THE OMAHA DAILY REE:- MONDAY, MARCH 7, 1004.
Tim Omaha Daily Bee.
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State of Nebraska, Douglas County, ss. :
George. H. Tsschuck, secretary of The Bee
Publishing Company, being duly sworn,
says that the actual number of full and
complete copies of Tho Ially, Morning.
Evening and Sunday Pee printed during the
month of February. 1904, was as follows:
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17 3O.370
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21 27,a
22 31,040
23 31.1HO
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26 34,240
26 31,4m
27 31,720
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29 31,030
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1904. M. B. HUNGATE,
(Seal) . Notary Public.
The railroads may continue to fight,
but the Oninhti Grain exchange is hero
to stay.
Useless vires must go, says the city
electrician, und useful wires should also
go under ground.
Happily for the reading public the
Itusso-Japanese war is on as the French
court decides to revise the Dreyfus case.
The supremo court is considering the
question whether to clean up the scav
enger law or to let tho scavenger law
clean up the back taxes.
Omaha should own and operate n
garbage crematory. Hut the question is:
How much will It cost and where is
tho money to come from?
Tho New York democratic press is
characterizing Hearst as "unthinkable."
What reaJlyvMltU ,trvtn;t)litQ his, boom
Is that ho is not '.'untouchable."
Aooorfllti.i: to the latest report, the
democratic south Is ready to be olid
for anypiic the northern democrnts may
name. Hut this will not always be so.
Lot Hrltons not despair. Ueorge Mere
dlth may be a worse prophet than novel
1st anJl the condition of the couutry not
bo bad as he pictures it.
The war in tho Orient cannot be said
to be In full blast until a few retails!
tlons tilujll have been made for the serv
ices of tho grout American mule.
One of the surprising revelations of
the last week was permitted to pass
without comment. A daughter of tho
king of.-Belgium has been found who
dislikes notoriety.
The anxiety of tho democratic mi
nority for further investigation of postal
affaire la to be measured rather by its
desire for a political Issue than its love
of abstract Justice.
That appropriation for the main
tenance of the liidian supply depot
ought to furnish occasion for several
grandstand plays yet before It gets
through both bouses of congress.
The democratic minority In congress
always guts particularly inquisitive Im
mediately in front of an approaching
election as to what the republican ad
ministration has been doing in tho. sev
eral departments of government
Tho only plausible explanation why
the hostilities between ltussla and Japan
are drugging so slowly Is that the op
posing forces are waiting to glvo the
American military observers time to
roach their posts of duty In the field.
The wily Japs seem to be having
things all their own way on the waters
of the far east. Peter tho Great tried
first to establish the sea power of Kus-
sja, yet all his successors appear to have
made but little more progress than
uecessury to keep in the same relutlve
position, ,
York county republicans in their
county convention have given endorse
ments for about everything in Bight, ex
cept for Nelini ska's cundldate for the
vice presidency. They must go on the
theory that their endorsement is not
needed for this particular office.
It is to be hoped that the fire and
police commission will insert among the
regulations governing the police depart
ment a rule directing tho peremptory
dismissal of any police officer who shall
use his club or revolver except in self
defense or In an effort to suppress a
riot
It may be noticed In passing that the
decision of the United States court of
appeals declaring the Union I'uciflc
bridge an open gateway for all rail
roads that are willing to pay u reason
abl toll for Its use was a deadly knock
out for "Our Dave'" South Omaha
Tflg FHB Ri4rjCK.T VfirtTtTklXTt;
fl... .-....l.1 1d utll ..!!. wHl. ultilliwt 1
. in n , . i 1 1 in i , i , ii niLiii T 1 1 i -
brent 1.1cm nnxlcty for some news from
tlw fnr-ciistorn war that will give it nil
Iilcu f whnt in ronllv tnklnir nlitee In
nillfsirv wnv nnd t.cniilt it to judge
of t:. t.ossIMlltles. There I no lack of
- - I
rcHirt and rumor nml surmise, but
nn.vtlil.. that I really certain and
beyond question very little Is coming to
band and even this is not of a nature
to throw much light on the situation.
The absolute care and precaution taken
py the belligerents to prevent anything
leaking out as to their military opera
tions Is one of the most remarkable
features of the tar eastern cnmpalgn.
We do not recall nn Instance In warfare
where the efforts of the newspapers of
the world, usually characterized by the
utmost tact and Ingenuity, have been
so completely baffled as in this war be
tween Itussln and Japan, lloth of those
powers, as if by mutual understanding.
have excluded correspondents from the
opportunity to learn what Is going on
within their ranks and are allowing
these representatives of the press
among the nblest and shrewdest men
In the newspaper professlon-to gather
what Information they can In regard to
x , 4i.
the progress of events from Sources that
they ennnrt vouch for as being nbso-
lutely reliable. In other words, most
,wa i,t oo,o from tho fr
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it ,,- 0toTit
- in.. :i,., a .,M,i,uo.-ilif
under existing conditions, nnccssailly
guesswork, and It will probably be some
tlmo before we shall hnvo advices from
ti.o ..! tbot finn l.o nocontnil nn nbso-1
lutely reliable.
