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GET A "JACKETING"
Cleveland and Palmer
Roasted by Silver
Champions.
DEMOCRATS ARE RILED.
They Object to the Peculiar
Doctrines of the
President.
BRYAN APPLIES THE LASH.
Leaders Who Vigorously Oppose
Bowing to the Dictatorship of
Grover.
CHICAGO, 111., May 4.-President
Cleveland and Senator John M. Palmer
each received a "jacketing" at the hands
of ex-Congressman W. J. Bryan of Ne
braska, at the Democratic free silver county
convention to-day, and as each of them
was pulled over the coals, delegates signi
fied their approval by round after round of
applause. Comptroller of the Currency
Eckles was also the target for Mr. Bryan's
arrows, and his thrusts were evidently re
garded as center-shots by delegates, as
they yelled with delight.
The convention adopted a 16 to 1 plat
form out and out, and elected delegates to
the Springfield convention.
gJEx-Judge S. P. McConnell was made
temporary chairman. He said during his
speech: "The President of the United
States, the man who was elected by Demo
cratic franchise, has repudiated the Demo
cratic party. [Applause and cries of
'Right.'] We repudiate him. [Applause.]
We stand on the platform of 1392. We are
in favor of the restoration of silver as we
declared then."
He then scorched Senator Palmer for his
attitude on the money question and was
wildly cheered at the conclusion of his
remarks.
Ex-Congressman W. J. Bryan of Ne
braska came next. He said in part :
"We are not here to denounce the Presi
dent of the United States. We are not here
because we love him less, but because we
love our country more. [Loud applause.]
We are not here to say anything against
the rights of individual opinion either in
the chief executive or in the humblest
citizen, but we are here to protest against
language used in a letter written by Grover
Cleveland, published in this morning's
papers, indicating that it is indecent for a
man to hold office under this administra
tion without bowing to the dictatorship of
the head of it.
"This is the first official declaration, my
friends, that to hold office under this ad
ministration prohibits the Democrats
from interfering in politics to defeat a Re
publican—it is the first announcement that
Democratic office-holding depends on the
willingness to fight Democrats when they
could not fight Republicans." [Ap
plause.]
He then paid his respects to Senator
Palmer, declaring that his power as a
leader had gone, and that he had no fol
lowing among the Democrats.
The platform declaring in favor of silver
at 16 to 1 was then read and adopted,
twenty-four votes being cast against it.
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AOAiyST FREE COISAGE.
There Are Democrats Willing zo Follow
3lr. Cleveland.
CHICAGO, 111., May 4.— Three hundred
Democrats were present at the banquet of
the Waubaunse Club to-night when the
monetary question was discussed from the
"sound money" standpoint. President
Vincent in his opening remarks declared
flatly against free silver and was greeted
with loud applause as he did so. Senator
John M. Palmer made an extemporaneous
speech on "Democracy and MonejV and
got back in vigorous fashion at the free
silver Democrats for denouncing him and
his attitude on the money question at the
convention this morning. Professor J. L.
Laughlin of Chicago University followed
with a talk on "Silver and Prices." Rich
ard W. Knott, proprietor of the Louisville
Evening Post, spoke at some length on
"Currency and Commerce."
His speech was an out and out declara
tion against the free coinage of silver. He
declared that at last, after thirteen years
of falsehood and chicanery, of compromise
and makeshifts, of double-dealing and
demagogism, the two great patties are
face to face with the money question. It
is to be settled, he said, not compromised.
As a Democrat he looked hopefully toward
the Democratic party, which, he said,
must rise to the situation or perish. He
said:
"If men who believe and know why they
believe that fiat money in all its forms is a
deadly delusion will face the multitude
and proclaim the truth, the intelligence
and conscience of the country will awaken
and the American people will trample
down tne hideous doctrine of repudiation.
"The free coinage of silver, under the
present legal tender law, is an attempted
repudiation of half our debts, public and
private. By such an act we surrender our
position among first-class nations and
place the United States on a commercial
level with Mexico and China. Proclaim as
we will that sixteen ounces of silver are
worth an ounce of gold, England's nega
tive uttered every day in Lombard street
overthrows evory proposition based on
that false utterance.
