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The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1904-09-02

st. Petersburg, Aug. a4.-The cruiser
Askold and destroyer Grozovoi, at
Shanghai. will be disarmed.
According to the governor of Sakha-
lin. five government buildings and elev-
en- houses We're demolished during the
bombardnlent of Korsakovsk by the
Japanese.
Washington. Aug. 24.-It is asserted
positively at the navy department that
the American fleet at Shanghai is not
charged with protecting Chinese neu-
trality by any special Instructions. The
officials are convinced that the Japan
esq have no intention of violating Chi
nese neutrality.
Washington. Aug. 24.-Consul Gen
cral GOodnow cables the state depart
ment today from Shanghai telling Of
the appearance of Japanese vessels in
the harbor there. He made no mention
of the reported action of the American
torpedo boat.
Shanghai. Aug. 24.-The taotai has
issued another extension Of time to the
Russian vessels Asko!d and GroZoboi.
which have been ordered now to leave
by noon Tuesday. The American men
OF war in the harbor have for several
days been practically cleared for ac-
ton. with gun sights in position and
steam up. Rear Admiral Sterling is
determined the Japanese shall not in
terfere with the Russian vessels. He
has. it is reported. offered to escort
them beyond the three mile limit.
Rear Admiral Sterling says the trip
of the American torpedoboat destroyer
Chauncey, from Woosung to Shanghai,
yesterday was to carry dispatches. Her
movements had no connection with the
arrival of Japanese destroyer A
meeting of foreign consuls here today
resulted in the preparation of state
lneIt of the established facts regarding
the Russian warships Askold and
GroZoboi. The Russian authorities
show a disinclination to consider their
refusal to comply with China's demand
that the two ships either leave Shang-
,lai or diSarm.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1904-09-02
ARE FOR ROOSEVELT.
Senator Lodge Says Republicans Are
All for President as Are Many
Democrats

Oyster Bay, N. Y, Aug. 25.-After
conference with President Roosevelt,
Senator Lodge left for New York.
Republicans throughout the coun-
try" said Mr.. Lodge, ARE presenting a
solid front for the president. do not
find anywhere a single republican who
is expected to support and vote for Par
ker. Some gold democrats who voted
for Mckinley in 1895 and 1900 have
returned to their party. They. of
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1904-09-02
5oMBARDED A TOWN.
Japanese Fleet Pounded Up the R,

Japanese Fleet Pounded Up the Rus.
sian City of korsakovsk.
st. Petersburg, Aug. 24-The Russian
commandant at Korsakovsk, island of
Sakhalin, telegraphs the emperor that
the Japanese ships bombarded Kor-
saJovsk from o'clock Sunday morning
tr,l e:lo, When the vessels disappeared.
The government houses were DESTROYED
The damage to the town was quite in
considerable. There We're no casualties.
Nothing Doing in the North.
Lao Yang. Aug. q Sunday With
the exception of a little outpost Skin.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1904-09-02

Hong Kong, Aug. 24.-Sixty-flve men
of the Russian torpedoboat destroyer
Bunny, beached at Yong ChenG. south
east Of Wei Hal Wei arrived here to-
day on board the British storeship
Humber.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1904-09-02

Shanghai. Aug. 24.-Evidence given
before the naval court today shows the
Smelling and sinking of the British
steamer Hipsang. July l6. by the Rus
slams. to Save been reckless and
wanton act. Nine Chinese We're wound
ed and three killed on board the YES
sci.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1904-09-02
CH|CAeQ STRIKE
WAR IS BITTER
Packers Propose to Invoke In
terstate Law to Protect
Their Men.
SPECIAL TRAINS TO RUN
Interference With These in Hauling
Workmen to and From Stock
yards, Will Constitute Ground
for Appeal.

