Cisco Apert (Cisco, Tex.), Vol. 12, No. 43, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 18, 1904 Page: 2 of 8
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THE CISCO APERT
FLEET BADLY SCATTERED
Russian Vess&ls Are Scattered Far
W. i. WILSON, Fubli*h**,
and Wi4».-
tisco,
TEXAS
NEWS IN NUTSHELLS.
The boll worm is reported to be
•dome seriou* damage to the cotton
grop in McLennan County.
R- B. Lockhart of. Pittsburg,
(Tex., has sold the Italy telephone
exchange to C. M. Mitchell of Italy
ior $5,000.
Brownwood business ‘men hate
.decided at a public meeting to hold
a fall carnival and street fair about
the last of October.
The Southwestern Telegraph and
•Telephone Company will inaugurate
a flashlight system* at Hillsboro
within the next month.
Stock water is becoming so
Jcarce in parts of Dakota that im-
mense herds of cattle are being sac-
rificed ut any price offered.
'Mme. Januschek, for many years
one of the most popular actresses in
America, is in a sanitarium in Long
Island suffering from paralysis.
The annual campmeeting of the
^Methodists ^at^Yhttw Itnrk, nine
miles north of Dallas, commenced
Thursday and will be continued for
•pne week.
On account of Democratic disaf-
fection in San Antonio and Hous-
ton districts, strong Republican
fights will ho made in each of them
for Congressmen.
An ordinance is being prepared
'“to be put into effect in Belton,
•whereby city convicts can be hired
;to the county and thereby bo made
to pay the costs in their fines.
Charles E. Brown, a consump-
tive, shot himself through the head
with a revolver at San Antonio and
died instantly. Ho had lately gone
to that city in hopes of relief.
The annual Holiness camp meet-
ing at Greenville at the Holiness
(University grounds, north of the
•city, began Thursday night and
will.continue until August 21.
Parker County has ordered a bond
election to obtain the wishes of the
people upon bonding the county for
$25,000 for the purpose of building
two bridges across the Brazos,
Expert oil men have struck a
strong flow of gas at Davis, I. T., at
370 feet. The gas has the odor of
petroleum, and when more casing
arrives the well will be sent deeper.
Mrs. J. L, Lindsey, wife of Dj.
J. L. Lindsey, a physician at Whitt
and a prominent citizen of the coun-
ty, shot herself through the temple
with suicidal intent at her home at
Whitt. Death resulted^ instantly.
The deed is attributed to a fit of
temporary insanity.
David Kelley, a member of the
*‘bov band quartette,” has been
found guilty of complicity in the
murder of John Lane, carpenter at
the Illinois Theater, by a jury,
and he was sentenced to life impris-
onment for his part in the kdling
of Lane.
Chefoo; The Associated Press
rorrespondent at Tsing Chou wires
hat the Russian battleship Czare-
itch of the Port Arthur k(uadron
received terrible punishment in the
fight off Shantung Promontory on
August 10 last. from, noon until
evening. The Czarevitch bore the
brunt of the fighting until 4 o’clock
in the afternoon, when Admiral
Withoff was hit by a shell, which
blew his body to pieces, only one of
his legs being found after the ex-
plosion. Four officers standing near
him were also killed. Altogether,,
the Czarevitch lost fifteen men
killed and forty-five wounded. At
4 o’clock in the afternoon of August
11 a Russian torpedo boat de-
stroyer, badly damaged, steamed
into Tsing Chou and half an hour
later the protected cruiser Novik,
ilightly injured; entered the port.
No dead were on board of either
vessel.
The.battleship Czarevitch arrived
at Tsing Chon on the night of Au-
gust 11 ut the rute of four knots an
hour and burning immense quanti-
ties of coal to make even that rate
of speed. Her rudder shaft was
broken, one gun was disabled, life-
boats had been lost, her masts were
badly bent, her funnels were rid-
dled and her bridge had been
twisted out of position. The pro-
jectile holes ab'"f> the water line
were covered with makeshift stop-
pers of wood. The same night, Au-
gust 11, the cruiser Askold, with
five of her crew dead and twelve
wounded, and one torpedo boat de-
stroyer attempted to enter Tsing
Chou, but were kept out by a Jap-
anese cruiser, whereupon they pro-
ceeded to Woosung.
At last accounts the Port Arthur
squadron was scattered as follows:
At Port Arthur — Battleships
Retvizan, Pobieda, Pcresviet, Pol-
tava, Sevastopol; cruiser Diana. All
these battleships but one are re-
ported by Togo to be seriously
damaged.
At Kiau Chau—Battleship Czar-
evitch, damaged so as to be unsoa-
worthy; cruiser Pallada; three de-
stroyers.
