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Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1904-10-18
WILL FIND PLACE
In MILITARY ANNALS S
Battle of Lone Tree Hill Remarkable
For Bravery Displayed and Terrif-
fic Loss Of Life Which Resulted.

view today on the result OF last week
fighting, said to the Associated Press
"The war will be continued throughon
the winter, which in some respects il
more suitable than summer. The mex
point OF real importance is Tie Pass
When that is taken there is nothing tt
prevent the Japanese advance to Har
bin."
Admiration For Kuropatkin.
st. Petersburg, Oct. 1S.-Despite the
feeling of bitter disappointment over the
failure of the Russian offensive and the
complete miscarriage Of Kuropatkin's
plans, the battle continues and his defeat
does not appear to be so crushing and
disastrous as Toxic dispatches led the
Russian public to believe. While tales
OF death and slaughter shave plunged
the nation into grief, and the exact
situation of Kuropatkins army, espe-
cially on the left is not clear and prob
ably must be considered as critical, it is
evident that the wild stories of rout and
the cutting off of the whole corps etc,
are baseless. Kuropatkin is still dog
gedIy trying to stem the tide and there
is nothing but admiration for the heroic
figure of the Russian commander per-
s,nally directing the fight to save the
battered legions. The slaughter doubt
less is appalling but the war office con-
tends that Toxic reports eXaggerate.
Nevertheless the war correspondents
telegraph under yesterdays date that
$4,000 wounded have passed through
Mukden on their way north, lot count
ing many from the eastern wing who
went through Fushun direct to Tie Pass.
Courage Of Troops Unshaken.
st. Petersburg, Oct. 1S.-The issue
of the bloody drama below Mukden Is
still in the balance. There is no at
tempt to minimize the severe charac-
ter of the reverse suffered by Gener-
al Kuropatkin last week, but as yet
there is certainly no rout and no Sedan
and the war Office has not yet given up
all hope. Kuropatkin may be able to
resume geuine offensive. 1t is assert
ed here that the tone which the diplo-
mats and newspapers of Toxic in refer.
ring to what they seem to look upon as
the closing act of the tragedy of Gener-
al Kuropatkin's army is certainly very
premature. Both armies are greatly
exhausted and the final issue probably
will depend on which can re-gather it.
self the quicker. The Russian legions
are terribly battered and more or less
demoralized, but the splendid manner
in which they went forward against
Lone Tree Hill Sunday shows that
the temper and courage of the troops,
are.n6t completely shaken.
Rains on Battlefield.
Mukden, Oct. 18-It rained during
the night but the roar of the artillery,
did not cease for minute. The day
broke cold with cutting wind. The
roads have been ruined by the rain.
Repulsed on All Sides.
Toxic, Oct. 18.-The Russians fierce
ly assaulted General Oku and attacked
General Nodzu and Kuroki on Monday
night, but were everywhere repulsed
with heavy losses.
No Thought Of Peace.
St. Petersburg, Oct. '1S.-An an
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ST. petersburg, oct. lS.-lhere wa!
no fighting on the Russian left yester
day and the Japanese operations OF
the extreme right which evidently in
tended to cut the railroad below the
Hun River, have failed, the Japt RI 81
being unable to get beyond Sinchupum
two miles west of the Shahke railroad
station. Field Marshal Oyama seems
to be massing his troops against the
Russian center and the war Office here
expects that he will make a desperate
effort tonight or tomorrow to retake
two vital positions. The general staff
believes that the storming of Lone
Tree Hill for valor and slaughter will
occupy place for itself in military
annals. Kuropatkin, under whose eye
the assault was made, rechristened it
Poutiloff Hill in honor of the man who
led the attack at the head of the Sec.
ond brigade of the East Siberian Rifles
and who was subsequently decorated
on the field with the St. George Cross.
The hill is a precipitous rocky height
and although the Japanese had occu-
pied it only a short time they had
thrown up strong defenses. The river
running at it's foot increased the diff
Guilty of the task, but was scaled and
carried successfully against the unpre-
cedented opposition of a Japanese di-
vision of $4,000 men with many guns.
