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The Japs took ono look at Secretary
Taft's physical proportions and order
ed whale tor dinner.
'Possibly the man who sent mobs
to the New York capitalists is merely
another kind of reformer.
"Treat children like plants," say*
the Washington Post That's right
straighten 'em with a stick.
Are we to understand that the pro
fessors have landed on the solar plex
us of the nebular hypothesis?
If the Taggart's have to quit th«
army there will be nothing left for
them but to enter New York society.
Russia's new legislative body Is re
ferred to by the czar as a gosudar
stvennaia douma. Oh, but he must
be mad!
It Is significant that no person has
succeeded in stealing John D. Rock
efeller's socks while he is bathing in
the morning dew.
flby Knabenschue, the airship man,
is described by a New York paper as
"a married man with a family of little
ones." Little airships?
Another aeronaut has succeeded in
f!wlng an entirely superfluous demon
btration of the truth that the law of
gravity is still working.
A Chicagoan who claims that be is
"a perfect gentleman" has been fined
$59 for flirting. Evidently the judge
mistook him for a "gent"
Ethel Barrymore is to be married
to a poet, but not solely, we are given
te understand, because she desires to
kave a genius in the family.
Well, Jupiter has got another moon.
This makes the seventh. There is a
race between him and Saturn now.
One more and they will be even.
King Alfonso was mixed up In an
other automobile accident a day or
two ago. He seems to have quit get
ting engaged to be married, though.
King Leopold and Capt Putnam
Bradlee Strong are both keeping out
of print, so we must admit that things
might be mucfe worse than they are.
"Woe unto them," exclaimed Isaiah,
"that trust in chariots, because they
are many!" Even in Isaiah's time per
haps, the people bad to dodge them.
Lord Curzon's resignation is report
ed to have Increased Kitchener's pres
tige in India. Sir Redvers Buller is
worrying along these days without
any prestige.
"Can doctors know too much?" asks
the New York Times. Perhaps they
can, but most of them will be able
without much trouble to establish
their Innocence.
The New York Tombs caterer is
cuing Nan Patterson for the return of
a rabbit's foot He will attempt to
prove its value by showing that Nan
escaped conviction by a hare.
It might be said of the Pegasus
which Alfred Austin rides that it "al
so taw."—Charleston News and Cour
ier.
Move amend: "Also tried to fly."
Statistics show that 400,000,000
"Havana" cigars were manufactured
in the United States last year. Some
thing good—and cheap—must be pro
vided for campaign smoking and elec
tion bets.
Railway companies are beginning to
abolish the age limit in hiring men to
•work for them. They have found,
oddly enough, that some of their em
ployes become more valuable as they
grow older.
While sympathizing with M'.rk
Twain in his sufferings from the &out,
it mitigates one's distress of mind to
some extent to remember that Mark
must have had a good time while he
was getting it.
Injunctions have been secured to re
strain roosters from crowing, dogs
from barking and the tolling of bells
and the tooting of locomotive whistles
at night in Mount Vernon, N. Y. Why
are the Mount Vernon Cats thus fa
vored?
A Chicago man and his wife have
found their way into the divorce court
because both wanted to occupy one
chair. Before they were married one
chair would have been—but isn't it
strange that a few words by a preach
er should make such a difference.
A Latrobe, Pa., church has been dis
rupted because the pastor kissed a
pretty girl. The dispatches say the
pretty girls of the congregation are
standing by the preacher. Guess
where the homely spinsters and the
long-whiskered old elders are.—Chi
cago Record-Herald.
Arizona thinks it is too bad that its
destiny should be locked up with that
of the Greaser state of New Mexico
It Is aggravating, but then Arizona
wants to get in so bad that she can
endure being put out
Prof. Garner is going back to Africa
to resume his studies in the monkey
language. It is expensive to study a
monkey language. The cost to the
professor thus far has been nearly
$1,000 a word, and to the cold, calcu
lating judgment of the unscientific
person the words he has picked up do
not seem to be worth it
It will be a great comfort to some
pconle to know that they can take the
Kneipp cure as well as Mr. Rockefel
ler. Only a pair of bare feet and
patch of wet grass are needed.
