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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-02-25

Is In 1882 Count Okuma. organized the
progressive party which had last year
. memb ership Of ninety in the house Of
representatives. tnlhis is. known as the
party Of the opposition, Marquis Ito s.
party being the power behind the.
throne. There lis not as. much differ
ence between thu attsfforms Of these
parties as between the platforms
OF the two 81 leading parties Of
our country, bit Of the two
Count Okuma's party is the more
radical. The count himself is born
leader and exerts large influence upon
the politics Of his country. When pre-
mier some years ago he lost leg by
the explosion of a bomb, thrown with
murderous intent by political oppos
nent, but it did not diminish his zeal
in the prosecution of reforms. The fact
that there were in. the last diet $50
who styled themselves independents
shows that there issa considerable body
to- which the opposition party can APP
peal when the minister makes an un-
popular move. e3 ~
Besides the party organizations there
are number .of societies formed for
the study Of political questions. There
are economic associations in a number
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Of the cities composed Of the leading
business and professional men. I met
the members Of these societies at Toxic,
Osaka and Nagoya and was impressed
with the attention tsthey are giving
to economic problems. They have in
Toxic another organization called the
Political Economy association, which
deals more directly with matters of
government. The society formed by the
men who were educated in America,
known as the Friends of America (Ba-
ron .Kaneko is one Of the leading mem
bers) takes a deep interest in all mat
tiers relating to government and polit-
ical economy.
The leading political question in
Japan today, in SO far as it affects do
nestle affairs, is whether the cabinet
shall be selected by the emperor re-
CARELESS of the prevailing sentiment in
the house or be made to conform to
the will of the people as expressed thru
their representatives. At present the
emperor's councillors are chosen at his
own discretion and the states of Sat
suma and Choshu have had controlling
influence in the selection of the emper-
or's advisers. The democratic senti:
ment of the country is at this time
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alarm could be given the snow crashed
upon the tiny cabins, burying them in
the valley below. Almost at. the same
instant another slide wiped out the
Seven Thirty mine buildings and
cabins, killing ten persons and destroy.
ing property to the extent of $50 900 in
buildings and ore ready for shipment
A week later. another slide at Brown. 8
Gulch killed three men and injured five.
Some Odd Incidents.
One marvellous story related by trust
worthy men, is about the town of Robin
son consisting Of only q @few cabins.
The slide occurred in the evening when
the eleven men in the place were en-
gagged in their various pursuits of rec
reation or preparing for bed. They
were buried under sixty feet of snow,
and six weeks later when dug out, one
mau was found in the attitude of pull
ing off a boot, two playing cards and
another reading. II was, supposed
that the sudden compassionate air pro-
duced concnssion Of the brain and
instant death.
One of the greatest slides in Colorado
was near Telluride in 1902. It occurred
Feb. 90, at. 4:30 o'clock in the morn
ing and buried seventy miners who
were asleep in clubhouse thought to
be outside the danger line. A man
going up the trail ito the Liberty Bell
mine saw the awful sight and ran back
to Telluride with the news. Immedi-
ately large relief party started out
and before night many of the men had
been dug out and saved from the white
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guished service appointed by the en-
peror, and one representative from each
prefecture or state selected by the
highest taxpayers. The members of the
diet, except those who sit by virtue
Of their rank, receive 1900 yen ($1 ,000)
year. The members of the house of
representatives are divided among the
states in proportion to the number Of
franchise holders;. last year they num-
bered 1913 and were voted for by $780,
600 franchise holders. These franchise
holders numbered less than 10 per cent
of the men of voting age, there being
a property qualification which excludes
from suffrage more than nine-tenths Of
the adult males. ..-s.~ ~.
The emperor appoints the governors
Of the, various states, and these need
not be selected from the states over
which they preside. The emperor has
the right to convoke and prorogue the
diet and to dissolve the house Of rep
resentatives; he also has the right to
issue urgency ordinances when the diet
is not in session, the same to be sub
mitted for approval to the next session.
The constitution contains bill of
rights. Among other rights the Japan
ese subjects shall enjoy freedom of re-
ligious belief 81 within limits not preJu-
diciaF to peace and order and not an
tagonistic to their duties as~subjects -;
and within the limits Of law'' they
shall enjoy the liberty Of speech, writ
association. !" After the Toxic riots
which followed the announcement Of
the treaty with Russia an urgency ordi-
nance was issued restraining the press
and certain newspapers were suspended
under this ordinance, but it is probable
that this urgency ordinance will be Wig
orously discussed at the coming session
Of the Diet 3,
The emperor is assisted in the dis
charge Of his executive duties by a
prime minister and nine department.
ministers; besides these he has the ad.
vice sof a privy council, composed of
elder statesmen, of which Marquis Ito
is now the president. q.
Each state has what corresponds to
our legislature, and each city has
council. Both Of these bodies are cleo
tive and to the city council is entrusted
the selection Of the mayor. So
| They have a judiciary, federal and
local, appointed for life but no Jury
system. Among the laws is one for
bidding aliens to own property, altho
this is avoided to some 'extent by long
time leases. There is also a law by
which a debt descends with the prop
erty to the oldest son, even tho the
debt may exceed the property. 81:
| Thru the courtesy of N. w.
! McIyor. former consul general Il at
Yokohama. and now engaged in the
practice Of international law, I had
an opportunity to meet a number Of
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death. Among the lost were two
young men,, sons Oh prominent Denver
business men. They were from the
state school of mines and were conduct
ing practical investigation and expert
mental work.
Safety in a Dishpan.
A story which is seemingly incredible
is that Of the cook at the Liberty Bell
mine. He says that he had left the
bunk house just before the slide with
his huge dishpan filled with potato
parings which he intended to throw
away. He heard the slide start and
realized that he would not have time to
get out of. it's path. So quickly deeid-
ing on what appeared to be the quick
est way out of his dangerous location,
he sat down in the pan and slid down
the mountain just on the edge of the
avalanche and escaped unhurt save for
a few bruises and scratches.
I For weeks after the first catastrophe,
slides were of almost daily occurrence,
starting $500 feet above the Liberty
Bell mine and going at terrific speed.
Twenty-Five men were killed and build
ings and trans destroyed until the loss
to this. mine alone was about $4,000.
Hundreds fed from the menace of the
snow, and thousand men were out Of
work for ten days.
No one could tell where the next slide
would strike and some strange things
happened. One morning, John II.
Johns, Cornish miner, started to view
the ruins of the Liberty Bell bunk
house, but when only hundred feet
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No Break In Emperor's Family
line for $500 sYears4NeXer Any I'm.

