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Omaha daily bee., 1910-03-06

Moros, but they have the same brown
skin, the same sturdy form and staggering
ways They are clean-limbed, we'll made
and by no means bad looking.
Down here at the straits they dress in a
bag-like skirt known as the sarong, above
which is a jacket which falls to their
hips. The sarong reaches from the waist
to the calf; 1t is a gray-flgured calico bag,
often of plaid, which is open at both
top and bottom, and is OF the sane width
throughout. When the Malay puts on his
clothes, he steps into his bag, raises its
top to his waist and by a twist of the
wrist, fastens it there in a knot. Under
the bag he may wear calico drawers, or IL
poor he may be naked. The rich wear
pantaloons Of bright colors or white
duck, but the sarong is always over the
rest Of their clothing. 1t seems to be the
badge of the race, as are also the hand
kerchief turban and sandals or slippers.
Here at the Straits of Malacca the
Malays have been contaminated by for
eigners. The Europeans have taught them
to drink and through the Chinese they
have become opium smokers. They are
not so good consequently as the people of
the wilds. They are naturally lazy and
ave become the loafers Of this part Of
the world. Some of them act as coachmen
for the rich Chinese or Europeans. Others
do light work about the towns, and a few
live in villages scattered over the Islands,
laboring only enough to keep soul and
body together. Now and then one meets
a rich Malay from the mainland, the son
of an official or perhaps a sultan, but as
a rule the Malays of the straits are shift
less and poor and they grow worse off
every year.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-03-06
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The government consists OF the sultan.
his hlghness Tllah-El-Din-Suleiman-Shah,
and the British resident. H. Conway Bel
field. There Is a council of state connected
with them and there are separate offices
for the secretary of Chinese affairs, for
lands, mines, revenue. treasury and public
works. The English clerks number several
hundred, and in addition there are other
foreigners engaged in mining and export
ing.>
The town has a park. a native bazaar
and a gambling farm licensed by the state.
The British claim that the Chinese will
gamble anyhow, and that the best way to
restrict the vice and to make money out
of 1t is to tax It.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-03-06
The Pope nnd HIs Frlend..

The pope old friends and
when he knows hat some person he is
acquainted with is in Rome he never falls
TO grant an audience, reports the New
York Sun A few days ago a sailing vessel
from Malta was shipwrecked on the Roman
coast. -Four men Of the crew were drowned
and the remaining seven swan ashore and
were rescued with great difficulty by some
shepherds.
The master and mate were injured and
they were conveyed to one Of the hospitals
i'm Rome. The pope read about the ship
wreck in the newspapers and the name Of
one OF the men sounded familiar to him.
Il think that I must have known this
man called Rugier In Venice. where he
used TO come on a schooner from Malta"
said the pope 70 his secretary, "and /
would like to So him"
An audience wal arranged and Rugier.
the mate, went up TO the Vatican. The
pope kept him over an hour In his private
library. heard the story OF the shlpwreck
and presented him with a gold medal.
Il saw your holiness In Venice once
years ago" said the mate
Omaha daily bee., 1910-03-06

J. Pierpont Morgan. at the recent do
cesar convention in New York, amused a
group Of clergymen with a story OF a min
lister.
II was as ignorant, this good man, OF
financial matters" said MIR, Morgan, las
the average financier Is ignorant OF mat
tiers ecclesiastical.
II once received a oheck-the first he
had ever got In his nfSGAnd took IL to q
bank for payment.
b you must endorse the check said
the paying teller. returning it through his
little window.
Endorse itr said the old minister. in
a puzzled tone.
Yes, OF cOurse. It must be endorsed
on the back
81 see said tho minister. And. turn
Omaha daily bee., 1910-03-06

But before 1 go further let me tell you
something about the Malays as they live
here in their own home on the tip end
Of Asia. They are the first cousins OF
our Filipinons and belong to the race
which has overrun the Dutch East Indies.
There are something like 100000 of them
In Java, a large number in Borneo, and
millions in the Philippine islands. The
natives here are better looking thar the
Omaha daily bee., 1910-03-06
Gambling and Opium.

