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The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1904-03-11
Congressional and Departments.

The Preside;t sent to Congress the
special report of Chas. ]. Bonaparte and
Clinton r. Woodruff, which censuies
the members of the commission to the
Five Tribes for being personally inter
ested in lands.
The House committee is considering
the proposition to adopt Mergenthaler
linotype machines in the Government
Printing Office.
The Senate passed the Navy Appro-
priation Bill
Judge Pritchard overruled the motion
for new trial made in behalf of Samuel
A. Croft, one of the convicted defend
ants in the postoffice cases, and SEN
fenced him to two years in the Mounds
vile Penitentiary and to fine of $40,
900. An appeal was taken
The minority report of the House
committee urged complete investiga-
ton of the affairs of the Postoffice De-
partment.
A provision forbidding rural letter
carriers from eking out their salaries in
outside work has been added to the
Postofiice appropriation Bill reported to
the House yesterday. There is strong
opposition to the provision in the Senate.
The Navy Department has made ar
engagements for the trial of several wire
less telegraph systems between the New
York Navy Yard and the station ut
Nsvesink, Highlands. N. J.
Argument was made before the House
Committee on Labor in opposition to the
Eight hour Bill.
The Army Appropriation Bill as re-
ported to the Senate carries ST.. $40. 942.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1904-03-11
Foreign.

The Austrian Ambassador informed
United States Ambassador Porter, ut
Paris, that he Was satisfied there would
be no disturbance in the Balkans this
spring.
Hugo Brendcl, u partner in the old
Berlin banking firm of Ercndel Il CO.,
whose failuie was caused by the specu-
lation of the cashier, committed suicide.
King Alfonso of Spain has signed de-
crees ratifying the arbitration convcn-
ton between Spain and Great Britain
and Spain and France.
A congratulatory message was read
from President Roosevelt at the recep-
tiun in London of the Foreign Bible
Society.
Turkey and the powers are about to
reach an agreemen on the question of
the international gendarmerie. The
Macedonian committee has given assur-
ance to the powers that it will not foment
All insurrection.
The failure of Brerdel & Co., Berlin
banking house, was announced, with
liabilities estimated at $500, 600, the
trouble having been caused by the alb
sconding of the cashier.
Great Britain will send the whole of
the years supply of new field and artil-
lery guns to India, as Deing the only
possible place of contact with great
European army.
Premier Combes, in the French Cham
Der of Deputies, answed criticisms of the
proposed extension of the law for sup
preston of teaching by members of re-
ligious orders.
Trial of the suit brought by the credi-
tors of the Countess Lonyay against
her father, King Leopold, was continued
in the Brussels court.
According to the officials of the Pana-
ma Canal Company, no obstacle has
arisen to the transfer CT the concession
TO the United States.
American marines are guarding prop
erty of the American Mining Company
in Korea.
British and German vessels laden with
coal, provisions and other contraband
articles have reached Viadivostok, japan
not interfering for the reason that they
may prove useful to her at later stage
of the campaign, probably when the
japanese make an attempt to bottle up
the Russian squadron at that port.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1904-03-11
TWO KILLED IN RACE RIOT.
Negroes Resist An Attempt to Drive Them Out
Of Town.

Fort Smith, Ark, (SpeciaD. Two
white men are reported killed and one
white man and two negroes seriously
wounded in race riot at Bokashe, /. I.
White laborers on the Midland Valley
railroad, at camp short distance from
Bokashe, attempted to drive the negro
laborcrs from the town. The negroes
resisted and a'pitched battle followed, in
which Hopper and Butler were killed
and three others wounded.
Negroes are reported to have fortified
themselves in a strong posi- ion in the
woods and seem determined to resist t,
the utmost efforts to dislodge them.
White laborers are making wild threats
of vengeance.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1904-03-11
To Be Shot TO Desth.

Salt Lake City, Utah, (SpcciaD Frank
Rose, who ON Christmas Day shot and
killed his wife and left his syear-old boy
for two days without food and alone in
the room with his murdered mother, was
sentenced to be shot on April %, When
Judge Morse gave him the choice of
death by hanging or shooting, as pro-
vided by law, Rose said grimly; "Oh, I'll
take the Shot
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1904-03-11
DROWNED IN BRIDGE COLLAPSE.
Structure Was Weakened By a CIoudburst
and Goes Down.

