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Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1904-12-16

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The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-03-10
r1LLMAs HAS ASABscEss.
His Left Tonsii Arsossd-An Operation
 This Morniug.

Washington. March e.-Senator Till man of South Carolina is very i'll with a serious throat trouble. His friends are much concerned as it is impossible for him to swallow and little liquid nourishment is all that he can take.
 A thorough examination was made of the senator's throat to-day and dis closed the fact that an abseess had formed on the left tonsil. It is said to be very small one and the physicians believe it can be relieved without great difficulty. An operation will be per- formed tomorrow morning. After that several days of complete rest will be necessary, by which time the physicians hope the throat again will be in it's nor nal condition. The statement was made at the senator's house tonight that his condition is not dangerous and that he has only very slight feevr.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-03-10
LAPS ON RUSSIANS, FLANK.
ashtng on H ears They Have Appeared
 as sTwo Points fn NIauchurin.

Washington, March 9.-The govern ent here has received advices by cable brn sChefoo, opposite Port Arthur, to b effect that Japanese land forces I've appeared at Flung Wang Chang Lat Tashan. No details are furnish The first named place is about for Live miles north os Antung, in Man [uria, and the latter is a few miles land from the mouth of the Yalu Eer, according to the calculations of [e naval officers here. They believe lat this movement has placed the Epanese on the Russian flank, and per- kps in the rear and on their line of |mmunication. It is believed that yes- [rday's attack on Port Arthur and hlienwan was a diversion, perhaps, to |ver this expeditions land movement the Japanese forces, who were prob ply landed from transports at some pint west of the Yalu river
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FRENCH NAVAL SECRETS.
story of auempt to Sell Them II
 Officer Arrested.

Officer Arrested.
 Paris. March g. The Figaro this gives great prominence to the recital of an alleged attempt to sell French naval secrets to Japan, which, however, has semi officially been de- clared to be unimportant. This commu- was made through news agency. According to the Figaro story a certain non n-commissioned officer has been arrested in the matter and the paper alleges that a woman is also con- cerned. It adds that one important doc ument is missing, although this state- ment has been officially denied.
 A high official of the ministry of ma rine has informed the Mafin that there has been no betrayal of French nacal. secrets. The facts which gave rise to the story are as follows:
 A certain non-commissioner officer was placed under arrest charged with serious neglect of duty. As he was re- ported to have associated with .suspi- cious persons, an investigation was made and it was ascertained that he had indulged in clandestfne meeting. An inventory of the documents in that sec tion of the ministry where this man was employed was made, but none was missing. The nature of his duties made it Impossible for him to have access to secrets.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-03-10
ANOTHER GERMAN TRAGEDY.
Commercial Traveller Follows ExampIe
 of speadthrift lieutenant,

of spendthrift Lieutenant.
 Berlin, March s.--Another family tragedy, similar to the Beseke case, occurred this morning at Pankow, a suburb of Berlin.
 (Last Monday Lieutenant Carl Beseke, a spendthrift German lieuten- ant, poisoned himself, his wife and three children, after giving his family a dinner in honor of his daughters s birthday.)
 The tragedy at Pankow resulted in the death of Theodore Brambach, a commercial traveller, his wife and son. and seems to have been suggested by the ending of the Beseke family. Bram- bach took his wife and son to the cir GUS on Tuesday evening, and after re- turning home the family sat down to a wine supper. After his wife and son had gone to bed Brambach turned on the gas, but the rooms were too well ventilated and this plan of death fail- ed, This morning the commercial trav- eler shot his son and his wife and then himself, having previously sent a ser want to a friend with a letter explain ing his act. Brambach, like Lieutenant Beseke, had lived far beyond his means and had become involved financially.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-03-10
CLOSE SHAVE FOR BALFOUR
BRITISH GOVERNMENTS MA- JoRITY GREATLY REDUCED.

