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About Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921 | View Entire Issue (March 23, 1905)
. . . . . . . , " - . , , , . . . r ; ; : ; - . HAD TO GIVE UP , I : Suffered Agonies . .from Kidney Disol' ' 4' den Un"tll Cured bV Doan's Kidney Pills. - : : Gf'orgo W. RenoIT. ot 1953 North . : : : , ' , ' " 11th St. , Phlla. < : ; ft , i \ delphIa , Pa. , a . \ , man of good rop' . ' 'r , " . . . . uta l0 \ n . and , : ' , ' ' 'j' stnndlng , wrItes : f' "FIve years ago I WI\R Burrerlng so with my bacl < and Iddnc'B that I often had to Iny ' . ' oft. The kIdney t \ , . ' secretions w 0 I' 0 unnatural , m"l : Cs : ; : md ntoma'h were swo11on , and I had no aplletlto. When doctors ( ailed to help mo I began'nslng Doan's : Kldne } ' Pills and 1t1lpro 'ed utitll mf bac ] { wns strong and my npIJetito 1'0' turned. DUt'lng the four ) 'ears since I stopped using thcm I have enjoyed -ex'el1ent health. 'rho cure was permanent - manent , " ( SIgned ) , George W , RenoIT. A TRIAL FRI E-Addr ss Foster- . , , 1\1lJ\lrn \ Co. , Duffalo , N , Y. For snla y an dealers , PrIce , 60 centa. . , 1 Owns Costly Book , The Dul < e or Dovonshlro possesses , . . . . , a.n heirloom , Clalldo Lorralno's , ' 13ook of Truth , " which Is ! raid to be .cIte ot the rarest , nnd most valuable \'ollllnes In Europe , It Is worth sIX I tImes as much ns the "i\lazarln" BIble , the most cosUy bool < that tho' Bl'Itlsh Museum can boast , The tormeI' DIlI\O refused an offer of $100,000 tor ' ; , U. . . . Frightful Capacity. l\tr little sistoI' 1\Iarlon , when COliI' . , ' " J'ears olrt , war feedIng some greedy . : , Z . - hens in' the bace ] ; yard ono day at , " noon. 'Sho was called to dinner. and , " , " , . ' / I Dn taltlng her chall' at the table , ex. , ' . r ; Ialm d : "Uh , mammu , I'm as hunry ! , : ' , \ : as a chiclcen with a huudred tongues , " Comments on the Wildcat. t A wildcat waR caught In a trap in Rosshlre , Scotland , recently , and Is to be careCully f1tuffed and preserved , l'he Westminster Gazette says a wild. at Ig "beautiCully rcnmrlted , " and lldds that "It Is moro dangerous for .game or man than the Cox , " ; Duck Is Natural Surgcon. r A hunter who lives at Kustrln , Ger. - ; , , man ) ' , shot and wounded a wild 1luct ] ; When he ( 'a me across It , acter a Ion ! ; ' search , he fouud that it had tried to : stay the flow of blood under th wing by tumng In a number of grass. blades , - , Sermon on Cleanliness. Once a year the archbishop of Tuam 11reaches a sermon on health and . cleanlIness , The natlona ] board ot the athollc Truth society of IrelanQ , has IsfrUed , a sanitary sermon as a pamphlet whIch sells at ! I. penny. . , ) " . Greatest Slaughter of Officers. The greatest proportionate loss of ( ) lficers to men In any battle was at the capture of the Rod an , In the Cri. mp-a. where three omcers were lost to < IITOr ) ' twenty.two men , . . . . Applcs In China. Apples , In central ChIna , are soft , ] a'k fiavor , and have no ] eeelJlng qual lUes , Imported American varieties are doing comparatively well , but soon lose theIr best qualities. ? . If : rou can't attend the heavenly . . ' " , feast because ) .ou've got a now ) 'olto of oxen. tale the oxen along for the fMflt.-E , G : Holdon In ' ' 'fho Sunday Magazlno. " You may have obsen'ed that certaIn people who believe In sa Ing only tiome are said to be lucley because the ) . have good sonse. T cro is no stage oC lIfo In which , , 'e nre saCe : the 'onng are Impetu. ous , the mhhlle-aged tubborn , the old weak-aU dangerounlshop Hall. Every great man Is always bolng , helped by ever 'body , for his gift Is It to get good Ollt of aU things and all persons.-Rusln ] , , Ve have alt heard of wolves In sh < , ep's clothIng , but the wolf at 'the I door generally comes disguIsed as a bill collector , I When a woman talls a grelt : , deal about a cortf ln man Rhe wants others t thlnl , that it Is purely a case of aCt cldent. , The v ry art of liCe , so far as I have been able to observe , consIsts I l forti , J , t\ll and perseveranco.-Walter Scott. . \ - II Defiance Starch Is put up 1G unces , , In It package. 10 cenlR. One-third more ttarch ( ol.the same money , Prohably the undertaler looles sol , emn at n funeral because ha 1lI : afraId he wl11 not get his money , i r do not bolfovo Plso's Cure tor Consumpt\on , bn , nn cfulII for coushs IInd col s.