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New-York tribune., 1904-08-13
SHOOTS FROM IN AUTO" "
One Young Nan Jumps ont and
1nOther Fires at Him.

An automobile. with man and a woman on
the front seat and two men and young woman
on the rear seat. was I'm Seventh-aVe- at one
hundred-and-twenty -third-st., early this morn
Ing, when a crowd gathered. seeing there was
some trouble. The automobile stopped, and the
younE Woman in the rear seat jumped out and
ran across the avenue. one of the men in the
rear seat also jumped out. He ran i'm an oppo-
site direction Then the other man in the rear
soat took ont revolver and fired shot 1T the
running man. The crowd scattered for an in
slant but then gathered in indignation. They
tried 10 find out what the trouble was, but the
man running the machine shot through the
crowd and around One-hundred- -and-twenty-
ffth-st
The man who Jumped out caught up with the
woman. and they went 10 the Casino. at one
hundred-and- wen jy-fouTth-st. and Seventh-aNe.
ihe crowd asked them to explain, but the young
man said
Nohouy's business
Both were well dressed. The woman wore
iel.fI Ie
New-York tribune., 1904-08-13
MISSING PARTY TRACED.
William Wood Searching for His
Wife and Her Com paniOnS.

Burlington. VI. Aug. 12.-After an investiga-
ton lasting all day, it was learned late tonight
that Mrs William Wood. the wife of the pres-
Gent of the United States Life Insurance Com
pany. her son Irving g. Wood, Percy Blissord-
waid OF Pittsburg, and Hugh Debett. of Erie,
Penn, the three last named being Princeton Col
lege students. arrived on Tuesday at Grand Isle
Lake Champlain The party stayed at Grand
Isle until yesterday. ana then proceeded south
on the lake The party IS travelling in two
canoes accompanied by two Indian guides
The party canoe trip from the Great
Lakes 10 Lake Champlain, by way of the Otta-
wa, St Lawrence and Richelieu rivers. They
were last heard from at Parry Sound, Georgian
Bay, Lake Huron, eleven days ago. Nothing
having been heard from them since, Mr.. Wood
feared that some accident had befallen the par
ty- and las: night he left his home i'm New York
for this city 90 trace, if possible the missing
canoests. Mr.. Wood has not registered any
Of the local hotels. nor has he made himself
known At any of the insurance offices. 1t is be
lieyed that he has met his family further down
Lake ChamUlain
New-York tribune., 1904-08-13
IT'S TO L4UGH,-HOPPE
Brick Failing in Stree: Makes the
ISHperinteRdent MerrY,

Isaac A Hopper, Superintendent. OF Buildings
when seen yesterday in regard TO the tearing
down Of building at West Broadway and
Third-st. expressed himself confident that
every precaution against danger had been
taken. In spite of this statement. not
guard rail protects pedestrians from falling
debris and the Sixth-ave. elevated railroad
which turns into West Broadway there is left
unshielded from wreckage, which may fall in
front % a train and cause a serious accident
When told that one brick had already fallen TO
the sidewalk, by the merest chance harming no
one. M Hopper laughed.
Because one brick falls he said. you get
excited and think the whole building is going
to come smashing down. ItN be down in a
couple of days and without danger"
will there be any precaution to prevent
second brick falling he asked.
II have nothing more to say" replied Mr.
HOpDer.
New-York tribune., 1904-08-13
TOGO ROUTS RUSSIAN FLEET
WARSHIPS THROWN INTO CONFUSION IND SC4T-
TERED BIZ THE JAPANESE FIRE.
Damaged BatesHp and Three Cruisers Neura' Ports Ossers
Thought AgaR at Port 1lrihur.

Admiral Togo reports fleets formation
the battle which lasted all Wednesday afternoon, the ships scattering
Four vessels and number of destOye escaped suwa the
apparently returning pursued
and considerably damaged The japanese casualties placed
no. and the fighting of their fleet said to be
regarding the
conflicting but it that the balesp Czayc which
badly damaged and the Novk and Palaa Using
German and that the Askod bearing Shells
with twelve killed and fifty wounded WoOSmg. port
of Shanghai,
law violated at CheFoo according dispatches from
japanese dOycrs
destroyer Ryeht has protest
Toxic and all the the
NAV boundaries by the
New-York tribune., 1904-08-13
DEPLORES KIDNAPPING.
italian Ambassador SpeaLs against
Crimes.

