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Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1904-01-15

SENATOR John T. Morgan charges In
effect that the policy of the adminis-
tration with reference to the canal
matter really contemplates the defeat
of the whole undertaking. He is of
opinion that the president and those
who are backing him up are not only
guilty Of bad faith to the Colombian
government; but they contemplate the
betrayal of the American people on this
question. His argument is to the effect
that the Spooner law contemplated a
treaty with either Colombia or Mica
ragua and Costa Rico and that the ap-
preparation for digging the canal was
made with that understanding. While
the appropriation would go all right in
the event Of a treaty with Colombia,
as specified in the law, it would not be
available under treaty with Panama
He argues that in the event the Pana-
ma treaty should be ratified and an
effort should be made to use the appro-
priation. any unfriendly citizen could
put a stop to the whole matter by ap-
ilaxl lS,l.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1904-01-15
Scraps and 8aets.

PASSENGERS who arrived In New
York from Colon a few days ago, re-
mort that there was little excitement in
panama when they left. A report that
$50 Colombians had landed near the
Panama border had caused uneasiness,
hut soon quiet. was, resumed The
army and navy are described as two OF
the most humorous things to be seen In
the country. The army consists of a
regiment that includes large proper
ton of negroes aand half grown boys,
with almost as many officers as pri-
Yates, and the navy consists OF some
two or three private yachts and fishing
boats. The whole situation Is sugges-
tive Of burlesque.
Expectations for an early adjourn
ment Of congress this year have been
abandoned by senate and house. The
work to be accomplished this session
has proved so large, when the political
discussion is included, as to discour-
age the talk, heard frequently month
ago. about getting away unusually ear
". Perhaps it was never seriously be-
lieved that the interval between the
adjournment and the meeting Of the
national conventions would be long
one. Nothing can be said definitely as
to when the ss14ou will end, but the
opinion was expressed yesterday in au-
thoritative circles of the house that an
adjournment would probably come
about June 1. Well informed senators
have recently stated that If congress is
able to adJQ by that date it will be
-Republicans in Washington are
commenting d an utterance attributed
to Justice John NJ. Harlan. Of the .su-
nreme court, during lecture on
constitutional Law before the class
at the CDlaubisa university law school.
He is quoted as follows: Let US hope
that this great instrument. which has
served so $ell. will weather the storms
which the&ambitions of certain men are
creating in an effort to make this coun-
try world power" Justice Harlan,
who is-A,Republican, was discussing
enthusiastically the perfect guarantee
of liberty under the constitution. He
IS not given to sensatienalism, and Is
.ssand2 as ssemeH conservative.
Bis fnls quoted as saying that
he mt have felt grave fears for the
4contihnce of the guarantees of the
I q constdtion to say what he is reported
I to ha .said.
PIN cable Of Jan. 13: Missiona-
rIes sthe American Board Of Foreign
Mis,t& complained strongly recently
, to 0need States Minister Conger that
their converts In the district OF Pao
Ting Flu were being looted by bandits
liYaN Nac1aimcd to- be Catholics and that
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1904-10-20
IN SPITE OF AWFUL SLAUGHTER.
Japs Desperately Assault Russians On
Lone Tree Hill.

-~'S ~
Mukden, Oct. 19.-Lone Tree hill,
won by the Russians after a desperate
struggle, was the object of a gallant
but unsuccessful attempt at recapture
by the Japanese. In spite of the aw-
full slaughter with which they had
been driven from the hill, the Japanese
returned to the charge during the
night of Oct. II, recognizing that the
hill was the key to the position on the
southwest front. Nine regiments par
ticipated, creeping up through the
night and delivering a furious assault
at dawn. But the hill had been bought
too dearly by the Russians to re-
llnquish 1t and the Japanese were
driven back with terrible slaughter.
1t Is reported that General Mist
chenko's Cossacks under command Of
Adjutant Gavriloff, were engaged in a
hot fight on Oct. IL towards the south
east. A Cossack horse battery silenc-
ed the Japanese guns and drove back
several infantry battalions, but were
unable to capture the guns, which the
Japanese succeeded in carrying off.
After a threatening day the Japa-
nese at IL o'clock on the night of Oct.
16 rushed the village OF Linchenpo and
now occupy the raised temple qua
drangle neal Linchenpo, the only
eminence for miles around and which
affords an unusual advantage for OBJ
servation and artillery fire against the
Russian right. Several attempts to
dislodge them have failed.
Shakhe station, or all that Is left
of II, has been re%captured by the Rus
SLAMS. who will shortly reopen 1t for
railway traffic with Mukden.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1904-10-20
PROFESSIONAL EATERS.
Indians Employ Substitutes to Com
sume Food For Them.

