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The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-08-09
FIGHT FOR LIFE
THREE MEN IN a BOAT WERE
OVERTURNED BY AN ANGRY
ALLiGATOR-"H
OF HITCH'S POND.

LAUREL, Del, Aug. S.-A small
alligator escaped from a circus at
Salisbury about three years ago and
all efforts to recapture it proved fu-
tile and were finally abandoned.
There has since been much commo-
ton among fishermen, caused by what
was supposed to be a mammoth pike
in "OId Hitch" mill pond, about ff-
teen miles east Of here The suppos-
ell pike has taken. off hooks from
the lines Of almost all the fishermen,
and on Thursday John Kenton, Geo.
Johnson and Hiram Wilson decided
to troll for the monster.
Accordingly, they set out, with
hooks attached to steel chains. They
caught several fish and Wilson felt
mighty tug on his line. His calls
for assistance brought the other fish
ermen tc his aid, and after hard
struggle that pulled their boat almost
across the pond the alligator came
into sight. None of them could tell
what it was, so the boat was rowed
to the bank near by. After fifteen
minutes hard pulling the object Of
the struggle changed tactics and
rushed on them. The men did not re-
main to argue the point with him, but
took safety in flight.
a party Of picnickers:. heard the
cries OF the men and rushed to the
bank. There they saw the alligator
and the women of the party were bad
ly frightened. All made for their
homes, and several returned with
guns and clubs, but the alligator
could not be found.
kenton and his companions went
to Hitch's pond yesterday with large
hooks and armed with gun and
axes. 1t was almost night when the
alligator took the hook, and a fight
that the participants will never for
get took place.
The boat trolling the alligator was
pulled near shore, and had reached
a point where the water was only
five feet deep when the boat was over
turned, the three men being thrown
in the water with the alligator.
1t was then that a real life and
death struggle was begun. The gun
was useless, being at the bottom, The
men used their axes and clubs, finally
overcoming the alligator, but not be-
fore he had severely injured Kenton
and Wilson with his tail.
The discovery of the alligator has
made plain several supposed mystic
ries of the pond. James Miller, about
a month ago, was teaching a bird
pup to retrieve by throwing a bali |
into the water and sending the dog
after it. The pup had made several
trips, when with a yelp and struggle |
it disappeared under the water.
Geese, pigs and ducks have been |
seen to disappear in a like manner
on several occasions and in conse-
uuence of this the pond has had
'hoodoo' cast over it,
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Preferred Jail,

A convict in New England prison
who had been sentenced to 4 life term
for murder in the second degree, hay
ing served 4 considerable number Of
years, was told that he would be re-
leased We're he to pledge himself to so
back to Italy, his native country, ana
never, never return to America. He
declined the offer Of freedom on the
ground that he could earn 50 little
money in the land Of the ancient Ro-,
mans that he would be hungry all the.
time at home, while in "a Yankee prison
he would get enough to eat at worst.
Reliable Furniture at Fairmont Fur
niture Co. =
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have some fine lots in Morrow
fIace yet. ii. Il Lanham. Z
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LOSSES in
NOUS BAT TIES

Cold Harbor-Federal, 1891; Con-
federate, LOO
Fredericksburg - Federal, 1928;
Confederate, 1876.
Chattanooga 5,61G, Con
federate, LISP.
A little explanatory comment is re-
quired. Borodino was the bloodiest
single days battle in modern times.
The: fighting at Leipsic lasted more
than three days. In the latter battle
the French lost about $4,000 sick and
wounded men, whom they had to
abandon in hospitals as they retreat
ed. These are not included in the fig
ures given. At Borodino, Leipsic and
other battles of Napoleon's later wars
the French included many national
tiles, such as Poles. Italians, Bel
gians, ETC. At Blenheim' the French
who fought and lost against Marlbor-
ough and Prince Eugene. had Bavarian
allies.
In the war of Frederick the Great
the army he defeated at Rossbach was
mainly French. At Kunersdorf the
force which routed him was chiefly
Russian. The French defeat at Sedan
was followed Immediately by the sur
render of an army of $4,000 men, The
losses at P1evna cover a siege OF
months, but the Russians and their
Roumanian allies lost 10000 in four
days of fighting. The Turkish losses
were chiefly in the surrender of 49,
900 men with the fortress.
The bloodest ten minutes of the
civil war was the first rush of the
Union army against Lees imDregna-
BILE works at Cold Harbor. In half an
hour the Federal loss was about 1000
and probably $500 fell in 10 minutes.
At that rate 81 900 men would be put
out of action in an hour, or 100000 in
a summer day, such as the struggle
at Waterloo covered. But no men that
ever wore uniforms could stand such
slaughter long.
1t will be seen that in many cases
troops fighting behind entertainments
suffered much less than those at
lacking such works. That is rule
OF modern war. 1t enabled the Beers
to inflict losses on the British which
were often ten times their own casual
ties. But in South Africa. as at San
tiaSo,, the numbers engaged on both
sides were so small that the losses of
fights famous in their day will attract
little notice in the far view OF his
tory. -
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The August Meteors.

