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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-03-29
Albany.


From the New York Mall.
The general evil Cdor usual at this stage
oe the legislative session drifts murkily
down the Hudson.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-03-29
Horrors Of Horrors!

From the Savannah News.
The announcement is made that the pea
nut crop Is short. And this at the opening
of the circus season and when the poli-
ticians are beginning to play their little
gamesi
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-03-29

A large number of people in Russia do not
know what the war is about, and some OF
them do not care much which side whips
either
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-03-29
An Outdoor Tenant.

An Outdoor Tenant.
Hash got no money
But dar's flshin' in de bay
An de skies is blue an sunny
An dar ain no rent to pay.
Oar may be such thing as luck"
said Uncle Eben: but a man dat don't
make no effort in dis world is like a
fal1er dat goes fishin' an is too lazy to
put bait on his hooks
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-03-29

Mr.. Ware is not afraid to write poetry.
He knows that commissioner of pensions
is bound to be criticised, anyhow.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-03-29

Australia does not want Elder Dowie.
He Will have to resign himself to the fate
OF being local favorite only in Zion City.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-03-29
A World Beater.

From the Grecnville Is. ca News.
Statistics show that no country can COM
pare with the United States i'm the produc-
ton of natural gas and the same rule will
hold good with the production of hot air.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-03-29

Judge Parker might say something If his
Industrious friends had left any new facts
for him to communicate.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-03-29
"Lamb! Lamb. Lambw

From the New York Herald.
Don't get excited over the movement in
stocks. 1t is merely brisk demand for
spring lamb
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-03-29
Would Get Beat Anyhow.

From the Philadelphia Inquirer.
Surprising that Mr.. Hearst gets the nom
ination. the end of the year is likely to find
him wishing he had gone into the cotton
corner, instead.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-03-29
The Test.

what do you regard as the test of a
nations culture?"
"The willingness to pay five dollars a
seat to hear me sing in concert" an
swered the prima donna promptly.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-03-29
Ur1flappiness Dispefied.

MEN AND WOMEN UNANIMOUS ABOUT IT
Many women weep and wall and refuse to be
eomforted because their once magnificent tresses
have become thin and faded. Many men incline
to profanity because the flies bite through the thin
thatch on their craniums. 1t will be good news
to the miserable of both sexes to learn that New
bros Herpicide, has been placed upon the market.
This Is 'te new scalp germicde and antiseptic
that acts By destroying the germ microbe that
is the underlying cause of all hair destruction
Herpicidei is new preparation, made after a new
formula on an entirely new principle Any one
who has tried 1t viii testify to its worth Try
1t yourself and be convinced Sold by leading
druggists. Send 10c. in stamps for sample to The
Herpicider Co., Detroit, Mich. Edward Stevens
Special Agent bth and Pa. ave.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-09-03

would not be surprising The men on
both sides have already made almost
superhuman efforts and II Is thousht
that there must be soon a let-up ol
some sort.
The report that Rear Admiral frli'e
Ouktomsky. now in command OF the
naval forces at Port Arthur. is TO DE
courtmartialed, utterly lacks coniirina-
ton.
Nettirovitch Danchenko. the wen
known Russian correspondent III the
service of The Associated Press III It
dispatch from Lao Yang. dated AUG
81, says:
THE Russian balloon corps has p'e''
of the greatest service throughout the
several days lighting in locating the
Jananese advance through the thi'h
cover of the Chinese cornfleios' "hele
.Jananese columns frequently tried l"
creep up and surprise the RUSSIAN posi-
tons.
"The japanese are using lyddlte ana
shimoz pOwder. The latter is terrlnc
in its effects and its brown maze -
easily distinguished on the curtalleu
slopes of the hills where hundreds OF
Lunanese guns all day long poured IN
deadly rain of fire.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-09-03
LANDED SEA FORCE,
Japs Take Two Forts After a Heavy
Bombardment.

