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The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-05-04

The Corporation Commission i
sending off its annual letter of in
structions to tax-listers, as required
by the Machinery Act. This o
course is an off year, no real estat,
being valued.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-05-04

Messrs. M. P. Ray, w. e. Faison
Telfafr Horton, o. d. Green. E. Z
Farmer and L. w. Alderman will e.
to Cary tomorrow afternoon and will
institute a lodge of J. O. u. A. M
at that place.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-05-04

Prof. Hume. the State Horticulture
list, is arranging for visit to various
points in the State. He goes first to
Fayetteville, and then to the other
points in the East and will make care
full studies.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-05-04

A. S. Thomas, of Durham, was yes
terday declared bankrupt in the
Federal Court here, upon petition OF
the Winston Furniture Company and
others.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-05-04

The Polk residence on Person stree
has been bought by Mrs. j. w. Den.
mark, daughter of the late Colone
Polk. for S3,421.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-05-04

Sealed bids for the township ! onds
sold for account. Of the Raleigh and
Pamlico Sound Railroad Company.
will be received by Coulty "rrasuI er
B. P. Williamson at his Office until 2
o'clock today.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-02-14
THE AWAKENING OF JAPAN.

queue irrevocably, but for the rest he lived
a dual life. During hours OF duty be
were fine uniform, shaped and decorated
in foreign style. But so soon as ne step
ped out of office or off parade he reverted
to his own comfortable and picturesque
costume. Handsome houses were built
and furnished according to western mod,
els But each had an annex where al
coves, and paper sliding doors continued
to do traditional duty-Beef steaks, beer,
grapevine knives and forks, came into
use on occasion. But rice bowls and
chCp-stlcks held their place as OF Old
Japan had grown old in the new paths
and now, thirry-five years after, there are
tho Sc who tread the Old still.
But Parliaments and Constitutions are
wonderful things, and the new Japan has
taken her place in the front line OF ma
tions. The attempt to set up Parlia-
meIt without parties failed, and we saw
the other day that the Japanese Parlia-
mont, the child of the political genius of
Asia, had dared to rebuke the Emperor
who brought it into being. Men who
ruled Japan before Mutsuhito was born
live humble lives today. Sons of feudal
lords, whose ancestors lived in great
castles, led great armies, and ruled great
territories, are servants of shopkeepers,
ana clerks now. Even the pensions,
which were to have gone on forever,
were bought by the state In its transform
Ing days, and liberty, equality, and fra
ternity have been cut deep in vivid let
taIs across the living Japan.
Thirty-five short years, and today men
tremble to think what thirty-fve shore
hours may bring for this magical lano u.
the modern world.-(A. NJ, IN the LondoT.
Mail)
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WIN I . COMING
siRiNoiNo0 CA1TIARREIl

Every Catarrh sufferer breads t
breath of the ice-king" this mise
the disgusting symptoms return.
throat can be kept clear Of mucous
and splitting. Catarrh is nuisance
and source of annoyance, not only
TO the one who has it, but everybody
else. The thick, yellow discharge
from the head produces a feeling of
personal deflement, and the oder of
the breath is almost intolerable
The catarrhal poison brings on
stomach troubles and afectsthe Kid
1eys and Bladder. It attacks the
soft bones and tissues of the head
and throat, causing total or partial
deafness, the loss OF smell, and Civ
ing to the voice a rasping, nasal
fwang. No part of the body is secure
from its ravages. Catarrh makes
you sick all over, for it is dis
ease of the blood, and circulates all
through the system, and for this
reason, sprays, washes, inhalers,
powders and salves have proven
failures.
The way to cure Catarrh thor
oughly and permanently is to cleanse
the blood of the unhealthy secretions
that keep the membranes of the body
inhalned, and nothing does this so
surely and promptly as S. S. S. AS
long as the blood is poisoned with
Catarrhal matter the discharge of n
g l. 1t I
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-02-14

GOULD NOT HEAR THE TICK OF A
CEOCA.
Watsonville, Pa, July 13, 1908.
Dear Sirs:
have used 8. 8. s. for Catarrh Of tho
inner ear, and have found it an excel
lent remedy for same. had been
troubled with this disease FOR years
and tried many things in an effort to
get relief, but nothing did me any
permanent good until I began s. s. 8.
I had a discharge from my ear and my
hearing was so badly affected that 7
could not hear the tick OF q clock. was
in bad shape when began your med
icine. s. 5. $. has done away with the
discharge and my hearing has been
wonderfully improved; SO much so
that can now carry on conversation
in an ordinary tone, whereas q year
ago this was in1possi BILE.
Your medicine has done me q world OF
good and DO not hesitate to give it the
credit it deserves. -
w. KRUMETNN.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-02-14
no SIGN OF CATARRH, IN THTR-
TEEN YEARS.