n J. K III T 4 ID -.
No Break In Emperor's Family
Line for $500 Years-Never Any i'm
portant Revolts Against Emperor
Real Power Exercised by Military
Overlords Called "Shoguns" for 200
Years, Until the Restoration" In
1858, When Emperor Resained Full
AuthorIty-All Social Distinctions
Then Abolished, Bringing In Re-
markable Era, Of Democratic Prog
ress and Reform Constitution
Granted In 1ss9--Modeied by Mar
quIs Ito After Prussians Constitution
Tho Legislative DIet-RIoht Of
Voting Limited by Property Qualifi-
catIon-PoWers Of the Emperor
Constitutions Bill Of Rights Gives
Religious Liberty, Freedom of
Speech, OF the Press and Public As
sembly-state Legislatures and City
Councils EIectIve-Judges Appointed
for Llfe-No Jury systen-Allens
Cannot Own Property-The Different
Political PartIes-Asitation Over
Mode Of Selecting cabInet-Press-
Ing ouestlons-city Waterworks Al
ways Owned and Operated by Munic-
pallties-Government Owns and OPP
crates Telegraph, Telephone and
Part of Railroad Standardization
Service ! Unsatisfactory - Railroad
Rates-Japan's Educational: Problems
National Problems In Formosa and
+ Korea. $50 4,.'ii
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from his door he was caught by mass
of snow and hurled to his death in
front of the eyes of his wife who was
standing in the doorway waving him
good-by.a
Two men were walking together
when caught by the slide. One of
them was sucked under tie snow to- die
and the other was carried on top of the
slide and reached the bottom of the
mountain in safety.
In one instance, Tige, a dog belong
ing to Manager Charles Chase of the
Liberty Bell, dug himself out of twelve
feet of snow under which he had been
buried. This story is true and well
authenticated. On March s, every bus
mess house in Telluride was closed and
a day of mourning for the victims Of
the snow observed.
An authority on snowslides says that
the number increases each year as the
timber is cleared away and that this
wholesale destruction of timber is one
of the most serious problems now con-
fronting western citizens.
Railroad companies have the snow
slide to cope with constantly during the
winter and hundreds of thousands of
dollars worth of property has been
destroyed for every road in the west.
But it is singular fact that trains and
railroad men secn. &C be under th.
special care of Providence and one
very rarely hears of q train being dam
aged OF, railroad man killed.
There are many heroes of the reign OF
terror of the SHOWS. The sturdy west
the danger of the mountainside to help
his comrade, or some man whom he has
never seen or heard of before the cry
of distress came to his ears. Here and
there in the mountains are monuments
to mark the places where such heroes
lie.
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some giant of the hills had swept with
one stroke of his huge broom from peak
to base, and the tourist is filled with
respectful awe for the force that can
strip great mountain of half it's cloth
ing and leave in the valley debris
enough to build town.
Nature,s Fatal Caprices.
Each winter season claims it's quota
OF victims, it's special scenes Of disaster
and destruction. Brave is the man
who dares face the mountain trail dur
ing the dreaded months Of February
and March. Such walk is an expert
ence that the mountain traveller cannot
soon forget. Inch by inch he creeps
along with thousands Of tons of I'M
stable snow above him and sure death
below. Year by year the avalanches
come down the same paths and the
lmountaineer avoids them as much as
moments and occasionally new path
is made.
A melancholy instance Of this ca
price was that Of snowslide near
Silver Plume, Col. Here for years the,
snow had come down the same paths,
and the Inhabitants near by had grown
SO accustomed to them that they knew
exactly when and where to expect them.
But in the winter Of 1s98-99, nature
played a curious and fatal prank. One
day she was sending her snow down the
usual path, and many of the miners
were in their cabin doors watching the
slide. When nearly to the bottom,
the great white mass suddenly swerved
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Correspondence of The Journal.

