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Evening star., 1904-03-22
A Jap Loan for Korea.

A cabegram from Tokyo last night says:
Marquis Ito has informed the Emperor OF
Korea that Japan seeks to preserve Korea S
independence and integrity and desires to
see her finances on sound basis. Japan
will therefore lend her 5000, coo yen and
place at her disposal good advisers
This assurance is said to have effectually
dfspelled the fears of Koreans regarding
the object of Itos visit.
A cablegram from Seoul last night says.
Marquis Ito was received by Korean gov
ernment officials today. The tactful be-
havior of the japanese envoy excites gen.
eral appreciation, and it is obvious Japan
intends to leave no stone unturned in order
to appease Korean feelings.
The success of this endeavor will be OF
treble value, as it will assure to the Jap
anese the free use of the resources OIL
Korea, the security of their lines of COM
munication from predatory attacks and
the acceptance of her Suggestions of ad-
ministration reform.
The latest news from the front precludes
belief of the rumors in regard to renewed
fighting. 1t appears certain that the only
fighting up to date is that of which news
was telegraphed ten days ago, resulting in
a single Japanese casualty.
The Russians are slowly retiring Their
total numbers south of the Yalu it is be-
lieved, do not exceed 1000. The uncon-
cerned manner in which the Japanese ad-
vance indicates that no serious collision is
likely in the immediate future.
Evening star., 1904-03-22
Children Of School Age Arrested.

THE report of the chief of police shows
that for the year ending June. 1908. there
We're 1883 arrests of children of school age
OF 264 children under seventeen years of
age before the Juvenile Court from July
1902, to April l. 1903 for various offenses
and committed to the board of children's
guardians, one-half were not attending
school of any kind.
while we have not the question of child
labor in the factory to deal with in the
District, yet we have n considerable number
of children employed liz street labor mes
senger boys, hucksters, market bows and
street merchants. Leaving out the news
coys, who only ply their vocation out of
school hours, there are yet fully 500 BOYS
engaged in street labor Investigation shows
fully 400 boys and girls of school age en-
attend night school, and the United States
government employs over 100 boys as mes
sengers, pages, etc.
OF the many patient juvenile toilers who
are drudges in the home we can make no
estimate, but investigation shows that the
helpless child is being in hundreds of ca ses
deprived of its natural birthright, of school
training and school associations, because of
the cupidiy of vicious or inefficient parents
or guardians.
'Thirty-three of the states have a compul-
sorry education law, and seventeen states re-
quire attendance in school for the full school
year.
THE law enacted here in 1864 has been
come for a strong concerted action in the
District for the passage of bill by Con-
gress for compulsory education and to pro-
hibt child labor"
Evening star., 1904-03-22

;. NAW fofk: stouna ed by m tact
thA CAneumoniA ha4 VA wlAter
scotreed the city IikA aaaHue Ind
has Eafted off more th} in six Thousand
Of tAeelnhabitants sinke <A first sof
last Renber, the Boatd 12fYe.lh is
discu4& means of mAeTSNe ms-
eass,,ak ease ItAseason as thts IT @~AA
is s'Hl '4F Thomls Kgl,ns,sn. ne ta1
pre;tlsn,. presidsn, & Board OF Ath. said
at Its height ahd that froh Twelve
hundred to Xpurteep hundfN more
deaths might be EXPECTED ftt be-,
fore the spring weather and theNsun-
shHa> stop iS>xayagk.
Ntne cam now>A done Wv the
Ro49& HeaAR.'A he \said. The best
thaE&sta Fan hoIe a doAis to adopt new
neTAures o.. eAhtihA.fhe diseeSe for
nilaesd faao" no% AS Nv Warning may sseople asse
to fare for tAe>oseives bettkrannt to
negN cold hAkrippe untb fo6>ate
hndI e01disinfedt o. destroy theS bed
clotHpg of perApA who hayeA bken af-
iliciS>wi,h pnAuh&nia. infuenA and
.Sf the mann oath. fro(\pSeu-
iSonla which ha1 \occurred. GM OF
th>which will\t&& place. I>xfsnk
venSS ssa "a %sn1 nst nst Drs. pre.
csn4 coy {lons 'se (a.ae ess es. easSaels on'y Sc e
meae1re q unit Tor sne preyalence
OF Heio Those who cNntiAct It Soften
negl$k simple precautiNe and dSS6se
hehAelves to wind and Gold, and take
INTO (nalr systems the germ Of pneu5
Evening star., 1904-03-22
HAS PORT ARTHUR FALLENp
Another Report That Japs Occupy the
Place-Movements.

