Omaha daily bee., 1903-05-09
OTHER LANDS THAN OURS.

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Glasgow may fairly claim to be the most
self-owned city in the world, owning
water. gas, electric light, tramways and
telephones, also eleven parks and galleries,
thirteen public baths and wash houses, n
fruit and vegetable market, one dead meat,
one home and two foreign cattle markets,
besides markets for cheese, birds and dogs
and old clothes. Four slaughter houses
will offices belong to the ratepayors, four
hospitals, one burying ground, Ass dwell
ing houses, seventy-eight lodging houses.
one family home, S2 shops, forty-nine
stores, forty-three warehouses, forty-three
workshops, twelve halls, two hotels, two
churches, one studio, one theater. one pawn
office, one nursing home, one powder mill,
one laundry, one bakehouse, one gospel
tent, one panorama and one golf course.
Tn provender used in the stalls of the
cleansing department Is grown upon a
l,00-acre farm belonging to the corpora
ton, while they also own stone quarries
and 900 railway wagons. In behal of the
city the corporation carries on business
as market gardeners and manure mer-
chants, beside building tramway cars, re-
claiming bogs and collecting and selling
waste paper, etc. Several other cities and
towns are following Glasgow's lead and
acquiring property OF various sorts, with
the hope hat the income therefrom will
reduce the rates, but no individual cor
poration owns such a varied assortment of
property as does the city OF Glasgow, and
Its possessions are steadily increasing.
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The car Of Russia commands the great
est armed force in the world. Russia has
an army Of 1855 battalions of infantry,
1883 squadrons Of cavalry and S,17s cannon.
Its ally, France. can, II il wishes to, lend
1t 1,l3S more battalions, 800 squadrons and
4,176 cannon. In case the dual alliance
went to war with the triple alliance the
latter could muster between them 2.sO6 bat
tanons of infantry, loss squadrons of cav
airy and sos cannon. The Russian army
looks up to the car as its natural head;
In fact, 1t has done so since the time OF
Peter the Great, who introduced conscrip-
ton. At first the mobiles we're exempt from
service, as were the professional, CONNER
cial and artisan classes, and the army
was composed principally OF serfs. In
1861, however, Alexander II freed the serfs
and an agitation was commenced with the
object of making CONSUMPTION general for
all classes. AS a result universal conscrip-
ton was proclaimed in 1874. There are al
most as many races in the Russian army
as in the English. Every nationality over
land from Europe to China is represented.
During the recent troubles in the Flowery
kingdom, and, more especially, in Man
churia-whieh is now rapidly becoming a
Russian province-many Manchus, the best
fighters in China, were taken as recruits
for the Russian artillery, being subse-
quently given a Russian name and re-
ceived into the orthodox church.
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The Russkiy Invalide, the official Russian
service paper, publishes the revised code Of
punishment for offences connected with the
betrayal Of state secrets affecting the
safety Of the empire. The scale of punish
ment is enormously augmented. Where
formerly for ~dhulging plans Of fortresses.
mobilization schemes and other documents
Of similar description the offender was LA
BILE only to exile, the punishment in future
will be convict labor for terms varying
from twelve to twenty years, or without
term" as a life sentence is called in
Russia. II the information divulged is of
a nature to be especially dangerous to
Russia when acquired by another power,
the punishment will be death and 1.-THE
loss of all rights" The latter, which
sounds a little super1uous at first, is
really a considerable addition to the cap
ital punishment, for It signifies that any
children of the offender will be left beg
CARED and nameless, without privilege, or
resources, will fewer rights than a ticket
of=leave man. and no chance whatever Of
rising in life from the lowest depth to
which this savagely Oriental law consigns
them. The regulations dealing with this
form of treason were much strengthened
only a few years ago. but evidently failed
to accomplish their purpose. In cases of
this sort the only practical result of sew
erer penalties is a demand for higher COM
pensation by the men who run the risk Of
mourning them. There will always be a
price for traitors.