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CEO. D. CANON, Publisher.
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HARRISON,
NEBRASKA
PROTECTIVE TARIFF.
S1CN9
OF, ITS RAPID
TECRATIOM.
DISIN.
The latest Swiss mountain railway
project i to connect the Engardlae
with the Italian lake by a road over
tie Bern i a range.
The nan who stole the 100 micro
scope from the University of Chicago
might have had a curiosity to gee what
a 100-pound chunk of ice looked like.
Owing to American sanitary work,
there was not a single case of yellow
fever in Havana at the beginning of
April. This had not happened before
In the city's history. The Cubans may
not like the American government,
but it la at least increasing the num
ber of Cubans who have an opportu
nity to dislike it.
Mrs. F. M. Smith of Oakland, Cal.,
wife of the "borax king," Is going to
adopt 100 girls and rear them as her
own children. Mrs. Smith's 100 daugh
ters will live in ten houses, ten g'frts
to each house, on a 35-acre tract ot
land near Arbor Villa. Mrs. Smith'
home is in Oakland. The first of the
ten houses is already being built, and
work on the others will begin at once,
The Bapabllcan Party It Maw Snaklag
to Adopt Policy Fararabla to FTaa
Trada (Jmlek Chang af Front Tha
Traal Cora.
An adjustable wall is made with an
ordinary eightpenny nail, with hole
In the head, through which passes a
curved galvanized wire. The nail is
driven Into the studding, and the
curved wire laid fiat on the brick, and
covered with mortar. Being perfect
ly adjustable, if the building sags 01
the sheeting shrinks, the bond will not
be broken, but remain -solid and Intact
between the brick In the wall.
John Pondir, once a power In Wal
street and for years one of the "ghostt
of the street," died recently In greai
poverty. Pondir launched the Sutrc
tunnel scheme, and was a great deal
in Pacific Mail and Panama railroad
stock. At the time of Adolph Sutro'i
death Pondir had a suit for $1,000,000
against him. In the days of Goulc
and Fisk he was a well known figure
at all the theater and in old Del-monico's.
King Edward is understood to hoi.:
broad views respecting colonial titles
and there has been a suggestion that
in the process of unifying the British
empire the creation of peerages with
such titles attached as "Duke of Que
bec," "Earl of Montreal," or "Marquis
of Toronto," might be useful. The
Toronto Globe meeti the Intimation by
baying "Might we, in the most loyal
and dutiful way, beseech his majesty
to spare us? We are doing so nicely as
It Is, most gracious sovereign!" ...
Clarence Bush went to Harvard uni
versity without a dollar, lodged In an
attic at a dollar a week, and lived on
gruel, milk and water. But he had
the material in him of which milllou
alres are made, and, after a year's
starvation, saw hia opportunity. He
managed to get hold of a cow and a
churn, and began to peddle butter of
his own make on the streets of Cam
bridge. While be was studying mathe
matics, astronomy and chemistry, he
was also learning the business of butter-making,
and now he is graduate'!
with a salary of $5,000 from a great
New York creamery company await
' ing him.
The launch of thj ftamer Celtic at
Belfast, Ireland, the other day, still
further emphasizes the tendency to in
crease the dimensions of ocean-going
craft. The Celtic is the largest ves
sel ever built, not only surpassing the
Oceanic and the Kaiser Wilhelm der
Orosse, but having a displacement 10,
100 tons greater than the Great East
era. Her dimensions are: Length,
681 feet; beam, 75 feet; depth, 44 feet;
gross tonnage, 20,880; net, 13,650; dis
placement, 33,000. The Celtic Is not
designed for speed but as an emigrant
carrier, bar capacity being 2,859 pas
sengers, besides a crew of 235. Al
though the Celtic is too slow to be
conspicuous as an "ocean greyhound,
her enormous site will make her an
object of keen interest, at least until
the advent of a greater.
