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Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1904-09-10

Tho territorial republican conyen.
ton in Albuquerque should confine 1t.
SELF 10 a resolution IN favor Of state
hood. The voters of this territory Will
ratify or reject any statehood lcgis.
laIIon congreas chooses 10 adopt.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1904-09-10

Governor Bob Taylor's second wife
divorced him because he persisted In
practising on the violin. It 10 under.
stood he has promised the third to do
his practicing In a barn.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1904-09-10

Las yegas invites as al 10 come
and Soc her on the ith 9Th aud 9th
OF oriobcr. Il i the occasion o. her
flna annual faee meet under the aus
pices of The Southern Colorado and Ar.
kansas Valley racing circuit Las
Vegas Is a light little city, enterpri&
Ing aud goahcad-onthe jumpatiye.
and we shall have 70 hitch up our au
.tomobubble and 10 down 70 Tho rarcs,
Ration Gazette.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1904-09-10
SATURDAY EVENING SEPT 10

Uncle Henry g. has made II fifty
thousand aud some i~rreyerent poet
aster remarks.
Uncle Henry Gassaway
Has begun 10 throw his cash away
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1904-09-10

Really II 81 rather funny 10 hear d
mar who voted for Bryan In t9e and
90 object 70 sot.ug for Roosevelt on
the ground that he Is too radical.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1904-09-10

The papers Rat are supporting i
a Hubbell FOR territorial chairman,
surely do not Wish 70 convey the I'm.
preston that Delegate Rodey ap.
proves q bis acts, Yot Il has been
claimed that me fight Oh Mir. Hubboll
" ~ renlits d fight on Mr., Rodey.
For more than a year The Optic has
consistently opposed The retention Of
AZ Huhbell as territorial chairman.
For 4 longer timo than that ii has
glycn equally consistent support is
Delegate Rodey and We are heartily in
Of his reelection.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1904-09-10

The reclamation service will do It's
full duty by New Mexico. Tho Hondo
reservoir is well under way. A favor
able report OF the Las Vegas enter
prise has been made by the board OF
engineers. and according 10 today's
Associated Press dispatches work is.
TO begin In earnest on the surveys In
San Juan county. The preliminary
work has been fayorably reported. and
Il seems well assured that 10000
scres Of the rich fsllow lands OF the
northern county viii be brought under
The government Is also
contemplating work on . diversion
At the head Of the Mesilla val. I
n. "a, d
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1904-09-10

Tom Tagsart says tho result Id
Vermont II not surprising. Neither
viii be the result In November when
Roosevelt Wins BY a splendid major.
ttv.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1904-09-10

The republican convention III Albu.
auerque Monday must take tho proper
steps 10 rid Tho party In the territory
Of all faint or suspicion OF corruption.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1904-09-10

ms female weakness. Tho lower portion
OF the abdomen Is called by anatomists
tho pelyis. Tho organs contained in
this portion Of the body are known NJ
the pelvic organs. There are several nf
them, very delicate and very subject ID
catarrh. Few women escape entirely
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1904-09-10

on these limitations. No conscientious
druggist would sell one of them. Every
purchaser should look carefully at each
package Of Pernna he buys. to ne sure
that he il getting only genuine Peruna
Address nr, Hartman. President of
The Hartman Sanltarium, Colum bug, q.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1904-09-10

watermelons are running Wild in
California and are becoming d pest.
Then certainly California hasn't com.
menced TO wrestle with the eolored
problem YET.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1904-09-10

