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ASIATlC CHEAP LABOR.
JAPAN DISCOVERING THAI IT rs a
SOURCE OF WEAKNESS.

EGects OF verworkipE and UnderrsedinE HANDS
in Gotten H1iIis and Permitting the Employ
ment or HouuE Chiidren-Sapan &C La.t
Awakening TO the Niece or Factory Laws.
Considerable interest is felt just now in rela-
tion TO Asiatic labor and the part 1t is likely to
play in the industrial movements OF the Unitsd
States and European countries. Mr.. Dingley
recently told us, in speaking Of the New Eng
land cotton troubles, that Asiatic labor, and the
migration of part of the industry from New Eng
land to the Southern States, were elements Of
the equation which cannot be left out. Curl
ously enough, the present situation in the
Pacific is likely to bring this question of Aslatio
labor and our trade relations with the Orient
right to tho front. Only last week q petition
was laid before the Chamber Of Commerce Of
New York, which is designed to secure Govern
mont safeguards for the mercantile interests
and treaty privileges of our citizens in the Far
East. Referring to a recent article by the
writer on the effect Of industrial changes In the
Far East on the cotton industry In England and
tho United States, a FREQ trade journal says:
"A writer In the Philadelphia Inquirer, who
afocts great Indignation at the unpatriotic do
ings and sayings of the free traders in this coun-
try, quotes this paragraph from Dingley, and
proceeds to show that the pauper labor OF Asia
is telling against New England as we'll as
against old England; but how to meet this kind
Oh competition he does not exactly see. II China
and Japan were sending their cotton goods to
this country we could take care Of that. In fact,
we have done SO already in the Dingloy tariff,
but we have no power to force the Japanese and
Chinese to buy our cottons in preference to their
own. All that we can possibly do Is to insist,
with what grace we may, that their ports shall
DO Kept open and the treaty rights heretofore
granted to us shall be observed, SO that those
who want to buy our goods on tho other side Of
the Pacific shall have the opportunity to do so."
This journal sees in England q champion
whose interests are identical with ours in the Pa
cihc. and hopes We shall recognize this fact.
While this is a factor not to DO overlooked,
there is no necessity for us to tag onto John
Bulls coat tails in order to secure our rights in
the Pacific. Surely our own representatives In
this part OF the world arc capable of taking caro-
OF American interests. Wo may unite with
England and make a common cause, but to ask
England to champion our cause because we are
incapable OF doing it ourselves is q humiliating
and unpatriotic position for us to tako.
Meantime VIC have very important trade in
terests in the far East that must not be neg
lected. In the past year our trade with Japan
has almost doubled, while there has been a de-
cided increase in what I regard as far more i'm
portant than the Japanese trade. the trade with
China. In value the f%ollowing table gives some
Idea of this increase:
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THE sAGACIoUs SON OF RAGS.
Return to Bellevue Hospital or Teddy. Its Long
Absent Pet Terrier.

The return of Teddy. the mongrel Skye terrier.
TO Bellevue Hospital has started story telling
about him. Teddy was the most promising pup
of old Rags. who was for several years n hospital
%favorite. but departed this life when an am
buiance ran over her one day. Rags left a large
litter of pups. Bellevue could not support SO
many dogs. so one was selected to take Rags's
place and the rest were done away with.
As Teddy grew in years and wisdom he made
many friends and q few enemies. One of tho
latter was a st. Bernard puppy that lived
near by. Like all of his race, the st. Bernard
consisted principally OF legs and an appetite dur
ing the first few months Of his existence. The
terrier was quick and wiry. and when the clumsy
puppy was about to eat his dinner Teddy
usually happened to be in the vicinity. There
would be a quick rush, n tangled mass of yellow
and gray hair rolling over. and a series of yeips.
and the st. Bernard would pick himself up with
a daged air while Teddy and the dinner were
~receding in the distance, This sport, ended
when the puppy grew so large that Teddy had
to keep at a proper distance.
Once the little terrier fell into the clutches of
the dog catcher. but one of the doctors bought
his release for $3.50, and afterward presented q
silver collar to him. Then Teddy came and
went as he pleased. until one day about a year
picked him up and took him away in a wagon.
After a short time a letter came from fonkers
offering 10 return the dog for a reward: From
that time nothing was heard OF Teddy until
Twenty-sixth street on Monday morning.
Opinions are divided in the hospital as to
whe Their he made his way back from fonkers on
foot or established himself In the good graces OF
Teddy IL an unusually sagaciOuS dog the majority
favor the latter conclusion.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-02-06
rho white ana BLACK Tu,n,.


