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The Washington times., 1903-12-26
FOREIGNERS ATTACKED
BY MOB IN INDIANA
False Report Of Two Girls Being Kid
naped Started Disturbance-Much
Property Demolished

INDIANAPOLIS, Dec. 26.--The sub
urb Of Haughville was the scene Of a
riotous demonstration yesterday, and
but for the perseverance of the police
and the intercession of some less ex-
cited civilians there might have been
wholesale murder of foreigners.
Rosaliy ] and Mary Land. thirteen and
five years old. respectively, children of
a farmer who lives near the city limits.
went to a Christmas entertainment in
Haughville Thursday evening ah' Land
planned to call for them and take them
home. When the entertainment closed
the father was not there and the little
girls walked home but founa no one
there Mr.. and Mrs. Land had come
10 the city to do some shopping and
had not reached the hall until after the
children had left. Finding the house
dark. the children went 10 the home
of a relative. where they spent the
night
When the parents did not find the girls
at home they alarmed their neighbors
and several persons started out TO
search for them. They had been seen
In the suburb near the homes of some
Hungarians and when they could not be
found the searchers concluded they had
been kidnapped. Reports we're started
that the girls had been seen in the COM
pany of foreigners and this nnaddened
the crowd. which began to demolish
furniture. break dishes. tear up cloth
ing and commit other depredations.
In the meantime the police reached the
scene. but the mob was so frantic and
so positive that the children had been
kidnapped that 1t could not lie restrained.
Other foreigners were attacked and
beaten and then the whole foreign
colony fed to the country. After four
hours rioting word came that the two
children were with relatives and the
mob dispersed.
The Washington times., 1903-12-26
JAPAN'S EXPORT TRADE
LARGE IN AANCHURIA
Her Commerce There Greater Than
That of Amy Other Country, and
Twice That of Russia.

Figures Of interest generally showing
just what Japan is endeavoring TO re-
tain In the way Of trade in the province
of Manchuria and the other parts of
northern China, In the face of Russian
aggression. are contained in q report Is
sued today by the Department Of Com
merce and Labor. The report shows the
trade is much larger than the world has
believed. and that Japan is justified in
all she is doing to save 1t. Il is said
to be double the trade of Russia.
After calling attention TO Japan's in
vestment of many million dollars in de-
veloping the port of Tsin-Van-doa, the
report continues:
The imports and exports OF the Jap
anese in the ports of Niuchwang, TEN
Tsin, and Chefoo, not including Port Ar
thur. Dalny. and Tsiaodshow. amount to
81 A0,OO0. Including the latter three
places the Japanese commerce exceeds
that of any other country. The follow
Ing figures of imports and exports into
Tien-Tsin and Chefoo in 1901 indicate
the predominance of the Japanese: ia
pan, $4,000. 1872; Hongkong, $3.416. 252: eli
other countries. 81. 635. 1913.
The same may be said of Japanese
imports into Niuchwang. with the ex-
ception of the imports of cotton goods.
IN which business the americans are at
the head. Imports from the United
States. s2,946.5O0; from East Indies, 81
357. 200; from Japan, $942, $50
'On the other hand. Japan is leading
in the business of exporting beans and
bean cakes from Niuchwang, which
averages from ss,5S5 800 to N.714.4O0 per
annum.
I'm fact. the commerce Of Japan in
Niuchwang is more than 81. 7s6, 900 per
annum.
The shipping business is also in full
swing. In 1901 Niuchwang was visited
by Bl Japanese steamers. with cargoes
Of 200. 230 tons: 1872 English steamers,
with cargoes Of 80 tons; and steam
ers OF other nationalities, with cargoes
Of 71,74I tons.
The Washington times., 1903-12-26
HUNTING FOR TREASURE
ON YARMOUTH BEACH
Fisherman Finds Pot of Gold and
Town Goes Wild.

