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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-05-13

Being surprised that the Javanese
had a well-developed system of agricul-
ture and irrigation before the Euro
Peans arrived, | asked an intelligent
Dutch taught the JavaneseaD and he
replied, laughingly, eve have taught
them to pay us their money!
The fact that the culture system has,
after full discussion, been abandoned.
is a sufficient condemnation of it, and
the fact that reforms are being intro
duced is confession that they were
needed. 1 had the pleasure of meeting
the present governor, General Van
charging the educational system and L
in tightening the burdens upon the PEG.
pie. He has already reduced the labor
requirement one-half, so that. the ma
tlves now give one day in fourteen to
the government instead Of one day in
seven.
The governor of Netherlands India
receives the same salary as our presi-
dent, and the resident receives a salary
which, including allowances. amounts
to nearly $4,000. The expenses of the
colonial government are paid by the
natives and by the foreigners residing
no longer draws an income from the
islands. Her advantages are at pres
emit indirect ones and consist, first, of
profits earned by her citizens in trade
with the islands; second, of rents col
lected by her citizens from plantations;
and, third, OF salaries drawn by her
citizens for civil or military service in
the islands. - .
Formerly land was sold to foreign.
ers, but for a great many years it has
| hpon tho v,o1sou nf bo
sell no land whatever to either Euro
peans or Asiatics. but to lease it for
tseYenty-fye years OF less. q was much
surprised to find that the natives own
considerably more than twice as much
as foreigners hold under lease or deed,
and that land, the product of which
must be sold to the government at a
/ fixed, price, has been reduced to 300,-
600 acres. --:-.E.s. 3.
One of the benefcent reforms about
to be inaugurated is the establishment
of government pawnshops which will
loan money to the people at low rate
of interest and thus rescue them from
the extortion which has been prac-
ticed upon them. The government has
already established savings banks in
which the deposits are constantly in
creasing. 20. -
There is growing demand in Java
for a greater recognition of the people
in government. and this demand is be-
i ing yielded to in the cities. The colo
NAL authorities have encouraged the
soldiers to marry native women, these
marriages terminating when the SOL
diers return to Europe. As a result,
there is half caste element which has
been given better educational advan-
tages than are accorded to the natives.
This element considers itself as ma.
tive, altho counted in the census as
\ European, and is already organizing
with view to securing more civil
| liberty. ~
Whatever may be said of Dutch co.
iCnialsm in ind the 4s past, new era is
, ognize that their administration must
J be measured by the improvement in the
people rather than by the profits
drained from the land by Europeans.
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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-05-13
CALUMET & coHIsE A LOSER.

Lake Linden, Mich, May ~ The
Calumet & Cohise company, organized
in 19o3.to develop copper proposition
IN Arizona, is to give up the ghost The
stock was principally held by copper
country men. and many of them quit
big losers. The final report shows that
balance on hand is but $4,000, and this
will be distributed prorata among the
shareholders.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-05-13
NO FUEL AT ST. IaNAcE

Special 20 Tte. JOURNAL $3.50. = .. u
:. St. Ignace, Mich, May 12.-Althc
lumber shipments from this port are
not interfered with, the marine tieul
has j. had the effect Of making a fue]
/ famine there. There is. not a. pound OF
coal for ssa1e in the city and has not
been for six. weeks &c.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-05-13

