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The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1904-04-14
Seems to Be Plan of Russian
Officers in Manchuria.
A CONTINUOUS RETREAT
HOPE to Draw MikaGo's Forces Far
from Their Base and Then Gen.
centrate for Attack in Over
whelmirg Numbers.

The trend of advices received IL
Shanghai, China, indicates that the
Russians 90 not intend to offer battle
to the Japanese. Everything seems to
indicate that the czar's forces are stea-
dily falling back as the Japanese ad-
vance into Manchuria Chinese coming
from southern Manchuria report that a
great retrograde movement is in prog
ress all along the Russian line. 1t IS
even stated that the Russians will not
attempt to hold Niuchwang, if it is Sc.
riously threatened by the Japanese.
The Russian plan of campaign, view
ed in the light of this retrograde move
ment, seems to have FOR it's object the
drawing Of the japanese forces fa:
into Manchuria, where no assistance
could be expected from the fleet.
Then the Russians hope to concen'
trate, fall upon the Japanese in oves'
whelming force and crush them. Ii
fact, the Russian general officers seem
to be adopting the tactics which
proved SO fatal tJ Napoleon when he
invaded Russia. " >
Chinese refugees from Manchurla
tell stories of great hardships being
enduring by the Russian army.
There is lack Of clothing, food and
equipments CT almost every kind. Hun
dreds of the soldiers are sick, and the
hospital arrangements are so defective
that many of the sick are dying fol
want of proper nursing --,-. -
The Japanese are reported TO D;
rapidly advancing from the Yalu river,
which they crossed several days ago
The Russians are making no attempt
to resist, simply falling back as the
Japanese come on. If the Russians
persist in their retrograde tactics II
may be difacult for the Japanese te
force a general engagement.
General Kuropatkin's visit to Ne"
Chwang has inspired boundless con'l
dence. The government has ordered
1000 reserves to reinforce this posi-
ton: while an additional force OF La,
600 men Is ready to concentrate upon
, this place at short notice II necessary
It is estimated now that. there are
100000 RUSSIA roops IN Manchuria
General Wojack has taken over the
command at New Chwang from Gen
eral Kondratvitch. The preparations
for the defense Of the town are com
plete. -.s. p
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1904-04-14
Census Office Issues State
ment as to Population.
EIGHTY MILLION PEOPLE
The Bulletin Shows Estimates Of 1908
for All Cities of $4,000 Pcpu!a-
tion and Upwards in the South
ern States.

The Census bureau at Washington
issued a bulletin Thursday, which
gives the estimated population of the
United States for 1908, exclusive OF
Alaska and the insular possessions OF
the United States, at 79,9O0,sSs. This
is an increase of S,905,S14 since the
census Of 1900.
According to these estimates Ne"
York is now a city OF 3,I16,l39 lnha2-
itants; Chicago is rapidly approaching
the two million marx, having 1,S7S,SS0
inhabitants; Philadelphia has 1851
ZIG: St. Louis has just passed anu
Boston has almost reached the six
hundred thousand mark; Baltimore
has 531, 1,SlS; Cleveland, Ohio, is now
a considerable distance ahead OF C.n'
cinnati, which cities have 414,s50 ami
232,934, respectively.
Detroit, Milwaukee and New Orleans
have just passed 100000 and Washing.
ton is close to that figure. - - -
The following are the estimates OF
the population N 1903 of all cities CIV
en- 25,oOpg and upwards in tae south
ern states: # =
Arkansas-Little Rock, 42,0s6. :
Kentucky-C -Covington, 44,759; Lex
ingtcn, 27,s09; Louisville, E215,4o2;
Newport, 29,315. ~ -
Louisiana-New Orleans, 3OO.625. -,
Tsanessee- Chattanooga, 3O,4S9;
Knoxville, 34,344; Memphis, 1869;
Nashville, S2.71l. ..,.-. -
3Texas-Danas,. 44,l59; Fort WORTH
27lea; Galveston, 31,742; Houston,
50,760; San Antonio, 5S,016.
Floriia-Jacksonvill 31,79S.
[Gecrg 96,550; Augusta,
41,2sS; Savannah G4.562.
South Carollna-Charleston 56,062.
Virg;nia-Norfolk, 55,149; Richmond i
S6,14a. 60. ..i ",:+ . 1855
2Alabana-Birmingham. 42.0S7; Mo-
bile. 40,6S6; Montgomery, S2,Ss4.
There are no cities credited with
$4,000 population in Mississippi and
North Carolina.
considered by states New York
leads in population, with more than
seven and half Million; Pennsylva-
mia exceeds six and a half million, and
Illinois has passed five million; Texas
has over three million, having passed
Missouri.
But twenty-five states now have less
than million inhabitants, and four-
teen exceed two million.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1904-04-14
AMosT STRENUOUS STRIKE.
Franklin Unions LABOR War at Chi
scaqo Results in Murders. Z


