Orange Daily Tribune. (Orange, Tex.), Vol. 3, No. 56, Ed. 1 Wednesday, May 18, 1904 Page: 3 of 4
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MIKADO'S TROOPS DEPEND ON
TEXAS AND LOUISIANA GRAIN
THE IMPERIAL AGENTS
Are (Here Cloeing Large Contracts to
Secure an Adequate Food
Supply.
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Japanese contractors said to repre-
sent the imperial government of Ja-
pan have been quietly at work In the
rice belt of Texas and Louisiana con-
tracting for the purchase of large
[ supplies of rice and securing options
on the growing crop.
While ostensibly purchased for the
Japanese and Chinese residents of
the Pacific coast, It Is believed In the
main the cereal Is destined for ship-
ment to Japan.
Houston Is the center of operations
and la to be the depot for handling
of the large consignments.
The contractors who have been In
South Texas for two weeks are
Messrs. Okazaki and Nlshlo, and they
have established their headquarters at
1111 Congress avenuh, this city.
The first shipment of the white cere-
al purchased by them was today* a car
load of rice having left this morning
▼la the Southern Pacific for California.
Their contracts. It is understood, em-
brace the handling of 10 cars per week
to the Pacific coast and Is to be In-
creased as the demand enlarges.
Last night Okazaki left for St. Louis
and from there will go to San Fran-
cisco. He stated that the object of his
trip to the coast was to arrange for the
sale among Japanese merchants in
California, and other coast states for
the grain for which he Is now con-
tracting.
It is believed that the transactions
of the two gentlemen really cover con.
tracts for the Japanese government,
which it Is pointed out would not buy
outright, but would handle the matter
of oontrabsnd supplies through agents.
Okazaki held a lengthy Interview
yesterday with General Passenger
Agent Anderson of the Southern Pa-
cific railroad, and last night, as stated,
toqk hla departure. It Is considered
significant that Mr. Anderson declined
to make any statements as to whether
or not the supplies were for the Jap-
anese government. The agents also
held conferences with the Southern
Pacific freight officials relative to ex-
tensive shipments to San Frlcisco and
other Western cities.
Mr. Nlshlo. when asked If any of
the rice was intended for Japan, re-
plied that the shipments were for the
Japanese and Chinese residents of
* California. Oregon and Washington.
He said thst the Importation of the
grain from Japan was now practically
eut off owing to the high export duty
the mikado's government had placed
to keep the supply at home. \
Asked again If any of the rice was
Intended for Japan he Mid that that
was a matter of the future.
There, are now 100 or more Japanese
farmers settled In South Texas raising
rice and recently two came direct from
Osaka with $100,000 each to invest In
rice lands. It Is now believed .ghat
this Is part of n well laid plan of the
Japanese government to secure con-
trol of a, large P»rt of the Texas and
Louis tana output of rice in view of
the probably long duration of the war
with Russia and with the Intention of
having an Inexhaustible supply of the
native Japanese staple food stuff upon
which to draw at will.
The rural districts of Japan have
been drawn upon to soflift extent for
soldier* and the draft of yoemanry is
increasing- This means smaller re-
sources for the home production of
rice while there Is sn Increase in the
demand tor food products to supply
..the invading armies.
The Chinese and Japanese rice eat-
ers of California and other Pacific
coast states Is estimated at fully a
quarter of * million. They are con-
noisseurs In the matter of rice, and
the befiterclasses areas particular as to
quality as the aesthetic American to-
baeco user is of Ms brand of tobacco.
Heretofore they have believed that
the Japanese grown rice alone could
supply their want* In reapeot to the
M cereal, but now they are learning to
the contrary. Samples of Texas and
Louisiana rice have been distributed
in the larger cities, and H Is stated
gives satisfaction. Messrs. Okazaki
and Nlshlo pronounce the better
grades of Texan rice as fully
to that of Japan, and nre confident
that It will be accepted readily hi the
place of the imported product
There la no doubt that the extensive
vgjr* contracts thst these
- -- red to he a Mde Issue which will
as a blind in carrying out their
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One That Floats on Water and Sails
In Air Has Been Invented.
