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The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1894-11-08

A CESSNA GIRL gle, not so much
or Corca as for supremacy and pres
ice. Compared, either in area or in
Emulation, with her gigantic antago-
i,t, Japan seems a oigmy, but in
boint of fact the island empire is any
hing but small. Comprising, as it
hoes, an area of l47,0 600 square miles
Ind a population of 40, 900, 900, it is
anger than Italy or Great Britain, is
but slightly exceeded in size by Prus-
Tia, and falls little short of the Aus
kro- Hungarian empire: while in popu-
Iation it exceeds France by 1000, 900,
Great Britain 5000, 900, has 10, 600, =
more than Prussia, 1000, OcO
bore than Italy, and over twice as
hany as Spain. When CON-
with any other than the
huge, overgrOwn states of Russia and
China, Japan is therefore a fOrmida-
Bile power, one that would prove no
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1894-11-08

on the boys who are flying
to and fro among a set of library
cases, where the type are placed, each
hoy singing the sound of the ideo-
graph Of which he is in search. AS
he finds each he brings it to the COM
pOsitor, and when all in his stake"
are collected he returns the copy, re-
ceives another stake" and d again sets
up his monotonous sing-song cry.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1894-11-08

try where day laborers are artists
ana where cooks amuse themselves
by s~ketching must possess much that
would interest those who regard
mankind as the proper study of man:
50 II IS not surprising to find that
ever since the opening Of Japan to
tne business travel Of the West this
singular island. state has attracted
the attention Of thinking men and
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1894-11-08

lenge the admira-
i o of the world. "
This sentence, re.
Gently uttered by a
~well-knOwn mill
tary man, does not
fairly represent the
actual status of az
fairs in the East,
nor give a correct
idea of the respec-
tive powers of the
combatants now en-
gagged in what is
really a fierce StruQ.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1894-11-08
UE KNEW TIE SEX.-,Jac,

He KNEW TIE SEX. Jack Plunger
Congratulate me, old man; I've
won her love at last" Tom Tucker
-"Has she accepted yOu?" Jack
Plunger-"Just as good. We had a
terrible quarrel last night and she
said she'd never speak to me again"
Judge.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1894-11-08

Whether this invention will help to
lower the short distance record OF
not remains to be seen, but it looks
reasonable that, in long distance rid,
ing, it will be a great help in main
tanning speed. .
The "Quadrimotive O'Keenan" is
an ordinary bicycle, to which a sec.
ond chain is added. This chain
unites two pinions; n is on the
axis of the propelling wheel, the
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1894-11-08
hrs ABOUT THE JAPS
.,,cK.WITTED AND ARTISTIC
V RACE.

who Deserve the Compliments
Have Been Showered Upon Them
r.,rs and Laborers Who Sketch Like
..,ist.- Geisha Girls and Their Ways.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1894-11-08

The oldest architectural ruins in
the world are believed to be the rock.
cut temples of Ipsambul, on the left
bank of the Nile, in Nubia.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1894-11-08

SHE-lt takes two to make a bar.
gain, you know. He-Yes; but only
one gets it.-BoStOn Courier.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1894-11-08

Greeks Of the Orient"
1.-THE courage with which the little
,,te Of Japan tackles the big Chi.
',o Empire is a spectacle to chal.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1894-11-08
Must BE

Recruits for the Chinese army will
not Pc accepted unless they can leap
a ditch six feet wide.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1894-11-08
But 1t Will.

Natives of Ceylon believe the Coz
coanut tree will not grow out of the
sound of the human voice.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1894-11-08

other is placed on a support fastened
to the handle bar. Two handles,
easily brought into play. work tho
continuance.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1894-11-08
PROPELLED BY THE ARMS.

An Invention that Is Expected to Lower
Bicycle Records.
1t seems that propulsion Of bicycles
by the arms has at last been solved.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1894-11-08

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and full
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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1894-03-08
sPARKs From THE TELEGEIrA