SOUTH YARMOUTH, Mass, Dec. 20
Because Eben Baker while digging
clans on Eastern Beach, unearthed a
rusty iron kettle containing gold coins
valued at several hundred dollars, the
entire township has gone wild and the
beach for miles is undergoing a thor
ough search.
Men and boys. Drawing the GALES that
are blowing, and armed with clam
hooks. work from dawn until nightfall
looking for hidden treasure. Even a
horse and pillow have been pressed into
service, and the beach above high water
mark looks like q grain field I'm planting
time
That the coins are genuine was ascer-
tanned by the village jeweler who, after
close examination, pronounced them
"a be COLA Owing to the action of Sand
and wateI. the coins We're much worn.
The outlines of head and the date 1870
could be traced, and this. with the
workmanship, leads the jeweler to be-
lieve that they were of English make.
The kettle was about the size OF a water
bucket and in places traces of lettering
were found
The Washington times., 1903-12-26

III his makeup. As man kindly and
just in all his relations with family
and friends may, if a physician, wit
ness without a tTemor experiments III
vivisection; as a clergyman scrupu-
lousy truthful in conversation will
urge people to pretend that they be-
lieve something which they do not be-
heve, for the sake of the influence on
the church as women who shrink from
the sight of cut finger will let their
agents attend to foul tenement prop
erty where little children die like flies,
so the politician of this type, being
convinced that his interests and the
interests of his party require a thing.
will swallow without protest any
sort of political trickery, and employ
any sort of tool. Principle in politics
IS to him sentimentalism, and senti-
mentalism has no place in business,
which he coneeives politics TO be. Of
the larger insight of the statesman, of
a vision which sees beyond this gen
Grafton or even this century, he has
no linking. Hence, when he attempts
tC deal with that intangible thing
called public opinion, he makes bad
breaks. Senator Hanna has almost
Lever made a speech without putting
his foot right through the feelings Of
the people. Whatever influence he
has. he has gained through the e3nvie-
lion, more or less prevalent among
our countryi-en, that man who is
smart in business is apt to be smart
at governmental theory which, so
far as national problems are con-
cerned, has very little foundation in
fact.
The Washington times., 1903-12-26
IMMENSE INCREASE
IN USE OF ELECTRICITY
Census Bulletin Shows 3,6ao Central
Stations, With a Cost of Buildings
and Equipment of $5o4,74o,352.

The growth Of the use OF electricity in
the business world. and the consequent
expansion in central and private power
plants. is the fubject Of a special bulle-
tin just issued by Director North OF the
Census Bureau. This bulletin shows
that the industry has doubled about ev-
cry year for live years.
At the close of the year ending No
vember 30 there were 3. $40 central cleo
trio stations in operation. The cost of
their construction and equipment
amounted to $5O4. FAC. S52 The gross in
come for the year was reported at $685..
700.eO5. and the total expenses at $685.
oS1.3T5. These stations furnished en-
ployment to 1880 wage earners, who
received $14. $50. 112 as wages during the
year.
The power plant equipment consisted
Of $3.50 steam engines with 1878. 81 in
dicated horsepower. and 1880 water
wheels with a stated horsepower Of 49,
472. The generating plants. consisted Of
Il, iS4 dynamos of every description with
stated horsepower of 1. 624. $50.
a noteworthy feature Of the develop
ment of this industlr has been the in
stallation of plants operated under the
control OF municipalities. There were
SIS OF these plants in operation. The cost
Of their construction and the equipment
was reported at $50. O20.473. They gave
employment TO 2.467 wage earners, and
paid 81 ~. 341 in wages.
The Washington times., 1903-12-26
ASanitaTy Housing Company
Plan to House the Poor of Washington
at Small Cost.

Former Surgeon General Sternberg
and several other public spirited cit
liens, have under consideration plan
by which, it is hoped, the poor of
Washington may be housed in sani-
tary homes, and the present disease
breeding novels which they inhabit
will be torn down. 1t is argued that
IL better homes are offered them they
will abandon the novels. This is rea-
sonable, and probably true, the poor
being, after all. human beings like
other folk.
1t is proposed that the charter of
the Sanitary Housing Company pro-
vide that 3 per cent per annum shall
be the limit of dividends paid upon
the capital stock of the company; any
earnings in excess of this amount to
constitute a surplus fund and to be
invested In sanitary houses Of the
same type as those built from the cap
ital stock of the company. The amount
of capital stock of the company is to
be decided at the time of ineorpora-
ton, but it viii be incorporated when
$4,000 shall have been subscribed,
and shares will be of the par value of
800.
This enterprise provides an answer
to the question, IF the alley buildings
are torn down, where will the poor
gop Manifestly they must go some
where, and unless some such scheme is
adopted to provide suitable dwellings
for them, they VIII overcrowd the sub
urban settlements and reproduce there
the conditions from which they have
been removed. The poor have no
money to build suitable houses for
themselves; somebody must do it for
them. The trouble heretofore has
been that the work has not been done
for them economically, Systematically,
and with due regard to the public
health.
The best Christmas or New Year
gift which the city of Washington
could receive would be the assurance
that a few blocks of model tenements
would shortly replace the holes and
corners in which the poor of the Cap
iial City are housed.
The Washington times., 1903-12-26
An Endowed TheateT.
Many Difficulties in the Way of Real
izing the Dream.