Cleveland o., (SpeciaD.-Six men
were drowned and four others injured as
a result of the collapse of the bridge
spanning Yellow Greek, near lrondalc,
on the Cleveland and Pittsburg Railroad
The men we're on two locomotives that
attempted to cross the bridge close to-
gether.
Most of the men lived at Wcllsville, o.
OF the II men making up the crews of
the two engines all went down except
one man left at one end of the bridge as
a flagman.
The bridge had been weakened by a
cloudhurst that occurred Thursday. The
engines had hauled out two work trains
and were returning to Wellsville for
water when the accident occurred.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1904-03-11
Three Brothers Perish.

Bucktouche, N. D., (SpeciaD. -Three
sons of Mrs. Lewis Savoie, a widow, were
burned to death and fourth probably
fatally injured in fire that destroyed
their home at Black River during the
night. The bodies of Joseph, aged
twenty six years, Thaddeus, aged four
teen, and John, aged twelve, were fonnd
IN the ruins. Alpine escaped the flames
by jumping from window, but was
dangerously injured. The mother was
anharmed.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1904-03-11
BATTLE AT SEA REPORTED
UncOnfirmed Rumors Of Big Naval
Engagement.
RUSSIAN SQUADRON IS IN PERIL
An Impression Even at St. Petersburg That
a Naval Engagement Is Imminent Where
abouts Of yladivostok Squadron Kept Secret
.-ls Likely Cooperating With Russian Land
Forces at Mouth OF the Tumen River.

London, (By Cable. The Daily Tele-
graph publishes dispatch from Toxic
dated March z and saying:
ut is reported that the japanese fleet
engaged the Russian Vladivostok squad
ron at sea. The result of the engage
ment is not announced, but it is-believed
the Russian ships were destroyed or
captured.
St. Petersburg whereabouts OF
Captain Reitzenstein's Viadivostok
squadron is carefully guarded by the
military authorities, but there is strong
impression here that when the seven
japanese warships appeared off the har-
Dor Sunday ard Monday the Russian
squadron was outside, perhaps down the
coast, cooperating with the Russian land
force near the mouth of the Iumen
river.
If the Russians were outside and the
japanese definitely ascertained that fact,
big sea fight is probably imminent, and
it is considered certain that the Japanese
in that case will lie on and off Viadlvos-
tok to prevent the return OF the Russians,
giving battle if they are caught IN the
open sea- All the harborS along the
coast in which the Russians might seek
refuge are frozen and the squadron must
eventually be forced to return to Vladi-
vostok for coal.
Although the japanese squadron is
superior in numbers and guns, consisting
of battleship and four armored cruisers,
two of which are believed to be the Id
zumo and the Yakumo, and two unar-
morcd cruisers the four armored cruisers
under Captain Rcitzcnstein, the Rossia,
Gromboi. Rurik and Bogatyr, are among
the finest vessels in the Russian Navy,
constituting as sister ships "A homogene-
Gus ighting unit, and experts here are
not certain that they could not take the
measure of Rear Admiral Uriu's ships.
A naval service organ here argues
lengthily that the present japanese naval
disposition presages a movement on
large scale in the Sea of Japan and the
paper accounts for all the japanese ships
except the battleship Yashima and the
armored cruiser Tokiwa, one tirst-class
protected cruiser and five second class,
reckoning the battleships Fuji and Sink
ishima, the armored cruisers lwate and
Asama and the protected cruiser Taxa
shiho as being injured.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1904-03-11
Department Appropriation Bill.

The conference agreement on tn Leg
islative Executive and Judicial Appro-
priation Bill reached makes the total car
ried in that measure T2s, $50, 913 The
conferees agree on provisions declaring
that no money appropriated in the bill
shall be available to pay any persons in
the public service ineapacitated perma-
nently from performing service and
limiting the use of carriages at govern
ment expense to those used by the Pres
ident, his secretary and tn heads of ex-
ccutive departments in the District OF
Columbia.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1904-03-11
s7s.0Oo For LIQUOR Selling.

Dallas, Texas, (Special). The grand
jury of Bell county is making crusade
against violations of the Local Option
law. More than ., 300 indictments have
been returned against illicit liquor sellers,
and of the total number 1,147 bills are
against one man, Plimpton Morgan. In
each conviction Morgan is being assessed
money penalties amounting to $65, max
ing the total penalties approximate S75.-
900. In addition to the fines his cumula-
tive sentences reach a total of more than
So years imprisonment.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1904-03-11
MANY PERISH In FLAMES
Indian Territory Settlers Are Caught
By Prairie Fires.
A WIDE SECTION LAID IN WASTE.
Six Deaths Definitely Reported and Many
Others Rumored- of Hobart Suffered
One Thousand Fire-fighters Saved lawton
from Des ruction-Three Thousand Square
Mics Devastated-Losses In Kansas.

