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coast, will be extremely valuable to Ger
many A powerful German fleet with Flush
ing its basis would be serious menace
TO England. and If a part of the English
navy were occupied in other parts of the
world, owing to war with more than one
power simultaneously the invasion of Eng
land by the German army would be greatly
facilitate ted. The possession of Holland would
result in numerous advantages of various
kinds which are so obvious that 1t Is super
tfuous to dwell on them.
The possession of Denmark, which will
include command of the apropach to the
Baltic sea, and the conquest of Holland.
which will supply the desired outlet to
the North sea, will by no means satisfy
Germanys thirst for expansion The adj
herentS of the German war party have
long watched the developments of do
nestle affairs in Austria with undis-
guiSed satisfaction, because the political
crises through which that country has
been passing for many years lead to the
conclusion that the Hapsburg empire may
crumble to pieces after Francis Joseph
the present venerable occupant of the
throne, has gone to his fathers. Austria
is a mere collection of heterogeneous ele-
ments, connected at present solely by the
personality of the Emperor Francis Jo-
seph, and the consequences which the loss
of that link would cause often have been
described g
When the Austrian empire is ripe for
dissolution Germany will lay claim to all
the western provinces of the Hapsburg
SAtcllulhS from boHemld On
the north to Cattaro at the extreme south
of Dalmatia. The conquest of Austria will
not only enlarge the German empire by
nearly 100000 square miles, but 1t Will
give Germany an outlet into the Medi-
lerranean sea, as well as a grip on the
Balkan peninsula. Just as Austria is now
one OF the Two powers possessing the great
est influence in the Balkan Peninsula, so
viii Germany, after the absorption of Aus
trta play prominent part In the solution
OF the Balkan problem. 1t is even con-
ceiVabie that the expansion of the German
empire down the Adriatic coast to the bor-
ders of Servia and Montenegro may ulti-
mately result in the annexation of a portion
of the Ottoman empire when the dissolution
of Turkey takes place. There are members
of the German war party who have visions
of a future German empire which will ex-
tend from Jutland on the north down
through central Europe to Albania, and
perhaps Salonica on the south Germany
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Notable Tornadoes of History.

The following is a list of the notable tor
nadoes happening in this country during
the past fifty years.
Adams county, Mississippi, May 7, 1870
100 killed; property loss. $1.O00.000.
Adams county, Mississippi June 16, 1872
500 killed; property loss, $',000,0O0.
Erie, Pa, July PC, 1SI5-134 killed; prop
erty loss, $500, 600.
Barry and Stone counties. Missouri, April
IS, 1SS0-100 killed. 600 injured; property
loss, 100000
Grinnel Iowa, June IT, 1SS2-1CO killed,
300 injured; property loss, $3.50, 900.
Illinois, Kentucky. Mississippi, Georgia,
Tennessee, Virginia North and South Car
DINA, February 8. 1SS4-S00 killed, 900 IN
jured; 10000 buildings destroyed. Unparal-
leed series of tornadoes, there being over
sixty of these scattered over the territory
named after 10 O'Clock that day.
Louisville, KY. March p, lS90-76 per-
sons killed, 300 injured; 800 buildings de-
stroyed The storm cut a path 1000 feet
wide through the city, destroying property
to the value of 81, 100000.
Savannah, Ga; Charleston, S. c., and
southern coast, August g. 1S93-1, 900 killed;
great destruction of property.
Gulf coast of Louisiana, October 2, 1885
1000 persons killed. loss of property, 3d.
GOO, 900.
Lake Michigan. May 16. 1s94-25O lives
lost and twenty vessels destroyed off the
water front of Chicago.
st. Louis, May 81, 1S96-100 lives lost;
property loss. $10.0O0,000
One of the severest storms of the country,
which was not cyclonic in character, was
the hurricane and tidal wave which de-
stroyed the better part of the city of Gall
weston in September. 1900. The loss of life
has never been accurately determined.
The property damage was placed at $lO-
coo 600.
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PACKERS' CIPHER AND REBATES
surprising Revelations in Beef Trust
Inquiry in Chicago.

