RUSSIA'S SAD WEEK.
Hoodoo op bad luck still
pursue8 czar's forces.
i)iaaater to retropavlorak Canted by a
jau Countermine-Togo Lured Admir
al Makaroff from Shelter bjr Tempt
lng Bait Bnaalans In Panic.'
The hoodoo of bad luck still pursuit
ths Rnselana la their naval operation! In
fna Kurt. Last week wai a calamitous
Cne for then Tha Port Arthur fleet,
fehich at the beginning of the war con
flated of aeren battleahipa and about the
Mm number of crultera, ha been re
Speed to two uudamaged battlexhipa and
fo two or three crul-crs. The pemistent
limmeriog of the Japanese ha ao weak
lod It that its only hope of aafcty la to
lma1n in the harbor, protected by the
ffiina of the fort, and await the arrival
"f the Baltic fleet. That fleet, on which
i hopea of the Ruaaiana are centered,
bught to be leaTing aoon for the Orient.
(The chimerical project of aendiug it by
Fay of the Arctic ocean hna not been en
tertained. The reaaela will piirau the
cuatomary route.
When the Petropavlotnk waa aunk by
S. Japanese countermine the Rnaniana lost
the beet battleahlp left to them after
jtht diaabling of the Retrizan and Crare
Jrltch. They lout over TOO men, and
motig them one who counted for more
than all the other Admiral Makaroff.
Bad be eacaped he could not, even
though a brave and skillful aenman, have
4one anything with a crippled fleet
On Friday Admiral Toko agnln bom
barded Port Arthur, to what (Mirpoae I
unknown. Prcbably the immensely
Wrong fortifications have not been riam
'Aged by hia fire. Ou thiioroBMlmi the
Russian fleet did not venture out into the
Roadstead, as it haa usually done. After
the ainking of the, Petropnvlovnk iind a
torpedo .boat, and the injury received by
it Pobleda Wednesday, no more cliuncea
rill bo taken. It is reported that Ad-
ilral Togo is still bent on blocking the
trance to the harbor by ainking mer-
KOREAN EMPEROR'S PALACE,
chant vessels. He Is one of the persist
ent men who usually-carry through their
pinna sooner or later. ,
On land, the war moves slowly. Tbnt
may be due In part to the condition of
the road In northwestern Korea. Men
Who served In the army of the Potomac
and have a lively recollection of Virginia
fcnnd will not have to be told what a drag
bad roads are on tbe movements of an
army. Tbo Japanese are apparently add
ing to their forces on the Yalu, but they
io not seem to have made a serious at
tempt to cross the river. No news comes
from the correspondents who were allow
ed to join the army operating in Koren,
nd the natural conclusion is viae trie
apapcte ore "t t ready to force the
gfitTnif. " '
t JIk . Japanese bold most of Korea.
They have a grip on the territory which
was the cause of the war. It Russia
bad conceded to Japan exclusive control
over Korea there wonld have been no
fighting. Jt Is impossible, however, for
the Japanese to stop at the Yalu, forti
fy , thomselves, and prepare to resist a
Russian attack. They must move on Into
Mnuchnrla. . The military expert dis
agree as to what should be their objective
points. It Is the belief of somo that the
Japanese forces should aud will push on
to Harbin, far In the Interior on the Nun
iari river. . They argue that It the Jap
anese, were to defeat the Russlaua and
occupy that point the Russians would
Hoi be able to find a new base of opera
tions and supplies anywhere east of Lake
'Baikal, and would be at a terrible disad
vantage when they resumed fighting next
Jefer. - Other experts aver that If ' the
apanese were to march to Harbin they
would march back from there In as bad
shape as Napoleon's troops did from
Moscow, and that it will be maduoss for
thj. Japa to attempt to go any farther
than Mukden.
The' Japanese are laying their own
plans and keeping their own counsel.
