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New-York tribune., 1904-10-03
THE LAPANESE Anr4NcE

The dOgged persistence OF the Japanese army
seems 10 be unfailing, both in detail and in
general. At LiaO-Yang that army has recently
duplicated a traditional performance Of Grants
at the crisis Of his chief campaign The story
runs that AT an evening council Of the generals
Of the Army of the Potomac, at the end OF a
day of blood and seeming. disaster. Grant
asked each in turn for his opinion as 10 the
course 10 be pursued next day Each said:
We must fail back at daylight" But when
all had spoken Grant Overruled them all with
his own decision We will not wait till day
light but an hour before sunrise move for
ward all along the line!" Whatever the basis
IN truth of that Wilderness legend here comes
true tale from Manchurla that one day, with
in the twenty-fOur hours. Oku hurled his army
IN grand assault against the Russian fortifica-
tions until the dead lay deep over all the coun-
tryside. and failed each time TO win the coveted
position. and then late at night when from
every division came in news OF failure and OF
despair, he gave only the grim laconic order.
Reinforce aud assault again before daybreaI,r
Yet those are the soldiers we once regarded as
impulsive and mercurial, who would make one
brilliant dash and then 'gO all to pieces!
Ihey nave been and are doing the same al
Fort Arthur Less news comes from that
slaughter field OF leglOns than from tbo valley
OF the Lao, but there is little doubt that for
unwaVerlng ana persistent courage both the
attack upon and the defence of Port Arthur are
rivalling almost anything the world has seen
Ihat the Russians would be stubborn WAS a
foregOne conclusion. But who supposed that
the japanese would be so natient in besiegine
and so untiring and inexOrable in making attack
after attack? The Allies at Sebastopoi, Grant
at Vieksburg, the Germans around Paris. never
held 70 the work more resoIutely than these
volatile. mercuriai" Japs are doing Ques-
tons OF military strategy and of the cost OF
success entirely apart. We are getting one o.
the most instructiye-to many it may he mos
urprising-revelations OF the Janauese na;iona
character and temperament.
II is not with a wild dash of fireworks and
hurrahs that the japanese advance is effected
New-York tribune., 1904-10-03
ELEVATOR REGULATION.

Items of news appearing almost daily. and
sometimes several in a day. emphasize the sug-
gestiOn made in these columns that there should
be more strict and efficient inspection of pas
senger elevators and of the persons who Op-
crate them. Accidents, more or less serious.
are of far too frequent occurrence. Sometimes
they are due to defects in the machinery.
Sometimes they are due to the carelessness or
incompetence of the operators. They are al
ways accompanied with grave peril, and often
with distressing injury and loss of life.
A passenger elevator is practically a perpen-
dicular railroad, operated usually by cable
with steam, hydraulic or electric motive power.
1t has become one Of the prime necessities Of
life in cities and towns wherever buildings of
more than two or three stories have been con-
structed. II is not only a modern improvement,
having come into general use within the last
generation. but 1t is one that has in the few
years Of its existence been undergoing many
changes TO meet changed conditions of use.
Not many years ago it was a comparatively
slow moving car. running up from three TO six
or eight stories: such elevators as those in the
Tribune Building, with its then phenomenal
height of ten stories. being regarded as won
ders of the world. But now many buildings
have them running to the twentieth story and
higher. OF course increased speed is requisite.
and the strain upon the machinery is com
mensurately greater, the danger of accident IL
increased, and the responsibility and need Of
efficiency on the part of the operator are simi-
larly increased 1t would be criminal folly 10
try to mile a minute express train with
only the same equipment Of brakes and what
not that the slow going way trains of genera
ti0n or two ago had. SO it is folly To try 10
run express elevators in twenty thirty storS
buildings the slow going lifts in four story
buildings We're run score of years ago.
There are few modes of travel more used by
the general public than this. Millions OF people
ride in elevators every day. There is probably
none in which the possibilities of destruction.
in of accident, are more appalling. The
average man would doubtless take his chances
| in 4 railroad collision or derailment rather than
| in the fall Of an elevator ear from the upper
| floors of Il high building 1t is only matter
of common sense ana common prudence that
| all passenger elevators should be- of the most
! perfect construction and equipment. that they
! should have such inspection will assure their
| being kept in perfect trim, and that the men
/ who run them should be competent and trust
/ worthy. Any less requirement would be an
/ invitation 10 disaster
New-York tribune., 1904-10-03
PERSONAL.