Krebs, Ind. Ter, Aug. I, 1908.
Dear Sirs:
About thirteen years ago used your
remedy for Catarrh. had been troubled
with it for about nine years, but since
taking S. s. 8. have never been worried
with it. feel able to recommend s. S. s.
as g. sure cure FOR Caterrh.
r.. MILLWEE.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-02-14

he coming of winter, for with the first
rable disease is famed into life and all
The nostrils are stopped up and the
secretions only by continual hawking
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-02-14

Hickory, N. c., Feb. 10.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-05-17
THE PORT ARTHUR RLuNpER.

New York Evening Post.-Early in
the war Gen. Dragomiroff urged the
Russian general staff to evacuate Port
Arthur. How much there was to be
said for such movement, from a
strictly military point of view, may be
gathered from the present plight of
that fortress. Cut off and beleaguered,
the Japanese will now sit down before
1T at their leisure AS an effective
check to the advance of the enemy, the
Port Arthur Garrison, whatever its ac-
tual strength, would doubtless be more
serviceable with the main body of the
Russian army. What determined the
Russian strategists to cling to Port
Arthur to the last was the belief that
precipitate evacuation would be too
severe a blow to national prestige. 1t
may be questioned. however, if the
modification of having to abandon
Port Arthur would have been greater
than that of having to stand helplessly
by which it is isolated and besieged.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-05-17
PROPOSED LEGAL REFORMS.

Keokuk Gate, City.-The next legis-
lature will be asked to enact a law
prohibiting supreme court decisions
based on technical legal points, pro-
Vided the recommendation of the COM
mittee on legal reform Of the State Bar
association is approved by that organ
ization. The committee has voted in
favor of such legislation and will urge
the association to press 1T upon the
general assembly. The recommends
ton in full is as follows:
'"rhat statute be enacted directing
the supreme court not to reverse any
case, civil or criminal because of any
technical error unless the record dis
closes that such error might have
changed the judgment of the trial
court
L. G. Kline, of the state board of
control, is chairman of the committee,
and Congressman Wade, H. M. REM
ley, ]. II. Henderson, e. S. Huston, Q.
A. Clark and Fl. M. Towner are the
other members. 1t is understood that
Colonel Clark will oppose the recon-
mendation in the convention, which
will be held in Ottumwa, July IA and
Is. Another important recommends
ton by the law reform committee is
that the judges of the courts select ano
summon expert witnesses, instead OF
the litigants. The subject of CONTROL
ing the marriage of detectives If
Iowa will also be brought to the notice
of the State Bar association through
the recommendation of the same com
mittee which urges the passage of {
law prohibiting marriage by or witt
persons afflicted with imbecility, fee
BILE mindedness, epilepsy or insanit,
and prescribing penalties for the pun
ishment Of persons violating the pro-
visions of the act.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-05-17
JAPAN's SPLENDID PROGRESS.

Chicago Record Herald.-As the sit
uation now stands Japan has complet-
ed one Of the three great tasks which
lay before her at the declaration of
war; she has finished all but the flag
ends of another, and she has made
fine beginning on the third. More
specifically she has thoroughly occu-
pied Corea, she has secured command
of the seas, except for the existence of
the Vladivostok fleet, to (which is al
lowed a certain measure of freedom
only till Japan gets ready to come to
conclusions with it, and she has invad-
ed Manchuria and invested Port Ar
thur.
It is pure gain to Japan that Rus
STA was too weak to force fighting in
Corea and that the great land cam
paigns will be all on Manchurian soil.
Japan can now enter with troops fresh
and inexhausted on the task of cap
turing Port Arthur, and, if she desires,
Vladivostok, and of forcing the Rus
slams out of southern Manchuria. How
far on the road to Hardin Japan will
press forward depends in all probable
fty solely on the size of the army which
Gen. Kuropatkin can muster this sum-
mer for resistance.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-05-17
LOSERS WIZ FIGHT
SAMUEL ALscHuLER AND JERRY
SULLIVAN OPPOSED IN
LAWSUIT.

