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The National tribune., 1904-06-02

Kim had been in trying to betray the
secrets of Japan, since it was the duty Of
all Koreans to support their conQuerors
The Chinaman added that the japanese
Major had asked the mourning gentleman
to make the speech. promising pay for it.
Then the little Major stepped out on the
mound, the orator having retired. He
spoke very low and briefly, but facing
Kim. The Ohinaman said. quite seriously.
that the officer was making n statement
Of the spy's offense. The Major ended.
paused, waited a moment. gave a STAG
cato order, and followed the grasscloth
mourner into the crowd.
-Four soldiers stepped ont from it, and
two more from another part of the circle
advanced and blindfolded Kim with a
coarse cotton cloth. AS far as any one
of the three were concerned in that, Kim's
face might have been made of putty.
The Major. without showing himself
gave another order. Without looking at
the others. the tallest of the group of four
soldiers stepped forward from his COM
panions and raised his rifle, aiming at the
bandage.
At the third order he shot from about 10
yards.
Nothing would have been unpleasant
had it not been for the white. watching
Koreans. They had pushed forward to
The National tribune., 1904-06-02
Some Rumanly Soldiers.

EDITOR NATIONAL TRIBUNE: In the
Spring of 1863 Joe Mowers Eagle Brigade
was in Memphis, Tenn, awaiting trans
pOrtatiOn down the river to Vicksburg.
Memphis was a hard place at that time;
may toughs of both armies were in the
town, and it was not safe for one or two
soldiers to be out at night; wherefore we
generally went in squads. Ben. Mckinley
was playing at the Memphis Theater that
Winter. Harry Withrow and myself, wish
ing to go to the theater one night, started
up town. The first trouble we encoun-
tered was a number of the brigade trying
to square up matters with Curley's board
ing house, on front row. | saw Dug Prem
tice in the crowd. and l told Harry We
would keep out until Dug got into trouble.
and then we would go to his relief. One
fellow, standing in a window above, had
4 good many things to say, and one Of the
47th Iii. drew revolver to shoot him.
When he raised the revolver TO shoot,
Dug, who was standing behind him,
jerked the weapon from him, stuck it un-
der his coat and walked off, and / don't
suppose the fellow has yet found out what
became Of his gun. In moment a woman
came to the window and called: 1.-The
little fellow has got the revolver"' The
boys were making so much noise that they
did not hear her; but Dug did, and said
''Ill stop her noise"' He fired at the win
dow, the glass ratified, and the woman
disappeared. Withrow and l went to the
theater, and there we found Adj't Brook
ins, of the 11th Mo-. and about 20 of the
boys, waiting to go in. Brookins, at the
head of the squad, marched the boys right
up to the 'front.' the seats of which were
all filed. Brookins told them: "Those
seats were reserved for the 18th Mo-"
Then another row occurred, but they gave
Brookins's crowd the seats. The curtain
did not rise to suit the boys, who shot on
the stage, and several times the company
was encored by shots at the stage. The
audience was about half made up of la
dies and other citizens of Memphis, who
made their exit as fast as possible. l was
Informed later that that exploit almost
ruined the theater for that Winter. Harry
and made our way back to the boat, but
most of the boys put up at Hotel de Irwin
Block:-JosEPH JONES, Co. G, 18th Mo-,
Tnami I'll
The National tribune., 1904-06-02
FIGHTING AT KINGDOM.
The japanese Make q Direct Front Attack
Upon . Strong Russian Line and carry II.
Nov within Ia Miles OF Port Arthur.

