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El regidor. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1888-????, 1904-12-15
Mucno olo.

Como algunaa personas han tado
en- Ia mania do tronHr cohetes con
motivo dc Ia approximation do la Mo-
che Buena, o! Jefe dc Ia Policfa, Ir-
vim, ha preyeuido n polieia que ar
rcste 4 tdda persona QUO yioie Ia or.
denanaa quo prohibe que denaro dc
los lfmites do In Cludad 80 dispaFsn
aTntas do fuego cohetes.
The Irish standard., 1904-07-30

Boarding School for Girls
10 parents seeking
daughters this
delightfully."- situated in the
the autu Mississippi
hensNe embraced in
AN ELEMENTARY DEPARTMENT.
AN ACADEMIC DEPARTMENT.
of
FRESHMAN college
uar
'ookkeepina
AoRl OF MUSIC modelled
in the
i'll the vocal department.
DEPARTMENT OF ELOCUT1ON PHYSICAL CULTURE with
thorough finished
slcl literature
an excellent gymnasium equipped by
sided
clses are prescribed to all students the Seminary.
AN
life and life. in china
DEPARTMENT OF DOMESTIC ECONOMY
ing plain sewing dressmakng embroidery
Gus details of systematic refined housekeeping.
Careful
training. .
The kind but firm discipline
relations existing between students
plere
The
AN addition completed this
students enables
boarding coming year
The fall term will
For catalogue application
THE D1RECTREss
The Irish standard., 1904-07-30
CHEAP RATES TO BOSTON,

via NEW YORK CITY AND BOAT.
$20.7O for the round-trip. from Chicago.
via Nickel Plate Road, August 18th,
18th and 14th. with liberal stopover
ut New York City returning
and also stopover at Niagara
Falls and Chautaqua Lake with
in final limit. if desired. Also
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and return, via direct lines. Tickets
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Meals in Nickel Plate dining cars, on
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in through standard and tourist sleep
ing-cars, and full particulars.
The Irish standard., 1904-07-30

word, the butcher of the Filipinos. Go
back to your country, and there wor-
ship Mt the shrine of militarism-a
militarism which has revived the
methods and the infamies of the six.
teenth century. In your own country
preach the gospel of fire, sword slaugh-
ter. famine, desolation, the murder Of
innocents. The area of the United
States is wide enough; be content with
it. There you will be within your
rights. Here we do not need your aid.
-"An Englishman."
The Irish standard., 1904-07-30
THE NEW OFFICERS.

President-AIrs. Elizabeth Meow
an. Buffalo, n. y.
First vice president-AIrs. Mary A.
Flanagan. Cleveland Ohio.
Second vice president-AIrs. Mary
AlarZolf, Buffalo. n. Y.
Secretary-AIrs. ]. A. Roger, Eric,
Pa.
TrelSurer-AIrs. Felice A. Giradot
Detroit Mich.
Trustees - Miss Kate NIahoney,
Troy. n. Y: Mrs. Maria Quinn, New
ark. n. j.: Miss Bertha McIntee, Pitts
burg. Pa; Mrs. Anna ]. Brady, Pitts
burg. Pa.
Auditors - Miss Margaret Kelly,
Cleveland. Ohio; Mrs. Mary II. Muir
ply. Buffalo. n. Y.
MARSHAL - Mrs. Maria Cottringer,
Niagara Falls. n. y.
Guard-AIiss Mary o Neill. Titus
willie. Pa.
The Irish standard., 1904-07-30

"For ten years." observed the new
boarder, my habits We're as regular
as clock-work. rose on the stroke of
6: half an hour later was at breakfast;
at l was at work; dined at 1; had
supper at 6, and was in bed Mt 9:3O.
Ate only plain food, and hadn't days
illness all the time"
Dear mel" said hcarer in sympa-
thetic tones, 'and what were you in
for?"
Then one could have heard the pro-
verbal pin drop.
The daily Alaskan., 1904-03-31
STATE DEPARTMENT ASKED
 TO INTERCEDE
Commercial Company Seeks to Get American Government to Request Sus-
 pension of Famous St. Michael Order

Especial Dispatch to Daily Alaskan. ]
 The Northern Commercial company
 is urging the state department to re- quest Canada to suspend, for this year, the order in council making the Domi-
The daily Alaskan., 1904-03-31

nion coastwlse laws apply on the Paci- fic coast.
 The move is for the purpose of induc- ing Canada to permit Amer;can vessels to carry freight from Victoria and Van couver to St Michael enroute to Daw- son for this year, at least.
The daily Alaskan., 1904-03-31