"Speaker Crisp has been telling the
people of this country that they could not
get rich by taxation; that a protective
tariff wa3 robbery; that though a legisla
tive act could alter prices it could not alter
values. He was right, and yet to-day in
his home in Georgia Mr. Crisp says the
people demand the free coinage of silver at
16 to 1, and that they intend to have it.
Free coinage of silver and a protective
tariff alike impugn the intelligence of the
American people, and it is only a question
of time when they will reject both ab
surdities.
"Where do we stand to-day? The Presi
dent of the United States is the leader of
the forces of sound money. The Speaker
of the House puts himself at the head of
the Southern silver men; and they are
Democrats, both of them. Which flag are
we to follow — that in the hands of Cleve
land or that in the hands of Crisp? It is a
party crisis of supreme importance. As
party men we have to meet it."
The speaker asserted his belief that the
Democratic party would follow the lead o
Cleveland.
TO SHUT OUT OCALFERB.
Kailroad Companies Anxiotts to Handle
Sotne Tickets Themselves.
CHICAGO, 111., May 4.— lt is expected
that during the early part of the next week
the Western railroad companies will order
an open rate of $10 from Denver to the
Missouri River. This low rate will be kept
in effect for about thirty days, or until
the last of the return portions of the tic
kets for homeseekers' excursions have ex
pired. It is charged that the Denver mar
ket has been stocked with the return por
tions of these tickets, and the object of the
proposed reduction is to keep the scalpers
from absorbing the lion's share of the
business.
STRIKES AT SHEBOYGAN.
Neither Side Has Asked for Arbitration
of the Troubles.
SHEBOYGAN, Wis., May 4.— Several
more walkouts occurred to-day, adding
several hundred men to the number al
ready out. Large crowds congregated in
different places, but the peace was not
broken. The C. T. Roenitz leather com
pany and its men came to an agreement
to-day and the factory will start up Mon
day. The company has asked the protec
tion of the Mayor. The new arbitration
law for the settlement of labor troubles in
this State cannot be put into [operation
here until one of the parties concerned
shall ask for it. The chair factories strike
seems to grow worse each honr. A visit
from Paul Grottkali, the labor agitator, is
expected.
WASHINGTON MEMORIAL ARCH.
Suitably Dedicated by Military and
Civic Displays.
NEW YORK, N. V., May 4. -The Wash
ington memorial arch, in Washington
square, was dedicated to-day, the military
and civil displays attendant thereto being
for the most part as planned for last Tues
day, the postponement from that day hav
ing been made on account of the weather.
The invocation was by Right Rev. Bishop
Potter ; oration by General Horace Porter ;
address by Chairman Henry G. Marquard
of the committee in charge of the building
df the arch; presentation of the key of the
structure to Mayor Strong by William
Rhynlander Stewart; address by the
Mayor and delivery of the key to President
David H. King Jr. of the park board.
RED THUNDER DEFIANT.
Refuses to Let the Marsha!
Arrest Any of His
Braves.
Residents of North Dakota Fear an
Attaok by Turtle Mountain
Indians.
ST. PAUL, Minx., May 4.— A St. John
(N. D.) special to the Pioneer Express
says: The day has been one of much ex
citement, but ended without bloodshed.
Indian Agent Hall came up from the
agency this forenoon and drove out to
where the halfbreeds were fortified in
Kinghan's house. He urged them not to
resist the officers, saying that all who took
part in the resistance were equally liable.
Red Thunder, in reply, said the Marshals
could not have the men wanted, that they
were not strong enough without troops.
This afternoon Michael Langden, one of
the men for whom warrants are out, came
into town and was recognized by the Mar
shal and arrested.
Citizens made strong objections to the
Marshal holding Langden, claiming it
would result in an immediate attack on
the town. Marshal Cronin decided the
boldest course was the best, and will send
the prisoner to Roila in a buggy with two
deputies. Immediately on the arrest a
mounted courier, on watch in the brush
near town, left for the Breed camp. There
was great excitement on his arrival.
The Breeds began dancing and prepar
ing their ponies and bands started toward
town several times, but apparently were
recalled by leaders. Immediate attack
seemed probable and the women and chil
dren here were collected from outlying
houses.
Agent Hall then went to the camp again.
When he first went in they were still much
excited and claimed that he had promised
them that no arrests would be made that
afternoon. Hall told them he had prom
ised that the Marshal would not attack
them, but that if they came into town they
would be taken. It was the duty of
the Marshal to serve the warrants if he
found the men.
