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Show PAGE SIX. DAILY FACTS ABOUT THE JAPANESE EMPIRE POPULATION OF MIKADO'S REALM IS 47,900,000. Country an Absolute Monarchy. RulsJ . Over by Sovereigns of One Unbroken Dynasty. The War," a magazine written, printed, illustrated and published by Japanese in Tokio, gives t a glance information concerning the Japanese empire which, m the swirl and whirl of business and political life, i nay not be quite familiar to many Americans, and which, put In succinct Russo-Japane- se form, may be welcomed at this time. The offlciul statistics for 1904 giva the total population of the empire as 47,900,000, noli ncluding Formosa which is reckoned st about S.000.000. There are 4551 nobles and 2!6 persons over 11Z 100 years old, the oldest being years. At the beginning of 1903 there were 14,390 foreign residents. The theory of the government of Japan has always been that the country was an absolute monarchy, ruled over by the sovereigns or one unoroken dynasty, and this theory has always been In a sense an actuality, for, (hough more than one of these sovereigns has ruled in name omy, thcie lms always been a sovereign of the Imperial line, and he has always been in theory an autocrat. In 1881 the present einperor fulfilled a fourteen-year-ol- d promise to give hij people the benefits of a constitution. The fourteen years that elapsed between the promise and Us fulfillment were ne idle ones, they being employed In the gradual removal of ancient customs that barred the way of national progress, and In searching for intelligence and wisdom througnout the world." As a constitutional sovereign Ihe emperor remains, as before, the head, combining in his peisou all 'Sovereign rights and exercising all executive functions with the advice and assistance of cabinet ministers appointed by himself and responsible to him alone for their a ilminsi ration of affairs. There is alao a privy council, composed chiefly of whom the emperor can consult on matters of state whenever it is necessary. The declaration of war, the making of peace, the concluding of tieatlea, aie II hi the hands of the emperor. To him also belong the oiganisalion of all branches of the government serv-k-- e, the appointment and dismissal of all officials, the fixing ot their salaries, '.he granting of titles of nobility oi ranks, orders and other emblems of honor and not only the punishment ot su-nre- . rriminals, but also all questions relating to pardons, amnesties, commutation of punishments and the rehabilitation of disgraced persons. The emperor la In supreme command of the army and navy, in legislative matters he acts through and with the advice of the diet, which consists of two houses peers and representatives The summoning, opening, closing, proroguing and dissolving of the diet are ot the emperor's prerogatives The existence of the diet does not, however, limit the legislative power of Ihe emperoi at times when the diet Is nut sitting. At such times sudden emergencies may be met by imperial erdlnances having the effect of laws Only these ordinances must never, according to the constitution, change or modify any of the existing laws sanctioned by the diet. .Projects of law may be Initiated by the government in either of the houses of the diet, and either house may make this. The diet is to be convoked every year. The first session was in 1890, In the fifteen years' since there have been, owing- to dissolutions, twenty-fou- r sessions. The first ten years of the Diet may he said to have been experimental. The personnel of both houses was being trained and disciplined and t'.,e rirtnclples of party government weie being clearly established In practice. For executive purposes the government is divided Into nine department, namely: Home affairs, foreign affairs, 1 nance, communication agriculture nnd commerce, education. Justice, ihe army and the navy. Kuch of there iepartnients comprises several bureaus and is under the control of a minister of state. These nine ministers, together with or premier, form i minister-presiden- t, the ca Id net. One other official enjoys ministerial rank, but without a seat In al the cabinet the minister of the household. The ministers of war and marine are independent of iarty politics and do not go out of office ut a change of cabinet. Minister of state and governmental delegates have the right to appear at any time In either house of ihe diet and to address tlie members. in:-arl- MARINE OFFICER ARRE8TED. One of the Moat Embarrassing Casas Before War Department WASHINGTON, Aug. 1. One of the most embarrassing cases before the war department has been the arrest of Second Lieutenant Charles S. Owen ut the marine corps, on duty at the marine barracks at Mare Island. That officer was a passenger on an arm transport coming from Manila, and on landing at Sait Francisco there was some confusion at the wharf, and an army officer ordered the marine officer to stand aside. The latter, being dressed in khaki, was mistaken foi an enlisted man of the army, and subsequent proceedings on the pier led to Lieutenant Owen's arrest. There has been much correspondence between the war and navy departments. and the Incident was the occasion of a special Investigation by Lieuu Col. Sedgwick Pratt of the artillery corps and an Inspector general on duly In San Francisco. Ills report has been received by the war department along with a request from the secretary of the navy to instruct Gen. S. S. Sumner at San Francisco to make another review of the case, with such facilities of Investigation as he possesses and In view of new evidence which Is now submitted by Lieutenant Owen. Gen. Sumner has also been Informed that should he deem further disciplinary action warranted In this case he is authorised to proceed In such manner as may be justified as a result of this further Investigation. REFORMING YOUNG CRIMINALS. luvenile Court in Indianapolis Making