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CHINA'S OPPOSING NAVY.


The Chinese navy of today does not
include any armored vessels, all of their
former ships of this class having been
destroyed or captured during the
Chino-Japanese war. The two most i'm
portant ships in the list are the Hal
Tien and Hai-Chi, launched in England
in 1897 and 1898 respectively. They are
sister ships of 4,300 tons, designed for
extreme high speed, being rated at "a
krots, with II 900 horsepower, but hav-
ing a. very limited radius of action.
The two S-inch guns are protected by
six inches of armor and they have g.
battery consists of ten 4.7-inch guns,
twelve 3-pounders and five above
water torpedo tubes. Next to these
come the Hai-Shew, Hal Yung ard
Hai-Shen, launched in Germany in 1897
and 1883, cruisers of 1850 tons dis
placement, with rated speed of 20 7-10
knots per hour. They are lifted with
2-inch armored deck and 2-inch gun
shields. The battery consists OF three
6-inch, eight 4-inch guns and six ma
chine guns, and three submerged tor
pedo tubes Besides these five ships
the only vessel they have built since the
war with Japan is the Cal Ying of 1900
tons and 2,400 horsepower, carrying
two S-inch and eight 4.7-inch guns and
one torpedo tube, an enormous battery
for her size. She was launched in Eng
land in 1885, China's older ships include
eight small cruisers and one torpedo
gunboat, ranging in size from 1000 to
500 tons, and in date of construction
from 1882 to 1894 Two torpedo gum
boats of high speed are under construc-
ton at Foochow.
IN CASE OF ATTEMPTED PARTI-
TION.
It will be seen from the above that
for any sea fighting China is insignifi-
cant and that it's entire heet is less than
the available force of any one of the
great powers now in Chinese waters.
Three of these powerS-the United
States, England and Japa1-are on rec
ord as opposing the disrnenherment OF
China. The combined fleets of these
three will include eighteen armored
ships and. eighty-one cruisers, Eunboats,
torpedo boats and transports. The uni
ted force of all other nations would
comprise nine armored ships and sixty
six cruisers, gunboats, torpedo boats
and transports The force that is
pledged to the maintenance of the in
tegrity of China is practically double
that of all possible opposition, and in
ternationa1 peace seems likely to be
maintained-a new and powerful Illus
tration of the wisdom of the saying that
peace is reserved by readiness for war.
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and Whiting; six torpedo boats; the
despatch vessel AIacrity, and six special
service vessels. This. it will be seen,
constitutes a fleet of fifty ships, fifteen
of which are above $500 tons displace-
ment and eight of them armored-
JAPAN'S NAVAL STRENGTH.
The Russian and Japanese fleets are
nearly evenly matched, but proximity
to it's base gives the latter nation con-
siderable superiority. Its entire. navy
list may be reckoned, and this includes
the ASahi, Shikishima and Fuji, three of
the most powerful of modern battle
ships, of $500, 1850 and L, 800 tons re-
spectively; the armored cruisers Asama
and Toxiwa, sister ships of $3.50 tons,
and the Chin-Yen and Ping-Yuen-Go,
two of the most powerful ships in the
late Chinese navy, which were captured
by Japan during her late war with
China This does not include three
first-class battleships and the same
number of first-class armored cruisers
which are still unfinished in European
shipyards, nor several obsolete arTnored
ships. Besides these the japanese have
q fleet of tWenty-nine cruisers and gum
boats not counting unfinished or obso-
lete ships, ranging in displacement from
4,277 tons to $50 tons, giving them an
effective force of seven armored and
twenty-nine unarmored ships
The Russian fleet includes seven
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The In TempOra Club.

The InTempora club was pleasantly
entertained Tuesday afternoon by Mrs.
Norman Keller complimentary to her
sister, Miss Myrtle Coyle of Des Moines.
Iowa Papers were read by Mrs. F. P
Lindsay and Mrs. E. B. Good The club
members decided that they would give
picnic at Garfield park September T.
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nese waters the most important are the
Oregon and Brooklyn. They are almost
too we'll known to our public to need
description, but few facts about them
may be restated Perhaps no more
powerful fighting ship exists than the
Oregon, though her 10, 800 tons seems
small compared with the $4,000 tons dis
placement of more recent battleships.
