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would think they would be with Japan.
Russia, however, has always been
friend of this nation. If she succeeds
in opera ting successfully her Trans
Siberian railway and controls an open
port, it is believed in many quarters
that American interests will thrive bet
ter than if Japan controls the seaport
outlet of the road 1t is an open secret
that England is backing Japan in her
attempt to keep Russia from controll
ing Corea, and if Japan wins and Sc
cures all available ports on the sea of
Japan, it is but natural to suppose that
England would be given trade privi-
leges there superior to other nations.
Russia, then, would be obliged to sub
nit to japanese terms for port privi
leges, or fall back on frozen Vladivo-
stock, whose harbor Is open only half
the year Thus the expected great in
terchange of trade between the Trans
Siberian road and American transpor-
tation lines would be reduced and
American interests suffer accordingly.
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ALONE IN new YORK
TAYLOR MET HIS DEATH

Livingston, Nov. 15.-Alone in the
great metropolis, without friend to
steer him clear of the dangers that are
so numerous in the large cities, with no
knowledge of the undercurrent of wick
edness and crime which draws the un-
suspecting victim into the seething
swirl of its awful maelstrom, entirely
ignorant of the darker ways of the
world, and never suspecting his peril,
John W. Taylor, a rancher of Park
county, met a violent death at the
hands of thugs in the great city of New
York some time during the first of last
week
The old. old story, familiar to all
readers Of the daily press about a body
found of murdered man, the mute
wounds telling the gruesome story Of
his terrible death, has found another
exemplif1cation. AS is usually the case,
the victim was Western man, and the
place of the enactment of the tragedy
an Eastern city. How often men who
have spent great deal of their lives
in the Western country, where all men
are honest and where villainy is COM
paratively unknown, have met with
foul play at the hands Of hardened
criminals Of the larger cities is known
to every one who is reader Of the
newspapers. All unframed in the ways
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In general design the hospital is Of
the pavilion class. 1t is French in tone
and the skillful adaptation of the style
is at once apparent, even to the novice
IN architecture. 1t possesses an ap-
pearance of strength, combined with
beauty of outline and graceful form
that attracts attention from the first
glance that is given it. The main build
ing. with it's end pavilions, has a
ground plan like an elongated letter II.
and has length over all of 176 feet.
Its extreme width is rs feet and on the
front and back of the buildings are We
randas 100 feet in length and Is feet in
width.
In the basement are large boiler and
storage rooms, beside eommodious and
well-lighted recreation and lounging
apartments for the use of the patients.
These rooms are we'll finished and are
practically ground floor rooms.
On the ground floor, which is reached
by flight of three steps, the main
ward occupies the central portion of the
building. This ward is 44x100 feet in di-
mensions and is a bright, CHEEKY room.
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gical appliances and instruments OF
the up-to-date hospital In the attic
story are four large ward rooms. each
2sx40 feet. Connected with these ward
rooms are bath and toilet rooms and
other ante-rooms for storage and other
purposes. These upper wards will tie
used for the treatment Of juvenile and
special cases.
The height of the basement story is
10 feet, the ground floor 16 feet and the
attic floor u feet. The roof Is of metal
plastered with German and French ce-
ment, troweled down and enameled.
The principal office rooms. corridors,
bath rooms, toilet rooms and the oper-
ating~room have tiled floors. All other
floors are of maple in narrow strips.
The foundation walls are of granite.
The exterior walls are of pressed brick
with granite trimmings and the inter-
ior division walls are of brick and hol-
low tiling The building will be heated
temporarily bya hot air gravity system
and ventilated by the use of electric
fans placed in the tower above the roof.
The cost of the structure is $65,000.