j. L. Marchand, attorney of the inter-
state commerce commission, threw bomb
INTO the camp of the Armour car lines in
Chicago yesterday, and when 1t exploded
many of the innermost secrets of the COM
pany were exposed. By the testimony OF
H. Streyckmans, former secretary to w. G.
Seeley of the Armour car lines. 1t was
shown that the company pays rebates to
shippers, the amount varying with the
strength of their pull" and juggle with
icing bills furnished them by the railroads
so that 1t is made to appear that they pay
more for Ice than they really do; that GER
tain railroads, said to be the Northwestern,
the st. Paul and the Erie, pay the Armour
people bonus of $40 car for routing the
fruit shipments over their roads, and that
despite the denial of high railway officials
a pool exists between the Santa Fe and the
fornia fruit traffic.
A copy of the Armour car lines secret
cipher code was produced showing alleged
means OF cutting rates arranging for re-
bates and carrying practices which
would tend to strengthen their monopoly
where they had one and to create mon
opoly where there were competitors, were
transmitted to their agents throughout the
country.
Some of the salient features of this re-
markable cipher code taken from the copy,
which Streyckmans neglected to return to
the company when he left its employ, are
Code word appellee-What allowance is
necessary to secure business?
Armour-Arrange this with the utmost
secrecy
Footprint-Avoid service of interstate
commerce commission.
Garth-Loan upon condition of our getting
the larger share of the business.
LaughSome-Rebate
Launching-Can make rebate.
Laundry-Force payment of higher re-
bates.
Laura-Handle rebate matter very care
fully.
Lavelle-Rebate must be confidential
Jewelry-Rates being cut by all lines
Jocularis-Divde rate.
Junior-Rates must be made which will
secure the business.
Jeremy-Figure get lowest beef rate.
Kinsley-Shade rates little rather than
lose business.
Justifed-Have agreement with
maintain rates.
Justify-Maintain rates per agreement.
Kadma rates as to.
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FROGS IN IOWA.
An Industry Developed in an Old Well
May Become Profitable.

From the Chicago Inter Ocean
Nobody would suspect Iowa of being q
frog-producing state. 1t Is almost in every
essential characteristic entirely unlike New
Jersey, which has led In the frog output for
many decades. Iowa is a dry state even
when its blind pigs are all in operation The
hot winds that sweep across it from the
plains of Nebraska. and to which 1t is in
deDted for the early ripening of its cereals,
are not conducive to the well-being of frog
ponds. A rainy day in Iowa is invariably
followed by weeks of sunshine; protracted
periods of cloudy weather, with the gloom
and drip so pleasing to frog life, un-
known within its borders. And yet Iowa
gives promise Of being the greatest frog
producing state In the country.
For reasons which need not be explained
here, the wells of Iowa have not been much
used during recent years w. A. LUCE,
bookkeeper of the Capital City Bank of
Des Moines, for example, has not used his
well for SO long a time that he was on
the point of filling 1t up a few days ago.
1t had been nuisance to his family by
reason Of the croaking of the frogs which
inhabited it. His hired man suggested,
however, that he seine out the frogs be-
fore filing 1t. This suggestion was acted
upon, with the result that an even 100 dozen
of frogs were taken out, and these Mr..
LUCE found no difficulty in selling to res
taurants for $50. He estimates that as
many more remain In the well and that
these are multiplying at rate which will
enable him to seine out 100 dozen a week
without impafring the value of the plant.
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will then be the predominant power in Eu-
rope and will be In position to face Rus
STA single handed.
Covet China and South America.
The adherents of the German war party
recognize that mere territorial expansion
in Europe will not suffice to make Germany
a world power as distinct from European
power consequently they look forward to
expansion in Africa, in South America and
in China. The experience already gained In
colonizing IN Africa has not been extremely
encouraging, so that German ambitions are
mainly directed toward China and South
America.
Germany intends to be the predominant
power of the future both in China and
South America. Her ambitions in China
will bring Germany into conflict with Eng
land France, Japan and America. and the
German war party declares that the German
army and navy must be ready to fight any
one of these rivals or any combination of
these rivals, in order to uphold German
claims. In South America Germany's only
rival will be America, and 1T is recognized
in Germany that the Americans are dan
gerouS competitors.
At present Germany's designs on South
America are carefully concealed. and 1t Is
strenuously denied by German officialdom
that Germany has any aims whatever in
the southern part of the American con-
tinent. AS a matter of fact, however. the
emigration of reliable German colonists to
all the countries of South America is being
secretly encouraged and promoted by the
German government, IN order that fOrmd
able number of German pioneers may settle
on the land which Germany one day hopes
to annex. German steamship lines to South
American ports are heavily subsidized by
the German government in order that the
trade between Europe and South American
countries may be in German hands.
Germany has fixed on South America and
China as the only parts of the world in
which colonial expansion on a big scale is
still possible, and the German war party is
prepared to fight all corners in the contest
for spheres of enlargement. German i'm
perialiStS dream not only of a German en-
pire which will extend from the north to
the south of Europe but which will also
embrace huge slices of China and the great
er part of the South American continent.
1t is an ambitious dream, but the policy of
the German war party is to bring it with
in reach of realization. The German war
party is for this reason dangerous and
formidable factor in international affairs.
For the present the German war party Is
directing nearly all its efforts to the sup
port of an agitation in favor of a bigger
these ambitious schemes can be carried out
until the German fleet Is one of the most
powerful in the world. The agitation in
favor of bigger navy is carried on by the
distribution of literature and by public
meetings held in all parts of the country
1noSe neWSpa perS which are controlled by
adnerehtS TO the German war party are
continually educating the German public in
the required direction and propa eating ideas
or Germany's mission in the world
GEORGE WEISS
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Powerful Faction in the Father
land, Headed by Kaiser Him
self, Bent on the World Wide
Expansion of the German
Empire at All Costs.
Copyright, 1905, by Curtis Brown


