THE OMAHA DAILY REE: T II rii STOAT, MAT IX 1004. GETTING NEAR THE FRONT OorrMDoadent Describe Hit Blow Approach to 6on of Hostilities. LANDED AT CHINAMPO BY JAPANESE omm Signs mt ,Wm That Ma, H.t Be Deserthed Hot A evad la t.tlmT Thia-a Mar B Tola. .Copyright by New York Herald Co., 1804.) CHINNAMPC Cores, Bunday, April 10, im (Special Correspondence of the Hew York Herald epeclal to The Bee.) This begins to look as IX we were really letting toward the front. I had be run to suspect that there was no such place In fact, but that It was only a myth; but this morn ing, when the Sumlnoye Mara dropped 1U anchor in the liver here, and I saw the hills that fringe the place dotted with the camps of soldiers and the valleys between them filled with new warehouses, I began to think that there might be a front, after all, and that we wero on the track of It. Then, when we got ashore and the polite o dicer at headquarters said we wero at liberty to go on as. soon as our baggage gets up, It seemed quit convincing, for surely if there wore no plac to which to go, how could we go to It? W had been, sine Wednesday, April t, getting, up from Mojl. ' Thero aa unex pected and pleasant surprise was given to us. . All Inquiries In Toklo had elicited the same reply, which was that when the men who were assigned to the first army were finally permitted to go forward they would have to ilnd their own transportation to the place of debarkation. The government offered. Indeed, to take the men themselves on a government transports but without their Interpreters and on condition that they supply their own food for the voyage. All the men immediately signified their intention of traveling by the trantiport, and a sriiall ship was chartered by the canteen contractor to take the , Interpreters and baggage along. We were instructed to take the government ship at Mojl, and there wo went from Kobe in the little Nagata Maru.'tbAt does saven knots when wind, tldo aad everything else favor and ties up in soma, safe shelter when . anything goes the least bit wrong. ' glens of Relenting;. At Mojl the transport people promptly tola us that they expected to take inter preters and all on the Sumlnoye Maru. This decided chatigo of attitude was the first real Indication that we were getting forward and was an omen that the beauro cratlc tight rein that had been Jheld on us so long In Toklo would be cased off as we reached the scene of practical activities. This was a good omen, and today's ex perience lias borno It out. To be sure, there has not been such a great lot to see today that they will let one describe. The town lies for the most part in a little cleft be tween steep hills, covered with scrub pine. It was low tide whon our ship dropped an chor, and along the shore stretched broad Huts of mud that ended In a stout stone sea wall. Along the wall lay dozens of sam pans, nearly all new, each numbered and marked to show Its capacity In men or horses. Half a dozen transports lay at an' chor In the river and beyond tbera a small gunboat. . A pier made of large flat stones laid on the mud leads' down from the sea wall to the water, so that at low tide tho sampans may come In and discharge their cargo. The sea wall flanks a broad road well bulit tUD above the surrounding country, Along this roa4 a track has been laid on which smaH carat may be run by band to assist in getting stores and supplies up from th beach. Where the pier leads down to tho water a hill rises sharply from the' beach, so that there Is only a narrow roadway, but little further on the road opens on a broad, flat stretch and there the first of many .storehouses have been erected. It has been the work of a few days to put up these storehouses, and al ready soma of them are well filled. Tbey are' roughly constructed of thin, board aides, but roofed with corrugated iron. Along tho roadway from the landing ar scattered piles) of different kinds of stores. Baaoaarea and Guns. This afternoon gangs of coolies wero busy piling; up the boxes of Red Cross supplies that formed a largo part of th cargo of th Sumlnoye Maru. A battery of howl tsars, with their caissons, ' stands next to a line of pontoons, and between them ! sentries stand guard over a great heap of ammunition. Further in there ar aom batteries of field artilery, each care fully .guarded, with warning signs scat' tered ; about forbidding anyone to . touch the guna Still further In there la an ar tlllery park, where all sorts of artillery supplies are stored. Jlj about the place lie heaps of huge timbers ready to be worked up Into th also needed, ana swarms of Corean saw men ar busy at each pile slowly cutting th timbers Into boards. Th method Is as prtmltiv as It is tedious. On and of s timber Is raised 'over a sawhor to a , height of several feet. Two men work son saw. On stands on top of tho tim ber and th other sits on the ground un derneath. One stroke to th half minute. or thereabouts, they draw the heavy saw back and forth between them. When the out p-eaches the sawhorse 'the saw Is taken out and a new cut begun. A piece of rope tied! around the timber keeps th board ends fastened together, and when one end has been sawed up the timber is reversed and ' the other end cut By this means about pna and a half timbers ar sut Into boards In a day. The military occupation of Chirm am po Is mostly in the European concession, which Ilea on the, right bank of the Tat Dong River. Back of th concession lies a con siderable Corean village. Bwarms of ugly Coreana were hanging about the narrow, dirty street all day, their principal In terest seeming to center In the various da vires for gambling, . of which tbsre were scores. Most, of these were on the plan of the Chinese gam f dice, from which t)e America - gam of chuck-luck waa .skew. Another favorite Corean gam is re ' utilitarian. Above s tray of little vnkes swings a small arrow, pivoted in 0ha middle. The hungry gambler puts & H ffffl li If II ir a s kWf Ktr U Jf A Ml restorer.- Mrs. M. DlACH, West- ' JSr 'field. Pa. Stops falling hair. Makes hairgrow. Restores color. Cures dandruff. Could you ask any thing more? And it's so economical, too. A little of it goes a great ways. Ask any of your neighbors or friends about it. Sold all ma " over the world ai.MebeUle. Uarui.ta. for sixty years. down hi coin and give th arrow a spin. If It stops over a pile of cake he grabs them and begin bis meal on the spot If It misses, as most often happens, he can only try again or philosophically go without Score of curious little shops line the streets. Many of than ar kept by Jap- J anese, but s few of them ar purely Ut rean. They all keep a strange assortment of articles for sale, principally cigarettes, of which each shop has millions. They are mostly of American, manufacture, and, judging from th labels, the Tobacco Trust must have worked off all Its surplus stock for the last forty years upon the unsus pecting Coreana Cigarette ar about the only thing In the tobacco line that these shops do keep. Once In a while one comes across a little plug of smoking tobacco, but th most diligent search failed to dis cover a single cigar. The only evidence of willingness to work that I saw on the part of the Coreana was given by a few men fitfully struggling with a clay bank Just back of the house where we are quartered, and by the paoJc coolie who bang about th landing plac and wander through the streets. A Corean packer Is almost as good as a load car rier as a six foot Missouri mule. He rigs himself out with a sort of pack saddle, fashioned of two sticks, about three foot long. These are bound together at the top by s cross piece, lashed on with flimsy cord made of twisted grass. About a foot from the bottom another cross piece is similarly bound, so that th frame looks something like a letter H that has been knocked together at th top. At right an gles to th lower cross piece two arms ar lashed, standing out straight from the back of the wearer. On these the load Is lashed fast by means of a line that runs from th lewer cross piece up to the top one. On on of these contrivances a husky Corean will pack from eighty to a hundred . pounds and tote It about comfortably all day. On th hills to the westward of tho Eut ropean concession the Japanese have estab lished several camps. Two or 'three ar of artillery, one is of transportatl6n corps men and one is of men engaged In training animals for us in the transportation serv. ice. Th fine new school house half way up th hill has been taken for a hospital, but It is not yet occupied. It Is In their horse that the Japanese are weakest They are for the most part thin, eggy little) beasts, bad tempered and ugly. A good many of those her have already developed some ailment or other. Thlj afternoon I saw a