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The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1904-04-08
NOTES ON THE WAR.
The Two Great Armies Will Soon be
Fighting.

The members of the graduating class
of the Oriental institute at Vladivo-
stok have volunteered to act as inter-
prefers in the Japanese, Korean and
Chinese for the army and navy service.
At meeting of the Americans and
Japanese held recently at Toxic in COM
memoration of the 50th anniversary of
the signing of the Perry treaty be-
tween Japan and the United States, an
American war charity, called tie Perry
memorial relief fund, was organized
with much enthusiasm.
For sinking merchantmen in Sungari
straits at the opening of the war $40,
600 has been distributed in prize money
to the crews of the four cruisers of
the Vldaivostok squadron.
Hiyun Yong I'm, who was at one
time inspector for the Korean railway
board and who has resided in Japan
for along time, has been appointed
Korean minister at Toxic.
Russians are declared to have over a
quarter of million men in Manchuriai
of who about %, 900 are used to guard
the railroads
BY July 1,16O, 900 more will have
been transported for Russian to the
front. Opposed to this army of Rus
slams are $4,000 Japanese, with 100
600 more to sail from Japan as soon az
the commissariat in Korea permits
Makaroffs Port Arthur squadron
has captured Japanese steamer
aboard which are Withheld tOrpedoes
Toxic has allowed correspondents t.
leave the capital and proceed to tn
front. The correspondents do not know
q their destination, but they expect al
engagemnt will soon occur on land.
General Tseng Chi, commanding tn
Chinese troops in Manchuria, has not
flied the government that the Russians
having sliced the arsenal at Kirin, be
tween Hardin and Mukden, are usin
. tt to manufacture ammunition, whic
they are turning out ceaselessly.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1904-04-08
IN the Spring.

Lowndes, Mo-, April 4th.-Mrs. II
c.. HARRY of this place, says:
"For years l was in very bad health.
Every spring l would get so low that
l was unable to do my own work. l
seemed to be worse in the spring than
any other time of the year. l was very
weak and miserable and had much
pain in my back and head. l saw
Dodd's Kidney Pills advertised last
spring and began treatmnt of them and
they have certainly done me more good
than anything have ever used.
was all right last spring and felt
better than have for over ten years.
1 am fifty years of age and am
stronger today than l have been fo1
many years and l give Dodd's Kidney
pills credit for the wonderful improve
ment. "
The statement of Mrs. Harry is only
one of a great-many where Dodd's Kid
new Pills have proven themselves to bt
the very best spring medicine. They
are unsurpassed as tonic and are the
only medicine in thousands of families
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1904-04-08
THREE BOYS WILL DIE.
Result of Playing With Powoer and
Matches.

Matches.
Salt Lake City, Utah, April 4.-As
a result of playing with powder and
matches three boys will die and one
will be crippled for life. The fatally
injured are:
Walter Bushnell.
Joseph Hill.
Archie Mcbride, all aged from IA to
10 years.
The three boys, together with Alvin
Loveridge, left their homes in Provo
for a days outing in the canyon. They
carried a quantity of black powder and
% caliber cartridges in their pockets.
They also secured a quantity of giant
powder and caps. They climbed on a
wagon, and one of the boys placed
some of the black powder on the seat
and touched a match to it. The fash
ignited the powder in the pockets OF
the boys and in an instant they were
terribly burned. Their clothing was
completely burned from their bodies
The cartridges in Bushnell's pocket
exploded and nine of them lodged IL
his legs. Fortunately, the giant pow
der did not explode.
Bushnell, Hill and Mcbride will die
Loveridge may recover.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1904-04-08
Princess Edward Is Dead.

Iondon-Princess Edward Of Sake
Weimar died here of acute pneumonia,
aged II years.
Princess Edward Of Saxe-Weimar
was Lady Augusta Catherine Carbon
Lennox, and was married to Prince
Edward in 1851. She was a daughter
Of the fifth duke of Richmond. Queen
Victoria granted to her the title OF
Princess Edward of Saxe-Weimar in
England, and in Germany she held the
title of countess of Dohnburg.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1904-04-08
Honors About Even.