Chicago, Aug. 25.-The packers began
active work today to put into effect the
scheme to house their non-union en-
ployes in the old Hammond plant at
Hammond, Ind. in the event of failure
to secure an injunction against the city.
The packers assert that any interfer-
ence with the trains carrying their en-
ployes to and from Hammond would
constitute violation of the interstate
commerce law and would necessitate a
federal action.
Union pickets have now established a
system of espionage extending entirely
about the stock yards enclosure. Men
are being stopped blocks away and
warned against continuing work.
Jack Thompson, member Of the
track team of the University of Chi
cago. who has been working for Morris
& Co.. in the shipping department., dur
ing vacation was assaulted and robbed
while returning home from work. Three
suspects, were arrested, two Of whom
were identified by the student as his
assailants.
Another Peace Movement.
bearing on the strike is expected to
take place at q meeting Of the team
sters' joint council this evening. Pres
ident Cornelius Shea, OF the interna-
tional organization, will be present.
and the question OF the future action
of the teamsters in relation to the
strike will be canVassed.
Last Friday and yesterday commit
tee of leaders among the organized
teamsters, headed by John S. Field.
president of the Knickerbocker Ice COM
pany, and a former member of the
Chicago board of arbitration, visited
the stock yards on a tour of inspection.
This was due to an effort to induce
Field to act as an intermediary in
bringing about some suggestion of
peace, and his refusal to offer any sug-
,gestions until he had made a personal
investigation Of conditions at packing
,hourses. The report Of the committee
that accompanied Mr. Field will be
made to the joint council on this occa-
sion.
Non-union laborers hired by the
packers are said to be deserving be-
cause of decrease in wages from $3.50
per day to S1.75. the rate complained Of
by the strikers
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1904-09-02

The Duchess of Marlborough has the
reputation of being one of the most
reckless of automobile drivers.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1904-09-02
Hancock County Fair

mishing there have been no movements
of troops recently.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1904-09-02

Garner, Ia. Aug. 22.-The Hancock
county fair, which is to be held at Britt.
September 10, IA and Is, bids fair to be
better than any ever held before.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1904-09-02

Mrs. reggie" Vanderbilt is never
without certain bracelet of Turkish
manufacture.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1904-09-02
Wealthy PhiladeIphian n;s.

Philadelphia, Pa, Aug. 22.-Johr
Lowber Welsh, one of the wealthiest
and most prominent citizens of Phila-
delphia, died today
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1904-09-02

Nagasaki. Aug. 2i.--'rhe Russian
steamer Sun .gari. which was sunk by
the Russians near Chemulno ut the be-
ginning of the war to prevent her cap
ture by the japanese. and which subse-
Quently was t1oated by the latter. has
arrived here,
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1904-09-02

Washington. Aug. 24.--Consul Fowler
cables the state department today from
Chefoo that the Chinese local authori-
ties as we'll as the Chinese population,
are greatly alarmed over the prospect
that the Japanese fleet will land men
at Chefoo and seek to 'eStroy the w!"c
less telegraphy system which has been
operating with Port Arthur.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1904-09-02
stoessel Secs His Finish.

London. Aug. 25.-According to
Moscow correspondent OF the Post,
General Stoessel concluded a telegram
to an intimate friend there with the
.W2.Is, Farewell forever Port Arthur
will be my tomb"
The Paris correspondent of the Daily
chronicle sends an extraordinary story
to the effect that Russia is trying tos
induce France TO buy the Argentine
and Chilean men nf war for her.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1904-09-02
Russians AGAIN se;zino sh;n.
Repairing vIadivostok Cruisers.

: = 'e&dFVOSION OFQISEFS. 49,
ViadlVostok, Aug. 25.-Repairs to the
cruisers Rossia and Gromobol are nro.
ceeding rapidly. 1t is believed it will be
Dossibleto complete them without dock
ing the vessels and that it will take a
comparatively short time. 40
There is big reserve of naval guns
here all ready for installation. and Of
chosen from the Siberian reserves Il,
fin up the place of those who were
killed or wounded in the fight with vice
Admiral Kamimura's squadron.
The condition of the wounded gener-
ally is good, and only one has died since
they We're brought ashore. Those whose
cases are the most severe are pleading
not 70 pc renewed from, Vladiyostok, in
the fear that they will hot get back to
their Sims Tex
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1904-09-02

Durham, Natal, Aug. 25.-The captain
of the British steamer Comedian has
lodged protest against the action of
the Russian auxiliary cruiser Smolensk
in stopping the steamer and examining
her papers on Sunday
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1904-09-02

Tientsin Aug. 25.-Lloyd's agent at
Newchwang reports the following:
1.-The Russians are OBTAINING produce
pected to fall shortly Newchwang and
the country under Japanese jurisdic
ten Is progressing wonderfully"
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1904-06-16
TWO BATrALloNs WIPED ouTf
A Russian Report Tells OF Disaster
That Overlook Japs Near Feng
Wang Cheng.

