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Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1904-11-18
why snow FANS In Flakes.

Snow falls to the earth in flakes be-
cause it is water solidified in starlike
crystals, each snowflake being usually
made up of several crystals, which are
excessively light on account of the
large quantity of air among the frozen
particles. The snow crystals arise from
the slow passage of the water vapor
Of clouds, when the temperature falls
below freezing point, into the solid con-
dition, the fairylike transformation
taking place by the tiny Independent
particles of water grouping themselves
with the utmost mathematical regular
ity around different centers
Each crystal of snow, as of anything
else, is therefore a more or less per-
feet geometrical solid The most COM
plete snow crystals are formed in a
clear atmosphere, where there is moth
ing to retard the gradual process of
crystallization or molecule construction.
Rain, on the other hand, being liqlid,
falls In drops.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1904-11-18
TRAIN ROBBERS CAPTURED.
Officers Catch Men Who committe

Officers Catch Men Who Committed
Crime Last July.
Las Vegas, N. NJ, Nov. 17.-Rock
Island officer w. c. Mcintosh and two
deputy United States marshals from
the Indian Territory, have arrived in
the city with John and Jim Black twin
brothers, and John Murphy, who are
charged with having committed the
train robbery at Fort Logan, N M,
last July.
Mcintosh trailed the men to the In
dian Territory and with the aid Of
United States officials arrested them
there. In the latter part of July four
men stopped the Rock Island passen.
ger train and blew up the express car
and the safes. The Rock Island peo
pie say the ROBBERS got little booty.
The fourth man was supposed to be
Tom Boswell, who, ten days ago, was
shot and killed while leading a break
from the United States prison at Ft
Leavenworth, where he was serving
a sentence for horse stealing.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1904-11-18
JAPANESE SHIPS LEAVE CHE FOO
Satisfied When Russians Blew Up
Their Own Vessel.

helr own VeSel.
Che Foo, Nov. 1.-THE Japanese
torpedo boat destroyers which entered
the harbor this morning, to ascertain
if the Russian torpedo boat destroyer
Rastoropny was there, disappeared for
a time, but re-appeared this afternoon
The Japanese consuls in cutter
went out to meet them and informed
the nearest destroyer, the Kazumi,
that the Rastoropny had been sunk
The consul says this was the first
the ships knew Of the sinking of the
Rastoropny. The Kasumi transmitted
the information by wireless telegraphy
to the Japanese flagship, whereupon
the destroyers disappeared in the di
rection of Port Arthur.
The sinking Of the Rastoropny by
the Russians relieved the Japanese OF
an embarrassing position. A repeti
tion of the torpedo boat destroyer Rye
shitelni incident would have aroused
Indignation while a failure to destroy
or cut the Rastoropny out would have
appeared like admitting previous
wrong-doing.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1904-11-18
WILL NOT INVADE INDIA.
Russians Disclaim Great Britain's Con.
tention About Afghanstan.


tention About Afghanistan.
st. Petersburg, Nov. 1.-THE resent
ment produced by the speeches of the
British ministers on the North sea
incident, especially the assumption
that Russia has agreed to punish the
officers of the Russian squadron in ad-
vance of any findings Of the commits.
sion has been further inf1amed by the
speech of Lord Selborne, first lord of
the admiralty, at Bristol, on the dan
ger of Russian invasion of India.
The Novoe Vremya, while philo'
sophically disposed to hold the British
jingoes responsible for this constant
provocative attitude, calling attention
particularly to Viceroy Curzon's and
Lord Kitcheners deputations to Per.
sia and Afghanistan and disclaiming
any desire on the part of Russia to
engage in fight, says that nevertheless
Russia always has a chance Of even
ing up British superiority at sea by
move in the direction Of India and,
theref ore, naturally, it is a great com.
fort to Russia that she has direct rail
communication with Tashkend.
The Novosti, on the contrary, makes
light of the ghost of a Russian inva'
sion to India which British statesmen
are constantly trotting out for the def.
icit of the British public, and suggests
that it would be better for Great Brit.
ain to make sincere overtures to Rus.
Sia regarding the Indian border instead
Of taking refuge behind Afghanistan.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1904-11-18
Russian Bullets Very Deadly,

San Francisco, Nov. 17-Dr. NJ. No
gassi, of Toxic, who has personally
attended many of the Japanese and
Russian wounded in the hospitals OF
Japan since the beginning of hostili.
ties, is here on his way to London to
read paper before a society of sur.
geons there on bullet wounds and their
treatment during the present war. He
expresses surprise at the wounds in.
f1icted by the small bullets used by
the Japanese and the small death
rate which they cause. The Russian
bullet used is far more deadly, he says
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1904-11-18
CONDUCTOR is INDICTED.
He Is Held Responsible for Terrible
Railroad Accident.

