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RUSSIANS FULL OF VODKA.
Also Some Pruncs, Apparently During
the North Sea Affair.

MINNEAPOLIS. Mimi. Nov. i6.-Horrible ia
detail and appalling in it's disclosure of m
competency, stupidity and drunkenness IN
the Russian navy is the account OF the
recent sinking of the English iishlng-
boats by the Baltic fleet. received indi-
rectly from am inside source by A. r. ].
Dent of the Minneapolis chamber of COM
lnerce.
When the Russian feet reached Cher
bourg, a young lieutenant wrote a letter
to his father. a wealthy ST, Petersburg
merchant, describing the affair. This was
shown to the Russian corresposdent OF
the Manchester, Eng, Guardian, who sent
a literal translation TO his paper. The
Guardian printed it, but first eliminated
such details as might be most offensive
TO Russia. A friend of Mr.. Dent saw the
original translation and sent the gist of
1T to him in q letter received today. From
the letter there can be little doubt that
the men of the Baltic fleet were drunk
and scarcely knew what they were about.
The letter reads as follows:
We knew we We're out of our course
and were afraid we would run aground
somewhere. OF the crews-ofiicers and
men-nany, / regret to says, were intoX-
icated. An alarm WAS given that the adj
miral's flagship lac grounded. and in
the confusion that followed this report,
three vessels of the rear squadron COL
lded While all was confusion we came
across what looked like a fiotilla of tor
pedoboats, and we opened fire. Later in
the night there was an exchange of shots
between our vessel and another, and it
was only when We recognized from a
small smell that came aboard but did not
explode, hat the ammunition was rus
sian, that we discovered that we had been
firing upon one another. We had several
men wounded. At Cherbourg they told
use we had sunk English fis%hingboats and
killed many. 1t is "A horrible business.
most unfortunate affair
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1904-11-18

f~oreshadow the complete a%scend,ncy OF
the standard on interests ia ,Aus, ot
the Important railroad systrins of ~,
country aud the elimination to 4 greatt
extent. of the power heretofore NiVidoJ
by j. Pietpunt Morgan.
WAthin the last two or three Sears
the Rockefeller interests have obtained
y ieothoid in the New York Ceutral.
New Haven and hartford, Chicago .tub
Northwestern and Union Pacific. The
Moore iiros,, In their Rock Island
deals, are said to be aided by the
Rockefellers. The Standard OH iuter-
ests control the Chicago, Milwaukee
and st. Paul and Missouri, Kansas and
Texas. They are heavily III Gould =
Missouri Pacific and Wabash The IRE
also said to have acquired lately 10
600 shares of Atch!son, Topeka and
Santa Fe stock from Kuhn. Zoe y
Co
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1904-11-18
ACTRESS is DROWNED
Isadore Rush Loses Her Life Whilc
Bathing in the Surf at San
DIEGO.


San Diego. Cal. Nov. 16.-NIiss isadore
Rush. the actress. leading lady OF the
"Glittering Gloria company. which was
to have begun an engagement here today.
died of heart failure while bathing
in the surf near this city. death being due
to the shock caused when an immense
wave caught her and carried her into deep
water.
Half a dozen members OF the company
We're at the time in the surf, which was
unusually high, when a spectator noticed
the struggles OF Miss Rush. Assistance
was at once hurried to her, but she was
unconscious when brought to shore, Ply
sicians were called and every mean pos
sible used to- revive the unfortunate WON
an, but in vain.
Another member OF the npa Mil
ton Heriot, who en'ieavored 10 rescue his
companion. was rendered unconscious IN
the attempt and was pulled ont of Tie.
water by II. b.. Smith. He was revived
after vigorous treatment.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1904-11-18
TuNNELlMe TO PORT ARTHUR
The Japanese Ready for the Final Rus
at the Fortress.


