WAR DURING WEEK.
JAPANESE ARE VICTORS IN SIX
DAYS' FIGHTING.
Mikado's Land Army Moving Steadily
on Port Arthur with a Seemingly In
vincible Advance Kuroki'a Men
'Threaten to Take Fortress by Storm.
The last week of the war , like most
of its predecessors , -Was Japanese. The
second Important land battle occurred
and resulted in a
decisive but most
bloody victory for
the Mikado's men.
Kinchou lies on
the Liaotung .penin-
s u 1 a , thirty-two
miles northeast of
Port Arthur. In its
vicinity the penin
sula is but two
miles wide and
dominated from
GEX. KOUROPATKIN sea to sea by the
Kinchou heights , which form a strong
and useful outpost to Port Arthur. Be
tween ixinchou and Port Arthur there
, -was no available landing place for the
Japanese troops. It was necessary for
them , therefore , to land above Kinchou
And march down over it before they
could take Port Arthur. Owing to the
circumscribed area maneuvering for
.possession of Kinchou and Nanshan
hill behind was almost impossible. The
-situation resolved itself into a plain
case of fight
The battle lasted for six days , but
the severe fighting was on Thursday ;
May 20. The Russians fought like he-
TOCS , but the Japanese fought like mad
men. The Nipponese combination of
fanatical , reckless bravery with cool ,
.precise calculation , as demonstrated in
the battles of the Yalu and Kinchou ,
.lias never before been seen in mili
tary history.
It is hardly too much to say that
live Japanese are invincible. The only
Tway to stop them when they receive"
definite orders to go ahead is ! to kill
GENERAL KTFBOKI.
tfhem. And from present Indications
the only way Russia will be able to
rvvhip them in this war will be to kill
them all. As long as there is a live
.Japanese army anywhere in Manchu
ria it is apt to be victorious.
The world is beginning toregard
the Jap soldier with excessive and uneasy -
easy admiration. What sort of a sol
dier is he who can 1m three months
upset all the carefully collected and
thoroughly accepted dicta over mili
tary art who can disprove the infalli
bility of the lessons of Cold Harbor ,
St private , Plevna , Shipka Pass , and
the Tugela who can In the face of
modern rifles carry a strongly fortified
. -and numerously occupied height by di
rect assault ?
Later news of the Kinchou-Nanshan
fight makes the Japanese rietory even ,
more overwhelming. - They captured
fifty guns from their enemy "besides , "
as their official report puts it "many
other things. " After taking Nanshan
.hill , at 7 p. m. on the night of , May 20 ,
the indefatigable Japs pressed on , id
on the morning of Friday , May 27 , oc
cupied Naquanllng , the second line of
the Russian defense. Japanese troops
now envelop over half of Talienwan
Bay , on which Dalny is situated. The
Japanese acknowledge 3,000 killed and
.wounded and say the enemy left 400
dead on the field.
The Russian general staff acknowl
edges that It will be difficult if not im
possible for General Stoessel to make
another stand.outside of Port Arthur.
Probably the siege of that stronghold
rwill begin forthwith. The Japanese
.imply they will endeavor to storm it
. .within two weeks. If they succeed in
.this seemingly impossible attempt
their success will mark a new epoch in
the world's history.
So much for General Oko's Port Arthur -
thur army. The movements of Ku
roki are not so theatrical or traceable.
Kuroki's left is at Takushan on the
sea , where ho has a base. His lines
extend northeast to Fengwangcheng ,
where Is his center and main concen
tration. This place is fortified by
30,000 troops. Advance guards have
been thrown out from Fengwangcheng
on the two roads to Haicheng and
Liaoyang. Between the Japanese
scouts and the Cossacks there is con
tinual skirmishing.
