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Brief Telegrams
The Japanese are said to be suffer
ing from the cold at Mukden
Henry Watterson is in Paris to place
his grandson in school in that city
President Roosevelt expected to call
an extra session of congress in Octo
ber for revision
An anti government demonstration
In St Petersburg was broke up by
charge of the police
Congressman Hepburn arraigned
Qhe civil service and moved to throw
out the appropriation
The railroads have granted a rate
cf 1 cent a mile for the grand army
encampment at Denver
One contest in the senate and two
In the house must be settled by the
general assembly in Illinois
Newton L Penn said to be the last
lineal descendant of William Penn
has just died in Hartford Conn
It seems to be pretty certain that
Secretary Wilson of the Department
of Agriculture will retain his place
The Japanese are reported to have
torpedoed the Sevastopol last battle
ship of the Russian Port Arthur fleet
Senator Hopkins introduced a bill
to place Gen Peter J Osterhaus on the
retired list of the army as a major
general
The interstate commerce commis
sion is likely to order a reduction in
cattle traffic rates from the West and
Southwest
The Mergenthaler Linotype company
has declared a quarterly dividend of
Vs Per cent and an extra dividend of
5 per cent
The mercantile store of W McDon
ald at Meadow Grove was entered
and robebd of goods to the value of
about 1000
Senator Elkins proposes plan for
circuit court of interstate commerce
which is being seriously considered
by the president
About 500 Porto Ricans whose con
tracts for working In the sugar plan
tations of Hawaii have expired are
in San Francisco In destitute condi
tion
Weekly trade reviews show that an
active holiday trade is in progress en
couraging conditions resulting In the
placing of many orders for new
etocks
The Colorado supreme court has
thrown out the vote of Denver pre
cinct establishing a precedent which
may seriously affect the result of the
election
Prof Robert Koch of Berlin will
start for South Africa on December
17 to engage in further scientific in
vestigation of rinderpest and other
animal diseases
Cornell university authorities have
started a systematic movement to rid
Ithaca N Y of mosquitoes which
are said to have caused last summers
epidemic of malaria
At the cabinet meeting Secretary
Metcalf talked briefly of the status of
the land fraud cases indicating that
some startling developments in them
might be expected in the near future
Queen Victorias jubilee presents
have been sent by express in twenty
large packing cases to New York City
from St Louis where they will be
placed on board a steamer for Eng
land
The eight bicycle riders who re
fused to finish in the six days race
In New York last week have been
penalized by the National Cycling as
sociation
The mysterious package held by Iri
Reynolds and said to contain 5000
000 in securities belonging to Mrs
Cassie L Chadwick was opened in
Cleveland and found to hold only
brown paper
John Orme daring highwayman
known as the tall man in the com
bination which terrorized Chicago in
1896 is under arrest as one of the
two highwaymen who entered the
Peoria National bank at Peoria 111
Senator Depew said his candidacy
for the senatorship of New York was
in the hands of his friends and he
would not withdraw from the canvass
because of any action the conference
might have taken
Count Tolstois son Andre who is
an orderly attached to Lieutenant
General Sobeloffs sixth army corps
has received the St George cross for
repeated bravery in carrying dis
patches under fire
A lone rober held up the bank of
Chisholm Minn during business
hours and secured 2200 He forced
the cashier into the vault at the muz
zle of a revolver and locked the door
The robber escaped
William E Curtis writes of the com
ing report of the commissioner of
education which will show tho won
derful growth of co education in this
country 92 per cent of those attend
ing colleges being in mixed classes
Bids were opened in Washington for
the transportation of 50000 tons of
coal from tho Atlantic coast to the
coaling station in Manila bay The
bids of the American shippers were
nearly 2 per ton higher than those
of foreign shippers
Orders for the steel rail require
ments of the Pennsylvania railroad
comrany for lines east and west of
Pittsburg for the year 3905 amounting
to 102700 tons have been placed
The United States transport Dixie
lias sailed for Colon having on board
J F Wallace
MY OPERATION
WHAT WAS DOING FROM NOVEM
BER 20 to DECEMBER 10
CEH STOETSSEL MAKES REPORT
Several Times the Assaulting Forces
Were Annihilated by the Russians
According to Reports of Prisoners
