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The Greeley tribune., 1905-11-30
FREEDOM FOR RUSSIA,
UNDER CZAR'S RECENT MANI.
FESTO, LAST ABSOLUTE NON
ARCHY DISAPPEARS,
The New Empire Promises to Be .
Regime of Constitutional Liberty
and Representation-Yictory Of the
People Widely Celebrated.

| AS an outcome Of the tremendous
agitation which has been shaking Rus
sia to the very core, the Gar has sur
rendered and has granted rights
which if consummated, will result i'll
civil liberty.
1t seemed for time as though the
history of the French revolution would
be repeated; that the aristocracy and
the bureaucracy driving ahead in
| their arrogance and self esteem, would
| fail to recognize the overwhelming
force Of the volcano of public senti-
ment surrounding them, and by their
refusal to recognize conditions, plunge
the whole empire into civil war and
anarchy. But the handwriting on the
wall was recognized and the Car
compelled to practically capitulate his
imperial throne. True, promises are
thus, far more in evidence than fulfill
ment, but Count Witte has apparently
been made the real Russian leader and
much is hoped and expected in the
way of peaceful reform.
In old Russia. the Russia of last
century. of last year. of last week, the
Car was all powerful. Russia was
the last remaining absolute monarchy.
The policies of the government were
created and enforced by the Car and
his Grand Dukes.
Popular representation was fragile
promise. Free speech was under the
ban; freedom Of the press was un-
known. Even all private mail was
subject to censorship. The prisons
We're filled with political offenders.
Imagine casting man into United
States prison because his political acts
We're not relished by the government!
A system Of public espionage fol-
lowed every mans move.
Old Russia was divided into two
classes, the nobility and practical
slaves.
Education of the masses was worse
than q farce.
What is promised for Russia?
The abolition of the rule of the Ro-
manoff House.
Freedom of speech guaranteed and
freedom of person inviolable.
A limited monarchy similar to that
Of England with guarantee of popu-
lar government, with II cabinet respon-
sible to the people. and with suffrage
made almost universal. and with provi-
sion for representative parliament
and for n general educational system.
The right of habeas corpus recog-
nized and the freedom of the press
assured.
Following the Cars imperial mani
festo outlining the proposed regime of
liberty. all Russia celebrated. In st.
Petersburg and Moscow the day was
one such as the Russians never before
had seen. The Slavic people. who dur
ing the long war just closed and the
anxious period preceding the an
nouncement of the new era of consti-
tutionalism, seemed self restrained.
gloomy and apathetic, gave themselves
fully to the eyuberance of the mo-
ment and spent the entire day in pa
rades and assemblies which for the
first time in the history of Russia We're
freely permitted.
1t was stated as a significant omen
that after a fortnight of gloomy and
depressing weather. symbolic of the
days of the great strike. the sun shone
out brightly on the date of the Cars
manifesto. a bright and radiant In
dian-summer day.
The Greeley tribune., 1905-11-30
.IaDanese Dwarf Trees.

In Japan are some very remarkable
trees. They are hundreds Of years
old and not a hundred inches high.
The most marvellous collection is in
Count Okumas garden. near Toxic
Here are pine trees that started to
grow in the seventeenth century, that
at the dawn of the twentieth century
are not too large to be carried in one
hand, pot and all. Others, whose seed
was planted about the time when Co
lumbus sailed for America, are already
outstripped by saplings planted year
before last.
In another place is grove of I'LL,
putian plum trees, gnarled and knotted
and twisted by centuries of wind and
weather, that are none of them toe
large to grace a dinner table, as they
often do when in full bloom. More
marvellous still, there are other little
trees, probably planted in the early
sixties" that are still thriving ut is
too much to say "growing") in tea
cup, while others planted before Cleve
lands last term in office have not out
grown a lady's thimble.
The Japanese are past masters IN
the art of dwarfing trees. They MP
off the trees roots and pinch its llmps
and starve it with little soil and lei
1t go thirsty and dry, but at the same
time keep the breath of life in 1t. un,
til II becomes the verieSt traVestv OF
tree, a manikin vegetable with .he
wrinkled face of an old man on the
legs Of little boy. Infinite patience
and skill and time are given III oroei
to stunt and dwarf into these gro
tesQue growths.
The Greeley tribune., 1905-11-30
The aromatic Havana.

