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Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1904-10-11

st. Petersburg, Oct. 10.-7:40 a. m
Commenting on the order of the day is
sued by General Kuropatkin, on Sun
day, the Novosti expresses unquali
fed confidence in that commander and
says:
This is the man, who at the begin
ming of the war, said: Patience,
patience, and again patience We have
awaited in obedience for his words:
Now the time has come to turn south.
ward Advance now will be no idle
word. Kuropatkin is going through
to save his comrades at Port Arthur
they may have to defeat four opposing
armies to do SO; but our soldiers are
happy"
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1904-10-11

Mukden, Oct. 9.-De1ayed-An Euro
pean who just arrived from New
Chwang, reports that the supply of
food supplies and war material are
pouring into that port, several vessels
unloading daily. The town is taking
on the aspect of Japanese city. A
vessel load of foreign supplies has
arrived but the Japanese staff would
not permit the vessel to land. She
remained few days in the roadstead
and departed. The Japanese are con.
fdent the Russians will never be able
to take New Chwang, and they are
making the port the basis of subsis.
tence for the whole Japanese armies
in Manchuria.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1904-10-11
FIRE AT WORLDS FAIR.

Firemen Had Hard Fight to Prevent
Serious ConfIaaration.
st. Louis, Oct. 10.-As a result of
nre which today completely destroyed
an amusement resort near the worlds
fa1r grounds and communicated to the
roof OF the Forest Park hotel, $40
guests in the latter were aroused from
their sleep and hurried from the burn.
ing building.
The sparks also fell in the livestock
forum of the worlds fair and it was
only by prompt work that the firemen
succeeded in preventing a general con.
fagration.
The loss to the amusement resort
was $4,000 and to the hotel and other
buildings nominal, as the flames were
easily eXtinguished.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1904-10-11

Shanghai, Oct. 10.-Chinese govern.
Hent officials are reported to be pur.
chasing her foreign provisions, which
are to be shipped to Tien Tsin. The
purpose of this purchase of provisions
is unknown. Well informed Chinese
express the opinion that they are in.
tended for the Russian army. A tel.
egram from Kweilin in the province
Of Kwang ST in Southern China, says
that Chinese troops have defeated a
large body of rebels at Lochengschien
after three days fight The Boxer
movement is reported to be spreading
in the northern pronvince.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1904-10-11
His Condition Improved.

Larien, Conn, Oct. 10.-An improve,
ment is noted in the condition of Will.
liam Zeigler, according to statement
by member Of the family at the res.
idence today. The patient Is suffer.
ing from a shook following his recent.
carriage accident. The internal in
juries, then feared, are now manifest,
but the family do not anticipate a cri-
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1904-10-11
Central Meetings Deferred.

Savannah, Ca, Oct 10-The annual
meetings of the Central of Georgia
Railway company and the Ocean
Steamship company, which were called
for Monday, have been postponed ow.
ing to the absence of President j. F..
Hanson, who is in New York. 1t is
said that the meetings will take place
two weeks from Monday.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1904-10-11
Congress- of Military surnAnns

st. Louis, Oct. 10.-The international
congress of military surgeons con.
Vened today at the worlds fair
grounds with large attendance of dis.
t1nguished members from throughout
the world. The objects Of the con.
gress are to unite all nations in the
cultivation and maintenance of an in.
ternational community of interest by
which the services to the SICK and
wounded in war may be equalized,
elaborated and perfected throughout
the civilized world.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1904-10-11
South Florida Fair Fund GROWING.

