THE OMAHA DAILY DEE: FRIDAY, FERIUTARY 12. 1004.
Tl IE" OMAHA DAILY DEE.
' E. nOBRWATER, EDITOR.
published evert morning.
JMtritCAtt BtVTKAi.iTT. " vessel now tKlng built, the total cost
The decision of our government to ' the new ships authorised lielng a
observe absolute neutrality In tlic Uusso- little less than $2S,0U),0II0, the expend!
Japanese war la In aminl with the tra
ditional policy of the I'nlted State.
TERMS OF BfRSCRlPTION. tins country liaa very important
tl1y ire- (without Hundayi. One Year! oo interests In the fur east which It. will
inuy nrr una tsunasy, un mr
lllnMrM-d B'-e One i
ture of which will extend over several
years.
triitnl R-e -One Year 2-W
fiindny H, (n Tear ? ?
Faturday He, One Year
Twentieth Century Farmer, One Tear.. 100
tHMVKRKt BT CARRIER.
rnllv Haa- (wllhmit Rundav). tMT Copy.. Ic
fllv Hne (without Sunday), tier week. ..12'
not fall to carefully look after. It will
in fiharvial pkoblbm.
A recent dianatch from Paris said
ftiinria 1AA rio, mnV
Evening Wee (without Sunday, per week c
Evening Dee
week
ilrnluHIn KuilfUTl. Der
. .. ".. "..7. toe
Comi.lalnta of Irregularity tn delivery
should be addressed to City Circulation de
partment. OFFICES.
Omeha The Ree Building.
maintain complete Impartiality toward tllnt the raining of funds for the proae
the nations engaged In war and respect cut Ion of the Husso-Japnnese war would
to the fullest extent the obligation lm- become a aerlous question for both com
posed by International law. What this batants. It stated that a large portion of
the existing Russian public debt, wnicu
exceeds $:0,00.00,000, la owing to
French creditors and the prospective
heavy increase of llusslan Indebtedness
naturally causes some solicitude In
Paris. It appears that Russia's four
It Is already apparent that European
powers are regarding the position of
this country with very great Interest.
The note addressed to the powers by
the Department of State relative to the
South Omha-'lty,HaU Building, Twen- recognition by Russia and Japnn of the loans, aggregating f 1,400,000,000, came
'counVwnffsio'peari Street. neutrality and integrity of China Is at chiefly from the French people. The
Chicago 1640 Vulty Building.
N"W York 2K Par Row Hunting.
Washington 601 Fourteenth street.
' - CORRESPONDENCE.
Communications relating to news end edi
torial matter ehmild be addressed: Omaha
See, Editorial Department.
REMITTANCES.
this moment a commanding topic In the money rennr.ea on tne louns nas ooen
chnncellcrles of Europe. It came to "pent In building the Transslberlan rail
roud. Improving the Internal waterways
and building the new fleet The situa
tion Is such that Russia will And It
difficult to place further loans in France,
which heretofore has been her chief
financial reliance, and if she cannot ob-
V .A . uA. l a minted -ddrlng
the month of January, 1904. wai aa follow: contending the
l ,a.oo
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them aa a surprise, since our govern
ment hnd seemed not to be concerning
itself very greatly about the course of
Remit by draft, express or postal order events In the far east It had secured a
commercial treaty with China giving It
herkS. eXOePl On I .,. M at,, nn iul n nnn.
?THH iik"! bl?shin8'coMPaSy I lng of two ports in China to the trade tain money there It Is not likely that
of the world. It had received renewed sne can eisewnere. Russia nas targe
STATEMENT OF CIRCULATION. I ...-. ,m Dnu i,af h. h resources, but the war will be enor-
in Manchuria .would be woualy expensive and It does not appear
ays that th 11 was O""""! that having uiai sue nas maue mucu nuancmi prep-
of The wu y, ion" '. thus sained the points for whlcn it was 'uu iui ,i.
United States would Japan, on xne otner nnna, wmie ner
i.... ......
