THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: FKIDAY. OCTOBER 7, 1904.
-4
TlIE OMAHA DAILY BEE.
X. ROSEWATER. EDITOR
PUBLISHED EVERT MORNINO.
TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION.
Pall Bee (without Sunday). On Tear. .MOO
laiiy Hee and Bunaey, utk iar., '
Illuatrated Br. Om Tear -f
iltinilsv Vim. On rr s-0
Saturday Bee. On Year 1 60
Twentieth Centurv Farmer. One Year.. 100
DELIVERED UT CARRIER.
Ieltr Fee (without Sunday), pr copy .... le
tallir Bee (without Sunday), per wee ....lie
PeHv Bee (Including Sunday), par weak. .17
Sunday Bee, per copy e
Erentng Bee (without Sunday),' per week Tc
Evening Be (Including Sunday), per
week lie
Complahita of Irregularities In delivery
ahould he addressed to City Circulation De
partment. offices.
Omaha Tha Bee Building.
South Omaha-City Hall Building, Twenty-fifth
and M Streeta.
Council Bluffs 10 pearl Street.
Chleafo 140 Unity BiilWIing.
New f ork 3M Park Riw Building.
Washington 1 Fourteenth Street.
CORRESPONDENCE. Mt
Cntftmunlcatlona relatlnr to newe and edi
torial matter ahould he addressed: Omaha
Bea, .Editorial Department
' REMITTANCES.
Remit by draft, express r postal order,
payable to The Bee Publishing Company.
Only I -cent stamps received In payment of
mall aorounta. Person si checks, except on
Omaha or enatern exchanges, not accepted.
. THE BEE PUBLISHING COMPANY.
i .I ' ,
STATEMENT OF CIRCULATION. ,
State of Nebraska. Douglas County, as.:
Oeorae B. Tsachuck. secretary of Tha Baa
Publishing Company, betnir duly eworn,
aaya that the actual number of fuH and
complete coplet of The Dallr. Mornina;.
Evening and Sunday Bee printed during tha
month of September, 1904, waa aa follower
1 89,100 16 ,9,2oO
J its.no r 17 so.8
t....i...-..-..M,sn0 "li....; n,tM
4 M..Sr,14M II M,90t
I. sn.ino jo a,im
f .,x.vi ii sv.soa
T.... Bo,aso n .Jtn.tso
( jw.ioo n 2,150
t ..S0,ftSO . 24 SINTSO
is ...m.aito a tr.ooo
n........,...ST,oao m so.ino
U 0,4AO ft ,4Q
II ,400 St. ,8MO
U .,..BU,aS0 tt... Sw.BoO
U BU.3S0 10 ...JtfMWO
Total ..." .ST8.TOO
Leaa unsold and returned copies ... B,MW
Net total salef JMHi.loT
Dally average 8N.ST1
OKO. B. TZSCHUCIC
Subacrlbed In my presence and aworn to
before ma thia JOth day of September. 1KH.
(8oa M. B. HUNQATE,
Notary Publjn.
Now for Ak-Ssr-Beu's yoyal entry,
illumined with electric incandescence.
Charles V. Weller ha been a Uxjwj-er
In Omaha .Cor fifteen years. How long
has Howell been a taxpayer and how
much baa be paid? '' r-
At last accounts the official organiza
tion of the school board for 1905 had
not yet been perfected, but we do not
believe we shall ha vis to waij long.
The residents of Panama find it dlffl
cult to get over the revolution habit, but
a cure will no doubt .be Affected by the
time the first ship passes through the
canal. . ' , t L , f t .
. , 1 II , e
For waye that are darfc.and tricks
that are Tain the heathea Chinee would
not be in It at an election of Auditorium
directors, If the etorleav lit circulation
are true.
Mr. Bryan's dttohcWn ttt to make
speeches in Ohio Jireateaa toeare the
leaders of the democratic .party In that
state without a scapegoat When the
rotes are counted, i ' '"
V
' Tom Watson declf re.f; that If' barker
would get out of the'way the campaign
would be more exciting, Tom's recent
demonstration in Texas is proof that It
would be at least more militant.''
It Is said that eighty junta are en
gaged In. taking, food' and munitions to
Port Arthur. The men In charge of the
boats evidently believe "a blockade to
be recognised must be effective."
Mukden reports exceptional activity
and excitement, but as no reason Is given
for the condition It must be attributed
to the desire of the war cbrreKndent
to let his friends know that he Is still
alive. ' v ,
The report of the superintendent of In
dian schools shows that the aborigine
may become a good Indian without being
a dead otlend the new process, while
not so cheap, is apparently better than
the old one.
