W. P. MARSHALL, Editor ud Proprietor. DEVOTED TO THE PROTECTION OF HONE
VOL. XXV.__ QA9TQNU, N. C„ TUESDAY, FEBRUARY lfl,
MILITANT VLADIVOSTOK.
Output of tha Koasiu Adnact
to tha Par Cast—A City Which
Ip laprotaabla to Auaolt Iron
tha Saa—A Port ol and tor tho
Kuaalana.
Chatlastc* Newt and Couritf.
Entering any of the many
harbors of China, one becomes
immediately aware of being in
the land of Johu Chinaman by
the numerous pagodas, fishing
villages and harbor caft that
confront the eye at every altera
tion of the ship's course, says
Ernest William Hewson in the
Bostou Transcript. The very
atmosphere is redolent of that
peculiar aroma so characteristic
of China.
Vladivostock differentiates it
self in many ways from other
Oriental cities. Japanese, Chi
nese, Coreans and Russians are
the predominating classes, and
they have built a city arcnitec
turally rude in character, but
impregnable to assault. The
harbor entrance from Peter the
Great Bay resembles that of San
Francisco; not only are tbe en
trances almost identical in form
ation, bnt alto are the names;
you pass through the (k>lden
Gate at San Francisco, and enter
the Golden Horn of Vladivostok.
RUSSIAN STRONOHOLD.
The first Russian stronghold
constructed in the far Bast,
Vladivostok stands to-day as the
pioneer ontpost of Russian ad
vance into that region. Situated
on a gentle slope ot hills on a
curve of the Golden Horn, the
city is so screened as to be en
tirely concealed from without
the harbor. Owing to the strat
egical position of the many small
islands lying in and about the
harbor, heavy pieces of ordnance
have been mounted on command
ing and advantageous points to
insure safety from a sea attack.
While in the city the writer
counted forty-three fortified po
sitions protecting the harbor en
trance.
Vladivostok (pronounced
VJad-e-vo’-stock) is essentially a
port of and for the Russians.
This is manifested in a marked
degree by the absence of English
speaking clerks in the hotels aod
commercial houses, which is not
the case in any other part of the
Orient. The Russians do not
encourage immigration of aliens,
but supplement the popnlation
by sending numbers of their own
people out either by steamer or
across Siberia by the great rail
road.
The city bas probably the poor
est hoiel accommodations in tbe
Bast. These places look sump
tuous and comfortable from with
out. bat experience and contact
within these self-styled hostel
ries bas unmistakably proved
that tbe Muscovite bas yet much
to learn concerning the manag
ing of hotels. The English
speaking traveler enters the ho
tel to discover to his chagTin
that tbe hotel staff has not been
coached even in the simplest
English monosyllables. Taking
into consideration tbe lang
uage of Russia to be an accom
plishment requiring strenuous
labor to acquire, it is obviously
certain the poor foreigner who
chances to come into close quar
ters with a Vladivostock hotel
will not better his temperament
by remaining too long a time.
MIUTAKV CITY.
Vladivostock is a military city, i
Commercial houses thrive there.
Asiatic Aliens have settled in
great numbers, but above the
clattering of commerce, the con
fusion of tongues, the click of
machinery, is beard the voice of
the military. The houses of the
lover class art squalid and dirty
justly fitted to shelter those
whose ideas on cleanliness are
in strict accord with the condi
tion of tbeir abodes. The streets
are like the houses; dirtv, dasty
aad the receptacle for the gar
bage of the poorer cl ss^s
A drive over the roads of Vlad
ivostok is both instruct!* t and
exciting, and affords one e suffi
ciency of exercise that even sev
eral hours of physical culture
could not induce. The favorite
mode of conveyance is the "isi*
wauhriick" or four-wheeled ve
hicle, oloeely resembling the vic
toria, with the exception that
one hone ia hitched between the
■bafts and another to the aide of
the nrat horse, bat onttide the
•baft The Coasack driver,
perched unconcernedly on the
seat, in the green coat and tmifad
red sleeves, forma a ludicrous
picture to the non-resident. The
traveller anticipating a delight
ful drive, takes his aeat in the ve
Mcle, aod almost immediately
the bores, at a word from tba
driver, with a leap ta off. Tka
Coaaacka are yery proiclent in
driving aod handling thee* con
veyances. They start the ami
mats very qnickly and stop them
with a suddenness anything but
pleasant to the passenger. They
are dangerously reckless iu driv
ing. and one must be gifted with
considerable temerity to under
take a drive, especially on the
roads of Vladivostok, where the
prevailing conditions make driv
ing rather more of an experience
than a pleasure.
