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The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-09-09
ASSESSMENT NOTICE.
High Line Ditch Company.

Notice is hereby given that at a
meeting of the trustees of the High
Line Ditch company, held on the 10th
day of August, 1904, an assessment
of 5 per cent per share was levied
upon the capital stock of the corpora.
ton, payable on or before the goth
day of September, 1904, to the secre-
tary, at his ranch, or by mail at Bill
ings, Montana. Any stock upon which
the assessment remains unpaid on
the said goth day of September, 1904,
will be delinquent and advertised for
sale at public auction and unless pay
ment is made before will be sold on
the 5th day Of October, 1904, to pay
delinquent assessment, together with
costs of advertising and expenses Of
sale.
33-4t E. B. HASTINGS, Secy.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-09-09
THE RESULT IN VERMONT.
Republican Plurality Shows a Sigh
Increase.


Increase.
White River Junction, VT, Sept. S.
With only two small towns missing, 6
Republican plurality of 31,50O in Tues
days election is believed to be within
q few votes of the correct figures. -Four
years ago it was 1882.
The total vote for governor, without
the two towns, is: Bell (Rep.), 47,-
991; Porter (Dem.), 16,492; Republi-
can plurality, 31,449. The missing
towns gave a Republican plurality last
year of 68.
A tabulation of the returns compared
with those Of 1900 shows that the Re-
publicans gained in eight counties an
aggregate of 1.432, making a net Re-
publican loss of 444.
On the other hand the Democrats
| gained in three counties an aggregate
| of 212 votes. losing in the other eleven
an aggregate of 1,241, making a net
| Democratic loss of 1929.
The next legislature will be more
completely controlled by the Republi-
cans than for many years. The senate
will be solidly Republican, where last
year there were five Democrats. Re-
turns for the house show 1856 Republic
cans, 30 Democrats, 8 independents
and 2 Citizens members. Last year
the Democrats had so members in the
| h0nSo. n
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-09-09
GRANT SPLITS BELLS ARMY.
Left Wing Of the Latter's Force is Cut
in Two,

Left Wing Of the Latter's Force is Cut
in Two.
Gainesville. Va, Sept. 8.-The first
maneuve problem closed at noon
Wednesday with General Grants force
pushed through the LETT wing of Cen
eral Bells army. This put the blue
force within two miles Of Thorough
fare Gap, the objective point. How
ever, General Bell had Smiths bri-
gade on the right and Barry's brigade
on the left of this breach in his line
and Colonel Wagner, chief umpire,
draws no conclusion as to what might
happen had not hostilities ceased I'M
der the command previously issued by
General Corbin to cease hostilities at
noon so that the tired troops might
be given relief. Previous to this at
tack on the part of the blue force
there had been severe fighting on the
line to which General Bell had fallen
back during the night. This line, the
Antioch road, vas within two miles OF
the western limit of the zone
and extended the five miles of the
width of the zone. While General
Bell was falling back to the new line
General Grant, between midnight and
daylight, concentrated his forces fol
an attack on the brown left. He with
drew all of his cavalry from the south
ern portion of his line, their position
on the first day, and threw two full
brigades and sixteen guns to the point
indicated. His artillery was so wei.
| placed that it had unobstructed play
! for an hour on the brown line. The
! effect of this fire was not taken into
account by a decision rendered by the
umpire on the field early in the battle
when the blue force was required tt
fall back, but was taken into account
later and credit given accordingly.
Every spectacular feature of a bat
| tie in full progress vas produced II
the maneuvers and the field was
viewed from near and far by many
spectators.
Some of the militia troops ate theil
two days rations the first day ant
went hungry Wednesday,.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-09-09
(First Publication. Aug. IL, 1904.-4w
CONTEST NOTICE.

