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The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1904-03-11

The Republicans of Monroe county a.
day, with "a much Formally and sppar
eutly IA much zeal "a characterized that
party in the halcyon days before its local
organization became a political corpse.
Some of the members, delegates and
p rliticians mentioned in the proceedings
low are white and some colored. and
all are enthusiastic Republicans. especial
~ in presidential campaign years.
The purpose, among other things. was
the APT ointment 81 delegates Ia the State
cot vention, aud these honors were con-
ferred upon j. W. Walker, W. L. Psri u,
r.. VI. Majors, j ". Whitfield, l.. g Sims
aud John Fears. AlternAtes, ii. L Fr.s.
Chess Young, Sam Blevins, Jim Le~i-, j
q. Abrams, John A. Thrs-her.
new county executive committee ems
also named, Of which NJ. A. Blanchard
sas re elected chairman, and W.E.Psrker
secretary.
coSoEys.iOsAL oosvESTIos.
The Republican congressional eousen
ton uf the hrst district also Assem- led
acre. on Wednesday, and appointed some
more delegates BY that body were -e-
l-cted J. 4. Wood Of Lownde- county and
4 VI. A. Blanchard 81 Monroe, a delegates
I ~ the national convention. Alternstes
r.. IA. Powers Of Oktibbehs. and d. W.
I Sherrod, OF Nognbee.
George ". Littleheld. of Lee cornty
vas assig ned To the task of infusing life
aud enthusiasm 10 the party, "a pre-iden-
tiaI elecior for the district.
( The convention appointed Il. L. fit'T
If Monroe, A. u Balm. of Lnwndes, and
/ y r. Elgin of Alcorn, a. members oi
I he State executive Committee, aud or
I gnnizsd new cong ressionsI executivs
COMMITTEES. with ". Parker. of Aberdeen
I chairman. and f. II. Buntyn of StarsviIle
secret. ry.
! The congregational convention, like the
meeting Of the day before. adopted resoiu
lions indorslng the national admiGi-tra
F., tiun and iu-tructiLg delegates - support
! Mr. Roosevelt for the presidential nomi
4 cation at Chicago; aud J.. b. Mosle., ri
jackson. for national committeeman.
I Postmaster ii. T.. Fitts presided as
chairmrn, To whom We are indebted to
I the data for tins report.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1904-03-11

The Legislature Is now trying t
adjourn on the 22d inst
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1904-03-11

III you are in a hurry for goods
telephone +. ID. CARTER ~ Co.
Palestine daily herald. [volume] (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, 1904-09-06
SECOND ASSAULT.
u Assumed Crushing Proportions, Say
Advices From Chefoo.

Chefoo, Sept. 6.-The second general
assault upon Port Arthur assumed
crushing proportions Aug. % and con-
tinued undated until the morning OF
Aug, 81. when the japanese retired ev-
erywhere except from Palichuang.
which they have. apparently firmly Sc
cured This information comes from
Chinese messenger snt to Port Ar
thur by the Associated Press. and Il
confirms previous fragmentary advices.
The messenger adds that Itzshan wa.
reattacked Aug. 80 with great fury.
but the Japanese were unable to secure
a position. Another Chinese who de-
parted from Port Arthur Sept. 2 says
that a fierce assault was made on the
left flank at o'clock in the morning
of that date. The assault lasted until
6 a n. when the Japanese retired.
The bombardment then recommended.
the japanese firing chiefly from Sui
shiying and Palichuang. the Russians
from Antzsishan. The Japanese losses
according TO the Russians estimate.
were 1000 during the four days from
Aug. q to Aug 81. The Russian losses
are placed at 1900. During the as
sault. shells from the field guns and
refle bullets fell in the city. The Rus
SLAMS ships In the harbor participated
occasionally in the firing.
reliable authority In touch with
events at Port Arthur reports that 3
week ago the garrison forces number
ed approximately 10000. Accepting the
Chinese report OF the losses. the eff
cient number of men now number r.
900 The past weeks advices confirm
previous deductions that the japanese
are bending their fiercest energies to
secure an ingress along the railroad. It.
sehan Itxslin. Relughashan. Palunshan.
Antzshan and other oppositions fire.
quietly mentioned. sustaining the most
desperate and repeated assaults and
bombs All directly or indirectly block
the plan of the Japanese. The arrange
ment of the forest fortifying affords a
mutual support and renders the Jap
anese scheme exceedingly difficult OF
reception No japanese have been
near Lao Ting promontory for some
time The Japanese now expect. II Is
stated. two months or possibly more
of fighting before the fortress is taken
They give. the garrison no rest. As
saults no sooner cease than the artil :
Iery Increases its thunder. The garri-
on is said TO be greatly worn and
weary. but continues renaissance. al
ways hoping that General Kuropatkin
will soon gain sufficient strength TO
come 20 their relief
Palestine daily herald. [volume] (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, 1904-09-06
LARGE DEAL.
Property In Fifteen Counties Has
Changed Hands.