TEACTS POE THE INDIANS.
Type for Printing Them Has Recently
Been Made at Winnipeg.
During the past winter there has been
in course of preparation by a type foundry
an odd-looking face of type, having the
appearance of a lot of Greek and Roman
capitals holding a conversation among
themselves. The Greek delta occurs fre
quently, as do also the Roman V, L ana
P, all turned about in a most extraor
dinary fashion, says the Winnipeg
Tribune. The type is a variety of the syl
labic alphabet adapted to suit the lan
guages of the Cree, Beaver and Cbipewyan
Indians dwelling in Athabasca, along the
Peace River. The inventor of the system
as applied to northern tongues was Rev. ,T.
Evans, a Methodist missionary at Norway
House. It has since been adapted to fit
nearly every Indian language in the north.
The alphabet is a syllabic one — that is to
Fay, it has a sign for each syllable. The
Indian languages, while they contain long
words, have comparatively but few sylla
bles, and these are constantly repeated.
In the syllabarium in use among the Crees
there are thirty-six principal characters.
In adapting it for use among the Chipe
wyans and Beavers it has been necessary
to invent or use about sixteen additional
characters. These represent all the root
syllables.
The method has proved wonderfully
adapted to Indian tongues and Indian
ideas. The Roman letters drive an Indian
almost to distraction and he rapidly for
gets what he learns with so much trouble.
The syllabarium he learns frequently in
one day, and once learned he never forgets
it. The use of this system can be readily
seen among nations of hunters such as
we have in the north" The circumstances
of the chase prevent more than two
families living together for any length
of time, and the missionary" as he
goes from camp to camp, spending
a few days at each, and utilizing seasons
when the Indians gather at the Hudson
Bay Company forts at trading time. To
teach them more than the rudiments of
Christianity at such visits is impossible,
and the flame would go out if it were not
for the fact that the missionary teaches the
Indian how to read in the syllabic and
leaves him a portion of the scriptures and
other books in hia own tongue. Besides
the book of common prayer and hymnal,
other works, such as Bunyan's "Pilgrim's
Progress," have been translated into syl
labic. The boon that this alphabet has
been is incalculable. The type in this
present case is being made for Dr. Young,
the well-known Church of England Bishop
of Athabasca, who has been living in Win
nipeg the past winter, engaged in corre
spondence, translatiqnal and other work
for the benefit of his vast diocese on the
banks of the Peace River. Bishop Young
will take this type and a suitable printing
press with him when he goes north this
spring, and from this press will go forth a
steady stream of Christian literature to
lighten up the dark places of the northern
W .' '8.
THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SUNDAY, MAY 5, 1895.
IS READY TO SALUTE.
England's Admiral Will
Honor Nicaragua's
Flag
WHEN LEAVING CORINTO
Acceptance of the Modified
Ultimatum of Great
Britain.
AIL THE TERMS ARE SETTLED.
It Now Remains for the Warships
to Receive Orders and
Withdraw.
MANAGUA. Nicaragua, May 4.— At 1
o'clock this morning Nicaragua authorized
Senor Christiano Medina. Salvadoran
Minuter to London and Paris, acting
Niearaguan Minister in London, to accept
the modified ultimatum of Great Britain.
This modified ultimatum, it is understood
here, was secured by the influence and
thrcnigh the intercession of the United
States. Senor Medina is authorized by the
Government to pay the £15,000 in London,
under protest, within five days after the
departure of the British squadron from
Corinto.
Orders for the evacuation of the port of
Corinto by the British are to be cabled to
Admiral Stephenson to-day, and it is
thought probable that he is already in pos
session of instructions to that effect from
Earl Spencer, First Lord of the Admiralty.
It is understood here that the other
items in the original ultimatum of Great
Britain will all be settled by arbitration.
Cable messages have been constantly
passing and repassing during the day be
tween Senor Medina in London and Presi
dent Zelaya of Nicaragua. In the first of
the messages, received early in the day
from London, Lord Kimberley, through
Senor Medina, the Government of Great
Britain stated the terms of its modified
ultimatum. The terms of the ultimatum
were at once accepted by the Nicaraguan
Government, and word to this effect was
dispatched to Senor Medina in London.