Department of the Interior, United
States Land Office, Bozeman, Mon
tana, August 9, 1904.-A sufficient con-
test affidavit having been filed in this
office by Kate Wells, contestant,
against homestead entry No. 4273,
made October g., 1901, at Bozeman,
Montana, for lots 2 and 3, and SEA
NWA, SWA NEA section l, town
ship 8 south, range % east, NJ. P. NJ,
by Clarence d. Hatch, c~ontestee, in
which it is alleged that said Clarence
D. Hatch died in November, 1902;
that the heirs of said Clarence D.
Hatch, If any there are, nor any one
of them, have lived upon, cultivated
or improved said land for more than
six months last past, but have wholly
abandoned the same; that n David
Smethurst, who was administrator OF
the estate of entryman, has sold all
of the improvements on the land:
that after diligent inquiry it is learned
| IuH Iu0I0 NVS AO AOAAo VI NA AASeSA
known to exist; said parties are
hereby notified to appeaer, respond
and offer evidence touching said al
legation at 10 o'clock a. m. ON Septem-
Der Is, 1904, before T. A. Williams,
clerk of the court, at Billings, Mon
rana, and that final hearing will be
held at 10 o'clock a. m. on September
26, 1904, before the Register and Re
ceiver at the United States Land
Office in Bozeman, Montana.
The said contestant having, im a
proper affidavit, filed August 9, 1904
set forth facts which show that afte,
due diligence personal service of this
notice can not be made, it is hereby
ordered and directed that such notice
be given by due and proper publica
ton.
MI r. WILSON, Register.
J. N. KELLY, Receiver.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-09-09
NOT DISPLAYING ANXIETY.
Russian General staff Thinks kuropat
kjn's Army Is Safe.


kin's Army Is Safe.
st. Petersburg, Sept. S.-The gen
eral staff is not displaying greae
anxiety over the alarmist reports tnat
General Kuropatkin is in serious ian
ger of being cut off, but II they nau
any information from the front on
J Wednesday they have not revealed 1t.
The members also decline to say, even
IL they know, whether General kuro-
patkin purposes taking his army north
Of Mukden.
An officer of the general staff said
last night:
81 believe it is safe to say that
tGeneral Kuropatkin's army is now u
of danger. Our advices since Monday
| indicate that the fighting is of an In
! significant character, and l do not be-
lieye that the tired Japanese troops
are capable Of seriously threatening
the line of retreat. The greatest diff
| ficulty our army is now having to con-
tend with is the terrible roads. owing
to the rain of Monday and Tuesday.
"Our information is that the bulk
! of the baggage has already passed
| through Mukden. This is the usual
procedure in the case of any retreat"
Kuropatkin's movement, after all,
must depend chiefly on the tactics OF
the Japanese, with whom lies the in
| itiative. IT the Japanese continue to
press north in the hope of cutting Off
the Russians and bringing them to bay,
then Kuropatkin will be obliged to
move north to circumvent them. But
both armies already are terribly X
| hausted and if they again come to bat
tie. the result will depend largely on
which of them is able to throw the
most fresh reserves into the fight.
If there is a race northward it is ap-
parent that tho c-eatest danger will
come at the narrow defile of Tiehling,
thirty miles north of Mukden, but the
authorities seem fairly we'll satisfied
with the situation and are confident
of it's ultimate outcome.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-09-09
TOOK IMPORTANT POSITIONS.
Japs Had Port Arthur Russians in Des.
perate Plight.

Chefoo, Sept. Sit is apparent
that the heavy fighting reported by
numerous Chinese refugees as having
occurred before Port Arthur between
Aug. q and 81, occurred chiefly on the
first two days mentioned, the Japanese
thereafter directing their efforts al
most entirely to holding the positions
they had obtained. That these posi-
tfons we're of considerable Importance
Is evidenced by the fact that the Rus
SLAMS risked the lives of valuable men
n open fight in their efforts to dis,
lodge the Japanese from them. Az
has been previously reported, the
Japanese troope retired from nearl!
al points. ON the night Of Aug. 81.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-09-09
WHOLE COUNTRY IS AFLAME
Wild and Contradictory Rumors Thick
at Mukden.

Wild and Contradictory Rumors Thick
at Mukden.
Mukden, Sept. 8.-The whole coun-
try is aflame with the widest and most
contradictory rumors.
The principal interest in the situa-
ton is in the fact that the Chinese
population is turning more against
Russia with the advance of the Japa-
nese army.
Mukden itself is o~vercrowded and it
is almost impossible to get food or a
place to sleep.
Everywhere there is the greatest
uproar and confusion and many fami-
lies are leaving in the direction of
Hardin. The soldiers, however, are
not at all disheartened at the result
of the fight, and they say that the
Japanese losses are so tremendous as
to seriously weaken them. They de.
clare that they have made the Japa-
nese pay infinitely more for Liaoyang
than it was worth.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-09-09
RUSSIAN WOUNDED DYING.
FrightfuI Injuries From Shrapne'
Prove Fatal.

