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The Washington times., 1904-07-30
Gould Not Say Sheehan
Would Be the
Chairman.
RECEIVED INSTRUCTIONS
Nominee Gets Silver Loving
Cup From His Kingston
Friends.

ESOPUS, n. Y, July 3O.-The unex-
pected visit of National Chairman
Thomas Taggart to Rosemont last night
appears 10 have had considerable sig
nificance.
Before he had held his conference with
Judge Parker, Mr. Taggart made a
statement 10 the effect that, in all prob
ability. William F. Sheehan would be
elected chairman Of the national execu-
tive committee, and would have COM
pletc charge of the campaign I'm the
East
During the conference between the
nominee and his nominal campaign
manager 1t was noticed that Judge Par
ker did all the talking, while Mr.. Tag
CART was content to be a good listener
and frequently nod his head At the
close Of the conference, when Mr.. Tag
CART took the train from Esopus TO his
home in Indianapolis. he had a different
tale TO tell.
Another Considered.
He said he could not say that William
+. Sheehan would be elected chairman
of the executive committee and virtual
~ admitted that some other name vas
also considered by declaring that il
would be unfair TO mention any other
probability for the place.
Whether Judge Parker at the noctur-
nal conference persuaded Mr.. Tagsart
TO a silence as absolute as his own, or
whether II has been decided TO place
some other than Mr.. Sheehan at the
head of the executive committee re-
mains to be seen. The difference in the
drift Of Mr.. Taggart's remarks before
and after he had seen Judge Parker is
notable.
IL was said at ROsemOnt Ihis morning
that the personnel of the executive and
finance committees, as well as the
identity OF the chairman OF the former.
would probably be made known before
Mr. Taggart returned TO New York.
Heaquarters in East.
Immediately thereafter the first def
mite plans OF the campaign viii be made.
national headquarters in the East will
be established in some place otler than
the Hoffman House. yet to be fixed
upon. and the national chairman will
commence the early work of the can
vass
John Foster Peabody. Of New York.
vas an early visitor al ROSemOnt to-
day. He said he came to make a per-
sonai call upon the nominee
Judge Parker was today presented
with a silver loving cup by friends in
Kingston. The cup is nine inches high
and Of simple design. Upon IL is in
scribed.
Alton Brooks Parker. on the occasion
of HIS nomination to the Presidency OF
the United States. July g. 1904.
The Pearl Street neighbors. Kingston,
The Pearl Street neighbOrs." Of Judge
Parker, are several residents In the par
ish Of the mission Of the Holy Cross. IN
Kingston. Of which the Rev. Charles
Mercer Hail. the judges son-in-law, is
rector
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of. British warships would no longer be
miscOnstrued
The Chefoo dispatches. giving the re-
port OF general assault, are on the
strength Of reports by refugees from the
port. These refugees state that the as
Sault began on Tuesday and was con-
tnued through Wednesday and Thurs
day. Additional refugees who arrived
at Chefoo this morning assert that the
Russians are IN a bad shape 10 meet the
onslaught, which IS said 10 be progress
ing by land and sea The Russian am
munition for the big guns. they assert.
has fallen short. and as a result the
belea guered forces cannot put CD an ef-
fective defense. These refugees state
that the japanese continue TO place
mines In the outer TOadstead, and add
that \ Jap:.'ese cruiser and a gunbOaL
have been destroyed during these Oper-
ations-
Reports Not Confirmed.
No official confirmation OF any OF these
reports is obtainable.
Nothing definite is obtainable as 10 the
exact location In which General Kuro-
patkins forces will meet the combined
forces of Generals Oku and Nodzu The
latest official reports from Kuropatkin
indicate that his force is located at
Hai-Cheng. but press dispatches received
this morning intimate that he is re
treating or IS about 70 retreat 10 the
north. One press message says the
Japanese Taku-Shan force h reached
P4n-Ling. only sixteen miles f. Jm kuro-
patkin's rendezvous. and that the Rus
sian position near Hai-Cheng has be-
come untenab,c These later messages
unite in the belief that the Russians viii
be forced 10 retreat nOrthEard. one cor
respondent even asserting that the Rus
sian commander viii withdraw to Muk-
den
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Silence BrOOdS Oper
Fate of Port Arthur