Earl & Wilson's collars and cuffs at ConwaY's
The daily Alaskan., 1904-03-31
ANoTHER ACCOUNT oF MONDAYs FIGHTING
Especial Dispatch to Daily Alaskan. ]

Especial Dispatch to Daily Aaskan.]
 London March 8he Japanese legation following official dis patch from Toko of the fighting Japanese Changju Korea on Monday,
 portion cavalry infantry has occupied Changju after defeating the enemy The enemy numbered the direction Wiju Our casualties were light killed and Capt Kuo awa and twelve others wounded cavalry There casualties infantry.
The daily Alaskan., 1904-03-31
Tnsurrectionists overrun the province of Shan-tung, holding up communities for great sums of money in exchange for protection. Foreigners are killed.
Especial Dispatch to Daily Alaskan. ]

Vancouver of Japan brings the news of an in cton shnn the number of 5000 have naugunted Twenty have been murdered other places m the province Russian Chinese communities for large sums or money in exchange fo immunity from mlesadOn
The daily Alaskan., 1904-03-31

Barley's Views at your own price al the Skagway News Company
The daily Alaskan., 1904-03-31

FurCollarettes, at Winters. If
The daily Alaskan., 1904-03-31

Fur coats at ClaYson's.
The daily Alaskan., 1904-03-31
RUSSIANS sTNK JAPANESE oOAsTING SHIPS

Especial Dispatch k Daily Iasan) 81Th captain and of the Japanese cstg steamer Hane have Iagteug reports fired and sunk by the Russian fleet near morning The remainder of the crew and passengers n taken prisoners
 MINE BLOWS UP WHALE
 Especial Dispatch O Daily Aaskan) Vladioock March exploded today by whale evidence of the destructive qualities of expectation of an attack by the Japanese at Possett bay.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-04-20

sian. Because Of these two character
istics it is -called the Moscow of the
east" 1t is safe to say that, though
she loses all else. Russia viii make her
last stand at Hardin and fight to the
death to hold it.
Tsitsikar is another growing Russian
town in Manchuria. lying on the main
line of the railway farther to the
northwest It would become important
as a supply station for Hardin in case
that city were attacked
Kirin lies to the southeast of Harbin
at the end of a spur OF the Manchurian
railway 1t would naturally become a
the larger city.
Vladivostok was formerly Russia's
chief city in the far east and is still Of
the utmost Importance from both an
Industrial and military point of view
1t is the key to Siberia, as Port Arthur
is the key to Manchuria. Because Of
its contiguity TO Korea 1t would form
the natural base of n Russian attack on
that country. For this reason it is the
more liable to attack from Japan
Vladivostok is not only a great port.
but is the eastern terminus of Rus
sia's Transsiberian railway system
From a point a short distance out Of
vladivostok branches off the Northern,
or Ussuri, railway to KhabOrOvsk, a
city Of $1,000 that is an important sup
ply station to VIadivostok- Khabarovsk
is situated on the Siberian side of the
Anlur river.
A considerable distance west on the
same stream is the yet larger city Of
Blagovestchensk, which has grown
from a village of a few years ago to a
place of over 10000. This is also an
important supply station.
ROGER P. BARNUM.
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RUSSIANS DISPENSING CHINESE BANDITS