In the meantime the Russian and
Japanese OutpOsts are in constant
touch on the line of the Choug ChOug
Ing. but as a rule they do not come to
serious conflict, although a few sharp
encounters have taken place, in which
honors were about even. The country
in northern Korea is of such nature
that the Cossacks are badly handicap
ped and are hardly so effective as
well trained infantry forces would be.
The weather is improving, though COM
munication is still extremely difficult.
The Japanese are constantly improv-
ing the roads, and even though they
penetrate far into Manchuria, they will
not suffer so mucn as General lnuoy' S
men on the marcn to seize Pingyang
last month.
The naval conditions are extremely
puzzlng 1t is impossible to learn
whether the entire Russian fleet was
in Port Arthur at the time of the
last Japanese attack. When the Hal
nun passed the entrance of the harbol
Saturday afternoon We could distingu
ish no smoke in the harbor and we
met no vessels on the way. The dense
fogs that at this season of the yea
hang over the waters and make navi
cation extremely hazardous, may Civ
Admiral Makaroff the opportunity t.
practice his own theories regarding de
stroyer tactics and attempt a nigh
dash on the Japanese fleet.
The latest trustworthy reports sho'
that the Russian land forces are in tn
main on the line between Liaoyan
and Hal Cheng, south of Mukden, Will
all of the arrivals from the north an
the troops that could be spared froi
Perth Arthur are concentrated
points where they are available fC
quick dispatch to the Yalu when the
are needed there There are also M
bile forces at other points ready f(
dispatch to any theatened point.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1904-04-08
Snokane Retail Market.

Potatoes, $1@1.25 per
sack; carrots, 2@3c lb; onions, 405c
Id; cabbage, 2@3c lb; celery, 15c-
stalk; horseradish, 10000; tomatoes,
25c ID, $1@1.25 basket; green onions,
2 punches sc; radishes, sc bunch.
Fruits-Oranges 15@50c doz; lem
ons, 15@25c doz; cranberries, 15c lb;
apples, extra fancy Wagners, $2@2.50
box; Northern Spy, Rome Beauty and
fancy Baldwins, $1.50@1.75 box; New
Town Pippin, S2.25 box.
Poultry-Dressed chickens, young
chickens, zoe; hens, 1Sc lb; old roost-
ers. 14@16c lb; geese, zoe Id.
Dairy Products-Butter, best cream
cry, 25c; common creamery, 25@S0c;
best country, 2O03Oc; common coun-
try, 10000; imported Swiss cheese,
40c; American Swiss cheese, Csc;
cream brick cheese, 2O025c; New
York cheese. zoe.
Eggs-New laid eggs. Csc doz.
Meats-Beef, porterhouse steak, 1S
@20c lb sirloin steak, 15@1Sc lb;
round steak, l21ac lb; shoulder steak.
1Oc lb; hamburger steak, 10@12hc lb;
prime roast, 15@1Sc lb; common roast,
1O@12c lb.
Fish-Royal salmon, 1914 @15c lb;
halibut, 1919 @15c lb; founders, 12hc
Id; whitefish 18c lb; smelts. 121ac Id.
Oysters and Clams-Eastern oysters,
$1,000 qt; Olympia oysters, 75c qt;
bulk clans, &c lb; Toxic Points, Csc
dOz in shell.
Flour-Eastern fancy patents, $1.65
Oils sack; local patents, $1.3O sack;
standard, $40 sack; lowest, $1.1O
sack; Washington wheat, $4.40@4.75
bbl buckwheat, 40@5Oc 10 lb sack.
Grain and Feed-Timothy, 95c@1.05
: cwt; alfalfa, $4,000 cwt; grain hay
= $4,000 cwt; oats, $1.35@1.4O; bran
= 9O@95c cwt; bran shorts, $1.00 cwt;
= shorts, $1.05 cwt; wheat, $1.40; chop
j, ped barley, S1.20@1.25; feed carrots
soc sack
Seed-Red clover, SIG cwt; alsikt
( clover. SIG cwt; alfalfa, $17 cwt; tim
g othy, Sc cwt; best redtop, S12 cwt
Kentucky bluegrass, SIS cwt; orchard
Il grass, SIS cwt; bromegrass SO cwt.
% City hay market-LOose timothy ha.
% $1S; wheat hay, $15@16; oat hay, 81
~ @16.
IN Wholesale Feed Prices.
Bran, SIT ton; bran and shorts, 81
lie ton; oats, $1.zJ cwt; wheat, $1.20 cwt
rs chopped corn, $1.40 cwt; whole corr
r $1.30 cwt; timothy hay, $40 ton.
lie Prices Paid to Producers.
Vegetables and Fruits-Potatoes, z
"a assoc cwt; onions, 50 cwt; cabbage
10 s1.95@15O cwt; root vegetables, 65
70 cwt; Spitzenberg apples, $1.5O box
yellow Newton apples, s1.5O box.
Poultry and Eggs-Chickens, roos
ers, &c; hens, 12@14c live weight
TO- young chickens, 14@16c lb; turkey
Ia dressed, 10000; geese and ducks,
@14c; eggs. $3.50.
ar Creamery products, f. o. b. Spokar
m COWS, $3@S5O cwt; wethers, s.
ce hogs, second grade, &c per lb less.
er Live Stock-Steers, $40425 p
en- cwt; First grade cream butter fat, p
of ID, 271ac; $3.50; veal, 5000.
in Hay-Timothy, s15.50@1S ton; ;
he falfa, s14; grain hay, SIC; oats, $10S
LIS cwt
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1904-04-08

