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The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1906-04-13
Caught Cold While Hunting a
Burglar.

Mr. VIM. Thos Lano'gan, provincial
Constable at Chapleau, Ontario. SAYS: Il
caught a severe cold while hunting
burglar in the forest swamp last fall
Hearing Of Chamherlain's Cough Rem
edv. tried it. and after using two small
bottles, was completely cured This
1emedy is intended especia ly for coughs
and colds. II will loosen and relieve a
severe cold in less time than by any other
treatment and is favorite wherever its
superior excellence has become known.
For sale by Eli 7. Reynolds.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1906-04-13

The door ct success never had rusty hinges.
The State of Minnesota is the hourery kingdom
Of America
There are lots OF folks in this world who are too
y ignorant to be anything else than happy
It's poor short-cake that has no turning
magnet may draw all right but it would be
poor thing in porous plaster
Even your bosom friend will sometimes make
clean breast of it.
COW with the eleven foot do sn't give spicy
milk,
The man who has been through the mill"
often feels as if he looks to be W nth alb tut ten
for one cent.
The man who has the eye to business generally
has the bright GU look
The girl who carries the music roll doesn't
always have a roll of notes.
1t most invariably pays to rub up against the
polished gentleman.
Even crook will unmask himself at ball.
Money makes the Mayor go and the preacher
go too.
lover would just leaf plant kiss as not.
The young business man dslikes to he squeezed
by q trust while his girl trusts to be squeezed
The frozen commodity may cut no ice but
nevertheless it makes folks take water.
The traveller who misses the ssiling steamer is
given the slip
The bill col ectnr may have trouble to spot
woman for bill OF having ireckles removed
The man of brilliant ideas usually nose it.
Tba raoson sop,a man DON'T strike while the
iron is hot is because they often find it too hot to
strike
The Rock island exi ress should be solid train
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1906-04-13
Hia Pnhlin Adarean.

Mrs. Littlewit proudly)-Only just
think! Charles has gone to address a
public gathering. Friend-I didn't
know he was a speechmaker. Mrs.
Littlewit-Nor l, but he has been called
upon to make statement before
meeting of his creditors.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1906-04-13

If a man makes me keep my dis
lance, the comfort is he keeps his at
the same time.-Swift.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1906-04-13

All affectations of knowledge are
more odious than any lack of knowl-
edge can be.-Sprat.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1906-04-13
An Old Cradle.

Addison v r~pn. az nai q
Hill bas III his p" session "a cra"
thar lGs> teen used f"r ahai'
years ] was brought to Amer'"
fr'm r., ~ 'bc MrGlif
llS, al Mpu. 4.ii' &, vaunt}
Beckie Met lain married ihomd
Wright and they mad' thew hom
in Lancaster e"au n ! ApS
TIE Wfi
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1906-04-13
TALES AND ENDS.
BY ALLEN PAYNE

WRITTEN FOR THE MIDLAND JOURNAL.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-02-07

,remely undesirable to assign TO bureau the
double duty of making purchases and auditing
frs own accounts. Any general scheme OF reor-
ranization ought 10 be broad enough TO take
cornizance of this evil and careful study of the
! subject may reveal still other opportunities for
Improvement.
If the indications of harmonious cooperation
between Congress and the Navy Department
which are here afforded do not prove falla-
c,ous the country will have occasion for salts
faction In a variety of ways Mr.. Bonaparte
has already shown a genuine desire to pro-
mote economy and efficiency In the department
over which he presides. While he was careful
TO say that he hoped that only "a well digested
plan" would be adopted, reorganization was
the first topic discussed In his recent report 10
the President The spirit thus manifested can
hardly fail 20 have wholesome effect at the
CapitoI II may persuade those legislators vino
have the most influence In shaping the nations
naval policy that helping the Secretary 10 i'm
prove administrative methods will really do
more good than great reductions in appropria-'
lions for the navy or embarrassing limitations
as TO the particular month in which money
shall be expended.
Even If Congress should pass the bill here
referred TO, further legislation would doubtless
be deemed essential to complete the work of
reorganization. Some of the most sagacious
officers in the navy are convinced that the cul-
minatins stage in reform will not be reached
until in this branch of the military service, as
in the army general STAFF has been created.
The value of an agency which would co-ordi-
nate the business Of the different bureaus has
been repeatedly emphasized by men whose
opinion is entitled TO high consideration. Rear
Admiral Converse. the present head of the Blu
reau of Navigation, has more than once quoted
with warm approval the views of his distin-
guished predecessor, Admiral Taylor, on the
subject In his last report Admiral Converse
declares that If a serious should arise
necessity would compel the adoption of the
scheme, and he wisely adds that the best prep
aration can be made in time of peace. Indeed,
we do not believe that Congress would err If it
gave this reform precedence
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-02-07