In the meantime all must necessarily
be more or less uncertain. It has al
ready been clearly demonstrated that no
confidence enn be placed in reports of
events that come from St. Petersburg.
Whntever passes through the hands of
the Russian censor must always' be re-
garded with n grain of doubt. It Is not
rcason-iblv to be expected thnt anything
from thnt source will be especially
inimical to the Russian cause. It Is
also questionable whether anything
coming from Toklo, the Japanese cnpl-
tal, should be received ns beyond doubt.
While perhaps more confidence Is to
be placed ordinnrilv in the Japanese
than In the Rnsdnn 'renorts vet the f'tot
than in tlie Itusslnn reports. .ot too iacr
must be rwognlz.nl that both parties nro
liable to exaggeration and thnt in either
case It will be well not to form conclu
sions respecting any event until the facts
are unmistakably established.
It is especially desirable thnt our own
people should bear this in mind. We
need to benr In mind thnt the wnr in
the fnr cast cannot possibly be a one
sided conflict, that there must Inevita
bly be variations in the struggle, and
that as it Is now only beginning It mani
festly Is folly for anyone to assume, on
the strength of what has already hap
pened, what the outcome will be.
UXFA1H CUMPAHISONS.
Comparison is frequently made by
municipal officers of if)maha , te,tween
the cost of governing this city and other
cities that outrunk Omuha in popula-
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our .iiKii-presBiu-e e.penu.iu..-rj. numus
City, for example, is repeatedly cited
os If It were in the same class with
Omaha, when in fact it outranks Omaha
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few figures in support or mis assertion
will suffice:
Ten rears ago Kansas City had r.6,317
.,..., I II. ,.lt oMrootorv nod tho total
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population of Kansas City, Mo., ajid
Kansas City,. Knn., was estimated at
INU.Tl. This year's city directory for
i- cu i , .. innooi
Kansas City, Mo., gives 100,0(11 names
and the estimated population of the two
cities Is 325,000. The city directory of
Omaha for the present rear contains
50,035 names and the total population
of Omaha and South Omaha Is estl
mated at 140,000. With Council Bluffs
Deluded, the population of Omaha and
Its suburbs Is not more than halt that
of Kansas City and Its suburbs.
I ne assessed valuation or rvnnsas tity, I
Mo., for 11X13, based on one-third actual
value, is f 88,505,030. equal to $205,517.-
700 in true value. The assessed valua-
tlon of Omaha for 1004 Is a fraction
over $101,000,000 and with the railroads
would not exceed $125,000,000, which
would be less thun one-half that of
Kansas City.
The aggregate municipal expenditures
of Kansas City. Including the water
works and everything excepting schools,
was $1,275,000 for 1003, while that of
Omaha was very nearly $1,000,000 and
tills year it will approximate $1,200,000.
The rate of city taxation in Kansas
City for 1003 was 12'i mills on a one-
third valuation, or 4 1-0 mills on a full
valuation, while Omaha has levied ll-j
mills on a full valuation this year, ex-
cluslve'of the school tax, or, relatively,
two and a half times Kansas city's
ievv
- The municipal debt of Kansas City
nn to mil neroro tnn water tvnrn
. . . - . . .
purchase, was $1,103,005. In 1805, uftef
the purchase of the water works, it
rose to $4,101,000 and in 1003 it was
$3,573,01)0. With the newly voted bond
Issue of $1,200,000 added It will reach
$4,773,000. The londed debt of Omaha,
with private ownership of water works.
exceeds $5,000,000. While the excess
of bonded debt In Omaha Is Justly re-
siMinslble for Its proportionate Increase
of taxation, there U still n vast dis
parity between the expenses of tun In
Mining the respective governments of
the two cities.
Whnt The Bee desires to emphasize
Is that tle growth of Kansas City has
been materially promoted by the low
rate of municipal taxation, which neces
sarily Is an lniportaut factor iu making
the vulue of real estate.
As a result of the work of the bound
ary commission which has just re
drawn the map where Nebraska borders '
oil South Dakota, tlds state gets posses
sion of alHiut 5.0.IO acres of land that
was In dispute, while our northern j
nelghUir gets ubout 1 JiikI acres of land
that was formerly under Nebraska !
Jurisdiction without dispute. For (South;
l'akota tniB In a tcooii pnuo ot ncnas i
Win .Jl nil tfaila VOI1 loMO. TllO nXt tlnif
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the bountlnry Is adjudicated It Mill Ik- 1
hoove lirnskn to set claim to a bigger
bunch of South lakota territory to eveirl
ut on tho compromise. It might bo a
luiyiug bargain to relinquish a few of
our 8nnd hills in exchange Tor pood
amblo laud along the Missouri and
Niobrara valleys.
WAHFAriK VlUX IMMIURATS.