At Shanghai — Cruiser Askold,
badly damaged; destroyer Grosovi,
declared to be in need of repairs
by its officers. Both ordered to
leave within twenty-four hours of
arrival.
On the high lea—Cruiser Xovik,
compelled to leave Kiau Chau at
end of twenty-four-hour limit.
Captured — One destroyer at
Chefoo
Reported raptured — Two de-
stroyers on the. Chinese coast.
Chefoo, Aug. 15, 1:50 p. m.—A
telegram just' received here states
that a general attack on Port Ar-
thur begau at 4 o’clock this morn-
ing. Whether Port Arthur stands
or falls, it will cost the Japanese
enormously. It is estimated that
they will lose 30,000 men if they
take the fortress, but if they do not
take it it wilf be serious for the
Russian army, as it will result in re-
leasing a majority of the Japanese
southern force for an advance on
Liao Yang.
drowned. The strength of the fleet
under Vice Admiral Kamimura is
not known, but it is presumed that
he had the Adsuma, ldumo, lawate,
Takoshiao and other light-cruisers.
Tokio is joyous over the news, as
it gives Japan mastery of the sea
and restores commerce.
The Rurik was one of the four
large modern armored cruisers pos-
sessed by Russia it the beginning
of the war in the Far East, the Ros-
ing the othgr ships in her class. The
Kayan excepted, these armored
cruisers were each larger and more
powerful than the Japanese arm-
ored cruisers and little inferior to
battleships. The Rurik was the
oldest of the trio of the Vladivos-
tok squadron, which lias distin-
guished itself by its activity since
the thawing of the ice-bound har-
bor at the north of the Sea of Ja-
pan allowed free egress. She way
built in 1892 and was of 10,950 ton3
displacement. Her best speed wae
1S.8 knots. She was protected by
a partial 10.5-inch bolt, and carried
four 8-inch, sixteen 5,5-inch, six 4.7
inch and twenty-two smaller guns
and six above-water torpedo tubes.
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Street Fair For Amarillo.
Amarillo: Arrangements are be-
ing made for a street fair and carni-
val here on September 1, 2, 3 and 5.
There will be exhibitions of live
stock and agricultural products, for
which suitable prizes will be offered.
1 here will also he races for purses.
The 5th being Labor Day, there
will be a celebration at the Fair
Grounds, with a grand free barbe-
cue. Camp W. B. Plemons, Con-
federate Veterans, will hold a re-
union on the same dates.
Chairman Andrews says the
Democratic Executive Committee
will be called together on Septem-
ber 24 at a place yet to be desig-
nated, for the purpose of organiz-
ing and formulating a plan of cam-
paign and the transaction of such
business as might be necessary.
An epidemic of smallpox has
broken out in Zion City, tlie home
of Alexander Dnwie, the so-called
divine healer. All told, there are
said to be fifteen persons ill with
the disease.
A oung Will Parker, who was
knocked off the Texas and Pacific
track at Mesquite by ft train, had
bis leg taken off, it being so badly
injured that the divetor thought it
impossible to save it. The boy’s
parents live near Crandall.
Under the new order of physical
examination on the International
and Great Northern, every appli-
cant for a position on the road will
be required to undergo a rigid ex-
amination.
T nited States Construction Com-
pany, says a road has been extend-
ed from Orange to Buna, thirty
miles, and will be extended thirty-
five miles further, to Newton, to
connect with the Cotton Belt.
Tokio, Aug. 14. 4 p. .m - Vice
Admiral Kamimura encountered
the Russian \ ladivostok squadron
at dawn to-day north of Tsu Island
in the Strait of Korea, and attacked
the enemy at once. The battle last-
ed five hours and resulted iu a com-
plete Japanese victory. The Rus-
sian cruiser Rurik was sunk and the
cruisers Hossia and Gromboi fled to
the northward, after having sus-
tained serious damage. Vice Ad-
miral Kamimura cables the Navy
Department that the injuries in-
flicted upon his vessels wore slight.
The fate of the crew of flic Rurik
is not known; it is pre-surmd that
many of them were killed «*r were,
Miners Accept Reduction.
South McAlester. 1. T.: A dis-
patch was received here on Satur-
day, announcing that the biliotnl
count of the miners’ vote in the
Southwestern District shows a ma-
jority of 4,50(1 in favor of accept-
ing the proposed reduction of 5
per cent in wages. The South west-
ern District includes Indian Terri-
tory. Missouri, anas, Texas a Kntl
Arkansas. The contemplated strike
will not take place.
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Passing of Aged Veteran.
