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The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-09-27
CHANGE TO BE MADE
RUSSIAN ARMY IN MANcHURiA
WILL BE REoRGANiZED AND
REINFORCED.

st. Petersburg, Sept. 26.-The dlvl-
sion and reorganization of the Man.
churian army, regarding which there
have been rumors ever since the bat
tie of Liaoyang, vas officially an
nounced Sunday in an imperial re-
script appointing General Grippen-
berg, commander of the Third army
corps in the providence of Wilma, as
commander of the Second army now
being modified for immediate dis
patch to the far East, leaving Kuro-
patkin in command of the First army.
The emperor is personally convinced
that the political as we'll as the mill
tary prestige of the empire is at stake
and that every other consideration
must give way before he ~exigencies
of war. The resources of the empire
in men and money must be drained, if
necessary. in order to turn the scale
and vindicate the power of Russia.
The organization amounts to formal
notice to the world, as the emperor
frankly explains in his rescript, that
he intends to vastly increase the num-
Der of troops at the theater of wal in
order to force the struggle to a suc-
cessful issue in the shortest possible
time. 1t is intended to silence def
nitely all talk of foreign intervention
by tho announcement that Russia
means to fight out the issue with
Japan on the field of battle. Probably
300, 900 additional men will be placed
in the field. Five corps, the Third,
Fourth, Fifth. Eighth and Sixteenth,
are already destined for the front and
the talk is that five more corps will
be sent forward. Eventually the
creation Of this Second army involves
the selection of a commander-in-chief.
Kuropatkin Not Supreme.
Not only is there no intimation in the
rescript that General Kuropatkin will
have command Of both armies, but he
is distinctly placed upon the same
footing as General Grippenberg. In
the best informed circles there is lit
tie idea that Viceroy Alexief, the
present nominal commander-in-chief.
will exercise the actual functions of
commander of the 600 900 or 100000
men that Russia has resolved to put In
| the field. It Is the best opinion that
Grand Duke Nicholas Michaelovitch,
inspector general Of cavalry, will at
tain the high command, occupying In
the war with Japan the position held
by his father in the var with Turkey.
There are various reports regarding
Viceroy Alexieff's ultimate destiny.
It is declared in some quarters that
he will be recalled, and Grand Duke
Nicholas become viceroy as well as
commander-in-chief., It is also said
upon apparently equal authority that
Alexieff will return as chancellor OF
the empire, succeeding Count Lams-
dorff. None OF these reports are def
nitely confirmable.
Grand Duke Nicholas Is still a
young man, not yet forty-fve, with
much of his fathers dash, energy and
resolution. There is al to be-
lieve that he will favor a winter cam
paign against the Japanese.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-09-27
JUSTICE FOR RUSSIAN Jews.
New Russian Official Gives His Pledge
to Hebrews.

Wilma, Sept. 26.-Prince S%viatopolk-
Mirsky, recently transferred from the
Office of governor general Of Wilma to
that of minister of the interior, before
departing for his new post Saturday.
delivered an address before members
of the Jewish community. He said
he was we'll acquainted with the wants
of the Jews and would approach the
important Jewish question, which
would shortly come up for serious
consideration. with a full knowledge
Of the problem it presented. He ex-
pected the Jews on their side to have
perfect confidence in government
measures. Jews might rest fully salts
fed that, having been called to the
fount of justice by the side of the en-
peror. he would see that justice was
always done them.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-09-27
FATAL TRAIN WRECK.
One Person Killed and Five Others
Injured.

Rochester, N. Y, Sept. 26.-Six peo-
pie who were injured in a wreck on
the New York Central railroad a short
distance east of Lyons early Sunday
morning we're brought to Rochester
hospital. Three sleepers on the West
ern Express, a fast train bound from
New York to Chicago, left the track
because of a split rail and threw the
passengers to the floors of the coaches.
Just as the train came to a ~standstill
a fast freight eastbound ran into the
derailed cars. Mrs. Newman Erbs,
wife bf the vice president of the Pere
MARQUETTE railroad, who was brought
here with both limbs cut off, died at
the hospital. Mr.. Erbs was bruised
and injured.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-09-27
MOUNT vEsuvlus VERY ACTIVE.
Eruptions Increase in Force and Il
Destructiveness.

