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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-03-18
ciaa Correspondence Of The Journal.

Special Correspondents Of The Journal.
w ERLIN, March 1.-Having Dor
* rowed the arts of industry, sci
-lA@ ence and warfare from Europe
and America and cultivated them I'M
til they had won her indisputable spurs
as a great power, Japan is turning its
attention to artistic development along
western lines in the one direction in
which she remains primitive-the
realm of music. >
A gifted Japanese girl, Ko Matsu-
da, is destined to play a historic role
in the process Of training the new Ja-
pan to appreciate the beauties of occi-
dental musical art. She is the first
Japanese woman ever sent abroad to
study music and after six years of
conscientious work in the best conser
yatories Of the United States and Ger
many, in the course of which she has
developed marvellous natural talent,
this typical daughter Of the land Of
the rising sun is about to leave Berlin
to become missionary in the cause
of music among her own people.
She is full Of confidence. She
thinks she will be able to convince the
Japanese, whose instructive love of the
beautiful finds expression in so many
exquisite forms Of industrial art, that
the greatness of Europe and the
United States consists partially of their
devotion to the fine arts and particu
larly music.
Japs Can't Sing Now.
She tells her own story best, and in
animated, faultless English she said to
your correspondent:
What you here in the west under
stand by music is a totally unrevealed
art in Japan. Outside military bands
there is nothing even resembling it.
The beauties of vocal music are not
known at all, owing to a ridiculous
tradition that the japanese throat is
unsuited for harmonious or sympathetic
i tone production. Thus Japanese have
never tried to sing. Those who at
tempted what we thought to be sing
ing produced indescribably awful
noises This is all due ssimply to a
lack of understanding, and I hope to
devote myself in large measure to a
campaign Of education in the direction
of spreading documentary knowledge,
9. In instrumental music conditions
are not quite so hopeless. A we'll,
equipped conservatory for the teaching
Of piano. violin, cello, flute and harp
has recently been established at To.
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THE HERMIT CAR
, OF TSARSKOE-SELO