Tampa, Fla, Oct 10.-The finance
committee of the South Florida Fair
association, through it's chairman,
George R. Macfarlane, reports that al.
ready 5000 has been raised for the
fair fund, and that several other large
contributions which are expected, will
soon swell the amount to 10000
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1904-10-11
THRILL OF JOY NOW
PERMEATES RUSSIA
Kuropatkin Strong Enough to
Assume Offensive,
NEWS GIVES ENCOURAGEMENT.
1t Is Stated that Russian Commander
Has Begun Offensive Movements
Against the Armies of Field Marshal
Oyama-Eastern War News. :.

st. Petersburg, Oct. 10.-The an.
nOuncement that General Kuropatkin
Is at last strong enough to assume the
offensive together with unofficial re
ports that offensive movements against
the three armies of Field MarshalOya.
ma have been progressing since Octo.
Der 4, has sent a thrill of joy through.
out Russia.
The announcement, which has been
awaited patiently throughout the long
weary months of Encouragement and
defeat had an instantaneous effect.
The public bulletin boards at the
street corners upon which are pasted
copies Of Kuropatkin's order of the day
were surrounded by crowds really
cheerful for the first time since the
war began.
Last night at a Russian club Gen.
eral Velitchko, the engineer who for
titled Lao Yang, delivered lecture in
defense of Kuropatkin's abandonment
of that place. The reading of the or
der created a scene of enthusiasm
and a telegram was sent to Kuropat
kin expressing the deepest satisfaction
and unshaken confidence in his lead
ership and praising his chivalrous act
saying:
Like the Russian warriors of old,
you have warned the enemy that you
are advancing against him"
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1904-10-11

Naples, Oct. 10-The Corriere del
Mattino today published an interview
with M. Verblunsky, inspector general
of the Russo-Chinese navigation com.
pany, who escaped from Port Arthur
on junk and who has just arrived
here He reiterates the statement
that Fort Arthur will never fall
through hunger, the stores of provi
sions accumulated bstore the war be.
ing immense and practically not yet
touched, While Chinese junks are con.
tinuing a daily service thus replenish.
ing the supplies.
The junks, M. Verblunsky adds, es.
cape the vigilance of the Japanese
fleet by. following the irregularities OF
the coast. Port Arthur, when he left
there had garrison of $4,000 soldiers
and 10000 sailors.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1904-10-11
OTTO HELLER, ACTOR, DEAD.

Filled important Roles Both in Traae.
dy and Comedy.
Philadelphia, Oct. 10.-Oscar Heller.
formerly widely known on the stage
at Otto Heller, is dead at his home
here, of heart disease.
He was 78 years old. Heller was
born in Saxony, and came here in
1872, and entered on successful stage
career. He filed important roles
both OF comedy and tragedy in Shake.
spearan plays. His most meritorious
characters were Sir James BIount in
Richard III" Lucentio, in "Taming
OF the Shrew," and Bassanio, in the
Merchant of Venice"
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1904-10-11

rev escaping with slight injuries The
Pullman remained upright and none of
the occupants were hurt beyond sus.
ta1ning a severe shaking up.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1904-10-11
NEGRO Farmer AssassInated.

Nashville, Tenn, Oct. 10.-At Clarks.
burg, Tenn, Anthony Pearson, we'll
to do farmer, was assassinated by Jim
and Giles Williams, sons-in-law. The
asrassins ascaned
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1904-10-11
WRECK ON CENTRAL.

Nine Cars of Cotton Were Entirely
Demolished.
Oglethorpe, Ga, Oct. 10.---Eastbound
extra number 1855, on the Central
railway, in charge of Conductor Burke
and Engineer Scoyille, was wrecked
just east Of the depot here.
Nine cars of cotton were derailed,
eight of which are total wreck.
Both the morning passenger trains
were delayed about two hours while
making transfer.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1904-10-11
Victims Badly ManeIed.

Half dozen who were not killed
outright were so badly injured that
they died before they could be remov-
ed from the debris. Many of the dead
were almost unrecognizable. Arms
and legs were dismembered in several
cases and together with bag, @ and
pieces of wreckage were tumbled to-
gether in a confused mass of bleeding
human forms. The next two coaches
were also, seats being torn up and win
dows smashed, but in these cars the
passengers Jared better. all except q
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1904-10-11
LEADING CLUB MAN
TAKES HIS OWN LIFE
Sensational Tragedy Occurs In
New York City.
MEMBER OF AN OLD FAMILY.