-Jom' 10' -A lJoTlm , 'l'rlnlty Springs , Iud. , Fob , 15,1001 There would be no debtors iC prom , ises were ] egal tenders , I ) " \PINAL CURV A 1UI { [ ; C ! \ be C.sre ALSO OT 1En DErORMITjiS ; , Write or ell 11111 office for free Inform : ! ' 1 lion , lli h"st testhllonialsfrolll PIOCI' ' n'Jlt 6talcsUlen , 1I11l11hysicianti , , Can mlt rour Fllmily DOClor. No hlnces ( ' 1 1I'phanccs used. Treated successtullJ " by mall , Sis ) 'ears' eSJ1erlence , , I he WornQ1 Qrnmtlc tI Ortbopedlcillt ' ) llght ISOl. , . . . . INCO O &TtD CA IUL .000.00. 1 IOTO 21 ARLINGTON . . OMAHA. NEB. tfEWH < ) 'sNN6IJE f. .u.e'Tl t mTCU : V 'B l1ND ER S1RAlGIII5 CI6An ALWAYS RELIA I.E l'ullr Jilt/tier ur , lIrect nuw 1'8clor ) ' , l'eorl. . . , lU , I I I / ' , . - . ' - " . . . , . . . , . , I ' . , : /I . I . . . . , . , . Warsaw a Milk Town. The town ot WarAaw 11111) ' bo cnlled the mille IJfoducers' 1dln , although the mille con8umol'8' glloll It cert'1lnh' Is not. 'rhl.'r \rohahb. \ ! . nowhere : su'h a "mill , town" as thIs. Hestau. rants'm'o lIttle Croqllonted , On the ether hnnll , the IJllhllc frcquent the mrlous diarIes In great numh'rs In order to 'cltat with frlclld or read the newS panel's : to the accol1lllanln1'nt of a black or whlto correo or n glass of cold 01. warm mille. , - - - Retort Courteous. Snndy McNnb waS boastCul of hIs anccstors nUll of the 11ohlo connections - tions of his faml ! ) . . A tourIst. who was sllendln a weele in the \'l\1age \ where Snnd ) . Ih'ed met that h1tllvldual drlv. Ing n pig. " 11ullo , Sanlh' , " saId the vIsitor. "Is this one of 'our nohle relations - lations ? " "Na , na , sit' , " was Sand"s renly , "Sho's no rclatlon at all , she's' shust an acqualntnnce 1I\to \ rersel' . " Lives of Men and Women , No mnn , even the mosl wretched , would ( 'hango with an ) ' woman , even the 1I10st ( ortunato , And thIs Is not nn lIluslon , lIe Is Instinctively 'right , Ho gets mot'o out of life. lIe Itnows this. and It hclps hIm to beat' much without complalnt.-Hoferce , Found at Last. Alston , Mlch , . March 13th-SpOo' ( ' clal.-Afler ) suffering for twenty yenrs from Rheumatism and Kidney Troubles , and spend Ins a fortune In . doctors nnd medIcInes that brought him no relief , : Mr. James Culet or thIs 1 place has found a complete cure for al1 his aches , pains and wealmoss , In Dodd"s KIdney PlIls , Naturally Mr. Culet Ceels much elat , cd over Ills cure nnd glv.cs sreat credIt to the rewody that gave hlw health. "Yes , " Mr. Cuet ] sa's , "my rheuma. tlsm and Kidney 'l'roubles are ul1 gone and I feel l1ko a new man. Dodd's Kidney PlIls did It. Before I used thow I spent a small fortune on doctors and ono remedy and anoth. I er. I cheerfully recomwend Dodd'fi : KIdney Pills to an'ono sufferIng from Rheumatlsm or Kidney Trouble , " Dodd's Kidney PlIls always cure 81cl < Iddneys , HoalUl ) ' ltldneys talto al1 the uric acId-the cause of Rheu. matlsm-out of the blood. That's why Dodd's Kidney PlIls always curti Rheumatism. The first robin wl11 arrlvo foolishly earl ) : , hut he would have to wear furs and gum boots to get 'hero ahead of the first sprIng honnet. COMMISSIONER GARFIELD'S RI ! , PORT ON BEEF INDUSTRY. The report of Cummlssloner Garfield - field on the beef Industry has at Inst been published , It must be some. what of a surprise to the e who have been Induglng ] In wholesae ] adverse criticIsm upon the methods of the Chicago packers. as It dIscloses Cacts and figures which clearly show that the great food producers have been Innocent oC the serious offenses with which they have been charged , They have been for a Ions time accused by newspapers al1 over the country ot extortionate prices demanded , and ob. talned , of depl'esslon of values of cat- lie at the various stoc'ards ] where their busIness Is conducted , of enol" mous profits wholly dlsproportlonl1to to the capital employed , nnd , In general - eral , of so carr'lng on their busIness that the public. under an organized system of spoliation , wel'o beln ! ; robbed Cor 1 hell' excluslvo benefit. \Vo find now , however , that not a slnglo one of these charges has been sustained but , on the contrary , that rigid and searchln ! ; Investigation , of. ficlal1y made , has resulted in cow- plete acquittal. Instead of extortion It Is shown , that no InduEtr ' can be found