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Arizona republican., 1904-04-11
COMMERCIAL JAPAN
Trade Relations With the
 United States
They Grew More Rapidly Within Re- cent Years Than Those Between Any Two Other Countries.

Washington, April 10.-"Commercial Japan in 1902 is the title of a mono graph just issued by the department of commerce and labor through it's bureau of statistics. It shows that the trade relations between the United States and Japan in recent years have grown with greater rapidity than be- tween Japan and any other nation.
 In 1881 the imports from the United States formed less than 3 per cent of the total importatiCns into Japan, while in 1902 they formed nealy IS per ctnt of the total importaitons. Mean time Great Britain's share in the i'm ports of Japan fell from 52 per cent to IS per cent in 1902. The United States is also Japans largest customer, by reason of the fact that the chief ex- port products of Japan are articles re- quired by the manufacturers of the United States and which cannot be produced in this country. The total exports from Japan in 1900 amounted 2O4, 4,429,99l yen (yen is equal to 51 cents, United States currency in value and of this amount 52,566.395 yen went to the United States, 39,177,455 to Hong kong, 31,S71, ,575 to China, 19.15O,4ZS to France, and 11,2e2, ,397 to the United Kingdom; the total exports of 1902 amounted to 25S,3C3. O65 yen, of which S0,232,S05 yen in value went to the United States, 25,S7S,O59 to Hongkong, 46,S9S,545 to China, 27.2S3, 45S to France, and 17,34i,149 to the United Kingdom. The exports of Japan to the United States, as already indicated, are chief ly of articles which are not produced in this country and in a majority of cases are those required by our man ufacturers. Of the so, 0,232, ,S05 yen in value exported to the United States in 1902, the value of f6, 7S4,120 yen consist ed of raw silk, S,92h395 yen manufact- ures of silk, 9,124,OS5 yen yen of tea, 6,3S1, 733 yen mating for floors, L77, ,SSS yen rice, 1,51e,401 yen chemicals, drugs, etc., While manufactures of bamboo, lacquered ware. and other products pe- culiar to the Japanese have also figur- ed largely in the list. Exports of ~aw silk from Japan to the United States have steadily grown, especially since the development Of the silk-manufact- uring industry in this country. Tn 1893 the value of her raw silk exports to the United States was 11,07S, ,7S4 yen: in 1894, 22, ,451, ,34S yen; in 1895, 27.S26,- = @45 yen: in 1896, 14,9S0,SS1 yen; in 1897, 32,262,900 yen; in 1909 yen, 2f, 710, 050 yen, and in 1902, 46, 7S4, Z20 yen.
 Of raw silk from Japan, the toal ex- portations exceed 5O,O0O,O00 yen annual ly, of which the United States is the largest purchaser. rance is the next largest customer in this line, her pur- chases of raw silk from Japan in 1902
Arizona republican., 1904-04-11
PURELY A FRATERNAL AFFAIR
In Feud Fight Two Brothers Serious
 lY Wound Three Bro hers.


 ly Wound Three Bro hers.
 New York, April 10.-In a feud fight here today, three brothers, Thomas, William and Michael Chloride, were se- riously. if not fatally. stabbed, and Harry and John McShane, also broth CTS, were badly wounded.
 On Saturday a fight occurred be- tween Harry McShane and Thomas Chloride, and both were arrested. To- day, meeting Gilbride and his two brothers on the street with several of their friends, McShane gathered about twenty of his friends in the back room of a saloon. Then, according to the police. he approached Chloride, pro- fessed regret over the trouble of the day before, and finally induced the Gill bride party to go with him to saloon to drink and forget their differences As soon as all were inside the saloon McShane is said to hay egiven a sig nal, at which his friends began fight ing.
Arizona republican., 1904-04-11
FINED FOR KEEPING A SECRET
Lawyer Adjudged in Contempt for Re- fusing to Violate Free Mason's Oath.