Atlantic City, n. j. Aug. T. tSpeciaD -SIgno-
Mayor des Planches. Italian Ambassador TO the
United States. condemned the BLACK Hand"
OF NewYork, and all others Of his race for
engaging In crimes In general in this country
and kidnapping i'm particular and stated he
hoped that the guilty ones would he caught
and receive the punishment their crimes de-
served The Italian Ambassador was seen at
his cottage. California and Pacific aves He
stated that he had not been reading the daily
papers lately he was here for absolute rest
and quiet and 1t was necessary to give him the
details of the BLACK Hand case
This is a serious matter" he said. comment
ing on the same but it is nothing thar concerns
the Italian government. The matter rests en-
tireiy I'm the hands of tho Nev-York police That
is great city. and I believe that the noIice
there will catch the miscreants When Italians
leave Italy and come to this country we expect
them to be good American citizens We Ike to
believe that they VIII abide by the laws and cus
toms Of your country. and commit no offence
against the laws for which they VIII have To
suffer. l condemn the fact that Italians hive
been engaged in kidnapping or other crimes
and II any Of my cOuntrymen have violated the
laws of the United States they should receive
full punishment for the same but the case has
nothing to do with the Italian government 1t
rests with the police of your country
SHOULD developments become more serious
the Italian Consul I'm New-York would FIRST he
come interested in 1t before 1t would he brought
10 my attention. This will not in the least ef-
feet the very pleasant relations existing between
Continued on second page
New-York tribune., 1904-08-13
FLIGHT TO SAVE FLEET.
Russian Fire WcakenS Under the
japanese attack.

Toxic. Aug. I2,--The intense anxiety which
prevailed in this city since the first meagre re-
port o: Wednesdays action. was relieved to-
night by the publication of the following DIS
patch from Admiral Togo;
on August 10 our combined feet attacked
the enemy's feet near Gugan Rock The rus
sian vessels were emerging from Port Arthur
trying TO go south We pursued the enemy to
the eastward.
Severe fighting lasted from / O'Clock wednss-
day afternoon until sundown. Toward the close
the eneny's fire weakened remarkably. His
formation became confused and then his ships
scattered
The Russian cruisers Askold and Novik and
several torpedo boat destroyers fed 10 tha
Other of the enemy's ships retreated separate
ly toward Port Arthur. We pursued them. and
II appears that We inflicted considerable dam
age.
We found life buoys and other articles he
longing to the Russian battleship Czarevitch
floating at sea. The Czarevtch probably was
We have received no reports from the tor
pedO boats and the torpedo boat destrOye-s
which were engaged in the attack on the ships
Of the enemy
The Russian vessels. with the exception Of
the AskOld. the NOvik. the Czarevitch and the
cruiser PaIlada, appear to have returned TO Port
Arthur.
has not been impaired
The casualties in the japanese navy n the ac-
tion numbered 40
The Navy Department tonight issued a brief
statement of the engagement on Angus, 10
The statement follows:
According To reports received 20 date the
eneTny's fleet which emerged iron? Pore Arthur
was attacked by our fleet south of Yeutac ISL
and lone Of the Elliot group. The Russian fieec
fled during the night
The cruisers AskOld end NOvik and another
cruiser. with one torpedo boat destroyer. ran
into Kiao-Chau Bay on the evening CT Al
gust IL.
One torpedo beat destroyer went 70 Che
Foo Three of the enemy's battIeships one
cruiser, probably the Diana, hospital ship
two EunbOatS and several torpedo boat de-
strOyers seem to have separately returned tc
Port Arthur between dawn and noon OF Au-
gust IL
Our feet appears to have sustained no Jam
age
1t now appears that Admiral Togo aid not
send the report OF yesterdays battle which was
credited to him.
1t is anticipated that the Japanese govern
meut will Immediately make representations to
Germany concerning the Russian warships
which have taken refuge at Tsing-Chau.
New-York tribune., 1904-08-13
THE .1SKOLD R4TTERED
Cruiser at S%an4 T,celvc KdIcd
Fifty Uoundcd.