q ALT LAKE CITY, Utah, Feb. 21.
The "Great White Death"
again hovers over the Rocky noun
tains. Descending at irregular inter-
walls, it exacts it's terrible toll Of life
and property. Already this winter
there have been more than a dozen
known human victims Of the myster-
ious, powerful avalanches Of snow, and
nobody can tell how many others may
be found when the summer thaw comes
Almost every day brings in another
name or list of names of men of the
mountains killed or injured by snow
slides, property destroyed and miners
thrown out of work. At the Sunny
side, mine near Silverton, Col, re-
Gently, the miners were on their way
home for supper, when a deafening
roar resounded thru the valley. They
allfknew what it meant.
sssssThe snow! The snow!"
The warning cry was drowned by the
noise of the crashing and crushing of
trees and houses and rocks as the ava
lanche descended. Five men were
caught in the slide. They were swept
off their feet and buried in the snow
Victims Of the great white death were
they
At Alta, in the American Fork can
yon,the same slide caught up another
miner, Peter Christensen, and carried
him with it to the depths below.
At Rigby, Idaho, Charles b. Counts,
: surveyor employed by the Oregon
Short Lire, and resident Of jackson 8
Hole Wyoming, met a similar fate.
The list is far from complete. The
stories of the tragedies are not obtain
lble now. Spring may uncover them,
butt is likely that many Of them may
lever be known. In mountain fast
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nesses much destruction may be.
wrought and the world never know
of it. l.: 81 .|E
The mountain goat, the timid rabbit
and the monarch grizzly, could they
speak, might tell: many q tale Of trag-
edy anu loss among the wild inhabi-s
tants of the treaeherous 1nountainside
and valley. S., !, 6. 3. IA. Is,
Two Months Of Terror.
Among ntain-dwellers Of the
west, the months of February and
March are anticipated with dread and
horror. During the winter, the snow
has been piling up and packing down
until by spring, 1t is ready at a sec.
ond S notice, ito y rush madly down
leaving ruin and devastation in it's
path. Sometimes the great avalanche.
has, its nucleus in a tiny icicle dropped
from q pine tree; often the destructive
slide is started by the football of one
man or lone animal. s
Snowshdes are Of two kinds The
first and least dangerous is. the slide Of
light, dry snow, and caused simply by
an over accumulation. The second is
caused by the snow alternately thawing
and freezing until the weight Of the
mass becomes tremendous. When this
is loosened it carries everything before
it, and leaves a great, brown scar on
the side Of the mountain on:whieh verd-
ure does not grow for'many years. The
roarSof the slide can be heard for miles
and the wind in its wake is a veritable
hurricane which is itself "a destructive
force. The path it leaves looks as tho
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crystallizing IN favor Of the demand
that the emperor take for his premier
the leader of the popular party, as the
king of England does. However much
this reform may be delayed by cir
cumstances, it is bound to come if
Japan is to, recognize the right of the
people to govern themselves.
4. i. +
In the cities, sanitation furnishes a
most difficult problem. At present
there is little sewerage, altho there is
pressing need for it. r 49, - -
In the Industrial development Of
Japan the people must meet the prob
lem of child labor and the length of
the working day. Women now work
twelve hours in the factory and one
cannot see them and the children at
toll without asking whether Japan can
afford to impair the strength of the
next generation for any advantage
which may, be derived from such long
hours and such youthful labor. This
subject is likely to be brought before
the next session Of the diet.
In some reforms Japan has moved
more rapidly sthan the United States.
Wherever she has waterworks in her
cities, they are owned and operated
by the municipalities. She also has a
telegraph system and telephone sys-
tenn operated by the national govern.
ment. kilograms are sent at the same
rates to all parts Of the empire and
the service is satisfactory.
The telephone service is not so good
for while it is all right as far as it goes
the system is not extended as rapidly
as the demand requires. In Toxic, fol
instance, those who want to install tele
phones have to wait until some one dis
continues his phone or is willing to sell
/ it, and bonus is often demanded. II
the local telephones were owned by the
city and only the interurban lines man
4 aged by the imperial government, the
service would respond more quickly tt
4 the needs of the community.
/ The Japanese government also owns
and operates part of the railroad
i system, and in doing so employs moth
Ing but native help. I travelled on botl
the government and private lines anG
could not see that they differed ma
teria1ly so far as efficiency was con
cerned.
+ The first class fare is about 4 cent.
a mile Tin our money!, the second
class about cents and the third elias.
4 (nearly all the travel is third class,
a about / cent. A reduction of 90 pc
cent is made on return tickets, reduc
tion of from 20 to 80 per cent on com
mutation tickets, and reduction O.
f from As to 80 per cent on season ticket
for students. This reduction to stu
dents might be initiated to advantag
, in our country. The government roa'
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WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYAN DESCRIBES THE GOVERNMENT
\ AND POLITICS OF JAPAN-HER NEW NATIONAL PROBLEMS

