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The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-02-10
Hay Wants Manchuria to Be Neutral.

WASHINGTON Feb. 1O.-Secretary
Hay still declines to make public the
text of his note to the powers. 1t is
known that he wants China entirely
neutralized even if it becomes neces-
sary to eject Russia from Manchnria.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-02-10
Heavy Snowstorm in This State.

SEATTLE. Feb. 10.-A heavy snow
last night crippled the train service
throughout the state and almost COM
pletely suspended operations on tele-
graph and telephone wires.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-02-10

LADIVOSTOCk. Feb. 1O.-Private
dispatches received here state that the
japanese forces on YaIu river were
completely routed by the Russians.
They also claim that Chenulpo has
been captured by the Russians who are
now occupying it.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-02-10
Japanese Confirm Report Of Victory.

LONDON. Feb. l0.-The japanese
legation confirms the report of a naval
battle at Chemulpo and the capture of
two Russian cruisers,
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-02-10

fully made that it is safe to predict
that Japan will be complete master and
have troops pursuing the Russians
through Manchuria within a fortnight,
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-02-10
Griscom Confirms Report.

WASHINGTON. Feb. 10.-United
States Minister Griscom at Toxic has
sent a full report confirming the story
of the Japanese victories.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-02-10

The recommendation have been for
Warded to Russia and Japan by the
state department.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-02-10
japanese Confident Of Success.

ROME. Feb. 1O.-The Japanese min
vices show that her plans are 50 care
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-02-10

onstratne but there is no official con-
frmaton of the report.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-02-10
CHICAGO Wheat and Corn.

CHICAGO. Feb. 10.-Wheat 95k
96ss.
Corn-541a, 537s.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-02-10

the fathcrland, We call the blessing Of
the lord on our brave army and fleet"
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-02-10

Secretary of the official declaration of
war and of Yesterdays battle.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-02-10
The Report Discredited.

LONDON, Feb. 10.-The report of
Russian victory at Port Arthur is gen.
orally discredited here in the absence
of any official confirmation.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-02-10
Ship Spnk
to PrevC Capture-Othe+ Uncathed
IS DECLARATION OF WAR--CALLS UPON ALMIGHTY TO WHlf

Two Resistant hTwTh AarC "
FumPo Arthur mExpmkAH AHaA pa
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1904-03-10
Selected for the Spring Carnival
i'm Paducah.
Mr.. HE Potter, of the Mundy Com
pany, Gets the Contract to
Furnish Attractions.
ACTIVE WORK NOW BEGINS

The Paducah carnival promoters
last night decided to hold the 1904
Carnival during the week of May 16.
a special meeting of the executive
committee OF the association was held
TO confer with Mr.. Ii. b. Potter OF
the Great Mundy Amusement Compa-
ny and Mr.. Potter was awarded the
contract for furnishing the attractions
This afternoon the committee will
hold another meeting to sign up du-
plicate contracts and other papers, and
Mr.. Potter will return TO his head
quarters in st. Louis tonight.
The executive committee will meet
next week and appoint the sub COM
mittees that are to assist in the work
of getting mp the carnival. There
will not DO much work this year as
compared with past years.
The place OF holding the carnival
has mot yet been decided Oh, and
there are other details to look after.
such rs having an exhibit street, etc.
Mr.. fotters many friends here
will be pleased to learn that he il
TO furnish the attractions again this
year. For three seasons he has secured
the contract. and It can b. said 10 his
credit that he always does what he
says he will do, and that his attrac-
lions are always the best to be found
in the business. He has sixteen first
class shows this year, and promises
more and better attractions than ever.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1904-03-10
THE MISSING LINK
BIRDS AND LIZARDS

lone Of the most interesting birds
known to science is the hoatzin," so
say Jerrard Grant Allen and Leonard
Buttress in an article ON Bird Babies in
the March Parsons. Indigenous to
South America, this precocious
youngster has made itself famous by
the arborcal foats which il performs
while yet at very tender age. On
the thumb aud 'forehngor' Of the
young hoatzin's wing appear tiny
claws, and armed with these the little
creature crawls out Of its nest and
chambers about tho boughs OF trees.
using them as hands, by means of
which it hooks itself along. The pro-
gress, indeed. exactly corresponds to
the early pedestrian efforts Of the hu-
man baby, whose first perambulations
are made with the assistance of friend
" chairs and other furniture. These
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1904-03-10

