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Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-03-24

San Francisco March 24.-Within a few days the officers of the different local athletic clubs will send in their bids for the Jeffries-C -Corbett fight All hands are on edge as to the amount of the purse to offer, and the chances are that no bid in excess of $20,OOO will be made. The club men do not know how the affair will be received by the pub
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-03-24
FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL,
CIosinr stock Quota tfons.

Money on call steady at 5A per cent. Prime mercantile paper, 5a4 per cent. Sterling exchange fairly steady. with &C., tual business in bankers bills at $4.8725 for demand and at SABA for 60 day bills. Posted rates $4.841sGD4s5 and $48S. Com mercial bills. $4.s81kG34. .S32. Bar silver, 4shc. Mexican dollars, 3SAc. Government bonds steady. Railroad bonds, irregular.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-03-24
SPORTING NEWS OF THE WORLD

lie. They fear hostility to the match.
 If such a condition comes to pass 1t IS
 hard to see how the bout can be made
 a paying venture. One thing is cer- tain, and that is that pugilists are not entitled to any more than they draw at the box office. If their attraction secures a good house their pay will be large. If it proves frost the re- muneration should be small. Leading members of the yosemite club are try ing to keep Fitzsimmons from coming to this coast. One of them remarked that Jeffries was popular here, but that there was no desire to see the former champion. "If Bob remains in the east and fights at Fort Erie, we will be able to carry off the big mill and han dle 8 great house, but if the blacksmith comes to California for the purpose of pulling off his mill with O'Brien fear for the result"
 There is every indication now that a battle between Tom Sharkey and Jack Munroe may. not be held, at least as far as Mute, Mont, is concerned. The withdrawal of the $1O,OOO purse offered by the Broadway A. O., of that city, substituting a percentage of the gate receipts instead, has changed the whole aspect of the match. Sharkey now says that the club will have to stick to it's original proposition of purse and that he will not consent to any percent age arrangement. Munroe does not like the new conditions either, but adds that he will stick to his word about glV- ing the preference to Butte. Clark Ball, Munroe's manager, says that he does not intend to wait much longer, and if the club does not post a forfeit of $5O0O in cash or a certified check, he will try and see if he cannot have the scrap held at Fort Erie. It is i'm probable thatt mill will go there, as Jack Herman the matchmager of the International "A. C. of that place, inti- mated recently that he did not want 1t.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-03-24
MERIDEN BRANCH.

Middletown and way stations at 9:0G a. m. and s6:15 p. m.
 Trains arrive at Dublin stret station from Middletown and way stations al 7:50 a. m. and 3:5S D. m.
 Trains leave Dublin street station for New Haven by way of Cheshire al 700, S:43, 11:1O a. m; 1:5O, 4:O4 p. m
 Trains arrive at Dublin street sta. ton from New Haven by way ot Cheshire at e:83 a.~m;~I.05, 3:2O, 600 7:45 p. m. 4.....------.@
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-03-24
Store Your FurS

Don't hang them 1p in a clothes press and imagine they will be all right next winter. Let us put them in COLD STORAGE for you, where moths can not get near them. We insure them, and at slight cost.
 |. TRUDELL, The Furrier
 S0TrTvrT MAIN cr
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-03-24
SUNDAY TRAINS.

ItLAIINK5 Leave Dublin street station for New Haven by way of Cheshire at 7:5O a. m.; 5:5O D. m.
 Arrive at Dublin street station from New Haven by way Of Cheshire at $50 a. m.; $50 D. m.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-03-24

Pittsburg, March 24-Joe Cans, champion lightweight pugilist, knocked out Jack Bennett of McKeesport, Pa, in the fifth round last night. Cans, up to the beginning of the fifth round, let Bennett do the fighting. Then the negro started in and knocked his man down three times, the last time for the knockout.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-11-22

