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CROPS FAVORED BY WEATHER
Reports of Damage to Principal Ce-
reals Show a Decrease.

Reports of Damage to Principal Ce-
reals Show a Decrease.
Following is the summary of the
weather bureau weekly crop report:
East of the Rocky Mountains the tenn
perature during the week was highly
favorable, but in the Pacific coast States
and over the western portions of the mid
die and northern plateau districts 1t was
u~nseasonably cool, with frosts on the 18th
in Washingon and Oregon. Too much
rain hindered farm work in the central
gulf districts, and in parts OF the Ohio
valley and middle Atlantic States, while
need of rain is beginning to be felt In
northern New England, portions of the
Carolinas, over the greater part OF Texas
and in southern Colorado. Drought has
been relieved In the north Pacific coast
districts, but continues with increased
severity In the southern plateau region.
Corn had exceptionally favorable
weather and made rapid growth. In the
Missouri valley and parts Of the upper
Ohio valley and middle Atlantic States
corn has, however, suffered somewhat
| from lack of cultivation, and in Texas
| the late plant ~ being injured by drought.
Better weather for harvesting wheat
| prevailed than last week, and this work
made generally satisfactory progress, al
| though still delayed by moisture in parts
OF Kansas and the Ohio valley. Harvest
ing is practically completed In Missouri
and Nebraska, and is well advanced In
the Ohio valley and the northern part OF
the middle Atlantic States. As a whole
both early and late spring wheat have
| advanced satisfactorily. the least favor
able reports being received from northern
| Minnesota, where the crop on lowlands is
| thin and late. Some reports Of injury by
rust are received from Nebraska, and in
parts of South Dakota the outlook Is
somewhat less favorable than previously
| indicated.
Reports Of injury to oats by rust con-
| tinue from the lower Missouri valley, but
| elsewhere this crop has advanced favor
] ably.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1904-07-27
JOIN BULL AROUSED.
Hostile yeelin0 and Intense bitter.
ness Evinced Against Russia.

Hostile yeeling and Intense Bitter.
ness Evinced Against Russia.
Great Britain has been aroused to
such a feeling OF anger at the seizures
OF British ships by vessels Of the Rus
sian volunteer feet In the Red Sea
| that even conservative government Of
fcials and conservative newspapers
are clamoring for reprisals, ard it is
feared war will result unless Russia
backs down, releases the vessels, and
disavows the seizures.
Leaders of all political parties are
united in declaring these seizures an
inexcusable outrage, and in demanding
that the Gear be forced to right the
wrong.
Men and newspapers that bitterly
opposed the war with the Beers are
now demanding radical action against
Russia. Government newspapers are
openly using threats of war, and de-
clare the Malacca must be taken from
the Russians by British warships
Another British steamer has been
seized in the Red Sea.
The British steamer Malacca, In
charge of a Russian prize crew., mas
arrived at Port Said with the ships
crew under arrest.
The authorities at Port Said have
detained the Melacca. refusing to al.
low it to pass through the Suez canal.
Nearly a score of British warships are
assembled in or near the canal.
The warlike tone OF such papers as
the Times, the Standard, the Morning
Post and the Daily Telegraph, which
in national crises hitherto almost in
variably advised caution, has had Its
inevitable effect. There has been
stirred up a storm of indignation
among all classes in the United King
dom, and the strength of which the
government itself can scarcely gauge.
Those who deplored the, outbreak of
the war between Japan and Russia
and insisted publicly and privately
that Great Britain, crippled financially,
after her South African experiences,
must not, at all costs, be drawn into
the far Eastern struggle, are now
among the most outspoken champions
Of a physical force that will prevent
the repetition Of the Malaeca incident
in the Red Sea.
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te field which, according to Its spon-
SOS. is destined to become the center or
industry Of the Rosebud country. This
town is named st. Elmo, and just now
contans nothing but the tepees OF the
Eagle Pipe family. But just as soon as
the reserve is opened for actual settlers
St. Elmo wiz spring up like a mushroom.
Already varioas industries have been
planned, and a telephone system, local
and long distance, has been ordered; port
able houses are at Bonesteel all ready TO
be moved to the new town at a moments
notice, and a number of houses in this
town will be placed on wheels and rolled
over the prairie to st. Elmo when the
time comes. An electric light plant is
planned, the power to be obtained from
a dam over the Willow Creek, which
flows through the site of the town. Alto
gether, it is expected that within two
weeks after the town is opened 1t will
have at least 1000 population.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1904-07-27