TMIST COMPANIES
TO BEE
The Attorney General Con
firms Auditor's
Power.
THE AUDITOR'S PLAN WINS
All Loan and Trust Companies Must
Submit to Examinations Same as
Banks of the State—Companies De
nied Right of Auditor to Proceed
Des Moines, Sept. 8.—Loan and
trust companies whether they re
ceive deposits or not, will continue to
be examined by Auditor of State
Carroll In accordance with an opin
ion which he received yesterday
from Attorney General Mullan. Audi
tor Carroll directed his bank exam
iners a month ago to also examine
the accounts of loan and trust com
panies which do not receive deposits.
Question arose as to his authority
for such examinations, which is con
firmed by the opinion of the attor
ney general.
Several other questions concerning
loan and trust companies were also
submitted to the attorney general
and his opinion on these points is in
brief as follows:
"Nothing in statutes which pre
vents a partnership or individual
from transacting the business of a
loan and trust company.
"The statute does not restrict the
investment of the funds of loan and
trust companies nor does it in any
manner designate the character of
securities in which the funds of such
companies may be invested.
"The authorities are somewhat con
flicting upon the question whether
corporations of the character of loan
and trust companies can purchase,
own and hold the stock of other cor
porations for the better rule is that
such corporations cannot purchase
or hold the stock of other corpora
tions. Loan and trust companies, like
banks, may take and hold the stock
of other corporations as security for
loans made, or may take and hold
the same in payment of debts due
such companies but they cannot
deal or traffic in the stock of other
companies by buying and selling the
Bame.
Nor can they substitute for
the stock of other corporations.
"Loan and trust companies are
subject to annual examination by
the auditor of state in the same man
ner as banks are examined by him.
"There is no provision for the pay
ment of fees to the auditor of state
by loan and trust companies. Fees
may be charged for examinations
same as for banks.
"There is no provision of the stat
ute requiring loan and trust compan
ies to make quarterly reports to the
auditor of state.
"The law relating to the examin
ation of loan and trust companies, to
the amount of capital which they are
required to have and to the examin
ation thereof by the auditor of state,
applies alike to all' such companies,
and is not limited to those which re
ceive deposits.
"Each stockholder of a loan and
trust company is individually liable
to the creditors of such company
over and above the amount of stock
held by him therein, and any amount
paid thereon, to an amount equal to
the face value of the shares held by
them in such loan and trust com
pany.
"There is no statute or principle
of public policy in this state which
forbids a corporation acting as trus
tee, receiver, executor or guardian."
POSTAL CLERKS AT WORK.
Advisory
Reports of Officers and
Board Received.
Cedar Rapids, Sept. 6—The various
reports of the officers of the associa
tion and the report of the advisory
board was the only important busi
ness transacted by the national con
vention of postal clerks yesterday.
The secretary recomended the ap
pointment of local organizers bien
nially instead of at annual conven
tions. that the position of editor of
the Postal Clerk be elective instead
of appointive and a more strict limit
on representation. The report of the
advisory board dealt with infractions
of the civil service law and was re
ceived in secret session. An alleged
combination of the delegates of Bos
ton, Chicago, New York, St. Louis,
and Philadelphia to control the ac
tion of the convention is being fought
by the smaller cities.
The test will come on election of
officers. The mutual benefit plan will the University
be discussed tomorrow morning.
Will Run Good Roads Trains.
Ames, Sept. 6.—The Burlington
and. the Chicago Great Western sys
tems will run special trains over
their respective roads for the purpose
of spreading the theory of "Good
Roads," and its teachings. The Bur
lington will put their train out about
October 19 to November 1. The
Great. Western will run theirs the
first part of November. Mr. T. H.
McDonald, secretary of the Iowa Good
Roads association and the assistant
professor of civil engineering in the
Iowa State college, will accompany
the trains.
Boone Loses Some Prestige.
Boone, Sept. 8.—Northwestern con
ductors in this city, for years the di
vision headquarters, have received
notices that the passenger division
will be removed from Boone to Belle
Plaine next April.
