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INGENIOUS rNvnNrroNa.

a clever Swiss inventor has originate
ed an instrument which tells the exact
condition Of the air in = room-that is,
its degrse Of impurity.
A practical folding umbrella con-
structed on the telescope plan has been
evolved. The 28-inch size folds up to 10
inches. and the other sizes in proportion.
A Norwegian named John Eggen has
invented an electric apparatus for indi-
eating the presence of school Of FISH in
the deep. It consists Of metal plate
and micrOphone in the water, connect
ed by wire with telephone on board
ship.
Swiss watchmakers have now added q
monograph to some Of their wonderful
watches. A small rubber disc is put in
the watch and arranged in such way
that the record is repeated every hour.
Anything can be put on the record that
the owner wishes.
A new invention for insuring dry
seats on electric cars in wet weather has
been displayed in Edinburgh. AS ex-
RA0AACO tAC 4AVCALOlg LAO new al
rangement is simple one, and can be
fitted to, any style Of garden, tramway
or ships deck seat. 1t is practically a
wooden covering for the seat, can be
lifted in wet weather, the ordinary
movement Of the back rest of the seat
locking 10 in position. When raised, II
forms shelter for the back of the pas
senger. In dry weather, the cover forms
the ordinary seat.
Glass that can be heated white hot
and then plunged into cold water with
out breaking seems an impossibility,
but it has been recently made an accom-
plished fact. 1t is made from Brazilian
quartz pebbles heated red hot and then
thrown into distilled water Then the
purest pieces are selected, and welded
with the oxyhydrogen blowpipe into
long stems like straws, from which glass
vessels OF any shape can be made. Thus
far the quartz glass has been employed
chiefly for making laboratory appara-
tus. A test tube made in this way will
not break when a white-hot coal Is
dropped into it.
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MISCELLANEOUS.

On the both one man was killed and
several were injured by an iron beam
which fell from the roof Of the Park
building in New York into a throng Of
people passing through Nassau street.
The beam, weighing 500 pounds, was
being hoisetd, when it slipped from its
fastenings and fell to the ground.
A rumor was current in Cleveland,
o., on the night of the 10Th, that Mrs.
Cassie L. Chadwick, the woman in
volved in enormous financial transac-
tons which have compromised the in
tegrity of bankers and others, had
committed suicide.
In q head-on collision Of Rock Is
land freight trains near Peabody, Kas.,
on the list, three men were killed.
Fire, which broke out about mid
night, on the I'd, destroyed or dam
aged Ancient Rome" "Old st. Louis, p
s.F'air Japan" "Quo vadis" and ION
the Bowery," Pike concessions on the
st. Louis Worlds fair grounds, and
threatened, for time, to do still
greater damage. Arthur @. Dunn was
arrested while trying to extend the
are into the Hereafter Three Japan
ese were injured.
With confirmation Of the news Of
the loss of Meter hill and the fall
ure Of their forces to recapture 1t, the
Russian war Office is prepared to hear
Of the fall of Port Arthur at any time.
On the LIST Howell D. Ferguson, Of
st. Louis, was arrested at Manhattan,
Kas., on charge Of embezzling money
from the Portland hotel, In ST. Louis
Of which he had been head clerk.
An explosion at the Union Electric
Light & Power Co.'S plant at Tenth
and st. Charles streets, ST. Louis.
wrecked all the dynamos and genera
tors IN the building. and left part Of
the city temporarily unlighted
The Louisiana Purchase exposition
It ST. Louis closed on the ls
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Total 80. 1886 S,1S9 1,425 1898