The slot machine In New York and at
Coney Island is coming money for its
owners One man who controls the slot
machine privileges at many of the Coney
Island resorts makes a profit Of more
than 5000 a week after the cost Of con-
cessions, attendance and maintenance has
been deducted. He has more than $751;
900 invested in the plant, the machines
costing anywhere from $50 to $500 each.
There are between 300 and 400 styles Of
slot machines. The aim OF the expert
enced inventor Is to provide a machine
Of sufficient attraction to charm the cop
per from the pocket without yielding
anything tangible In return. Lung test
ers are the favorites.
Great as is the vogue of the slot ma
chine at Coney Island it is greater in
New York City. One amusement parlor
occupies a building that commands q
rental Of $4,000 a yea 1t is estimated
that exclusive of the gambling machines
which still flourish in the west more
than $4,000 pennies are dropped inte
slot machines every day, while on q holi-
day 100000 would be nearer the mark.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1904-07-27

chain of forts at distances Of from six
to eight miles from the Notifications.
Whether, and IL so where. they have
drawn any nearer Is uncertain. The
wild story that the Japanese lost 3d.
600 men In attacks made by them on
the Notifications on July 10 or L. rs
contradicted from Toxic. Other reports
placing the loss at 22.O00 or $4,000 are
doubtless equally fabulous. The report
that on the 4th and 5th of the month
the Japanese were driven from the
heights commanding Lusantan pass
with a loss Of 1000 has not been OH
cially denied. The statement to the
effect that the Japanese IN the 18th
inst. stormed Chungta. the key to the
defensive works at Port Arthur, has
not been confirmed. The Japanese say
there was no fighting on that day.
Little more is known about naval
than about military operations. Ad-
mlral Togo reports that on the night
of the 18th his torpedo boats attacked
the Russian guardship Diana at the
mouth of the harbor. Whether 1t was
injured he does not know.
1t is more than likely that there has
been much savage fighting around Port
Arthur and much loss of life in the
engagements Of last week and week
before last. Field Marshal Oyama, q
furious fighter, has taken personal
charge Of the operations at Port Ar.
thur, and the siege doubtless will, be
pressed with increased vigor.
There is a well-defined feeling In
London that the seizure of the British
and German steamers by the Russian
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1904-07-27
NATION AND LABOR CLASH.
AS In Miller Case, Union Workmen De-
mand Formal Recognition.


mand Formal Recognition.
Again has the important question been
raised, Shall organized labor attempt to
force the government to recognize Its
constitution and bylaws? This question
was up not long g o at the government
printing Office, where Assistant Foreman
Miller of the bindery was reinstated
upon orders from the President against
the protest. or tire laokbinders' union.
Miller being an expelled en,b@ OF that
union.
Twenty-eight union bricklayers en-
ployed upon improvements at the arsenal
in Washington. where the war college
Is located, refused to work because a
colored non-union ~bricklayer appeared on
the scaffold. 1t was necessary to In
crease The force of workmen, and TO do
SO Captain Sewell selected the names OF
several at the top of the eligible list. The
white union men notified the foreman
that the colored %non-union man must
quit or they would. The matter was
taken up to Captain Sewell. who d!scoy-
cred that while some objection was made
to the man because OF his race, the prin-
cipal objection was that he did not be-
long 10 the bricl;layers' union.
The controversy undoubtedly will be
used in the coming campaign for what
political capital it is worth, but the gov
ernment's attitude is that the laws OF the
land are supreme.
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NAP OF THE rHEArER OF WAR.

