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The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-03-08
RUSSIANS PREPARING TO GET
OUT OF CITY BEFORE IT IS
BEsElGED BY JAPs.
IN FIGHTS ON YALu RIVER
ISLANDERS WERE DEFEATED BUT
THEY INFLICTED A HEAVY
loss ON RUSSIANS.

Yinkow, March THE removal Of
the furniture of the police and military
quarters at Newchwang, the withdraw
al of unnecessary rolling stock and
equipment from the Newchwang rail
way terminus and the rersavat Of sill
YER from the bank indicag s.-teaE
ed evacuation of New The
bank authorities have as-..sei to
leave French and Ger1nal e-.5 in
charge of their interests.
A large force of cavalry is expected
to return to Newchwang before the
river opens for the purpose of main
tanning patrols between the mail rail
way and the sea and of accommodating
the coast.
Russian private letters disclose the
fact that in the recent engagements be-
tween the Yalu river and Pingyang the
Russians with superior numbers de
feated the Japanese but lost heavily.
Refugees arriving here say that
Port Arthur has not been attacked
since Feb. 26, but that stores and am
munition are still arriving. Work on
the mud dock in which it is expected
to repair the battleship C~zarevitch has
been abandoned for the past three
days, the foreign engineer being UNI
able to raise the Retvizan, quitting
Port Arthur together with the only
other Anglo-Saxon there.
That considerable damage within
the Notifications has been caused by
the Japanese fire from Pigeon bay is
corroborated and the defenses on that
side are being strengthened by barbed
wire entanglements and additional
artillery.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-03-08
TOLEDO IN GREAT DANGER.
Ice Gorges Gradually Moving Down
Upon the City.

Toledo, o., March This city is in
imminent danger, as there has been
during the entire day and the ice
gorges up the river have been gradual
" moving down toward the city. At
10 o'clock D. m. the ice had formed q
temporary gorge five miles above the
city. At the bridge of the Toledo rail-
way and terminal company a mile be-
low the gorge the water is nineteen
feet above the normal stage. In the
city the water was about even feet
above the normal stage and rising at
the rate of about six inches an hour.
Guards are stationed at points along
the river, and are keeping the officials
in the city informed as to the situation.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-03-08
ALExlEFF TO THE CAR.
viceroy Reports on the 6ombardment
Of vladivostok.

vioeroy Reports on the 6ombardment
Of vladivostok.
st. Petersburg, March IA COM
m%unication from Viceroy Alexief to
the car from Mukden, bearing Sun
days date, says: II most humbly In
form your majesty that the comman-
dant at the fortress at Vladivostok re-
ports that a $3.50 this morning seven
vessels were sighted of Askold is
land. At 9:45 they were seen to be
warships making for Askold island.
About noon the enemy's squadron vas
midway between the coast and Askold
island, making for usuri bay. They
were out of reach of the shore bat
teries. At 1870 the enemy opened
fire. Two vessels in the squadron
were probably the first-class %cruizers
Idzum and Yakumo, but the names of
the other vessels are unknown"
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-03-08
RUSSIAN DEsERrERs CAUGHT.
Attempt to Escape From Port Arthur
= and Are Shot.

H G1St0 NIS SsiOSsN .r
London, March 1.-THE correspond
ent Of the Standard at Tientsin gives
a rumor that thirty Russian sailors
were caught in an attempt to escape
from Port Arthur and that they were
shot the same day.
The Standards st. Petersburg or
respondent telegraphs, under reserve,
a story to the effect that a party Of
Japanese, disguised as Tartars, were
arrested by a guard of the Siberian
railway bridge at Syzran, on the river
Volga. having packages of dynamite
in their possession.
A special dispatch from Tientsin es-
Inmates that there are 10000 Tungese
irregulars in Southern Manchuria
largely led by patriotic Japanese who
volunteered for the dangerous work.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-03-08
COUNT Won WALDERSEE DEAD.
Distinguished German Officer Passes
Away After Brief illness.

Hanover, Prussia, March Field
Marshal Count Won Waldersee died
shortly after & p. m. He had been ill
but a short time of stomach trouble.
Won Waldersee was the only subject
not Of a royal house who was always
cheered by the public. Not even the
chancellor. was treated with more re-
spect and admiration, for he had to do
with the things that made Prussia
great and the empire possible. His
partial estrangement with the present
emperor in the early part of the lat
ter's reign, the reason of which still
remains obscure, had long disap-
ipeared and had been replaced by the
emperor's cordial friendship.
The funeral of the late Field Mar
shall Count Won Waldersee will be held
at noon on Wednesday.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-03-08
BIG FIRE At FARGO.
Firms in Christensen Block Suffer
$4,000 Loss.

