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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1904-01-19

theatrcaI. The cry was raised that the
Chinese had invaded Russian territory.
War was at hand
The army was modified. imaginary bat
ties were fought and great victories were
won. The Russian governor. with a small
army, made trip through Manehuria. He
reported many victories. Other historians
nave said it was merely triumphal pro-
eession, and that he was hailed bv the
people as their liberator from Hunhuse
In September, 1900, Manchuria was de-
elared to have been conquered. At a
great demonstration at Vladivostock it
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The officers in charge of the different
departments are: Pansy club, Mrs. j. w.
Roberts; Old Town Boys club, Harvey
l.. Johnson; Old Town Girls club. Miss
Carolyn Mason; Sunday school superln-
tendent, Henry Garretson; librarian of
the Sunday school, Miss ~ Smylie; trea-
surer's monthly paper, Mr.. Collyer; Young
Ladies alliance Miss Cowen; postoffice
mission, Mrs L. Champlain correspond
ing secretary, Miss Laura TAYLOR; custodi-
an OF book table, Miss Van Ruyper; Wo-
mans union, Mrs. Temple; hospital COM
mlttee, Mrs. Segar; church treasury,
Messrs. Collyer and Brown; minister's re-
ports. Messrs. Roberts and Martin.
WASHINGTON TRUCK co. J @ Hew-
lit Co. General freighting, household
goods, safes and pianos removed Office
lO9 Tenth st. Office telephone, John 234l.
Barn telephone, James 234l.
r: I. ELLIOTT sl3 Fidelity bldg, phone
Red 6862. Patents guaranteed at lowest
cost; Send US your ideas. We make maps,
machine drawings. tracings. blue prints.
Washington Mercantile Go.
aluminium, Wood and
Leather Advertising
Novelties
Black 1853 5O4 Bernice Bldg.
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Have you something worth letting the
prices on tin, wood. muslin or fibre signs
Using novelties Of all kinds
nAUFER SPECIALITY CO.. lO4 MARITI
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Special sale every day at Jolls', ga Pa
-ific Avenue. ~"
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1904-06-24

'n0Se VINO persisted Wednesday On
'he Ten. Slocum. What The lis. Of
victims will total one scarce dare Won.
ture a guess.
Police and Health Department Of.
Meals have placed the number At .
nsure as high as one thousand and
more, but tonight it would seem that
Ihe maximum fatality will NOT LARGO.
y exceed 700. All day long the
SeaTchers kept up their eternal rfgi.
pIaHce and at dusk there had been 20.
covered 35C bodies. for the greater
part women ard children. Up 70 dusk
49S bodies had passed through the
morgue' and Of these more than 300
were identified. Streets leading tn
Ine moTgue were blocked and only
with difficulty could the police keen
clear the passages leading to the long
row of collins for those Who came 70
search for the missing.
Up the Sound, where the hulk Of
e Gen. Slocum lies submerged show.
nS only a paddle box; scores Of small
rat aided the tugs in graphing for
ne victims. Divers went down time
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1904-06-24
Struck by an Enuine.

san Marcos, Texas: In crossing the
international & Great Northern tracks
IN a cut at a point a mile and a half
north Of here at 0 o'clock this morn,
Ing, Charles Glover, colored, and two
children in a buggy We're struck by
light engine. Glover received fniu-
rles from which he died at 4 D. m. The
TWO children were only slightly hurt.
Inc buggy was completely demolished
out the horse escaped without injury
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1904-06-24
KRYDLOFF SENDS IN HIS REPORT
Details Sinking of Japanese Ships Off sasebo-rbe,,
Refused to Surrender and Were DESTROYED

