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The Washington times., 1904-07-30
Leaders of Mob.

"The conveners of this meeting We're
the leaders Of the mobs Of Sunday. April
10, and Monday. the 21th. 1t was no sud
den uprising. as NJ. Won Plehve had been
Informed. but a carefully prepared and
Differed arrangement TO strike terror
into the Jewish Socialists OF Kishecef
and. through them, into the alleged pro-
pagandists Of revolutionary doctrines"
Mr. Dayitt declares that during the
rioting General Won Raaben, the gov
eTnOr, remained indoors. No orders
We're issued by him or by the wee gov
ernor. either TO the police or military.
The Washington times., 1904-07-30
MICHAEL DAVITT
ACQUITS PLEHVE

NEW YORK. July 9O-The question of
Minister Won Plehve's responsibility for
the Kishinef massacres is exhaustively
discussed by Michael Davitt in his book.
within the Pale"
Mr.. Davitt does not believe that Won
Plehve was directly responsible for the
massacres; but" he says, Minister
von Plehve must have known that some
kind of manifestation was contemplated.
Thinking, probably, the affair would
not culminate in massacres, but might
assume the character Of an anti-Social-
ist demonstration. he took no steps to
meet the emergency which actually arose
until II was too late"
The Washington times., 1904-07-30
Plehve's Explanation.

Mr.. Davitt quotes Won Plehve's official
explanation of the massacres-that the
Russian peasants believed that a Chris
tian boy was murdered by Jews TO Sc
cure his blood for religious rites; Also
"on Easter Day on market place Of
Kishinef, workers hOliday-making saw
a Jew proprietor Of a carousing machine
(merry-go-round) strike a Christian
woman, who fell to the ground, letting
go her infant baby. The Incident was
the nearest cause Of the Outburst
Workers began breaking windows and
pulling down Jewish stores as sign Of
protest"
Mr.. Davitt proves that the boy was not
murdered by Jews; that the merry-go-
round proprietor. Reinhold Mergert. IS
a Christian, and that he talked with
him. No Christian woman was struck
by anybody, Mergert said.
a few nights before the outbreak, "
says Mr. Davitt members Of the So
ciety organized by the 'Bessarabetz' Ga
Russian local newspaper large num-
Der Of Moldavian and Russian artisans
and several Seminarists and students,
assembled in the Moscow hall. Speech
es were made, in which II was declared
that the Car had given permission to
kill Jews for period Of three days, be-
ginning on the coming Sunday.
The Saint Paul globe., 1904-04-10

ASI winter an old Vermont trap
per fooled fox who was too
A smart for his own good.
This fox, a big, fine dog fox,
had become more and more daring
during the season, and at last had
made it a practice to enter the chickep
and duck Enclosures Of the farms and
snatch fowl even while the farm
dogs were yelling and bowling to get
at him.
Several hunters set hounds on his
track and lay Ill wait to shoot him,
but he evaded them every time.
Once, when he was especially hard
pressed, he ran to the shore of a
pond, leaped out to where a fallen tree
t1oated near the bank, and crouched
down among the branches.
There he waited till the eager
hounds came tearing along on his
trail. OF course, they stopped and
yelped III disappointment when they
reached the water They shifted up
and down and finally they circled, as
trailing hounds do. hoping to pick up
the trail again. Their dog sense told
them that the fox had fooled them in
some way, and they expected to find
that he had run along the shore.
Wise Mr.. Fox waited until the
hounds had gone on. Then he quietly
leaped back to shore. landing exactly
where he had started-and off he
trotted, following his own trail. The
hounds crossed that old trail shortly
atterward in circling round, but natur-
ally they paid no attention to it.
After that the hunters, with the
hounds, became weary of hunting this
particular fox; and the old trapper
took up the quest
He baited certain place for sew
eral nights without setting trap, I'M
til the fox became accustomed to find
ing something there. Then he set a
big fox trap, covered it with leaves
and baited the ground again. Next
morning the trapper went to visit the
place and found the trap turned up
side down and sprung.
1he next night the same thing hap
pened The fox nosed the trap out.
turned it over gently, and then, by
jumping on it after it lay upside down.
ne sprung it. The signs showed the
whole thing to the old trapper as if
he had seen it done.
He was angry and swore that he
would get the fox. SO he set four
traps, expecting that the fox would
get into one while he was fooling
with the others. But the fox sprung
them all
And then the old trapper had his
bright idea. He carefully set a trap,
but he laid it under the leaves upside
down.
Of course, the old fox routed it out.
Gently he turned it over Then, as
usual, he jumped on it to spring it |
But this time he found himself fooled. !
The trap was sprung, all right; but its
jaws, instead Of closing on earth !
and leaves, closed on smart Mr.. Fox
and held him until the trapper arrived !
with a club next morning and settled
the matter for good
The Saint Paul globe., 1904-04-10