Fargo, N. D., March Fargo had a
$685. 600 fire Sunday morning. The
flames started on the first floor of the
C~hristianson block in the store of the
Christianson Drug company. That was
a total loss as well as everything on
the second floor. The stock in Hagen's
jewelry store, on one side, was badly
damaged by removal, and the Luger
Furniture company, on the other side,
suffered heavy loss by smoke. The
fire is unexplained, but it is thought
to have been from spontaneous COM
bustion. When the flames reached
some oil tanks there were several small
explosions which scattered the fire
over the storeroom and made the work
of the department extremely difficult.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-03-08
OFFICIAL RUSSIAN VERSION IS
THAT JAPs ONLY WASTED
THEIR AMMUNITION.
PRIVATE ADvlcEs Different
CLAIM THAT FOUR SAILORS AND
A WOMAN WE'RE KILLED BY
WARsHlP's SHELLS.

vladivostok, March IA feet Of
five Japanese b~attleships and two
cruisers appeared of this place at 1:25
o'clock Sunday afternoon and bonn.
barded the town and shore batteries
for fifty-ive minutes. F..
The fleet approached from the direc-
ton Of Askold island at the east en-
trance to Usuri bay and about thirty.
two miles southeast of Vladivostok.
Entering Usuri bay the enemy formed
in line Of battle, but did not approach
to a closer range than a mile and one
third. They directed their fire against
the shore batteries and the town, but
no damage resulted, as most of their
200 lyddite shells failed to burst.
The Russian batteries, commanded
by Generals Vernotz and Artomanoff,
did not respond.
The Japanese fire ceased at 2:3O p.
N. and the enemy retired in the dilec-
ton Of Askold island.
simultaneously two torpedo boat
d~cstroyers appeared near Askold is
land and two more near Cape Madel.
The Japanese ships were covered
with ice. The attack resulted in no
loss to the Russians, but cost the
enemy 100000 roubles ($100,000)' in
ammunition.
Most of the %projectiles were six and
twelve-inch shells. The population OF
Vladivostok was warned Sunday morn
ing of the presence on the horizon of
a hostile fleet and the prospect of at
tack during the day, but it remained
TRANQUIL.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-03-08
KING EDWARD ABSENT.
Unable to Attend London Celebration
Of "Bfbie Sunday"

unable to Attend lonoon CeleDratIou
Of "Bibie Sunday"
London, March THE celebration
of "Bible Sunday" by the Bible society
at st. Paul's cathedral was robbed Of
considerable interest owing to the alb
sence Of King Edward, who is suffering
from a cold. Queen Alexandra,
Princess Victoria and the Prince and
Princess of Wales we're present.
The archbishop of Canterbury, who
preached the sermon, referred regret
fully to the absence of King Edward
and then traced the history of the BIZ
BILE society during the past century.
Washington, March president
and Mrs. Roosevelt, Justice Brewer,
Senator Dolliver of Iowa, the British
ambassador and Lady Durand and
many other persons prominent in Off
cial diplomatic and social circles at
tended the service in commemoration
of the Tooth anniversary of the Brit
ish and Foreign Bible society at st,
Johns Episcopal church. Justice
Brewer and Senator Dolliver were the
principal speakers. Er. Daniel 8. FIJI.
man, president of the American Bible
society, presided and said that during
the life time of the British and Ameri.
can societies they had circulated ESQ.,.
000.0 0 copies of the Bible and parts
of the Bible to nations Of the world.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-03-08
VICTORY FOR DREYFus.
Court of Cessation Grants a %Reopening
of French Officers Case.

of French Officers Case.
Paris March 1.-THE criminal
branch Of the court of cessation has
granted the appeal of Alfred Dreyfus
for a revision of his trial at Rennes.
The court held that a sufficient
showing had been made to warrant a
reopening of the case and ordered a
supplementary investigation for the
purpose Of establishing all the doubt
full points which have been the basis
for the present application to reopen
the case.
The decision is another marked sue
cess for Dreyfus, although it is not yet
final owing to the extended supple
mentary investigation which must fol-
low the courts decision.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-03-08
PERISH IN BURNING HOUSE.
Three Brothers Dead and a,Fourth Fa-
tally Injured.