where so narrow. a margin of profit preval1s- the uctual records and original en. trIes , to which the conll11Issloner had free access , showing that the high. est not profit any of the paclters made on their sales of beef was two and three.tenlhs pOI' cent In 1902 and in one Instance that the profit realized in 1004 was one und elght.tenths ptJr cont. cont.The variations In the mareet ] prices tot' cattle are oxhaustlvcly treated and no evldenco of any Itlnd was dls. covered , or even hinted at , tending to. . show that vaucs of cattle are In tha sllghtest degree ImprollOrj' ] affected or controlled by paclters at any ot the chief centers of the Industrj' , On the whole , the report competely ] dissipates the promlent Idea that great fortunes are being amassed by Illegal and Improper motho s em. po ] 'e \y \ westeTl1 paclwrs , showing that notwithstanding the high prlcos for becf prevaillng In 1902 the busl , ness was less re111uueraUve than In years characterized by normal vl\lues both Cor catllo and product _ He sa 'a "that the ) 'ear 1002. Instead of being of exorbitant profits , as has been commonly RUIIJosed ( , wus ] ess prollt' able than usual. In fact , during the , months when the prices of beef weI'll the highest , some. at least , of th. 1 lending pllclers were ] oslng money I on everj' head of cattle slaughtered. It was not posslbo ] to advance the IJrlces of beef In full proportion to the great advance In the prices of cattle at that time. " After all that has been written fOe fectlng upon the great business In , terest engagell In the marwtng ] ! and distribution of the llroduct of one of the greatest of our national Industries - tries , It Is gratifying t all fall' minded people that the prejudiced aUaes ] Ullon It have fallell of verification : alHI the vreat western paceers ] may bo . cong1'l1tuatetl ] for having pas ed I through such a searching an thorough - ough omclal Investigation unsmlrchOl1. . The results of this Investlgallor. , bascil as It Is UlOn exhnusti ve data , ; of1\clall \ ' obtained and verlfiqJ by , United States govemment e1llerts , . must bo acrel l'd without hesitatIon , as the luvestlgatlon was made under C'lruU1stanr < ; thllt guaranleed COIll' . plPte accuracy wllh n posflble ! dljlplJ'o : Altlon Indeed. to arrlvo at entirely dlfforent I'suts ) , - " Blessed Is he who IlI\ts \ a line oj \\'Iadow In JL 11M of t.P9. I . . , ,1 . . . J , - . . . . - - - - - - - - - - - SLAVS H FLIGHT J PANESE IN FULL CONTROL OF TIE PASS. RUSSIAN ARMY IS IN RETREAT . - The Movement Is Now Toward Harbin -The Muscovites Have Been Slight. Iy Reinforced , but ihere Is Little Hope of Their Escape. TOKIO-TI1I' , JaIJllne'Tf' ! ' o'CUIJI11 ( Tlo Pass at mltlnlghtllrl'h : Hi. Detail ! ' ! lIC the OCCUI1\tlon : hll'l' not yet beeu 1'0' ceh'etl at ' ' ' ' ' , ltuIIOI'lal 111'111) headqul\rt1's An ofilc\al \ hullolin r < ' : ,10rt8 the I\ctIou and that the , h\utll'se ( are In hot 11\11" suIt of the retreating' Hussillns , bllt it does not montlon any pal'tlculal's nbout till. ' Ilgh t. The , Tapaneso ( 'a1ltur'll mlUJj' Ilrlson. ers lit 1'10 Pa'l8 ' nUll Ihe Husslans 1I0' stroyell vast stOl" S , Oeneral l ouI'olllll1t1n and the reul" . , nntR of thll army which WIIS IIl'feut el h ) ' the , TaIIOllt'w ! Oil the Shalh { ' anll lIlIn rl\'el'R al'ollllt1111 , . \ , 111111 again al'ollllt ! : \ don ntlll 'I'll' I'IIR < ; , are now In the mOllntalnfl a fl'W mill's 1100.th of thl' sOllthl'I ( ' 1\lI'I\1\C' ( ' of the Pas ! ; tl' 'hlg to shn\O ] ofr tht'II' IJIII'SIll'I'S. who al1l)1\r. cntly 111' ( ' not oln to rl'1H.'at the mls. tate ! of Llao Yang ntHI allow th ( ' Rlls. f1lan at'my to l'9'aIJO. Kouropal1 < ln 11I\B been rl'lnfOl' ( ' < , d b ) ' the arrl'Eol1s of + Iplln nud othl.'l' norlhel'11 towliH anll a few new h'oolls who wm'o on their wa ' from Hussla when the battle of 1\IIIdm.l ] hogan. Bllt O\-In with these tllero Is little 110pl' for hIm. TI'U , he hns some thh't ' 01' Cert ) " miles of hili ) " cOl1nlry extend. In ! ; from ' 1'10 l'aR to I"pnghualslen , whl'h might < , naho ] him to h01l1 off the' enemy for n time , hilt on'o Ollt of the hills lie has befol'e him lle\rl ) ' 300 miles of Ol\t. OPUll cOllntr ) ' ntll l1111um. < , rahlo rivers ntlll stl''atm ; to Cl'Oss. This Is whllt Is termefl the I'eat vnl. le ' of the 811111111'1 , hut. Is In fact IIn Immense paln ] , bOIllHell ] on