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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-10-30

consisting mainly of soldiers and gov
eminent officials. It has many fine
houses, however, a museum, a church,
a school for cadets, two alleged hotels
and a military hospital Daily trains
run regularly between the port and this
city, accomplishing the journey in
about 80 hours, and connecting with
steamers that ply up abe Amur to Sire
tensk, to which place the great railway
has been completed from Moscow and
st. Petersburg. If international COM
plications do not prevent, within two
or three years Russia will have the
easier and shorter route from Port Ar
thur in operation, by which Picking and
st. Petersburg will be placed in indirect
communication by rail via Mukden. 1t
is doubtless with this contingency in
view that the Russians have seized the
railway from Picking to Tien-tsin and
Taku, connecting with Shan-hai-kw
where it passes through the great wall,
with a comparatively insignificant gap
unfinished between it's present terrni-
nus, or rail end, and ancient Mukden,
through which the main line has been
projected.
Those who have looked upon Siberia
as country of unnlitigated cold and
barren wastes will be surprised to find
here such cities as Blagovestchensk,
with an estimated population of 10000
two large hotels, telephones and tele-
graphs. The Amur here, as at Khabar-
ovsk, is about a mile in width, and the
city is visible for a long distance before
it is reached. On the way up fromits sister
city the gloomy convict barges convey
ing prisoners to the Siberian coast are
met with frequently, even though the
czar has recently proclaimed liberal
policy of emancipation There is ca
thedra1 here and several Greek church
es. a big market place a thousand feet
across, and the capital boasts one gar
den. that attached to the governors
house, which stretches from it to t@ae
river bank.
"As we sat on the veranda after din
ner,' writes a recent visitor, T was
surprised all at once to hear bugle
notes within few yards of us. That
music comes from the other side of the
river remarked the vice governor, who
was sitting next me and noticed my
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-10-30

surprise The Chinese soldiers wish
US to know that they are there he add
ed, sniIingly. They have been giving
US that music four times a night for the
past three weeks. Some of our soldiers
have been giving them music lessons
That was just previous to the report
ed attack upon the capital and the con-
sequent reprisal, when thousands were
massacred by the Russians. And the
vice governors remark as to his SOL
diers giving the Chinese music les
sons" was evidently a bit of Muscovite
pleasantly, the purport of which was
lost upon his guiIeless visitor.
ARTHUR TITCOMB.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-10-30
OUR FLEET In THE ORIENT.

cabled to her commander. when she
had the misfortune to run on rock Off
the China coast last July, the people re-
gard her as the Constitution Of the
present time.
Repaired at Nagasald through tho
courtesy Of Japan. the Oregon has re-
turned to the station for which she
was steaming at the time Of the acci-
dent, and has already been greeted BY
her quondam companion. the Brooklyn,
flagship of the commander in chief. Adj
miral Remey.
We might recall in this connection
certain features of that cyclonic race
off the Cuban coast between the Span
ish and American warships, when is
sure to recur the mental picture Of the
neck and neck struggle for supremacy
between the Brooklyn and the Oregon
They meet again now, thousands OF
miles distant from the scene Of their
world famous exploits. and each is sur
rounded by halo Of prestige that re-
bounds to the glory of our country and
viii command the respect OF all the al
lied fleets.
When the Oregon was launched, IN
1898. she was said to be the heaviest ar
mored ship in the world. and was OF
the same size as the battleships Indi-
ana and Massachusetts, the trio being
then the largest our navy could boast.
Her displacement was 10.2S8 tons,
length over all 364 feet, draft q feet
and coal capacity ! .594 tons.
The Brooklyn, Commodore Schley's
flagship at Santiago. developed on her
trial trip a speed of p knots an hour.
and under forced draft exceeded that.
making her the fieetest ship Of her
class in the navy. Her length Is 400
feet over all, mean draft "a feet, nor
NAL coal capacity 1.05O tons and en-
gines 10000 horsepower The Kentucky
has a water line of 36S feet. draft OF %
feet inches, displacement 1,525 tons.
with engines of 10000 horsepower and
can average 16 knots per hour. The
Oregon and the Kentucky were not
built for speed, however advantageous
that may be, but were intended as
floating fortresses. against which the
attacks of any vessel OF ordinary pow
ers shall prove unavailing.
As for the old Monadnoclx and Monte
reg, monitors of a class at one time
considered impregnable, there are few
ships afioat that can make more than
an impression on them, cannon balls
and shells rolling off their armored
decks, almost flush with the water,
like raindrops from a ducks back.
They are not good seagoing vessels,
and for speed are veritable turtles.
But when it comes to fighting they are
there to stay to the finish.
The armored ships Will constitute this
fortresses, the citadels of defense. Of
our navy in the China sea; the cruisers
will form the rapid moving. floating
batteries, and the gunboats win act as
scouts and slxirmishers, penetrating
rivers and bays where the larger ships
cannot go. While It is necessary to
have a line Of unassailabIe battleships
and cruisers along the coast, at the
same time there will probably be more
real need of the light draft gunboats
for patrol and river work
The moral effect of this feet cannot
be doubted or it's value as a peace pros
moter be overestirnated.
MATTHEW r. LATHROPs
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-10-30