Frank DePeyster Hall, After Bringing
Suits for sIander Against Other
cIubmen and Demanding $1oo,ol
Damages, Suicides-UnusuaI Affair.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1904-05-26

GOVERNMENTS on and waded waist deep
to the opposite bank. Using Il high
bluff for a rampant, they kept down
the enemy's fire until Il bridge was
laid and the artillery across.
The guns and infantry supports
brought forward by Warren TO cover
the party making the crossing had
barely got into position when Colonel
Browns South Carolina brigade
charged on the advance line and dou-
bled up the right flank. Bartletts bri-
gade hurried to the rescue of the ex-
posed flank at double quick, and in the
maneuver occurred one OF those en-
counters which give to war a touch of
romance. One of Bartletts regiments
was the Eighty-third Pennsylvania,
body of veterans that had been in the
field since 1861. Browns command in
cluded the First South Carolina. These
two regiments ran into each other, but
the Pennsylvanians got in the first
fire. One Keystone man seized Colonel
Brown and made him prisoner, and
another shot down the leader of the
First South Carolina.
This was the second collision of
these regiments, the first having taken
place at Gaines Mill two years before.
Both bad fought ON every field of bat
tie in the east from 1862 to 1864. and
their losses in killed and wounded
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1904-05-26

turbance of business which inevitably
attends revision of the tariff SEIZED
ules. Nor can such revision be in
trusted with safety 10 any o-her than
the party of protection. To intrust
il to the Democratic party is again to
invite the Democratic disaster and
panic of 1893
Other planks deal with tile nation :
debt TO those who imperiled their
lives for the preservation of the
republic, which will be declared TO
have been faithfully paid; with the
responsibilities incurred by the
treaty of Paris. which will be declared
to have been sacredly kept, as witness
the prosperity of Porto Rico and tine
Philippine islands; with the sacred
ness of the ballot, the equaliay of all
citizens, etc
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1904-05-26
Grants Left Flank March
FoRTIETH ANNIVERSARY WAR STORY
Copyright. 1901. by C. L. Kilmer.l
May 1928. 1864


a FTER the failure to carr the
"a key position at SpOttsylvana
"a by the assault on the Bloody.
Angle" the 18th OF May 1864.
Grant continued to hammer at Lees
works for a week ON the 18th the
Army of the Potomac again marched
forward by the left flank.
The new Federal movement was met
by counter attack upon Grants right
flank at SpOttsylvania by the Confed
crate corps of General Ewell With
troops composed principally of Stone
wall Jacksons former command. Ewell
made detour and struck the road to
Fredericksburg. which was Grants line
of communication with his base. 1t
happened that there were no Federal
troops at the point attacked, except Ty-
lers brigade of heavy artillerists, a
body Of men just out of the fortifica-
tons of Washington. whose appearance
at the front in "spick and span uni
forms had been greeted by the war
worn soldiers with Gerisive chatf.
General Ewell had no cannon. His
troops barricaded the road and the
woods adjoining with fence rails COM
polling the "heavies" to charge bayO-
nets in order TO dislodge the intruders.
The charge was made n@gallant style.
Fighting was kept up from o'clock
until dark and the line held while re
enfprcements were marching back
from one of the veteran corps.
Had Ewell succeeded that day in
cutting Grants communications the
Army Of the Potomac would have been
forced to turn back from its flank
march to reopen the road to its base.
In saving the army i'll that crisis the
eleventh hour "helvies" were in the
right place. even though it was the
rear, and their baptism of fire was as
bloody as that Of many an infantry
regiment in a grand battle charge. The
First Maine heavy artillery entered
the fight with 1900 men. 1t lost 147
killed and 329 wounded, about 80 per
cent. The First Massachusetts heavy
artillery mustered about the same
number of effectives and lost 800 killed
or wounded.
1t was the 23d Of May when Grant 5
army on its flank march to Richmond
reached the near bank of the North
Anna river. The ConfeGerates imme-
diately arose into view across the
stream. From the very beginning of
the campaign the Federal leaders had
assumed that Lee would make Il stand
on the North Anna. In fact, they had
not expected to encounter the enemy
short of that point
On reaching the North Anna, General
Warrcn's Fifth corps crossed at the
Jericho ford with but slight opposition
The lead was given to General J. j.
! Bartlett's brigade. Bartlett'S men
plunged into the stream with their ac
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-04-16
Mr.. Weayer's Residence

A residence is to be built by George
Weaver on Wisconsin avenue, at the brow
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-04-16

of the hill north of the power house, from
plans prepared by F. B. Pyle, architect
The new structure will be of frame, Eng
lish in design. with an entrance at the SIDE
which will open into hall. The latter
will separate the parlor from the dining
room. The house will be detached.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-04-16
Sale of a House.

