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Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1904-10-07
FIGHTS NEAR PORT ARTHUR.

Che Foo, Oct. 3.-Severe fighting,
the Russians being the aggressors, oc-
Cured on September 2S and 30 on the
west shore of Liaoti promontory near
Pigeon Bay, according to a report
brought by Chinese who left Port Ar
thur on September 80.
The Russians are attempting to cap
ture the heavy guns which the Japa-
nese have mounted in that vicinity.
The Russians were in considerable
force and they made several sorties,
dragging field artillery with them.
They were unsuccessful, however.
Toxic, Oct. 3.-The Russians are re-
ported to be desperately endeavoring
to retake their lost positions, includ-
ing Fort Kuropatllin, in the hope of re-
storing the water supply of Port Ar
thur. They are said to have repeatedly
assaulted the Japanese after shelling
from neighboring forts and batteries.
The Japanese continue to hold the po-
sitions. Both sides are said to have
suffered severely.
The newly mounted heavy Japanese
guns are said to command the entire
harbor. The position of the remnant
of the Russian Port Arthur fleet is
said to be precarious and 1t is believed
the vessels must soon emerge or be
destroyed.
Advices from Manchuria are to the
effect that the Japanese and Russian
outposts and scouts continue in close
contact, SOUTH southeast and east of
Mukden. Skirmishes are occurring
daily.
1t is rumored that a Japanese gun
boat struck mine and sank south of
the Liaotung peninsula. A portion of
the crew reached an island and were
rescued. The name of the gungoat is
unknown. The navy department does
not deny the report, but says the de-
partment lacks confirmation.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1904-10-07
THEATER OF WAR
JAPs, ATTACKS REPuLsEp.

London, Oct. According to the
Morning Posts Shanghai correspond
ent it is reported there that the Japa-
nese have been victorious in general
engagement at Mukden.
Mukden, Oct. IA great change in
the situation here has occurred. The
Japanese now appear anxious to act
on the defensive, and have fortified a
position northwest of the Yentai
mines.
According to the best estimates OBJ
tainable, the Japanese army confront
ing Gen. Kuropatkin comprises a
grand total of $50 battalions. Allow
144,000 infantry. In addition there are
$500 cavalry and 63S guns.
st. Petersburg, Oct. LIN view of
the fact that advices have been receiv-
ed from the Russian consulate at Che
Foo saying the Japanese assaults on
Port Arthur September 20 to Septem-
ber 26 were successfully beaten off,
the authorities at the war Office dis
credit the Che Foo report that the
Japanese have captured the main
forts at Port Arthur. The information
of the war office proves that the Jap
anese losses during the siege have
been $4,000 killed or wounded.
Gen. Sakharoff reports that between
September 16 and September 20 there
were several sl1irmishes in the Yentai
district, all of which resulted favor
ably to the Russians. The Japanese
advance posts before Yentai Station,
Gen. Sakharoff adds, have been rein
forced
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1904-10-07
HITCHCOCK MAKES STATEMENT
AN s w ERs CERTAIN CHARGES
MADE AGAINST HIM.
Denies that Land Frauds lnvestiaa-
tions Is Not Vigorously Conducted
Says Schemers Have Put
Up Stubborn Fight.

Washington, Oct. 3.-Secretary oi
the Interior Hitchcock last night gave
out the following statement in answer
to certain charges regarding the
method of conducting the investiga.
tion into land frauds on the Pacific
coast and regarding the steps taken by
him to bring the guilty parties to JUS.
tice:
Charges are being made and freely
circulated by the opponents of the ad.
ministration to the effect that the in.
vestigation of the land frauds by the
interior department is not being seri.
ously and diligently conducted that
criminal prosecutions connected with
the investigation are not being
pressed with such vigor as to manifest
determination to bring the guilty
parties to speedy Justice; and that an
air of secrecy pervades the depart.
ment, making it difficult to obtain in
formation as to the progress and pres
ent status of the work.
These charges are utterly without
foundation in fact. The investigation
has been in the hands of competent
officers of the government from the
beginning, and has been conducted
under the direction of the secretary OF
the interior, with the utmost possible
speed consistent with thoroughness;
the prosecutions, where indictments
have been found, have been and are
being vigorously pressed; and at nc
time has there been any attempt to de-
prive the public of the fullest informa-
tinn as to the progress or status OF
such prosecutions, or as to any matter
in connection herewith.
"The leading spirits in the fraudu-
lent transactions brought to light are
mostly men who have occupied posi-
tions of influence and high standing
both socially and politically, and many
of them are men of large wealth. They
have thrown many obstacles in the
way, which have required time, pa
tience, constant effort, determination
and courage on the part of those hav-
ing charge of the investigation to
overcome. They have diligently
sought to thwart the purpose of the in
vestigation and to control its results
favorably to themselves.
"As an immediate and very impor-
tant result of the investigation this
gigantic combination and conspiracy
has been broken up and it's power for
evil doing in the future utterly de-
stroyed. AS further and ultimate re-
suits, the fraudulent selections will all
be cancelled and the lands covered
thereby restored to the public domain
and it is the confident belief of the
secretary of the interior and of the of
fcials having charge of the prosecu-
tions growing out of the investigation
that the guilty parties will be convict
ed and such punishment meted out to
. them as will not only be commensur-
ate to the magnitude of their crimes
but will serve as warning to evil do
ers in the future"
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1904-10-07
THE FLOOR GAVE WAY.
Scores of People Were Injured by
Falling Into the Basement of New
HhIInnA

