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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-01-07
Japanese Official Talks.

Toxic. Jan. IA high Japanese au-
thCrity makes the following eXplana-
tion of the status of the Far Eastern
question:
The statement that Russia has made
concessions to Japan * not eXart. On
the contrary. Russia. in the month Of
October. made certain concessions
which were accepted by Japan subse-
ducntly Withdrew them and assumed
an attitude which left the Japanese
little hope in the way of reaching
satisfactory agreement. The Japanese
government. confident i'm the declara-
tons of diSintcreStPdncsS in Manchuria
made by Russia and recognizing Rus
sia's special interests in that region.
wished TO regulate. once for all. all
questions i'm the Far East. in the inter
est of future peace and tranquility.
stood for the Open Door.
.eTo this end Japan made the follow
ing proposals:
-. RUSSIA and Japan should mu-
tually respect the independence and
territorial intcgritory of China ana
Korea.
..'I. To recognize reciprOCally-.Ia
pan. the special interest of Russia in
Manchuria Russia, the special interests
of Japan i'll Korea.
-. To engage mutually not to i'll
fringc-Iapan. the commercial rights
and immunitics acquired 10y Russia in
Korea: Russia, the commercial rights
and immunities acquired by Japan in
Manchuria.
In making the third proposition Ia
pan wished not only to protect her own
rights in China and those of Russia in
Korea. but To conSecrate by the princi-
pie of equality Of treatment the com
mercial rights of all nations in Korea
and China.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-01-07
Demands vlndlcatlon or IndIcl,nent.
Iowa Again Recognized.

Washington, Jan. The president
sent 10 the senate the nomination for
second assistant engineer Of the rev
cnur cutter service. Harry NJ. Hep
burn. of Iowa.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-01-07
Tells of the Progress
of Russian NegO-
tiatiOns.
REPLY UNACCEPTABLE
The Reasons are Set
Forth at Some
Length.

Washington. Jan. minister Allen,
at Seoul, Korea. cabied the state de-
partment today that the Russian ma
rines landed at ChemulpU. who were
refused transportation To Seoul over
the Japanese railway. have reached
the capital by marching overland.
Paris. Jan. IA dispatch TO Patrie
from COnstantinople says Russia is
negotiating with Turkey to permit
her Black Sea fleet. said To consist Of
76 ships. to pass through the Straits
of Dardanelles.
st. Petersburg. Jan. The war
ministry has received dispatch from
Toxic. saying the Russian minister
presented Russia's reply to the Japan
csc cabinet yesterday.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-01-07
Former Postal Official
Difficult to
Find.
WANTED AS WITNESS
Given Severe Arraign-
nent on Floor of
Senate.

Salt Lake City. Jan. "A summons
in the case of the government against
cry Macheu was served au former AS-
sistant Postmaster General Perry :.
Heath to-day by Marshal Haywood.
Heath leaves for Washington this ev-
ening To give testimony i'm the case.
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1904-08-26

Samuel Maxim, a brother Of the
Maxim OF rapid FIRE gun fame. has
made a discovery I'm a process for
producing steel which has remark
able qualities. Mr.. Maxim is a farm
or who lives In Maine. For some time
no has been experimenting with yari-
Gus methods for making blades which
will vie with the Damascus blade OF
immortal fame.
After reading some old Hindoo
books he constructed a forge on the
Indian plan, and from this produced
an ingot which he forged into n
rough drill This drill bored an iron
file as easily as II It had been a piece
OF wood. Tried with a scale of metals
gradually increasing in hardness, this
driil penetrated them all, not stopping
At the best steel obtainable. In case
this steel should prove 10 be llka that
OF the anolonts It win open a vast
Geld OF possibilities.
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1904-08-26
New MIlk.prYIna MnehIn..

The Just-fiatmaker milk-drying ma.
chine is extremely simple. The cylin-
ders are heated by steam TO n surface
temperature OF about $50 degrees
Fahrenheit. They are separated from
each other about one-elghth Of an
inch and revolye lnyersely, making
about six revolutions q minute. The
milk to be dried Is fed continuously
upon the revolving cylinders and.
passlng between Thorn, is spread in a
min. uniform layer upon the surface
M each cylinder. The mgk solids are
then removed In continuous sheets, as
me cylinders rovolve, by stripping
lnivos held in contact with tho oylin-
ders. By this process milk is reduced
~ dryness in less than thirty seconds
Tbe sheets Of dry milk are afterwards
nnlverIzed by being passed through a
sieve.
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1904-08-26

