained a dlvorco from him In California at tho tlmo cho met Young, Martin was ono of tho first and one of tho fow to aid her when she was in the Tombs. . Tho tragic death of Young, tho ar rest of Miss Patterson, which quickly followed, In Juno, 1904, and many of tho dovclopmcnts which attended the caso in Its early stages furnished a series of sensations which attracted wide attention, Young was a raco track follower, horseman and book maker, who had accumulated a for tuno In a fow years. It was declared ho had formed a warm attachment for Nan Patterson, a former show girl, and that to put an end to their Intimacy Young's wlfo had prevailed upon him to go abroad. All nrrangemonts for the trip had boon mado and Mrs. Young was at tho pier awaiting tho arrival of her husband when Bho was Informed thnt he had been shot and killed whllo riding In a cab with Miss Patterson. Although tho tragedy In tho cab was witnessed by several porsotis thoro was a wide difference of opinion as to whether Young committed sulcldo or was murdered. Tho man and woman had been struggling, then followed tho report of a pistol, and when bystand ers rushed up to the cab Young was dead, his head resting in Miss Patter son's lap. According to her story, Young was downcast and despondent and said ho would kill himself rather than leavo her. The struggle, sho said, was for possession of the weapon with which he threatened to take his life, but sho fa . .MM.M was unable to prevent him from car rying out his purpose. Two Juries disagreed and a third ended because of the Illness of a Jur or. The Btate then dropped' tho case. - , NO GREAT FACTOR IN WARFARE Balloons Have Yet to Prove of Value in This Direction. The aeronaut who was illustrating to an Ohio gathering tho valuo of a balloon In timo of war as a means of attacking an enemy by dropping dyna mite or somo slmillar explosive from high up in tho air only succeeded in accomplishing the complete demoli tion of his own balloon and the los3 of his life. This suggestion for drop ping explosives is as old as balloons. When the first ascensions were mado with hot air it was predicted that in he future balloons wero to play an extremely Important part In warfare. Though that was along ago, they havo yet td demonstrate their worth In tftlB direction. They have been used with more or less success, less rather than more, wo should say, for observation purposes, but even In tho war between Russia and Japan It Is admitted that the attempts to accom plish anything with balloons wero fail ures. Possibly when airships aro built that can bo controlled far more com pletely than any yet constructed, thoy will be used for war purposes. Tho limited weight they can carry and the great restriction on their navigation make the value of even the dirigible balloon in warfare a question yet to bo solved. Boston Herald. EDUCATOR8 HERE AND- ABROAD Foreign Professors Better Off Finan cially Than Are Americans. Tho official pay of the foreign pro fessor at first glance seems absurdly small In comparison with tho pay in American institutions. In Prussia, for example a full professor receives by law $1,000 (in Berlin $1,200) tho first year, to be increased $100 a year every fourth year for twenty years. In ad dition he receives an allowance for house rent. This Is, however, only the fixed part of his Income. Tho honorarium which ho receives from tho fees of his students will vary greatly, depending , on tho subject taught, and the attractive power of the teacher. Incomes of $5,000 a year, and even larger sums, are re ceived In the larger universities by certain well known men. Taking Into account the fact that the foreign pro fessor has a life, place, that his widow and minor children receive pensions, ho is better off financially, and Is far more free from the anxieties which come with modest income, than 1b his American brother whoso nominal pay is higher. Henry S. Prltchett, In tho Atlantic. RAIN-IN-THE-FACE. THE REPUTED SLAYER OF GEN. CUSTER, DEAD BMXJLJJtgblJpr-fciBBBr IRh J9F sV iK jfliLtBBBBBLLfl BnttllBBg-)uLf3lMr tltSilrSKlF'S flKaP'I4tf Jsff 44kt .4S9bbbH fjyc3BljBHt Bjzmt .BKMbMKyBbbW j!SlHBbAbLLw u 'fl v!K3 5Y"3b LV9HbLy .''wKBpfc !LbbbL0 j& ah J rJtP I TJJiBLbbm BHkSiBBB i9ri?VhVVBBBBnk A 1 B7j&F&fF I Jm 7J Px9iwbEK' MWHyjMpj-JTJEjnWMBK mL 1 E. I 32UTf-ITf- Rain in tho Face, tho Sioux Indian chief who Is reputed to havo killed Gen. Custer at tho battlo of tho Little Big Horn In Juno, 1876, died Sopt. 18 at tho Bullhead station, Standing Rock reservation, N. D., in his sixty-third year. His reputed deeds during tho Custer massacre had mado Rain in tho Faco an Important historical charactor. Ho was declared to havo Joined Sitting Bull's hostile band two years bo.oro the fight for tho purpose of killing Gen. Custer and carrying away tho heart of Col. Tom Custer, brother of tho con oral. This hatred of tho Custer brothers harked back to tho murder of an ar