The strength of Kuroki's entire force
is unknown. The troops landed at Ta-
Itushan have been estimated by the
' [ Russians at about 20,000. Kuroki's
right constitutes the mystery. How
strong it is , where it is , and what it
purnoses to do are all matters of con
jecture. It is on the road which leads
to Mukden. Some days ago there was
'a rumor that it had appeared above
Mukden , thereby cutting off the retreat
-of.the Russian concentration at Liao-
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SCENE OF THE YALU RIVER BATTLE.
Kuroki's line is so long that it seems
as if an active enemy might attack
its various columns and beat them in
detail , but the ground in which such
operations would have to be carried on
is exceedingly broken. If a superior
Russian force of 30,000 or 50,000
moved to crush Kuroki's right -wing ,
it would find itself unable to draw out
the full effectiveness of its' numbers
owing to the naj ow passes and mis
erable roads over which it would have
to maneuver. While Kuroki's line is
long from end to end , it is not -equally
thin in all places , but is concentrated
in three columns at Takushan , Feng-
wangcheng , and the unknown point
north or northeast Small bodies of
Cossack cavalry have been able to in
sert themselves between the three
points of concentration and get in the
rear of the Jai ujese. The raiders
have done little material harm. Their
chief value has been that of scouts
and collectors of intelligence.
Kouropatkin's army lies parallel to
Kuroki's at a distance of ' 100 miles.
The scouts and advance guard of both
armies are keeping touch in the in
terval. Kouropatkin's right rests at
Newchwang , and his forces extend
along the line of railroad through Hai-
cheng to Liaoyang and Mukden. The
main concentration is at Liaoyang. Be
cause of the railroad , however , the
Russian troops are exceedingly mo
bile , and the center of gravity can be
rapidly shifted. Liaoyang is being
well fortified. 3 Oku's soldiers can
storm Port Arthur the survivors will
probably about faqe and push up the
railrotfd against -the enemy's right ,
while at the sarnie time Kuroki will
make a concerted advance against his
whole line , perhaps endeavoring to out
flank the Rte Ian left with , his own
mysterious right
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War News in Brief.
The town of Ainyangpienmen is cap
tured.
Another Japanese army is said to be
landing in eastern Korea.
Russian troops have abandoned four
positions dcfending Port Arthur.
Nankwanling and Sanchilipu , strong
positions "on the outer defenses of Port
Arthur , have been abandoned by the
Russians without a battle.
Officers of the Japanese cruiser made
no attempt to save themselves when she
was sunk in collision off Port Arthur ,
but shook hands in farewell on the
bridge as the ship sank.
The success of the attack on Nanshan
Hill hung in the balance when Japanese
THE HILLS BACK OF PORT ARTHUR.
ships shelled the Russian forts and the
last possible assault carried the day.
The Japanese artillery had exhausted its
ammunition and-nine assaults had been
repelled.
St. Petersburg officials admit that they
are unable to attempt any relief for
Port Arthur , owing to Russia's loss of
sea power in the East. A bold attack ,
similar to the assault on Nanshan Hill ,
is expected.
A raid of Cossacks into Korea , ' during
which they advanced to within a day's
ride of Seoul and were prevented from
attacking the city only by orders to re
tire , is described by a Russian corre
spondent of the Associated Press.
The Japanese government announces
that everything in the Liaotuug penin
sula south of a straight line drawn from
Pitsewo to Pulientau is in a state of
siege.
Japanese attack and defeat 2,000 Cos
sacks , supposed to be part of Remien-
kampf's forces , northeast of Feugwaug-
cheng. and one report has it that the
Cossacks surrendered. *
The Japanese commanders at Kinchau
report that the Mikado's army lost 3,500
men , killed and wounded , in the capture
of Kinchau and Nanshan Hill. The
Russian loss is placed at2,000. .
Sentiment and Business.
