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The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-06-24

Vologda- Sedletsk lines We're finished
in 1905 the government railways would
show a deficiency of over GS,000,0O0 for
that year.
THE GOLD RESERVE.
With respect to the actual amount
of gold Russia has in hand at this mo-
ment it is difficult, indeed impossible
to obtain absolutely accurate informa-
ton. The amount in her war-chest and
otherwise available is said to be one
hundred millions sterling in gold, a
large portion of this huge sum having
been got by diverting to this end specie
imported into the country for the pur-
pose of helping on the adoption of a
gold standard.
There is no doubt whatever that the
general economic condition of the
major part of Russia in Europe is alb
solutely deplorable Russia has mag
nificent mineral resources, but, though
the mining industry is growing, they
remain largely undeveloped: it is in
the main by her agriculture that Rus
STA lives. Her agriculture is in the
hands of her peasants who work land
long impoverished for lack of fertiliza-
ton. and their farming at best is but
Indifferent. There is a marked alb
sence of horses, oxen and cows on the
farms The Russian novelist Uspenskt
once wrote a story of peasant life.
which he entitled "A Quarter of a
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-06-24

Commercial and Travellers Letters of
Credit issued on the Bank of CaIifor-
MIA and n. NJ. Rothschild & Sons,
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Eorse'-a book intended to set forth,
under the disguise of fiction, the So
cfaI and economic status of an agri-
cultural population that had only one
horse to every four families. There
are parts of Russia where such a story
would have to be called "A Sixth of a
Horse or AN Eighth of a Horse if
it were to be true locally. One-third
of the agricultural population of the
cnce rich province of Voronezh have
neither horse nor COW.
LAND OUT OF CULTIVATION.
Statistics compiled by the zemstvos
of forty-nine provinces of European
Russia a few years ago, when things
were better than they are now, showed
that S91, 900 peasant families repre-
senting 100000 souls, had only nine
acres of land per family, while 2,219,-
444 peasant households, representing a
population of $4,000, 900, had only
twenty-one acres each, although a
large proportion of these households
consisted of from eight to twenty-five
member Much of the lands of these
poor people only yielded half a normal
crop owing to the impoverishment Of
the soil. a good deal of their land is
no longer cultivated at all. Between
1876 and 1896 the quantity of arabic
land per capita decreased 16 per cent,
and in the south about % per cent. The
(ConIlnued on page 81
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CAN RUSSIA STAND THE
FINANCIAL STRAIN OF WAR?

Can Russia afford to go on with this
great war?
We are so accustomed to be inn
pressed by the extraordinary vastness
and seeming solidarity of Russia, and
the Astounding wealth of her enormous
natural resources, that it appears
rather absurd to suppose that a war
with Little Japan" will very seri-
ously compromise her financial posi-
ton.
It is much more than a question of
budget figures. It is much more than
question of the amount of gold Rus
STA has in her war-chest, or available
from other sources, large as it I'M
doubtedly is.
The question which must be asked is,
Is her present economic condition such
as to warrant the confident belief that
she will not only be able to obtain the
revenue to cover her ordinary expendi-
. ture, but will continue to possess suf-
ficient credit to enable her to raise ex-
elsewhere, in the event of the war with
Japan lasting for a long time, as is
most likely, and with her cash re-
serves exhausted, as is more than pos
sible.
She has already placed a war loan
of f4O,00O,O00 in France, and it will not
be long before she will require to bor-
row again. If she can get the money
she wants in the shape Of external
loans, she may be able to go on with
the war for a considerable time, but
even external loans will not help her
long if the general economic condition
of her people is hopelessly bad.
THE TALE OF THE BUDGET.
The Budget estimates for 1908 were:
Revenue. ordinary and extraordinary,
about S1S0,00 600; expenditure, ordin-
airy and extraordinary, about e200,-
100000. This deficit, of course, meant a
considerable increase of the National
debt of Russia, and requires no COM
ment, save such as is contained in the
, words Of NJ de White, the former great
Finance Minister of the Car. At a
general meeting OF the council or
State, on January Il. 1908, NJ de White
stated that " the imposition of direct
and indirect taxes upon the population
has reached the last possible limit. To
Law any further burden on the tax
paying power viii not only be fruitless
of results, but can hardly be regarded
as permissible in the present ecOno-
mic condition of the country. The aim
of on enlightened financial policy now
should be to seek means of decreasing.
gradually, the burden of taxation"
From this weiehty utterance it is plain
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that the revenue of Russia has reach
ed its utmost point of expansion.
In 1902, the National Debt of Russia
stood at little under G700, 600, 0O0 To
this has to be added the loan of e4O,-
100000 lately foated. The total amount
is a vast sum- but it must be admitted
that up Till now the credit of Russia
has been good. Witness the fact that
recently she refunded e2S0, 900, 900 of
her and per cents at 31a and per
cent, with an increase in the principal
of the debt of only $4,000 900. A fur
Their consideration, presumably in Rus
sia's favor, is that she has invested
$3.50, 000, 900 of this debt of hers in her
railways, but, on the other hand. it has
to be said that these railways do not
pay. At the Council of State to which
I have already referred NJ de White
said that, in consequence of the con-
struction of number of unproductive
railways for military and strategic
purposes, the operation of the State
railways in 1903 would result in a loss
of e6000,000. And further, he thought
that when the Orenburg-Tashk and
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VIM. G. IRWIN & CO., LTD.
AGENTS FOR