Special Correspondence of The Star.
BERLIN, May 4, 1905
Germanys war party is a force which
must be recognized and reckoned with in
International politics, because 1t is rapidly
becoming one of the most potent political
influences in the German empire. At pres
ent the German war party might just as
well be designated by a more peaceful name
such as the German imperalist party, or
the German expansion party since its i'm
mediate aims are rather preparations for
war than the precipitation of hostilities
with any other country.
The most prominent member of the Ger
man war party is the German emperor him
self, who has far-reaching ambitions regard
ing the future of his country and of his
dynasty. Long before he came to the i'm
perial throne William II was full of ro-
mantle ideas of the future expansion of the
German empire. He is man of vivid i'm
agination and he sees visions of a future in
which the German empire will be the great
world power. enjoying predomnance and
supremacy over all other countries, includ-
ing those which are now superior to her
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Countries to Be "Bagged.v

The German war party has no clearly de-
hned program. and It is probable that the
aims pursued by its various members ara
widely divergent. Generally speaking the
German war party proposes, by means OF
an energetic and aggressive foreign policy,
to increase the power of the German en-
pire, TO enlarge its area and TO extend It's
commercial connections and influence
There is no doubt whatever that many
party look forward to time when much
greater part of the map of Europe will be
occupied by Germany than is now the case.
German imperialists will extend the boua-
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If you want work read the want columns
Of The Star.
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New Style Method.

of saluting him when they saw him In his
boat in the bay.
He was born in Ireland in a suburb of
Dublin in 1912. He was educated at the
College of St Francis Xavier. or the Bel
vedere College," as ii was more Familiarity
called. He became a reporter on Dublin
newspaper with which his father was con-
nected. He was also editor and almost the
entire staff of the Longford Register, which
he controlled for a time. In these years
he spent brief period in London and Paris.
Policeman Charles F. Finn, aged twenty
eight years, died at Reading. Pa. Thurs
day from the effects of a pistol shot in the
abdomen, inflicted by supposed thief
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-05-14
] "A. Garfield for Congress.

dispatch from Cleveland says: There
promises to be lively race for the con-
gressional nomination In ]. A. Beidler's dis
trfct this year. There being much opposi-
ton to Beidler's return, many republicans
are after the place. ]. A. Garfield. COM
missioner of corporations, is the most fire.
quently mentioned candidate and he viii
make the race. The figth that Beidler made
against the use of granite in the federal
building may lose him the nomination, and
Garfield Is thought to be the only man who
can carry the district.
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THOMAS F. WILLIAMS DEAD.
For Years a Noted Stenographer and
Once Resided Here.

