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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-05-21
Tokyo and London Con-
firm Report of Rus
sian Disaster.
TRAIN INTO PORT ARTHUR
Defenders Sally From Be
leaguered City and Re-
pulse japanese.

TOKYO, May 2f.-NewS from a
japanese source confirms the report
that the Russian cruiser BogatyT has
gone ashore at VladivoStok.
LONDON, May 2i.-The "St.
James Gazette" today repeats the
report that the Russian cruiser Bog
aty has been lost at VladivoStok.
The cruiser, says the paper,
grounded, and later, when it was
seen she was in bad position, was
blown up to prevent her falling into
the hands Of the japanese.
TRAIN INTO PORT ARTHUR.
ST. PETERSBURG, May 2i.-A
report reached ST. Petersburg today
of a japanese repulSe TO the rear of
Port Arthur. According to the re-
port General StoeSSel, chief of staff
at Port Arthur, sailed from that
place to protect a train bringing am
munitiOn. A skirmish with japanese
occurred. The japanese were re-
pulsed with heavy loss. The train
arrived in safety
TOKYO, May 2i.-An official
dispatch from Vice Admiral Togo re-
ports japanese gunboats and de-
stroyerS reconnoitered toward Port
Arthur yesterday, steaming close to
the entrance to the harbor. They
sustained little damage from the
shore fire, and despite a hot cross
fire there were no casualties.
CoSSACKS DEFEATED.
LONDON, May 2i.-A dispatch
from Tokyo this afternoon reports
that a force of japanese, which land
ed at Taku-Shan, Manchuria, on
May 10, defeated force of Russian
cavalry in the neighborhood of
Wang-chi-Tung, Manchuria, yester-
day.
The japanese sustained no losses.
The Russian loss was heavy, includ-
ing the capture of a captain.
The dispatch adds a force of Japa-
nese has captured Kai-Chow, about
twenty miles southeast of Niu-
chwang. The Russians who op-
posed them were driven back.
JAPS NEAR MUKDEN.
ST. PETERSBURG, May 2i.-A
report reached the Russian capital
today that a detachment OF japanese
is approaching Mukden, Manchuria.
A telegram from Liao-Yang states
| that General Kuropatkin has strong
Ily REINFORCED Liao-Yang, and in
tends to await the japanese and en-
gage them in battle there.
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BUFFALO. n. Y, May 2L-Col The
odore Bingham, formerly superintendent
OF Buildings and Grounc at Washing
ton. lies IN critical condition in the
Bunalo General Hospital as a result or
the amputation Of his left leg yesterday
afternoon.
The operation was performed by Dr..
Roswell Park. one of the attending ply
sicians at the bedside OF President Nc
Kinley.
Late last night the surgeons at the
hospital said the United States engineer
has only an even chance for life. Com
plications may set n at any time which
would minimize his chances Of recov-
cry.
The operation was decided upon yes
terday morning by a consultation Of sur
geons at the hospital. 1t was found that
blood poisoning had set IN, and that
the only chance to save the majors life
was in removing the leg.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-05-21
ORDER AGAINST
VENTURE IN MYSTICISM

A fraud order has been issued by the
FOstottice Department against Prof y
Frederick. 215 and 217 West One Hun
dred and Twenty-ifth Street, New York
city, because he advertised for en-
ployes to assist him in his large and
magnificent palmist pavilion at the st.
Louis Exposition"
No such pavilion exists, and it was
believed his scheme was merely 10 Sc
cure the fee of s. from each applican.
for the course in palmistry which WIS
made a condition precedent to employ
ment lin the most elaborate venture in
mysticism the ancient and modern
world has ever seen"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-05-21
Scientific MartyrdOn1
OF Poison Squad Oper
Released From Death Diet in Various Stages
of Wrecked FeaIth--None Fatally Az
feCted by PreSeVatiVeS.