Dr. John H. Gardner, . the personal
friend who entertained W. J. Bryan aa
1. 1 . A - - vy- r . . ... t
me gucm iu nw iora, is piaying no
favorites. The week -after he called
on Judge. Parker be spoke at a dinner
given b Candidate' Watson.
The republican county primaries to
day carry with them the nomina
tion of candidates on the legislative and
county tickets by direct vole. Every
vote counts. Let every republican see
that his ballot is properly cast '
The contest In the ' republican
primaries for the South Omaha senator
ship is squarely between J. H. Van
Pusen and L." C. Gibson. Henry C.
Murphy is merely a stalking horse and a
vote for Murphy Is half a vote for Van
Duaen.
Probably the only people at the front
who would hal .the offer of the peace
conference with .unbounded delight are
the press correspondents and tha poor
natives of Manchuria ad Corea, but
nona of these has any lnfluenoe with the
belligerents. -
Ktuperor William has sent a congratu
latory letter to. German cltlaens of the
I'nlted Rtat who are now at 8t Louis
commemorating the arrival of the first
Germans on American soil. Uncle fain
will take some ef the congratulation
upon himself on the acquisition of so
mauy good citlKeas.'
Remember that LViuglas county is a
republican county. Ita county affairs
ought to be administered by a reptib
llean county board and they will be so
administered after lUOfi If republicans
only see to It that a candidate la nomi
nated la each of the commissioner dis
tricts In which vacancies occur this
year Who rsn command the support of
r.MS aaa i tha county.
i VXroVXDKD CLAIMS.
The democratic platform claims for
that party the framing and paeag? f
the national irrigation law. ' Referring
to thhrJn a pceh at Virginia City.
Nev., Senator Fairbanks said the claim
was unfounded and that President
Roosevelt deserved In the main the
credit for tbst most important legisla
tion. That statement Is correct. The
history of this legislation ought to be
familiar to all western people. Na
tional' aid to Irrigation first became an
immediate possibility when on Decem
ber .1, inni. President Roosevelt In his
first message to congress devoted a vig
orous paragraph to the subject, which
had the effect of reviving public Inter
est in It. On the previous day several
bills relating to Irrigation had been In
troduced in tha two houses, among them
one In the senate by Venator Hana
brougb of North Dakota,' a substantially
Identical bill being Introduced In the
house the same day by then Represen
tative Newlsnds of "Nevada, now a sen
ator. : This was known aa the Hans-brough-Newlanda
bill and be on me the
basis upon which the committee work
waa done, but It did not become a law
as drafted. The rneasure waa revised,
the. president suggested certain amend
ments and it Ixvame the law as It
stands today, it is thus shown that to
President Roosevelt' is' due the main
credit for that legislation. His argu
ment in behalf of it was so strong and
convincing thnt it broke down much of
the eastern opposition to the policy of
national irrigation. The democrats pro
fess to le In favor of Irrigation now,
when its Immense value has under
republican aueplcea been demonstrated,
hut they were not generally In favor of
It -when the subject waa before con
gress. Some of them regarded It as n
dangerous departure, that threatened to
divert unlimited millions from the gen
eral treasury for a strictly sectional ad
vantage.' j
Another unfounded claim of the
democrat la that their party deserves
the credit for the rural free delivery
service. It 1s true that a democratic
congress passed a bill. Introduced by
Thomas H. Watson, the candidate of
th' people's pdrty for the presidency,
appropriating f 10,000 for experiments in
rural free delivery. This waa in '1803,
but the democratic postmaster geueral
took no steps to establish rural delivery.
Subsequently an appropriation of $20,-
000 Was voted by congress for the same
purpose, but it was, not applied and
President Cleveland, in hla annual mes
sage of 1804, said of the rural free de
livery proposition: "The estimated cost
of rural free delivery generally ia so
very large that it ought not to be con
sidered in the present condition of af
fairs." This ia the democratic record on
the subject, after a republican postmas
ter general,' Hou John Wanamaker, had
demonstrated the feasibility of rural
free' delivery. ' That service was
promptly established when ' the McKln-
ley administration came In and has been
steadily . and rapidly extended, so that
nbw'th.ere are more thhn 23,61)0 rural'
freV dell very routes In operation-' in the
Ltalfed States.
:The incontrovertible . facts regarding
the irrigation law and the establish
ment of' rural free "dell very show that
tie "democratic, assumption of all the
credit for these great contributions to
the public welfare is utterly unwar
ranted. , -
THE rONTANBLLK MANIFESTO.
! The manifesto Issued to the republican
electors In Omaha and Douglas county
In tha nam of the Fontanelle club is an
Insult to the Intelligence of al repub
licans wno are familiar with its origin
and star-chamber leadership.. The mani
festo penned by that unscrupulous ini-
poster, R. B. Howell, make an on
slaught on the municipal administration.
