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The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1903-09-03
-. THE POOR II.
49,. CHINAMAN. =.

~@.~e~s
ling, my boy, and you wouldn't
speak of the Chinese as dirty
race.
Has G. E. FL. ever studied the
opium habit among the Chinese?
I think not, for he seems to think
that Chinaman's sole ambition
in life is to get little opium. The
majority of Chinese do not use
opium to excess. While probably
Is per cent of the Chinese in the
United States use opium, only
about Is per cent are habitual
smokers-that is, they are heavy
smokers keeping themselves under
the influence of the drug. The
other so per cent are merely pleas
ure smokers and use opium as a
luxury. The Chinese of this coun-
try are using less opium now than
they did ten years ago.
G. E. II. evidently thinks most
Cinnamon subsist solely on rice.
He has never heard of the chop
suey, dow-fou, yo-sine, yockemine.
foo-chow, sharks-fin, turtle eggs
and a hundred other dishes seen
daily in the Chinese homes and
restaurants in our cities. Rice is
only the Chinaman's bread.
AS for his farming abilities, he
works as he was taught. Land is
not SO plentiful in China as it is
here and a man who owns few
acres there is considered very we'll
off indeed. As result, truck farm
ing is the Chinaman's specially
and he will hold his own with any
other race when it comes to MAX
ing the soil yield large returns.
There are, however, many large
farms and fruit orchards in the
west that are owned and managed
by Chinese.
If G. e. H. could understand the
language of the Chinks he might
find their noise" very interesting
conversation. I think the most
senseless racket that I ever heard
was the talking and joking of a
band of Dago immigrants. I
couldn't understand them, you see,
and that's exactly what troubles
|C. E. Fl. He can't understand the
Chinaman; therefore he doesn't
like him.
| The principal reason for not
lgranting citizenship to the Chi
ese should not lie in their "lazi-
ness" "dirtiness" or noise but
in their own inclinations. The
majority of Chinese in this coun-
try do not wish to become citizens.
The Chinaman has no interests in
common with us and he cares
nothing for this country, other
than as place to make a fortune.
| Most Chinese come here to make
money, not to find home. His
idea is to. work hard, save his mon
ey, and bear the insults of de-
spised race until. in the course Of
fifteen or twenty years, he has
enough money to return to China
and live in ease. That is the aver
age Chinaman's purpose, and as
citizenship would not help him to
reach his goal, he doesn't want it.
| r. w.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1903-09-03
BASEBALL.

Standing Of the Clubs in the National
and American Leagues, and
American Association,
September 2.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1903-09-03

a woman, on the contrary, Is never
at moments loss for q tool. She
can take almost any object and
put it to almost any use.
There is the toothbrush handle.
A man never thinks of q tooth
brush as anything but tooth
brush, but q woman knows it's end
less capabilities. If window
frame rattles at night, she wedges
it with toothbrush. IL she is
suddenly required to stir dose Of
medicine in glass, and spoon is
not at hand, she promptly uses the
toothbrush handle. She has even
been known to use it to loosen the
mould in a fowerpot, and in ex-
treme cases she can drive in tin
tacks with the same useful article.
Who does not know the JOY of
being in a hurry, and trying to
shave oneself with razor that has
been used as combined tack puller
and can opener?
Then there is the hairpin. The
uses to which q woman can put q
hairpin are almost innumerable.
Does a cork find its way to the
bottom of a phial? A woman will
Immediately spear it with a hair
pin, and extract it. Does she wish
to bore a small hole in a piece of
wood? She will heat a hairpin,
and burn the hole out with neat
ness and precision.
With hairbrush, unless it hap
pens to have silver back, she
feels able to drive in the largest
nail, to spank the most vigorous
small boy, and to convert lump
sugar into the finest of powdered
sugar. She can make an excellent
hammer with the heel of her shoe,
and can convert q case-knife into
an efficient screwdriver. IF a wom-
an knew the process of building q
boat she might be cast ashore on
an uninhabited island with moth
ing but a hairpin, toothbrush
and an ordinary sized shoe, and
within a month she would turn out
q seaworthy boat in which she
would escape to'civifization. s.
A collection of the articles which
women use as tools would not only
be most interesting, but it would
prove beyond controversy the ia
ventive genius of the sex. It has
been said by mere men that no
woman ever makes a valuable in
vention. OF course such an as
sertion is to the last degree ignor-
ant as we'll as malicious. The in
yentive genius of woman pursues
a line of it's own. It triumphs in
converting the familiar objects of
the bedroom and the dining-room
into tools. This is something
which man cannot do, and until
man can do it, the less he says in
contempt of the inventive powers
of women the better. Let Us hope
that at the next exhibition of
women's work their improvised
tools will be shown, and woman
will be seen making use of them
in the presence of male spectators.
A. r. s.
Gh0StS
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1903-09-03