Many things the experts suld they would
do at once they have not done. They
have made no attempts to storm Port
Arthur or to effect a landing on the I.iuo-
tnng peninsula in order to isolate that
place, although apparently nothing is
more desirable. The Japanese pluu of
. PANIC IN RUSSIAN CITY,
Tladlvostok la Facing Famine and
Many Bealdeuta Have Fled.
The population of Vladivostok Is in
want of the most necessary kinds of pro
visions and iu consequeuce of Hooded
rivers which interrupt comniiiutuitioiis It
is Impossible to furnish thim iilie.
There Is also a scarcity of imme.v. Many
. Inhabitants, particularly the women and
children, are leaving the city," abandon
lug their property, which they are uu
able to sell. Half of the housci. In Vlud
Ivostok ure empty and the civilian popti
la t ion is already reduced to B.Ooo.
Authentic advices from Seoul declare
that the Japnuesu are In complete control
of Korea nnd that the Russian scouting
I l.AVA nNimi tlia Vain It.
IHIHn un i c i. ...w ...... .
fore the Japanese, who occupied Wlju
practically without resistance. -The Jap
anese army is divided Into two forces,
one for expeditionary purposes, aud the
other for ovuiation. The former, ninn
, bcrinir 45.000, is advancing to the Yulu
and the hitter, contesting of 13,000 t
ervl(s,. Is making fur-sighted commuiil
ration arrangements with the beud'iuar
ters at Seoul, where there is a garrison
of 4.001). The headquarters of the trans
' port service is at Chemulpo.
, Knilroiid buUding and roud grading Is
progresKiug rapidly. The fortllicatlon of
Knjedo island at the mouth of Mnsampo
hnrlior, which protects the southern ter
minus of overland couimunicition, also
guard the passage to Vladivostok and
Port Arthur, through Broughtoa) strait.
Forty transports off Hsiju are supposed
to bave landed part of their forces at
Takukban sod it is tbe evident intentlou
to dlw-ttibsrk a second army at You-T'ni'-o
preparatory to attacking tha Rus
t loo t i Yalu. .
.''' '
JAPS LURE TO DEATH.
Latest IHaaater to Rnaalan Warablpe
la Fnlljr Esplained.
The Japanese are lnted over the suc
cesses they have won at Port Arthur.
They are also proud of the achievements
of Vice. Admiral Togo, particularly of
nU newest strategy of counter-mining the
enemy's harbor and decoying him across
this field of mines to an eqnnll danger
ous flank attack.
The success of. the system of placing
deadly counter-mine is due largely to a
series of careful observations made by J
the .Tapsuese during their previous at
tacks on Port Arthur. The Japanese
ssw the Russian fleet leave tbe harbor
and return to it several times, aud they
discovered that the Russian warships
followed an identicsl course every time
they came out or went In, evidently for
the purpose of avoiding their own mine.
The Japanese took besrlngs on this
course. Wheu the destroyer divisions
of the Japanese torpedo flotilla laid the
counter-mines during the night of April
12-13 they placed them along this course.
The Isying of these counter-mines was
exceedingly perilous, because, If any Jap
anese boat with mines on board had been
struck by a lucky Russlsn shot she would
bsvo been annihilated.
Tbe weather of the night of April 12
13 fsvored the work. There wss a heavy
rain, the night was dark and cloudy and
the Russian searchlights slaying over
the channel failed to reveal the presence
of the Japanese destroyer. ,
Rear Admiral Dewa was in command
of the Japanese squadron which decoyed
the Russian stall over the field of mines.
Ill squadron consisted of the cruisers
Chttose, Yoshlno, Kaaagi and Takasago,
all unarmored vessel, which presented a
tempting bait for the heavier Russian
ships.
Vice Admiral Togo directed tlio flank
attack. lie had tha battleships Ilatsuse,
Mikasa, Asnhi, Hhtklshima. Yashimn and
Fuji. lie waited thirty miles out at sen
until Resr Admiral Dewa signaled him
by wireless telegraphy to come In. His
vessel then dashed at full speed toward
the entrance of the harbor. All the bat
tleships odder Vice Admiral Togo are
capable of Is speed of eighteen knots and
they quickly covered the distance.