Western Sugar Refining Co., San
Francisco, Cal
Baldwin Locomotive Works, Phila-
delphia, Pa.
: NewaIl Universal Mill Co., Manu-
facturers of National Cane Shredder,
New York, N Y
Paraffine Paint Company, San Fran
cisco, Cal.
Ohlandt & Co, San Francisco, Cal.
Pacific Oil Transportation Co, San
Francisco, Cal.
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WIN. G. IRWIN & CO., LTD.

WIN. G. IRWIN & CO., LTD.
VIM. G. Irwin. President and Manager
Claus Spreckels. First President
w. NJ. Clifford. Second Vice President
II. NJ. Whitney, Jr. Treasurer and Sec.
George w Ross. Auditor
Sugar Factors and Commission Agents
AGENTS FOR THE
Oceanic Steamship Company
OF San Francisco. Cal
AGENTS FOR THE
Scottish Union & National Insurance
Company Of Edinburg.
WiIhelma of Magdeburg General In
surance Company
Associated Assurance Company of
Munich & Berlin.
Alliance Marine & General Assurance
Co, Ltd, of London.
Royal Insurance Company of Liver
pool, Alliance Assurance Company of
London.
Rochester German Insurance Com
pany of n. Y.
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Bishop & Co., Bankers
ESTABLISHED IN 1858.
BANKING DEPARTMENTS.

Transact business in all departments
of banking.
Collections carefully attended to.
Exchange bought and sold.
| Commercial and Travellers Letters of
| Credit issued on the Bank of Califor-
MIA and n. NJ. Rothschild & Sons.
London.
Correspondents: The Bank of Call
fornia, Commercial Banking Co.. OF
| Sydney, Ltd, London.
Drafts and cable transfers on China
and Japan through the Hongkong and
Shanghai Banking Corporation and
Chartered Bank of India, Australia and
China
Interest allowed on term deposits at
the following rates per annum, viz:
Seven days notice, at 2 per cent.
Three months. at , per cent
Six months, at 81 per cent.
Twelve months. at 4 per cent.
TRUST DEPARTMENT.
Act as Trustees under mortgages.
Manage estates, real and personal.
Collect rents and dividends.
Valuable papers, wills, bonds, etc.,
received for safe keeping.
ACCOUNTANT DEPT,
Auditors for corporations and pri-
vate firms.
Books examined and reported on.
Statements OF affairs prepared.
Trustees on bankrupt or involved
estates.
Office, 924 Bethel street.
SAVINGS DEPARTMENT.
Deposits received and interest allow
ed at Az per cent per annum, in ac-
cordance with rules and regulations,
copies Of which may be obtained on
application.
INSURANCE DEPARTMENT.
Agents for FIRE, MARINE, LIFE,
and EMPLOYERS LA
INSURANCE COMPANIES.
Insurance Office, 924 Bethel Street.
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HAWAII SHINPO SHA.