The Russian losses were terrible. The
fighting on the crest of the hill was al.
together with cold steel. The Russian
officers with swords aloft, leading the
scaling column were literally lifted
into the air by the Japanese bayonets
and the Japanese then bayoneted the
first of the Russian soldiers who piled
into the trenches, all dead. While
the war Office holds out the hope that
Kuropatkin may resume the offensive
it is privately admitted that the chanc-
es are against him unless there is some
fortunate development, it being ex.
planned that his assumption of the ag-
gressive at the Shahke River and along
the railroad was vital as a withdrawal
of his left must have been made under
the shelter of his right.
japanese Lose "A Guns.
Toxic. Oct. 1s-The Russians envelop-
ed the advanced column on Sunday and
captured IA guns. The Russians are
now concentrating front of the left
army under General Oku and the center
army under General Nodzu and another
great battle is expected <
Russians Repuise japanese Attack.
St. Petersburg, Oct. ls-The general
staff has received the following mes
sage from General Sakharoff dated today
1.-THE Russians repulsed the Japanese
attack on their right wing during the
night Of October 18th and seized the
village of Shalandtzy. on the right bank
OF the Shakhe River and east Of Shakhe.
The enemy strongly bombarded the
village. but did not ac-
vance to attack Lone Tree Hill, now
called Putiloff Hill. The work of bury
ing the dead proceeded all night long.
Military honors we're paid the Japanese
dead. There was no fighting yesterday
on our left flank"
Japs to Carry War Throngh Winter.
London, Oct. 1s-The Japanese min
lster here, Baron Haymshi, in am inter
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SUPREME COURT
AFFIRMS VERDICT
OF Guilty in the Case Of Three Men Indicted
for Naturalization Frauds In Louis.

St. Paul, MINI. Oct 1S-The United
States circuit court of appeals has
affirmed the verdict of guilty, fine and
sentence of the United States district
court of St. Louis in the case of John P.
Dolan, Frank Garrett and Thomas E.
Barrett, indicted for naturalization
frauds
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SARASOTA.
Winter and Summer Resort on the
Southwest Coast.

Sarasota, situated on the very breast
CT Sarasota Bay, separated from the Gulf
only by Long Boat Key, is one of the
most popular resorts in Florida. Each
days trains from the north carry new
visitors who are enroute to the Bell
Haven Inn, to be the guests of that hos
pitable host, Judge A. P. Mcdaniel. From
Sarasota a hundred pleasure trips may
be planned The Gulf is only two miles
distant across the bay and yachts and
launches are ever ready to take visitors
to that dreamland on the warm waters of
the Gulf. Even in January there is de-
lightful surf bathing to be had near
Sarasota by those who come in search of
this sport or health requisite.
Long Beat Key, known on the map as
Sarasota Key, has some of the rarest
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prises that would prove money-makers;
among these the greatest need is an up
to-date fifty room hotel. They have
numerous small hotels and boarding
houses, very good ones, too, but they
can't take care of the people who want
to come here for the winter or for a
season. A bonanza awaits a small in
vestment in this line.
There is also a large demand for bust
ness houses and residences for rent IN
this line paying investments of a few
hundred dollars can be made with vir-
tual guarantees of steady and continuous
percentages to satisfy any reasonable de-
mand.
The Braidentown Board of Trade is one
of the most active bodies of business men
to be found in Southern town. They
are well organized and work harmonious
ly In every effort that is for the advance
ment OF the community. No stone is left
unturned to make the growth and pros
perity OF Braidentown surpass all others,
but the members are conservative bust
ness men who believe in presenting only
facts to the prospective settler. The
Board of Trade has issued neat book
let describing this section and contain
ing number of illustrations of great in
terest and this is sent free to all inquirers
by Mr.. Fl. w. Fuller, of Braidentown.
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Grapefruit, shaddocks and lines are also
grown in limited way, and of other
fruits that may be raised at profit here
may be named the guava, fig, mango, CO.
coanut, plum, grape and citron. Peach
trees here bear the second year and are
very prolific.
AGRICULTURAL OPENINGS.
