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The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1904-10-13

Register Saturday, Monday or Tues
day and prepare to vote straight.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1904-10-13

Let your light so shine that custom.
ers can see what they are purchasing.
If in doubt, call upon the Wataugs
lighting and Power Go.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1904-06-09
MANY SHARP ACTIONS
CONTINUOUS ENGAGEMENTS FOR
THREE DAYS IN VICINITY OF
FENGHuANcHENG. -

L%iaoyang, June Continuous fight.
ing has taken place northeast of Feng.
huancheng and the railway above Kin.
chou since May 81. A sharp action
has taken place eastward of Simatsi,
t~hirty-five miles north of Fenghuan-
cheng, which lasted from the morning
OF May 81 until daylight May 80. Both
sides suffered severely. Detailed fig
ures are lacking.
The engagement resulted in the
Russians retiring on Simatsi, followed
cautiously by Japanese detachments.
Three companies of japanese are re-
ported TO have ambushed a patrol of
the Nertinsky regiment near Hunsian,
wounding three Cossacks. A fourth
Cossack had his horse killed under
him. Fearing capture he buried his
Hle. He was captured but subse-
quently escaped. dug up his rifle and
reioined his regiment.
Severe fighting is reported along the
railway between stations Vfangoy and
vfand;en. The Japanese suffered
heavily and would have been annihi.
lated had not infantry reserves come
up and forced the Russians to retire
into Vfangoy.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1904-06-09
FOURTEEN LIVES LOST
score OF OTHER PERSONS IN.
!UzE0 az an EXPLOSION
At PEORIA. III

Es-riiE- IT. TE-s G-TUurveen men
warE EElssa, Z Ecnrs q Others injured,
Eums 1rsaEsEF tE-EEIF. $1,000 barrels
On w.iAHifsv were destroyed and 5000
farr1it we're sFur-sss 10 death as the re-
Buh I'd III g4y5Os8Sz AZ we pant OF tie
Ginning lnE1nLBsrT company.
Tine immense warehouse in which
the R~E1Gass1- occurred was destroyed
Ezla three crAsr buildings were Quilted
fr fire TIE property loss is 5 1.000,-
IGR Tie Coming distillery plant is
said TO Dc the second largest in the
T0ra5-
TIE fourteen men were buried be
meath the ruins by the explosion and
burned TO death. Six others were seri.
ouSly injured.
The explosion occurred In an eleven
story warehouse, and 1t was the third
catastrophe In less that a year to over.
take the distillery. Two other explo'
sions followed in rapid succession, but
their cause has not been determined.
Fire followed the explosions and 3d..
900 barrels Of whiskey were soon
ablaze and flowing in a seething
stream of flame into the cattle pens
east Of the warehouse. where 5000
chained steers were roasted or suffo-
Gated in a short time.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1904-06-09
JAPANESE FALL BACK
ADVANCE BODY MEETS SUPERIOR
FORCE OF RUSSIANS AND
RAPIDLY RETREATS.

Newchwang. May The reports
Of the japanese retreat to %Fenghuan-
cheng are officially confirmed.
The Japanese, numbering 10000
men, came upon $4,000 Russians in a
strong position on Monday, sixty miles
west of Fenghuancheng. 1t being un-
wise to risk a battle the japanese re-
treated in good order and with great
rapidity.
An unofficial Russian authority says
a pitched battle was not fought, but
rumor says there was considerable
loss on both sides during the clashes
with the Cossacks harrassing the
tanks of the Japanese. This division
presumably vas executing a recon
Nuisance. The pursuit was checked
when the main body OF the Japanese
was rejoined.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1904-06-09
TWO TICKETS NAMED
WISCONSIN REPUBLICANS SPLIT
AS RESULT OF BITTER FAC
TIONAL FIGHT.

