The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1904-07-15

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perate battle in front of Yang Use
pass, in which the japanese we're
dislodged.
Nine suicides and two homieides,
is the record of a week at st. Louis.
Out of total number Of deaths Of
ISL. Of this number seven were
victims Of accidents.
In battle on the 9TH inst. the
Japanese captured an important
port on the main line of Port Ar
thurs defense, but the Russians re-
port that three regiments Of Japa-
nese troops were almost completely
wiped out in a battle with Cossach
near Port Arthur.
Germany is no longer the worlds
greatest consumer of beer. For
the first time on record it has Civ
en- place to the United States. The
total production of beer in the
fatherland last year was 1,793,-
100000 gallons, 100000 gallons
less than the United States output.
The Kaw river overfowed its
banks and the water spread over
the wholesale district Of Kansas
City, Mo-, causing a suspension Of
all business in that territory for
several days. At Wichita the main
streets were flooded and people re-
siding within seven blocks Of the
Little river were compelled to va
cate their homes.
The present floods in Kansas
damaged the wheat crop millions Of
dollars. So sudden did the waters
rise that hundreds of farmers were
unable to get their wheat, already
stacked, out of the fields. Besides
the damage to farmers, at Galena
a cloudburst caused some of the
best producing mines in the district
to become flooded.
Father B. Bekavoc, pastor of st.
Nicholas Crotian church at Ale
gheny, Pa, was mobbed by his
irate parishioners and might have
been murdered but for the interfer-
ence of the police. The trouble was
started by several members of the
church making allegations that the
pastors fees for officiating at
chistenings, funerals and weddings
were excessive.
Miss Maud MCGEE, queen of the
late Joplin (Mo.) carnival, has
filed suit in the circuit court for
$4,000 damages against Mr.. and
Mrs. Joe Weyland, as the outcome
of the assault on Miss McGee, the
carnival queen, by Mrs. Weyland.
Mrs. Weyland was fined 800 and
costs for the same offense. The
trouble came up about a misunder-
standing as to the appointment Of
Mrs. Weyland as matron Of honor.
A man giving the name of T. Fl.
Wilkinson, after being MORALLY
wounded by a Chicago policeman,
confessed that himself and two
companions, Chas. Pheyton and
William Erwing, were the parties
who robbed a Northern Pacific train
at Bear Mouth, Mont, several
weeks ago. Pheylon and Ewing
were surprised and captured in
their room and also confessed to
several hold-ups.
During the fiscal year ended
June 80, 1904, the public lands d.
vision of the general land office APP
proved 5S,397 cases for patenting.
This is an increase over the pre-
vious year of 1852 cases. This
division also wrote during the
year 49,161 letters and decisions,
IN increase Of 3,606 over the pre-
seding year. Both of these items
ire in excess of any previous year
n the history of the division.
Nimrod Byrd, aged 20 years, a
farmer near Owingsville, KY, was
to shoot and kill his
ION, aged 80 years, who was under
he influence Of liquor, and advance
ng on the old man with a butcher
lnife.
Gen. Cronje Of Boer war fame
vas married to Mrs. Stertzel, the
widow of a Boer soldier. The eere-
nony was performed in private in
he Boer camp at the Boer head
quarters in st. Louis.
An accommodation passenger
rain on the Chicago, Peoria and
It. Louis railroad was blown from
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