Destructtveness.
Naples, Sept. 26.-The eruption Of
Mount Vesuvius continues to increase
In force and Is now more violent than
at any time since 1872. Redhot
stones are hurled to q height of 1000
feet, falling down the tanks Of the
mountain with q d%eafening sound. The
director Of the observatory says that
between s o'clock Sunday morning and
6 o'clock Sunday afternoon his in
struments registered 1.844 violent ex-
plosions, and that n stone thrown
out weighed about two tons. Lava
flowing from the crater has melted
the metal OF the Funicular railway, de-
stroyed the upper station and burned
the wooden huts in which guides live.
All vegetation within a radius of one
mile of the crater has disappeared.
Several earthquake shocks were felt
Sunday. Some of the people in the
surrounding villages have left their
homes and are camped in the open air.
The curiosity of tourists to approach
the volcano is such that a large mum
Der of carbineer guards have been de-
tailed to prevent them crossing pre-
scribed limits.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-09-27
SHOULD WATCH UNITED STATES
Opinion Of British Paper on Shipping
le%qislation.

London, Sept. 26.-The Morning
Post, in a strong editorial on the
shipping question, says that German
energy is conspicuous, but that there
is even a greater need to keep a care
full eye on the shipping legislation of
the United States. The paper sug-
gests the withdrawal Of the privilege
from American owned vessels of free
dom to the British coastal trade as a
means to recovering a freedom to ne
gotiate for reciprocal concessions.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-09-27
Correspondence Invited
First Publication Sept. %, 19O4-6w)
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION.

Department of the interior, Land OF
flee at Bozeman, Montana, Sept, II,
19O4.-Notice is hereby given that the
following named settler has fled D
tice of his intention to make final
proof in support of his claim, and that
said proof will be made before T. "A.
Williams, clerk OF court, in his office,
at Billings, Montana, on October s29,
1904, viz:
LEWIS J.. GERARD, M
Homestead entry No. 3,O0S, for the
SEA NEA, nv SEA, SEA SEA
section 4, township 2 south, range "a
east, M. P. M.
He names the following witnesses
to prove his continuous residence up
on and cultivation of said land, viz:
Edward D. Burla, Edwin u. Fenton,
Lucien A. Nutting, Joel w. Hallowell,
all of Laurel, Montana.
M. r. WILSON Register.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-09-27
Japs Repu,sed With Heavy Losses.

st. Petersburg, Sept. ga dispatch
received here from Chefoo states that
the japanese, having augmented their
artillery with twelve-inch guns, began
a fresh bombardment of Port Arthur
on Sept. 10, lasting till Sept. 10, when
it eliminated with a heavy attack,
which was repulsed with enormous
losses. 81 F. 80
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-09-27
Will Join Japanese Forces.

Toxic, Sept. 26.-Prince Charles of
Hohenzollern arrived here Sunday and
was given an official welcome. He
will meet certain high Japanese Off
cials Monday, after which he will
join the Japanese forces in the field
as the German representative.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-09-27
one Killed and Two Injured.

Blackfoot, Ida, Sept. 26.-As a re-
suit of an attempt by tramps to hold
up a Japanese section gang here Sun
day, Sheriff G. 3. F. Sweet was
known tramp fatally injured.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-09-27
SENATOR HoAR is DYING.
Slowly succumbing to Effects of His
Lonq Illness.

Worcester, Mass, Sept. 26.-The
family of Senator George F. Hoar,
who has been dangerously i'll for sew
eral weeks, Sunday night issued a
bulletin showing that the senator is
gradually succumbing to the effects of
his long illness. Only the immediate
members of the senator's family are
admitted to the sick chamber, and he
spends most of his time asleep.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-09-27
WANT NO FIGHT NEAR MukDEN.
Reason for Japanese Avoiding Battle
at That Place. Y

Mukden, Sept. 26.-The halt in ac-
tive operations around Mukden is be
lieved to be due not only to the ia
tigue Of the Japanese troops and the
slowness in getting up necessary adj
ditional supplies, but to- a distinct I'M
derstanding between the Chinese and
Japanese that there shall be no
%bloodshed near the "holy city," where
the Chinese emperors are buried. 1t
is expected, however, that there will
be fighting north or northeast of Muk-
den, possibly on a larger scale ever
than Liaoyang. The weather has be-
come settled and the best eason of
the year is now commencing, with
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-09-27
REALIZE ENoRMITY or TASK.
But the Japs Are Confident Of Defeat.
inc Russia.

