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Have Crossed the Hun
Activity at Port Arthur.
TRUSTS m CONTROL
—---CROSSES THE HUN.
It Is Reported That the Whole Army
..............ts Advancing.
St. Petersburg Sept. 21.—The sensa-
tional announcement that Gen. Kuroki
has crossed the Hun River unopposed,
and tlutt iiu; whole Japanese Army is Japanese Lun.es which began yester-
day before daybreak and continued un-
til dark. All indications point .to an
advancing upon Mukden is overshad-
for Port- Arthur.
relative
owed by anxiety
Moreover the announcement
-to-K^roki • receive-compl.cttr mate- forts.
-credence hcre/afi being in direct con-
tradiction of official news' issued by
AN ALL DAY FIGHT.
Japanese Capture Four Important
Forts'. -
Chefoo, Sept. 21.—Authoritative in-
formation has been received here of a
general
effort to capture certain 'of (he north
•-Y
The General Staff. Gen. Kuropatkin an-
norraeed only two days ago That there
was not a single Japanese cast of
Bentsiaputze; How, it is asked, could
Gen'. I<iimki- with- TOtvoot) -men,-slip
past Gen. Renm-iikampfr'a Cossacks riflcafJohs on Kikwan Mountain, Ilih*
and crosathe Ilun River near the Fu-
slian coal fnTnes thirty “miles east of
Mukden? Fushan is situated on the
•„xoad. .-front- Bon«i*pHtr.e,- --where- -Oehr
Kuroki crossed the Taitse River. This
road is carefully* watched by Gen. Ktr
ropatkin’s outposts between Mukden
and Sintsintin. A strong guard has
been placed at the Fushan mines,
which Gen. Kuropatkin will not. give
up without a struggle, aft the loss of
the mines would Involve the cutting
off of tile coal supply of the whole of
the Manchurian Railway.
Nevertheless, It is considered more
than doubtful if Gen. Kuropatkin will
make a decisive stand south pf. Tie
Pass...
Interest, however, is .again concen-
trated upon Port Arthur, owing to the
receipt from foreign sources of news
This is the attack for which the
Japanese lujme been proparifig for the
past fend ays, with slight hope of suc-
cess. As forecasted -in these THspajieh
es, the Japanese attack on Port Arthur
is directed against the northeast front.
The main object is to capture the for-
That^ general storming of foKffieft-it0 1)y tHe NoviUt.ai of i>()rt Arthur in
tions has begun. A few belated tele-
grams from Gen. Sioessel, the corn-
lung Mountain and the intermediate
tens.......-- --- - • -.....
The foregoing come from u Russian
of - standing.- -whese-prevhnts informa-
tion has been correct. He adds that
the attack at the end of August,,;which
was_reporte(I.ag two, separate assaults,
really constituted a ten days' battle.
Although the Japanese retired August
31 along.the greatest part of their line
they remained in four supplementary
forts on the northeast front which they
had captured from the Russians. These
include two forts fifty yards from Rlh-
lung Mountain and’ two others at a
sumewhat greater dis'hnce.
.. Since August 31 the Japanese have
bombarded very slightly, while the
Russians have been throwing approxi-
mately one thousand shells daily, chief-
ly against the four Japanese positions
mentioned. Small sorties, as referred
the efforts to recapture the positions,
have been of almost nightly occur-
mander at Port Arthur, published rence, and have been uniformly unsuc-
Tiresday afternoon recording the re- ! eeshful.
pulse of the Japanese and continued j The
attacks,
Japanese have been taught
aUlUtjL of defenders to hold out des- | power of-the fortress, according to ev-
pitc the furious onslaught being made tery Japanese who has recently arrived
CORPORATIONS PURCHASE VIC-
TORIES FOR REPUBLICANS.
Revelations Made by Thomas W. Law-
son Are.....Aeteu-mbm-g-—Government
“by the. People” Shown to Be in the
Gravest Danger.
on them. The last attack mentioned
by Gen Stoessel took place the night
of Sept. 1C, and was directed against
redoubt No. 1, which protects the wa-
ter supply of the city.
is about two miles beyond the line
of permanent forts, and the attack up-
—on flfis-showu-That "The J a panes e were
not in striking distances! the main for-
tress. Reports, from Shanghai that
some of the defenses had fallen into
the hands of tho Japanese as a result
here from Port Arthur. If they suc-
rced in capturing RibbingMountain or
athex-forta-lhiiy: will -reaJffie that -thhr
will only be one(Step. although an iih-
^ - ‘ - -• ..... m
Port Arthur. The Russians who have
been observing the now tactics of the
Japanese did not expect another at-
tack beforb tho first week in October.