ST. Petersburg, June 2O.-Empcrol
Nicholas has received the following dis
patch, dated June 10, from Vice Admir-
al SkyrdloE:
On June - our cruiser division en-.
cOuntered in The strait Of Corea a
Japanese transport svedmng from the
south in the direction OF The Japan
csc coast, which was visible on the no.
rizon. The vessel proved to he the
I2umi, with troops on board.
On thC expiration Of the time given
those on board to lover their boats
and leave the ship, permission to do
which was taken advantage OF by part
OF the crew. the transport was sunk byI
our guns. Shortly afterward two moreI
transports were sighted TO the south.
east. They proved to be the LitachiI
and the SadO, the former with t.oops
and the latter carrying coolies. horses,
and a railway plant The transports
refused to surrender. and al the end
Of the period granted those on board to
.ake to the boats the two vessels were
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1904-06-24
Wore Than Six Hundred Lives lost.
J4Ufut Fate of an Excursion portv

New YoIk. June 16.-One Of the
most appalling disasters in the history
OF New York, tragic in its immensely.
and deeply pathetic in the tender age
OF most OF its victims, took place to.
day in the East River at the entrance
to Long Island Sound, within a short
distance of the New York shore and
within sight of thousands OF persons.
the majority of whom were powerless
to minimize the extent of the catas.
trophe. BY the burning to the waters
edge OF the General SIOcuD. q three.
decked excursion steamer, the largest
IN these waters, more than six hundred
persons, the majority Of whom were
women and children, were burned toI
death or drowned by jumping over.
board OR by being thrown into theI
"hlrIpooIs by the lurching Of the YES,
sci and the frantic rush of the manic.
stricken passengers.
approximately 500 passengers have
been recovered and are now being
tagged at the morgue of the Bellevue
Hospital at Harlem. Divers we're still
busy at a late hour taking bodies
rom the hold of the vessel. which.
Sney say, is choked with the remains
Of human beings, while the bodies
Of scores of others who Ieaped or
were thrown into the river have not
oeen recovered. 1t is the season of
sunday school exclusions IN New York
gay and Long Island Sound, the lat.
er one Of the most picturesque bodies
II water in the country. Great prep.
'ratIons had been made for the seven ,
eenth annual excursion of the Sunday T
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1904-06-24
Miners Deported

Antonito, Colo: Thirty-six unton
miners and sympathizers deported
from the Cripple Creek district were
un!oaded from the special train near
the New Mexico line today and were
dflVen over by the guard under com.
mand OF Lieutenant Colonel Kennedy
Iney were moreover warned not to 70.
turn 10 Colorado, Nevertheless. after
me departure of. the troops, the de-
p ported men walked back to this town,
nVe miles north of the line, where. a
meal was fuTniShd them by citizens
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1904-06-24
KILLING at Rock Creek

WeatherfoFd, Texas: This morning
about daylight in a Mexican row at
Rock. Creek Coal Mine Red e. Lokejo
was stabbed to death and Joe Garcia
was fatally shot. l. Telano is in iajl
charged with murder and E. Campag is
held for assault withaintent to murder
Inc parties to the trouble are all Mex-
leans County Attorney James c. vii.
son and Deputy Sheriffs Albert Leach
and r, J. 'BOggett have gone out to
investigate Other arrests may follow:
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1904-06-24
Will Delay Attack.

Chez Foo: japanese officials here
believe that the loss Of The transports
Hltachi and Sado will delay the pro.
posed combined attack on Port Arthur.
The Tao Tai of Che Foo has protest.
ed to the Russian Consul against The
use OF wireless telegraphy between Cae
Foo and Port Arthur, but the Consul
has not yet made any reply to the Tao
Tails representations.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1904-06-24
Killed UnGer Cherry Tree

Chester Pa: FOUv boys standing
under cherry tree on a farm near
felton, three miles from here, were
Killed today BY a stroke of lightning
The dead.
Roy Smith, aged Il.
Alexander Fullerton, aged Is.
W. NJ. Davis, aged IL.
Samuel Clark, colored, aged u.
The boys took shelter from the
storm Smith, Fullerton and Davis
We're killed instantly. The colored bow
was SO badly injured that he died on
the way to the hospital:
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1904-06-24
Dead Man in Ditch.

