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The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1904-04-02
WAR NEWS IN BRIEF.

Captain Irkorf Of the Manchurian
commissariat service. sentenced to
twenty-five years. penal servitude for
having sold information in connection
with the Qpatermaster's Department to
Lieutenant Colonel Akashia, ex-military
attache of the Japanese Legation at st.
Petersburg. will be sent to the quick.
silver mines at Nerchinsk. Eastern ST.
IBERIA. to serve out his sentence.
The Gear has telegraphed to Vice.
Admiral Makaroff an order decorating
the officers and men of the torpedo boat
destroyer SLIM with the St. George cross
for their valor in the repulse of the Japa-
nese attempt to block Port Arthur on
March ~. Lieutenant General Stoessel,
in command at Port Arthur. has issued
an order forbidding civil f~unctionaries
to desert their offices and seek places
Of safety during bombardments. Gene
raj Stoessel sarcastioalIy observes that
he has not seen them at batteries when
the enemy was attacking.
Russia's declaration Of martial law at
Newchwang closes that port to CON-
merce. At the outset of the war there
was much talk of action by the Powers
to proclaim the neutrality of New
chwang, but Japan soc manifested a
disposition to undertake the capture and
and occupation of the town, while Rus
slams vigorously prepared for its defense.
Great Britain and the United States
there upon ordered the withdrawal of
their naval representation from the port,
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1904-04-02
Site for Uncle Sans Garden.

Chico. CAL, March 2S.-Professor
Stubenrauch and P. II. Dorsett. repre-.
senting the United States Department
of Agriculture, have taken a bond on
ninety acres of the J. f. Entler ranch,
two and one-half miles southeast OF
Chico. Butte County, as the site for
the proposed Government Plant Intro.
duction Garden. The purchase price is
said to be $4,000, which will be con
tributed by the counties located in the
Sacramento Valley. 1t is proposed to
maintain and study at the garden all
kinds of trees. plants and shrubs which
the Department of Agriculture will in.
troduce from different parts Of the
world. and it will be the first Govern.
ment station of the kind in the United
States.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1904-04-02
u. S. SENATOR CONVICTED.
Joseph r. Burton of Kansas Guilty
of Bride Taking.


Of Bride Taking.
st. Louis. March 28.-Joseph Ralph
Burton, United States Senator from
Kansas, was convicted by a jury in the
United States District Court to-day on
the charge of having accepted compen-
sation to protect the interests of the
Rialto Grain and Securities Company
of st. Louis, before the Postofice De-
partment.
The jury deliberated forty-one hours.
A motion for a new trial was immed-
lately filed by the counsel for the Sem
ator. ~
If the verdict is sustained Senator
Burton will lose his seat in the Senate.
and forever be prohibited from holding
any Office of public trust. Each count
constitutes a separate offense and Sena.
tor Burton could receive a penitentiary
sentence Of two years and q $4,000
fine on each count.
Burton's conviction Is the first under
the section Of the statute which was
enacted by Congress in 1854.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1904-04-02
GENERAL NEWS M

The representatives of the Sharon es-
tate have secured a twenty years lease
on the Fairmont Hotel that is being
erected in San Francisco by Mrs. Herman
Oelrichs. The immediate success OF the
new st. Francis in that city has caused
the Palace Hotel management to reach
ont for control of the Fairmont.
After celebrating for eight hours the
jury in the seduction suit of Nina E.
Robinson against T. r. Walton. Mayor
Of Red Bluff. CAL, brought in a verdict
for the plaintiff, awarding her $1,000.
one-tcnth the amount sued for. The
verdict Of the jury has practically de.
clared Walton to be the father Of her
child.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1904-04-02