Des Moines, May 14-ssamuel AL
schiller, Of Illinois, and Jerry Sullivan,
Of Iowa, defeated democratic candi-
dates for governor in their respective
states, will clash in a warm legal bat
tie In the United States circuit court
here Monday morning.
For several days the Illinois polite
clan has been in Des Moines in coun-
sci with N. I. Guernsey preparing a
defense in the libel suit which has been
Instituted by the Bankers Mutual Cas-
ualty company against the Ocean Ac-'
cident & Guaranty company. Mr.. Sui
Ivan Is assisting Geo. w Bowen In the
prosecution. In the action the COM
plainants claim that the defendant is
sued and distributed circular broad
cast over the United States which had
a tendency to injure their credit. The
case has ben set for trial Monday, only
one other having a preference.
Both Of the defeated democratic
candidates are acknowledged to be
among the leaders in the legal profess
sion Of their state and 1t is expected
the law questions in the suit will be
bitterly fought.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-05-17
REALIGNMENT IN EUROPE.

st. Louis Globe Democrat. of
the consequences of Russias loss of
power and prestige is already evident
in the virtual failure Of her attempt
to float her projected s200,0OO0OO loan.
Another is the gradual, but very per-
ceptible, lessening of French interest
in Russia's success. The rosy tele-
grams of Russian victory which We're
sent out from Paris every day during
the early stages of the war have ceas-
ed. For a time it appeared to Ameri-
cans as IL the Mole ST. Nicholas"
romancer of the Spanish war days of
1898 had been transplanted to Paris.
The world need not be surprised If 1t
hears before many more months pass
that the Franco Russian league has
been dissolved. With the entente be-
tween France and England which has
just been established the republic has
found a possible ally near home which
would be of immeasurably greater SER
vice to her in her day of trouble than
Russia could have been. With the de-
cline and fall Of Muscovite power there
will be new alignments among the Eu-
ropean nations.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-05-17
THE CLEVELAND BOND ISSUE.

Des Moines Register and Leader
What is likely to be the final judgment
on ex-President Cleveland's bond is
sues is well summed up in paragraph
by the Springfield, Mass, Republican,:
Possibly what was done was the
only effective thing that could be done
under the circumstances, but from this
distance it has always appeared that
the course of placing the matter
squarely before the people and the
financial interests Of the country in a
large offer Of bonds for popular sub
scription and payment in gold, would
have been preferable. 1t would at least
have saved the administration from
some Of the unpopularity which it in
CURED on account of this back door
transaction, whereby a syndicate of
bankers obtained bonds at 1o4 or
Whereabouts which they sold to the
public at 10 per cent profit. Mr..
Cleveland and his advisers appear to
have taken the same view of the mat
ter afterward, for the next bond issue
was offered for popular subscription
and 1t will be recalled how successful
it was. Conditions then, to be sure
were a little less panicky than when
the Morgan-Belmont transaction was
negotiated, but there is reason for sup
posing that a similar appeal to the
people in the early months of 1895
would have been similarly effective"
The political supporters of the ex-
president will insist with him that his
deal with J. Pierpont Morgan in 1896
was not only justified, but was una
voidable. The mere fact that Mr. Nor
gan was able to turn about and sell the
bonds he got at a big premium is 6
sufficient answer. The government
could have commanded at least as
much confidence in its own securities
as Mr.. Morgan could, as was amply
demonstrated later on.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-05-17
LIBERTY BELL All THE FAIR.

