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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-12-12
Japs Having Annillilated Rus
sian Fleet Turn Guns Upon
City of Port Arthur
GREAT DAMAGE IS INFLICTED
The Russian Arsenal Set On Fire and
Other Buildings Destroyed - Four
Battleships, Two Cruisers and One
eunboat Have Been Sunk Japanese
Attack at Mukden.
BULLETIN.

41
Washington, Dec. 12.--The Jap lega-
tior. received the following from To-
kio Port Arthur army reports its
bon1bardment has inflicted considerable
damage upon Golden Hill, also set Port
Arthur arsenal on fire.
Toxic. Dec. 12.-The commander Of
the Japanese naval land battery report
ing today says: -Four Russian bat
tle.,hips, two cruisers. one gunboat and
one torpedo storeship in Port Arthur
ha,.bor are completely disabled. There
is no further necessity for bombard-
ins; the Russian naval force. Are now
engaged in shelling the town Of Port
Arthur. which is beirg heavily dam
aged. .
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-12-12
T.-R, BULLETIN
NOTICEABLE y'WS OF TODAY.
Weather..

Sun rises Dec. 13, 7:17; sets, 4:33.
Iowa = Partly cloudy tonight and
Tuesday; possibly snow flurries with
slightly warmer in the east and cen
trail.
Illinois Partly cloudy and colder
tonight; Tuesday, possibly snow fur
ries in the north.
South Dakota - Partly cloudy and
warmer tonight with snow furries in
the east; Tuesday, probably fair.
Missouri-Partly cloudy tonight and
Tuesday; colder in the extreme east
tonight.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-12-12

The legislative committee of the gen.
eral assembly charged with the duty
of preparing details Of the bill for ap-
plying the one board idea to state coll
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1904-01-01
ABOUT THE BULGARIANS.
Are Not All Savnges, N Many People
in This Country Would
Imagine.

The Bulgarians are the equals in
modern civilization of any nation OF
eastern Europe. They are not saw
ages, as some of the most excited OF
our people seem to imagine. They are
. Christian folk whose good will to-
ward Am. ricans in general and Amer
lean missionaries in particular has
been too often displayed to leave room
for any doubt of it's existence. says
the Boston Transcript. Although the
Greek church is the national religion
of Bulgaria. many bulgarian public
men are graduates of or have been
students at Robert college. in Con-
stantinople. an institution affiliated
with our missionary enterprises. In
deed. bulgaria's political and social
development has been in no small de-
gree stimulated Ivy the culture spread
by our missionary efforts. There is
not the slightest ground for the many
slurs and sneers at Bulgaria which
have app. AIRED irhthe American press
since Miss Stone was taken captive.
1t may he added that the Bulgarians
have what many persons well deem
the national virtue Of hating the
Turks intensely.
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1904-01-01
PAYcF WRITER'S AND ARTISTS
uSwsDaUer illustrators Receive Much
More Honey for Their Work
Than Authors.

1.-THE difference in the rate of re-
Enumeration of the average writer and
the average illustrator does not seem
to be quite fair" an average writer
said. according to the Philadelphia
Record. There is in town this week
. young fellow from New York draw
ing comics for the Sunday supple
ments. He makes in a morning $50;
the other morning he made sos in
two hours, and he is paid cash for
all he does. Then I know n newspa-
per illustrator who gets $50 a week,
working in the afternoon and even
ing. In the morning he does outside
stunts in his studio. and last month
he got $500 from New York week
ly, $75 from one magazine and $50
from another. Now take the writer's.
"1iere is So-and-So, who spent two
years on novel. 1t was published,
and his returns thus far have been
$3.50. Blank. another acquainta nee
of mine. does short stories. and good
ones. but he only gets two cents a,
word for them. Thus story will
average him 500. and it will take him
. month to write it. But the illus
traitor Of that story will get from $75
to 500 for his pictures, which he will
turn out in two days. The thing
doesn't seem fair, does it 2"
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1904-01-01