cage Results in Murders.
Another name has been added to
the death roll that has distinguishe:
the progress of the Franklin Unions
labor war on the International Assa-
citation of Pressmen at Chicago. Roy
Travis, an 1S-year-old press feeder, be-
ing assaulted by Franklin Union pick
cts, drew his revolver and fatally
wounded M:chae, Boland Monday.
The strike of the union has been
marked by one previous killing AMI
nearly 100 assaults. Scores of cases
of intimidation have been reported 20
the police and nearly 800 arrests fol-
lowed. Fifteen Franklin union men,
bers were indicted by the december
grand jury.
The union, testimony showed, spent
nearly $4,000 on the strike and In ael-
dition, was twice fined $1,000 for v:o-
lating injunctions. It's officials were
also fined and sent to jail by Judge
Holdom. Now Judge Kohlsaat, in the
federal court has granted a sweeping
injunction against the organization.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1904-04-14
skIRMisHEs MARK RETREAT.

Frequent Sharp Fights Occur Between
Japs and Russians in Manchuria.
- An Associated Press dispatch OF
Monday from St. Petersburg says:
Dispatches received from the Far East
report constant skirmishing between
the Japanese forces which have cross
ed the Yalu and the Russian outposts.
The Russian pickets, in obedience
to instructions, fall back when hard
pressed by the Japanese. Several of
these skirm:shes have been hotly con-
tested, and there have been several
casualties on both sides.
It is no part of the Russian plan Of
campaign to bring on general en-
gagement at present. The Cossack de-
tachments which form the advance
guard have been ordered to harass the
advancing Japanese IN every way pos
sible, but always to fall back when out
numbered
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1904-04-14
ANENT ANTl-JUG LAW.

Representative Clayton Files Favora-
BILE Committee Report in House.
A Washington special says: A re-
port favoring the passage of the Hep
burn and Dolliver bill granting the
states police power over original pack
ages of liquor shipped within their bor-
ders as interstate commerce was filed
in the house Friday by Representative
Clayton, Of Alabama. The report
says: ,..- =.
There has arisen considerable mis-
apprehension as to the meaning and
purpose Of the proposed legislation. It
has been said by some to be prohi-
bition measure and by offers to be
an attempt to deprive the individual
citizen of the right to have beer, wine
and other liquors shipped to him from
another state for his own use and en-
joyment. Neither of the assertions IS
true, as 1--WE think has been demon
strated.
This bill is not intended to pro-
hibit the sale and use of beer wine or
ether Intoxicating liquors which have
been uniformly held by the United
States to be legitimate articles of com.
merce. nor is the measure designed TO
abridge the right Of citizen of one
state to import from another state
such beverages as he may desire for
his own use, as before saying. The
purpose Of tbs proposition law and it's
sole purpose is to allow each state TO
carry out it's own domestic or internal
policy in regard to the control of in
toxicating beverages within the bound
aries Of the state
'The sole effect will be to pe,m:t
the state, if it so wills, to circumscribe
the sale of Intoxicating beverages
within its boundaries to the full extent
that it may desire to RESTRAIN such
traffic or to regulate the sale of the
same through the medium of it's own
laws, including local option laws, high
license laws or dispensary laws"
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1904-04-14
MOROS COURT DEATH.
General Woods Troops Forced to Slay
Treschcrous Fiiipinos After
Peaceful Cycrturcs Fai;sc.

The following bulletin was posted
At the war department. Washington,
Monday:
Genera! Wood reports that he l2v:i-
ed Sultan Taraca to meet aim al VIZ
ars on March 81 ior consultation anu
that the sultan refused to come an
instead made extensive hostile nrepa'
rations. Marching columns from
Marshut and Wears left on the "a OF
April to assemble the cavalry. The
Wears column was fired into about
ten miles from Wears and one enlisted
man was seriously wounded. The
Marshut column was strongly resisted
at the mouth of the Taraca river, al
though every effort was made to ac-
complish a peaceful landing; two en-
listed men were seriously wounded.
The combined forces assembled in the
valley on the 4th of April and large
number of fortified cottas were de-
stroyed from April 4th to April 7th'
The troops then returned to their prop
er stations.
Newcomb, Company K, Seventeenth
infantry, and WampleT, company D.
Twenty-third infantry. were killed.
Every effort was made to bring the
Moros to terms peacefully. but in each
instance our troops were attacked be-
fore firing a shot and force was only
used when all peaceful methods failed
and the enemy attacked us. The two
chiefs who have been at the bottom
of all the trouble on the east side Oh
the Linao for two years are now IN
hiding. and they will be arrested il
possible. ---.-~-~.-.
General Wade. to whom General
Woods report was made and who
transmitted it to the department.. adds
that the conditions in the Taraca val
ley for the last three months had been
/ such as to render the above action
absolutely necessary, -"
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1904-04-14
INDIANS DIE IN WRECK.
untutored Children Of the Forest Man.
qled in a Railroad Smash-Up.

