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The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1904-10-21
LONDON SV[RSIONOF Battle
REPORTS AGREE IT WAS GREAT.
EST OF MODERN TIMES.
Marquis oyama's Conduct Of the Bat.
tie Not - Ineligible a. That Of
kuropatkin's-corresp respondent says
Jap's Field Guns Are Inferior to
Russians.

London Oct. 18.-All reports this
morning agree upon General Kuropat-
kin's defeat in what military critics
consider one of the greatest battles
Of modern times, comparable with
Koniggratz and Leipsic.
Spencer Wilkinson considers Mar
Quis Oyama's conduct of the battle as
not marked by the same distinctness Of
plan and execution as that of General
Kuropatkin, whose handling of his
army is quite ineligible, on the as
sumption that he was ordered to make
the attack.
Dispatches arriving in London des-
criptive of the fighting to some extent
bear out this view. For instance, the
Standards correspondent with Kuro-
ki's army, testifies that the Russian
troops were more skilfully led and
more capable and resolute than those
encountered in the opening weeks of
the campaign.
The same correspondent remarks
the grave disadvantage under which
the Japanese are laboring, owing to the
inferiority of their field guns. He re-
fers to the fighting of October IL,
when our six batteries, though well
posted and admirably handled, were
compelled to remain silent the greater
part Of the day and see the chances OF
lifetime pass by under the very muz.
zles of their guns. Effective pursuit
was debarred us by the superior range
Of the Russian artillery"
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1904-10-21
SPORTING EVENTS.

Manager Dugdale is tired of the
Portland team and has sent a letter
to the directors, resigning his posi-
ton.
The navy football team, so helpless.
ly defeated by their army rivals last
year, Saturday worsted the last year
college champions, the Princeton II
gers, the score being 10 to 0.
West Point was defeated at football
Saturday by Harvard, 4 to 0.
Yale defeated Syracuse Saturday af
ternoon in sensational game by a
score of II to 8.
In one of the hardest and fiercest
contests ever held in Spokane, Jerry
Mccarthy and Jim Burrows Saturday
night struggled hammer and tongs for
20 rounds without a knockout, and at
the end of that time Referee McNally
called the contest a draw.
In a fierce 20 round draw Friday
night Perry Queenan and Kid Parker
fought for dear life at Walla Walla.
The San Francisco police committee
of the board of supervisors has decid.
ed to report in favor of granting a
permit to the Shasta club for the Britt
Cans match October 81.
Friday closed the 10 days trotting
meeting at Lexington, KY, during
which nearly $4,000 was distributed
in stakes and purse races, six worlds
records were broken and several stake
records were lowered
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Washington News.

Committees of North Yakima busi-
ness men have been appointed to So
licit contracts for the cultivation of
sugar beets, the minimum acreage to
be 1000, beginning with next year.
Other committees were appointed to
solicit subscriptions for a site to be
donated c. w. Adams Of Chicago and
his associates, who ask these two in.
ducements to build sugar factory
there at cost of $4,000.
Henry L. Wilson, United States min.
lister to- Chile and brother of ex-Sena-
tor John l.. Wilson of Seattle, is in
Spokane on a vacation,
A bill looking toward the establish
ment of juvenile courts in this state
will be prepared for consideration by
the next legislature.
There will be a convention of dis
trict No. 2, Knights of Pythias, Octo-
Der %, at Spokane comprising lodges
in Republic, Chelan, Ritzville, Sprague,
Rosalia, Cheney, Davenport, Harring.
ton and Wenatchee.
William M. Shaw, assistant cashier
of the Exchange National bank and a
resident of Spokane for II years, died
suddenly last Sunday afternoon.
Receipts at the Spokane interstate
fair this year not only paid all ex
penses, including $25OO for the new
grandstand, but also left a neat bal
ance.
Henry Cunning, who was shot last
week at Davenport by his neighbor, A.
w. Long, is improving and hopes are
entertained for his recovery. Long is
under $4,000 bond.
Snow will not fall as early this
year as last. So say the Indians, and
indications point that way.
The suicide of George Miles at Sc.
attic is reported.
Walter Reagan, the Is year old son
of John Reagan Of Bolster. was shot
and killed by Ben Hart at that place.
From the facts cleaned by the coro.
ner's inquest, the shooting was acct.
dental.
John Weston, who burglarized far.
mer's barn at Rice, in Stevens coun.
ty, about a month ago and sold a wag.
on load Of plumber in Colville, pleaded
guilty and was sentenced to six years
in the penitentiary.
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1904-10-21
-FOUR PERSONS ,SUFFOCATfD'
FATAL FIRE IN WILLIAMSBURG,
NEW YORK.
Fifteen Persons Were Overcome by
smeke-Two VIII Probably Die
Fire Originated In Basement Of
Tenement House-lncendiarIs 10
suspected-smali Financial Losa

