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The bee. (Earlington, Ky.) 1889-19??, 1905-09-28
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How q Great
War is Ended
Novel Phases OF the Portsmouth Peace
Conference What Spain and France
Paid In Defeat japan
Versus China.

" n many respects the meeting OF the
Russian and Japanese peace en-
voys in the city of Portsmouth Is
unique In his official statement
on landing In this country Count Ser
gius Witte. the head OF the Russian
peace commission, said:
The terms must first be ascertained.
weighed and Judged admissible by Russia
before she can proceed to formal ncgetia-
tions. Hitherto. as you arc aware. II was
customary In cases like this to settle all
such preliminaries before the meeting OF
the plenipotentiaries. whose task II was
to come to a final agreement on the mat
tersunder discussion. Now. the very fact
that his majesty the GEAR consented to
take course involving departure from
this ancient diplomatic usage and to APP
point a mission 70 learn the nature OF our
brave eneray's terms IL an eloquent token
of the friendly feeling which he and his
subjects continue TO cherish toward the
people OF the United States.
This is the first time that peace
commission has met In the United
States to settle war between nations
of the old world. The meeting Is In a
sense one of the fruits OF The Hague
peace conference, which was initiated
by the present Russian emperor. The
conference and the arbitration methods
1t put in force provided for ending
wars through. the good Offices of friend
ly powers. and President Roosevelt In
bringing about the negotiations now In
progress proceeded on these lines. As
M. Witte said. the meeting Is depar-
ture from previous customs and the
ancient diplomatic usage. That Amer
lea should be the place for holding such
meeting and putting into application
some OF the principles formulated at
The Hague is considered especially APP
propriate. The war Is one OF the most
important wars waged in modern
times. and II the negotiations for its
cessation prove successful the treaty
Of peace resulting therefrom Will not
only be Of interest In Itself, but from
the precedent which IL will set
When the United States had beaten
Spain to standstill In 1896. had cap
tured her entire army In Cuba and an
initiated her navy In the battles of
Manila Bay and Santiago. Spain was
forced to sue for peace. Overtures
The bee. (Earlington, Ky.) 1889-19??, 1905-09-28

controls Tour otner GEORGE s. NIXON.
banks and also
owns valuable mining property and
several large cattle ranches. He at
one time owned newspaper and has
served in the Nevada legislature. Sen
ator Nixon supported William j.
Bryan In 1896 and 1900, but for sew
erai years has acted with the Repub-
lcan party Fifteen years ago the
senator had ain adventure with bank
robbers which he will not forget as
long as he lives He was alone one
evening in the Winnemucca bank
when five desperadoes rode up and
proceeded to take possession Of the
promises. Before he could reach for
his Winchester, which was ten feet
away, he was covered with Colts
revolver and was ordered to throw up
his hands. The outlaws placed n knife
at his throat, and he was forced to I'M
lock the safe and give the robbers 1922
600 in cash. Not Il cent Of that booty
has ever been captured The robbers
were pursued as soon as an alarm
could be given and party collected,
but they got away.
The bee. (Earlington, Ky.) 1889-19??, 1905-09-28

western and gradually won name for
himself in journalism. He is now
owner and editor of the Northwestern.
has written much under the pen name
Of Sandy Broad and is the author OF
1.-The Man From Oshkosh" Colonel
Hicks was appointed minister to Peru
by the late President Harrison. As min
lister TO Chile he succeeds Henry l.. Will
son, who was transferred to Belgium.
John Kendrick Bangs once ran
across a gift copy Of one Of his books
in secondhand bookshop, still having
this inscription on the fly leaf: ITO his
friend, j. c., with the regards
and esteem Of J.. X. Bangs. July.
1902" Mr.. Bangs bought the copy and
sent it to his friend again with sec
ond inscription beneath: This book,
bought In secondhand bookshop, is
represented to J. c., with re-
newed and reiterated regards and es
TEEN by ]. X. Bangs, December, 1S99.'
There are some peculiar features In
the suit for divorce which Mrs. John
Mcbride, better known by her maiden
name Of Maud Come and often called
''the Irish Joan OF Are" has brought In
Paris against her husband, the gallant
colonel of the Irish brigade which
fought on the side of the Beers In the
Gox,kl, A frfoor
The bee. (Earlington, Ky.) 1889-19??, 1905-09-28