" " hnve nothing further to sny In regard resources are very mucii less tnan those
j.;"!!!'!!!!!!;'5wInw t0 far ea8tpru affairs. But It was ap- f ussa and she has been spending
...a.o narently forgotten that this country was K""" ue"' 01 money in uuuumg up
n 88.TS0 the flrgt amon(t the powers, when the her navy and in preparing for war, Is
territorial integrity of China was threat- believed to be relatively la a better
4.'.!l'.!!!!!'.!!WiiB ened four years ago. to announce Its op- financial condition than her enemy. She
25 ,5"0 po(,Iton to anT goitre of Chinese terri- dl( no neglect the money consideration
M - 28.0N0 v I. rti 1 .111.1 m
Saka tory. In doing this It stood not only s""is "-""o- "B""'
28;!'.!!!l!!!!!!!m!iTO for the integrity of that empire, but th carrying on of war will not be so
2t 2H.T00 ftIg0 for the ppnce of the worid. With n co"tly for Japan as for Russia, espe-
!? consistency which the world must rec- clally In the matters of transportation
'1 ! oenlxe our government now renews its antl ""ny subsistence. It is highly
" mi declaration In behalf of the Integrity of probable, however, that both nations
' China and anneals to the Dowers to W,H 'have' their treasuries drained and
Net tout ale... ...,.:...;..'....;... .w3ms.. Jt f ' be compelled to borrow, in Avhlch event
1 "'oEa&KSCHUCK There Is in this no Inconsistency with ty will doubtless find It Yery difficult
Subscribed in my preeence and. aworn to tho posltloa of neutrality. Russia nnd to obtain the money needed
ne f akt-ea mm f K la .! m 0kkai,.ew A iT I r I
14. m. B. hunga'tk'. ' those who sympathize with her may re
!) Notary Public. If f.r.hl..n Tnnnn thai CRKAT1BQ HUH UVBBLAPS,
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Total ,
-Lets unsold and returned copies
say. The United States Is at pence
with both of the belligerents and can
not countenance a breach of neutrality
through Colonel Orlgsby or any other
rough rider. .
St Clair McKelway Is an optimistic
democrat He persists In hunting for
candidates for the presidency in spite
of both Bryan and Watterson's resolu
tion to kill anything which bears the
least friendliness to Grover Cleveland,
Mr. McKelway's first choice.
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Established 1819.
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Official courtesy must be observed.
Secretary Hay was not supposed to
know anything about the hostilities In
Asia until yesterday, when both the
Japanese and Russian representatives
notified him of the declaration of war.
The Nebraska Retail Hardware asso
ciation is fernlnst rural delivery and
parcel post. King Kanute once ordered
the sea to stand still. Free rurnl de
livery has come to stay and the parcel
post Is only a matter of time.
CONFLAGRATIONS
"Whatyer Olvla Vat"
Chicago Chronicle,
Democrats who are so weary of Bryan-
ism that they cannot fight it may And the
yellow kid of Hooliganism more diverting,
but we doubt It
Things that Woi't Mix.
Washington Poat
John X). Rockefeller haa resigned from
the directorate of the Steel trust He
probably prefers to stick to his specialty
of oil instead of trying to mix It with
water.
President Clark Wires: "Baltimore Losses
about $500,000. All losses will be paid
promptly in CASH."
AETNA IN GREAT
$3,852,000 losses paid in the great Chicago fire Oct,, 1871
$1,635,000 losses paid Boston fire November, 1872
$240,000 losses paid St. John fire June, 1877
The Aetna has Paid Over NINETY-SIX MILLION DOL
LARS for Losses Since lis Organization.
gnrd it as favorable-to Japnn, but the
unquestionable motive of our govern-
Notwithstanding the 60 per cent ln-
by the -appraisers.
If a plauk sidewalk is a permanent
sidewalk, of what material should a
temporary sidewalk be built?
. When, the South Omaha police Judge
pronounces a city ordinance unconstitu
tional, It must be unconstitutional.
The man who oils the big water ment is to conserve world Interests, re- crease in the levy of 1004 over that of
works pump has not yet been pumped gardless of either of the nations en- 1903, there is every Indication of an
gaged in hostilities. The sympathies of other large overlap before the end of
the American people are with Japan, this year. The charter limits the amount
but this has no Influence upon the gov- of expenditures from the general
ernment, which views and considers the fund to $255,000. The expenditure last
situation from a practical and not a year, including overdraft for sal
sentimental standpoint. . Neutrality lm- aries. and unpaid 1 claims, aggregated
poses no obligation to abstain from ef- f 278,105.53. The expenditures of this
forts to protect another neutral power year are estimated at $293,RC8.64, which
whose Integrity Is menaced by the war. would be an overlap of $38,508.64. In
The preliminary state campaign is be- There is ho obligation of International detail the estimated expenditures for
coming interesting, it may become ex- law which requires that the United 1004 are as follows
citing before the 18th day of May. States shall keep silent when China, Mayor's department $ 4,100.00
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with which we are on terms of friend- "r"y cunci .