Or. John Jackson selman. Iowa's oldest physician
and awmaker. died In bloomfield that State. on
last Sunday He had quite a notable political career
and was an intimate friend and associate of many
great men of the day.
Colonel Clarence b. Douglas. president Of the
OklahOma-Indan Territory Republican Press AssO-
citation, has called a meeting Of that organization.
to be held I'm Guthrie on November 81 when the
Statehood campaign will be instituted for the ensu-
ing session OF Congress
Yale Universtys education mission IN China has
received $1,000 from the British government. which
will probably be used to erecJ a memorial building
to Yale's first missionary. the Rev. John Lawrence
ThuTston.
Mr.. Gully who has entered his SEVENTEEN year.
viii probably retire from the SpeakeTship Of the
around as a vtscount and with a pension OF $1,000
per annum.
In the middle OF Sslzburg stands the small house
in which Mozart born II contains two old
pianos and many relics belonging TO the composer,
whose skull is preserved in a glass case placed IN
the centre OF the room in which he first saw the
light The skull is all that remains OF Mozart.
whose body could not be identified in the mass OF
remains that filed the common paupers' grave
wherein he had been buried at Vienna.
An industrial school for boys. with Professor
Oscar Lowell Triggs late OF the University of Chi
caso as president will soon Be established IN the
vicinity of Chicago. Professor TTiggs has been
closely identified with the Industrial movement IN
Chicago and has Just returned from three months
visit to Europe, where he studied the lndusttlal
schools In England. France and Belgium
New-York tribune., 1904-10-03
PENSION OR GOLD BRICK
Mr.. Parker i'm bis letter Of acceptance said:

| ACCEPT the challenge and declare that II
elected will revoke that order (No. 49, But
go further and say, that being done. L Will con-
tribute nv effort toward the enactment or law
to be passed by both houses OF Congress ana ap1 %
proved by the Executive that will give an age
pension rithOUf reference to disability to the sur
viving heroes Of the Civil War.
\ bill containing the following provisions
would carry out Mr.. Parker's promise:
Be it enacted. etc
Section l. Any honorably discharged soldier
of the Civil War who served over three years
and has passed the age Of eighty shall be en-
titled TO a pension of 81 per annum, without ref
erence TO his disa bilities.
Sec - For every ten years in excess of eighty
years he shall receive 81 increase in pension an
nually
How much better than this will Mr. Parker
go? Let him be specific What is he going to
do? Let him get down to details What does
he mean by an age pension? man VINO hau
promised to give some money to the poor would
keep his word if he gave nickel. Is Mr. Par
kqrs promise vote getter or a gold brick? Let
him be specific.
New-York tribune., 1904-10-03
aetp'3lprs Llailn G.ribmsss
MONDAY. OCTOBER 3, 1904.
TIE NEWS THIS MORNING.

FOREIGN.-Port Arthur's garrison is reported
from Toxic TO be IN desperate straits, many
eorties having been made from the fortress 10
regain control Of the water supply and to retake
positions from which the town and harbor are
shelled: all the Russian attacks, il is said, nave
been repelled with heavy losses on both sides.
Tie first Japanese railway train arrived
Saturday at Liao-Yang. and a regular
schedule is expected to be in effect in a few
DAYS. = There were reports in Toxic that 2
Japanese gunboat had been sunk by a mine on
Port Arthur and that part OF the crew had
escaped; junk was badly damaged by a mine mine
Dowsger arrived at Copenhagen; Queen Alex
andra was among those who met her al the
sfafion - Sir William Harcourts body will
he hurled at Nuneham on Thursday; King Ed
ward sent a telegram or coincidence 70 10y
Haroourt 1t was reported from WalmeI
Castle that Lady Curzon was nnaklhg t;, sooS 30
progress toward recovery. --- The salllns 1o5 81
The CSermanic from Southampton was oelay eo
thirty-six hours owing TO repairs
DoMEsTIC.-Twelve persons were drowned IN
stone laying al Adams. Mass, floor with @ 10O
persons collapsed: many, inciuoing DIsIOP
Beaver, OF Springfield. Mass were huLt .1,,-
The President attended church IN the AhoI t-llls
snd A the afternoon took long ride IN me suo
Urbs Of Washington - PostIaasoeF SelISte S.
pavne haS a decided rally about O'Clock, a1teE
: sinI,inT speIl. An which his family was sum
Vnoned. - The Supreme Court OF AiaoanlS "a
rendered a decision which leaves one-tnlIa ot t
TITs6 rTIrneV third secretary Of the British En-
bassv who was arrested for alleged speealhg OF
his automobile last week, declared taal ne was
NOT oDerafing the machine but consented 10 ar
rest 10 shield a young New Yorker.
t~TTY The Archbishop OF Canterbury
eached at Old Trinity 70 a congregation that
overnOwed to the sidewalk; the crush Was so
great that women tainted == NJ Guyot, the
French statesman, in an interview, praised the
Monroe Doctrine and called the American
reril' economically benefcent. == Judge Par
ker A was announced. viii return TO the city
this morning 70 continue the manasement OF
his campaiEu: ex-Justiee Herrick viii arrive on
wednesday and arrange for his speaking tour.
g. William Marconi furnished cash BAN TOT
his automobile driver, who was speeding with
his employer in the automobile.
THE Observation-Disclosures for to-day:
Showers The temperature yesterday: Highest,
81 degrees; lowest, b3.
New-York tribune., 1904-10-03