A cablegram from London last night
says: The Daily TelegEapRs Tokyo corre-
spondent cables newspaper report of the
Japanese occupation of Port Arthur after
a combined land and sea attack Saturday
and Sunday 1t is asserted that division
of Japanese landed on the Liao-tung PEN
insula Saturday and engaged the Russians
near Port Arthur, while the fleet lombard
ed from Saturday evening until Sunday
morning.
The same correspondent reports a sharp
encounter at Chyong Syong ION the Yalu
river, about thirty miles northeast of WI
ju). in which the Russians lost 600 in killed
or wounded.
The Daily Chronicles Shanghai corre-
spondent hears from Niuchwang that the
japanese crossed Tatung Pass forty miles
from Hai-cheng. and that collisions oc-
CURED with the Russians.
Reports from Seoul and Tokyo are to the
effect that Marquis Ito has arranged to
lend 100000 yen 42,50o,ooo) 10 Korea on
easy terms.
A cablegram from st. Petersburg last
night says: An official dispatch from Muk-
den. March %, says: 'The occupation OF
Evening star., 1904-03-22
JAPS REPEAT TACTICS.
Russian Official Declares Japanese Are
Repeating War Methods.

A cablegram from Paris last night says:
A st. Petersburg dispatch says Admiral
AVellan, the Russian minister of marine
has denied there was any question of modi-
Tying the position of Vfreroy Alexieff, who
would continue to represent the czar in
the far east. No changes in the persons
having charge of Russas interests in the
far east were to be expected during the war
The Japanese, Admiral AvelIan said have
been repeating point by point the tactics
used In their war against China. They had
bombarded Port Arthur while their trans
ports landed troops at different points in
Korea. They would probably make an at
tempt to land on the coast of the Liaotung
peninsula. He hoped the precautions taken
py the Russians to prevent railway and
Geographic communication with Port Ar
thur being cut would succeed.
The admiral confirmed the statement that
the Mediterranean squadron would go to
Iibau and return to Cronstadt as soon as
thaw set in. He said Admiral Makaroff
hoped to complete repairs on the Retvizan
Czarevitcb and the Palada within a fort
night.
The admiral expressed great admiration
for the prodigious rapidity with which the
Japanese have constructed a navy and
praised their spirit of enterprise and pro-
RreSS.
Evening star., 1904-03-22
Made a Fortune From Snan

Apner w. Colgate of Morristown, N J.. a
wealthy soap manufacturer. aged sixty-tive
years VINO died at Pasadena, Cal. yestar-
gay was son of Robert Colgate, the
icchder OF the Atlantic White Lead Com
pShy. After he was graduated from Yale
college, in 1853. the son was taken into the
BUSINESS by his father and was active in
lhe company for nearly forty years. He
retired several years ago. and spent the
greater part of his time since in travelling.
Evening star., 1904-03-22

splendor of Japan with tile lack of 1t in
Russia as showing why the island empire
had dared to engage in war with the great
bear of the north, and maintained that 1t
was the superior educational qualifications
sea that gave them an advantage over their
gigantic opponent.
Mrs. Mussey was followed in brief ad-
dresses by Claudius F. sSnith, rector of
national Sunshine Societyi and John w.
Douglass of the board of childrens guar
dians, o..
Evening star., 1904-03-22
Club Woman Commits Suicide

olspatch from Lexington, KY. last
nlght says: Mrs. Matthew T. Scott. widow
Oh Dr. M L. Scott of Louisville and daugh-
Ter OF PRESIDENT Bassett, president of the
fayette National Bank, committed suicide
at home today by shooting Mrs Scott had
been subject to spells of depression since
the death of her husband, about ten years
ago. She was president of the Woman's
Club of central Kentucky
Evening star., 1904-03-22
Advocates Legislation.

