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The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1904-04-21
che lUorld'$ largest Grab.

How would you like to have a
crab like this squeezing your toe
when you 60 bathing? The gi-
gantic Japanese crab, measuring
twelve feet, is probably the largest
crustacean in the world. The
specimen is type of the spider
crab, which inhabits the waters of
the group of islands forming the
empire of Japan. The body por-
ton is the size of half bushel
measure, while it's two great arms
or "feelers' could easily encircle
the figure Of a man. It's eight
arms or legs resemble huge bam-
boo poles and are extremely elias
tic, and if strung into one line
they would reach to the top of a
four story apartment building.
One of the extraordinary pecul-
iarities Of this crab is the faculty
of assuming a disguise by affixing
pieces of seaweed and sponges to
the body.-Ex.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1904-04-21
The Cat.

A boy in St. Paul public
school was requested to write a
composition on the cat and dashed
off the following:
The cat is carnivo1ous animal
of the quadruped family and was
first discovered by Columbus in the
iungles of Sahara. He's natu-
raj born fighter and grows mill
tary mustache that greatly resem-
bles the one that adorns the lip OF
General Togo who is captain OF a
japanese warship.
The cat is a night prowler, a
porch climber and thief, but is
a saint in his habits that is lat
ter day saint just like Apostle Joe
Smith.
The cat is lazy, but can more
than get hump on himself when
he wants to. Girls like the cat
because he's the deadly enemy of
their natural foe, the mouse.
The cat, like some people, has
his nose into every thing and his
sense of smell is as highly devel-
oped as that of lady prohibition
ist.
!. The cat hates water just as bad
as temperance advocate does, but
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1904-04-21
Some Causes Of the
Russia-Japanese War.

equality of treatment to all ma
tons, In fine, as a recent Japan
csc writer puts the case, with
out China there can be no open
door and without Manchuria there
will ultimately be no China"
The integrity of Chinese terri
tory, which is important to all ma
tons that have considerable trade
in the East, is vital to Japan, for
if the Russians are to be permitted
to maintain themselves in Man
churia it will not be many years
before they will have the whole
of China and Japan will be COM
PEELED to starve on her little is
land. This is why Japan sent the
following note to the Russian gov
eminent: "The government hav-
ing exhausted in vain every means
of Cancellation with view of re-
moving from the relations between
the two countries every cause for
future complications, and finding
that their just representations and
moderate unsel6sh proposals made
in the interest of a permanent
peace in the extreme East, are not
receiving from the Russian gov
eminent the consideration which
is their due, have resolved to sew
or their diplomatic relations with
the Russian government, which,
for the reason named have ceased
to possess value"
The little nation is fighting for
her life. D. w. K.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1904-04-21
lUben the Gar craveIs.

The czar is not less careful of
his life than his predecessors, but
he adopts different methods for
safeguarding himself. Instead of
having three trains ready when he
is going on a journey, and leaving
anarchists to guess which train is
conveying him, as his father did,
he simply allows no one to be-
come acquainted with his plans.
The route is published, but he
never keeps to it.-Ex.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1904-04-21

he enjoys a bottle of milk and a
bird.
The cat has nine lives, and the
only sure way to kill him is to
place him on exhibition where he
becomes so disguised with the at
tentions paid him by the ladies
that he turns up his four little
cushioned trilbies and dies.
[ know lots more to write about
the cat but I have forgot it.
f. M.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1904-04-21
Profit Sharing.

Paper Read Before the ChaotduQud Circle.
Certain ideas, which are causing
much agitation, are taking root
among large class of people. I
refer to the general tendency of
the laboring people to look for a
better and larger division of the
profits of labor among the laborers
themselves. That this idea is be-
coming more general and wide
spread is evident when such men
as Carroll D. Wright advocates
the substitution of the profit shar-
ing for the present daily wage
system.
The author of one Of our text
books says of profit sharing, ''this
means in one way or another, a
participation of labor In the prof.
its of capital. Both profit sharing
and cooperation have quite mar
row limits at the present time, but
their extension so far as practica-
BILE is desirable"
AS the world progresses SO the
demands of the people increase
and with it comes the demand of
the workingman for something
more than sufficient to keep body
and soul together. On this sub
ject the United States Commits
sioner of Labor says: ''The wage
system will pass away. The sys-
tenn that will take the place of
that under which mere wages are
paid will probably be composed of
the profit sharing and co-ope1a-
ton plans. The work people will
then acquire the interest of inves-
tors, the more capable will rise to
their opportunity and the less
worthy will find their level Such
system in universal operation
would be but common justice to
the laboring man. Through his
efforts capital is created, without
him it could not get along, altho
it is conceivable that he might get
along without capital.
Andrew Carnegie is pointed to
as one of our most successful bus
mess men, but he himself attrib-
utes his wonderful success to hav-
ing the effective cooperation OF
his various heads of departments.
To secure this he made them his
partners in business. In this way
the great steel company was al
WAYS in the hands of men who
we're interested in it's success. With
Carnegie this was not a charitable
I.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1904-04-21