Lawton, Ok. (SpeciaD. Reports re-
ceived here indicate that five persons
have been burned to death and 5000
square miles of territory in Kiowa and
Comanche counties swept by prairie fires
Hundreds of people are homeless, and it
is impossible to estimate accurately the
financial loss, owing to the wide extent
of country affected. Lives have also
been lost by fires in other sections
Following is partial list of the killed
and injured.
d. Hammond, living six miles north
east of Lawton, burned to crisp.
John Harmonic; cannot live.
A. N. Crawford, near Lawton; seri-
ously burned.
Mrs. Henderson, widow, living near
Lawton, and two daughters; seriously
burned: one cannot live.
At Hobart, the county seat of Kiowa
county, the fire approached from the
east, destroying the stables and 10 race
horses, Is residences, two business
houses and various small buildin gs
Spreading to the southwest, the fire
swept 70, GOO acres of government mill
tary ana bln1Der reserve anu lDuldH
school reserve, destroying several Indian
houses and 40 head of government cattle.
Spreading westward the flames covered
miles of the Homestead district, destroy
ing houses, barns and stock. 1t was in
this district that five persons are report
ed to have persisted in attempting to
protect their property. The names OF
three have been learned. They are as
follows:
Doc and John Harmon, brothers, and
a man named Fischer.
The other two were women and their
names have not yet been learned.
Late at night the fire began moving
southwark toward this city. At mid
night ., 900 people of the city were bat
Ting with the approaching flames. The
advance line of the fire was fully two
miles in length, and came in semi
circular form.
A thousand men turned their efforts to
checking the grass borders of the reser-
walton at the city limits. Water from
every source carried in every conceiv
able way, was distributed along this
line and carried all around the city
limits. This served the purpose of check
ing the advance lines of the fire, but was
of little avail in hindering the continual
rolling OF the firebrands into the streets
of the city
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1904-03-11
Korea's Ruler TO Mikado.

Toxic, (By Cable The Emperor of
Korea has sent the Mikado u cordial
reply to his personal message, assuring
the former that war with Russia was de-
clarcd solely with the view of securing
permanent peace, and expressing the
sincere wish that the protocol recently
concluded between Japan and Korea will
increase the intimacy of those two coun-
tries. The Korean ruler appears deter
mined to maintain friendly relations
with Japan.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1904-03-11
SAVED TRAIN; LOST HIS LIFE.
Killed reyeuting Wreck on the California
Limited.

Albuquerque, N NJ, (SpeciaD. In y
successful effort to save the Santa FEES
fast California Limited from being
wrecked, Jesus Salamandin, section
foreman at Curbero, was run over and
killed.
Salamandin was riding on his railroad
motor when he heard the limited comm
around curve just ahead. He stopped
his car and could easily have escaped,
but the car, if left on the track, would
have wrecked the train.
He succeeded in getting it off the track
just as the train reached him, but was
unable to get out of the way himself.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1904-03-11
Viceroy Alexieff's Report.

St. Petersburg, (By Cable) A com
munication from Viceroy AlexieG to the
Gar from Mukden bearing Sundays
date says:
. Il most humbly inform Your Majesty
that the commandant at the fortress at
Vladivostok reports that at $50 A. NJ.
seven vessels were sighted south of
Askold Island At 945 they were seen
to be warships making for Askold Island.
About room the enelny's squadron was
midway between the coast and Askold
Island, making for Ussuri Bay, They
were out of reach of the shore batteries
At l.3G the enemy opened fire. Two yes
sells in the squadron were probably the
first-class cruisers IdZum and Yakumo,
but the names of the other vessels are
unknown
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1904-03-11
Uruguayan Rebels Routed.

Montevideo, Uruguay, Special. 1t
has been learned that in the recent en-
gagement at Puntas de Qucquaychico
between the troops of the revolutionary
leader Saria Saraiva and Gen. Muniz,
commander of the Uruguayan forces, in
which The revolutionists were routed.
their losses amounted to 100 men killed
and 300 men wounded, They also lost
one cannon and 100000 rounds of am
munition.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1904-03-11
SIOO. 600 For Murder.

Winchester, Ky Especially Mrs. Ara
bella MarcUm. for herself and children,
filed suit in the Circuit Court against
Jas. Hargis, Alexander Hargis. Edward
Callahan and b. F. French for $780, 900
damages. She alleges in her petition
that the defendants entered into con-
spiracy with Curtis Jett and Thomas
White to muruer her husband, the late
j. b. Marcum. Callahan was formerly
Sheriff of Breathit county. Jet and
White are now in Jail in Louisville.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1904-03-11
Wants $4,000 TO Unveil Statue.