She then enumerated many instances
where states had decreased their criminal
statistics by the introduction of compulsory
education, notably among them being New
York, Pennsylvania and Massachusetts, and
said this condition could be obtained in the
District of Columbia IL compulsory educa-
tional law, such as has been entered for
enactment in Congress, was passed by that
body. She maintained that the principle Of
the right of a state to insist on the educa-
tion Of the young has been recognized from
the earliest period Of orr history. and cited
the colonial law of 1912 as ground for her
argument. She contrasted the educational
Evening star., 1904-03-22
Troops Move Slowly.

A cablegram from Rome last night says:
According to a telegram from Harbin,
dated yesterday, only thirty-three military
trains had reached there since the outbreak
of hostilities. and not less than half of
these brought only munitions of war and
provisions.
Within the last forty days about 10000
troops have arrived at Harbin, of which
1000 have been dispatched to Niuchwang,
Port Arthur and Mukden, and 1900 to
Vqadivostok. The greater part of the re-
mainder are in the hospitals, as the men
arrived in wretched condition
1t is hoped that next week troops will ar
rive at the rate of 1000 day, but there
Is still great disorder at Harbin junction,
where also fortifcations are being made.
Evening star., 1904-03-22
DON'T Despair.

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Evening star., 1904-03-22
FIRST LAND BATTLE TO DECIDE.
Russia Thinks China's Neutrality is
Contingent Upon Results.