Madison, Wis, May Two con-
ventions, both claiming legal status
by right Of delegate majorities holding
prima facie credentials, and both
standing for the election of Roosevelt
as president and asserting themselves
t O be regular Republican in nature,
were concluded in Madison last night.
Two state tickets, one headed by
Governor Robert NJ. Lafollette, and
the other by Former Congressman
Samuel A. Cook, are in the field.
Characterized by order and the abb
sence of strife, the deliberations of
both conventions seem entitled to an
identical degree of recognition. No
clause in the Lafollette resolutions
bears relation to any national repre-
sentative except Theodore Roosevelt.
The ticket named by the Lafollette
convention included all the present
state officers and the platform differs
from the Cook platform only in the in
tensity of its declarations in favor of
Lafollette reforms.
Since the Baensch and the Cook
delegates deserted the convention to
rally under the banner of Cook, the. e
has been no ~dissension in the ranks Of
that branch Of the party. The orga-
nization candidates and the p%ropagan-
da went through without a hitch. Gov
ernor Lafollette regards himself the
choice of the Republican party. His
delegates, according to the state CEN
trail committees count, numbered
585h.
The other convention, endorsed by
Senators John c. Spooner and Joseph
v. Quarles and every congressional
representative, stands ready to back
a state ticket which they declare was
legally nominated by SCI delegates,
holding prima facie credentials.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1904-06-09
DEADLOCK is BROKEN
CHARLES s. pENEEN NOMINATED
FOR GOVERNOR RY ILLINOIS
REPUBLICANS.

Springfield. Ill, June 3.-Charles s,
Deneen Of Chicago was nominated for
governor by Illinois Republicans on
the se~venty-ninth ballot. the selection
following the withdrawal Of Governor
Yates in his favor. The final ballot
resulted: Deneen 957H. Lowden
SEM. Warner 81. Yates /.
Colonel Frank 0. Lowden rose and
moved to make the nomination for
governor unanimous and the motion
was adopted without q dissenting vote,
No ballot was taken at the morning
session Of the convention, q motion ia
adjourn to 2 p. m. prevailing by q
large majority. Most of the time up
to the hour Of meeting In the after.
noon was devoted to conferences and
IL wss finally decided that Governor
Yates would withdraw in favor Of
Deneen.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1904-06-09
HEROIC REMEDIES.

Whipping Was Prescribed at One
Time For Insanity and Fits.
III health is a bad thing at any time,
but $50 years ago 1t was made more
t,rrible by the remedies in use. Blood
lifting, Of course, was a simple affair.
A writer In Macmillan's Magazine says
hat everybody was bled twice a year
lin the spring and autumn. The bar
nrs were the surgeons and, like wise
men, adapted their prices to their pa
tents.
A gentleman who so INDUCED him.
self al to go to bed to be bled was
charged half a crown and his fine lady
BALI a sovereign Certain days were
rnlucky for bloodletting, and nothing
would induce the BARRIERS to operate
IN these occasions. Serious diseases
seem to have been beyond the medical
skill Of the day. Villages and towns
dmply drove out the infected from
their midst
Among remedies herbs Of course
played a great part. For salves," runs
an old notebook which had a great
vogue, THE country sarson's wife
seeks not the city and prefers her gar
den and fields before all outlandish
gums" Sage was held a very great
medicine. 1t was even asked in Latin,
why should any one die who has sage
In his gardenT. II any one had q dis
ease Of the mouth, the Eighth Psalm
should be read for three days. seven
Zines on each day. AS a remedy II
wa sovereign"
For insanity Or its whipping was
preecr1bed. Little wonder that NOR
taltty was great. In old days In Wes-
sex. England. persons with infectious
diseases were confined In the lookup,
and whipping was deemed too good for
than. Should the sick be loud In Ia
menk the Waterman kept them quiet by
this popular discipline. and one town
has upon its records. paid T. Haw-
kins for whipping two people that had
the smallpox eightpenc4"
Fortunately the spirit Of this age Il
inherent from that
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1904-06-09
Curious Bread Law.

There is a curious provision in the
British bread acts Of 1922 and 1886,
which are still in force, to the effect
that every person who shall make
for sale or sell or expose for sale any
bread made wholly or partially Of peas
or beans or potatoes or Of any sort Of
corn or grain other than wheat shall
all such bread to be marked
with a large Roman M" 1t would
thus appear that the baker who chooses
to put potatoes in his bread could
escape the charge of ad%ulteration by
marking the loaf with this letter in the
manner described.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1904-06-09
STRONG RUSSIAN POSITION JUST
ABOVE PORT ARTHUR TAKEN
AFTER HARD FIGHT.
SERIES OF BUSHES CHECKED BY
IDEALLY RIFLE AND CANNON
FIRE OF DEFENDERS.
JAP VICTORY is COMPLETE, But
THEIR CASUALTIES NUMBER
THREE THOUSAND.