With her four 13-inch, eight S-inch and
four 6-inch guns, well protected, and
eighteen inches of solid armor over the
water-line, her offensive and defensive
powers are unsurpassed. Her recent
grounding did little injury, and she is
now in dock a Kure receiving temporary
repairs which will make her thoroughly
serviceable The Brooklyn, Admiral
Schley's flagship at Santiago, is an
armored cruiser of 9,251 tons displace-
ment and 1879 indicated horse power,
giving her a speed of q 9-10 knots per
hour. She carries eight 8-inch guns in
four turrets and twelve 5-inch rapid fire
guns in broadside, besides twenty
smaller machine guns. The Monterey
is the latest finished of our monitors.
of 4 4,oS4 tons, carrying two 12-inch and
two 1O-inch guns in turrets and thir-
teen machine guns from 6-pounders
down The Newark is a protected
cruiser of 4,O9S tons, the Yorktown,
Nashville, Castine, Princeton and Don
Juan de Austria, the latter captured at
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Rear Admiral HichbOrn Writes
of Naval Situation.
Greatest War Ship Force in
World in Chinese Waters.
GREAT BRITAIN LEADS
Japanese and Russians Come
Next in the List.
The Opposing Force on Water
is insignificant.

There is now assembled in Chinese
waters the greatest aggregation of
naval force, excepting the naval parade
at the Queens Jubilee, that the world
has ever seen, and a comparison of the
elements which compose this force will
doubtless prove interesting, says Rear
Admiral Philip Hichborn of the u. s.
navy in today's issue of Golfers weekly.
The most powerful of these is the Brit
ish fleet, which includes two first-class
battleships, the Centurion and Barfleur,
sister ships of 10000 tons, having a
speed of 1872 knots per hour The
Goliath, which sailed from Gibraltar
June II, will soon join them. The lat
ter is of 1880 tons and has a rated
speed of 1874 knots per hour. The
armored cruisers Aurora, Undaunted
and Orlando of $500 tons and speed
of IS knots per hour; the first class pro-
tected cruiser Terrible. of 14,2OO tons
displacement and speed of % 2-5 knots
per hour, with a coal capacity of 5000
tons, giving her a large radius of action;
the Argonaut, of 11.O00 tons displace-
ment and a speed of 20A knots per hour,
and the Endymion, of 1850 tons, with a
speed of 2012 knots per hour; the second
class protected cruisers Bonaventure
and Hermione, of 1850 tons. with a
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armored ships and forty-one cruisers,
gunboats, torpedo boats and transports.
The Petropavloosk of 10,S60 tons, the
Navarin of 1O,206 tons, the Rossia of
12,130 tons, the Rurik of 1928 tons, the
Lisoi Veliky of $3.50 tons, the Vladimir
Monomach of 6,061 tons, and the Dmftri
Donskoi of 5,SS2 tons are the armored
ships, the two latter being sheathed and
coppered. Besides these they have two
armored gunboats, three cruisers, five
gunboats, two torpedo boats, ten of the
latter being small and for harbor de-
fence only. They have, also, five trans
ports and two ice-breakers-
UNITED STATES WARSHIPS ON
THE SCENE.
Our own fleet ranks next, and includes
the Oregon, Brooklyn, Monterey, New
ark, Yorktown Nashville, Castine,
Princeton, Don Juan de Austria,
Monocacy, Solace, Iris and Zaf1ro. Be
sides these we have in Philippine wa
ters, the Baltimore Bennington, Con-
cord, Helena, Marietta, Wheeling, Mon
adnock, New Orleans, Petrol, Isla de
Cuba, Isla de Luzon, and sixteen gun
boats and supply ships. OF those in Chi
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route. They have, also, three gunboats
The other vessels on the station are
the Austrian Zent, a torpedo crusier of
2,250 tons; the Italian cruisers Elba and
Calabria of 2,730 tons and 2,442 tons re-
spectively, and the Portuguese gunboat
Zaire of $50 tons.
THE TOTAL ALLIED NAVAL
STRENGTH.
