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The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1904-06-08
CAPTURE OF KINGDOM.
Stronghold Taken by Mikado's Men
After Desperate Battle.

Stronghold Taken by Mikado's Men
After Desperate Battle.
Kinchow, strongly fortified position
near the narrowest point of the Lao
tung peninsula, or ''the Regents Sword"
as it is called by the Japanese and Chi
nese, was captured Thursday by Gen.
Oku's forces after desperate battle.
The first assault was delivered upon
Nangkwanling, a little to the south Of
Kinehow. Here, apparently, the Jap
anese feet gave assistance III the heavy
bombardment. When this position was
carried fearful struggle followed for
the great castle at Kinchow, which must
have been strengthened very much by
the Russians since it offered formidable
resistance to the Japanese in the war
with China ten years ago. Now that
Kinchew has fallen and the Russians
have retreated to the soathward, the
way seems open for determined attack
upon the approaches TO Port Arthur,
thirty-two miles to the south
Japanese losses in the fighting at Kin
chow were estimated at 1900, and re-
ports put the Cars casualties even
greater than this.
The Japanese captured Kinchow the
FIRST time on Nov. 8, 1894 Two weeks
later they were in control of Port Al.
thur. This was less than a month afteI
their first landing at Pitsewo. However,,
there Is no comparison between the diffN
culties which are now to be encountered
and those which were offered by the
old-style guns and the not very deter
mined soldiers of China. Russia has
10000 men or more TO defend Port Ar
thur. Cen Stoesssl is believed to be
an officer Of great ability and the highest
determination. he is fighting to main
tain the greatest Of the fortresscs in the
far East. TX Port Arthur falls the hope
of Russia to put victorious fleet upon
the eastern seas falls with it, since the
destruction of the great warships in Port
Arthur's harbor and the loss Of that
base Of naval operations would render
the Baltic ships rather purposeless IL
they should make the long and perilaus
voyage to the Orient.
The Japanese troops have swept all
the Russians from their defenses west Of
Talisnwan bay. 1t is now improbable
that the latter will be capable OF offer
ing any further serious resistance in the
territory north of Port Arthur. The
Japanese estimate the strength OF the
Russians about Port Arthur at 10000
men. The japanese have 10000 men at
Kinchow.
Chinese continue to escape from Port
Arthur, but little reliance is placed on
their statements. They say food Is grow
ing scarcer at Port Arthur and there II
good authority for saying the japanese
believe they can starve out the Russians
in three months.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1904-06-08

other things After taking Nanshan
hill, at p. m. on the night of May 20,
the indefatigable Japs pressed on, and
on the morning of Friday, May 81, oc-
cupied Naquanling, the second line OF
the Russian defense. japanese troops
now envelop over half Of Talienwan
Bay, on which Dalny is situated. The
Japanese acknowledge 5000 killed and
wounded and say the enemy left 400
dead on the field.
The Russian general staff acknowl-
edges that it will be difficult If not Inn
possible for General Stoessel to make
another stand outside Of Port Arthur.
Probably the siege Of that stronghold
will begin forthwith. The Japanese
imply they will endeayor to storm 1T
within two weeks. If they succeed in
this seemingly impossible attempt
their success will mark new epoch in
the worlds history.
So much for General Oko's Port Ar
thur army. The movements Of Kp-
roki are not 80 theatrical or traceable.
Kuroki's left is at Takushan on the
sea, where he has base bis lines
extend northeast to Fengwangcheng.
where is his center and main conceL-
tration. This place is fortified by
10000 troops. Advance guards have
been thrown out from Fengwangcheng
on the two roads to Haicheng and
Laoyang. Between the Japanese
scouts and the Cossacks there Is con-
tinual skirmishirv
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1904-06-08