But II waH thought that the exterior
should be adorned with honorlng embel-
llnhmcntH OF flags and bunting, and 70
the Adams Square end. facing the statue
Of him e. whom 4 was named, was
sufficiently decorated 10 call forth the adj
miring attention Of the multitudea who
passed BY.
The right bower" OF the G. A. r.
during tho enoampmoBs were the
Sons OF Veterans. who Aaslsteds.n
making every event OF the week a
success. An escort OF the Sons OF
Veterans paraded with the Naval Vet
Grams and Ex.Prlsoners OF War on
Monday.
At the national encampmont OF the
s. and ", many prominent members
were present. including several vet.
Grams OF the civil war. among whom
were II. M. ]. Reed, who is chief OF
stan and commandant OF the military
department; F. II. D. Mcdowell. com
mander Of the Wisconsin division; #.
]. kellogg. commander OF tho Mich
igan division; 10. c. Parkinson, con.
stltutlonal life member; 4, A. Barton,
past commander OF Rhode Island a.
vision, and a. h. Connberry, past
commander OF the Michigan division
Tho museum OF Fine Arts was open
during the encampment free to all
veterans.
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1904-08-26

Fanouii hall the headquarters OF the
Sons OF Veterans during the national en-
campment, Il was decided that the edlnee
dubbed "thc cradle OF liberty" In 1853
ard IN which the nrat note OF revolt
against British oppression was uttered
year later, needed neither drapery nor
wreath In It's interior.
lowing. One of the divisions OF the
parade constituted the largest auto
mobile parade ever organiNed--aome
700 motor cars carrying Veterans too
old TO march. AZ the conclusion OF
tho parade the automobiles continued
on over the "Paui Revere route" to
Lexington and Concord and back to
Boston.
There were In tho parade more
Confederate veterans than ever be-
fore attended a Grand Army encamp-
ment In the North. special Efforts
having been made to secure the pres
once OF the men OF the gray.
AZ the national q. A. II. hoadquar'
tors the attendance by states. not In
Guiding Massachusetts,. was reported
as follows:
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1904-08-26

For days All roads north. cast. south
and west led to the Hub, as thou.
sands OF members Of the Grand Army
Of the Republic and their friends were
on their way To the city TO attend Tie
national oncampmcnt
There was an attendance Of be
tween $4,000 and 10000 at the en-.
campment
That this will be the last great on.
campment Of the Grand Army OF the
Republic "a tho general Impression.
The veterans are passing away 10 rap
idly that even a year makes Il impos-
slblo for thousands TO be present at
these annual gatherings. and a parade
OF 35,0OO-the number In line at this
encampment-probably never will be
seen again.
Tho spectacular feature Of the en-
campmont was the parade Illinois had
The right OF the line. Wisconsin fol.
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1904-08-26
G. A. R. MEETS AT BOSTON
National Encampment One of the Most
Successful Ever Held 49, Thirty-FiVe
Thousand Old Soldiers Parade.

tive committee desired to honor.
one Of the inspiring sights OF the
encampmont was the living flag. 1900
boys and girls assembled at the head
Of Temple place ON raised plat.
form For over a month Mrs. Lou
stuart Wadsworth had them In re
honrsal. aud In the passage OF the
procession they sang the followingS
America, The Star spangled Ban.
ner." Marching Through Georgia"
The Battle Cry OF Freedom" "Kel.
ler's American Hymn" Freedoms
Land" Dixie" Hail Columbia" and
THE Red, White and Blue.
One Of the most interesting fea.
lures In connection with these en-.
campmonts is the reglmental reunions
which take place, as at these gather
lngs old comrades meet and shake
the hands Of their old tent mates and
recall events OF long ago.
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1904-08-26

AZ a rough calculation the popula.
ton Of the world II more than ono
HILTON souls These speak some 1904
languages. and are worshlpers OF more
than i.iO0 religiona The average
llosgth OF lifa Ia az Ia years. Ono.
fourth OF mankind die before the sew.
onth and one-half before the seven.
tenth year Only one-sixth live be.
yond the age OF sixty. Thlrty-threo
million die annually. Of 900 daily. S.7sO
every hour. sixty every minute. While
one-fourth are capable Of bearing
arms. only one In a thousand la nat
urally Inclined TO the profession.
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1904-08-26