Untutored Children of the Forest Man.
aled in a Railroad smash-up.
"A fast mail crashed into passenger
train: ron the Chicago and Northwestern
railroad near Maynard, Ohio, Thursday
morning, causing the death OF three
Indians and injuries to twenty-three
others who were on their way to New
York for exhibition purposes.
After the bodies of the dead had
been removed from the wreck and
placed in row on the prairie beside
the tracks, an incident probably up-
paralle;ed in railway records took
place. The uninjured among the IN
dians gathered about and led by Chief
Iron Tail, solemnly chanted the Indian
death song se
The dead are: Kill Head, Philip
Iron Tail, Thomas Comelast
Fatally injured: Big Chief White
Horse, Luther Standing Bear, Annie
GooSeface.
Those less seriously injured were:
Mrs. Thomas Comelast, Tommie Come
last. S-year-old boy; Sammy Lonebear,
Abraham Goodinow, Blind Eagle, Lit
tie Elk, Charge the Enemy. Head Chief
Highball, William Sitting Bull, son Of
Chief Sitting Bull, q years old.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1904-04-14
MANY HoUNDING HARDEN.

Alleged swindIer Having 8 Strenuous
Time With Officers of the Law.
After being the principal Wednes-
day morning in habeas corpus trial
before Judge Calhoun in the Atlanta
city criminal court, which resulted in
the writ being denied and which was
followed by highly sensational deyel-
opments, then beng served successive
ly with state and United States war
rant, and afterwards kept in hiding for
several hours, Leroy c. Harden, the
prisoner arrested in Tampa, Fla, on
warrant from Cincinnati, was finally
hustled into United States mail car
that left Atlanta Wednesday night
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1904-04-14
DEATH CLAIMS w. A. TURK.

Popuar General Traffic Manager OF
Southern Victim Of Pneumonia.
After three days illness, ". A. Turk,
general traffic manager of the South
ern railway, died Saturday night at
his home in Washington, D. c., Of
pneumonia
Mr.. Turk was So years of age, and
is survived by his widow and two
children, Miss Margaret and Randolph.
Mr.. Turks death was great shock
to the southern colony in Washington,
and will undoubtedly be felt in all
regions traversed by the Southern sys-
tenn. He h. been prominent in rail
road interests in the south for over
twenty years.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1904-04-14
Assertion of Cochran in De-
nouncing Pension Order.
USURPATION is CHARGED
New York Congressman Calls on Mem.
bers to Assert Their Rights.
An Attack on President
Roosevelt.

A Washington special says: In the
house Saturday Mr.. Cochran, of New
York, spoke on his resolution directing
an inquiry by the judiciary committee
as to whether there was authority Ia
the law for the recent executive order
relating to pensions of age disability.
The committee on rules reported au
order directing the order to lie on ths
table.
MIR. Cockran's remarks were the first
ne had delivered since his entry into
the ifty-eighth congress as the sue
cessor to George B. Mcclellan. When
he began to speak he at once COM
manded the attention Of members OF
both sides of the house.
He said the resolution was offered
solely to vindicate the dignity of the
house. He did not, he said, question
the propriety Of paying liberal pen
sions to federal soldiers, but he de-
clared that the basis of these pay
ments should be the laws of congress,
"and not any self-constituted autho--
ity." If, he said, the presidents order
Is recognized by the house, what
fragment of power is there left to the
house?" By one stroke Of the pen'
he declared, the president had appro-
priated s30,OOO,OO0, and he said it was
matter with which congress must
deal, if it be animated by shadow
of loyalty for the constitution which
created 1t. He vigorously asselte-
that 1--WE are here at the parting OF
the ways" and inquired 'if this order
be tolerated without protest by the
house, what power is there that the ex
ecuive cannot usurp?"
After attacking what he declared to
be the presidents usurpation OF pow
ers of Interpretation, he said that tns
order should not be retroactive. Nj
Cochran appealed to members OF ootn
sides Of the house to consider the
enormity Of this proposal which ne
said affected the liberty and safety Il
the government. In his opinion, the
steady decline in the dignity OF the
house had attracted much attention
He said: 'If we cannot rescue our
selves from degradation and decrepi
tude into which we seem to be hurry
Ing. then we better leave the condition
to be lamented rather than to be dis
cussed."
Tears, he said, belonged to women
while discussion belonged to men
! The dignity and power Of the house
he maintained, were within the con
troll of its own members, ::and,' ne
said, "it needs but loyalty on our part
to restore US no merely to an impor
tant. but to a dominant position"
The congress, he said, had so lost
caste that today there was not pa
per outside of Washington that gave
more than one or two paragraphs
about it's proceedings.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1904-04-14
A POINTER FOR CARNEGIE.
Fearing to Die Rich, Miser Gives Away
Property to Deserving Poor.