AoIdAN -. O0,olO o,loJ 1,4A0 5So
The congressional vote was as fol-
lows:
First Congressional District-E.
s. Gambler, Jr., Democratic noml>
nee: Alcorn 942, Itawamba 8O3. Lee
l,058, Lowndes S45, Monroe 1910.
Noxubee 564, Okti5beha 675, Prentiss
752, Tishomingo 600. Total, S,O49.
Second Congressional District
Thomas Spight,. Democratic nominee:
Benton 500. Franklin 789, Lafayette
l,037, Marshall 998, Pamela 730, Talla-
hatchie 600, Tate SOL, Tippah 962,
Union 8S2. Total, 1879.
Third Congressional District-Ben
HUMPHREYS, Democratic nominee: Boil
var 422, Coahoma 343, Holmes 997. Lee
fore 462, Quitman 81, Sharkey liz,
Sunfower 375, Tunica 209, Washing
ton 1863 Total, 3,744.
Fourth Congressional District-W.
s. Hill. Democratic nominee: Attala
1,0S9, Calhoun 578, Carroll 628, Chick
asaw $50, Claiborne 624, Clay 462.
Grenada 375, Montgomery 766, Ponto-
toe 656, Webster 576, Yalobusha 795.
Total, 1885,
Fifth Congressional District-Aliam
Byrd, Democratic nominee: Clarke:
773, Jasper 648, Kemper TOT, Lauder.
dale 1905, Leake 947, Neshoba 1,O1a,
Newton 1924, Scott 6S4, Smith soy.
Winston 695. Total, 1852.
Fifth Congressional District j. G.
Hill, Republican nominee: Clarke Z,
Jasper Is, Kemper 9, Lauderdale %,
Leake 4, Neshoba 8, Newton S, Scott
4, Smith 5, Winston II. Total, 81.
Sixth Congressional District-E. J.
Bowers, Democratic nominee: Coving-
ton 700, Greene PIP, Hancock $50,
Harrison 1886, jackson 658, Jones 942.
Lawrence 355, Marion 1872, Pearl River
IT'S, Perry 626, Simpson 612, Wayne
378, Lamar 23S Total, $3.50.
Sixth Congressional District-C. w.
Banks Socialist nominee: Covington
%, Greene Z, Hancock S, Harrison 81,
Jackson 19, Jones "a, Lawrence 20,
Marion SO, Pearl River 5, Perry 40.
Simpson 81, Wayne 25, Lamar rs.
Total, 449.
Seventh Congressional DISTRICT.
A. McLain, Democratic nominee:
Adams SGT, Amite 656, Claiborne 375,
Copiah 1,342, Franklin 387, Jefferson
348, Lincoln 564, Pike 1893, Wilkin-
son 443. Total, $780,
Eighth Congressional District
John Sharp Williams, Democratic
nominee: Kinds 1909, Madison 629,
Rankin 972, Warren 1,172, Yazoo 952.
Total, 1924.
Total congressional vote s3 226
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PARAeRAPH1c PERSONALS.

The late George G. Vest left an estate
of $4,000
Manuel Garcia, at one time a noted
singer, is living in London. He is 100
years old.
Mrs. Lou.se G. Smith, whose mother
was sister of Thomas Jefferson, is dead
at Louisville.
Although So years old, Mrs. Sarah Nc
Laughlin, cl Lynn, Mass, does good
days work binding shoes.
Hon. Manuel Lucuaino Diaz, secre-
tary of public works for Cuba, is in this
country for the purpose of studying i'm
proved railroad methods.
DR.. Chrysander, formerly private sec
rotary to tho great Bismarck, is a patient
In lunatio asylum at Hamburg. He
suffers from fits of nervousness.
Seymour G. Gourlay, lately defeated
for parliament in Canada, distinguished
himself while a member Of that body for
his bitter attack on the United States.
Henry M. Dellinger, of Washington,
D. c., hale and hearty at the age OF
So, fitted up the telegraph experiment
station at Washington for Morse, the in
ventor of the telegraph.
John Hollingshead, famous London
theater manager. who died recently, IS
credited with the discovery Of the col
laborative genius of w. S. Gilbert and
the late Sir Arthur Sullivan.
Paul de Cassagnac, the prominent
Bonapartist deputy and journalist, and
once the most notorious duelist in
France, died November 4. He was 81
years old, and began his journalistic
career at the age of 10.
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oLp-woRLD ODDITIES.