Mr. NJ u. Forbes Of Camden coun.
~. who IL attending the summer
school. boasts Of teaching the most
ponderous pupil this country has ever
produced.
His name IL Lewis Lowafk. son Of
John Lowark. a fisherman on Abe.
marie Sound. lie Is n years old and
weighs 40 pounds. When he went 20
school 10 Mr. Forbes he weighed over
900 pounds aud his mother told Mr.
Forbes that Lewis weighed 100 pounds
before he was woaned lie exhibits
himself sometimes. going TO Virginia
Beach. Norfolk and other nearby
places He win not venture far from
home-ls afraid Of an accident or that
he will got sick lie sleeps on an iron
bodstead and has chair especially
constructed for his use. lie spends
his time with his father on the beach.
Chapel Hlll News.
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1904-08-26

the fingers on the keys. And with a
few minor improvements, which have
not changed the principle OF the In.
Yention, II has filled an important
place In the business world. II has
always been necessary to depress tho
keys sufficiently TO throw the type-b bar
against the mixing ribbon and leave
its Impression on the paper. this &C.
ton releasing a universal bar TO allow
tho carriage TO move forward ono
Spaco as each letter Is printed. Now
II Is done by the aid Of tho electric
current Each rod proposed to do all
this work automatically which oper.
ates a type-bar, Is now connected with
q little electro-magnet and as soon as
tho current enters any coil It's cores
ponding rod is thrown forward Just far
enough to hook the lower end OF II be,
meath the edge OF the central disk as
shown. Just MS this connection Is
made the passage OF the electric cur.
rent through another electro.magnet
dopresses the disk. pulling the rod
down and striking tho type face on
tho paper as though II were done by
tho depression OF a key with the I'm,
gor. To form the connection between
tho individual magnets and the oper.
atlng mechanism the writer wears a
set OF metallic thimbles on the fingers,
which are wired TO the source Of tho
electric current. The instant connec.
tlon is made with one OF the metallic
plates on tho keyboard tho current
passes through the plate into the cor.
responding magnet and hence to the
disk In the center OF the machine.
william H. Roberts OF Newark. N.
j., Is the inventor
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1904-08-26

A curious and fatal coincidence oe'
CURED last week at Lass0-Pntak. In
Hungary. a woodcutter named Jassa
was crushed TO death under a tree,
leaving his wife and children destk
tuto.
Finding no other work, tho widow
iolnod the woodcuttors and was killed
In exactly the same manner as her
husband had been few days pro-
vlously.
The superstitloua population refuse
20 fell any more trees.
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1904-08-26
.SCGE1ssSSCS.
~ NNGITIQN


maNiNH gee " nauluUls
An instrument lately devised by II.
J. Strut makes ingenious use OF tho
emanati0ns OF radium. An electro
scope with dividing leaves is sealed
up In vacuum tube along with a
speck Of radium. The inner sides OF
tho vacuum tube are partially coated
with tlnfoil. which communicates by
wire fused In the glass with the
earth" outside. Thus. II the cleo.
troscope be charged with positive
electricity. Us leaves, expanding. will
touch the tlnfoil surface; will be dis
charged and win fall together again.
But the spark OF radlum which Is al.
ways discharging negative ions
through the glass walls OF the vacu-
um tube u.s. In consequence. conunu-
ally creating and maintaining an at.
mosphere OF positive electricity
within the tube. ar therefore as
often as the electroscope is dis
charged recharges Il. Thus the leaves
Of the electroscope ceaselessly expand
and fall together again. The instru.
ment has been variously called a
radium clock and perpetual motor.
Both descriptions are wanting In &C.
ouraoy. for there Is reason TO believe
that the instrument will not 20 on
working forever. but only during the
10000 or 10000 years of the radium's
life; and there is no guarantee that
II will go on working with chrome
logical accuracy. sim, II is the near.
est approach TO perpetual motion
that has ever been artinclally at.
tanned.
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1904-08-26
Innnnea. nronre Lnntern.