The role Of United States Senator
does not appear to be in these days Of
inquiry, investigation and suspicion the
most pleasant one in the world. Sena-
tor Dietrich has been turning all sorts
of legislative cartwheels to straighten
himself out. Senator Smoot has been un-
comfortably posing as an awful example
and now Senator Burton has been con-
victed on the score that his relations to
the Postoflce have not been strictly
honorable. AS a house of refuge for the
politically ambitious the United States
Senate will have to be reformed.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1904-04-02
ELY AS A COPPER A N
yew Machinery to Concentrate Cop
per Sulphides to Be Installed.

per Sulphides to Be Installed.
Salt Lake Tribune. March rs: Efici-
emily equipped, there is no doubt that
she mines at Ely, just over the n In
Nevada. will have been added to the
most productive of Western copper pro-
ducers, said J. B. Flemming, the
mechanical engineer, who has been
giving them his attention for a week or
more.
Mr.. Flemming whose skill is reflected
in a number of the largest plants In the
country, has accepted a position with
the White Pine Copper Mining Com
pany, aud having satisfied himself as to
its resources, is now ON his way to Cali
~fornia, where he will procure the ma
chinery for an experimental mill
with which to determine the method
best adapted to the concentration OF
the copper sulphides of the camp. This
determined, the construction OF an
adult plant will follow, and with an
early start he hopes to consummate the
undertaking before the close of the
year.
At once it is demonstrated that con-
centration is the thing. it is the COM
pany's intention, said Mr.. Fleming, to
install one furnace or more and to re-
duce the product to blister. Just as
likely a proposition, said the visitor. is
that presented at the New York & Ne
vada Company's properties. The lat
ter has also begun its equipment, and
with two of the camps copper producers
sending out their metals this season its
growth should be rapid and permanent.
Certainly few of Nevada's camps have
been more literally supported, and
while knowing ones have shuddered as
they saw a martyred Presidents grave
converted into a bargain counter, not
an entire camp is to be made response
BILE for it.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1904-04-02

The Japanese-R Russian war has fur.
nished N example Of patriotism, at
least, that will be remembered in his
tory and song as long as the race, white.
yellow O brown, survives. At Taska-
saki, japan, lived a widow, who learned
that her only SON could not join the
army because she was dependent upon
him for support. Without hesitation she
stabbed herself to the heart. that her
son might be free to fight for the father.
land. Withdrawing the dagger. she
handed it to him, motioning that he
was to use it against his country's foe,
and died. The SON Immediately enlisted
for active service. By her death, Japan
gained a soldier, and the worlda heroine.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1904-04-02

The Journal expresses amazement that
George 8. Nixon, a friend of the metal
silver, should return to the Republican
fold. his first love, now that silver as an
issue has been wiped of the National
blackboard. Mr.. Nixon might reply.
were he 70 disposed. that when the
Silver party of Nevada nominated and
elected a gold man for Governor. it
severed every tie that would hold a
conscientious silver man to it.-Carson
News.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1904-04-02
DRILLING WELLS IN THE DESERT
Western Pacific Is Arranging For
Water Supply.

-
Water Supply.
Salt Lake Herald, March 81: Accord.
ing to a man who arrived in Salt Lake
yesterday from the western part of the
State, the Western Pacific 10 engaged
in putting in wells at intervals of a few
miles along its survey clear across Utah
and part of Nevada.
Wherever there is a spring not pre-
viously pre.empted the representatives
of the railroad are taking possession,
while wells are being put down in what.
ever places the indications are favorable,
and the locations are close to the survey.
These preparations to supply water to
large numbers of men and animals are
taken to indicate that active con-
struction work in this part of the coun-
try is to begin during the Spring as
promised.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1904-04-02

The White Pine County Republican
Central Committee last week appointed
WIN. McGill, W.R. Bassett, W.Rynear-
son a committee to anvass the pre-
cinct for delegates desiring to go the
State Convention. Only the names of
those willing to attend the convention
in person will be put on the primary
ticket.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1904-04-02
gresham.