Apropos of the real enjoyment of a
cigar Cauthorne. the newspaper cor
respondent in that most fascinating
story of The Tallahassee Girl":
"If you will permit me. I will
smoke" said he. taking out curious
cigar case of very fine workmanship.
"It does not even amount to kind
ness on my part" she answered: for
I enjoy the fragrant sweet of good
cigar"
"Thank you. can never fully appre-
ciate an open air chat without the
company of this Indian luxury. But
really am no great smoker. Two or
three day are all I take"
"You must be an exception. Papa
smokes twenty pipes full day, and
most gentlemen are always indulgins.'
Eyes. they lose sight of the equisile
part Of the thing which is subtle
pleasure coming only to those who use
tobacco of the finest quality and spar
ingly."
Sometimes abstain for several days
in order to get the full benefit OF
slow burning Havana"
The Greeley tribune., 1905-11-30

OF his men to run up the flag" The
stars and Stripes were hoisted and
Big Alec" as he is known, yelled out,
Now fire and be id to you" The
revenue cutter dipped it's flag thrice
and turned away. Several times this
bold navigator has had set-tos with gov.
ernment authorities. but a short time
ago the Carmencita made raid on the
copper islands and had a brush with
the revenue patrol. one of the crew be.
Ing wounded and sent to Seattle, Wash,
for treatment.
The attention Of Mexico having been
called to the illegal acts of the Car
mencita's crew. that government on
November l. 1904. cancelled the Mex.
lean registry. With this taken away
from him. MacLean had the name of
the schooner changed to the Acapulco.
1t is understood that when he dropped
INTO Drake Bay for supplies he had
only 100 skins on board taken from
the sealing preserves of the Arctic so
that government officials have suspect
The Greeley tribune., 1905-11-30
HUGE IRRIGATION DAM.
ROCK BARRAGE ACROSS NARROW
CANYON IN MOUNTAINS OF
WYOMING.
Works Will Store Flood
Waters For Fertilization of One
Hundred and Fifty Thousand Des-
ert Acres.

A quarter of a century ago the
home of the buffalo, and later cat
tie and sheep pasture, with an occa-
sional ranch house, the Big Horn
Basin in Wyoming is now the scene or
Il great activity incident to the build
ing of one of the largest of the govern
ment irrigation works. Some years
ago Colonel Cody, better known us
Buffalo Bill, made IL survey OF the
Shoshone canyon, and in connection
with General Miles, projected COM
pany to construct Il dam and irr1Sate
some 10000 acres. The necessary cap
ital however was not forthcoming ana
when the national irrigation law was
passed, the government took up the
proposition, and u large party OF en-
gineers has since been employed on
the preliminaries of great work OF
desert reclamation.
The Shoshone River dashes down a
narrow canyon, with Jagged and per-
pendicular walls, and at its narrow
est point the government has begun
the construction of the highest dam
ever built. 1t will cement together
the two canyon walls for 24O feet
above the stream bed, and its founda-
ton will go below the water line ST
feet additional, down to the SOLID BED
rock. The stream, where 1t passes
between these granite canyon walls. IS
but 60 feet wide, and the dam Will
form great lake of 5000 acres, with
watershed of 1850 square miles,
and storing enough water to irrigate
l5O. 900 acres through seven miles of
14-foot tunnels bored in the solid
rock.
Little Chance For Land Grabbing.
This will cost about SO an acre to
be paid back to the government by
settlers, under the business-like pro-
visions of the irrigation law. The land
flood and then boiling over great rocks
itself is free under the homestead act,
and has been reserved by Secretary
Hitchcock from entry under the
Desert and other land laws not requir-
ing actual residence and home-build-
ing.
Few such picturesque and wildly
beautiful scenes can be found as this
Shoshone canyon. The river is sue
cession of foaming, rushing rapids, the
water coursing along in deep green
hood, and then boiling over great rocks
and boulders in white surge Only
for IL few hours each day can the sun
find its way to the bottom of this
decply-cut gorge, the mountain sides
towering into the clouds two and three
thousand feet. From above the dam
site as one looks down at the engin-
eers working on the foundations,
directly underneath, they appear like
mimic men.
Giant Forces Of Nature.
This Shoshone canyon and its sur
rounding mountains, are one of
The Greeley tribune., 1905-11-30
WiII We'd for Love Only.