Hal Cheng, Manchuria, June 49,
A thanking movement Of the japanese
around the Russian left from Feng
Wang Cheng June was repulsed with
q loss of two whole battalions. A
large Japanese force moved out in. the
morning along the Feng Wang Cheng
and Hal Cheng road. The Russians
had q force strongly posted In a ravine
80 miles southeast Of Hal Cheng. The
Japanese were preceded by two bat
talions, who walked into the Russian
ambuscade. They received a murder
Gus rife and artillery fire at close
range and were wiped out, only one or
two escaping. The main japanese
force, which was greatly superior to
the Russian force, tried to 0utflank
the Russians, who drew or without
losing a man. The Japanese closing
in found the ravine vacant, save for
their own dead.
The Czarovitch Ready for strvices
Tientsin, June 13.-The Russian bat
tleship Czarovitch, which was injured
Mt Port Arthur February 8 and which
has ever since been undergoing re-
pairs, has left the dry dock and II
now ready for sea.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1904-06-16
FLOODS AND cLoUDBURsrs.
They Cost the Lives OF Several Psrssns -
she Indian Territory Cotton Fields
Inundated.

Ardmore. I. T.. June 1i.-Floods and
cloudbursts in the Indian territory have
cost the lives Of several people in the
past week. Three persons were
drowned at Mill Greek yesterday morn
ing. The dead are Mrs. R. H. Wilson,
u two-year-old baby and Miss Fay
Davis. They were asleep in q building
when the cloudburst swept their home
away. The bodies were recovered n
Kiamichi valley. Reports Of loss Of lifo
and destruction to property are COM
Ing In. Five children Of Tony Jones
were drowned. The rect Of the family
were saved by climbing trees Ono
child was drowned at Bengal Many
stories are told Of thrilling escapes
from the food. It is feared in the
lowlands In Wichita valley that there
will be loss Of life. Many families
have been forced to abandon homes
and seek shelter on higher ground.
All streams in this section are out Of
their banks. Old Mill Greek Is re-
ported ten feet under water. Hundreds
Of live stock have been drowned
Many fields of cotton are inundated.
1t is not expected that the damage
done by the high water can be csti-
mated for week.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1904-06-16
WILL WAIT AND SEE.


Topeka, Kan, June 11.-Assistant
Attorney General John Dawson, when
asked about what the Kansas OFF,
Gals would do regarding Colorado
dumping her deported miners into
Kansas, said he did no see what could
be done as long as the miners de-
ported themselves properly. II they
become o nuisance they can be dealt
with the same as tramps or any other
class of undesirable citizens. No pro.
test has been received by the Kansas
officers up to this time. They will
wait to see what the protest is before
taking action. Gov. Bailey is in st.
Louis and no action, II any, will be
taken until he returns.
Kansas Citizens Indignant.
Syracuse, Kan, June 11.-Sheriff
Barr, of La Junta, COL, telegraphed
Sheriff Brady yesterday that a spe-
cial train carrying 140 deported Colo
RADIO miners would reach Coolidge at
night and unload the men in Kansas.
Residents of Coolidge and OF this place
are indignant and Gov. Bailey has been
asked to prevent Colorado from send
ing undesirable citizens to Kansas.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1904-06-16
ANOTHER RECORD L..Rop.
Secretary coburn Figures TMN
Kansas VIII This Year Harvest
$4,000, 900 Bushels Of wheat.

Topeka, Kan, June 10.-The Kansas
crop report. issued by Secretary Co
burn. indicates a>probable yield Of
S6.000.000 bushels Of wheat. compared
with 100000 bushels harvested last
year. The acreage this year Is almost
100000 acres less than last year ow-
Ing to fields abandoned or sown to
other crops in the western part Of the
state on account of the winter and
early spring. The five western tiers of
counties in which 100000 acres of
wheat were sown last fall, and which
produced 100000 bushels of wheat
in 1903, will not have much over half
quantity this year but the big central
wheat counties which had poor crops
last year will have large yields this
year and the 100000 acres of wheat
in the state east Of Phillips, Ellis and
Edwards counties will have q larger
yield per acre than they produced last
year. The tier Of counties will have
larger yield per acre than last year.
The-wheat area sown last fall in each
county and the condition of the wheat
and corn crops by counties are here
shown: Wheat, Wheat, Corn,
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1904-06-16
KANSAS RANcHMAN DEAD.
Q. p. Dewey. . Millionaire of Manhattan
Kan, Dies Near wheeling. w. Va,
from Csrbupcle.