WHICH HAS BEEN BURNED.
It is not clear what warned' the Rus
sians that they had been trapped, but
they probably discerned the battleship
squadron on the horlson and retreated
precipitately to Ihe harbor. Vice 'Ad
miral Togo did not succeed in preventing
the Russians from. entering, but did force
them to a disastrous retreat, which end
ed In the destruction of the Petropav-
lovsk and the. disabling of the Fobieda.
After these occurrences the cruisers
Muin ana jvnsuga were used to bom
bard Tort Arthur. They possess the
highest angled guns In the fleet, capable
of throwing shells to the elevated Rns
flnn land works, which are beyond at
tainment by the averase naval weannn.
Expresslona of regret at the death
of Vice Admiral Makaroff are general in
Toklo. Knn.wi,,. fn, i
.j . , oi...., i
-t ' "rf xi stv im w ii iv it aj in IllCllin
torpedo depot-ship, under the command
of Commander Oda. Oda Is a mine ex
pert and the success of the Japanese
counter-mining operations was due large
ly to hia iugeuuity and bravery.
KOREAN PALACE BURNED. '
Imperial Family Flee from Fir of In-
ceadlarjr Origin.
The imperial palace at Seoul, Korea,
was destroyed by Are the other night Yl-III-Young,
the Emperor; Empress Om,
Yi-Sl-Ek and the Imperial household ea
caped to the American legation, The Ore
wa of Incendiary oricin. The British
legation was saved by hard work ou the ',
part of the Japanese, French and" Italiau !
soldiers. These forced an entrance to the
palace luclosure and tore down tha small
er buildings Iu Juxtaposition to the pal
ace. ' .
The palnce cost about 1230,000 when
built. ' No estimate Is given as to the
value of the contents. Several of the
officials are free iu their assertions that
the Are wss the work of person recently
returned to Seoul after banishment.
These persons, forming a guild, were
bunlshed by royal edict a month and
more ago, but recently returned nnd have
since been suspected of Intrigue with pra
ltusslan Influences. However, the suspi
cions directed toward the members ot the
guild couio from those ohlclals pronounc
ed in their pro-Japanese sympathies.
Tlio Korean Emperor will occupy the
American legation for the present. Jap
anese troops are now guarding the impe
rial iiu'liiNiires and the buildings
:niu-.-.-.uunuan-.nnmaittannisi
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WAR NEWS IN BRIEF,
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.' Frequent skirmishes are reported be
tween Snkju aud Wiju.
More Russian cavalry has been dis
patched to the' far East.
' It is believed lit Toklo that fighting
haa commenced on the Yalu river.
. According to statements made by Ko
reans, the Russians are utilizing trained
dogs to uct as messengers and order bear
ers. A report from Gen. Koiiropatklu says
fifty Japanese scouts were drowned or
shot, to death In an engagement ou the
Yalu river opposite Wlju.
A. dispatch from Harbin say thut the
Pekin government is showing a more con
ciliatory spirit aud that the local Chi
nese authorities are posting neutrality
proclamations dully.
The foreign office at St. Petersburg de.
nlea tbe report circulated by the St.
James Gazette of Londou that Great
agrueut covering th. Thltwiu ..pedi-1
Britain aud Kussia bave reached au '
the death of the Russian vice admiral' appropriation measure, after a stormy but a part 'of It He T.ald- 1
naJlerorthTworVr Conan"der o M WM 8 W I "'ke " th'nki'ng'the
?awra Llew. Tthi life nZston.P" Cnte8t 0"e 0,Ver th,Jt Ma M ' tenied for children
reer Ind th 1.. tVtrihn i v? i ficlenr5r PPr,,,ria1,ii ,0 nd wom-jn-1f Is a place for men. too.
reer ana the personal attribntea of Vice .he i)enl0crots ineffectively tried to , il(.t JM-say the best Sundov schools I
Admiral Makaroff and declares that he im,n.1 l.v Ineornnratine as s lnwthri i , Minuay schools 1
I. entitled to be classed with the best I "ec,. W age disability neLon 0 " m"nngP hy e"' 5??
ndmlrala in the world - H" ulM,u,"lt' v" , 1 teach the boys. I would prefer this to
The0 kILV; M.rruf 'which participated &nJt ' S
in the latest attack on Port Arthur Is a t iJif.T T h,"',,.?, fl 1Z, ? do 1 ,nen" beln,8 oirm like men,
Xj CVl .