IN faatity alike. Pe-
una docs not relieve
these cases by tempo-
rarity mitigating
some symptom, hut
by q removal of the
cause. Many q woman
can testify that local
treatment does not
permanently cure. a
largo multitude Of
women are constantly
going from doctor 10
doctor to receive local
treatment, with little
or no result.
In Peruna { those
women find a prompt
and permanent cure.
limitations ofPs-ru-na
Pcruna Inns come to
be recognized as tho
greatest remedy for
catarrh in the world.
At first competitors
tried TO deny this and
insisted that their
remedies were Just Ms
good. hi was found
to be impossible, how
ever, and now imita-
tons arc springing
up everywhere.
To
palm of an initiation
OF Pcrnna even for q
short time is sure TO
be . money-making
scheme, but no Ano
who has ever taken
Peruna can be fooled
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1904-09-10

these things the trans.M Mississippi re.
gion Il pushing rapidly forward. and
\ u only i question on a faw decades
when Il Will equal the east III these
particulars.
There are twenty states and four
territories west of the Mississippi.
They contain G5 per cent of the area
of thn continent; have ~ Der cent of
the eountry's population: more than
30 per cent OF the country's mileage
IN railroads; 81 per cent OF the eoan.
try'a wealth, and their representatives
cast 40 per cont III Tho votes Iii the
house and Az per cent Of tho votes 10
the senate.
OF capital invested In home manu
iacturcs. the west has is per cent,
and y produces III value 20 per cent
M Tho manufacture Of tho country.
Commenting on lie general growth Of
the western region. The Worlds Work
says;
but the promise Of the future
renders present accomplishment com.
paratisely insignificant. Tho west did
not find itself until the frontier had
hecome 4 tradition, and the past
twenty years have witnessed a partial
realization of this better knowledge
Growth has been So rapid that, III two
decades. Il has caused tho confer 81
population 10 remoye from Ohio to In.
diam, the center Of farm values
from eastern Indiana 10 western n.
linoiat and the center or farming area
from eastern Illinois ID central Mis-.
souri,, Twenty years ago the center
OF mannfaetwrlng industry was In
western PENNSYLVANIA: today ii il ii
.eentral Ohio The center an tho farm
Income Or the United states nov rests
the Mississippi river: and. While
and values have declined In New En-.
gland, they have increased by more
Than 100 per cent IN The west,
% Il
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1904-09-10

Banks lost to s~ub.treasury since
Friday 1891. 900.
6. a 9. earned BIZ pei cent on
stocks IN the past year and is now in
strong physical condition.
Banks lost $685. 200 on weeks cur.
rency movement.
Twelve inlustrials advanced 81
per cent.
Twenty active railroads advanced
.55 per cent.
NEW YORK, Sept. lo.-Bank state.
ment:
Reserve decreased s9,065,I5
Reserve, less II. 81, decreased 49,.
oe6, s25.
Loans increased, 1929, 600.
Deposits increased, $4,625,4o0.
Legals decreased, ST. OG, 800.
Specie decreased, $780,, 800.
Circulation increased, s1.00s, 1850.
=g
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1904-09-10

Monarch over pain. Burns. cut.
sprains. stings. instant relief. d.
Thomas' Electric Oil At any drus
store.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1904-09-10
Chicago Grain and Provisions.

0aW anu FroNisions.
CHICAGO, Sept. 10.--The grain and
provision market closed today as fol,
lows:
Wheat-sept, s1.o5 SIS; Dec,
$1.0S 1.2@5,s.
corn-sept., So 5,sc: Dec, Sic.
Oats-Sept., 81 1-2c; Dec. 80 lac.
Pork Sept, $1O.72; Oct. 1880.
Lard-sept.. 800; Oct, sos.
Ribs-sept.. $3.50; Oct, s7.37.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1904-09-10

eatarfh Of these organs. while
eaeh case presents some minor
difference as TO detail, they are all
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1904-09-10
UTTERED MANY YEARS su% ss FEMALE DISEASES.
Two Robust Women Who Owe Their Restored Health
and Usefulness to Pe-ru-na.
Thankful Women Who
Have Been Cured by
Dr.. HartmaH'S Free
Irnat~na

Miss Ruth Emerson, ~ Syca-
more ST, buffalo, n. Y., writes:
n suffered FOR fsio years with
irregular and painful menstrual
ZION, and PernBa cured me with.
IA.x weeks. l cannot tell you
how grateful feel Any agency
winch brings health and strength
20 The afflicted Is always a wei
come friend, and to-day fhe
market IS 50 filled with useless
and hilarious medicines that II
Is n pleasure 10 know of so reiia.
pc q remedy as yoa Place before
the public
Miss Ruth Emerson.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1904-10-07
New Bank at Cauour

