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The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-02-27
HOUSE.

Nearly tho whole day was devoted to the
naval bill, which finally rassed Mr..
Robertss amendment. providing for the pur-
chase Of ive instead OF Two submarine torpedo
boats was defeated. and Mr.. Hin offered an
amendment. authorizing the Secretary Of tho
Navy to purchase submarine torpedo boats with
in the limit OF $3.50. cco. This adopted. An
inehectual attempt WAS made to apply the
eight hour law to all naval construction. Dem
oerats offered amendments to limit the price
OF armor plate to sass a ton. instead of paying
the trust $3.50. as has been done. but the Re
pubiicans made party measure OF It and de-
feated the amendment
The Washington times., 1904-07-07
Fighting the Rain.

Reports of a battle between the
Russians and the japanese in the
mountains twenty-five miles from
LiaO-Yang indicate that General Ku-
roki has by no means abandoned his
advance upon the line of Russian
communications. Already he has
topped the mountains in three places
on the north at the Ia Pass on the
road to Mukden, on the south on the
road to Hai-Cheng, and between these
two points at the Molten Pass on the
road to LiaO-Yang.
In considering all operations at the
present time, the fact that the rainy
season has already begun must be
borne in mind. 1t started about the
middle of June, and Will continue
with moderate downfall until the
middle of July. From then until the
middle Of September the flood Will be
on in earnest. The roads in the
mountains. where the Japanese are
at present, are still open, but it is
probable that in the valleys where
the Russians are operating they are
already ankle deep in mud Soon the
roads everywhere will become i'm
passable
The next few days, therefore, will
definitely determine General Kuroki's
plan-whether he has decided to de-
scend to steep mountain sides on the
north and attack the rnud-hampered
forces Of Kuropatkin, along the line
of the railroad, or whether he will
wait the dry season before continuing
his campaign. In casting up the
probabilities, it should be recalled
that the fall viii see at least 10000
more Russian troops in the field,
while it will find the Japanese none
the stronger for two weary months
OF waiting in the field.
The Washington times., 1904-07-07

method. They may write illegibly
and unhandsOmely, but they have
been taught by the approved scientific
method.
There may be complaints that the
clothing Of today is shoddy and bad
ly designed compared with that of
seventy-fve years ago, but it must be
remembered that we have improved
machinery now, by which everything
is done more scientifically. People
may be herded together in cities, 50
that they do not get enough air to
breathe, but it is a much more civil
lied way of living than the old-fash-
toned village life In short, We seem
TO be living in a period in which every
man must run his business by the
latest methods, SO that he is proud Of
his enterprise and makes money
Whether he gets any comfort out of
his money, or whether the needs of
the public are met, are matters of
comparatively little moment. The
Lord preserve US from a time when
comforts shall be cheap and living
unscientific, Better be blown up,
mashed up, burned up, on an up-to-
date steamer or railway than have
any regulations which would inter
fere with the scientific workings of
the system. Better be cheated, ig-
nOrant dyspeptics, working frantical-
~ for money with which we cannot
be sure Of buying comfort, than pay
attention to results instead of meth
DDS! Logical people we are, and the
greatest nation on EARTH
The Washington times., 1904-07-07
The Public Business.

The reported remark Of Inspector
Rode. Of New York, after the Slocum
disaster, to the effect that it was no
business Of the public what went on
in his Office, together with other re-
marks Of similar nature, made by
one official and another of late, lead
the philosophical observer to reflect
somewhat seriously on the nature of
the public's business.
1t might seem that the precaution
or lack Of precaution taken against
accident on steamboats, where the
failure 10 provide life preservers, fire
hose, and trained employees would
mean the loss of hundreds Of lives by
fire and drowning. was as much the
business Of the public as anything
could be, but apparently the inspec-
tor thought not. The steamboat
company undoubtedly, to judge by
the utterances Of its officers, takes the
same view. When the Iroquois The
alter proved a death-trap, the same
attitude was assumed by the men re-
spOnsible for that horrible holocaust.
The officials Of street railways assert
their right TO run their roads TO suit
themselves, charge what fare they
please. and provide such and so many
cars as they deem suited TO the needs
Of the business. Whenever a move is
made to protect the public from be-
ing cheated by shOrtweight or unsan-
itary bread, adulterated milk, pOls-
oned meat, or exorbitant prices, we
hear the same complaint from the
men hit by such investigation, that it
is none of the business of the pub
lie"
In discussing the public school
question we are sometimes told that
certain systems OF teaching are Of
value because the children are taught
in the right way" even If they do
not learn so much in a given time
They may come out Of school not
knowing how TO spell, but the word
system Of learning TO read is su-
perior to the oid-fashioned alphabet
The Washington times., 1904-07-07
DAME DEMoCRAcYs SUSPENSE.