London, Nov. le.-rhat the main de-
fenses at Port Arthur Will be carried by
til japanese at the next assault. II they
have not fallen already. is indicated by a
belated dispatch from General Nogts
headquarters. y correspondent declares
that the siege preparations are complete
and have been of the most thorough char.
acter. The rocky hills have been tun-
neled with the most arduous labor until
the japanese works extend TO within 10
yards of the parapets OF the forts
Through these tunnels the japanese can
march TO the Notifications without losing
a man and avoid the fire which d~eciInated
their regiments IN nearly all the previous
assaults.
In the forts now held by the japanese
they have Mounted enormous guns in beds
of concrete and masonry. The front these
forts presents to the Russians Is even
stronger than that which faced the Japa-
nese when they storIned the positions The
siege and naval uus are doing an enor-
nous amount of execution, tearing great
gaps in the walls OF the Russian forts and
sweeping the harbor 1t is stated that twe
of the Russian warships have been sunk,
the arsenal ard dock yards destroyed ana
constant fires started in the town.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1904-11-18
WIRES WORK BETTER.
But Service in the East Is by No
Means Restored to the Normal


New York. Nov. 1T.-Whiie consider
able progress had been made In re-
pairing the damage wrought by the
Sunday night storm, the condition to-
day a by no means become normal.
Good connections have beer established
between New York, Philadelphia and
Boston, but beyond those points emer-
gency circuits are still in use. Wal!
street. is in much better condition than
yesterday. Direct communication be-
tween the cotton exchanges of New
York and New Orleans has been es-
tabiished by the Western Union, and
there are two wires between New York
and Chicago. but they We're hours be-
in handling regular routine bust
ness. In eastern Maine, where more
than 1900 telegraph and telephone
poles We're blow down during the
storm. the wires are sin OUT of
service.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1904-11-18
PLATT'S BREAKFAST.
Great Number of Men Prominent in
Public Life Present.

PUBLIC Lite Present.
Owcgo. n. Y, Nov. 17.-Owego never
has seen so many men who are prom
inent in public life as were assembled
here yesterday in response to invita-
tions of Senator Platt to his buckwheat
breakfast. Senator Depew, congress-
men, state senators and assemblymen.
some accompanied by their wives, We're
present at Abwaga house. Senator
Platt's home hen in Owego.
Neither Governor Odell nor Governor
Elect Higgins attended, the latter being
i'll.
Senator Depew was one of the after
breakfast speakers. In the course of n
felicitous address he said that Senator
Platt's twenty years of leadership will
stand in political history as %unequaled
in its absence of fractional strife within,
n the glorious victories of the party.
Referring to the recent election, Sen
ator DepeW said:
What elected Roosevelt? The answer
is as clear as revelation" he went on.
Roosevelt elected Roosevelt. No per-
sonality in American public life ever
stood out so distinct in individual char
acteristics, emphasis of traits peculiarly
his own, and in outspoken condolences
with the Whole people. like President
Roosevelt. The qualities which his
enemies c%aricatured and mathematical
We're the ones which have endeareG
him to his countrymen. He holds his
commission freer from pledges or obli-
cations. except to the people who
elected him, than any of his prede-
cessors.
Now. my friends, what of the flu
ture? Upon the ruins of the disintegra-
ton of the democratic party will rise
an organization built by resourceful
and able ag%itators, whose appeal will
be to discomfort. 1t must be u task
that there must be a minimum of dis
content and Il maximum of satistac-
finn"
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1904-11-18
North Sea Affair AGAIN

Hull, England, Nov. 15.-The inquiry
her own behalf into he North sea i'm
cident opened today. The Associated
Press learned at the outset that the
board of trade solicitors. who have
been preparing the case have found no
evidence TO suggest the presence of
to~rpedoboats among the fishing fleet.
The inquiry will therefore merely be an
amplification of the evidence at the in
quest, the proceeding here, being con-
fined to a narrative of the shooting.
The Russian government was not rep
resented at today's hearing, which
created, even locally, barely any inter
aSt
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1904-11-18