tars were no better than the bandits;
they simply operated on a larger scale.
They made the whole world tribute.
while their modern representatives levy
only on a few provinces. The big thief
is called a conqueror where the little
thief is rather disrespectfully termed a
brigand.
The Chunchuses have fat and smooth
faces. straight black hair and olive
complexions. They are desperadoes of
the most daring type, not hesitating to
attack the largest cities They sweep
down like a whirlwind. strike and are
away. One Of their points of attack is
Newchwang. the port on the Liautong
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$4,000 has sprung into being at the fiat
of the car Dalny is unquestiOnably
destined to become one of the best COM
mercial ports in the far east It also
possesses considerable strategic value
in the present war. though not nearly
so well defended or so desirable prize
as Port Arthur. In an investiture of
the latter. both Dalny and Pigeon bay,
lower down and across the peninsula.
would become points of attack.
Fuchow, lying at the bend of the
Manchurian railway farther north. is
important in the fact that it lies near
the west coast of the peninsula and
might be used as a point of attack in
an attempt to secure control of the
road. 1t should not be confused with
the Fuchow. the great city, lying in one
of the southern Chinese provinces. The
Manchurian F'uchow is not nearly so
large as that vice royal capital.
Newchwang is one of the important
ports Of Manchuria. It is a city of over
60. 900 inhabitants. Though in the hands
of the Russians it has not become so
thoroughly identified with that country
as most of the other places mentioned.
1t is not on the Manchurian railway
proper, but is connected Herewith
Newchwang might very readily become
an objective of japanese attack, as its
gulf is a commanding one.
Liaoyang, over fifty miles north of
Newchwang and about forty miles
south of Aukden, is not so large as Ell
Their. 1t lies on the Aanchurian rail-
way at the point Of junction with the
projected line to Picking. It commands
the approach to Mukden and for that
reason has been very strongly fortified
by the Russians.
Mukden, the capital of Manchuria, is
a very ancient city and contains over
10000 inhabitants. 1t was formerly
the seat of the emperOTs of China and
is yet n vice royal town The Russians
have not made any large settlements
here, but their armies are present in
force and are strongly intrenched.
Hardin. the junction city where the
two railways meet is one of the won
ders of modern urban evolution. 1t has
literally sprung up in a night. No
American city ever grew with greater
rapidity. A few years ago it was but a
frontier station. Today it contains
over 100000 inhabitants, and more are
constantly coming Moreover, it is an
industrial city and almost wholly Rus
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from the earliest ages. They hate the
Cossack in that he has interfered with
their time honored prerOgative of levy
ing tribute. They hate him because
they have had to fight him on numer-
Gus occasions. The memory of Cier-
pitsky and his army is still fresh in the
Chunchuses' mind, and now is the op-
portunity for vengeance.
It was in 1901 that the Russian gen
eral organized an expedition and in
vaded the Chunchuses in their noun
tain strongholds. killing in the neigh
borhood of 5000 of the bandits and
capturing 1000 more. This was one of
the fercest little wars that Russia ever
fought in Asia, and Cierpitsky and his
forces did not come out of it unscathed
by any means. He conquered for the
time being. it is true. but he left be-
hind him a smoldering flame of hatred
in the hearts of the Chunchuses, the
fire of which Russia is now beginning
to feel.
Nor is the Cierpitsky war the only
one the bandits have to remember. AS
recently as last November occurred an
other fight, the last of a series with the
celebrated freebooter Tulensan, in
which nearly 200 robbers bit the dust
as many more were wounded. and $50
horses were taken. With Tulensan was
the famous Russian renegade Fulengoy,
an escaped Siberian convict from SAX
halin. Another lieutenant was Chi
naman called Tenben.
Tulensan has been described as a sec
ond De. Wet. Although he was followed
for months by a large COssack army, he
succeeded in completely eluding the
main body, crossing the one unguarded
ford into Mongolia. Here portion of