only one white woman ii the place
and she was the matron and teach.
or at the Indian mission.
We left the Norway House and
packed about fifty miles from the
lake where we camped on the side
of fine trout stream. AS said
before, the party only intended to
stay three weeks, but at the end
of that time they decided to stay a
week or SO longer. | could not
stay any longer. altho the hunting
and fishing were unusually good
and it was a rare experience.
One bright morning | started
with my gun and faithful dog for
the Norway House. / had walked
about thirty miles the first day
when I came to the house of an
Indian trapper. He had been in
the employ of the Hudson Bay
Company and could understand
some English. / asked him if I
could stay all night. At first he
refused, saying that he had no
room for me. prevailed upon him,
however, to allow me to sleep on
the floor, as / was very tired and
the thought of being out all night
among the wolves and bears was
not pleasant one I assure you.
Finally he said the only room he
could offer me was the front one
up stairs; but he said the room
was haunted and had not been used
for ten years. I told him I did
not believe in ghosts and would
actually like to see one, and if he
would give me permission I would
sleep in the room. He took me up
stairs and showed me the room and
left me to fight my own battle
with the departed spirit that was
haunting the place.
The walls were low and crudely
plastered. The ceiling had patches
of plaster off in different places.
In the front of the room was q
small window about q foot and a
half square. The bed was not at
all inviting, but I wasso complete
~ tired out that I crawled in and
was soon asleep.
/ had slept several hours when
I was awakened, and there in front
of my bed was the haunting spirit
pacing up and down my room. It
had the appearance of man about
eighty years old; his hair was long
and white. while his grey beard
hung down almost to his waist.
He was very tall and stopped, and
his pallid skin was drawn closely
over his frame. At first I did not
know what to do or say. [ was
afraid to call the trapper and afraid
to move. At last, with great effort.
I spoke to him in this manner:
"What do you want? Who are
your" He still kept pacing up and
down my room, but finally raising
his hand as tho in salute, he spoke
to me in this manner:
"You have all the appearances
of a gentleman and I want you to
listen clearly to what I am about
to tell you, as you will profit by it.
Ten years ago when I was on my
way north to bny furs from the
Indian trappers, ! stopped at this
house to stay for the night. had
considerable money on my person
and as there were several rough
looking strangers stopping over
night, / went outside before retir-
ing and buried my money by the
side of a large tree. Shortly after
going to bed in this room, these
strangers entered and demanded
the money. They bound and gag
ped me and made a thorouoh
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1903-09-03

