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JAPANESE AMEND DISPATCH OF
DESTRUCTION OF SEVASTOPOL
DAMAGED BY TORPEDO BOATS
Assault Made by the Flotlll In Face
of i1 Driving Snowstorm.-Com.
mand of the Third Russian Army
Meets with a Hearty Reception.
' 1'0 K I O-'I'ho turret I ship Sevastopol
III IItlll affoal , hut IIJ aparent1 11am. (
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The part tally successful torpedo at-
Incl < on the Sevastopol was mallo ( In
the face of almost insurmountable ob.
Hlncles : , nllll writes another inspiring
story of the splendid bravery of 11
number of olllcel's
The Ulllln crew of lie ( torpedo ( boat
destroyers and torpedo boats \'ohm.
loerml for hn 1 mitt nd , courting I death
In their efforts 10 destroy the only
lIoallng Russian hatl1ushlll at Port
Arlhur
Facing n driving snow storm nllli
heavy seas , the lIollllns separated amid ,
minder lIullvlllllnl r'omn1l1l1l1Ns. I he
vessels nltal'l 1ed Inelelwlltlently ( , The
flecks or ho I destroyers and torpedo
loatH ! were coated with Ice and the
11I011 suffered 1H'lIll'ly from 'olel
, 'I'ho H II liS hili resorted 10 he I most
f'xll'IIW ! pre'itnllons : 10 protect the
Sevastopol . 'I' hey dropped ' ! ! torpedo
nets , which shielded the hO\\'s of the
warship , amid mite Se\'aslopol waR fill"
Iher prolel'Il'\ ' ( \ a specially \ conSII'I\ "
eel wooden 1100111 , time frame worm , of
which was composed ' or Ironholllul
logs and cables antI heavy chains In
erllll'oll t and entanglell Front the surface .
face of this boons hung a deep curtain
u1l\lle of torpedo ' nets taken front the
, sunken battleships , the purpose of
which was to catch told destroy the
torpedoes and their mechanIsm
The .laJlanese probably refrained
from attempting 10 cut 01' jump the
boom ' , It plan demonstrated hy the
British , hilt the torpedo boats and 110'
'It ' ' eVlllolltly forced the .
gtroyers openings
IIIj.S , which the Russians hall left so
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nR to allow cOl1lmunlcatlon with the
hal'lIor
The commander of the Third lap
nneso rgmmadron \ , reporting at 10ao :
o'olock yesterday morning I / , says :
COllln1Oacln/- / at 11 : ao o'elocJ 'I'IIOS-
day night and 'ontlnllllll until 3 : I
o'e1oelc Wednesday morning , six torpedo .
podo boats allll specially fitted torpedo
craft constantly attempted attacks
agnlns the Russian battleship So\'asto.
1x11 the coast defense vessel Ot'ashnl
and the military tranSpOl'tff ,
Details of the attacks are not yet
lwown llowo\'ol' , according to reports
received ' from the watch tower at fI
I'clocl this morning , the Sevastopol
had com1l10IIceil , lowering astern and
the water was snlll to reach the toro .
Ilel10 tubes ustCI'll.
DECREASE IN SEEDED AREA
Acreage of Winter Wheat Not Quite
Uo to 1903
WASI II NGTON-Tho crop report is-
8110d by the department or agriculture I
1\1. 'J :
Helurns . to time chic of the bureau
of statistics of the department of
rlcllllllre indicate that the newly
seeded al'eof [ winter wheat Is about
:11,155,000 : acres , It decrease or 1.6 per
cent from the area sown In the fan of
HI03 , as f mmatly \ ostlmatad The comidl-
lion of winter wheat on December 1
was 82I ! , as compared with 86,6 In I
1903 , fl9i In 1902 and a ten year aver-
age of 921. Time acreage as compared
will last year Is 98.4 per cent.
'rho newly seeded area of winter
rye Is provisionally estimated at % .7
per cent of the area SOW III the fall of
1903 The condition of winter rye on
December 1 was flO' [ , us compared
with 92,7 oat December 1i 1903 , { 1S.l. at
the corresponding datQ JII 190 : 1 find
96,2 the mean of the PeCbmber \'at.
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WILL CLOSE SOON.
Land Office ; In McCook , Nebr. , to Shut
Down
WASIIING'I'ON-lly order of the
secretary of the interior time local land
ofl1ce nt lcCool < , Neh" , will he closed
on January 31 , the recons ! on that
date to bo sent to the land office at
the state call1lol. The order abandoning .
donlng time l\lcCool humid ollko was
sent out hy the general land office
Tuesday and will have the effect of
terminating the salnl'los of I. ' . 1\1. : Itath-
hlln , I'eglster , and C. W Barnes , re-
celver. The action taken on the part !
of COll1mlsHloner Hlchal'lls of the gone
oral laud office Is along time lines of
the policy malllled out not only I hy the
Interior deJlartment , hilt hy statutory
a mend nmeut as well. Time general statutes .
utes provide that whenever a fund
oll1co ceases to he a self- sllJlJlortlng
oll1ce , hr reason of a settlement and
taltln 1111 of public lands within the
prescribed district , that such land of-
lice shall he abolished und the I'econls (
shall he tl'unst'erl'l'lI and ll'ansmillall
10 the state Capitol for Permanent 1\1. \
lug.