out figures until after a report has been
made 70 Secretary Wilson. 1t IS known
that each Of the martyrs 20 science ate
several ounces Of poison-about the same
amount fed TO soldiers in Cuba in the
unpleasantness with Spain. The food
itself was the best that could be OBJ
tanned in the local markets. There was
beef. mutton and veal turkey and
chicken. all kinds Of vegetables and
fruits. milk. tea, and coffee; bread, rolls.
and various kinds Of unpreserved crack
ers.
Administered in Capsules.
All this food was prepared in most
appetizing and hygienic fashion. At
first poison was put into the food. with
out the squad knowing which dish was
doctored. The effect upon the mind of
the squad. whose stomachs finally be
gan 20 rebel at the best Of food, even
that imprisoned. caused change in
the method, and the poison was admin
istered IN capsules. The amount was
increased and decreased as the expert
menters decided the system Of the indi-
vidual could stand It, The torture Of
several martyrs was temporarily sus-
All through the experiment the men
were watched They were examined
three times a day. When health began
a.
poison diet. Today the men are thinner
than usual and all show the effects of
the strain.
Value to Science.
What we tried TO learn and dIu
learn" said an officer Of the depart
ment TODAY. was the effect Of good
prcseryatives upon the system This
effect Was mildly injurious or deadly.
according TO the amount and character
Of the prvservatives absorbed.
The average person has no idea OF
the amount Of the acids he is liable
TO eat. He is liable TO sit down 70
timed meat. canned vegetables, pre-
served game and fruits. and 9th r
things. While there may not be pre-
servative enough in one dish to work
an injury, there IS liable 10 be enough
IN the whole dinner to put him to be 4
As "a result Of the experiment We know
now just where we stand
Tie twelve young men Of the poison
squad ate boiled eggs and toas. and
chops and drank milk this morning I'm
the department kitchen. They refused
10 discuss their feelings, but one re
marked. I've had all / want"
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A dozen young men who have been
eating poisons in behalf Of science and
at the behest Of the chemical experts
Of the Agricultural Department since
last January, today resume consumption
Of the food Of common mortals.
The famous poison squad on which DR.
Harvey Wiley has been experimenting
has concluded its digestive heroics. and
today is enjoying the first meal IN months
which is not specially and deliberately
loaded with saIicylic, suIphuric. or ben
zoic acid DoisOns.
Various Stages of ul-Htalth.
Some fraction Of the dozen men. whose
names are carefully shielded from the
public by DR.. Wiley and his assistants.
have suffered much in the experiment.
All show some I'll effects from eating
drugs packers use in preserving goods.
One or two men are said to be on the
verge of a breakdown.
Two Of the young men are from
Georgetown University. one is from the
Columbian. The others are employees of
the chemical laboratory Of the Depart
ment of Agriculture.
The experiment was made to ascertain
exactly what are the effects on the hu-
man system of preservatives used by
ABDA IhfhtISs DOM 0DiIltE TIC ana foreign
The result shows the preservatives are
deadly. killing by causing Inflammation
OF the digestive tract The experiment
[ tends to explain away many poison
mysteries following the eating by people
In various parts of the country of canned
goods and preserved foods generally.
Scientific Martyrdom.
With a civil service cook i'm charge
and a civil service waiter to help. there
/ was a kitchen I'm the basement Of the
/ Bureau Of Chemistry at Fourteenth and
/ = Streets southwest II was here Prof
| Wiley under the direction Of Secretary
/ Wilson, cooked the doctOred food and OBJ
/ served the slow approach to death Of mis-
/ poison squad, measuring the daily prog
l ress IN the interest Of science.
| Volunteers for the ordeal were called
/ for. and twelve were chosen. Two oi
/ these found the strain too great and re-
/ tired They were replaced. The other.
/ have been eating I'm this basement
| kitchen ever since.
The heads Of the bureau decline to give
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Injured by Fan of Derrick.

Colonel Bingham. United States Engi-
neers, a familiar figure at the White
House and in Washington, where he
was long on duty as Superintendent Of
Public Buildings and Grounds, was In
jured several weeks ago by the fall in
the harbor at Buffalo of a derrick
which caught him as II struck and
crushed the bones Of his knee joint
UntE this week IT was believed the leg
could be saved. The amputation became
necessary in view of dangerous symp-
toms manifest since Tuesday.
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cept her resignation. and she has done
so against the advice and wishes OF her
supporters
In discussing the past work Of the Red
Cross Miss Barton called attention to a
point which is rather important, name
ly. that nobody has yet claimed to have
lost anything through the society.
1T is strange" she said. If people
have lost money through us they have
not mentioned it. What is more, we
have never had 70 ask for money. not
for a dollar That, il seems to me.
shows the confidence the country has
given US
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THE WEATHER.

