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The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-01-21

cover seventy five miles of level road in day. They will take up slow trot and travel for several miles without break We had occasion to go to village fifteen miles from kakoshima, and crossed a low mountain range or perhaps 2,000 feet The trip each way occupied about four hours; each rikasha had two pushers. and the men had three hours rest at noon. They felt so fresh at the end of the trip that they came an hour later to take us to dinner engagement In the noun tainous regions the chair and kago take the place of the rikisha The chair rests on two bamboo poles, and IS car ried by four men; the kago is suspend ed from one pole, like swinging ham mock, and is carried by two. Of the two, the chair is much the more com fortable for the tourist, The hasha Is a small one-horse omnibus which will hold four CT six small people, It IS used as a sort of stage between villages. A large part of the hauling Of merchan- disc is done by men. horses being rare ly seen. In fact, in some of the cities there are more oxen than horses and many of them wear sandals to protect their hoofs from the hard pavement. The lighter burdens are carried in buckets or baskets, suspended from either end of pole. and balanced up- on the shoulder.
 In the country the demand for land is So great that most of the roads are
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-01-21

classes there are probably more who go above this average than below II is said that fin the city of Tofiio there are over HOO public baths. and it Is estimated that 500.000 baths are taken daily at these places The usual charga is one and a quarter cents Gin our money). for adults, and one cent for children. One enthusiastic admirer of Japan declares that & Japanese boy, coming unexpectedly in the possession of a few oents will be more apt to spend 1t on a bath than on something to eat or drink. The private houses have baths wherever the owners can afford them. The bathtuh Is made lika a barrel. sometime of stone, more of. ten Of wood. and is sunk below thS level of the floor. The favorite tenn perature is 110 degrees. and In ths winter time the bathtub often takes the place of stove In fact, at tha to remain in the bath for days at time. I do not vouch for the stateS ment, but MT. Basil H. Chamberlain iE his book entitled, Things Japanese,S says that when he was at one of these hot springs the caretaker of the es. tablishment. a hale old man of eighty used to stay in the bath during the en- tire winter" Until recently the men and women bathed promiscuously in the public baths; occasionally, but not always, a string separated the bath CTS Now different apartments must be provided
 The Japanese are a very polite peo- ple. They have often been ltkened to the French in this respectable French done In bronze. so to speak. They bow
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ing group of big, hurly Russian pris- oners.
 The opinion is quite general that the habit which the Japanese form from infancy of sitting on the floor with their feet under them, tends to shorten the lower limbs. In all the schools the children are now required to sit upon benches, and whether from this cause or some other, the average height of the males, as shown by yearly medical examination. is gradually increasing. Although undersize. the people are sturdy and muscular, and have the ap- pearance of robust health. In color they display all shades of brown, from a very light to a very dark While the oblique eye is common, it is by no means universal.
 The conveyance which is most pop ular is the jinrikisha, a narrow seated, two wheeled top buggy, with shafts. joined with a cross piece at the end. These are drawn by "rikisha men," of whom there are several hundred thous- and in the empire. The "rikisha" was invented by a Methodist missionary some thirty years ago, and at once sprang Into popularity. When the pas senger is much above average weight, or when the journey Is over hilly road. a pusher is employed-and in ex- traordinary cases two pushers. It is astonishing what speed these men can make. One of the governors informed me that rikisha men would sometimes
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THE VALUE OF CHARCOAL.
Few People Know How Usefnl 1t as an Preserving Health and Beauty.