am waiting, children, waiting;
Waiting anxiously TO see
What II is. your judgment rendered,
/ am destined soon 10 be.
The suspense is something awful,
Though ! strive to calm my fears
And 20 rein my wild emotions
As they rush from Joy TO tears.
StiH I cannot queu the questions
That go throbbinE through my brain
Am ! dangerous and crazy,
or supremely safe and sane?
awake al night and tremble
At the dreams that seem so real.
While n uaneless terror grips me
And a uameIess dread l feel
And ] wonder as l lie there,
In the niEht-lamp's feeble glow.
What it is that sets me dreaming;
What Il is that haunts me so.
All al once IL flashes DER me
And ] ask myself again:
Am ! dangerous and crazy,
Or supremcly safe and sane?
Don't be long. my boys. deciding,
For my nerves are all unstrung:
/ have not the same endurance
That ! had when I was young:
/ am not the buoyant damsel
That l used to be Of old:
For the past eight years I've suffered
Suffered miseries untold
SO beg you. boys, don't daily,
But relieve this frightful strain.
Am ! dangerous and crazy
or supremely safe and sane?
Arthur II. Folwell. In New York
Sun.
The Washington times., 1904-07-07
CLEVELAND FISHED
As He WAS CHEERED
Ex-PIesident Cleveland Makes No Com
ment on Convention DemOnstra-
ton in His Honor.

BUZZARD'S BAY, Ness, July FIX
President Cleveland did not go 10 Sand
witch. y. Il. yesterday, as he intended,
but went fishing instead, because the
day was fine lie is still the guest of
Joseph Jefferson.
When he returned last evening from
his fishing trip he heard the news from
ST. Louis telling how the Democratic
convention had cheercd the mention of
his name by Temporary Chairman Will
hamS, but he had nc comment TO make
upon Il.
Nothing was done about running a tel
egrdph wire from the railway station to
Gray Gables. which causes the impress
sion that the project has been dropped
although IL would require only q few
hours 70 erect the poles and string the
wire.
II was said last night that Cleveland
may possibly go TO Sandwich today. In
Quiry at Mr.. JeueTSon's revealed the
fact, however that no definite plans
had been formed
One thing is very evident 70 all of
Cleveland $ personal friends here. and
that is he Is not worrying himself about
the proceedings in St. Louis. So far as
known he had no communication yester-
day with any of the Democratic leaders
there.
The Washington times., 1904-07-07
The Use of a Dead Cat.

Now and then an incident occurs
which shows that the grown person is
apt now and then to relapse into the
ways Of childhood, and a custom of
the New York police, recently report
ed in a newspaper of that burg,
seems to be one of these proofs. It is
said that the policemen in New York
use dead/cats to collect their pay.
This does not mean that they use
the cat as a club to belabOr the treas
urer, though actions quite as bizarre
have been reported of the New York
policeman occasionally. 1t seems that
the policeman goes on duty at s,
and gets paid when he goes off duty
at 4, unless he happens to have to go
10 the station on some errand. The
policeman's wife likes to have her
money early in the day to use.
Therefore, the policeman arranges
with a street sweeper to put a dead
cat on his beat. He has to go to the
Office TO report the presence of the
cat, gets paid, goes back to his beat,
finds his wife there, gives her the
money, and passes the cat along to
another beat, where it is again re-
ported
Things Of this kind usually happen
when a large number Of people are
placed under rule and discipline. It
seems to be an instinct of human ma
ture to get around a rule. The
source of this instinct might well be
studied out by the psychologist
The Washington times., 1904-07-07
The American Safetu.