Toxic, Sept. .6.-An increasing feel
ing OF soDriety and seriousness marks
the popular attitude toward the q
It is doubtful that the masses appre-
ciated in the beginning the seriousness
Of the task Of expelling Russia from
Manchuria. They had an easy conf
dence in the ability Of the army and
navy to reduce the fortress of Port
Arthur, destroy the Russian fleet
crush General K%uropatkin. The pro-
longation of the siege, the losses be-
fore Port Arthur and General KurO-
patkin's escape at LiaOyang have
brought a general appreciation OF the
magnitude of the task and destroys
hope of an early peace, based on the
conclusion of sweeping victories.
Events at Port Arthur and LiaOyang
have warned the Japanese people. to
prepare for a long and trying Var.
Confidence in the final outcome, how
ever, remains mistaken, and the ma
ton has resolutely and determinedly
settled down, prepared to make sacrt-
fees and pay the price that success
demands. The strain Of the war and
the drain upon the country's re-
sources have not yet been felt to any
extent among the people. Some lines
Va OuS11kCS0 dAG SullOlluS, OuC IAO 063
gregate foreign and domestic trade
exceeds that OF 1903. The crops, par
ticularly rice, are the largest ever
known.
Vacant Places Quickly Filled.
Death from wounds and sickness has
overtaken thousands of soldiers, but
their vacant places have been quick
ly filled, with the supply of able
bodied men anxious to fight equal to
all possible demands. Munitions, sup
plies and money in hand indicate the
ability Of the country to wage war
without embarrassment and vigorous
ly for another year. The completion
during the winter of a light railway
between Antung and Liaoyang will
give. the army three lines of supply.
There is general confidence in the
ability of Field Marshal Marquis
Oyama to drive General Kuropatkin
into Hardin and to successfully resist
a r%e-invasion of Manchuria. The
early possession of Port Arthur is also
confidently expected. VAL
There is no gloom among the peo-
pie. They are simply sobered in the
face of an unfinished war.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-09-27
CRUISERS LEAVE PORT sAib
Russian Warships Sail From There
for Libau. 5f

Port Said Sept. 26.-The Russian
volunteer fleet steamers Smolensk,
with $50 tons of coal, and the st. Pc
tersburg, with 100 tons of coal, have
sailed from here, ostensibly for Libau.
The orders to the British cruiser
Furious to be in readiness to sail on
two hours notice have been cancelled.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-09-27
Want TO DESTROY SHIPS.
Japs Trying to Sink Russian Wa Yes.
sells at Port Arthur. II

London, Sept. 26.-The Daily Nails
Chefoo correspondent says that the
Japanese are now devoting their
energies to an attempt to drive the
Russian fleet from Fort Arthur. The
Japanese assault is directed against
the forts commanding the harbor,
while Admiral Togo with his fleet rein
forced is waiting outside and has
placed powerful cruisers and torpedo
boat destroyers in positions to prevent
the possible use of Tsingtau or treaty
ports by the Russian vessels. Japan,
the correspondent says, is determined
to destroy the Russian ships before it
is possible for the Baltic fleet to ar
rive.
Cfrcum-eaikai Railway Opened.
Irkutsk, Sept. 26.-The Circum.
Bilkal railway was opened Sunday.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1904-09-22
The Box Tortoise.

Tho the tortoise is slow of foot it is
quick to make the best of all its avail
able modes of defense. The box tor
toise possesses singular defensive
apparatus. The plastron or shell COW
ering the under part Of the body is so
formed that its front segment can be
drawn upward to protect the animals
head, the head meanwhile being drawn
back under the carapace or shell on the
back of the tortoise. row
The upper and under shells then
meet in front, forming kind of box
in which the creature is unassailable.
When the danger is passed, the reptile
relaxes muscle, and the raised part
of the plastron falls, allowing the head
and fore feet to come forth. This NOV
able plate is fastened to the plastron
by strong hinge of elastic ligament.
|-Ex.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1904-09-22
How Victor Hugo Worked.

Victor Hugo always wrote standing
at high desk especially constructed
for him, throwing off sheet after sheet
as fast as he filled it till he would be
quite showed up in sheets of foolscap.
He often rose in the middle of the
night to note down an idea or verse.
He got up for the day usually at 6
o'clock and would devote from six to
eight hours per diem to his work. He
made but few corrections, his poems
being thought out complete in his
brain before he put pen to paper. 1t
is well known fact that he indulged
in the arduous task of composition
while travelling the streets of Paris on
the top of an omnibus. When work.
ing out some great conception, he
would spend hours in this way.-Ex.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1904-09-22
II song to my Beloved.