Some such change of divisions has
been rumored many times, but this
is the first time that tangible corro
boration could be obtained. The con
ductors are not willing that the
change shall be made, and this city
is hoping that the company will re
scind its action.
Safe Robbers at Meservey.
Meservey, Sept. 8.—The hardware
store of C. Enabnit, Sr., here, was
broken into Wednesday evening and
robbed of $200 in money and goods.
The thieves made their entrance
through the rear door, which they
pried open with a crowbar. Very lit
tle money was found in the till, but
they succeeded in cracking the safe,
Some $140 worth of saws for filing
iron, and other articles were taken.
No clue hap been obtained of the
missing articles,.
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CORN CROP SPOILED
RY POOR SEED
Dee Moines, Sept 5.—"The Almigh
ty could not raise a good crop of corn
even in Iowa with the kind of seed
corn the Iowa farmer uses."
Such a statement made yesterday
by Hon. John cownie, government
crop reporter for the state of Iowa,
set Iowa people thinking. Mr. Cownie
backs up his assertion with an argu
ment which seems worthy of consid
eration.
"The corn fields of Iowa at the
present time offer an object lesson
in regard to the value of good seed
corn that would be of inestimable
benefit to the farmers of the state,
if given the attention that this all
important question demands.
"While there is a large acreage of
corn In Iowa that gives promise of
an excellent yield, there is also a
very large acreage that will be very
disappointing when husking is com
pleted. These corn fields appear pro
mising from the highway, or a rail
way car, but when examined by a
close observer who understands corn
culture at its best, it is seen that the
stand is very uneven, there being a
large number of hills without a stalk,
still more with only one stalk, a
great many with two stalks, a limited
number with the ideal condition of
three stalks in each hill, a good many
hills with four or even more stalks,
which. is even worse than only one
or two stalks in a hill for, instead of
good sized ears, these thick set hills
will produce only nubbins.
"Such conditions are proof positive
of poor seed, and the farmer evident
ly used a good sized seed plate to
make amends for his negligence in
not securing his seed corn at the right
time in the fall of 1904 and caring
for it in a proper manner until the
planting season in the spring of
1905."
FIRE WIPES OLD
TOWN OFF MAP
Sigourney, la., Sept. 6.—The town
of Lancaster, once an aspirant for
the state capitol and a rival of Des
Moines, was wiped off the map Mon
day night by tne ourning of the Gilli
land Bros.' store and residence. Two
small churches and a couple of resi
dences is all that remains of what
once promised to be a metropolis of
the state. Lancaster was the first
county seat of Keokuk county. It
is two miles southwest of the present
city of Sigourney, to which the
county seat was moved after a hot
fight a number of years ago. In the
early '40h and '50s Lancaster was a
thriving place. It had several stores
and was a stopping place for all
stage lines running east and west
through the center of the state. When
the railroad came through Lancaster
refused to pay the usual tribute de
manded for promotion and the town
was left off the line. As a result the
iown of Sigourney sprung up and
soon outdistanced its rural competi
tor. The fire last evening was caused
by a defective flue. Afire had been
started in the store on account of the
cool weather. The store and home of
Frank Gilliland are side by side and
both were a total loss with con
tents. The loss is $4,000, with $2,000
insurance.
Y0UN8 SCHAEFFER
IS IN SIN6AP0RE
Iowa City, Sept. 8.—In a measure
at least, the long time mystery sur
rounding the disappearance of George
S. Schaeffer, son of the late Presi
dent Charles A. Schaeffer of the
State university, has been solved. His
mother and sisters have found him
in Singapore, India, where he is a
non-commissioned officer in the Brit
ish army. Some months ago Mrs.
Schaeffer, who is living in the east,
received information that led her to
believe that her son had gone to In
dia. She immediately took up ihe
trail and followed it persistently,
with the result that she has received
a letter from him explaining his
whereabouts and something about his
actions following his disappearance.
Whether he made known his motives
for leaving so strangely is not known
at any rate, no motives have been
given by his relatives.
