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Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1904-10-06

tary matters, are the most unreliable
people on earth. There is no one so
afraid of powder and ball as the China
man. When he sees or hears an out
post skirmish it seems to him like the
last desperate general assault, and
when he reaches Chefoo he reports Of
''hails of shot" cyclones Of she'll"
and 'earthquaking Mines"
In the latter part Of August the Japs
took four outlying forts in front Of
Rihlung and Kikwang. They immedi-
ately set out to strengthen these
places, and made them into most re-
spectacle Notifications. When the
next general assault starts, these forts
will try to silence the guns of their
Russian opposites before the infantry
come into operation. If the new Japa-
nese forts can obtain preponderance
over Rihlung and Kikwang those
places may possibly fall to general as
sault But the whole operations at
Port Arthur up to the present date
merely confirm the old lesson that de-
lenses adequately manned by resolute
troops cannot be taken by frontal at
tack. The Japanese are desperately
brave; they are especially good on the
offense They started at Port Arthur
flushed with victory. They considered
the place as holy and and went at it
like crusaders. But they have come
nowhere near storming it. Strong forts
containing good men cannot be storm
ed.
The fall Of Port Arthur is evident
ly one Of the vital links in the Japa-
nese chain Of strategy. Time and
again have the Japenese movements
been evidently thrown out by the per-
sistent and unexpectedly successful de-
Tense Of the Russian fortress. In their
intended calendar Of war the fall of
Port Arthur was set for a date some
months back-probably in June.
Then from this June fall they educed
a long train of consequences, such as
the destruction or capture Of the Rus
sian feet, which would allow part of
the japanese fleet to go home, repair,
take on new guns in place of those
Worn out by constant firing, rest I'D it's
men, while the remaining ships sealed
up Vladivostok.
Meanwhile Nogi and his $4,000 men
would be released for other work
perhaps at Vladivostok. Kuroki and
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1904-10-06
"JAPS" TAKE DA PASS.
Important Point Forty-five Miles from
Mukden Captured.

The japanese at last have begun the
offensive. They have captured Da Pass
and are pressing on Gen. Kuropatkin's
left flank. 1t is believed the Russians
abandoned Da Pass without serious re-
sistance. Several other passes of the
Da range east Of Bentsiaputze, twenty
miles southeast of Mukden, are also in
the hands Of japanese.
Kuropatkin evidently is drawing in
bis forces to the less mountainous eoun-
try northwest, where he may decide to
give battle. Meanwhile sharp fighting
is regarded rs imminent southeast of
Mukden, whence the japanese are ex-
pected to deliver their main attack, the
flank movement from the west being of
secondary Importance.
Da Pass, or Ia Pass, meaning Great
Pass. is situated about forty-fve miles
southeast of Mukden and about the same
distance northeast of Liaoyang. 1t is
about twenty-five miles south of the Hun
river. The japanese attacked Da Pass.
which was occupied by the troops of
Gems. Mishtchenko and Samsonuff, Sept.
a, but, according to dispatches from
Hardin, were repulsed twice.
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1904-10-06
NEW WARSHIP AFLOAT.
TIE Connecticut, Most Powerful Type
in Navy, Is Launched.


in Navy, Is Launched.
As the bands ON the several warships
at the New York navy yard played 1.-The
Star-Spangled Banner" new United
States battleship slid down the ways into
the water at 11:16 a. m. Thursday and
Miss Alice Welles, granddaughter of
President Lincoln's Secretary Of the
Navy, broke a bottle of champagne over
the vessels PROV, naming it Connecticut.
The launching was without hitch OF any
kind and was entirely successful.
Many thousands of people witnessed
the launching of this, the first batrleship
built in a government yard since the
Inflated Maine; large crowds gathering
at the navy yard and at various points
on the Manhattan and Brooklyn sides of
the East river.
More than 10000 invitations were is
sued and few wera not used. Streamers
and bunting were displayed in profusion
everywhere around the navy yard, par
ticularly on the scaffolding surrounding
the enormous hull Of the new battleship.
The bow was tastefully draped with q
large American flag.
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1904-10-06
Post.
GURNEY MAY BE PUNISHED.
British Embassy to Be Supplied with
the Facts in the Case.