He Is Held Responsible for Terrible
Railroad Accident.
Knoxville, Tenn, Nov wv. B.
Caldwell, Of this city, who at the time
admitted his responsibility for the ter.
rible wreck on the Southern railroad
near New Market, Tenn, early in Sep.
tember, in which 90 lives were lost,
has been indicted. by the grand jury
of Jefferson county, Tennessee, for
criminal negligence The indictment
was found at cambridge.
Caldwell was conductor on the west.
bound passenger train which overran
It's orders to meet the eastbound pas.
senger at New Market and crashed
into the eastbound train a few miles
west of New Market. His engineer,
the only other man who could have
been held responsible, was buried be-
meath his engine in the crash.
The penalty for criminal negligence
in this state is Imprisonment for two
to ten years.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1904-11-18
RED CROSS NURSES HoNoRED.
Praise From apanese and Russians
for Their Work.

Praise From apanese and Russians
for Their Work.
San Francisco, Nov. 17.-Dr. Anita
MCGEE and her eight associates OF the
American Red Cross Society who have
returned from Japan where they
served with distinction as nurses to
the wounded soldiers, say they re.
ceived every attention and were hon.
ored in every way possible during
their stay in that country by the of.
ficials and representatives of the Jap.
anese army.
Before they left they were given a
farewell reception at which a large
number of dignitaries were present.
The way they performed their duties
in the hospitals won the highest praise
from the Russians at Hiroshima, the
receiving hospital for all the Japa
nese wounded in the war, where they
were stationed.
DR.. MCGEE, before leaving, was Civ.
en- an audience by the emperor.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1904-11-18
Changed Mind About weddlno.

Newport, KY, Nov. 17.-Because the
intended bridge, Miss Bessie Mingling
decided at the last moment not to mar
ry for at least three months, SO guests
waited in vain about the banquet board
at the home Of Jacob Hyman, where
they had been invited to witness her
marriage to Abraham Sherr, of Cincin.
natl.
Economy In Use OF Arabic Numerals.
It takes three and one-third as
long to write the Roman numerals
from one to a hundred as the Arabic,
and the chance of error is twenty -one
times as great. 1t takes three times as
long to read the Roman numerals from
one to hundred as the Arabic, and
the chance of error is eight times as
great.-Science,
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1904-11-18
EXTREME QUIETNESS
AROUND MUKDEN
Neither Army Can Gain ANY
Advantage.
BOTH SIDES ARE RESTING EASY
Cold Weather SiIences the Artillery
and lnfantry Fire of Japanese and
Russians-SuppIies Being Brought
From the Distant Rear.

From the Distant Rear.
Mukden, Nov. 16.-6 p. m.-Via Tien
Tsin, Nov. 17.-Four days sharp cold
has silenced the artillery and infan.
try fire between the opposing forces
and has driven the soldiers into their
dugouts along the entire internchment
line. The apparent impossibility for
either side to eject the other from the
burrows, and the fact that in the
event one side succeeded in advancing,
it could not dig the other out of It's
cantonments on account of the frost,
seems to promise winters inactivity.
although the Japanese, three days ago,
made a small reconnaissance toward
the extreme east and pushed back the
Russian cavalry a few miles as though
they were investigating the possible
ties for fanking movement.
1t seems impossible that either side
in any case could more than occupy
its opponents winter quarters. The
wells along the lines are dry and both
sides use the Shakhe river, which the
soldiers approach unarmed and get
water, recognizing mutual sanction
not to fire on a single soldier Here
the noble art of war is confined to
fisticuffs and swapping cigarettes, jack
knives and food, all of which are much
priced. Familiarites are inevitable
where long lines are in contact con.
tinually.
The armies have now been station.
ary for so long that they are drawing
supplies of fuel and horse forage from
the distant rear, all other supplies be-
ing exhausted.
Today being the dowager's birthday,
flags and streamers were to be seen
in all the streets. The tartar gener.
al Taihochi, and the territorial officials
of Kotowed bowed to the dowager's
tablet in the deserted ancestral pal
ace and the period Of ten days prayers
in all the dynatic shrines about this
"China's second capital" continues.
Private advices from Pekin contain
warnings tha THE emperor is increas'
ingly inane, sickly and Insignificant,
and the dowager thinner and older and
lacking in cordiality to foreigers, al.
though perfunctory in matters refer.
ring to foreign relations, emitting for.
mer courtesies while the most conspic.
uous reform" is said to be the new
corrupt board of war.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1904-11-18
Fighting at Port Arthur.

