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The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-08-15

In these days, when Russia seems
threatened with total loss of the pro-
vinces in the Far East. so cunningly
acquired and so badly needed to round
out the empire in that direction, spe-
cial interest attaches to the remarkable
document generally referred to by his
torians as "The VIII of Peter the
Great" OF course, it is no will in the
accepted sense of the word, and it was
never meant to be one. On the other
hand, a century of wrangling over it's
genuineness has convinced the learned
disputants that this document undoubt-
edly embodies the ,audacious plans of
the great founder of modern Russia,
and that it probably was first put on
paper by himself. 1t is nothing less
than plan of campaign for the estab-
ishment of a Russian world-empire,
and l2e subjugation of all the other
European powers. Whether conceived
and drafted by Peter the Great or not,
this plan, this Titanic conspiracy
against the Teutonic and Latin races.
has all the Importance that would go
with genuineness, because it states in
undisguised nakedness the policy which
Russia has pursued since Charles XII
of Sweden was defeated at Poltava, and
which it is still pursuing-the very
policy for which Russia is now suffer-
ing unexpected punishment at the
hands of the japanese. 1t tells the
Western world what it has to expect at
the hands of victorious and unchecked
Russia. This is a literal translation of
the
WILL OF PETER THE GREAT:
In the name of the Most Holy and
Trinity, we, Peter the First.
Emperor and Autocrat of all the Rus
;ias, ETC., to all our descendants and
to the throne and govern
nent of the Russian nation:
God, from whom we derive our ex-
stence, and to whom we owe our crown,
iaving constantly enlightened us by His
ipirit, and sustained US by His divine
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-08-15

intelligence department who exam
ined the British steamer MaIacca after
her seizure offered her captain $4,000
If he would declare there was contra
band aboard the vessel. The captain
indignantly refused. Members Of the
crew were separately offered money if
they would make statement OF that
kind:
Regarding the Russian definition Of
contraband, the Russian officers de-
clared that any dry biscuits aboard
the Malacea in contradistinction To
sweet biscuits constituted contraband-
This definition would condemn every
British ship.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-08-15
'MANCHUR|A CAMPAIGN WILL
Be SUSPENDED
Twelve Regiments Withdrawn For Port Arthur.
General Attack Reported Begun--.Rus-
sian Situation Desperate.
tAssooIAxED PRESS oAB1EeRAms.)

tAssooIATED oABLEaRAMs9
/ LIAOYANG August r5-Tweve Japanese regiments have
left in the direction Of Arthur ordered the
taking of that fortress suspension of
tons in Mancnuria.
THE ATTACK HAS BEGUN
cEEFoo August 15-Reliabe information
that general attack Port Arthur begun.
RUSSIA ADMITS DESPERATE SITUATION
ST PETERSBURG August 1s-The Port Arthur situation is
regarded desperate.
The Persian frontier is closed o of cholera.
ALExIEFF GOES TO vLADIvoSToK
HARDIN August 5-AdmiraI Alexe is en- route to vadi
JAPANESE CREW MASSAcRED
NEMURO, August 15Russian soldiers in Kamchatka
81 of of Japanese
These fated Japanese probably hunting seals
denced by the large number
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-08-15
RUSSIANS TO
WEAR CUIRASSES

LONDON, Aug. 5,-The Russian Gov
ernment have ordered from Milan 100,-
600 Bendetti cuirasses- These breast
plates form an armour which is re-
ported TO be entirely buliet-proof.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-08-15
BRITISH MARITIME DISASTERS.

LONDON, August 15.-The torpedo destroyer Decoy
sunk in a collision Sciry Isles The
The bark Inverkp off collision with
Locharra. Twenty of the drowned
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-08-15
Bribery By Russians.

LONDON, August 5--The Times
learns from a Trustworthy correspon-
dent that the officers OF the Russian
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-08-15
GREAT NAVAL VICTORY WON.
BY. THE JAPANESE
Cruiser Rurik Sunk and Two Other Cruisers of
Il Vladivostok Squadron In Flight and
Badly Damaged.
Washington, August IA, 1904.
(Received at 9 80 a. m.)