AT the beginning of the nineteenth
century the Dutch East India company
became involved and turned it's posses
sions over to the crown OF Holland,
since which time Netherlands India has
been crown colony. There was brief
interim Of British rule (18l1 to 1870,
but at the close of the Napoleonic wars
the Dutch regained their possessions by
treaty, and the English congratulated
themselves that they had been relieved
Of burden.
The Dutch have governed Java, thru
the natives, "a resident acting as "elder
BROTHER to the Javanese ruler. While
the native government has not been dis
turbed,, and while the native ruler is
protected from rival claimants, he is
really prisoner in his own castle and
cannot leave the premises without per-
mission. However, as these native rul-
ers receive good salaries and are al
lowed to exact homage from their SUBJ
tiects, they seem quite content with
their lot and the people, naturally do
| cile, yield obedience to the chiefs Of
| their own race. - a-e
i. !. 4. - -
/ The culture system, aside from the
indirect method of ruling, is the dis
tinguiShing feature of Dutch colonial
ism as it existed until recent years
The East India company. followed the
practice Of the native princes and col.
llected a land tax or rent Of one-ffth
Of the crop, and required in addition
the labor Of all able bodied males fo1
one day in FIVE During the five years
Of British rule forced labor was abol
ished and land tax substituted fol
the one-ffth rent, while a separate
| property system was encouraged. As
soon as the Dutch resumed control
they went back to their old regime ex
eeept that they demanded one days la
five. By regulating the crops to bt
produce of the land, and by compelling
the peasants to plant one-ffth Of the
village land in crops, to be sold to the
government at a fixed price far below
the market price, the government OF
Holland derived large revenues from it,
India possessions. 1t has been esti
mated that in fifty years sum exceed
ing $300,000,00O was exacted from the
natives in forced labor and in the sale
Of produce below the market price. Al
might be expected, the greed which
manifested itself in the conduct Of thu
government aroused increasing criticism
and the authorities were at last com
PEELED to change their methods.
Those who travel thru Java are unan
imous in their praise of the beautiful
roads and the substantial bridges tina
span the streams; they admire the com
modious plantation homes, the splendi(
tea and coffee farms and the well-buil
and well-kept cities, and they are in
} clined to excuse the means employed
by the foreigners in the development O
! the islands. It must be remembered
} however, that the ricefelds, which ar
} most attractive. existed before the Eu
| ropeans set foot upon the soil, an
J that the spices, instead Of being intro
, dnced by the Dutch, were the product
! which first attracted their attention
The Dutch have charged high pric
for the services rendered and hav
given little attention to the intellectua
and moral Improvement of the people
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-05-13

If your grocer does not sell ARIOSA
let US send you
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-07-23
CREW TAKEN Off IN SAFETY
Steamship New York Discovers Nor
wegian Bark in Sinking
Condition.

New York, July 22-The steamship New
York, which arrived last night from
Southampton and Cherbourg, brought lO4
saloon, 40 second cabin passengers and
a large quantity of mail from the Ham
burg American line steamer Deutschland,
which was disabled by running into a pier
at Dover.
There was one death on board the New
York during the voyage, Henry Peine du
Bots, an art critic on the staff of the
New York American, who died on Friday
of heart failure. Mr., du Bots was AZ
years of age. His body was brought to
port.
There was an exciting rescue of crew
of sinking vessel by boats crew from
the New York. On July 10, at 6:15 p. M,
in latitude 4l.20, longitude $780, a vessel
was sighted showing signals of distress.
The New York altered her course and
bore down on the wreck. The sinking
craft proved to be the Norwegian bark
Undal. Captain Gabrielsen, bound from
ST. John, N B., for Newport. The vessel
was in water-losged condition and
liable to sink at any moment, and the
entire crew of eleven men was taken off.
The wreck was set on fire.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-07-23
GOING OUT OF BUSINESS.
California Insurance Company Left
Without Assets.

San Francisco, July %. 1t is an
nounced by President w. j. Dutton of
the Home Fire and Marine Insurance
company that that concern will wind
up its affairs and go out of business.
The Home Fire and Marine is owned by
the old Firemens Fund Insurance COM
rany both California corporations. Dut-
ton is president of both.
The Fireman's Fund was crippled by
the April conflagration, and new cor
poration called the Fireman's Fund In
surance corporation was formed to take
over it's outstanding business. An eff
fort was made TO keep the business of
the Home Fire and Marine going by
transferring TO it 100000 of the assets
of the old Fireman's Fund, but this plan
did not avail.
The old Fireman's Fund being in
liquidation, it has finally been deemed
advisable to put the Home Fire and
Marine in liquidation also. its liabilities
being in excess of its assets. How the
policy-holders will fare is somewhat un-
certain.
President DuttOn states that the La
bilities of the Home are about 1,o00. 600,
after deducting between 100000 and
5000, 900 for reinsurance. while its as
sets amount to 81 400 900.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-07-23
DROP IN
MONTH OF JUNE
Foreign Countries Buying Less
Canned Meats Since the
Roosevelt Explosion.

