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THE JAPANESE CONSPIRACY, * IBIS GOVERNMENT HAS BEEN ADVISED OF FACTS. An Apology and Indemnity Will Be Demanded Should the Plans of the Conspirators Be Carried Out. Washington, June 9.-That the Japanese of the Pacific coast and the Progressives, a political party of Ja? pan, have entered into an alliance, which has the earmarks of an inter? national conspiracy, with the over? throw C'f -the present ministry in Ja? pan an the annulment of the clause in the immigration bill excluding Jap? anese coolie labor from continental United States -as the ultimate objects, ? was learned authoritatively here to? day. The preliminary steps in this scheme, it is said, will be to induce the Tokyo government to reeall Vis? count Aoki. the Japanese ambassador to the United States and to demand an apology, and perhaps an indemnity from this government for the al? leged acts of violence against Japa? nese subjects residing in San Fran? cisco. With this end in view representa? tives of the faction hostile to the Sai onji ministry have been in Washing? ton to consult with th-^ Japanese am? bassador and the state department officials regarding the objectionable clause in the immigration bill, the California school question and the re? cent riots In San Francisco. The re? port which they have sent to Tokyo, it is alleged, will form the basis of a systematic campaign to bring about anti-American demonstrations in Ja? pan and to force Foreign minister Kayshi. if possible, to demand an in? demnity and an apology on account of the Japanese disturbances in San Francisco. / "The facts became known today for the first time when it was learned that T. Takahashi, representative of the Seattle Japanese Society compa? ny. O. N?da, representative of the San Francisco society, and J. Kawakami, representative of ?he Yorozu (daily newspaper) of Tokyo, came to Wash? ington on April 21 and remained un- j til May 12, during which time they were negotiating with the Japanese ambassador looking to the annulment ' of the Japanese immigration limita? tion law. This delegation failed m its purpose, and it is stated, after charging Ambassador- Aoki with treachery to the Japanese of the Pa? cific coast and with misrepresenting j conditions co his home government, they telegraphed to Ototaka Yamao- j ka. the residential representative of j Count Ckuma, who was awaiting I their report at Seattle, Wash., with I the request that they communicated with anti-administration leaders in Tokyo. Messrs. Takahashi, N?da and Kawakami had an interview with Assistant Secretary of State Bacon on May 3. They then telegraphed Ya? mooka that they were dissatisfied with the attitude of the state de? partment and the Japanese embassy and urged the necessity of carrying the fight to1 Japan. Acting upon this suggestion, Yamaoka sailed for Ja? pan on May 14 on the steamer Aki, asd it was pointed out today that the renewal of the anti-American agita? tion in the Japanese press has begun since his arrival on May 2S. It is also believed here that he prompted the deputation of Progressives to call on Foreign Minister Hayashi for an adjustment of the government's ""ap? parent inaction and want of efficien? cy in the presence of the grave dipio- | matic questions with the United States." The report which Yamaoka carried to the elder statesmen, it is further believed here, is responsible for the attitude of the opposition newspapers in urging the concentra? tion of Japanese national efforts to? ward the settlement of the San Fran? cisco question by forcing an apology fi om this government for the alleged ir.sults growing out of the school question and the recent attack on the Japanese restaurants. Yamaoka; who brought about the alliance with the Japanese of the Pacific coast, is now one of the recog? nized leaders of the Progressives, a faction which was led by Trou Hosi. formerly minister to the United States, who was assassinated after he returned to Tokyo in 1S97 and ac? cepted a place in the cabinet. Yamao- ! I ka is described as one of the shrewd- ? est politicians in the empire and it is said that by means of public meetings and otherwise, will as leader of the anti-administration forces, continue his fight against the Saionji ministry with the view of getting control of the reins of the government for the Progressives. It is stated that he will make the charge that Foreign Minis? ter Hayashi has allowed Ambassador Aoki to pursue a too conciliatory course and make too many conces? sions in d'-ahng with the American government regarding the San Fran? cisco question. While in Washington Messrs. Taka? hashi. N?da and Kawakami were in frequent conferences with Ambassa? dor Aoki until finally there was an op-n rupture which caused the dele? gation to make the threat to the am? bassador that they would report his "treachery" to his home government and demand his recall. While no in timation has come from Tokyo that Yamaoka has requested the ambas? sador's removal, the hews of such a demand will not come as a surprise to Viscount Aoki. Dr. M. Miyakawa, the Japanese lawyer who filed the injunction