The retail hardware dealers want to 8hln and where we have large inter- S.r."er ' e""i
turn the clock backward, but the ratchet ets, is In danger. We have un- rrLZr "Z:::::::::::::::;:::: Miooaoo
wneei or .progress oniy turns one way. doubted right to ask the protection of Tax commissioner 15,000.00
Engineer 18,000.00
If TurW and Bulgaria do not take ,oln with ua in an effort to secure this. Bal . "tment, abstracter 10,400.00
the opportunity to wipe out old scores Tbere no rca90n to append Itat tZIZ ZZ
1,600.00
1.720.00
1,630.00
1S60 00
1.126.00
.S20.00
6.000.00
90.000.00
they will miss the chapce of their Ufo. the United States will be drawn into Boiler inspector.
:' 5 the far eastern conflict We Shall main- Plumbm Inspector (Incl. board).
.1 he Japanese declaration of war Is L, m,1Hl rfanPa ., . Bfr, . in-psotor
proUbljr the first Instance of such a At the Mm
proclamation without an appear Mo .m, ..,t
License Inspector
effort to
m . I
time our govern- weights and measures Inspector.
make every possible Advisory board
safeguard the integrity of
Board of Publlo Works.
Street department
. . . - r 1 1 r. a n'liiinur in tiia aior rininrini, a n v -
Anoiner lticnmona in tne flew, if Maintaining eitv hail n.ooo.on
this keeps on every county In the state international principle or obligation. police court i.wo.oo
emergency Hospital 10,000.00
etcepf Douglas -will have IU candidate
for governor. .
TO aTBMXQTBtil THX NAVT,
Removing dead animals 1,600.00
TKK..t - ' . . 1. I i 1 AAA AA
The naval appropriation bill bas been .,,..rtI.n.
It U to be hoped that Great Britain reported to the house, accompanied by Feeding prisoners a,ooo!oo
1.000.00
C.OOO.00
1.500.00
6,000.00
S.000.0
6.000.00
1,600.00
wiU- not bo required to take, part In the I a report iu which the expediency of I Printing annual reports.,
present war, for Alfred Austin is still further additions to the navy la strongly 'CT;"im
poet laureate.
Before declaring its neutrality the
king of Corea should learn from the
American minister something about
Governor Magoffin of Kentucky.
urgeu. u iuo Bt imic -v intereet on warrants
ocratic leader, Mr. Gorman, took-a posl- Ak-Sar-Ben week
ton hoatile to further "naval construe- Miscellaneous
.nv-nntortnl In. Premium on official bonds.
uuu, ui v I TTnruiIrt i-lAlmi Mimm
crease Of our sea power, anu xnv reporv 8aarle, fcr September. October.
of Chairman Fosa of the house com- November and December, 1903.... 46,698.4
mlttee on naval affatrs Is regarded as a
has been shipped to the Bt Louis ex- rep,y to the P08ltloa of ,lf MaryUnd
position. , No wonder its gate receipts
senator, which is presumed to represent
bad to be mortgaged for $4,500,000 to the v,ew of 'mocftlt fenerally in con-
the government
gresa.
The house report afllrms that public
Total estimated expenditures.. S293.56t.64
The charter limitation for the sinking
fund is 1200,000, the total estimated ex
penditure for 1004 Is $208,321.20. Tho
charter limitation of the fire fund la
It is now intimated that the powers sentiment Is hr favor of continuing the $150,000 and the estimated expenditures
Will At Rnnnnnl. .f.,h TI..I I. LnlU hill Mill 1111 til naVT. that If iuo UIOH. B BB IOI
- - .w ni.ii uuifiatiq v , ww.. .--c . a- ' - I.
in order to avoid trouble la the Balkans, we stopped now we would be left be- 'OWB
but who is to watch Boumanla is not bind the leading countries of the world, j Salaries $l!l,900.oo
nl tu.Mw1 ..rJ.n I Knmniil and nhnvA nil must I Pension 1,615.00
- ' Maintaining and operating Are de
- w stana coneaeruuou. . ."iwi partment a,455O0
Bt Ixnils Is to be congratulated upon fense, maintenance of our foreign poll- Eighteen new horses 4.050.00
gotung us Din for a loan through both cies and rrotectlon of American citizens Increase act. new houses J4.640.00
branches of congress, tho more so from everywhere." It ia declared that ,the
. we ract that the security la so exas- American people are not willing to
Craeleat Knoelc of AIL
Philadelphia Record.