but will, q GOODNESS. a steadiness. calculation
and a stubborn tenacity of purpose which we
shall scarcely find surpassed in the history or
war Nor is il only in war that they are thlls
advancing little time ago men were saying
their vaunted civilization was thing OF mnsh-
room growth. their culture was a mere veneer
\ little while and the old savage would appear
again above il ALL But it has not Deen So
Those earlier judgments must be revised. as
must now the later ones as TO their sIeHulast-
ness aud ..stavipg movers in war The char
acter or +l,air advance has been misunderstood
Perhaps it will appear before long that the
aim and effect of that advance have also been
misunderstood ForebOdings Of the yellow
peril" may prove to have been as H-adVised
ard as unjust as the predictions OF Japan's lack
Of stability and stamina.
New-York tribune., 1904-10-03
WEST INDIAN COTTON.

Two major circumstances have led to a great
development Of cotton culture I'm the British
West Indies. One is the depression which the
sugar industry there has suffered for many
years and the consequent need OF establishing
other industries The other. and perhaps the
more potent is the necessity OF freeing the Brit
ish cotton market from the ruinous effects of
American market gambling by securing a sup
ply of the staple from some other source Cot
ton culture in the West Indies was of course,
begun long before the speculative orgies Of the
last year in this country; but it is now being
pushed with multiplied zeal because of those
orgies.
Al the present time the total area OF cotton
plantations in the West Indies is not large But
ii IS capable of great extension, and is, IN fact,
being rapidly extended. There are plantations
in Trinidad Barbados ST. Vincent, St Lucia,
St kits, Montserrat. Antigua. jamaica and
British Guiana Nor is that all. These planta
tlOns are growing Sea Island cottOn-which. by
the way is a native Of the West Indies-and are
producing It in quality and quantity equal To
the best Of that variety in the United States
1t is expected that before long scarcely any
other kind will be grown in the West Indies.
The area suitable for its growth In the West
Indies is said 10 be larger than that IN the
United States, wherefore the British cOlOnists
are hoping one day to become the worlds chief
producers of that most valuable kind of cotton.
They have tie advantage, too, OF cheaper labor
than that Of the United States and under a sys-
TEN Of imperial tariff union would have In the
British market long lead over their American
competitors.
! This outlook added to that OF other British,
| French and German Gotten culture in Africa,
Asia and elsewhere, will not be pleasing %
American cotton growers. 1t is however, IN
| atifa 1.To Inn n ba of
time anyway. But there is no question that its
coming has been greatly hastened by the reck-
| less and INSCRIPTIONS manipulation of the
American cotton market 10y sOrdid and short
| sighted spectators. We warned them months
ago that European countries would not long ell
dure having their cotton mills closed, or prices
forced up to an extOrtiOnate point. just to fill
the pockets Of spectators. For saying so we
were rallied at by those who should have known
better. But every days dOlngs confirm the cor
rectness Of our forecast and justify our warn
ings
New-York tribune., 1904-10-03

The expenditures Of tho nation have been
managed in spirit of economy as far removed
from waste from niggardIiness; and in the
future every effort will be continued to secure
an -eonon1y strict as is consistent with eff
cheney. Once more cur opponents have prom
tsed what they cannot should not perform.
The prime reason why the expenses of the gov
ernn1ens have Increased Of recent years is to be
found in the fact that the people, after mature
thought, have deemed il wise TO have certain
new forms of work for the public undertaken by
the puh!io.-(President Roosevelt
New-York tribune., 1904-10-03

euction Of tariff rates only emphasize the fact
that OF the tariff question, as on the currency
question. Democratic theories, like railroad time
tables are subject TO alteration with or with
out notice. For the rest the letter IS platitudl-
nors and commonplace. Its chief value is the
iI,,,s+-a+ion if gives OF the chronic Democratic
falling in this campaign-the inability Of Demo-
cratic leaders TO discuss Republican achieve
ooents and policies without first diStOrting and
,,igrpnre esenting them.
New-York tribune., 1904-10-03
4 PROSPERITY SrPPLEuEyT.

