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able for the importation of raw cotton
from India and China and raw wool from
Austrana, and she is filed with an am
0ltlon to become the Great Britain of the
orient. Her schools are industrial and
military In character, and Japan now oc-
cuples that position in the scale OF civil.
lzatlon where the rights and liberties of
the individual are mercilessly sacrificed
Tor the good of the state. THE people"
OF Japan have not yet discovered them
selves, and are not likely to make the dis
covery for long time to come.
In 1883 Japan built her first modern cot
ton mills, two of them, and now she has
more than sixty cotton mills, with l, $50 900
splndles. Since the close of the war with
China, according to statement recently
published by X. P. Porter, late Superin-
tendent of the Eleventh United States
Census, VINO has Just visited Japan and
made close study of its institutions,
among others the following new industries
have been established:
Forty-nine cotton mills, with capital
of $29 ,5S2. 900.
Twenty-four silk mills, with capital OF
$40, 295, 600.
Nineteen weaving factories, with capi-
tai of So, AIS, 900.
Twenty two mining and metallurgic
companies, with a capital of $8, 10000.
Fifteen electrical works, with capital
Fifty-eight other industries, with COM
bined capital of $17, $4,000.
The same authority goes on to say:
''ln the magniticently equipped cotton
spinning and weaving factories, in the
machine-shops of Japan, in paper mills, in
some of the larger silk factories, in clock
and watch factories, l have seen the most
modern English, German and American
machinery, and forces of men and women
as thoroughly organized for labor and as
fully equipped as any on earth"
From the same authority the following
additional facts are obtained:
In some of the silk districts / found
modern machinery and regularly equipped
mills employing 500 10 1000 hands.
In the Fukai district the first silk was
manufactured in 1888 and to he aggre ate
value of $4,000. During 1895 this same
district produced silk to the value of
So 076, go.
The sum of 1895 would have bought all
the floor mating exported from Japan
during 1885. During 1895 the exports
amounted to So, 461 1865.
The exports and imports together ag-
gregated $77, 100000 for Japan for 1885.
For 1895 they amounted to $296, 600, 600
In addition to these great factories are
thousands upon thousands of old fash
ioned wheels and looms running within
hearing distance of the great modern fac
tories, for the japanese weaver and
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ALL FOR MCKINLEY.
How Police Commissioner Gunst Found
the Sentiment in the
East,

Police Commissioner Gunst returned
yesterday morning from trip East. He
says the East is all for Mckinley.
ITO show you how confident Eastern
judges of the situation are," he said, "I
have been commissioned by an Eastern
syndicate TO put $4,000 at 2 to 1 that Nc
Kinley is elected even money that he car
ries New York by $4,000; at $500 to $1,000
that he carries New York by 5000, and
$1000sto $4,000 that he carries New York by
lbs, 900 votes"
Regarding what he saw in police CIRCLES
MIR. Gunst SAID:
81 visited the police departments of
New York, Brooklyn and Boston, and 1
wish to say that there is not one of them,
so far as appearance of the patrolmen is
concerned, which can compare with ours.
Brooklyn has magnificent system. That
city has thirty-five station-houses, twenty
five OF which cost $35, 600 each; Ave S45, 900,
two $4,000, two 1000, and one now in
course Of erection will cost $4,000. I had
inquiries everywhere for our Chief of Po-
lice and all wished him to pay them a.
visit, as they know and admire his good
qualities. We have the reputation of hav-
ing one of the finest and best organized
police departments in the country"
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WHERE WOOL IS
NOT PROTECTED
Chief Justice Smith Tells
of Want in New
Mexico.
He Says There Are to Be Found
the Poorest People and, Per-
force, the Idlest.
HARDLY WANT TO BE a STATE
Low Prices Prevail, Crops Require
Irrigation and There Is No
Market for Products.
HARDLY WANT TO BE a STATE

Chief Justice Thomas Smith of New
Mexico is at the Occidental, accompanied
by Mrs. Smith and Miss Gaines of Vir-
ginia. The Chief Justice has had mo-
mentous career. He is from Virginia, and
his father and three brothers at one time
in the ffties resided in California. When
the war broke out the now Chief Justice
enlisted as a private in the Army of
Northern Virginia. He served all through
the war, and before its close had been
made brigadier-general.
President Cleveland appointed him
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KOWALSKY'S LIFE.
Coin Said to Be Due by the Corpu1ent
Colonel on His Insurance