At last it has been determined that
the old Liberty bell will be taken to
the Worlds fair Many objections to
its removal from Philadelphia, were
offered at first but these have been
overcome. largely because of an APP
peal from $4,000 st. Louis public
school children.
The Liberty bell. which will arrive
in ST. Louis within few days and be
placed on view in the Pennsylvania
state building. is Americas most price
less treasure. No other object is so
beloved by the people. Liberty bell
belongs to the nation.
On July 4, 1916, the bell even then
many years old. rang out the news of
the Declaration of Independence, pro-
claiming liberty to the American col
onists.
The bell was made in England in
1852. Moulded in the metal just be-
low the crown is the imperishable in
scription: Proclaim Liberty Through
out the Land to All the Inhabitants
Thereof" While tolling for the death
of Chief Justice John Marshall in 1885
the old bell was cracked and it's sill
very tones were lost forever. Every
effort to restore its tone proved I'M
availing.
In independence hall of Philadelphia
where Liberty bell proclaimed inde-
pendence 12S years ago, the precious
relic has been carefully preserved. 1t
is mounted upon rollers so that it can
be taken out rapidly in case of fire.
The bell has been seen at several ex-
positions, but for the first time it is
now coming west of the Mississippi
river and this will afford opportunity
to millions of citizens who have not
seen the bell. That it will prove one
of the most interesting features of the
great exposition is not to be disputed,
in view of the reverence in which the
old bell is held by all patriotic people.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-05-17
OBITUARY.
oooooooooooooooooOoooo

Richard M. Johnson was born in
Gurnsey county, Ohio, May 6, 1892 and
died at the home of his daughter, Mrs.
E. Fish, in Floris, Iowa. May 9, 1904,
aged rs years and days. He was
married to Elmira Watson Dec. &c,
1852. To this union six children were
born, four daughter and two sons, all
of whom are still living. He, with his
wife and two children came to Iowa in
1865 and settled in Davis county, where
he has made his home nearly ever
since. The country was quite new
when he first came to the state. In
1856 he professed conversion and
united with the M. Z. church. His
motto was "do unto others as you
would have them do to YOU" Mr..
johnson was an Industrious and hard
working man. He leaves to mourn his
loss six children, one sister and host
of friends. He buried his wife March
20, 1897. The funeral was conducted
at the Dunyille church, Rev. G. Spring
err oBciating and his burial was made
in the Dunyille cemetery.
Contributed
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-05-17
STATE CONVENTION CALL.
To the republican electors of the state
Iowa.

To the republican electors of the state of
iowa:
In accordance with the usage and In pur-
suance of call Of the republican national
committee and by direction of the republic
can state central committee of Iowa., del
egate convention Of the republicans of
Iowa will he held In the city of Des Moines,
Iowa, on Wednesday, May IS, 1904, at II
O'Clock a. m, for the purpose Of electing
four delegates-at-large and four alternate
delegates-at-large to represent Iowa in the
republican national convention to be held
In the city of Chicago, in the state of I'LL
nois, on Tuesday, June 81, 1904.
All republican and other voters In this
state, without regard to past political affili.
ations, who believe in republican principles,
and who endorse the policy of the republic
can party, are cordially invited to unite
under this call in the election of delegates
and alternate delegates to said national
convention.
The national committee directs that the
congressional district delegates and alter
nate delegates shall be elected by conyen-
lions called by the congressional committee
of each district in the manner of nomlnat-
Ing the candidate for representative in con.
gress in said district The congressional
committee of each district Is empowered
and directed to determine the time and
place of holding its district convention, ex-
cept that all such conventions must be held
at least thirty days prior to June 81, 1904,
and due notice thereof shall be given to
the voters of the several districts.
The basis of representation in the state
convention will be as follows: One delegate
for each county and one additional delegate
for each 200 votes or fraction Of 100 or over
cast for Albert B. Cummins for governor
ut the general election held November 8,
1908, and each county will be entitled to
IoIn otnc all
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-05-17
CONTROL IN PANAMA GIVEN TO
TAFT

