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QUESTION OF OPEN DOOR.
Chjna's Hints for Agreement Be
tzcecn 1merica and GermanY.

-
Berlin Feb 2j.-Sun Pao-ki, the Chinese Min
lister al Berlin. received instructions some weeks
ago from Peking TO discuss with the German
Foreign Office the japanese treatment of trade
in Manchuria and 10 broach the possibility Of
the United States and Germany entering into
d special agreement concerning the maintenance
o. equal trade opportunities in all the Chinese
territories sun Pao-kt communicated his in
srructi0ns TO the Foreign Office and discussed
the subject in the most general terms. the For
efgn Office receiving his suggestions in a cour-
teous but noncommittaI manner 1t presumably
has qorrasDonded with the German Embassy at
Washington and the legation at Peking re
rardiue the extent Of the Chinese proposal and
what was thought OF it In Washington it was
understood that Wa Ting-fang, the Chinese
Minister. had received identical instructions and
had laid them before the State Department
Cbina's idea of a special agreement between
the Tinted States and Germany appears TO rest
-, rbe beIjef that these Two alone Of the great
commercial states would be likely seriously to
onpose Japan's disposition. as China AYERS, TO
5je.r;,,,inare in Manchuria in favor of her own
merchants.
C,bina,s appeal has raised the question both
s+ the Foreign Office here and at the State De
,art,,anr at Washington whether such an
avroaroent as China proposes would not be su-
.sr,i,,o,,. and whether its object is not ALREADY
F,,Il,, covered bv international agreement
7, is considered probable that the recent teie-
Grams from Washington saying that President
1,oo..yal+ intends TO send q circular to the
.,,.vs ~aparding Chinese trade is direct con-
,,arca of the question brought out by the
,,ioa+io,, of the Chinese government TO Ger
.,,,a Tinted States.
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STILLINGS OUT FOR GOOD.

Washington, Feb 25.-Charles a. Stillings viii
not be restored to duty as Public Printer. Pres-
dent Roosevelt let this fact be known to-day to
friends who talked with him concerning the tangie
in the government establishment
The report W. S. Rossiter will be made TO the
President within a week. il is expected. He has
communicated some of his findings 10 the Prest-
dent and these are said to substantiate the charges
which resulted in the suspension of Mr.. Stillings.
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GATES SPECIAL NOT IN TEXAS WRECK.

Iaredo Tex Feb. 25.-Thrty persons re-
ported have been injured in the wreck OF an eX-
c1rsion train carrying a number of Northern tour
lists at Orville twelve miles north OF Laredo. The
excursionists most OF whom were from Toledo
we're travelling under the direction of Charles
Gates of Toledo The similarity in names first
rave rise Ia a report that wrecked train
th,. specal which John ". Gates, the New York
capitalist has been travelling through the South.
If was learned. however. that the John W. Gates
party arrived Beaumont TeX.. last night.
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SEES NO WAR CLOUDS
PROF. T4K4H4SHI TALKS.
Says Japan and United States WW
NeUer Be IN Conflict.

War between the United States and Japan is an
iplpossibility So declared Professor Sakuyei Taxa
hashi. of the Imperial University of Toxic, yes
terday at the Hotel Majestic Professor Taxa
hashi, who was one of the seven professors that
advised the Emperor Of Japan to declare war
New-York tribune., 1908-07-05

BORN IN CARACAS. JULY PATH. l7s3.
DIED AT SANTA MARTA DEC. 11TH. 1880
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VENEZUELA TO THE CITY OF NEW
YORK, 1888.