the east by hl h mOllntalns anrl extenllln northward Into Siberia 111111 westw:1rel : Into Mongolia , Klrln. cast of the rail. way and Harblll , tlH1 most northerly point on the railway where It branches Dff to VadlvOfdol ] , oaRtwnrll and to Slhel'ln westward. are the centers of thIs wonderfully rich countl' ' , rl'sem' bllnIn / mal1 - I'osllects the 110rthweRt tel'rltol'los of Canada , From Tlo Pass the railway runs o\-er a hili Imown as the DivIde of Kalyan , twent ' .mlles , then strlllng Into a valle ' . on either side of which rise high hills , enH'H'ge ' : ) \Ito the paln ] just 110rthcaRt of the Important Chlneso city of I'"cnghuat. ' slen , F'l'Om .thero to Harhln harl1ly a hili can he seen Crom the ranway traIn , the line runnIng I\lmost straight , eXCelJt where an occasional curve Is necesS'ar ) ' to reach a ( 'lty or Cavorablo rosslng of a rlvm. . Deslde the railway - way there Is a Rplcnelill wagon \'oall rom Tie Pass to Kal 'nu , where It hranches. one hranch malting u. detour to the westwarll , Rdrtlng ] the moun- lalns and running almost dlre't to Harbin ; the other hrandl ImsS'es through the mountaIns to Klrln , fl'Om I\'hl'h ( ' ntm' there are many roads. rhe distance from Tlo Pass to Hal" bin Is vor : little ] css than 300 miles. ! 1nd except for the first few miles ever- acre Is 11I111er cutlvatlon ] 01' sup- pOl'tlng herlls of cattle , sheep and horsos. So far as the ( 'ommls arlat Is : 'oncemell the Husslans need have no fear. Hare1ly a ! Iound of last year's zrop of heans , mllll't 01' wheat loCI the country , th ( ' Hl1sslans huylng- nil. nut stol'lng It In stations along the railway , 11I1I110ns ( ' sheltl'I's Iwlng el'e't. eel for Its ro'ellt lon , They also 11111'- hascd nil the caltlo anel horses and have CosS'aclts hcrdlng them. Assassination Is Attempted , ST. pgTmSBURG-Colonol ] 1'1"0- - goulhltsty ] , governor oC the province of Koutals , has heen the ohject of an ! 1ttompted assassination hy two mon ! 1t Suhum ] , The woulcl-he murderers fired six shots from rovoh'ers at the ! ; o\'ernor. but ho was not struclt , Orders Schools Reopened. WAHS.\W-The authorities have dechled to order the schools to re. : Jpen on 'I'llescla ) ' , anll uness ] the hO'R return within a wcolt to eXllol them , [ t Is eXllected that the majority wlll continuo on strllw , Kaiser Praises the Japanese , . . . . ' ' ' . nEHI.IN-.mIH'I'ot' William. :111. : dressing the naval recruits at WI1. I helmsha\'cn. he\ll \ u ] ) the .Tapanese so ] . dlors as a luminous examlle ] of pu. trioLism and 80'11101'1) ' fillellt . , Kuropatkln HlS Enough. LONDON-Tho St P terburg corre. spontlent of the Times sa's : General KUl'Ollatltln has : tsltetl the emperor's gracious pPl'mlsslon to hand ovel' his comml\l1l1. alleging that ho Is In 111'- g-ont l1'ct1 of physlca ] unci mental rost. It Is salel thut .Japan has twice ap. ] Iroached Rus 11L through Infol'mu ] ha11llCls on the subject of peace. but that In eneh case thc IIrO\losal \ fallell hecause , lalHln donHlnd(1 un ! tHiem- nit ) ' anll 11 plJIIgo ! that llussla wou\ll \ not IWOII warships In the Pacific fOl' ' . ' ' , twol1t .Il\'e 'ears Service Needs Reforming , WASIIING'I'ON-Hon , Anlrew ( n. Whlto , formerlY An1lJl'Iran mlnlslol' to , Gel'tlJ n ) ' , dell\"OI'ol\ \ Icctlll'o here un' cler the ausplres of the reg-ollts of thc Smithsonian InstituLion 011 the sub. jcct of the diplomatic son'l'o or the United StlitoS , with hints to\\'aTils 1'0' form1. : . " , Whlto charged that rosl' dence abroall malC's 1lH1l un-Amorl' ( 'un , ancl ( 'omhattod the slatemcnt lhat the lllplomatlc san'lco Is mostly reo croatloll , He 11eolnr&li that 110 countn I cloos so 1111111 as , OIII' , to , 11rotoel adollted c\tI \ , ' , , I " 'I . - - . , ' . . ' , ' . , t J , , - ' - - f M I ; 'HMY IS AT TI PASS I Remni\nt nf Kouropatkln's Force Reaches Rchlge Among the Hills , I S1' , . 1'1 1'I mmUnO - hll . .ln'M I : "grantl nrnl ' , " , with the l'Xl' < 'lltioll of i the thOUlI1I1I15 1 < 111l'll or tnll'n tJl'hOn' I Ol' on thll IIInl1l8 al1tl 111011 11 ! II hI I I 11 1'0 IIIHMulctlcn , Is lCat1lol'lult sl \\1) ' : hphll1l ! the Cortlfil'atons ! , of ' 1'10 Pall II , I whl'h Wel' ! } hullt I1A a \ ' < , fllgo heforo the battlo' of 1.lno Yang , ntlll Is fl'\'l'r- fshly ongaJC'11 In the worl of t'e01' . ganl7.ltl 1\1111 flll'thor strl'n thlnln Itl ! IIl1es , Ac'e11'lIhl to the go'l1l'ral Btaff , I the 111all1 bOil ) . has aITl'I\II ) ' l'011111101l'11 Its 1'l'I1'l1t anl ! the 1'111' guarl ! 