IITNOG plays queer tricks on the
- sea-" said a Sandy Hook
= pilot one day last week.
while waiting aboard the
station boat for his turn to take in
ship. I've been pilot in northern and
southern waters, and for a couple of
years l ran a steamer in the Canadian
lakes far north. And I've seen funny
things in the way of fog.
I've steered through fogs that were
SO thick that you couldn't see the bow
OF the boat from the bridge; but by
sending a man down in a boatswain's
chair to hang from the bow near the
waters edge, we could keep perfectly
straight and risk neither collision nor
stranding, for the fog, instead Of lying
directly on the sea, often hangs a few
teet above the surface; so that while
the men on deck are unable to see
anything even few feet away, the
man near the water can see for miles
as he can on any clear day.
Then sometimes we get a fog that
lies only few feet high. This kind
Of fog IS heaviest on the water Higher
up 1t grows thinner, and fifteen feet
or so above the surface, there is no
fog at all. Therefore, the men on the
decks Of big ships can see in a straight
line clear to the horizon. But they
cannot see the water.
Sometimes a sea fog of this kind
will not be more than three or four
feet high. Then a man in a small
boat is completely hidden in it as long
as he is sitting down. But the mo-
ment he stands up, his head and shout
ders rise from the mist
"Other sea fOgs will lie in thin lay
ers, SO that both under and over them
the air is perfectly clear. This fog
makes ghostly effects, particularly if
there IS moonlight or the pale light
from watery sun. If big ship sails
into it, she will seem to have been cut
IN two that very moment. Her masts
and spars will float high in the air,
perhaps shining in the moonlight,
while far, far below floats her dismast-
ed hull, black and mysterious.
"On the Canadian lakes | have seen
fOgs that weren't much bigger in area
than an ordinary steamer Sometimes
there will be dozen or more patches
Of mist like that. 1t comes mostly
on moonlight nights, and then each OF
these pillars Of fog will fool you in
some way Of its own. One may look
like a tree standing bolt upright with
the branches all shining with dew
I've reached for the signal bell more
than once when [ sighted a thing like
that, imagining for an instant that we
were heading inShOre. Other matches
will look for all the world like an
other steamer coming head on without
lights. Once a foon rose out of such
patch of-fog just ahead Of the ship
and my heart seemed to jump, for il
looked as big as a moose. The foe
had magnifed it,
The Saint Paul globe., 1904-04-10

IN Government is experiment.
Il ing in building a naval can
non for which a range ot
more than twenty miles is claimed
the possibility is opened that some
day in the future there will be
battle between ships and forts that
are SO far apart that neither can sec
the other.
Until the last few years the army
rather thought that it had the better
of the navy in the way Of rihed can
non Of immense weight and power.
Naturally there is a limit to the size
and weight of 4 cannon intended for
ship; but for land defenses, where
the guns are fixed i'll place once and
for all, there is no limit whatsoever,
and the siXteen-inch gun seemed to be
the last word.
"But now, if the Government sue
ceeds III getting type Of gun that
combines lightness with unheard-of
power, so that it can fire a projectile
to a distance of more than twenty
miles, the army will have a black eve;
for gun that can shoot more than
twenty miles really. is of little use to
fort
This is because ship cannot be
seen very much beyond that distance
1t is hull down then, owing to the
curvature Of the earth. And, of
course, If the ship is invisible, there is
no use in shooting at it.
But the ship can Just as we'll shoot
at the fort even if it cannot see the
land; for the men on the ship know
exactly where the fort is and it can
not move aWayi while the men in the
fort never can tell where the ship is,
and if they did now and then get its
range, the vessel can move away in an
instant.
But there is one respect in which
the forts still will remain ahead of
the ships-that is in the amount
Of protection that they can utilize.
There is, of course, no limit to the
mountains of earth which the army
engineers can pile over and around
their batteries And no steel plate
ever made is as effective in stopping
a prOJect1le as is plain, common dirt.
A good earthwork will stop the
mightiest Of the new half-ton steel
shells, with all their armor penetrating
devices. The foe can throw in as many
explosives as he pleases; the modern
earthwork is so constructed that it
will practically repair itself Ordi-
nary breaches in it are closed UP al
most automatically by the dirt that
slides into the cavity from above
So, even if a feet should at last
get an armament that would enable
it to lie SO far away that curvature
of the earth hides it utterly from the
gunners in forts, the ships might
pound away for many days and yet do
little damage.
The Saint Paul globe., 1904-04-10