Galveston. Tex. Sept. s.-An impor-
tant real estate transfer was filed n
the Office of the county clerk here by
which ]. L Campbell sells to the ]. l..
Campbell company all of his city lots.
town lots. merchandise. sawmills, log
ging outfits. lumber. office furniture
and personal property and personal
property. etc. in Lampasas. Mills Nc
Cullough. Llano. Dewitt. Lavaca, Bell,
McLennan. Limestone. Galveston. Ty-
Ter. Polk. Beee. Montgomery and Har-
ris counties. except his homestead at
Houston. The considerat' on named is
$4,000 and the assumption of all in
debtedness now due and to become due.
The instrument is dated Feb. 20. 1904.
Mr.. Campbell resides in Houston
Palestine daily herald. [volume] (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, 1904-09-06
MINOR MATTERS.

vinita. L T.. is to have $40. 900 sani-
tarium.
Walter Brooks OF Texarkana was
killed by an electric wire.
Several new rural mail routes have
been established In Texas.
Episcopalians Of Temple. Tex, viii
erect a 900 church edifice.
Propositions to issue $4,000 bonds at
Chickasha. l. T.. was defeated.
In a street fight at Anadarko. Okla.
A. C. wheatley was shot and killed.
Footpads held up DR.. A. c. Durkee at
Guthrie. Okla. and took his watch.
AntiprohibitIonists carried Callahan
county. Texas. by about sixty majority.
Frank l. Hearne. fifteen years old
died at Miami. Tex. from toy pistol
wound.
Two boys. brothers. named Alldesxi.
were drowned in the Chicago river at
Chicago.
Before $4,000 people Stalwart won
the $40 900 Century stakes at Sleeps
head Bay
Charles Finney Clark. president of
the Bradstreet company. died at Lon
don. Eng.
A hail storm east OF Sherman. Tex.
the Sd. damaged cotton over an area OF
$500 acres.
x-Confederates from seven Texas
counties had n reunion at Aspnrmont.
Stonewall county.
at Marlin. Tex. from the bite OF some
insect. presumably a centipede.
At Bonham. Tex. Thurman Fort
charged with the murder of Lena PEN
degrast in 1901. was given five years.
II. II. Swanston. a Galveston attor-
ney. who recently died. was nephew
OF an ameer OF Afghanistan.
Two Mexicans. charged with import
Ing girls from Mexico for immoral
purposes. were Jailed at San Antonio.
Jesse Burdette. shot in a difficulty
near Austin with his uncle. Jack Bur
dette. died. They had a pistol duel.
At Searcy. Ark. DR.. r. G. Lightie was
convicted Of violating a grave. He was
fined $4,000 and given six months Jail
sentence.
In a three and one-half hour speech
Senator Bailey opened the Democratic
national campaign In Texas at Gaines
Vile Saturday.
Prairie Queen tent OF Temple.
Knights OF the Maccabees. with over
$50 members. has the banner for
largest Texas tent.
In a collision at st. Louis between
Wabash train and a street car seven
persons were killed. two fatally injured
and fifteen seriously hurt.
A Houston and Texas Central train
was derailed fifteen miles south OF
Sherman. Baggageman Alexander. who
jumped. was badly hurt.
w. r. Chandler was acquitted at Bel
ton a charge OF wife murder. He is I'M
der $1,000 bond to answer charges of
killing a man named Mclaughlin.
Jamison Damron. a leading citizen OF
Cattlettsburg. KY. were shot to death
in a street car at Huntington. w. Va,
by Charles Smith. residing near latter
place
Palestine daily herald. [volume] (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, 1904-09-06
THE CAPTURE
is COMPLETED
Lao Yang Is In Absolute Possession
of the Japanese.
STAKELBERG rs SAFE
Russian General Was Reported as
Having Been Cut OF, but He
Succeeded on Sunday In
Joining Kuropatkin.