It is perhaps not u remarkable fact.
however regretable, that there are still
among men In public life some who are I
imbued with the Idea that there Is n
real necessity for some additional legis
lation providing for the exclusion of Im
migrants. Tho advocates of such legls-
bitlon ib. not irli-a onv vnllil rensoiin for
whnt th or ,t n. rolo nro con-
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tent to conjure up a lot of more or less
fanciful objections to the established
p1lov, accompanied by imaginary diffl-
cultles for which there is no substantial
One such Is Representative Adams of
rcnusvlvania, who n few days ago in-
trodueed a bill providing that not more
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tllun immigrants iroiu uuy coon- .
81la" oe pcrmmeu to i.m ... ...
United States In one vear. In the opln-1
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"lovcmeni irom iraiy anu Ausmu-
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iiuiinary, uie oiny two couiiuics wuuuk
migration xo mo uniteu omios rises
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reason is mere ior exciuuing or limiting
t,ie Immigration from those countries
mat noes not oppiy xo every oiner tn-1
ropean country? It may be true thnt
the people generally coming here from
Italy and Austria-Hungary are less in
telllgent than those who come from
other parts of Europe, but can It be
shown thnt they are less useful In a
Practical way or that they do not make
8 Boou citizens we uo not neueve
tllilt "o PP0SP tnp ndmlssion of
these people cun demonstrate thnt .token
8 a wI,ol they nre not as good citizens
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other people that come from abroad. It
18 lrue Tnal tuey congregate m ine cen-
UIS "l popin.uioii anu urann logeuier
by common customs and language form
"nies in which their peculiar charac-
ter.stics nie preserved, but it is not a
racI Tmu "8 " rul tney Blv0 nny more
trouble to the municipal authorities of I
the largo cities than Is experienced from
natives and probably not as much. In
every great city of the country there are
localities in which native born citizens
"redomlnato that give more trouble to
the police authorities than do those lo
calities where aliens are in tho majority.
We- do not think that this can bo suc
cessfully disputed.
The Adania nrnnnaltlnn Is n new one.
but we are quite sure that it will not
commend itself to the intelligent Jung-
tnent of the country. It contemplates
an attack upon Immigration that is quite
ns defensible ns any that preceded it.
The mere suggestion that a compro-
mise may be renched In the Rosebud
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im-ivnuuii uii. ...v uicu me price ior
tUe lauus 10 oe oiicnea ror settlement
wni be fixed at $ 3 or $t! an acre instead
0f $3 nn acre is sufficient proof that
there is a bisr dnrkev In the woodnlle
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ociiiiui me bciieme. ao prevent ine in-
ciana from getting for their property
the market price that competitive bids
would srive them the land crabbers have
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acre would be a fair price, although
evidence is at hand thnt some of the
land is worth ns much as S20 and .lrt
, . . , .
an acre. The game is to get the good
land nt n small fraction of its selling
value. Rut it Is not likelv to nan out
Ro lonir n rrosldenr Roosevplt hnlrfa th
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trump card.
Issuing building permits does not con-
ptltuto the principal function of the
building inspector's department. Not
only should the plans and specifications
for every new building proposed to be
erected or reconstructed conform strictly
to the building ordlnunce and regulations,
but building contractors should be com-
polled to conform to the regulations In
the erection of buildings.
Former ITesident Kruger does not
relish the appointment of Dr. Jaraieson
as the premier over Cape Colony, but
really he has no right to expect his
wishes in the matter to Ije consulted by
Great Hrltaln when selecting its ad
ministrative officers. lie did not con
suit Great Britain when he had ap
polntees to name.
Democrats are more distressed over
the selection of a chairman to succeed
the late Senator Ilanna at the head of
the republican national committeemen
than are the republicans. The right man
for the place will be duly Installed -when
the new committee Is regularly const!
I ttitoil ami Ai-irii nlvuil
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If the anti-vice crusaders are sincerely
in favor of banishing vice and breaking
up disorderly resorts they can strike the
most effective blow by Invoking the
lower of the courts against the owners
of premises leased for Immoral or law
less purposes and the agents who collect
the rents.
Waiting for the It oil Call.
Chicago Tribune.
Being a truthful tniin President Smith of
the Mormon ehurch could not be expected
to swear positively as to the exact number
of his children until lie had had time to
think a little.
A Ilrwitrhlug Target.
Philadelphia North American.
If a Jap shell hould ever become en
tangled In those whixkers worn by Admiral
Alexleft It will be an exciting moment In
his official life.
Open IXor la th Philippines.
New York Tribune.
Conviction Is growing of the justice of re
ducing the duties on Importations from the
Philippines. It Is not alone a matter of
Justice, but likewise of good policy, for
larger trade and greater prosperity In the
Philippines from access to the American
market will maka 'easier our task ot gov-
rrumtnt -
ptatk rsmnATt.
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nwpaprw are booming M. A. Prowi, of
the Kearney Hub for secretary of Mate.
If a republican secretary Is assured the
Herald would prefer Mentor A. Ilrown to
any other man mentioned.
Superior Journal: Al Galusha of Red
Cloud has become a prominent candidate
for the nomination on the republican ticket
for secretary of state. Mr. Galusha Is an
old resident of Webster county and has
been a hard worker for republican success
up there. His home papers speak very fa
vorably of his candidacy.