To Japanese Consul Honolulu,
Commander of Takeshiki reports
wessy telegraphed him Vladvostok
sighted August 14h and that the "Takachho sub
him that naval battle Ad
reports squadron after
fighting with the three ships Vadivosok the
north of Tsusma the morning of August I4h sank the Rurk
The ships of the suffered
heavily fed northward. damages very slight
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The of the finest vessels
of the Car the Far East She vessel OF 426
long feet wide deep and had speed of
knots Her sinking tremendous loss of life she
carried of about $50 persons ss@o@ss &#@
The Ruri magnihenty armed four ghtlnch
guns, nch guns 47inch guns threpounders,
FOUNDERS four machine and torpedo tubes
the of the Vadvostok fleet which part
the first raid of that squadron the Japan during
which the Kshui Mau and other vessels sunk and
raid along the OF Japan when the British
Knigh Commander
battle of The OF the
Japanese good of Kammura, for
loudly deded by the Japanese for his failure to
would have been expected that Kamura
suicide had he failed destroy the Vadivoo
squadron.
Skrydof is supposed to be command OF the
squadron.
which the naval battle occurred
small island midway between Japan and Korea in the Straits OF
Takachiho and vessel the Nan1wa,
having visited this together ago
Admiral captain of the Nanwa when here at the time OF
Captain British Commissioner to the Republic
making COINCIDENCE for Captain Hawes an
Togo science before in Japan
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1904-05-20

planned what had happened. and the
three set forth for the temple where
Nr. Pence was guarding the treas
ufe. The Indignation of Sidney and
Mr.. Morton was tempered by fear
that the millionaire had not sur
vived the fate which his ayarice had
tempted.
They soon reached the temple. At
first they did not observe Mr.. Pence.
Vincent had crawled down into the
cavern and announced that no one
was there before Sidney discovered
the slunibering guardian under q
calabash tree.
It was pathetic figure which these
three men approached. His hat had
fallen to the ground, and the matted
gray hair half covered the eyes OF
the sleeping financier. One hand
was firmly clutched to the idol. In
the relaxed fingers of the other hand
was stout club. The linen clothes
were bedraggled in mud and slime.
The right foot was in a pool of wa
ter. Were it not for the slight but
regular heaving of the soile1 shirt
bosom they would have thought him
dead.
AEs OAOICOA puSueQ Inc IdCl WIFI
his foot. The hand of the sleeper
instinctiyely frightened it's grip. He
awoke with a start, and with sur
prising agility sprang to his feet
"Backi backi" he shouted. "You
shall not have It'll will die firstt"
He brandished the club defantly
and swung a blow at Mr.. Morton,
who stepped back, and narrowly
evaded it.
s'Wake up, Mr.. Pence" said Sidney
Hammond. you are all right Come
out of your trance; it is time, to go
home"
Simon Pence blinked his eyes, ran
his hand over his forehead and came
to his senses. He threw himself into
Sidney's arms and gave way to his
emotions. When he recovered there
was no difficulty in persuading him
to go back to the bungalow. In
fact, he was eager to go. The ex-
periences of the night had overmas-
tered his rapacity. Each of the four
carried one of the images, and an
hour later were on the raft and soon
after all the members of the Social
Island Colony once more were be-
meath the roof of the bungalow.
After a meal they repaired to their
rooms and enjoyed several hours of
refreshing sleep. It was late in the
afternoon before the castaways re-
covered from the effects of the hur
ricane.
ITO Be Continued
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1904-05-20
YEARS Aoo-A eoY.s. PLANT.

/ reckon years and years ago
To be a boy was bully fun;
You just was born, and then you'd grow
And keep on growing till you'd done.
You went.to school awhile, know.
Butsmostly you'd just grow and grow.
The pies and things they used to make!
Give often heard my father telD
The pies and dumplings and the cake.
The cookies, tartS and jam as We'll!
OF course, corn-bread they'd also bake.
But mostly it was pies and cake.
You went In swimming every day
In summertime at any rate.
The other boys would come to play;
You had a gun; you'd coast and skate.
Some work there was, of course-but
say
It mostly was just play and play.
Twas nutting-time the whole year
through.
And Fourth July would last week:
Old Santa Claus was really true,
And drove his RENDERS like streak
OF course, there were the chores to do
But who would care with Santa true?
And then the people who were grown,
They gave a boy little rest;
A fellow then was let alone,
And went to bed when he thought best.
Sometimes your father'd scold 1 own,
But mostly you were let alone.
'Twould been more fun really know
"a mothers club is NY mas forte)
If I'd been born some years ago.
my pa he reads my school reportD
Some things, of course, were pretty slow
But I'd "a CHANGED it years agoi
Hayden Carruth, in Woman's Home
Companion.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1904-05-20
Two storie. by a Preacher.

