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La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1904-06-15
Servicios profesionaIes

VICENTE FONT CAMUNAS.
Repara alma pianos, cajas de m1si-
ca, 6rganos armoniuns. San Fran
cisco 90.
JOSE Fl. BONETA. Agente de
negocios, ofrece sus servicios en- esta
c;udad y en- la isla.
DR. II QUEVEDO BAEZ. Me-
dico cirujano. Ha trasladado su ga
binete de con,nltas La calle Fortale-
a Il.
nR. '. /. aAS1LDUC, Dentista
americana. Gabinete montado con
todos los llltirnos adelantos de la ciru-
ifa dental. San Francisco Il, altos.
SRA. TULA JLlIENEZ. Coma
drona con varios amos de prdctiea, ca
lie de Tetnan.
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1904-06-15
Lucha entire menendistas
y fajaTdistas
CANDIDATES. PARA LA
ALCALOIA De MAYAGUEZ

MAYAGUEZ, JUNO 13.-El vier-
nes en- la tarde tuvo efecto una mani
festaci6n de los partidarios del senor
Mateo Fajardo, que los gritos de
<iViEa Mateo Fajardo!S y los acor-
des de una DANA llamada <La Jau-
rfa0, recorrieron las principales ca
lies de la ciudad
A las ocho de la noche dieron un
meeting desde los BALCONIES de la casa
del senor Pascasio Fajardo, hacienda
uso de la palabra los se1ores Mateo
Fajardo, Ramon Irizarry, Luis Mar
tfnez otros que no recordamos. Ell
meeting termin6 q las nueve de la
misma, sin que Sc interrumpiera el
orden p1blico.
Desde La mai1ana del sabado
empezaron circular boj as sueltas de
los menendistas, en- las cuales anun-
ciaban un esplendido meeting, en- ell
puente Balboa, para despues recorrer
la ciudad en- imponente manifestation.
In dichas hojas protestan de la acti-
tud del Directorio, amenazando qui-
tar q aquel la representation, como
no cese Ell favoritlsmo del presidente
Rosy q los fajardistas.
Mas de 100 personals 4 caballo
4 pie, recorrieron la ciudad dando vi
vas al partido republicano y al actual
alcalde senor Menendez. Por la no
che tuvo efecto un meeting en- La plaza
de Colon, en- Ell cual los oradores qui
sieron dar empuje i sus partidarios
por medic de La nlofo y la cbacota, la
Traction contraria.
DE los ~Menendistas surgen tres
candidates para alcalde, los cuales |
son don Jose A. Menendez, don Juan
T.. Rivera don Eugenio Forester.
masas populares.
-NuesUro querido colega ola Bru- |
j AZ ha suspendIdo su publication por
algunos d1as, mientras hace repara-
clones en- su prensa.
La compania dramatica que di-
rige nuestro querido amigo compa-
nero Pablito Roig esta dando actual
mente algunas funciones en- Arecibo.
Esta compania es muy solicitada en-
toda la isla.
-Anoche di6 function en- esta ciu-
dad ell cinematograto xMaimon1, con
una concurrenc1a extrema. Las Wis
tas son bonitas y variadas.
-Anocbe di0 su ocostumbrada re-
treta la eBanda Municipal1, que di-
rige don Ricardo Mesorana.
Pocas personals acudieron la
plaza.
Es muy reclamado en- esta ciu-
d ad y en- la Isla, &El Escandalo1,
otra production de nuestro buen ami
go companero, don Julio Medina,
donde relata todos los actos de la Ill
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1904-06-15
UniOnistas de COmeriO pIOtestan
de que Sc les haga aparecer
como repubIicanOs
Comerfo, JUNO Il de 1904.
Sr. Director de LA DEMOCRACIA.