Young Schaeffer's disappearance,
Sept. 2, 1902, caused a distinct sen
sation, not merely in Iowa, where he
was well known, but also in Phila
delphia, where he had located in the
practice of law. He had graduated
from the State university and from
of Pennsylvania law
school with honors, and his marked
ability had already won for him a
considerable measure of success in
Philadelphia. His financial affairs
were not entangled, and he had a
comfortable competence for a young
man nor could it be learned that he
had any personal affairs to prompt
him to disappear as he did.
Wealthy Keokuk Farmer Killed.
Sigourney, Ta., Sept.. 6.—Reeve
Jones, a wealthy farmer residing
near here, took his wife to the sta
tion yesterday evening and placed
her on a Pullman bound for Port
land, Ore. Jones jumped from the
train, slipped on the wet platform
and was ground to death by the
sleeper where he had placed his
wife. Jones had several hundred
acres of the finest farm land in this
county. He is reputed to be wealthy.
He had long promised his wife an
extended trip and had intended ac
companying her but felt that he
ought to stay and attend to the farm
work. He was sixty years of age.
His body was cut. in twain.
Died on Operating Table.
Cedar Rapids, Sept 7.—William
Bryant, a well known Marion horse
man, died on the operating table yes
terday while undergoing an opera
tion for cancer. He was under the
influence of ether.
Falls Under Wheels.
Cedar Rapids, Sept. 7.—Frank
Bickert, aged forty-five years, of
Cedar county, fell from a traction en
gine under the wheels of a separator
and was instantly killed. He was a
well-to-do farmer.
Many fatal blunders are due to the
belief that friendly advice was not
entirely disinterested.
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Typhoid fever Is sometimes culled ner
vous fever. Duriug the course of the
lever the nerves are always profoundly
disturbed, and when it is over they are
left so sensitive that the patient has to
be guarded against all excitement. Iu the
toulo treatment then demanded, regard
must be paid not only to buildiug np flesh
but also to strengthening the nerves. A
remedy that will do both, make sound
flesh to repair waste and give new Vigor
to feeble norves, is the most oouvenieut
and economical. Such a remedy is Dr.
Williams' Pink Pills for Pale People.
One proof of this is the experience of
Mr. Charles Worth, of East Vassalboro,
Maine. He says I had a severe at
tack of typhoid fever late in the fall
which left lue very weak aud debilitated.
My heart palpitated, my breathing be
came difficult after the least exertion and
there was nunibuess in both^hands. I
suffered in that way for fully six months.
As I did not grow out of it, did not in
fact see the slightest improvement as
time passed, I decided to use Dr. Wil
liams' Pink Pills as I knew of some cures
they had effected in cases like miue.
"Almost as soon as I began taking
them I could see decided improvement
aud after keeping ou with them for
several weeks I was completely well. I
consider Dr.Williams' Pink Pills a most
valuable remedy, and I am in the habit
of recommending them
Bishop Nile of New Hampshire,
had a singular experience while at
tending the recent Episcopal con
vention in Boston. The Bishop,
who is a very tall, heavy man, vas
seated on one of the low settees in
the public garden, and when he start
ed to get up found that he had great
difficulty in regaining his feet. While
ia the midst of his struggles a wee
tot of a little girl came along anu
offered her assistance. The bishop
ceased trying to rise, and, after sur
veying the little girl critically,re
plied that she was too small to help.
The little girl preslsted that she
could help, but the bishop was just
as sure that she could not. "Weil,"
said the little girl finally, "I've helped
grandpa lots of times when he was
lots drunker than you are."
Sure Cure at Last.
Mouticelio, Miss., Sept. 4 (Special)
Lawrence County is almost uaily in
receipt of fresh evidence that a sure
cure for all Kidney Troubles has at
last been found, and that cure is
Dodd's Kidney Pills.
Among those who have reason to
bless the Great American Kidney Rem
edy is Mrs. L. E. Baggett of this place.
Mrs. Baggett had dropsy. Dodd's Kid
ney Pills cured her.
