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Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1905-07-28
4 HEIKY INDEMNIFY.

Until the meeting Of the peace confer
ence there probably will be no definite
information in regard to the amount Of
the indemnity that will be asked by
Japan, but it is the opinion that the sum
will be sufficient TO reimburse Japan for
the cost of the war, which is approxi-
mately billion dollars. While it is very
likely that demand for that amount
will be made, it does not necessarily fol-
low that it will be insisted upon. I'm
questionably Japan has just claim for
heavy indemnity. II would be only fair
and right that Russia should be required
to pay her every yen that Japan has ex-
pended in the war. The conflict was
forced upon her and her enemy deserves
to suffer all the consequences of a most
uniustifable course.
But while this is admitted, there is
very general feeling that the victorious
power should observe reasonable meas
ure Of moderation in her demands. She
desires peace and demands deemed to be
excessive by Russia would possibly rem
der abortive the efforts for peace, The
Japanese statesmen understand this and
it seems safe to assume that they ex-
pect to compromise. II in the matter of
indemnity they shall ask thousand mil
lion dollars it doubtless will be with the
expectation of meeting the Russian plen-
ipotentiaries half way upon any PROPOSE
ton they may submit. Thus if the latter
ii n ,-gtYt-n. g. In
demnity of half a billion an agreement
might be reached on say three-fourths of
the amount asked by Japan. When Ger
many exacted a billion indemnity from
France the circumstances were some
what different from those in the present
case. France was utterly crushed. Her
military power was destroyed, her gov
eminent helpless her capital in the hands
of her triumphant foe. Russia is not
quite as badly off as this, although her
situation is most grave. She can, how
ever, still do some fighting and If by
reason of excessive demands on the part
of Japan she should decide to continue
the war it is by no means improbable
that an appeal OF the government 10 the
patriotism of the people would be eff
fective.
Assuming that Japan will ask an in
demnity of a billion dollars, we are in
clined to think that it will not be insisted
upon, for there can be no doubt that In
sistence upon the payment of that
amount would put an end to negotia-
tions. Russla's resources have expert
enced a tremendous drain. The burden
of taxation upon her people is well nigh
unbearable. To add to her immense for
eign Indebtedness a thousand millions of
dollars would make the load extremely
difficult to carry. Fully justified as
Japan unquestiOnably would be in de-
handing such an indemnity, it is the
nearly universal view that twill be wise
on her part to accept a lower amount,
perhaps half the sum, which it is be-
| lieved Russia would be willing to pay.
This vital question of indemnity will
very likely take precedence of all others
when the peace conference meets.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1905-07-28
when Emperors Meet.

Boston GloDe.
On board an imperial yacht on the swed-
ish coast a meeting is reported to have
taken place the other day of the German
kaiser and the Russian car. AS to what
the subject Of discussion may have been
the world is in complete ignorance, and
the mystery OF the AFFAIR has piqued uni
versal curiosity. The last time that an
emperor of Russia met another emperor
on the water for formal conference was
when Alexander and Napoleon sat together
on raft in the middle of the river Niemen
and agreed to the terms Of the treaty of
Tilsit in July. 1907, a treaty that regis
tered the nadir Of Prussias humiliation
under Bonaparte. Prussia lost half of its
possessions, and Alexander, its late ally,
profted by it. The present German en-
peror is the great-great-grandson of the
Prugsian monarch who was despoiled AT
Tilsit and the present Russian emperor
is the great-grandnephew of the Russian
monarch who received part of the spoils.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1905-07-28
Exchange of Rxperience.

New 1OrE. Times.
While Mr.. Dalrymple of Glasgow was in
this country on invitation of the new
mayor of Chicago to give counsel as to
the vexed question Of municipal operation
of street railways, the authorities of the
British city were engaged in studying
with much earnestness the example of the
various states Of our union in the matter
of the probationary treatment of often
ders. We have received a copy of a min
ute adopted by the special committee OF
the bailies and councillors on this subject
setting forth succinctly but clearly the
American system, especially with regard
to the appointment Of probation officers
to watch, guard and aid offenders under
suspended sentence and the excellent re-
suits attained in the rescue and restora-
ton to society of a large percentage Of
the cases. IL does not appear that the
actual legislation of the United Kingdom
permits much to be done IN applying this
system, but an effort is making to secure
what is needed. The cooperation of many
benevolent and educational organizations
is relied upon and the movement is prom
Using.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1905-07-28
PUSH THE PAVING.


