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CROPS OJB1 NEBRASKA
TEMPERATURE TOO LOW FOR
'GROWTH OF VEGETATION.
Above the Avcracc , but in
'
i
Spite of This Plowing lor Corn
-Has Progressed "WellSome Oats
Damaged by Frost.
Lincoln : The last week has been cold ,
the mean daily temperature averaging
4 degrees below the normal. Frost oc
curred on several days with minimum
temperatures between 20 and 25 degrees
in western counties and between 'JO and
85 degrees in eastern.
The rainfall was above the normal in
nearly all parts of the state. It exceeded
two inches in central counties and de
creased to about half an inch in the conn-
lies along both the northern and south
ern borders of the state.
The low temperature of the last week
has been unfavorable for the growth of
vegetation. Winter wSieat continues in
excellent condition. Oats were frozen to
the ground in some western counties.
Generally , however , oats and spring
wheat are up nicely and the damage from
low temperature is slight. Grass has
grown very slowly. Plowing for corn
has progressed nicely , but it has been
too cold for planting. The frost injured
plums and other early fruit somewhat.
Report by counties :
Butler Small grain doing well : oats
not injured : continued cold prevents rap
id growth ; ground mostly prepared .for
corn ; fruit buds injured some.
Cass ( irain and grass improved by
rain : some stock living in pastures : apple
trees beginning to bloom : early , fruit
slightly damaged by frost.
Clay Plowing for corn well advanced :
pome slight damage to both wheat and
oats fiom frost
Fillmore Small grain and grass grow
ing nicely : some late sown winter wheat
ami some fields affected by Hessian ily
poor.
Gage Small grain growing slowly , but
in good condition ; fruit trees in bloom ,
frost damaged them a little.
Hamilton Wheat in fine condition :
oats up nicely ; alfalfa good stand and
growing well ; potatoes nearly all plant
ed.
Jefferson Soil in good condition to
work : frost did not injure oats.
Johnson Wheat doing nicely : oats
coming up well ; corn planting just com
menced : a few Hessian tlys noticed in
wheat.
Lam-aster Wheat looking well : oats
growing slowly ; pastures in good condi
tion : plums damaged by frost.
Xemaha Wheat looks fine ; oats com
ing up nicely ; alfalfa slightly frosted ;
some corn planted ; plum , apple and cher
ry trees in bloom.
Otoe Grass growing rapidly : wheat
looks fine : oats coming up nicely , but
damaged some by low temperature : very
little corn planted.
Pawnee Tame grass , small grain and
oats growing well ; apple trees full of
liuds ; fruit , excepting plums and straw
berries apparently uninjured.
Polk Wheat looks good ; oals coming
up slowly : pastures fine : plowing for
oorn progressing rapidly ; several light
frosts.
Richardson Wheat looking well ; oats
growing slowly ; plowing for corn gen
eral : a few fields planted ; early fruit
damaged by frost
Saline Oats somewhat injured by
frost ; wheat looks well , but some pieces
thin stand : plowing for corn well ad
vanced : grass good.
Saunders Wheat looks well , but grow
ing slowly ; oats coming up slowly : plow
ing for corn well advanced ; apple trees
'beginning to show blossom.
Soward Plowing for corn well advanc
ed : oats and wheat look good ; many
Hessian flies in wheat ; early fruit dam
aged by frost
Thayer Wheat and small grain grow
ing well : corn ground.being prepared for
planting : but little , if any , corn planted :
alfalfa looks well.
York Fall wheat looks fine : oats up in
good stand : everything growing slowly ;
potatoes generally planted : plowing for
corn well advanced.
Antelope Some ground prepared for
corn or disced preparatory to listing.
Boyd Continued low temperature ;
rain needed to start small grain and
grass : plowing for corn proceeding rapid
ly : early sown grain injured some by
frost
Burl Too cool for grain and grass i
grow well ; plowing for corn well ad
vanced ; spring wheat coining up nicely.
Codar All small grain sown : grass
growing slowly ; plowing for corn in
progress.