Shanghai Aug 12-Tae Russian PROTECTED
cruiser AslSold arrived az woo-ssuug to-day v.,a
hc~ hfJh funnel sCne CIcse to the ,seck all the
funneis r.iIled with she, holes enc sua oc
the port side dlsnouated and se~eral large shet
holes above the water Ene.
one lieutenant and eleven men had beer
killed and hfty men wounded
y Russian torpedo boat destroyer also reached
this por+
II is vumorcd that four Russian Sattleships
are Oft the Saddle Islands. about seventy miles
southeast of this port.
Three Russian cruisers are reported 70 nave
arrived az TsUgChau.
-he SADDLE -sla-.ds are about $50 miles from
New-York tribune., 1904-08-13
CANADIANS SEIZE AMERICAN NETS.

tHY TELEGRAPH TIE TRIBrNE.l
Montreal. Aug. 12-Cne hundred American fish
nets have been seized by the Dominion govern
mert steamer Petrel at Louc Point. Lake Erie.
and viii be sold The owners Of the nets escaped
to American waters. Thus FAR this season 4S3 nets
have been found in Canadian channels and CON
h7cat.d. Captain Scott. in command OF ;he Petrol
says thar the GshirS Industry on Lake Eric VIII
soon become catiEct unless the United State anl
thn2da take joint action 10 prohibit iesa!
New-York tribune., 1904-08-13

ST Petersburg. Aug 12-While the Admiralty
at this hour declares it has received no further
news CT the Port Arthur squadron or OF the sea
fight. the foreign dispatches pouring IN have
dashed the Russian hopes that the squadron
had succeeded in escaping. and e seems now 70
be only question Of the extent OF the Russian
sea disaster.
The Emperor received to-day the following
dispatca from Vicsroy AIelieff. dated Au-
gust IL.
According to a report from the cOmma-dant
at Port Arthur, the squadron put to sea on
August 10. The steamer Mongolia followed the
squadron
The following japanese vessels were on the
horizon; Three first class cruisers. eight small
cruisers ana seventeen torpedo boats
The tort had been bOmbardSd with siege guns
for the last four days.
New-York tribune., 1904-08-13
U'ITTSOEFT KILLED ?
Death of Russian Fleets Leader Re
ported at CRe-F'OO.

Cne-Foo. Aue. IA report has been received
here 20 the effect ,hat Admiral Wittsoeft was
killed in the battle off Round Island lest
Wednesday.
New-York tribune., 1904-08-13

lssee I'.aejd has Leoome the centre Of the Adj
Ns, ~" Mountain sieel ing cars lcsT" there ~
[ie. lori Central. for Rev YORK Boston. PhUa-
h y IA Batin.oro. Washington. Buffalo Gi.d Pitts
New-York tribune., 1904-08-13

Sleeping To Springfield. Mass. daily on train
leaving Grand Central Station at II co p n-Advt
New-York tribune., 1904-08-13

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Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1904-04-14
A Maligned Region.

.Brookings Register: II the vast seq
ton sof country designated by the
Mitchell syndicate as worthless or net
to worthless. is SO in fact then the vast
domain of the endowment and other
snuhlic lands embraced in the belt is
worthless also. JIG the newspapers
which publish the Mitchell syndicated
articles are taken seriously, the endoW-
ment lands and the common school
Hands will forever remain unsold. III
stead of the common schools becoming
self supporting, as TREY should he WIN
the income derived from these and
other lands, to the almost entire elm
lination of taxes for common school
purposes the school tax burden amount
! inp 10 oae-third of the total tax which
ievery man pays will remain almost
stationary. Instead of the institutions
| of the state, educational and otherwise
| drawing their malntalnance from tlese
| lands. they will forever remain heavy
| and direct burden TO the taxpayers
| In this maligned region there's enough
Hand setapart by congress for the pur-
pose. to erect aud maintain In time a
capitol building Of Which the state
/ would be proud, and that without cost
ling the taxpayers a dollar that will not
T be refunded. Should the Mitchell
syndicated articles take root, the cost
! Of any new capitol building would
have to be borne entirely by direct
| taxation.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1904-04-14
South Dakota Homeseeker.

The passenger department of the
Chicago q North Western Ry., has re-
Gently issued most Interesting pam
phlet i'll regard to the resources of
South Dakota, particularly as related
to the homeseeker
Interesting articles in regard to
South Dokota farm lands, agricultural
Development, school system, climate
etc, written by the highest authorities
in the state, are published herein and
illustrated with q series of pictures
which do much to add to the interest
of the text. 1t will repay any citizen
who is interested to send two cent
stamp to "A. G. Johnson, General
Agent, North Western Line, Winona,
Mimi, for a copy.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1904-04-14
The Inside Inn.