Kuroki's line is 20 long that 1t seems
as If an active enemy might attack
its various columns and beat them In
detail, but the ground In which such
operation would have to be carried on
Is exceedingly broken II superior
Russian force Of 10000 or $4,000
moved 10 crush Kuroki's right wing.
it would find itself unable to draw out
the full effectiveness of its numbers
owing to the narrow passes and mis-
cradle roads over which it would have
to maneuver. While Kurokrs line Is
long from end to end, 1t Is not equally
thin in all places, but Is concentrated
in three columns at Takushan, Feng-
wangcheng. and the unknown point
north or northeast Small bodies Of
Cossack cavalry have been able to In
sert themselves between the three
points Of concentration and get in the
rear Of the Japanese. The raiders
have done little material harm. Their
chief value has been that Of scouts
and collectors Of intelligence.
Kouropatkin's army lies parallel to
Kurokps at distance Of 100 miles.
The scouts and advance guard of both
armies are keeping touch in the In
tervaL Kouropatkin's right rests at
Newchwang. and his forces extend
along the line of railroad through Hal
cheng to Liaoyang and Mukden. The
main concentration is at Liaoyang. Be
cause Of the railroad, however, the
Russian troops are exceedingly mo-
bile and the center of gravity can be
rapidly shifted Liaoyang is being
well fortified. If Oku's soldiers can
storm Port Arthur the survivors will
probably about face and push up the
railroad against the enemys right,
while at the same time Kuroki viii
make concerted advance against his
whole line, perhaps endeavoring to out
flank the Russian left. with his own
mysterious right.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1904-06-08
CHINA IKE DANCER SPOT.
"FiRhfing Bob" Evans Talks Of the
~ Crisis in the Far East.


Rear Admiral Evans, who has been
on cruise in the Far East, returned to
this country the other day on the battle
ship Kentucky after a record breaking
trip around the world Perhaps the fact
that he had been at sea and did not know
Of the strict neutrality order Of President
Roosevelt accounted for the frank talk
the admiral gave on the war between
Russia and japan. He was asked:
is there any danger of the Chirese
taking up arms in aid Of the Japan
eser
1T il the most probable and ut the
same time tire most terrible thing I can
think Of" be replied. Just that. There
is feeling of unrest among all classes.
It would need but little to make those
people rise up against the Russians.
IF that should occur Russia at once
would march an army down into Pekih,
which would probably mean the begin
ming OF great European war. Il Is to
the best interests OF the world to con-
fine the fighting to the two nations in
volved. For the present, at least, 1t is
a toss Of coin which Ii on top. But IL
the Chinese made a move 1t would draw
st ieasf three other nations into the war.
Nobody then could predict the outcome
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1904-06-08
KOREAN TROOPS IN BATTLE.

cossacks Driven Away After Attack on
Northern Town.
The Japanese consult at Gensan re-
ports that the first collision between Rus
sian and Korean troops has taken place
at krakow (Hamheung), the recent CEN
ter Of the northern Tonghak disturb
ances, In which the Koreans were robbed
and maltreated. Cossacks attacked the
so-called city castle, and exchanged shots
for two hours with the Korean garrison
of 300 men, who lost one man killed.
The Russians are supposed to have re-
tired toward the northwest
The Gensan garrison, which consists
of battalion of infantry, will not take
the initiative, but will await an attack.
The only sufferers, it Is pointed out, are
the Koreans.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1904-06-08
oLEoMARoARlNE LAW UPHELD.
Court Says Tax on Colored Article Ii
Constitutional.


Constitutional.
The United States Supreme Court has
handed down a decision declaring con-
stitutilnal the act of Congress which
imposes a tax OF 10 cents a pound on
oleomargarine when colored Like butter.
This verdict Is expected to make It diff
cult for butterine manufactures to exist
The issue was taken to the Supreme
Court as the result Of the prosecution
by United States officials of Leo w.
McCray. Fifty pounds Of oieomargarine,
colored lilse butter, were bought by Me-
Cray for resale. On his stock he paid
a tax Of one-quarter of ! cent pound,
which IL the tax on uncolOred oleomar-
garine, instead Of the tax OF 10 cents
pound, which Congress has declared
should be paid on all oleomargarine col
ored to look like butter McCray was
convicted in Ohio and then the case was
appealed.
According to- the men interested IN the
making Of butterine in Chicago, the pay
ment of the tax not only means loss OF
the money, but it also means loss Of
all the money spent in the building OF
the factories. There is no loophole Of
any kind for either the government or
the butterine manufacturers. The decis-
ion says explicitly what constitutes col
ored butterine, and declares the law to
he constitutional.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1904-06-08
Forty Years Ago.