The new Bishop of London has al
ready given his diocese a glimpse of
his sterling democracy. Speaking to
aa audience of working men at a
neighborhood settlement house In
Whitechapel, he said that he had often
noticed In coffee-houses the sign, "A
good pull-up for cabmen." He intend
ed to make the settlement bouse a
"good pull-up for bishops." His of
fice, he found, required that he keep
carriage; but if any of his hearers
saw him driving alone he hoped they
would gire him a hall; he should be
glad to give them a lift Bishop In
gram has hem a moat sympathetic and
successful worker among the poor and
sMertunate of East London, to whom
he Is a lam) liar figure and a trusted
Mend. The" Bag has recently placed
the stamp of roys approval on his
work by appointing him dean of the
royal chapels.
A witness to ocean solitude recently
reached Liverpool. A four-masted
vessel, which sailed seven months be
fore from tan Francisco, entered the
Mersey. Once leaving the Golden Oate
she has not been spoken. Absolute
awsssM sowsralig her through more
than half a year, and then she appears
' to an Inquiries and specs la-
la far aa human knowledge
pt It v as If vessel and crew had
stTj4 act of life, and has swallowed
O la Kffutaiy far thoas days and
rrSa. Tha oeeaa la yet. does not
Near the close of the last Congress
the chairman of the republican con
gressional committee, J. W. Babcock,
introduced a bill to abolish the tariff
on Iron and steel. This was just after
the formation of the steel trust was
announced. This apparent lapse of
Mr. Babcock from the dogma of pro
tection caused considerable talk and
he was interviewed by the newspa
pers. In one of these interviews he
is reported to have said: "It was to
forestall similar action by a demo
crat" No action was taken by the
committee to whom the bill was re
ferred, Mr. Babcock evidently did not
expect it he was merely playing to
the galleries, in fact, his bill did not
aooiish the duty on iron and steel,
it merely pretended to. It provided
for the repeal of the iron schedule,
but did not repeal or change section
133, which provides for an ad valorem
duty of 45 per cent on iron and steel
Rot specifically provided In the act
The steel trust would doubtless be
quite satisfied with this 45 per cent
tariff.
Two or three democrats at the first
session of the fifty-sixth Congress bad
Introduced bills repealing all duties
on trust articles, but the committee
on ways and means never considered
them, the republican majority being
opposed to such action. Mr. Babcock,
therefore, did not forestall the demo
crats, who are fledged by their na- j
tional platform against trusts and
the Dlngley tariff and will certainly
Introduce a bill to that end when the
fifty-seventh Congress assembles. I
This win again try the ralth of those
republicans who feel that the trusts
should be curbed.
If the steel trust Is to be legislated
against why not the sugar trust the
tin trust and the hundred and one
other trusts and combines. But to do
this would require nearly every sched
ule or ine tariff law to be reDealed
and the whole fabric of protection
would be wiped out This would
leave the republican party with but
Imperialism as a living issue and with
the greatest source of Its camnalrn
funds cut off without a countervailing
fountain to draw from.
A large majority at the republican
senators and representatives have re-!
ceived and are receiving favors from j
the trusts, combines and corporations, I
many or them are owned by the trusts
and relief to the people from them is
unlikely and almost impossible.
But there are other troubles for the
protectionists. The state department
and the diplomats have become inter
ested In the tariff discussion. The
countervailing duties on Russian beet
sugar has been met by that country
with a large increase of duty on
American goods, so that door is clos
ing against us. Germany and France
are also said to be Intending retalia
tory measures and even many of the
English politicians are talking- the
same way.
Then we have the colonial tariff
question that must be settled and our
new possessions may soon be supply
ing us with sugar and some kinds of
tobacco. Free sugar from Puerto Rico
and the Philippines would cut off the
revenue from that source wipe out the
American sugar plantations, and free
tobacco would ruin the protected Con
necticut wrapper grower.
The whole tariff is a complicated but
frail structure and like the children's
house of cards, a finger or a breath
will cause a wreck. When you have
local politics, loot and diplomacy all
tasing a nana and Inherited faith in
the doctrine they have taught their
ran and file to worship to beware of
one cannot envy our republican
friends the job of tariff revision they
must soon enter upon.
ine aemocratic plan of tariff for
revenue will have to be adopted soon
er or later.
marionettes still figuring In congress
and as kings, but they were la place
simply to carry out the orders of the
forld'f rea rujers those who control
the concentrated portion of the money
supply. Jhe words, "Office of J. ft
Morgan k Co." meant, in addition to
the great wealth ot the firm itself, the
financial support of the house of
Rothschild; the approval, if not the ac
tive-co-operation of the house of Hoc lie
feller; and the direct co-operation of
the Carnegie and other great iron in
dustries.