The Russians have sustained another
surprising reverse. 1t was supposed that
they would make an obstinate defense OF
the narrow neck of land Il miles nortn Oh
Port Arthur, lying between kin-chow Bay
on the west, and Tahenwhan Oh the east.
The peninsula is here only two or three
miles wide is rugged in character, admit
ting of strong fOrtifcation. The Russians
have been fortifying it for months and
mounted there number of their largest
and heaviest guns. With breech-loauHlS
arms a few thousand Russians should
have been able to stand off the whole ia
panese army-no matter how many hun
dren thousand men. The more rushed
against them the more they would Kill.
The japanese came up, deployed along
the line, and on May % began a series OF
spirited direct assaults.
on the Russian batteries. in which work
they were aided by four gunboats from
Kin-chOu Bay. They succeeded III sllenc-
ing many of the enemy's guns.
The Russians had constructed series
of trenches around the hills on terrace
protected by wire entanglements and other
such devices.
The Japanese made q series of rushes.
but they were in vain. The deadly rifle
and cannon fire of the enemy checked
them repeatedly.
Finally..at O'clock in the afternoon,
the Japanese reformed and stormed the
crest of the hill. The Russians held to
their position doggedly. and it was I
o'clock in the evening before the japanese
finally gained possession of the ridge.
FOUGHT AGAINST GREAT ODDS.
A japanese officer of high rank made
the following statement:
1.-The japanese in attacking Kin-chou
and Nanshan Hill had to fight against
great odds. The Russians were in full
command of the strategical advantages
afforded by nature, and these advantages
were augmented by the newest inven-
tions for Defense The forts on Nanshan
Hill were armed with heavy guns. The
Japanese had only field guns. heavy guns
being unavailable on account of the diff
fculties of transportation.
The losses are not yet known, but
those of the Japanese must have been very
heavy.
This settles the fate of Port Arthur.
The Russians have made their best fight.
and have been badly whipped morally and
physically-the moral defeat must be
more severe than the physical.
The National tribune., 1904-06-02
Another Important Feature

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While at the factory In Cincinnati the
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may be interesting to our readers we repro
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Mr. F. D. Arnold, Of Nebr., writes: "That
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The mechanism is so simple easily operated
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Mrs. J. l.. Hamilton. writes: Am delight
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The National tribune., 1904-06-02
ILLINOIS LADIES OF THE GAR.
Capture of the Capital of Illinois by the Vet
erans and Their Wives.

EDITOR NATIONAL TRIBUNE: With
drums beating and banners flying, the Off
GERS of the Department and the delegates
to the 18th Annual Convention of the
Ladies of the q. "A. R.. Department of Hi
nois, marched to Springfield, captured the
Capitol, took possession of the Senate
Chamber, and proceeded for two days to
hold it, conducting the most successful
campaign in their history. The attendance
was large, the citizens were invariably
kind; "All things worked together for
good" from the time the outgoing Presi-
dent, Sarah Nj. Boyd, Of Chicago, H., took
up the gavel to call for attention" until
G. Mcclure, of Peoria, ILL.,, let it drop for
taps" to close.
True, there were a few scattering shots
and there was a little skirmishing along
the picket lines, but the Grand Army
women are loyal to their obligation, and
no foe, from whatever quarter, will find
them off their guard where danger men
mics they stand united, shoulder to ShOui-
der, heart to heart, hand to hand.
A number of representative comrades
of the Grand Army said: Never have
the Grand Army men been so proud of the
Grand Army women as this year." They
had every reason to be thus proud. The
outgoing President, Sarah NJ. Boyd,
uIRnl0eu anu DOHOTeu the ONCE as tie
representative head of the progressive
women Of the Department, as her greet
ings to tine Grand Army in the packed
Arsenal and Armory, at Springfield.
April 2G, exemplifed Virginia G. Mcclure.
who takes up the work where Mrs. Boyd
laid it down, brings gifts and graces to the
Office that promise great victories for the
coming year.
The Convention and it's varied bodies
attended a reception rendered the Grand
Army by the wife of Gov. Yates. The
Governor is a son Of the War Governor Of
Illinois.
A gavel made from tree that grew in
the yard of the old home of John A. Lo-
gan, at Murphysboro, ILL.,, the gift of Mrs
Tucker, Past President of VIM. Saylor
Circle, was presented by Ophelia E.
Blair to the President of John A. Logan
Circle, Chicago, Ill.
A resolution was adopted advising a
more general display of our starry ban
ner in the homes of the people throughout
the country, on the day when Nation
pauses to drop a tear above it's heroic
dead.-OPHELIA K. BLAIR, Press Core
spondent, Department Illinois, Ladies of
the G. A. r., Chicago. Ill.
The National tribune., 1904-06-02
The Japanese Week.