Radical Departure In That Direction. INDIANAPOLIS, Aug. 1. The juvenile court of this city, presided over by Judge Stubbs, la making a radical departure In the matter of reforming young criminals, and the results so far have more than Justified the methods that have been employed. Of four boys who have been operated on for the cure of criminal tendencies, one has gone back to his old habits, and both the Judge and the operating physicians are convinced that the game has been more than worth the candle. In addition to the apparent reformation of the three Incorrigible boys and one confirmed thief, the parents of the four have been relieved of a great buY-dand their homes made contented and happy. POINTED UTAH STATE JOURNAL ARTICLE BY NEWELi. DWIGHT HILLIS. Text: "Thou shaft not steal." Over In North Africa, in a nook snel-tere- TEA that Delivered anywhere in Ogden. The Newsboy brings your Journal and collects your dime. Give him your orders. Want Ads Free AFTER JULY 15th THE First. Extravagance. Tne brilliant shop w indows tempt the youth to dress and show. The rich clothes of other young men stir the sense of vanity and pride. The assembly In the theater or on the ballroom floor publish the pleasures of dress. Everything tends to develop the love of beautiful things. Young men come to feel that they must live beyond their Incomes. Tempted, they forget that he who dallies Is lost. with Second. Dishonesty begins many a young husband through a sincere desire to please his wife. In her father's home Hhe had much where he could give little. She sees other girls In her set buying expensive gowns and returns home to describe their riih finery. The youth is Irritated by his poverty. Weak, he Is unable to deny pleasure to one he loves. Third. Low wages Is a fruitful cause of dishonesty. Many a young man and woman are trying to support themselves on 35 or 310 a week. The typewriter and bookkeeper work for 340 a month. When he makes up the years report he discovers that his employer has cleared 330,000 during the year. He has put In two hours to his employer's one. The tempter whlspci that all this represents Injustice. Some of the firm's treasure belongs to him. They have kept back the wages of the poor. The youth forgets that the liltle that the righteous hath is beter than the abundance of dishonesty. But once the clerk has taken the first wrong step the descent into the abyss and the hell where fear and torment dwell n ed Journal latly litalj Among the causes of dishonesty: con-'ess- 7 laxly Itah &lotr 3mtntal k. en ion-erne- THATS WHAT IT COSTS YOU TO HAVE THE d under the mountains and surrounded by rich groves of orange and palms, is a large hotel; all Its inmates are exiles from home and native land. Because that little town exempts them from arrest these guests have found therein a place of refuge. Who aio hese American exiles? They are bookkeepers, cashiers, confidential clerks, directors who have been guilty of dishonesty and with their booty have fled from Justice. Sitting In the garden or lingering beside the fountains, they are seeking to forget the past; but lol 'here are no waters of Lethe in Africa. In Mexico also there is one street given up to the exiles from home, and In a Canadian city there Is another colony of restless and heartbroken fugitives. The path upon which they entered seemed to be paved with gold, but the end of that path was fiery ashes. And more and more society suffers through similar dishonesty. Every morning the paper gives at least one story of a youth who has disappeared from office or store or bans. Companies have been organised to insure the firm against the flight of Ihe clerk. The time has fully come for writers and teachers ana parents to warn young men and women against the peril of dishonesty that always ends In disaster, shame and henu-brea- 190&. A WEEK Extravagance and Debt That Results Thsrsfrom Pointsd to as Frequent Sourcss of Laps From Virtua. almost Inevitable. FUurth. The example of the firm educates lu dishonest courses In some Instances. If the firm weave cotton threads In and sells them for silk; if Several years ago Judge Stubbs and .he druggist teaches the clerk to adulbrain terate the medicines; if the merchant representations to the government or Dr. John Kolmer, a well-knothe ad present addresses to the emperor specialist, were discussing the cases teaches the clerk to tell lies indiscovers when public business demands it. The that come before the Juvenile court. vertlsement; If the youth voting of the annual budget Is In the This led to a suggestion as to the pos- that hi employer's weights are perihands of the house of representatives. sible inability on the part of some odically short, little by little the youth The house of peers Is composed of children to control themselves, and rollers In his own character and gradnil members of the imperial family, all foum the suggestion then made it was ually becomes himself an adept in as a fine art. princes and marquises with hereditary determined to try experiments In cases stealing and deceiving Debt also leads to dishonesty. Re(enure and a certain number of counts, where the facts seemed to Justiry them. viscounts and barons, elected for peri- In all the cured cases there has been cently a very large mercantile house Deods of seven years. a depression In the skull, which af- discovered a shortage In the stock. work. at were Finally put There are also a certain number of fected the brain. The surgical opera- tectives hey discovered that there was a chain persons nominated for life by the em- tions also had to correct these of thieves organised out of the emperor in recognition of their learning or service to the state and a few repployes of the house, beginning with a clerk on the top floor and ending with resentatives of the highest taxpayers A RECORD YEAR. a packer In the basement and one of in the country, elected tor periods of he teamsters in the street. In a sinseven years. The total nuinuer ot to Due in Increase Earnings Large members of this house Is 369. gle year they stole nearly 3100.000 Good Crops and Gontral worth of goods. The man who The house of representatives has Si9 found the reason of his temptaProsperity. seats occupied by members rrom the tion in debt. He was extravagant, boi various electoral districts, elected by a money and could not pay. One secret single ballot. The electors are CHICAGO, Aug. 1. From what has male Japanese subjects of not less than already developed since the opening of if the men on the floor with him waa ihe long Illness and 35 years of age. who have paid ten ytn the railroads' fiscal year, experienced in debt through In a despondcul child. 