How little sentiment there is in busi
ness is pretty well illustrated by the ne
gotiations for loans by the two pow
ers now at war. Russia , it is found , can
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borrow $200,000,000 and sell her 3 per
cent bonds at 98 to OS1while , Japan ,
asking $50,000,000 , must offer her G per
cent bonds well below par , or down to
about 93 to 93 . Additional to this , the
big New York banking houses handlmg
the American end of the loan , are fully
as tight with their money as the Euro
pean bankers , and both insist that Japan
pledge her custom house receipts as se
curity , while asking no such hard terms
from Russia. Primarily the question of
credits is one of facts and figures. Re
ceipts and expenditures relative to the
size of a country , together with pros
pective development and the likelihood of
further borrowings , are the important
tilings. This particular incident is prin
cipally interesting as illustrating two
things : That the sympathy of the Eng
lish and American peoples with Japan
avails that country little when she en
ters the loan market , and that the idea
advanced some time ago that , because of
persecutions of the Jews in Russia , that
country would find herself handicapped
by the opposition of powerful Jewish
financial houses was a fallacy. Senti
ment and business .do no-t mix. Minne
apolis Journal.
SIEGE OF PORT ARTHUR.
Japanese Sure to Pay a Tremendou *
Price for City's Fall.
The earlier reports of the battle of
Kinchau and the storming of the de
fenses of Port Arthur were to the effect
that the Japanese had sustained the
appalling loss of 12,000 men killed. The
Russian loss was not known , but was
supposed to be nearly as heavy.
The totals are still large , but it ap
pears that the Japanese loss is only
about one-fourth that originally report
ed , 3,000 killed and Avounded , while the
Russians left 400 dead on the field. The
Russian losses are doubtless not so heavy
as those of the Japanese because they
were fighting behind trenches , while the
Japanese were the assaulting party.
The loss is heavy enough , however ,
to suggest the desperate nature of the
contest and establish the reputation of
the Japanese soldier for coolness and
courage under fire. In fact , the supe
riority of the Japanese over the Russian
soldier appears to be well demonstrated.
He not only overmatches the Russian in
courage , but he fights with greater intel
ligence , greater enthusiasm , and with
a reckless disregard of the value of his
own life which makes him a most dan
gerous enemy. His leaders display won
derful skill and strategy in handling their
troops and in making them accomplish
the largest possible results. Men are
economized because that is prudent and
makes for success rather than because
human life is 'sacred and to be protected
wherever possible. When the emergency
arises , however , and human life has to
be sacrificed to accomplish an end , there
is no hesitancy on the part of either the
commanders or the soldiers.
flj'he Japanese appear to be paying a
tremendous price for Port Arthur , and
yet it is undoubtedly of the highest im
portance that they shall occupy it , not
so much perhaps because of any purpose
the fortifications of the .port themselves
might serve as on account of the navy
lying in the harbor. Not until th.ese
ships have been captured or destroyed
will Japan be entirely at liberty to con
tinue her campaign northward , or be pro
tected from the danger of the ultimate
combination of the Baltic fleet with the
remnants whicli lie in Port Arthur and
Vladivostok.
PEEIL MOM FLOOD.
CLOUDBURST MAKES 600 PERSONS -
SONS HOMELESS.
Newton , Kansas , Inundated Elvers ot
the State Rising Railway Traffic Demoralized -
. moralized and Towns Threatened
Fear at Kansas City , Mo.
.All tributaries of the Kaw River in
Kansas are rising rapidly and a seri
ous flood is threatened. Heavy rains
continuing for two days at a time have
prevailed all over Kansas at various
periods within the last thirty days.
Twice within that time most 6T the
streams have overflowed their banks ,
washing out railway tracks and crops ,
destroying much property and render
ing several hundred persons temporarily
arily homeless. But each time there
came a lull in the rainfall , the rivers
receded and almost normal conditions
prevailed.
Further heavy rain storms have
again swollen the streams , this time
beyond the height experienced in the
two former rises. While the conditions
are not such as brought on the great
June flood of last year , preparations
are being made to meet the situation
as it may develop.
