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The Action at ChonR-in.

In spite of the terrifying headlines in
the yellow papers, which have represented
thousands of japanese having been IAN
initiated ut Chong-ju, the fighting there
was, as foreshadowed by The National
Tribune, mere skirmish of the japanese
advance guard with the Russian outposts
1t is now said that the japanese had 45U
infantry and cavalry, while the Russians
had 600 men. who were driven back Ga
miles. The Japanese lost one officer and
four men killed, and one officer and II men
wounded. The Russians had 10 men
killed. BY this action the Russians were
forced back to Wi-ju on the Yalu
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A JAPANESE INFANTRYMAN.

formerly the Daimo rank of the native
nobility, and are said to be filled with
public spirit and devotion to their couu-
seemed to show high capacity for command,
but the test remains to be made. The army
has been organized On the best ideas of
the Germans, and it is represented that
these have been carried out with intelli-
gence and earnestness, so that it is in
every branch as effective as any European
army. All these things, however, are mat
tiers of conjecture and assertion, and their
truth is upon the point of being tested.
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The Department. OF Ohio.

A. G. Yengling, Commander of the De-
partment of Ohio, G. A. R.. announces in
General Orders that the 3Sth Encamp-
ment will be held June IA, 10, 16 and II.
The late date of the Encampment is on
account of the time needed to complete
the William II. Gibson Memorial and a
new hotel, where it is expected to locate
the G. A. Il. headquarters. The rate Of
fare from all points in Ohio is one fare
plus 25 cents for the round trip. This is
unprecedented in the history of the G. A.
r., and is vigorously resisted, and at
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JAPANESE WOMEN.
A Wonderful Race of Wives and Mothers
Happy, Joyous, Exquisitely Polite, and
Dainty Housekeepers.

1t really does not look as though the
women of Japan slept upon bed OF roses,
physically or metaphorically speaking.
Certainly the sleeping machine" of ia
pan-for it might better be called that
than beds anything but a comfortable
thing, and one does not wonder, when the
wooden pillow with its hollowed-out space
for the neck is considered, that the people
of Japan go to bed at midnight and get
up with the sun. Why they go to bed at
all is the mystery, for it does not seem
possible that sleep could ever be wooed
with such appliances.
The Japanese woman wears an elab-
crate head-dress, and it takes some time
to make it up. SO for the saving of time
the wooden pillow is valuable, as there
would be no chance to muss up anything
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civilized armies operating In the East have
had to employ coolies, but they got rid of
them as rapidly rs they could construct
roads and replAceethem with teams.
The coolies are wretched creatures, but
little above beasts of the field in intelli-
gence and manner OF living. They are
merely dumb brufes, with no religion,
morals, or ideas above eating and sleeping.
They live short, miserable lives, being
treated with the greatest contempt and
cruelty by the men who are over them.
They are the most hopeless element in
Eastern society, because it would seem
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Coolie Carriers,

Owing to the wretched roads in Man
churia, wheeled vehicles are impossible in
many places, and the employment of
coolies to carry supplies will become nec-
essary. The coolie is q very important
beast of burden in the East, and he can
carry enormous loads, but his employment
is very expensive and embarrassing to an
army. No matter how cheaply coolie
is employed, he is very far from being rs
cheap beast of burden as a mule. He
cannot carry anything like as much
proportionately as a mule can haul he has
to be fed, and he eats more in proportion
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prosuerons Michigan Corns.

G. ]. Dickerson w. r. c., 81, Hillsdale,
Mich, numbers 80 in good standing,
has $lGO in the general fund unappropr-
ated and has 5000 in it's monument fund
Mrs. Pink is President, Mrs. Stone is
Secretary. Amy L. Wood ID Press Cor
respondent.
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Destruction of Post Hall.