Indians Employ Substitutes to Com
sumo Food For Them.
One Of the most striking customs Of
the past that are preserved by the In
dams of today IL found among the
tribes on the Devils Lake reserva-
ton In North Dakota. An official Of
the Indian service gives the following
account Of this peculiar practice:
From time immemorial the Devils
Lake Sioux have adhered to an old
custom In regard to the treatment OF
a guest. According to their etiquette,
1t is the bounden duty Of the lost to
supply his guest with all the food he
may desire, and as a rule the appor-
tionment set before the visiting Indian
Is much In excess of the capacity Of u
single man.
but by the same custom the guest
Ia obliged to eat all that Is placed be
fore him. else he grossly insults his
entertainer. IL was found that this
practice would work q hardship, but
instead Of dispensing with the Gus
tom the Indian method Of reasoning
was applied. and what In known as the
professional eater was brought to this
front.
while the guest Is supposed to eat
all that u placed before him, It ~
the same purpose IL his neighbor az
sists In ~devourfng the bountiful repast,
the main object being to have the
plate clean when the meal is finished.
1T is not always practicable to de-
pend upon a neighbor at table to as
sist In getting away with a large din
ner, and In order to insure the final
consumption Of the allotted portion
visiting Indians call upon these pro-
fessional eaters, whose duty II IN to
sit beside them through a meal and
eat what the guest leaves. The pro-
fessional eaters are never looked upon
In the light of guests, but more al
travelling companions with a particu-
lar duty to perform.
These eaters receive from 81 to 81
and eve So for each meal where they
assist. 1t Is stated by the agent Of
the Devils Lake reservation that n
of the professional eaters has been
known to dispose Of seventeen pounds
Of beef at a sitting. That they are
capable Of eating an almost fabulous
amount | myself can testify."-Hy-
gienic Gazette.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1904-10-20
"SLEEPY"
The Little Animals Are Far More
Alert Than They Appear.

The Little Animals Are Far More
Alert Than They Appear.
II there is any one Of our native anil
mails that looks slow, clumsy, lazy
and generally unfit to survive In the
struggle for existence II is the wood
chuck. After he has built, or rather
excavated, his ~home-which, to tell
the truth, be does In a rapid and bust
nesslike wayne does nothing but eat
and sleep. Yet any q who sizes him
up as an incompetent Is likely to get
fooled, for he is a source OF continual
surprises.
When your garden is not far from
the woods you may be awakened In
the middle OF the night by a series OF
most alarming yells and bowls, oc-
casioned by some hungry woodchuck
hat has come for a nocturnal visit to
the cabbage patch and met with q
warm reception from your dogs. The
woodchuck usually gets away appar-
emily unframed, while the dogs are
left to nurse their scratched noses and
fore paws. The woodchuck, In fact, has
plenty Of courage and will always fight
In preference to running away.
Throughout the summer this little
wood pig" spends most of his time In
the vicinity Of his burrow. coming out
early In the morning to take his break
fast, returning to his nest for d morn
Ing nap, appearing again at noon and
late in the afternoon for his dinner and
supper. only to return again for an
other snooze Occasionally he makes
a visit to some neighboring orchard or
garden. BY Oct. 1. when he is fat, he
retires into his s~ubterranean home for
a long sleep. until, as we are led to be-
lieye, the proverbial ground hog" day
County Life In America.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1904-10-20
EXPLOSION OF MORTAR.
Three Artillery Men Killed and Eight
Injured.

Injured.
Boston, Oct. 15.-Three United
States soldiers were killed and eight
were injured, one fatally, by the ex-
plosion of a mortar at Fort Banks,
Winthrop. The dead are: Sergeant
George j. Nevins, Private Edward Hig-
gins anu Private James w. Kelly. The
injured are. Private Arthur Tomlin-
son, fatally; First Sergeant Thomas
Foley, Corporal Arthur Bannister, Pri-
vate w. p. Sheehan, Private G. b.
Kipps, Private Stanislaus Ross. Pri-
yate John Clyde and Private William
Beverly. OF the injured zone was dam
gerously hurt except Tomlinson.
The accident was due 10 a premature
explosion OF powder as a lO-inch NOR
tar was being loaded.
The artillerymen were having the
customary morning practice in the
mortar battery which overlooks the
entrance to Boston harbor. One shot
had been fired and the gun was being
reloaded for a second trial. AS the
breechlock was being closed there
came q premature explosion In the
powder chamber of the mortar. The
breech was blown from the gun and
every man of it's crew became a victim
of the accident.
All the killed and injured were
members of the E~ighty-ninth company
of the United States coast artillery,
which, with the Seventy-sixth COM
pany, constitutes the artillery force at
the fort.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1904-10-20