Superior Journal: E. M. Rearle, Jr., of
Ogallala, is a candidate for the republican
nomlnation for state auditor. Mr. Searle
has had experience as a bank accountant,
has served as treasurer of his home county
and Is now one of the state accountants en-
Raged In the work of checking up the
county treasurers of the state. His home
highly of him
Lynch Journal: The Spencer Advocnte
brlngs out lhe namps of Sanford PnrUer
for a candidate before the republican state
convention for the ofllce of commissioner
"f Publ'c ,ands and building., and that of
Iioueri ijynn us a cnnuiuaie ior uic uium
of renresentntlve Poth nre aide and
worthy men and would discharge the office
credit to themselves and the state.
-nappen register: nr. k. ik iiarns, reg-
lster of the Sidney land office. Is making
effort fof ,ne nomlnatlon of lleutenant
governor and Is receiving many nattering
compliments from the state press. The
doctor Is emlnentlv ouallfled and Is de-
Lervlng of the hon'or, and wetern Ne-
braika receives the recognition to which
it is entitled Dr. Harris will be trie next
llontrmn T-if fr 'OrnrtS
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tor of tho Kearney Dally Hub, would
kindly condescend to accept fhe nomina
tlon for secretary of state on the republl
can ticket he would receive the undivided
o"c.'' i -vnj n puin.uu cunvi
In Ne
braska. It Is seldom the voters of
Nebraska have an opportunity to cast
their ballots for a better mid more de
serving man than Editor Brown.
Kimball Observer: One of the strong
candidates to come before the state con
vention will be Deputy State Superintend
ent McBrlen. No man mentioned for the
offlce of tate superintendent stands so
close to the educational Interests of the
state as J. Li. McRrlen. For years he was
a successful teacher and high school prin
cipal, attaining front rank In his profes
sion, and his four years' experience as
10nil4if anA -11 4 n n -1 n n t nilla crfao t 1 1T
Z"hJ Z.
r'olutely tea "STaSS
above board , Ule dlscnarKe of hla duty.
piattsmouth Journal: The Weeping
Water Herald favors Hon. E. M. Pollard
of this county for Uurketfs shoes In case
that blowhard Is elevated to the senate.
Qf cmrne he wn succpeilpd by a re.
publican and, while the Journal would
like to see a Cass county man nominated.
yu can Just f"'t 11 down ,n tne ,,ack rnrt
ot your uayDOOK tnai 11 cannot oe -none
without the consent of Lancaster county
and that county is just hoggish enough to
"keep all she gets and get all she can, no
matter 'what other sections of the district
may desire. With Ulowhard Burkett out
of the way It will be hard work (o take the
congressman away from Lincoln.
Mlnden Gazette: As a matter of good
politics, as a sound business principle, as
appreciation or me services or an non
I ciat nnnahla rvffli'l a I fwn riflncr a aanomlurv
pl;oe the repullllcan Btate conVention can
go before the people with a strong, wor
thy candidate In the nomination of Henry
Eaton- H,s clean personality. hlB knc-wl-
K from unnesirabie,. political entangle-
ments recommend h.tm to all classes of
citizens. He will go to the state conven
tlon wlth a solid delegation from Dodge
county, his home county, besides an un-
.. fliown. In mtnrttv of
the other, counties In the state. He will
prove a strong candidate.
York Times: The objection to Governor
Mickey Is that he Is too pious. What shall
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any iiicu ui uui menu iian moil ui
nran, Tind Tho....hn h.v. .n him
in swimming all say he has wings under
each collar bone. Dlnsmore Is accused of
hp'K'"" to the Salvation Army and, we
B K""w "IHl "ueron . wen a.ong on
the klnK.s highway. if we are to have
la wicked, worldly man. we will have to
turn to the democrats. There Is Uncle
Jako Wolfe. He'll do. He plays billiards
I some, swears a good deal and told a lie
Lhn Wo.comh once tm .io Governor
Holcomb sloped from the bottom of his
feet to the top of his head, when he
should have said he sloped from the mid-
die both ways. If you want a wicked man
for governor you can -easily find him in the
democratic party.
A Fair Exchange.
Philadelphia North American
T . . .. I.I . V. .. VI A' .... 1. 11, .Ka won !,.
' v niM rrM. n. tha nn, tnnU vlm
into custody, can neither read nor write
Yet almost any college would have edu
cate1 hlm m exchange for the right to
use his name as a yell.
, saving Sense of Houor,
Boston Transcript.
A United States senator Is represented as
chuckling: "We Americans are the best on
earth; our sense of humor Is a constant
delight." And the senator Is right; It's
oniy our Bense of humor that saves us from
dying of acute Btrenuoeity.
Von Sternberg as a Jollier.
Indianapolis News.
In an address at Philadelphia Baron von
Sternberg, the German embassador, gave
this country tho credit of preventing the
dismemberment of China during the Boxer
troubles. Every time the German ambansa
dor rises to speak he adds to his laurels as
a Jollier.
Shooting that TConnts,
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Indianapolis Journal.