House of Rothschild and associated
industries, one thousand millions.
House of Rockefeller and associated
banks and Industries, eight hundred
and fifty millions.
J. P. Morgan ft Co., representing
iron Industries and associated banks,
eleven hundred and fifty millions.
Total, three thousand and four mil
lions of dollars.
Ot what consequence the German
playing at emperor, or the king who re
cently read a speech written by minis
ters under dictation from the world of
finance? Even the czar ot Russia
seems a feeble make-believe In the
presence of men who control threa
thousand millions of dollars and can
push the endless buttons which carry
their signals Into every sort of mer
cantile house, Into every military
camp, which cause every court official
to stand alert, and can even produce
the profoundest movements in the
church itself.
APPALLING FACTA
OUR
-1- -du
TENANT FARMERS
INCREASED.
HAVE
THE CHEAT REVOLUTION.
BamwaJty It tefgaraa by Trait.
The opinion of one of the great bus!
nets men of the country on the eco
nomic revolution that has overtaken
the United States Is most interesting
ana important, not only for Its au
thor's personality and positionbut for
its intrinsic Interest and merit Decis
ive battles are no longer fought with
arms, says John Brisbln Walker In the
April cosmopolitan. Attack with wea
pons may constitute an incident, but
campaigns from the opening of the
twentieth century will be fought in the
offices of those who control the world's
supply of money.
That event in the world's history
which promises to be most deeply
fraught with results to the human race
was announced In the New York Jour
nals of Sunday, March a, 1901. as a
three-column advertisement It was
not an affair of parliament or of re
gal proclamation. There was no fuss,
no ceremony. The average man, the
welfare of whose great-great grand
children waa to be affected, scarcely
noticed this advertisement which read:
"Office of J. P. Morgan A Co., 23 Wall
street. New York." and began In bold,
blaekfaeed type: To the stockholders
Federal Steel Company, National Steel
Company, National Tube Company,''
Tba Rami 1'arpota of tha Trait.
Between the lines of this advertise
ment headed "Office of J. P. Morgan
ft Co." was to be read a proclamation,
thus:
"Commercial metropolis of the world,
notice to the peoples of all lands and
nationalities:
"The old competitive system, with its
ruinous methods, its countless dupli
cations. Its wastefulness of human ef
fort and Its relentless business war
fares, is hereby abolished, the change
to take effect In part immediately, and
in whole as rapidly as the details
hereafter be worked out
"The four great houses controlling
the world's visible supply of money,
having this day agreed to act In uni
son under the scheme of organization
outlined by Mr. J. P. Morgan, have in
vested themselves with the controlling
interest in the three great sources by
which the public can be taxed the
supply of ores, the working of the same
iuto the raw products, and the trans
portation of the same.
"The business public will perceive at
a glance that it will not be properly
safe for any individual or known col
lection of Individuals to arrogate to
themselves the right to antagonize
the organization this day created; and
notice is hereby given that these com
mercial territories must not be tres
passed upon or invaded without expec
tation that the full authority vested in
the organization will be exercised.
"The houses engaged In bringing
about this organization in the inter
ests of the world's economy, have ta
ken to themselves such increment as
has seemed proper on view of the im
portant character of the service ren
dered. "Further, the bourses of the world
will please take notice that, owing to
the immense sums of money now in
the hands ot The Organization, It will
be possible to force speculation. Tho
banding together of the houses of
Rothschild, Rockefeller, Morgan and
Carnegie, representing the united met
al and transportation Interests, leaves
no room for competition, and any at
tempt in this direction will be met with
the fate which should attach to an
effort to return to the methods of bar
barism.
