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Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1904-06-02
Human counterfeits.

If there is any distinguishing virtue
of this age, it is the stress placed on
genuine manhood and wonanhood.
There is more and more of a demand
that people seem what they are. Re
suits count with US more than embel-
lishments. We ask not so much of a
mans antecedents or the incidents that
surround him. Our one inquiry is,
"Can he make good?'
In spite Of all seeming indications to
the contrary, appearances never count
ed for SO little as they do today. While
we may place value on position, cul-
ture, wealth and correct behavior,
after all our regard for them is rather
as induces to the character of their
possessor than as determnate factors
in themselves Whatever the scale of
life in which we find man, we seek
to know what the man is in himself.
Herein is found the eagerness of this
age for the personal touch. If any one
suddenly rises to fame, the public at
once asks to know o, him in all the
details of his life This is not mere
vulgar curiosity, nor is it an undue in
vasion of privacy. 1t is an attempt to
find the real man. We are not content
to know of mems fame or place or pos
sessions alone. These are external
things What is the man in himself?
How does he treat his family? What
are his personal characteristics? What
are the things he likes? What books
does he read? What are his recrea-
tons? What is the heart quality of
the man? What are his actuating mo
uves? What is the real personality
behind the seeming?
This desire Of the public to know the
inmost character Of its heroes before
it places its worship is healthy. The
world has been imposed on by too
many human counterfeits. Now it
would test the genuine coin from the
spurious 1t would hear the ring of
real manhood or womanhood. 1t would
try those whom it is asked to crown
with it's laurels. 1t would make sure
that its gods have not feet of clay.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1904-06-02
Japanese Public Works.

AT present all things japanese are
peculiarly interesting. The marvellous
evolution in the Land of the Rising Sun
has touched all lines of her life, and,
while the world sees only the military
transformation, the industrial develop
ment has been quite as marked AS
all the energies of the nation are now
absorbed in the life and death strug-
gle in which the island kingdom is in
volved, there is necessarily a tempo
rary cessation in public works The
following recent report of e. G. Bel
lows, American consul general at Yoko-
hama, throws much light on the sub
iect.
Money which had been intended for the
extension of government railway lines has
been diverted to other uses and it is
stated that the government will stop
work on all new lines except those needed
for transporting military supplies. The
Sanyo Railway company had in con-
temptation the doubling of its tracks and
other improvements during this year, but
whether the directors of the company will
proceed with their plans under present
disturbed conditions may we'll be doubted
The increased cost of labor is already
a noticeable factor in Industrial condi-
lions, and the probability of continued
rise. together with the difficulty of secur-
ing Workmen, introduces a speculative
element into contracts for construction
which will render them very undesirable
during the coming season. In this re-
gard foreigners are at a great disadyan-
tage as compared with natives. because
they do not know so well where to look
for laborers, and the traditions of the
country cause workmen to expect higher
wages when employed by a foreigner.
There may be a considerable demand for
certain kinds of foreign steel and iron
which the japanese are not yet able to
supply from their own foundries.
The rise in the scale of wages will
prove especially interesting to all stu
dents of economic and social subjects
! FOR the wage scale is a certain baron
eter of Industrial conditions This re
port in itself furnishes a REPUTATION tc
! those who contend that Japan's taking
I on of western civilization has beer
largely superficial and initiative Ii
the increased price of labor alone is
4 found evidence that the change is fun
damental and has gone to the very
roots of the national life.
Il h 4
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1904-06-02
Endowed Theaters.