Scores of People Were Injured by
Falling Into the Basement of New
Church.
Adams, Mass, Oct. 3.-While Right
Rev. Thomas d. Beaven, Roman Cath
olic bishop of Springfield, was laying
the cornerstone of ST. Stanislaus Pol
ish church here Sunday a floor COL
lapsed, precipitating $50 persons into
the basement. A dozen persons were
injured, several seriously. Bishop
Beaven and several priests assisting
him were slightly hurt.
Some 1000 persons attended the
ceremony and about 200 were seated
or standing on the floor which covered
the newly made basement. Just as the
bishop was about to lay the stone a
section of the flooring about 40 feet
square collapsed, dropping IL feet and
carrying with it the bishop, the clergy
men and about 140 others.
In the confusion that followed many
were trampled upon and half suffo-
Gated.
Bishop Beaven was caught in the
crush, but was able to save himself
from serious injury. He was bruised
about the body and had his hands
scratched.
The accident was caused by the
breaking of heavy wooden girder
which had been spliced. The cere-
mony of laying the cornerstone waa
indefinitely postponed.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1904-10-07
A PEACE CONGRESS.
The Thirteenth Annual Meeting Be-
gins in Boston-Secretary Hay
Speaks

The Thirteenth Annual Meeting Be-
gins in Boston-Secretary Hay
Speaks.
Boston, Oct. 4.-Secretary of State
John Hay, representing the United
States, spoke the word of welcome
Monday afternoon to the delegates to
the international peace congress who
assembled here for the first formal
meeting of the thirteenth annual con-
vention. President George r. Jones.
of the Massachusetts senate, extended
the greeting of the commonwealth of
Massachusetts, and Mayor Patrick A.
Collins that of Boston.
Secretary Hay traced briefly the
war history of this country and point
ed out that the country's greatest men
had been warm advocates of peace.
He agreed with Tolstoi that religion is
the remedy for war. He promised the
administration support, so far as
practicable, of the principle of the ar
bitration of such questions as may not
be settled through diplomatic negotia-
tions, and expressed confidence that
at no distant day the attention of the
nations might be brought to a project
looking toward the return of peace in
the far east.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1904-10-07
NEW HOTEL is A PALACE.
Hostelry In New York City Built and
Furnished Without Regard to Cost.

Hosteiry In New York City Built and
Furnished Without Regard to Cost.
The Hotel st. Regis, another new
world palace planned to shelter va
grant multimillionaires, has opened
its doors in New York city. John ia
cob Astor is the owner of the new
hotel and r. NJ. Haan is proprietor.
The is stories are furnished with a
splendor unprecedented. The corri-
doris are of marble and the walls are
hung with silks that vary in price
from 81 to SIS yard, and the metal
fittings in the bathrooms are of solid
silver.
The table linen came from Belfast,
the heavy embroidered bed linen from
Dresden, the china from the Royal
Worcester and Minton factories. and
the carpets were woven in France
from special designs to suit every
apartment.
There is library of 2,150 volumes
for the patrons. There are devicee
for regulating the heat by which any
temperature desired may be attained
Cool air also may be introduced.
Clocks are on every mantel, run from.
magnetic clock in the office, and
pantries are on every floor in which
breakfasts are prepared.
The state suite excels in magnifi--
cence any of the other apartments.
1t consists of dining room in Cir
cassian walnut, wainscoted to the,
ceiling, decorated with silver bronze
ornaments, formerly the property of
the king of Sicily. Prices range from
seven dollars day for room and bath,
to $125 day for the state suite.
The hotel, exclusive of furniture,
cost $4,O00,O00. The furniture cost
another $1,500,000.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1904-10-07
Parker and German Confer.

