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St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1904-05-25
CABOT:


The graves will be decorated in the
morning on Decoration day. The adj
dress to which all are invited, will be in
the afternoon.
The memorial sermon will besgiven
next Sunday at the Congregational
church, both churches uniting. Sunday
school at the Methodist church as usual.
Mr. Luce of Boston is boarding at w.
r. Putnam's.
Work has stopped at Daniels mill for
repairs.
Lizzie Dawson is visiting in Peacham.
Joel Harvey has his house newly
painted which improves its looks very
much.
Ethel Warden of Woodbury. is at her
grandfather's, S. B. Blodgett's, and is
attending the Lower Cabot school.
Mrs. Nellie (Myers) Corliss of Fairlee is
visiting her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Lafay-
cite Myers.
Mrs. Nellie Swerdfeger English has
village school.
Mrs. Myrtle Smith Ford has gone to
Calais to spend few weeks with her
parents.
Mrs. John Mills visited her daughter,
last week.
Maude Marsh, who is teaching at
Walden, was home over Sunday.
Albert Woodward of Marshfeld has
bought the William Whittier house.
Cards areout announcing the marriage
Of Charles P. Hatch and Miss Sarah Nc
Alliston on last Wednesday.
Friday afternoon each school will be
visited by a soldier from the 6. A. R., and
| patriotic program will be observed.
LUNENBURG.
| The annual meeting of the Woman's
| club met with Miss White on Tuesday
| afternoon of this week.
The Ladies Aid society will meet with
Rev. and Mrs. Jenning on Wednesday
| afternoon of this week.
| Mr.. Washburn of Burlington was in
| town a short time last week.
| The townspeople regret to loose Mr..
| Shepperdson who leaves the first of June
| for his new place of business.
| Fred Turner of Canaan was in town
the first of last week.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1904-05-25
WANTED.

American women between Is and 80
years OF age to work as attendants in
the Medfeld Insane Asylum at Med6eld
Junction. Mass, 20 miles from Boston.
Wages increase with length of service. An
opportunity to become a trained nurse.
Address,
DR.. Edward French,
MedfeId Mass
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1904-05-25

The Memorial exercises will be held In
the hall this week in accordance with
the law.
The school in the West neighborhood
gave box party last Friday evening
and a large number from the village
went out and enjoyed a pleasant even
ing. Proceeds for new flag.
George Lothrop who has been spend
ing some time with his daughter Mrs.
Jennings will soon return to his home in
Maine. He is much pleased with this
town.
The Oregon Medicine Co. are giving
entertainments at the hall this week.
The funeral of Mrs. Woods who died
the first OF last week was held in the
Catholic church last Thursday morning.
The remains were taken to Lancaster
for burial.
Spring flowers are nearly all in bloom
now and many are seen in large guam
titles.
Bert Silsby has been making number
of improvements in his home.
Martin Pond who has been i'll for sc
long is much improved in health, al
though still quite feeble.
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The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-05-17
BAND OF eRiaANDs BEATEN
Native irreg llars Do Some Fighting
Near NewchWand.

N~ewchwan5 May ia band of
brigands WIS attacked about a mile
and a half southeast OF this city at
night by a number of native irregulars.
Three of the brigands were killed and
two mortally wounded by the natives,
who were not assisted by the RUSSIAN
troops.
The Russians are Offering splendid
pay tor natives as \ >lroad guai@A,
which would enable them to pace
more fighting men in the field. but TIE
Chinese are not ACCEPTING the offer.
A Chinese engineer reports thirty
miles of the broad crippled wlthin
the past twenty-four hours between
HsingyO and Watantien.
The total number Of japanese troops
landed at Pitsewo amounts to 10000
A Russian officer here says that ths
Russian plan is to retreat to 11arblr
and remain there until more troops ar
rive and then make a quick AID de
cisive campaign ~south1a.l. !ate
summer rains con7.:alce s. i Glt
then campaigning W. .c all Tut In
possible.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-05-17
CLOSE TO LIAOYANG
JAPANESE ARMY SLOWLY AND
CAUTIOUSLY APPROACHES
RUSSIAN POSITION.

Liaoyang, May 16.-The japanese
army in Southern Manchuria is march
ing slowly, evidently being DESTROYS of
remaining in close touch with the re-
serves. The movement is aimed
partly at Haicheng, but chiefly at
Liaoyang. The Japanese main force
is only forty miles from Liaoyang.
The Russian troops are in excellent
health and spirits and anxious to do
duty. The inspiring sounds OF the
Russian soldiers choral songs re-echo
through Liaoyang the whole day,
varied by the music OF the bands of
freshly arriving regiments.
General kuropatkin, while making
an inspection of the hospitals, said to
a wounded Japanese guardsman:.
81 visited your country, and saw
very active people. Now I am con-
WINGED that you are excellent soldiers
and I am proud to meet such a foe"
To this the %guardsman replied: my
nation wanted war and will fight to
the last, but it is Japan's luck that
Russia is vulnerable here"
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-05-17
BANDITS GROW BOLD
ATTACK COAL MINES THAT ARE
GUARDED By THREE HUN
DRIED RUSSIANS.