The Japanese, are endeavoring to pro-
ceed slowly but surely.
During the fighting in August the at-
tempt to capture Kikwan Mountain
of a great assault of Sept. 20 are not
confirmed from Russian sources. ■ I-cost the Japanese an entire regiment.
The telegrams brought to Chefoo by ! This statement has been absolutely
Prince Uadsiwill-have ..m yet reached confirmed ,there, and indicates,!*!*
the War Office. It is understated that | monumental proportions of the task to
these dispatches contain details of the : »’hich the Japanese have set them-
landing of strong Japanese reinforce- -Bt-’l.vca .in attempting to ...............->
. ...----- —-n-i. <- -— maj»y
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ments at Dalny, which would tend to
confirm the belief that it is the inten-
tion of the Japanese to storm the for-
tress, and that*the warships will prob-
ably take part in the attack. I.e this
event Rear Admiral Wir.enin’s divis-
ion will doubtless go out and engage
the Japanese fleet.' ' •"*
Al! Russia is anxiously awainting
news from tho beleagured garrison.
Public feeling has been aroused to a
high teusjon by a fearful picture given
by Prince Radziwlll of the sufferings
of the Russian Army there. ^
capture
fortress, which is composed of
forts equally strong.
Henry Holmes, a negro convicted at
the list term of the District Court at
Eagle. Lake of the murder of Emil
Bell, a Mexican child, last winter, was
Fall River Strike May End.
Fall River, Mass., Sept. 20.—The first
intimation of a settlement of the strik-o
in the cotton mills in this city, which
began July 25, came to-day when it
became known that one of the manu-
facturers had bought a large quantity
of raw material to be delivered the
latter part of October, and that other
manufacturers were trying to place
similar orders. It is the general belief
JJtaL.any settlement.of the strike with-
in the next two or three weeks will
be in favor of the operatives.
Thomas W. I^awson of Boston con-
tinues J9, fell bis story of .“Eranaied
Einance” In Everybody's Magazine
and his exposure of the Standard Oft
plan of fleecing the people fa mpsEIn
teresting and instructive of trust do-
ings. Mr. Lawsoft, being at the time
he'writes of, in close alliance with
the Itockefellers and indeed one of the
copper trust magnates and being a
strong Republican p;wH*an,-e’ontrfb-
uting liberally to the McKinley cam-
paign funds, his ehap'er on “Thtrpmr-
er of the dollar” in politics is of great
importance. Here we have a multi-
millionaire telling us of how the Re-
publicans -purchased t h e e-lee t ions wit ti-
the vast sums of niV ncy furnished by
the trusts and corpi rations and that
even the courts are controlled by
these vast aggregations of wealth,
kfr. Lawson say#: —
“At no time In tho history of the
United States has'the power of dol-
lars been as great as how. Freedom
and equity are controlled by dollars.
The laws which should preserve and
enforce all rights gre made and en-
forced by dollars. It is possible, to-
day, with dollars, to “steer” the“se^
lection of the candidates of both the
great parties for tho highest office
in our Republic, that of President of
the United States, so that the people,
as a matter of fact, must elect one of
the “steered” candidates. It is possL
hie to repeat the operation in the
selection of candidates for the execu-
tive and legislative conduct and con-
trol of every State and municipality
In the United States, and with a suf-
ficient number of dollars to “steer”
The doings of the law-makers an'd'Taw-
enforcers of the national, state and
municipal governments of the people,
and a sufficient proportion of the court
decisions to make absolute any power
created by such direction. It is all,
broadly speaking, a matter of dollars
to praetieally—accomplish—these
things!* -
Democrats have claimed that these
vast forces were at the service of the
Republicans, but the absolute evidence
was not possible tq procure until this,
trust' magnate voluntarily took the
witness stand and so vividly relates
tton for two dollars shd a fjuarfer.
It was rescued from a junk shop iu
Alexandria by a patriotic gen'lemon,
Col. J. E. Sickeis, who owns a fine
Colonial home near Washington, am:
it now adonis his dining-room. Nearly
all the, fine old furniture that was so
appropriate to the old White -Uouxo
wasj sacrificed at the same sale. A
beautiful sideboard that had- graced
the state dining-fooni and had hei,.
the dishes--and glassware from which
diplomats, statesmen and their wives
dijUrt fi^PfliiSHalhad eaten *od draek
which was presented to -the first
President Harrison, was sold to a
"vMTitffiheepefLfor a trifle,, and now,
does duty in a Seventh street dive.