"I was troubled with my kidneys,"
Mrs. Baggett says in recommending
Dodd's Kidney Pills to her friends,
"my urine would hardly pass. The
Doctors said I had Dropsy. I have
taken Dodd's Kidney Pills as directed
and am now a well woman."
Dodd's Kidney Pills cure *he kid
neys. Cured Kidneys strarn all the
.,iipurities out of the bloc3. That
means pure blood and a sound, ener
cret'c body. Dodd's Kidney pills are
the greatest tonic the world has ever
known.
Mark Twain, in his lecturing days,
reached a small Eastern town ie
afternoon, and went before dinner to
a barber's to be shaved. The barber
having ascertained that his customer
was a stranger, informed him tt at
that, there was to be a lecture in
town that evening—Mark TwiJn
lecture. The humorist said *ie
thought he would attend. "Weil."
sa'd the barber, "the tickets are abcut
all sold out, and if you don't huiry
and get one, you'll have to slanl."
'Der..* me!" Mr. Clemens exclaimed:
"it seems as if I always do have to
stand when I hear that man Tw-1 in
lecturd."
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M- 'f»' iraSJjre .-•
FEVER'S AFTER EFFECTS
Did Not Disappear Until the Blood
Was Renewed by Dr. Wililama'
Pink Pill®.
to
Pink Pills. They
others afflicted
as I was."
When the nerves ache and trem
ble it means that they are starving. The
only way to feed them is through the
blood, and the best food is
Dr.Williams
are
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ful drugs. They are sold by all drug
gists, or may be obtained directly from
the Dr. Williams Medicine Co., Schenec
tady, N. Y.
A girl can have an awful good time
thinking how somebody else isn't.
Shepherds believe that tWe wool on
a living sheep is an unfailing barom
eter. The Curlier the wool, the finer
will be the weather.
No matter how young a Korean
widow may be, she never remarries.
If she had only been married a week
or a month before the death of her
husband, she will not espouse his suc
cessor.
Mr. Sela Hastings, of Southbury,
Conn., is an ingenius man. He set a
deer trap on his land, and at mid
night the house dogs barked and
yelled, arousing the family. Mr. Hast
ings rushed to the trap, and in it,
caught by the leg, was his motlier-in
taw, Mrs. Dorothy Taylor. The old
iadv is a sleep walker.
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Popular Feeling Runs Hi£u
Over the Peace
Terms,
MASS MEETINGS ARE HELD
Pass Resolu ns Declaring the Na«
tion Humiliated Becomes Neces
sary for Police to Disperse Crowds
—Attack Government Office.
Tokio, Sept 8.—Marquis Ito, presi
dent of the privy council, has been
stoned by mobs.
Tokio, Sept. 8.—It is reported that
there is rioting in Chiba, a town with
a population of 20,000, twenty miles
east of Tokio. The prefectorate
building and the court house are re
ported to have been burned.
The government has suspended the
further publication of the Niroku, a
newspaper printed in Tokio.
Tokio, Sept. 8.—Tokio was quiet
yesterday. General Sakuma, com
mander of the Tokio garrison, has is
sued a proclamation warning the pop
ulace against disorder. An imperial
ordinance establishes martial law in
Tokio. A mob burned and destroy
ed ?en Christian churches and one
mission school Wednesday night.
Peking. Sept. 8.—Messages received
here from a good source at Tokio
represent the situation there as
grave. The 'Japanese government is
apparently censoring telegrams.
Tokio, Sept. 7.—Rioting broke out
her«t Tuesday night in connection with
the dissatisfaction over the results of
the peace settlement. There were
several clashes with the police and it
is estimated that two were killed and
five hundred wounded. The rioting
ceased at midnight. Police stations
were the only property destroyed.
Tokio, Sept. 5.—(Delayed in trans
mission.)—The first turbulence at
tendant on the popular anger over
the terms of peace arranged with Rus
sia took place today. Amass meeting
to protest against the action of the
government was called to take place
at Hibiya park, but the metropolitan
police closed the gates and attempted
to prevent the assemblage of the peo
ple. The municipality protested
against the action of the police, and
finally the gates were thrown open
and a large crowd gathered and voted
in favor of resolutions declaring the
nation humiliated and denouncing the
terms upon which the treaty of peace
was arranged. The crowd was ser
ious in its conduct, rather than angry,
and the police handled it discreetly.