.The gunners on the United States battle
ship Wisconsin, la target practice the
other day, made nine bulls eyes out of ten
Bhots fired from thSrteen-lnch guns In ten
minutes. If either Ituesia or Japan could
approach a record like that, this cruel
war wouia soon De over.
Dlvconraglng A. Carnegie.
Detroit Free Press.
The American 8oclety of Civil Engineers,
following In the footsteps of the Detroit
aldermen, has rejected a gift of 1.0n0,0il0
from Mr. Carnegie. To have 11,750,000
thrown back at him within twenty-four
hours must be bitterly discouraging to a
'man who Is afraid to die rich.
The Millboard Knlaanee,
Leslie's Weekly.
The city of Colorado Springs, he pop
ular resort of the Rocky mountain region,
has set a good example to other municipali
ties In tho way of ordinances directed
against the billboard nuisance and oiher
advertising abominations. One ordinance
strlc'.ly forbids the placing of advertising
material of any kind on telegraph pole,
fences, awnings and elsewhere in the busi
ness section of the city, and another pro
hibits the use of vacant lots for billboards,
except upon the written -consent of all the
adjoining property owners. In any case,
according to another ordinance, all bill
boards must be thirty feet back from the
street fronts and fifteen feet from side
streets. Again, they may not be over
twenty-one feet In length and must be at
least three feet above the surface of the
ground. Heavy fines are provided for the
(violation of thesa lawk
I THF. PAfl EAST.
People and IMarva t'oasplenons ta the
War.
Admiral Sotoklchi V'rlu, the Japanese
commander who distinguished himself at
hemulpo, used to be known as "Soat"
when he was a preparatory student nt the
Bradford military academy, Mlddleton,
'onn. Tills was some twenty-seven years
go. When be entered the school he was
Jollied a good deal by the students, but he
soon made his way Into the good graces of
his fellow pupils, few of whom were able
to keep up with hlm In his studios. He
was In Mlddleton for a year before going
to the naval academy at Annapolis.
Japanese In New York City are not
numerous, which makes It all the more re
markable that so large an amount has al
ready been raised there toward the JS.OOh.OXI
war fund which the Japanese of this coun
try Intend to send. If possible, to their
mother country In this time of need. Al
ready $100,0(i0 has been subscribed In New
York, a couple of checks which have been
handed In being for $10,000 and $5,000, re
spectively, and sent by Japanese merchants
engaged In business here. A considerable
nmount of the money raised has been given
by Americans. Offers continue to pour Into
the Japanese consulate for the Red Cross
society of Japan In the way of service of
trained nurses, money and supplies.
"It Is scarcely necessary," writes Freder
ick McCormlck In tho Metropolitan, 'to
emphasize the inherent military qualifica
tions of the Cossack. Schooled to the pony's
back, the carbine and the frontier cam,
palgn, he corresponds In hardihood and
handlness very closely to our own western
Indian fighters, and springs at his country's
call from a region larger than the United
States. It Is suld that when the Japanese
shall have whipped the Russian out of
Manchuria the Cossack will still flow down
upon them like an unending tide.
Besides these wild and undisciplined
scouts there Is the regular army of SM.Ono
men, with years of service, many of whom,
in desert sun and arctic snows, In a rugged
and Interminable land, are the veterans of
campaigns that have no history outside
the silent archives of St. Petersburg.
"The opponent of Russian, on the other
hand, Is the natural and practical soldier.
He Is the legatee of the oldest civilized
warrior race In existence, tracing his proud
militant heritage to tho kings and clans of
prehistoric times. He Is a man pleased
with his new modern military diversions,
apt, eager and enthusiastic, and he .as
already proved to a great extent his effi
ciency by his achievements In Formosa and
during the Boxer war In China. Alert,
sturdy, capable, self-con,tldcnt, patriotic,
loyal to his emperor and pleased to lay
down his life for "Great Japan," his army
organized and on a war footing, he Is with
out doubt not the man whom the Russian
military profess at this time to so much
despise.
"And, In addition, against the loyal Rus
sians In the east, holding themselves at
the service of the 'Great White Czar may
be confidently set the thousands of Indi
vidual Japanese who honeycomb Corea and
Manchuria, hundreds of whom, not fanci
fully as some have affirmed In derision,
but In reality, are spies and patriots, pur
suing substantial as well as Itinerant oc
cupations, knowing everything about them,
Informing their officials and competent to
destroy the Russian railway in a hundred
places, losing their lives In the achieve
ment or saving them at the command of
their superiors. They . have done such
things."
The standing of the three leading Japa
nese Journals, according to tho London
Chronicle, Is as follows: The "JlJI-Shlm-bun,"
which meatis literally "Timely Inci
dent New-hearing," la a semi-official pa
per; and may be regarded as "The Times"
of Japan. The staff Is composed of well-to-
do men, from among whom appointments
are often- made to the chief posts In gov
ernment departments. Rumors are never
admitted to the pages of the "Jljl-Shlm-bun"
and It has a great reputation for
truthfulness and sincerity. The "Nlchl-
Nlchl Shlmbun" 1. e., Day and Day New-
Hearing, or as we should say, "Daily Chron
icle" Is the organ of the progressive party
In Japan, while the "Koku-MIn Shlmbun"
I, e., "Countrypeople's News" which has
been calling for "fearful musters and pre
pared defense," In Its character of the na
tion's Journal Is regarded as a less re
sponsible paper, but Is perhaps all the more
Interesting for that.