~
very faulty impression
of the life and habits of very
strange people. In his article in
titled "Chinese Immigration" Q.
e. n. has expressed the opinions
of that class of tourists and has
made the ordinary mistakes.
Therefore this article.
The "Chinese must go" cry which
swept over the west and finally
caused the passage of our present
law denying entry to Chinese cool
les, was the direct result Of low
wages asked by the common CHI
nese laborer. So far @. b. FL. is
correct; but he should have told
us why they were willing to work
for SO small an amount. They
couldn't help it! Every laborer
had signed a contract before leav-
ing China, agreeing to work for a
certain time at certain wage,
usually about eighty cents per day.
He was wholly under the control
of his boss contractor, who paid
his way to this country, found him
work, Eat about 81 per day, the
contractor taking the extra twenty
cents) and collected his wages.
Within eighteen months after the
law keeping the Chink out went
into force the contracted China
mems time was up and immedi-
ately every one of them demanded
more pay. Today the laboring
Chinese are asking and receiving
more money than the white work
men for the same kind of labor.
Let me say right here that the
same system of contracting is be-
ing carried on now among the
Japs, and I predict law keeping
out the Japanese coolies if it con-
tinues.
G. E. 81. makes a grave mistake
when he says the Chinese are lazy
and shiftless. Look at the large
number of curio shops, silk stores,
tea stores, restaurants, laundries
and other businesses owned and
run by Chinese. Nearly every one
of them is the result of hard work
Did G. E. Fl. ever see an able
bodied Chinese beggar? l venture
to say he never did. Nearly every
Chinaman in the United States
sends some money to China each
year and most of them have bank
accounts here besides. Another
fact tending to prevent laziness is
the Tong law governing debt. The
tongs, or societies, insist that all
debts contracted by any of their
members during the year must be
settled in full during New Years
(The Chinese New Years is meant
It occurs in February If a mem.
Der refuses to square up, pres.
sure is brought through relatives
in China and he soon comes tc
time.
When G. E. 81. tells US the Chi.
nese are clannish, he accidently
pays the Celestial a high compli.
ment. There is no virtue so com
mendable in any people as love
of home and country. Because the
Chinaman refuses to adopt the
clothes and manners of what, to
him, is an inferior race, and be-
cause he insists in worshiping the
gods his fathers worshiped, he il
declared a dangerous character. Il
that just?
Our friend tells us that the
Chinaman is dirty. The laboring
class is, yes, but no more SO than
the Huns, Firms or Slavs who
come to this country. The mer.
chant class of Chinese, however
are as clean as any people unde,
the sun. You should see the in.
CSl .-..~ -~l>~A,~ IL
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1903-09-03

HE casual observer who
explores the Chinese
quarter of any of our
cities and sees no more
than his guide is will
ing or able to show
him, often receives a
very faulty impression
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1903-09-03

cons1QeraDle money on my person
and as there were several rough
looking strangers stopping over
night, I went outside before retir-
ing and buried my money by the
side of large tree. Shortly after
going to bed in this room, these
strangers entered and demanded
the money. They bound and gag
ged me and made thorough
search Of the room, and after tor
turing me in every bloodthirsty
manner possible. one of them pick
ed up my hunting dagger and
drove it to its hilt through my
heart and left for parts unknown.
That money is still there. I have
guarded it carefully ever since and
I want someone to have it that
will honor and make worthy use
of it. If you will follow me | will
show you the place
I quickly dressed myself and
followed the old spirit to q large
tree where he stopped and placed
his fore6nger on the spot where
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-05-04
Chicago Short of Clean Linen.

Chicago, May 4,--serious as Is the
shortage in clean linen and napery in
Chicago this week promises to bring a
far worse condition of affairs unless
the laundry workers strike is ended
Rather than continue doing business
with a crippled working force every
large steam laundry in the city will
close down today.
The proprietors have decided that
even the suburban firms must lock out
their workers and last night they sent
a committee 20 Evanston TO request the
firms there to join In the fight
The hotels and restaurants of the
down town districts are already in
straits for clean goods. A number OF
restaurants are using paper napkins,
Most Of the smaller hotels and some OF
the larger ones have notified guests of
their inability 10 attend TO bundle
work"
The hand laundries Of the city are
oVerrun with business but should they
run day and night they cannot relieve
the situation. The Chinese laundry
men are working overtime and enjoy
ing the situation.
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PREACHER AND CONSTABLE.
Shot and Killed by "a Mob at Caruth-
ersyille, Mo.

Caruthersyille Mo. May S.--D. NJ. Ma.
lone preacher for a sect known as
"Sanctihed People" and Constable w
], Mooneyhon were shot and killed by
mob last night az Wardell, Y miles
west of Charlottesville. Malone had
been PROSECUTING In this county for sew
eral months and much feeling had been
aroused against him.
A woman named Mrs. Frill having
left her husband caused much agta-
ton recently by living with Malone
who had left his own wife, Mrs Alice
Malone The preachers wife objected
vigorously TO this arrangement and
Malone declared her insane and caused
her to be detained In jail pending an In
quiry.
This action aroused the citizens to a
frenzy and a warrant was issued
against Malone and Mrs. Frll, on the
charge Of unlawfully living together
Constable Mooneyhon last night arrest
ed both, and because of the lateness Of
the hour decided not TO take them to
Charlottesville until morning but in.
stead took his prisoners to his own home
for the night
Shortly after midnight there was a
knock NJ the front door and Moneyhoon
opened the door, He was shot dead In
the doorway A mob streamed into the
house and seized Malone, dragging him
out into the darkness Mrs. Frlll fran
tioally begged that no harm be done to
him. but she was roughly pushed inside
the house and the mob departed
Malone was taken TO a wood some
distance away and shot to death. The
mob then dispersed No harm was Of
fered to Mrs. Frill or to Mrs Mooney
hon
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Occurred IN SIayonlc Roman Cath.
Ollie Church, Joliet.
WENTITLIKE CATS AND DOGS
when Police Arrived They Drew
Their MeyOlyers aud Created
Great CONSERVATION.

