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Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1894-07-07
Grain ans p. ,ovislo II.

CHICAGO, June 90.
Flour-Spring patents, 81. i0a3.6 %; win.
ter patents, 81. 3oG2. SO.
Wheat-Cash, 5SI4c; July. 5911c
~Coru-Casb, 4tjsc; July, 4iBc.
Oats-No. = white. 4I184sc; No. s
white. 46d+7c.
Ryc-49Ac.
Darley-NominaL
Timothy--s4.75
Flax-$i.Si,f.
Whisky-<i.l2
Pork - July, $l2 so; September,
sl2.c0 !
~Lard-July, 1910; Septembe ss.s5.
Ribs-July, S65:IS; September, &C. 55.
Shoulders-t5. 62k@5sfL.
Short Clear-t6.3 OG6. 80
Butter-Creameries, l4G@l7c; dairics,
1lGI5c.
Chccse-Chcddars and fats, s@SLIe;
Young Americas. sGs4c.
Eggs-9k@1Oxc.
H~idcs-Light aud heavy green sailed,
fully cured, 34c: green hides, 2Is62s4c;
green sailed calf. 6tSc; dry flint. ra5Hc;
deacons, each, &c.
Tallow-Unchanged; No l. 4s.c; No. .,
&c; cnke, &c.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1894-07-07

II has been decided that the deacon
esses Of the Methodist church shall
wear black gowns. with gathered OF
plated skirts, bishop sleeves, round
waists, turn down collars and white
cuffs. They may 'friz" their hair il
they desire to do SO.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1894-07-07

A party Of $50 Jews, collected from
Bessarabia. Podolia and Yekateranos
lay, left Odessa two weeks ago for the
Hirsch colonies in Argentina. The emp
igrants were described MS OF fine and
robust physique and all practical agri,
c~ulturists,
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1894-07-07

Suburban Boy--Mammn asked ma
what was my ~favorite flower. an wen
told her golden rod she kissed me
an said was poetic. Wot does that
mean?
Little Girl don't know. Why do
you like tho golden rod?
Suburban ~Hoy-'Causc Il grows with.
out any bother.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1894-07-07

Statistics prepared for the budget
committee OF 1894 show that the total
number OF students OF medicine in
France on January 1, 1898. was 6,47O.
OF these 1854 were registered in the
Paris faculty and 2,s36 In tho various
provincial faculties.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1894-07-07
POEM ON CARNOT'S DEATH

Algernon Charles Swinburne Denounces
the Anarchists.
LONDON. June 29.-Thc Nineteenth
Century publishes a sonnet composed
by Algernon Charles Swinburne on the
murder of President Carnot, whose
death he compares with Lincoln's and
Garfeld's. The poet condoles with
France and denounces the ''snake
souled anarchists fang
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1894-07-07
Wiman,s AppIics,ion Po.,,.n..

NEW YORK, Juno 29.-The applica.
ton for . certificate OF reasonable
doubt in tho case Of Erastns Wiman
was this morning. by consent OF coun-
sci on both sides, postponed until July
next In tho intsrim Wiman will ro-
main In tho tomba.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1894-07-07
Cluster Chronicle.
JOSEPH KUBLER, : PUBLISHER

A new steel cantilever bridge is I'd
be built across the gorge at Niagara
Falls, just below the cataract. II will
be owned by a syndicate of New York
capitalists In form it will be a com
tinetion ot the arch and cnntilever
principles. with a span of 1000 feet, or
200 feet longer than any arched bridge
in existence. 1t will have accommoda-
tons for trolly cars, railroad cars and
foot
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1894-07-07
The MARKETS.
Sioux CitlIiu. St,,t.

UNION STOCK YARDS. SIOUX Crrr. June 20.
- Hogs - Heavy, a. G5Cd4 So; mixed.
a 60 81. 20; Eight, s4.0J@4.67x.
Catite-Beevcs. SJ.256L.W; cows and
heifers. sI.00@2.c0; bulls. sI5o@2. 10;
stockers and feeders. 81. 3OG3. 20; year
lings and calves, $..O0G2 90.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1894-07-07

An Italian inventor he's evolved a
theory that water is best filtered up
ward instead of from the top to the
bottom, and has devised a filter which
works upon that principle.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1894-07-07
Kansas CHI.