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The Renate devoted almost the entire
day Thursday to tbe bill for tbe govern
ment of the Panama canal cone. Mr.
Morgan'a resolution calling on the Attor
ney General for Information on the con
tract for the purchase of the canal was
referred. In execntive session the nomi
nation of W. D. Crum to lie collector of
customs at Charleston, 8. C. came op,
and went over out of consideration for
Mr. Tillman, who wa unable to apeak
because of illness. A resolution was
adopted authorizing tbe lowering of gov
ernment dams In the Illinois river. The
Kenate accepted the iuvltation to attend
the opening of the world's fair and pro
vided for representation. The House
passed the Philippine bill by a vote of
139 to 123, VV. A. Smith of Michigan
voting with the Democrat. In the de
bate Mr. Williams of Illinois predicted
great scandals from the administration of
the measure. A resolution to permit Col.
T. W. Symons of the engineer corps of ,
the army to serve aa consulting engineer
on internal improvement In the State of
.New York was passed after bitter oppo
sition by several members.
The closing hour of the session of the
Senate Friday waa enlivened by a speech
by Mr. Bailey on the subject of civil
service. In plain terms be declared him-
avfllniit that "IrlHou.afit drpBrn'1 nf
- -
civil service and avowed himself n spoils-
man. - Mr. -Hale spoke In accord wlh
much that Mr. Bailey said, but added
that Congress could not De luancea to ; rrats, as summarized in their platform,
change the law even though convinced declare opposition to trusts and combi
that it should be chsnged. Tbe Panama ; nations and purpose a check upon extrav
canal bill occupied the- major portion of agance In public expenditures, that the
the day and wa r-sssed without division. ; burden of taxes may be lightened; corpo
It wa amended so that all salaries or rations chartered by the State shall be
other compensotion fixed by the commis- j subject to regulation by the State. A
sion shall be subject to the approval of "reasonable" revision of tariff is project
the President. The postofflce oppropriu- ' . The first article In the platform
tion bill was referred to a conference 1,, for unItr n th, appiietion of Inws
committee. . The House passed the Mann without executive encroachment.
bill ordering the lowering of the Chicago
river tunnels. Consideration of the gen- j
eral deficiency bill was resumed and the
President's recent pension order was at- .
tacked by Mr. Underwood (Aln.).
The entire day in the Senate Saturday
was given to the consideration of n bill
few tlia mrwItfifiMtlnn nf tlia nirroni01lt
with the Indians of the Devil' Luke res-1
ervatlon In North Dakota for the sale of
their lands. Messrs. Dubois nnd Teller
opposed the bill because It did not pro- !
vide lor the acquisition oi tne luiius in
the reservation under the homestead luw,
and It was defended by Messrs. II ins-1
brough, McCuniber and others. No de
cision was reached. Mr. Morgan called
up bis resolution for the discharge of
the committee on interoceanic canals
from consideration of a resolution of iu- j
i i t. t- i i 1
qiiii-y concerning the Panama caiml, in
troduced recently, but his resolution was
voted down. A partial report from the
conference on the naval appropriation
bill was 'received nnd further conference
ordered. The routine work nn the gen
ral deficiency bill was nearly completed
in the House. Preceding this the Dis
trict of Columbia was legislated fofin
several minor matters. The feature ol
the session waa a speech of criticism on
Theodore Roosevelt, the Republican
Presidential Candidate." by Mr. Patter-;
son (Tenn.). A bill was passed to vail- disregard for human life is traced to
date .certain homestead entries and ex- several causes, chief of which is the pis
tend "the time to make final proofs there- tol-cnrrying liable.
n' V TEACH THE BIBLE, SAYS SHAW.
