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Omaha daily bee., 1910-08-28
India's No Mans Land.

AhuAah NO mans Land
But just where is this territory?" 1
asked.
1T lies near the northern borders of
Assam in the foot hills OF the Hlmalayas.
1t is not far from the tea districts. and
there are tea factories with their electric
lights and modern machinery upon its very
edge. You may travel ten miles from such
surroundings and reach localities where
your life is not safe for a moment The
country is wild and ragged, and the land
drops almost precipitousy from an altitude
of two miles above the sea down to 1000
feet or so. The descent OF the Brahmaputra
at that point Is such that. we believe there
must be great falls there. We may have
hidden in those jungles a second Niagara
or Zambesi falls. But no one knows,
Dor. so far, no one has explored that part of
the river"
And you say that the mighty British
nation pays tribute to these savages? That
is an odd policy for the strongest of the
European powers. is it not?"
The cabinet minister swallowed the flat
terry without wnking. He replied:
The amount Of the tribute is nothing.
We pay it because 1t Is cheaper to nav
than to fight, We began 1t when we took
possession of the country At that time
these savages were making periodical
raids upon the villages of the lowlands
They would swoop down from the hills
and kill few people, carrying away as
much loot as they could. They usually
got COW or so, a few goats. brace OF
chickens and household effects worth
comparatively little. When we took pos.
session we called the savage chiefs tc
conference and asked them how much
thAV N roiA
They told us. and together we figured uT
their stealings for the last few years
and estimated that they melted them OF
the average about 1,29O rupees per an,
mum. That is little more than $500. We
thereupon proposed 10 them that II they
would let our natives alone and keeI
out OF the territory we would pay then
this much at fixed time every twelve
months. They agreed TO do so and thu
: far have kept their contract They come
at the appointed season for their money
and. notwithstanding that the value of tn,
property in the villages nearby has ma
terially increased. they seem still satisfied
with their $500.
''But is not that undlgnifled way o
keeping the peace?' asked
Yes, but In this instance it is the best
The only other thing we could do woul,
be to send troops into the territory. w
should have to fight all the time, ant
without we wiped out the savages
would mean continuous loss of none
and life. The country is a jungle an
our men would be shot with poisoned az
rows from behind the trees. The savage
could XIII many OF us without our ben
able 10 kill them, and the game does no
seem to be worth the candle"
Omaha daily bee., 1910-08-28
BacheIers' Halls and Maidens'
ADnrtments.

am told that the Nagas have great
buildings for the bachelors or young men
of the tribes, corresponding somewhat to
the mems quarters in New Guinea, and also
TO the young peoples halls among the
Nasal of central Africa, where President
Omaha daily bee., 1910-08-28
Wo0HN OF TIE Higher IT1LAS EACH Has NUMEROUS 10SBNDS

who support themselves on jungle fruits
and wild honey. They are as shy as our
Negritos. and will run at the sight Of
white man.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-08-28
In the NiIgIri HiIIs.

In southern India there are many strange
tribes. In the Nilgiri hills great plateau,
over a mile high, not far from Madris,
there are aborigines who correspond to
the Amus of Japan. They are a hairy,
Omaha daily bee., 1910-08-28

ray is projected through sheet Of alumni
ium, which absorbs The secondary rays
while offering mo impeachment to those that
are beneficial.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-08-28
BcIuchiatnn and Afghanistnn.

