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The Savannah morning news., 1904-05-05
FATAL KNIFE FIGHT.
One Man Was Killed and the other
MOrtaIIy Wounded.

Raleigh, N. c., May A special
from Wilkesboro, N. c., says: AS the
result, it is understood, of an old feud
Hillary Key is dead, killed by Free
land johnson in a furious combat with
knives, and Johnson himself lies at the
point of death, suffering from ghastly
wounds that may yet result fatally.
1t is reported that Johnson went over
to Keys field to hunt for some stray
sheep. While there he engaged in an
altercation with George Key and fired
at him twice, but failed to hit him.
Hillary Key. Georges brother. then
took up the quarrel. and Johnson at
tackled him with a knife. Hillarys
blade instantly flashed out. but john
son was too quick for him stabblng
and cutting his life out in short order.
though in doing so he himself received
wounds that may result fatally.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-05-05
GREAT PREPARATION FOR
GROWING OF KING PETER.

Vienna, May 4.-Mr. Jackson, the
United States minister to Greece,
Roumania and servia, will go to Bel
grade tomorrow, where he will spend
a few days and present his credentials
to King Peter.
A Belgrade dispatch says that elabo-
rate arrangements are being made for
the Kings coronation, June Is, the an
niversary of his election to the throne
by the Servian Parliament. The coro-
nation will take place at Kosieritza,
the. ancient place for the coronation Of
Servian Kings, where the late King
Alexander was annointed, but not
crowned.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-05-05
GEARY DIES FROM
HIGHWAYMEN'S BLOWS.

Omaha, Neb.. May 4.-Rev. Father
Edward Geary, assistant pastor of
Holy Family Catholic Church, died to-
day as the result of injuries inflicted
on him by highwaymen Monday night.
The assault occurred in front of the
church and was committed by two men.
Father Geary was rs years old. A
man giving the name Of James Gran
dali is under arrest in connection with
the assault.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-05-05
GUILTY OF FRAUDS.
Sentenced for SwindlinG the Gov
ernment Out of Revenue.

Charlotte, N. c.. May A verdict
of guilty was to-day rendered in the
cases against T. NJ. Angle, B. F. Sprin-
kle and William Young in the federal
court for defrauding the government
by means of false entries in connec-
ton with the payment of the tax on
whisky. Sprinkle was fined $1,000 and
sentenced to two years in prison: An
gle, $1,000 and one year. and Young,
$1,000 and six months. An appeal was
taken.
A. ]. Davis, the government gauger,
who was some time ago convicted OF
making false returns in connection
with these alleged frauds, was given
eighteen months and fined $1,000. Judg-
ment for $4,000 was also assessed
against him, and suit for that amount
will be brought against his bondsmen.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-05-05
TUNNEL BURNED OUT.
Train Service Between Columbus
and Atlanta Suspended.

Columbus, Ga, May 4.--The wood
at Pine Mountain, forty miles above
Columbus, burned early this morning,
due, it is supposed, to sparks from an
engine lodging in the timbers. A fire
engine was sent to the scene from Co
lumbus, but arrived too late. The tun-
mel caved in at places and the track is
blocked.
1t will take several days to repair
the damages and through train service
from Columbus to Atlanta is tempo
rarily suspended
The Savannah morning news., 1904-05-05
DETAILS OF THE EFFORT
NOT YET RECEIVED

Toxic, May 4, p. m.-The japanese
authorities have received report of
the attempt made Monday night TO
block the entrance of Port Arthur har-
Dor. 1t is without details, but these
are expected shortly. 1t is reported,
however, that the attempt was sue
Cessful
The Savannah morning news., 1904-05-05
END OF SAM PARKS
COMES IN PRISON CELL.

New York Labor Leader Dies I'm
Sing Sing.
Ossining, N. Y, May 4.-Sam Parks.
the New York labor leader, who was
sent to Sing Sing prison some months
ago after his conviction on a charge
of extortion, died in the prison to-day.
He had consumption at the time of his
conviction and has failed rapidly since
he was sent to Sing Sing.
only the hospital attendants and
one or two prison officials were at his
bedside when he expired.
After the arrival of Mrs. Parks the
body of the dead labor leader was TAX
en- to New York city.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-05-05
FIRST GEORGIA PEACHES
ARE SHIPPED TO MARKET.