< 'olfax Winter rye and wheat doing
very well : early oats up nicely : grass well
advanced : plowing for corn general.
Dakota Spring wheat good stand and
looks fair : oats still being sown : plowing
for corn in progress.
Dixon Too cold for vegetation to
grow ; plowing for corn progressing well.
Dodge Rain has been very benetici.-v
to small ' grain and grass anl has placed"
the 'ground in good condition for plant
ing.
Holt Large acreage of speltx and oats
planted : grass starting well : some i > ota-
tops planted ; plowing for corn progress
ing well.
Knox Too cold for vegetation to grow
veil ; seeding about done : plowing for
Corn progressing nicely.
Madison Spring wheat and rye look
well : early fruit damaged by frost.
I Matt Oats growing slowly : some com
plaint of damage by frost to late .sown
oats ; wheat looks fine. ,
Sarpy Plum and apple trees blossom
ing and appear to be damaged some by
frost.
Thnrston Freezing weather hut did
not appear to injun : fruit buds.
( "uster Grass growing slowly : . stock
living in pastures ; oats killed to th-
ground in part of county.
Washington Most wheat
and oats up
jind look well , but grain growing very
slowly ; fruit damaged somewhat by
frost ; early potatoes planted.
Boone Oats and wheat progressing
finely.
Buffalo Wheat and rye doing finely ;
no apparent damage < o oats ; pastures
starting slowly ; plowing for corn pro
gressing rapidly.
Groeley Wheat and oats all sown and
coming up very slowly : too cold for
grass to grow well ; pastures late.
Hall Whoat and alfalfa look well af
ter the rain ; winter grain in good condi
tion.
Blaine Spring seediug about all done :
Jil. .
Wheeler Rain and snow an ! freezing
weather. .
Franklin Pastures improving : wheat
looks line : alfalfa and oats recovering
slowly from frost of last week.
Frontier ? mall grain and grass grow
ing slowly ; very little farm work done
this week ; some corn planted this week.
Fnrnas Small grain in excellent con
dition ; grass in pastures growing slow
ly ; early fruit damaged by frost ; also
oats and barley damaged to some extent
Adams Winter wheat continues in ex
cellent condition , growing slowly ; oats
coming up nicely : not much progress
with farm work becauses of cold and
rain.
. .nase Grass growing slowly ; oats up
good stand ; wheat looks fine.
Gosper Grass and winter wheat doing
well ; spring wheat and oats damaged by
frost ; ground 'in fine condition.
Harlan Oats coming up well , some
slightly damaged by frost ; wheat and
rye growing nicely ; fruit injured by
frost.
Hayes Cold , wet week ; little or no
farm work done during week ; grass
growing slowly.
Hitchcock Fall wheat growing finely ;
spring wheat , oats and barley injured
some by low temperature ; grass growing
slowly.
Kearney Wheat , rye and alfalfa
growing nicely ; oats looking fairly well" ;
fruit injured by frost.
Lincoln Wheat . and rye look fine ;
barley and oats all sown ; very few pota
toes planted ; large acreage of small
grain sown.
Perkins Rain and snow with heavy
frost ; wheat and speltz frozen back to
ground. 4
Phelps Wheat growing nicely ; ground
in fine condition ; farm work delayed by
cold , wet weather.
Red Willow Wheat and rye not in
jured by low temperature , but oats and
barley injured some ; all kinds of fruit
damaged by frost.
Webster Wheat and oats looking
well : alfalfa fine ; all vegetation growinj
slowly ; fruit prospect not very flatter
ing.
P.ox Butte Crops have made slo\\
progress : some potatoes planted.
Cherry Range cattle rather weak or
account of grass being .so backward ; po
tatoes being planted.
Cheyenne Wheat and oats coming ui
nicely ; some potatoes planted.
Dawes Wheat , rye and grass making
slow growth : ranges poo- .
Deuel Cold ; with snow storm ; wor !
delayed.
Keith Winter rye looking well ; vcrj
wet week and no seeding done ; work de
layed by wet. stormy weather.