is all, or nearly all, double track and
has the latest safeguards for the pro-
lection of passengers at depots. The
Japanese are much given to meeting.
friends when they arrive and escorting.
them to the train when they leave, ans.
this custom has led to the sale of plat
form tickets for one cent Tin our
money!.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1906-11-18

{ Appointments for scalp treatment
! facial massage and manicuring may be
made by phone-Main 491, Mrs Doris
+. Paris. Parlors at 1855 Fort street
Meet your friends at Royal Annex
Cafe, Merchant and Nuuanu. Lunch 25cs
Every housekeeper should try Oleum
kerosene. 1t is the best in the mar
ket. High flash test and absolutely
safe. III. Hackfeld & Co, agents
Sale of lumber, doors. sashes and Of
fee furniture. also wagons, trucks and
drays belonging to the Oahu Lumber
and Building Co. next Thursday, by
VIII E. Fisher.
Your grocer sells Poi Breakfast Food. =
A beautiful white and gold pattern in
fine China dinner ware has just been
opened by f. o. Hall & Son 1t is a
stock pattern that can be purchased
in any quantity needed
Aloha calendars for 1907 The thing
for mainland friends. Russian brasses,
Teco pottery, mats, tapas and fans.
LOulu hats bamboo fiber. Hawaii &:
South Seas Curio Co, Young building.
See Blom's big ad, of imported Irish
linens at reduced prices for this week
only. The sale begins tomorrow morn
ing. Be sure to read the announcement
carefully, as it is extremely important
TO every housewife
Breakfast at Royal Annex Cafe. Mer-
chant and Nuuanu. Dainty and clean"
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CAR MEMS DANCE.