Senator Hanna lately declared that Hvil-
Ham Jennings BrVan was a valuable re-. I
publican asset The disposition of astute
republican leaders to laud and cherish Mr.
Bryan is only a fair return for the service
he Is rendering them.'
A Mormie for Pleasure.
Brooklyn Eagle.
Chicago wants to' reopen the Iroquois
theater. This would be a more fatuous pro
ceeding than opening It in the flrst place.
It would be a morgue of enterprise, for
they have human feelings In Chicago, little
aa you might suspect It.
Total Asseis Jan. 1, 1904, $15,190,888.15
Northwestern Department.
New York Life Building, Omaha, Nebraska.
W. II. Wymdn, General Agent. W. P. Harford, Asst. General Agent.
JOHN W. R0BBINS, Sole Agt. 1802 F&rnam St. Omaha
Ohio Knox, Afct; John I. Lutz, Aft., Council Bluffs, la. T. J. O'Neil, Agt., South Omaha.
Strange Inconsistency.
Brooklyn Eagle.
Mr. Bryan Is doing a dangerous thing.
He la building a library on the spot where
he was born In Salem, 111. . Now, the effect
of a library Is to make people think, and
the more they think, the less likely they
are to believe all that Mr. Bryan tells to
them.
The Nebraska Lamentation.
Nashville American (dem.)
Prophet Bryan, may thus lament In the
language, of Jeremiah: "And they have
turned unto me the back, and not the face;
though I taught them, rising up early and
teaching them, yet they have not barkened
to receive Instruction." This Is still the
burden of his song:' ''Behold, I will stir up
the Medes against them, which shall not
regard silver; and aa for gold, they ehall
not delight In It."
JAPAN AND THE JAPANESE.
Son Facta About the Island Empire
of the Orient.
The plucky defl and the swift, stunning
blow landed on the naval solar plexus of
Russia, brings Japan more conspicuously
In the public eye than ever before. Ten
years ago the Island empire handed a
similar one to China that attracted Inter
national admiration, but as China never
ranked high as a fighter, the scrap passed
Into history as the trouncing of a novice
by a featherweight champion. For a
featherweight to tackle a heavyweight and
land on a vital spot In the first round Is
an eyeopener for the spectators, as well
as for Russia.
The first thing likely to Jar the reader
of war news on examining the maps Is the
variety of geographical names and the
manner of pronunciation. In a "Hand
book of Modern Japan,"1 by E. W. Clement,
published last August, the author explains
the peculiarities of pronunciation and the
significance of certain geographical name.
For instance the sound of a Is as In
father, e as In men, i as In pin, o as In
Port Arthur to Vladivostok, about.... 1.270
Kumtn to Uensan by sea 3M
Vlmllvostok to Hunslan frontier at
Ekaterlneberg 4,000
SHOTS OF ftEWSP'Al'HH WARRIOHS.
AID IS FIN.
Colonel Itlclilry Gruff I understand my
1i".t:Khtt r I? upirmlned to marry you. Well,
I wnnt to say right l.ero tht she's a fool.
Jack lie Win All! Hereditary, I sup
pose. Philadelphia Jtlger.
All Hall the Name.
New Tork Sun.
Our glorious old friend, Hon. t)lthy
nmh Tklnlr. tha ubllmA itnnr Af TUAiip
Park, Is a candidate for game warden of u ,n OOOK- " " "J " '
Maryland. He is th fittest man for the weln- " m Done; ,n lnB """'" -
wora ana u in me miuuifl or cnu mo i-
most Inaudible. All consonants are sounded
as In English. O has the hard sound as
In give. Ch bas the soft sound of s. C
alone is In the same class, and for that
reason most authorities use the k as In
Korea, When "do" Is the last syllable
In place names It signifies road or highway,
In like manner "fu" algnlTles a municipality.
'ken" a prefecture, "ku" an urban dis.
trlct. "srun" a rural district, "shl" an in
pnrnnrated city, "sho" a town, and "san'
a village.
place. He has bus to pipe and., all the
beasts and btrda fash or fly to his pre
serves. By his words of power he can
paralyze a poacher at a distance of a
league. He's all right for game warden,
but all wrong for fish commissioner. The
fish make for dry land Just as soon as he
begins to harp.
