Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1904-11-25
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their troops were said to be moving
eastward, evidently with designs on
the Russian left flank.
Col. w, G. p. Breckenridge, former
congressman from the Ashland (Ky)
district for ten years, ana one of the
best-known orators and lawyers In the
south, was stricken with paralysis at
his law Office in Lexington on the 18th.
The Russian torpedo boat destroyer
Rastoropny, which entered the harbor
Of Che Foo, on the morning of the
10th, bearing dispatches from Gen.
Stoessel, at Port Arthur, was blown
up and sunk by. her officers the sue
ceeding evening to prevent recur-
renee of the Ryshitelni affair.
Joseph Watson, the 1S-year-old col
ored boy who murdered Henry Os-
borne, of Hartford, Conn.,, last August,
paid the penalty for his crime, on the
18th, when he was put to death by
hanging on the gallows in the state
prison at Wethersfield.
0. r. Holiday, wanted in Portland
Ore, charged will robbing the mails
while he vas rural route carrier,
two years ago, was arrested, on the
10th, at his home in Jamesport, Mo.
Reports received, on the 10th, state
that the rebels have repulsed the i'm.
perial troops at Liu Chow Emu, in the
province of Kwangu, southern China
The st. Petersburg correspondent of
the London Telegraph says there is a
deadlock on the Anglo-Russian con-
vention regarding the North sea af-
fair. The ministry of marine has
gained the upper hand over the minis
try of foreign affairs, and repudiates
the arrangement made by Count Lams-
dorff and Lord Landsdowne, the Brit
ish foreidn secretary.
Pandemonium reigned in Cincinnati,
on the 10th, when three big African
lions, being unloaded from Robinson's s
circus train, made their escape. Two
were captured within comparatively
short time, but the third, which bound
ed away toward Norwood, was not cor
raled till later, when it was found in
the woods.
The Berlin correspondent of the
London Times says he learns that
Count Lamsdorff, Russian minister of
foreign affairs, has informed the
American embassy at st. Petersburg
that Russia is willing to join the peace
conference proposed by President
Roosevelt. This is contrary to in
formation from other sources.
Benbow's Montana Meteor" made
an attempt at flight from the aero
nuatic concourse at the Worlds fair
in st. Louis, on the 18th, but came to
grief by getting tangled in the Intra-
mural wires before it had fairly got
started
The position of Gov. Vardaman of
Mississippi, who has declared that con-
gress may reduce the south's repre-
sentation to basis in proportion to
the white voters, provided the negroes
be disfranchlsed, is arousing resent
ment among southern editors.
Gen. Stoessels report to st. Peters
burg, it is asserted, expresses a firm
conviction that he will be able to hold
out at Port Arthur until the Baltic
squadron arrives, in March, provided
he is supplied with munitions and
stores.
AS personal gifts from the mikado
Prince Fushimi, before leaving Wash
ington, sent to Mrs. Roosevelt and Mrs.
Hay, wife Of the secretary of state,
teakwood chests mounted in solid sill
yer, each containing costly silks, en-
broiderea, fans, carvings and other
articles of Japanese workmanship.
Drilling for natural gas is going on
actively in the vicinity of Bonner
Springs, Kas., within 20 miles of Kan
sas City, Mo- Seven wells have been
sunk. that flow an aggregate Of more
than 100000 cubic feet of natural
gas every "a hours.
Two hundred and thirty-two Chinese
men, women and children, and 10 Jap
anese geisha girls, about whom there
has been so much controversy, left st.
Louis, on the night of the 18th, by spe-
cial train, en- route for San Francisco
for deportation, under heavy guard.
No light has been shed on the rea-
son for the sacrifice of the Russian tor
pedoboat destroyer Rastoropny The
idea that she was sent to Chi Foo with
the batch of colorless dispatches since
issued at st. Petersburg is regarded ss
absurd.
The Tien Tsin correspondent of the
London telegraph says the Japanese
suddenly advanced, ON the 18th, and
are within twelve miles Of Mukden
where the sound of their machine guns
and rifles can be heard. This is sup
posed to indicate that Gen. Kurolli is
attacking the Russian left.
What is said to be the highest price
ever paid for pony was the $4,000
paid at the New York horse show for
Berkeley Bantam, the champion bay
pony owned by William Carr, of Lon
don. England, and South Manchester
Conn, by Judge William H. Moore, OF
Chicago.
The pressing mills of the Hamilton
Powder Co. at Windsor Mills, Que.
we're blown up on the 18th. Joseph
Willy and George Hebert were blown
to pieces. The explosion was felt al
Sherbrooke, 13 miles away
President w. w. Leighton of the
Lima Savings Bank & Trust Co. oi
Lima, O., was, on the 18th, held to an
swer, before the grano jury, for en-
bezzlement. under bond of $1,000.