Now that the bids for the new pave
ments for the various streets and thor
oughfares that have been selected for
paving and repaving by the municipal
authorities have been submitted to and
approved by the council, and the letting
of the contracts is now merely a matter
Of form, it is hoped the contractors will
push the work without further jangle
through injunctions and counter-injunc-
tons.
At the very best only three months can
be safely depended upon in this climate
for the paving campaign and there is
abundance of work to keep the contrac-
tors busy from now until the first of
November with all the force at their
command.
Within the last twenty years Omaha
has expended many millions for pave
ments, but at no period have all our
thoroughfares been in a passable condi-
ton. For the past five years a war
among the paving contractors has kept
the city all torn up and left many of our
streets almost impossible for man or
beast. We have now reached the stage
in the progress of this city that makes
good pavements imperative.
We feel sure we do not exaggerate in
asserting that nothing has been more ag-
gravating and exasperating to the citi-
zens of Omaha than the periodic conten-
lions between the contractors and the
municipal authorities over paving, and
nothing has been more humiliating IL the
citizens Of Omaha, who point with pride
to the growth and rapid strides this city
is taking in metropolitan ways, than the
wretched condition of the streets by
reason Of the inability of the city to
maintain good pavements, or, in other
words, to replace bad pavements.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1905-07-28
cpop REpoRr ApsuRDrrrEs.
some estimates that Provoke '"e
scornTuI Hoot Of Distrust'
New York Times

New York Times.
ono basic dlficulty about getting &c
curate crop reports heretofore has Oeeu
that only i'm census years has there oeen
an absolute count. Thus the last census I
added Il 600 coo acres to the corn area. ie'
In the very next year there was an 'esu-
mated" reduction OF 100000 acres anu
the census area has never since peeh
eaualed, although a is as sure AS anythihs
can be that our cultivated area makes
steady growth OF our population Wha'-
ever cnsy be the temporary increases OF
decreaseu comparing any single years But
each yea~ is compared. not with certain
facts. but with estimates. Thus error -
piled upon error until there are such aps
surdities as a larger cultivated area thav
there is geographical surface. Lest this
should be thought jest Il may be said
that in 1902 when a special inquiry was
made into the point there we're l0i such
counties, and that Of the nations $500
counties only IS per cent allowed so-gnuch
as 10 per cent deduction from the surveyed
land surface for roads, villages, sterile
SOIL and so on. This is not a brief for
the department. 1t is a simple exposition
OF some Of its diffculties, which are not
apparent to the unthinking, and which, Il is
submitted, might and should be dealt with
more efficiently. 1t is quite possible that
enough money is allowed the department
and that too little is spent upon the crop
reports. And It is possibly true that farm
ers would be as well pleased IL they were
treated less like fools, and given more
solid service instead of such fiattering off,
claI attention as is thought to turn their
simple heads
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1905-07-28
STILL swEETER SINGS MY DARLING


Henry Austin IN the August Century.
The bell bird nils Australian shades
With songs like bubbling fountainsi
The redstart thrills the river glades
Beneath Virginian mountains.
The oriole that soul afire,
Pours forth a storm of singing
To the rapt mate OF his desire
In soft gray hammock swinging.
Sole sings to dawn the wild, free lark
AL day, the tanned starting;
The nightingale enchants the dark
But sweeter sings my darling.
By night, by day on topmost spray.
or where the covert bushes,
Plays Natures weirdest orchestra
The mock-bird, king of thrushesi
Rare plagiarist Of every note,
OF every mood and meter.
Still can he conjure from his throat
Tunes OF his own, far sweeter'
But all the words Of all the birds
Ay, cen thy songs. magician
All sweetest notes from singing threats,
Fade, as at dawn vision;
When, be It catch or lullaby,
or songs OF battle ringing,
Love-lays Of hymns of liberty,
hear my darling singing. p
For song each bird hath times preferred
When winter winds are gnarlin6
Each tender tree the chicadee
Outsings the housed starting.
But whether blows the Summers rose,
or Winters winds be snarlinB
Be Spring abloom. or Fall In gloom,
Still sweeter sings my darling
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1905-07-28
MoNrANl LANp rRAups.

