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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-04-04

cidental dlplOmatlsts, and, after some
delay, the governor was duly degraded
as stated. This degradation, however,
was more a matter of form and senti-
ment than anything else, since he was
not then deprived of his governorship
nor of his revenues.
Besides sulphur the mineral resources
of Formosa include coal and petroleum.
The coaltields are located principally in
the northern part of the island, and the
coal produced is chiefly of very btu
minous sort, burning rapidly, but still
available for use in making steam, it be-
ing regularly employed in many foreign
vessels on short voyages, by the Chinese
men-of-war and in the furnaces of the
arsenal at Fuchau Until 1877 this
coal was mined after the simple and
primitive methods of the Chinese, but
in that year an English engineer of the
curious name of Tyzack was engaged by
the government to opeu a mine with
shaft after the English fashion, and
since then the output has been larger
than ever before, the export alone some
years amounting to 40, 900 or 90, 900
tons.
Owing largely to the progressive spirit
Of Governor Liu Ming Chuan, Formosa
has for some time led the mainland in
the matter of western improvements. A
telegraph line was built in the northern
part of the island and a railway line was
begun some years ago, but whether the
latter has ever been finished is not
known to this writer. In addition to
the agricultural products already men
fnQ and &C md
mature rapidly in Formosa, and this
governor has fostered tea planting with
great care, but his scheme for cultivat-
ing and curing the plant after the meth
DDS so successfully employed by the
English in Ceylon has not been bril-
liant success, according to late reports,
principally because of lack of money to
carry it ont 1t is this lack, doubtless,
that has prevented his communicating
many other schemes for Improvement
that he had in mind when made gov
ernor.
The highest mountain in Formosa is
the Mu- Kang-Shan. or Wooded noun
tain, named Mount Morrison by the
English and accounted 10, $50 feet high,
though that is probably an overesti
mate. The scenery of the island is said
to be of unusual boldness and grandeur.
specially along the eastern coast.
Deer, boars, bears, goats, monkeys,
squirrels and flying squirrels abound
in Formosa, and occasionally panthers
and wildcats are seen. Some travellers
tell of a poisonous but exceedingly
beautiful green snake. Birds of many
sorts are known, and fish are plentiful
In Mace of the horse the OK is the beast
of burden and is also extensively used
as saddls animal. Tam-Sui, Howell,
or Hobay, as the chief town is variously.
known, has 100, 900 inhabitants, and
there are several others ranging from
30, 900 to 80, 600. The whole island con-
tains about /, 500, 900 inhabitants The
unsubjugated natives of the eastern
slopes are exceedingly savage and cut up
! into many tribes or clans
CHARLES APPLEBEE
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eler has described any existing volca-
noes, the Chinese tell Of a small noun
tain, little Iaore than hill, which they
call Ho-shan, or Fire mountain, and
white explorers have observed lets of
steam and sulphur springs issuing from
the rocks near Tam-sui, one of the most
considerable settlements. The sulphur
is taken from the mines in a sort of
slatelike condition, after which it is
boiled in water until of about the con-
sistency of molasses. Then it is stirred
continually until every impurity has
been separated from the sulphur, and
then it is ladled out into conical wood
en- tubs. from which the cakes are re-
leased when cold by the simple process
of knocking out the heads.
The gigantic laurels from which the
camphor is obtained are all in the pos
session of the natives, and it is not easy,
therefore, TO maintain a constant sup
ply, and many bitter contest has been
waged between Cinnamon and savages
over this matter 1t was because of his
action regarding the camphor crop that
the governor Of Formosa, Liu Ming
Chuan, protege of the famous Lii
Hung Chang, the prime minister, was
degraded by imperial decree some four
or five years ago. This governor had
been fortunate in a military way be-
fore he was sent to Formosa, and both
before and afterward he displayed adj
ministrative abilities of such a COM
handing sort as to win permission to
experiment upon the island with many
foreign notions that. would under no
circumstances be permitted on the main
land itself
From the first Liu Ming Chuan ex-
hibited a perfect readiness to realize all
there was sin ito for himself from his
government, but for long time his 60
ings on were either quietly winked at
or ignored altogether. At last, however,
in 1890, he granted a totally illegal mo-
nopoly of the camphor trade to Ger
man named Won Butler in return for
the annual payment of a sum of ready
money This kicked up a great row
among the other foreign and native
traders in camphor and led to united
protest at Peking on the part of the &C.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-04-04