John Ferguson, iberia. Mo-. writes
that Feb. 20, 1904, their G. A. II. Hall.
with all its contents, was destroyed by
fire; also Comrade Ferguson's office with
his books and papers. Comrade Ferguson
is Justice of the Peace and Notary Pub
lin
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HOW JAPANESE CHILDREN ARE CARED FOR
a part of the daily lesson of the children.
II will die for the Emperor" even the ba
bies just learning TO lisp are taught to
say each morning before going out to play
and so it happens, perhaps, that the Jap
anese are SO single of purpose in their re-
sistance of Russian encroachment The
women stand firmly by the japanese sol
diers and aid them in every way possible
japanese women live much outdoors in
the Summer time. They have usually bits
of garden, and the embroidery or other
handiwork is taken out under the shade
Of the trees, where the children can toss
and tumble and have fun. The japanese
woman is good mother, and looks well
and carefully to the ways of her house
hold. The housework is usually all COM
pleted by breakfast time. The remainder
OF the long day is spent in pleasure. While
1t is often said that a japanese woman is
slave to her husband, she seems to be
right fond Of her slavery, for she has not
. care outside Of her home. She Is the
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tempts are being made for the usual one
cent rate. The Department Commander
congratulates the Department upon the
hearty response of the Posts in the shape
of resolutions supporting the service
pension bill, and urges them to continue
their efforts
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OF INTEREST TO PENSION ATTORNEYS.

Vx EIN01ON IA
The National Tribune is prepared to fur
nish to attorneys dno othe.s Dianx forms of
application 'lindepi che crecSntr order Of the
Commissioner Of Pensions. Price. G5 cents
per hr ndred Address The National Trib-
une. $50 T. Ave y W. Washington
D. C.
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to the work he does. Furthermore, coolies
are great nuisance about camps. as they
block up the roads, are always in the way.
and hordes of them are n great danger in
the case Of a panic or any reverse. All
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to take countless generations to bring them
up to the level of the dulest and poorest
of the peasants in all Europe
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PENSIONS! PENSIONS!

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Originator and late Chief
Army and Navy Surviv-
ors' Division, u. g. Pen
sion Bureau. Late Major
18th n. Y. Vet Vols. ID
Brig, Cd Div, 10th A. {.
The Dickinson press. (Dickinson, Stark County, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1883-1927, 1904-02-27
THE BEE HIVE.
WORLDS FAIR
NEARLY READY
Plons For Installing Exhibits Complete, and Work Is
Being Rapidly PushedTransportatio Companies
Have Solved the Problem of Caring For
Increased Freight Traffic..

the Terminal Railroad Association,
which controls all shipments of freight
delivered by roads from the east. has
doubled its capacity for handling
freight in both the ST. Louis and East
st. Louis yards, and it is now believed
that during the busiest weeks. which
will undoubtedly be those Of March and
April, there will be no congestion
across the two big bridges that span
the Mississippi. Should there be, how
ever, resort can be had to the ferry
service, which also has been increased
In order to care for any emergency.
Shippers all agree that freight is ar
riving in st. Louis better today than
ever before, and this Notwithstanding
the fact that the terminal facilities are
not quite completed and that number
of tracks cannot be operated because
of laborers being engaged in their re.
construction. A recent test proved that
a consignment Of freight from Boston
was delivered in n building OH the Fair
grounds seven days after its shipment
from warehouse in that eastern city,
anu di pSlSOuo viz udNC duy huOWl-
edge Of such matters must admit that
this is very fair time.
AS for the western roads, they all
have spurs leading direct to the Expo.
sitton, and in many instances cars can
be switched direct into the grounds
without even days detention in the
yards.
Those who have the work Of deliver
Ing exhibits in charge say that they can
keep pace with the men who do the in
stalllng, and that unless the unfore.
seen occurs, there should be no delay
In filling the palaces with the wares
that will comprise the wonderful dis
play.
The situation is very satisfactory to
all concerned, and the general belief is
that st. Louis will not only have the
greatest Exposition ever held, but will
also give to the world the only Fair to
be ready OH time.
AS for the beautifying Of the Exposi-
ton, it is only question of putting
the men at work. Every plan has been
made; all the preliminaries are COM
pleted. The landscape gardeners have
laid out the grounds to meet the ap-
proval Of the most eXacting critic, and
1t needs only the warm rains of spring
to coax into bloom the seeds, bulbs and
plants that within week can be
placed in the soil. In like manner the
color scheme for the palaces has been
definitely arranged, so that painters
have but to follow instructions. and al.
most within fortnight the beautiful
buildings will shine resplendent in the
holiday coats that they will wear for
seven months, beginning April &c.
Long ago electric wire cables were
laid throughout the site, and now it is
but matter Of attaching the hum
dreds of thousands of globes which will
illuminate both the water and the air
so that Mt night the Worlds Fair City
shall shine even more resplendent than
during the day.
CLAUDE H. WETMORE.
The Dickinson press. (Dickinson, Stark County, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1883-1927, 1904-02-27
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN, IN FRONT OF THE
ELECTRICITY BUILDING, WORLDS FAIR

