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CanÌƒon City record. [volume] (CanÌƒon City, Colo.) 1883-192?, 1904-02-25

Before Walhunter could rise another
lion sprane from the gathering gloom
and. with growl. pounced upon the
PROSTATE -man. sunk his teeth in his
left shoulder and started off with him
toward the thicker forest. Wolhunt-
er's body and feet dragged on the
ground. and as his spurs caught every
obstruction the lion must have found
travelling difficult. for he stopped after
dragging his prey some 200 yards.
1t was at his moment that Wolhunt-
er. in spite of the terrible agony he
was suffering. thought of his knife.
which he always carried on belt over
his right hip. Reaching back with his
left hand. he drew it from its sheath
and. summoning all his remaining
strength. drove the blade into the ami
mails side.
Quickly pulling out the knife, he
plunged II again into the shaggy hair
almost at the same spot. and as 1t
went to the hilt the second time the
lion dropped his prey and, snarling
with rage and pain, backed Off few
yards. AS Wolhunter fell. however.
he made a third lunge, which brought
torrent OF Dloou squirting from tne
beasts throat.
Scrambling TO his feet. the ranger
staggered to n tree and, although al
most too exhausted to stand even with
the aid of the friendly trunk, again
faced his enemy. Men think fast in sit
uations like these. and suddenly the
ranger remembered that wild beasts
sometimes have been known to take
fright at the sound of the human voice.
So. tightly gripping his support. VOL
hunter began shouting with all the
strength he had left, heaping profanity
and abuse upon his wounded adver-
sary. He screamed all the epithets he
could think of in a voice that sent the
echoes rolling back and forth through
the forest. and. gaining confidence as
the lion delayed his spring moment by
moment, the ranger shrieked, as he had
fought. with the desperation of a man
taking his last chance in battle for
life
Wolhunter doubted the efficiency Of
his knife thrusts so strongly that he
expected the lion to leap upon him at
any moment. but he kept up his racket,
and in few moments the brute turned
and. with hnarse growl, made off.
Soon his t,-"wlinG weakened, and az II
CanÌƒon City record. [volume] (CanÌƒon City, Colo.) 1883-192?, 1904-02-25
A SIMPLE QUESTION.
Canon City People Are Requested
To Honestly Answer This.

Is not the word of a representative
citizens of Canon City more convinc-
ing than t7e doubtful utterance of
people living elsewhere in the Union :?
Read this:
d. r. Randall, retired, of $40
North 3rd street, says: Some six
years ago noticed slight pain just
over my kidneys. With the passing
of time if exposed to inclement
weather agravation Of the aching fol-
lowed. and frequently was scarcely
able to get around in the morning de-
spite the fact that 1 used standard
remedies. knew from the condition
of the kidney secretions that some
medicine was necessary to soothe or
get my kidneys working normally but
/ was at a loss to know what to use.
An advertisement about Doan's Kidney
Pills led me to go to Hunter Palmers
drug store and get box of them. Be-
fore had taken half of it l knew
from the indications that the treat
ment was going to the root of the
trouble and continuation of it for
some time stopped the last attack.
What to me is of more Importance
there has not been a symptom of the
recurrence up to date.
For sale by all dealers. Price so
cents per box. Foster Milburn Co.,
Buffalo, N. Y, sole agents for the
United States.
Remember the name-Doan's- sand
take no substitute.
CanÌƒon City record. [volume] (CanÌƒon City, Colo.) 1883-192?, 1904-02-25
THE SLED BOAT.
InEcnIou. Combination Devised by
the Fire IsIaad Life snv~rs.

the Fire Island Life savers.
The life savers attached to Uncle
Sans stations on Fire island encoun-
tered great difficulties and dangers in
crossing the Great South bay 10 the
Long Island shore, either 10y wuter
craft or ice craft. Still, naturally
enough. they had a longing to visit
family and friends when the great Is
land sea was chokcd with drift Ice or
partly frozen over. These Ingenious
people long ago realized the needs OF
a vehicle capable OF travelling on either
ice or water safely. and yenrs ago they
launched the first SCOOTER" boat con
structed TO travel on both ice and In
water. II was a small boat. made fast
to n sled. which was pushed on the Ice
and rowed on the water. This crude
mode of travel. with the wind against
or across the boat. made the trip one of
tremendous exertion. In the course OF
time n sail was tried, at first square
rigged and very small. but 1t was used
only when the wind was fair. Then a
special boat was built which was par.
CanÌƒon City record. [volume] (CanÌƒon City, Colo.) 1883-192?, 1904-02-25