JAPAN'S DEFIANCE.
Widespread Sympathy for the Yanks
f tba Orient.
Collier's Weekly.
Seldom does a nation which Invites war
with such open defiance as Japan gain such
In the language of the country Great
Japan Is "Dat Nippon." meaning Bun
Source." It. consists of four large islands
widespread sympathy. This sympathy Is Honao ghlkoku. Kyushul and Yezo, For-
partly selfish, Russia standing for a check
to trade, but It Is more the generous lm'
pulse of the world, which goes out to the
smaller and more honest combatant. The
preliminaries have been carried on with the
eloquence of a price fighter by Japan, and
with a sort of sullen reticence, by Its Huge
opponent, and yet the world has swung,
during the elaborate Interchange of defls,
distinctly nearer In feeling to Japan. The
mosa. ceded by China In 1894. the Pesca
dores, nnd about 4,000 small Islands, of
which the Ryukvu and Kurlle groups are
tho most Important. The empire has an
area of lfil.000 square miles, a little more
than twice the else of Nebraska. But the
habitable area Is only a fraction of the
total. The country Is very mountainous-
only 12 per cent of the land being level and
13.8 ter cent arable. In latitude the Islands
universal sense of justice haa been touched, corrMDOn(i with the states of the Mlasls-
1 fi . a Ih. KaIIa la an nn.nl (hit lin.n'i . . . . ., i s
" - ' ainni vniier. ana me rnranw rir imm
tight la for Its life, and therefore Inevitable tne coa or Minnesota to the balmy gulf
breeses of Louisiana. Mr. Clement places
the population In 1903 at 49.000.000, while
other authorities fix the number at 48.000,-
000. For governmental purposes tne coun
try' Is divided Into nlns geographical clr
cults, elahty-flve provinces, three munlct
St. Louis Globe-Democrat: "Thrice Is
he armed that hath his quarrel. Just, and
four times he that gets his lick In fust."
Chicago Record-Herald: It now appears
that Admiral Alexleft was fooliHh enough to
neglect to provide himself with a cyclone
cellar.
Kansas City Journal: The Jap evidently
has the courage of his convictions. When
he decides that the time has come to fight,
he starts In with a dash and vigor that
leave no doubt as to his pluck.
Chicago Post: In its righteous Indigna
tion over the "perfidy and treachery" of
the Japanese In their night attack off Port
Arthur, Russia seems to have forgotten
that little massacre with which It began
the Crimean war.
Louisville Courier-Journal: Japan
should not be ro inconsiderate aa to strike
the csar below the belt In other words, to
begin the fight before he has got him to
Moscow and knelt to pray to the God of
Battles to give the victory to the bear that
walks like a man and plunders like a Slav.
Minneapolis Journal: Contempuously
breaking off negotiations that were rotten
to the core, the Japan one, have smitten the
Russians, hip and thigh. The little em
pire has treated the big empire Just as the
well meaning Individual, minding his own
business, treats a boor, who Insults, an
noys, lies and gets In the way. There Is a
time for the fist, and there Is a time for
the army and navy.
New York Tribune: Russia Is a pretty
close northwestern neighbor of ours, the
territories separated by a comparatively
narrow ocean strip, and great Industrial,
commercial and social, activities will pre
vail between us before the world Is much
older. Meantime, that great northern
country might with advantage discipline It
self tn reasonableness and strive to see
the occasional mare's nest for what It is,
without the OCftBlnnAj hnllnrlnAtlnn thnt
there Is an eagle In It. We have no hostile J6in isrusp me raxe in a nimer way.
sentiments toward It,' but expect It to be
have itself aad respect treaties and our
commercial and other rights, and should
think better of It as a neighbor if It also
gave proper consideration to the rights of
others, Chinese and Japanese included.
and Just. A sort of straightforward In
tegrity haa also won friends. In contrast
to RusRian wiles and blinds and bluffs,
Japan has said, as one man,- that It meant
to have on particular thing. If the effort
cost its life. On such grounds the sym-
peratlngly intangible.
Omaha and Kansas City are neck
and neck in the race for supremacy as
pork packing centers. Kach of the two
cities is credited with packing 680,000
bogs since November'!.
lessen their Influence on this heml
sphere, nor -forsake their -Interests on
the other.