THE PIONEER JAPANESE PRINT
ing Office. The publisher of Hawaii
Shinpo, the only daily japanese paper
published in the Territory of Hawaii.
c. SHIOZAWA, Proprietor.
Y. SOGA, Editor.
Editorial and Printing Offce-10S0
Smith ST, above King. Phone Main as.
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Transact business in all departments
of banking.
Collections carefully attended to.
Exchange bought and sold.
The Sumpter miner. [volume] (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905, 1904-06-22
D. \. ( n. SUMMER BOOK.

The handsome 1904 summer book,
"Restful Recreation Resorts, issued
by the passenger departent of the
Oregon Railroad and Navigation com
pany, is just out. lt tells all about
the summeriDg places of the Columbia
river valley-a brief description Of
the trips up and down the Columbia
river, TO the mountains, beaches,
inland resorts and fountains of heal
ing, where they are and how to reach
them. The book has special de-
signed front cover, printed in two
c1lors, and the inside pages are
splendidly illustrated by costly and
beautiful half.tones. A copy of this
publication may be obtained by
sending two cents In stamps to AL.
Craig, general Passenger agent of the
Oregon Railroad and Navigation
compa ny, Portland.
The Sumpter miner. [volume] (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905, 1904-06-22
DR.. Brock Makes a Trip of Over Fifty
Miles and Tells of Interesting Things
He Saw and Heard.

for moistue, the yield IL something
enormous. There are extensive
orchards loaded with fruit; the hill
sides are dotted with blooded cattle
and every farmer owns and raises
fine horses. Aud they all have
money, plenty of IT,.
All this rich section of country
trades at Baker City, though IL IL
from twenty To thirty miles nearer
Sumpter. The farmers expressed "a
desire to come To Sumpter, especially
ON account of the reports they hear
thut there IL always n good mnrket
here for farm produce Of every vari-
ETY.. which does not exist In Baker
city. That Burnt river road aud "a
little missionary work will ming
them here, ~ the roads beyond
Unity are in excellent condition.
Or, Brock says that the people all
through that section are enthusiastic
over Mount Rastus as "A mining dis.
trict. aud he heard some wonderful
sturris of mineral wealth. a mum.
Der of properties there ARE being OK
tcnsiycly developed, soma of the
rich farmers in the neighhorhOod
supplying the needed moeny.
The Sumpter miner. [volume] (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905, 1904-06-22

DR.. aud Mrs. Brock returned
yesterday from u drive To the south
extending into Mnlhcur county, dis
tant from here over fifty miles. The
doctor was called To Unity To see IA
patient aud on his arrival there met
n messenger from ranch In Mnlbcur
county, ten miles beyond Mount
Rnstus, who hud come To telephone
for u doctor.
The dny before the ten year old
sou of the rnnchcr had been thrown
for u horse aud seriously injured.
An ell urt had been made 10 get II
doctor from Huntington, but the
physician residin. there was out of
town. Or. Brock drove through that
night, arriving nt > o'clock In the
morning. aud found the boy suffering
from internal injuries. from which II
IL feared hr Will die.
lie says I hat H. the finest farming
country hc has ever seen: especially
In Eagle valley, where every acre H.
under II high state of cultivation.
All crops are tar advanced, aud ns
irrigation u rclicn upon exclusively
The Sumpter miner. [volume] (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905, 1904-06-22
RICH DIRT Al
SLICES GUlCH

Some samples which David L.
killcu aud Professor IL II Nichol
son brought flom the Sticrs' Gulch
rlaccr-. operated hy the killcu.
Warner Stewart company, were re-
tortrd hy Professor Nicholson today
aud showed an average value oi sG.al
to the cubic yard ot dirt This Is
regarded as exceptionally rich gravel,
II came trom within foot of bed
rock
The pnlcor- are going tull swing,
uul from MI Indications the biggest
cleanup lu their history may be c\
pNctci this season.
The Sumpter miner. [volume] (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905, 1904-06-22

Also as to local conditions in st.
Louis; hotels, ETC., etc.
If you will write the undersigne 1,
stating what information you desire,
the same will be promptly furnished.
If we do not have it on hand, will
secure it for you II possible, and
without any expense to you. Address
B. II. TRUMBULL,
Commercil Agent 142 Third street,
Portland, Oregon.
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Don't Go TO ST. Louis

Till you call at or write to the
Chicgo, Milwaukee and'St. Paul rail
road. Office 1874 Third Street.
Portland, Oregon. Low rates to all
points East, In conenction with all
transcontinentals.
w. S. ROWE. General Agent,
Portland. Oregon.
The Sumpter miner. [volume] (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905, 1904-06-22
Road TO Upton.