It seems that Hugh Quincy, third
secretary of the British embassy at
Washington, who was fined $50 for driv-
ing his automobile too fast and $50 more
for contempt of court by Judge Phelps
of Lee, Mass, and who raised a row
with the judge over question of privi-
lege, came out second best after all. Cur
ney pleaded official exemption from ar
rest for the violation of q Massachusetts
law, but he is not to escape scot free II
Gov. Bates can prevent it. The State
Department, in transmitting Gov. Bates
apology to the British legation for the
arrest Of Mr.. Quincy. will present
statement Of facts and testimony to show
that Quincy violated the plain law of
Massachusetts.
Judge Phelps exhibited ignorance Of
international law, but the opinion seems
to prevail that Mr.. Quincy betrayed 4
lack of common sense, a lack of good
breeding and, worst of all, lack of dip
lomacy. \ man who does not know
when to be complaisant and yielding and
when to be tenacious of his dignity and
privileges, especially when he has been
guilty Of disorderly conduct, will hardly
shine as a star of the first magnitude
in the diplomatic sky.
This is the view taken of the case in
London, where it was made known at
once that the government at Washington
would make any reparation that was de-
sired, but where the only feeling was
that Mr.. Quincy had made himself ridic
uous. The Westminster Gazette thinks
that as Mr. Quincy had violated the law
he should have peaceably waived his
privilege and paid his fine. If this is the
general feeling it is likely that Mr.. Cur
ney will be conveniently dropped from
the diplomatic service of his country.
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1904-10-06
War News in Brief.

Port Arthur's fate is said to hinge on
single fort that the Japs are trying to
capture.
home to enable the nation to prosecute
long war.
Oyama's cavalry has entered the Pu
valley. which leads to the railroad north
Of Mukden.
The japanese have landed many
troops in Korea for an advance toward
Vladivostok.
Port Arthur's plight grows worse, the
city being absolutely cut off from the
rest of the world.
Fresh troops are being added to the
japanese garrison at Bentsiaputsze, now
the headquarters of the army.
A mysterious foreign cruiser was
sighted off San Francisco and is supposed
to be the Korea, Russian raider.
Marshal Oyama is bending all his en-
ergies to a thanking move of vast pro-
portions around the east side of Muk-
den.
Ia Pass was taken by the japanese
after a slight Engagement The island
ers are advancing en- Telling along the
Lao river, according to a report from
Hardin.
At Mukden it is believed that the Jap
aIcSe will not make a frontal attack
upon that city, but will seek to engage
the Russians north or northeast of there.
The line of the japanese army at Muk-
den is sixty miles long, stretching from
Il point near Fushun On the east to a
point Just south Of Mukden and near the
Hun river on the west
Major General Orloff, who was blamed
for the Russian defeat at Eaoyang, will
be detached from the Manchurian army
by order Of Gen. Kuropatkin. He may
be retired summary or given a new COM
mand in Russia.
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1904-10-06
JUDGE PARKER'S LETTER.
Attacks Imperialism and Advocates
Tariff Reform

Il
Arrangement of imperialism and ex-
| ecut1ve power based on individual
caprice, demand for tariff reform on
prudent lines so as not to work revO-
luton in existing conditions. unequiv-
ocal declaration in favor of Filipino
independence, the urging of the i'm
mediate curtailment Of expenditures
and return to economical administra-
ton, and promise of sweeping inves-
tigation of all departments of the gov
eminent in the event Of party success
these are the distinctive features Of
Alton Brooks Parker's formal letter
accepting the Democratic nomination
for the presidency
Judge Parker digresses from the is
sues he regards as standing forth pre-
eminent in the public mind to answer
ROosereltian epigram and interroga-
ton with judicially constructed state
ments on few Of the other issues in
volved in the campaign. Characterize
ing the service pension order of the
President as usurpation of legisla
tive power, he quotes from Mr.. RoOse-
velt's letter Of acceptance, and accepts
the challenge contained therein by de-
claring that if elected he will revoke
the order. He adds, however, that,
having done SO, he will contribute his
effort toward the enactment of an age
pension law by Congress. The Ian
guage Of the Presidents letter, Judge
Parker says, suggests the suspicion
that the order was made to create an
issue.
The duty Of proceeding with due dill
igence in the work Of constructing the
Panama canal is imperative, Judge
Parker declares, but he says the meth
DDS by which the executive acquired
the canal route and rights are a
source Of regret to many.
Another matter discussed briefly is
American shipping, forty years of de-
cadence being deplored, and the rec
ord of the Democratic party being
pointed to as giving assurance that
the work of restoration can be more
wisely intrusted to it. The remedy,
it is declared, does not lie in subsidies
wrung from the taxpayers. Attention
is directed also to the officers and men
Of the army and navy, both, it being
declared, having suffered from the in
lection Of personal and political in
f1uence.
In a paragraph devote to foreign
relations, Judge Parker says the new
conditions call for a management of
foreign affairs the more circumspect
in that the recent American inva-
sion" Of markets in all parts Of the
world has excited the serious appre-
hension of all the great industrial peo-
Piles. 1t is essential, he believes, to
adhere strictly to the traditional pol
icy regarding friendship and entang-
ling alliances, which means the "cul-
tivation of peace instead Of the glOrifi-
cation of man, and the minding Of our
own business in lieu of spectacular in
termeddling with the affairs Of other
nations"
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1904-10-06
HARVEST OF DEATH.
Attacks on Port Arthur Are Marked by
Terrible Slaughter.

