7AttIN THE FAR EAST
PROGRESS Or THE GREAT STRUG
GLE UP TO DATE.
Conflict Not Four Month Old and
KaMla 11a Received Blow Which
Mm Staggered th Big Kmplre
I .and Battle Etpected Bonn.
The war Id the far East la not yet four
tnontb old and Russia haa been dealt
i'ow which hara given rise to a spirit
. of black pessimism throughout the big
empire. Primarily the Caar'a force et
jhihlted an unprepsredness for strife, con
sidering the aggravated nature of the ne
gotiation between th two powers,
jwhicb haa drawn on the Russian authori
tie the ridicule of the world' military
Mperts and summary punishment from
the duped, gentle-mannered autocrat Nor
la thla jet th worst Taken by aurprlse,
the. squadron at Tort Arthur waa given
a terrific drubbing, which left two of the
Beet of formidable battleships disabled
nd the morale of the fort'a defenders
considerably diminished. Since that first
i decisive blow the Japanese whom the
i Russians had derisively termed '"barbar
! Una." have demonstrated a sustained
ability and strategy which strained to the
breaking point th spirit of their phleg
matic foe. At practically every point
have the Muscovite arms been baffled or
defeated. At the beginning of hostilities
th Caar fleet at Tort Arthur numbered
even stanch battleships, aa many well-
built rruisera and a horde of smaller
I craft This force, by the persistent ham-
toe ring of the Japanese, haa been reduced
i to two undamaged battleshlpa and two or
5 three cruisers. Moreover Admiral Mak-
aroff, whose aggressive methods had re
? vived hope In the Russian breast, haa
fallen a victim to the enemy' lure, and
J paid for hla error with hla life. On land
I th Japanese triumphs, while negative In
their nature, have been none the less
; positive in effect With little or no fight-
log the Russian custodians have been
i klmost completely driven ont of Korea,
The disputed territory, and the Japanese
'outposts burn their campflrca fearlessly
on the banka of the Yalu, ready at the
proper moment to cross that fateful
j stream and precede the invaaion of Mnn-
(Churia, possibly Siberia.
1 The next move of the little brown peo-
pie Is problematical. A few military au-
thorities hold that the Japanese armies
should penetrate to Harbin, depriving the
enemy so effectually of a convenient base
of operation aa to render a repossession
of the lost ground technically impossible.
I Other expert advocate a forward niove
j'xnent only as far a Mukden, believing
ijthat should the Japanese become tangled
(.in the wilds about Harbin they would
;ibe forced to a retreat as disastrous aa
"Meanwhile the Russian Baltic fleet,
'which la the sole remaining inspiration
;'f naval Russia, la preparing to leave
i via the Hues canal for the far East, em'
, ploying devious route which will leave
the Japanese undisputed master of east
t rn waters for at least two months. This
f In a nutshell la the altuntlon.
, What will follow la sheer conjecture,
Theories are aa numerous as theorists
and Intrinsically about aa valuable. The
$nost Intelligent Russians do not deny
that their cause has been aadly weakened
and the subjects of the Mikado are pro
portionately enthusiastic. Aa a result of
this weakening, It I a safe prediction
that any aggression on the part of Rus
sia has been greatly postponed, and the
tSantntlv lncrth th WAP Annalitepiihl v
, - v 1 " m
extended. What bearing It will have on
MAP OF THE THEATER OF WAR;
LOCATION OF TROOPS OF CONTESTANTS
f Iivascr
CANAL IS NOW OURS.
FORMAL TRANSFER TO UNITED
8TATE8 MADE IN PARIS..
E3 ETO3IAW TBOOW
WWV INTEENCTfEKT
0 JtJBTinrD TLACtS
Chicago Tribune.
No sttempt has been made to estimate
the numbers of tronps assembled In the
various points Indicated on the map. In
formation ss to the sixes of the Kusstnn
and Japanese armies and detachments
has been too mrng-r to permit of even a
roughly accurate estimate.