Che Foo, Nov. II, $50 p. m.-Fight.
ing at Port Arthur has taken place
nightly since the Japanese began their
general assault Oct. 26, according to
General Ronberg, a pilot, who was a
passenger on the Russian torpedo boat
destroyer Rastoropny. The Japanese
trenches, the captain says, are closest
to the forts on Rihlung and Keekwan
mountains, and to other forts on the
northwestern group.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1904-11-18
pnIice chlef Attacked hu Mob.

Fitzgerald, Ga, Nov. ia mob has
attacked Chief of Police Smith, of this
place, at Irwinville. The attack is
the outcome of an arrest made some
three weeks ago Of Mr.. Clements, a
cousin of Judge Clements, of this
county. A defective Indictment
against the chief was thrown out OF
court. Mr. Clements and his friends,
it is charged, attacked the chief. Blood
shed was prevented by the narrow es.
cape of the chiefs bodyguard putting
a lash to the horse.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1904-11-18
Colonel Breckenridge Better.

Louisville, KY, Nov. ia long dis
tance telephone message from Lexing.
ton says: DR.. F. H. Clarke announced
today that Colonel Breckenridge passed
a comfortable night, but that his con-
dition is practically unchanged. The
coloneps entire right side Is paralyzed.
He is unable to speak, but appears to
be conscious of what is going on about
the bedside.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1904-11-18
From kuropatkin,s Headquarters.

Chiansianotun, Manchuria, General
Kuropatkin's Headquarters, Nov. IL
The Japanese, according to the Russian
scouts, are heavily fortifying their
second line of defense along the Tai.
tse river. The major portion of the
skirmishing of the last few days has
been around the village of Yansintun.
di. Some Japanese and Russians
who had gone unarmed to the same
spring of water had hand to hand
fight. There were plenty of broken
heads but no one on either side was
killed. The health Of the Russian
troops is splendid.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1904-11-18
ONE MAN IS DEAD;
THREE BADLY HURT
AS the Result of a Conflagra.
ton In Tar Plant.
THE PROPERTY Loss is SMALL

Spontaneous Combustion Was the
Cause of the Fire-The Men Who
Escaped Saved Their Lives by Jump.
ing Into a Water Tank.
Denver, Colo, Nov. 17.-One man is
dead and three men seriously injured
as a result of a fire which has de.
stroyed the tar plant of the Denver
Gas and Electric company.
The property loss is estimated at
$25 900.
The dead:
Clement l. Clark
The injured
Edwin F. Jones.
Robert Meyers.
Frank Waters.
The fire was caused by spontaneous
combustion which occurred among the
oil and paints in the paint department
The men were worked in the room
at the time of the explosion Their
clothes caught fire and two of them
saved themselves by jumping into a
tank of>water.
Clark was so badly burned about
the arms and body that he died soon
after reaching the open air
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1904-11-18
Marriage Artist Loses Job.

Union, S. c., Nov. ia unique fig.
ure in the state of South Carolina,
which itself holds unique position
ON the subject of marriages, has just
been removed from the Office OF no.
tary public, or marriage artist" by
Governor D. G. Hayward, of the Pal.
metto State. The mans name is w.
o. Bales, Squire" Bales he is, called.
and queer character he seems to be.
His home is near Fort Mill in the coun.
ty of York, in South Carolina, near the
line which separates that state from
North Carolina
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1904-11-18
No Chance in Fall River.