Senor Fiallos, the Honduran envoy, sent
last evening to Admiral Stephenson, com
manding the British squadron, for the
purpose of acting as mediator between the
two countries, was received this Tiorning
with much courtesy on board the flagship
Royal Arthur. Admiral Stephenson ex
pressed the hope that the terms of the
modified ultimatum would be of such a
nature as to allow him to sJlute the Nica
raguan flag when he departed with his
squadron from Corinto.
IXTERSAL STRITE NOW.
A Civil Crisis Evidently Approaching in
Nicaragua.
NEW YORK, N. V., May 4.— A special
to the World from Managua, Nicaragua,
says: Volunteer companies are forming
throughout the country, and military
aids are going and coming in all direc
tions. The activity of the military indi
cates that a crisis is approaching.
President Zelaya has called another
meeting of the leading citizens. Yet there
is no doubt that a settlement has been
reached with England. The minor de
tails are being arranged by Foreign Min
ister Matus and British Minister Gosling.
England has given some concessions, but
the amount of indemnity is unchanged.
Foreign Minister Matus said it is now safe
to say that a settlement has been reached,
and that the British marines are already
embarking at Corinto.
DUE TO IXCLE SAM.
Salvador Does A'ot Deserve the Olory of
the Settlement.
WASHINGTON, D. C, May 4.— lt is
stated by officials of the diplomatic corps
who have been directly concerned in the
British-Nicaragua imbroglio that a misap
prehension exists as to the part taken by
the United States in bringing about a
settlement. Some recent cables to this
country from London have sought to con
vey the impression that Senor Medina, the
Salvadoran Minister, effected the settle
ment.
It is recognized as an established fact by
those familiar with the correspondence
that the good offices of the State Depart
ment, exerted in no uncertain way through
Embassador Bayard, brought about the
agreement. It was deemed advisable,
however, that Senor Medina should be the
medium of formal communication, al
though express efforts would not have
brought appreciable icsults had they
not been supplemented by Mr. Bayard.
NICARAGUA VASAL COMMISSION.
It May Be Accompanied by a Detail a/
Marines. \ : 'J-J'.
WASHINGTON, D. C, May 4. — The
Nicaragua Canal Commission has com
pleted arrangements for its trip to Nicara
gua. Civil Engineer Endicott, the naval
member, will leave Washington to-mor
row night for Mobile and the other mem
bers of the party will leave New York in
time to sail on the Montgomery on the
7th. The party will consist of fourteen
persons, all engineers except two, a
stenographer and porter being the excep
tions. Two members of the party will be
sent by the canal company, Lieutenant
Manocal, the chief engineer of the com
pany, and his son.
It has not yet been determined, and will
not be known until the commission is
ready to leave Greytown, whether a detail
of marines from the Montgomery will ac
company the commission over the canal
route. If the country is tranquil such a
force will not be taken, but Secretary Her
bert has said that in case Nicaragua is in a
disturbed state and there is any danger the
commission will be amply protected.
EXGLISR CABINET CRISIS.
All the Difference Due to Sir William
Jlarcourt's Ada.
LONDON. Eng., May 4.— The St. James
Gazette this afternoon follows up the ru
mors in the Times as to the Cabinet crisis,
and says the differences of opinion are due
to the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Sir
William Harcourt, desiring to have the
local veto bill brought up for a second
reading immediately.
The rest of the Cabinet Ministers are in
favor of postponing the second reading
because several Liberals will vote against
the bill, and it is consequently expected
that the Government will be defeated in
the division. Even the most sanguine sup
porters of the measure only count upon a
majority of eight.
A Storm on the Lake*
CHICAGO, 111., May 4.— A fierce and
sudden wind squall swept over the lake
this afternoon, and for some time all sorts
of rumors were abroad as to the number of
people who had been drowned.
The lake was covered with small
pleasure-boats, some of them far out from
shore. The life-saving crew was hurried
out, but after cruising around for several
hours could find no capsized boats, nor
could the drowning stories be verified in
any way.
AN EXECUTION DELAYED.
An Indefinite Respite Granted to Dr.
Buchanan.
SING SING, N. V., May 4.— This after
noon there was in the desk of Warden
Sage a bundle of stamped and addressed
envelopes containing invitations to attend
the death of Dr. Buchanan on Wednesday
morning at 11 o'clock.