Secretary Shaw transmitted to the
House an estimate of $4,000 from the
War Department to defray the expense
of dedicating the statue of Frederick the
Great to be placed on the ground Of the
War College in Washington and unveiled
October 20, 1904. 1t is stated that the
money is to be used for pedestal, review
ing stands, rent of carriages for distin-
guished rersonages. printing invitations
and for other expenses
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1904-03-11
Obscene Literature in Commerce.

The Senate Committee on Interstate
Commerce ordered a favorable report on
a bill making the act preventing inter-
state transportation of obscene literature
applicable to foreign commerce and all
territory under the jurisdiction of the
United States.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1904-03-11

Bedford, Pa, Especially. Clayton Ar
mold, 81 years old. son of A. c. Arnold,
of Cumberland valley, while operating a
sawmill, slipped and fell against the saw,
and his body was sc cred just below his
neck. He is survived by widow and
two small children.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1904-03-11
Assaulted By Boy Strikers.

Chicago, Especially. Edward Tenney,
one of the men employed by the West
ern Union Telegraph Company in place
of striking messenger boys, was attacked
by three young men, who knocked him
down and stabbed him. A Waterman at
the Hamilton Club went to Tenney's aid
and drove away the assailants. Tenny
was badly cut in the face
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1904-03-11
Rights of Rural Carriers.

S'nator Alger introduced an amend
ment to the Postofiice Appropriation bill,
amending the provision inse, ted by the
House prohibiting rural carriers from
engaging in other business, so that car
riers may carry articles authorized by
law not authorized to be accepted for
mailing, also to make contracts with
publishers to distribute newspapers and
periodicals upon which one rate of post
age has been paid.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1904-03-11

Salina, Kan. Report of many serious
prairie fires, aided by the high winds, in
this section and west of here are coming
in. AT Hill city, in the extreme north
western part of the state, the court
house, jail and 80 residences are re-
ported destroyed, and one woman is
said to have been burned to death. In
stances of farmers being caught with
their teams in the prairie fires and of
many persons seriously burned are num-
erOus.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-11-26
RECORDS WILL
ALL Be BROKEN
WHEN THE PRESIDENT SEES"
THE FAIR IN TWELVE HOURS
ToDAY-Hls SCHEDULE AR
RANGED.

St. Louis. Nov 25-Presidenl
Roosevelt, according 10 an official
schedule issued today, will break ali
records OF his own ana OF other expo
sition visitors when he does the
Worlds fair Saturday His day OF
sightseeing will begin at 800 O'Clock
in the morning, according 10 the pro-
gram. and will end some time after
$3.50 O'Clock in the evening
How much later than that he will
remain ON the grounds Is a matter
which he viii decide. as the program
maker stops at that hour. The sched-
ule shows that the president Will
see the liberal arts display in 10
minutes and the machinery display in
10 minutes. but il win require / hour
ana % minutes for him to see all he
cares 10 see Of the Philippine exhibit
Some of The exhibit palaces will re-
ceive only 10 minutes of the presi-
dents attention, ana 10 the foreign
buildings he will devote
; minutes each
II is the most strenuous schedule
that the president has ever undertake.
en-
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-11-26
MEMBER OF ORDER
FOR FIFTY YEARS
FORMER SISTER SUPERIOR AT
ST. MARYs lNFiRMARY. Gel.
EBRATEs HER GOLDEN JUBL
LEE-WELL KNOWN HERE.

Cairo friends have received pretty
souvenirs Of the golden jubilee ot
Sister Mary Augusta, Of the Hol,
Cross order, now stationed az tho
Mother house. ST. Mary's Notrt
Dame, lnl The jubilee exercises
were held al ST. Marys last Monday
Nov 2ist in celebration of the G0th
anniversary of the reception OF Sis
cr Mary Augusta into the order
Sister Augusta will be remembered
by our older citizens as Sister Superi
or Of St Marys lphrmary about the
time the present location was adopted
ana for some years later.
After leaving Cairo she was select
ed as mother general of the order OF
the Holy Cross and held that position
for a number of years
On one side Of the souvenirs receiy.
"a here is printed The following:
THE uN5RokEN SEAL.
10 Mother Mary Augusta.
CS54-l904)
Fun dfty years agone lie set His seal
with solemn rite upon a virgin
heart
A maid who wisely chose the better
part
Responding eager 10 the fond appeal
That only chosen souls may hear and
feel-
His sweet Come follow me-"
with Joyous start
She spurncd earth's prizes. riches,
pleasure, art
Content with Him alone to risk her
veal
Through years inviolate, The seal in
tact
stll safely guards that heart from
otbcr love
Than His with whom, five decades
past, The pact
So pledged on earth gave joy to
heay'n above.
o faithful spouse OF Chris, full well
may we
with holy envy hail thy jubilee,
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-11-26
ALEXANDER COUNTY
VOTERS NOT IN IT
WITH PADUCAHANS WHEN IT
COMES TO SCRATCHING
LATTER ARE AFFLICTED
WITH THE ITCH

