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JAPAN WILL WAIT A WEEK
fjnrmal Reply to Russia's Note Is Made Commercial Treaties With
China Signed by the United States Fear in England That
That Power Will Be Drawn Into Coming Combat.
Htissia now has Japan's formal reply
o her Inbt note and will awnlt. a rea
uinable tlm for the reply. The gen
inl Idea In Toklo Is that this will he
un Minted by the government to moan
si week or ten days at most, and that
t the end of Mint time Japan will
deem herself at liberty to act as her
bcM Interest dictates.
Just what the tenor of I he leply Is
t'o one knows. on6ldo of those wlioso
biiblness It is to know, but the general
belief Is that It simply tells Russia
that her suggestions us to Cotea nro
not acceptable and that Japan's puia
mountey in the ontiro peninsula must
be recognized.
It Ih semiofficially Intlmnted that
jumauiirro, ekpbfopofjapdn
the reply does not necessarily mean
war, but this Is taken to mean that
war will not follow it Russia recog
nizes Japan's claims.
A Keen watch Is being kept on the
movement of Russian warships, both
in Eastern and Europenn waters, and
should war bo declared a powerful
Kquadrou of the fleetest ships in the
Japanese navy Is In readiness to Inter
cept any ro-enforceinents which may
be sent to the Unsslnn naval forces
nt Port Arthur. Anything which looked
like an nttempt to eoncentinte more
wnrshlps in Chinese wnters would
probably precipitate nellon.
England Dreads Coming War.
There Is lightening of the war
clouds In the far East, according to
news in l.c: con. and the only ques
tions seem to bo when nnd how war
will come. There was a report cur
rent that the Russian fleet had left
Port Arthur, hut this is hardly regard
ed as probable. It probably arises
from the closing of Vladivostoek by
ice and the probable departure of
whatever naval essels may have been
in that port tor Port Arthur.
Well-Informed opinion is turning
more nnd mow to the belief that tho j
trouble cannot be localized in case of
war. and that England will certainly
be brought into the coufliet. ller in
terests in Asia are of such a charac
ter that the tremendous Increase in
Russian prestige from a rfueeesstul
war with Japan would greatly Imperil
them, not alone in China, hut in In
di.i ns well.
There have not been wanting Indi
cations ot a spirit of unrest in tho
Indian Empire, which seems to be
steadily growing. It would bo to Rus
sia's advantage to encourage tills, so
that she might have a freer hand in
dealing with Afghanistan and Persia.
I Hint would be la much better condi
tion to accomplish her alms In Cen
tral Asia with Japan completely ollm
ilnated from tho cquutlon. The Brit
'ish government realizes all this, and
dreads It. Hence tho active work In
getting tho nrmy and navy In fighting
trim.
The Situation In Corea.
The Seoul correspondent of the Lon
don Dally Mall cables a description
of a state of panic which, he says, ex
ists at tho rojal palace.
The emperor has issued a pitiful
edict stating Mint the country is likely
to be lost owing to the weakness and
vacillation of the people, whom he
counsels to net for tho best In their
own Interests.
The emperor has also Issued an or
dinance warning the army not to fire
In tho event of a collision between for
eign troops.
The correspondent adds that the en
tiro city is extremely turbulent.
The London Times' Moscow corre
spondent says he hears that tho gov
ernment has claimed the services of
the entire volunteer fleet.
A dlspntch fioni Toklo to Renter's
Telegram Company says that Japan's
answer to tho last Russian note has
been handed to Duron Do Rosen, the
Russlau minister, nnd that ncgotla-
r m
Glossary of Native Terms Used
TERMS IN MANCHURIA.
KU. To tho name of a city, indicates
capital of province, u city of the
first class.
CHOU. Indicates city of the second
class.
Yl.A smnll post town, an Ychang-YI.
And at tho termination of geograph
ical terms:
KIANG. HO. YCIIUAN. YCHU.