Sir Frank Swettenham, who was the
resident general OF the country for a long
while, claims that the gambling habit is
ineradicable among both Malays and
Chinese, and that 1t would take one po-
liceman to every Chinese to stop 1t. He
says the Malay rulers object to having
public gambling forbidden. and hat hey
refuse to give up the revenues which come
from it. According to law, gambling is
now licensed only in places and in build
ings approved by the police, and, that
Omaha daily bee., 1910-03-06

The two men had not met for years. The
man from out Of town looked the other
man over,
Same old jim" he said. "Awfully glad
to see you again. Strange how such old
friends will drift apart 80 you're marrledr'
The other man nodded.
Three years ago.
well, well. And I never heard OF II
until 1 met Jack Ransim last week. What's
that?"
He was sim studying the other mans
appearance and his eye caught sight OF a
segment OF coral that dangled from his
friends watch fob. He lifted II and looked
Omaha daily bee., 1910-03-06
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Copyright, 1910, by Frank @. carpenter.)
- INGAPORE, ~1910-(Special Cor
- re~spondence or The Bee. II want
to tell you Of the new move
- ments among the Malays. A
@9H generation ago this peninsula
- was savage and 1.-THE country a
jungle. 1t had neither roads nor railroads.
there were no resting places for travellers
and the wilderness was inhabited chiefly
by wild beasts and wild men. Today the
English have taken hold Of it and are max
ing 1t blossom like the irrigated lands OF
our new west. They have brought order
out OF chaos, and are building roads and
railroads, establishing schools and laying
out towns. In the Federated Malay states.
which contain something like 1000, 900 in
habitants, more than 900 miles Of rail-
ways have been built and more than 5000
miles OF cart roads and bride paths. There
are hotels at the capitals and outside
them new government rest houses, where
travellers can stay overnight. Thirty-five
years ago the people Of the country had
never seen a postage stamp. Today the
post offices are. handling more than
lO'OOO,OW pieces Of mail every year, and the
post office savings banks have deposits
running into the hundreds of thousands
Of dollars.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-03-06
Far Fetched.

George F. Martin. the tobacco expert,
said. as he lit a Havana cigar:
We Americans should be thankful for
our tobacco. 1t is the best and the
cheapest in the world. I have lust re.
turned from London. and there I found
that q shilling cigar scarcely equaled an
American nickel one.
'rhs LondonerH are Indifferent about
their tobaeco-indiffersnt ana blase like
an omnibus conductor I saw In Oxford
Omaha daily bee., 1910-03-06

at It more closely. The surface Of the coral
was ~roughened by slight Intentions.
Some sort Of token, eh?' he ratified on.
You always was a great chap for picking
up worthless trifles. That's a queer charm"
He looked up and caught sight OF the other
mans face. why, 1 beg your pardon.
JIM" he cried.
That's all right" said the other man, a
little unsteadily "Only. you see, the boy
whose teeth made those marks-he was
nearly 2~-died-last summer cleveland
Plain Dealer.
Attorney Agreed with the Court.
A lawyer came into court drunk, when
the judge said to him:
"Sir, / am sorry to see you In a situation
which is a disgrace to yourself and family
and the profession to which you belong"
This reproof elected the following ool-
loquy:
Did your honor speak to me?"
II did. I said. Sir, that, in my opinion.
you disgraced yourself and family, the court
and the profession by your course Of con-
duct"
May i-i-it please your honor, 1 have
been an attorney in-in-ln this c-court for
fifteen years, and, permit me 20 say, your
honor. that this is the first correct opinion
1 ever knew you to ~give."-Dundee Ad-
vertiser.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-03-06
states without Debts.

There federated states are among the
few colonies of the world which have no
public debt. They take in more than they
spend every year and none Of them owes
Omaha daily bee., 1910-03-06
DeIIEhtfuI LlmeIIght Man.