Forty Years Ago.
]. Howard, Jr., q Brooklyn On. -
newspaper man, was arrested and con-
fined at Fort Lafayette, charged with
the authorship Of the famous "bogus
proclamation" calling for troops.
John w. w. Andrews, leader Of the
anti-draft riots In New York, was SEN
fenced to Sing Sing prison.
The women Of Chicago met to organ
lie a dress reform movement the OBJ
ject Of which was to taboo imported
fabrics, and thus keep money In this
country.
The Union army had advanced If
teen miles beyond Spottsylvania court
house In its movement on Richmond.
The British steamer Young Repub-
lie. captured while trying to run the
coast blockade, was taken Into the
port at Boston.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1904-06-08

VIZ hoo "of sea to sea by the
Kinchou heights, which form a strong
and useful outpost to Port Arthur. Be-
tween hinchou and Port Arthur there
was no available landing place for the
japanese troops. 1t was necessary for
them, therefore, to land above Kinchou
and march down over it before they
could take Port Arthur. Owing to the
circumscribed area maneuvering for
possession Of Kinchou and Nanshan
hill behind was almost impossible. The
situation resolved itself into a plain
case Of fight
The battle lasted for six days, but
the severe fighting was on Thursday,
May 26. The Russians fought like he
roes, but the Japanese fought like mad
men. The Nipponese combination Of
fanatical, reckless bravery with cool,
precise calculation, as demonstrated in
the battles of the Yalu and Kinchou,
has never before been seen In mill.
tary history.
1t is hardly too much to say that
live Japanese are invincible. The oniy
way to stop them when they receive
definite orders to go ahead is to kill
them. And from present indications
the only way Russia will be able to
whip them in this war will be to kill
them all. As long as there Is live
japanese army anywhere in Manchu-
ria 1t Is apt to be victorious.
The world is beginning to regard
the Jap soldier with excessive and un-
easy admiration. What sort Of sol
der is he who can In three months
upset all the carefully collected and
thoroughly accepted dicta over mill
tary art-who can disprove the infafli-
billy Of the lessons Of Cold Harbor,
St Private, Plevna, Shipka Pass. and
the Tugela-who can in the face Of
modern rifles carry strongly fortified
and numerously occupied height by d.
rect ASSAULT
Later news Of the Kinchou-Nanshan
fight makes the Japanese victory even
more overwhelming. They captured
fifty guns from their enemy besides"
as their official report puts it many
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1904-06-08
Declare japanese ship Sunk.

The Russian authorities at New
chwang declare that japanese battle
ship has been sunk by a submarine boat
and that three craft Of this class are
now at Port Arthur and another en- route
to vladivostok by rail. A French priest
just arrived at Newchwang from Mdk-
den says 10000 Russian troops are sta
toned there and that an army Of 1OO,-
600 men is at Laoyang, with heavy re-
endorsements arriving daily.
Feng Ling Keto. who was deported
by the Russians in July last and escaped.
has recently returned and has gathered
5000 brignnds near Kwanling and is
harassing his old enemies.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1904-06-08

Arrangements were made for the es-
adjustment Of French army in AL
SAGE and also in Hanover.
As a testimonial of the country's
high esteem for Lieut.. Decatur's gal
liant conduct in taking the frigate Phil
sdelphia a commission as captain In
the navy was issued to him.
The Secretary of the Navy ordered
all officers at Baltimore, Philadelphia,
and New York to close their recruiting
offices and report at once to their re-
spective ships.
The American minister to France
was In England in pursuit OF agricul-
tural information; also, some said.
with the view to obtaining loan for
the purchase Of Florida.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1904-06-08
Report 1000 Russians FaII.

The Shnhaikwnn correspondent OF the
London Daily Chronicle sends report
received from Newchwang that, on May
%, thinking that the Japanese had re-
tired from Fenghuangcheng. 1900 Rus
slams from Haicheng and Liaoyang
marched toward Fenghuangchens. They
were surprised by 10000 Japanese In the
Tatienling pass. The Russian casualties
were 1000 and over 1000 Russians sur
rendered. The report does moi state the
japanese losses.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1904-06-08

and resulted in a
decisive but most
bloody victory for
the Mikado's men.
Kinchou lies on
the Liaotung PENN
s u la, thirty-two
miles northeast of
Port Arthur. In its
vicinity the PENN
sula is but two
miles W ide and
dominated from
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1904-06-08
Thirty Years Ago.