has already published elaborate regu1a-
tons, placing the entire province and
both banks of the river under Russian
law and authority. All Chinese, such
as are not permanently planted there,
are forbidden to dwell on the left Or
north, bank. and they are informed
that the annexation of Manchuria
would be a fit punishment for the at
tack upon his capital, Blagovestchensk.
At one fell swoop the schemes of centu=
ries were contaminated, and Russia be-
came in fact, as well as in name, ruler
over all northern and northeastern Chi
ma, probably aggregating 100000 square
miles of territory, with population of
perhaps more than 100000, chiefly
Chinese.
China Is a sea that salts all the wa
ters which run into it," says an old
proverb, and this has been proved true,
especially as to the northern frontier
country There is another proverb also
particularly apropos at the present
time: "A host marches, and stores of
provisions are consumed; the hungry
are deprived of their food, and there is
no rest for those who are called on to
TOLL
These are utterances attributed to
Confucius, and the great Chinese sage
must have foreseen just such an ex-
igency as the present, for the Russian
invasion of China may be compared to
a sword that cuts both ways. It will
be next to impossible to feed and sup
ply the vast forces necessary for future
conquest, unless time is taken for re-
cuperation, colonies planted and har-
vests gathered; and in carrying out
this scheme there will surely be no
rest for those (Chinese) who are called
on to toll" As to the danger to be
feared from the isolation of a COMPARE
lively small body of Russian troops
within the confines of a country that
can mass millions for its defense, a
competent observer says, 1.-THE saying
that Providence is on the side of the
largest battalions is one of those aphor-
isms which does not apply to Chinese
battlehelds.''
With the Siberia Manchurian coast
in Russian possession as far south as
the river Tumen, which separates it
from Korea, and all the country be-
tween that point and the Amur also
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-10-30
THE SPORT OF FALooNRY.

FaIconry, once the sport of kings and
queens, seems as far removed from this
modern age of the scatter gun as the
moated grange and portcullis of the
middle ages from our present architec-
tural era. Yet, though the sport has
fallen into disuse, except in the orr
entail countries. and especially Arabia,
where the fight of the birds is followed
on horseback, it still has its devotees in
England. As a rule, the smaller species
of hawk, principally the merlin, are
used, and the reason for this is obvious.
A few centuries ago, when storks, fly
ing across to England from Holland.
and the larger sea fowl, driven inland
by the storms of the North sea, were
plentiful the larger hawks found plenty
of game, and a days sport furnished
not only the excitement of a wild chase
across fields, in which ladies participant
ed with the knights, but a substantial
bag of game for the table. Now that
the swift flying game birds of the lar
ger varieties have largely disappeared
from England, the smaller birds are
left to furnish sport. Larxs, from their
speed and gameness, are favorite birds
of the chase and are often captured
alive.
Rocks are also sought after, and the
old birds frequently escape, either by
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-10-30

held by Russia, the erecting of cross
on the right bank of the great river
may be taken as the apotheosis of
mighty Muravieff, who long labored for
this contamination and insisted that it
would come about. The great CONNER
cial artery and strategic line Of COM
munication in this region is, of course,
the AInur. 400 miles in length, and
navigable for river steamers all that
distance, even in winter forming q fro
zen highway for sledges from it's mouth
to the head of navigation. Its banks
are lined with forests of oak, pine, ma
pie and cork wood, and its waters
abound with excellent fish. The first
steamer to ascend the Amur, by the
way, was built in New York in 1857 and
called the America
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-10-30
THE RUSSO-CHINESE THBATER OF CONFLICT.