tne Japs Lost 20000 Men
ST PETERSBURG General Stoes
sels dispatches to the emperor which
were received Friday night were giv
en out Sunday night The first is
dated November 25 and is as follows
I am happy to inform your majes
ty that on November 20 after an in
creased bombardment the Japanese
attacked one of the ofrls on the
northeastern front and leaped with a
portion of their forces on the para
pet They were annihiliated by rifle
fire and bayonet and thrown back
into the trenches Their reserves
t
were scattered by shrapnel From
November 21 to November 23 the en
emy violently bombarded the fort and
in spite of great losses effected by
their perseverance a passage between
two forts on the northeastern front
At 530 in the evening of Novem
ber 23 after heavy firing the Japan
ese suddenly hurled themselves
against several works on this front
and seized a portion of the trenches
but were thrown back by the reserves
after a fierce bayonet struggle They
returned to the assault at midnight
and again occupied a part of the
trenches but were annihilated by
our bayonets At 2 oclock in the
morning all was over and your ma
jestys heroic troops were able to rest
and start repairing the damage caus
ed by the bombardment
From the 20th to the 24th the
Japanese lost more than 2000 men
All of our troops behaved as heroes
The following especially distinguished
themselves Generals Krondratenko
Nikitin commander of the artillery
and Gorbatowsky and Lieutenant
Colonel Naouemenko Dozens of oth
er officers in lower grades are also
mentioned in the dispatch
Bombardment of the town and har
bor continues daily A number of
buildings have been destroyed and
the harbor has sustained some dam
age The garrisons are in excellent
spirits
In another dispatch dated Novem
ber 28 General Stoessel says
The 26th and 27th were the blood
iest days in the assaults on Port Ar
thur The attacks began on the night
of the 25th against our left flank near
Pigeon bay
The first was repulsed with great
loss to the Japanese The same night
the enemy attacked a detachment on
Panlung mountain but were repuls
ed as were also their attacks on Viso
kaia Two Hundred and Three Meter
hill
On the 26th the Japanese began
to bombard and attack fiercely the
forts on the northeastern front and
the advanced trenches The trenches
repeatedly changed hands Neverthe
less on the night of the 26th we threw
back the Japanese at the point of the
bayonet The enemy succeeded in
blowing up the parapet of one of
the forts and began building paral
les there At another fort the same
night they laid sacks along the ram
part but our artillery dispersed
them
GREAT FIRE AT MINNEAPOLIS
Several Large Business Blocks in
Heart of the City Destroyed
MINNEAPOLIS Minn Three men
killed two firemen and one citizen
the latter by a live wire and from 3
000000 to 4000000 worth of prop
erty destroyed is the result of a con
flagration the worst in the history of
Minneapolis which began at 10
oclock last night and at 2 oclock this j
Wednesday morning is still burn
ing but partially under control as the
firemen seem to have the flames con
fined to three burning buildings two
of which are gutted and the third the
Powers department store the largest
In the city damaged by water and fire
to the extent of 1000000 or 2000
000
The wholesale furniture supply
house of Boutell Bros the largest in
the city and O H Peck photographic
supply house are now totally destroy
ed with three other buildings now
burning
Waterway Commission
OTTAWA Ont An international
waterway commission is to be ap
pointed by the United States and Can
adian governments to report on waters
adjacent to the Canadian boundary
line Canadian boats are passing
tnrough channels in United States ter
ritory and vice versa without any real
authority and this commission will
deal with these matters so that an
understanding can be reached between
both countries The latest complaint
Is that waters are being diverted in
Minnesota
Board of Health Denies
MEXICO CITY The superior board
of health which has agents all over
the republic denies sensational re
ports wired out from here regaiding
starvation and disease on the west
coast in the northern part of the state
of Sinaloa It is not true that there
have been more deaths from malaria j
and starvation in Sinaloa than were
caused by bubonic plague Reports re
ceived by the superior board of health
show only a few cases of yellow fever
remaining In the republic at the pres
ent time
CIVIL BILL PASSED
Senate Disposes of the
POOR PLACE OF
Island o
Philippine
Measure
WASHINGTON The senate by a
vote of 44 to 23 passed the Philippine
civil bill The vote was preceded by
the presentation of many amendments
and a general discussion of them as
