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The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-10-23
MONEY FOR ARMTES.

The War department of this country, which keeps track of the military ex- penses of other countries, reports that England heads the list of European countries burdened with heavy payrolIs for the army. Her budget for the cur- rent year calls for the tremendous sum of S325,OOO,000. In spite of this large disbursement Great Britain is one of the few countries that was able to cut down the expenses of her army for the current year, but in comparison with other years of peace the appropriation cannot be considered in the light of a saving. It is only when placed along side the heavy drafts of the years of the South African war that it appears moderate.
 Germany comes next in the list of military countries, her budget for the year 1903 calling for S16s, ,ooo, GOO, which is a slight increase over the appropria- tion of last year. France ranks third, expending this year $115 5,oo0, 900 for her army. which is about $5,0OO,O0O more than was necessary for the same pur-
The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-10-23

Dose in the preceding year. Part of this increase is accounted for by the fact that what are known as the colo nial troops were formerly charged to the naval budget. but have since been transferred outright to the army. This large total, however, does not represent the true cost of an army to France, since certain funds carried in the budg- cts for the colonies and the navy are really applied to divisions of the army. An additional $2O,OOoOO0 should be add ed to the above mentioned cost of the war budget to cover these side issues. This makes the French army almost as expensive as that of the Kaiser.
 Italy this year will spend s5s,OOO. 900 for the support of her army, while Japan's expenses for the same purpose will be s2S.00O.O0O. The Czar's army will cost his government s115.OOO, 900, which is about what was appropriated for the military establishment in 1902. Spain will spend this year sSS,OOO. 900 for the army, against $27 .OOO. .OOO for last year.
 So goes the world, and so goes the money. But everybody in the Christian countries, as well as those out of them, must be ready to fight.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-10-23
The 'Cenemeuf tns.

The poets have sounded the praises Of Angora, Persian. maltese And the tabby which purs soft and gazes About her in comfort and ease. But who for this feline has spoken, Unless to below out "scatr' Iris wonder her spirits not broken Poor Thomas, the tenement cat! He belongs to the Murphys and Gibbons, As we'll as the Schmidts and the Browns He never knows collars or ribbons Or smiles-only swear words and frowns He ereeps in the gloom of the railways, Begging a bone at each fiat, Restless and halffamished always Is Thomas. the tenement cat. And though unwelcome, unwanted, If the Gibbons but toss him bone The Murphys and Schmidts all undaunted Will both claim Tom as their own. And then such a racket and wranglel (Fatiron, stove lid, brick bat,l, And out of the fnix-up and tangle Flees Thomas, the tenement cat. ofttimes by rope he Is swinging From clothes prop or "furnished-room'
 sign, -, -E.- ...r. .,-5 lt>t And the kids never tire of finging Old boots at this yagrant feline. His thin fur is rumpled and scattered, But he's off at the scent of a rat, He thrives though he's beaten and battered Does Thomas, the tenement cat.
 The Chicago News,
The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-10-23
APR0PER PROTEST.

Respect for human rights has not yet
 died out in good old Massachusetts. There was a sensational raid in Boston the other evening in which three hun
 dred Chinamen were rounded up. Moor field Storey. Winslow Warren. Thomas
 J. Gargan, Archibald M. Howe, William Lloyd Garrison, and Philip G. Peabody have issued an appeal to the people of
 Massachusetts for contributions, to see justice done to the Chinese. "from all American lovers of liberty and law who have regard for human rights and for the fair fame of the State" The ar- rests are described in the paper as
 sudden and brutal" the prisoners not being given the opportunity to produce certificates of residence and being herd ed in unsuitable quarters for many hours. The United States officials in charge of the raid were unable to furn- ish the Chinese vice consul with any list whatever of those arrested, so as to aid in their release if innocent, or at least in securing them bail. Out of the three hundred arrested 1s7 were immediately discharged, and out of the 113 left only 5 have been ordered deported, an order which will be challenged by trial be- fore the United States District Court.
 Of course 1t is hard to tell one China man from another. and there is a theory that they ought to be arrested occasionally on general principles, but as this country isn't Russia the per forn,ance in Boston can. fairly be called rather arbitrary.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-10-23
PERMITTED.
Yeast-Are the Rich,s we'll connect.