TOW the car of all the Russias is
.T bearing up under the burden Of
4 u ruling and reigning over a dis
rupted and revolutionary empire is re-
lated in a private letter written by all
officer Of the imperial bodyguard who
has been attached for the past two
years to the encourage Of Nicholas II.
The letter, with certain necessary excl
sions, runs asfollows: y
Ever since the anniversary of Red
Sunday. the car s existence has been
one unbending series of anxieties + =
which have told heavily upon him.
Only among his family does he appar-
emily forget the menace of the revolu-
tion, threatening news Of which reaches
him with the merciless regularity of the
ticking Of a clock. These are, indeed,
his only moments, Of happiness and re-
Taxation from the worries and cares Of
state, with perhaps the rare exception
of a walk or a ride i'll the park, which,
however, has become very rare occur
renee of late. y
His majesty invariably spends al
most the entire day ana night in his
private cabinet, either in consultation
Will Ills CUuACliOIS, WuOul MC OICou Su1u-
mons to his presence at any hour of the
night in order to ask their advice, or in
work upon projected measures of re-
form. He writes, often for hours at a
stretch.s -
At other times, the sentries placed
at his door hear him pacing restlessly
up and down the room till the early
hours Of the morning, waiting anxiously
for reports from his representatives in
the provinces. At intervals he will dis
patch message, and then suddenly
throwing open the windows gaze out
upon the quietness Of the night thru
which his millions of subjects slumber
while their unfortunate ruler is still at
! work.
His majesty was never lover Of SO
cial functions, but now he appears to
abhor society more. than ever.
! The car himself seems to be the
| only person at court who actually real
ICES the dangers Of the present situa-
| ton, and it is to this fact that the mis-
understandings between his majesty
and the grand dukes owe their cause
The czar alone recognizes that a genu-
inc revolution is agitating Russia, and
the more closely he notes the symptoms
and compares them with those of the
French revolution, the more his anxiety
appears to increase, and the more often
are his noble eyes dimmed with the
mists of sorrow.1
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and bow their heads to the ground.
In the schools the. students kowtow
before a Confucian tablet twice each
month. When we visited the govern
ment school at Shanghai we noticed
mats upon the floor Of the otherwise
empty assembly hall, and upon inquiry
learned that at 7 the next morning the
students would perform the usual Con-
fucian rites. These consist Of series
of kowtows. At a given signal the
students kneel on the mats and bow
three times toward the tablet, their
heads each time touching the floor;
they then rise and after a short
interval kneel again at signal and
bow three times more. This cere.
mony is again repeated, making nine
bows if all. Then they kneel and
bow three times to the professors;
after saluting the professors each stu
dent bows once to the student next
to him and the meeting adjourns.
We thought it would be interesting to
witness this service in honor of one
who has received more formal rever-
before it was light, we made the jour-
ucy W JIG CO1ltSe, WHICH Is uISCdHC dill
hours ride from the hotel. When we
arrived we found that for some reason
which we could not ascertain the cere-
mony would not be performed. Wheth-
er the postponement was due to fobjec-
tion to the presence of foreigners wis
itors had been present on former occa-
in mystery.
Our morning ride, however, answered
one purpose; as the road ran some dis
tance by the side of a little stream, it
enabled us to see something Of house
boat life. Hundreds Of little boats line
the stream, and in their diminutive
mat-covered cabins were housed thou
sands Of natives, many Of whom are
born, live and die in these unstable
homes. As they were preparing. the
morning meal, we had chance to.con-
firm the stories regarding their want of
cleanliness. It was not an uncommon
thing to see a woman washing rice in
the muddy water and few feet away
another woman throwing refuse matter
into the stream, or a man performing
his morning ablutions. At Canton one
has a still larger opportunity to OBJ
serve houseboat life where the Pearl
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exultant, while the others show as
much humiliation as Chinaman who
has lost his face, and will not after
ward sing.
In another article I have referred
to the superstitions so widespread in
China. There is one form of supersti-
tion which has interfered with both
religion and commerce. The natives
have for centuries been the victims Of
sorcerers and fortune tellers who, pro-
Tossing knowledge Of terrestrial and
celestial forces, style themselves
"Fungshui - doctors and make -liv-
ing by selecting lucky burial sites,
foretelling the future, etc. There are
certain spirits which are supposed to
preside over certain places, and any
change in the conformation Of the
ground is thought to anger the spirits.
A railroad cut or fill is sometimes OBJ
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QUICKEST BRITISHER" is STRENUOUS
Young Marquis of Graham Who Marry the Richest
san Excellent Record.
ecial Correspondence Of The Journal.

Special Correspondence Of The Journal.
7 ONDON, March 3.-When Lady
Mary Douglas-Hamilton y cele-
- brated her coming of age a few.
months ago, on her picturesque island
Kingdom of Arran, in the Forth of
Clyde, the marked attention paid her by
the marquis of Graham set the gossips
talking and predicting. For once the
gossips were right and none begrudge
them the satisfaction Of being able to
say, Il told you So The announce
ment of their engagement has caused
the widest satisfaction. No more suit
able husband for the richest titled heir
ess in the United Kingdom could be
found than the future duke Of Mont
rose. The marriage will link together
two of the greatest historic houses Of
Scotland. In every respect they are a
well-matched couple and typify the best
traditions of their lineage.
One Of the Fighting Grahams.'
The young marquis is fine speci-
ment Of tile fighting Grahams. He
is six feet tall and of stalwart frame,
with clear-cut, well-modeled features
that bear the unmistakable stamp Of
distinction. He does not depend on his
ancestry to make his way in the world.
Resolved to become thoro seaman, he
shipped as common sailor on leaving
Elton, went, thru hard course Of train
ing in the mercantile marine and when
he was FL obtained masters certif-
pate. That he was entirely competent
to hold it he proved by navigating kord
Brassey 8 steam yacht, Sunbeam, from
Australia to England, and later to Cana
da. He served for some time in the
navy to put the finishing touches to his
nautical education. In order to quail
fly himself for the command Of the
Clyde division of the naval volunteers,
he went thru course of gunnery at
Portsmouth.
A War Hero.
He eagerly availed himself of the op.
portunity the South African war offered
to take the field. During the cam.
paign he participated in the exciting De
Wet hunt, and was in action twenty
nine times in thirty-one consecutive
days He was mentioned for gallan.
try in dispatches and brought back
with him three clasps and medal
He took up politics a few years ago
with characteristic zeal and thoroness
and soon made himself fluent and eff
fective speaker. At the general cleo.
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BY WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYAN. =
Copyright, 1906, by Joseph B. Bowles-Copyright
In Great Britain. All rights reserved.

By WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYAN. -
Copyright, 1906, by Joseph B. Bowles-Copyright
In Great Britain. All rights reserved.
IT n ONGKONG, CHINA.-In the
first article on China reference
~ ~ was made to some Of the char
acteristics Of the Chinese, but the sub
ject was not exhausted; in fact, it
would require several articles to ex-
haust this subject, and attention can
i only be given to those traits or customs
which are in most violent contrast with
our own.
Chinese society is patriarchal in its
organization, the family being the unit
and the father the head Of the family.
The Chinese sages present filial Piety
and fraternal submission as the root of
all benevolent action. The children
are subject to the parents as long as
the parents live and the younger sons
ARE subject to the eldest. The four
relations which are continually dis
cussed by the philosophers are: First,
the relation between the king and his
ministers; second, between the father
and his sons; third, between the eldest
brother and the younger brothers, and
fourth, between the individual and his
1O1loNo, UuG OuC 1oui Ill 1C1dtAoA 1CSOAN Cd
the least consideration.
i. + i.
Marriages are arranged by the par
ents, and the children must be con-
tent with the selection made. When
the wife is taken to the home Of the
husband, she becomes member of
his family and subject to her mother
in-law, if the husband s mother is still
alive. AS other sons are married
their wives are brought in and they
are expected to live peaceably together,
an expectation which is not always full
ly realized. AS law and custom per-
NIT the system Of concubinage, it is not
strange that the home is often the scene
of contention rather than the center
Of felicity.
AS the duty Of sacrificing to ances-
tors falls upon the son, the advent Of a
boy is the signal for rejoicing, while
the birth of a girl is not considered a
good omen. So unpopular was the fe-
male baby that in some provinces many
/ Of them were formerly put to death, but
child-murder is now on the decrease.
+ !.
NO one can VlSlJ emma without De-
coming acquainted with a peculiarly
oriental phrase called Closing face. -
One of the first newspapers that
I . picked up in China described
the attempted suicide Of a man who
complained that he had E'lost his face -
because a magistrate refused to COM
mence prosecution on his complaint.
In China there is a constant effort to
keep up appearances, and when this is
no longer possible, the unfortunate one
feels that he cannot look anyone else
in the face. Chinese life is saturated
with this ''face' doctrine; it perco-
lates thru their disputes and oozes out
thru the pores of their diplomacy. JUS
tice is of less Importance in the decid-
ing of controversy than the saving of
the parties from the loss of "face. y
s There are in each community "peace-
takers who make a business of SO adj
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to be kept in their own country. Thew,
and in fact, all Britishers, speak uf the
young marquis as the Quickest man in
the isles
Lady Mary celebrated her coming of
age last December on her wild and pic
turesque island kingdom of Arran. in
the Firth Of Clyde. This island, which
is sixty miles in circumference and con-
tains 5000 inhabitants, all of whom are
her tenants, yields her in rents sos. 900
year. She has another large estate in
Suffolk, England, which, brings her in
$4o,ooo year. From investments held
In trust for her she receives another
$4,000 a year.
Nor is that the full measure of her
wealth. Her father, the twelfth duke
of Hamilton, who died ten years ago,
left her big fortune in cash which.
during the nine years of her minority
swelled to $1,0o0,OOO. And the good
fairies who presided at her birth added
other precious gifts. She is beautiful
blessed with vigorous health and en-
lowed with a temperament that lends
itself to the enjoyment of life in fullest
measure.
Where They Will Live.
Brodick castle, on the island of Arran,
where the marquis aud his lady will
live, is a grand place and beautifully
situated on the wooded slopes Of Goat
fell, commanding lovely view of sea
and mountains. In the DAYS OF Bruce
it was captured from the English bv
that heroic chieftain. In 1874 it was
restored by Lady Mary's grandfather.
William, eleventh duke of Hamilton,
who married Princess Mary of Baden.
On the opposite side of the island is
Dougarie, Lady Mary's beautiful shoot
ing box, where King Edward spent
day when ON a cruise in the West High
lands four years ago.
Lady Mary, like the man she is :,
wed, so far has been little seen in gem
eral society. She is devoted to sport.
Riding, hunting, shooting, fishing and
other country pursuits constitute her
chief amusements. She is a superb
hcrsewoman and one of the few women
masters of hounds in the kingdom.
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tiected to for this reason, and a church
spire is, in the opinion; of the super
stitious, liable to endanger the peace
and safety Of community. -
However, commerce is extending in
spite of the ''spirits' and the Christian
religion is gradually making Roadway
against superstition. At Picking I at
tended a morning service at the Meth
odisti church where some 600 Chinese
men land women listened to sermon
in their own language, delivered by an
American missionary. On Thanksgiv-
ing day we ate dinner at the Presbyter-
ian mission, and during our travels thru
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gambling is also present in it. I re-
fer to the singing matches between
larks. The Chinese are very fond Of
birds and one cannot go upon the
street without seeing men carrying
bird cages The birds are aired much
as pet dogs are exercised in our coun-
try. The favorite singing bird is the
lark, and these are entered by their
owners in contests, considerable sums
being often placed upon a bird. The
award is made by: the birds them
selves, one after another confessing
defeat until but one sohgster is left
upon his perch. The winner is quite
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kio, under the direction of German pro-
fessors, and home letters tell me it is
now overcrowded, 50 enthusiastic has
been the response Of my people to the
first charms of real music to reach their
ears. We are really something like
deaf people who have never yet heard
spoken words. Attached to this con-
servatory is an orchestra, and scores
of our young men are demonstrating
natural gifts for string instrumental
music. ~. =
~ Know Nothing Of Opera.
"Opera is, of course, an entirely
closed book with us. Our great poet
dramatist, Tsubouchi,7, however, is at
the head Of a movement to establish a
royal opera at Toxic. The project has
the Endorsement of all the intellectual
classes, particularly those favored with
opportunities like I have had for APP
preciating European and American mu-
steal art. Tsubouchi has written a
great epic, sort of japanese version
Of the tTannhaeuser theme, which it is
now proposed to set to music, and the
composition and production Of this
work will probably mark Japan's for
NAL debut into the councils Of the smu-
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ABSENT-MINDED.
Philadelnhia Hedge,