All mean stream, river.
IIAI. -Sea, tometlmes lake.
SfrhS.MmuUin.
K"AN.-Cmp. strong, fortified place.
SHAN-HAl-KUAN. The fortified
camp where the mountains nnd
, the sea meet aptly illustrates
these three terms.
(Ions will be continued without any
time limit being set for their termina
tion, The demnnds Japan mnde, accord
Ing to reports published abroad, have
caused surprise In Toklo. It Is now
stated that Japan never asked for the
evacuation of Manchuria, hut, on tho
contrary, frankly recognized Russia's
interests there and her right to pro
tect them. Japan demanded only tho
realisation c Russia's voluntary
pledges respecting China's territorial
Integrity in Manchuria and tiio free
dom of residential rights and Interna
tional trade therein.
A special dispatch from Toklo snys
the ministers who attended the re
cent conferences for tho consideration
of the reply to the Russlnn note assert
that the "attitude Japan has taken Is
remarkably conciliatory."
All European papers have editorials
which attach great Impoitauco to tho,
ratification of the commercial treaties
between the United States and China
mid between Japan and China.
Commercial Treaties Signed.
Tho Washington Stuto Department
has received Information that the em
peror of China has signed the com
merclal treaty between this country
and China, by which the United Stntcs
secures two open ports In Manchuria.
Exchange of ratifications was then
mado by cable.
The treaty orts arc, of course,
open to the commerce of tin world.
The United States has large oil and
cotton goods Interests In Manchuria.
Tho next step Is the issuance of a
proclamation by tho president, and
this will bo done nt once. Tho State
Department has asked Congress to
1 provide for two consuls at $ 1,000
each per annum to look after Ameri
can commerce nt the two now ports of
Mukden and Autiing In Manchuria.
Rear Admiral R. D. Evans, who
commands our Asiatic fleet, has rec-
ommended that tho facilities of de
fense of that command bo Increased
by tho addition of a number of small
boats.
He dooms It necessary to bo ablo
to reach that part of China between
Canton and Hankow, where an Ameri
can syndlcnto has a concession for a
railroad through tho most populous
section of tho country and through
provinces whose Inhabitants lmvo
heretofore hud but little knowledge
of foreigners, and whose ignorant
LING. Pass over a mountain.
YCHENa-CHEN-HOLO. Town, large
vllluge.
At the beginning of geographical
names tho following prefixes may gen
erally bo translated:
YA. Great, large.
SIAO. Small, llttla,
PEL North.
NAN. South. , '
I1I3I. IJlactc.
HUANG. Yellow.
HI. West.
TUNG. East.
STRANG. Upper.
MO. Lower.
r CORSAN, WITH TOMUKTT.
COKAN, WITH HAT TO C6VKK
TOPKNOT.
JAPANESB TOPKNOT.
masses nre largely opposed to the In
troduction of modern Improvements.
The urgent need, therefore, of two
light draft gunboats or launches Is
apparent. Hot less than two conld
satisfactorily perform the duty one
for ttso Irom tho southern end of tho
line, with Canton ns tho base, tho
other from tho northern end of the
line, with tho ports on the Yang-tso
as its base.
Tho alco-vnpsr launch of nlxmt CO
to Co feet long would bo a desirable
typo of vessel and should bo fitted
with heavy towing bits fore nnd nft,
with places for working sweeps In
case of necessity, double awnings,
cooking Btove nnd oven, carry a good
Nictoloo II of Duasio.
supply of water and fuel supply ot
about 400 mites steaming.
Boats of this typo could not only
operato along the lakes and Interior
rivers of Chlun, but could also pass
through the gorges of tho Yang-tso
and afford protection to our mer
chants nnd missionaries In those prov
inces in tho extreme west of China.
The Hrltlsh and the French main
tain a numoor of light draft bonts on
these Inland waters, and their useful
ness has been proved of extreme Im
portance on a number of occasions.