The Wichita Eagles explanation
that taxes have nearly doubled in
Kansas in five years because it costs
twice as much to run the great state
institutions, fails to explain. 1t ap
pears that five years ago the total
state taxes above and beyond the
cost of the state institutions was but
about $4,000. This year these
various items aggregate nearly $500, :
600; the same items for which the
state was taxed $4,000 five years
ago. 1t is only just to the leeisla-
ture to add that for next year-1905-
will be half a million dollars less
than this year. But even then the
cost of items outside entirely of the
state institutions will aggregate
abou. 500, 600 as against but Sl79, 600
five years ago. 1t is not so much in
the. cost of the great state institutions
that taxes are on the jump; it is in
the lOOse-ends, increases in small
and large items all along the line.
The best thing for the Eagle to do is
to come out strong for Reputation OF
extravaganza and for platform
pledges of economy and reform by
the next state convention.--Topek
Canital
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1904-01-01
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. UP


sI am one of the very few persons
who ever saw a locomotive blow up"
remarked an old railroad man to a
reporter of the baltimore Sun the
other day. Generally the men who
witness the explosion of steam en-
CINE are SO dead when the smoke
has cleared away that they are never
able to give an account of the dis
aster.
Like many other accidents, the
one i saw was the result of care
1essness-low water in the boiler, for
the engine had just come from the
shops and was in complete repair. 1t
was on a railroad in West Virginia q
number of years ago. was on q
locomotive some distance behind the
one which exploded, and was looking
ahead on, of the cab window, so that
the Inflated engine was Immediately
before my eyes. Suddenly ] saw the
machine rise in the air; it seemed to
me about as high as the telegraph
poles beside the track. which, as you
doubtless know, are not SO high as
telegraph poles in the city. Then
came a cloud of dense black smoke
and dust, which hid the engine from
views and almost simultaneously
heard the roar of the explosion.
Both the engineer and the fire.
man were killed. and the locomotive
was fit for nothing much but the
scrap heap when it fell to the ground.
The crown sheet over the fireboX had
blown out.
THE strange thing about the ex-
plosion was that>no white steam was
seen. You know that perfectly dry
steam is invisible. being like sthe air.
and before it had time to condense
it was probably smothered by the
cloud of smoke and dust raised by
the bursting of the boiler"
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1904-01-01

The only symptoms of life being ex
hibited by the democrats of this state
is manifested in the desire of certain
gentlemen to be elected member al
the national comittee. a little inter
est is being manifested in the Hearst
boom but it has not received very
much attention as yet. 1t appears
now that the contest will be waged
between those who wish to cater t.
the corporation influences and thOs
who think the people should be con
sidered. Hearst seems to be til,
choice of the latter while Parker OF
German probably come the nearest {.
representing the former. These con
ditions would seem to forecast th.
choice of the Kansas delegation a.
being for Hearst.
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1904-01-01
Tattoo Marks,

Tattoo-marks on the human body
are deep-seated. as has been proved
by IN investigation at Mount Wash
ington hospital, baltimore. An indi-
vidual who died there, shortly before
his death willed his body to the sur
geons in the hospital for the benefit
Of science. One of the surgeons. Gu
rious to learn the depth of tattooing,
experimental on the arm and found
that the design of what on the sur
face of the arm was a coat of arms
was marked through the flesh as far
- the bone. There was also discov-
cred the trace of the figure on the
bone. but it did not penetrate the
bony structure.
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1904-01-01

The latest black list story comes
from Atchison. The Globe alleges
that the domestics of the town have
prepared list and that the public
would be surprised to know some of
the women whose names were written
there. One woman noted for her
angelic disposition is on the list as
being the meanest woman to work for,
west of Kalamazoo. Another wo-
man noted for her charity is quoted
as having taken quaster from her
girls wages because she caught her
occupying rocking chair.-Kansas
Democrat
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1904-01-01
The Proofs of Western Prosperity.


