davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Gilpin observer., 1904-05-05
JAPS WIN BIG BATTLE
TOWN OF ANTuNG BURNED BY
RETREATiNG MuScoviTEs.

japanese Losses Are About 700 Killed
\ and Wounded, While the Russians
Lost over soo-Japs Capture Twcn.
ty.elaht Guns.
Toxic. May 2.-After Ave days Of
fighting. largely with artillery. the
first Japanese army. under General
Kuroki. has forced crossing OF the
Yalu river and with a gallant infan-
try charge, covering frontage or
four miles, 1t drove the Russians from
Chiu Tien Cheng and the heights on
the right bank OF the Tho or Aldo
river. which enters the Yalu from the
north almost opposite Win. The
japanese turned the left flank OF the
Russian position and in the battle OF
Sunday they swept away the new
front interposed by the Russians to
check their onward movement. The
present position Of the Japanese Is a
dominating one, and they may force
the abandonment of the defenses
erected by the Russians at Antung
and other points lower down the river.
r A supplemental report from Cen
eral Kuroki covering Sundays fight.
ing says: THE Russians made two
stands. The enemy's strength in
cluded all of the Third division. two
regiments of the Sixth division. one
cavalry brigade, about forty quick
firing guns and eight machine guns.
NWe have taken twenty.eight quick
firing guns, many rifles. much ammu-
milton, more than twenty oficers and
many non-commissioned officers and
men as prisoners. I am informed
that Major Kashtalinsky. commander
Of the Third East Siberian rifles bri-
gade, and Lieutenant General Zassa-
Itch. commander OF the Second ST.
berian army corps. were wounded.
Our casualties number TOO and the
Russian loss is more than 800 men"
The Russians were forced to aban-
don Antung. They burned the town
md retreated to Feng Huan Cheng.
The Japanese now control the estuary
Of the Yalu.
The latest Japanese naval move
ments against Vladivostok failed Of
success because OF the dense fogs
which prevailed in the vicinity of that
port.
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THE EpIToR,s PRoRI EN-

Inc present will probably go down in
history as the most Photographers aa-
tninistratlon that ever took possession
OF the White house, for it is inconceiy-
able that any future chief executive
will face the camera as freouentIv ond
as unfiinchingly as Mr.. Roosevelt The
American who is not familiar with tho
faces of the president and his family 10
the citizen who avoids the magazines
and esehews the newspapers. So con-
hrmed has become this photoeranh
habit that the president evidently now
considers that day lost whose low de-
scending sun has failed to view him
In new pose before the photographers
instrument
What may be designated as a weak
ness of Mr.. Roosevelt has become a
problem for the editor. Not only can
the latter no longer rest secure in the
possession of single "cut." but even
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NEW BANK STARTS IN
LAKE ANDES CITY
Artesian Flow at Lyman Settles Fact
of Basins Existence There