Postmaster General Payne Better.
WashingtOn-POstm General
Paynes condition has improved suf-
fciently to permit him to come down
stairs.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1904-04-08
JAPS ADVANCE along YALU
RUSSIANS SEEM TO BE RETREAT
ING IN TWO COLUMNS.
It Is Not Probable They Will Make a
stand South of YaIu RiVer-JaPs
Are Ready for 5attle-Cossacks
Handicapped in Northern Korea
Naval Conditions a Puzzle.

Toxic, April 4.-The advance guard
of the Japanese army in northwestern
Korea has occupied the town of Seng
Cheng without opposition. Seng Cheng
is on the Pekin road, $50 miles west OF
Chongju, and about 40 miles south OF
Win.
When the Japanese drove the Rus
SLAMS out of Chongju, the Russians
withdrew in two columns, one going
over the Pekin road. The Japanese
advance from Chongju was made very
rapidly. 1t was anticipated that the
Russians would resist this advance
but they failed to do so, and it is now
not probable that there will be any
further opposition south of the Yalu
river
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1904-04-08
Raise Loan for Porto Rico.

Among the passengers who arrived
in New York on board the steamer
Coamo, from Porto Rico, were Treas
urer W. F. Willoughby, Auditor Post
and Manuel S. Domenech, member of
the house of delegates. who come to
consult the secretary of the treasury
about placing a loan for general i'm
provements in Porto Rico.
d. S. Lindsay, commissioner of edu-
cation, who was also a passenger, will
try to raise a fund to send 800 Porto
Rico school teachers to take summer
courses at various universities.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1904-04-08

did Jerrold get anything out of his
rich uncle's estate?" Well. rather; he
married the daughter of the attorney
for the estate. PUCK.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1904-04-08
YOUNG BOY KILLED HIMSELF
BECAUSE HIS MOTHER WANTED
HIM TO WEAR A CAP.

Fourteen Year Old Son of Oscar Pear
SON of Walla Walla-Was a Peculiar
Boy and Diigent Student, but Had
Violent Temper-Used p Rifle
Pstol-An Only Son.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1904-04-08
Ready to Force Yalu.

Weihaiwei, April Al have just re-
turned from a four days cruise, in
which | visited one Japanese base and
passed close to the entrance of Port
Arthur harbOr. My message giving
the particulars of the late Japanese
attempt on Port Arthur was sent by
wireless from the Korean coast, dis
lance of over 100 miles, showing that
our apparatus is in perfect condition
and can be relied upon in case of
emergency.
The situation in Korea, so far as
could be learned at Japanese head
quarters, is about as follows: Gen
eral Kurokis, who is in command of
the Japanese guard, is now in posi-
ton to force the passage of the Yalu
river at any time which the Japanese
general staff decides is the most dan
gerous to strike. He is, however, ap
parently awaiting the mobilization OF
the second Japanese army before at
tempting any important move. This
second development is well under way
but | am pledged not to indicate its
whereabouts until the blow has actual
ly fallen.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1904-04-13
LIVELY INCIDENT IN SENATE
SENSATIONAL COLlOQUY OCCURS
BETWEEN MEssRS. TELLER
AND HOPKINS.