4 Frenchman recently discoursed
upon what he termed the American
Peril"
The great American Republic on
the horizon Of the commercial world
Is the lofty and even threatening sum
nit toward which all eyes are turned.
A single word describes that eminent
situation-Power. a single word JUS
titles determination Tomorrow
this colossal empire, master Of the
Panama route, will place itself be-
tween Europe and Asia, and domi-
nate the commerce Of the two worlds
by controlling the principal road"
This is immensely complimentary to
the United States, but it suggests a
warning, for mere bigness without
least one other quality-nameIy,
unity-is a most dangerous article.
The vivid illustration Of the bundle
Of sticks, so easy broken separately.
but impossible 10 break when bound
together, should be carved on the
heart Of every patriotic American,
and with 1t should 90 the certain
knowledge that the only ground upon
which unity can be based is that of
the common good.
We have a diverse empire wherein
diverse conditions prevail Some
things that seem good for the East
do not seem good for the West. Some
things deemed paramount in the North
are repellant TO the South. II is man
ifestly true that unity cannot be OBJ
tanned on a basis Of sectional selfish
ness.
To stand on the common ground of
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Nay. Not So; Never.

DO the tires Of wheel make more
revolutions than the hub?" asks this
reader On the only answer ID this ques-
ton he bases his postulate that AR.
Hunter can never 60 around Mr.. SOUR
rel. The question Of velocity and length
OF radh enter into the problem, as view
ed by Mr. MohL
To the Squirrel Editor Of The Times:
Hunter and squirrel start in The
same direction and at the same time
around the tree, both describe cir
cles with different radii around the
same identical center. which IS the
center Of the tree IN both cases,
The squirrel travels slow and it de-
scribes the small circle periphery OF
the tree). while the hunter describes
large circle some distance outside
Of the tree and must necessarily
travel considerable faster than the
squirrel
Do the tires Of a wheel make more
revolutions than the hub Of the
same wheel? No. They both move in
the same way, but the velocity in
creases with the distance from the
center pivot. J. NJ. NOHL.
AIS Ninth Street southwest
The Washington times., 1904-07-07
Try 1t on a Man.

How are you going TO get away from
this? All you have TO do is to under
stand the last paragraph. and there yol
are-if the premises are correct.
To the Squirrel Editor of The Times:
1 would suggest the following solu-
ton of the Squirrel" problem:
If the object remained stationary.
like the tree there would be no cues
ton of a persons being able to "co
around 1.-THE stumbling block in
this problem being the fact that the
squire! moves.
let us suppose that two men. "a
and b have hold of a short rope.
a. stands while b" with the other
end in his hand. runs in a circle
about "A" I think that in this case
very few would fail 10 say that b.
went around "A" SO, drawing a
conclusion from the case of a" and
b" l would say that the hunter
went around the squirrel.
Although the man was not opposite
The Washington times., 1904-07-07
PROMOTED FROM RANKS;
CONDEMNED BY COURT

Second Lieut.. John Nee Pruyn,
Fourteenth Infantry, who was tried by
court-martiaI IN Samar on charges of
EisbehaviOr and drunkenness. is said
to have been convicted and sentenced
10 dismissal from the service The rec
ord Of the court has reached Judge Ad-
vCCatc General Davis. and viii be re-
viewed by him and then forwarded to
the President for final action.
Lieutenant PTuyn was born in New
York in 1877. and was appointed a sec
Ond lieutenant i'm the Fourteenth IT.
fautry IN 1901. lie was in the Philip
pines as q private in the Forty-sccOnd
J.Itcd States Volunteer Infantry at tn
time of the inSurrectiOn.
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Another Says No.

Here is a letter from Laurel TIL
writer puts himself in the no" class OF
the squirrel question.
To the Squirrel Editor of The Times:
l followed closely your problem
about AIMS age. and when the prob
lem of the hunter and the squirrel
appeared I at once went to work on
the solution of that Ny idea Of this
one is that If. as you say, the SOUR
rel moved with the hunter and kept
on the opposite side of the tree the
hunter could not have walked around
him. r MOORE
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mo, and a Reason.

Here enters another element into the
problem. Would the circling Of the
squirrel involve getting the squirrel be-
tween the man and the tree?
To the Squirrel Editor of The Times:
To relieve the anxiety Of A D. 7.
! viii give you the proper solution or
the squirrel problem. The hunter did
not go around the squirrel PROOF.
If the hunter had gone around the
squirrel he would have had the SPUR
rel between himself and the tree at
some time In making the trip, but as
this did not occur Z would have been
impossible for him 10 have gone
around the squirrel: therefore, he did
not so around the squirrel I hope
this viii set the doubts OF \. D. I.
at rest, and quiet his nerves.
Yours respectfully,
5. II L.
721 First St. NV. City.
The Washington times., 1904-07-07
Entirely Circumscribed.