Periodically in the United States and |
England has arisen an agitation favor
able to theaters endowed by states or
municipalities after the plan in vogue
in certain portions Of continental Eu-
rope. The recent establishment in the
has again served to revive discussion
of the question in the United States.
Already certain cities provide funds
for band concerts, public baseball
grounds and other similar provisions
for public amusement, but as yet there
has been no attempt to endow play
houses, which have been left wholly
in private hands. The only effort at
governmental control has been in the
line Of protecting the public from fires,
to insure proper sanitation and to pre-
vent indecent exhibitions. The Amer
lean way has been to let the public do
whatever "endowing' it thought proper
by the box Office route. This plan has
seemed to give measurable satisfaction,
nor is there evident any widespread de-
sire to change it. In view of the dis
cussion of the state theater, however,
the following statistics compiled by the
ST. Louis Republic are interesting:
| In Europe some states and cities pro-
| vide the land for, playhouses; some the
| land and the playhouses: some the land,
| the playhouse and an annual subsidy;
some provide the land and building, but
/ require the theater management to pay
1 the taxes on and maintain the property;
1 some provide the land and an annuity,
1 but do not erect the building; some pro-
/ vide the land and building, with an an
! nuity. but stipulate that certain kinds of
performances must be given at certain
/ times.
In st. Petersburg and Moscow there are
six theaters supported by the car. In
i Berlin there are two theaters, on state
/ land, which receive liberal annual appro-
4 priatons from the state. In Vienna there
4 are state owned opera house, which
4 cost about $2,500,O00, and 2 state owned
i theater. which cost about s69,0OO Both
houses are maintained by the govern
1 ment. In Belgium many Of the cities
| own or maintain theaters In Paris are
four national theaters, which are used
rent free, the taxes being paid from the
box Office revenue, although each house
4 gets a subsidy from the state. There are
4 certain provisions as to certain kinds Of
4 productions at certain times. The cities
of Rome and Milan own theaters.
These facts are worthy Of especial
attention in view Of the effort now be-
ing made to endow a theater in New
4 York.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1904-06-02

Speaker Cannon seems to have made.
a ruling shortly before the adjourn
ment of congress as revolutionary in
Its way as that Of counting a quorum,
though this latest Gear" ism. if such a
word is permissible, resulted in only a
chorus Of outlaws instead Of angry pro-
tests, 1t was at the close of consider
alton Of the Lodge Cooper bill. and the
speaker put it first tosa viva voce vote
There was only a faint response from
the Republican side, all being Yeas.
When the opposite side was called a
great chorus Of nays sweiled forth.
well, the yeas have IT, said the
speaker after little pause, adding in a
facetious tone, "but the nays made the
most noise"
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1904-06-02
While the Bear Is Busy.

The poet who said that s.nlisfortunes
come not singly" and the equally OBJ
servant writer who remarked that it
never rains but it pours" We're uncon-
scious prophets of Russia's situation at
the present juncture Right on the
heels of the various unpleasant nap
penings down Port Arthur way comes
an apparently innocent suggestion
from England that cannot but have
tendency to create a desire in the heart
of the bear to go off in some secluded
spot and mediate upon the heartless-
ness of nations This is the suaye and
diplomatic statement by Lord Lans-
downe to the Russian ambassador that
this would be an opportune time for
the governments of his majesty King
Edward VII. and the autocrat of all the
Russias, Nicholas H., to get together
and settle their little differences. Nor
was this remark intended to be humor-
Gus, q sort of sly attempt at rubbing
it in, as it We're. AS matter of fact
it is anything but humorous to Russia,
The recent treaty between France
and England adroitly removed Russians
ally from the field of negotiations and
left the way clear for this next step.
Of course Lord Lansdowne made the
suggestion in a duly gentle and insin-
uating way, sort of holding out of
the olive branch, so to speak. 1t is safe
to say that the steel beneath the glove,
or, to be more explicit, the meat ak
behind the olive leaves, was not re-
vealed. Perhaps it was unnecessary.
The Sav is something of an artist at
certain sorts of diplomacy himself and
is given credit for being able to see
through a grindstone, especially If the
hole is large enough. To ask him to
take UP a job lot of momentous nego-
tiations when his hands are already
little more than full with Great Brit
aims nimble ally in the far east must
strike him as sort Of bear batting of
rather exquisite order Just how tlris
move would appeal to diplomat it is
impossible to say, but to layman it
would appear "sly, sir, devilish sly"
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1904-06-02

! I - - .
It has been discovered that the name
America was first given to the vest
ern hemisphere by a French geogra-
apher named Martin Waldseemuller.
The map on which the name occurs
has been discovered. It is eight feet
long and four feet high and was made
in 1907. Waldseemuller also wrote g
pamphlet arguing that the name Amer
lea should be given to the new CONT
neat the anomalous reason assigned
being thai Asia and Europe had been
named for women. Why Columbus
should b robbed Of the glory on this
account, however, is not explained.
Anywar. thA Waldseemuller label
stuck
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1904-06-02

Congressman Cushrnan Of Washing
ton says that one Of his constituents res
CARO- Roosevelt as the greatest man he
ever saw, for the reason that the presi-3
dent Is the only man he ever laid eyes
on that slooks worse than his car
toons. =
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1904-06-02

I Dr.. q. Benjamin Andrews, chancellor
OF the University of Nebraska. thinks
that no family should contain over ten
chill rcn Why not fix minimum linn
1t rather than a maximum?
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1904-06-02