Seven years ago, the safety line for
loans IN Kansas was the sixth princi-
pal meridian, which runs through the
east-ccntral portion. This year. of
the thirty-fiye counties that produced
one million or more bushels of wheat
each, only two lie wholly east of that
line: two others have a third OF their
territory on the sunrise side-the re-
mainder of the wheat belt extends
westward, some of it within one coun-
ty of the Colorado border. In coun-
ties of that territory over four humid
red and fifty bushels for every person
were produced.
These things of themselves count
for prosperity, and the visible mani
festation has been interesting. Seven
years ago, banks were chiefly at the
county seats and large towns. Now
scarcely town of four hundred peo-
pie exists in the West where there is
not bank. In the county seats
where were banks with small deposits
now are four or five. each with more
deposits than both institutions COM
bined could show. While the number
of banks has practically doubled, the
deposits last September reached their
high-water mark, the surplus and un-
divided profits likewise showing a
most flattering condition. The West
eru bank that pays less than 10 per
cent dividends is the exception.
The reduction of indebtedness has
come along with the other signs of
prosperity. Every mortgage has writ
ten in it an agreement on the part of
the mortgage that he will accept part
or all of the principal in multip!es OF
900 at the time of any interest pay
ment-it must have that or the loan
cannot be made.
In 1895, Chicago investment jour-
nal said: "We have come in contact
with a gentleman who is trying to sell
county bonds-6 per cent gold bonds
in prosperous country. He has
learned that he might as we'll try to sell
stock in an irrigating scheme on the
planet Mars as to dispose OF securi.
ties that carry on their face the name
of Kansas. Within four years over
%, ZOO, 600 of such Kansas bonds had
been refunded ut from to ~ pei
cent, and dozen bond houses had
agents securing the state for more
Practically every bond issued il
boom times in Nebraska and Kansas
capable of refunding, has been re-
issued at saving of from 2 to pei
cent.-From "Good Crops and Coco
Times in the West" by Charles Mo
reau Harger. in the American Month
~ Review of Reviews for January.
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1904-01-01

A new time card went into effect on
the Santa Fee June 4. The changes at
this point are not many. Nos. /, 5,
and going west at night are un-
changed except No. does the local
work from Hutchinson vest. The
branch train arrives as at pres
ent but departs at 1885. The branch
local freight leaves here at 9 in the
morning going east and arrives from
the east at 2:45 in the afternoon. The
main line local goes east at $50 in
the morning and west at 800 in the
afternoon. The branch local runs
from Hutchinson to this place and
turns.
EXCURSION RATES.
Topeka and return, 80. As. Tickets
on sale Jan. 9th to 10th: return Jan.
18th.
Homeseekers' Excursions to certain
points in Arkansas, all points in
Indian Territory, New Mexico, Okla
homa, Texas, Arizona, and to points
in Colorado. Rocky Ford and east,
at one fare, plus $500. Tickets on
sale LIST and Bird Tuesdays Of Dec. I,
1903. to April 18th. 1904. Return linn
it. 81 days from date of sale.
Portland Oregon and return.-S5O
for the round trip, via direct routes.
Tickets on sale, Jan. q, I, and 9th,
1904, return limit Jan. 3lst, 1904.
Cheap one way second class colon
, list rates to various points in Arkan-
sas, New Mexico, and Louisiana, and
to all points in Indian Territory
Oklahoma and Texas. Tickets on
sale December LIST and 10Th, 1903,
Jan. 5th and 10Th, Feb. End and 10Th,
: March 1st and 10Th and April 9th
and 10Th, 1904.
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1904-01-01
Frisco Rates.

California and the Northwest via
the Frisco System. Low colonisl
rates in effect daily, only $25. to the
ma jority of California points. Pro
portionately low rates to Portland,
Spokane, Seattle, Tacoma and other
points in the Northwest.
In case You contemplate trip any
where, do not fail to call on nearest
Frisco ticket agent, and have him fur
nish you full information, or address
c. w. STRAIN,
Division Passenger Agent,
Wichita, Kas.
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1904-01-01
Elec-tlonary Eaucation.