Huron, S. D., oct. g. The First state
Bank Of Cavour. S. D.. is the name of a
ne" iiiancia enterprise thar Will open for
business in that lively little city on the
1st Of october The capital stock, paid up
Is $4,000, and the officers are George G.
Puiienwelder. president J. f. Costello
vice president; Fred Gllerfnan cashier:
the directors are the ofticers-elect w. A
Turner G. S. Rngland and d. Cannard
Cavour is located in the east part of this,
Beadle county and is an enterprising and
growing town: an immense amount of
grain and live stock is annually shipped
from the place. and recently the town
has established a system of waterworks.
and made numerous Improvements The
new banking institution is backed by men
OF ample means and business experience.
and its sMcccsS is assurel
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1904-10-07
PaYNE SERIOUSLY ILL.
Postmaster General Is Confined to Hi.
Bed by Severe Attack of
Heart Trouble

Washington. Oct. 1-postmaste
r,ana,,l t,.,,,,. ~ o. =. .,ia..,.,..
IN ~ b;t. nc e' iuu.is ,Il,,
ArIi,fo,on 49, NM, ,l11.t., .ns 1s -
bnart ,rn,,hia h,,.., da,,,'i ~ ,, " ~
,.n1,,tin g, s;il ms
dav TO- ,,,st .,o 'ous u"i '''s ''is
M. pa,,,,a ,a,s,,,,,L, 80. ooloel ,.l,l.,.. ~
t,in i, 's ~, ne -. ~ ~ ieSeil.iy rom d
,,,,nra,.aa ,h@r,,, ~ ~, ,,, So illuch @
,fer ro i,- 'ids 'iIditi iias ptei
Whita uo,,sn 't'.it - mehl 10 1lie
ar tha aai'irat - IT,. aite .llse.i1s WIS
,,i,,,,, -. -. tas. ue7aaS ana thal
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1904-10-07
nI2EI:voClTIN(; MURDER
Of MENNONITE GIRL
Body Is Found ~ Miles West
OF Yankton Alter Long
Search.
8HE HAD BEEN MISSING
Deed Was Most At,ocious, I-ier Mouth
Being Stuffed Full OF Weeds
and Z a1Y Terribly
Abused.

Yankton S ID. oct 1-Delayed
word has been brought to this city of
the alrocious murder of a young girl
Il member of the Bon Homme county
Mennonite settlement fourteen miles up
the river from here The girl was
missed at evening roll call and Il
thorough search resulted in her being
found dead with her mouth stuffed full
OF hay. The poor girl had been brutal
ly assaulted and her death is supposed
to have resulted from the fendish act.
True TO their peculiar religious belief,
the Mennonite people made no outcry
against the deed, as they make no ef
fort at redress against the outside
world for anything the settlement or
its members may suffer. although
amongst themselves they are stern dis
ciplinarians. Three tramps We're no.
ticed in the vicinity where the dead
girl was found, but small chance of
their capture exists, owing to the
story only just coming to light, haV
ing been told to a neighboring farmer
by Mennonite. Last year man was
murdered in the settlement, word of
which has just come to the surface
since the last tragedy The settlement
is entirely isolated from the rest of
the community and no further details
are available at present
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1904-10-07
NOTABLE NEW ELEVATOR.
Arlington con9any Have Just Eree