At the strozzi palace, in Rome, there
Is boob made of marble, the leaves be-
ing wonderfully thin.
A marriage market is held annually
near Moscow, and it is said that over
1000 marriages are arranged there each
year.
Over the grave of horse in private
garden, near Westminster Abbey, is a
stone engraved with this quotation from
the Psalms: Thou, Lord, shalt save
both man and beast"
When large fagstone at Bayswater,
London. was found to be displaced, work
men discovered that it had been forced
upward by three or four mushrooms
growing underneath.
Bulgarian newspapers give the names
of two doctors of philosophy who have
taken The teachings of Tolstoi so
much to heart that one of them has
become cobbler and the other boot
black.
Bibles and other books are difficult
to distribute in Turkey, said a speaker
at Exeter nall, London, the other day.
A work of chemistry was rejected be-
cause H3o (water) was translated as
"Hamid Second is nobody"
Kettles made of paper-a Japanese in
vention used in the Japanese army-are
about t. be supplied to the German
army. By pouring water over them they
can hang over the fire without burning
for a length of time sufficient to boil
the water.
The ameer of Afghanistan recently, in
public dufDar in Cabul, related dream
he had, in which the Haddah Mullah had
appeared 10 him and given him permits
sion to act as his deputy. All present
thereupon congratulated the ameer on
his appointment as spiritual as well as
temporal head.
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Rooster Worth $500.

Birmingham, Ala, Dec 4-The Ala
bama Poultry and Pet Stock Associa-
ton will hold its annual exhibit in this
city beginning next Tuesday. Already
1850 entries have been made. includ-
ing chickens, pigeons, rabbits and
other pet stock from all parts of the
country. Among the exhibits win be
prize rooster Of the Wyandotte va
riety from the Vanderbilt Stock Farm
at Biltmere. N. G. This particular
cock is valued at $500. There VIII
also be displays on hand from Ohio,
Illinois, Indiana and even as far North
az Massachusetts,.
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KILLING AT SUMNER.
Smith Murphy Is Shot and Killed by
Jerry Robinson, Jr.

Sumner, Miss, Dec. 3.-Smith Muir.
ply, of Sumner, was shot to death
here this afternoon by Jerry Robinson,
Jr., of Albin. The shooting occurred
at 2:40 o'clock in Murphy's commits.
sary, and is said to have been the re-
suit of an old trouble between the two
men. Three shots were fired by Rob.
inson and Murphy was almost in.
stantIy killed. Both men are promi.
nent planters of this section.
The trouble is said to have arisen
over negro labor for the plantations
owned by the two men, According to
reports, Murphy secured hands from
Robinson's plantation and bad feeling
was occasioned between the two
planters. Albin is five miles from
Sumner. The two men met in Muir.
phys commissary this afternoon. Two
negroes who happened to be present,
witnessed the shooting. Robinson has
given himself up, but refuses to talk
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cllmax to ! Carnival 81 crime,

Chattanooga. Tenn, Dec. 1.-The
carnival Of burglary that has existed
in Chattanooga for the past week
came to a climax early this morning.
when the burglars entered the home
Of Chief Of Police F. w. Hill, took all
the money from his clothes, which
were hanging on chair, including
his ssluck piece, which was given
him by high Official during the time
the troops were encamped here dur
ing the Spanish-American war The
burglars have shown prediction to
the robbery Of homes of prominent
ofEicials. and number have SUFFERED.
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RUSSIAN DEsERTERs.
lundreds Of Them Walking the Streets
Of London Half Starved

London, Dec. {. Several hundred
Russian deserters of the Jewish faith
are walking the streets Of the east
end Of London, half starved and With
out means of support. The Jewish
board Of guardians is overwhelmed, as
the emigrants are utterly destitute.
having spent all their money in brib-
ing the Russian frontier officials. Last
night more than q hundred slept IN 4
synagogue, unable to secure shelter
elsewhere.
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A CRISIS AT HAND.
Black Sea Fleet to Pass, the Darda
nelIes7in Spite Of EngIand's Def.