London. May 14>-A boat capable
of flying in the air as well as of float-
ing on the water is the newest Inven-
tion of Major Bsden-Powell, who has
already made himself famous with his
kites, and wh,o Is a brother of the fa-
mous cavalry leader. The winged
boat, the experiments with which
have been very satisfactory, is to be
placed on trial at the Crystal Palace
next month, and may become a popu-
lar! form of public amusement.
The scheme Is for the boat to take
a flying leap through the air, after
rushing down a water chute, and to
comfortably alight on the Crystal Pal-
ace lake for a sail. A model of the
full sized machine was shown lb
working order to a newspaper repre-
sentative by the inventor. The boat
la provided with outstretched wings,
like a bird. It started Its adventur-
ous voyage at the top of a chute, down
which it raced In ordinary way until
near the bottom. Here the chute
turns up gradually, and at the end of
the upward gradient the boat is car-
ried onward through the air by Its
wings and the momentum thus cre-
ated.
“The boat is eighteen feet long, and
Is fifty pounds In weight," explained
Major Baden-Powell. “After the first
experiments to insure eongol 1 see
no reason why it should not be con-
structed to carry passengers. The
shape of the boat is after the manner
of the Thames punt, with the tore and
aft curves accentuated.”
FISH CORRECT8 STATEMENT.
Wallace Will Receive Big Compensa-
tion ae Panama Engineer.
By Associated Press.
New York, May 18—Stuyveaant
Fish, president Of the Illinois Central
railroad, corrects the statement that
the salary of John F. Wallace, chief
engineer for the Panama canal will be
less than received by him from the
railroad company. Wallace’s salary
will be nearly double the sum received
by him heretofore.
Won $1000 by Wedding in Secret.
New York. May 18—All the ro-
mance in their natures aroused by the
beauties of the scenery at Lookout
mountain, which they were visiting
with a party of friends. Miss Mae Ev-
lyn Patton of Cincinnati and Harold
Barcroft White of this city, whose
marriage had been arranged to take
place next fall, suddenly made up
their minds to hasten the wedding
day. #n less than an hour the cere-
mony was performed without the
knowledge or attendance of their
friends. Thus the young couple not
only achieved their great happiness,
but at the same time won a bet of a
thousand dollars from the bride's
mother, who had wagered that they
could not get married without her
knowledge.
Miss Patton la a daughter of Chas.
Patton, an official of the Southern Pa-
cific railway, whose home is in the
Highlands, Erlanger, Ky., near Ctn
cinnatl. Mr. White la In the freight
brokerage business In this city and
Cincinnati. i
A few months ago Mrs. Patton, the
bride's mother, planned to take a par-
ty to the famous battle ground, and
Mr. White was one of the guests. On
Sunday, April 17, during an excursion,
Mlaa Patton and Mr. White slipped
away from the* party and started back
to the hotel. There Rev. Dr. E. O.
McLean married the romantic young
couple. When the rest of the party
returned they were Informed, to their
great amazement, of the wedding.
After Fuel OIL
The tug Bealy, Captain Charlie
Davis, has gone to Port Arthur with
a barge to be filled with fuel oil for
the pumping plant of the Cow Bayou
Canal and Irrigation company. The
Sealy picked up the barge at the
mouth of Cow bayou, after delivering
a barge load of slabs to the pumping
plant of the Orange Oil Refining com-
pany on the same stream.
Costumes for Rent.
The Texas Costume company of
Houston has sent a number of cos-
tumes representing Americans. Japan-
ese, Turks and Greeks, for the gentle-
men participating in this entertain-
ment. They will be rented at reason-
able prices. Those interested can see
these costumes at any time during
the day Friday at room 27 Rein build-
in*.
Holland Hotel Arrivals.
B. C. Hast, Chicago.
R. B. Baler, Chicago.
J. 0. Gray, Lake Charles.
W. C. Young, Chicago.
Chas. Ramer, Baltimore.