Arlington Conpany Have Just Efecto..
> LARGE Structure.
Arlington. S. d. Oct..3-A number cf
citizens of this place organized the Cen
eral Dakota Flouring Mil company, in
corporated under the laws of South Da-
kota A site was secured and a mill
and elevator constructed. and which is
now about ready for business. The
making of nour win begin in about
thirty days
The structure is one of the largest
and best in this part OF the northwest.
and its location is in the midst OF one
of the greatest wheat and small grain
producing sections OF the state
The mill proper is "a by "a feet four
stories high, With elevator "a feet
square and so feet high. with a storage
capacity of 10000 bushels, and is oper-
ated by u gas engine. The capacity of
the mill is 400 barrels of nour per day.
II has eight stands OF rolls. and the
entire equipment is the latest improved
Nordylse & Marmon company's ma
chinery. including their latest improved
square sifters
The bins for milins wheat are OF inn
mense capacity. The feed. packing,
shipping and other departments are
ample and We'll arranged and every de-
tail of Il firsu-class up-to-date mill has
been carefully looked after.
The mill and elevator are covered
With corrugated zinc the power house
is of solid brick and is AZ by Sc feet,
with brick smokestacll 20 feet high The
engine is a Twin City compound corr
densrg Corliss, high pressure,
An office is by SO feet. also of brick,
is separated from the tnain structure
by a driveway and scale alley. There
convenient places in the mill proper,
and the entire plant is lighted by cleo
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1904-10-07
STATE w. c. T. U
Convention at Ecresford Holding Inter
estinu Sessions,


i3eresford, S. D.. Oct 5.-The state
w. c. I. U. convention in session here
was taken up mostly by reports of
superintendents over the state. At
the afternoon session, Mrs. Ram
sey, our state president. delivered her
annual address 10 the convention. She
spoke particularly of the increased
membership of the educated women.
This address was highly appreciated
by those present and it is with pleas
ure that we hear mentioned her words
of such Importance.
The evening entertainment was fur
nished by the Y. w. C. I. u. in charge
of Miss Grace Van Nleet, state secre-
tary of that crganization. The pro-
gram was carried out as planned in
printed program. Music was furnished
by Miss Lhbe Parkinson, also by the
'Y" chorus. Rev. Sidney Shurtleff Of
Harrisburg, also Rev. John Oakley of
Rowena, gave enthusiastic addresses.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1904-10-07
Work on Federal BUILDING.

Deadwood, S. d. Oct 4.-trhe founda
ton walls for the new United States
court house and postoflice building in
Deadwood are nearing completion, and
are now waiting upon three carloads of
massachusetts, granite which will be
used for basement walls. Above the
basement Black Hills building stone is
to be used. Several carloads have ar
rived from the Burke stone quarry near
Hot Springs, and stone cutters will be
employed throughout the winter. The
Chicago and Northwestern Railway
company has built a spur to the site
of the building for the delivery of ma
tel.inl
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1904-10-07
GREAT w. c. T. U. MEETING.
Convention at Reresford Was an En-


thus'ast'c Saehefing.
Esemsfora, S. D., Oct 5.--A great w,
c. r. U. state convention has ust
closed the years work by an arousing
meeting at this place. The sessions
we're largely attended by delegates and
iocaRy. The state union is in good
financial condition and the reports of
officials and committees We're we'll and
favorably received. Two hundred and
fifty new members have enrolled the
past year. The officers newly elected
are:
Fresident-Mrs. Luella A. Ramsey,
Woossocket
Vice President-Mr Floy Cocl,rane
l;rookings.
Corresponding Secretary-Mrs. Laura
+. Dawson. WoonSocket
Recording Secretary-Mrs A. H.
y ou1Hs Groton.
Treasurer Mrs. +. A. Bidwell. Mitch
ell.
Delegates to the national convention.
to be held in Philadelphia, November
% to December G, are:
Elizabeth Parkinson. Ben Clare; Mrs.
Marshall, washington Springs; Esther
SincAire, Beresford; Mrs King, Scot
hand
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1904-10-07
New peadwood Buildings.

Deadwood, S. D.. Oct 1.-severa
new buildings in Deadwood are nearly
completed and will be occupied during
the coming month One of these is be
ing erected by the Black Hills Trust
and Savings bank at the corner of
Main and Shine streets. at cost of
$4,000. II is three stories high and the
most elaborate in its architecture and
construction of any building in the
city. The new library donated by Hon.
Andrew Carnegie is receiving the in
terror finish and win be ready for the
furniture and fixtures within few
weeks.
The public library association of
Deadwood viii be given control of the
library This association has been in
existence n number of years. main
tanned by public subscription and
small appropriation srom the city gov
ernment. The city council in passing
its recent annual appropriation or
dinance. allowed S1,50O a year for the
maintenance of the new library and the
popular subscription will be terminated
with the occupancy of the building.
Mrs. j. s. Phelps. librarian. will con
tinue in charge
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1904-10-07
HOPES IN BALTIC FLEET.
Russians Put Their Full Trust in Its
Sea Eidiltinu.