Key Pittman has resigned as a men,
Der of the State Central Committee of
the Silver party. and it is reported that
he has taken this step because he is of
the opinion that the managers Of the
Silver party will use the organization
to the advantage of the Republican
party.-Tonopah Miner.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1904-04-02
NEVADA POLITICAL TOPICS.

At the last meeting of the Tonopah
Miners Union resolutions were passed
endorsing Governor John Sparks for
United States Senator, W. r. Hearst for
President and Q. d. Van Duzer for Con-
orasamau
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1904-04-02

Frank G. Jenkins. a young news
paper man and a versatile writer who
has made Reno his home the past year,
assumed the editorship Of the Winnie
mucca Silver State on April /. Frank
Roach. who came from the East a year
ago to take charge of the Silver State.
leaves in a few days for another field Of
labor,
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1904-04-02

The University of Nevada basket
ball team defeated the team from the
San Jose, CAL, Normal School at Reno
Monday night by a score of II to 4.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1904-04-02

The Iowa miners and operators failed
to agree on March 81 and 10, 500 miners
are on strike. Every mine in Iowa is
closed.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1904-04-02

The report of the Washoe County
Grand Jury, December %, 1908. is
published in pamphlet form. covering
twenty pages.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1904-04-02
BORN.

At Prospect, Eureka County, Nevada,
March 80, 1904. to the wife Of R. G. Goss. a
daughter.
At the italian Ranch, Eureka County, Ne.
vada, March q, 1904, to the wife Of Peter
Edera, q son.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1904-04-02
Russia Defeated in First Land Battle

Russia Defeated in First Land Battle
The first land engagement of conse-
quence since the war between Russia
and Japan was fought March % at
Chongju, a town about fifty miles north
west of Pingyang. the Japanese base on
the western slope Of Korea. during the
advance toward the Yalu, While the
forces engaged were nc large. both in.
fantry and cavalry were brought into
play. The Russians made a fierce at.
tack upon the town. which was gal.
lantly held by the Japanese and evi.
IDENTIFY the Russian commander with.
drew his forces when reinforcements
for the towns defenders appeared in
sight. The Russian loss, according to
an official report to the Gear, was three
killed and fifteen wounded, while the
Japanese report their loss as two killed
and twelve wounded.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1904-04-02
ATTEMPT TO BOTTLE
UP PORT ARTHUR
CosactS and Japanese Cavalry Fight
in Korea and Russians Are Defeated.
Port Newchwang Closed to Com
meree-Russian Officers and Men
Decorated by the Car for
Bravery-Review of Land
Operations in Korea.

Operations in Korea.
st. Petersburg. March 2I.-Under
cover of darkness this morning Vice.
Admiral Togo made another desperate
attempt to bottle up the Russian fleet
in Port Arthur, but he failed again.
The. Japanese practically repeated the
tactics of February "a by sending -four
ships, preceded by a torpedo-boat
f~iotilla, with the exception that the fire
ships this time were armed with Hotch-
kiss guns for the purpose of keeping
off the Russian torpedo-b boat destroyers.
Searchligkts Discover the Enemy.
The enemy's attempt was discovered
by means of the shore searchlights and
a heavy fire was opened from the bat
teries and from two gunboats, which
were guarding the entrance to the
harbor. The Russian torpedo-boat de-
stroyer SLIM was outside on scouting
duty and to the dash and nerve of her
commander, Lieutenant Krinizki, is
chiefly due the complete defeat of the
plans of the japanese. He at once
made straight for the oncoming ships
under a hail of fire from the Hotchkiss
guns and torpedoed the leading ship,
which sheered off, followed by the
others, three of them being piled up on
the shore under Golden Hill and one
under the lighthouse.
SLIM Fights Against Desperate Odds
The SLIM then engaged the entire six
torpedo boats of the enemy, coming
out from a terrific fight with seven
killed and her commander and twelve
of her complement wounded; but on the
japanese side only one boats crew was
saved. The Japanese cruisers which
supported the attack exchanged shots
with the batteries and then drew off.
vice-Admiral Makaroff took a steam
launch and examined the fire ships. On
the fire ships were internal machines,
the wires connected with which were
cut. A floating mine was found bear
ing an internal machine, but the latter
was successfully removed. The inspec
tons made show that the steamers
utilized as fire ships were not old. They
were cache about 2,000 IONS and were
armed with light caliber guns.
At daybreak the Japanese torpedo
~fiotilla, followed by Admiral Togo's
feet, came up from a southerly direc-
ton. Vice-Admiral Makaroff, with his
fleet, sailed out to engage the enemy,
but, after the ships and batteries had
fired a few long-distance shots, Vice.
Admiral Togo decided to decline the
issue and disappeared to the southwark.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1904-06-17
Mrs. TroilIett Burned.