Russian Government, with its stern
paternallsm, is antlpathetic to the
fierce independence of the followers
of the Prophet.
They would treat us like children"
Waziri chief once complained to
Lord Dufferin, when the latter was
Viceroy of India. so long as we
were humble and obedient, they might
rule us fairly we'll. But it is not our
nature to be humble and obedient. 1t
is our nature to be men,"
The policy of Russia towards the
Amir of Bokhara, the other mfrs of
Central Asia, and the rulers of Tur-
key, Persia and Afghanistan has al
ways been to weaken them AS Gen
eral Kaufman used to say, when he
was Governor-General of Turkestan,
Russia has dangerous foe in Islam.
She has the fear of vigorous risingS
in her conquered Mohammedan terri
tories always before her eyes.
Abdur Rahman, the late Amir Of
Afghanlstan, who was the profound
est of all Moslem statesmen, held
Russia to be the most dangerous
enemy of his faith. The Russian
policy in ASIA" he said, "is that in any
way, rightly or wrongly, friendly or
unfrlendly, with peace or war, the
Islamic kingdoms should be washed
away from the face of the continent"
All Russia's Mahommedan posses
sions and spheres of influence are
honeycombed by burning desire for
revolt. The Russian officials know
this, and believe that a policy of re-
preston is the best way to meet it.
I'VE have only one rule in govern
ing these people" wrote Colonel
service agent in Central Asia, to ST.
Petersburg newspaper, and that is
the whip for the dogs back"
What are the sentiments of the
Chinese people towards the Rus
sians?" a well-educated, cosmopolitan
Chnaman was asked.
Hatred, distrust and fear" he re-
piled. Hatred comes first, for it is
in the blood of our race. From the
dawn of history the Chinese and the
Tartars have been bitter enemies. 1t
is as natural to the average Chinaman
to hate Tartar as it is to the ordi-
nary man to loathe snake, and of
course the Russian is Tartar.
This is the feeling of the mass Of
the people, but it is not shared by the
rulers of China, because they are
Mongols, nearly allied to the Tartars
by blood The dominant feeling of
these rulers is fear-absolute, craven
fear Russia has hypnotized them.
They have at their command splendid
material with which to make a sue
cessful resistance to the Bear in this
very deep-seated hatred to which
have referred, but they don't know
how to use it.
A Japanese gentleman asked the same
question as the Chinaman replied:
"a burning desire to fight them.
That is the one dominant sentiment
of my people towards the Russians"
Every Japanese newspaper is full
of warlike diatribes against the Rus
slams. No other policy would suit any
section of the people, and a pro-Rus-
sian journal could not live week.
WILLIAM THORP.
Copyright, 1903, by T. c. McClure.)
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-11-22
The Bear Rules LDith a Rod
of Iron, But Some of the
Conquered Peoples Like
Him.

crime to refuse assistance to traveller
who was Endorsed by the Government,
as | was. They, therefore, arrested
the natives and were going to take
them over fifty miles to the next post
for trial, but | managed to secure
their liberation"
Russia rules her subject peoples
with an iron hand, but Asiatics are
used to that and do not object tn it.
What they object to is being treated
as inferior races with whom any idea
of equality or intermarriage is i'm
possible. That is the natural attitude
of the Anglo Saxon towards native
races, but it is quite foreign to the
Russians nature. He is willing to mix
on terms of social equality and to in
termarry with such races as the Samo-
yedes, the Kirghiz, the Tartars, the
Circassians, the Armenians, and even
the dirty Tibetans. Herein lies the
secret of Russia's wonderful power of
assimilating her vast Asiat1c con-
quests.
Among all Asiatics, conquered and
unconquered, the name of Russia is a
byword for deceit. "He lies like a
Russian spy" is a common saying in
the bazaars of India. 1t arises from
the fact that Russian secret agents
have spread themselves through In
dia during the past fifty Or sixty years,
fomenting disafection among the ma
tives and promising that a Russian
army will soon pour over the Hima-
1ayas to drive out the English. OF
course, no army has come, and the
Russian word is naturally at dis
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-11-22