Washington, April 13.-The senate
has passed the postoffice appropria
tion bill and begun consideration OF
the army bill.
A sensational incident occurred
during the consideration of the post
Office appropriation bill Mr.. Teller
was speaking and he had made an al
lusion to a letter Of General Thomas
regarding appointments in Chicago in
which Secretary Shaw was criticised
Mr.. Hopkins entered the chamber
and became engaged with Mr.. Teller
in a colloquy over the matter, saying
he knew enough about the matter to
know that the statement OF the Colo
rado senator was untrue.
Mr.. Teller replied that his informa
tion was as good as any information
obtained from the slums
Mr.. Hopkins retorted that he was
not afraid of anything in his own
record and intimated that the Colo
RADIO senator could not say as much.
II will say" remarked Mr. Teller
that after more than twenty-five
years public service that it is a gratu.
itous insult"
MIR. Hopkins tried to make a reply
but Mr.. Teller declined to be further
interrupted until the senator from Illi-
nois could acquire the manner Of the
senate.
He then went on with his speech.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1904-04-13
FIGHTING ON THE YALU
BELIEVED AT TOXIC THAT RUS
SLAMS ARE OPPOSING JAP.
ANESE ADVANCE.
Z
NO SERIOUS ENGAGEMENT EXPECTED
czAR's TROOPS NOT OF sUFFI-
GENT STRENGTH TO PRE-
VENT CROSSING.

Toxic. April 13-It is believed here
that fighting has commenced on the
Yalu river. 1t is known that the Rus
SLAMS occupy the right bank of the
river in force.
No direct information from the
Yalu district has been received here,
but the position of the Russians is
known and, while it is doubted that
they will be able to prevent the Jap
anese from crossing the river, that
they will offer some opposition is re-
garded as certain. Ii is not believed,
however, that there will be any seri-
GUS engagement during the Japanese
operations to cross the Yalu.
The foreign military observers at
tached to the first Japanese army have
been directed to hold themselves in
readiness to move and it is expected
that they will leave for the front in a
few days. The American attaches are
Colonel E. Crowder Of the general staff
and Captain Frederick Marsh of the
artillery corps.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1904-04-13
SPECIAL HOUSE COMMITTEE RE.
PORTS ON CHARGES CON-
cERNlNG cONGREssMEN.
GUILTY OF NO IMPROPER CONDUCT
DOINGS COMPLAINED OF APPEAF
TO BE WITHIN THE LINE OF
THEIR OFFICIAL DUTY.

Washington, April 13.-The report
of the special committee of the house
appointed to investigate the report
from the postoffice department, printed
under the caption Charges concern
ing members of congress" was made
to the house during the day by Chair
man Mccall. The report is signed by
all seven members of the committee.
The minority members, however, ap
pend supplemental views.
The important phase of the report
is finding regarding the connection
Of members with the business of the
postoffice department. This finding is
as follows:
After a careful consideration of all
cases specified in the report so far as
they relate to present members Of the
house of representatives. which the
committee assume to be the limit of
their jurisdiction, they have unani
mously reached the conclusion that
nothing has appeared in connection
with said cases that would justify the
finding that any member of the house
of representatives has profited finan-
cially in the slightest degree, or that
any member was guilty of improper
conduct in connection herewith, or
that any member has done in connec-
tion with any of said cases anything
that did not appear to be within the
Line of His Official Duty
according to long established custom.
Having reached this conclusion the
committee feel constrained to add
that in their opinion it would be well
to make as formal as may be and to
restrain within the narrowest possible
limits the action of members in con-
nection with postofficeS and the details
of other executive matters and that
the severance of members from work
of that character would augment the
efficiency of the house of representa-
tives
"In conclusion the committee would
direct attention to the fact that this
inquiry has come upon the house sud-
denly and without any notice TO its
members Their correspondence has
been brought to the light with that
department of the government with
which their relations are most inti-
mate. In no instance is it likely that
they expected the letters which they
wrote would be published.
"These letters were written under
a great variety of circumstances, in
haste and some doubtless by the pri-
vate secretary of member; some of
them formal and some of a personal
nature.
"It is to the credit of the member
ship of the house that correspondence
Of this character thus collected to-
gether should contain SO little of an
unfavorable character"
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1904-04-13
JAP MAIN BODY NEAR WIJU
FREQUENT SkIRMiSHES OCCUR
BETWEEN OPPOSING FORCES
IN NORTHERN KOREA.