Il see where he Chicago doctors
are reporting an epi1emic OF itch in
Chicago, and paducah is experiencing
the same alment at present said d
well-known local physician tsis morn
ing. as h. sat ana mindedly
scratched his hands which were COW
erej with small red blutehes. all itch
ing very badly SAYS the Paducah Sun.
Now / have got the itch and am
treating dozens Of cases of 1t now, "
he continued This dry spell seems
TO promote it and the cases which
have come under my observation are
what term prairie itch aud wheney-
or you scratch any Of the irritated
parts II your body and then scratch
some other place you carry the itch
10 the new place This is what makes
il hurt SO bad and get al over a per-
son $ body Years ago I can remem
Der an epidemic of prairie itch which
VAS prevalent ali along the fenness
see river ana used to have a special
prescription made up 10 give TO my
patients in Paducah
a wel-known eamboat man.
Capt Jack Slceth, had the itch and
came TO me for treatment, | cured
him with one or two applications and
he bought the prescription had sew
eral buckets full fixed up and took it
up he Tennessee river with him The
first tfip he made he disposed of al
his lotion before he had gotten half
way mp and on his return got many
more buckets full | don't know
how much Of The stuff he did sell but
people an along the Tennessee river
were using IT,
In fact, all doctors IN Faducah re-
port a gree deal of itch Il seem to
be promoted by the dry weather and
IS very painful. Il is sort of mala
rial rash and starts with small red |
places which itch until scratched and |
hen rise ana form white bumps This |
is The regular nIalaral or prairie I
Itch.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-11-26
DANIEL FITZGERALD
DIED OF PNEUMONIA
WELL KNOWN CITIZEN PASSED
AWAY YESTERDAY AFTER.
NOON - CAME FROM Ire.
LAND WHEN A YOUNG MAN.

Daniel Fii1seralJ, aged 81 years.
died yesterday afternoon I'll 1870
o'clock al hts home 51l Thirty fourth
street. after an illness Of twentg one
days Of pleural pneumonia.
The deceased had lived in Cairo lor
number OF years and was a ship
carpenter He was born In ireland
and came 70 this country when a
young man, locating al Mound City
when he vas - years o'd. He mar
ried in 1879.
The deceased is survived by his
wife, two daughters, Florida ard We
ronica, one son. Daniel and a sister.
Mrs NJ. Herley of Mound City all Of
whom were present when death
came
Arrangements for the funeral have
not been completed, bu. services win
be conducted Sunday at ST. Joseph S
church Of which the deceased was a
member
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-11-26
NEW BOAT MONDAY
TO CHARLOTTESVILLE
STEAMER CITY or PEORIA WILL
MAKE THREE TRIPS EVERY
WEEK BETWEEN CAIRO AND
CARUTHERsVLLE.

Il is now confidently asserted that
a uri-We s',iy packet will be placed in
the Calro-Caru'hersville trade com
mclc.ng next Monday
Tho packet to be placed IN the
ira IS che City of Peoria. boat
formerly In tne Illinois river trade.
The Peoria came on he Carondelet
WAYS fcrday and IS expected 10 ar
site ia pcu yumurfo.y
Tie boar .7 $50 flel n ieneih ana
IS feet 10 width aud VIII leave on h1r
msiaza trim leaving here Monday al
leave every Monday Wednesday and
ff.asg. Cans u. d shaw part own
er 90 w. '.al aili SCI 81 master and
e local agcHc. viii De established
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-11-26

sands OF enthusiastic football rooters
have arrived to attend the annual
struggle between West Point and An
napolis cadets tomorrow With the
exception Of the year when President
Roosevelt attended the game, the
largest crowd in the history of The
annual army and navy contest IS ex,
pected to be present. All leading Of
ficials of the army and navy who can
get away from their duties win see
the game