tally decked. and the sled was made
lighter until ut last the scooter of the
present day came about. with nothing
left OF the sled but the bottom OF the
runners. shod with Iron. or. better still
as experience has shown. with brass.
And co has developed the wonderful
scooter OF the Long Island lakes and
bays. swift iccboat that will sail In
the water aud from one element TO the
other quickly without jar.-Eachange.
CanÌƒon City record. [volume] (CanÌƒon City, Colo.) 1883-192?, 1904-02-25
SRee, Lion
With Knife
UnporoUeIed Fear Per-
formed by a TrGnI-
Oaai Ranger.
Attracted by Fierce BedSf. the
Man Proceed Victor In DeS-
perafe Baffle - .Sin
BrufeS Heart.

The feat of Transvaal ranger named
wolhunter of Koomat Poort, who re-
Gently slew full grown lion with an
ordinary sheath knife. is one of the
most remarkable and thrilling ever re-
corded. Since recovering from his in
juries Mr.. Wolhunter has taken pains
to get his story substantiated by Off
cials of the British government in the
vicinity, because, so far as known. this
is the first time that any one has killed
an unwounded lion with a knife.
Accompanied by party of natives.
the ranger was returning from jour
ney to the Oliphant river. In the east
ern Transvaal AS the sun had set
when he was still some miles from
camp, he left the party, urging his
horse along the Kaffir path in order to
get out of the heavy timber before abb
solute darkness closed in.
Suddenly VOLUNTEERS dog. which
was bounding along in front Of the
horse, snarled at something at the
path side which the ranger took to be
reedbucks. as the South African ante
lopes are called. An instant later,
however Wolhunter made out large
lion in the shadow of the rushes crouch.
ed for spring, and, although the
ranger promptly swung his horse in
the opposite direction, the lion grazed
the animal and came down with a
muffled roar in the middle of the path.
Crazed by terror as the keen claws
raked his tanks. the steed gave a
leap which threw his rider to the
ground and then bolted with the lion
in hot pursuit
CanÌƒon City record. [volume] (CanÌƒon City, Colo.) 1883-192?, 1904-02-25
II Home For You
.$25 Only, per Month

A fine new frame house OF six rooms
and bathroom, just finished by the
carpenters, blinds. range, electric
lights and all convenicnces, only FIVE
blocks rom the Post Office.
We will sell you this for $4,000,
and all you need to do is to pay us
Szso cash and the balance you can
pay at the rate Of $zs per month till
paid for with interest at per cent.
We have two other houses costing
$1,000 and 81 800 for sale on equal
ly easy terms. Come and see US
about them.
We have money to loan at al
times on any good security.
We write insurance OF al kinds and
do general Real Estate business but
are making special effort just now to
push CRY property and fruit lands.
Deueese f. TuSnbuH,
Ss5 AIN STR16Y
CanÌƒon City record. [volume] (CanÌƒon City, Colo.) 1883-192?, 1904-02-25
The Curiosity Vender.

Good morning. Alr. Verder? How Is
the curio business today;"
Fairly good. Can do anything for
youf''
.'Since you deal in old manuscripts.
l have thought | might sell you one
I'm. The prices we get for manu-
scripts are poor that 1t hardly pays
us 10 buy them. even when we get
them ut our own terms. But to whom
nm | indebted for this visit? don't
know that ever saw you before
Call me Damon. don't care to be
known just now. especially In this
transaction. If the police should get
bold of the matter. they might make
trouble for me-
The shopkeeper turned pair of gray
eyes, partly covered by shaggy eye
brows, like those OF terrier dog. on
his visitor.
'.If could find certain man." con-
tinucd Damon. Il could sell 1t to him
for every cent he has in the world"
Ver,ler said nothing for time. He
appeared to be puzzled by the singular
statement. Damon was watching him
closely. why do you come hereT said
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man for me-
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"oui' you ho' hhe 70 9ee 'ne '''
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=! "ou'u 'o' i''es' NJ :.
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Inc turio iiereiihn' see'u no ="
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coluiin Vi "sures nali,oi p'oeeeueu
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deaier III secohuhaiu iurn''ur "
.oia me thi' ne iho ponsht uesh 'na'
hau pe'ohseu " an o'u man Mno ""'
iouhd one morning some years nso
dead IN MS pea. hau II NOT oeen ior
some blue marks on ms ihroht,'here
were three risnt haho iihger harhs' 'ne
third hnger missing,his dea.h wouia
nave peeh attributed 10 heart u'sehse'
AS 1t was 1t was believed thht ne was
murdered Wheh ms estate was SCI
CanÌƒon City record. [volume] (CanÌƒon City, Colo.) 1883-192?, 1904-02-25