The gathering eventually dispersed in
an orderly manner.
Later on, however, a crowd attemp
ted to hold a meeting in the Shimino
theater, but the police dispersed it.
A portion of the crowd then pro
ceeded to the office of Kokumin Shin
bun, the government organ, and be
gan hooting. Three employes of the
paper, armed with swords, appeared
at the door of the building and check
ed the attack, and the police again
dispersed the crowd. It was thought
that the trouble had passed, when
suddenly a portion of the crowd made
a rush for the building, hurled stones
and damaged some of the machinery.
Several persons were injured dur
ing the attack, but the police eventu
ally cleared the streets of the crowd
and arrested a number of rioters.
The disorder is not general and the
situation is not serious.
Similar meetings have been held at
Osaka and Nagoya, which in round
terms denounced the government and
asked them to resign. General sen
timent throughout the country seems
to favor reactionary measures, but it
appears clear that the majority of the
people will eventually accept the re
sult of the peace conference, howevir
disappointing It may be.
ADVANCE OF THE
CHOLERA IN GERMANY
Berlin, Sept. 8.—An official bulle
tin just issued announces that fifteen
new cases of cholera and six deaths
were reported during the twenty-four
hours ending at noon yesterday, mak
ing a total of 105 cases and 32 deaths.
The war office, instead of sending
out recruits from east and west Prus
sia early in October, will delay the
order until November.
B'romberg, Prussia, Sept. 8.—Two
new cases of cholera have been re
ported in this district, one each at
the villages of Walkowitz and Rom
an shof.
Marienwerder, West Prussia, Sept
8.—Two fresh cholera cases and one
death have occurred in the village of
Schiltno.
Rastenburg, East Prussia, Sept. 8.
—One new case of cholera has be«xV
officially reported here.
Posen, Prussia, Sept. 8.—A case of
cholera has been discovered at Birm
baum.
Marienburg, West Prussia, Sept. 8.
—One woman and five men have died
of cholera here. In neighboring vil
lages several suspected cases are un
der observation, three of which have
been already officially declkred to be
cholera.
Bacon Succeeds Loomis.
Oyster Bay, N. Y.. Sept. 5.—Robert
Bacon of New York has been appoint
ed assistant secretary of state, in
succession to Francis B. Loomis, re
signed. President Roosevelt author
ized today the "fficlnl announcement
of the appointment of Mr. Bacon. The
appointment of Mr. Bacon was agreed
dpon almost immediately after Elihu
Root had acepted the office of secre
tary of state, but was not announced.
Mr. Bacon for many years had been
an important factor in business life
In New York City, having befcu until
a year or iso ago a junior ]art«er in
the banking house of J. P. Morgan &
Co.
Trust Case Postponed.
Chicago, Sept. 6.—Government,
prosecution of Chicago packers for
alleged violation of the anti-trust
laws was scheduled to begin yester
day, but instead there was delay. On
motion of Attorney J. S. Miller, repre
senting the packcrs, the hearing of
the cases was postponed till Septem
ber 18.
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FULL TEXT OF THE
PORTSMOUTH TREATY
Portsmouth, N. H., fciepf. 6.—The
Russo-Japanese peace treaty opens
with a preamble reciting that His
Majesty the Emperor and Autocrat of
all the Russians, and His Majesty the
Emperor of Japan, desiring to close
the war between them, and, having
appointed their respective plenipo
tentiaries and furnished them with
full powers, which were found to be
in due form, have come to an agree
ment on a treaty of peace, the details
of which are as follows
1. Stipulates for the re-estabiish
ment of peace and friendship between
the sovereigns of the two empires
and between the subjects of Russia
and Japan respectively.