The platform upon which the Fontanelle
club asks support for Ita candidates Is:
1. The fair and uniform aaiesement of all
taxable property, whether corporate or In
dividual. 1 The limitation of main Una rlghta-of-way
of all railway companies, ao that ter-
mlnal facilities may bo taxed for tha benefit
of tha school dlstrlcta, municipalities and
reunite within , whloh they, are eltuajad.
tha same aa other property. '
M. An unalterable opposition to the repeal
of tha law creating that Omaha Water
board, or to tha leglal tiling out of office any
public official ''during the term for which
ha may have . been duly appointed or
elected.
1 The extension of tha powera of the
water board to. Include all matters respect
ing tha acquisition of tha present water
plant, the reduction of water ratea and tha
payment of hydrant rentals.
It Is a matter of notoriety that John
N. Baldwin political attorney of tuo
Union Pacific railroad, was the projector
of the Fontanelle club. It is an open
secret that John N. Baldwin contributed
the funda with which the club has been
carrying on Its dark lantern work. John
N. Baldwin,' I not known to have any
money of hi own to throw away.
Where did the,' money come from If not
out of the tax-fighting fund set apart by
hla corporation T Although a citizen of
Iowa and a resident of Council Bluffs,
John N. Baldwin Is one of the Inner
leaden of the Fontanelle club and baa1
been the chief spoke In naming the Fon
tanelle ticket for tike legislature.
Will any intelligent man believe that
John N. Baldwin want a delegation
elected to the legislature sincerely, com
mitted and honestly pledged to compel
the Tnlon Pacific or any other railroad
to pay city taxes on the main line,
right-of-way and terminal? I It not
as plain as the nose on a man'a far
that the manifesto I a bunco game to
nominate men secretly pledged to re
pudiate the platform on which they are
asking the support of republican who
favor municipal taxation reform?
The ticket recommended by the'cluh
fiatly contradict the platform. ' ' At
least three of the candidates have been
members of the legislature within recent
year and are an record a favoring tha
present railroad tax law and against any
change.
The third plank pledging -unalterable
opposition to tha. repeal of the water
board hill Is a piece of arrant demagogy.
Nobody in Omaha proposes to repeal
that law. although everybody knows It
was gotten up and railroaded through
the legislature In the Interest of the
water works owners, who want to un
load the works at this time when ma
terial and labor are high rather than
take a chance of a slump in the price of
Iron and machinery and the possible
drop in the price of wages by Iftoft.
when the contract with the city expires.
Last, but not least, why does the Fon
tanelle club recommend R. B. Howell
for the water board as against a citizen
of such high standing In the business
community as Charles F. Weller? Mr.
Weller has never been mixed up In fac
tional contention In Omaha, but his loan
ing has nsually been toward the anti
machine element He Is a man of ap
proved integrity and character, while
Howell lacks all the elements that mnke
np a man of honor who could be trusted
In such a responsible position.
HOWELL'S SVBTUBFUQE.
Having indignantly denied that be
was ever directly or Indirectly connected
with the Omaha Water company and
had never directly nor ludlrectly been
Its beneficiary, R. B. Howell Is now com
pelled to admit that he was on the pay
roll of the water company for more than
a year, but he wants it understood that
it was the American Water Works com-
pany and not the Omaha Water com
pany that carried him on its pay roll.
Everybody in Omaha knows and Mr.
Howell knows that the controlling Inter
est of the American Water Works com
pany and the Omaha Water Works com
pany has been the same for nearly
twenty years, and the management bas
been substantially the same although
the name of the corporation was changed
from the American Water Works com
pany to the Omaha Water Works com
pany a few years ago.
This Is not the first time Howell has
been convicted of deliberate falsification.
Hi attempt to pose as a much abuned
and much traduced individual will de
ceive nobody who Is familiar with his
checkered career since he left the naval
academy. It may not be generally
known that Mr. Howell has not been a
monumental success as a promoter of
water scheme. At any rafe the in
vestor in dry ditches claim to have been
confldenced by prospectuses that were
Just as misleading as the prospectus
issued In the name of the Fontanelle
club. For example, his Ogalalla and
Sidney canals which do not Irrigate.
rAXDUSBXS DENIALS AXD PLEDGES
For sublime cheek and audacity Van
Dusen takes the bakery. In his ap
peal to the Real Estate exchange for
support Van Dusen challenged any man
to prove that he had ever been a lobby
ist before the legislature and solemnly
pledged himself, if nominated and
elected, to work and vote for a bill or
an amendment to the charter that would
compel the railroads to pay city taxes
upon their terminal.