Railroad traffic is demoralized and
already many through trains , both easi
and west bound , are stalled. The prin
cipal streams affected are the Kaw ,
the Smoky Hill , the Republican and
the Marais des Cygnes. So far no
casualties have been reported.
At Newton , Kan. , over GOO persons
have been rendered homeless by a sud
den rise in Sand Creek , which flows
through the north and west portions
of that town. The flooded district em
braces about one-fourth of Newton and
hi many houses the water stands as
high as the second-story windows. The
rise in the creek was caused by a
cloudburst and the water rose so rap-
idljr that hundreds of persons were
caught in their homes.
Rescuing parties were immediately
formed and hundreds of men worked
all night rescuing the unfortunates.
Morning found all removed to places
of safety , but with the water still
rising and further heavy damage like
ly. There were many narrow escapes
and much suffering.
At Council Grove the city is threat
ened with a flood as serious as that of
last year when the property damage
amounted to over $300,000. In the
lowland dozens of families have al
ready moved out their household ef
fects.
At Parkville the water in the Neosho -
she is within two feet of last year's
record and still rising and the mer
chants are moving their goods to up
per stories.
At Ellsworth the main street is
flooded.
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The Georgia delegation to the Demo
cratic national convention is instructed
for Judge Parker under the unit rule.
Senator Charles W. Fairbanks is
slated as President Roose-velt's running
mate , according to several Republican
leaders.
Former President Cleveland announces
that Judge Parker is the only logical
candidate for the Democratic nomina
tion for President.
It is said that Postmaster General
Henry C. Payne ardently desires the
post of chairman of the Republican na-
ticual committee.
President Roosevelt informed a dele
gation of La Follette men , who called
to explain their version of the factional
fight in Wisconsin , that he would not be
drawn into any partisan row in the
State.
Hearst men bolted the convention of
the Second Maine Congressional Dis
trict at Auburn , and two sets of dele
gates to the national convention were
elected and two candidates for Congress
nominated.
A mass convention of the People's
part } ' of Illinois was held in Springfield
and delegates were selected to attend ,
the national convention of the party.
Resolutions were adopted indorsing pre
vious acts of the national committee
seeking a reunion , and an address was
issued to voters , setting forth the plat
form of the party and appealing to all
of the faith to make this year a turning
point in American history.
The Nebraska State convention put
Mn Bryan at the head of the delegation
to the national convention. There were
1,0(55 ( delegates on the floor , and of these
1,030 were heart and soul for Bryan
and the other nine never were heard
from. The platform reaffirms the princi
ples set forth in the national Demo
cratic platform Of 1900. The veiled hit
at the reorganizers in the words "Dem
ocracy has nothing to gain by ambiguity
and nothinc : to fear from light" was re
ceived enthusiastically.
The Wyoming Democratic State con
vention unanimously instructed its dele
gates to the St. Louis convention for
Hearst and .adopted resolutions strongly
indorsing his candidacy.
Former Gov. Black of New York , for
mer Secretary of War Root and Senator
Lodge held a conference at Washington ,
at which it was decided that ex-Gov.
Black should place President Roosevelt's
nime before tiie Chicago convention.
. W. J. Showers , editor , of the Ona-
laska ( Wis. ) Record , was killed by light
ning dur/uf a thunderstorm.
THtWCEKLY c
One Hundred Years Ago.
The situation of the negroes In the
West Indies was said to be superior to
that of the laboring classes in England.
Napoleon ordered that the beautiful
palace of Versailles be fitted for his
use.
use.The
The ex-bashaw of Tripoli.wrote to
the President of the United States re
questing a loan of $40,000 to enable
him to regain his position , promising ,
if successful , to release all American
prisoners and to repay the loan.
Most Russians had left Paris > not
withstanding the assurances of the em
peror that even in case of war between
the nations they had nothing to fear.
Seventy-five Years Ago.