DNNAAtAuA LAAheAlBht MAN.
Forbes Robertson, at a dinner In New
York, praised the American critical sense.
But" he said, signing. Isn't your crit
icism in its clarity and direetness too cruel
sometimes2
Il remember a brother actor who played
one night In a small western town. At
the climax OF the third act OF his play
the limelight was always thrown upon
him. In this town, however. the lime
light man shot the light nine or ten feet
to the left and 1t was from the blacklist
shadow that my friend had to make his
best speech.
Naturally, at the end Of the act he In
dignantly asked the limelight man why
the deuce the light hadn't been thrown
where it belonged.
Fly in the way the limelight man
answered, biting a chew from a plug OF
tobacco.
why didn't you move the fly. then?'
shouted my friend,
TIL limelight man rolled his tobacco
to the other cheek, looked a: my friend
dresmily and drawled as he turned on his
heel:
II We could act. I guess ye wouldn't
want no limelight.' st, Louis Globe
Democrat.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-03-06

Mrs. TTollope's book We're true, then tho
story Of the senator and the pIaice was
gospel.
This st~Ory-Lincoln often told Twas
about a certain senator to whom a Wash
ingtOn hostess said at dinner;
Senator, what kind of fish do You
PREFER
" Place, madam. thank YOU the sen-
ator answered politely.
"A gentleman on the other side Of the
room then said, with a loud laugh:
oh, senator. still a place hunter. eh2'
" what's that to you. you dern
Stranger exclaimed the senator, indig-
nantly, and, whipping out his revolver.
he shot the punster dead.
But afterwards, when the Joke was
explained to him, the senator had a good
laugh, and confessed that he had been
rather hasty; and, indeed, 10 show that
he bore the humorist no lasting grudge.
he, went to the mans funeraI"--Chioago
Journal.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-03-06

NCOLN," said a veteran Chicago
journalist, used to laugh skep-
tically over that scurilods book.
Mrs. Trollope's Travels in
America
Lincoln used to say that II
Omaha daily bee., 1910-03-06
Short Sharp Snap Shots Selected from Several Sources for SUNDAY

ing the check over. he wrote across the
back OF It:
- heartily endorse this check Gin
cinnati Enquirer.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-03-06
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a cenr The revenue or Perak amounts
70 something like $500 900 and its ex-
penditures are less than $40, 900, 900. Selanger
takes in over SO, 600, 900 per annum and Il
costs only about $1,000, 900 to run the state.
Nigrt Sembilan has receipts of 81, 200. 200
and spends about S2,OOO,OOo. The only state
which runs at all behind is Pahang. and
II is yet on the edge Of it's development.
>Tho governments are managed for the
people and the money raised goes back to
them.
: The new railways are almost self-sup-
porting. Their receipts last year were
R.@O,OW and their expenditures Just about
100000 more. This, In connection with the
new tracks, which they are building and
the fact that railroads are practically new
to the country, is surprising. The customs
receipts last year brought In over 81, 900. 900
and licenses almost 5000, 900, the latter
being largely made up farm gambling
opium and pawnbroklng receipts. The gov
eminent spent last year over 5000. 900 on
public works, and it Ia encouraging the
development Of the country along the lines
OF agriculture. In all the colonies planta-
Aons are being set out and large agricul-
tural estates started. 1 have before me
a list OF those now under operation in
Selangor. They embrace such crops az
rubber. coffee, cocoanuts, cloves and pep
per and they are largely owned by syndi-
Gates and other associations. Many Of the
estates are Of 1000 acres, and some of
10000 and 10000 acres each.
Among the chief crops Of the Malays are
rce and ~cocoanuts. The Chinese grow
sugar, and the government has started pep
per plantations, and there are many good
pepper farms. The British nave also intro
duced silk worms and have expended large
sums on the introduction OF Arabian coffee.
rubber and tea, as we'll as cinchona. The
failed, but the tea and coffee sue
ceeded. and eventually plantations of this
Kind VIII be set out. I have already writ
ten as to rubber. Many of the new plan
tations are OF para trees, which begin to
yield a profit of 800 per acre per annum at
seven years and which should produce 500
per acre at fourteen years. It is estimated
that when the trees are % years old the
profits will be $50 per acre per annum. The
trees grow well and Yield abundantly. At
10 years old, one recently gave twenty-five
pounds Of rubber at a single tapping. That
tree was ninety feet high, and at three
feet from the ground It had a girth of
feet.
At present the planters find It hard to get
The Malays are not anxious to
work, the Chinese are miners and II has
been necessary to go to India to find work.
men for the plantations. These are brought
here In large numbers and seem to thrive.
Vn-n..- - 49,
Omaha daily bee., 1910-03-06