.r Van .DiiBen'a denial of being a lobbyist
was doubtless made with a mental
reservation very much like Howell's de
nial of ever having been In the pay of
the water company. It ia a matter of
notoriety that Van Dusen la and has
for years been one of the attorneys of
the Nebraska Telephone company and
his high standing with that corporation
was attested by President Yost not very
many months ago, when he declared
that "Van Dusen Is worth ten other
friendly Injuns on the floor of the legis
lature." '
Under the Van Dusen code, a lawyer
who gets a paid retainer Is not strictly a j
lobbyist, but what was Van Dusen doing
when he put in nearly all of his time
around the legislature of 1001 and 1003
when he was not a member? Was he
Just mixing with the members to keep
up his acquaintance? And who paid the
freight?
When did Van Dusen get converted to
municipal railroad taxation? Why didn't
he Insert a provision in the charter to
place the railroad terminals on the tax
list Just the same as their headquar
ters? When the charter was up before
the legislature why did he persistently
refuse to take any part in amending the
Omaha charter In the Interest of the
taxpayers and tell his colleagues that
be represented South Omaha and didn't
want anything to do with Omaha? Why
ha not his sonorous voice been beard
In favor of munlclpaf tax reform when
that Issue became paramount?
Of course, Van Dusen is willing to
pledge anything now. but if the Real
Estate exchange would take any stocU
In his pledges It would lean on a broken
reed. In his case, as in the case of Sen
ator Saunders, the biblical adage would
PP'y. "By their acts shall ye know
them."
UNWISE AND UNTRUE.
In these teruis the Boston Herald, a
democratic puper, characterizes the ut
terance of the democratic nominee for
vice president. Mr. Iavla charged thd
republican party with rehabilitating the
race Issue and with comineudsble candor
the Boston paper tells him that the re
publican party 'was ' doing nothing to
bring the issue into prominence again,
when the democratic party of the south
ern state aet about It new crusado
against the colored cltlzeu of the south
ern state, depriving them of the suf
frage which they had enjoyed under the
law, patlonal and state, since these
state were restored to the union upon
their express accept n-e of the war
amendments to the constitution of the
United State a the basis of the rela
tions of the race in their own borders,
and practically depriving them of the
right to hold office or receive employ
ment In national or local administra
tions. It point out that President Roosevelt
bas been more careful than any repub
lican president since the war In making
apjKdntments of colored men to'offlVe
In the south and that wheu the southern
democrat resolved that no colored citl
sen should b so recognised they raised
the Issue of which they complsln. "It
la a rvappea ranee." says the Hersld, "of
the old misrepresentation when the
slave power ova making Its steady en
croachments on free territory. It then
always Insisted that the resistance to Its
eniToachinents was the primary fault
and the provoking cause of political un
rest." Judge Parker has been more sa
gacious In this matter than his running
mate. He has Ignored It. Only a few
days ago lie was asked for an opinion
as to whether colored rltlsens should be
allowed to enjoy the voting privileges
which the federal constitution guaran
tees them and he declined to express an
opinion. The Issue, however, has been
made by the democrats themselves and
the candidates of the party cannot es
cape the consequences.
RESVMKD MS QAMPAIOS.
Mr. Chamberlain ha resumed his
campaign for reform In the British fiscal
policy and It Is presumed will now push
It with all the vigor of which he is capa
ble. It I probable that his cause ha
been losing ground from neglect, there
having been some pretty definite Indi
cations of this, among them the expres
sion of a representative body of work
ingmen against any change of policy,
but If Mr. Chaiuberlaln shall not be able
to recover all the ground that may have
been lost, he will revive popular inter
est in the discussion.
Premier Balfour opened the autumn
campaign with an address last Monday,
when he said that he was no protection
ist, but one of those who thought pro
tection was not the best policy under
existing circumstance. . It was not a
policy that ho recommended, directly or
Indirectly, either to his colleagues or to
the country, and he did not think he
could remain the leader of his party If
protection were adopted. He agreed
with Mr. Chamberlain that the only way
out was to have a free conference with
the self-governing colonies. It Is very
probable that this course will be taken
and it is likely that the result of the
general qlectlon In the Dominion of Can
ada next month will hAve a decided in
fluence In determining the proposition.
Meanwhile focal reform on the Cham
berlain lines Is not to be regarded as a
possibility of the near future.
A MCMC1PAL LIGHTING PLANT.
Councilman Zltnnian has Introduced
an ordinance providing for the submis
sion at the. coming election of a proposi
tion to issue $500,000 in bonds for the
acquisition of a municipal electric light
ing plant by the city of Omaha. The
ordinance' is in conformity with the
recommendatlona of Mayor Moorea. who
re-enforces his position by calling at
tention to the fact that at the last city
election all of the 'present city officials
went before the public on the distinct
pledge of municipal ownership. The
city is now paying out approximately
1100,000 a year for atreet '.ighting and :
unquestionably It ; could get better and
more economic iter vice by manufactur
ing . Its own Hirht,-'' irrespective of
cheaper rates to '"private consumers.