cablegram from St Petersburg last
night says: In government circles there
lists strong belief that the question to
whether China will observe her neutrality
undertakings will depend largely on the
result of the first heavy land fighting. A
big victory by the Russian army, 1t is be-
1eved, Will insure the quiescence of the
Celestial empire. but there are grave fears
as to what might happen in the event of a
signal japanese success in the early stages
OF the land operations. For the time being
the situation appears to be satisfactory,
ana IL certainly is much better than 1t was
tnree weeks ago. The Peking government
mas reiterated it's professions regarding
neutrality to Paul Lessar, the Russian min
lister, and has given him fair assurances in
answer TO his representations regarding the
numper OF Chlnese troops north of the great
wall The natives manifest a frendlier dis
positlon than they did at the beginning of
the war, but the Russians know the orr
entail character no other Europeans do
ihey understand how deep-seated is the
hatred for foreigners in China and the
only prestige of the Russians is their strong
arm.
Jap Naval Success Not Considered.
Inc recent naval success of the Japanese
mas not greatly impressed the Chinese but
IL the Russians should sustain a really dis
astrous defeat on land the Chinese might
suddenly be aroused, whether with the
connlvance or even with the consent of the
Japanese, against Russia, and perhaps
against all foreigners. Russas present
pldhs are based on the appreciation of the
supreme Importance of the first land battle,
ana no nght1ng on a large scale will take
place II it possibly can be avoided until
the Russians feel mortally certain that they
can zeal the enemy crushing blow.
Korea Under Jap Duress.
The foreign Office gives an absolute de-
MAI to the statement telegraphed from
mere that Korea is regarded as belligerent
RUSSIA, as previously explained, holds all
the acts of Korea since the declara ton
OF her neutrality as being under Japanese
duress, and unless the Korean govern
inent formally notifies the powers that she
mas Joined with Japan and takes I'D arms
RUSSIA Will consider her neutral
But any Korean troops which actually
impede Russian movements or Join the
enemy Will be considered individual bel
llgerents, without reference to their ma
tionality.
The statement that the Russian minister
at Peking has demanded the withdrawal of
all Chinese troops north of the great wall
is also incorrect
AS cabled Russia has made representa-
lons about the number of Chinese troops
IN the neutral zone west of the Lao river
not desiring a force there which could con-
sutute threat, and it Is understood that
CHINA has given measurably satisfactory
assurances on the subject.
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return to accompany her to. St Louis,
Miss Elizabeth, Cole Mr. Frank Moss
Mrs. c. w. Myers Miss Edith Guibor,
Miss Elizabeth aCole,r Mr.. Frank Moss
of ST. Marys. and DR. George Miller of
Kansas City, will go to Eureka Lake
tonight to stay nyer Sunday.
Mr.. John .Crowthef, of Junction City.
Games Sunday 10, visit his daughters.
Mrs. ]. c. Feeiey and Miss Constance
Crowther.
Miss Florence Lewis has returned
from a visit in Parsons. Mrs. Charles
Lewis, who accompanied her, VIII pro-
long her stay a few weeks
Mr. e. w. Bauer, of sLeavenworth. is
the guest of Dr.. and Mrs. w. E. Nc
Vey.
Mrs William Lewis and Miss Ida
Lewis of Hutchinson, who are guests
of Mr.. and Mrs. George Neil, wilt re-
turn home the first of next week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Chester w. Snyder and
Miss Edith Snyder are home from a
visit to the northern lakes.
Mrs. J. F. Pomeroy and Miss Alice
Pomerey OF ,Holton, spent Friday In
Topeka. -,se
Helmig leave Monday for San Diego,
Cal, to spend several months.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. H. Stevenson of Tu-
ron, are the parents of daughter to
whom they have given tile name Mar
garet Jean Stevenson.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frederick. Brown and
Miss Ruth Amelia Brown have gone to
Colorado to spend few weeks.
Mr.. George NJ. Noble, Jr., left today
for New York and Boston.
Miss Rosamond Horton leaves next
week for Colorado Springs.
Mr.. and Mrs. Clifford Histed will go
to Larned Sunday to spend a week.
Mr.. Joe Wilson is. expected home from
Hot Springs Sunday or Monday.
Miss Izilla HARRISON, 912 Quincy street
has gone to Linn county, Kan. for a
snort visit.
Miss Myrtle Wilson will go. to Col
orado Springs Sunday to spend few
weeks with relatives and friends.
Mrs. Lena N. Jackson, of 517 Van
Buren, street, has returned from an ex-
tended northern trip.
Miss Blanche Smith and Miss Lena
Smith will arrive from Cripple Creek,
Col, Tuesday to visit Mr.. and Mrs. c.
F. Lercher and Mr.. and Mrs. A. o..
Beach, 631 Tyler street.
Miss Marie Scott and Miss Myrtle
Howard viii spend Sunday in Willard
the guests of Mrs. Frank Fleming
Miss Lila Whitaker is visiting Miss
Mabel Foster in Pauline
Miss Myrtle Paynter of Kansas City
is spending few weeks with her
parents, Mr. and Mrs. j. w. Paynter.
Miss Dora Johnson and Miss Eda
States left Thursday for Boston and
New York They will visit the st. Louis
fair before coming home.
The annual business meeting of the
w. c. t U, will be. held at the First
M. E. church at three p m. Monday,
Mrs. N. Menara entertained the T.
and f. o. club atsher home on Fillmore
street wednesday, sHer guests at six
Mrs. A. NJ. Stephenson Mrs. T. z. Arm
strong. Mrs T. SheaTdh~s Mrs. D. S.
Myers. Miss Mauds Martin and Miss
Vera BANTER.
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WARRIOR ANTS IN AFRICA.
Strange Insects Described by Rev. w.
S. Nayior of Topeka.