point, for the whole proviso promising Separate
entity is plainly nugatory and unenforceabie
II has no legal significance or effect. and is no
more binding on Congress to-day than is the
bred Scott decision or the Missouri Compromise
No Congress can forestal the action and 1udg-
ment of It's successors. What 1T does another
Congress is competent to undo.
The pledge given to Arizona in the act of 1868
was a mere form of words. The law might
Just as we'll have said that Arizona should De
forever excluded from statehood. 1t was beyond
the competence of Congress to fix unalterabiy
the conditions which the territory should De
admitted for those conditions could become oper-
alive only when approved by the Congress whlch
actually admitted Arizona. The Missouri Com
promise laid down certain conditions TO be rec
ognized in the creation of new states. But the
provisions of that compromise were enforced
only as each Congress decided for itself to en-
force them; and when they became irksome the
compromise was repealed, In spite of the fact
that the settlement it effected had come TO
be looked on as fundamental and permanent.
The Arizona bill Of 1868 is repealable at any
time, and Congress is clearly within its rights
in treating the pledge carried in that measure
as subject to cancellation at any time by ma
jOrity vote.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-02-07
NOTES OF SOCIETY IN WASHINGTON

From The Tribune Bureau.I
Washington, Feb. 6.-Mrs. Audenrfed gave a din
ner tonight complimentary to Speaker and Miss
Cannon Invited TO meet them were Secretary and
Mrs Taft Captain and Mrs Richardson Glover
Mr. and Mrs. Peirce. Mrs. Warder Admiral Omen
and Representative Adams.
colonel Cotton and the Misses Cotton entertained
at dinner tonight Mr.. and Mrs Frederick Alger
Mr. and Mrs Lee Phillips. MI and Mrs. Nathaniel
Francis. Mr.. and Mrs. Edison Bradley. Colonel and
MIS- Denny Mrs Maus Captain Henry and others
The Misses Cotton will go to New-Orleans in a
couple OF weeks for the Mardi Gras While there
they Will be the guests OF the Misses Ellis who
visited them here early IN the season
Mrs Foraker entertained a luncheon party TODAY
70 meet Mrs. Garrett A Hobart. who Is staying at
the New Willard In the party were Baroness Won
sternburg. Mrs. Brown. Mrs Knox. Mrs. Alger
Mrs Audenreid. Mrs Francis. Mrs Freder,cs
Ager. Mrs Wilmer. Mrs. Stanley Mathews
mrs. Draper Mrs Clover, Mrs Mum. Mrs Robert
Patterson. Mrs Herbert Parsons and Mrs Herbsrt
Wadsworth.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-02-07
RUSsIA's NEW EASTERN POLICY.

Russia's present policy in Eastern Asia diff
fers much in some respects from that of few
years ago. She now, for example, asks China
TO make a treaty for the opening of Manchuria
with the same rights and privileges TO all
nations" That seems, as we shall see, super
fiuous. But what a contrast it presents TO the
Russian attitude of 1903 when efforts were per-
Manchuria! Ii Will be recalled that that point
was the first raised in the Russo Japanese
controversy which led 10 the war On July 2S
1903, Baron Komura directed Mr.. Kurino at St
Petersburg to express Japan's desire for equal
privileges for Japan and Russia in Manchuria
and on August 12 the first formal Japanese
note in its first article suggested "a mutual
engagement 10 maintain the principle OF equal
opportunities for the commerce and industry
.'of all nations in that region. with a recognl-
ton of Russia's special interests in the Man
churian railroads On October Russia replied
with demand that Japan should recognize
Manchuria and its littoral as ''n all respects
outside her Japans) sphere OF interest" On
October 80 Japan offered to recognize Man
churia as outside her sphere of special" inter
est If Russia would do the same in Corea The
Russian reply of December IL was silent on this
point. The next and last japanese note. on
January 13. 1904. renewed the proposal of De-
tOber 30 and added an offer 10 recognize Rms
sa's special interest," IN Manchurit The final
Russian note which was never delivered lac
cause it did not reach Toxic until the war had
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-02-07
THE CABINET.
prom The Tribune Bureau. ]