-A--@N-@ e-+ 44c4-4 q OOLC1 -NCW
York sportsmen who indulge
H. at least once every season in
unique hunt. They call Il
"cross-country hunting on the sea-"
They use long, swift rowboats in
stead of horses, and their hunting
ground is in the turnbling seas off
Rockaway Beach and i'll the channels
leading to the inlet Of the big inland
bay there
The fox is the great, shining.
black pOrpoise
These sea mammals come rolling
and plunging into all the Atlantic
shore waters every summer in bio
schools IN pursuit of fish, which thew
destroy by thousands. Therefore,.
they are the pest Of both professional
and amateur salt water fishermen.
Their strength enables them to break
through almost any ordinary net. and
many times fishing crew has had to
bewa1l the loss Of seine and catch
both because a pOrpOise happened to
get entangled as the other fish were
being hauled to the surface.
But the porpOises are as tirnid as
they are greedy, and if is as easv to
drive them as it is s .eep. Indeed.
once the big fellows are in shallow
water that IS not more than from ten
to fifteen feet deep they act strik
mgly like sheep, dashing awav from
real or fancied danger headlOnp
quite needless Of any new danger that
may loom ahead.
1t IS of this trait that the sportsmen
take advantage They wait at the
outside OF the inlet in three Or four
rowbOatS until a school Of porpOises
comes tumbling into the bav Win tba
Hood tide. Then they row gently
along behind them till the bic. @rnnf-
:ng, snOrtlng beasts have swum we'll
INTO some channel which has shoals
on each side. Then the boats dash
IN with all the noise that the oarsmen
can make. They thump the thwarts
pound the gunWales as they row. and
splash water. The porpOises at once
rush madly up the channel to Get
away from the boats. Thus thev are
ctlven steadily till they reach the end
OF deep water, while the boats lie
strung. out in a Semi-circle to pre-
vent their retreat to the sea.
hardly ever does pOrpOiSe dare
to SWIM toward the boats and escape
by either passing between them or
by diving under one, although there
Is really nothing to prevent it, for the
men carry no arms. They do not at
tempt to kill the monsters.
Now and then a porpoise will act
ually throw himself aground high and
dry on the mud or sand of bar in
his terror. But generally the crea-
tures merely herd closely together and
thrash around till the boats retreat
and leave their way open to the ocean.
when they dash off like so MANY tor
pedo boats. grunting and putting SO
trantically that they can be heard half
a mile away.
The Saint Paul globe., 1904-04-10

Magdala and Fiberias. It's eastern
terminal will be on the Lake of Gen
nesaret.
1t is planned to build great ware
houses right under the shadow Of
Mount Carmel to store the goods that
are to be carried by the new road
into and out of the land of Galillee.
The Lake of Gennesaret will be fur
rowed by steamships as soon as the
road is finished. and Kapernaum,
which is little more than heap Of
ruins to-day, known by the local name
OF Tel Hum, is to be rebuilt and made
into a new city.
The town Of Nazareth is to be the
big center of the commerce of the
new road.
The incentive that actuates the pro-
The Saint Paul globe., 1904-04-10
Biblical Railroad Stations