John NJ. Henderson has sold to Mary Var
Horn Blodgett. through Soule & Co. bro
kers house No. 2917 18th street for sl2T50
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-04-16
The Art of Clear Dictation.

From the New York Sun.
Few people think and talk with precision
and In logical order, even of the mer
whose trained intellectual ability is made
manifest In their deliberate writing. In die.
tated judicial opinions and legal documents
there now often appear redundancy, COM
plexity of thought and carelessness of ex-
preston. of which the burden of interpre
tation is great; and sometimes the separa.
ton of the wheat from the chair is next t.
impossible. Moreover, we discover In many
contemporary literary productions books
and what not, like evidences that they
were dictated by men who had not mas
tered the art. The difference between writ
ten and dictated work is made apparent In
the absence of anything like individuality
of literary style and in a machine-like uni
formity in which there is no more literary
style than in an ordinary commercial let.
ter
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-04-16
Covent Garden.

From the London Chronicle.
Market gardeners who spend the sleep
ing hours of the Londoner's morning al
Covent Garden would scarcely recognize
their place of business in the words: u
acras terre ct pasture cum pertinentiis
vocat The Covent Garden jacentes In pa
rochia Sancti Martini in campis juxta
Charinge Crosse" Yet that was the de.
scription of 1t as held by the Earl of Bed
ford when he leased it on March 10, 1851
Earlier than that, though, in 1870. the same
landlord, in granting lease of it to Lord
Burghley, called 1t his porcyon or percel
of the Pasture community called Coven,
Garden and other tenements scituate in
the high streate of Westminster, comunly
called the Stronde." A present description
of Covent Garden might be better spelled
perhaps, but 1t would be less picturesque
"Communely'' ceases to be common when
it can be spelled as you please.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-04-16
A "Touchy" Tree.
From the New Yors Tribune.

From the New York Tribune
There has just been discovered In the
far east a species Of the acacia tree which
closes Its leaves together in coils each day
at sunset and curls its twigs to the shape
of pigtails. After the tree has settled itself
thus for nights sleep IL touched the whole
thing will fiutter as ii agiteted or impatient
at being disturbed. The oftener the foliage
Is molesfed the more violent becomes the
shaking of the branches. and at length the
hailed for few mcments cavses violent.
dizzy headache. 1t has been named the
angry tree"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-04-16
Two-Story Apartments.

Out-of-town parties have bought the Nc
Cullough lots on the north side of N street
between 31st and sod streets, and are hav-
ing plans prepared for three two-story
apartment houses to cost about SIS, 600 The
lots will be brought down to a four-foot
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-04-16
More Room Needed.

The extraordinary improvements going on
in the District in connection with the filtra-
ton plant, union station and Pennsylvania
railroad tunnel have raised the price of
sand and gravel, and the Georgetown es-
Establishments dealing in these commodities
have been forced. through excessive de-
mands. to largely increase the capacity of
their plants. 1t is understood the Columbia
tiers are on Water street, particularly feels
the need of more property and is casting
about for additional wharfage facilities.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-04-16
Building Association Tax.

