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Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1904-10-20
WOMEN ATTACKED BY DOG.
Maddened Animal Choked to Death By a
Young Man.

Easton, Pa. (SpeciaD With his
arms torn and bleeding ana his cloth
ing literally clawed from his body,
Arthur Smith leader OF the Able Op-
era House Orchestra, choked a mad
bulldog to death after struggle which
lasted for 20 minutes Sunday after
noon, thereby saving Misses Sue and
Mary Danner from being badly bit
ten or killed.
The young women, who are daugh-
ters of State Senator Thomas Danner.
were accompanying Smith for walk
and they allowed their fathers pet
bulldog to go along with them. When
the young people were on their way,
home they noticed the dog acted
strangely. Suddenly the animal be-
gan to growl, and a couple of mo-
ments later it made a vicious attack
upon Miss Sue Danner. Selzlng i:
club, Smith struck the dog and caused
it to break its hold upon its victim
Launching itself through the air, the
dog then hurled itself at Miss Mary
banners throat
Again did Smith force the dog aside
Springng to one side as the infuri-
ated brute advanced, the young mu'
sician caught the canine by the back
of its neck. A second later both
hands surrounded the bulldogs throat
Then began terrific battle. Fight
ing until it tore all the flesh upon
the arms of its conqueror, the brute
only showed great strength, and
Smith began to suffer from exhaus-
ton. But the musician kept firm
grasp on its neck, at the same time
warning the young ladies to flee. They
were unable to move for 20 minutes
while the fight lasted. At the end Of
that time the dog had been choked
to death. :,
The musician was so exhausted by
his efforts that he was not able to re-
turn to his home until late in the
evening.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1904-10-20
Latest Results of The Great Battle.

Monday night, at the close OF the
eighth day of the frightful battle OF
the Shakhe River Manchurla, the Rus
slams had at last turned back the tide
of defeat and had gained slightly since
Sunday.
General Kuropatkin has not only
held the line Of the Shakhe, to which
he has been withdrawing. his exhaust
ed and beaten men, but has actually
recrosscd the river and regainel pos
session OF strip Of ground south OF
it, which will act, to some extent, as
a buffer in protecting the withdrawal
of his supply train. The capture OF IS
Japanese guns is claimed.
While the center and the right wing
Of Kuropatkin continue TO mold the
Japanese at bay, his left wing, which
led the advance at the battles begin
ming, has not been heard from in
three days. This leads to fears for its
safety, though Toxic does not report
any new successes i'll this direction
According to one theory, the lett wing
is again advancing.
1t turns out that this column had
really occupied the passes which were
the key to its success, when on thurs
day orders came to retreat, presum-
ably caused by a failure OF plans IN
some other direction.
General Oku'S army on the left OF
the Japanese-the Russian right-has
won control of the railroad almost as
far north as the village of Shakhe. 1t
has dealt a series of sledgehammer
blows which broke the obstinate re-
sistance of the Russians, but not un,
til General Kuropatkin's baggage and
ammunition train had been saved Oku
is eager to push on to Mukden, and is
advancing by way of the Great Man
DARN road in an effort to strike the
Russians in the rear and cut off their
retreat.
An official Japanese estimate of the
Russian forces engaged in the battle
puts them at 100000 infantry, 26.ooc
cavalry and $50 guns. Allowing for
the artillerymen necessary to handle
this great mass Of cannon, there would
be a total of more than 100000 men.
In addition to those engaged in the
battle" Kuropatkin has large forces
at Mukden and Tie Pass, bringing his
probable total up to $4,000 men.
A dispatch from correspondent
with the headquarters of General No
gi's army, in front of Port Arthur,
is the first detailed statement of the
operations by the Japanese subsequent
to the battle of Nanshan Hill. 1t
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1904-10-20
FIERCE BATTLE AT MIDNIGHT.
Struggle Continues on Monday. the Eighth
Day OF Its Progress.