The completion of this building equips
the asylum with three large and sub
stantial structures. The main building
is a three story brick, 75X100 feet, with
several wings. The woman's depart
ment is situated at the south side of the
asylum grounds and accommodates at
present 1876 patients. Besides these there
are numerous smaller buildings for the
quarters of the employees and the liv-
ing apartments of the physicians. In the
north wing of the main building is the
large boiler and engine room of the
asylum. A new and perfect electric
lighting system has been added to the
equipment of the asylum this summer
and is a decided improvement. Other
material improvements have been made
during the season and the asylum
ranks as one Of the best equipped in the
country. A prominent physician and
surgeon, we'll skilled in hospital con-
struction, said recently after inspect
ing the new building: 'It is one Of the
best arranged hospitals that have WIS.,
1C6Q. Inc WOIh IIdS beei
conscientiously done and the design
shows careful study of the require
ments Of the institution. 1t is a splen-
did addition to the equipment of the
asylum and DR.. Warren and his asso-
ciates deserve much credit for the re-
suits that they have accomplished
In speaking of his visit to the Warm
Springs asylum, the physician who is
quoted above said further: THE state
should be well satisfied with the man
agement of the insane asylum. I have
visited many of these institutions, but
1 can truthfully say that have never
seen a state asylum where better care
is taken of the unfortunate patients
than those receive who are confined at
Warm Springs. DR.. Warren, the su-
perintendent, ard his professional as
sistants have accomplished much in
their arrangements for the treatment
of the patients committed to their care.
The location is an admirable one and
the methods employed such as are ap-
proved by the most eminent experts"
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IT Is a Life of
Real HARDSHIP.

The railway postal clerks who attended
the recent convention in this city assert
that no branch of the government service
is so little understood as that in which
they are employed. The educational re-
quirements are high, the work is exhaust
ing, both physically and mentally, and the
dangers faced are enough to daunt the
most courageous. Some of the most hor-
rible deaths Imaginable have been those
of postal clerks fastened like rats in
trap in their cars and unable to even
know the cause of the awful crash which
so often comes to the fast mail trains in
which they travel. The men work at night
in most cases, but hours before the trains
roll out of the big train sheds the postal
clerk has begun work and the starting of
his run is only the beginnng of an ex-
hausting ride and not the beginning of
arduous labors.
There are from 1000 to 5000 railway pos
tai clerks in the service of the United
States. They are selected irrespective of
political Affiliations and the examinations
which they have to take under the civil
service rules are the most rigid pre-
scribed for any branch of the United
States service. After each of the exam
nations three men are selected who make
the highest three averages, and these are
placed on what is called the 'eligible
list" From this list the substitutes are
selected and these substitutes take runs
for men who are off for any purpose.
Eventually. usually after a period of six
months, these men are passed to the rank
of clerks, but enter the lowest of the
classes into which the clerks are divided.
The clerks are divided into nine classes,
but the men on the road are really di-
vided into five, numbered in regular or
der from one TO five. In the same order
their salaries are $780, $500, $1,000. ST. $50
and $1,000. The classes from No. s to ?
are classiticatons for superintendent,
their assistants and men employed in the
department AZ Washington The men
work in crews, the law limiting the num-
ber of each class to handle run by the
amount of business handled and its char
acter
Each postal clerk has to learn from 5000
TO 1000 postotfices and there are num-
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sired to occupy Corea and secure con-
siderable Chinese territory as an in
demnity, but through the representa-
tlons OF Russia and other governments
she was forced to withdraw her troops,
and the only substantial territorial ad-
dition she obtained as Il result of the
war was the island of Formosa. Japan
would probably still like to get possess
sion of Corea, but Russia probably de-
sires that she remain an island power
Russia at the present moment would
be unable to put force in the field in
Corea or anywhere in the far East that
would be match for Japan. The czar's
available land force in eastern Siberia
is less than $1,000 men. with 100 guns,
and Russian officers are reported to
feel dubious as to their 65 900 men, for
these are chiefly half-trained Siberian
troops.
On the other hand, Japan can put in
the field 13 divisions, each $4,000 strong,
besides providing troops for garrison
purposes at home. Her total land force
available is 10000, with 416 guns. Be-
hind them would stand trained men to
the number of 100000, as reserves and
garrison troops.
With a gap of many hundred miles
yet to be closed in the Trans Siberian
railway, Russia would have to depend
upon sea transportation to send rein
forcements to her army, and this would
be all too slow.