The temperature changes have been
uulmpOrtaut
Fair weather IS indicated FOR tonight
and sunday I'm all parts Of the Wash
ingtOu forecast district
u VIII be somewhat warmer I'm the
lc.-
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Leg An1putated, Death
Threatens Col. Bingham
Former Superintendent of Buildings and
Grounds in Grave Danger as Result of
OperatiOn--HaS Even Chance.

At the White House, and in the War
Department, where Colonel Bingham is
regarded with marked esteem. the news
Of this operation was received with gen
eral regret Inquiries as TO the result
were telegraphed to EuffalO at once.
Fellow officers and former associates
Of the Presidents Official family are
anxious to learn whether, in the event
Of his reCOv ~ from the operation. the
loss Of his leg will entail his retirement
from acIive army service. \ general
belief prevails that as Ions as Major
Bingham is able TO walk and ride his
services will be entirely available The
opinion was expressed. however. that in
the end % Colonel Bingham. if he lives
would be the one TO decide whether or
not his misfortune would mean retire
ment.
A Notable Career.
Colonel Bingham's career has been un-
usually varied. He was graduated from
West Point in 1873 and given the degree
of master Of arts by Yale in 1896. After
eleven years service as an engineer he
was named military attache TO the
United States legation in Berlin. and
subsequently. in 1892. transferred to the
corresponding station in Rome.
His assignment as Superintendent Of
Public Buildings and Grounds was made
Marcl 9. 1897, and ceased May /. 1903.
Since the latter date he has held his
present station as officer in charge of
the engineering district Of Lake On
tariO and L.si-e Erie.
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Best Lumber, $3.50 Per 100 Feet
Frank Libbey & Co.. 9Th & N, 7. Ave
Adv.
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THE SI-N


sun sets today. y.,....-..............-1 p.l
sun rises tomorrow. Ow................f.43 al
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Fair tonight and tomor-
row; light northweSterly
winds.
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Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1904-12-03

Mr.. Green looked with a calm but
not unkindly gaze at the simpje-mind-
ed young man from Vermont who as
pired to be his son-in-law.
"What preparations have you made
for the future?" he asked. gravely.
You know how my daughter has been
brought up"
Eyes, sir" said the young man, with
equal gravity. but up in our little
town there's not so much difference be
tween the Orthodox and the Metho-
dists as there is in some places, and
I'd be willing to go to the Orthodox
Church if 'twould make any differ
ence. I'm not what you'd cah narrow,
SIR"
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1904-12-03
|L57Is1zf ! POPULAR
Yfl|hRlY\ PULPIT

and doing all we can is the thing that,
in the providence of God, is necessary
acter to perfection.
God never Overloads us. We do
that, and if it is done in an unselfish
and enthusiastic service for humanity
it is commendable. There is no partic-
ular danger that many of us will suf-
fer, however, in this way The thing
we are apt to misunderstood is the
glory in carrying a load.
To every one on earth
God gives a burden, to be carried down
The road that leads between the cross
and crown;
No lot is wholly free.
He giveth one to thee.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1904-12-03
MORAL AND SPIRITUAL STRIKE
BY DR. PoIhemus NJ Swift,

Every sane strike is born of a de-
sire to better conditions or to break
the force of a trend toward worse con-
ditions. There is a force that forever
tends to drag men downward. There
is a current that flows about our lives
that is moving ever upward AS we
face the moral and spiritual realm for
a moment we see abundant reasons for
a new strike that will be worth while.
No soul is at StandStill. To be salts
fed with ourselves is to yield to the
downward impulse Every man is con-
scious that he might have done better.
There are some things that we ought
to strike for and there are some that
we ought to strike against with all our
hearts. We ought to strike for bet
ter experience. for new birth from
above. for larger measure of power.
God has filled this old world of ours
with mighty forces. There is the might
of steam, electricity, magnetism, fall
ing water, chemical affinity. steel, sun
light and hundred others. AS men
have ignored these forces they have re
manned savages. AS they have appro-
priated and obeyed them they have
marched with steady step to higher
levels of civilization. God has not
been less generous in the spiritual
world. We can be strong if we will
to break the downward trend that has
touched our lives. Science says: "Obey
the law of the force and the force
will serve you" That law holds for
every realm. Obey Jesus Christ and
he will fill you with power to strike
for better conditions or to break the
trend that drags to lower levels.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1904-12-03