It had been the intention of the Warden
to mail them this evening. He did not do
so, however, and Buchanan's execution is
postponed for an indefinite time. Unless
some court orders the execution to proceed
Buchanan will not die on Wednesday.
Warden Sage said to-night that he had
no way out of the muddle and would leave
all further movements to the lawyers in
terested in the case.
DONE BY A WILD ENGINE
Wreck of a Passenger Train on
the Iron Mountain
Road.
Two Locomotives Badly Battered
and Thirteen Passengers Seri
ously Injured.
LITTLE ROCK, Ark.. May 4.—Pas
senger tram 232 on the St. Louis, Iron
Mountain and Southern road collided with
a wild engine at 4 o'clock this afternoon,
near Clarksville, and was wrecked, thirteen
passengers being injured, none, however,
fatally.
At Clarksville Engineer Wilbankß of the
freight train stepped into the telegraph
oifice to ascertain how late the passenger
train was, leaving the engine in charge of
his fireman, who- a moment later got off to
get a drink of water.
While unmanned the throttle flew open,
and being detached from the cars the
engine started at full speed. When it col
lided with the passenger train both engines
were badly damaged.
Proceed to Turtle Mountain.
WASHINGTON, D. C, May 4.—Secre
tary Smith this afternoon sent the follow
ing telegram to Indian Inspector McLaugh
lin at the Omaha and Winnebago Reserva
tion, Dakota City, Ncbr. : "Proceed at
once to Turtle Mountain Reservation ; as
sist the agent in the troubles now existing
there."
Wilde to lie Liberated.
LONDON, Eno., May 4.— Oscar Wilde
will be liberated Monday upon tiling a per
sonal bail bond for $12,600, coupled with
two sureties of $6250 each.
Killed by Lightning.
LANCASTER, 111., May 4.— James Ash
ford and George Rhodes of Downing, Mo.,
were killed at noon to-day by lightning.
GEANNY WOMEN.
They Kept the Mortulity as Low n<*
Regular Doctors Do.
The Southern girl went around to spend
an evening with the trained nurses at their
home in Wes* Twenty-first Street. There
were a dozen or more of them at home that
night, and the Southern girl had not been
there very long before they were demand
ing to be told about those "female doctors
down South."
"How tnany of you are M.D.'s? Hold
up your bands," said the Southern girl.
Several hands went up.
"Were any of you ever in Asheville,
N. C?"
Three or four affirmative answers were
given.
"Good! Then you know where the Pied
mont section of South Carolina is, about
eighty miles from Asheville. Well, these
women doctors I'm gome to tell you about
flourished there long ago, even before any
woman in this State ever studied medi
cine, I guess.
"You see, it was this way : They had to
take up the practice of medicine from sheer
necessity. In the early days of the cen
tury regular ph>aicians were scarce in
rural districts, and this was particularly
true of Upper Carolina. The only phy
sician in a county lived at the 'Court
house,' as the county seat was called.
Consequently the people living in remote
parts of the county would have to ride
twenty or twenty-five miles for the doctor.
When his office was reached he might then
be on the opposite side of the county.
The scarcity of physicians and the long
distance to be traveled caused the people
to rely more on simple remedies. The
woman who was wisest in administering
these soon became the neighborhood doc
tor. Her knowledge of herbs and roots
and their various uses added the practice
of midwifery to the art of poulticing and
blistering. This, too, grew out of the ne
cessities of the people living miles away
from the doctor.
"These 'granny' women, as they were
called, were a sturdy, self-reliant set, and
most useful in their neighborhoods. Often
they would ride ten or twenty miles to
attend a patient. Some of them were kept
so busy that they found a good saddle
horse a necessity, and they were just as
ready to attend the calls of the sick, day or
night, as a genuine man doctor. In cases
of childbirth they would often remain
with the patients several days, acting as
nurse."
"Did they use any medicine?" asked one
of the nurses.
"They used 'store' medicine very cau
tiously," answered the Southern girl," and
their collection of drugs did not go beyond
'Galomy,' 'laudaray,' 'camtire, 1 'jollop and
tartar emetic. You learned female doctors
and trained nurses may recognize these
drugs.
