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The Lamar register., 1904-06-15
RESUME OF NEWS FROM SEAT
OF WAR IN MANCHURIA

ably have 10000 men, exclusive OF tine
sailors, who would bring this number
up to 10000. In Vladivostok are prob
ably from 10000 to 1900 men.
The size of the Russian army in Man
churia depends entirely on the Siberian
railway, and 1t is considered impossible
for them to keep more than 100000
men total on war footing south and
east of Harbin. This number will prob
ably be there within six weeks or two
months. as every energy of the Rus
SLAMS is being exerted in that direction.
With the japanese the transportation
and supply problem is much easier, as
they have the open sea and abundant
transports. Their actual army OF
trained men approximate closely to
SOC, 900 total all of which can be put
into Manchuria If they can keep com
mand of the sea. AS to the efficiency
of the Russians and japanese, the Japs
certainly excel, man for man, in every
thing except cavalry. and as they have
adopted the principle of sending infan-
try supports with their cavalry recon-
noitering parties. they lose very little,
as their infantry is extremely mobile.
The number of Japanese troops con
fronting General Kuropatkin is
thought to he about 900 at pres
ent; those against Port Arthur, TO-
900. The Japanese troops operating
against General Kuropatkin are keep
| ing up the same strategy as before
moving rapidly and with uncertain OBJ
iective, to keep kuropatkin guessing
so that he cannot well attack them or
go to the relief of Port Arthur. Mean
while General Oku, unimpeGed in his
rear. is pushing the operations against
Port Arthur and fortifying the narrow
part of the Lao Tung peninsula in the
vicinity of Kin Chou to guard against
n possible attack from that direction.
From what we can learn. he is about
seven miles from Port Arthur, firing
on the main defenses of the town,
while Togo's squadron bombards near
ly necessarily from the sea. 1t looks
as If ISrt Arthur is bound to fall pos
sibly within two weeks. as the Japan
ese claim. Undoubtedly the Japanese
are following one plan and the Rus
slams are constantly changing. In the
outpost engagements during the last
few days the japanese have had the
better of it. Meanwhile the Japanese
army in Japan is being held in readi-
ness to reinforce kuroki or Oku, and
/ in case these are successful move
will undoubtedly be made to Possiet
bay and on to Harbin. with Kuroki
and Oku following Kuropatkin, who
VIII nave 10 retreat In case fort AT
thur falls. If Kuropatkin succeeds in
dislodging Kuroki, or Stoessel at Port
Arthur inflicts a defeat on Oku, Jap
anese troops poured in from Japan
will still keep their side superior in
numbers to the Russians for long
time, no matter If they are defeated,
which now seems improbable.
The japanese are not worried about
their land campaign, but are exerting
every energy to clear the seas in the
Far East of Russian warships before
the Russian Baltic fleet starts. Every
thing hinges. for a year or more at
least, on which combatant controls the
lsea.
The Lamar register., 1904-06-15
No Relief for Port Arthur.

st. Petersburg. June 13.-Relief Is
felt in military circles at the removal
of dissension in military circles. 1t is'
understood that the sole responsibility
devolves upon General Kuropatkin and
that no serious attempt will be made
to relieve Port Arthur.
1t is reported that the Vladfvostok
souadroL now consists of three cruis-
ers and four ironclads. 1t is therefore
presumed that the squadron has ef-
fected a junction with some Of the
Port Arthur vessels.
The newspapers report that there Is
great distress in Vladivostok arising
from the enhanced prices of foods and
it is feared that the stock of petroleum
and candles is giving out.
The Lamar register., 1904-06-15
es..Ieship czareviteh Repaired.