Victor Mapes, dramaist and the
alter manager, tells Harvard students
that he favors the establishment of
an endowed theater, where plays of
merit may be produced, irrespective
OF their commercial value.
If Mr.. Mapes means a theater en-
dowed by private wealth, he has only
to catch the wealth. The public Is not
directly concerned. If, however, lie
means a theater endowed with the peo-
pies money, the question assumes an
entirely different hue The people
would be concerned in that, for they
" ould be paying the bills.
Many difficulties stand in the way
OF a practical realization of that
dream, leading one being the fact
that we have no Paris nor Berlin nor
Vienna, no single city wherein our ma
tional life centers. Washington is the
National Capital, but the United
States is without an artistic center
Moreover, it is fairly evident that the
people themselves care nothing for a
national theater. In fact, nobody
much wants a national iheater except
u number of playwrights, among
whom we would not include Mr..
Mapes. He is a successful play
wright.
Plays of merit without commercial
value are largely Pigments of the i'm
agination. One test Of all art is It's
effect on the great public. No work
of art-play, book, painting. statue
has gained Immortality except on a
basis of popular approval.
To please the public is one of the
rules of the dramatist's game, and he
can never evade it by trying to slip
into the Hall of Fame through the
side door of an endowed theater.
The Washington times., 1903-12-26
LOST HIS IDENTITY
BY LAPSE OF MEMORY
Lurching of Ship Brought Charles
Dubois Back to Realization
of Who He Was.

QUINCY. ILL.,, Dec 25.-A marvellous
case of dual personality has been dis
closed since the arrival here of Charles
Dubois. who is twenty-eight years old,
and whose family home is in Gibson
City. III. He became figuratively speak
ing. another man for several months.
until the memory of his previous life
came to him suddenly.
Dubois and another young man
named Albert Carlisle. were running a
rice plantation on shares near Guey-
dan. La One Sunday morning in June
1902. Dubois entered his buggy to go to
church He suddenly dropped out of
existence so far as his memory was
concerned. When the memory of his
former career returned he was 400 miles
from the United States coast. and was
on the ship Endymion. bound for NADIA
gascar.
He recovered after a lurch of the ship
had sent him sprawling on the deck. He
was bewildered by his strange sur
rouDdings, and when the mate of the
ship ordered him 10 make fast the sails
the work seemed so new TO him that he
required instructions. Every task he
was ordered TO perform subsequently
was strange to him. though he was IN
formed that he had done ssaman's work
satisfactorily. while he was in his other
psychical state
Dubois says the mate told him that
he. Dubois. had gone aboard the Endv-
mion at Pensacola. Fla. in August. 1892
and had acted in a peculiar manner.
After finishing the voyage recently Du-
bois returned home
The Washington times., 1903-12-26
COMPLAIN OF EXTORTION
IN CHICAGO HOTELS
Those Seeking Rooms for National Con-
vention Find High Rates Must Be
Paid to Secure Accommodations.

Complaints against the attempts of
the hotel proprietors Of Chicago to in
crease rates four or five folc for con-
Vention week are pouring into the rooms
Of the Republican National Commit
tee, at the Arlington. Persons who are
writing to the hotel proprietOrs now
for accommodations next June q. are
being informed that rooms which at
other times cost s. are TO be rented at
$50 while the convention is in session
No sooner do the prospective visitors
to the Windy City receive this infor-
nation than they Immediately forward
a protest to the Republican. National
Committee
Postmaster General Payne has been
called upon to take action IN the mat
ter, and Assistant Secretary Dover
wrote to Graeme Stewart. the national
committeeman from Illinois. calling at
tention to the attempted highway rob-
berry on the part OF the hotels, and
asking him what the State leaders in
tended TO do to stay the proposed ex-
tortion.
1t was said yesterday that if the COM
plants continue. and grew much great
er in volume, it was probable the ma
tional committee would take definite
action. The rule is that seven MEM
bers are all that are needed to sign a
demand upon the chairman for a meet
ms OF the committee, and have the
committee change the convention city
The national committee officers are
ir earnest in their efforts to prevent ex-
tortionate rates being charged and
while it is not as yet announced that
the alternative of a reduction Is the
removal of the convention to some other
city. it is believed this is the intention.
The Washington times., 1903-12-26
KANUCKS ARE EAGER
To FIGHT FOR JAPAN
Consul General of Mikado Says He Has
Received Many Applications.