Yeast-Are the Rich's we'll connect. ede G Crimsonheak-Oh yes; they've got a telephone, flre-alarm and police call ir the house.vYonkers Statesman.
 The Curate-So the thief overlooked your vest in the vestry? The Rector-Yes, but stole my stole and every surplus surplice.
 "Pshaw! It's wonder the knave left the nave."--Life. .s+,5>s :" .a
 'The brusque way that you refused to buy Willie knife cut him deepy," asserted the mother. .1 #
 "In that case" replied the father, "he has the result without having the knife. Chicago Post.
 Are your daughters singing lessons worth the price you are paying for them3" ..4e. es
 "oh, yes! Why I've just bought that house next door for s, ,OO0. A month ago the owner wanted $1O,0o0 for tt.''- Judge. s..s...,
 T believe" said the minister, that it would be good idea to have an s. R. O. sign for our church, that we might use on occasion"
 "Yes," agreed the carping parishion- CT; T suppose 1t would mean sleeping room only "--Judge.
 Bertha-oh, dear, I'm so tired of having every man who comes along making love to me!
 Kitty-I wouldn't mind, dear: it never goes any farther than that, you know. Of course, none of them is really se- rious.-Boston Transcript. The Sphinx persistently refused to break her silence. Maybe" said the Egyptians, ''she is afraid the cook will leave if she says word.'' Knowing the difficulties of living in the suburbs, they forebore to press her further- Harper's Bazaar.
 A missionary in China was endeavor- ing to convert one of the natives.
 Suppose me Christian, me go to heaven?" remarked An Sin.
 "Yes," replied the missionary.
 "All Hte,' retorted the heathen, Out what for you no let Chinaman into Ameliea when you let him into heav- en2'
 "Ah," said the missionary with fer vor, there's no labor party in heaven" |-Argonaut.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-10-23

This is a world of change. With a tomb worth s2oo,o waiting to receive his body, Robert A. Johnson, once a Well-known dry goods merchant in New York city, Is spending his last years in poverty, living in a barn on his former estate at Riverdale-on-the-H Hudson. In 1873. when Johnson was a wealthy man, he erected the splendid tomb. Later he lost all his property, most of it being now owned by the Central Trust Com- pany. which has engaged him as care taker of the estate and given him per- mission to live in the barn. -.-.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-10-23

The appeal of the New York women school teachers against the rule ending their service in school if they marry has been decided against them. One ground given by the court will offend some of the women. It says: While single her services belonged to herself. As married they belong to her husband. Having voluntarily assumed a relation which gives to another the legal right to dispose of her time and labor, the teacher cannot complain of regula- tion by which her independent contract is made to end when her power to con- tract Independently ends, especially where the regulation is itself part of the original contract.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-10-23
4 QUEER aEOVE.

The queer announcement is made that women are to be excluded from the class in diplomacy at a Washing ton educational institution. The faculty assigns as the ground of its discrimina- tion against the fair sex that no women are admitted to the diplomatic service of the country. There is, consequently, no reason why they should prepare themselves for a career which is open only to men. It would be mere waste of time for them to devote a year or so to the study of diplomacy when, af- ter they had qualified themselves to shine in the management of interna- tionaI affairs, Uncle Sam would not give them a chance to display their ability as ambassadresses at European courts.
 This is strange reasoning. What if women are not openly admitted to the diplomatic service of the country? Many of them get into it by marriage or in some other way. They should be allowed to study diplomacy all they want to-. They are studying it all the time anyway, and there are doubtless many women Tn Washington who could give valuable points In the teaching of diplomacy. The idea of debarring wo- men from the study of diplomacy is worthy of the powerful but stupid and awkward male mind in which it orig mated.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-10-23
RUSSIAN DIsCoETEsT.