RUSSIAN OHFICURS.
In every hotel buffet, corridor
and balcony one in confronted by
the Russian officer; well built,
natty, dignified and doubly proud
and conscious of the fact that he
in a servant of his lord, tbe Czar.
The word "Czar” is seldom used
by the Russians; they speak of
their monarch a* Emperor.”
Tbe Russian officer comes al
most invariably from the well-to
do or aristocratic families, and
supports himself from his private
income. He conld not hold his
social position otherwise, as the
Ccar does not pay his. officers
any too well.
Just the reverse to the officer
is the Russian soldier, an inher
ent disciple of filth, dirt and
squalor. He ia irregular of fea
ture and big of physique, bat bis
stupidity is most pronounced and
strongly verifies the fact of gov
ernmental neglect of tbe lower
classes in the matter of educa
tion. Bnt stupidity, however,
has its moments of relaxation,
even in a Russian soldier, brut
ish and ignorant as he is. Tbe
following incident, which hap
pened in Vladivostok during the
writers’* sojourn there, will tend
to illustrate the feeling* of ani
mosity against the Japanese
which at present prevail through
out Siberia and Manchuria.
There are numbers of Japanese
in Vladivostok following various
vocations, and short a* they are
they are not too small in stature
as to be seen and ferreted out by
Russian soldiers who take fiend
ish delight in handling them
roughly and intimidating them.
One afternoon a short time ago,
a big, burly, Russian trooper,
coarse and bloated in face and
figure, and a beard that none but
a Russian dare exhibit, strutted
up Id's little almond-eyed brown
man on one of tbe main roads
and demanded of him his pass
port. The Jap, not being gifted
in the language of tbe country,
explained in bis best English,
accompanied by a duff ot tbe cap
and a sweeping bow that he left
his identification papers at home,
whereupon the Russian, probab
ly becoming incensed „ver the
politeness of the Japanese which
possibly looked to him as affect*
ed, seised the little subject of
the Mikado about the neck and
violently shook him until his
head actually rattled, and
marched him off to headcraarters
in the meantime mattering be
tween his teeth in tbe most
broken English imaginable: "By
and by fight, eh?”
WATCHING JAPANESE.
Since tbe advent of the pres
ent Russian-Japanese embroglio
the Russian officials in Vladivo
stok snd elsewhere in the Orient
have spared no pains and trouble
in keeping a close watch on the
Japanese m tbe country. It is
well known to the officials that
there are many Japanese within
their city and thereabouts acting
in the capacity of merchants,
but who are in reality Govern
ment spies. Because of these
stringent measures adopted to
keep tbe wily Jtp from seeing
too much there have been fre
quent clashes between both Rus
sians and Japanese, imprisoned
Japs and oftentimes recourse to
the Miksoo's diplomatic repre
sentative which has resulted in
many cases in tbe alleged offen
ders being sent out of the coun
try.
The Japanese find it exceeding
ly difficult to move about in any
part of Siberia or Manchuria
without the Russian officials be
coming cognisant of the fact.
This Is the main reason why
they (the Japanese) are entirely
at sea concerning the quota of
Russian forces at present in the
far Bast.