The whole or northern and western India
has its backwoods. Beluchstan is largely a
desert, with fertile valleys of date palms
and with camels and caravans. It's ps4lple
are mostly Arabs or of Arab ancestry They
are more like Persians and Turks than the
gentle, servile inhabitants of Bengal They
do not recognize caste, and they are chiefly
Mohaumedans
Not unlike them are the Afghans who,
though not part of East India, live on
it's outskirts There are about 100000 OF
them. They claim TO be descended from one
of the lost tribes OF Israel and their gem
ealogical trees are rooted in both Solomon
and David. The Afghans have a rich coun-
try, which is said TO be filled with mineral
wealth, but as yet is not prospected. They
are a nation OF horsemen, and send hun
dreds of horses down here to Delhi and to
other parts of India each year
Afghanistan has half dozen or more
good sized cities, and some of them are
great trading centers. II has two capitals
kabul, in the east, and Herat, in the west
1t is ruled by the amir, who lives at Kabul
and who holds close relations to the govern
ment OF India He gets something like
100000 per year In the way OF subsidies from
the British, and his treaties with them pro-
vide that ne shall have no relations with
any other power except the empire Of
India.
At Calcutta I visited the foreign office
and found that large part OF that bu-
redu was devoted to Afghanistan, Persia
and the other countries which verge upon
India.
l was told tnat Afghanistan is practically
closed to foreigners as far as trade is con
cerned, and that Il Is not safe to travel
through it without n special permit from
the amir
There are no railroads. The only high
ways are trails for horses and camels.
although wagon roads are now being
made from the chief towns to the Russian,
Persian and Indian frontiers. Railroads
are talked Of and in time they may come
The railways from Delhi. where this letter
Is written, extend northward through La
here TO Pcshawar, not far from the Afghan
frontier. There is also a road when goes
through pass In the mountains 10
Quetta, I'm Beluchlstan and another which
has been tunncled under the KhoJak pass
10 the Afghan border.
North Of .AfghRnistan the Russians have
been building railroads. and they have Just
crossed the border. IL would take less
than 100 miles OF new line To connect these
Russian roads with the Indian system and
thus make a through route from Paris
10 Bombay and Calcutta. There is no prosz
pect now OF such connection but II viii
bility a through trunk line from here TO
Constantlnople.
FRANK q. CARPENTER
Omaha daily bee., 1910-08-28
Grentest "MeIlo" Nation.

THE opening of the current
year 1t is said that the Amerl-
can Bell Telephone company
he'd 6,l42,6O9 Instruments In use.
A correspondent Of the London
Times asserts that at that time
Omaha daily bee., 1910-08-28
Curreni Notes.

government official At Washington
cooled his office by . allowing an electric
Omaha daily bee., 1910-08-28
ccOpyrrht 1910, BY Frank @. carperter.)

I, 1910, by Frank g. CarperterD
,LHI, 191O.-(Special Cores pond
ence to The Bee. Few realize
that we have here in India
peoples Of whom the world
knows nothing and countries
which the foot OF white man has
Omaha daily bee., 1910-08-28

never 1rOd.
These were the words of Mr. Rob-
ertson, secretary OF commerce and in
dustry in the viceroys cabinet. We were
sitting together in his office in Calcutta,
and had been chatting about the extension
OF the railways telegraphs and postoffices
Of the Indian empire. The secretary con-
unued:
Take the Brahamaputra, that mighty
river which empties into the Ganges near
where 1t flows into the Bay OF Bengal. 1t
is only lately that we have learned any
thing about its source, and today there is
a region along its banks OF which we
know nothing. The country there is a very
no mans land. 1t is inhabited by half
naked savages who are professional head
hunters. They use poisoned arrows, and we
pay them tribute for letting us alone We
have never attempted to conquer them"
Omaha daily bee., 1910-08-28

the only effect OF the ordeal was to nakA
them perspire profusely.
Another strange people OF India are the
kandhs. or mountaineers.. They were great
IN the past and bloodthirsty and powerful,
but since they have come under the British
they have abolished many strange customs.
They once had human sacrifices and kid
mapped the people OF the plains. Their vic
tins were daintly fed until the day OF the
sacrifice, when they were killed in honor
OF the earth god whom they worshiped. The
Santals worship the great mountain, and
the Gonds, who think they are sprung from
a certain peak OF the Himalayas, bury theIP
dead with their feet turned northward, that
they may be ready TO start home without
turning around
There are also many strange tribes in
Ceylon and on the islands off the Hndustan
coasts.
The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1910-02-04

Forty-nine bills for road work were
allowed. aggregating $933.35.
Bills Of Is jurors were allowed at
So 25 each.
The board ordered that $1,000 be
appropriated out OF the current ex-
pense fund 10 favor Of William True
man for use Of the settlers who are
seeking to compel the Washington
CONTINUED ON PAGE TwO)
The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1910-02-04
Wyoming Land Frauds.