Tho Senaie Monday continued consid- Bccretury Bays Consrcsamen Should
ration of the sundry civil appropriation Be in Sunday School,
bill, but did not conclude it. Several Secretary Shaw at the new Foundry
bills were pnased. Mr. Dolllver intro- Methodist Episcopal Church in Wash
duced a resolution directing the Secre- m(rton Sunday made g plea for Bible
tary of Commerce and Lubor to make a teaching, and declared business men and
report ahowing comparisons of the inde- members of Congress should be workers
r"'..," .
,ne go-caiiea irusis ana comuines, me
measure.
taken nil further opposition censed nnd
the bill was passed. Mr. Hitt's Chinese
exclusion bill was accepted without ob-,!
Jectlon. The conference report on the
army appropriation bill was agreed to.
In the Senate Tuesday Mr. Murgnn
presented a memorial from Congo Free
State missionaries asking uu investiga
tion into the conditions in their territory.
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1 Mr iiimii-r nw rru-nvu lur nivrEUK.u- I
tlon. The army appropriation bill was
passed. The sundry civil bill was taken I
.....
up, luvoivlng the question ot additional
accommodations In the way of ollices and
committee rooms, tine provision was for
an addition to the east front of the cupl
tol and another was for an outside !en
ato o trice nnd committee building. The
former provision waa fo-jht by Mr. Ha1
con, who declared sit addition would he
sacrilege, and the latter was opposed by
Mr. Berry, who said a separate office
would be extravagant. By a strict party
vote of 147 to 104 the House passed tlje
bill providing for joint statehood of In
dian territory and Oklahoma under the
name of Oklahoma, and of Arizona nnd
New Mexico under the name ot Arizona.
Mr. Williams of Mississippi declared the
majority had no idea that the measure
would become a law at this session, as it
hud not been drawn In such a way us to
command the votes of the minority. De
nying that the Republicans hud been
guilty of bud faith, Mr. Datxctl said the
bill would take its course as a party
measure.
. In the Nationul Capital.
The Internal revenue tax of G cents
a pound on leaf tobacco is eliminated by
the terms of a bill on which favorable
action was taken by the internal revenue
sub-committee ot the House ou ways
aud means.
A pathetic message came over the
cable to the Stute Department from
I'nited States Consul Fee at Bombay,
India, us follows: "Daughter dead
p'ague; wife attacked." Mr. Fee is a na
tive of Ohio and was appointed In IX I!).
Henry Dodge of New York is vice consul
at Bombay.
By a party vote the House committee
ou ways and means voted down motions
made respectively by Representative
Williams (Miss.) aud Representative
Clark (Mo.) to fuvorably report bills
uluciug salt, coal, bides, wood pulp, sg
rtctiltura! Implements and other articles
on the free list
Mr. Ilenieuway Informed the nous
thai the. estimate of (00,000 for White
House repairs was sent to - Congress
without President - Roosevelt a kuowt-
edae. nnd the President had stated
000 was sufficient. Mr. llemenway also
.ffiSf &
i or the Tovernmeni. ne coiierni aeneiencv ...ki .ilrt.,i.i n, -.1 1
j u.,o ..... . ...... DUl tuose who are recognized in the com
mit when the vote hnd been
INSTRUCT FOR PARKER.
Now York Htate Democrat Oivo Hlns
Fall Delegation.
J ml ire Alton P). Parker la tha choice of
the New York ftate Democrate for the
presidential nomination. The State con
vention Instructed Its seventy-eifht dele
gate to vote for hlin at, St. Ixiuis. David
11. Hill's progmta went through without
a hitch. Tammany got one of the four
delegates and one of the alternate.
ftoth side, the Hill dominant faction
nnd tho Tammany minority, spoke for
harmony in the ranks in the Ststc.