Muk2en. Nov. I7.-An unbroken cai-
nonade of siege guns. throwing fifty
or sixty shells hourly against the Jap
anese position In the region of Shakhe
station. was begun early this morning
and ended at nightfall. when more than
half a Thousand big contacs shells had
been thrown into the Japanese army's
strongest position in the plain. for the
purpose of deneralizing the work of
fortihcation concentrated at that point
for the past four weeks.
Today's bombardment was the most
serious attempt yet made by the Rus
sian large guns, and it was made on
account of the apparent determination
of the Japanese to make Slakhe sta
ton ar impregnable defense of the
railway behind it. Both sides have so
dug themselves into the ground, night
and day, that artillery fire is practical
ly ineffective, and ammunition is near
ly wholly wasted. Both sides recognize
his and are resorting to the COMPETE
ton of big guns. and the regular field
artillery is only occasionally engaged.
Distress Among Natives.
The abuse of Chinese imperial Gus
toms transit passes for merchandise
and baggage into Manchuria via Sin
mintin, thereby making the recent
traffic an abuse of the contraband reg
ulations and of neutrality, has caused
the Pekin authorities to refuse further
passes This has cut off large supplies
of foreign foed and other products and
has raised the prices. A reign of mer-
camille lawlessness exists, but is con-
troiied by the care of the Russian au-
thorities in their transactions to keep
prices and internal conditions normal.
The distress eff the natives has so in
creased as to render their previous in
convenience and loss of profits caused
by the extinction of foreign trade and
the total annulling of communication
between the north and south of Man
churia insignificant. The native officers
are working in harmony to relieve the
distress, and are also working with the
foreign aid societies and feeding 20. 900
refugees daily at Mukden.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1904-11-18
KURoKI is NOT E A
War Experts Don't Believe the General
Was Fatally Shot.

was Fatally shot.
London Nov. l6.-The Russian report
that General Euroki. commander of the
light wing of the japanese army. was so
dangerously wounded by a splinter of a
shell that he died at Lilac Yang October 4
lacks confirmation and is not credited
here. An examination of the war dis
patches In newspaper files for the months
of September and October show that there
had been no serious fighting of any kind
for several weeks prior to October A. and
that ST. Petersburg dispatches indicated
that the Russian couts had been unable
even to find General kurolSi's army: that
General KuroPatkin did lot order the Rus
sian advance seuthward from Mukden I'M
til October 9, and that his armies did not
move until october 4. There was no fight
ing until tho Russian advance reached
Rentsiaputze October E, and no fighting
vita General Kuroki's army until October
Other Reports.
October 13, Associated Press reports
from Toxic quoted official dispatches be-
ginning: General Kuroki, reporting Oc-
tober 10, says, etc" October II. the -Asso-
ciatcd Press dispatches from Toxic. said:
For the first time since the battle began
the reports from Oyama's headquarters
give an inkling what Kuroki has been do
ing" October II. q cable message from
Toxic reported that "Kuroki has buried
1850 Russian dead" October is, a New
York Herald cable bulletin from ST. Pc
tersburg brought a rumor that General
Kuroki had been captured.
Even this morning the Associated Press
Brings a Dispatch from Toxic beginning:
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1904-11-18
PANAMA IS SAFE.
But Movement to Overturn the Amador
Government May Be Resumed
Soon.

Washington. Nov. 17.-Advices have
reached here concerning the reports
from Panama of Il conspiracy there di-
rected against President Amador and
understood to be conceived by persons
who want to control the remainder of
the 10000. 900 fund paid by the United
States to Panama in consideration for
The right of way across the isthmus. 1t
is further learned the movement was
a failure. Amador having been warned
in advance: but it is feared the same
elements will repeat the efforts.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1904-11-18
GOING AFTER COMBINES
While Roosevelt Does Not Intend to
Precipitate Business Disaster lie
PROPOSES to Get After Irusts.