The world is overloaded with people
who We're Just going to do somethinS
when somebody else got In ahead IL
them. Milwaukee Sentinel.
CanÌƒon City record. [volume] (CanÌƒon City, Colo.) 1883-192?, 1904-02-25

many .nuco Win moan roinunrer
began to think that his desperate fight
had been successful.
Remembering the mate, however. the
ranger managed to draw himself into
the tree against which he had been
leaning and gain a seat about twelve
feet from the ground. By this time he
was SO exhausted that he barely had
strength to tie himself to the trunk TO
keep from falling.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1904-04-22
Wei Hal Wei story.

London, April 14.-The correspond
ent of the Mail at Wei Hal Wei says a
severe naval action between the Japan
csc and Russians off Port Arthur was
fought yesterday There apparently
were two distinct operations. Some
of the Japanese ships approached Port
Arthur about daylight, firing for two
hours. The reports of the big guns
were heard well out to sea by the
steamers Pronto and Leksang. The
Russian fleet sailed out and the Japan
csc withdrew. Additional Japanese
ships came up and Obliged Makaroff to
return to the harbor which he did
about Z a. m. During the return his
ship struck a mine and blew up. Only
a few were saved. The admiral was
drowned. The attack on Port Arthur
by the japanese main squadron began
half an hour later and lasted but lit
tie time.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1904-04-22
SUBMARINE BOATS USED.
They Are Thought to Be the Cause of
the Port Arthur Disasters.

New York: Expressions from St.
Petersburg OF belief that the Japan
ese are using submarine boats in their
Port Arthur attacks are given color
by statement credited to retired
naval officer in this ely. He declares
it to be the only way in which one can
account in the succession of disasters
met with by the Russian ships.
at is Incredible" he said, that ships
which undoubtedly have charts of the
mines aboard should lie blown up by
them One of the first things Vice
Admiral Makaroff did when he reach
ed Port Arthur was to resuryey the
harbor and locate the mines.
What is the sense Of these con-
slant bombardments il they are not
feints made in order to entice the
Russian ships out? The theory that
the Petropavlovsk struck her own
mines, or that TIE Japanese planted a
mine during a night, are untenable,
and we know that the japanese have
submarines.
"A United States naval officer land
ed at the wrong dock, apparently All
unused wharf, in Japanese town be-
fore the war, and saw submarine
surrounded on three sides by high
fences so that it was visible only from
the water side. Before he haA an op,
portunity to examine, Japanese sol
diers on guard drove him away with
fierce threats. They seemed highly in
dignant that he should caught sight
of the boat at ALL"
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1904-04-22
THE sArrLgsH,P TEXAS
Carries Away the Honors at Target
Practice.

Pensacola, Fla: The battleship Tex
as, although not the finest vessel in
the navy, has plucked the laurels
from the Wisconsin and Alabama, and
stands out as having the prize crew of
the world at target practice. The Tex
as concluded her practice in the gulf
Friday and came into the harbor.
when it was made known that she
had an average of about SO per cent
of hits, which is 2 per cent better than
that of the Wisconsin.
With her 12-inch pieces the Texas
made in one string of shots II hits in
10 minutes, more than hit per min
ute. This was with the forward H.
inch gun, and with the after 12incb
piece 10 hits were made out of IL
shots in 10 minutes. With her six
inch pieces the Texas also carried Off
the honors. From all that can be
learned, her general average is said
to be higher than was ever before
made by a naval vessel.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1904-04-22
River and t1arbor eitI.

Washington: A vigorous attack is
to be made in the senate ON the $4,000,
900 emergency river and harbor bill
put!icans, will propose to amend the
bill, in order that provision may be
made for specific improvements. Fran
ers of the bill are opposed to any
amendment, insisting that any attempt
to amend the bill will bring an ava
lanche of propositions which will swell
the total amount by several millions
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1904-04-22
Loaansport plyersifleationlsta.

