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The Chesterfield advertiser. [volume] (Chesterfield C.H., S.C.) 1884-1978, 1904-09-01
MILLIONS FOR PENSIONS.
Annual Statement Of Commissions,
Ware Made Public at Washington.

The annual report of Pension Con-
missioner Ware, covering the fiscal
year ended June 80, 1904, was made
public at Washington Wednesday by
the acting secretary of the interior.
The report shows that during the year
the cost Of maintaining the pension
rcystem Of the government has been
S144,712,7s7. The appropriation Tor
this purpose was $146.419,296, leaving
an unexpended balance of S1,7O6,7 ,7OS.
During the year 4T,374 persons were
added to the pension rolls-326 by spe-
cial act Of congress, and the balance by
the pension bureau. Curing the same
period 49,157 pensioners were dropped
from the roll. OF these death claimed
43.s20, Of whom 31.728 were soldiers,
SO.O71 being volunteers of the civil
war. The total number OF pensioners
on the rolls as covered by the report
is 72O,315 soldiers, 273.S41 widows and
dependents, and COG army nurses.
The report refers to the order issued
by the commissioner March 16. last. in
which age is made an evidence of
disability, and says that three and
one-half months Of It's operation only
per cent. or 2S.s06 out of the 275, ,Oo0
pensioners, have asked for increase
under its terms. The report says the
order introduces no new principle, and
rs in the direct line of economy, as
1t certainly is in the line of prece.
dent" Less than per cent of the
appropriation of s1,5OO.0OO was used 10
pay claimants under the order, the bal
ance being turned back into the trea.
sury.
The Chesterfield advertiser. [volume] (Chesterfield C.H., S.C.) 1884-1978, 1904-09-01
NO STUMPING TOUR
For Judge Parker, Who OBJ
jects to Spenbinding.
BELIEVES 1T is IMPROPER
His Views on the Matter Set Forth
by One Of His Closest Friends.
Will Not Speak at Any Tlme
or Anywhere.

A special from Esopus. N. Y. says:
It was made plain at Rosemount Mon.
day that there is no certainty Of Judge
Parker making any speeches in the
west in connection with his St. Louis
trip or at any other time or place.
The pinciDle on which Judge Parker
will acts in the matter was learned
from an. intimate associate &of the
Judge. who said:
Judge Parker has no faith in the
utility of speechmaking for it's own
sake, and will make no speeches any
where for the mere purpose of ap-
pearing in any given locality. He be-
lieves stumping tour by political
candidate to be improper and he will
undertake no such tour. The only con-
dition upon which he will make any
speech anywhere will be the fact that
he has. some definite thing to say, and
that he is convinced by his own rea-
son that some given time and place
best suits the saying Of 1t there and
then. You may say with the utmost
confidence that under nc other condk
t!ons will Judge Parker make any
speech anywhere"
The Chesterfield advertiser. [volume] (Chesterfield C.H., S.C.) 1884-1978, 1904-09-01
MRS. MAVERICK ARRIVES.
Noted Woman Lands at New York
Expresses Joyous Thanks.

Noted Woman Lands at New York
Expresses Joyous Thanks.
On board the Red Star liner Vader.
land. which arrived at New York Tues
day from Antwerp. Belgium, was Mrs
Florence Chanler Maybrick, recently
released from prison IN England Mrs
Maybrick entered on the passenger
book as Rose Ingraham. name which
she took from her great grandparents
This precaution was not designed tc
avade Official inquiry. but merely tc
avoid annoying observation on the
part OF fellow passengers. While she
made no secret Of her presence or
board and appeared freuu emily abou;
the decks and saloon, very few were
aware Of her identity. size was accom-
panied by Mrs. and Mr.. Samuel V
Hayden. Mr.. Hayden is her attorney
Mrs. Mayb-lck refused to be inter
viewed. but gave out the following
statement:
II regret that the state of my health
as well as business reasons prevent
my talking to my friends OF the Amer
lean rress at this time as | should
like To them and to my fellow coun
trymen and women am deeply I'm
debted for their efforts in my behalf
and take this method of expressing
my everlasting gratitude as well .,
words can and also to thank them 70,
their congratulations on my release
which regret TO have not been abba
personally. to acknowledge.
1T is On the advice of my counse
and physician that nave Travelled in
cognito. I cannot express the feelines
OF deep JOY and thankfulness wits
which l return to my native land. A,
the earliest opportunity I shall visit
my birthplace. Mobile, Ala, and also
Norfolk, Va, my home during nv
married life. now believe. as I al
ways have. that God will In his ow-
tune right the grong that have sui
fered."
The Chesterfield advertiser. [volume] (Chesterfield C.H., S.C.) 1884-1978, 1904-09-01
Raining necessarily Upon
Port Arthur Fortress.
GREAT HAVOC WROUGHT
sesiesers Gain Many Points Of Van
tage and Big Guns HurI Deadly
Missiles Into Both Town
and Harbor.