" 'l'hlfl law Is just , " sulll Conunis-
sioner Hlchurds "We have just
abandoned 1\ land onlce In Kansas an.l
are cOl1temJllntln the abandonment ' of
certain of the Soul Dakota land of-
'l'H 'I'\IISO \ HhandonmcntH 111'0 not so
mach along ; the lines of retrenchment ,
hat because the rl'malnlng hllslness
10 he done can much more easily ho
lone ( from the slate capitol when the
perinauent records are on l\Ie \ In time
case of cCool" , It has been some
time since that dice paid expenses.
ILnd It has therefore hcen deemed ad-
vlsuhle to close the ol11ce and send
he I permanent records to Lincoln
1'he removal of the records from \Ic- :
Cook to LIncoln Is mono hy executive
order ulld there Is 110 slgnlflcancu
whatever In the cnso It will he time
policy of the olilce to cut down land
omcos wherever ,
\ they arc unnecessary
Personally , 1 believe that retrenchment .
ment Is a good thing and If we can 11c-
comJllIsh the same roslllts with less offices .
flees I believe It ought 10 he done. "
Joseph Smith of Lamonl , la. , dlract
descendant of the original Joseph
-Smllh , founder of the 1\lormon faith
and revelator or the hook of Mormon : ,
Mend of the .10S011hHos , Is \Vashing .
ton for time purpose of securing an
intervention of the United States In
behalf of his hrethren In 'I'nhltl ( ,
where , according to 1"I'onch rule ,
Mormons ; of the Joscphlto faith , who
are antl - polygamists , are III'ohihlld !
from seoldng' converls on that Island
In the south seaif lIe asks fall' treatment .
ment for his brethren who are ReekIng -
Ing 10 mal\O concerts to the Mormon ;
faith us represented by the society In
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BRYAN DEMOCRACY'S LEADER
Senator Newlands Quotes Him In
Preference to Judge Parker.
WASI I ING'l'ON-Time sedate head
' under consideration he I Jlllre food anll
PhlllpJllne government hills 'Dohate
on the fornmer was confined 10 culling
attention to time Inlle'l'rlllal' ' of mho
protection accorded thc people of the
Unllell States against impure food and
drugs ,
'I'IIP 11Iseusslon of the Philippine hill
related solely to the question of the
guarantee ; by the Phlllllllne government -
ment of the Incoll1e III' Interest on
honlls In hose I Islands ; \11' , HfJooner of
Wisconsin leading In the r'I.ItIl'lsll1
'l'ho suggestion was made hy 1\11. . r-ew.
lands of Nevada that time Phlllpllino
government should construct the system '
tem of railroad III'olIOSetTho \ debate
brought out time first reference In the '
senate this session to Jllllge Pal'lwr's
attitude on the PhilippIne flllastlon ,
caused by \11' ; NewhulIls quoting ) from
certain utterances or William .1. J
Bryan and ' President Ho08e\'elt. 1\11' \
Fora" ± r inquired why : he had ignored
Jlldg Parker and Mr. Newlands reo
plied that Mr. BrYl\1\ for night yearn !
.toed 1U the leader l ur the democratic
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NATIONS VOWED TO PEACE
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South Amerlc Republics Commemorate '
orate Arbitration Treaty.
0111 / pinnacle of the Andes mountains -
talus , .IOOO } feet above the level 01
the sea 011 the boundary tine between
Chile and the Argentine Republic ,
stands an heroic statue of the Christ. .
The 'recllon of this statue Is lo com ,
1I1'lI1orllto the signing of a treaty be
tween the two countries hy which It
Is agreed to settle all disputes arisIng
from any cause lIy the process of arbi
tratlon The Inscription at time base
of the pedestal tells the stol' ' ,
The pedestal ; Is of granite , symbolizIng '
Ing the world. 'l'he gigantic bronze
figure of the Christ rises 26 feet above
It and Is visible In all directions for
many miles
Bolh the people of Chile and those
of the Argentine HeJlllbllc want no
P
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t ErS' 1tn1a ns
alltFrnnb18uth'
JR U 1 V6 1l6 < < tlEl.plJ
Dl's and tb08
' 6Fit.i'm ' mT ' -V Y ,
t ( pUb1 { bttBa1t
d ? i. ; ( Ji1l tfi WljitO
'rt3y jaVCI UJJJfn at
the fae1 oft a c . , :
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more war Both countries arc again
III'osperolls. The armies of each nation .
tlon are being redllced almost to the
limits ol'.a police force. Some of the
great warships have been sold ; others
have been turned Into merchant vessels .