1t will be seen from these figures that
there are now in Chinese waters or en-
route, not counting our fleet in the
Philippines, one hundred and seventy
four ships of war. many of them the
most powerful modern ships, divided
as to nationalities as follows:
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speed of 1917 knots: the Dido and Isis,
of $500 tons, with 20 knots speed, and
the Iphigenia and Pique, of $500 tons,
with 1917 knots speed. All of these larger
ships, with the exception of the Goliath
and Endymion, are sheathed with wood
and coppered and therefore capable of
much better service than unsheathed
ships of their class. For smaller vessels
the British have the third-class cruiser
Brisk, the sloops Daphne, Algerine,
Phoenix and Rosario; the gunboats
Swift, Rather, Linnet, Plover, Pigmy,
Redpole Peacock, Firebrand, Esk and
Tweed; the Wyvern, an armored coast
defence vessel ;the torpedo boat destroy
ers' Handy, Hart, Otter, Fame, Janus
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No such naval force was ever before
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Minnie Boten, Miss Lucinda Hodges,
Miss Carrie Summers, Miss Ella Dau-
ber Miss Laura Dauber, Mr.. Ona Boten
and Mr.. Tom Summers.
lContinued on Page 81
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the battle of Manila, are small cruisers
or gunboats ranging in displacement
from 1000 to LOO tons. The Monocacy
is a. side-wheel steamer, suitable only
for river service; the Solace is a hos
pital ship, and the Iris and Zafiro are
supply ships.
THE FLEETS OF FRANCE AND
GERMANY.
The French have the armored cruiser
Amiral Charner, of 4,792 tons, en- route,
and the cruisers D'EntrecaSteaux of
8,114 tons, Jean Bart of f. 100 tons, Des-
cartes Of 1890 tons, Pascal of 4,015 tons
Eclaireur of 1859 tons, and Vauban of
6,20S tons on the station, with the cruis-
ers Guichen of 3,277 tons and Friant of
3,739 tons en- route. They have, also,
four gunboats and one transport.
Germany has the cruiser Kaiserin
Augusta of 6,331 tons, the Irene Of 4,440
tons, the Hertha of $3.50 tons, the
Hansa of $500 tons, and the Gefion of
4,027 tons, all of these but the Hertha
being sheathed and coppered; while the
f1rst-class sheathed armored cruiser
Furst Bismarck of 1O,650 tons is en-
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NEWS OF THE WEEK.
Brief Review of Important Local and
General Happenings.
TELEGRAPHIC SUMMARY.


Battle of Peitsang fought between the
allied armies and the Chinese. Chinese
forced to retreat. Loss of the allies, in
cluding wounded, 1,200.
Fourteenth United States infantry ar
rives at Tien Tsin.
Chilfs counsul at Oooruro, Bolivia, muir
dered.
Anarchists and police fight in the
streets of Chicago. Twenty-Five persons
hurt, and Lucy Parsons arrested.
General Miles applies for service in
China.
Masked robbers hold up the Union Pa
cific train at Hugo, Col, and rob the
passengers.
Democrats carry Alabama at the state
election by a plurality of $4,000.
British forces capture Harrismith in
South Africa.
Big fire sweeps over Yellowstone Ma
tional park.
Steel trust decides to close all fur
naces September 1st.
Battery o leaves Fort Riley for China
Twenty-eight million dollars of Brit
ish government bonds bought in Amer
lea.
Another message received from Minis
ter Conger at Pekin.
Empress Dowager of China orders her
generals to retake Tien TSin and Taku.
Formal notification of Bryan and
Stevenson takes place at Indianapolis
Chas. A. Towne withdraws from the
national PopuliSt ticket.
United States government issues an
imperative note to China.
Chinese flood the country in front of
the allied armies
Burial of the late King Humbert of
Italy takes place in Rome.
Yang Sung captured by the allied
armies, with a loss to the Americans of
CO.
Two hundred residents of Armenia
massacred by the Kurds.
Rev. Chas. NJ. Sheldon arrives in New
York on his return from Europe.
PopuliSt national executive committee
meets to take action on the withdrawal
of Chas. A. Towne.
British garrison at Glands river cap
tured by the Beers.
Chinese government inStructS Lii Hung
Chang to open negotiations for peace
Russian and Japanese forces reported
to be marching on Pekin from the north
Another message from Minister Con-
ger reaches Washington.
Baron Russell, lord chief Justice of
England, dies.
Plot to make Lord Roberts a prisoner.
discovered in Pretoria
Eugene V. Debs formally accepts nom
ination for president
EXtradition of Chas- F. w Neely is
made impossible before October
Striking street car men in St Louis
arrange to build a car line of their own
Tennessee Republicans nominate two
state and electoral tickets.
Texas Democrats meet in state con-
Vention and renominate Sayers for gov
ernor.
