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Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-02-25
Liberality Fatal to the Shogunate

During the last century there began be
reaction the shotgun when he agreed to the treaties
his action taken
When the feuda lords
Choshu foreign ships Shimonosek strait the
indemnity of S. 100000 and at
His defeated
seized this
and Satuma encouraged him
which did in 1868 The shotgun
accepted the situation without struggle and those OF his followers
who attempted a resistance routed.
Everything from 1868 which is called
restoration the
knowledged absolute ruler in whom all authority
still really the beginning OF constitutional
eminent emperor his people
a which finally fulfilled until 1889
patriotism that restored the his orig
authority wrought wonders in Japan The feudal lords came
authority which they had exercised
with heir
supporting aboishng all social distnc
this the country has and
working the classes down.
promised by the promul
largely Marquis Ito who visited Ger
modelled the document after the Prussan
consisting of houses,
of the other
of
princes hese sit by virtue of their
selected from their var
distinguished appointed by the
each prefecture
the highest The members of the diet
their receive 1000 ($1000)
the representatives divided
proportion the number Of franchise hoders
they numbered 323 voted for by 100000 fran
franchise holders numbered than 10
which excludes from suffrage than nineenths of the
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-02-25
Problems that Confront the Statesmen

The leading political question today
ects domestic AFFAIRS whether
the regardless the
be made the will
their At are
chosen of
have had controlling influence emperors
advisers The democratic sentiment country time
crystallzng
premier the leader Of the popular
does However much this
is bound the people
to themselves
In the cities sanitation difficult problem Ar
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local telephones owned
lines by the imperial
would quickly to the needs
of the community.
part of the
railroad doing employs nothing but native help
private lines and could not
that they differed materially efficiency concerned
hrscass mile Tin money!,
thrdas (neary all of the
thirdclas about reduction of 20 cent
reduction 80
tickets reduction of from As to so cent
tickets This reduction students might be
initiated advantage The road Is
ALL ALL double the latest safeguards for
the of The much
meeting friends when arrive ecortng them
when they this has led the OF
platform tickets for 1 money!.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-02-25

EWNHE government of japan constitutional monarchy in
which the only claims rule by divine right
but by right of divine birth described heaven
born and according the history there has been
no break in the family Among people
earth has there implicit
obedience yielded family been
revolt of against although there have
been conflicts the For about 1900
from GO 1863 the shoguns however the actual
rulers and while they questioned the sovereignty the
they much than the
title.
The shoguns military rulers number of them
ability First the Fuwaa family
controlled the through the shogunae nearly 400
then for century the Tara and Mnamoo families aternated in
the exercise family others of less
Importance finally family became In
the shogunae something like 800
The 1900 when the capital
moved remained until less than forty
Tokyo the other the shotgun and
there noticeable difference between the cities The
shoguns fortified their castles required the feuda lords
keep headquarters Tokyo through the palace
which without noticing how plain
with the (boh Kyoto which the shotgun
resided call the
become only shows their intelligence for by
insisting the family they prob
ably successful maintaining the real authority than they
would they the divine right of the mme
mortal
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-02-25

pdTtS OF society IN SympatnetlC
cooperation. Has any better
solution been proposed?
With a broader educational
foundation Japan will find 1t
necessary to extend the suf-
frage. At present the right to
vote is determined by a strict
property qualification and II
will not be long before a large
addition will be made to the
voting population.
The most serious national
problem with which Japan has
to deal is that imposed upon IL
by the attempt to extend the
sphere of its political influence
to Formosa on the southwest
and Corea on the northwest.
The people of Formosa do not
welcome japanese sovereignty
and an army of some six or
seven thousand is kept on that
island to support Japanese au-
thority.