35 his American of death in least money) a( (about conclusion In imperial taxes for one year previ-eus- ly officials have reached the hour the two were talking over their if on land; for two years if In that, barring some unforeseen disaster, roubles. Unfortunately an evil sugso gestion dropped by one fell like a spark other taxes. the year will be a record-breakon tinder In the mind of the other. Candidates must be male Japanese far as traffic and earnings are d. off subjects of not less than 30 years ot The year has certainly opened By working together they carried At of store a little week each good. age. The following are disqualifies: auspiciously. In For the first time Officers of the Imperial household, veara the current month's gross earnant, as they found another clerk in ludges, public auditors, revenue col- ings of an roads amounted to consid- another department whom they could lectors, police officials, officers in erably over 315,000.000. an increase of rust they organised their thieve! y. either of the services (army and navy), from 31.100,000 to 31.200,000 over the 'They had a chain that waa unending. priests, teachers of primary schools, rorrespondlng period In the previous Including every department In the officials connected with the elections, year. riore, from the receiving clerk to the bankrupts and all who have been or From all sections of the west tome shipper. Then came the discovery and are under criminal sentence. cheerful reports of prosperity, present expose that was Inevitable from tne The president of either house re- and prospective. Money In hands of first moment Now all are disgraced. ceives a salary of 5,000 yen (about consumers Is plenty and la being freely Ml have blackened names. Each youth 3Z.500 in American money) per annum; spent. Crop prospects are as promis- Is branded with Infamy. Across his the vice presidents receive 3,000 yen ing as could be wished for. Oklahoma forehead is written the word "Thief." (about 31.500) and the ordinary mem- and Indian Territories' gains, as com- And back of the shameful story stands bers 2,000 yen (about 31.000), besides pared with last year, are estimated at a word, that awful word Debt mother 25 per rent by conservative observers. of crimes and Infamy. traveling expenses. A member may, if he chooses, de- Oklahoma's wheat crop. It Is stated, If stealing Is a fine art. honesty aUa cline to receive a salary, and there will not be less than 15,000,000 bushels. "nines through practice. Young man, have already been some Instances of tudy how to be honest. Don't steal your employer's time. You have no more right to be five minutes late in Fiendish Suffering Ta Often caused by sores, ulcers and the morning and clip off these golden cancers, that eat away your skin. Win. drop, nr to clip off a little time at There is nothing Redll of Flat Rock. Mich., says: 1 the other end of the day, than a cleis have used Rucklen's Arnica Rnlre, for hn to clip off a little silk from the hnit costs so little, both money TTlcers, Snres nnd Cancer. It Is the of rich good. Avoid debt. Deny yourbest healing dressing I ever found." self the theater unless you ran nffoid and work, and that goes so Soothes nnd heals cuts, bums and It. Deny luxuries even to wife and sealds. 25c at Ogden druggists. mild, unless you have earned their far if it has the chance. luxury and pleasure. Earn the good er TUESDAY, AUGUST 1, Is publishing for all subscribers (without charge) all classified ads. such as SITUATIONS WANTED, HE LI WANTED, PERSONALS EXCHANGE Notices and LOST AND FOUND Announcements. This is exclusively a free advertising department for Journal subscribers, and all such are expected to avail themselves of its advantages. HELP YOURSELF things you have. Take nothing a a tree gift. Stand on your own feet. The overt act of dishonesty DwgniSi in a far-othought of pleasuie or show. Learn the Joy of frugality of saving a little and Investing It. Remember that honesty is the foundation of ff pio-perlt- St. Louis y. Given Away Free Post-Dispatc- h. The Fiench telephone service has Just accorded to the public one of those little amenities of civilisation which might with obvious advantage be extended throughout the world. In every pubic office there will henceforward be hung a white linen handkerchief, treated with a chemical solution, with which every person can cieanse and disinfect the plate or lube before using It. If he will only do so also after breathing Into It himself for several minutes, so much the better. These handkerchiefs are renewed daily. Ft. ' Louie Post-Dispatc- h. A Touching Story Is the saving from death of the buoy girl of George A. Eyler, Cumberland, Md. He writes: At the age of 11 months our little girl was in declining health, with serious Throat Trouble., and two physicians gave her up. Ve were almost in despair, when we resolved to try Dr. Kings New Discovery for Consumption, Coughs and Colds. The first bottle gave relief; after, tuking four bottles she was cured, and is now in perfect health.' Never fails to relieve and cure a cough or cold. At Ogden druggists, 50c and 31, guaranteed. Trial bottle free. 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