were devoted to the
idea of freeing ireland from English
rule through the use OF the sword, and
their marriage was supposed TO be a
case OF true love. But il has proved
otherwise. In the course of the trial
in Paris the counsel for Colonel Me
Bride, Maitre Labori. who defended
Dreyfus, asserted that the Irish Joan
of Are was subject to hallucinations.
giving as an example her belief thai
she is the reincarnatlon OF an ancient
Irish queen He argued that her be-
lief that her husband was unfaithfuI
was simply another Of her haiiucina-
lions.
There is story that Mrs.. Mcbride
might have had for husband no less
a hero than the renowned English gen
ersl, Lord Kitchener. According to the
story, he ceased to be n sutton for her
hand when she asked him to lead an
Irish army against England.aAid
George s. Nixon, successor Of VIII
liam NJ. Stewart as senator from Ne
vada. Is a native OF California ana
forty four years OF age. lie is q bust
ness man. and his early career was one
of struggle against adverse clrcum.
stances. He learned telegraphy and
The bee. (Earlington, Ky.) 1889-19??, 1905-09-28

board bill would be rendered, as the
honor, Of entertaining such distin-
guished party would be sufficient
consideration. However, Judge Page
is quoted as saying that he hopes the
conference will not last SO long that it
will involve keeping the hotel open
after the regular summer guests have
departed and making special provision
for the ENJOYS and their attaches, since
the building is designed only for use
during the warm months. The judge
Is quoted as saying concerning his
guests;
About the menu! Japanese. Pm
uold, eat snowbalIs and rats. Now,
our rats here in Portsmouth are not
very fat, and Tn afraid won't come up
to the standard But Russians, I'm
The bee. (Earlington, Ky.) 1889-19??, 1905-09-28

eco are great tor fish. In RI sa Is
cry nan OF wealth, 50 I'm tsla, l.s II
private tank of bis own into which he
casts the live tlsh. taking them ont as
fast rs required. SO. you can see. we
can suit the Russians easily. and. us
for the Japanese, they are very cultured
and polite and will understand that
we are unable to accommodate them
with zoe snowbali and rat diet. and
every thing will be all right"
Colonel John Hicks. the new minis
ter of the United States to Chile. is "A
newspaper man. an author ana dip
lomat He is Wisconsin man, but
was born in Auburn n. Y, in 1871
When he was child his family re-
moved to the Wolverine State. and
The bee. (Earlington, Ky.) 1889-19??, 1905-09-28

when scarcely more
than a boy was an
operator at a lonely
station in Nevada.
He obtained a posi-
tlon in "A bank and
rose from one post
to anotherIuntil in
1886 he organized
the First National
Bank Of Winnemuc-
ca. of which he Is
president. He now
A. = - 81. -.
The bee. (Earlington, Ky.) 1889-19??, 1905-09-28

Martens was DOrn
in 1S43 at Pernau,
In Jivland, one of
the Baltic prov
inces. He clings
TO the won" in his
name because 1t
marks him as be-
longing TO the mi
nor German nobil-
ity. Most OF the
leading Russian and
German universe
ties have conferred
degrees on Pro
A = aOr tIorfQug
The bee. (Earlington, Ky.) 1889-19??, 1905-09-28

when the civil war
came along his
father joined the
arm v an d W a $
killed in lighting
for his country.
Young Hicks had
to struggle in max
ing his upward
elm b. butt h g
worked his way
through college,
Joined the stan OF
A. n-ll.l. MI.
The bee. (Earlington, Ky.) 1889-19??, 1905-09-28

South African war.
When the beautiful
and eloquent plead
er for the cause of
Ireland united her
fortunes with those
OF the officer who
fought so bravely
in the Boer war,
the romance OF the
union attracted
much attention.
Both were pictur-
esque figures, both
The bee. (Earlington, Ky.) 1889-19??, 1905-09-28

hold their SESSIONS.
The hotel is owned
by the estate of the
late Frank Jones,
and Judge Page as
one of the trustees
Of the estate, man
ages the property.
1t was in this way
that he extended
the courtesies OF
the resort to the
peace conferees
The bee. (Earlington, Ky.) 1889-19??, 1905-09-28

On his mission to this country to con-
fer about terms of peace between Rus
STA and Japan NJ. Sergius Witte, the
cars chief envoy, has the advice Of
professor of international law, Fred
erick Won Martens, whose opinions on
subjects pertaining to international re-
lations carry much weight in Europe.
Although of German extraction, his
career has been associated chiefly with.
Russia, and he has been of great serv-
ice TO that country in past years in
the good use lie has been able to make
of his knowledge Of international law
and foreign affairs. Professor Won
The bee. (Earlington, Ky.) 1889-19??, 1905-09-28
Folk Who Are
Talked About
Attorney General Moody's New Task.
Whites Legal Adviser Judge Calvin
Page Minister Hicks Maud
Comes Troubles.
VHOUGH this is