Few People know HOW UBeful 1t A@ Ia
 Preserving Health and Beauty.
 Nearly everybody knows that char coal is the safest and most enlc1ent disinfectant and purifier in nature, but few realize its value when taken into the human system for the same cleans Ing purpose.
 Charcoal is a remedy that the more you take of 1t the better; t is not drug at all, but simply absorbs the gases and impurities always present in the stomach and intestines and car ries them out of the system.
 Charcoal sweetens the breath after smoking. drinking or after eating onions or other odorous vegetables.
 Charcoal ehectually clears and im- proves the complexion, 1t whitens tha teeth and further acts as a natural and eminently safe cathartic.
 It absorbs the injurious gases which collect in the stomach and bowels; tt disinfects the mouth and throat from the poison of catarrh.
 All druggists sell charcoal in one form or another. but probably the best in Stuart's Charcoal LOzenges: they are composed of the finest powdered Will low charcoal, and other harmless anti septics in tablet form or rather in the form of large, pleasant tasting log enges the charcoal being mixed with honey.
 The daily use of these lozenges will soon tell in a much improved condition of the general health, better complex ion. sweeter breath and purer blood, and the beauty of 1t Is, that no possible harm can result from their continued use, but on the contrary, great benefit
 A Buffalo physician in speaking of the benefits or charcoal says: T ad- wise Stuart's Charcoal Lozenges to alI patients suffering from gas in stomach and bowels. and to clear the eomplexr- ion and purify the brdath mouth and throat; also believe the liver Is great ly benefited by the daily use of them; they cost but twenty-five cents a box at drug stores. and although in some sense a patent preparation. yet I balieVe I get more and better charcoal in Stu arts Charcoal Lozenges than in any of the ordinary charcoal -tablets."
 thu-su.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-01-21

The eyes of the world are on Japan. No other nation has ever made such progress in the same length of time, and at no time in her history has Japan enjoyed greater prestige than she enjoys just now; and, it may be added. at no time has she had to face greater problems than those which now confront her.
 We were fortunate in the time of our arrival Baron Komura, the re- turning peace commissioner returned two days later; the naval review cele- bratiAg the new AngIo-Japanese alli- ance took place in Yokohama harbor week afterward. and this was followed next day by the reception of Admiral Togo at Tokio. These were impor- tant events, and they gave visitor an extraordinary opportunity to see the people en masse. In this article shall deal in a general way with Japan and her people, leaving for fu- ture articles her history. her govern ment, her politics, her industries, her art her education and her religions.
 The term Japan is a collective title annlied to four large islands, that is, Honshu. Kyushu, shikoku. Hokkaido, and about 600 smaller ones. Formosa and the islands immediately adjoining St are not generally included. although since JlS CAlllGSI wal tAANJ bClbhb tO
 Japan extends in the shape of a crescent. curving toward the east. from Eo north latitude and 156 east longi- tude to 21 degrees north latitude and 1Is east longitude. The area is a lit- tIe less than 16O.O00 square miles. more tban half of which is on the island of uonshu. The coast line is broken by numerous bays furnishing commodious Narbors. the most important of which are at yokohama, Osaka Kobe, Nagas- slxi Kogoshima and Hakodate. The is- lands are so mountainous that only ahout one-twelfth the area is capable cT cultivation. Although Formosa hss A mountain, Mt Niitaka (some- tinoes called Mt. Morrison) whicha is 2 ooo feet higher, Fujiyama is tho hiphest mountain in Japan proper. It reaches a height of 12,S65 feet.
 Tuii (Yama is the Japanese word eor mountain) is called the Sacred voountain. and is an object of venera- Zion among the, Japanese. And well It may be, for it is doubtful if there is m earth a more symmetrical noun tain approaching it In height. Ris- ing in the shape of a perfect cone. with its summit crowned with snow throuEhout nearly the entire year, and
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-01-21

MT. Bryan's opportune Arrival His Impressions of the @venera- ted Mountain Fuji Yarna-Evi- dences of Remarkable Industry Stature of Japanese Shortened by Habit of Sitting on Floor with Feet Under Them-The Popular inrikisha--Country Roads Only Wide Enough for Hand Carts Western Dress Prevails in Official and Business Circles-Transition From Native Dress-Sandals Drag on Pavement and Noise Made by Crowd at Railroad Station Rises Above Roar of Train"-Dress of Women and Children-Shape of Garments Never Changes, Color Does-Women Wear No Hats Noisy Babies Almost Unknown The Passion For C1eanliness-Pro- miscuous Bathing-Japanese Self Restraint-Their Curious Houses No Bedsteads, Tables or Chairs Their Dwarf Trees-Customs to be Described in Next Weeks Article.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-01-21

BY WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYAN. (Copyright. 1906. by Joseph B. Bowles, Copyright in Great Britain-All
 Rights Reserved.)
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-10-31
Congressman Was Easy Mark

ST. LOUIS, Oct. 27.-Congres SIN an
Bartho!dt admitted today that he is
an easy mark for politicians who need
money. He contributed, he says, to a
campaign fund raised by three men
ostensibly for the "Union Working.
mems party M. A. Howard. one of
the three men who are said to have
constituted the party, testified before
the board Of election commissioners
that Berthold gave them first S75, then
500. The election board found most
OF the names to the petition for the in.
dependent ticket were forgeries, and
threw out the ticket. wrote Governor
Folk to revoke the appointment of the
notaries who attested the signatures
and decided to report the matter to
the grand jury.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-10-31
Superintendent GOfreat Northern.