dozen or fifteen at one tlm brought up to th veterinary for treatment In camp the horses are tied to picket lines, as In our army, but they stand near enough to on another to make fighting easy, and aa they are not heel roped, that Is the main occupation. It is always possible to see a couple of them Industriously hammering at each other with their heels. Farriers seem to be plenty and their field outfit handy to carry. A bellows la Just a wooden box about the site of an oil case. A charcoal fir on the ground serves as a forge, and the tools the smith carries in his hands or pockets. The weather is still cold, and across th river ar plainly to be seen mountain peaks covered with snow. Th frost is pretty well out of th ground and soon th roads, which ar well nigh impassable until th aprlng thaw is over, will be dried. Then we shall see. OSCAR KINO DAVIS. CANNOT MAKE PLEA THAT WAY Judge Manser Decides Defendant Caanot Chance Claim to On Precisely Opposite. Judge Munger handed down a decision In the case of Oross against Orosa Tuesday morning, in which he sustained the con tention of the plaintiff that it was not rula ble for th defendants to change their plea to one diametrically opposite to the one first mad, on th ground that th attorney who first brought the suit did not know the law which applied to th questions in issue. This case, which was fully exploited at the tlm of th hearing soma days since, waa a peculiar one aa to the line of the defence. The plaintiff claimed a partner ship in a tract of 900 acres of land In Mad ison county and that he was entitled to s share of th accumulated profits for a period of fifteen years, while the defendant contended that he waa the sole owner of the farm. At least this .was the claim of th defendants up to within a few weeks. Since that time, however, the defendant has agreed that there was an existing part nership between the two parties to the ac tion, not only for the last fifteen years, but sine 1869, and that the ground that there was not was taken through the Ignorance of th attorney first employed by th d. fend ant, who Is now deceased. Judge Munger hold that the plea could not be thus materially changed and the attorneys for th plaintiff now claim that by th defence practically agreeing to their plea made in the first Instance all there is left for them to do Is to settle. The amount involved is In the vicinity of 1100,000. DROWNS IN LITTLE PAPPI0 William Edison la Poosi x Dead In Stream Hear Mill at Irving-ton. . . The body of William Eddlson, aged 45, was found yesterday In the Little Pap plo, near the mill at Irvlngton. An Inquest waa held, the coroner's Jury returning a verdict that Eddlson came to bis death by aclcdental drowning. Th remains have been taken in charge by Coroner Bralley, who Is endeavoring to locate some of the dead man's relatives. It is said Eddlson had been working for farmers near Irvlngton for several yeara the last place being on the farm of William Lannlghan. Eddlson was last seen alive In a store at Irvlngton on Monday after noon, when. It is said, he was drinking con siderably. The supposition Is that he fell from the bridge near the mill Into th stream. When th flood gates were opened the body waa discovered. K is known that Eddlson has a wife and family somewhere, but ell efforts to learn their whereabouts have thus far failed. A'ltomoblles look for them In Th Bee next Bunday. Woman's Clan Defer Meeting;. May SO. belna- Deeoratl rectory of the Omaha Woman's club has neiponea me meeting of the club set for mi oris, unu June s. at which Hm m. ports irom me oiennial will be given. Hair Vigor "Ayer's Hair Vigor jestored color to mV 8rT and stopped it from falling out It U certainly a wonderful hair mm . . . t. O. aye Oe.. lwU. Sim. f r.mm.m m:, , i ' " i". i m - " , ,m. .JJu" ii J"- ' ' r ' - pu ! . j L,i'ii uiili 1 Iwumii .. :r, U ',tV'l t,f'Si.'