The administration of affairs in the
canal strip has been placed in control
of Secretary of War Taft by President
Roosevelt. So long as the present law
remains in operation Mr. Taft is to be
supreme in the isthmian strip belong
ing to the United States, at any rate
to the end of the present congress
which does not close until March 4,
1905. There is possibility that the
present arrangements for the con-
troll of this territory will be extend
ed, especially if they work well be-
tween this and the convening of con-
gress next December. Inasmuch as
some one connected with the govern
ment in Washington has to be respon-
sible for the government of the Pana-
ma canal strip. it seemed to the Presi-
dent that Secretary Taft was eminent
ly fitted to assume this responsibility.
Touching on the wisdom of the Presi-
dent in making this choice and the fit
ness of Secretary Taft for the place,
the st. Louis Globe-Democrat says:
"a wise choice has been made. Mr..
Taft has had considerable experience
of an executive and constructive char
dSICl III tlS 1 LlllpPlACo. liz w CD thS
civil head of the archipelago for a
long time. put the provisional govern
ment there in operation and gave sat
isfaction to the President and to the
American people, as well as to a large
portion of the residents of the islands.
All the foreigners in the islands, at all
events, were pleased with the man
agement Of affairs there, and most of
the more civilized Filipinos accepted
the situation promptly. Thus the sec
rotary of war gained an experience in
dealing with an alien race and with
novel conditions which ought to be of
value to him in his new task.
1t will be the secretary's object to
protect the interests of the people of
the United States and to make the re-
gion as salubrious as possible for the
residents and the workmen who are to
build the canal. In fact, the sanitary
work is likely to occupy the time of the
government for many months before
the digging of the waterway can start.
Thousands of deaths took place among
the workmen and officials of the canal
during the French regime. That, spot
was about the unhealthiest portion OF
the globe for the canal diggers. All
this will have to be changed by the
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-05-17
NOT IN ANGER, BUT IN FAIRNESS.

Cedar Rapids Republican.-There is
one thing is certain and that is about
nine-tenths of the republican in Iowa,
will not force upon the state conven-
ton any kind of protection that all re-
publicans cannot partake Of In at
least two state conventions, preceding
last years, the reformers simply fore
ed their radicalism down the throats
of the rest of the republicans. They
did it because they had the votes. Now
that the others have the votes they
must not do anything. so foolish. The
majority this year should be firm, but
moderate not seeking to humiliate
anyone and not feeling it's own. oats
too much That is the way to lay to
the foundations of permanent vic
tory. Pounding the other fellow into
the dust, which the reformers did in
the conventions under their control,
is a policy that sooner or later reacts.
Fairness and integrity in politics and
honor and generosity are qualities that
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-05-17
CONGRESSIONAL CONVENTIONS.

Call for Republican Conventions Of
the Sixth Congressional District of
the State of Iowa to Select Dele
gates to the National Convention.
To the republican electors Of the sixth
congressional district Of the state of
Iowa:
In accordance with usage and in
pursuance of calls issued by the repub-
lican national committee and the re-
publican state central committee of
Iowa, respectively, delegate conven-
ton of the republicans of the sixth con.
gressional district Of Iowa will be held
at Des Moines, Iowa, on May IS, 1904,
at 9 o'clock a. M, for the purpose OF
selecting two delegates and two alter
nate delegates to represent said con-
gressional district in the republican
national convention to be held in the
city Of Chicago, in the state of Illinois,
on Tuesday, June 81, 1904.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-05-17
TWILL CHICAGO FoReEr?u

Will Chicago forget the horrible holo-
caust of December last when more
than 600 lives were snuffed out by a
fire which started in the Iroquois the
atre? This is the query set forth by
the Chicago Inter-Ocean in comment
ing on the proposition that has been
made to rebuild and refit the structure
and again open it as a play house. 1t
says:
Plans for the reconstruction of the
Iroquois theatre have been submitted
to the public authorities and the nee
essary permit for the work formally
asked. Changes have been planned in
the arrangement of the building which
will, it is said, tend to prevent recur-
renee of the tragedy there which
shocked the world and filled Chicago
with mourning in the last days of 1903.
The owners and lessees of this prop
erty undoubtedly have the right to do
anything lawful with their own that
they will. Nor is it necessary in this
place to discuss the moral ideals of
Chicago to turn to this theatre for
merrymaking.
The larger question, and the impor-
tant question, for those whose prop
erty this is, and for Chicago, is not
whether the people of Chicago can be
persuaded that this will be safe the
atre hereafter. 1t is whether the people
of Chicago can be persuaded to forget
what happened in that building on De
cember 80, 1903.
Will Chicago forget what the Iro-
quois theatre was? Can Chicago for
get? The answer that question will
find when the Iroquois is again opened
as a place of public amusement will
show just how deeply the people OF
Chicago felt when they mourned their
600 dead