Indeed, i doubt whether any ~clviliza-
ton will make the full-blooded Malay an
Industrious man. This is true OF the Philip
pines, and you viii find few steady workers
among the Malays of the straits settlements
of the Dutch East Indies. These people do
not believe in laying up money where moth
and rust will corrupt. They want only
enough to support life, to dress in good
style and to give a feast when their chill
dren are married. Their needs are few,
and when supplied they lay off until want
comes. Some OF the rulers tell me they
cannot get their own subjects to work their
plantations and the sultan Of Johore, who
governs the state OF the mainland opposite
Omaha daily bee., 1910-03-06
Too Much Hustle.

Senator Tlilman. discussing railway
wrecks, said:
There is. 1 think. too much hustle, too
much hurry. about some OF our railroads.
This hustle, when we turn TO the years
objectionable casualties, seems as indie
cent as the 81 Taylor case.
AT 81 Taylor's funeral the doctor and
the undertaken we're conversing in low
tones.
To bad said the undertakes. that
poor Sis wife wasn't with him when
he passed away. How did Il hAppenr
Mrs Taylor the doctor Whispered.
was uptown at the time ordering her
mourning outfit
The undertaken. with . bittsr smile.
turned away 20 supervise the funeral pro-
Omaha daily bee., 1910-03-06

ceSsion.
Hold on. gentlemen: this won't do
he said sternly. Where is the sixth pail
bearer
He's upstairs another palIbearer ex-
planned, proposing to the wilder New
York Times.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-09-09
VIRGINIA ELkS.

The fourth annual reunion OF tht
Virginia State Association, B. p. o.
Elks. came to n close at Charlottesville
yesterday afternoon with an old-fash
iOned barbecue and Brunswick stew, al
Wilton, the suburban home OF j.
Anderson Chisholm, the retiring presi
dent Of the association. The event was
attended by 400 Elks.
The time and place OF the next annual
convention was left in the hands OF the
president and three vice presidents OF
the association.
The annual report showed that the
Alexandria lodge had become a mem
Der of the association during the
past year, and that there are now only
four lodges non members, Portsmouth,
Berkeley, Winchester, and Fredericks-
burg
Mr.. Chisholm made two recommen-
dations. One was the erection OF a
suitable Elks' rest in the cemetery at
the national home in Bedford City, and
the other the organization Of a contest
among the lodges Of the state for the
exemplification of the rituallstic work
OF the order. The sum OF $50 was APP
propriated for trophy to be offered as
a prize in the contest. The following
committee is to carry out the above re-
concentrations: c. S. Johnson, Of
Roanoke; j. A. Scott, OF Lynchburg,
and Max +. Linder, OF Richmond.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-09-09
Ferry Boat Sinks.

Milwaukee, Wis, Sept. 9.-On g
wireless call for help from the powerful
Pere Marquette car ferry No. Is, Of
the Pcre Marquette line, plying be.
tween Milwaukee, Mantowoc and LII
dington. two tugs and the life saving
crew today were fent out to the assist.
ance of the vessel The cause of the
call for aid was not known.
Ludington, Mich. Sept 9.-Wireless
reports received here today, state that
the Pere Marquette car ferry No. Is
sank in Lake Michigan. The crew Of
IS were reported to have been rescued
by the sister ferry. The loss is more
than half a million dollars.
Ludington, Mich, Sept. "a wire
less to Ludington states that all the Of
ficers of the Marquette ferry No. is
were lost, but that +. J. Young, chief
steward; James Fay, cock, and Sey-
mour Cochrene,a passenger, was saved.
Milwaukee, Sept. "a wirelers re-
port at noon says ali the crew were
saved on the sunken Pere Marquette ca
ferry No. Is, off Sheboygan, but seven
OF the officers were drowned. This re-
port is unconfirmed.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-09-09
SPAIN AND THE VATICAN.