his motive being a purely self
ish one. Why should not this
system be carried still further, so
as to include every workman with
in the walls of any enterprise? If
this were done would 1t not put an
end to strikes, labor grafters and
the many conflicts between capital
and labor that sadden us?
To give each operative share
in the business. no matter how
small, would make each one feel
like a different being and arouse
all the energy lying dormant. He
would have no use for the labor
unions and the walking delegate
and this is probably the reason
why the professional agitators are
against the system. They could
no longer live on the toll of others,
their occupation would be gone
and with it would 60 class Of
men who have done 80 much to
discredit the cause of organized
labor.
To feel that one has a share in
the profits brings the sense of a
proprietary right, and that is the
greatest incentive to human en-
.deavor. Under the present sys-
tenn the workmen are very likely
to believe that they always come
in for the small end, which they
invariably do. Their interest is
usually confined to the sum Of
money that is coming to them at
the end of the week. They have
nothing to look forward to except
a ceaseless grind of toll for which
they get barely enough to make
both ends meet. This is hardly a
fair return to the man who is the
chief source of wealth. On the
other hand the employer grows
richer as the years go by, while
in the laborer's condition there is
no improvement. Some would ar
que that this is due to their lack
of saving qualities, but the average
workman with a family has about
all he can do to keep his flock
in food and raiment. Of course
there is always the improvl-
dent worker who squanders his
earnings in dissipation, but some
of this class would have more
ambition if there was anything
more in their work than merely a
daily wage. Such man as Car
negie made it possible for few
of those in his employ to rise to
positions of trust and responsible
lty. He lost nothing by adopting
the profit sharing system even in
a limited way. His men could not
enrich themselves without adding
to his own wealth.
By neglecting to include all his
employees, this kind, benevolent,
old man, this American ideal of
success, who with the aid of the
government coined steel into dol.
lars and dollars into innumerable
monuments for his own aggrandize-
ment, lost an opportunity of 60
ing down in history as a benefac-
tor to the race. It's pages might
not have been blurred by such Ca
lamities as the Homestead riots.
Under this system the laboring
men would pnt forth their best eff
forts to build up successful bus
mess. It would be to their inter
est to do so, as they would have a
share in the profits. The relations
between employer and employee
would always be harmonious and
1t would be very difficult indeed to
get such men to go out on strike.
To jeopardize the business in any
way would be like killing the
goose that laid the golden eggs"
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1904-04-21