Rock Cold and stormy : grass growinri
slowly.
Scott's Bluff Grass on ranges making
slow growth : small grain coming up nice
ly.
Sheridan Seeding about half done'
too cold for grass to grow rapidly.
Sioux Grass growing nicely.
( I. A. LOVELAXD.
Section Director , Lincoln. Neb.
CRACK OF ThE WHIP NO MORE.
Feata of the Kxpcrt Whipsters Eelon ; *
to the Past.
"That crabbed old German , Schopen
hauer , who said the crack of a whip
was like a drink from the bad place ,
would have found but little to com
plain of it he had postponed his pass
ing for a while , " said a thoughtful man
in the New Orleans Times-Democrat ,
"for the whip is getting to be an awful
ly scarce article in this age. I suppose
the whip will finally pass out of exist
ence altogether , unless it is put to a
new use. Of course , the small riding
whip , the kind which jockeys use in
urging the horses they ride , will be
used as long as horseflesh is used
either in the realm of sport or In the
more serious affairs of life. But the
kind of whip the old German had in
inind was of a larger , longer and older
type , the kind the ox driver uses now
hi some of the more remote sections of
the world. Whips of this kind general
ly swing easily on the end of a long
handle.
"Frequently the handle is eight or
ten feet long and is made of hickory
or some wood that is supple enough to
bend in the green state. The whip it
self , which is generally a four and six-
plait rawhide , is from ten to fifteen feet
in length , with a seagrass cracker on
the end , tightly twisted and knotted at
spaces an inch apart. It is this article
that makes the noise of which the old
< J ° rman pessimist complained , and a
whip of this kind in the hand of an ex
pert can be popped until it sounds like
the crack of doom. In a quiet forest ,
when ) timbermen carry on their work ,
this noise is even fiercer than it is in the
cities. Teamsters in cities still use the
old whip to some extent , but it is grad
ually going out , and the sharp crack of
the seagrass is rarely heard. Speaking
of whips , I am reminded of the marvel
ous accuracy some men acquire in the
use of whips. I suppose Eskimos have
reached a higher standard of proficien
cy in this respect than any other class
of men. I have seen boys of this race
pop a silver half dime at a distance of
twenty feet every time they swung a
whip. They can simply hit anything
they want to hit , as long as it is within
reach of the whip. But here in the
South I have witnessed some rather
notable performances in this respect.
Up in Arkansas I have seen ox cart
drivers crack off a snake's head at a
distance of twenty feet , and they could
do it whenever it pleased them to do it.
But these old whips are going out , and
I suppose when electricity comes into
more general use the crack of the whip
will be an unknown sound. "
People who live only to amuse them-
? " 'ves. work harder at the task than
must people do in earning their daily
bread. Hannah More.
Out ul'thc Ordinary.
Mi flies What do you think of Knox-
om as a pugilist ?
Bin'son I 'don't believe he's the real
thing.
Millies Why not ?
Bilfson Because lie says he isn't go
ing to try to elevate the stage.
Those Loving Girls.
Edyth Was Charlie cool and collect
ed when he proposed to you ?
Mayme No ; he was awfully rattled.
Edyth Well , I always thought he had
a screw loose somewhere
LOOTS A GEEAT BANK.
MILWAUKEE FINANCIER ISSHORT
31,500,000.
j Frank G. Bific'.ow of Firat National
I.OSCH ICnormous Sum in Speculation
Run by Depositors Follows Are Son's
Operations at Bott mi of Failure ?
Frank G. Bigelow. president of the
First National Bank of Milwaukee ,
club member and church man , dabbler
in Wall street , operator in May wheat ,
and general good fellow to all and sun
dry commercial and industrial con
cerns in which he had stock when they
needed money , is a defaulter by his
own confession to the extent of $1,400-
000.
Every cent of this enormous sum
FRANK G. BIGELOW.
has vanished into the quicksand of
speculation , which also swallowed up
91,000.000 of Bigelow's own money.