KHOUGH this is
4 the seas o n
when profess
sional men usual
ly ia Ike things
easy and go on
long vacations. the
attorney general of
the United States,
William II. Moody.
Is delying into the
scandals in the de-
partrnent of agri-
culture. Mr..
The bee. (Earlington, Ky.) 1889-19??, 1905-09-28

who thrives on hard work. He is con-
sldered TO resemble the president both
In figure and IN the strenuousness Of
his habits The attorney general is
not so impulsiye as Mr.. Roosevelt, but
Is built on much the same lines physic-
ally, being OF medium height, stocky
appearance and ruddy, well Drowned
complexion. Like the president, he is
athletic, walks eight or ten miles a
day and 10 good horseman. Before
Mr.. Moody was attorney general he
was secretary of the navy, and before
that he was in congress. He went to
congress with high reputation as a
lawyer. His conduct of the common
wealth side of the celebrated Lizzie
Borden case at Fall River, Mass, had
heralded his name throughout the
country. During the drawing of seats
at the beginning OF the Fifty-fourth
congress he and another short heavy
set young congressman found them
selves sitting side by side.
Haven't l seen you somewhere
asked Mr.. Moody's neighbor.
Really, don't know 1t is pos
sible we have met somewhere" was
the reply.
"Oh, l know you! You were counsel
for the commonwealth in the Lizzie
Borden trial and your name Is Moody.
My name is Quigg. and reported that
trial for the New York Tribune" And
the lawyer and reporter, now national
legislators, shook hands.
The bee. (Earlington, Ky.) 1889-19??, 1905-09-28
LOCOMOTIVE BLASTS

SIduiuS VI tno ""
Railroad, Mrs. Theodosia Beach
am, is said to be the only wom-
an in America engaged in such
work, says, the Pilgrim, pub
lished at Boston, Mass. Mrs.
Beacham, whose home is IN
Michigan, though she is native
of Massachusetts,, took up the
work when her husband became
an invalid. With her two sons
she lives near the work she is
engaged upon, and her force OF
fifty men camp near by with
their mules and equipment. Mrs.
Beacham has done some of the
hardest work on one of the cost
hest electric railroad beds ever
constructed--red rock cut and
filling. She superintends the
work personally. and is held in
high esteem by officials of the
various railroads with which she
has had dealings.
In suit that has been filed by
Eleanor Braham against her hus-
band Bromley f.. in the circuit
court at Evansville, Ind, charg-
ing desertion, the l.. 4 N. rail-
way company is made a party
defendant on the allegation that
the railway company owes the
defendant Braham $3.50 salary.
The couple were married in 1899
and separated in 1901. The
wife sets forth that her husband
is a skilled mechanic and has
salary of 800 a month. She
asks $50 a month maintenance
and $3.50 judgment against the
party defendant, the l.. 4 N.
railroad company.
The Louisville 4 Nashville
Railroad ran special train con-
sisting OF ten cars from Nash
vile to Guthrie last Saturday on
account of the annual celebra-
ton and picnic of the Dark To
bacco Growers Association be-
ing held at that place. One fare
for the round trip was the rate
charged.
The L. Il n. during the past
several weeks has been taxed
almost to its capacity IN supply
ing cars for the traffic they are
handling over their various di-
visions. The lack of motive
power is causing the company
more inconvenience than the car
shortage. The l.. & N. Railroad
is one of the systems that seldom
allows its cars to leave the road,
but when the motive power is
short business becomes longest
ed at the different functions and
this results in car shortage as
well as of the engines in service
on the divisions.
About an hours delay was
caused to No, 90 Friday night at
Victoria mines by the eagine of
the coal train becoming disabled
on the main track and prevent
ed the passing Of the the limited.
Switch engine 512and crew were
sent to the scene of the acct
dent to bring the broken down
engine to this place.
The new shops of the l.. Il N.
r r., under construction at
Louisville are nearing compile
ton. The companys's shops
when completed will be able to
handle any class of work needed
by them. All of their locono-
tives and passenger cars will be
built there and the shops will
be fitted up with complete cleo
trio power. Individual motors
will be placed on every piece of
machinery in the buildings. The
machinery alone to be installed
will cost over half a million dol
lars. When the buildings are.
finished and the machinery put
in the Louisville and Nashville
will have the finest railroad
The bee. (Earlington, Ky.) 1889-19??, 1905-09-28