Liberal Resoiution Regarding Fiscal
 Question and Calling for Condemna-
 taon of Ministry in connectinn with
 It Secures Unexpected support-Rs
 suIf Greeted with Cheers by the Op-
 position.
 London, March 9.In the house of commons tonight Duncan V. Pirie, lib- seral, after calling attention to the pub lie utterances of Chancellor of the Elk schequer Austen Chamberlain and other members of the government on the fs-s cal question. moved that this house, noting the continued agitation in favor of protective or preferential tariffs, which is encouraged by the language used by certan of his maiesty's minis ters. deems 1t necessary to express it's condemnation of any such policy.
 MT. Piries motion was debated for three hours and the arguments cov- cred mainly the previous ground of fis- cal discussion. Herbert E. Asquith, the principal opposition speaker, drew from Premier Balsour the admission that@he had withdrawn the memorandum pre- scented to the cabinet advocating pref erential tariffs and a tax on food.
 The premier repeated his statement that a general election must precede any fundamental change in the fiscal policy. He said he did not believe the country would accept any fiscal ar rangement with the colonies involving the taxation ot food and contended that unionists who desired to go further than that were entitled to their view, but that they need not therefore vote against the government.
 Mr. Pirie's motion was finally rejected by 289 votes to 243 and loud opposition cheers greeted the reduction in the gov- ernment majority. A number of free food unionists supported MT. Pirie, and some protectionists abstained from vot-5 ing.
 The fiscal controversy took on a new phase to-day which showed the strength of the Chamberlain party.
 As an offset to the motion made in the house of commons by MT. Pirie, Premier Balfour put up a conservative mem Der of the house, John l.. Wharton. to move an amendment approving the
 ministerial declarations of the fiscal policy, as including neither a general system of protection, nor preference based on the taxation of food'' Chanberlainites to the number of 100 held a hurried and informal meeting this evening and as a result they inti- mated to the government that unless the Wharton amendment be withdrawn they would abstain from voting on the Pirie motion.
 As this would almost certainly have led to the defeat of the government, MT. Wharton's amendment with with drawn.
 This incident proves that Premier Balfour can hold office only by consent of the pronounced protectionists.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-03-10
THE HARRINGTON PUBLISHING O0
KILLED BY TRAIN.
Unknown Man Struck While walking
 Tracks in springfisId.

Springfield, Mass. March s-A man about sixty-five years old was struck and instantly killed this afternoon by a southbound New York, New Haven Ss Hartford train. A companion, An thony Campbell of Providence, claims that the dead mans name is Fogarty and that he came from Worcester. Campbell said he and Fogarty stayez last night at the Holyoke police station. The Holyoke police have no record of a man named Fogarty but they did lodge Paris Crako Of Meriden, Conn, whose description tallies with that of the dead man.
 The two men were walking on the tracks when the accident occurred. They stepped aside to let a northbound train pass. Campbell got back in time to avoid the southbound train but his com panion was struck squareIy in the back by the engine.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-03-10
FUNERAL OF TON WALDERsEE.
splendid Military Pageant It Obsequsss
 of Gsrman Field Marshal.

Berlin, March 9.-The funeral of Field Marshal Count von Waldersee at Han over to-day was splendid military pa geant. Before the hearse, which was drawn by four horses, walked several army chaplains, and then came Lieu tenant con Planitz, of the staff, bearing the dead field marshars baton on a cushion; Colonel von Heyden Linden, with the insignia of the Order of the Black Eagle, and four other officers car- rying the field marshal's other decora- tions on crimson velvet cushions. Led behind the hearse was Count von Wall dersee's favorite horse. Next, alone, walked the crown prince, Frederick William, followed by Princes Henry and Albrecht, Duke Ernst Gunther of Schleswig- -Holstein, five commanding generals, the chief Of the general staff, and a great company of officers, repre- senting the sovereigns of the German states, and deputations from sixty regi- ments.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-03-10

London, March 10.--The Times this morning publishes what it's terms re- markable instance of Japanese conf dence.
 The Japanese have arranged for the dispatch of coal from England to Port Arthur or Vladivostok, and the steam ..ers taking it are to call at Singapore for definite orders. The coal is explic- itly warranted to be Japanese prop erty.
 London, March 10.-Under date of March g 8 correspondent of the Times at Tokio says the Russian advance south of Possiet Bay continues.
 Rumors of mediation in the Far East continue to circulate on the continent, but evidently the British government has no idea that mediation is possible.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-03-10
SUGGEST ROYAL COMMISSION.
British Chambers of Commerce Want
 investigation of Bars Go Trade.