And thus ends the career of the most
popular man in Milwaukee , a man of
generous instincts who has star toil
scores of young men in life , a man to
BIG BANK DEFALCATIONS
IN LAST TWENTY YEARS.
] SS4 Ferdinand Ward , head
of Grant & Ward , bankers.0.000,000
1SS-1 John C. Eno. president
Second National Bank , New
York ,000.000
l.SDO P. J. Ci.iassen. presi
dent , and G. H. Poll. Sixth
National , Lennox Hill and
Equitable 1,000,000
1S01 GideonV. . Marsh , presi
dent Keystone National.
Philadelphia 1.000,000
1801 John T. Hill , president
Ninth National. New York. . 400,000
181)4 Samuel C. Seeley. book
keeper. Middlesex County
Bank. Perth Amboy , N. J. . 334.000
1)00 ! William Sehreiber. trust
ed clerk. Elizabothport Bank
ing Company , Elizabeth port.
N. J 100,000
1)00 ! ) C. L. Alvord. note teller.
First National. New York. . 709,000
JOOO Frank M. Brown , as
sistant cashrier. German Na
tional. Newport. Ky 200.000
Ifl01 Henry J. Fleisehman.
cashier. Farmers' and Mar-
chants' Bank , Los Angeles.
"
Cai 150,000
1002 Frank C' . Andrews , vice
president. City Savings
Bank , Detroit."Mich 1,500.000
HUNDREDS SEARCH FOR GOLD.
Treasure Which Col. Taylor's Soldiers
Uuricd Seventy Years Ago.
Seventy years ago the soldiers of Col.
Zachary Taylor were in Iowa in the vi
cinity of where the town of North Mc
Gregor now stands and in hiding some
government gold from the India- . : buried
a treasure that many men since that time
have diligently searched for without re
ward. Thus a rich prize of $80.000
awaits some fortunate individual who
will some day discover its whereabouts.
This money has now been buried for
nearly three-quarters of a century.
Hundreds of people have worked by
the day in an effort to locate a trace of
the thousands of dollars buried in the
lonely bluff , but all efforts have been
unavailing and the gold yet lies where it
was buried by the brave fellows who
took their lives in their hands to protect
the earnings of their fellow soldiers. To
day the great mass of gold would be
more valuable than its weight , for the
SCENE OUTSIDE THE BIG MILWAUKEE BANK.
whom charity was a sacred duty , a
man who started as messenger boy in
the institution which he has placed in
peril by his theft.
Assistant Cusb'er Goll a Furtive.
Arrested Monday afternoon for voi-
lation of national banking laws he was
able to secure $2.1.000 bond and Avas al
lowed to return to his home a broken
and distracted man. Ilis aider and
abettor in crime. Assistant Cashier
Goll , is a fugitive from justice.
Mayor Rose , the bankers , and citi
zens are doing everything in their
power to avert what may become a
financial catastrophe. They profess to
be in a position to weather the storm.
Several bankers said Monday evening
that while depositors drew out their
entire accounts early in the day Mon
day many of them returned the money
later. This they believe is an indica
tion that the confidence is being re
stored.
Depositors Draw $1,300,000.
Nevertheless , during the run Mon
day afternoon , when thousands fought
in Wisconsin street to get at the pay
ing windows in the First National ,
$1JOO,000 : was withdrawn. The great
er part of this sum passed through the
wickets in three hours.
In the president's ollice. a few feet
away , through a broken window , born
of the emergency , friends of the bank
were vainly attempting to stem the
tide by their deposits , but the inonoy
they passed in was but a drop in the
bucket.
The chief measure of confidence
came from the presence of three Chi
cago bankers , who came to the rescue
of the First National directors , giving
them their advice and assistance , and
bringing with them $1,100.000 in cash.
They are James B. Fortran , president
of the First National Bank of Chica
go ; E. A. Hamill. president of the Corn
Exchange Bank : and Orson Smith ,
president of the Merchants' Loan and
Trust Company.
Sacrifice for His Son.