The federal authorities in Montana
have begun proceedings against parties
in that state charged with land frauds
and interesting disclosures are promised.
A few days ago at Helena a real estate
dealer named Cobban was placed on
trial, charged with having entered into
a conspiracy as long ago as 1899 to de-
fraud the United States government out
of a large amount of timber land in
southern Montana by inducing men and
women to file upon the land, swear they
filed for their own benefit and then deed
the land to him.
1t is stated that there are more than a
score of other defendants in the case,
men and women who have been indicted
for perjury. These indictments were
procured several years ago, but numer-
Gus delays, resulting from raising of
technical points, have deferred actual
trials until now. An interesting fact in
the case is that some Of the lands fraud
ulently obtained by Cobban were subse
quently transferred to United States Sen
atOr Clark, who may become involved in
the prosecution. These proceedings fur
nish additional evidence of the energy
and zeal with which the Department OF
the Interior is seeking to bring to pun
ltshment those who are charged with LAND
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1905-07-28
posed TO rife fire at all. shrapnel fire
might reach them. but II did not often,

might reach them, but II did not often,
After having constructed the elaborate
entertainments In the face Of the enemy's
FIRE, the Japanese we're ready to show an
other trick This was to fall back from
their trenches nearest the enemy and
thus invite him to charge forward, only
TO be met by the whole strength Of the
organization, making the attack in the last
trench, into which machine and mounted
guns had been hurried as soon as It was
completed. When the Russians reached
the last trench the CALLING fire was too
much for men entirely exposed and they
went down by the Thousand.
Another thing about their field work is
that there is no blind firing no shooting
simply because the Russians are known
TO he In a certain direction; no shooting
until the range finders pick up the Rus
SLAMS and tho distance Is accurately meas
ured with the best scientific instruments
the japanese government can buy.
The men with the range finders go with
collapsible extension ladders They pop
up all over the debatabe ground take
measurements and telephone the result to
the men who do the shooting Each
range-fnder operator has a telephone re-
ceiver strapped to his ears and a transmit
ter in front of his mouth, and he never
takes observations beyond the end Of his
coil or insulated wire. This range-nnding
work is done not only for artillery, but
for infantry.
But the most startling fact It that the
japanese forces never change bivouac
until the medical corps has examined the
site of the proposed camping place and
agreed that 1t would not endanger the
health of the men. The doctors are from
twenty-four to seventy-two hours ahead
of the army. After them come the quar-
termasters to assure a supply of water
fuel and forage Tor the horses before the
lighting men arrive.
BY such precautions the army operated
in Manchuria now has less than l per cent
OF the men in hospitals on account of sick
ness
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1905-07-28

Special agents of the Department of
Justice are still in pursuit of land grab
beers who have fenced in Uncle Sans
domain, but the question is, Will they
catch the right ones? The big cattle
barons have so far managed to get from
under like the razorback pig that gets
from under the wheels of a moving
freight train,
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1905-07-28

Warden Beemer is said to be not only
the report Of the stabbing affray that oc-
Cured in the penitentiary a few days
ago should have gotten into the newspa-
peTs and is said to be conducting an in
vestigation to discover the identity of
the man who dared give out information
concerning a matter so serious as an at
tempt to murder When Warden
Beemer cools down he will realize that
the suppression Of news concerning
murderous ARRAY in the penitentiary
would justly subject him to reprimand,
IL not to removal from his Office. The
state penitentiary is a public institution
and everything that transpires within
its walls is public property at all times.
Once upon a time warden of the Ne
braska penitentiary was very much put
opt IL not angry. because of the pub
licity given through The Bee of the fact
that convicts were being tortured with
thumb screws, hung up in stocks and
maltreated generally. The result was
legislative investigation, the abolition of
the instruments of torture and change
in the government of the states prison.
If the recent ARRAY at the penitentiary
was purely personal no blame can at
tach to the warden or his deputies. If
it was caused by lax discipline or just
provocation, the prison authorities may
be called on the carpet to explain.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1905-07-28