well as the provisions of the bill The
discussion was confined quite general
ly to the merits of the measure On
some of the amendments suggested
by democratic senators several west
ern republicans voted in the affirma
tive but Mr McCumber was the only
republican who voted against the final
knnciinTO nf Itin liill
The most notable change made was
that lowering the rate of interest on
railroad bonds to be guaranteed by the
Philippine government from 5 to 4
per cent
The bill as passed exempts from
taxation all bonds issued by the Philip
pine and Porto Rican government au
thorizes municipalities in the Philip
pines to incur a bonded indebtedness
amounting to 5 per cent of the as
sessed valuation of their property at
5 per cent interest authorizes the
Philippine government to incur a
bonded indebtedness of 5000000 for
improvements at 4 per cent author
izes the Philippine government to
guarantee the payment of interest on
railroad bonds at the rate of 4 per
cent per annum provides for tho ad
ministration of the immigration laws
by the Philippine authorities estab
lishes a system for the locating and
patenting of mineral coal and saline
lands fixes the meteric system for
the islands and gives the civil gover
nor the title of governor general
BAKER TO HAVE A HEARING
Makes a Good Impression During His
Interview with President
WASHINGTON From a larger
knowledge of the interview which oc
curred between President Roosevelt
and Judge B S Baker of New Mexico
Senator Millard and Representative
Hinshaw it seems fair to predict that
Judge Baker will be given a hearing
on the charges preferred against him
and an opportunity to rebut the evi
dence which led to his removal as
United Stales judge of the Second
district of New Mexico
It was learned that Judge Bakers
statement that he had never had an
opportunity to be heard on tne
charges preferred against him ex
cept as to plead not guilty to the
specifications greatly surprised the
president He had assumed the recom
mendation of the attorney general for
the removal of Judge Baker was sus
tained by the evidence in the case
When he was told however that a
promise was made to Judge Baker by
the special examiner sent to investi
gate the charges that he would be
given ample opportunity to rebut the
evidence taken and that no such op
portunity had been accorded Presi
dent Roosevelt remarked that every
man had a right to his day in court
EXPECT BIG STOCK EXHIBIT
Fine
Live Stock Promises to
Fill
Lewis and Clark Grounds
PORTLAND Ore The portion of
the Lewis and Clark fair grounds
which was allotted to the exhibition
of live stock it is thought will prove
inadequate to the demand and ar
rangements are being made to enlarge
it Anything further than an exhibition
of the high bred stock from farms on
the North Pacific coast was not con
templated by the state commission in
the first place Since the convention
of the International Live Stock asso
ciation at Chicago however it has de
veloped that the breeders from all
over the country are planning to send
the best of their herds to Portland
next year This prompted the exposi
tion authorities to increase the appor
tionment for premiums from 40000 to
55000 and to consider the advis
ability of increasing the space to be
devoted to the display
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ta Them
WASHINGTON The annual report
of Commander G L Dyer command
ant and naval governor of the island
of Guam which was approved by Sec
retary iuorton says that there remains
a vast amount of work to put the ad
ministration of the colony on a satis
factory modern footing The people
are poor ignorant very dirty in their
habits but gentle and very religious
says the report
Commander Dyer does not think
Americans will be willing to live there
permanently
Commander Dyer is of the opinion
that the revenues of the island will
he sufficient to carry on certain pub
lic services such as schools and roads
Although extreme paternalism is rec
ommended the preliminary steps of
the people to attain a higher grade of
living and culture it is stated must
be guided by Americans
Neqro Makes Slave of Brother
ATHENS Ga One negro seeks re
lease from a condition of servitude
from one of his own race In Clark
county Robert Christopher colored
through his attorney has sworn out a
warrant before Commissioner Kinne
brew charging his half brother George
Christopher with compelling him to
work for the latter without any legal
right to do so and he seeks the aid
of the federal court in procuring his
release Tho outcome of the trial of
the accused negro is awaited with un
usual interest
FAVOR OF PEACE
A MASS MEETING OF CITIZENS
HELD IN NEW YORK
ASK SENATEFOR TREATIES