Princess Victoria of England. the
only unmarried daughter OF Nlhs H AZ.
ward. declares that II she n'ali,sn .';,+' -.
oll n viii be for love She Is thirty
seven wears old, and for twenty years
has refused to consider every marriage
proposal suggested by her father the
King.
az 7 marry, 1t will be to the man & Oh
my CHOICE she is reported 10 INV
said. .'Tather. mother, anu soNtin,
ment snail not choose for me. l WI,
love the man marry. IL l ever Hhr'!'
This bold declaration by the daughter
Of "A king has shocked royal ana ;,rls'' =.
cratic circles all over Europe put J.,
has been read with delight by In.
Engllsa people, and 1t appeals e!uais
to a 20 eSicans,
The Greeley tribune., 1905-11-30

been worn and polished away.
a Giant Fire Cracker.
Watching the government engineers
cutting road along the side Of the
canyon for the transportation of sup
plies to build the dam-6O,0OO barrels
of cement alone will be needed-the
writer observed the explosion of big
charge of dynamite, which burst with
roar, echoing up and down the can
yon with deafening reverberations
Immediately an oblong granite rock of
some $50 tons weight was torn from
its base and hurled down into the river
a hundred feet below. Skaters of
rock flew in all directions, and a great
splash of water rose like geyser out
OF the black depths of the canyon
Yet this huge block of granite was
but baby addition to the family of
boulders which had been detached by
more giant forces of nature, and
thrown into the river bed A few
hours before we had crawled directly
under this rock in our canyon 'explor-
alton" Returning, we We're fain to
accept the assistance of one of the
road builders i'll getting across this
place, looking down the while into the
river boiling below among the rocks.
The engineering credit for this
great project with its great dam,
its enormous spillways, its noun
tain road building and its miles of
canals and huge tunnels bored
through the solid rock is due to
jeremiah Ahern "a government dis
trict engineer who, almost cut off from
the outside world, has taken up his
residence for several years in this wild
canyon. once fastness of the Sho-
shOne Indians.
The Government Irrigation Program
What does all this great irrigation
work of the government throughout
the west signify? Simply that the
nation has decided to use the money
derived from the sale of western
public lands to make its desert soil of
value, and furnish many home.build.
ing opportunities. 1t means that
many men will find employment in
the construction of dams and canals
IN every western community, and that
finally, as the works are completed,
one by one, new farm homes will be
stablished. adding to the nations
wealth and balancing our population
now inclined cityward.
For thousand years longer this
splendid dam site would likely stand
lille before private capital would de-
velop 1t to its magnificent full capac-
ity, for the difficulties in the way of
the engineers are many and unknown:
nut the government will meet all OBJ
stacles and overcome them, and finally
turn over to thousand farmers II
perfect top Of engineering, compara-
BILE to the great works of the Peru
vian Incas. the Egyptian Rameses or
the British engineers of 1ndia-an en-
during monument for all time to the
wisdom of the present generation OF
America.
The Greeley tribune., 1905-11-30

fitting his schooner Car
in Violation of the sealing
was arrested at Victoria, Brit
Ebia The Department of State
q telegram announcing the ar.
p crew made up of men said
f!ce a band Of pirates and cut
p ever manned a pirate craft
days of Captain Kidd.
pms home has ever been on
he knows no life but that on
blue ald he finds no enjoy
shore, He has been a rover
freight carrier, and any dare
FerpriSe mt sea that needed a
pm could hnd an adherent in
NacLean. whether in search
treasure, running a contra
fgo or Illegally poaching for
|hd MN the man: he has had
fe in all MacLean's ship, the
(a, was formerly the Jenny
Plllt IN 1869, when speed and
blhg capacity was desired.
|FoacNing for Seals.
the rakish looking schooner
4 to 1884 had nothing to do
FLean's operations, but it was
April, 1904, that the schooner
Fered and outfitted for a poach-
among the rookeries of the
The RussO-Japanese war be-
uppermoSt IN the minds of the
|oAS concerned, it was consid.
'ne polchers that they would
The Greeley tribune., 1905-11-30
DRESS REFORM FOR WOMEN.
Advocate OF Practical Walking and
Working Carb-Relief From
Heavy Skirts.
Dr. Cora Smith Eaton, of Minneap.