London, Sept. 8.-The Daily Nails
Kupangtse correspondent, cabling un-
der date of Sept. Z, says:
Rail cars at the rate of eighty a
day, loaded with wounded. are pass
ing through the station for Mukden.
The shrapnel injuries are frightful,
and a majority Of the men succumb
on the journey to the hospital.
Correspondents arriving here keen
" resent their treatment by the Japa-
nese and declare that they see nothing
of the war. They are treated as
though they are spies, while native
correspondents are permitted to see
the fighting and telegraph freely"
The Daily Nails Chefoo correspond
ent says that Rear Admiral Uriu has
been ordered to remain outside Shang-
hal with his squadron until Port Ar
thur falls.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-09-09
EDITORS AT BANQUET
DEMOCRATIC ScRlBES TALK POLL.
TICS AT A DINNER IN NEW
YORK CITY.

New York, Sept. 8.-Nearly 500
Democratic editors from all parts OF
the United States met at a banquet at
the Waldorf Astoria last night. the oc-
casion being a national ,~eol-e.ence OF
Democratic editors which was called
at the instance Of the Democratic ma
tional committee. .
The toast list included several of
the best known Democratic editors in
the country, and all of them responded
to toasts on political subjects.
Colonel Sylvanus E. Johnson, Wash
ington correspondent of the Cincin-
natl Enquirer, and a former president
of the Gridiron club, was the toast
master.
A large orchestra furnished music
during the dinner. When Dixie"
was played, the diners, many of whom
were from the South, jumped to their
feet, and the Rebel yell was given sew
eral times. Enthusiasm was at the
highest pitch when the selection was
encored.
Colonel Johnson, in a brief speech
introduced Colonel Henry Watterson,
who responded to the toast THE Issue
and the Outlook" !
Herman Ridder followed Mr.. Wat
terson.
A letter from Joseph Pulitzer, writ
ten from Bar Harbor, Me-, to Chair
man Daniels, in which the writer sale
that physical infirmities prevented hi:
being present, was read.
Clark Howell, editor of the Atlantis
Constitution, spoke to the toast, Dem
o~cratic Success the Guarantee of Ma
tional Unity.
John B. Stoll, editor of the Soutl
Bend >Ind.) Times, and Andrew Nc
Lean, editor of the Brooklyn Eagle
also smoke.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-09-09
THREE PERSONS KILLED AND At
LEAST THIRTY INJURED At
1iSKlLAWA, ILL.
VICTIMS UNDER WREcKAeE
DEATH LIST MAY BE INCREASED
WHEN ALL THE DEBRIS IS
CLEARED AWAY.

Princeton, ILL.,, Sept. Sat least
three persons were killed and thirty
we're injured last night when a fast
passenger train on the Chicago, Rock
Island and Pacific railroad was wrecked
at Tiskilawa.
The dead are a man supposed to be
Donaldson of Chicago, an unidentified
Italian and an unidentified man, about
thirty-dve years old, all passengers.
The passenger train ran into the
rear end of a freight train that had
broken in two. The engineer escaped
injury but the fireman was severely
hurt.
Half a dozen passenger cars were
wrecked and the passengers thrown in
every direction, eight landing IN a
corn field at one side of the track.
Many of the injured have been
taken to Tiskilawa and others to the
hospital at La Sale.
Physicians and nurses have been
summoned from many of the surround
ing towns. Several persons were
pinioned in the wreckage and more
may be dead.
The wreck was caused by a peculiar
accident. Shortly before the time for
the southwestbound passenger to ar
rive at Tiskilawa an eastbound freight
train broke in two while running at a
high rate Of speed. The two sections
almost Immediately came together
again with great force, piling up sew
eral boxcars on the ~westbound track.
! almost directly in front of the fast
| passenger train. The engineer of the
latter was unable to stop and the pas
| senger train hit the wreckage while
| going at an estimated speed OF be
tween fifty and sixty miles an hour.
The baggage car, smoker and for
ward chair cars were converted into
kindling owwd. The three sleeping
cars remained on the track and the
occupants, beyond a severe shaking
were unhurt.
When it was seen that the wreck
could not be prevented, the engineer
and fireman jumped, the latter sus
tanning severe injuries by the fall
Many passengers were buried beneath
the wreckage OF the smoker and chail
ears and it was some time before as
sistance arrived on the scene. There
are twelve seriously injured passen
gers at the hotel at Tiskilawa.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-09-09
BELIEVED THAT THE MAIN RUS
SIAN ARMY WILL MAKE A
STAND THERE.
~
RUSSIAN LOSS VERY HEAVY
TEN THOUSAND MEN CAPTURED
AND FORTY THOUSAND FALL
IN THE FIGHTING.