!.S ti h.mmn iwi , hid iiiw jr..: ii , 4 te rn :8.1 f.. iiqiiiijwimjiip '..A"AWWV-;-.' BRYAN'S ATTACK ON PARKER Why th Peerless Leader Soured on the New Tork Jndg- CLEVELAND'S ENDORSEMENT RESPONSIBLE Interesting; Interview with a Kansas Cltr Business Man Who Pro Saees Pointed Letters from th NebraaL.au. The coming; of W. 3. Bryan to Omaha to cheer the boys In the trenches and lambaxt local reorganises lends timely Interest to the following letter from a staff corre spondent at Kansas City to the St. Louis Post-Dtspatrh, a democratlo newspaper: In discussing; the attack of William J. Bryan upon Judge Alton B. Parker of New Tork at Chicago recently, J. L, Woods Merrill, a prominent Kansas City business man and one of the Nebraskan'a closest advisers In the campaign of 1891 and 1900, made this statement to the Post- Dispatch today: "If quoted correctly, Mr. Bryan ha un dergone a change of heart, a change of mind and a change of opinion relative to Judge Parker within the very recent past "I cannot now believe that Mr. Bryan Intended his apeech aa even a criticism of the New York Jurist. ' "No man has been a better friend to Mr, Bryan than have I. "No man has followed his leadership with more unvarying devotion. "No man could feel more deeply Inter ested In his success than was I In the campaign tour years ago. "And let me say In this connection that Mr. Bryan desired Judge Alton H. Parker as his running mats at that time. "Mr. Bryan and I had discussed Judge Parker frequently. When the question of a man for second place on the ticket came up Mr. Bryan at first expressed a wish to have Charlea A. Towne of Minnesota. This selection was deemed Inadvisable and then Judge Parker was mentioned. " 1 consider Judge Parker an able, con scientious snd energetlo statesman, broad minded and full of progressive Ideas,' said Mr. Bryan. , "'Itknow,' as ooutlnued, . 'that h la JqJ i " I I'1' III I i " . -At' . . s -A 3535; perfect sympathy with our cause, and his nomination would be most pleasing to me.' "We had several talks after that, and I believe It was about June 23 when Mr. Bryan called me over the long distance telephone from his home In Lincoln and asked If I would not press the Parker movement. I told him I would wire Judge Parker at once, and If New Tork got Into line there was no doubt how the rest of the country would stand. " 'With Parker." said Mr. Bryan on that occasion, 'we would be sure of New Tork. Connecticut and New Jersey.' "I told him I thought ht was right about that. I had known Judge Parker about twenty years and considered him then as I do now, one of the most splendid states men In the country today, in every way capable of filling the high office of presi dent of the United States. "After telegraphing and writing to Judge Parker the wishes of Mr. Bryan I received In reply the following communication: ESOPlTS. N. T.. June SO, 1900 J. L. Woods Merrill. Esq.. Kansas City. Mo, My Dear Sir: Your telegram to me at Albany reached me at the farm last n Kht. I hanten to assure you that the compliment implied in your telegram is very much ap nrecluted. but I have no ambition what ever for political oitlce, whether executive or legiHiative. Indeed, my only ambition Is to serve the people of the state faithfully In the judicial office to which they elected me In lfl. I am, very sincerely yours, ALTON B. PARKER. "About November 10, 1900, or soon after the election, Mr. Bryan wrote to me thank. ing me for what little I had done to aid him, and Intimated strongly that he would not be a candidate for the presidency again. "Naturally I assumed that he would con sent to harmony within the party and that at least men who had been loyal to the democracy In the silver contests would not Incur his enmity. "Aa late as 1903 I wrote to him my views on this subject. I told Mr. Bryan very plainly that I would not be satisfied with drover Cleveland. But I ssld, recalling our conversation regarding Parker, that I thought the New Tork chief justice waa that man upon whom we should unit. I asked Mr. Bryan If ha had any objection to Parker, because If he did I wished to know It. Found Ko Objection Parker. "In response to ts communication Mr. Iirm -wrol a swylflC that, a at as mmir. iW rwyrsini wssj 1 Endorses Beer as Opposed to Patent Medicines. ' Of course, a pure, wholesome beer is meant that is Bod Mr. Edward Bok, editor of The Ladies' Home Journal, in a page article in the May issue gives a list of 36 medicines with official analysis assert ing them to contain 12 to 47 per cent. of Alcohol! And he adds in black type: "In connection with this list, think of beer, which contains only from two to five per cent, of alcohol, while some of these 'bitters contain ten times as much, making them stronger than whisky, far stronger than sherry or port, with claret and champagne way behind." Mr. Bok continues: 41 A mother who woald hold up her hands In holy