From the Troy. Tenn. NeIcs. Banner.
hesSrs' j. L. Forester and J. II. Nichols last Mon.
day visited the celebrated negro twins born Al poll
last week. The mother is a stout, coal.blaok neurs,,
the babies are healthy and normal. except that
one Is black but not quite so black as the mother
Aha 'ne other Is absolutely white-a' white as any
white cbiId-with long, straight, coaI.blacl h",s
Hundreds Of visitors have gone TO see the wopderyn,
white babe. We have not seen the twins. but We
have the fAots. not only from Nichols ana Forrs..sr
but from dozens OF other syewttnsssea squaiIy A.
VSrAoious.
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From The Madiefown IN, ~. p,,,,

THU" VI HTuuIeTOIUH On, ID, PTtSg.
The story comes from Walden that a certain Young
lady who had been keeping company with a Young
man OF that village FOR about five years. concluded
that 1t was about time 70 get married. A widower or
the town had been paying Ter some att,ntIo, an,
perhap- this fart LED Il " 80 make the declp ration IN
her nve.year c sort that sho thought It was time m
get married. The young NAH. however. was nor Va,
In position TO marry, and he SO Informed hL, ,adv
love- who thereapon told her wldower admirer that
she was ready to marry II he was. The wldower &C.
copied and the couple were married ! fen d.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-02-06
Religious Awakening Against a Sunday Post
Once.


AS the result OF an unusual religious awakening at
New Market a movement has been inaugurated to
have the Post onlce closed on the Sabbath. The effort
Ia meeting with considerable opposition, and A. J.
WEIGH, chief clerk Of the railway mail service, has
been authorized TO take a CENSUS and report to the
authorities at Washington as to the condition OF af.
fairs. A good deal Of feeling has been engendered,
but 1t is more than probable that the department
will decide to keep the ONCE open during certain
hours on Sunday. as was done at Hartman by direc.
ton OF PostmasterGeneral wanamaker, before
whom q similar contest was made.
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e s.
wind blows Down n Horse ana breaks His
Neck.
From the Loutsv1lie Courier. Journal.

From the Louisville Courier journal.
"Uncle" Jake Ross, an old colored man who has
been peddling coal in tho East End for a number Of
years. was q victim OF yesterdays storm. Uncle
Jakes horse was blown down at Floyd and Lafay-
cite streets by a strong gust OF wind, and tho poor
old animals neck got under Its body and was broken.
Uncle Jake's horse was probably never a very valu.
able animal In his best days, which had passed long
ago, but he was Uncle Jake's mainstay in his bust.
meas. and had some good points about him that a hat
could be hung on.
The grief OF the old man over the loss OF his horse
was pitiful. Largo tears rolled down his furrowed
and grimy cheeks. and he refused to be consoled.
Hit would a been better he said. "if de wind
had err killed me along wild my boss. fer l can't make
no Twin widout him, and now I will jes' have ter
starve ter DEATH"
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-02-06
Strange sights in the Ohoopee.


From the Stcuinsboro. Ga, Pine Forest.
The ohoopee continues to be very low, and you
can see many interesting sights therein, such as
alilgators as long ~ a saw carriage, turtles SO large
until their weight sinks the timber when they crawl
omit. Also the offers are quite numerous; you can
see them on the timber eating fish. etc. Recently
one was seen to 20 under the water and stay quite a
time and then return with a trout which was fifteen
inches long and weighed eight pounds. besides what
the otter had destroyed.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-02-06
Judge Gobsr's 90. 900 Peach Trees.


FTUW TIC HIIuHTU COnsFIfUtIOn,
Judge George Gober of Marietta, Ga, besides beipo
an excellent JuriSt, has developed into a arst.class
agriculturist.
The Judge has In cultivation three peach orchard.
upon which there are 80, 900 trees. One orchard
partly within this city consists OF 100 acres.
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From the Raleigh. N. c., Nevs aud Observer.
Big Tom Hunter. the famous bear hunter OF Yancsx
county, is in Wilmington. the guest OF Col. ]. w
hurehison' He Is tho same man who found the body
OF Dr. Mitchell. The Star quotes him as saying that
In his life he has killed ll5 Dears. In onc "a ny
Killed n~fty.four bears. lie is 20 years old, but onIv
last week walked from his home In Pensacola 10
Asheville, q distance OF twenty.eight miles.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-02-06
Faia te Talk Funny storles Into Graphophsnes

FROM heKGnsas CITY Journal.
W. X. Cannon, general foreman OF the bridge dc.
partment on the Rock Island, with headquarters at
Herington. has been engaged by a graphophone com.
pany to tell funny stories into their machines. lie is
said to be the best story teller in Kansas.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-02-06
Prisoner Ties His Guard to n Rusry.