New York, Oct. 1S.-Four persons
were suffocated and Is were overcome
by smoke in Gre which Quilted five
story brick double tenement house at
il Moore street, Williamsburg. early
Monday. Two of the injured, q boy
and a girl, probably will die. incen-
aiarism is suspected.
The fire originated in the, basement
and ran up dumbwaiter shaft, caus-
ing the crowded fats to fill rapidly
with smoke. The flames spread
through the fats on the fourth and
fifth floors, and escape for the persons
asleep there was cut of. Firemen and
police did heroic work, and soon res
cued more than a score, Is of whom
we're almost suffocated. These were
removed to a hospital Two children
among the number were IN a dying
condition. One fireman, in attempting
a. daring rescue, was overcome by
smoke and had to be carried out by
his fellows. The loss was only $4,000.
Several fires occurred in the neigh
borhood during the early hours today,
all of suspicious origin. They appear
ed to have been started by the same
hand, as all were discovered from Inc
basement of tenements. Only, the one
noted, however, was accompanied by
loss of lire.
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UNCLE SANS CASH.
Decrease In Net Reverse "a, jase In
Expenssu 60

EApensS
Washington.-Ellis Its. the
treasurer of the Unit1|R States, has
submitted to Secretary SShaw the an
nual report on the transactions dur
ing the fiscal year ended June 30.
1904. The net ordinary revenues are
shown to have been $540,631, 749. q
decrease Of $19.764.925, as compared
with 1908, and the net ordinary ex-
penditures, $685., 4O2, 321, an increase of
$76.303,314. In the receipts the princi-
pal falling off was $23,205,017 in GUS
toms, while in the disbursements the
important increases were $11.423,440
in commerce and labor, $6O,7SS,580 in
treasury proper and $20,338,067 for the
navy.
Unusual expenditures were $4,000
900 account of the Panama canal and
"a, $50, 900 loaned to the Louisiana Pur-
chase Exposition company, which lat
ter has now been nearly all repaid.
But for the recorded deficiency of SAL
770,571 this would have been changed
to. surplus of $12.S29, 42S.
The operations affecting the public
debt exceeded those Of the preceding
year, and amounted to $699, 660,941 in
the receipts and $63S,924,579 in dis
bursements. The aggregate receipts
for the year were therefore $1,240,-
292, 500, and the aggregate disburse-
ments $1,221, 326,701.
An addition Of Sis, 7s3.14S was made
during the year to the monetary stock
of the country, and another of $751;
1926, 500 in. the following quarter. OF
the total increase $110, SO4,469 was in
gold.
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1904-10-21
HEROIC ACTION SAVES THE PASS
Gallant Charge Of Left Column Wins
for Japan.

Liaoyang, Oct. 17.-General Oku,
commanding the Japanese left, is driv-
ing the Russian reserves back upon
Changtau, after having frustrated their
attempt to flank him. He captured
two more guns east of the Tumin pass,
and trained them upon the enemy.
Heavy cannonading is heard without
interruption from the direction of the
pass, and it is believed here that Gen.
erai Oku Is following up his success by
pursuit. Field Marshall Oyama has
ordered seven regiments of infantry
and three columns of cavalry to pro-
coed to the Tumin pass in order to
enable General Oku to cover the ter
ritory east and west during the pur.
suit.
1t develops now that but for the he
roic action of the extreme left column
OF General Oku's force, all the advan-
tages so far gained might have been
lost. The column was reduced to less
than one fifth of its original size, but
prevented the Russians from complet.
ing their flanking movement and turn.
ed threatening defeat into victory.
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IDAHO ITEMS.