If the Russians are ferreting
out the Japs in 8iberia and
Maucbnria, they are also losing
no time in studying tbn strate
gical zones of the Japanese Em
pire, through the medium of
Government agenU, who may be
either Germans, French or Kne
liahmen. The roost important,
fortified positions in Japan are
the entrance to Nagasaki harbor,
at Shicnoloseki,the southern en
trance to the Inland Sea, the ex
tensive positions on the Island
of Awaji, which command the
northern entrance to the Inland
Sea, and the line of works com
manding the entrance to Yoko
hama and Tokio. These posi
tions are of vital importance to
the Japanese and they allow no
camera or sketching within a ra
dios of several miles of-aoy bat
tery. Duriug tbe past few
months several foreigners who
happened to be fa the vicinity of
certain of these positions, were
taken into custody and had con
siderable difficulty in sccnring
their release. The Japanese
alarmist press spread the report
throughout the country that sev
eral Russian spies had been de
tected in making maps of forti
fications, and had been arTested.
Not a little excitement was
caused thereby. So suspicious
have the Japs of late become
that auy foreigner who happens
to be in a district little frequent
ed by foreigners is shadowed and
followed by soldiers and police
in disguise until he makes his
way back to one of the open
ports.
While tbe writer was standing
on the deck of a small steamer
in the little land locked bay of
Nagasaki, previous to starting
on his trip to Vladivostok, there
came aboard an elderly
mir, slovenly In appearance
and unkempt of face, who took
passage in tbe steerage. When
the steamer arrived in Vladivo
stok this person was one of the
first to disembark. Tbe next
afternoon the writer was greeted
with a most profound bow from
a Russian colonel of infantry,
and recognised in bim the indi
gent and impecunious individual
who staggered aboard tbe ship
at Nagasaki—a spy.
Nr. Whitney's NiimcIminMi
EiIiU.
VortiTilic Kaquirer.
People at Washington, Maas.,
are especially interested in what
will become of tbe vast estate of
Wm. C. Whitney on October
Mountain. In 1886, Mr. Whit
Dey bought over 12,000 acres of
land adjoining Lenox and spent
$60,000 a year in making it into
a shooting park. At great ex
pense he placed there herds of
buffalo, moose, elk, and deer,
flocks of Angora goats and aheep,
pheasants and partridges. He
stocked the .lake with bass and
tbe brooks with trout. On the
top of October Mountain was
the lodge, which was an ordi
nary farmhouse where a retinae
of servants was kept tbe year
ronnd. Mr. Whitney stayed
there only a few weeks in the
year. The house is one of the
highest points of the Berkshire
Hills. Prom its piazza one can
command an extensive view of
valley and woodland, besides
seeing the unusual sight of
buffalo and moose roaming at
will over the paatorea. The
estate which comprised twenty
four farms, was in charge of a
superintendent. Many former
owners of the farms were al
lowed to occupy their houses
and to work on the estate. Mr.
Whitney in late yean bad lost
interest in bis immense preserve
and many of tbe wild animals
had been taken elsewhere.
Senator Hanna, who is ill in
Washington with typhoid fever,
is growing weaker.
Hurrah for Lincolnton! It
voted Thursday overwhelmingly
for $30,000 of five per cent water
works bonds.
how to srmiimiM.
Leading Scientists and Sacial
agista Answer the Onasttsn—
One Pragoaa* i Trig I* Ike
Narth Pals, Another tks Study
at hgi.
Chicago Tfibogf.
New York. January 24.—
Several memben of a local club
were discussing the recent ad
vances made in acieuce, when
one propounded this question:
' Wbai would you do if you
were left a legacy of $1,000,000.
the atipnlatiou being that yon
must expend it in accordance
with what in yonr opinion would
be of the moat value to science?"
On the apnr of tbe moment
the question was framed in
writing and a copy of it sent to a
number of leading scientists of
the country, with a request that
tbev tell wbat they would do
with the money if it should be
left to them under like condi
tions. Many replies were re
ceived, from a few of which
excerpts are given:
JAMBS WILSON,
If nun o4 AcrivmHon.
