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The Washington times., 1904-09-04
ENGLISH ENGINEERS ON
WAY TO VISIT AMERICA

LIVERPOOL. Sept. 3-The Cunard
Line steamer Etruria, which sailed for
New York from here today, took up
ward of fifty civil engineers, headed by
Sir William Henry White. former chief
constructor OF the British navy. and
Prof. William Cawthorne Unwin, TO re-
turn the visit of the American Society
OF Civil Engineers and 10 attend the
congress ut st. Louis.
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MAN MURDERED
ON CROWDED CAR
Rich Liquor Dealer Killed
in West Virginia.
ASSAlLANT A RAILROAD MAN
Motive for Crime a MysteTy-Threats
Of Lynching the
Prisoner.

HUNTINGTON, W. Va, Sept. s.
Jamison Damron, a wealthy liquor deal
er Of Catlettsburg, was shot and in
stantly killed on an electric street car
b. Charles Smith. It Kenova. W. Va.
this afternoon
The shooting occurred just as the car
was crossing the Big Sandy River
Bridge. and when the car struck terra
hrma in West Virginia. the murderer
!eaped of and attempted TO escape. He
was pursued a couple Of miles and cap
tured
Had Hard Words.
Damion and Smith had an alteration
on tre car. which resulted IN Smith
pulling his revolver. and driving a bull
let through Damron's heart. The car
was crowded with passengers. and it was
with difficulty the male passengers pre-
vented the women from leaping from
me % car windows into Big Sandy River
when the shooting began.
Talk Of Lynching.
Smith was taken to Coredo and placed
in jail, but the word that a mob was
forming in Catlettsburg for the pur-
Iose or coming to Ceredo to lynch the
prisoner caused the officers to hurry
Smith from Ceredo 10 Huntington. and
the murderer is now in jail here
Damron was fifty years old and was
actVe IN Democratic politics In western
k kentucby. a phone message from
catlettsburg tonight warns officers
here 10 be on the lookout. as Il mob may
come 10 the city with the intention OF
lynching the murderer.
nmlth Is Il workman on the Norfolk
and Western Railroad
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GEORGE ]. GOULD RETURNS.

NEW YORK, Sept. 3.-George J.
Gould returned today from Europe OF
the steamer Philadelphia.
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Baron Stackelberg, Sent With p 900 Men
to Check Flank Movement, Over
Whelmed by Superior Numbers.
SURROUNDED AND
FORCED TO ABANDON LIAO-YANG
General Kuroki Occupies Line of Hills Com
manding Railroad Capture Will Be
Effected Within a Short Time.

ST. PETERSBURG, Sept 4The first Siberian army corps rum
beng $4,000 which had been General Baron Stac
berg to meet the thanking of the japanese advancing
the west, has been off bY the enemy.
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Animation Everywhere.

Orderlies go dashing about in seeming
aimlessness. with formidable looking
documents fastened securely IN their
belts.
Now and then an officer trots by with
all the dignity OF his rank. II he is a
regular army man. he sits his horse as
II he were a part Of him, swinging
rhythmically 20 the easy trot. If be Is
a Southern man he rides as well for the
descendants OF Hampton. Stuart and
Forrest have not forgotten the trick Of
graceful hOrsemanship.
lf he be a Northern man. a Northern
infantryman of a militia regiment. or
CONTINUED on Third PaKeD
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KUR0PATKIN EVAcUATES LIAo-YANG.

General kmopatNn has evacuated Lao-Yang.
Resistance by the Russians outside of the city practically ceased
and supposed that the japanese troops have marched past the city,
temporarily wavng their opportunity to seize the with
sufficiently large to insure its retention.
General Baron Stacebergs force thrown westward to meet
the advance of the enemy from that quarter.
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HOSTS GATHERING
ON BATTLEFIELD
Thousands of Troops Reach
Manassas Grounds.
PLENTY OF STIRRING SCENES
Artillery, Cavalry, and Infantry, Regu-
lars and Milit;amen Mix ia
Brilliant Style