suWV tcunS b9Os
After long trial on the charge Of
heresy, Of which he was not convict
ed, David Swing withdrew from the
Chicago Presbytery.
Ten thousand members Of the Dun
kard sect met In conference at Girard,
Ill. ~
The Episcopal convention in Phila-
delphia passed resolution opposing
the Introduction Of Romanizing ritual
In church services.
The marriage OF Nellie Grant, dangh-
ter Of President Grant, to Algernon
Charles Frederick Sartoris took place
In the White House at Washington,
ID. G.
Bishop Cannon, Mormon delegate in
the House Of Representatives from
Utah, declined to testify before the
House Election Committee In regard
to family affairs.
A national civil rights bill was pass
ed In the United States Senate.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1904-06-08
Se~enty-five Years Ago.

Seven steamboats, began the naviga.
ton of Lake Erie.
Roman Catholics In this country cele-
hrated with much Joy the passage Of
the Catholic relief bill by the British
Parliament.
Trial by jury in civil actions was In
troduced In Australia.
Gold was discovered In Burke C0un-
ty, N. G. Quicksilver was also found.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1904-06-08

Fifty Years Ago.
The new treaty of alliance between
England, France and Turkey was sign
ed at st Cloud.
The allied powers declared Greece
N state Of blockade.
The first railroad was inaugurated
in Sardinia, running between Turin
and Susa. The king and queen and
great concourse Of people participated
In the ceremonies.
One division Of the French army left
Malta In order to occupy Athens.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1904-06-08
WAR DURING WEEK.
JAPANESE ARE vIcToRs m SIX
DAYS FIGHTING.
Mikado's Land Army Moving Steadily
ON Port Arthur with Seemingly In.
vincib1e Advance - Kuroki's Men
Threaten to Take Fortress by Storm.

The last week Of the war, like most
of its predecessors, was japanese. The
second important land battle occurred
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1904-06-08
rweaty Years Ago.

Lightning set fire TO Philadelphia
oil refinery and $4,000 barrels of oil
burned.
Gen. Butler, at Lowell, Mass, ac-
cepted the nomination for President by
the National Anti-MonopoIy party.
The Methodist General Conference
at Philadelphia adopted a resolution
opposed to licensing women to preach.
Gen. John 9. Black, at Danville. Ill,
announced his candidacy for Governor
as leader Of the anti Harrison faction
of Illinois Democrats
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1904-03-12
MEATH INDUSTRIAL AWAKENING.

At meeting of the Kes urban council on
Tuesday, Andrew Gugerty, chairman. presiding
twelve other councillors being present, P, Collins
moved the following resolution:
THAT this council. recognizing the diminution
in the fairs and markets of the town. and also the
efforts made in various parts of ireland for
vving and establishing home industries, hereby
solve to make the best efforts in their power to
tabsh some industry for the town and district of
Kells and that meeting of the gentry, merchants
and traders of the town and district be called for
the purpose Of considering the best means of Civ
ing effect to the above resolution"
Pr Mcguire seconded.
The resolution was unanimously passed, and ar
rangements were made to hold meeting of the
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1904-03-12
ALLEGED RosRERY IN CHURCH.

On Tuesday, in the Dublin police, before Mr.
DrpTy, respectable looking young woman named
Bridget Whatley, who was described as shop as
slstant 6a AUnger street, was charged with hav-
church, Stephens green, a sum of E 40 from hand
bag the property of Mrs. Moore a2 Upper Dorset
street It appeared that Mrs. Moore was kneeling
in the church and fell asleep, when the prisoner
took the money out of her bag. She was detected
in the act by some persons in the church. When
arrested and searched only few shillings were
found IN her possession. She was remanded until
Monday next
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1904-03-12
DRIVER AND HORSE DRowNED.