SPOKANE, Oct. 24.-Announcement
will be officially made this week of the
appointment of Henry A. Kennedy as
general superintendent of the Great
Northern Railway company. The in
formation was contained in q mess age
from New York and was confirmed
among local railroad men.
The announcement of Mr.. Kennedy's
promotion has been expected for some
time. 1t is known that ames j. Hill
has not been entirely satisfied with the
management of the Northern Pacific,
which he controls, and has determined
to run that road by men educated in
railroad work on the Great Northern.
Along with the announcement of
Mr.. Kennedy's promotion is the state.
ment that George T. Slade, son.in.law
OF Mr.. Hill and until recently general
superintendent of the Great Northern,
Is to become general superintendent
OF the Northern Pacific, the position
now held by H. j. Horn, as general
manager.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-10-31

"That because of the said failure OF
the said j. II. Rice as such state treas.
urer, to perform the duties of his Of.
flee as aforesaid, the said defend ant,
the United States Fidelity and Guar.
anty company, by virtue of the provi.
sious of said bond and of the prem.
ises. became and is still obligated to
the plaintiff the aforesai sum OF S60,.
600, which sum is now due and pay.
able from the defendants to the plain.
tiff, and became due and payable on
the said 3lst day of August, 1906.
"Where:ore, plaintiff demands 8
judgment against the defends ants for
the sum Of $50, 900 with interest there.
on at the rate of per cent. per annum
from the 3lst day Of August, 1906.
The action against former Treasurer
Barret is for $4,000 alleged to have
been illegally collected in interest dur
ing his four years term of Office from
the first Monday in January, 1901, to
the first Monday in January, 1905.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-10-31
Rounding Up Troublesome Indians.

CHEYENNE, Wyo., Oct. 27.-Accord-
Ing to advices received by the Wyom-
ing state officials, the war department
has decided to take no chances In
rounding up the baudiof Ute Iudians.
and has dispatched an entire regiment
OF 1000 men to the camp of the Utes.
The two troops of the Tenth cav airy
first sent out have been reinforced BY
four more troops of the came regiment
from Fort Robinson and six troops Of
the Sixth cavalry have now been Or
dered from Fort Meade, under Colonel
Hughes, to reinforce the troops al.
ready in the field. The cavalry is
marching overland from South Da-
kota toward Powder river, where the
1ndians are camped, aud will proba.
bly, join the Tenth cavalry near the
camp and surround the redskins. II
has been decided If the Utes surrender
to place them on one of the agencies
south of the Black Hills until sprine
and then take them back to their res.
servation IN Utah.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-10-31
Reduced Demand For Canned Beef.

WASHINGTON, Oct. 26. - Figures
compiled by the department of com.
merce and labor shed some light upon
the damage done to the meat products
export business caused by the pack.
Ing house scandal in this country.
which resulted last spring in the
passage Of the new meat inspection
law
The figures are not as startling as it
was expected they would be. The loss
OF business is chiefly in the class of
canned beef. The explorations of
canned beef for the nine months of the
present year, including September,
are 81, 600, 600 pounds, against $500.
600 pounds in the CORES ponding
mouths Of last year.
a part of the decrease is due to the
reduction OF demands from Japan for
war supply. Japan using l4,25O, 900
pounds in the eight months ending
with August, 1905, and but $4,000
pounds in the eight months ending
August, 1906. This still leaves a loss
OF over 100000 pounds, which can.
not be explained by any hypothesis
other than that of the beef scandal.
Other meat exports show healthy in.
crease,
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-10-31
Railroads Have Too Much Business.