DR.. Cora Smith Eaton, of Minneap-
OILS, Mill, believes that many of the
aches and ills from which women
suffer are the direct result of the
clothes they wear. She says that in
her professional capacity she tries to
impress upon her women patrons the
need of dress reform Not the old
time hidcous bloomer costume Of
years ago. laughed the doctor, but
n rational, sensible and beautiful
adaptation of our clothes to our
needs.'
"And what are our needs" was
asked.
The Greeley tribune., 1905-11-30

natures great handiworks. All has
been cut out by the silver stream
rushing in its bed below. For count
less ages it has eaten its way through
granite and limestone. wearing, wear
ing. wearing away. For centuries and
ages it has flowed. ceaselcssly and
likewise uselessly on its way to join
the flood of the Missouri: now 1t is to
be harnessed and made to produce for
man. A thousand farmers will make
The Greeley tribune., 1905-11-30
d A PIRATE OF OLD.
|,yDER MCLEAN ROAMED
IJySUIFT SCHOONER.
,,ied BY Thirty Reckless
.eers He Defied Governments
c"ohoats-Now in Tolls Of the

.,,s never a law OF God or man
! north OF iifly-three.
lin Alexander MacLean, as bold
az ever lived during the priv
. days when pirate ships lay
in tbe pathway of Spanish gal
iii roam the sea no more. That
will not sail the deep in that
rdsJ manner when made him
ert of search by United States
i,ish authorities. A few weeks
der an Indictment for conspi-
The Greeley tribune., 1905-11-30
FA' l. ALIEN. MACLEAN.

M 4 poSlllon 10 guard their in
M rad on the Russian seal,
;,o., was the real object of the
ktatal britain, Canada and the
kola nave an agreement to
,asic nro, sealing. so that appar.
! on O,slj u, the ships owner from
n /" under either United States
ia 'S~S, c", the ships name was
kkanI nIarinencita a! and registry
NyA out in Mexico.
4. osv''s at Beck and Call.
n, !, she headed for the north.
dare 1SHSi:ean sitting aft, thirty
kInrV nVueVlIs ,,,ol forward and cases
Ein1's rifles and ammunition in
bri, sgaoin. She had cleared
\ tbo II '2r or, a cargo. but instead
wbo.il' il''!e Islands in the Ber.
kery e ,,. IT. was understood a
n Mv5s was discovered.
i &c ,Lean %,,l has had n varied
the Gu ,r the authorities, no,
bt SS'aar,inencita, but on other
! a ro,." "'gh he was master. Az
(ndinr 'iua ~ cutter annoyed hin
b s lors mat mat his papers be sent
he rayo,' yon"llllhatlon. Upon hi.
fre on '1'i,le +, officers threatened
|su h' 'e Stars and Stripes.
-VDf'ng this, ordered on,
The Greeley tribune., 1905-11-30

ed that the great amount of money dis
played on that occasion must have
come elsewhere than from the fund de-
rived from the sale of skins. The gov
ernment agents believe that several
men now under indictment. in the West
IN connection with this poaching trip
furnished the funds.
Always Eluded the Law.
MacLean's movements were conduct
ed SO cleverly that he could never be
held until now; he always made the
technicalities Of the law cover his op-
erations, but the Department Of Justice
has been gathering evidence through
the personal direction of Chief Wilkie
of the Secret Service and it was this
evidence that led to his indictment
IN San Francisco short time ago. So
now the piratical course of Captain
Alexander MacLean seems at an end
and the stern hand of the law holds
him in its grip. 1t remains to be seen
whether his luck will again serve him
in good stead and enable him to sail
away to the great white silence
where the treasured fur-bearing ami
mails are found, or whether the govern
ment's evidence will be strong enough
to shackle him.
The Greeley tribune., 1905-11-30

order. though really modification
of the Empire.
1t is n delight to watch the doctor
move about in her brisk, energetic
way, Her body. sensibly clothed,
and beautifully poised. with that fine,
straight line beloved of physical cul-
,-"fs from tho hcnd to tho heels, is
responsive to the many demands of
her busy life 1t would be impossible
for her to accomplish her work, she
says. hampered by the usual style of
dress.
The Greeley tribune., 1905-11-30
Favoritc among Cigar Markets.

Bismarck used to boast that in his
fifty wears ne had smoked over 100 200
cigars Ir later years he was seldom
without his immense meerschauIl.
The Greeley tribune., 1905-11-30

The most costly church of its size
in America. is in the quaint Old town
of St. Augustine. Fla.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-02-02
. b /! GREAT RI.
PLuNGER, IPAssESIA!|!.W!!!!!A!!!'X!
.fspec ial to The5Times! Dispatch.