The Secretary of the Treasury is
sued a notice to the attorney and mar
shal of the United States requiring
their vigilance in the detection of per
sons engaged in the manufacture of
or who had passed spurious money in
imitation of silver.
Varna , in Bulgaria , was restored by
the Russians , and the fortification dis
mantled.
The Cherokee Indians of Georgia
were leaving their native State for the
country west of the Mississippi river.
Fifty Years Ago.
Telegraphic communications were
completed between Dover and Ostend.
The Missouri compromise bill of
1S20 was repealed by the passage of
the Kansas-Nebraska bill , permitting
slavery in those two territories.
Kansas and Nebraska were admitted
as territories to the United States.
The Turks made a sortie from Sil-
istria , killing 3,000 Russians in the
trenches.
Indignation meetings were held in
Boston and buildings draped in mourn
ing on the return of a "Fugitive Slave"
to the South.
Owing to the great floods in north
ern Europe that section was experienc
ing almost a famine , grain being par
ticularly scarce and high.
Forty Years Ago.
"
Capt Samuel Fiske , known to the
literary world as "Lunn Browne , " died
at Fredericks-burg , Va. , from wounds
received in the battle of the Wilder-
norr.
The records of Libby prison showed
that 97,000 Union prisoners of war had
been received there since the battle of
Bull Run.
Joshua R. Giddings , ' of Ohio , the
abolitionist , died at Montreal , to which
city he was United States Consul Gen
eral.
eral.At
At a mass convention ( anti-Lincoln )
held at Cleveland , 0. , John G. Fre
mont was nominated for President and
John Cochran for Vice President of the
United States.
Thirty Years Ago.
Henri Rochefort , the communist , ex
iled from France , visited Chicago , and
was ignored by resident Frenchmen.
The Mayor of New Orleans issued
an appeal to the country for relief of
45,000 victims of the Louisiana floods.
A Michigan Central express train
was held up near Three Oaks , Mich. ,
by robbers , one of whom was killed ,
and $2,700 taken.
President Grant Issued a proclama
tion extending to Newfoundland the
provisions of the treaty of Washing
ton by which the products of her fish
eries were to be admitted to the Unit
ed States free.
Twenty Years Ago.
Bicyclists from all parts of Illinois
met in Chicago and organized a State
division of the League of American
Wheelmen.
The national greenback labor con
vention at Indianapolis nominated Ben
Butler for President of the United
States.
After a three weeks' trial in a court
room crowded daily Neal McKeague
was acquitted of the murder of James
L. Wilson and wife.
William McKinley was unseated by
the Democrats in the National House
of Representatives on a contest from
the Seventeenth Ohio district
Building in Buffalo was tied up by
a strike of bricklayers and masons.
Ten Years Ago.
A monument to the memory of the
private soldiers and sailors of the Con
federacy was unveiled at Richmond ,
Va.
Va.Six
Six health officers were injured by
a mob that tried to prevent the re
moval of a smallpox patient from 1072
Troy street , Chicago.
Severe frost following a hail storm
ruined grain and fruits in the lower
peninsula of Michigan. .
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From Examination Papers.
A friend handed me these excerpts
from examination papers which he had
collected during the past year. They
are the result of asking the youngsters
to write sentences showing the mean
ing of the words they had to spell :
Mathematics are all the studies put
together.
It would take quite long to travel
the radius of the world.
Stenography means to "be a type *
writer.
Equilateral means nearly half.
The wild lyon was very radius.
He was very radius at me.
Radious , a different kind of people.
The radius of the hole was 15 feet
deep. Boston Record.
Mr. Albee's Opinion.
Alpine , Cal. , June G. Mr. T. M. AI-
bee , our postmaster , has expressed an
opinion based on his own experience
which will no doubt be of interest to
many. Mr. Albee is a man of few ;
words , but his well-known 'truthful
ness and uprightness of character auus
much weight to any statement he
aakes. . He says : '
"The first box of Doclil's Kidney
Pills that I used convinced me of their
good qualities and I used altogether
four boxes with the very best results.