The Tribune issues to-day a supplement which
shows graphically the contrast between Demo
cratic depression and Republican prosperity.
Almost every one remembers the old soup
kitchen days following Grover Cleveand's tariff
tinkering and has a pretty vivid impression of
the difference between those times and the pres
ent as far as he personally is concerned.
The Tribunes supplement serves to aid those
personal recOllectiOnS and shows that those days
Of Democratic administration We're soup kitchen
days for the nation well as for the individual
In 1894 the national expenditures exceeded the
national receipts by S69.S03, ,2Gl. Last year the
receipts exceeded the expenditures by $52615.-
4l5. The savings banks deposits have increased
in the same time nearly 81, ,200, 100000 Exports
have more than doubled while the value of rail
roads i'm the hands Of receivers has fallen away
from the enormous total Of 1893 of 81 TS1 O4G 600
10 $lSS23,OOO In 1903. Wages have gone up at
the same time and the soup kitchen has become
only memory. Wherefore the Republican
party invites the voter to stand pat under pres
ent prosperity, and not, like Jeshurun Of Rihli-
cal fame, kick" after having "waxed fat"
New-York tribune., 1904-10-03
4musements.

ACADEMY OF agCHC-s:i5-cheeEsrs
~. AA-s .lS-HOr Mad Marriage
xasIsAsCO-e 1.-THE Music Master.
r7ITOIT-8.ls-Gr. WiE.
Adv AE--s-I1OEeis lsJtteTl.
CASIlSo-e 2o-Piff. Pan. Pouf.
L.E-2-e-EaudnFille
.15-Eualneas Il Business
rkLY-s-a i0-The schoolgirl.
T.lIpIRE-s .Bo-The Duke OF killicranklc.
CAPDEN-s 2D-Tas College Widow.
GAPRTCK-s:lB-rks Coroner of the Duchess
YaNsrFFRsTETN's s YICTORIA-2-e--Naudoyllie
~ - ~ OT5Trp A FTOT-gF-s.l6-F own Wsv-
17FRaI.D SQUARES :lS-Dockatader Minstrsls
lITDSoN-S-Lefty.
4 KERPOCKFR-s. .10-A Nadcap Princess.
~ C.F5IJlS-ls 1.-The ssriO-conso GOveTnsES-
S:If-TapE.
MaTEgTFC-E. .fB-fEle 0f Spice.
AN-e-Eeckv ShaTp.
g5TV- :lB-Rogers Broiherg IN Paris.
CESs-E lH-Ths West Point Cadet
eAVOY-s: :iB-Nrs. Wiggs of the Caooese Fsfch
F-AgnORIA-S-LectuTe.
EVaTI,AC ACH6-8.1 8.1O-The County Chairman.
WEST ERD-e:l6-KinB Dodo.
New-York tribune., 1904-10-03

A new poison many times more powerful than
prussic acid. has been discovered by an Eng
Hsh chemist who has named it eyanid OF
caeodyL 1t Is white powder, melting at SS de-
grees and boiling at 40 degrees and when ex-
posed 10 the air gives forth slight vapor. the
inhalation of which IS instant death A COM
hination OF potassium acetate with white arsenic,
producing a fuming liquid called cacodyl was
made number OF years ago by French ex-
perimenter. and this the English chemist has
further combined with eyanOgen. radical of
prussic acid. producing the deadly substance
named. the most potent so far in the records Of
chemistry
New-York tribune., 1904-10-03
uONEY AND RUSINESS.
iilgs.

AT times last week 1t seemed as IL the Sc
curities market enjoying little more at
tenton from the outside public. and undoubtedly
there was a considerable amount OF buying by
investors The average of the sixty most active
railway stocks rose 10 the highest point OF the
year, and showed an increase of about S12. COM
pared with the same time in 1903. while the
Volume Of business averaged about 10000
New-York tribune., 1904-10-03

Of 1901. This showing presents one Protestant
Christian TO something like three hundred native
Pagans. which is the best that missionary er-
fort has been able 20 do so far. There may be
more rapid progress in the future but on TINS
point il is not the business OF the census re-
turns to offer any predictions
New-York tribune., 1904-10-03