LONDON. July 30.-SensationaI reports
from Chefoo. Wei-Hai-Wei and Shang-
hal. received last night and this morn
ing, stating that a general assault has
been made by the japanese on Port Ar
thur. has again turned attention 10 that
portion of the war area.
Port Arthur has been neglected for
some days past. in the dispatches, for
the good reason that no news was OBJ
tainable from that quarter 1t was pre-
sumed. on the strength Of a dispatch re-
ceived by a roundabout route in St
Petersburg, that matters at the port
were still in the stage of preparation for
the final clash. and that the fight would
not come for several days.
If the reports current this morning
are true, the japanese have made quick
progress in their preparations, while the
Russians have lost some Of the strength
which they had q few weeks ago.
Some Of the dispatches even go so far
as to assert that Port Arthur has fallen.
These reports are based on most vague
reasOniugS.
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pressed. and are abandoning their was-
Ons and stores. The Japanese hold large
sections of the railway and viii ad-
vance thereby. Niuchwang will become
a great army base and naval depot
North Of Haicherg.
A Tokyo dispatch 10 the Times" saws
Panling. which the Takushan army oc-
cupied on July %. lies Immediately east
of Simucheng, and is only eighteen
miles from Haicheng, which is. conse-
quently. msuited Tor General Kuropat-
kin's next stand. He viii probably Sc
lect Anshantien. midway between Hal
cheng and LiaO-Yang-
Accounts from the first army show
that General kurOpatAin has posted .
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self-reSpect would be regarded. Tho
danger is apparent Of a truce only pre-
pairing for second or thirdr war. Rus
sia's methods and motives have been
revealed since 1895.
Japan viii not consent TO mere
truce. II wants peace and will fight till
permanent peace has been restored in
the Orient 10 the benefit of all the
powers. TIL Russia admits her faults
and makes peace permanently media
tion would be premature.
The Washington times., 1904-07-30
CRUISERS EAST OF STRAITS.

TOKYO July 3O-A dispatch states that the Vadivosok cruisers
had been east of the entrance to Tuga Straits Nothing could
then be seen of the japanese warshipS pursuing them
telegram from Osma this morning states that the Russian
Vadvostok cruisers discovered off Iz this morning Shortly
aerward four japanese warS chasing Russian cruisers
to the southwark The vessels then fourteen miles distant
Three other japanese wahps known but forty miles from
OShima.
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DANA GETS A PLUME.

Postmaster General Payne today am
nounced the appointment of J. +. Dana
as postmaster al CharlestOwu, W. Va.
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Best Lumber, $3.50 Per 100 Feet.
Frank Libbey & Co. 9Th * n. Y. Ave
Adv.
The Washington times., 1904-07-30
TAYLOR MAY LOSE
THREE DAYS PAY
Negro Brickiayer Wrongly
Appointed Originally.
Chairman Hodges Writes Inquiries Con-
cerning the Man-Reappointed and b
Now in the Service Permanently.

a new phase has been given the brick
layers strike at the War College.
Major II. +. Hodges, chairman Of the
Central Civil Service Board, has certi-
fed TO T. S. Key Smith, attorney for the
strikers. that the appointment Of Will
liam Taylor, the negro workman to
whom the others on the building OBJ
jected because Of his color was Illegal.
and that Taylor cannot be paid out of
governmental funds. Major Hodges in
dicates. however, that the error was due
10 the CareIessness of a clerk, and that
Taylor was in no sense responsible for
it.
In the course of his letter Major
Hodges says:
Taylor was registered July l, 1893.
This eligibility expired June 80. 1904. He
was appointed July Is. 1904, and the date
Of the initial action resulting in his
selection was July l3
This appointment was improper, but
the error was that Of a clerk in sending
out notices and appears TO have been an
inadVertence and not an intentional ViO-
lation Of civil service regulations.
Loses Pay.
IF Captain SeweWs attention had been
called 10 this irregularity at the time
OF the appointment there is no question
but that 1t would have been his duty
TO discharge Taylor and make selection
from the eligible list. But the irregu-
larity in Taylor's appointment cannot
have caused the strike, since it was not
discovered until after the strike had
been inaugurated. and then the emer-
genCy caused by the mems action war
ranted the retention Of Taylor
Taylor employ from July l5
10 Is was improper, but Taylor was in
no wise responsible. From July is to
16 he was an emergency emplOye, and
on the 10Th he was regularly selected
for probationary employment. Regard
ing the three days payment from July
10 to Is. this board is informed by the
chief of engineers that payment tor
TaylCr's services during the period Of
July I TO IS will not be authorized from
Government funds
A committee representing the striking
briCklayers called upon Captain Seweil
yesterday to make arrangements for re-
turning to work. Captain Sewell stated
that the men would be treated as il they
had resigned and would all be able 10
return 10 their positions save about six
teen, whose places are cOmpetenuy
filled by men taken from the new list OF
eligibles, all OF them negroes. The com
mittee was unable 90 agree 20 the terms
until il had consulted the union. bur
this morning il was learned that the
men would accept the conditions and
probably return to work Monday.
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WARE IS SAVING
COST OF CARRIAGE
Uses Uncle Sans Property,
CraftiIy Hiding Letters.
Esteem Of the Commissioner
Uninjured-His Dignity
UnimpaiTed.