Black Sea Fleet to Pass. the Darda.
nelIes1in Spite of EngIand's Def.
London. Dec. 6-The st. Petersburg
correspondent of the Daily Mail pub.
fishes an interview with Admiral Ka.
zanakoff, who states that, after dec.
laration to that effect, the Russian
Black Sea feet will pass the Darna
nelles, confronting England with an
accomplished fact.
The admiral points out that strong
reasons exist for the belief that the
British government will do nothing in
the matter.
Reports received from MOSCOW rela.
tive to the sudden movement of troops
toward the Afghan frontier seem to
bear out the belief that Russia will
send her Black Sea feet through the
Dardanelles and take her chances
about the consequences.
It is stated upon good authority that
an entire division of Russian troops
has left the Caucasus for the frontier
and the only explanation for this
move is offered by the fact that the
question of the passage of the feet
has entered the acute stage.
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Knoxville Again Visited BY Fire.

Knoxville, Tenn, Dec. KNOXVILLE
was visited by another fire tonight.
The fire was discovered about 10
O'Clock in the warehouse and stable
of the H. T. Hackney Feed and Grain
Company, at the junction of Broad
way and the tracks of the Southern
railway. It gained Roadway rapidly,
making a spectacular blaze. The fire
department was able to prevent the
surrounding buildings from being de-
stroyed. The stables and warehouse
burned to the ground with the con-
tents. The loss is estimated at $751;
600, with insurance for two-thirds OF
that amount.
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counterfeiter Arrested.

Nashville, Tenn, Dec. A. Jack
Williams, about 80 years old. is under
arrest at Centreville. Tenn, and is
believed to be the man who has been
circulating counterfeit money in this
city for some years. Williams and j.
A. Killingsworth, Centreville youths,
who were arrested in this city with a
quantity of counterfeit money in their
possession, made confession, stat
ing that Williams inyeigled them into
a deal to circulate the spurious money.
They told the officers where the
money was made and where they
could find Williams.
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Saloon Raid at Knoxville.

Knoxville, Tenn. Dec. deputy
sheriffs made two more raids today.
At noon, while the people were leaY-
ing the churches, three officers en-
tered the Farmers and Traders saloon,
on Market Square, on information
furnished by a business man that the
place was thronged with patrons, and
corTaled eighteen persons, including
William Mcintyre, brother Of Lieuten-
ant of Police George Mcintyre; the
bartender. two negro porters and q
dozen customers. The drinks were on
the counter and a stampede followed.
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London, Dec. 6.-The insurance cor.
respondent of the Times, in today's
issue, says:
ut may be assumed that the British
government intends to stop all direct
exports of coal to the Russian fleet.
The direct exports of steam coal to
the Russian feet are trifiing in COM
parison with exports of similar coal
to Vladivostok, which merely come
under the head of conditionally con-
traband trade. Yet the coal for Vladi-
vostok is as surely intended for the
Russian fleet as those cargoes carried
direct to the vessels.
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Festus ]. Wade, of st. Louis, says
that If the reading notices given the
Worlds fair had been charged for at
only ten cents line the sum would
have amounted to $1O0,O00,0o0; the
press can take of its hat in aclznowl-
edgment of this grateful compliment
cleverly paid it.
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Bulletin No. 1 of the National Mos
quito determination society, which ap-
propriately has headquarters in New
Jersey, announces that the mosquito
breeds only in stagnant water and not
in dry grass or shrubbery. The method
of warfare recommended is to drain
or fill the places where the eggs are
laid, or treat them with petroleum. AS
a distributor of disease, the mosquito
has decidedly become a suspect.
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Gen. Kuropatkin has at last hit upon
the most deadly of all war engines, the
automobile; but instead of employing
it for his own purposes Of command
he should man 1t with chauffeur and
send it actively against the enemy.
One good automobile properly operated
will do more destruction than all your
artillery.
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SHORT STORIES.