110ulh. wI\l'(1 ( Is fa11ln ! ; hacl , RlowhCelllll \ ! ; n tOllch with the IH1rl'\uln ' \ ( 'oltll11nS of ' , JapanesQ , In the cOl11lllelo nIHU'IlCO oC fllrt11l'r Infol'luaUol1 , It IA IlIm'ult lo ! ! 11'h'lhel' the 1)1'1'1 \ \ U It has sln'l\'n. oIl or IR lJOlng COlllltl'I(111 hy enl ) ' 11 Ilol'UoU of the , Talll\1wt\o nll1l ml1ltnl'Y ol1\C'lals \ hCl'e hOIl < ' tllal. ns aftN' thl' Batllt' of Llno Yaug , FIl'1I1 1\larshnl O 'al11n has III\Usl'11 to gl\'l' his \\1'111' ' It'(01)S ) a momentar ' hl'cathlng RllIIl' { " \\'hlll' oxtollelltll ; hIs l'alll'Oll1l 111111 nlhl'I' 11m's of Sl1lll1lr to his new Isltloll IU1I1 11I''IHu'lng for thl' next hlo\\ ' , To the Rllsslan IIt'I11r ever . 1111ulltO Is uow'lllIahlo aUII the rent ol'O lIud IlIshl'al'tolll'el l1f'tllch111onts hll\'l' h'clI lvPIl sI11'I ) ) ' au hol1l"s l'e t lIeforo ] wlnJ ; sot lit WOI' ! , with silalll' anlllIl'1 ) , 1111IIl'o\'luJ ; the dnft'nel'f1 of the 111I88 , It 111ar he , hO\\'OVCI' , thai e\'en now thlJ ' 1\1'0 ! If'lug hlt'IwII 011 t of these I10sl- tlon ! ! , RII1110rs al'O cllrront thnt a whlo cast ward IInnldu/r / 1110\01110nt whIch WIISJ'Jlln \ bofOl' the baltlt' . Is sU1l In II1'ogl''SS , and on the otlll'r eltle It Is fparell'thllt COht11111S are movlllg nm'lh of 1'al(0111un to tl\lw a Ilosltion lu the Hllsslan l'elll' : . PEABODV WINS HIS CONTEST - , Colormlo Legislature Declares He Was Duly Elected Governor of State. DJ XVI Il. Colo-Tu111es H. PeuhOllr 011 'I'hllrsday won his coutost fOl' the omro of goVerlllll' , f'Om ! which ho 1'0' tlt'ed on Janllllry 10 aftol' sorvlng a tOl'111 of two ) 'OllrS , bllt hIs victory was achieved enl ' I\ner ho had given his pledge to roslg-n aT1I1 8111'1'0111101' the chair to Llolltonant Governor , Tosso 1. ' . 1\1 c Dona hI. The vote In jolut ( 'onvonllon of the goncl'al aSfic111hr ] hr whll'h (1ovprn01' Alvlt Allams was ollslell nt1l1 (1 OVC'l'U 01' .Tames n , P < , ahoI { ' lustallell was [ jl to 11. 'fen 1'01ll1hllcalls votl'el with 1.10 de11101'1'1.IIc memhel's for Allums. (10\'el'n01' AdIl111S. , who 11IHI S'llont the dar Iml'ltln his offoc.ts , RtllTOIHlel'oll his ofl1ce to Governor POI hell ) " shortly after [ j o'clock restmlay aftol'l1oon. SCOl'l'S of Jetton ; , toegrams ] IInll tee. ] Ilhono nHJHsugos hall I'ea'hetl the ex. eClltlve chamhor dllrlng the day I11'glng Govern01' Ac1ams to hold his seat by force , hnt ho Ilecheel ] to Ignore this ac1vl'e. lu convorsntlon ho said e fet ] ontragerl at the art Ion of the general assomhl ' aud oXtll''sscd slll'lrlse thllt MI' , Peaboel ) ' Flhon11 ] hpromo It pal't ' to what he lormell a ( 'OnSlllrllcy to so. Cill'O the onlce of ! ; o\'ol'l1or fOl' a man who hud no calm ] whate\'OI' to the Illaoe. Govornol' Allams will Issllo a f01'mal stlltomont to Iho 11collle upon the l'esnlt of the contest. FRANC ! ! STOPS TH ! ! LOAN. No Morc Money for Russia If She Per. slsts In War. P A TUS-Tho lDst ponl'nwn t of the Rnsslau Joan Is defillitoly coufll'mell , 'I'hlfl Is 11I(01) ' to OX01't a IO\v'orfll ) ] lu- fillonco 10\\'a1'l18 II'aco as It If ! the first tlmo the FI'l'llC'h financiers have shown an I1Hllsposltlou to aeh'anl'o fllnlls whllo the nncel.talntles of war contlmio. A commlttco roprcs'ntlnJ ; the syn. dlcat 0 of French nll < 1ol'\vrltel's went to St , 1 > etol'l > blll'g to 11rl'lIn 0 the con. t1ltlon8 with the nlnlst01' of finance I and a ( 'ontl'lIct was 111'1\wn lip f01' a I Joan taJtlug the form of treastll.y bouds : rllnnlng 60ven ) 'oars at pPI' CIJllt , The coutrl\C't was then , hrollht ! back to Paris 1'01' the appl'Oval of all the un. Ilerwritors. In the meautlme the IlIsaRt l'OIlS events In 1\11\IlC'hl1l'la ualllrally IlI'ollsell Ilonbts ou the part of the financlOl's as to wholher HlIsslayoncl ] multo 111'aeo 01' I1nrsno the war _ The Inflnenco of the flnllncla ] l'lemonts was almost IInl11ImolH : : for ) Jeaco hnt. Un8sln'S' disInclination - Inclination to consldcr pea'o appears to have l1uluced the Ileclslon not 10 IIl'oce < 'CI with the eontl'a't and ac. rCH'l1lngy ] the Rlgulngwhh \ was ox. ] Jeclell ) 'esteI'lIIlY hils heon IloRtlOnod ) anll all the pendln ! ; nogotlatlons 111'0 also } ) CstIJOIICI. ( Disaster Grows In Magnitude. 