Mukdcn, Manchuria (By Cable).-
The battle was renewed and contin-
ucd throughout Sunday night, being
especially heavy at midnight.
The Russians retain their position
along the Shakhc River and have
made frequent attacks upon the Japa.
ncsc, capturing six of the latter 5
guns. The eastern army is helping
the western forces,
There has been heavy artillery fire
all day. The fighting is now ccntcred
on the plain.
The Japanese, who are in enormous
forces, have great advantage III
knowing the topography OF the coun-
try. They show desperate courage
The Japanese have suffered terrible
losses, but bear them with perfect
equanimity Their energy seems un-
bounded, and they continue the ag-
gressive INCREASINGLY
In some cases it is absolutely I'M
possible to move trains loaded with
wounded, and the unfortunate soldiers
have to be kept here. The whole hos
pital staff is displaying the greatest
courage and forttudc, working day
and night Many. after working seem
ingy to the limit OF human endur-
ance, have gone to the front to con
tinue their work under fire, replacing
those incapacitatcd on the firing line
Every road converEing on Mukdcn is
crowded with vehicles transporting
the wounded, who are being sent
north by wagon road, as we'll as by
rail, to Harbin.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1904-10-20
DEADLY WORK OF FIREBUG
Six Lives We're Lost and a Number
Injured.
MOST OF VICTIMS WERE CHILDREN.
Many Lives lmperlled by Some Incendlary
Who Set Fire TO Q New York Tenement'
house-A Number Rescued With Their
Clothes Afrs and Their Hair SinSed-Tweve
Families In Building.

New York (SpeciaD Six lives were
lost. nearly a score of persons were
injured and the lives of more than
hundred others were endangered If
an early morning tenement-house fire
in the Williamsburg section of Brook
lyn. With one exception all the dead
are children. Incendaries are thought
to have been responsible for the fatal
fire, and this theory is strengthened
by the fact that while the hremen
were at work on the blaze alarms
were turned in for two other fires in
the immediate ncighborhood.
Twelve families comprising 100 per-
sons were asleep in the big hve-story
double tcnemcnt-housc when the
flames were discovered. When the
alarm was sounded through the house
the men and women, some OF the lat
ter with babies in arms, others with
little boys and girls clinging to the
nightclothes of their mothers, ran to
the hallway. There they were met
with great clouds of choking smoke
| while the flames were rapidly closing
in about them Before the flrcmen ar
rived police rcscrvs from nearby
station had rescued many persons
from the blazing building. When
the firemen came human lines were
formed from the fre-escapes and the
screaming women and children were
lowered to the pavcmnet. The tlames
burst from windows all about them
and the clothes OF many of them were
burned from their bodies. Their hair
was singed and their bodies burned
At the same time firemen with sealing
ladders had reached the roof and were
carrying down to salty the trenzied
women and children, who had been
driven from the blazing rooms. Many
persons unable to reach either root or
fire escape were taken from windows
through which the flames were be-
ginning to pour The five Warkolsky
children were found huddled in a blaz-
ing room by fireman. Their night
clothes were burning, their hair burn
ed from their heads and their bodies
blistcred. They were taken to hos
pital in a serious condition, and tW"
of them succumbed. The rescucrS sui
fcred severely from the smoke and
| hnot
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1904-10-20
An Eskimo Salmon Trap.

Tho ESkimOS along the Yukon River
have an odd method of catching sal
mon, which is described by Mr.. Jcre.
mah Lynch i'll Three Years in the
KlOndikC."
The Eskimos take boards a foot wide
and an inch thick, and nail them to-
gether lengthwisc in a triangular spout,
a little wider than a good-sized salmon.
This is submerged in five feet of water
foot from the surface and twenty
yards from the shore.
Tho salmon, swimming along the
side of the shore against the strong
current, go straight into this simple
trap and cannot get back, and those in
the rear press on those in front.
We saw eighteen large salmon taken
utes. and the Indians said they caught
scores every day while the runs con.
tinued.
At an old Russian settlement we
observed how the natives live and pre-
pare for the winter The fish were
running plentlfully. and every Indian.
even to the little children. was busy
bringing them up from the bank, open
ing them and hanging them on the
trees, or temporary scaffolds, or tops
of hutS and cabins. in every cOnceiv-
able place where salmon could be
put to dry out of reach Of the dogs.
The run lasts about six weeks, and
In that interval the natives must pro-
vide food for their families and dogs
until next season. Very few wild ami
mails exist on this lower Yukon, and
with the addition of geese and ducks,
salmon is the only food that the coun
try provides for its inhabitants. No
grain is cultivated. The Indians buy
-four and light supplies from the trad
ers. paying in dogs and furs. for they
trap all through the long winter.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1904-10-20
Foreign.