JAPANESE EAGER FOR WAR.
People of Country Thoroughly Dis
gusted by Russia's Tactics. -
"Tho Japanese nation, from the
peasant to tho diplomat, has become
so disgusted and out of patlenco with
whnt they consider tho obstinate and
bearish tactics of Russia that they
would be willing to fight if there was
nothing In sight but defeat."
1. Carlos Ames of tho Imperial Chi
nese, railway administration, who ar
rived in Chicago from tho Orient
in tho early part of the week, thus
described the situation. Mr. Ames,
who Is tho son of United States Mar
shal John C. Amos of tho northern
district, spent considerable time In
Japan boforo sailing for America, and
was favorably Impressed with tho
race. Ho says tho ontiro natfon had
beon stirred and that he believes war
cannot be averted.
In China, where- Mr. Ames has la
bored several years with the Imperi
al railway administration ns n repre
sentative ot tho United Stntcs, tho
sentiments of tho people are divided.
Mr. Ames said the Chinese generally
hope for the success of the Japanese,
If Micro should be a war, but they be
lieve the Japanese will bo defeated.
"War has been in the very atmos
phere In tho Orient for a long time,"
said Mr. Ames. "Tho better class of
people In China have been discussing
tho situation, and they have always
appeared to believe that wur must
j'como sooner or later. The Chinese
believe a wur would be disastrous for
Japan, but despite an element of
strlfo between tho two nations, tho
Chinese hope for tho success of the
Japanese.
"Americans in China are making
wholesale Improvements, much to the
dissatisfaction of tho lower clnsses.
Tho railroad which Is to connect Can
ton and Hankow will havo a tendency
to revolutionize business In tho Ori
ent. It is already well under way, as
in tho lino which Is to connect Han
kow with Peking. With tho comple
tion of the two linos, which cmbrnco
1,800 miles of modornly constructed
railroad, Canton and Peking will bo
in close touch with each other."
The Kaiser's Favorite 8on.
An English Journalist In Herlln de
clares that tho German crown prlnco
Is not his father's favorite son and
that no one who has seen the kaiser
with his boys can doubt that he pre
fers Eltcl to his older brother. Tho
crown prince Is kept very much in tho
background on most occasions.
in the Far East
COREAN TERMS.
Ill Corea the termination
PO, or PHO. Indicates that the place
Is a port or harbor on navigable
waters for Instance:
mouth of Yalu river.
MASAMPHO. Tho disputed naval
baao on the southern shore of
tho poulnoula.
BO. As termination Indicates that
tho placo Is a province, nnd
means, therefore, "the district
of," or that It is tho capital city
of such a province.
HAN. River
OBJECT LESSONS IN BUTLER'S
EPIDEMIC OF TYPHOID FEVER
Typhoid fever within the Inst year
has taught the people of the United
Stales several lessons that have conic
more closely homo to the laity than
ever before had been taught It by
that distinctly Infectious disease. For
ycers the phrase, "Roll tho water,"
had been recognized almost to the ex
tent of Its adoption by the vaudeville
stage, when nt Ithaca, N. Y., affecting
Cornell .university j nt Palo Alto, Cal.,
affecting Lolnnd Stanford university;
nnd Inst at Ilutler, Pa., where 1,000
persons fell 111 of the dlsenso out of n
jKipiilntlon of only 1G.00U, typhoid
fever stalked back and forth ns a
specter In all Its unknown hideous
less, teaching Its lesson of sanitation
ind elennllness.