Terrible slaughter.
Twelve thousand fresh japanese troops
have arrived to reinforce Gen. Nog1
in his siege of Port Arthur. A new bat
terry of field artillery has also been turn
el on the city. according to official re-
ports received in st. Petersburg. Since
the last terrific assault, in which the
japanese lost heavily, there has been an
ouinous silence. Viceroy Alexieff, in a
message to the Car, declares the food
supply of the garrison good, the defend
ers in excellent spirits, but that the wat
er supply is causing concern to the COM
manders.
Terrible havoc is being wrought by
land mines. Both sides, under cover of
darkness, are undermining the fortlhca-
tons. Quantities Of shimose, the deadly
japanese explosive, have killed many
Russians. The losses of the besiegers,
however, are terrible. Thousands or
dead bodies have impregnated the very
air with death. Due to this, the health
of the entire garrison is menaced.
1t is also understood in official quar-
tiers that fresh japanese re-enforcements
are continually arriving outside the be-
sieged city.
Dependency in st. Petersburg regard
Eng the situation in Port Arthur is be-
coming more pronounced daily. Grounds
for this feeling Of pessimism have been
added to in the past few days by the en-
rire absence of news from Gen. Stoessel.
Heretofore the Russian commander has
been able to get some word through by
means of vessels to Chefoo, but it is now
.+otad the J,Danese blockade Is perfect
and all junks or other vessels coming out
of Port Arthur, or attempting to enter
the port, are sent to Dalny.
Indications point to a hard winter
campaign in northern Korea.
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1904-10-06
Gar to Reorganize Army,

The Gear. spurred by repeated defeats
at the hands of the japanese arms on
land and sea, has decided to reorganize
the Russian army. Gen. Grippenberg
has been assigned to command the sec
ond division Of the Manchurian army,
and is placed On equal footing with Gen.
Kuropatkin. Seven hundred thousand
men may soon be ready to take the ag-
gressive against the japanese. Il is be-
ieved thst Grand Duke Nicholas will be
made commander-in-chief Of the Russian
armies in tha far East
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1904-10-06
19O4-19O5 19O3-19O

At the University Of Michigan the
greatest increase this year is in the en-
cheering department, which has 125
more students than registered for instruc
ton last year Wisconsin will have the
largest freshman class in the history Of
the institution, and the total attendance
in all departments will run above 5000
The figures given in the table are for
the academic department.
An average increase Of 20 per cent in
all departments is reported from the Uni
versity of Iowa. The University Of Chi
cago figures for 1903 include students
registered in the summer schools.
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1904-10-06

Oku obviously tarried long waiting for
Port Arthur to fall. And by their tar
rying they wasted much valuable time
and probably inflicted a less severe
whipping on Kuropatkin than would
have been possible earlier. Stoessel
remains great big spoke in the Japa-
neSe wheel
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1904-10-06
BIG GAINS MADE BY COLLEGES.
Students Are F1ocking to University
Towns in Increased Numbers.