Glen Falls, NY, April 1O-Eugene l.. Ashley, president of the Hudson River Water Power company, and one of the attorneys of William M Moore, who dies last November was yesterday fined s100 by Surrogate Jenkins for contempt of court in refusing to dis close information he had as to the To- cation of the William Van Rensselaer, estate, now in possession of a life ten ant, whether the Van Renssalaer will was prObated or any information which would enable the executors of the Moore estate to trace it.
 The court gave Ashley until Tues day morning to answer the questions or be committed to the county jail. Ashley says he is bound by the Free Mason's oath not to divulge the infor- nation.
Arizona republican., 1904-04-11
A PUEBLO SENSATION.
Attempted Assault and = Kidnapping of
 Italian Editor.

opmens are expected in the attempted kidnapping and assault of Charles De- molli, the Italian editor, who was at tackled last night by six men after they had tried to force him into a hack.
 Demolli asserts that he recognized two of the men as professional thugs The police have secured evidence showing that six men left town ano the plot was directed by man named Pagnini, formerly of Utah.
 Pagnini has also disappeared. Al surrounding cities have been notified to keep a watch for the assailants ant minute description has been furnish. ed the police authorities.
Arizona republican., 1904-04-11
THE SENATE.

Appropriation bills this week will take precedence over all business in the senate, but it is more than prob able that a political discussion will take. up most of the time nominally de- voted to appropriations.
 The postoffice bill will divide the at tention early in the week with the conference report on the Indian bill. By the time these two measures are disposed of 1t is expected that the Sundry civil bill will have been report ed from the committee on appropria- tions.
 But it is quite generally understood that some of the democratic senators will reply to MT. Spooners speech, among them MT. German. There will be an effort made to get up the Pan anna canal bill during the week, but not if it should interfere with the con- sideration of the appropriation bills.
Arizona republican., 1904-04-11
DEXTER SHOT BROTHER.
Boy at Randolph Invented the Stor,
 of Two Robbers.

Randolph, Mass, April 1O.-E. T. & Dexter, father of Parker Dexter, the lad who was killed here on March 27, and Chief of Police Heaney, admitted today that Harris Dexter had confess ed that he had accidentally shot his brother Parker. It now appears that while the boys were playing with the fathers revolver, a shell was accident ally exploded and the bullet entered the head of the younger lad. For sev- eral days the police searched for two unknown men, whom Harris Dexter had said entered the house, apparent ly to rob it, and one of them did the shooting. The lad now says that he invented the story to escape punish ment for disobedience in playing with the revolver.
Arizona republican., 1904-04-11
THE KILLING OF FIVE
The Result of a Street Car Accident at
 Santa Barbara, Cal.

Santa Barbara, Calf. April 1O-One of the Edison company's street cars ran off the track in this city this after noon and was thrown on it's side. Three people were instantly killed and two so badly injured that they died soon after Twenty were more or less Injured, sustaining bruises and broken bones. All the dead are Santa Bar bara people.
 The dead are:
 FRANCISCO DOMINQUEZ.
 JAMES SMITH.
 SIMON REYES.
 LEON CALDERON.
 EARL DOLAND.
 The first three were killed outright and their bodies were horribly crushed.
Arizona republican., 1904-04-11
CENSUS REPORT.

Washington, April 10.-The census bureau in it's preliminary report on ir- rigation in New Mexico in 1862 shows that 25,945 acres were irrigated from all sources. The number or farms rep resented were 2S5 and the average cost per irrigated acre, S16.S7.
 The 1,246 irrigation systems cost, in itially, for main canals ana ditChes and necessary head gates. reservoirs, dams, pumping plants. e;c., S4,3O1, ,915. The entire length of main canals and ditches was 2,S46 miles, an average length per system of over TWO miles.
 Since 1899 the irrigated area has in creased 515O2 acres CT z5 per cent. while the increase for the decade 1S89- 1899 was over 122 per gent.
Arizona republican., 1904-04-11
TWINS HAVE BABIES SAME DAY.
Both Children Are Girls-Lovers Could Hardly Tell Mothers Apart.

Camden, N. J., April 10.-Mrs. Pa tience Chambers, wife of William Chambers of No. 919 South Ninth street and Mrs. Maggie Hubbs, wife of Nelson Hubbs. of No. I'll Division street, twin daughters of Mir. and Mrs. Davis Grover of No. S2O Pine street, both gave birth to girl babies yester- day. The mothers resembled each other so closely in childhood that it was almost impossible for any one not a member of the family to distinguish them. When the day arrived at ma ture years the young men who paid court to them were often similarly per DleXed.
Arizona republican., 1904-04-11
LAND FREE IN TEXAS.
Southern Pacific About to Throw Open
 Its Holdings for Colonization.