If numbers count for success then
the second annual shirtwaist dance
given last evening by the Honolulu
Street Railway Employees Benefit AS
sGciation is entitled to that distinc-
ton. Progress Hall was crowded TO
the doors and everybody danced. There
We're waltzes, quadrilles, schottisches,
Scotch and Virginia reels and the pop
ular twilight waltz. The grand march
and waltz was accompanied by babpipe
music furnished by Piper Fraser. a
novel Interpolation which was applaud
ed. The piper played later for the
Scotch reel, which was danced by a
number of the carmen and ladies who
hail from Bonny Scotland Their
graceful footwork was one of the hits
of the evening. The music was fur
nished for the regular dances bv the
Royal Hawaiian Glee Club. The dance
throughout was a most enjoya BILE af-
fair. The proceeds go toward the car
mems fund, which is already quite
large and is devoted to benefits to en-
ployes who become disabled or ill in
service. The entertainment was in
charge of the following committees:
Floor mana ger-William Bell
Assistant floor manager-O. J. White
head
Reception committee-W. f. Way
man, T. j. Nolan. G. L. Hemminger.
Door-A. D. Bond. z. c. Barnes +
Arrangements-W. E. Wayman, VIM. |
Bell, c. Strom. T. J. Nolan. o. J. |
Whitehead, E. 3. Bridgewater.
Refreshments-C. Strom. W. W. !
Woodward.
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BUSINESS LOCALS.

Big sale at Sachs tomorrow.
Your grocer sells Poi Breakfast Food
Mrs. Taylor, the florist. has choice
cut roses, violets and carnations.
Island turkeys, chickens and frog legs
at Royal Annex Cafe. Dinner to 7.
VIII E. Fisher has a number of neat
cottages TO let. See him for particu-
lars.
A gold bead necklace has been lost.
Reward if finder will return the same
to this office
Our Christmas handkerchiefs are
here, ask to see them. Sachs Dry Goods
Co.
Queen street skating rink oren every
evening, also Wednesday and Saturday
afternoons =
Fresh flower seeds-these seeds will
grow-I have tested them. Mrs. Tay-
Tor, the florist.
a very desira BILE suite and single
room with board can be had by apply
ing at Mrs. Macdonald's, Waikiki.
Leather pillows and new leather pos
tai cards 81 Steiners Island Curio
Store, Elite building. Hotel street.
The jellies and jams put up by Mrs
kearns should oe on every table on
Thanksgiving Day. Order some now
Thin paper editions of standard au-
thors can be procured at VIM. c. Lyon
Co, Ltd. Sold for cash or easy pay
ments.
a closing out sale of shirt waists and
skirts begins tomorrow at Sachs,
prices almost cut in half, see ad on 3,
page two.
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NEW RIBBONS.

Our stock of plain ribbons has been
very low Of late, due to unaccountable
delays of our shipments, but we are
now we'll stocked again. We have all
colors and widths in satin. taffeta, lib
erty satin and wash ribbons and cah
supply every demand. Ehlers & Co.
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LOST

" GOLD bead necklace. Return TO
this office and receive reward 293
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FOR RENT.
ROOM AND BOARD.
WANTED.

A MESSENGER boy at Gazette Office.
293
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Note:-Barometer readings are cor
rected for temperature, instrumental
errors, and local gravity, and reduced
80 sea level. Average cloudiness stated
m scale from to 10. Direction of wind
Is prevailing direction during "a hours
snding at 8 p. m. Velocity of wind is
average velocity in miles per hour.
VIM. B. STOCKMAN,
Section Director.
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ROYAL ANNEX DINNER.

Island chicken pot pie and fresh lob
ster salad with the 5o-cent dinner at
the Royal Annex today. from 5 to 8
2. m.
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BORN.

GURREY, JR--In this city on Nov. II,
to the wife of A. r. Gurrey, Jr.
son.
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TIDES SUN AND NOON.

New moon November Is at 1905 D. m.
The tides at Kahu1ui and Hilo occur
about one hour earlier than at Homo
lulu.
Hawaiian standard time is 10 hours
30 minutes slower than Greenwich
time, being that of the meridian of l57
degrees thirty minutes The time whis-
tie blows at 1:30 p. m, which is the
same 8 Greenwich, o hours minutes.
g." and moon are for local time for
e hole yro.r