H. 8. Pond, New Orleans.
J. E. Broussard, Beaumont.
D. J. Waddel. Beaumont.
W. D. Johnson, Nashville..
Oscar Choen, Cincinnati.
A. D. Beaufort, Beaumont
DEMOCRATIC
PRIMARIES
CHAIRMAN O. R. 9H0LARS ISSUES
HIS OFFICIAL CALL. .
ELECTION ON JOLY NINTH
T^wo Primary Conventions to Be Held
Also on June 4 and
July 9.
To the Democratic Voters of Orange
County, Texas:
In obedience to the instructions of
the democratic executive committee
of Orange county, given at a meeting
recently held by said committee in
thr town of Orange, and by virtue of
authority vested in me as chairman of
such committee, I hereby call on the
democratic voters of Orange county,
to hold primary elections at each of
the voting precincts in Orange county
on the 9th day of July 1904, for the
purpose of nominating candidates for
the various county and precinct offices
In the county of Orange, and to ex-
press their choice for the candidates
seeking the various offices of the
State of Texas, for United States
Senator, for Congressman and for
State Representative from this Dis-
trict.
The " Chairman of each district will,
on the same day hold a primary con-
vention for the purpose of sending
delegates to the county convention,
which will meet on the 16th day of
July, 1904, at the court house in the
town of Orange, at 2 o’clock, for the
purpose of sending delegates to rep-
resent Orange county in the state con-
vention, called to meet in the city of
Houston on the 2nd day of August,
1904, to send delegates to the Con-
gressional and Representative con-
ventions for this district, which have
not yet been called, and to elect a
county and precinct chairman to serve
Orange county for the next two years.
The following parties have been ap-
pointed by the executive committee
as judges to preside and hold the pri-
mary elections above called.
Precinct No. 1 to be held at the
court house, B. F. Turpin and F.
Moss, Judges.
Precinct No; 2, to be held at Odd
Fellows Hall. M. A. Watson and E. C.
Hall, Judges.
Precinct No. 3, to be held at Lemon-
vllle, O. W. Burton. Jr., Judge.
Precinct No. 4, to be held at Lewis’
new school house. Monroe Parish,
judge.
Precinct No. 5. to be held at West
Orange school house, E C. Gravett,
judge..
Precinct No. 6. to be held at
Prairie View school house, J. M. Hat-
ton, judge.
Precinct No. 7, to be held at Dun-
can's woods church, G. M. Adcock,
judge.
Precinct No. 8, to be held at Adrian,
J. E. Stephenson, Judge.
Precinct No. 9, to be held at Chat
Baker’s house. W. O. Loving, Judge.
Instructnon cards and all neces-
sary material and blanks will be fur-
nished to judges by the executive com-
mittee, to be used In holding the elec-
tion, and In order that the expenses
Incurred by the committee may be
met. It has become necessary that the
several candidates be required to pay
the following amount! to O. R. Sho-
lars, before their names will be
placed on the tickets: All district
and county candidates shall pay the
sum of $10 each and all precinct can-
didates shall pay the sum of $5 00
each. These amounts together with
the name of the candidate must be
handed In on or before t£e second
Monday In June 1904. so as to give the
committee time In which to get up
the tickets and other necessary ma-
terial. Precinct chairmen will please
not forget to hold precinct conven-
tions on the 4th day of June and elect
delegates to the county convention to
be held tu Orange on the 11th day. of
June 19M, for the purpose of sending
delegates to the San Antonio conven-
tion which meets on the 21st day of
June to send delegates to the national
convention, at St. Urals. Jt
Is the earnest request of the execu-
tive committee that every white
democrat In the county will attend and
participate la the primary elections
and conventions, and if the man of
your choice la not nominated, be a
DEMOCRAT and bow to the will of
your party, give the nominee yonr
cheerful suport at the general elec-
tion so that we may roll up such a
democratic majority ae Orange coun-
ty has never seen before, thus plac-
ing ns in a position to be known and
felt in other places.
Respectfully submitted.