The beautiful chandeliers, with their
thousands, of____Cllt glass pendants,
which wero imported from France at
enormous expense to the government,
-wero—torn ' out and replaced by the
tawdry selection of a modern gas
mam— -
Many ladies, when visiting the
White Ho'use to view these historic
and priceless relics, have shod tears
.when told by—the attendants......that
President Roosevelt had ordered them
removed, and they did not know
where they had been removed to.
President Roosevelt is an icono-
.clast,. h.a .wants. nowelty,, an d -lov-os--ex-
citefnent. Tho memories of lorrner
greatness and the reminders of tho
great men of the republic are to him
as nothing. All These priceless treas-
ures of former days that other presi-
dents, have cherished and <|ared for
have been dispersed never to he gath-
erelf;again.
Vi*.termeion S(yrup,
Tn York County, Virginia, they ara
making watermelon syrup, whicly-ls
said to bo rich and soft hi taste, and
as good as it sounds. The south sends
the earliest watermelons away, Sha
rah by no mean? eat alt the later and;
best. Inevitably, there is great waste
of watermefnr3r Watermelon syrup,
watermelon sugar; there is a new in-
dustry in tho hud. If the flavor of
watermelon syrup is as happy as it is
painted maple syrup will have to look
to its laurels. Beside?; it is getting
harder every year, in the cities at
least, to get genuine mSjple syrup. i_—
You.ig Parsees Leave Sect,
The Parsec, or Zoroastraln. com-
munity of Bombay, who number under
95,000 in all, are threatened with dts*
Integration "by western and Christian
influences^, Their wealthy, young men
visit and reside in London,, Paris and
quently take to 'themselves European
wives.. Three eases have just oc-
curred of Parsees thus marrying whit*
women, one marrying a Jewels and
oue a French woman. There are great
dissensions among ifae Parsees .In In-
dia as to whether the non-Parsee
wives should he received as proslytes.
The Strenuous Life.
Some men wero born tb be rough
rklers. They-are a f.bci'ssary evdl,
hut let us acknowledge their ser-
vices for w hat -they am worth. But
most of us, thank goodness, are not
destined to a life so "strenuous,” but
must drudge along in the humdrum
occupation that has fallen to our lot.
We must earn our bread in tue sweat
of our brow, mostly without much en-
couragement from our ft-ilowmcn.
Most of us, President Roosevelt would
dub Weaklings and unworthy of his
notice. Yet those of us who are hon-
est ami true, often making great sac-
rifices for those wo love and cherish,
may be more entitled to the thank*
of our fellows for what we ilo_in our
sin all way to make tin- world wag.
than more strenuous citizens. Peace
hath greater victories than war, as
the good citizen, 1 armor or laborer,
though he be, is more useful to the
community than lim 'BtFOBUOW** 1:. ■Offg
who is always raising up strife and
contention.
Ycaaers wTfn'Yiie great luffnsimofy'mr.iuu.r ....
Rev. J, W. Connor of Paris is tho-
grandfather of forty four children.
sentenced by Judge M. Kenon to be He is the father of fourteen children,
hanged Nov. 25,
ten of whom are living.
,.......A. Two-Headed Snake.
Dallas. J. M. Ktlgoro of Mldlothtea:
has a curiosity in the way of a snake
which has two well formed heads.
Where this snake was found was a
nest of snake eggs and" another snake
with A'badly deformed head.___All the
unakea were alive and squirming when
found by Mr. Kilgorert The body of
the two-headed freak is about eight
inches lofig, and its only peculiarity is
that, it has two perfect heads.
Ran Amuck with a Gun. N
^AsEOpr Ore:: O. E. Munroc. a
laborer in the street department, went
Into his wife’s residence Friday and
deliberately shot his wife, her moth-
er, Mrs. Dunlap, his vvTfe's sister, Mrs.
Garner, his own little child, and then
shot himself, dying instantly. The
child is reported/lying. Mrs-. Garner
is seriously wounded. Mrs. Dun’ap
and Munro’s wife are not .seriously
-wounded- Munro’s wife ..had'—ins.ti-
-tuted divorce proceedings ...
Fought on Both Side*. *
Paris, Texas; Lyttleton Clarkson, a
prominent farmer and an old resident
of this county, died Monday at his
home, northeast of town near Faught,
aged 71 years. He had been m feeble
health several months and sustained
a fall a week ago which hastened his
death. The deceased was a native of
Missouri and-served on both sides dur-
ing the Civil War. He fltst enlisted in
the Confederate Army and later served
on the Federal side. .....