From the Columbus CO., Post.
Not long ago James Morgan. charged with forgery,
was arrested at Muncie. Ind. by Deputy Sheriff
James of Newcastle. While being brought to Nun.
Gle Morgan managed to unlock the handouts, and
fastened the deputy to his buggy and then disap-
peared. Morgan made his escape. and the officers
over the country have been looking for hime ever since.
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Tits not necessary 10 enter into any details Of
TIE domestic politics Of Spain in oEdsr 10 eI-
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1898-10-06
QUAY UNDER ARREST.
Pennsylvania senator Charged with
Completely in Alleged Misuse
of Public Funds.

Philadelphia, Oct. 4. = Warrants
we're issued Monday for the arrest of
United States Senator Matthew Stan
ley Quay, his son, Richard r.. Quay; eX-
State Treasurer Benjamin j. Haywood
and Charles II. Mckee, of Pittsburgh,
law partner of Lieut.. Gov. Lyon. They
are accused of conspiracy with John
S. Hopkins, formerly cashier of the
Peoples bank, to use public moneys
for their own use. Hopkins killed
himself last March, shortly before the
banks failure. Senator Quay and his
son came up from Atlantic City as
soon as they heard of their intended
arrest. They promptly surrendered
themselves and Magistrate Jernon
held them in $1,000 bail each for a
hearing at noon next Thursday. David
H. Lane, the republican leader, be-
came their bondsman, and in the after
noon they returned to the seashore.
The Peoples bank suspended bust
ness on March "a last, and it presently
developed that Cashier Hopkins had
committed suicide. At this time the
state had on deposit in the bank $685.
600, and the city $4,000, but the insti-
tuition was insolvent President Nc
Names agreed TO make good the
amount of liabilities and most of it has
since been paid.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1898-10-06
FEARS FOR THE FUTURE.
Minister ConKer, at Picking, Hints at
Possible Serious Riots in the
Chinese City.

Washington, Oct. 4.-The state de-
partment has received the following
cablegram from Minister Conger at
Picking:
There is no serious danger yet, but
considerable anxiety for the future. The
foreign fleet is assembling at Tien Tsin.
Some of the ministers are ordering ma
rine7 to Picking for legation guard"
Washington, Oct. 4.-Secretary Long
upon advices received at the state de-
partment showing the existence of
threatening conditions in China has
ordered Admiral Dewey to send two
warships Immediately from Manila to
a point as near the Chinese capital as
possible for warship to approach.
The vessels selected for this under
taking are the Baltimore and the
Petrol. 1t is expected that the Balti-
more will not be able TO get beyond the
Taku forts at the entrance of the
Pang-He river, upon which Picking is
situated, but the Petrol. being of
smaller proportions, may be able to
reach Tien-Tsin, so miles above the
mouth and about the same distance
below Picking.
Secretary Long said that the sole
purpose Of ordering the Baltimore and
the Petrol 10 Tien-Tsin was to safe
guard American interests and protect
life and property of American citizens
in the event of an outbreak IN the in
terror, Ten-Tsin being the nearest
point to Picking accessible to war
sbi.,S
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1898-10-06
WILL SEND MORE TROOPS.
Volunteer and Regular Soldiers TO Do
Garrison Duty on the Island
of Puerto Rico.

Washington, Oct. 4. - The war de-
partment has decided TO send more
troops to Puerto Rico. Orders have
been issued directing that the Fifth
regular cavalry, now at Huntsville,
Ala, the Sixth United States volunteer
infantry, now at Chickamauga, and the
Forty-seventh New York, now a t Fort
Adams, shall proceed to such points in
Puerto Rico as may be desired by the
commanding general in that island.
The Eighth United States volunteer
infantry and two companies of the
Indiana colored volunteers, now at
Fort Thomas, Ky, will relieve the
Sixth volunteer infantry at Chicka-
manga.
To a number of interested callers
Monday, President Mckinley had occa-
sion to reiterate his determination to
have no more troops mustered out for
the present. In the course of several
Intervene he stated in substance that
it was the intention of the administra-
ton to send fresh troops to Puerto
Rico to take the place of the volun-
teers who will have TO be returned
home and who will be given furloughs.
He stated very firmly that there would
be no general discharges until the
situation was CLEARED up"
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1898-10-06
NEW YORK DEMOCRATS.
They Select August Van Wyck TO
Head Their Ticket-The Rest
of the slate.