But Corea presents a still
more delicate and perplexing
situation. For more than
1000 years a feud has existed
between Japan and Corea and
two attempts have been made
by the former to invade the
latter, the last about 800 years
ago. At that time a number
of captives were carried back
to Kogoshima, where they, as
before mentioned, introduced
the art of making what has
since been known as Satsuma
ware. The fact that the de-
scendants of these captives
have lived in a colony by them
selves for three centuries with
out 1ntermarrying with the
Japanese is sufficient evidence
of the feeling entertained
toward them by their captors.
To aggravate the matter jap
an has engaged In two wars,
first with China and then with
Russia, over Cores, and 1t was
also the cause of one civil war
in Japan. Having driven China
from Corea ten years ago and
now having driven Russia out,
1t is undertaking to exercise a
protectorate over the country.
When 1t Is remembered that
Corea is separated from both
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-02-25

Manchura Siberia imaginary line and that the Coreans
themselves ntruders estimate
formed of Japans article Corea shall speak
OF this subject length but the referred here
because the Japan
VIII able accomplish what other nations
power abusing
impoverishng itself? w. j. BRYAN
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-02-25

MARQUIS WHO FRAMED JAPANESE
AND is NOW PRESIDENT EMPEROR'S
COUNCIL.
he lost leg by the of
with murderous intent by political opponent,
diminish his zeal in the prosecution
there in the last diet 100 who styled themselves
there considerable opposition
appeal when the minister
Beside the party organizations there number societies
formed for the study Of political
associations number of the cities
and professional men,
Tokyo Osaka and Nagoya and impressed
giving
another organization called the Political association
which deals directly with matters of
formed by the who
Friends of America Baron Kaneko leading
takes deep interest in all matters relating
political
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-02-25
ment of Promise Made When Shogunate Was Overthrow

by the Emperor Seventeen Years ago in Fulfllment of
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-07-08

big customers Of tho world. It's total
trade withlsus amounts to $780, 900 600 9
year, whch,is four times as much as y
was when it began its new era as q world
power. The Japanese nre rapidly IN
creasing their consumption of foreisn
goods, and they will eventually use many
times what they do now
e The Chinese-J apanese war and the war
between Russia and Japan have done
wonders In breaking down the wall pe-
tween China and the outside world. Our
trade with that country. Including Hong
Kong, is now so9oo0.oo0, wh!chRis three
times as much as It was decade ago.
The Chinese will Increase their demands
for foreign goods Just as the Japanese
ilaye done, and. with the opening up OF
the country to railroads and modern In
dustries. the "a consumption may be ten
times what II lls now.
The Chinese boycott la temporary, They
are among the shrewdest traders and
hest business men OF the, world, and they
will.not allow'a sentiment TO affect their
trade q long time, In 1893 our exports TO
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baronet years ago, and where for a dozen
years or more he has been member OF
Parliament. 81 ~ & FIN !, Y Aal38}
8'5 IIis frm-Pea on 4 & son--is an inner
8itance. IT was founded by his grand
Efathcr,Sthe father Of Veetman being me ,ts1
original SON i'm q the conc erT. = - -
little less than an 5nstitutlo ION .WnereY9e1t
the British flag Is flung to the brsA
81 sir " ee tnlan Is M w 4 somewhat y ABOVE ABOVE
middle age, q q y orkshire man In appear
ance. AZ l1e is in fact, ford, well -nour
3ished u and hearty. III II G ~ has no END 5oI 5
money. + His Lond on house is on Cariton
ITerrace where he entertains q good deal,
Liberal garden par rs q Elo 2l
III poll tics being his faYorlte 1ot ~ -
entertainment such functions TIC 3 are e, prsla,
VA far. but A those given by Sir Weetmani
are described as gorge otisH..s vi 81, 4.
sir sJYeet man q looks like q Cap air! i 9.
industry. He u IS d simple man KY ana
amused all social and political #Englsa lar,
5accorain to a society journal, Wnen ne
Bflrst$ went to Parliament, bylIswalklng up
to the Speaker OF the House ana sn y, !,
ing hands with him as ~ the Two : ny. -
been 4 business partners for yea rs.55 ~ ~
sdoes,1 10 speak Of ten; he Is too busy 70 !