A railroad is being built now in the
Holy Land to run through the region
which is most familiar to all the stu
dents Of the Bible. The time table Of
this far-away road will bear the
names of places that are almost
household names to greater part of
the peoples of the world.
The new road is to start at the lit
tie seaport of Haifa, on the bay of
Acre, almost at the foot of Mount
Carmel. 1t is to run diagonally
through Galillee. Some of the sta
tons will be the Biblical places of
Kama, Mount Tabor,
The Saint Paul globe., 1904-04-10

lectors is that railroad through this
part Of Galillee will open the way
into the rich and immense territory
on the eastern shores of the River
Jordan, where there lies a land that
has hardly been touched by the com
merce of the last century.
The Saint Paul globe., 1904-04-10
Peters Trouble

"Oh, DEAR" said little Peter,
This world is all made wrong.
The Saturdays are very short
And school days very long.
| think that it IS very hard
To be little boy
And know there are FIVE days Q
school,
With only one of JOY"
The Saint Paul globe., 1904-04-10

"My!" said Sarah, "Sue, a spider
Can't hear less you stoop beside her
And talk right into her ear!
It's dangerous thing to do it;
Iwouldn't dare to. Ste, would you it?"
"No, indeed" )" said Sue, II fear"
The Saint Paul globe., 1904-04-10
Chasing POrn0iSeS

HERE are half a dozen New
York sportsmen who indulge
H. at least once every season in
a unique hunt. They call ii
The Saint Paul globe., 1904-04-10
UGyS of the Fog

rTOG plays queer tricks on the
- sea-" said Sandy Hook
= pilot one day last week.
The Saint Paul globe., 1904-04-10
Firing at Unseen Marks

& TOW that the United States
nj Government is experiment
4 ing in building a naval can
The Saint Paul globe., 1904-04-10

Sue, while Sarah stood beside her,
Spied Upon savage spider
Spinning si1ken meshes stout.
Sue said, as her eyes grew wider:
"My! A fly just went inside her,
And it hasn't yet come out!"
The Saint Paul globe., 1904-04-10
The Fooled Fox

Y ASH winter an old Vermont trap
per fooled fox who was too
- smart for his own good.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1904-12-16
CHARGING ALL THE
TRAFFIC WILL BEAR

A tale comes from Hilo of heavy
freight rates which, If true, is discour-
aging to n development of local Hilo
enterprises.
Hilo parties have engaged in the
business of cutting koa logs from a for
est back Of the town and have sent n
number of shipments to San Francisco,
paying $3.50 per thousand feet, board
measure. A large shipment was ready
for the last steamer Enterprise, but it
Is stated that the captain Informed the
shippers that he had received instruc-
tons that hereafter the freight rate
would be $2i thousand. The shippers
objected that the rate was prohbitive.
but the captain persisting, they declin-
cd to ship, whereupon the Enterprise
returned to San Francisco nearly emp
ty and partially in ballast.
This statement is made by reputable
persons and. If correct, shows an ex-
ceedingly short-sighted policy on the
rart of those controlling the steamer
Enterprise. 1t Is to be hoped that
there is an explanation other than that
the steamship company is trying to tax
a small and struggling industry all
that the traffic will bear.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1904-12-16
ASSESSORS
IN SESSION
Conclude That They
Can Do Nothing
At This Time.

The tax assessors from the several
districts in the Territory met in the
office of Assessor ]. l.. Holt as a Board
of Equalization yesterday, but because
there was nothing before them to
equalize the meeting was not produc-
tive of results.
I'VE met" said Mr.. Holt. because
the law makes 1t mandatory upon us
to meet for this purpose In December.
But there were no data before US, and
none available and so we could do
nothing. The purpose was to have
discussion of the "a; ,cvv for the
coming year, and to get the ideas of
the various assessors upon what
changes, II any, II is desirable to have
made In the tax laws at the coming
session of the legislature.
But, as l said before, there were no
data to go upon, and so the meeting
adjourned at noon today without TAX
ing any action whatever. The adjourn
ment was taken until March 6, 1905.
By that time we will have figures, and
there will be something for us to go
upon. You see. We will begin to get
returns from taxes next month, and
the Planters Association meets i'm
February, and we will have all their
reports to go upon. We expect to be
able to act much more intelligently at
that time. oh. yes; there was a full
meeting of the Board. Territorial
Treasurer Campbell presided at the
meeting, and all the assessors from the
outside districts We're present"
The assessors from the various dis
tricts are: First district, oahu, ]. L.
Holt; second district. Maui and Molo-
kali w. T. Robinson third district,
Hawaii N. C. Willfong; fourth district.
Kauai, j. *. Farley.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1904-12-16
WAR HELPS
JAP WOMEN
Take Places of Teachers
Who Go to the
Front.