But there are many who sadly unfamiliar
with the history of our South American heisil-
bors and to these Of the words on the peo-
esta furnish no light; therefore, the gray-halred
rolicenan on post by is kept busy explain
3n TO curious pedestrians that the block OF stone
IS part of the statue Of the great Simon Bolivar.
But this information only adds to the mystery
What has become of the statue? Is 1t case OF
lost strayed or stolen? Why was gift from a
friendly power placed in such an obscure spot as
fhis-one of the last places in Central Park Where
one would expect TO find a statue?
Bolivar the Liberator great patriot and
according the inscription on the stone his coun-
try Venezuela. had sought to honor his memory
and at the same time TO pay America gracious
commitment by presenting his statue in bronze TO
New York Why, then, should New YORK nave
been so churiish bury the gift in this out-of-
tbe-av portion of the park, situated rieht next 10
q gravel heap?
The sray-haired patrclman could not give much
s,for,r,ation on these points All he could say was
that the stone had been there before his time In
the park There used 10 be a large figure OF Boil
var on horseback it, he remembered nut the
statue had been taken down over ten years ago.
He believed that some Venezuelans had removed it,
,ba4 there was some talk at the time about the
figure having been inartistic and something SAID
about another statue being ordered TO replace IT,
THAT was ten years ago more however, and no
other figure had sent. and so there the stone
stood and probably would continue 10 stand for
,.ea-e n come The policeman heartily wished that
they would do something about 1t, and elther put
q new statue on the pedestal or take away the Dig
t1oc. of granite for-present company excepted
he was sick and tired of answering questions about
-, ,,,,,sterv monument" some folks called it,
The ,,atroiman suggested visit TO Park Com
missioner Smith, who might be aole 10 supply
some further details.
PARK COMMISSIONER EXPLAINS.
That Official. when at his office by Trib-
,,ne reporter. smiled at mention OF me SUBJECT
g ,o,, want to know what are going to do
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p.pK COMMISSIONER EXPLAINS.

That Official when seen at his ONCE by a IT'D
- renorte- smiled at mention of the subject
g, =, r-ant To know what are going to do
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STONE PEDESTAL
WITHOUT A STATUE
CENTRAL PARK HOLDS 4
MYSTERY MONUMENT.
Boiur Memorial, Gift of Venezuela
to Country, Condemned as
Inartistic.

In view of the present strained relations between
Venezuela and the United States, a huge block OF
granite % feet high Is feet long and 10 feet broad
standing the top of shaded knoll on the west
side of Central Park. near SD street. has more
than passing interest The stone is fashioned into
a pedestal and. though no statue STANDS on IL. II
attracts a great deal OF attention from passersoy'
who stop TO wonder whose monument IL is how II
comes TO be placed in such out-of-the-way spot
and what has become Of the statue which appar-
entity su-mounted IL & the past.
There is an inscription on three OF the sides OF
this huge pedestal, and although this inscription
IS tncon1plete IN that il contains name, those
who know their South American history are able
20 guess in whose honor the monument stands,
after a perusal of the lines the bronze tablets
fastened to the stone.
On one side OF the pedestal is engraved:
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And the third side says in big characters:
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STATUE A SUBJECT OF RIDICULE.

When the statue arrived It determined after
much red tape had been gone through with, to
place it in Central Park, but when the park
missioners caught sight of the huge figure
horseback they amazed. and found il difficult
to restrain their laughter for in their opinion, the
figure absurdy nartistic.
The big bronze horse, according TO one of the
commissioners, was most wondrous creature and
seemed TO be largely matter of mouth gumps
and varicose veins Its rider. the great Bolivar,
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with the Bolivar statue rather all that is left
of it. do you?' he said. II wish could tell you,
but / cannot for the reason that / do not know
That pedestal over near SD street is white elc-
phant on my hands. l would like to get rid of it,
for lover of the beautiful and anxious to
make the park picturesque and artistic as pos
sible II must be admitted that that statueless
block Of stone is not ornamental and osngures
the landscape there. That is why We have used
that spot for gravel heap. But am afraid TO
renoove IT In the first place i can't think of any
other place to put it. 1t is so big and unWieldy-
In the second place don't think have the at-
thority to do
There is whole lot of red tape surrounding
the Bolivar statue All sorts of officials, city,
state and federal have been mixed up with it
II might be treadng on somebody's corns if
made any
when l assumed the park commissionership
and went through the park on my first tour OF
inspection 1 came across that block of granite and
at once made inquiries about it. was told
that the statue had been condemned as inarts,le
and removed somewhere around 1897 and that the
President of Venezuela had promised to give US
another and finer statue to replace It,
Il understand tnat by order of 'he Venezuelan
government new statue made by New
york sculntor in the same year. Our National
Sculpture Society, for whose approval the he"
statue was submitted, refused to approve of the
second attempt declaring it 10 be inartsti2 al
though an improvement the first static
This second statue, therefore, HeFer "8S ptS7
sented to the city. The sculptor died two years
afterward. and it said that his death Was due
TO a broken heart and to grief and chagrin over
the rejection of his work
Since that day don't believe anything more has
been said or done about the matter 1t seems to have
been entirely forgotten. Whether Venezuela stliI
considers that she a statue to go on that
pedestal or whether she has grown weary of try
ing to introduce Bolivar into New York, | don t
know Perhaps some day third statue Will be
made and presented TO the city. l guess we Will
have TO keep that pedestal on hand until that day
arrives
From other sources the following facts concern
ing the history the Bolivar statue were learned:
In 1888 the government of Venezuela. desiring to
honor their great liberator. caused equestrian
statue to be in his honor, and sent 1t 10 New
York because it was the empire city of the land
in which the intrepid Bolivar had first conceived
his plans for the liberation of his own country
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The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1908-02-27
Had -Four Divisions.