British Chambers of Commerce Want
 Investigation of Bars Go Trade.
 London. March s.-The Association of the Chambers of Commerce of the Unit ed Kingdom. at it's annual session in London to-day. adopted, by a vote of the representatives of fifty-eight cham bers against forty-f1ve, the following resolution:
 That the United Kingdom has just cause for complaint of certain restric- tions and unfair arrangements directed against the commerce of the empire and that the Chamber of Commerce would support his majesty's government in measures for negotiation. but urge the government to appoint royal commits sion to investigate and report on the the whole fiscal policy of the nation.'
 The discussion previous to the adop- ton of the resolution developed a great diversity of opinion. resulting in com promise resolution of a colorless char acter.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-03-10
FLOODS ENORMOUS DAMAGE
WYOMING VALLEY, IN PENNsYL-
 VANIA, sORLLY STRICKEN.

Over n Million Dollars Worth of Prop
 crfy Destroyed and Two Thousand
 Families Rendered Homciss sss-Fac-
 Army of Men Thrown Oat of Work.
 Wilkesbarre, Pa, March 9.-The city of Wilkesbarre and the Wyoming Val- ley was in a turmoil to-day. The mighty flow if water spread out north and south, east and west, making the north branch of the Susquehanna river a vast lake, sweeping in it's path what ever there was to invade and the scene was even more terrifying than on Tues day.
 Industries all along the entire stream from Pittsten to Nanticoke are closed down on account of the water invading many places, and in many places water is flowing into the mines. In the cen- tral portion of Wilkesbarre to-day busi- ness was crippled on account ol base ments being filled with water. Late to- night the water at the bridge here was 2S.2 feet above low water mark, but much higher in the lower section of the town. At Plymouth the entire business section of the town is under water. Only few business houses escaped the flood and as a result the merchants have lost thousands of dollars worth of goods. The ice is gorged there and the water backed up so rapidly this af- ternoon that many families found it im- possible to leave their homes, and are now living on the upper floors. The principal churches of the town are flooded. Communication by railroads has been cut off. The Delaware & Hud- son railroad is 8 heavy loser and the Delaware, Lackawanna & Western are flooded from one end of the town to the other.
 Summing up the situation in brief, over a million dollars worth of proper ty has been destroyed in the Wyoming Valley and 1000 families rendered homeless. Though the river is falling at Wilkesbarre tonight, towns in the vicinity of Bloomsburg are experiencing the worst flood in their history
 Three spans of the great steel bridge --A--- ------------------
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The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-03-10
MR. BACoNPRoTEsTED
Spoke Against Acceptance of ssatus Of
 Frsisrick the Great.

Washington, March s-During con- sideration of the army appropriation in the Senate to-day MT. Bacon protested against the acceptance of the statue of Frederick the Great of Germany, rendered by Emperor William, on the ground that the former German king was not in sympathy with American in stitutions. Mr. Stewart defended Fred erick against what he characterized as MT. Bacon's gross misrepresentations The army appropriation bill was pass ed.
 The Senate also passed the Philippine shipping bill, after speeches in opposi- ton by Messrs. Culberson and Patter- son.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-03-10
Shipping News.

 New York, March 9.-Steamer Lombardia from Genoa, Naples, Palermo. etc. for New York, passed Nantucket lightship at 1 D m Sailed, steamers Georgic, Liverpool; :; Oceanic, Liverpool: Rhein, Bremen. Antwerp, March S.-Arriyed, steamer Zealand, New York
 Queenstown, March 9.--Arrived, steamer Majestic, New York, for Liverpool (and proceeded)
 Glasgow, March 8.-Arrived, steamer Furnessia, New York.
 Liverpool, March s.-Arrived, steamer Ultonia, Boston.
 scilly, March 9.-Passed steamer Pa tricia, New York for Plymouth, Cherbourg and Hamburg.
 New York, March Steamer Graf Val dersee, from Hamburg, Boulogne and Ply mouth for New York. is reported by wire less telegraph as having passed Nantucket Lightship at 6 D. n.
 Plymouth. March g. 9:30 D. rn.---Arriyef, steamer Patricia. New York for Cherb0urg and Hamburg land proceededl. Liverpool March o.-Sailed. steamers Cedric, New York via Queenstown; Fries Hand, Philadelphia via Queenstown.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-03-10