the Russian force overlook him at the
town of Vain, and a pitched battle was
fought on the night of Oct 80 Gold
style). By hiding themselves in the
dark on the outskirts of the village the
soldiers succeeded in wreaking great
slaughter on the robbers, as the latter
We're easily seen by the light of two
large fires that had been lit by the Chi
nese. There were over 800 of the brig
ands in this fight, of whom over 700,
including Tulensan and his two lieu
tenants, escaped and are still at large.
As this robber chief has had close re-
lations with the Chinese government
and is believed still to have influential
backing from Picking ne is apt to prove
a thorn in the side of Russia
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peninsula Ordinarily they choose the
month of January, when the river that
flows through the city is frozen. Cross
ing on the ice from the northern side,
they eztort money from the towuspeo-
pie, attack the foreign guilds, shoot
Russian patrols if necessary and sue
coed by threats or even by murder in
securing considerable money and booty
other provinces. cities and towns are
made to pay tribute in the same man
ner, the raids being committed under
the very noses of the Russian army.
The blowing up of the Manchurian
railway bridge, the destruction Of the
track and the depredations around Via
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divostok evidently only mark the be-
ginning Of operations on the part OF
these irregulars- The war with Japan
presents an opportunity not to be over
locked Fired with hopes of booty and
Of revenge, the Chunchuses, embold-
ened by hostility to their Slav masters
among the Mantchoos themselves, are
destined to give the great bear trouble
so long as the conflict lasts
Nor are these all the marauders that
are occasioning uneasiness to the st.
Petersburg government. There nre the
red bearded brigands farther to the
north and other bands to the south that
may seize the occasion to grow unruly.
All China is infested by robbers In
some of the provinces men who work
at trades during the day betake them
selves to the mountains at night,
whence they sally out on plumber bent.
It is said that the original purpose of
the Boxers was to prevent such raids
in the Shangtung district Later the
Boxers became little better than BAN
dts themselves, and, by the way. il il
not at all impossible that they may be
heard from before the present irnbroglio
is ended China is very poorly and
loosely governed. and uprisings Of any
nature are possible there With the
feeling against Russia existing among
the vast hordes of the yellow races. il
can be conceived that, even though the
Chinese government itself attempts to
remain neutral, the irregulars from
many sources may pour over the from
tier to harass the Russian camps and
settlements. The action of General Ma
in siding with Japan and the marching
of the Chinese armies toward the Man
churian frontier would indicate that
the brigands of the mountains may
have powerful assistance in their fight
against the great bear.
EBERT o. WOODSON.
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The Slav has reason to fear these
people. for it was their ancestors, in
the persons of the Tartars that over
ran and conquered Russia in the elev-
enth and twelfth centuries and held it
until they finally dropped away of
themselves. The Tartar gained his
name in the first instance from the
fact that as a robber and bandit he
raided northern China much in the
manner that his descendants, the
Chunchuses, raid it today. It was from
this section of Asia that the Huns swept
to Rome. 1t was the same race under
the famous and terrible Genghis Khan
that again invaded Europe and that
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made all China tributary to their pow
er. Later Kubiaf Khan, a descendant
of Genghis. extended the bounds of the
great empire. From this same people
came the fierce warrior Timour, that
built his tower of human skulls. Korea
felt the sweep of these invasions, as did
also faroff Tibet. At a still later date the
Mantchoos, who are an offshoot of the
Tunguses, overcafne China and Korea,
founding the dynasty that still rules
the Celestial empire. Sprung from such
stock as this. the Chunchuses, robbers
and plunderers though they be, have
no mean fighting blood in their veins.
From any standpoint of ethics the Tar
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-04-20