A western city has started tre-
mendous reform. II is nothing more
or less than the compulsory educa-
ton of the telephone girls. They are
to take lessons in voice culture, so
that their clear enunciation will be
unmi.takable to the customers. II
the plan works well, there is no tell
ing but the system may be extended
TO brakemen on trains, so that pas
sengers like the befogged congress-
man win no longer be compelled -
wonder where they are al"
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1904-01-01
The Enlpo,.ia Gazette

The Emporia Gazette must stop
talking about the elect or get away
from the pie counter. What If the
speaker protem's wife did draw pay
and was not in the city to do the work
for which she was paid, and what if
the son of the same gentleman was
drawing good salary as clerk to
one of the supreme court judges ?
What of it any way? It's good re-
publican doctrine any way you look
at it,
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1904-01-01
For Sale.

Half-section farm for sale six miles
northeast of Belpre. 200 acres in
wheat, small house, small barn, 100
acres fenced pasture, windmill and
pump, lot of fodder. All goes for
IS, 200. 81, 700 can stay on place
years at 6 per cent.
S Also fine improved farm three
miles northeast of Belpre. $50 acres,
good house and barn, corral, shed
pasture, 65 acres in wheat. All goes
for 50, 500. z. Fl. MCKIBBEN,
Belpre, Kans.
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1904-01-01

trict for Mr.. Hoskinson. 1t is gener-
ally believed that Senator Smith viii
be renomlnated and the west end of
the district feel that they want try
for his scalp. Mr.. Hoskinson Is n
good man to make the race but it has
been generally believed that Sam
Hale OF Rush would accept the nom
ination and he will have to be heard
from before the east end fellows will
rally to the support of the Garden
CITY man.
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1904-01-01
LOCAL NEWS.

LOCAL NEWS.
So-~--~~~-
Douglass shoes at Marsh & Bid
wells.
Mrs. Norman has been quite sick
this week.
Titles examined and abstracts made
by T. n. Evans. bonded abstracter.
John Kerr started for Allen county
Christmas morning TO visit his people.
All our ladies' s2.25 dress shoes
this month only s1.9S.-darsh & Bid
well.
Col. Shepherd is having a serious
time with iofammatory rheumatism
this winter.
If you want to insure your farm
buildings call on W. 81. Israel, ut
Lewis. Kansas. If
John Domain and j. B. Donnell
made business trip to Greensburg
the first of the week.
Call at Meno's and see his fancy
candies in small and handsome boxes
for the holiday trade.
G. B. Thomas and family, of ST.
John, spent Christmas with Mr.. aDc
Mrs. Gender of this city.
See our odds and ends in mems
shoes. If We have your size better
get next.-Marsh & Bidwell.
Rev. S. S. McGill and family, of
Dodge City, are spending the New
Year with F. ID. West and wife
invite you to examine my stock if
you are thinking of papering or paint
ing your house. o. Wilson.
G. W. Watson was taken quite sick
Christmas day. His condition was
very serious for time but he is now
improving.
! All kinds of Holiday Goods, includ-
ing Dolls, Toys, Fancy Goods, etc.
can be found at Minnie Heggy Clark IS
millinery store.
Miss Mamie Schnatterly came up
from Larned and spent Christmas
with her people. She returned to Lar
ned Tuesday morning.
Why pay more? 800 pairs women IS
and children's shoes on bargain table
to be sold at cost. We must have
room.SEdwards & Noble.
LoST.-In opera house, Tuesday
evening, Dec. 20, a lady's wrist bag
containing sum of money and pair
of gold spectacles. Finder, please re-
turn to this Office. pd
This is the day when all of those
who think they need them adopt a
new set of resolutions, and those who
think they do not need them suggest a
good set for some neighbor.
! Go to Keener's for your gloves,
NOTh SWcdIcTs,
stockings, socks, pants, overalls,
suspenders and neckties. Cheapest
for the money of anything in town
Mrs. Charles Moore and children,
of Hutchinson, visited at Mrs
Bau shter's this week. They returned
:" Hutchinson on Thursday. Mrs
Baugher accompanied them and will
visit friends i'm that place for a few
days.
/ Spring Goods have commenced to
arrive and we must have room. We
will sell at cost all ladies' and chill
dren's wraps, furs and waists, mem.
"vercoats, suits. and quantities o.
other goods. Don't buy until You SCI
them.-Edwards & Noble.
We greet our friends and patron!
with the hope that the New Year MAJ
he filled with contentment for them
tlaL peace and prosperity may reigl
ia their midst, their minds and hearts
titled with love and charity toward
all, and the greatest happiness b
heirs.
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1904-01-01