This week the summer skies will
be enlivened by a sprinkle at least
from the celebrated periodic showers
of meteors radiating from the con-
stellation Perseus.
The date for the regular annual re-
currence Of this meteor stream and
its maximum display is August 10,
but adventurous strasglers from the
main body have been often observed
through the long interval from July
90 to August 16. These August me-
teors follow the same track as the
Third comet of 1862, discovered by
the American astronomer futile, and
are distributed, though not very even
ly, along an enormous ellipse, trav-
ersed in 100 years.
In 1902 a single observer counted
500 Parseids, and on August 10. from
half hour before midnight to the
next morning 239 were seen, the ma
jority of them of the swift, streak
leaving type. In 1898 a magnificent
shower was observed at Odessa on
August -, the chief radiating point
having been reported at an altitude
Of As degrees or so degrees in the,
northeastern armament, which CORE
spends nearly with the usual or nor
NAL place OF the Perseid center. Last
year there were also fine displays re-
ported from August to II, the color
of the brighter meteors being orange.
The familiar festoon of stars form
ing the constellation Perseus, from
which these fireballs seem to radiate,
will be readily recognized in the
northeastern sky.
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y, 81
NOTICE.

you see nice oking
couple driving around with a
good stylish horse, elegant harness,
nobby run-a-bout, carriage or trap.
with nice clean robes, and everything
to match. you can wager ten to one it
was hired from the Jackson Livery
Barn, as we put out only that kind.
FRED 8. JACKSON, Manager. Open
day and night.
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CITIZENS DOLLAR SAVINGS BANK.
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SOUTH SIDE PHARMACY.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-08-09

Is not caught by careless chasing
but by, ceaseless saving In plain e
words, put your dollars into this banks
and you'll have your own a syear hence
with four ca per cent. interest added
Multiply that by dollars and the yearsS
and you will find what yon own
decade hence. It's as plain as AB c.
when you bring your first doIiar3 here
Bring it.
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the building known as The Nuzum
block, and the members are consid-
cred prime movers in. matters rela-
tive to the welfare of the commu-
nifty.
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800. - 7sf-ls 2yPI' SO x E,,s-sa-.sss
JOSEPH SCHUSTER.

Contractor for Cement Sidewalks
Cellar Floors, Yards, Retaining WaaIs3
and Steps. Stable Floors and CelEsxB
made water tight, a specially
Residence-Spence street. nsa- Ma
pie avenue. F. & NJ. Phone, 53A- p
o. Box, 476. F'airmont, w. Va
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saNoTABLE q CONFLICTS OF. THE
TWO cENTU RiEs-RE-
MI VIEW oFSTHE WARS IN
EUROPE
AND THE UNITED sTATEs-THE
BATTLE DE- BORoDiNO THE
q: BEooDIEsTD DAY I'm WAR
q SSfs5 RECORDS