plowed six acres one rood nine poles
of land of very hard surface to an
average depth of seven inches in eight
hours fifty-four minutes, and the cost
worked out at rate of 3 shillings per
acre, which included everything.
Comparing these figures with the
cost of doing the same work in the or
binary old-fashioned way, it will be
realized that by using the Ivel motor
you can get the work done very much
cheaper and quicker.
Machines have already been export
ed to Portugal, Egypt and South At
RIGA, as in these countries the superb
ority of mechanical power over horses
and cattle is appreciated.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1904-12-03


success and he never wearied of tell
ing the story of his needle and thread
capital"
Seventy-siX years ago, when Parme-
lee was II years old and living with
his parents at Byron. n. V. he decided
to leave home. The family was poor
and the boy considered himself old
enough to make his own livelihood.
His parents granted their consent re-
luctantly, and the son arranged for
Job in a stage coach Office at Erie,
Pa He was not concerned as to the
manner in which he was to reach that
point because his future employers
were willing to transport him most OF
the way and he could walk if he had
to- The day of his departure his moth
er babe him good-by in this fashion:
Franklin, l wish your father was
able to give you a little money to start
on, but you know he hasn't got it. Now
then, Franklin, your mother, who
thinks a good deal more of you than
you ever imagined is going to give
you bit of advice and something else
with it, and she wants you to treasure
both of them.
ABOVE Ill lulHSS WANT NOu u
take q great deal of pride in yoursel.
and just make up your mind that yoJ
are going to be successful. And yol
must always keep neat and clean anC
keep your clothes in good repair anC
don't let the buttons come off or els
you won't respect yourself. Now then
I'm going to give you reminder"
The mother held out her hand ant
young Parmelee reached for the IRE
hinder" 1t was a spool of blac
thread with a needle stuck through
crosswise.
The boy kissed his mother and pu
the thread and needle in his carpe
bag. Then he started out for Erie.
He afterward went to work on tn
lakes, saved money. started a stree
car line in Chicago and later engage
In the express business.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1904-12-03
MOTOR FARMING.

Latest Phase of Scientific Agriculture
in England.
The many uses to which the motor
has been put are illustrated in the ac-
companying photograph, which shows
the Ivel agricultural motor, an English
invention, at work. This machine is
capable of hauling any kind of two or
three furrow pillow, or, in fact, any
agricultural implement. 1t can also be
used for driving all kinds of machinery
usually driven by steam or gas en-
gines, and when not at work in the
field it can be doing carriage work.
In a blowing experiment the Ivel
motor, hauling a three furrow plow,
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1904-12-03

Family history is recorded on the
clothes line.
There isn't enough frilling on facts
for women in a love affair.
The trouble with a fat woman is
she is it in every direction.
A married man is all sympathy
when he goes to a friends wedding.
A man is brave when he will admit
he is afraid to argue with his wife.
Either a man supports his wife's
family or they support him, nowadays.
Being in public life consists chi fly
in being a target for everybody to
shoot at.
The older a joke is the younger is
the fellow who gets it off for some
thing new.
Good poetry is something about
whose meaning everybody makes a
different guess.
People don't have to know very
much to get along if they only won't
talk their ignorance.
After a man has run for office. bein
mangled by an express train doSs not
seem at all brutal to him.
When a man squeezes a girls hand
under the table he should be careful
ii is not some other girls.
Generally a woman is built to hel
own satisfaction when she has no no
tons about wearing common sense
clothes.
After a man has worked hard t.
make some money he can work twice
as hard to keep people from getting i
away from him.
The meanest thing relative can d.
to a woman is to die and put her il
mourning right after she has bough
lot of new clothes.
Some people are so mean abou
money matters they would rathe
spend more defending law suits t
make them pay their bills than
would take to pay them.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1904-12-03
PORTRAITS OF ANCESTORS.
Where Many of the Pictures Come
From.