MANASSAS. Va. Sept. AS far as
the eye can reach this green and beau
ufully rolling country bears the signs OF
military occupation.
Here and at Thoroughfare are two
great camps filed with soldiers Of the
regular army and Of the militia Of sew
enteen States
Wherever one looks Is a picture of ac-
ton Here Is a regiment Of infantry
stretching its legs In a practice march.
II its step Is smart and staccato one
may be sure it is one Of the crack com
mands from one Of the States.
II Il moves with a long. ground-eating
swing. it's sure to be a part Of the
regular outfit" that learn the secret
OF most motion with least effort I'm the
long hikes through the sitting jungles
Of the Philippines.
Ominous Beetles"
over yonder one sees. hard against
the skyline, the crawling forms of a
battery Of artillery. Zola once compared
distant, crealing guns to giunt beetles.
and for all the world they looked like
them, as horses, cannons, caissons, and
men grind through the binding dust.
which forty years ago left an impress
sion on the minds Of our fathers only
less than the mud into which the dust
is turned when the heavens open up
their faucets
If II Is not a battery one sees, or a
steaming regiment OF infantrymen. il
will be troop. a squadron. or even
regiment Of cavalry. trOtting. four men
"a the file, all sitting easily and grace
fully In their saddles, their Olive-gray
shirts blanketed with dust, and their
horses all OF "a dull dun hue. which
beats all artihcial devices to make them
Invisible at a distance
There is trample OF hoofS-a low,
thunderlike roar IL is-a jim
gle-Jangie Of accoutrements and the
long Bae swings down around the bend
sight
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Flynn's Business College, 8th d K.
Business. shorthand. tyPewriting- a w.
Advt.
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KURON TAKES HILLS COMMANDING RAILROAD.

TOKYO Sept 4-Ofal has been received of the
occupation by General Kmo of of hills which viii enable him
to seize the railroad within short time.
General Kurok has been fighting way toward this position
for the past two davs
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HEMMED IN AND FORCED TO FLEE.

From high authority has that General Kuropatn
personally left Liao-Yang for Mukden Friday
Before leaving Laolang the Russians fred the magazine stores
The report by General Kuoratn explanatory abandonment
of LaoYang has been made public.
1t states that September the japanese occupied the
ory of the positions commanding the city south that the
First Siberian Regiment which guarding rear was compelled
to retire westward to avoid the hankng movement of the enemy
"Under these circumstances" wires General Kuropatki T order
ed LaoYang to be evacuated and began the nowad Of
the troops"
One of the latest reports says the japanese have small force
into LiaoYang :
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Partly cloudy and cooler
today; tomorrow fair; light
to fresh west winds.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1904-08-30
Japanese Man Power,

The present war in the east is prob
ably the only instance of q great cam
paign between civilized nations in
which one of the combatants has relied
almost entirely on man power, in
stead of horse power, for transport,
the whole of the supplies of each Jap
anese division of infantry being car
ried by as many coolies" or porters,
as there are fighting men. The Jap
anese porters are mainly men whose
physique is not judged to be good
enough to entitle them to fight in the
line of battle, though according to
modern European notions theirs would
be considered rather the more arduous
task of the two. But the Japanese
have shown up till now that their
choice Of means has generally been
correct, and it is not likely that they
have made a mistake in this case.
They know their own people, and
for centuries human transport has
been the occupation of a large class
of their unskilled labor. The litter.
or rickshaw, has been adopted, in
imitation of their method, even in
Simla, the governing city of India. BY
a simple mechanical contrivance they
have also greatly facilitated the work
of bearing burdens. A bamboo is
carried on kind Of pad over the
shoulder, and the load, carefully bal
anced, is suspended to each end. The
carrier thus avoids one of the greatest
sources of fatigue-namely, the ef-
fort of picking up the burden when it
has been laid down to rest-for by
merely raising the bamboo and putting
his whole body under it he lifts it
with the least possible effort.-London
Spectator.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1904-08-30
FREIGHT WRECK
the Pennsylvania
Yards.

Shortly before 1850 Saturday night
an east bound freight on the Pennsyl-
vania lines crashed into a train of box
cars on switch at the intersection of
Saxton street. A train was being made
up on the side track and the shifter
left for other parts of the yard failing
to put out a flag. The east bound
wishing to make way for passenger
following ran into the dozen or more
box cars. The car which was hit was
not damaged but the second nearest the
end was completely demolished. The
car was an old one and had just been
filed during the afternoon. When the
engine struck the box car the contents
of the demolished car were strewn over
the track and for about twenty feet tie
platform was torn up. The wrecking
crew was called from Alliance and
cleaned up the debris in very short
time.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1904-08-30
ZIMMERMAN
Family Celebrates Its
Centennial.