Toxic, May THE Japanese army
swept the Russians from Kinchor
Thursday morning and in a desperate
attack stormed the almost i'm
pregnable position Of the Russians OF
Nanshan hill, west of Talienwan.
Subsequent reports indicate that tbs
storming of N~anshan hill was a bloody
affair. The Japanese first centered
their fire on the Russian batteries, in
which they were aided by four gun
boats from Kinchou bay. They sue
ceeded in silencing many of the en-
emy's guns.
The Russians had constructed a
series Of trenches around the hill on
O terrace protected by wire entangle-
mepts and Other such devices.
The Japanese made q series OF
rushes, but they were in vain. The
deadly rife and cannon fire OF the
enemy checked them repeatedly.
Finally. at 8 O'Clock in the afternoon,
the japanese reformed and stormed
the crest OF the hill The Russians
held TO their position doggedly and IL
was Z o'clock in the evening before
the Japanese finally gained possession
OF the ridge
The Japanese troops fought hravely
for sixteen hours under an extremely
heavy fire before clearing the Russians
from the Southern heights AFTER =
brave resistance Tie MEscovitss
made several ATTEMPTS ID Fstake TIE
hills. b1r AFTER z1EA loss % lie rs-
tired frOz the -A--0Esss sarr &C As
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1904-06-09
DEATH OF LEWIS ETHEL.
correspondent Shot Down by Chinese
Soldiers.

London. June S.-Ernest Brindle.
the Daily Mails correspondent in
Manchuria, I'm a description of the
death OF Lewis Etzel, the correspond
ent OF the Daily Telegraph, who was
shot by Chinese soldiers while In a
junk between Shwantaitze and Erdi-
ko, says:
"Our intention was to cruise along
the Liaotung coast. About 6 O'Clock
In the morning the junk wes surround
ed by four sailing boats manned by
Chinese soldiers who. without eXplana-
ton, opened fire, their shots falling
all over our boat. We were below
reading and writing and Etzel, lo5s.
ing out. received a fearful wound In
the back of the head and expired IN a
few moments
The Chinese claimed they though
the American was on a pirate cat.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1904-06-09
JAP CASUALTIES BIG
LOSE r-saEE T-fogEANEc sgLAEr
AND ~EoywnEzn M =lIEa-FHlgwE
AR1LJNr sQFMrs-srsL.

Tohln. MEy -JEJREn 1Eaf 1sEETas
fm her viufOriHE IT KkDktun. NE-SA&-
and TalianxRn, iaE1rg RsBDB Ensn l.
Killed and wounded an n repeated
ASSAULTS RgainEr These positions. bur
Hhe scored u sxsegdng and valuable
yvictnry pper Ibs Russians. capturing
fitz gums. clearing the way 10 Port
ADGknr and anaicting losses on the
Russians which Ina the end are expect.
sd 10 total 1000 men,
II In doubted If the Russians will
stand again north Of Port Arthur.
They retired from the field beaten and
tbey failed to rally at Nanquanling,
where II was ANTICIPATED that a second
stand would be made.
The desperate onslaughts of the
Japanese on the heights Of Nanshan
were telling. for the Russians left 800
dead In the trenches there. A com
plete search Of this field Ia expected
70 show . greater number Of dead.
I, Jap Soldiers Greatly Fatisued.
Nanquanling was occupied Friday
morning by q force of infantry, artil-
lery and engineers under the command
Of General Nakamura. The main Jap
force spent Friday night billet
ed In tho villages around Nanshan.
The soldiers were greatly fatigued as
. result Of the constant fighting. but
they entered with much spirit upon
the new operations A force OF Rus
SLAMS held Sanchilpu station, which is
northwest Of Dalny, but the Japanese
drove them out
The Russians abandoned and burned
the station and retired In the direction
~ Port Arthur.
The estimates Of the Russians en-
Enged In the defense Of Kinchou, Nan.
shan hill and the south shore OF TIA,
1ienwan vary, but II IL evident that
the Russians drew for men from the
forces ~ Port Arthur and offered ali
the reeigkence possible. II Is under
et<od &Sre that Lieutenant Genera
fkoeaDe1, commander Of the militar,
forces ~ Port Arthur, was In persona
tQumNnt ~ the recent operations. Al
oQQp ~ TIE Japanese troops have rest
"A khey viii press ON to the south.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1904-06-09

Russians HurrIedIy Retreat to Pc.
Arthur on Approach Of laps.