In the days Of hand-to-hand fighting
with pike and sword, battle ak and
dagger. the casualties Of a beaten
army ii al holly contested battle,
were apt to be final losses, says the
Baltimore Herald, The wounded
were usually taken prisoners or slain.
Few men hurt seriously escaped the
fierce and close pursuit of the victors.
Even the winning side had far
sma1leT proportion Of losses which
were merely temporary or technical
than armies suffer in these times,
when cry man hit by a rifle ball fig
lures in the list of casualties, and nine
out Of ten reported wounded recover
soon and rejoin their commands. In
modern war the so-called losses pub
lished after battle can be cut down
@S25# or 80 per cent. OF the official num-
bers, in ascertaining the permanent
sdiminution OF the forces engaged
N this respect. however, battles
diner widely Sometimes actions
tough at close quarters, under Pc
sculiar conditions, as, for instance, in
cases which involve the storming OF
strong works defended by heavy ar
til1ery, the proportion of casualties
which mean death may rise to some
thing ike the terrible mortality rate
ofmediaevaI wars. When the Rus
slams flung themselves upon the
French and Sandman lines at the
6Tchernaya river, before Sevastopol,
IN The summer of 1855, they left about
$500 dead on the field, and their
wounded seemed to number only
about half that number. But those
proportions are SO remarkable that it
must be taken for granted that many
slightly wounded Russians were sent
to the rear and never reported as
hurt IN records which the allies had
means OF comparing with their own
statistics.
Keeping in mind, then, the broad
fact that loses in battle may mean
anything, from death to slight hurts,
and the temporary absence from roll
call of troops which rejoin their colors
later, and remembering that all rec
sords# of casualties in war are dis
#pntedAby opposite sides and open to
more less doubt, it is extremely in
Steresting at this time to look over a
:IistSofs losses, as the figures have gone
into history, in some of the more IA
nous battles of modern wars. The
Following table shows how greatly the
fighting which has taken place so far
in the Russo-Japanese war falls short
- 81 - mas ihaiheo many
nolaDie . .sI 81 the last aoo years
ioss' 'o'ooo' NUS
san san Is, wv
~ aterloo-French loss $1,000; al
res as'ex, IVY. 49,
enllnden-French loss 5000;
Austr1an' i52 IVY
s D loias loss 5000; allies,
1000 "a
s epsle- r loss, $4,000; allies,
5000
len "A rstadt-French loss, $4,000;
russian sian . 80 ooo:
s$5 Bien helnl-trench loss, 10000; al
iie es e s
81 N alpl aQuet--F'rench loss, 10000; al
. ne KS , WV !,
aEs thtossba ct-- Il 500; allies, T.
s5to ..3
oFrndorf---Prusslan, 1000; Rus
sian sian 900
INK II 1faT.c off 11-lyc.c Tor, 81
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day and night.

given by the juices OF luscious fruits
ripe and fresh, makes Jim Martins
soda SO popular. The fact that all
these syrups are absolutely pure ap
peals to everyone's good sense who
values health. The water used is pure
also, and there is no Summer bever-
age so wholesome and delicious. Try
a glass of soda with his delicious ice
cream at the
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H. Lanham. n d
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1904-08-27
BRIEF BITS OF NEWS.

Dr. Charles F. H. Wilgohs, aged 100
years and months, is dead at Akron,
o. He was born in Denmark.
It is reported that Samsonoff, the
assassin Of M. Won Plehve, has been
sentenced to death and that the SEN
tence is now before the czar.
John Burley. a negro, was hanged
in Washington, D. c., Friday for Grim
inal assault on four-year-old negro
girl, committed in July, 1903.
Judge Julian Bennett of WATERFOWL,
s. D., is dead of heart failure. He
weighed 44O pounds and was known as
the largest judge in America.
Peter Sells, the we'll known show.
man. has suffered a stroke of paralysis.
His physicians regard his condition
as critical. He is fifty-seven years old.
Secretary of War William H. Taft
addressed Republican rally in Ar
mory hall at Montpelier, VT, Friday
afternoon The secretary was accord
ed an enthusiastic reception.
Professor Charles Shields. for many
years q teacher In the scientific de.
partment Of Princeton university, died
suddenly at Newport, r. l., from heart
disease. He was about seventy-five
years Of are y...~. !. 49,. >&$
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1904-08-27
DRIVE BACK RUSSIANS.
Japs Gust Port Arthur Defenders From
All but Three Forts.

Japs Gust Port Arthur Defenders From
All but Three Forts.
Chefoo, Aug. 27.-Golden hill, White
Marble mountain and I4iaoti mountain.
according to Chinese advices dated the
night of Aug. %, are now the only
main forts securely held by the Rus
SLAMS at Port Arthur. Others are oc-
cnpied by them, but they are sub
jected to an artillery fire which rem
ders their tenure uncertain. Fort No.
s, which has frequently been reported
taken by the Japanese and retaken by
the Russians, is again declared to be
in the hands of the Japanese.
A rumor, having some points indi-
eating authenticity, says that the new
European section of Port Arthur is in
flames. Owing to the mud and brick
construction of the buildings, how
ever, it Ia probable that the fire is not
general.
It Is said that the Japanese are using
guns taken from the harbor defenses
of Kobe, Nagasagi and Yokohama.
These guns, numbering 300, are of
heavy calibre.
A junk, which left Port Arthur on
Aug. %, reports that the Russian
wounded at that date numbered 5000
and that the Japanese occupied the
heights near Chaochanko It is further
reported that boys are fighting in the
Russian ranks now.
r
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1904-08-27
HAVE LITTLE INFORMATION.
Advices to the Russian War Office
Very Meaqer.