New York, Sept. 6.-The only direct
news from the seat of war bearing
Sundays date. came by way of Toxic
in a report from Field Marshal Oyama.
saying that Lao Yang fell completely
into the hands of the Japanese at 9
O'Clock that morning, that the japanese
casualties were believed to be heavy
and that nothing was known by the
japanese concerning conditions on the
right bank of the Taitse river.
The only comfort for the Russians at
home was the news. conveyed in re-
port from General Kuropatkin, dated
Saturday afternoon. that General Stalk
elberg's First Siberian army corps Of
$4,000 men, reported Saturday as hav-
ing been cut off to the westward Of
Lao Yang. had been safely extricated
and that the corps has succeeded in
Joining the main Russian body on the
right bank of the river but no details
of the escape of Stakelberg are known.
General Kuroptakin also reported that
the greater portion of his army was at
the time of filing the report. south OF
Yentai (ten miles northeast of Lao
Yang) and a few miles from the Yen
tai mines. where fierce fighting had
been in progress.
1t is intimated that there has been 4
cessation of the fierce fighting. Kuro-
patkin reports that his men were not
being much interferred with by the ia
panese in the neighborhood Of his army.
In st. Petersburg the absence OF
news is looked upon as heightening the
gravity of the situation for the Rus
slams.
II was reported In St Petersburg
Sunday night that Kuropatkin had ar
rived in Tiehling. which is ten miles
north of Ventai and eighteen mile.
south of Mukden.
Palestine daily herald. [volume] (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, 1904-09-06
CAMPAIGNING BY TRAIN.
What II Costs Political Committees
to Travel In Special Trains.

to Travel In Special Trains.
The cost of campaigning by special
train is not small, says Lindsay Den
nison in Everybody's Magazine. A COM
pletely comfortable campaign train
must have a private car for the use Of
the man who is doing the brunt Of the
work and his secretaries and assistant
speakers. Then there must be another
car for the reporters of the press asso-
cations. the reporters OF the particular
newspapers of the states through which
the train is passing and for the cam
paign committees of the state. There
must also be dining car.
Man may live by timed goods alone
for n day or two. but a buffet car trip
derous. The Pullman company charges
from $50 to $50 day for the use of its
cars. Most railroads will attach spe
cial car to a regular train provided sew
enteen full fares are paid. Most rail-
roads charge dollar a mile for run
ming n special train. The commlssary
department costs $50. more or less, a
day.
Speakers who are not candidates re
ceive from S2j to 500 a day for their
services. Frequently the entire compa-
ny OF passengers goes TO Il hotel in n
city where there is an overnight stop.
In some cases the national committee
pays the landlord, at other times the
bills are paid by the state or the city
committee. But 1t is perfectly clear
that whatever else campaigning by
special train may accomplish 1t keeps
money moving.
Palestine daily herald. [volume] (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, 1904-09-06
Novel Slang Term.