Thomas Frederick Williams. who since
1870 has been connected with the New York
Sun died Thursday at his home on
Staten Island, n. Y, of pneumonia.
after an Illness of a week. 1t was the third
attack of pneumonia he had suffered in
year. He took cold while preparing his
boat for the opening of the fishing season.
He was noted angler in the waters about
New York and was so well known that
many of the local craft were in the habit
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Well" said Casey. oracularly, ''shure. no
wan kin prevint what's past an gone"
I'VE could If we only acted quick enough"
replied Cassidy.
"Nonsense. man! How could yer"
stop it before It happens."-Philadelphia
Press
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will then be the predominant power in Eu-
rope and will be In a position to face Rus
STA single handed.
The daily Alaskan., 1905-11-22
PERSONAL MENTION

John Wiley, manager of the White. horse electric light works, will leave for the south on the Dolphin. He ar rived on the train yesterday anl is at the AtiLh Avenue hotel.
  Barney J. McGee, the pOpalar White horse hotel man, arrived on the train last night and will leave for the south ou the Dolphin. Mir. Mckee is at the Fifth Avenue hotel
 = E. B, Barteau, W. P. x Y. R. agent as White Pass, was in the city last night.
 c. E. Wynn-Jchnsou will return from Vancouver on the Amur, due Saturday.
The daily Alaskan., 1905-11-22
Proceedings
 We're Strenuous
[Continued from Page u

not agree upon him. After the con- vention recouye4ed and it had received the report that the Third division had not agreed, an adjournment was taken for the noon hour to avoid further trouble.
 Nome Favors One Del gate
 During the noon recess, from l o'clock until ?, the delegates tried to get together, but the efforts were una vailing. At once upon the reassembl- | ing of the convention, Sheppard, of St. Michael, offered an amendment to the Price resolution, striking out the pro- vision for three delegates and inserting one providing for single representa- tive.
 In support of his amendment Shep- pard said one delegate would be seated by congress while three would be re- garded as a boarl. He urged that three delegates probably would not be able to agree on matters that would come up before congress for action.
 Sheppard Starts Trouble
 Sheppard started the turmoil again by declaring, in the course of his speech in favor of one delegate, that the Second division came into the con- vention politically divided on the ques tion of a candidate for the judiciary.
 At the mention of this Hughes, of Fairbanks, was on his feet at once, pre- testing against the parliamentary con- duct and personalities of the speaker.
 Chairman Swinetord called Sheppard down.
 Continuing his speech, Sheppard srid the attitude of the second division had a tendency to debase and drag down the judiciary.
 Seward Leader Has Tilt With
 Sheppard
 John E. Ballaine, at the head of the Seward delegation, asked Sheppard If
The daily Alaskan., 1905-11-22
Elks' Meeting

There will be a regular meeting of Skagway Lodge No. +3l, Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, at their hall, Thursday, Nov. 23, at 8 p. m.
 All visiting Elks are invited to at tend. J. E. Barragar, Sec'y.
The daily Alaskan., 1905-11-22

The Pack Train Restaurant will serve wine with dinner orders, free, in place Of tea or coffee. Come on boys
The daily Alaskan., 1905-11-22
Candy h on J, Rerorsou

A large consignment Of well assorted fresh candies was received on the Jet- ferson. The best in the market. F. Fl. Muir, opposite pOStoGice.
The daily Alaskan., 1905-11-22
Only Place in Town

The only place iu town at which you cqn get Jos. Seagrem's White Wheat Whiskey is at the Seattle Saloon.
The daily Alaskan., 1905-11-22