Very Meager.
St. Petersburg, Aug. 27.-The ad-
vices of the war Office from the front
are very meager. In fact they are con-
fined to a report dated Aug. "a, giving
an account of the advance of the Jap
anese column of 10000 men along the
main road towards Liaoyang, which
began at daybreak Aug. "a. The jap
anese drove in the Russian outposts
and when the column reached a point
couple of miles west of Liandiansian
the Japanese attempted to install bat
teries, but they met with such hot
fire that they only succeeded in plac-
ing one battery, which was soon COM
PEELED to change its position. At the
moment of sending the dispatch the
Japanese had suspended operations.
The war Office has no news of the re-
ported attack on Anshanshan and the
general staff is by no means satisfied
that the eastern movement of the JAP
anese is more than feint.
General Ivanoff is in command of
the late General Count Keller's corps
at Liandiansian.
The war office was much elated dur
ing the morning at the receipt of a
dispatch from Lieutenant General
Stoessel dated Port Arthur, Aug. p,
reporting that the Japanese had at
last been exhausted by their attacks
and that the bombardment had been
suspended. Full details regarding the
dispatch are not available, but it prob
ably refers to the Chefoo dispatch of
Thursday announcing the repulse of
the Japanese with heavy losses in
their attacks upon Fort No. and Fort
Etseshan.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1904-08-27
Harrison Discusses sItuati Oh.

= r IA II i,T
1T is a game of checkers" said
Mayor Harrison at the end of an hours
conference with President Donnelly's
committee. ,55l
"The, strikers have not changed
their position" said the mayor, and
the meeting resulted only in the alder
men being given full explanation Of
what the position is. President Don.
nelly told of the history of the original
strike, the agreement to resume work
and the strikers side of the renewal
of the strike" =
The mayor said he expected another
meeting with the strike leaders after
dismissing the packers representa-.
tives. So long as there appeared q
hope of results, he said, the meetings
with the contending interests would
be continued. -..'
Special Agent Ethelbert Stewart OF
the federal department of commerce
and labor was present at the confer.
ence with the strike leaders. He had
presented a written request to the
mayor, who had referred the question
of Mr. Stewards admittance to the
strike leaders and to the committee OF
aldermen.
ITO report to my department any
developments of the conference" was
Mr. Stewards explanation Of his re
quest for permission to attend the
meeting. There was no opposition tc
Stewards admittance from either the
council members or strike leaders.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1904-08-27
FOUR pIckNIckERs KILLED. II
Tornado Causes Havoc in Chautauqua
$@$&%S County, N, Y.


Buffalo. Aug. PA special to the
News from Dunkirk, N. Y, describes
the tornado which swept across Chau-
tauqua county as have been terrifying
In the extreme and most destructive
in its result. The worst havoc was
wrought in the town of Stockton,
where about 5000 persons had assem-
bled at the annual town picnic in
Parkhurst's grove. 1t was here that
four persons lost their lives and a
number of others were injured. Orrin
Dalrymple, aged sixty years, of Casa
daga; Mrs. Orrin Dalrymple, Ina
Scott, fifteen years, of Shumoa, and
Austin Pierce, aged nineteen, Of Glas-
gov, were killed.
The majority of the people at the
picnic were assembled beneath the
trees watching the sports when the
darkening of the sky warned the null
titudes of the approach of the storm
and drove the scattered ones to cover.
Full on this assemblage, closely
packed together under the trees, fell
the fury of the tornado. With a crash
that was heard above the roar of the
storm an immense oak fell on the
crowd gathered under it's shelter and
from beneath the tree were dragged
the killed and injured.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1904-08-27
OFFICIAL SEEKS INJUNCTION
State Treasurer Kempf Objects To Removal
of His Name From La Toilette Ticket
In Wisconsin.