New York, Oct. Judge Parker
took the G:45 train last night from
Weehawken for Esopus, He is ex-
pected to return here next Monday
Senator German, of Maryland, visited
the judge yesterday, and during the
hour he spent with the democratic
nominee they went over together all
that has been done during the cam
paign and all that has been contem-
plated. Their discussion, 1t is said
had to do largely with the reconcilia-
tions among the many elements of the
democratic party which have not been
Ia harmony.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1904-10-07
X-Rays Caused Cancer and Death.

Orange, N. j.. Oct. 4.-Clarence M.
Daily is dead at his home in East
Orange from the effects of a cancer
GUS growth resulting from experiment
ing with X-ray apparatus in the ex-
perimenting department of the Edison
laboratory at West Orange. For 16
years Mr.. Daily was employed in the
Edison works, where continuous ex-
posure to the mysterious power of the
rays induced the cancerous growth on
his hands which finally caused his
death, after intense suffering, and the
successive amputationa OF both his
arms.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1904-10-07
A Mysterious Murder Case.

Pittsburg, Oct. 3.-The police are
wrestling with mysterious murder
case. The body of young woman,
richly apparelled in silks, laces and
velvets, was found in the Allegheny
river Sunday short distance below
Union bridge. The body, which had
evidently been in the water but q
few hours, bore three wounds on the
forehead. such as might have been
made by blunt instrument and sev.
eral small cuts, evidently made by q
razor. The dead woman was sppGi ent-
ly about 25 years Of age. five feet siy
inches In height.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1904-10-07
CAN DRINK TROUBLE.
That's One Way to Get It.

Although they won't admit 1t many
people who suffer from sick headaches
and other ails get them straight from
the coffee they drink and it is easily
proved if they're not afraid to leave it
to test as in the case of lady in
Connellsville.
Il had been sufferer from sick;
headaches for twenty-five years and
anyone who has ever had bad sick
headache knows what l suffered.
Sometimes three days in the week Ii
times / couldn't lie down the pain
would be SO great. My life was a tor
ture and il l went away from home
for day always came back more
dead than alive.
"One day l was telling a woman my
troubles and she told me she knew
that it was probably coffee caused it,
She said she had been cured by stop
ping coffee and using Postum Food
Coffee and urged me to try this food
drink.
That's how came to send out and
get some Postum and from that time
I've never been without it for 1t SUITS
my taste and has entirely cured all
OF my old troubles. All l did was to-
leave off the coffee and tea and drink
we'll made Postum in it's place. This
change has done me more good than
everything else put together.
"Our house was like drug store for,
my husband bought everything he
heard of to help me without doing
any good but when l began ON the
Postum my headaches ceased and tho
other troubles quickly disappeared.
have friend who had an experience
just like mine and Postum cured hel,
just as IL did me.
Postum not only cured the head
aches but my general health has been
improved and l am much stronger,
than before. l now enjoy delicious.
Postum more thansI ever did coffee"
Name given by Postum Co., Battle
Creek. Mich.
There's a reason" and it's worth
finding out
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1904-10-07
TWELVE PEOPLE DROWNED.
Half of the Town of Watrous, N. M.
was Destroyed by Flood.

Las Vegas, N. NJ, Oct. 3.-Half of
Watrous has been destroyed by a
food and at least IL persons have
been drowned, including three chill
dren of j. H. Stevens, Felix Villareal.
his wife, two sisters and a couple of
children.
Many persons were rescued from
trees and house tops. The greatest
damage was around the junction of
Mora and Sapelloire creeks. A rock
crusher, an iron bridge and much
track at Watrous were washed away.
The Gallinas river formed a new chan
mel at Las Vegas. In the Gallinas
canon the dams of the Aqua Pura
Co. Broke, bringing terrific flood ON
the city.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1904-10-07
Senator Hoar's Funeral.

Worcester, Mass, Oct. 4-The city
of Worcester yesterday bowed beside
the body of her foremost citizen, Sen
ator George Frisbie Hoar, while the
state of Massachusetts and in a large
measure the nation sympathized with
the municipality in her grief. The fu-
neral service was held in the Church
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1904-10-07
Postmaster General Payne's illness.