Naturalization days at the universities
are bringing students into the college
towns in larger numbers than ever be-
fore, and reports from nearly all the
larger institutions indicate that the en-
rcllment this year will break all records.
The entrance time has not expired as
vet at most of the universities and the
students will continue to arrive until the
hour for first lectures, but estimates
from registrars and deans give the fol-
lowing comparative table of attendance:
l9O4-19O5 19O3-19O4
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1904-10-06

The wide sweep Of the japanese east
ward turning movement is indicated in the
map. Using the Taitse River as means
Of transit, Oyama is dispatchins troops to
Sianchan, thirty miles northeast of Lao
Yang. The appearance Of japanese near
be taken as a design to cross the Hun at
the Fushun ford. At Port Arthur the line
of investment is drawing closer. The To-
cation Of Fort Kouropatkin, which is re-
ported captured, is pointed out. Almost
directly eastward and westward are Rib
lung and Antseshan forts, the loss of either
one of which would be a serious blow to
General StoeSsel.
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1904-10-06

Engineer w. F. Kimball and Fireman
William Chapman were killed and thirty
others injured in a collision between a
passenger train and a freight on the
Maine Central railroad near Lewiston,
Ne.
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1904-10-06

Indications point to a hard winter
campaign in northern Korea.
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1904-10-06

Old papers for sale at this office.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1904-11-17
The Vote In Ohio.

Complete returns (unofficial) from
every county in Ohio gave the Repub.
licans 800, 455 votes and the Democrats
344 200, making the plurality 256,255.
This shows gain over the Mckinley
plurality in 1900 of s7,2l9, and over
the Herrick plurality in 1903 of 142, 443
The same figures show that the
Democrats cast 10000 votes less this
year than they did in 1900, when the
total vote was 474,0OO in round num-
bers. These figures tell the story of
election day better than column of
reading matter. It was not a smash
Ing Republican gain that rolled up
the big majority 1t was the tremen-
dous Democratic loss.
The grand total it is estimated, will
be In the neighborhood of l,004, 900.
At the office of the Secretary of sta
about 62 counties had been heard from
officially. 1t is thought that the COM
piete abstract of returns will not be
completed before some day next week.
Cincinnati Enquire.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1904-11-17
Schrier-Fine Tailoring.
MOUNTAIN RANGES.
when White Gives Way to Green
They Are on the Decline,

when White Gives Way to Green
They Are on the Decline.
There is something almost lifelike in
the growth of mountains. They do not
attain their maximum stature all at a
leap. The first great uplift of the Sler-
ras, Professor Lawson thinks, elevated
the range about 900 feet Even that
was not done at n bound 1t took time
while the gigantic pressures were at
work. Vast periods also elapsed while
the growing mountains swelled up
ward to their elimination of l4,000 or
$4,000 feet. Perhaps they are still
growing.
Age has its common marks every.
where. An old mSn stoops. shrinks in
stature and becomes round shouldered, ,
an aged tree sheds its branches. breaks
off at the top and finally tumbles into
ruin; time worn mountain loses its
aspiring peaks. smooths down its jag
ged outlines, rounds off Its steep slopes
sinking lower and lower under the con.
stant wear of the elements until only a
line of green carpeted hills remains to
mark the place where tremendous sum-
mits rose into the region of perpetual
snow and flashed back the sunshine
from crown Of glaciers.
1t Is relatively an easy task to calcu.
late the age of a mountain range
which, like the Sierra Nevada range,
had new birth Mt the beginning of
quarternary time, the latest period In
the geological history of our planet. 1t
would be far more difficult to offer the
measuring tape Of the centuries to the
great Appalachian range, which lies
just behind the Atlantic seabOard. The
Appalachians date back to the remote
carboniferOus age, which ended so long
ago that nobody probably would be
willing to risk a guess Mt the number
OF millions of years which must since
have elapsed. The Appalachians may
have been magnificent giants In their
day. but time has conquered them, as
1t Will also conquer the rugged Sierras,
and now their verdured tanks and tops
delight the unalarmed eyes Of railway
tourists winding on swift trains of par
lor cars through the rich valleys that
have fattened on the substance of the
disintegrated peaks.
The glory of a sun is gone when II
passes from light to darkness, from
solar incandescence to planetary opac-
ity. and likewise the splendor of life
for a mountain departs when 1t sinks
from white to green and from the
abode of snow to the levels Of grass.-
Garrett =, Serviss in Success.
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A remarkable increase in the inde-
pendent vote was shown at the recent
election and bitter parts find
much to surprise them in the returns.
The American voter Is able TO make
up his own mind as to what officials
and what principles are best for the
nation and country and is not back
ward about casting his vote for what
he thinks regardless of the party en-
blem under which the candidates
names were placed, This was espec
tally shownin the returns from Massa
'chussetts, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Col.
orado and even in the local election
in Hillsboro. The day when "yel
low dog" can be elected simply be.
cause his name is on the ticket of the
party having an enormous natural
majority is passed, 1t means cleaner
candidates and better officials.
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8EgrGz'd1ly|gNS 3D. 4 la;2AS
s.A{sEsH.Ssss 5 - -
THE ESKIMO.
Tie Is an Industrious chap who DE.
serves q Helping Hand.