Judge Trnvillion aud Dave B. Fisk
came up from Baker City today to
inspect the route of the proposed
county rund between Grecnhorn and
Upton. Manager Fuller, ot the
them AT Whitney aud 20 over the
route with them.
The Sumpter miner. [volume] (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905, 1904-06-22

II you contemplate visiting the st.
Louis exposition. to secure reliable
information as to railroad service,
the lowest rates and the best routes
The Sumpter miner. [volume] (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905, 1904-06-22
BflCHtR MILL WILL
SOON BE INSIAiltD

frei pWues, superintendent of the
Bclcher went ont to the property
from dukrr C,ly today The
machluery Ton the Belcher twenty
STAMP mill is nov at Whitney aud is
Ia. be INSTALLED at au early date,
The saw mill Which ls hetng pat in
to cat luwhgr tur The ngl,he, aud
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the Red Lion mills. will bc in opera
tion, Mr.. DANES says, in few days.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1904-02-10
State Of South Carolina,
LAURENS COUNTY

RfzsT Court of Common Pleas.
Piedmont Savings and Investment
Company, Plaintiff, against w. r.
Saxon, J. M. r. Saxon, j. T. Saxon
and w. II. Abrams, Defendants.
Pursuant to decree OF the Court In
the above stated action, will sell at
Laurens O. H., s. o., on Salesday In
March, 1t being the 7th day of the
month to the highest bidder, the follow
ing lota to wit:
;. Tract No. L: That lot containing one
hall acre, more or less, bounded on the
North by lot OF Startling Owings. East
by lands OF jamie q. Clarke, South by
lot OF Gray, Sullivan g. Co., being the
same lot conveyed by W.. III. Abrams
to w. II. Saxon ct all, or February,
23rd, 1902.
Tract No. Q. That other iot of land,
containing one half acre, more or less. !.
bounded by lots of Startling Owings,
the lot first described herein and by
lots OF D. p. Goggans, Jim Blackstock
OF al,
Terms of sale--One half cash, bal
npce on credit OF one year, the credit
portion TO be secured by bond of the
purchaser and mortgage Of the premi.
ses and draw interest from da OF
sale, with leave to the purchaser to pey
all cash. IL purchaser faila to comply
with bid, viii resell premises at bis
risk.
Jsso. +. BoIr,
q ,t ~ 81 II ~ ~ Il. q. III ~ ~ III
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1904-02-10

RAISING OF One Of the Landmarks OF the
At.Gaiiagher Country-A Good
Man.

Mr.. Jas. W. Daniel, of Mt. Gallagher,
died on February, 2nd. He was about
80 years old..-one of the most venerable
men in the county. The following
children survive him: Messrs. l.. T. H.
Daniel, Rev. j. Walter, Rev. w. w.
and j. l.. Daniel of the Methodist
Church, Mrs Nettie Hudgens, of Will
iiamston, and Mrs. w. T. Jones, of
Greenwood County.
The late Mr.. Daniel was fine type OF
the honest, intelligent and Christian
man He was devoted member of
the Methodist Church and three of his
sons are prominent in It's ministry. His
life was without reproach and he goes
to his fathers ripe in years and full of
good works. His wife, who was Miss
Anderson, preceded him to the grave
years ago.
Mr.. John 7. Daniel requests THE
ADVERTISER to express the gratitude
OF the family for the many neighborly
and kind attentions and help during
his fathers last illness.
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Tribute to Deceased Lady.