The fall Of Port Arthur is very near,
according to Associated Press dis
patches which reached Che Foo We'd
nesday.
1t is stated that the Japanese have
girdled the big fortress with their
heavy batteries and are pouring ve-y
inferno Of fire on the few outlying
forts still held by the Russians.
Caseless, nigh and day, the batteries
of the Japanese are raining shells on
the doomed stronghold, ana the wonder
is that the Russians have stood the
pitileSs storm Of fire SO long.
The advices state that Port Arthur
is a wreck. So accurately have the
Japanese guns been served that there
is not an undamaged house in the
place. All the government buildings
are in ruins and the docks have been
riddled.
The Russians have been storing
their dead in tremendous warehouse
and Chinese fugitives arriving in Che
Foo state that this building was fired
by Japanese shells and hundreds OF
corpses cremated
Nearer and nearer the Japanese lines
are being drawn about the place. In
some localities the Japanese lines
have been advanced to within 800
yards OF the Russian positions.
The fire from the Japanese land bat
teriss is reaching the harbor, and i,
is said that several of the Russian
ships have been struck.
The Japanese have lost heavily IN
their repeated assaults on the Russian
positions, but they have steadily ad
vanced. and it Is freely admitted the
fall of the great fortress is not far dis
tant.
The Chesterfield advertiser. [volume] (Chesterfield C.H., S.C.) 1884-1978, 1904-09-01
TEXAS COTTON DAMAGED.
Incessant Rains, Drought and Boil
Weeviils Cause Deterioration.

Incessant Rains, Drought and Boil
Weevi'ls Cause deterioration.
The Galveston Dallas News publishes
reports from 522 correspondents in
Texas. Oklahoma and Indian Territory
on the cotton crop. These reports are
Of uniform date. August II.
Comparison is made with the crop
OF 1903 at the corresponding period.
The summary shows that the average
condition in Texas is 3.25 per cent
higher than last year; Indian Terri.
tory 25; Oklahoma AZ higher. The
figures at the time Of The News last
16 and 3S 1.s respectively. There has
been a marked deterioration of the
crop in the southern, half OF Texas dur
ing the past month.
In some localities Of this region this
has been due chiefly to drouth, but in
others to boil weevils and boil worms.
Elsewhere in this section almost inces-
SAINT rains have damaged the crop by
rot and rust and the weev!ls and worms
have wrought great havoc. Picking has
been retarded. In many counties the
Insects are preventing the plant from
fruiting. Some reports from extreme
south Texas say that picking is prac. =.
tically over, while predictions are -
ported from many places that aEzfHe
cotton will be gathered by September
Is to October l. ~
Boil worms seem to. S&distributed
all over the cotton 46wlng territory.
being found eveS upon the ,staked
plains AMI in Oklahoma and Indian
Territory. I9.horthern Texas, however.
they do noYseem to be doing any seri
GUS damage except in few counties.
Tie boil weevil has apparently wild.
ened the zone Of its operations, being
reported as far northa as Pals, but is
not menacingly numerous there. The
crop generally is doing well In north.
east and northwest Texas there has
been some appreciation above the July
condition due to favorable. weather.
Picking will become general In that di.
vision about September /.
Conditions in Oklahoma and the In.
dian territory are generally splendid
and an enormous crop Is expected.
The News fgures that the preseu.
conditions indicates production as fo..
lows:
Texas, 2.7S7,129 bales; Indian Terri.
tory, 4SS,S12; Oklahoma. 363,79S bales.
The Chesterfield advertiser. [volume] (Chesterfield C.H., S.C.) 1884-1978, 1904-09-01
BRlTONS AGAIN ANGERED
Search Of the Hrttish Steamer Come
dan BY Russian Cruiser starts
Up Another Dispute.