PhlIadeIphla Ledger.
Mrs. Schoppen-I want five pounds
of sugar, please.
Grocer--Ye I'm; anything elsea
take it with me if itsn It too heavy. a
package.
Grocer-Oh, it'll only weigh three or
four pounds ma am.
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A commercial traveller for. a. largs
London firm recently wrote concerning
the boycott in Bengal: Business IS
still at standstill, and for the present
L see no hopeful signs of the boycott
breaking down. Merchants saw they
are doing less and less every week.'s
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Chinese Devoted to Ceremony Whole Life Fettered
by Formally Propriety Placed Ahead of Sincerity
-Demoralizing Examples of Confucius and Mencius
The Kow-tow in the Schools-Houseboat Life
Lack of Cleanness-Quai Fighting Popular
Sport = Chinese Very Fond of Birds = Singing
Matches Between Larks = People Victimzed by
Sorcerers and Fortune Telers-C Christianity Spread
ina-C ontrasted with Confucianism.
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THE REFINEMENT OF ART.

-
First Landlady-Do you have music
at meals9
Second Landlady-Yes those who
Like it stop eating to listen, and it
takes away the appetite Of those who
don It.
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The recent regatta on the zambesi
was SO successful that it is proposed to
invite English university crews to COM
nete next year.
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WILLIAM J. BRYAN LOOKS IN UPON THE CHINESE, IN
THEIR HOMES AND THEN TELLS US ALL ABOUT TT1EM

Family Relations in China"Filial Piety and Fraternal
Submission the Root of All Benevolent Action
Marriages All Arranged by Parents Wife Sub
ject to Mother.in-L aw-Concubinaee Recognized
Girl Babies Unwelcone-The "Face" Doctrine
Constant Effort to Keep Up Appearances-L of
"Face" Great Humi ation-This Should Be Con
sidered in Our Dealings With China-Part of the
Boxer Indemnity Should Be Returned ~~l
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The Grand Duchess Marie of Russia
is only Is, extremely pretty and
sweet looking. She is generally desig-
mated as the g Cinderella, of Russian
Drincesses,
The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-06-21
AT HOPKINS GRAMMAR SCHOOL.
Annual Concert and Dance Last Night
 Very Successful.