SIOUX FALLS, S. D., July 19-Al-
though the town of Lake Andes
Charies Mix county. is one of the new
est IN the state, it is rapidly becoming
a place of Importance. The latest bust
ness house to open it's doors is a bank.
winch was Incorporated under the
name OF the Lakeside State bank The
onlcers OF the new institution are:
President, T. E. Andrews; cashier. A.
Van der WORT. The former has been
engaged in the banking business at
Edgerton and. Platte for a number of
years, while the latter is we'll known,
having filled the position of county au-
d1tor for a period of four years
The contractors who have been drill
ing an artesian we'll at a point about
f1ve miles south of the town of Lyman,
IN Lyman county, have struck a flow of
water at depth of a little more than
I,lO0 feet. 1t has always been a dis
puted question whether or not the ar
tesian basin extended to that part of
the state, and the striking of this we'll
settles the question for all time. Other
farmers and ranchmen will now sink
wells, which will settle the matter of
water supplies for domestic and stock
purposes.
Reports made at the annual meet
ing of the stockholders of the Farmers
Traffic association, which operates a
grain elevator at Parkston, show the
affairs of the association to be in a
prosperous condition. The net profits
during the past year amounted to
about $4,000. 1t was decided to erect
new elevator on the site of the old one.
The new elevator will be completed in
time for the handling of this years
crops. 1t will be modern in every re-
spect, and will be one of the largest
elevators in that portion of the state.
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an ever increasing pile of "cuts" gives
him no satisfaction; for he knows not
the day nor the hour when a rival may
score beat by presenting the chief
executive inasomesnew and striking at
titude. And every new political devel-
opment that calls for picture of the
president complexities the problem for
the editor. He desires a photograph.
but is confused by an embarrassment
Of riches. Shall he run" the presi-
dent in a rough. rider suit with his gun
aimed at bear that doesn't show, or
shall he display him in evening clothes
with a smile that shows his teeth? VIII
he use the picture that shows the pres
ident surrounded by all the members Of
his family, or will he insert the "cut"
and his sons only? Will he exhibit him
to an admiring public in a jovial mood,
with one hand in his pocket, or will he
reveal him in brown study with his
hat on?
1t is a case, of course, where the ed
itor who hesitates is lost. Fortunately
for their own peace of mind few OF
them do, but the result of their hap
hazard selection is demoralizing to the
public For the president, a man Of
many moods, is pictured in many; and
it has frequently happened that the
picture displayed weakens the story
that is told of him. But this is the
presidents fault rather than the edi-
tors So long as the former continues
to display his admiration for the man
behind the camera he must expect such
a contretemps as that which occurred
in an Eastern paper of wide circulation
the other day when a tale Of the presi-
dents benevolence was illustrated by
photograph of Rough Rider Roosevelt,
armed to the teeth.
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BRAZIL A BAD LAND.
SAYS CONSUL AYMF
Yankee Agent Reports Very
Unpromising Field for Labor
and Investment

WASHINGTON, July 19.-In a report
to the state department, Louis H.
Ayme, the American consul at Para,
Brazil. after a trip up the Amazon
river to inspect the agency there and
to gain some information as to the
commercial and other conditions, says
That person hardly can make a bare
living on the banks of the Amazon.
Mr.. Ayme says he asked man in
Mlnaos whether he thought young men
with small capital could do anything
IN cattle raising on the Amazon. The
reply was that it would be criminal to
permit any young man with money to
come and find his grave on the banks
OF the Amazon.
Consul Ayme says there are near the
amazon some of the most beautiful
and valuable woods in the world, as
Well as fruits, nuts, oils. baIsams
and gums, but they are found as rarely
as diamonds in the gravel. Mr.. Ayme
ados that there may be places in Bra
zll where colonists might do we'll but
ne does not know of them.
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TODAY'S WEATHER

WASHINGTON. July 1s.-Forecast for
Wednesday and Thursday:
Upper Michigan, Minnesota and Wis
light to fresh weet to northWest n unds
Enthusiastically Dakota. South Da-
keta and Montana-FaiT Wednesday and
Thursday.
IoWa-Fair Wednesday and Thursday.
Kansas-Fair Wednesday, except show
ers in south portion; Thursday fair.
ST. PaufLY Yesterdays observations
reau, st. Paul, W. E. Oliver, observer for
the twenty-four hours ended at z O'clock
last night-Barometer corrected for tenn
perature and elevation Highest tempera.
ture, 50; lowest tempera ture, 81; average
temperature, 70; daily range. 81; barom-
eter. so 0S; humidity. 81: precipitation.
%; Z p. m. temperature. 70; p. m. wind
northwest; weather. clear
YeSteriaI'S TeInneratIlreS-
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=, -a'a7FT -
A TYPICAL REPUBLICAN,