Galveston, Texas, April 1O:-It is learned that the Southern Pacific is considering plan to throw open to settlement all its unoccupied lands in Texas and Louisiana. It is stated that the only terms are that the set tiers will never sell the lands but keep them always in their families. Should they attempt to sell the land it is to revert to the company. A campaign to induce colonization from the east and from foreign countries is to be progressively pushed.
Arizona republican., 1904-04-11
END OF THE TERM.

April 2Sth has been discussed in the committee rooms and among the sen ators and representatives as the not at all improbable date for the termina- tiOn of the present sess.Hn of congress. No call has yet been issued but the republican leaders of the senate anti cipate the holding of a meeting of the steering committee early next week to agree on a general programme for the remaining days of the session.
Arizona republican., 1904-04-11
A PEACEFUL EAST.
Contrary to Expectations Nothing
 Happened to Russian Jews.

St. Petersburg, April 10.-The Asso- ciated Press has received special re- ports from all the Jewish districts of Russia regarding the happenings of Easter Sunday. Up to 2 o'clock this morning according to these dispatches, the Russian Easter was quiet and there is absolutely no attempt 10 modest the Jews.
Arizona republican., 1904-04-11
LEVEES BREAKING.

Rolling Fork, Miss, April 1O-It was
 reported tonight that a portion of the levees at Bales Head had caved in. seriously impairing the strength of the embankment and causing grave fears of a crevasse. Large forces of men are engaged reinforcing the levee.
Arizona republican., 1904-04-11
NOTHING HAS HAPPENED
The Most Thrilling Story Last Night
 From the Far East.

St. Petersburg, April 1O.--The gener- ally anticipated attack on Port Arthur di not occur last night, although a tel . egram reports that the enemy's ships were sighted on the horion.
 Elsewhere throughout there was all reported quite.
Arizona republican., 1904-04-11
"sUIcIDE CLAUSE NOT BINDING.
Parents of Late White House Clerk, a Murderer, Likely to Get Insurance.

Washington, April 1O-A local fra ternal insurance concern is just now weighing the facts in the case of Charles c. Foster, the White House clerk who killed his wife and himself at their home in the suburbs about a
Arizona republican., 1904-04-11

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Arizona republican., 1904-04-11

FOR RENT-Three room house No.
 "A North Third avenue in Bennett
 addition. Fine shade $10.00 per month. Inquire of E. E. Pascoe, No. 110 North Center street. Real estate, loans and insurance.
Arizona republican., 1904-04-11

FOR SAEE-Jersey Dairy Herd, dairy outfit, wagons, horses, farm tools, surrey. household goods, purchaser can rent ranch, $200 a year. Plenty feed. Sells s150 butter per month Pascoe. 110 N. Center st.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-09-26
LITTLE INTEREST is SHOWN
Barely Half Enough Votes for Favor
ing Salary for States Attorney.

There are in the hands of County
Clerk H. b. Hubbard barely half the
number of names necessary To insure
the placing on the November ballot of
the proposition whether the Office of
states attorney shall be placed on a
salary. instead of fee. basis.
The law provides that 20 per cent of
the voters of the county must petition
for the presentation of the question To
vote of the people Twenty per cent
Of the voting strength of the county is
approximately 2,4OO. There are not
quite l,200 names on the petitions that
have been turned into the county clerk.
Mr. Hubbard states that the petitions
must be in his Office not later than
Oct /. The names will then be count
ed and if there are enough the petit
tons will be submitted to the county
court for approval.
O. NJ. Ailing. Frccport-Was all run
down. Could not eat or sleep. Hollis
ter's Rocky Mountain Tea made mo
a well man. 80 cents, tea or tablets.
r. II. Thomas pharmacy.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-09-26
DRIVEN TO DEATH
Il r. HethrinRer UunbIP To Gear Die
grace of I.ir, YER -
Leading
TAKES DOSE OF MORPHINE
Leaves Five Letters. One to the Coro.
ner, to Whom tie Unbos.
oms His Woes.