ing along the coast In the direction OF
Yinkow was roughly handled by Gen
eral Samsonoff and his Cossacks and
had to retreat. 1t Is likely that the
Japanese were merely making a recon
noissance, because the indications are
that General Oku has withdrawn his
forces west of the railroad and has
massed them near Kaichou. If the Rus
slams are defeated, or If they retreat,
Yinkow and Newchwang will fall into
the hands of the Japanese without any
fighting, and they will then have COM
plete control Of the coast of Manchuria
and a new base of supplies.
According to Russian reports, which
are probably correct, General Oku Is
slowly moving northward from Kali
chou In the direction OF Tatchekiao,
where General Kuoropatkin has his
headquarters. General Kuroki's main
force is on the east bank of the Liank
River, about twenty-eight miles from
LiaoNang, while the Russians under
General Keller are on the other bank,
strongly fortified and prepared to re-
sist an advance. The only fighting re-
ported in which Kurok1's men took
part was a skirmish lea Siamatse, In
which General Remenkampf was
wounded.
The Takushan army, Of which Gen
eral Nodzu was in command originally,
"a said to have come in touch with tina,
OF General Oku at Tangent, ten miles
, southeast Of Tatchekiao, and also pre-
sumably Is in touch with General Ku;
roki's northern army, The japanese
appear to be in position, in readiness K
attack the weakest point in the Rus
sian line, provided the weather viii
permit. The rains to have ceas
ed and the roads to have become pass
able. If they should suddenly become
a sea Of mud. as Virginia roads some
times did during the Civil War, mill
tary movements would become almos
impossible.
There is nothing definite rs to tn
occurrences at Port Arthur. The Jap
anese are known to have completed
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1904-07-27

Mrs. Maybrick, who was Miss Flor
ence Elizabeth Chandler, a member of a
well-known and prosperous family OF Mo
bile, Ala, was married July ~. 1881. in
st. James Church, Picadilly, to James
Maybrick of Liverpool She was then
IS years old. Her husband was over
40 years Of age.
In the spring of 1889 Mr.. Maybrick
became Ill and in a few days he died.
His brothers charged Mrs. Maybrick with
the murder of her husband by admins
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1904-07-27
THE RICH ROSEBUD A
Comparatively Good Order Has Pre-
vniled In It's Recent Settlement.

Comparatively Good Order Has Pre-
vailed In Its Recent Settlement.
Bonesteel, s. D., Correspondence: The
land for which white men have sighed
and died for half a century and in de-
Tense OF which the fierce Sioux have Civ
en- up thousands Of lives since they first
took possession Of 1t centuries ago, has
been opened by government action and
settlers are streaming in. There are
2,4O0 homesteads on the Rosebud reserve
and for these $4,000 applications have
been made. The cost is nominal and
since the land lies in the most fertile
part Of South Dakota, just west OF the
Missouri River. 1t is not surprising that
there should be a great demand for Ii. 1t
is probably the finest body of land which
the government ever took from the In
dams to give to the white men.
Two years ago Bonesteel consisted Of
one house; three months ago the town
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1904-07-27
FOLK Is THE NOMINEE.
Unanimously Named for Governor on
Missouri by Democrats.

Unanimously Named for Governor OF
Missouri by Democrats.
After an all-night session, marked By
intervals Of disorder and commotion that
could not be quelled by the gavel. the
Missouri Democratic State convention
unanimously nominated Joseph w. Folk,
Circuit Attorney of st. Louis, for Gov
ernor and adopted a platform which
promises a vigorous, unrelenting crusade
against corruption and Doodle in Missouri
In the event Of Democratic supremacy
at the polls. Just as the day was break
Ing Thursday the convention adjourned
until 10 o'clock and one of the most tur-
bulent sessions of a Missouri Democratic
convention ended.
Joseph Wingate Folk was born in
Brownsville, Tenn, Oct. %. 1869. His
father Is Judge Henry b. Folk OF
Brownsville and his mother Is q descend
ant Of the Estes family of Virginia. Mr..
Folk is a graduate OF Vanderbilt Unf
versity Of Nashville, Tenn. where he
finished his literary and legal education.
He practiced law in Brownsville for two
years and then went to st. Louis in 1892.
Mr.. Folk became generally known to the
citizens OF st. Louis through the promi-
nent part he took In the settlement Of
the great street car strike of 1900. As
Circuit Attorney OF st. Louis Mr.. Folk
successfully prosecuted a number Of bride
takers in both branches of the municipal
assembly.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1904-07-27

volunteer cruisers Smolensk and Pc
tersburg marks the first European
complication resultant upon the Russo
Japanese war. How extensive this
complication will prove to be time
and future events alone can deter
mine, but at present the feeling Of
uneasiness has become a fear that
the end OF the matter will not be
reached before England and perhaps
Germany are forced to take stringent
measures to bring Russia to terms
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1904-07-27
1000 RUSSIANS FALL.
Ke1ler's Army of 10000 Routed In Bat
tie at Molten Pass.