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eaSant Picnic

The people in the neighborhood of
Monroe and Paramore streets enjoyed A
picnic at Garfield park Thursday Those
present were: Mr.. and Mrs. William
Downie and son. Mr.. and Mrs. Chas
Summers and daughter, Mrs. Fink and
daughters, Mrs. Cameron Downie and
children. Mrs John West and children.
Mrs johnson and children. Mrs. Grow
and son, Mrs Spangler, Mrs. Ross Mrs
ST Marys, Mrs. Frederick Dauber Mrs
Lewis Glenn. Mrs Hendrickson, Miss
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stand, but almost ready to fall. I re-
peat we must either suffer all these
things or avoid them by employing the
one and only remedy, viz: government
ownership of all public Industries con-
trolled by trusts. And the very fact
that it is possible for all railroad COM
panies to combine and be subject to the
supervision OF one man is conclusive
evidence that it would be an easy mat
ter for the government to control them
in the interest of the people. And the
very fact that barb wire once sold for
two cents a pound that now sells for
four and one-half cents a pound, is evil
dence that the government can make
and sell it for two cents pound.
Now, in conclusion, we wish to i'm
plore all people to give this subject that
share of thoughtful consideration which
it so richly deserves, and make haste to
employ that only means now in reach
of all and say to the favored rich and
oppressive few that this world is ours
as well as theirs, and that the rich harv-
est Of all this world, both natural and
artificial, belongs to the human race to
subsist upon and enjoy till the God of
Peace shall have put an end to all tur-
moil and confusion-Jas. H. Job in
Populist Journal
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the name of the honest Populists Of this
nation who are opposed to rascality in
politics."

the name of the honest Populists of this
politics"
This was signed by j. O. Parker, Ken
tucky; r. H. H. Wheelock, Ohio; N. w.
Gresham, Texas; J. B. Osborne,
Georgia; J. L. Knott. Maine; Robert
McReynolds, Arkansas, and d. Clem
Beaver. Nebraska, together with num-
Der of others not committeeman.
The proposition was ignored by the
full committee, the committee on Gre
| dentials report excluding all but five of
| the anti-fusion members, and in the
midst of an uproar the middle-of-the-
roads, led by Parker of Kentucky, and
Walleck Of Iowa, left the hall, engaged
a room down town and organized bolt
ing meeting.
The main convention shortly before
midnight, without deciding on a date or
place for the national convention, ad-
journed until tomorrow morning at 8
o'clock.
The boilers secured room at the
Grand hotel, prepared an address and
called national convention for Cincin-
natl, O., on Wednesday, May 9.
ADDRESS TO PUBLIC.
The boiling Populists tonight issued
the following address:
To the Populists and Independent
Voters of the United States: It is to be
regretted that at meeting of the ma
tional committee of the Peoples party
in Lincoln, Neb., Feb. 10, the unpreced-
ented and outrageous effort of a minor
ity OF the committee to disfranchise the
Populist voters of the nation by arbi-
trarily and without cause or reason,
dropping from the rolls of this COM
mittee nearly one-third of it's members,
has compelled action on the part of
the majority, which has resulted in a
division Of the committee, and we ask
that you suspend judgment of the JUS
tice Of our position until you are in
formed of the facts in detail lust as
they exist.
These facts will be given in a formal
address to the public to be issued by
this committee tomorrow. It is suf-
f1cient that you know that the late
chairman of this committee, Chairman
Marion Butler, in calling this commit
tee to order presumed to drop, from the
rolls OF the committee, on the most
f1imsy pretext and in many instances
having no reason whatever, members
of this committee who were elected by
the members of our party in their sew
eral states, and who are today honored
and respected and sustained by their
constituents. Such men as Frank Bur-
kit, of Mississippi; C. E. McGregor,
William Phillips, of Georgia; John Seitz
and Robert McCannon, of Ohio; Paul
Dixon, White Eskew and James Halls.
OF Missouri, and many others were arbi-
trarily dropped from the roll.
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worthy And what shall we say OF
Donnelly; his running mate? He is a
man of different Temperament, but every
way the equal Of Barker in4intellectual
culture, and is q man OF extraordinary
ability and forces We know both these
men personally, and copfess our respect
and admiration for them both; but they
are not the only easasle insn ii tho
party. And when We recall the boyish
idolatry with WHICH, we supported Gen.