Salem, Aug. 26.-The centennial of
the settlement of the Zimmerman fam
lily in Columbiana county was cele-
brated yesterday afternoon and eve
ming at the home of the venerable
Abram Zimmerman, at the old home
stead four miles east Of Salem, the cor
ner Of what is now Green township,
Mahoning county. Five hundred per-
sons were present, nearly all directly
or Indirectly connected with the Zim-
norman family. John l.. Zimmerman,
of Springfield, and son of Abram Zim-
norman, and who has twice been prom
inently mentioned as a candidate for
governor of Ohio on the Democratic
ticket made the principal address on the
occasion.
The founders of the Zimmerman set
tlement were John and Peter thinner
man, who came out from New England
in 1902 and took up section 81, consist
ing of $40 acres of land, in what was
then a part Of Columbiana county. In
1904 they brought their families out
and settled permanently on the land.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1904-08-30
KUROPATK|N
TElEGRAPHS A HARD LUCK
STORY TO GAR
CONSTANTLY REPULSED
And the Enemy Still Pur-
sues Him,

st. Petersburg, Aug. 27.-The follow
ing is part of dispatch which has
been received from General Kuropat-
kin by the czar:
'On August "a Japanese battalion
delivered an attack in the valley Of
Sunndakhya from Tantziaputzy. Tie
japanese advance was checked at five
p. m, at Loadintau by Russian COM
pany, five men of which were wounded.
con the evening of August "a, tie
japanese, having repulsed our out
posts, occupied the heights to tie
southeast of Liandiansian and proceed
ed to construct earthworks and int
renchments on the heights.
"At 5:45 a. M, August %, one of the
enemy's batteries opened fire on the
village of Kofyntsa. A Russian bat
terry returned the fire successfully, not
withstanding the considerable distance
of the Japanese guns, and silenced tie
latter, compelling the gunners to take
to cover.
about II o'clock in the morning Of
August 25 our advance post was order
ed to retire on the main position, and
the Japanese infantry occupied the
wooded heights west Of Kaminsa, near
Tassintun.
At in the afternoon large bodies O.
the enemy were observed constructing
intrenchments on the heights south OF
Sanpu and at four o'clock Japanese
mountain battery appeared on the
heights west Of Kaminsa. but was
obliged to retire.
cat p. m. a Japanese force Of a!
least two divisions of infantry was ad-
vancing against the Russian positions
at Liandiansian."
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1904-08-30
Barns Burned by Lightning.

North Georgetown, Aug. 26.-During
a thunder storm which visited this vi
cinity between 3 ard o'clock yester-
day afternoon, lightning struck the
barns of Silas Borton and Curtis Shive-
ly, about two miles apart In each case
the live stock and farming implements
were saved, but a large amount of
grain and hay were burned with the
barns, which were entirely consumed
Shiveley's loss Is estimated at about
$4,000 with $2,400 insurance Borton's
loss will be about $4,000, and he is also
insured.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1904-08-30
AMERICA
Not to Mix in Contraband
Controversy.

Washington, Aug .26.-The depart.
ment of state this afternoon decided
that this government could not inter-
fere with the confiscation of American
goods, decided by Russia or Japan as
contraband, if carried in other than
American ships.
The Portland, Oregon, Milling com.
pany had -four confiscated by Russia,
in the capture of the German steam
ship Althea. 1t was consigned to Jap.
anese and Chinese merchants and the
Vladivostok prize court ruled it contra
band. The Milling company protested
to this government and asked that IL
be represented in the contest for the
return of the goods.
The government has just advised the
company that it might fight it's own
battle and that under the rules of in
ternational law, the burden of proof
will be upon 1t to prove that its -four
was not destined for the Japanese gov.
ernment.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1904-08-30
FOREIGN ATTACHE
Caught in an Attempted
Bribery.

London, Aug 27.-The Paris CORES
pondent of the Chronicle wires that a
foreign military attache has been
caught in an attempt to bribe various
officials for the purpose Of obtaining in
formation regarding the defences Of
France in some of ner colonies. He
also tried to obtain private documents
1t is said. concerning another power
from prominent diplomatic agents.
The recall of the attache has been
demanded from his government by
France and will undoubtedly be order
ed
Many features of the case resemble
those of the famous Dreyfus affair.
The strictest secrecy Is maintained by
the authorities about the nationality
Of the attache in question, and wi'd
guesses are being made by those wlo
profess to have known for some time
of diplomatic intrigues instituted BY
one of the powers.
Too little Is known as yet of the de-
tails of the discovery to permit OF
speculation relative to its possible con-
sequences, but it is safe to predict that
tremendous sensation will be caused by
1t SO soon as it becomes more generally
known.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1904-08-30
PERMANENT
Organization For Farm.
ers' Picnic.