President Roosevelt had other rea-
sons for selecting Paul Morton as sec
rotary of the navy besides his position
as a chief officer of one of the big rail-
road corporations. That the latter was
q moving influence no one doubts VINO
is familiar with the overtures that the
president has made to capitalists dur
ing the past few months, and his pitt
full attempts to placate and please Wall
street But a reason equally strong is
Mr.. Morton's typical Republicanism.
view credited to him in Republican
paper, in which he said: "The United
States should have the most formid
able navy in existence"
Now this is genuine Republican doc
trine Few men are as frank in ex-
pressing it. Most Republicans hide
behind general protestations of devo-
ton; to the navy, and are satisfied with
that elastic word adequate" But the
fact is that the Republican programme
of miiitarism contemplates exactly
what Mr.. Morton blurts out. The idea
is not merely to enlarge the navy, not
to provide against all reasonable con-
tingencies, but to go on adding battle
ship to battleship,, and expense to ex-
pense until the people are as burdened
as are those of the old world, for no
other reason than to enable us to play
the bully or the tyrant at pleasure.
This is the essence of latterday Re-
publicanism. There is not anywhere
whisper of criticism or a promise Of
retreat. The most conservative organs
urge the further increase of the army,
figuring out an absurd per capita basis,
as if there were some inherent reason
why we should go ON adding soldier to
soldier simply on account of increase
in population. The real idea is to
create in the United States a standing
army and to provide a navy on the
same scale as those maintained by
European powers. The curse and the
burden of the old world are to be i'm
parted to the new.
The United States no more needs the
most formidable navy in the world
than it needs standing army of
million men. The mere suggestion is
preposterous, and would have sufficed
to turn any man out of public life ten
years ago. Is it too late for us to go
back to the old IDEAS, to follow the old
presidents? Mr.. Morton has not vet
been in the inner circles long enough to
observe discretion, or to learn the i'm
portance of cloaking. ugly facts under
pleasantly sounding words He has
let the cat out of the bag. But he is a.
typical Republican, and Republicanism
today means sthe cultivation of the
military spirit and the support of the
military interest at the expense of the
arts of peace and the worship of civil
liberty. That is the real choice which
the American people are to make at
the coming election. We thank Mr..
Morton for having helped make it
plain.sy-
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WEDNESDAY, JULY 20, 1904.
PLAYING THE GAME

He makes a colossal error who as
sumes that Theodore Roosevelt is lack
ing in any of the essentials of prac-
teal politics. The fact is, and we say
this in no disrespectful sense, that he
has few Superiors in the country in
knowledge of the game. Many if not
most of his acts for the last two years
have been directed, in the last anaIy-
his own chances of nomination and
election. There has been a political
purpose behind them; and many Of
them have been shrewd to a degree
that men supposed to be better versed
In political arts and wiles might envy.
The practical assumption by the presi:
dent of the direction of his own cam
paign assures us that we shall have
plenty Of entertainment, though it by
no means give certainty of any fatal
plumbers.
We can see already, at this early
stage, the hand of the president in a
large portion of the news daily given
out concerning the prospects of the
party, or of events supposed to have a
close bearing on its failure or success.
He is assuming a holiness in doing
things for political effect that he would
scarce have countenanced not very
long ago. An instance is the order adj
vancing the meat trust case on the
calendar Of the supreme court The
act in itself is beyond criticism. But
the fact is that this case should have
been pushed long ago; and that the
action of the president, coming at the
time when there was a strike on in
all the packing houses, was a clear bid
for political support of a kind that one
does not care to see in the president Of
the United States.
Again, take the reports given out
concerning the status of the campaien
fund. These are doled out to the spe-
cial correspondents and are directly
INSPIRED from headquarters. First the
country is told that this must be a
cheap campaign, that the big financial
interests are against thetpresident and
are turning him down. Then when
this has had its effect on one set of
voters, there comes the announcement
that funds. will be plenty, so that the
Hessians may not be discourag
THOSE who anticipate any lack of prac-
teal political games in this campaign
do not know Theodore Roosevelt.
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misfortune and not her fault, but it is
almost fatal to the success of an ex-
position. 1t is, perhaps, almost the
worst summer climate on the American
continent. 1t is far hotter in st. Louis
in summer than it is in the more
Southern cities, whose tropical climate
is tempered by the proximity of the
Gulf of Mexico. st. Louis has the in
tense. immoderate heat of the interior,
with very large percentage of hui
nudity, and is about the last place on
the continent which one would volun-
tarily seek at this season of the year
for climatic reasons.
Visitors to the exposition understand
this; and instead of having an enjoy
able summer climate as an additional
attraction, are obliged to overcome
their dread Of the torrid days
and sitting nights because the exposi-
ton is SO we'll worth seeing that it
would repay all it's Inconvenience. 1t
cannot be doubted that a very large
number of people all over the country
have been kept away from st. Louis
by such considerations and that the
real rush to the exposition will occur
in the closing months of it's life in the
fall
Climatic conditions ought to be taken
into question whenever a great show
of this sort is planned. We are get
ting to pay more and more attention
to this factor. Almost all our asso-
Citations that have national meetings
hold their sessions in summer either at
the seashore or in the mountains or in
centers like st. Paul, where delightful
days and nights are the almost I'M
broken rule. Similar meetings in win
ter go to Florida, to New Orleans or to
California. One might just as well
have the maximum of comfort while
transacting life's business. The un-
favorable climate Of ST. Louis has
initiated greatly against the success
of the exposition, and is one of the
handicaps against which that really
meritorious and enjoyable enterprise
is now struggling.
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PERSONAL MENTION