Tho noted Japanese sardona, fam,
Gus for their beauty, owe much OF
their charm TO the quaint lanterns
which are used In great profuaion
The best OF their garden lanterns are
made OF bronze after quaint native de-
signs. Some OF them are richly carv'
cd and are OF great Intrinsic value.
Many OF these lanterns arc OF groat
antiquity. and the best examples arc
seen at Nikko, famous for lts eHquls'
ito bronEoa.
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1904-08-26

The parade left the corner OF Dart.
mouth street and Commonwealth ave.
nue. at 10 o'clock Tuesday morning
and the frat halt called was ut Beacon
street, opposite Joy street, so that
tho formation OF the line could be
perfected before passing In review
The march then continued until tho
corner OF fremont and Boylston
streets was reached. when a second
authorized halt was made TO allow the
commander-ln-chlef and his stat 10
dlsmount and take their places In the
reviewing stand on Boylston street
Each OF these stops were about ten
minutes long.
There were moro than $4,000 men
Ia the line. In the parade OF 1880
the last held IN Boston. the route was
~ miles long and from the time Inc
march began until the commandment.
chief mounted his reviewing stand
vas just two hours and ten minutes
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1904-08-26

Tho wife OF the governor OF North
Borneo has pet which few women
will envy her. Tho governors house
~ near jungle, and from II HtrRyed
baby rhlnocoroa, Captured an q
curiosity he at once became tame and
refused to return TO his native wilds.
He consumes sixteen quarts OF milk q
day and en- this dict thrivea and grows
fat lie might be mistaken for q
queer sort OF hog were II not for tho
horn In the middle OF his face. lilo ID
devoted to bis mistress and follows
her about like a dog.
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1904-08-26

one Of the oldest mosaios OF tho
world Is that unearthed At Ponpeii
which announced the abode OF fero'
clous Roman dog The sign is the
exact equivalent OF our modern be.
ware OF tho dog" advice, The old
Romans. in order 10 make their mean
ihg clear. go that he who ran might
read. carefully wrought tho image Of
tho dos
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1904-08-26
Woman Lonn pa.t century Mark.

Census enumoratora In the KruEera'
dorp district OF tho Tranaynal have
unoarthod an extraordinary specimen
Of longevity IN the person OF very
old native woman. whose age 10 be.
lioved TO exceed it2 years. She went
10 tho Tranavaal with the original
band OF the robelllous subjects OF
Ohaka. the Zulu Napoleon Her
parchment face r. wrinkled like a
piece Of corrugated iron or a walnut
shell and she IA stone deaf. but Ia
otherwise In possession Of all her fac
ultiea She Is surrounded by a whole
tribe OF descendants. down 10 the
nth or sixth generation, and the ns-
'tivoa believe she viii live forever.
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1904-08-26

A man came into the village Of
Rumford Falls. Me. one Sunday after
noon recently with his farm wagon
aud some stun for sale, When II
was suggested TO him that such q
performance was n tribe strange for
such day candidly remarked;
''Wen. for goodness sake, ! didn't
know u was Sunday. We are all OF
ms liable 10 make mistakes some
timean
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1904-08-26
Operated by Electricity.

Doubtless the man who FIRST invent.
ed the typewriter felt satisfied that
he had attained the summit OF speed
in writing when he had perfected his
machine to respond to the touch OF
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1904-08-26

On the day OF the parade seats were
reserved on grand stands for Mexl
can war Veterans. There are few
OF tho survivors OF that war still llv.
Ing In New England, whom the exocu.
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1904-08-26
TIE Odd
C9DIEpT%12


Cood.by. summer shirt. forCveri
I must send thee Co be- dubbed,
To BE- rent and torn a-HeNrf
When fhc inundrYmln has hcruhhcd,
where 90 puipy shapes and nuccid
fieude viii Hp you with scream
When they've rprInklfd you with acid
And have wruuE you out ny steam
They will tear you in your anguish
Through a cioth.deHtruylnr press,
ObImed with starch AIN Lett 90 lhnEulah
in unmerlfod distress.
TIL your fabric ripped and rotten.
Hhrlnkf ohedirut CO. their skill
And you're irft ua one forgotten
Onut remembered Do the BID,
Time there was whom rrandpaf daugh'
ter
Ignorant OF cleansing dope.
Put her simple faith lu water
Highly fortified with SOAP
Shirts EiYHlum. valuly ponderedi
Soap ~ vanished. hope ls squnahed, .
In an nEe whore shirts are 'laundefed
New York Globe.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1904-04-05