krrom me tribune Bureau
Washington Feb. 6-The President and Mrs
dinner party given by Secretary and Mrs. Bona
parte board the Msyfower. which is at her
berth in the Washington Navy Yard. The guests
were able to drive directly the covered gangway
The approach TO the vessel was lined with mean
descent lights and the Dolphin, as well as the
Mayfower illuminated with festoons OF the
lights. The only decoration in the reception room
was large Venetian OF American Beauty
roses while the dining filled with early
spring flowers. ferns and other green's Flowerfng
almond was used about the fireplace and the sides
of the cabin. The table decorations were OF white
and purple liacs. mignonette and orchids. with
pink lights from overhead Corsage bouquets OF
VioIets and orchids were placed for the women, and
boutonnieres Of the white vfolets for the The
silver punch bowl presented by the Russian peace
delegates filled with nlacs. made effective deco
ration. The menu was that OF a typical Maryland
dinner.
welt. were Cardinal Gibbons. Governor and Mrs.
Warfeld. Senator and Mrs Hale. Mr.. and Mrs.
Newberry, Representative and Mrs. Foss. Mime.
Bonaparte. jerome Bonaparte. Mrs. Sheridan, Mrs
Longworth. Miss Tuckerman, Mrs. David Everett
Wheeler. Of Buffalo: Mr.. and Mrs. w. Hall Harris.
OF Baltimore: Mr.. and Mrs. John c. Rose. Of BaIti-
more; Robert Garrett, OF Baltimore: DR.. and Mrs.
Richard H Hart. of Philadelphia; Lieutenant Com
mander A T. Long. U s. NJ, and Lieutenant Com
mander and Mrs. Edgar
Secretary and Mrs. Metcaf entertained at dinner
tonight Their guests were the French Ambas-
sador and Nine. Jusserand. Senator and Mrs. Wet
Mrs. Arnold Hague, Mr.. and Mrs. William Corcoran
Eusts. Mrs Cowles. Mrs. Hope Slater Miss
Gwynne Miss Chabot and Ernest Rennie OF the
British Embassy
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-02-07
AT THE WHITE HOUSE.
lFrom The Tribune Buresu.l

Washington, Feb s.-Presldent Roosevelt enter
tanned at luncheon this afternoon Major 'onn
Pitcher of the Sixth Cavalry. and John Burrous u.s.
the naturalist. Major Pitcher is the comrnaiiu''e
officer at Fort Yellowstone. and with MI pu i
roughs accompanied the President on ms trlp
through the National Park In the spring Oh '1
The luncheon this afternoon resolved Itself INTO
jolly party. and did not end until long ai'ei
o'clock.
Before the Cabine. meeting this morning .no
President received a call from Represen'aAIso
Humphrey of Washington. who called 10 ask ior
the appontrnent of a commission TO investigate tne
sinking OF the Valencia OF Puget Sound Inc
President said that he would take up the matter
with Secretary Metealf, Of the Department OF
Commerce and Labor and later announced that
several members of the old General Slocum m
vestigating board would proceed 20 the Pacinc
coast to make the inquiry. In addition 10 MesSrs-
Murray and Smith. the members OF the Old board.
the President designated Admiral William l. Bur
WE'LL of the Bremerton Navy Yard. and directed
District Attorney Frey. Of Seattle, to give the
board all the assistance IN his power
President Roosevelt will give dinner Friday
evening for the members of the Republican Execu-
tive Committee and Postmaster General Cortelyou
Chairman of the National Committee In addition
to the members of the executive committee, the
President has invited Frank H Hitchcock. First
Assistant Postmaster General; L. A Coolidge and
W. +. Stone, sergeant-at-arms OF the Republican
National Committee.
Among the Presidents callers to-day were Sena-
tors Flint. Warner and Penross: Representatives
Littauer and Calder. Ex-Governor Myron II. Nc
Cord. of Arizona, and S. Brown Allen. the newly
appointed United States Marshal for the Western
District of Virginia
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-02-07
pzVAL ADMINISTRATION.