The Italian Minister of War has
addressed a circular to the military
authorities, saying that in the recent
roting the Extreme party tried to in
duce soldiers to disregard discipline
and rebel. At Milan the escutcheons
of foreign consulate were defaced
and the ballard burned by an exiled
Russian anarchist
William O'Bricn. in speech at
Cork, declared that home rule was in
the ofliing, since it was believed the
Dunraven scheme of an Irish financial
commission had sympathy in official
quarters.
A furious storm has been raging off
the Grand Banks, Newfoundland, and
it is believed many fishing vessels
have been lost
Mr.. Griscum, the United States min
lister at Toxic, gave farewell din.
ner in honor of Lieutenant General
Prince Fushima, who sails for the
United States October 22 to visit the
St. Louis Exposition and Washington
as the special representative of the
Mikado.
The Italian government is taking
serious measures to preserve order at
the coming elections. .
King Gecege of Saxony is dead
after an illness of about month.
Representative of German, British
French and Belgian manufacturers, &C
cording to dispatch from Brussels.
have agreed to form an international
association to control the steel rail
industry.
The Duke Of Connaught, brother OF
King Edward, while driving in motor
car from Edinburgh, was thrown out
and sustained painful injuries.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1904-10-20
APPALLING TOTAL OF DEAD.
Japanese Counting the Piles OF Russian
COrpses.

Toxic (SpecaD There is a strong
appeal for peace in the appalling trag-
edy which is now under enactment in
Manchuria.
Both armies have fought ferociously
for a week and desperate fighting still
continues. 1t is probable that the
death roll will be largely increased
before the final shot is fired.
The preliminary reports indicate
that about 10000 men of both sides
have been either killed or wounded
the larger portion OF them being Rus
slams, since the armies OF the two
belligerents closed i'll combat.
Before the severe fighting on Octo-
Der ID General Oku's army alone re-
covered and buried 1000, making the
total number OF Russians buried by
the Japanese. with Nodzu's army still
to hear from, $3.50 Applying the
usual calculation and making reason
able allowance for the fighting of
the I4th and 18th, the Russian losses
will exceed 10000
Fragmentary reports Of Japanese
casualties are coming in. General
Oku, up to and including October H.
lost $500 men. 1t is estimated that
the total Japanese loss will be fully
10000
Moved Down by Kuroki.
A report dealing with the Russian
loss received from the Japanese field
headquarters says: :.
"The losses sustained by the enemy
opposing our right army (kuroks)
so far as ascertained are as follows:
Bodies left near Bensihu, on the
left bank of the Taitsc River, $50.
I'm front of our Bensihu detach-
ment, 1900.
"At Talen. 300.
"Near Tumentsu, 200.
Before the right column. 200,
"Near Kounkok and north OF Iu-
mentsu, 1900.
Near Chienlao, 800.
North Of Panlassan and near WI
mingsu, $50. -,
Before the left column, near Sha-
otakou, and northward, 300.
"Total, 4,5oo
"The number left in other places
has not been counted yet, but it is
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1904-10-20

War in its most frightful aspect is
pictured in the latest reports which
come from the field below Mukden,
Manchuria, where the Japanese have
dealt Russian pride and power one
of the most staggering blows ever
administered by an army.
Already $500 Russian dead have
been counted on the field. with Gen
eral Nodzu'> army still to hear from,
Field Marshal Oyama estimates that
his cncmy's total dead will exceed
10000. 1t is calculated in Toxic that
the Russian killed and wounded so
far number fully 10000 and those Of
the Japanese 10000. Marshal Oya-
ma calls this gigantic struggle the
battle of the Shakhc River"
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1904-10-20
THURMONT COUNTY, MD. THURSDAY OCTOBER 20