Joliet, H., May 3.--women and men
today fought hand to hand with each
other and then fought hand In hand
against the police in the slavonlc Ro-
man Catholic church The trouble
was started by several women as the
collectors We're circulating through the
church
There were 1900 men, women and
children in the church when the fight
began, In spite Of all the protests OF
Father Kollar and others the church
members fought with fists ana pieces
Of furniture knocking each other right
ana left Some one ran from the
church ana called on the police tor
help.
In few minutes a patrol wagon full
OF policemen drove up to the church
ana the patrolmen entered the ediice,
whieh was filed with whacks, bombs
ain and tumult. Bloody noses and lac
Grated faces We're numerous. The men
had been penned in by Gordon Of
angry women, who peted the stronger
sex with clenched hands and books
BY the time the police arrived, some
OF the combatants had fled to the
street, AS the policemen entered the
church those on the outside returned
To the fight, armed with clubs, stones
and reyolvers, Those within left off
fghting with each other and unltedly
beset the police. Those from without
hred into the patrolmen from the rear.
Women and children cried out in ter.
ror at the sight and many men ran
from the church or leaped out Of the
windows. Then the policemen drew
revolvers and threatened TO shoot I'M
less order prevailed. The affrghted
eombatants ceased fighting and the po-
lieemen began 10 make arrests. OF
all the persons injured none had to be
taken ~ the hospital
Father Kollar who entered into the
midst of the fighting in an effort to
calm his Pensioners, escaped unin-
Jured. Many arrests We're made dur
ing the day, but no one knows exactly
who started the fight or what it was
about.
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Leo Receives the Kaiser.

Rome, May 3.-Emperor william was
received by the pope today. He had
conference with the pope OF 40 minutes
duration and then returned to the resi-
dence Of the Prussan minister at the
holy see
The day was bright, and as the em-
peror and his suite trayersed the streets
OF Rome he was enthusiastically ac-
claimed. His majesty presented Prince
Frederick William and Prince Eltel to
the pontiif.
Al the vatican the emperor was re-
celyed with military honors by the Pal
"a, guard and platoon Of gems
darmes. and he was welcomed By the
high dignitaries Of the pontldoal court.
The visit of Emperor William was re-
turned by Cardinal Rampolla, papal
secretary Of state, at the Prussian le-
CATION.
Emperor William presented to the pope
a large photograph Of the Metz cathe-
dral, The pope expressed his thanks
Tor the gift, and remarked that the
Metz cathedral greatly resembled that
at Rems. Emperor William was sur
prised at the quiokness Of the pontif
In remarking that the one cathedral
was a reproduction Of the other.
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now paying the Indians. Some OF the
men IN the syndicate will purchase the
land for development. while others Will
hold It for speculative purposes Frick
Is to get the land along the Fort Smith
& Western railroad which he owns
Gates wants tract Of land In the east
rem part Of the Choctaw country, which
carries quality coal especially suited
for c0king purposes. George Gould is
to get large tract In the vicinity OF
South McAester.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-05-04
Sale of Modern Pictures,

New York, May 4.--At the first days
sale "a modern pictures and drawings
In the collection Of the late Ernest
Gambert, consul-general for Spain, the
1876 lots disposed OF brought u total OF
Sl43, sos, says the Herald's London rep
resentative.
Some Of the best prices obtained were
as follows:
Dedication OF Bacchus," by Sir Alma
Tadama. on panel, exhibited at Chicago
in 1899, SOS, 400.
ION the Alert by Rosa Bonheur,
Sl6,275.
1.-THE Picture Gallery" by Sir Alma
Tadama, $l3.l25,
"A Noble Venetian" portrait OF j.
l.. c. Meisener, under that gulse, by
himself $3.50,
"a Foragtng Party" by Rosa Bon
heur. $6562.50.
Fair at Seavllle, The Sick Child, by
]. Moningo, ASS750
lie Chen de Chase" by Rosa Bon
heur. s2SS7.5O
st. Vincent de Paul" by L. Bonnat,
Il. CPS,
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To Buv Choo,aw Coal Lands.