Ia
Los abajo firmados hemos sido
sorprendidos al yer fgurar nuestros
nombres en- una adhesion al partido
republicano de este pueblo que insert6
xEl Sun@ ell 10 del actual.
Al disolverse el partido federal
en- cuyas filas militabamos como bue-
nos puertorriquenos, al saber que en-
su lugar Sc constituy6 una asociaci6n
de patriotas bajo Ell nombre de Union
puertorriquefa para la defensa de los
intereses del pals, en- ella ingresamos
expontaneamente y con Ell mayor en-
tusiasmo por ser la que LENA todas
nuestras aspiraciones.
Por 10 tanto somos unionistas Y
no republicanos y EN- ese sitio perma-
neceremOs dando q la patria en- que
nacimos 10 que sOmos y valemos.
De usted atentos amigos 5. 5.
Jose Ignacio Oieda. .-Alejo Ojeda.
jose Rolon.-Genaro Flores.-Pe-
dro Hernandez. z.-Aureliano Ojeda.-
Juan II. Rivera.-Pedro Nieves.-
Abad Rivera. Centeno.-Anto-
Mo Vazquez. .-Fulgencio Colon.-Pa-
bio Jose Rivera.-Juan Centeno.-
Juan Maderas. 81 ose Nieves.
Nieves. s.-Luis aez.-Pablo Colon. -
Jose Perez.
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1904-06-15
Gompras yarias

Sc NECESITA un ropero propio
para hombre. Informaran San Sebas-
ti4n %.
UNESCRITOR{O americana usa-
do Sc desea comprar pero precio mo-
dico, dirijirse & don Jose Labrador.
EN la caile del Sol nimero e2 Sc
venden dos camas de una plaza en-
buen estad04
Sc compran algunas moneditas de
ORC americanas de las de un dollar.
Sepagan d buen precio. Informes San
Francisco 90.
Sc quiere comprar un fltro para
aqua. En- La calle de San Justo 21
altos,
UN piano muy barato 10 compra-
rfamos. Dirijirse San Francisco 80.
Sc desea comprar un par perritos
falderos pequehos, blancos, lanudos,
jovenes finos. Ambos sexos. Sc pre-
fieren tamano pequeno. Ofertas Forta
leza %, bajos.
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1904-06-15

TINA Asamblea republican,. El valor
de cada eiemplar es % centavos.
La importante revista &El Cen
tinela de la Verdad@, que Sc editaba
en- el taller tipografico de don Jose
Leandro Montalvo, ha introducido
grandes meioras en- su publication,
teniendo imprenta propia, y nueva
ofcina. Dicho periodico esta bien re-
presentado impreso,
La nuevas freformas judiciales,
son esperadas aquf con ennOci6n por
unos y con tenor por otros,
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1904-06-15
Alquileres de casas
y habitaciones

y habitaciones
Sc da en- alquiler un piano. No
Sc alquilara por menos tempo de ctn-
co meses. Informardn San Francis
co 90.
Sc alquila ell ssegundo piso de la
casa nlimero IL de la calle de la For
taleza. Daran informes LUNA Her.
manos.
EN- ESTA IHPRENTA Sc ven-
den recibos para casas de alquiler d
precios modicos.
BUENAS habitaciones y excelen,
te comida Sc ofrecen ea el hotel Tat6n-
Fortaleza 19.
SE DESEA ALQUILAR una ca
sa sola que no tenga inquilinos, e:i -
Ia capital cuyo precio no exceda lie
20 pesos. En- esta imprenta info~.aa-
ran.
Sc 1LQUIL4 una habitaci6n IL
sl2 en- la casa ndmeeo IL de IA c:alle
del Sol Sol 63 informarsia.
EN- Ia Gale de Tetuan namero -
Sc alquila un almacen harato. .Crlsto .
informaran.
Los ALTOS de la casa n1Inero
36 de la calle del Sol estan de alqui-
Ter. L. s., San Justo :.
YARTAlS habitaciones lie la casa
ndmero - de la calle del Sol estan des-
ocupadas Sc alquilan. Informes,
Sol 81.
Sc alquilan los altos y &c aus.
Ia casa ndmero ~ de Ia ealle DC.
Inf0frnes nofai4as< - Q IL
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1904-06-15
Servicio domestico pedido

HORTELANQ;- solicita uno
inteligente. Informes, en- Catano,
quinta xPalmar9 San Juan, San
Francisco 81, altos.
UNA sirvienta, con buenas refe-
rencias, desea colocarse en- una casa
de familia. Informarin on in carpeta
del hotel Inglaterra.
EN- Ell CAFE LII MALLOR-
Para informes dirijirse dicho esta-
blecimiento.
ZOILO BETANCOUR. Carpin--
tero ebanista. San Justo 40.
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1904-06-15

