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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-02-25
STRIKE SITUATION SERIOUS.
Sensational News From Caucasus
Streets Filled With Dead.

ST. PETERSBURG, February 25-The
reports today both from Poland and the
Caucasus are very disquieting. Owing to
lack of direct traffic, communicate ton with
many places in the Caucasus verifcation
of the countless rumors afloat is impossible,
but that 1t is positively known that almost
a reign of terror exists in the territory
between the Caspian and Black seas Pri-
vate vengeances have glutted the streets of
Baku, Batoum and Tifiis with dead Ar
menians and Mussulmans. The reports,
however, of the capture of Russian gar
risons and of the firing of the Black sea
fleet on Poti, etc, are not confirmed.
Critical in Poland.
In Poland the strike situation is once
more assuming a critical stage, and it is
feared the authorities may again be forced
to adopt violent measures.
The railroad strike situation in southern
Russia is also more menacing. Traffic on
half dozen roads has been stopped, caus-
ing still further difficulties in the trans
portation of grain and coal and bringing
business to standstill. Over 10000 car
loads of grain await movement in the Volga
district and several hundred thousand tons
of coal for the iron and steel manufac-
tories cannot be budged from the Donetskiy
collieries.
Dangerous Agrarian Movement.
Added to this is the dangerous agrarian
movement among the peasants of some of
the southern provinces as a result of the
circulation of the report that the emperor
March will issue a manifesto providing
for general division of lands. which has
been the dream of peasants ever since their
emancipation. Here in st. Petersburg the
workmen are in constant state of agita-
ton. The employers are unable to deal
with the men, who walk out and resume
work on alternate days. There are now
over 10000 men idle and walking the
streets.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-02-25
Asking Residential Assistance.

The President Is going through his usual
experience at the close of session Of Con-
gress. 1t is that of listening to the appeals
Of members OF Congress for help for bills
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-02-25

hind them profound impression of esteem
for the devotion in which the difficult task
had been performed.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-07-02

If he holds the consignment, say thirty
days, il means a loss of between l and
per cent. He doesn't want to make a
row and offend his customer. so he &C
ceptS the loss. The American import
ers might make stand and protest
against this sort of imposition, but il
they did their English or German COM
petitors would continue to grant such
extensions and thus gain a point
against them The Germans. particu-
iarly, are always cutting corners and
doing unbusinesslilSe things i'm their eff
fort to get a fo0thold.
Japanese Till-Tapping.
The Japs work the claim dodge for
all il is worth If an order arrives
with a low market the importer feels
it in his bones that he will have Il
claim. He might as well compromise
and pocket his loss because he will get
little consolation in the courts. \ To-
kio firm reports d shortage of ST worth
Of paper on a small order from "A Yo-
kohama importer. The latter is certain
his stock was intact. but it will cost
more than the claim is worth to send
man TO Toxic 20 investigate, so he al
lows it. Another common practice is
TO hand in checks for bills due just
after II O'Clock on Saturday i'm order
TO gain two days interest at the bank.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-07-02