IA great battle is now raging before
Mukden. The First and Seventeenth
Russian army corps are engaged In
irving to hold back the forces of Gen
eral Kuroki.
Evidently the Japanese are making
a desperate effort to isolate the main
Russian army before it a reach
Telling pass, thirty miles north OF
Mukden. Once through this narrow
and dangerous defile, the Russians
could, by the sacrifice of a small
force, hold the advancing hordes OF
the Japanese in check until the main
Russian army had obtained a good
lead on the long retreat to Hardin,
about 300 miles farther north.
It is possible that Kuropatkin, in
case his forces repulse those OF ku.
roki near Mukden, will make a stand
at Telling pass, where all conditions
are favorable for a successful defense.
But it is a question whether his sup
niles would allow him to make such q
stand.
Kuropatkin, who is at Mukden, has
taken precautions to prevent the seiz-
ure of Telling pass by the Japanese,
and all the Russian guns, supplies and
men who have reached Mukden have
continued on to the north, showing
that Kuropatkin will not make a stand
at Mukden itself unless circumstances
compel an engagement there.
from Toxic comes the report that
10000 Russians have been captured
since the Japanese crossed the Taitse
river and estimating the total Russian
losses since the retreat from Liaoyang
began at fully $4,000 men, or about
one-fourth of Kuropatkin's estimated
army.
The whole country around Mukden
is afiame with the widest and most
contradictory rumors, but the most
alarming statement is that the Chinese
population is growing more hostile to
the Russians as the Japanese advance
The Japanese are still ~harrassing
the Russian e a guard and with ku'
roki's forces crashing against the flank
of the fleeing Russians, the prelude to
the most colossal conflict of the wal
is now being waged near Mukden
The issue Of the campaign itself will
probably be decided at Telling.
The Japanese are said to have land
ed several fresh divisions at PossieI
bay, just south of V~ladivostok. This
force may isolate that place and a por
ton of it march along the railroad tt
Hardin or cut off K%uropatkin's retrea1
to that place.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-09-09
MOB LyNcHEs a NEGRO.
Smokes Him Out of the Jail and Then
hanqs Him.

Huntsville, Ala, Sept. 8.-After set
ting fire to the Jail and smoking out
the prisoner while the fire department
was held at bay with guns and the
sheriff. his deputies and the soldiers
were outwitted, a mob of 1000 persons
last night lynched Horace Naples, a
negro. accused of numbering John
Waldrop. Naples was hanged on q
tree on the courthouse lawn.
This action of the mob was taken
notwithstanding strong protests made
by Solicitor Erie Pettus and H. Wal
lace. Jr., in stirring speeches in which
law ana order were pleaded.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-09-09
PROBLEM NOT YET SOLVED.
Arrival at Mukden Does Not Mean
Safety for kuropatkin.

Safety for kuropatkin.
London, sept. S.-The trend OF the
view OF the morning newspapers on
the war in the far East is that General
Kuropatkin's arrival at Mukden does
not solve the problem of his retreat.
Where will Kuropatkin stop?" is
what is asked. Z
The Daily Telegraph holds that the
latest Developments are merely the
prelude TO the Colossal conflict loom
ing in the future"
Most of the English critics look for
q repetition of the Liaoyang battle at
Telling or in that neighbOrhoOd.
Scarcely any London newspapers be-
lieve that Kuropatkin has taken the
bulk of his forces with him to Muk-
den. It is pointed out that neither
side is likely to risk the dissertation of
the imperial tombs by a pitched bat
tie at Mukden. The cradle of the
Manchu dynasty and the Mecca of all
good Manchus, it is thought, will like
ly be respected from motives OF policy
by both the helligerents, though a
comparatively pacific occupation of it
by the Japanese is ~f0recasted to oc-
| cur within a few days.
The Standard voices a prevalent
idea; namely, that the continued jap
anese silence bodies i'll for the Rus
SLAMS. q
The Morning Post, though confessed
ly unable to sum up the situation ow-
ing to the absence of Japanese official
reports. thinks that General Kuroki
may have crossed the Hun river to the
east of Mukden.
Other critics prophesy that the Jap
anese will occupy Mukden or Telling
as a winter base.
The Daily Telegraph's Seoul CORE
spondent says there is an unconfirmed
report there that the Japanese have
landed several fresh divisions OF
troops in the vicinity of Possiet bay,
south of V~ladivostok, cutting off the
retreat of the Russians in Northeast
ern Korea.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-09-09
PARKER TO MAKE A SPEECH.
Democratic Candidate Will Address
Visiting Editors.