Proposed Line to Key West Will Bring
Cuba Nearer.
WASHINGTON, April 4.-The Cuban
complications have increased the inter-
est of the engineering department of the
navy in the plan to extend the Jackson
vile, St Augustine & Indian railway
along the Florida keys to Key W est. It's
pointed out that this will bring Havana
within fifteen hours by sea from the end
at present. and will vastly increase the
Importance of the island, both for naval
and military purposes.
The railway is now not far from the
beginning of the chain of islets that
stretch from the southeast corner of the
peninsula, 200 miles in a southwesterly di-
recton. These islets are from one to four
or five miles long, and are of a good
breadth. For the most part the water
between them is so shallow that man
can easily wade from one to the other.
Here and there are deep and narrow
channels. but there is nothing that pre-
sents any serious engine ering diff
Guilty. \
AT first it is probable that the railway
will be built on trestles, but the work of
fill ing in around latter will be begun i'm
mediately in order to protect the piles
from the ravages of the teredO worm. It
is thought probable that as soon as the
embankment is completed in any place
the wash of the sea will heap up sand
against it and that the string of islands
will be ultimately converted into one
long peninsula.
There are no heavy waves to destroy
the work, which is screened from the
Atlantic by the Bahama islands. The
gulf stream flows along the southeast
of the islands and throws up sediment on
each side in its passage. 1t is largely
due to this stream that the islands are
now in existence, and it is steadily add
ing to them.
When this road is completed it will be
possible to go from New York to Key
West entirely by land in a little over two
days. Passengers for Cuba or who ara
going through the Nicaraguan canal
when that is completed can join the
steamer at Key West, thus saving a four
days sea voyage in the north Atlantic
and escaping practically all the rough
water between New York and Grey
town.
At present there is no place along the
east Florida coast where large steamers
can touch to take on passengers OF
freight, while Key West has an excel
lent harbor. The strategic Importance
of the island and the railway will be.
come much greater should the Nicara-
guam canal be built
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-04-04
CONTRIBUTION OF CLEVELAND

The lines are steadily and surely form
ing for the nomination of Mr.. Cleveland
as his own successor. The advocates of
sound money" at last realize that there
is no escape from the money question as
the main issue of the next campaign.
The free silver men will force the fight
and will have a candidate who is known
to be uncompromisingl in favor of the
restoration of silver. If they fail to nom
mate such q man in either of the parties
now organized, they will form new one.
The gold worshipers understand that
this is the situation they will have to
meet and Mr.. Cleveland is the man on
whom they can all unite. Senator Cor
man, outlining the situation in a news
paper interview recently, said that he
was assured that tbs result of the next
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-04-04
RELIGION TN IT.
Mr.. KOhlsaat Says the Chicago Election
was Free From It.

NEW YORK, April Al. H Kohlsaat,
the we'll known Chicago millionaire is at
the Holland house. He arrived in the
city last night
Speaking of the election at Chicago
Mr.. Kohlsaat said: There is one odd
thing in connection with this election.
When Hopkins ran for mayor eighteen
months ago the A P A came out bodily
against him. His opponent was a Pro-
testant and he was a Catholic. | never
knew religious lines to be so tightly
drawn in politics. Hopkins was elected
This time there were the same ele-
ments in the election of Wenter, the de-
feated candidate was a Catholic, Swift is
Methodist. Despite this there was not
a word of religion brought into the con-
test. In eighteen months the whole
veered around and the people righted
themselves where they were wrong be-
forav
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-04-04

son. who is in Chicago, stated positively
today that ex-Presideut Harrison is a
candidate for the presidency.
General Harrison" he said, Sis not an
active candidate perhaps, but he certain
~ is a 'reCe ptive candidate Indeed, he
is I think, one of the most prominent, if
not the most prominent presidential can
didate now before the public As to who
will be the party's choice in 1896, am
of course, unable to say, but it is very
certain that General Harrison will ac-
cept the nomination if it is rendered to
him"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-04-04
MAX O'RELL'S PRAISES.
Uttered About Americans at Central Music
Hall, Chicago.