little claws of the hoatziu are used
only i'm infancy, dropping off as soon
as the power of flight has been at
tanned. The chief interest OF the spc-
oies, however, attaches to the fact that
1t is one Of the most primitive forms
of bird now in existence and affords
an important link with the ancestry
of the fowl of today. Originally, as
is generally known, birds were evolved
from tho lizard family, and the boat
zin forms . comparatively early step
in the progression from reptile to bird.
Even when its wings are full grown.
so imperfect are they that no upward
soaring can be negotiated, and their
only use is In making short flights
from higher 20 lower branch,
while the ease with which the hoat-
Yin climbs affords another indication
OF its proximity to tho lizard tribe. +"
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1904-03-10
SUMMER OUTINGS
EXCELLENT EQUIPMENT FOR
THESE BY THE Y. NJ. O. A.

The boys department. of the local
Y. M. GA. has the finest equipme mt
in the state for summer sports. A
well furnished cabin on ClarKs river,
has been fitted mp for sleeping and
cooking purposes. II is located in the
heart OF the woods, veritsble lodge
in the Wilderness" where the boys
can have as much fun as they please
without disturbing anyone.
Near the cabin is q spring, which
furnishes plenty OF fine clear water
for drinking and cooking purposes.
Although right on the river bank the
house is on high ground and has good
drainage, so that the location is thor
onghly healthful. Several boats and
canoes on the river are at the boys dis
possl, and just above the cabin there
is the best swimming hole ON Clark's
river. They will be given careful In
Struotlons IN swimming and water
sports as soon as the weather is warm
enough to permit
A ball ground, we'll shaded, will be
laid off in short while, and ell KINDS
of ont door sports will be INDUCED n.
The boys have been out several times
already and ore looking forward to
spending week or so there in a short
while. Considerable time and thought
has been spent upon this feature by
the local association, and the manage
ment is fortunate in securing such an
excellent place for the boys summe r
outings.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1904-03-10
Manager Englislris to Build at
Henderson.
Makes Proposition to the Citizens
There Which Seems to Meet
With Favor.
RESULT SOON TO BE KNOWN.

Manager James e. English, Of the
Kentucky thenter. will return today
from Nashville. Architect W. l..
Brsinerd, who accompanied him to
Henderson. returned yesterday.
The Henderson Cleaner, of yester.
day says Of Mansger English's theater
proposition:
For some time there have been ru-
mors that deal was on foot for the
erection Of q handsome theater build
ing in Henderson, and now it would
seem that the scheme lie in fair way
to be consumated.
MIR. James e. English, who is
the lessee and manager of The Ken
lucky, the splendid structure at Padu-
cab, accompanied by William r.
Brainero, of shat city, were in the
city yesterday to lay their plans and
proposition before . committee OF citi-
zens Of Henderson, consisting Of the
following gentlemen: W. 8. John
son, S. O. Green. Walter Brashear,
G. p. schlamp, A. ]. Worsham, Jas.
r. Rash, Jas. E. Rankin, Edward
A. Jonas and Geo. d. Givens.
1.-THE plan proposed is rs follows:
Mr.. English proposes to have erected
a theatre on the site of the lamented
Park Theater to cost approximately
$50, 200, provided the citizens of Hen
derson will purchase tickets to the ex-
tent of $40, 900 for the two first nights
performances. The plans and esti-
mates are to be submitted to the COM
mittee for adoption within few days
and If the same are satisfactory, Mr..
English is to give bond that the build
ing will be erected according to the
plans to be adopted, and to have it
ready by certain date III the early
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1904-03-10

The two nations credited with this
wonderful achievement arc the Phoe-
nicians aud the Persians. But it Is
not usually conceded that the two are
entitled TO anything like equal credit.
The persians. probably in the time
OF Cyrus the Great, used certain char
aoters OF the Babylonian script for
the construction of an alphabet; but
ut this time the Phoenician alphabet
had undoubtedly been i'm use for some
centuries. and II is more than probs.
BILE that the Persian borrowed his idea
OF an alphabet for Phoenicisn source.
And that. Of course, makes all the
difference. Granted the idea OF an
alphabet, It requires no great reach of
constructive genius to supply set Of
alphabetical characters; though even
here, IL may BE- added paronthetioally,
"A study OF tho development of alpha.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1904-03-10
THE TSAR BEG
KNOWN AS AEON