horror at the thought of her child drinking a glass of beer, which contains from two to five per cent, of alcohol, gives to that child with her own hands a patent medicine that contains from seventeen to forty-four per cent, of alcohoIiM Budweiser contains only 3S per cent of alcohol. It is better than pure water because of the nour ishing qualities of malt and the tonic properties of hops. Budweiser is pre-eminently a family beverage; its use promotes the cause of true temperance it guards the safety of health and home. Budweiser is "King of Bottled Beers Bottled only at the home plant of the ' Anheuser-Busch Brewing Ass'n, St. Louis, U, S. A. mentioning the reorganlsers only as they developed booms. ' . ' " 'I am Investigating Judge Parker,' he added, 'and I cannot find that there Is any general objection to him.' The full text of Mr. Bryan's letter ' to Mr. Merrill on this point Is as follows: LINCOLN, Neb.. May 1, 1908. Mr. J. L. Woods Merrill, Kansas City, Mo.: My Dear Sir Yours at hand. I thank you for your words of commendation. I am not mentioning the reorganize by name ex cept so far aa they appear to develop booms. I am Investigating Judge Parker, but I think there la no general objection that applies to him. In a fight such aa we are engaged In, It Is not sufficient to have a man who has never said anything against our platform. The peoplp are en titled to a man who Is positively and nmrmattvely commltea to their causa Yours very truly, W. J. BRYAN. "I did not hear any mora from him along that line. "The first Intimation I had that he would oppose Parker came after Cleveland In dorsed the New Yorker. Simply because of the high compliment Mr. Cleveland had paid to Judge Parker, Mr. Bryan sulked, kicked over the traces and now he threat ens to disrupt the democratic party. "But before Cleveland spoke cot a word did Mr, Bryan say either In private, In pub lie, or through the columns of his Com moner derogatory to the democracy of the New York jurist- "I am sorry I must part company with Mr. Bryan after a friendship extending over a good many years. I like him per sonally, but when he arrogates to himself authority to drive good democrats out of the party then I think it Is time to call a halt "Mr. Bryan Is stirring up strife, and when he assails Judge Parker he simply ties a political mill stone around his own neck." Mr. Merrill called attention to the fol lowing letter, which he received from Bryan April 8, 1904: LINCOLN. Neb.. April 7. 1901. Mr. J. L Woods Merrill. Kansas City. Mo.: Dear Blr 1 am so deeply Impressed with the Im portance or striding delegates to the city. count, state and national democratlo con ventions who are In sympathy with the principles advocuted by those who sup- fortei the Kansas City platform that I rust you will pardon a few lines from me at this time. You have probably noticed the activity of the so-calleU reorganUer, corporation or bolting democrats who are trying to secure trol of the dbmot'.ratio organisation ft the purpose of making the next democratic national platform so like th. republican rltttfurrn that tbey may appeal wlUt equal ore. with Ui. republicans to tli. trusts for campaign CuntrllLiuUoas Tb leaders andj wen newspaper representatives of the re organ isers are saying a great deal aDOut n :reat deal about liar, tony. It is 1 revall, but t is harmony eslrable that harmony prevail, but the party cannot secure genu. me harmony at the sacrince or its prlnci- Dies. Demoen les. Democrats who prefer to be controlled by "Is it right?" rather than "Will It pay?" should Insist on knowing the object In "got ung together." I am opposed to a surrender of the demo cratlo party to organised and predatory wealth. The Kansas City platform is a clear and concise statement of democratlo principles, and failure to reaffirm It at our next national convention will be equivalent to a return to corporation rule, for those who are willing to abandon any part of the party creed In order to conciliate thone who oppose the party in former campaigns will not be courageous enough to stand for any thing. I believe I sp peak the sentiment of the rank and file of the party when I say that In addltlonto reaffirming the Kansas City platform, the convention should then nomi nate a candidate In accord with the prin ciples therein enunciated. while I will devote as much time as pos sible to a speech-making tour for