shows nearly all Of these modern crea-
tors of force in position. And so it is on
Agriculture hill. Nine months ago thou
sands of rosebushes were planted in
order that they might gain strength
from long tenure Of the soil, and in like
manner other exhibits of nurserymen
We're in place long before snow COM
menced to fall.
Tracks are laid in the huge Palace of
Transportation, and turntables have
been placed on solid concrete founda-
tions. These are being burdened with
locomotives Of the latest construction
and with modernly equipped coaches.
In other palaces floor space that has
been marked Off is being decorated
with handsome interior homes where
various exhibitors will display their
wares, and In many instances the
wares themselves are being placed In
position.
On Government hill several compa-
MES of soldiers are preparing for the
mounting Of the great ritled cannon
that will make such formidable dis
play, and under supervision of men
from the United States navy the deck
pf modern warship Is assuming inter-
estng proportions.
Art hill shows the palace of stone and
the two annexes ready to receive the
paintings and works Of bronze and
marble.
No less forward are conditions on
that interesting adjunct to this Univer-
sal Exposition, the Pike. All the large
amusement buildings are practically
complete, and within the walls now are
stage carpenters. creators of illusions
and other wizards, transferring bare
walls into places Of enchantment.
BY an arrangement recently made be-
tween transportation company and
the railroads it is believed there will be
no delay in delivering the many train
loads Of exhibits within the gates of
the Exposition. Extensive preparations
have been perfected to handle all
freight that comes into the city, and, in
addition to service by system Of big
drays-some propelled by steam, others
drawn by horses-which is designed for
the smaller shipments, car load lots
will enter direct over the several switch
lines that wind in and out between the
buildings.
In order that no delay might be
caused by severity of the weather the
Exposition management looked espe-
etaily to the construction Of the road
beds during the late fall Of 1903, and
now there IS no danger that heavy
drays will be stalled In soft, muddy
places. but all can proceed on smooth,
hard surface to the place Of destination.
Acting in accord with the general
spirit Of facilitating rapid installation.
The Dickinson press. (Dickinson, Stark County, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1883-1927, 1904-02-27
North Dakota Grocers Meet,


The fifth annual meeting of the
North Dakota Retail Grocers and Cen
eral Merchants was held at Grand
Forks last week, occupying two days.
About $50 members were in attend.
ance. In the absence of President P.
B. T. Kraabel Of Hope, the chair was
occupied by John E. Paulson of Hills.
boro. The address Of welcome was de-
livered by Acting Mayor Crothers, and
the response was made by Charles
Full Of Pembina. The first days ses-
sion was chiefly occupied with routine
work. One of the features of the sec.
ond days session was Commissioner
Ladd's address ON pure food laws,
which was followed by a general dis
cussion of the subject. c. G. Roth Of
st. Paul, E. A. Tyler of Fargo, A. H.
Decamp Of Grand Forks and w. E..
Davis of Minneapolis also delivered
addresses. The following officers were
elected: President, B. T. Kraabal,
Hope: first vice president, J. E. Paul.
son, Hillsboro; second vice president,
r. B. Griffith, Grand Forks; treasurer,
N. D. Nelson. Mayville. The election
OF secretary was left to the board of
directors at later meeting. Resolu.
tions were passed against the pro.
posed parcel post bill. The next meet.
ing will be held at Valley City. Be.
fore adjournment the name Of the or.
ganizatfon was changed to the Retail
Merchants Association of Dakota.
The object was to widen the scope and
increase the membership,
The Dickinson press. (Dickinson, Stark County, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1883-1927, 1904-02-27
TWENTY Five KILLED
COLLISION CAUSES EXPLOSION
OF CAR OF DYNAMITE At
JACKSON, UTAH. :.