suit against the San Fran? cisco school board in the school case, was consulted by the Pacific coast delegation during their stay in this city as to the method of procedure, if any. to bring.about the annulment of tho objectionable clause in the immi? gration bill. Dr. M ?yaka wa. who has been here for several weeks on pro? fessional business, today admitted that he was in conference with Messrs. Takashi. Xoda and Kawaka almost ? daily during their stay in Washington, j but declined to discuss the nature of these conferences. Ke did admit, however, that the Pacific coast envoys were in almost hourly communication with Yamaoka, who was in Seattle, j and said that at his suggestion the ? delegation called cn Secretary of Commerce and Labor Straus. Further than to admit tba*: Messrs Takahashi, Xoda and Kawakami were here to discuss the immigration law with the ambassador the secre? tary of the embassy refused to answer questions regarding their visit. Developments zn Africa. "About' 15 months ago a few head of the fine-wooled sheep of Australia were introduced on the high plateau ! of the British East Africa protector j ate," says the New York Sun. "This ; j is probably the first attempt to grow ? merino sheep almost directly on the j equator. It is said by the British sur- ? vey in that region that the experi- j ment bids fair to be successful. This ! i simply means that .the elevation of j about S,000 feet at w-hich the sheep j J are living gives the proper climatic ! conditions not otherwise obtainable in j ! that latitude. I "It is an old saying that the unex- : ? pected always happens in Africa. The ! ! remark formerlv applied to ! h.: ' < ! ! the unpleasant thing;; that were con- J ! tantly occurring. It is still used, but ? it- relates now to the realization of \ hopes and p'ans that till recently j seemed visionary and impracticable, j "Africa is the theatre now of the greatest work of reclamation the worid ever saw. It is too near us and too vast to be seen as yet in proper perspective. Few understand that the attitude ojfthe worid toward ! Africa has completely changed in ! the last five years. There are three ! reasons why the money and strength j cf the civilized world are now being j poured out in greater volume than ! ever before. They will bring about a" j transformation covering the conti? nent. "One is that the great advance in tiopical hygiene and the studies of scientific men on the ground havel proved that there are large and wide? ly distributed areas of the richest soil ! and the finest of grazing lands that jare well adapted for occupancy by j white farmers. The next year or two ! will see the invitation given to the Eu I ropean peasantry who can command a very little capital to settle in various parts of Africa, and conditions will be made practicable for them during the first years of pioneer struggle. It is found, too, that the opportunities for developing large plantation enter? prises are illimitable, and that no oth? er continent can afford better condi? tions in this line as soon as adequate transportation is provided. In many regions as large as some of the Eu? ropean states the best of soil is found to the depth of several feet. ' "It is also found that the natives can be induced to do their full share in this work of transformation. Hun I dreds of thousands of them are now :n the service of the whites. They are j doing the rough work of building the reads and railways, stringing the tel? egraphs, manning the steamboats, burning the lime, making the brick, putting up the houses, and construct? ing the furniture from hard ' woods which they make into lumber. Hun? dreds of trade schools, maintained by the governments and missionary so? cieties, are scattered from the At? lantic to the Indian ocean and are turning out effective skilled labor. Hundreds of native women, whose fathers were cannibals, are busy with sewing machines, turning out gar? ments of tjie army of laborers. The white man thinks and plans; the na? tive, under his guidance, turns his ideas into concrete form. "The third fact that is pushing all these enterprises forward with tre? mendous energy is the mineral wealth, of which new fields are being constantly discovered. There are vast coal fields not yet re ached by transpor? tation; the gold of German'East Af? rica, the gold and vast copper re? sources of the Congo State are still untouched: the iron, as widely dis? tributed as in any of the continents, is still smelted and wrought only by the native smith. "Africa has been rcgardvl as the poor sister among the continents. The loore it is studied in detail the more n?agnificent its resources appear. Na? tive labor is abundam and -T can be trained and disciplined. The nine? teenth century revealed Africa; the twentieth will open its sph ndid re? sources f'?r the good of irs inhabi? tants and the whole y o rid. I ! "These are the reasons why the 1 railway from Freetown is L'ow in ope? ration 250 miles inland, the German? [ are extending their track a half mile ja day from Dares-Salem, the Congo j State has some 2,000 miles of new : track in construction, the Cape Cairo line is operating for 2.000 miles north o. Cape Town and will reach the Con? go State this year." THE TIA GEE CONGRESS. The Hague. June 14.