Washington. March 9.-several off cials of the Mormon church to-day tes- tified in the Shoot case before the sen ate committee on privileges and elec- tions. that they had plural wvies and had continued to practice polygamous cohabitation since the manifesto of 1890. Just before adjournment for the day the committee held an executive session for the purpose of having read the un- printable testimony in the Teasdal di- wore case. The prosecution stated that it had no more witnesses ready to put on the stand on account of the failure of several summoned officials Of the Mormon church to appear. President Joseph F. Smith was asked to use his influence with the witnesses, and prom ised to get into communication with them if it was possible to do so. Loren farmer, formerly a bishop of the Nor mon church. to-day gave the first testi- mony In favor Of the defense that has been offered thus far in the eight days Of the hearings. He said he was con- , he believed Reed Smoot was responsible for his arrest. The charge against Har- mer was unlawful coha bitation with a woman who was not his wife, and not a prosecution on account of cohabitation with his plural wives.
 President Joseph F. Smith and num- ber of officials of the church who have been witnesses in the case to-day were excused from further attendance and they will return to Utah.
 Andrew Jensen, assistant historian of the church. at the afternoon session said he had two wives who were sis ters. and that they both lived in the same house. though he lives with the first. MT. Jensen said he was not sealed in eternity to the mother of two wives. Lorin farmer testified that he was a bishop for five or six years, but had been sent to the penitentiary in 1889 up- on conviction of unchastity and lost his good standing. e said he has two wives, Ellen and Ida, and had lived also with Ellen Anderson. but never as her hus- band. He said she had two children by him, once since he had returned from Ithe Denitentiary. He lives In Spring vile.
 l He said Ellen Anderson supports her. sels and that he had contributed noth- ing for the care of herself or her chil-
 dren. He said she had property of her own.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-03-10
MORE COMMANDMENTS.
hpanese Warships Attack Port Arthur
 and Dsiny.

npanese Wnrships Attack Port Arthur
 aud Dsiny.
 Tokio, March 9.-Japanese warships bmbarded the forts at Talienwan (Port 3alny) last night, and then attacked 'ort Arthur.
 | It was reliably asserted that when the hpanese attempted to block Port Ar hur on February "A Russian torpedo bat destroyed, while trying to re-enter he harbor, struck a mine and sank Of he thirteen Russian warships inside he harbor of Port Arthur, all are be- |eved to have been disabled except five. Finally, it is asserted that Whoang kishan fort, at Port Arthur, was half- destroyed by the Japanese shells, and hat only three batteries are available. kAbout 800 Chinese and Russian work ben have been rushing repairs on the Farships.
 Tosio. March S.--It is believed here hat there has already been a decisive laval engagement in the vicinity of Fladivostok. and tidings of 1t are anx- busly awaited. The Japanese fleet, it is |aid. did not go to Vladivostok for the purpose of bombarding the town, but to pcate and attack the arnored cruisers Fromoboi, Russia, .Rurik, and the crui- Ter Bogatyr composing the Russian (eet stationed there. It is understood Eere that when the Japanese fleet ar lived ther last Sunday it found tn Rus ian squadron absent. If this is true it lave the Japanese squadron advantages h the way of avoiding the inshore bat cries, at the same time putting it in a position to prevent the Russian ships e-entering the harbor.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-03-10
ne,nze Arrested for Contempt.

Butte. Mont, March 9.-F. Augustus Heinze. president of the Montana Ore Purchasing company, and also presi- dent of the United Copper company, to- gether with A. L. Frank and Joseph Treriz, two of his superintendents, were arrested to-day by United States Mar shal Lloyd. The arrests are the result of the contempt proceedings in the United States court, growing out of lit- igation between the Johnstown and Butte and Boston Mining company.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-03-10
Japan Hopes for Balkan Trouble.

