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cept few men who happened to be Oh
deck and escaped by swimming. Among
those saved were the Grand Duke Cyril
and Capt. y. JakOvieff. All the men be-
low were drowned. The loss is variously
stated as from 600 to 500. Among these
were NiceAdmiral Makaroff and other
prominent men.
The PetropavlOvsk, which had twic"
previously been reported damaged in Jap
ancse attacks on Port Arthur. was first
class battleship of 1O.9GO tons displace-
ment and 14.2l3 indicated horsepower.
She was 3f7la feet long. had 60 feet
beam. and her armored belt was of about
1G inches of steel. with 10 inches of steel
armor OH her turrets. Her armament con-
sisted of four 12-inch. II 6-inch. "a smaller
guns. and six torpedo tubes. The compile
ment of the Petropavlovsk when fully
manned was 100 men. She was built at
ST Petersburg and was completed in
$685.
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KOREA'S DARK FUTURE.
Dominion Of Any Nation Can Hardly Be Worse
Than Present Conditions.
NAV cpnturyl

inlay Century,
Unhappy Korea is having a hard time
between the conflicting ambitions Of pow
erful Russia and Japan. For the Ko-
reans it is case of under which king,
BeZonian!' Too weak to be independent,
and with subjugation to foreign nation
inevitable, the outlook is not cheering.
Still, the future under either japanese
or Russian domination can hardly be
worse than the present. The Govern
ment lacks the moral fiber needed at such
a critical time. and official corruption is
well-nigh absolute. The people are taxed
beyond all reason. Any man suspected of
having property is in danger of being
thrown into a filthy prison OH some
trumped-up charge and held or perhaps
tortured until he disgorges. Offices are
sold to the highest bidder. or given to dis
sipated favorites, who divide the pro
ceeds. The courts give no redress for the
plunderer himself is usually both judge
and jury. So rotten is the entire system
that one marvels that the nation has not
fallen to pieces before this. Only the stolid
apathy of the Asiatic and the rival claims
of foreign powers have held it together at
all.
The financial pprobem is as bad as the
political. Oppression and robbery destroy
all incentive to accumulate property. A
man has no motive to toll when he knows
that an additional OK or better house
would probably simply result in q
squeeze from some lynxeyed potentate
So he raises only n little rice and devOtcs
the remainder of his time to resting.
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WHO KILLED JACKSON?
This Correspondent Thinks That 1t Was the
99th Pa.

EDITOR NATIONAL TRIBUNE: l have re-
peatedly read the story of Stonewall Jack
sons death-every time a different story
but l doubt them all. Now if you are
kind enough to admit my story, I'll, be
satisfied. whatever others be. Many
things have happened which are not
known to all; some have seen more than
others have seen.
/ enlisted in Co. d. Goth Pa, Aug. "a,
1861, First Division. Third Corps. d. B.
Birney commanding Division, and Dan E.
Sickles the Corps at that time.
On Friday, May 1, we crossed the Rap
pahannock about 8 n. H., on the pontoOn
bridge; passed the breastworks, and came
in reserve line of battle. Firing was go
ing OH all day. On Saturday. about Z
a. M. we moved further to the right,
Gen Hooker moving along.
Our brigade, Gen. II. II. Ward COM
handing. got orders to &c, on skirmlsll,
House, and the rebel army, or the biggest
fighting, was OH our right. We deployed,
charging, and the rebels falling back prob
ably to draw us in. We got about two
miles in through the woods; their fire get
ting weaker all the time. and finally it
ceased altogether. Gen. Ward came along
on an old road. on his white horse, and
were walking. He spoke to MS in a very
pleasant way, saying: We have them in
a bull-ring" He had hardly spoken, till
one of his Aids came riding up to him, and
told him in a quiet tone: General, We are
cut OFF, They looked at each other for
a minute, then the General called for at
tention and gave orders to stop and fall in.
Now, as none Of the rest heard that ex-
preston, nor what the Aid said to the
General, none but Serg't Wisner and l,
know some may doubt 1t.
After we gathered up Gen. Ward made
about-face, and gave command to forward
the way we came. After we came we'll
together he made. little speech; told us
that we We're cut off, and that every man
had to do his duty. 1t was then getting
dark and the General said that failure to
do our uuty would probably result in all
being taken prisoners before morning 1--WE
have to make a charge tonight he said,
"and fight our way out" We formed the
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ton in May and part of June. during
which the roads become dry The soil is
a pliable loan which is mire when wet
and dust when dry. both conditions being
equally disagreeable for travel.
, Early in June the rains begin. and con-
tinue during the Summer. The rainfall is
great, the rivers become torrents in a
night. and the traveller is often detained a
month in a single spot. 1t begins to freeze
again early in October.
I'VE thus get an idea of what cam
paigning is in Manchuria. Along thou,
sands of miles of trade routes there is
not one yard metaled. The so-called Impe-
rial highway is as bad as any, and the
Government has always ignored the sub
ject of good roads.
The action of the navy in supporting
the army is also restricted. In Winter the
fresh-water ports are all closed and the
coast is bound with fringe of ice. which
is said to interfere with the landing of
troops. I'm Summer the ice disappears and
the coast line becomes Il shallow mud fat
extending five to seven miles out to sea.
should think that the ice on the coast
would be less troublesome than the mud.
but as the Japs have not attempted any
landing operations it would seem to afford
a barrier.
1T therefore looks as if natural causes
would exert a great influence on the cam
paign. Movements of large bodies will be
tied to the railroads, the coast and the
navigable rivers
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PERSONAL.