UNA MESA propia para plan
char 6 para ventas en- la plaza Sc ven
de. San Francisco SIS.
UNA COLLECTION completa de
xThe Puerto Rico Herald1 esta en- ven-
ia. InformarS Jose Labrador.
Sc VBNDB un solar para una
casa en- Santurce. Apartado SS5.
UNA CAJA de hero para eau
dales esta en- venta. Cruz 8.
SE DESEA yender un magnfflco
piano. Luna 80.
PLEAS DE AUSUBO. Sc vende
en- Hato Rey, parada 81.
VENDElfOS una maquina de es-
cribir sistema xSmith Premier.S f. c.
Apartado 63s.
Sc yende una maquina nueva de
coser, marca qSinger.> Sc da por la
mitad de su precio. Informaran en- Ia
barberia 4La Poncena.S San Fran
cisco 23
Sc dssea vender un piano apenas
sin uso de La acreditada fabrica de
pianos Lesther, Philadelphia. Sc da
barato. Infornes en- esta imprenta.
EST'A en- venta una elegante silla
para uso de limpiabotas. san Fran
cisco 23 informardn.
UN ORGANO nuevo de magnff-
cas- yoces, propio para Logias, Igle-
sias, etc. SO vende en- 4O pesos. In
formara don Vicente Font Camulas,
San Francisco 80.
Sc vende una bomba de hierro
para desalojar aguas con sus acceso-
Mos nueve barriles inodoros. IN
torme Allen %, altos.
UN piano en buen estado sc venr
,en Rio Piedras. Precio, en- esta
" uiiitle informaran.
una casa de MADEIRA
Dllars. San Sc
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1904-06-15
GRAN S4STRERIA
DE MIGUEL SAVING
GANGA INCREIBLE

En- Ell excelente establecimiento
de don Miguel Savino, que es. CO.
mo saben los lectores. Ell mejor
sastre de la Capital. y el que re-
vela. Ell todo un gusto artistico
Incompatible. Sc hacen trajes q
la medida. ofreciendole al publico
una gran ventaja: la de pagar
ST, 20 Semanales.
Con esta concession favorabili-
>sirna estaran de enilorabuena
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1904-06-15

DIR. ESTEBAN SALDANA. Me-
dico cirujano. Gabinete de consultas
Plaza de Colon No, s,
SANTIAGO r. PALMER. No
tario publico. Oficinas Allen %.
ROSENDO MATIENZO GIN
IlRON. Abogado, con bufete estable
cido en- San Francisco 80.
iSfL VES1'RE FElJO0. Pract-
cante. Ofrece sus services.
CARtOS ASANOTA. Professor
de pianos. Da lecciones 4 dosnciIio.
EDUARDO ACUNA AYBAR.
Abogado. Ofrece sus servicios profe-
sionales en- San Jose ,.
LOLA BONA. Comadrona, con
tirllo. Gale de la Cruz.
GREGORIO DIMAS. Sc ofrece
como administrator de casas. Sa'a
Jose l9.
DIR. RAMON RUIZ ARN1U.
Medico y cirujano. Consultorio calle
de la Luna.
UN BOTTCARfO antique desea
colocarse como regente de una farma-
cia, Infol1nara Jose Gallardo.
NA1TTIDAD 4. TALLEJO. Co
madrona con tftuio. Sol 81.
EUGENIO LOPEZ G4Z1.dJfBI-
DE. Abogado Notario, Allen 66.
COMO PROFESSOR para prepa-
rar alumnos de farmacia Sc ofrece don
Jose Gallardo. San Sebastian %.
FARMACIA COLON, de Ramon
Almazans Plaza Principal.
B. d SILVA. Inseniero civil.
Luna los.
B1NCO d. / ord. en- el mislno To-
cal del Banco sL,anol. Tetuan J.
tuap Is. ~
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1904-06-15
Exdmenes para ell serViciO civil

Los examenes para el servicio civil
de Correos que estaban anunciados
para ell IL del corriente, han sido pos
puestos para ell 25 de JUNO.
El tribunal estara compuesto por
los seis miembGos que componen la
viciO civil,
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1904-06-15

DIR. RAFAEL DEL VALE,
medico ciruiano oculista. Allen 16,
altos.
WENCESLAO BOSCH, abogado
con bufete alberto. Allen 81, bajos,
VICTOR GARCIA BERXEJO,
veterinario. Especialidad en- las en-
fermedades del ganado, Sol SO.
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1904-06-15
Ventas Variss