ject OF envy TO the cornet and the flute.
Only the cellist rose superior to these
frfvOiitieS. and though many encores
bore evidence of his popularity. he had
never deigned to inquire by word or
look whence came the demand for more
OF his music. And so the young men
OF the orchestra yielded TO him meas
ure of respect which lost nothing I'm the
Papa" with which they referred to
him.
1t was near midnight of All Hal
Iowe'en. Papa WeyTich had played
Traumerei' neither better nor worse
than he had played il hundreds Of
times before The applause had merged
into the usual buzz of voices and the
CHATTER Of silver and china. A waiter
came up to the little balcony and
thrusting his head between palms.
said:
"A note for the cello player
Papa Weyrich gingerly took the ex-
tended card. while every eve in the
orchestra bulged with establishment. A
note for Papa WeyTfch, He held il at
arms length. as If reading while he
passed it on to the leader. Then his
smooth, honest face went white and
red by turns. His hand trembled. his
bow fell on the floor. his eyes stared
at the writing.
What's wrong. Weyrich?" asked the
leader, coming over to him.
Nothing at all" lied the 'cellist:
somebody wants me to play 'Traum
der Sennerin.' Shall I2''
He was plainly excited. and the other
musicians were wondering. OPEN
mouthed.
We haven't the music said the
leader. we'll knowing Papa's hatred for
encores.
Il can play it. will play it," said
tho 'cellist
AstOnishment was on every face that
watched him as Weyrich picked up his
DOW. and swept into the weird. fan
tastlc melody with a power and rapt
expression they had never heard from
MN before. His fine ewes wandered
over the faces of the audience till at
iast they paused, distending, as he
looked into the face of woman. Blue
eyed, yellow haired. smiling beautffuil
she was one OF those women about
whose age men seldom stop to guess
Near her sat another, not less comedy
out oNershadowed By the splendid fadi-.
ance Of her com3anfon.
AS the musicians were locking up
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their instruments the young first vio-
linist found card on the floor, and
read:
''Play the piece you played me that
last night at Observation-Disclosures"
he thrust the scrawl into his pocket.
and as was his custom. hurried after
Papa Weyrich. As the 'ceilist reached
the aisle the blonde goddess came half
way to meet him. She put both hands
in his. fixed him with her luminous
near him.
so, Emil. you have not forgotten
Potsdam, she was saying, watching
some old familiar fire come back into
his eyes.
ITS not Potsdam. it's not the nu-
sic, it is you 1 must remember al
ways, f" he said. And the young violin
ist, waiting apart, marveled at papa s
sudden air of buoyant gallantry.
mo. no, EmilI" she laughed: this
is no place for ganantries. Besides.
You know, we are no longer bOy and
girl Indeed, L almost forgot in my joy
at seeing you after all these years. I
knew you the moment / heard 'Trau-
merei and saw those curls of yours
Really. Emil, you're as handsome as
everI"
You seem more beautiful. Carlotta -
Now, I'll punish you" she whis-
pered, piayfully tapping his hand as
she turned to the younger woman.
VINO WIN their Two men companions.
sat chatting at nearby table.
Come here. Irene" she called. And
then to the 'cellist:
Mr.; Weyrich. this in my daughter
Irene"
The musician WINGED. turned pale
Stainmered:
'Impossible-that is-er-pardon me.
miss, your mother seems too young to
call so mature a child her daughter"
The daughter hardly suppressed a
sneer at his blunt gaIlantry. She did
not understand or care about the grav
nallor of his face as he regarded her.
But the mother saw and understood
and enjoyed his confusion
And now-auf wieder sehn." she
was laughing. But he stopped her with
a queer gesture. calling the young vio-
linist. who yet waited across the aisle.
Before we separate. ladies. let me
present my son, Carl Weyrich."
And the triumph faded from the
elder womsn's boidAblue eyes an she
watched them walk away into the
night.--John II. Raftery.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-07-02

He can fake an idea quicker than a
parrot can learn to swear. II is dis
couraging to the Yankee drummer
when he comes over here all cooked
and primed to ODeu a new market to
find cheap limitations of his own goods
staring at him from the windows of
the shops L have seen any number
or instances like this. including soap.
books, patent medicines and ma
chlnery The names of articles made
famous by advertisements in the
states are brazenly copied here and
sold at third Of the regular price.
The government offers no protection
TO the foreign manufacturer If he
copyrights his trade mark the local
imItator merely changes a letter or a
portion of the design and evades liza
bilfty on technicaIity. Although the
confscation is apparent, the courts
VIII not see it that way.
An Expensive Failure.
But sometimes the crafty jap bites
off more than he can chew. Not long
ago an importing firm introduced
some cigarette manufacturing ma
chimes They were very complicated
affairs and turned out cigarettes al
most as fast as YOU could count them.
The saving in labor was so great that
a number of firms installed them.
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The importers thought they had a
good business started, when suddenly
the sales stopped. Investigation
proved that ten limitations of the pat
ent had been made and sold. These
SubstitutionS were remarkable for
their seeming eXactness. They looked
identical to the originals. but for some
reason they wouldn't make cigarettes.
The imitatOr had slipped a cog some
where and he had to pocket a loss of
many thousand dollars.
While some admirers of the japanese
claim that he is strictly honorable in
his business dealings, the bulk of tes-
timony on this point indicates that he
is as slippery as an eel. Leaving out
of the account the small dealers, whose
rating is little better than the poor
farmer or coolie. and considering only
the larger and more important firms, 1t
is found that they constantly resort to
many forms of sharp practice and petty
fraud. An order is placed with an inn
porter for consignment of American
goods to be accepted at the wharf The
goods arrive and Mr.. Jap shows up
with a long face and asks if the i'm
porter will please hold them q little
While. This means drayage to a ware
house. Insurance and storage. all Of
which come out of the importers profit
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-07-02
The Cello Player S
False Note