James Il. English, Of Sidney, O., died
March 20. at the home Of his daughter
He was born in Sidney where he had lived
all his life. AT the age of Is he entered
the army i'm Co. ID, SSth Ohio, and served
until July 3, 1860, when he was honorably
discharged. He was a good soldier. re-
naming with his company during it's en-
tire service. He was very popular in the
community, and will be greatly missed.
1t will he particularly lamented in this
country that Nassli Verestchagin, the
great Russian painter, was lost on the
Petr0pav lOvsk. He was the greatest of
modern war painters and was associated
with this country by his pictures of Ameri-
can soldiers, whom he had the sense to
recognize as the highest types of fighting
men. In 1902, at the suggestion of Presi-
dent Roosevelt, he went to Cuba and
sketched the Santiago battlcfields and the
scenes connected with the destruction of
Cervera's fleet. He painted a picture of
the battle Of San Juan, which has re.
ceived great praise. Much Of his fame
rests on his pictures of Napoleon's Rus
sian campaign, and in realistic paintings
of New Testament subjects. He had been
a soldier himself, and was severely
wounded at the siege of Plevna. At the
time of the destruction of the PetrOpav-
lovsk he was aboard as the guest of Ad-
miral Makaroff.
Comrade +. J. G. Leischer, 2Sth Wis,
Waterville, MIMI, needs the sympathy of
tho comrades IN account Of the loss of his
wife, which is the greatest loss that he
ever sustained, and he says he feels as if
he were adrift ON the ocean.
Frank F.. Manson, who was one of the
last survivors of the De Long Arctic Ex-
petition. died at his home in Ministique,
Mich, March 20. He was given a medal
of honor and a pension of $50 per month,
which Congress had recently raised to $40.
1t is believed that his death leaves Rear
Admiral Geo. w. Melville the sole surgi-
yor of the expedition
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hlie the Russians IN Fort Arthur
We're still deploring the awful calamity to
the Petropavlovsk, a torpedo boat de-
stroyer. Bezstrashni, was cut off from
the Russian fleet and sunk by the Japan
csc, and the battleship Pobieda accidental
ly struck Il mine which greatly injured
her. but she was able to regain the harbor
without loss of life. Only five men were
saved from the torpedo-boat destroyer.
FOrty-fve officers and men died.
The Pobieda is a battleship of 12,G14
tons displacement and of 1850 horse
power. She is 4O11a feet long, has 111a
feet beam. and draws 26 feet of water,
and is heavily armored with steel. She
was completed in 1901. has a complement
Of 49, men. and her estimated speed is Is
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Last Raid of LIST Wis. Cav.