2. His Majesty the Emperor of
Russia recognizes the preponderant
Inter3st from political, military and
economical points of view of ITapan
in the Empire of Korea and stipu
lates that Russia will not oppose any
measures for its government, protec
tion or control that Japan will deem
necessary to take in Korea in con
junction with the Korean govern
ment, but Russian subjects and Rus
sian enterprises are to enjoy the
same status as the subjects and en
terprises of other countries.
It is mutually agreed that the
territory of Manchuria be simultan
eously evacuated by both Russia and
Japanese troops, both countries be
ing concerned in this evacuation,
their situations being absolutely iden
tical. All rights acquired by private
persons and companies shall remain
Intact.
4. The rights possessed by Russia
in conformity with the lease of Port
Arthur and Dalny, together with the
lands and waters adjacent, shall pass
over in their entirety to Japan, but
the properties and rights of Russian
subjects are to be safeguarded and
respected.
5. The governments of Russia and
Japan engage themselves reciprocally
not to put any obstacles to the gen
eral measures (which shall be alike
for all nations) that China may take
for the development of the commerce
and industry of Manchuria.
6. The Manchurian railway shall
be operated jointly by Russia and
Japan at Kousang-Tcheng-Tse. The
two branch lines shall be employed
only for commercial and industrial
purposes. In view of Russia's keep
ing her branch line with all rights
acquired by her convention with
China for the construction of that
railway, Japan acquires the mines in
connection with such branch line
which falls to her. However, the
rights of private parties or private
enterprises are to be respected. Both
parties to this treaty remain abso
lutely free to undertake what they
deem fit on expropriated ground.
7. Russia and Japan engage them
selves to make a conjunction of the
two branch railroad lines which they
own and operate at Kouang-Tcheng
Tse.
8. It is agreed that the branch
lines of the Manchurian railway shall
be worked with a view to assuring
commercial traffic between them with
out obstruction.
9. Russia cedes to Japan the south
ern part of Sakhalin Island as far
north as the fiftieth degree north
latitude, together with the islands de
pending thereon. The right of free
navigation is assured in the bays of
La I'erouse and Tartare.
10. This article recites the situa
tion of Russian subjects on the
southern part of Sakhalin island and
stipulates that Russian colonists
there shall be free and shall have the
right to remain without changing
their nationality. Per contra, the
Japanese government shall have the
right to force Russian convicts to
leave the territory which is ceded to
her.
ll.i Russia engages herself to
make an agreement with Japan giv
ing to Japanese subjects the right to
fish in Russian territorial waters of
the Sea of Japan, the Sea of Ok
hotsk and Bering Sea.
12. The two high contracting par
ties engage themselves to renew the
commercial treaty existing between
the two governments prior to the
war in all its vigor, with slight modi
fications in details, and with a most
favored nation clause.
13. Russia and Japan reciprocally
engage to restore their prisoners of
war on payment of the real cost of
keeping the same, such claim for
cost to be supported by documents.
14. This peace treaty shall be
drawn up in two languages, French
and English, the French text being
evidence for the Russians and the
English text for the Japanese. In
case of difficulty of interpretation the
French document is to be accepted as
final evidence.
15. The ratification of this treaty
shall be countersigned by the sover
eign of the two states within fifty
days after its signature. The French
and American embassies shall be in
termediaries between the Japanese
and Russian governments to an
nounce by telegram the ratification of
the treaty.
Two additional articles are agreed
to as follows
A. The evacuation of Manchuria
by both armies shall be completed
within eighteen months from the
signing of the treaty, beginning with
the retirement of troops of the first
line. At the expiration of the eigh
teen months the two parties mutually
agt'ee to leave as guards for the
railway not more than fifteen soldiers
per kilometer.
B. The boundary which limits the
parts owned respectively by Russia
and Japan in Sakhalin Island shall
be definitely marked off on the spot
by a special llmitographic commis
sion.
MUCH BLOOD IS SPILL&O.
6tr«et Fighting in Kishineff and
Bloody Battles In Caucasia.
St. Petersburg, Sept. 7.—Private
advices from Kishineff say that street
fighting continues there. Roughs are
sacking the Jewish shops, killing or
wounding many of the inmates. It
is 3ald that more than a score of
soldiers have been killed. The Jew
ish Belf-defense committee is active
In organizing reslstence to the
troops.