Loganspcrt, La: The mass meet
ing of farmers held here Friday was
well attended and was Addressed by
Prof H. A. Morgan, state eatomolc-
gist. and Judge J. c. Pugh, 10th or
Shreveport The weevil question was
thoroughly and ably discussed. and the
farmers were enlightened as to the
habits CT the insect and all leEcwn
means of preventing the inyasica. 1t
is thought by the intelligent co-cpsrh-
ton Of the farmers in this vicinit4;-e
working under the Instructions of we'll
informed experts and entonologists.
that the invasion into this territory OF
the boil weeyil may be prevented.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1904-04-22
Train SUSPENDED.

Yin Kow: The train from Port Ar
thur did not arrive here Wednesday
Yin HOW is the port of New Chwang
ard the severance of the Port Arthur
railway is all the more significant as
the Manchurian railway enters the
I4sio Tung peninsula. There is an i'm.
portant bridge over the Lao river, but
this is probably well guarded. There
are numerous other bridges and cuI-
yerts along the line running down to
DaIny and Port Arthur. In some
places the line runs close to the shore,
where the Japanese might easily land
parties or injure the line with long
distance firing.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1904-04-22
Battle at Port Arthur.

Wei Hal Wei, April 14.-QFpers Of
His Majesty's gunboat Espiets, which
has just arrived from New Chwang, re-
port their thrilling experience in wit.
Messing the naval engagement off Pore
Arthur The officers saw large fleet,
of which they distinguished the Bayan
Asah and others firing The inces'
SAINT FISHES OF the heavy guns were
visible. Owing to the distance and
the fact that the weather was not clear
the officers were unable to determine
whether the two fleets were battling
or whether one fleet was engaging the
forts ashore.
The officers assumed that the Rus
sian fleet had been caught at sea by
the Japanese and their return cut OFF
The Russians were caught between
two fires.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1904-04-22
PLUNGED INTO GRIEF.

st. Petersburg: The official bulletin
Thursday afternoon conveying the in
telIigence of the loss of another torpe-
do boat destroyer and the accidental
crippling of another battleship was al
most as severe a blow as the loss of
the Petropaylovsk Wednesday. and
plugged the whole town anew into grief
The Russian word in text of the
official dispatch describing the acct
dent to the Pobieda means either
mine" or torpedo" but the qualify
ing verb indicates something moving
towards the ship. This dispatch puts
an end to the prevailing idea that
there had been an engagement follow
ing the disaster to the Petropavlovsk
1T is considered remarkable here
that the Japanese did not take adVant-
age of these terrible accidents to at
tack Port Arthur
The Novoe Vremya yesterday morn
ing rsproduces a lecture delivered by
Admiral Makaroff in 1894 on the sub
feet of the Victoria and Camperdown
catastrophe, in which he pointed out
the inherent weakness of battleships
and their liability to turn turtle, even
when their watertiTht compartments
are closed, because their armor and
guns make them top heavy
After the official bulletins had beef
isaned of the destruction of the ship
there was talk OF a possibility of the
destruction OF the Petropavlovsk hav-
ing been caused by submarine boat,
but this received little credence in Of
fetal circles.
Four candidates are now mentioned
to succeed Admiral Makaroff-Vice
Admiral Skrydloff, the chairman of the
technical board of the admiralty, Dou-
bassoff: Rear Admiral Rojestvensky,
and Vice Admiral Choukunin
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1904-04-22
May Get Couple Of Legislators.

New Orleans, La: Louisiana Mon
day elected state officers for four
iature. There is no doubt about the
success of the democratic state ticket.
but in some two parishes the republi-
cans believe they will carry the par
she's and will send members TO the
legislature, which has not happened in
sumption the local fight Is conceded to
be very c.cse.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1904-04-22
Says He Poisons Boil weeviI.

Baton Rouge, La: Hon. w 3. Mars
ton of Red River Parish. member of
he Louisiana Boil Weevii Commits
zion, who has been in Texas some
time experimenting with the pest, has
written Governor Heard: ~All the boil
wcevils which have poisoned on the
cotton stalk in my experiments here
are as dead as Hector's pup. and
low feel confident that every boil Wee
vii in Texas can be killed if young
cotton is properly poisoned"
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1904-04-22
Suit AGAINST Wild West shcm.

Trenton N. j.: Frank c, Maeder of
st. Louis, Mo, stakeholder of the
Buffalo Bill Wild West Show, fled a
bill in the court of chancery Thursday
asking foy the appointment of re-
ceiver for that concern. Maeder also
wants an accounting H. the officer. He
claims 9ncern has been making
ny. the dividends are be-
i force him out OF the
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1904-04-22
Standard controIa Ienninaa.