Tien Tsin, June 13.-The Russian
battleship Czarevitch. which was in,
jured at Port Arthur February y. and
which has ever since been undergoing
repairs. has left the drydock and is
now ready for sea. Outside the har-
Dor of Port Arthur the sea is reported
to be thickly covered with Russian
and japanese mines.
The report that the Russian gun
boats Biliak and Bobr have been de
stroyed is untrue.
A report from Admiral Togo June 4
stated that Russian gunboat of the
Giliak type had been blown up, pre-
sumably by a japanese torpedo. The
gunboat Bobr was reported to have
been used in the attack on the Japa-
nese left during the battle of Nan
Shan hill and to have been destroyed
by the Russians after the engagement.
The Lamar register., 1904-06-15

No heavy fighting occurred dur
ing the week ending June 18th. The
Denver News, in a resume of the weeks
events. says:
For the last four days dispatches
from the seat of war have been SO rig
ioly censored that little news of defi-
mite events has leaked through. From
ST. Petersburg we get the usual num-
her of "rumors," some of them evident
ly not having shadow of veracity.
From Toxic we have obtained prac-
tically nothing, the cables being said
to be "out of communication" around
Japan. Probably the censor's blue pen
ell is responsible for this.
This absolute secrecy is a necessary
adjunct of strategy, and in celerity OF
movement and secrecy, two great ele-
ments of strategy. the japanese are
showing themselves to be past masters.
An interesting uncensored dispatch
sent from Pekin by J. f. J. Archibald
seems quite extraordinary. The dis
patch is dated May Both, at Pekin. Chi
ma In this II is stated that there were
2S0, 900 Russian troops in the vicinity
of Mukden. The correspondent who
sent the dispatch presumably rode from
| Mukden to Pekin, distance of nearly
| lave ridden that distance in less than
ten days. This would make his depar-
tme from Mukden May 2Oth at the lat
| est. He also states that the food sup
| ply for the Russian troops in Mancliu-
ria is abundant from the country itself.
| Also that there are q great many Chi
nese bandits infesting the country.
This dispatch is taken with consid-
| cradle reserve and there is an inclina-
| tio.i on the part of well-informed per-
sons to think that the number of
| troops given in Archibald's dispatch in
cludes all Ri ssian troops from Harbin
along the railroad. guards. etc. General
| Kuropatkin's troops at tdukden and
Lao Yang and the garrison at Port Ar
thur, also the troops between Harbin
and Vladvostok and at Nladivostok.
Sufficient time has not elapsed for such
| a number to be concentrated at Mukden
\ and Lao Yang over the Russian single
, line of railroad. II is thought that the
available Russian troops at Mukden
and Lao Yang and vicinity do not eN-
ceed from l25 900 to 10000. and being
! increased not over 1000 per day. As to
/ the food supply in Manchuria itself, II
| cannot be seen at this time how it can
| be sufficient for the Russians. due ia
! the depredations OF the bandits. These
bands, said to be led by japanese, have
as the Russians themselves state, been
| killing beef animals, destroying stores
and fields under cultivation. and are
constantly increasing in numbers, not
only destroying available food supply
but necessitating large guard to he
kept on the railroad to prevent its be-
ing destroyed at their hands. II is
thought. therefore. that the available
forces of the Russians under General
Kuropatkin near Lao Yang do not eX-
ceed 100000. BY available forces Il
meant line troops. who do not have tt
be kept on duty guarding the railroad
stores, etc, and who can be used
against the japanese in battle.
At Port Arthur the Russians prob
The Lamar register., 1904-06-15
Japanese Force Ambushed.

Hal Cheng, Manchuria, June II tde-
layed in transmission).-A fianking
movement of the japanese around the
Russian left from Feng Cheng, June D.
was repulsed with the loss OF two
whole battalions.
A large japanese force moved out
in the morning along the Feng Wang
Cheng and Hal Cheng road. The Rus
slams had a force strongly posted in
a ravine thirty miles southeast of Hal
Cheng. The Japanese were preceded
by two battalions. who walked into
the Russian ambuscade. They re-
ceived murderous rife and artillery
fire at close range AID were wiped
ont. only one or two escaping. The
main japanese force. which was great,
ly superior to the Russian force uiea
to outfank the Russians. who drew on
without losing a man. The Japanese.
closing in, found the ravine vacant
save for their own dead.
The Lamar register., 1904-06-15
For Forts and Barracks.