CHICAGO, Oct. 27.-Orders have been
issued by the traffic department of the
New York Central lines west of Buffa-
10 instructing all agents and solicitors
to cease soliciting business as the road
Is unable to handle what comes to it
naturally. Accordingly between $50
and 300 men are now devoting all of
their time to tracing freight cars be.
longing to the New York Centr al lines.
All OF the freight agents OF the vari.
ious companies have instructions to
travel over their territory and go
anywhere they have reason to believe
there is a stray car belonging to the
New York Central.
Never in the history of western roads
was the freight congestion so great 40
now. 1t was reported yesterday that
the Northern Pacific has at least 1O,-
900 cars which it is unable to move, so
great has the offered business become.
Other roads in the northwest also are
IN bad shape, one Of the main reasons
for congestion being the abnormal
movement of lumber
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-10-31
Political Riot In New York.

NEW YORK, Oct. 26.-Several hund.
red men who had participated in the
labor union demonstration at Madi.
son Squire garden in honor of Mr..
Hearst last night, attacked a banner
picture &c. +. Hughes, the republican
candidate, and stereopticon show.
ing views unfavorable to Mr.. Hearst,
In front of the Independent Municipal
Ownership league headquarters at the
Hotel Bartholdt. After fierce strug.
gle with four policemen who had been
detailed to guard the stereopticon ap.
paratus, the crowd wrecked the cam.
patgn exhibits aud smashed large
plate glass window of the hotel. One
policeman was badly cut. The police
used their night sticks with effect
Several arrests were made.
The Independent democratic Muui.
cipal Ownership league is an organiz.
alton claiming to have supported Mr..
Hearst for mayor last year. 1t is now
opposed to him.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-10-31
Mining Scandal In Nome.

SEATTLE, Oct. 25.-Three, and pos.
sibly ten citizens of Nome, will face
charges of perjury and conspiracy to
perpetrate the most sensational min.
ing fraud caee that has been brought
to light since the notorious cases OF
several years ago. AT q recent sitting
OF the grand jury at Nome, William
j. Gilman, attorney for the Scandia
Mining syndicate of Nome, John L.
Luchinger of Nome, promoter, and
Director johnson, of the Scandia
syndicate, were indicted on charges
OF perjury.
The indictments are results OF an
investigation brought about by the
district attorney. regarding charges
OF fraud in the case of the Scandia
people against the owners of the
Bessie Bench. An Injunction was
granted by United States Judge A. S.
Moore on July :, in favor of the Scan
dia people, prohibiting the owners Of
the Bessie claim from working the
property. Also suit for $4,000 was
brought by the plaintiffs claiming the
above amount had been taken out dur.
ing the winter diggings.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-10-31
DRY LAND FARMING.
Experiments Conducted the Past Season
Give Satisfactory Results.

BOHEMIAN. Oct. 26.-Prof. F. B. Lin.
field and Prof. Alfred Atkinson, of
the United States experiment station,
have returned from Helena where they
accompanied Land Agent Thos. Coop.
er, of the Northern Pacific, rail.
road with Chief Engineer Darling,
Freight Agent Blakely, and Division
Engineer Taylor, to make their report
OF the results of the past season in
the dry land farming experiments
which the station has been conducting
In cooperation with the state aud the
railroads.
Three substation farms were
planned, near Billings, Forsyth and
Glendtve. The first named afforded
no results, as the directions of the
man agement about the time and place
OF the work were not carried out.
From the other two, excellent results
were obtained. The average yield in
bushels per acre for the different crops
attempted were as follows: Spring
wheat, p: oats. 46.2: barley, 22.l:
spring rye, 2O.5: fall rye, 3S.5: fax,
2O.1. 1t is believed that these figures
give what may be fairly expected as
the annual yield. The general i'm
preston that this year had an unusu.
ally large amount of rainfall is not
confirmed by the weather bureau at
Helena, which show for both Glendive
and Forsyth only q fraction of an
inch OF rainfall above the average for
the past year. This slight excess
seems to have occurred in August.
when it was too late to affect the crops
materially.
AS a result of the success OF the ex-
periments the railway officials will
probably open up to sale and settle.
ment at once about 1000, 900 acres of
land along the Missouri north of
Glendive. The farm unit will prob
ably be made about 32V acres aud not
more than one farm will be sold to one
man. In order to secure deed to the
land 1t will be necessary to live on it
and improve it, and no land will b.
sold except to bona fide settlers. The
railway expects to make its require.
ments more stringent than the govern.
ment rules governing homesteads in
order IT possible to keep spcculators
out of the lands. The tracts they of.
fer are regarded by the station ex.
perts as valuable farming LAND.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-10-31
Many burned to Death.