e'''9.
- ~ 7pu's' Nt' '-+'bhouiesihsht IS
mace Ll'at Emperor Nicholsas Will visit
Reval ON Tuesday TO bid fareweu to the
Baltic soualro1, Attcr months ot ,,e,o-
,ofio,, a so,..,, c,,., -.
- - - o
liNNSY IHslt i4e squ'taiof Is AZ last on the
~ - oePtrt toie upon It's lonS journey.
- VIZ 'Siui - tiS iinihHat'S ht's existed
'iil noul the petloa oI preparation re-
si'''ihN 'he AuN4sdpiiitg oi seholnG out
S'l, ,qe9'ioli, NY WIN 'he ueeision TO
49, nc ~ ol 'H@ -'iai'eiatiah ariny
- i'ie7' tu' M"i WIN N'Eol' liis iosic
vi l'use lpi mottlhs nave insisted
sHit eNetS N"ild'ie SNIP Shoafd pe 3ls-
it'tS'ie" 70 w ~ tast hass !haHS pre-
N"iitt'' ne hhpW'eoSe tl'ti no nonillete
Nie'ot$ iiNs' tiie 't'paAvse Is possiole eh--
- w SVih 'l"ia" IS taken IRON 'feih
t'ol 'e overcome, an thouSh hluch VAL
NN'S .''tsl h.|s h'@h i9St ttlH 'le iho'peht
ii'i''s'i'icAo"s' u IS 9ihlatiN lntinat-
~ 'tt"t - 4iisNoN9ll.e oS@l9i9h mas oe'n
~ uiSpe.1.H 'ilc ''"'''C iltc'' even II
- iaii"i On Siloui" pe ann
W "'itNa ehViS II y re-
ai'@ea tlat the squadrun en- paper Is
%Noel equai IN hshtins strength to the
o@t'.'tese iseI ana WIZ De oeter apiei
u'''Si 'iie roe no" t"9ti l.'N. sp'ihs
S'iS '.'l'''ne,sv nave llau an wihtef 10
e'S4t' isl'AH ana rent
Port Arthur 90 Far Gone.
While hopes are still entertained that
Port Arthur may be able 10 hold out until
the appearance of the Battle fleet, the
question OF the fall of that stronghold does
not, apparently, enter greatly into the
calculations Of the admiralty. The only
thing expected of the Port Arthur squad
ron Is to breal. out of the harbor and in
met as m"ch damage as possible on Toso's 8
iiee' oucn siiips as escape are expected
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1904-10-07
MANY MAY GET LAND.
Manner of Disposition of Those Re
tnainina unet1tereo

tnairinq Unentered.
chaDibcr,ain $ p Ort 4Z1.ba r,lioyy-
-.
i't 90 @Ceiliei't its Jpst peeh MAJ" pN 'Hp
local olhciais OF me United States land
office regarding the disposition Of tire
lands recently opeGsl 10 settlement IN ih,,
Rosebud reservation. Vet remaining IMAM
,,Ii,d far.
t..,,i e,,+ a..
: - IN go 81, ~ Sllalh,3t l4!i y
.; -, "eI3', ~ h%I3,N9 10 lIs diShlsal
~ we ettsH huse9ug i4u9a reth4ilhnS
~ ~ 49, X. ,i, 'AeS r@NS l1ll
ustNe oi "l'@il'tist nc tpito" 4AS fc=4.a tlONs
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1904-10-07
YoUTHFuL BURGLAR.
Boy Raided His Own Home, stoI.
Money and Lett