bazaars of India, in the cities of Per
STA, in the mountain villages of the
fierce warrior clans of Afghanistan
and Beluchistan, III the markets of
China, and among the coolies of ia
pan, the Western traveller meets with
the same eager, anxious inquiries
about what the Russians are doing
and what they may be expected to do
next.
1t is a mistake to suppose, as
most people do, that the East is a
dead-and- sort of place where the
mass of the population takes no inter
est in the course of the worlds af-
fairs. On the contrary, every move of
the great Powers in high politics and
diplomacy is eagerly watched and
keenly debated by all of the thousand
and one Asiatic races who have either
come under the rule Of the Russ or
who feel that he is threatening them.
Opinions are sharply divided as to
the benefits of Russian rule, but, gen.
orally speaking, those Asiatics who
have become subjects of the Gar
are fairly we'll satisfied, while the
others loathe the idea of becoming
Russianized. Perhaps the greatest dill
ferences on the subject may be found
in British India
Under the Russians" said promi
nent Bengal lawyer who is one Of the
leading spirits in the Indian National
Congress, there is a good chance for
native to attain to honor and dig
nitv and high position. There is no
such chance under the English. In
Russian Tartary, Tartar may be-
come, and often does become, a colo
mel. a general, a Judge, or high Off
cial in the administrative depart
ments. wonder that our Indian sol
diers are so loyal when they see Tar
tar colonies and generals just over the
border, while they themselves after
lifetime of good service can only at
tain to subordinate ranks which are
inferiorsto those held by the youngest
English subalterns.
The Indian soldier does not share
these views. The one thing he lives
for and prays for is a chance to have
a slap at the Russians.
"When are we to fight the gray
coats, Sahib?" is the question con-
tinually put to the English officers OF
such warlike regiments as the Slkhs
and the Ghurkas. And when the off
Ger replies that there is no immediate
prospect of war, the soldier is pro-
foundry disappointed.
The Russian certainly has wonder
FIJI knack of managing Asiatics. This
ie hardly to be wondered at since he
;s half an Oriental himself in blood
and tradition
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-11-22
II Burning Desire to Fight
the Cars Soldiers Is the
Dominant Passion of the
M0slen1 and the Jap. y
The RuSS is upon US, ;" the message ran
Surely an hour shall bring their Oon."

i can't understand it" said Captain
K. Z: Cobbold, well-known English
traveller, when he returned to Simia
from an expedition into Central Asia.
Wherever [ went | found that the
Russians ruled the natives with a rod
of iron. In bygone days, when they
conquered them, they used the torch
and the sword remorselessly, some
times wlplng out entire populations.
"One would think the memory of
those deeds would never be forgotten
by the conquered people, more especi-
ally as they are nowadays forced into
the army, made to pay all manner of op-
presslve taxes, logged and imprisoned
at the whinl of brutal officials, and
even lnsulted in their religion-that
tenderest point with most Orientals.
Y ct they seem contented under Rus
sian rule, and they generally like the
Russian officials who are set over
them, while in India nine out of ten
of the natives detest mild and just
government as administered by the
English
when l travelled among the Kir-
ghiz, the Russian authorities gave me
a Cossack escort. l found it almost
impossible to pay for anything at the
K1rghlz settlements we visited. The
Cossacks simply took everything we
wanted Horses, sheep, pigs, goats,
fowls and lodgings. By law the
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-11-22

COulll.
When the Hun :
za-Nagar war on
the Indian frontier
terminated some
years ago, the cap
tives told the Brit
ish officers that
Russian agents in
the Pamirs had
stirred them up to
fight by promising
that a Russian
army would come
and help them.
These agents may
have been ire
sponsible persons,
but the story of
their perhdy was
carried by the ma
tive caravans all
through Til e t ,
China, Northern
India, Afghanls-
tan, Persia, South
ern Siberia and the
rest of Central
Asia. The Incl
d e n t w a S n o t
made known to
t h e w e S t ern
world, but it Gre
ated a profound
impression on the
Oriental mind and
did incalculablc
harm to Russian
influence IN Asia.
The Mollamn.e-
danraces Of Central
Asia distrust and
hate the Russians
profoundly. The
whole system or
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-11-22

MI ghlZ are ODHged
to supply travel
ing Of
lcials with trans
port, food, lodging
and anything they
may need. | Of
fered very liberal
payment, but the
Kirghiz were
afraid to take it.
My Cos S a c k 5
laughed at me and
guara' eed that
everything | need
ed should be forth
coming without
my paying a per-
ny. 1t was, and
yet the Kirghi3
and the Cossacks
seemed to be on
the best of terms.
The predatory tyr
amy of the latter
was not resented,
simply b e c a Il S e
they were hail fell
low we'll met with
their involuntary
hosts, and did not
adopt the superior
airs of the English
towards the ma
tives of India.
"At one place l
wanted some ma
tives to help me
hunt tigers, but
they refused, as
they had a perfect
right to do. But
my Cos S a c k S
did not see it in
that light. They
said it was a
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-11-22

80 HIS is the spoken or un-
spoken fear of nearly
all Orientals who have
Ii not yet come under the
The daily sentinel., 1903-01-24