Sc VENDB una Ira de cristal
San Sebastian IS, bajos.
" escritorio de caoba. Sc ven
n los bajos de Allen u, Informes
yoria Santana.
" PIANO en- buen estado Sc
:. Informara Jose Labrador.
" ESCRITORIO para casa de
,cio Sc vende. Cruz q, bajos.
ENDESE un seib6 Ell buen es-
Cruz ;, altos.
"A Ira fna de cristal con una
esta de venta. Informes en-
ina.
silla dental para viajes
San Francisco IL altos.
ibretos de las operas eFavo-
rmaS y SLuccias para canto
venden. Informes San Sc
bajos.
1NDE un juego de muebles
res. Informaran tercera casa
- le de Sierra, Santurce.
UNA COLLECTION completa de
sellos de Puerto Rico. lnformard don
Luis Turull.
.SE T-ENDE una consola propia
,ara barberia. San Sebastian 20.
UVA MESA con IN marmol grue-
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1904-06-15
Tip0gIafa LA DEMOcRACIA

En- esta imprenta Sc hacen talona-
rios, esquelas mortuorias, tarJetas al
minute, programs, cartelones TODD
10 concerniente al ramo de tipografia
precios modicos.
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1904-06-15
HOTEL OLlMp 0
SANTURCE
AIS minutes de San Juan

Ell mejor hotel en- este china.
Espl6ndida ventilacion. Par
que. jardines Y Kiosco d la
inglesa. Excelente servicio de
carrua ies. Precios mOderados.
Sc hacen reducciones para fa :
milias. Alumbrado electrico
mOdarno.
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1904-06-15
PRECIOS ::

Por una sola vez tn centaro la pa
bra.
dem p0r una semana 3 lineas Scots.
Idem Is veces. 3 lfneas. ...... so cts.
ldem IN mes lfneas. .,..,.a, so cts.
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1904-06-15
Concentrates

FRTTZE LUNDT y q, Banque-
ros y comisionista-. Tetadn Il.
ZALDUNDO l. HIER, almacsn
10 tsjidos. San Justo :.
SOBRTNOS DE- sEZQUIAG1,
Banqueros y con>igna.arios de BIZ
ques. Allen esq alma ! San Jose.
;. 4. Luz ELECTRTCA. Olci-
mas San Justo ..
CANDIDA y STUBBE, Conner
ciantes comisionistas. Tetu6n 40,
BASCO Territorial AgrfcoIs
Tetuan Is.
BAsvco Espanol de Puss
Tesuan -
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1904-06-15

Sc EALQUlL4N. Unmirador fres-
co, con magntficas vistas y escalera
independence en- Allen II. La media
casa eSan JuanD ?. Informes Allen
23 altos y II bajos.
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1904-06-15

En..muchas maquinas de escribir hay
gran dificultad para llenar los espa-
clos en- las fechas, correcciones, entire
l1neado, etc. Esto es tan sencillo en- la
"OLIVER'' como la escritnra corrien-
te.
Unico Agente en- Puerto-Rico, Luis
Sanchez Morales, San Juan.
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1904-06-15

Sc alquila un mirador propio pa
ra hombre solo. Informes San Justo
21 altos.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1904-09-10
OTHER CLASSES BACK SENIORS.
College Trouble In North Carolina Far
From Settled.

Raleigh, N. c., Sept differences
between the senior class and faculty
Of the agricultural and mechanical
college are still unsettled and it looks
now as though Sc of As seniors must
return to their homes.
State Treasurer Lay has attempted
mediation, but failed He induced the
seniors to offer to abandon their fight
for liberties heretofore demanded and
to Teenter the college, provided the
four seniors already expelled were re-
instated, but when this was intimated
President Winston gave them to un-
derstand that he would In no way treat
with theseniors as a class, but each
must petition in his own behalf and
th4s petitioning must be within "a
hours, else their baggage would be
put out OF the college dormitories.
The junior, sophomore and freshman
classes threaten to leave college. Un.
less some settlement is made with the
seniors, whose demand is that they be
allowed to go and come between col.
lege and the city of Raleigh at win
without permission, it seems that the
school will be disrupted.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1904-09-10
BITTEN BY INSANE PATIENT.

Insanity Communicated Like Fly
drophobia-Stranse Case.
New York, Sept. 9.-Apparent proof
that insanity may be communicated
like hydrophObia is shown in a case
which is attracting much attention
among physicians at Bellvue hospital
The subject is Nellie Halpin, train.
ed nurse, who was bitten on the hand
by an insane patient in the Kings
County sanitarium nearly year ago.
Since then the wound has given Miss
Halpin great pain, and never complete
ly healed. About two months ago she
began to show signs of mental dis
turbance. These grew longer and final
ly her friends had the young woman
removed from her home to the hospit
al. She now suffers severe convul
sions resembling the manifestations
of rabies, while the mental delusions
are almost continuous
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1904-09-10
MIMIC \ WAR GAME.
Army Maneuvers at Bull Run Battle.
field Invested with spectres. of '63.