New York, Sept. 1.-The Sun has the
following London cable:
The Telegraph in a second edition,
prints . dispatch from che Foo which
states that Chinese who left Port Ar
thur two days ago ana passed through
the Japanese lines ut Kinchou bay say
the Japanese. after four days heavy
bombartiment from the sea, suddenly
landed 4 force from junks and captured
shan. east of the Tigers Tail entrance
ANA quarters Of a mile from the
town.
The Russian garrison was small a
ma jority of the mon being engaged in
bringing supplies to the works which
had previously been damage bv shells
The japanese We're only able to mount
small guns. The Russians retired be-
bind Il hastily constructed wall of
heavy timhers with steel plates and are
stubbornly defending the road to the
town.
small fort further west has also
been captured. Re-inforcements have
been landed from RATS at Iantshan,
where heavy fighting IS i'm progress.
The town is like a city of the dead.
The shops are closed and the people
live in bOmh-proOf shelters. The hos
pitfalls are full and the supply OF drugs
is short. one firm alone possesses all
the flour. The troops are very weary.
The Japanese on the other hand. have
the advantage Of having reserves.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-09-03
|NeruOus dark? i S:s' :!;ses Rsss;: and
ton" your doctor says Ask him to tell you all about
Ayers Sarsaparla Sold for 60 years is as

on the north bank Of the river. the dis
patch becomes inteligible. The artil-
lery fight during the day makes it evil
dent that a screen of Russian guns was
used to cover the movement across the
river. The guns on the north bank
doubtless We're also employed for this
purpose, being placed SO as to protect
their bridge spanning the Taitse.
The review of the 3rd Siberian Corps
mentioned in the dispatch probably re-
fers to march-past of the troops while
crossing the river, it being impossible
to suppose that a formal review Oc-
CURED While the battle was in progress.
AT 4.3O o'clock, this afternoon, the
war office said it was entirely without
news of today's fighting but added that
the railroad between Lao Yang and
Mukden was open. No press dispatches
from the front had arrived up to the
same hour. The suspense in st. Peters
burg is intense and the town is filled
with all kinds of r,lmOrs ranging from
a complete victory for Gen. Kuropatkin
to disastrous defeat of the Russians.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-09-03
GAVE UP ATTEMPT.
Major Seaman. U. S. A., Fails to Reach
Port Arthur.

Che Foo. Sept. 2.-Major L. L. Sea-
man, L. s. A., has returned to Che Foo
after an adventurous attempt to enter
Port Arthur Leaving Che Foo, Aug.
%. Major Seaman proceeded to Talk
intau. one of the Maiotau islands. Tn
able to obtain junk here, he secured
lifehoat belonging TO a steamer re-
Gently wrecked, and, with four coolies
as oarSmen and the third mate of the
wrecked steamer, he started for Port
Arthur. He carried 4 makeShift Amer
lean flag with 80 stripes. A head wind
ard strong tide compelled Major Sea-
man to return to his starting place at
nightfall and to sleep on the pebbly
beach. On Aug. %. he secured small
Junk and, with favorable wind, sped
toward Port Arthur.
He passed Il Japanese cruiser unno-
ticed and saw four battleships in the
vicinity of the harbor's mouth. His
Junk drifted too close to the shore and
it was fired upon by Japanese rinemen.
Discovering the impossibility of land
ing i'm the face of the shore guard and
warships, Major Seaman reluctantly re-
turned.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-09-03
kUROPATklN RETREATS.
About the Only Thing He Has Yet
Done at the Front.

Paris. Sept. 1.-The foreign Office has
no confirmation Of the reports of the Jap
ancse occupation of Lao Yang, but lis
adviCes lead the officials to say it is prob
able that Gen kuropatkin decided to car
ry out his original plan to retreat on
Mukden. This plan. it is added. was tenn
porarily abandoned as <uropatkin bcliev-
cd that the defcnccS of Lao Yang would
permit him to hold back the japanese.
This failing. it is stated. the Russian
commander will attempt to revert to his
first plan-that of following concentra-
ton at Mukden.
The officials bore have almost given ur
hope of finding Lieut.. De Cuverville. the
French naval attache who left PORT Ar
thur in 4 junk with Lieut. Gigenheim.
the German naval attache. about the mid
die of August. He cabled to the author
tiles here. Aug. Il. that he was about to
leave and that the American naval at
tache 0.ieut. Newton McCuly) could sue
coed in getting out in a Junk.
De Cuvcrville has not hcon heard of
since starting. His family and the Of
ficials are greatly alarmed. He is n son
of Adj De CuverVille.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-09-03
THE THREE DAYS FIGHT
From Aug. 20 Was the Most Terrific
of the War.