The permanent organization Of the
farmers of Stark county was completed
at business meeting by the election
of A. ]. Neiswonger president and 8
Correll secretary. The last Thursday
Of August Of each year is to be known
as Farmers Picnic day, and an effort
will be made to interest q much larger
number by next year.
An executive committee consisting Of
the following persons was chosen: j.
M. Shaub and c. w. Faust, Canton,
e. d. Miller and J. Melli, Marlboro;
A. Smith, Perry; j. Yohe, Nimishillen;
j. Stiner, Pike; John Dagger, Osnaburg;
j. ]. Snyder, Paris; A. Mays, Bethle-
hem; Clayton Brenner, Lawrence; John
McQuinny, Sugar Creek; s. Rockhill,
Lexington; s. KilIinger, Jackson; c.
Ellison, Sandy; J. Grant, Washington;
w. d. Oberlin, Tuscarawas; d. Neis-
wanger Plain.
Other committeeman appointed in the
townships were as follows, the inten-
ton being to add names from time 81
time until the entire county is or
ganized
Canton township-C. f. Laiblin, T
Vanhorn, G. W. Faust, William Kraft
Jacob M. Shaub.
Osnaburg, A. ]. Buckley; Lake, d
j. Wise; Plain, M. Bizzer, David Mis-.
wanger; Perry, w. r. Leggett, A.
Bailey,
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1904-08-30
FATAL STABB|NC
PROMINENT YOUNG MAN
THE VICTIM.
HIS DYING ACCUSATION
duplicates Man Who De-
clares His Innocence

Cincinnati, o., Aug. 26.-John G.
Lansdowne, aged 27, son of Mrs. Lans-
downe, former public librarian OF
Coylngton, KY, and whose father was
prominent in Kentucky politics was IA
tally stabbed today and died on the
doorstep of his home. With his dying
breath, he declared that John Lieberth.
brother of Internal Revenue Collector
George Lieberth, of the Covington dis
trict was the murderer.
John Lieberth was later arr ested and
charged with the crime. He was non-
communicative, only declaring that he
had not stabbed anybody.
About a year ago charges were filed
with President Roosevelt against Col
lector George Lieberth, alleging per-
nicious activity in politics by Wallacs
L&nsdowne, a guager, storekeeper, and
brother of the victim. The charges are
now being investigated.
Wallace Lansdowne declared today
that he was confident that his brother
had been mistaken for him as they r.
sembled each other greatly. Collector
Lieberth deplored the murder greatly
and said his brother had been in poor
condition mentally for some time. He
said he did not believe that the charges
against himself made by Wallace Lans-
downe had anything 10 do with the
murder
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1904-08-30
PESS|M|SM
PredOminates at
Petersburg.

Paris Aug. 27.-Uondon Times) Pres
simism is again the dominant note of
the kilograms of the French cores
pondents in st. Petersburg 1t appears
that the loss of the Novik and the ac-
cident to the Sevastopol have had \
deeply depressing effect on even the
most sanguihe temperaments, but in
spite of the pervading pessimism, the
news inspired In official circles is or
timistic, and all correspondents report
what clearly must De the conviction of
the war office. 1t is confidently pre-
dicted that General Kuropatkin will
emerge victorious out of the engage
ment at Lao Yang, now In progress.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1904-08-30
PROBATE COURT

Estate Of Magdalena -reoppman
Sandy township, petition to sell real
estate fled
Estate of John McGir, Lexington
township, widow elects to take under
will.
Estate of William Williams, Canton,
private sale of personal property ap-
proved
Estate Of Griffin Taylor, Sandy town
ship, private sale of real estate Or
dered.
Estate of Christian Fullmer. Lake
township, Jesse B. Roderick appointed
administrator.
Estate of David Duker, Osnaburg,
final account filed.
Estate of Elsie Rohrer, Massillon,
inventory and appraisement filed.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1904-08-30
NO USE TO SEND
Baltic Fleet to Certain
Destruction.

Kronstadt, Aug. 27.--Uondon
Times.)-It ID a task beyond Russia s
capacity to dispatch the powerful Bal
tic fleet, which has left this port for a
trial trip, to the far east, for months
to come. Official Russia, whose busi-
ness 1t is to know the real truth, en-
tertains no delusions regarding the
naval situation. While more than one
Russian fotilla and more than one
Russian fleet may be dispatched from
Russian home ports, they will not,
however, be sent on such a foolish er-
rand as to wrest back the sea suprem-
acy in the Pacific that has been lost
and Russia knows that any attempt
to do 80 would prove futile.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1904-08-30
I'm NTRljE:
Was Report Concerning
Admiral Chadwick.