Kansas City, May "A special to the
Journal from South McAlester, |. r.,
says:
Big hnanclers Of the east headed by
II. {. Frick Of Pittsburg, and John W.
Gates Of Chicago, are forming a pool 20
get possession Of all the coal lands In
the Choctaw nation. There are 10000
acres in the Choctaw nation which will
be sold at public auction and the pro-
ceeds divided among the Choctaws IN
accordance with the act OF Congress.
The price agreed upon by the Frick-
Gates syndicate Is S25 per acre. II Is
not the intention OF the syndicate TO
disturb the present mining companies.
either large or small. or their coal
leases All that the eastern fnanciers
want Is the undeveloped coal lands.
They VIII LET the companies now mining
coal buy the lind covered by their
leases but no more. IL some OF the in
dependent mining concerns are not able
to buy the land which they now have
leased, the syndicate viii buy II for
them. and allow ,hem 10 operate Il on q
royalty Of eight cents ton. as they are
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condition VIII be made by the govern
mcnt.
The Canadian Pacific has lent every
possible assistance 20 the people In
their emergency by furnishing special
trains whenever asked for and by fur
nishlng an abundance OF cars for the
removal OF goods Al the time Of the
exodus yesterday morning merchants
were not permitted 90 load their stocks
until the people had FIRST had an OPP
portunity TO get household effects
away.
Today an engine and train crew has
been kept between Frank and Blair
more, hauling to the latter place chat
tells OF every description as fast as
loaded. Most OF the merchants had de-
termlned yesterday not 10 move their
stocks, but all have now consented TO
take no further chancesA but get out
II. L. Frank. majority owner OF the
coal mining property, arrived today
With General Manager Gebo. Mr.
Frank when seen, expressed himself
foelingly as rcgrettlng fer more the
loss of life that he would have done
the complete destruction OF the mine,
lie said he had no statement TO make
relative to his intentions regarding the
property.
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SITUATION IN sALONICA.
Owing to Press Censorship Difficult
To Get Reliable Information.

London, May Sowing 10 the exist
ing censorship It is still impossible to
obtain reliable news from salonica'
The reports OF a general massacre
there probably are exaggerated, but
the statements that several hundred
were killed emanate from various
points, including Constantinople. where
It is alleged also that Turkey has de-
cided TO send an ultimatum to Bull
garla.
Two Italian warships have arrived
at Salonica and the Porte. fearing that
foreign troops viii be landed, has res
quested Austria to withdraw her
squadron.
1t is reported from Uskub, Euro
pean Turkey, that Turks are holding
meetings IN the mosques and discuss
ing a general massacre Of the Chris
tan population In the event OF dyna-
mite outrages which. according to the
prisoners arrested In Salonica, have
been planned TO occur al Constantine
pie, Uskub and Adrianople.
Albanians have plundered several
Servlan villages near Prizren, Turkey,
The Turkish troops made no attempt
10 hinder them.
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CASE OF THE MISSIONARIES.
Ambassador Tower Sends a Lengthy
Report ON Them.

Washington May "A long mail report
has been received at the state department
from Ambassador Tower at Berlin. re-
counting the results OF his investigation
into complaints that certain American
Mormon preachers had been expelled
from Germany. These cases ante date
those recently reported Ia press dis
patches, but as far as can be- seen they
are similar IN principal Il the German
authorities take the view that Mormon"
preachings are Objectionable 10 German
law and order and morality this govern
ment can do nothing TO prevent the ex-
pulsion OF the missionaries. for Ii reserves
similar right 10 expulsion 10 itself or
course, II could not admit any such right
on the part OF the German government il
The misslonqr ies were prosecuted because
they were Americans. but Mr. Tower re.
pott negatives TINS report
The failure Of the Berlin foreign Office
10 hear Of any recent approaches by the
United States In the Interest Of the Nor
mons Il probably because Mr. Tower
has not yet had time to prepare his case.