q Petersburg. Sept $50 A. MA
DELAYED dispatch to the Official Messen-
ger from Lao Yang. under date of
Aug Fl. gives some details of the three
DAYS fighting from Aug. %. The dis
patch fails, however, to throw addition
nj light on the state of Geographic
communication, because it arrived,
Thursday morning, too late for publ
cation. Nevertheless, it is among the
last communications before the SuSpen-
sion of messages. The dispatch indi-
Gates that the Russians We're holding
out we'll and probably could not be dis
lodged with Gen. kurokiS flank move
ment.
The correspondent states that he was
with a battery on Koulack hill to the
left Of the railway line at dawn. Mon
day, when the japanese guns opened.
1t was" he continues, "a simultane-
Gus attack by hundreds of Cannons and
during the first hour the firing was
simply terrific. We were under a per-
feet rain of shrapnel. bullets and splin-
ters of shells. The japanese did not
know of the country or the location of
our defences so they constantly shifted
their batteries, trying to search out our
positions.
1T was the course of these maneu-
vers that Koulack hill became an object
of interest to the Japanese artillerymen.
The sight was q beautiful, but terrify-
| ing one. Although we We're masked
and tolerably projected. the sides of our
| hill We're rent ANA torn by bursting
shells. We Wato he'd the shells fall upon
the ruins Of the thousand year old
watch tower. where they completed the
ravages Of the centuries. The Japanese
got our range ana tried to enfilade us
from q village on the right. Here we
had the advantage in knowing the
ranges and simply smothered them
with shells. Consequently the Japan
csc Withdrew hurriedly. A second at
tempt to entilade us was made at 10
O'Clock in the morning, but again it
failed. We swept the Chinese corn
fields, whence the fire came and turned
out the japanese gunners like a nest
of angry WaspS. our rifle brigade held
the village OF Maietung against the
rolling waves of japanese infantry
thrown out against that position time
and again, until our reserves swept
down and cleared the front at the
point of the bayOnet.
'The roar of the fight was not stopped
by darkness. The scene became inf
nitely more beautiful as the hills were
lighted by the glare from q flame spit
ting battery which had been scarcely
visible in the daylight. Each Of the
thousands of shells became a pyrotech-
mic spectacle while lines of fire rackeo
and quivered back and forth where the
infantry was holding our trenches
against the creeping japanese columns
The latter had almost reached the
trenches Of the oath Regiment, aidec
by the darkness. The men who were AZ
supper dropped their soup and breao
and ran out quickly and drove off the
Japanese with their bayonets. Ther
they returned to their sorely needed
meat.
THE fighting on Tuesday was heavy
on the right flank. A spy captured
while attempting to pass the lines. sale
the Japanese Guards divisions suf
ferad terribly"
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-09-03
INFORMATION MEAGRE
At St. Petersburg Regarding Lao
Yang Situation.

st, Petersburg, Sept 2.-4.30 ?. NJ
At 4 O clock. this afternoon. the war Of
flee received dispatch from Peterhof
sent 20 the Emperor. last night, by Gen.
Kuropatkin, dated p. NJ, yesterday.
AS transmitted to the war office for
publication the information is extreme
~ meagre and only reveals the truth in
the light of the Interpretation of those
who are conversant with the situation
at Lao Yang.
It is possible that this is justifiable
on strategic grounds. As communicate
ed to the press the dispatch states that
an artillery battle proceeded till the
hour of sending it and that the Rus
slams were retiring upon their main
positions: that Gen. Kuroki was at
lacking the Russian left. north of the
Taitse river; that the railroad station
which is situated a mile northwest of
Lao Yang had been set on fire by Jap
anese shells: that the station had been
transferred across the river to point
on the north bank; that Kuropatkin
had passed in review the 3rd Siberian
Corps under Gen. IvaNoff which suf-
fered greatly in the earlier stages of the
battle on the west front and finally that
the Russian losses for two days were
5000 killed or wounded
The dispatch as given out, therefore.
does not admit that Gen. Kuropatkin is
Withdrawing across the Taitse river en-
tirely. 1t is possible that owing to the
pressure Of the japanese the Russian
army as stated in the Toxic dispatches
was thrown into confusion and greatly
hampered.
In the light of the knowledge that
main positions" of the Russians are
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-09-03
GREAT RUSSIAN REVERSE.
Military Specialists Thus Treat Lao
Yang Battle.