KANSAS CIrY. June %.
Cattic-Nativc steers. "a. 10 GI59; cows
and hcifers. ~. 3043.35; stockers and Iced
ers, q. SoQs3. 30; calves, st0Ods.W.
Hogs Heavy, $4S5d4.05; medium,
CAS- a. %; light. s4.60a4.sl
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1894-07-07

Orders have been issued by General
schofeld directing the boiling of waite,
intended for drinking purposes in the
army in order to destroy pathogeni.
bacteria aud to reduce the danger OF
disease from such cause.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1894-07-07

\ The new Atlantic cable, which is
being laid in sections between
Ballingskellings bay, Ireland, and
Canso, n. s., for the Commercial Cable
company, is in many respects a notable
piece OF work. The cable is about 2, 1O0
miles In length; its conductor contains
more than /, 100, 900 pounds of copper
and is armored with over 10, 600, 0Ot
pounds OF steel wire.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1894-07-07

The tour leading iron producing
countries of the world last year made
n round figures II, 200, 900 tons Of pig
ron. of which tho Unitel Stat IS turned
out "a; Great Britain, 32.5; Germany,
20 6, and France, 90 per cent.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1894-07-07

A French physician has devised a vi.
'brating helmet for the cure Of nervous.
headache, IL ia constructed of strip,
Of steel put In vibration by a small,
electric motor The sensation pro.
duces drowsiness, the patient falls
a%slee. rnder its influence and awakes
free from pain.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1894-07-07

A sturgeon weighing LAO pounds
was caught in the Caspian sea two
weeks ago. The head alone weighed
22s pounds, and the fish furnished
about 100 pounds of roe caviare. The
fish was sold for S16O.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1894-07-07
A VENGEFUl NEGRO.
Prominent Texas Man and Wife Murdered
"A Lynching Bee Followed.

"A Lynching Bee Followed.
GREENvILLE. Tex, June 29.-Wednes.
day while Albert Waite and his wife
were walking near their home ut Sui.
phur Springs, thirty miles east Of here.
they were fired on by John Williams, o
negro. Mrs. Waite was instantly killed
end Mr.. Waite died a few hours later.
They were prominct people and had only
been married n short time. Williams
had been In their employ. but was dis.
charged for stealing. A posse pursued
the murderer and captured him near
Weaver. Returning TO Sulphur Springs
yesterday moring they placed the pris-
oner ON the upper floor Of the Hender.
ton building. guarded by a dozen armed
nen. A mob rue he'd up stairs. over.
powered the guards, put n rope around
the ncgro's neck, draggsS him to tho
street and swung him 10 a pole.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1894-07-07

The sultan Of Turkey has ordered
that TO newspapers DO published until
the afternoon 80 the censors will not
have to forego their morning nap in
order to supervise them.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1894-07-07

A curious feature of Japanese jour
nalism is that every important paper Is
said to have IA prison editor" Japan
csc journalists arS SO constantly being
fined and sent TO prison that the sole
occupation Of the individual is TO go tc
lail when called upon.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1894-07-07
Ar.eslsn VIII Build a school House.

Sioux FALLS, S. d.. June 27.-By a
vote Of 10 to 1 tho people of Artesian
have decided TO issue "a, 500 OF bonds
for the construction Of q school house.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1894-07-07
South Omahl.

SoUTu OMAHA. June %.
Hogs-Heavy. "a 60C9a. 20; mixed. - 20
@4s1; light. ,4y,0@4.s5
Cattle-Stockers and feeders. t30oQe
g. 80 COWS 1880 a75: common. $i.0Jgt.9J
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1894-07-07

PennsyivsnIs Democrats Put Up . Man
HARRisBURe, Pa, June 2z.-wm. M.
sinsriy Of Philadelphia was nominated
for governor by reclamation by the
democratic convention.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1894-07-07

In the treasure room of the Mahara
jah of Barnda is stored n carpet which
cost 81, 300, 600. 10 is only l0xG feet, bui
is woven from strings of pearls, with
a center aRd corner circle of diamonds.
1T took three years TO make it and was
intended as a gift to n Mohammedur
henuty.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1894-07-07
a IInnrlnu 81 Ind. urpdenc.. ~.