The great oculist's name was famii-
lar enough for Darrell. 1t was pity
that Gerhardt himself, bending at thar
moment over a pair of sightless eyes,
could not have lifted his head and
looked into those Of the woman he
loved.
The man who did look into them
wondered if. after all, and in spite of
Margaret's beauty, he had not had a
| narrow escape. Strenuousness was
the one thing in life to be avoided.
His thoughts turned to his wife With
| Il sense of relief.
Henry" The nurse conquered her
aversion enough to touch his ar'n
| Ever since the operation your wife
has ycarned-hungercd for some sign
that you really cared"
His weak under lip protruded itself
su!lcnly. 1t was the look which his
wife knew best on his face TO Mar
sarct it was rcvcalincly new.
go in now she said quietly, land
give hcr what she has been craving
for"
IIc shifted from one foot to the
other in hcSitatinS uncertainty. Then,
as it was always easier for him to
yield than to resist, he moved slowly
back along the corridor.
His wifc's eyes went quickly from
one face to the other as they rc.cntCrrd
the room. Darrell took Il chair beside
her.
"You must hurry up and get we'll"
he said awkwardly. patting The white
hand which lay on the counterpan".
She scarcely seemed to breathe while
she waited, her eyes fixed on his face.
Still he heSitatcd. feeling MarSaret's
compelling eyes upon him.
"Thr house---docs rot seem hike
home without you--littlc girl"
The very uItcrance Of the words
moved him. for Darrell was easily
moved cmotionaliy.
Slowly. in faint waves, tho color rHSo
to Eleanor Darrpls temples, sconiin"
to force the moisture into her eyes as
it came. Margaret thought inr"un-
tarily Of parcEcd ground whca Il heal
ing rain has fallen upon it,
The wifc'S fingers were clinging ike
weak tcndris around her husbands.
Darrell looked around for Margaret,
but she had left the room. feeling her
way hlndly ont. Then he stopped,
laying his face against the white one
near his own.
Margarct'S face as she ran down the
hospital steps that evening to the man
WHO stood waiting for her ut His
horses heads was Il hCncdict.on. Ger
Eardt turned 10 il afrcSh as he gath
cred up the rcinS in his strong hand.
II don't know that like you to look
like that" he said, smiling, when |
am not the cause. 1t makes me ical-
Gus"
The eyes which raised themselves to
his We're glowing with the wonder of
faith which has become certainty
st. Louis Star.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1904-10-20
Telephone Girls of Europe,

A London correspondent who has a
London-Paris-Mlan wire in his room
writes that in his opinion the telephone
girl is not quite an angel. He finds
the London telephone girls slow and
Indifferent, the French intractabie and
impertinent. When the Whitaker
Wright trial was proceeding he found
himself late with some news and
rushed to the telephone. Absolute 81.
lence followed his frantic ringing, until
he almost pulled the telephone from the
wall. After twenty minutes or so Il
sweet voice said: Number, please?"
But" he protested, Il have been ring,
ing for half an hour" ooh, really! |
am so sorry, was drinking my tea"
In Paris the girls are absent-minded
and usually make the connection bad
ly, but have invariably an excuse and
will not hear remonstrances.
The Italian telephone girl by the side
of her London and Paris sisters shines
indeed She is obliged to repeat the
number wanted and so seldom makes
wrong connection, she is prompt and
not exceptionally pert, but she is lazy.
and will often tell you that the person
you want does not reply when she has
made no effort to ring him up. p.-Rome
SecolO.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1904-10-20
60. 600 MEN FALL IN SEVEN DAYS BATTLE
The japanese Still InfIEting Terrible Punishment on
tho Russians.
AWFUL TRAGEDY AN APPEAL FOR PEACE
kuopa,kIn Though Dealt One OF The Most Staggering Blows In The His
tory OF War; Attacks On The Right With Ills Terribly
Exhausted Army. Hoping To Save Himself
From The DsgarCe OF A ROut