Russians HurrIedIy Retreat to Port
Arthur on Approach Of laps.
Toxic. June 1.-The Russians evac.
uated Dalny 80 hastily that they failed
to destroy much property, which will
prove highly valuable to the Japanese,
General Oku's scouts report that over
10O barracks and ~st0rehouses rema11
unfnJured. The railway and telegraph
stations, with 200 passenger and
freieht coaches, are also uninjured.
The Russians destroyed the big pier
and blocked all the dock entrances
with sppkep cleaners. They destroyed
III the 11!aM nilNSY bridges. In the
ssc,e15se cssse ssaslslt the 'ss'
It IL evident that the Russians ned
S 3ssSss,5s yf sssf H Ss3s4:i 6 Sill v Sss 'G e.
1sd3eesly take po1session ROT Dalny.
All previous reports of the occupation
o. The town were false.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1904-06-09
FOR UNION OF CHURCHES.
Presbyterian General Assembly Favors
Proposed Plan.

Buffalo, May 2S.-The general as.
sembly of the Presbyterian church in
the United States. by an overwhelm'
ing voice vote, adopted the report OF
the committee on union with the Cum
berland Presbyterian church. The
resolutions adopted included not only
favorable action on the report. but
recommended certain other steps to be
taken to secure the union of the
churches and to make plain the posi-.
ton of the church.
The question of proposed basis OF
union will now go to the presbyteries
Of the general assembly. If it is ap.
proved by a vote of two-thirds of them
the necessary steps will be taken at
the next general assembly to effect
he union.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1904-06-09
MANY PERs,
Trolley Car Wreck Collision
EurIinuto Ia,

Trolley Car Wreeks Collision al
BurIingto Ia.
Burlington, Ia, June Ga heavily
loaded electric street car on the Val
ley street line Sunday was wrecked
against a shade tree. The passengers
jumped as the a few along. Mrs.
John Keehn was killed and sixteen
others were seriously injured. Ora j.
Gould, publisher of the City Directory,
had his shoulder broken. Several
others had arms and legs broken and
many were badly cut about the head
and shoulders.
In ONE unknown manner the brake
beam on the open electric car broke
just as the car was beginning to de-
scend a steep valley. The car dashed
down the long incline with frightful
speed and at the foot of the hill
crashed into a shade tree.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1904-06-09
THIRTEEN PERSONS PERISH.
Steamer Turret Bay Wrecked Of the
Cape Breton Coast.

North Sydney, N. S., May The
worst marine disaster in the history of
the st. Lawrence river coal trade oc-
Cured off Cape North, the northern
most point of Cape Breton, when the
British steamer Turret Bay, laden
with coal and bound from Sydney to
Montreal, struck on the rocks off st.
Paul Island, and sank in deep water
twenty minutes later, causing a loss
OF thirteen lives. Only nine men from
a crew Of twenty-five were saved.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1904-06-09
ATTEMPT TO BLOCK HARsoI
Japs Said to Have Lost Three Vessels
at Port Arthur.

Mukden, June 1.-The Japane sc, or
the night OF May %, made an.,leI at
tempt TO block Port Arthur by sinking
merchant vessels in the hacbor er-.
trance.
The attempt was discovered through
the operations of a searchlight and one
japanese gunboat am two t0rpeSo
beat destroyers were sGn.,.. TIE ne:
cfantmen then retired.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1904-06-09
NINETY SHAMBAS KILLED.
Tunisian Raiders Pursued and Sc
verely Punished.

Tripoli, May 30.-Three bands of
Shamba Tunisians raided the Tripoli-
tan oasis of Shaun May 81, killing a
number of the inhabitants. Tripolitans
pursued the raiders and overlook them
at Ders. In the fighting which fol.
lowed ninety Shambas were killed.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1904-06-09
HOT FIRE FROM FORTS.
Japanese Squadron Reconnoiters Off
Port Arthur.

London, May A dispatch to the
Japanese legation from Toxic says
Vice Admiral Togo has reported as
follows:
The gunboat squadron and the tor
pedo boat destroyers and torpedo boat
flotillas approached Port Arthur Fri
day for the purpose of reconncitering,
which was successfully effected with
little damage, in spite of a hot cross
fire from the forts. There we're no
casualties on our side"
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1904-06-09
'S&S
The Cost,

Laura don't know, George. II
seems such a solemn thing to marry.
Have you counted the cost? George
The cost, Laura? The cost? Bless me,
I've got a clergyman cousin that'll mar
~ US for nothing!
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1904-06-09
JAPs RouT coSekcKS.
Two Thousand Russians Put to Flight
Near FenQhuanchenI.