CHICAGO, April Max O'Rell lee
tured last night at Central Music hall
on american Society up to Date" Four
tours made in this country had convinced
him that the typical American is warm
hearted, hearty, impulsive, sometimes
inquisitlve, parsonage, but always, no
matter when or where you meet him, a
good fellow.
The rapidity with which the average
American moves and has his being, was
a constant source of wonderment to those
who live across the water. Distance
meant nothing, when it came to a man
ager notifying him that Duluth and In
dianapOlis were in the neighborhoOd of
Chicago, territory which he was ex-
pected to cover in what appeared to him
an impossible time. But he had done it.
This continual haste, while it was wear
ing, also, according to Mr.. O'Rell, kept
from American faces that dull ex
preston which marks the middle and
lower classes of Europe
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-04-04
ISLAND OF FORMOSA.
It Will Probably be Coded to Japan
by the Chinese.
ABOUT HALF AS LARGE As IRELAND.
Inhabited JOintIy by Chinese and
Savage Aborigines, 1t Is Known as
the Granary or China-Brtef Descrip-
ti0n.

N TIL recently
the civilze d
world has not
been wildly Curl
GUS about For
mosa, but since
the G on V lotion
has become gen.
eral that China
will have to cede
it to Japan as a
part of the war
indemnity much
interest has hean
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-04-04
NTany Ngore CopyrIghts.

WASHINGTON, April 4-The annual
report of Librarian Spoford of the con-
gressional library for 1894 will soon be
printed. 1t shows that during the year
62,762 copyrights were entered as against
1886 for 1898 and that 49, OS copyrights
publications of all kinds were received.
Mr.. Epofford says there has been a
steady though not rapid progress in the
extension of International copyrights
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-04-04

LAS VEGAS Optic: Governor Mckinley
of Ohio, says if the Republican Larty
comes out for free silver, he will leave it.
Sorry, governor, but the Republican
party ia great enough, and strong enough
to wobble onward to bimetalIism and
victory without you.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-04-04

1T is now reported that Japan will de-
mand her indemnity from China in gold.
This will bring joy to the hearts of Grover
Cleveland and his friends.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-04-04

tivation been carried on that Formosa
has long been known as the granary Of
China. Practically every crop that -four
ishes on the mainland does well on For
mosa also, rice, sugar, jute, grass cloth,
rice paper, rattan and fiber being among
the abundant productions
Far more precious. however, than any
of these are the camphor and the sui
phur obtained from the mines and the
mountains. and both produced as crown
monopolies AS will be surmised from
the presence of sulphur, Formosa is sup
posed to be of volcanic formation, and
though no European or American trav.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-04-04

A BERLIN correspondent of the New
York World. relates that during con-
versation with a distinguished German
recently, he was somewhat surprised
when the foreigner showed him copy
of Coins Financial School," which he
said had been loaned him by Count Her
bert Bismarck.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-04-04

THE people of the Third Michigan
district took very wise course on the
occasion of the election of a successor to
!. c. Burrows. All parties nominated
pronounced free silver men, SO that from
the silver standpoint it did not matter
who was elected.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-04-04

IT is notable that fusions were defeat
ed almost everywhere IastTuesday. There
should have been no exceptions.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-04-04
NEW RAILROAD OPENED.
The Galveston, Laporte & Houston Begins
Traffic Today.

Traffic Today.
Houston. Tex. April 4--Today the
Galveston, Laporte g Houston railway
will be opened for traffic between Hous-
ton and Laporte. The first train will bs
a number of sleepers containing a party
from St Louis, who arrived on the Katy
this morning. The owners of this road
are endeavoring TO secure control of the
Galveston Western, which gives them
terminals in Galveston. All that is nee
essary now will be to bridge Galveston
bay.
It is in every sense a terminal road at
present, but it is expected that it will be-
come part of one of the big trunk lines
which is seeking gulf outlet
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-04-04

IT is little singular that here in Kan
sas, where there is a prohibition law of
fifteen years standing, there should be
prohibition tickets in SO many towns last
Tuesday.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-04-04

tiles effects an organization the work OF
s'redeeming Kansas" will proceed.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-04-04
Next summer's Wind.