"Of these 'granny' women, two were
especially prominent down to the Civil
W ar, and they continued to practice after
ward as long as they were able to go. One
of these was Granny McKeown and the
other Granny McCraw. They were as
highly esteemed for their excellence uf
character in the sick room as the regular
male graduates, and many families pre
ferred these women, witli their herb teas,
poultices and sympathetic ways, to the
young graduates who seemed to know
everything. The old doctors were always
glad to have them on hand, especially in
severe cases. If these women had been
born later they might have gone to a
medical college and been leaders in the
profession, or they might have done the
very work that you are all doing.
"I wonder what the modern graduate,
male, of course, would do," she went on,
"in case he was called in suddenly to at
tend a patient without his medicine case.
I believe he would feel like an idiot search
ing around for rue or tansy or ground ivy
to relieve pain. Now, these 'granny'
women couldn't even spell the word
botany, but they knew all about plants
and were self-reliant enough to use their
knowledge."— New York Sun.
Two hundred years ago last July the
Bank of England started on a basis of a
Government debt to it of $5,000,000. The
debt the Government now owes the bank
is 155,000,000.
The Japanese begin building their houses
at the top. The roof is first built and ele
vated on a skeleton frame. Then it afforas
shelter to the workmen from storms.
HATRED FOR RUSSIA
Japs Ready to Spring
at the Bear's
Throat.
HAVE AN OLD GRUDGE.
Yet Sore Over the Daring
Theft of Saghalien
Island.
SOME CLAIMS ABE /BATED.
Lands Will Be Relinquished If the
Cash Indemnity Is Materially
Increased.
LONDON. Eng., May 4.— There seems to
be little doubt that China and Japan have
both ratified the treaty of Shimonoseki,
which complicates the position of the
European protesting powers. At the re
quest of the Associated Press Poultney
Bigelow, who has exceptional means of
obtaining political information, especially
in Germany, has written the following:
"Russia ia the power that to-day calls
upon Japan to drop the fruits of her vic
tory and take orders from St. Petersburg.
Russia orders Japan to give up her foot
hold on China because, forsooth, she may
disturb that mystical mumble called 'bal
ance of power.' This order is backed up
by the voices of France and Germany. The
voice of France is weak ; not because she
does not love Russia, but because she also
loves Japan and because she hates Ger
many more than she loves any country.
Germany ia sacrificing the friendship of
Japan for reasons strictly political. The
Emperor of Germany desires to show good
will for his eastern neighbor, particularly
attheoutyjet of the present Czar's reign.
For the past ten years the relations have
been very much strained, even to the
point of imminent war in 1891. Germany
is now experimenting with a platonic
alliance between the Czar and the Em
peror. It cannot last long, but it is pro
foundly conceived. It tends to weaken
French hatred of Germany and to wean
that republic from slavish obedience to
Russian dictation and to isolate her still
further.
"A large party in Germany hates Eng
land cordially and is ready to make any
sacrifice for the gratification of this feeling.
This hatred springs largely from commer
cial relations, but still more from the feel
ing that German expansion in Africa has
been hampered by John Bull. Germany
hopes in a vague way that England may
purchase her good will by large cessions in
the Dark Continent, and at present, there
fore, the Emperor's Government is taking
great pains to array itself with the enemies
of England, and the South Africa and
Alsace-Lorraine difficulties are to be set
tled on the banks of the Peiho and
Yang-tse-kiang. But Japan has her Al
sace-Lorraine. There is an island within
sight of Japan called Saghalien, and there
is no Japanese who would not gladly enlist
in a war to recover this island, for it was
stolen by Russians in 1887.
"I was at Tokio the year after this ex
traordinary land grab, and can well recall
tfce fury of the then impotent Japanese.
If the Russians give but half an opportu
nity the army that has just thrashed China
will turn against Russia with infinitely
finer gusto. That was a land grab that we
could only appreciate if a foreign power
should occupy Long Island or the eastern
shore of Maryland. Russia has kept all
she has stolen and wants more. She
wants Korea, and above all she wants the
very Tort Arthur which Japan proposes to
keep. Japan may be bluffed into surren
dering some of her claims, but her true
interests lie in fighting Russia at once
while her army and navy are in good con
dition and she can do so with the greatest
ease.