Through the reduction of the personal
tax rate the gross earnings of building
associations in the District from to = per
cent, the aggregate amount saved over last
years disbursement on this account will
be about $4,000. There is no greater power
for good in a community, 1t was argued be-
fore the congressional committees, than a
well-conducted building association, and to
maintain such a tax as the original law i'm
posed meant the encouragement of thrift.
There are fourteen strictly local building
associations in the District of Columbia,
and the part they have played in the build
ing up of the city is looked upon as i'm
portant Even a small tax on the gross
earnings of any business is manifestly I'M
reasonable, and when that business repre-
sents the savings of wage earners such a
tax constitutes a menace to the develop
ment of the laudable ambition of men to ac-
uuire homes
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-04-16

upon which in conjunction with the corner
heretofore sold Mr.. Warren by the firm is
to be erected fiye-story apartment house
For Mrs. I.iley w. Stone the firm has
sold to John E. Shoemaker building lot
on the north side of Cincinnati street, west
of 10Th street. upon which Mr.. Shoemaker
will erect a home. Also to Mr.. Louis r.
Breuninger lots IA, 145, lag, square GIL,
east side of LIST street northwest. between
N and streets. upon which Mr. Breun-
niger is building three two-story double
apartment houses.
The members of the firm state that sales
of improved property this spring have been
very encouraging, and to accommodate
their increasing business their Office Is
about to be enlarged by extending 1t back
about forty feet, thus taking in the whole
main floor of 1903 F street. The basement
of the same building is also to be enlarged
and turned into fine store room.
New Apartment House.
The piles of building materials that have
been collected during past months at Con-
necticut avenue and NJ street are grad
ually disappearing, and in consequence
the brick walls of the steel frame apart
ment house that is being erected on that
site are about completed. This new build
ing is to be called the Connecticut, and its
substantial construction represents the best
type of fireproof building. 1t is expected
by the contractors, the Geo. A. Fuller COM
pany, to have the building finished by about
july i, ana the remaining IlloltHS VI tifS
summer will be DEVOTED to the work of in
terror decoration.
Owing to the frontage on three streets. as
well ample provision of courts. one OF
the features of the new structure will be an
abundance of light and air.
The suites containing from seven to
nine or more rooms and renting from
500 to $3.50 per month will be what are
known as housekeeping suites. In the
event some tenants may prefer not to
carry on housekeeping meals will be fur
nished by a caterer in the building. There
will be no general cafe or dining room.
Electric dumb elevators are provided for
such a service as well as to give direct
communication between each suite and
the basement, where all supplies come in.
There are two back rooms in each apart
ment and the parlOr, dining room and
library are unusually spacious so that
they can be used for entertaining if de-
sired. In some suites the parlors will be
finished in white enamel. the libraries
and dining rooms In mahogany.
The finish of the parlor will be in ma hog
any, and the libraries and dining room will
be in dark CHARTERED oak The latter will
be wainscoted and paneled, and have china
cabinet. Not only will a kitchen and pam
try be provided In each suite but rooms for
servants.
Some of the features of this structure as
illustrating what is provided in a modern
apartment house of the best type are open
hreplaces in all parlors, telephones, local
and long distance, filtered hot and cold
water porcelain-lined Ice boxes, sinks in
kitchen. porcelain-lined ice boxes sinks in
basement for use of tenant and separate
trunk room for each apartment.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-04-16

S0cIETIEE. LODGES. &r.-A DRAMATIC Glib
b ready to clear ron money. Have played this
winter successfully, Well advertised. Address
BOX iOS' Star once. IT.
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Opening Up Land.

The syndicate controlling the sixty-acre
McKenney tract is engaged in plating the
property in conformity with the city streets.
1t is understood the promoters will dedicate
property to the depth of ten feet on the
FoXhall road front for the purpose of MAX
ing that highway more attractive. In this
event the District will bring that ten-foot
strip down 10 the grade of the present road
way. This alone would enhance values in
Harlem, the village abutting on the tract.
The rapid progress in building operations in
Harlem has led to the opening up of this
contiguous property, which for hundred
years has remained intact.
Attention will be paid to the character of
the improve zen to he made upon the land,
thus insuring the erection of desirable
class of houses. With the opening up of
this tract there remains but one large acre
age property separating it from Georgetown
proper. The promoters will then work
strenuously for the extension of Prospect
avenue. This will mean greater George
town, as direct connection with the country
beyond Georgetown College will then be
readily accessible to pedestrians.