.Is the climate chan ing asks a
Econternp orary Most people in the.
northern half Of the country have spent
larger part Of the time this sprlngl
hoping that II might do SO.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1904-06-02

The Russian admirals are truly un-s
fortunate Poor Makaroff wap blown
up BY mine and Alexeief was blown
up by the ear. VI
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1904-06-02

"a new political novel Ii called .sThe
Grafters. But there = no fiction u
Ethat tito. EN-
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1904-06-02

The Russian soldiers are complaining
about the food supply. The Port Ar
thur t1sh seem to be satisfied. however.
The San Francisco call., 1904-08-31

Liaoyang, where the Russians
have been strongly fortifying for
some time. The Japanese claim
TO have captured two field bat.
Jteries during the past two days.
Russian official accounts admit
the loss Of only six guns. 1t is
stated that a Japanese battery was
captured south of Ansllanshan
during the preliminary fighting
and that several Japanese guns
have been destroyed since then.
Official news from the front
says that there was desperate
fighting on the southern center,
while from information from
other sources it appears that the
Japanese are endeavoring to turn
the Russian right from the neigh
borhood of the junction of the
Taitse and Sakhe rivers
The San Francisco call., 1904-08-31
Liaoyang Armies
About Evenly
Matched.
Japanese Are Try
ing to Flank Ku-
ropatkin.

ST. PETERSBURG, Aug.
81 (3:55 a. M 1.-The great bat
tie of Liaoyang, which began
early Tuesday morning, ragged
throughout the day with increas-
ing intensity. The Japanese forces
engaged can only be estimated
here, but they are believed to
number about 100000 men. Gen
.eral Kuropatkin is known to
have six army corps, besides 147
squadrons of cavalry, bringing up
the Russian total to about the
same number as that of the Jap
anese.
How the armies compare with
regard to artillery is not definite
ly known, though throughout the
war the Japanese have shown
great preference for this arm and
great skill, in its use. Reports
from the front credit the Jap
anese with having about 1900
guns and many mountain batter
les, and it is known that they re-
Gently shipped "a heavy guns to
Yinkow. Four of these guns al
ready have been mentioned in
these dispatches as being in
action.
General Kuropatkin, in addi-
ton to his field batteries, has a
number of very heavy guns en-
placed at important positions at
The San Francisco call., 1904-08-31
GOVERNOR
LOCKS OUT
TREASURER
Wisconsin State Of
flee Is Declared
Vacant.
Custodian Of Funds Fails to
Increase Bond After a
Shortage
0HStsd Mans Attempt 70 Change the
Combination On the Vault
Is FOiled
snsesal pssnsteh 70 me can.

MADISON, Wis, Aug. 3o.-Governor
La Fouette al room today formally
declared the Office of State Treasurer
vacant because Treasurer John J.
Kempf failed 30 supply an additional
bond Of $3.50. eco demanded By the Gov
e-nor after 81 was discovered that there
was a. shortage OF $500 II the State
land fund The shortage was made
good four weeks ago and Kenpf had
until noon to-day TO increase his bond
from s250, 900 TO $500, 900.
Kempf says that he is still State
Treasurer and viii remain so until his
successor shall have been legally named
and qualified
After Kempf left the department the
, Governor had the old lock on the door,
10 which Kempf had key, replaced
by a new one, and ordered a policeman
10 guard the door ard allow no one TO
enter without special permission
Kempf arrived at the department
early IN the day, accompanied by two
pefsonal friends and an expert lock
smith. Kempf Intended TO have the
locfzsr1ith change the combination on
the vault so that no one except him
self could open it, When he attempted
10 have the locksrith do this Deputy
Treasurer Thomas Purtell quietly
.yI0sed The age leading TO the vault and
refused TO Jet the expert near the lock
. Then Kempf told Furteu that he was
discharged and The deputy replied that
Ke-npf could not discharge any one in
the department
The San Francisco call., 1904-08-31
Japanese to Re
new Onslaught
To-Day.
Kuropatkin's Men
Expect Fierce
Attack.