"Finally, It Is our intention ultimate'
ly to take In hand the smaller Indus
tries and organize them upon a scien
tific basis calculated to reduce the
waste of human effort to a minimum.
LandlordUm la Aarlcoltaral DhtrlcU af
A narlc aa Show a by 1 O. Pawara,
Cblcf Statistician. Division of Agrlcal
Mtf, V. S. Centos Bureaa.
SOUNDS FROM OTHER ANVILS.
Maw Brand of Fraadom.
Toledo Bee: The freedom the Re
publican party Is giving to the people
of Cuba Is the kind you don't read
about In the Declaration of Independ
ence, even if you read between the
lines. l-
Oaa Sanaa Daagar A void ad.
Kansas City Times: Mr. McKlnley
has selected a good season for his
western tour. At the time be passes
through the state there will be no
danger of a Kansas corn-stalk fall
ing across the track and wrecking the
train.
Tax on Franeblaaa aad larontaa.
Philadelphia Record: There seems
to be a growing opinion, not confined
to the membership of any one party,
that the ultimate reliance of the gov
ernment must be on a tax on Incomes
and franchises and that a law could be
so framed as to avoid constitutional
objections. Those whose wealth is
guaranteed to their possession and en
joyment by the government should be
willing to psy in proportion to tha
value of the guaranty.
This momentous statement did not
eoaeera itself with princes or even aa-
Sed statissnia. Tha world aa tha
third day of March, 1N1, had canned to
9a ruled by saeh. True, than were
VanaMuMt Daaiaad on Chlaa.
Washington Post: Let China be
made to pay the expenses of those who
actually went to the deliverance of (ho
foreigners that and nothing more. We
trust that our government will per
sist In this just and righteous oours).
Anything beyond Is cruel, rapacious
and abominable. Why should China
be made to pay for Count Von Wilder-
see's "punitive expeditions," for In-
stance T Tha avowed purpose of the
concert had bean achieved long before
the German troops arrived upon tho
etna There waa no occasion for the
expedition! hi auostloa.
The Interest aroused in the subject
of farm tenure by the census statis
tics ot 1880 snd 1890 will without
doubt be Increased by those of 1900.
No formal reports for the latter year
save been given to the public as yet,
but the census authorities have pub
lished sufficient facts to enable one
familiar with farm tenure to make a
fairly correct forecast of the condi
tions existing in the nation. The
facts referred to are found In the
bulletins of population by minor civil
divisions and in the number of farm
schedules returned by the enumerators
snd special agents.
Tie number of farm schedules Is
5.786,907, which is two to four per cent
In excess of the actual number of
farms that will be tabulated. The
number of farms in 1900 will, there
fore, somewhat exceed 5,700,00. In
1S90 the census reported 4,564,691
farms and 4,767,179 farm families. Ac
cordingly in ten years from 940,000
to 1,140,000 farms have been added to
those enumerated in 1890.
North Atlantic Stataa.
In the north Atlantic states Maine,
New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachu
setts, Connecticut, Rhode Island, New
York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania
the farms in 1880 numbered 696,139,
and in 1890, 668,569. In the latter
year the farm families numbered 660,
407; In 1900 the farms are, approxi
mately, 670,000. The figures quoted
make it clear that the number of
farms in these states, and hence the
number of families of farm propri
etors that Is, of owners and tenants
has not suffered diminution In the
last ten years; but while the number
of families In these two classes did
not become less, the total rural popu
lation, including also the families of
wage laborers, in nearly all of the
states decreased. The decrease has
consequently been in families whose
heads or chief members gain their
support by working foe wages on
farms.
Such a decrease Indicates a shift
ing of farm population. Some famil
ies have moved from the country to
the city and some have left their na
tive states for other sections of the na
tion. These removals also have been
accompanied by an economic readjust
ment among the families remaining. :
The net r"i!t of that readjustment
Is the rise of a number of families
from the position of wage earners in
Jfc&O to that of farm owners or ten
ants in 1900. Of those thus rising, it
is certain that a larger actual and rel
ative number have become farm ten
ants than have attained to the more
independent position of farm owners
Under these circumstances it can be
declared with a large degree of cer
tainty that the actual and relative
proportion of farms operated by ten
ants in the north Atlantic states will
be found when all data are tabulated
to be greater than it was ten or twen
ty years ago. - The percentage of
farms operated by tenants in the
states In 1890 was 16; in 1890, 18.4,
and we may confidently exnect that
in 1S00 it will be in excess of 20,
Sooth Atlantis States.