G. j. Austin Again Gets the HOnors,
shipping from Triton.
Triton, Ga, May 4.-Mr. c.. j. Aus
tin shipped the first Of the 1904 crop
of Georgia peaches to-day. They were
Of the Snead variety, and the ten
crates were consigned to an Atlanta
firm.
Last year Mr.. Austin shipped the
first Georgia peaches May 1S, and in
1902 made the first shipment from the
state May 2.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-05-05
wolf Is Appointed.

washington, May 4.-President
Roosevelt to-day appointed Adolpn
Grant Wolf of the District of Column
bia TO succeed Judge Sulzbacher as as
sociate justice of the Supreme Court
of Porto Rico Judge Sulzbacher re-
Gently was transferred to the United
States court in Indian Territory. Mr..
Wolf IS a son of Simon Wolf of this
city, president OF the Order of B'nai
Birth He is 36 years old. He has
had special training in the German.
Spanish and French languages.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-05-05
'sny There,s no Fevcr.

Monterey, Mex, May 4.--Consul Cen
eral Phillip Hanna has received a
communication from the Washington
authorities regarding health conditions
in this city, and has replied that the
case here.
Word to the same effect has been re-
eeived from the United States consul at
Tampico.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-05-05
both Fnctions Claim 1t.

Olympia, Wash. May 4.-Both the
Hearst and the Parker factions claim
control of the Democratic State Con-
vention, which is to meet here to-mor-
row to elect ten delegates to the ma
tional convention. The Hearst men
have not yet decided whether they
shall attempt to get the convention to
instruct for the New York editor. Some
of the Hearst leaders will be satisfied
with an expression that would show a
friendly interest in his candidacy.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-05-05
RUSSIANS ARE JOYFUL.

st. Petersburg, May A, 12:40 p.
m.-Thc gloom which prevailed
here yesterday was almost COM
plctcIy dispclIed this morning
when the people read the story of
the glorious fight made by Gen.
Zassalitch's handful of rough regi-
ments against the flower of the
MiIkado's legiOns at the Yalu and
of the utter defeat of Vice Admit
raj TogO's new attempt to seal the
entrance to Port Arthur.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-05-05
BISHOPS WHO WILL
PRESIDE AT CONFERENCES.
Bishop Duncan Will Visit the south
Georgia Conference.

Georgia Conference.
Waco, Tex, May 4.-The College of
Bishops to-day promulgated the plan
of Episcopal visitation in Southern
states for the present year and next
year as follows:
First Dlstrict-Bishop Wilson, Brazil,
PetropoAs, Aug. II; Virginia, Lynch
burg, Nov. 8; North Alabama, Talla-
dega, Nov. 23 Alabama, Selma Dec.
Z; South Carolina, Darlington, Dec. IA;
Baltimore Conference. Winchester, Va,
March %.
Second Dstrict-Bishop Duncan, Ten
nessee, Gallatin, Oct. 8; Western North
Carolina, Charlotte, Nov. 8: North
Georgia, Marietta, Nov. %; South
Georgia, McRae, Nov. 3; Mississippi.
Gulfport, Dec. Z.
Sixth District-Bishop Gambler, North
Carolina, Henderson, Nov. 30; Florida,
Orlando, Dec. T; Northwest Mexican
Mission Conference, Nogales. Mexico,
Jan. IL, 1905.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-05-05
IRISH WOULD REBEL
IF THEY HAD MEANS.
Wyndham Would Drive Them to II,
said Redmond.

London, May 4.-The House OF Com
mons tonight by vote of 1877 to 1c4,
rejected a resolution in favor of the
repeal of the Irish Crimes act
George Wyndham, Chief Secretary
for Ireland, in opposing the motion,
confessed that nothing could justify
the anticipation of a recrudescence Of
social disorders in Ireland. but he said,
that the repeal Of the Crimes act could
only do harm by reviving the angry
passions now laid at rest
John Redmond, leader of the Irish
party, expressed his extreme dissatis-
faction with Secretary Wyndham's
statement, which, he declared, would
lead the Irish people, If they had the
means, into open rebellion.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-05-05
FOUR BANDITS GARRoTED.

Cubans Almost Mobbed the Two Ex-
ecutiOners.
Santiago, Cuba, May 4.-Four bandits
convicted of murder were garroted to-
day in the provincial jail. 1t was the
first legal execution since the Spanish
regime.
Two executioners. who arrived here
from Havana yesterday with the gar
rote, were almost mobbed while on
their way to the jail
President Palma was petitioned to
commute the sentences. but he declined
to interfere.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-05-05
JAPS ARE JOYFUL.