Bigelowwill not say. but intimates
that an effort to preserve his son's
financial integrity is at the bottom of
his troubles. The youth , who was a
member of the brokerage firm of Tracy
& Co. , of Chicago , and was bought out
by the other members of the firm as
soon as his father's theft became
known , has been a wild and persistent
plunger on the board of trade. He has
conducted his operations in Chicago.
. . - < . Vtr * '
reason that a premium has been offered ,
yet the premium has only increased tin ?
desire for its recovery without practical
results.
A dozen landmarks still remain show
ing where Black Hawk spent his last
days of battle. Far down the ' 'Father
of Waters' ' stands the old bluff known
as Black Hawk's watch tower. It is a
little south of the present site of Rock
Island , and has been made over into a
pleasure summer resort. The tradition
of Black Hawk's last fight on the upper
Mississippi river is still fresh about the
scene of his former home. Intricate
measurements have been taken by per
sons visiting the scone in an effort to
locate the gold which should have been
paid to the government soldiers , but all
have been hauled. The four trusty sol
diers may have lost their gold to their
raptors , but the general presumption is
that it was buried.
GIANT STRIDES IN DIVORCE.
Cities in Which Kvery Fourth Mar
riage Ends in Separation.
In the light of the modern evil of di
vorce the old saying , which usually fol
lowed the mention of the marriage of
the hero and heroine , "they lived happily
ever after , " will have to be discarded.
Cupidity , nowadays , seems to have
usurped the office once exercised by
Cupid. With the higher education wom
an resigned her divinityship. With the
higher civilization she adopted equality
as her watchword. She no longer has
reality expurgated from life for her ben
efit. The white man's burden is also
hers.
hers.Those
Those who still venture into matri
mony do so with the consciousness that
the divorce court is just behind the
church. The prediction of Henry James
that the great war of the future would
be the strife between the women and
the men would appear to be in a fair
way of realization.
No greater object lesson could be had
in eorroboration of these views than that
which a study of the divorce statistics
aff" 'ds.
Jr > 1SS1 the total number of'divorces
granted in the United States came to
20.7(12. ( In 1)01 ! ) the cities of 80.000 pop
ulation and over alone contributed that
number.
In San Francisco. Kansas City , Los
Angeles and Seattle every fourth mar
riage entered into ends in divorce. In
Maine in 1901 there was one divorce to
every seven marriages , irc 1902 one in
six. In New liarnpshiu- 1901 the
marriages were at the rate of eight to
one divorce. Vermont in 1902 had one
divorce to each ten marriages. In Mas
sachusetts the growth of the social mal
ady can be traced since 1872. In that
year there were 47 marriages to one di
vorce , in 1882 the proportion of mar
riages had shrunk to ' 54 to one divorce
and iu 1002 to 1G to 1.
"JOE" JEFFERSON DEAD.
Aged Impersonator of Kip Van "Winkle
Passes Away.
Joseph Jefferson died at West Palm
Beach , Fla. . Sunday night. The end
was expected , as the patient had been
sinking for several days. His wife
and two of his sons. Charles R. and
Frank Jefferson , Mrs. Nellie Symons ,
his nurse. Miss Mabel Bingham. Dr.
It. B. Potter , and his faithful old ser
vant , Carl Kettler , were at the bedside
when he died. His daughter Josephine
and two of his sons. Thomas and Jo
seph , were in New York.
Mr. Jefferson about four weeks ago
visited Grover Cleveland at Hobe
Sound , where he caught cold , accom
panied by acute indigestion , and , upon
his return to Palm Beach , was forced
to take to his bed. He was up after a
JOSEPH JEFFEKSOX.
few days , but afterwards he was
seized with a relapse and gradually
sank until death came. Mr. Jefferson
had not been in the best of health for
several months.
For the latter forty , at least , of the
seventy-six years allotted to Joseph Jef
ferson ho was conceded absolute suprem
acy on rhe American stage. Public , press
and players alike hailed him as chief of
American actors after the passing of his
rival. Booth. "The Dean of the Ameri
can Stage , " was a common title given
him and he was often called the "Grand
Old Man of the Stage. " His fame will
rest on his character of Rip Van Winkle ,
hut his private life was the very opposite
of that of the twenty-year sleeper.