louSold duA y oHoh ~ oAosS
they may be able, if occasion arises,
to adjust the differences. or at least
remove the grounds for future fric-
idion.
The sympathizers of Japan be-
lieve her to be the victim of Rus
,sian greed, while the sympathizers
of Russia believe she has no sinis-
terdesigns on either ChinaorJapan.
The general impression seems to
be that if the various powers, in
GLIDING Russia, incline favorably
to the idea of preserving the neu-
trality and integrity of China
there can be no real reason for
the trouble between Russia and
Japan.
Until the diplomatic correspond
aence between the nations is made
public we can never know all of
the causes that led up to the war,
but we do know that one of the
principal causes dates back to the
conflict between China and Japan,
In which the latter was victorious.
In the treaty of peace that fol-
lowed that war China coded to
Japan considerable territory, in
GLIDING Port Arthur. No sooner
was the cession made public than
three great powers-Russia, Ger
many and France-entered pro-
tests. They demanded that the
Integrity of China should be pre-
served. They were SO earnest in
these demands that Japan thought
it best to forgo the fruits of the
victory she had won. So she gave
up Port Arthur and contiguous
territory. But as soon as she had
done this Russia came in and took
her seat, and forthwith Port Ar
thur became Russian port Of en-
try, a Russian naval station and a
terminus of the Siberian railway.
Immediately Russia began to &C.
Scupy the Chinese territory of Man.
churia, and she has maintained
that occupancy from that day un-
It'll this-maintained it in the face
of the protests of other powers and
in spite of treaty stipulations to
the contrary. She was always de-
parting on paper, but something
invariably prevented her actual
departure, and today she has a
eirmer hold on Manchurjan terri
tory than China herself.
The negotiations between Japan
and Russia were confined mostly
to questions concerning the occu-
patton of Manchuria and Corea,
and the manner in which they
have been carried on by Russia
shows beyond question that Rus
STA considers her occupation of
Manchuria as fnality. The de-
lays that have taken place in the
negotiations we're simply the re-
suit of her desire to obtain more
time in which to convey troops TO
the scene.
1t has been left to Japan to un-
cover and expose Russia S real in
tentions with respect to China,
and the probability is that Japan
has not constituted herself the
unouthpiece and spokesman OF
England and the United States
without a clear understanding of
Ahe part she is to play in the bus
iiness of pushing Russia out. AS
far back as 1902, when Russia en-
deavored to extort from China GER
tain special privileges, the Amer
ican secretary of state, Mr.. Hay,
declared that, ''Such concession
on China's part would undoubted-
" be followed by demands from
other powers for similar equally
extensive advantages elsewhere in
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1904-04-21
Before the Ctautauqua Circle.

is right and proper,
and, moreover, the duty
of the United States and
other nations to ascer-
tain if possible the real
point at issue between
Russia and Japan 80 that
The daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1904-1905, 1904-10-02
THE RESULT OF THIS WORK

A sixty day poll has just been
completed of the county and it can be
positively stated that results show a
phenomenal gain for the Republicans.
The result of this poll has not been
given out by the Republican County
Committee, but it is known that
gains shown are highly satisfactory
to them. Never since the Garfield
campaign will Wayne county have
gone so heavily Republican as this
year and the record of the vote polled
In that campaign may even be ex-
ceeded.
One of the remarkable conditions
brought to light by this poll is the un-
expected strength the Socialists party
is showing. Their ranks have been
swelled by silver Democrats who re-
fuse to swallow Parker's dose of
gold.
Notwithstanding the bright Re
publican outlook, the County Central
Committee has arranged for numer-
Gus political meetings all over the
county this month.
Then ext meeting that will be held
in Richmond will be on the evening
of October 10, when j. Frank Hanly
speaks in the Coliseum. On the aft
ernoon of the same day Mr.. Hanly
will address an open air meeting in
Franklin township in a grove near
Bethel.
Senator Fairbanks is billed to adj
dress a local audience the third or
fourth week of this month, the exact
date, however, has not been set.
About the middle of October James
E. Watson will address an open air
meeting at Jackson park and about
the same time Daniel E. Storms,
Secretary of State, will speak at
Fountain City and perhaps at Hag-
erstown. This will be settled later.
Chairman Gardner has also ar
ranged to have Senator Dolliver, Of
Iowa, speak in Richmond the later
part of this month.
The daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1904-1905, 1904-10-02
MAS. MAUZEE
HANGS HERSELF
Continued from 1st page.)


for committing the deed. She had
taken a bath and dressed herself in a
new dress, every detail of her toilet
being attended to with the utmost
care, even to fastening a small pin
at the neck of her dress. She went
into the small dormer closet just off
of the bath room and taking a new
rope she slipped it around her neck
and standing on a chair fastened the
loose ends around the rafters above.
She then tied these ends into a num-
Der of tight knots and kicked the
chair away from her. Her neck was
not broken and it is presumed that
she slowly strangled to death.
1t will never be known at just what
hour she committed the deed as the
family was away from the house
nearly four hours. She has lived
with her granddaughter, Mrs. Neal,
for a number of years and her daugh-
ter, Mrs. Williams came from Chi
caso just a few weeks ago to visit her.
Mrs. Mauzee was we'll known and
her untimely death is mourned by a
host of friends.
The daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1904-1905, 1904-10-02
NUMBER 6292
Drew the Druids Horse and Buggy
Who Has it?