Keller's Army of 10000 Routed In Bat
tie at Molten Pass.
Details of the battle at Molten pass
Sunday from the Russian side are given
in a report Of Gen. Kuropatkin, in which
the general admits the loss Of 1000 killed
and wounded. The Russians were re-
pulsed on all sides after desperate fight
ing, lasting from early morning till 3
o'clock in the afternoon. The battle
leaves the general situation unchanged,
but shows that a powerfd! Japanese
army is massed and is constantly threat
ening Liaoyang, apparently only await
ing Gen. Kuroki's signal to advance.
More Russian troops were engaged in
the battle at Molten pass than in previ-
Gus engagements. There were probably
double the number OF those which took
part in the fight at Yalu river, while
opposed to them were only one brigade
and one battalion Of the Japanese forces.
The Russian loss Is estimated at 1000.
The japanese casualties aggregated 300.
The engagement has conspicuously
der enstrated the wonderful efficiency of
the Japanese infantry. They proved in
comparably the better marksmen, had
more initiative and they outfought and
outgeneraled the Russians on every point.
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~
The Missouri, Kansas and Texas has
completed its line into Austin from
Granger, Texas.
From SS.O00,000 to $10,o00,O0O Is the
estimated cost of the proposed freight
tunnel system for Philadelphia.
The Kansas City Council has adopted
an ordinance e%njoining the scalpers from
dealing in non-tfansferable tickets.
The Northwestern announces its
through sleeping car line between Chi
ago Milwaukee and Sault Ste. Marie.
President A. j. Davidson of the frisco
and the Chicago anG Eastern Illinois has
been elected president Of the Evansville
and Terrs Haute.
The work of double tracking the Texas
and Pacific between Fort Worth and
Dallas is going rapidly ahead, and the
line will soon be completed.
A certificate Of consolidation of the
New York and Pennsylvania and the
Sharon and Ceres has been filed with
the Secretary of State of New York.
The first railway in China was built
in 1897, according to Export, a German
paper, and extended from Pekin to Tien-
tsin, a distance of seyenty-fve miles.
Under the name of the Consolidated
Railway Company. the New York, New
Haven and Hartford Railroad has incor-
porated its electric railway interests
The directors of the st. Louis and
San Francisco have voted to take from
the treasury $l,OO0,000 of A per cent
refunding bonds, the proceeds of which
will be used to reimburse the company
for advances made on account Of Inn
provements to the property.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1904-07-27
MRS. MAVERICK is FREE.
American Woman Who Served Fiji
teen Years In English Prison.

American Woman Who Served Fiji
teen Years In English Prison.
Mrs. Florence Maybrick was freed
Wednesday after serving fifteen years In
an English prison for the murder Of her
husband. Mrs. Maybrick is on a ticket
of-leave under the terms OF which, IL
rigidly enforced, she would be obliged
to remain in England and report herself
at periodical intervals to the authorities.
However, in view Of her promise to go
to America and stay there, a cablegram
says, the government has withdrawn the
usual conditions md she will be free to
go her way and choose her own paths
so soon as she arrives in New York, for
which port she will sail after a short
stay In France, where she is Mt present.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1904-07-27

had 500 inhabitants; to-day it is a city
Of tents and rough wooden boarding
houses and has about 5000 citizens, a
vast majority Of whom are transients
and will leave as soon as the drawing
is completed. 1t is the very newest Of
the boom towns Of the West, and, be-
sides containing all the ordinary freaks"
Of its class Of towns, boasts a number
which are strictly new and original.
But there will soon be another town In
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1904-07-27

tering poison. She was first condemned
to death but the sentence was afterward
committed to Imprisonment for life. Ever
since her commitment %enuou efforts
have been made for her release by many
prominent people who have not believed
the m guilty.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1904-07-27

Captain George w. Peck in command
of the government collier Mae, and his
wife and 1~S-year-old daughter were
drowned at the Florida Tortugas In Q
sudden seual.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1904-07-27

AS a part of the plan to make the
Norfolk nary yard the largest in the
world. the Navy Department has pur-
chased 80 acres Of land adjoining the
yard Cor 100000.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-11-05
Evansville and Vicinity.
,ial Correspondence of The Evening Star.