Buctouche, N. B., March 7.-Three
SONS of Mrs. Louise Savoe, a widow,
were burned to death and a fourth
probably fatally injured in q fire that
destroyed their home at Black River
during the night. The bodies Of Jo-
seph, aged t~wenty-six years, Thaddeus,
aged fourteen, and John, aged twelve,
were found in the ruins. Alpine es-
capped the flames by jumping from a
window but was dangerously injured.
The mother was unframed.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-03-08
JAPs FORCED TO HALT.
Unable to Cross Into Manchuria From
Korea.

St. Petersburg, March 7.-Cossack
scouts report that a Japanese column
from Plaskin bay, on arriving in the
snow-blocked deile of the mountains
separating Korea from Manchuria,
was forced to halt owing to avalanches
and other obstacles. The scouts say
that one-third of the strength Of this
column is i%nvalided. 1t is now sup
posed that the column is returning for
The purpose Of seeking an easier route.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-03-08
Flood Situation Unchanged.

Fremont, Neb., March THE flood
situation is practically unchanged and
the water is still at he high mark
reached Saturday. The ice in the
Platte river has moved slowly during
the day, but the gorge which caused
the water to spread over the lowlands
remains intact.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-03-08
Gillespie Murder Trial.

Rising Sun, Ind, March THE
trial of James Gillespie for the murder
of his sister, Elizabeth, last Novem-
be,. and of his sister, Mrs. Belle Sew
ard, and Mr.. and Mrs. Myron Barbour,
as accessories. will begin here today.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-03-08
RUSSIAN TROOPS POISONED.
Believed That Nihilists Put Drug In
Food at Port Arthur.

Nagasaki, March Refugees ar
irving here tell of a serious state of
affairs at Port Arthur. A mysterious
Illness prevails among the Russian
troops. Many deaths have occurred,
and upwards of 200 soldiers are seri-
ously i'll. This Is believed to be the
work of Nihilists, who put poison in
the food. Almost a panic prevails.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-03-08
RUSSIANS FoRTlFY ANruNe.
Intend to Make That Place a Base for
Resistance.

Toxic, March THE Russians are
briskly fortifying Antung, which it is
believed they will make a base for re-
sistance. Scouts near Anju are be-
ing withdrawn toward Kasan.
It is denied here that the French
government, in behalf of the holders
Of the concession, has made any OBJ
lection to Japan completing the Seoul
Win railway.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-03-08
Victim Of Knockout Drops.

New York, March leon nellie, a
thetrical agent, died Sunday at his
home from the supposed effect of
"knockout drops" Just before he
died he gave the name Of a young wo-
man with whom he had been on friend
" terms for about a year, who he said
was responsible for his condition. She
has not yet been arrested.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-03-08
DECISION IN MERGER CASE.

PROMINENT Lawyers GATHER III WASTE
ton to Hear Il.
Washington, March IA large num-
Der of lawyers, representing some of
the best talent in New York, Phila-
delphia and other cities. are in Wash
ington in the expectation of the United
States supreme court handing down its
momentous decision in the Northern
Securities case.
The Lamar register., 1904-08-10

fair reflections upon those western
qualities of character that constitute
our presidents chief element OF
strength with tho people Of this
region.
Whatever some politicians may
think of him, and whatever may be
the opinions Of some lawbreskers,
convicted or threatened, the fact re-
mains that President Roosevelt is
immensely popular with the masses
Of the people, east and west, and this
popularity will not be lessened by
the attacks made upon him by those
who fear his efforts to enforce the
laws and to maintain honest govern
ment.-Pueblo Chieftain.
The Lamar register., 1904-08-10
SUMMONS.