has been phenomenal, but the hopes in
dulged in respecting it have been some.-
what dashed since the short cut was
projected across Manchuria, making
Port Arthur, on the gulf of Pe-chi-h,
the eastern terminus of the Transsibe-
rian line.
Respecting Khabarovsk, which is sit
uated at the junction of the Amur and
it's southern affluent, the Usuri, less is
known, for it has not long occupied the
commanding position it now holds as
the administrative center of the Sibe-
rian littoraI. Here the great railroad
takes a sudden turn southwark to the
sea, leaving the banks of the AInur and
following the course Of the Usuri. 1t is
hourishing city at present, though its
population of about 1900 is fuctuating,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-10-30
The Amur Region, Where the CeIestials
Have Clashed With the Forces
of the Gar.

while the bear draws in the slack and
tightens the coils around his dearly be-
loved Chinese brother until the great
wall and Picking viii more nearly APP
proximate the northern frontier than
the present boundary line, which is in
fact vague and indeterminate.
The military governor Of the Amur
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-10-30
CHINA,s FOREIeN Drnr.

No statement of the revenues and ex-
penditures OF China ever has been made
public, but it is estimated that she COLI
lects and spends about sf5.000.000 an-
nually. China has an outstanding fors
eign debt of about $270, 100000.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-10-30

mounting in swift circles high into the
air until the pursuer is tired out, or,
having gained a sufficient height, by
making a headlong drop in a slanting
line for cover. This battle in the air is
full of excitement, besides furnishing
plenty of walking in the open air for
the falconer.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-10-30

" YHILE Russia has been posing
M in Peking as the greatest and
the only friend of the self de-
posed government Of China
and has proposed that the troops of other
allies shall be withdrawn from the cap
ital, a series of events has transpired
on the northern frontier of China which
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-09-05
THE DEMOCRATS GAINED
10 Vermont, While the Republicans Lost
About 20 Per Cent.
DEMOCRATIC GAINS NEAR 10 PER CENT
The Republican Majority in the I'm
tire state, u liz Estimated, WIN
Hardly lie 2-,o0O.

White River junction. VT. september
4.--State issues, OF which that OF local
option was the most important. caused a
20 per cent loss in the republican vote
in today's State election. and a large pro-
portion OF the loss went to the democratic.
The republicans carried the State by
an immense majority. but II Is likely to
fall 10000 under the vote of 1896. though
1t is probably about 5000 ahead OF the
gubernatorial vote two years ago.
The vote for governor In 100 cities and
towns out OF 2i6 in the state gives Stick
ney. republican. 1861; Senier. democrat,
1867; others. i22I The same cities and
towns IN 1885 ave Grout, republican. 40
66l; jackson. democrat. 1871; all others,
1894. The republican plurality in the
same towns In 1896 MAS q, 747. and ma
jorny over all. 2i4S4. The republican
vote ON THESE fKures shows loss OK
practically 20 l,or cent. whiie the demo-
cratic galn is substantially Is per cent.
II the same ratio should be maintained
In the remaining towns the republican
majority Will be abou. $4,000.
Most OF the cities and larger towns
have so fer reported and the outlook Is
that the republican majority will not
much, Il any, exceed q goo for the entire
State. "--c vote for congressman appears
TO be running substantially the same rs
that for governor.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-09-05
onrrur no ne REDUCED.
Some Cotton Willis Have Already
shut Down.