Because his wife would not lead A
respectable life. Il. +. HCthringer. aged
81 years, a barber who came from
Maquokcta. Iowa, To Moline the mid
die of last week, committed suicide
yesterday morning at l o'clock at -.
Eighth street. where he and his wife
We're boarding. by taking about 50
grains of morphine, an amount suifi-
ciont to Lin dozen men.
In the suicides person were found
five letters, one addressed To Coroner
l.. V. Eckhart. in which it was request
ed that the deceased's brother who is
chief of police of st Joseph. Mo. b.
notified of his death; that.he be bur
ried in the clothes he wore mt the
time of MS self-destruction and that
the Knights of Pythias, of Moline. be
notified of his death
Coroner Mails Letters.
The other four letters. two address
ed To his sisters living in Clinton.
Iowa. and Dixon. H.. and two ad-
dressed to Burlington. Iowa. and Au-
burn. Neb.. were dated Sept. "a. and
We're sealed ready for mailing The
coroner mailed them.
Hethrngers wife seemed Indifferent
to the affair. and evaded all questions
asked her as far as possible HCthrln-
ger was TO have gone TO work in a bar
Der shop this morning, but it is pre-
sumed that he and his wife had Il quar-
rel, or that he was unsuccessful in
pleading with her to lead n straight
forward life and he became despond-
ent.
Hethringer was born in St Joseph,
Mo. Ii appears from the letter that
he left Coroner Eckhart that he and
his wife had been separated in the
past and that they had again patched
up their troubles and had been living
together.
Husband iS Distracted.
The letter went ON to tell of the life
the woman was wont to lead, and
Hethringer seemed distracted. lie
thought life was not worth the living
when a mans wife broke her sacred
marriage vows. or had desire to do
so. His appeal was touching
Hethringer's wife pleaded with Cor
Oner Eckhart for the four letters left
sealed and addressed ready for mail
ing by her husband. saying that he had
told her that she could have the let
ters. and do with them as she wanted
to. But the request was in vain.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-09-26
PARKER IN ACCEPTANCE
REPLIES TO ROOSEVELT

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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-09-26
Panama Canal.

An isthmidn canal has long been the
hope of our statesmen and the avow-
ed aim OF the Two great parties. as
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1904-03-23
PERU HAS HIGH RAILWAY.
Crosses Mountain Range at Altitude
Never Before Attained.

One Of the most interesting trips af
fOrded by the present transportation IA
clhtleS Of Peru is that over the Oroyo
railroad, which now runs from Callao
TO the gold fields of Cerro de Pasco. It
is considered one Of the wonders in the
Peruvian world, and the original con-
tract was taken by Mr.. Meiggs at $21,-
100000 in bonds at 20. 1t is certainly
the greatest feat Of railroad engineering
in either hemisphere, and as a specimen
Of American enterprise and workman
ship it suffers nothing by COM arison.
1t was begun in 1870 and finished in
1876, and additional work has since been
done on it. Commencing in Callao, it
ascends the narrow valley of the Rimac,
rising nearly 5000 feet in the first forty
six miles.
Thence it goes through the intricate.
gorges of the Sierras till it tunnels the
Andes at an altitude of 1865 feet, the
highest point in the world where a piston
rcd is moved by steam. The wonder is
doubled on rem embering that the eleva
ton is reached in Seventy-elght miles.
One of the most remarkable things in
connection with this road is that be-
tween the coast and summit there is not
an inch of down grade. The difficulties
encountered in its construction were ey-
treme = landslides, falling powders.
soroche (or the difficulty Of breathing in
high attitudes and verrugas, a disease
known only along the line of this road,
breaking out all over the body and bleed
Ing. About 5000 workmen were engaged
at one time, and between 1000 and 5000
persons died or were killed in the con-
struction Of the road. = Engineering
MAGAZINE,
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1904-03-23
PIPE SMOKED BY RALEIGH.
Quaint Relic that Is Descended from
EIizabeth's Time.