Proposes to Get After Trusts.
woshb,,ton No, ,c--Ir tbcrc conc
.0"'
contribution 10 tne '.''A7
paign fund by the trusts, the MANAGERS
of these institutions have done some
thing worse than throw away the
money of the Stockholders. TheN have
been guilty of n blunder even more pro-
nounced tina Judge Parker committed
In which he charged them with having
am UNDERSTANDINGS with Chairman COR
telyou by which they were to be pro-
tected. The testimony which has been
acquired regarding the beef trust is
now being compiled and classified An
Investigation regarding other trusts. IN
Guiding Standard Oil. will be started
forthwith. and the postmaster general is
at work on an Investigation of the. rail-
roads. co,tracts with he governuU mi
for carrying INC mails. This is Nv ian.
the n,osi n5pom,rf rnnttarf ~ M. H.
ne rtment and ona c5hirb alo,Yys lras
heen raesrded as otfarinr tho best 9n-
oort,,n5tia. 60, f,.,,1 an3 Ia ,.,rt,fs.,
II ran he g state5 il, ne nosif;,u l.n-
r,IS 90 .ts tbat u,bi1b ~ rr.asiEa,t I'm
n,ovea when Ia dnri,S.aa ~ no ,y,,ii,,
nor he = andidata for an@ti,S, 80
M m aa,s9Sant aaas ~ M
hi,Ssaif a. iLoina. MI nv sy'.ois M
iaations 80 70 ~. in,,,,,, ~ a. no
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The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1904-11-18
r TROOPS GOING.
Crack Division of Guards to Be Sent
From St. Petersburn

London. Nov. ls.-The Daily Telegraph's
correspondent at St Petersburg asserts
that the emperor has decided to send out
the second division of infantry of the
guards as soon as the troops already
called sut shall nave been dispatched to
Manchur.a. The guards usually are sent
to the front when there is a monarch or
a grand duke in mman The dispatch
of these troops. the correspondent adds,
shows the determination of the emperor
TO struggle to the bitter end.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1904-11-18

sasgsl harokts headquarters. ScveR-
nr5 u VAa Fus..a tt tnv Dstfle " taa
StlakAe liver FSela Marshal ONasaa -sa
.7ussirs rvrur5s 70 7,okie aia,a=s daily In
these ne rsftgpe1 constantly to 'the fAsht
army. the left army .:ia "ts+ svHSrr
array. In them he did not eefer 20 Gen
sral krrok! ~ name but tctther did his
reports refer u General Ola ~ General
Nadgu hv name
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1904-11-18
NOTABLE Cattle RING.
Splendid conclave of Catholic Prelate>
Marks Opening of Celebra-
4in. &c IuL;Iaa
ton of Jubilee.

Rome. Nov. 16.-rhe festivities i'm
honor of the jubilee of the immaculate
conception We're begun today with a
brilliant consistory which was espe-
cialiy interesting, as the pope has lately
been indisposed II many persons
wished to be assured of his
Mons,gnor kennedy, at a private on
s'story of cardinals, received the pal
ium for Archbishop Glennon Of st
Louis.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1904-11-18
Will IMPROVE RAILWAY,
Trans-Siberian Line to Be Dcukie
TrsrLs1 At 0per

ST. Petersburg NOV. l6-rhe official att-
nouncement tina, the emperor has app
proved the plan fo. double tracking tho
Siberian railroad and that $AeN,c0 has
been assigned for the beginning of The
project. is greeted With the heartiest APP
prevail by the press OF This city. The hope
is expressed hat the work will be begun
immediately and pushed To a rapid con
cluston as one of the surest means of n d
ing the war.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1904-11-18
QUITS.
Commissioner of Pensions Resigns His
Office to Become Effective

Washington. Nov. 14.-Commissloner
of pensions Ware today rendered his
resignation to the president ana ii was
nccepted TO take effect JanManY
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1904-11-18
JApAk'S CREDIT
is GOOD IN LONDON
Loan OF $50. 900, 900 Offered
There Is Subscribed Ten
Times Over.
U A OF KuRokl
London Takes No Stock in Report That
the Sherman of Japan Was Killed
by a Russian Sheli-Points
That Prove Report False,

London, Nov. f7.-subscriptions to
the Japanese lean closed at noon today.
1t is stated that bids for 100000, 600
offered in London aggregate $500, 900,
0Ge.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1904-11-18
wsinsheimer Gets a STAY

New York. Nov. 15.-Phi!ip Vein
sheimcr. the former labor leader, who
was yesterday sentenced to state
prison, today secured a temporary stay.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1904-11-18

Nearly all the changes thus far made
in the ~regrouping of the western and
eastern railroad systems suggest
Standard Oil control of railroads to an
extent that no single interest has ever
Thought of undertaking before. Changes
in the directories of the various trunk
railroads are being watched with great
interest because it is believed they
The daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1904-1905, 1904-09-14
The Yellow Peril Begins 10
Concern Her In a New
Quarter.
CHINESE ARE RESTLESS
1t Is Feared In st. Petersburg That
the Great Silent Empire May
Side 18th Japan.
KurOpatkin's Continued Silence Is
Turning the Tickle Russian
Public Against Him.