Itourke Cockran, for the opposition, In
bis speech protesting against instructions
for I'nrker, urgid that a Northern man
be chosen for President and a Southern
man for Vice President.
Judge Alton Brooks Parke whom the
delegates in New York State' convention
were instructed to support for the Demo
cratic nomination for President, has long
been pre-eminent ou the benclt of the
Empire State. He Is a native of Cort
land. N. Y and was born in 18."2. His
early education, was acquired In the pub
lic schools, the Cortland Academy, and
the Cortland Normal School. Subse
quently he attended the Albany Law
School, and after being admitted to the
bar began his practice at Kingston. He
aoua ss ll .. a- M ttl-i.. S-1 A
from 1877 t0 , ttfr year be
tirrugaiv ironi tinier vuumj
coming a member of the State Supreme
Court. In 1880 he became a member of
the Court of Appeals, and ha been chief
judge of that court aince 181)8.
In 1884 he was a delegate to the con
vention which nominated Orover Cleve
land for President, and subsequently he
was offered an appointment as First As
sistant Postmaster General. His polit
ical Influence in the Isst twenty years
-"--. v iu mo I B i invuij j
has been steedlly though quietly inc
Ing.
Teas
The principles of the New York Demo-
REVEL IN BLOODSHED.
Mnrder Mania Spreading Among; the
Negroes of Mississippi.
The most serious phase of the race
problem that now presents itself in Mis
sissippi is the alarming spread of the
murder mania among the negroes. In
,h firht thrpe months of the present year
rre. wcre, no le8S thnn 150 murders In
Mississippi, 00 per cent of which were
committed by negroes, and the victims
wcre memhers of the negro race. Within
ft radius of thirty miles nlong the Yazoo
I,eI,a Rnilroad Inst week ten negroei
wcre killed. The crimes iu every In
stance originated from crap games ot
church festivals. These two forms o!
amusement seem to be running neck and
ncrl fr the honor of being the inspiring
rniiNn nf m,iir1a,.
cause of murder.
The rich nnd fertile delta is the hotbed
of tho carnival of erimo, and the plant
ers are viewing with alarm the increas
ing mania of the negro to shed the blood
of his race. Frequently it happens that
a white man is the victim, and just ai
frequnently the negro pays n prompt pen
alty for his crime. But when a negro
Is the victim, the munlerer usually es
capes in the confusion incident to th
sudden breaking up of the crap game oi
festival. The spirit of lawlessness and
" "unanr sciioois, wuicn are now tne
ony Diuppg where the Rihl Is resllv
munlty as men, the business men and
n,.nbers of Congress. I have known
many a boy who got sick because he
wante,i t0 be like a man. Boys like to
j0 wnat men do.
"Get into the Sunday school. There
you will begin a line of study that de
velops your life. Get out of the rut."
Wire Grass Twine.
Wire grass twine Is a new product of
the Northwest, which promises to re-
I- .1 1 .1. ' , a
ti ' : T ' .u I .l p y ot
Mauiltt Z ne d.,mu the wheat han-est
sessnn. I he it-irA arntt fmm m-hi.1, l).
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111 111., tn u.uuc in fciu n I. nt UlUUtWLR
and Wisconsin, and other products ns
well as twine are made from It. C. W.
Crawford ot Indianapolis thus explains
the nature of the new product:
"For the lust ten years or more," he
said, "the wheat harvest season has as
sumed the aspect of a bugbear to farm
ers who did not have a large supply of
twlue on hnnd. Without twine binders
cannot run, nnd witbont binders it is
impossible to harvest wheat.
'the only variety of twine that could
be used in the punt was the Mauila va
riety, imported from the Philippine Isl
ands. The supply of that always gave
out before the harvest euded, and the
lack of It often occasions great lose. The
new wire grass has proved to be equul, If
not superior, to Manils twine, and the
farmers may rest easy now."
A Town Without Officers.