Rev. DR.. Parkin, in his address be
fore the Ministerial union at Withers
spoon hall one Monday, told two good
stories. The first was of young min
lister in the coal regions who, had an
impeachment in his speech. He tried
many remedies without avail, till at
last, after saving a goodly proportion
of his salary by denying himself the
comforts OF life, he came to Philadel-
phia to be cured, because he had
heard there were SO many speak
easies" here. The other was a min
lister whose education in business
matters had been sadly neglected. He
had a small charge also, and eked out
a living by writing for the papers
One day he received a check for SIS,
made payable to his order. He took
it to the local bank, and, handing it
in, was told to indorse it. He hest
tated moment, and then, taking up
the precious document, wrote on the
back: 81 heartily indorse this check"
Philadelphia Telegraph
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1904-05-20
Oycrniatched.

An amusing incident was witnessed
in a cigar store the other afternoon.
a newsboy. having picked ZIP a
cigar stump, walked in: and, address
lug the man behind the counter, said:
Say, boss. give us a match" The
The man behind the counter looking
down, said: My young friend, we
are not here for the purpose of giving
away matches; VIC sell them" How
much are dey?'' was the question.
Zone cent box the clerk an
nounced. The urchin, stuck his hand
into his pocket and produced, after a
great deal of hunting, a penny and
handed it to the man. He received
his box of matches, and, taking one
out, lit the butt Returning the
box to the man back of the case, he
said: Say, put dis box on de shelf,
and when a gentleman comes along
and asks you for a match, why, give
him one out of my box."-Cincinnat
Enquirer.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1904-05-20
oHa-Time voting i'm baltimore.

Andrew Simpson, one of the oldest
voters in Baltimore, recalls with
much amusement an incident at an
election In the city in know-nothing
times. 4 visitor to Baltimore was
walking near one of the polls with
his wife when he was approached
by some of the know-nothings and
asked to vote. He replied that he
did not live in Baltimore, but they
said that did not make any differ
ence and hustled him up to the polls
and made him vote. Then they threw
him into the street. Another party
came along, brushed the mud off
him, declared it was a shame to treat
him so, and asked him to vote again.
He protested that he had just voted.
but that made no difference, and he
voted and was again thrown into the
street. In that way he voted three
timea.-Baltimore Sun.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1904-05-20
| Vincent. handing the idol to Mr..

vincent, handing the idol to Mr.
Pence.
what singularly ugly thing
remarked the capitalist as he han.
died it gingerly. SITS awful heavy
What's it made OFF"
Vincent pulled himself out of the
hole and brushed the mold from his
clothes. Mr.. Pence looked intently
at. the image. He "hefted" it judi
ciously. It was of rusty brown
color, but smooth and well pre-
served.
Remarkably heavy!" said Mr.
Pence. His eyes glittered and he
was much excited.
Let me take your knife" he said.
Vincent produced knife and opened
the big blade. Mr.. Pence dug into
the fat nose of the idol. He gave
the knife a circular motion, and on
the end of the blade lay a shining
yellow chip.
"Gold!" he shouted "Goldi Solid
gold! Solid gold, and it weighs more
than ten pounds!"
The face OF the millionaire was a
study. For a moment it shone with
the splendor of the gold shaving
which rested in the palm of his hand.
At that instant he was Obvious to
bis surroundings. He clenched the
image tightly and regarded it with
a rapt expression such as mother
lavishes on her babe. Suddenly his
attitude changed. He recovered him
self with start. His face darkened.
He glared at Vincent and drew back
from him as in aversion.
where did you find this?" he al
most shrieked in a voice harsh and
trembling with excitement.
Back in there" said Vincent, wav-
ing his hand away from the mouth
of the cavern There's lots of them
back there"
''Take me therei Take me- there!"
He dropped his voice almost to a
whisper He glanced around as if
expecting some one might see OF
hear him.
'They belong to u.s. he said, lay
ing his hand affectionately on Vim
cents shoulder. "To us; do you un-
derstand, to us. We found them
you and I. They are ours. Vincent,
all ours. We will divide them be-
tween us two-just you and I. Help
me down there. Let me see them.
Are you sure there is a lot of them (?
Perhaps they are not like this one.
Bigger, did you say? Which way is
it? How awful dark 1t is! Take
hold of my hand!"
Before the magic of the touch of
gold the natural cowardice of the ell
derby millionaire disappeared. Twice
he fell and bruised his hands, but
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1904-05-20