The foreign ONCE in London has or
dered the British ofacials at Durham,
Natal, to make complete report OF
the circumstances connected with the
reported examination Of the papers OF
the British steamer Comedian by a
Russian auxiliary cruiser on the South
African coast. It Is said II the report
confirms the Smolsnsk as the vessel
that made the examination, then q Wig.
orouss protest win. be made through
Ambassador Har6inge. In any event,
IL a Russian cruiser actually held up
the Comedian, the incident will be
made the subject Of representation on
the ground that the steamer was 90
far away from the scene Of hostilities
that there was not the slightest reason
for her stoppage.
The most important feature Of the
incident, however. is the identity OF
the cruiser. II the Smolensk actually
examined the Comedians papers she,
according to the British officials, vic.
lated the assurances given by the Rus.
sian government that neither she nor
the st. Petersburg would be used again
as men Of war.
The Russian embassy has not been
advised OF the overhauling Of the Com
edan, and is inclined to doubt. IL it oc.
CURED, that the Smolensk was con
nected with 1t, in view of the specific
instructions issued by the admiralty a;
st. Petersburg. So far as Official infor
nation Is concerned, the matter is &c
hazy that it Is conceded In both dipio
matte circles and at the foreign Office
that 1t is desirable to obtain all the
facts before formally raising a ques
ton which may develop into an impor
tant international dispute.
The British authorities declare that
II the Smolensk overhauled> the Come
dan the matter has become of sucr
gravity as to call for determined ac
ton on the part Of this government.
The Japanese legation in London ex
presses satisfaction at the denial fror
washington that the United State.
torpedo boat destroyer Chauncey hat
been ordered to interfere with the Jap
anese operations at Shanghai To,
legation added that Japan could no
permit the anomalous condition a
shanghai to continue much longer
The Japanese minister at pekin an,
the taotai at Shanghai are co-operatln,
In urgent representations which, 1t \
hoped, will be effective.
Japan" declared he Legation, "wil
not consent to a. partial disarmament
as IN the case of the Ryeshitelini a
Chefoo. The Russian ships must eithe
disarn. completely or fight"
A st. Petersburg dispatch says: Th,
cruiser Askold and the torpedo boat de
stroyer Grozoyoi at Shanghai viii b,
disarmed. The admiralty realizes tina
1t would be folly to send the ship.
out to face the Japanese squadron IL
the offing.
The Chesterfield advertiser. [volume] (Chesterfield C.H., S.C.) 1884-1978, 1904-09-01
MRS. eoTkiN GOES TO PEN.
Woman Is Again Sentenced for Life
fer Murder 6; Mrs. cunninc.

At San Fsancisco Monday Mrs. Cor.
della Bokin was sentenced by superior
Judge Carroll Cook to life imprison.
ment in the state prison at San Quen.
tin for the murder Of Mrs. John p.
Dunning, in Dover. Del. by means OF
poisoned candy. mailed from San Fran.
cisco.
In passing sentence Judge Cook cN.
psessed regret that he could not i'm.
pose the death penalty. as the jury's
verdict had fixed the punishment
The Chesterfield advertiser. [volume] (Chesterfield C.H., S.C.) 1884-1978, 1904-09-01
WAGING GUERRILLA WARFARE.
General wood Determined to Crust
the Re5slIious Moros.