The Marquette (Kan) Tribune says:
Last Wednesday the sun crossed the line
at 5:48. at that time the wind was in the
southeast which designates the prevail
ing wind of the summer, and as most of
our moisture comes from that direction
it signifies that we are to have plenty of
rain and big corn crop. This is not
Prof. Hicks, mind you, but our local
weather prophet, DR.. Baird.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-04-04

CHICAGO Populists appear to have
changed their minds. The vote cast for
their candidate at the city election was
only about one half that of last fall
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-04-04

WOMAN suffrage received its severest
blow Tuesday when a Newcastle, Colo,
woman burst blood vessel while prepar-
ing her ballot She died in q few hours.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-04-04
Weather Indications.

CHICAGO. April 4.-For Kansas: Fair
tonight. Friday fair and cooler; south
east shifting TO northwest winds.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-04-04

PETER N. GIsH has been reversed
Judge Hazen has decided that chickens
are animals
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-04-04

The STATE JOURNALS Want and Mis-
cellaneous columns reach each working
day in the week more than twice as
many Topeka people as can be reached
through any other, paper. This is fact.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-04-04
HARRISON WILL RUN.

j. 8. Clarkson Says He Is Certainly ''Re-
cepttve Candidate"
CHICAGO, April 4-General j. S. Clark
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TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION.

Daily edition, delivered by carrier, 10
cents week to any part Of Topeka or
suburbs, or at the same price in any
Kansas town where this paper has car
rieF system.
By mail, three months ........S 80
By mail, one year ............ $50
Weekly Edition, per year ....... DO
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-04-04

Good work done By the Peerless
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-04-04
R. R. OVER THE SHOALS,

Proposed Line to Key West Will Bring
Cuba Nearer,
The advocate., 1895-01-16
aOY. MORRILL,S MESSAGE.
COnttntled from pdge 9.

time FOR the assessment. But Shere ID little
hope Of improvement until more faithful ad-
nfnistration OF the law can be had. 1t makes
less difference what the law is than how II Is
administered. There ought also to be some
right Of appeal from assessments that are
grossly and outrageously unjust. Now the as"
SCISSOR lxes the valuation, the commissioners
refuse to change it, and the taxpayer Is obliged
70 submit to what he knows Is legalized rod
berry. am well aware that the right 70 appear
wonld have TO be restricted, but the very fact
that the right to appeal existed would make
the county commissioners more willing to DO
Justice.
The advocate., 1895-01-16
Fees and Salaries.

Your attention is called to the abuses which
have grown up under our system OF fees and
salaries. The most practical way to reform
these abuses would be- where it is at all feaSi-
BILE, to abolish the fees system and substitute
fixed salary for all officers.
Your careful scrutiny is invited to the matter
of salaries with view to such reductions as
will bring them in harmony with the changed
business conditions Of the state
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1895-09-10
STRIKE ECHO.
Willmar Boys. Convicted of
Interfering With tie Malt
Trains In the Strike.
Plntocracy's Prosecuting
Hire1ings Make A Success
Of Their Test Cases.