Il
AsHEYILLE, N. c., Feb. George Is 2.
Smith, better known as sburg i'hll III
the most noted Of America &c tr;ack
plungers, died Of consulppItt n 4 at ,the ne
Winyah SanitarIum at .9.ae this morning l.!'
aged 49, The iremains will be taken take, 20
4Pittsburg tomorrow morning ny ms ms
Srrothe an al brother, who came 70 ms CITY
some few days 80. Is.
"Pittsburg Phil came to Asheyilie sew
era smonths for treatment He vas w
then in badly nroRHH IVY To,. time
he rallied9and seemed toimproye,, butt
disease lad reached an almost nopeiesss
stage, and a on several occasions aLne enu
was go a. CLOSE rei a ee @
On re and worry or business that for some
time lie did not let It be5known, even nv 20
his family that he was It, ne e tnown
letters and kilograms BY the score came m :.
Rtolshim from many sources. asking ms
advice Of horse racing matters. 4, /.
George T.. Smith was q NAIVE ~; att,S,
burg. and at the time he began 10 pet on
the horse races was employed as o. CORK rK /.
cutter nt8a salary Of "a per Week, nc !.
was successful from the start, ana II, \. y
had Won some SoG ~ , rSG Room .Mn
f fused 10 accept sl his bets Ia trans
&ferred his operations 70 Cnlcugo.L WY =, ~ J..
was there, to distinguish him from others
Of t tho IN name Of Smith, that he was giye,
the sobriquet4 Of 'Pittsburg Phil, zig
was Inconsistent and methodical plnnger.
and although at one time was said \ 20
have been Wiped out he had no ,d trouble IN N
amounts ini5his battle with the book
makers, and died wealthy
Vbee,, on X King Cadmus,' in 1891. when he
placed a 5000 bot and took 5000 from
tho booldes. His entries were recently re-.
fused on the tracks on the charge that
unfair methods we're used, but the
charges were not proven and the restric-
8tIon was Withdrawn, u,
The ruling passion was strong TIL loatn
and when his illness was ut It's most acute
stage le was wont to talk Of race horses
and betting transactions. AIT ougl !
Smiths condition had been co I, Ter {,
this morning came unexpectedly. and nc
passed quietly away . . 4s.t ,
s81 His mother, abrother VIC smith. anc
<I3. g, NIcGill, a nephew, were With him
when death came. {I "A
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-02-02
GROUND NJ .HI|.O||IG; DAY
COMES ROUND ] AGAIN I'm
If Frisky Animal Sees Shadow
There Will be More Cold
Weather. NJ

2ss.If, when Mister Ground Hog ventures
from his lair this morning nc observes
his shadow hc will 3acurry \ OK "a gain.
Then. according to the seers OF this and
all other. ages. there VIII be fort days &of
mighty hard wcather--Wcathcr that calls
for big log fires. heavy blankets. fur over
coats, Tom and ferries, hot Scotches, and
SO forth. If, however. lie seeth not his
shadow, he will gambol and frisls about
in the snow, and give the plumber and
the coal man the merry "he-he!'
According to the same seers OF ancient
and modern history. there will be forty
days OF perpetual sunshine. Butterflies
and bees will get out OF their hiding
places and mosquitoes will sing lnerrty.
The Ice man will begin his rounds. and
straw hats will be in demand. There Will
be no moro getting up In the cold to make
early morning fires; no more will paper
and old hats have to be stuffed in the
holes lii the windows, and shady Sides OF
the street will be popula + resorts. Mint
julcps and gin fixes will take the place
Of buckwheat4 cakes aud hominy. and
overcoats and blankets will get back N
the moth chest. SO 55ts.5 !.
Prophet says to-day may be clear. Il
so. there will be trouble. ~ ti3
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-02-02

b ~,
arated from Its setting. loses It's real
value and may be twisted Into convey ,y
Ing the opposite from VIVA II y speaker
really intends. One may give credit for
n thousand virtues and but a few faults,
Vet II the faults Sbe the only thing re,
ported, his meaning and his attitude VIII
be wholly reversed. Such, i desire TO
say has been the case In this instance
DR.. Alderman, in u brief and critical
analysis of8ouri conditions. was pleading
forEbetter opportunities to- train our coln-
Ing leaders than our genera ton has had,
and tho criticism to which the paragraph
youshave seen referred was 30 REASONABLY
expressed and 80 sound Y 81 explained 4 by
the conditions which followed our great
losses that had you, think, or any one
else, heard the entire q tldrcss you would e,
not have failed 10 sassen to- It MS NC; who
heard 1t asscnted. aud would have agreed
with us that, It was n speech nota big on
many accounts. butSo on none more SO than
lis tribute to tho Southern people. with
great respect, Il am, yours sincerel y. \. (.
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