frauds. There has been an uncom-
promising and impartial pursuit Of such
persons and the agents Of the depart
ment are still making Investigations
The extent TO which land frauds were
carried is amazing and it is one Of the
strangest things that the hunting down
Of those guilty Of thus defrauding the
government was so hong delayed. Now
however, there is ample assurance that
the guilty will be found and punished
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1905-07-28

An agitation to open barber shops
Sunday mornings is stirring the state
capital from center to rim. The wide
open lobby seven days a week every
week the legislature was in session,
however, did not seem to shock the SEN
sibilities Of the good people who live I'M
der the shadow of the state house.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1905-07-28

II the Sioux City, Homer & Southern
paper. railroad has backed down and
withdrawn the obstruction it had set up
to prevent Jim Hills road from cutting
off a piece Of the Winnebago reservation
the question naturally propounds itself,
Did Jim Hill have to pay somebody and
how much?
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1905-07-28

In its impetuous fight with the mos
quito the marine hospital corps seems
to have failed to provide line of de-
Tense and the enemy has become ag.
gressive.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1905-07-28
Exports Are Important.

EHIIdutIpHId FuUIIC INuBtI,
The present volume of these expectations
is important and the tendency Of the trade
to increase rapidly is manifest. 1t is to be
hoped that the interruption of the greatest
trade In cotton goods we have ever carried
on with China may be avoided In addi-
ton to raw cotton and textiles our ex-
portations to China consist chiefly of kero-
sene and -four. In 1904 about 40 per cent
of all the kerosene imported into that
country came from the United States.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1905-07-28

hWUsHH NIIN IITIItss
The mere fact that man happens to be
a United States senator should not keep
him out Of jail Il he has done anything to
send him there. In the meantime, IL Is
Of the utmost Importance to the nation
and to the cause OF popular government
that men should not be sent TO the senate
when It is known by the people who elect
them that they ought to be In Jail.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1905-07-28

baltimore American.

The government means 10 keep those
diggers down in the canal zone cheerful
even n It has to employ a brass band to
play ragtime during working hours. Mr.
Nazro, the recreation expert, whom the
canal commission has selected ITO carry
out plan for proper recreation" will
doubtless succeed in bringing the AVERAGE
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1905-07-28

Arkansas has indicted six of the mem
bers OF its last legislature on charges
of boodIing. AS that legislature was
known TO be particularly "anti-monop"
in its tendencies, 1t would seem that the
railroad pass is not the only form Of
bribery.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1905-07-28

One OF the features OF the entertain
ment to be offered by Lincoln 10 mem
bers OF the Railway Postal Clerks assO-
citation in attendance there is a free
bath In a big swimming pool. Omaha
can see now what it is up against In
competing for the favor OF these state
examinations.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1905-07-28

Another fatal gasoline explosion re-
minds us that the ordinance for the reg
ulation, storage, sale and inspection Of
explosives still remains in the pigeon
hole
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1905-07-28