my surgeon and a trader when they stopped to water their horses on tho Red river in 1873. A scout in the fall of 1874 brought word that Rain In tho Faco did tho murder to Gen. CuBtor at Fort Lincoln, and Col. Tom Custer went to tho Standing Rock reservation and took tho chief a prisoner. Tho chief was confined to tho guard houso after having boastfully con fessed tho crime. Winter came, and Rain In (ho Faco lay upon tho floor, without as much as a blanket to cover him, and at times tho snow would drift In Inches deep. It-was in this mlserablo prison that ho first con ceived tho Intense hatred ho bore both the genoral and his brother. In the spring of 1875 ho escaped and at once Joined Sitting Bull. Whether ho personally secured vengeanco on tho Custers In tho massacre of Juno 20, 1876, Is a disputed question. Ho boasted that he had killed them both and had "cut the heart out of Col. Cus ter." in his later jears, however, he was not so positive about It. Rain In tho Faco was ono of six brothers, a fullblooded Unkpaha Sioux, and of great physical prowess. Generous Fraternal Orders. Thoro aro In America to-day doing untold good to tho needy over 200 fraternal benoflclary orders, with a combined membership of over 6,000, 000 who aro protected to the extent of about $7,500,000,000 and havo dis tributed benefits to disabled members amounting to more than $825,000,000. In 1904 alone they distributed $65,000, 000, or at the rate of $1,250,000 per week, besides paying over 40,000 death claims last year. Sixty-four of the above orders havo a membership of over 10.000 and tho others from 5,000 to T,000. Aggressiveness Usually Concealed. Joseph Ramsey, Jr., who Is in tho public eyo tbrpugh his fight to wrest tho control of the Wabash railroad from tho Goulds, Is not exactly the manner of man taken to bo a fighter. Ho has mild and kindly ways, wears glasses and Impresses one as being much less aggressive than ho Is. Ho Is a fighter. On provocation It Is In him to declare his convictions and opinions, personal and Impersonal, In a most emphatic manner. View of the Battlefield of the Little Big Horn. THEZ - 1ZAG&. THE COUNTRY OF THE CAUCASUS Interesting Facta About Unquiet Ter ritory of Russia. Its area is about 180,000 square miles, constituting tho Isthmus separ ating tho Caspian from tho Black sea and tho Sea of Azov. Russian Armenia is Included in tho 'southern part Tho Caucasus rango divides tho country Into northorn Caucasia and Trans-Cnucasla. In tho variety of Its peoples and tho ovor changing topography It is ono of tho most interesting of all coun tries. Tho vegetation Is extraordinarily di versified, from tho forests of northorn plno totlho luxuriant growths of figs, pomegranates, etc., in tho basin of tho RIon. Its oil wells are second only to thoso of tho United States, producing annu nlly noarly 10,000,000 tons of potro loum. Tho mineral products aro tho rich est In Russia, tho annual output being ovor 600,000 tons of manganeso ore, 3,000 tons of copper, besides sulphur, cobalt, salt and Iron. Tho northern portion produces one fifth as much wheat as European Rus sia propor and one-tenth as much hay. In Trans-Caucasia cultivation of tho vino claims chief attention; much to bacco Is also raised, besides tea and cotton. Tho Caucasus Is a very favorablo re gion for live stock raising. Tho na tivo horses aro held In high roputo all over Europe for their speed nnd en durance. In manufacturing, tho Caucasus does not amount to much. Transportation facilities aro very inadequate. Administratively there aro thrco governments and provinces in north ern Caucasia (Stavropol, Kuban nnd Terek) and eight In Trans-Caucasia (Baku, Black Sea Daghestan, Yellza vetpol, Erlvan, Kars, Kutals and Tiflls with Zakataly), In 1897 the population was 9,248,695, or 54 per square mile. Tho chief cities aro Tiflls, tho capi tal, and Baku. Nowhere else on earth Is thero such a confusion of peoples, languages and religions gathered In ono area as In the Causasus. Tho number of dialects Is rated at sixty-eight. The Russians entered tho region In 1770. Kuban and Torek. becamo theirs In 1774, Derbent, Baku and Kubu In 1796. K By cessions from Persia and Tur key, Russia had obtained by 1829 nominal control over nearly the entire country. Shamyi, chief of the fierce mountain tribes, resisted Russia with magnifi cent bravery, but was forced to sur render In 1859, and Russian dominion was assured. The uprising against Russian con trol during tho Russo-Turkish war, 1877-78, provod wholly futilo despite tho active assistance of tho TurLs. CHRONIC ERYSIPELAS Cured by Dr. Williams' Pink Plllc, Although Wholo Body wae Affected. Erysipelas or St. Anthony's flro Is n most uiicomfortnblo disoaso on account of tho burning, tho pnlu nnd tho dis figurement ; it in also a very grave din order, attended always by tho (inn go r of Involving vital organs in its spread. Tho case which follows will bo read