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CHINESE SOLDIERS CUT SHORT A MOST PROMISING CAREER ££M5 JT7Z£Z (Young American Journalist Who W as Slain by Chinese Soidiers.j JAPAN’S MISRULE IN KOREA. Probability That She Will Avoid For mer Mistakes. Once again Japan finds herself in control of Korea, “land of the morn ing freshness.” This is by no means a new experience for Japan. It was in the third century A. D. that the empress regent of Japan herself led an expedition against Korea. From that time to the end of the fourteenth century, with a few interruptions, the relations of Korea to Japan were those of vassal to suzerain. Then China came into ascendancy and from that time on up to the war of 1894 she retained the principal control of the hermit kingdom. That war end ed Chinese suzerainty in Korea and gave to Japan the control of a coun try which it had coveted for centur ies. . But the Japanese showed little wis dom or moderation in their treat ment of the Koreans. The admirer of the Jap must pass over the period from 1894 to 1897 with closed eyes lest his confidence in the intelligence of Japanese statecraft receive a se vere blow. Korea was ruled with a high hand. Business and political morality were thrown to the wind, the public offices became more corrupt than before, if such a thing were pos sible in a country cursed for cen turies by a system of official corrup tion for which it would be difficult to find a parallel. At the same time a series of the most drastic reforms was instituted, and Korea shuddered with horror at the desecration of its most revered customs and traditions. Japan, flat tered with its brilliant military suc cess, became irrational. She insisted upon the abolition of the Korean method of wearing the hair. The king was made to cut off his topknot and the people w»re compelled to do the same. The queen, a bitter enemy of Japan, was murdered, the Japanese minister being an accessory to the outrage. Then the terrified king fled to the Russian embassy for protec tion, a mob of Koreans murdered the agents of Japan in the higher official positions, and the uprising swept Ja pan from the Korean courts. Russia become the dominant influence. Now the fortunes of war have giv en Korea to the Japanese once more. It is to be hoped that they will profit by their former experience and rule Korea with moderation. The art of governing a colony lies in non-inter ference with the non-essentials and concentration upon the essentials. The Japanese are quick to learn. It Is to be hoped that in their future treatment of Korea they will not make tfre mess of things they did in 1894-’7. Bourke Cockran to Marry? It is rumored that Bourke Cockran Irlll not remain a widower much long er. His name is being coupled with that of Mrs. Adolf Ladenburg, the handsome widow of the banker, but then the gossips find a new suitor for Mrs. Ladenburg every few months. However, Mr. Cockran’s liking for her is not concealed, and at the Grave •end race track he is her shadow. Mr. Cockran is one of the most distin guished looking men on Long Island. German Historian Dead. The death is reported from Jena of Dr. Ottokar Lorenz, a well-known his torian. He began by studying law, but after 1850 philology and history claimed his attention. He was made professor of history at Vienna in 1860, and was employed on the state archives, but lost the latter position in consequence of his political views. In 1885 he went to Jena as professor. His contributions to German and Austrian history were numerous and /aluable. Dog Deserved Monument. On a tombstone at the head of a grave in one of the dog cemeteries in Paris is this inscription to the mem ory of a brave St. Bernard: “He saved the lives of forty persons and was killed by the forty-first.” Not an Olive Enthusiast. The grocers are advertising ripe olives. It has always seemed as though something was the matter with the kind they have been selling. —Lynn Item. DARTMOUTH TO LAY STONE. Descendant cf Englishman AfterWhom College Was Named. Lord Dartmouth will lay the founda tion stone of the new building to be erected by the alumni of Dartmouth college in place of the one burned some time ago. The present earl is the fourth, a direct descendant of the man after whom the college was named by Dr. Wheeloek, its first pres ident. His lordship has the right to bear the arms of the first president of the United States—three stars and two stripes—for the first Lord Dartmouth was a son of Elizabeth Washington, eldest daughter and chief