II is reported from Washington that the
House Committee on Naval Affairs has under
consideration a bill relative TO the organiZa-
ton Of the Navy Department The salient
feature Of the measure is such an association
OF different bureaus as would bring most if
not all Of them into one OF two groups, TO be
formally designated the Division OF Personnel
and the Division OF Material
The framing and enactment of such law
would apparently be an acceptance OF sugges-
tons made by Secretary Bonaparte IN his last
annual report In that document dissatisfac
lion with the existing administrative machin-
cry Of the department evinced. The be-
lief was expressed that the good results which
had hitherto been secured there were due rather
10 the high character OF the bureau chiefs and
other responsible officers than to the system
under which they worked. Though crude and
hasty efforts TO promote reform We're depre-
Gated. scheme OF reorganization was proposed
tentatively. There was a sufficiently close re-
lationship between the bureaus OF Construction
and Repair. Yards and Docks, Equipment and
Engineering. il pointed out, 10 Justify as
Sociatin.s them under head In like man
nsr theIe was Ii logical pretext for bringing
together the Bureau of Navigation. the Bureau
uf Medicine and Surgery. the Marine Corps,
the office OF the Judge Advocate General and
the Naval Academy. There are two other sub
divisions of the service which are not included
in this enumeration, and il was evidently Mr.,
BOnapartes opinion that for time ii might
be we'll 10 maintain their independence. In the
title and duties of one-the Bureau OF Sup
plies and AccOunts-he thought slight modih-
cations were advisable, but no change In the
status OF the other-the Ordnance Bureau
WAS recommended.
SO far as we have observed, certain unfort-
innate features of the system of accounting in
the Navy Department have not received The III
tention they deserve from legislative reforuners.
Both 81 theory and in practice It appears ex-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-02-07
"MASTER ELECTRICIANS"

bill has been introduced into the Senate at
Albany the nominal purpose of which is to Sc
cure the registration Of master electricians"
1t defines that term. provides official machinery
for examination and certifcation of that class
Of workmen, and then forbds the performance
of work connected with electrical apparatus in
buildings and other structures by anybody else
except a workman who is in the employ and
acts under the direction of the master electri-
cian." The prohibition applies not only to orig
inal construction, but also to alterations and
repairs, and relates TO wires, apparatus or ap-
planes for light heat and power"
IhlS measure is open to a number of serious
objections. 1t would put in the hands Of out
side contractors a large variety of necessary
work, some important and some trivial. and
would deny to the owner or manager Of the
structure in which these tasks were to be per-
formed the privilege of committing them to his
own employees Now, in the metropolis there are
hundreds of hotels. mercantile establishments
printing houses and office buildings which have
their own lighting plant and engineering staff
AT present the former is cared for by the latter.
out the law would put end to that practice
One effect of the obligation to summon a
stranger would be that it would open the way
TO dlspatching a man who was not as we'll
qualified for the service required as the en-
gineer Of the building or his assistants. There
would be chance that he would damage the
property he was sent to repair
Or, even If competent help were furnished
there might be prolonged delay from any one
of several causes. If there happened to be an
unusually large demand for assistance when
the emergency arose, it might be necessary to
wait for hours even to replace q burned out
lighting fuse, and large money loss might re-
suit from the suspension Of labor due to dark
ness. Again, the ablest electrician in the CITY
might go to building he had never seen be-
fore, and waste much time in finding the
source Of the trouble which he was called on
to remedy.
when the great business houses whose inter
ests would be affected by this proposition ara
once awake to its meaning, q storm of Dro.
test will, we imagine, be provoked which will
remind the Senate Judiciary Committee of a
suddenly dismantled hornets nest Look ont
for your ears, gentlemenl
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-02-07

