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selves tell how they managed to live
during that time. Scanty remittances
arrived from home, and they eked out
bare subsistence by performing all
kinds OF mental tasks when they were
lucky enough TO get work. 1t must
have been terrible life for the young
samurai, who had always been used
TO having the best Of everything, and
had been taught from infancy to look
upon any work except that of the SOL
der as an unspeakable degradation.
But they stuck II out and accom-
plished their purpose Of learning the
ways OF the western world, and then
returned TO Japan 10 find public affairs
in terrible state. The Prince OF
Coshlu--their own feudal lord-had
fired upon the foreigners at shimono-
seki and could not be Induced TO make
reparation. Grave trouble was brew.
Inc.
TRIED TO AVOID WAR.
Ito and lnouye hurried to the prince
TO tell him OF the might OF the occldent
and counsel him to avoid war. Their
mission was vain they were rebuffed
by the self-oplnlonated old feudal lord,
who could not imagine that anybody
was greater than himself At this point
Japan nearly lost the services OF two
OF her greatest men, for Ito and lnouye
have since admitted that they seriously
debated the question whether in honor
they ought not 10 commit "hari kari"
since they had failed In their task. They
refrained from doing so because they
felt that their country might still have
need Of them.
Their zeal for peace with the foreign
ers and for the introduction Of foreign
methods into Japan speedily encom-
passed them with crowd Of enemies.
One dark night, while he was walking
to his home In the midst OF a heavy
snowfall lnouye was attacked by a
gang of assassIns, almost cut to pieces
by their knives, and left for dead upon
theFsnow He crawled home, fainting
several times on the way, and was con-
cealed by his mother until he recovered
II is said that BELIEVING himself to be
dyins, he wanted to perform the hap
py dispatch" and leave the world in a
manner BETTING warrior; but his
mother prevented him from doing so.
When he recovered and went out into
Tue WOflu again, llS tHclnles Hdu MN
arrested and flung into noisome jail,
where he was left for three days with
out food or water,
II the stories told in Japan may be
trusted, Ito had an even stranger adj
venture about the same time, He fell
In with band of his enemies one day,
and had to lee for his life. He ran
into the house OF a geisha of his acquain-
lance, and she hid him beneath the
loose boards Of the floor, drawing a
bragier OF charcoal over the spot where
he was concealed. His pursuers en-
tered, and threatened to torture her II
she would not tell them where he was
hidden, She protested that he was not
there. and at last they believed her and
went away.
A DANGEROUS PATH.
The path Of the reformers was hard
and dangerous. Count Okuma who was
also one of the Elder Statesmen when
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the service of the Prince OF Coshiu,
the head o. their clan, as samurai,
Soon afterwards japan was convulsed
By the entry Of foreigners, consequent
upon Commodore Perry's expedition.
Ito and Inouye. hot headed young
sters that they were, Joined In the cry
OF Japan FOR the Japanese" Nobody
was more bitter against the foreigners
than they were. lnouye admits That
he led a band OF young samurai VINO
burned down the house set apart for
the first British minister the night be-
fore the latter was to occupy II. He
had no special grudge against the
minister, but he wanted 10 emorol
his government with the foreigners
and prevent them from settling In the
coun.r..
But even at that early age Ito and
Inouye had the makings of statesmen
I'm them. They soon saw that nothing
worth while could he accomplished
along those lines Let us learn what
Ahe foreigner knows" they reasoned
with one another. THAT Is the only
way to beat him at his own game and
preserye the Independence OF our
country"
At that time the edict forbidding
japanese TO leave their country was IN
full force, but the young samurai sold
their property and got together all the
money they possessed or could bor-
row from their friends. With this they
tribed some Englshmen to smuggle
them aboard one OF Jardine ana
Natbeson's famous clipper ships,
bound for London. They had paid
about ten times the proper price Tor
their passage. but the people VINO go,
the money cheated them, They had
nothing to do with the ship, and SIM
ply smuggled the young japanese
aboard as stcwaways.
DRAGGED TO LIGHT
When they were dragged to light,
two DAYS after leaving port. the cap
tain naturally regarded them as such.
In vain they protested that they were
gentlemen OF Japan who he'd paid for
their passage. They were set to work
scrubbing dishes and swabbing the
decks and in the dog watches the
sailors taught them TO play cards b.
vlnnip all the money they had LETT
except 81, with which they landed In
London.
count Inouye : genial, good
humotsd man who enjoys nothing
better than joke at his own expense
is fond Of talking about those early
experiences. Not so the sober, stately
Marquis Ito. VA
Inouye tets how, they ,snded, cold
and desperately hunefy, hnowing no.
body in the vast metropolis utterly
ignorant OF western ways, ana win
only about a dozen English WORDS N
their vocabulary, They saw a BAKER :
sbon with beautiful crisp brown
loaves inside, lnouye rushed IN,
picked up one OF the loaves and gave
The baker dollar. The man pocket
ed the dollar and gave him no change.
although the proper price was ohiy
Ave cents. Thus their ilrst meal IN
England cost them half their capital
They stayed in London for a year
and probably they could not them
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written for the Deseret News by Bas-
sett Staines)
Japan plays at being modern con.
stltutional state, but her cabinets,
her parliaments. her political dis.
cords are all on the surface In
time of crisis such as the present, all
real power rcposes In the emperor, sup
ported by his "Geuro" which Is freely
translated as glider Statesmen but
really means the wIsost and most
thoroughly tested statesmen These
men have no recognized official position,
but they simply push the official minis.
try aside and take charge Of matters
whenever the situation becomes really
serious,
Imagine that the American common
wealth had It's national existence stalk
ed upon a war, and that II was ruled by
an unofficial committee composed of
Abraham Lincoln, General Grant, Adj
miral Farragut Grover Cleveland and
General Mcclellan. This would give
some faint Idea OF the manner IN which
Japan is ruled today. The Elder
Statesmen" are men Of different poll
teal parties who have engaged I'm bitter
rivalries In parliament and turned one
another out of power not once or twice,
but many times Most Of them have
held the position Of prime minister and
attained the highest dlgnltles which the
mikadO can bestow Now, their rival
ries over, their partisan labors ended
they confer together IN perfect har-
mony and direct the policy Of the nation
without regard to the cabinet and par
lament they once swayed. 1t is a
unique Kind of government, which has
not It's like anywhere else In the world
THEY NUMBER FIVE.
The Elder Statesmen" vary In
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Of the top above ground The soil
should be prepared the same as for
good seed bed Furrows for the rows are
thrown out with turning pillow and the
I'm a slanting position ar stood perpendicu-
lar aul the soil thrown in and armed
about the base OF the cuttings by tramp
ing The cuttings can be sot more rap
idly and the soil Grmed about them bet
ter when they art sri slantlng and as
this form OF settling seems 70 have no bad
features IL Is usually employed Cuttings
may be set with a spade az follows. Sink
the spade into the soil and pry It forward
To open the soil Sci one or two cut
tlngs into this opening ana withdraw the
shade, and firm the soil by tromplng.
This ls slow process and Is used only
when a few cuttings are set at q time
En-
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STARTING TREES FROM CUT
TlNGS.