Aberdeen. s. ID. Oct. 5.-John Mott
~chier. the lSyear-o old son of Jacob
Mutsehler of Eureka, in the absence
of his father, stole S261 i'm cash and
S4oe in checks from the home and hired
a livery RIG TO drive to Hosmer. Before
he tsa zone far members of the family
missed the money and an officer was
sent after The Nour:g man. overtakine.
him six milas south of Eureka. He
was; confined i'm the iail at Eureka until
the return of his father The latter
eontemniated sending the boy to the
reform school. but when he discovered
he was too old for that dismissed the
charge against him rather thanscausc
hj,; son TO receive a penitentiary sem
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1904-10-07
MORE THAN ONE WIFE.
Some Crow Indians %, But They Keep
Mum as To Icinrt;IA

Mum as to identify
Mller s. D., oct 3.-"Do you young
SiaUN have more than one wife?" was
asked a Crow Creek Indian. Yes, he
answered some of US do" The young
indian would not admit that he had more
than enc however. This is the first init
nation that the young men are clinsing
40 tho customs OF their fathers In plural
marriages. An old man namcd Drifting
Goose wa asked how he liked the change
OF lille nom rowing and hunting to that
Of farming and stock raising. being com
pei!eG TO mneie with white neighbors
answered
IN old times our children did not grad
Hate a the white mans school, ana come
back 10 as with knowledge Of torpid livers
and catarrh. and we were happy. Now
that our children read To us he cruel It'd
ings that we have these organs, and that
they are beyond tne help of the sweet
Glove leaf brew that the old medicine
woman used to give Us to keep disease
away. lhey having become so corrupt
that it VIII require twelve bottles as The
beautiful woman n the advertisement de-
clayes. to purify EN-. ii causes me to
ycarn for the ignorance OF my youth
when having no knowledge OF organs TO
Get ont Of tune nor educated children to
read the patent medicine pictures 10 me.
| WAS well and strong as a buffa.o OK
But | bow 10 the VII, of the strenuous
white father who forced new life and the
knowledge of the diseased organs upon
US
Drifting Goose claims to be a weather
prophet of note among his people. He
predicts as follows for the coming winter
for the northwest: Early SHOWS that Will
melt away in December, after which there
viii be much snow that will remain on
the ground until April when floods Will
cause creeks and rivers to do great dam
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1904-10-07
New Presidential Efector.

Belle Fourche, S. D., Oct. 4.-David
r. Evans, who has withdrawn as presi-
dential elector on the state republican
ticket. has been succeeded by Peter Ed
wards of Vale. Butte county. Mr.. Ev-
ans was nomir rated at the Sioux Falls
convention last May and his withdraw
al was due to the fact that as an officer
of national bank he was ineligible for
the nomination. Mr.. Evans is cashier
of the First National bank of thfs
place.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1904-10-07
WAR IN ITS SECOND STAGE.
Japanese Are Forced to Adopt New
Plans for Their Csmpaiqn.

Mukden, Oct 4.-The prolonged ac-
tiyity on both sides, emphasizing 4 new
situat ton. clearly shows that the bat
tie of Liao Yang was rghtfully de-
scribed as the end of the first stage
of the war, making necessary the adop-
ton of new tactics by the Japanese,
and rehabilitation in order TO meet the
proved fact that If the Russians are
caught in decisive conflict it must
be ON their own ground and terms and
with their fun knowledge
1t is therefore supposed the Japanese
are intrenching, but it is not improb-
movement to the east. The contest has
reached stage possessing whatever
dignity is due in war to the antago-
nists having the highest mutual re-
spect, and has entered upon "A more
serious application of the uncertain
war period. 1T is noted that both ar
mics have ceased recliminations or at
tempts to make capita! from uncon-
vincing and discredited stories of tor
lures, of use OF iIeeitilnate weapons,
of misuse of the white and Red Cross
flags, and mistreatment Of prisoners.
1t is estimated that 10000 Chinese ref
ugees are now at Mukden, but the ma
tiVes appear unintellieent. In view OF
the possibilities of the situation the
native authorities are storing grain
outside the fighting line and preparing
against a famine. thou sh such state
ed on account of the abundance of the
crops The aspect of Mukden and it's
environs is now one of dust and deso-
lation. The natives have fled and the.
wooden parts of their houses have been
used for fire wood.