Official disclosures made at Wash
ingtnn are that more than million
dollars is the estimated value of the
coal lands in the Lander, Wyo., dis
trict, the patents for which the
interior department IS trying to have
cancelled on the ground. 1t alleges,
that the lands were entered pursuant
to conspiracy whereby the title was
to vest 10 corporation. All the
entrymen 10 these cases live in New
York while the principal movers in
the alleged conspiracy have been in
dicted by grand jury in Wyoming.
The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1910-02-04
THE MIDDLE AGED MAN.
Something Said to Him by the Dentist
Sets Him Thinking.

Something Said to Him by the Dentist
Sets Him Thinking.
"My dentist tells me-" said the
middle aged man, chat my teeth
will last as long as / do, and when
he said that to me l WIS at first
pleased, because then it seemed to
mean simply that l still had pretty
good teeth, good for a long time
yet, and l thought that some day
! would say to him, sort Of half
jokingly:
Doctor, you tell me my teeth
will last as long as I will. About
how long. do you think my teeth
will last?'
''In that way, you see, by indirec-
ton ! am going to get line on
how much longer he thought I was
likely to live, and as I thought that
over / smiled to myself, thinking
that was pretty, bright idea. But
do you know that when l came to
think it over again didn't ask him
finally. l didn't.
Because l think he knows. I
have been going to him now for
years, and he knows my teeth
through and through. He knows
by them how old / am. and he
knows their rate of wear exactly
and how much longer they will last,
and he could tell me Low much
longer / will last. But | haven't
asked him because I don't want to
know. don't want to kn at all.
Gas a matter Of fact. think
that when We come to my time of
life we don't much fancy dwelling
on that, though there are times
when it seems to intrude itself,
when we realize that the years
ahead of us are not so many as
,, well, as they were some years ago.
when life seemed to us intermina-
BILE. Any actuary could tell us what
our expectation Of life may be at
the present moment.
eve expect, of course, that we
are going to live longer, to he the
exception, but even if we should SO
prove we can count the years still
coming to us without using many
figures. We are getting to where we
'an see the end if we look that wav,
and | can't say that I have any fear
Of it. but ! certainly don't find any
pleasure in contemplating it. I'd
rather stay.
$50 haven't asked The dentist
because | don't want to know. The
thought of it does drift in on me
once in awhile. but when it does
shunt it off and get busy and keep
plugging and take a cheerful view.
pm glad my teeth are good any.
how. New York Sun.
The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1910-02-04
WHAT TAFT WANTS DONE.
Work He Has Outlined For
Congress.
POSTAL SAVINGS BANK
Bill is Said to be Acceptable to the
Bankers.

Washington, D. G.. Jan. 30 -PiesI.
dent Taft has mapped out program
for congress that is well calculated to
keep the solons busy the rest of the
session.
President Taft proposed to amend
the laws for regulating corporations
and for new law to establish postal
savings banks for the benefit of the
people, which he promised in his
campaign, and also law toauthorlze
the establishment Of post parcel de.
liveries which will enable the Post.
Office to underbid the exorbitant
charges made by the various express
companies. The way the congress.
men and senators are hearing from
their constituents on these reforms
indicates that the public Is alive to
the necessity for such measures and
that these laws will be passed, as
recommended by President Taft In
his recent messages.
The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1910-02-04
Alexander Hamilton Neglected.

In the national Hall Of Fame
inches are being made for many Of
the near.great at the expeLse Ut those
really great and 1t has fallen to the
credit Of Idaho that Senator Borah
should reprove with sound judgment
and sincere patriotism our natiOual
neglect OF Alexander Hamilton.
Many who have known Senator Borah
for years will remember hiI adMira-
ton for Hamilton, whom he has on
repeated occasions eulOgized from the
r0strum or the public platform.
Wallace Times.
The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1910-02-04

County Commissioner v. Waltman
stated last Friday that the county
commissioners had entered into an
agreement whereby Frank Pollock of
Harrison will succeed s. D. Beebe for
county treasurer when the latter
resigns to accept the post,uastership p
Of Occur d'Alene to which he was
recently named by Representative
Thomas Hamer. Commissioners Walt
man aud Busby have entered toto the
agreement. .,
The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1910-02-04
Weston Starts Long Walk.