I have, directly and indirectly,
56.000.000 to spend now in toe
interests of science. At the
rate the United States borrows
money it would take an invest
ment of $300,000,000 to produce
that suns. I have as much in*
come as the combined incomes
of five of the greatest universi
ties in America, but if I bad
$1,000,000 a year more I would
spend it along the lihe of teach
ing people who live by working
in the fields with their coats oS
the science that relates to agri
culture. More is being done by
this country to help the farmer
than by all other countries on
earth.
ROBERT B. PEARY,
Naval OAcer and Arctic txrUfei.
With $1,000,000 available for
exploration one would naturally
turn to the largest unknown
areas yet remaining upon tbe
globe. These areas, - two in
number, are to be fouod at the
North and South Poles. In tbe
former region about 3,000,000
square miles and in the latter
some 6,000,000 square miles are
absolute terra incognito.
For the sum of $1,000,000 with
the utilisation of modern
methods, these two large un
known areas could be eliminated,
lu both regions the pendulum,
raeterological, magnetic, and
other observations, taken at
points of maximum flattening of
the terrestrial spheroid, would
supply data for a final* rigid
determination of tbe actual
figure of the earth, and for a
clearer definition and more ex
plicit application of the laws of
terrestrial meteorology and
magnetism. Possibly there
might be larger financial returns.
It it premature to say that there
are Hot unknown rookeries of
fur bearing seals in the south,
or new whaling grounds in the
north.
ROBERT HIDCWAY,
Ornifbolorlat af Halted Bute* National
atinw.
First.—Purchase such orni
thological publications as are
not readily accessible in this
country.
Second. — Careful selection,
outfitting, and sending to tbc
field experienced collectors for
tbc purpose of thoroughly ex
ploring special geographic areas
on the American Continent and
islands, especially certain of the
Wast Indies and the leant known
parts of Ceotral America.
Third—Purchase from dealers,
collectors and private owners of
all collections- specimens that
would iucreaae the value aa a
basis for ornithological research
of collections already existing in
the United States. The books
and specimens thus secured,
preferably in combination with
those o f whichever establish
ment or iustitntion in tbc United
Statea may be already the moat
complete in this respect.
Fourth.—Publication of re
sults.
KCXBKRT max SMYTH.
rmimmt Otwfc Utancmn M Htmri.
The most beneficial disposi
tion of the sum in question, to
my mind, would be to provide a
fundamental endowment, and
that this should preferably take
the form of a university press.
By this la meant, not a vast
printing establishment, like the
Clarendon presa. at Oxford; but
an association on one hand of a
limited number of men conver
sant with the technical and
financial side of printing, and on
the other of a committee of
scholars and leaders in scientific
researches, to be appointed by
the presidents of the chief Am
erican universities. The doty
of this body should primarily be
the publication of books of
marked scientific value, bat un
remnnerative by itfino of their
character. Such a university
press should be open to the re
public of scholars—not restricted
to members of a few universities,
as is now the case.
JACOB BUS.
Aatbor o< "How the Other Hall Um
A* It is wholly improbable
that anybody will give me a
million dollars, 1 have not been
able to bring myself to think
what 1 would do with it if U
came. I think 1 would a good
deal rather not have a million
dollars. I am getting too old to
bother with things 1 do not un
derstand. I cannot tell yon to
whom to apply for that kind of
information. Moat of the neo
ple whose possession of n mil
lion dollars wonld be worth
much to anybody besides them
selves are too basy now trying
to do some of the things money
would help them carry oat.
The opinion of others yon don't
wsnt.
JOHJC B. SMITH.
If a million of dollars would
be placed at my disposal I would
work along the following Uses:
Determination of the life his
tory of even' insect parasite
upon man and upon warm
blooded animals generally.
A study of organisms round in
parasites when taken under
natural outdoor conditions and
tbe effect which these organisms
would have upon a* boat. A
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