Sing me song of my Love today,
Heart of my heart, singing alone,
Here in the liquid light of May.
Where the roses OdOrs are softly blown;
The shadows ripple along the grass,
And out from the murmurOus, moving leaves
watch the flashing sparrows pass
To their noisy haunrs in the ivied caves.
Sing of her eyes that are velvet brown,
And the hand that nestles within my own,
Sing of her dark hair straying down,
And her gentle arms about me thrown;
Sing of the tears of a deep surprise,
And thoughts too sweet for the minds of men
For the new life lives and the old life dies,
And Love comes into his own again.
Sing me song of my Love today,
Heart of my heart, singing alone,
While morning brightens upon the bay,
And the roses odors are softly blown;
Sing of the light of loves surprise,
That shines but once in the hearts of men,
While the new life lives and the old life dies,
And Love comes into his own again.
Herbert Muller Hopkins, in Harper's.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1904-09-22
In a Tramp.

7 SHIPPED in Frisco on a tramp
steamer bound first for Hong
Kong and then to various ports
in the Indian Archipelago. Her
port of discharge was in England. My
pay was e5 month, and the mate had
but Sc month out of London. She
was the hungriest tramp af1oat; you
were always in pain for want of food;
perhaps that was the explanation of
the high wages. We had a cargo of
flour to Hong Kong, and occasionally
we would get up sack and make flap
jacks on the sly.
We earned our pay all right, for the
old tramp showed her nose into every
hole on the China coast, trying to bum
cargo. They were all handouts, as
the hoboes say; never a setdown. The
moment the last pound of cargo was
in the hold. we would up anchor and
away to the next port SO it kept up
from the China Sea to the Gulf of
Aden-go day, come day, God send
Sunday.
We passed through the Red Sea, and
as we neared the Mediterranean end of
the Suez canal we tied up alongside
of watermelon patch that grew in the
desert. How did the melons come
to grow there? Easy enough. While
the canal was in process of building,
the workmen engaged on it had to
have fresh water; so they dug another
canal-or rather a ten-mile ditch
from the Nile to the big canal. When
they let the water Of the river into this
ditch it took ninety-odd days to flow
the ten miles. The thirsty desert
drank it all up. Finally, however, the
ditch got to working in good shape,
and now it has its annual overflow the
same as the Nile. The water has re-
claimed and fertilized the desert on
each side of the ditch, and on this re-
claimed land grew the watermelons.
They were big melons, four or FIVE
feet long and two feet in diameter; and
we hungry sailors didn't waste any
time in getting our share of them. We
split them open lengthwise and just
wallowed in them. The rinds we threw
into the canal. Suddenly some one
called out: "For the love of heaven,
look at those Arab kidsw We looked.
A lot of little brown brats had got out
of their boats and into melon rinds,
and were padding around the ship
singing, "A Life on the Ocean Wave
at least SO the interpreter said. All
we could understand was: "Back-
sheeshw You landlubbers talk about
your bark canoes They don't come
up to the canoes of those Arab kids.
SINBAD.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1904-09-22
A Hard=LuCk Story.

Some of these fellows here are like
the Experimentation" they have their
fangs out at all times, ready to strike
down the harmless colored man. Some
of those very fellows I have met on
the outside, when they did not have
the price of square meal, and asked
me for quarter, with which to get a
meal. am liable to see you again, if
1 live to get out of here, coming along
in the same old gait, "Mister will you
give me quarter to git a mealp"
1921
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1904-09-22
TNNEsoTA. THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER p, 1904