IxDErKxDEHcE, Mo-, June eO.-Hnrry
Homes was hanged IN the jail yard here
ut goo o'clock this morning.
pany with John Clark lic assaulted and
killed Nine. Wright. M employment
agent, " Kspsas last September
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1894-07-07
DYNAMITE IN CANADA.
An Attempt to Blow Up the witaess
Once.

MONTREAL, June 2o.-Shortly after
midnight q deliberate attempt was
made 10 blow up the Witness newspa-
per Office, dynamite cartridges being
hurled through the rear window into
the press room. Several windows were
shattered and a portion Of tho floor
torn up. The explosion occurred within
a few feet OF q valuable press. There
is no clue to the guilty parties and no
motive for the net is known. The Wit
ness Is q strong temperance and ultra
protestant paper and has for years
been carrying on q determined CAM
paign.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1894-07-07
$3.50; September,
Minneapolis.


MINNEAPOLIS, June 20.
Wheat-Closing: June. 6.lSc; July,
6s1fc; September, 6UI<c; on track, No [
hard. 65c; No. l northern. &c; No. .
northern, C2sie.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1894-07-07

It is said that SO much farm land il
England has lately been allowed tt
lapse from cultivation that wild ami
mails, which ten years ago were in dan
ger of extinction, are now iourishine
and increasing. The badger and the
otter, for instance. are reported to b,
thriving greatly on agricultural
depression.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1894-07-07
BISHOP MARrY's SUCCESSOR

said 70 Have Bson Appointed and VIII
Soon Takc Charge.
ABERDEEN, 3. d., June 2s.-The Star,
q local populist paper, declares that a
successor to Bishop Marty Of the Sioux
Falls diocese, who has had considerable
actually been appointed. and will Dol
take charge OF affairs. The paper does
not give the name Of the one selected.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1894-07-07

Toads and frogs carry a supply o,
water about with them in a sack pro.
vided for the purpose. and II by acct
dent the supply becomes exhausted the
animal dies.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1894-07-07

Probably the largest pieces Of cui
glass aver made in America is on eNhi
bition in New York city. 1t weighed
seventy pounds before 1t was decorated
and lost about twenty pounds in the
the cutting. The piece is a punch bow.
eighteen inches high and twenty-fouI
in diameter. The actual cost o
production was nearly $500.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1894-07-07

Over 1000, 900 people in this country
live upon the wages paid by railroad
companies.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1894-07-07

A frog cannot breathe with its mouth
open. Its breathing apparatus IL 10
arranged that whom Its mouth IL open
it, nostrils are closed.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1894-07-07

Turkey has for some time been plan
ming a great exhibition, TO be held il
Constantinople in 1896. The sultan
has just decided TO postpone it until
1897 CRISES on nc count of the Millen
ial exhibit ion. which is to be held q
Pesth in 1895, and at which Turket
will be an extensive exhibitor.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1894-07-07

Z, The Baptist Union of Great Britain
has just passed a resolution declaring
that there is ''too much lynching IL
the United States.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1894-07-07

Loon Valiant describes more than
400 species of fish. heretofore unknowu
to naturalists, rs inhabiting the lakes
of Borneo.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1894-07-07

For the lightweight United States
senators at Washington there are six.
teen pages. and they all thoroughly on
joy their positions.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1894-07-07

The manufactures of ST. Paul amoun,
to more than 500, 600, 900 a year. The
city was originally known as Pig,
Eve.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1894-07-07

George Y~oungchapp must DO crazy.
lie has married . woman with q family
of children.
Jack--Not 10 crazy a. you think. HS
moved Into . street with q trolley
line on II,
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1894-07-07

A Partisan dentist filled q hole In an
elephants tooth the sire Of silver dol.
lar with composition and tin.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1894-07-07

Two saloons in one block, on she
same side OF the street. are not per.
mittsd in San Bernardino, Cal.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1894-07-07

! A new penny in the slot machine
scares away tamperers by sounding an
alarm and shocking them with a strong
electric current.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1894-07-07

II 10 officially declared by the Russian
government that cholera prevails IN
seven governments Of south Russia.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1894-07-07
To DO I