Ogden, Utah, Feb. 22.-Twenty-flve
persons have been killed, fifteen 9th
ers injured, several, it is believed, fa-
tally, and a great amount of railroad
property destroyed by an explosion Of
carload of dynamite at Jackson, a
telegraph station on the western end
Of the great ogden-Lucien cutoff on
the Southern Pacific railroad. The ex-
ploston was caused by collision be-
tween two freight trains, due, it is
said, to the failure of the airbrake ap-
paratus to operate. Eight Of the dead
and five of the injured are Americans;
the others are Greek laborers.
The explosion following the collision
between the two trains, which met
head on almost in front of the tele.
graph station, was terrific. Every:
thing within radius Of half mile
was wrecked. The town of Terrace,
fifteen miles to the north, was shaken
as though by an earthquake; window
panes in the station at Colon, fifteen
miles away, were shattered and the
sound of the explosion was heard in
this city, eighty-one miles from the
scene of the disaster. The ground
upon which the trains were standing
was torn up for over thousand feet.
The Dickinson press. (Dickinson, Stark County, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1883-1927, 1904-02-27
Report on Game Laws.

Game Warden Clarence A. Hale OF
the First district Of North Dakota has
made an interesting report to Govern.
or White, and it shows more whole.
some observance of the game laws of
the state. In the north half of the
state there were 6,518 resident per.
m1ts and 83 nonresident permits Is.
sued, making total of 6,6O1, against
a total of 4,186 issued in 1902 an in.
crease of 2.415 in 1903, The total
fees for 1903 amounted to $6,963.5O,
against s3,915.50 in 1902, an increase
Of $3,OaS. There were twenty-one ar.
rests during the year for violations of
the game laws, and fines aggregating
$312 were collected, with costs
amounting to s136.15, total Of $449.15.
Mr.. Hale makes several recommends
tions looking to the preservation of
game in the state and a stricter en-.
forcement Of existing laws,
The Dickinson press. (Dickinson, Stark County, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1883-1927, 1904-02-27
Tuesday, Feb. 23.

DR.. Amador has been inaugurated as
first president of the republic of Pan
ANA.
Sir Leslie Stephen, president of the
Ethical society, is dead In London. He
was born in 1892.
Hugh A Huntington, patient in the
Columbus (O) state hospital was
strangled to death by fellow patient,
S. A. Kirshmeyer.
George A. Hall, for many years con:
nected with the Young Mems Chris.
tiGn association and with certain
Christian commission during the Civil
war, is dead at Mont Clair N. J.
Captain Hedbinhaus has been ap-
pointed German naval attache at
Washington in place Of Commander
Edwin Schaefer, who has been as.
signed to duty on the Baltic station.
Notwithstanding the service of nine
warrants on policemen and poolroom
attaches as a result of the riots in
Madison, ILL.,. Friday, the poolroom
operated Monday at the usual hour
with two policemen on guard.
Wednesday, Feb. "a.
BY the will Of the late Senator Han
ma, his entire estate, valued at about
S3,000,000, is left to his family.
Tho Baltimore banks resumed bus.
mess Tuesday in all their branches
for the first time since the fire.
James Martin was hanged at Butte,
Mont, Tuesday for the murder Of ].
R. Williams at Silver Bow Junction in
May, 1902.
Alfred Klein, comedian, promi-
nently known on the stage for many
years, is dead in sanitarium at Amt.
fville, L.. I.
Archimendrite Raphael Of New York
has been raised by the czar of Rus.
sia to the rank of bishop of Brooklyn
and second vicar of the Aleutian did,
cese
Senator Kittridge has introduced
bill to provide for the temporary gov.
eminent Of the Panama canal terri
tory, the protection of the canal works
and for other purposes.
The Dickinson press. (Dickinson, Stark County, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1883-1927, 1904-02-27
APHORISMS.

Set a beggar on horseback and he
will ride -gallop-Button.
The hearing ear is always found close
to the speaking tongue.-Emerson.
To be conscious that you are ignorant
is great step to nowledge.-Disraeli.
Humility is virtue all preach, none
practice, and yet everybody is content
to hear.-Seldcn.
A life spent worthily should be meas
ured by nobler line-by deeds, not
years.-R. B. Sheridan.
Health is the second blessing that we
mortals are capable Of, blessing that
money cannot buy.-Walton.
When man assumes public trust
he should consider himself as public
roperty.-Thomas Jefferson.
Everybody likes and respects self
made men. 1t is a great deal better to
be made in that way than not to be
made at all.-O. w. Holmes.
The Dickinson press. (Dickinson, Stark County, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1883-1927, 1904-02-27
Stock Loss Severe,