The city of Lincoln .has Recently voted
bonds for a municipal .electric lighting
plant and there are, dozens of success
ful electric lighting Installations owned
by various cities around us. If the
council will see that the proposition I
correctly formulated and submitted for
popular ratification' at the coming elec
tion it will surely carry by an over
whelming majority. . ,
The supreme court has banded down
another unanimous decision upholding
the validity of the new revenue law.
The first decision . sustaining the rev
enue law was rendered by the court
while a fuslotilst. majority were In con
trol, and In this case the fusion chief
Justice concurs with his two republican
associates. The demo-pop organs,
however, will continue to denounce the
republicans as the sole sponsor of the
revenue law.
Charles Y,. Weller, candidate for the
water board, has been a successful man
ager of a large wholesale lobbing house.
Ft. B. Howell ha been a failure in al
most every thing he ho undertaken.
Which of theso people can best be
trusted with the management of a water
works plant which will cost from 4,0t)0,
000 to $tl,000.000?
Husk, Honey, Haaht
Chicago Aecord-Herald. 1
Orover Cleveland aaya tha democratic
party has returned to sanity. What the
democratic party wants moat, bowsver,
ia to return to fflce.
Dec) In tm Get Esettea.
New Tork Sun.
If there waa any real apprehension of the
consequencea of "usurpation" there would
be no lament over "apathy." The coun
try, would be boiling. In effect, tha demo
crats are saying to the votera: "You
poor, Ignorant devils, why don't you get
excited?"
Can't Caaagt the Barrel,
Philadelphia Preas.
The treaaury surplus cf S5,tt4,&a for
the month rf September will "out no fig
ure" In democratic apeeches and news
papers. They have had much to say about
deficits and .they are not In tha habit of
publishing - news that la detrimental to
their arguments.
SI An UMtlasr Wise.
. '. Philadelphia Preaa.
The Chlneae government shows great wis
dom In' again sending students to this
country to be educated st American uni
versities. The large number of students
her In 1881 were recalled and no more were
sent by the government. But there are
now to be sent thirty by the government,
which Is an indication of a better feeling
toward the t'nlted States. It will also be
advantageous to China.
Army t alroraMi Leaa Fetching.
New Orleana Picayune.
The preaent Idea of military organisation,
whether In the regular army or the mili
tia, la utilitarian. The old dreas uniform,
with Its glittering gilt and waving plumes,
la tabooed, and the dreaa of tha aoldler
la limited to ,t he horrid khaki, with a plain,
dark blue uniform for rare occaalona, such
ss courts-martial or the like. Of course,
ne do not refer to officera, who are ex
pected to have unlforma without limit, but
to the plain or common aoldler. With all
the pomp and display of military life elim
inated, la It surprlalng that deaertlons ar
numerous In tha army and that military
enthualaam ia aadly lacking in tha militia T
r.nssi or the war.
maey In Waneharla.
In an Interesting article on "The Com
manders at Port Arthur," Id Harper'e
Weekly, Charles Johnpton recalls soma
alngula r prophecies made by two fllatln
gulahed Japanese etateemen Juet before the
beginning of the Boxer trouble. In tha
spring of 19"0, which has a curloua hearing
on present conditions In the far east. Th-
drat waa to the effect that "a Ruaao
Japanese war, the leeue of which can
never for one moment be doubtful, mutt
give to Japan Corea, the Llao Tung pen
insula, the military ascendancy In Peking,
and the possibility of the reformation of
China." About the same time, In April,
1IX), another distinguished Japanese states
man said: "Corea must become Japanese.
My own opinion Is, that unleas Japan he
given a frre hand In C'nrea, war with Rus
sia la Inevitable, but that It will not occur
at least within the period of another year.
So long as Japan holds the command of
the sea, the preparations now being made
by Rusnia In Manchuria are Indifferent to
it. By the occupation of Port Arthur,
Runela has made Itaelf more vulnerable
than 'It was before. Even now, Ruaaia
can only be djaloriged from Manchuria as
the remit of a victorious war. There ia
time enough for ua to act five years
hence."
Three men rule Japan's destinies In Its
present war with Russia. The flrst la
Marnuls Oyama, commander of all the
forcea In the field a email, podgy, pock
marked man. whom no carlcaturlet could
fall to lampoon as a frog. Next comes
General itaron Krxlama. the executive brain
of the Japaneae general staff. The third
member of the triumvirate Is General
Fukuahlma, whose genius has been the con
crete mortar which has cemented into
solid block the rough hewn material of
Jupan's general staff. The three men are
of very small stature, and General Fu
kuehima la fair for a Japanese. Oyama'a
tremendous success Is due to the fact that
he whipped China on the very flelda over
which he In now so diligently pursuing
the Russians. It la said that no other
commander In hlatory has ever been called
to operate twice over the same squares of
the map. Oyama knows Manchuria aa well
as he knows Toklo.