In old Japan the week was entirely un-
known, and it was not until the present
era that the ichiroku. or holidays, one of
the "ones'' and skies of each month ii. e.,
on the 1st, 9th. 11th, etc., were intro
duced. But that was speedily abandoned,
for the week system. Sunday is an Off
cial holiday, with names adapted from the
Occidental names. as follows: Nichayobi
(Sun-day), Getsuyobi CIOOn-day), KayObi
Mars-day). Suiyobi NIercury-day), Moku-
yobi Jupiter-day). Kinyobi Venus-day),
Doyobi (Saturn-day). Sunday is in vul-
gar parlance also called DOntaka. which
is a corruption of the Dutch Zontag. and
Saturday is called Handow, that is half
Sunday"
The National tribune., 1904-06-02
Department of Georgia.

Department Commander J. A. CONNER
ford, Marietta, Ga, elected at the 18th
Annual Encampment of the Georgia DE.
partment. G. a. r.. March 8, by General
Order No. !, publishes the Department
Roster:
Commander, J. A. Commerford; s. v
c., Isaac Beckett. Savannah: J. Y. G., Ed.
ward Wallace. Beaufort, S. c.; Medical
Director, S. G. Brown, Fitzgerald. Ga.
Chaplain. ]. X. Green, Fitzgerald Coun-
ell of Administration Nj. G. Wilcox, Mt
Airy; G. Breunig. Atlanta: +. II. Kruger
Atlanta: ]. III. Mosher, Fitzgerald; +. A
Pugh Charleston, $. {.
These staff appointments are made: Jas
p. Ayerill, A. A. G. and A. q. NJ. G.. At
lanta; Inspector, l.. Z. Hills, Atlanta
S. A. Darnell. Judge Advocate, Atlanta
]. H. Rinard, Chief Mastering Officer,
Atlanta.
Department headquarters. Atlanta.
The National tribune., 1904-06-02
GRATED SUNFLOWERS.
10th Kan. Man Wakes Up with Some

EDITOR NATIONAL TRIBUNE: W. H.
Harris, Go. Il, 10th Kan, asks if any
reader remembers the blowing ND of an
ammunition wagon while in Kansas City
His inquiry caused me to hunt up my old
army notes. ! have daily record, from
our muster at Fort Leavenworth, Aug. 81,
to March q, when the old Sd and 4th Kan.
were consolidated.
The explosion occurred Oct. 6. 1861. |
note: "A fire in one of our ammunition
wagons caused MI explosion, before water
could be applied resulting in burning two
mules. No person was hurt"
l notice under, date of Oct. 5: "Col.
Weer, of the 4th, Kan, caused one of his
men to be gagged result, the man died .
To old comrades, of Co. G., 3D. and 10th
Kan: have copy of muster-out roll of
the company, dated Aug. %, 1864, ut For,
Leavenworth. Wei did not veteranize.
VIM. Woodruff, Co. A. is Commander of
Fred Winthrop Post, II, here John Goff.
Go. +, lives at Corvallis, Rayalli Co,
Mont. | see him quite often. Orderly
Serg.t Smith had the pleasure of meeting
i'll Olympia, Wash; lie was then Clerk Of
the District Court.t l also had the grea
pleasure of meeting Mai. II. H. Williams
and Corpl Chestnut, co. +, at San Diego,
Cal. | also had the pleasure of meetn.,
here Reece Williamson. Co. G, and Ben.
Reader. Co. Il.
attended the National Encampment
at Washington. ID. c., 1902, when hoped
to meet number of my old comrades.
Kansas was we'll represented but there
were only three of the old 3d and 10Th
Kan, Gen. JOS. X. Hudson, now of TO
peka, Kan, and his brother, Samuel Hud-
son, now OF Orlando, Fla. hoped to
meet my old terminate, Stanton Weaver.
late OF Washington. ID. c.. but he had
gone thence. There was about il baker )
dozen OF us, including the above-named
three, who paid our way from Salem.
Ohio, to Kansas, so that we could be
under the command of James Montgomery,
the FIRE. State Captain Of Kansas, who
was our Colonel. Barclay Coppoc, one Of
john Browns Lieutenants, who got away
The National tribune., 1904-06-02