Another act I'm the grand serio-comic
drama entitled. The Witness Of Ware;
or, Find the Letters on the Pension Of
flee Carriage" has now begun.
Let all who would see a remarkable
sight loiter around the Pension Office
until Commissioner Ware drives UP, and
they viii not be disappointed On the
carriage in which he rolls from house
to office and from office to house there
is written in white letters. Department
Of the Interior" The puzzle is to find
the letters.
When Congress decreed that after
July 1 only Cabinet offi ,ers should be
allowed TO keep carriages at the eX-
pense Of the Government. the Hon.
Eugene E Ware was sore distressed.
Going TO Secretary Hitchcock, ne drew
upon all the resources Of Kansas elO-
duence in his pleadings to be allowed
to keep his carriage. The Secretary
told him the department had nothing
10 do with it, and that law was a law
Checked, Not Daunted
Ware was checked but not daunted.
He said he would not give up his ride
at the Governments expense. Rather
he would have Interior Department"
printed on his carriage and call II
wagon And so, indeed, he did.
Instead Of having the letters printed
on the door panel or elsewhere on the
side Of his carriage. he had them printed
IN small, white type on the dashboard.
where only the most observant could
see. But a few did see, and, seeing,
made comment
II was strange. they thought, that
man Of the dignity Of the present Com
missioner Of Pensions should take such
steps 20 save carriage hire.
Dislikes Criticism.
This did not suit the Commissioner,
who relisheth not criticism
So. putting his massive brain TO UCrk
he hit upon another idea He bought
"A black carriage apron, at Government
expense. and had ii fastened 10 tle
dashboard on which the white letters
are printed. But. instead Of keeping II
rolled up, as carriage aprons generally
are kept the Commissioner of Pensions
has his hung over in front Of the dash
board TO hide the white letters, which
read. Department of the Interior
Thus the last trick is played. Ware
lives up to the requirements of the law
for he has Interior written on his ear
riage But Wares self-esteem Is also
uninjurcd. for as long as he wears the
apron on his dashboard, the dignity Jt
his office is unimpaired.
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Japanese Resume Advance, Infantry Gov
ering Forward Movement Along the Rail-
road-Checked, But Again Advance.
WAS NEAR TO DEFEAT
IN BATTLE AT TASCHICHAO
VladiVostok Cruisers Take Position East Of
Entrance to Tsugaru Straits-Pursued by
Several japanese Warships

HACHENC July 3Ohe japanese have resumed their advance
They made attack the Russian right today under cover
of which japanese infantry pushed along of the railway The
advance was temporarily checked o'clock again continued
after
General Oku reports that the japanese near defeat during the
night battle at TaSchao Sunday last The Russians with 100
had better positions and Sunday evening the japanese made no
progress There was prospect of bloody renewal of the fight
dawn.
The right wing OF the japanese Army however the day
They asked and received permission make " attack swept
over the trenches into the first Russian fortress O'Clock Sunday
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Movements of Fleet.

The British fleet left Wei-Hai-Wei
some days ago, as It did not wish TO be
so close to the port while the Japanese
were besieging it. giving as a reason
that the presence of a British fleet at
Wei-Hai-Wei might act in the nature
of moral support to Japan. The dis
patch from Wei-Hai-Wei says the Brit
ish feet is due TO return there today,
and hence the English commanders
must have good reason to believe that
Port Arthur has fallen and the presence
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CHECKED AT DAlCTSfAGU.