Chefu has been added TO our vernac-
ular In the east when anybody re
lates some astounding tale the cry Of
That's a Chefur' greets 1t, says the
Kansas City Journal. As Chefu has
turned out some OF the most terrific
rumors war was ever blessed with 1t
wouldn't be strange IL the name Of the
enterprising place was thus inmor-
talized So II you don't care to say to
a man frankly, You're a liar" why.
just call him Chefu. He will appre-
ciate II just as well. Besides. II sounds
less rude.
Palestine daily herald. [volume] (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, 1904-09-06

Walter Schumann, consul at Mainz,
Germany. writes thus 10 the state de
partment at Washington: "osmon. n
new fuel. is made from peat The peat
used contains % per cent Of water. Of
which 20 TO Is per cent is removed by
means of an electric current. The peat
Is then further dried and passed
through a machine which breaks It up
and forms II into briquettes or nut
shaped pieces. osmon is free from sui
phur and burns without Stag or
smoke"
Palestine daily herald. [volume] (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, 1904-09-06
Fifteen More Wells.

Batson. Tex, Sept. 6.-w. A. Crow Of
Saratoga was in Batson. and says a
contract for fifteen oil wells has been
let to one drilling company in the Sar-
atoga oil fields. besides several small
er contracts. The Guffey company is
erecting five new derricks on its hold
ings
Palestine daily herald. [volume] (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, 1904-09-06

Man, nm Ape and the Democratic
Nominee For President.
The speeches notifying President
Roosevelt of his nomination by the
Republican party to succeed himself
in the White House had been made,
and Uncle Joe Cannon and the presi-
dent, standing in the angle Of the We
randa at Oyster Bay, were devouring
chicken croquettes and lobster salad.
says the Philadelphia North American.
The speeches and the general situa-
ton were the subjects under discus
sion.
THAT reminds me of story" broke
in Uncle Joe.
81 was n lad OF about six years. liv-
ing near Rockville, Ind. Van Am.
ringe's circus was billed to show in
the town. We had an old colored man
on the place named Ephraim.
"From the moment the circus bills
were put up Eph was no good for
work. That circus was the only thing
he thought about. The price Of ad-
mission was two bits for adults-that
is, % cents; a levy for a chlld-that
is, 12Is cents. / had two bit piece
and a levy and 1 also had slick
fiip'-that is. 81 cents.
Il was as crazy to go to the circus
as Eph was. and, having all this
wealth. we concluded to go together.
The two bits would pay Eph's way.
the levy would pay mine. and the
slick Flip we determined we could use
to buy hunk OF ginger cake.
I'VE started early in the morning.
Eph getting US a breakfast Of some
bacon before we started. We had to
walk several miles into Rockville. and
when / got tired Eph would tote me
on his back
1--WE got to Rockville about noon, got
our tickets and went to the menagerie.
Wandering around. we came across a
cage that had an ape in it. 1t was the
largest ape l had ever seen, and l tell
you what's a fact. l have never seen
anything like II since. 1t was as big as
a man. and. covered with hair. did not
look unlike Eph.
Eve watched 1t for long time and
then we went around among the other
cages. but invariably we came back to
that cage with the ape in It.
FINALLY. when we had got back
there for about the sixth time. Eph
stood looking at the ape for long
while and then said:
"'what's 20 nameY
.The ape paid no attention to Eph's
question, and he repeated it:
whats yO' manner
This time the ape shook his head as
though he refused TO answer. Pointing
his finger at the ape, old Eph said:
Oats right. old man: doan' yo' say
nothin', fer fist as shuah as 20 do de
white man will have yo' hoein' cotton
in two shakes OBJ de lambs tail
81 think that about fits Parker" add
ed Uncle Joe, as the president laugh
ed a loud guffaw. "If once he says
anything. | think the Republicans will
have him working mighty hard in
very few minutes telling how he came
to vote twice for Bryan and then TO
turn around and send that gold tele-
gram to the ST. Louis convention"
And the president. with glee. pounded
Uncle Joe ON the shoulders. while all
about laughed.
Palestine daily herald. [volume] (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, 1904-09-06
A Result of AutomobiIinE.

"Chauffeurs wrist" like house
maids knee" threatens to become one
OF the penalties Of civilization. The
disease may arise, says the British
Medical Journal, from the hand being
jerked by n premature explosion when
the car Is being started
Palestine daily herald. [volume] (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, 1904-09-06
Cotton Sent 70 japan.