To a,,'S &c ~
naval strength to the Russian SQUAD
ron in the far East. These are the fig
ures from the latest available returns:
attleships-Russia, three, Navarin
Sissoi, Veliky, Petropavlovsk
Japan-Four, Fuji, Yashima, Shki-
shima. Chin-Yen.
Armored cruisers-Russ.a six, Ros-
sia, Rurik, Vladimir Monomakh, Dmltri
Donskoi, Pamyat Azova, Admiral Max
| himoff.
Japan-Two, Asama, Tokiwa.
Modern cruisers-Russia one, Korni-
| lov.
Japan-Fourteen. Takasago, Kasagi,
| Chltose. 4oshino, Itsukushima. Hashi-
| date, Matsushima, Akitsushima, Suma
| Akshi, Chyoda Nappwa, Takachiho
! EdZumi.
Gunboats-Russa four, Gremiastehy,
| Khrabry, Otvani, Nsadnik
Japan-One, Tatsuta.
Destroyers-Russia, two: Japan six,
| Torpedo boats-Russia, 10; Japan. 80.
The japanese battleship Shikishma, a
brand-new vessel, is now on her wav
on the Thames. In recent months work
on her was rushed. She is faster.
bigger and better armed than any Of
the Russian ships. The Yashima and
Fuji are also new and very powerful.
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On the 5th day of September the Ma
t1onal Park bank Of Livingston receiv-
ed draft from a banking house in
crawford, Neb., for $239, with instruc-
tions to pay the money to Taylor upon
MS signing a release of a note and
mortgage held by him against one H.
V. Furman of Marsland Neb On tie
loth day Of September Taylor came
INTO the bank here, executed a release
OF the security and received his
money. Soon after that he purchased
ticket for New York and departed
on his journey. Nothing more was
heard of him until Oct. 29 when reg
istered letter, bearing New York date
OF the 25th .ult., was received at this
place, addressed to Mrs. S. B. Harri-
son, sister of the man whose Fate
was first made known in the assoe
ciated press dispatches of Saturday
last. The Harrison family had mean
while sold out here and started over
land for Texas. their present where
abouts being unknown.
From parties in Livingston who
knew Taylor it is learned that he was
man of about 27 years of age, and
possessed the best of habits. BY
those who knew him he was liked and
respected, and whatever the causes
that led up to his terrible doom, it IS
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institutions of this class that possess
better facilities for the treatment OF
the peculiar diseases that come under
the consideration of the physicians at
these hospitals than will be afforded by
this building.
There are now in the several depart
ments of the Montana state insane asy-
lum about SIS patients This number
taxes the capacity of the older build
ing, and the need of the new hospital
is felt by the superintendent and his
assistants. The new hospital will afford
accommodation for $50 patients and
will relieve the pressure that is felt
in the older buildings. as well as afford
opportunity for the better treatment
of durable cases. The experience of the
most noted experts in insanity cases
and the suggestions of physicians skill
ed in hospital construction have been
combined with the local requirements
as indicated by past experience at
Warm Springs in the design of the new
hospital. When completed this building
will represent the newest ideas in hosp-
tai construction and in the treatment
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of the world and knowing nothing of
the greed and fiendish avarice which
prompts men to do murder for the sake
of gold, many Western cattleman and
rancher has gone to his doom in the
heil-holes of the city, never suspectlng
his danger until he was face to face
with death. 1t is hard to realize that
men will kill for the paltry advantage
money will give and in the refusal to
believe that there are these who have
sunk to such level is found the eN-
planation for their being entrapped.
The latest deed of darkness for which
the criminals of New York are respon-
sible brings home with telling force TO
Livingston the fact that no mans life
is safe in the great city ON the Atlantic,
and that the possession of even small
sum of money makes the danger double.
One of our own citizens, young man
who lived here for four years, has met
the fate which SO many others have
found in the vice. -blackened sections of
the cities of the East.
During the latter part of last month
John w Taylor concluded that he had
lived in Montana long enough, and
his mind turned in pleasing memory
to the place where he was born and
raised. He longed. to again set foot
on English soil, and with this purpose
in view he set about arranging his
affairs preparatory to his departure
for his boyhood home. Collecting what
money he had coming to him, he start
ed on his Journey, He held mort
gage for some $500 on the cattle OF
his brother in-law and this money was
paid him just before he started East
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JAPAN'S NEW NAVY is
BETTER THAN THE CARS

wSs Is contagious. Two wars are now
occ6pying the attention of the world,
but third one is brewing that prom
ises to be greater than either Of
these.