In the south Atlantic states Dela
ware, Maryland, District of Columbia
Virginia, West Virginia, North Caro
lina, South Carolina, Georgia and
Florida the schedules returned Indi
cate the existence in 1900 of substan
uauy s&u,ouu to 960,000 farms. The
corresponding number of farms in
1890 was 749,600. At the same time
772,596 farm families were reported
The number of farms Increased In ten
years between 190.000 and 210,000, or
from 24 to 27 per cent Exclusive of
cities of 25,000 snd over, the popula
tion of these states Increased in the
ten years only 18 per cent; but since
1&80 the population in the smaller cit
ies and towns has Increased relatively
much faster than the agricultural
population proper. The percentage
of increase of that poulation cannot
exceed 13.
These facts make It certain that the
Increase In the number of farms has
been much greater relatively than
that of the population engaged In till
ing them. The farm proprietors, own
ers and tenants as reported have,
therefore, Increased faster than the
farm families. They have been re
crulted in part from the ranks of
former families of wage earners.
Among the farm families of the south,
whoa number Includes very many
negroes, fewer relatively than In the
north have risen or are rising from
wage service to farm ownership, and
hence there must be a large relative
Increase of tenant-operated farms.
la tba "Black Bait."
The percentage of farms operated
by tenants, which was 36.1 In 1880.
rose to 38.5 in 1890, will doubtless be
found to have Increased still more In
1900. In that year It will probably
exceed 45. This great relative esti
mated Increase In farm tensnts Is
predicted upon the number of farm
schedules and the population. Many
of the 200,000 additional farms In
these states sre unquestionably small
plae cultlvsted by the members of
the families of wage-earners, and used
by them as homes. Others are small
tracts of land, without buildings,
tilled by unmarried men or women
who work aa wage earners a portion
ot the year. If this is not the case
then we have a substantial elevation
in ten yean of orer 100,000 farm fam-
U uuiu i v
illzed such a
making" duj
racts of land
lllaa to positions materially above
those held by them In 1890. It Is
hsrdly probable that such a number
of negro families have realized
great adVsnce. .But, after
allowance for the small tracts
of the character mentioned, it is si
most certain thst the final figures of
the census will show a substantial
raise of a large number of former
wage earners to a higher industrial
station In life, and one of the most
prominent Indices of this social uplift
Is the relative Increase of tenant-op
crated farms.
LITTL1
Among tha Fralrta Farmar.
In the north central states Ohio,
Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, WIscon
Bin, Minnesota, lows, Missouri, Kan
sas, Nebraska, South Dakota and
North Dakota there were reported In
1890 1.978,659 farm families and 1,928,
822 farms. Judging from the schedules
the corresponding number of farms In
1900 is substantially 2,190,000 to 2,200,
000. More than one-halt of the In
crease of from 200,000 to 275,000 is
found In the newly settled parts of the
various states, in which the increase
keeps pace more or less closely with
the reported Increase of farms. The
remained of these added farms are lo
cated in the older settled sections, In
which the rural population Increases
more slowly, or Is stationary or de
creasing in number. There will, there
fore. In these north central states be
a greater actual Increase of owners
than of tenants, and not the reverse
as was the case in the South Atlantic
divisions.
The Increase of farm owners Is
largely confined to the newer sec
tions. In the older settled portions
a different situation exists. There the
relative changes In the population and
number of farms give evidence of the
uplifting of at least a few families
from the position of wage laborers to
that of tenants, and hence a relative
Increase of tenant-operated farms, the
same as In the two specified divisions
of states. In 1890 the percentage of
tenant-operated farms in the twelve
states was 20.5, and in 1850 it was 23.4,
The dsta of population and the number
of farms give evidence of a percentage
in 1900 of more than 26.