1t is all right &c go to law. Going to
The lawyers Is what costs. Tarrytown
~. W News.
The bee. (Earlington, Ky.) 1889-19??, 1905-09-28

Since 1871 he has been professor Of
international law at the University
OF st. Petersburg He has served as
special commissioner OF the Russian
government on several important oc-
casions, has been prominent IN con-
nection with The Hssus peace confer
ence movement, has written much for
reviews and magazines and is the au-
thor of several books, among them
The International Rights OF Civilized
Nations 1.-The Brussels Conference
and the Oriental War Of 1877 and
The Right of Private Property In
War; ~
The honor OF being the host Of the
Russian and Japanese peace commits
sioners during their stay at Ports
mouth falls on Judge Calvin Page, a
well known New Hampshire lawyer.
The quarters of the visiting foreigners
are the Hotel Wentworth, on the At
Iantic coast few miles from the city
of Portsmouth They travel back and
forth each day between this hotel and
the Portsmouth navy yard, where they
The bee. (Earlington, Ky.) 1889-19??, 1905-09-28

Every one likes beautiful souve-
mir cards. Call at the st. Bernard
drug store and make your selection
before they are all gone.
The bee. (Earlington, Ky.) 1889-19??, 1905-09-28

n many respects the meeting Of the
Russian and Japanese peace en-
voys in the city Of Portsmouth Is
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-10-27

The Bad Boy Tells the Groceryman
About Their Trip Across-They
Are Sea-Sick-Dad Meets Widow
and Loses His Heart and Pocket
Book-He Appropriates a Steamer
Chair and Quarrels with the Owner.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-10-27

that was brought aboard and was
goin, to return thanks for them, when
they were jerked away from him. and
he looked hurt. When the gang
plank was pulled in, and the boat be-
gan to wheeze, and grunt, and move
away from the dock, and dad saw the
crowd waving handkerchiefs and
laughing. and saying bon voyage, he
thought they were doing it all for him,
and he started in to make a, speech,
thanking his fellow countrymen for
coming to see him of, and promising
them that he would prove true rep
resentative Of his beloved country in
his travels abroad, AMI that he would
be true to the stars and stripes wher.
ever fortune might place him, and all
that rot, when the boat got so far
away they could not hear him, and
then he came off his perch, and said:
'Hennery. that little impromptu
demonstration to your father, on the
eve Of his departure from his native
land. perhaps never to seturn, ought
to be deep and lasting lesson to you,
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-10-27
Why Men Die Fast.

Col. Bent MurdSck, who is a goosl
liver himself, hasn't any sympathy with
the high liver who goes to rack. So
called big men-statesmen, warriors,
professional and business men-go all
to pieces in an hour" says he. And the
why and the wherefore? They know.
We know. Everybody knows, and yet
nobody cares. The world says, let them
die, there are plenty left. The man who
stuffs like pig, drinks like fish and
loafs like a hobo will collapse. The man
who lives fast dies fast. No getting over
that proposition. While the one VINO
lives nationally, sanely, lives long and
dies slowly and peacefully. Too many
people are burning the candle at both
ends. But then why preach, why pirate,
why refer to it? They are not missed
and there would be no place for them
should they come back.-Kansas City
Journal. =
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-10-27

London's Cemeteries.
There are % cemeteries in the coun-
ty of London.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-10-27
AND THEY GOT OFFULLY MIXED UP,