Tue Harvard oysrsesTs met Yesterday ani coneurFsd
In The section ~ EdEaTd Martin Lane 10 The post II
Latin Professor Emeritus
The front OF the city Of Troy passed southwark
yea eTday morning quietly. dong NO damage Ihs
river has not risen above the bAHka
William a. Curtis. the former lumber merchant OF
BunAlo who time shOt bis vile and daughter
Sas yesterday sentenced 10 seven ysaIs ana seven
months IN AUBURN prison,
fifteen valuable JsrIeI COWS out % herd OF twenty
belonging 10 Douglass Merritt Of khlnvbeck, we're
kued yesterday BY order OF ths state buAId Of rau
They were all afflicted With tubrrculosis
Judge Alfred G. Coke OF The Cniisd states Court in
TucA ssLrrday slgnsd order Tor sue removal Of
Henry q Wht.haW from Buffalo O. New York. lie 10
antel the later ely % AnSsuT caarss ~ steal
IN $4,000 from ths lnlrd STATES BAnk three ysATs
ago
A special COMMITTEES % the BuHalo Board % Alder
men mas agreed 70 Tepurt tAyorAblT 70 The tonm0n
,suuru = measure Tor the eonsiraction OF ssctue
light An appropriation u SlOOuOo u rec0mInsndsd
HE cry nos pays s3iouoo year for hght-
To- GrAnd Lodge ANCIENT order OF United Work men,
IN session Rochester yesterday elected ts eaigf
uncess: D. A. Gleason Rochester Grand Master MuTk
man: J. stons Armstrong kuhAlo. Grand toTs mAn; D.
"A. BurnuAm. Aew York. Grad OveraseT. n y HOrfOB
DunEFk telsventh year, Grand Rse9rdef; john hodgs
Iock port leghtssnth Year, GrAnd FlesitsEi HAus1
Sr-s koms. SFand Sglde-
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1894-03-08
The Forestry Congress.

ALBANY, March THE second days session
OF the Forestry Congress opened In the Assem-
bly, parlor this morning. DR.. Schuyler presid-
ing. The delegates from other States were
called on and made short reports on State
forest interests. Col ". F. Fox Of the New
York State Forest Commission told the dele
gates that there were forty-six varieties OF
trees In the Adirondacks. and that the main
problem OF the Commission was how to make
the State department self-sustaining and at
the same time establish . system OF pressrv-
ing the forests.
william Little Of Canada discussed New
York's prospects. and thought 1t would pay
tho State to expend millions and millions for
So per acre. but oven at 500 per acre.
r U. johnson OF California. an honorary
member OF the Sierra CLUB. the head and front
OF forest reform IN California. gave an address
Valley was In the hands Of men not fitted for
their office 1t was hoped TO remedy this by
having the Yosemite reservation included in
fered Q resolution that the Convention re-
gArdsd with approval the natl policy Of
forest preservation inAugurated by President
and p the
other Western lands, that It endorsed the Me-
CTea bill introduced with that end In view
and urged that careful study and inyestiga-
OF papers followed
This evening the PRINCIPAL feature was an
ES6s Rec. ON BISHOP Boaas Dr. Fora
President OF the American Climatological AS:
ISOLATION. read . paper on the influence OF
Forests on Nervous Diseases; and Prof. Al:
Natural History Of New York one on Forestry
In Our Public Schools"
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1894-03-08
a TROPICAL FRUIT TRUST
Importers Combiainx to Put an Eaa 70 Con.
petitiou.

Inportsrs Combiainx to Put an Eus 20 Con-
petitios.
PHILADELPHIA. March IA trust to regulate
the price OF tropical fruit at all the principal
ports OF the United States Il tho latest device.
and all the leading importers have agreed to
Join It a. soon as the organization 10 perfected.
Russell Hoagley. q New York capitalist. who
has built railroads In both Jamaica and Costa
RIGA, has the matter in charge. and will be
President Of the trust. So far as details have
been arrang ed. the trust will fix the price to be
paid for bananas. cocosnuts. and otheItropieal
iruit at the point Of shipment, as we'll as the
selling price at the ports OF arrival In the
United States. The cost OF carrying the fruit
to the seaboard. the rate per month for yes
sells running on time charter. and all such
matters will be regulated.
Importers say that the ruinous competition
and that their only salvation is a com t
Of the. largest concerns in the trade.
and would probably DO so. Ii. declined to
give any account OF the proposed organza-
tons plans. but declared that he considered
the movement good one. both for shippers
and i'm DOrtern
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1894-03-08
MRS. WHITNEY ANDHER BABY
SIZE r. TEE DAUGHTER OF a RICE
CALIFORNIAN