THE RUSSIAN NAVY'S
NEW HOPE IN THE WAR
ADMIRAL SKRYDI.Orr.
Admiral Bkrydloff, the new commander-in-chief
of Russia's naval forces at
the scene of the war, whose appointment
has created much enthusiasm, haa said
to hla friendx in St. Petersburg tbnt
when he arrives In the Orient he will
attempt to unit the Tort Arthur and
Vladivostok squadrons at Tort Arthur,
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WAR DURING THE WEEK. V
RUSSIAN BATTLESHIP PETROPAVLOVSK.
oe ultimate issue Is another problem not
asy of solution. Ruaaia la a nation of
nonnoiie resource and wealth In men
Jid munitions. . The loss of a few million
bllars or a few thousand Uvea con weigh
jttle in the scale of the Indomitable poli
te which St Petersburg haa prosecuted
br the last century and n half.
I The future will be Jitermlned by the
access or failure ot Japan to sustain
je chain of victories which have charao
irlted her campaign up to the present.
has'been shown that the generals of
U Mikado and hi admirals are not
anting In mental perspicacity, and that
;s troops and sailors are hard and en-jiring-
fighter. Russia, however, is re
. ,ited to be an International bulldog, not
lowlna? when she haa been defeated and
ressing forward ever to an Inexorable
d. In the tedloua, bloody course of the
- jury which may dreg ltelf a lengfn of
iany years Instead of months, tunny
! alkies and factors now dormnn'. will
re to be played to exhaustion ere a
trmanent peace 1 established.
and use the combined aquadrons there as
a menace, to the Japanese until ri'-en-forcemeuta
arrive.
RUS3IA ltV3UE3 PAPER MONEY.
I
LAUNCH BLOWN UP.
Wenty'One Rnanlana Killed Whll
5 Laying Mines at Port Arthur.
Twenty-one men were killed .wbeu a
Wiau launch struck a RusMlan mine In
irt Arthur harbor, Friday. The
inch waa engaged in placing mines.
it news of thl latest-fatal cnrelessncss
j the part of the defender nr . the
Njntrhold was conveyed In tho folUw
e-lispstch from Viceroy Alexiell to
! Czar: "'
f 1 respectfully report to your majesty
at during the placing o' mines by some
UnJ launches Meut. Pell and twenty
U were killed through a uilne explod-
jj prematurely nuder the stern of one
j the lounche."
The 'war commission 'suppressed part
the viceroy' diapatch, which showed
ere hft niinea were being luid. It is
Meved tile launches were employed in
Wing the entrance to tn harbor in or-
to prevent tho JapancsMr fmm fon
'f an entrance and attempting to de
;iy th remaining ships. It I evident
in the closing of the er.i ranee, that
i'etoy Alexieff ha no Intention of let
in his ships go to sen attnin even
(;.iut an luferlor force, though this
"y not be the policy of Vice Admiral
i-rdlofF. who will determine on a (lnu
, operation when he asKumcs command
: .
Pot Ont $13,000,000 Against Oold
'Wayr Finances.
Russia ha made a new Issue of $10,-
000,000 In paper currency against free
gold In the State bank. At the ministry
of flnauc it vai explained that It waa
an ordinary Issue and In no sense waa
forced. Under the law paper Is Issuable
to double the amount of gold, up to
1150,000.000 gold, in excess of which
paper issued must be covered ruble for
ruble. In the State bank there is, In
rouud figures, $400,000,000 In gold, which
would permit of an Issne of $."50.0tX),
wsj in paper, but the paner issue at
present omounts to only $350,000,000.
All sort of figures of the cost of the
war are printed nbrond. The St. Peters
burg correspondent of the Associated
Press is authoritatively Informed that
the dally expenses are averaging $750,
n, aim u is estimated that a years
expenumnes for the war will total $250,
000,000. To meet this there existed I
free bnlance of $50,000,000, which was
increased to S 115,000.000 bv redact ious
or tne ornuar.v midgets, leaving ostensi
my i.j..,ikiiua0 to be found. Hut
portion or this sum Is made up by the
increased earnings of the railroad owned
by the government. It being In reality
n question or bookkeeping, how the bal
nee Is to be raised haa not yet been do-
terntlncn.