Fearing to Die Rich, Miser Gives Away
Property to Deserving Poor.
Clark Ridley, of Newmarket, Mass,
having reached the age of IS, has de-,
cided that it is disgrace to die rich
and announces that he will at once
give all his property to deserving per-
sons of his own selection. Already he
has disposed of three houses and lois
and says he has several left, together
with other property valued at $4,000.
Ridley has been known for many
years as miseT. "The rich men give
property to some institution" he said.
THAT is not really deed Of charity.
If a. man has got something to give
away he should give it to somebody
that will appreciate it and do them
some good"
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1904-04-14
SENATE EULOGlZES HANNA.

Many Speakers Review Life and Pub
lie Career of Departed Statesman.
The senate Thursday listened to e.!,
logies of the late Senator Hanna. The
galleries were we'll filed and the
speakers given close attention. Those
who spoke were:
Messrs. Foraker, Scott. Cockrell.
Platt of Connecticut, Cuilom, Black
burn, Elkins, Fairbanks. Daniel, Pei,
kins, Depew, Beveridge, Dolliver,
Kearns and Dick.
Mr.. Foraker's address was a candid
review of the public career anil frank
analysis of the character OF his late
colleague.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1904-04-14
IEVEES ARE IN DANGER.
Wind and Wave Threaten Calamity
Along the Mississippi-5l'zzard
and Snow Storms Rage.

Friday the Mississippi river at Mem.
phis registered 3z.9 feet, rise OF As
feet in three days. This stage is I
$40 above the danger line, and pros
poets now point to 90 feet, or possibly
higher water.
The strain upon tie levees contin-
ues to- increase with the increasing
height of the food, against which an
unceasing watch must be maintained
night and day.
Captain Lucas and Chief Engineer
Pharr expresses firm convictions that
the levees with careful watching will
stand the ordeal. Active measures,
however, are being taken to guard
against every approach of the water.
A number Of streets in North Men,
phis have been overflowed with back
water from ,Sayou Gayoso, delaying
traffic to some extent, but no damage
has occurred. Railroads have expe'
rienced no interruption whatever, and
it will take 40-foot stage Of water to
give them any serious trouble.
Notices have been given to steam
boat captains passing the exposed
leyee in the vicinity of Luxora, Ark,
to reduce speed or keep on the oppc-
site side of the river in order to pre-
vent damage to the levee from wave
wash. The water at this point is high
upon the levee and is causing consid-
cradle alarm to the Inhabitants OF that
vicinity.
The levees at Golden lake and Brad
ley Landing, Ark, are under very
severe strain and forces are at work
topping and Strengthening them. The
water on the Arkansas. side, opposite
Memphis covers the low lands to a
distance ofsfrom Is to 20 miles.
Snow Storm in cakota.
A severe wind and snow storm pre-
vailed over North and South Dakota,
Thursday night and Friday,
and in some instances railroad traffic
was blocked and telegraph service So
riously hindered.v~ = ~. ~ g.
8, Fair. Building. .Wrseked.
The high wind that prevailed in ST.
Louis Friday completely destroyed the
partially completed bazar building in
the Japanese reservation in the
worlds fair, not a timber being left
standing. None Of the workmen was
injured. The work of reconstruction
was begun almost Immediately. No
other buildings on the grounds wero
damaged.
Blizzard in Nebraska.
Nebraska was swept by the worst
blizzard Of the year Friday and the
most severe April storm known in
many years. A fine sheet of sleet and
snow was driven by a wind that at
times reached the proportions of
hurricane.
Minor damage was reported from
several towns Cattle on the ranges
turned out for spring grazing will suf
fer, the temperature having fallen 70
degrees within twelve hours.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1904-04-14

Money for Rivers and Harbors.
The house Monday passed the bill
reported by the committee on rivers
and harbors, appropriating s3,0OO,00o
for the restoration or maintenance o:
channels, or Of other river and harbor
improvements.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1904-04-14
BURTON GIVEN SENTENCE.
Kansas Senator Must Serve Six
Months in Jail and Pay Fine Of
S25co Was Edict Of Court.