San Antonio, Texas. Lying fiat on
Its face in the shallow water of an IT.
rigation ditch near the Southwes ,ern
Insane Asylum the body CT 4 Mexican
about 25 years of age vas found On
Saturday, morning. The body lay in two
feet Of water, perfccly nude, while the
clothing was piled on the bank. as
though the man had 3con bathing.
From papers found in the pockets The
mans name is believed to be either
Alberto Soliz or Leon Soli2
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1904-06-24
PUSHING WeeViI War

Houston, Texas. DR.. D. w. Hunter
the boil weevil warrior for the Agri:
cultural Department o: the general gov,
eminent, was'in the city this afternoon.
ne came up from Victoria. He. upon
being asked, stated that he expected
to remain in Texas to see the cotton
crop through and its arch enemy the
Doll weevil, get the worst of it. While
ne did not say anything about the
enemy for publication, his conversation
showed that the fight was being pushed
right ahead.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1904-06-24
Steamer Australia Sunk.

Bourne, Australia; The Peninsula
and Oriental liner, Australia, inward
bound, struck on the rocks on Point
Neapany Cat the eastern entrance 70
Point Philip Bay at o'clock this
morning. The bottom of the vessel was
stove in and it is feared that she will
be total loss. The passengers and
crew were safely landed.
The Australia was bound from Tou-
lon to Sydney N. S. She was Of steel
and Of 3,72O tons.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1904-06-24
FOREIGN NEWS SUMMARY.

The car is said to have appointed
a mission to devise reforms in Russia
Mukden reports the loss Of an entire
regiment in the sinking of The trans
port Hitachi.
Manchester buyers await a .over
price Of cotton.
The japanese transport Izumi WAS
sunk Wednesday. When the Russian
fleet vas sighted all on board took to
the boats and were picked up by a
cruiser.
Denver capitalists have projected a
road in Mexico from Los Reyes to
Acapulco, on the Pacific.
Peonage in Mexico is being broken
up.
Russian Interior Minister is aycrse to
harsh measures in Finland as 4 result
OF the assassination.
Steamer Australia struck rock chi
the coast Of Australia. There vas no
loss of life.
Admiral Skrydloff reports his raid On
Japanese transports.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1904-06-24

Sunken Meadows. At this point. Just
as crowds were watching the gaily
decorated steamers from the shore, the
General Slocum took FIRE, and as the
age OF the vesseI-ehe was built in
lS9l-had resulted in the thorough
seasoning of the woodwork Of which
She was almost entirely built. she was
soon a mass of flames.
The fire is said TO have broken out
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1904-06-24
Left Fortune 70 State

Colima, Hexico: General Angel Man
tinez, who died in this city recently.
leaving no family, beQueathed his en-
tire fortune, amounting to over $4,000
600, to the Governor of this State, who
receiy,S the greatest share, and the
rest to the nation.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1904-06-24
TREASURER A SUICIDE.
Mills Was Financially Embarrassed
Personally, but Accounts All Rioht.

jackson, Miss; ]. b. Mills. treasurer
OF Summit. and prominent citizen Of
South Mississippi. committed suicide
early today, having come to a local
hotel for the purpose, He lert notes 10
several persons explaining that he had
not the courage to commit the act at
his home, and that it was done because
ne was embarrassed financially. 1t was
learned today that his accounts as the
treasurer Of Summit a.e all right. and
that his financial difficulties were per
Sonal. He was about 60 years Old a
Confederate veteran, and was promg
nent in secret orders.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1904-06-24
Charlton in Louisiana.

Crowley, La: Charlton, the cattle
disease, is gaining quite hold among
the cattle of this parish and farmers
in a number of sections have lost some
valuable animals. The disease has al
ready broken out in Calcasieu and Ver-
million parishes, and it is thought thai
1t has gained such a foothold that il
Will De a: hard matter to stamp It ON
before fall.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1904-06-24
Japan's ExchecueF Bonds.