LIAOYANG, Aug. 3o.-In
the stubbornly fought battle
which has been in progress since
early morning all attempts of the
Japanese to turn the Russian flank
have been repulsed. 1t is said
that the Japanese lost more than
ten guns.
At a o'clock this afternoon the
Japanese concentrated their fire
on Russian southern detachment
and also tried to outhank the de-
tachnent from the right under
the protection of the batteries.
One company after another was
noticed running swiftly to the
westward in an attempt to out
flank the positions, but Russian
regiment and a battery were or
dered to advance and succeeded
in forcing the enemy to retreat in
disorder, evacuating positions
they previously had gained.
There was an immense expen-
diture of ammunition throughout
the day, especially on the southern
front against the Russian Third
Corps.
1t is believed that the Russian
The San Francisco call., 1904-08-31
LAWS
CRUSADERS
CAUSE RIOT
Mob in. PittSburg
Attacks De-
teCtiVeS.

PITTSBURG, Aug. 3O.-The crusade
carried on by the Allegheny County
Sabbath Observance Association in the
past three weeks to enforce the blue
laws of 1894 resulted in riot and muir
der in Allegheny tonight Harry d.
Knox, driver of an ice wagon, was
killed.
The enforcement of the old laws.
which prohibit the sale on Sunday of
ice. soda water. candy, cigars and every
other article of merchandise called a
luxury, has reused intense feeling
throughout the country, and many
threats have been made against the
prosecutors. Tonight the chief detec-
tive for the association, P. T. Gamble,
and two Of his force, Nelson c. and
Harry w. Starkey, were on trial for
perjury, the charge being that they
had procured the conviction Of a store
keeper who proved that his store had
not been opened for business on Sun
day. About 1000 persons had gathered
about the A1derman's Office when the
hearing was concluded, and the mob
made rush for the detectives. Gam
BILE was knocked down and rendered
unconscious for a time. and the other
detectives were roughly handled.
Some time later the detectives left
the office under the escort of consta-
bles and the crowd renewed hostilities.
Nelson Starkey, it is said, fired into
the crowd twice. the first shot wound
ing one man in the hand and the sec
ond bullet entering the abdomen Of
Knox. The police dispersed the mob
with difficulty, after arresting the de-
tectives and a number of the mob
Knox died while being taken to the
hospital.
The San Francisco call., 1904-08-31
Another Body Found
Buried ON Farm
Of Suspect
OCtOgenaPian RanCher ISBe-
lieVed to Have Taken
Many Lives.
Field Will Be PlOwed and Vigorous
Search Made by Officers for fur
ther Evidence Of Murders.
Special Dispatch to The CAN.

COLCHESTER. Conn, Aug. 30.-The
discovery Of a second body on the farm
Of Gershon Marx, the octogenarian
farmer Of this town. who is in the
Norwich Tail. charged with the murder
Of Joseph Paroll in April last. leads
the police here to believe that other
victims Of the old mans temper are
buried on the place. The State AttOr-
ney will order the entire farm plowed
up in a search for more bodies.
For several days Alphonse Grant, in
terpreter for the New London court,
has been searching for the body Of Tom
Palm, who he knew disappeared from
the farm a year ago last October. At
that time Marx told his friends that
Palm had been paid off and had gone
back to the old country.
About a mile from the house yester-
day afternoon Grant came upon a spot
in the woods where the underbrush
seemed less bushy than elsewhere and
showed signs of having been disturbed
within a year or two
He began to dig and soon he struck
layers of stones. Removing these he
struck soft earth, underneath which
he found the dismembered body of a
man tied up in a sack
A similar sack was found around
the body found in the cellar on the
Marx farm in April last The head,s
arms and legs of the victim had been
cut off and there was little left of the
man but the bones. From the clothes
the body was identified by Sheriff
Jackson as that of the missing Palm
Four murders and an attempt TO
poison another man can, it is believed
by the officials, be traced to Marx
The two bodies for which the search
was begun to-day are those of an
eighteen-year-oId boy and a Hebrew
peddIer.
The boy, who was known as Harry,
arrived in New York from Russia about
three years ago and he came here
soon after to work for Marx. He
worked on the farm about six months
and then suddenly disappeared. Marx
said he had gone to Hartford TO find
employment. The Hebrew peddler went
to the Marx home 'one evening two
years ago and he has not been seen
since.
The motive for the crimes can only
be traced to a desire on the part Of
Marx to escape paying money 10 per-
sons to whom he was indebted. The
two men whose bodies have been found
were six months behind in their wages,
as was the young boy Harry. OF whom
no trace has yet been found
The theory is that Marx drugged his
victims when they pressed him too
hard for their wages and then crushed
their heads with an ak, after which
the bodies were dismembered and
buried. Each Of the bodies already
found bears a hole in the forehead
The missing peddler went to the Marx
home with large quantity Of articles,
including clothing. cheap jewelry. etc.
and was never seen again. A few days
after this Marx tried to Sell a miscel-
laneous collection OF clothing to q
neighbor.
The San Francisco call., 1904-08-31

PRIMARIES
IN GOTHAM
No Change in the
District Lead
orShipS.