Senator w. 4. Harris now holds
position with the Shorthorn Breed
ers' Association, which pays him fOur
thousand dollars Year. This beats
being member of the Panama Canal
Commission or Governor of Kansas.
Kansas Democrat.
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1904-01-01

The republican state committee Is
called for January fifth and the con-
vention is predicted for March as the
Roosevelt boomers in this state are
becoming somewhat alarmed at the
sauti' sc, timent and wish to head it
~
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1904-01-01

Mckinley, not being here, to defend
himself, is being slandered by PER-.
Heath who ass erts that the dead pres
ident when living expressed the wish
that Senator Hanna should be his
sucreSsOr
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1904-01-01

The friends OF Ralph Hoskinson Of
Garden City are doing some mission
AIRY work with view to securing the
senatorial nomination in his dis
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1904-01-01

DR.. Pearson can be found at his
Office, one door east OF Hottewitz'
store, or at his residence, one block
east of the M. E. church. If
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1904-01-01
Shoats for Sale.

have 10 nice shoats for sale at
my farm miles northeast of Fells-
burg. ANTOINE GATTERMAN.
1-S.pd
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1904-01-01

The Christmas festivities prevented
Emperor Bin from seeing Bryan.
He should have made an effort as he
may never have another opportunity.
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1904-01-01

Mems sl.e0 flannel shirts now $3.50.
Mems 900 flannel shirts now $50.
Menu s2.25 flannel shirts now $3.50.
Mems $50 flannel shirts now 500.
Marsh & Bidwell.
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1904-01-01
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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-03-01
CLAMORING FOR DIVISION
Range Portion of st. Louis County
Would Be Set Apart.

TWO HARBoRs, M1NN.-Thru the action
taken by seven taxpayers of st. Louis county.
who represent the Taxpayers League, in petit
tioning the county attorney, to appeal from the
on county highways on the range and outlying
districts a revival of the question for a division
OF the county Is being urged by the local papers
and property owners In the northern portion.
will be to place an effective check on any more
road work in the range districts and will seri-
ously discommode farmers and pioneer settlers
who have been clamorng for roads to get out to
the towns.
The Ely Miner says in part as follows: at is
tically devoid of suitable highways. The 'coun-
try north of Virginia and Tower has been rapidly
settling with bona fde homemakers and every
week stories are waited about of the hard
lack of roads. "~s,."-. 49, ..a-.~
The county Of st. Louis is big enough terri
tween Duluth and the ranges Is at present a
struggling farming region. The natural wealth
Of the county lies north Of the east and west
of the county. Not only in iron have we
wealth, but our farming districts are superior
In prospects to anything at present shown in the
lemai nder Of the county. The Little Fork valley
lions Of the state.
The ranges at present are assessed go per
cent of the total taxes of the county. By the
ranges is meant the country lying north Of the
of the county is assessed at 40 per cent, and the
delinquent tax list shows that only % per cent
of this amount is actually paid yearly, while
| the ranges pay their taxes In full.
County division, at present, seems about the
only course to pursue in order to get our rights
now would mean less expense than at some
| future date.' ~ s, ~