Russia and Japan are the nations that
diplomats and students of international
politics predict will be the next to come
TO blows, and the odds are on the Japa-
nese in the struggle. The sturdy little
island empire will go into it in spen-
did state of what Captain Mahan calls
military preparedness, while Russia is
1amentably weak in an organization to
meet an enemy on an equal footing on
the ground where the contest will be
fought
Interest in the politics in the western
hemisphere has been SO great in recent
months that the world almost has lost
sight of the i'll feeling that exists be-
that is of long standing and is now
coming to fighting point.
, Japan will be the aggressor. Recent
operations in railroad building by the
Russian government southwark from
the main line of the Trans-Siberian
railway show plainly that Russia is
bent on securing a permanent foothold
in Corea and port therein as an out
let to the sea for the Trans-Siberan
road. Japan vigorously opposes Rus
sion domination in Corea The govern
ment of the mikado realizes that the
time for striking is now or in the forth
coming spring. That is to say, Japan
must assail Russia before the compile
tion of the Trans-Siberian railway and
while the hands of France, Russia s
logical ally, are tied by the Paris cx-
position.
Japan and Russia are now working
under an agreement mutually to OBJ
serve the independence of Corea. The
Russian government withdrew, several
years ago. the army officers it had sent
to Corea as instructors in the Corean
army, and Japan has given up preten
sions to Corean territory. Russia's al
legged failure to observe the terms OF
this agreement would be Japans ex-
cuse for war.
Considerable jealousy between Rus
sia and Japan in connection with Corea
has existed for many years. Before the
Chino-Japanese war, and even up &c
the acquisition of Port Arthur, Russia
had been very anxious TO acquire the
Corean port of Port Lazareff to take the
place of the frozen port of N1adiyo-
stock. The proposition that the st
Petersburg government should acquire
This port was bitterly opposed by ia
pan and Great Britain as well.
The desire of Russia to secure an out
let to the sea through Corea led to con-
stant intriguing. Upon the completion
OF the Chino-Japanese war, Japan de-
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certain that no wild carousal contrib
uted to his untimely end. He was un-
married and his known relatives are
England, one in Ohio, and the Mrs.
Harrison referred to above. He came
to America II years ago, and made his
first home in this country at ALI
ance, Neb. He resided there a good
while, and upon leaving that place he
came to Park county. and for time
engaged in breaking horses. He ac-
quired some cattle, and squatted upon
piece of land on Willow creek Here
he lived up until the time he left for
England.
The murdered man had never mixed
much with the people here and his as
sociations We're comparatively few.
His small circle of acquaintance, how
ever, are staunch friends, and say that
he was a man Of excellent character
and unblemished reputation. The ter
rible manner of his death and the en-
tirely unexpected announcement of his
demise have inexpressiby shocked the
friends he made while here, and it is
earnestly hoped that his murderers
will be run to earth and made to pay
the penalty of their henous crime.
The picture reproduced herewith is
almost an exact likeness, and one who
knew Taylor in life could not fail to
recognize the photograph. It is, so
far as known, the only likeness of the
murdered man in this section of the
United States. 1t is the property of
Lee Smith of Livingston, who was an
intimate friend of the deceased, and
from whom the information regarding
Taylor was secured.
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new QUARTERS FOR INSANE PATIENTS.
At Warm Springs Hospital Is Nearing Completion That
Is Model in Construction and Equip
ment-Other Changes.

: Approaching completion at Warm
Springsis handsome new building that
is to be used as a hospital in connection
with the state insane asylum. This la
test addition to the already excellent
equipment of the asylum has been made
necessary by the increase in the num-
ber of patients and by the improve
ment in the methods employed for the
treatment and cure of the unfortunates
who are confined there. With the in
crease in the populati ton of the state,
there has been a corresponding increase
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appointment and equipped for hospital
purposes. The principal reason for his
decision was the desire to afford the
best possible facilities for the treat
ment of durable cases. 1t was also de-
sirable that a new building be con-
structed on account of the increasing
number of patients.