Many Of the common forest and fIult
trees can be started from cuttings with
but little more effort than IL required
~ grow them from the seed The cot
tonw0od and Willows are easily and
commonly started In this way Plants
grown from cuttings are usually larger
aud stronger than those grown from seed.
Cuttings made from slow growing trees
having hard wood Ike oak and hickory
do not take root and grow W readily gs
cuttings made from rapid growing yarle-
Ties, The cuttings should be- made from
one or two year old wood, and stored in
moist Garth or sand during The winter,
They should be cut eight To Twelve inches
long and the butts luA together aa this
vii save time I'm the sprlng when the cut
tings viii endure hat little exposure.
II large number a cuttings are se,
they should be- vet In rows about three
and one-half feet apart and siX Inches
apart In the row The cuttings are set
butt end down with about two schos
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nations for the mere sake of conquer
ing would indeed be a pleasure for
the time being. But such aggrandize-
ment, from the want OF fixed basis,
would not last long II would neces-
sarIly fall into decay and corruption.
''The Tartar invasion OF Europe
was a grand thing AZ the time What
was It's outcome? When the Crescent
was raised In the city Of Constantine
pie about four hundred years ago, how
mighty and how dazzling grand APP
peared the Turks. The kings OF all
the nations were about TO kneel be-
fore the Turkish emperor and pay
homage to him. But behold the con-
trast between the glory Of that time
and the present condition Of the
Turks This Is kind OF victory which
we must detest."
Count Inouye Is. perhaps, the most
universally popular Of all the states
men OF Japan. He Is at once the
Cheyaier Bayard and Don Qulxote of
japanese politics, and even his strong
est opponents like him.
THE PRESENT LEADER.
Field Marshal Marquis Yamagata
shares with Marquis Ito the claim to
be the greatest OF the mikado's sub
jects. He IL at present the leader of
the Elder Statesmen, Ito naturally de-
fering to him because he Is a soldier
and the present Is time Of war. He
fought OF the side OF progress during
the Restoration struggle and speedily
rose by valor and skin, TO the rank
OF chief Of cavalry During the era
of peace which followed the satsuma
rebellion he became prominent MS a
politician, holding Office several times
as minister of the iniericr and pre-
mler. When war broke out with
China he took the field again at the
head Of the First Army Corps, and
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fTbom,Ma ITO
Marshal Though
fCrJ, Even Tho Premier
iapd onothan
Wor kofY ama8
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-03-16
PUPILS WIN HONOR
Central High Has Many Studi-
GUS Attendants.