turned at once ne would declare war
on Ii. But Ii only laughed and re-
fused to deliver the goods. WI San
Xvi knew that with his army alone he
could not hope to face Lis troops; so
in order to obtain more men he formed
an alliance with the Manchu ruler to
make war upon Ii. When this news
reached Ii, he hastily collected his
army, and moved north in order to
crush WI San Xvi, taking with him
as prisoner Woo, the old father Of
his rival.
9 When the two armies met, Ii rode
out in front for parley. He tried to
pacify WI San Xvii, but found it i'm
possible. Then he had Woo placed be-
fore his son, and Woo, with tears roll
ing down his cheeks and marks of tor
ture upon his body, begged his son to
submit to the slight put upon him.
Chinese religion contains stringent
laws commanding the greatest obedi-
ence to parents, but WI San Xvii. in
his great grief, ignored commands and
entreaties alike, and only answered.:
"Return me my slave" This enraged
Emperor Ii, and losing his temper he
commanded that the old father be
killed. So there, between the two
armies, in full sight of his disobedlent
son, Woo was executed. His death
was the signal for the battle, which
proved to be one of the fercest in
Chinese history. WI San Kwi's army,
tho the smaller, was at last victorious,
and Ii fled towards Pekin.
WI San Xvi followed with small
escort. So close was the pursuit that
Ii could make no defense. He was
forced again to leave the city in which
he had played at being emperor. This
time he was fugitive. Before his
flight, however, he took an awful re-
venge All of WI San Kwi's relatives
were put to death and when WI San
XVII entered Pekin he was kinless
man. 1t is said that he did not stop to
bury his dead; he did not dismount,
but had his troopers raise his mothers
body that he might bid her last fare
we'll. For months he pursued Ii; bat
tie after battle took place, and slowly
but surely Lis following dwindled
away until he was alone, an outlaw
And here again Fate played one of its
pranks. WI San XVII never caught
Ii alive; for that one-time emperor
was killed by a coolie while robbine
the coolies house. WI Gan Xvi ar
rived only in time to wreak horrible
vengeance on his enemy's dead body.
In the meantime the Manchu regent
had not been idle. AS an ally of W.T.
.. San Kwi's, he had entered Pekin witt
his army and had established himself
in the palace. There, too, he pro
claimed his nephew, the Manchu EN-
,, peror, emperor over China. Afte
firmly establishing his position h
! moved the Manchurian capitol to Pc
kin. At this time the Chinese wor,
the hair loose on the shoulders, or pom
padour a la japan, but in order to ma
tionalize the two countries as we'll q
to guard against an uprising, the Tsini
(or Manchu) ruler ordered all loya
! Cinnamon to adopt the Manchurlal
queue as a headdress. Punishment TO
disobedience was death or slavery.
This is how the Chinks began wear
ing a queue, and why they are ruled b,
an alien dynasty. As 1 said, the queu
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1904-09-22
Hiram Protests.

letters for the benefit of the
readers of THE MIRROR ex-
pected, as matter of course, that the
intelligent and appreciative readers of
THE MIRROR would be enraptured
with my letters, because of their intrin-
sic and extrinsic merit. Q use the terms
intrinsic and extrinsic, not because
they convey my exact meaning, nor
yet because these terms convey any
real meaning to me; but, primarily, be-
cause they sound we'll; and secondari-
ly because other great writer's have
used them, and do use them, under
somewhat similar conditions, and un-
der relatively analogous circumstances.
The above side remark, and this ex-
PLANTATION of the side remark, wrap in
nicely fitting, made-to-order parenthe-
sis, in order to arrest the readers at
tention, and to force upon the readers
arrested attention an humble example
of the possibilities of cumbersome ex-
pressions, atramental antiquities, and
meaningless repetitions. 1 do not
claim the style for my own. I simply
borrow it for this special occasion even
as certain other great writer's borrow
thoughts for special Occasions.)
AS intimated in the opening SEN
tence of this letter, 1 was foolish
enough to suppose my letters would be
read with avidity. I also supposed
that your letters wouldn't be read at
all. I was mistaken. Everybody reads
your letters, and everybody seems to
find something in them worth reading
My letters are scarcely read by any
and most Of the "any" condemn the
letters, and cuss the letter writer. II
isn't hard to find the explanation. Ev
erybody expected young Slowgo's let
ters would alternately sparkle will
brilliant flashes of wit, whitening shafts
of sarcasm, endless variety of expires
sion and finely drawn conclusions
Too much was expected from me-
hence everybody is disappointed. No
body thought old SIowgo's letters woult
be worth while reading. Nothing wal
expected from you-hence everybody
is surprised.
There is one thing our readers fai
to take into consideration, namely
That l, when writing, have no othe
inspiration than that concealed in ,
cup of very thin water; while you hav'
at hand whole cellar full of har,
cider. Now, l care not what temper
ance lecturers may think about har,
cider as beverage weigh but light
ly what attenuated moralizers may sa
to the contrary-I know that a quar-
of your hard cider has in it more o
concentrated mind stimulus than ca
be found in any other article produce
under the sun. I believe it will reviv
man tWo-thirds dead, and put hope
and aspirations in the breast of wooG
en- man. Lacking the means of inspil
alton, shall discontinue the publics
ton of my letters. Your letters will b
published as long as they please tn
readers of THE MIRROR, and l don
care how often you write. Write an
old thing; there surely will be some
body willing to read them and some