The 'cellist, with his straight figure,
broad shoulders and great black eyes.
was a fine looking man. Night after
night he came and sat playing in the
little orchestra balcony that over
looked the grand cafe of the Hotel Ce-
ell. Sometimes, when so directed, he
played a "Traumerei," or ave
Maria" or some serenade-whatever
the leader might select as suitable for
the changing temper of the crowd Herr
Weyrich. the 'cellist, did not bother his
head about these cafe audiences. He
was not hattered by occasional ap-
Plause nor depressed when his perform
ance was ignored. He knew that cafe
audiences generally approved of moth
ing till their bellies were full and
thereafter applauded everything;
therefore he deSpised their opinions
and played his cello as he was bid,
with no other inspiration than the So
which each performance yielded to
him.
At home in his attic studio. with no
chattering. drinking, munching mob
around him, his beloved cello became
the singing voice of his spirit, Groom
ing the wordless anthems of his hopes
and fears and calling back the MEM
cries of his youth ard passions.
For Herr Weyrich was no longer
young. The brown curls about his ears
We're turning white and he no longer
cared 20 sit where he could watch the
women listening TO his cello. With
the younger men of the orchestra it
was quite different. They were very
glad 10 play at the pretty guests who
sometimes nodded smiling encores at
them.
With these young fellows "a re-
quest" from the audience was still an
event. scrubbed note asking for the
repetition of a solo caused the honored
performer no slight qualification An
occasional bouquet. followed by demure
and furtive glaleess exchanged across
the balcony railing had ALREADY made
the handsome young first violin an OBJ
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-07-02

This is the sort of petty tiIl-tapping
the representative Japanese business
men engage in. Their defenders say we
have. the same thing in America We
do have it occasionally, but not uni
Versally, as it occurs here. Our big
houses are above that sort of thing
While the largest concerns here practice
IT constantly.
The American who wants to do bust
ness in the Orient will minimize his
troubles If he deals with a responsible
importer. This is particularly true of
small lines. The big concerns would
probably do better to tablish their
own branches like the Standard Oil and
other large concerns have done The
business here is conducted through a
negotiating interpreter called a banto.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-07-02
STRUCTURE

Oi an the diseases peculiar the Masculine Gender
none requires more skilIful intelligent paiusta king
ana CONSCIENTIOUS treatment than Organic Structure
WIN my treatment every obstruction and iufar7-
hatofy condition Is left perfect health and
as free and rs WHOM Nat1rn rnr-,o.i !. -
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-07-02
Goods Ahead of English Product the Japanese Market
rdanA