Toxic, May 31.-A detachment of
japanese troops aslacked and defeat
ed 1000 Cossacks at Aiyangpienmen,
of Fenghuancheng, Satur-
day. The engagement began at 10: 80
and ended at 1880 a. m The Japanese
lost four men killed and tw~elty-eight
wounded. The Russian casualties are
mt known
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1904-06-09

Mrs. Cobwigger-What a beautiful
collection of antiques you have, my
dear! Mrs. Parvenu - 1t should be.
My husband knows all about such
things and had them made to order
Judge.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1904-06-09
SIX PERSONS KILLED.
Disastrous Collision on Electric Rail-
way Near Norwalk, o.

Norwalk. O., June 3.-In an accident
on the Lake Shore Electric railway
six persons were killed and a dozen Oh
more others badly hurt Thursday as
the result of a collision between an
eastbound fast electric car and west
bound package freight cay at Wells
Corner, a few miles from this place.
All those who were killed were in
the smoking compartment of the pass
enger car and death came instantly,
Several OF the injured may die.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1904-06-09
RUSSIAN CAVALRY ROUTED.
Many Killed and Wounded In Engage
ment Near T~akushan.

Toxic, May 21.-The Japanese forces
which landed at Takushan Thursday
surrounded and routed a force of Rus
san cavalry at 7 o'clock Friday even
Ing in the neighborhood of Wangchi'
ting, seven miles north of T%akushan.
The Russian force, which consisted of
about one squadron, lost many men
killed or wounded, as well as a captain,
who was captured. The Japanese sus-
timed no losses.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1904-06-09
DUE TO BIG SHORTAGE.

leading Member OF New York Cotton
Exchange Forced to Suspend.
New York, June 1.-The suspension
Of 8. Mum, Son & Co. was announced
on the Cotton Exchange during the
day. The firm is one of the Oldest in
the cotton trade in this city. The
head bookkeeper and cashier disap.
peared about ten days ago and the
firm believes that as soon as its ac-
counts are Strengthened out 1t will be
able to resume The books show ap-
parent discrepancies Of $125, 900.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1904-06-09

WAS your last mistress satisfied
with Jour gervant-Weil. mum, abe
nd she was very wen pleased when
I Iefl-Stray Stories.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1904-06-09
RUSSIANS DESTROY euNeoAT.
Sink One of Their Own Vessels Before
Evacuatinq DaIny.

Toxic, May 31.-The Russians have
destroyed the gunboat used at Ia
fenwan against the japanese left dur
ing the battle of Nanshan hill. The
name of the gunboat is not known, but
II was possibly the Bobr.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1904-06-09
PITTssURc DOUBLE TRAGEDY
Jealousy Supposed Cause for Murder
and Suicide.

Pittsburg. May 31.-Irvin Wise, a
mechanical engineer, shot Hattie Gran
through the heart. instantly killing
her and then killed himself.
The motive for the double crime is
unknown. but as Wise had been pay
ing attention to the Gran woman for
some time It IL believed to have been
jealousy.
Wise was married and had one son.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-07-01
HOW TO SAVE THE NAPLES.
w. IL. Barnes Gives a Recipe for
Destroying Scale.

w. H. Barnes, secretary of the State
Horticultural society, has given out a
recipe for destroying what is known
as the ''cottony cushion scale" on ma
pie trees. He says:
THE infested twigs and branches
may be cut off and destroyed by burn
ing as soon as the cottony eXcretions
are noticed on the females. PromptneSs
is necessary here, the object being to
destroy the females before the eggs be-
gin to hatch AS the scale are attach
ed toward the tips of the twigs and
branches, this suggestion has wide
application even on shade trees, when
the insect is not abnOrmally abundant
If cutting is not feasible for any
reason, kerosene emulsion should be re-
sorted to. Experiments have shown
that even a quite diluted mixture pene-
trates the cottony or waxy mass readi-
ly, and will in most instances kill the
adult female and all the young larvae.
1t will not kill any of the eggs, how
ever, and a second or even third appli-
cation will be necessary to destroy the
young as they hatch. The kerosene
emulsion for the above application may
be diluted ten times.
IF one application only can be made
the emulsion should be diluted with
soapsuds, one pound of soap-prefer-
ably fish oil-being dissolved in ten
gallons of water. The application
should be delayed until the larvae be-
gin to emerge and should be very
thorough. The object of using soap
suds instead of clear water is to mat
the waxy mass containing the eggs and
make it impenetrable to the larvae
when it escapes from the egg. BY wait
ing until the young begin to appear the
female scale will be found raised from
the surface of the twig posteriorly and
the kerosene will penetrate readily
The young succumb easily, and those
that hatch soon after will find a mat
ted, soapy mass surrounding them,
which they cannot penetrate"