Spokogee, a town in the western part
of the Creek nation, la the only town
of l.ooo population in the territory that
hna no towu officers. The people there
sny they have uo need of officers, and da
Uot want any. They pay no taxes, and
whenever tbey want any public"improve
ment they call a meeting of citizens and
raise the money. A deputy United
States marshal ia located there, aud la
all that is ueeded to keep the peace.
There is not a - gambler or gambling
house iu the towu, aud the people will
not permit tin in. They needed a school
house, so the people got together and
built a good two story building for that
purpose.
V.lfe Cheap in Chicago.
l.oudon has three times the popula
tion of Chicago, yet in 1002 the former
had twenty murders to Chicago's 136.
Of the london murderers 111 were ar
rested. Four of them committed suicide;
uine were sentenced te death and exe
cuted without delay, and three were
found Insane. Not a case remained
peudiug In the court at the end of tbe
year. In Chicago only one murderer was
hanged, of the US arrested. 1 Of these $4
were convicted, 0 of them glvea. life iut
prisonutent aud the rest glvea short
terms iu prison. A remarkable thing
la that 41 murderers escaped leaving
ot tract. of t"1? Identity
s,,T- & d.'. s i -w r. ri TS..SS
These ar the days when all the little
rivulets v obtain recognition. Pittsburg
Press. ,
The giand jury is forging to the front
ss the nation's paramount institution.
Milwaukee Daily News.
Flour is going so high that paste dia
monds may soon be worth more than the
real. Cincinnati Times-Star.
There is one ambition left to tha bill
ionaire, and that is to be able to trire
bis clothes with radium. Columbus DU
puteh. It seems now that Cofigress and the
postal department both live iu glass
houses and both throw stone.. Atlanta
Journal.
The purification of St. Louis politics Is
not only an Iridescent dream, but a hor
ribly fictitious nightmare. SL ' Louis
Globe-Democrat
J. D. Rockefeller says that golf lis
made him feel twenty years younger.
Promising for Chicago University. St.
Louis Republic.
- It Is now generally believed that next
to Ohio, Satsuma, Japan, is the great
est breeder of great men on earth. Cin
cinnati Times-Star.
Proof readers with a working knowl
edge of tbe Russian language should
command high salaries from now on.
Boston Transcript.
A Baltimore young man claims to he
able to talk 05,040 words an hour. His
political debut cannot be long postponed.
Washington Post.
The Democracy is taking so much time
in developing a candidate 'that be ought
to be a fine specimen when he material
izes. Washington Star.
The New England undertaker who ad
vertises himself as a "mortician" is try
ing to put the English language under
ground, too. Philadelphia Ledger.
European editors continue to sueer at
the Monroe doctrine, and European gov
ernments continue to treat it with the ut
most respect. Kausn City Journal.
The rise in the price of camphor balls
Is regrettable, of course, but the high ball
remains serenely perched on the usual
price. Cincinnati Commercial Tribune.
A Harvard professor declares thut
football Is breaking up study. Hereto
fore it has been content to break up
and mutilate students. Washington
Post.
The man in Cleveland, Ohio, who has
been eating match beads would be in a
sad fix if they should obey the tendency
of the times, and strike! St. Louis
World. .
What next after a great financier pro
ceeds In court against his wife's brother
for alienating his wife's affections? This
ought to approximate the limit. Boston
Herald.
' Secretary Taft says It will be many
yenrs before the Filipinos will be fit for
self-government.' Sometimes we might
envy the Filipiuos. St. Louis Giobe
Democrat. Bunnu-Varilla says the building of the
rnnal will take seven years; but Uncle
)Sam and Jean Crnpoud are somewhat
different when it comes to doing business.
Washington Times.
The "Niederoesterrcichische Gewerbe
vereln" of Austria is coming to the
world's fair. The information bureau
will have a specinl clerk during the visit.
St. Louis Republic.
Aha! now we know why Uncle Andy
Carnegie hus been so eager to give away
his money. It has been discovered that
all money has bacillus staphylococcus on
It. Augusta Chronicle.