America Keservea AH KljcTjtu.
, 'on 'sn Minister l.amxdorlT lihs been
"illed that the United States reserve
' the rights he may have under Inter'
, ioiial law in the event of any Amerl-
; citijens being affected by Ruia'
' ision in the ce of war correKpon-
ts utdng wlreles teUgrsphy. This
- iallou doe not involve a pretest
jijKt Unssia a conrse, it simply reserv
whatever right may exist in regard
.it yt nnadjudicaved question of the
tt wire! telegraphy lo tlm of
Little 8ea Klahtlnir-Rnla Now tin-
able to Prevent Jap Landln.
There was little sea fighting during
the last week. The Japanese have been
feinting up and down both sides of the
Liaotutig peninsula with transport fleets.
According to the Chicngo Tribune' strat
egist, they mean to bewilder the euemy
a to their eventual Inndlng place, and,
if possible, to weary him by inducing him
to shift hi troop rapidly from one point
on the coust to another. ,.
Tho Russians will be unable to prevent
a landing. They cannot fortify aud gar
rison the entire south Manchurian coast
They will have to permit the landing,
anil thereafter try to make the Jape
sorry they ever came off the water. The
only naval exploit performed by the Rua
sinns during the week waa the blowing
up of one of their own launches, together
with Its crew of twenty-one men. The
launch was laying mines in Port Arthur
to destroy the Jnpaneso. The battleship
Pohieda, which was struck by o mine a
few minutes after tho sinking of the
Petropnvlovsk, turns out to have been
hopelessly damaged.
Tho main Japanese force Is now at
Wiju, spreading eastward n considerable
JlNtnnce, It is believed by the Russiana
that a Japanese division is approaching
tho middle reaches of the Yalu with the
intention of crossing there. The Man
ehiirlan country opposite la much less
hilly than to the west. The position of
this putative division la Indicated ou the
map with a question mark after it
It is believed that not over four Rue-
on regiments remain on the Yalu oppo-
Ite Wiju. They will try to make the
Japanese crossing as bloody as possible
nd then retreat. The Japs have selxed
the islands In the middle of the river,
hlrh at. the beginning of the week were
the hands of their enemies.
The Russian have fortified the line
roin Llaoyang to Tenguangcheng. It la
strong position, both tactically and
strategically. Lying In the hills behind
utrenchments, it will be difficult to shove
the Russians away from this line. - On
the other hand, it would be strategically
dangerous to leave them there unmo
lested and proceed across the Yalu south
westward toward Port Arthur, hugging
the seacoast. Such a maneuver would
leave n strong force in the flank and rear
of the advancing army. On the other
hand, the advancing army would not be
in danger of having its communications
cut, since its base would be the sea. Uu
the Japanese want to hold Korea at all
costs, even If they are beaten In Man-
huria. If they advanced across the
Yalu southwestward, with the Russians
ntrenched in the hills obliquely to their
rear, they might be cut off from a return
o Korea and from making their defen
live (tend there.
The Japs have a fortified line from
Gensnn across to Chinnampo, behind
which they meant to stick at all hnr.ards,
even If they hud bad luck In the battle
fields to the north.
The main Russian concentration
now supposed to be at Llaoyang. It th
Japanese forces divide into two or more
:sumimuimmu-.iumu
WAR NEW5 IN BRIEF.
J
Kamtattttamnmtxmn
A dispatch from Port Arthur report
the complete destruction of a Japanese
column on the lalu river.
iceroy AlexiefT report to the Cxa
that a RubhIhii launch, engaged In plac
ing mine at Port Arthur, wa destroyed
by one of th mines and a lieutenant and
twenty men perished.
It is said that on the eve of the dis
uster to the Petropavlovsk Vice Admirnl
Mukaroff telegraphed to the Crar tlm
he wiiH about to filit a decltdro action
with tho eneruy'a Beet.