During the last fortnight Americans
In London have been focking to the
shipping exhibition in Whitechapel to
see a relic of United States history
which will be interesting likewise to
| their countrymen at home. This is
nothing less than the pipe smoked by
Sir Walter Raleigh, which is also, OF
course the first ever smoked in this
country, the famous courtier Of Queen
Elizabeth having introduced the fra
grant weed in England on his return
from America. The pipe belongs to
the Prince of Wales, who always has
seen to its being guarded most care
fully. There is little doubt that this is
| the pipe that Sir Walter was enjoying
when his servant, frightened at the
cloud Of smoke, dashed a pail of cold
the flames which he thought were
threatening the knights life. 1t is
probable, too, that Raleigh used this
pipe when he demonstrated to Queen
Elizabeth the weight of given
amount of smoke by weighing some to-
bacco, smoking it and weighing the
ashes.
Even more interesting than these
| however. are the associations of the
pipe with the latter part Of the court
/ favorites life 1t was his constant COM
| panion when he placed the battlement
outside the prison at the tower Of
London while composing his history Of
| the world
! To this day the window in the white
tower is pointed out where Sir Walter
smoked his pipe as be watched his
rival, the Earl Of Essex, walk to the
| scaffold erected on the green just be-
low, and there Is equally trustworthy
substantiation for the tradition that
this was the pipe the knight carried
| with him to the block when it came his
turn to take ''the sharp medicine but
a cure for all Diseases
For many years the pipe was part
Of the Duke Of Cambridge's collection,
who, though not a great user of to-
bacco, has one Of the finest collections
| Of pipes and snuff boxes in the king
| DOM While the present Prince of
| Wales was an active naval officer the
duke gave him Raleigh's pipe and his
royal highness has guarded it as
! cherished possession Before he allow
ed it to go to Whitechapel exhibition
he insisted that it be insured for
$1,000, and it is doubtful whether it
will ever leave the royal cabinet again
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1904-03-23
Liked Shorter Miles

The late John R. Proctor, president
Of the Civil Service Commission, was a
student Of the University Of Pennsyl-
vania in 1863 and 1864, and in his col
lege days liked nothing better than to
set out early on frosty morning and
walk twenty-five or thirty miles
through the country.
Once he met an Irishman on the road
to Morristown. He and the Irishman
plodded along together a matter Of six
or seven miles. They stopped and read
each milestone, and Proctor said:
II think that milestones cheer a road
up wonderfully, don't you?'
Faith, an do that" said the Irish
man. II find them a great comfort. It
would be an improvement, though, if
they was nearer one another, wouldn' I
it,"
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1904-03-23
To Rid Premises of Rats and Mice.

Here is a farmers mode of Kidding his
premises Of rats and mice: "If you wilD
sprinkle sulphur on your barn floor and
through your corn as you gather IT
there will not be a rat Or mouse bother.
| have done this for several years and
have never been bothered with rats or
mice. [ have some old corn in my crib
at present and not a rat or mouse can
be found. In stacking hay or oats,
sprinkle on the ground and a little
through each load; and my word for it,,
of sulphur will be sufficient to preserve a
large barn of corn, and it is good for
stock and will not hurt the corn for
bread ."-Tennessee TomahaMk
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1904-03-23
TIE OLD AUTOGRAPH ALBUM.

Among the relics Of the past,
The links Of Memory's clinging chain
That, with its meshes, binds me fast
To days that cannot come again,
There is no prize more precious than
This booklet; thoughtfully / scan
It's yellow pages, scrubbed DER
By many whom I knew Of yore.
Here a refrain expressing love
Beneath the picture Of a dove,
And here a half sarcastic quip,
All traced in childish penmanship.
If you love me as / love you
No knife can cut our love in two"
Meath that trite sentiment l see
A name once passing dear to me.
Across the past my memory flies
/ see a pair Of laughing eyes,
/ press a little hand that lay
Within my own that summer day.
mo knife can cut our love in two
Still, it was but an earthly strand,
And what knife could never do
Was, as q higher power planned
Accomplished by the reaper's hand.
O treasured names! o memory.
What were existence without thee?
For art thou not the magic key
With which we penetrate the seal
That locks away the musty past
And, i'll our leisure moments, steal
Great solace from that Storeroom vast
Bereft of thee, how man would grope
Into the futures unknown scope,
AS up some storm-swept, rocky slope,
The shipwrecked mariner doth crawl,
Raf0ra him dread nDCqrfainfy
Behind, the cruel, yawning sea
And darkness hanging over all.
milwaukee, Sentinel.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1904-03-23

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