Syracuse. n. Y, Sept. 3o.-The ticket
as nominated by the democratic state
convention is as follows:
For governor-Augustus Van Wyck. of
Kings.
For lieutenant governor-Elliott DAN
forth, of Chenango
For secretary of state-George W. Bat
tin, of Niagara
For comptroller-Edwin s. Atwater, of
Duchess.
For state treasurer-E. B. Morris. of
Wayne
For state engineer and surveyor-Martin
Schenck, of Rensselaer,.
For attorney general-Thomas f. Con-
way. of Clinton.
When the convention met soon after
noon Frederick Schraub was elected
permanent chairman and was escorted
to the chair. He made an address in
which he scored the republican state
administration, charged the national
government with criminal neglect of
troops in the Spanish war and said:
Everywhere democrats were in the van.
Dewey, SchIey, Hobson, Lee, Wheeler, dem
ocratic heroes all. have written high their
names in the American temple of fame"
In conclusion he said:
"Momentous questions affecting the flu
ture pOHcy OF America must De passed upon
by the next national congress. 1t should
be the earnest effort of every democrat
to so shape the work of this convention that
1t shall render possible the return to the
upper house. of our beloved senior senator,
Edward Murphy"
After the reading of the report
of the committee on resolutions,
Andrew McLain, of Kings, recog-
nized, presented the name of Angus
tus Van Wyck for governor; Judge S.
S. Taylor, of Chemung, presented the
name of John b. Stanchfeld; NJ. z.
Haven, of Syracuse, nominated Mayo
James K. Mcclure; William F. Mackie,
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1898-10-06
A TIDAL WAVE.
sweeps Through Brunswick, Ga, and
mandates Almost the Entire City
damage Estimated n $500, 900.

Savannah, Ga, Oct. "A Brunswick
(Ga.) special to the Morning News
says that during the tropical hurri-
cane of Sunday tidal wave was driven
in from the sea and inundated for an
average depth of five feet practically
every business house and warehouse in
the city. Conservative estimates place
the property loss at half a million dol
lars, though when the details are an in
the figures may be considerably shaded
either way.
Two fatalities in Brunswick and one
a few miles out of the city have been
reported. Those in the city were negro
children. Their parents are missing
and may have been drowned. A few
miles out of town Steritt Aiken (col-
ored) was killed by falling bricks
blown from a chimney. Meager reports
from the Sea islands on the coast are
far from reassuring.
On the docks were hundreds of thou
sands of feet of lumber and cross ties
and naval stores which will be washed
away. Nearly all the docks suffered
from lifting. While the water was do
ing its damage underneath the wind
was playing havoc overhead.
Fernandina, Fla, Oct. 4.-The most
severe hurricane that Fernandina has
ever experienced has caused loss esti-
mated at 100000 Three deaths are re-
ported, father and two children. The
tide rose so high that it extended for
four blocks up into the city and homes
and buildings of all descriptions were
flooded. Women and children were
taken ont of the houses on the river
front in boats. Four large churches in
the city were wrecked, to say nothing
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1898-10-06
ARMY OF OCCUPATION.
List of the Troops which Have Been
Ordered to Duty in Island
of Cuba.

Washington. Sept. 3o.-The pub
for the occupation of Cuba does not
designate the major general who will
command it, but states that the di-
vision will be temporarily commanded
by the senior officer on duty until a
permanent division commander is
chosen by the president. The division
is of thTee brigades as follows:
First infantry brigade. composed of the
Fifteenth United States infantry and the
Fourth United States volunteer infantry. to
be commanded by Brig. Gen. Simon Snider.
United States volunteers.
Second infantry brigade, composed of the
First United States infantry and the Sixth
United States volunteer infantry, to be
commanded by Brig. Gen. E. 3. Williston,
United States volunteers.
Cavalry brigade, composed of the Sew
enth and Eighth United States cavalry. to
be commanded by Brig. Gen. L. II. Carpen-
ter. United States volunteers
These troops, with the exception of
the Fifteenth infantry, are under or
ders to GO TO Huntsville, Ala, and the
Fifteenth will probably be ordered
there soon. 1t has generally been sup
posed that the division would be COM
manded by Gen. Wade, who is now in
Cuba, chairman of the military com
mission,
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1898-10-06
EMPEROR OF CHINA KILLED.
Semi OfHciaI Dispatch from Shanghai
Says That He Was Assas-
sinated.