A Manila special says: The force
under Datto Ali, on the Island of Min
danso have adopted guerilla tactics il
lighting the American soldiers. tt
counteract this departure, Major Gen
eral Leonard Wood has organized fou
crack lighting companies of 100 mel
each. composed of infantry and cav
airy. which are to operate irdepend
emily and conduct vigorous campaign
for the capture oI destruction of tn,
enemy.
The Chesterfield advertiser. [volume] (Chesterfield C.H., S.C.) 1884-1978, 1904-09-01
DEATH CLAIMS COLONEL MAcHEN
Builder Of 3. 6 q. Railway Passes
A~ay Mssr ssunswlck, Ga.

Away N@sr Brunswick, Ga.
Colonel E. e. Machen. well known
as railroad builder, his latest work
being the erection OF the Brunswick
and Birmingham. which was only o
few days ago sold to the Atlantic and
Birmingham, died at his country home
Avoca Villa, three miles from Bruins.
wick. Ca, Monday afternoon.
Colonel Machen has been Ill for sev.
eral months with a complication OF
diseases. his nervous system being en-,
tirely ou. OF order.
The Chesterfield advertiser. [volume] (Chesterfield C.H., S.C.) 1884-1978, 1904-09-01
PAYMAsTER AN EASY MARK.
-Four Hiahwaymen Relieve construc.
tion Company Officer Of $1,000.

-Four masked men held up the pay.
master OF the O'Rourke Construction
Company. Mr.. White, on the Ridge
road, near Patterson, n. j., Wednes.
day. and robbed him of $4,000.
The paymaster, accompanied by tw,
other men. was on his way to the Of
nee OF the company, driving in a bug
gy, when four men came out Of the
woods. shot the horse and covered the
occupants OF the buggy with guns ami
got away with the bag of money.
The Chesterfield advertiser. [volume] (Chesterfield C.H., S.C.) 1884-1978, 1904-09-01
WILL try 70 SETTLE STRIKE.

Chicago Authorities to Make Another
Effort at Settlement.
The Chicago city authorities are to
make second effort to settle the stock
yards strike. At a meeting Of the city
council Wednesday resolution was
passed. empowering Mayor Harrison
to appoint a committee Of eleven al.
dermen to attempt to bling about a
settlement.
The Chesterfield advertiser. [volume] (Chesterfield C.H., S.C.) 1884-1978, 1904-09-01
"cHAIR" FORT CAPTURED.
Japs Draw Near Inner Defenses ot
Great Russian Fortress.

The Evening News, London, Tues.
day afternoon published a dispatch
from Chez Foo, under same date. an.
nouncing that the Japanese captured
Chair Fort" of the Port Arthur de-
lenses. Monday after tremendous at
tack.
The Chesterfield advertiser. [volume] (Chesterfield C.H., S.C.) 1884-1978, 1904-09-01
RUSSIA LOSES ANOTHER SHIP.
sevastapoi Struck by Mine at Mouth
Of Port Arthur 4arbor.

A Toxic speciai says: Admiral Ka.
taoka reports that as the Russian bat.
tie ship Sevastapol was emerging from,
Port Arthur Tuesday she struck q
mine. after which she was seen to be
badly listed. She was towed back into
the harbor.
The Chesterfield advertiser. [volume] (Chesterfield C.H., S.C.) 1884-1978, 1904-09-01
NEGRO STRIKE BREAKERS.
Two Car Loads from Georgia Towns
En- Route to Packino centers.

Two car loads Of negroes gathered
from various points in Georgia, passed
through Chattanooga Monday night en-
route TO Chicago. where they will work
In the packing houses. They were
gathered from small towns by agents.
The Chesterfield advertiser. [volume] (Chesterfield C.H., S.C.) 1884-1978, 1904-09-01
Wife Murderers Aanned

AT Rolling Fork. Miss, Wedn esday.
Albert Davis and Dave Fields wife
murderers. were hanged from the same
scaffold. A la.ge crowd witnessed the
executions.
The Chesterfield advertiser. [volume] (Chesterfield C.H., S.C.) 1884-1978, 1904-09-01
oALvssToNirEs ARE IusILANr.
Great ssa wall for Protection Of Cit,
Has Been Completed.