1T is not too much to say that the
present Tear is not popular with the
Russian people says Arnold White, in
Every body's Magazine for March.
The Russians like "a jovial, burfy rul-
er, who can drink hard, who love
fighting, and whose personal courage
lie undoubted Ever since the episode
at Otus, when the Tsar's life was en-
dangered by the would be murderer,
there has been doubt rs to the per-
sonsl courage of the Tsar. This doubt
is owing to an indiscreet letter which
was written by the Grown Prince OF
Greece to his father, and which by
some accident or indiscretion was
read by others. From Athens the re-
port was widely circulated throughout
Europe. The letter described the cpl
sode of the attempted assassination
and the Grown Prince of Greece, az
ter dwelling upon the scene wherein
the Japanese mailman struck at his
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1904-03-10
HURT ON A ROOF.

Mr.. ]. L. Rollston, of the G. r..
Davis tinshop fell on roof back of
the Gookel bakery yesterday after
noon, while at work, and to save him
self from sliding of to the ground
seized jagged piece of the tin roof,
cutting his right hand to the bone in
such II way that he will be disabled
for two or more weeks.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1904-03-10
JUMPED TOO HARD.

Mr.. will Yancey was painfully
bruised yesterday afternoon by jump
ing from his buggy near the Tennessee
street railroad crossing to get out of
the way OF wild horse to coal wag-
on, whose plunging endangered = the
safety of a number Of people at the
crossing waiting for some cars to be
switched by. He struck fence, but
fortunately was not seriously injured.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1904-03-10
WHAT NATION
INVENTED LETTERS?

bets will show that mankind has all
along had characteristic propensity
to copy rather than to invent.
Regarding tho Persian alphabet
maker, then, rs a copyist rather than
n true inventor. il remains TO turn at
tention to the Phoenician source
whence, as is commonly believed, the
original alphabet which became "the
mother Of all existing alphabets" came
into being. 1t must be admitted at
the outset that evidence for the Phoe-
nician origin Of this alphabet is tradi.
tional rather than demonstrative. TIE
Phoenicians were the great traders of
antiquity; undoubtedly they were
largely responsible for the transmits
sion Of the alphabet from one part of
the world TO another, once it had been
invented. Henry Smith Williams. in
Harper's Magazine for March.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1904-03-10
fall to be. agreed upon.


with these preliminaries agreed
upon, the work of canvassinR the city
for subscriptions for the purpose OF
raising the $40, 900 in the form men,
toned will be Immediately pushed by
various enterprising gentlemen, and IL
successful-and the Cleaner hopes and
believes it will bottle promoters
give assurance that the building will
be a certainty, and that Henderson
will again have an opera house OF
which her people may feel Justly
proud.
"Mr. English is practical theater
manager, and has made a great success
of the management of the Kentucky ut
Paducah. He is backed by ample cap
ital pnd has fully convinced the COM
mittee thus far that his proposition is
altogether bona fide.
"Mr. Brainerd is the architect who
made the plans for the Kentucky at
Paducah and has the plans for the pro
posed building at Henderson practic-
ally completed and ready to submit to
the committee who will take up the
matter on behalf of the people Of Hen
derson. So far as the committee is
concerned their work will be gratui-
tous and wholly for the benefit of the
interests of Henderson which are in
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1904-03-10
ARE DUCK HUNTING.

Passengers on the Evansville pack
ct yesterday TO Slim Island were Rev.
+. NJ. Thomas. of Louisville, and Mr..
James W. Clay, of Henderson. who
have established several days camp
10 hunt ducks.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1904-03-10
What Shall | Eat?

carbohydrates supply
need abumen phosphate wasted brain
know that working and thinking and brain and know tn
these clements like myself absolutely digest
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1904-03-10