Several Rearsine-hsuss Keepers In Tki-
city Remember Her-nntrosuesd 20 Miss
Ler Her ChiId Once for Three weeks.
II was learned yesterday that Mrs Charles
T. whitney. who deserted her American-b born
child In Nice early In January, and who has
not been seen since, Is the daughter OF =
wealthy Californian. Her husband ia an Eng
llshman. and. It Is said. has been abroad four
years.
Mrs. whitney's career In this city. so far as
It has been learned from women who know
her here. was almost as mysterious as was the
desertion Of her child In French hotel The
certificate OF birth OF the child. which was en-
closed in the letter the American Consul at
Nice sent TO Acting Mayor Mcclellan few days
ago set forth that tho child was born at "a
East Fifty ninth street on April %, 1891. 1t
also stated that the mothers maiden name
was Caroline T. Withaus. which was not cor
rect. that she was ~ years old. and was born
in New York. The fathers age was said to be
81. and he was born In England.
The house at 90 East Fifty ninth street Was q
fashionable boarding house kept by Miss Mary
Jane Moore. She was turned out OF the house
a few months after Mrs. whitney and her child
left the place She is believed to know more
OF Mrs Whitney than any one else In New
York, and next 10 her q Mrs. Dwinnelle who
took great fancy to Mrs Whitney. ~,
Mrs. Dwlnnelle has been Lost sight OF. Tho
hunt for Miss Moore has been unsuccessful
but In the course OF 1t here and there folks
were found who knew a little about Mrs. Whit
Mrs. whitney is said to be a remarkably
blonde. and has beautiful blue eyes Accord
ing to one woman who was found yesterday
shs married wealthy EnElis hansI III, n
Her husband took her abroad. aud she
studied music two years IN Europe, They
and then went back to Europe, On this sec
ond trip the husband met with misiortune
THEY noss Ss Sns thi to this
was when she sppesrsd ed at Nj IS MOorss board:
hsass sU next to %iss MoSrss says that MS.
whitney was brought to Miss Moore's by a
BSs This shG sa not Dr. SsS wS6
attended her when the child was born.
Whoever ne Was his SsstGats OF airs ths
rigid rules OF the boarding house. After three
months: when there vas no sGn 81 shs gay
Mrs. whitneY's leaving the house.
Mira Whitney took rooms In boarding
hosS hsr there ssa 6s Mrs wStns9 v.n
to this house 10 August, 1871 ACCOMPANIED
by h shs tha AZ
neither seen nor heard q ioF three weeks weeks:
Until the latter part q last November. when
she went to Europe. She was at the hotel in
Nice on Dec. II
A cable from Nice yesterday said that Mrs
Whitney had written to the hotel proprietor
and that she would return for the child whom
she got more money.
The police Of New York are now trying to ind
Mrs. Whitney's father. Yesterday the son OF .
Mira Cummings, who lives At AZ West Twenty:
fourth street. called ut the Mayors ONCE. and
Cummings at the Caf6 Royal at 1913 East
Twenty-third street Mrs Cupmings liked
the child and II Mrs. whitney did not return
for It, and II the grandparents could not be
found, she would like to adopt It
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1894-03-08
JO1IINGs ABOUT TOWN

Lena Gerry q modesto of 32i East Seventy. nfth
running policy shop.
About MY graduates OF the Charity Hospital enjoy
ton last night at eisrts on Tw.ntysiifd .trs.
There will be public meeting the members OF the
oTssnlns an saiIisly 10 the N.tionsI 6s5 uRsH
George Murray. alias "ths Monk" who is accused OF
way cabs s.F: on rss 20 y: h:is y...sdsy 70 q.
Tomb. Police Court under 5000 bail 10 await the action
dsl.s..iOn, headed by Alderman Donovan, vst:a
and asked Tor the appointment Of sCom@odor..
yUas. pi9 s 9. ia' Oh
St M.tth.y. Protestant Egise9psI Church, on West
Llsn.y fourth street near central PARK va. formally
bishop Potter, Bishop Leighton Coleman Of Delaware
mon
In tn. Tomb. Pole. cour. yesterday PE no.s: d:
respectively. who are charged with receiving goods
sro.dwAy were pat under 500 for examination on
Tier: 7. :Rs Ps: sna
.0ns5i hsHsvs anu sas 81 held sSnt.5sSss pre-
Nr Martin said the Commissioner you'd probably
sa .' sos sSi''''S On the cases '~'' meeting OF
II. eoiy q a man tOqna floating in the Harlem
dsntnsd at the MOrEus Yesterday as that OF John
ssSSa m ysII ' ss. NM a.Ss hoa9s
l25Ih street ON Dec. Ia
from :r:;I car gems ..; in t5eP, e 20
,sfdsy srsnooR liz wa: ssTuss By ear io sSSs
west on the other track. and Killed John Rice. the
driver OF car lOl vas arrested
The Board OF Trade and TrAnsPertAtioa Yesterday at
teTnOOn adopted resolutions which said that regard
with deem the delay Ia providing ample and
efficient rapid transit facilities within the city Of New
York and favored exNAyor Hewitts plan for the
EtTuction OF road ~ the city, TO be managed by
corporation on lsAsehOld.
Annie LAprinA old OF o5 oliver street: Henry
Sargent. a. who lodged the olive Tree Inn BASG
Twenty third street and Joseph Olivstte, rs months
old Of 1O2 MOTT taken To Riverside Hospl
raj yesterday suffering from smAlFpox. Andrew New
ktrk 40 years Old. Of ISL Ninth avenue and Bertha
AHg 49, OF 10 Avenue b. we're taken 10 North Brother
Island,
David and Jacob RoTn. real estate dsAlsTI AAA
Charles AonAL real estate agent who SeIe recently N.
dirted by tue ITAud Jury for knowingly permitting
houses in West ThrtynRth street to be used for i'm
proper purposes aud City Marshal Thomas Blessing
who indicted Tor Keeping dlsOrdsrly house In
same nsiyhbnrhogd pleaded not guilty YsstsTdAy II
the General Sessions before Recorder smyth. Thea.
being Ter bAlL they released
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1894-03-08
DR. POWELL on THE POLICE