EDITOR NATIONAL TRIBUNE: / suppose
that, myself excepted, every comrade OF
the 1st Wis. Cav. is competent to write
its history, and the material is abundant.
Why don't some of them write? Possibly
none Of them care to be reminded of the
hardships endured-especially Oh the Will
son raid of 30 days, mostly nights.
The day after the fight at West Point,
Ala-where many of our dear old com
rades remain-Capt. Martin, with de-
sections of railroad and to burn rebel sup
plies, etc We rode all day and all night
and till about 5 p. M, when we reached
Griffin. where we burned the railway sta
ton, with the stores it contained. In the
town we found lot of rebel ratiOns-
hams, meat, meal, etc.-Which we did not
destroy. as the officers in charge prom
ised Capt. Martin to distribute them to
the poor. perhaps they kept that prom
iseD
We rode all that night again and the
next day, reaching WoOdman about s
d. M, when horses and men were worn
out Here there was great pile OF
shelled corn heaped in street and we let
our horses eat ifrom it.
In about 10 minutes we heard the
whistle of an approaching locomotive, and
hurried into our saddles and away to meet
the train and cover it before the rebels we
expected the train to bring could get out
and form. We tried to go fast, but our
horses were exhausted, and their gait was
nearer AZ than $40. We saw approach
ing, an engine, and one car, u white flag
flying over the engine.
Capt Martin drew us up about 10 rods
from the line, and when the engine stop
ped he rode to 1t and at once returned ac-
cOmpanied by two rebel officers. When
about halfway back they halted and the
Captain said: Gen. Lee has surrender
ed.'
1t is not possible for me to describe our
feelings.
We did not destroy any more railroad
property, but set out for Macon at once.
After an all-night march We came to Il
by-rOad three miles from Macon, where
the LIST Wis. was camped. The boys had
not heard that Lee had surrendered, and
it was welcome news for them.
We went through Macon that day with
out any more fighting, and camped that
night near the smallpox burying ground
There / saw two English brass cam
mons taken out OF a grave! Why they
were buried just there l do not know
There was no sign of smallpox on them
they were the finest guns ever saw. They
must have died of complication Of dis
ease, like the Confederate States
If this should meet the eye of any COM
rades that were along ON that four days
sand nights ride. which was the hardest
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THE RUSSO=JAPANESE WAR.
Tic Country People, and ResourcesThe Operations, Prospects
and Leading Incidents.
CLIMATE CT MANCHURIA.
One of the Very Worst in the World for
Military Operators.


An officer who had considerable expert
ence in Oriental paiSning says:
In Manchuria the season tluctuat's
from wet toe dry. from hot To cold. The
Winter season is very severe. 4 thermom-
eter which registered SO degrees below
zero went Q degrees out of sight In the
high mountain passes traffic is stopped 10y
the snow. but in the lowlands the marshes
and streams are solidly frozen. Then the
roads become hard and smooth. and al!
roads are filled with carts and sledges, in
the full flow of business. 1t was in the
dead of Winter that the japanese conduct
ed their last campaign in Manchuria. from
October till March. and. Notwithstanding
great hardShips and suffering. it is quite
clear that it could not have been conducted
at any other time. The japanese showed
great energy, but the enemy was not
great obstacle. and from the Ialu to Yin
kOw the progress was about one and
quarter miles per day. We sec how fast
they are travelling now from Seoul to the
Yalu, which they have reached only with
their advanced troops after more than two
months. The two months just ended have
completed the period of campaigning, and
it looks as if operations would have to
stop. except near the coast and on the rail
road.
The thaw has now begun At this time
the ice breaks up in the harbors and OH
the rivers. The frozen crust of earth is
SOftened in the valleys and becomes q bog.
Transportation becomes difficult and trav-
elers are apt to find loaded carts standing
where the thaw caught them. The period
of the thaw is variable. but it is usually
followed by good season of short dura-
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Makaroff was Il man who was proud of
his profession. and remarkably Jealous
and able in everything pertaining tn it,
He was one of the earliest tn develop the
power Of the torpedo. and did some very
remarkable things during the Russo-Turk-
ish war in hiowing up Turkish irOnclads
in the Danube. His assignment. to com
mand mt Port Arthur infused spirit and eff
fectiveneSs into the Russian navy there
where previously had been inact:on and q
condition bordering Oh despair.
$. He Went gallanty into the fight when
ever there was a chance. and particularly
Wen commentator by his heroic attemp:
to rescue one of his torpedo boats from the
Japanese.
He was born in 1913. entering the navy
at the lowest grade. but was rapidly pro-
NOTED on account of his services in the
Turkish war. He was Il warm admirer
of America and Americans. and n student
of our progress in every way, particularly
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until quite recently, when the Minister of
Finance tried To bring order out of chaos
by establishing gold basis. The basis
has been a silver ruble worth i'm 1874
17.17 cents. 1t rapidly declined with the
fall of silver. The Minister of Finance
adopted compromise. with the gold
ruble. the value of which is fixed by our
United States Treasury at 51.5 cents
Upon the basis Of the silver ruble, all i'm
mense amount OF paper currency was is
sued which the Russian Treasury is now
trying TO reduce, and Jan. IA, 1903. they
brought it down TO G.50,0OO,N0 rubles.
This amount. while not excessive for the
population of this country. is enormous
for Nation which has so large proper
ton of barbarOus and semi ba rbar ous
people who make little if any use of
money. AT present it takes IL paper ru-
bles TO buy 10 rubles i'm gold. which
would make the paper ruble worth about
"a cents-rOughly one-third of a dollar.
The news comes that the paper ruble is
suffering depreciation on account of the
ill-fortune of the Russians in the war in
the East
Treasury is that the taxes are already
very searching and drastic, reaching ev-
erything in sight, and it is hard to see
where additional revenue can be obtained.
There are now heavy taxes on lands and
forests, trade licenses, capital, spirits, to-
bacco, sugar. naphtha, matches, stamp du-
ties, passports etc. etc, and the poor
peasantry are ground to the earth under
the weight of the imposition upon them.
At the beginning of the Crimean War the
National debt was about $72OOOO,OOO.
January, 1902. the consolidated debt
amounted to Sc. 422. 523.3O5. with an an
nual interest of $151, 444, $50. This is
more than three times that of the United
States, while Russia is very much the
poorer country. The Russian debt per
capita is about $25. while that of the
United States is $12. Russia squeezes
1891 ,772 900 out of her poor people every
year in taxes. whereas the United States
revenue Is only $6S4, 0S2 ,943.
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An Easy Way to Make Money.