Breaks the Melon Record.
Weatherford t The record was brok-
en here Tuesday when R. A. Harring-
ton brought trt this place ten water-
melons, averaging -over 100 pounds
each. The ten weighed 1,061 pounds.
—-*•- ■' k.
The melons were on exhibit all day at
the Citizens’ National Bank, and Wed-
nesday shipped to the World’s Fair.
Mr. Harrington Is a successful truck
farmer and resides five miles south of
of the country. It makes one stand
aghast to discover that all. the tales
of the vast sums placed at the dis-
posal; of the Republicans to corrupt
the electorate- is- more than true and
that the amount acknowledged to
have been donated is startling, for
Mr. Lawson says $5,000,000 was col-
lected from the corporations, as an
extra fund before the election of 1896.
Can anyone doubt that a quid pro quo
was forthcoming and has been ren-
dered by the Republican Administra-
tion? Is not this obligation to the
trusts the reason Mr. Roosevelt has
treated, them so gingerly, perhaps not
so much on account of past favors as
with the expectation they will sub-
scribe liberally to the fund Mr. Bliss
is collecting and Mr. Cortelyou is ex-
pending under direction of Mr. Roose-
velt?
There is good evidence that Stand-
ard Oil ts again to be a generous con-
tributor to Mr. Roosevelt’s campaign
fund, for the Washington Star, good
Republican authority; on August 23,
said:
“Senator Aldrich of Rhode Island
was at Republican headquarters to-
day, amd had a long conference with
Chairman Cortelyou. It is understood
th*t finances of the campaign was one
of the important features under dis-
cussion, as it is knbwn that the
Rhode Island senator is In closer
touch with the business interests than
most of the prominent Republicans.”
As Rockefeller’s son married the
daughter of Aldrich and the senator
has been notoriously the representa-
tive of Standard Gil and other trusts
in the Senate, the. Interest manifested-
in the finances of the Republican cam-
paign Is obvious. It is also notable
that the senator visited Mr. Roosevelt
at Oyster Bay the day before he was
in New York, when no doubt the finan-
cial end of the campaign wgs also dis-
cussed and probably led to the visit
to Wall street and Mr. Cortelyou.
The trusts and protected Interests
fostered by the protective tariff are
the natural sources of campaign funds
for the Republican party. That is
why they “stand pat” and fry the fat
out of the trusts. —>
ly more for their fellowmen than any
warrior of thorn all, who has pro-
moted anT'diroeted the progress of
mankind like the Founder of Christ-
endom, whose golden rule is still ac-
knowledged to the highest ethical
standard, and yet lie appeared weak
to all but a few chosen friends and
liad“ no part or lot with the strenuous.
Another Patriot Provided For.
That the worst element of the Re-
publican party is being installed into,
office by President Roosevelt is con-
stantly cropping out. The latest
patriot to lie provided for is thus
described by the Nebraska Independ-
ent;
“Tom Cook has been appointed
collector of customs for that new ad-
dition to the United States called the
Panama zone. His reputation in
Nebraska rests, not on his efficiency
as a collector of customs, but on that
of a distributor of boodle. Every dis-
reputable scoundrel in the state of
Nebraska who helped to debauch the
electors in Ihe days of Mark Hanna
is now drawing a comfortable salary
from, the people through the Repub-
lican party.” -
- The Independent may be a little
too severe on the Republican boodle
crowd.....Jn Nebraska anil Tom Cook
in particular, but Panama *.s a good
place to banish such to and instead of
grumbling, there should bo joy for
such deliverance.
Roosevelt and the Darkeys.-
The Republican National Conven-
tion, backed up the Biwker Washiiig-
ton InrtdciTt iir»-way^ that must have
delighted President Roosevelt, ft- is
described in a recent communication
to the Washington Post by a negro
named Henry S. Baker. He calls at-
tention to the scene in the Republi
can convention when a beautiful
white girl was placeffi-jan.-the-.stage
end by her side a-negro-boy, and that
Strikes in Canada.
The loss of time to employes through
ti'-ade-dkqMite-H'-1 hr-ongluju-t -t-kmada- dur-
ing June was approximately 62,188
working days. This is an increase of
nearly 30,000 days compared with the
previous month, and is largely account
ed for by a strike of iron and steel
workers at Sydney, Nova Sco'tia, in
which 39,000 working days were lost.
In June, 1903, there was a loss of 122,-
f>12 Working days, about 00,000 more
than in the present year.
