Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-08-14
IN THE HOTEL CORRIDORS.
sropIEs AND OPINIONS RELATED
ny PROMINENT MIsN.
The Oriental War brought About
by the Japanese Government to
Divert Into New channels the Rest
less spirit OF the People.


Homo In TnrcufHDli. Ala All' ft''@
has Just returned from q visit 10 the
orient. and when seen at the riggs
House last night did not see any
ground for doubt that Japan and China
would 70 to wor over the corean ques-
tion. ION our way from Japan SAID
Afr. Ricord I'VE met q large number
Of Japanese transports bearing troops
to Corea, as wen as several gunboats
The fact is that Japan is very anxious
for war with China, IN my opinion.
Anything that VIII serve to divert the
attention Of the people from the Lively
political conflict that Is progressing
with such bitterness IN the empire
would be welcomed. The two great
parties IN japan are the conservatives
and the progroasionists. The eonserya-
uvos don't like the new constitution
and they want to abolish the treaty
under which Foreigners IN open ports
are subject to the jurisdiction Of the
consuls OF their respective countries
alone. instead OK the Japanese courts
The effect OF such action would be to
hurry every foreigner doing business
10 Japan out OF the country except
the missionaries. The progrtssiunlats
arc chumpiuuinB the retention " ok
listing treaties and the spnts between
the leaders OF tile two parties IN inc
national legislature OF Japan are nb
exciting as the differences up there In
tie White marble building On the nil.
Thr Jnpanse appear to BE- pretty conn
don't Of being able to whip China " u
COMES 10 a real light, because they feel
that Russia and France would take
a hand, and that the eventual outcome
OF the difficulty would be the partition
Of Coren's territory between Japan and
Russia"
"Thc work Of a car tracer for one
OF the big railroad companies IL an
Interesting nyucuuun" snid George
Cartwright OF Indianapolis az Worm
ley'H this morning. 81 held the posi-
ton Tor some time with the Chicago,
Burlington and Quincy rupd, and the
last car ! found Tor the company wna
ON n siding Of the McNican Central
railroad $500 miles from the place II
ought to have been. II seems to he
propostcroua, ~ FIRST glance, TO think
that ouch thing az, "a railroad chr
could get lost, but right this minute
In the United states ! venture to say
there are 300 or 400 atraynd or stolen
freight cars that the trnccrs are doing
their level best TO locate and recover
They got lost MS easy as rolling on a
log, For instance, a ahippcr along the
the line ~ the G, Il. and Q. VIII sena
a carload OF freight to some point In
the south, McmphlA, for Instance. when
the car lr unloadCd the road upon
whose tracks Il may be M the tint
may need a ear at once. and have none
OF It's own Mt hand. u Is customary
for the biz roads TO use each otncr'H
ears In such emergencies so tho c. u.
and g. car Is taken, and on y goes,
perhaps, into another system In this
way it goes mixed up. Tho company
using II nrglects or fnrgcta TO notify
the company owning It ot the temper.
airy use It has been put TO-, and when II
~ nnnlly missed the car tracer goes ont
after H. when freight train Is
wrecked and tho ears composing II
destroyed by IRE, M iH no frequently
the case the car tracer has work ahead
OF him also, MS some car belonging
20 hts ayatcm is liable TO hc in the de-
otroycd train Recently err trncrra
from an over tho country have been
gathering In Chicago Hud Mt othel
points whore the trains have beer
burned, trying 20 mud uut about thcii
particular cars, aud have beer
mighty glad that TIN no longer In tn,
business"
"Thc recent ruling OF the navy de.
pnrtment that snilur8 shall receive thcn
pay every month Is n very fair and
Just proposition on tH face. but I think
n VIII play the dickens with the discl-
pllue aboard ship" said wen known
naval officer ht the Ehblt this morning
with money IN his pocket and some
place TO spend It dend In sight. Jack if
n pretty nervous and restless indlvld-
unl and | think the now order oi
things viii ncrcupe the percentage OF
descrtlona from the navy 10 a verS
high heurr, The average sailor man l.
queer combination, aud his CHIEF
pleasure, ms Il rule, Ia found in dalii
unce with drink, While drunkenness II
the navy IL not M prevalent now ms n
was some years ago sull there are few
teetotolcra among the men. OF oours,
there are very rigid rules which pre-
vent the introduction OF llpuur nmonl
enlisted men ON board ship hut thcl
still mnnagG TO get Il In u variety o
ways I remember once when down II
the West Indies I was acting 40 Office
OF the deck and boat load OF half
tlpsy jacks come aboard. My attention
was called to the rather r0tund appear
ancc OF n nnilur whouc nickname wa
skinny Jack Tho man was atteuunt
cd 10 such nm extent that Il gave ON
u pain to look AZ him, md yet. ON TIL
day, While his face retained It's Ratchet
like sharpness, his body appeared /
be almost dropsical In It's rotundity.
mnde up my mind to find out what |
mcantf SO | ordered Nil the returning
sailors to stand aside and be searched
Every mothers ON OF those fucn had
long skin. such an sausage ~ stuffed III
half iillcd With rum ana wound aroun
hig body beneath his shirt SKIM
Jack IN trying 10 carry out his dOslr
10 bring more than his share OF tn
conttahand liluor aboard, had allowe
his ambition 10 oNerlean Itself. ana h
was wound two or sthreo layers dec
with skin bags full OF rum You noVe
saw such an utterly miserable set o
men IN your life us those follows wer
when the QuartcrmRster took the skin
60 the side and cut holes In them, an
after allowing the fiery liquor "a ru
overheard, threw the skins after II
That very night, though. Skinny Jack
became uii'usrinusly drunk, and W
were al nt a loss 20 IND out where h
got the liquor. II was discovered tina
tho shlllomh-lookinE sticl, that 'Jaci
hud been IN the habit OF carrying on hi
excursions ashore was hollow from Il
stem to Its stern and that he ha
brought Il back filled with liduor. so Il
spite of the couilscNtlon Of the skins a
rum, Jack had managed to brin
enough rum aboard TO get drunk 81
ANYHOW.
81 wac once on another boat awa
out at sea when we began TO notic
drunkenness among the crew,
search Of the mon's quarters was mnd
rnd NOT slTn OF liquur was discovered
still tho men continued TO get DRUM
one day we found naif That tn.,s ,,..,.