ST. PETERSBURG, July 3o.-General Sakarof rel
japanese army, under General Oku has advanced as far
where they were checked.
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POLICE ADOPT
COLORADO RULE

CHICAGO, July SO.-Sherin Thomas
Z. Barrett will be appealed to for pro-
lection today by representatives Of
the allied trades involved in the strike
at the meat packing plants. The city
police department, the sheriff viii be
told, has been administered in the in
terest Of the employers and to the det-
riment Of the workers"
-Four hundred non-union men, 300 Of
whom were colOred, were brought in on
an early morning train and distributed
among the various packing houses with
out disturbance a crowd attacked a
delivery wagon at Forty-scveuth and
Ashland Streets this morning and the
police coming TO the rescue made twelve
arrests. No one was hurt
The receipts this morning were loo
cattle, 1900 hogs, and 1900 sheep, about
the usual Saturday figures. with the
exception that cattle were light numcr-
ically. Not enough stock. therefore. is
at hand for the plants to operate Sun
day.
Police Inspector Hunt SCOTS at the
intention Of the labor men 10 appeal to
the sheriff. The inspector said the sher-
If had no authority in the premises and
would better attend TO his own knit
ting"
During the morning the strikers open
cd new cOmmissaTy station ut Forty
seventh Street and Gross Avenue. Sam
uel Clexton being in charge Here tons
Of staple groceries We're ready for dis
tributiOn to families of the strikers.
Already an order has been issued by
]. j. Redden. Of the Sheet Metal Wcrk-
ers' Union, instructinR members to
make no moro cans for the packing
companies involved I'm the strike. other
unions Will take similar action.
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Trust DefeS Union.

That the packers are equally deter
mined 10 make this fight for the e5l-
termination of the unions. if possible.
was shown earlier in the day by an in
cident which removed to an apparently
impossible distance the prospect of a
peaceful settlement.
a call was made on the packers by
Henry c. Wallace. OF Dcs AIoines. Iowa.
and A. J.. Ames OF Buckingham, Iowa.
escntatives of the Cattle Growers
Associa ton They presented an offer
from the strikers to concede the most
important point in the controversy if
the employers would agree TO resume
peace negotiations.
The answer came quickly and sharply.
The beef trust chiefs declared there was
no possible chance for any further con-
ciliatOry move, and that The packers
We're now in a position where they could
ignore the labor unions, and that Jhey
proposed 70 do so.
The leading incident in the strike in
the last JWenty-four hours and that
which has aroused the greatest bitter
ness and iIl-feeling here. Is the action
Of Police Inspector Nicholas Hunt IN
arrestiuo President Golden Of the
Teamstcrs' Union. for merely calling
from his office window t. a passing
teamster who was supposed 70 be cart
ing beef from the packing houses.
Golden was not only locked up but
bail was refused for two hours. and he
was only released on promise not TO
90 near labor headquarters until after
his hearing
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TEAIPERATTRE.
DOWNTOWN TEMPERATURE
rIDE TABLE.

sun sets today y-.-..-..............- j
sun rises tomorrow w......................f.5
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Partly cloudy tonight.
Sunday showers and thun-
derStormS.
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Continued on Second Page)
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1904-06-29
NOTICE OF MORTGAGE FORE,
CLOSURE SALE.

Notice is hereby given that that mort
gage executed and delivered by Fred
Liefson, mertgagor to John L. Mcdonald,
mortgage, dated the 7th day of May,
A. d. 1903. filed for record in the Office
of the Register of Deeds in the County
of Ward. State of North Dakota, on the
7th day OF May, A. D. 1903, and recorded
in book three Of Mortgages at page
twenty and assigned by said mortgagor
to E. Gallagher, will be foreclosed by
sale of the premises in such mortgage
and hereinafter described, at the front
door of the Court House of Ward Coun
ty, North Dakota, at the hour of 10
o'clock A. M. on the 9Th day of August
A. d. 1904, to satisfy the amount due
upon such mortgage on the day of sale.
The premises described in such mort
gage and which will be sold to satisfy
the same are as follows:
Northeast quarter of Section five,
Township one hundred fifty-seven, north
of range eighty two, containing 100
acres, more or less. according to the gov
eminent survey thereof
There will be due On such mortgage
at the date of sale the sum of S21.S0
Dated this 10Th day of JunesA. D. 1904.
Il. GALLAGHER,
Assignee Of Mortgage.
LESUEUR L BRADFORD,
Attorneys for Assignee or Mortgage,
6-70-s-3 ninot, N. D.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1904-06-29

Editor Independent:
The foregoing article was sent the
Optic and was not printed--a further
evidence of the complete control Of that
organ by the insurgents. J. S.H.
The San Francisco call., 1904-03-13
Substitute for Engines.