I can heartily recommend this rem-
ody. "
This voluntary expression of opinion
will doubtless find an echo in many
homes in California , for Dodd's Kid
ney Pills have been making some mi
raculous cures in this State.
From the evidence already publish
ed it seems safe to conclude that this
medicine will be found to be a perfect
cure for Rheumatism , Urinary trouble ,
Backache and any and every form or
symptom of Kidney Complaint.
How to Sleep.
It Is not uncommon to hear people
Bay "I was too tired to sleep" but it
is not generally known how great a
help it is at such times not to try to
sleep , but to go to work deliberately to
get rested in preparation for it. In
nine cases out of ten it is the unwill
ingness to lie awake that keeps us
awake. We toss and turn and wish we
could sleep. We fret , and fume , and
worry , because we do not sleep. We
think of all we have to do on the fol
lowing day and are oppressed with
the thought that we cannot do it If we
do not sleep. First , we try one experi
ment to see if it will not make us
sleep , and when it fails , we try another
and perhaps another. In each experi
ment we are watching to see if it will
work. There are many things to do ,
any one of which might help us to
sleep , but the watching to see if they
will work keeps us awake.
When we are kept awake from our
fatigue , the first thing to do is to say
over and over to ourselves that we do
not caae whether we sleep or not , in
order to imbue ourselves with a
healthy indifference about it. It will
help toward gaining this wholesome in
difference to say "I am too tired to
sleep , and therefore , the firsit thing for
me to do Is to get rested in order to
prepare for sleep. When my brain is
well rested , it will go to sleep ; it cannot
help it. When it is well rested , it will
sleep just as naturally as my lungs
breathe , or as my heart beats. " Les
lie's Monthly. .
Honoring Dead White Elephants.
Curious ceremonies are witnessed in
Siam when one of the sacred white
elephants dies. It is given a funeral
grander than that accorded to princes
of royal blood. Buddhist priests offici
ate , and thousands of devout Siamese
men and women follow the deceased
animal to the grave. Jewels and of
ferings representing some thousands
Df pounds are buried with the ele
phant
Trying to Smooth Matters.
Mistress Did anyone call while. I
was out ?
New Girl Yes , mum ; Mrs. Wayup
called.
"Did she seem disappointed .when you
said I "was not at home ? "
"Well , she did look a little que r , but
I told her she needn't get mad about it ,
'cause it was really True this time. "
TURN OVER TIME.
When Nature Hints About the Food.
When there's no relish to any food
and all that one eats doesn't seem to
do any good , then is the time to make
a turn over in the diet , for that's Na
ture's way of dropping a hint that the
food isn't the kind required.
"For a number of years I followed
railroad work , much of it being office
work of a trying nature. Meal times
were our busiest , and eating too much
and too quickly of food such as ia
commonly served in hotels and restau
rants , these together with the seden
tary habits were not long in giving
me dyspepsia and stomach trouble
which reduced my weight from 205 to
160 pounds.
"There was little relish in any food
and none of it seemed to do me any
good. It seemed the more I ate the
poorer I got and was always hungry
before another meal , no matter how ;
much I had eaten.
"Then I commenced a fair trial of
Grape-Nuts and was surprised how a
small saucer of it would carry me
along , strong and with satisfied appe
tite , until the next meal , with no sen
sations of hunger , weakness or distress
as before.
"I have been following this diet now ;
for several months , and my improve
ment has been so great all the others
in my family have taken up the use
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of Grape-Nuts with complete satisfac
tion and much improvement in health
and.tirain power.
"American people undoubtedly eat
hurriedly , have lots of worry , thus
hindering digestion and therefore need
a food that is predigested and concen
trated in nourishment" Name given
by Postum Co. , Battle Creek , Mich.
Look In each pkg. for the famous
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