Premier Canalejas, in an interview
yesterday, is quoted as saying that
SPANS reply to the vatican s most re-
cent note contains little beyond general
tiles and assurances that the question
Of church dogma is not involved, or,
in other words, exactly like the vati-
cans note. "
Accordingly the premier expects that
the negotiations between Madrid and
the holy see will remain stationary I'M
ill the Cortes meets, when, he says, the
paddock bill, " instead OF being with
drawn, will be adopted. The paddock
bill' prohibits the creation OF further
religious establishments until the re-
vision Of the Concordat has been com
pleted or a definite law on the subject
passed.
Premier Canaleias' reiteration of the
Spanish governments refusal to with
draw the paddock bill' brings the
negotiations between the Vatican and
Spain to a standstil. The holy see
will not await the meeting OF the Cortes,
when, if Canalejas does not fall, a com
plete rupture between Rome and Mad
rid is considered almost inevitable.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-09-09
CONSERVATION CONGRESS.

The national conservation congress,
at st. Paul, Mimi, last night adopted
a platform placing the seal Of its ap
prevail on national control of natural
resources and adjourned. The resolu-
tions, praise forest and reclamation ser
vices and take a stand on various con
servation projects.
A threatened fight on the part OF
state conservation commissioners to
place the name OF President Taft in the
platform along with that OF Theodore
Roosevelt as the great friend Of conser-
votion did not materialize on the floor
Under vigorous use of the gavel, it did
not even get started. The following
we're chosen officers: President, Henry
Wallace, Dies Moines, Iowa secretary,
Thomas r. Shipp, Indianapolis, Ind,
and treasurer, ID. A. Latchaw, Kansas
City, Mo.
Clifford Pinchot and ]. B. White, Of
Kansas City, declined to be nominated
for the presidency and Mr.. Wallace
was not opposed.
Pinchot spoke during the day on con.
servation, reviewing the policies OF
Roosevelt and outlining his views on
the best methods TO preserve the forests
aud water rights.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-09-09
Roosevelt In Cincinnati.

Cincinnati, Sept. 9.-Late this after
noon Theodore Roosevelt will hold a
reception at the Longworth home.
The big crowds that have greeted
Roosevelt throughout his trip were in
evidence again today.
The position Of William Randolph
Hearst in the New York political fight
and In the national political situation,
is one Of the things on the mind Of
Roosevelt that he will not talk about.
No steps toward Hearst Roosevelt
alliance have been taken and old-line
politicians say that the contributing
editor and Hearst will hardly mix well.
Meanwhile Roosevelt is saying he will
gladly accept all sincere" aid in the
New York campaign for clean poll
ties. Just how much that may mean
the politicians would like to know.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-09-09
ALEXANDRIA, VA.
FRIDAY EVENING, SEPT. 9

THE refusal Of Theodore Roosevelt
TO attend the dinner which was to
have been given him by the Hamilton
Club in Chicago last night if United
States Senator Lorimer, OF Illinois
were present has brought forth some
criticism. In telling the committee Of
his determination he is quoted as say
ing: Senator LOrimer represents the
antithesis of what ] represent in poli-
tics. =" This seems to be curious po-
sition for an ex-president. Senator
Iorimer is a member OF the Hamilton
Club. and as such would have been n
contributor towards paying the OK
penses OF the dinner. Mr.. Roosevelt
was willing TO become member OF
the party provided a certain member
of the political family, who was aiding
in paying for the entertainment, was
excluded. Political phariseeism is md
iculous at any time, but when man
who has during the last nine years
been the recognized head OF a party
guilty of many dark ways and vain
tricks appears with the white rose Of
innocence on his breast the picture is
grotesque, to say the least. A cotem-
porary in speaking of The incident
saws: is Iorimer the only republican
senator who has bought his way into
the Senate? Was not Rooseyelts way
bought into the White House few
years ago? What about those 10000
votes that were changed by My Dear
Harriman's" $500, 600 in New York
State?