heiress of Sir William Washington of Packing ton. Leicestershire. The earl has de voted recent years to literary and his torical research, and his services have been appreciated by King Edward, who has appointed him one of the members of the royal commission on historical manuscripts. HIS PERIOD OF LEISURE. V/ork as Organizer Completed, Von Moltke Waited for War. Talk of army reorganization recalls a story told of Von Moltke, the great German military master, who held that when war begins the work of the organizer ceases. In 1870, a few’ days after the mobilization of the Germany army had been ordered, a friend of Von Moltke, who was anxious to see him on important business, called up on him in some trepidation of mind, expecting to find him overwhelmed with work. He was shown into the count’s study and found him lying on a sofa reading a French novel. “You could not have come at a better time, my dear fellow,” was his welcome. “My work wras ended when mobiliza tion was ordered. I begin again when we move to the front.” BACK FROM FOOL FEAT. Man Who Crossed Ocean in Seve teen-Foot Dory Home Again. Capt. Ludwig Eisenbaum, the lone navigator who crossed the Atlantic from Boston in a seventeen-foot dory, has come back to New York as a member of the crew of the Red Star line steamship Kroonland, from Ant werp. He brought his dory with him, and it is said that both will be seen later at the St. Louis exposition. The captain’s trip was almost a constant fight with death. Twice he was sight ed in mid-Atlantic by passing steam ships, and the skipper of one vessel spent considerable time urging him to abandon his perilous undertaking. He had several narrow escapes from drowning and once he lost nearly all of his provisions. The General Utility Consul. In those larger towns in Turkey where England is represented by a consul, that official is looked upon as a sort of court of appeals by Chris tians. Armenians, Bulgarians, Mace donians and even Jews, who have probably never heard an English word spoken, will appeal to the Brit ish consul when in difficulties, and he rarely refuses his kind offices. In or dinary cases his unofficial backing of the “giaours” is effective. When Mansfield “Does Things. To Richard Mansfield an enthusi astic woman admirer had paid trib ute of praise, adding: “I suppose, fir, that when in the spirit of those great roles you forget your real self for aajs. “Yes, madam, for days, as well as nights. It is then I do those dreadful things—trample on the up turned features of my leading lady and hurl tenderloin steaks at wait ers." “And you do not know of it at all?” “Not a solitary thing, madam, until I read the papers next day.” New York Gets Great Scientist. Prof. Charles Baskervllle of the University of North Carolina, who has made notable contributions to the knowledge of radio-activity, will take his place at the head of the depart ment of chemistry of the College of the City of New York Sept 1. France Grows Many Potatoeo. France produces more than twice as many potatoes as the United States. The average price a bushel is twenty-five and one-half cents. r Bifozfl mhd Itafti 9 When last November there was signed in the city of Petropolis a treaty between Brazil and Bolivia, the impression was given that the dispute about the Aquiri or Acre territory was at an end; but recent events show that only one corner of the tri angular dispute has been settled, for Peru is yet to be satisfied. This territory furnished no end of frontier conflicts during the last gen eration, owing to the fact that it is a wedge-shaped area at the juncture of the three republics, Brazil, Bolivia and Peru, all three of which, before the treaty of Petropolis, laid claim to It. The sc-called Acre territory has an area of about 80,000 square miles, or nearly that of Great Britain. The exploration of a part of it has been of the most casual kind and no ade quate map of the area has been made. Being at the extremity of the three republics, little attention was paid to the fate of the great western water shed of the amazon river until in re cent years attempts were made'by syndicates to obtain concessions to work the rubber forests and to mine the gold believed to be in abundance in this region. The dispute at first waxed hot be tween Bolivia and her eastern neigh bor. Brazil, although there was at the same time a series of vigorous pro tests entered by Peru against Bolivia. In every map of Bolivia the wedge shaped territory is allotted to that state, and in the government maps