The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1904-05-20

right; Ia fact he wires me that he had
to get out of Port Arthur In such a
hurry that he hadn't time to slip on
clean shirt before leaving. He says
that 1t is surprising how quick a
! man can leave place when he has to.
AS Alexeiff left Port Arthur he met
Skrydoff coming to take his place
and gave him the ha, ha, Skrydoff
seems to be sort of hung up at present.
He can't get to his fleet and his fleet
can't get to him.
Between us, and not to go any fur
ther, l am little disappointed in old
man Kuropatkin. He has let the Japs
cross the Yalu and take in about a
third Of his guns. So far he hasn't
seemed to me to be doing anything
but run. The explanation made to me
is that he is just leading the Japs on
and when he gets them to where he
wants them ne will turn and eat them
up raw. Maybe he will, but he acts
to me as if he was leading them on
the same way rabbit leads on a
greyhound. If the japanese didn't
seem to be playing checkers on bis
coat tails as he leads them on this
thing would look better to me. l
don't pretend to know a great deal
about a fight, but when see one man
pursuing another and apply the toe of
his boot to the calf of the mans back
at every jump you can't make me
believe that the man IN front is just
leading the other fellow on so that he
can get him where he wants him.
Kuropatkin has a good record as
fighter. but sometimes think maybe
he is has-been; still am letting him
run things to suit himself. propose
to let the old man have chance to
make good if he can.
If you know of anybody who can
use lot of bottled warships tell them
to apply to me. 1 have bunch that
cost me pile Of money, but l can't
use them at present, and would close
the whole lot out at bargain.
l do not know but l will have to
ask you to discontinue the paper to
my address as soon as my time is up.
l like the paper the best kind. and my
wife swears by it, but the fact is that
I am having to borrow money now 80
beat the band to carry on this war,
and l have to cut down expenses
wherever can.
Just as expected. now that the war
is going against US, there are lot of
people chewing the rag and blaming
me for getting into it who three
months ago were red hot to have 1T
commence. Such people make me
weary.
stepped onto penny-in-the-slot
machine yesterday and got weighed.
1 found that 1 have fallen off Is
pounds In the last two weeks. This
worrying is doing me up. My royal
faster was exceeding sick all day
yesterday. Somebody slipped some
roug h-on.rats into the oatmeal and
the royal faster got a couple of
mouthfuls down before he noticed
that anything was wrong. l fear he
is losing his ability to detect poisons
in the food by the taste and will have
to hire new man. A person in my
position can not be too careful. /
saw the hired girl leaning over the
palace gate last evening talking to
red headed man. l fear that they
were Matching conspiracy. When
she was called on the carpet she
claimed that he was policeman by
the name of HoganiskY. He came
here from Ireland some time ago and,
being out OF job, changed his name
from Hogan to HoganiskY in order to
off the police force. The girl may be
telling the truth, but shall have the
mar closely watched.
| Yours truly,
| NICuOTLs IL