Many Prominent Men in Attendance
Resolutions Adopted Urging Con
gressmen to Favor Convention that
Will Bring About Peace
NEW YORK A mass meeting call
ed to urge the prompt ratification of
the arbitration treaties recently sign
ed by the state department with sev
eral of the leading foreign powers was
held at Carnegie hall under the aus
pices of the New York executive com
mittee of the American conference on
international arbitration
There was a large attendance and
the speakers wore frequently applaud
ed
John Crosby Brown in an opening
address expressed regret at the ab
sence of Andrew Carnegie who was
to have opened the meeting but
whom he said could not be present
Mayor George B McCellan presided
and was the first speaker
M Linn Bruce governor elect spoke
against deciding differences by na
tions with war and was followed by
Archbishop Ireland While the arch
bishop was speaking he was inter
rupted by a man who said Give
somebody else a chance
The archbishop immediately sat
down The audience hooted the man
who had shouted and the ushers tried
to find him but failed Then the au
dience applauded until Archbishop
Ireland resumed
The letters from Grover Cleveland
Carl Schurz John Mitchell Andrew
Carnegie and General Nelson A Miles
were read after which Bishop Henry
C Potter was introduced and spoke
briefly
A speech by Rabbi Silberman con
cluded the speechmaking after which
resolutions were adopted unanimously
as follows
Whereas The method of settling
international disputes and difficulties
by arbitration rather than by force is
in accord with the highest precepts
of reason and humanity and
Whereas The civilized nations of
the world have by jointly establishing
the permanent court at The Hague
recognized the moral obligation which
rests upon them to avoid the horrors
of war by the submission of their con
troversies to judicial determination
and
Whereas- The government of the
United States which for the past half
century has been foremost in the act
ual resort to arbitration has ne
gotiated and is negotiating treaties
with various powers making compul
sory upon the contracting nations the
reference of dirputes of a certain na
ture to the international court at The
Hague now therefore be it
Resolved That we the citizens of
e iorh in mass meeting as
sembled favor the expression by the
government of the United States of
the principle of international arbitra
tion to all questions which cannot
otherwice be brought to a pacific set
tlement and it is further
Resolved That since the proposed
treaties extended the operation of ar
bitration in accord with the moral
political and economic interests of this
country and of the world we earnestly
require our representatives in the sen
ate to exert their influence in behalf
of such treaties and of their prompt
consideraVon and approval by the
senate and it is further
Resolved That the president and
secretary of this meeting be and are
hereby directed to forthwith forward
copies of these resolutions to the pres
ident of the United States senators
from the state of New York to the
president of the senate and the chair
man of the committee on foreign re
lations
Miss Newslands Soon to Wed
WASHINGTON Senator Ncwlands
of Nevada announced the engage
ment of his youngest daughter Fran
ces to Lieutenant Leopoldo von Brc
dow of the German army
HEALTH OF TROOPS EXCELLENT
Encouraging Report Frcm General
in Philippines
WASHINGTON Brigadier General
itannall commanding the department
of Luzon Philippine islands in his
annual report to the war department
says that the general health of the
troops is excellent the disappearance
of cholera having removed one of the
greatest sources of anxiety The im
proved health conditions are said to
be due to the construction of new
posts the absence of hard field ser
vice the drinking of distilled water
and enforced abstinence from native
fruits and uncooked vegetables It is
recommended that continuous service
in the Philippines be limited to two
years in order to avert nervous break
down which is said to be quite com
mon among the white troops in Uip
islands
President Invited South
WASHINGTON Congressman Les
ter of Georgia representing the Sa
vannah board of trade extended to
the president an invitation to visit
Savannah on his southern trip next
spring Tlio president said that he did
not expect to visit Georgia next
spring and would make at that time
no general tour of the South He said
he expected to go directly to San An
tonio Tex by waV of Louisville but
at some later time in his administra
tion he hoped to visit Georgia and
other southern cities
DO GOOD TO OTHERS
vanish if you would interest the peo
ple on each side to approach the mat
ter in the spirit of each striving to