All the deucacies Of the season at the Pack Train Restaurant.
The daily Alaskan., 1905-11-22

r you are out of kiudliug see E McC Weste. have it by the Sac< or cord Phones 90 s+ u
The daily Alaskan., 1905-11-22

he were willing in the interst of har- mony and for the purpose of having only one delegate to elect a man from Southeastern Alaska.
 Sheppard declined to discuss the point, saying that it would be improper to indicate where a delegate should be from in advance of the election.
 PrioO Makes Speech
 Price, Of Skagway, said 1t was unfair to make Southeastern Alaska which was on the floor of the convention, harmonious and united OF all things, the fighting ground of conflicting fac tions which were divided on matters that were of no concern 10 the first division, He said It was also not right to drag Southeastern Alaska into the fight to settle others local affairs. He thought the fair way to settle the mat ter was for each of the divisions to have a delegate. By that means the delega- tiou would 5e harmonious 1n the great fundamental questions that concern all the people of the district md it would leave the local interests to fight out their own local questions in whatever manner as seemed to then best
 Fairbanks Fight Up Again
 The Fairbanks row wa interjected into the proceedings aga.n by Judge Hutchinson, who said he Id not been allowed to vote in the caucus, which, he said, had practiced gag lsw. He de- handed that the convention rule on the question as to whether he nada right to vote his proxies as he saw it. His re- quest was declared 10 be out of order.
 "The proxy question, " saidthe chair man, was settled when the report oi the committee on credentials was adopted"
 Conv. ntiOn stains Price
 The convention, seeing that there was no longer any chance to settle the controversy by debate, began calling for the question. A vote was soon reached on the sheppard amendment for one delegate and it was defeated. The Price resolution was then adopted, Wicksrsham the Bone of Contention
 The delegates from the first and second divisions say the difficulties of the convention all resulted over the fight amougIthe delegates from the third division over the question of the reap appointment of Judge Wicksrsham.
 There was opposition to Judge Wick ersham from Nome also. Several of those who were Ryan men sad they would have been willing to support Johanson from the beginning but they believed he was pledged to Judge Wickersham.
 No news of resolutions adpOted at a Fairbanks meeting, opposing the re- appointment of Judge Wickersham, was permitted to reach the convention at the afternoon sessiO7.
 As soon as be saw the convention would probably elect more than one delegate, Ryan, of Nome, has favored the election of three.
The daily Alaskan., 1905-11-22

Special sale of wall paper at Harri sons,
The daily Alaskan., 1905-11-22

Nettletou shoe at.Clayson's. If
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1905-07-19
TO REVISE
THE JUNE
FIGURES

Charlotte. y. c., July le.-President
Miller OF the American Cotton Manufac-
turers' associat tion yesterday wired Sec
r. tary Of Agriculture Wilson as follows
AN extraordinary meeting Of the board
Of governors Of American Cotton Manu-
facturers' association is called to meet in
this city on -InlY- -26 10 consider the pro
position Of Southern Cotton Growers as
sociation and others 10 reopen and revise
the figures on acreage as promulgated by
the June report Of your department.
THE cotton manufacturers OF the world
using American grown cotton have con
fidence in the report Of your bureau until
such unbiased evidence is produced as
will have tendency to weaken this con
fidence The manufa cturers Of cotton
desire only the true facts and are op-
posed to any attempt at coercion Of any
character whatsoever.
The object Of our proposed meeting
Is for the purpose Of selecting a commit
tee not 10 exceed three in number. which
will proceed to Washington promptly 10
confer with you I'm about the same ca
pacity as other interests in cotton are now
being represented. and we would respect
fully request that you grant such an
audience as is craved herein before any
final decision Is determined upon byvou
toward revising your June report. II such
revision is contemplated by YOU"
WILL RECEIVE COMMITTEE.
Washington. July 19.-Secretary Wilson
received the telegram Of President Miller
Of the American Cotton Manufacturers
association late yesterday afternoon. He
replied 10 President Miller that he would
see the committee of three which the
association proposed 10 send 20 Washing
ton lie suggested. however that the
g. ..rls1 IL 49,
The question Of revising the June re-
port. Secretary Wilson said. was stlll un-
der consideration and would depend some
what upon the decision of Assistant Sec
retary Hays. who has been designated
acting chief statistician.