-The first real business of the Second Hague Conference was transacted today . when the delegate signed the proto? col of the 1S99 conference. The meet I j i:-ig lasted barely a quarter of an hour. ' but brought together the representa I tives of 45 different nations. Ey thus j signing all nations enter the confer ! er.ce on an equai footing. Joseph H. j Cheate and General Horace Porter I signed for the United States. The ! conference will be formally opened and M. Nelidoff, the Russian ambas? sador to France, be suggested as president. The Dutch government has appropriated ?40,000 for the en j tertainment o fthe delegates, which is to include a tour of Holland, recep? tions, banquets ?and a carden party by Queen Wilhelmina. A Forecast of the United States' Po? sition. Washington, June 15.-Although the instructions to the delegates of the United States; to the Hague have not been officially announced, the j Publishers' Press can authoritatively ! announce Uncle Sam's position on a number of questions. Generally speaking, the United States will en j deavor to advance the cause of per? manent peace, and wili support the motion requiring a certain lapse of time between the declaration of war and the opening of hostilties. OPPOSES DISARMAMENT. j Berlin. June 14.-An authorized I statement was made to the Pubiish ! ers' Press today outlining the policies Germany will advocate at the Hague congress. Germany will oppose dis? armament or the limitation of arma? ment, likewise any attempt to abol? ish floating mi?es. Other projects 'adverted to by Germany are placing the greatest possible limitation on contraband articles, compelling na? tions to observe a certain interval be? tween the declaration of war and the i ' ? s ? opening of hostilities. Germany will also urge the adoption of an interna? tional agreement as to the treatment to be accorded ships of belligerents in neutral harbors. ! Do Not ZSeglcet the Children. *At this season of the year the first unnatural looseness of a child's bow ? els should have immediate attention, j The best thing that can be given is j Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera and j Diarrhoea remedy followed by castor oil as dir-oied with each bottle of : the remedy. For Sale by DeLorme's j Fha'-m a cy. i ! PLOT AGAINST CARLOS. Lisbon, Portugal, C-'ur.e il.-Indis? putable evidence of an extensive con? spiracy to subtitute 3J)uke Miguel De Braganza, the Portuguese pretender, for King Carlos has been unearthed by the police. King Carlos is unpop? ular on account of his attempted dic? tatorial rule and it is reported that many powerful nobles and officials are involved in the plot. Duke Mig? uel, who is now a colonel in the Aus? trian army, has proclaimed his will? ingness to return to Portugal as king if invited. The high position of the plotters renders interference impossi? ble. vThere is no case of indigestion, no matter how irritable or how obstinate that will not be speedily relieved by the use of Kodol. The main factor in curing the stomach of any disorder is rest, and the only way lo get rest is to actually digest the food for the stomach itself. Kodol will do it. It is a scientific preparation of vegeta? ble acids, containing the very same juices found in a healthy stomach. It conforms to ?.he pure food and drugs law. Sold by all druggists. John Bunch, of Jacksonboro, S. C., fell from the third story window of the building Sunday morning and, re? markable to state, was not killed. He was sent to the hospital for treat? ment. *A11 stomach troubles are quickly relived by taking a little Kodol after each meal. Kodol goes directly to the seat of the trouble, strengthens the digestive organs, supplies the natural digestive juices and digests what you eat. It is a simple, clean, pure, harmless remedy. Don't neglect your stomach. Take a little Kodol after <=-ach meal and see how good it makes you feel. Money back if it fails. Sold by all druggists. The board of public works of Gaff ney have made arrangements to furnish the town of Gaffney with wa? ter from Limestone Springs. *A prompt, pleasant, good remedy for C' ughs and colds is Kennedy's L; xative Cough Syrup. It is ?spe : Ky recomrnended for babies and children', but good for every ni? mber .? the famiiy. It contains no opiates ?nd does not constipate. Contains honey and tar and tastes nearly as sr. . c. 9s maple syrup. Children like it. Sold by all druggists. INDIANS WANT DIVORCES. Twenty Ca-es Docketed in Circuit Court at Bonesteel, S. D. Taking advantage of the new di? vorce law that ? was enacted by the S' uth Dakota legislature last winter,, ? many Sioux Indians upon the Rose i bud reservation, following the exam ; pie of their white brethren, have in? stituted suits for divorce this spring, ; say.