% ~ ep,5EfssIe thinks nothing Of long
ocean 5yoya ges s and he is frequent lyss IN IN
New 4 x ork, looking after his big con- on
tracts. He3 has put up a the ST. Regis
ever sin &c 1T was complete ted 81 before then
he made the Waldorf his hea dquaI rs !, &!
4 en- II. n ew Y ork. hen In Mexico ne
Is generally the guest Of President Dia DO &
The Man Who Built the Subway
America has competent tunnel!
Ebuilder&of its own. even i the two We, .nls a
rest men now at Z the business IN y n lew '
York harbor are Ell IL ishmen Z.
He Is John b. Nc Donald, who built
most Of the New Y ork subway as fa a.,
Sas IL has been compile ed. 8SI 10 ne su ''r' 81
he was born lin Ireland. but he was ". :
brought here when SO young that he ats,
ia all intents and 81 plr SEES assnatlve.
He began on /. o lower rnng than any q,
ire others so far mentioned IS His ia her,j
IA Fl lolojnnew Mcdonald. 4 was "a pea san &
ireland ana railroad laborer a Sc "
3enty-flye cents day for some yea rs a1ter
reaching this country on a. sailing vessel YES
about sixty years " go as II g got t Q rs, ,$
a contractor in a small way. even an tu IA!
Using to that level through the grade OF
gang boss. S9l l :.
IN twas during his fathers foremanshipi
I that John B. got started as water boy and
time kee De r on the New orlx Croton Wa
ter Works. He remained a contra ctorsts
4 em,ploye till he became foreman Of GER;
tain railroad works at 500 a month
Then he hranched out It. 2 sco On! &c tor. anu
has done fairly we'll, even II he did get
most Of HIS educat ton IN the Hamilton MI,
Free School on Manhattan 1sland $ib ., "
then outside the city, z and housed In !! @
mere cabin. He studied pretty ma rd' now;
ever going to night school as well & as as
day school, 4,
"A list OF his big contracts besides the
gigantic one OF L $50. 900, coo for the New
York subway which he completed 10 for
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and Manchurla in 1904, These ply between
San Francisco and Yokohama, Shanghai
and Hongkong. The Boston Steamship
Company has five steamers running be-
tween Seattle and Tacoma and q ING
oriental ports and q German steamship
line known as the Portland and Asiatlc
has monthly vessels from Portland to
the Orient The Nippon Lllsen Kalsha,
which might DO called tho Japanese
steamship trust, run regular steamers
between Seattle and yokohama, and the
Nippon Klshin liaisha has three vessels
which are running regularly from Yok0-5
hama "a san Francisco. There isRa!so
!, he q accidental and Oriental c on,pany ply
Ing between San Francisco and China and al7
japan under the British flag, and large
number Of tramp steamers which call.
lrregularly at the various ports The
spreckles line connects the United States
with Hawaii, Samoa, New zealand ana
Australia, and also with the Society =:
Islands. so that now almost every Part
ofgths Pacific has direct connection WITH
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! OF cash 4, but, McAdoo having arranged
| for the cash, Jacobs showed himself II To
be provided with the efficiency by open
| Ing the flrst OF the four tunnels In March,
1901 On September Goth OF last year he
opened the second which was the one
the original ~ engineers begaS with by
the way-by knocking down with hy-
drnulic Jack in the presence OF quite q
company the last seven inches Of tlc
seven foot n brick bulkhead with which
the original builders had closed the bore
when they abandoned It, They had
worked from New York westward. and
had only gone few hundred feet when
they ceased operations. Jacobs worked
from the Jersey shore eastward, and had
to dig about a mile under the river be-
fore reaching y the brick bul kh cad. 3-88
Every one who has given any attention
! To- the# Pennsvl vania' 8 Hudson River
Ingenuity that solved the problem 4 OF
construction satisfactorily to the rails
road authorities. in the form Of tubular
bridges which are being driven through
the 4 soft silt 5of which II the Hu dson g
bottom is formed. Great screws pass
through the hottom&of 4 the tubes to the
| solid rock under the silt, SO as to form
piers for the support Of the bridges
and the heavy iroad winch s' IRE
to traverse tn EN-. WI s54s "a
Mr. lac obs has done some tunneling in
too but not to compare with the
|Rbores he is constructing under the waters
about New Y Y orb. 54g
Biggest Contractor, in the World.