The first letter extracted from the
heap Of mail this morning contained the
statement that the path Of The squirrel
was entirely circumscribed by the
hunter at the moment he reached the
starting point" The letter was an
interesting argument and would have
been printed ia its entirety had not
the author written on both sides Of the
sheet. Time is too precious in d news
paper office TO copy even valuable mat
ter from the back of a sheet
Here IS the first part Of the letter:
To the Squirrel Editor of The Times:
Your direct question is: Did the
hunter go around the squirrel? Ac-
cOrding 10 your description and also
according To the diagram submitted
Herewith. the hunter made com
pletc circle Of the tree and COnSe-
quently he made a complete circuit
OF every object that was, during
that time, on the tree. To be sure,
the squirrel also made a complete
circuit of the tree, but the entire
path Of the squirrel Was entirely
Circumscribed by the hunter AT the
moment he reached his starting
point. 2. S.
The Washington times., 1904-07-07
British in Tibet.

Tibet, that strange Asiatic land of
mystery nominally under the control
OF China, but actually a free religious
hierarchy, has declared for war, not
with the bloody manifestations that
the tribes OF that Wild country use in
proclaiming defiances among them
selves, but silently by permitting the
limit to the armistice between Colonel
Younghusband, the British com
mander. and the Tibetan military
representatives to pass without any
oyertures whatsoever.
This morning the world was re-
called with tales of British valor in
storming the Gyang-tse jong. or
mountain monastery, of house to
house fighting by the Gurkhas after
they had CALAMITY scaled PERCEPTIONS
walls and carried the breach made by
the artillery. The conduct of the
troops, it is declared, cannot fail to
impress the Tibetans with the hope
lessness of their resistance.
Indeed, the English are overcoming
extraordinary difficulties in the pur-
suit of this peaceful mission" which
has turned out TO be a desperate war.
They are fighting in a country that
is $4,000 or more feet above the level
OF the sea, where it is difficult even
to cook the food for the soldiers, at
an elevation where water boils at
about $50 degrees.
They are fighting a people who re-
gard the British invasion as an afro
ciously impiOus act, and who believe
that in resisting this invasion they
are performing a sacred service to the
religion which represents their nigh
est,ideal of truth and goodness. OF
British bravery in meeting and out
coming both nature and man there
can be no question
But of Ensland's moral rights in
conducting this invasion there is, in
deed. a grave question. The British
government is said TO have dis
avOwed, in response TO American in
quiry, any Interior purpose regarding
Tibetan territory. the question having
been inspired by Secretary Hays
anxiety regarding the integrity Of
China, which is this country's chief
responsibility in connection with az
fairs in the Far East.
This disavowal, it is to be assumed,
is honest. But even at that, is a
mighty nation justifed,in forcing its
trade upon weak people at the can
mons mouth? In fact, was the mo-
tive urging British diplomacy into
activity at a time when Russia was
fully occupied elsewhere so much a
desire to secure a commercial treaty
as a settled purpose to check the
schemes Of the MuscOvite at Lassa?
Commercialism has many crimes to
answer for, and one of the greatest is
the wrongs inflicted upon the weak
by the strong in the name Of advanc-
ing civilization. To state the case
plainly, has England any more right
10 fight her way TO Lassa in order TO
open the Tibetan territory to English
trade than she would to fight her way
10 Washington because she objected
TO the American protective tariff?
The Washington times., 1904-07-07

the greatest good to the greatest
number, with injustice toward none
and hardship for none, unQuestion-
ably demands self-sacrifice from all;
but it is only through such self
sacrifice that self-desTuction can be
eternally banished. Always to as
certain the right way is the work of
wisdom and means the realization of
a breadth Of craftsmanship. which
will glorify politicians and elevate
politics.
The Washington times., 1904-07-07
NOW, ABOUT THAT ELUSIVE SQUIRREL;
DID THE HUNTER GO AROUND HIM?
More Evidence From Times Readers That He Pos
itively Did and Positively Didn't
THE PROBLEM.