Who has the ticket for the horse
and buggy given by the Druids
which is number 6292? Thit is the
number of the ticket which proved to
be the lucky n in the drawing which
occurred last night. Twenty-Five
numbers wer drawn out and the
twenty-ffth was kept. The others
were put back and another drawing
Of twenty-five was made. This was
done. until four numbers were held
and then the drawing ceased. The
person who holds the lucky number
has three weeks from midnight last
night in which to put in a claim for
his property. The other numbers
and their position are 6,270, 1,10S and
2.5O4.
The daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1904-1905, 1904-10-02
SUIT DISMISSED
The Dam Will be Built and There is
No Suit Pending.

The recent suit Of the Richmond
Street and Interurbn company against
the Starr Piano company and CLAIR
ence Gennett. in regard to building a
dam acvross White river. will be dis
missed from the circuit court docket
on account of an agreement being
reached by the contending parties
yesterday. Representatives of the
Piano company, the Street Car COM
pany. the Light, Heat and Power
company and the city met yesterday
and it was agreed that the dam
should be built and that the Piano
company should bear three1ffths of
the expense. This will save the city
about 5000.
The daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1904-1905, 1904-10-02

The campaign of 1904 is now OF
in earnest and it will be a battle of
words from now until the vote of the
nation is east. Both of the great po-
%litical parties have their best
speakers in the arena, and the next
month will witness some splendid
gatherings and eloquent appeals to
the voter. President Roosevelt and
the party that stands back Of him
are in the forefront to remain. The
Republican party has made a record
she Is proud of and will ever strive
to keep that record unsullied. Men
may go wrong, but the principals that
the party stand for are far above and
beyond men.
The daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1904-1905, 1904-10-02
ORATORY CRAZY
Woman's Debating Club at Depauw
Preparing for Earlham Girls.

Greencastle. Ind, October 3
Prof. j. f. Brumbaueh. Of the depart
ment Of oratory, Depauw University
finds to his satisfaction that there is
a lively interest in oratory and debate
among the new students as we'll as
the old. AT a called meeting in the
interest Of this college work he en-
rolled twelve who were candidates
for the debate team and a similar
number who were expecting to enter
the o%ratorical contest. The young
women Of the university are interest
Ell IN organizing a women's debating
club for the purpose of training a
team to meet the women's team from
Earlham in the spring.
There are several requests in the
hands Of the department for joint de-
bates with the Depauw team. The
last one coming in was one from
Cornell College, Ia. There probably
will be two debates this wear. one
with the first team and the other with
the second team.
The daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1904-1905, 1904-10-02
Omaha via the Northwestern Line

In addition to its already remarka-
bly, complete train service between
Chicago, Council Bluffs and Omaha,
The North-W Western Line has inaugur-
ted elegantly equipped parlor a
service through to Omaha without
change, leaving Chicago 1O:l5 a. m.
daily, arriving Omaha 11:40 p. m.
uffet, smoking and library a on
this train also opened to parlor a
passengers. Other fast trains leave
Chicago 700 p. m, 500 p. M, and
,li:53 p. M, daily over the only dou-
lie track railway between Chicago and
the Missouri River. Information and
tickets can be secured from your home
agent or address A. III. Waggener,
Trav. Agt. % Fifth Ave., Chicago, Ill.
The daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1904-1905, 1904-10-02
Excursion Rates to Northern Resort.

Excursion tickets at unusually low
rates good for the season, on sale dali
to Milwaukee, Madison, Waukesha.
Green Lake, Devils Lake, Gogebic.
Ashland, Marquette, Superior, Du-
luth, St. Paul, Minneapolis and MANY
Their cool and delightful lake resorts
reached by The North Western Line.
Information and tickets can be Sc
ured from your home agent Booklet
Untitled "The Lakes and Summer Re-
,orts of the Northwest mailed upon
receipt of 4 cents in stamps, W. b.
Kniskern, P. T. NJ. G. & N. w. R,y,
Chicago, Ill.
The daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1904-1905, 1904-10-02
The FIRE
Engine Room of the Kramer Manu-
featuring Co. Damaged.