large The enemy's loss in this direc-
ton must exceed 10000. Among the
trophies reported captured are 200
shells, E ammunition wagons and much
uncounted munitions The enemy's
loss in the direction Of the center and
left armies is under investigation
More Than 10000 Dead.
A later report says
According to news from the CEN
ter army. $50 prisoners were taken
October I3. The Russian dead, under
investigation on that day, will reach
500. October IS the cnemy's dead
totalcd 1000. One hundred prisoners
were taken, together with rifles, can
non and wagons. The total Russian
dead left in front Of the center army
are estimated at 2.5oo.'
The grand total Of the enemy's dead
already investigated, the report puts
at $3.50, but the Russian losses dur
ing the last two days of fierce en-
gagements--October II and I5-are
not included in this number. More
over, there are some undiscovered
dead by all of the armies, so that the
cncmy's dead left on the field will
reach total of more than 10000.
Fighting on Sunday.
A telegram received from the Man
churan headquarters late Sunday re-
ports that the fighting has ceased on
the front of the right and the center
armies, but that it continues before
the left army. The report is as fol-
lows:
The front of the right and center
armies has become quiet, but on the
front of the left army fierce cannonad-
ing continues. In the direction OF
Lltajentua the enemy is inactive, Our
force under General iamada captured
one gun and two ammunition wagons
during the attack on the heights OF
Santaokangtszu on the night OF Oc-
tober IS"
Dispatches from Field Marshal Oya-
ma officially designate the entire en-
gagemcnt since October 10 as the
heretofore unnamed battle OF the
Shakhe River"
Fragmcntary reports Of the losses
Of the Japanese forces continue to
arrive. The center column OF the left
army lost 5 officers killed and 20
wounded since October II. On Octo-
Der IL it lost $50 men. The losses i'll
men by this column are under in
vestiga,ion The right column Of the
LETT army lost l officer killed and 5
wounded and 500 men killed or wound
cd on October H. The lett column
of the lett army lost 7 officers killed
and 20 wounded and 75o men killed
or wounded on October Ia
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1904-10-20
NATIONAL CAPITAL AFFAIRS.

President Roosevelt removed from
office Robert S. Rode, supervising IN
spector of the steamboat inspection
service at New York. in accordance
with the report of the Slocum Dlsas-
ter Commission.
Baroness Bertha Won Sultner, of Vi,
enna, Austria, had chat with the
President at the White House.
Attorney General Moody was pre-
scnted to the United States Supreme
Court by Solicitor General Hoyt.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1904-10-20
Broke All Worlds Records.

San Francisco Especially News was
brought to this ely by the gunboat
Bennington that Rear Admiral c. F.
Goodrichs flagship New York, during
her target practice last month in Mag
dalena Bay, Mexico, broke the worlds 5
record for firing 8-inch guns. She
made the greatest score, based on time
and accuracy, ever made with guns
of this caliber either in the American
or any other navy.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1904-10-20
BLIND MAN MURDERS TWO.
Then He Ends His Own Lie With
Pistol

Plano, Texas. (SpeciaD,-A triple
tragedy occurred about three and one.
half miles east Of Plano, when VIII
Cochran, blind man who had been
separated from his wife for about six
weeks, led by his nephew, IS years
old, called at the house of his mother,
law, entered the front door and
called for his wife When she sat
down by him he grabbed her, stab
bine her to death with dirk, and then
killed his mother-in-law, Mrs. James
Shelton, 70 years old. He then walked
around the house, stuck his dirk in the
ground, and, pulling out a pistol, shot
himself, dying instantly.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1904-10-20
Killed By Brother.iu.Law.

Richmond, Va. (SpeciaD. - James
BOYLE, about 80 years old, was shot
and killed by T. H. Moore, his brother
in-law, aged "a years, at the home
of the latter here. Boyle had been
drinking and annoying his relatives
for some days. Moore alleges that
he feared that Boyle would kill every
BODY in the Moore home wnen he
(Moore) came there. and that after
some words the shooting followed.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1904-10-20
WHERE THE TROUBLE LIES.

I think as many thoughts as most,
And some of them are really great.
I do not say the thing to boast
l only care the fact to state.
Yet other men accumulate
No end of wealth with something pat
/ could have done, but left too late.
Well, then, wish I'd thought of that.
I might have known that stocks woult
rise,
The indications were that way
1t was thing beyond surmise,
To buy lot was bound to pay.
noticed, too, the other day,
They rose sky high, but / was fat
\ Enough to miss the chance-oh, say,
l wish that | had thought OF that.
Why can't think of things in time!
My failure fills me with disgust.
1t always seems to me that Pm
Behind and getting all the dust.
Had it not been for this | must
Have been long since II plutocrat;
Each good thing missed, find, is Just
Because ] did not think OF that.
Chicago News.