"The Japanese are allowed to be among
the very strongest people on earth," says
the Medical Record. "They are strong
mentally and . physically,' and yet prac
tically they eat no meat at all. The diet
which enables them to develop such hardy
fmmes and such well balanced and keen
bralna constats ' almost wholly of rice,
steamed or boiled, while the better-to-do
add to this Spartan fare llsh, eggs, vege
tables and fruit. For beverages they use
weak tea, without sugar or milk, and pure
water, alcoholic stimulants being but rarely
indulged In. Water la imbibed In what
we should consider prodigious quantities
to an Englahman, Indeed, the drinking of
so much water would be regarded oa mad
ness. The average Japanese individual
swallows about a gallon dally In divided
dose.
"The Japanese recognize the beneficial ef
fect of flushing the system through the
medium of the kidneys, and they also
cleanae the exterior of their bodtea to an
extent undreamed of In Europe or America.
"Another and perhaps this Is the usage
on which the Japaneae lay the greatest
stress la that deep, habitual, forcible in
halation of freah air Is an essential for
the acquisition of strength, and this method
ia .edulously practiced untll .lt becomes
part of their nature."
The emperor and empress of Japan have
JuBt made a money gift to a Christian en
terprise, tha first In the. history of the
dynasty. It was to one of the mission
achoola in which their majesties happened
for aome reason to take a special Interest.
In handing over the gift the Japanese prime
minister accompanied It with thia Interest
ing explanation: "Men sometimes put the
matter In this way: ' Ruaaia stands for
Christianity and Japan for Buddhism. The
truth Is that Japan stands for religious
freedom.. This is a purlnclple embodied
in Its constitution."
A correspondent of the New York Even
ing Poat at the front draws this picture
of General Oku, one of Japan's quartet
of lieutenant generals:
Several officera in uniform issued from
the living quarters, and ranged them
selves before us. One, with a must calm,
impassive, tranquil face and the curved
nosa of aristocracy, waa Indicated as the
man we ahould go to greet. He had beau
tifully small hands, dimpled like a child's,
and he carried an unworn pair of English
tan walking glovea.
"Who la he?" w wondered.
"Prince Nashlmoto," was the reply.
"But which la General Oku?"
He waa the man we wanted to see. When
the prince, nephew of the mikado, had
drawn back, a tall, dark, very wrinkled
officer came forward to us and ahook hands
with each. His grip waa good to feel.
"Say, this man Is a real soldier," aome
one remarked, and the explanation came
"Why, thafa Oku."
You looked at him again, thia man who
had stormed Nanahan. who had driven
tha Ruaalana at Tehlltx through a defile
against hla own bayonets ranged secretly
In the rear, and had presaed the enemy
steadily back out of the whole Regent a
word peninsula.' There were no whltea
to hla unquiet eyea, which were wholly the
color of hla aunbumed skin. You caught
their sharp glance only for a moment, then
they shifted. You felt somehow that he
waa perfectly Informed as to the point of
view you had been taking In your cor
respondence from Japan, and waa study
ing you with that swift, fixed look. He
looked, at any rate, very hard at the eld
erly campaigner who had not been always
pro-Japaneae, and at thoae whose every
other sentence had contained "these won
derful littla people" he gave ho look at all.
So they observed afterward.
He is the moat impreaalve Japaneae I
have seen.
H spoke in short, dry sentences, chips
of eentencea, which were interpreted as:
"I regret that your long ride was beaet
with hardahlpa. I am glad you have come
through with safety. You will underetand
that I cannot reveal to you all that ! tak
ing place, but I assure you, that whatever
Information I tan give you without harm
to th army movements I will give. Three
attachea have been designated to look after
your wants, and communication with head
quartera will be ueually through them.
H bowed, and the chief-of-staff stepped
forth and elaborated, discouraging us In a
genial manner, and crushing our hopes
with a smile.
"Shell we be permitted to see tha next
battle?" we aek"
"You know," answered Oeneral Oku,
"that the corn In the flelda Is now very
high."
"We'll fetch along chairs to stsnd on so
we can see over It."
He smiled. "You will see much If you
are mounted on horses."
Just how much this utterance means will
be found out In due course. Wa ar not
likely to have any horses if th rains con
tinue, for they have no shelter, and If
they lie down In the mud under their feet
they beme rheumatic. Dry fodder la
ecarce and dear; Indued, the Chlneae who
own It often refuxe to aril at any price.