Liaoyang, May 16.-Chinese bandits
are becoming holder and are causing
considerable trouble to the Russian
outposts. A swarm of the bandits at
noon of May 10 attacked the coal
mines on the branch line east OF Yam
tai station, ten miles north of Lao
yang. The mines, which supply the
whole railroad, were guarded by 200
rifemen and 100 Cossacks. In a
fierce fight the Russians repealed the
bandits and then charged them, the
bandits fleeing to the hills and to
three n%eighboring villages. The troops
surrounded the villages and demanded
the surrender of the bandits. The sur
render was. at first refused but, fearing
that the Russians would destroy their
homes, the villagers finally revealed
the hiding places of the f%ugitives. The
bandits fought with the desperation OF
entrapped rats, and fifty of them were
spearcd and killed. The Russians
suffered NO loss.
Among seventeen prisoners taken
by the troops were two Japanese Oil
GERS who had escaped from the Rus
SLAMS. One Of the bandits taken prls.
oner confessed that the bandits had
been hired by the Japanese, whom
they we're supplying with information
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-05-17
KuROPATKlN is CONFIDENT.
Thouqh He and AIexieff Quarrel ove'
Authority.

Paris, May 16.-The correspondent
in ST. Petersburg of the Echo de Paris
saws the general staff considers the
blockade of Port Arthur as min
portant.
The correspondent adds that he is
Informed that the railway has been
destroyed since May IA over a dis
lance of tw~enty-eight miles.
General Kuropatkin, he declares,
seems more confident, though it ap-
pears that he still has a serious diff.
ference with .Viceroy Alexieff, who has
complained in a telegram to the en-
peror, which did not pass through the
hands of the military censorship, that
Kuropatkin does not heed his orders
or advice. 1t is the general desire
that kuropatkin shall be the sole head
of military operations.
The feeling in st. Petersburg, the
correspondent says, is strong against
Sweden on account of the precaution.
ary measures taken by that power in
mining harbors. 1t is rumored here
that submarine boats have been
bought by Japan to lay in ambush
in the Slito roadstead, which has been
| already mined, for the passage of Rear
| Admiral Rojestvenski's squadron.
Every %precaution will be taken.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-05-17
Proposals for Bonds

Notice is hereby given that sealed
proposals will be received by the
board of trustees of school distric,
No. 2, Yellowstone county, Montana,
until IL O'Clock loon May 81, 1904,
at the First National bank of Bill
ings, for the purchase of twelve thou
sand dollars ($12,OOO) Of coupon bonds
to be issued by said school district.
! Said bonds to be Of the denomination
of one thousand dollars ($1,OOO) each,
bearing date of July 1, 1904, payable
in twenty (2O) years and redeemable
in ten (1O) years after date, and to
bear interest at a rate not to exceed
five per CEN Is per cent? per annum.
Interest payable semi-annually on
January l and July l of each year.
Bonds and interest payable at the
office of the treasurer of Yellowstone
county, Montana, or at the office OF
the United States Mortgage and Trust
company of New York City, N. Y. A
certified check for 5 per cent of the
amount of bid must accompany each
proposal. Each bid must be marked
Proposals for Coupon Bonds"
The board reserves the right to re-
ject any or all bias.
If successful bidder desires, bonds
will be certified to by the United
States Mortgage and Trust company
of New York.
BY order of the board.
IRA L. WHITNEY,
Clerk of School District No. 2, Vel.
lowstone County, Montana.
Dated at Billings, Montana, April
49,. 1904. 1O1-1O
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-05-17
suIclDED IN CHURCH.
Chicago Man Hanged Himself in thu
Belfrv.