The Japanese may find epidemics such as are
now affiicting their Liao-Yang soldiers harder
To deal with than the Russian battallons. II
they come out as handsomely in their medical
as in their military service. it will be new
feather I'm their caps all around. and nothing
less is expected of them.
New-York tribune., 1904-10-03

The best editorials in The Tribune are those In
which II differs from editorials In The Eaele not
because il differs but because IL inserts i'll its re-
plies the extracts from The Eagle to which II
refers Tribune extracts OF Eagle" are the Orna-
ment OF The Tribunes editorial page and, trust.
the intellectual JOY os its readers.-CThe Brooklyn
Eagle.
Yes. Indeed! Some of the best exposures of the
character of the present Democratic campaign
and candidates. such. for instance, as the demon
stration that Judge HerTick while Judge, out
did John Y. McKane In the management OF a
corrupt political machine. come from the coll
umns of THE Eagle" We cannot hope to COM
pete with 1t in convincing revelation OF Judge
Herrick's utter unworthiness of the high office
which The Eagle" suddenly undertakes 10 help
him secure.
New-York tribune., 1904-10-03

The increase of Professionalism in India mas
been nearly so per cent in ten years. and there
are now a million Protestant Christians
there About a quarter of them are or tine
Anglican communion. while another quarter Us
divided between the Lutheran and Coneress-
tional sects. The half remaining are divided up
among other orders. which are duly speeined and
tabulated in the governments census returns
New-York tribune., 1904-10-03

Automobile racing through the midst OF "a
bold peasantry, their country's pride" all armed
with revolvers and instinct with the noble rage
of moving target practice. may be set down IN
the schedule of sports pastIme more excit-
ing than agreeable.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1904-09-02
ATTRACTING ATTENTION.
Missouri Slope Display ii the Mime.
81 sofa State Fair Attracts Atten-

Missouri Slope Display Il the Mime.
~ sofa State Fair Attracts Atten.
ton. s ss y:
Pioneer Press: Stark Mel Lean and
Burleigh count esa 81 North Dakota.
have an interesting exhibit I'M the
agricultural hall There are 1900
pounds Of wheat, oats, barley & and
grass displayed, which are on the way
to ST Louis s5s
Samples Of macaroni wheat are ex.
hibited from fields which yielded thir.
ty bushels to the acre and without q
particle Of rust. This wheat is in the
third year Of cultivation In North Da.
k s The wheat, it is said, was never
known to rust and yields more than
any other variety.
Another interesting exhibit Is the
buffalo grass. The exhibit contains
alfalfa which has yielded its second
crop and had not the weather been So
dry q third would have easily been
yielded. There are samples of the
stem seven feet high. 5 5lis
@ The North Dakota exhibit is one 81
the best grain displays ever seen al
the state fair, and is attracting much
attention. 5 5ssss
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1904-09-02
MISSOURI 81 oPE ITEMS.

a Valley City law firm drew the
color line on q highly recommended
stenographer and ypeWriter secured
IL answer to an advertisement in q
Twin City paper. after she arrived III
Valley City and hereafter color as.
well as sex viii be mentioned In adj
'y'ertisemen ts Of this mature from this
firm
Dickinson Press Alex Montague
formerly Of this city but nov of Cairo,
Mich ny - lin the city the giest of his
sister. Mrs. "A. Nice lliyray Dad
as he Is famiI iarly known here, says
he never saw such improvements III
any place as there has been here since
he left Tor the east He Is on his way
to alifornia on visit and win only
remain al here q few days.
Stark county democrats have nomi-
mated the following ticket: Sheriff,
r B corbett; register d leeds, ]. Il.
s'Junger;; county judg e Mike Oleheiser;;I
public adminis tor, M. n. Lindsay;
5superintendehh 81 schools, Della
Spears; coroner, Ludwig Mitz JUS
tice of peace, r. A. Willard constable,
Jos. Fried ], Jos. Noyak Chas. Tfolton.
Jas. Commons assessor Hrst district,
Joseph Fisher; second district Chas.
fIagberg;; third district Thos Gala
han: commissions third district,
Peter Lenty s
North Dakota Farmer Over 300
quarts of strawberries picked from
less than hall IA acre 81 land ia North
Dakota ~ what the Visiting farmers
saw 81 the experiment station, and
All we're convinced that strawberries
could ne groNn III North Dakota when
properly cared for. Before the straw
berries M put out, however hedges
gand prOteettn bslts ~ tress lid been
sset ont in Sder N afsord them protsc.
ton buk 81 fsv yeary' there IL ID
question Int M1ihat MOTH Dakota Vii