care for his fellows as he cares for
himself I do not mean for a moment
to neglect his own interests I want a
man to take care of himself for if he
does not somebody else will have to
take care of him I want him to re
member that in addition to taking
care of himself he has got to try to do
his duty by others If he will approach
his fellow men in the spirit which
makes the use of the word brother a
general term instead of a term of
hypocrisy the difficulty of dealing with
the great questions that arise will be
minimized if not entirely done away
with
SHELL THE TOWN
Japanese Turns Their Guns on Port
Arthur
TOKIO The commander of the Jap
anese naval land battery reporting
says
Four Russian battleships two crui
sers one gunboat and one torpedo
storeship lying in Port Arthur harbor
are completely disabled There is no
further necessity for bombarding the
Russian naval force
Are now engaged shelling the town
of- Port Arthur which is being heavily
damaged
Dispatches received today from the
Japanese army besieging Port Arthur
report that the interior of the fortress
was bombarded with heavy guns yes
terday seriously damaging the battle
ship Poltava the transport Amur and
th wireless telegraph station at the
foot of Golden Hill and that the ar
scnal was set on fire
A dispatch from the headquartcis of
tho Japanese army in Manchuria says
At 2 in the morninc of the 11th n
body of infantry of the enemy attack
ed Peitaitozu but at dawn was com
pletely repulsed not th ward
In the afternoon of December 1 1 the
enemy artillery holding a position
west of Manpao mountain openel a
cannonade against Yaotua and Tang
chiapaotzu and the enemys artillery
posted west of Da mountain shelled
Butzaowa Neither caused damage
Mamacheih on the right bank of the
Hun river was attacked by the en
emys cavalry The Russians were
driven westward losing a number of
men The Japanese sustained no cas
ualties
ROOSEVELT GUARD OF HONOR
Rouqh
Riders
to Have Important
Place at Inauguraton
WASHINGTON Presdent Roose
velts guard of honor in the inaugural
parade on the fourth of next March
will be a squadron of picked men
from his old regiment of rough riders
the first United States volunteer
cavalry Colonel A O Brodie gover
nor of Arizona and Major W H
Llewellyn formerly of the rough
riders took luncheon with the presi
dent and arrangements for the guard
of honor were made at that time It
is the wish of the president that Col
onel Brodie select from the members
of the regiment a squadron of from
thirty to fifty men to act as his spec
al escort on inauguration day
The president desired Colonel
Brodie to inform the members of the
iough riders that he would attend the
annual reunion of the regiment at San
Antonio the latter part of next March
and after the reunion the president
probably will take a hunting trip with
Major Llewellyn
Thanks President for Interest
WASHINGTON General ritzliugh
Lee president of the Jamestown Ex
position company had a talk with
President Roosevelt about tho exposi
tion He thanked the president for his
interest as expressed in his message
He referred to the announcement that
the sub committee on industrial arts
and expositions nad decided not to re
commend an appropriation for the
Jamestown exposition but would re
commend that provision be made for a
naval display there
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President a Believer in Fellowship of
Man
WASHINGTON President Roose
velt attended the prayer meeting at
the Grace Reformed church of which
he is a member and at the conclusion
of the service he made a short ad
dress to the large congregation and
held an informal reception Some time
ago the president expressed to the
pastor the Rev J M Shick his desire
to meet his fellow members of the
church The edifice was filled to over
flowing At the conclusion o the
prayer service the pastor introduced
the president who in the course of
his remarks said
I think that any man who takes
an interest in this great country of
ours must realize that the one all im
portant necesstiy of our social indus
trial and political life is the necessity
for the realization of what brother
hood means We cannot develop our
civilization at all unless we develop
it upon the basis of each recognizing
in his fellow man his brother whose
interest he must have at heart No
scheme of legislation no kind of ad
ministration of the government will
atone or can atone for the lack of
fundamental quality of each being in
very deed his brothers keeper I do
not mean to talk about every seventh
day but to feel it in the intervening
six to feel it on the part of the em
ployer with his employes on the part
of the employes with thd employer