London, Oct. IA late dispatch from
Shanghai says it is semiofticially an
nounced that the emperor of China com
mitted suicide on September 81. a
prior dispatch from Shanghai says tel
egrams furnished by the taotal, or To-
cal governor, TO Chinese paper there,
allege that the emperor committed sui
eide on September 81, after signing the
DEGREES which placed the dowager en-
press at the head of affairs in China.
This, it is added, is understood to mean
that the emperor was assassinated.
Another dispatch says the announce
ment of the death of the emperor is
confirmed. The reports as to the means
employed in his taking off differ. One
story has it that he died by poison and
another that death was caused by
strangulation, while third states that
he was subjected to frightful torture.
a red-hot iron being thrust through his
bowels
All the English-speaking secretaries
and the principal members Of the Chi
nese foreign office, it is further an
nounced. have been seized and banished.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1898-10-06
A SOUTHERN TRAGEDY.
Party of Men Attending Sale Fired
On from Ambush-FOur Killed
and One Wounded.

Chattanooga, Tenn, Oct. "a spe-
cial from Murfreesboro to the Times
says: An awful tragedy has occurred
in the north portion of Cannon county
about 30 miles east of this city in which
five men are reported to have been saw
agely assassinated. John HolIings
worth killed a man by the name of Hig
gins in that county over year ago. a
suit was brought against Holdings
worth, and a judgment taken against
him by the members of the Higgins
family for $1,000. Saturday there was
to be an auction sale of his property to
satisfy this judgment, and Holdings
worth, it is stated, knowing that that
was the day of the sale, concealed him
self and several of his friends in large
barn on the place where the sale was
10 be. When one party of men came to
carry out the proceedings and had gath
cred in the barn Hollingsworth and
his friends fired into them with double
barrel shotguns, killing four men and
wounding another so badly that he will
hardly recover
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1898-10-06
HEARTFELT SYMPATHY.
President Sends Message of Con-
doIence TO the Widow of Thomas
+. Bayard.

Washington, Sept 30. - President
Mckinley sent the following telegram
of coincidence to the widow of eX-Sec-
rotary of State Bayard Thursday:
Executive Mansion. Washington. Sept
%. 1858. To Mrs. Thomas f. Bayard. VIII
mington, Del With sincere sorrow learn
of the death of your husband, and beg to
express TO you my heartfelt sympathy.
Mr. Bayards high attachments and ster-
ling qualities endeared him to all who knew
him, while his distinguished services to his
country add his name to the roll OF Illus
trious Americans.
Dedham, Mass, Sept. 30. - The town
has gone into mourning out of respect
for the late Thomas f. Bayard, the
flags on the town hall and the court
house being placed at half-mast. AL
ready many messages of coincidence
have come to the family from all parts
of the country. During Mr.. Bayard's
illness many messages of sympathy
| were received from all parts of the
United States and from foreign coun-
tries. On September 9 Queen Vic
toria cabled her expressions of solicit
tude as to the health of Mr.. Bayard
with a hope for his ultimate recovery.
Others came from ex-President Cleve-
land and from associates in public life
at Washington and abroad.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1898-10-06
5 NRW BATTLR SHIP ILLINOIS.

afternoon. AS it is, practically the en-
tire business section of the city is in
ruins, and a monetary loss footing up
between 100000 and 100000 has
dealt a severe blow to the city.
The Antlers hotel, the pride Of
Colorado, proved to be the sal
vation of the city, but at the cost of its
total dismantlement. The huge struc-
ture stood in the center of a large va
cant area on the dividing line between
the business district and the residence
section. Three hours after the fire
started the hotel was being consumed
by the rapidly advancing flames. The
firemen were powerless to check them,
aided as they were by a fierce gale.
Then the order was given TO blow up
the building, and in few moments the
deafening roar of dynamite sounded
its doom and also the gradual checking
and final subduing OF The fire.