have made $4,000 In 80 days selling DISH
washers. ] did my homework at the same
time. don't canvass. People come or send
for the Dish-washers. / handle the Mound City
Dish-washer. 1t is the best on the market. 1t
is lovely to sell. 1t washes and dries the dishes
perfectly in two minutes. Every lady who secs
IL wants one. will devote all my future time
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year. Any intelligent person can do as we'll as
I have done. Write for particulars to the
Mound City DISH Washer Co., st. Louis, Mo.
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i'll all that related to naval matters He
came To this country three times to study
matters that he wanted to investigate
close at hand, and took from the giant
ice crushers in Lake Michigan those ideas
which led to the ice boats for Lake Baikal.
He was an enthusiast in regard to these,
and thought that he could construct one
that would reach the North Pole. He was
always particularly friendly to Americans
visiting Russia, and in 1902. while Gov
ernor of COnstadt, gave a grand dinner to
the Captain and other officers of the
United States vessels then in port
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Jackson don't want it that way-that he
was killed by the Union soldiers When
we lost our Philip Kearny, we owned up,
and We felt bad enough; we only wished
that We could pay them back, and our
wish was granted.-C. B. HAUsER, Gu
ID, goth Pa. Bellevue, Pa.
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DESTRUCTION OF THE PETROPAvLOVSK
Russia Suffers the Loss OF Another Great
EattleshiD.

April 13, the Petropavlovsk. the best of
the remaining Russian battleships. while
manuvering in front of Port Arthur.
struck Il mine or torpedo. which blew out
Il large portion of her hull. when her cen
ter of gravity being shifted. she turned
turtle drowning everybody OH board ex
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An Open Question.
(I.ippincott's.)

NI1IUIIIVUII 81
Four-year-old Julian had become SOME.
what perpleXed through hearing discuss
sions of current events and of school top-
les. Papa" he asked one day, which
is longer, the alimentary canal or the Pan.
anna Canal?'
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knots The steel armOr of the battleship
varies in thickness from 4 to 9H inches
along her belt. The armament of the
Pobieda consists of four 1O-inch guns,
IL 6-inch guns. 16 3-inch guns, 10 1.S-inci
guns. and II 1.4-inch guns. She has six
torpedo tubes.
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of all my services, / should like to hear
from them.-BERNARD STAGNER, Co. Nj
LIST Wis. Cav, Madison, Wis.
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Vice-Admiral Makaro6.

4 peculiar regret is felt in this country
for the death of Admiral Makaroff beyond
that which is natural for the loss of n gal
liant and accomplished sailor. Admiral
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The Front on the Vain.

The dispatches announce that the Rus
slams are preparing n strong line at An
tnnS. on the west side Of the Yalu, to re-
sist the advance Of the Japanese from
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THE YALU RIVER DISTRICT
Note.-The Russians and japanese fortified FOR 10
miles OIL either side of the alu River. Japanese rein
foIcements landing at Chulsau.
Korea. There is possibility of heavy
fighting there, as owing to the shallowness
of the sea the position is hard to turn
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