Snecial Correspondence Of The Evening Star.
EVANSVILLE, November 4, 1904.
Justice Of the Peace j. w. Carter Of
Brentwood. this county, has sold his place
to Mr. John King, and the latter has moved
In Mr.. Carter has gone to washington 10
nve.
The Misses Mccullough of Brentwood
have gone to Washington to spend the win
ter months.
Mr.. and Mrs William H. Roby have also
gone to Washington to spend the winter.
Fifty houses have been erected IN ana
around Brentwood during the past spring
and summer Three years ago there were
scarcely one hundred inhabitants of Brent
wood. The latest census shows a popula-
ton of 657.
The season for hunting quail and rabbits
opens in Prince Georges county Wednes-
day, November 8. Reports to the erect
that the season opened November l are
erroneous. Game is quite plentiful, and the
sportsmen of this section anticipate one or
the best seasons in the history OF the
county. The game wardens are unusually
active and will see that no cunning is done
before the legal season opens.
Mr.. Charles f. Crown, formerly Of Indian
Head, has purchased the property or MI
r. H. Vincent, located on Main street, Bla-
densburg, and is now occupying it with his
family.
Mrs N. H. Hyatt and Miss Agnes Walker
of Mitchellsville are visiting their cousin
Mrs. T. L. Warren. in Brooklyn, N. Y.
Miss Bessie B. Catrup of Laurel is visiting
at Forest Place." the home of DR.. John
Peach
The rebuilding of Mount Oak Methodist
Church. near Mulliken station, this county.
has been completed and services of rededi-
cation were held Sunday last. Bishop Will
son of the Southern Methodist conference
and many of the old pastors of Mount Oak
were present. Two services were held, one
at II I'm. and the other at 1:30 pm.
Mrs T. G. Cornelius of Bowie has re-
turned from a visit to friends in Baltimore
Mr.. and Mrs. William Woodward of New
York are spending their honeymoon at Bel
Air" the country place of Mr.. James Wood
ward.
Mr.. Frank Carrick and family have re-
moved to Deanwood, D. c..
Mr.. Leonard p. Stuart of Washington has
been visiting relatives at Branchville.
Miss Elsie A. Burgess of Chiilum has been
the guest of Miss Elinor Scaggs.
The oyster supper given in Grange Hill,
Beltsville, Friday and Saturday evenings
of last week was largely attended by pa
irons from Washington, Laurel. Beltsville.
Berwyn and Hyattsville. The entertainment
was for the benefit of Haddaway Chapel
Branclville.
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Chesapeake & Ohio nv.

Schedule Effective September %, 1904.
Trains leave Pennsylvania Station
2:30 PM Dafiy.-CHICAGO AND ST. LOUIS SEE
CIAL Solid vestibule, archaeological Dining
Car train TO St Louis. Reaches Cincinnati 500
an. Louisville IL 100 am, st. Louis 6:1b p. m,
Chicago $500 pm. Pullman Sleepers to Louis.
Vile. Cincinnati, Indianapolis and st. Louis.
Parior car through to Virginia Hot Springs
week days. Parlor Car Cincinnati to Chicago.
Dining Car from Washington; meals a la carte.
u:l0 pm. Daily. +. V. LIMITED. Solid YES.
tibule. electric-iighted Dining Car train to Gin
cinnati Pullman Sieepcrs to Cincinnati, In
dianapolis. ~. Louis Lexington and Louisville
without change. Compartment Sleeper to yir-
ginia Hot Springs daily except Sunday. Sleep
ers Cincinnati to Chicago and st. Louis. DIN
ing serving meals a la carte.
Reservation and tickets at Chesapeake and Ohio
office, 5l3 Pennsylvania avenue; 600 Fourteenth
street, near r, and at the station. Telephone call
l640 for Pennsylvania r. Il. Cab Service.
H. w. FULLER.