There has been no renewal of fight
ing on a large scale between the Rus
sian and Japanese armies in the far
East. At ST. Petersburg the people
are harassed by rumors of impending
disaster to General Kuropatkin, which
find ready credence because of the lack
of official information from the gen.
erals headquarters at Mukden, and
for the moment the popularity OF the
head of the Russian armies in the field
is in eclipse. In that capital, too,
there is much uneasiness felt lest the
Japanese advance in Manchuria should
afford occasion for the growth of an
anti-Russian spirit in China and the
ultimate projection of that power into
the conflict.
The daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1904-1905, 1904-09-14

GENERAL lEYENDORF, IN COMMAND OF
KURoPATKIN'S REAR GUARD.
to numerous alarmist stories of the al
legged precarious situation of General
Kuropatkin's army. None of these
stories, however, are traceable to any
authentic source. The fact seems to
be that military operations in the
neighborhood Of Mukden are almost
suspended on account of the effect of
the rains upon the roads.
There is no current news to record,
while if General Kuropatkin has trans
mitted any full account of the recent
great battle, it has not been allowed
to circulate. The persistent silence
is doing more than anything else to
discredit the Russian commander-in-
chief in the eyes of the public, with
whom he has heretofore been an al
most deified hero.
Reports that the Chinese are MAX
ing preparations to occupy conquered
territory are creating some uneasiness
for China has been all along an un-
certain quantity, from which any de-
velopment or complication might be
expected. No one knows precisely
what pressure, racial or political,
Japan may be able to bring to bear
upon the great silent empire. The
logical belief always has been that
China would endeavor to the utmost
to refrain from taking sides in the
present conflict in order that she might
be in position to make the best terms
possible with the ultimate victor: but
it is realized that continued Japanese
advance into the heart of Manchuria
might exert powerful influence upon
both the Chinese peasantry and the
nearby, Uncontrolled regular troops
which the weak central government
at Pekin might find 1t difficult to curb.
thereby precipitating serious compli.
cations upon the scene of actual hos,
tilities. There have been no develop
ments here regarding the case of the
Russian transport Lena in the harbor
Of San Francisco. A high officer of
the admiralty says that her appear.
ance at San Francisco was surprise
as Vice Admiral Skrydloff had not no
titled them that the Lena was goins
to San Francisco from Vladivostok
and they had no information of the
purpose of her cruise.
The daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1904-1905, 1904-09-14
CALIFORNIA;.

The Chicago & Northwestern rail-
way has issued new publication en-
titled "California. 1t contains
beautiful colore6 map Of the state, a
list of hotels at California tourist re-
sorts with their capacity and rates;
and a most interesting series Of pic
lures showing CALIFORNIA; resources
and attractions. The prospective Wis
itor and settler should be in posses
sion Of copy Of this profusely illus
trated folder. Sent to any address
on receipt of four cents in stamps.
One way tickets on sale daily Sep
TENDER Is to October Is, only $500
Chicago to the coast. Corresponding
ly low rates from all points. A. b.
Waggener, Travelling agent, % Fifth
avenue, Chicago, Illinois.
The daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1904-1905, 1904-09-14
Neuralgia Conquered.

When doctors agree that a certain
preparation is speedy cure for a
specific malady, all sufferers from that
malady will be glad to listen to their
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say is an accurate record of the re-
suits obtained in the treatment of
neuralgia by Phen-a-mid, the great
pain destroyer.
]. Hesson, Nd. D., of New York,
writes: 81 have been using Phen-a-
mid for some time Tin severe neural
gia cases principally with very good
results"
W. c. Ledbetter, M. D., of Bloom
field, Texas-"Tried it with salts
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Phen-a-mid Tablets are a positive
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