Before an assembly Of the whole
school DR.. Robinson, principal Of the
Central high school, announced the
honor role of the senior class. This
years class is the largest in the his
tory Of the school, having ITO members,
as against $50 for last years, which
was a reeord-breaker. Although the
highest mark was two points lower
than last year, the general average was
much higher, as last year there were
only twenty-seven students who had
more than 84.5 for a. final average,
while this year there were forty seven.
About one-third (fifty- eighty of this
years class are boys. and Of the fifteen
students who have an average of 80 or
over for their entire course there are
nine girls and six boys. OF the twenty
seven on the honor roll, nine, or just
one-third, are boys.
Miss Emily Schons, who had an av-
erage of 94.85, will be valedictorian of
the class. Anna Doyle will give the
EaIutatory address. The other mem
bers Of the honor roll will write essays,
and a faculty committee will choose
the best six which be given at the
commencement exercises of the class.
The honor roll is as follows:
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-03-16
GOOD SEATS FOR ELKS'
SHOW STILL ON HAND
Tickets Have Been Kept Out of the
Hands of Spectators.


The timely warning issued by the
Elks annual benefit committee against
.patronizing sca1pers was effective, and,
as a consequence, there are just as good
seats to be had as have been sold.
Those who were under the impress
sion that the scalpers had bought up
the house again will be agreeab1y sur
prised at this information, as many
erstwhile patrons Of the Elks' shows
had become SO disguised at having to.
pay premium for seats, that they had
foresworn the pleasure Of witnessing
this years production. The committee
has lent it's every effort to the end
that sealping would be prohibited, and
that 1t has been successful is evidenced
by the fact that the best seats are still
obtainable.
The cast Of "a Night In Bohemia"
which the Elks will present at the
Metropolitan on Thursday, Friday and
Saturday evenings and Saturday aft
ernoon, has been carefully selected,
with a view of presenting the best local
talent available.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-03-16

The temperature at $3.50 a. m.
was 20 above zeros drop OF 3
degrees since 8 p. N.

Police Surgeon Recovers-Police Sur
eeon Moore was back at his post yesterday
seemingly none the worse for his recent
1ndisposition.
Sent to Training SchooI-Edgar Reed
and George Stocking, under arrest on
charge of passing forged checks, were yes
terday sent to the state training school.
State Bank of KandIyohl Authorized
The State Bank of Kandiyohi, Kandiyoh1
county of which Henry Stene is president
was Yesterday authorized by the public
examiners department.
Aldermen Postpone Sesslon-The meet
ing of the board of aldermen, scheduled
for last evening, was adjourned to this
evening. Interest in the election returns
caused the lack of quorum.
ST. Paul EIks to Be Entertained by
Saltwater Lodge-The St. Paul Elks lodge
will be entertained in Saltwater tonight
by the lodge of that city. The saltwater
car will leave Wabasha and Fifth street at
D. m.
Debate Is Called off-The debate be-
tween the Y. M c. A. team and the c..
X Davis club, of the st. Paul College of
Law, which was to have been held Satur-
day evening, has been declared off, owing
to inability Of the law team to attend.
Charged With Stealing Chckens-M.
O'Tolie, T. Curran and Charles Johnson
were arrested yesterday, charged with
the theft of three chickens from Mrs.
Gotlieb Wenzell, near South Phalen creek.
They were enjoying a chicken fry when
arrested.
Bank Clerks VIII Debate-This evening
the st. Paul Chapter of Bank Clerks, will
go to Minneapolis to meet the chapter of
that city in debate on the question of
allowing trust companies to transact a
general banking business. The st. Paul
party will go in a chartered car.
o.
,EIks VIII Visit StiIIWater-A delegation
of the ST. Paul lodge of Elks will visit
saltwater this evening, accompanying DR..
E. H Whitcomb on his official visit to the
Saltwater lodge OF the order. The dele
cation will leave by the o'clock car from
the corner of Fifth and Wabasha streets.
Land Dealers Conventlon-This morn
Ing the land dealers Of the Northwest will
meet at the Comm ercial club to organize
the American immigration association. 1t
is expected that several hundred delegates
will attend. The principal object Of the
association is to take concerted action to
get low rates for homeseekers to the
Northwestern states.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-03-16
MANY WATER PIPES
MUST BE THAWED OUT
Secretary cauIfeId Says They VIII Be
Put Deeper in the Ground.