An intimate friend of President
Grant said to him one day, General,
my little boy has heard that al great
men write poor hands, but he says he
believes you are a great man In spite
Of the fact that you write your sigma
ture 90 plainly that anybody can read
IT."
The president took q card from his
pocket wrote his name on It and hand
"a It to him.
Give that to your boy" hs said.
and tell him Il u the signature Of .
man who \ not at al great. but that
ths fact must be kept . secret bstwssn
him and me."-Boston Christian Rsg1D-
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1904-10-20
KILLED IN COLLISION.
Fireman Of Freight Train Meets Death
In Terrific Crash.

Missoula, Mont, Oct. 14.-Ffreman
Frank Bowman was instantly killed
and Brakemen Shelly and Ingersoll
slightly injured by a headon collision
between two freight trains on the
Northern Pacific five miles east of Gar
rison. The engines were almost de-
molished and q dozen heavily loaded
freight cars piled up In q mass. The
wreck occurred at a place called Big
Bend, In a cut, where 1t was impossi-
BILE to build a temporary track, and
traffic was blocked for fourteen hours.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1904-10-20
GIVEN TEN YEARS IN PRISON.
Iowan Acknowledges Enforcement Of
S125, 900.

Davenport, Ia, Oct. 19.--Ex-Mayor
s.. +. Smith of this city, o or Samuel
Francis Smith, author of my Country,
IT'S of Thee" stood before the district
court during the morning to receive
sentences, one for embezzlement and
one for perjury. Smith was sentenced
to ten years Imprisonment in the peni.
Tertiary at Anamosa. AS trustee Of
large estates Smith recently acknowl-
edged e~mbezzlement Of $780, 00.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1904-10-20
RUSSIANS AND JAPANESE CON.
TiNUE THEIR ENGAGEMENT
SOUTH OF MukDEN.
kuRoPATKiN RESUMES OFTEN.
sIvE AND ASSAULTS ENTIRE
JAPANESE FRONT.
ATTACK OCCURS AT NIGHT AND
THE JAP ARMIES BEAT OFF
THEIR ASSAlLANTS.
WAR DISPATCHES SUMMARIZED.

No direct word has come from the
Manchurian battlefield during the day,
but the dispatches leave little doubt
that the Russians and japanese are
continuing the fighting that has ragged
desperately for ten days.
Marshal Oyama reports that during
the night two fierce assaults were
made on his left army and several
lighter attacks on other portions of
his line, all of which were repulsed,
while st. Petersburg says that heavy
cannonading continued throughout the
night, ~presaging important move
ments.
Beyond the fact that the great battle
has gone against the Russians and
that there have been detached engage
ments almost u%nrivalled in their
bravery and desperateness on both
sides. no new light is thrown ON the
general situation.
ST. Petersburg officials stoutly main
tain that Kuropatkin, far from being
whipped into O d~isorderly rout, is fight
ing a mastery retreating battle and,
while he has been defeated. he is COM
polling the Japanese to purchase the
victory at q cost Of men and NUM-
lions that Is exhausting.
A dispatch from Mukden says that II
Is cold, that a cutting wind is blowing
and that the roads have been ruined
by the rains.
A dispatch from Toxic confirms the
report that the Russians on Sunday
broke through an advanced column and
captured fourteen guns. The dispatch
adds that the Russians are concentrate
ing in front of the Japanese left army
and that another great battle Is ex.
pected.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1904-10-20
CONDITION OF TREASURY.
Ellis II. Roberts Makes Annual Report
to Secretary Shaw.