MONTREAL. Dec. 26.-"without the
slightest solicitation 1 have received
twenty-five applications from all parts
of Canada from Canadians who are anx-
ious to be allowed TO enlist in the Jap
anese army. should war be declared be-
tween Japan and Russia 1t is the
greatest mark OF sympathy that Canada
has ever given Japan, and Japan is
sure to reciprocate."
Such was the official statement made
on behalf of the japanese government
by A Nosse. consul general for Japan
in Canada. on his arrival in this city
from Chicago.
Some of the applicants, explaining
why they are anxious TO enlist. state
that their opinion of the situation in
the Far East is that OF ali Britishers-
that Japan should keep Russia out OF
Korea. just as England should keep
Russia out of India"
The Washington times., 1903-12-26
COURTS AND CAPITALS
OF THE OLD WORLD
"Sir James Knowles" Sometime lanes
Knowles, Editor of the mine
teenth Century Review"
BY the MARouIsE DE FoNrENoY-

King Edward has done a popular thing
In comforting a knighthood, together
with the star of a commander of the
Victorian order, upon James Knowles,
who, after being from 1870 until 1877 edi-
tor Of the Contemporary Review" has
ever since then-that is TO say. for more
than a quarter of a century-Deen the
editor OF the Nineteenth Century Re
view.' which he created and owns. As
such he has been brought into contact
with all the most eminent men OF the
last three decades. most OF whom have
written for his famous monthly at one
time or another. Kings and queens
great statesmen, victorious generals.
successful explorers. Roman Catholic
cardinals, Ans iican archbishops, and the
most eminent divines of the Mohamme-
Dan, Buddhist, ana Brahmin cults hay-
ing been among his contributors.
during all these three decades and
more, he has been one of the best known
ngures In London society, and without
possessing the mordant wiz and the con-
versational brilliancy Of Abraham Hay
WARD. ne has been quite as mucla re
pandu in the London great WORLD, 3tn-
ing out almost every night OF his life.
The Washington times., 1903-12-26
The Korean Question.
Americas Attitude Toward Japan Crit
icised by Russia.

There are rumors, perhaps not very
well founded, that Russia is likely TO
protest against any action on the part
of this country which may look like
supporting Japan in the Russo-Jap
anese difficulty 1t is unnecessary to
say that the disposition of this eoun-
try will be TO keep out of the whole
business if possible Although our in
terests in the Orient have been in
creased by the acquisition of the Phil
ippines, and our trade with Japan Is
by no means inconsiderable, it is not
likely that we shall be dragged into
active participation in the controversy
over Korea, and unless we are COM
PEELED to take some stand on the ques-
ton, we shall probably be out of it.
That is the present situation. But
the present situation is not going to
endure indefinitely. 1t is probable that
before the children Of today have be-
come old folk, matters in the Orient
viii have reached a much more acute
stage of conflict, and this country
may be forced to declare herself IN
favor of one interest or the other
This being so, it is well for all intel
hgent Americans to watch the course
Of events closely and have an opin-
ion on the relative merits of Japan
The Washington times., 1903-12-26
INCREASE IN EXPORTS
OF BOOTS AND SHOES
Foreign Trade in Footwear Is $1,000, 900
for Calendar Year.

Exports of boots and shoes from the
United States show a steady growth.
and will for the calendar year about to
end aggregate more than 100000 in
value In 1898, they were less than
$4,000 in value. Few of the important
articles entering into our export trade
show a more rapid growth in exports
or a wider distribution than boots and
shoes.
More than sixty countries and col
onies are named by the Department of
Commerce and Labor as the destination
OF the boots and shoes exported from
the United States in the year about 10
end. England, Germany, z -ance, Bel
GUM, Denmark, and Netherlands in
the order named are the chief European
customers. and to Europe are sent more
than one-third of our total exports of
footwear.
The Washington times., 1903-12-26
Composer in Distress.