"The war in the Orient has done
wonderful thing FOR the women Oh
Japan" said immigration Inspector
Richard l.. Halsey. you know, the
war has drained the supply of men
from the Mikado's empire, and among
thos who have gone have been the
masters of the schools of Japan. These,
before the war, were all men-and for
the most part they were young men.
1t is the young men who are depended
upon to guide the youth OF Japan in
the pathway of progress and civiliza-
tion.
"It is estimated that the war has
taken to the front $500 of the school
masters of Japan. Now, the schools
could not be closed because the mas
teis were taken away. That is not the
manner of the government of Japan.
And as there were no more qualified
young men to put in charge of the
schools, the work OF teaching has been
taken upon themselves by the women.
THE effect has been remarkable not
least upon the women teachers them
selves. 1t is said that they have i'm
proved by the discipline almost as
much as their pupils, and that as a re-
suit the work of teaching the primary
schools will be continued by the women,
even after the war is over.'
1t has been a remarkable thing in
connection with the development and
modernization of Japan, that the wom-
en- of Japan have not seemed to share
the spirit, or at least the fruits of
progress with the men. The japanese
man of today is a modern, up to date
and H. some respects a little ahead.
The japanese woman, so far as an
outsider could judge her, has occupied
position no higher, or very little
higher than that held by her sisters of
the time before the Mikado drove out
the Shotgun.
Now, If the Russian war has taught
the men of Japan that there is really
room for their women on the more
elevated plane held by her sisters of
Europe and America, the war will not
have been in vain even though Russia
should not, in the eventuality, be driv-
en- out of Manchuria.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1904-12-16
A FAIR EXCHANGE.

Large sums of money are no
doubt realized from simple spec
ulation, but the great fortunes
are derived from legitimate and
honest business-where the goods
furnished are worth the price
they bring. Certain famous busi-
ness men have accumulated their
millions wholly in this way.
Prompt and faithful in every
contract or engagement they en-
joy the confidence of the public
and command a class of trade
that is refused to unstable or
tricky competitors. In the long
run it does not pay to cheat or
deceive others. A humbng may
be advertised with a noise like
the blowing Of a thousand trum-
pets, but it is soon detected and
exposed. The manufacturers of
WAMPOLE'S PREPARATION
have always acted on very differ
ent principles. Before offering
it to the public they first made
sure of its merits. Then, and
then only, did it's name appear
in print. People were assured of
what it would do, and found the
statement truthful. To-day they
believe in it as we all believe in
the word of a tried and trusted
friend. 1t is palatable as honey
and contains all the nutritive
and curative properties of Pure
Cod Liver Oil, extracted by us
from fresh cod livers, combined
with the Compound Syrup of
Hypophosphites and the Extracts
OF Malt and Wild Cherry. 1t
aids digestion, drives impurities
from the blood, and cures Ane-
mia, Scrofula, Debility, Influenza,
Throat and Lung Troubles, and
Wasting Complaints. DR.. Louis
w. Bishop says: "I take pleasure
in saying l have found it most
efficient preparation, embodying
all of the medicinal properties
OF a pure cod liver oil in most
palatable form" 1t is a scientific
remedy and a food with a deli
cious taste and favour. One
bottle convinces. "You cannot
be disappointed in it." Sold by
chemists here and everywhere.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1904-12-16
SENATOR LANE WILL
KEEP ALL PROMISES

Senator John Lane has not entirely
mapped out his line OF campaign dur
ing the next session of the Legislature,
but it is his purpose to keep faith with
the electorate by supporting the in
PRODUCTION and passage OF every meas
ure proposed in the Republican plat
form.
II intend to carry out the promises
made during the campaign" said the
senator yesterday. 81 supported the
Republican platform from first to last,
and the promises l made to the voters
I intend to keep. If l did not, my
election would have been effected un-
der false pretences. l have no ambi-
tion, as a legislator. to play fast and
loose with my constituents"