Thousands Of acres of immensely rich
hammock lands lie nearby, awaiting the
expenditure of limited amount of
money in drainage, to bring them into
use. Fall ard spring gardening com.
mands the attention of few citizens,
who have lands naturally drained; but
thousands might be profitably employed
in the cultivation of celery, lettuce,
strawberries, and like crops which pay
bountifully for the work expended. Some
vegetables may 'be grown here every
month in the year. Sweet potatoes sell
in great quantities at so cents hushel.
Dairying and bee culture have beea
successfully experimental with and offer
great possibilities of profit, without the
expenses which the winter incurs in the
Northern States.
Cattle raising is one of the principal
industries of the county and $4,000 head
roam the public range; but better grades
of beef cattle are now in demand and
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IN the county and its nearness to the
warm waters of the Gulf and the other
bodies OF water which almost surround,
give it a superior climate which is ac-
knowledged generally. A significant fact
IS that the pineapple is found in its best
form at the pineries near the town, the
Royal palm is found here alone and there
is an appreciable difference in the growth
OF this immediate section which bears
even more marked tropical resemblance.
The town is substantial. It's business
men are active, wide awake and ready
to welcome and assist new enterprises.
The facilities for local and general bust
ness are all, and in some respects more.
than offered by other towns of much
larger size. The banking and traction ia
cilitios the commercial life and the social
atmosphere are equal to the best.
Braidentown has transportation facili-
ties which are superb. The Seaboard Air
Line connects with the Braidentown
street cars one mile from the town. Di-
rect passenger and freight connection is
made by this route, but also via double
daily steamer service connecting twice
day at Tampa with the Atlantic Coast
Line. This trip requires only four
hours. A steamer phys between Braid
entown and Havana, another goes to
Mobile and there is ferry service to Pal
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Near the Manatee River is
the Land of Flowers.
Continued From First Page.)

towards Manatee that town began to
awake. The people realized what good
fortune was in store for them and they
welcomed and aided the railroad into their
home. A brick building covering an en-
tire block was soon built. That building
has not vacant store beneath its roof.
The hotel occupies a large part of the
building, but there are eight or ten Of
fees and stores on the ground floor. The
building has water works and sewerage
and electric lights. Captain James, A.
Mason, who is proprietor of the hotel
has one of the best kept hotels in the
South. He realizes what the visitor is
seeking and sees to it that the tables
are always what they should be.
WHAT TO EAT.
Guests are often surprised to find all
of the fresh vegetables on the table, to
have quail brought in from short dist
ance from the town, to see Spani.h mack
erel and red-snappers and pompano in
season caught from under the railroad
trestle in the Manatee river; between
courses to look at table decorations of
cut roses which are blooming out doors
the year round, and red and white
oloanders and other flowers which make
the section famous. And then to be serv
ed with fresh strawberries, blackberries,
dewberries, huckleberries or pineapple
just plucked. completes meal to the en-
tire satisfaction of any man who has
dined recently at some swell resort hotel
and feasted on canned goods.
Think of it! Everything at hand in
winter that we crave as delicacies in late
spring. And all of it topped with straw
berries and cream or short-cake or
huckleberry pie or something just as
good.
PUSH AND PROGRESS.
Manatee is full of good people. Capt
C. H. Davis, president of the bank, says
these people are all as loyal as the palms.
When it is time to act said Capt
Davis, you'll find the people of this sec
ton like cold souce-always ready"
And that is the way one finds them.
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from Manatee making this the gateway
by water and rail for the south side of
the river.
When the railroad is completed to Boca
Grande and connection is made with the
Morgan line of steamers from New Or,
leans Manatee will be the natural loca
ton for large wholesale houses to supply
the river towns with the products of the
northwest, such as grain, hay, flour,
meats, etc, and being located as it is
on the main line of railroad and having
the better shipping facilities, it is the ma
tural place for factories. Its location is
healthy, and, being on the south side of
a river one mile wide, the north wind in
the winter is tempered SO that tropical
fruits are not injured by the cold.
Manatee offers many natural advant-
ages to the winter visitor. The pictures
cue Braiden Castle grounds, noted for
their Indias legends, located so beauti-
fully at the junction of Manatee and
Braden rivers, form one of the attrac-
lions of this delightful section.