Army Maneuvers at Bull Run Battle.
field Invested with spectres. of '63.
Corps Headquarters, Gainesville, Va,
Sept. 9.-The final day of the ma,
neuvers was begun at midnight At
that hour the forces under General
Bell, the aggressor in the movement
against Washington, were pushed for.
ward toward the lines of defense.
TIL etread of the infantry as they
marched to orders delivered in hushed
tones in the dark, the shifting of the
huge field guns, and the click of the
cavalry horses hoofs against the stony
roads, all combined to invest the his.
toric Bull Run battlefield with a spec
ire return Of the days OF '62
When the first glimmer of day came
however, the spectre vanished, and In
its place was all the hustle and bus.
tie of modern warfare. The troops
had rested since three in the afternoon;
they had been we'll fed; they were do.
ing their last turn at the war game
All this combined to increase the an.
nimatiOn and excitement of the mo.
ment
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1904-09-10
TELEGRAPHIC BREV!TIEs.

A Seagirt, N. j., dispatch says: This
program for the last day but one o.
the military shooting tournament com
prised the regimentaI skirmish match
the tyro company team match and
firing in the continuous individual
matches.
Sir Chen Tung Liang Teng has re
turned to Washington for the seaso1
and opened the Chinese legation. HI
came early in order to attend the geo
graphical congress-
The Trades Union congress at Lees
England, today unanimously adopted
a resolution protesting against tht
governments action in sanctioning th'
South African labor ordinance as op
posed to the best interest of British
workmen at home and abroad, a sane
tioning condition of labor unfit for hu
man beings and as contrary to thu
anti-slavery traditions of the British
empire.
Blacksmiths in the shipyards abou
New York who have been working OF
the open shop plan have made a de
mand on the New. York Metal Trades
association foD,c1osed shop and recog
milton of thefnternationa1 Brotherhood
of Blacksmiths. Conferences are be
ing held, but there is no talk Of strik
ing on the part of the men. Abou
1000 are involved.
The proposition to send to the Asiat
ic station a torpedo boat iotilla as al
adjunction to the fotiITa of destroyeri
sent out in the spring is under con
sideration at the navy department. L
is probable they will be sent eventual
ly. Lieutenant Commander QIoyG
Chandler, who has been sent to Japa1
to study torpedo boat development has
advised the department of his arriya
In this city. The establishment o
a Mexican legation here is not con
nected with any special object, but Il
for general purposes mainly to pro
mote mercantile agencies.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1904-09-10
ST, PETERSBURG IS
ANXIOUS FOR NEWS
Little Can Be Learned From
Theatre of War.
REPORTS ARE MOST MEAGER
Rumored That the Retreating Rus
sian Army Has Safely Arrived at
Mukden-Many Wounded Japanese
Soldiers Are Being Moved.