Elizabethpol, Caucasus, Sept. 7.—
Sanguinary fighting has taken place
between Tartars and Armenians in
the village of Khankend. There is
great alarm here. All the Armenian
shr'tis are closed and troops are pa
trolling the streets day and night.
Kutais, Caucausus, Sept 7.—A con
flict between nobles and peasants
took place in the village of Grandltt.
Eleven persons were killed or
wounded.
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Elihu Root has his sense of humor,
which gleams out now and then. A
reporter who had annoyed him by
foolish questions once capped the cli
max by asking whether the President
was going to remove Mr. Conger,
minister to China, or was going to
ask his resignation. "Neither," an
swered Mr. Root "I think that the
President will employ the Oriental
subterfuge of sending him a poisoned
letter."
Every housekeeper should know
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He knows that Defiance Starch has
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A compositor's blunder forced an
Oklahoma editor to suddenly change
his place of residence. He wrote a
report of a local wedding, in which he
referred to a "pink-face" bride. The
wicked compositor made it "pickle
face" bride. Now the editor is in. a
distant city, trying to adjust the mat
ter over a long-distance telephone.
The bride's big brother carries a gun,
tnd the editor knows it.
Cock-crowing is to be suppressed in
Portsmouth, England. An ordinance
to that effect has been passed by the
city council. The chicken fanciers
declare it cannot be suppressed, but
the London News says that a partial
remedy consists in placing-the roost
er's perch so high that, when he
stands up to crow, be knocks his
head against the roof and desists. A
swinging board hung over his head
answers the same purpose.
A German, whose wife was sick at
a hospital, called the first evening she
was there and inquired how she wa
getting along. He was told that
she was improving. Next day he
Ued again, and wa-- told she was
still improving. This went on for
some time, each day the report be
ing that liis wife was improving.
Finally, one night when he called
he was told that his wife was dead.
Seeing the doctor, he went up to him
and said, with a world of sarcasm in
his voice: "Veil, doctor, vat did she
die of—imbrovements
A bright little boy recently wrote
to a Pennsylvania legislator asking
for a report of the State Fish Com
mission. The member, who is a rela
tive of the youtn, was greatly pleased
at the request and exhibited it in the
State Capitol. He wrote the boy,
however, asking him what report was
wanted, explaining that a volume
was issued yearly. Whether he ever
showed the boy's reply to his friends
or not, it has leaked out. It reads:
"I don't care which year it is. All I
want is any old thing heavy enough
to press wild flowers."
OUST THE DEMON.
A Tussle with Coffee.
There is something fairly demoni
acal in the way coffee sometimes
wreaks its fiendish malice on those
who use it.
A lady writing from Calif, says:
"My husband and I, both lovers of
coffee, suffered for some time from a
very annoying form of nervousness
accompanied by most frightful head
aches. In ray own case there was
eventually developed some sort of af
fection of the nerves leading from the
spine to the liead.
"I was unable to hold my head u:
straight, the tension of the nerves
drew it to one side, causing me the
most intense pain. We got no relief
from medicine, and were puzzled
to what caused the trouble, until a
friend suggested that possibly the cof
fee we drank had something to do
with it, and advised that we quit it
and try Postum Coffee.
"We followed his advice, and from
the day that we began to use Postum
we both began to improve, and in
a very short time both of us were
entirely relieved. The nerves becanic
steady once more, the headaches
ceased, the muscles In the back of my
neck relaxed, my head straightened
up and the dreadful pain that had so
punished me while I used the old kind
of coffee vanished.
"We have never resumed the use of
the old coffee, but relish our Postum
every day as well as we did th«
former beverage. And we are de
lighted to find that we can give it
freely to our children also, something
we never dared to do with the old
kind of coffee." Name given by I5®3"
turn Co., Battle C'redk, Micli
Postum Coffee contains absolutely
no drugs of any kind, but relieves U»0K
coffee drinker from the o:d" drug
poison.
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