Whara Growth b Rapid.
The settlement of Oklahoma, Indian
Territory and the newer parts of Tex
as, Arkansas and Louisiana, according
to the testimony of farm schedules,
adds over 250,000 farms, carved out of
the public or unused domain. The
schedules also give evidence of a still
greater number of new farms In the
other south central states Kentucky,
Tennessee, Alabama and Mississippi
produced by the subdivision of the
older plantations. In 18&0 the farms
in the south central states numbered
1 ,086,772, and the farm families 1,185.-
9.12. In 1900 the farms will approxi
mate 1,659,000.
A very large proportion of the
farms operated by white men in the
Indian Territory and on the Indian
reservations of Oklahoma will be ad
ditions to the tenant-operated class,
since it Is very difficult for such mea
In this section to become owners.
With the exception of the changes
due to this anomalous condition of
farms on Indian lands, tho situation
so far as It relates to farm tenure In
the south central Btates, is Intermedi
ate between that described In detail
for the south Atlantic and north cen
tral states. The percentage of tenant
operated farms was 36.2 In 1880, 38.4
in 1890, and will probably be over 45
In 1900.
Farms of tba Far Wh!. j
The farms reported In the western
states Montana, Wyoming, Colorado, j
New Mexico, Arizona, Utah, Nevada, I
Idaho, Washington, Oregon and Cali
fornianumbered In 1S90, 145,878,
while the farm families numbered
169,585. The schedules reported Indi
cate the probable existence In the
same section In 1900 of 245.000, or an
Increase In ten years of from 75,000
to 100,000 new farms, all carved out of
the public domain. The growth of
rural population In these states has
nearly kept pace with the Increase In
farms, and hence we can In general
predict that there will be no great
change in the relative number of those
operated by tenants. The percentage
of such farms in 1880 was 14, and la
1S90, with the settlement of 62,155 new
farms. It was only 12.1. In the same
year the percentage of farm tenant
families was 18.9. With the Urge re
ported Increase In the number of
farms In 1900 the relative number of
tenant-operated farms cannot be
greater than 20, and will not be leas
than 13 per cent The data of farm
population available are not exact
enough to make a more definite estl
mate.
Summing up the foregoing estimates.
the conclusion Is reached that of the
940,000 to 1,140.000 farms that were
added In the last ten years, substanti
ally one-half will be tenant operated.
This will be an Increase of from 40
to 60 per cent, or nesrly twice the In
crease per cent of the population for
the nation, four times that of tha
purely agricultural population, and
twice that of the farms opersted by
their owners.
OraatMt laaroaaa Imrbd.
It Is an actual and relative increase
of tenant-operated farms thst has nev
er been equalled since statistics have
been collected upon the subject, and
yet this unprecedented increase Is
predicted on the basis of facts that
show not a degradation of the rural
population, but an uplifting that has
raised not lets than 100,000 families
from the position of wage earners to
the proprietorship of large tracts of
tillable land.
FORMIDABLE FLEET
BATTLESHIPS BUILT.
Ready for Saw Conflict AbU ta Fro tart
Ilotu IntaraaU with Ibo Kqnadron
AmabUaf with Pomp an J Clrcam
taaea la Far East.
The man who spends his money Ilka
water li supposed to liquidate his
debts.
One of the most notable surprises of
recent years has been the rise of Japan
from a condition considered ta be
hardly civilized to the position of one
of the great powers of the world. In
part this is due to the admirable or
ganization of her army and the ex
ploits of her navy in the war with
China. The Japanese fleet was bandied
with an audacity and skill that startled
professional observers all over the
world. The want of a sufficiently nu
merous fleet prevented Japan from re
taining the fruits ot victory, but ber
government at once set to work to
create a navy adequate for the pur
poses of Japanese policy. The result Is
seen in the splendid squadron which
Japan will soon have assembled in the
far east. At the battle of the Yulu,
Sept. 17, 1894, which disposed of the
Chinese squadron, the Japanese had 11
vessels aggregating 36,264 tons, against
12 Chinese ships of 34,975 tons and four
torpedo boats. The Chinese squadron
comprised two armorclads, the Chen
Yuen and Ting-Yuen, of 7,430 tons
each, superior to any individual vessel
of the Japanese squadron, the largest
ships in which were three of 4,300
tons; the Matsu-shima, the flagship,
the Itsuku-sblma, and the Hashldate.