1\UDJ [ ! N-gvel' ) ' hour Incremws the magnll\1llo of the 11Isastol' 811f. ferel ( IIr tJlC Hnsalan IIl'Inlos , It is Ralll 2fi.OOO Ileall are ] \11own to have ] JCen ] eft on the ficld , malting the cnsu. IIltles at least ono hltnre ( ] 1 tholtsanl } . Between 11ft y and slxt ) ' thousllnll ( Iris. cmers , some Rovent ) ' guns 1\1111 enor- molts quantities of IImmllnltion and Il1'ovlslons fpll Into the hanl8 ] oC the ,11Ill1nOSO ( , The .Tulaltese ( losHes do not excecd those of the fOl'lner great Imttles , ev'l'n General Kurold's al'm ) ' losln ; only five tJlouHalHI. - - - - - - Twenty.Seven Floating , Wrecks. WASIIING'I'ON-Somo hloa of th sevC\'lty 0 ( . lho wlntr seUHon jltRt drawing to a close may ho gathered fl'om the fact that the navy dcpart. mont Is noconfront(1 ( with the no- 1 cesslt ) ' of seoti'n ] ! ; out and dCJsl1'o 'lng no loss than twenty.sovon orean ( Iere. lIets whleh ' In the - ' ere l'lng g-I'eat ocean ] lIneH from Santiago to New. CoundlruHI and ondangorlug shIpping on taring nnd dopal'tlng from OUI' At. lantlc ] Jorts , 'rhe presen o of those t lIollting wrecl1i ! haR lIoon reported to I lhQ h 'l1rogrllJI ! lc o'llcc , ' 1 111 . ' ,1 . . , I - _ . - - - - - NOW AT TIE PASS RUSSIAN nEM M.-s ; ; BEING Rk. ORGAN : . I . _ I . COMING OUT OF CHAOS \ - - , . Japancl e Said to De Slow to Follow Up Their Advantage-Rumor That 1\ Wide Turning Movement May Do In Progrcss. - 'I'm PASS-AH anN' thl' hattlo or 1.1110 Yan ! ; . the ntl\'lIlI'o of the , Talll\n. 0'10 ' IIl'my ulIllIst ! tllli now IlosltionH of the HUflII\IHt ! : ! lit ' 1'10 1)lIss Is vcr ) ' Mlnw , 'rho 101I1111 ! ! ; collll11H111'0 ulght or tl'n mll08 fl'onthwllrtl , II1Hl III toltC'h wlh ! the HURRlult vall IICJits , hut the 01101" atl nR lit 11I'1'lnt ! al' ( ) not RIII'loIIH. 1.'loltl 1\lurshlll 0)'U11I1Rho'H 1.I11ght In. tOlltlons IIf ] ll'l'sslng hiM IItlVUIIIugo In lln hU11I0I1Iuto IIttlW ] , 01'l'lt > PIIKA. , It Is 11OHSlhll' , IIIIWO\'l'I' , Ihllt 11 wltto t 1t1'l11nJ ; 1110\-lml'nt 01' whIch I'OPOl'ts III' curl'l'lIt 11-1 111 III'ogl'I'UI. 111 silt'll 1110\'l'nwllt 111l' , InlJI\I10HO hll\'l' thll 11\1. nHJIlAO \ulltagl' of l.1wcl'nl hUBOS nl1l1 thc lines of sUIlPly , to whll'h Is now (1llth 11 Ihl' Slul\1 nlltl 1'01111'hII' \ the HURsinn ' ' ' ' IN ' . 111'111) IICN'I1SIlI'llr 1l'lllIIIII. ont on 011(1 ( hllsl' and 0110 11110 of 1'01\1' muull'lItion. I1IHI thlll'ofmt ) 11111) ' ho Ol1t. l111nlwtl , lit the graml arl11) ' ( mll'l' Is hl'ilt hroltght out of1I10S \ with l'el11urhuhlo coIOl'It ) ' . The pluln In fl'ollt of Tlo PIISH whleh on March 11 8l'0t\IlJlI \ 111\0 It nest of allts with the fl'ltso ' nllli COli. fit sod 111111'8 of 11'lInAlOrt } at'tllIry allel 11'00 liS , COI'IIA , IlIvIHIOII ! ; 111111 rcglltH'nts IllIlng sl'lIttorcll 1\1111 partll's Inoxtl'll" ahl ) " mlng'II ! , has h'en ( 'll'lIretl , the l'oglluJI ! t ! ! n'ol' lInl.IHI : , StI'li g-lI ! _ I'EI Sl'n t to theil' rCAllccl h'l' commal111s , Ol'glln. Izatlont1 have tal < en thelt' aRslgncl1 IlImltlons amI tCHlar the l.Ial11O Huldlel's whu 011 1\1 art'll 1 ( ) hl'c'n l11e a tOl'I'OI" stl'lclwn , H\1I' lnJ : , tIlHoI'ganl1.ol1 mORn of I'ar at. a few shntll frol11 a IItUo lie. I tat'lltllont of , lalll\nOIlI ) , or who l'\'cn I 110d In 111\1111' , l1l'1ng IIHIIRC'rlmlnatelY I 111 all tllrl'etoaR ! as the ' rnll , nt thoI I l11l'ro lIa80osR ] CI' ) ' of " , lalllln080 caY. ah' ) ' , " are now gathol'oll , Rlllgln ahont the call1lllh'of with nc\V conrage , . roall ' to OPllOSO with stnbbol'n resist. Ilnto nttaclc on ' 1'10 Pass , It is un : fall' to accnso the onUre al'lu ' df thIs IlIInlc , (1enoml Llnlvteh ! l'nlorell ' 1'10 Pass wit h his l'cgll11onl8 111 1101'\'oet \ or. 1101' w1th music IJIII'lng IInll the mon singIng , 1\1111 fleal'l'l'ly a stragglOi. was lost In the long' , (1Il11cult ( nUll'ch , Other OI' anlzations mlllio 011 n 1111) ' worlhy rotrollts , IItHI ospcclally the rear g-ulll'l1s of nil the l\I'mltJs who IHJ1" Cormell thoh' IIIt1\cnlt \ tas ] , stealllb' autL rosolntply , 'l'hol'o Is mu'h to bo Raltl nlso for the IlIwl-Htrlt'lten ( ,01I1I1t1on of the troops , 'rho ) ' were Im'gel ) ' comlQred ! of untllseiJlInetl ( mon a 11I1 wagoll dl'lvOl's WOl'O mlnglell with the sol , 11100'S , who for tift con days WC1'Q1nllor ! conslant fire , crowdel1 togetHer In mass from whence e ross WIIA ImpoR' sl ho ] , It Is ono or the octll fl\ctf of warfnre thal the morale of the heaton RUBsiall army has bewn ] al'lel ) ' restol' . ell , while the Jallllueso , throllgh the vlclorles , alllllll'ently m'o 1.10 bl'Clwn ] anl1 IUL\'o Incnt'l'Cd snch heaosse ! that the ) ' 111'0 unahlo to lrcsS the ad. \'l1nla/-o / , OlhOl'whm It Is IlIoxpJll'ahc ] why the , JapanoHo have not followe / \111 tholr vlgorouR lllll'sult with an at , taelr Oil ' 1'10 PaSR , wholl the ) ' might have talwu the posltloll almost with. ou t a st 1'\1g- IJ , It 11:1 : now too late for easr Sllrc'ellS , , ' ] ho stl'n ! ; ] e for the IIOSS'ossloll ot 1\lulllolI rOHt 1I0lh Rll1e C'OflO ! upon 200,000 mell. 