To have yo
looking k
them after tn
After they
brought in dri
of sprinkling |
do the other C
water in a bo'
of bluing into
take a piece o
pigeon 8 egg ;
ter, being care
in the bottom
Take each
dip it up and
three times, $
BILE with the
have all been
smoothly in a
tho clothes ba.
To iron thcl
ironing table
sides. After I'll
deep across Il
it in lightly "
fold the ether
e6ef just rs ii
when you bu
them in this
look quite new
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1894-07-07

The volcanoes vesuvius and Etna are
never both active at tho Same time.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1894-07-07

Germans are the most prone TO sui.
eide; tho Irish and negroes rarely re-
sort 70 SELF d~estrnctlop.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1894-07-07
HOW =
Frof. Attua, Il
able Inf

Frof. Astna, /
able Inf
Athletes In
more or less !
training to su
producing Sc
and sinews.
TO at once, til
weeks and me
Ing. and som,
injury. Peol
that the sim
cases is the
with Prof. AZ
located in thi'
man, and he
perience with
fessional care
Iriod of twent
Without do
the really few
the world. j.
in strength, a
performances
was who brot
the latter was
gave Attila a
treatment OF
biceps.
The accider
E.icpe, while
performing
;.ne breaking
ihe biceps anC
Others, causin
black. and pr
was no outw'
rent physical
continent wer
course of trea
Finally Att
dispair and, 9
injured part
firm, soft clot
cloth was pu
with the injur
bell. The SEE
pound weight
weight daily I
nfty-pound be
mastered the
lively sllvrt ii
and Attila, sti
than ever in {
In cases of
wrist Attila 81
he tightly bar
held under q
ter TO fall on !
three feet. ],
steaming, yer
time an imprc
this course of
Where the
the leg are st
necessary is v
injured part
daily, a little
main inactive
in all cases.
cles OF the baC
cations of lin
electric reatn
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1894-07-07
SEVERE STORM AT PIERRE

Catholi Church Damaged and Outhouses
Blown to Pieces.
PIERRE, S. d., June 27.-Tho storm
Tues day night was much more severe
than first reported. Nearly every win
dow on the east side of the houses was
broken. Hail o of immense size
fell for half an hour. The city green
house was demolished. The Catholic
church was moved from the foundation.
The plaster was shaken from the walls
and the ceiling. The loss is several
hundred dollars. Numerous barns and
outhouses were blown to pieces. Gar
dens and crops arc a almost totally
ruined.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1894-07-07
PERiER The MAN
Elected President Of France on
the First Ballot.
Ills Long and Honorable Career-How he
Proved Himself n Patriot-Mon
archists and Socialists Tried
TO Corrupt Him.

PARIS. June 27.--M. Casiuir-Perier
was elected president on the drst bal
lot, receiving 45l votes.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1894-07-07
Prohlbitionlsts Nomlnate ~ New York.

'o"'oss'ontss NOosinste ~ new FORK.
SYRACUSE, N. ", juno 27.--Francis
E. Baldwin was nominated for gov.
ernor by the prohibition state conven-
ton today.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1894-07-07
BUSINESS LOOKING UP.

Reports tn Commercial Agencies Of .
Cheering Nature.
New YORK, Juno s9.-The reports to
the commercial agencies tend toward
sondrming the views expressed last
week concerning a ray of light in the
business world. Considerable improve
mont is noted In retail business Of
many lines east and west, and this in
turn has had its effect upon wholesale
and manufacturing industries. The
outlook for tho textile trade In New
England is also brighter although the
Improvement cannot M yet be regarded
rs pronounced. The termination of
tho coal strike will have q good infiu-
cnce on trade In country districts as
o as the next pay day IL reached.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1894-07-07

4 bsshsl Of sweet potatoes yields !
sallsi 81 slsqAel
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1894-07-07

Little Boy-How r uave you had
that doll?
Little Miss-This IL q girl 6pN and
you ouGhtn't 70 ask her age.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1894-07-07

Kate Field |
woman who W
the chann
khem sitting 1
woman leanin
and The mai
shoulder, ~
even worse tn
ardness, symH
man opened h
MlOW-Suucfe
Indifference.
closed her cyl
not nv husba|
who he is.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1894-07-07

dor 10 los
80 a poun
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1894-12-29
Tho Old Years flight.