he did not care. They came to
the vault. Vincent went in first
and lit a match. Mr.. Pence gave an
exclamation of delight. He rushed
to one of the images, lifted it, ran
his fingers lovingly over the sur
face and laughed with joy. The
match burned out and the room was
dark midnight.
Light another, quicki" shouted
Simon Pence. "I'll tell you what you
do" he exclaimed, as the match
ightened up the gloom. 81 will
stand outside and you hand them to
me, and I will carry them where we
can see them"
Vincent did as he was told. He
started at one end of the shelf and
felt his way around, and handed the
images to the outstretched hands
of Mr.. Pence, who carried them
along the corridor and placed them
in a corner of the outer room 1t
took an hour or more to do this,
at the end of which timeVincent de-
clared that all figures were re-
moved. Mr.. Pence began testing
the images. AS he dug into each
idol and found it gold his Joy knew
lighted. He owned a half interest
in more property than he ever had
hoped to obtain, unless by chance
some. of his cherished plans should
find a financier. Both forgot the
fight of time. They counted the
idols and images and found there
were 63. They then attempted to
estimate the weight of their treas
ures. They calculated the smallest
one at ten pounds and the others
ranged all the way up to one esti-
mated at not less than 20 pounds.
AS nearly as they could judge, aft
er carefully estimating the weight
of each image, the total was about
1875 pounds.
How much is gold worth a
pound?" asked Vincent, as he held
an idol out at arms length. He re-
membered that he could s'hold OUT
| a weight of 80 pounds. and this one
required all of his muscular effort.
Gold is worth about 1924 q
pound" said Mr.. Pence. "That is
based on the amount of gold in
coins This looks like pure gold to
me. It is awful soft. Don't rub
that image like that; you viii wear
it out. What time is it?"
Vincent had no watch; neither had
Mr.. Pence. but they thought it was
about three o'clock in the afternoon.
I'VE must be going back at once -
said Vincent. what are we going
to do with those things? We can't
carry them with US. Let's each take
two of the smaller ones and start
along. We can get help tomorrow
and carry the rest OF them to the
bungalow. In the meanwhile we
| will put them back IN that vault"
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1904-05-20
A Miracle.

An English contemporary tells the
following good story of muscular
Christianity: In a smoking room OF
a hotel in Dublin, where sat a huge
priest, some men were scofhng stupid
" about miracles. Up rose the prizes
and offered to perform a miracle. Hs
seized the most blatant OF the scof-
fers. carried him to the door, and
kicked him into the street When
the unhappy youth returned the
priest asked, AN did ye break your
back2', ST did not" was the answer.
...wen, it's miracle ye didn't" an
gwered the priest.-N. z Tribune.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1904-05-20
Italv,s Distinction

In invention, scholarship. scientific
research and large enterprise, and in ma
tionA pride without which no country
can claim the respect of foreignersl.
Italy has an enviable distinction IL
honors its intellectual men intelligently
not by an ignorant notoriety, and money
does not take precedence of mind. n
its plastic art has suffered q commercial
eclipse. Italy is not unique in this ex-
perience. while in dramatic art IL sin
leads the world with Tommaso Salvinl
and Eleonora Duse. In music and litera-
ture there is much activity and q far
from eomplaisant public optzion.-Csa-
4ury.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1904-05-20
Mortality In Madrid.

Madrid has the highest mortality
rate of all European cities-about &C
per 1000 per year. In the wtlter Is
rises to 65 and 20 Der 1000
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1904-05-20
Whence. the Spots ON Fur Of Animals.

Whence. the Spots on Fur Of Animals.
Although We are told that the leopard
cannot change his spots, tits certain that
the markings on the fur OF some animals
do change Especially is this true where
the ANIMAL has distinctive wintercoat-
This change has been studied by Bar
rett Hamilton, a British naturalist, who
is Of opinion that whitening of the fur
generally accompanies. development OF
fatty tissue, which is a manifestation OF
insufficient oxidation, and hence of
atrephy, which shows itself in a whften-
ing OF the hair. In some aninals-man.
for instance-this atrophy is manifested
by badness That fat men are often
bald is thus something more than CO.
incidence.-Success.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1904-05-20