Washington, July 22.-Complete figures
of the exports of American canned meats
for the past fiscal year are shown today
in statement issued by the department
of commerce and labor The value of
canned meats exported from the United
States in June, 1906. was $461, 1O0 against
S797,127 i'll June, 1895, and in the fiscal
year 1906, $9,233, 40, against $9,977,O45 in
1905.
The figures for the fiscal year 1906 in
cluded canned beef, S., 439.446: canned
pork, S1,2l5,S57, and other canned meats
S15SI.107. The quantity of canned beef ex-
ported in the fiscal year was 81, 623, $50
pounds, as against sc, eSS,56S pounds in 1906
The reduction in exports occurred al
most exclusively in the shipments to
Japan, which country took largely of
American canned beef during the war, but
greatly decreased her imports in the dis
The exports to Japan during the fiscal
year 1906 were 2,906,5S3 pounds, against
IA. 6S7 100 pounds in 1905, and in the month
of June, 1906 were 81, 412 pounds, against
3,511 1888 in June, 1905.
The United Kingdom was the greatest
buyer of canned beef. exports to that
country increasing HIS S5 pounds for the
fiscal year. but decreasing for the month
of June 1906.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-07-23
ROOT IS AGAIN WELCOMED
American Secretary of State Has Ar
rived at Pernambuca,
Brazil.

Parnambuca Brazil, July 22.-The Unit
ed States cruiser CharlestOwn, bearing
Secretary Root and his party to the Pan
American congress at Rio JaneirO, which
asrived here, July 20, lies at anchor out
in the harbor The sea is rough and the
secretary was the only member of his
party to come ashore in the launch.
Mr. Root received a popular ovation
here. His speech made to large as
semblage, was helpful to the friendship
between the United States and Brazil.
He made a comparison between the his
tories of the two countries, referring to
the struggles of each with the Indians
and enemies from the Old World.
The Charleston will leave here for
Bahia, where she will make a short stop.
and thence to Rio Jareiro, where she is
due about July 26.
The congress will be opened Monday,
July % At 2 o'clock i'll the afternoon will
he a te deum at the cathedral. The re-
ception of the delegates by the president
of Brazil will take place at O'Clock, and
the congress will be formally opened at
in the evening. Baron Rio Branco, Bra
lillian minister for foreign, affairs. will
deliver the welcoming address. The re-
Spouse for the delegates will be made by
General Esquivel, eX-president OF Costa
Rica.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-07-23

Seaboard Air Line Passenger
Train Wrecked Near Ham
let, North Carolina.
MANY KILLED AND INJURED
NINETEEN BODIES TAKEN FROM
THE WRECK.

Charlotte, n c., July 22.-Seaboard Air
Line passenger train No. Al collided with
an extra freight train few miles west
of Hamlet today. and from eighteen to
twenty-five people are reported to have
been killed.
The dead and injured are being taken
to Rockingham.
The wreck occurred at 1870, one mile
west of Hamlet The SeabOard Air Line
passenger No IA collided head on with
an extra freight Engineer i. b. LOOMS
of Hamlet Fireman Tom Hill and from
eighteen to twenty-five passengers, most
of them negroes. were killed .
= a score or more were injured only
a few of the dead have been Identified.
The deal and injured were taken to
Rockingham as soon as special tram
could be made up.
The wreck was caused by misunder-
standing of orders. Both engines ana
nearly all the coaches and bOX-cars We're
demolished. Traffic is completely blocked.
Norfolk. Va. July PA dispatch re-
ceived at the SeabOard Air Line general
offices here says that so far nineteen
dead bodies and twenty-three injured per-
sons have been taken out from the wreck
at Hamlet n. c. Train A is through
train northbound from Florida to New
York. passing through Hamlet, which is
a junction point.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-07-23
DOLLARS ARE DEMANDED
First Cry of Republican Campaign
Committee Is for Honey to
Get Votes.

New YORK, July Representative
james S. Sherman and associates on the
national Republican congressional COM
mittee have decided to appeal to Repub-
Leans to contribute 81 each to its cam
paign fund.
In pursuance with this policy the com
mittee will begin mailing letters to Re
publicans lin all sections of the country,
asking them to contribute 81 each.
When asked if the appeal to individual
Republicans had ever been sent out be-
fore Representative Sherman said he
had never known of its being done be-
fore
~ don't think it has ever been neces-
sary to do so before" he said.
In addition to the mailing of notices
to Republican leaders in all sections, to
be posted where individuals may see
them. the notice will be sent to all Re
publican papers with a request that 1t
be published for several days, so that
all voters favoring the return of Re
publican majority may forward their con-
tributions to their headquarters in this
city. The appeal says:
1.-THE congressional campaign is based
on the administrative and executive rec
ord of the party and that being so, Theo-
dore ROOsevelts popularity must be a GEN.
trail figure and his achievements d cent
trail thought in the campaign"
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-07-23
TRAGEDY DUE TO JEALOUSY
Helena, Mont, Water Inspector Kills
His Wife and Then At
H.
tennis Suicide