Rev. DR.. Rainsford, the New York
preacher, was arguing with youth Of
his parish about the evils Of young
men smoking cigarettes. What would
you think" he said, 'if you met an
angel coming along with cigarette
in his MOUTH" "Well, doctor, what
would you think if you saw an angel
with an umbrella and a pair of patent
leathers?"
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! The women of to-day do not pay so
much attention to their ear fittings
as their older sisters did. Both men
and women wore earrings in ancient
Rome. Those Of the latter were espe-
cially extravagant Seneca wrote that
some earrings worn by women were
so costly that single pair was worth
the revenue of large estate.
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walk at all, and every makeshift tried
and all the medicine took had not the
slightest effect. MY back continued to
grow weaker until / began taking
Doan's Kidney Pills, and 1 must say ]
was more than surprised and gratifed
to notice the back ache disappearing
gradually until it finally stopped"
Doan's Kidney Pills sold by all
dealers or mailed on receipt of price,
so cents per box. Foster-Milburn Co.,
Buffalo, N. Y.
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Possibly righteous verdict. A man
brought up at st. Adams as an incor-
rigible rogue was proved to have mar
ried his aunt. His children are there
fore his first cousins and he is his own
uncle. His grandmother and his
mother-in-law are the same person.
Apparently the judge sympathized
with him, for he was discharged.
The leader., 1904-12-10

The latest story of an Englishman's
inability readily to grasp the meaning
of American slang tells how one Of
automobile in Fifth avenue, New York.
He helped the man to his feet and said
solicitously: Did the auto hit you?"
The victim thought the stranger was
guying him and replied grufiy: ooh,
go chase yourself" The Englishman.
in telling of the incident, said: Most
remarkable request, don't you know.
for how could chase myself unless
there were two of me?'
The leader., 1904-12-10

In 1850 the state of New York spent
$1,607,6S4 on it's public schools. The
amount in 1895 was $2O,950,614, and in
1908 the expenditure was SAL, 418, OO5.
In most of the other states education
is making proportionate strides, and
the fact goes far to explain the un-
equaled general advance of the coun-
krY
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England Preparing for Action.

London, Dec. 6.-It is stated upon
good authority that the British gov
eminent is about to make move in
the case of the torpedo boat destroyer
Carolina. the boat which the Hon.
James Roche-Sinnett bought from
Yarrow & Co., and delivered to the
Russians at Liban According to the
report, Sinnett, as well as a number
Of members Of the Yarrow firm, re-
ceiyed summons to appear in the
Bow street court to answer a charge
Of having violated the law in the
matter Of the sale and transfer Of the
1aasnI
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Frank Wayland Higgins, republican
governor-elect of New York, is a
grocer on big scale. He is said to
be worth 100000, is happily mar
ried, has three children, owns large
areas of timber land in Minnesota and
Washington and has been in politics
some twenty years, serving as state
senator and Iieutenant-goyernor.
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ToRpEDoaoAT DESTROYER
IN Dangerous Condition Owing to Con.
finuanee Of Gale