Bob Acres , in "The Rivals , " was the
famous and favorite character of the.
comedian's late years. Also he won groat
eminence as "Caleb Plummor"and "Mr.
Golightly. " and "The Cricket on the
Hearth'5 was one of his greatest late suc
cesses.
Joseph Jefferson was the friend of the
Croat men of his time. lie know the stage
of the century like a book. "It is a coin
cidence that my grandfather congratu
lated President Jefferson on this spot , "
lie said to President Roosevelt , when re
ceived with honor at the White House
recently. Jefferson's youth seemed per
petual , despite his strenuous life. Hia
greatest joy was children and he had
many favorite grandchildren.
NAVAL FIGHT REPORTED.
Heavy Cannonading Is Heard Outside
of Kanirunh Bay.
According to dispatches from Saigon ,
French Cochin-China , twelve hours
after Admiral Rojestvensky's fleet had
obeyed the impera
tive order of the
Czar and sailed
from Kamranh bay
heavy cannonading
was heard at sea.
The firing contin
ued at intervals for
some hours. It is
believed here that
the Russian fleet
was engaged in
BOJESTVENSKY.
vanguard oD the Japanese fleet. Fast
cruisers detached from the Japanese
squadron were reported to be scouting
in the vicinity of Kamranh bay before
Rojestvensky sailed *
The correspondent at Saigon of the
London Daily Mail states that the
Russian squadron is short of stores
and that French and German ships
have been leaving Saigon almost daily
with huge supplies and dispatches , and
that other .steamers are being char
tered for the same purpose. "Sai
gon , " the correspondent adds , "is reap
ing a big harvest. "
The Japanese foreign office at Tokio
issued a statement which says :
The French government , upon receipt
of the report that the Baltic squadron
had arrived at Kamranh Bay , instructed
the Governor General of Indo-China
strictly to enforce the rules of French
neutrality. Subsequently the Japanese
government lodged a protest with France ,
and the French
government issued new
special instructions to the Governor Gen
eral for transmittal to the Russians , or
dering them to leave French territorial
waters as soon as possible. Tne Gov
ernor General telegraphed , replying that
he had taken the
necessary measures ac
cording to instructions. The French gov
ernment simultaneously addressed tha
Russian government asking that the ad
miral be instructed to leave French terri
torial waters. The Russian government
replied that it had already sent such in
structions. The French gave assurances
that they had takon , and would take in
future , necessary measures to see that
neutrality is rigorously respected.
All Arontfd the Globe.
A Cleveland company has secured § 3-
000,000 worth of contracts for equipping
steel mills in China and Japan.
Samuel It. Boyd , a prominent Cynthi-
ana ( Ky. ) lawyer and Democratic politi
cian. aged 4 t years , was found dead in
his bed.
Ebenezer Runyan was killed at Fel-
aenthal , Ark. , while being initiated into
a local lodge of Knights of Pythias.
Charles Filler , an officer , is said to have
fired the shot , which was supposed to be
a blank , '
WAR DUR.NG THE WEEK
Grava International Complications for
a Time Threatened.
For the first time xinco the Russo-
Japanese war began the possibility of
gra\v complications over the neutral
ity question loomed large on the inter
national horizon. .Japan asked of
France an explanation of the prolong
ed stay of the Russian fleet at Kam
ranh bay. The French foreign minis
ter , in reply , is reported to have as
sured Japan that France had not vio
lated tbe laws of neutrality ; that tho
Russian fleet at most had made only
a brief sojourn at Kamranh bay. St.
Petersburg says that Admiral Rojest-
vensy's Instructions were to respect
French neutrality and that Le has
been ordered to leave French territo
rialwaters. .
Kamranh bay Is a large , sheltered
harbor on the east coast of French
Indo-Chlna , some 200 miles north of
Saigon. The bay Is triangular In
shape , Its greatest length being 1G&
miles , and its greatest width 10 miles.