Wortham: Capt. John A. Lilly,
a veteran of two wars, the Mexi-
can and Civil, died at the home of
If. B Stubbs after a -diort illness
ct the ago of 79 years. He went to
M,—C, HurloWi-president of- the *' .0 1.it)lux i vcnmmud. and.
rved v.**th him during the war
with that country, after which he
ramc'to Texas and settled in Dallas
County. When the Civ! War broke
o -{ !>o went to. the field with*Trr-
ry’s Texas Rangrri,
Option Election in Limestone.
Grooshoek: The Commissioners
Court, in regular session, has or-
dered an election to be held on Sat-
urday, September 10, to determine
whether or not the sale of intoxi-
cating liquors shall ho prohibited in
this county {Limestone), This
county is now under local option
law, and has been for two years. A
great fight is looked for. If the
county goes wet, only; two precincts
in the county, Groesbeck and Mexia,
will have open saloons.
James P. AshcYoft, one of the
original settlers of Texarkana, died
at bis home on Saturday night, 62
years of age. Ho was the .first City
Marshal of the Arkansas side dur-
ing the years 1880 and 1881.
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A new school building has just
been erected at Chisholm. Kaufman
County, to take the place of the old
milding that was destroyed by fire
a few months ago.
Guthrie Gets a High School.
Guthrie, Ok.: The Guthrie Com-
mercial Club has closed a deal with
the Capital Uni versify people to
locate here an interdenominational
school for higher education, and the
work on the main building is ex-
pected to begin with the near fu-
ture. The matter has been under
advisement for several weeks by
both parties to the contract and
was finally closed Saturday night
at a mass meeting.
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Want a Cannery at Mabank.
Mabank: A strong effort is being
made to secure a canning factory,
and it being understood that fail-
ures in the past have been due in
large measure to a lack of material
for canning purpose*,-mn........
[hundred farmers have, in addition
to the large acreage of fruit and
!«»rries planted within the last throe
years, agreed to plant next year
from one to five acres of truck, ag-
gregating over 409 acre*.
New Yorky Aug. 13. — Dis-
patches from various points indi-
cate that the attempt of thtf Rus-
han Port Arthur squadron to reach
Vladivostok failed and that the
vessels have become widely scat-
tered, One torpedo boat destroyer
put into Chefim, where she was
boarded and captured by the Jap-
anese. The battleship Czarevitch,
the cruiser.TNovik and a torpedo
boat have arrived at Taing Chou,
at the entrance of Kiao Chou
Bay, the German concession* on
thP southern shore of the Shanghai
peninsula. According to oTher dis-
patches, the.cruiser Askold is also
at Cheng Chou, but advices to the
German Foreign Office docs not in-
clude her. Another Russian cruiser
and a torpedo boat destroyer arc
reported as near Shanghai and four
battleships are off the Saddle Is-
land?; about seventy miles south-
west of that port. Chefoo reports
say that one Russian torpedo boat
was captured on the Chinese coast,
and Tokio hears that a number of
the vessels of the squadron has re-
turned to Port Arthur.
The German Foreign Office has
given instructions that the Russian
warships at Tsin Chou must leave
port within twenty-four hours.
The Japanese system of com-
munication has heretofore been so
perfect that there can be little
doubt that the Government is thor-
oughly informed of the position of
the various vessels of the escaped
fleet and will be either aflfe to drive
them into neutral ports or attack
them with overwhelming force.
Shanghai, Aug. 13.—Four Rus-
sian warships are anchored east of
tl'A* Saddles, a group of islands
about sixty miles southeast.of this
city, The vessels are apparently
disalded. Tugs have gone out to
examine the situation. It is report-
ed here that the Russian cruisers
Askold, Diana arid Pallada are at
Isingtauha port, at the entrance
of Kiao Chou Bay. The German
authorities in Kiao Chou are said
to have ordered them to leave to-
night or dismantle. The Saddle
Islands the about 550 miles from
I’ort Arthur, which place the Rus-
sian squadron left at 7 a. m. on
Wednesday, August 10.
Shanghai. Aug. 13,—The Rus-
sian cruiser Askold arrived at Woo-
.sung yesterday, with her fifth fun-
nel gone elose to the deck, all the
funnels riddled with shell holes,
one gun on the port side dismount-
ed and several large shell holes
above the water line. One lieuten-
ant and eleven men had been killed
ind fifty men wounded.
ALL RUSSIA REJOICES.
A Son and Heir Is Born to the Rus»
_sian Throne.