From.
"Some enterprising and aspiring peo-
pie in this city recently had a splendid !
opportunity to add to their family por-
trait gallery" said an artist of local
renown to a Washington Star writer.
"There was a sale of the effects of a
portrait painter and it included scores
of portraits in oil of men and women
with distinguished looking features. A
great many people wondered what
value such portraits could have to peo-
pie who had no personal interest in
them and who did not even know who
they were.
But they had a value that was
known to some of the wiser ones. They
were bought up at cheap prices and al
ready adorn the home of some of our
citizens who were little shy on fam
lily portraits. A dozen or so portraits
in oil of distinguished looking men and
women do not go begging when their
value in adding to the social standing
of people is considered.
Il once heard of a funny instance of
family that had liberal display of
family portraits. A friend of mine
was visiting their home and CHANGING
around the room he spied a portrait
that he had had painted of himself, but
which he had declined to accept be-
cause it failed to portray his likeness
well enough for his most intimate
friend to recognize it.
"Whom does that portrait repre-
sent?' he asked his friend.
"Well, you see,' he replied, our
family portraits are so old that / can
not now tell who they all are. They
have been in the family a long time,
you know. But they are all numbered
and noted on a list that is filed away
somewhere. That, 1 think, however, is
a picture of my eatgreat-grandfath'
er on my mothers side of the family
The picture was painted when he was
40 years of age by a celebrated art
ISL"
BY that time the guest was so great
" interested in another portrait tina
he heard no more. Later he learned
that the rejected portrait of himself
and many more of the same kind haC
been bought up by his host to do dut!
as family portraits at his home.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1904-12-03

up of all the lower
classes. Abraham
L II c DIN certainly
was of the mob.
but he outgrew his
class" 1t can not
be proved that
something called Il
IN o b rules o II I
cities. All elias
are represented in
creating their gov
.....,...o,,+, II 10 IN
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1904-12-03

other d a y there
was found in the
pocket of the coat
which he had last
worn thread and a
needle. He had car
RE d t h e IN S o
throughout b i s
long and success
full career and they
were buried with
him. To them he
often attributed his
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1904-12-03

"Charley had a dreadful time last
night" said young Mrs. TOrkins. He
says he was a victim of the Black
Hand"
"You don't say sov' exclaimed the
caller.
Eyes. He came home without n
cent. don't quite understand the par
ticulars as he explained them. But
they pulled a deadly weapon on him
that is known as club flush. Wash
Ington Star.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1904-12-03
DANGER OF IGNORANT PIETY.
BY Rev. N. c. HarfzeII.

The supreme danger of the church of
Jesus Christ today, as always, is not
from without, but from within. 1t is
the danger of willfully ignorant piety.
Ignorance that is humble and longs for
knowledge has all the future of bles-
sedness. But willful ignorance is al
ways essentially narrow, joyless, I'M
social and cruel
The only thing that can save us,
and with us the world. is faith in the
universal, joyful, social, loving Savior,
Jesus Christ.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1904-12-03


harmony with dictionary definition to
call all the lower and lowest classes
of a community a mob. But the cur
rent meaning of the word is rabble
or a tumultuous coming together of
people, whether high or low in social
ranks.
Abraham Lincoln was a farmer. a
pioneer, a boatman, a railsplitter. Are
we to consider all that belong to these
categories as a mob? Three-fourths
of all our lawyers, judges, ministers,
doctors, business men, college profess
sors, etc, come from the farming COM
munity. Society, like cream, is con
tinually rising to the top. The quality
of the cream depends upon the rich
ness of the milk However. the rich
est cream of human society comes
from the American common people
Abraham Lincoln, thank God, never
outgrew the plain people from whose
loins he sprang. He never forgot his
relationship to them. He never would
have been Abraham Lincoln if he had
The common people are the best peo
pie. They, as a people, did not cruel
fly Christ. 1t was the men who claim
ed to belong to the upper classes, the
classes of privilege and monopoly anC
intolerance and narrow culture tina
mt him IN death
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1904-12-03
NEEDLE AND SPOOL OF THREAD.
The Basis Upon Which Frank Parmlee
Built Fortune.

When Frank Parmelee, founder of a
Chicago transportation line and man
of much wealth died in Chicago the
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1904-12-03
Short Meter Sermons.

Love cures many of our likings.
The greedy church cannot grow.
Faith always puts its feet on facts
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1904-12-03

1t is almost impossible to believe
there was once a day when Father
thought so much of Mother he didn't
care a rap if she could cook or not