It has no cable communication with
the rest of the world. It is. In fact , an
ideal harbor for Russia's purposes.
According to the best information at
hand Vice Admiral Rojestvensky's
leet anchored in Kamranh bay , and
If circumstantial statements cabled
rom Saigon are correct , the Russian
fleet , numbering 50 vessels , was re-
coaled and reprovisioned. French and
German steamers left Saigon almost
dally with supplies Intended for the
fleet
All this , if true , constitutes a grave
breach of neutrality , as Japan under
stands it and as the world under
stands It. The anger of the Japanese
people Is iititural , and if France main
tains her attitude of benevolent com
placency and continues to permit Rus
sia to make Avar on Japan from
French harbors , the Tokio government
is extremely likely to precipitate a
crisiswhich will bring the world face
to face with the danger of an inter
national war , the consequences of
which cannot even be estimated.
Happily , says the Chicago Tribune ,
-way out of the crisis lies through tha
sterling common sense of the French
and Japanese people. The government
of Japan is standing up for its rights ,
but is not going out of Its way need
lessly to embroil itselfwith a great
European power at a momentwhen
it is bending every energy and every
resource to Avhip that power's ally. And
the French people do not want war
Tvith Japan. The French people and
the French press aio almost as angry
at Russia's violation of French neu
trality as are the people and press of
Japan.
It is significant that the English
press is silent in the presence of this
new crises arising out of the far east
ern situation. Great Britain Is the
ally of Japan and the quasi ally of
France. By the terms of her treaty
with Japan a treatywhich England's
statesmen of all parties uphold as
binding upon English honor Great
Britain will be compelled to go to
Japan's aid If the latter is attacked
by two powers. Any view of tha
present crisis that considers England's
probable or possible attitude toward
France is purely speculative. But It
is safe to predict that England will
exert every Influence at her command
to induce France to yield exact jus
tice to Japan. Any other belief is too
incredible to contemplate.
WANT JAPS EXCLUDED.
.Their Presence in California Is Greatly
Feared.
Danger from an industrial invasion of
the United States by the Japanese haa
assumed such real proportions on the
western coast that the Legislature of
California has taken official cognizance
of the situation. The California Senate
has passed a resolution urging the imme
diate action by treaty to limit further
Japanese immigration into the United
States. The matter of restricting Jap
anese immigration is attracting wide at
tention throughout the West. Investiga
tion of the subject is bringing to light
the fact that the existing exclusion laws
are being broken by Japanese immigra
tion , in some instances through the con
nivance of the courts. Japanese trade
unionism and the padrone system in
vogue among the Japanese are a part of
the many grievances which are alarming
the white population and occasioning the
declaration that there is more to be
feared from the Japanese than there
ever was to have been feared from Chi
nese immigration before the passage of
the Geary exclusion act There is a
growing popular clamor for the passage
of an equally as stringent an act against
the Japanese as is now enforced against
the Chinese.
The report of the Attorney General
of the United States for 1903 contains
a statement furnished by Special Ex
aminer C. V. C. Van Duesen , in which
he says that , notwithstanding the fact
that the federal statutes exclude from
the rights of citizenship all persons ex
cept free white persons and those of
African nativity and descent , the courts
have admitted to citizenship persons not
belonging to either of these two divis
ions. Mr. Van Deuscn says that this is
particularly true of courts on the Pacific
coast , which have naturalized many na
tives of Japan , and that the clerks of
these courts still continue to accept from
sueh persons declarations of their inten
tion to become citizens.
( Short r cv7B Notes.
Fifty cents has been fixed as the gen
eral admission price to the Lewis and
Clarke exposition. Commutation books
will be sold at reduced rates.
Judge Dillon of the Ohio Common
Pleas Court ordered a 20 per cent divi
dend paid to the depositors of the de
funct Columbus East End bank.
One striking porcelain maker was kill
ed , one was mortally wounded and sev
eral others wero injured in a battle at
Limoges , France , between the striker *
and troops.