Chicago, May l6.-The dead body OF
a man dangling at the end of a rope
in the belfry of the Emmanuel Bap-
fist church, Michigan avenue, was the
grewsome sight which met the eyes OF
the congregation as they assembled
for Sunday mornings service. The
police were notified at once and the
body cut down and taken away. In
one of the pockets of the dead mans
coat was found a memorandum book
bearing the name and address of Will
lam Johnson, 2233 Webster avenue,
Pittsburg. Written on a fly leaf of
the book were the following words:
r"Well, I see that nothing but my
death will satisfy the outraged public.
Therefore l will give it, but l will be
my own executioner."
1t is supposed that Johnson had
been hanging in the belfry since Fri
day night, when he was last seen to
| enter the church. He had been en-
! ployed on different occasions by the
pastors to repair the electric lights at
the top of the steeple. Friday he
worked all day at the top of the bel
fry and when his work was finished it
is believed he deliberately climbed in
side the steeple and hanged himself.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-05-17
AFFAIRS AT PORT ARTHUR.
japanese Fleet Maintains a Passive
Blockade Of the Place.

st, Petersburg. May 16.-The en-
peror has received the following re-
port from Viceroy Alexieff dated
May IA:
Il beg respectfully to communicate
to your majesty a report from Rear
Admiral Wittsoeft on the state OF al
fairs at Port Arthur from May 6 to
| May -. The report was brought by
| express runner from Dachichao sta
| ton on the eve of the second Interrupt
ton of communication by the enemy.
1t follows:
"fThe enemy's squadron. composed
of ironclads, cruisers and torpedo
boats, appeared off Port Arthur May
5 and continues to blockade without
undertaking active operations.
"'The work of repairing the iron
| clads Czarevitch and Retvizan is pro
ceeding with undated energy and
with every success.
During an examination of the
roadstead and fairway at the spot
where the battleship Pobieda was
damaged by a mine we found one OF
the enemy's defense mines which hac
been exploded by the force of the hur
ricane.'"
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-05-17
REPORTS uNcoNFlRMED.
Nothing Known of a Great Battle at
Siuyen.

London. May 16,-No confirmation
has reached London of the runlors Of
a great battle at Siuyen and no atten-
ton whatever is paid to the wild re-
ports of the fall of Port Arthur. In
Japanese quarters here confidence is
expressed that a great assault upon
that fortress will, be attempted before
the end of May.
The correspondent of the Daily
News at Chefoo says that he left Port
Arthur last Tuesday. when the chan
mel had been cleared, .wo cruisers
having steamed outside. On May Z,
he adds. the garrison there numbered
5000 men and was provisioned for
| nine months.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-05-17
DEADLOCK UNBROKEN
BUT A CHANGE MAY SOON OCCUR
IN REPUBLICAN, CONVEN-
TON IN ILLINOIS.

Springfield, ILL.,, May 16.-It now
looks as if there would be at least ar
other day of fruitless balloting before
the gubernatorial deadlock in the Re-
publican state convention is broken.
1t is quite possible that a break will
come some time i'll the afternoon, but
recent developments do not justify any
such prediction. A comparatively
small number of the delegates are
here, most of them having gone home
to spend Sunday, but the candidates
and their trusted advisers remained
on the ground, and con-
f~erences have been held during the
day. 1t is known definitely that des-
perate efforts are being made to take
from the Yates column enough dele
| gates to nominate Lowden on an early
ballot.
It is reported that the Will county
delegation will go to Lowden on the
first ballot. This, however, although
emanating from a Will county dele
gate, is received skeptically.' After
the failure of the attempted stampede
to Iowden Saturday, started by De
kalb county, it is thought probable
that Lcwden will not permit any of the
counties which he may secure to vote
for him until he feels confident of hav,
ing enough to nominate; for the mo
ment Yates counties begin going to
Lowden the remaining Yates men may
be expected to go to Deneen, or the
Deneen men will go to Yates. There
is now no probability that a dark
horse" will be chosen. The choice is
generally regarded as being between
Yates, Lowden and Deneen.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-05-17
SAYS FAREWELL TO HIS TROOPS
Gar lnspeets Soldiers Bound for the
Far East.

St. Petersburg, May 16.-At Tskar-
koye Seloe, the emperor and empress
and Grand Duke Michael, the heir
presumptive. said farewell to the
troops who are about to start for the
far East. The troops paraded before
the pavilion in the palace grounds, in
front of which they were afterwards
drawn UP.
The soldiers cheered Justify on the
appearance of the emperor, who per-
sonally wished them God speed"
The ceremony was very quietly car
Iied out.
The emperor almost Immediately
started on a journey which will occu'
DIV the next nine days, when at nine
different points the ceremony of bid
ding farewell to departing troops viii
he repeated. Troops are already lin
ing the railway in anticipation OF his
coming.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-05-17
ONE YOUNG OFFICER AND THREE
JAck,Es TORPEDO A BIG
JAPANESE VESSEL.
RUSSIANS ESCAPE UNHURT
EXPLOIT RAISES THE SPIRITS OF
THE CZAR'S MEN ON THE
SEA AND ON LAND.