The Rev. Wilson S. Nay1or has just
returned from a tour of Africa and
will begin a series of addresses on the
Continent. Its People and Its Prob
lems," August 1 4, at the First Metho-
dist church.
In telling of ants in Africa. Rev.
Mr.. Naylor- says Africa abounds
in both creeping and flying insects.
The third. fourth and eighth plaques
of Egypt lose some of their mystery
to one who has made the acquaintance
of vernin, flies and locusts in their
native element. The mosquito is one
mans personal health and comfort,
while in Central Africa the tsetse fly
is the deadly pest of horses and cat,
tie. But the slecies of insect that, is
at home in all parts of the continent
and maintains a multiplied bearing
upon the mineral, vegetable and AMI
NAL creation, is the ant The tiny
sugar loving. creature of the cupboard
is too abundant, but the larger white.
red and black varieties are those to
which reference is here made.
The white ant is fearfully Qestruc-
tive of personal property OF almost
every kind except it be. metal or stone
Frame houses are soon nothing but
shells of wood. for the boards and
timbers, except the very surface, are
entirely eaten. But these omniverous
little beasts carry within themselves
their own Nemesis, for they are so
NUMEROUS ana buSSd1CIiN oo ~ Ia IL
a part of the native dietary relishes.
Their hills, from, ten to fifteen feet in
height and diameter. singly or in
clusters. are one of the peculiar fea-
lures of the landscape. They. repre-.
sent the aboriginal farmers of the
continent, being one of that species
of insect e that perforates and
softenss the top soil, baked hard by the
tropical suns during the dry season.
and bring the rich unirnp
subsoil to the surface. Fallen trees
and even dead branches upon living
trees are immediately attacked and
quickly reduced to pulp by these ubi-1
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quitous reproachers of the sluggard,
SO that dense forests where trees are
constantly falling are strangely clear
of dead wood.
1.-THE black ants are warlike in the
extreme. They march through the
country in great armies, workers in
the center, and large jawed warriors
thanking and guarding. They are so
strong as to tear a piece of flesh out
at every bite. and no creature is large
enough to make them afraid. They
attack anything in their line of march,
never going around what they can go
through. Houses are frequently in
vaded. and night or day, the inmates
must vacate until sheir unwelcome
visitors have Toasted to their fill, or
rather until there is no more to eat,
for their capacity seems illinitable.
Fortunately neither bug nor beetle,
mouse nor mite, can abide the day of
their coming. Woe to the sick person
who happens to be alone at such
time. One of the cruelest of fortunes
and death, often inflicted in West
Africa, is to bind a person upon an
ant hill and leave him to the mereies
of these ferocious devourers. Infants
have been found with their necks cir
oled by Gordon of tn csc rapacious
insects
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McNeaI, Miss Louise Allison. Miss
Ethel Morton, Miss Mabel, Cuthbert
and Miss Elinor Thompson.
Miss Helen Faye Fair entertained
informally Wednesday morning COM
plimentary to her cousins, Miss Louise
Fair of Pittsburg, and Miss Helen
Tuesday afternoon a picnic was given
at Vinewood in honor of the Misses
Fair. Mrs. Fred Brown and Miss
Katherine Fogwell chaperoned it and
the others were Miss Louise Fair, Miss
Helen Fair. Miss Helen Faye. Fair
Miss Ruth Grandon Miss Louise
Grandon, Miss Elsie Bacon, Miss Leila
James and Miss Marian McGaw.
Miss Ruth Ethel Stickney of ST.
Joseph, Mo-, was the honored guest at
an informal gathering of old friends
on Wednesday evening given by her
sister, Miss Sara NJ. Stickney, 1107
West Tenth avenue. Miss Moss will
give a o'clock dinner on Saturday in
her honor and Mrs. Beine the follow
ing Saturday. A Vinewood picnic has
also been arranged for Wednesday
evening. August IT.
Miss Joy Paxton, Miss Mabel Will.
bur, Miss josephine Mckee and Miss
Saraline Curtis planned an entertain
ment consisting of drawing room the
atricals, music and tableaux which
was given Friday evening at the resi-
dence of the formers parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. D. p. Paxton. 1851 Fillmore,
street. The proceeds went into the
banks which the little girls with the
other children of the congregation are
filling for the Central Congregational
church.
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Notes and Personal Mention.