The recent completion of a powerful
pumping plant and system Of inde-
pendent high pressure fire mains In
the city of Philadelphia to take the
place of horse or motor driven steam
fire engines is noteworthy as indicating
the tendency toward Capitalization in
modern mechanical engineering prac-
tice. While it may be too much to say
that it marks the beginning Of the
disappearance of the fire engine in
large cities, nevertheless, it seems quite
clear that such plant can furnish
more effective protection to a given
area and that, aside from it's initial
cost, it is less expensive to maintain.
The advantage to the citizens is shown
by the fact that for the district in
Philadelphia protected by the new
plant insurance rates have been de-
creased Is cents per 800 and with the
increased efficiency of the system a
further decrease of 10 cents is prom
ised.
In outline the new pumping system
may he described briefly as follows:
1t consists of a number of powerful
pumps driven by gas engines and To-
Gated in a single building 72 by 40
feet and using an independent and
never-failing supply of water derived
from the Delaware River. This is dis
tributed under high pressure through
a network of specially constructed
mains, aggregating nine miles in
length, over the selected territory
which includes 425 acres. The hose is
attached directly to hydrants of a spe-
cial pattern and it is possible to send
four streams to the top of the highest
skyscraper in Philadelphia. The plant
is said to take the place of more than
forty fire engines and the pressure fur
nished and consequent efficiency is far
beyond that of ordinary fire engines
Harper's Weekly.
The San Francisco call., 1904-03-13
Tread7peIPS Wisdom.


Several attorneys were talking, the
other day, about amusing incidents
that happened in the criminal courts,
and one Of them remarked that ex-
Judge Treadwell could be credited with
causing as many as any practitioner.
He told of one occasion when Tread
well represented a defendant in Judge
Lawlor's court who was charged with
burglary. Treadwell was examining
the talesmen, and when it came to the
turn of one who was looked upon as a
professional juror-in other words, one
who was anxious to serve more for the
reason that he got 81 per day than
anything else-Treadwell, in his quiet
way, asked: DO you know the mean
ing of a reasonable doubt?''
II do" replied the talesman-
Would you give the defendant the
benefit Of a reasonable doubt?" was
the next question, and the talesman
promptly replied, II would"
well now" said Treadwen, 'do you
know the difference between a reason
able doubt and 50 day?"
This unexpected sally caused a litter
throughout the courtroom and rendered
the talesman speechless. The Judge
came to his rescue by telling him he
need not answer the question.
The San Francisco call., 1904-03-13
No Buttons.

There has been no change in Indian
women's dress for 1000 years. All wear
the sari, a single piece of stuff a ward
and a quarter wide, ten. twenty. thirty
yards long. 1t is arranged on the body
and forms skirt, garment. VEIL First
pleated with the. hand in accordion
folds in front, wound round and round.
and the richest end, if embroidered or
woven with gold. finally brought over
the head. 1t may be of simple cotton
cloth; of silk, plain in design, woven
with golden threads; solid with en-
brcidery; strung with pearls: or of
Kincob, the royal cloth of gold. Some
cost thousands of rupees. No pin, hook,
button or string. The garment is
formed on the architecture of the body,
and takes Its expression and nobility
from its perfect harmony with the
The San Francisco call., 1904-03-13
Ne5v Use for Piano.

Pointing to the plano that was
standing in the locomotive roundhouss
Of the Missouri Pacific Railroad near
Kansas City. an English visitor re-
marked: "Ah, I see your road sup
plies you with musical entertainment.
Guess not" replied the foreman.
THAT piano is for testing the engines
The Englishman thought 1t a joke,
but when uniformed pianist struck a
rote which harmonized with the noice
of vibration in each part Of the loco
motive as 1t was tested, he understood
that there could be no flaws OF cracks
In the engine. He was informed that
II the noise Of the locomotive made a
discord with the musical note the loco
motive would be thus proved defective.
The method has been discovered to be
more accurate than the old way Of
hammering each part.-The Worlds
Work.
The San Francisco call., 1904-03-13
Sam Wouldn't Get Up.


Sam Pruitt made his debut in the
boxing game several years ago. He
was a big colored fellow of the heavy
weight division and many shrewd
judges of boxing pronounced Sam a
second Peter Jackson and placed him
as a likely candidate for the heavy
weight championship. Sam made his
first appearance as an amateur and
won several bouts, which doomed his
stock. Then he became a professional.
One night at the San Francisco Club
he was boxing a big fellow of the op-
posite color. During the first two
rounds Sam showed to advantage by
pegging and jabbing his opponent
without a return. During a mix-up i'll
the third round the white man caught
Sam with a sweeping swing and sent
him to the floor Referee Greggains
stood over the fallen boxer and COM
menced counting off the seconds. When
he reached eight Greggains said, Sam,
have counted eight, you had better
get up"
Mr.. Greggains," replied Sam, you
can count a thousand and I amt never
going to get up. You get that white
man there out of the ring if you want
me to get up