Washington, Oct. 15.-Ellis H. Rob.
erts, treasurer of the United States,
has submitted to Secretary Shaw his
report for the fiscal year ended June
80. 1904. The net ordinary
were $40, 631 ,7i9, a decrease Of $19,-
764,925 as compared with 1903, and
the net ordinary expenditures $685.
402, 1921, an increase OF SIG, 1903 ,314.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1904-10-20
JAPs MAKE NIGHT ATTACK.
Russians Repulse the Enemy and
Seize a Village.

seize a village.
st. Petersburg, Oct. 1S.-The general
staff has received the following dis
patch from General Sakharoff:
The Russians ~repulsed a Japanese
attack on their right wing during the
night OF Oct. IL and seized the village
of Shalandtzy, on the bank of the
Shakhe river and east of Shakhe. The
enemy strongly bombarded the cap
tured village, but did not advance to
the attack or Lone Tree hill, now
called Putiloff hill.
"The work of burying the dead pro-
ceeded all night long. Military honors
were paid the Japanese dead.
"A considerable concentration Of
the enemy's troops has been observed
against our center. There vas no
fighting Monday on our left flank"
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1904-10-20
WOMAN BURNED TO DEATH.
Quarrel Over Merits OF Husbands Ends
In Tragedy.

New York, Oct. 18.-Mrs. Nellie Nc
Carthy was burned to death at q East
Si~xty-second street and Mrs. Annie
Martin, who hurled a lighted lamp at
her, is under arrest charged with the
homicide. The tragedy Is said to have
resulted from a quarrel between the
two ome over the respective merits
of their husbands.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1904-10-20
Ladv curzon ImprovIno.

walmer Castle, Kent. Eng. Oct. II.
"A bulletin issued last night an
nounced the continued Improvement
of Lady Curzon. She was Sunday A.
ternoon removed to Walmer palace, 4
house In the vicinity Of Walmer Castle,
where It was intended to emoye her
before the last relapse. No III effects
followed the removal.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1904-10-20
HEINzE's PARTY BARRED.
Cannot Go on Ballot Under Name Of
Democrats.

Helena, Mont, Oct. 1.-THE su.
preme court has held the Walsworth
Democrats of Silver Bow county to be
regular. The effect is TO shut out the
so-calied Heinze Democrats Of that
sounty from a place on the ticket I'M
Der the designation Democratic"
Butte Is In Silver Bow county.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1904-10-20
ALL ON BOARD PERISH.
Schooner Wentworth Struck on the
Chatham Bar.

Chatham, Mass, Oct. ia small
part OF the forward section of the hull
and a slanting foremost stand as mute
reminders of the ocean tragedy enact
ed Thursday night when the three
masted schooner Wentworth OF None
ton, N. b., struck on Chatham bar dur
ing a raging %northerly gale and all the
twelve persons on board persisted in
the sea.
The Wentworth was bound from
Hillsboro, N. B., to Newark, N. j.,
with a cargo of plaster rock. On
board, so far as known, were Captain
Esau Priddle, his wife and three chill
dren, and q crew of seven e
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1904-10-20
chlnese Aiding Japanese.

st. Petersburg. Oct. IA special
dispatch from Mukden says the Chi
nese villagers are actively aiding the
japanese. General Sakharo1. II ID
added. was Aired upon from q hut and
Ave of his escorts were wounded.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1904-10-20
LARGE ESTATE DISTRIBUTED.
Iowa Millionaire Donated Large Sums
to Charity.

Des Moines. Ia, Oct. 14.-More than
1900. 900 vas given to various parties,
schools and churches by the late
James Callahan of Des Moines, whose
will was opened and read here. At
the head of the entire list is Booker
T. Washington's Tuskegee institution,
which receives $780, 600.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1904-10-20
WHILE cRAzEp BY LIQUOR.
Massachusetts, Man Kills His Wife and
a Policeman.

Brookline, Mass, Oct. 18.-Crazed,
the police say, by drink, Harry Bowles,
a laborer, during the evening shot and
killed his wife at their home and Q
little later killed Policeman Joseph
MacMurray, who attempted his arrest.
Later a squad of officers forced an en-
trance into the house and after a strug.
gle secured Bowles.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1904-10-20
RAIN. ON THE BATTLEFIELD.
Roar Of Artillery Continues Despite
the Storm.

Mukden. Oct. 18.-It rained during
the night but the roar of the artillery
did not cease for a moment. The day
broke cold and with a cutting wind.
The roads have been ruined by the
rain.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1904-10-20
CAPTURED FOURTEEN GUNS.
Russians E~nveloped Advance Column
of Japanese.