The one great truth that has come
of thoso epidemics nnd these Investi
gations of their causes Is the em
phatic statement that every victim of
typhoid fever, whether of tho lightest
or of tho most virulent type, may bo
as much a menace to his fellow man
as If he Miffcrcd from measles or scar
let fever. As Indicating his status In
a community where Insanitary condi
tions may exist, Dr. Geo. A. Super,
consulting engineer and snnltnry ox
peit, Investigating Uutler conditions
for the Engineering News, writes of
tho brook entering tho creek ICO feet
abovo the Intuke iifreit of the pumping
station:
"Inasmuch as It Is practically a
sewer, Its contents must bo consid
ered to contain all tho terrible poten
tialities of sewage. A case of walk
ing, or uniecognl.od typhoid, or the
visit of a convalescent wlioso blndder
was Infected with tho typhoid bacil
lus, might wasonubly have Infected
tho brook sulllelently to have pro
duced the epidemic."
The history or the Rutlcr epidemic
Is the story of tho possibilities of the
typhoid bacillus in connection with
carelessness and bad suultntlou. It
has shed new light upon the command
Map of Butler, Pa., and Vicinity,
"Boll tho water." It is something
with .a bearing upon tho conditions of
a thousand cities and towns all over
tho world.
Uutler lies Just forty-nine miles
north of Pittsburg and on tho bauks
of the ConnoquonoBsIng creok, a
stream thut In ordinary stuges Is
about 100 feet wide. In 1900 the Unit
ed States census gave the city a pop
ulation of 10,8.";?, while since that time
tho building of n great cur works nnd
other conditions connecting with a
"boom" growth, added at least 0,000
more people to the community. This
growth was shown plainly In tho ro
ports of the wnter company for threo
comparative periods In November,
1901, 1902 and J903. The water used
In one week In the first year waB 10,
000,000 gallons; In the second year It
was 12,000,000 gallons, while In tho
corresponding week In 1903 it was
19,000,000 gallons.
The soureo of the water for years
hnd been behind u dam across tho
creek at Roydstown, seven miles
above the city of Rutler. In 1897 one
half of this dam had washed out and
had to bo repaired, and when the
growth of the city made an added
supply Imperative work was begun
on a new subsidiary dam across Thorn
Run. This dam was almost completed
when on Aug. 27, 1903, the other half
of the orlglnul dam gavo way, leaving
the water company to take its supply
from the Connoqucnesslug creok, well
Swinburne In Better Health.
Algernon Charles Swinburne, tho
English poot, who Is Just recovering
from a serious Illness, is 67 years
old, though his looks would suggest
a decidedly younger man. This, per
haps Is accounted for by his dovotlon
to sea bathing and long walks In tho
country. Ho Is a son of tho lato
Admiral Swinburne, but has never
moved much In society, always pre
ferring tho quietness of tho soaBldo
to tho more frivolous llfo of the fash-lonuble.
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within the borough limits. From Aug.
27 to Nov. 1 this polluted crook was
tho soiwce of Rutler'tt wnter supply.
A system of filtering hnd been fol
lowed by tho company, but on Oct. 20
these Altera were shut down for alter
ations nnd change, nnd It was between
Oct. 20 and Oct. ?1 that the seeds ot
tho typhoid epidemic wcro sown In
Connoijuenenslng creek. On Nov. 1
the filters again were put Into opera
tion and nftcr the middle of the month
tho water from tho new Thorn Run
reservoir was nvnllnble.
CVnnoquenessIng crcj extends
about, ten miles above Rutler, dimin
ishing nbove Mio old reservoir to n
thread. From either bank, nil the way
down, tho creek Is fed by swift brooks
Mint drain an area of thirty-one square
miles. Tho character of the country
Is hilly and the drainage is rapid.
There are camps of miners upon sotno
of these brooks; on others are shanty
htwiscs for laborers; and on all sides
nro farmhouses, with drainage from
hnrnynids and pigpens, and open
vaults. Roydstowu's drainage, from
its twenty houses, always has como
Into tho creek below the reservoir
which supplied Ilutler Thorn Run,
running Into ConnoqucnoMni.ig creek
two miles above Ilutler, had been one
of the sources of contamluntloii of tho
rreek and after the completion of tho
ur.v; reservoir n typical case of ty
phoid fever developed on tho banks of
the run. '
In a farmhouse situated on a pre
cipitous bank of the run the first case
developed on July 17, nnd four cases
followed the llrst, with tho wastes
from the sickrooms thrown Into the
yards on tho banks of the run, with
out the commonest precaution to dis
infect these deposits.