The finest confections in the city
are to be found at Sparks & Co.
Remember the Epworth League
oyster supper at 3l2 Main street Fri
day night. % cents. Benefit the new
Methodist church.
Our Indian herb tablets guaran
teed cure for rheumati ,m and catarrl
and all blood di sease;. Six month,
treatment for $l.0O. Testimonials.
E. G.. Cotes. agent. 40S Colorado ave.
The Progress bakery's reputation
for the fine quality of cakes. bread
and all manner of baking it offers tc
the public securess for it the best and
largest patronage of the city. Be
progressive and trade at the Progress
All masks will be raised at the door
at the coming masquerade ball Of the
Turner's No one will be allowed
on the floor during the hours of mask
ing that is not in complete mask.
The ball occurs ON the Goth of this
month.
Shade trees 10 c,nts. grape vines
cents. roses 20 cents Usage orange
cents Ornamental trees. shrubs.
Place your order now. Gut flowers
on order The Grand Valley Floral
and Nursery company. Office Grand
Valley National Bank block
Brown Herb Tablets are fighters.
Would it be laughable to see them
enter the quiet home of Stomach and
Kidney troubles and fire off few
shots and see both families tumble
over each other in their haste to get
away. r. H. Higgins. agent.
No replies have be IN received to the
messages sent to Syracuse. N. Y.
where the sister of Charles McNealy
is suppos sed to reside. Failing in this.
the chief of police of Syracuse has
been wired to look up the McNealy
family 1t is said some of the rela-
tives of the suicide are in good cir
cumstances. His father who lives in
Ireland is reputed to be Il wealthy
man. If no word is received from
the East. the body of the young man
will be buried tomorrow. His former
friends here have intimated that they
would furnish the funds necessary for
respectable interment.
The daily sentinel., 1903-01-24
Hot drinks at Sparks.

Hot drinks at Sparks.
When you want n hack day or night.
telephone Platt 81 King.
All tho best brands of cigars found
at the stors of Sparks & Co.
Fresh homemade candies on hand
at all times at Sparks & company s
store.
The most delicious hot chocolate
served in the city is found at Sparks
& Co.
Post & BOYD. at the Blue Barn.
have the exclusive agency for the
famous Black Diamond coal. 1t is
SO. per ton and will be delivered
promptly. Phone 142 red.
The daily sentinel., 1903-01-24
Quality Tells. Price Sells" Lyons

| qualify Tells. frlCe oellS. Lyon
& Son.
At the regular meeting of the Re
bekah lodge last night there was al
interesting initiation.
| Mr.. and Mrs g. Carnahan ant
daughter who have been spending the
winter in Denver are visiting in the
city on the way home to Fruita.
The Rev. e. Croft is introducing
an Innovation in music in his church
services at Fruitvale. IN the use OF
the sonophone horn.
In firing his shots to frighten the
tall Mexican Thursday night. job
Payne struck some telephone wires on
the east side of the Canon clock A
number of people wondered why their
phones wouldn't work yesterday.
There will be meeting of the
Church of God held in the Cou 1T
house beginning at O'Clock Sunday
afternoon to continue each night dur
ing the next two weeks except We'd
nesday and Sunday nights. The
whole truth will be preached ON the
straight Bible line. All are invited.
Miss Clara McAlister
Mr.. and Mrs. Jolliffe of Ottosen.
Iowa. arrived in the city yesterday.
They are the parents of Miss Ethel
Tolliffa apd boya corna hara to ba prac
ent at the wedding of their daughter
to Mr.. Walter Primrose. which is to
take place next Tuesday. Mr.. Jolliffe
is prominent farmer and newspaper
writer in his part of the country.
The Epworth League of the Meth
odist church gave an oyster supper at
312 Main street last evening. While
the patronage was not so large as ex-
pected. it was still very good. The
money raised. about $25. will go into
the new church fund. The supper
lasted from to o. The pleasing fact
was that there were many strangers
who were introduced and made to feel
at home among the others.
A man who watches closely the
progress of all public matters in this
city said yesterday that if this valley
wanted to keep its sugar factory the
p ,ople in it would have to work. The
people did not seem to realize. he
said, how much was in the balance.
If they did not ;oon wake up. they
would shortly have occasion to lament
their sluggi shness.
AT the home of Mrs. J. j. Cottrill.
on Struuhers avenue yesterday after
noon very pleasant farewell party
was given to little Miss Rena Iverson,
on her fifth birthday. Many of her
little friends assembled to give her
pleasant surprise. The children
spent a pleasant time in games and
music and after tiring of amusement
they partook of an elegant repast to
which they all did Justice.
The members of the Fourteenth
general assembly who drop out of
sight now, will be reckoned with by
the people later. A man very much
endangers his reputation and his hon
or who pretends to be away from the
assembly now, ON other than the bus
mess for which the people of the state
sent him to Denver We shall expect
to hear that man will be missing
for many days to come. Every one
of them who shall go willfully will be
never able to explain that they We're
not close to the Wolcott barrel.
A surprise party that will long be
The daily sentinel., 1903-01-24