Brest, France Dec. 5.The Russian
forpedoboat destroyer Prouzitelny.
which sailed yesterday for Taneier.
and which put into Camaret Bay YES.
terday evening through stress Of
weather, is in dangerous position
owing to the continuance Of the gale.
The vessel attempted this morning to
change her berth, but was unable to
raise her anchor Her commander has
telegraphed to Brest for assistance.
The condition Of the vessel is beconl.
ing hourly more serious.
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} Admiral Dewey declines to act as a
member of the international commits
sion of inquiry into the North sea in
cident. Perhaps the admiral is right
He is still on the active list, and any.
thing he might say would possibly in
terfere with his usefulness in handling
the United States navy should any
emergency arise for its services.
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In his win the late Richard nj.
Scruggs, the ST. Louis philanthrcpist,
has vindicated the policies pursued BY
him during life. The document dis
poses Of an estate estimated at 81, 0OO,-
900 In manner that demonstrates
that Mr.. Scruggs' idea Of helping hui
manity Ia the broadest sense possible
was no dream. During the several
years Immediately preceding his death
the deceased had given away to worthy
people and deserving institutions more
than $100, 900 Per annum, and now, BY
bis will, while dealing literally with
his relatives, he royalty provides for
churches, schools. charitable institu.
tious and foreign missions.
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There are $4,000 hotels in the United
States, representing an invested capital
of over $6o0,000,O0O. These establish
ments employ 100000 persons. A
Boston judge says a hotel is not an
inn, though it is possible that good
many inns are classed as hotels.
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Boy Torn to pieces.

Brookhayen, Miss, Dec. "A ~
year-old son of Charles Jones, scaler
at the Pearl River Lumber Mills, was
torn to pieces in slab conveyor at
noon today. The boy had gone to the
mill to carry his fathers dinner and
ventured too near the chains which
carry the slabs from the saws.
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These words of President Francis
regarding the Worlds fair are timely
and to the point: ''The compensation
will continue to flow for at least gem
Grafton to come. It's influence will be
felt and appreciated in widening cir
cles as the years go by. 1t marks d
new epoch in the intellectual and in
dustrial advancement Of the world, and
the dawn Of new era in the interna.
tional relations of government and
people There viii be many important
things in the course of civilization
hereafter to recall the holding Of the
st. Louis Worlds fair
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One of Sir Archibald Geike's stories
tells of funeral party at railway
station and is typically Scotch, as
showing the proverbial caution Of
those canny folk. A gentleman asked
one who seemed to be mourner if
he were with the funeral. Man." said
the person addressed, I'm no just sure
that it is funeral, for the corp has
missed the train connection"
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While all the balance of the world
is appealing for peace, Russia and
Japan seem determined to continue
their appeals to the god of war. Ma
poleon once said that victory generally
perched upon the banners of the side
having the heaviest battalions. With
respect to this in Manchuria between
the two nations, it is about six of one
and half dozen of the other.
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An old Rhode Island farmer was try
ing to convert neighEor to socialism,
He explained his idea of il, and pro-
fessed his willingness to abide by its
tenets. why" said he, under social
ism, if had two heifers, I'd give you
one; if 1 had two horses, I'd give you
one" eff you had two pigs, would you
divide with me?" asked the neighbor.
"Ah," said the old socialist, reproach-
fully, there ye're gettin' too near
home. Ye know I've got two pigs"
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statehood for Twin Territories.

Guthrie, o. T., Dec. 4-Either Sen.
ator German, of Maryland, or Senator
Stone, of Missouri, will introduce,
some time next week, in the senate,
bill comforting Statehood on Okla
homa and the Indian Territory. This
bill be urged to passage instead of
the omnibus measure of the last SEES
-
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Fifty Thousand Russians Engaged IL
a Hopeless Task.

London, Dec. ga dispatch to the
Morning Post from Shanghai states
that an army of $4,000 Russians has
entered the Manchurian province of
Kurin, after crossing the Usuree river.
which runs through the Russian terri
tory. According to the report, this
force is under orders to move south
ward, and will make an attempt to
outfank the Japanese south Of tie
Shalxhe river. II is a bold move on
the part of the Russians and attended
with many dificulties.
The leader., 1904-12-10

President Francis Of the Louisiana
Purchase Exposition Co., during the
closing ceremonies on the last night
placing his hand on the arm of Mrs
Francis, who stood by his side said:
"Here stands the partner of my life
Mrs. Francis and have been blessed
with six sons. If / were called on te
lose one Of them tomorrow, the only
consolation I could find would be the
record he left behind him. So, when
we are called upon to lose the great
exposition, the only consolation left tc
us is the record it leaves behind IT.,