Fall River, Mass, Nov. 17.-About
as much machinery was in operation
in the city's cotton mills today as on
Wednesay. Some mills reported gains
in the number of hands going in and
others loss. Altogether, the situar
tion was not greatly changed, and
there was little to encourage the be.
lief that the long strike will be brok.
en- at present.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1904-11-18
Two Murderers Executed.

Wilmington, N. c., Nov. 17.-Neill
Sellers and Dave Brown, negroes, con-
victed in Bladen county in October, OF
the murder of Mrs. George Parker,
near Clakton, N. c., early in Septem-
ber, were hanged ON double gallows
In the jail yard at Elizabethtown.
Both protested their innocence.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1904-11-18
WHITE WOMAN SUES RAIRoAD.
Claims Conductor Forced Her to Ride
With Negroes.

VIII tNCSaOV
Macon, Ca, Nov. 17-Claiming that
on Oct. she was instructed to ride
in the space set aside for negroes on
a South Macon car, Miss Rosa Leve.
son, niece of H. Kaplan, has filed
a suit for $4,000 with the clerk of the
city court.
In the petition of the plaintiff it is
claimed that Miss Leveson tried to ex.
plain to the conductor that no African
blood runs through her veins, but that
he was unbelieving and forced her to
get off the car at some distance from
her residence.
Miss Leveson states that there is not
a drop of negro blood in her veins and
that she was deeply humiliated by be.
ing classed as a negroess before car
full Of people.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1904-11-18
Cousins Enoaoe in Fiqhe.

Columbia, S. c., Nov. 17.-At Ian.
caster Walter Hough, of Kershaw, and
Will Sowell, of Lancaster county, en-.
gagged in a cutting and shooting affair,
in which Hough was shot through both
lungs and fatally wounded, and Sowell
seriously cut The young men are
first cousins. The cause of the diff.
Guilty is not known
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1904-11-18
Port Arthur Can Hold Out.

st. Petersburg, Nov. 17-As a re.
suit of the dispatches received from
Lieutenant General Stoessel, the war
office expresses entire confidence that
Port Arthur will be able to hold out
till the arrival of the Russian second
Pacific squadron.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1904-11-18
North Carolina Man Chosen

st. Louis, Nov. 1.-THE national
convention of railroad maintenance of
railway employees elected John T. VIII.
son, of st. Louis, grand president, and
w. S. Powell, Of Greensboro, N. c..
second vice president.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1904-11-18
Wrecked.

Chattanooga, Tenn, Nov. 17.-In
head-on collision on the main line of
the Rapid Transit electric street car
line this morning at GAO o'clock. FIVE
persons were seriously injured. These
most seriously injured are:
Motorman Burkener of incoming car
had both legs severed, and it is believ.
ed he will die.
Motorman Harris, of outgoing car,
internal injuries, may prove fatal.
]. Woodale, leg cut off and inter.
nally injured.
Walter Gardner, ankle broken.
j. A. Slayton, limb broken.
The officials of the company say the
collision was due to the dense fog
prevailing at the time the accident oc.
Cured.
Both cars were wrecked, the one on
which Motorman Burkner stood being
almost completely demolished.
Hurry calls were sent to the city for
ambulances, and the injured were TAX.
en- to the hospital.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1904-11-18
.HEAD-ON COLLISION
OF ELECTRIC CARS
In Dense Fog They Meet on the
Main Line
FIVE PERSONS ARE INJURED

Motorman of Incoming Car Had Both
Legs Severed and 1t Is Believed He
viii Die-5oth Cars Were Badly
Wrecked
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1904-08-19
OUR HAPPY NEIGHB0Rs
ICoNTINuED FROM FIRST PAGE.

makes its findings along lines of 'horse sense rather than
legal points, and gets things nearly right Last Saturday how
there evidence Of politics the settlement Of horse
for after the doned Of the Ghgans smngy
approached the judges and said well up the
watermelon to show you that pleased your decision
He spoke pretty good English which itself the sug
gesive One buck who charged with being drunk plead
mot guilty. but when he found he was about be confronted
with witness against him he changed the plea and fessed
The repnmanded him for drinking and fined him three
weeks at hard labor for lying.
We observed evidence Of piey in the case Of middle
aged man who his hair just little long and being
asked by Of his friends why he did not keep he
referred him to the picture Of the Savior the and said
Jesus wore his hair long This amused the Indian interpreter
Joe Ramey who the doorstep metatng perhaps the
time when he with Joe Shelton battle-ground Gust above
Mackay now and delegated to break through the line Of
Bannocks which attacking the party and go to bear the
news Of the fight Van Camp and Teloar at Chals fifty
miles away The Salt Lake and Butte passenger train was APP
preaching with coaches loaded to the guards and we left
him chatting with the judges Billy George Pat Tyhee and Jake
Meeks, and Major Caldwell smiling at their remarks.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1904-08-19
Music Lessons.