London: A dispatch to the Central
News from Toxic announces that the
total subscriptions to the second issue
OF excheQuer bonds ($5O,OOO,OOO) has
amounted to $16O,246,762. The bonds
are isued at 90, bear per cent inter.
est and are to run for seven years.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1904-06-24

IN 3nnch room on the forward deck
through the overturning OF a pot of
grease. The wind was high and all
ehorts to suodue the fire were futile,
At 18th street there are several lum-
Der yards and oil tanks, and as Can't.
William Van Schaik, in command of
the General Slocum started to turn
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1904-06-24
StakeIbero's Loss.

st; Petersburg: A special dispatch
70 the Associated Pres from Lao Yang
contains the first Russian estimate
OF General Stakelberg's losses. plac.
ing them at 1000 men and twenty of.
fcers. ~
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1904-06-24
Boil Weevil Test

Taylor, Williamson Co., Texas. !. II
White and Charles Colbert of fish
omayo and Rovia, l.. T.. are in TAYLOR
with a newly constructed two-wheeI
suIky fumigating device with a blower
attachment, which they claim is a sure
Killer of boil weeviIs wheveren applied.
In the presence Of State Boil Weeyil
Commission c. c. Hooper and a num-
Der of farmers, an initial test of the
machine was made Yesterday afternoon
in a 1OO-acre field of cotton near town
belonging to julius kreiger and which
was reported as alive with weeyils
The test yesterday did not prove gatts.
factory to those present and another
experiment will be made tomorrow, Tho
device straddles and fumigates one
row of cotton at time, and is drawn
Slowly along by a team of mules.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1904-06-24

School of st. Marks German Luther.
an Church, the congregation of which
IS drawn from the dense population
OF the lower East and West sides
and the General Slocum had been
chartered to carry the excursionists
to Locust Grove, one Of the many re.
sorts on Long Island Sound. It is
Variously estimated that there were
between 1900 and $500 persons on
board the General Slocum when she
lett the pier at Third street, East
River, though the Knickerbocker
Steamship Company, which owns the
Slocum, officially states that the mum,
Der OF passengers was S73, that being
only 0ne-third Of the. vessels capacity.
1t is thought however that there were
several hundred children in arms for
whom fares are not usually charged
on these trips. The scene on the deck
OF the steamer as she proceeded up
the East River was one of merrymak.
ing customary on such occasions. The !
mass Of flags fiuttered in the June |
breezes the bands were playing, and
children were singing dancing and
waving handkerchiefs in answer to the
8alutatons of those on shore or from
passing steamers. At the extreme end
Of Randalls Island, off 1S5th street,
there is a stretch of water known as
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1904-06-24

new Orleans: Nineteen Italian i'm.
migrants We're held up by the board
OF inspectors and the steamship com.
pany ordered to deport them back TO
!eaiy on the ground Of alleged viola,
ton Of the immigration laws.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1904-06-24
Fleets May Have Met

TOXIC; A report has been received
from from the police station at Sage, near
0aseoo' saying that sounds of cannon.
salng have been heard of the coast.
H. IT. IS possible that a Japanese feet
mas met the Russians ne0'
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1904-06-24
Shipped 100 Fancy seeves

Bastrop, Texas: Mr.. C. W. Hill Of
ElySlum shipped from here today 1OOI
head of fancy beef cattle via Missouri
Kansas & Texas railway to the. FortI
Worth market. =
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1904-06-24
Has Yellow Fever SYMPTOMS,

Vera Cruz, Mexico: The American
steamer Vigilancia brought a second
class passenger with symptoms of yell
low fever. He was sent to the bealtb
station for observation.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1904-06-24
Sin Yen's cantIre

Toxic. A detachment Of the army
ander Gen. Kuroki captured the town
OF Stu Yen on Sunday after routing
and defeating a force of 300 Russians
and 800 mounted. Chinese bandits.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1904-06-24
Corbin Succeeds Wade

washington: Maj. Gen. Henry c.
CoFDln has been ordered to command
the Division of the Philippines, sue,
eeeding Maj. Gen. F. Wade, the order
to take effect in October.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1904-06-24

MS vessel toward the shore there, he
was warned that it would set fire to
the lumber and tanks, and a. Cant
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1904-06-24
Corpus Christi. Texas: A fnornmon4 |