The Foster grove is situated near
enough to town to make it an interesting
place for visitors. 1t is an easy and
pleasant walk, through the dreamy land.
]. Bachman are only short drive from
the town and the Royal Palm Nurseries
and Manatee Nurseries are also near at
hand.
There are important industries at Man
aztec. One of the latest acquisitions is
100000 ice and cold storage plant which
will accommodate shippers and enable
them to command the highest prices for
their oranges and grape fruit and truck.
Manatee is connected with Braidentown
and Fogartyville by an electric car line.
The town is lighted with electric lights,
the streets are well kept and the general
appearance of the town is pleasant to
look upon. 1t is an ideal place for the
visitor or prospector to stop when look
ing over the country, because it is cen
trally located and any point can be reach
ed quickly by railroad, boat, electric car
or carriage.
The object lesson for the prospective
settler is to be seen within a mile of the
town of Manatee. One new conner has
taken advantage of the suggestion of ].
w. White, General Industrial Agent of
the Seaboard Air Line, and has set out
his grove of orange and grape fruit trees
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paying industry is fast forming in this

paying industry is fast forming in this
direction.
Sheep and poultry are successfully rails
ell in small numbers but the common de-
mand in these lines is not supplied
Thousands of acres of low. fiat lands
in the vicinity have been proved to be
naturally adapted to the growth of rice,
producing 40 to so bushels rough to the
acre. The crop is sure and the custom
airy value of the grain is extraordinary.
This is the one natural sugar growing
section of the United States: and the
only part where the cane reaches maturi-
ty and blossoms without danger from
cold Immense plantations cultivated
thousands of acres of cane here before
the war.
Florida cane syrup is not inferior to
the hest maple syrup, although far less
expensive in preparation.
Manatee county supplies more than half
the fullers earth used in the United
States. Clay is plentiful, yet there is no
brick yard here.
Three million pounds of fish are ex-
ported annually from the adjoining wa
ters, packed in ice or salt; and the
oysters cannot be surpassed in the world.
MT. II. waiter r ulIer, DIS .Vlce-preSl-
dent of the Braidentown Board of Tarde,
has issued for public distribution lit
tie booklet telling the true situation in
this section. The pen which tells the
story is without color and it appears that
an effort has been made to underesti-
mate rather than exaggerate the good
qualities with which this land is endowed.
Mr. John A. Graham, a native of this
section, who found fortune in his home
land, has settled in this section to invest
his fortunes. He has built an electric
railway which connects Braidentown,
Manatee and Fogartyville and it will not
be long before the rails are laid further
into the country and nearly all of the
orange groves penetrated by this rapid
transit
The Western Union Telegraph, the
Bell Long Distance Telephone, the Pen
lnsular telephone service connecting
every town and almost every residence,
business house, grove and packing house,
make communication at home and with
the outside world easy.
BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES.
While Braidentown is far ahead of
many much larger towns with first-class
stores, representing all lines of trade.
there are still openings for business enter
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DR.. j. c. Pelot and his son, Mr.. j. J.
Pelot, the druggist; Mr.. A. E. Stebbins,
the real estate agent; X. w. Virgins,
large merchant; ]. w. tombstone, lum-
Der manufacturer; John A. Graham, pres
ident of the Manatee Light and Traction
Company; E. B. Johnson, manager of
the largest and most modern orange pack
ing houses in the section, and others are
Of the type of citizens calculated to make
the future success of any town a certain
~.
Manatee is the only town on the
beautiful Manatee river whose blue wa
tiers flow down to the sea, that has been
fortunate enough to have the main line of
the Seaboard railroad to run through it's
limits. With this great advantage and
the water facilities Manatee offers in
ducements to prospective settlers and
business men that no other place can.
First settlers coming into a country
have the advantage of those coming af-
ter them. They have the whole country
t. select from. and, of course will natur-
ally take the best. Manatee is the oldest
settlement in the county, and after sixty
years of test it has been fully demonstrate
cd that the above general rule is a cor
rect one.
One mile back of the town lies one of
the richest bodies of land in the State.