Terrell. Tex. Sept. 6.-The first shin
ment of this seasons cotton to a for
eign port has been made here by Weld
& Neville to Japan. TIE shipment con-
sisted OF 200 bales.
Palestine daily herald. [volume] (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, 1904-09-06
Two Soldiers Killed.

Charlotte. N. c.. Sept. s.-while en-
route to Manassas Frank Lassiter OF
Americas. Ga. was run ever by car
at Greensboro. this state. and an I'M
known private had his SKULL fractured
near Fayetteville.
near Fayetteville
Palestine daily herald. [volume] (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, 1904-09-06
EatallY Struck.

Dallas. Sept. s.-Saturday night a
negro named Coleman Smith was struck
by an Interurban car just west OF tht
Trinity river. Sunday he died at the
city hospital.
Palestine daily herald. [volume] (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, 1904-09-06
ENORMOUS LOSSES.
Japanese Place Their Casualties al
Twenty-Five Thousand.

London Sept. 6.-The chefoo cor
respondent OF the Daily Chronicle
in dispatch dated Sept :. says that
fourteen regiments will leave Toxic
during the week TO replace the men lost
outside Port Arthur alone. The loss
al this point are estimated at $4,000.
Palestine daily herald. [volume] (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, 1904-09-06
EXPIRES AT TABLE.
Was In Act of Eating Dinner When
Stricken by Grim Monster.

Stricken by Grim Monster.
Dallas, Sept 6.-Matthew Walker
Corbitt. sixty years of age. died sud-
denly Sunday afternoon at his home
in Oak Cnn. He had attended Christ
church in the forenoon. walked home
and was sitting at the dinner table,
when suddenly he threw up his arm,
and expired without a word. Apoplexy
was the cause of death.
Mr.. Corbitt was born in Cape Town,
South Africa, in 1886. He has been in
Dallas about a year and In Oak Cliff
for few months only. He leaves a
wife.
Palestine daily herald. [volume] (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, 1904-09-06
Wanted at Once.

st petersburg. Sept emperor
Nicholas received telegram from
general Kuropatkin asking for the i'm
mediate dispatch to the far east of the
Sixth army corps.
Palestine daily herald. [volume] (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, 1904-09-06
Over Three thousand.

ST Petersburg. Sept. e.-The losses
before Lao Yang on Sept. as officially
computed. were 1900.
Palestine daily herald. [volume] (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, 1904-09-06
Corsicana Gets Pennant.

Dallas. Sept. 6.-By winning Sundays
game Corsicana holds the pennant in
the Texas Baseball League
Palestine daily herald. [volume] (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, 1904-09-06

When George Washington went out
into his preserves TO shoot few duck
or other birds. he carried a fowling
piece with barrel seven feet long. II
was a niuzzle loader and had a flint
lock And, by the way. a hintlock
was about as ingenious an invention as
the modern breechloader. A fowling
gun such as Father George must have
carried is in one Of the cases OF the
North Carolina exhibit of game birds
Alongside II is a revolutionary musket
the selfsame gun whose shot, in poetic
phrase was heard round the world.
This leads me TO the birds Of North
Carolina. Here are the birds that Ten
nyson meant when he wrote in 'Ths
Brook"
come from hauntE OF coot and hern.
The coot and the hern, or heron. are
in the same case The coot is a dis
appointment as to poetic grace. being
rather too pussy. suggesting an in
active life. The herons are all beau
ties notwithstanding their long
shanks, which trail through the air
as they fly. This is a delightful place
TO study bird lore, particularly IL you
sit under the spell Of II. II. Brimley,
curator of the state museum at Ra-
leigh, the commissioner general for
Palestine daily herald. [volume] (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, 1904-09-06
CanN0E'S JOKE
ON JUDGE PARKER
Campaign Anecdote Told by
Uncle Joe.
INCIDENT OF HIS BoYHOoD DAYS

A "Reminiscences Recalled by the
Speaker of the House at Oyster Bay
Involving Ephraim, nm Old CoIored
Man, an Ape and the Democratic
Nominee For President.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1904-03-03
EyoIufion OF the Red.