(Harper's Weekly)
The first spy caught by Japan in this
war met his death on March % at Pyeng-
Yang, on the plain just outside the north
gate OF the city. below the verandas of the
missionaries houses. Pyeng- Yang is the
ancient Korean capital. Now it is Japan's
secondary base" in the advance to the
Yalu-a vast warren of mud novels,
thatched roofs, sickening bitches, and tall
beardless men wearing white robes and
long impotent faces. Kim Sachong, the
spy, was a young Korean. Before the war
he built skids in the SHOWS of the Yalu
forests, in a lumber camp ceded to Russia
by the Korean Emperor just after his
mother was soaked in kerosene and burned
by the Japs at Seoul in 1895, and III. 1. NJ.
was bundled out Of the palace at night and
hidden in the Cars legation. That lumber
camp, with it's Cossack guard, was one of
the straws that broke the back of japanese
patience. Maybe the death of Kim helped
to even the score.
kim's home was in Wonsan, on the east
coast of the peninsula. l should like to say
that he had a wife and child there, and
that he thought of their poverty when the
Captain Of the Cossack guard, hearing Of
the humiliation at Chemulpo, quartered his
men in the sawmill, shipped the Chinese
The National tribune., 1904-06-02
The Japanese at Takushan.

The Japanese began landing troops May
q at Takushan, point about 40 miles
southwest Of An-tung, and it looks as
though they came there TO stay, since they
at once began building barracks Takushan
is an important strategic point for the
army landing there can take on the flank
the Russian army in front of Feng-w
cheng, and Also assist the troops which
are investing Port Arthur. The army will
also be available for an advance to the
northwest, directly upon the railroad at
Hai-cheng. Thus it looks as if this land
ing would be something for which the Rus
slams would have to keep a very intense
outlook.
The National tribune., 1904-06-02
WAR In THE ORIENT.
The japanese Filling Up the Peninsula with Toops-Port Arth
Outer Line Carried After Hard Fight.

foreman to Liao- Yang, on the Manchurian
Railway, the Koreans to their homes, and
pressed two paper rubles into Kim's left
hand. But l know he thought of nothing
but the idleness the rubles would buy, add
ed to the larger bribe promised when he
should return from Anju in the Jap's coun-
try to the south with news of how many
troops were there and where these troops
were going.
Kim was fitted for this spy's work,
thought the CosSackS. They could under
stand him. Two summers fishing in Pos
siet Bay, south of Vladivostok. had taught
him Russian. But. as it turned out, Kim
was misjudged. though the paper rubles.
which were enough pay to Kim for eter-
nity Immediately caused his undoing.
Rank after rank of the little yellow
fighters of the second division trudging
north on the Anju road for five days faced
The National tribune., 1904-06-02

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This Is certainly good chance for our
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Hundreds OF other prominent people highly
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The writer personally saw these Oil-Gas
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them
The National tribune., 1904-06-02
Department OF North Dakota.

General Orders No. informs Com
rades that the 10Th Annual Encampment.
Department of North Dakota, will be held
at oakes, June 14-16. The Department
Commander, Ii. J. Rowe, makes special
and urgent suggestion that comrades use
every possible exertion to organize and ef-
fectively establish for active work Wom-
ans relief Corps, Sons of Veterans and
kindred auxiiaries everywhere, so that as
the strength of the Posts decline the work
they do may be transferred to ready hands
and be directed by loving and willing
hearts.
The National tribune., 1904-06-02

furnish fuel gas for cooking for small
family.
may be purchased in every grocery-is
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blue flame gas fire In the burner for about
1S hours and as a stove Is only used or
hours day in most families for cooking,
the expense Of operating would be but little.
In addition to It's cheapness is added the
comfort. cleanliness-abSence of SCOT, coal,
dirt, ashes. etc.
What pleasure to just turn on the oil
light the gas-a hot fire ready to cook.
When through. turn 1t off. Just think:
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1t generates the gas only as needed-Is
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and another feature Is its PERFECT
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The National tribune., 1904-06-02

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As will be noticed from the engraving, this
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The National tribune., 1904-06-02
Department of olorado and Wyoming.