Ryan-W. L. Douglas, Milwaukee; Paul
Healey. Wausau. Wis. George E. Wall
lace, Ell Paso, Tex; Alexander Moin and
wife, Burlington; DR.. FL. G. Mackid Cal
gary; j. A. MacKercher, Winnipeg;
Charles T. Abeles and wife. Little Rock.
Ark; Charles Linthall, Waseca.
Merchants - James McLane. Benson:
n. d: Morse, Lakefield; C. E. WEIGH, Ce-
dar Rapids; ]: E. Benrich, Culbertson,
Mont; c. Sennes, Cambridge; G. A.
Glader. Atwater; D. NJ. Gregor Plattyille,
Wis; c: r. Johnson. Duluth; s.. w Ham
ilton. Winona: A p. Blanchard, Little
Fails; N. D. March. Litchfield; Charles A.
Betcher, Red Wing.
Windsor-M. J. Grace. Dubuque; Clark
P. Bessette, Lakefield; c. A Whipple.
Elk River; e. Zimmerman. Cumberland,
Wis; w. B. Marsh, Detroit; w. H Ca
wife, Mora; S. R. Larson and wife. Lake
Mills, Iowa; Jesse E. Seeley, Lake City:
w. p. Harper and wife, Omaha.
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MINISTER BARRETT
ARRIVES IN COLON
American Diplomat Receives Warm
Welcome From Panama Authorities

COLON, July 19-John Barrett,
American minister to Panama, arrived
here today on the steamer Seguranca
The minister was met by Joseph W. J.
Lee, secretary of the American lega-
ton at Panama, and a delegation of
Panamans. whose spokesman was Por-
ferio Melendez, civil and military gov
ernor of Colon. Minister Barrett brief
ly thanked Gen. Melendez for the well
come accorded him and then left for
Panama.
Hopes are entertained that Minister
Barrett is empowered to settle 1.-THE
Vexed questions at issue between the
government of Panama and the au-
thorities of the canal zone.
The Seguranca also brought a num-
Der of engineers, nurses and sanitary
officials, whose work Will be confined
to the canal zone.
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WOULD REINSTATE
CANTEEN SYSTEM
Gen. Carter in Annual Report Urges in
Favor of Post Exchanges