"From a source which has never de
ceived me, I am able to say that Russia
has in Eastern Siberia and nominally fit to
take the field twenty battalions of in
fantry, two squadrons of cavalry, ten
squadrons of Cossacks, six field batteries
equal to forty-eight guns, two half mount
ain batteries equal to eight guns, two Cos
sack horse artillery batteries equal^to eight
guns, three companies of lortress artillery
and three companies of sappers. The re
cruits for these troops come every year
from Odessa by way of Suez, and it would
take a year before the Russians could put
an army of 100,000 men in the field near
Vladivostock. Russia alone cannot sub
due Japan, in spite of her army of 800,000
men and her many Cossacks, and Germany
can help her only with fair words, for the
Reichstag won't vote money for a war in
the East, seeing that the only profit pos
sible will fall to Russia. France is wise
enough to feel much the same way. The
hatred felt by France and Germany
against England is not yet quite so strong
as that felt by each for the other. John
Bull and Uncle Sam can afford to stand by
and say, 'Let the plucky Japanese take
all he can hold. He will make infinitely
better use of it that either China has done
or Russia can do.' "
LESS I, AND, BUT MORE CASH.
Japan Willing to Make Some Concessions
to Russia.
WASHINGTON, D. C, May 4.—ln
mation has reached Washington to show
that in response to Russian intimations
Japan has abated her claims to the cession
of Chinese territory in Manchuria and the
absolute cession of the extremity of the
Port Arthur peninsula far north and in
cluding Talienwan. In return Japan will
demand a considerable increase of the in
demnity originally fixed at 200,000,000
taels. It is feared this concession will not
be sufficient to meet the demands of Rus
ski, which will insist upon the entire '
abandonment of Liao Tung peninsula.
Russian reasoning is that by the occupa
tion of Port Arthur the Japanese will
dominate Manchuria as effectually as if
they held the nominal title to the province.
Reserving Port Arthur as a military base
and opening a great commercial port at
Talienwan, the Japanese will connect the
latter by rail with New Chwang on the
line of the projected Chinese railroad from
Peking to Moukden and divert the entire
trade of New Chwang and Moukden, at
least in winter, when all of the Manchurian
ports are closed. It would also be impos
sible for Russia to locate a western termi
nal port for the Siberian railway anywhere
in Manchuria, as it would be easily closed
by the Japanese from their powerful base
at Port Arthur, which would dominate,
from a military point of view, not only
Manchuria and Pechili but also Wei-bai
wei, only forty miles across the straits.
Nothing is known here respecting the re
ported failure of the peace ratifications,
but it is felt that the situation is critical
and that Japan's last concession will not
alleviate it.
FROM THE TREATY PORTS.
Russian Warships Depart With Sealed
Orders.
YOKOHAMA, Japan, May 4.— The Rus
sian warships lately stationed at treaty
ports have left with sealed orders. It is
expected the treaty between China and
Japan will be ratified.
CHEEFOO, China, May 4.— Chinese and
Japanese plenipotentiaries are expected
here Wednesday, May 8, to exchange rati
fications of the peace treaty. John W.
Foster, the American adviser of the Chi
nese Commissioners, will accompany the
latter.
ST. PETERSBURG, Russia, May 4.—
Japan's answer to the protest of Russia,
France and Germany has been made.
Officials will not disclose the text, but
those who expected Japan to yield express
surprise at her answer.
BLIXT ESCAPES HANGING
He Pleads Guilty of the Ging
Murder and Gets Life
Imprisonrhent.
Harfy Hayward, However, Expect 9
to Be Executed for
the Crime.
MINNEAPOLIS, Minn., May 4.— Claus
A. Blixt pleaded guilty of the murder of
Catherine Ging. Blixt was sentenced to
the penitentiary for life.
Harry Hayward expressed little surprise
at Blixt's change of plea or at the sentence.
"That fellow is pretty cute," he said,
"and has hypnotized the whole country.
I wish I could have a talk with him and
have somebody hidden in tne room. lam
sure people would find out then that he
would never dure face me and say what he
has been telling. I ask nothing better
than that."
As to his own case, Hay Ward said he had
little hope of escaping the gallows. He
remarked complacently that he expected a
funeral about the first of the year and
jocularly called the attention of Sheriff
Holmber, who stood near, to the fact that
he would have to manage the execution.
KUBINSTEIN AND WAGNEH.
The Former Thought the Latter Sent
Music "to the Devil anil to Chaos."
His veneration for the classics was al
most fanatical, and for him the last word
had been said in music when Chopin laid
down his pen. In the genius of his con
temporaries he had absolutely no belief.