Some Cotton Willis Have Already
shut Down.
Charlotte, N. c., September An re-
gard to the probable effect OF the resolu-
lions adopted by the Southern cotton
spinners At their meeting here Monday
night, DR.. John IL, MeAden said today
10 an Associated Press representative:
The output Will bo greatly reduced. IN
fact sCmo mills have already shut down,
WHITE others are running on short time
ana sim others only operating portion
or their sDindlcs. The membership OF the
southern Cotton Spinners association
now represents 20 per cent of the cotton
mllls OF the South aua l have reason TO
believe that all Of thom viii curtail their
production tor the next two months as
much as possible. The object OF the
mlj men win be to SO Arrange the work
In thor plants as 10 employ as much of
their labor as can be utilized without
turning out The fun amount OF goods.
1T Is probable that the action OF the
committee may have a temporary effect
on the price OF cotton, for, Of course, II
wa ourtutl our output IL viii have ten
denuy TO reduce the present demand for
the staple
The oficr OF certain Northern men to-
accept our business on a basis OF 4 per
cent commission ANA guarantee . PER
cent cash discount is an important ten
TO the southern cotton spinners for It
means q saving of 100000 annually In
the sale OF our products"
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-09-05
IANP AIGN WASOPENDD

put Into its platform In 1896 aec,,ra.,,u
expressing tho sympathy of the raa,,s
licans with tho struggling natr,o,r
oupa ana ne knows that thus far but o..
inc career or empire for which the rennn.
hctan party now SANDS, the renuhiin,,
psrty would syibpathlge with M. paSsa
who are fighting for the RICH. n so~or-
themselves. (Renewed applause w
knows that party that can stand s,,an,
and see two republics wiped of The 100
OF the earth can see this Republio con.
Verted into an empire
Ihere is enough in the fate Of mn.
Nation to inspire him; there is enough
n his love for the principles of self gov
eminent 10 enable him to get out and
ieaVe mis- party, even though he goes alone
And II republicans are not able to an
swer democratic speech, what will they
do when they read Senator Wellinston's
speech! tGreat applause and loud cheer.
ing.)
The outside, or overflow meeting wa.
lar larger than that on the inside Of the
academy. There was large attendsn a
OF people there from Pennsylvania, as well
as from Maryland; West Virginia and
Vlrg MA also being well represented. Col.
onei victor Baughman introduced ex-Gov-
ernor Pattlson Of Pennsylvania. Governor
Pattison spoke at length and was liberallv
applauoed' Mr.. Bryan's speech here was
discussion OF imperialism. There wa,
ne SAID only excuses given for our ac
QUESTION of the Philippines. The first O,
these that. there is money in It; the SEQ
ond, that God is in It; the third that We
are in IT, Who would dare say that trade
could be purchased by human blood?" III
bryan asked. and replying to his own
question, he said the republican party
had been responsible for every step taken
IN the Phil ppine matter. 1t was said that
because Admiral Dewey had sunk Span
lsh neet in Manila bay we must hold the
philippines, but II this was true. was IL
not especially reasonable to demand that
cuba should be held because Admiral
Schley had sunk another Spanish fleet at
Santiago? The flag had been raised over
fek.n do we therefore own 400 coz. 0O1
OF Chinese? We democrats say that we
can put the flag up and take II down
when we please. He continued. I'VE
can take the flag where we please to de-
fend an American citizen and then with
draw 1t. The republican pretense that we
can not haul down the American flag is all
rot to hide their defense OF imperialism"
Mr.. Bryan declared that the only proper
way to treat the FIJI pinos was to treat
mem as we are pledged to treat the
Cubans. Then we should stand by them
like an elder brother. That was tho
democratic policy; 1t was an American
policy and it was the policy of a true
civilization. Loud cheers were given Mr..
Bryan as he left the platform.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-09-05
NEW YORK REPUBLICANS
Carrying Out Prearraneed Plan 10 State
Convention.
PROSPERITY is THEIR PARAMOUNT ISSUE
Speflbindcr Declared TINT the People
WIN Not Reiinauish One Inch
OF Territory.