Moscow is in the height Of build.
ing boom, and many fine residence
structures are being erected. In ad.
dition to the more elaborate buildings,
smaller houses are going up in all
quarters.
Bert Rhodes, accused of completely
IN the holdup and shooting of Mer-
chant Keuther at Denver, Idaho, last
spring, was found guilty of highway
robbery and sentenced to six years
and three months in the penitentiary.
The county commissioners at Lew
iston have granted franchise to Mrs.
Mary E. Goddard to lay a private pipe
line along the public highways This
Is the commencement of an important
project. The pipe line for which the
franchise was granted is intended to
take water from Waha lake to irri.
gate $4,000 acres of land between the
lake and Lewiston.
The school census of Boise gives a
total of 1887, gain of 81 over last
year.
At Occur d'Alene the Occur d'Alene
Lumber company has shut down its
sawmills for the winter. This action
was taken, says Manager Carroll, be-
cause of the scarcity of teams for work
here and in the logging camps, as well
as the fact that lumber piled at this
time of the year does not dry out as
fast as earlier in the season. This
throws about 100 men out of employ
ment.
The fight for steamboat supremacy
on the Snake river has started in dead
earnest. and only the steamboat men
themselves fully realize the rivalry ex-
listing between the o. R. & N. Co. and
the Lewiston Navigation company.
Several of the ranchers around Troy
have formed a wheat pool and are
holding out for 70 cents.
The longest bridge on the route of
the Northern Pacific in its sweep from
st. PAUL. to Seattle will be ready for
the accommodation of trains this week,
when the steel bridge which has been
in course of construction across the
Pend d'Oreille river all summer and
fall will be ready to be turned over to
the transportation department
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OREGON ITEMS.

Rugg Bros. of Pendleton are pre-
pairing to feed their 5000 sheep through
the winter. Five thousand will be fed
on their farm east for spring mutton
and will be sheared just before turn
ing on the market. The remaining
1000 will be ranged on their farm east
Of Pilot Rock and will be held over
the next season for wool.
l. T. Mayfield, one of the Oldest en-
gineers in point of service on the o.
r. & N. line, died at his home in Ba-
ker City recently.
Every girl operator in the Portland
Office of the Pacific States Telephone
& Telegraph company is on strike.
For a consideration of $2,5OO,OOO, a
deal in timber was contaminated re-
Gently whereby a half interest was
sold in the holdings of the Booth-Kelly
Lumber company Of Eugene, Ore, to
Michael H. Kelly of Duluth, John w.
Blodgett of Grand Rapids, Mich, Z. D.
Danaher of Chicago and Arthur Hill
Of Saginaw, Mich.
The patchwork Of the combined l. o.
F. and X. Of P. hall at Athena is COM
pleted, and finishing of the woodwork
will be commenced soon.
The king of Siam has made known
his interest in the Lewis and Clark
centennial of 1905 by becoming pur-
chaser Of 80 souvenir gold dollars is.
sued In commemoration of the explor.
ers.
A Pullman sleeper attached to the
rear of the northbound overland train,
broke loose, left the track and plung-
ed over Is foot embankment into
Cow creek while the train was run.
ming at full speed, one mile south of
West Fork. None of the occupants
of the car were killed, although sew.
eral were more or less seriously in
jured.
The Portland police and detective
department are searching for William
Thompson, bartender for William
Winters, who decamped recently with
$1,000 in cash and diamonds value at
$500, which. 1t is alleged, he abstract
ed from Winters safe while the latter
was on on hunting trip.
At the closing session of the recent
congress Of the Oregon Press associa-
ton the following officers were elect
ed: r. ]. Hendricks of the Salem
Statesman. president; J. c. Hayter,
Dallas Observer, vice president; A..
d. Moe. Hood River Glacier, second
vice president: Albert Tozier of Port
land, secretary; Francis E. Gotschall
Of Portland, treasurer; George Hines
of Portland, historian. Portland was
selected as the next place of meeting,
the date to be fixed later.
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WASHINGTON NEWS.