Secretary of War Taft has approved
the allotments made by the quarter
master general of the funds for bar
racks and quarters at various army
posts and forts to be expended during
the fiscal year beginning July l:
On the Pacific-Fort Worden. Wash
ington, $13O.10o; Fort Casey. Wash
ington, $4,000: Fort Benicia, Califor-
mia, 1921, $50; Fort Rosecrans, Califor-
mia. $4,000.
To Western Posts-Enlarging posts
in Alaska, $150.000; Fort Assinniboine
Montana, $4,000; Boise Barracks.
Idaho, $24s.750; Fort d. A. Russell.
wyoming, $2s4,000: Fort Douglass,
Utah, $4,000; Fort Harrison. Mon
tana, $13,100; Fort Honolulu, Hawaii
an Islands. s1T3,750; Fort Keogh. Mon
tana, $500; Fort Lawton, Washing
ton, $19.150; Fort Leavenworth. Kan
sas, $4,000; Fort Mckenzie, Wyom-
ing, s16.5O0; Fort Mason, California.
$4,000; Fort Riley. Kansas, $4,000;
Vancouver Barracks. Washington. $780,
600; Fort Walla Walla. Washington.
100000; Fort Wright, Washington.
s14.5OO; Whipple Barracks, Arizona.
s1S7.5O0; Fort Yellowstone, Wyoming.
$500.
The Lamar register., 1904-06-15
Rainy Season Approaching.

Lao Yang. June IL delayed in
transmission) Intense heat has set
in and the rivers are drying up. The
rocks are red hot. This is the pre-
cursor of a heavy rainy season.
The abandoned Japanese 'entrench-
ments at Vafangow and Vafandien arc
beautifully constructed and contain
separate huts for officers and non
commissioned officers.
The Japanese forces are moving
south. united. from Pulandien to Kin
Chou. In retreating they destroyed
the railway line at several places and
there are Indications. also. that they
mined the track. They did not. how
ever. destroy the railway station. the
wells or ice houses, nor did they burn
the coal. The Japanese have published
an offer of reward of 1915 for the
head of each translator serving with
the Russian army
The Lamar register., 1904-06-15
Philippine Legal Decisions.

In the United States Supreme Court
opinions were handed down on the I'd
inst. in three cases involving questions
pertaining to administration oil the
criminal law in the Philippine Islands.
The points raised were as to the right
of the government to take appeal in
criminal cases and of an accused per-
son to demand trial by jury.
The first case was that OF kepner
VS.. The United States. Kepner prac-
ticed law in Manila and was charged
with embezzlement. The court OF the
first instances convicted him. but the
Supreme Court of the islands convict
ed him. The case was then appealed
to the Supreme Court of the United
States by Kepner on the ground that
by the process Of appeal he was put
twice in jeopardy contrary to the con-
stitution of the United States. The
opinion by Justice Day sustained this
view, reversing the decision OF the
Philippine Supreme Court Justice
Holmes. White and McKenna united in
one dissenting opinion, while Justice
Brown delivered separate dissenting
opinion.
Another case OF the same character
was similarly decided.
Another Philippine case was that OF
Dorr and O'Brian, in which was raised
the question OF the right OF defend
ant in a criminal case to demand trial
by jury in the Philippines in tho ab-
sence of Congressional enactment
granting such right. The court held
that the constitution does not carry
the right without legislative enact
ment Dorr and O'Brien are the edi-
tors OF a newspaper published in Ma
nila and were prosecuted for criminal
libel.
The Chief Justice and Justices
Brewer and Peckham united in an
opinion concurring In this result, but
stating different grounds. Justice
Harlan delivered q vigorous dissenting
opinion, saying that the opinion is con-
trary to the established system OF the
United States and declaring the opin-
ion OF the court to be in effect an
amendment to the constitution Of the
United States.
The Lamar register., 1904-06-15
c.,t,r.d Russian Steamer.