"The condition of the service pipes
Of the. water service Of st. Paul show
but little improvement" said Secretary
John Caulfeld, of the water depart
ment yesterday. Five new complaints
were received yesterday, and while we
have thawed out hundreds of service
pipes since the very cold weather. there
are still plenty needing attention. On
the West side there is a six-inch main
that is frozen for a distance Of block
and must be dug up and thawed out.
Judging from our past experience,
there is little hope of relief before the
middle Of April, so far as the weather
is concerned. This means that all the
pipes must be uncovered and thawed
out In all such cases the pipes are
put deeper in the ground for the flu
ture This has been by far the worst
winter in the history Of the water de-
Dartment"
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-03-16
BOARD Of CONTROL
| STILL KEEPS MUM
Refuses to Discuss Charges
Against Warden Weller Pre-
ferred by w. B. Jordan.

The members of the board of control
remain firmly intrenched behind the
shadow of their own official dignity and
refuse to discuss the Wolfer incident
with any but their closest personal and
political friends.
While II e Glob has published
statements from w. B. Jordan wholly
sufficient In the eyes of the unpreju-
diced to warrant the closest investiga-
ton by the board of control or those
who have authority over the prison
management, yet the board Of control
persists in its declaration that there is
nothing to Investigate.
At the state capitol yesterday after
noon none of the members Of the board
appeared but Judge Gould, and he had
nothing to say on the subject.
The 10 b e s expose Of the fallacy
of the board of controls position that
it had no charges before it, by publish
ing a copy of the transcript Of the pro-
ceedings before the board as early as
March 2 and while Mr.. Jordan had
made almost identically the same
charges which he made through the
columns of T h e Clio on March IL,
showed to the public that the board
had been unwilling to take the public
into its confidence and cemented the
belief that the board was doing its
best to belittle the demand from the
public for thorough Investigation Of
the whole matter. Said leading Re
publican official yesterday:
While, 1 am not looking for any quarrel
with the board of control it is my sincere
belief that the best interests of the state
administration demand the fullest and
faireSt Inquiry. into the whole facts con-
nected with the so-ealled Wolfer incident
and the shoe contract.
The board of control naturally hesltates
before undertaking anything that will re-
fleet on anybody under its authority, but
the facts should be shown UP, and II any
one has been guilty of any wrongdoing he
should be punished. Jordan's statements
mere denial can be accepted without ad-
ditlonal Investigation by the board
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-03-16
WILL OPEN BIDS
ON FAIR BUILDING
Board of Managers viii Hold Meet
ing Thursday.

At 10 o'clock Thursday morning the
time will expire for receiving bids for
the new state fair manufactures bulld-
ing. Unless tenders are in the hands
Of Architect C. H. Johnston at that
hour thew cannot be considered. Dur
ing the day the board of managers VIII
meet to consider the bids which may
be offered, and it is probable that Ii
satisfactory tenders are made the con-
tract will be awarded at once.
Secretary E. w. Randall received the
other day clipping from the SpoTtlngs
which shows that the Minnesota state
fair is achieving reputation in foreign
countries. The article gives figures about
the Minnesota fair and is very eompH-
mentary throughout.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-03-16
NEW INTERPRETATIONS.