It Is not to le doubted that this Is
in accord with general popular aentt-
nient which is very likely to be
Fire and Police commission........ 1,700.00
Interest on warrants... S.000.00
Unpaid claims . 7,616.51
Salaries for September, October,
November and December, 1908... 39,413.00
Total estimated expenditures. ..2S,2S9.B1
The charter limitation of the police
etrenjbened by what la transpiring In j fund is 115,000; the estimated expen-
Cpoa learning of bis election as pres
ident of Colombia, General Beyes Im
mediately went to Paris. He probably
Intends to wait until the fighting power
of bis rival candidate can be demon
strated. - ' '
the far east. There Is no disposition
I here to enter into rivalry with any
other nation for superiority in sea
power, but on the other band our peo
ple do not desire that the United States
shall fall to the rear of all the great I
ditures aggregate 1140,(307.61, aa follows:
Salaries (estimate by chief) $101,216.00
Maintaining and operating depart
ment
Maintaining and operating patrol.
Maintaining and operating city Jail
Maintaining alarm system... ......
Fire and Police commission
License board
Interest on Warrants
760.00
1,668.00
3,460.00
3,065.00
1.700.00
3,026.00
t.300.00
nations In the strength of Its navy. It
It was quite unnecessary to announce I not desired that we shall build , up
that Ruasja does not like the plan of our naval establishment for any ag
Secretary May for the preservation of gresslve purpose, but rather as a means unpaid claims 1.261.K
the Integrity of China. "No thief ere ' Insuring peace. The united Mates js Salaries. October, November and
felt the halter draw with good opinion I secure from attack on land. V'e are in
of the law." no danger from invasion by. a foreign
foe. Our fighting in future, if there
December , 2S.315.04
Total estimated expenditures.. 3140,667.(1
The charter limits the lighting fund
to $70,000. The estimated expenditure
for lighting Is $87,020.52, stated in de
Life in the Latin-American republics I shall be any and .who can doubt that
Is not without some recompense. Hon-1 tbere may be will be on the sea and it
duras is the second within the month is for that possibility that we must be ta ng f0nowg
.where the president has sent wordy prepared. Our navy at present ranka I elactrio ,lfht. t
congressmen into retirement until mey l mm in strengiii, tuougu perunps tuna, i i at lights at $30.
learn better manners. I and In the opinion of some even second. 150 gasoline lights at $28.
In noint of efficiency. It should at Interest on warrants.
If the powers consent to the passage least be nmlntalned in this position and tTnPald elbn
..m v. . T i 1. 1 i - a . , i I . . . ... A. i. . M . ...ij I
vm. ion, ubhiib nnii sea owi (urougu I in oraer IO oo tnis tue policy oi uuiiu- I Total expenditures $S7,920.63
the Dardanelles, of what use will be lng up must be continued so long as careful study of these figures dla
the agreement barring warships from other great nations go on increasing cioBes the absolute disregard of charter
that water? It was generally under- their sea power. With our Insular pos- limitations and unwarranted padding
stooa tuat the agreement was a plan to sessions to protect in addition to our 0f payrolls and creation of Uablll
, keep the csar from a southern outlet I great sea coast It must be apparent to jies beyond the city's income, even with
anyone that we cannot safely permit our the most burdensome taxation.
$47,260.00
SI. 260.00
7.000.00
1,600.00
910.63
Before announcing bin determination I navy to decline.
to take a regiment of rough riders to I The bill reported in the bouse carries I If Colonel Orlgsby wants to join the
the Orient Colonel Orlgsby should in-1 appropriations aggregating a little over! Jap army nobody can hinder blm, but
spect the Japauese allowance of rations. I $90,000,000 aud authorizes the construe- if Colonel Grigsby undertakes to organ
The regular ration is principally rice I tlon of one battleship, two Hrst-lass ar-1 Ixe a regiment or a company of lariat
aud not much of that, while the crop of I mored cruisers, three scout cruisers and I slingers and cow punchers to help the
mavericks on the Manchurian plains is (two colliers. The snm provided for Jnl Japanese, make war on the Russians
Bot large, 1 the bill Is large, but most of it Is for I Unci Bam may have something to
pathy of statesmen may not be given, but I panties, forty-three prefectures and fifty
tne sympacny oi peoples is, ana in aipio- I incotDorated cities. . .
mocy leaders are often driven by the bulk
of sentiment In the masses 'behind. Ex
perts are now busy contradicting one an
other about the relative abilities of the rival
powers, and statesmen are busy studying
the Interests of their own countries, but
Japan, with Its long and Irregular coast
line 18,000 miles long. Is particularly rich
In bays and harbors, both natural and
riinr-ial which furnish shelter for the
shipping cf all kinds. The "open ports.