of Peru the wedge and something more I is allotted to that republic. Bolivia 1 and Brazil had been for several years practically at war over the wilds in the Altp Purus, but by the treaty of Petropolis Bolivia agreed to cede the Acre territory to Brazil, in return for which Brazil agreed to cede a small triangular territory at the juncture of the Abuna and Mamore rivers, to form the Madeira, a giant arm of the Amazon. In addition to this cession. riches. For years the rubber gather ers had worked the rubber lands cn the Amazon, but these became work ed out and the interest moved up the i river. Finally they entered the Acre district, which was found to abound with rubber trees. In a little while between 10,000 and 20,000 Brazilians were in the territory, working the vast rubber lands. In 1899 Bolivia took steps to oc | cupy the region. She found the Bra zilians had developed the rubber in dustry to an enormous extent, and at once sought to coerce them. Finally A fGX/YM// the so-called Republic of Acre was formed, but it was little more than a threat, for there was never any real attempt at government. Bolivia ap peared to think that a neat solution of the embarrassing situation would be to sell a concession to work the rub ber lands. Capital was readily found in this country and Germany, and the Bolivian syndicate was formed, and like the great trading countries of the seventeenth and eighteenth cen turies, it was empowered to admin Peru has always had pretensions in the Acre region, and has had innum erable disputes with Eolivia on the subject. In fact such a dispute was on at the time Bolivia made the ces sion to Brazil, but as the latter agreed to assume the responsibility, the pres ent disturbance in the region will have to be settled between these two states. Peru has occupied the upper Purus valley, and recently there were reports of a battle having taken place between the Brazilians and Peruvians at Santa Rosa. Brazil insists J,nat her right to the region is of long standing, and that this right was recognized by the treaty of 1851. She also insists that, that being in possession of the coast, and also of the territory extending to the sources of the rivers Jurua or Yurua and Purus emptying into that coast, long peopled by Brazilians, she is in the right under the application of the rule established by Pinckney and Monroe in the note of April 20, 1805. This rule is as follows: “When any European nation takes possession of any extent of seacoast, that possession is understood as ex tending into the interior country to the source of the rivers emptying with that coast, to all their branches and the country' they cover. ’ It will be seen by this contention Brazil claims the entire watershed of the Amazon, one of the most exten sive in the world. However, feeling sure of her stand, Brazil offers to hear any claim Peru has to title, but in sists upon the withdrawal of Peruvian troops first. The Peruvian attitude is simply that Peru never admitted Brazil’s title to the territory now in dispute, that the treaty of 1851 contains no recognition of it, and that the Peru vian government has no recollection of ever having admitted Brazil’s “pre tended right.” Peru asserts her willingness to ■■ rr»*/r Ar C£t>r» ar SOt fV/A T» BAAX/l W mm S OVHBAJWJ Ct AST-rZD or eocv/A Atm BOisHpAOSZJ CiA/MTO or *o*u »"■ I ' ."■ 1 .. 1 5/fetcty Map of fye country /yjt/spute^'tcrntcry fo$ r?ot yet bee 1? Oecuratefy charted | which was admittedly inadequate, ! Brazil also agreed to give an indem nity of $10,000,000. This money, how I ever, is to be used mainly in the con struction of railways and other works tending to improve the communica tions and develop commerce between the two countries. Brazil also agreed | to build on her own territory, parallel : with the Mamore river, a railroad j about 240 miles long, from San Anto nio to Guajara-Mirim, around the rap ids and cascades in the river, which make the stream within that length unnavigable. In addition to these stipulations Brazil agreed to take the quarrel with Peru off tne hands cf Bolivia; conse quently, under the convention, Bolivia is now experiencing that tranquillity that has been withheld her for many years. The history of the dispute is con siderably involved, and will no doubt have to be decided by either arbitra tion or war finally. Although there are in existence boundary treaties of 1851 and 1867, neither Peru nor Bra zil can at present agree upon their interpretations. Brazil contends that there are 10,000 Brazilians