Esopus, N. Y, Sept. 8.-Alton B.
Parker will make his first speech
since his formal acceptance of the
Democratic nomination at Rosemount
today in the presence of the visiting
editors of Democratic newspapers. 1t
will take the form of a reply to an adj
dress Of greeting to be made by
Charles w. Knapp of st. Louis.
The editors are expected to arrive
| from New York before noon.
Judge Parker will speak from the
yeranda al Rosemount and with the
exception of the brief speeches there
will be nothing formal about the oc'
| raSiOn
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-09-09
THOMAS TAceART EXPLAINS.
Result In Vermont as Viewed by Demo-
cratic Chairman.

cratic Chairman.
New York, Sept. 8.-The following
statement concerning the result in Yer.
mont was issued by Chairman Thomas
Taggart Of the Democratic national
committee:
1.-THE result in Vermont is not sur.
prising in view of the unparalleled eff
forts made by the Republicans and the
quiet campaign conducted by the
Democrats. The administration con-
centrated all it's forces and resources
upon that state. Moreover, it was pro-
claimed throughout the state that the
president had promised the candidate
for governor to attend his Inaugural
ton in case he obtained a majority OF
100000.
"In view of these efforts, made
before by any party in a September
election, it is remarkable that the ad
ministration did not succeed in in
creasing the Republican majority"
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-09-09
Mosquitoes KIN Two Children.

Mazatlan, Mex, Sept. ga plague
of mosquitoes is reported from the
town of Eldorado. The insects are
said to be of extraordinary size and
appear in swarms at night. One wo-
man has been driven insane by the
attacks of mosquitoes and two infants
have died Of their bites.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-09-09
GREAT BATTLE Is ON
kURokps TROOPS ATTACK RUS.
SIAN FORCES AT THE GATES
s OF MUkDEN.

Paris, Sept. 8.-The st. Petersburg
correspondent of the Echo de Paris
says:
"A great battle is going on before
Mukden. The First and Seventeenth
corps are engaged against General
Kuroki.
General Kuropatkin, with the bulk
Of his troops. is moving toward Tiel-
ing"
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-09-09
(First Publication August 26, 1904.
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION.

nv I'VE VT
Department of the Interior, Land
Office at Bozeman, Montana, August
%, 19O4.-Notice is hereby given that
the following named settler has fled
notice Of his intention to make final
proof i'm support of his claim, and that
said proof will be made before T. A.
Williams, Clerk of Court, in his office
at Billings, Montana, ON October 4,
1904, viz:
CLAUS NILSSON,
Homestead entry No. 2431, for the lots l.
Section 80, Township l south, range
26 east, M. P. M
He names the following witnesses
to prove his continuous residence upon
and cultivation of said land, viz:
James flanagan, John Erickson, Will.
liam Davis, Fred Loffer, all of Billings.
Montana.
M. R. WILSON. Register.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-09-09
VERY HEAVY LOSSES
TEN THOUSAND RUSSIANS ARE
CAPTURED AND FORTY THOU
SAND SLAIN.

Toxic, Sept. s.-More than 10000
Russian prisoners have been taken
since the crossing of the Taitse river,
and it is expected that the retreat from
Liaoyang will show a Russian loss of
more than $4,000.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-09-09
IOWA BANKER INDICTED.
Day Cunning Of Mount Ayr Accused Of
Fraudulent Banking.

Des Moines, Sept. 8.-Day Dunning.
president OF the defunct Citizens
bank at Mount Ayr, Ia, was Wednes-
day indicted for fraudulent banking
on five counts. The failure of his
bank last spring involved about $780,
600 loss and seriously crippled Mount
ayr business interests.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-09-09
MURDER AND SUICIDE.

Kentuckian Kills His Wife and Ends
His Own Life.
Louisville, KY, Sept. 8.-William E.
Neal, under indictment for the muir.
der last winter of Assistant Common
wealth Attorney James K. Spreader.
Wednesday shot and killed his wife,
Nellie Robinson Neal, and then ended
his own life. The tragedy occurred
in a clearinghouse IN West Broad
way, where Neal and his wife had been
living since Sunday as MI. and Mrs
Johnson of Nashville, Tenn.