the people all over the world observe the whcn formerly numbered only six fNa-
suuauon wnn aisinteresiea emotion ana (jae, Yokohama, Hakodate, Oaka, Kobe,
cheer for the nation which they think bas
the fairer cause. If actual warfare comes,
this moral sympathy may mean little, or It
may mean everything. Chance Is a mighty
power in war and peace, and Japan has at
least prepared Itself admirably to take
whatever favorable chances the future may
untold. A little nation which is backward
and deceitful, like the Boers, gains sym
pathy merely from Its littleness. A little
nation like Japan, which Is remarkable for
character and progress, arouses a wide
spread kindliness which may at any mo
ment find an opening for decisive expres
sion. Certainly, If Japan had enjoyed the
repute In 1)06 which Is Its today, the powers
of Europe would never have forbidden
It to take What it deemed Its from China.
raiKEJI AND HIS BOOM.
Alliance Times:
a Joke as Hearst.
Alliance Times:
Crusen Is almost as big
The amusing Crusen
Nllgata). have reached the figure twemy-
slx: and the growing foreign commerce an
nuallv demands further enlargement. Of
the old ports. Nllgata Is of no special im
portance In foreign commerce; but of the
new ports. Kuchlnsotu In Kyushlu, Muro-
ran In Jeso (Hokkaido), and especially
Bakan and Mojl, on opposite sides of the
Straits of Bhlmonosekl, are rapidly growing.
in hi connection It la. perhaps, not In
appropriate to make mention of the far-
famed "Inland sea," known to the Japanese
as Beto-no-uchl (Between the Btralts). or
RAtn-urhl. which lies between the main
Island. Bhlkoku and Kyushlu.
"Within the empire of Japan, says Mr.
Clements, "are great mountains wim granu
scenery, great and magnificent temples
great cities and a great many people, ror.
while the .area of Japan Is only one
twentieth of that of the United Btates, the
population Is about one-half as numerous,
Even In the country districts me villages
are almost continuous, so that It Is an In.
wants to be vindicated by election to the frM,uent experience to ride a mile without
senate. Now let Joe Hartley step to the
front.
Grand Island Independent: Who said
"Cruxan" for senator? or Savage for gov
ernor, or Meserve or Bartley for atate
treasurer, or Porter for secretary of state?
seeing a habitation; and In the large cities
, the people are huddled very closely to
gether. The latest official statistics, those
of 1'juO. give the total population of Japan
as 47.646,810, of whom the males exceed
the females by about 6UO.00O; and as of late
Falls City Journal: A. R. Crusen seems years the annual lnoreaee has amounted
to be the only man with nerve enough to
announce his candidacy for the senate, and
his courage Is discounted somewhat when
It Is remembered that he was a great many
hundred milrs away when be spoke
Grand Island Independent: Every time
a prominent Nebraskaa returns from any
where abroad now there are people In
Lincoln to organise a big reception. There
is one exception, however, and It Is de
CoO
cldedly unfalrl Now' there U Mr. Crusen! Yr1u river Vo te'muipo by sea. ab..dt..
iped for I Chemulpo to Baeh" (Japan Imperial
Haa voUe or pen been lifted or. dipped
a "home again" party to this distinguished
and slightly extinguished son of the fertile
soil of Nebraska? Woe la us! We be leuv
lng things undone that ought to be done,
and p. a. a that.
to about 600,000. the present population
(190S) may fairly be estimated at more than
49.000,000."
The following table of distance In stat
ute miles will help some:
Btralts of C'orea (Tsushima Island) to
Vladivostok
rvir.a fTfiiiihlma Island) to
Port Arthur -
Fuwn in South Core to Bhlmonosekl.
160
660
2S4
)a
77
510
l.l
4OT
1,. k vardl bv sea. about
Port Arthur to Chemulpo ...
port Arthur to imku iuri ..
t,rt Arthur to ChlfU
t'htfu to Blianghal
Wl Hal vel to Jiong A una
Shanghai to
"CurloFlty In woman Is a great thing for
tho human Kpecles."
"How so?"
"Why, every plrl Is crazy to find out If
mtirrhiKtt is really lis serious a thing as she
has been told it Is." Chlcugo I'ost.
"Old Squeesem, the Ice man, feels aw
fully dlm-ouraged over I he outlook."