KANSAS CITY. Kan. Oct. 25.-In
the ruins Of the Chamber of Commerce
building in Kansas City, Kan, de-
stroyed by fire early today. there are
thirty bodies. according to estim ates
given out by tremeu who had worked
at the sceue ali ui.n', The actual
loss Of life will not be known until a
thorough search of the ruins can be
made, probably not then. H. -,,ne of
the firenen assert that suue bodies
have been burned to ashes.
The building used as tenement
house and containing 100 rooms held
as near as can be learned, between
200 aud 300 persons at the time
the fire broke out at 1890 O'Clock.
Most of these composed families:
others transients, whose names are
unknown. The negro janitor admitted
he was unable to say just how many
there were or to furnish their names.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-10-31
SEVENTY DEAD IN WRECK.
Electric Train Dcrailcd and PASSENGERS
Hurled Into River.

ATLANTIC CITY, n. j., Oct. 2S.-A
railroad accident that was even worse
than the Meadows wreck of July 30,
1896, sent about eighty people to sud
den death this afternoon, catching
them like rats in q trap. Three cars
OF an electric train. bound to Jersey
City and Seashore, jumped the track
at trestle bridge over the Thorough.
fare" and before anyone could get
out they were hurled to q watery
grave. The trestle is about Is feet
above the water and the drop to the
water required several seconds, giving
time for the passengers to Gee aud
calculate their fate.
The entire city was thrown into q
state OF wild excitement a. the news
reached town few minutes after it
happened. Fully 5000 people crowded
the meadows and trestle, many rela-
tives and friends crying out in dis.
pair asking for loved ones. Chief of
Police Maxwell had q Gordon of 20.
lice swung around the death circle and
Chief Black Of the fire department
called out his men and made them po-
lice temporarily.
Several bodies were recovered up to
! O'Clock tonight aud q wreckage
train is now at work, trying to hoist
the submerged cars from the water,
where fully seventy dead bodies must
be entombed.
The accident was due to rail
turning in.'' 1t appears that the
rail, which was an outside one, on the
right-hand side coming down, must
have been out of plumb about an
eighth OF an inch. The sharp tlauge
OF the electric car caught this and
twisted inward. Had it spread, in.
stead of twisting inward, the accident
would not have happened. This threw
the first car off the track aud into the
water.
The result was that five seconds
later two other cars were dragged with
it, aud while the third car was des.
cending, the rear portion struck q
piece OF the abutmeut, hung there for
q short time and then slid into the wa.
ter. But this brief stop saved several
lives. A number of men and women
lenped out Of he windows ard the rear
door, either into the water or caught
hold of a post and were rescued. 1t
was stated that fully 50 to 100 pas.
sengers We're aboard, mostly all
crowded into the first andl-ccond cars.
These are engulfeG.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-10-31
bank Official In Jail.

WASHINGTON, Oct. 26.--On charge
OF conspiracy in connection with the
with the wrecking OF the Aetna Bank.
ing and Trust company. which Is a
branch institution of the bank of the
same name in Butte, Mont, E. W.
Mccormick. the promoter OF the local
institution was arrested this after.
noon. He was locked up in default of
bail, which was fixed at 5000.
1t Is alleged that he cons spired with
John Hoag, the cashier, and Others
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-10-31
Indians Defy Troops.

ST. PAUL, Oct. PA special tele.
gram from Sturgis, N. D., announces
that troops have been hurriedly start
ed from Fort Meade to re.enforce the
soldiers at Fort Robinson, who have
surrounded the rebellious Ute Indians
in Wyoming, but cannot move them.
A telegram to headquarters says five
cowboys have been killed and big
beet herd raided.
Six troops of the Sixth cavalry have
left Fort Meade and will 60 35 miles
to Wyoming. There are but two troops
of the Tenth cavalry at Fort Robin
insou, and it is considered unwise to
force the reds until re.enforcements
come.