0. R. SHOLLAKS.
Chatman of Democratic Executive
Committee, Orange County.
Attest DR. H. B. SBA8TRTTNK,
Secretary.
A complete tour of the world for
fifty cents. Children under twelve
years 25 cents. Get your tickets In
Bright Idea of Russian Peasant Wo-
man that Worked Well.
Pathos and humor are combined In
a singular story from Russia, relat-
ing to a poor peasant woman living
near VUeika, who was left absolutely
destitute with six children to sup-
port. At last a luminous idea struck
her. She suggested to the neighbor-
ing poultry farmers that she should
relieve them from the trouble and
expense of using Incubators tor hatch-
ing chickens and turkeys.
They agreed, and the eggs, care-
fully secured from Injury in wooden
cases, and packed in wool, were plac-
ed In the children's cots, which were
constantly occupied, day and night,
by the six little ones in turn during
the three weeks required for Incu-
bation.
As each of the cots contained 400
eggs—200 on each side—the human
Incubators succeeded In hatching
1,200 eggs at a time, for which they
received 1 cent an egg, or $12. Their
earnings, therefore, for lying in bed
for twenty-one days amounted to ex-
actly $4 a week, a sum far exceeding
the average wage of a Russian skill-
ed workman in the country district.
NATIONAL SONG OF RUSSIA.
And Uk* flowers of hope will blossom In-
With**riory, that will
are near a;
You may count them
make eeth one a )
Country's Hymn Dates Back to Reign
of Nicholas I.
The Russian national anthem Is the
only national hymn which was adopt-
ed as such in open competition. Until
the time of the Emperor Nicholas I.
the Englifeh “God Save the Kin*” had
served Russia, but Nicholas deter-
mined to institute a genuine and na-
tive Russian anthem. He announced
a competition open to all musicians
tor an original national hymn. A
musical committee reduced the thou-
sands of entries to two, and between
these, the works of Glinka and Lvoff,
the czar himself decided. The highly
martial character, with the drums and
trumpets, of LvofTs composition won
the imperial verdict, and it was de-
creed as henceforth the Russian
national anthem.
The Hot Sand Bag.
We^ are all acquainted with the
virtues of the hot-water bag, but
many persons are not aware of the
fact that a sand bag Is even better.
The way to prepare it is this: Get
some clean, fine sand; dry it thorough-
ly in a kettle on the Btove; make a
bag, about eight Inches square, of
flannel; fill It with the dky sand, sew
the opening carefully together and
cover the bag with cotton or linen
cloth. This will prevent the sand
from sifting out and also enable the
person using it to heat the bag quick-
ly by placing it in the oven or on the
top of the stove. After once using
this no further recourse will be had
to the hot-water bottle or the brick.
And catch a glhopee of glory from the
Unger ‘sUH bef.
k the busy mart,
NOTHING DOING YET AT SPRING-
FIELD CONVENTION.
KAY BOLT IN WISCONSIN
Democrats Win In Denver City Elec-
tion With a Big Majority. Repub-
licans Will Contest.
By Associated"Press.
Springfield, 111;, May 18—Restless-
ness is on the increase today among
the delegates to the republican state
convention. Many have announced
their intention of going home and leav-
ing s few associates to vote for their
respective delegations. Among the
rank and file there is a growing Incli-
nation for a thirty days recess, but
so far as known none of the candi-
dates are favorable-to the proposition.
A11 last night Governor Yates and his
committee remained at work, confer-
ring alternately with the Deneen and
Lowden leaders, but It la stated that
no combination was formed. No one
of the candidates Is willing to enter
into a combination which will elimi-
nate himself.
By Associated Press,
Madison, Wis., May 18—Factional
feeling was keyed to a high pitch to-
day in the republican convention.
Those delegates who are opposed to
the third term Idea have threatened
to bolt. Senators Spooner and
Quarles and Congressman Babcock
are here counseling “no bolt.” The
plans of Governor La Follette’s fol-
lowers are said to be to renominate
the present state ticket from top to
bottom.