Tho European Economist of Paris sav
that Russia is negotiating with the prio
(Iptil PYencli Imnks for a loan of $1.".0.
M 10.01 10 on 5 per cent four-year treasury
IiohiIk to tf placed at
i;umor are lu circulation that tw
beggars made an attempt to ossnsklnat
den. Kuropatktn while he was In New
chwang recently. The beggar were a
rrsieo nu ioiiuq to nave suites con
cealed. It is said they were Japanese,
Two suspected Japanese hart) been a
tested on the railroad near Vologda, in
northeastern Kussla, 302 miles from Mos
cow, with plana lu their poasession of
Archangel and th famous monastery on
th Uland of SoloveUky, In the Whit
Clear Title I Ulven Uncle bum to Pana
ma Franchise nid Rights-American
Representative Isso Htotemrnt
Fcatnre in the Negotiations.
The Panama canal strip mid the Pan
ama canal franchise are now the prop
erty of the United States. The tonus!
signing of documents whereby the title
passes to the United States took place in
Paris Friday.
W. A. Day and Charles W. Russell,
assistant United States Attorneys Gen
eral, who have charge of the negotia
tions, gave out Mi publication u brief"
statement of what Tiad been done.
The official statement says:
"The papers transferring the rights
and property by the new Panama Canal
Company to the United States hove al
ready been executed and delivered. They
will be ratified to-morrow afternoon by
the stockholders' meeting.
'The arrangement includes a general
conveyance and provisions for deeds and
resignation In the republic of Punamn
and In the canal none now under the jur
isdiction of the United States, in which
tone the civil law continues In force by
reason of the cession of the sons from a
civil Inw sovereignty. AH formalities
of the local low on the isthmus have been
arranged for and secured to the United
States. "
"The property will shortly be delivered
on the 1x11 ni us, and upon being done
the purchane price will lie imiuediately
fniii.
"The full text of the principal docu
ment will be made public to-morrow
night.
"The United States gets an unincum
bered title."
The main figures in the transfer have
been Messrs. Ho and Richmond for the
company, Messrs. Dny and RiihscII for
the United States, and Consuls Ceneral
John K. Gowdy and Roberto Lewis for
the I. nited States and Pnnnm.t respec
tively, the two consular representatives
Joining In affixing the seals and attesting
the signatures.
Following are the lending features in
the canal negotiations:
Nov. 18, V.m Hny-Patincefote treaty
permitting construction of canal across
Isthmus negotiated.1
flee. Id. 1901 United States Senate
ratified Mey-Patincefote treaty.
Jnn. 20, 1002 Great Britain ratified
.llny-Pnuncefote treaty.
Jan. 0, 1002 Pannmn Canal Company
offered Its property to the United States
i'or f -lO.O'tO.OOO.
Jnn. 0, 1!)02 Bill authorizing the con-
VALUE OF NIAGARA.
It Detraction Threatened bjr Power
Peeking Companies.
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The uppeurunce of nuother corporatha
seeking to obtain from the New York
Legislature free power privileges at Ni
agara Falls has aroused widespread in
terest. In tills connection it Is well tc
note that the commissioners of the Stnt
Park have already given warning that
some of the present companies enjoying
the privileges of thnt immense power are
unlimited in the tixe they may make of
(he fulls. It Is claimed that a possible
development of even the present com
panies would rob Niagara of one-third of
ith water, obliterate the American fall,
and leave only the deeper green floor that
curves smoothly over the brink of the
Canadian Horseshoe.
Recent figures show that Niagara de
velops 3.500,000 horsepower which no
flood or drought disturbs, the Great
Lukes acting as an equalizer of the flow.
Allowing for the brief periods during
which horses can put forth their full
force, unresting Niagarn could do' about
as much work in n year as the 18.000,000
horses of the country combined. -Jt could
furnish nearly one-third of the 11,300,000
ATLANT I C
OCZAN
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M?Jh irkf Panama Jmv!ki
yffirZs&sH?"" pacific
SMkX OCEAN- WW$
V
LOCATION OF THE CANAL.
