New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-01-10
THE PASSING THRONG.

| o: his second term chief executive Of Montana
IS staying at the Darlington. Re-
A1ONIANA plying to inquiry concerning the
| NlI-N4NG recent Interruption OF the extensive
1f-O CbLt-S- mining operations and related in
| terests in the State. Governor
Toole said: The conditions which resulted in de-
| priVing from fifteen thousand 10 eighteen thou
| sand citizens OF employment. upon which thew and
0he4r families were dependent, naturally concerned
| me deeply and was. of course anxious TO find a
| solution for the difficulty The memorial ad-
dressed TO ne proposed that operations would be
resumed upon the condition that the legislation sug-
| sested Affecting the practice in our courts be
passed. l was anxious to facilitate the return OF
the unemployed 10 their various lines OF labor but
could not consistently invade the province of the
| iawrnakins branch OF the government by fore
staIling and debating what legislation It should
pass. 1 did, however, agree that II the idle men
were put TO work at once I would call the legs-
ature together to consider the remedial measures
| suggested The correctness of my position
caIllhg the extraordinary session was promulgated
that was early in November-the men were put
cember l. was IN tra1nmeIIed by any pledges and
made no ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS submitted the
tinued eleven days. The most Important enact
ment was that providing that bias or prejudice on
ing another judge or the basis for a change OF
gsaIly the same already obtained in other
states. Of course, my chief desire was to bring
about unemployment Of our people and was
gratfed with the result. Helena is growing and
The moss inpoTa o. S9aa are , IS
promised in the St. Msry's dam and canal irrigation
made Surveys T' The 6u!ding Of the dam to cons
serve the waters OF Lake St. Mary. in the northern
part Of the State. will an irrigation system
sites for 10000 farnies giving to each 50 acres Of
and which needs only the water TO make 1t pro-
James P. Rudd. who is staying at the Imperial
says he regards himself OF the Nome pio-
neers. for where there is a
ALASKA FOR city OF five thousand winter popu-
ROOSEVELT. latlon not more than forty pros
pectors had preceded him. The
present limits OF the Nome district said Mr..
RUdd. are from Norton Sound Kotzebue Sound.
about five hundred miles. and hack from the coast
from thirty to fifty miles The gold production for
1903 Will total about $.U0G0o0. ard think the az
RF I0p me present year VII resc1 SlV ~; 49,
hayins length OF. OF hundred ana twe35y-iye to
Sreii1ic TorEGs Our rret ai1road 1arr6vT
in two months Other lines are being built ana ]
expect to see the day when a road Will ne
S5FGStSd 10 S0Ier 64e present. ia route ron
l esteem Il Wild prediction that men now living
YORK to Paris, by way Of cape York. Alaska. then
BY car ferry across the Behring strait 10 Indian
Watson formerly OF Chicsgd but now OF Nome
who viii re one Of the six Alaska delegates in the
ReYUhli an National Convention. The Alaska dele
Roosevelt and win vote for him until the finish,
We believe Re appreciates our needs in AlaSka anc
is inan nous for territorial government in Alaska
the national capital through whom the require
ments OF thar rich and developing region can be
government. Furthermore We feel that the char
such a new country would suggest the possibility
n finding some anoDs them who would be quite
as acceptable and efficient In official relations as
the strangers who have sometimes been sent 10
the country"
NJ Otagawa. a civil and mining engineer OF Toxic,
Japan. who IS identified with the copper mining in
dustry in the domain OF the Nj
JAPANESE kado. has been staying for sew
| VIEW OF eral days at the Albemarle. He
THE CRISIS. left Japan November II. and
brought with him two OF his young
countrymen. to enter courses OF instruction IN
this country-one in Columbia University and the
other in the Massachusetts, School OF Technology
a. Boston cot course" said Mr.. Otagawa, 7
hope war between Russia and Japan may be avoid
ed. but. while II may be undesirable IT may De IN
situation from the extravagant and conflicting re-
ports that come from various sources 70 the amer
lean papers. Japan seems 10 have the sympathy
Of the United States and certainly II she must 50
Fitory but to obtain Tor herself and other eogP,
tries the privileges she for all when she made
Corea Independent result OF the war with
China. II war comes It will only be in the inter
with China that such conflicts rot only cost vast
sums OF money and many lives. but they lower the
material Development arrested IN time Of war. but
the value OF human ne is discounted habits OF
industry and thrift are sUpplanted by degeneratins
tendencies War should only come when justice
has been outraged
Livingstone Mcouiston. lawyer OF Butler,
Penn. whose forebears were founders OF the town
that has suffered kcerly from
TELLS OF an epidemic OF typhoid fever, was
TYPHOID q guest at the Hoffman a few
AT BUTLER days ago The city" said NJ
McQuistIor. has been in the
grasp OF the nalady for over FIVE weeks and there
are as yet no substantial signs OF abatement I
attended the funerals Of two friends the day be-
fore I came away. and tho same day ten new
cases OF fever were reported There have been
over eighty deaths. and in a population OF $4,000
there are more than one thousand sick or course.
the facilities for caring for the afflicted are ma
tertally improved. There two humid Ell trained
nurses now employed out Of the publiu fund, be-
sides a hospital that has been established. The
appeal for financial aid has brought prompt and
generous response, but still further contributions
VIII be needed to meet the pressing demands OF
the regiment OF fever victims. The epidemic had
tie origin in an impure water supply, traceabie
TO two causes-one a OF typhoid on the course
OF a tributary to CoEnoiquenesstns Creek that
feeds the reservoir. and the neglected and I'M
sanitary condition Of the reservoir ITSELF In which
fever germs it IS believed, were incub9ted. The
neople generally feel very bitterly toward the
water company which is held responsible for the
Unfortunate conditions The ownership is non
resident and Il sentiment favorable TO municipal
control OF the plant has been strongly developed
nv the reErettable course OF events. Except Tor
washing and the flushing or sewers, ho3e .. tIs
regular supply OF water Is being used quantities
~ nfIra water are being shipred IN from various
s6rirccs for cooking and drinking reqtI tenletil1
fItsriIg eGuiprlent Installed but It viii be long
time before the prejudice naturally aroused asa1rsS
Ing F T7G Of Wells in the city viii undoubtedly be
%raatIv augmented. So that many househo4derS
viii have pure and independent supply