'I'he. ! llllssian loss or om. l'el'l1 Inl'hlllcs a ] ar o ] u'opOl'tlon or the 1'Jg-lmentlll comml\ll1lO1'S and l1ed ] olll'ers , . FIX DATE FOR REVOLUTION. - May 1 Declared to Be Time for Rus. sian National Rising , ST , PAU ] . , 1\lInu-A RIWdll1 to the Dlspateh from Sioux City , Iowa. sa'R : Arom gl1l1cn. who el\1no Cro111 Hus , sla foul' mOllths aJo 11I1el jolnoll the Itusslau colony hero , recelvoll a lelter from a nllJmhet' of the Husslan re , vontlonary ] IlI\rt ) ' sayln/ / . ; that AIII'II 18 of the HURsiau ellmlllar ! , 01' 1\Iay I , A11101'1l'lIn calenl1nr , has lJOell namcII 1'01' the openhlJ ; of the national reo volutlon , SllIco the St , Potershurg nmSRaCI'O Iho rovolutlonlslf ; fn the cltlns hll0 lIel'n relressel1 until or. 1101'S conll1 ho COln'C'cct to 1l1l the Itlo ; ; and 'IJrovlncJ ; ; for a ulliverslll rlHIII on such a scae ] I hat to cOlO with It won 111 he Imllosslhlo. All I'lllIroads nllil I1l1lnstros ( will be tlcel U ( ) nnll mohs will talto ( ) oBsessloll of o\'ery . city. I Gompers Makcs His Report. W ASIIINOTON-PI'effll1cnt SlImuel ( ; omll'rs of the Amorlt'an l edern tlon of I..ahor on 'I'uosday. suhmlttell his I1nnual report to lho executive count ell of thl\t Orlanl1.atlon. now In ses. slon In this elty , It g-Ives the Iletalls of the sottlemollt of a'numher of < 1ls. IHltes anll shows the 11l1anceS' of the org-anI7.lItion to he In oxcellellt con. I1IL1on , 'l'ho IlIvltaLion of the Lowls nl1l1 Olnre ] oXlOsltioll ] , at Portanll ] , Oro" to transfer the COlleratloll's ex. hlhlt lit the SI. Louis eXllOslLlolI to 1'0rLlanil WI1S 110'lInel1. Change on the Tribune. NgW YOHK-Whltl'law HollI's reo tlrement from the el1ltorshlp nnd Ill , rectorshlp trom the Now Yorle Trl , hll110 owln to his having talwlI omro ahrolul unllN' the g-ovlJrumont malccs necessary the reoranl7.atlon ! of the editorial dl'pllrtment. Hnrl I.'Inan , Inng a memht'I' of the ( ) I\ltorlal \ Hlaff , ! Hwreellstr : , Holtl as editor. Donald Nlchoson. ] who 111\8 heon , connected with the TrlTlllno for thlrtr-Ovo years , rotlros at his own request Crom thu mnnl1glnl ; CdltOl'sh\1 \ ] aUl1'11oi succeedell bY' Jumes Mat'lIn , , , , . . , I . - - ; : ' JOVIAL SIR WAL TEH SCOT , . , - - - t.lghtsomo and Gay and a Fine Ol Scottish Gentleman. I J very ono 111ay bll ! ! nhI to Imow the author oC "Wl1vorloy , " hut GoorHco Cro\1 ! of gdlnbuTlhwho hn been IntoI" \'IOWlwj hy the nlHllllteh of thnt clt ) ' , onj ) 's the tllstlncllon of havIng tnllwlI \0 the mnn 111 the nesh 1\1111 of being 111'01111bly the solo IInr\'lvor nmong these who hoard SIr Walter cott de. clnro hhnsoIr t10 ! I1l1thor" of "Wavor. 10) " nt n pllh1\o \ dlnn'r l the assem. bly room In 1827. "Tll0 ul1nouncomont elld not co o Quito nil n surprIse , " liars 1\11' . Cronl , "for It hl\d h'on hlntod thnt Sir Wnl. tel' woulll re\"l'1\1 hhn. ; olf. I cnn 1'0' cnU the BUIIIJ1'l'RStJlt 1I1l1.1'ellt ! ot the ' Allthel'lng thronJ11Out : the dInner ] 1I'01Iel' , It was in rOllh' to the t0l18t of hIs hOl\lth that Sir Walter ndmlttcl ( Iho soft hllpll1chmont. I can retnem' bet. hllclosJng wOl'dll l'xnctl ) ' . The ) ' were : 'I am the Role IInellIlIlh'lded nnthor ot " 'Vl\yerl. . . ) ' . ' " Ncedless to sny there was grollt onthllI\I1\5111. The ( ,0111IUl11 ' ! 'OliO en mnSHO nlHI 1 tho\1ght Iho ! 'Oof would como err , " Scol t , 1\11' . CI'olt1 11t1cls. WIIS congrat- ulatell all rounll , "It wal ! 