Colonel on His Insurance
Policy.
w. s. Morgan is sorely troubled man.
He some time ago acquired a claim against
Colonel Henry l. KCwalsky. Now he is
not sure that he would not be loser if
the claim had cost him nothing.
There was time when the colonel was
troubled with thoughts of the grave, so he
hunted up an agent and had his life in
sured.
In lieu OF the premium which the COM
pany demanded, note was executed by
the insured promising to pay to himself
or order 1886 40. The note was made pay
able at the Crocker- w oolwoSth Bank on a
stated day, and was indorsed to Alfred
Todhunter, who subsequently transferred
it to W. s. Morgan. 1t bore the date of
April a. 1893.
Kowalsky has allowed Judgment to be
recorded against him on this note bv de-
fault. This Judgment he succeeded in
having set aside.
The matter was on the calendar in
Judge Sanderson's court yesterday. The
defense wished a second Judgment set
aside and the plaintiffs s attorneys desired
to secure an order of examination, so as to
force the colonel to tell curious world
what are his assets, in order that they
may know his reasons for not satisfying
the judgment.
AS the colonel did not put in an appear
ance the matter went over until this
morning.
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Common Iaborers receive the equivalent
of 10 cents per day in American money.
Skilled mechanics receive the equivalent
of Is cents per day In American money.
For the arduous labor of the factories
women are paid to 16 sens per day IN
silver and men get 12& to % sens, and it
takes 180 sens to be worth as much as an
American dollar. Government report
gives the number OF male spinners for 1894
at 1929, who received an average daiy
wage of III sens. There were 26, ,929 female
spinners, who received an average daily
wage of 8.9 sens.
Speaking of the condition of Japanese
labor, Mr.. Fusataro Takano, a cultured
Japanese, writes of bis own country to
Gunton's Magazine for August, 1896, as
follows:
at is an indispntable fact that hereto
fore the welfare of the working people of
japan has never entered into the consid-
Grafton of national affairs.
ANY upward tenoency of wages will be
considered as detrimental to national pros
peritY and will be opposed as such.
''Ten per cent of the male spinners and
% per cent OF the female spinners are chill
dren under Is years of age.
while production was increasing ten
fold and the demand for labor five fold the
improvement. On the other hand, the
cost of rice, sugar, tea and fuel shows an
advance of 10 to 20 per cent during the
time.
Low wages long working hours. child
labor, black list-such are the conditions
existing in the cotton spinning industry
In Japan and similar conditions are con-
fronting the workers in other trades which
are running under the modern system of
industry.
"The workers are in dazed condition
and diffusion of Western civilization is
limited to the higher classes.
1.-The appalling condition of the factory
hands Is still further aggravated By the
existence of an agreement made by the
mill owners throughout the country that
the wages of spinners Will not be raised
unless SO agreed unanimously.
added to this the spinners are all under
police supervision by which their employ
ers are amply protected from every pos
sible attempt on the part OF the spinners
to right their grievances.'
This, then, is the condition of millions
of laborers in Japan with whom the Popo-
cratic aggregation wish to have American
laborers compete in the home market nm
der low-tariff policy.
China and her dependencies have a COM
bined area equal to that of the United
States and Mexico and population more
than six times as great. II to this there
be added adjacent landa under European
control but settled by Mongolians, with
Korea, we have lands of unsurpassed re-
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Trad B. CoLDWELL DEAD.
Stricken With Heart Disease While
Bathing at Harbor View.

Trad B. Coldwell, SO years of age, senior
member of the firm of Caldwell & Daily.
dairymen, was stricken. with heart disease
and died at the Harbor View baths yester-
day afternoon.
The deceased, who was apparently in
the best of health, was swimm ming in the
surf and was suddenly taken with con-
vuIsions. F. R. Conway hurried into the
water and carried Mr.. Coldwell to the
shore, where in few minutes he died.
Deceased, who resided at 1910 Valencia
street, was an unmarried man and, so far
as is known, had no relatives on this
coast.
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Knocked Down and Kicked.