me at their leisure, than to be dead
boy miles down in the ocean, with
strange fish and sea serpents quarrel
ing over the tender pieces in me. A
man told me that if you smoke cigar
cites and get saturated with nickoteen,
and you are drownded, the fish will
smell Of you, and turn up their noses
and go away and leave your remains
so | tried cigarette, and, gosh, but
had rather be ct by fish than smoke
another, on an ocean steamer. 1t only
added to my sickness, and I had
enough before.
Il prayed some, when the boat stood
on its head and piled us all up in the
front end, but chair struck me on the
place where Fitzsimmons hit Corbett,
and Knocked the prayer all out of me,
and when the boat stood on her butt
end and we all slid back the whole
length OF the cabin, and I brought up
under the piano, tried to sing a
hymn. such as used to in the 'Pisco-
pal choir, before my voice changed,
but the passengers who were alive
yelled for some one to choke me, and
didn't sing any more.
Dad was in the staterOom when
we were rolling back and forth in the
cabin, and between sicknesses he came
out to catch me and take me into the
stateroom, but he got the rolling habit,
too, and he rolled match with an
actress who was vOyaging for her
health, and they got offully mixed up.
He tried to rescue her, and grabbed
hold of ner belt and was reeling her
in oil right, when man who said he
vas her husband took dad by the neck
and said he must keep his hands off or
get another nose put on beside the
one he had, and then they all rolled
under a sofa, and how it came out /
don't know, but the next morning dads
eye was BACKED, and tho fellow who
said he was her husband had his front
teeth knocked out, and the actress lost
her ,back-hair and had to wear a silk
handkerchief tied around her head the
rest of the trip, and she looked like
hired girl who has been out to a dance
1.-THE trouble with dad is that he
butts in too much. He thinks he is
the whole thing and thinks every
crowd he sees is demonstration for
him. When the steamer left New York.
there were hundreds Of people on the
dock to see friends of, and they had
flowers to present to the friends, and
dad thought they were all for him, and
hs reached for every bunch OF roses
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-10-27
Adaptability of the Japs.

When Lord Elgin visited Japan and
insisted on making the shotgun present
of yacht and also insisted on arrang-
ing a treaty with him on behalf of Eng
landrhe noted the extraordinary thirst
for knowledge and quickness in learn
ing which distinguish the japanese.
Within week raw japanese crew had
learned how to manage the shogun,s
new yacht. The Japanese commissions
ers even took pains /. to initiate the
cheers which their guests gave afterdin-
ner when the queens health was drunk,
as soon as they understood that when
you In the west wish to honor person
especially, you roar ana shout after your
meals. - ST s8sz%
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come cut the same way it went in Dad
found a widow woman who looked
back at him kind of sassy, when he
braced up to her, and when the ship
rolled and side-stepped, he took hold
Of her arm to steady her, and she said
maybe they better sit down on deck
and talk it over, so dad found a couple
of steamer chairs that were not in use.
and they sat down near together, and
dad took hold of her hand to see if
she was nervous, and he told me I
could go and play mumbletypeg in the
cabin. and went in the cabin and
looked out of the window at dad and
the widow. Say, you wouldn't think
two chairs could get so close, and dad
was sure love sick, and so was she.
The difference between love sick and
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1905-10-27

and 20 show you that the estimation in
which l am held by our people, is
worth millions to you, and you can
point with pride to your father
Il said rats and dad said he
wouldn't wonder if the boat was full
Of rats, and then we stood on deck
and watched the objects of interest
down the bay. AS we passed the
statue of Liberty, which France gave
to the republic, on Bedloe's island, dad
started to make speech to the pas
sengers, but one of the officers of the
boat told dad this was no democratic
caucus, and that choked him off, but
he Vas loaded for speech, and l knew
it was only a matter of time when he
would have to fire it off, but thought
when we got outside the bar, into the
ocean, his speech would come up with
the rest of the stuff, and I guess it
did, for after he began to be sick he
had to keep his mouth shut, which was
great relief to me, for felt that he
would say something that would get
this country into trouble with other
nations. as there were lots of foreign
ers on board.
II heard that ]. Pierpont Morgan
was on board, and / told everybody
got in conversation with that dad was
Pierp0nt Morgan, and when people be-
gan to call him Mr.. Morgan, told dad
the passengers thought he was Nor
gan, the great financier, and it tickled
dad, and he never denied it. Anyway
the captain put dad and at his own
table, and he called me Little Pierp,"
cial questions with dad, and everything
would have been lovely the whole trip,
only Morgan came amongst US after
he had been seasick for three days,
and they gave him seat opposite us,
and with two MOrgans at the same ia
BILE it was good deal like two Uncle
Toms in an Uncle Toms Cabin show.
so dad had to stay in his stateroom on
account of sickness, good deal.
Then dad got to walking on deck
and flirting with the female passen-
gers. Say, did you ever see an old man
who was stuck on hisself, and thought
that every woman who looked at him,
from curiosity, or because he had a
wart on his neck, and watch him get
busy making EN- believe he is young
and lSitteny thing, who is Irresistible?
Gee, but it makes me tired. No man
can mash, and make eyes, and have a
love scene, when he has to go to the
rail every few minutes and hump his
self with something in him that is
knocking at the door of his palate, to