the pur pose of arousing the friends of good gov ernment to the peril confronting the demo cratlo party, I will be able to reach but a small per cent of the people as compared with the number that could be reached through the columns of my paper. The Commoner will make an uncompro mising fight on the lines Indicatod above, and I trust that your Interest In the cause, and your appreciation of the work ttie paper Is trying to accomplish, will enlist your co-operation In extending Its circula tion and Influence. The campaign rate this year will be as near cost as It can safely be figured, which is 00 cents per year In clubs of five or more. We are prepared to send to all applicants Ave subscription cards, or as many more as they dchire to order at the rate of 60 cents each. The cards may be sold to your neighbors or friends ut cost, or you may charge them enough above cont to pay you for your trouble. You may remit for the cards when you send them back to the Commoner, bearing the sub scriber's name and address, or you may pay for them wiien you order thern at 13 for each five cards. The Commoner will be of great value In arousing the democrats in your county to the Importance or com mencing the fight right now to secure in structed delegates to county, state and na tional conventions. You run be of great service to the cause at this time by lending your Influence to the work. The inclosed coupon, when properly filled in anrt relumed to the Commoner office, will seem you hs many subscription cards as you will indi cate that you desire The subHcriptton cards may be used either for new or re newal subscriptions. An opportunity given to your neighbors to subscribe for the Com moner at 80 cents will, 1 In-lleve, be appre ciated by them, will be of service to the cause and assurance to me that I will have your support In this work. Awaiting your reply, I am. very truly yours. W. J. BKYAN. In replying to this communication Mr. MerrUl said, among other things: "I ae you r desirous to thresh over 0 er 99 the straw again of VSM and 1900 as to tfe platform, etc. I think ther Is nothing tea's but chaff. It was proven to tny saOafao tlon by the vote la.thes two disastrous elections that tho remains of th old, giaJ forms should never b resurrected, "After receiving your letter of NovemtxiS t, 1900, hinting that you oould) not conaclan tlously ask the people) fos another oodsMm eration, as you had led than to defeat foff eight years (and knowing Mi, dervaland was out of the rao) I booed you. wool extend the ollv brand) of harmony aadl seek to unite tb discordant elements os the party. In this X fcav fesea severaljj disappointed." On April 28 Mr, Merrill received fhtSt communication from Mr Bryant . Mr. J. L. Woods Merrill, . Kansas CltfL j Mo. My Dear Blr: I endou by today1 mail a sample copy oi urn vooiiwwi, 'toe , fact that you wer an omoer sa in aexno- , . I A . .... 1- un ....,... nux I .. i. ' campaign or luuo ieaas ma to amumo cna you are still Interested in an aarneat and aggressive attack upon the republican )?oU- cies of monopoly and privilege, K w ar to win a real victory, a rlctorr thai wlO result In the protection of th oaopla freer exploitation at the bands of organlsw wealth wn must thwart th effort of th reorganizes to carry th party buck fhtt the Cleveland rut. Th Comiuonef la iaioj " and will do what It can to tula end. . W. J. KHYjUA ' In 1900 Mr. Merrill was choir man of tb finance committee of th Jackson County; Democracy. When th convention ' ball burned down at Kansas City h started the movement for a new One, beading; th subscription list with SjOO.. Insida t&ra i hours he had collected $20,000. He organized a number of Bryan ctutas throughout the country and has numerous ' let' : from Mr. Bryan, Mr. llearst, Chair- ' mm Jones of the democrat! national oon mlttee and others complimenting him m j his work. However, Mr. Merrill Insists hs ts ne I politician. He owns a large and prufUabis ' buslnexs In Kansas City and tls fortuns nf estimated at 200.0ua H lives In beautl ful mansion just on th outskirts of, th city. Thinking of getting an automobile! If so. The Bee next Bunday will Interest you. Marriage) L,lc..a, T'p to noon May 18 tb following fcoujil, had been licensed to wed I ' Name and Kesldenca, , Jaga, Jneph Rrh. Omaha , , .n, mj . .. ii Lilsabeth Bchuster, r'"" , ( , , 4 U-K. ,W4dlo aiflgSy JMiid aOTtM i ) -t. i r