Jiu-jitsu, the Japanese method of skilled
fighting without weapons. Is as far re
moved from tho western notion of combat
as are most eastern notions. Blows play
a small part In the science, which is Just
as well when you remember that a trained
man can reak your spine with the edge
of his hand. Such blows as the sclenoe
takes account of are always delivered with
the edge ot the hand, never with the flsr;
It Is tmly one of many "Instances where the
science Is ono of knack and nicety rather
than of brute strength. It Is, as a recent
writer remarks, "a principle of Jul-Jltsu
that a weaker man should be able to attack
a stronger opponent and to defeat him by
the aid of the latter's own greater
strength." Jiu-jitsu Is, In point of fact,
more a matter of grip than of Impact. Iit
a physically cultured Japanese get hold
of your arm and you must give in or your
arm will be broken. It Is a highly useful
accomplishment for the police.
This system may be said to be based on
the principle of the "funny bone." A blow
on the "funny bone" will cause temporary
paralysis, whereas a blow of equal strength
a ljttle farther up or down the arm will
have little effect. It Is by ascertaining the
similarly vulnerable points all over the
DOdyand there are a surprising number
of them that the Japanese Js so consum
mate a master at reducing blustering
strength to reason. In one application of
the system the man on the attack throws
his left arm with great suddenness around
his adversary's waist, digging his fingers
tnto the base of the spine. At the same
tlmf he presses his open right hand up un
der the chin In such a manner as to throw
his enemy's head back. The man so at
tacked Is likely to receive a broken neck.
Mr. Uchlda, the Japanese consul general
In New York, Is a man of few words In
English, at all events hut when he uses
our vernacular he displays a praiseworthy
familiarity with It. "I notice." sild a
friend to Mr. Uchlda. "that a high-placed
Russian In Indon predicts that Alexleff
will drive all your people Into the sea be
fore the end of September," "Yes, I saw
the cablegram. But all Japanese swim
fairly well."
The czar of Russia and the mikado of
Jaian were brought together and became
close friends under dramatic clrcumstanc-e-j
years ugo. At that time Nicholas, then
the czarowltz, was traveling In Japan and
was wounded by the sword of a would-be
assassin. While he lay suffering on board
a Russian war vessel he was visited by
the mikado, who made personal apology
for the harm done such a distinguished
visitor by a Japanese subject.
How Mistakes Are Made.
New York Bun.
Shanghai (undated and badly garbled In
transmission) Japs In Tl-Kan hear t.io of
Russian boodle. Much corruption. Chines
In a quandary.
Shanghai (later) Previous dUpp h
should have read: Japs tie can to ir i of
Russian poodle. Much destruction oi a
Chinese laundry. "
K.ETTC"KVS POMTICAti TRAUKDV.
Perseeatlon Driving an Innocent Man
to the (inllown.
Samuel Hopkins Adams, a Journalist of
repute and experience, contributes to Mo
Chirp's Magazine a review of the ense of
Caleb Towers, former secretary of state
of Kentucky, now tinder sentence of death
for complicity In the murder of Wllllnm
fioebel. Mr. Adams declares that Towers
Is being lynched un.lt r forms of law for
polltlc.il reasons.
Wlllllnm Ooebel was a politician who
hrd gained control of tho Kentucky legis
lature, bnd passed n law putting the power
of deciding elections Into the hands of a
commission of three men, had secured the
democratic nomination and In 1W had
failed to receive n majority of the votes.
The "Ooebel commission" unexpectedly
failed to certify him as elected. The leg
islature was about to throw out Bn.CXl
votes and count him In when Goebel was
shot from a window of tho Executive
building.
Under the spur of Indignation at this
crime, the legislature elected Goebel, who
lived but a short time, Lieutenant Gover
nor Beckham succeeding him. Governor
Taylor fled to Indiana. Caleb Towers,
republican secretary of state, Jim Howard
and Henry E. Youtspy, a stenographer
Howard held for firing the actual shot
and Youtsey as an accessory were the
principal remaining members of the Taylor
party. They were with others indicted.
So far the facts are fairly agreed upon.
Mr. Adams alleges In addition:
That the three Towers trials were
partisan: that the Juries In tho first two
consisted of twelve Goebel men. and that
In the last trial there were eleven Goebol
men snd one of doubtful politics.
That tho stato appropriated $10O.mi0 to
try Ooebel's murderers, and that Colonel
Campbell of Cincinnati was engaged as
counsel. Of Colonel Campbell Mr. Adams
writes: "His methods of obtaining testi
mony and handling Juries In criminal cases
some years before had so Incensed the
Ohio public that they led to the famous
Hamilton county riots. In which tho court
house was burned, the Jail wrecked and
forty-flvo people killed."