Their inferiority In armor protection
was compensated for by their formi
dable armament, but they were not
able to venture into close quarters
with the two Chinese ironclads, and
the Matsu-shima was so badly dam
aged that the Japanese admiral had
to transfer his flag during the action
to the Hashldate. The net result of
the fighting was that four of the Chi
nese ships were sunk and several cap
tured, and three Japanese vessels were
more or less seriously injured. In the
less than seven years that have
elapsed since then the Japanese navy
has made enormous strides. Its first
line is now composed of six battleships,
Including four of the most powerful
of their class afloat. They are the
Shlkl-sblma, HaUiuse, Asahi, and Misa-
Ka of 14,900 tons and 14,500 horse pow
er, with speed of 18.5 knots. The only
thing that can be said against them
is that they are furnished with the
cow condemned Belleville boilers. The
other two battleships are the Yashlma
and Fujl-Yama of 12.500 tons, 14,100
horse-power, and 19 knots speed. The
six belong to tho English majestic
class, but are more modern and have
many improvements. Th-y form a
compact squadron in themselves su
perior to that of any other
power In the far eastern seas.
The armored cruisers number six and
belong to one class in size, being of
9.850 tons, 19,000 horse-power, and
22.07 knots speed. Four of them, like
the four great battleships, were built
in England, the other two coming from
Germany and France. The two latter
have Belleville boilers. They all ma
neuver with great facility, and are lit
tle inferior In fighting value to battle
ships. The protected cruisers number
13, ranging from 2,700 to 4,800 tons.
with horse-power of from 6,100 to 15,-
000, and from 16.5 to 23 knots speed.
Four are of the newest designs, and
with their speed and armament form
a valuable complement of the preced-
ng armored cruiser squadron. Two,
the Takasago and Yo-sbimo, are of
English build, and the latter by tbe
rapidity of her lire did great execution
among the Chinese ships at the Yalu.
The other two, the Kasagl and Chitose.
are of American construction. Of the
other protected cruisers tbe only ones
of European build are the Idzuml, for
merly the Chilean Esmeralda, con
structed In England, and the Sal-yen.
built In Germany and captured from
the Chinese at the same time as the
Chen-Yuen, coast defense ship, re
named the Chln-ycn. The Japanese
have also a numerous destroyer and
torpedo-boat flotilla of the most mod
ern build, the destroyers being 12 In
number. Their gunboats and unpro
tected cruisers are now, of course, be
hind the age and fit only for coast
guard and customs service among the
Islands. The great feature of the Jap
anese fighting fleet is the equipment of
tbe heavier rapid-fire guns In each
hip. This Is the result of tbe lesson
of the Yalu, where tbe victory was
largely due to the shower of projectiles
thrown Into the Chinese ships. In the
event of Japan's finding herself at
war with one of the European powers
It Is questonable whether any of tbe
squadrons now in the far eaat could
make head against tbe fleet tbe Japan
ese have created since 1894. Chicago
Journal.
la Jack Rabbi la.
A notable and growing Industry In
Nebraska Is tbe trade In Jack rabbits,
which are frozen for shipment to the
east, where they are sold at fancy
prices as Belgian bares. Farmers'
boys In the state earn many dollars
during the winter In pursuing tbla
game, which they sell to tbe packers
for about 1.60 a dozen. The price Is
small, but the supply ample, and the
farmers do themselves a double service
by ridding their lands of what often
becomes a pest The extent of the In
dustry Is Indicated by the shipments,
which are In car-load lots.
Mada laanaa by Reading Naval.
Frank Fleetwood, the 20-year-old son
of Jacob Fleetwood of Tipton, lnd has
become mentally deranged from the
effects of reading novels. A few days
since, be became violent snd drove his
parents from the bouse. It Is said he
read over 1.0M novels.