Ink- .- ' WI J
struction of tho cnnul adopted by House
of Representatives.
June 10, 1002 Canal bill passed by
Senate.
June 28, 1002 Canal bill signed by
President Roosevelt.
Jan. 22, I'.MKi Treaty with Colombia
for the construction of canal negotiated.
March 17, 1!M).'I Colombia cunul
treaty ratified by United States.
Aug. 31, 11MI3 Colombia treaty re
jected by the government of Colombia.
Nov. 3, 1003 Pnuania revolution oc
curred. Nov. IS, 1003 Cimnl treaty with Pun
ninn negotiated.
Dec. 2, 1003 Cnnul treaty signed by
Panama junta. This was ratification of
It by the provisional government.
Feb. 23. 1!HM Panama ennnl trcnty
ratified by United States Semite.
April 22, 1004 Papers tr.'insreriing
title to canal to J'nited States formally
signed in Paris.
JUSTICES TO RESIGN.
Fuller, llurlan and Hrown Will 8oon
Leave the liench.
lmportunt changes In the personnel of
the Supreme bench are now expected be
fore the meeting of tho next Congress.
It la ktiowu iu jildiciitl circles tbut Chief
Justice Fuller, Justice Harlun and Jus
tice Rrown plan to retire.. No dote is
fixed, but It is understood that they will
take uch action within the next few
mouth.
Having passed the age of 70 years,
and having served more than ten years
upon the bench, Chief Justice Fuller is
entitled to retire on full pay. He took
the oath of office Oct. 8. 1SHS. Despite
his years, he eontiuue in excellent
health and is mentally vigorous, but it is
known that sickness iu hi funuly has
caused him much worry during the last
year. For this reason lie haa been templ
ed to take udvantage of the law govern
ing retirement and to leave the responsi
bilities of his position to a younger man
Justice Harlan will be 71, years old
June 1. He will have been twenty-four
jenrs on the bench on the 10th of uext
December. He is, therefore, entitled to
retirement with full pay, both ou account
of age and account of service. Justice
Hurlun'a health has been far from good
in the last year, and he is beginning to
show bis age more tlmu any other man
on the bench.
The third Justice who is booked for
retirement is Justice Rrown. He Is only
(i.H years of age, having lieeu born on
March 2. 18311, but he has beeu on the
bench since Jan. 5, IS', "1, and no Is en
titled to retirement because of length of
service.
BIQ FIGURES FROM THE WEST.
LAST OF TIIK KOHltTZ."
Tu funnel of the sunken gunboat aacrtflced
liy the uutMlniis at I beiuulpo.
armies, operating lu separate parts ot
Manchuria, Kouroputkin might have a
chance to throw his Liuoyang army first
at one then at tho other of hi enemy'
segments, besting each iu turu. On land
the Llaoyang concentration glvee the
RiisMlau the benefit of interior lines.
Cossack outpost have advanced unin
terruptedly to within eighty miles of
Gmisan, on the eastern coast of Korea
Thl show that the mysterious Japaues
army which landed at Gensan did not
march north, and that th reported land
lng at Posaiet bay wa either a myth or
a feint There er certainly no Japan
1 Mldltra la that TUlaity t present
Marvelous t'rotcrrti Outlined in a Few
AstouudiiiB Heiiteuct-a.
In nn iiitercktiug ar'.iele in the Hook
lovers' Mngaziue Hurold ltnlce furnishes
some astounding facts rcgtirdiug the tre
inondous growth of the great West dur
ing recent years. We append souie o
the ninHt startling paragraphs:
During 11HJ3 30,000 bonieseekers were
established ou five farm in the vast re
tfious of Manitoba. , ''
Three year ago in ope of the coun
tie of the State of Washington there
were -but 05 voter. Now the popula
tion Is 20,000 and last year the couuty
shipped $3,000,000 worth of wheat.