That the strongest witness against Tow
ers on the first trial was proved a per
jurer, but was released upon Indictment
for that offense tinder ball of $200 and
fled.
That on the third trial Henry Youtsey
was the principal witness; that from him
a confession had been obtained by physical
torture and terror; that Youtsey, after
being broken In nerve by bad treatment,
confessed that Governor Taylor bad dicta
ted to him a letter to Jim Howard to
come to Frankfort and kill Goebel not a
likely story upon the face of It!
Before the flight of Taylor to Indiana be
Issued a pardon for Powers and others for
the murder of Goebel, as a precaution that
might serve them at a pinch. It may do
so for Powers; according to Mr. Adams,
"efforts will be mado to bring the case
before the United States supreme court,
on the ground thnt the pardon Issued by
William B. Taylor, the de facto governor
at that time, Is legal- nnd operative. If
that falls nothing but the Intervention of a
democratic governor stands between Caleb
Towers and the gallows, between the state
of Kentucky and the onus of a legal lynch
Ing."
Mr. Adams' account of the feeling over
the Powers' case Is extraordinary. 'The
animosities engendered by It have brought
about literally scores of fatal quarrels.
Business partnerships have been dissolved;
churches have been disrupted; Mfelong
friendships have been withered; families
have been split; there Is no locality so re
mote, no circle so closely knit, as to have
escaped the evil Influence. The spirit
which during the Imprisonment of Powers
in Frankfort prompted the persecution of
some ladles who sent food to the prisoner,
In such petty ways as the ruining of their
gardens, the poisoning of their domes
tic pets and the inspiring of Insulting para
graphs in the local paper. Is still alive.
Within a few months certain prominent
families of the city were suspected of
'talking too much.' No specific threats
wers made, but their outhouses and barns
began .to catch fire mysteriously. Even In
small matters ot social life the bitterness
has persevered, and the young wife of
Governor Beckham, a woman of charming
personality and a member of an old and
prominent family, was for a long time
all but ostracized In a place of which she
is officially the social head."
BOOSTING TUB SALARIES.
General Advance Proposed In
Congress.
Chicago News.
There Is reason to believe that sentiment
in this country la not unfavorable to the
Idea of giving tho president of the United
States a larger compensation than $50,000
a year. Tho offlce Imposes heavy expenses,
and there Is a general belief that tne in
cumbent should have a sufficient sulary
to defray these costs and leave him a
larger margin for his personal reward.
Benator Oallinger of New Hampshire has
Introduced a bill giving the president $75,000
a year. '
Mr. Galllnger also wishes cabinet officers
and the vice president to get $15,000 a year.
They now get $8,000. The speaker of the
house ' would receive $12,000 under the
terms of the Galllnger bill. No one will
deny that a cabinet official of high ability
may be worth vastly more than $8,000 a
year to the nation and could earn more
than that amount In private life. In this
country, as elsewhere, part of the compen
sation for such officials must be the honor
they receive. They should be paid, how
ever, a salary In keeping with the dignity
and Importance of their service, nnd for
that reason this feature of the Galllnger
bill Is worthy of consideration.
The increase for senators nnd repre
sentatives from $5,000 to $8,000 Involves
decidedly different questions. Much as
some of the members might be Inclined to
approve the Idea of adding this little Item
of more than $1,425,000 to the annual pay
roll, they would have hard work making
their reasons clear to the public. That the
larger sum would bring a higher class of
men into congress Is a doubtful theory. In
Great Britain and some European countries
the members of tho national law-making
bodies receive no compensation. France
pays Its senators and deputies about $l,f00
a year. Members of tho Australian Parlia
ment get $2,000 and those of Canada $1,500.
The Amm-ican standard. It will be seen, Is
high.
Homc-Orowi Jawbreakers.
Atlanta Constitution.
Perhaps while we are guying those funny
Russian names we never think how out
landish some of the familiar names on the
map of the United Btntes may appear to
foreigners. Take Massachusetts and Mis
sissippi, Poughkeepsle. Schenectady, Kala
mazoo and some of those Maine lakes, for
example.
The $rea!et ewt of rmleri final it lh dUcovery of
SHERIDAN . COAL
Ill's so beautifully clean and
for nut, fine for cooking; lump $6.50, for furnaces grates
and all hsaters.
VICTOR WHITE GOAL GO, 1605 Farnan), Tel. 12
CiKIK.VAX U. OK III HAL CAKIUKR.
legislative- Schemes Calrnlated to
Injure- the Service.
I'lltsburc Tost.
The National Association of Rural Car
riers Is fighting to have a graded scale of
wages so that service should count for
something. It looks as If tho report from
the committee to the house will fasten on
them a flat Increase to all carriers alike.
Irrespective of the length of time a man
has been In tho service. This the majority
of the men are against. It Is always proper
that an "employe, whether of a Corporation
or a nation, should find his pay being In
creased as he sticks faithfully to his post.
There Is no Incentive when a worker knows
that faithful and holiest service will bring
no further reward.