Berlin. Sept. 2.-Miltary specialists treat
the news from Lao Yang as Indicating Il
great russian reverse with the railroad
northward cut and bad roads. may be
turned into a rout. AS today is being
celebrated as the anniversary of the bal
tie OF Sedan. frequent illusions We're
made by editorial writers to the posi-
liity Of Lao Yang being the Sedan of
the East, and parallels We're drawn be
tween the two situations. The SeIni-offi-
cial North German Gazette alone regards
Gen. Kuropatkin as having his position
by Skillful retirement as possible.
Col. Oh, the Japanese military attachc,
and Col. Chebeko the military attachc of
Russia. who Were among the Emperor $
foreign guests ut the review. today. wer..
looked upon with much curiosity by the
other officers. especially when they shlut-
ed each other gravely on joining the En-
peror's party. The position of the Rus
sian was considered to be exceptionally
trying. The Emperor spoke with each.
but rather longer and more freely with
Col. ChebekO
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LABOR DAY AT BANGOR.
Plans Completed for Entertainment Of
the Visitors.

Bangor Ne, Sept. 2-(SpcciaD.-
Practically every arrangement is COM
pleted for the big Labor day celebra-
ton here on Monday. This will be the
fourth observance of the day in this
city and will be the largest and most
elaborate. The committees which have
had charge of the arrangements have
had the experiences oI me previous
three years and have profitcd by them.
Those features which have in ,hc past
proven their value have been incpr
porated in this years plans, while
Others which have been found to be un-
desirable. or of slight consequence have
been disp"rs,d with.
In n way the one big event of the
day is the parade, which will take place
in the forenoon. In every way this viii
he up to the standard Of other years,
which is setting a liz, s.:nt. That il
Nill he bigger seems t. ~. settled. while
in point of beauty it is ;.s7j,red that II
will SurpaSs anything , .'rt' .,"frrC seen
here. From all over eHst"'n Maine Will
come hundreds t" Wi,'r,Sa the spec
tacle and those who nave been making
the plans have horn this in mind; they
are convinced that no one who comes
to the city Monday will be disappointed
in the parade.
The matter Of Subsistence for so
large a body of mon is an, important
one. but the committee feel that they
have safely taken care of it. They
have arranged to serve n bake bear
dinner to those who take part in the
parade. This will be served at Maple
wood Park. at noon. In the afternoon
there will he the usual list of sports
and an address by Hon. John +.
Sheehan. Of Holyolle. Mass. Also dur
ing the afternoon there Will be Il short
concert by all the bands in attendance
consolidated into ono under the direc-
ton of r. X. RinGwall. AT night there
will be grand ball in the Bangor
Auditorium.
The labor unions from Augusta
Gardiner and FallOWel will make ny
the fourth division of the big parad1
and those from Skowhncan and Madi-
son and Watervillc the fifth division
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-09-03
PAINFUL SUSPENSE
At st. Petersburg Which May or May
Not Mean Defeat.

st. Petersburg. Sept 3.-3.19 A. NJ
The text of the dispatch sent to the
Emperor by Gen. Kuropatkin. Thurs
day evening. the gist of which was
given out by the war office. was cabled
by The Associated Press at 4.50 o'clock.
Friday afternoon, was not made pub
lie, Friday night. as expected. 1t was
promised to the local press and was
awaited with feverish impatience until
o'clock, this morning when it was
announced that it would be issued, to-
day. All the news. therefore. as far
rs st. Petersburg is concerned, is COM
tanned in kilograms from foreign
sources. and there is painful suspense
awaiting news from Russian sources.
Continued and logged confidence in
Gen. Kuropatkin is expressed in many
quarters and the public generally. as
we'll as many Of the military authori-
ties. absolutely refuse to believe that
IIiaO Yang has been abandoned, or If
1t has been abandoned. that Gen Ku.
ropatkin is not in a better position to
make a strong stand north of the
Taitse river.
There seemed to be an air of con-
siderable confidence at the Peterhof
palace. Friday night. An official who
saw the Emperor. Friday afternoon,
said that His Majesty was extremely
confident and in good spirits.
Experts who are familiar with the
nature of the intricate and powerful
defences constructed north Of the
Iaitse by Gen. Velitchko. one of Rus
sia's foremost army engineers, believe
that the Japanese are facing an almost
impossible task in attacking them. es-
peciaily with divided forces.
a temporary lull in the fighting
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-09-03
PLENTY OF SPIRIT
Despite Fact That Gen. kuroki's
Troops Are Tired and Weary.