The result of this determination is
the splendid hospital that is now near
ing completion. 1t will be occupied in
a short time and when finished will be
a model structure for it's purpose. The
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The Russians are superior in armor
ed cruisers, but they are vastly behind
in modern protected cruisers, where
the Japanese are very strong.
Such a. vessel as the Takasago, with
two eight-inch and 10 4.7-inch quick
firers, is a match for any of the Rus
sian armored cruisers, except, perhaps,
the huge Rurik and the Rossia, but the
Tokiwa and the Asama could perfectly
Well grapple with these two monsters.
They are built to do it.
The Outlook prints the following eX
tract from a communication Of it's own
correspondent at Hong Kong, dated
September 80:
A confidential and trustworthy cor
respondent writes from the North as
follows: THE difficulty is to say what
influence is working mostly with the
Chinese at Port Arthur-fear of the
plague or war-but I think the latter,
as they are clearing out in shoals, be-
cause 'by-'n'-by Russia man, Japanese
man makee shoot. No Wanchu stay
this side
Il hear that private servants are even
deserting their posts and I think there
is reason for their movement.
From all I hear in other quarters,
the long-expected struggle between the
two powers seems coming off in the
near future. I do not think we shall
find japan waiting till the spring, as
some predict
"A report was current last week that
Japan is mobilizing 200,0 900 men on the
Russian frontier but this is absurd.
What she is doing is moving troops
into Corea by thousands, disguised as
coolies. And to allow this the regula
ton regarding Japanese emigration to
Corea was withdrawn recently in the
most natural way possible. Thus we
may expect something soon"
A Russo-Japanese war would be of
geater material interest to the United
States than several wars of the size of
that now in progress in South Africa.
For instance, both armies would have
to depend to great extent on the Pa
cific coast for food supply. 1t was the
war between China and Japan that
first introduced American flour in large
quantities into Asia, for Japan, for the
first time in her history. provided
-four ration for her soldiers. China did
not, but the sudden Japanese demand
for American flour put every available
bottom on the coast into the business
of carrying flour across the Pacific.
With war on between Russia and
Japan the demand would be infinitely
increased There would be more troops
and both would be flour-eaters, and
both dependent upon this country for
their supply.
Further the war would produce an
enormous demand from the two armies
for cattle. sheep and hogs. In the pres
ent scarcity of cattle and prevailing
high prices, this new demand would
have the effect of sending prices still
higher, enriching the stockmen, but
proving hard upon the home consumer.
Just where American sympathies
would lie in the war is hard to deter
mine. Naturally, in view of the pres
ent exceedingly cordial relations, one
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completion of this building will make
it possible to classify and separate more
satisfactorily the different classes of
patients that are brought to the asylum
for treatment and it is predicted that
this hospital will place the Montana
state asylum in the front rank of in
stitutions for the cure of the various
forms of insanity. There will be no
crowdng together of patients and there
are few private asylums and no public
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in the number Of patients at the insane
asylum. This has necessitated frequent
additions to the original buildings of
the establishment. which have been For
the most part in the nature Of add
tions and wings that have been con-
structed in connection with the old
buildings. Last winter it was deter
mined to construct a new building that
should be entirely separate from the
older structures, modern in design and
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Of diseases of the mind. Expense has
not been spared to make the hospital
all that is expected OF, it. DR.. o. Y.
Warren, superintendent Of the asylum;
Frank Longstaff, who has supervised
the construction work. and H. N. Black,
the architect, who, with Mr.. Longstaff,
designed the structure, deserve much
credit for the successful manner in
which the work has been carried
through to completion.
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attractively finished and thoroughly
ventilated. In the west pavilion is the
administrative department of the asy
lum, including the general offices, the
private office Of the superintendent, the
rooms of the attendants a large sewing
room, store, bath and toilet rooms. In
the east pavilion are several private
rooms for patients and attendants, with
the dispensary and operating room, the
latter being provided with all the sur