Toxic, May 4. 8 p. m.-The re-
ports which have been received
here of the successful blocking of
the entrance to Port Arthur har-
Dor by the Japanese, coming on the
heels of the news of the victory on
the Yalu, stirred Toxic to another
popular demonstration and to-
night thousands of men carrying
lanterns. swinging high from bam-
boo poles, paraded through the
city.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-05-05
ASSERT THAT THE PORT
HAS BEEN "C0RKED." F"

London, May 5.-The Toxic corre-
spondents of both the Daily Telegraph
and the Daily Chronicle assert that
Port Arthur is effectually "corked."
The Savannah morning news., 1904-05-05
DAYS EVENTS IN The WAR.


blocked.
that the hresh were
in
of
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The Savannah morning news., 1904-05-05
THE JAPANESE DECLARE
THE FLEET is BOTTLED
Insist That the Last Attempt of Admiral Togo on
Port Arthur Proved Successful.

Bottling Up Of the Russians, While at st.
Petersburg the PopuIace Finds Reason
for Consratulation in the Reports that
Reached There from Admiral Alex
Jeff of the Complete Failure of
the Japanese to Carry Out
Their Design.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-05-05

cOntlnued On Flfth Page.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-05-05

TO cover all the work an allotment
of $6S, ,S37 is authorized for Fort Screven.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1904-03-18
Mexico Sigue adQuiriendO
arnamentOS

Hace dias dimos cuenta de prepa-
rativos militares que Sc verifcaban en-
Mexico, y hoy podemos asegurar que
=se estan reparando los fuerzos de las
costa que Sc procedera a construir
una escuadra. Un peri6dico extranjero
sairma, que, ingenieros del gobierno es-
tan arreglando pianos para construir
sun fuerte la moderna, en- la isla de
San Juan de Ul1a, frente a Veracruz.
La nueva fortaleza ocupara ell lugar
~de La antigua prisi6n militar que allf
zexiste, y Sc espera comenzar los trabl-
jos durante afio.
Hasta la fecha Sc dedico el gobier-
no mexicano creaci6n del ejercito
permanente; pero de aquf en- adelante
Sc atendera 4 las fortificaciones y la
marina. Los planes del gobierno in
=cluyen Ia fortifcacion de todos los
puertos de importancia, tanto en- la
~costa del Golfo como la del Pacffiico, y
la construction de varios acorazados y
6Cruceros modernos.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1904-03-18

@1as. Greer que ei pfogreso industrial
americana Sc debe q una superioridad
del obrero yanqui sobre el europeo, es
an error muy grande, ese progreso
recOnoce como causa la excelencia de
IA organization industrial, y el per-
fecto funcionamiento de los grandes
.centros productores, que pueden lam
zar al mercado, aprecios fnfimos enor-
mes cantidades de- articulos masas
s-asombrosas de productos agricolas.
Esta organization es la que lleva 4 los
samericanos apodersrse de nuevos
mercados con Ell interes y Ell entusias-
zamo del que aspira a doblar su fortuna.
La cuautfa y abundancia de los ca
pitales que fueron un dfa punto de
partida de la industrial, son hoy ell
acicate de la misma, va que aumen-
tado por modo extraordinario, exigen
.-su enpleo Immediate. y este no puede
ser otro que la creacion de nuevas
eempresas. e1 desarrollo de las antiguas
" la aperture de mercados mas pro-
-z1uctivos.
-INneva York. Mario II de 1904.
ID. II.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1904-03-18
GUzMAN Ell MALo
Todos tenemos que

comprendes hay que comprimirse Todos tenemos que
sacr6carnos un POGO, Rafaelito.
Pero Rafaelito que iba para idota, de resutas de
aque vivir no entendia de sacri6cios recamaba sin
cesar dinero Su padre por o:rle quitaba de en-
medic con esas tenfa cada menos apego la
Ia casa Era hobre que pudo afrontar las sua-
clones graves dabaas de ado engolfaba aquella
estenca pueril de hobre dicharachero jacarandoso
que viva en- los crcuos habando de asuntos
de toros de histurias pcantes
FL nifio aprovechaba las heras que las hermanas
Ia madre esahan la Gale para entrar furvameute
llevase 10 que podia va fuese dinero cosa que 10
valera Asf desaparecieron muchas ahsj's obietos
de valcr ArmAbanse tremendas peIoeras entire Rafae
Ito sus hermanas aquienes ba despojando POGO POGO
de sus joyas hasta So madre faltabale al respeto
c,ando Sc opopfa que Ell cOmpletase e saqueO
de la casa.
En- uno de aquelos dfas en- que entraba sigiosamen-
te la hora que Ia famia estaba asente iba regis
trando armaros cajones sin enconrar NADIA de prove
co en- los cuaros de hermanas al en,rar en- 4 de
su msdre oy6 dentro cuchicheo que e hzo pararse
observar.
Rstr6se ufendo al patio Sc ssnt6 alli en- espera
de algo.
Fun - ssrios searrilos nairAba De vs. 81 euaudo
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1904-03-18
Baquero y Gandara
OFRECEN