DR.. and Mrs. d. Z. Esterley are the
parents of a daughter, born Friday.
Mr.. Dick Hayden went to Wetmore
today to spend Sunday with his family.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. L. Nichols came
home today from a visit to their farm
at Leona.
Mr.. and Mrs Paul Levewell and
their daughter Margaret left today for
LitchfeId ATinns, where they have
taken a cottage for a fortnight
Mr.-and Mrs. Fred Nipps are spend
ing ten days at the St. Louis fair.
Captain and Mrs. w. s. Albright are
visiting. their people in Leavenworth.
Mr.. e. p. Baker has returned from
Colorado where he visited for the past
month.
Mrs. Charles f. Adams will be home
Sunday from the ST. Louis exposition.
Mr.. Jim Larimer is in Colorado.
Mr.safid Mrs. jacob F'ieisch are the
parents of a daughter, born last week.
to whom they have given the name of
Margaret. Mrs. Flesh was formerly
Miss Laura Sheahan.
MIR. r. w. Mr.. W. s.. and Mr.. ]. F.
Blair and their cousins Mr.. Eugene
Blair of Hutboro, Pa, left Thursday
for Grand Lake. Col.
Mr.. Henry T.. Mcclellan. the new re-
gent of the College of the Sisters of
Bethany has gone to wellington. Ohio,
to visit relatives and VIII return by way
of St. Louis.
Miss Ruby McNeaI of Guthrie. Ok.
who is the guest of Miss Louise McNea1.
Will spend part OF next week in Lee
compton.
Miss Alice Lakin viii be home from
a visit to Miss Helen Gentry of Kan
sas City Monday.
Mr.. Francis Fischer Powers and Mr..
Harold Stuart Briggs are up from Kan
sas City for the day.
Mr., Luther Nellis went to Excelsior
Springs today to spend part of next
week. -ss
Mr.. Frank Foster leaves tomorrow
for Boston and other New England
cities and Mrs. Foster goes to Chicago
to visit Mrs. H. G. r. Sohwarzkopf,
where Mr.. Foster will meet her on his
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CERTIFICATES ISSUED.
Y. NJ. c.. A. Scholars Receive Recog-
milton for school Work.

The board of directors of the Young
Mems Christian Association on Friday
night gave certificates to the following
students for work done in the night,
school last winter: F.. Maunsell, steam
engineering; Edgar Winans, physics,
electricity; Paul S. Sweet, steam engi-
neering, physics, electricity, mechanical
drawing; J. E. Gossett, electricity, me-
chanieal drawing; Floyd Shepherd, Iae-s
chanical drawing; Fred Wellhouse, ma
chine design, steam engineering; Paul
Parmelee. mechanical drawing l ectric-
ity; Matthew M. Maxwell, electricity,
mechanical drawing, physics; Vernon
Horner, elementary bookkeeping; Ira
earle, elementary arithmetic.
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ENDEAvoRERs TO WICHITA.
Delegation of Thirty Workers From
Topeka After Next Meeting.

Monday noon President c. E. Finch
of the Topeka Christian Endeavor
union, and H B. Howard will head a
delegation of thirty from Topeka to
the state c. E. convention which opens
at Wichita Tuesday night.
Rev. Mr.. Finch is on the Tuesday
night programme to deliver an adj
dress entitled THE Flying Squadron"
The delegation will go on Santa F'e
train No : Monday and will formally
invite the convention to meet in To-
peka in 1905.
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