Cattlemen in the Western part Of
the state say this has been the sever.
est winter on stock for nearly twenty
years, and they fear heavy losses when
the herds are rounded up in the spring
In December there was q slushy snow
that froze down and covered up the
grass effectually. This was followed
by six weeks Of extremely cold wealth.
or, the thermometer ranging from
zero to 20 below during nearly the en-
tire period. Many stockmen have
heen forced to feed right through and
are running short of hay and fodder
Cattle inspectors have been unable to
take any steps for the treatment of
scab because of the severely cold
weather.
The Dickinson press. (Dickinson, Stark County, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1883-1927, 1904-02-27
TREATY rs RATIFIED
PANAMA CANAL CONVENTION AP.
PROVED Rx THE SENATE IN
EXECUTIVE SESSION.
Vote Stood Sixty.six to Fourteen-The
Result Being a Foregone Conclusion
the Interest in the Matter Was in
the Division of the Vote on the Dem.
ocratic Side-Amendment to Com.
pensate Colombia Beaten.


Washington, Feb. 24.-The United
States senate Tuesday ratified without
amendment the treaty with Panama
for canal across the isthmus of that
name by vote of 66 to IA. The re-
suit was foregone conclusion, the in
terest in the matter being only in the
division of the vote on the Democratic
side, which was not known definitely
until the roll was called, all the Re-
publicans being for ratification.
Fourteen Democrats voted for ratir,
flcation and fourteen against. Two
Democrats, Clark of Montana and
Stone Of Missouri, were paired in IA
vor of the treaty and three Democrats,
Overman, McLaurin and Martin, were
paired against it, so in the total vote
sixteen Democrats were for the treaty
and seventeen against it.
The only other vote was on the
amendment offered by Senator Bacon.
providing for an arrangement to COM
pensate Colombia for loss of the terri
tory of Panama. This was rejected
by vote of "a to 40. 1t was a party
vote on the affirmative side and also
on the negative side with the excep-
tion of Mr.. Gibson and Mr.. McEnery,
Democrats. who voted with the Repub-
licans. Four Democrats were absent
when this vote was taken and no pairs
were announced for them. Some Re-
publicans also were absent on this
VOTE
The Dickinson press. (Dickinson, Stark County, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1883-1927, 1904-02-27
NEWS CONVERSATIONS
Thursday, Feb IS,

Three hundred cases If typhoid fe-
yer are now reported in Watertown,
N. Y.
Mrs. Jacob Antoniassi and i've chill.
dren were burned to death in a fire
consuming the house in which they
lived near Croton, N. Y.
John Norwood Clarke, aged ninety,
the longest continuous member of the
Odd Fellows, is dead at Iowa City, la.
He Joined the order in Baltimore in
1897.
Application has been made for re-
ceiver for the Old Town Fire Insur-
ance company of Baltimore. 1t is un-
derstood the liabilities exceed assets
by S120.000.
In the Kentucky senate resolutions
paying tribute to the memory of Sen.
ator Hanna were adopted by a rising
vote and the senate adjourned as q
further mark of respect.
John Alexander Dowie of Zion City.
ILL.,, has been compelled to flee In a
cab to escape a mob, according to a
dispatch from the Sydney IN. S. W.
correspondent of the New York Amer
lean.
The Dickinson press. (Dickinson, Stark County, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1883-1927, 1904-02-27
NORTH DAKOTA NEWS
ITEMS OF A WEEK FROM VARIOUS
PARTS OF THE STATE.
Federal Government Starts a Suit
Against Western Express Company
tor Doing Liquor Business
in North Dakota.

The United States government has
started suit against the Western Ex-
press company, which operates on the
500 road through North Dakota. The
revenue officials claim the express
company is, doing wholesale and re-
tall liquor business in the state in the
sale and collection of liquor and beer.
The company contends that the stuff
is sold by duly licensed dealers In
other states, and the express people
merely act as common carriers, and
their collection department is used by
the wholesalers to secure payment in
the same manner that bills for any
other kind of goods are collected by
the company. The government in
sists that the company should pay a
license for every point in the state
which handles c. o. d. packages of
liquor, and sues for $1O5 from each
station. A large number Of stations
are named, and the total makes q con-
siderable sum.
The express company Is forced to
fight for if they pay the license 1t will
be an admission of the form of the
business conducted, and in direct vic.
1aiion to the prohibition laws of the
state. 1t would give the authorities
OF every county along its lines an op-
portunity to have the agents arrested
as blind piggers.
The result of the action will be
watched for closely.