Sc E 9 ( : = z .4=
When the determination was reached
to build ahotel insitie the grounds of
the Louisiana Purchase Exposition, for
the accommodation Of its visitors name,
location and size We're the next lSnotty
questions,
4 Dictionaries were ralsacked. fertile
brains feyemd, for title, until the sim
plest, most appropriate name possible
was conjured up in q happy moment OF
So Inside Inn was
adopted.
Location has been.so satisfactorily
selected as to suit the most queruious
guest, 3reezes blow over the spot.
Trees shade almost every window from
the rays of the summer sun.
Fen acres lii the southeast corner of
the grounds are taken up by this colos-
sus among hotels and il is one sof the
most picturesque spots of Forest Park:
far enough away from Exposition
noises to allow its tired occupants to
readily court sleep. upon retiring and
near enough to scenes of activity to
reach them bysa fewminutes walk.
After leaving the street car at the
southeast entrance, a short walk past
4 few state buildings and over a bridged
raSine, brings the visitor face to face
with a vast structure of Oriental de-
sign and color.
Tall, slender minarets rise, graceful
and strong one hundred and fifty feet
|in the air. glistening with white, red,
green and gold.
a stretch of shaded yeranda, four
hundred feet across, strewn with com
Portable rockers, skirts the front Of the
house, Pogches stretch on either side
a distance Of eight hundred feet, N
other four hundred feet of porchin the
rear gives q continuous porch walk Of
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1904-04-14
Suppress The Knocker.

LINCOLN Co Times: The people Of
South Dakota will not as q class take
Kindly to the reports sent out from
every Mitchell supporter, to the effect
that half Of South Dakota is a barren
waste. Time was when this spot Lin
coin county, was a portion Of what was
known as the Great American Desert
and yes ii is today one of the most pro-
duetive sections OF the whole union
The country west of Pierre is com
s posed of the same soil as is this, and
when the railroads see fit to push cut
across that vast area there will be set
tiers docking to secure homes all oyel
i that section. The knocker has nj
place in this state: lie should bt
| squelched.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1904-04-14
Mar, of The World.

A Russo japanese war A tlas has been
issued by the Chicago g. North Western
Ry. Three fine colored maps, each lax
20, bound in convenient form for refe.
renee, The Eastern situation shown
in detail, with tables showing relative
military and naval strengthand imam.
cial resources of Russia and Japan.
Copy mailed any addresson receipt
of ten (l0y cents in postage; by A G.
johnson, Gen Agt. e. X n, w R'y
Winona, MINI.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1904-04-14
Robbed The Grave.

A startling incident is narrated by
John Oliver of Philadelphia, as follows:
81 was in ali awful condition. My skin
was almost yellow, eyes sunken, tongue
coated, pain continually in back and
sides, no appetite, growing weaker day
by day. Three physicians had given me
up. Then was advised to use Electric
Biiters: to my great JOY, the first bottle
made a decided improvement. con-
tinued their use for three weeks, and am
now a well man. know they robbed
the grave of another victim" No one
should fail tot try them. Only so cents
guaranteed at M. j. scnnbert's drug
store.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1904-04-14

Now is the time to take a spring ton
ic to purify the blood, cleanse the liver
and kidneys of all impurities. lIoll ;
listers Rocky Mountain Tea will do the
business. 80 cents. Tea or Tablets.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1904-04-14
Most Accessible In Future.

Bookings Register: Pierre is at the
geographical center OF the state. 1t is
at the most feasible railroad crossing
OF the Missouri river for railroad
building from the eastern to the west
gern portion Of the state II is most
likely to be one Of the future railroad
centers of the state, and consequently
will, in the near future, lie one Of the
most accessible points for all portions
Iof the state,
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1904-04-14
Homeseekers Excursions to the Northwest
West and Southwest, and Colonist
Low Rates West

Via the North Western Line. Excur-
sion tickets at greatly reduced rates are
on sale to the territory indicated above
Standard and Tourist Sleeping Cars,
Free reclining Chair cars, and THE
Best of Everything" For dates of sale
and full particulars apply to Agents
Chicago & North Western Ry.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1904-04-14
Nearly Forfeits His Life

A runaway almost ending fatally,
started horrible ulcer on the leg of j..
b. Orner OF Franklin Grove, Ill. For
four years it defed all doctors and all
remedies. But Bucklen's Arnica Salve
had no trouble to cure him. Equally
good for burIs, bruises, skin eruptions
and piles. Is cents at Schubert's drug
store
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1904-04-14
yer twenty-four hundred feet, nearly