So far Mr.. Jacobs has had. no serious
trouble with any Of L the Hudson River
tunnels. ali the recent difficulties having
been manifested in the East River tun-
+ mel
As a 1 contractor. Sir Weltman Dickson
pea rson is building the four railroad tun-
nels 10 I3rooklyn: K His chief annoyances---
pretty costly ann oyances they have $ ! peer
too-have been caused by the tendency
OF 1.-THE compressed " air IN the tunnels 70
hiowrt olesT In the river bottom. He had
/ the ga mo sort OF trouble before In Lon
don, when tunneling under, the Thames.
Sir w ee tnan, by the way did work for
R q while in 1892 on the first tunnel ever
begun under the Hudson, which \ J Jacobs
as chief engineer. opened IN 1901 i5
8Bg sir ethan Dickson Pearson Is de-
scribed as the greatest ontractors In the
world 81 Besides the four East Rlverss W IN &
5nels. he has In hand or has built no end
E Of great public works In many parts OF
the world. 3It{i Is ho} who built the Tehu-
& antepecE Railway across Mexico, in part
Z nership with the government, to. compete
for business with 4 the Panama Canal.
4e i. is z now @ dredg ing the harbors y at
sCoatzacoalcos (Atlantic port !, and Sallna
{ CRUZ (Pacincg porD. He has built great
Z docks IA t8yvarious British ports and at
Malta and Halifax. He also drained the
valley and City OF Mexico, one Of the
most difncult engineering feats In MIS-
5tory.t He is said always Lo have from
SEQ, COO 90 to $sO,0oo,0oo OF contracts In
hand. He's a very big man in England.
where his Il a chievementD Z as u a plain
Of industry won for him the title OF
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sunable to do so. Then the Cinnamon dug
a tt'' grave In their roadbcd, placed q
lot OF dynamite u It and let the blast
go. Many members OF the party OF Irish
men working below were buried In the
|lupheaval that followed and several were
badly hurt There was no further trou-
bic Of that sort. IT, 4 y, fs5
General Dodge pade a record as a rail-
road builder on the Union Pacific. In
the first twelve months he located, built
and equipped 5s7 miles OF road, transport
tng everything-ties rails. bridge TIM
beers and suppies-an average Of 500 miles
west OF the Missouri River In the last
twelve months q 754 miles Of line was
graded. ii5 II n ~ 81 " s!.e
The last spike. Ii a golden one. uniting
the Union and Central Pacific divisions.
was driven With great ceremony on May
10. 1859, only a few days more than
three years aftershe began the work II
was many years be fore his record was
beaten, s5H &
Two Great Tunnel Builders.
Since the completion OF the simplon
tunnel through the Alps, and leaving out
THE Panama Canal. the greatest public
works going forward to-day arc the two
Pennsylvania Railroad tunnels connect
Ing Manhattan Island and the mainland,
running under the Hudson River the
four ss.'Afc Adoo, tunnels for trolley ca rs
under thef Hudson. the four more Penn
sylvania tunnels connecting Manhattan
Z with Long Island, the city's two subway
tunnels to Brooklyn under the East River,
and the Belmont tunnel. which Sis being
laid under the So me es tua ~. No such
extensive tunneling Of this sort has eyer
been projected elsewhere. I'll IL; n ss S.l5
# Charles NJ " acobs, who, as gincer IN
1,oe r 6OO''Sf
nels, now almost completed nd who now
has charge Of the Pennsylvania tunnels
under the Hudson 3 River, has often
been called the foremost tunnel builder
I'm the world .$5S He AZ Is Il an nElshman n.