Crowley La: The report refuses to-
be downed that the Standard Oil Com
rany is making great effort to secure
control OF the Jennings oil field 1t is
stated on coed authority that agents
OF the Standard have been successful
in securing control CT several of the
largest companies now operating in
the field, and that some of the promi-
nart operators are feeling decidedly
less bitter toward the big octopus.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1904-04-22
Indicted twenty-five Times.

Nacogdoches, Texas: The grand
jury, now in session here, has found
twenty-five bills of Indictment against
Tom Sapp, who was jailed two months
ago on warrant sworn out by the
head consol, Woodmen Of the World
on a charge of enlightenment. Twelve
of the indictments are for swindling
and thirteen are for embezzlemcn1.
Sapp is still in jail,
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1904-04-22

either belligerent. Wiju was ,declar-
ed free port on the 22d Of August
last, and at the same time the Korean
government established custom
honse at Yongampo. These Incidents
materially increased the tension be-
tween Russia and Japan at that time.
Antung is merely a place of strategic
Importance, being practically only a
collection of novels. but the Russians
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1904-04-22

The. map shows an enlargement of
the region at the mouth of the Yalu
river and the location of Wiju, Yong
ampo and Antung. about which towns
the war dispatches nowadays have
much to say. The Japanese occupy
the two former places. while the Rus
SLAMS command Antung. on the north
bank. and the question of crossing
the river is the momentous issue fer
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1904-04-22
New orleans Rice Market.

New Orleans. La: The rice market
is dull, but some improvements in con-
ditions are seen. The tone Is steadier
in both rough and clean. In rough
there Is fair demand, but offerings are
limited and trading IS restricted In
clean a moderate demand rules.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1904-04-22
Prevent PLAQUE Spread.

lparaiso-Stringen measures are
being taken to prevent the spread of
the plague from Antofagasta to other
places. Steamers have stopped calling
at the stricken port.
The cabinet crisis continues unsolv-
ed. Political leaders see mat a loss
TO mend the split among the coalesced
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1904-04-22
Lake Charles Insurance. Rates.

Lake Charles. La: The insurance
companies have increased rates In
Lake Charles 25 to so per cent on ac-
count of defective fire apparatus and
lack of an organized fire company The
city council viii probably remedy the
conditions at its next meeting
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1904-04-22

New Orleans, La, The Consumers
Brewing, Company. capitalized at si5o,-
900, and composed OF eleven prcprie-
tors of beer halls, has been organized
TO. fight what has been csised the beer
trust in New Orleans. The beer hall
proprietcrs have already purchased q
site for their plant. and promise they
will be Brewing by the end of the year.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1904-04-22

New Orleans. La: Charhes ID. Nc
Ayeal CT Crowley, marager CT the Lou.
isiana and Texas rice kitchen at
superintend the final details CT con
struction and the installation of the
necessary equipment, The rice kitch-
en- is to cost $4,000. Two lectures
win be given daily by experts
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1904-04-22
Caught Murphy 100 Miles Away.

Lake Charles La: John Murphy,
farm hand. was jailed Monday on the
charge Of stealing j. G.. StqBts hofg-
and buggy Ee was captured with the
outfit at Opelousas, 100 miles away.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1904-04-22
eubonic Plauue in Peru.

Lima. Peru: Wednesday there were
only two new cases Of tbubondc plague.
A telegram from Antofagasta says
there were seventeen new cases there
seven fatal.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1904-04-22

New Orleans, La: The Swirl Peck
ing Company of Chicago is to estab-
lish ranches in Cuba for the production
Of cattle, and the company also con.
templates the establishment OF an
abattor
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1904-04-22

Lafayette. La: The interscholasftc
field meeting OF high schools in South
west Louisiana has opened here with
representatives from number OF
towns in the circuit.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1904-04-22
S THAT FIGURE IN

are now reported to be massed there
in force. 1t is said that the Russians
have mined the mouth or the Yalu.
and If this be SO a glance at the delta
will show the difhculty that Japan
may experience in attempting to en-
ter the river and land troops in Man
churia.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1904-04-22
TWO New Cases

Lima, Peru: On Friday there. were
two new cases of bubonic plague.
President Candamo met with sDlen-
did receptions at Mollendo and Are
quipa. His health is somewhat i'm
proved