st. Petersburg, Sept. 81 p. M
An impenetrable curtain seems to have
| been rung down on the exact stu
alton at the theater Of war. The lack
| CT news here concerning the details
| of the Russian retreat to Mukden and
tie movements of the Japanese ar
mics, may be describtd as complete.
Even the meager reports published in
the foTeigr press are not fully com
munlcated &c. the Russian papers and
| for days no Newspaper dispatches have
been coming through from the front,
They may be held for strategic rea-
sons, but the public is disposed to re.
gard it as otherwise, resulting in the
circulation of the widest reports, some
Of the Russian papers demanding in a
very unspOken manner, a reOrganiza
tiOn Of the conditions at the front and
also demanding that General EURO
patkin be given untrammelled control
as commander-in-chief, evidently aim
ing at Viceroy Alexieff, who is suppos-
ed to be responsible for insisting lat
terly that the reinforcements would
go to Vladivostock in view of the prob.
ability Of early Japanese operations
there or at Harbin, thus depriving Ku-
ropatllin of troops which might have
turned the scale at Liao Yang. The
Russ is especially bold considering the
restrictions placed on the Russian
press. 1t declares that numerical SUI
periority is not enough and that what
is needed is some of the edo or die"
spirit of the Japanese. The paper
quotes the words of General Dragomi.
rolf, former governor general of Kieff,
en- authority on military matters as
follows
Give me a soldier who is firmly
determined to die for his country, and
l will guarantee that my tactics will
be super-exceIlent. The man who
will lay down his life is terrible A
bullet may stop on such man, but it
will not stop a company. 1t is diff
fcult to fight and more difficult to
vanquish them"
The Russ continues:
"WIhat we need is an entirely new
organization of everything connected
directly or indirectly with the mill
tary operations. A good deal is ad-
mirable but a good deal also is depIor-
able. The fact that things have not
gone we'll at the theater of war may
be due to the fact that every thing
is not directed with a single aim,
subseTVient to q single undivided will.
General KurOpatkin, now entrusted
with the command of the Manchurian
army, should be commander-in-chief."
The following dispatch filed at Ii.
bau. has been received from the cap
tain of the Russian cruiser UreI:
Have just returned from a third
days expedition, raiding the enemy's
contrabanG on the Spanish coast"
The announcement that the water
supply Of Port Arthur has been cut
off does nnt create particular anxiety
here. 1t IA explained that the water
of Port Arthur was never good, and
that the fortress is provided with a
large distilling apparatus.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1904-09-10
RUSSIAN MINE EXPLODEs.
Reported that Several Hundreds of
Japs Were Annihilated.

Reported that Several Hundreds of
Japs Were Annihilated.
Che Foo, Sept. 9.-1:30 a. ma
Japanese column, numbering approx,
mately 700 men, while marching along
at night on a road in the valley be.
tween Long Hill and Division Hill,
met frightful disaster Through the
explosion of an eleCt trio land mine.
The mine was carefully laid by the
Russians three weeks ago. It GOV.
cred nearly mile of available march.
ing space. The explosive was placed
at the bottom. Rocks were placed
next, and on top of these clay was
packed so carefully that the ground
gave the impression of not having been
disturbed. The indications Of Japa.
nese activity in this vicinity put the
Russians on guard.
Near midnight the outposts rushed
in and reported that the Japanese
were approaching The Russians
withheld their fire for some time. Sud.
denly they threw a searchnght up The
valley. The Japanese opened with a
rifle fire
The Russians waited until apparen.
tly the whole Japanese column was in
the danger zone. Then the mine was
exploded. The force of the explosion
knocked a number of Russians down
and the sight of Japanese rifles, water
bottles, legs and arms hurting through
the lighted space made by a search
light was an awful scene. Some rocks
landed inside the Russian lines. There
was one appalling moment, during
which the garrison itself was stunned
then death-like silence
The searchlight coIdly lighted up the
road and hillsides strewn with dead
The following day. the Russians buried
the dead, bu towing to their dismem
bered and mutilated condition, the Rus
slams were unable to accurately esti
mate the number of killed A fev
japanese escaped, however.
The foregoing information is contain
ed in a small sheet issued at Port Ar
thur, The Novakrai, a breakage in tht
press having made it impossible to is
sue full edition.
A Chinese arriving at midnight con
firms the above to the extent of sayinl
J that he heard a report that many jap
anese had been killed by mine. bu
he did not learn the details.
On the nights of Aug. 26 and 27
similar disaster befell the Japanes'
near Redoubt No. 2, it is reported, bu
{ no details have been ascertained.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1904-09-10
A Prisoner Swallows Glass.

Charlotte, N. c., Sept 9.-James
Stanell, a young white man, an inmate
of the county Jail, tried to end his life
by swallowing lot of ground glass
He was arrested Saturday night fo1
being disorderly and was tried before
the recorder. In addition to the war
rant issued Saturday night. severa,
others of like charge are on file al
police office. Stannel knew this, and
fearing that he was again to be sem
to the roads, he became depressed anS
decided to end his life He will die.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1904-09-10
County to Buy State BUILDING.

st. Louis, Sept. 9.-The Georgia
state building at the worlds fair was
sold by the Georgia worlds fair com.
mission, through David P Leahy, OF
the Lincoln Trust company, to w. J.
and A. J. Stedin, local real estate op.
orators, who are negotiating for the
sale Of the building for courthouse
purposes in an Illinois county. The
purchase price was about $4,000. The
Stedlin brothers have the assurance
Of the builders Of the building, which
is full two stories high, and occupies
ground space of 65 by 80 feet, that
1t can be moved 10 miles in it's en-
tirety without damage