About 9 o'clock Wednesday a. m.
while bathing her chest with alcohol
Mrs. Joe Troillett was quite badly
burned, at her home on Forest ave
nue.. She was leaning over the stove
and had just bathed her chest and
neck with alcohol, when she unthink
ingly lifted the stove lid and the al
cohol caught fire. Her chest, meek
and face, in fact the whole body from
the waist line up was burned. The
doctor states, however, that he be
lieves the burns are not deep, and
therefore not likely to prove fatal, al
though very painful.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1904-06-17
japanese Fanaticisln.

st. Petersburg, June 15.-In an
article upon the war situation, the
Vazvedchick, leading magazine,
says of the fanaticism of Japanese
soldiers: The Japanese hitherto
have displayed desire to sacrifice
their lives for their country, and
some of the survivors of the battle of
Kin Lien Cheng wrote home, deplor-
ing their failure to die on the battle
fields. Such fanaticism must be TAX
en- into account as strategiCal and
tactical factor. We cannot count in
definitely on holding the passage
against such a foe. No fortress is
really impregnable if its assailant is
willing to move enough men against
it.
AS it happens, this Japanese fanati-
cism is eminently suitable to the
enemy's present plan of campaign
which hinges upon the rapid conduct
of operations, but which is worthless
in the slow game they will be COM
PEELED to play against Kuropatkin on
the arrival of Russian reinforcements.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1904-06-17
Loaded Excursion Steamer Burned This Morning.
Hundreds of Women and Children Dead.
THE GREATEST DISASTER OF ITS KIND FOR YEARS.
Sixteen Hundred Passengers Aboard
The Scenes of the Burning and Drowning Helpless
Ones Most Heartren

swept humanity. AS the flames
swooped down upon them they
dropped overheard in hordes. I
took off as many as possible IN
til the heat drove us away"
At the office of the company
it is learned that nine hundred
tickets had been sold to adults
for the excursion, and it is esti-
mated that from five to eight
hundred children went along
free. There were but few men in
the party. OF the first thirty
six bodies recovered thirty were
women and children. Pilot Van
Wart, and the second pilot,
Ewin Leader, were arrested this
afternoon. The General Slocum
was rated as an A 1 boat by the
insurance companies and was
one of the largest excursion
boats in the harbor, having a
capacity of $500. She had been
completely overhauled this
spring, and was fully supplied
with fire fighting devices.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1904-06-17
TeIegraphlc News.

Jefferson City, Mo-, June A. TIE
Supreme Court today affirmed judge
ment in the cases of julius Lohma.a
and Emu Kaufman, former members
of the St. Louis house of delegates,
Convicted of boodling. Each w5s
sentenced to six years in the state
penitentiary. The case of Robert
Snyder, the Kansas City millionaire
convicted in loser courts, of buying
the whole house of delegates to pass
the traction franchise, was reversed
and remanded. Lehman and Hart
man are the first two of the nineteen
boodlers convicted by Circuit Attorney
Folk, whose sentences have been
confirmed. eo
All the nineteen were alleged to
have. at Lohman's house to re-
ceive the $4,000 each of the bridge
Doodle fund. Edward Butler. the
politician, was acquitted of the
charge of having furnished this
bridge fund. Snyder's sentence was
for five years. His defense was the
statute of limitation barred prosecu-
ton.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1904-06-17