Weaver in 1880 against the ridicule and
sneers Of arrogant .,Republicanism Of
Central Kansas, and the plying smiles
Of emasculated Democracy Of that Sec
ton; and then realize where he has
gone and what he has become, we I'm
mediately brace up and refuse to wor-
ship at any mans shrine. We bow the
knee only to the principles represented
by the man, or the candidate.
No man knows what his environments
may be six months or year hence We
should not Judge harshly. We can at
least be frank with ourselves. And in
this first issue in 1900, while we recog-
nize That Tom Watson As entitled to
rare bouquet. we w1nt it understood
that .Barker and Donnelly are good
enough for us. Nor do we wish to in
fuence anyone else ct this stage Of the
cause, for We feel sure that whoever
shall carry the flag Of populism beyond
the firing lines in the. coming battle OF
ballots. will be good and great men, in
every way worthy Of our support.
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Who hurt the Peoples party national
organization? The Bryan and Jim
Jones party. Who hurt the Peoples
party organization in Missouri? The
Bryan and Bill Stone party. Who hurt
the Peoples party organization in Bates
county? The Bryan-Wade-Allen party.
Who has practically disfranchised all
the reformers in Missouri? Stephens
and his bastard free silver legislature
Who is now doing all he can to destroy
the Peoples party in this county, this
state and the nation? Every Demo-
cratic politician. Who is the biggest
fool voter in the Peoples party? The
fellow who takes up with the Demo-
cratic party. Who Is the next biggest
fool? The fellow who wants to fuse
with either old party.-Butler Free
Press
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A VALUABLE BOOK.

Readers of this paper may regard
$4,000 as fabulous figure for book, but
we have examined carefully the stock
book advertised in this issue and the
book is certainly one of great interest to
any person raising any kind of stock.
It is profusely illustrated with very
artistic colored photographs.
Tinted engravings or photos are very
expensive and this book has a very fine
collection. It is only necessary to say
that The Representative is always ready
to indorse good thing and very careful
about indorsing anything else.
e. A. T.
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WHICH SHALL IT BE-?
SHALL WE OWN THE RAILROADS OR
THEY OWN US.

We believe an ideal government con-
sists in such rules and regulations in
human affairs as to meet the exigencies
Of the times. The genius of man in the
past so years has given to the world a
rich harvest of inventions, such as the
world has never seen, which, under
proper control and rightful use, can
furnish all who labor not only food and
raiment, but every conceivable comfort
and convenience that man is capable of
enjoying. It must be plain to all close
observers that trusts and combinations
Ct individuals owning railroads, manu-
factories, telegraphs and telephones,
etc., are formed not simply to furnish
cheaper and better product or facility,
but to shut out competition, limit pro-
duction and control prices. Such COM
binations give them that power and
sad experience is now teaching us that
they are using and abusing that power
to our own hurt.
It should be the business of political
party to serve the body polite by look
ing after the interests of the people as
whole, and enact such rules and regu-
lations as are adequate to protect the
people as individuals against the unjust
extortions of merciless trusts and cor
porations.
It is a we'll known fact that both the
Republican and Democratic parties are
avowedly opposed to trusts, and that
In spite of all the laws they have been
able to make, trusts and combinations
have continued to multiply until every
industry under the sun EARNING alone
escepred) is now in the hands of q
cOvetous few.
No direct law, either state or national,
can prevent combinations consequently
we, as progressive, inventive people.
must provide some other remedy, Now.
inasmuch as trusts raise the price of
everything by limiting the price of
everything they produce, we must either
suffer ourselves to be gradually robbed
OF all we can make, and eventually of
cur homes, and become a race of slaves
and finally degenerate by wars and COM
motions, fire and sword, and universal
devastation, to the primeval state Of
mankind. and begin anew, and by the
use Of that same genius, mate in man,
go over all the ground again and climb
70 the lofty pinnacle on which we now
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The greatest enemy of the Peoples
party was and is the so-called Demo-
cratic party. Hence the first effort
should be directed to its destruction.
Then in fair field and an even
chance the Republican party can be de-
feated in the first battle. That Is the
only way to ever dethrone the Republi-
can party. In Kansas, where the Demo-
cratic humbug was eliminated and fair
fight between Populists and Repubh-
cans was made, the latter went to grass
for the first and only time In the history
Of the state.-Butler Free Press,