Copyrighs, 1901, by Lothrop Publishing Company.
All rights reserved
Evening journal., 1904-03-08
PRESIDENTS WIFE
NURSED Phil" KNOX
Cared for Attorney-Generals S
Little Son Who Is Ill
With Pneumonia

washington. March s.-Mrs. Phiander
c. Knox arrived in Washington yesterday
morning from Palm Reach, summoned by
the serious illness Of her youngest son.
"Phil'' Junior.
Young Phil IS the playmate and inti-
mate friend of Archibald Roosevelt and
attends the same school. The boys so and
come together every day.
When Mrs. Knox went South about SIX
weeks ago, Mrs. Roosevelt promised 10
look after the boy. and ia fulhllment OF
This promise exacied that he come 20 tne
White House and report every afternoon
after his classes. Last Tuesday Archie re-
ported that Phil had cold and could NOT
go 10 school and Mrs. Roosevelt imme-
dlately went TO the Knox home.
phii made a brave fight against the
disease. all th4 time attended by ne
Presidents wife, and when the crisis
passed successfully Friday a letter was
sent Mrs. knox giving her the whole his
tory OF the illness and the strong hope
held cut fbr Ultimate recovery.
Evening journal., 1904-03-08
A WEAK HEART
What a FearfuIlY Dangerous
Thing II Is!
Aud Yet How Few People Heed Its Ter
ribIe Warnings
What Does That PaIpitatiOn and Short
ness Of Breath Mean to You?

Persons with weak heart get out Of
breath easily and have palp.tatlon on the
least oxerton. As Il gets worse ihey have
dizziness. swimming OF the cye-sigh1
headache faint, sinking feelings attended
by strange sensations. There IS generally
more OF less nervousness and sleepless-
ness.
II is fearfully common, ana neglect Is
fatal. You can get web By taking the
right medicine now. Mrs. Fannie J.. Tay-
lor, Quinapoxet, Mass, says:-
Il want ITO give my testimony in with
the hundreds Of others in regard 70 the
value of Dr.. Greene's Nervura blood and
nerve remedy
About eleven years ago after suffering
many years with a nervous heart trouble
and heart weakness, and having been
treated by several eminent physicians,
some Of whom told me / could never be
any better, 1 finally heard that Or.
Greene, the famous blood and nerve spec
salist, would be at the Bay State House,
Worcester. on certain day. so resolved
TO see him If possible.
"At that time the least exortion would
Evening journal., 1904-03-08
DAVIS CHOSEN AS
DOVER SOLICITOR
Union Republican Wins Over
His Two Democratic Op-
ponents for Office
PLANTS ARE IN BAD CONDITION
Special to the Evenlng Journal.

Special TO the Evening Journal.
Dover. March S.-City Council. in
monthly session last night elected
Frank II. Davis. the Union Republican
legislative attorney to the ofice of
city solicitor over Arley B. Magee and
Roosevelt Hammond, two Democrats.
Mr.. Magee held the Office Of solicitor
last year. Attorney Davis received six
votes TO Magee's and Hammond's one
each. Council is composed OF seven
Democrats and two Republicans.
Chief Of Police and Supervisor OF
Streets z. S. Hurd was reelected. Tns
salary is S45 per month. His assistants
are Thomas w. Killen and Robert G..
Hurd. Mr.. Hurd is a new man and
he succeeds i. II. Russell. The salaries
OF these men were fixed at $40 monthly.
stephen w. Pleasanton was appointed
special policeman.
President Walker appointed the fol-
lowing committees. a revised and cor
rected list
Finances-shockley Bostic and Prit-
chett
Aocounts-simmons, shocIsley and
Richardson.
ordlnances-Ridgely, Hirons and
.Shockley.
streets-Bostic. KERN and sim
mons.
sewers-Hirons, Bostic and Richard
son.
Trees-Richardson Pritchett and
Ridgely.
Fire department and police-Kerin,
Simmons and Ridgely.
and Hirons
Chairman Pritchett. Of the light COM
mittee, reported to the city fathers
that the boilers at the water and cleo
trio light station were in very bad
condition. One boiler is useless and a
small one, which is now being used is
liable to explode at any moment, as
serted Councilman Prtchctt. He also
advocated the purchase Of q modern
dynamo and engine. This new ma
chinery would cost, approximately.
$4,000. Mayor Walker supported Mr..
.Pritchett and urged the members Of
Council to take prompt action. "The
lives Of the employees at the water plant
ARE endangered by the use Of this small
boiler" declared the mayor.
The matter was referred TO the water
committee, who are to make an inVesti-
cation; secure estimates Of the cost Of
the new machinery snd to call a spec
ial meeting OF Council
The city commissioners adopted a
unique plan last night TO make the
town prisoners work out teir fines in
hlcted by the city alderman. Six balls
and chains have been purchased and
IAN town prisoners. not paying their
fines VIII be required to work on the
streets. guarded by the police.