Miss sallie Gzassh>p
Smithland after visit NJ
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1904-04-16

| father or mother may look over your
book and see just what you did with
your money. IL will help You to save
money. and that you ought 10 do.
Before leave you | will give few
items from my ledger. find in looking
over it that | was saving money all this
time and in the course OF "a Few years
had saved thousand dollars Now. as
TO some Of my expenses: ! see that from
November -, 1853, to April, 1856, |
paid for clothing 81 %. | see also here
another item which | am inclined TO
think il extravagant, because ! remem-
ber used to wear mittens The item is
pair Of fur gloves, for which | paid
50 30. In the same period find ! gave
away sos
In one month gave To foreign missions
10 cents. 10 the Mite Society 30 cents,
aud there il also "a contribution TO the
Five Points Mission | was not living
then in New York. but ! suppose ! felt
that il was in need of help. 80 | rent up
! , cents to the mission. Then To the ven
erahle teacher OF my class gave 80
crnts. 70 make him "A present. To the
poor people Of the church gave lOceDts
at this time, and in January and Feb
ruary following | gave 10 cents more.
and afurther 10 cents to the foreign mis-
sions Thosecontributions. small ~ they
were. brought me into direct contact
with philabthropic work aud with the
beneficial work and aims Of religious in
stitu'ions, and have been helped there
by greatly all my life Ii is a mistake
for man who wishes for happiness and
to help Others 10 think that he will wait
until he has made iirtune before giving
money To deserving Obj i-ct-.
JOHN ID. ROCkEFELLER
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1904-04-16
CAROLINE

The Free Lecture Course Or. Wight
man on Or. Pasteur- Temperance
Address Coming Marrisge Other
Notes and Personals.
Bowling Green, Va, April II, 1904.
DIR. A. C. Wightman, professor of Biol
ogy at Randolph Macon college, deliver
ed his lecture in the Caroline County Free
Lecture Course Friday. His subject was
Louis Pasteur." DR.. Wightman is "A
graceful and iorceiu speaker and he
handled his subject ia n mastery way
The life Of the great French chemist and
physician was aptly portrayed. Great
est stress was laid on his Biological re-
search work on fermentation with its far
reaching influence. \ striking contrast
was drawn bet @een Napoleon. who won
fame through his military genius and 10y
The obstruction of men, aud Louis Pas
teur, who won equal fame through his
genius for investigation by the saving Of
life. An earnest appeal was made
throughout for the cause Of education.
The next lecture OF the course will be
delivered by State Librarian j. PendletOn
Kennedy, Monday, April 18th, subject,
The Library in the | aited States-lts
Growth and Management
MIR. j. + X chards is out again, alter
his recent ndsposition.
Mrs. I. ID. Coghlll and daughter Miss
Miriam, spent Tuesday in your city.
Mrs. tarolne Cundii il spending a few
days with the family Of Mr. Geo. Crop
ley. at their home near Milford.
Rev. f. J Richerson, State secretary
of the Anti. saloon League delivered an
interesting address in the Methodist
church on last Wednesday nigh in inter
est uf the league.
Mr. Albert lgnew, Il Washington.
spent portion of this werk with his
grandmother, Mrs j. ; payis.
Mrs. Ernest SmOOt and two children
have returned home from Writ tn her
parents at Urhanns.
Mr. l. ~ Robinson has returned To
Norfolk, after spending few days with
his family here.
The Young Ladies Missionary Society.
OF Bowling Green Baptist church. held a
rummage sele on Monday and Tuesday
of thls week, and quite a nice sum was
added to the treasury.
Mr and Mrs. Joseph Baker OF Eesex,
were the guests Of relatives here this
week.
Mr. Hugh Pegg has moved into the
residence on Main street. which he re.
Gently purchased from Mr. K l.. Smith,
and Mr.. Smith has moved into the one on
Milford street recently occupied by MIR.
Pegg.
Mr. W. A. Moncure, OF Richmond spent
Monday in town.
Invitations are out for the marriage
of Mr. Ned Campbell, OF Milford, to Miss
Bessie Smith, Of County Line, which
will be solcmrized next week at the home
Of the bride
Mr. Athol Collins entertained few OF
his young friends at his home on Monday
night. Games were INDUCED in and a
delightful evening spent.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1904-04-16
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.