Corpus Christi, Texas: A movement
is being quietly engineered for the es.
Establishment Of great educational in.
stitution' in Corpus. Christi. If success.
ful, the college will he located on the
site. Of the Alta Vista Hotel and its
president will be a leading member of
the Iowa State University.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1904-06-24

his course for North Brother Island.
one OF the twin islands, a half mile
away. where the boat, partially burned
was beached
she sank near this place al 1926
O'Clock IN the afternoon, two hours ana
twenty-five minutes after tho fire was
first discovered.
THE sLoCUM VICTIMS
New York: With unccasina effort
search is going en- for the bodies Of
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1904-06-24

' "S max Portion Of the e River wher. The c., o.
was surned and Hundreds Lives sacrIceS 'um
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1904-04-20

Is this the fest appearance of the
following? 1t is from the London
Times of October II, 1902: One OF
the Dover inkeepers who lately com.
planned to French gentleman thai
his house was greatly infested with
rats, and that he would willingly
give considerable sum to get rid
of them, was, on the following morn
ing land after the Frenchman had re.
ceived his billy accosted by him
Sure, l shall tell you vich way 20.
shall get rid of de rat" Il will bs
obliged very much to you if yo.
cam replied the landlord. ..vell, den
only charge de rat as you cn-rge me
and viii be id if de rat ever com.
to your house again."-N Y. Tribuns
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1904-04-20

year / am going to have electric
lights, blt this season we must put
up with lamps. We will have things
tonight. We will take dinner on the
yacht this evening, and this will be
your last meal afioat for some time"
After dinner the tide had so far
receded that Capt. Waters made
ready to drop the shark into
deeper water. Hestor and his
guests returned to shore, and the
yacht glided out into the bay. It's
great searchlight, later in the even
ing, swept around the amphitheater
and aroused a chorus from birds and
roar from prowling animals. Mr..
Pence declared he saw the flaming
eyes of some wild beast through the
palm trees, and was not at all re-
assured when Hestor informed him
that it was nothing but a puma OF
mountain lion.'
They are as common as rabbits
around here" he said. If you leave
them alone they will not bother
you. They probably smell the meat
lit the Storeroom."
All were wearied from the days
work, and at little after nine
o'clock it was decided to retire for
the night. Hestor shook hands with
all and grasped Sidney Hammond's
hand with an earnest clasp. He again
expressed the hope that they would
enjoy their visit. and bidding them
goodnight retired. to his room.
At five o'clock the following morn
ing the captives were aroused by a
great cutlery, and hammering at the
doors of their rooms. They found
Mr.. Pence rushing up and down the
veranda, wringing his hands and
moaning in terror.
The boat is gone.' he cried.
The Shark has gone away and left
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1904-04-20
The Barber County Index.
PAINTER & HERR, Publishers.
Medicine Lodge, Kansas.
THE OTHER POINT or VIEW.

To be little girl of ten
Seems nice enough-to boys and men;
i wonder If they ever tried
To argue from the other side?
don't suppose they'd ever guess
The stiffness of a starched white dress;
l wonder how they'd like the hooks
Let alone the way it looks!
They never sit at home and sew,
And watch their brothers come and GO;
l should not even like to say
That they would bear it for a day!
They do not know how hard it seems
To be girl still, in ones dreams,
To feel that one can never be
drummer boy, or go to sea.
Our brothers say were hard to please
Because we long for things like these;
They think it is Il pleasant life
To wait until you're someone's wife.
When I'm a wife I'll gladly sit
At horne, and cook and sew and knit;
But there's a lot of waiting when
You're but little girl of ten.
Our brothers do not seem to know
That waiting can be very slow;
You see, they've never really tried
To argue from the other side!
Evelyn Sharp. in Westminster Gazette.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1904-04-20

US. We are lost. We are lost. We
are Iost,''
"Oh, shut up!" said AIR. Kent and
he went back to his couch, and was
soon asleep.
Mr.. Walter b. Hestor, owner of the
shark and special envoy and ccr-
respondent of The New York Record,
was not in his room. There was no
trace of the SHARK" in ''Morton's
Bay" The millionaires were ma
rooned.