Thia Is but one of our new trouble,
i '
NOBODY h ever ex
pUincd whj the dries f of
women originate in Pans. But
the fact remains.
So ererjr year we import
model garments from the most
fashionable modistes m the
French capital; garments
which are just ahead of the
present moae, and we copy
the models faithfully in all par
ticular! W ONE. '
Our garments are a good
hit better made, (and gen
erally from better skms)
than the ones we get in
Paris.
There's little to say
of this jacket, for the
picture tells the story.
Like all our jackets.
each one is custom
made; not made hurriedly, but made WELL and made
promptly.
We recommend Mink for tin shape hut jroa may choose any
good fur. '
The Gordon tx. Ferguson GUARANTEE i worth having.
Behind it stands a reputation of thirty-three year, to say nothing
of its money value.
GORDON & FERGUSON, St. Paul, Minn.
EatablaaW 1871
GOOD ADVICK TO FOIJ.OW.
Moral and Commercial Value
of
Mother Wtadom.
Chicago Chronlle.
The advice which Frank Parnielee's
mother gave him when he first left home
to make his wny In the world was of the
simplest kind, but It was worth more than
money and more than a volume of stock
cant phrsseS whose meaning has been out
worn. "Above all things," said she, "I want you
to take n great deal of pride In yourself
and Just mnke up your mind that you are
going to be aucceswful. And you must al
ways keep neat and clean and kep you:
clothes In good repair and don't let the
buttons come off or else you won't respect
youself." Then aa reminder and for
time of need she gave him the now famous
needle and thread. s
It - was wonderful Insight seventy-six
year ago to recognise the moral and com
mercial value of being 'decently dressed.
There waa at that time so great a horror
over pride of dreaa or pride In any direc
tion that a proper self-respect was lout
sight of among people In limited circum
stances They felt they ought to be
clothed with humility, which waa too often
interpreted as Indifference to personal ap
pearance. Young Parmelee had sense enough to
heed the apparently simple counsel of his
mother and the needle and thread became
the symbol of far more than mere neat
ness In dress. It meant system, order
doing things promptly and not getting be
hindhand, making himself acceptable to
others and tying up his ends as he went
along. No wonder he succeeded aa he did
In gaining tha respect of others and gain
ing fortune for himself. He had no hard
luck stories and he found no cause for
grumbling or misgiving. He . made his
own way manfully and straightened the
paths for others. The world is the better
for his life and his energy.
PERSONAL SOTES.
A physician who some time ago formu
lated rules by which a man might live to
be 100 has Just died at the age of Ha
simply wasn't up to taking hla own medi
cine. A priceless vaae of Sevrea porcelain,
which was preaented to Marshal Ney In
1814 for winning the battle of Frledland.
la now In posaeealon of Mr. and Mrs. C. B.
Manvllle of Milwaukee. Wis.
William H. Newman, who started In busi
ness life as a ticket agent on the Texas
A Pacific railroad, will this month become
the head of the greateat railway system
the world has ever known, the Vanderbllt
lines.
Miss Grace McKlnley. a niece of the late
President McKlnley, has returned to Cleve
land after spending ten months In the
Ialand of Jolo, Philippines, where she was
visiting her brother, Lieutenant J. F Mc
Klnley, who Is stationed on that Ialand.
One of the most remarkable men In the
I'nlted States la a convict In Sing Sing,
where he edits th prison paper, the Star
of Hope. He la there for burglary, but In
his time baa been lawyer, reporter, con
fidence man, secretary to a khedlv of
Egypt, preacher, forger and politician. He
la an Englishman by birth.
About half a score millionaire residents
of suburban towns near Philadelphia have
taken hold of the old York Road fire com
pany and will build a handsome engine
hruee for the organisation. Within Ita
sphere of uaefulneas are hundreds of mag
nificent homea, some of them palaces, that
are now practically without protection.
Dr. William Lord Smith haa returned to
hla home In Worcester, Mass., after two
yeara' hunting In Aala. He denies the
report that he treated the shah of Persia
and had been rewarded with the appoint
ment of physician honorary to the throne,
but he did cure the shah'a brother, for
which services he received many cour
tealea. With the death of Sir William Vernon
Harcourt comes revival of a story which
was told at hla expense many yeara ago
In Iiondon. Three well known politicians
agreed to bring the three beat hated men
In town to a certain dinner party. No
names were mentioned. When the party
assembled the flrst two men arrived un
accompanied, each explaining that the man
he had Invited had another engagement.
Graham Klngabury Mellen, the 22-year-old
son of Charles H. Mellen, president of the
New York-New Havan railroad, Is starting
to learn the official aide of railroad life.