Washington, Oct. AT 2 O'Clock
this morning Mr.. Payne was barely
alive and all hope had been abandon
ed. 1t was announced that he was
just lingering and while he might last
two hours the end might come at any
moment. No stimulants are being ad-
ministered and the physicians are al
lowing nature to take its course.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1904-10-07
Senator Hoar.

of the Unity. There was no elaborate
display, though the great love of the
people of Worcester induced the fam
lily to admit, insofar as the very linn
tied capacity of the building would al
low, a general attendance at the
church and to permit the body later to
lie in state in the city hall.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1904-10-07
Powder Mill Exnloded.

Scranton, Pa. Oct. 4.-By an explo-
sion in the corning mill of the Dupont
Powder Co.'S plant, near Peckville,
Monday, two men met instant death.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1904-10-07

began to fear that I would never get
well. A friend advised me to try Doan's-
Kidney Pills. Within a week after /
began using them was so much better
that decided to keep up the treat
ment, and when had used little over
two boxes was entirely well. Ihave
now enjoyed the best of health for
more than four months, and words can
but poorly express my gratitude"
For sale by alldealers. Price so cents
Foster Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1904-10-07
THOUGHT SHE WOULD DIE.
Mrs. S. W. Marine, of Colorado Springs
Began to Fear the Worst. Doan's
Kidney Pills Saved Her.
Mrs. Sarah Marine, of 4as ST. Uraiu,

S t., Colorado
Springs, Colo.
writes:
" suffered
for three years,
w t h severe
bacleache. The.
doctors told mo
my XII d n e y s,
w ere affected
and prescribed
medicines for
me, but ! found,
that it was only
waste of time
and money to-
take them and
Little Falls herald., 1904-03-18
Congress Has Complete Control.

Justice Harlan said that In this day
4he1ef slfoulld1a -4hees1o doubt OF the: COM
plete power of congress- to control in
terstate commerce. All the prior
trust cases were in support of that
contention. Whether; free and unre-
strained competition was wise, he
said, was an: economic question with
which the court need not concern it.
self, the question was that of statu-
tory law. ss:*s>
that the antitrust law should be de-
clared unconstitutional he said that
the court could not see it's way to that
end
'"If," he went on, "the Securities
company's contentious are sound why
may not all the railroads of the Unit
ed States enter into combination
and by the device of holding cor
poration control rates throughout the
country in defiance of congress?"
Justice Harlan also took occasion to
say that there had been nothing in the
Securities company's certificate of in
corporation to indicate it's purpose to
be that of destroying commerce and
he therefore absolved the state of New
Jersey from any charge of such knowl-
edge In advance.
Principal Object Of Merger.
Justice Harlan declared that the only
object of the merger was to prevent
competition and he said that If no one
else knew this to be the case J. Pier
pont Morgan, one of the defendants,
knew that to have been the case
Logically construed Justice Harlan
said. the decision should. be- followed
by the criminal prosecution Of the par
ties at interest in this case. ..s., <,..
Justice Harlan held the evidence to
fully sustain the allegations of the
bill against defendantesAnd showed q
violation of the anti. trust act in orga-
riztng the Northern Securities 81 COM
pany. y ,EE>.-is..: Il 4 &. -; W %*4Ty
=: He held that if such = combination
were not destroyed '".all the advantages
that would naturally come to the pub
lie under the operation of the general
laws. of competition, as between the
Great Northern and Northern Pacific
Railway companies, will be lost and
the entire commerce of the immense
territory in the northern part Of the
United States between the Great
Lakes and the Pacific at Puget sound
will be at the mercy of a single hold
ing corporation, organized in a state
distant from the people of that terri
tory" .." zse}. 49,: :
"The judgment of this court is that
the decree below of the circuit court
be and hereby is affirmed, with liberty
to the circuit court to proceed in due
execution of the decree as the circum-
stances may require. :" .s ~
Justice Holmes read the dissenting
opinion. He construed the antitrust
Law as a criminal statute and declared
that there was nothing In 1t to indi-
cate that 1t had been enacted merely
for the control of large concerns, 6
. generally tended. 81 81
Little Falls herald., 1904-03-18
aU sslAN G REV LOST.
Official Story of Torpedo Boat En-
}stsS pauemer,t. a mi s "