Wheeling. W. Va, June 11.-C r.
Dewey, OF Manhattan, Kan, the mil
lionaire and ranch owner, died yes
terday morning at the home Of his
niece, Mrs. B. Walker Peterson, ut
her suburban residence at Woods
dale. Death was due to complica-
ton Of diseases which originated In
the formation Of carbuncle ON his
face. He was heavily interested In
Chicago realty and was large land
owner in Kansas, Nebraska and Texas.
He was the father Of Chauncey Dewey,
who, with two cowboys, was recently
acquitted Of the murder Of the Berry
brothers, the result Of ranch feud In
northwestern Kansas.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1904-06-16
Nehrasha,s ssmi.CentenniaI.

Omaha, Neb., June 11.-NebraslKa
is celebrating the semi-centennial OF
its organization. The principal exer-
cises were held in Omaha. Henry ID.
Estabrook. of New York, and for many
years prominent Nebraskan, was the
orator of the day. Business was gem
orally suspended during the afternoon
and the day was made q holiday.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1904-06-16
MORE MEN DEp0RrED.
$sventy-slx Union Miners Sent Out %
Victor, Col. By Orders OF Adjt
- Gen. Bell.

Colo ado Springs. Col, June H.
Acting III der the orders Of Adjt Gen
Sherman BILL. Of the state nationa
guard. a spec. al train was made VI
shortly after mon yesterday in the
Short Line yards at Victor for thu
deportation of 70 union miners. The
men were marched to the train be-
tween heavy lines Of military and
deputies. A crowd of fully 1000 peo-
pie had collected to see the mel placed
On board. Among the spectators were
wives and sisters, fathers and mothers
Of the deported men, and the scenes
were very affecting. Mothers, sisters
and sweethearts cried good-by and
tried to push through the lines for q
parting hspdshake. Most Of the
women had been allowed TO see their
relatives at Armory hall before the
men were marched out. Another
party of exiled men will be sent out
Of the district to-day.
Arrangements were previously made
70 send the men to the Kansas state
line over the Santa Fe because OF pro-
tests made against taking them to
Pueblo or Denver and leaving them
there.
Sixty men confined in the Cripple
Creek bull pen were taken to the
county Jail yesterday and charges Of
murder we're placed against them.
The Woman's auxiliary Of the
Miners union has been forbidden by
the, military authorities to hold
meetings.
Joseph Hamilton, chairman Of the
democratic central committee, was
called before the citizens deportation
committee yesterday and asked con-
corning his sympathy with unionism.
Mr.. Hamilton acknowledged that he
believed in unions and he was told
that he must leave the camp within
the next four days.
The Coat to Colorado.
Denver, COL, June 1.-The Repub-
lican estimates the cost Of the strikes
in Colorado during the past 16 months
under. the administration Of Gov.
James H. Peabody to aggregate $685.
036,000.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1904-06-16
BIG MERGING OF MINES.
Report That John ID. Rockefeller
Will Head n Two-Billion-Dollnr
Absorption Syndicate.

New York, June 13.-Announcement
will soon be made of combination Of
mining interests OF America, with
John D. Rockefeller at its head. The
capital of the merged companies. It is
said, will be $500. oO0, 900 and the pur-
pose is to control the mineral output
of the United States. Senator Clark's
United Verde and Montana properties
and those Of F. Augustus Heinze IN
Montana are said to be included, as
also are the principal mining compa-
MES of Colorado, Utah and California.
Mr.. Rockefeller and his associates al
ready control the Amalgamated cop
per Mining company.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1904-06-16
Tho K.nsa. School Tar Levy.

Topeka, Kan, June 1.-THE aver
age tax levy for Kansas for the sup
port Of the common schools is 11.H
mills on each 500 valuation. This
average has been struck from the re-
ports sent to the Office Of the state
superintendent of public instruction
from each of the school districts OF
the state. The highest rate OF taxa
ton for school purposes is 1891 mills
in Pratt county. The lowest Is $50
mills in Morton.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1904-06-16
Dict of Bread Crumbs Fatal

Camden, N. j., June 13.-Rudolphua
Bingham, father Of the prohibition
party in Camden county and one timo
candidate for governor on the prohi-
hilton ticket, is dead in Cooper hos
pitai, aged so years. Several years ago
he began to subsist on a diet of bread
crumbs, whole corn and wheat, believ-
ing it would prolong his life: Physi-
clans told him the fare was killing him
but he refused to change 1t.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1904-06-16
H. Owned Many Grain Elevators.