Deen PREPARED and that unless he gave
the letter OF resignation requested he
would not even be given chance to
60 to Milwaukee to obtain money to
make good the $500 shortage, but
would be arrested then and there in
Madison. According to Mr.. Kempts
story his resignation was obtained by
Chairman Conner of the La Toilette
state central committee.
Accompanying the complaint in the
action is an order signed by Judge
Lawrence T. Halsey, circuit judge tor
Milwaukee county, restraining w. D.
Conner as chairman and Henry F.
Cochems as secretary of the La Fol-
lette state central committee from GER
tifying any other nomination to the
secretary of state for state treasurer,
and Secretary of State Walter L. Hou-
ser from placing any other name for
the nomination of state treasurer in
the La Toilette column than that OF
1ohn J. Kempf
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1904-08-27

Milwaukee, Aug. 27.-Further COM
.'lications have been added to the La
Toilette Republican state ticket by an
action begun during the day in the cir
cult court of Milwaukee county by
State Treasurer Kempf to restrain the
La Toilette state central committee
from removing his name from the list
of nominations on the La Toilette
state ticket.
Many of the allegations in the COM
plant are sensational and much Of the
inside history of the Kempf case is
given. 1t is practically charged that
the resignation of Mr.. Kempf from the
La Toilette ticket was obtained
through representations designed to
move Mr.. Kempf to do that which he
would not have done if left to his own
notion. 1t is alleged that Mr.. Kempi
was told that the papers for his arrest
on the charge of embezzlement had
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1904-08-27
MANY OIL TANKS BURNED
FIRE NEAR ANTWERP, BELGIUM.
RESULTS IN LOSS OF MIL.
LIONS OF FRANCS.

Antwerp, Belgium, Aug. 27:-The oil
tanks at Hoboken. three miles from
here, containing about 26,500,0O0 gal
Ions of petroleum, are ablaze. together
with the sheds, wagons and other
paraphernalia. The fire started at the
Russian company's tanks through the
ignition of escaping gas and the flames
quickly spread to the Standard Oil
company's tanks. A high wind famed
the fire.
Troops are assisting the fremen to
localize the conhagration.
The firemen say nothing can be done
except to allow the fire to burn itself
out. The estimates of the losses run
into millions of francs.
1t is reported that four workmen are
missing and it is feared that they lost
their lives in the flames.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1904-08-27
SLOW PROGRESS rs MADE
Committee Of Chicago Aldermen Now Seeks
n: to Settle the Packing House Strike. :.5s

Chicago, Aug. 27.-Union leaders
and packers during the day conferred
with the committee appointed by the
city council to seek terms of settle
ment for the stock yards strike. Sep
ATate sessions we're arranged. Presi-
dent Michael Donnelly of the butcher
Workmen, Matthew Carr of the allied
trades conference board and Organizer
John J. Fitzpatrick of the Chicago
Federation of Labor were selected to
represent the unions president Don.
nelly was hopeful.
2#sssln spite of all that has been said,'
he asserted, Il believe the packers
are weary of fighting us and will be
willing to agree to terms
.S The packers gathered at the offices
Of Nelson Morris & Co., where con-
ference on the proposed attempt to
settle the strike by the aldermen was
discussed. The conference was a pri-
vate one, but Alderman Thomas Carey
was admitted and remained for almost
m hour. rs.
Eight Catholic clergymen, led by
the Rev. Edward Kelly of st. Cecilia s
church, held a conference with Presi.
dent Donnelly. Several of the clergy,
men had come from other cities. After
comforting with the Rev. Father Kelly
they decided to offer their services
toward a settlement of the strike. 1t
was reported that in every city great
suffering was resulting from the strike
No word of the outcome of the confer.
ence was given out.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1904-08-27
BALTIC fleet MOVES.
Leaves cronstadt Preparatory to Start
ing for Far East.

Leaves cronstadt Preparatory to Start
ing for Far East.
st. Petersburg, Aug. 27.-The Baltic
feet has left Cronstadt on a trial
cruise. The feet consists of the bat
tleships Souvarouff, flagship; Boro-
dino, Alexander ILL.,. Oslaabia and
Orel; the cruisers Dmitri Donskoi, Au-
rora, Zeemtchuga, izumrud and Almaz
and the transports Okean and Kan.
tchatka, with number of torpedo
boat destroyers.
While it is officially stated that the
feet is bound on a trial cruise it is
believed by many people that the war
ships will not return to Cronstadt IN
less in the case of serious break.
down, but that they will put into Ii
bau, where they will be Joined by aux
iliary cruisers, GOLFERS and torpedo
boat destroyers, built at Libau and
Reval, and there await their ultimate
start for the Far East.