Maiz superior. del pals,
-en medios sacos. PRE-
cIos cONy yENcIoNAL.
Hemento DRAGON, en-
barriles a 5 %
.Aiani superior, en- sacos
quintal 80 $50
Zinc acanalado america
no de pies. quintal ;, 500
xAfanlDre puas rollos de
90 iibras, rollo 200
1Sranapas en- barriles de
90 libras, barril 2.9c
Sal en- medios sacos, quin
tai. ;, o.6o
Puntas de Paris. GAIA de
90 libras, ,desde ~ has
ia S pulgadas, GAIA - $40
San Justo ts y IS, San lar. ?. R.
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BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1904-03-18
sERvIcIo DE eABoTAJE

ua vapor sale todas las semanas: los JUEvES por
ESTE los VIERNES por OESTE las de la manana
6a1dra por ESTE: Vernes Agosto y II, Septembre4
Saldra por ell OESTE: Martes Agosto I Sepiemhxe
los vapores coAMo PoNcE saldran de San Juan cs
Un vapor de pasaje de ruta sale de San Juan para
Martes siguiendo la legada del vapor de
por ell ESTE
Un vapor de pasa]e de ruta lega San Juan de Ne
ueves antes de la saida del vapor
a OESTE.
Oacina San Juan, Gale de Tetnan esQuina ella Ta
TELEFON0 Ma sss
0fcina de Nueva York, Ndm. broadway.
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BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1904-03-18

OErecen arneses para uno y dos
~z-abalios, arados ipgleses, revolveres,
es eepesas, ruedas. patente de coche,
aestufas para pla1ehadores, desgrana-
<loras de maiz y un gran surtido en-
s9uincalla y ferreterfa.
Isi-h m 80 m
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1904-03-18


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BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1904-03-18
LA ESFE n "A
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BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1904-03-18

Ksdss Jes vapOres saIsn del nsMslls del Quas
e los pGsajerOs los gastos de bOtss
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-06-12

are a queer cOnglomerate at the fair.
The comic men I'm this show from
Paris demonstrate the reason why their
sort get no favor on our stage al
though many have tried to. Their prin-
ciEal idea of fun IS 90 make themselves
outlandish in aspect. The first I'm this
programme wears, as the feature Of has
gTotesque costume. huge craVat of
bright green. Tt is a reminder OF what
Augustin Days noted comedian. James
Lewis. once remarked to stage be
giuuer who had made up ridiculOusly
for a small role.
My young friend" said Lewis '-nev-
er make your necktie funnier than
your acting
This FrenChamns humor doesn't rise
to the level of his neck and so keeps
cally with a construction that makes
him seem to be a dwarf I'm a basket
carried on the back of negress; again
as a small jockey on race horse,
and again as Theodore Roosevelt
rough-riding on a bucking burro. He
used his own legs vigorously for those
of the beasts, and worked their eyes,
ears and tails 10y pulling string, We
in this country have consigned such
childish f0Olery to clowns i'm the three
ring circuses. our stage beasts have
to be as intelligent as the men IN
side can make them. A second coined
ian is built out to enormous TOtundity,
and his nose and ears are extended I'D
hideous malformatiOn, He is accom-
panied by a woman whose fat Is real.
and they are what we call a musical
team, using canes that become flutes,
umbrellas that become nageOlets, fry
ing pans that become banjOes and hats
that become coucertinas. Finally the
man plays a concealed chime of bells
by striking his false paUnch in the right
spots. and at the same time works an
electric plant to make his eyes, nose
and ears incandescent. Also the sOles
of his feet, Also the seat of his trOus-
erS. Very subtle humOr, that.
I suppose / ought TO tell. too. what
a young woman does i'm the way or
refined jOviality She impeTs0natCs a
French rustic maiden of a type cor
responding to our Sis Hopkins and
Ricketty Ann. VocaIIy all these gro
tesques are FAR superior to ours and
this gawk sings admirably a ditty
about her first visit to Paris. 1t is
at the climax of her sketch that she
introduces a bit of artistic fancy-a
touch Of Ibsonian realism stroke Of
dramatic genius. All along her head
has itched and she has scratched it
often. Now she hnds the louise that
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-06-12