Editor National Tribune: Replying to
the comrade who said that he did not
know of any corps that had four diyi-
sions in it on the march to the sea,
would say that I belonged to co. c,
99th Ind. Fifteenth Corps, and we had
four divisions on Sherman's famous
march. Each division had a pioneer
corps equipped with teams, ropes
chains, picks, shovels and axes which
always led their division for the pur-
pose of repairing roads, ETC. We had
a corps mark that showed which divl-
sion was IN the lead for the day. This
was cross cut on any convenient tree
by the roadside. The first division to
pass put its hack over the blaze, the
second at the bottom, the third on the
right and the fourth on the left, show
ing their order in line. When we came
from camp to the line of the days
march, we watched for the mark of our
division. and were always glad when it
was at the top of the blaze. The head
of the line always went into camp early,
and the boys liked to rest quick. We
had the cartridge box for our corps
badge. X. Burke, Fortuna, Mo.
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THE ELEVENTH CORPS.
Not the Fault of Rank ana FiIe-SadIy
Nismanaged Battles.

Editor National Tribune: Tho ] send
pay for your noble paper for 1908. /
wish every family could and would take
the paper | have read every history
of the war / could find, and / saw three
years Of service, but / think that Com
rade McElroy's descriptions of the bat
ties in Virginia. Antietam and Gettys-
burg are better than any history has
told. Our corps, the Eleventh. got to
Fredericksburg after dark the 18th, so
was not engaged. What an attack on
that center. while neither flank was be-
ing engaged, We were in the stick in
the mud" affair Pity Burnside was
not stuck in the mud two months be-
fore Then at Charlottesville both
sides were whipped to a standstill. We
let Lee get back on the Sixth Corps,
and we stood perfectly still from IL a.
m. 20 p m; then crawled back and
recrossed the river. Then, Gettysburg
beats all the blunders of the war To
have Lee driven into an oX-bow of the
river, with every bridge gone and the
river at flood hight. and allowed four
| days 10 build bridges and get every
man, every horse and gun across
was with them there, but under guard
| was Acting Commissary of the pris-
oners, and was hunting around for
something for the boys to eat Every
BODY expected Meade to attack, and ]
heard many say that they would throw
down their guns, as they had had
enough. l think they were 200 miles
food, without ammunition. dirty and
lousy, and our army right at home.
Comrade McElroy, We know it was not
the fault of the rank and file.-Harri-
son Cheney, 96 Jefferson Ave-, Roches-
ter. n. Y
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Antictam Creek,

Editor National Tribune: was in the
battle of Antietam in Gen. Crooks Bri-
gade. Our regiment was on the right
of the brigade; there were no troops
on our right when we crossed the creek.
/ crossed without getting my feet wet
There were no rebels in front of our
regiment. and not a shot was fired
There was plenty of water below the
bridge. Thomas Cuddeback, a neighbor
of mine. of the 103d n. Y, says that
where he crossed he had to raise his
cartridge box to keep it out of the wa
ter. In some places it was too deep to
ford A dam across the creek caused
all the trouble, but later part of this
was cut away and part of the water
ran out, which took several hours. After
crossing we moved toward Sharpsburg.
Near that place Comrade Cuddeback
was wounded and captured.-G. L.
Smith, seth Ohio.
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dictionary soldiers.
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Can anybody who is not citizen of the
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ton?
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The Omaha Bee and the Omaha
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This is an old popular name given
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