Mrs. ]. D. McQuiddey applied for warrant
in Judge Campbelrs court yesterday for the
arrest of her ex-husband on the charge OF bat
terry. She said she had been granted divorce
from him ry Judge Trout on Monday and he
was ordered to pay her $40 alimony per week.
He sent her note Monday night asking her to
meet him at 412 Eddy street. She went there.
and she says he Upbraided her for getting a di.
vorce and knocked her down and kicked her
AS there was no witness to the battery the war
rant was not issued. McQuiddey is a travelling
salesman for Redington & Co., the wholesale
druggists.
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full physique, and as such admirably
qualified to fulfill those a-duous duties
which are inseparable from the efficient
application of the law in q new and
sparsely settled country like British Co.
lum bia
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FELL UNDER THE AK,

Four Buildings Torn Down Yesterday
by the Health Authorities.
More rookeries went down under the az
in Chinatown yesterday, the shaky struct-
ures at 710 and 712 Stockton street being
leveled by a squad of men headed by
Chief Vinegar. Inspector Dockery and
Market Inspector Davis.
Two huts at 323 and 325 Vallejo street.
occupied by fishermen. were also torn
down as sanitary precaution.
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There are 258 parish ministers in Scot
land who have total income of less than
f200.
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spinner must work if he would eat, albeit
with appliances that are thousand years
old.
The phenomenal developm ent of indus
trial Japan is further exemplified by the
following comparative items of export,
also prepared by r. P. Porter:
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The foregoing are only few OF many
instances of increased production and ex-
port which are not given for want of space,
but the lesson derived from this will be
instructive.
When we come to investigate the scale
of wages paid in Japan and the condition
of Japanese labor it becomes perfectly
apparent why Japan is progressing indus
trially and pouring an ever-in creasing
product into the lap of the world. Her
labor is so cheap and so tireless that no
other nation in the world, unless it be
China, can compete with her.
The factories of Japan run night and
day and each shift works twelve hours at
a stretch, the day shift of one week being
the night shift of the next, aud many
mills do not stop at all for more than one
or two days in the month.
From the United States consular re-
ports the following scale of wages in diff
ferent lines are found to be paid in Japan.
The figures are given in silver, which has
about half the real value of American
money that is here given,
Evening star., 1896-01-04
NERVES s>-> THUMBS.
Observation of rson's Thumbs
and His Nervous State.

Observation of .rson's Thumbs
and His Nervous State.
From the Boston Gazette.
when 1 went to a nerve specialist first" Z"
said a man who was once an invalid, "he
told me that one way to Judge of the condi-
ton of persons nerves was to watch his
thumbs. Ever since that time have found
the greatest fascination in looking at peo-
pies thumbs. The doctor said that IL they
moved IL voluntarily outward it was a sign
that the nerves Of that man or woman were
not in the best condition. 1 find myself now
sweeping the line opposite me in a car, and
If that doctors test Is a good one there is a
surprising number Of people In this town
whose nerves need looking after. There are
few among the women who do not involun-
tarily move the thumbs out at intervals of
every few minutes, and when your attention
has been once attracted to 1t the process of
watching their gloved hands grows very in
teresting. / have found the habit much less
frequent among men, but take the average
number of women in a street car and Ii will
+ be surprise to you to see how many of
them indulge unc onsciously In this little
habit. only hope 1t does not mean any,
thing as serious as 1t might indicate If tina
nerve specialists diagnosis was good one" /"
Evening star., 1896-01-04
EQUAL TO THE OCCASION,
That the Hotel Was Crowded Did Not
Bother the Red Bluff Man.