re Says They Protect vIoi.tor- or Law for
Financial Considsr.tio.s.
DIR. Aaron NJ. Powell read q paper on The
Question OF State Regulation OF Vice" before
tho hygienio section of the Academy OF Medi-
cine. II West Forty-third street. last night.
In our city" he said we see spssmo dio
attempts to suppress the social evil. but the
police are really its protectors. and permit
hrothels to exist The gambling saloon and
the brothel are sources OF revenue and
strsnRt in the politics Of our city
state laws and regulations should apply to
men as we'll as women. They should vigorous
" punish the in cit ement to vice OF minors and
the abduction OF minors. Keepers Of disorder
" houses and owner OF such property should
be punished by Imprisonment A nns 10 q
M ere Incident"
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1894-03-08

considerably. The Chinese can now obtain
their supplies at less cost even in silver than
they could twenty years ago By some 20 per
cent. In other words. the purchasing power
OF silver has not declined In respect 10 any Of
the classes Of com m odtles and has even con i
sldersbly Increased In respect ofthe arst and
The purchasing power OF gold. on the other
hand. has steadily advanced with every sue
don. Til now ! shilinss will buy what formerly
REQUIRED 9s. 70; or $50 will now do what flOo
Touehing still further. the class OF articles
produced IN China. but exported to the West
the larger market would rule, and that the
gold price would remain steady, leaving the
GAY cass The silver Ss plce IN China @us rise
But It does not appear to be so. 1t IL. be,
lIeye, q well-known fact in the, commercial
down a half penny, bargain is much NOR.
out Tor rise o. hslf penny ny Il Would seem
then to be general rule that adjustments fol-
loving on tsll Of exchange are always made ,sis
but The LONDON price that falls. Merchants
to bur. Kslstic produce at the old. prices and
sell y In london at q concession than to stand
70. pay more to the producer.
The exper,ence Of the last twenty year.
shows that with every fall In the gold price OF
silver there has invariably been a simulta-
neous lowering in the gold price Of com N obi
ties Ia Europe. This has yariously been as
cribed TO the scarcity Of gold. or 20 the greater
strain thrown upon existing stocks by its ex.
tended use. or TO reduction in the coet Of
pally or entirely to the conf petition Of the prod
ucs OF silver-usinR eountries2 II IL IL fact
that there has been no general rise in the al,
yer price OF produce In India and Oh ina and
than the fall in silver should produce. then the
gold price Of such produce when Imported into
Europe must necessarily have fallen with the
fall OF exchange.
From this point OF view It is really silver
that rules the world; II 70 the purchasing
power OF the cheaper metal that determines
the price all over. just as In a bimetallic
country the cheaper metal will drive out the
dearer toward her monometalllo neighbors
So. as between countries Of different stand
Of the cheaper metal drag down prices all over
to their own level. And, reasoning forward
from the experience. OF the past II would not
perhaps be too rash to conclude that the prices
be drawn in any fair quantity from silver
using countries. must continne to decline
with every further fall In silver"
Mr.. Jameson declares that expectation from
the fall In the gold price OF silver. not. how
ever. because OF any rise In PRICES. but be-
cause merchants have been usually ready 70
take all that was offered Mt about the old
70 indian mpetition. Mr. JAMESON insists
that there Is no other country on earth where
capital 10 so much needed as In China, or
where it could be invested so profitably.
whether for lender or for borrower. Interest
his IRON NOT ef s, fs i but By S.ahy for
BRowN UNIVERSITY March 5.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1894-03-08
4 CRIMINALS HIDING PLACE.
Ingenious Cortrivances In . Cottage fss
Eiuding Capture.