Toxic. Sept. 60 Il. MA few addi-
tional details of the progress of the battle
at Lao Yang reached Toxic at a late
hour. today. Gen. kuroki's right is con-
tnuing to press the attack at Ilclyingtai.
seeking ground whence their guns will
dominate the railroad. The troops under
Gen. Kuroki are jaded and weary. They
have been marching and fighting since
Aug. o. but in spite of this they attacked
it with spirit. The japanese are conf
dent that they have already swept back
the strong Russian force with which they
have been engaged and it is probable
that when the details are known ii will
he found that a great tragedy was enact
ed. today. along the Ttaitse river.
The Taitse is flooded and cannot be
forded. GenfOku. in command of the
japanese left army. has directed his en-
ergies to forcing the Russians to the
river and it is probable that many We're
drowned there.
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AFTER 10000 MILES
The Canoe Tiiliekum Is Said to Have
Reached Coast of England.

Dover, Eng. Sept "A three-maSted
canoe, supposed to be the Tilikum. pass
ed Beachy Head today, bound east.
The British Columbia sailing canoe Til
likum is of only "a tons. 1t is an ordinary
dugout carved out of the trunk Of Il tree
by an Alaskan Indian in 1913. The little
craft is in command of Capt. ]. &. NosS
who is accompanied by a single companion
named Harrison.
The Tillkum left Vancouver in May.
1901. bound for Europe by way of various
islands in the Pacific Cape Horn and the
Azores. She was last reported as having
sailed from Ponta Del Gada. Azores. Aug.
II. for London. AT that time she had al
ready covered nearly 1000 miles of her
long journey.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-09-03
Wiscassst, WateTvi||s & Pennington

Arrangements Of trains tn effect Nov.
sai5 S v Leave MlnzlGg TSr n yss
Lake; s. China, Weeks Mills Junction,
Mhiteheld. PrebIe's,. Wmtef1eId, Head
4 &. sheepsco'' arriving "iToasset $40
ll.2o A. NJ. leavesN1,ns,ow for N. Vas
salhoro, E; yassaboro, Clark's China
I Iansis so1 e f b arriving Weeks Mills
boro. =. Vassalboro: Clark's, China Lake,
s 8 cn atrv w A Mills Sgnfs Palermo
go q NJ, leave Albion for China, Paler-
mo, Week Mills Junct.. and way sta
t n;; arriving At Winslow $50 A. NJ. and
$40 P. NJ. leave Wiscasset for Sheep
scot, Alma Centre. Head Tide. Whitefieid,
Preble,.s. n, Whiteheld, Cooper's Mills,
5. China, China Lake, Clark i +. Vassai,
horo, NJ Vassalboro arriving WINSTON $50
fd1 NJ; 'ssg ;,5w ssE l, Ms LINN HnesoS
Sunday Trains.
lo A. Nj le wso WinsloT for Eorsn
Lake. $. China, W. Mills Junct.
for s. China, China Lake. Clarks. Il.
H slow gsS : \ Vassai'0ro' arriving Win
Connections
At Wfscasset and Winslow with Maine
Central r. r..
Transfer carriages will leave City Hall
square. Waterville daily except Sunday.
at 800 A. M. II A, NJ. 4O5 P. NJ, and will
p. Al. and $40 p. NJ
Saturdays only leave at 1850 p. NJ, and
meet the LAP P. NJ train.
suadaMSs sna & t city FL. Il wu,H a
~ p II
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-09-03
ON WAY HOME.
Two American Correspondents Not
Satisfied With Jap Restrictions.

Che Foo. Sept. Richard Harding Da-
Wis and John Fox. Jr, American newspa =
per correspondents, have arrived here
from the headquarters of the second Jap
anese army and will leave for the United
States, Sept. s. They say that the fer
cisn attaches and newspaper correspon-
dents with the second army witnessed the
battel of Aug 26 from a distance of eight
miles. and that this was so unsa ;isfactory
to them that they united in a round robin
to the japanese authorities protesting
that because of this restriction O, move
mentS their usefulness was at an end
Gen. Oku replied, saying that in the
future they would be permitted to wit
ness enga gements from q distance of four
miles. whereupon Davis and Fox. together
with Melton Prior and George Lynch
British correspondents. left the secondary
army. Lynch will make an attempt to
reach Port Dalny
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-09-03
AT PRESENT TIME
Mediation in War Now Said to Be
Absurd.

Berlin. Sept. 1.-The German foreign
office taking note of the fresh aSser-
tons that the neutral powers are COM
pairing views with the object of offering
friendly mediation in the war between
Russia and Japan, says that such an
idea is absurd at this moment, as the
uSSian purpose to continue the war
has been clearly made known.
All the governments understood that
Great Britain and France at some time
agreed upon. would offer to mediate
when both belligerents desired it. When
that time arrives naturally there is
nothing to preclude other neutral gov
ernments from participating.