The Russian revolutionists keep busy. and 1t is said that they have succeeded in starting a revolutionary movement among the troops of the Czar. A man. lfesto, addressed to the officers of the Military Revolutionary Organization. i" eharacterizes the imperial manifesto of February 26 as a concession extorted from the autocratic power, which is no longer able to resist the spirit of the age. After referring to the universal discomfort and to the Shameless clique" which governs Russia in the name of Nicholas II. it violently at- tacks the existing system and adjures the officers to fulfill their sacred duty by refusing to lead their soldiers in the fratricidal war against their fellow countrymen. It also urges them to join the revolutionary. movement. An ap- peal to the rank and file is in similar spirit, but .dwells especially upon the bonds which ought to unite the soldier
  with his peasant and working-class brethren. It adds that 'among the su- perior officers are many who are per- fectiy conscious of the. odious part they are obliged to play They are not sure, however, whether their men are with them or against them. But, whatever may be the views of the officer in com mand, it is not he who aims and fires, but you yourselves, the soldiers. It therefore depends entirely upon you not to fire."
 If the Russian army should become revolutionary there might be son1e- thing in Russia like that which hap pened in Servia.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-10-23

There are some raisins in California. The quantity of raisins received by the Growers Association up to October r was in round numbers 54,Ooo,0oo pounds. On the same date last year the receipts were 42,ooO,ooo pounds. It is estimated that about five-eighth of the crop is in, which will make the total crop over ss,ooo,ooo pounds, as com pared with s0.OoO.ooO pounds last year. This means a large addition to the wealth of the raisin-growing counties, though the gain comes from the in creased acreage. The average yield per acre will fall considerably short of last year.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-10-23

"A prominent Milwaukee clergyman advocates the maintenance of bureau of publicity in every church, his theory being that business methods should be employed in the conduct of religious as in secular affairs. People, he thinks. are not now less religiously inclined than in former times, but their interests are multifarious: and they need con- stant reminding of their church duties and obligations. Another clergyman, of Haverhill, Mass, takes the same view of the case and publishes every satur- day in the local papers prospectus of the Sunday services, as we'll as all church announcements and news. Of its advantages, he says that it keeps the Episcopal Church before the people, furnishes Instruction for those in the church and out of it, helps the rector in his work and is the same scheme applied to parochia1 affairs that is so well exen1olified 'sby our mission board and by every business"
The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-10-23
ialITinIllNlRIlIInIllNlNlNINIlINIaInlllilIInII A Matter of Safety

ITS dangerous to put ashes in a wooden box or barrel, what's.
 more it's against the law. It's also unnecessarya small amount of money bays an ash can and puts youon the side of law and safety. We have several kinds of Galvan- izcd Iron Ash Cans but the Witt Corrugated Cans head the list in point of strength and durability. They may cost more but you won't need to De told the reason when you see them. !, g,.s WiH coryagatsd Ash Cass, S3.oo ID oAtr caivanised Ash Cans, 1.z5 ap. COAL EoDS,
 ASH SLFTERS. '>'
The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-10-23

Since. Jerome came out for Low he is quite a man. This is the way the Brooklyn Eagle talks about him: His words have the fire of genius in them, and come forth, and reach hearers and readers, with the force of intense con- viction in them. He is moral wonder, an intellectual marvel and civic evan gel of rare power. He always speaks better in Brooklyn than elsewhere. This Is a community of homes. He is an enemy of the enemies of the home. This Is a community of independence. He is as Independent a man as ever lived. This is a vividly appreciative commit nity, an essentially ethical people. His mind and heart carry to such com- munity-and in turn receive from it. an appeal that is simply phenomenal.
 His words burn like acid in the denud- ed plate of the engraver. His appeals are trumpet-tongued. We are glad of his effect on the canvass. We rejoice in the effect of the canvass on him. .
The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-10-23

I am quite sure. Bishop Doane of Albany said to the other bishops in his Washington sermon, "that some comity of understanding ought to be established among the Christian churches which may avoid the presen- tation to the unbelieving heather of divided and contradictory systems of Christianity. One great end to be sought is to convert the heathen to Christ, and not to Protestant Episco- palianize rather than allow somebody else to Presbyterianize Malay or a Zulu -..<
The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-10-23

The trains de luxe" which now cover the distance from Moscow to the Pacific in sixteen days, carry physi- elan and an inspector who speaks half a dozen languages.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-10-23
ADYERTIsING RATES.

Situations. Wants. Rents and other small sdyertisements. One Cent Word each tn- serrion. Five Cents a Word for fuI, week
 Display advertisements. per inch. one in- Ferrion. s1.20: each supseduent insertion. 70 cents: one week. s3.20; one month. $1o; one year. sz0
Perth Amboy evening news., 1903-11-06
VISITED PERTH AMBOY.