Edward Payson Weston, the
great pedestrian who walked across
the United States from east to
west last year in Io5 days, started
from Los Angeles and Santa Mon
lea, California, February on
another walk to end in New York
city. He expects to complete his
journey from coast to coast in 100
days, although he is u years Of
age.
The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1910-02-04

II is asserted by senators who have
given careful study to the postal
savings bank bill now under cor.
sideration by the committee on Post.
Offices that 10 its completed form it
will not encounter the opposition of
bankers which was manifested against
the measure reported to the senate
last winter. 1t is proposed to set $50
as the maximum amount of any
single derosit receivable bv the postal
bank and to place the maximum
limit Of an individual account II 5000.
Senator Depew has been looking into
the subject very carefully and he Is
OF the opinion that the New York
bankers, who were seriously opposed
to last years bill, will find the
grounds for their criticism removed
when this year's measure is made
public. The experience OF European
bankers has heen that the postal
savings banks invariably act as feed,
ers for private savings banks, hat
the people who first learn the ad-
vantages or a savings account through
the government institution soon
realize that they can secure higher
rate Of interest from The private
institutions. Senator Depew makes
the interesting assertion that the lack
OF savings banks facilities IN man,
parts of this country constitutes ont
Of the chief causes OF the 'Black
Hand" organization, which learns ol
savings concealed 10 the home Of it,
victim and employs its nefarous
methods TO secure them.
The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1910-02-04
Reward Offered.

The county commissioners have
offered a permanent reward Of $25 to
any one who will give evidence lead
ing to the conviction Of any vIolator
OF the local option law.
The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1910-02-04

Flood waters from the Seine inun.
dated Paris last week causing the
loss of 100 lives and damage to pro-
perty estimated at 5000. .00O,O0 The
floods are said to be due to destrnc-
tiOn OF the forests.
The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1910-02-04

10 an official report to the Illinois
state food commission, State Inspect
or Hoey says that horses are being
slaughtered by wholesale in Chicago
and that the meat is being sold and
distributed for human consumption.
Most of the product Is sold 10 Wis
consin aud Illinois.
The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1910-02-04
CONTINUED ON PAGE TwO)

Judge r. c. Egbers has appointed
a guardian for Hcttie b. Hickey Of
Fernwoad, who recently fell heir to
an estate Of $4,000. She is Is years
old. The guardian Is Mrs. Emma
Matteson.
The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1910-02-04
tie johnson boat works, for all his

holdings.
Last week the license OF the Nor
thern bar at Spirit Lake expired, but
as the proprietors, Daw g. Dahl. had
bought out the Park bar from F.
Andrews & Co., 1t was moved into he
Northern hotel. On Saturday morn.
ing Deputy Sheriff Harry Sawyer
closed the bar for running on the
Andrews license.
The sheriff's office at Cueur d'Alene
sent out notices. Jan. 81, to holders
of II saloon licenses "that in accord
ance with the local option law the
license will expire at IL o'clock, Feb.
Is, 1910" This leaves 23 saloons in
Kootenal county after Feb. Is.
James H. Beatty, ex Judge OF the
United States district court for Idaho,
has been in points Of North Idaho to
investigate, it is claimed, his political
chances for the nomination OF govern
or at the summer primaries held by
the republicans. He conferred with
numerous leaders.
Full equipment for five mile rail-
road has been purchased by M. D.
Wright including locomotive, rails,
ties and all the other necessary ap-
pliances. The railroad will be built
from Hayden Lake to- the Wright
Lumber camp, and. according to a
report which reached Wallace, the
work of construction is to commence
Monday Times.
A jury has been drawn in the
United States district court for the
trial of the Kester, Kettenbach and
Dwyer case which has been set for
hearing February Is, and which was
transferred from the northern divi-
sion to Boise on the ground of local
prejudice against the defendants, who
are charged with conspiracy to de-
fraud the government.
The state land department for the
period January to Is, inclusive.
turned the sum of $l35, 900 over to
the state treasurer. With the eXcep-
tion of $500 returned from invest
ments, the amount was derived from
the sale and rental of state lands.
The returns on land sales include
annual payments of principal and
Interest on deferred payments.
The supreme court last week grant
ed an extension OF time in which the
state and settlers must answer in the
Marble creek case. At the time OF
handing down the opinion on de.
murrer, one Of the most impoI tant ia
recent years. the respondents were
| given 10 days in which to answer on
| the merits of the case. At the re-
quest of Assistant Attorney General
Peterson 10 days additional have
been allowed. 1t is not considered
likely that any answer will be filed al
the ruling of the court on demurrer
disposes of the real issues.
The duties of Supervisor of Census
Perrault are becoming more exactinl
each day and from the number o
applications which he is receiving 70
the positions OF enumerators ther
will he great many more applicant
than there are jobs. Although ther
will be but l6 enumefators from
Boise, over 100 applications hav
been received. Altogether there ar
but 275 enumerators allowed by tn
government for this state and up t
date there has been received 65
applications. In connection witt
the census the government has de
cided this year to enumerate tn
livestock along with the people
Heretofore this enumeration has bee
done by special agents sent out fror
WashingtOn.-State
The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1910-02-04