sTtTs aogs44 OF og In 'Hs GoDl
W. ]. JoHSsTos. ron Plaintiff. lsuMnoNs.
The People Of the State of Colorado,
GREETING:
You are hereby required to appear in an ac,.
tion brought against you by the above named
plaintiff in the District Court of Prowers Coun'
ty, state OF Colorado, and answer the complaint
therein within twenty days after the service here,
Of. IL served within this County; or, II served
out of this County, or by publication, within
the day OF service or Judgment by default will
be taken against you according to the prayer OF
the complaint. And II copy qf the complaint
this summons. or II the service hereof be made
out of this State, then ten days additional Ia
the time hereinabove specified for appearance
and answer r. VII oo aiiowed os,Sls 'ne Taxing o'
The said action 10 brought to recover tudg-
| ment against you and in favor Of the plaintiff
dollars and interest thereon from July f2nd. A
| D., 1904. said amount being the sum due u
plaintiff from you on an over due promissory
note made BY c .sd ND 10 oS te sosq.
| with interest thereon from date At the rate ol
| 10 per cent per annum. and payable to the order
Of plaintiff ninty days after date. and on az az
over Duo balance OF account; together with
plaintiffs cost and attorneys fee, ss will more
| fully appear from the complaint in said actor
to which reference Is here made, acopy ofwhicf
And you are hereby notified that II you fai
/ to appear, and to answer the said complaint a
/ above required. the said plaintiff will apply tf
the court for the relief prayed for in his sale
Given under my hand and officia
| 49,, seal at Lamar. Colo. In said
CHHs. W. LUCK. Clerk.
The Lamar register., 1904-08-10

apiary now, the honey flow being
very good.
The absence of grasshopPers and
other harmful insects is quite no
ticesble this year.
The rains are delaying threshing
greatly, but enough is done to learn
that the wheat yield is below the
yearly average.
A field of speltz on I. E. Swadley's
farm is threshtng out nearly lOo
bushels per acre. the whole field
has not been threshed but promises
to keep up this phenomenal yield.
No need Of scarcity of fruit, field
or garden products at the fair. Take
it in. It is the best way to advertise
our wonderful resources to the world.
Miss Myrtle Sheets of Girard, Kss.,
Is visiting with friends here.
The highest wind of the year &C.
companied the rain Monday evening
and many stack tops were blown of
and slfsfs just cut blown and thresh-
ed about to the detriment OF the
seed yield.
RIO.
The Lamar register., 1904-08-10
Prosperity Lane

Dowler's threshing outfit is busy
at work on the lane. They are
threshing alfalfa seed for Maynard
Koen at present.
Mrs. B. F. Cooper and daughter
Lena, left last Thursday evening fol
an extended visit with relatives near
Winterset, Iowa.
Mr.. Gingery of Lamar is "point-
ing up" the dry creek school house
this week. He has also applied a
good coat of paint to the roof, i'm
proving the appearance greatly.
Quite a number Of the young
folks spent pleasant evening at the
Deeter home on Friday last.
Mr.. B. F. Cooper and Roy Cooper
are helping Mr.. Dewey stack alfalfa
seed this week.
Mrs. Griffin, from Kansas is Wis.
iting her parents, Mr.. and Mrs
Deeter.
Some of our farmers report quite
large flow Of honey. Mr.. Deetel
and Mr.. Wright having taken of
l4OO pounds each, one day last
week.
Csntaloupes are looking fine now
and some will be ready TO ship in g
few days.
Charley Taylor is building stone
chicken house on the Strain ranch
GRINNrNG ISAAC.
The Lamar register., 1904-08-10
The Party that Docs and the Party
that OodQoS.


1t is an inherent weakness of the
party of opposition that it is unable
to take . positive stand upon any
great question Of the day. 1t may
easily find hundred different op-
portunities of criticising the party in
power, and in each one of these diff
ferent points it may secure the sp-
proval and support Of limited num-
ber of voters. But when it comes to
combining all these different ele-
ments Of opposition into coherent
political force, that is most difficult
matter.
The man who opposes the admin
istrrtion on the question Of the Phil
ippines may be- in, favor of the gold
standard, and the free silver man
may be q protectionist, and the theo-
retical free trader may be an admirer
of the manner in which President
Roosevelt has firmly maintained the
dignity and interests Of the Ameri-
can nation without truculence or
brsggadocio. 5m 81
So unless a man simply contents
himself, like David B. Hill, with the
statement, II am a Democrat" 1t is
difficult to formulate a statement Of
political principles that will COM
lnsnd the approval Of all elements OF
the party. 1t is for this reason that
the st. Louis convention lodged the
financial question entirely and as
sured Judge Parker that he might
consistently stand upon the platform
dictated by Mr.. Bryan.
But the worst of such a policy ap-
pears when the opposition party is
successful, for then there comes the
necessity of trial Of strength be-
tween all the irreconcilable elements
of the party with the inevitable re.
suit of such display of incompe
tence and weakness ss was made
manifest in the second Cleveland ad-
ministration.
The republican party fortunately
does not need to adopt such a course
The things that have been done in
the way of national progress have
been done by the republicans, and
the party is ready to assume the re
sponsibility for them. There is ne
doubt as to where this party standi
on all the great questions of the day
and if the party is successful in thu
election the voters Of the countr,
know, from its past record, what viii
be its future course.-Ex.
The Lamar register., 1904-08-10
Doomed to Defeat.