Korea has recognized Panama, but it
is greatly feared that Pnnnma will be
unable to recognize Korea after the war
ring powers retire from her territory.
Cievelund Flain Dealer.
A Swiss gentleman says that he has
an electrical Instrument that could kill
off an army at one shock. The man
must be an opponent of the pension sys
tem. Topeka State Journal.
The reduction of half a cent a gallon
in the price of refined oils must be a
great blow to the hopes of President
Harper to make it reully a "great uni
versity." Indianapolis News.
It is stated that prominent women In
New York have formed a guild for solv
ing the servant girl problem. But the
servant girl is not a problem, she is r
riddle. Philadelphia Evening Item.
RELIGIOUS FANATICS.
) welters on a Maine Island Who Want
to Kill Their Children..
FunatlcUin is ruuning riot on Bealu
,'slund, near Joncsport, Me. The mem
crs of the Holy Ghost nnd Us Society,
imong whom revivals were recently eon
incted, believing that they huvo been
commanded by God to make human sac
rifices aud that they bave the power of
restoring life are making prepurutioni
to slaughter children. One woman who
tried to kill her children, after announc
ing at a revival thut God had ordered
lier to make the sacrifice, has been ad
lodged insane nud brought to the Eust
rru Maine Insane hospitnl at Bangor.
During the revival she called out that
the voice of God had told her that a
certain dog must be killed. The animal
was quickly found and brought into th
meeting bouse, and there slain. No soon
er wns this done than she again uross
end said that sho had received another
divine command that a cat in the vil
lage should be put to death. The execn
tiou wus carried out exactly as iu the
case of the dog.
A third time she arose. "The God's
voice tells mo thut I must kill my baby,"
she cried out. Her lat utterance was
not so favorably received, although sev
eral In the cougresition were eager to
second her in the design which she her
self tried to carry out, and she waa only
preveuted from doing it by some of the
more calm in the building. The discus
sion which followed became furious nnd
the meeting closed Iu a riot.
Women Who Want to Wed.
Rev. Charles W. Suvidue, of the Peo
ple's Church, Omaha, Neb., is being
Bwaiuned with letters from women in
all parts of tho country who ure eager
to ne a wire 10 me ricu ranchman In
western Nebraska, who several days ago
journeyed tp Omaha on purpose to re
quest the preacher to fiud him a spouse.
"I bave 1,000 acres of land, 3.000 head
of cattle, and hundreds of horses, but no
wife." he said, and added: "If on nlll
fiud me one, 1 will pay you handsomely
for her."
'The atory of the ranchman's singular
offer was wired to newspapers through
out the eountrv. and letters hava hw.n
ponring In from all directions. Thus fsr
air. eaviage ass receivea letters from
V womeu who describe themselves i
pretty blondes, 173 aa brunettes, 75 i
widows, 80 as divorces, aud SO aa spi
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ife flour milled in Bioux City, onr retail prioe will be aa low or lower'
than you'll hare to pay for the poorer kinds elsewhere. We are the
?f mill agents for Homer.
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Buys our No. 76 1T Concord Harness, without collars.
Oood wool faoed team collars, $3.50 per pair.
$28.5
Bnys our Xo. 79 1 Concord Harness, hand mado, and first
class, without collars.
JJ1375 For lftrgo Horse Clipping Machine.
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STURGES BROS..
411 Pear Street,
111 ESTATE LOANS. ' i
The Undersigned can mke loans as cheap as any one,
and sell real estate. Also having bad many years ex
perience as an
ABSTRACTER aivd
TITLE EXMIXER
makes him very familiar with the records of Dakota
county, and having competent assistants, he feels justi
fled in offering his services to the general public as an
abstracter. .
JOHN T. SPENCER, Title Examiner, ;
Dakota. City :
Dakota City Milling Co.
MANUFACTURERS OF
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Highest Price Paid for Grain.,
DAKOTA CITY, NEBRASKA.
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Wm. LORENZ,
Proprietor of
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DAKOTA CITY,
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DEALER IN
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