with great interest by h11 sufferers as it affected tho wholo body, nnd refused to ylold to tho remedies prtetribtd by the physician employed. Mrs. Ida A. Ool bath, who wait tho victim of tho attack, residing at No. 10 Winter street, New buryport, Mass., navn : " Iu Juno of 10031 was Ukon ill with what at first nppenrod to bo a fover. I sent for n physician who pronounced my dlacaso chronlo erysipelas nnd said it would bo n. long timo before' I got well. " Inflammation began on my faco and spread nil ovor my body. My oyes were Bwollou and seemed bulging out of their sockotfl. I was iu n terrible plight and sulTored the most lutonso pain through out my body. Tho doctor said my caso wns a very severe ono. Undor Ills treatment, however, tlm inflamma tion did not diminish nnd tho pains which shot through my body increased iu severity. Af tr being two mouth un der hisenro, without any improvement, I dismissed him, "Shortly after this, on tho ndvlco of a friend, I began to take Dr. Williams' Pink Pills for Pnlo People, two at a doso three times a day. After tho second box had boon used I waB surprised to notieo that thosinflaniiimtion was going down and thnt tho pains which used to cause me ho much agony had disappeared. Af ter using six boxoH of tho pills I was up nnd around the houso nttonding to my household duties, as well as ovor." Dr. Williams' Pink Pills are sold by nil dealers in medicino or may bo ob tained direct froui tho Dr. William. Medicino Co., Bchouocuidy, N.Y, Contributors Honored. "Wo nnnounco tho decreaso of tho now magazine," says an editor "also our Inability to pay its contributors; but, In recognition of their services, wo havo mado honorary pall-borers of all of them, and will git a a funeral dinner, at which wo hopo to sco them all." Atlanta Constitution. Britain and tho 8uez Canal. Theoretically tho Suez canal is neu tral. Practically, howovor, Great Brit ain owns it by purchase of tho greater part of tho certificates of Indebtedness. Ltkawiso that snmo power has a' strat egic cover at each ond of tho canal. A Phrenological Point Wo havo never yotsoon a captain of a 'varsity crow who possessed a poor or retreating chin, a weak or turnod-up noso, a small neck, or a dlmlnutlvo brow or irresoluto oyos. Phrenolog ical Journal. Pines of Scandinavia. Tho longest-lived trees In northern Europo nro tho ptnos of Norway and Sweden, but 570 years is their great est period. Germany's oldest oaks llvo only a little more than 300 years. Franco leads tho countries of Eu ropo In theaters, having 384. Six Doctors Failed. Couth. Bend, Ind., Sopt. 25th (Spe cial) After suffering from Kidney Diseaso for three years; after taking treatment from she different doctors without getting relief, Mr. J, O. Lau deman of this placo found not only relief but a speedy and complete cure In Dodd'a Kidney Pills. Speaking of his euro Mr. Laudcman says: "Yes, I suffered from Kidney Trou bo for thrco years and tried six doc tors to no good. Then I took Just two boxes of Dodd's Kidney Pills and they not only cured my kidneys, but gave mo better health in general. Of course I recommended Dodd's Kidney Pills to others and I know a number now who are using them with good re sults." Mr. Laudoman's caso Is cot an ex ception. Thousands glvo similar ex periences. For thero nover yet was a case of Kidney Trouble from Back acne to Brlght's Diseaso that Dodd's Kldney Pills could not cure. They are tho only remedy that ever cured Brlght's Disease. In a fox's run at Ulverscroft, Lei cester, was recently found a vixen and two cubs, thirty-two rablts, phea sants, partridges and a wild duck. DON'T MISS THIS. A Cure for Stomach Trouble A New Method by Absorption No Drugs. DO YOU BELCH? It means a dis eased stomach. Aro you afllicted with short breath, gas, sour eructations, heart pains, indigestion, dyspepsia, burning pains and lead-weight in pit of stomach, acid stomach, dlstonded abdo men, dizziness, BAD BREATH, or any other stomach torture? Let us send you a box of Mull's Anti-Belch Wafers freo to convince you that it enres. Nothing elso like it known. It's sure and very pleasant. Cures by absorption. Harmless. No drugs. Stomach trouble can't be cured otherwise so says med ical Bclence. Drugs won't do they eat up tho stomach aiul make you worse. Wo know Mull's Anti-Belch Wafers euro and wo want you to know it, hence, this offer. SPECIAL OFFER. Tho regular price of Mull's Anti-Belch Wafers is 50c. a box, but to introduce it to thousands of sufferers wo will send two (3) boxes upon receipt of 75c. and this advertise ment, or we will send you a sample free for this coupon. 0305 FREE BOX 114 Send this coupon with your name and address and druggist's name who does NOT sell it, for a free box of Mull's Anti-Belch Wafers to Mull's Grape Tonic Co., 148 Third Ave., Rock Island, 111. Give full address and write plainly. Sold at all druggists, COo. per box. Seen in many lands gangplanks. i . 4-