The engine room of the Kramer
Manufacturing company was slightly
damaged by fire last evening, the
greatest damage was probably caused
by water. Mr.. Kramer was unable to
tell last night what the loss would
be, but thought that it would be
Slight. He expects to have every
thing In running order by Monday
morning OF just as soon as insurance
adjusters finish their work. The
blaze destroyed part of the roof of
the engine room and part of a parti-
ton. The fire was probably started
by the boiler. The building was fully
insured.
The daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1904-1905, 1904-10-02

again. He has been in vaudeville for
the past few years and relates with
pride that he also created the orig
lnal negro part in Younger Broth
ers, the Train Robbers
Mrs Noblett has created a number
OF characters and last year she
starred IN "Old Kentucky She
played Hetty in Younger Brothers,
Roanoke IN Roanoke and Tennes-
see III Tennessee Pardener. Mr.. and
Mrs. Noblette will star next year in
one Of George AIDES farce comedies.
The daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1904-1905, 1904-10-02

ceived many compliments on the first
issue-substantial compliments in the
way of subscriptions. Several per-
sons on rural routes telephoned into
the office that they received papers
shortly after s a. m. This is indeed
encouraging and we appreciate the
kind words of our friends.
The daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1904-1905, 1904-10-02

In the death of Senator Hoar the
nation loses a great and good man
He was a man of broad intellectually
and was a scholar as well as a poll
tician. Though he disagreed with his
party on the question Of expansion he
never became unpopular for it. He
lowered high among men and was a
model citizen of the nation.
The daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1904-1905, 1904-10-02
RESIGNED
George E. Seidel No Longer With the
Westcott Carriage Co.

George f. Seidel, who for several
years has been general manager of
the Westcott Carriage company, re-
signed his position and left the COM
pany yesterday. 1t is reported that
Mr.. Seidel will interest himself in
business and stay in the city, but this
has not been definitely settled.
The daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1904-1905, 1904-10-02
$4,000 to Colorado and Return

Via Chicago, Union Pacific & North
Western Line. Chicago to Denver.
Colorado Springs, and Pueblo, daily
throughout the summer Correspond
ingly low rates from all points east.
Only one night to Denver from Chi
cago and Central States and only two
lights en- route from the Atlantic
Seaboard. Two fast trains daily.
A. 81. Waggener, % Fifth Avenue,
Chicago, III.
The daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1904-1905, 1904-10-02
POLO TALK
Cunninghams Will Be on the Rush
Line.

Lille.
The Cunninghams will again be
seen. on the rush line for Richmond
this season at least for a while as
the proposed trade for "Pap'' Rob-
erts seems to have fallen through
with. The committee which was APP
pointed to arrange the schedules for
the polo teams have decided that
holiday matinee games will be played
this year, but on account OF both
Christmas and New Years falling on
Sunday the games will either be play
ed on the Saturday previous Or the
Monday after. The question Of sal
aries did not come up in the meeting
of the directors at all, but another
meeting will be held to discuss that
question. 1t is not thought that many
PLAYERS will be signed before the first
of November.
The daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1904-1905, 1904-10-02
BERT N0bLETTE
Plaped at the New Phillips Last Ev-
Played at the New Phillips Last Ev-

"1ou have fooled my plans WON
an. but | will Yet be reveneed.' hiss
ed the william as he rushed at the
heroine with a knife nearly as long
as a small saw. At this critical in
slant a gallant negro policeman rush
ed upon the scene and amidst the
deafening cheers Of the audience foil
ed the "vallian once again.
This hero with the black cork make
up was Bert Noblette. an old Rich
mond boy. and the lady whom he
rescues is his wife. whose stage name
Is adelaide Marshall. The scene and
place of rescue was at the New Phil
lips last evening in 1.-THE Midnight
Flyer
All through the play Noblette. who
takes a negro character. kept a GOOD
sized Saturday night crowd laughing
at his funny actions. At the conclu-
sion of the last act Bert greeted sew
eraf of his old friends in the ssfies.'
He says that he has not been in
Richmond for over FIVE years and he
is mighty glad to see the old town
The daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1904-1905, 1904-10-02

The benefits of i%nterurban lines in
TO Richmond are being felt more and
more every day. Our merchants are
benefited by this means of locomo-
ton more than by the steam roads.
What we want now is an electric line
north and south. Richmond is COM
ing.