in the dis puted country; that there should be no question to her right of occupa tion. On the other hand, Peru claims to have maintained a military occu pation of the country unmolested for years. Like most boundary disputes (and Peru has had a lengthy history of them) little interest was manifested in the remote district until it became apparent that it was a land of virgin WHALE SCRATCHED ITS BACK. Astonished Sailors Thought Motion Was an Earthquake. On the night of April 29 the steamer Aiauna Loa, while lying at Keauhou, shook and trembled, then she heeled over to port and then heeled over to starboard. Everybody sleeping aboard was awakened, every one awake be came alert; something had happened. Somebody declared it was an earth quake. A similar experience had been met by the Mauna Loa months be fore. Capt. Simerson learned, however, that it was not an earthquake at all that moved the boat, but a whale. An enormous leviathan of the deep had sea hives. Its back itched; It felt the sensation that so many peo ple experience in the tropics, it want ed to scratch its back. There was nothing on which to scratch until the Maunir Loa was sighted. The whale was reported by native fishermen to have dived underneath the boat and scratched its back on the keel of the vessel. The shaking and rolling of the vessel were caused by the whale, so the fishermen claimed, ruobing its ister the region as well as to work it. It was given almost sovereign rights. In November, 1902, the agent of the syndicate attempted to take posses sion, but so great was the feeling that he was only a blind for a great Ameri can annexation scheme that he barely escaped with his life, by abandoning his journey. The agent arrived at Porto Alonzo, on the Acre river, 2,S00 miles from the mouth of the Amazon, just at the time the Bolivian government officials were being overpowered by the Bra zilians and the Republic of Acre was In the process of making. With the ousting of th3 Bolivian officials who were to hand over the region of Acre to the syndicate's representative, the syndicate’s occupation failed, for it was impossible to take possession under the circumstances. Brazilian warships were sent up the Amazon and troops were put on transports and sent along to occupy the disputed ter ritory. About that time a protocol was signed, then followed the treaty of Petropolls, and one of the litigants was removed from the troublesome business. back against the bottom of the Mau na Loa. When the whale had gotten relief from the marine hives, it swam away.—From the Honolulu Pacific Commercial Advertiser. Novel Method of Profit Sharing. A shirtwaist manufacturer in the local wholesale market surprised the employes a few days ago by announc ing that he intends to retire from act ive business in their favor. His plan is to turn the plant over to “tried and true” subordinates, with the stipula tion that in case the business should prosper they are to pay for the prop erty on the installment basis. In the event of time demonstrating that these “trusties” canont make a “go” of the enterprise, the “boss” is to take charge of affairs, assuming ail liabili ties and begin anew to build up trade. —New York Prfess. London Bakers on Strike. All the Jewish bakers are striking for, in London, is a twelve-hour day and nine cents an hour. - r Do noble things, not dream them all day long.—Charles Kingsley. resort to arbitration, but without "de manding previous conditions unneces sary to governments really wishing to reach a prompt, just and pacific set tlement of their differences.” In other words, Peru insists upon her military occupation of Acre while the case is arbitrated. Brazil makes it a condition that the Peruvian forces re tire first before she will listen to ar bitration. consequently at present the two governments are deadlocked. Among the South American states war and revolution are a part of the life and, therefore, at this time no one would have the hardihood to predict whether the dispute terminates in hostilities or in arbitration. If the two states resort to force there ap pears to be the favor of numbers on the side of Brazil, which has a regular army of 28,160 men, gathered by com pulsory service and by conscription, has a regular force estimated at 4,000 and the possibilities of increase are not sufficient to offset the Brazilian advantage. Each republic has a navy, both of them small, and Peru’s rather insignificant.. Brazil could send some of her ships as far up the Amazon as Acre, the head of navigation on the Acre river. Peru, however, could make no use of her navy unless she trust them sufficiently to send them around Cape Horn to harass the Bra zilian coast, which is not near so like ly as that Brazil might send some of her ships to make an assault upon Callao, although the chance of suc cess in this undertaking is so small as to scarcely warrant the undertak ing.