The hunter saw the squirrel peep
ing from the opposite side Of the
tree. The hunter started around the
tree; the squirrel moved with him
in the same direction, keeping the
tree always between them. The
hunter made a complete circuit of
the tree. So did the squirrel. Did
the hunter go around the squirrel?
The Washington times., 1904-07-07
TEXAS OIL WELLS
ARE BECOMING DRY

BEAUMONT, Tex, July THE "Oil
Investors Journal has made careful
canvass Of the once famous Spindle Top
oil field Of Texas
As a result Of this canvass it IS said
that the entire output Of the Texas oil
fields at this time is less than one days
yield Of the Lucas gushef IN January,
1901.
The j. NJ. Guffey Is the largest produc-
ing company In the Spindle Top field.
The Washington times., 1904-07-07
A Paradoxical Answer.

Here is a solution which is not a solu
ton:
To the Squirrel Editor Of The Times:
You can say he did 20 around the
squirrel" or YOU can say 'he did not
go around the squirrel" and either
answer Is correct. \ paradoxicai
question Ike that will always have
two answers, and one is as good as
the other. Say he did. or ne did not,
it's a safe bet: you can't lose
VICTOR DARNELL.
I23 Seventh st. NV, City.
The Washington times., 1904-07-07
Question Of Circles.

Whether the circling of circle by a
circle encircles everything on the inner
circle, is the problem, according TO a
woman reader.
To the Squirrel Editor of The Times:
Il is a case Of a circle within a
circle. The squirrel goes in a circle
around the tree, and the hunter goes
in a circle around the tree also, but
the hunter does go around the squir-
rel. because his circle is outside the
circle that the squirrel goes around
MISS CARRIE JOHNSON.
The Washington times., 1904-07-07
COL MOSBY URGES
VIRGINIAN'S APPOINTMENT

Col John S Mosby called at the De
partment of the Interior this morning
To urge the appointment Of the Rev.
Samuel jackson, as special agent of the
Land Office.
Mr. Jackson is a Nirgiuign and his
friends desire that he DE appointed and
assigned TO that State. He held pOsi-
ton in the POstOdice Department under
President Grant and President AIcI[in-
ley appointed him chaplain in the
Fourth Immunes, during the var with
Spain.
The Washington times., 1904-07-07
CAPTAIN ACCUSED OF TREASON.

MESSING, Sicily, July 7-Acting on
instructions from Rome, the authori-
ties here have arrested Captain ERGO
Jesse, Of the Italian army, and his wife
on the charge OF high treason IN selling
TO agents of a foreign power plans for
the mobilization of the Italian forces
in Sicily
The Washington times., 1904-07-07
RALPH WRIT DEAD.

TARRYTOWN. n. Y. July Ralph
Writ. who was hit in the head by
skyrocket Monday night, while he was
sitting ON the veranda Of the home of
Daniel c. Reid, the millionaire steel
man in Irvington, died IN the home Of
MIR. Reid yesterday morning.
The Washington times., 1904-07-07

a Chicago theater manager declares
his theater to be practically though not
technically safe, and says that he would
not be afraid 10 be chained 10 front
seat while a thirty-foot pan Of oil was
Sc. on ire on the stage The trouble
with this offer is the same as the dill
Guilty with the life-preserver mans re-
quest TO be tied and thrown into the
water with one of his internal ma
chimes on, nobody can take either Of
them mp without some risk Of being
guilty Of murder.
The Washington times., 1904-07-07

or adjacent 10 the other side OF the
squirrel, Il was caused by the SOUR
rel turning pivot fashion. so 10 speak.
AID the part Of the circle described
by the man when facing the squirrel
IN the tirst position was placed OpDC-
site to the squirrel when III the sec
ond position. hence the hunter did
so around the squirrel W f. +
10 g Street northeast
The Washington times., 1904-07-07
10000 WITNESS BURIAL.

SYRACUSE, July THE three victims
@ Mondays fire, Geraldine and Leroy
WalIser- aged seven and nine years. and
their cousin Miss Elizabeth Washer
age.f twenty-eight years. We're buried
yC7r cday. 1t Is estimated 10000 persons
witnessed the procession.
The Washington times., 1904-07-07
COLE ON SUNDAY.

The playing of golf on Sundays is
practiced to such an extent that in a
certain parish in England, it is said. the
hour Of services has been changed to
suit ehe convenience Of players
The Washington times., 1904-07-07


the Of
have taken ~ TO workag
tie Mary question Others
according to one writer the problem capable
he
either answer correct The
i he the
preston that
The Washington times., 1904-07-07

To the Squirrel Editor of The Times:
Nit The hunter does not go round
the squirrel because the squirrel
keeps an equal distance from the
hunter all the time. PAUL D.