~ 'Ns's' ANSst
half a.mle.
Some conception of the size of this
Exposition hostelry can be formed by
the statement that it covers eight and
one half acres of ground and includes
nearly thirty acres of floor space.
10 view it like another exhibit, just
to walk it all over and not entera sim
gle room, would take two hours.
Inside, on the first floor, is located
|rotnnda, office, dining room, kitchen,
buffet drug store, barber shop. cigar
stands, haberdashery Hover booth and
Ttoilet rooms.
| lshe rotunda is three hundred feet
long by sixty feet wide. The dining
room seats over twenty-five hundred
people. The Kitchen is the largestev
built, two hundred and sixty feet long,
seventy two wide.
Beyond, above and below stretches a
vista OF rooms, rooms, rooms! All
sunny, bright rooms, all outside rooms
all good sized rooms and all comfor
liable, we'll equipped rooms.
/ One thinks after seeing them all that
| the whole country might be housed
i There and in comfort but already the
4. problem of where to put all who apply
lis demanding consideration.
q Vast as is this huge hotel, it seems
as il each individual was in the mine
lof the manager for each ones comfort
lis personally looked after and no make
shifts are offered.
4, Visitors who have engaged accom-.
4 dations at the Inside Inn may. view tbs
hustling crowd with complace ncy
There is a comfortable lot.
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The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1904-04-19

them without, in one sense, their
knowing they were parting with it,
and this could only be done by what
we may call a trick in finance
Now, what you have asked me is,
Was that trick in finance illegal?
Il say it stands to reason on the fact
Of the proposition that if an undeni-
able. unalterable record had been made
of how this $46.000.0o0 was transferred
from the people to the men in ques-
ton it would be self evident that once
that record got back to the people.
after they found that their $4,000, 900
had been taken away from them, it
would be merely "A simple matter of
their going to the courts and having it
returned to them.
''That is why | say that as a matter
of policy EiSh fnanciers engaged in an
affair of this kind have to depend each
on the others word. The reason is
not that one wants to trust the other,
but because he has to. If they put
their agreement in writing and made
a record that could be taken to court
they couldn't get the SAC 100000
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1904-04-19
HOTEL CHECK
PROBLEM
A Question Of Whether to Of
fend Guests or Risk Losing
Your Money.
THE CLERK HAS HIS TROUBLES


The hotel clerk was standing behind
the desk, with a disconsolate look OIL
his face.
~ hats the matter?" asked friend.
"MatterY said the clerk. "Why. it's
the same old story. Eve been stuck for
another check. This check business
causes us hotel clerks more trouble
than anything else in the world. There
is general rule in hotels that no
checks shall be cashed, but very often
travellers run short of money 1t is
good business policy to cash these
checks when you can be sure that
they're all right No hotel can afford
to be continually offending guests. AT
the same time. if clerk cashes bad
check he has to. stand the loss.
The average hotel clerk has learned
by bitter experience to be "A pretty GOOD
Judge of human nature. but every now
and then he slips UP. Only week ago
a big, splendid looking fellow canfa to
ne ard got me to cash Il check for 500.
| sized him up and decided that he was
all right and that be was good man
TO sep anQng TIE steaGy patrons OF
the hotel. A few days later back camt
the check, with No funds marked
across it. The result was that was
out 500"
" lille the clerk was talking swag
ger looking woman came up to the
desk and, smiling sweetly at the clerk.
said:
viii you please cash this little
check?"
The clerk was all graciousness. He
took the check and examined it care
fully without saying anything.
"Ch. it's all right said the woman
"Qf course, if you don't want to cash it
you needn't. Mr.. So-and-so knows me
quite well, and you can telephone him
about it If you want to, but it would
save me a great deal of trouble if you
co~id cash it for me now"
Certainly, madam" said the clerk
and then be went over and held con-
sul'etion with the cashier
They decided that the woman was a
coed iAHcstment aad gave her the mon
ey she went away smiling, and then
the clerk said;
Now, there is just about an even
NOISY chance If hadn't cashed that
cheeA 3, sire would have been highly in
Suited and werld have talked about
t4-s ho.el as long rs she could remem-
ber II she is all right, she will be a
coed crStc-seF, but if she isn't | am out
another S2a. New York Sun.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1904-04-19
Doings of Twenty-three Years.

Professor Amos X. Wells made some
statistical comments on Christian En-
deavors twenty third birthday that
are Of more than passing interest. A
few of the figures follow:
In twenty-three years Christian En-
deavor has grown from one society to
1890 in the United States alone.
There is membership in the United
States of 1861 600. Since November,
1902, there have been organized 1886
new societies. The Junior work now
numbers 1892 societies; the interme-
date work 1,644 societies. There are
II societies in Alaska, The most
northern society in the world is at
Point Barrow. Canada has 4.047 So
cieties: not few of them are in Meth
odist churches. Mexico has a strong
national union and Ill societies. There
are 236 societies in Jamaica and % in
Hawaii.