This worthy is generally a rascal who
cheats both parties, under quoting 10
one and over quoting TO the other. The
banto Is q much abused individual.
Most business men who have had eN-
perfence with him claim that like the
indian, he is only good after he is dead
\ GU may think you are real foxy, Mr..
American, but one of these Oriental
shysters can take the kinks out OF your
eoncelt any morning before breakfast
The bantO is regarded as a commercial
barnacle, and ne win be dispensed with
as soon as it is possible.
But at the present time. owing to the
diherences in languages and customs
the newcomer cannot get along without
him. and even the oldest firms have TO
depend upon him at times. By dealing
with the importer the ordinary Amer
loss
American Enterprise in Japan.
With all the difficulties in the way
American capital is very much in evil
dence IN Japan. The Standard Oil has
over 1900 agencies in the empire and is
oHI-SeillnS Russian oil about three 10
one The new office of the American
trust Is the most imposing structure
on the Bund in Yokohama 1t might
easily be taken for the marble palace
OF some native millionaire. The Japan
branch OF the New York Life occupies
announcer prominent corner. Although
the japanese are SO poor that hardly
one IN 500 can afford to carry Insurance
on his life, the better classes are tax
ing kindly to this safeguard for their
families and the great American com
pany Is III the lead Of all competition
for their. business. The international
Banking corporation and the American
Trading company are two more Amer
lean enterprises which occupy seDa rate
buildings in the heart of the CONNER
ciaI district.
The usual complaint is made here
that Americans are arbitrary and will
not meet the requirements of the
trade 1 do not take as much stock
in these objections to our way of doing
business as I did formerly The talk
one hears in clubs abroad, and the ar
guments used in consular reports. are
only one side of the case. AS a rule
it doesn't take the American manufac-
turer as long to explain why he won't
do certain thing as it doeshi : critics
to censure him for not doing it. His
critics are earnest enough and honest
withal, in their desire to promote
American prestige in the foreign field
but the odd man. in the office at home
is usually a leYeI-headed old codger.
who takes the floor out from under you
in about two minutes when YOU come in
with one of these complaints.
Those Long-TaiIed Shirts.
rnuoar,l,ay tho fvot t5,,,o 7 - -.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-07-02
Look Out For the Japsl

In conclusion l would say that while
/ have frankly stated the faults OF the
Jap as they have been explained to
me. he is not TO be regarded lightly as
business man. Although he is poor,
and his traditions are not in accord
ance with our standards. he viii be
apt in learning that honesty is the
best policy as he is in graspins the
secret of military success or the trick
Of initiating manufacturers. Our bust
ness men are getting on with him by
watching closely to keep him straight
when they can. and putting up with
his receptions when they cannot be
prevented The Jap is new at the
game. but in time he is going to be both
"A good customer and a formidable COM
petitOr- When he gets through shoot
ing and applies himself TO trade he will
give the best of US a run for our money
FREDERIC J. HASKIN
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-07-02
Those Long-TaiIed Shirts.

l remember the first time I ran into
this sort of thing. 1t was on one of
my first trips to the West Indies and n
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-07-02

dusky merchant nearly talked an arm
of of me because d shirt firm had re-
fused to make him a lot of shirts with
long tails. His customers wore their
shirts outside their trousers. with
belts. and they had TO be longer than
ordinary garments on this account T.
went In with the complaint, think
Ing l was a messenger bearing light
and great commercial opportunity.
The -oid man" took me into the PR
vate Office by the side door and inside
OF five minutes I had lost all interest
in lOng-tailed shirts His reasons for
not filling the order were too numerous
TO be TecOunted here. but they were
good reasons, all right 1 have been
the bearer of suggestions many
times since. but IL is always with mis-
giving that consent to act as am ennis
Sary with intelligence from foreign
fields; because the head of the firm,
although never failing 10 receive me
courteouSly. invariably had it all down
on his thumb nail and my well meaning
argument for reform is soon twisted all
out Of shape by the terse, blunt force
Of my listeners unexpected knowledge
Of the subject.
All this does not signify that there
are not times when the home oftirc
should pay heed TO the demands OF the
field. Occasionally there is good re;,-
son 10 make some alteration ia the
manner of making goods. or packing
them, but the Europeans have made
such a mess of catering TO every little
notion or Whim of their customers that
they have spoiled them. However. 20
recent example shows what a small
thing Will influence "a large volume of
business. The JaDS insisted on having
wire nails packed in kegs containing
1913 pounds-their standard unit-whcu
the usual weight is l12 pounds to the
key. Our people wouldn't do il. and
their orders fell off TO the Germans,
W no jumped at the chance TO crowd into
the trade. Finally we packed them TO
order and now we control the market
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-07-02
SPECIFIC BLOOD POISON.