Saratoga, ~ y. September THE prac-
tical work OF the republican State con
ventlon was completed today with the
adoption OF the platform. There only
remains the formal naming OF the ticket
headed by odell for governor. and this has
already been agreed upon.
Former Governor Black will present the
name OF Mr.. odell as a candidate for
governor.
nate MIR. Woodruff for lieutenant cover
nor Then will follow the denomination
OF the present State officers by rcsolu-
ton and then VIII begin the ratification
o. the ticket nominated. In speech ny
Governor Roosevelt.
Tho convention WAS called TO order at
A:15 and the committee on permanent or
ganization reported the name OF Nevada
Stranahan for permanent chairman Mr..
Nckinley's name was received with more
than ordinary enthusiasm, but q greatest
demonstration occurred when Mr. Srana-
han declared the span Of lllo would never
see the day when the people Will rein
Qulsh one single inch OF territory. Sena-
tor Kaines presented the platform, which
was adopted without debate
The following is a synopsis of the plat
form;
The continued prosperity OF the country
and individual citizen - the paramount
issue before tho people
Conscious Of the weakness OF relying on
theories that have been exploded and OF
Ignoring facts that are solf-oyident tho
democrats are undertaking to push into
conspicuous position before the people an
issue which they stlgmatize by the word
"imper alism." In this course they are
charactorlstically dishonest Neither In
the Philippines or elsewhere will the cause
OF human liberty take for It's champion a
party whose only hope of obtaining power
lies in the suppress on OF human rights
and In an organized conspiracy to nulliiy
the guarantees with which the consttu-
ton endeavors TO surround the citizens,
From thousands of polling places in IN s
election in VIII ch the democratic party Is
so much concerned about the consent OF
the governed" the negro citizen will b.
excluded by laws so contrved as to keen
out the negro republican, while admitting
the white democrats. though both pro
sent themselves with the same quail flea
ions. except as to color. The party which
will not allow the constitution to follow
the nag through the Carolinas, through
Mississippi aud through Texas has no ren,
son for distress ahbt the constitution
journey 1000 miles across the ocean.
We lndorse the admin straton OF Nc
Klnley and congratulate the people on tn,
nomination of Governor Roosevelt fol
vice president.
After the adoption Of the platform tn;
convention took recess until 10 O'Clock
tomorrow morning.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-09-05
stcnnrt Mn,.er rhlnn. clenr.

w. X. Hearst. Editor the journal.
Senator SJewart's return to the re-
publican party, which he left In 1896 on
the silver proposition. points moral
and adorus tale. llo became satisfied
that and imperialism WAC the para
mount issue in this presidential cam
paign, and, being an imperialist, .here
was nothing left FOR him to DO but rocant
his partially for the democratic canIl.
date.
In recent newspaper interview he
calls the patriotic warning OF Nh Brvon
against the dangers of imperialism AN
hallucinatiU He did not consider 4dr.
BrYans views on silver an hallucln1-
ton. The foxy senator owned 5h}or
mines. ana hence eol1d readily cotled3
with MIR. Bryan's IDEAS on silver. 'hi5
action OF the senator from Nevada lnuC -
IL more clear that the money question -
now subordinate to the more important
question OF what shsll be the Nations
policy toward newly acquired territory.
Would Senator Sio%srt have thus de-
clared his Grange OF front If silver had
been givon a prominent position in the
Kansas City platform and by subsequent
general consent?
While the republicans Will welcome to
prefer to conceal the real cause of his
reconversion TO the republican faith In
othcr words. for campaign purposes they
know the Importance Of keeping the
voter hoodwinked into believing that sill
yer Is still paramount in the present
presidential contest.
Senator Stewart lhens Bryan words
OF warning against the dangers OF I'M
perialism 10 the dopy California horse
yI-ao har weed.
scnatJr might as well remember that the
perspicaoity OF unerring sight sees the
yawning. abyss that Is obscured by rare
Wild flowers and the growing grass
which an distracted botGnist might not
discover until too late.
In his selnsh friendship for the silver
cause his obscured vision does not de-
tect the stealthy approach OF danger
that IL more insidious than menace
to the material welfare OF the country.
Imperialism appeals TO the cupidity OF
Individual and nation. and has lis IN
ceptlou In symptoms that do not alarm,
but when once fastened upon the body
polite is capcer without cure.
/ The country VIII be slow to accept
Senator Stewards indictment OF MI
Bryan that "the feveriah imagination or
Mr.. Bryan is the natural result of over
work and exhaustion" The sober Ameri-
can mind viii rather believe that the
senator's obllquity OF sight is due to
senility and his chameleonic politics like
the tortuous wabbling of ramshackie
machine.
4 Bryan is in the heyday Of ylrile man.
hood. with faculties Of mind intact ana
the light Of truth in his eye. Senator
William NJ Stewart has lived his three
score and ten and ought to retire with
graceful resignation. like Cicero, 70 the
garden. where he can divide his time be-
tween the potato ard the rose. The
Latin author found great consolation in
such pursuits. II. II. Childers.
New York. August q.