Bedstead originally meant "the bed
place The truckle bed was the FIRST
advance on the bench. and then he
tester suspended from the roof. Then
came In the Arabian heidi name per.
haps derived from the crusades The
four poster came from Austria IN the
fifteenth century. The late Qneen Vic
toria always carried her bedstead abont
with her. and so did the mobiles in the
middle ages The coyerlid or counter
point, whence comes counterpart, was
often splendidly embroidered. Yet the
beds at this time were often only sacks
OF straw. Feather beds came from
France IN the fourteenth century. but
straw was in general use long after
Blankets OF wool were not introduced
by Blanket OF Bristol. who made them
for the word. 10 the sense OF a coars,
wooden fabric. existed before.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1904-03-03
Ii RrilnI NciI.

The origin Of the bridal veil is a dis
puted question that viii probably never
be settled Some soc III it nothing
more than d milliner's substitute for
the usual flowing tresscs which half
concealed aud half revealed Il brides
beauty as she knelt ut the altar. This
opinion is conntemanctd by the fact
that Elizabeth Stnlrt WAS not Thought
to require an artificial veil, as nature
had given her All aliinenec Of lair.
Others see its origin III Tie veil 81 the
Hebrews marriage ceremony or the
yellow "aammeum'' of old Roman
brides.
A third source is the old care cloth
of the Anglo SaxonS, q square scstment
held 0ycr both bride and bridegroom
till they received The nuptiai benedte
tian. So runs the usr Of the church 9
| Sarnm and the Hereford missai
lastly. il has been held 10 he merely
an amplilicaiion Of the colt which niedi
inral brides wore between the caritn,
and their hair Margaret Tudor wor'
this under her coronet on her marrias'
To the king of Scotland
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1904-03-03
vary Ab.sntmindsd.

The celebrated German historian
Theodor MommseD was the most oh
sentminded Of men. Once while going
from Berlin to Charlottenburg, Q hall
hours Journey. the trolley ear 10 which
he rode went of the track. The rest OF
the passengers took another car ?
went ahead. and The stranded vehicle
was abandoned till help could be found
Mommsen remained reading bis book
An hour or two later the sound o
Jacks, levers. derricks. etc. aroused
him. Rising FROM his scat, be went 4
the door and. with the most complete
unconcern imaginable, remarked, y
j. we have come 70 a standstiliT
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1904-03-03
OBSOLETE TERMS.


The number of obsolete words that
are TO be found in il complete dictl0n.
airy Of the English language is eonsid-
erably larger than the people have any
idea Of. The following letter, written
by an alleged poet 10 an editor WHO
had treated his poetry with derasion
furnishes On idea Of them
Sir You have behaved like an isn
petiginous scrogle like those wi@.
enyious Of any moral celsitndc. carry
their unglicity 10 the height Of creating
symposically the fecnnd words which
my ~polymathic genius uses with ubrr
ity 10 abligate the tongues Of the Sset
less, Sir. you have crassly pafodi1d
my own pet words. though they were
tranSrans..
Il will not c~0aScervate r~cpf0aeiles
will nduce d veil over the atramentIl
"ingratiiuda which has cilalnfered even
my indiscerptible heart am silent
on the ~foeillation which my coadjn
vancy must have given when ! offered
to become Your fant0r and :dlninicle
will not speak Of the %lippitnde, the
epilepsy you have shown in exacerbat,
inc me. one whose genius you should
have approached with mental discai
ceation. So | tell sou, without super
vacancons words. nothing will render
ignoscible your conduct to me.
4 warn yon that { would vellicate
your nose il | thought that any moral
diartllrosis thereby could be performed
If | thought | should mol implgnorate
my reputation 90, photographic scro
gle. hand with your Grass, inguiDate
faniors! Draw oblectations from the
thought II you can Of having synchron
ically lost the existination of the great
est poet since Milton,
And yet all these words arc 70 b.
| found III the electromagnetic. Bits