The completion OF the Galveston
sea wall. the greatest structure OF the
kind In the world, was celebrated Mon.
day by running excursions from diff.
ferent parts Of the state to Galveston.
Governor Lanham made an eulogistic
address. commenting On the remarka.
BILE work accomplished.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-06-16
TODAY'S WEATHER

cast:
Minnesota-Fair Thursday; warmer in
west and south portions; Friday fair;
fresh east to south winds.
Upper Michigan-Fair; warmer Thurs
day; Friday fair; variable winds.
Wiseonsfn-Fair Thursday; warmer in
the west portion; Friday fair; warmer in
east portion;. fresh southeast to south
Iowa-Fair; warmer Thursday; Friday
fair.
North Dakota-Fair Thursday: warmer
in south and east portions; Friday fair.
South Dakota-Fair; warmer Thursday;
Friday fair.
Montana Generally fair Thursday and
Friday.
St Paul = Yesterdays observations,
taken by the United States weather bu
reau. st. Paul, w. Z. Oliver, observer. for
the twenty=four hours ended at z o'clock
last night--Baronaete corrected for tenn
perature and elevation. Highest tempera-
ture. 20; lowest temperature. So; average
temperature, 81; daily range, II: barem-
eter 30.11; humidity. so; precipitation
%; Z p. m. temperature, So; p. m. wind,
east; weather, clear.
Vest erC1aV' q T ef11Defa lures
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-06-16

to a degree. 1t revolts without stimu-
lating any other emotion than that of
disgust. 1t is merely vehicle in which
to exhibit the actors power and does
not at all reckon with the public de-.
mand to be shown something for it's
money.
The sooner Mr.. Mansfield and his
compeers are made to understand that
the horrible is not profitable, that art
is acceptable on the stage only in its
beautiful forms according to the or
binary canons of taste-the better it
will be for the managerial purse.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-06-16
SALTWATER

w. D.. Ellsworth, who came from
ENeleth about fifteen months ago TO
serve a term at the prison, was re-
leased yesterday after taking the poor
debtors oath. He had a fine to pay
of $7.163.83. and confessed to Court
Commissioner Doe that he had no
money with which to square the ac-
count. Ellsworth was United States
prisoner.
The new steamer Verne Swain.
which has been built here by d. M.
Swain for the La Sale 8 Peoria Pack
ct company, will be ready to leave for
the Illinois river July /. The Verne
Swain will be operated as packet be-
tween La Sale and Peoria.
Achange was made yesterday in the
Journal, N. A. Nelson disposing of his
interest in. the paper and plant to It.
C. Neumeier, who formerly owned. a
half interest. Mr.. Nelson continues as
editor of the paper.
Judge Wiihsten on Tuesday directed
August Lange to pay his wife accrued
alirnony or go to Jail, and the claim
has been. paid, thus enabling Mr..
LANCE to continue his work at the
boom.
Miss Mary q: Boyle, a daughter Of
Mr.. and Mrs. Dennis Boyle, of this
city, was married here last evening to
Charles r. Butler. of Mankato.
Mayor Vasserly and Mr. Wood, of
Little Falls, Mimi, were guests yes
terday DC T.. SilnDnet. nas.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-06-16
THE uNLovELY IN ARr-