! III vou saw a section of the Paris
frontage on the Pike lettered big III
electric bulbs as the Palals du COS
tunes and the music sounded some
thing like "a can-can, and the outside
orator was eloquent about the snow
which, he took pains to reiterate, was
going ON all the while, wouldn't you
expect to ind live women inside those
gowns? Mind you, / am not sayng
that the exhibition of costumes buncces
you. lit is a very spacious place and
with it's contents may have cost a
third of the $25000o which its operators
say ID did. Long corridors are sided
by alCOVes, each with a group of wax
figures clothed in the fashion of some
specified time and country. These
groups are far and away better than
human beauty show. But you are not.
Tie young women posed at ease on
a long platform wear the finest of
fashionable evening gowns from Paris
and wear them gracefully. Their faces
are pretty. their bare arms and necks
are shapely and they are q lovely as
semblage BUT at a second look YOU
see that their beauty is only skin deep
and that skin is wax; and you don't
care whether the stuhing is saWdust
or horsehair SO long as it isn't flesh
and blood and other animate ma
terials.
"TLts is a blamed fraud" a fellow
exclaimed.
How can YOU say that?" his sister
responded. 81 shall spend an ecstatic
hour looking at these heavenly gowns.
1T no models but live models viii give
you your - cents worth, go away
down there to the end of the hall
and wait for me. see some there
that are moving about"
The fellow took heart and went to-
wards the platform. He walked fast
till he got near it, and tben he slowed
up. Six young women We're saunteT-
ing to and fro is gowns as fine as the
dolls wore, but there wasn't q beauty
among them, not even one who was
very pretty. Now you know whether
you do OF don't want TO visit the Palais
du Costumes when you come TO the
fair I hear. however, that some sing
ers and dancers are to be introduced
soon.
The Moorish Palace is a waxworlls
show, but you don't know it until you
get I'm. The outside display indicates
that all is alive inside. The word
/ "harem" is heard in the talk Of the
! peFsu9der, and he mentions a per
/ Torrance" Above the entrance is a
/ balcony open 10 the Pike, and to that
] emerge a boy and girl to sing and
. dance. There is nothing characters
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-06-12
Enormous Cost
of Show
Production

ST. Louis, June 9.
- HE president Of the Worlds Fair is
a Snowman, but his reputation for
veracity remains good and when
he says that the Pike has cost $780,
900 we are bound TO believe him. That
is a large sum 10 invest in businesses
that are TO last five months only. Half
of it, I should say, has gone into the
construction of scenic shows. Several
of these have cost above a hundred
thousand each, and one. the TyrOlean
Alps. may represent twice as much as
1hat- For income the main dependence
IS placed on q restaurant Of immense
dimensions. Tt is run by a New Yorker
and "a st. LOuisiau, each famous I'm his
own city as a seller of food and drink.
The prices of the Viands here are all
most double those of the home estab-
lishments, yet 5000 persons may be
seen at the tables at dinner time. And
YOU can't get into the restaurant with
out passing through a quarter-d0iiar
gateway So much for the sOrdid side
OF the enterprise. Now for the arts
tic
The frontage Of four acres is built
mp in a representation, iu miniature.
get a hundred feet high I'm spots, Of
an Alpine range of mountains A
journey through them may be made at
the cost of a quarter. i say through
them" not 'over them, because the
route lies inside of them and not on
TOP. You start ian an ascending rail-
way car, but go only a little way be-
fore the guide cries "AlI OUT" You
are angry for a moment at having to
walk when YOU expected 10 ride. But
the view that burst on the vision drives
every feeling out of mind save admira-
ton. Do you recall the first visit to
one of those war. Cycl0ramas that were
built in our larger cities years ago and
rhrived till they ceased to be a wonder?
The spectator stood on a high central
platform and looked at a painting
which covered the wall of the circular
structure. This panorama was so
good i'm perspective that its distance of
fifty feet from the spectator seemed
more like fifty miles. The intervening
ground was filled IN with what, i'm
theatres are called "set pieces" and
they were so blended into the perpen-
dicular picture that the Illusion was
amazing. That same cycIOramic prin-
ciple is used, with many variations,