George Carruthers and Archie
T. Bogart were found by the
jury in the United States circuit
court to be guilty Of having OBJ
structed the United States mails
by holding a Great N Northern train
at Willmar, April 81, during the
strike on that road, This verdict
was returned Friday, but SEN
tence has been deferred until the
similar cases against Black burn,
Hutchins, Olson, :O'Hair, Bonde
and Nelson shall have been dis
posed of. It is possible that
these other defendants will now
plead guilty as the ! evidence
against them is practically the
same as that against Carruthers
and Bogart. tits shown by the
testimony that the strikers had
detained the train at Willmar on
the date named and refused to
let it proceed in the form in which
it was made up. Theyconsented
to allow the mail and an engine
fully equipped to continue the
trip but this arrangement the
railroad # com pany refused to
comply with, insisting upon car
rying the entire train through, or
leaving it at Willmar. In his
charge to the jury, the court
took the position that the strik-
ers we're ,obstruc citing the mails
in interfering with the arrange
ment between the railroad com
pany and the United States gov
ernment for carryinga the mails
Eeven. though they consented to
falloW the mail car itself to pro
Eceed. Minneap olis Ei ibune L
It is unnece cessary us to
comment on this aHaii, Posi-
bly, these our ood ciitize ens violat-
led some echnical law as con.
strued by dogmatic court.
Morally and 81 the principle q
| Justice and eauiity were
Justified il q: they di,d 1 This is
] the verdi let Of nine out of ten q
4 the entire com mm1l nifty During
4 the excitement an S. ting g
the men and their; yn izins
4 friends honestl tl1ou{ the!
i did. for thairrig ght ttol living wages
j what was easier than tna som,
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1895-09-10

should transgress some technical
rule. But the iron heel of corpo-
ration vengeance, unmoved by
public opinion, mitigating cir
cumstances or bowels of mercy,
marches proudly on.
We are surprised that J. J.
Hill with reputation for good
sense should allow these men to
be dealt with in this way. It is
neither policy nor justice.
If the prosecuting attorneys
think that the rest of the boys
will soon plead guilty they are
badly mistaken. They believe
the conviction of the two was due
to some fatal mistakes made by
the defense, and that the evi-
dence cannot convict the remain
ing boys. The jury was out five
hours before agreeing on the ver-
dict. The rest of the cases are
expected to come up this week.
Diphtheria has broken out SER
iously at Tripoli in town of Kand-
iyohi. The schools of Kandiyohi
Station and in the Wicklund Dis
trict have been closed for fear
of the spreading of the disease.
J. A. Johnson has two children
sick und one Mr.. Larson has
several cases in his family, one of
which, we are told, proved fatal
yesterday.
Magnus Nelson of Roseland
died of apoplexy last Saturday.
He was found in the morning in
an unconscious stupor from which
he could not be aroused DR..
johnson was called, but before
he got there Mr.. Nelson was dead.
He was born in Sweden about 81
years ago. He was unmarried.
Lately his health has been some
what poor, though he was usu-
ally able to be around.
Yesterday occurred the mar
riage of Miss Sarah Agnes, the
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Patrick
Lawler of Kandiyohi, to Mr. Ed
ward B. Ryan, at St. Patrick s
church at Kandiyohi Station.
The ceremony was performed
at 10 o'clock a. m., after which a
number of invited guests attend
ed a reception at the home If the
brides parents. The TRIBUNE
extends its best wishes for the
future prosperity of the young
married people.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1895-09-10

See Olson & Otos if you desire
aloan on farm property.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1895-09-10

Many other bargains IN Dress Goods depart
ments. Winter Flannels in all styles and
colors, to be sold at the same cut prices.
Ladies' feeced underwear cheap at SOC.
z-~@~ this cut price sale 35c or 3pieces for St..
Yours to please,
MOE & LEDELL.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1895-09-10
CLOAK Departm e11t.
The New Canes and Jackets.

We wish emphasize the fact that show line Of Ladies
Cps Jackets Fall and Winter 49, that in quantity and
variety by approached
lby Every creation of the worlds fashion makers
shown here that predict the most phenomenal Cloak trade
have had. We invite inspection
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1895-09-10

80 pairs. all wool black
Chevoit pants, taken
from suits, as good as
any sod for S4 special,
for Al IS. Z:
/. 1. !. ...z $500 e. i
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1895-09-10

. We are offering the
!. Reeds burg cashmere
trousers that have .neY-s
er been sold for less than
$3.50 a pair, your choice
$500
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1895-11-03
cd 600 WILL BUY A SIX. q
ROOM BRICK DWELL u
L'OR SALE OR RENT, A NICE IS

i FARM OF FIfIl-SENEN AVNt' -
on River road. miles below ta.
is an under fence. with good, r.N n
ines. Well waierei. and In good como.
ton for trucking and dairying 80 ui-
entertained. ". y. HERMAN. Sew
News. or LEUS ELLIOTT, on ile iNin.
oc yT-Su2t