—Philadelphia Ledger. Heroic Son Saves Father. When the schooner Levi Hart was run down and sunk by a barge, Capt. Philip Pendleton was thrown into the hold of his vessel, where he found himself pinioned down by the planks broken in by the impact. He would have been drowned had it not been for the heroic action of his son Ralph, who dived several times Into the hold of the vessel filled with water. “No, father, I’ll die with you,” were his words when the father besought him to take to the rigging, as he was drowning. After repeated efforts he got his father out of the hold of the vessel, and both were saved. Gasquet Going to Rome. Abbot Francis Gasquet, who was much talked of after the death of Car dinal Vaughan as his successor, is about to leave England and take up his residence in Rome. Deaths From the Plague. The deaths from the bubonic'plague in India ^re from 30,000 to 40,000 & week. In Johannesburg, South Af rica, 128 cases and 70 deaths have oc curred in two weeks. PHILANDER C. KNOX TAKES QUAY'S PLACE IN SENATE Philander C. Knox, attorney gen eral in the cabinet of President Roose velt, is the man chosen by the Repub lican leaders of Pennsylvania to fill the seat of Matthew S. Quay in the senate. Mr. Knox was born in Brownsville, Pa., May 4, 1853, and is a graduate of Mount Union college, Ohio. He was United States district attorney in the western district of Pennsyl vania, 187G-77, and after resigning, rep resented many large corporations, in eluding the Carnegie company. Attor ney General Knox was advised by the president to accept the appointment to the senate. Joseph H. Choate of New York, United States ambassador to England is among those mentioned as a possi ble successor of Attorney General Knox, who will become United Stat-s senator from Pennsylvania. There 1 however, nothing definite as to the president’s views concerning Mr. Knox’s successor. STAYING CAPACITY OF JAPAN. Comparisons Show Island Empire Can Make Long Fight. The London Statist makes some in teresting comparisons. In 1793 the population of Great Britain and Ire land was between fifteen and sixteen millions. That of Japan to-day is be tween forty-five and fifty millions. In 1794 the exports from the United King dom aggregated $80,000,000. Those of Japan in 1902 were valued at $127, 000,000. In 1793 the national debt of Great Britain was 81,300,000.000. In 1903 that of Japan was about $270, 000.000. The war between England and Na poleon lasted for about twenty-two years. At the beginning England had numerous allies, but one by one they were conquered by Napoleon, and for a time she stood alone. During the conflict she maintained in arms, in cluding the auxiliary forces and the navy, about a million men. So heavy were her expenses that she ran up a debt of over $3,000,000,000. The question is: If England, with a smaller population and trade than Japan has, was able to keep up the fight against such an adversary a3 Napoleon for twenty-two years, how long should Japan be able to stand the cost of a war with Russia? Eng land had the command of the sea. She could send her manufactures to all ports that were open to them. Ja pan has the command of the sea at this time, and her considerable trade cannot be interfered with. She has a powerful mercantile marine, varied manufactures, and considerable min eral wealth. Four years ago her fac tories employed over 388,000 work people. The Boers, being a stubborn people, held out against overwhelming odds for two and a half years. The Eng lish. being equally stubborn and un. yielding, fought Napoleon to the end. If the Japanese share the staying power of Boer and Briton, for how S many years ought they to be able and willing to carry on war unmindful of increasing taxation and a growing j debt? Wonderful Jewel. The most extraordinary pearl—or rather cluster of pearls—known as “The Southern Cross,” is owned by a syndicate of Australian gentlemen, who value it at $50,000. So far as is known it occupies an absolutely unique position. It consists of nine pearls, naturally grown together in so regular a manner as to form a per fect Latin cross. The pearl was dis covered by a pearl