What is an instrument without
a teacher! Instruments are con-
structed so that pupils can soon
learn to make sweet music if they
learn to use the instrument cor
rectly. Mrs. E. Jenson Main
Street, gives lessons on the organ
and piano. Become her pupil.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1904-08-19
9he B\ackfoot Note\,
Dante, suttiNe Prop.
Centrally Socated, Opposite the g. S. 6. Depot
1ar IN eoNNection
THE REPUBLICAN PRINTING OFFICE
Jwst CLASS Service
DANIEL eattiNs, Pvop

Is way ordinary country printing Office The machinery
all Of the latest and improved patterns and driven by electric
power he type large and varied comprising the
est the late and most popular faces The shop thoroughly equipped
for description Of printing and business house with business
methods The snttea secrecy maintained all work and orders
are handled with precision and promphtude
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1904-08-19

alike as Uncle Sam cannot and
will not do otherwise. The seas
on opens early and runs late into
the fall making it "a profitable in
vestment for him who goes into
fruit growing or any line pertain
ing to agriculture.
Respectfully,
W. s. ScHEFFEL.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1904-08-19
Communicated.
To the IDAHO REPUBLICAN,:

concerning the government pro-
| ject of reclamation of some 200,
900 acres of land located 6 miles
below Minidoka, | have inyesti-
gated the scheme under which the
government intends and surely
will proceed. Minidaka is a small
town consisting of some sixteen
or seventeen houses, two general
stores, one hotel, one restaurant,
three saloons, two livery and feed
stables, one school house and bal.
ance dwellings,. That it is des'
tined to become a very thriving
and business center Is now be-
yond dispute. The music of the
community now is the sound of
the carpenters hammer.
| The land to be reclaimed is as
stated above, located six miles
| below the town, the natural sup
ply point will be Minidoka. From
here all seekers of land and all
supplies must start. 1t is stated
on good authority that within three
weeks the outfit whose bid has
been accepted, will start to dam
the river. This dam will supply
a suficiency of water to irrigate
all lands lying north of the river
nearly all of which has been filed
on BY homeseekers. The land
lying south Of the river will be
supplied with water from pumping
stations, the government estab-
Itching thirteen pumping engines,
each having a capacity of pump
ing $4,000 gallons per minute.
The pumping stations will be sup
piled with power from the dam,
they being located below the dam,
in other words, water power
and not steam will be used.
This statement is not from any
authority or official, it is simply
rumol and you can omit if you
like ana simply state that water
will be in this manner supplied.
The number of stations may be
correct, the capacity may be cor
rect or may not. The land can be
filed On only under the home
StSdu act anu Hol illOIc tlldi on
acres to any one person. Filing
can be done now and all papers
and information will be furnished
by Mr.. Bruce Hodgman, 9. S.
land commissioner located at Min
ldoka. He endavors to aid and
help homeseekers in every:possible
way. 1t seems to me that locat-
ing under the government project
is much more profitable, better
and easier than locating under the
Carey act, which lands are virtu-
ally in the hands of corporations
or private companies who hold the
lands under their contract with the
state of Idaho at from SIS to 1875
per acre for water and soc per
acre for the land, a small payment
down, the balance within a certain
number of years, the deferred
payments bearing q per cent in
terest. II one stops to think
what that means he will certainly
hesitate and figure. Now with
the government project it is diff
ferent and all safeguards to aid
him to succeed are laid bare for
him. He has in the first place
& months time before he need To-
cate on the land. Then it is re-
quired that he or she live on the
ciaim continuously for five years
in case of claimant being unable
to make living OH the claim the
government will grant a permit to
claimant allowing him to temper
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1904-08-19

F.. Jensen's fruit sells at Salt
Lake prices, plus the freight.