A surprise party that will long be
remembered for its complete success
and enjoyment took place at the old
Roberts home on South Seventh street.
last night. The honored persons
were Misses Phoebe and Sophia Rob-
erts. daughter and niece of Mr.. Dave
Roberts of the Grand Junction Mill
ing and Elevator company. Twenty
young folks. all unmarried. and laden
down with heavy burdens of choice
edibles took possession of the house.
The surprise was a bona fide one.
High five was the principal diversion
of the evening. There was in addition
dancing and music. No more perfect
evening of fun has been enjoyed in
the city than that which the young
folks made at the Roberts home last
night.
The masks which the three men
wore who sttemped to hold up the
Pacific saloon Thursday night. were
made out of the sleeves Of old black
shirts. Holes had been cut through
for the eyes and tn " were bundled
about the head in careless manner.
These masks we're found in the vicin.
ity of the holdup and are now in DOS
session of the police. An effort is be-
ing made to find the sleeveless shirts.
likewise the sweaters which the men
with the guns had on. If the sur
mi ses of the pOlice are correct the
men now held in custody may find
themselves the objects Of more than
one charge. For good reasons the
men have not been placed together
Two are in the county Jail and one in
the city lookup.
The daily morning Alaskan., 1903-01-24
J.S.=C.E E. vrI .strs
Entertainment at the Pres
 byterian Church.

The entertainment of the Skagway Jun Tor League Of the Society of Christian En deavor. given at the Pfesbyterlan church, last night. under the m 'nagement of hrs' & HI Young. drew a large audience that was d.llghied with one of the most spirit uslIs progr ms ever rendered by any Sun dsvschool ln the iowa. "The Toys Re- belIIon" was repeated with even greater spirit than at Christmas. Miss Helma Nordstrom sang q pretty Httie solo, and six little girls. ,Hslma and Alare Nord- strom, Fay S,slnbaugh, Stella FOfd' LII Han Doran and Lous lla Johnson, sang a love song In chorus. Miss Edith LIddl' coat and Lulu De Wllt. showed prs-Oel,u slocutlouarv powers 10 dsdamatlons and Miss Alaska Young's music class, lnelud- ing Misses Edith Liddleoat, Louella John son. stslll Ford. Hslma Nordstrom and Master Chester PuIIsn, played a medley on guItars and mandollns. The entertainment concluded with tho serving of refreshments and sodal Intercourse.
The daily morning Alaskan., 1903-01-24
WILL MARRY
Leaves Orange Groves for sli
 KlOndike Lover.

Arthur w. whaIlev. of the Klopdlks News Agency, who controls the interior routes for the Seattle Times and the Daw- son News arrived from the South on tbs City of Seattle and registered at the Gold en North hotel. He was accompanied by a very pretty young lady who was down on the passenger list of the Seattle as Mss Grace Winchester. But that Is not her name and thereon hangs tale of the ever reeunent reproduction of the very sweetest story ever told.
 Mr. Arthur Whallsy Is ln partnershlp with his cousin, Mr. Ernest whaIIey, In the Daws n news agency. Last winter Ernest, whallsy went down to bask h the sunlight of Alameda, Cal. Here h. re- newed an old attachment with Mss Graes Whitman, the daughter of one of the lead Ing citizens of that town and a social fayorits. It was Mir. WhalIeS's desire 10 r.turn to the North with hls sweetheart but difficulties were h the way and thev separated and have been pInIng for each other ever since. Ernest WhalIey Is head over heels in business at Dawson and has been unable to leave 1t. But he was lons- some and unhappy so hIs cousin went down to Alameda and Is now bringing
 Miss Whitman. under the name of Mss
 Multhsster, to her longing lover and tho wedding will occur immediately upon theli arrival at Dawson. I..-,-
The daily morning Alaskan., 1903-01-24
LACEY BILL
Alaska Land Bill Seems As-
 sured to Pass.

The full committee on public lands oi the senate ordered a favorable report Ion the blll enabling settlers to take up 32o a:res Of agricultural lands In Alaska and obtain title thereto after a lapse of i've wears, without ofiela. SurvsV says a Washington dispatch of the 10th. The house committee has already formally agreed to the term of the Lncev bill, as prepared by ths senate committee, and a n or. liberal land law for Alaska now seems positively assured.