A few days ago a brief cable dispatch
from London. published in the papers
here, announced that a subscription
was being raised to provide the son of
Michael William Bale. celebrated as
the composer OF The Bohemian Girl
and other well-known operas. with
hand organ. for the purpose o. enabling
him TO make a living. The man for
whom charity is Glus requested is a
brother of the late Duchess Of Frias,
who died in ISL after a most roman
tic career, and the present Duke %
Frias. who. although a Spanish grandee.
Is at the present moment serving I'M
der the EnG4sh flag in South Africa,
is an uncle OF the prospective organ
grinder.
IL is not the first time THAI the lat
ter has been hard up. For some zen
years ago. during temporary difficulties.
he appealed for help to tho late Sir
John Blundell Maple, Sir augustus
Harris, and others, who, determined that
the son OF so great a celebrity as the
composer Balfe should not be permitted
to Starve. opened a subscription IN his
behalf 1t did not prove success, how
ever, as a paragraph appeared in one
of the London society papers stating
that the man was an imposter- Baife.
however, was able to furnish proof that
he was really the legitimate offspring
Of the composer, and secured a verdict
of $1,000 damages from me paper In
question
The Washington times., 1903-12-26
Won English Envoy.

1t was his sister, Victoria Balfe, who
while winning laurels on the operate
stage by her beauty and her voice, at
ST. Petersburg. won the heart Of old
Sir John Champion. the Engt envoy
there, who Will be Remembered in this
country chiefly in correction with his
having been withdrawn from Wash
ington at the request If President Bu-
chanan for having permitted his name
TO be used during the Crimean war in
connection with some trouble about the
enlistment in the United States OF re-
cruits for service under the English flag
Sir John offered Victoria Bale his hand
in marriage. and the wedding took place
at ST Petersburg. The shock created
b. this sudden transition from the stage
to the highest rank Of society proved
somewhat painful TO the notions OF Ell
Quette OF certain exalted personages IN
the Russian capital, and Sir John was,
few months later, at his own request.
transferred 10 Madrid. Queen Isabella's
notions of propriety were less rigid than
those of the late Czarina, and LADY
CHAMPION became one Of the acknowl-
edged bellies OF the gay Madrid court
The Washington times., 1903-12-26
REDUCTION IN WAGES
FOR 1000 STEEL MEN
Workers Declare It Violation of Plain
Agreement.

CHICAGO. ILL.,, Dec. 26.-Notices of
general reduction in wages, effective
January /, 1904, will be posted at the
Illinois Steel Company's works in South
Chicago today. and copies sent TO each
of TIE 1900 men thrown out of employ
me1t.
The steel workers have been since 1900
undSr contract which stipulates a six
months notice before a change in wages
and the employees construe the action of
the company as violation Of the agree
ment One OF the steel workers lodges
holds It's regular meeting tomorrow and
efforts will be made to have an under
standing with the management of the
steel company.
The Washington times., 1903-12-26
His world wide Acouaintance.

1t may safely be asserted that no dis
tEguished parsonage ever came-to Lon
don without making the acquaintance OF
the editor Of the Nineteenth Century, -
whose name from now on will figure on
the title page Of his review as SIR
James Knowles" And in this he was
assisted by his numerous friends and
acquaintance. who took care whenever
they heard OF any remarkable man or
woman coming to England to arrange
that they should meet Knowles-
1t is not generally known that he was
an architect by profession. which he fol-
lowed for several years before turning
his attention to literature, and among
the buildings which he designed are All
worth. the Surrey country place of the
late Lord Tennyson. who was his in
innate FRIEND the Thatched House Club.
kensington House. the fountain and
public gardens IN Leicester Square. be-
sides at least half a dozen London
churches.
The Washington times., 1903-12-26
ADVENT OF CHRIST
PREDICTED BY DOWIE
Elijah III Tells His Followers He Will
Return With Saviour.

CHICAGO, Dec. 26.-"Within the next
century Christ win return again to earth
to reign 1000 years. /. whom you know
TO be the Prophet Ethan. shall return
with Him. and that is why / have made
all leases in Zion City run for LOO
years. At the end OF Christ's reign the
earth will smash up, the bad will be
burned in he'll fire, and the good will
be called to their reward"
Thus spoke John Alexander DoWie in
a remarkable Christmas sermon-his last
sermon before his departure for Aus
tralia 10 a host of Zionists in Shiloh
Tabernacle. DR. Dowie also exhorted
his followers not to lose their faith in
him during his coming "Trip around the
world
The Washington times., 1903-12-26
sMooT EMPLOYS LAWYER.

WALLACE. Idaho. Dec. 26-W. E.
Borah, one of the most prominent law
yers in the State, has received a tele-
gram from Senator Reed Smoot, of
Utah asking him to act as counsel in
the contest over Senator Shoots seat
in the United States Senate. Mr.. Borah
has wired his acceptance and will leave
for Washington in a few days.