The compositions of Berlioz he considered
wild and unsatisfactory ; Wagner he dis
liked ; Liszt as a composer had no place in
his respect; and he looked askance at
Tschaikowsky.
Eemembering Rubinstein's position as a
composer, at first glance a certain sequence
of ideas would lead one to suspect that the
inevitable jealousy commonly supposed to
exist between "two of a trade" was at the
bottom of this. But any such suspicion
wrongs Rubinstein. He was not a man of
that sort. For four years I studied his
modes of thought and character minutely.
I saw him in many trying positions and
was often surprised to find how little out
side things, especially personal crosses,
disturbed the serenity of his convictions,
and how free he was from those petty jeal
ousies and weaknesses too often found in
the character of artists, great or small.
In his incapability to appreciate the
composition of his contemporaries Rubin
stein was absolutely sincere. The mere
fact of his acknowledging this incapability
actually shows the honesty of his charac
ter and convictions, since it was a brave
thing for a man of his position to fly in
the face of the acknowledged and cherished
ideas of his contemporaries, if for no other
reason than for fear of ridicule ; and Ru
binstein was not a man to brave ridicule if
he could by any means honorably escape
it.
Rubinstein himself was sometimes puz
zled, even more than were others, by his
antipathy to the music of his contempora
ries; and once, while discussing this ques
tion, he said to me: "I cannot under
stand it or myself. I can seemingly ex
plain it only by supposing I was born too
soon or too late."
The real explanation lies, however, in
the fact that Rubinstein's genius was
essentially lyrical and subjective. He
never tried to paint the emotions in tone
colors as Wagner did. He invariably sang
about them and of them without ever
thinkine of creating their musical proto
types. AVith him it was song first and
sent: last and song always. Therefore he
differed from Wagner and failed to under
stand him.
It was a subject Rubinstein's intimate
friends frequently discussed with him, and
many were the battles fought in the cause.
On one occasion he grew positively angry
and cried out with his usual impatient
toss of the head:
"You find it good; Ido not. Wagner
has sent music to the devil and to chaos.
He has been original at the expense of
true art, and all who follow him — since
not one in a thousand will have his clever
ness — will tind themselves in the end only
doomed to wander in a wilderness of bar
renness and darkness. Their labors will
produce nothing that can live. As for this
motive business you all rave over, what is
it? Where is the beauty? Can one call it
art? Must a singer come on the boards
with his photograph pinned on his breast
in the shape of a motive? No, and again
no. It is false, and so I can only re
gard it."
When it cornea to a matter of opinion
emphatically expressed by a great man all
arguments must cease, since of all things
a great man's rooted opinion is most dim
cult to remove. The more one works at it
the closer it seems to stick. This was cer
tainly so in Rubinstein's case. He dis
liked' Wagner intensely and was sincere in
his dislike.
It was a positive pain for him to see his
pupils or those who surrounded him be
come Wagner enthusiasts; and enthusiasts
all who admire Wagner are bound to be
come. I have many times seen him sit at the
symphony concerts in perplexed wonder,
listening to the thundering applause that
followed^ a Wagner number. He seemed
unable to grasp the reason, and surely
there was absolutely no sham in his dis
like ; it came from his very soul.
It must, however, be remembered that
against Wagner the man and Wagner the
composer— even when half Europe was
abusing him— Rubinstein never uttered a
word. He was utterly above this. He was
one of the few artists whose personal dis
likes were limited. It was against Wagner
the innovator and teacher that he spoke.—
Alexander McArthur in the Century for
May.
Cows' Heads in Old Days.
Dozens of cows' heads, in terra cotta,
bronze, gold and silver, were found at My
cenae. They are believed to be the sym
bol of the goddess of the city.
One reason why it is so hard to get any
body hanged legally in the mountain
regions of Kentucky is that the dwellers in
the town fear that theys will be haunted by
the murderer's spook.
The Commissioner of the United States
Patent Office reports for the year 189436,987
applications for patents, 1357 for designs,
2053 for registration of trade-marks and 2286
caveats,
A red sunset foretells dry weather, be
cause it indicates that tne air toward the
west, from which quarter rain may gener
ally be expected, contains little moisture.
HENLEY'S
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FOR
Kidney
Trouble,
Liver
Complaint,