NEW YORK. Aug. Booth the
Republican and Democratic parties
held their primaries in New York City
to-day, but the interest centered in the
Democratic contest in Brooklyn,
where Senator P. H. McCarren and
Deputy Fire Commissioner Doyle. the
latter the representative of Charles
F. Murphy, the Tammany leader,
fought. McCarren carried sixteen out
Of twenty-one Assembly districts, the
Doyle men taking the other five. 1t
is said in political circles tonight that
McCarren is disappointed that Doyle
carried even five districts and that he
expected to sweep Brooklyn and do
away entirely with the Tammany in
fuence.
In Manhattan and the Bronx there
were practically no changes of leader
ship in the various districts. In the
bitter Republican fight in the Twen-
ty-fifth between Herbert A. Parsons
and Howard Conklin Parsons won by
about 100 votes It is said that Gov
ernor Odell wRs deeply interested in
the attempt to defeat Parsons, who is
a Plat Republican,.
William S. Devery was decisively
defeated in his fight in the Ninth Dis
trict In Devery's district the pri-
maries provoked fight between ne
groes and white men which almost
led to race riot and to Quell which
the police reserves were called out.
The negroes had assaulted a Devery
lieutenant.
The San Francisco call., 1904-08-31
LIVELY TIMES PROMISED
AT RESERVATION OPENING
BIackfOot Crowded With People Who
Want Part of the Fort
Hall Lands

BLACKFOOT. Idaho. Aug. 30.-Ths
lineup at the Land Office at Black
foot, in anticipation of the opening OF
the withheld Fort Hall reservation
lands September 6 is gradually in
creasing. Every train brings recruits.
Nc serious conflicts have as yet taken
place, but trouble is expected when the
Pocatello applicants, who were caught
mapping by the early arrivals here,
commence to arrive. as several tracts
close to Pocatello will be stubbornly
contested
The San Francisco call., 1904-08-31
CHICAGO STOCK EXCHANGE
GIVEN QUITE \ SHOCK
Rumored Formation Of Syndicate TO
PugThase Street Railways ArOuses
tho Brolscs-s

CHICAGO. Aug. 3o.-Stock EX-
change circles were stirred to-day by
The Information brought by q local
nnanc1er from New York that a $780,
coo, 900 pool is being formed there 10
take control Of the Chicago City Rail-
way Company and 10 unity the sur
face lines of this city. Behind the
move were said to be Eastern inter-
ests in the Union Traction and under
lying corporations.
10 capitalist in Chicago would con-
firm the report Of the syndicate's ac-
tual formation, but the rumors had a
strong effect on stocks. Chicago City
Railway advanced ten points on the
strength OF The rumors.
The San Francisco call., 1904-08-31
PARLIAMENTARY UNION DOES
NOT BAR LOCAL GOVERNMENT
Such Is the Belief Expressed in the
Platform of the Irish Re-
form Association.

LONDON, Aug. 3O.-The Irish Re-
form Association has adopted a plat
form for the association, which, while
firmly maintaining that the parlia-
mentary union of Great Britain and
Ireland is essential to the political sta
bility of the empire and the prosperity
OF the two islands, expresses the belief
that such a union is compatible with
the devolution to Ireland OF a larger
measure Of local government
The San Francisco call., 1904-08-31
CUPID PLAYS ANOTHER
PRANK ON KOREAN PRINCE
InstiIIs Love for Pretty Ohio Miss in
FiclIe Heart OF Gay
Oriental

COLUMBUS. Ohio, Aug. 3o.-Prince
Penkeel Euiwha- known as Prince Yee
OF Korea, is in love again. This time
the object Of his alteration is Miss
Mary Buttles. who is 16 years of age
and pretty. She belongs TO a promi-
aert family Of this city.
The Prince, while he was student
at Delaware, Ohio, had several love
affairs and at one time his affection
-or a pretty girl Of Cincinnati was
broadly published. Since leaving Del
aware he has been studying with a
private tutor AT Salem, Va. He met
Miss Buttles and her mother at Noun
ain Lake Park. Nd.