IRA hen more than six ty.sof striking ap-
Epearance, a ( rnundish face, ~ full mus
Rtaclies Il hare top head a nd pleasant ma :
g1,ers. M So Z far as america goes, he was
discovered in London by the late Austin
scorbin fifteen or sixteen years 4 60, when
\ the latter was planning a system Of East
and Hudson River tunnels that he dldn,t
live to see bored, s 595S
S555 corbin brought Jacobs to the United
States, and he worked out the plans for
the tunnels which Corbin had In mind;
that they were never dug was f,lue to no
fault OF Jacobs, but rather. posi- bly, 81 %
{Corbin's death. Jacobs, h oWeyer, did tho
tunnel between Manhattan and Astoria
for the passa ge of gas pi pes hen AZ
4Adoo$ and his hackers got ready to take
hold / ofTthe Hudson River tunnel SNOW! q y !,
known by N1cAdoos y name. which had
been abandoned and full Of water more
I than twenty years, except for 9 little
while in 1892, Jacobs was the man TO take
charge OF the work as chief engineer
and Enush them through to compile elton. q
The failure OF the first tunnel builders
" wvho attacked the Hudson bores was due
nartlv TO ineftlclency and partly TO lack
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Z
August Belmonts Construction Company
would look like O cntalog ue.. He built
lgthe Baltimore tunnel for the 4 3. & n O.,
first In the world to carry electrically pro-
PEELED railroad trains; also miles of ttr-
mel for8 the N Chica go w ter Works !! In
San Francisco he had d harbor improve
ment contract for $4,000, 900: n he helped
ito build one OF the Chicago elevate rail
roads, and Is now finishing UP the gigan-
tic Jerome Park Reservoir, north OF New
York. 3.ils l4g5 n 4. N
He Is 81, powerful In person. hut "a little
stopped. with a. face full Of character and
covered with O rugged ski n which makes
him look like the tunnel builder that he
Isl \ His shoulders are sos broad that he
might be a lightweight fighter. HIS nose
When n st iii the thick 81. things si"on4the
Job, hateyer ut 4 may be which he has
III. hand at the tine, 81 he n Is usually well
dressed. l 3}38 as5 sg2
s He has a we'll developed sense OF humor.
Once, while the subway was bull ding. he
directed attention OF a friend M to the
tombstone in 7 Trinity Cemetery In. the
Eneightprhood Of One Hundred and If
stieth Street. 3i M Is 385s
THE folk under those stones, he said
5"are the only In habitants O 5Suppe New
- ork who Will surely w fall to- lex d bout
the subway. this he wa quite .7, Fight right
SteWa rt,sthe Lively American.
5ss,5 While lit was thought best to entru5t
the boring OF most Of the under river
tunnels at New York II to Enc ishnl en-.
some or the most impo rtant physica al I'M,
3proyements lately carried out In d Grentt
Britain were entrusted to- Amer cans rhe
5lateE Charles 8 I. y Yerkes, who created some!
gof Lond Tuppenny Tu bes, as they call.
ssubways in the worlds s met ropolis was
an America n. i
The American who has made most stir
lin Great Bri tain OF late years y one ~
James e. @Stewar t.S The Stewar ts 81 othorst
had done a lot Of things ;syHo nth Will e on
this side OF the water they restored the
Calves ton 1 docks In forty7 five days q fter.
the disaster-and when George Westing-.
house, In 1901 & got badly stuck by lot
OF dIlatory English contruc tors who PM he!
was trying to have rush up his great
new wo rks in Lane shire, ne ar Nj hes
ter, In a hurry, he sent for the Stewards
$Westingh ollse needed he S5Wo rks--th g r.