"Whut's the trouble?"
"H!.anys the Ice they have been cutting
Is so TOlck that It melts very. SJOWly."
Clevtlund Plain Dualer.
Actress I have been robbed of my Jewels.
Hotel Clerk It won't do any good; there
Isn't . a newspaper In the town. Town
Topics.
Grimes Belinda, I really Itlleve you are
Jenlous of Mrs. Allen.
Mrs. Grimes Nothing of the sort. T don't
wnnt you to become so Inil.nate with her
that she ulll find out what a fool my hus
band Is. 1 have a little rrlde left. I'd
havo you to ki ow. Boston Triihserlgt.
"I'm fcfrnld Josh doepn't value money
as he should," said Mrs. Corntossel.
"Well,'' answered the farmer, "the Wny
he keeps wrltln' fur It Indlcntes a purty
lively appreciation." Washington Btar.
"Tieclnnld. come home. I will not permit
you to stay here.',' . , . . t
"Why, my dear, what's wrong?"
"There's that Mrs.' BcaiMslelith Without
her diamonds vn. It's perfectly scandal
ous!" Chicago Record-Herald.
PERSOVAL NOTES.
I
Chicago's fire mede It a great city. Bal
timore's may make It another.
"Mother" Wheeler, one of the best known
of the nurses of ,the civil war, has Just died
at Eldora, la. -
The appropriation for carriages for the
War department will have to be Increased.
Becretary Taft weighs over 300 pounds.
The youngest engineer on the Pennsylva
nia railroad is Thomas V. Fisher, who Is
Just 23 years old. His run is between Cin
cinnati and Columbus. .
Eight hundred children marched out of a
burning Toronto school while it was on fire
and no one was hurt. Children appear to
have so much more sense than grown folks
In some emergenclea
George O. Reynolds, for many years
Judge of the city court In Brooklyn, on
Bunday celebrated the eighty-third anni
versary of his birth. Judge Reynolds Is the
oldest member of the bar of Greater New
York, having been In active duty for tho
last sixty years.
Marquis Ito, now one of Japan's greatest
men, was once a stowaway, a pioi 10
assassinate him had been formed and he
was hidden by a woman who was attached
to hlra until he could bo smuiigled aboard
an English ship in a bale of silk. This was
In 1863. He stayed a year in England.
Isador Rayner. the newly elected sen
ator from Maryland, had a Jewish father,
but married a Presbyterian wife. He has
been described by one Baltimore lawyer
aa the blank page between the old and the
new testaments. When he was running
for congress he used to attend the Jewish
synagogue, of which his father was presi
dent, every Saturday, and then accompany
his wife to the Presbyterian churcH on Bun
day. He was never seriously Inoculated
with any particular religious germ.
A LEAP YEAR PROPOSAL.
James Barton Adams In Denver Post.
The .udge went forth on a summer day
To a clover meadow to rake some hay.
He was on vacation, and being wise,
He full that he needed some exercise.
The summer breeze in airy play
Soughed through his whiskers of iron gray.
The honey bees in the clover hummed
And the bumble bees 'round the huycock
bummed. ,
He swung the rake with a steady hand.
While pausing sepliyrs his features fanned.
Anon he would spit In his hands that they
Maud Mueller came riding along the In no.
And she eyed the man of the legal brain. '
A something within her seemed to say:
"Your fate may He In Unit fluid of hay."
" 'Tie leap year.
c nance
To do u proposal song and- dance!
girlie, and now's your
"He's old, 'tis true, and Is great of paunch.
But his brand of love muy be true and
staunch!"
She scaled the fence like an agile cat.
Her divided skirts being built for that.
She tripped like a fairy towsrd the Judge, .
Who was somewhat rattled, but didn't
budge.
i ' (
Bhe smiled so sweetly upon him he "v
Roturned her a grin through courtesy.
Bhe sold she' had started out to git
liur nihility, and that he was 1L
Bho fell for his arms In the usual way.
Rut he sliled and she. lit on a bunch of
hay. .
But unto her knees she quickly rls
And said she'd be happy If she were his.
Bhe begged that her plea he would not
spurn.
But would softly rourmer that lie was her'n.
The Judge In Judicial way replied:
"The, plaintiff's motion must be denied!"
He mined his hat from his 'brainy hesd.
Aud Maudle's hopes like a phantom fled!
Bhe cast a glance at his pale, bald crown,
,iid she know that he had a wife In town.
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