spokane's three big -four mills are
turning out daily 1900 barrels of -four.
worth nearly $4,000, or at the rate OF
$4,000 q month.
The gross receipts of the Seattle
postoface for the last fiscal year were
1851, s72. The receipts for Tacoma In
creased from $ss.77s to $11S.2a5; spo-
kane from $1s7.47S to $162.401 !. Bre-
merton from $4426 to $5011; North
Yakima from $15,97S to $17,757; Olym-
pia from $4,000. declined to $14.S66.
Whatcom increased from $26,346 to
$50, 1856.
Seven hundred sixty-two visitors
from Seattle and Tacoma were enter.
tanned at the Walla Walla fair one
day last week.
A collection of nuts grown in Walla
Walla is to be made for the state col
|lege at Pullman.
doc" H. g. Brown realized $1,000
from the sale Of his old coins In New
York city last week. That, however,
only disposes Of third of the great
display which the doc" had on ex-
hibit at Spokane for years in his Owl
saloon.
Over 400 pioneers of Walla Walla
county celebrated their annual meet
ing last week.
A Harrington firm sold last week to
the Hammond Milling company OF Sc
attic $4,000 bushels of wheat, at ~
cents per bushel, I. o. b.
N. e. Nuzum of Spokane and Thos.
Daley of Tacoma have been appoint.
ed deputy grand exalted rulers for
Washington of the Elks.
Theodore B. Cushing, q pioneer res
ldent of Spokane, Is dead.
The warehouses at st. John have
received to date over half million
bushels of wheat.
The Cnewelah town council has
made tax levy of mills for 1904.
Officers at Fort Wright, near Spo-
kane, are expecting orders for the
transfer Of two more companies, max
ing six companies, or a battalion and
a half.
Seven out of nine applications for
admission to the bar were successful
in the recent examination concluded
in the supreme court. They are: r
B: Horrigan, Carl F. Orth, Carl Faux
and Milo ]. Loveless of Seattle; An
)drew Brown of Davenport ]. w. Dig
nan of Tacoma, William J. Griswold Of
Mount Vernon.
Jay P. Graves of the Spokane Trac
ton company, F. A. Blackwell Of the
Occur d'Alene & Spokane electric line
and W. D. Marks of Philadelphia, were
in that city last week consulting on
the desirability of building the pro
posed electric line from Spokane to
Colfax, Wash, through the wheat and
fruit belt.
George B. Koontz, secretary of Camp
80, Woodmen of the World, of Spo
kane, has been advanced to the rank
of colonel and signal officer Of the uni
form rank, w. o. w., of the Washing
ton division.
The estate left by the late Dexter
Horton of Seattle is appraised at $916,
IT'S.
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State Of Washington
Won Medals at FAN

The awards in the agricultural de-
partment at the great St. Louis EXPOSE
ton have been made, and Washington
fare we'll, having secured two grand
prizes, mine gold metals, six silver
medals, one bronze and six diplomas.
The grand prizes were awarded to the
general display Of the state, and to the
collective display of Thurston county,
grown and arranged by Mr.. Bush Of
that place. Gold medals to the Pa
louise, Snohomish county, Walla Walla
valley and to the Washington state bu-
reau Of garin inspection.
Silver prizes have been won by the
Big Bend, Clark county, John H, Nc
Ian, Oakesdale, Washington State ag-
ricultural college, Whatcom and Skag-
it counties combined and Yakima coun
ty.'
i Wenatchee gets a bronze medal in
grains.
Gold medals go to the state in but.
ter, wool, fax and hops, and a number
of small flour mills secure diplomas.
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Russians Penetrate
japanese Lines

st. Petersburg, Oct. 19.--News from
the front tonight Il more reassuring
form the Russina standpoint. The sit
uation u lstill regarded a. being criti-
CAL. but General Kuropatkin issappar-
emily holding the Japanese firmly on
his center and right wing. even having
reCrossed the Shakhe river, and, while
there are rumors Of extensive Japanese
dAnking movements both on the west
and on the east, there is no evidence
that they are actnall occurring. 60.
General Kuropatkin's left has been
heard from. The Associated Press has
the first connected report Of the four
days fight in front of Tumen and Salt
choun passes, resulting in the final
withdrawal Of the sstrong Russian coll
umn, which had been sent to turn the
Japanese right, though General Mist
chenko seems to have actually pene-
trated considerable distance inside
the Japanese line. The report of the
operations of the Russian left wing is
still three days old and since that time
no news has been received form this
column.
The situation at this date may be de-
scribed az follows:
General Kuropatkin has slightly adj
vanced his center, reoccupying Shakhe,
south Of the Shakhe river. Directly
behind him at distance Of nine miles
lies the Hun river and across the
bridges spanning this stream the Rus
sian must retire in case they retreat on
Mukden.
General Kuropatin must continue to
firmly hold his center and right flank
in order to prevent the Japanese get
ting possession of the Hun river
bridges. Thus he will cover the with.
drawal of his apparently beaten west
wing.
There is still considerable uncertain.
ty as to the disposition of this column.
Certainly it has not returned to Muk.
den; whether it is again advancing af-
ter its withdrawal is not known. 1t il
no longer question Of Russian Sc.
dan, although all hope of relieving
Port Arthur must be apparently aban.
doned.
Little hope is expressed that Kuro.
patkin will continue to advance.
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WEEK OF THE WAR.
Russians Offensive Movements Are a
Failure.