Tie IL an industrious Chap who DE.
serves q Helping Hand.
The natives of Alaska are fast
lwindling race. Their sun is setting
Probably their midday sun never rose
higher than the midwinter sun rises tn
this latitude.
Most of the Eskimos In Alaska are
gathered at the missions, but the trnv
eler will find a few In villages of two
Or three or half dozen igloos in places
convenient for fishing, as fish is the
staple diet of these people. Starvation
aud disease have left but remnant of
once populous tribes.
Contact with the white race has haa
a great deal to do with their deteriora
other native races are not naturally IN
dustrious Before the coming of tn,
white man stern necessity made them
provide for tue Immediate future. The
sea supplied them with most of theii
food. and there were wild berries and
various kinds Of game on the land to
vary their fish diet. l,y instinct In
hcrited from long line of ancestors
they are fishermen and hunters, but by
contact with the Caucasian they are
makers of curios and traders. In their
new avocations they have become de-
pendent to great extent upon the
white people.
But the higher race Is not responsible
for all their ills. The insanitary state
in which they live Is not conducive to
longevity. The impure air in the native
winter huts. the lack of personal clean
iiness and much of the food the native
eats would shorten the days Of the
hardest people.
The Eskimo has some qualities Of
character to be admired. He has often
shared his last bit of food with starv.
ing prospectors or wrecked sailors. He
IL bright and ingenious. simple minded
as child, with happy disposition
that takes no thought of the morrow
He is bad only when under the influ
nee Of liquor.
The government should make some
provision for the Eskimo. He can be
made self supporting, possibly con.
tributor TO the wealth of the world, by
placing him in u line Of work for which
nature has fitted him. Provide him
with modern appliances and means for
ishing and whaling and with proper
management he will become a producer
" wealth, Nome News
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FircprOof Cars.

Why has there not beer, an effective
:uor to Introduce all metal passenger
ears for railway purposesy asks EIec.
trjcal Review. The all steel freight
car has met with deserved success, and
the railroads cannot secure them fast
enough. yet the step from the construc-
tion OF an all steel freight car to the
construction Of IN all steel passenger
car Is not an lnsnrmouniable one. and
We have been Informed that one Of the
western steam roads has steel car In
service. The advantages of steel for
this purpose are evident. It is light.
strong and. above NJ. incomMlstihlo
Lot us lole Inn. The lay when all las
senger cars win be built without tl'-
use OF W. sd may not be long dal,,.
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4 New Machine Gun.

a new machine gun, invented by a
Young soldier named Eugene Dumor-
Ter of the One Hundred and Forty
afth infantry regiment, is receiving the
close attention of the committee on
new inventions at the French war Of
ice. Dumortier claims that the gun
will completely sweep n given zone,
leaving no intervening space In which
t would be comparatively safe for any
body Of troops TO move. While one bat.
terry Of the gun is firing at range of
S,UUO ynrds another will simultaneous.
" fire ut 800 yards. increasing or di-
minishing It's range as may be ncces
Sary. Tie gun rests on II four wheeled
,arriage and works on an adjustable
swivel steel platform. so flat II can be
rurned In any direction. Each OF the
two batteries has ten barrels. and the
ningazine is loaded automatically II
Is said That lao Lcbci balls con be fred
Der minute.