Liaoyang, May 16.-@The Russian
fleet scored it's first distinct naval sue
cess of the war by the torpedoing and
Gripping, II not the sinking, of an
armored Japanese cruiser in Talienwan
bay
The Russian attack was carefully
planned on May 10 while the Japa-
nese squadron was concentrated out
side Dainy, devoting it's whole atten-
ton to Talienwan bay, and was car
ried out the same night.
The attacking force was not a regu-
lar torpedo boat, but was only a small
naptha launch in command OF a young
naval officer who had with him three
jackies. The launch mounted a small
machine gun and carried three tor
pedoes.
When darkness fell the launch crept
out of Port Arthur, hugging the shore
with no lights aboard and no glow
from the engines to betray her l-es-
ence. 1t was late when she ga...ed
the outer line of the Japanese squad
ron. Slipping through the torpedo
boat pickets, and selecting the near
est warship, a big armored cruiser
she stole toward her and succeeded in
exploding against her side a single
torpedo.
Cruiser EnveIoped in Flames.
A deafening roar followed the explo
sion, which echoed far ashore. I'm
mediately flames enveloped the cruis
er, which evidently was badly crippled
The crew of the cruiser was seen tt
be fighting the fire, which they at las
succeeded in extinguishing. A sistel
ship took the damaged vessel in TOW
and disappeared to the southeast.
The launch escaped the hot fire di
rected against her by the japanese
ships, but being unable to return tt
Port Arthur or to get into Dalny, sh'
was beached not far from Dalny.
Only a few of the higher officer
swere aware of the plan, the success o
which depended upon secrecy. TIL
achievement raised the spirits of tn
Russians afloat and ashore, and tn
young naval officer who was the her
of the exploit was feted and recon
mended for the cross of St. George.
The Russians on May II, a%pprehenc
ing that the presence of a Japanes
squadron meant an attempt to captur
Dalny, blew up the piers and quietl
evacuated the place.
Two thousand Japanese have reot
cupied the road to %Sanchilipu, agai
cutting off Port Arthur. A stron
force is advancing against Polandlei
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-05-17
THEIR HOSTILITY AROUSES THE
cRAvEsT APPREHENSION IN
RusstA 1T PRESENT.
OUTLOOK VERY THREATENING
CHINESE MAY JOIN JAPS IN EFF.
FORT TO CORNER AND CRUSH
kuRcPATKlN'S Army.

St. Petersburg, May 16.-In view OF
the official dispatches regarding the
hostile attitude of the Chinese within
and without the Russian sphere OF in
fluence, the authorities here do not
conceal their apprehension AS to the
outlook, especially in the noIti OF tie
empire, for they purpose to call the
attention of the celestial government
to the impending uprising in l--21l
ziatsi in order that repressive meas
ures may be instantly taken.
It is known and appreciated here
! that all the powers have made strong
! representations to Picking in the in
terest of the preservation OF the tran
guilty of the empire, but it is stated
that Major General Plugs dispatch OF
May IA shows the necessity for fur
ther impressing the celestial govern
ment with the advisability OF acting
with a firm hand.
The authorities here do not forget
that the Boxer revolt, which spread
from Shantung, would have involved
the entire empire had it not been for
the frmness of the southern viceroys.
The military authorities in st. Peters
burg claim to have information OF a
sensational character to the effect that
the Chinese have tacitly agreed to CO.
operate with the Japanese operations
against the Russians.
The Japanese purpose, it is stated,
to drive General Kuropatkin's forces
into Mongolia, which would place the
Russians in the position OF invaders
of neutral territory n enable re
prisals by General Mas army, which
It is asserted is kept in that region for
that special object, thus cleverly
avoiding the slightest infringement OF
! the
Neutrality Of China by Japan,
and the Chinese troops, by not crossing
the Manchurian frontier, could not be
charged with a violation OF pledges
in respect to noninterference in mill
tary operations in Manchuria.
The opinion of an eminent strate
gist is that the japanese intend to at
tack not only Liaoyang but all alons
the line in an effort to drive Genera
Kuropatkin into Mongolia, where thu
Chinese are waiting for him.
knowing these conditions, Genera
Kuropatkin, he said, would not b.
likely to make a serious resistance a
Kaiping of Haicheng. but would with
draw to the north. This would enabl
the japanese to march on Newchwan'
with little h%inderance and their unoI
J posed use of that point as a base fro:
which men and supplies could be sen
north without any violation of tn
neutral zone west of the Lao river
would be of vast assistance to japan
The German foreign office has bee
informed, according to assurance
given the Berlin correspondent of tn
lNovoe Vremya, that China will no
venture to infringe the neutrality as
owing to the distinct intimation fro
!, all the powers. the dynasty would b
,, %ieopardized by such infringement. !
; is believed that Japar would be en-
: barrassed by the open assistance c
I China, since Europe would hold Jana.
responsible for the consequences. IN
correspondent asserts that the &c
man foreign office inspired the Unite
States to propose the naturalization
0 China.