Kieff, Russia, March s.-The papers here make a feature of an interview with a Japanese correspondent of the Nichi-Nichi, who is now visiting the Balkans He is quoted as saying the Japanese fully recognize that they have no hope of defeating Russia unless her attention is diverted by possible compli- cations in the Balkans The object Of his visit is to ascertain the chances of such trouble breaking out. .
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-03-10
lPAN OUlPLANKS RUSSIA
EPoRTED TO HAVE TURNED
 POSITION ON ZULU RIVER.

nent of Port Arthur and the Where bouts of she vIadivosiok squadron sin Mystery.
 London, March 10.-No further news Is reached London of the reported hting at Port Arthur, or of the fate
 the Russian Vladivostok squadron. , to a late hour last night the Japan e legation here had heard nothing of Hese reported occurrences, but 1t is tnsidered significant that none of the lssian official dispatches makes any ention of the Vladivostok cruisers. ae news from Washington of the ap- arance of Japanese forces at Flung ang Chang, about forty-five miles rthwest of Antung, in Manchuria. d Tashan, a few miles inland from mouth of the Yalu river, is regard
 as most important.
 According to the Tien Tsin corre- ondent of the Daily Telegraph, the Spanese advanced from the Yalu riv-
 capturing Flung Wang Chang, and ove out the Russians in the vicinity
 the La Ku King eastern pass and e in force seventy miles east of New sAwang. The Russians, with S5,000 en, are entrenched strongly at Liao ang and Hai Chang, where fighting is Eminent. Some small engagements sready have been fought, the Russians HEiring with losses.
 |Erhis correspondent says further that EEe Japanese are using the same tactics Ia advancing along the same route Fey followed during the Chinese war. |rhe Yin Row correspondent of the |lris edition of the New York Herald so vaguely reports the Japanese to be Ety miles northwest of Antung and ell to the westward of the Yalu river. rhis is the only news on this subject It received in London, and to some of military critics 1t is inconceivable lat Japan really can have executed ch a sudden, unexpected and success ? turning of the Russian position on e Yalu river.
 The Daily Telegraph commenting on ese reports says that if the news of Is strange and marvellous collapse of
 
 thing to prevent the Japanese from (zing Mukden and the railroad. There $ been nothing to compare with this bye. the paper continues, since Ma leon staggered Europe by appearing the plains of Italy, having descended bm the Alps as though from the buds. Its effect throughout the east Il be stuDendous.
 The other papers prefer to wait for thoritative details before accepting is news.
 London, March 1O.--A dispatch to the nes from Wei-H Hai-Wei, dated March says:
 Hit is reported on good authority that 5coiiision between Japanese and Rus en troops has occurred near Hai Ju, |rea (54 miles northwest of Chemulpo) Nlich resulted in the defeat of the Rus sYas ],
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-03-10
Kansas for Roosevelt

Wichita, Kansas, March 9.-The re- publican state convention nominated the following ticket tonight: For gov- ernor, Edward w. Hoch; for lieuten- ant-governor, David w. Hanna for secretary of state, J. R. Burrows; for auditor, Seth G. Wells; for attorney general, c. c. Coleman; for treasurer, Thomas T. Kelly. MT. Hoch's nomina- ton was made by exclamation. The convention declared for Roosevelt.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-03-10
INVASION OF ENGLAND.
Ba,four Declares such n Thing Mere
 Dream

London, March e.-During the discus sion of the army estimates in the house of commons tonight Premier Balfour said that so long as the army home de- fences were maintained in an adequate condition any invasion of this country by an organized force capable of re- ducing it to submission was merely a dream. But no man could blind him self to the fact that circumstances in the east were making Great Britain a with another great military power and these circumstances must be taken into account in framing the British army es- inmates.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-03-10
Did Not Marry Amer.can Woman.

Washington, March 9.--So much cur rency has been obtained in the press of a story that the emperor of Corea had married an American woman named Emily Brown that Minister Allen at Seoul has been obliged to print iden- tical replies to number of women cor respondents denying the truth of the story and declaring that there is no room in Corea for foreign female nurses, governesses. companions and the like.