Three fourths probably nine tenths
of the labor troubles that sometimes
assume so ominous a form would
Attraction of Affinities
Tria hcupvG In ainniuea
cue that it is impossible that the
Every housekeeper should know
that if they will buy Defiance Cold
Water Starch for laundry use thej
will save not only time because it
never sticks to the iron but because
each package contains 1G cz one full
pound while all other Cold Water
Starches are int up in fi -pound pack
ages and the price is the same 10
cents Then again because Defiance
Starch is free from all injurious chem
icals If your grocer tries to sell you a
12 oz package it is because he has
a stock on hand which he wishes tc
dispose of before he puts in Defiance
He knows that Defiance Starch has
printed on every package in large let
ters and figures 1G ozs Demand
Defiance and save much time and
money and the annoyance of the iron
sticking Defiance never sticks
The best way to bo grateful is tc
give another occasion for gratitude
Do our Clothes Look Yellow
Then use Defiance Starch it wir
keep thorn white 16 oz for 10 cents
But few men have the ability tc
combine business with pleasure
A GUARANTIED CIKK lOU VILTES
Itchinsr llllad mcedlcc r IT triKin Ille Youj
drurcta will refund uiiney If IAZO OIXEMEX1
falls to cure jou la 6 to 14 dais 60c
Sincerity is the one secret of suo
cess in the search for God
Pisos Cure is the best medicine we ever used
for all affections of the throat and lungs Wit
O Endslet Yanburen Intl Feb 10 1200
Forgetting the things behind is na
reason for ingratitude
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Send for I KEK S200 trial boti in twth
OB XL H Kusb Ltd 431 Arch Street miadVlpSS p
Truth will come fully where you le
it come freely
Defiance Starch is put up 16 ouncej
m a package 10 cents One third
more starch for the same money
This life would be impossible with
out the possibility of another life
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The growth of a church docs not
depend on its graft
It is not what you
get but what yoc
go for that makes the difference
Great blessings arc often held wait
Ing for some small obedience
TZ 7 a gas works a mn
the less light ho gives
The authority of the good does no
rest on its austerity
Sufferings draws man to man and
men to religion
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sons akin to one another should never
meet Their theory which no one can
denv to be pretty is that the power of
such persons together
thought must bring
gether Thoughts they say wander
through space like electric messages
and if wo think about a person w
shall affect that person in some way
By our thoughts wo will attract our
affinities
Looked Like a Framed Painting
He had been standing for five min
ntes in the lobby of one of the TSj
hotels looking at tho pretty cashicrOe
through her little office window Fin-
ally he turned to a man near by and
said Gosh zats sha pretty picture
Wisht I cud paint like zat Thought
I saw th head move but things allez
more when Ive had too much Then
ho walked slowly away Kansas City
Times
Power in the Wifely Smile
The man who finds his wife smiling
happily when ho comes home at nights
will be likely to stay there If ha
should go out the memory of her smile
will make him feel that she doesnt
care and he will soon find himself
wanting to go back home and make
her care
Doing Great Work
Florisant Mo Dec 19th Special
That Dodds Kidney Pills are doing
a great work in curing the more ter
rible forms of Kidney Disease such as
Brights Disease Dropsy and Diabetes
everybody knows But it must also
be noted that they are doing a still
greater work in wiping out thousands
of cases of the earlier stages of Kid
ney Disease Take for instance Mrs
Peter Barteau of this place She
says
T have been subject to pains in my
back and knees for about three yearsj
but since I have been taking Dodd
Kidney Pills I have been entirely
cured
Others here tell similar stories In
fact in this part of Missouri there are
scores of people who have cured the
early symptoms of Kidney Disease
with Dodds Kidney Pills The use of
the Great American Kidney Remedy
thus saved not only the lives of Kid
ney Disease victims but thousands of
other Americans from years of suffer
ings
It is not strange that the man whe
makes his laith depend on his knowl
edge frequently exhibits innocence ol
both
Important to Mothers
Examine carefully every bottle of CASTORIA
a cafe and euro remedy for infants and children
and ecc that it
Bears tho
Signature of
ffiv
In Use For Over Mi Years
The Kind You Uvc Always Bousut
A woman is apt to mistake her mar
riage certificate for a lecture license
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