To do thia he has begun at tha bottom
of tha official ladder and la In hla father'a
office In New York City, serving aa
stenographer and rlerk, under tha direction
of Mr. Fabian, private secretary to Presi
dent Mellen. Young Mellen Is a Yale man
Rheumatism
yields to Nature's great
which effectually overcomes and counteracts (
Uric Acid. Sold Everywhere.
THE RICHARDSON 0RU8 CO.,
M JACKSON STREET,
DltTRlBVTiaa AGENTS.
POLITICAL SNAPSHOTS.
Chicago Post: Nothing mora hilariously
funny can happen In this campaign than
D. B. Hill's wall about Rooaevelt'a "law
lessness." Springfield Republican: Candidate Fair
banks, by the end of the campaign, will
have a national hand-shaking acquaintance
of the first order. He la now "aavlng" tha
Pacific coast and laying up treaaurea for
1908.
New York Tribune: Candidate Davis In
his letter of acceptance says "the ex
penditures per capita of the govenment are
increasing at an alarming rate." Can tt
be possible that Mr. Taggart la overdoing
the business of checking on Mr. Davis's
bank balance?
Plttsbury Dispatch: Gilt campaign but
tons with Parker's portrait have been
ordered for distribution In the east and
silver ones for the west. This is a delicate
tribute to the diplomacy of the candidate
who la running on telegram In one section
and on the platform in another.
Chicago Tribune: For a campaign orator
of Editor Bryan's mental agility It ought
not to be difficult to explain to bis
audiences that a man may secure a presi
dential nomination by crooked and Inde
fensible methods and yet be th candidal
every good citlxen should support.
Baltimore American: Tha west believe
In Roosevelt. Fo do the other sections of
the country. There Isn't an honest man
In any state of the union who ha any
doubt as to where Theodore Roosevelt
stands on any public question, or that
doubts the president's honesty In that be.
lief of his determination to carry out the
policies his common sense, conscience aod
close touch with the people teaoh hint ar
right and just.
Philadelphia Preas: Chairman Baboock,
of tha Republican Congressional committee,
haa not said at any time that he feared
the loss of the House of Repreaentatlvaa)
by the republicans. Such reports ar false.
He thinks that the republicans will con
tinue In control despite the enormous ad
vantage th democrata have In tha south,
where no honest elections sre held. But
it is the price of victory. No chance of
success ahould be lost through failure to
do the beat possible to select the republi
can candidate.
MIHTHFIL REMARKS.
"She'a rather pretty and her face asami
to grow on one.,'' said th man.
"When It flrat grew on her," explained
the girl, "it wasn't ao pretty; you see, it ia
a second grpwth." Philadelphia Preaa.
"I should think, doctor," ahe said, "that
you would feel terrible to have a person
die under your knife."
"Oh, no," he replied, "I get the practice
Just the same." Chicago Kecord-Heraid.
"I think." aald the officeaeeker, "that ray
work during the campaign ahould entltia
me to an office."
"What did you do?" asked tha political
boss.
"I 'also a poke' on a doien or mora differ
ent occaalona." Philadelphia Preaa.
"Money put that man Into politic," aald
the patient.
"You have it mixed," answered Senator
Sorghum. "That man la expected to put
money Into poll tlca." Washington Star.
"The doctors have ordered Bllklns to be
quiet and under no clrcumatancea to use
his brain."
"But how does he paaa the time?"
"I believe he ia writing a novel." Life.
"I ahould think," aald the banker's well-meanlna-
friend, "that vou would be wall.
aomewhat concerned over your daughter
and young Fuddleson. They ar seen to
gether a great deal."
"I know It, but, ah-h-h! He'e working on
a flying machine." Chicago Record-Herald.
THE HEALTHY MAN'S PROTEST,
Somervllle Journal.
I'm tired of all tiiesit patent foods now ad
vertised so much.
These cereal concoctlona, and malted oaU
and such.
Of courae If you're dyspeptic, they ma
De ni ana rigm,
But they're mighty disappointing wtsSal
you have an appetlt.
If you want cheap food that' fillings, you
can thrive on oatmeal anuah.
Or hominy and milk will give your cheek
a lieauny nusn.
But give me eggs and bacon or a pair f
IubcIouh chons.
And all the patent fooda can ty right In
the grocer shop,..
I'm tired to death of hearing f this pre-
dlgested atuff. .
My digestive apparatus Is plenty good
enough
To handle all I give tt and I give It
quite a. lot.
When the atenk Is thick and Juicy, and
tne conee ieming not.
So you can have the cereals, and the
malted oats, and auoh,
Aa for me when they are offered, I shall
nrmiy ay: ' Not much! -.
It's a mighty poor exchange, your dish of
predlgeated pegs.
For the good old-fashioned bra kf list of
crlap broiled nam and eggai
mum i ueeohmi drub ei
1TH AND DODO.
BETAJSj NTS,