carrying heavy loads. Harness IS
made of ropes and gunny sacks aisse
complete. outfits is worth Asst .
cents. 81 ssse
The people are generally lag. md
prefer begging to work We 6Ouptet
81 in distance of % rods. Many Of
them are lepers, some without fingers
or hands, some with feet gone-one
can't leokat them.
There are no sewers here and he
smell is something awful. what
must 1t be iu hot weathet. The day
season is from May to.Decembek AID
people must drink water from their
filthy cisterss. 1 have seen with my
own eyes soldiess bathing in pools
where water is continually used
for drinking purposes. 1 will be
glad to get away from here The food
seems good, but from my window /
can see the cooks whoprepare it and
my appetite takes fight.
Our ship is waiting for US at Joppaj
and when | am safe on board. viii
feel as if homeware bound.
w, c. BLArLER.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1904-06-17
SOME REMARKS, BY THE WAY.

II is "a sign of a weak mind to show
hate of child. an imbecile or fool
Persons who are sticklers for "fotm''
and "propriety" on all occasions,
often miss some of the best enjoy
ments in life.
An newspaper men will please take
warning. A countefeit 800 bill is
n circulation, and it may be worked
off on you any minute.
June is surely the "month of roses %
We never saw them so fine before.
It also seems to be the month of
marriages, music and merriment.
The covered wagon with the har-
vesting crew dots every road leading
towards Barton county now. 1t will
be Bounteous Barton with Big Bs.
Dear old Kansas is certainly good
to the people of Barton county this
year. Ours will again be the banner
wheat producing county of the state.
The entire citizenship of Great
Bend will resolve itself into a recep-
ton committee of the whole, to bid
welcome to our visitors on the 4th OF
July.
The successful man is assisted
not injured, by the constant "knock
ing" OF his enemies. Such knocking
only urges him on to renewed effort
and greater success.
The Gear of all the RusSias changed
his mind about going to the front OF
his armies in the far east. He learn
ed that the fronts of his armies were
mostly headed towards him.
Some one says ga Happy Heart
is Better than Full Purse" We
don't lsnow-we have the happy
heart, But are waiting for the. full
purse before we pass judgement.
Nss nan who works on soliciting
sar.asAsr fq any public enterprise
has Splendid opportunity to study
human nature. He also has chance
to display his ability to keep an even
temper.
Ellinwood promises to take down
the bars and all come to Great Bend
on the ga-lorious 4thl OF course we
don't refer to Little Charles kind
they have not been taken down al
Elhnwood since the year one.
o Talk about good speaker being
able to fill large auditorium, thai
man WHO spoke in the park last nigh
not only filed the whole park, but al
vacant places for blocks around
He certainly was going some.
The truth should not hurt anyone
yet every newspaper man of any vim
and enterprise has a few bitter enc
mfes because at some time, for some
reason, he printed the truth, the
whole truth and nothisg but the trutf
50 help me God.
. The man who advertises invite.
you 10 call and see him; he wants yo,
to feel at home, to be sociable. Tn.
Q maH who does not advertise the sam,
as says he-does not care whether yo,
can on Him or not.9 Which of tn,
two is The hes. citizens
Q Mayor Abe Goodwin promises
a proclamation ordering all Hoising
toms good citizens to spend the 4tl
of July in Great Bend, In return fo
which, Mayor Moses will declare
holiday IA Great Bend when TIoising
ton has he's Harvest Home picnic.
The best business men use thu
evening papers as the most satisfac,
DRY advertising medium. The patrol
gets the evening paper after the care
of the day are over, when. there
time to look it all over. Then he o
she looks over the advertisements an
prepares for the purchases for to
nsx- d.L.