. Th value of gold and fish from Alask
last year exceeded $-'0,000,000. ,
During 11KX1 00,000 people wr added
to th Dooulation of San Francisco.
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mill agents for Homer.
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horsepower now iu use iu all the mills of
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As to its worth for commercial pur
poses statistics show that water power
ccsts in New Englnnd from $4.02 to
2.".0N per horsepower by the year. At
the less than a vera go price of $10, Niag
ara s power would be worth $3:3,000,000
a year, an Income of five per cent upon
ihuwhsj.ikki. a ma enormous Rum may
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nine of Niagara as a power.
Hut, remarks the Utica Globe, have
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will consent to grnnt free of cost priv
ileges that will forever ruin this sublime
spectacle, one of the world's greatest
natural wonders? It would seem as
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ie assured at far less sacrifice.
A MARITIME WORLD'S FAIR.
New York Planning; for a Memorial
to Kobert Fulton.
A maritime pageant and exposition on
magnificent wale is being taken nn
with considerable enthusiasm by the mu
nicipal authorities of New York as a fit
ting commemoration of the first trip up
the Hudsou of Kobert Fulton's steamboat
I leriiiout. A resolution approving the
susgestion aud recommending that steps
lie taken to carry it out hns been intro
duced ut a meeting of the Hoard of
Aldermen, and it looks as If New York
mij,-ht see in the summer of 1007 such a
marine pageant as would befit a celebra
tion of one ot the greatest duvs in
American history.
The expense would be comparatively
small, because the exhibits are easily
available and would be gladly furnished
by the governments of the civilized
world. The Hudson river would be the
Bcene of the display. The exhibitr.
would lie nt anchor or along a. line of
bulkhead which could be constructed at
relatively "small cost. There would need
be primitive boats of all ages laid all
peoples the raft of the Swiss lucui
t rin us, the coracles of the Welsh, the
canoes of the Paeilio islanders, the dug
outs of the Siwash, the birches of east
ern Indians and then of small craft
there might be dories, life boats, life
rafts with all their appliances and so
on through the series to the steamship.
1 here are nearly enough ships at
the unvy ylirds to illustrate the progress
of the sea defense without building or
altering, there is the old Constitution
in Hoston, which could be safely brought
oxer the still water between the day of
the fr'ste and tho number of interest
ing type extant of the ships that formed
the navy between thut port and this.
Monitors, torpedo bouts and submarine
destroyers would have to be added to
complete the display.
m rvii i f nrim i mn r a i in H
The Undersigned can muke loans as cheap as any one,
and sell real estate. Also having had many years ex
perience as an
ABSTRACTER aixd
TITLE EXflimnER
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county, and having competent assistants, he feels justi
fied in offering his services to the general public as an
abstracter.
JOHN TV SPENCER, Title Examiner,
Dakota CJty, : S Nebraska.
Dakota City Milling Co.
MANUFACTURERS OF
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DAKOTA CITY, NEBRASKA.
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Win. LORENZ,
Proprietor of
MEAT
MARKET.
Fresh and Salt Meats always on hund.
DAKOTA CITY,
Cash paid for hides.
NEBRASKA.
New of Minor Not.
Ivoniotive tniNt bought the Kogcj-s
plaut, 1'aternon, ?. J.
Harry Kehr appeared at ltnltiiiiore
with a lap don, which wore live different
tluulc.s of rildion iu one afternoon.
The wife of t'apt. John Albert Fish
was found dead in her room, New York.
It is thoiiKht lt) died from uning chloro-
fi nn.
Martin Hannen, a MiuncaKli laborer.
wa killed aud five other person were in
jured In a collision between au electric
car and a wagon.
Prince Hugo Hohenlohe. brother of the
head of the Iloheulohe-Oehringer fam
ily, married Mine. Helga, tht famous
clrcu rider, at Berlin.
JOHN
Wines and
ARENSDORF,
DEALER IN
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BOLE AGENT FOR SCHLITZ FAMOUS DEEU.
"The Bode.M TTox.rtH and Pcski-I.
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