General Order 8. from Department
Headquarters, Denver, Colo, Department
of Colorado and Wyoming. G.. A. r., an
nOunces that the 25th Annual Encamp-
ment Of the Department will be held in
Canyon City, June 14-16.
Paragraph NJ Of the order makes a
showing Of vast credit to the Department.
1t calls on 1.-THE only two Posts in the De-
partment' that have not paid their dues to
do so.
Paragraph vi announces that the De-
The National tribune., 1904-06-02

from Harper's Ferry. was our First Lieu
tenant, but lie was killed on Platte River
Bridge, Mo-, on the st. Joe 4 Hannibal
r. II.
If knew when the 10th Kan. had their
Reunion / might forward copy of my
diary, as it might be of interest to same.
Col. Fox's History of Regimental
Losses says that the 3D. and 4th Kan.
were mixed color! Mistake; all white
WIN. II. III. DICKINSON, Past Department
The National tribune., 1904-06-02
Legal Burial.
dune Lippincott's.l

AS there is law against burying in the
city of Albany, the Bishop had to have n
special act of Legislature to be buried in
the Cathedral. He was successful in hay.
ing the act pass the lawmakers. bur his
friends were astonished and worried when
they read its text. 1t began with the usual
this:
Eve do grant that Bishop Doane be
buried within the precincts of the Cathe.
dral at Albany. This act to take effect
immediately"
The National tribune., 1904-06-02
Indiana w. .R.C

Department President. Sarah c. White.
Indiana W. II. c.. by General Order II,
notifies the respective Corps that the De
partment Convention will be held at WI
mona, June 14-1f. The order states that on
June II, Flag Day, the Department will.
with appropriate. patriotic. impressive and
instructive ceremonies, present a flag to
the High School at Warsaw.
The National tribune., 1904-06-02
Department of Utah.

The Department Encampment, G.. A.
r.. Of Utah. for 1904, will convene at
Park City, June q. Comrade {. o.
Farnsworth, IL East Third Street. Salt
Lake City. is A. A.-General of the Depart
ment-now in that office for the third
consecutive term. After the new admin
istration comes in we will probably an
nource: AS usual, Comrade C. o. Farms
WORTH etc.
The National tribune., 1904-06-02

genius Of Cincinnati has invented new
scientific oil-gas generator that is proving n
blessing to women folks, enabling them to
cook with gas--releving them of drudgery.
Makes cooking and homework a delight and
at the same time often saves 1-3 to IL In
cost Of fuel.
How often have many of our lady readers
remarked that they would give anything to
get rid Of the drudgery of using the dirty
coal and wood StoyeS-alSo the smoky oil
wick stoves and their gasoline stoves which
are so dangerous and liable to cause explo-
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Well, that day has arrived and a fine sub
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can now have gas fuel for cooking. baking
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health.
The National tribune., 1904-06-02
NOT DANGEROUS LIKE GASO-
LINE

And liable to explode and canse fire at any
moment. This stove is safe that you could
drop match in the oil tank and it would 60 out.
This Oil-Gas Stove does any kind Of cook
Ing that coal or gas range Will do-inyal-
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be done
The National tribune., 1904-06-02
Strength of the Armies.

The Berlin Militaire Wochenblatt-an
authority-estimates that the Russian field
forces, inclusive of the Siberian Reserves,
number 10000, with 46O guns, and that
the European reenforcements now mObil-
izing will bring the total up to 100000
with 638 guns.
The japanese field army, inclusive of
The National tribune., 1904-06-02

form a circle within the soldiers. When
Kim was blindfolded, all squatted at once,
expectantly, and lit their long pipes. AT
the shot they half-raised themselves on
their hanches, opening their mouths wide.
When -Kim's head fell to one side, all of
them smiled broadly and a few laughed
outright.