THE Whitehead torpedo-for that
is the sort used by both Russia
and JaPan-is made of steel or
phosphor bronze and is shaped like
porpoise, with the large end in front. 1t
is from fourteen to eighteen feet long
and from fourteen to eighteen inches in
diameter at che thickest part. 1t is d.
Vided into eight sections, of which the
first, or one nearest the head, consists
of the firing arrangement. This is a
pointed rod, with the blunt end extend
ing from the head and the point reach
ing into the second or explosive cham
Der. The snapshots show the missile
being launched on its way of death.
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the Deadly Whitehead Torpedo Leaves the Tubs


THE hornet that issues forth from
his paper house and goes as
straight and almost as fast as a
bullet for the small boys nose is the
only thing in nature that even approx
imateIy resembles the modern torpedo.
There is this difference, however: The
wound made by the land hornet is
merely painful, but when the sea hor-
net stings the skin of battleship it is
usually fatal. There are other differ
enoes, as the Russian sailors at Port
Arthur could eloquentIy testify. Here
with is shown one of these innocent
looking projectiIes just pushing its
nose out of the tube.
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E,i,...stip,.9.,,IA HE chief cities of Man
- churia and the three
Siberian cities of Via
divostok, Khabarovsk
and Blagovestchensk,
on or near the Man
EgTtsTsIT ITTfITn5 churian frontier, are
just now of interest to
the world at large for the reason that
they are points of great strategical val
ne in the Russo-Japanese war. All of
these places at present are under Rus
sian control and act as the military
bases for that country.
Manchuria, like all China. is full of
small villages, and in addition to the
native towns are a number of stations
that have newly sprung into existence
along the Manchurian railway. Any
one of these smaller places may be
brought into notice as the scene of a
battle or an army base as the war pro-
crosses, but for immediate purposes it
is only necessary to take into account
comparatively few of the more consid-
cradle cities. These are Port Arthur,
at the southern terminus of the Man
churian railway; Dalny, a station thir-
ty-five miles up the line; FuchoW, an
other station at a bend of the railroad
a hundred miles still farther north;
of the Liautong peninsula lying a
short distance off the road, but con-
nected Herewith by a spur; Liaoyang,
a station farther north; NIukden, the
capital of Manchuria, also a station on
the same road; Hardin. at the junction
of the Manchurian branch and the
main line of the Chinese Eastern; Tsi-
tsikar, farther west on the main line;
VladivostOk, the eastern terminus of
the road; Khabarovsk, lying on the
Amur river and at the northern termi-
nus of the Ussuri branch of the Chi
nese Eastern, and Blagovestchensk,
which has no railway connection, but
lies considerably west on the Amur the
stream that forms the northern bound
airy of Manchuria
Along the Manchurian bank of the
Yalu river, which forms the boundary
line between that country and Korea,
there are no very large cities. Antung
is the most considerable. The two
small ports near the mouth of that
stream-Tatungkow on the Manchurian
side and Yongampho on the Korean
side-are both under Russian control
and viii doubtless prove important
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THE fourth compartment of a
Whitehead is the balance, or
Secret" chamber, and contains
an ingenious contrivance of valve and
pendulum by means of which the mis-
size is held at certain depth below
the surface of the water and is also
kept in a straight line. The valve re-
spends to the water pressure of the
sea. If the torpedo goes below the re-
quired depth the denser water opens
the valve in one way; if above that
depth the decreased pressure causes it
to open in exactly the reverse way.
This action is transferred to the mo-
tor controlling the horizontal rudders.
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THE fifth section of the torpedo con-
tains the engines, which are
worked by the compressed air.
The sixth is the buoyancy chamber, re-
sen1bline the air bladder of a fish. The
seventh is the beVei wheel chamber, and
the eighth and last the vertical and
horizontal rudders and the double
screw PropeIers- There are two sorts
of tubes used in launching the missiles,
those above the water line and those
below. The Illustrations represent a
tube above water line. 1t is set at an
angle that sends the Projectie into the
do boat.
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HE baby" as it is called by the
seamen, has emerged a trifle far
ther from its cradle. 1t is a
rather active infant, remarkable alike
for intelligence and puenacity. When
ever its nose strikes hard substance
it goes all to pieces and leaves behind
an aching void. The second section of
its body, containing the explosive
chamber, consists of detonator cap
made of illuminate of mercury and
liberal charge of gun cotton. As the
point of the pin is driven into the cap
the illuminate ignites, expands to $500
times it's former size and in turn eo-
PIodes the gun cotton.
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THE subdued and peculiar sound
made by the tube in exPeIIing
the torpedo is called a cough"
This is appropriate for the reason
that the firing is done by means of
compressed air, which also furnishes
the motor power inside the missile it.
self. 1t must be borne in mind that
after being launched the proiectiIe
becomes a sort of submarine beat,
navigating itself automatically
through the water. The third section,
or compressed air chamber, furnishes
the power. The walls of this section
are made to withstand pressure of
LOO pounds to the square inch.
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QUEER EMO 70 a DUEL.

The sublime and the ridiculous were
very nearly connected in a recent duel
in France. Two young men fought for
the sake of a fair lady. but were such
bad shots that. though neither adver-
sary was touched, a stray ball killed
an unlucky COW grazing near The
dispute of honor turned into a dispute
as TO who should pay for the deceased
cow. and both combatants fed igno-
miniously from the field.
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JULES vERNE's OWN ROMANCE.

The story of Jules Verne's cOurtship
and marriage is a most romantic one
Verne was a shy young fellow who had
a great dislike to the society of women.
and il was only his affection for his
brother which led him to go to the lat
ter's wedding. Verne, however, arrived
too late and found that the whole bridal
party had left for the church with the
exception of the brides sister. a
charming young widow. who explained
the matter The friendship thus acct
dentally begun rapidly developed into
a warmer feeling and ended in a mar
riage which may be described as ideal.
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THE plunge of the torpedo into the
water opens a valve, which let's
the compressed air into the en-
CINE room and starts the machinery.
The ProPellers then begin to reVoiVe
and the steering apparatus to operate.
This also sets a fan moving, which
reels a collar off the pointed pin and
releases the firing apparatus. Up to
this point the missile is not dangerous
The Whitehead is named for its in
Ventor, who gave it to the world in
1866. It travels at speed Of twenty
two knots an hour and is usually fired
at a range of from 800 to 600 yards. II
is the most effective modern torpedo.