5ssssiS4 3f3 # .------sS S
official Story Of Torpedo Boat En-
.#:5 gagement. IS \
St. Petersburg, March IA. The story
Of Fridays naval battle In which q
Russian and Japanese boat were sunk
is told in the following report made
to the czar by Viceroy Alexieff: .ss
Admiral Makaroff, commanding the
heet, reports from Port Arthur as fol-
lows: 49,. - 4 p: ? E5@ 8*<
asst" Six torpedo boats went out to sea,
encountered the :, senemy's, torpedo
boats, followed, by.cruisers.1 .s .,.:~
"A hot action ensued In which the
torpedo boat destroyer &Vlasttnt dis
charged Whitehead torpedo and sunk
one OF the enemy'sq torpedo, boats. On
4 the way back the torpedo boat de-
stroyer Stereguschtchi sustained dam
age; her engine was disabled and she
began to founder. s}szs3 1sH2Ss .E*s..<
zs3 When the critical position Of the
Stereguschtchi became evident /, hoist
ed my flag on the cruiser Novik and
went with the cruiser Novik and the
cruiser Boyarin to the rescue ~ ~
but, as five of the enemy's cruisers
surrounded our destroyer and as their
battleship squadron was approaching I
did not succeed in saving the Stere-
guschtchi, which foundered. Part Of
the crew were made prisoners and
part were drowned.
ION the ships which participated in
the night attack one officer was Sc
riously and three others were slightly
wounded, two soldiers were killed and
eighteen were W0unded"
Little Falls herald., 1904-03-18
ADMIRAL TOGO'S REPORT.
Japanese Commander Describes Attac
on Port Arthur.

Japanese Commander Describes Attack
on Port Arthur.
Toxic, March 15.-Off1cial and pri-
vate reports both indicate that Ad-
mira1 Togo's fourth attack on Port
Arthur on the 10th inst. was the most
effective since the first assault of a
month ago.
One Russian torpedo boat destroyer
was sunk and several Russian torpedo
boat destroyers were seriously dam
aged The Notifications and city were
subjected to a heavy bombardment,
lasting nearly four hours.
Admiral Togo's torpedo fotilla
opened the action by boldly steaming
in under the batteries and successfully
placing a number of mechanical mines
at the mouth of the harbor. Following
that there was a desperate bow to
bow encounter between the torpedo
boat destroyers, in which the Japanese
appear to have scored clear victory.
Then followed a long range duel be-
tween the cruisers, ending In the re-
tirement of the Novik and Bayan, the
only Russians engaged. The closing
action was the bombardment of the
inner harbor by the Japanese battle
ships. The latter took a position
southwest of Port Arthur and used
only their 12-inch guns. There were
twenty-four 12-inch guns in the squad
ron of six battleships and each was
fired five rounds, making q total of
120 huge projectiles that were fired at
the city.
Little Falls herald., 1904-03-18
JAPANE8EzA ATTACK ON PORT Ar
THUR MORE EFFEcTlvE THAN
THE RUSSIANS ADMIT. y
ONE TORPEDO BOAT DESTROYER
.TSs11
...y SUNK AND plsEyERAL OTHERS
s.@" PUT OUT: OF ACTION.
roRr!FlcArloNs OF CITY SUB
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JEcTED:, TO; A FoUR:HouR
eoMeARpMENT. -: j..

Yinkow, March 15.-Much damage
was done by the Japanese bombard.
ment of Port Arthur Thursday morn.
Ing. !" Thirty-eight persons were killed
and over 100 wounded. A Japanese
12-inch she'll landed in the lower land
fort, killing and wounding one officer
and forty-two men. The Russian fleet,
all the vessels of which lay inside the
harbor, took no part in the fighting.
The Retvizan was hit as she lay in
the naval basin by three shells and
sustained several casualties. After
action the captain, Prince Lieven, took
the squadron of torpedo boat destroy
ers outside for scouting purposes and
returned at midday. .<. >*:.:...
In order to raise the Retvizan two
steamers in the Chinese Railway com.
pany's service, the Hallar and the Har-
bin, were brought round to Port Ar
thur from Dalny. One was sunk on
each side of the battleship. The
steamers were then pumped out and
the Retvizan was thus successfully
moved into the naval basin. The dock
is too small to hold her and so it will
be impossible to repair her at Port
Arthur.
General Stoessel has been ordered
to the Yalu and will be replaced at
Port Arthur by General Smirnoff. The
garrison consists Of 10000 men.