That the Hotel Was Crowded Did Not
Bother the Red Bluff Man.
From the Redding Free Press.
A few days since a gentleman came up
from Red Bluff to meet a young lady who
was expected on the IL o'clock train from
Portland, and to whom he was to be mar
ried the next day. The first thing he did
was to go to a hotel to engage two rooms,
one for himself and the other for his in
tended. He succeeded in getting one room,
but that was all. The others were all
occupied.
While pondering on his unpleasant situa-
ton, and the prospect Of his having to
pass the remainder of the night in a chair
or on a billiard table, 1t occurred to him
that 1t would be a good idea on the arrival
of the train to take his intended to a jus
tice Of the peace, have his marriage knot
tied and his troubles would be over. Jus
tice Gordon was hunted up and the situa-
tion being explained to him he good-na-
turedly agreed to sit up till midnight and.
when the bride arrived, he performed the
ceremony, which enabled the couple to get
along without further worry about the
crowded condition Of the Redding hotels.
The gentleman who so readily rose to tie
occasion was Mr.. Henry L. Smith Of Red
Bluff, and Ris bride was Miss Alice Wod-
ward of Portland.
Evening star., 1896-01-04
PRAISE FOR MUNYON
A Sufferer From Dyspepsia Tells OF
His Wonderful Cure by Munyon's
Improved homeopathic Remedies.

Mr. w. 7. Brashears. 2343 McE1derry street,
Baltimore, Nd, says: For years ] have been a
SUFFERER from dyspepsia. could not eat anything
except soft-boiled eggs, and WIS reduced 20 n
skeleton; my stomach would swell to twice its
SIZE and felt ns Though I had lead in IT, I had
betcme so weak that obliged to use a cane
to get around. had given up all hope of re-
corery, and thought must die. had tried several
physicians, but all Of them failed 70 help me-
Finally. I began to Munyon's Remedies and
to the surprise OF myself and friends, imme-
diately improved, and after taking three bottles
OF Dyspepsia Cure was completely cured
A SPECIFIC FOR EACH DISEASE.
Professor Munyon puts up a separate remedy for
every disease. His rheumatism Cure never fails
to relieve rheumatism In from to three hours
ard cures in a few days. His Catarrh Cure posi-
lively cures catarrh. His Dyspepsia Cure speedily
cures NIL forms OF stomach trouble His Cold
Cure cures the most severe cold In a few hours.
The Munyon Remedies sold at all Druggists most
ly IS cents a bottle
Personal letters 10 Prof. Munyon. 1905 Arch
street, Philadelphia, Pa, answered with free
medical advice for any disease.
Evening star., 1896-01-04

have at least 200 guns and mortars on
Puget Sound. and there should be 500 guns
and mortars on the Pacific coast to proper
ly protect it, n,:,s
The Undefended, West.
But San Francisco is Well protected. is
1t not?' 56
"By no means as we'll as it should he, -
replied Senator Squire. fTt is the only Pa
c:fic coast port that is at all provided
with means Of defense. Seattle and Tacoma
and the ports Of Puget Sound could be
easily destroyed San Diego is defenseless.
The great Columbia river is practically
open to foreign war vessels. They could
sail up it and destroy Portland. They could
send smaller boats further and ruin the
canal eadal which and are bi bG about the Cas-
millions of dollars. Ws ought to have a
canon factory on the Pacific coast. We
have coal and iron, and we could as easily
build guns there as in the east. have in
troduced bill appropriating s1.D00.0DO for
such factory" -
Fifteen Hundred Cannon Needed.
How many guns are wanted altogether
for coast defenses, Senator Sauire?' I
asked.
1T Is estimated" replied the Senator,
that 1t will take at least 1,5OO cannon,
that is, guns and mortars, to give us the
proper protection. At least half of these
should be eight, ten, twelve and sixteen
inch guns and the remainder should be
mortars. THESE guns need carriages, ma
ch1nery and fortif1cations behind which
they can be raised and lowered. 1t will
take at low estimate at least $4,000, ,OOO
to put the ports in good shape and my
Dill proposes that this expenditure be be-
Evening star., 1896-01-04

ter, where he is now connected He has
been treasurer of the North Capitol Chapter
When called to the higher and more re-
sponsible duties Of treasurer Of the District
League, he was occupying the position of
first vice president of his chapter.
Mis-. Es5eile crump.
One of the most Important branches Of
league activity is|the work among the jul
niors. Miss Estslle Cru,np. the newly elect
ed Junior superintan 1snt,--sero was~closen
with special reference to her adaptability
for work among children, is a native Of
this city. Sne received her educa ton in
:he public schools, and is graduate of the
Normal School. At present she is a teacher
In the public schools. Miss Crump has
made work among the little ones her spe-
cialty. She is now in charge of the infant
class at Gorsuch Methodist Episcopal
Church, where she is an active mem
ber. She has been for several vars super
intendent of the 'Iorsucn Junior League
numbering at present $50 members Under
her gui lance this chapter was, during 1894
the banner junior league of the District
Miss Crump has been actively connected
with GorSuch Epworth League since it's
organization in 1891, AMI has filled the
positions of secretary, second vice presi-
dent and Junior league superintendent.
Evening star., 1896-01-04
Comparative Value of Foods.