The rural carriers have a hard time of It
In all sorts of weather and they toll along
In every season Tho man who sticks to
the business for three years or more Is
surely entitled to something better thnit
tho novice. Just beginning. Tho latter
knows nothing. In reality, of the hardships
and may grve up In a month or a year,
while the other who remains Is the more
valuable man because he knows his busi
ness better. Therefore he is the one who
should have the larger sum of money.
The rew regulation threatens to take
away from the Carrier the express nnd
news agency business by which most of
them add to their salaries. There should
be little objection to tho carriers acting In
this capacity, as the work Is done before
or after making their routes. So long ss
they do the work the government requires
of them they ought to be permitted to util
ize their spare time. The plea might be
put forward that they lose time on their
trips getting orders from farmers who
want things brought from town. But the
little which would thus be consumed
could scarcely be noticeable in a day. Per
haps back of this restriction the express
companies may be, angry because they are
losing what otherwise would be their per
quisite, because the farmer would most
likely hitch up himself and lose a day to
get to town for his own stuff. Express
companies nre not very accessible to the
farmer, whereas the rural carrier passes
his place onco a day. The rural carrier
has proved a great blessing to the outlying
farmer nnd the little extra good he can
accomplish by bringing a small package or
a newspaper ought not to be done away
with.
PKIISO AI, JfOTKS.
Workmen have begun to pull down tho
house built by Benedict Arnold In New
Haven, Conn., in 1771. Arnold lived In It
for many years. "
A St. Louis Judge has decided thnt mar
gins lost in a bucket shop transaction can
not be recovered. The( decision Is In line
with general experience.
That Boston Japanese girl who sold her
klmona for $50 and sent tho money to swell
her country's war fund appears to have ab
sorbed the spirit of '76 pretty thoroughly.
When Senator Spooner Is speaking to his
colleagues he wants room. He uses all the
space around his desk and In the adjoining
alslo. Now and then he almost Jumps
across the center aisle and then recoils.
C. B.. Orcutt, president of the Newport
News Shipbuilding company, has Invited
the president to bo present at the launch
ing got the battleship Virginia on April 6.
Congressman Cator of Philadelphia was
sworn In on February 29 and la already
known as "the leap year member," The as
sertion In made that Mr. Castor Is the only
member who ever took the oath on the data
named.
Metoen, tho once world-famous foot ball
player on tho Carlisle Indian school eleven
and one of the greatest fullbacks this
country has ever produced. Is at present a
farmer In northern Michigan.
FLASHES OF FIJI,
He Isn't yours a "dry" town?
She (agod 17) Certainly not. We have
iust put In now water works. Detroit Free
ress.
"De man dat can't git indignant about
nufiln'," said Uncle Ehen, "In Dad off; but
do man dat keeps glttln" mad at de wrong
time Is w una." Washington Star.
"Popley is a most extraordinary charac
ter." "What have you learned obout him now?"
"I understand that he can remember lots
of Incidents of his own boyhood that nro
fit to repeat to his children." Philadelphia,
Press.
Postmaster Yes, sir, an' that married
Mrs. Fresh was watching me with one eye
nn' flirting with Zeke Crossby's hired man
with the other.
Farmer Ryetop Do tell! I swwn, these
poHtofllce scandals are getting worse every
day. Puck. ,
"There's a girl coming to see you today
to get her fortuno told." said the youth.
"I'll give you M if you'll tell her the
fates decree that she Is to marry me."
"No," replied the fortune teller. "I'fs
worked tip a good business by telling peo
ple pleasant things, and I can't afford to
ureaa my record now. 'Chicago Post,
Father Why do you spend so much,
money?
Daughter Oh, papa, what a hard ona
that Is? I'm going to propose you as presi
dent of our conundrum club. Detroit Free
Press.
Towne Hear what SnifTklns did whon the
collection plate came round to him In
church last Sunday?
Browne No. Dropped a button In, I sup
pose. Towne Not even that. Ho leaned over
and whlsiiered, "I puld tho pustor's fare
In the car yesterday morning. We'll call
it square." PbilaUelphlu Press.
HA.VDICAPPKD.
Detroit Free Press.
The poor, benighted heathen cannot swear
In Japan.
They possess no ardent cuss words over
there
In Japan.
When the wind blows off their hats.
When their darlings provo untrue,
When they slip and crack their slats,
O, I wonder what they do
In Japun?
Does the hammer never fall upon a
thumb
In Japan?
Do Insistent bill collectors ever come
In Japan?
When they think they've got downstairs
And the bottom's far away,
If tho Jap man never swears,
O, I wonder what they say,
In Japan?
i " '"
Do they never miss the last car out at
night
In JapanT
Do thev nover hit Urn m Jo walk when they
light,
In Japan? ,
When they put In all their cash
And are therefore brought to, grief
When the marker gos to smash.
How do they obtain relief.
In Japan?
Do the people never chance to step on
tacks ,
In Japan?
Do they never get tlw-'lr fingers caught In
cracks
In Japan?
When they don new clothes and find
At tl'e office, far away.
That thev've left their keys behind, -O,
I wonder what they say,
la Japan?
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