gest ever built a t one fell swoop--in his
business within fifteen &monthss The most
satisfactory bids The could get called Tor
completion in from three to & five years,
with the possibility that It would tnkei
eight or, ten. N n j53t l82 q I5l$
James G. Stewart who responded to-
Westinghouses call, Il got over there as
quickly as@ he could. having first signed
a contract to- finish the job In the 4 re-
5quireda time. TIL is .s$
5 The way he fulfilled the tract raise
all sorts OF connections among the cons
lservative British worknaen and the no
less conservative British employers. It
tinvolvel enormous energy, almost pc NJ
feet Organization, and no end OF pleading,
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1.-two men, most OF whom had been IN
the army and SO knew no " to defend
| Themselves against the A say ges. was
fully armed ]. Besides there was generally
an escort OF tea, men Z rom the malt sy
forces, com manded BY q com tsnt 4 ON !
GER Headquarters gas always sestap u
l1ished on hill commanding the SUR sur.
| rounding territory, yet "A not vi hstanuing
| all their precautions the ties were
often attacked, their chief or some o.
| their men killed or wounded and their
stock 8 olen. NJ 43S 55fs ,SSt
n Most 81 the men and stock were lost
betweoe Fort Kearney and Bitter Creek.
Once the Indians sWooped down upon a
grading OUTFIT some miles away from. bu 7
in sight of a fort, and in plain vie " OF
the tracks, end, 30 suddenly that the
nan could not reach their guns, which
were So cked nearby. The governments
commissioners, General Frank z. Blair,
General Simpson and DR.. White. had
! 4 tIEt arrived on a tour Of f55 ,nspecLlon'
They showed their grit by running TO
General Dodge car for guns with Whlch
to help in the fighting. : M
@ More than one OF Dodge.s exploring
gar cIes were temporarily lost an 81 me 1'
mountains. Percy 7. 84 Brown, CHIEF si OF
such a party hnding that the Z, maps 3.
the country west OF the North Platte we're vel
misleading, started out to make fresh ts'E
explorations with a party OF eig ht.3s Lost
In the middle OF what was 4 hen kn lf y, WI
az thc Red Desert. he was at tackled by 9
band 81 three hundred saya ges.
he and his men took refuge ION IS the
ton 81 4 a small & hill and heroi ally de-
tended themselves from l2 9 clock D noon
. till 9 o'clock In the evening Hlen Bro% ','
was shot through the a bdom en-. 2 e or I-
dercd Ills men to- leave him and II save
themselves They wouldn't do this & o on
sthe Indians, being allowed to get pos POS
session 81 the stock, Withdrew, II whe,
Browns men made litter OF their car ca
pines and carried him away. They man u.
aged Ito reach Laclede S tation with him
after "a struggle of thirteen miles llles pa1
he died there. .88sl ssss 5gf s1s y. t85
n Not ali the troubles $of General aDodsa
and his men were due to 4 the Indians
or the primitive forces OF nature or,gin-
ally tho Union Pacific was To- be \ Duly
silva I'd TO the California line he cen en-
trail Pacific eastward from san Frahcl l 2.
to the same line, and they we're a @
to1, But the Central Pacific con
5str,,ction gangs under Stanford. Hunting.
ton and Crock er advanced more rapllut ll
ina 4 xpccted and Sea ct IA IT Y was PET Per
United BY CongressHt to build as "a q : = !
could. Isl & e NE 3
Under this permission each graded :! a
S,,na be tween Ogden to Promonto ~, ne
two running parallel. in some plac es the
Central Pacific line was Just above ,the
other Of, the mountain side The graders ri
OF the Union Pacific .s&were Iri SHIN
those OF the Central Pacific Ch y
and their natural race anita gonlsm was as
Increased by their rivalry Several az times
the Trishmen set on blasts In such q way
i hat. Cinnamon were hlrt.9S$$T The Central central
Pacif,c people complained, and Genera
Nod pagtried to stop thestrouble. but was