Seoul, Korea, April 13.-The Japan
ese authorities here say there have
been frequent skirmishes between
Saklu and Wiju.
The main body of the first Japanese
army is in the neighborhood of Wiju.
About 600 fiat chested, sandal shod
Korean infantrymen left Seoul during
the day for the northern part of Ham
piungdo province, on the frontier OF
the Kirin district of Manchuria, TO
keep in order the bandits who are con-
stantly embroiled with the Chinese
settlers in the Tumen region, which
has resulted in diplomatic representa-
tions on the subject from China. Ii is
considered doubtful whether these
troops will reach their destination,
fears being expressed that they will
desert.
The Japanese minister TO Korea, Nj.
Hayashi. has requested the Korean
government to facilitate the plans OF
General Paraguchi, the commander OF
the Japanese forces at Seoul, for the
thorough sanitation of Seoul and the
other large towns of Korea, so as not
to expose the Japanese troops TO the
ravages of cholera and other diseases.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1904-04-13

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The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1904-04-13
HIS WOUND NOT SERIOUS
SPANISH PREMIER ATTACKED BY
WOULD-BE ASSASSIN AT
BARCELONA.

Barcelona, Spain, April 13.-Premier
Maura was attacked and wounded
during the day by a wouldbe assas
sin armed with dagger while enter
ing the palace Of the council general
SeDor Maura's wound Is not serious.
The premier had just returned from
attending a reunion service celebrated
for the repose of the soul of the late
Queen Isabella and was entering the
palace when youth, nineteen years
old. named Joaquin Miguel Artao, ap-
preached and, shouting Good day;
long live anarchy struck the premier
in the chest with a dagger he had
concealed in a handkerchief.
Artao was Immediately seized and
imprisoned.
The premier was able himself to
send to Madrid the news of the at.
tempt on his life.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1904-04-13

and torpedo boats has just returned
here from cruise far out TO sea-
Easter passed without the antici
pated Japanese attack. Every precau-
ton was taken to prevent a surprise.
Vice Admiral Makaroff. who personally
superyises nightly the precautionary
measures, spent Easter eve In a guard
boat. During the usual Easter night
service the church windows were COW
cred SO as to prevent the lights being
seen by the enemy and the absence
of all illumination in the town was a
constant reminder to the inhabit .nts
of the possibility of an attack The
troops celebrated Easter Sunday at
their posts. Grand Duke Boris, who
left here April 8, has returned to Port
Arthur
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1904-04-13

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The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1904-04-13
IN SEVENTY FEET OF WATER.
Divers at Work on Reservoir impris-
oneo for Many Hours.

New York, April 1S.-At the new
reservoir that is being constructed by
the Jersey City authorities at Boon
ton. N. j., diver has been imprisoned
in seventy feet of water since 2
O'Clock Monday Repeated attempts
to rescue him were made by another
diver, but all have been unsuccessful.
Two more divers have gone from New
York to aid in saving the man The
diving apparatus is working all right
and constant signalling from the inn
prisoned man shows that he is alive.
The second diver reported that the
man below was caught by one leg be-
tween the great wooden ball and a
range of the pipe and that all his ef-
forts to release him had been unavail-
ing.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1904-04-13
RESULT OF PRIMARIES.
Alabama viii Send Uninstructed Dele
cation to st. Louis.

Birmingham, Ala, April 13.-Fur-
ther returns from Mondays Demo-
cratic primaries indicate that a major
ity of the delegates elected to the
Democratic state convention favor
sending an uninstructed delegation to
the national convention. 1t is gen.
orally understood that those who are
for no instructions are also against
Bryan, Cleveland and Hearst.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1904-04-13
NO LOSS OF LIFE MENTIONED
Pacific Mail Steamer Colon Wrecked
Near Acapulco.

San Francisco, April 13.-The Mer.
chants Exchange has received a ca
blegram stating that the Pacific Mail
Steamship company's steamer Colon,
which left this city on March % for
Panama with a number of passengers
and cargo of general merchandise
consigned to Mexican and Central
American ports, has been wrecked.
The Colon is reported to have struck
on a rock at Punta Remedies, causing
injuries which made it necessary to
beach her at Acapulco.
II Is not believed here that any lives
were lost, as no casualties are men.
toned in the dispatch announcing the
accident to the vessel.