Annual Concert and Dance Last Night
 Very Successful
 The annual concert and dance of the Hopkins Grammar school glee club went off without a hitch last night. There were a large number present and they seemed to enjoy the programme very much All tn numbers were good. James Bruce Bindsay's solo Monkey Murmurs' was loudly applauded. The members of the club are: Earl L. Steele, president; Sidney F. Sargent, manager; Sheridan T. Whitaker, lead CT; William F. Haesche, conductor; first tenors, Sheridan T. Whitaker, Wallace w. Clark Harold M. Catheart, Joseph P. Fleming; second tenors, Reu- ben A. Torrey, jr, James B. Lindsay Dudley M. Baker, James w. Steele; first passes, Sidney F. Sargent, Earl L. Steele, William G. Warnock, jr,, Mel vile B. Bernstein; second passes, Bry- ant L. Burke, Hugh E. Shaw, Richard c, Sargent, Wilson w. Mills.
 They rendered the following pro- gramme:
 Song-"We Meet Again To-Night,"
 Glee Club. Solo-"Little Irish Girl" .Lohr
 Sheridan Ticknor Whitaker. Violin solo-"Obertass Mazurka' '..... ....................,.... Wieniawski
 Stanley R. McLane, Accompanied by William R. McLane, Song-"The Scotchman"-
 Glee Club. Solo-''Monkey Murmurs" ",...., Steele
 James Bruce Lindsay Quartette-"A Tragedy ... ......Cox Sheridan T. Whitaker, Reuben A. Tor rey, jr, Sidney F. Sargent, Richard c. Sargent.
 Violin solo-"H Hungarian Dance".,.... ................ e. ............... ..BrahIns
 Mir. McLane. Song-"Doan To Talk Dat Way. '''s''''''. .'.........,.....-.. ....s.. NoA
 Glee Club.
 GlmtoIistsseFdscEh -. f Solo-"The Devoted Apple. .... .Rockel Reuben Archer Torrey, jr. Song-"Friendship" ............ Haesche Glee Club. After the concert a dance of fifteen numbers was enjoyed by those present Bichtl furnished music.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-06-21
OFFER FOR FRANK BURKE.

Washington Club Seeks to Purchase
 New Haven Outtielder.
 Manager c. J. Danaher, of the New Haven baseball team, stated yesterday that he had received an offer from the Washington baseball club, of the Amer ican league, asking to buy outright Left Fielder Frank Burke, of the New Ha- ven team.
 Burke is at present the leading bats man of the Connecticut league, his per- centage up to last Saturday being 1856. In addition to his hitting powers he is a splendid fielder and covers a large amount of territory.
 Manager Danaher stated emphatical- ly that Burke was not for sale this season, for his loss would greatly han dicap the New Haven club as it, stands to-day
 It is the intention of Manager Dana her to make bid for the state cham pionship, which the team stands fair chance of winning in it's present playing form, and to sell player of Burke's calibre would in all probability throw the team off it's stride and possibly cause the loss of the pennant.
 Manager Danaher would not disclose the sum offered by the Washington management, but intimated that it was over $1,000.
 Burke will in all probability break into the big league somewhere next sea- son. His fine stick work while with the local club has attracted attention all over the east.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-06-21
BRIGADE SOON IN CAMP.
General Frost Has Issued Orders for
 the Annual Military Movements.


 the Annual Military Movements.
 The commander of the Connecticut brigade, General Russell Frost, has just issued orders regarding the annual en- campment of July g. The camp will be designated Camp Cole, i'll honor of the adjutant general.
 All. organizations, except Troop A and signal corps, will leave home stations Monday, July 3. The commanding officer, signal corps, will report with his command to the assistant quartermas- ter general at Camp Cole Saturday morning, by earliest transportation available, and construct and put in op- eration the camp teleghone system. The commanding officer, toop A, with his command will make practice march from this city in time to report to the commanding officer Second in- fantry, at Lyme, Monday, at a. m.
 The Second infantry and machine gun battery will detrain at Lyme and with troop A will form force under command of Colonel James Geddes. With this force Colonel Geddes will make a march as through an enemys country easterly to the Paine farm,