Atchison, Kan, June If. NJ
Baker, one of the most extensive grain
dealers in the west. is dead here Of
Bright's disease. He was so years old
He developed the extensive business
in northern Kansas Of the Greenleaf
Baker Grain company, with q chain
of elevators for 800 miles on the ten-
trail branch.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1904-06-16
MISSOURI TEACHER SLAIN.
william Hesterly, of West Plains,
Mo-, Had Gone to Farmers
Home to Seek Redress.

West Plains, Mo-, June 13.-William
Hesterly, a school-teacher, was shot
and instantly killed near here Sunday
by George w. Bundren. a farmer.
Hesterly had gone to Bundren's home
to talk regarding a charge preferred
against him by Bundren and an alter
cation arose. Hesterly attempted to
draw a revolver. but Bundren seized
q rifle and shot him dead.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1904-06-16
rhe.Acrsars OF Spring wheat.

Washington, June 11.-Preliminary
returns to the chief Of the bureau Of
statistics of the department Of agri-
culture on the acreage Of spring wheat
sowed indicate an area Of about IT.
14O, 800 acres, decrease Of 49, JOG
acres, or seven per cent. from the re-
vised estimate Of the acreage sowed
last year.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1904-06-16
A FLOOD AT EVANSVILLE.
The walls of an IN Artificial Lake BrsaA
and Many Animals Lose Their Lives
in the Rush OF Water.

Evansville, Ind, June 1.-THE
breaking of the banks Of an artificial
lake 700 feet long by 500 feet wide last
night caused flood in the west end OK
Evansville. People living in Mary
land street were compelled to vacate
their homes. The path Of the flood Ii
strewn with the carcasses Of animals
and poultry, but 1t is believed no hui
man lives were lost. An investigation
by the police disclosed the fact that
the reservoir walls had been purpQsely
damaged.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1904-06-16
JUMPED INTO A SHAFT.
A Mother Mortnlly Injuries Herself at Ga
lena. Kan. In q search for Her
Missing Babe.

Galena, Kan, June 11.-Fancying
that she heard the cries of her miss
Ing two-year-old boy, Mrs. ]. o. Stew
ell jumped into an abandoned shaft
80 feet deep, and was MORALLY injured
yesterday afternoon. Her clothing
caught on the sides Of the shaft and
she was rescued by men with ropes.
Her skull was fractured and she re-
ceived several bruises. The child wis
found at q neighbours home.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1904-06-16
Cornell Colleges Centennial.

Mount Vernon, Ia. June 13.-Mount
Vernon was thronged with visitors
Sunday which marked the beginning
of the centennial celebration Of Cor
nell college. The anniversary sermon
was preached by Bishop Edward G.
Andrews. At night Bishop William F.
Mcdowell lectured on 1.-THE Christian
College," The jubilee ceremonies will
be held Wednesday, when Secretary
Leslie NJ. Shaw and others will speak.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1904-06-16
KILLED BY HIs Daughter.

Topeka, Kan, June IA special to
the State Journal from Norton, Kan.
says: A. C. Jenkins, living six miles
east Of Norton, while beating his wife
Saturday was shot dead by his 11-year-
old daughter. Jenkins was no doubt
insane rs he had often threatened to
kill his whole family.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1904-06-16
Sues Convict for Divorce.

After sacrificing all her property in
a futile attempt to keep her husband
from the penitentiary, Mrs. Clara T.
Beilstein has finally decided to seek
a divorce from John F. Beilstein. The
papers were filed in the district court
of Wyandotte county.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1904-06-16
CoclsreIl,s Injuries Not Serious.

Washington, June 10 Senator
Cockrell, of Missouri. who was pain.
fully injured by being knocked down
by boy with bicycle, is considerably
better. The wound in the shoulder il
painful, but it is thought 1t will yield
readily to treatment. The senator is
of robust physical condition and for
tunately suffered no shock to his nerv-
GUS system as q result of the accident
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1904-06-16
Would Tax Securities.

The commissioners of Shawnee
county will try to compel the Illinois
Life Insurance company to pay taxes
on $515,000 in securities on deposit in
the state treasury as protection to the
policy holders of the Kansas Mutual
Life Insurance company, which was
purchased by the Illinois company.