Articles of Incorporation were fled at
the Office of the secretary of state yes
terday by the following:
John McRae & Sons, dealers in lumber,
Graceville, Big, Stone. county; capital
stock, Sis, 900; incorpoTators. John Nc
Rae. Christopher J. McRae, Ronald Nc
Rae and James A. McRae, all Of Grace
vile; and Benjamin j. McRae, Of Nez
Perez county, Idaho
H & R. Ranch company, Minneapolis;
capital stock, $25, 600; incorporates. B. B.
Haugan, Fergus Fails; Theodor S. Refine
stad. Minneapolis; Arthur p Solberg, Min
neapolis; C. S. Reimestad, Brainerd. and
o. M. Haugan. Fergus Falls
Grace Evangelical Lutheran Church. of
Minneapolis; incorporators. Nels Skoug-
Tilleen, all of Minneapolis.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-03-16

for holding the conventions and the
candidates by districts follow:
First, Rochester, E. Shepard, Ro-
chester; E. B. Collester, Waseca; j. M.
Diment, Owatonna; John M. Rowley, Ro-
chester.
Second, Mankato-Gustav Widdell, Man
kato; George w. Sommerville, Sleepy
Eye; e. T. Smith Lakefeld; III. C. Grass,
SlaytOn, Fred Humiston, WOrthingtOn.
Third, Fafibault-C. "A. Johnson. ST. Pc
ter; w. W. Sivright, Hutchinson; -Jens K.
Grondahl, Red Wing; J. A. Gates, Ken
yon.
Fourth. ST. Paul-E. G. Rogers, Frank
B. kellogg.
Sixth, Little Falls-F. A Rice, Park
Rapids; Frank T. White, Elk River; c. HI.
Eighth, Duluth. B. Cotton. Duluth;
H. F. Barker, Cambridge; G. S. Pease,
Anoka; c. p. De Laittre, Aitkfn.
Ninth crookstonmA p p stephens
Cole, Fergus Falls; Howard Dykemann,
Breckenridge.
The Fifth district held its convention
yesterday at Minneapolis and the Seventh
district convention will meet March % at
Ortonville.
The three members of the supreme
court who are in the city enter Wig
orous denial to a report in circulation
yesterday that Oscar Hallam had been
selected to succeed the late III. F..
Stevens as chairman of the Minnesota
statute revision commission. The
judges say the matter had not been
discussed among them and that no ac-
ton will be taken looking to the selec-
ton of successor to Mr.. Stevens TN
til Chief Justice Start returns from the
South. The chief justice has gone to
Washington from Florida and will not
be in st. Paul until the end of the
present week. No appointment will be
made this week.
That Judge E. A. Jaggard intends to
make a vigorous campaign for a nom
ination by the Republican state con-
vention for one of the supreme court
places on the state ticket is evidenced
by the fact that he has opened head
quarters in the New York Life build
ing. H. p. Hall. the veteran newspaper
man, is looking after his literary bu-
| reau.
L. L. Brown, of Winona, and William
Gausewitz, of Owatonna, are promi-
nently mentioned as candidates from
the First district to the Duluth state
Democratic convention. Brown is a
leading attorney of Winona and Cause
witt represented Steele county for
some years in the state senate.
The Otter Tail county Republican
convention yesterday Endorsed the Min
nesota big four" for the Chicago con-
vention and recommended A. Marcel,
of Fergus Falls, for district delegate
from the Ninth district.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-03-16
SUPPLIES FOR NATIONAL
GUARD ARE SHIPPED
They Include Wearing Apparel of All
Description and Will Cost $10,750.

Adjt. Gen. E. D. Libbey received no
tice yesterday from the war depart
ment of the shipment of supplies
amounting to s1O,750.16 for the Mime
sofa national guard. The shipment in
cludes those articles of wearing ap-
parel that are furnished by the gov
eminent, such as service uniforms,
shirts, caps, leggings, Campaign hats.
belts, buttons, canteens and also ma
tional and regimental colors.
The supplies are issued in response
to a requisition from the adjutant gen
eral, who recently called upon the war
department for everything needed to
equip the Minnesota troops to the
standard Of the regular army Con-
signments of rifles and hospital sup
plies have already been received.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-03-16
propertx Owners Oppose Lumber Yard

Mayor Smith yesterday asked the
citv building inspector to refuse a per-
NIT to the johnson Lumber company,
of Minneapolis, to establish lumber
ward at Summit avenue and Cedar
street. in the rear of the Virginia flats.
Property owners in the vicinity are op-.
posed to allowing the establishment OF
the yard, and an effort will be made to
have the city council extend the hre