Mrs. Virginia Hunt Owings, wife of
of February, at Greenvi lie, where she
had gone for medical treatment.
Only seven or eight years ago she
came to us q stranger, but during this
time she had greatly endeared herself
to the people in this community. We
rarely meet with one possessing more
culture, refinement and womanly quail
tiles than were displayed in her char.
acter.
When we reflect how dear she had
become to us who only knew her as an
acquaintance, we can have some idea
how much she must have been to those
who knew and loved her best.
Truly her life has been one of SER.
vice. She seemed to make it study
to bestow her charity on the unfortu-
nate whom others might neglect.
We believe she entrusted her loved
ones to her God in whom she trusted,
and is He not cable to keep that which
is committed unto him."
Since she has crossed over the river
may the memory Of her life, so pure
and unseltish, be constraining inilu-
| ence to hrlng to Christ those who have
not known him and to those who are
already his, may it be an inspiration
| to live better and nobler lives.
l.. p.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1904-02-10
BALTIMORE SWEPT
BY MIGHTY BLAZE.
The Loss Two Hundred
Millions Of Dollars.
AWFUL DESTRUCTION.
The Chicago COntlagratiOn
Rivalled,
one Hundred and Fifty Splendid Busi-
ness Buildings Burned or Brown
Up by Dynamite.
AWFUL DESTRUCTION.

The larger part of the business Sec
tlon OF Baltimore was destroyed by fire
which began at III o'clock Sunday morn
Ing and was not under control before 4
O'Clock Monday p. NJ The loss is es-
timated at from one hundred and fifty
to three hundred million dollars. At
least eight tiremen are reported killed
and the loss of life will be greater.
The fire broke out in the store of
John E. Hurst & Co, in Hopkins Place,
the heart of the wholesale drygoods
district. In half an hour half dozen
great buildings were burning. The
flremen were practically helpless and
400 streams of water turned on the
flames had no perceptible uffect. Fire
departments from Washington, Phila-
delphia, New York and numerous sur
rounding cities and towns sent assist
ance. At least 150 acres of splendid
brick, stone and iron business build
lngs were destroyed. Every prom
1nent newspaper in the city was burned
out. The Baltimore Sun got out it's
Mondays issue from the Star office in
Washington.
TO check the flames, scores of build
ings, some that cost in the millions.
were blown up with dynamite by the
hremen, but even this did not stay the
flames progress.
All the drygoods merchants in Lau.
rens are familiar with the locality des-
troyed.
In the loss of property the fire will
rank next to the Chicago fire, which
burned thee days aud left 10000 peo-
pie homeless.
Suffering will result in Baltimore
from the loss of employment by thous-
auds of people.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1904-02-10
Mr.. Bowen to be Married .

The society columns Of the Toledo,
Ohio, Blade contain the announcement
of the engagement of Mr.. Badger O..
Bowen and Miss Anna Louise Connor,
of Dallas, Texas. The marriage, it is
said, will take place in Dallas during
the Easter season, and later the bride
and groom will live at the Velvedere
in Toledo. Miss Conner is relative
of the Connors of Cokesbury, s. @. Mr..
Bowen is the youngest son of Mrs. j.
Ell. Bowen of this city. All the people
of Laurens are his warm friends and
they hear of his approaching marriage
with great pleasure. Mr.. Bowen has
been steadily successful in business
life, and Laurens, with one mind,
wishes that his happiness and pros
perity shall ever increase.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1904-02-10
RUSSIA AND JAPAN
ARENOW AT WAR.
Japan Occupying Korean
Peninsula.
FIGHTING RUMORED.
No Definite News of o
Conflict.
Tidings Of Battle Are Hourly Expected
from the FrOnt-KOrea Will BE

Russia and Japan are actually at war.
Tired of Russla's temporizing policy
Japan withdrew her st. Petersburg
minister and Russia followed by re-
calling hers.
Japan has sent fleet with two army
divisions to Korea and the Russian cav
airy advance guard Is in motion.
There were rumors of naval con-
ilict in which Japan was victorious yes
terday but they are not confirmed. ia
pan is also reported to have already
bagged two Russian warships and some
merchant vessels, but this is probably
untrue.
However, news Of fighting may now
be looked for.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1904-02-10

business world. In stocks and bonds the
firm has the best connections both in
Southern cities and in the large cities
OF the East These connections are
based on large personal acquaintance
on the part of the head of the Firm
with prominent Brokers and Capital
lists throughout the country. The Offices
are equipped with long distance tele-
phones which make easy and quick
negotiations with the whole CONNER
cial world.
The establishment of the New Eng
land Mutual Life District management
and the occupation Of larger offices.
are simply steps in the Firms pro-
gress, and an earno a. future.