No one appreciates poor health except
the doctors.
The good die young, but the bad out
live ther usefulness.
Many man falls in love with a work
OF art and marries IT,
Usually when two women quarrel they
are both in the wrong.
After man has bcen married aboutso
long he becomes acclimated.
L. man financially embarrassed II he
has more money then he knows what
to do WITH
Some men become crooked when they
get in straitened circumstances.
Don't put off the sure thing OF to-day
for the uncertainty OF to morrow.
No girl eau understand how a man can
really love ber and think about business
at the same time.
Aman may be quiet dresser until he
loses HE collar button.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1904-04-16
VAST FARMING OPERATIONS.
PIo~ins Done With Traction Engines
In California.

Six hundred acres Of San Joaquin coun
ty land are being turned over every "a
hours by plows hauled by traction en-
gines. There are now - traction en-
gines engaged in plowing on lands in
that county, and each engine plows from
40 to 30 acres per day, says Stockton
Record. On the Islands few OF the en-
pines are kept blowing night and day.
These engines are provided with head
lights AZ powerful as those used on mod
ern locomotives. by the aid OF which the
engineer is enabled TO follow his last fur
row as closely as in the daytime. Not
only does this big steam horse plOw the
land but IL seeds and harrows ii at The
same operation on land which Is to he
planted to grain. Each plow ! iit'Pd
with seeding device, behind which fol-
low teeth that cover the grain just at
the proper depth. Nearly all OF the en-
gines are oil burners Four men and a
span OF horses and q wagon make up
the crew OF one OF these big blowing ma
chimes. On the engine are the engineer
and fireman. The third man rides on
the plows and the fourth hauls the sted =,
oil and water to the outfit ssiti is needed.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1904-04-16
a BIT OF LOCAL HISTORY.

HN GLAssELL soMEHyILLE srmNGFfLLoW
The f0 lowing Is a school composition
Of n little boy in Culpeper county, who
relates the story ~ it was told To hun
by M eye. witt es- Of the scene given. IL
il hoped that this may be n suggestion
10 other school hOys To put into form,
that may be kept, war incidents a. may
be- told them by their fathers
and mothers The composition is. OF
course. not without correction, sugges
tion. etc Bat much of it il 10 its original
form without change
In 1868 the North aud South were
fighting IL was not only about slavery
but the North was imposing on the
south. The war began in 1861. The
Southerners were between the Yankees
and Richmond in 1868
A family by the name OF Stringfrllow
lived at RaccOon Ford, Va. The String
fellow house was not more than
$50 yards IRON the Rspidan river The
county road running towards Rich
mond ran right by their yard.
one Sunday morning the Stringfrllow "
iemil, saw thousands OF men passing
along the road. The men were Southern
ers and lots oi them took breaki st with
Mrs StringfellOw. The last man that
came was "a General, and he told Mrs,
Strineiellow that he had orders 10 defend
the ford. and that the Yankees were
right behind them He said that she had
better take her family down to the cellar
since firing would soon begin. So Mrs.
StringfellOw took all her family to the
cellar. The negroes ran down there, too
As soon as they got to the cellar the
cannonade began, and it lasted till =
O'Clock in the evening. Our men were on
the Orange hills, and the Yankees were
on the Culpeper side. There was pause
for few minutes at 2 O'Clock, and the
Stringiellows ran up stairs to get some
OF their clothes They thought the house
would BE- set on fire. They only had time
to run upstairs once and get anything
they could put their hands on.
Old Mrs. Stringiellow, the grandmother
OF the family, had forgotten something,
and ran back upstairs alter the firing
had begun. As she was standing 10 front
OF a wardrobe, bullet came and struck
her on her foot and nobody knew where
she was until she got back downstairs.
Her daughter-in-law poured water down
in the bullethole and then tied pocket
handkerchief around It, and that stopped
the blood The bullet struck her In her
instep.
Mrs. Stringiellow says that her little
daughter. ak or seven years old, prayed
all day long. Her mother said in telling
the story, that every breath WAS a
prayer" The little one would say now
and then, as che poured out her fears to
Heaven; Mamma, what must | cay
now?"
The long, terrible day came to an end
at last. with all their lives ssie. Mrs.
Stringfellow told some Yankees that she
would like 60 have a surgeon, but the
Yankees said that no surgeon would
come while all that firing was going on.
So Mrs StringiellOw asked them TO
bring her a mattress from upstairs. The
Yankees got the cot willingly. Mrs.
Stringiellow got surgeon that night.