Johannesburg South Africa, Aug. q.
The report emanating from Cape.
town that Admiral Chadwick COM
manding the South Pacific squadron OF
the United States navy had been Or
dered to sea to protect American ship
en- untrue last night when the admiral
accompanied by his staff and number
of the officers of the cruisers Brooklyn
and Atlanta, arrived here, the guests
of Lord Miner. The party proceeded
to the Athenaeum club where they
were the guests of honor at a banquet
rendered by the city officials.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1904-08-30
$4,000 DAMAGES.

Filed at Lisbon Against the Pennsyl-
vania Company.
Lisbon, Aug. ga damage suit
was filed here today against the Penn
sylvania company in which Miss Eliza.
beth Hisey, of Unity township, aged II,
asks $4,000 damages for injuries re-
ceived while passenger on one Of the
company's trains. She claims that in
May last she boarded train 303 at Ro-
chester to go to East Liverpool, and
while en- route a collision occurred,
AS result, she says, she lost almost
all of her upper teeth, her mouth was
badly cut, and she was internally in
jured.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1904-08-30
F. JAPANESE
ARE CAMPING. ON kURO.
PATkIN'S TRAIL,
and DECISIVE VICTORY
Is Confidently Expected
as Result

Toxic, Aug. 27.-So far as can be
judged from the reports so far received
relative to the fighting east Of Lao
Yang, the japanese have carried sew
eral important points and the general
attack upon General Kuropatkin's po-
sition, begun on Thursday, seems in a
fair way to result in a decisive victory
for the Japanese troops under General
Kuroki's command. The only official
dispatch so far received from the front
announces that the attack on Anping
has been successful to the extent OF
resulting, SO far, in the carrying of tho
outworks.
The hills directly east Of Anping
have been carried by Lieut.. General
Barou Nishi, commanding the Second
army division and field batteries have
been placed in a position which will
permit of an attack upon General Ku-
ropatkin's center.
The result Of the engagement north
east of the Fenchu Pass. which began
with an attack by the Russians upon
the Second regiment of Imperial
Guards, under General Baron Hasega'
wa, is not yet known. The first on
slaught of the Russians was repelled
and the attacking party driven from
Kofyntsa; but later the Russians made
a second stand and at last reports, an
important battle developed.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1904-08-30
DISLIKE BEER.
Rubbed on Exposed Skin It will Drive
Away Mosquitoes.

FN"oJ "Sofb'tOSe'
Captain Charles X. Adams, of the
Maryland Pilots Association, reports
having discovered a new antidote for
mosquito bites, which, according to his
statement, also proved a perfect pro-
lection against their attention when
sleep was sought. He gives the formu-
la in the following words:
"a few days ago on board the steam
er Pilot. when the vessel was alive
with mosquitoes, the thermometer log
degrees in the shade and the sand
dunes on Cape Henry blinded the eyes,
| sought know not why-refresh-
ment in bottle of beer, but the heat
and viciousness of the mosquitoes pre-
vented me enjoying the beverage.
"Thoughtlessly l poured some of the
fluid in one hand and began to rub a
ridge of mosquito bites that formed
a bracelet around my wrist. There
was momentary smarting, follow
ed by cessation of the itching and
then | felt relieved. l began to think
of cause and effect, and concluded
that IL beer would reduce the discom-
fort Of mosquito stings maybe it would
prevent the marauder infiicting them.
l took what remained of the contents
Of the bottle and bathed my face,
hands and feet and lay down for a
sleep. 1t was no eXaggeration to
say that not one insect got in his
work. l awoke refreshed and without
mark of his business end about me
anywhere.
Il intend to keep up the preventive.
even II | have to forfeit the refresh
ing pleasure that glass of beer gives
me when lying at the mosquito para
disc off Cape Henry.
Sun.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1904-08-30
COLL|ER|ES CLOSE
Oversupply Of Coal the
Alleged Reason.

Wilkesbarre, Pa, Aug. 26--All tie
collieries Of the Lehigh & Wilkesbarre
Coal company were shut down today
and work was suspended until some
date next week not yet announced.
The officials stated that the suspension
is due to the market being over sup
piled with coal.
Other companies will close down neg.
week for several days and a general
suspension through the entire anthra-
cite region is expected from Septem-
Der 1 to December 6 or 7th.