According to Dr. Soper there wero
1,270 eases of typhoid fever In Rutlcr
up to the middle of December, most
of a mild type. Compared with some
of the other experiences of cities in
the last twenty-five years the fifty-
Showing Sourc.s of Water Supply.
six denths In Uutler to the middle ot
December have not been of tho worst.
Catcrbiim, In England, with a popu
lation of r,800, In 1879 had .'1C2 cases
of the disease, with 21 deaths; Ply
mouth, Pn., with a population of 8,000,
had 1,104 eases In 1885, with 111
deaths, and Ithaca, N. Y with 13.000
population and 1,300 ciifos, lost 78 of
the stricken ones.
"The number of deaths at Ilutler,
as compared with the number of
cases, appears small and will likely
remain so," writes Dr. Soper In con
clusion. "In the only other epldemlo
of typhoid with which Rutler should
lie compared Ithaca the proportion
of deaths to cases was far smaller
than tho text books would lead ono
to expect. It Is probable that the pro
portion of deaths at Uutler will In
oease, for a largo number of tho
casos have not jut passed through
their critical stages, yet u low death
rate should be anticipated.
"There will undoubtedly bo more
cases due to the epidemic than will
be known. Tho disease has already
been scattered wldo from Uutler nnd
local transmission will continue."
The lesson of lessons from tho ar
ticle is that a community cannot af
ford to havo a questionable water
supply under any circumstances, and
that it must recognize the serious
menace that one case of typhoid fover
may b to a whole careless commun
ity. fS
Wrong In Their Judgment.
M. Coquelln, the great French co
median, recalls with amusement tho
verdict passed on him when, a youth
of 20, ho presented himself as a can
didate for admission to the conserva
toire In Paris. "I can see two fatal
difficulties In tho way of your over
becoming a good actor," said onoof
the chief professors, "your face und
your voice." As all who havo seen
him will admit, thero are precisely
tho most valuable features of. U:a
great actor's endowment today.
PREY OF THE BIRDS.
,111 Forms of Insects Food of Feath
ered Songsters.
Thero Is hnrdly a single group of
Insects which docs not suffer from Mio
nppctlto of ono or nioro species of
birds. The eggs nnd Inrvuu are dm;
and pried out of their burrows In Mio
wood by woodpeckers and creopcrs;
those uudergronml nro scratched nnd
clawed up to view by quail, jiartrldgoM
and ninny sparrows; warblers mid
vlroos scan overyleaf and twig. Fly
catchers, like tho cnt family of mam
mals, lie In wnlt and surprise Mio hi'
sects on the wing, more particularly
those flying uenr the ground, while
iwlfts, swallows and martins gtenn n
harvest from the host of high-flying
luscctH. When wn think of humming
birds aro taking dainty nips of honey
from tho flowers, they aro In ronlltyj
more often snatching minute spldcn
and files from the dcop eupsi of the
cnlyxes. When night falls the insect's,
wnlch have chosen Mint lime ns Mirji
safer to carry on tho business of nct-5
ivo life, nro pounced on by eropusciilair
leathered beings; tho cnvcrnpui!
mouths of whip-poor-wills engulf Hion.J
as they rise from Hiolr hiding plnccj.f
and tho bristles of nlghthuwK.n brnsbl
them Into no less rapacious nmwn If."
perchance, they lmvo succeeded iii
reaching tho upper air. New York.
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The Irlshman'o Protest.
Tho lato Amos CummlngH of Nev;
York used to toll this story of bin flint"
assignment as n newspaper rcportei..