Try the Princess package cot
fee .25 cents.
G. r. Martin is looking after
his interests at Kelliher today.
F. X. Dufour, the Blackduck
saloon man is in the city today.
Go to the Princess grocery for
fresh groceries and right prices.
Charles Albrandt went to Ten
strike on one Of his regular bust
ness trips last night.
Robert Foy and John Nc Kin:
non, the kelliher lumbermen are
in the city on business today
Productions of famous paint
ings, 16x2O, while they last fifteen
cents each at the Hallllerup
Studio.
Miss Vera M. Cameron and
Wiflies Naylor are two the latest
pupils enrolled at ConWay''s busl.==
ness college.
Picture frames, framed pic
lures and charging, at the Hak-
kerup Studio, two doors east of
City Drug store.
Mr.. and Mrs. F. A. Mayo re-
turned last night from their win
ter's visit altos Angeles and are
to occupy the A. = White resi-
dence for the present.
The Crookston mil did not
steam up yesterday as expected.
It will be steamed up for the first
time today and will probably be-
Gin active work tomorrow.
Joe Fenton, who has been night
operator at the telephone ex-
change for some time past has
resigned his position. Joe has
been an obliging central. Miss
Preble takes his place.
The recruiting Office today
shipped twelve men to Duluth.
The business of the local Office
has not been as large for the
month of March as ordinarily
but April is expected to break all
records.
County Treasurer French
writes from Redwood Falls that
lis mother is very low and that
Ter death is hourly expected.
He will probably be unable to re
;urn to the city before the latter
part OF the week.
1.-TWO Bit Billy. one of the
we'll known characters about
jown, came in on a high wind
his morning after an absence Of
several months and is regarded
BY all the boys as the first sure
thing sign Of spring that has
materialized up to date.
Special Agent Parker, with
the U. S. secret service, was in
the city last night on business.
While here he investigated the
records at the county Jail and
Charles Cheever, a Canadian,
waiting to answer the charge Of
robbery will be ordered
leported. In addition to his
other duties Mr.. Parker collects
statistics and keeps an eye on
,he smugglers who have been
LONG a good business on the
boundary of Beltrami
county for some time past if all
reports may be believed.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1904-04-05
THE CITY

See Jones-W. G. Jones.
For wall paper see J. A. Hoff,
Miles block.
e. J. Gould made a trip to
Blackjack last night.
Willis and Cahill write fire in,
surance in reliable companies.
Fred Hall was looking after his
business interests at Kelliher
last night.
N re powerful then Svengali's
hypnetis poweris Marks Lung
Balsam.
M. D. Stoner went to Black
duck last night on a several day.
business visit.
The biggestassortmentof Field,
Garden and Flower seeds in the
city, at Nnagles
Go to the Princess grocery=for
fine large navel oranges. rs cents
a dozen this week.
j. L. Shampine, the well known
Bena logger, was at the Mark
ham this morning.
We are in business for your
health. Be convinced by using
Marks Lung Balsam.
Deputy Sheriff Roy Petrie, Of
Hubbard county, was in the city
last night on official business.
Fred Eberlin went to st. Paul
this morning and will be absent
from the city for several days on
business matters.
Clerk of Court Rhoda this
morning issued a marriage Ii
cense to Evert L. Waldron and
Mrs. Mary Guyett.
Cash Brunette, one of the police
department says he is only a
private in the ranks and not chief
of police as stated in yesterdays
Pioneer.
Vacant houses are at a prem
ium in Bemidji and nearly all the
real estate agents have applica-
tions for houses which they are
unable to fill.
w. w. Dunbar, of st. Paul, is
the new express agent. Mr..
Dunbar has already taken charge
and expects to move his family
here in short time.
G.. Wiedrick and John Rolfe
went to Cass Lake yesterday to
talk insurance to the people.
They finished work there last
night and have gone to Fosston.
Nero fddled while Rome
burned. We cannot believe that
anyone will fiddle away their
chance to cure a cough when it
is so easy to get Marks Lung
Balsam.
Mrs. Charles Harmon and sis
ter, we're in the city last night
on their way to Red Lake, where
they will reside this summer
while Mr.. Harmon has charge Of
the logging department. Of the
Red Lake Transportation Com
pany.
,-.-7- -
~ no SYFrP|
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1904-04-05

The Sunshine club have SOC
ial tonight at Foresters hall.
Anton Gordon is down from
Tenstrike today.
Dick Underwood is in town
from Solway today.
Bruce Harris, who is with the
sales department of the Crooks
ton Lum Der company, is in the
city today.
Major Wilson, the yetern
cruiser is in the city today. Mr..
Wilson has just returned from a
trip to the Iron Range country
Henry jolly, who has been
working at John Smiths barber
shop has gone-to Battle River to
spend a few weeks making i'm
provemeuts at his claim.
Fred Hazen, who has been visit
ing with old time friends for
some time past, returned this
to Marquette, Mich,
where he has business interests.