fisher at Roe bourne, West Australia. The first owner regarded it with so much su perstition that he buried it; but it was discovered in 1874. and five years later was placed on exhibition in Aus tralia. Receivers Annoy Sully. When Daniel J. Sully, but lately king of the cotton pit. was in the heyday of his success he .purchased a pew in St. Bartholomew’s church, New York. Not until after his sen sational failure did the deed to the pew reach his office. Now the re ceivers have taken possession of the instrument, which they mean to hold until trustees in bankruptcy have been appointed. In the mantime, Mr. Sully will have no pew to sit in when he goes to church. Lady Curzon Is Popular. An American woman who returned from England last week said: “The affection in which Lady Curzon, for merly Miss Mary Leiter. is held in London, would gratify her Chicago friends. I saw her dining in the Carl ton with a party and the other guests hung on every word the viceroy's wife uttered. Her complexion, for merly delicate and pale, has been burned to a rich brown and l must say the fierce .sun of India has giv en birth to wrinkles.” SPENDING JAY GOULD’S MONEY. Countess de Castellane the Best Dressed Woman in Paris. Whenever the Countesa De Castel lane digs into the Gould fortune for the purpose of entertaining she gives Paris something to talk about. Her most recent fete was as sumptuous as those of the past. The duke and duchess of Thurn and Taxis were the guests of honor, and the countess stood beside them on a raised plat form banked with roses. The best so ciety of Paris bowed before the American hostess and her noble | guests and then retreated in wonder ment to study the gown the countess was wearing. Jay Gould’s daughter has become a past mistress of the art of dressing and on this occasion her frock was a marvel. It was a pale yel low chifTon velvet and the skirt was covered with orchids deftly embroid ered. These orchids were outlined in gold threads and the color scheme of mauve and yellow was unusual. It is said ten women worked on the countess’ gown day and night in order to finish tjie embroidered flowers. The bodice was trimmed with real orchids and all the Castellane jewels added a further brilliant touch to the orchid costure. PREFERS LIFE ON A FARM. Ex-Gov. Herrick of Ohio, a Lover of the Country. Gov. Herrick of Ohio is now leading a bucolic existence on his farm near Sullivan, in Ashland county. Imme diately on his arrival there he settled down to a farmer's life in earnest. Donning a brimmed hat of coarse straw, the kind bought for ten cents in a country store, and a pair of blue overalls, he did the chores and other small jobs incidental to a farm hand's wore. One delegation of farmers dis covered the governor sitting on a rail fence eating a red apple, a feast which he prefers to the most elab orate banquet. He passed apples around and then discussed various topics with his callers. This is the place where the governor spent his boyhood days and where he first knew the little country girl who is now Mrs. Myron T. Herrick. Seeks Cure for Leprosy. Prof. Loeb, in Berlin, is experiment ing with the rattlesnake venom as a cure for leprosy, and he thinks he has uit upon the specific for one of the most loathsome diseases that human flesh is heir to. Should he succeed in demonstrating that the snake poison will cure this plague, rattlesnakes would at once become commercially valuable. The market value of the poison is about $15 per drachm. Prof. Loeb gets his rattlesnake venom from a man in Colorado, who keeps shaker as pets. Crown Prince’s Act a Novelty. The German crown prince’s riding of a tie wita Rittmeister Van Holt zing recently in the grand military steeplechase at Berlin for the Em peror's cup marked the first occasion on which a Hohenzollerti so near the throne has been allowed to enter into sport competition with any of his fel low subjects. At Bonn neither the present crown prince nor the father before him was permitted to stand up against any fellow student at the “aiensuren," or corps duels. One Result of Quay's Death. As long as Matthew Stanley Quay lived he was powerful enough to pre vent the sale of liquor in tne city of Beaver, his hofhe. Daniel Agnew. once chief justice of Pennsylvania, was chiefly instrumental in having the place made a “dry" town and be fore his death he made the senator promise to keep out saloons. Now that he is dead those who are tired of drug store whisky will make an ef fort to have the local option law re pealed.