Toxic. June 13.-The Siberian rail-
way steamer Manchuria. which was
captured by the Japanese. left the Yo
kosuka naval station yesterday, car
rying sixty guests of the naval depart
ment. The trip of the Manchuria has
been arranged for the foreign navai'
attaches, prominent members of the
diet, and ten of the foreign cores
pondents. The itinerary of the vessel
includes visits to the Kure naval sta
tion. the Sasebo naval station, Chem
ulpo. Chinampo. the Sir JameS Hall
and Elliott group of islands, the ad-
vanced naval bases near the mouth OF
the Yalu, in Talien bay and on Port
Arthur, and the army bases on tho
Lao Tung peninsula.
The Lamar register., 1904-06-15
Russian Dead at Kin Chow.

Toxic. June 13.-The military com
mission assigned to bury the RUSSIAN
dead in the battle of Nanshan NIL az
Kin Chow. May 2G. prelonted It's fnal
report to-day.
1t was fou-d that ten RUSSIAN ON
GERS and 664 men who fell in tne pat,
tie had been carefully buried and
thirty men were buried by the out
nosts. making the total number OF
killed left behind by the Russians, 1O4'
The Lamar register., 1904-06-15

The Vatican authorities nave gwen
the strictest notice to those who rec
ommend people for audiences OF the
Pope, that they must guarantee that
such persons will conform to Vatican
etiquette in kneeling ahd kissing the
hand of the Pope. This notification
was issued as a result of the conduct
of some Americans. a few weeks ago,
who refused to kneel when the Pope
appeared.
After lying thrty-six hours in her
coffin. Mabel Fearing. the 5-year-old
daughter of C. NJ. Fearing. of Center.
S. D., was revived and is said to be
recovering rapidly. DR.. Norton. a
friend OF the family noted the rosy
cheeks and unchanged appearance OF
the child and refused to permit the
coffin to be closed. He called in other
physicians and after working on her
for half an hour the stethoscope dis
closed return of heart action, and
an hour later she was asleep in her
mothers arms.
Although the weekly report of the
New York City Board of Health shows
a big decrease in the death rate as
compared with the earlier months of
the year, it announces that pulmonary
diseases have reached the highest fig
ure on record. There are now 1000
cases under direct care of the health
department and the officials have
deemed it necessary to issue to the
public a card of instructions in order
that the spread of lung trouble may
be checked. Fresh air is, according
to the authorities, the best preventive.
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shaped, and nearly the size of a large cocoanut. They have a coarse skin, much like large naval orange. They tell me that when peeled the skin is an inch or more thick, and the interior differs in flavor from anything we have, having little lemon flavor and little orange flavor, and third flavor wholly it's own, and wholly Chinese. In their meat markets nothing except pork is exhibited. Their fowls are all dressed, and cooked with their heads on, there being some religious belief as to the necessity of this. At jewellers shop ous rings, bracelets and hair Orna- ments. Their jewelry is all of pure gold, and all hand work. In fact all most everything made by them is hand work, for they believe all ma chinery to be operated by the Devil, and it is said that a Chinaman is afraid of nothing else in the world save the
 Devil, and almost all of his religious ceremonies are an effort to escape this great parsonage. We had chance to visit the worst tenement of the lot,
 called by the guides the "Palace Ho- tel" (the name of the largest and finest hotel in San Francisco. We were taken through it. In the basement to 15 Chinese. One room rents for about $6 a month, which divided up among the number averages about 4Oc which each man pays for his lodging per month. Here and there a door being open would disclose three or four on their miserable hunks, all of them with their opium pipes. Only a few
 were in their rooms at this time, owing to the earliness of the hour (about TO- 30 p. m). Here the passages were narrow and unlighted; sometimes earth and mud under foot, sometimes a broken board laid down, sometimes the remains of a loose board floor, so broken up as to be more dangerous
The Newtown bee., 1904-05-27