By Associated Press.
Denver, Colo., May 18—On the faed
of returns which are still incomplete,
the entire democratic ticket is elected,
the majority of Speers, over Springer,
the republican candidate, being over
three thousand. The republicans say
they will contest the election.
By Associated Press.
Columbus, O., May 18—There was a
small attendance at the republican
state convention at this final day’s
meeting. The administration of
Roosevelt was endorsed and the pres-
ident was endorsed for nomination by
the Chicago convention.
Boat Built Like Pneumatic Tire.
A boat large enough to carry six
persons may be carried in a valise or
s trunk. This is because the princi-
ple of the pneumatic tire has been
applied with such success to boat
burning. These boats are of two
kinds, either of rubber cloth inflated
with air and divided Into two com-
partments, or of a series of Inflated
tubes coiled lengthwise. These are
fitted with pneumatic seats, and the
oarlocks are buckled on the sides.
When deflated they are reduced te the
smallest conceivable weight sad com-
pass, and the process occupies only a
few moments.
Brother Dickey on “Money.”
“Hit’s a hard thing ter know what
ter do wld yo' money,” said Brother
Dickey. “Ef you puts It In de bank,
de bank liable ter bust wld it; ef
you buries It in degroun', a yearth-
quake la liable ter ewaller it; ef you
spen' It on yo'Be’f dey’ll say you a
fool; ef you tb’ow It away you a big-
ger fool still; ef you give ter de po’
en needy, you don’t give half enough;
en ef you give all, you sho’ mus’ be
crazy, en orter be in de lunatic
asylum! My, my—but money Is a
trouble!’’—Atlanta Constitution.
8tole His Own Property.
A story which recalls Thomas In-
goldsby’s “Spectre of Tapplngton”
comes from the German town of
Tubingen. A certain jeweler of the
town complained to the police that his
house was burgled nearly every night
and that they had better do some-
thing about It. A detective was set
to watch the shop, and on Monday
Right he caught the thief, who. as the
reader has already guessed, was the
jeweler himself. He was a somnam-
bulist. It seems a pity that a talent
tor burglary should be wasted on
one’s own property.
Hoards of the Incas.
Almost everywhere In the land of
the Incas are the mine of their cities
and the great burial mounds of that
mysterious race. The searcher In
them Is rewardedd by finds of gold
and silver ornaments and Jewels, or
ancient pottery and clay Idols of
btsarre form. Much gold and silver
has been taken from them In past
times, and even to this day, but there
still remains much to be explored, and
the hidden hoards are by no means ex-
hausted.
Wrestled For Japan’s Throne.
The throne of Japan Is probably the
only one In the world which has been
wrestled for.. Wrestling is the his-
toric national sport of Japan. In the
ninth century a Mikado died, leaving
two sons who disputed the succession.
Instead of plunging the country Into
civil war they sensibly agreed to ac-
cept the arbitrament of mimic battle.
Each chose a champion, and the one
who proved to be the better wrestler
won the throne for his patron.
A Moment In the Morning.
A moment tn the morning, ere the cares
of day begin,
Eire tbs heart's wide door Is open for the
world to ester In:
Ah, then, alone wltb Jesus. In tbs silence
of the morn,
In heavenly sweet communion let your
duty-day be bom.
In the quietude that blesses with a pre-
Let yeur *oul*Se soothed and softened as
the dew revives the rose.
nt m the morning, take yoor Bt-
In your band.
Vegetation on the Moon.
Whether or not there really is
vegetation on the moon's surface ig
a matter of some dispute. Prof. Pick-
ering believes that there ie, basing
his belief upon observations of what
he has called “variable spots”—por-
tions which exhibit a rapid darkening,
beginning shortly after sunrise, fol-
lowed by an equally rapid fading
toward sunset, accompanied by a
diminution tn size as they darken.