St. Petersburg, Aug. 13.—A son
and heir to the Rushan throne has
been born. The Empress and child
are doing well. The aecouehement
occurred at 12:30 o'clock yesterday
afternoon. The birth so greatly
wished for occurred not in the
great palace at Peterhof, but in
the Alexandria villa, one of a group
of four small palaces in a secluded
"Corner of the magnificent Peterhof
Park. In one of these buildings
the Empress had been living for
weeks. The birth of the heir to the
throne waS attended with all the
.ceremonial ordained by imperial
tradition,.....In accordance with the
Russian law, there were present,
besides the Emperor, Baron Fred-
ericks, the master of ceremonies,
and Prince Dolgorouki, the grand
marshal of the court. ■—
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An Unknown Is Drowned.
Fort Worth: Friday afternoon a
young white man, 19 or 20 years
old, was drowned while ha thin"* in
Clear Fork of the Trinity Rover,
about. 150 yards below the Texas
and Pacific bridge. He was 5 feet
1 1-2 inches tall, had light brown
hair, wore a s*ft black Alpine hat,
if 7 H ami about No. 8 shoes.
1 he suit of clothes worn by the de-.
ceased was a brown mixed with a
small white stripe. He also wore a
blue striped shirt.
1 ire in W alter Darkness’ cigar
shop at Greenville damaged and de-
stroyed stock to the value of $1,500.
Had the Swag on Him,
^aeo; \\ij| Bennett, negro, was
arrested for hitting u Mexican, aud
when searched a great deal of jew-
elry was found on his person. He
had a watch, two or three dozen
meo rings, watch chains, fobs, cuff
buttons, etc. Nearly a hundred
dollars worth was found on him/
f flieers found that the jewelry
came from a store robbed at Rice,
Aavarro County, recently.
St. Petersburg, Aug. 13, 4 a. m.
This morning the Empress and
the heir to the throne are both
making satisfactory progress. In
receiving the congratulations of his
court yesterday the Fmperor in a
brief reply said: “I am happier at
a. victory of my-troops, -for now I
face the future calmly and without
alarm, knowing by this sign that
the war will be brought to a happy
conclusion.”
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Bryan Loses the Bennet Case.
Now Haven, Conn.: A decision
adverse to W. J. Bryan in his con-
test over the will, of the late P. S.
Bennett of New York and this,
city, was handed down by the Su-
preme Court of Appeals. The de-
eison virtually denies that Mr.
Bryan is entitled ta the $50,000
mentioned in the sealed letter
written by Mr. Bryan and address-
ed to his widow, to be opened Jfter
his death. By this letter .the widow
was asked to give $50,000 to Mr.
Bryan and his family,
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Negro Assassinated in Church.
' Texarkana: Andrew Wright, a
negro, was shot and instantly”killed
while attending services at ’ tho
Mount Zion Colored Baptist
( htirch in Swampoodle Thursday
night. Wright was sitting on one
of the front seats at the time and
his slayer fired from the seat We-
ll ind him, the bullet taking effect
in the back of the head, penetrat-
ing a to? brain and causing instant
death. A \v arrant has been sworn
out against Onie Minims, another,
negro:
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Wagon Demolished.
Sulphur Springs: Janu,3 Berill
ami daughter and two little sons, of
near 5 apt is, Wood Count v, .while
crossing the thick m a wagon were
struck by a Kalv passenger train
I he wagon was crushed and the
occupants hurled from tile track.
1 he right foot of a Jti-voar-okl boy
was crushed so that’amputation
was necessary, Bevdl was severe-
ly bruised and the others not se-
riously injured. The mules balked
at a critical moment.
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I here are 446 known survivors
Of the Mexican War, and of these
1 ' 1'1 1 <**«*• In commemo-
ration of tliat historical struggle,
and its results, the Mexican Gov-
ernment has invited these surviv-
ors to be its guests at the World’s,
l air on September 17.
The Corsicana Retiring Com-
pany has posted bulletins quoting
the price of light crude oil at 80o
per harnd and heavy oil at 45c.
19 un advance of luc and 5c
respectively.
i Bo?,on- Maes.: Over half a mil-
lion strangers are expected in Bos-
ton next week during the G. A. R.
National encampment, and 50.000
veterans will participate in the pa-
Tuesdav. Texas will send
... nrrive'umler the
command of .Tamos 8. Dunlap, on a
special train, Monday. Their head-
quarters will be at the Hotel Lex-
ington, where tho Indian Territory
and Oklahoma delegates will also
be quartered.
>he .IS,' pw 3
j 1?on‘un,on men and other of the
strikers returning to work.
Some Austin gas consumers have
bron “Playing even” with the ga*
company by robbing the moter/of
isms........—-
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ms.-. He was horn in Whlstock
Germany. I„ i*;m became to this
1 la!e’ a”d served as a Confederate
soldier during the Civil War
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