Three disputes ended in favor of the
employers and three In favor of tha
strikers. Four, disputes ended in com-
promises satisfactory to both parties,
and in the remaining ease, which con-
cerned the employment of nonuni|On-
ists, (he difference ceased with the
initiation of tho new employes into
the union.
An Odd Court Incident.
Sensational Incidents are not unc.qm-
rortn In the closing stages of famous
criminal trials. One of the most re-
markable occurred in Melbourne on
the last day of the trial of Ned Kelley,
known as the “ironc-lad Jowhranger of
Australia.” A knife dropped from a
gallery overhead and fell at the feet
of the desperado in the dock. He had
every temptation to grasp It and put
nn end to hia existence, for there was
not the slightest chance of his escap-
ing the gallows. But it was promptly
picked up by a bailiff, and its owner
was arrested and brought- before the
Judge. He1 plMdM thatTBe tfcrareocT"
was purely accidental, and the expla-
Druinmond, WIs., Sept. 19 (Special)
—Whole families In Bayfield County
are singing the praises of Dodd’s Kid-
ney Pills and the reason why is given
In experiences such as that of Mr.
T. T. Wold, a well-known citizen here.
“I had such pains In my back that
I did not know what to dd,” says Mr.
Wold, “and as I came across an adver^
tlsoment of Dodd’s Kidney Pills I sent
for a box. That one box relieved me
of ail my pains. My wife also used
them and found them just what she
needed. I recommend Dodd’s Kidney
Pills as a sure cure for Backache and
other Kidney Troubles.”
Backache is one of the earliest
symptoms of Kidney Disease. - Dodd a
Kidney Pills cure it promptly and per-
manently anij prevent it developing
into Rheumatism, Dropsy, Diabetes or
Bright's Disease.
The Unexplored Tibet,
Tibet, Thibet, Tibbet, as you please,
also the ancient Tangnt., known for
-ages as-the “Heart of Asia, is prac-
tically an unexplored country. Its ter-
ritory is estimated at between 370,0(10
and 900,000 square miles, and its popu-
lation from 2,500,000 to 12,000,000. It
Las no political importance. It Is a
land of high plateaus and the loftiest
mountains in The world. Most of tha
peaks are covered with eternal snow.
It is not only the heart of Asia, but
tha.....fountain as well, as most of the
rivers of that great, country have their
sources In its springs and Jakes. The
Ganges, Indus, Sampoo, now the Bram-
apootra, formerly, and correctly, the
Bushampooter, and ail the prodigious
and fertile streams of extoribr India,
and of China,, have their rise in thl*
elevated and interesting region,
Mexico's New Supreme Judge.
Tho recent election of Felix Romerc
to the office of president of the su-
preme court of the republic of Mexico
haw given wide-spread pleasure, par-
ticularly in-jud-icla! circles and among
the leading politicians of the country.
Mr. Romero, like the late President
Benito Juarez and President Porflro
Diaz, Is a natjve of Oaxaca and was
-a sch'tolfellow of Prefitdeat Biazj both
attending, the Counciliar seminary of
that city. When the constitution was
framed Iff tS57 he was one of the
signers. Of all the others who signed
K
Dispersion of White House Treasures.
- Marry people beffeve -that Lhe -Wbite -•
House has been irretrievably ruined
by the modern and garish way it has
been remodeled by President Roose-
velt - The beautiful white marble
mantel over the fireplace Jof the east
room, at whiclLraany of the fathers of
the republic warmed and meditated,
or ehntted with visitors and etates-
rpm. was lorn out and sold by auc-
they led the cheering, thus making an
example of the equality of the races.
He also says that if Roosevelt is elect-
edIt will so encourage the negro
men that they will demand that
Booker Washington shall , be .fhe Re-
publican candidate for vice president ^ ___ ____
in 1968. If Mr. Roosevelt in. elected document there are besides him-
self but three living—Ignacio Marrs-
cal. minisier of foreign-relations; Jus-
erf justice.
perhaps he will appoint Booker
Washington -postmaster, general and
turn over the postoffices to the dar-
keys as their chare of the spoils.
To Bring Beef Trust to Term*.
If every one will reduce the quanti-
ty of beef they eat for a month or two,
the beef trust will soon redure pric
and anxious to sell at A reasonaj6l*
price.__
lino Ferns ndez, mini -Ter
and Senat-r Benito Gomes Farias.
ere. _
It occasionally occurs to every
mother that all her husband got her
for wa3 to t»vke care of the children.
The nest embodies all that, is great-
i iq a bird's "ife; and as nvist men
arc a* cood 1 i<1 a 1 like birds, the cam*
the home.
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