On Monday night about thirty mem
bers of Friendship Council No. 16, d.
of L., OF this borough, attended the
union meeting of Liberty Council No.
l6 of the d. of l.. of Perth Ampoy.
There were ome of the high officials
present, Mrs. Jones, the State Coun-
cilor of the D. of L. and Mrs. Bessie
Long, vice, of Bayonne. They had a
fine social time. Refreshments were
served and enjoyed and there was lots
of fun. There was a peanut hunt and
the one who found the greatest num-
Der received a china cow-a bank.
The COW was put up for chances and
Miss Let's, of Burch Greek, won it
and a vase also. Mrs. Helen Disbrow,
of this borough. won the cake by TAX
ing part In the cake walk.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1903-11-06
NEWS ITEMS.

Mrs. Apologize has had the wheel
of the wind mill that forces water
into her house on B~ordentown avenue,
repaired, and it is now at work again.
1t will be remembered that the wheel
was blown away, landing on Stevens
avenue during the recent great storm.
Mrs. James McLeon, Of New York,
was the guest of Mrs. X. s. T. Church
and other relatives on John street,
Wednesday.
Miss Lillian Behne received a., pres
ent of "a pretty white kitten, shipped
to her from a New York agent by boat
Orient, Wednesday. A birthday gift.
Elias Mason was elected leader of
the choir and Mrs. George Skimmons
! ~orpanist of the M. E. church, at q
meeting held last Sunday afternoon.
Mrs. John Reynolds, of Second
street. visited her mother, who is very
i'll at her home in Jersey City, on
Tuesday.
Mr.. John Lucitt, of Broad way, has
a fine new horse and hight wagon.
Miss Bell,Roddy. daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. Bernard Roddy Jr., of David
street, celebrated her eighteenth birth
day by inviting a number of her
young friends to q party at her house,
Thursday evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. Israel Ward attended
the funeral of MI. Wards nephew,
James p. Mcdonald Jr., who died
with pneumonia at Altoona, Pa. They
returned home Thursday evening.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1903-11-06
SOUTH BOY
MRS. FORCES SURPRISE.

About twenty couples en- masque
and attired in all sorts of fancy cos.
tunes, met at the residence of Mrs.
w. r. Sickles, on David street, Satur.
day night, and from there proceeded
to tho homo of Mrs. Elias Force, OF
John street.
Mrs. Force had not been feeling
we'll and was going to retire early,
but changed her mind and had just
made herself comfortable on a couch
in the back parlor, whom the crowd
arrived at her house. Not a whisper
of the intentions of the party had
leaked out (showing that women car
keep a secret) so Mrs. Force was in
deed surprised, but it goes without
saying that she made them fall very
welcome andathey spent a very enjoy
able evening. Refreshments were
served about 10. 30.
The party was the admiration of the
small boy on their way to John street,
who crowded around them, so Officer
Mcdonald accompanied them to Mrs.
Forces house to protect them from
their mischievous pranks.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1903-11-06
The NEW

prncticaI Recognition Given Pann-
Ela ny Action OF Oar Commander.
WASHINGTON, Nov. G.-rrCsiden'
Roosevelt has received the news thn'
General TOvar and all the ColoElbiM
government troops in Panama haj
evacuated the isthmUs, leaving the pro
visional government of the new re.
pubic of Panama in undisputed con.
troll. The president Immediately hello
a conference with Secretary L and
Assistant Secretary Loomis of thc
state department, Secretary OF the Ma.
Wy Moody, Rear Admiral II. g. Taylor
chief of the bureau of navigation, anG
Rear Admiral John Walker. chairman
Of the isthmian canal commission.
1t was learned that the administra-
Son regards the provisional govern
meut as stable. Recognition viii Ct
course not be extended formally until
4 permanent government has been in
stalled, hut practical recognition has
already been accorded the proclaimed
republic by Commander John Hub
bard. who exercised his good offices IL
bringing about the agreement of Gen
ernl Tovar. There is no information
here that the Colombian government
has any more troops en- route to the
isthmus. 1t is not believed that they
will send any.
"'The war is over!.' is the way an of
icial put it at the conclusion OF Tic
conference.
Either in his message on Monday OF
in a special communication the preSl'
dent will call the attention of congress
to the newly created conditions.
If congress approves the new pow
or" will Mt once be recognized, and If
the administration has It's way heeo-
tiation of a canal treaty will follow I'M
mediately.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1903-11-06