Mr.. Richard Mansfield has attained
to such eminence, by virtue of his abil-
ity on the stage and his excellent judg-
ment in selecting press agents, that his
work as an actor is worth considering.
He is one of the leaders of the histri-
onic profession who is looked to for
something better than the mere pro-
duction of plays that pay He has not
scrupled to spend a great deal of money
on productions which were artistic
rather than popular. He has pecketed
some serious losses and he has, be-
times, pocketed some substantial earn
ings. He has given us some really
good things and has done as little in
the past to excite in the public an APP
petite for the erotic and the horrible as
any player of his time. Therefore is it
to be regretted that he has fallen into
the habit of putting too fine an edge
upon his art in an overweening ambi-
ton to maintain first place as pro-
Queer of original plays
This tendency in Mr.. Mansfield to ex-
plot art is shown to the regret of his
patrons and admirers in his production
of Ivan the Terrible" The play. as a
play, has no merit whatever. 1t is pat
ent to the observer that Mansfield has
chosen Ivan as the central figure of a
production merely to show the public
something unique in stage settings and
costurning. He puts Russia of the time
of Ivan on the stage. There is no sort
of doubt about the correctness of the
mounting and costumes. We are even
assured that Mr.. Mansfield has had
copied at great cost the regalia of roy
atty and the furnishings of VANS pal
ace. But barbaric robes and hideousIy
formed drinking cups do not much ap-
peal to the admiration of the average
theatergoer. Mr.. Mansfield might bet
ter have served the ends of art by Of
fering his collection of Russian pots,
caftans and jewels for exhibition in a
museum than by using them to eInbel-
lish the surroundings Of such a horrid
character as that which he portrays-
ana no doubt faithflliy- in Ivan the
Terrible The character il repulsive
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-06-16
odeH, Plat and Root

1t will be noted in passing that while
there was time when Senator Plat
did the thinking both for himself and
Gov. Odell. that state of affairs has
been changed. The executive has new
err said that he is opposed to Mr.. Roots
nomination. nor has he ever said that
he is III favor of it, nor is there any
reason to believe that he is. How Sem
ator Platt knows what Gov. OdeH
thinks on this question is something
not easily explained. especially in view
OF the present estrangement- There are
great many people who would be
very glad to be assured that both Sen
ator Plat and Gov. Odell favor Mr..
Roots nomination for governor, be-
cause he falls in line with popular
opinion. 1t is good guessing, however.
that the boss and the ex-boss on the
gubernatoriai succession are not two
minds with but single thought two
hearts that beat as one. Utica Press,
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-06-16
PERSONAL MENTION


Windsor-v H. Stickney, Dickinson, N.
D.; j. G. Suhland, ROthsay; J. c. Carlson.
Rush City; w, "A. Funk, Mankate; C. w :.
Burdick, DuluEh &C. A. ROvgren and wife,
Elisworth,r-iWiS.; o. II. Case. Fountaine
J. c. Brairerd5 Blooming Prairie; H. A
Morgan, Aibefb Lea: N. c. Bray. Hender-
son; E. CQppef. Adrian; T. Johnsrud
Montevidepfr Fl H. Bliss. Rochester
observation-disclosures d. Mccormick. Rut-
ledge; j. A.. laird, Breckenridge: A. w.
Swanson, Zurnbrota; L. M Henlin. Port
land. Or; Ole SellvaaS. Window; HI. w.
D.; ID. HI. I4ords Mortified; T. S. Herbert
Winnipeg; John Cooper. st. Cloud; G.. G..
Carley, Little Falls; George f. Cowan,
Boulder, Ment.
Ryan-E. X. Medler, Duluth: G. A.
Mock and. wife, saltwater: NJ r. Mnud-
son, Duluth.;sJ s. Lutes, Biwabic; f. A.
Chase, Spokane; L. Starr and wife
Duluth; H.rsW. Rathbone, Detroit; F.
w. HolcomH, Fargo; o. S. Bennett, Sioux
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The war now raging in almost unique
in one respect. Finance ministers have
hitherto, almost without exception.
felt themselves inpelied to suspend
specie Payments and resort to ennis
sions of PAPER currency. The Rus
slams and the Japanese have alike re-
solved to borrow and pay their way I'M
gold. The decision is, we think, emf
nently wise. IAN irredeenable currency
initiates values and thus adds enor-
mously to'i the burden to be borne.
Even after peace comes, trade lam
cuisines under the uncertainty which a
forced circulating medium begets. "A
nation. like an individual, must pay
the penalty for living ION tick.'-New
Orleans Times Democrat.