At St. Louis, Wednesday, United
States Senator Burton, Of Kansas, was
sentenced to six months Imprisonment
in the Iron county Jail and fined $500
for having been convicted of using his
influence before the postofice depart
ment in behalf Of the Rialt6 Grain
and Securities Company, Of st. Louis.
and having received payment from tho
company for his services. In passing
sentence Judge Adams said:
After a fair and impartial trial ty
jury Of exceptional intelligence, you
have been found guilty Of the offense
charged in the indictment against you.
"A motion for a new trial in yoar
behalf has afforded me an opportunity
to carefully review and consider the
evidence. AS result of this, am
satisfied that the jury reached tia
Just and true result. The evidence
abundantly warranted their verdict,
and find no reason, either in the law
governing the case or in the proceed.
ings attending the trial, for disturb
ing it.
your conviction necessarily results
in your punishment. It's Importance,
in my opinion, is not confined to it5
effects upon you.
"Your exalted station in life, and the
character of your offending give unus-
ual significance to your conviction. IT
demonstrates that the law Of the land
is equal to any emergency and that It
can be administered regardless Of the
personality and station of the accused.
It also demonstrates to all the people-
that public Office cannot be prostituted
to self-serving purposes and that pub.
lie Office is not sure and safe SUP:
port to private thrift.
"The humiliation attending your con.
viction and the statutory disqualified
tions resulting therefor, which forever.
incapacitate you from holdHg any of
fee of honor, trust or profit under the.
government of the United States, are
| in themselves heavy punishment fu.s
your cffenses, and leave but little In
| the way of severity which could be
added.
1T is neither my pleasure nor pur-s
pose to impose any unnecessary pun-
ishment.
81 think the majesty Of the law will
be sufficiently vindicated and the pub,
lie welfare sufficiently safeguarded by.
imposing single sentence, warranted.
as it is on any one of the six counts
indictments, Of which you were con-
victed.
tThis sentence will be that you be,
confined in the Iron county fail for .
period Of six months, and that you par
fine Of $2,5o0."
The case will now be appealed to.
the United States district court Of ar
peals, the highest tribunal in the mat,
ter.
Senator Burton, who is senior sena-a
tor from Kansas, was convicted after.
an exhaustive trial, in which various
letters from him to the Ratio Grafa
and Securities Company, the checks
which he received in payment for his
services in behalf of the concern ba-
fore the postofice and the testimony
of numerous agents Of the government
were introduced. Senator Burton's de-
fense was that be was acting mercy
in the capacity Of an attorney and I'd
not employ his senatorial influence in
! the work.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1904-04-14
FAcTIoNAL CHURCH RUMPus.

Trustees Swear Out Warrants for Ed.
ers and Lay Members.
The famous factiopal fight in the
Christian church of Huntsville, Ala,
came out afresh again Sunday. AS 4
result two elders and three members
of the church were placed under ar
rest for wilfully defacing and injur'
ing the church building. Only one fac
sion has worshiped in the church for
several months past, and Sunday last
the other faction posted a notice On
the doors warning every one away,
charging that the present trustees
were illegally elected.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1904-04-14
Mexico Sells Treasury Notes.

The Mexican government has sold
to Speyer & Co., of New York, S6,000.-
coo of two-year f. 1-2 per cent treasury
notes of the national government. A
considerable part of this lot was takef
by the Deutsche bank Of Berlin.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1904-04-14
WATSON BACK AT CLEVELAND.
Reiterates Charges that Ex-Presidcr:
Entertained Negroes.

Hon. Thomas E. Watson has replied
to the denial made by ex-Presidert
Cleveland that he (ClevelanD invited
Fred Douglass and his white wife ~
receptions at the executive mansion.
Mr.. Watson forcibly reterates e.-
cry charge made and places the mat
ter once more up to NJ Cleveland.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1904-04-14

First Fair Pass to Roosevelt.
At St. Louis, Saturday, "Pass No. ]
to the worlds fair grounds during the
regular period" was made out in the
name of Theodore Roosevelt, presi
dent of the United States.