New York's 20 mile subway rail-
road system will be tie most expens-
I've in the world, costing $240, 600, 900.
The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1910-02-04

Congress has amended the Consti.
tuition OF the United States, 80 as to
provide for an income tax, and 1t Is
now up to the States to ratify that
amendment, which becomes part Of
the constitution as soon as it shall
have been ratified by three fourths Of
the states. The corporations and
capitalists of the country are doing
their utmost to influence the legisla-
lures of the various states against
this amendment. However, it is be-
lieved that the amendment will be
ratified by practically all OF the states.
The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1910-02-04

The postal savings bank bill was
favorably reported to the senate, Jan.
%, from the senate committee on
p0st0f1ices and p0stroads, virtually in
the form submitted by the subcom-
mittee. Senator Carter, who will
have charge Of the measure, will seek
an early opportunity to secure con-
sideratiOn OF 1t by the senate.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1910-01-21
GIRL DRESSED AS MAN
"Sir You're a Woman" Kisses De-
tective; "Sir, Am; What of it,"
Says Girl.

NEW YORK, Jan. 20.-"Sir," said
a gentlemanly detective, you're a
woman" Sir said the we'll dressed
stranger in trousers, on a business
street tonight, Il am. Whit of it?"
The prisoner was a quiet hammered
girl of 10 years, wearing a frock suit
of good material, a mans gray felt
hat, glasses, spats and mans street
gloves.
my name is Marian Hamilton
Gray said the girl composedly, land
1 have been wearing boys and mems
clothes for the last ten years. Since
I began to pose as a man 1 have
learned to smoke pipe and cigaret-
tes."
Miss Hamilton volunteered that her
arrest was due to the jealousy Of a
wealthy woman Of Newark Valley, N.
Y, who had wanted to marry her.
In the night court the magistrate
held that the case presented no viola
ton of the penal code and she was
released.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1910-01-21
662.14
From Medford.

II. l.. Conrad, secretary of the Med
ford Commercial club, in a letter to
MIR. Meacham says:
Il have heard directly and indirectly
of the advancements made in Walla
Walla, and was very much surprised
to learn from your letter that this is
only the first year of your campaign.
Surely in this great era of advertising
aCa the great Western Fever" which
Is moving over the entire coast and
middle west. your community publicity
can i'll afford to be stopped. Many peo-
pie thought that 1909 was to be the
banner year on account of the Seattle
fair In our experience we have found
that the fair was anexcel!ent means
OF getting the people out here to see
this wonderful northwest, and many
hundreds of them went back to their
respe etive homes to decide upon To-
cation, and took with them trunks full
OF literature TO ponder over this Win
ter during the great snow storms, and
IN 1910 the great northwest will have
the greatest influx of settlers it has
ever had. This is not merely personal
belief; it is based upon a scientific
study of the conditions and circum-
stances, and should feel badly to see
Walla Walia give up her campaign To
get her share of the new corners"
Keep 1t Going.
August Wolf. director Of publicity
of the Spokane. Chamber of Commerce,
says in regard to the Walla Wal,a pub
licity movement:
Il have watched your work very