In this tract are thousands of large bear
Ing orange trees, besides hundreds of
acres of rich vegetable land. The pro-
ducts of this hammock are all shipped
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metto. a good town directly across the
beautiful Manatee river.
Braidentown came into public promin-
ence on the night of February 7th, 1895,
when the great freeze, unprecedented in
the history of Florida destroyed $4,000
acres of bearing orange groves IN the
northern section of the State, leaving
Braidentown and its vicinity unframed
and establishing the fact that Manatee
county is below the line of killing frosts
and the only section of the United States
immune from that cold which proves dis
astrous to the trucker and fruit grower.
The year Of the great freeze the land of
the Manatee furnished IA per cent of the
crop of oranges shipped from this State.
The citrus industry in the upper coun-
ties never recovered as a whole, but in
the winter of 1901-1902 Manatee county
increased it's output to northern markets,
shipping 294, 161 crates of oranges and
446562 crates of vegetables. Since that
time increased transportation facilities
have been established, making even more
direct connection with the markets and
the crops have increased about fifty per
cent. The largest returns are possible
here because of the fertility of the soil,
the superiority of the climate with its
tropical warmth and balm and the direct
and numerous facilities of transportation.
Never have I seen such opportunity
for the home and health seeker and the
investor, wishing to gain honest reward
through the earnest efforts and from
the soil and climate which God has most
favored. The cost of land is not high and
good homes with rich truck and fruit
growing soil may be bought for about
the same money that is paid throughout
ether sections for the same amount OF
property situated less favorably.
From the standpoint of the investor
this land has great promise. One gen
tleman visited here three days and
bought six groves. Within a year his
net returns amounted to more than %
per cent. of the total amount expended.
Others who have invested on a smaller
scale have had as good results and some
much better.
There is no experimental stage in pro-
gress, because even the pineapple culture
has proven a successful and highly pro-
fitable industry.
All these things surround Braidentown
and so one sees here a fast growing lit
tie city in the very heart of the richest
section OF the country.
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and while waiting for them to bear, has
already shipped fine truck which has
brought handsome returns. Many settlers
cannot afford to buy bearing groves but
it requires only a small amount of capital
to buy rich land and clear it ready for
cultivation. 1t Is easy work and after
the first year the burden is so light that
the greater part of the labor is pleasant
even for women and children. 1 met
family in which there is widowed moth
er and five children, the oldest seventeen
and the youngest nine. This mother had
taken her children from a cotton mill in
Georgia and with their help she has
made good living. She spoke of the
great difference in the health of her
children since they left the combining
work in the mill and took up the pleas
ant outdoor work This furnishes good
food for thought.
Throughout the county, as in the town
of Manatee. there are excellent school
facilities The term is arranged for the
convenience of all and the hours of school
fixed by the climate. 1t is peculiar fact
that though this particular section is not
cold in winter it is not unusually warm
in summer 1t is favorite summer re-
sort section for north F'lorldlans and
south Georgians, especially is this true of
the town Of Sarasota.
From Manatee it is less than an hours
drive to Oneca, where the Royal Palm
Nurseries are located. The Reasoner
Brothers, who own these extensive nur-
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BRAID ENTOWN.
The Largest Town in the Manatee
Section.

The seat of government of Manatee
county is situated at Braidentown, Il
healthy, progressive and up-to-date cor
poration Of about 1000 inhabitants, locat-
ed on the south bank of Manatee River,
with deep water terminals affording op-
portunity to acean going craft to compete
for the commerce of the section. Braiden-
town is one of the most westerly points
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series, supply the richest people in the
world with the rarest tropical growth of
every description. They have gathered
within their sixty acres specimens of
every form of plant life from the ROYAL
Palm to the Sage. Shipments are made
to nearly every country on the globe and
it is interesting to see the manner in
which these plants of the tropics are
handled for the use of some multi-mil-
lionaire of a rarer cline.
From Oneca the drive is continued to
Sarasota, passing through more of the
lake country, with rich "hammoc5s' on
every hand. The roads are hard and
good for fast driving. They are sheltered
by natural avenues of palm trees and
water oaks and when road passes on
each side of one of the lakes the reflection