\ dispatch from Belfast on Thursday says ::
Several startling accidents are reported since Tues
named Tinsley, employed by the Provincial Min
eral Water company, and the horse he was driving
Deceased proceeded about o'clock yesterday with
a load Of rubbish to the harbor sloblands. Nothing
further was heard of him until the man. horse and
cart were discovered today, by the aid of sunk fish
ing lines, swallowed up i'll the soft slime
Several persons who fell over the quay had
miraculous escapes.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1904-03-12
w1NpFA11 FOR GALWAY PEOPLE

During the present week an American attorney
has been in Galway endeavoring to discover the
heirs and relatives of Galway man named Pat
Devaney, who died i'll Boston about 1870, leaving
considerable to his credit in the savings bank
there. After visiting Claddagh, the fishing village
of the city, to which place deceased belonged, the
American gentleman satisfied that FIVE people,
all of the name of Oliver, entitled to partici-
pate in the money and accordingly e1,500 has this
week been distributed equally among them.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1904-03-12
FATAL ACCIDENT IN DUBLIN.

On Tuesday DIR. 1. A. Byrne, city coroner. held
an inquest at Stevens hospital into the circum-
stances attending the death of Michael O'Brien.
widower, aged 26, who resided at 26 Fitzwillian
street Ringsend, and who was killed the previous
day while working at a building in Rainsford
street which is being erected by Sir William Arrol
4 Co. of Glasgow for Messrs Guinness Il Son.
The deceased fell from the building, distance of
thirty-nine feet. He conveyed to the hospital
where on arrival he was found to be dead
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1904-03-12

Seek occasions to please the Heart of Jesus by
the practice of holy charity in always thinking and
speaking well of your neighbor, assisting the poor
ally, considering Jesus Christ in their person. and
doing nothing TO them which you would not wish
TO be done to yourself. Be patient toward all in or
der to give confidence to each other, and above all
10 the poor, who come to you in your need Be a
friend to everyone, and enemy to no one; then
Mary
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1904-03-12
Che Finding Of the Christians
Remarkable Episode in Japan's History.

From the year 1919, when ST. Francis Xavier be-
gan to SOW the seeds of Christianity in Japan until
the first persecution broke out half century later
the missionaries had converted nearly 100000
Japanese. Early IN the seventeenth century one of
the most awful prosecutions recorded in the history
of the church was begun, and for twenty years it
endured with violence surprising that Of Nero.
BY imperial edict a special department entitled
"I'he Christian Enquiry" was instituted for the
purpose Of searching out Christians and forcing
them 10 apostasy. Priest and laity were hunted
down; large rewards were offered for information
against Christians in every rank of life; special
scale was published for the betrayal OF parents by
their children and Of children by their parents His
tory has but verdict upon the dabolic atrocity
a the persecution.
Heroism of Japanese Martyrs.
One may search the grim history of early Chris
tan nartyrology," writes the author of The Con-
quests OF the Cross, without finding anything to
surpass the heroisn of the Roman Catholic mar
tyrs of Japan Burnt on stakes made Of crosses,
torn limb from limb buried alive they yet refused
10 recant. 1t has never been surpassed says Mr..
~. Murray OF this persecution, for cruelty and
brutality the part of the prosecutors, or for
courage and eonstancy on the part of those who
suffered
made OF what these heroic confessors of the faith
had to undergo
I'VE read" says one writer "of their being
hurled from the tops of precipices, of their being
buNed alive, Of their being torn asunder by oxen.
of their being tied up IN rice bags, which were
heaped up together, and Of the pile thus formed
being set on lire. Others were tortured before
death by the insertion of sharp spikes under the
nails OF their hands and feet, while some poor
wretches. by refinement of horrid cruelty. were
shut in cages and there left to starve with food
before their eyes"
Dreadful Torments Inflicted
Specially awful were the toments inflicted in
the caves OF Un-gen Tor On-sen) between Nagasaki
and Shimabara. Here some were plunged into the
boiling sulphus springs, others sufocated by the
fumes, some forced to drink enormous quantities
of water and then, like Margaret Citherce pressed
to death beneath crushing weights. But of all the
tortures the most terrible was that known as 'the
Fosse,' suspension head downwards into a pit.
the martyr hanging by a rope fastened to the feet
and attached to a projecting post. The suffering
eXerueiating, blood exuding from the mouth
and nostrils, and the pressure on the brain being
almost uncomfortable. Yet the victims usually sur
vived eight or nine days, We can hardly be sur
prised that many succumbed under the trial. and
that number fell away into apostasy. Yet what
were they compared with the glorious army of mar
tyrs, including women and children mostly natives
who triumphed and won their crown! Statistics