MANILA, July 19.-Brig. Gen. Will
liam III. Carter, commanding the de-
partment of Visayas, with headquarters
at Hiolio in his annual report on the
establishment of army posts, speaks as
follows:
This has been followed by the usual
crop of saloons and disreputable people.
With the well regulated post exchanges
of former, days weak men had a choice
of evils and generally chose the lesser,
the pure beer of the exchange So
long as misguided Christian women of
America insist on carrying the canteen
Into politics, young soldiers, where
powers of resistance to temptation are
below normal. or not firmly exercised,
will continue to fall victims to the
plague of the service in India and the
Orient generally = namely drunken
ness, dissolute company and disease"
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MILES SAYS PROHlBS
COULD WIN ELECTION
Military Man Declares Temperance Ad-
vocates Might Name President

CHICAGO, July 19.-John c.. Woopey
of this city has received a letter from
Gen. Nelson A. Miles in which the for
mer commander of the army explains
why he withdrew as candidate for
the Prohibition nomination for presi-
dent. Gen. Miles says that when he
saw the danger of dissension his name
created, he sent word to keep his name
out, as he could not think of getting
the Prohibition party by the ears
He declares that if the temperance
people of the country could get togeth-
er they could elect a president and
break off. the partnership of the gov
eminent and the saloon"
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ANOTHER DRAWBACK TO THE
FAIR

In addition to- the utter failure. OF
the St Louis exposition management
to make known. the attractions Of the
exposition through the public press an
other influence has interfered with the
success of the fair and is keeping down
the attendance today. An autono-
bile tour that had been planned from
Minneapolis to ST. Louis seems to have
been given up. and the fairly legitimate
reason is that 'all seem to dread the
st. Louis climate at this time of the
year"
The climate of st. Louis is ST. Louis,
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NOTORIOUS BANDIT
MAY STILL LIVE
Dead Robber in Colorado Fails of Iden-
LITIGATION as Harvey Logan

DENVER. Col, July 19--Positive
proof that the train robber who was
killed on Divide creek June was
not the notorious bandit Harvey Lo-
gan has been secured by an examina-
ton of the body by DR.. R. K McAllis-
ter
The convincing mark of Identification
on which the detectives relied was a
scar on the right wrist caused by
gunshot wound known to have been
inflicted several years ago on Logan.
The dead mans wrist bears no such
mark
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Gable Company Formed

COLOGNE, July IA company has
been formed here with capital of ST.
100000, subsidized by the German and
Dutch governments, to lay a cable to
connect with the Dutch settlements on
the island of Celebes, through the
island of zap, in the Pelews group,
and from Shanghai to Guam, where
it will link with the Commercial Cable
company's Pacific cable.
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Among the Merrymakers
Method In Hls Modestx

1.-The book is a marvel" said the pub
Usher enthusiastically You had better
drop the nom de. plume and publish over
your own name
1 want, not fame"
But, my dear sir, you can have fame
and money both if you publish over your
own name"
Not much can't My wife would know
/ had the money then. Catholic Stand
ard and Times
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LAY RESPONSIBILITY
FOR MIDVALE WRECK
coroner's Jury Charges Railroad En-
ployes With Criminal NEGLIGENCE

NEW YORK, July ia charge Of
manslaughter was preferred against
William 7. Richards, the station agent
at Midvale,I n. j., and Ernest Keller,
fagman on the excursion train which
was wrecked on the Erie railroad, near
Midvale, July 10, by the public prose-
cutor at Paterson, N. j., today Rich
ards and Keller were held responsible
for the accident, which cost sixteen
lives and in which about fifty persons
were injured, by coroner's jury, which
reported YESTERDAY
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Proved Himself Worthy

Ihere are men of moral courage in
hlgh places yet. We do not care upon
what plank Judge Parker expressed
himself-the point is that he expressed
n!mself And whether he has elected
himself president of the United states
Or not, he has done a better thing. He
mas proved that he is worthy to be
presIdent.-Atlanta Journal