1\ gay nIght and the utmost couvlvlallty lIre , \1111 < ,11 , " Asltl'tl'll ' < 'thol' ho reco1\ected \ the rel'Ronalltr of Sit.'lIltor Scott , 1\11' . Cl'Oalrcll\led \ that 110,111tl so'lvl.I . ; . ' . , "lIo WIIS lIghlsol11o 1\1111 I ; It ) ' and loolell the 1'0111 t'llo of 1I1no old Scot. tIh ! gentlulllnu , chnllllll ; nnlmatedly wIth ono ( If the law Itmls slttlns next to hIm , 1)0 mnlo ( a tll'st-clnss uCtor- dlnnor 5poaltor nnd , young thollgh I \ \ as , I cl\1'1'led IIwnr n Inst Imll1'osslon of hlR 1,111(11) ' R0l11111 1118posllloll. " 111 the C011l'HO of the l'vonlllg Sir Waltel' ( ' ( ) mpllnlOntml Charles 1\Iac. . Imy , the coml'tllltn , who wns Ilresent , J I1llOn h Is success 111 the role of Dalllo Nicol , TIII'\'lo. 1\1aclmy wns emba1" 10111.11'11 und 1\11' . CI'oltl tllstlnctly re. ' hIm ' "Who'ould l1'emberR sa'lng : \ \ hllvo thought I would get such 1com - Illhnent from the great unlmown 1" "Not Hnlmown now , 1\11' . Dalllo , " jocu. la1'b' rctol'lod Sit. WnHer. . ' A Case of Cowardlc& . "DId ) 'Ou ndvOl'tlso Cot. a boy ? " "YeR. 1 111\0 ) ' 0\1 all wel'ed . the ad. \'crtlsel11ellt ? " "I have , But I'd 1\1(0 \ to ] mow whnt ) ' 011 meau hy sll 'lng ) .ou want a , . bo ) ' who IIlu't afrltlcl of w01'le , " "ll'lI IJluln enough , Isn't It 1" " 1\hl 'bo It IJ ! , hut I shonld thlnl < ) 'ol1'd rnthet' have It hey thnt'as a little - tlo afmltl of W01' ] " , Jnst enouh ! aCrnltl of It to catch hold ( If It quIck and \\'reRtlo wIth It , and down It ami JUl11l1 on It , tlnd gct I ho hest ot It , ami shoIt that It wDli't gct n chance to 111'0\0 too much for hIm , 'fhat'll the I < lnd of n ho ) ' I should think ) 'O\1't \ ! 111 < 0 Instent ! 0' the I < lnd that aln' afraId of work , 'Why , limea 1my OIlCO who wasn't the ] east mlto nCralt1 < if It , aI1I1 ho't ! rub UI against It antI Jet It eat off of his IlIlnd , and nt the 8nll10 tlmo novcr mo\dlo ( \ with it enollgh to soli hIs finger tips , " "That's enough , ) 'OIlUI ; fello\\ \ " . The joL I 'o\1rs-ClCvoland Pa1l ] ! Dealer. - Waves That Rise and Fall. F.\'el'y : on'o In 11 while a wnvo ot puhllc sentiment IIwoeps acres ! ! the countr ) " , liS defluabo ] In Its movement ant ! charactel' tiS anr other real nnd llh 'slcal thing , Gunornlly spol\lclng. this 1I0\lUnt' \ ] Ceellng nntls expressIon In suggested leglsatlou ] or constltu , t lena ] amcllllmJIll. Any student ot Amol'lcan hlBtory , vlo\\'l'd from Its po. IItlcnl tlntl leglslath/o standpoint. ] mows that an eXl\mlnatioll of congres. , , , slonal recortls In'osonts n , lIanaroma , so to BIlonle , of great IJlIblle movo. ments , cumlnatlng ] 1J0l11etlmes In aCt tual le IBlntlon , hut more frequently snbslillng without deflnlto result. It Is a good thing to clem' the polItical antI socIal atmosph ro wIth these up' heavals. Stagnant all' Is fatal , and even cyclone , wIth all Its accom. Ilnnrlng trouhle , Is preferClhle to an \ atmosllhero so hQa\ ' ) ' that it has lost al1 its vltalllr-Washington Post. , Poet's Tranquil Evening of Life. Swlnbourne , the poet , sponda his declining 'ears In trnnqull lIursult of the sll11lJlo lifo , although It Is douhtful whetller the lJOoe ] en' the fad has over dlsturhet ! hIs peaceful retroat. A friend sn 's of him that he lives In 1I0ssesslon of hls.needll , "DOUII OI ] on all sldcs by the hest books. enjoylll the close com' l'fll1lonshl\l \ of the truest friend over glveu to a mnll of genius , and findIng In n long wall { at ) Iostmau's lIace u. full satisfaction fOl' the bod"s cravIng after exercise. ho lives through the twilight of hlh days In a greater security - ity and linde : ' the slleU of a doelJOr IJeace than ho Imow In the boisterous cIa wn or his life. " John Morley on Golf. , Mr. John Morleadllressed 1meot. . Ing of his constituents In 1\Iontroso the other night , and at the close a "heckler" rose and saId : "I wJsh to asle the rIght honorable gcntleman an Important question , " 'fho audlenco was all attentlou. "I wIsh to asle11' . 1Iorlewh ) " he does not play golt. " 1\11' . Morler , how. over , wa equal to the occasion , "GolCl" ho excalmed ] : "Oh ! I < 1on't thInk I'm old enough to IJegln that .I'ot-Dundeo People's l 't'lond , Tea Well Done , She lo\'Cl him.nLl hOI' 1It would bl ) As merry 1\101 a murrlao ! Jull It Mho hall hWl'tl him jUKl enough , , nut , oh , alas ! she lon : too > well , Eho taUl'll so cle\'prly , thcr sa ) ' , . 'i'lm t 1I0no hOl' cle\"crneH" coul touch. She would IlI\vo hl'on 110 IIOl'ulat' It IIho ha non'l' talll' sa much. The thIn" ! ! I she did , , "pre wonderful : I lor worl , wa $ hC'l In hlh resard. She would 111l\'o won renown , perhaps , It IIho ha no\'cl' worled too hard. ! For things In modemt1on done Are \'on' ottcn good. ' 11:1 : trite : Uut .nausht , , "orth while benanth the Bun ld calu\ \y t11 1I1 who QVllrdol