Toxic. Oct. 18.-The Russians en-
velopeG General Yamada's column on
Sunday, Oct. 16. and captured fourteen
guns. The Russians are now concen-
trating in front of the left army under
General Oku and the center army I'M
der General Nodzu and another great
battle is expected.
The daily tribune., 1904-01-29
Prisoner in Her Own House.

Mrs. W. X. Layhs. of 1901 ARne S
Ave, Kansas City, Mo, has for sew
eral. years been troubled with severe
hoarsness and at times hurd cough.
which she says. would keep me In
doors for days. I was prescribed for
by physicians with no noticeable re.
suits. A friend gave me part of a
bottle of Chamberlain Cough Remedy
with instructions to colsely follow the
directions and wish to state that aft
er the first day / could notice decided
change for the better, and at this
time after using it for two weeks.
nave no hesitation in saying realize
that ] am entirely cured" This
remedy is for sale by all druggists.
The daily tribune., 1904-01-29
THE FAR EAST.

As matter Of fact, French inter.
eats should be opposed TO continued
Russian aggression in the Far East for
exactly the same reasons that influence
American commercial interests. And
the same should be true of Germany.
II Russia is permitted to hold Man.
ohur;a and absorb Korea it would be
long step toward the realization of
Russia's ambition to control all Asia.
The gradual absorption of China
would be likely to follow. and in
spite of all that Europe could do to
stop it the Russian sutocracy would
becoin, synonymous with Asia. Com
pared with such a power, either com
meroially or in military way the
whole of Europe would be dwarfed.
The old time predictions that the
Oossacks must eventually overrun
Europe would then seem anything but
difficult of realization.
It is unfortunate that all of the
powers which stand for progress in
stead of repression of civilization can
not stand together il demanding chat
Russia's aggression against China and
Manohuria shall cease. 1t would be
more than unfortunate if some of the
powers of western Europe should be so
blind to self interest aud to the inter.
ests of civilization at large as to
fight to aid Russia in carrying out her
large ambitions
The daily tribune., 1904-01-29

It does not tend to produce conf
dence in the future of the Cuban re-
public to find that President Palma
has to step in every little while to
save the country from some great mis-.
fortune of greater disgrace. He has
just vetoed the lottery bill. passed by
the Legislative body to provide fund
for the payment Of the Cuban soldiers.
1t is believed that votes enough can
not be found to pass the bill over his
veto The lamentable thing ls that
majority should have been obtained
for it under any circumstances. Cuba
was rarely fortunate in finding such
upon himself the burdens and respon-
sibilities attending the first years of
the young republic. Necessarily at
such time the electorate is raw pub
lilo opinion is crude and the populace,
unaccustomed to the delicate RESPONSE
bilities of self government, is certain
to rush after plausible follies or
worse. Just such man as Palma
was needed to hold the balance true
and to oppose his personal power
courageously to triumphant evils in
emergencies. We must not despair
too quickly of the Cuban state.
Nothing can help to sober and inspire
the people with larger and better
sense of duty than the example of
such man as their president. st.
Paul Globe.
The daily tribune., 1904-01-29
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II have been troubled for some
time with indigestion and sour
stomach" days Mrs. Sarah w Curtis.
of Lee, Mass, land have been taking
Chamberain's Stomach and Liver
Tablets which have helped me very
much SO that now l can eat many
things that before l could not. - II
you have any trouble with your
stomach why not take these Tablets
and get wellf For sale by all drug
gists.
The daily tribune., 1904-01-29

Mrs. Mollie Allen, of South Fork.
KY. says she has prevented attacks Of
cholera morbus by taking Chamber
lain's Stomach and Liver Tablets when
abe felt an attack coming on. Such
attacks are usually caused by lndiges
ton and these Tablets are just what
ward off the approaching attack
Attacks of bilious collie may be pre-
vented in the same way. For sale by
all druggists.
The daily tribune., 1904-01-29
Dysentary Cured Without the Aid
of a Doctor.

II am just up from hard spell Of
the fiux" (dysentary) says Mr. I. A.
Primer. we'll known merchant of
Drummond. Tenn, 81 used one small
bottle of Chamberlain 8 Collie. Cholera
and Diarrhoea Remedy and WAS cured
without having a doctor. / consider
it the best cholera medicine in the
world" There is no need Of employ
ing q doctor when this remedy is used
for no doctor can prescribe better
medicine for bowel complaint in any
form either for children or adults.
1t never fails and is pleasant to take.
For sale by all druggists
The daily tribune., 1904-01-29

J. +. Terrence writes New York
life insurance. 7tf