Tho democratic convention DOOM
ed it's party to defeat by the stand it
took on the tariff question. The
original plank Of the platform dealt
with it in a cautious way, which
showed that it's authors are aware Of
the difficulty of the subject. Re
peated defeats have taught the dem
ocrats of the northeast that it is not
to be expected that the country will
elect any party to overthrow pol
icy which is bound up with the
prosperity and even the continuance
of our system of industries. 1t was
promised in the original declaration
that the party should give careful
consideration to the difficulties
which beset any alterations of the
tariff, and make only those which
can be made with safety, while ad
vsncing in the direction of lowering
the duties on imports.
This statement did not satisfy Mr..
Bryan, and in this he had the sup
port Of the south, which still thinks
of the tariff as a sort Of accidental
and freakish law, whose repeal would
hurt nobody they care for. So the
platform contains about as indis-
criminate a denunciation of the sys-
tenn Of protection ss has ever been
put before the American people, and
he who votes for the candidates who
are placed on it, votes to take the
bread out Of the mouths of the
American workman, to- shut the
American factory, to close the Amer
lean workshop and to reduce the
country to dependence upon foreign
capital and labor for the supply OF
manufacturers. He votes for the re
newal Of the miserles inflicted five
times ON this country by unwarrant-
ed reduction OF duties. and shared
by Ireland and India through more
than a century past.-Robert Thomp
son, in the "Irisg World"
The Lamar register., 1904-08-10

In this column will be found the
announcement Of Prof. Z. r. Jones
- . candidate for the Office Of county
clerk and recorder subject to the &C.
tion Of the republican county conven-
tion. He has been the principal Of
the Lamar schools for seven years
and his eminent success in that call
ing has been made manifest in the
wonderful improvement in our school
system. His ability and integrity
are we'll known to every resident Of
Prowers county. and il he should be
nominated and elected to the impor-
tant Office Of county clerk, the records
and business Of the county would be
in safe and conservative hands.
Professor Jones has always been q
staunch republican and his nomins.
tion would be we'll received by repub.
licsns and the voters generally.
The Lamar register., 1904-08-10
One Place wh.r. He wa. Born.

One Place Where He Was Born.
Mrs. Robert ]. Burdette, the humor-
lists wiz. is a great traveller. She has
IN her Salifornia home a collection OF
bells from every quarter Of the world
and she has in her memory a cOllec'
tion of odd Incidents and sayings gath
cred in as many and diverse places as
the bells we're:
Mrs. Burdette says that, while tour
ing in the Scottish Highlands one
summer. she was taken to a cave in
which Macbeth was said to have been
born.
She examined the cave attentively.
She listened to the eloquent speech Of
her guide. At the end she said to the
man:
"Come, now, tell me truly, is this
really the place where Macbeth was
born?"
The guide smiled awkwardly. He
shifted about little
"weel." he said. cts one Of the
places"
The Lamar register., 1904-08-10
Empire Valley.

p. s. Rose of Sheridan Lake, Wis.
tied with his parents here Saturday
and Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. p. James will
leave for st. Louis to attend the
great exposition next week.
The second cutting OF alfalfa is
about all in the stack. The crop is g
bumper one.
The many rains of the past few
weeks have made perfect the growing
condition of sugar beets, corn and
garden products.
The first crop OF alfalfa where left
for seed is now coming to maturity
and though carrying no very large
"bolls" the quantity of them and
quslIty should be higly satisfactory.
J. j. Spurgeon, of Chivington, was
in this vicinity last week purchasing
variety Of fruit.
j. B. Davis has sent us several
messes of potatoes the past month.
He has been very successful in his
planting this year and has good
crop of large smooth potatoes for all
needs of the ranch. He contends this
is an ideal place to grow the tubers.
John Thomsn is kept busy in his