Failure.
The past week in the far east was
one of almost uninterrupted fighting.
sunday saw the publication of Kuro-
patkin's order for general advance,
which had been issued several days be-
fore, and it raised high hopes in St.
Petersburg. There was constant Skin
mishing, with the outposts in close
touch, and at Bentsiaputze the jap
anese line was broken. The Russians
crossed the Schill river, about half
way between Mukden and Liaoyang,
and were almost engaged with the en-
tire line of the Japanese, which ex-
tended distance of 81 miles through
Yentai.
Oyama had been drawing in his lines
as the Russians advanced in two
squadrons, but on Monday he assumed
the offensive, and Kuropatkin fell back
across the Schill. The. fighting be-
came generation Tuesday and has been
almost uninterrupted up to the present
time. The Russians again crossed the
Schili, but were unable to hoIu their
advantage, and on both right and left
wings the engagement was desperate.
The Japanese renewed the attack
Wednesday, and kept it up on Thurs
day, the Russians being compelled to
give ground. Kuropatkin's plan had
evidently been to envelop the Japanese
right, but while attempting this man.
euver<his own right was sayagely at
tackled by Oku and driven back. The
thanking movement met with poor sue
cess, report reaching Liaoyang Fri
day that Kuropatkin himself with four
divisions had been cut off. This, how
ever was not confirmed.
Kuropatkin had fallen back across
the Schili, and so determined was the
assault of the Japanese that he stead
lily yielded ground and is reported to
have been forced back to a position
north Of the Shake river, which is
about half way between the Schili and
Mukden. The contest has been even
more fierce and sanguinary than that
at Liaoyang, and, while the reports of
the actual results attained have been
fragmentary, the public is convinced
that kuropatkin's advance has ended
In disaster with frightful losses. How
ever, nothing like rout seems to have
taken place, and the probabilities are
that the Russians will retire in fairly
good order.
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Spokane, Oct. 18.-Silently pacing
his cell in the city Jail, Herbert G.
Switzer, 30 years of age, for is years
one OF the most trusted employees of the
o. X. q N. company, served as text
last night on the evil that may be
wrought by strong drink and by the in
sidious slot machine.
But few hours before Mr.. STwter
was arrested at his home ON the charge
OF having embezzled $4575. 70 from the
railroad company while serving as
their cashier and chief clerk at the de-
pot Of this city.
Behind, at the home that he left,
was his young wife and his two child
rem. The house that had been theirs
had gone in an II jrt to save the hus-
band.
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Long. Leases Of Korean Land.

1t is reported from Seoul that the
Japanese minister is using every effort
to induce the Korean government to
agree to so year leases of public lands.
The move greatly excites the Koreans
who have petitioned the emperor in
opposition to the proposal, but the Jap
anese have intercepted and withheld
the petition.
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Port Arthur Elect suffers.

Toxic. Oct. 1S.-It is authoritatively
reported that the Russian fleet at Port
Arthur is suffering severely from the
fire of the Japanese land batteries.
Reports of recent attempt by the
fleet to sortie are unfounded, as is the
reported capture Of another blockade
runner.
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Baker City, Ore, Oct. 10. A dis
patch from Pine says that Leonard
Foster, prosperous young farmer, was
awakened last night, and, thinking q
burglar was providing around the house,
began search, gun in hand. Spying
a figure he fired. The death screams of
his mother in law, Mrs. Beck, appraised
him of his great mistake. No arrest
has been made, the authorities believ.
ing Fosters story.
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BALTIC SQUADRON SAILS.
Six eattleships and Eleven Cruisers Go
Northeast.

Libau.-The Baltic squadron has put
to sea.
Copenhagen, Oct. 17.-During the
day the Baltic squadron passed Bourn-
holm island in two sections. It com.
prised total of six battleships. IL
cruisers and numerous smaller craft.
and was going northeast.
The st. Petersburg Novoe Vremya.
protesting against the sending of the
Baltic squadron to the far east with.
out single friendly port on the route
thither in which to repair or refit.
advances the suggestion of purchasing
one of the smaller Dutch East India
Islands for the purpose of establishing
naval station where the squadron
might be finally overhauled before
starting on the last stage of the iour.
ney to Port Arthur.
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Washinton, d. G. - Count Cassini,
the Russian ambassador, has again re-
iterated with great emphasis what he
has already had occasion to say several
times regarding intervention by the
powers to conclude the war. There
is, he said, absolutely no opportun.
ity for the Intervention to stop the
war. Russia purposes to prosecute the
war to the end. and all offers of peace
at this time must be rejected"
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Mikado Thanks HIs rroops.

London.-The correspondent of the
Times at Toxic says the mikaao has
warmly thanked the Manchurian army
for defeating the offensive movements
of the Russians and driving them back
after many days of severe fighting.