SAN Francisco. March 7.-Letters and de-
spatches have Just been received BY the Bank
OF Healdsburg. Cal. from banks in Toronto.
Canada. asking for details OF the financial
standing OF Walter q. Campbell. who repre-
sented himself as large capitalist and land
owner OF Healdsburg.
CampbelPs relatives live here. and he al
ways bore q good reputation. though he failed
In real estate business in this city. Soon
aitsrward he seemed to have large means and
bought q big ranch near Healdsburg. His eI-
tensive swindling operations in Chicago were
exposed In January last. when he fled TO
Canada
Investigation in Healdsburg to-day shows
pretty clearly that Campbell, who m arried the
daughter Of embezzler Barth, gained his
financial status from the 100000 which
Barth stole from Uncle Sam ten years ago. A
cottage on the hill near Healdsburg. which
was occupied for years by Barth's wife and
daughters. who passed under assumed names.
has been examined recently. and Ia 1t were
Two years ago It was solo by tho woman,
who revealed her Identity and said Barth was
dead. Ii IL now RENE inferred that q nne-look-
ing man called DIR. Fuller used to- visit the
woman. and this man 10 believed to have been
municatlng with an attic. which is fitted up In
good style as a bedroom.
From this attic chamber Is secret passage
which leads down to the first floor. and then
by an underground tunnel to clump of shrub
berry In the grounds. 1t Ii perfect hiding
place for any fugitive, as. II the house were
surrounded and searched. he could easily
n n
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1894-03-08
The weather.

For seven consecutive DAYS fair weather hAs pre-
vailed in this nsiEhborhood. while there has been
ShsSsry weather ali aides OF Tue weather con
tnusd fair the entire country yesterday for
rain ever the north Pacific states The high pressure
which has held the clear weather over the Atlantic
states Shove but little signs OF breaking and will be
reinforced by an increase OF pressure AHd
some colder weather from the lake regions to-day.
There wsTs indications OF storm forming In the Ar
kansas Valley which 10 likely 10 show some energy
day over the central states attended By warmer
weather which will soon disPAss the temporary sold
OF that region,
nwas fair and warm in this city; the smeiaI tenn
psrAtuTe Vas co. lowest 469; average humidity. SO
per cent wind WsSE average velocity 10 miles az
hour
roe thsrm0mstsT a. Psrrya pharmacy, In THE sBH
hntlalng
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1894-03-08
HARRY MYERS WANTED IN BUFFALO
He Negotiated Loans aud Always Got Ri
Comui.sious In Advance.

He Negotiated Loans aud Always Got HIS
Comui.sioas In Advance.
BUFFALO. March Tt Is alleged that Harry
Myers o money lender who occupied an office
on the second floor OF the Masonic Temple.
has skipped out and taken with him money
that does not belong to him. Some few weeks
ago Myers struck the city and engaged desk
room In the temple. He is . man of good ad-
dress. aged about thirty. and had business
card which read. Harry Myers. money
lender"
Myers said he represented . banking firm In
New York city and was ready to negotiate
loans. He did large business and was to re-
ceive commission Of per cent. OF the loans
he secured for his clients. But he always got
his money In advance. Sometimes he got 8 y
per cent, agreeing to return the IN per cent
when the loan was turned over.
A day or two after he had fixed ND his ofics
another man Pvt n an wao Tss
that his brokerage office In New York was run
by Edward Clausen, from whom he occasion
ally received telegrams Ono OF Myers's GUS
toners telegraphed to ClAusen last night ask.
ing II the firm OF Foster Il Myers Was all right
Nc reply has yet been resolved. ,r.
been dealing in merchandise, as well AS in
'loana" Some few days ago Foster visited q
Main street Iewelry store and made an extern
sive purchase. He rendered q sheck on the
City Bank for payment The check was dis.
honored. The isyeler sWors out 2 xaI,snt
were sent out on his track. II is said that both
men were seen In the city yesterday afternoon.
In the mean time 1t IL expected that more
warrants will be sworn out against both men.