From the peculiar character of the
variation observed. Prof. Pickering
concludes that organic life resembling
vegetation la the only simple explana-
tion of the changes which he has ob-
served. Considering the long lunar
day ae a mlnature terrestrial year,
the theory of such life becomes color-
able. The vegetation, if there be
any, shoots up, flourishes and dies la
a lunar day just as it grow* and
withers on the earth in a terrestrial
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peaceful promised land;
It will Unger still before you when you
For Technical Ed
Another step in the
technical education has
the city of Dresden In
meat of a school for
driver apprentices. The lnltlatlTe was
token by the Locomotive Drivers’ As
xony, which
la $ « tha
Wide Vestibule, Electric Lighted
Train, from
GALVESTON, HOUSTON .
SAN ANTONIO, DALI^AS
AND PORT WORTH TO v
ST. LOUIS
KANSAS CITY
and the North and Past.
Choice of Routes vitf
PARIS OR DENISON
Observation Dining Cars and
Harvey Dining Halls all
- tons Way-
W. A. TULEY, 0. P. A.
F01T WORTH, TEXAS
Going East
or North P
If SO. the Louisville A Nashlvlle
Railroad offers the Fastest Time and
Finest Service from New Orleans to
all points In the North. Bant and
Northeast. Double dally trains of
magnificent Pullman Sleeping Cara,
Eleetrlc Lighted Dining Care and Free
Reclining Chair Cara to Cincinnati.
St Louis, Louisville and Chicago, and
to Washington. Baltimore, Philadel-
phia and New York. iIhia Is the nmto
of the Fast Mall between New Orleans
and New York. Rock ballast free
from dust and dirt, and the Finest
Dining Car Service (* la carte) In the
South. For rates, time tobies and
further Information, addreas below
named representatives of
LOUI8VILE A NA8HVILLE R. R.
P. W. Morrow, T. P. A. Houston, Tex,
T. H. Kingsley, T. P. Dallas, Tex.
J. K. Rldgely, D. P. A, New Orleans La.
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8IT ON THEIR HEADGEAR.
Iritish Statesmen Frequently Fumfeh
Amusement to Spectator*.
Some amusing incidents, by the
way, have often happened in connec-
ion with the habit which members
iave of placing their hats on the seat
>ehind them when rising to make a
speech, says the Hour Glass. Often In
the excitement of making s maiden
speech, for instance, a new member
forgets his hat entirely, And at
finish of hia oration promptly sits on
hla “topper.” There was once an M.
P., who was known in the House for
a long time as “the man who sat on
hia hat,” the Incident being well re-
membered on aiceoant of the fact thst
after the laughter caused by the acci-
dent had subsided, s witty Irish mem-
ber rose and said; “Mr. Speaker, per-
mit me to congratulate the honorable •
member that’ when he sat on hia hat
hla head was not In It,” a remark
which promptly brought forth cries
of “Order!” such personal remarks
not being allowed in the House. It is
not only new members, however, who
amuse the Heuse at times by sitting
on their hats. Such old Parliamenta-
rians as Mr. Chamberlain and Sir
William Harcourt have dime a similar
thing.
A8 SHE READ IT.
Entirely Novel Rendering of Simple
French Phrase.
With the spread of education dead
languages and foreign tongues are _
no longer mysteries soluble only by '
the cultured few. The fapous Eton
boy who rendered “splendid mendax”
as “laying In state” Is but s pioneer.
Quite recently a pupil teacher, fairly
well advanced in her teens, who, at
a teachers’ center, la still learning to
read French with a furious Cockney
accent, and to decipher It, wae taken
to lunch at a French restaurant in
Soho. Scanning the menu with a
show of Interest which a healthy ap-
petite alone could hardly have excit-
ed, she was~ overheard to mnrmur:
“Canard uuvage aux petit* pole—
The duck ia savage at the few peas.”
—London Dally Chronicle.
Vaccination Known Long Age.
A writer in the Madras Mail
the following passage from
ent Hindu book, the “Sacti
them,” showing thst Jennei
ttcipated by many centuries: “Tal
the fluid of the pock on the
a cow or on the arm bets
shoulder and elbow of a hu«
on the point Of a
with it the
shoulder and elbow
inMM
, lance
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