8'ls for the carrying trade between
South AlI1erlca and South Africa.
Peace reigns , and as the people
look lip at the great statue of the He-
eleomer the ) sao the olltstl'etched hand
which seems to he imparting the benediction -
diction \ of hoa\'an. and \'ow that ( that
IWHCO hall never he hrolten
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Proud of Their "Dry LIst. "
The towns and cities of New lIaml
shire have commie 10 vie with each
other to see which shall have the
most names entered 011 the famous
" .fry list" In'oglll' ill hat I state under
the provision \ or its IIqllol' law. Somel's-
worth Is now out with the claim that
two recent additions give her a total
of 130 numes and the leadershlIl
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PL.A IN ZOt- - c : JR"J'4 '
Fan Made From Slate.
T. S. Roberts of Chdl'lolte , \'t. . has
a slate fall made from piece of slate
' ' ' In Wr.lcs that
front a quarry , . was 214
tn' 7'-1. ' l11chnl' . find that' opened Into
( sixty ; t perfect 1un. . com so3in ; thr
fan ,
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A VICTIM OF LA GRIPPE.
1\Irs Henrietta A. S. Marsh , 769 ! ! w.
16th st. . , Los Angeles , Cal.I ; > resldent
'Yoman's Benevolent Ass'n , writes :
"I suffer with In grippe tor seven
weeks , and nothing I could do or take
helped me until I tried Peruna.
"I felt at once that I had at last
secured the right medicine and I kept
steadily improving.Vithin three
weeks I was fully restored , and I am
glad that I gave that trllly great rem-
edy a. . trial. I wl11 never he without
it again. "
In a letter dated August 31 , 904 ,
l\lrs Marsh ' "I have ' 'et -
says : never yet /
heard the efficacy of Perunn question- J'f.
ed We still \ use It , I traveled through
KentuelQ' and Tennessee three years
ago , where I found Peruna doing Its
good wOl'le. Much of It Is being used
here also-Henrletta A. S. Marsh
Address Dr. Hartman , President ot
The Hartman SanitarIum , Columbus
Ohio
Ask your Druggist for II free Peruna
Almanac for 1905.
UNITED STATES
' Importing
i r Canadian
5111i wheat is
WGj . now a fact.
Ocl\ free lIoml'811'nd III 'cstcrn Cnnadn or buy \f
SUIlIC ( ut the hest w heat lauds un the continent , and ' ;
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hecume II pruduccr f -a
The average yield ut wheat this year will bo about
tn'clIl ) " IIlIshels III the ncre The oat and barley crop
\ \ 111 IIho yield nlJulldllllll Splcndld climate , good
bchuole amid churches ccllIelit IUllrkctlll fnclUtlel.
Apply for IlIfllrmntlulI to Supcrtnlcntlcnt Imml' (
nation OIlU\\'II , CUllutln , or tu lIulhurtzed CanadlllD ,
Oo\'CrlllllCnt Aent-W ! V. lIeunell , 801 New York
Lao Building , Omaha , XJlJrtl.kB. ! {
l'lell8e say : where you saw this advertisement.-
SEND US A HORSE
01" s cow calf colt goat : or sn1 other
kInd of hide or skin to be tanned
for Robes Coats. Ruls. MIttens
Harness and Lace Leathor.
The olde.tIIHc and nnly HEIIAlnJ In the Welt.
CU8tom work n sl'cclnlty Tanners and manufac
turers uf hIdes for anything YOU want Write for
8hll'plnl1 tags anti descriptive circulllr
BAYER TANNING COMPANY
Went Ninth 6t. , Dept. M , Des Moines 10.
DR. . McGREVV ,
10'01':10 : years has nlllllo n apeclnltv
of DISISES 01 : " ' j\nx. Eighteen - , . ,
eon years In Omahn Fits home
4 1'rt'lItm"t h II II t'rlllanenlh' , S
3 cured thousands lit IImllll coat ! ,
Save iron ( and money by descrlb ,
lug your 1'111IIlId write for Free !
1100lt rural lerllls of treIIIII"Int,1dt'd ,
clue fIl'l1In plain packal'c : JlOJl
iOO omco 215 South 14th. Street ,
Omaha. Nubrallta.
DID YOU KNOW ,
that you can get more light for lees muncy with .
MONARCH CARBIDE FEED f
ACETYLENE GENERATOR
ibsa trop IPftbln ; oleo In the world-except the sun ? a
BCDd for Ctts1o3ue : D.
GSONARCH ACETYLENE GAS CO .
1o1Z Varnfom 't. , Onaha N.lh
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