Ho wnn sent out to write up nit acci
dent whero an Irish hodcarrler wih
Injured In n fall from u building. Ho,
ni rived Just us two off! cent wore in
sisting the Injured man Into the ambu
lance. I
. "What's his name?" naked Cuin
mlugs of ono or his officers, nt Mm
same moment pulling out his pad and
pencil.
, Tho Irishman heard him, and mis
taking him for the tlmokeoper on tho
Job, exclaimed, with a look of disgust
covering his face:
"Isn't It trouble enough to fall three
stories without being docked for tho
few moments I loso goln' to th' lios
pltal?" New York Times. t
Professor's Little Joke.
Tho lute Prof. Samuel D. Gross wnn
a man who, like innuy of hlti col
leagues, was very fond of a good
Btory, nnd was equally quick at repar
tee, says tho Philadelphia Ledger.
Vhu following anecdote of bis bnppyt
retort to an admiring patient 1b too
trnml in lie lost:
Dr. Gross hnd been HI for somo
time nnd wus Just beginning to get,
around, when ho mot u patient, who
snld:'
"Professor, I nm very glad to eo
that you are out again; whllo yon wero
sick your patients wcro dying by tho
dozen."
A merry twjnklo camojnto tho doc
tor's eye, ns ho replied: "
"I boo! Now, I suppose, they will
Jio by tho Gross."
Just as a Favor.
Tho man who known It all hnd boon
talking, and In his superior way haifi
settled every question that hnd come
up, until the quiet little man wa:f
moved to speak. -
"Will you grant mo one little fa
vor?" ho asked humbly, ns beenme a
man who realized that, ho was ml'
dressing one who knows It all.
"Certainly," replied the other. "Whnf
Is It?"
"Well, will you kindly permit mt
to know something about one or twii
subjects In which I am pcrnonally ln5
tcrcsted, if I will concede nil MhC
knowledge of everything else to you7'(
And after that there was n lull )i
tho conversation that seemed to IndlJ
sale Mint permission had boon given,'
Feminine Criticism. '
Camilla Salnt-Saens, the eminent
French comjioser, Is ns Interested in
current criticism and In the work 'of
bis contemporaries as ho Is in bin
own music.
Ho was talking recently with a
young woman who hnd Just been to
the recital of a young pianist whoso
talents had had much preliminary ad
vertising. The young woman spoko en
thusiastically of tho pianist's good
looks, his clothes, his way of sittlnt;
ut the piano, his charming manner of
acknowledgelng npplauso. Saint'
Saens listened patiently until alio
stopped n moment for breath.
"Uni," he commentod, thought fully;
"and did you notice anything annul
his playing?" Harper's Weekly.
Life.
A rntcb of hitntli. a rising sun,
A few gray c-louilt, llfe'H men begun.
Youth hcuU'h th blights, lovo sculis'lte
nut.
Wealth coincii nnd goes, tloi break nod
mend.
iA few good fi lends, n tear, n smile.
Homo uuys oi enter, a wibii meanwhile.
Tlmo'n text of change, old frlcndn drinr.
1-atc tlmuKliUi kiow wine, ginco Icntltr lltn
lieu it.
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The sun drops down, the cloud tuting
low. 4
K few furewcll.i, then tlmo to so.
Clifford Kuno Htont.
Significant Name.
Rev. Dr. William T. McElveon, tin'
tho Intelligent use of Scripture:
"When I was a younger man I inet j
colored woman in Tennessee, wVi
named her son 'Judas Iscarlot,' nil)
when I asked her why, sho said: 'D.H'j
a Scripture name, roossa. I rendt? t;
ma Bible dat It was good for dat mo
he nober been bawn. Well, mc an"'
ma old man had uixtcon children 'fore
jdls one como, and wo Jcs' called him
'Judas Iscarlot.'"
Farmers Pay Bondholders. r
, Secretary of Agrlculturo WIIpoe
says tho farmers havo paid the tor
ehjn bondholders.
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