sane jealousy and desire for revenge
because he believed a trooper of the
Third cavalry, Fort Assiniboine had
alienated his Wife's affections, Charles D.
instantly killed his wife, aged IS. today
by charge from a shotgun, and soon
after turned the weapon on himself, but
the injury is not fatal Mrs. Bowers, who
lives in the flat above, burst in the door
and found Mrs Schmidt in a faint She
started to carry her outside, but Schmidt
stopped her. She persisted, but just as
she strated out Schmidt fired at the pros
frafe figure
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-07-23
MOST BRUTAL MURDER.
Girl Killed While Defending Herself
From Dishonor.

Seattle. July PA special to the Post
lntelilgencer from Nanaimo. B. c., tells
of the brutal murder in her own home
of Mary Jane Dalton. The body was
found yesterday afternoon by her father,
John Dalton, upon his return home.
y minute examination showed that the
bullet had pierced the girls forehead
Other shots had been fired. Examination
of the girls body showed marks of a
struggle showing that the girl had died
defending herself from assault
Robert Stiles Featherstone an arrival
from Sumas, is i'm Jail charged with the
murder. A .3S-calibre revolver was found
on him, and a handkerchief on which
were blood stains was also in his pos
session.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-07-23
NO TRACE FOUND OF
MISSING PASSENGERS

Vancouver, B. c.. July 22-No trace Of
any of the missing passengers on the
Chehalis, run down on Saturday after
noon by the Princess Victoria on Burrard
inlet. has been found Upon the arrival
here at noon today of the Princess Vic
toria from Seattle Captain Griffin, the
skipper in charge at the time of the col
lision. was arrested on the charge of
manslaughter and after some time was
released on bail. The Princess sailed for
Victoria and Seattle in command of
CAPTAIN Hickey.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-07-23
DEMOCRATIC PRIMARIES.
Candidates Will Be Selected in Texas
Next Saturday.

Houston. Tex, July 22.-At the Dem
ocratic primary elections to be held
Saturday, July 2S. nominees for govern
or and congressman in the sixteen con-
gressiOnal districts will be elected. The
contest for the gubernatorial nomina-
ton is very close, with T. NJ Campbell,
o. B. Colquitt, c. K. Bell and NJ. M.
Brooks as the candidates. In the con-
gressional districts ten of the sixteen
congressman have no opposition within
the party.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-07-23
QUIET DAY IN JAIL.
Harry ThaW Did Not Attend Reli-
gious Services.

New York, July 22.-Harry k >Thaw
spent quiet and uneventful day in the
Tombs today. He left his cell only
twice, to take his customary exercise.
Contrary to his previous custom, he
did not attend the religious service con-
Quoted by Chaplain Wade this morning,
and when asked by one of the keepers
why he did not, refused to make any
answer
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-07-23
PRODUCTION OF ZINC.

Washington. July 22.-The United States
of survey in a bulletin on
the production of zinc and zinc oxide in
this country during 1905 states that the
total output of the former product
to 2O3,Sl9 short tons, an increase
of 17,147 short tons over 1904 Since 1897,
the bulletin says. the production of zinc
has more than doubled. The principal in
crease in production has taken place in
the eastern and southern states The pro-
duction of zin2 oxide is estimated at
000 pounds, as compared with 49,
226, 262 pounds in 1904.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-07-23
SIGNS OF MOURNING.

LONDON, July 22.-The body of Lady
Curzon was removed today to Kedles-
ton for burial, with the simplicity which
her relatives desire to mark the 9bse-
quies. When the coffin was borne from
Carlton House terrace and placed in
the hearse the blinds in the neighbor-
hood were drawn.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-07-23
BARK HAD BAD LUCK.