Prof Atwater's exhaustive studies and
experiments have led him to the conclusi SION
that the greatest nutritive value In any kind
of food of the same specific cost is to be
found In cornmeal. He finds that in ten
pounds of the latter there are slightly over
eight pounds OF actual nutriment; in eight
and cne-third pounds OF wheat -four
there are over six and three-fourths pounds
of nutriment: in five pounds Of white sugar
there are four and one-half pounds of nutri.
ment: In five pounds of beans there are four
pounds of nutrimert; in twenty pounds Of
potatoes there are three and -fourths
pounds Of nutriment; in twenty-five cents
worth of fat salt pork there are three and
one-half pounds of nutriment; in the same
value Of wheat bread there are two and one
fourth pounds; In the neck Of beef one and
three-fourths; In skim milk cheese, the
same as the latter; In whole milk cheese, q
trifie more than one and one-half pounds:
In smoked ham and leg OF mutton, about the
same; in eggs at twenty-five cents a dozen
about seven ounces. and In oysters at thirty.
five cents quart, about three ounces This
table will be found of value to those who
wish to combine economy and nutrtttye
possibilities In their selections Of food.
Evening star., 1896-01-04

er. The powder used in the Chinesa-Japan-
ese war was largely smokeless powder.
We are making improvements in powders
right along. and new Inventions are being
made In all kinds of munitions of war.
Explosives Which XIII by Smell.
'"The next war will determine many new
things as to high explosives" continued
Senator Squire There is an explosive
known as melinite, which is said to have
some of the properties of the old stink pot
used by the Chinese. I recently read an ac-
count of the use of this explosive. The ar
t1cle stated that the stuff was three times
as powerful as gunpowder, but that its
rumes were even deadly. It cited an in
stance in which a melinite shell had ex-
piooeo on a vessel on which were some
sneep and goats. All of the animals not
killed Dy the shell were suffocated to death.
Then there is 'Emensite, which is another
nigh explosive Of wonderful power, and
there Is material called explosive geIat atin
Wnlcn is said to be fifteen times as strong
as suhpoWder. There are numerous other
means of defense than these which 1 have
spoken of which might be adopted as to our
seacoaSt cities. There is no telling what
new war inventions may be made in cleo
trlcity. Mines under the waters could be
exploded by this means upon the approach
or war vessels, and there are other ways, it
Is Is said in which electricity could be used.
rs pGacfeay fnao @ m new science and its
the wars of the future"
The Cost of War.
Il suppose the next great war will be the
most costly of the wars of history, Sena-
tor" said 1.
Yes" was the reply. "a number of our
battle ships have cost between three and
four millions of dollars. We appropriated
$s,0OOOOO for two such ships last year. 1t
costs an enormous amount to run these
sh1ps In time of peace, and a half hours s
naval action will eat up a fortune. The
cost Of the wars OF the past have been
enormous. According to an estimate of
French and German statstjcians, which l
have lately seen, the wars of the last thirty
years have cost the world more than S13-
COO,OOOOOO in money and the lives of 2, 2,5OO,-
oOo men. France paid more than three and
a half billions for her war with Prussia,
ana 1t Is estimated that that war cost the
Germans six hundred million dollars more
than the indemnity which they received
me Crimean war cost about two billion
dollars, and the war between Prussia ard
Austria of 1866 cost over three hundred
million. The war between Russia and Tur-
key is estimated to have cost one hundred
and twenty-five millions of dollars 1 be
lieve that a war between England and the
United States, If 1t should ever occur, '. ould
result In greater loss of money an1 life
tnan any OF the wars Of the past and /
sincerely hope that such an event will
never take place. l believe, however, that
1t Is our duty to be prepared for such an
event. so that when the fight does come we
will be able to defend our honor and our
selves FRANK G. CARPENTER.