down little and offers to pay the duty on all over fifty and take them all. There he strikes new cause Cf rage. The smallest number of cigars that can be imported is 5000. All un- der that and over 50 are seized. The inspector endeavorS to explain that he did not make the law, and is responsi- ble only for it's execution as he finds 1t; but that seldom works, and the travel CT goes away breathing fire, and mad with dtSire for vengeance.
 A man came in from Havan recent ly, with a box of cigars out of which he had smoked l5. There were o5 left. The inspector who examined his bag gage told him he could have only 5O. The man declared that it was an out rage, and intimated that he believed it to be perpetrated for the inspector s personal amusement.
 "Who gets the rest?' he demanded. "They are seized for the govern ment," was the reply. ThereupOn it waSevident to the man that the outrage was for the benefit as well as the amusement of the inspect
 "I don't suppose you smoker" he sneered.
 "Noton duty" suavely replied the | inspector.
 "Well, you won't smoke these of | duty" cried the man, and began to break them up.
 "Hold on," said the inspector, "you mustn't do that"
 "Why not?" demanded the mar. "They are my cigars "No, they are not" replied the 1n- spector, "they belong to the govern ment."
 No words would fit that situation; the man went away. A little later he charged into the office of the law di- vision, prepared to tear down the Gus tom House. He wanted to know, and he wanted his information quickly.
 "Not my cigars, heh? We'll, they haven t been brought in yet"
 'Oh, yes, they have: They, were Considerably inside the three-mile linn. it when you had them on the pier.
 A little argument cooled him oil and he finally said:
 "Well, I'll take my 50, and you can have the rest"
 "You haven't got 50 now," said the official.
 Haven't got SOP" he screamed "I'd like to know why haven't. YOr said all along I could have 5O."
 "Yes, but you broke them up."
 "I didn' t do any such thing. broke up the extra 35!"
 "Oh, no, those are Uncle Sam's You were breaking up your own. But don't think you destroyed them all There are about 15 still left for you.
 And he had to do the best he coulc to seem content with 15. All of whicE shows how foolish it is to kick against the bricks. Most men do it, however and sometimes they beat Uncle Sam out of his cigars. There have been in stances where men so situated pitched the whole supply overheard in thei] rage.
The Newtown bee., 1904-05-27
Young Plants

Every farmer knows that some plants grow better than others. Soil may be the same and seed may seem the. same but some plants are weak and others strong.
 And that's the way with children. They are like young plants. Same food, same home, same care but some grow big and strong while others stay small and weak.
 Scott's Emulsion offers an easy way out of the difficulty. Child weakness often means starvation, not because of lack of food, but because the food does not feed.
 Scott's Emulsion reallyfeeds and gives the child growing strength.
 Whatever the cause of weak ness and failure to grow Scott's Emulsion seems to find it and set the matter right. Scott & Downe, Chemists, 4oo Pearl St.. New Yor1
 soc. and q co all druggists. =
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terS his petition, leaves his offering, and departs. Every shop and place of business and home has it's shrine, with it's god, and it's offerings of tea and rice-some with expensive carvings and decorations, others but little more than a bare board. Leaving here we went to one Of the daily paper offices, where we saw the printers at work, and got paper. AS suppose you know, the Chinese language has no alphabet and every word or idea is represented by character of it's own. There are about 10000 of these characters in daily use, but the type-setters were picking out the types from their 10000 compartments, about as fast as an American type-setter would handle took look at their central telephone station, and stopped to look into the
 windows of the barber shops, where
 they were using little razors about two inches long, combing out and braiding
 the long queues, and cleaning the ears of the patients. This last process re- quireS six different instruments, and all this is included with the shave, all for 1.-two bits." The groceries had all sorts of strange things, most of them brought from China. They keep some eggs of California production, but most of their stock comes from China, and is from three to five years old. The eggs are ducks eggs and are entirely coated with layer of black earth. No one knows what other processes or means are used, but so long as this dirt coating is unbroken they claim
 that the egg is perfectly good. They say that so long as Chinaman can get Chinese goods of any sort he will not use American. Their stores have great trays piled high with 12 and IS inch
 lengths of sugar cane brought from China. This peeled and eaten raw is one of their most choice delicacies. Their oranges, also imported, are pear
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