With his tattered hood drawn over his face
And his thread-bare garments flying,
Tho Old Year softly steals away,
Through the pines SO sadly signing
He casts one glance on his kingdom fair,
And thinks with q tender sorrow
That his reign is o'cr and he comes no moro,
For new king rules tomorrow.
Full many gift have brought to you.
o world that your hearts are scorningi
Yet the Crown of Thorns may prove at last
Moro dear than kings adorning.
VIII the gay young prince to his people
bring
More joy than I've been givingf
VIII they oil forget, us the days go by.
Tho dead king for the living?
" Nay; whatsoever the New Year brings,
Somo hearts will still be yearning
For joys gone by; and with sorrow deep
To tho Old Year will be turning.
" So, fare thee we'll, both friends and foes,
May oil your burdens lightenl
And day by day, along your way,
The path forever brighten"
Dora Annls Chase, In Boston Budget
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1894-12-29

came forward rubbing his hands, to
take the shawl and fill the prescrip-
tion.
every sorry, you know, but we
couldn't do it," he replied. Medicines
are cash, and the shawl is old and thin
and not worth anything"
"But my Tom is threatened with
pneumonia, sir"
Eyes. Just the sort of weather for
pneumonia, and most of the cases seem
to prove fatal"
"And must he die for the want of
this medicine?"
Good day, ma'am-good day. no.
tice the Thermometer is down to zero,
and shouldn't wonder if it would go
lower before night"
She had assured Tom that there was
only one God, and that He watched
over the poor as we'll as the rich, but
as she wended her way homewards she
had to combat her doubts. His fever
was worse, and he was out of his
mind, and all day long he moaned and
tossed about, and she could do no more
than hold cup of water to his lips
now and then. When night began to
fall she made bundle of Toms
clothes. They were old, but of more
value than her shawl. If he died she
would not redeem them; If he got well
we'll, she had said that the Lord
sometimes raised up friend for the
poor and distressed.
"Humph Four o'clock p. M, and
New Years day and you not out of bed
yet?"
1t was young man of twenty-five,
who had gone to bed at . o'clock that
morning. His face was pinched and
pale, his eyes hollow and bloodshot,
and one looking at him might have
taken him for an old man.
Made fool of yourself again last
night, didn't you?" he growled, talking
to himself as he lay looking around.
"Old man, do you know that I'm about
ready to cut your acquaintance? A
young man of decent family-plenty
of money-good prospects, and yet
how are you using yourselfP Cham
payne, cards, dissipation. Going right
to the dogs on the gallop. At twenty
five you feel like a man of fifty.
Health, prospects and the whole outfit
going to the devil, and what are you
getting in exchange? You are the son
of your father and high-roller-that
is all. When you come to figure it
down you are champion fool-noth-
ing less"
He lazily turned over, sat up on the
side of the bed, and continued
Head as big as a house and
your stomach full of vitrioL Nice
chap you are. A decent mule ought
to be ashamed to kick you. Nc
sand-no energy - hardly strength
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1894-12-29
Tho Modern Folding bed.

Mrs. de Flat-Have you anything new
in folding beds?
Dealer - Only this, madam, and it
really is quite a success. On rising in
the morning you touch a spring and it
turns into wash stand and bathtub.
After your bath you touch another
spring and it becomes dressing-case
with French-plate mirror. If you
breakfast in your room a slight pressure
will transform it into an extension
table. After breakfast you press these
three buttons at once and you have an
upright piano. That is NIL that 1t win
do, except that when you die it can be
changed into q rosewood cofin.-Spare
Moments
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1894-12-29
ROUTED BY JAPS.

Ten Thousand Chinese Driven Back from
Their Position West of Halt Cheng.
YOKOHAMA, Dec. 24.-Gen. Kasura on
December 10 attacked Gen. Lungs po-
sition miles west of Halt
Cheng. The position was defended by
10000 Chinese, who were routed after
four assaults. The battle lasted five
hours. The fighting was stubborn,
the combatants meeting hand to hand
The fight was the fiercest that has yet
taken place The Chinese loss is esti-
mated at 400 killed or wounded. The
Japanese also suffered severely,