action which, according to the charges
Of Receiver Smith. contemplated the
Wrecking of the shiDbuilding company.
Guthrie took w figures from the finan-
cial reports Of the bethlehem company
to show its inability to pay dividends.
Mr.. Cntermyer from the same reports
attempted TO show that expenditures
FOR bette:ments and new material were
excessive and that the company might
well have declared Il dividend had it
been so desired. lie was questioning
Nixon about the trip of examination
made by Bethlehem and Carnegie Off
cials TO determine means Of improving
the bethlehem plant when the hearing
closed for the day.
The redirect examination of MIR. Nix
on vii! be resumed this afternoon, and
Charles NJ. Schwab may be placed Oh
tlc stand later.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1903-11-06
HARE WAS RETURNED.

On Sunday night about eleven
o'clock, four young men went to the
premises of Mr.. August Behne and
began throwing bricks into the yard,
back of the house, which opens on an
open lot ON one side, and where Mr..
Behne keeps q lot of Belgian hares.
They broke a lot of flower pots be-
longing to Mrs. Behne mad succeeded
in capturing one of the hares. A
party who saw them with the hare in
their possession, told who they were
and on learning that they were known
the hare was sent back to Mr.. Behne
three days after it was taken. It was
about one O'Clock when the animal
was taken and during the two hours
preceding they remained there throw
ing bricks, ETC., and frightening the
hares. Mr.. Behne a y if it occurs
again they will get q warm reception
Perth Amboy evening news., 1903-11-06
~SHIPBUILDINC CASE.
Nixon Makes Bitter Attack
on SchWab's Counsel.
SAID he WAS PLACED IN FALSE LIGHT
Counsel Guthrie Inquired Minutely
Into the Withholding of Dividends
which 1t was Said was to Effect
the Wrecklng of the Company.

AAAtLl Al "a SdiE0 - ~ A-I$>N
the Wrccklny Of Che Company.
NEW YORK, Nov. G.-The features
IF the session of the hearing in the
United States Shipbuilding case are
6he bitter attack made by Lewis Nixon
upon William ID. Guthrie, counsel for
he defendants and representative of
Charles NJ. Schwab, FOR his methods
Of cross examination; leading Ques-
tons by Mr.. Untermyer, counsel for
the complainants, as to the absence Of
competition between the Bethlehem
steel company and the Carnegie plant
If the United States Steel corporation
in government contracts for armor
plate, and the entire change of front
IF Mr.. Guthrie, who heretofore had
aimed to bring out the fact that the
value of the constituent plants of the
United States Shipbuilding company
| was not overestimated.
Guthrie adopted Il line of question
ing designed to show that the estimates
If value were made by the promoter,
he vendors and other interested or I'M
cAptIl uppId lotio' oAh NtlC pAoNtNuAiJ
without weight In determining the eX-
act value of the plants and the assets
of the consolidation.
Mr.. Nixon was on the stand all day.
Ills cross examination was finished
and the redirect examination partly
completed.
At the opening of the afternoon SEES
sion he presented a personal protest, in
which he declared that Mr.. Guthrie in
consultation with Max Pam had adopt
ed a line of questioning designed to
place him in a false and discreditable
position regarding the sale of his plant
to the shipbuilding consolidation. The
protest was angry and bitter in tone,
and intimated that Guthrie had been
unfair iii ASKING him to answer from
memory questions about the finances
of his company without opportunity to
look up the details, while Guthrie had
had the benefit of a full investigation
of the figures.
Besides asking Nixon about the Or
ganizatlon of the shipbuilding .compa-
ny, the valuations put Upon the con
stituent companies and the methods
by which they were reached, Guthrie
took up the alleged Withholding CT div
sdends by the Bethlehem company, an
Perth Amboy evening news., 1903-11-06
CAN SEE PARTLY.

George Gerone, who used to work
for Masterson at one time, but who
worked on n tug Of late, was struck in
one of his eyes with a piece Of coal
and went to the Manhattan hospital
in New York about four weeks ago
for treatment and after three oper-
ations can gee o very: E~ttlerout.of the
injured eye. He returned home
Thursday, but will continue receiving
treatment by going back and forth to
the hospital. He has accepted q posi-
ton in Masterson s restaurant.