lhere IS no human disease hereditary or con-
Pacteu that REQUIRES pronlpter heroic treat
HeI tan specific or contagious poison in the blood
hot Spring baths. specific remedies potash NOR
curry ana other mineral mixtures poisons NAV
ether boil out drive in the external symptoms for
time but they eradicate the nercess killing
ali-toIsllrnng faint than the tabled fountains of
Ponce de Leon produced perpetual youth
believe that have studied Specific Blood Poison
--7
My treatment for it. indorsed by the most en-
ughtened physicians both sides o the Atlantic
contains no dangerous drugs injurious medicines
any kind
II goes TO the bottom disease and forces
out every particle Of mpurity>
soon every sign and symptom disappears com
pleJely forever.
Ehe blood, the tissue. the nerve fbers. the bones
ana the whole system cleaused. purified and
restored to perfect health. and patient prepared
anew Tor the duties and pleasures of life
The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-12-28
CONVENTION OF CHRISTIAN
 POLICEMEN.

On September 2S I was present at the great convention of policemen held in the Oxford Hall at Leeds, England. It was the annual conference of the International Christian Police associa- tion, established in 1883, which has now branches in connection with most. of the police forces of the United King dom as well as in the colonies and de- pendencies, and some in the United States. Its object is the promotion of the temporal and spiritual welfare of all policemen and their families by providing educational classes, social gatherings and meetings for the study of Gods Word, and the culture of the spiritual life, and also the encouraging of total abstinence and purity of life. It also establishes orphanages and hos pitals and actually does mission work among the heather.
 I was especially impressed with the remarks of Sergeant Wheeler of the Strand police station, London, who said: "A policemans daily experience is not conducive to high standards of moral living They are brought SC constantly in contact with vice and crime, and they see so much of the ar tificiality and sham of human nature, that many of them are apt to lose all confidence in purity and truth. But a policeman can do more than lock 8 man up. He can arrest man in his sins. Some time ago I saw man try ing to get into house in the early morning-not his own house. He was too drunk to know the difference unti I took him to the lick-mp, but on the way I spoke to him about the folly oi drink, and in his cell I knelt with hin and prayed that God might give him power over his evil habits. When that
The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-12-28
RENTING THE coMsToRcK MINE

RENTING THE COMSTORCk MINE
 The last chapter of the famous Com storck mine romance is being enacted
 to-day under conditions of supreme in-
 terest to the world. It is typical of
 the changes which have converted gold
 mining from ventures of luck and Un-
 certainty into scientific industrial in-
 vestiments. What science ten and
 twenty years ago could not accomplish
 the electrical engineer is slowly but
 surely doing to-day, and the priceless
 wealth of the great Comstorck lode will
 be delivered from it's subterranean bed
 thr@" anu rive thousand feet below the
 earth's surface, to be added to the worlds store of gold. For upward of twenty years now the large group of gold mines associated with the Con- storck lode have been practically idle Although mining engineers knew mil- lions of dollars of gold were hidden in the great veins of rocks which ran eastward and westward, even to the very edge of ofVirginia City, it was as im- possible to secure it in paying quanti- ties, owing to the flooding of the mine ana Iu0 LSELl1IS N~S the lower levels. Thus for nearly a
 quarter of century, Virginia City has been standing on a gold mine worth millions of dollars, but so cunningly l had nature guarded and protected her weath that the best ingenuity of man could not touch 1t. <;
 There have been sould stirring events in the past history of the Comstorck, and stories of fabulous discoveries of gold, but the future holds forth as many promising developments which will make the historic mines the cen- X Ire of interest for the whole mining world, Not even Nome and the Klon- dike may surpass in wonderful yields of the precious metal the groups of mines which cluster around Virginia Cit, under Mount Davidson, Virginia City may again become the greatest and most picturesque mining camp of the world, with its streets crowded with motley collections of humanity, an | its stores, saloons and opera houses alive with reckless song, and jest
 of the typical miners and flotsam and
 1eetsam of the great West.-Publie
 Opinion.