- a Bonesteel, S. D.. telegram to i the Chicago Chronicle. Within a few weeks twenty peti? tions for divorce were filed in the ' circuit court there by full-blooded i Indians. In most of these petitions j the defendants are charged with de? sertion and in most of the cases of j desertion elopement figured, j James Ghost Hawk has sued his squaw Eessie for divorce on the i ground that she was an habitual flirt and eloped with Walking Soldier, an Indian brave living near the Crow Creek reservation. He asks that he be awarded the custody of their child, i Mollie Three Thighs Ghost Hawk. The witnesses who will testify against the woman are Thomas Two Sticks and William Stalking Bear. In another petition Alice Good Muskrat charges that her husband, Henry Muskrat, eloped with Flora Walks-as-She Jumps, a young Indian maiden' of many charms and with a penchant for flirting, and has since the elopement failed to contribute to her support. She asks that she be given a decree of divorce and alimony of ten ponies. She also wants her maiden name, Alice High-Kicker, re? stored to her. Poor Man Star Boy sues for a di? vorce from his wife, Jennie, on the ground that she ran away and is now living with a worthless .brave, Walk ? lng- Thunder, who paid open court to her at her home. He will call as wit? nesses Three Dogs, Kicks High arid Three Moons. Josephine Dog Soldier alleges in her petition for divorce that her hus? band, Dog Soldier, bought a coffin when she was ill, and made prepara? tions to bury her. His preparations to bury her made her so angry that she made a brave fight to get well and did get well. Her recovery, she recites in her pe? tition, so enraged him that he made a vicious attack upon her, breaking hei leg and otherwise injuring her. that he threatened to murder her and by cruel and inhuman treatment fina?ly drove her from his tepee. Dog Soldier wished to get rid of her, she alleges, because he was en? amored of another squaw. After he j had driven her from his home he pressed his suit and sought to . per? suade this other squaw to live '.with him, but when she learned how he had treated his wife she sent him away. Hollow Left Hand sues for divorce from Left Hand on the ground of de? sertion. She recites in her petition that they had been married and lived happily together for a number o? years, when he grew tired of her, treated her unkindly and finally de? serted her. Picket Pin charges in the petition wherein he asks for a legal separa? tion from Mary Picket Pin that she was faithless to him and left him without sufficient cause. His Horse Standing, one of the b?st known and most intelligent In? dians on the reservation, sues for di? vorce from White Whirl Wind on similar grounds. Sweet Horse alleges in his petition that Clara Sweet Horse deserted him because she had ceased to love him. Most of the parties to these di? vorce suits are w.ell known Indians on j the Rosebud reservation and the suits j in which they are involved will be prosecuted and defended precisely as are similar suits in which white men and women figure. A Wholesome Philosophy. Absolute honesty and a definite will often produce better results without unusual intellectual gifts or opportu? nity than the keenest intellect can at? tain without these moral qualities. It would be an easy thing to quote j cases of noted men and women in whom defects of character have prac? tically nullified the most conspicuous intellectual gifts. A philosophy of life is not what we think about life, but the convictions which govern our actions. It has well been called the "working hypothesis of life." Since well-directed power is the measure of success, it is within the reach of every human being. Play your part well-be it great or small-and despair will disappear, like the morning mist before the sun. Your part is not to expend your nervous force in cynical criticisms, but in the high obligation to build on whatever foundation of conviction von may possess.--The Delineator. Pert Barber, of Elton, Wis., says: "I have only taken four doses of your Kidney and Bladder Pills and they have done for rae more than any other medicine has ever done. I am still taking the pills as I wont a per? fect cure." Mr. Barber refers to De? witt's Kidney and Ela Mer Pills, which ar?- unequalled for backache, weak kidneys, inflammation of the j bladder and all urinary troubles. A week's treatment for 25c Sold by all druggi-ts. The Kind You Have Always Bought, and which has bren in use for over 30 years, has horne the Signatur 3 of ^jrf - and has been made under his per fj? jtj^/jfl-f-^,., sonal supervision since its infancy? *<*taS7/t ''CUCSUM Allow no one to deceive you in this. All Counterfeits, Imitations and " Just-as-good99 are but Experiments that trifle with and endanger the health of Infants and Children-Experience against Experiment? What is CASTORIA Castoria is a harmless substitute for Castor Oil, Pare? goric, Drops and Soothing Syrups. It is Pleasant. It contains neither Opium, Morphine nor other Narcotic substance. Its age is its guarantee. It destroys Worms and allays Feverishness. It cures Diarrhoea and Wind Colic. It relieves Teething Troubles, cures Constipation and Flatulency. It assimilates the Food, regulates the Stomach and Bowels, giving healthy and natural sleep? The Children's Panacea-The Mother's Friend? 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