begun practically renewed the demand or DC
tober 3, excluding Japan from Manchuria'
Russia, therefore, is asking from CHINA
for herself just what before the war Japan
asked of Russia for herself. That is one OF the
impressive changes effected by the war. 1t is
fitting that Russia's request should be granted,
and il is TO be expected that 1T will be- although,
as we have said it seems supertuous. For
Janan has already attended TO that On De-
cember 30 last Japan made treaty WIN
China in which the results of the war and the
provisions of the Treaty of Portsmouth so far
as they affected China, were confirmed But
there were some supplementary articles. ana
the first of these, proposed by Japan, was tnat
soon possible sixteen OF the CHER towns
and cities in the three provinces of Manchuria-
meaning practically the whole country-should
be opened by China not simply to Japan, DIT
on equal terms to all nations, Russia, Of course,
included las places of international residence
and trade" That would appear to have eff
fected precisely what Russia is now seeking.
But there will probably be no objection to re-
peating and reaffirming In a Russian treaty
what has already been stipulated in Japanese
treaty.
Russia is also reported to be seeking mining
concessions and trade privileges In Mongolia
and Eastern Turkestan, and it is said she goes
so far as to ask for some exclusive privileges
ana authority Inere. y rev years ago SIG III
sisted upon monopolist1c privileges and au-
thority throughout all those vast coun-
tries. From that extreme attitude she has
now evidently receded, and 1t may be doubted
whether she will secure, If indeed she really de-
mandS, any exclusive privileges. But her gen.
eral request for an opening of those countries
seems commendable and will probably be sec
onded by other nations. In case it is granted
Russia will, without any stipulatons to that
effect, have an enormous advantage over all
other nations. because her own Siberian and
Tartarlan provinces abut directly upon those
regions of the Chinese Empire, giving her
ease and intimacy of access TO them which no
other nation can enjoy. 1t is not at all surpris-
ing that driven back from Manchuria and
Corea, Russia now seeks exploitation of her
interests in Mongolia and Eastern Turkestan,
though advance in those quarters would
bring her no nearer the coveted open sea, and
there are those who think that with her pres
ent great domestic problems and tasks ON hand
she would do well to concentrate all her ener-
gies upon affairs at home That, however Is
for her alone to determine. The essential point
to the world at large is that her new policy IN
Eastern Asia is compatible with the equal IN
terests of all other nations.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-02-07
An IHPOTENT "PLEDGE"

The Tribune has been criticised in certain
quarters for asserting that Congress when ore
ating new states Is under no obligation to resnect
existing territorial boundaries. We laid down
the general principle, deduced from over a CEN
fury of practice, that Congress possesses fuII
power to fix the area Of new states and that II
can disregard entirely the lines previously drawn
for purposes of territorial administration. Tho
fact that a certain section has been governed
as territorial unit has never entitled that unit
as such, 10 statehood. Congress has time and
again recast the map in admitting new states
and, as we argued, it is now fully justified in
blotting out if it sees fit to do So the division
line between NewMexico and Arizona and Of
fering joint statehood to the inhabitants of the
unified area.
objection has been made to our statement thar
Arizona and New-Mexico have no historical
'or logical right to lay down the conditions ON
which they are to be admitted" Both '.rrbe
Boston Herald" and our neighbor The Sun,
are disposed to contend that the general ruIa
applicable to the partition and rearrangement Of
territory must be waived in the case OF Arizona
They quote section of the act of February %
1863, by which the present territory of Arizona
was created. TO prove that that territory. Of
least is entitled ito have voice as to the con-
ditions of its admission to statehood" The sec
ton reads:
Provided That nothing contained in the nro
visions OF this act shall be construed To nrobtbi+
the Congress of the United States from divIding
SAID territory or changing it's boundaries 10
such manner or al such time as It NAV daann
proper; Provided, further, That said government
snail be maintained and continued until encb
.,iue as lhe people OF said territory shall with
the consent of the Congress. form state 60,
eminent republican in form. as prescribed ~,
the Constitution of the United States and ar-Jy.
FOR and obtain admission into the JTnion ~ y
state on an equal footing with the origiDoI
states. original
Here. 1t is argued, we have distinct nladco
given by Congress that Arizona shall he admit
ted to statehood-when ready for it-as "a SEN
arate entity" We cannot agree that the Ian
guage of the act fOrbids the consolidation .,
Arizona and New-MexicO. By its terms Conprass
was TO retain power TO change the boundario.
or Arizona I'm such manner as it NAV dean,
proper" and it might be plausbly maintained
that attaching New-Mexico to Arizona violated
neither the letter nor the spirit of the nIad,,o
presumably given by Congress.
IL Is not necessary, however. TO argue such q