The duartermaster generals department
is one that has found most 20 think about
In the reports The extraordinary mobility
Of the Japanese troops, of course, is fact
which all the world has boon specializing
about-wondering how the catlike moves
were accomplished by men supposed to be
weighted down by the customar camp ac-
coutrements The quartermaster's depart
ment has satisfied itself that the Japanese
march extraordinarily lIght-do not carry
half as much weight as Americans would
Every piece of metal in a japanese SOL
dier's carrying OUTFIT is aluminium. He car
ries an aluminium canteen, an aluminium
cup and wherever metal Is required in the
way Of buckles that light metal is used.
His haversack is made Of light weight ma
terials and his gun is lighter than an
American soldier would have to pack with
him. Everything is reduced 10 a minimum
OF weight. Because his general accoutre'
ments are light weight, each Japanese foot
soldier is able to carry entrenching toolsi
that is, a pick and shovel That is a fact
not generally known. and II accounts for
the comparatively small mortality on
number Of fields in which the japanese
apparently fought without cover. Exam
nation Of the fields at Lao Yang and Muk-
den show that IN every advance the Japan
csc army practically eatrenched itself. The
| FIRST line OF skirmishers thrown out dug
very shallow trenches. The second line oc-
cupied them and the FIRST moved forward.
The third dug them stlll deeper and the
| fourth completed them. But In trenching
| the japanese showed a new trick. They
| dug their trenches as II they were prepar-
| ing to bury huge telegraph poles, each
hearing as many crossarms as possible
| The trench In which the pole was TO lie
| led back to the ammunition carts and the
| reserves. The transverse or arm trenches
| extended parallel with the front Of the
Russian positions. The ammunition servers
| passed through the long trench running
l from rear 70 front and were never ex-
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1905-07-28

The report that the Chinese may boy
colt an American bank at Shanghai
shows that the men with surplus cash
in China are not grateful for the part
taken by America in handling the Boxer
indemnities. Perhaps the Russians
know the best way of getting along with
China, after all.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1905-07-28

The people of'New Orleans appear to
derive peculiar kind Of pleasure out
of the yellow fever outbreak. because
1t proves that they have not become
panic-stricken at the first report.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1905-07-28

The demand for a genuine and "un-
colored" republican candidate for gov
ernor in Iowa does not necessarily mean
that the race question is to become an
issue in that state.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1905-07-28

The arrest of people spreading false
stories OF yellow fever at Memphis re-
calls the fact that some towns have ade-
quate means Of punishment for people
who would injure them with slanderous
tales.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1905-07-28
plan a Poor one.

washington Post.
We believe that when the statesmen of
China take into consideration the influence
that has been exerted by the United States
in behalf Of China during the Russo
Japanese war, and which will continue to
be exerted. they will conclude that the
boycott plan is d poor one, even as threat.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1905-07-28

"a tariff ON zinc helps miners" says
the democratic Denver News. Having
accepted the concrete instance 1t Is prob
able that the general proposition Of a
tariff helping trade generally will be the
more ardently denied.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1905-07-28

Philadelphia Record.
Though Senator Plat cannot live his life
over again, It Is never too late TO mend.
He may yet do some good by giving up his
opposition to a reasonable parcels post law
In the interest OF the express companies.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1905-07-28

Paul Morton is now president of the
Equitable, with salary only $4,000
higher than the president of the United
States. Retrenchment has begun in the
Equitable in dead earnest.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1905-07-28

That frantic call of North Dakota for
harvest hands may be but the effort of
ne grain speculator to counterfeit the
J sport of BLACK rust"
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1905-07-28
Helping the Hand.

IHuIa WdpOII3 INUWos
Nor can Baron Rosen be blamed for
being anxious TO see Mr.. witte and get
those instructions from the czar which are
being brought TO him. In this sort Of case
a man can never tell what he is going to
catch in the draw.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1905-07-28

II anyone with the cigarette habit has
cen weaned of it by the new Nebraska
nti-cigarette law he has not yet put
himself on public exhibition.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1905-07-28

The car seems to have taken the
kaiser's advice more quietly, If no more
willingly, than that rendered by the
zemstvOs' committee.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1905-07-28

Judging from the proceedings before
Judge Sears, it would seem that John T.
Gathers not only wanted to fence in the
boulevard, but the city hall as well.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1905-07-28
WHEN OUT OF TOWN.

Subscribers leaving the city tenn
porarilY should have The Bee
mailed to them. Ii IL better than
"a daily letter from home. Adj
dress Will be changed as often as
requested.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1905-07-28

New York Tribune.
Governor Mickey Of Nebraska is credited
with being an expert with the discobolus
and equally expert at bowling out politi-
clans Of the kind that seem to think the
government owes them living.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1905-07-28

1t is now said that China will not sign
an exclusion treaty with the United
States, but this will hardly make it
easier for coolies to pass the border.