San Francisco, July 22.-After voy-
age of 2SO days, the French bark Anne
de Bretagne arrived here today from
Swansea with a cargo of coal. While
off Montevideo the vessel broke her
steering gear, was picked up by the
British steamer Plymouth and towed to
Montevideo, where she remained from
November % to March 40. undergoing
repairs. She was forced to sell a part
of her cargo to pay for repairs and
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-07-23
GOT OEE The BAR.

Dover, July 22.-The Red Star line
steamer Finland, which went ashore
Saturday in the Scheldt, got off with
out assistance and arrived here today.
The Finland left Dover at 1925 D. IN.
today for New York.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-07-23
Especial to The Herald.)

Blackfoot. Ida. July 22.-Ldst night W.
Earl Smith, editor of The Southern Idaho
Mail, justice of the peace and former
manager of the Smith & Maxwell Mer-
camille company of this city, was rotten
egged at his home by an indignant mob
of women and boys. The windows of the
house were broken out and the whole
place, both inside and out, was bespat-
tered with choice hen fruit. Smith, while
not seriously injured. was terribly fright
ened and was literally covered by the
FLYING missiles.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-07-23
Funeral Next Wednesday.

The funeral services will be held on
Wednesday, at the West Presbyterian
church. on West Forty-second street,
of which Mr.. Sage had been member
for many years. The interment will
take place in Troy on Thursday. Mrs.
Sage and her brother, Colonel Slocum,
are named as the executors of Mr..
Sage's will.
1t is generally believed that Mr..
Sage's vast interests will not be Sc
riously affected by his death. Several
times within the last few years rumOrs
have been set afloat of Mr.. Sage's
death. On one occasion, in June, 1899,
Mr.. Sage said:
II suppose somebody wanted to make
a little money by affecting stock val
ues, and they hit on this old trick"
Asked if stocks had been much af-
fected, he answered: Il understand not.
The properties in which | am interested
cannot be seriously affected by the ru-
NOR of my death"
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-07-23
Women Assembled With Eqqs

Last night about 100 women, including
many prominent in society and church
work surrounded the home of the luck
less editor and laid siege with rotten eggs.
and only for the timely arrival of the
sheriff serious injury to the occupants
might have resulted.
Smith has been given twenty-fOur hours
in which to leave town or be treated to a
coat of tar and feathers. 1t is decidedly
the greatest sensation that ever happened
in this city, and public Indignation runs
so high that extreme violence is feared
unless Smith Obeys the mandate to get
out.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-07-23
EDITOR TREATED
TO MESS OF ROTTEN EGGS

left town and yesterday returned with a
new bride. Much Indignation was felt
among the female population on account
of the treatment Smith had given his
former wife, it being alleged that, besides
leaving her with family of children, he
had taken 1900 of her money just before
commanding the divorce nrnceedingS.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-07-23
MURDERED BY GREEKS.

Salonika, Saturday, July II. - At
farm at Malavista near Karferia, July
20. Greek band captured and rnur-
dered eight Buigarians, including the.
proprietor of the farm.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-07-23
RUSSELL SAGE
DIES SUDDENLY
Veteran Stock Gambler Would
Have Been go Years Old
August 4.
LONG SPECULATIVE CAREER
"SQUEEZED" ONLY ONCE FOR
LARGE AMOUNT.

New York, July 22.-Russell Sage died
suddenly today at his country home,
"Cedarcroft," at Lawrence, L. 1. The
immediate cause of death was heart
failure, resulting from complication
of diseases incident to old age. The
veteran financier would have celebrated
his Goth birthday on Aug 4. Mr.. Sage
had been in exceptionally good health
since his arrival at his summer home,
about six months ago. At noon today
he was seized with a sinking spell and
collapsed, falling into Inconsistencies
about two hours before his DEATH
which occurred at 4:30 o'clock.
There were present at the end Mrs.
Sage, her brother, Colonel ]. ]. Slocum;
Rev. Dr. Robert Leetch, DIR. Theodore
s. Janeway of New York, DR.. ]. Carl
Schenck, a local physician, and DR..
John P. Mum, for many years Mr..
Sages family physician, who was sum-
moned from New York when the first
alarming symptoms were manifest.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-07-23
Divorce and New Wife.

About two months ago Smith instituted
divorce proceedings against his wife, who
is highly respected business woman of
this city and so utterly shameless were
the charges upon which he founded the
proceedings that the lady. not desiring to
air the proceedings, made no appearance.
Shortly after signing the decree Smith